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Sil % 1 4fi. si. the rivvr and eect. ill. it ni b-. If iS thl ditt thilt il mwin ' re ilt it w(mi be taker h b' . : n a ih.e Un- till S'. '' *Mi . m - Ii "s. .141 a * l ine Ir b. ' it s i h 4ii n's ve lwii S4 3 ''I''' i t < ii - 3311'.i.a n u - d Salt i h . insh-ad o tse'nding. thenl, 11. hY b latult. N. C., and fron Ilnn., olllhilhia, aind pull the Sell. n. N it tih c n1. toneh. T:i ell-mle has bietn l1r-.ved by thl( - e S:I!iitll a: d by lt people inl. :l d 3 ah1ow, but ahta wohIl o'at ' )-\ d an lil t- pt'tip!vill \\ u.';h''t' :ut ,' :4 :4 ' .\n : 't4 i.3 3al Nc. %. r ' b \' h h i vn Mi t : i isl.:t tl'e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i :lilt, in1 f e re rsn atve 134-1. h t' li' i . 'i \1i'l . lI i i 113 1in. :ii sIt-n: i'.3: n- n ti n \hii it lu 4' 4 ' a 11- . l 141 ( 4 i- . Ingo y3n.4ii~i 4ini ll 114313 ti:tlk hi t't a"4lI i ttilt \ \ s it lg r- tel would \ w :IIt l , t vil-1r1 th at it \\ Ito ld t nl .and ill' onth, was I lit' alct*_,:IIll/:II t a deIre t -i r1a.II ! rT' w n 1I t ha st th11 flo I 1e !.iet in 1we,b inrza. th:t i s ofM.winh an fai'iti'eu wlitnevr.ntge Chorbuibit0 treharbrso ranzti ontis oter': pairft'e -nitd Sta:te et' stesd Jan'" the g:weata beit t h $1ale.onu and te nec, on of ah-entr hte n cotritt t, n' ithwtratariy bl BTeh. vngb Mr. Tinunes an a te Mr.' \ hiaiE'n aplne(in. i the sie rouht ar n thi tls ht. roadtt et was edrm teibusnes2 disue o the cin thrungh onhich ia evnag.MsFed. Iat withniah sa t hat tender tent prefete cst feuird %vie'i linbeen1 thrown a ound an is u o,16 0f bondls he thought it would be b.ttIr to) vote bonds 1o tbe Omount ir:es, so that the burden -wouI fall wi ie whole couity, the whole county receiving the benefit. The law pro vide, uNw that n o ilibonds which may I.I v t. lid vin issie 1unt1il the road is - n hl. mi avel-pt'-l by Ohe rail u s finallyu drid, n Mr. Doml ii's S Iiionu, f appohint ao loilit I I live too nel. withli Ilte tranlspor 1. it .1 e rnm1illve and14 wonfer with the I rpre-Seit:t -ives I-' tle South Carolina V, A ,I N I Public Servive Corporation. Of this I t i-mmillee, ir. Wright, president of - Ile ('hiailber. of* Commerce, was matte Iex oflivio chlairmanki. Presidenit Wright appindilitt4 (he uowig spveial col tilittev: W illiam CtIlemailln, J.red. If. DIll in ick. .114hn1 M. K inlard, C. ,1. 1111 voll, anld A. T. Brown. The tralnspo. p ( W.Stnnir.W. P'. Sithl .r:e '.I'r m lrlTisc m i lnwt' lilt' ropunt entatives of tlhe! S. C'h 'linalm 'Sevicve Cor Oli Weni-. \'wbyld y m ili it . ek, w en : t a1t ter .I s tilor "iIIY., ne 41vet - :an mni \w n (lhe 111 i llo I ll*.._r v4e i l. i m11pori:llcev of - 1; 11 r h. ill 'I . ,1 i,t \\'it irin . N v ... I VltilliNts Wolelihn -' i s I ;k. ?a . :. l. prmmi v isor - : .ipr tie ia I e ''~'i'he 1 aiim o' aeselgimies i \'i . -t , , \\'istlli r ed, alI That i tl en t)f Newherry W ' 1 ::(d f t whis emiity an.t lt' Ni't ii 'ae,is shown by fte Wvr.-( they :r'. takil- il (t m'ove Williamn Colmn ir. W illi:111 (dean the progr JV vIt ted of the ttnhif t'h'e lare ol.ntIl otherC - man.tTe antestra hemaned is tiers teirivrin'n only a fiewe iesg rs imr and isi tO oeo hest ognied pls n t'he sot. ea as roabl ! state. tWfodcler,teUi e vlinteyeofe nrh barin nda s irad wife wrepared himelf Coe i thmaw an opeinda offheile. in. Ca.. , hee. his till oethois fatr .Clet ma to crgelrge landedhend herl 1 estkas an teeactomandte hsection -faitdb hitento. Hebegan the bildn - ni copa onilyod fmite ago s andfl hanti on o thbes oaniz planTi lhe cnh accmish probalye el nerte t do anin. eraie the Iecessity of it aId there is ml doubt of his iiterest. Ii tii wort really Newberry should be more inter ested than Whitmirc but the move ment imiust be it. onl fool someilwhor else and Mr. Coleman is Ihe man Li inaguateIlld earry to) a sitccessfil eI(11m1inat ionl tisli II I tin) ineed ul(.11 'ss th1111n t wo ytars 1.r-lley vars loIh le running In;m Newherry tIo WItil Glenn-Lowry Ginnory. III (411111cli) witi the Imill here i! allso the (ilenli-Ilowry (liinnwry. 'Thi: is a two story brick blind i,l withl al m111dern1 convmnift-Iles Salld improve nillets and Ile latesl illmr.-ved 1111. Ohiley. Th'lle calmicity 0' I've .inl i! it bi%. Iah's pt.r 'i.r1 , and Y qli-Y ii ,ln- I ll the S atiil lboti 3000 hales in c ionnetiln Witi the giinery is alhu a 1m41odern 'rist mill. Henry E. Kohn. i. Mr ( . Kohnm. Iiw secmit ill the C:m r m1, is we!I ep iip -1 f'rr flhe dut04s I.I h1is. plisitionl ih- i,- A m aclivel. inllvrtvn I i l i.. 11. E. KON. Ipro,eI)TtIss and development of th Iown. anld is at present 111man11.11 Il-onl his wan1. Witmire Drug Co. I,'' - ;fth ww OnlrMim:ta wil be inalp11t'ed at W hNiVt1tnIliw soonl af' tr he Ipidavs is the Whituir.e )1n 'mpanly. witi a caplit.al stock ) -5000.00. Air. l.. V. Chibd is pweAidenli it". W .1). 1 T. V 4I - side.1 ; T. Il W altson, st-cretoaryv; a nd T. 11. Younl" t reasurler. and Imlaai,pr. TlI will b) IIIilt of concerete block. Lever Stays In Washington. Washlingiton. D)eeember 2L--All o Suth Carolina's 'conting-ent inl Conl rss hald left tihe city this afterinoo witi thile exception oI' lepresenttativ I.ever. lIle will probably not go homl at all. but will remain Ilhere to catc I witi several m1a12itter' ot imporitane anld wvill, during the holidays, do cons41iderale1 amlountt of wyork ini th variious depart ments. An Agricultural College in Each Dli trict. Washington,. Dec. 21 .-Congr'ess men'1 fromt all Southr d1m (istr'iets ar* ''leasedl with the hill int rodued( b) li(epresenltat ive Livingstone, of Geom en. pr'ovidinig $10,000 for the estal li'shment of an agr'icul tural collegei everyV congress511ioallistit in th I'nited States. The hill provides tha tese amonn)1ts may1O be 'onlsolidalted,i the different reprtesentatives in an state should desire to (do SO and i I he governfor's shold deemIl this pla: hettIer n toI4 deCvote the mToney t smiailer' institutions. There is little doubIit t hat the Ir ;s t or tihe puripose o4f adding a iarge fun to colle(MZes alreadyi est abl)ishei antd will probably bin ii about a '2oo( f'i'zht some time in the future. W. H. Lanhamn. Mr'. W. II. Lacnhiam, (verseer of tht card1 room, is a thoroughly experient W. H. LANHAM. edml mnadunesadsted tal n lltewr vnetdwt he ilnlman adtmdrtnsted UNCLE NED AND HIS BLUEBACK SPELLU! THE GOOD OLD TIMES WHEb FAITH WAS SUPREME. How Uncle Ned Was Loved by th Others On the FEantation-Debate With Blue Gunmed Preacher. -lls. 11. I 4-m inl Sulinday State. " He that l.vvrerlleth, the samt shall e clothdil inl white raiment anld I wVill n11t bhot his nam11e ouit of til !k f . ' TIhe Indian silnmer had laste( spaIk hp ti (' bristmllas. Indeed il SNIMP1d mlwrv like mlidslimmervi than In. dial summ1i11ier. The iees actuiall dronied in tih(e air, ia lloccasinl Ia3 Stninglil. onl (lte fool-loo, an1d at mnoel. inl". bird called fiar and near tromn tit iipland bilutl 1nele Ned did iti see til Illzy mnweensinl milr lwarl thle mlellifilu lilt m1eIVking." bir-d. A pl-t11id:-e, wilh 18 little oies i Ilie N., sem0i -41' ;wl Ss to thie hai 11-- vh(e t ni li:- hi fet. ht-i lwle Ne -i! I sm. llm hii len I-. lie wa ' l ilt h Il ad I'eW. a in It -h:1le Ii pe 1,1 11 whl. 1) %lich thl il h eavy, v. -v%ll w aid so't sill " n pitt2 iiebed'' bv hr-st " it li in 't no usen I ryin ' ter set ul ter dis, '' Uncle Ned sighed, takinj ioff his -igantic brass-rimmed specta eles and wiping them, "I jess bauda eiisly gotter git dowin tei' hit!'' an suiting the action to the word, Uiel Ned stretched himself upon tl ronlld. sieadin- soinethling out tetl derly hefore hiil, and again his lip ml. red like tie breatihinlr of an itl ill Uncle Ned was no hodoo. an '0th he anid his (1celpation wvere ver-.N very human. ll afiter a while, Ilh ? 'Ititail lnbir. lo.:oether with the ti seasmnable lea1, the dronlinui of tl bees and the si:n ing cf the iockin I-ird, proved till mu11(lh for him,y an e he#1 (pll ne.')r all his I'ace 11pon1 hi Indk anld Slept. S'nele Ned w7is MLthodist presi i1 :hl r alld f'irst exholrtvr on Ith ;-hnit:ltir! (r the (,Il widl w lBrace ile widow "f "Neil' ,'' the "0 --in Seenes, and11 :300 iir:es "sa ller' him <'1 rikld days. Ever ni' t 1f Uncle Ned's ieetim!'S was rewilval. .\s a1 "Zmrler. a' sIlpinder ie hm(a 11(n equai, his rame iiv; spreaId for 50 miles down Turke creek and Stevens creek and Savai niahl river to "JAumsty, Georgy. Consequently, Uncle Ned was somi tillies borrowed to minister to a dih hant flock. It was tho-hlit by the negroes thi he had great "book larnin', ' ab1no1( is much as "old Marse'' )efore ti latter s detlit. And no other hand ha ber ritshed "old Marse's'' man111 blooks ill his library. And lie had wai 0ed on1 "~ Marse Jedge (ius L4ongstre< e a rtde Georgy Scns' hen tli "'jedge'' had visited ''old Miarse. Besides possessing all these overweei -ing! aidvanitages, Uncle Ned diligentl studtiedl a mysterious little blue boo n iearly aill the tuie, and wheni it wr e nt ini use lie carried it in his bosson "Da1)r 's wundert's an' powers hidi dait boo(k. 's saidl Aunt Keziah, wt helped miatnmai in thle plantation "ne1: ser'' with tihe black b)abies, " ai eon 'y a wise mani kin onder stan' 'cir t 1n'11n' Mobse lie say dant Une' Ne feit dat book fum a dead an' gor kin'g sho'. ef he ai' bin git it wid rabb)iit paw ouitende grab)eyard. '' Withi unispeakablle pride, Uncle Ne< 0 1! nall state liccasion', w66re "'ol 31Ia ''s ' broade') dnI. thle onily slas r d'h wed' to2 '14eoy i; thatiinir. .\nid I t'ren Ihad26 b)een very ro(tund. while i "z rt '' ' shan ik was dec'idedtly lea 1 2e'le0 Ne were W "told( Marse 's broi ade!oth ithViI all thle d1ig.nity th1 e should( e'xten'id from ba r to plit . ..The afternoon wore lazily awn and although it was within ten d1a. of ('hrialmnas, not a soul seemed ast on that side of the plantation. Bt nuor 50 feet away, by the side of pairling brank, a pretty, bright-eye small boy was very wideawake, I the utter discomfiture of the minnom~ sporting in its wvaters. "Unker Ned I Oh-h-h, Unker Ne<l Please come and untangle my fishir line.'' Uncle Ned stirred and rolled ove on a dozen mushy persimmons, fc the voeie was as clear' as a bugle cal "Oh-h-h, Unker Ned, come, come ! lUcle Ned hurried, or rathier hol bled heavily to the branch, and sai to the pretty small boy: "Look a her, little Marse, fore Oawvd !-what ye bin doin'? Jesus marster, your gran ma ai ' knowv~(i 0y11 ouen hoe harl''feel ed wvid fishhook an ' line. same like was July. Fore Oaw,1. we zwi ' ha trnbb)le 'lbout dis." "HIlush your 01(1 monithi. Unker Net antd please uintang'le my line for me. "Yah. yah. little Marse.'' said Ur I1 da Ned, trint y,awn himself amat. M 1101 .44 "(but, donl't youl wNviter hecar. old Unle' Ned outten. de boook tftr er leettle bit, S11.1 ol.i aN. elt lie S:o smal boy'lul v a I j vc ki fe. itI-Nw, Just likie thevy do) inl Aul.-ust, to ke grndn:aStare.' "He:a- I'ne(' Nedl jess a leetle bit tmit,ende book, huney-.lak er gvjodi chile as, youi is-'case I knows 'emi all now. Deni we ontangles de line,' pleaded the old man. "Well, you didn't know 'em thelj la.st timie I heard you, and I'm tired tryinw. to teach you. I just don't be lieve that youl can learn 'em, Unker Ned!'' -"Yas, yas, Vine' Ned know 'em all no0w, honey-kniow 'emi good. Ef youl :1h-als 'em rio-ht nlow, I gwi' onitanigle de Iinie anl' tekc you dlown ter de bot ', t- m' blaze dat bi!r swee' mn I bin ile you 'bvul. Anld denl, honecy, you iikm ch.)w swee' gutm twell way arter New Year.'' 1"Gumertietty! you promised me sOuht w%hen I heard you before! Unker Nf!d, T donl't see what you Want to f' ol with book1s for aniyhiow. I cer t:iinly _et enouiiih (if 'em every nipuhtI and mt.i withoult wvorrying( with, yt u.whenl I wanlt to play." t "Locek herv. !;Htle Arsl.v I ,it, miiss: t(I erlmmie teli *y. it dow!) whal. yml kill a ket ch hornyi-he 'd ;sies von', hialn', den,''" sug-,gested1 thle trnelree "GemlernIelty! VInker Ned, these inniows righit here alre as longi as ity hanild, if youl wolid only unltanigle miy' Hln,'' exclaimned thle smiall boy. -"MEs bitr es my han', deni,'' suggrest-' d thle old n teerro. t The smiall boy cautiously and sil-i t etly m leasured thle lenth of Une711leI Ned's hamt mliet oally, and his bile cl eyes sparkled. "That's twice as long y as( anly Sam11 ever eaugh-It. Will youl,1 1 '? ' e' o " il you eros your'~ heart and , y od and'V hop5tlie to(~ die anmka kI cros ar nd spitu 'in the m-idde?" s queiit~: e ed the lad.fle l d'o e1W ci eotage,e ie' d e!' t fliThen "l hars efore graner I held withi hand,fo' anyncl Ne te..I r book out of is'l bofsomeey i r ' Eigh chilren of "oldh Maarse," gin i l. turn hadii tessaye in O' vain1 totec a'fncle e hrhi eters o' that th lit- ' v "Butm darhaity no hierr, sid, tUn ii le iNed h ap hoericarely onghe bue - handb, fyor woud onlye untange marn ln, m' 'low lack,( thue sman boeinyf. t ''i hit' m h n' en' ug et ei te s flimdcr lrn ae.n went.The first boy cat miush now lid sl in ay homeof~ he lnbt b ofIuht eac ear osihgandmieial. ammahi blue - daint coepar.'Tt twdiged long es al teac inCV'nel Noa "g ,.. - ---h ~'i :,.4 'X W11 OVE111i llIt./ na, did it whlpil -he was a girl." And the lesit-n begins. The per imt Ion1,-st i'Vk p oint er in ''little Ila'S a- n 11:111d wa,Is -rasped with i'ness. as le sat with dignity on a w sililup. his le's Ilng' eioulglh to "1.1. ha:1. ca: d1-1, dal; '-a, fa. pelled icile Ned vohibly af'er N \ ie"eptor. Anld theni tile oral lesson >ver, the p)pil rubbed his "lsies" Alld j)ut them on for the alphabet. "A !-you know big A, Unker "ed I "Yas, yas, des like do plow hand les, wid de cross p.ece en de middle," assented Uncle Ned. "A !" With much tender prompting an ulling on the part of the teacher and with many homely suggestions b way of better remembrance nex tint on the part of the pupil, the cap) itals were dismissed, and the blue eyed precelitor. with all axe of * min to griN wa1s encouraging an patted the student oil tile back mos "You said that well, mighty wel Uncle Ned." The old man's dull eyes glowed a C the warm1th1 of tle praise. It "Didn't I dun tole you Une' kinowed 'Cm dis time, hIonley?" "Now." said tle ilstrietor, thin s i! of the fresh sweet gum, "we' n try the liit!v lelters. bevause I wa I Io eiarn he sweet iiii and the fis d b nest!v. bi "A, b). v. 0.e. . repeated Une l Ned. ns 1"Ist as the pelsimmiliol-Stic p'itIer was Ioved. "Didnl' I tole yp'N I k'owed 'eml), honey?" cried une (11 Ned exultantly. "Now we sho gi el tinn ie pagoe!" wV' A stiddeii personal recollection sti red the memlory of the little pedag th gue, an11d he proveeled to cover tI lIl' capitals witit a very dirty, Chubb i hanld. die "Now. I'n1ke' NeI. what's that?' ''A.' sail It lnle Ned. Hm "G~ood, g'ood,"' said the wily teae ha er', "'amnd now T'm going to skip y An ahoi, andlu if you 'paiss,' ' theni I' "'f goinit toi tirn the patle. '' fichee Ned striaiThtenecd and st Pa fened his b)ack, anid bit off a fre mel uie ce ofl tobaceo, ait the mere id / LN-O R O - - parso 4ul. .ied md~ piilssy "tels ete s4 , ff' his aspitio, bethed iupmon CI'I Abbe them~ni Uarefle and, tdi C hemly aginudr "uo Th)t iesy 's'th, Unker Netter is g l "lh Hitlmilglyie prlitl, toei l! otm em pag dn eikube,. nle sa i'eakly suggested. d i $ 4 11-1 t sn'te b, rubbe.d 0