Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Do yta know, :t-pigp aade as aWfUI Noise last t" egan Ban at the bre&kat ti, "Pigs* echood' his' hats, Mrs i Raymond. "Yes; I could hear them quite plain. ly, all down the corridos," he said T hey kept me awake." "Bt there are no. pigs-there isn't a pigsty," protested Mrs. Raymond, ind igantly. "How- could theie be a * ivgsty within hearing diissnee of the court?" Bannatyne paused, fork in hand, meditatively. "Well, all rye got to say is," he remarked, "that there was a. tremendous-I'm sory, but I -tought it was pigs.. it, oeened Mb pigs. But, of ccufse," he esetimned thoughtfuy, "it coudn't be, as ye lay there was no pigm nar." "f course not," said Ups. RoAmad Armly. - Her guests lIoe at am'an ether furtively. "Where did it seem to -eawe mreen?" asked Miss Hetty, wit 6mWtret. Miss Graham hurriedly betyed her. self to tw6 pieoes Ot O.r Ae did ot want, and Mrs. Poiiot addesaed some evidently knportant sm'hk to the footman. don't quite know," saft be re. fiectively. "But I mibs a pust of definitely tracking it to its soes. to night." 'it must have been some one snor ing," declared Miss Hetty oracularly. Bannatyne pondered. 'Well, it it wasn't pigs," ie decided, "It probably was snoring. It was sonorous, rhyth mic and continuous. It entered into one's dream, when one did fall off. I dreamed I was In a battle and that IU "Oh, I Heard That, Tee? ecinon were raking the position. It tras an unpleasant dream, hAd then, eat a louder discharge them umual, I awoke; and .there were the pigs again ~-4 pnean not the pes." "Don't beat -about the 14. blesse," maid Mrs. Foliott, rather nervously. "But tell us who Kt is tbn snores." ' e suffered his game to rest ep her -softly, and then ft peesed on to Miss Gr'aham. "If I knew, w660k 1 dest amy I do." he seplied, "the. quess~es is, would it he ?ight? le t6 amy ome's al ,flr al6er all? Psote can't t a mis fortune et that su't" "I cas't ir*agiae wy me werd 'people de snore," put Ia ~Poitett, 'in a lofty maaaer. It'si perfectly simple ud S sno i ayone knows the A~ 3 of Syene," declared Mimi Graham distantly. ' Bannatyne looked at en. I sup 'pose it is," he said doubthlily. "But eves if you do know, soms I suW Miss Graham's eol~r M he creased. "I fancy I hearS S .wesM, she said quickly. "*ft -Oasb-,pR early in the morning," Her ascent appealed #5 % 'as hap. It was then, alse" he m petiso ly, belping himself to toten. 'g. J bed managed to get tio steep Wea, as the noise had eassed fem bem. k was a perfestly grinding noee" "O1h, I heard that, *wo," geae bbs. Folliott, "and I waIse e. She looked cuggestivery A -ts Seia, waho was displaying tksedwl ses intihe conversation.' "Couldn't you telW wb uns i.i came from?" demaned . Miss Hetty brusquely. Bannatyne hesitated. "Well, I shouldn't quite like to. Om course it *was pretty loud, and--I dit open my door once, and it dttnetly came from-" her saucer, and Mrs. Folliott's face -wore a constrainedly polite air of in. 'terest. - "There is no excuse for people snior ing," interrupted Miss Graham Urmly, * "Not in the leaSt," mureured Mrs. Fojctt, with a painful smile. i's. Raymiond!" prc the ladies. "Who wouU a ipoee? Of course not!" d uficulty is, of course;" 6a1 ne, judicially, "that no one I it position to affrm that he or sh d not snore" Incredulity sat upon the fair fea tures. "I know for certain that don't," declared Miss Graham, for saking the Indirect method a last. Mrs. Folliott looked as if she had been anticipated. "No one. has ev accused me of doing such a thing, she said promptly, all the same. "It must hrve been the pigs, attei all," murwured Bannatyne. "Really, Mr. Bannatyne, it's quit< 'time you mad frankly what you 'mean," said Mrs. Polliott, with acerb ity. "Do you mean to say it was whom you heard?" "Or I?" put I& Miss Graham, anx lously hostile, Baanatyne protested. "I haven' aid anything. I merely say that heard the sound of snoring, and tha vbe I opened my door it cam* "Where?" cried the four ladies to gather. '"roa some room near," he re There was silence for a moment amd then Miss Graham said: "My Voom is quite a long way from yours.' "And mine," said her friend. "My dear. Millicent, you are dim timetly nearer," protested Miss Gra ham. "My dear Evelyn, rm-not. I'm nex to Hefty." "Hetty!" They both turned theli eyes on the girl, , who was undia tuxbMd1v making a hearty breakfast and both beaiell. "That comes of taking a hearty sup per, Hetty," declared Mrs. Folliotl sailingly. "I warned you about the ginger bread," said Miss Graham, In amiable reproach. "I'm not sleeping there," proteste( Hetty, with her mouth full. "I'm in the nursery now." Mrs. Raymond got up. "I'll leave you wrangling," she said pleasantly as she left the room. Mrs. Folliott's eyes followed hez pensively. "Poor Mrs. Raymond's cold is very bad." She paused. "Even peo ple who are not accustomed to snorc sometimes do so when they have colds." Miss Graham agreed. "Of courie now she's gone, oae may say tha one's noticed on several occasions They both looked appealingly a Bannatyne, but he shook his head. "I didn't come from Mrs. Raymond' room," he said, as he r'ose to follow hi hostess' example. Half an hour later he was smokini a cigar on the lawn, when Miss Gra ham joined him, very prettily fijishe4 and important. "I wanted to tell you,' she began, hastily, "that I heard it too. It kept me aWake for quite a long time. It was most distressing wasn't it? Of course, I couldn't sa) anything before poor Millicent, but-' She paused. He nodded. "Yee, I know," he said. "I didn' say anything on purpose, too. Per haps I oughtn't to have mantioned I at all." "Oh, I don't know," replied Mi. Graham, cheerfully. "Yeu see, yot oouldn't-besides, she doesn't kne1 she snores, you see." 't90," 'he assented. "I have never smored In my fife,' parened Miss Grahara. "And on' really does know whea ene snore. desn't oner" '0ertainly," he agreed. Bhe parted from him, semifing, t ester the ros, garden, and he had no Igot to the cud of the cigar before h saw Mrs. Follotet oorning to mmu him. Ie waited for her. "I'm glad you didn't let poor Elvi lyn know," she began qulihi. heard it for a long-time, but I wouldn' for' the world let her think so." "No wul I," he said gravely. "Teawerevery 'considerate abou *..4e way you aveided answerln hen," went on Mrs. Folliott, pleasnantl3 "treally was good of you, and ne-rte to thank you for it. She mum never suspect." : Mi sha'n't," he assured her; an4 enuant, she. naifed him an adieu.. %, old chap, I hear you were kel: amhb last night by snoring, ehi?" sal e.d, his host, facetiously, ai smoked their last cigar in con thtnight. *said Bannatyme. "'Ihe fac 4I enty don't mention it,' becaus are sensitive) I snored so lou that I woke myself." b Wild Tribe of Pets. Among the wild tfibes to be foun in the Philippines are the ' Bogoboi the most picturesque people in th tropics. Their origin is unknown, an all sorts of opinions have been es pressed concerning them. One tal told of them is that their first ancei tors were all poets and musician and that the .dislike f~r the practice Iwhich Is always noticeable amion them has oome down through the ger etgl'ws. aO asngor wilstu turs, but the Mogobo a'sLpfbl3in arithmeti 4a4 Ne-. istmed beo0mes III and wantato go home. - Living at Sat Crux, In te Davao district is Miss Senedtot. a University of Chicago woman who is collecting everything peculiar to the -Bogobo. It has been found that the beadwork done by them. Is quite like that of the American Indian, but there 'is no other likeness in the races beyond that.-Manila American. Appointed Dean of Women. Mrs. Eveline Wright Allen, a grad uate of Leland Stanford university, has been appointed dean of women for that - institution. The office is newly created, and in filling it Mrs. Allen will have supervision of ,all matters relating to the women students of the university. New Fish in French Waters. French fishermen have recently been surprised and pleased with the appearance of fishes heretofore um known in their waters, including the sheepshead and the bluefish. QUARREL OVER THE SPOlt.S. Republicans in Factional Dispute About Delegates. The . anti-Roosevelt-Taft Republic ans have been denouacing the use of presidential patronage to i-ifluence the selection of delegates to the Republic, an convention. That only those favor able to the president's "policies" were being appointed was charged in all directions and much of the evidence seemed to confirm the charges. Now comes President ]oosevelt and enters a general denial and declares that the boot is on the other leg, for those who have been violating the civil serv ice injunctions "have been men who are not working for Mr. Taft." Yet in spite of this denial by Presi dent Roosevelt, of the misuse of offi cial patronage, his admission that his I "-interference with patronage matters in Ohio has .been limited to insisting, as I should insist anywhere else, that opposition to the purposes, policies and friends of the administration shall not be considered as a necessary pre requisite to holding the commission of the president," would seem to admit that only Roosevelt men are placed on guard. The next day Senator For aker in the senate gave the evideuee that convicted President Roosevelt of trying to coerce an Ohio postmaster. t These Republican squabbles over the t spoils of office, and the evident inten tion of the, dominant Republican fac tion to perpetuate its power by all means possible, is of little interest to Democrats, except as it -interferes with good government. It is quite cer tain that the Foraker-Knox-Cannon Fairbanks faction would do what they are charging the president with doing, and the only Republican mentioned lot president that would be at all likely tc reform the abuse of patronage is Gov Hughes. For that very reason the Republican politicians, including Prest dent Roosevelt, are opposing the ambi. tion of Gov. Hughes, and most of thos who appear- to be helping him are merely doing so to defeat the Roos velt faction. Such is the groveling attitude of the Repubican politiolaas, and fromn a patriotic standpoint it would seem that the independent vobers must be heart i ly sick of both factions. "Turn the rascals out." The Tariff Abroad- and Here.. The consul of the United States at ahemnits. Germny, reports that G1ev man commerce Is declining and that t imports and exports for October are both iess than in 1906. Such a de. crease is hardly to be wondered at, for tariff protection for the few at the expense of the many, which thirottles commerce, is the -policy in Gernfany tas in the United States. Cartels, wbich we cali trusts, besides an end less number of syndicates and combi nations to keep up prices, are stead Iity reported in the press of that ooua *try. The object of tariff protection in Germany was originally to help the landowners-the aristoeraey of that country-but the result has been to also build up monopoly by industrial corporations and manufacturers. The tadvance in the price of meat, flour and other protected agricultural produ~cts has enabled the German farmers to pay the high rents demanded by 'the landlords, but the increased oost of t living has weighed heavily upon the worklngmen. The manufacturers de manded their share of protection, and, being politically influential, the land lords'wore compelled to admit them to the sacred tariff protected circle. The disfranchised and unprotected artisans and laborers are rioting in the streets of Berlin and demanding work and votes. Those with limited incomes, as Swith us, are the worst sufferers, for they find no increase in their incomes to offset the enormous increase in the cost of living. It will thus be seen that while our , farmers are plundered by the tariff. Msgja3,fR2~~eg.h2 oie 1401 once ton ft ultr products. Tat rease# the demand fofu farmers, and 4n irtaan tariff law goes into lbe felt with increased severity iV , UniT d States. The temporary tarif arnbs ment made by this countrwit r many, until congress provides for a reciprocity treaty with that country, is being attacked by our standpatters, who will prevent any reduction of duties as long as they control con gress. Meanwhile England, with a tariff for revenne only, is increasingi her commerce'and times are compara tively good there. There are no plun dering trusts' and the farmers and workingmen are better off than ever before. How do our standpat friends explain the good conditions in Eng land and the lack of prosperity in Germany and the United States? A Thieves' Quarrel. The tin plate makers of this coun try. are having a quarrel with the steel trust over the division of tariff spoils. A hundred thousand tons of tin plate bars -have been sold by the steel trust for delivery in Wales at $21.90. Allow ing $4.10 for the cost of ship ping the product, the price at the mills is $17.80, while the price to American consumers is $29. Naturally the tin plate makers view the action of the steel trust with dis pleasure. .Tho tin plate makers de manded, and received, through the Dingley tariff law, special protection which they did not need. at all. The steel trust organizers fared likewise. The latter have now succeeded in em ploying the tariff law to deliver a foul blow to one of their best patrons. This is a case where the ancient adage touching upon the subject - of honor among thieves does not apply. The Last Word. Creep into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be saidl Vain thy onset! all stands fast Thou thyself must break at last. Let the long contontion ceasel Geese are swans, aid swans are geese, Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still. They out-talked thee, hiss'd thee, tore thee? Better men fared thus before thee; Fired their ringing shot and pass'd; Hotly charged-anasank at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumbi Let the victors, when they come, When the forts of folly fall! Find thy body by the walli -Matthew Arnold. The Good Man. I. - Mackillray was a dour man, Workin' night and day, 'Thryin' to build a grand hous4 And fretUn' life away. -When 'he built'his folno housr High beyond the furse, Not a.gir) in Kildare Bought to make It iers. - Larry was a young de'i3 - IdUn' life away, A-pipin' and philanderit' And laughin' all the daG Never was a colleen Trod the Kildare sod But homeless would here thred Mb At homeless Larry's nod! -Arthur. Stringer, in Smart Sed. if Virtue Were Tempting, Few men .would choose the wicked see Or litem to Temptation's cafl If Virtue, knowing how to pralae, Could learn to let her lashos fall On biushing cheeks ot sweetly aighed And had such graces as they olat .Who, Ailed with vmty and pride, Stray down the eaywayd to shamea, few anon would care to SEnsr whee The sirens sing en shameful isl, et Virtue always pouald he fair kne cuw the woqth of Sheehdag unma a. Kisse. - Clerk's Sale. The Rtate of South Carolina. County of Pickens. In Court of Common Pleas. In pursuance of a decretal order made in the following named case and on file in the Clerk's cflce. I will sell to the highest bidder durb g the legal hours for sale at. Pickens Court House. S. C., on sale day In September, the following dIecribed real esitate upon terms herein aftez' mentioned, towit: Maggie Orr, Plaintiff, -vs. . Leicher Giantt, et al, Defendants. All that piepe, parcel or tract of land in the State and C'ounty aforesaid in Liberty Township, containing fifty (30) acres more or less, adjoining lands of W. (3. O'Deli on the north, J. Frank Crane on the east. Mi. A. Boggs on the south, and John JHghes on the west, being the land conveyed to Letcher Ganitt by RI. Lenhardt on the 80th day of August, 1902. Terms: (~ash on day of sale; terms must lbe complied with in one hour after sale or the premises will be reeold on same day at the risk cf the former purchaser. Purchaser to pay for all aspers arid recording same. 4. J. BO0G6S, (Seal) Clerk of Court. For Sale. Goeod farm, one mile of Clemson Col lege, S. C , 46 acris, good one-horse crop, plenty of timbey, splendid land good1 1ssnre, fi-room house, out-buildings, good well of water, A ,ply to W. W. T. Nalley, Oalhoun,8. C, Jul6l-8w When*. on your Stock- Coft Dr the. Best4 Lf0 I n the aisir:t, it %ii .o get It fixe b) of He knows horoughly, and, >urn out, or die, he"ma1 i uis business to :]aim is paid pr :hose who know Write him at Green le will see you. au is F.- .JENNKINS GENERAAL MERCHANDIS. Liberty, S. C, Has a mighty nice liie of g For your inspection. The q ty and prices of the goodgare such as to move them wlhei our customers see tlidin Just to see whether you will buy or not, we make a ewk oflers that are inducements. $2.50 grade Men's Firi PMu For $2.00 a. pair. $1.50 grade Men's]Fine, Pana for $1.25. a pair. Men's Rats at Cost. Sell you a good $2 hat for $1.50. 25 per cent; off on Shoes. $1 Union Ma4e overalls for 90c. Your trade is appreciated. J. F. JENNINGS Liberty, S Ca. GARRETT BLAOKSMITIs & WOOD'WO Manufactures a fine. line $ turned work, such as balute, columns, brackets. and all suc work. Let me estimate with yu, * No job to farge or too sln t4 receive carefu .and prompt st lention.. Communicate with 'me by telepone through the Cenrl . . office,or by a on 1 FI' SPECIAL.SUMMER. EXCUR~U~~ Via Southern Railwa. Extremely low round. ' Week-End Excursion Tlek4t~ are now on sale for all tiy Saturdays and for S8 day~ morning trains' only, to 1Sleot Pines, Tybee; also to-many at tractive Mountain Resort Points, from principal stattins in South Oarolina. Tickets good '.to re turn until Tuesday following date of sale. Also special Sunday E slon rates from Columbia, i gusta and intermediate'stati to Isle of Palms and T'ybeg. For details, rates, etc.;4~ to Southern Railway aef lanta, Ga.; J. O. Charleston, S. 0. . Fon 8A 7.cwA'$ 1miles north of PAI, 7acres west OtOd orsbranch bottom, 4t pro$1 Were, cash deal y R. 9 D,;No.4, Picke