Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NEWS AND..HERALD i' PUBLISHED. WEEKLY, -BY WINNSBORO PRINTING CO. J. FRANK FOOSHE, - - - EDITOR TERMS, IN ADVANCE : One Year,........................$ .50 Six Mnths ........................... .751 ..WINNSBORO, S. C. Wednesday, Jan. I I, 1905 Whatever else Fairfield's dele gation in the general assembly may fail to do, let them not fail. to provide some way for the nec essary improvements for the court house and the jail. It is-now positively announced that Charleston is to have a union passenger depot. The city by the sea is to be congratulated on securing this long needed im provement, which should be forth coming as soon as the circum stances will permit. By a general reduction of the cotton acreage, those who are now holding their cotton .and those who plant this year will be enabled to get better prices than at-present. There is- no possibil ity of raising the price without decreasing the supply. Thursday, January 19, is Lee's birthday. All the schools in ths South should observe it, not by turning their pupils out - for the day, but by having exercises that will be appropriate -to the occa sion, so as to better acquaint them with the life and the charac ter of the South's great chieftain. The new county that has been made. from parts of Abbeville, Greenwood and Edgefield coun ties with McCormick as the coun ty seat, is very fortunate in selecting Calhoun a,s its name. Other prospective new counties should be governed by this ex ample and select names that have some historical significance. There is a good deal of talk about reducing the cotton acre age. It remains to be seen what wil be done in the matter. If the acreage is reduced, those who now have cotton and all who plant cotton will be greatly bene fited thereby. If it is not reduced, those who are now. holding cotton and those who raise cotton this year will all have to sell it at very low prices. With the high price of cotton a year ago on account of the short ness of the crop and with the low price of cotton at present on account of the large crop that is being made the farmers jiave a very. striking demonstration that the price of cotton is affected in some measure by the laws of supply and demand. Another long crop means still lower prices. A short crop by decreasing the acreage will mean higher prices. While pleading for a fireproof vault for making the recoras of Fairfield county safe against loss -by fire, we most heartly endorse the effort that is being made by Secretary of State Gantt to have the historical records of South Carolina properly arranged and protected from loss by fire. These records are invaluable and no '7 expense should be spared to pre serve them, for if lost they could not be replaced in any way or at any cost The general assembly will find itself face to face with compulsory education. Following the well defined precedent of most of the leading foreign countries of the world and nearly all the States of this Union, the measure would easily pass. There are none who question that there is a very large per cent. of illiteracy among the whites of the State, nor are there any blind to the fact that there are many, many whites of school age in the mills and on the farm, in the town and in the county who are not in school at all or who are in so few months as to make this schooling couant for but little. Another fact, that is equal ly apparent, though either from prejudice or blindness it will not be generally admitted, is that the negroes in proportion to their opportunities are giving more at tention to the education of their children than are the whites. These facts argue forcibly for a system that will bring about a better condition of things. Long er terms and better teachers can not avail if the children are not put to school. If parents fail in putting their children to school, then that same authority that provides the funds for the school .should enforce attendance upon .it. Yes, there is need for a cosi Spulsory education, so compulQory that parents can not get out of having their children at school. If under a compulsory educa -- tional system the negroes should make more progress than, as so many seem to think, the~ whites, it would be no less to the credit of the former and equally to the discredit of the latter. This keep ceep the negro ignorant is very orcibly illustrated by. the. satis ied condition of the editrr in the lollowing story: An editor, before t. being escorted to the regions of t aternal bliss, was given an oppor- F tunity by the escorting angel to E visit the lower regions. During s their stay in this region of the r damned and the lost, as the story goes, the two became separated. and when the angel again came upon the editor, heswas found sit- a ting in front of a furnace, seven times hot and bearing the in- a scription, "Delinquent Subscri bers." The editor, on being in- e formed by his escort that they would now proceed to the realms of eternal joy and peace, replied, "You may go on; I will stay here: this is heaven enough for me.-" Verily, there is nothing that con tributes so much to making a hell of this earth as illiteracy, the seed-bed of sin and crime. . THE ANDERSON-REOHR COMPANY Next Lyceum Number Will be fiusical Attraction. All members of the Lyceum l will have the opportunity of 1 hearing the above company here on the thirteenth of this month. This company is composed of t artists only and each number for A this special evening will be ren dered by artists. The following t is from the Minneapolis Journal: "Ruth Anderson-Reohr chose numbers that exacted the full measure of a violinist's powers, demanding a versatility in inter pretation as well as assured mas tery of technique, but the ease 4 with which she conquers all diffi culties seemingly made them non existing, and fully warranted her 4 choice. Her first number (1st movement from 1st concerto, I Vieuxtemps) was the severest test of technique, and' was given an I able and dignified rendering. I Saint-Saen's Rondo Capricciosso < was perhaps more pleasing, de- ( pending upon coloring and in- t terpretation, in which the render- < ing showed deep thought, with i most artistic and finished results. "Miss Wilma Anderson has an exquisite touch as well as a pre cision and delicacy of execution 1 which marked her at onee as an artist, both in temperament and I technique. The fuli measure of her strength was reserved for the concerto (2nd of Liszt)-she ren dered delicately and exquisitely I the delicate passages and bril- I liantly and boldly the bravura portions. Her tone is of beauti ful quality and of variety of color. Miss Anderson's art is not nar row, for though she shows a.fine poetic sense, she has plenty of fire and spirit, and her.reading ofI Chopin also deserves warm praise for she grasped both the broad and poetic style of the composer. "D'Arlington Reohr has a tepor I voice of beautiful quality, which I he handles with perfect ease. He displayed much sympathy in the < aria 'Lend I.ie Thine Aid,' from 'Queen of Sheba,' and his drama tic climaxes are immense. He I shows ur mistakably the genruine] artist wh. is matured in a most gratifying way." The company will appear ini Thespian hail next Friday even- I ing, the 13th inst. Death of Mrs. Bratton. The many friends of Bishop and Mrs. Theodore D. Bratton were grieved to learn of the death of Mrs. Bratton, which occurred at their home in Jackson, Miss., Thursday. The Evening News of t'at city thus tells of the sorrow waich has come to Bish>p Brat "Shortly after noon today Mrs. Lcy Randolph latt)>n, thie wife of Bishobp Themhd re Brai toni of the Episcop~ d e urch >f tlih. dio cese of Missw.ippi.di .l at B3attle Hill, the~ fam;1Iy * i.le: - 1 the western subar 'a .. thn *i j, i' a short il'nes.- sv L ac i --z . itis. "The news of thi de . -d good womanf will e- me * s to the city and t > t e e -ir-- So iu which BiThop Br twn h laboed so faithfully fo th a pnu year. "Mrs. Bratton was b ,fore hei mariage to Bishop Brattton, a number of years ago, Miss Lucy Randolph of Virginia, and from one of the leading and aristocratic families in the Old Dominion State. She was 42 years of age and a woman of- many rare ac complishments. "Bishop Bratton and his be loved wife came to Mississippi from North Carolina a year ago last September, and in these brief few months Mrs. Bratton has made, by her loving and gentle manners, many warm friends. She delighted in church work and in all charitable movements whi~ch. had for their object the easing of sufferng or the relieving of want. She was always found -to be a willing worker. "Mrs. Bratton was a very' de vout mother and leaves a large I family. . "The funeral of Mrs. Bratton t will take place tomorrow after- t noon at 4 o'clock from the chapel t and the interment will be made in b edar Lawn cemetery. - T h e fi What's Really Needed. With one-tenth of the world eeding more clothes it is a sin D burn cotton. With hard work ag farmers needing fair prices or their product its a sin tc lepress the prices by speculation, If the world were governed by rue. economic principles, the olks who need cctton goode rould get them and there would e demand for all .the cotton rown.-Raleigh News and Ob erver. THAT SUIT vill look as good as new if yoi vill have it cleaned and pressed [ am prepared to do the work foi rou at the most reasonable pricef mnd I guarantee satisfaction. B. iaving your suit cleaned anc )ressed it will look ever.so muel )etter all the while and will lasi io much longer. If you 'have no oeen in the habit of having youi suit kept in good order, begin i iow and see how much satisfact on there will be in the improve( ooks of the suit and in its longe: wear. Give me a trial. tf. W. Bose Durham. The whole South is behind the 3ffort of Congressman Livingstot to have the calcium light turnec apon the .department of agricul 'uri's - cotton statistics. Th system" seems to be. about th worst ever.-Atlanta Constitution - We. presume that all the tcheduled meetings-for -tie dis mssion of~.ways and means t< mrtsrminate the boll weevil hav eeu adjourned sine die. On thi ,ontrary the best method of Iropagating and cultivating the ermer enemy of the southert armer would now seen to be ir )rder. If once the weevil obtainei ifooting throughout the cottor yroducing States, just think of he savingin matches.-The State Be Quick. Not a minute should be lost when hild shows symptoms of croup. Cham erlaln's Cough Remedy given as soo is the child becomes hoarse, or evei ifter the croupy cough appears, wil revent the attack. It never fails, an a pleasant and safe to take. For sal )y Jno. H. McMaster & Co. FOR RENT-House and lo formerly occupied by Mr. Johi Hollis, known as Propst dwell ing. A. S. & W. D. Douglass Attorneys. 12-28 Stockholders' Meeting. The regular ai.nual meeting of th< ,tockhold'ers of Ahe Fairfield Cotto: Kills will be hdd in The Winnsbrr Bank room, Wipnsboro, 8. C., on thi 12th day of Jani%.y, 1905, at 11 o'cloc] it. M. Tr. R. E LLIOTT, L. W. CATKCART, President. Secretary and Treasurer. Notice ty the Stockholderi of The 'innsbors Bank. Reduction of Capital. Please take notice that a meeting o1 ~he st,ockh4lders of The Winnsbor Bank is hereby called to be holden ir ~he President's room of the Bank or rhursday, February 2nd, 1965, at 1: W(., for the purps of voting on proposit;on to reuce the capital stoci >f the Bank to $100,000, and to dis gilbute the excess of capital over this unount at the rate of $175.00 per share By order of the Board of Directors. T. K. ELLIOTT, 1-11-4t President. Notice of Stockholders' Meeting. Notice is hereby given that a meet ng of the stockholders of the Mer :hants' Building and Loan Associatior will be heldat the office of J. E. Me Donald, Es1., at 4 o'clock, P. M., o] K!onday, the 30th day of January A. D. 1905,. for the purpose of detcr mning whether the said corporatior ihall go into liquidation and wind u ts affairs, ce shall continue the busi ness lieretof6re conducted by it. J. L. BRYSON, W. G. JORDAN, President. Shoretary and Treasurer. Winnsbor., S. C,, 28th Dec., 1904. 12-28td For Sale. All the household goods and furni ~ure belonging to the estate of the Jati lames H. Rn.n. The sale will be in front of the Cour Rouse, at Winbsboro, on Wedgesday [anuary 2.5, 1905, at 11 o'clock A. M. Terms cash MARGARET H. RION, 1-4-4t Administratrix. For Sale. All the household goods and furni. ure belonging to the estate of the hat< Miary C. ion. The sale will bemi front of the Cour1 Elouso, at Winnsboro, on Wednesday ranuary 25,:1905, it 11 o'clock A. M. Terms cash. .THOS.H. KETCHIN, 1-4-4t Executor. Buslness Education Pays Largest Dividends ! ENTER NOW. We offer best terms. Satisfaction -aranteed. Coulseof study the most >ractical. No Business College offers etter advantages. Our graduates are 21 demand. Hund-eds are in positions; re can assist you. Write for informa ou. IACFE AT'S SOUTH CAR OLINA BUSINES8 COL LEGE, .-it Columbia, S. C. Change of Schedule. A change in the. sohedule on he Southern on the line between 9 barlotte and Columbia has taken t lace,. having gone into effect >unday, Jan. 9. The following: f chedule shows the hour of ar ival of the various trains at Vinnsboro: t SOUTHBOUND. f No. 27, local, at 8.52 a. m. in- ' tead of 8.53 a. m. - No. 34, mail, 10.20 a. m. in tead of 10.40 a. m. No. 29, mail, at. 11.51 p. in., as t present. .: "Palm Limited" at 7.16 a. m. NORTHBOUND. No. 30, mail, at 7.23 a. in., as ] 6t present with the exceptionk that t will leave Columbia at 6.05 a. n. instead of 6.10 a. m. No 28, local, at 4.30 as at pres nt. No. 34, mail, at 7.59 p. in. in tead of 7.34 p. in. as at present. "Palm Limited" at 10.23 p. in. For Over Sixty Years MRS. WLNStOW's SOOTHING SYRUP ias been used fpr over 60 years by mil ions of mothers for their children vhile teething, with perfect success. :t soothes the child, softens the gums, 6lays all pain; cures wind colic, and is he best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will elieve the poor little sufferer immedi itely. Sold by druggists in every part >f the world. Twenty-five cents a >ottle. $ Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take io other kind. I Professor Who flade Millions In a Year. Iowa no longer believes that )ducation is merely a .pastime of 3tudents and a delight to scholars. [t has a ten-million-dollar cash vidence that learning is of value, md that a college professor is a irst-class investment. When a rear ago the State hired a man at ive thousand dollars a year to each the farmers hew to raise .orn there was a protest from all wer the rural Eections. What, each Iowa farmers how to raise orn! Better tell your grand nother how to knit socks or suck ggs. Iowa is the great corn 1 state of the country, and though he yield had been falling off in ate years, it was not believed hat science could remedy the de cts of nature. Well, -they think differently iow. This year's crop exceeds hat of last year by 125,000,000 >usiiels, worth at farm prices at he lowest calculation $30,000,000 md at least ten diillions is credit id to the professor, who spent all ast winter and ,this spring in ihowing the farmers what they should do. He got them to save ;heir largest ears for seed and >ut the families at work in the ong winter evenings shelling hem. Then he ha d only .the argest and best grains used for lanting. He showed how it iould be planted, cultivated, nanured, and when the harvest :ame he was justified. So great the interest in his labors that yooks and pamnphleta by the mil ion have been published and the >rofessor is kept busy traveling rom county to county giving lec res and practically demonstrat ng his views. It is believed that1 ~ext year tne average will be six y bushels to the acre.-Phila lelphia Inquirer. he Best fledlclne I HEave Ever Used. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 10, 1908. Gentlemen: I have- suffered a -long ime from chronic liver complaint, and nd that Dr. James' Iron Blood and iver Tonic gave me more relief than mythng I have over used. I recomn nend it to all who suffer from consti ation. Yours truly, J. S. Shehand. Formerly L.ived In Winnsboro. Another veteran has answered he last roll call. Mr. S. A. Mur by of this city died yesterday iternoon from an illness of more an a year from paralysis and idney disease. He was 65 years f age, and had been a resident f Chester for more than 30 ears, a native of Union county. Be served throughout the war as valiant soldier of the Fifteenth regiment, Kershaw's division, irmy of Northern Virginia. Ches :er never had a man of kinder .eart; his attention to the sick was always prompt and much appreciaed. He was a member >f the Baptist chiurch.-Chester or. ThA State. Bsta. de- Th6 Kind YOU HIW Ahnay 8011ght signture of Young Mr Tiffany, of New ork, declares that he cannot ive on sixteen thousand dollars year. We would like to get* a en years job as tutor to learn mim how to live on it and wear iamonds. How 'bout it, Tiff, old xy?-Wilmnington Star. The Anderson-Reobr Coinpany, hich is to be at the Thespian all Friday evening, promisoe to >e one of the very best attrac- 2 ions that has come here under j be auspices of the lyceum and i hey should be greeted by a full 'i ouse, especially as this is the ~ I rst number that has been in sv ut t's Pills stimulate the TORPID LIVER, strengthen the digestive organs, r.gulate the bowels, and are up equaled asan ANTI-BILIOUS MEDICINE, In malarial districts their virtues are wkdely recognized, as they possess peculiarin freeing the I system from that poison. Elegantly sugar coated. Take No Substitute. NOTICE OF fNorafl Primary Notice is hereby given that a pri mazy election will be held at the usual places of voting in Fairfield County -TUESDAY, JANUARY 17TH, 19(, for the purpose of ndminating a candi date for the office of Auditor to fill vacaney caused by the death of the nominee, John Hollis. The polls will t open at 8 A. M. and close at 4 P. M., when the votes will be counted and - the result declared. I The following persons have been -ap r pointed managers for thesaid election: Albioit-J E Stevenson, B R Ros borough, Fitz Dove. Bear Creek-Clifton Duke, Charles Heins, John Cooper, Jr. Blythewood-John Wooten, Eugene Price, Brooks Boney, i Centreville-W B Hogan, Sam Bran ham, Tom Branham. Fairfield Cotton Hills-J W Horn, - J. B., Jones, R. V. Gantt. 3 Feasterville-M D C Colvin, . E Hill, Thos E Dye. Gladden's Grove - John Higgins, Andrew McDonald, J J Smith, Greenbrier - S R Rutland, James Richardson, Mack Blair. Horeb-N D Roberts, A J Brown, G G Steele. Jenkinsville-C B Douglass, Jr, B H Yarborough, J B Curry. Jackson Creek-C K Turner J C Weldon,'J W Pope. Longtown - S McCormick, J E Stewart, A W Matheson. Mitford--R T Gladden, A N Keist 1 lcr, Geo W Higgims. Monticello-W J Burley, J H Aiken, S G McMeekin. Mossy Dale - G W Brooks, T C Camak, G R Perry, Oakland-Henry Robertson, Lex Durham, D H Robertson, Ridgeway-E W Mellichamp, David Spence, W R Rembert. Salem-Dave Dickey, G Butler Bolin, - D M Milling. I Wateree-J D Rawls, Will Isen 1 hower, John Gayden. I White Oak-J J McDowell, S R Pat I rick, M Y Bankhead. e Winnsboro-J A Hinnant, S C Mo Dowell, Thos Phillips. Woodward-Jno M McKeown, , L Brice, Jr, J A McCrorey. t In the event that no one of the can didates receives a majority of the votes cast at said election a second primary is hereby is ordered for January 24, at , which the same managers will serve. By order of the Executive Commit tee. T. S. BRICE, - County Chairman. J. R. CURLEE, 1-11-1t Secretary. For Rent. 3 The two-story eight-room residence, I known as the Rion residence,. In the town of Winnsboro, on the corner of Congress and Calhoun streets. .Also the- two-story six-room residence on Congress street of said town, known as the Rion "red house." Both places having convenient outbuildings; etc., and are located in the most desirable sectionis for residences. BUCH ANAN & HANAHAN, 12-21-2t Attorneys. .WE WANT ALL INTERESTED IN MA CHINERY TO HAYE OUR NAME BEFORE TNEM I DURING 1905 Weite us stating what kind of MAOH IN ERY you us @or wIll inatmal, and we will mall you FREE OF ALL COST I A HANDOoME AND USEPUC, POCKET DIARY AND ATLAS OR A LAROE COMMERCIAL CALENDAR Gibbes Machinery Company, COLUMBIA, S. C. 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While gratef age-of -our former custi trust shall continue larged facilities make i give to our ~new cusi courtesy, promptness a as has held our former A. B. Cal iT. M. H A ----DEALER BICYCLES, BICYCLE SUPPI GUNS, AMMUNITIO. Repairing Bicycles, Guns, Pist< kinds of Jewelry a specialty. . Special We are glad to announce that than ever before for doing al ki R PAIR' and that we shal be glad to be may have. When needing anyt or phone us in regard to same. All busiuess entrusted to us i to. SR. T. Matthe With T For the liberal patror during the past year continuance of the sai Yours for Orocer No More. A bout erdering your buildi now get it right here at hom agency for the well known Alderman &'Sons, and keep ROUGH AND DRESSE GLES AND LATHS. Call on me for any of you Estimates for buildings ch All phone orders given pr Phone 93. W.* R. I Atteni I am prepared to want in Dry Goods ar - A full stock of GR~ on hand. Geo. R. L A lot of Open and Top BL ikpe sold at the lowest prices roo,ooo good Heart Shing inre and see them. .Rough and Dressed LumL For your Futniture, Dry s the place, Don't fall to see our line rnd Lap Robes. ifor1905 GOODS IE 1on ey. IOOD. Ustorners Lded with us the t. The more you . , :tter you will be ul for the patron mers, whom we with us, our en t so that we can omers that same Lnd value received customers to us. rhcart" F' YNES N, LEATHER,. ARDWARE ANDFRS >lS, Watches, Clocks, an Notice. we are now beter prepared ids-of i WORK favored with any work you. - liing repaired bring it to us. rill be promptly attended. mage extended m e and asking for a ne,lI am ies, nig material. You can'* e. I have occepted the lumber firm of D. W. on han.i at all times D LUMBER, SHIN. r wants in this !ime. eerfully furnished. ompt attention. R~abb & Co. serve your .every OCERIES always 2uderdale. ggies just received and. :les now in stock. Be er always in stock. 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