Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Bigger the Horse HARNESS the better we appreciate the task of titting him with suitable and ser viceable harness, the making of the best of which is our special business and hobby. We are employers of expert labor only, and give our men the very best materials to work with. Hence we never fail to give complete satisfaction to our patrons. And our charges are also well appreciated. HITCH UP YOUR TEAM one of our carriages and you will re a rig second to none so far as carriage is concerned. It will ?ave all the finish, all the trim and \\l the appointments that bespeak ligh class. The only thing low lown about it is the price. See it md you'll wonder how so good a Carriage can be sold so low. Wilson & Cantelou Attention Farmers "I am better supplied than ever before to suit you in wagons, buggies and car riages. We sell the celebrated Studekak er wagons and carry a full line of sizes. We have a large assortment of buggies in Brookway, Summers. Columbus and oth ers. Come in and see what we have. Our harness department is well stocked with sin gle and double wagon and buggy harness. Can suit any purse.. Full stock of Furni ture. We buy in large quantities direct' from manufacturers and can make close prices. Full assortment of house furnish ings of all kinds. We carry a full line of stoves. Buy your wife a new stove and make her happy. It will surprise you how cheap we can sell you a good stove. UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT. In this as in all other departments we can supply any rea sonable demand. We cany a full line of sizes both in cheap coffins and higher priced cases. Our hearse responds to all ...n. auium ?M nr night G. P. COBB, Johnston, S. G. Pianos and Organs At present we desire to call especial attention to the Ad?in Schaff piano, which is used exclusively in the public schools of Chicago. The factory has been established forty years, lt is a strictly high grade standard piano. Prices of uprights are from $300 to $500. . Farrand Organs. We have sold over 1,500 Farrand organs and all of them are now giving satisfaction. We also car ry a line of other makes of pianos and organs. Any of our goods are sold on liberal terms of payment. Satisfaction guaranteed in every particular, Holland Brothers, Greenwood, S. C. Vi ? Horses and Mules *, \ t Our fifth Car of Stock for This Sea son will Arrive Next Monday Do not fail to see these horses and mules before buy ing. They were purchased in Lexington by Mr. Wilson and can be depended upon in every particular :-. :-: EYE TALK NO. 3 REST GLASSES Do you feel now and then as though you just MUST close your tired, aching eyes, while duty com pels you to continue using them? Do yon know that GLASSES REST THE EYES AS A CHAIR RESTS THE BODY if they are correctly fitted? Let me prove to you that my glasses will relieve your eyes. GEO. F. M1MS, Optician, Edgefield, S- C. Frightful Polar Winds blow with terrific force at the far north and play havoc with the skin, causing red, rough or sore chapped hands and lips, that need Bucklen's Arnica Salve to heal them. It makes the skin soft and smooths Unrivaled for cold-sores, also burns, boils, sores, ulcers, cuts, bruises and piles. Only 25c at Penn & Hol stein's, W E Lynch & Co. World Famous Keels Single Comb Begin now to set hens. You will not be troubled with mites or chick en lice. Eggs 81.50 per 15. No more stock for sale this season. J. H. P. Roper Edgefield, S. C. R. F. D. 1 light Saw, Lathe and Shin gie Mills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies and repairs, Porta qle , Steam and Gasoline En senes, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA, GA. Schedules Southern Railwa y Premier of the South Effective Dec. 3, 1911. (N.B. Schedule figures shown as information only and are not guarteed.) Arrivals and departures Edgefield, S. C. 1:10 a.m. No. 209 daily for Tren ton, Columbia, Greenville, Spar tanburg, Asheville, Cinciinnati. Arrivals Trenton 8*30 a. m. Co lumbia 10:50 a. m., Greenville 5:55 p. m., Spartanburg 4:10 p m. Asheville 7:34 p. m. Cincin nati 10:00 a. m. 10:5 a. m. No. 231, for Trenton, Aiken, Augusta and intermediate points. Arrive Trenton 10:40 a. m. Aiken 11:25 a. m. Augusta 11:35 a. m. 1:30 p m No 229, daily except Sun day for Trenton, A'ken, Charles ton, Columbia, Washington, N. Y. Pullman sleeping car from Trenton dining car service. Ar rive Aiken 3:05 p. m. Charleston 9.15 p m. Columbia <?:40 p m. Washington 8:53 a m. New York 2:31 p m G:50p. m. No 207, daily for Tren ton, Augusta and intermediate points. Arrive Trenton 7:10 p m. Augusta 8:35 p m. 9:00 a m. No 208 daiiy, from Au gusta and interned ?ate points. 11:00 a m. No. 208 daily, from Augusta and intermediate points. 11:00 a m. No 230, daily from New York, Washington, Columbia and points East. 1:00 p m. No 210 daily except Sun day, from Aiken and interraedi diate points. 4:55 p. m. No 232 daily from Ai ken, Augusta and intermediate points. 7:40 p m. No. 200, daily, from Cin cinnati Asheville, Spartanburg, Greenville, Columbia and inter mediate points. For detailed information call' on ticket agent, or E. H. Coapman, VP&GM., Washington, D. C. J. L. Meek, AGPA., Atianta. G. F. L. Jenkins, TP A., Augusta, Ga. Supervisor's Notice. The contract for operating the ferry at Shaw's Mill will be let to the lowest bidder on Tuesday Feb ruary the 27th at ll a. m. The board reserves the right to reject any-and all bids W. G. Wells, Supervisor. "^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ FLAM I By OT JOSEPH VA IIL?STRATIONS^BY CCPYRICHT1909 By IQU^?oSEPH {Continued from Opposite Fa?e)3 same sedate pace and with the san: surreptitious air skulked through tr town, and finally swung eastwarc I upon the Route de la Corniche, su< denly discarding all pretense of doci ity and swooping onward with a wine roar, its powerful motor purring lil some gigantic tiger-cat. It carried four; at the wheel a go? pied and ennulcd operator in shap less and hideous garments; in tl; tonneau its owner, a middle-age French manufacturer with pouche eyes, a liver, lank jaws clean-scrapei and an expression of high-minded d votion to duty; Captain von Einem i uniform; and Colonel O'Rourke. At the end of an hour's run, di turhed hy one or two absurdly grav conferences between the seconds, i appropriate monotones, the meehan clan put on the brakes and slowe down the car, then deftly swung : into a narrow lane, a leafy tunn< through which it crawled for a mil ute or two ere debouching into broad and sunlit meadow, walled in b woodland, conspicuously secluded. To one side and at a little distanc a second motor-car stood at rest; it operator had removed the hood an was tinkering with the motor in most matter-of-fact manner, in th body of the machine Monsieur le V comte de3 Trebes, ostentatiously uni v ure of the advent of the seccn party, sat twisting rapier-points to hi moustaches and concentrating hi gaze on infinity. O'Rourke observe with malicious delight the nose of th< duelist, much inflamed. Advancing from his antagonist's pc sition three preternaturally serioui gentlemen of France in black frocl coais and straight-brimmed silk hat: waded ankle deep in dripping grass t( meet O'Rourke's representatives. The two parties met, saluted one an other with immense reserve, and re tired to a suitable distance to con fer; something which they did word Hy, with enthusiasm and many plc turesque gestures. At first strangely amicable, the proceedings soon strucl a snag. A serious difference of opln ion arose. O'Rourke divined that th< conference had gone into executiv? eco^lor.-*?i?^a -tba quoetlon of -woapons Fie treated himself to a secret grin having anticipated this trouble. The choice of weapons being his as the challenged, he had modestly se lected revolvers ajid had brought witt him a brace of Webleys, burly pieces of pocket ordnance with short barrels and cylinders chambered to hold hall a dozen .45 cartridges. They were not pretty, for they had seen service in their owner's hands for a number ol years, but they were undeniably built for business. And at sight of them the friends of the vicomte recoiled in horror. Eventually a compromise was ar rived at. Monsieur Juilliard stepped back, saluted, and with Von Einem re turned to his principal, his face a mask of disappointment. As for him self, he told O'Rourke, he was deso lated, but the seconds of Monsieur des Trebes had positively refused to con sent to turning a meeting of honor Into a massacre. They proposed to substitute regulation French dueling pistols as sanctioned by the Code. Such as that which Monsieur le Col onel O'Rourke might observe in Mon sieur Juilliard's hand. O'Rourke blinked and sniffed at it "Sure." he contended, " 'tis a magnify in0, glass I need to make it visible to me undressed eye. What the divvle does it carry-a dried pea? What d'they think we're here for, if not to slay one another with due ceremony? Ask them that. Am I to salve the vicomte's wounded honor by smiting him with a spitball? I grant ye, 'tis 1 magnificent, but 'tis not a pistol." Grumbling, he allowed himself to be persuaded. As he had foreseen and prophesied, so had it come to pass. Yet he had to grumble, partly because he.was the O'Rourke, partly for ef fect. None the less, he consented, and in the highest spirits left the ca- and plowed through the lush wet grass to the spot selected for the encounter, in the shadow of the trees near the . eastern border of the meadow. Here, the seconds having tossed for sides, he took a stand at one end of a sixty? foot stretch and, still indecorously amused, received a loaded pistol from Von Einem. Des Trebes confronted him, white with rage, regretting * already (O'Rourke made no doubt) that he had not accepted the Webleys. The Irish man's open contempt maddened the man. ?. * The seconds retired to a perfectly safe distance, Von Einem holding the watch, one of Des Trebes' seconds a handkerchief. The chauffeurs threw away their cigarettes and sat up, for the first time roused out of their pro fessional air of blase Indifference. "One," cried the German clearly. Des Trebes raised his arm and lev eled his pistol at O'Rourke's head. A faint flush colored his face, but his eye was cold and hard behind the sight jind the hand, tha^ held-,the weapon was as steady as if supported by an invisible rest. "Two," said Von Einem. O'Rourke measured the distance with his eye and raised his arm from the elbow only, holding the pistol with a loose grip. "Three," said Von Einem. The handkerchief fell. The Irishman fired without moving. Des Trebes' weapon was discharged almost simultaneously, but with a ru ined aim; its bullet went nowhere in particular. The Frenchman dropped the weapon and, wincing, examined so licitously a knuckle from which O'Rourke's shot had struck a tiny par ticle of skin. His seconds rushed to him with cries, preceded by the sur geon with bandages. O'Rourke grace fully surrendered his artillery to Juil lard, laughed at the vicomte again, and strolled back to the motor-car. Juillard and Von Einem presently joined h'm, the former insistently anx ious to have O'Rourke descend and clasp the hand of fraternal friendship with the vicomte. But the Irishman refused. "Faith, no;" he laughed. "Xiver! I'm too timorous a man to dare it. Sure and hasn't he hugged both his seconds and the surgeon, too, already? For me own part I've no mind to be kissed. Let's hurry away before he celebrates further by imprinting a chaste salute upon the cheek of our chauffeur. . . . Besides, I've a trair to catch." CHAPTER VI. Events marched to schedule; what O'Rourke planned came serenely to pass. He experienced a day as re plete with emotions as the night that preceded it and more marked by ac tivity. Nothing hindering, he left the battle-scarred Vicomte des Trebes upon the field of honor at half-past six; at seven forty-five he settled him self in a coach of the Cote d'Azur Rapide, en route for Marseilles-a happy man, for he was alone. . . . At a quarter tb one in the afternoon of the same day he boarded the little steamer Tabarka of the Mediter ranean ferry servier?; p.nd half an ho::v later stood by the after-rail of its promenade deck, watching the dis tances widen between him and all that he held beloved. "In ninety days, dear boy," she had Eaid. . . . "Au, Terence, Terence, if you should fail rae . . . !" "I shall not fail. . . . Rangoon in ninety days. Dear heart, I will be there. . . ." As if to feed the hunger of his heart he strained his vision to see the last of the land that held her. At length it disappeared, and then for the first time he consciously moved drew a hand across his eyes, sighed and turned away. Picking his way through the cos mopolitan throng of passengers, he went below, found his stateroom, and subsided into the berth for a sorely needed nap; instead ol' indulging in which, however, he lay staring wide eyed at his problem. He had much to accomplish, much to guard against. Des Trebes bulked large in the back ground of perils he must anticipate; O'Rourko was by no m??ans disposed to flatter himself that he had scotched the s liemes of the vicomte. He made his second public appear ance on the Tabarka al the hour of sunset; and in the act of making it. turned a corner and ran plump into the arms of a young person in tweeds and a steamer cap-a stoutish young Englishman with a vivid complexion and a bulldog pipe, nervousness tem pering his native home-brewed inso lence, the blank vacuity of his eyes hopelessly betraying the caliber of his Intellect. A sudden gust of anger swept O'Rourke off his figurative feet. He stopped short, blocking the gangway 80 This Was What Had Been Set to Spy Upon Him. and the young man's progress. So this was what had been set to spy upon him! "Good id^?old O ii jurke watched him out ot eight, a smile of appreciation curving his lips and tempering the perturbed and dangerous light in his eyes. "There's stuff in the lad, after all," he t con ceded without a grudge, "if he can carry a situation off like that. I'm doubting not at all that something might be whipped out of him, If ho weren't what he's" made himself-a slave to whisky." For all of which appreciation, how ever, he soon wearied of Mr. Glynn. During the first day ashore it wis not so bad; there was something amusing in being so openly dogged by a well set-up young Englishman who had quite ceased to disguise his interest. But after that his shadowy surveillance proved somewhat distracting to a man busy with important affairs. And to ward evening of the second day O'Rourke lost patience. All day long in the sun, without respite he had knocked about from pil lar to post of Algiers, seeking news of Chambret; and not until the eleventh hour had he secured the information he needed. Than, hurrying back to his hotel, he made arrangements to have his luggage cared for during an^ absence of indeterminate duration, hastily crammed a few indispensables into a kit box, and having dispatched that to the railway terminal, sought the restaurant for an early meal. In thc act of consuming his soup he became aware that the Honorable Bertie, in a dinner coat and a state of fidgets, had wandered down the outer corridor, pursed at the reFf.a"rant door ly, fixing the ?lonorable Mr. Glynn with an interrogative eye that served to deepen his embarrassment and con sternation. "I trust I didn't hurt ye, Mr. Glynn." "Oh, no-not at all," stammered the Englishman. "Not in the least. No." He looked right und left ol O'Rourke for a way round him, found himself with no choice but to retreat, and lost his presence of mind com pletely. "I-I say," he continued des perately. "I say, have you a match?" "Possibly," conceded O'Rourke. "But I've yet to meet him. Of this ye may feel sure, however: if I have, tis neither yourself nor Des Trebes. Now run along and figure it out for yourself-what I'm meaning. Good night." He brushed past the man, leaving him astare in sudden pallor, and went bis way, more than a little disgusted with himself for his lack of discre tion. As matters turned out, however, he had little to reproach himself with; for his outbreak served to keep young Glynn at a respectful distance throughout the remainder of the voy age. They met but once more, and on that occasion the Englishman be haved himself admirably according to tte tenets of his casie-met O'Rourke's challenging gaze without a flicker of recognition, looked him up and down calmly with the deadly ennuied air peculiar to the underdone British youth of family and social position, and.jyandered calmly away. (TO BE'CONTINUED.) g WHY HE FAILED. 6 - S He did not know how to adver f. lise. X He did not keep up with the S. times. S He tried to do everything him 8 self. $ He tried to save by hiring S cheap help. / His word could not be de / pended upon. S He looked upon system as use g less red-tape. J; He strangled his progress by g cheese-paring economy. ^ He did not have the ability to ? multiply himself in others. 3 He did not think it v orth ?j whl!e to look after little things. / He ruined his capacity for ? larger things by burying himself in detail. He never learned that it is the liberal policy that wins in busi ness building. His first success mads him 8 0 8 over-confident, and he got a swelled head." He thought he could save the money which his competitors spent for advertising. He wes always running his business down. With him ti.nea were hard and money tight; business only just "so-so." He was pessimistic, and all his employes caught the conta gion, making the whole atmos phere of his establishment de pressing. He put men at the head of de partments or in posts of re sponsibility who lacked execu tive ability and the qualities of '/ leadership. 'S. He could plan, but could not execute, and he did not know human nature well enough to surround himself with efficient lieutenants. He did not think it worth while to compare his business with that of his more successful competitors, or to study their methods.-Shears. Notice to Teachers. . Send all essays con testin g for prizes offered by the Womans Chris tian Temperance Union by Februa ry 20th to Mrs. J. L. Miras, Edge field, S. C. The best on each sub* ject will be read at the Tri-County* Convention at Johnston, March 4tbv and prizes awarded them.