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Entered APH 8 9 tPoes L09W wt b atr ne o fOnrs fM b8 89 P-(RI ge U NT IA VVTIlg six mle 1armerB are about through l fa qrps are looking fine, ic d0ti the drouth we have had for the past-three weeks. Ou-cmnutjty was saddened on tle afternoon of the 22d ult. *hen the.deth angel hovered over the heme of Mr. and Mrs. 0. R. Abercrombie and called home the sweet and beloved spirit of the little one-year-old aUghter, Ruble, who was sick for.the past month with fever. She bore her sufferings gently, and all was done In earthly power to save her, but God saw 1it to take her away. "L'hrough all pain attimes she'd smile, A smile of heavenly birth; And when the angels called her home, She smiled farewell to earth." He renmalns werelaid to rest on the following day at 11 o'clock in the Six Mile Baptist cemetery. Rev. B. C. AtkInson conducted .a very impressive burial service. The pallbearers were four little girls-Pearl, Leila. May and Beulah Garrett. The bereaved parents have the heartfelt sym athies of a host of friends and relatives in their honr of -sorrow. Prayer services are conducted at Six Mile every Sunday night at 8 o'clock. Let everybody bear this In iplud and. be pres -ent, as it Is-hoped thAtnucIi --everlating good.-anight be ac complished from these services. Prof. Herring, of Central Col lege, delivered a very interesting lecture at the Six Mile school house last Thursday morning, which was well attended and pleasantly enjoyed by all. Perry Durham is teaching a flourishing school at., Garvin. This is his third term of school at that place. Aaron Garrett, one of our es teemed citizens and highly ap preciated merchants, who re cently went to Anderson to undergo a surgical operation, is at home now, to the delight of his many friends,. and his health, we are glad to note, is greatly improved. Arthur Atkinson and Luthe: Dillard, 'two of our promislhp young mnen, left last Saturday for Atlanta, where they will spend several weeks with rel atives. Leroy Chamblain, .Arthu: Boggs and Lewis Crow passed through town last Thursday on their way back to Liberty, after 8pending se' eral days on a big fishing tour on the Whitewatex and Keowee. They reported a jolly good time. Miss Qla Bearden recently vis ited home folks at Oakway. Rev, and Mrs. B. C. Atkinson visited at the home of J. C: Gar rett, at Norris, one day last week. A. A. Holliday and brothers, T. H., Waco and Bill, spent thE latter part of last week with rel atives in Anderson. J. W, -Miller and daughter: Miss &lge, and son, Paul, 01 New Hope, visited relatives al - ~ Praters- for the past few days, reds Mile They were accompanied home by their 'cousin, Ed. Seaborn, who will spend several days in and around New Hope. Mr. and Mrs. Will Atkinson recently visited friends near Pickens. Melvin Rice returned to Norris last Sunday, after spending a week with relatives here. BLUEBELL. Hello! Here I am. Every thing cheerful and lively and health good in this community. We had some fine rains this week which did the crops much good. Crops are looking fine, and the old farmers are now en joying life. Miss Mary Trotter visited Miss Lizzie Alexander, of the Stewart section, last Monday. The picnic near Birch's ford was well attended. There was some fine speaking in the morn ing, but on account of the rain the was no oratory in the after noon. A protracted meeting will be held at Gap Hill this week. We trust it will prove a successful meeting. Miss Cecil Hester is getting al6ing fine with her school. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Willimon visited in the Stewart section one day this week. Willie Cox, of Oconee, visited in our little burg last week. His visit was made at the home of. his best girl, kias Patsy. So I won't tell any more,. you all can guess the rest. Mr. and Mrs. Clate Willimon dined with W. C. Garrett and wife last Friday. Miss Nora Hendricks, of Oco nee, was the guest of her friend, Miss Sophia Mauldin, and other friends last week. Thank you, "M aybelle," very much for your compliment. I can pass the same on you. There is nothing I enjoy more than to read the old S.-J. when it comes to our home. I like to read the items from every sec jtion, don't you? I Miss Essie Findley, of- Dalton, visited at the home of her friend, Miss Sophia Mauldin, Monday last. Misses Anna and Blanche Cox, of Oconee, were the guests of Miss Mary Trotter last Friday. I will close, as the old lady is looking crosseyed at me, saying it is dinner time. Cooks sure have a time. OLD RIDDLE. How Hot is Hell? A colored minister of Ander son county was expounding to his flock, and after vividly de scribing the plight of those who go to the other place, he conclud ed the service with the following: "Bredern, Ihab bin asked how hot am hell, en I wud say dat, ef yer tuk all de wood in de state ob Souf Carliny, en all de coal in dis kontry, pile 'em all up in er heap; en take all de ile in de worl' en pour it on 'em,en den set dat pile ernire en den take er man out o' hell en set 'im in de mid dle o' dat burnin' mass, en he'd freeze ter def. My bredern, dat am how hot hell am."-{Ander pi~Intelligencer. Hgazel, The protracted meeting wi begin at Antioch Baptist churc Dn the 9th inst.-, conducted b bhe pastor, Rev. W. J,, Sherifi W. P. and C. A. Davis sper 3aturday and Sunday wit] relatives and friends near Bogg dountain. D. D. and Leroy Wincheste have returned from a very pleaE %nt trip to Lake Toxaway, RoE man and Brevard. Mrs. Amanda Edens, accon Panied by her son, Tom, spen last week near Brevard with he brother, Johnnie Stansell. Sh 3peaks very highly of the Frenc Broad valley and its crops. News has come to your scrib pretty straight that three youni ladies have rented tho old J. k Parrott house and are "keepin bach" in it. Mr. Editor, if yo now any gentlemen bachelorn ;end 'em around. Surely, the .ould find them a helpmate ou -f the bunch. Marrried, last Sunday, at th residence of the bride's mothei Miss Malinda Chapynon and 1: . Galloway. The young coup] have the best wishes of a ho >f friends in'their journey dow .he stream of life. . MOUNTAIN SPROUT. Good Roads COLUMBIA, S. C.,, Jily 80, ED. JOURNAL:-If there is ai Lhing on which our .people ai mUted ' it- is the d'sire for got roads, and yet we do not hav them. Many blame the c6n missioners. Would it not I more reasonable to blame or system? Believing that we never wi have improvement under or present system; I had a bill pr Pared providing for a chang but some thought it best th the proposition should first I submitted to the people; and th is my purpose in writing th letter, as I will not have an o] portuni'y of discussing it ups the stump. Our system is faulty in the our commissioners are too f a Ere - us. It is possible, and w have seen, all[ the board electe from one neighborhood; in the event a man might have charg of a section on the far side of th :ounty from his home. W need our commissioner near ut iving in the midst of .his worb For our roads we need mone .o supplement the commutatioi .ax, and the chain-gang wory We have about all coine to thi onclusion, yet we kick - againe .he proposition when put to ut The reason is sixiple; ig4hav no assurance but that all th noney we pay in may be eyc pended on roads we will neve see. Many counties in our state ar .rying to improve their systemf and various plans are bein adopted. I- would like to see ij our county 1. A supervisor to take charg >f certain duties, such as lettin of bridges likely to cost $50 c more; the management of tb :hain-gang,distributing its wor among the various townships a mpartially as possible, and var ous other such duties that coul best be attended to by hirn. 2. A township onaao one in each township; these with; ti supervisor to constitute county I board of commissioners. The y township commissioner to have control over his township road i fund, and spend the same for the improvement of roads in his township. The township road fund to consist of (1) the sum apportioned by the county board r of commissioners to each town ship; (2) the commutation tax for said township; (3)- any spe cial tax levied in any township . for improvement of roads. t This briefly outlines the plan.. r A commissioner in the midst of D his work knowing every road 1 and bridge; and the cetainty that if a man went down into his pocket for extra money for roads that It - would be Olaced where he could see the benefits of it, would cause many a man to be willing to go down into his pocket. C. H. CARPENTER. t Resting and Improving Dear Courier:-Finding my self in need of rest, my church ' kindly gave a me month's vaca tion. My good brother, deacon J. e M. Geer, and his noble wife, sug gested the vacation on condition that they jointly be allowed to bear my expenses.' With a grateful heart I ac cepted their generous offer, and after spending a few days at Glenn Sprintge, fl T.. m nW at thIs famous summer.-meort, ' Tallidah Falls, Ga., 8,000 feet d above sea level, breathing the e finest air and drinking the very L- best water. I shall never be able e to tell how much I appreciate r the kindness of my church, and the thoughtful liberality of Bro. I1 and Sister Geer, which ha - made r it possible for me to take the 3- rest and to spend the time where , I feel that I have been so much t benefitted. I trust to return to e my church soon, for there is Lt nothing on earth that I loye so Is much as the work of the Master among the people I love so well. I This is one of the nicest places to rest I have ever seen. The ,t scenery is grand beyond descrip r tion; the mighty onrushing wa e ters of Tallulah river, foaming, I leaping, roaring, dashing for ,t hundreds of feet from the first e to the eighth fall, while the tow e ering rocks reach up toward the B sky, In some places to a height , of 800 feet. Gazing on this won .derful scenery E think of the om i nipotency of the God of creation. 11 While listening to the thunder - ing sound of the mighty wp*, B1 I think of what John says in t Revelation 19:6: "And I heard -as It were the voice of a great B multitude and as the voice of B many waters, and as the voice -of mighty thundrings crying, r Allelula! for the Lord God omi nipotent reigneth.' " D. W. Hioi'r. -[Baptist Courier.. iAlthough 16,000 native Chris tians have been massacred in Chin In the last eight years, Sthere have been over 100,000 r added to the Protestant mission e churches. s: In the last year the people of -:Canada paid over $28,000,000 for' a life insurance, while -the whole1 word gave a little over- $21,000,. *. 000 for foreirn mission work The Love Knof Tying her bonnet under her chin, She tied her raven riegltin But not alone in the'ftko Did she catch her lovely, hair; But, tying her bonnet under her chin, She tied a young man's heart within. They were strolling togetheri the hill, Where the wind comes blowlia 4 merry and chill, And it blew the curls a frolic some race All over the happy, peach-color ed face; Till, scolding) and laughing, she tied them in, Under her beautiful dimpled chin. And it blew a color as bright as the bloom All over the cheeks of the pret tiest girl That ever imprisoned a romping curl; Or, in tying a bonnet under her chin, Tied a young man's heart within. Steeper and steeper grew the hill; Madder, merrier, chillier still The western wind blew down, and I d The wild cks with the lit tie maid, - As tying her bonnet under her chin, She tied a ygoung man's heart within. 0, western windl do you think it was fair To play such tricks with her floating hair . To gladly, gleefully do your best To blow her against the young man's breast, Where he has gladly folded her in, And kissed her mouth and dim pled chin? -[Harvard Lampoon. Pearidge We - are suffering seriously from dry weather in this com rnunity. i We haven't had any rain in three weeks, yet every body appears to enjoy the drouth and health is good. C. W. Hester, of Oconee, vis-~ Ited his mother, Mrs. Davis Brown, the latter part of last week. Charley Murns, of Laurens, returned home Saturday from a visit to his brother James; his sister, Miss Nellie. remains an other week. 8. M. Ferguson has been un der the weather for the last few days, but is improving. C. C. Gillespie's friends will regret to hear that he has a bad rising on his ankle. L. E. Hunnicutt and eons, Eugene and Robert, of Grepa. ville, visited at the home of3. A. Hunnicutt the first of t1e week. Horton Watson recently ir chased a fine top buggy. Look out for him, girl&