Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

THE STONE BREAKER. a Eramre of Centent i Bhonest but Monotonous Toil, In my country of Alsace, on the soli tary route whose interminable ribbon stretches on and on ULder the forests of the Vosges, tkere is a stone breaker whom I have seen at nia work for thir ty years. The-first time I came upon him I was a young student setting out with swelling heart for the great city. The sight of this man did me good, for he was humming a song as he broke his stones. We exchanged a few words, and he said at the end, "Well, goodby, my boy, good courage and good luck!" Since then I have passed and repassed along the same route under circumstances the most diverse, painful and joyful. The student has finished his course; the breaker of stones remains what he was. He has taken a few more precautions against the seasons' storms-a rush mat pro tects his back, and his felt hat is drawn further down to shield his face. But the forest is always sending back the echo of his valiant hammer. How many sudden tempests have broken over his bent back, how much adver'se fate has fallen on his head, on his. house, on his country! He continues to break his stones, and coming and going I find him by the roadside smil ing in spite of his age and his wrin kles, benevolent, speaking-above all. in dark days-those simple words of brave men which have so much effect when they are scanned to the breaking of stones.-From "The Simple Life," by Charles Wagner. : A SHREWD OLD LADY. Now She Got Her Will Drafted and Fooled Her Lawyer. A certain lawyer, famed for high charges, had incurred the enmity of an old lady on account of the same. Wishing to get even with him, she con sulted him about drafting her will. As she was a very wealthy old lady, with out near relatives, she had. many chari table associations to benefit,. hnd the accurate draft of the will required much patience, skill and. time. Among: the provisions. she made- a generous bequest to this lawyer and nominated, him executor. After the execution of the will she called. for her-bill, where upon the lawyer, with the vision of ample fees In the- prospective settle-I ment of the estate and the memory of the generous bequest, told the old lady that under the circumstances he should. " charge nothing, but. finally, to satisfy her business scruples, made out a re ceipt in full to date-for $1, whereas the smallest sum he could. have properly charged would have been $100. The old lady marehed. home with. her will, set herself to work, copied it out carefully word for word, leaving out the bequest to the lawyer and. nomimit Ing a new executor. In the course of time she- died, and the disgust of the lawyer. at the con tents of the will was.so great that he inadvertently let out the secret, to the huge delight of his brother lawyers. Leslie's Monthly. The Sacred Twelve. e The "patriarchal, and 4bostolical number of twelve" as the-proper and 4nly admissible number for a jury try ing cases according to.the common law has come down to .us from :.mote an tiquity.. Yet this number was not al -wys universaL. In 1652 a Cornish cns tcunt to have juries-of six was declared to be bad, but evidenice was given that such juries had been widely used In the county, and by a special statute of Henry VIII juries of six were allowed in Wales. But the jury of the grand assize consisted of sixteen men, which still finds a parallel in the jury of pre sentments of the Liberty of the Savoy. The modern grand jury, the coroner's jury and the jury at lunacy and eccle siastical Inquisitions number anything between twelve and twenty-three, whereof twelve at least must agree on a verdict-London Law JournaL Gordon's Snda= Throne. Gordon's Sudan throne is a folding chair he always sat in at Khartum and carried with him on his camel jour neys. It - ;as a little straight backed chair, having a skeleton frame of round Iron, a carpet back and seat, gilt Ag-.nobs for ornament, and small pads on thT>arms for comfort. The carpet had grown dim iii the African sun, which deprived It of all royal pretensions, so that when Gordon returned from his governorship of the Sudan and sudden ly asked, "Where is my throne? Has it been brought in?" they were all sur prised. His throne! Nobody had seen a throne. But at length the camp stool was found where It had been stowed awa.y.-Chambers' Journal. Dumas' Bottled Joke. Not every one has so successful a method with the autograph fiend as A&lexander Dumas had. Prince Metter 'nich once requested an autograph of him. Dumas wrote In his best round hand, "Received from Prince Metter nich twenty-five bottles of his oldest jjJohannisberg." Metternich sent the wine with a good grace. 3 Rule For Cyclists. One of the rules of a bicycle cluD *. reads, "A horse should never be passed on both sides at once." We suspect that when a cyclist attempts to pass on both sides of a horse "at once" he Is expelled from the club, Hie would certainly be dismissed from a tem perance organization. -London Tit Bits. A Real Genius. Jlgsmith-That fellow Piker is cer tainly a clever, ingenious chap, isn't 1ie? Browning-Why, I never heard of his doing anything remarkable. Jig smith-That's just It. He manages in some way to get along without doing anything.-Exchaige. Just the Thing for Weak, Pale Children Columbia, S. C., Nov. 2, 1903. Dear Sirs: T have been giving Dr. James' Iron Blood and Liver Tonic to my little daughter. She was pale and weak, and had no appetite. She has been benefited by your tonic a great deal, and is much stronger, eats well, and looks healthier. I cheerfu:lly rec ommend Iron Blood and Liver Tonic as a splendid miedicine. Yours resieetfull y, J. J. Handeoek. INDIAN INVENTiVENSS, Difeh git-k Cances a :d SnosVhoei Its next I'-:reo ;t ):.. That the .: : .: - etrose to a high ilv! of ,: be attributed to is lack lt \ - ness as we.l as to ils 1 1 al improv:dence. lie rea:'( m: structures and construk:a".. in:tru ments for the manufacture 0:1at; thing but the smallest se.e o: art:eles of use and exchinge. 'T si.. a first glance like a sat.lfna tion of the undev eilpe stat of. his civilization. It is nevertheless not true that the Indian lacked inventiveness. lie has left at least two worthy monuments of his capacity for inventiou, alt:. ugh our own civilization has converted then from articlc. of ncce:.;ity into what are practically playt itinig.. These two evidences of the Indian genius are the bireh bark euae and the snowshoe. Fer beauty and utility in the uses for which it . dc:lgned no p'roduct of the white maa's art 'working with the same inaterials could have surpassed the Indian canoe. The snowshoe, as the Indian designed and made it, moreover, is a distinct work of art and, like the violin of tt:e older masters, seems incapable of iaprove ment. It may be argued that the:e are arti .cles of the simplest kind, but the gen lus that inspired their invention and construction is none the less worthy to rank with that which imanifests Itself in our own civilization in works of an ampler but hot more beautiful design. -Boston Globe. SECRET INK. Writing Whieh May Be Mnde Invisi ble or Visible at Will. There are several ways in which two -persons can correspond with each oth -er unknown to even the pcople before whose eyes the very letter is held. Ovid taught young women when writ :ing to their lovers thty should use now milk as ink. This when dried is invi ible, but by scattering coal dust or spot upon the paper the writing becomes .legible. Ansonius adopted this method when writing to Paulinus. Diluted sulphuric acid, lemon juice, solutions of nitrate and chloride of -cobalt or of chloride of copper w-rite -colorless, but on being heated the char -acters written with the first two be -come black or brown and the latter green. When the paper becomes cool the writing disappears and leaves the ;paper blank again.- Saltpeter dissolved :in water and equal parts of sulphate of -copper and sal amuoni;c dissolved in *water are two good invisible inks. There are also some inks which are Invisible when dry, but visible when moistened with another liquid. Thus -a solution of muriate of antinony washed with tincture of galls becomes yellow, green vitriol ink washed with the same solution turns black, nitrate of c%balt washed with oxalic acid turns blue, arseniate of potash with nitrate- of copper green, solution of -god with muriate of tin purple. Gambetta's Table. There is a curious story told of the iible at which Gambetta wrote. A iprevious owner, General Lahitte, min lister for foreign affairs in 1849, dis :Iissed his confidential servant because he believed he had stolen a large sum 'of money in 1,000 franc bank noted. years afterward, when the table had I t0 be repaired, the joiner employed for the work found the missing bundle of bank notes between the mahogany beard of the table and the drawers be ieur. They had lain there unnoticed for fourteen years. Unafortunately the a:tory does not.go on to say that .the poor servant and his mistaken master were alive at the time of the aiscovery .snd that the one's character was-clear et and the other's confidence restored. Kaiser's Snub of the Eismard3cs. 'The marriage of Count Herbei-t Bis uarck and the Countess Hloyos took iplce at Vienna, and It was on this oc ~casion that the kaiser took a step ~wich was one of the falsest steps of his life, a step equivalent to the malev olent boycotting of the Bismas:cks. By eader of his majesty Count Caprivi, the :er chancellor, wrote to Prince Reuss, Grman ambassador at Vienna: "Should the prince (ex-chancellor) or his faniily make any approach to you pray confine yourself to conventional formsof courte sy. This order is also to be observed by the stafi of the embassy. I may add that his majesty will take no no tice of the wedding."-London Chroni The Talismanic Moonstone. The remarkable peculiarity of the moonstone is that, while in all other gems internal seams are called flaws -and detract from their value, in t>e monstone they are called "magle mir rois, because those favored mortals who are gifted with the illumination of the astral light can by its aid read -on those surfaces of milky white the reflections of the past and the promises of the future." The Only Cure. IBinks-I wish they would iut out 'thse ballad singers at the vaudeville. 'hey make me tired. Jinks-Well, you might get somebody to remove their noses. Then' they wouldn't have any. thing to sing through. - Cincinnati Tribune. Stingy. "Now I know," sobbed the six months' bride to her husband, growl ing over her extravagance, "why you used to call me a flower. You thought I wa-s an orchid and that I could live .n nir."-New Orleans Picayune. It is from books that wise men de -rive consolation in the troubles of life. --Yctor Hugo. la Bed Four Weeks With La Grippe. WVe have re-c(ieie the following let trtromn 3r. Roy Kemp, of Angola, nd.: "I wvas in hedl four weceks with lagrippe and I trh-ied nny re'medie and spent ~onsider'able fir t reatiaent with physicians-, bm I reeivedl no re lief until I tried FC'iey'. HI)oey and Tar. 'lPwo smaill bottle-. of this med(i cine curedl me and I nlow use it exclu ~elkl in my family.'' F'oev's Honey and Tar has long been a hi'usehold f*orite for all throat andi la nc tre bles. Refuse substitutes. Sold by 31e THE SAND WASP, ir aous Manner In Which This In& Heet Uses a Hammer. t arlib.erate use of a tool by a lit .u sa:1d wasp mi,ht well be supposed 3 u) inuieute reasoaiing porer, says an f exch;,e. A well known naturalist, a Dr. l'eekham, watched a wasp dig a a hole in the earth and deposit therein t an egg. together with a spider which a she had stung into paralysis to feed a the grub which shouki be hatched in l due caurse. Then she filled up the hole ej with sand or earth and jammed it d down with her head. C When at last the filling was level with the ground she brought a quan i: tity of fine grains of dirt to the spot, b picked up a small pebble in her mandi- t bles and used it as a hammer in pound ing them down with rapid strokes, thus a making this spot as hard and firm as 2 the surrounding surface. Before we a could recover from our astonishment i at this performance she had dropped r her stone and was bringing more earth. e In a moment we saw her pick up the 2 pebble and again pound the earth into i place with it. Once more the whole i proeess wa: repeated, and then the lit- : t tle creatures flew away. - I "The whole-of this performance," writes Sir Herbert Maxwell in "Memo- r ries of the Months," "is so unexpected c that even Dr. Peckham's high reputa tion as a scrupulous observer might i fail to convince skeptics that he had not been deceived, but similar behavior on the part; of a wasp of the same spe cies has been recorded independently by Dr. Williston of Kansas univer sity." BARBAROUS ENGINES. i t Man Traps and Spring Guns Once In Use In England. We were reminded the other day of some of the incidents of country life of former years by the offering for sale at a London auction mart of a couple of man traps. These engines were once upon a time part of the chattels of well nigh every considera ble landowner and every energetic gamekeeper. Another implement was the spring gun, which turned on a s*ivel and discharged itself as soon as one of the connecting wires was stum bled against, the muzzle of the gun turning in the direction of the tres passer as indicated by the wire, the guilty party generally receiving a coat lug of pitch if of nothing worse. The man traps sold the other day were probably the first some of the attend ants at the sale ever saw and were of the old formidable pattern-that is to 1 say, they resembled a glorified gin. They measured seventy-four inches 1 long and were just about three feet in height, so that they would catch a poacher well above the knee, and once nipped there he would remain till his cries or the ordinary round of the keepers led at once-to his release and capture. The spring gun gave its alarm, and watchers were speedily in attendance. There was something very barbarous about the use of these en gines, which were not so very long ago quite common. In fact, people need not be very old to have seen boards bearing the legend, "Beware of man1 traps and spring guns."-London Field. - Her 'Opinion of Boys.] A little girl wrote the following essay on boys: "Boys are men that have not got as big as their papas, and girls are women that will be ladies by and by. Whpn God looked at Adam he sald to himself, 'Well, I think I can do better if I try again,' and he made Eve. Boys are a trouble. They wear out every thing but soap. If I had my way the world would be girls and the rest dolls. My papa is so nice that I think he1 must have been a little girl when he was a little boy. Man was made, and on the seventh day he rested. Wom an was then made, and he has never rested since."-Philadelphia Inquirer. Romance of a Statue. The statue of Charles I. which now stands in London was sold to a brazier during the commonwealth with the un derstanding that it should be broken up. The buyer, however, saw a chance to make money and buried it instead. To cover his action he made a large number of bronze knives and forks, which were eagerly bought by both royalists and Puritans as souvenirs. When the monarchy was restored to power the statue was dug up again1 and bought by the government to be placed in its present position, where it has remained since 1674. Striped Suit; Lively Walk. Once in my callow days I accepted a wager that I could wear a prison suit and walk fro'm Buffalo to Cleveland without serious molestation. It took; me over four days to get thirty miles. I was arrested nine times, and at Dun kirk I came near being mobbed by a Sunday s'chool picnic and was com pelle~d to discard my -uniform for citi-1 Szen's clothes. Yet I was a free man and innocent of crime, and there was no law defining what I should wear so long as it was male attire. - EJbert Hubbard In Philistine. Rusty. A little three-year-'eld miss, w14le her mother was trying to get her to sleep, became interested In a peculiar noise and asked what it was. "A cricket, dear." re:plied the mother. "Well," remnarkel the little lady, "he ought to get himself oiled."-Young People's Paper. Nothing to Show. Young Kallow-You guaranteed that lixir you sold me to raise a beard and mustache in six weeks' time. Drug gist-Yes? Young Kallow-Yes, and I wnit to say it's a barefaced lie.-Ex change. Let us believe we can and hope for the rest.-De Finod. Cured Is Mother' of Rheumatism. "My muother has been a sufferer for many years from rheumatism," say s W. H.'Howard, of Husband, Pennsyl vaia. "At times she was unable to ] move at all, whbile at all times walking a was painful. I presenited her with a ( b tdte of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and I after a few applications she decided it c was the most wonderful pain reliever I I he h'td ever tried, in fact, she is iiever i ~without it now and is at all times ablet< g walk. An occasional application of t. Pain Balm keeps away the pain that p The was formerly troubled with." For b THE RIVER THAMES. td Prettiest Point In From Mar1:.%1 to Hurley Lock. For the ordinary Londoner t:( ha:nes only beghis at ltichioad. but rom there on to Oxford every re:c'h i: delight. Magnificent as is the Hui on, it has the disadvantage of being )o big for a rowboat. One might jusi s well be on the Atlantic. AnythinL maller than an Albany day boat .ecin )st on its majestic breadth. But the 'hames is made for the single and ouble sculler, the punt, the Canadian anoe and the small electric launch. Aw to my mind the best of all start 3g p,nts is Marlow. It is about an our and a half's run from town and herefore well beyond the ran:c of arry and 'Arriet, who are the pests 0: n English as mosquitoes are of a: merican holiday. Marlow in it;elf i< delightfully typical village, with it road main street, its old inns and aanor house and its sweet smellin ottages ablaze with country flowers, Lnd the two mi'e row upstream t. lurley Lock focuses the Thames al is best. It is one of the beauties of his river that It has a perfect setting t winds in and out among wooded ills, past fields and flower lader aeadows and between banks that the leverest gardeners in the world havE one all they can to beautify.-Sydne3 crooks in Harpers Weekly. AN ERRATIC VOLCANO. tose From the Sea, Formed as Island and Sank Again. On June 16, 1810, the Sabrina, a Brit 3h sloop of war, observed smoke aris ag from the sea near St. Michael's, of he Azores, and made' for it, believin; hat a naval engagement was in prog ess. Her crew found, however, thal reat tongues of flame were issuini long with the smoke and that the; ad cleared for action to fight a vol ano. Forty-eight, hours later an island nade its appearance, having riser rom a depth of forty fathoms in tha ieriod, and in another day it was fifty ne feet above the surface, with f ength of about three-quarters of i nile. By July 4 the Sabrina's peopl vere able to land on this new shore vhich was then 300 feet high, withI ircumference of fully a mile, with z tream six yards wide running fron he center to the sea. They took formal possession of it foi its Britannic majesty, hoisting the union jack on its most conspicuon: >oint, but by degrees the island sani until about the middle of October 11 ranished below the surface, with thi mion jack still on it, like a battleshil inking with colors flying after a fats mngagement.-London Standard. INSECT CONVERSATION. Latenaal Language Among Ants IL a Demonstrated Fact. Every observer of insect life seem; onvinced that in one way or anothei nsects do converse. How this is don s. not so easily determined. Sometime: t may be by sound, as in the case o: ees with their busy hum; sometime: >y touching one- another on the heat r abdomen, as ants do, but far mor< requently by the antennae, so tha luber calls this tactile communicatiot 'antennal language." His own experiment demonstrate :he fact. Having placed a colony o: ints in a closed and darkened chamber e found them at first all .scattered ii lisorder, but he soon saw one who hat liscovered an outlet return to the rest )f these he touched a few, and speed y the whole com-nunity marched ou n regular lines, evidently with the ont :hought of liberty.. Ants have been known to post sent] els, to send out spies and to return t< heir nest by signal for re-enforce ents. The very aphides, the ants ilk kine, appear to understand anten ial language, as do wasps also, accord ng to Banks and Knight, for if thei: ientnels give no warning a nest ma. asiy be taken. A Fish Pecnliarity. There are some indications tha ishes possess a sixth sense, the organ: >f which are the pores of the head ant f the lateral band. This band is a rov f little canals connected with the es ernal world by holes through th cales. In these cavities, under whic) uns a large nerve, are found nerv eads or terminations like those o ther sense organs. The use of thi pparatus is unknown. Niot In Silence. "You're forever trying to give th .mpression that you're a martyr, mapped Mrs. Henpeck. "I suppos rou want everybody to think that yoi mffer in silence?" "No," replied Mr. Henpeck; "I suffe n the perpetual absence of silence. Ittle silence would be a positive pleas ire to me." The Real Thing. "Are the members of your dramati :lub very enthusiastic?" "Are they! Why, when we presente< Hamlet' in the next village last wee) ialf the company walked all the wa: 1me on the railroad track just to giv t a professional flavor."-Puck. Member of Don't Worry Club. "Oh, I wish I was like Richley, don' rou?" "Why?" "Because he doesn't have to worr: ubout his bank account running low." "Well, neither do I. I haven't go uny."-Philadelphia Press.. A Broad Hint. Hostess-You appear to be in dee :hought, Tommy. Tommy - Yes's H!amma told me if you asked me ti iave some cake I was to say some :hing, an' I've~ been here so long nov forgot what it was. bamberlan's Cough Remedy the E et Made. "In my opinion Chamberliin's Cong] emedy is the best made for colds. avs Mrs. Cora Walker of Portervill( aliforna. There is no doubt about it eing the best. No other will eare: old so quickly. No other is so sure: reventive of pneumonia. No otheri pleasant and safe to tamke. The-e ar< ood reasons why it should be preferra i 3 any other. The fact is that few las. le are sitisfied with any othier afte aving once used this remedy. Fe -That's what a prominent druggist said of Scott's Emulsion a s h o r t time ago. As a rule we don't use or refer to testimonials in addressing the public, but the above remark and s i m i 1 a r expressions are made so often in connec tion with Scott's Emulsion that they are worthy of occasional n o t e. From infancy to old age Scott's Emulsion offers a reliable means of remedying im proper aWl weak develop ment, restoring lost flesh and vitality, and repairing waste. The a c t i o n of Scott's Emulsion is no more of a secret than the composition of the Emul sion itself. What it does it does through nourish ment-the kind of nourish ment that cannot be ob tained in ordinary food. No system is too weak or delicate to retain Scott's Emulsion and gather good from it. We will send you a sample free. ne sure that this picture in the -form of a labelis on the wrappet of every bottle of Emulsion you SCOTT & BOWNE Chemists 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c. and $1; all druggbts. To-day is; for all that we know, the opportunity and occasion of our lives. On what we do to-day may depend the success and com Ieteness of our entire life-strug I gle. It is for us, therefore, to use every moment of to-day as if our very eternity were dependent on its words and deeds.-Dr. Trum bell. Has Stood the Test 25 Years. The old, original GROVE'S Tasteless Chill Toic.e You know what you are taking. It is iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. 50c. Teacher-Tommy, how wou'd you puuctuate this sentence: "Wlle while going down street, dropped a piece of pie, and "Tmy(quickly)--I'd makea dahafter the pie.-Baltimore 1Herald. Woma~n as Well as Men Are~ lade I Yliserable by Kidney and ~ Bladder Tronble. -Kidney troub)le preys upon the mind, discourages and lessens ambition; beauty, vig~or and cheerful LJ ness soon disappear out of order or dis. - cased. Kidney t'-ouble ha become so prevalen1t I ~. that it is not uncom kborn afflicted with weak kidneys. If the ch id unrites too often, if the urine scalds thie flsh. or if, when the child reaches an age wh en it should be able to control the pasg,it is yet afflicted with bed.wet. 1ti-:",'denendlupon it, the cause of the difh c :ri iney trouble, and the first r teo'should be towarda tlhc treatment of e'c nimortanta organs. This tunpleasant tr:t 1ble is due to a diseased con~dition of c.i kl.J11ey rnd bl(der ad not to a l;ii it as imo.n peCople sup.:e2. I :::::: as well! ar, mn arc made miser ablei wih kidney and bladder troule, and both need the same great remedy. Thec :nild and the immediate effect of S wamp-Root is soon rcalized. It is sold by druggists, in nity ccmnt ::nd c::c-doU.ar si::e bottles. You may haeasamplie bottle by mai'l free, also a nooetswamp.noce. pi.'')blet telling all about Swamp-Root, inchtiig many of the thousands of testi monimal letters' received from sufferers cured. Inm writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., E ::::oil, N. Y.. be sure and nmen.tiofl ti' sper. Don't make any mistake, -uat r~ -:nmber the name. swamp-Root, D:- Kiner's swamnp-Root, andl the a<: dr1s gia;nton, E Y., on Wee - WE WANT ALL INTERESTED IN MACHINERY TO HAVE OUR NAME BEFORE THEM DURING 1905 tWrit. us stating what kind of MACH INERY you use or wili install, and we will mail you FREE OF ALL COST A HANDSOME AND USEFUL. POCKET DIARY AND ATLAS OR A LARGE COMMERCIAL CALENDAR Gibbes Machinery Company, COLUMBIA, S. C. A STOCK OF HORSE POWER HAY PRESSES TO BE CLOSED OUT AT SPECIAL PRICES Grove' has stood the test 25year bottles. Does this record<4 - E.a.o .se ...... eir MULES ===WAG The largest number of ei City of Columbia can be si get our prices will conv cheaper than you can buy GREGORjY-JHE JNO. W. CONDER, 1115 Plair- Street, - - Have Your HOMEG Cabbage Plants Prices: 1000 ? $1.50; 5000 @ $1.25 Shipped C. 0. D. if desired. P Office in gooi WRITE FOR MERC Cabbage, Beans, Sweet Potatoes ai fot shipment of Tomato Plants, Sea Potato Draws should be booked in Jas. Ray Geraty, Express Office: You SOUTHERN THE SOUTH'S GREATEST UNEXCELLED DINING CA THROUGH PULLMAN SL THROUGH TRAINS CONVENIENT SCHEDULE Winter Tourist Rates Florida points. For full information as suit.nearest Southern Raih I Division Passenger Tax Returns-1905 The County Auditor's office will be open for the purpose of taking tax returns from January 1st to Febrpiary 28th. Only retnrns of personal prop erty are to be made this year; and all persons liable to poll tax are required by law to make return of same. Whbert parties have acquired or sold real estafe since last return are required to mnak note of same when mnakin g return of personal property. The Aud itor makes. special request that p)roperty owvner. will not neglect this, as it perhaps wih save much trouble and confusion.. Parties between the ages of 21 and 60 years are liable to p oil tax unless otherwise exempt. Ex-Confederatt soldiers are exemhpt from poll tax at the age of 50 years. There will acci ue a penalty of 50 per cep t where parties fail to make returni within the time maentioned above. The Auditor or his deputy will be at the usual places for taking returns on days mentioned. These appoint ments are made for the convemience of taxpayers, and it is hoped they will remember and take advantage of the opportunity, and not be in the rush the last days of February. Wolling, Friday, January 13. Crosby ville, Saturday, January 14. Gladden's Grove, Monday, Januar3 16. Flint Hill, Wednesday, January 18. Longtown, Thursday, January 19. CJentreville, Friday, January 20. Bear Creek (M. L. Cooper's), Satur day, January 21. Blythewood, Monday, January 23. Ridgeway, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 24 and 25.I Horeb, Friday, January 27. Jenkinsville, Saturday, January 28. Monticello, Monday, January 30. Buckhead, Tuesday, January 31. Wood ward, Wednesday, February 1. White Oak, Thursday, February 2. 12-7td County Aud~itor. Notice to Trespassers. All persons are warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber, or permit their live stock to come on any part of the land owned by the undersIgned, or trespass in any way. All trespassers wilu be prosecuted. G. W. KIRKPATRICK, Su. 12-7-4t floney to Loan. I have made arrange.ments to negd tiate loans on first mortgages of real estate in this counIty in sums of not less than $300, and payable in not less than five years. The rate of interest is eight per cent. on sums. undler $1,000. and seven p r ( cent. on sums of that amount or over. No commissions are charged. The I borrower pays for abstract and ex- I J E McDONA LD, I Atto lr<y. i Tasteless Chili L. Average Anauai Sales ovw af merit apito you? Ne st aaTea insagsa Ir on..uUmL - BUGGIFS ONS ther to be found in the en at our places. To ince you that we seJi elsewhere. 4MUL-1 CO,; Sec. and Treas., - COLUMBIA, S. C.. ROWN CABBAGE All Varieties. per 1000; 10,000 @ $1 per 1000,. lants arrive at your Express I condition. HIANTS' PRICES. id Turnips in, Season. Orders Island Cotton Seed *nd Sweeb advance. Enterprise, S. C. ng's Island, S. C. RAILWAY. SYSTEM SERVICE ,EEPINO CARS ON ALL S on all LOCAL TRAINS are now in effect to all to rates, routes, etc., con= vay Ticket Agent, or Z W. Hunt, Agent, Charleston, S. C. Notice. Stat'e of South Carolina, C:ounty of Fairfld, 1 In the Court of Common Pleas: E. S. Lupo, as Admnsnistrator of the Estate of F. C. ,Lupo, deceased, Piaintift, against Nanie A. Lupo et als., Defendants. Pursuant to an order of the Court of' Common Pleas made in the above stated case, dated 2nd November, 190t, all persons holding unsecured caims against the estate of F. C. Lupo, de ceased. are hereby- notified to establish their claims before me on or before the.. first day of Felsruury, A. D. 1906. W. D. DOUGL ASS, Dec. 6, 1904. Special Referee. 12-7-6t Trespass Notice. All persons are warned not 'UaJ nide, drive,,. hunt, fish. cut. tmbe dilow stoek to run at larg's,,or ohe. witse treps upon the l!snds of the andersigne, or lands e entrolled by rhemn. Al violating tl'.s notice wfR be dealt with acoording to the law. - 4.R. FEE. 12-74t A. D. ROSE. UNDER TAKING WILL BE CONTINUED IN the future the same as in the past; in the old establishment ina all its lepartm~ents with a full stock of: Jaskets, Burial Cases anid Coffins: :onstantly on hand, and use of. 1earse when requpsted. Thankful for past patronage a ird solicitous for a share in them ature, in the old stand. Calls attended to at all hours.. J. fL. ELLIOTT & CO. KIDNEY DISEASES FOLEY'8 i!LWi!A r money refunded. CuifaI. enedies recognized bensu Lent physicians as the L eo Eidney and Bladder troab~Ies. PRJCE 50c. and $LUA Tonic >cure, No Pa. 50c. k Loot,uLverPb