Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SEAVERNS In purchasing a piano you want to be' particular that it contain* the 8EAVERN 8 PIANO ACTION. 4. ' ^ > 1L The action is the moat vital part of the instrument; ttping practically the works. *You want the best to be had in your piano, and when you secure the finest fcction manu factured you give life to the instrument. C, The SEAVJSRN8 ACTION is the best action made. It has jbaen on the market for over fifty years. It has a light touch, as well as delicacy and power. 1 ?L Insist upon having a SEA VERNS ACTION in the piano you purchase. \ - If you wish further infor mation, write: vSEAVERNS PIANO ACTION BnUniMV Established t?I UUMrAni CAMBRIDGE, MAM. Thia U Oyrun O. lUa, the man who Wtlftea Mother's r-?u<l Oooia ?? Liniment, i of the knowu to -riv. jntbar'v Joy hi Pneumonia Siri v* jyifl NmrFilli FDR SORE THROAT. t pmtntM mricktr, ramorMallfa Eyerytbi ??.'J ' '"i fAQwHtyr**. ?1 ' '? If you I ' tallon thai j . fondles and charge yon to ?ell. Between 50 and 7 Iuvb worth of proper^ placed in their hand* t\ A montha and about 31 th* Una amount baa been sol They wish to tbauk <>n/ for iho patronage and 1 placed in ibeir hjpds t'f uon and they ?oiicUyq' .fc-;j| tho coming year, and the> vilAL PALMETTO EVENTS Ooadaeaaad Kiwi itena of General Intereat Oath*rod Withia til Btate Boundary lil?? ?TORY OF AN ACRE. Florence County P?rm?r'? Flguroo on Producing Cotton and Corn. A very lntereatlng luminary !? made by J. W. Hoffineyer, of Florence county, of the coat of hit cotton and orn acrea grown under the auper vialon of U. Willi*, government farm demonatrator. The record ihown: Acre of Cotton. Breaking and planting $ 4.00 Cultivation 8,00 (luano, 8, 8, 6, 1,000 Iba.. 15.00 Stable manure, 6 loada 8.60 Picking 8.26 (jimtlng 8.86 Rent of land 4.00 Total coat $ 89.00 Credlta: 660 pounds of lint cotton at 14 1-8 cnta $ 94.86 920 pounda aeed 87.76 Total $122.00 Leaa coat 39.00 ? Profit on acre $ 83.00 Corn Aore? Cultivation, two handa and mule 4 daya at $1.60 $ 6.00 Fertilising 2.00 Cotton Seed 16.00 Guano 17.60 Rent of land . 4.00 Total coat $ 44.60 Credlta: 1,000 pounda fodder $ 12.60 88 buahela of corn at $1 88.00 Total $100.60 Leaa coat 44.60 Profit $ 66.00 -Bealdoa the fodder there were peaa planted In the corn, but they did not make much, the corn crowding them too much. It la argued, however, that the land In condition left by the crop of corn and peaa will produce cotton next year with leaa fertilising ao that part of the corn profit la carried over. The flgurea in the above give cotton $27 advantage over corn, but the framer who haa corn la the happleat man, and aomehow has- the moat money, too, despite the flgurea. $240,000 TAG TAX. Farmer* Bringing Land to High 8tate of Cultivation. c The tag tax paid on fertilizers in the year 1910 will exceed the amount received in 1909 by nearly' $35,000. The Arst year of the tag tax the total income waa no^$35,*000. This year it will probably reach $240,000. The total for l^at year was $207, 741.31, and the total for 1909 up to December 27 was $199,566.31; show ing that $8,000 came In during"ttrir last four days- The receipts for 1910, up to December 27, have been $236,. 412.16. On the 1st of December the receipts had befen $230,684,65.- The receipts for 27 days of the current month have been less than $6,000. Judge J. Fuller Lyon, the clerk In charge of this department 'at the State Treasurer's office, believes that the falling off during the present month has been due to the recent talk Btxnit German kainit supply running short. He looks for a heavy reaction In the month of January. Col. Ball Hu Resigned. W. W. Ball has sent his resignation to Gov. Ansel as a member of the board of trustees of the South Caro lina Industrial school, located at Florence. Mr. Ball was appointed by OoV.. Ansel to take the place of Dr. J, L. Mann, of Florence. Gov. Ansel ex> pressed bis regret at tbe resignation, Wife Killed Husband With Axe, While he slept E. A. Hamilton, a young farmer living near Laurens, was killed with an fix* and his wife is charged with the killing. She recent* ly came home after some in an insti tution for the insane and it la said that amonf her hallucinations waa one that she would kill her husband. The back of the. axe wga used to beat Hamilton into unconsciousness,' after which the blade was used to nearly sever the head from the body. Railroad Quarrel Settled. The South Carolina railroad com* mission went to Cheraw in a body and made a thorough investigation of the row over the crossing which the At lantic Coast Line put over the main line of the Seaboard on Front street. A majority of the commission decided .that the Coast Line had not complied ?ill a happy, prosperous >?th the conditions upon which per Helk A KirIcland, Vton was granted to put in tho Real-KBtate Agents.\?^nd t!wt they must put in an - ^ \Jclng system. There was a MEETING OF D. A. R. Hobkiik Hill Chapter D. A. >H held their Jan. meeting with Mrs. VV. L, DcPabs and Mhs Corbott on Monday 2nd, iaatoad of Tboiadav ^ opinion dissenting. irer Renews Note. ^treasurer has been forced note for $200,000 for the Carolina. The county AWfiswss s* w ? &rs cn that jiflernooD. ? ?5SJ a^I ^ ?5"JJ* ft I. to lie regretted th.t ?? ??*? hers were not notififtf M lo (L ? f jJJJL0J,~rJ? n.?^pas:... am:. K?| && ff!gfcgK|| l>elUg?.nt ... under the, M moMy w? borrow^ to u* ntrm that a noire? t? that c?or running .?jcpenacs. Tho Leg. n Motto the papers amfBL will take ud this auesilon. W ot lM al matltia 6! ItkUreal *r?te bt 1'' U#cQ??\on. The RgcnC^V The CarolWf Bpocln^S^ ft OftnUTftno?-?CaroUaa fl??rtal?wilt imi M3)?Uned to *h Columbia, Spartanburg, Aahe T KaoxviUa. .rHantaan Junction Danville, Ky., a solid train* con of mall and expre#a*^?J Vaggafcpml ooacb> -J coach, with BIRMINGHAM CITIZEN SWEARS TO REMARKABLE STATEMENT - X want to tell you what Dr. KfloMr'* Swamp Hoot did |or my wife, She wu troubled with terrible paina in her back and tbey were such that it deprived her of many night's sleep. There waa a thick red sediment in bar urine like brick duet. The parage of th<ruriue waa very annoy ing, being of a burning eenaation and the complication waa making her very thin and weak. The mediciue which tho doc tor gave her did not seem to help her and ahe waa finally perauaded to try Dr. KUmer's Swamp-Root. I purchased one bottle of the large aixe for her and it helped tier greatly. After ahe had taken three bottlee ahe did not bav? any more trouble with her kidneys. It has been seven ' yean since she took Swamp-Root and she is uow well and healthy At the time of her kidney trouble, she weighed 130 pounds, snd she now weighs 180. IIy wife Is 82 years of age and cheerfully recommends Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root to bar friends aud feels very thankful that she found a remedy, with such wonderful merit. We give you abeoluta permission 4 publish this m any way you wiah. Yours very truly, D. R. Ill DRN HOUR, Cor. 4th Ave. and 30th fit. Birmingham/Ala. State of Alabama ) ** Jefferson County J I. E. Q. Stevens, a Notary Public In *nd for said State and County, certify th*t D. R. Ridenhour, known to me as such, personally appeared before me this 81st day of July, 1000, and made oath that the above atatement waa true in substance and fact. E. O. STEVENS, ' Notary Public. " ?- *> Prove What Swamp-Root Win Do For Yo? Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blngham ton, N. Y., for a aample bottle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable information, telling all about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention thla paper For sale at all drug etoree. Price fifty cents and one-dollar. COMINQ HI8 WAY. "What luck, my boy?" "Oh! pretty fair. I got six winders, tiro lamp posts and one silk hat al ready." ' - Ended the Controversy, On the steeple of an old Universal is church < In Bath, Me., there la a wooden figure of an angel. It la not a remarkably fine specimen of art, and has always been somewhat laughed about, especially because .of Its high heeled shoes. The Bath Etaquirer re calls the story that a former pastor of the North Congregational church once accosted a devoted Unlversallst with the Question: "Mr. Raymond, did you ever see an angel with high-heeled shoes on Its feet?" "Whyw.nO," an swered Mr. Raymond, "I caii't say that 1 ever did; but did you ever see one without them?",, His Specialty. "What has become of young Mr. D'Auber, who showed such signs of talent in drawing? Has he made a success?" "Oh, yes, Indeed. He's got all the work he can do now." "Magazine or studio workf' "Jlo draws the maltese cross show ing where the body was found, in the evening papers."--Cleveland Leader. The Cache. Knloker?We are told to do oar shopping early. Bocker?I know It; my wife has al ready concealed a forty-nine-cent tie In the top bureau drawer. u The. teat-of piety cornea not la the pews hut In the press of daily life. GOT IT. Got Something Elee, Too. 1 liked my coffee strong and X drank It strong," says a Pennsylvania woman, telling a good story, "and al though I had headaches nearly every day I just would not believe there was any connection between the two. I had weak and heavy spells and pel* pitatlon of the heart, too, and al though husband told me he.thought It waathe coffee that made me so poor ly, and did not drfnk.lt himself for he aald it did not agree with him, yet I loved my coffee and thought I just couldn't do without it. "One day a friend called at my home?that was a year ago. I spoke about how well she waa looking and she said: * " Tea, and, I feel well, too. It's be* cause I am drinking Postum In place of ordinary zF&i *1 said, 'Wh*t Is Postum?' ? ^I ?ho told me how It was a food-drink and how much better she felt etnoe using it in place of coffee or tea, so I sent to the store and bought a package and when It wis made ac cording to directions tt was so good I hare never bought a pound of coffee alnoe. X bega? to Improve tmtoediate cannot begin to tell yon how mnc& better I feel since using Postum and liailui uuffM itoWT My health ts better than tt has beqn for years ' ?y SBSSgh t this dellcicuH food drinlgH ^ twjew^tho a rebuilder to 1 IDENTIFIED. u?xay i?u, rm looxing for a Mr. John Smith?" Kid?I'm Mr. John Bmith. BABY'S HAIR ALL CAME OUT "When my ftrst baby wm six mouths old be broke out on bis head with little bumps, They would dry up and leave a scale. Then It would break out again and It spread all over his bead. All the hair came out and his head was scaly all over. Then bis face broke out alt over In red bumps and It kept spreading until It was on his hands and ajjms. 1 bought several boxes of ointment, gave blm blood medicine, add had two doctors to treat him. but he got worse all the time. He had It about six months wbeu a friend told me about Cutlcura. I Bent and got a bottle of Cutlcura Resolvent, a cake *of Cuttcura Soap and a box of Cutlcura Ointment. In three days after using them he began to Improve. He began to take long naps and to stop scratching bis head. After taklug two bottles of Resolvent, two boxes of Ointment and three cakes of Soap he was sound and well, and never bad any breaking out of any kind. His hair came out in little curia all over bis bead. I don't tbink anything else would have cured him except Cutlcura. "I have bought Cutlcura Ointment and Soap several times Bluce. to use for cuts and Bores and have never known them to fail to cure what I put (hem on. I think Cutlcura In a great remedy and would advise any one to use It. Cutlcura Soap iu the best that I have ever used for toilet purposes." (Signed) Mrs. F. E. Harmon, R. F. D. 2, Atoka, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1910. Young Age Pensions. Young ago pensions! Why not? Ti tles, honors, riches, pensions and most other good things aro, as a rule, post poned to a period of life when the ca pacity for enjoying them has been blunted. Australia was one oj! tho first countries to adopt old-age pen sions, and now a Labor member of the commonwealth parliament proposes a complementary scheme of young-age pensions. He would start by pension lng the fourth child at birth. The fact that three had previously been born showed that the parents were doing their duty and deserving welV the state. The young-age pension would "reward Industry and encourage the birth rate."?London Chronicle. The Primitive Man. "JoneB Is so dreadfully primitive." "What's his latest?" "Why, we were a? the opera bouse the other night and a stage hand re moved a table and Jones yelled 'Supe! super We were dreadfully mortified." "I was at a dinner the other nlgbt and Jones sat'next to me. Whejn he saw' the- row of spoons and forks and knives beside his plate he beckoned to the waiter. 'Say, boy/ he hoarsely>mut tered, 'I guess you spilled the tpoon holder!'" "Well, It's lucky he's rich." "Ain't it?" ? ? .? tfnsmm m ojum, . now wul you art taking, printed on every bottle, ilnlne and Iron In * taato , _ Jj? drive* out the malaria BuwiSt wig? wSvag- ??a?' ?" Blue Monday. ?<Do jrou know wby we call this day Blue Mnndavf' '> ? ? "Maybe it's becnuao so much blueing (? used."?Judge. For HEADACIIK?tfloka* ( Al'lJDINK Whether from Oolda, Heat, stomach or Herrona Troubles, Capudlne will rillere yon. It's liquid?pleasant to talc*?acts Immedi ately. Try It. 10c., SSo., and 80 cent* at drug ?tores. 5-7?~?"T " What Happened. Fats?Did you call? Opportunity?Yes, but she sent word word by her servant she wasn't In.? Harper's Bazar. Constipation causes and aggravates many serious dineases. It is thoroughly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favor ite family laxative. Answered. "How can I keep ? husband's love?" "Have you tried cold storage?" Mrs. Wlnalow'a Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, oaros wind colic, t6c a bottle. To add a library to a house Is to give that bouse a soul.?-Cicero. Are You or Ailing? r :.r:. curative powers, peculiarly adapted to restore health and atrength In just auch a condition aa you are np against. It has been doing this for more than a third of a century. Its legion# of benefited friends telling of health re stored, gufferingn ended, found everywhere. Give if a chance to help ywT rat hj totting f ?= ? " GOT THE BEST OF THE ELDER Apt Quotation of Brer Reuben Saved Hit Mule and at the Same Time Rebuked Sin. Rider Harris was making another attempt to Induce one of the members of bis flock to trade borsee with blrn. "Dat pony 0* your'n, Brer Keubeu," be said, "it Jea' what 1 want, an* my big bay hoe la Jes' what yo' want I kin git over do grouu' faster wid de pony, an* you kin haul a bigger load wid de'hosa. Hit'd be a good trade fur bofe on us, 'ceptlu' dat It'd be a leetle better fuh you dan It would fur me. You take de bay and give mo de ches'nut sor'l." "De pony suits me well 'nougb, el der," averred Brother Reubeu, for the twentieth time. "1 don' keer t' make no swap." ' "But 1 Jes' natcbelly got t' have dat pony, Brer Reuben." ??#;; "Elder," spoke the^ther, after a period yf profound thought. "1 been wantln't* ast yo' a question for a long time." "Well, what Is It?" "1 know w'at one o' do 'pottles sayt 'bout de law beln' done away with, but ain't we still livln' undah de ten com* man'inents?" "Brer Keuben," solemnly averred Elder Harris, "wo air." "Well, ono o' dein comman'inentt says we mustn't covet anyt'lng w't 1/ longs t' our neighbors, an' you're cov* viin' dat H'l' chestnut sor'l pony o' mine, Brer Harris!" Then the elder gave It up. t Clearly the tenth commandment was against blm.?-Chicago Tribune. NOWADAYS. Jenkins (humorously)?Well, do you or your wife rule in the household? Benedict (seriously);?^either. We live under a provisional government by the cook. i ???* . Left Both Satisfied. It all happened on one of those few surviving pay-after-you-enter cars. "Oh, I insist on paying, Gladys," said the brunette. "You paid coming down." ?"No, I ohall pay," declared Gladys with equal firmness. ''What if f did pay coming down?didn't you buy that last package of gum?" . ? "Let me settle tho quarrel, ladles," suggested the diplomatic conductor. "Why not use the denatured form of Dutch treat?" "What's that?" -? "Well, you each pay the other's fare." And that was the Way they solved it?Cleveland Leader. Breaking It Gently. Callahan was stopped on the street by Father Clancy. The good priest's countenance took on a sad expres sion. >' "What's this,' I hear, Callnhan," asked he, "about your breaking Ho* gan's head last night? And the two of you friends for years!" Callahan seemed somewhatv taken baok. "Sure, I was compelled to do it, your rlverence," he explained apol ogetically, "but out of consideration for that same frindllness, I broke It glntly, your rlverenoe."?Llpplncott's. , On the Poo. 'A spaal! West Philadelphia boy may be an author some day. He has Just finished his first essay. It Is on a dog. "A dog Is a anlmule with four legs, a tale and pants but he never changes them. He wags his tale when he is glad and sits on it when he is sorry. A dog is a useful anlmule bdeause he bites burglsrs but he is more trouble than he is worth when he tracks niud on the carpet. A bull dog is the king of beests." A Discouraging View, "We must investigate this affair," said the rural official. "What's the use?" responded Farm er CorntosseL "I never saw an inves tigation that changed anybody's per sonal likes and dislikes." The Limit. "Do you have much trouble with your automobile?" "Trouble! Say, I couldn't have more If 1 was married to the blamed ma chine."?St Louis Star. The wealth of a man is the numbe^ of things which he loves and. blesses, which ho Is loved and blessed by.? Carlyle. as li.JYlcDovVell, Prop AIWet wr* W: Bears the Signature For W-; WKM MB "siftv . __ __ ^ ?> ?; -?? . fWMimMMMUn IIW f?-^Tl7r:^S.^-fe IRH --- - -' , ffigf ssyps AUCOHOt-3 PKR cunt AWtfetabk Preparation for As similating the Food and Uegulft? tii^ (he Stomachs and Bowels of Promotes Dige sti on,Cheerful nfssand Re at.Contains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral NOT N AW C OTIC aw *sau tkSAMvgtmvm mS~M A perfect Remedy for Constk? lion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea. Wormj .Convulsions .Feverish nest and LOSS OP SLEEP facsimile Signatvrc of &Lf#fZ5EZ T?ns Centaur Comrawy, NEW YORK. .Guaranteed under the Pood?t^ Exact Copy of Wr?pp? We're All Her Friends. A pretty story of Mlss-Bllen Terry and n gallant young playwright has gone the rounds of the Players' elub. MIbs Torry attended In New York the first night of . this playwright's latest work and at the end of the third act ho was presented to her. She congratulated him warmly. "It Is very good," she said. "?ov?r play Is very good, Indeed, and. I shallr send all my American frlenda to see It." "In thot case," said the playwright, with a very low and cOtir tly'fcbw, "my 1 little piece will sell 90,000,000 tickets." Old Women In Maine. Gray lias a quintet of ladles whose age Is over ninety years. Mrs. Enoch Merrill's age jtst ninety-nine years and eleven months, while1 Mrs. Lois B. Small reached her ninety-eighth birth day on November 6, and both of these ladles are bright and active. Mrs. Mary A. Frank was ninety-six last September, and is in her usual health. Mrs. Hannah T. Rowe la* ninety-one; Mrs. Mary Lcighton.also Is ninety-one. ??Kennebec Journal. Some people would drown with a life preserver al hand. They arc the kind that cuffcr from Kheumatiam -and' NfttrsK gia when they can get -I.Iamiins Witard Oil, the bo?t of ail pain remedies. On the Tigs. First Thespian?Walking, home? Second Thespian?YeB, the railroad cars are Insufficiently heated. For COLV8 an 4 CHIP nicks' OAttwina la the beat remedy?re ll?v?a the aching find fercrlahneae? curea the Cold ami restores normal condition*. It'a llqxjld-^-effecta Immediately. 10c., 9So., and60c. ?t drag a tore*. The more solitary, the more friend Ipfh, the more unsustalned I am, the more l will respect and rely upon my* Aoh\-?Charlotte Bronte. II. H. Green'* Bona, of Atlanta, Oju, aro the only aucoeaaful Dropsy SpeclaHata in tho world. Seo their liberal offer In adver tisement In another column of th|f paper. . _li is right to ba contented with what we have, but never with what we are. ?81r James Mackintosh. !<?> Ca?i* u> ae mw?w >r wmiwiir Sanl tar yLotlon.Never falls. At druggists. People who borrow trouble always give mora than they get. . l ? The whirlwind of passion scatters many of the seeds of sin. SNOWDRIFT HOGLESS LARD b onlvomOjr falitrf Uw MtamUt <4 all Urdu. UnJ tubtdtato ? ??*?? pouwblorstaWtti^lltl.S. Inspected tad owtd, ?nd LmoU aa dcr out oyiji'Milloml \ merit 141 roonwitt. A&ior lm Unl until you ftflL M TBE 800THE8N COXTBN Will stop and cora thaftji It is COD3L purpcfi ?od b guaranteed^ . IItll ?M?W for <x?aidDd^iActadte?i mr: fesaisa Thle laet nesned Inflammation like > to the presence of burrow under UurtfAnv produce la eo intense It fa culty the nflerer can refrain tho akin with hie HUNT'S *W1?* for* trim,j locaUgp rrlcm. SO G?,U And the money wfi) he n caee where one boa only A. I^hE8X?B3" fllnimii WNCE QfftwsmmwM U^ OKAHtOTTB, NO. Htli. U elwayi food rca?oa for the dleeow?#Mn*ae, Ye?n at pein end Buffering. Doctor ?tor doctor tried In ?ein. Medici nee do in 4 oo U?dn4 tfood. It ie no wonder Uttt the woman feeU discouraged. Thousand* of tbeee week end Wok wdna ban toamd beelth and eooreje regained u the reealt of the m at Of. Pierce's *jm> muc. rawr for this _____ ?, ? boweU. Sugar-coated, tiny gromil^ tmTj toUtommZZdf'. ""'"I* "** ?Hi ? EMINENT DOCIOKS I We sweep away all doctors chttjpftt , W* best modioli within everybody's leach. We encourage qfrtftyone who ails or (hhe aih ixr find uut <aactty-whgtfttl'ltatg offliealth is. Ygii can remedies here, at your 4rng store, or not as yon prefer^ . POgitiYfily no charge for eraminstinn, ProiWMor Mmvyon has prapai specifics for nearly every disease, whJ& mI sent prepaid on receipt j-Mil^dniggiets. . ? . -' ga :??*-?? ^ ' - ???53f|r for a copy of our mw" to Health, which v^vrill mail yon pawnptly, m! r .