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THE DARK WAR CLOUDS. Angry Storms of Battle in The Awful Future of Carnage-The Cos sacks of the Czar. Greenwood News and Views. The war cloud darkening down over Europe is ominous and bodes the coming of a storm, the like of which the world has never seen. and may well shrink from encountering. It is not a hasty quarrel, nor are the causes bringing it about of recent date, for centuries has Russia schem ed, planned and toiled, and always with one end in view, viz.: the build ing of an empire, whose boundaries would be world wide, and whose lim its would be marked by the waves of the great salt sea. This one great ambition has completely filled the mind and heart of every Russian, from the prince on the throne down even to the peasant who toils in the field, it has entered into the warp, or woof, of their state policy, and has beer zealously handed down from one gen eration to another, and nothing has been allowed to come between this steadfast, fixed purpose, and their earnest efforts to accomplish this cherished aim. Indeed so insistent has been this re solve, that nothing has been of suf ficient force to deter them, much less to turn them from the great end they have in view. To build an empire the like of which the world has never seen, and to sway a sceptre whose power none will dare to question, is the dream the Muscovite has hugged to his heart, and it has grown with his growth, and entered into all the cal culations he has made, so that now when the peasant sows his wheat 'field, if some handfuls fall across the border, a strip of his neighbors land must be gathered in when the grain is ripe for the harvest. Again and again has this towering ambition be'en curbed; and on many a bloody plain has the Russiai Bear been compelled to limp away in pain and defeat, yet always would the dauntless legions of the Czar come back and the thundering tramp of the Cossack cavalry rouse the sleepy vidette as he stands surrounded by the mists of early dawn on the far frontier. With ever increasing inter est and alarm have the nations watch ed this giant empire. It has grown from a small kingdom till now for nearly five thousand miles it stretches its power, and its arms, and with an audacity no other power can assume, marches its wilM, desperate soldiery even up to the back yard fence of every people who for any cause seem to stand in the way of Muscovite ag gression. With the cunning of the lynx, and the deliberate, stealthy step of the cat of the jungle, the Russian lays his plans, and then with unparralleled *courage he attempts its execution. The present outbreak between Ja pan, and the soldiers of the Czar is only a culmination of a deep and long laid- plan, it is but the part of a long cherished aim-that aim a struggle for commercial and political supren' a.-y in the'far east. Russia has toil *ed long, and well for this, and in truth, it is a stake well worthy of her ambition-millions of people live in that distant land, and to rule them. to dictate their policy as nations, andl above all to control their vast trade, and in doing it; to shut an open door in the face of all the rest of an eager world. This is the task to which the Muscovite has set .himself, and to its accomplishment will he bring to bear all that laten force and stubborn strength for which the subjects of Peter the Great have made them selves world renowned. Let none be deceived, thinking the struggle will soon be over, that a few sharp victor ies and consequent defeats will quick ly end a hasty gotten up rupture of the peace of nations. The struggle will be fierce and bitter, and the wine press will be trod with heavy, and de termined steps. The Japanese are fighting for their lifc 3nd nati.,nal ex istence, with them it is a dire struggle,, and defeat means death. The Cossack can fight and retreat, but he will come back and light his camp fire in site of his enemy's cities, and the clarion notes of his bugles will strike terror in the hearts o fthose who are brave, as well as the weak and helpless. Without the intervention, and help of other aid, Island Empire is doomed, victory may rest on their standards for a while, and the Russian men of war be destroyed one by one, but when they meet the heavy battalions of the Czar o nthe field of battle, the br av lite rwn men wuill go down, and the struggle will end in a bitter night of a Waterloo. Will that help come in the hour of need? In this short article we cannot dis cuss the relations borne b- other na tions to this argument oi sword in the far east, but through the smoke and carnage of battle amidst the noise. confusion and bloodshed, if one but stop to look there might be seen the anxious. but grim and determined face of the Anglo-Saxon. and when that same smc.ke of battle clears away, no living man can tell what the change on the map of the world will be. The State House Muddle. Spartanburg Journal. The legislature is making itself somewhat ridiculous by passing a res olution to sue or prosecute Frank P. Milburn, architect, -rd McIlwain, Un kefer & Co., contractors, for defective and inferior work on the State House improvements. In view of the fact that the work was approved as it proceeded and was finally accepted by the state's own representatives, the state house com mission, this move on the part of the legislature is like locking the stable after the horse had been stolen. The smooth, clever contractors, knowing well their business, pulled the wool over the eyes of the com mission, which probably did not know how to build a pump house, collect ed their money, had their bond can celled by the governor and left. To prosecute or sue the-contractors now would be a confession that the old state house commission was com posed of a set of imbeciles of whom the contractors took advantage. Cause of the War. Spartanburg Journal. To the Editor of the Journal. , ,, Please tell me in your paper the cause of the war between Russia and Japan. Subscriber. The war between Russia and Japan was caused by the encroach'ments ot I Russia on Corea, a small country in the form of a peninsular lying near Japan. The possession of this coun try by Russia would place that tre mendous power almost within can non shot of the Japanese shore and would greatly endanger the integrity of Japan. Corea possesses several much better ports than those Russia has on the Pacific coast and these are greatly desired as feeders for the Transsiberian Railway. Russia's seiz ure and occupation of Manchuria af ter that province had been awarded to Jipan as the result of her victory over China several years ago greatly aggravated Japan and her irritation has grown greater as Russia has con tinued to violate a prorise to get out of Manchuria. There are many de tails and complications to the situa tion but this in brief is the cause of the wvar. Kibler, Dennis & Co. This is a strong and reliable firm which is doing a fine business and giv ing satisfaction. The house carries superior lines of articles, and it will pay you to make an inspection there before purchasing elsewhere. Kibler, Dennis & Co. have the reputation throughout the entire county of repre senting their gods exactly as they are and their customers go from the store satisfied that they have receiv ed the wvorth of their money. This is why so many people go there and buy when they want a new supply of bedsteads, chairs, tables, and every thing else usually kept by a firstclass household and kitchen furnishing firm. Bunch McBee and Railroads. Greenville Mountaineer. A young man started out from Greenville about twenty five years ago to engage in the railroad business, and he began at the bottom round of the ladder as a brakeman, from which he steadily advanced from one posi tion 'to another, and for the last fif teen or twenty years "Bunch" McBee has been widely known in railroad circles. He is still in the railroad business, and is making an effort for the control of a new line. The At lantic and North Carolina Railroad, a short line in North Carolina, has for some time been in the hands ofi the State authorities. Several propo sitions have been made to lease the line. A dispatch from Raleigh states that Governor Aycock has received the fourth proposition to lease the At lantic and North Carolina Railway. It is signed by V. E. McBee, for him self and his associates. The Gover nor,,old,ay nothing rnore about the natter. but it is expected that *Bunch" will succeed in his purpose. WR. AND MRS. JACOB A. MAYER: [low short is life! How certain death! li hour of striie. a transient breath, \nd life is o'er: we thither go To part no more with those we know. roday we are, tomorrow-where? The gate's ajar. we enter there: Dur race is run. the welfare's o'er, rue Life's begun, we die no more. Tis here that friends and loved ones part. 'Tis here we're sorely grieved; Beyond will be no aching heart Imploring to be relieved. How transitory and fleeting are All things with us below; When loved ones, friends have cross ed the bar, We then might wish to go. Death enters our homes and bears away The treasures of our heart; He comes again without delay, And we one by one depart. :n February the seventh, nineteen four. Mr. Jacob Mayer on an angel's wing as borne away to a fairer shore, Where anthems forever ring. Dn February eleventh, just four days past, Mrs. Mayer was called to rest; Though mem'ry will fore'er last, We feel that God knows best. They were united by bands of love Too strong for time to sever, o God called them to his home above Where they're united forever. , A Friend. News Fom Excelsior. Excelsior, February 18.-The ser vice here Sunday afternoon was well ittended and Rev. McMorries gave us a good, able sermon. Rev.- J. H. Piercy, of Whitmire, spent Saturday night with Mr. D. B. Cook's family. Miss Bettie Werts has returned to er home at Etheridge after a several lays stay with friends here. Rev. Jas. D. Kinard, of Orangeburg, visited in this section the early part :f the week. Some of our early gardeners have :ommenced sowing the seeds. A colored man in thi ssection broke in to Mrs. Caroline Cook's corn crib few nights ago and carried off a sack :f corn. The negro was soon traced, the corn recovered and he placed in the Newberry jail for safe keeping. We have had some rough weather in this section and our farmers fear the grain will be badly frozen out. Messrs. Singley Bros. are sawing Lumr again near here and will fill our orders on short notice and treat you right every time. Sigma. The Judge and the Lawyers. The judge had had his patients sore ly tried by lawyers who wished to talk and by men who had tried to evade jury service, says the Chicago Post. Between hypothetical questions and excuses it seemed as if they would aever get to the actual trial of the :ase. So .. ien the puzzredl little Ger an, jumped up, the judge was exas perated. "Shudge!" cried the German. "I tink I like to go home to my ife," said the German.' "You don't," retorted the judge. "Sit lown." , "But Shudge." persisted the German 'I don't tink I make a good shuror." "You're the best in the box, said the judge. "Sit down." "What box? asked the German. "The jury box," said the judge. "Oh, I thought it vas a bad box hat peoples get into sometimes." "No," said the judge, "the bad box s the prisoner's box." "But shudge." persisted the little 3erman, "I don't was speak good English." You won't have to speak any at all," ,aid the judge. "Sit down." The little German pointed at the awyers to make his last desperate "Shudge," he said, "I can't make ioddings out of what those fellers It was the judge's chance to get ven for many annoyances. "Neither can any one else," he said. 'Sit down." With. .. sigh the little German sat 1017 WORRY about the weather but when it gets so you canI run up stalks drop in at our place (just below the dispensary) and get a MIDDLE BgSTER! We have telegraphed for our fourth ship ment of MIDDLE BUS TERS. They sell be cause they are just what you need. Call and see them at head quarters for up-to- date agricultural imple ments. Newberry Hardware Co. F. A. SCHUMPERT, Sec'y & Treas. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN PROBATE COURT. By Jno. C. Wilson, Esq., Probate Judge W HEREAS, Jas. J. Lane bath made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the estate and effects of W. H. Lane. The-e are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said W. H. Lane, deceased. that they be and appear be fore me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry Court House, S. C., on the 19th day of February next after pub lication thereof, at11 o'clock in the fore zoon, to show cause. if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this the 3d day of February, Anno [L. S.] Domini, 1904. JOHN C. WILSON J P N. C. EM? SAMS IA of Newberry, S. C. CrgaIriMec1 1896. 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