Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LEFT OYEKS. The following personal and various *uxi all about items were written for last Friday's paper: Jacob Ray and James Allen, colored, fiere sentenced in the recorder's c?pixt yesterday to $10 or 30 days each aw gambling. Both paid. It will be good news to iNewberry to know that transportation rates on peanuts have been reduced. A Greek firm from Saluda will open ^ a place of business in West IMain street. ?ereral ladles, men and children -r-?rVi? j-u-v'k- o r*/vm .r "Jmn _ TOU n uov. kw& w kre ? L a^uu<iajr afternoon in the we6t at aoout $:20 o'clock. It#1 was following the etting sun. They didn't know, nowfcyar, but that it may have been an wrflbip. u Greenwood Journal says Bererau tocusand watched the election returns fleshed In that city Tuesday night, aaftxxnobiles being seen from. New ??rry, njageneict ana olbbt cuuuucv. Mr. Jouin W. Crewe #as elected to tike bouse from Richland. He if a mb of the well knoT/u Mr. "Boae" Grew* of Laurens, has only been lir-ia in Columbia a few years and is a young man of much promise. Tbe Rev. Dr. A. J. Bowers or .N'ewfrerry college will deliver the address 4o the alumni of the Lutheran Theological seminaary in Columbia next "Wednesday afternoon, at the forwaH opening of that institution. The Bev. Jas. D. Kinard of Greenwood *wtii deliver a special address to the students (Wednesday morning. The ftjiimm ana xne tsiuucui wuj Lear something worth hearing. Boyd Duffy makes weekly trips to f^Ty^berry, taking passengers and bringing back goods for his store.? Btitler Cor Standard. Good idja and Sirul rr?lo/>A trv /WTTIP for STOOdS. fcVVU |/*wvv vv w Miss Mary Leonhirth has returned from Sumter after a pleasant Yisit to her brother, Mr. Luther Leonhirth. Prof. J. B. O'Neall Holloway left "Wednesday for Graniteville. Miss Elizabeth Epting of Savannah is the guest cf her aunt, Miss Mamie Cline. Mr. Edward Hipp left Wednesday Bight for the University of Virginia. Mr. Ford Kurtz of Remodios, Oiha, is visiting in the city. Miss Mildred Evans left Wednesday Xor Columbia, where she 7/ill J>e the ?uest of her sister, Mrs. William Rr<wtAr Prof, and IMrs. J. Sidnej Derrick tare returned frcm Lexington, and ail Newberry college, the choir of the Ohurch of the Redeemer, with- the, congregation and many other people ( are glad. I " r> TTH/w/l rfttumod J JUr. xvivuai u. v>. * mi,j ? Tuesday Iron the Roosevelt hospital, New York, where tie underwent a uocessful operation for appendicitis. His friends are happy over his recovery and return. Mr. and1 Mrs. W. C. Bynuin left Monday for Georgetown^ after spending several* weeks with relatives in *he city. 'Mrs. Cannon G. Blease has return^ Tiaiirpna. -where she was the CU UVXU JLT-O. , .. great of Mrs. J. Ryan Workman, cjid saw little Eugene. ftlrs. 0. L. Schumpert *and granddaughter, little Miec Mary McClure, returned fWtednesday from Whittle Springs, Tenn., -where they spent the . simmer. )Mr. Thos. D. Jones and little daughter of Augucta are Tisiting his sisters, {MSsses Joe and Sue Jones. nt Vr Jones Tte numerous *.i? are glad to see him again. Be is pleasantly remembered in Hewfoerry, w&ere he lived some years ago when a student of Newberry college. Miss Pawnee Jones left Wednesday for Rock Hill, where she will resume her teaching of music at Winthrop college. Mr. T. G. Williams returned to Spartanburg yesterday. ? - --1 It was Mrs. Chesley DomimcK w:iu , left Monday for Abbeville and Ninety-! Six to spend a month with relatives, f All the frends of Prof. Gilbert P. j Voigt are pleased to see him here j ready for his chair at Newberry college. The college wouldn't be just the same without Prof. Yoigt. Rev. Jas. D. Kinard went to Newberry this morning.?Greenwood Journal. 1 ? ' He is always welcome m Mr. and Mrs. L. G. McCullough and son, little Joe Henry, of Newberry, j and Mr. 0. L. Crooks and sister, Bertha Crooks, were guests at borne of Mr. and IMfrs. J. H. t ?v a last week. They came tliroug their car and made several interestr 0 little trips in this p?.rt of the country j while here. But to our gre^t sorrow j and disappointment. Mr. McCullough ' -yrvs ill when he arrived. Dr. "Sheltoa prescribed for him and sent him thome in a very serious condition. Many anxious hearts are awaiting j to hear good news from him.? j JHckens Sentinel. "Miss Janie Carter of Boydton, Ye., % i j 3 visiting her sister, Mrs. D. L. Beaclij urn, at Helena. Miss Lelia Dennis T>f Helena has ! returned from a visit to her sister, ! Mrs. Hollingsworth, at Cross Hill. Mr. J. F. Eddleman returned Tue&. day after spending his vacation in .North Carolina. His absence from the union passenger station office kept Agent T. S. Lefler buay, wmcn rusk or business was handled with the assistance of Mr. Smiley L. Porter. Jtfr. Stone, the well known insurance agent who has been in (Newberry lately, associating >fith Mr. Spinks, left yesterday afternoon on his rounds ol business. He is a pleasant acquaintance as well as fine insurance maa. Joe Norwood, on his way from Rica - ? ^ ^ ^ Hi wAnmrt A ^ i o IliUUU U> VjTe-eu YillC MJ i Coluhg u? studies at Furman university, stopped oY:T in Newberry several days this week "with his fiather, Mr. Joseph E. Norwood. Miss Sudie Dennis will take up her work Monday as assistant high school teacher in Prisperity. Rev. and 'Mrs. S. W. Reid left Wednesday for Atlanta, after spending a fortnight with Mrs. Reid's brother, ivr tp v. Martin, and family. The girls going a tray to college this fall (are: Misses Sara Fant and Mary Kibler to Greenville "Woman*/, college, Misses Annie Kibler and Lucile Baxter to Limestone college, Miss Margaret Mcintosh, to Agnes Scott, Misses Mary Dunn and Frances Wheeler to Winthrop, Misses * Trent and Anne Coe Keitt, litfarion ones and VAJrueiltt 'iuajrci ui Mildred Purcell to Belmont, Missess Lucile L&than and Fay "Rikard to IWtinthrop, Miss Clara Bowers to Chicora, land Missess Azile Parr, Annie Leitzsey and Cofield to Due Wtist xmuiiiic , Mrs. McGraw and Grandson Abney of Newberry 9pent last week with her daughter, Mrs. Noah Oxner.?Pleas, ant Groye Cor Leesville News. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Crouch of Newberry visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sitcher herd this week.?Saluda tStandard. I'tfr. and 'Mrs. Will Ruff of Pros^ j>erity have moved to Saluda and are staying -with Mrs. Givens.?Standard. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Brown of Newberry came Sunday for ' their little daughter^ Dessa Ray, irho has been visiting her grandparents, Mr. auu Mrs. W. E. Pearsall.?Butler Cor Saluda Standard. Mrs. J. Bledsoe is risking: her son near Prosperity.?Butler Cor Saluda f Standard. | Jofau C. Crape and wife and Sam Derrick and wife of Newberry Route - - - ? > 6 visited in our vicinity ?unaay, former nt W. H. Hare's and the latter at the old homestead on upper Hollow Creek.?Delmar Oor Saluda Standard. ) Jeems Henry Wa? Conjured. "Mars John," excitedly exclaimed * rr?.a_ -? ilUXlI Xliay as sue paixuiigijr ruaueu into a fire engine house, "please, suh. phonograph to de car cleaners' semporium an' notify Dan*l to emergrate home diurgently. kaze Jeems Henry sho' done bin conjured! Dr. Cutter done already distracted two blood vultures from his 'pendercitis. an' I lef him now prezaininatin' de chile's antebellum fur de germans ob de neuroplumonia, which ef he's disinfected wid dey gotter 'noculate him wid the ice coldlated quarantimes. But I blieves it's conjuration."?Richmond Times-DU patch. Test of the Elect. Let me ask you a question. Did yon ever on a freezing winter day stand precariously in one slippery washbasin while yon sponged your shivering self "with about a quart of water from another china bowl? If you think you would have persisted in this morning after morning in an unheated bedroom through zero weather I salute you. You belong to the elect?Atlantic Monthly. Flow of Solid Metals. Metals flow into each other just as gases and liquids mix, though more slowly. If a cube of lead is placed on stvtsv r\& CTAI/1 cni*fo/>AC? Af AAntQAt ha vuc v/i feViu, iuc ounav.co v*. wukuvt ing kept smooth and clean, and left for a month a small quantity of gold will be found to have penetrated the lead. Getting Solid. "You certainly is a fine cook, ma'am," said tbe tramp at the back door after being fed. "Oh, I didn't cook that food you ate," said the lady. "I keep a maid." "Well, ma'am, it's just as good as if you did."?Yonkers Statesman. A Backslider. First Modern Girl ? I can't quite make up my mind about Dollie. There ' l i. 1 S somerning queer auuut uer. oauuu Modern Girl?I'll tell you what it is. She has an effeminate streak.?Life. Monster Trout. Rainbow trout grow to such a large size In Australia, especially in New South Wales, that it is illegal to take a fish under ten inches in length. Ready to Eat. iaitor (nervously)?Will that dof eat out of your hand? Owner (proudly)-Yes. and out of your leg. too, if he gots th#? ? ha nee.?London Answers. I.OSTFREIGiiT CARS I I Tracing Them Is Often a Hare Job For the Railroads. i HIDE AWAY LIKE CRIMINALS. One of These Runaways, That Holds the Truancy Record, Waa Visiting Around For Two Years and Had Beer In Nearly All of Our Big Cities. At times when the scarcity of freight I ~ ? ? ? nl.l/lA nti j Cars C?JUi*t?3 LUt; i amuau? w i/j.ivc an : i embargo upon certain classes of good* the problem of keeping track of it* cars to see that they do not run awa; and become wanderers upon the face 1 of the earth is a stupendous one tor each company. Before the National Association of Car Accountants was formed and there was no close traffic arrangement 4-vks-k voi*1aiiq ro \ 1 raq H qvctottig UetVUTCJU Taijvu.* >ui?v/uu respecting the control of freight cars it was a common thing for some erratic unit to travel ten or fifteen thou sand miles before it returned te its starting point. There is the record o! one runaway car that was away from ' home for nearly two years, and in that time it traveled a trifle over 20.000 miles, visiting nearly all the priacipaJ cities of the United States. In all that time a car tracer from the company wnicn ownea 11 -was ou its track, but it eluded him constantly until it was finally run down and sent back home from a remote region iu Texas. When it left the home sheds it was a bright new car; when it returned it< was battered and old?so travel stained that its own make* could hardly recognize it It holds the prize record for truancy among freight cars. Traffic conditions have been greatly improved since those days, and railway companies detaining a car belonging to another company are penalized by a fine. The agreement is that when i a car is received from another railroad ! it shall be immediately unloaded and returned to its owner. But in time of a general car famine not all of the railroads obey this rule. Because there 1 is more profit in using the car, even I n dallff finn ic ovaftpri for its | luuugu a uuuj uuv , unlawful detention, some railways i keep it for weeks or even months for its owu traffic, returning it only after the congestion has lessened. The small connecting railroads are often the greatest offenders in this respect in times such as the present, when traffic congestion is more than usually * - ? j abnormal. When a freight car is built it is givj en a number before it leaves the shop, | and thereafter it is always known by that number until it is worn "but and J scrapped. When a new car receives Its DUmDer sntl siaru uui ua business career it is entered in the record book, and a careful account of its wanderings and earning powers is kept there. This record book is a history of the car, and by consulting it one can learn how many trips it has made, what cities it has visited, how many times it has been to the repair shop and also where it is supposed to be at any given time. But in spite of ali this care in keep ing a record of each car, now and then, for some unexplained reason, one disappears from sight, literally running away. Some of the big companies employ car tracers, but as a rule a printed tracer is first sent after the car to bring it back home. This printed tracer, in a blue envelope, is sent to the person in whose jurisdiction the car was last supposed to be, and if it has passed out of his district the tracer is sent on to the next one to whom the car was consigned. This little printed tracer failing to bring tne car nome in a reasonable length of time a man known as a tracer is sent after it The tracer is really a railroad car detective. And sometimes it is more difficult to track a runaway freight car than a criminal. There are tens of thousands of miles of railways and hundreds of thousands of freight cars, and to find one-carrying a certain number is often like hunting for the needle in the hayotftnir Thp 'tpsrfr iriav arrive in a city where the runaway is supposed to be at the very moment when the car is leaving it in the opposite direction. It may cross his track on a parallel line or dodge around him on a short line. It may be headed south while he is traveling north or rolling merrily toward the Pacific while he is going toward the Atlantic. A runaway car apparently is as depraved as any criminal. It hides on a lonely siding or gets lost in a short ennh mino tFOtt raet. j O W ail'}; llliC* VliC ^uv.u A UUU *T UJ & uuv ; ed nearly a year on a siding in southern Texas simply because it got lost, and no one seemed to know just what i to do with it. In the course of time it was occupied by a family of squatters, who lived quite comfortably in it for six months and were routed out only when, quite by accident, the car tracer discovered it.?Popular*Mechanics. Gilbert and Punch. When the late W. S. Gilbert wrote "The Yarn or the i\ancy iseu ue sent it to London Punch, but the editor returned it as being too bloodthirsty, for it will be remembered that "the elderly naval man" had practically eaten all of the Nancy's crew except himself, whereupon Gilbert sent the ballad to Fun. which accepted it with delight. Gilbert never forgave the insult he considered he had received from the editor of Punch and consistently refused to contribute to its pages up to the time of his death-?London Opin I 1VUU 1 There is no utter failure in trying to do what is good. || SHIFTING OF THE WATERS. | What the Sea Gives to the Land and Gets Back Again Every Year. According to Mr. Itoscoe Nunu of the ' United States weather bureau, the waters of all the oceans have visited f IK. 1, ?* ? , . I evt*rj pun ui tut: euiLu ui suiue umt: uj the history of the globe, so continually and upon such a vast scale are the winds and the forces of evaporation, condensation and precipitation at work i A continuous circulation of water ! 1 . . . . , i ! rates place Detween tne nyurospuere , i (the water areas of the globe) and the j atmosphere. The winds blow water vapor from over the seas to the land, and ascending currents carry it into the upper atmosphere. There it con denses and is precipitated, to begin the j j return journey to the sea through springs and rivers. The amount of evaporation from the ~ ~ ^ i.1* ? 1 /> 4 (y\n . fcejdfc auu iue amuuiii ui [iic\.i|muiiuii on the land depend upon the tempera > ture and the winds. It has been esti ' mated that nearly 130 million millions of tons of water are transferred from ; sea to land and back again to the sea j i every year. The average rainfall of the globe is about thirty-three inches. In the Uniti ed States it varies from almost nothing ' to about 100 inches. Over the easteru I half of the country it range* rrom j j about thirty to about sixty inches and ?I in the Pacific state* from five to 100 I inches. | Probably the greatest rainfall in the | world occurs among the hills of Assam, in India, where over 500 inches fall in a year, and sometimes as much as forty inches in twenty-four hours. 'i h r n i I KLKUBLIU Uh UBtHIA. ?? J How the Colony Vi^as Organized and Started on Its Career. The Orst president of the American Colonization society, which founded the republic of Liberia, on the west prmcf nf Africa \vjis Rushrod Washinsr I ton. who- was borii in Virginia in 1750 and who was a nephew of George ' Washington. He served as a private soldier in the Revolution and after| ward was elevated to the United States 1: supreme court. * J While himself an owner of many i j slaves, be was deeply interested in the I movement for restoring the Africans j in America to their native continent j He was one of the pioneers in the orj ganizaton of the American Colonizaj tion society, which was launched in | the latter part of 1816. Henry Clay. ! -Tnhn Rnndolnh and other men of Drom- I .! inence were also prominent in the movement. In 1820 the society sent thirty-eight negroes back to Africa in a government vessel, and in that year a constitution > for the colony, which was named Lij beria, was adopted. The colony continued to be in charge of agents and ! governors appointed by the society un til 1847. when its rights were voluntarily surrendered and the independence of Liberia was proclaimed and was recognized by the United States. Great Britain and France.?New York World Jefferson as an Inventor. Not many people knew that Thomas ?Tfno a (T?aat inron)-ftr TTlO I (IC11C1SUU was d gicai. iiiT^uivi. Ui? I inventions were all of articles of everyday use. He devised a three legged folding camp stool that is the basis of i all camp stools of that kind today. j The stool he had made for his own i use was hi3 constant companion on oci casions of outings. The revolving chair ; was his invention. He designed a light wagon. A copying press was devised by him and came into general use. He also invented an instrument for measi nHnor tho rifetnnpe hp walked. A Dlow i and a hemp cultivator showed that his thoughts were often on agricultural matters. His plow received a gold medal in France in 1790. Jefferson never benefited financially by his inventions, but believed they should be I I for the use of every one without cost j Sir William P*pper?ll. The first native American to . b? knighted by an English monarch was Sir William Pepperell, who was born in Kittery, Me., over two centuries ago. His father was a Welshman, who came to New England as an apprentice to a fisherman. The son became a merchant and amassed a large fortune. As a militarv leader he took part in sev ! eral conflicts with the Indians and attained much distinction. For thirtytwo years he was a member of the roy- i al council of Massachusetts, and as chief justice of common pleas he won , eminence as a jurist. No Information. "What is the speed limit in this ' town?" asked the automobile driver. bringing his car to a stop just outside - - ? - ; ttie Dounaary line. J "Never you mind what the limit is. mister," said the village constable. : | "You go right ahead and I'll tell you i when you're going too fast."?St. Louis , ! Post-Dispatch. Easy Money. "The Clarks are in easy circum- j stances, I believe." remarked Cobb. "Yes," assented Boyd; "they can owe 'I ?- ??1? mAnnTT Qrwl fopl PJlSlfT I j iiioiu yeupic uiuijcj a^u ~. about it than any others with whom I i have ever had anything to do."?Chicago Herald. Between Humorists. "You stole one of my jokes out ! right," declared the first press numor- j | ist. "Well," said the second press humor- i Ist, "when I see I can't improve a joke I don't try it" ? Louisville CourierJournal. TP,*,-,ne+i/vn Vonna thp e'pntleman. but | UUUv-aiiuu 0 I reading, good company and reflection ! I must finish him.?Locke. ukitl.su tnxiitex j BLOCKADE RILES I Policy of Prohibition of Exports to Uolluud ilade to Cover I'dited j States Toy. I T 1 r> - ? i 4 / rv?l j \ rm 1 L.'uiiuun, 1*.? vi-'ciayeii;.? ine. plan of rationing the neutral conn- j tries of Norwayf Sweden, Denmark ' and Holland under which no further' licensee will be granted for the pres- [ ent to British exporters, has been ex- j tended to apply to the United States by the expedient of refusing to allcftv the Netherlands Overseas Trust to accept further American consignments and by declining to grant let tera of assurance for American shipments destined for these countries. In consequence American shipments for Holland Till be stopped absolutely, while the regular transportation companies trading between the Unit- j ed States and Scandinavia "will not take cargoes suspected by the suthoriti s. Furthermore, tramp steamers are hardly likely to risk the inevitable landing in the prize court of any cargo they might accept. Neutral diplomats here believe two reasons induced the British govern* s-v + *? 1* * + V -tsi rnvA * LU MAC UUiB iVULlVU. 1 lie UrHb] is the simplicity of the plan, "which enables the government to control supplies at the source. The second is the growing bill with which G-r<:ai Britian is being pressed by neutral governments for demurrage and other expenses incurred bv taking sus pected ships into Kirkwall and other ports for examination. So far as is known, no machinery exists tat present for adjusting these claims, as many of these cargoes never actually reach the prize court. W!hpri shirmprs as?r for oomnprisation I PIANO Bi Onr vnail hand ahna iWnii-tniMil k rrewd#d to Hi* limit witlsj I Red careMr lie nay aaasaal bargains used, wsrbd i repair eepartmenL Judge for yoarsetf tbe marled dom prices al a sariaw to j 1?$900.00 Steiff Self-Player Piano, dull and p< 2?$<150.00 Stieff Upright, dnll and bolished 1 3~$750.00 Shaw Self-Player Piano, dull and p 2?{450.00 Stieff Uprights, dark Mahogany (u 1?$450.00 Stieff Upright, Oak case (used sevei *? $3?5.<? Shaw Upright, polished Mahogany 2?$550.00 Bennet Bretz Self-Player Piano da 3?$300.00 Kohler & Campbell Upright Pianos, 2?$300.00 Harvard Upright Pianos, Mahoganj 1?$350.00 J. & C. Fischer Upright Pianos, Wa 1?$*50.00 Mathushek Upright Piano, Mahcgfl 1?Sjxi.oo Adam Schaaf Upright Piano, Walnt i?$450.00 Mason & Hamlin upright Piano, h 1? $450.00 Chiekering upright Piano, Ebony es 1?$3oo.oo Kraest Tonk upright Piano, Walnut 1?$450.00 StUff upright Piano, Ebony case (u< STI] 219 SmA Try?i St nMaawaBBMnaaaaaanaMMBBB SUMMERLY For the high of young For Catalogue i mation address \ P. E. MONRC Leesville, ^guytuaui Get a Ford thei come. Price now Touring Roads Detroit. Distributor for No 4 loi 1 WW J t I tlity are referred lo the prize court, gj|| | which thus l'ar has declined to con ' aider tiieir claims, and they have no KtanHirvtr i7i y^Aiirt Tt is p\Tio-r*t*v1 Washington will make an inquiry in regard to this matter, especially as to I the American schooners which were taken in Lerwick and released after being detained for several weeks. No charges were preferred against Chem. Another blockade measure which also probably will interest Washington is the recent arrangement under which bureaus ware put up in Bnglanrl and Prflnr#* fnr erantinpr licenses "v for exchange of goods which: figure on the list of prohibited imports. Th? American authorities contend that under the British-American commercial treatv of 1815 such nrohibitions must be enforced against all countries X equally. Consequently any privilege* granted to France and not extendi to the United States are held to fce im violation ol that treaty. c?A W- n recx wro rcn. ? In speaking of personal recollections of Dion Boucicault. Henry MIKer dwells upon his superb *kill a? a stage director and tells of the following incident, which occurred during his first re- IS hearsal under Boucicault: "I went to him direct from Augustin Daly s management. L>ajy coacnea nis players to cross and reeross tie stage fl during the progress of tbe play with the idea that thin continual moving about of the actors created dramatic action. During my first rehearsal I made a 'Daly cross' as 1 spoke one of my lines. " 'Why did you de that? Boucicault asked in his quaint, quizzical manner. "I explained that I imagined it would keep- the scene moving. fl " 'Thanks, my boy.' said Boucicault H dryly, 'but if I cannot interest the an- B dience with my pen I don't think you can with your feet' " ~ ?? J \RGAINS | oswes of nost twy sake taken in excbase for d* Popular Stief H war para, aait afoest Skt sew Vy experts a m *4o-i*e V u ffiroa$50li$75. k d* Mt writ Wm* eU? fl >lishea Mahogany (uf?d for dem'tion) $700.00 Mahogany (used slightly) each 360.00 olished Mahogany (used sev. months) 575.00 sed several years) eai^h 250.00 *al years) 22S.00 t/i OCA <V\ : J ^ UOV.U i A UiUULUoy 11 Mahogany (used jo to 12 mos.) each 400.00 polished M hogany used short while) 200.00 ' case, (used short wfcile) each 200.00 B ilnut case (used short while) 185.00 B ny case (used short while) aoo.oo jt case (used short wh le) 155.00 fl ibony case (used short wnile) 200.00 B B ise used short while) 200.00 . ease ^iiscu euori wane/ _ ^ >ed several years) -195.00 EFF I | I HMMMaaaaHnaaMnan ID COLLEGE I J er education I women 1 ind other infor- 1 ? )E. President I _ ~J i you can go and J r only $360. 1 ter $345 f. o. b. 1 ?. rx. V V 1 V. K. U'DLLL, vnship, Whitmire, S. C. -J J JBL. 1