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j ?" AUA OAA ~MORE OLD ] Col. Pat Roche Shows U His Old Friend Martin p,About Cedar Spring y Bring Its Worth in of Slaves?A Col Pat Roche likes to play setback, but he likes much more to talk ^ i " * " nf lone aco and to live J. Vi. VMV a - a - again in memory the days of the century which has gone. He read of sr-c&fe. the people who were parties to the deed to old Hopewell Church lot, and declares to us that he had forgotten some of the people whose names are mentioned in that instrument. The article stirred his interest in other matters of this kind, and he talked one night last week until 2_ a. m., telling his young friend, Col. James W. Martin, about old times. , - \ This got Mr . Martin interested, so he pulled out his old trunk from under the company bed, and went through the old documents he found in it, and some of these he turned over to Col. Roche for his instnic tion and entertainment. C/oi. xtocne has delivered them to us, and asks that we make a special riote of the price at which liquor and rum sold in "ye olden time," when they made good liquor. Among the papers handed us by V* , .>.* Col' Roche is a certificate that John i Martin (presumably the grand-father or great-grandfather of James W. Martin) had become a naturalized citizen of the /United States. The certificate recites tflat "John Martin a .native of the country of Antrim in the kingdom of Ireland," j "aged about 26 years" had personal-' ly appeared before a term of the f: <_ Stfpreme Court of Common pleas iield in Newberry village in and for the district of Newberry aforesaid" and by his petition prayed that the said court would admit him to be a "citizen of the United States of A? merica, agreeable to the Act of Congress in such case made and provided. The court being satisfied - V that the applicant had resided in the y v district and under the jurisdiction of the court the requisite length of time and was "a man of good moral character attached to the principles of the constitution of the United States and well disposed of the good order and the happiness of the same," and order declaring the add John Martin a citizen of the United States was duly made. The in ?l?rfux/l HiilV? ilao ft# KaVADI. vi\ic& to utwwu vm*vi wtj v* ber, 1807, an is signed by Y. J. Harrington, Clerk of Court, with the seal of the court attached. I Three bills of sale for negroes are with the other papers. All are in substantially the same form. We reproduce one in order that the readers of this paper may see that these negro slaves were sold just as other I I . E X C U R S I i. T C0LUMB1 . ACCC [ ' STATE OCTOBER v SOUTHERN RA1 ' / ^ ' Excursion Tickets on - 27, 28^nd for trains sche< before noon of October 291 nriff-inal starting Doint uric W..Q W A * 1920. SPECIAL ; Will be operated We< tober 27th and 28th, on th Lv. Honea Path .... Lv. Donalds ..... Lv. Shoals Junction . Lv. Abbeville Lv. Hodges . . Lv. Greenwood ' Lv. Newberry ; Ar. Columbia ... Returning, leave Golu 074h?9&th nrrivino- And( fc?"? o Special train from Ho on arrival of special from ( For further informati ply to Ticket Agent or R. G. COTNER, Di : /i. ' . DOCUMENTS s Papers Belonging To When They Were Boys ,rs?Liquor Did Not Those Days?Dale i Bill of Sale. personal property. The following ia a copy of a bill of sale from James Richey to John Martin: Abbeville District South Carolina. Know all men by these presents that I James Richey hath this day bargained and sold to John Martin one negro girl (named Catherine for the consideration of three hundred and sixty dollars the re'd I do hear-by asknowledge to me in hand paid for which I do forever warrant the same negro from myself my hears and any other person what ever for to claim the said negro sined seled & delivered this 22 day of May 1824. " - .. James Richey Test j Andrew Manly (?) Another of the bills of sale is ^ from Thomas Wyly to John Martin J conveying a negr*\ girl about four-j teen years of age named Prudence for $400, August 11, 1826: ' * The other bill of sale is by John Robertson to John Martin and conveys a negro man named Harry. It is dated January 9th., 1822, the consideration being five huiidred dollars. The witness is George Penney. , Among the other papers is a receipt of which the folliwing is an exact copy: - September the 7th 1822 Rec'd of John Martin one Dollar in full of all damands agenst him James Frazier. Another receipt is from Watt Evans, who is acting for Jno. Henderson and acknowledges receipt of one pound two shillings and ten pence in full of his account to dato, which was 6th. day of February, 1869,, Then there is a receipted account due by G. P. Martin to M. W. Coleman for the year 1845. The account contains these items: 4 pr. negro shoes at 87 1:2, $3.50; 1 pr. Basset do. 05; 1 pa tacks 1?. Payment was made to Capt. W. S. Harris. An old account of John Martin for the year 1822, the creditor not being named, shows that a box of pins sold then for 25 cents; a pair of suspenders for 62 1-2 cents and 2 hair "coanes" for 37 1-2 cents. Among the remaining papers is the following: "That the bearer John Martin and his wife Mary have lived in the bounds of this congregation for many years, -and- always behaved in a* christian becoming manner, left as in fall communion with the Church, ON F AR E a o . [A, S. C. >UNT : FAIR 25-29,, 1920. IA [LWAY SYSTEM sale October 24, 25, 26, iuled to arrive Columbia ;h. Good returning to reach v ?r to midnight, October 30, TRAINS inesday and Thursday, Oce following schedule. 5 :47 A. M. 5:57 A. M. . 6:03 A. M. - 5:50 A. M. ft-9* A M , 6:40 A. M. . . .^:05 A. M. ioi6jf.a. ii. . . I ' i - i. ? ? imbi'a 7:30 P. M., October i j'rson 12:30 M'night. dges to Abbeville returning Columbia, on 27th and28th. on^and round trip fares apistrict Passenger Agent, Spartanburg, S. C. ROBBERS ENTER . * TRENTON BANK Liberty Bonds and War Saving* Stamps Missing. Edgefield, jOct., 21.?The Bank of Trenton was entered and robbed early this morning. The thief entered the front door and blew out an excavation in the wall of the outer vault sufficient for a man to get through where the deposit boxes of private citizens are kept, contents of the most of them being taken, consisting largely of liberty bonds and war sav;?~ tv,0 voiilt onr? oof/i I 1113s dbaiu^i}* JLUC HillVi TU^ib MAtU UMXV where the money was kept were not entered and no cash was taken. While no*official statement of the amount of bonds and stamps stolen has been made, it is variously estimated from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars. The boxes of several, one of them Bettis Bouknight's, containing $12,000 in bonds, . were not molested. Many,of the boxes contained jewelry, much of which was stolen, besides a considerable amount of liberty bonds. B.-JR. Tillman had taken from this box a watch formerly belonging to his father and a very valuable diamond ring. The robbery occurred about two o'clock but nothing was known of it until 8. 'The bank carried burglary insurance to the amount of thirty thousand and nothing willuntimately be lost by it or its customers. Blood-1 hounds were brought^to the scene | about 9 o'clock, but as so many had 1 entered the bank and \ place before this, no trail could be struck. Several strangers were noticed at Trenton yesterday but no suspicion was aroused. The robbery is thought to have ! been the work of professionals who made good their escape. ' Tne jungnsn prayer dook nas remained virtually unchanged 'since 1662. As secretary of the North Carolina Good Roads Association, Miss H. M. Berry has delivered public addresses throughout the State in behalf of the' movement for improved highways. , .. ; | last sprin; and so far as known to1 us, may safely be received into any of the churches of Christ -where God in his providence, casts their lot. Certified at Kings Creek Church, Newberry District, this J thirteenth of February, in the year of our Lord 1915 by us Sima Brown Charles Aekin # John Dugan * \ Rolan Alders. The account of John Martin with Thomas Fulton for the years 1818, 1819, 1820 and 1821,^ all^ being on one page indicates to us that brother Martin sometimes did not pay "until he sold cotton," but he always paid so far as the records show. In March 1915 he bought on this account 1-2 pint of rum for 18 3-4 cents. April 28th., of the same year| he bought a half pint' of whiskey for 12 1-2 cAts. May 8th. he bought the same amount at the same price. He bad evidently sold cotton m November for on 17th. of that month he took a gallon at $1.50. This gave out or he liked the quality and wanted fco increase his supply before it gave out, because he bought another gal- v Ion November 20th. at the same price. Another item of this account of interest is a charge of $36.46 for 790 days schooling at $12.00 per J scholar. From which it appears matj Pulton dealt both in'liquor and j education. , J Martin must have been a tailor because the account is credited as j follows: By i Bambazath coat made $3.00. By 1 Waterloo great coat made $6.00. There is an account against Pressly Martin in favor of Eli Branson who we take it was a doctor. It is for the years 1844-1846. Among the xharges are these: To 3 doz. pill v .37 1-2. To mil (3 and visit 1.75. To medicines and administering an emetic * "VJ 1. 75V * Tfc (8) and visit to (negrti woman) " 1.751 To medicine and administering and emetic 1.75. Mary Martin is also charged with, To medicine and administering and emetic 1.75. From this it seems that emetics formed the fad in ' these { days instead of operations, and that doctors in their charges were mindful of "the wrath to come." i SUMTER FARMERS * ] CALL FOR ACTION n - < ' Sumter, Oct. 19.?At a meeting of Sumter county farmers at the court t house today a resolution was adopted ( that "Whereas the price of cotton did c not permit the continued payment of j the prevailing prices for cotton pick- i ing it was the sense of the "meeting j that all farmers be urged to pay $1 t a hundred beginning Monday.' Seven- 1 tv-four of the members Dresent sien-11 ed an agreement to abide by the res- s olution. Mayor Jennings stated he i had instructed the police to see that ? all able-bodied men-were at work. The jural police force is also enforc- c ing the vagrancy laws. i Another resolution that was passed s by a" larfce majority but not without j much heated discussion was one that the governors ofNall cotton growing states be requested to call special sessions of their legislatures to pass laws ' prohibiting the planting of cotton in . 1921 on account of destruction .of , 3 boll weevil and as the supply of cotton on hnad exceeds the demand for / ' 1 LOAN TO CHINA * AGREEMENT BEFORE 4 STATE DEPARTMENT * Washington, Oct. 21.?The agree- ( ment of English, French, American \ and Japanese bankers, by which ,j China is to be loaned money on the \ consortium' plan, which bankers re- A cently worked out in New YotIc, has \ been submitted to the state department. < The details have not been made < public and may not be until after < they have been rfctbmittfed to the J < Chinese government. This loaning J of money to hina under govern- j 1 ment auspices in a reversal of the fe Fdoi h ?~~ I aP il IH i o ! [] Our Fall Stotk\ 11 % be in a position 1 m / | FLOR) \\ A HEAT PI S [ j Fuel economy ii [ J er or Cooking i 11 but they do not l\ s sumption. Our livei* the utmost use of fuel. Le various sizes an - antee that goes ! I are also worthy a HJI I J c if [F# KING DIES GREECE MAY BECOME ERFUBUC Athens, Oct. 21.?Keen interest in ;he question - of succession to the 3 reek throne, should King Alexanier's illness terminate fatally, is beng taken by the people, although lothing reliable relative to the subect is as yet known. The throne will mdoubtedly be offered to Prince Paul ?ing Alexander's-'younger brother, >ut it is almost a foregone conclulion that the conditions accompanyng the offer will render it unacceptable, 't ' In case of his refusal, it may be >ffered to some foreign prince, and r u? <-i._ l: u I x uc uctuiicD one sibuauuu uiajf U9 :olved by the proclamation of the Remblic. ' f \ t , ' # f. Legal Blanks for Sale Here.? lie Press |and Banner Company. first act of the present administraion, which withdrew under, direc;fons from Mr. Bryan from the 'six-power loan." It was held that ;he bankers might eventually call on ' ;he United States government to pake China pay in the event ?f default. A It was stated today that the preS;nt tionsoitinm to be of - any value mless forced on China> must be approved by the Che Fing office. It is veil known there is a party -\n Dhina opposed to the loan under the ;erms thus far disclosed to them. Before accepting China also wants ? know the limits of the 1-oa^ and >n what it is to be basest a# imme uow; actuiitjf. iw uas ucci 1 ouai^u ^ua jfficiauuy that the' bankers must lave a first 1*en on China's best, tax, ihe "gabelle," or revenues from <alt. \ . , * ' \ V aiiiaiiiiaigiaiaiaigianjar 1't Ms V ' * ' ;H urcha i. v ' " t . > :<': I ; "<' " ' f a Stove or Heater% Unt ou See What We Have t ffer. % vill arrive within a few d ;o save you several dolh . ** * r '-C ENCE HE mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ??? *ODUCER A FU 1 s an important feature ii Stove. Every one wants want it to cost too much Stoves are* so construct* in heat with genuine ec t us show you these goq d tell you about the satif with each one. Surely, of note. - rfrx: j-r *>' ' [nvestmen aiiuiijgrajniimiraii'-mfiiiafi PRICES SHOW SLIGHT SLUMP * Washington, Oct. 19.?General wholesale prices declined 3.2.' per cent from August, to September of this year, although there was an increase in prices of 10 per cent, between 1819 and.September, 1(920 the bureau of labor statistics announced Tuesday." . Decreases in prices from Apgapt to September were as foUowB: Farm products, 5 per cent; cloflk- <:Xi> ing, 7 per eent; building materials, 3 per cent. . < Increases were: Fuel, 6 per ceat; chemicals and drugs( 2 3-4 per cent; household furnishing^ .2 1-4 per cent. Between September, 1919, 'and { ;. >* September, 1920, farm products decreased and clothing slumped 9 per cent, while the. prices of food advanced 5 3-4 per cent fuel 57 pet cent, household furnishings . 22 per( cent, and building material 40 petcent. y :' . ^ '' The general, averages are arrived at by the bureau through a weighted index number. - . 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