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I tf ZU U.', -- kir oK , A L JV. W. W. )OORE, Candidate for Adjutant and Inspectoi General. ENGLISH POACHERS. They and Game Keepers at Neve: Ceasing Contest of Wits. Though private game preserves i the United States are rapidly increas ing in number and game brings a hig price in the markets, it will probabl: be some time before poachers becomi such a serious problem as they are b England, when poaching is a very an cient if not honorable occupation, an( where a constant warfare, more o: less serious in results, is maintaine4 between thQse gentry and the game keepers. The signs sometimes seen on th fringe of English woods, "Beware o mantraps and spring guns!" ma frighten the harmless cockney out oi a Sunday, but the professional poach er knows that mantraps and sprin guns are prohibited by law. He ha to be on the watch, however, for trap which will at least give him a bad faA or a ducking. A fence which he i climbing and has climbed many time before may give way with a crash, o a plank laid conveniently across ditch or stream may have been sawei almost through. A fine but strong wir stretched across a path about eightee: inches from the ground is a seriou danger for the poacher, as he ma stumble over it and get a bad fall, oi worse still, his dog may encounteri when running at full speed and b cut almost in two. Without his dog the poacher is practically harmlesi and the most effective way of puttin an end to poaching is to kill or injur the faithful and. intelligent beast. Sometimes a trap is set for the do which is not intended to injure hii but which will give an alarm. A load ed gun is put in a field where hare feed, and a number of strings faster ed to the trigger are led in various d. rections and secured to pegs. In dris ing the hares the dog is almost cex tain to encounter one of the string: discharge the gun and put the keeper on the alert. When a keeper finds a numberC snares set he will put a dead hare e rapbit in one, scratch up the groua and leaves to make it appear that th animal. had struggled in a natura manner, conceal himself nearby an take the prowler "in the act" when h next comes to his snares. The usual way of collecting pheas ants is for the poacher to provide hinr self with a light gun, using a ver small charge, so that the report wi be slight, with which he kills the bird in the trees in which they roost. Keel ers, therefore, make wooden decoy and place them in tree's located froz the poacher's point of view most cot venient and conceal themselves nea by. When the night prowler begin to blaze away at the decoys the keei ers rush out and make a capture. Tb stealing of pheasants' eggs is regard ed in England as the most heinou form of poaching, and eggers at sometimes caught by means of a di coy nest in which eggs have bee placed. When all else has faile poachers are occasionally bagged b means of marked hares or rabbits when such a marked animal is foun in a game shop it is an easy mattert trace it back to the man who origir ally offered it for sale. On more than one occasion it ha been proved that London game dealei were professional poachers, who opei ated boldly in gangs so large as 1 make the efforts of the keepers futil< -Harper's Weekly. New One in Cans. "How did you like the cantata las night? "I didn't t:y it. After the entertau ment we vent out and had some lol ster, but there was no canned-wha you-call-it on the menu."-Housto Post. Even when a man hasn't a spear< hair on his head he can make himise believe it sn't noticeable in his cas 0 CAC E itF B )iS. How Some Famous Tales Came to Be Written. Books play a very important role in the journey from the cradle to the grave-they are by no means the least of the things that tend to make life worth living. Indeed, it is no exag geration to say that the love of books is a passion that nothing but death can quench. And this attribute was displayed by Mark Twain, whose last moments of consciousness were spent in the endeavor to read one of his fa vorite passages in his favorite book Carlvle's "French Revolution." Anoth er ilust:ration of "rhe ruling passion strong in death" was afforded by an other humorist. When .ames Russell Lowell and all his friends knew well that for him the silver cord of life would soon be loosed. Dr. Oliver Wen - dell Holmes went out to pay him a last visit at his house at Elmwood. The two brilliant men of letters had always been like brothers, calling each other by their first names. As the doctor entered the room he said, in his usual benignant and breezy way: "Well, James, how are you today?' And Lowell, book in hand, looked up with a bright smile as he answered: :"Wendell, I do not know how I am, and I don't care. I am reading Scott's 'Bob Roy."' Sometimes the fascination of fiction is shown in other curious ways. For instance, when "Dombey and Son" was being published in serial form, the I eagerness of the American public to - follow the thread of the story could not be satisfied. There were no cables in those days, and news as well as merchandise had to be sent by boat. When Dickens had proceeded so far with the interesting story as to bring little Paul into a condition between life and death, the ship that brought the next number, containing the con tinuation of the narrative, was met as she drew up at the pier by an anx ious crowd waiting for tidings of the fate of little Paul. But we need not go across the Atlantic for examples of the intense interest that was taken in the fate of Paul Dombey. In Eng land coaches were intercepted on their 3way from London to provincial towns, and the booksellers' parcels ransack ed for the gr-een-covered monthly number, while passengers from town were eagerly questioned. "What about little Paul?" One recalls, too, a story of a book of the past. The inhabi tants of an English village set the church bells aringing when, having read with breathless interest some eight or nine volumes of Richardson's "Clarissa Harlowe," they found that n~ the tenth or eleventh the heroine Qwas about to be happily married. And not infrequently the popularity -of some books has been so great that the free lending libraries have been besieged by those anxious to read them but who could not afford to purchase copies. Mrs. Burnett's delightful "Little Lord Fauntleroy" was a case in point. People almost went crazy over it, and even stern old maids .would unbend and dignified young la dies would lose all sense of decorum when they were wanting it. They .would wait for hours outside the li d1braries for the borrowers who were returning the copies, and watch them safely back, so that they could be among the first to take them out again. The vigilance exercised in "spotting' their return was worthy of a better cause, and there were often serious thoughts of calling in the services of the police, for it seemed sometimes as though the clamoring claimants would not stop at physical force if thereby they might obtain the books A somewhat similar state of things occurred in many places when Hall Caine's "Manxmam" was published. In Edinburgh the most extraordinary demand sprang up for it at the libra ries. A lady on asking for the book~ in one of these was delighted when told she could have it if willing to be athe eighteenth in turn, for, she said, "I've tried three libraries before and the lowest turn I could get anywhere is the nineteenth!" d: There are, however, few phases of the romance of books so interesting -as the origins of famous works-as will be apparent from a couple of il s Instrations. Soon after "Treasure Ts sland" had appeared and attracted pub .lic attention to Robert Louise Steven son, two gentlemen were traveling up to London from Norfolk. One of them was reading "Treasure Island." Pres ently, having finished the book, he dropped it into his traveling bag, re marking: "Well, I think I could mysell Iwrite a better child's story than that.' The. other. who, by the way, was his -brother. urged him to try. Six weeks - afterward the former handed to the -latter a complete tale in manuscript. a It was "Kinga Solomon's Mines." the first novel that made a reputation for Mr. Rider Haggard. It was Mr. Henr:y f.Tar::es who suggested to the late Geo. f du Maurier that he should write nov els The artist-novelist once describ the brush. "It was one day while we were walking on Hampstead Heath. t We werp talkirt about. story writtng, and I said to him, 'If I were a writer, is seems to me that I should have no difficulty about plots. I have in my t head now plots for fifty stories. I'm always working them out for my own I amusement.' 'Well,' he said, 'it seems to me that you are a v-ry fortunate r person; I wish you'd tell me one of those plots.' Then I told him the story I of "Trilby.' "-London Globe Rev. J. E. Janies returneu, yester 0ay from Brevard-in time to vote. His fanily will retirn late'r. Mr. J. D. Da)venport rpturned !as' week from a visit trip to New York. Short Shrift For Rores. A Japanese engineer named Yamas kawa has conceived a method of sil encing parliamentary bores, and from his invention he is entitled to be con sidered a benefactor of the human race. Attached to each seat in the house of parliament he proposes to have a metal tube, the top being about the size of a franc piece or shilling. Each member of the house is to receive a leaden ball or bullet on entering. These balls can be easily passed into the tube, which, carried under the floor, leads to a receptacle immediate ly under. the place where a member stands when addressing the assembly. This spot is like the traps on the stage of a theatre. The trap is so ar ranged that when a certain number of balls, not less than one half the num ber of memb,ers of a full house, have reached their receptacle the trap is made to descend automatically, car rying with it the garrulous speaker or bore, as the case may be. No points of order have to be raised, the displeasure of the house is mani fest in silence. Away goes the bore, and another speaker is called upon. London Globe. Correctly Answered. Professor-To what class of mala dies does insomnia belong? Bright Student-Why-er-in,som ina is a contagious disease." Professor-Where did you learn that? Bright Student-From experience. When my neighbor's dog can't sleep at night I can't either.-Chicago News. One Consolation. The last man surveyed the fading' world. "Thank heaven, I don't have to con serve for posterity any more'," bc cried. Herewith he picked a piece of Alas kan coal and vanished.-New York Sun. Jumping at Conclusions. Young Lady (coming in with part ner from room where progressive whist is being played)-Oh, mummy, I've captured the booby." Mother-Well, my dear daughter, come and kiss me, both of you. Scraps. Of Small Importance. "Then you thinks you wow no per manent place in her heart?" "I'm just a notch on her parosol handle; that is all."--Louisville Cour ier-Journal. Foresight Patient-So you want the money now before you perform the opera tion? Doctor-Certainly, According to law of this State a doctor can not col lect his bill from the heirs of a de ceased patient.-Judge. Some men are so naturally aicei to' women that they can be even to their wives. NOTICE PRIARY ELECTION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. In accordance with the rules of the Democratic party, a primary election is hereby called to be held in New berry county on Tuesday, August 30, 1910, fe lhe following offices: Gove '. Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State. Comptroller General. State Treasurer. Adjutant and Inspector General. State Superintendent of Education. Attorney General. Railroad Commissioner. Congress Third District. Three Members of the House of Representatives. Auditor. Probate Judge. Treasurer. Magistrate in Respective Town ships. No vote for House of Representa tives shall be counted unless it con tains as many as three names. The managers of election shall open; the polls at 8 a. m. and shall close ppoi(ted to conduct the said elec ion: .anagers. Township _Numiber 1. Ward 1-Jos. H. Hunter, M. M. Sat erwhite, L. I. Epting. Vard 2-A. C. Welch, B. B. Hiller farry W. Dominick. Ward 3, No. 1-Alex Singleton, War en H1. Jones, S. S. Langford. Ward 3, No. 2-L. S. Darby, J. J 'orter, J. R. Rivers. Ward 4-J. R. D'avidson, J. M. Bow rs. V. W. Hornsby. Ward 5-Isaac Wesson, Fayett( )dell, Arthur Ward. H+n--B. F. Goggans, E. E. Ju en. W. S. Melton. Hartford-P. M. Hawkins, . J e numpert, George D. Lathrop. Johnstone-M. R. Brooks, W. P ellers, J. H. Willingham. Township Number 2. Garmany-John T. Oxner, John A ;uber, Jr., C. S. Ruff. Mt. Bethel-Joe M. Brown, Eugen4 3rown, W. H. Wendt. Mulberry-John M. McCullough, J . Wicker, J. A. Sease. Township Number . Mt. Pleasant-G. Fred Smith, Geo L. Cromer, K. L. Glymph. Maybinton-W. B. Whitney, B. H laybin, J. L. Thomas. Township Number 4. Whitmire-Jas. D. Tidmarsh, P. B )'Dell, John Morse. - Long Lane-T. E. Chandler, J. S 1lean, E. C. Folk. Township Number 5. Jalapa-J. W. Johnson, A. A. Sligb . B. McCarley. Kinards-J. A. Dominick, T. B 'ope, W. P. Smith. Township Number 6. Young Mens-J. A. Schroder, F. V Pitts, J. C. Longshore. Longshores-J. W. Wilson, S. I enn, D. R. Senn. Reederville-M. M. Livingston, J 1. Dorroh, D. S. Satterwhite. ' Township Number 7. Saluda-E. A. Fellers, J. S. WertE . B. Lindsay. Chappells-J. L. Watkins, A. I 3oleman, W. R. Smith, Jr. Vaughnville-J. Pink Davenport, I 3. Johnson, W. R. Leavell. Township Number 8. Utopia-J. M. Nichols, G. T. Blaii r. A. Foy. Dead Fall-J. F. Stephens, A. ] Werts, W T. Blair. East Riverside-W. L. Buzhard: Robert Paysinger, Willis Schumper Township Number 9. Prosperity-M. C. Dominick, M. I Boozer, 3. A. Baker. St. Lukes-N. A. Nichols, R. F. Has ns, N. E. Taylor. Saluda-J. C. Cook, H. L. Feller: E~. M. Mayer. O'Neall-T. M. Mills, 3. A. Wise, MV . Long. Swilton-Jacob W. Long, Rufus I Shealy, Robert E. Dowd. Liberty-P. E. Konkle, W. F. Day ns, Clarence Dominick. Monticello-T. B. Warner, W. ( Barnes, D. A. Counts. Little Mountain-J. K. Derrick, J 2. Wheeler, B. H. Miller. Township Number 10. Union-M. L. Strauss, R. N. Tayloi T. W. Sligh. Jolly Street-T. A. Ellesor, E. I Werts, C. T. Werts. St. Pauls-T. A. Epting, J. B. Bed anbaugh, 3. J. Kibler. Central-D. C. Bundrick, B. S. Wici ar, David Koon. Township Number 11. Zion-J. W. Kinard, W. L. GrahaE WV. C. Cromer. St. Philips-M. H. Wicker, Jame Ruff, Benj. Halfacre. Walton-J. D. Crooks, W. B. Gra aam, G. T. Brown. Pomaria-H. F. Counts, J. G. Loni xeo. J. Wilson. The qualifications for voting to I s follows: The voter shall be twenty-one year f age, or shall become so before th succeeding general electioP, and be white Democrat, or a negro who voi d for General Hampton in 1876, an aas voted the Democratic ticket cox inuously since; provided, That n white man shall be excluded froi participation in the Democratic . pr nary who shall take the pledge requ d by the rules of the Democrati party. No person shall be permitted to vol nless his name has been enrolled o: 1 Democratic club list at least fiy iays before the said primary electiot After tabulating the result of sai alection, .the managers shall certif :he same and forward the ballot bo: oll lists and all other papers relat .ng to such election to the Count Chairman within 48 hours after th ose of the polls. Managers will call for the ballo oxes on and after August 25, at th ffice of the secretary, in the oli ourt house, where they will receiv >oxes, ballots and full instructions. Fred H. Dominick, County Chairman. Trank R. Hunter, Real E% How many people of means do yoi money on land? Small investments gains. We have a few farms that ought t on their cost and at the same time t in the next ten years. No. r Is 170 acres four miles homestead and tenant house, rents I cotton, will cut 250,000 feet of tinibe No. 2 219 acres good eight r tenant houses, only one mile from Sih No. 3 900 acres near Whitmire land is well timbered, and could rea< desirable farms. No. 4 200 acres in Newberry cou open, plenty of good timber, r ts cotton, all for $2,200, on easy terms. No. 5 300 acres near Reno a goo< $16.5o per acre. No. 6 550 acres only three miles with an oil mill and a bank and homestead and several tenant houses, being worked, all for $8,5oo. Very is worthy your consideration if you i good neighbors, has telephone in the present owner rich enough to retire. A five room house and two acres o worth $2,500 for only $2,ooo. Four nice building lots on Reed sti attractive price. Two lots at High two story house and three acres of 1: We have numerous other properti( son and Greenville. New South Real Compa Herald and News Building, Newberry. 1 THE GOO jSUMER * IS NOW IN Fl and we have afe essaries required to the hot weather, sur Lemon Squi ::Ie Shavers LemoniJuice E Water Ce Ice Gream Refrigeratoi Newberry H a Compa otate! 1 know who haven't made wisely made lead to large pay you a large interest riore than double in value from railroad village, or 2Soo pounds of lint r, all for $2, IOO. oom residence and five er Street for $45 per acre. for $5 an acre. This lily be cut into several nty with a two-horse farm for 1700 pounds of lint I farming proposition at from a prosperous village numerous stores, large 12-horse farm open and easy terms. This farm ant a nice home. Has house, and has made its f land right in Newberry, reet in Newberry at an Point for $550. Large nd for $4,750. s in Greenwood, Ander EstateTrust ny Masonic Temple, GreenwooL. oftthe nec Frtify against+ S has+ eezers. Ice Picks xtractorse oers -+ Freezers* rsEtc. ardware+ ny0 asses*Qead