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* * A SOUTH CAROL * The Former Prosperity Correspoi * Some Interestiz * Shelbyville, Tenn., Dec. 5.-As I be .gin my letter in this distant town I am reminded of the Walrus' speech in "Alice in Wonderland:" "The time has come," the Walrus said, To talk of many things, Of shoes, and ships and sealing wax, And cabbages and kings." There are so many things I might mention that I am at a loss just where to begin. Many moons have waxed and waned since I had the pleasure of talking to my friends through these columns. I have come to realize how others far away from home appreciate and regrd The Harald and News. It 'is, as it were, hands across the con tinent or half continent twice a week when this paper is given me. And doesn't it happify me to see something not strictly Tennessean! I'm not meaning to depreciate Tennessee. It is a great State, and we South Caro inians can learn some lessons from Ner. But "east or west, home's best," and there's no land like .this fair land of -ours. We are always having to re mind some boastful Tennessean that we were a centre of culture, arts, ideas, and such things, while this State was still a howling wilderness, a for est primeval. But why talk of South Carolina to South Carolinians! We are equally proud of our State. The mere way we pronounce her name is significant of such. On Thanksgiving Day I bad the pleasure of dining with a prominent minister here, who grew up in Sumter (his father was, by the way, pastor of the First Presbyterian church there for 40 years). Wh'en "rice" was mentioned our host said: "Now we shall see whether or not you are the genuine article." I replied that this 'Was not the only test, that I had never yet heard any one besides a native say "South Carolina" or "South Carolinian," "other folks" say "Na'line" <And "Ca'linian." The omission of this "o" always maes mre think of a poor old hen, caught out in the rain, with every feather drooping, the very picture of dejection and misfortune. Bat, as I staid before, why compare oureeaves with ourselves when there are items of interest outside? When I used to come into violent contact with Cajear's "Ga%ic War" I wondered why he said so much about the tribes differing amiong themsea1ves. in lan guages, customs and manners. What a pity children 'at school are not made Sto realize they are reading real his tory, instead of a combination of con structions thrown together haphazard for their mystification and so called edification! As I tarry in various sec tions, I find that there was "method 'in his madness." I 'have been impressed with several things since coming 'here-4:hings that do not pirtain in Dixie proper.. First of all the people here are do Ing what Commissioner Watson et al. have been urging so strenuously, namely, they live at home. Shelby ville is the county seat of Bedford. This is one of the most aristocratic counties asnd the third richest, I be lieve, in the State. The -latter is easily accounted for. In this town of 4,500 inhabitants there is no dairy for one riemarkable thing. Nobody walks here. I don't blame them, "the roads are so rough and the lanes are so narrow." They need wheelbarrows or other wheeled veJhiclies just as much as did 'the bachelor of Mother Goose fame. Horses are just as commn-and a. little more so-as autos in Newberry Scounty. They have a certain day in September known as "mule day." Scarcely a farmer in this county fails to bring in stock for sale. Recently I visited a stock farm, and though I'm no judge of horseflesh, I believe it has on it the finest mule I've ever seen. This mule's dam was pointed out to me, with the remark 'that four years ago she was bought for $75, and that since then 'her owner had realized $2,000 from the sale of her colts. This goes to p0- that ta:r"a is mn- in stock farming. The major rrart of 2 feed, too, they say is usually ras:a on ~ca respective farm. Evxery one possesres pigs in twos. Threes and sing'rn. Nearly every day a drove or herd of some kind is driven past. On" weathy farmer ha za young packing bouse. Hle ships yearly tYhe carera~' of 2,000 hogs. Near'ly aP hrge f0-' Oox:. With eatt'o' Er' C :U' :0o'21 - meats 'her- has3 ne:e: 5o,' es 21n the en o dry go:y's is correspond ingly steer. To return to "roads," these Middle Tennesseans taink they have solved the good roads question and say th. their pikes are the crowning glory of hs e con. Tolasare. about ac * * * * * * * * * * * * MAN IN TENNESSEE. * ident of The Herald and News Makes ig Observations. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * thick as the railroad crossings be tween Prosperity and Newberry, which is saying a great deal for the cross ings. There are so many pikes lead ing from and through this place that to the uninitiated they seem as num erous as the characters in the Chinese alphabet. We have been accused of walking up the pike instaad of the street-4hrough ignorance-but when we do leave the sidewalk (?) it is mere ly taking the lesser of the evils. They say that the cedar of the world is to be found in this and three adjacent counties. They think it is second to none-not even Lebanon's far-famed trees. Cedars take the place of pines with us. We didn't know the pine was so picturesque, so poetic, so necessary to the daily view, until we came here. When we go out in the commons, as they term the sub urbs, we are constantly fnding oursel ves on the alert for even a lonesome pine-but none has, as yet, rewarded our vigilance. Pencil factories are not scarce. It is worth one's while to loiter past these, for the air is quite filled with an aromatic fragrance not unlike sandal wood. People in this town don't know what ".lightwood" is. All fires are induced to burn by means of cedar and coal oil. The weather here ts something else. Winter left his visiting card in the shape of snow six weeks ago. Nearly eveiry morning for the last week the Ithermometer -has registered 22. We have been informed that this is not real weather, just a mere sample of the good(?) times that are coming after and "endurin' of the Chris'mus,'' as -the darkey said. But then we mustn't complain about the climate, for we've gain;ed 23 pounds (a con summation devoutly to be wished) and who cares for a few shivers and shakes when they make for health -and strength. "A smiling morning face," as Shakespeare says, is a good thing to have around, but not entirely nec ersJary 'to existence or happiniees' leaving one's colleagues an'd pupils out of the question, of course. There is one ubiquitous foodstuff on every table here to 'which we can't recqncile oursialves. That is corn bread. We naturally are not fond of it, and since the pellagra wave ha.s swept in we have -a hard time trying to be polite and nibble at it They assutie us that this dread disease is unknown here and that ~their corn bread is just as advertised. Previous ly they have imagined, so many say, that pellagra and hookworm were merely newspaper scares. Speaking of politics, and yet not be ing a suffragette, or even a candidate for such, honors, we have veryllittle in'sighst into the present complicated state of affairs here. We thought dear old South Carolina was the only State that indulged ,in political tangles and wrangles, but we find ourselves sadly mistaken. Not only nominal, but real Repubilicans are found with out getting lanterns to aid in the search. The Patterson-Hooper-Taylor candidacy waxied pretty hot and elo quent. This county, in view of the fact that it is the home county of all the Coopers, and those who figured in the Carmack murder, was looked upon with much concern. The Demo crats agreed to vote a Republican ticket in order to oust Patterson, and after their many-sided Bob Taylor entered the race a great many did not know 'what to do or how to vote. A loud wail went up over Hooper's elec tion, for by it the Solid South was broken. This brings me to speak of things a little nearer my present home and work. The headmaster of this school is a man who is known far and wide; who has 'toured the 'United States as a prohibition lecturer. To Mr. Jas. A. Tate is due the present prohibition wave in this section of the country. He, it seems, was the pionieer speaker --the man who made the advance of the water wagon possible and popular -aod to' him is accorded the credit of rai.?ing the f'unds which carried on the r"ecent campaign. Profesionally Mir. Tate was a lawyer, but gave up this more lucrative business to con 'luct a school modelled after an ori ginal an d moet excellent plan. It is a rel pitam to meet a man who :as an ide'Al W sacrifices other 1hings for its se'ke. We hope that be fora e waVs th's estiicable gentleman wml ir-h:de the aimr to State in his 2 et~ r ar < at di the wearers of C' : I' w . rine ;): , ill have the llno':;' ri e:t r.nling 1i'm a welcom ing hand. Parentheticall!y w~ -XIl add an Rem that for its uniqreness has no equal so far as we have ever heard. It seems that Edison is not 'the only genius in t'he building line. He can mould huein less than an hour, but the Im7a1l' Ohrifin can build chnEh A Christmas In Cut Cass, Sil Among the sayings of the 17th Century dom and eloquence-is this: "When thou n last long; to the end they may be in some sc ory of the receiver." These words may we Fancy China and while these goods are im: excellence and beauty in design of which thi ly-the wreaths and festoons of green, the when the immediate joy of the holiday is o: Sterling Silver, Cut Glass or China will rem the pleasantest of reminders. Come and in, Fancy China Chocolate Sets Tea Sets ,RNu-er Sets Cracker Jars ;I _ _ Olive Dishes Bric-a-Bracs Fancy Bowls CUT MLSWM }YSMOur'display o somest ever shc /19952 in design and i VEN wanted pieces, Y2Elf3RiMIMilEV Bowl to the Ind MMESAEE057Take a look, early. You wil SILVERWARE A handsome line to select from. Shaving Sets and Razors Rememt A ansoese .wt We are giv A hadsom setwithmirror, purchase of ( mug, brush and nickle soap box. of $1.00 and Just the present for his honor. See our wi . few things ir Fine Line of Meat Choppers. ecure ; ,i Newberry I si a day. On Thanksgiving Day at W ntnl xlie,"h,s .mi. these peope met for religious l o'ea halsoif. yg sices on the site *of their new wswogt h xedo e chch which they proposed to erecttonWeonfunthtw inoe day. A thousand workmen agetmn red n neet vnteeed their services and all cmo,adec n etaltl wt as merri1y as a marriage bell, lnl.Bigs lae ihD awhien the Thanksgiving sun set aaeyadaltig on itbheld a veritabla Arabian night'sthewh,heOnprsad tsformation, for in the place where mte t pn h itr l enight before lay a heterogeneousBohftesldesrehamn 3a of materials, a bleautiful, painted landadadmc oorc~ chch, with. its haaven,towerng W'efrotnwa lete' spile stood proclaiming tlag energy, rssi,btw elsr er tght and devotion of many handscalduotoepesnopin dhearts. Th~is Eastlanid Church ofthsunur ewlday rst must surely be a work of lovehradndNwhaa cptto htis almost as representative asbcn acooatg,ads' sSolomon's temple. At noon thetoa' :wsoay goo women of the city served a regu- aes7: tckEdorAl n dinner to all who were lending j cxara baueo y ahnd in the worthy cause. I~ucL7o o ~ fteps hen we came a stranger to thistcmuhwwiloyadtiL tage land we were, of course, pain- fl nwt hs ae h ey1 rfll aware of the fact. One of the'ogodwhefrtecmigY esant surprises in store for us was td n e erfralorfi aom-mate who at once betrayed her, tvity. The minrt she opened her lip he acen casedthe"Cty y wtes owrn o the ten of Gieto ~-""to iseto ur m~ttown.. Wea~ on foudwhasw SGift for All verware and China divine, Thomas Fuller-so eminent for his wis takest presents let them be of such things as will rt immortal and may frequently refresh the mem 1 be applied to our Sterling Silver, Cut Glass and erishable in material they also have the artistic .e eye will never tire. When the decorative hol sprig of mistletoe, maybe-have been removed; aly a treasured memory-then the gifts of our ain to fulfill its intended purpose and to serve as pect them and make your selection today. d apanese Ware Set Pieces Vases Saled Plates Cake Plates Game Sets Fish Sets Fruit Plates GLASS / f Cut Class is the hand wn inNewberry, both inish. We have evey themSalt superb adPunch ~ ~ mnd make your selection_ 1find our prices right. ~~ SILVYERWARE Table Silver is a joy to the.housewife. er the Prizes Scissor Sets in Fancy Case ng away with every This is something new and will shna to the amount displaymake a very pleasing present for ndow dslyfor. a your wife, sister or sweetheart. China and come in e hrstmas JpresesntdGlssar ~ard ware Co. ire- sALE OF PEESON(AL PEOPERTY. The pains of rheumatism, ssS. By virtue of an order from the Pro- The tired-out feelings, ge- bate Court, I will sell at public out- You must ~reachi the spot-get a bad once dispatched to the mayor. the cause. in cry to the highest bidder at the late In most cases 'tis the kidneys. ess residence of H. Archie Haltiwanger, Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kid ron deceased, near Newberry, S. C., at 11 neys. >ted o'clock a. in., Wednesday, December Mrs. M. Q. Chappell, 929 Fair stireet, her 7, 1910, all of the personal property NewherryJ, S. C., says: "I suffered from are. of tiae said deceased, consisting of;kd":ey trouble for several years. ind farming Implements. merchandise,' There was a severe pain in the small ie. etc. Terms of sale, cash. lof my back, I had -dull,headaches and ral- .'rances L. Haltiwanger, IfelL ieal noeywy ykd e No.2,11. Amnsrti.neys were weak and caused me added at 112-t1a'annoyance. Several 'neks ago I de rhe ________-___ - --- cided to try Doan's Kidniey Pills and for D.MEDUprocured a supply at W. E. Pelham & Son's brug Stora. They have already u 'viE answer emergency calls in con- give- me great relief and I am gcing to' '-ation ithfl : hiJs oCic work. Sperl- to continue Iv,:::g them, feeEng con ur Ities, mcrphine and other drug ha.bid flEant that they; wijl er.tirely dispouse ogHours 9 to 1. forenoon; 4 to S nftar- of my trouble. I ca.s recomma~nd am ~ 10-28-621c S as Kidney Pills ac a g->od ridney est remnedy." 1- RE ACIIlNG TH E SPOT- For sale by all dealers. Pricc i50 tds cens!. Fositer-Milburn Co., Buffalo, .It Can B~e Done, So Scores of New- New York, sole agents for the United - berry Citizens Say. states. I'e-- Remember the na~me-Doan's--and