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LOGAN'S UPPER CAKOLINA. Proof That rs. of the Second Volume Is Extant. To the Editor of The Sunday News: The writer has read with the highest satisfaction the tribute to Gen. McCrady for his History of South Carolina by Prof. R. Means Davis, of the South Carolina College, in your last Sunday's issue. Reference is there made to Logan's Upper Carolina as follows: "Logan's story did not catch the ear of a public already has tening on to an era of military strife, and the author, disap pointed by this cold reception, is said quietly to have suffered a second volume and a mass of precious material to sink into oblivion. The report has been current that his material was lent to Lyman C. Draper, the his torian, of King's Mountain, and by him bequeathed to the His torical Society of Wisconsin, along with much other valuable records. No verification has been secured of the story, and it is probable that the manuscript second volums must be numbered among the lost books of the world." Perhaps it may be thought ego tistical, but as few are left in Charleston who were in active life in the 1850-60 period, it may serve a good purpose for me to narrate what took place in those years in publishing home books. Some older citizens will recall the "Broad street book store," conducted- by my elder brother, the late S. G. Courtenay, and myself for ten years before the "War between the States." There was, it is true, a general indiffer ence to book publishing, and the old established book sellers ac quiesced in the quiet routine of selling books printed elsewhere. The then youngest book s.llers did, however, initiate a syste matic publishing business of home books as a bibliography of their numerous publications in that period will attest! The writer may furnsh such a list some day. He proposes to g've here a narra tive of Mr. Logan's Upper Caro lina History and tell where the manuscript of the. second volume can now be found! It was, as near as memory serves me, in the fall of .1859 that a stranger came to. No. g B3rood Sstre~ anaandgtQll-eAm TE -~prietor. He introduce& himself as Mr. Logan, of, I think, Abbe ville. He stated that he had pre p)ared a history of upper Caro lina, had been in the city thrlie weeks and, after laying the mat ter before the several older book sellers, and failing to secure a publisher, had been recommended to come to us, the- yerbooki seller. He had with him the manuscript of the first volume and said it was ready for the press. It was suggested to him that he leave the manuscript with us, tha#tI wouldriequest the Hon. Win. J. Grays61\, a daily and alway~::welcome:'visitor at our book store, to read ita~ if he approved we would-~submit a business proposal for its publi cation... He did so. Mr. (Grayson read the manuscript, recognizedit value and commended its publi cation. Terms were satisfactorily made and in 'the spring of, 1860 the volume was issied. It was' so successful that by the fall of that year the cost had been en tirely refunded and small balances on the credit side were accruing monthly; when, first, the terrible excitement of the presidential election, later Secession and war. of course, ended book-publishing and book-selling My nice'l. bound copy of "Logani" went the way of a good mnany other prec ions things when Gen. Shierm:u. burnt Colum~bia, in order to savt the -'Uni''n,'' anril I Lave had t use a borrowve I ca.>v sin, e, a have never been able to pm'r il oae. It was a baeinass suce Hasing des.cribedl the forb.r of Volume One, I am able to add : correzt account of V\oin'e T'wc. When I changed my residencee t, this Cherokee region I missed my "Logan," but I had the use of thet late Judge Norton's copy atnd re read it, after the lapse of thirty three years, with- great satisfac tion. I made very generail inquiry about the manuscript of the see ond volume, but witliout success. I had a visit three years ago freim an old resident in this "Up per Carolina," and he was looking over my books andi remarking upon them when I asked him about Logan's Upper 'Carolina, and what had become of the man uscript of the second volume, which, the author had told in, 1859, could be made ready for the press in a month. said: "When Mr. Lyman Draper, of Wisconsin, was travelling through upper Carolina, gather ing original material for his in valuable book on "The Battle of King's Mountain," subsequently published, our people gave him very freely of original documents, which he would express to Madi soj, Wis., when his trunk got too full. He spent some days with , in Abbeville County, and his host, besides giving him quite a num ber of old papers of historic value, finally banded Mr. Draper the manuscript of Logan's second volume. I do not give the namnes of my informant, or the donor as likely to be an unpleasant record." Mr. Draper passed away. He had bequeathed a very large num ber of original manuscripts, books, pamphelts, etc., to this grand so ciety, which he had founded and made of large influence. It had been a labor of love with him for a life time. As I had been a correspondent of Mr. Draper in his life time, and hold an honorary member ship in the "State Historical So ciety of Wisconsin," on his nomi nation, I therefore wrote to the librarian, and have his answer, saying that Logan's manuscript, Vol.'2, was on file there, and that permission would be given any properly accredited person to copy it. So my much appreciated friend, Prof. Divis, is now assuied that the publication of Vol. 1, was a success, not a failure, and that the original manuseript of the second volume extant. It seems so -strange that a prominent Carolinian would give away to a stranger a precious historic document. But that had been the custom for fifty or more years, it apparently not being con sidered possible that our annals had any value to our own people. Will you let.me close this sim ple narrative by remarking that our Caroliva people yet remain very indiffereut to their home books. It will hardly be doubted that there must be an average of fifty people in each of the forty counties of South Carolina with ample means to buy "McCrady's History." This would mean two thousand copies sold at home and would give remuneration to the author. It will be foundn inquiry that tht fignses oft BScth Carolina to mend. .Let uss 1, from now on, take more interest in home books. No one can read "Mc Crady's History" without obtain ing highly valuable information and having a higher regard for those gone before. W. A. C. Newry, S. 0., November 21, 1901. (In. the Sunday News, Nov. 24th.) DeWitt's Little Early Risers nevs r disappoint. They are safe, prompt, gentle, effective in removing all imnpu rities from the liver and bowels. Small and easy to take, never gripe or distress. MMaster Co. Can Spell 15,000 Words. Lancaster, Mo., Dispatch Nov. 24.-Professor D. Jones, now teaching a district school near here, has issued his annual chal lenge to any person on earth to sp~ellagainst him for the champ ionship of the world, a title which Prof. Jones has long been conceded by the best spellers of the West. The following condi tions are attached:. Contest~ to last four hours, words to be Eng lish, pronounced -by a disinter eted person, words to be reduced in writing, both contestants spelling the same words, the one missing the least number of words to present -the other a Webster Unabridged dictionary. Professor Jones has outspelled every man and woman in the WVust who has met him in com petitioni, has bumbled a learned sofessor of K--nsas University uany number of close students ,f Weister in Missouri and other states. He has been known to pell c arie -tly 15,000 catch words .vithout a sinigle miss. t',:r. Vez,- stid It-hitng Homers rhrIaz-gh~ thea. J10i.-Co.1 N o stinig to Try. B. B. B. (Botantie Blood Balny isa itehinig skini, htitnors, scabs, scales, watery blisters, p)impksl, achinig bones or joints, boils5, carbuniels, .prick ling pan in the skin, old eaiting sores, ulcers, etc. Boti' Blood Babu cures the worst aind miost decepes . si cases by eni rihing, purifying a:,.d vitalizing the blood, thereby giving a healthy blhxxl supply to the skitn. Other remedies may rleve,~ but B. B. B. actually cures, haseeysore, and1( gives the rich glow of health to, the skini, making the blood redl nourishing. Especially advised for old, obstiniate cases. Druggists, $1. Trial treatment free and prepaid by writing Dr. Gillanm 213 Mitchell St., Athinta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice given. Principal Bradley, of the Abbe vile Graded Schools, has resigned to accept work in the Philippines A READING LESS*. X. C. Scheffer in "Thiiing and Learning to Think The teacher had c4ed the I class in Second Reader. s soon I as all pupils were seaed, she said, "You may read he first paragraph." Instead ofreading orally, the class became yo quiet that one might have hea# a pin drop. After most of thi hands were raised. she called ion one pupil to tell what the pgagragh said. The second parag ph was read, and the substan4 of it stated in the pupil's own words. An omission was supped by another pupil; an incorree phrase was mo(ified by giving ihe cor rect words for conveygg the thought. In the course of the lesson it became necesiry to clarify the ideas of some This was accomplished by a pe r tinent questions, which mie the pupils thilik for themse-lveL After the entire lesse had been read in this way As dis missed the class 'ithout \ssign ing a lesson. Every member of the class went to his seat took out his slate, and began tj write, out the lesson in his owl lan guage. The interest and pl asure depicted in their faces m owed that it was not a task but a joy to express thought with the pencil. The teacher had given them something to think ibout; she had taught them to eipress their thoughts in spoken and written language. Her quaitions had stimulated their own jink ing; and when, later in the day, the lesson in oral reading was given the vocal utterance sbwed that every pupil understoodehat he was reading. There was no parrot-like utterance of voc'bles, but an expression of thought based upon a thorough under standing and an appreciation of what was read. The silent mad ing was an exercise in thought getting and thought-begetting; the language lesson upon' the slate was an exercise in active thinking through written words; and the oral expression furnished a test by which the teacher could ascertain what she had accomp lished in getting her pupils to think. Chamberlain s Stomach And Liver Tablets. Try them en you i f~ When you have a bad taste in the mouth. When your liver is torpid. When your bowels are eonstipated. When you have a headache. When you feel bilious. They will improve your appetite, cleanise and invigorate your stomach and regulate your liver and bowels. For sale by McMaster Co. Charleston Exposition Rates via the .' Southern Railway. On aceount of the South Caro linia Inter-State and West Indian Exposition to be .held in Charles ton, S. C., beginning December 1st, 1901, the Southern Railway will sell excursion tickats to ICharleston and return at the fol lowing attractive ratos froni Rock Hill, S. C.:. For $9.50, tickets on sale daily, limited to return June 3rd, 190:?. For $7.00, tickets on sale daily, limited to return ten days. For $4.20, tickets on sale Tues days and Thursdays, limited to, ieturn seven days. :... Correspondinglyreduced rates from other points-. --. The Southern Railway- operates double daily trains on convenient schedules with Pullman sleoper~s to and from Charleston, S. C. For further information apply to W. E. McGee, T. P. A.., Au gusta, Ga.; W. H. Tayloe, A. G. P. A., A tlarifa, Ga.; J. E. Foi-nev, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C.; R. W. Hunt, D. P. A., Charleston,- S. C. Beauty in School Work. If the measure of a man's re ligion is his daily life, the meas ure of a pupil's culture is his daily work. Let us not deceive ouvselves with the notion that a well-decorated school-room andl an hour a week spent in drawing or picture study is exalting the tsthetic standards of the pupil, although the work of his hands is just as slovenly and bungling and inartistic as -ever. W-hen the beauty of the world has entered our souls, the beauty within will manifest itself in beautiful deeds. -Henry Tua~er Bailey. Hk rscauanE, ALu. June30, 1875 Dr. C. J. MoF F tr-Dear SirU :I can assure you that your TEETHINA (Teething Powders) ii indispenable to us, and in no single instance has it ever proved a failure. We have tried sooth mgrmedicines, and everything knpwn to us and "old women," anid your Teeth ing Powders are pre-eminently a bucces and blessing to rfdthers and children. Yours truly. etc. I . J. M. DELACY. * Will Be a Boss Yet.4 There is a Detroit boy, as the tory comes, who is going to make is way in the world. He entered store and going up to a man, vbo proved to Tbe the proprietor, aid to him determinedly: "Mister, do you want a boss?" "What's thai?" asked the as onished man. "I say, do you want a boss?" "I don't understand you; what lo you mean?" "Well, it's this way: For three reeks I've been looking for some >ody who wanted a boy, and as I an't find him I concluded that 'd try to get a place as a boss. 'd like to be a boss." "I rather like this," said the nan, admiringly. "How would you like to work up to the job of x boss? It took me twenty-five rears to do it." "I'd like it mighty well," an awered the boy. "I'm only too %hxious to try it. Will you give me the chance?" The merchant gave him the chance, and to-day that fourteen year-old boy is working in the shipping room of a large mercan tile establishment. He says con idently that he will be the boss before he has gray whiskers, and his employer is inclined to agree with him.-Youth's Companion. "I had long su ffered from indiges tion," writes G. A. LeDeis, Cedar City, Mo. "Like others I tied many pre parations but never found anythinl that did me good until I took Kodo Dyspepsia Cure. One bottle cured me A friend who had suffered similarly . put on the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure He is .ining fast and will soon be abl to wo k. Before he used Kodol Dys pepsia Cure indigestion had made hin a total wreck. McMaster Co. About Children Reading. What should ehildren betweer six and twelve years of age read Answers to this question hav lately been given by Kate Doug las Wiggins, Mary Mapes Dodge Edward Everett Hale, Horace E Scudder, Agnes Repplier, Tudo Jenks and others, together wit] some extremely sensible and in teri'sting suggestions as to th, principles underlying the choie of children's books. Here is single typical list from the tei included in the article which Thi Outlook publishes in the Annus Book Number. The list is arzrished -by Mrs.- Maz Dodge, editor of St. Nicholia. 1. "Alice in Wonderland." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. Jawthorne's "Wonder Book" c the "Tanglevood i. Tales.".4 "Gulliver's Travels." 5..Ki ling's Jun-gle Book," (or Seto Thompson's "Wild Animals hive K~nown," or Harris's "Unci Remus.") 6. Dana's "Two Year Before the Mast," (or Nansen "Farthest North," or Kenan "Tent Life in Siberia."). Scott's "Ivanhoe" -(or Howar< Ple's "Robin Hood," or Lanier "The Boy's King Arthur"). Eye-Spy," or some other goo nature-book. 9. Cooper's - Lea ther Stocking Tales," (or Stever son's "Kidnapped"). 10.. Scud der's "Children Cook"..(or Mie Repplier's "Book of Famou Versei") ______ For Over F Ifty Years. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup hi beeiused for over fifty.yers by - mi lions of -mothers for thiri chillire Wile teething, with perfeit .ce It soothes the child, softens th'e rga. a-ly l paji, cures wind colic, ani is the best remedy for diarrhea. : yill., relieve the poor little suffers immediately. Sold by all druggisteli every part of the world.- Twenty-fl' cents a- bottle. Be sure- and ask ft "Mrs. WVinslow's Soothing Syrup, and tik'd o other kind. .1-1-17 "Patrick, the widow Malone tells me that yo'u stole one of he finest pigs. Is it correct?" "Yis, yer honor.". "What have you done with it? "Killed it and ate it, ye ho no)r." "Oh, Patrick, Patrick! whe: you are brought face to face wit the widow and her pig on judg ment-day-, what account will yd be able to give of yourself whe the wua.Lw accuses you of steal ing?" thDred yu-say the pig would b teeyer riverence?" "l.'o be sure, I did." "WellI, thin, yer riverence, I'l say, 'Mrs. Muloney; there's ye pig.' "-Baltimore sun. - C. M. Phelps, Forestdale, Vt., say his child was c-omplletely cured of a ba ase of eezema by the use of DeWitt Witch Ihazel Salve. Beware of al oounterfeits. It iniitantly relieves pilei MMaster Co. The educational .rallies of th South Catrolina Colle'ge oni th 19th and of- the Citadel on th 30th of this month will be tiy great days of the Charleston ex position. How it adds -to th pleasure of one's visit on such a) occasion to meet the old friend; of days gone by! HOMlE AND CHILD Does your horse "feel his oats"? What a difference be tween the grain-fed and the grass-fed horsc!I The first strong and full of ginger, the second flabby, weak and tired out befoic be bcgins. The feeding makes the difference. Children are not alike either. One is rosy, bright-eyed, . full of life and laughter, another is pale, weak and dull. The feed ing again is responsible. Sickly children need special feedini. They don't -feel their oats" Scott's Emulsion adds just the right richness to their diet. It is like grain to :the horse. The child gets new appetite and strong digestion. Sectt's Emulsion is more than food. It .i.; a strong medicine. It rouses up dull children, puts new flesh on thin ones and red blocd into gale ones. It makes children'grow. Scott's Emulsion makes ordi nary food do'-its L duty. This picture represents the Trade Mark of Scott's Emulsion and is 'o%- the wrapper of every bottle. Send for free sampk. SCO-T & 1;Ov-NE, - ,, 409 rearl 5t., .-elw Vork. Soc and $i. all druggi-sts. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. O.atrol Time at Jacksonvil and gailma Eastern Time at OIheiFolits. Schedule in Effeet June40th. 19, B OuLTZn bf08eNo.S6 .t . Jteksonvile (P. ). -: (t1 .1k7)...1 12s... "...e................ S 41s6.., B " lackiille..... ......... 41' I5a.. Ar. Oolumbla........... ..5 O 15 l. p t.Cha.etoiI.tGioy...i~aA'l0 --- " 8~mrmorYile............. 7 1a mo . L" Branchvude ........... 9 t&a... "Orangeburg ..........9 a - 45a... "Klngvilleo............10 24a 4 0-.. Ar. Ooluzmbis........- 11 Iaa 6407 . Lv. Augusta, (so. Ly. )...TM Wmp.. -t. Grantwv10..............~ 1231. .., .Ai..."................ 305 .. ... L. Trenten .............. 5p1 1.. "Johnston ............. 40P 1 . MA. Columbia............ 545p 21ly e v. Conbia. (.Bndg 8%..... 5 825... S" Chester ....-..... 78pSP s17a. 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' Nos. 35 and t&U. ~. Fast Mai.Tuog Pumnaw in'rpbufet ween Jakovfeand New Y man -lel* a' between Austaad lotanChrotte and Biebrond. D~ig e ara serve all meals enroute. Pinman ee ing cars betweeni Jackaonville and Oolumb. sr uoute al between JakenvloandOlneiu oati, via A hville. -.. . -0 . W.aln A't Gn. A', Div. Pass. UNDERTAKING e ALL IT8 DEPARITME~f8. ewith a full stock of Caskets,.'Boris aCa.es anid Cofflnsa, conatantly on hand, and us- of hearse when regneeted. Tankful for pasf patronage andt solid' -tatit: for a share in the future, in W eod tand. g 'als at~tended to at aU boore. 'IE$LLIOT r Gre4 MIOP, J . HLLIOTT & 00. SUMMONS. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ['homas H. Ketchin, as Executor of the last Will and Testamebt of Mary C. Rion, deceased, Plaintiffr against Preston Rion, Sallie H Rion James H. Rion, George H. Rion, Margaret H. Rion, Floride C. Bar-ron, Hol- - brook Rion, Helen I. Rion, JLuey - Rion Boozer, Hann Bion -iama, - Theresa Abell, Kiti ion MeMaster, Villie C. Rion, Mirgart H..-Rion, 4. Sr.,:and Lucile Rion, Defendangs. Rummons. For Relief. Complaint not Served. YOU are hereby summoned and re juired to answer the complaint in this Ation, which was filed in the offlce of the -Ulerk of the Court of Common Pljas, for the said County, on the 1st lay of N6vember, 1901, and to serve a eopy of your answer to the said com plaint on the subscribor at his offiee, Bank Range, Winnaboro, South Carolina, within twenty days after the servlee hereofg exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time afore said, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief do mandedin the ecmplainf. Dated No. ember 1 1901. ~([. s. 'JonV \v. LYLES, C. C. P. J. E. McDONALD, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the absent defendaifts; Hanna Rion Williams and Theresa Abell: Take notice, that the- complaint In the above entitled action, together with the summons; of which the foregoing is a eppy, was filed in the offk-e of the Clerk of Court of Coinmon Pleas for the County of Fairfield, in the State of South Carolina, on the 1st day of Nbvember, A: D.1901. November 1,4901. J. E. McDONALD, Plaintifta Attorney. ra~. Joux W. LYLos, C. C.. UMMONS. STATE OF SOx'H CAtO LINA, :COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. COURT OF COMMON PLEAi. . . 4 Robert C. Gooding, as Trustee of William B. Doty and David V. Walker, latety dolng businen - under the firm name. of Doty & Co., Plaintif, against B. H. Jennings, - as : Executor of the. estate. of George Davis, deceased, "and Eliza Jaclson, Maria Stewart, Margaret Frank Alin, LeeFrankliq. Grac Frank- - lin; Efla.. Frsbiblin George Stewart, 8er -'te 7 art, Samuel Stewa$ Dudley Stewart, and Josepl Stewart, Defendants. Summons.. For. Relieg. Com-. plqi# nt -&cd. - To the Defendants B.' H. Je~n ninigs, as Ex~ecutor,. Eliga Jak,~ a son; Maria Stewart, Margaret *'Franklin, Lea Frankln~fracy . ndFratxklin, Ellen FPilikn,,Den- . Mnis - ranklig, <Tony .Frywklin - Odoi-geStewart, rena Stewart~ . Samuel Stewarudiy8tewa't, an oseplh St wart: te nir&tuiwer he complanit~. in this 'etfon, *Ihich is.. ed in .tee odice of -the . -kof- the' -~ 'Conrt of Comiaon4ePIess for~te% ? ssid coianty, and teksi~ a co plaint on :the. sibaeibet at. his-,~ office, No. 7,Law BangeM.inns boro,,. South (Nrolina~ gith~in - 9 to day# n-MWi' rvie Sfli~ seteCeq rif u ansithe comp '~ ..itlin. tIAO*' time> idrepid,.-the 4piaitif n this in' .vidl appy 'o the - 'Court for tii' r~ief t aded in ~the complaii ''J. W. HANA HAN, ToIeAtt6idefyr',Pai i - To.l:absnt 4efndi.nfs~iz -Jackson *)*i aSte* ) ai~' rkj. Fnklin, Elleyi Frank- ~ ren4$tewart,. Samtiel tte l)udley. Stewit, .ad Jo~seph r.aike'notice that the complaint ini the abote eiitiiled. action, to gether with the suminois 0of whibh' the foregoing is a opy was fired 'in the .ffice af thie Clerk of .the Cort'of Common Pleas for f'airfis!d County, in the State of Southi Carolina, on tLe-i 11th day of November, 1901. JAS. W. HANABHAN, -Plaiutiffs Attorney, JOHN W. LYL.ES (L S.) 11 19-law 6w PRESTON RION, 'AGENT FOR 2WestebesterFlrw Insurance Company4 of New York . Glen Fulls Iasurance Company o New York. .Rochester .German Insurance Cm pany of Rochester, N. Y.'" Cotton risks a y.~llt Solicits shnre ofnpulic patmonsr : -