Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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orthe i*ul thn n. tihtrams in'te southe naoun6Wtains Within t;A aae. irland, West iia, Hn, South 'Carolina, Georgia .Aabi. kenti'ky fnd Tennesee atdiu int'White moun fains In te stateasof New Hampshire and, Man. Ainoug the more impor tant Provisiona ofthe bill are specinea tions of te conditionA under which title Is transferred from the indivIdual to the federal government permission being -giventeept teitle to minerals or standing timber on tracts that may e-transferred. T h. secretary Is em powere to -adertise for lands In the teveral states and must take 0900iibat atre offered af glie ItI price, but only after the legislature of the state In which the land se'located shall have consented to the acquisition of th and by the United States for forest. purposes. The bill sets aside~$5,O@,O30 which shall be avallabie lmmedlately' upon the passage of the bill for the purchase of the lands mentioned. Pro vision is also made for the sale of agri Oultural lands wbich may be located in these mountainous areas in the ordi onary homestead .method,. but in tracts not exceeding eighty acres to each set tier. The bill provides that lands ac quired under the act shall be reserved, -held and administered as national for est lands. People residing in these forest' reserves continue undet' the same legal jurisdiction as prior to their salq to the federal-government except In the matter of offenees against .the Unlted States. Under the terms of the bill the secretary of agriculture not only has oversight over the government reserve proper, but may for the protec tion of the watersheds of said naviga ble streams agree to aduinister and protect for a definite tee'm of years any private lands situated upon any of these watersheds, but'on condition that timber-thereon shall only be cut In ac cordance with the rules and regulations which the government shall prescribe. Friends of the forest preservation pol icy of the present administration view this measure as one of the most vital which have ever been before congress, and it is earnestly hoped that the men-: ure may become a laW. The individual citizen cannot do much, but he can write his representative in congress if in doubt about his attitude and urge him for love of country and considefa tion for the welfare of future genera tions to give the bill his cordial support INSTRUCTIVE STATISTICS. The government Crop Reporter for January contains sore very interesting data in tables which show the average yields of gtain per acre In the United States during the forty year period beginning in 1868 and ending with the close of 1907. During the first five years of this period the average yield of the leading cereals was as follows: Corn,- 27.6 bushels; wheat, 32.8; oats, 29.2; barley, 23.8; rye. 18.8t In the last five years of'the period from 168 to 1907 the yield 'of the same cereass was: C'orn, 27.5; whbet,. 18.%; eats, 29.9; barley, 26.5; rye, 16 tiehels respee tively. There aee some helpf61l de dections and leusons that may be drawn from the figures given. Aoi them is this-that a more exact an scientiaic type of agrIculture has not durigg the priodeeved to counqeract the loss in fertility of soils that to be. gin with were marvelously prodigal and responsive. Thq.garsagiven als emphasise the fac :bat te who are engaged In the good wd*a must con tinue preaching the . pei of A bettet type of aji'ic11ture Wbg will restore to the soil 1ts lost etate of prIsthis productiveness. Another fact thet IS brought out Is that there must- be a ecad of redhanded agricultural sinners who are prosecuting a wretehedly ut* profitable type of agriculture to bring the yields of the cereals nawn$ down to so low a figure. 1Dvery farmert In the country should consider it his per sonal, religious and patriotic duty to raise such crops as will put him on the upside of these paltry averages-to be a litter up instead of a puller down. A TREE POR THE NORTH. The attention of readers of these notes has been called before to the Norway poplar as a valuable tree suit.. ed to planting in the northern portion of the c entral. west. The poplar In question hears no cotton or seed, as does its cousin, the 'cottonwood, but is propagated entirely by cuttihgs. .The tree grows straight. The wodd is straight gpained and makes godlum ber an4 - also ,splits easily, seasons -quickly an4' mank~s ecllent~ mummner fuel. The growtb of .the. tree is ra'pid. In MlnnesotgwIaere it was introduced somo years ago; t hag been ktnown to attain a height 4t ffty 1iqrt and a di. ameter of seventeen inichet in fonr'teen eas- The trge,- seetul to be yer cjduoted bt1. ice show that superier to the use of .eater a e and a Woperior qualty MURDER OF THE SEAL The Way the Animals Are Glaughtered by the Hunters. The ice echoes' no footfalls. so the murder of the seal is a stealthy act. Yes. it seein. like murder. On the pan lies a whitecoat alone. Up to it hur ries otte 'of 'thb hunters. Lifting his but above his head, he 'measures the distance; then., swinging downward the Iron shed point. he strikes the skull of the seal such a blow that it is crushed 14 as if of pasteboard. Tossing aside the bat and whipping out the scalping knife, while the creature is still quiver Ing, with a swift underput and two or three side strokes the keen blade has severed the hide and the layers of fat beneath s6 they can be rolled into a pelt, the hide holding the fat in its f9ids. The next whitecoat is with its parents. Their bide is coarser, but worth having, so the gunner takes a quick aim, lodging a charge of 'shot in the head of the growling mate just at. the base of the brain. Here the skull is thinnest. One of the batters stands guard over the blowhole to prevent the mother from escaping, while an other bats the cub. Then the female, who would desert her oirspring to save her own life, is clubbed on the, bead. A few strokes of the knives and three more bloody carcasses crimson the ice. The pelt of the first seal is piled with the other three in a pan. The flagman sticks a flab-by its side, and the hunt ers hurry forward. leaving the pelts to be towed back to the ship when the hunt is ended. Thus the slaughter continues hour after hour until nightfall only ends the vtroke of the bat and thrust of the knife. If it began at daybreak the field may be strewn with thousands of dead seals. for if the pan of ice is thronged with them, as is sometimes the case. a hundred men will kill ten times their number in a day, since most of the seals are harps, which seldom try to protect their young, and are slain without atteinpting to defend themselves.-Day Allen Willey in Met ropolitan. Bunions and Rank. "It Is extraordinary," writes Sir Hen ry Drummond Wolff in "Rambling Riec ollections." "to observe-in England the -weakness. that most people have for boasting of their frlends in high places and the deference that they show to them. The daughter of a lady of very high rank had some pain in her foot which the mother asked the governess to be good enough to look at. The lat ter after examining It said, 'if it were not for her ladyship's exalted rank I should say It was a bunion.'" - THE ESKIMO KAYAK. This Greenland Craft Is a Most Diff oult One toe'Mendle. There is no craft so diffieult to hat - at. as the Eskibtno kayak. .The only beat familiar to us which .in any way resembles It Is the racing sheli, but If & crack oarsman of .one of our crack colleges were tied into a kayak and -told to shift for himself even In smooth water he would have a bard times of it. The kayak has been evolved through hund di of years of necessity. With out it the Greenland Eskimnos at least would got be able to provide thei daily bread, "br, niore properly speaking. their daily blubber. It Is singular that all the materials ueled In the construetion of the kayak come frmm the sea-driftwood for the ~m, sealskin for the covering. for the harpoon and dart, ivory and J.ne for bow, stern and keel and for the various Implements. Ttbe womi en -prepare the skin covering and Stretch it over the frame till it is as tight and Arm as the head of a drum. On such occauion , there is great ex citement in the community. A regular "kayak bee" is held; even refreshments are not lackink. for the owner of the kayak treats to cogee all around when the work is satisfacterily done. The completed boat is a triumiph of Ingenuity and skill. It is about eight een feet long. usharply pointed at each end. its greatest depth is six Inches and its width about eighteen. it is entirely covered save for the little round hole into which the owner slips. pushing his feet underneath the skin deck in front. This bole is fitted to the person for whom the boat is desIgned, -and his thighs conietsely fill it up. When heI is seated in it ,and his waterproof jacket is tied securely rou'Id the edge he is able to defy the waves which wash over him or the rain which beatir aliop him. The BlE thong loops -ar fanged on the deck in front and the~ three or four behind hold his imple in ftiet '1the 46 bim on tL bdder, which for use, to tli lige. Moste are apt- sometnit to ke steortt may be by tih attack ofA ."wairip or even a seal, by Oareless ,nov.qiit or an unexpectet ly 'large Ytave. - Ift be does not rigl himself at on". he'is inevitably drowt ed. unless a eomrade conibs to his as sistane.. The uedal method of turnin the kayak upright-again is by usina the paddle as a lever. holding it alon the side of the boat, pointing it towar the bow, then sweeping it through th water, but those who are. thoroughl, prod, ignt are able to do it by means 1 their throwing stick, their arm or evei their hand. Quite Natural. "Of course." said the tourist, "yoi know all about the antidotes for snak, bite?" "Certainly," replied the explorer. "Well, when a snake bites yol what's the thing you do?" "Yell."-Philadelphia Press. Two to'ads. First Mother (reading letter from soi at college) - Henry's letters alwayi send me to the dictionary. Secon Mother (resignedly) - That's nothing Jack's always send tue to the bank. Puck. THE MAXIM GUN. Curious Origin of This Terrible Engini cf Destruction. The crigin of the Maxim gun wa somewhat curious. Mr. Maxim (Si Hiram) after the close of the grea civil war in Ameriea was visiting on of the southern battlefields. le picke, up a Springfield rifle and began firi at a target. He soon, discovered, to hl amazement, that his shoulder was al black and blue with the recoll. Thi set him thinking, and he soon cor ceived the idea of. utilizing this fore In a gun which would fire automatik ally. le went to London full of his idet but no one would. listen to him. I Birmingham the chief man in n fa( tory refused to make a bolt gun. In despair Mr. Maxim packed up hl trunks and went to Paris. In tw weeks the work. was done. This gu Mr. Maxim exhibited in London I 185. le spoke of it then as the gu of the future. It is now the gun of th present. -It is a wonderful gun and deadly one. By adjusting the indict tor itwill tire bullets at any rate trot one per minute to 000. This .ferrilAe weapon. is started . b the firing of the.. first shot., After, tha It works Itself and will keep going a long as crtridges can be fed into th machine. .When, one belt of 883 is e3 hausted. all that is necessary is t hook on another. When the British government gav an order for the gun. Ahey stipulate that it should not weigh morp than hundred pounds and should. be capabl of firing a thousand rounds In fou minutes. Mar. Mazim produced a gu which welghed thirty-6te pounds an fired. 2.000 t'ound's in three minutes. Sit.,.Louis Post-D~ispatcha. AN 'IRREGULAR -VERB. O.e.Thet -Made a Frenehman Despal of I,.earnilng Englisk. * What does 'B~et iti' liean?" aske the man of an inquiring frame of mini of his well informed- frIesd. "Why," was the reply, "that mean to go, depart. be off., take your leavi and don't be slow about It. I don' know what it came from unless It Is bit of policeman's slang for 'Get of in: beat!' or 'Clear out unless gou wasu me to beat you!' "I am reminded of a line In one c Dr. Oliver Wendell -Holmes' amusin poems, scattered through the pages C his delightfui 'Autocrat oE the Breal fast Table.' It runs: "Depart! Be of.'! Ezeeedi E~vado! Fvampe! But it takes a Latin scholar to di, cover the derivations of all his vert of motion. "There Is a story of a Frenchma who on his way to IEugland was mad the victlip. of a p'aetleal joke in ri gardi to the verb 'go.' whose 'went 'going.' 'gone,', are' . irregular enougi goodness knows.. Hie was found tot struggling with this va'riation: '1 g< thou departest; he clears out; we et stick; you inake tracks; they absquatm late.r and as he read it he exclaimed "Mercy? What irregular verbs yo have in your English language!' "-Nei totk Tribune. .Generous. Professional Faster--I should like t undertake a fast of four weeks in -thi show of- yours. Ho0w much will yo pay me. Showman-I can't give yo any salary, but I will pay for yon keep.-Flegende Blatter. There is as y'et no method of progret known to men that is so rich and con plete as that which is ministered by truly great friendship.-Phillips Brook ithe og g10: in Cto te et bidder durl- I hours Sorsal at Picken S.C. on sale day In Septe 1 owng idescribed real eate upon terms herein after mentioned, towIte Maggie Orr, Plaintiff, vs. Leteher Gantt, et al, Defendants. All that piece. parcel or tract of land in the State and county aford in Liberty Townshi;-, containing ffy (30) acrts more or less, adjoining land. o W. C, O'Dell on the north, J. lFPak raneOn .the east. U. A. Boggs on the south, and Jhn Bughes on the west, being- the land conveyed to Ltcher r Gat by R. Lenhardt on the 80th 0- r of Auuast, 1902. Terma. Cash on day of sale; terms must be complied with in one hour after sale or the premises will be rerold on same day at the risk of the former purchaser. Purchaser to pay for all papers and recording same. A. J.BOGGS. (Seal) Clerk of Court. Summons for Rehef. (Complaint not Served). State of South Carolina, I Pickens County. Court of Common Pleas. J. D. 31, Keith, as Executor of the last will and testament of M.D. Keith, de ceased, Plaintiff, againdt E. F. Keith, W. C. Keith, J. R. Keith, Lula Jones, Nancy Ferguson, Mary P - Talley, Stephen Keith, Jaret M. Keith, J. L. Keith, Margaret Ferguson, San dacy Burgess, Martha Evatt, Angeline r Rice, Joe. A. Keith, Mary Clark, Hardy Woodall, N. A. Keith, W. Cal t vin Keith, S. C. Keith, G. W. Keith, Mary Roper, Eliza Edens, Sarah T. I Jones, Rebecca Roper. John S. Hen dricks and Lula Roper, Defendants. 9 To the Defendants above named: I You are hereby summoned and re 9 quired to answer the complaint In this action, wh.ch was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court at Pickens, S. C., the *5th day of August, 1908, and to serve a copl of your answer to the said com plaint on the subscriber at his office at Pickenp, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforenaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. ) Dated Auvust 5th, A. D., 1908. i C. E. ROBINSON, Plaintiff's Atty. SA. J. Booos, C. C. P. Summons For Reliet (Complaint Not Served) State of South Carolina, t PicJens County. Court of Common Pleas. John E. Boggs, Plaintiff, vs. Cora L. Bogge, Defendant. To the Defendant, Cora L. Boggs: ' You are hereby summoned and re. I quired to answer the complaint in this action, which was flied in the office of * the Clerk of Court of Pickens County. r . C., on the 29th day of June, 1908. and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at I their office at Packens, S. C., within - twenty days after the servicehereof, ex c lusive of day of such service; and if you fait to auswer the complaint within the tinie aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for'the relief demanded in the complaint. r Dated June 99, A. D. 1008. A; J. Boos, 0. 0. P. I HAYNE8woS'O & Rounniso, - Plaintiff's Attorneys. B .Notice of Cotten. Nfelgler's Electies, t Plekens Court Mouse, S. C, a Nottee is hereby gven that an elec V tion will be held at Pchens court house, t 8. C., on Saturday, August 18, I909, the same'.being the third Saturday in Au fgust, 1908, for the purpose of choosing a cotton weigher for the said town of SPickens to serve for thle ensuing year. f Pollswil be open at 10 o'clock a. m. and close at 6 o'clock p. m. on said day. In order to vote in this election all male patrons of the Pickens cotton mar ket who will procure from R. R. Roark. Clerk of the Town Council of the.Town of Pzckens, a certificate that he Is a a patron of the Pickens cotton mkirket, and is entitled to vote in general elec S tions in Pickens county, may vote. e It will not be necessary that the per son offering to vote shall reside mn Pick. .ens township; but If he resides in Pickens county, and Is a patron of the Plckens 'areand procures the proper certifi e cate from the Clerk aforesaid, lie shall 4; be entitled to vote, .,These certifioates may be obtained by i- applying to R. R. Roark at any time'be L: tweeni August 4, 1908, and August,14, 1908. The following are appointed managers Vof the said election: J. E. Cox, D. B. Finney, Claude Hester. R. R. Riotan Clerk Town Council Pickons, S. "C, For Sale. Good farm, one mile of Clemson Col lege, S. C , 46 acres, good one-horse crop, s plenty of timber, splendid land, good . pasture, 8-room house, out-buildings, a good well of water, s. A pply to W. W. T. Nailey, Calhoun, S. C - Ju8-.Ru on) yoL f:g STPk, %.0ttO) Bst Life Ins a on the market, it will kll to get it fixed up b) W. B. ANTHONY of Oreenville, .. C. He lcnows his bu ill, thoroughly, and when burn out, or die, he makes " his business to see that the, claim is paid promptly. Ask those who know him. Write him at Greeniillid A he will see you. augf3. J. F. JENNINGS GENERAL MERCHANDISE Liberty, S. C. Has a mighty nice line of goods for your inspection. The qual ity and prices of the goods are such as to move them wl.en our customers see them. - Just to see whether you will buy or not, we make a few oflers that are inducements. $2.50 grade Men's Fine Pants for $2.00 a pair. $1.50 grade Men's Fine Pants for $1.25 a pair. Men's Hats at Cost. Sell you a good $2 hat for $1.50. 25 per cent. off on Shoes. $1 Union Made overalls for 90c. Your trade is appreciated. J. F. JENNINGS. Liberty,' S. C. C. W. GARRETT 81X MILE, S. C. BLACKSMITH A WOODWORK Manufactures a fine line of turned work, such as balueters, columns, brackets. and all such work. Let me estimate with you. No job to large or too small to receive careful and prompt at tention. Communicate with mebj teehone through the Centra, S. C. office, or by mail on R. F. D). 2 from Central. SPECIAL SUMMER EXCURSIONS Via Southern Railway. Extremely low round-trip Week-End Excursion Tickets are now on sale for all trains Saturdays and for Sunday morning trains only, to Isle of Pines, Tybee; also to many'at tractive Mountain Resort Points, from principal stations in South Carolina. Tickets good to' re turn until Tuesday following date of sale. Also special Sunday Excur slon rates from Columbia, Au. gusta and intermediate stations. - to Isle of Palms and Tybee. For details, rates, etc., apply to Southern Railway agents, 'o J. Le MEEK, A.. G. P. A., A lanta, Ga.; J. C..LUSK, D. P. A. Charleston, S. C. Fon BAa--17 aeres, o agfs fer'est 1j mIles north'of Piken~, e se% . 7~ acres west of Woodall yti~ti ' acres branoh bottom. balsuAat air ce$1 are cshdel -I 9. ., o. , Pekee, .