Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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th4 lao4ldyls regulai "ed :upo)- ii6g requested Peroriat service. He said thal e woild refer, the*. all to a certaia e se Ju. thie Bible aud take the verse for his 'grace.' And that the verse ,a ,Christ the same yesterday, to. y and always." I doi't think he remained at that boarding place very Ioing afterward, but in that respeo we diar very much from thp board e'r. While he may have left suddenly and for a god cause,. we canIt leave suddenly or afiy other way, and for a .good restson too. And that is, that we are so miserably poor after ridingthe Jmail* for several years, that it is an absurd idea to think of living except from the sweat.of our brows, and in the meantinle, we have become so mortalty lazy that we would hate to have to miss the sweat from our brow much less to perforgi the mann al labor to put it ,there. Isn't it a fact boys? Well, I have a rather peculiarly constructed route. To begin with, distributing office, which is Blairs, is in Fairfield county. However, I do inot serve a single patron in Fairfleld, but entirely in Newberry. You see that Broad river is the dividing line between the two counties, and the post office is just across the river on the railroad, I mean near the rail road, not exactly on. it. It would have been, (for we hate to carry the mail from the train to the post office and vice versa), but the trains would not agree to run around it; so we had to build it, that is the post office, to one side. I cross the river at Blairs four times a day in a bateau and Ihaven't missed crossing it a day in over two years, or to be more- accur ate,:since the 15th of November, 1904, except holidays and Sundays, of course. Have twenty-six long rough miles to go and living two miles from the office gives me thirty miles per day, and I have some rough roads to contend with too. My .territory is very thinly populated. Have very few white families on. my route, but what few there are, certainly treat me very kindly and there is nothing too good for them to do for me, and you .may be sure I appreciate their good will. There's no such thing as any one kicking for any hittle error or ,1.. oversight or anything that a frozen over, numb distributor of Uncle Sam's mail is liable to make some times.. In regard to ever getting any ii provemen.ts on our roads. I think the most direct and jupt' way to accom plishl anything in that line is to have a property tax for the maintenance A[(n improvenet, of the public roads. There is no justice or right i mak ing a poor man work six days of a year on the public roads when lie can barely spare the time and probably has not a buggy or mule in the world hvith which 'to derive any benefit 'from the public roads. s While the big farmer with twenty or thirty mules and wagons, which he .does not musc on the road until it is too wet to work on the farms, is prob ably too old1 for roadl duty-and does not pay one cent, or do one lick of *work towards the imiprov'ement of the roads. Not only the farmer, but every property owner should be sub-. -ject to the road tax,. and especially the big lien merchants in town, whmo ' derive more benefit from thme roads than any ome else, and I want to say *ri,-ht here that I would like to say w hat should be done with every son ator in South Carolina who voted against the repeal of the lien lawv, however, I .am hieart.ily in favor of litntining the present law in lieu f the property tax for roads. If we id not, how in the world wvould wve ever get at the trifling, crap-shoot ing, chicken-stealing negroes. But, what is the use of a poor lit Stle one-horse, I have got two horses though-mail-rider saying anythiing along this line wvhen our learned rep rosentatives chose to see it in a light to suit themselves. Say boy, I have been thinking of a great scheme for some fun on the 30th of May. Why can 't the rural carriers of Newberry county challenge the carriers of some Sother county-Laurons for instance, as it is near and with connection 'for~ a game of baseball on that day. Every player to be a bona fide rural letter carrier, and from the county to hich we issue the challenge, the same.condition to apply to us. If the eoa'strikes the fancy of anyr of the St, I move that we appoint the post aa.tter at .Newvberry manager, and 'thim to arrange the game. Let's rmore about it. oell, as I have run out of stome ig to write and aih sleepy, will for this time. IL. S. H. di1tor Like thie y6ung deba olleagues have alrea:dy said ~.a tg say. Jut fo~ fear~ we .h~ 8pge, ftereds by the editor ofThe Herald and News in his aale ppr I will write some thibg to help- fill up the space. I have a twehty-4ye mile route, on a< which I spend, an average of 7 hours p1 per*'day. It takes me 3 hours and 46 ti minutes -to make the first 12 miles of w my route; and 3 hours and 15 minutes to make the remaining. 13 miles; which shows how different the condi tion of the different parts of the road is. If the first part of my route was in as good condition as the last part, I could make the trip* 45 minutes quicker, and with muel more ease. Now we know it is becoming offen sive "to some of the patrons on our route to be continually nagging at S them 4bout the bad roads in their section, but we will be forced to howl tl until conditions are bettered: Pa- N trons, you owe it to yourselves, to the bi rural carriers.and to the civil service system in general, to keep the roads 1 in goo4-repair, in order that you may ( get the best of service. You say it is t impossible for you to keep the roads " in perfect condition with the few 0 hands you have. Well, possibly so; b but you can at least -keep them in g' comparatively good fix with very lit- bi tle work at the- right time and at the m right places. The main troible with parts of my route is the side ditches e3 are not kept open, and consequently, v] -the road-bed is soon torn up and cl mud holes form in the middle'of the ti road where the water is allowed to ti collect. Now I have not a few pa trons oni my route who take it upon n themselves to look after the roads . near their houses, and -jist with lit- h< tle care at the right time they keep C them in first class order. I have one d4 patron especially (a widover too, h1 who is exempt from road duty), who v takes such interest in the rural ser- d vice that he goes over the road for a hi mile after every hard rain and fills e up the holes and ruts that are eating b out, and takes the rafts out of the ditches; aid as a result of his faith- a ful efforts with one half day's work te by the road hands during the year, that is the best piece of road over which I travel. May more of our good fi patrons and even those that are not iii quite so good, follow - this good genl- ei tlemania's example, then we will prom- te ise you that you will hear no more ai kicks from us about bad roads, and tc there will be 110 more threats of a N discontinuaiice of your route on ac- 01 Little Rai It goes to the lit drawthe best repr Buck's Stove & Re trade.-mark. It is a perfect little stos inches wide, 23 inches I voir for heating water, a high warming shelf,and is ed with a generous su Added to this there is boiling pot, a nickel plate rod, It will burn fuel, ha a big range. It is now o1 our show windows. Dor don't fail to get a bookIe' contest. This attractive colors, is free for the ask I:heb .'~44t'. unt of impassable roads. At'I me time you will be rendering you; Ives invaluable service, for nothi induces more to the interests. al vancement of a community tha iblic roads in a first class conditio aveled by a mail rider dail loade ith mail for everybody on the r-o%t G. W. S., - Pomaria, R. F. D. No. 3. OUR WASHINGTONR LETTER r. Byrd's Mixed Marriage Bill Roosevelt's Favorites on Pay Rol. ,ecial Cor. Herald and News. Washington, Feb. 25.-The bill ii oduced by Representative Byrd, < ississippi, to prohibit intermarring ,tween white persons and .negroes i e District of Columbia will probal become a law during the presei ssion of congress. It has develope at the administration is, for son iexplained reason. very much afrai this bill. As a routine matter c isiness every bill introduced in coi ess affecting the District of Colun a is xeferred to the District con issioners for a report, and heret( re the commissioners have alwa3 :pressed some opinion as to the a< sability of its enactment. In thi se, however, after devoting son me to the conisideration of the bi e commissioners returned it wit e simple statement that this'was atter wholly within the discretic congress. The significance of th s in the fact that the commissioi s who are appointed by the pres mt take their cue from the whit mse. It indicates that Mr. Roos ,lt feared that if they should ey n>se the bill it would alienate froz m the support of the negro adv< tes of social equality. Mr. Byrd 11 has stirred up the negroes c ashin-ton a.n1 they are demnandin hearing before the District commi C. The boast of President Roosevelt iend Banks that he had been spent g thousands of dollars of good goi nmcn-t Illonley invest-igating- the II Istate Commerce c"omm) ilissioln 1h1 oISed a great deal of euriosity : the extend to which the presider s gone in employing personal fa) ites to pl0fm nom1inal services f autiful ige Prei tie girl who car 'oduction of Th~ mnge Company' e, 22 inches long1 ligh. It has a reset n oven for baking, splendidlyornameni pply of silvery nicke i. miniature tskillet, d lid lifter, an d a towe ke and cook just lik iexhibition in one a 9t fail to see it, an< t telling all about th~ booklet, printed it ing at our store. Suniwo the government on large salaries. The v appointment of. his friend Bishop as a d press agent of the Panama Canal o commission at a salary of $10,000 per a -year was the most flagrant case of t this kind, but there have been hu.n dreds of others. This is the more re markable, as Mr. Roosevelt has al ways posed as one of the special champions of the merit system and of making a civil service examination I the only door through which access to the government pay roll could be - obtained. Senator Rayner's recent speech on the lloosevelt policies of centraliza- I tion and imperialism has directed at- ' , tention to the importance of the dem- 6 ocratic party taking a square stand against every encroachment by tho I president upon the powers of con ,gress of the courts and against every 1 d invasion by the federal government 3 of the rights of the- states. The pres- t a ident hIs raised the issue squarely as i to whether the form of government I institutled by the constitution is to c survive or whether while the form of t a republic is preserved it is to be con- o verted into an empire in which one il FS is l 11 For Ti I Rc S $1' it TRADE MARK REGISTERED P. S. rIOYS1 ROASTING lII Flue Curing Devela Found in Schna There are three ways us mers for curing and prep; tobacco for the market; na cured, air cured and flue cu old and cheap way is called -the later discovery and imp: is called flue cured. In I the tobacco is taken fron and suspended over inte - flues in houses especially I ai tain the heat, and there k j proper temperature until t process developes in the t( stimulating taste and fragr found in Schnapps tobac< green coffee is made fra stimulating by the roastin , Only choice selections of juicy flue cured leaf, gro' famous Piedmont country, best tobacco grows,. are Schnapps and other Reynol of high grade, flue cured R. J.. REYNOLDS To] ian shall be supreme and in which tate boundaries are to be more lines is ni the map which will impose no re- w trictions whatever on the power of he - federal government. James S. McCarthy. rx fi OALHOUN MONUMENT. el hose Who WiU Have Charge of the a ork Named by the Governor. M B Gov. Ansel in accorda.nee with the o r'vkie:us of the act creating a com- P i n f"r the erection of a monu lent. to Joh-n C. Calhoun in the stat- : ary hall in Washington, appointed F enator Mauldin, chairman of the f1 anCe committee of the senate; Rep esentative Banks, chairman of the 1as and means committee of the ouse; Mrs. R. Moultrie Bratton of S 'orkville, State regent of the Daugh- $! ars of the American Revolution, and y liss Maggio Gist, historian of the f ings Mountain chapter of the same . rder. The places were created by C lie act which gives an appropriation d f $10,000 for the work of reprodue ig a likeness of the great statesman. renty-one iYster rtiltzei have been the because they a from honest rr See that the tr is on every bag genuine without rETiR GUANO CO., N IMPROVES TO IPROVES GRE ps the. Stimulating , pps that Satisfies Tc ed by far- Hundreds tring their on sale that mely, sun outside of ti red. The < bacco is flue air cured;- filled with< roved way' sweetened a lue-curing chew of Schr i the field hunger long nsel hot such tobacco .sl htExpert tes >uilt to re- cured tobacc< ept in the Piedmont re his curing .less sweeteni bacco the and has a i ant aroma satisfying eff :o, just as kind of tobac< grant and satisfy; more g process. expectorating this ripe, and chew S< vn in the Schnapps:i where the ers formerly 1 :used in to $I.o.oper j ds' brands at 5oc. per p< tobaccos. x ro and 15 ce 3A000 COMPANY, WIN Our idea of a strong-minded man one who never talks about the eather. The mother who raises children to ispect her don't get her theories om books. Try to be content with your lot 'on if it isn't a corner lot. r M. AUGUSTINE, BEEF MARK BT. est steak........... 12 1-2 ets. ther cuts from 0, 8,and 10c.- per lb. ork 12 1-2 cents per lb. teak Pork 15 cents per lb. ysters, oest 40 cents per quart. ish, etc. Near Senn's store. RESIDENCE FOR SALE. A five room cottage on Summer ;reet and Mayer avenue f'or sale 3500.00. Popular location. House 2 ears old, all heart timber, double loors and storm sheet. Fine well, lectric lights, stables, barn, and gar en. Apply at once to Roland G. Spearnan, Talladega, Ala. Years S. rs standard re made aterials. ide mark r. None it. orfolk, Va. BACCO LIKE EN COFFEE Aroma and Taste bacco Hunger of imitation brands jpre rook like Schnapps; the Le imitation plugs of to cured, but the inside is heap, flimsy, heavily ir cured tobacco; one apps will satisfy tobacco r than two chews of ts prove, that this flue , grown in the famous lion, requires and takes ng than any other kind, vholesome, stinmulati ng, ect on chewers. If the :o you are chewing don't than the mere habit of , stop fooling yourself hnapps tobacco. is like the tobacco chew >OUght costing from 75c. >ound; Schnapps is sold >und in 5c. cuts, strictly nt plugs. BTON-SALEM, KT- C.