Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Farmers' Union Bureau of Ian Information to ---Conducted by the Sou th Carolina Farmers' Educa. ' tional and Co-Operation Union. cot 8WComnunications intended for this Ext departnent should be addressed to J. C sti Stribling, Pendleton, 8. C. to] Tom Watson to Speak. the Tom Watson, perhaps the finest a'nd orator and best speaker in the South arn ou subtjet-ts pertaining to the interest ge, of eotton growers. will address the of National Farmers' Union Tuesday bus ni,ght. .1:anuarv 22nd. at their meeting in Atllta. Ga. Sparttanhur- Countv Farl.ers' Un- the, ioni will organize on tle,, .17(h of Jant ary at 10 a. l. State Organizer i. S. Cl;tnller. Stat c t.-retat' 11. F. Earle 11 and otlhers will spetan'k. We are look- l ill-z to tile:lhn'.~ii ht tv inl the State, to dho a bi thing in the way ' co- Ilrati0 k anlg the farmes, abl wke are- conft tient that she will do it. 01] to t Stiate Or'aiizer 1.ahafTfev is ,get tilg )ISV do Wn in aad lj an aoini .~ .- tlhel Ing cotilies. Ie is rllln,uhng up1) the farmers into loval-. alliit on an aver- ) ne 1t tine( evelrv two d:tVs at last ' ' - s-vs am-mtilIt. I tov' '. whel N-.1 (,V(,'t se * ala't'ev awavily IliinSvl aroutid in Vour neighborhood you may just as well go riglt tup to the schoolhouse F or somewhere else and get together, or he will make things so hot that Nig] something will have to be doing. Our newspapers are taking hold of Tr thin-2-s in the ,interest of the farmers pass in no half-handed way these days. way They seem to have rolled up their is a sleeves, spit on their hands and taken the I fast h<ld on the big stick and are it hamnmering with all thieirmight knock- fr0In ing out bucket shops (and their kin) begi the lien law and many other chocks le f in front of the wheels of progressive of 1 farming in the South. WIC Our lewspapers are a great power agai in the soiti for either good or evil to land otl- farmn interests and it is very L; MnCouraling' to the farmler's to see of a 01he man111ly positim Iltey ae takinig that 1i 1 ight 1 rill the stA.t4 of1 vile A eol(onlabl n and speenliative denls, mail al(d the lien law. Sheridan. a man of h Iav( Vreat power andi inlfiluenive inl Great sa, Britain itn his dav, Spoke tilus of the ma1. powel oI th ress ' '(Iive tile people 'ron a c tllouse A Los, -_ive them ar'o a ven'll I Iolls o t lli ls, give til l lm;it a th-'alillval prinee. ive leill a t1le'k- the i ]'ill,-'44vollf1 l d 14a 1 Ille b1 111v Imi t, tllhe I I l ''in cut. linil t e have' buiS~ t tan ti'h: unfH l-i pr.ss I will de,f them to mIuW-1 II 1I' ll . Ila il"s IIp0 i l eh I111i llbert ies o I e d . ll' I l 1 e S111 11 il -vo I llje Ire 11vo lli. at l t .i , ill. Thic Lien Law in a Nutshell. T1 lba-forea w.' h;l tla- l'in la w the' in- .ne I'i ll ii :lt ie-1 l l l. 1111; 1 1111 1 i t ,. lh fll ifP -1, 4,111 (' 1 of t.in. i-itY p .lp1 . 1n-1 onh.r'i t rluiI t lwi s oe .tp ' uie'hItIjm :u-.in m thI e Jlii4 l ' ttl ii lro in' 14:14l ma.r kIeta- bili! in'g4lofI th 4441 i i 'i 1in cotnIe il l rre' it e. sponsvib h.. recle. ip sie t m- m 1 tanei tlalig the~ 1)upply' mebi thefll lin lath,tro forehit ill ctthn sin- deav. tera, law.rol both tile prontionme and thwh t prile old ladony ai,in.t hem-o biet slen law nee oteat' til. mereyko of in rvt'o uiti- larerto,wm We up * hvThe lien law. Whablei the inp it'T way o wh done avngth o esntead u Univ is,i lieo twarnt told , 5 l0. a pa leove the risectiv, andp tlnink pria meinitllignt 1)1'Oltey O~I'5 ,will jhu ane forced toeue ill aee tales . to produce helrops,(and ir.eidtltl u thie lan-WIOl ilf hv to lok awnerrfof hts iwtret inbthlopln.hn, lI llof hic wll endto mpove ile car willt. not kn* I anld place the- sale of colt'ton in 0t hands of a more business-likc ;s of farmers. 'he lien law is a handmaid of the oi bear. The New York Cottor dhange is nothing less than. the big k used by foregn speculatori iammer down prices of cotton. 'ake away the use of the mail and cotton wines to these exchange* remove the lien law, their mair in South Carolia, then the intelli t land owners and the bettor class business men can run our cottoi iness to the benefit, of all. lain living and high thinking oi farm is the place where many of big men grew, that hold down thli over inany of the big enterprises tit our towns and cities. , oth tie business world anld the po al world know where to go to get of sterling worth and staunel acter. Cheer up. ye sons of til the world not only looks to you all the food and clothing". for her ning millions, but' she also looks he men who are' daily in Com1mn with nature's fauna and flora and e have gr1o*wn uip to know and will r fon'et tle lessons there tzagtit nature's G'od every lay of his vi li- 'oer the men who are to te nation. LIES 20,00 MILES A YEAR. it Hawk Goes From Patagonia to Alaska and Returns. greatest of bird travels is ing' throug"h this country on his from Alaska to Patagonia. This distance of 10.000 miles and liiht hawk or "bull bat'' travels twice a year to get away the cold winter. When winter ns in Patagoinia. South America, lies away upon his long journey 0,000 miles to the Artie circle. n winter he-ins there lie returns n to the exthrne southernmost inl South Almerica. Thus lie trav .11.000 Illils eaell year in searell clinate that suits him. something few liuinali I einls ever do. Few of the alvance l uaid of Ile 1arlly Of these migratiliz birds all ready been seil around Kall C lit) their wa S1t1th. They be seein :iV eveniln* at t wilihzllt nii w until c,lld weatler. I'litting vitl. ratcllii. il.-t,s. but thev re I ollv 41le -r lwf velin' s and aIe citr fr their wiliter holne. it :I vast liawlilla Xcf seenery this !reat I.nlist <el the air be I "'kinu d116wI up llaillicns of le! 1 twrinr lluntaiins. bean val-y' Olie Itnw c . it 1h1e .A n tha bl e e f t LIir l an I a a e lilanl i th e in A Is L luse- V IL I a!* -wifIt if a sp elin a rrow. Long Flight of the Plover. noun as ,bIr iII I have *an ex H.iI Thed' bid, 'ie ,- I(nerl!v4 lid theL( shoes of ur ii onds. andl( ' il they arme retT fri* utlier Lawar d. not1 il hicv reach0l their sumn A me('0 inO(' the 0 barr een las ef ohly beach they niest anud rea r ' yonni'.. As- sooen as t he youngl1~ Sae recady tic fly th li'voyae 'wardle bee.rjin. ithe cld birdls leach the w.ay. ThI'hi reV l perfeorm1 wy letur t1o1 lee Ien the se.ithiward iiey, ini Seplteliberr andh Octo ,er. In' eest ly with rapm1i.d fhlt and eia lly at ni21hi, fc de l. duing.. ble winlds thes-e b,iis lhave beren ''ii t'c '1eeed thrmeonghh thme aia ratee f lt0 tcc 15.0( inuikr-' ani hio rm. r "o as far .'outhI n i - the0 p:nnpa s I iaiiim:e aniclI l'a;aitlav andl lie IIe: mr1hes ofi seutlhermn SouithI A f I( lbarnI swahllow, whlie'h has 1been I nI- all summitier, is prepar~ring to c e I lie souithilande. It i-i inter i!. toc wa'ttch this bird pep')artmg iits fall m igrat iont. For several .possibly a week befocre thle sqwal deparmt. southward they wvill col in great numbers upon the rooef re.bejarnf or on the fences and set grett chirping and twittering, as ley were discussing plans for the >osed soiuthiern trip. Vanish For Five Months. inally, asg if a res~olutioni had been liiously adopted ,thme birds arise r1 a groat chiatteriing and sail ighit for thme south. As this feath.. hicst moves they gather rcrzuit a var'iouts pocints'along the ronte, whlen they roach the soutthern it of tbe United Sitae they dis appenar, to . be gone for Wie mionthIs. Bitt where they go dits 'Iyuzled the closest. bird oservers. Did they drop into lie water and hiborinate in the mud, as was believed of old, their ob literation could not; be moie complete, in the last week in March a jopful twittering overhead annulcnees their return to the Gulf coast oi their way porth. \ The Baltimore oriole, that brilliant ly colored lit tle warbler whose sweet notes can be heard with us during the suimmer, is now departing for its win ter ILome in Mexico. There is a tra dition about the naming of this gor geons bird which runs this v;ay: When Georgh 'Calvert, the first Lord Balti inore visited Virginia-which 10hen in cludedl Maryland--in 1628 he wrote to his friends inl Elngland that nothing in the Cheaspeake country so delight ed and Cheered him as the color and song of' tile oriole. Afterward (lhe or ange and black-- -the colors of this bilrd-ecame, the herealdic colors of lie noblemen who were landed pro prietors in) Marylaind aud the natle of E inilands great peer Was attah-led to tile hird. Goes 1,000 In a Day. The red-eyed vicio. a little grem warbler that arrives in sithiten soe warbler that arriNo.s in this !ection in lie first part of May and remains a slort while and thenl goes nortiward as far as British Columbia, is now passing thriought on its. jouirne to its winltei- quarters in Cental and the northern part of South America. In its spring migrations thig little bird presents a problem that has been ill solved by field investigators. When on its northward ourney it appears on -tihe southern coasts of this country iif the early spring and travels about twenty miles a day for six weeks intil it reaches the north ern part of Nebraska. ihen just about this time, and before they have beeni seen in any of the intervening coun try, red-eyed vireos are noted in Southern British Columbia, 1,000 miles to the northwest. Is the pres ence of this bird in British Columbia in so shortI a time to be explained by the the orV that it suddenly grows tired of its slow pace and flies 1.000 milh-t in a sinl e - ni- ht CKan.a, 'ity Leaving Security. Johann 'Sieherlick is by nature sis picituns; but. says the Albany Jour nal,. he appreciates a reasonable pro position. A traveling butcher (ame his Way on1110 d.1y and bar-gain.d with him for eight head of fine cattle. The price )eing satisfactory, tlie butcher felt in his pricket and found lie had not bre.-hlit his Wallet. "I have not the money with me, lie said, "ut I will drive the cattle 1 to town and send tile m,nkY back to I you.'' ".Nvii!' - Aid J4hmnn eno-hatieally.\ "Tha ene note-oo. N shouldt i brninm- de i' mnv- firs.t. " Well. I t-Il you what [Il (d4.' saidl the4 buticher frantkIl. '-['ll drmiv-e onysix of thecim ini. amnd I'*l leave tIme tIt lieur tEwo t see-tnrit y for I i- debt.' *Iltnlinii -ltmli'od a nu'kinent and theni his face liebmted. "Al l rit.nt'' lie said. "I lt is ebust so e4't. Cen you leaive d -' two yoni hate bh,tmit dlen it is surt von comes buack 1und4 pa~ys me. Why He Was In the Procession. Buggies, At prices just as we give you BE'l We are not goin guarantee on Bu The largest, pret buy our Buggies Don't be taken SUNV ThMlpi Amnsing stories of Major Sam Ear ly, a brother of leneral A. Early, ar still told in Chaleston, W. Va,) whor he lived for many years before th< eivil war. The' major was a bigoted old-time Whig, who hated a Demeera wbrso than a hobo -does %vork% IIe had had in his employ an Irish man, who aped his master in every thing-dress, manner and polities. Prior to a certain state eleetion il which party spirit ran high the Demo crats had a torch-light procession Imagine Major Earli's chagrin ai fury to behold marching in the van o his political enemies Pat, gloriousl" dunuk. Ife lost. 1no time in dragging th faithless one from the ranks and heat edly demanding the reason of his do feetion. "Sh !'' answered Pat, with a Imand im w1. ont yvz 01, 11'Ntrym "an.. Aa YTrpected Itport. A country iewspaper maii, who i: very fond of lmey, visited a neigh b)or MiY recently, and at one of th hotels he was served with some de livious hoiiey. le enjoyed it so muel that lie told hisk wife all ahout i when lie returned home. On his nex trip to tle city she accompanied him 'I'ley visited the same hotel and whi the noon meal was being served I said to his wife that he hoped thei had some more of that hopey. It di not appear, however, and the newspa, per man, therefore, beckoned to I waiter and said: ''Say, Sambo, wher< is my honey?" He was almost para lyzed when that worthy .grinned anc replied: ''She doan work here n< more. boss. She done got. a job at tIu ;ilk mill.'' The wvife received a hand. 3ome new dress before they returne home, after making a solemn promis( nlot to tell the story.-Lippincott'i Nfagazine. Bluebeard. Like many of the other heroes ol tle nursery tales, Bluebea,frd once liv. 'd in the flesh and blood, if the olI -hronicler. 11olinshed, from whol hakespearc got so mCh of his male. 'inl, is to be believed. According tc hlat writer, tile original BluebeardI A'as Giles de Retz or de Raiz, Marqui >f Laval, who became Mar'shal oj France in 1429. He is described aE mi impious and debanched man, a de. ,-otee of the mack Art, who eiticed 4onn11 men aid young women to hiE !astle and killed them in order to ob ain innocent blood for his magical melnments, and who also murder. ,d six or seven of his wives. HIis rimvez were discovered and lie ira mlrne'd at the stake in 1.440 at Nan Aceordim' to an old Freh lero nd, Imwever. tile origi na 1wilneheard livedI n Brittany in the sixth century, ano V-M known as Coun'i t. ('i nimer. A f , he e aeli o i' enam sured dfi' p hy-m' i, t ho <htchte of Counut Cnereek of ann les. TIhe we(dding~ was celbted it \ ane inni ('ooni(mer tookh hi li efo're a yearm had passed Tr'iphilynui i( ied a chIane ini hier hiisbaind's 'nanner,i' and,. fearing the same11 fait ha haniI d met herm prod eoessor's, sh< ledI fro.m thle eastleo, biut was overtak. eAre S Dean low as others wi TER, NEATER Ou t of busine ggies be .worth tiest, and most < for less and we in by " TOCOs We ..n . IO El - e1"by Onim r, who' struck off her I head with 't single blow. 8t. 01ildas, by. whomi the, unforituiato wife had 1 beln edueated, happened to pass the ,Spot soon after, and , , sepiig the body, he tenderly replaced the head, ald by prayer restoed Triphyna to life. The .ftory does not relate the end of Cono iner. k When the government 'decides to increase the salaries of its mail car riers it should not overlook its female I empolyes. Meeting of Board of Stewaids. The stewards of Newberry circuit are ealled to meet at the parsonage, Tueslay. the 15 inst. at 11 a. in. A full attendance is desired and all arc irg ed to be on hand promptly at the -hour iniamed. A. HI. Best, P. E. January 7, 1907. SALE OF NOTES AND ACCOUNTS. By order fo the Directors and Stock holdeis of t.he Carolina Manufactur ing Company, I will-sell at public out cry at Newberry Court House, S. C., on Satirday, January 191h., 1907, at twelve o'clock noon, all uncollected iotes anld accouMii(s due and owiii to said Company. J. A. Burton, President and Treasurer. STATi, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. BY JOHN C. WILSON, ESQUIRE, PROBATE JUDGE. WHEREAS, George A. getzler hath made suit to me, to grant him Let ters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Susannah F. Setzler. THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Susannah F. Setzler, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at New berry on Thursday, 17th January next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the- said Admin istration should not be granted. GIVEN under my Hand, this 31st (lays of Devember Anno Domini, 1906. J. C. Wilson, .J. P..N.C. SOUTHERN Through Pullma on All Throi Convenient, Sc Local Tickcts are nowv on Sale For Full Information as .consult Nearest Southeri Beo- B. Allen P Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga till Sellin 8, aqd lio say they are SE ,sand PRETTIER N ss, if'we were, eoyou. . ~omplete stock in sell them for less. ST" but see us b /hat We Say. BR Iardwar' and~ rc STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIMA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. IN TIll' PIROBATE COURT. James F.'J. Caldwell, as Executor o the last will and testament offiar tha Carnline Caldwell, deceased, Petitioner, against - Francis W. Higgins, Martha Caro. line Hardy, Elizabeth King, HIarriet (or Hattie) Trail, Hayno W. MeCar iey, Annie M. McCarley, John W. Claryj Mrs. Sarah A, M. Russell, Wil iam C. Gilliam, Sarah C. Clifton, . Mary f. White, Francis Z. Wilson, John 0. Caldwell, and all heirs at law and distributees of the said Mar tha Caroline Caldwell, deceased, whose names and places of residence are unknown, Defendants. To the defendants above named: You are hereby sunnoned and ro. quired to answer, on or before the thirteenth day of Febru.ary, 1907, the petition in this proceeding, .which is filed in the Probate Court for the said County and a co)y of which is here with served upon you; and you are notified that on that day, beginning at ten o'clock in the forenoon, a trial will be had . in the said Court of Probate for the said Coun ty and State of all matters d scribed and all issues involved in the said petition to establish in due form Of law certain instruments of writing as the last will and testament of Mar tha Caroline Caldwell, deceased. Hunt, Hunt ani Hunter. Petitioner's Attorneys. (Seal.) J. C. Wilson, J. P. N. C. To the defendants: Mrs. Sarah A. M. Russell, William C. Gilliam, Sarah C. Clifton, Mary ' E. White, John 0. Caldwell and all heirs at law and distributees of the sai'l Martha Caroline Caldwell, de ceased, whose names and places of residences are unknown. You will please take notice that the iummons of which the foregoing, is a copy, and the petition in the above title action was filed in the Probate Court of Newberry County on the tenth day of Oecember, 1906, and is now on file there. Hunt, Hunt and Hunter. Petitioner's Attorneys. HAIL n Sleeping. Cars ugh Trains. iedules on All rrain~s. to all Winter Resorts. to Rates, Routes, Etc., Railway Ticket Agent Division Pass. Agent. Charleston. S. C., Harness Jing at cost and ork. . . . . vhat vLould ouri Newberry. W efore you bud car