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f A Memorable 1 Mr. John T. Cromer Tel Along Some Terri of the i As soon as the warm sunshine of last spring had begun to dry up the * * ?i- J f?ino iin i muaay roaus 1 siaricu m iu muc ? my motorcycle for a spin of some 150 miles, to visit relatives living in the j SL lower part of the State near Walter-1 K boro. My mount had been caged dur- } W ing the winter months, with scarcely j enough exercise to keep it limber, but! I it was apparently in good trim. IJ I knew that fifty or sixty miles of this : road would be through deep sand, j which is not very inducing to the j motorist, but I was very anxious to; make the trip and was willing to trust to the ability of my machine to get through without serious trouble. I % packed my wardrobe in a small handle,* ?it in o | mv OWT1 ? Ud ^ ClliU piUVVU X c. 1U C4. XUV" \ V .. j 4 make) in front of the handle bars. I i was joined by I. T. Timmerman, who had made a recent purchase of a sin-: gle cylinder. Though he had but Tit-1 tie experience, he was an enthusiast, j On May 20, we set sail very early j in the morning, leaving Newberry j about 6.30 a. m. The weather was j fine and we clipped off the first 20 miles in good time. Then we found some very bad roads that at places it seemed to take thirty minutes to negotiate that many yards. Mud holes nearly knee deep extended clear across j the road, and emoanKmenis on Dom sides made it impossible to go around, j After a mile or two of this kind of! road you could hardly tell my gray! V.'agner from Timmerman's blue Ind)in, and as for our own appearance ?well it's too early to describe that. { Fortunately, after a mile or two condi-: tions improved. From Lexington the j road was excellent all the way to Co- j lumbia. Upon arriving there we re-! plenished our gasoline supply and set j about to inquire about the roads to I Orangeburg. We found there wTere two routes by which one might travel, j one on the west side of the Congaree j river which is the most direct, but was said to be very Bandy and swampy, i The other on the eastern side, a hard j v - clay road, well kept up, crossing to' the west side at Bates' ferry. This was much the longest route, but as it was so much the best I chose to take it Timmerman, wiser than I, desert- i 7 < ed me here and I traveled all the balance of the way alone^ I had no trouble in finding the right road, which I did find to be in excellent condition, I I kept my motor buzzing near the limit of its speed capacity. After I had i traveled 25 or 30 miles from Colum- J bia, I began to get into a low land, I where the roads seemed to still im-! ? Drove, and I began congratulating my- I self for choosing this route. I turned j on a little more juice a? i was just j spurting the blue smoke out to the t tune of about 40 miles an hour when I made a sudden Jturn in the road and saw a pond of water at a short distance (which looked to me like a sea) " extending across the road. I jammed on the brakes and made a frantic ef-j fort to check my momentum, and just | did stop in time to save me from a] plunge into this yawning pool. There' was a boggy swamp on both sides of [ tlie road and only a foot log three feet from the ground to cross on. I i was compelled to ford it, and a;- it j did not seem to be over eight inches 5 deep or thirty yards ^'ide I decided j v !, to ride through, so going back to get a : start I came up at a twenty mile gait. 1 The first splash completely drenched j me and before I reached half way my f motor stopped and I was compelled to j get down in the water and drag the j machine out, which proved to be no j small task. But I managed somehow' to do the stunt and after a little coax-1 ing soon had her going again, sprint* ing towards the river, which was now; only a few miles off, and in a short j while I was at its brink. There are two spurs of the river, | ^ divided by an island. The first is! spanned by a bridge, the other crossed ; by a ferry, but recent heavy rains had completely wasnea tne onages uway. It seemed my journey had come to a sudden end. It was 35 miles back to Columbia, the only other place where I could cross back to the west side, and that road was considered almost impassable. A very discouraging situation indeed, but I was determined v not to be outdone by circumstances, so I procured a batteau and hired a darkey living near to row me over. We crossed the channel ?n safety, j but landed in mud two feet deep. It required some hard work to get my! * ' lnryfl on/3 m IT 1 macnme upon n<nu miiu, unu uw.u u.j trouble had just started. The island was about two miles across and traversed by ten or fifteen small streams,; and all the bridges across them had , been washed out of their places. Trees! "were uprooted and strewn across the highway and great washouts here and . Motorcycle Trip Is of Some Experiences ble Roads in Part State. there made the road almost impassable, even for an unencumbered pedestrian. A smail boat and a ladder would Viax'o Hotter mo for Thi? PXOedi tion. I lugged and toiled, though, lifting my machine over trees, washouts and rifted bridges, until 1 had pene"trated about a mile of this r"*ful jungle. Then I left my mount i. ,d walked ahead to see if condition? were likely to improve, but found little consolation. I returned to my m&ohine, resolved to make the best out of the situation that I could. I was much worn and fatigued. The streaming rays of the hot sun were shining without mercy and my watch was pointing to an hour far beyond the time for square meals, and no relief in sight. Not a cheering sound could be heard, not even the bark of a dog, and 1 had many reasons to wonder if that was the same island once inhabited by Robinson Crusoe. There were scarcely any signs that a vehicle had ever traveled that way, and the party in Columbia who had told me that this was the best route iiad fooled me into an awful trap. The afternoon was fast passing away and ~tbe prospect of spending the night in this desolate region did not add any to my comfort. However, I worked my way a little at the time and after more than three hours of this gruelling misery I emerged upon the other river bank. Fortunately I found an old darkey fishing nearby from a little boat. I hired him to put me across, landing on the other shore about kneedeep in drifted -sands. I gave him a "quarter to help me push my machine about fifty yards. I felt very much encouraged now for the fact that I was off the island, but I still had several rifted bridges and deep washouts to cross. Using all the energy I had in reserve, I managed somehow to get through, and once more on good roads. I repaired to a little village^ called Fort Motte, where I obtained food and refreshments. My next stop was St. Matthews. I found the roads excellent on down as far as Urangeburg, and I began to spin off the miles to the limit of my motor's speed, making good time in the few hours of daylight that I still had. At Orangeburg I replenished my s'asolinp snnnlv anrt maHo mv final dash for Branchville, the only town of any size I expected to pass. After "seven more miles of good roads I came into the sandy region. This, of course, retarded my progress some, but I romped on into Branchville in pretty good shape, reaching there a little before 6 o'clock. I was now 25 miles from my destination and I had feared that this would be the worst part of my journey. After drawing a map of the roads as it was given me I set out from Branchville, ploughing the deep sand which was now continuous, thinking I might reach a small village called Smoak's, which was only 12 miles distant, before nightfall. Automobiles are unknown here and motorcycles attract as much attention as a flying machine would, so it is not 'difficult to get lost when you leave the railroad. However, I had no trouble for about five miles. Here the road forked. 1 consulted my map and found nothing to indicate another road there. It was left to my best judgment to decide which one to take, and of course took the wrong one, and did not find that out until I had gone about eight miles. As mv cyclometer ehoworl tVi o t T Vio/^ tmrolo/1 10 milop fyr\m VVA V.i^uv x uuu JO 111 IXtO 11 UXli Branchville and no "Smoak's" in sight I concluded then that my course was wrong. An old darkev living near informed me that the roads were very bad and I would have to -ford several email streams if T continued in my course. I decided then to give 'up the attempt for the present, as I was already very tired from the day's grind. A white family living in the neighborhood assured me that I would be welcome to spend the night. I had traveled 149.4 miles, which was far better than I had expected The next morning, much jefrished, I resumed my journey. Though the roads were still sandy, they were not extremely bad, and 1 soon came to the end of my jaunt, 159.6. On my return I tf,ok a different route and had no trouble whatever making the run in a little more than eight hours. John T. Cromer. The Eseaped Lunatic. Toledo Xews-Eee. Tse escaped lunatic stopped and leaned over the fence of a garden wherein a man was busy trimming the path. The little inclosure was neatly k?pt and bright with flowers, border f iiig a strip of greensward. The man who was working straightened up and wip-s the perspiration from his face, glancing toward the fence. "Good evening," nodded the lunatic. "What a pretty place you have." "Yes. 'Tis rather nice." "Lived here long?" "About nineteen years." "Takes lots of time to keep a place | looking good." , | "Yes, it does. I put in about all my : j 6pare time." t "Still, it's satisfaction to have nice surroundings." "Sure. When I came here the yard j was full of weeds and rubbish. Hadn't i been cared for at all." "I suppose you bought the place pretty cheap, though?" "Oh, it isn't my place." "No? Just working here?" "Why, of course, it's mine in a way, I so long as I pay the rent." "Oh, then it isn't your own house' I and garden?" "Xo. They belong to Baglev, the j banker. Lives up the road there in the big grounds." "Oh, yes. I noticed them. My! but it must take him lots of time to trim his walks." "He trim walks? I guess not. He | pays tnree or lour garaeners 10 ao n. \ "Then, cf course, as this is his, he \ pays you for your work?" "Don't you believe it. I pay h;m for letting me live here." "Then, of course, he lets you have it for less than the folks who neglected it?" "Ha! ha! You're funny, aren't you? Why, he charges me more on account of improved property." "And won't the house and garden < 1 ever be yours?" "Not likely, it's all I can do now to pay the rent." , i The lunatic opened the gate waiKea i slyly up to the man and whispered, ( "Say, how did you get away?'' Theatre in Front aYrds. From the Nen Yodk Sun. A theatre that will be the smallest in New York is to be built in the yards of two old dwellings at 66 and 68 West Thirty-eigth street. It will , accommodate 266 people. The orchestra will hold 98. The balcony 91 , and the gallery 77. The stage will be j 19 feet wide and 14 feet deep and < will be devoted to vaudeville and moving pictures. < Although the theatre will be three- i stories high it will have an area only < 40 by 37 feet. It will cost $6,000 to < build, according to the figures of Architect Mitchel Bernstein, who 1 planned the building. < Entrance >o the theatre will be through the dwellings, which are used ( as batchelor apartments. The theatre 1 is being built by the Rhinelander ( estate, which owns the property, and 1 is being done for Paul D. Leighton, who has the lease. Mr. Leighton complained to the Rhinelanders of the small revenue he was getting and to ; increase the returns from the prop- ? ' erty the building of a theatre in the 3 yard was suggested. "Even More Abundantly." < A young woman was going to entertain a number of her friends in j rather cramped quarters in the city, j and had not all the conveniences. She ; went to a kind friend up the street, < to borrow one or two necessary things. "Is that all you want?" asked the z friend. 1 "Yes, I think, everything," said the J inexperienced one. "But you will need this, and that, and the other," said the experienced woman, naming the articles. ? "I was so thankful afterward." said 1 the young hostess, "that I went to c x n? some one wno Knew just exactly wuai T needed better than T did myself, and was willing to supply it." It is almost an illustration of pray- ( er. We go to God, asking certain thins:?. We need not he afraid that # we sh.ill not 2Pt all we need. Our "eeds are usually much more numer- r ons than we ourselves are conscious ' of. But in His experienced wisdom Uo that whereof we ought to ask even better th2n we do ourselves, q onrl in fVio ri/^TinOO^? nf fathprlv r love, He supplies the known and the j unknown lack.?onward. Giant Pennsylvania Frnar. (Allen Pa. Telegram to ThePhiladel- r phia Record.) a The residents of Guthsville, seven miles from here along the Jordon, are excited over a monstet* bullfrog paid to wefeh at least fortv pounds. e Alexander Hartzell, while frowns: in 3 tvtp stream, was knocked down info r q ri< p "ool wh^n the brute jumped ocroincf Tver Ppfpy KYaU^P IT111Sfr>for] pntirfio-p fo ?TO pffoy t^r* ail??->pi -n-ffh q p-bot 2:1m, but tbo fro2: es- t nnred Mm bv jumping over bis head. I Tho re~f of the terror-stricken natives ^ are row after the fro2; in squads. 11 \ The Test Meri When you buy thing which you u one in a lifetime; it i to the matter and i which has proven i .1 i # . otners, or Duy iro] firm that has a repui goods that prove 5 their customers. Since we have be< have sold hundred? and have hundreds < for others we can d< Our line of instrui J _ -X esr graue ui inaiiuiai ments -as these kind Our prices are as 1 sidered and we car them. If you are interest on us or write us fo HOI I A Grt I fleeting Elks. < A meeting of New-berry lodge, B. P. * 0. Elks, will be held on the lodge rooms at 8 o'clock on Saturday night. , Business of importance is to be transacted, and a full attendance is urged. , f] Sensonable Hints, Frosted ears should be rubbed with snow until the criculation returns. A newspaper folded into an oblong shape and thrust under the back of ' the vest makes a good substitute for ' an overcoat. < When starting on your winter vacation don't forget to take along a ?ood coal-oil stove. It will heat your cottage or tent at a cost of only a few cents a day. As a cold weather game tennis is setter tha.i golf. It affords more exercise. J Foot ctoves are userui, dui mey are i jumbersorne. W/h n you go to see a 1 toot ball game it is better to wear jverstoes. NOMINATIONS. For Mayor. Z. F. Wright is hereby annoftaced is a candidate for Mayor of Newberry, 1 subject to the city Democratic pri- 1 nary. j i J. J. Langford is hereby announced (is a candidate for re-election as MayDr of Newberry, subject to the city Democratic primary. Alderman Ward 1. W. H. Shelley is hereby announced is a candidate for reelection as Alder- * nan in Ward 1, subject to the rules . )f the Democratic primary. R. C. Perry is hereby announced as i candidate for Alderman from Ward L. He will abide the rules of the * Democratic primary. Friends. Alderman Ward 2. 1 H. H. Abrams is hereby announced c is a candidate for reelection as Aldernan in Ward 2, subject to the rules )f the Democratic primary. I Dr. E. H. Kibler is announced as a t i iandidate for Alderman from Ward 2, i s " ii? 1? -r .1 -r\ I r ma win aoiae me ruies ur me i^ciiau- ? iratic primary. Voters. Alderman Ward 8. 6 Clarence T. Summer is hereby anlounced as a candidate for reelection is Alderman in Ward 3, subject to the 'ules of the Democratic primary. I J. B. Walton is announced as a can- r lidate for Alderman from Ward 3, and ? rill abide the rules of the Democratic >rimary. Voters. j Alderman Ward 4. E. L. Rodelsperger is hereby anlounced a? a candidate for reelection s Alderman in Ward 4, subject to the j, ules of the Democratic primary. j( - - p Udorinnn .1IWV1 1IIM H ?? ? ? Ai J. P. Livingston is hereby announc- ^ d as a candidate for reelection as ^ cl lderman in Ward subject to the y ules of the Democratic primary. ^ ! a For CoiiimissifHier of Public Works. C. E. Summer is hereby nominated < f< or reflection as a member of the I ti toard of Couimissioners of Public ! ^ V'orks, subject to the Democratic pri- j lary. ! E of Time Pr< ts of an Art an article, some- 1HS25 sually buy only [WJf s well to look in- MT select something psatisfartorv with m some reliable ~~ tation for selling ;atisfactory with 1 sn in business we 5 of instruments of satisfied customers. An 3 for you. - t ^ 4 rv% r\ merits range lrom meuiuiu^ cture. We do not handle ti are only made to sell and n ow as can be obtained any v l arrange convenient terais :ed in either piano, player p r catalogue, prices and tern ND BROI jenwood, South Carolii $> <?! $> LODGE DIEECTOBY. <$> 8> <?> Newbery Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W., meets every second and fourth Wednesday night in Klettner's Hall, at 8 3'clock. t Amity Lodge, Jfo. 87, A. F. M. Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. M., meets svery first Monday night' at 8 o'clock in MasoDic Hall. Visiting brethren cordially invited. H. H. Rikard, J. W. Earhardt, W. M. Secretary. Wodmen of tlxe World. Maple Camp, No. 437, W. 0. W., neets every first and third Wedneelay evening at 7.45 o'cjock. Visiting brethren are corially welcome. D. D. Darby, T. Burton, Clerk. C. C. Bergell Tribe, So. 24, I. 0. B. 3T. Bergell Tribe, No. *24, I. 0. R. M., EV'ill meet Thursday night, September 19, and every Thursday night thereifter. Ira M. Sligh, ). Klettner, Sachem. Chief of Records. Signet Chapter, >o. 18, B. A. M. Signet Chapter, No. 18. R. A. M., neets every second Monday night at I o'clock in Masonic Hall. Fred. H. Dominick, Harry W. Dominick, E. H. P. Secretary. Daoteechee Council, JTo. 4, D. of P. 1 . 0. R. M. Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P., neets every other Tuesday night at 8 >'clock in Klnettner's Hall. Omaha Tribe, I. 0. B. M. Omaha Tribe, No. 75, I. 0. R. M., ^rosperilty, S. C., meets every first and . hird Friday night at 8o'clock in Ma- ! ionic hall. Visiting brethren are wel' "ome. G. H. Dominick, Prof. J. S. Wheeler, Sachem. Chief of Records. !-ll-12-lyr. Lacota Tribe, I. 0. R. 3T. Lacota tribe, No. 79, I. 0. R. M., Jaapa, S. C., meeting every other Wed- ' lesday night at 8 o'clock in Summer ' tall. Visiting brethren are welcome. A. K. "RntJa* '. Wm. Folk, Sachem. Keeper of Records. i EAT WHAT YOU WAJT Eat what you want when you warn ( t and "Digestit." Two or three tab- j sts after meals digests all the food, j revents distress, relieves indigestion istantly. Brown's Digestit is a little ablet easy to swallow, absolutely armless. It has relieved thousands nd is guaranteed to please you, if not j our money refunded?50c. :hen its foundation is undermined, nf\ if the foundation of health?eood , igestion?is attacked, quick collapse dIIows. Oil the first signs of jndiges!on. Dr. King's New Life Pills should e taken to tone the stomach and reglat? liver, kidneys and bowels. Pleas- ~ nt, easy, safe and only 25 cents at W. !. Pelham's. I )ves the icle. id what we can do ;rades to the high.le cheapest instrulot for service. ^here, quality confor those desiring i iano or organ call is. "HERS, ia ?. ' SOUTHEBJf BAILWAY. Schedules Effective December S, 191L Arrivals and Departnres dewberry, S. C. (N. B.?These schedule figures are shown aS information only and are not guaranteed.) 8:51 a. m.?No. 15, daily from Columbia to Greenville. Pullman sleeping car between Charleston and Greenville. 11:50 a. m.?No. 18, daily, from Greenville to Columbia. Arrives Columbia 1:35 p. m., Augusta 8:35 p. m. Charleston 8:15 p. m. r? m?Mn 17 Hflilv. from ColuDft " ?- Ufa ?W. ? ,, bia to Greenville. 9:05 p. m.?No. 16, daily, from Greenville to Columbia. Pullman sleeps fng car Greenville to Charleston. Arrives Charleston 8:15 a. m. Arrive Savannah 4:15 a. m. Jacksonville 8:30 a. nt Four further information call oo ticket agents, or E. H. Coapman, V. P. & G. M., Washington, D. C.; J. L. V Meek, A- G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga., or P. L. Jenkins, T. P. A., Augusta, Ga. /I rAimrRTl. WFWBFRRT & LAUB \J\J?J U -J - - ? .. ? ? f ENS ? R. Schedule in effect June 4, 1912. Subject to change without notice. Schedules indicated are not guaranteed: A. C. L 52.- 53. Lv. Charleston .. .. 6.00am 10.30pm Lv. Sumter.. . ^ ... 9.41am 6.55pm C., N. & L. Lv. Columbia 11.35am 4.55pm Lv. Prosperity 1.12am 3.34pm Lv. Newberry l.zypm a.zupra Lv. Clinton 2.30pm 2.35pm Lv. Laurens.. .. 2.52pm 2.05pm c. & w. c. Ar. Greenville 4.00pm 12.20pm Ar. Spartanburg. .. 4.05pm 12.20pm 3. A. L. Ar. Abbeville 3.55pm 1.02pm Ar. Greenwood 3.27pm 1.33pm /? 1 A OAam Ar. Athens b.uopm iu.oua.ui Ar. Atlanta 8.45pm 8.00am. A. C. L. # 54. 55. Lv. Columbia 5.00pm ll.lSank Lv. Prosperity 6.26pm 9.50an> Ly. Newberry 6.44pm 9.32an& Lv. Clinton 7.35pm 8.44aia Lv. Laurens 7.55pm 8.20am C. & W, C, Ar. Greenville 9.30pm 7.00am 4 S. A. L. Ar. Greenville 2.28am 2.38am r * ' ?- 11 - O r* n AO. at. ADDevine ^.ooarn ^.uoaxu At. Athens 5.04am 11.59pm At. Atlanta 7.15am 9.55pm Nos. 52 and 53 arrive and depart 'rom Union Station, Columbia, daily, ind run through between Charleeton md Greenville. Noe. 54 and 55 arrive and depart jervais street, Columbia, dally except Sunday, and run through between Coumbia and Greenville. W. J. Craig, P. T. AL, Wilmington. N. CL CHICHESTER S PILLS kr TOE DIAMOND BRAND. A Ladlest Ask yon.- Strug*lat for /A ? (\ G/vyi <'!il-obe?-ter,? Diamond Tirand/VYN ,>ni9 in Red and ttold n>?ft3l?c\^V boxes, sealed with Blue Ril bon. \/ Take no other. 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