Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tumorous Jrpartmrnt. Getting "Long Distance." Mr. Mlggles was trying to call up a friend who lived in a suburban town, says the New Orleans Picayune. Mr. Mlggles looked up the number, then got central "Hello!" he said. "Qive me Elmdale two-ought-four-seven." "Elmdale? I'll give you the long-distance." Long distance asked, "What is it?" "Elmdale two-ought-four-seven." "Elmdale two-ought-four-seven?" "Yes." "What is your number?" "I just told you. Elmdale twoought?" "I mean your house number." "Sixtj-flve Blicken street." "un, xnai isn i vnm i mean. iuui 'phone number." "Why didn't you say so?" asked Mr. Miggles, who Is noted for his quick temper. "I did. What is it?" "Violet Park eight-seven-seven." "Violet Park eight-double-seven." "I reckon so." "And what number do you want?" "Elmdale two-r ught-four-seven." "What is your name?" "My name is John Henry Miggles. I live at 65 Bllcken street, Violet Park; my house 'phone is Violet Park eightseven-seven or eight-doubie-seven, as you choose; I am married; have no - children; we keep a dog and a cat and a perpetual fern and a Bob tern fern and?" "All that is unnecessary, sir. We merely?" "And last summer we didn't have a bit of luck with our roses. I tried to have a little garden too, but the neighbors' chickens got away with that; the house Is green, with red gables; there is a cement walk from the street; I am forty years old; ftiy wife is younger and she looks it; we have a piano; keep a cock-and an upstairs girl; had the front bedroom papered last week and I want to?" "Did you want Elmdale two-oughtfour-seven?" "Yes." gasped Mr. Miggles. "Well, the circuit Is busy now. Please call again." But Mr. Miggles wrote a letter. Madx a Record.?At South Cov entry, Ct, is a relic of the old stage coach days, in an ancient omnibus which carries passengers from the railway station to the village, a journey of about two miles. The owner and driver of the "bus is one Lacoon Robertson, familiarly known as "Lake," a slow-moving Yankee of quaint and original personality, who generally "gets there," but takes his own time any way about it, and pays very little attention to the various suggestions his patrons give him. Last summer a certain well-to-do lady from the west was visiting in the vicinity, and had occasion to ride in the 'bus. The veteran driver did not move fast enough to suit her haste, and she took him to task. It was a day when things had not gone smoothly with "Lake," and he was a "leetie techy," as they say up that way. So he told her that if she would attend to her own affairs he would try to attend to his. The lady felt much disturbed by the rebuke, and told of it when she reached her destination. A few days later, after the western visitor had departed, the friend who had entertained her said to the stage driver: "Mr. Robertson, I was sur prised to hear how rude you were to Mrs: the other day. She is a lady who has traveled all over the wnrlH anH oho tnlH mo that In all her travels she had never met any one as rude as you!" "Lake" whipped up his horses, took a few extra whiffs of his pipe, and then grunted out: "Well, it's a good thing to have a record for something!" Revkrsbd the Bibuk.?Prof. M. B. Riddle of the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa., has for many years spent his summers at Castine, Me. Prof. Riddle served at the time of the revision of the Bible on the American committee of revision, and his connection with the committee as well as his eminence as a theologian has made him a marked man among me summer uuiuiijr ai ' Castine. One day some years ago Prof. Riddle was walking along the wharf at Castine dressed In old boating clothes and an old white sweater, waiting for the wind to breeze up so that he could indulge in his favorite recreation?sailing. He was smoking a pipe, as is his custom. One of the wharf hands at that time was Joe Hackett, a man about as much distinguished among the people of Castine for his lack of biblical lore as Prof. Riddle was for his familiarity Willi 11. While Prof. Riddle was thus loafing around the wharf a stranger went up to Joe and said: "Who Is the old fellow over there smoking the pipe?" Joe looked up at him in a surprised, but rather a patronizing look, and said: "Why?why?why. don't you know that man? Why, that is the man that reversed tie Bible!" That was quite a number of years ago, but among his friends Prof. Riddle has not outgrown his reversing the Bible.?Boston Herald. Just Meandering.?a elty girl writes, "It is a fond dream of mine to become a farmer's wife and meander with him down life's pathway." Ah, yes, that is a nice thing! But when your husband meanders off and leaves you without wood and you have to meander up and down the lane pulling splinters off the fence to cook dinner, and when you meander along In the wet grass In search of the cows till your shoes are the color of rawhide and your stockings soaked, and when you meander out across twenty acres of plowed ground with a club to drive the hogs out of the cornfield and tear your dress on the barb wire fence, when you meander back home to the house and find that the billy goat has butted the stuffln' out of your child and find the old hen, with forty chickens, in the parlor, you'll put your hands on your hips and realize that meandering is not what it is cracked up to be.?Osborne (Kan.) News. His Argument.?Stanley was planning to penetrate darkest Africa. "But," protested his friends, "thinlt of the danger of exploring an absolutely unmapped country." "That's nothing," he replied. "I shall use a' fashion-pattern diagram." Realizing that any possible road would surely be there, his anxious friends could think of no further objections to offer.?Judge . Miscellaneous pending. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. News and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchanges. CHESTER. Lantern, August 24: Misses Mlra and Josle Hardin left for McBee, S. C., Wednesday for a ten days' visit. Miss Mira will go from there to Healing Springs, Barnwell county, where she will begin teaching in the graded school the 3rd of September. Miss Josle has a position in the graded school at Blackvllle but will be home before she begins teaching John Stoy, the one year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Falkenberry of Lando, died about 1 o'clock Saturday morning, Aug. 18, 1806. He took measles in the early summer from the effects of which he never recovered. The funeral services were at the home and the burial was in Laurelwood cemetery In Rock Hill at noon Sabbath Mrs. Joseph McGarlty and two children of Winnsboro, who have been spending a week with relatives In the city,' returned to their home this morning. Mr. McGarlty, who has been here several weeks for treatment at 'the hospital, has gone to the home of his brother, Mr. Wallace McGarlty, near Richburg, to spend awhile in the fresh country air Tuesday afternoon the school building at Evans was struck by lightning and burned to ashes. A part of the cupola was hurled some distance and the top of the stove flue was set out In the weeds. It was a new and excellent building, erected two years ago to take the place of Old Purity church, which had been used as a schoolhouse and had been burned. There was 8350 insurance on the building and 350 on the furniture, in the Farmers' Mutual; cost about 8700. Arrangements have been made to open the school ai the regular time. A barn of Mr. N. J. Colvin's, near Halsellvllle, was burned by lightning yesterday afternoon. It contained only a little old fodder. The insurance was 360, we believe, shout enousrh. Mr. Colvin says, to buy shingles to cover it. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, August 24: The Fargo Forum of August 16th has the following personal mention which will interest many of our readers: M. T. Oehler, Frank Oehler, Holland Morrow and Wade Euart of North Carolina, are in the city, the guests of Managing Editor Brewer of the Forum, and will spend some time looking over the state and may make some investments in land After a lingering illness of typhoid fever, Mr. R. M. McSwaln breathed his last at his home near the Modena mill at 11 o'clock Monday night. Mr. McSwain's condition had been critical for several days and he never rallied from a sinking spell which came on Monday afternoon. Mr. McSwain leaves a widow, who was formerly Miss S. E. Gardner, and six small children. For more than three years he has been connected with the Arm of Long Brothers, as collector. He was well liked by his business associates, his business dealings were of the highest character, which easily won for him the highest respect and admiration of all those with whom he dealt. He was a charter member and was Insured in the Cleveland divison of the Mutual Benevolent association, from which his family will receive about $900. The funeral service was conducted at the home Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock by Rev. J. L. Vipperman, pastor of the East Baptist church, and the remains ' were taken to Olney for burial On account of the failure of the rail- ' road schedules, many trustees of Erskine college from this section of the synod were unable to reach the meeting there Wednesday night for election of a president. It is likely now that the election will not be made until synod meets in November. Sentiment in this section drifts toward Dr. J. S. MolTatt of Chester, ' for the presidency. WIT IN CONGRESS. i Some Famous Retorts Made During the Heat of Debate. One of the most famous of Reed's retorts was made at the expense of Springer of Illinois. The "Maine giant" had Just read one of Springer's own speeches In refutation of the latter's argument Just concluded. The Illlnolsan launched Into philosophy upon the privilege of progressive thinkers to change their opinions. "I honor them for It," he continued. "An honest man is the noblest work of God. As for me, Mr. Chairman, In the words of an eminent American statesman, 'I would rather be right than be president.' " "The gentleman from Illinois needn't worry, Mr. Chairman," drawled Mr. Reed. "He'll never be either." During the bitter fight against "Reed rules" the house was thrown Into convulsions by General Spinola, who, pointing to the painting or tne "Siege of Yorktown" hanging In the hall, gravely accused Speaker Reed of counting the Hessians In the background of the picture In order to make up a quorum. The general always wore a tremendously high collar, so high, in fact, that Representative Tim Campbell tapped It one day with the ferrule of his cane and inquired, to the amusement of the house, "Is General Splnola within?" "During the famous deadlock fight in the house over the civil rights bill General Ben Butler favored the Sunday session. "Bad as I am, I have some respect for God's day," replied Sam Randall of Pennsylvania. "Doesn't the Bible say it Is lawful to pull your ox or ass out of a pit on the Sabbath?" asked Butler. "You have thirty-seven asses on your side of the house, and I want to get them out of this ditch tomorrow. I think I am engaged in holy work." "Don't do It." replied Randall. "I expect some day to see you In a better world." "You'll be there, as you are here, a member of the lower house," flashed back the general, with telling effect. ?American Magazine. Proof Positive.?Sunday school superintendent: "Who led the children of Israel Into Canaan? Will one of the smaller boys answer?" No reply. Superintendent (somewhat sternly): "Can no one tell? Little boy on that seat next to the aisle, who led the children of Israel into Canaan?" Little Boy (h*dly frightened-: "It wasn't me. I * I just moved yere last week fm Mizzoury." SOUTH CftROUft _Tj How the Spirit of Liberty Unconqueral By REV. ROBER1 From the Yorlcvllle Enquirer of 1876. INSTALLMENT XXVI. Origin of General Francis Marion'a Partisan Corps. It is a fact much to be regretted that so little effort was made at the proper time to hand down to posterity, a completer biography of those Revolutionary heroes whose deeds will live and brighten whilst men continue to love freedom. Th names of Sumter and Marlon are Interwoven with the nursery tales of South Carolina and intimately blended with the history of the thirteen colonies In their struggle for freedom; but the most interesting portion of the lives of these heroes has been swept by the waves of time Into the gulf of oblivion. Of their boyhood we know comparatively nothing. There was a time when the,history of both these men could have been traced from the cradle to the grave. That period has passed and we must be content with their history commencing with their military exploits. Gen. Francis Marion was of French extraction. His grand father?Gabriel Marlon?fled to South Carolina when after the revocation of the edict of Nantes, a spirit of malice and hate kindled the fires of persecution which desolated the homes of the Huguenots. Like most of the Huguenots who fled , to South Carolina during: a Diooay period, the grandfather was a gentleman by birth and education. He, with , his young: wife, whose maiden name was Louisa D'Aubrey, settled on the Cooper river. Here they bougrht a plantation and by industry and economy, accumulated enough of material wealth to make them comfortable and respected. The oldest son of this worthy couple was honored with his father's name. He settled at Winyaw and became the father of one daughter and five sons, of whom Francis was the youngest. The year 1732, the same that gave birth to Gen. George Washington?ga.ve birth to General Francis Marion. The facilities for obtaining a thorough education were then poor, compared with what they are now; hence the education of Marlon was limited. We are not to , conclude that it was entirely neglected. At that time books were not so abundant as they are now; but what few books were owned by the first set- , tiers of this country, were generally ( standard works and' were better used than books are at the present day. They were studied rather than read. J In early youth, Marlon was desirous to lead the life of a sailor. His moth- , er, however, either from a maternal affection which would not suffer her to , ^ #?v\m Hot* onn hv hrnad UC DCJ/Ol U^VU 4* V/ill MV4 WWM ^ oceans, or because she saw that her son was not fltted for such a life, set herself In opposition to his Inclination. In spite of the remonstrance of his mother, young Marion at the age of sixteen, embarked on a schooner bound for the West Indies. The vessel foundered at sea and Marlon narrowly escaped a watery grave. The crew consisting of six persons left the sinking ship and entrusted themselves to a small boat. On board this boat there was neither food nor water. On the , flesh of a single dog, which had ac- , companied them, they subsisted a whole week. On the sixth day the captain and mate became delirious, leaped overboard and were drowned. On ihe seventh day Marion and three others nearly dead and suffering excruciating tortures, reached land. Marion returning home was content to follow his mother's advice rather than his own Inclination. He now engaged, with energy In the useful and honorable occupation of tilling the soil. In 1758, when he was twenty-six years old, his father died. After this event he quitted the old homestead , and settled on the Santee, about four ( miles from Eutaw. The next year marks the date of his military career. The Cherokee Indians, as we have already seen, were at this period giving the people of South Carolina a great ( deal of trouble. The brother of Fran- ( els Marion raised In 1759, a company ( of cavalry. Francis was a member of ( this company. In 1761, Francis Marlon served as a lieutenant In Capt. William Moultrie's company In the war with the Cherokees and other tribes of Indians. The Indians being subdued and peace being restored to the country, Marion "'oo 177K nhnoon a mpmhpr of the Colonial Congress of South Carolina. From Boston to -Charleston, the country was greatly agitated. The people talked about nothing but British oppression and liberty. In May, 1775, the news of the battle of Lexington reached South Carolina. Francis Marlon was among the first to espouse his country's cause and to offer his ser- < vices In defence of her rights. It was , determined to raise three regiments? | two of Infantry and one of cavalry?for the common defence of the country. Christopher Gadsden was chosen colonel of the first Infantry regiment and , William Moultrie, of the second. Fran- , cis Marlon was a captain under Colonel Moultrie. Previous to the attack of the British , upon Sullivan's island. Marion had risen to the rank of major. After this , battle, Col. Moultrie was promoted for i his gallant defence of the fort, to brigadier general and Marlon rose to the ! rank of lieutenant colonel. From this period until the siege of Charleston in 1780 Moultrie and Marion were con- , stantly together. They enjoyed each , other's triumphs and shared each other's misfortunes. In March, 1780, Col. Marlon with a company of friends was invited to dine at the house of Alexander McQueen of Charleston. They were ull true Whigs . and their host determined that they should be entertained in a manner be- : coming tnetr merit, wine ana intoxicating drinks were furnished In princely abundance and all were pressed to i drink. The company were assembled in : the second story. In accordance with I a custom, prevalent at that time the I door was locked that no one might re- < tire until all were drunk and unable to I leave. Marlon had no Inclination to < enter into these Bacchanalian revels, 1 and his companions were determined i that he should lead In the banquet as i well as on the battlefield. He attempt- i ed to make his escape through the door 1 but was prevented by all present. At last seeing that it was either leave or ' get drunk, he resolved to leave. To effect his purpose, he leaped | from the window into the street. Of two evils he chose the one which he < ft HI it ortuu uvuut 1UI UUIVIBVMVq Was Kept Alive By an Me People. 7 LATHAN, I>. D. regarded the less. In the fall he broke tils ankle bone. This rendered him for the time unfit for service and he tvas taken to the country that he might remain In quiet until his broken bone was healed. During this time; Charleston was besieged and captured and the whole of Gen. Lincoln's army fell Into the hands of the British. Marlon suffered greatly from his broken ankle, but It proved a blessing In disguise, both to him and his country. So soon as he was able to ride, he mounted his horse and attended by a servant, set out in the direction of Virginia. His object was to find some Held on which he could serve his country. > On entering North Carolina, M fell in with his old friend, Peter Horry. The latter was sad. He had concluded that the happy days of the Whigs were ill gone. Marlon thought differently. As Marion and Horry made their way slowly northward, they were joined by kindred spirits from various parts of South Carolina. Among this number was a gentleman by the name of White etnd Capt. Donom, the grandfather of our townsman, I. D. Witherspoon, Esq. The glad news, was soon received that an army was advancing to relieve the southern portion of the Confederacy from the pow*r of the British. On the banks of the Roanoke their party m?t a woll annointed army under the command of Baron DeKalb. Marion and his party were kindly received by the brave Oerman and permitted to share his hospitality. When this army designed for the relief of the south, moved forward under the command of the ill-starred Gates, Marion moved with it Previous to the engagement between Gates and Cornwallis at Gum Swamp, on the l(th of August, Gates sent Marlon about thirty men in the rear of Comwallls. He was ordered to destroy all the bridges and ferries, in order to prevent Cornwallis from retreating. Gates contemplated nothing short of completely demolishing the British earl, and giving the flesh of his men to be food for the vultures and their bones to bleach upon the banks of the Wateree. He was as we have already seen, sadly mistaken, and he rather than Cornwallis, lost an ?? - army. Marion inte a guuu auium, obeyed orders strictly and was not long in clearing the rivers between Camden and the sea-coast of bridges and ferries. When the news of Gates' defeatreached this noble little band, they formed a circle and pledged themselves to be true to their country to the last With her they determined to live and with her to die. Such briefly Is the origin of Marion's corps. It was a nucleus around which brave men flocked and suffered and fled and died for liberty. TO BE CONTINUED. GOOD ROADS IN THE 80UTH. They Would Save |34<MXX) a Year on the Cotton Crop Alone. In an address by John Craft of Mobile, it was stated that the cost to the farmers of the south Is fifty c'ents per bale of cotton for an average haul of eight miles. If there were good roads the cost would be reduced to sixteen cents a bale. Estimating a crop of at a mil lion bales this would mean a saving of (340,000 annually. It costs under present road conditions twenty-five cents to haul a ton of fertilizer a mile. With good roads the cost would be eight cents a ton. "I have studied for some years the problem of working convicts on our public roads," said Mr. Craft, "and they have proved to be the most economical road builders to be had. The convict has long since passed the experimental stage for road making. "Judge Eaves of Georgia, who has had twenty years of experience in working convicts as road builders, says: "They are the best and cheapest road builders. While working convicts, not a single overt act was committed, or a single child, woman or man molested, or one dollar's WOrin or property uepi cuaicu uu. "Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, has the finest macadamized roads, and It W8'4 done with convict labor. It costs ar> average of twentyfive cents a day to guard, feed and care for convict labor when It is managed on business principles. "As for the convict himself, statistics show that ninety per cent of those who are worked In the open air, properly fed and guarded, return to their families and cease to ho a rhar? nnrf menace to the state. while of those who are kept In prison or are worked In mines, saw mills or similar places, eighty-five per cent become hardened criminals. "Nor do I think it right to put the honest wage earner in competition with convict labor, or the manufacturing industry in competition with the one that hires cheap convict labor. "Indiana has more than 17,000 miles of gravel roads. I remember when Indiana was considered one of the illiterate states of the Union. Today she is prosperous, and her people are no longer ignorant, but the state is dotted with the finest schools and colleges. "Massachusetts spend more money than any other state on her public roads. New York has Just voted to Issue $50,000,000 for her roads to be spent in the next ten years. New v*oo flnft rnnrfa which have JCIOC/ IIUO *1?V - ? 1 been of great benefit, and are the best investments the state has. Missouri is agitating a bond issue of $25,000,000 for her public roads. The province of Ontario, Canada, has 65,000 miles of good roads and from that phenomenal improvements have been the result of prosperity to its farmers."?New York Sun. Bookkeeping Necessary.?The roomer In a London lodging houre does not vet need to number the hairs of his bead as a precaution against theft, but be needs to keep careful account of everything else, says a writer in Public Opinion. An actor who had discovered his landlady's propensity for tak- I Ing a portion of everything he bought numbered and listed his things. One night he roused the household by shouting down from his attic a demand for "No. 8." "No. 8?" shouted the landlady back. 'What No. 8?" "I want cube No. 8 of my lump( sugar," he replied. Thenceforth the provisions in his cupboard were unmolested. AN AFRICAN 8LAVE MARKET. Trad* In Christian Slav** Almoat Stoppad By <)u**n Victoria. Slavery has b<?en almost rooted out of Africa, 'out the Arabs remain slave traders at heart, and there Is more buying and selling even tn this year of grace than most people Imagine. Many of Morocco's crumbling cities owe their walls and battlements to the unremitting labor of Christian slaves. There are men still living and working who can remember the uays W 11C11 DiaTCO ncic wpviit/ uvueu? and sold on Morocco's coast towns. Thanks chiefly to the intercession of Queen Victoria this traffic ;rwas stopped in the latter part of the last century, and today the slave markets of Morocco held either In the great capital cities or at some of the big country fairs, in Marrakesh, the sultan's southern capital, you can count slaves by the hundred; and during the twj hours of the daily sale the transactions include scores of human beings. I mt.y also mention a fact that is perhaps quite unknown In this country aid seemn to be a Jealously guarded secret l.n Morocco. It is that there t,re white women slaves In several parts of t.he country; not Circassians, but seemingly women from western Europe! When the market is about to begin a dozen men flle through the entrance. They are the auctioneers, the dilals, who have been occupied with the representatives of the government, giving h!.m a list and description oi all who are to be offered for sale. This preliminary work done they are now coming to the serious business oi the afternoon. They move In a line to a point where there Is some shade and then they turn toward the east, the sloping sun behind them. The chief auctioneer now offers up an oDenlnsr nraver. He praises Allah who made the world and gave the True Faith. He curses Satan who has sought vainly, but without ceasing, to destroy mankind. He praises the patron saint of the city of Marrakesh and calls upon him to Intercede with Allah In order that all who buy and sell in the slave market: may have health, prosperity and length of days. Such are his appeals, delivered slowly, solemnly and with a certain measure of dignified gesture; and to one and all of them the dilals on either hand and the buyers sitting at their ease along the central arcade or by the walls responded with a pious "Amen." They hold It is no more than a seemly thing that business should commence with prayer, and the fact that the business liappens to be buying and selling slaves does nothing to obviate the necessity. Pray ers over, the dilals break up and proceed each to his pen, or pens, to summon the occupants to range themselves In line. For a few minutes the confusion Is indescribable. The dilals rush hither and thither, arranging their human chattels In groups. Then, having placed themselves at the head of their respective groups, they promenade slowly around the market We <:annot watch them all, so we select an average one containing a boy and a girl, brother and sister, who have teen brought In by a caravan and are fa:lng a slave market for the first tlrne In their lives. Besides them are two vigorous men, two able women, two young children and a very old and very Hack man. Thei*e Is no sign of great excitement or unrest among the slaves. Only the boy and girl who are already grown up seem to feel their position acutely. The children are obviously unconcerned ; and if they take any Interest at all in the proceedings it is associated with their own bright garments, which, by the way, have been lent to them by the auctioneers In charge, In order that they may present a more attractive figure. When they have been purchased their new owner must pay for these gaudy rags or return them. As ie erne a for the first and second time In a wide circle around the central arcade our auctioneer proclaims CATCHING YOUNG FOXES. Hunters Buy Cubs From Boys, Raise Them and Turn Them Loose. "You have raised the price of foxes," said a Mecklenburg hunter, "and Increased the demand for them. I have been trying to buy a dozen young gray foxes all spring but cannot get them at a reasonable figure." "Yen," said a Charlotte man, "I have already ordered seventeen reds and twelve grays and would like to have as many more. I believe that I could distribute 1,000 young foxes. The demand for them Is almost unlimited. "The eastern part of North Carolina teems with gray foxes and any alert boy could make from $1 to |25 a day catching them and selling them to the hunte:*s in this section of the state." "How do they catch them?" was asked. "That Is easy; the old fox deposits her babies In a hollow log or stump and an old dog will find them for the hunter. Once t:hey are located they are watched until large enough to take away from the mother and then they are removed to the home of the man who ships thein. A little fox will eat anything that a young dog will, but he prefers raw meat and rats. When about the size of house cats they are sent to the man who would have them Increase In his section of the state. They are kept until blackberries are ripe and then turned loose ?n some thicket, where; they can forage for themselves." "What about your neighbors' chickens?" "A fox that eats chickens should be killed for he is an exception to the rule. He Is like a suck egg dog, once he gets a tasti of chicken he will always have It and the desire for barnyard poultry Is so great that he cannot restrain himself. There are ten foxes tn nna (hot npvor visit a nnultrv rien. The sweetest irorsel to the fox Is a ground rat these little fellows that make paths In the grass and destroy birds' eggs. When the foxes were plentiful In this country we had partridges In great abundance, but now that fine little game bird has almost disappeared I'rom certain sections. The ground ra.t Is largely responsible. When the fox passed on to other regions, where he finds It more congenial, the rat family multiplied. Any observant farmer will tell you this. I have turned about seventy young foxes loose In this country within the last three years and If any of them ate chickens I never heard of It; they had fine, fat rats to feast upon. I have made a rule not to turn too many loose in the same territory. If reds they do better scatter one or two In a place. "This thing of buying young foxes In the east and turning them loose here is all right. The llttie fellows are cared for and watched until all of the cotton is out and then chased, most of the running being done after Christmas. The fox is given a chance."?Charlotte Observer. INDIAN TREA8URE TROVE. Anoisnt 8ilvsr Coins Found by Children While at Play. The small village of Jog&ltembhi, In the Bombay district is lllfely to earn transient fame among numismatists and archaeologists by reason of the accidental discovery within its Urn Its of a. great hoard of very ancient I coins. The place of concealment of the coins was found by children while at play. Excavation disclosed an earthen pot flrmly imbedded In the hillside and filled to overflowing with silver coin, much of which the villagers proceeded In the true commercial spirit to melt down. But the story of the And spread farther than the limits of Jogaltembhl; and within a short time the balance of the treasure, about 10,000 coins, had rightly found a resting place In the local treasury under the treasure trove act. The coins are all silver, of approximately the same size and type. On the obverse appears the head of the king who struck them?a fine face, despite the defects of the die, marked by a broad eye, a splendid acquillne nose, and a Arm chin, with just a suspicion of thickness about the lips. Around the head runs a legend In debased Greek characters, which Prof. Rapson, but lately appointed to the vacant chair of Sanskrit at Cambridge, and the late Pundit Bhagwanlal Indrajt declare to be a transliteration of a bilingual legend on the reverse of the coin. The coins are those of Nahapana, the founder of the dynasty of the western Kshatrapas, which ruled over a considerable portion of western India from A. D. 119 to A. D. 388. Although several specimens of the coins struck by Nahapana's successors (e. g., Chastana and Rudradaman) have been found, only a few of Nahapana have hither ' come to light at Nasik, Junagadh and Mahumdebad; and those were by no means aiir>h cnnri snpclmena as these of J Offal tembhi, which, safely preserved within their earthen casket, have defied the adverse, influence of nigh eighteen centuries.?From the Times of India. R0BIN80N CRU80E'S I8LAND. Destroyed by the Recent 8outh American Earthquake. A report has reached New Tork that the South American earthquake destroyed the island of Juan Fernandez, off the Chilean coast. It belonged to Chile and on it were a penal settlement and a fort. This is the island made famous by Daniel De Foe, as the scene of the thrilling {^ventures of "Robinson Crusoe," 1'ounded upon the life of Alexander Selkirk of this island. De Foe became acquainted with Selkirk after the latter had been rescued from the island. The story of "Robinson Crusoe" first appeared as a serial in the original London "Post" in 1719, and achieved such phenomenal success that it was pub llshed In two volumes and ran into scores of editions and was translated into many languages. Alexander Selkirk, 'the hero of "Robinson Crusoe," was born 200 years ago in Plfeshlre, Scotland. He ran away to sea and Joined a privateering expedition to the South sea. In 1704, while aboard a sort of pirate ship, he quarreled with the captain, and at his own request was put ashore on an unexplored island which has since been called Juan Fernandez. Many of the adventures ascribed to Robinson Crusoe, notably the salvage of stores from a wrecked ship and the terror inspired by visiting parties cf savages, actually happened to Selkirk. He remained on the lonely but fruitful island for four years and four months and was rescued by Captain Woodes Rogers, captain of a privateer, who gave him command of a prize :ihip called the Increase. He went to sea and became a naval lieutenant on H. M. S. Weymouth, on board of which he died in 1723. By a Victim.?Sonny?Pa, what is a safety match? Pa, (looking carefully about to see if bis wife Is within bearing distance.) A safety match, my boy, is when a baldheaded man marries an armless woman.?New Zealand Free Lance. A Feat Indeed.?Susie had tried the teacher's patience sorely, and when the latter looked up and saw the little girl (chewing gum, with her feet sprawling into the aisle, she said: "Susie Jones, take that gum out of your mouth and put your feet in!"? Lippincott's Magazine. "PRACTICAL GARDENING" Valuable New Book Just Out. By Prof. J. 8. NEWMAN Of CLEMSON COLLEGE. "Southern Gardener's Practical Manual," is the name of a new book by Prof. J. S. NEWMAN of Clemson College, and Just published. 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Lies well, good drilled well, 94| feet. Nice young orchard. 61 acres, 1 dwelling 6-rooms. 1 tenant house 3-rooms. } miles Yorkvllle on Howell's Ferry road?good schooL 40 acres in cultivation, 8 acres original timber, level land; good orchard and grapes. 46 acres, 1 house, 8 miles southwest Yorkvllle, near lands of Dr. W. Q. White and Gllflllln. Terms to suit purchaser?Cheap. One corner Lot, East Jefferson street adjoining above, 1 six-room, new Dwelling on west side Wright avenue. New fence around lot new barn, and wood shed. City water. ISO Acres, J-story dwelling. 8 rooms; 2 tenant houses; go>')d new barn; 4-horse farm open; 60 acres In timber; capable of high cultivation; 61 miles from Yorkvllle, 7|m to .lock Hill, on Yorkvllle and Rock Hill xoad. Terms to suit purchaser. SO| Acres, 81 miles Yorkvllle; 20 acres in cultivation; good stream of water; 1 nice weatherboard ed 4-r house; 1 tenant house. 4511 acrss, 2 miles of Tirxah, f| . miles Yorkvllle, 7| Rock Hill. On pub- * lie road from Yorkvllle to Rock SB. near Adner church; high state of cultivation, 76 acres bottom in corn, ' 10-horse farm open. Large new barn, 12 stalls and cribe. 10 acres fine orchard. 2-story dwelling (painted) in beautiful oak grove. Produced 100 bales cotton 1906. 115 acres 2} miles Incorporate limits of Yorkvllle, Pinckney road; six room dwelling. 1- tenant house, 40 acres In woods. Cheap?1-3 cash. * 205 acres on Pinckney road, | mlleH Incorporate limits of Yorkvllle, In cultivation, level, one Ave room dwelling, 2 tenant houses. Prioe $050. 190 Acres, 4| miles south of Yorkvllle. One Dwelling, 2 Tenant houses; 76 acres open land, balance In Timber. 300 .'fruit Trees. $11 per acre. S77 acres, farm, both sides King's Mountain road, about 2| miles Bethany Algh School, 1 7-room nlHnM f I tenant house and other buildings; at least 100,000 fe?* kw timber; has mineral prospects; A. C. Stroup place. Farm In fine condition; 140 acres; II Room Dwelling; 40 acres in wood and saw timber; 8 acres bottom; good out buildings; half mile Bethany High school; $4,000-00. 67 Acres; 8 miles west of Yorkvllle; near Rutherford road; one two-room house; Cheap. FOR 8ALE?237 acres, "Bnloe place," 6i miles from Yorkvllle. 8 houses. 4 horse farm open. 100 acres In wood. 60,00 to 100,000 ft of saw timber. 40 acres line bottoms on Buckhorn creek. 60 acres 1 mile of Tirsah; 10 acres In wood; 8 acres good bottom. Youngblood place. Price 9800. Pine dwelling on Main street 10 QMlAnAlii T Hnn uuuiua k>yi*;is\asu mvvukvu. 56 acres, | mile Tirzah station. Per acre, 910.00. 40 acres, 8 miles northeast of Yorkvllle, bounded by lands of Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Youngblood; 18 acres woodland. 183 1-8 acres | mile west of Hoodtown. On public road. <0 acres In cultivation, 36 or 40 acres of line bottoms. 12 acres bottoms In cultivation. Cheap. Four valuable lots on Lincoln ave., 60x298 feet W. H. Herndon prop85 acres, f-mile from Yorkvllle on Charlotte road; a two-room house, 16 acres in bottom in high state of cultivation. 83 acres 2 miles from Yorkvllle, t * tenant houses?8 and 4 roomsNew Barn with sheds, new double crib, good pasture, good 2-horse farm in cultivation, 200 nursery trees consisting of pears, peaches, apples and cherriea 113 acres 6 miles west of Yorkvllle, 70 acres cultivated land, well watered, 2-story dwelling, 6 rooms, on R. F. D., about 28 acres In. pasture and second growth pine. , 36 acres in the town of Torkvllle, will sell in lots from one acre up. Five room cottage 8 z 80 foot hall, front and back portico, food well, 88 foot frontage on Wright avenue. , Four lots In Whlsonant?CHEAP. 236 acre farm about 81 miles from Torkviile. S miles from Ebeneser; 1 new 6-room dwelling, two 4-room tenant houses, 30 acres line bottom land ?live horse farm. J. O. WILBORN, Attorney. Body-Mind-Soul Must be equally trained to lit a boy for life. 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