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A CAUSTIC RtPu FROM MR. WANNAMAKER TO MR. SMOAK'S LAST ARTICLE. He Goes Fully Into Details Con cerning the JUwi.ds to Build Cal houn's Court House and Jail. Editor Calhoun Advance: It' is with deep regret that I re ply to Mr. A. K. Smoak's article in your last issue, "The Bond Issue Not Poetry." Personal controversies do not help to settle a question. An article composed of vilifica tions, personal abuse, diatribes, in sinuations, prejudice, reckless charg es, veiled insinuations are not only an insult to the party aimed at, but an insult to the intelligent public. Such articles keep the mind from the question at issue, and instead of leading us to the best solution of the question, leads us into the cess pool of dissention and factional ism. Do the editors of the Advance think that the intelligent public will appreciate such articles? Do they think the newspapers permitting such articles to appear in their col- J umns will be considered first-class journals? Do they think that ar-1 tides will result in any good to our j town or county? It would be im- j possible for me to reply to an article of five columns, composed largely of personal abuse, reckless charges and veiled insinuations without be ing slightly personal. Under the I circumstances I feel excusable. Mr. A. K. Smoak In his article states, "I have the evidence to prove that he did know I was the author," and claims that he therefore has proof that I prevaricated. It is use less to mince matters, the charge has been made through these columns. If it is possible, as much as lieth in you to live peacefully with all men. I have always tried to do this, but in this case I cannot retain my self respect and not repudiate this false and uncalled for charge, as I have already done in private. I stat ed that I didn't know who the au thor of "Citizen" was when I wrote my reply. Please read Dr. W. T. C. Bates' letter in this issue, also Mr. M. D. Keller, W. F. Buyck and J. Randy Paulling's statements. You will see all these men verify my statement. I denounce as an infamous, out rageous, glaring and slanderous pre varication, statement that I knew who the auther was when I wrote the reply thereto in which I stated that I did not know who the author was. If any man still insist upon making a statement that I did know when I wrote the article he is either entitled to be international chairman of the annania6 club or a fair subject for ' the insane asylum. If it were not for the bond of friendship that has for many years commanded the respect and regards that I have held for Mr. A. K. Smoak his article would not cause me the regret it has. It is unjust to Mr. A. K. Smoak. I feel that he would have done him self much more credit if he had written a clear cut logical article. It is said that it is impossible for a Scotchman or descendants of a Scotchman to understand humor,, he takes the most laughable jokes serious and wants to fight v.-hen he should be -rolling with laughter. To remove this trouble so that he can * understand humor and not take a joke so seriously it is necessary to perform a surgical operation upon his head. Doubtless this is why Mr. A. K. Smoak could not understand that when I said that I intended my article to be humorous and logical, and not personal, he misunderstood my meaning. The idea of even going out of his way to try to prove that an article written in reply to an un signed article was personal, that when I said I intended it to be hu morous and not personal, that 1 pre varicated because he insisted upon putting a personal construction on everything and because according to his interpretation he got hit and it was not humor but 'erious personal, "bitter bristles." The idea of an article replying to an unsigned article being personal. Holy Moses! If an unsigned article stands the same as a signed article, surely it is wasting time to ever sign an article. "Oh, many a shaft at random sent; Finds marks the Archer little meant.-" Mr. A. K. Smoak should not be so serious. 1 fear that my good friend in his search after truth and knowl edge has laid so many books upon his head that his brain cannot move as it should. Do not let these books crowd out humor. Take them off and it may be that an operation will not be neces sary before my friend can under stand humor and thus enjoy life more by a Rood heavy laush once in a while, even thougn it be at his own expense. Mr. A. K. Smoak says nothing is to be lost by taking the people :n your confidence and letting them know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I agree with my friend and wihout any per sonal reflection, but as a compli ment, will call him a seeker after truth. Mr. A. K. Smoak's article contains an indefinite deal o." nothing on the question at issue. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hidden in two bushels of chaff ?you can seek all day before you find them, and when you find them, they are not worth the search, be cause they can't stand the test. Mr. A. K. Smoak says "I have not found fault with the commissioners, and would gladly aid them in any way to further 'any legitimate plan for advancing the interest of the county, and doubtless if they see fit to act on some, if not all, of my suggestions, they would in the long run find a safer haven.' Dr. W. T. C. Bates, Mr. A. K. Smoak, and my self, met some time ago and dis cussed the court house and jail ques tion, especially the notes and bond ing of the town.* Dr. W. T. C. Bates j thought at first that it might be a | good idea to have a joint meeting of the commission, the town council and the makers of the notes. Mr. Smoak objected to this, and suggest ed that I call a meeting of the com j mission and invite the Senator and Representative and hold a joint meeting and map out and decide on a definite course. He took the po sition that this would be much the best solution of the matter, that the meeting suggested by Dr. Bates would be too unweildy. His sug gestion was adopted. I called a meeting promptly and invited the Senator and Representative. I talked j with Mr. Smoak before the meeting I and saw him promptly after the meeting and told him fully and in detail everything that we had done; that the delegation would rush through an act to bond the town of St. Matthews for $20,000 and as soon as this had been made binding and the town had turned over to the commission $20,000 in cold casn, then, and under no condition until this had been done would the ques tion of bonding the entire county for an additional $30,000 be submitted to the entire county to vote on. That we had been urged to allow the en tire county to vote on the question of the additional bond issue of $30. 000 so as to erect permanent and first-class buildings before we erect temporary buildings with the $20, 000 which the town was to iurnish. Mr. A. K. Smoak seemed much pleas ed with the result of the meeting. He did not express one word of dis approval. I have <amed with him since that time on various occasions and he has never expressed any dis- j ' approval of the findings of the com- j mission and delegation, until after he wrote the article to which I am now replying. Was it not reasonable of me to question to the very last his con nection with an article aimed at the baby to whom he was certainly :-n my eyes the god-father? The same view seems to be held by Dr. W. T. C. Bates and Mr. Martin D. Keller. Now I do not mean to criticise Mr. A. K. Smoak, the seeker after truth. Mr. A. K. Smoak was a member of the publishing or press committee for the formation of Cal houn county. He wrote some of the best articles that we published dur ing that memoriable fight. He had free access to the press. His pen was in demand. As a member of this committee he could object to the publication of articles that he thought improper because mislead ing or otherwise. Can he point out one single article that was publish ed over his objection? His articles were so strong that our dear friends at the old court house would always take a stimulant (before Heading them. Why, oh why, in the name of all that is just and right did he not expose some of the iniquity then, ?hat he Insinuates has be?.n cioaked? When his articles were published they carried terror into the camps of the enemy and a hypnotic effect into our camps, especially to our runl brethren, over whose condition he j is now so distressed. Mr. A. K. Smoak, the seeker after truth, reads me a lesson on prevari- I cation that makes cold drops of per spiration run down my back. Still J he claims that I "pompously desig nate" myself as the chairman of the board of commissioners. In other1 words he claims that I am the self constituted chairman or the board of commissioners. Why, oh why, did he not read the records before mak :nq this charge? Eight gentlemen j insist, that they voted for me an 1 that I was made chairman by their votes. Are these eignt gentlemen prevaricating also?John J. M?ller, Gus Holman, Paul Frank Spigener, Geo. W. Falrey, G. A. Baxter, T. A. Amaker, Martin \ . Keller, and John Peterkin. Mr. A. K. Smoak, the seeker after truth, says that "from the most re liable information I learn that about $2,000 worth of these notes are worthless and about $3,000 worth more are not signed by the supposed givers." Read the report of the com mittee of high toned, honorable bus iness men, all of them his friends. This report shows that every single note is signed by the giver. Yet he says he has information that about $3,000 worth were not signed by the supposed givers. Why, oh why, did Mr. A. K. Smoak not examine the notes? They are public proper ty, belong to the county; any citizen can examine them. Why did he not inform these gentlemen what notes he referred to? I will not be as un charitable as Mr. A. K. Smoak was to me. I will not say to him that he has prevaricated, but I do say that some one has put Mr. A. K. Smoak in a ridiculous position, and I am greatly surprised to know that Mr. A. K. Smoak. the seeker after truth, failed to investiga' before circulat ing such a serious .eport. My friend can, however, get some satisfaction by reading his informant a lecture on prevarication, and then reading himself a lecture on reckless charg es. A complete list of the makers of these notes and the amounts are pub lished. Mr. A. K. Smoak claims there are about $2.000 worth of worthless notes there, according to his informantion. The commission will gladly take steps to protect the county if Mr. A. K. Smoak will furn ish a list of the worthless notes. Mr. A. K. Smoak. the seeker after truth, fell flat on his charges that (Continued on page 4.) PROPER TREE PLANTING. New Method Said to Give Better Re sults Than the Old. Tree planting revolutionizes. It is an article of faith among fruit growers that a fruit tree must be planted in properly prepared soil, a large, wide, shallow hole, the roots carefully spread out in all directions and arranged near the surface, with a slight upward bear ing at the ends, says the Chicago Trib une. Small quantities of the finer soil are first worked In among the roots, hol low places caused by archlngs in the stouter roots are filled up. the-remain der of the soil is put in. trodden care fully down and the whole left to the compacting influence of the rain. The tret* is supported by stakes until it is firmly established. But Spencer U. Pickering, with his recent researches, declares that proper tree planting means a small hole, roots doubled up anyhow, the trees stuck in. the soil thrown in and rammed down as for a gatepost. With extensive ex periments Ti9 per cent show in favor of the new simple method, 27 show no difference, nud 14 per cent show against the new wny. By whatever criterion the trees are gauged the new method is said to give better results than the orthodox. Although an antag onistic cry hns been raised against the revolution theory, no practical man has been able to give any reason for the old faith that is in him beyond the fact that it is sanctioned by estab lished custom. Examination proves that ramming has led to a copious development of fibrous roots. In planting the impor tant thing is to Induce fresh root for mation, and ramming does this more rapidly than the old way. 'BLOWER FOR THE FORGE. Simple Method of Producing Air Pres sure Automatically. A method for producing air pres sure for use in blowing a forge fire is shown in the accompanying illustra tion. This device can be used where a water pressure of thirty pounds or more can be obtained. A two inch tin or galvanized iron pipe, A. is soldered into the top of a five gallon oil can. B. A oue inch coupling is soldered Into the side and at the top of the can, and a one inch pipe fitted into this coupling lends to the forge fire. As a certain amount of water must remain in the can B at all times, a trap. C. mnde from pipe fittings Is soldered in the side and at the bottom of the can. This will keep the water level to the height shown by the dotted line in the can B. The water main I) is connected up to a place directly over the galvanized pipe A and fitted with a nozzle, E, that will reduce the water stream to three-sixteenths of an inch. There should be a space of two AUTOMATIO FOKOB Bl.OWBB. inches between the nozzle E and the opening lu the tube A. The water entering the top of the tube A will carry some air with it, and the water seal in B keeps a constaut pressure lr the can under the weight of the in flowing water. The pressure obtained will depend on the height of the tube A and the depth of the seal hi the can.?Popular Mechanics. Buttermilk For Babies. A child to be healthy through life should not receive a drop of medicine during the first year It spends an this earth. Medicine, homemade or otherwise, should be kept away from baby like so much poison. Ali the ills to which a baby Is sub ject during the first year of Its ex istence can be cured by dictinjr, even cases of Intestinal catarrh. If a bottle child suffers acutely fron, stomach trouble give it buttermilk. In Holland they make a condensed but termilk that does excellent service In saving babies from the consequences of Intestinal catarrh.?Professor Hnu ber, M. D., Before Prussian Central Committee of Medicine. A Liquid Microphone. In connection with his new system of wireless telephony Professor (J Majorana uses a liquid microphone. This consists of a small tube which Is attached to tin- diaphragm of the mi crophone and through which a stream of water flows between a pair of plati num electrodes. The water is slightly acidulated, so an to complete Hie dr cull between the electrodes. When the microphone is vibrated by the voice the yrream of liquid fluctuates, varying the electricnl resistance in nccordaneo with the sound of the voice. Colds that hang on weaken the constitution and develop into con sumption. Foloy's Honey and Tar cures persistent coughs that refuse to yield to other treatment. Do not experiment with untried remedies r|? delay may result in your cold set tling on your lungs. For mild easy action of the bow else, a single dose of Doan's Regn lets Is enough. Treatment cures habitual constipation. 2"> cents a box. Ask your druggist for them. The f Jane Jubilee Sale } OF 100 BARGAINS AT KOHX'S i is making an unique record. ^ There is plenty doing all the 1 time. The goods are plenti- - ful and the prices suit your ? pocketboe'-. ? 1 BE OXE OF THE CROWD. Theodore Kohn. I; O?0?O?0?0?0?( CLASSY ANYTHING THAT COMES FROM SMOAK'S. There is no better Hardware any where than you can get at this store. We make a specialty of supplying our trade not what -we think our trade SHOULD have. That is mighty poor business policy?to have a stock that means nothing. Now, for instance, we are direct agents for the McCORMICK farm implements. That's a business in itself and we have men who repair these implements for our trade. Ask any of the farmers around here what they think of our methods of repairing. Then you come. HAVE YOV ALL YOUR ' VACATION NEEDS? We can tell you about that fishing rod or the tackle you need. Priced very pleasantly, too. Then you may need a gun?we have them. A new shipment of those excellent refrigerators now in. How about a sweet water filter or cooler? From needles to reapers we are stocked complete. J. W. SMOAK, "The Hardware Man," ORANGEBURG, S. C. Special Prices FOR 10 DAYS, Commencing; Mon day, June the 21st, and continuing to July 1st. We are going to offer these fol lowing items at prices to make them move: 40-inch White Lawn at _8 1-Xc. Other 40-inch White.Lawn 10 to 18c 15 and 20c Colored Lawns at 12c 10 and 12c Colored Lawns at. .8c 8 l-3c Colored Lawns at .tfe Our 15 and 20c Colored Klaxon. very stylish, at .12e Dress Gingham at.~?c 40-inch Sea Island, hne value, .oc A good 3 6-inch Bleach. 15 yards for.$t.?iO lfic Suiting.12 l-2c No cards given on the above items. Come, we will please in prices and quality. Yours, etc.. Edisto Dry Goods Co. Phone 128. 58 West Russell Street. HAIDEN & BK1GGMAX, Managers. A PIANO OF MERIT Beautiful case, Splendid Tone, Honestly made, Fully guaranteed. Price $250.00. TERMS: SI0.00 cash, .ST.00 monthly. HElHarchant Music Co r>:5 East Russell street, Orangeburg, S. C. THE JUNE VALUES AT THE HOUSE OF McNAMARA. If "you intend paying $10.00. $15.00, $20.00 or $25.00 for your Summer Suit, you should come> to McNamara's store and look at the fine values we offer at this price. There are over 100 fabric designs to select from?many of them spec ially woven. THERE IS EVERY NEW SHADE AND STRIPE DESIGN, ' plain and fancy weave that you can find. In worsteds and serges, che viots and cassimeres, over a dozen different shades of gray, olive, tan, green and the staple blue and blacks. Suits are here for every occasion and for every man, no matter what his tastes may be. NO STORE CAN DO DETTER RY THEIR CUSTOMERS. Little men's needs are well looked after. A new supply of Regals just in. You know they please. Joe McNamara, "Hcad-to-Foot Outfiitter." Muil Orders Solicited. THE TENDENCY IS TOWARDS PERFECT WORKMANSHIP AND GOOD GOODS. There was a time that wedding prosents were "loud" and igaudy, but that time is gone for good. We get less showy stuff, but see that the "Sterling" mark is there. And that is the right way to do, too. "GET IT AT SPAHR'S."' i We have now on hand a number of good gifts, for any special event, Several weddings lately have proven to our trade that they can get what they want right here. No need to i "write off for it." We ask fair prices and that is what you want coupled with good goods. A NEW SHIPMENT OF WATCHES JUST RECEIVED. And excellent workmanship, too. Waltham. Elgfn, Howard, South Bend, etc. All "sterling." We can show you pretty designs in cut glass. May we show you? it will be, convincing. KODAKS FOR THAT TRIP. Ask us about, the preservation of your enjoyable vacation days. SPAHR'S-JEWELERS. Mail Orders Filled. GLOVER'S WILSON BROS., The One Dollar Quality While They Last GLOVER'S ORANGEBURG, S. C. VBLE BANK OF SPRINGFIELD. Officers, L. M. Mima, President; Jno. McB Bean, V. P.; J. B. Smith, Cashier; Edith Phillips, Asst. Directors. L. M. Mima. Jno. Bean, Joe. A. berry, L. B. Fulnier, W. P. Hut to, J. W. Jumper, H. A. Odom, T. L. Gleaton, O. C. Salley. All business intrusted to us re eeives careful, official attention. Leave your Surplus funds with o? at. four per rent ;nt?rest. Undivided Profits. 12,000.00 Capital.f30.000.0fl COLLEGE Of CHARLESTON 12? Year Begins October 1. Entrance examinations will be held at the Court House on Friday, July 2, at 9 a. m. All candidates for ad mission can compete in October lor vacant Boyce scholarships, which pay $100 a year. One free tuition schol arship to each County of South Car olina. Board and furnished room in Dormatory, $12. Tuition, $40. For catalogue address? HARRISON RANDOLPH, 5-2S-6t* President. BETTER THAN NITRATE OF SODA A BARGAIN IN PLANT FOOD WE ARE MAKING AND SELLING THE BEST FARMERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA A PERUVIAN TOPDRESSER The Bulk of which is Screened Peruvian Guano, supple mented with Nitrate of Soda and Potash. The Soda starts the growing, the Peruvian sustains and makes and the Potash will ripen and open all crops this manure is used on. For Prices, Terms and Analysis See R. FULTON DUKES. AGENT. Peruvian Gnano Corporation, CHARJLESTON, O.