The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, September 01, 1908, Page 4, Image 4
MILES OF WATER
HAMLET OF KINGSVILLE EN7TIRE
LY SUBMERGED.
The Southern Railway Bridge Over
the Conguree Safe Rut the Trestle
Is Gone.
~, Every home abandoned?water
:surrounding the village on every side
?no avenue of communication?shut
'Off frdm the World?was the fate of
Kingville, the Southern railway junc
tion station 25 miles north of Orange
? burg on- the Charleston division of the
Southern. The destructive waters of
the Congaree have combined across
miles of low lands with the Wateree
and the railroad and the trestle work
leading up to the bridges over both
rivers have been washed away. The
hist tram passed over the Congaree
? bridge Thursday ? night.
The State says oh Friday after
noon Mr. W. W. Barber, general
4 yard master of the Columbia divisoin
:pf the Southern-. Railway went down
on the road to inspect the conditions.
Those who topk the trip "bring back
a* story of flooded lands and Josses
from the high waters that rival any
thing that has: been told of-the flood
that has swept South Carolina for
the past week. The train, which con
..sisted of a single coach and the en
'??gine and tender;: was able to get
within half mile of Kingville- at the
point where the track curves on ap
/procahing Kingville. station, and
.-Kingville. is a .mile from the ' river
? bridge. At the trestle that heads the
approach, to Kingville around the
;bend the firat real view of the situa
tion was obtained.
As far as the eye could reach was
;one expanse of water and from the
i point just beyond the trestie on the
othei- side of the depot the railroad
tracks were covered with water. At
,the small . trestle on the Columbia
side of the station the water was up
, more than. 15 feet and wa6 then ris
- ing. That the water had risen, ten
feet since the night-before was the
startling information furnished by
one who had lived in the swamps
around Kingville all his days. The
Wateree had backed up and the wat
ers of this river were thus combined
with tbe water that came down from
Columbia through the Congaree from
the Sa'iuda and Broad rivers and
their tributaries.
The water was up on an average
of seven feet around the station at
Kingville this extended at about
the same average depth ' in every
direction. In the lower places, ol
course, the water was much higher
and indeed to the eye the whole sec
tion appeared to be one vast red
lake. The station at Kingville was
half covered with water and not at
any point as far as the eye could
reach was the tracks of the Southern
Visible. Residents had abondoned
their homes since Friday morning,
and it was stated by those who went
out in boats along the line of the
Southern that in Wateree the same
condition existed. Small outhouses
had been seen floating down the river
and it was feared that some of the
residences of the section might give
way under the strain of ten rushing,
waters.
The loss of cattle and crops in this
section will be astounding. Mr. Ed
Trumble had 60 acres of corn under
water. One of the heaviest losers is
Mr. Ross S. McKensie, a prominent
farmer and cattle owner of the East
. over section. He is said to have lost
60 cows aud 10 horses and mules on
. account of the sudden rise of the
waters Thursday night. Near King
ville Mr. W. 'F. Seay's house was
flooded, the water rising to the ceil
ing. Mr. Seay, will lose heavily on
his furniture j and home, one of the
heaviest losses in the honse. itself be
ing-a new-piano that was ruined by
water," -The house was abandoned
Friday morning by Mr. Seay and; Fri
day afternoon one who had rowjB.d..by
the home stated that the Water;'1 was
up to the ceiling in the house aifd
the piano was floating.
A number ojf' plantations in the
? neighborhood" were under water and
there is no telling the amount of
money that will be lost on tbe crops
around Wateree and Kingville. Mr.
Joseph Draft is a heavy loser, as his
place is now flooded. Mr. Joseph
Bates' place is covered with water
and in the house the water had risen
two feet above the floor. Friends of
Mr. Bates at Gadsden were sent word
Friday afternoon that the house
would have to be abandoned and to
wards dark Mr. Bates and his family
were away to higher land In a boat.
That Mr. Bates' pJace, which is con
sidered to be on high land, is covered
shows the high water mark. The
Kaminer place is also under water
and this means that the water com
pletely covers the 600 acres of this
property.
The store that fronts the station at
Kingville is practically a loss so far
as the stock is concerned. The water
had reached the first row of shelving,
according to those who went out in
a boat to view the situation. The
other store at Kingville. on the furth
er side of the station, was also flood
ed. The station was several feet in
water, especially the waiting rooms,
where the water nearly reached the
ceiling. No loss of life i n this sec-?
tion was reported, although no de
finite information as to any of the
losses can be obtained until the wat
er subsides. That many thousands
of dollars were lost by the flooded
crops and loqs of cattle and other pro
perty is the sad story told by those
who have been over the .country in
and around Kingville and Wateree.
The latest report from the scene
of the flood say that the bridge across
the river is all right, but that the
trestle work on the other side of the
bridge has been swept away. Trains
on the" Southern now only run from
Charleston to the Congaree river on
the Chaleston and Columbia division
and there is no telling when trains
SANTEE BRIDGE SUCCUMBS.
It Will Take Weeks to Put it Back
in Shape. ,
The Atlantic Coast One Railroad
bridge over the Santee River, between
Orangeburg and Sumter, went down
Saturday in the flood. The bridge
had for several days been in great
danger, and Saturday about rO
o clock could no longer resist ttie
powerful current. One-half mile of
trestle together' with four heailv
iuaded I ox cars that had been placed
on the track to hold it down was
swept away Friday night, and the
bridge was the last to~go. The bridge
was a steel structure set upon stone
piers, and was said to have been one
of the strongest railroad bridges in
this State. It was erected at an en
ormous cost, and it is estimated that
it will be several weeks before the
bridge can be replaced, as the water
will have to get back to normal be
fore work can be begun. *
BEING LOOKED AFTER.
J The Police Has Their Eyes on Sup
posed Yeggemen.
For several days some suspicious
strangers have been noticed loofing
in and about the suburbs of the city.
It is said these men, who are suppos
ed to be bank thieves, have tneir
headquarters at the coal shute just
across the Edisto R iver on the At
lantic Coast Line Railway, Mayor
Dukes and an officer visited this place
Sunday, but found no trace of the i
men. It was reported that these men j
hung around the coal shute during
! 'he dpv, but come In the city at night
for the purpose of robbery it is sup
posed.
The gang is said to be composed
of three white men and a negro, and
that they were seen going up the
railroad towards Denmark Monday
morning. The police arev looking
after these supposed thieves, and if
they attempt to operate in this city
it is likely they will get in trouble.
It is claimed that they were heard to
say that they intended to rob the
People's bank. This is an unlikely
story, as men engaged in robbing
( banks generally keep their secrets.
These meu are supposed to be the
th$?ves who attempted to enter the
county dispensary warehouse and who
was fired at by the watchman: This is
n more likely story than the one
about robbing the People's Bank.
They are also created with hola?r.?
( up and lobbing two negroes on Sun
day night. Whatver the business of
these strangers, the police should
see that they give an account of
themselves.
Thanks, Friends, Thanks.
The Times and Democrat has been
complimented on all sides for the
complete statement If published last
Friday of the vote in the late primary.
It takes time, labor and money to
get up these statements, but as it is
important information to which our
readers are entitled we do not hesi
tate to publish them regardless of
trouble or expense. Subscribers to
The Times and Democrat can count
on getting the very best service we
can give them in every department.
We thank our friends for the com
pliments paid i ne Times and Demo
crat for publishing the detailed vote
in the last primary.
Detailed Election Statement.
We publish today the detailed elec
tion statement of the county vote'we
published last Friday. We do this
from the fact that in the hurry of
getting the statement up several er
rors were made in the vote of some
of the candidates. Knowing that,
this statement is preserved by many
we want it exact and so we have rt
pub'ished it after correcting the er
rors. Any one wishing to preserve
this statement should take the-one
published today and not the one pub
lished on Friday.
Official Dog Catcher.
The law offering fifty cents reward
per head for ail dogs found on the
streets without muzzles and,deliver
ed to-,the city pound has not worked
smoothly and it has been determin
ed to appoint an official dog catcher.
It is claimed that some dogs were
taken up with muzzles on and . the
muzzles were taken off and the dogs
impounded contrary to law by par
ties who wanted the fifty cents, re
ward. To stop this Mayor Dukes will I
appoint an official dog catcher.
Much Damage Done.
The floods in the Congaree and
Santee Rivers has dene great dam
age on this side of those rivers. All
crops planted - on the river bottoms
have been ruined and many cows and
hogs have been drowned. The ex
tent of the damage done cannot be
ascertained, but it will be very heavy
on some farmers. So far we have
heard of no lives being lost on this
side of the two rivers mentioned, and
we hope none were.
Another Attempted Robbery.
Some thief tried to enter a house
on Hroughton street early Saturday,
but when flred at by one of the in
mates of the house he beat a hasty
retreat. Several attempts have bcrn
made recently to rob residences in
ihis city, and housekeepers should
l o on the lookout and secure all
doors and windows of their resid *nc
es when they go visiting or for any
other purpose they leave their homes
in the daytime even.
Killed Forty-Two Rattlers.
Luther Jones, a colored man who
lives on Mr. Lawrence Salley s place,
a few miles from this city, found a
den of rattle snakes on last Friday.
He killed all of them, and when
counted there was found that two
large snakes and forty small ones had
been killed. _ ,
can be run through tolftolumbia and
other points on the other side of the
river. This is a great inconvenience
to the public, but the railways are
doing the best they can
HORROR OF THE AUGUSTA FLOOD
Fleeing From Flames Die in the
Water.
A dispatch from Augusta' to the
Atlanta Journal says the horror of the
flood tragedy found its c.imax in the
great fire that swept the Nixon Groc
cery company's warehoue. near the
union station early Wednesday night.
In the bix warehouse with its project
ing platforms and strong walls, scores
fled from the flood crest that raced
upon them in the dark believing that
once within the great warehouse they
would be safe from the appalling de
mon of water.
Apparently safe from the engulfing
flood, the hlepless refugees were
struck dumb with a new horror a mo
ment later when flames burst from
the warehouse on all sides caused by
the slacking lime.
Choosing death in the flood to
cremation in the flames, the men be
gan jumping into the one of the
.iw.-'test cur ?>at raged tr ough
the terror stricken city. A current
that is spoken of today as "running
a mile a minute," swept them to in
stant death.
Among those who leaped from the
fire was Harry Carr, prominent in
business and social circles, who was
bookeeper for the Nixons. His body
was found next morning.
Not a block distant hanging to raft
ers of another building was C. D.
Carr, the wealthy Augusta merchant
who plainly saw his brother leap to
his doom. "I knew Harry could not
swim." he said next morning, "and
when I saw him jump I closed my
eyes on one of the greatest tragedies
of my life. I knew he was gone be
yond all earthly help.
"The muddy waters were painted
hideously blood red in the light of
the awful flames. The current was
roaring like thunder and nothing on
eag?h could live in its mighty grasp.
Id my heart I whispered a last, good
bye to my brother and offered a
silent prayer. There was nothing I
could do, for I was battling myself
for my own life against terrible
odds."
Mr. C. D. Carr did not reach a place
of safety until, Friday morning,
thirty-six hours a prisoner after .see
ing his brother's tragic death.
Harry Car was 26 years of age and
le i;.; -? wife and two ? &H???-*a His
body was carried to the morgue Fri
day.
Another man to choose drowning
to death in the flames was Robert E.
Belcher, assistant bookkeeper of the
Nixon Grocery company. He was
twenty-three years of age. unmarried.
Belcher was standing near Carr when
the latter jumped into the water and.
seeing all hope of escape from the
fire gone, Belcher followed the ex
ample of his friend. His body was
recovered Friday.
At noon Friday twelve other bodies
had been recovered and identified.
Nixon t.*agedy making the k-iown
dead lisl in the fourteen. ' ?
Spent Night in Trees.
Messrs. Maye and Nunnamaker
whose place over in Lexington Coun
ty were almost entirely under water
from the great flood took a boat and
attempted to put the hogs into a
dwelling house near, but were unsuc
cessful. Night came on and the men
got bewildered. Fearing lest they
should take the wrong direction and
row themselves into the current of
the river, they caught on to trees
and spent the night in the midst of
drowning hogs and croaking frogs.
When daylight came they were in 20
feet of the river's current.
Dr. Daniel to Lecture.
At Central Hill school house, on
the evening of Tuesday, September
the 8th. at eight o'clock, Dr. J. W.
Daniel wi] deliver one of his famous
lectures. His subject will be "The
Southern Mule." A treat is in store
for all who attend. An admis
sion fee of 25 cents, for adults and
IT, cents, for,children will be charged.
After the lecturei relvcshmc:i s wrll
Jri seived. The p'-oceeds of the
evening will go to the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society of Andrew
Chapel Church.
One Thief Caught.
J.enks Scott, a negro boy. was
caught trying to break in the drug
?tore of Messrs. A. C. Doyle & Co..
early Sunday morning. He was try
ing to cut his way into the store
through one. of tbe rear doors when
an officer caught him. Scott at one!
time worked for Dr. Doyle and knew
the situation of the doors. He has
been locked up to await trial.
Give This a Trial.
To prevent salt in saltcellars from
becoming damp and lumpy, when
tilling them put* in ten to twelve
pieces of rice, says Woman's Home
Companion for September. This will
not come through the holes in the
^over of the saltcellers. but. will
break the lumps of salt, cellar and
gather the moisture, thus the salt is
always dry and fine.
Postponed.
The County Sunday School Asso
ciation meeting which was to hold
in the Lutheran church on Wednes
day and Thursday evening of this
week has been indifenately postpon
ed, as several of the speakers on the
program is out of the city. Notice of
the time of meeting will be given
later.
Sautee Trestle Washed Away.
One mile of the Atlantic Coast
Line Trectle over the Santee River
an the OranReburg line uas been
washed away, and in consequence
trains can only go as far as Creston
in that direction. The line will be
repaired and trains operated just as
soon as possible.
Seeking a Pardon.
An effort is being made to have J.
M. Way pardoned. The petition has
been sent by the Governor to Solici
?or Hildebrand for his opinion, which
we understand will be unfavorable.
TO KILL YOUR TOWN.
SUREST WAY IS TO TRADE WITH
MAIL ORDER HOUSES.
Encourage Your Local -Dealer and
Thereby .Enhance the Value of Lo
cal Property.
By sending the ihoney away from
home the person who patronizes the
mall order iioude impoverishes his local
merchant, prevents Iiis local merchant
from bringing on well assorted stocks
or large stocks of merchandise, pre
vents the local merchant from employ
ing more help, which usually comes
from the ranks of bis putrous; pre
vents his local mere ham from assisting
worthy local enterprises, either the
church, lodge, factory or political
movement, that are nearly always for
the benefit of his community, says
Up to Date Farming, published from
Indianapolis. The paper continues
with this strong argument for home
trading:
It prevents the growth of popula
tion iu the community In which the
patrons of the mail order bouses live
and in that way reduces the value of
laud In which the farmer in particular
is Interested. The greater number of
people in the community the better
should be the price of land.
By patronizing the mail order houses
the person patronizing such houses is
often deprived of the privilege of buy
ing many articles that he needs im
mediately that would be of great ben
efit to him and whose cost could prob
ably be saved many times over If he
could but be supplied at dnce.
By refusing und failing to buy from
his local denier be loses the opportuni
ty of buying goods which he actually
needs and which by comparison he
could pick out as the best and the
cheapest*
' It is a well known fact that mail
order houses get the most of their
business based on low priced goods,
.and when a low price is named In
variably low class goods are furnished.
It is also a well known fact mat
mall order houses buy seconds and
goods of low quality. As a rule, of
course, they keep some standard goods
that they offer at less than legitimate
profit, which blinds the mail order
house customer and makes him believe
that . verything the mail order house
offers is good quality and low In price,
which, of course, is not true.
It behooves every person, whether
he be farmer, mechanic, professional
man or capitalist, to buy everything
that he needs from his local merchant
when 1t is possible to do It?to do
everything that he can to encourage
the local dealer and local manufactur
ers. The sympathy of your own peo
ple Is a thing much to be desired and
very much needed.
It is a fact and can be proved that
many former successful merchants in
communities that were prosperous pre
vious to the advent of the mail order
houses have beeti bankrupted and re
duced to poverty, and the people in
such communities can get only the
bnre necessities and have to make fre
quent trips to nearby towns in order
to make selections that they formerly
could obtain at home from their local
merchants.
We appeal to all persons to patronize
their local merchants always and never
I to let (he small difference in price on a
few articles stand in the way of pat
ronizing the local merchant
Is it consistent to undertake to fight
the trust with one baud, tlie trusts that
have reduced the price of labor and
farm products to such an extent that
your calling is the poorest paid in the
land, and help form another trust with
the other baud because these trusts
are willing to sell to you in some In
stances at a price slightly lower thun
your local merchant can sell the goods
to yon- for and get a living profit?
You will find that your home mer
chaut will sell you the same quality of
goods just as cheap if you pay him
cash and the freight, aud you get the
.goods without waltlug from two to
three weeks for thcni.
Temporary Park Planting.
It 1a ofieu advisable in park plant
ing to set out a secoudary set of trees
for immediate effect, these to be, cut
out later. For this purpose nothing
surpasses, the.eucalyptus, for If. well
watered the first year the trees will
provide for the second summer shade
fufflcleut /or .picnics ,gad like gather
ings.' In the .third year they have
formed a young forest, providing shel
ter tudicteut for any purpose, besides
giving a decided park-like effect to the
tract. Not later than the.flfth year
they should Jo part be removed, and,
this policy continued with, by the
tenth year not., one should be left If
the fundamental planting has been
skillfully done a single decade of
growth should give some good shade
aud permanent landscape effects,
j .
Novel Tree Preservation.
A subterranean tree may be seen In
front of the Elmburst grounds in
Kausas City. It Is a giant elm that
grew in the primeval forest before
Kansas City arrived. When the street
was graded aud a fill of six or eight
feet made on the adjoining property
It was decided to save this fine old
forest tree. Therefore au areaway of
brick was built around it and an iron
grating inserted at the top. So the old
tree silil stands at its former level, but
amid entirely different surroundings
from the days when the forest was
unbroken.
-Mails Are Delayed.
The Malls in and out of Orageburg
have been very much interfered with
by the freshet during the past week.
We get very few exchanges, daily or
weekly, and some of them are sever
al days old when they do come to
hand.
Taken Back Home.
We regret to hear that several
hales of cotton brought, nere for sale
by farmers were taken back home
because of the low prices prevailing.
One bale o? very poor cotton was sold
for five cents per pound.
CARDS OF THANKS.
The Candidates Express Their Thanks
to the Voters.
To the Democratic Voters of Orange
burg County:
Fellow Democrats: '
I wish to express to you my sincere
thanks for the splendid vote you gave
me in the recent primary. You nave
always been kind to me, but in my
present candidacy for State Superin
tendent of Education you have done
more than ever. You'have given me
ja larger percentage of votes than any
other candidate on the State ticket
has received in his home County, for
all of which i am profoundly grate
ful to you.
I now ask you to faor me once more
by giving me another practically
solid vote in the second primary, for
which I thank you most heartily in
[advance. I have good reasons to be
ilieve that the prospects of success
[are very blight. Let every democrat
in Orangeburg County come out to
the polls on next Tuesday.
Very truly and respectfully,
Stiles R. Mellichamp.
10 my fellow Democrats of Orange
burg County:
I desire to express to you my sin
cere thanks for the kind and generous
support accorded me by you in the
recent primary election. I trusts
that you will remember me and aid
me all you can in the second Primary
to be held on Tuesday 8, day of
September 1908.
Very truly yours,
E. H. Houser.
To the Democratic. Voters of Orange-!
burg County:
I wish to express to my friends
and supporters my sincere thanks for
the handsome vote given me at the
recent primary for Supervisor of Or
angeburg County. I will ever rem
ember them for the confidence they
reposed in me.
Very Respectfuny,
R. N. Owen.
To the Democratic Voters of the
Tenth Magisterial District:
I thank you for the handsome sup
port given me in the recent primary
election. 1 assure you taht this ex
pression of your confidence is highly
appreciated by me. I solicit the help
of all my friends in the Second Pri
mary Election to lie held on Sept. 8th.
J. Bunyan Sheppard.
Mr. Editor:
I have received the following tele
gram from my brother, E. D. Smith,
and ask this means of conveying his
thanks, together with my own to the
people.
Columbia, S. C, Aug. 27, 1908
Rev. C. B. Smith,
Accept for yourself, and express
to my friends grateful thanks.
(Signed) E. D. Smith.
The above has reference to votes
cast for him as Senatorial candidate
in the late primary. This vote was
exceedingly flattering, a fact which I
appreciate as much as he does.
Chas. B. Smith.
A Card From Mr. M. C. Edwins:
I wish to thank, my friends for
the handsome vote I received for the
office of County Supervisor in the
first primary. Out of 7 candidates
for this office I received the highest
vote, and will run in the second pri
mary.
i desire especially to call the at
tention of rhe public to the handsome
vote I received at the clubs nearest
where I was born and have always
lived. This speaks for my standing
where I am best known.
If 1 am elected Supervisor, I will
give all of the time necessary under
the new law to travelling over the
county. When I am away the Clerk
will be at the office to attend to those
having business with the Supervisor;
and every interest will receive atten
tion.
I have tried to make a good Coun
ty Commissioner. I may have made
mistakes. It is only human to err.
If elected Supervisor. I will fill the
office acceptibly. M. C. Edwins.
Team B. Wins TwW.
tn a very one-sided gam^ team B.
won from team C. Friday morning.
Team B. scored eleven runs in the
ninth.' The. score was:
B.013 262 6011?31 27 4
C.010 000 000 ? 1 6 8
Batteries: B. Josey and Henry
Sims: ' C. Marchant, Wannamaker
and Kortjohn.
On Friday afternoon team B. de
feated team A. by the score of 8 to 5.
This game places team B. within one
game of first place. The score by
innings:
A. ;.3 00 000 110?5 9 1
fl..101 100 131?8 11 3
Batteries: A. Fisher and Hugo
Sims; B. Henry Sims and Josey.
The club standing is:
W. L. Per.
A.17 12 .595
n.16 13 .560
C.10 IS .345
The league ends Tuesday with a
double header. Team A. and C. play
on Tuesday morning and teams B.
and ('? on Tuesday afternoon.
(Jone to Best.
Miss Mary ?eckwith died at tbe
residence of her Inother-in-Ia w.
Capt. John ('.. Smith, at Raymond,
on last Wednesday. Miss ?eckwith
was a most estimable lady and her
many friends will regret to hear of
her death. Her body was fatten to
Columbia and interred in Trinity
Church cemetery.
Death of Mrs. Ida J. Wolf?'.
Mrs. Ida J. Wolfe, wife of Mr L
L. Wolfe, of this city, died at the
family residence. No. 58. Sellers
Avenue Friday niorninc. This
annoucement will be sad news to the
many relatives and friends of this
estimable lady. Her remains were
intered in Sunyside Cemetery.
When in need of a good Bible call
and see the line at Sims' Book Store
before buying.
PRESERVE THE FORESTS.
[An Urgent Plea for the Preservation
of Our Forests.
Washing-ton, D. C, Aug. 25?The
disastrous floods now raging through
out the South, with their appalling
damage to huma nlives and to prop
erty, is a striking though lamenta
ble and costly object lesson, said an
official of the National Forest Associa
tion today. With the torrential rain
fall in the Piedmont and Appalachian
Mountain region, coupled with the
criminal deforestation of the moun
tain sides throughout this section, at
the headquarters of our Southern
severe floods can be expected; and
this condition, as bad as it is,
must steadily grow worse and in
creasingly more damaging, until
our ( people return to sanity
in their treatment of the forests.
It proves as no other lesson can, |
the need of the forest covering and
bears eloquent testimony to what we
are preaching day in and day out,
that our forests, are absolutely es
sential to the Nations life and must
he preserved, if these woeful condi
tion and losses are to he prevented.
Such work as our Association is j
doing, in getting forth the facts, in I
calling attention to the results ofI
our present methods and policies; in
awakening the interest and oon-|
science of the earnest and thoughtful
individual, must in time, and we hope
before all the forests are gonK makel
the South realize. that her forests
must be saved, and must call forth!
unanimous sentiment and effort |
therefor, that they will be saved.
Surely we are not true to our
selves or to our Southland, if this
grave matter, affecting as it does the
very life of our people and their
material prosperity, now and in the
future, does not receive the imme
diate attention It deserves.
We must have not only the Appa
lachian National Forest, but we must|
have state forest throghout the en
tire South?it is only through and by
mean? of both that forest perpetua
tion will hjecome a reality.
GENTLEMEN* OP THK JURY,
Drawn to Serve in the Coming Tcim
of Court.
Given below is the list of jurors
who will serve at the coming term
of Court to convene in this city on
Monday Sept. 7., at which time a
number of cases will come up for
trial. Only a sufficient number of
jurors for one week has been drawn,
although the number of cases to be
disposed of is very large.
W. T. Glover, Willow.
E. W. Brantley, Middle.
W. D. Hughes. Liberty.
C. A. Stroman, Middle.
S.. J. Fanning, Goodland.
J. W. Funches, Providence.
E. B. Fowler, City.
E. B. Carter, City.
M. C. Bolen, Liberty.
E. W. Reed, Elizabeth.
L. B. Bolen, Goodland.
Eugene Fersner, Orange.
T. V. Bair, Goodby.
H. M. Stroman, Goodland.
G. D. Hinkle. Middle.
R. F. Smoak, New Hope.
J. .1. Inabinet, Providence.
G. A. Kennerly, Union.
J. P. Rush. Vance.
T. W. Dukes, New Hope. |
J. H. Culler, Elizabeth.
J. D. Bowman, New Hopej
B. S. Crum, New Hope. |
Albert Bennett, Orange.
A. D. Wactor, Goodby.
P. Rich. City.
L. T. Philips, Goodland.
J. C. Ransdale, City.
H. S. Holman, 7-ion.
F. A Inabinet, Orange.
W. H. Rast, Cow Castle.
R. E. Wannamaker, Ci.ty. j
J. D. Ayers, Middle.
J. F. Till, Orange.
J. ? B. Bruce, . Branchvflle.
A. L. Rutland, Liberty.
Buy a Home.
Every laboring poor man should
j buy himself a town lot, get that paid
[for and then work to make the ueces
Isary improvements. A "ttle here
and a little there will in due time
produce you a home of your own. and
place you out of the landlord's grasp;
remember that fifty ddllars a year
saved in rent, will in a very fiew years
pay for your home, and the nioney it
costs you to move and shift about,
without a loss of furniture and time,
pay the interest on a five hundred
dollar judgment against your pro
perty, until you can gradually reduce
it to nothing. You can all buy that j
way--why do you not risk it? If]
If you fail you are no worse off?if
you succeed, as any careful man is
sure to do, you hae made a home and
established a basis equal to another's,
which will start you in business.
Death of Mrs. Adele Pou.
.Mrs. Adele Pou, beloved wife of
Mr. J. C. Pou, of Livingston, passed
away on last Wednesday morning
after a brief illness. .Mrs. Pou. who
was only thirty years of age, was a
lady of many noble traits of charac
ter, and will be greatly missed by aj
large circle of relatives and friends.
She leaves a husband and five fTTtli
girls to mourn the loss of a most
devoted wife and mother. .Mrs. Pou
was a member of the .Methodist
Church.
A Good Suggestion.
A well graded yard on lawn plant
edwith ornamental trees, vines or
bright flowers, is one of the most at
tractive features that can be intro
duced on a farm, and shows that the
owner has some taste and pride and
thinks life worth living for. At any
rate he is en joying life and every one
else thinks the same.
Turn Out and Vote.
All Democrats should turn out and
vote in next Tuesday s primary. Sev
eral important offices are to be filled
and all good citizens should go out
and vote for the man of their choice.
MAY CAUSE A SMILE
A COLUMN OP LIGHT READING
THAT WILL BE ENJOYED
By All Who Like to Read Fanny
and Witty Sayings from tbe Mag?
azines and Papers.
His Openers.
"Brothers and sisters." began the old
parson, "I shall not choose any partic
ular text this morning, but shall preach
from where I open tbe book, and, no
matter where, I shall find the wrath
that Is to come upon the wicked, who
will be cut off when they have shuf
fled off this mortal coil. It Is now
open, and"?
Here the parson was interrupted by
a deacon who had been asleep and,
hearing the words "open, cut and shuf
fle." forgot himself and cried oot: "It's
yours! What did you open on?"
The surprise of tbe good man in the
pulpit was great, but the deacon col
lapsed when tbe reply came, "It is
opened on Kings."
Man's Blundering Reason.
Beasts, birds and insects, even to the
minutest and meanest of their kind,
act with unerring providence of In
stinct; man. tbe while, who possesses
a higher faculty.' abuses it and there
fore goes blundering on. They, by
their unconscious and unhesitating
obedience to tbe laws of nature, fulfill
the end of their existence; be, in will
ful neglect of tbe laws of God, loses
sight of the end of his.?Robert
Sou they.
A Gentle Hint.
"When 1 was runnlng^a room of xof
own." said a famous billiard player,
"tbe chalk disappeared at a tremen
dous rate, and I said to my helper:
'Keep a better eye on the chalk, Jim.
I'm no millionaire.'
"'I know the gents wot pockets the
chalk,' Jim said, 'but they're regular
customers. I guess you wouldn't want
me to offend 'em. would you?*
" 'Well, no.' said I, 'I wouldn't. You
might give them a gentle hint, though.
Use your diplomacy.'
"Jim,. I found out later, used his
diplomacy that night He walked up
to one of my best patrons, who had
just pocketed a piece of chalk, and he
said:
" 'you're in the milk business, ain't
you, sir?'
"'Yes. Why?' the patron asked.
"''I thought so.' said Jim, 'from tbe
amount of chalk you carry away. Tho
boss likes enterprise, and be told me to
tell you that if you wauted a bucket of
! water now and then you could have
one and welcome.'"
A Cruel Petition.
The little girl was very fond of pleas- .
ant days and at the close of a heavy
rainstorm petitioned In ber prayer for
fine weather. When, the next moru
ing, the sun shone bright and clear she
became jubilant and told ber prayer to
her grandmother, who said. "Well,
dear, why can't you pray tonight that
it may be warmer tomorrow, so grand
ma's rheumatism will be better?"
"All right; I will," was the quick
response, and that night as she knelt
she said, "Oh, Lord, please make It hot
for grandma."
Not a Shoe Horn.
After a dip in the ocean at a fash
ionable resort a lady accompanied by
her little dog entered a bath house to
dress. After a bit tbe dog came run
ning out of the bath house with a
bunch of curly golden hair in its mouth.
It tore up and down the long aisle
worrying that glittering bunch of curls,
shaking It and growling at It as If it
had been a cat?a funny sight to see.
There was naturally a good deal of
laughter. Then the lady was heard
calling the attendant in a distressed
voice.
??Oh," she said, "would you please
fetch my little dog back to me? He
has run off with something of mine,
and I can't get my'shoes'oii without
If."
The attendant was one of those smart
chaps. He yelled back at the lady very
loud:
"Yes'm. yer little dog's ont here, all
rieht, bavin' a upree with r-omrthin' or
other, bat from tbe look of it 1 wouldn't
?ay it was a shoe horn."
I Etnfuett* and Ethics.
j At a banquet" given *t the house of
the prime minister of ont of th?
' Balkan'States, where commercial moral
j Ity la still in its infancy, a distinguished
diplomat complained to his host that
I the minister of justice, next to who?
j he was sitting, bad taken bin watch.
The prime minister said:
I "Ah, be shouldn't have done that I
will jpet it back for you." Sur?
enough, toward tbe end of the even
ing the watch was returned to its
owner. "And what did he say?" asked
the guest. "Sh-h! ' He does not know
I have got it back," said the prime
minister.
Perserverance Is Fearless.
But little is accomplished because
but little is vigorously attempted, and
but little Is attempted because diffi
culties are magnified. A timorously
cautious spirit, so fur from acting with
resolution, will never think itself iu
possession of the preliminaries for act
ing at all. F'erhups perseverance has
been the radical principle of every
truly great character.-John Fosier.
Then Charlie Knew.
They were walking under a very lit
tle umbrella. He seemed to be nervous,
and she finally remarked very softly
and with a note of Interrogation:
"Charlie, I'll carry the umbrella, if
you will let me?"
"Oh. no! I can carry It."
"Yes, Charlie; but, you see, your arm
takes up so much room that one side
of me Is out In the wet."
"I know. Fanny, but what will I do
with my arm? Won't It be in the way
all the same?"
"I don't know, Charlie. Tom Clark
always knows what to do with his arm
when he is under an umbrella with
Mary Martin, because Mary told me