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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE ?' '"Jj*. *"'7i77 77, .\v:.' J,'- , , *. . II. IK NUm mid J PL N. M?lfc>w?ll. 5 I'uMtaliora. TOO No. Broad Street, una entered at the C'aiu , rfou powtuiilco a* *econd clax* umli mat tor. Price per annum $1.00. Wo are glad to receive communica tion* of n rennonnhlo length, hut au Important condition of tliolr publica tion In that thoy ahall lp all cmhom ho accompanied hy the full namo ami exact address of the vender. Obttu* arloa, reNolutlon* of reaped, and church notlcca will not he charged for. Mat ter* of purely a pergonal nature will bo charged for at tho rate of live cent* ?a lino. Whiwkoy or imtont medicine advertisement* will not ho uccoptod at ?ny price. Itatoa for dlapluy adver tising made known on application. Camden. S. C., February Vi, 1U15. IMPORTANT NOTICK TO Ol'H SI'HSCKIHKKS. On ami after March 15, 11)15, the Publishers of The Chronicle will adopt a cash In advance subscript Ioii list. Wo have mulled notices to every one w hose subscription has expired, and have given everyone ample op portunity to either renew or to not ify ns ropiest I iik the paper to he continued. We have no means of knowing who does or who does not wish the paper continued. It costs a great deal of money to pub lish a newspaper and It costs money to send The Chronicle to a sub scriber. If there Is any one of our subscribers who has not and can not get a dollar now, but wants to continue to read The Chronicle, we will gladly continue the paper fot^ a time, If he will bnt notify ns to that etfis't, but we cannot continue to semi the paper to those from whom we have no prospect of re ceiving a renewal. So If your sub scription has expired and you want to continue reading The Chronicle, please*' tet us kijow, else you may not receive another issue. We hope not to lose any of our subscribers, but those whose ac counts nre not paid in advance of March 15th, we will be compelled to discontinue mailing The Chroni cle. . New subscript Ions will be accept ed only when the cash accompanies order. MAKING OTIIKKS RICH. The Seal's, Koelmck & Co.. of ('hie-a go, recently "cut n melon," as (he ex pression gnes. the |>iir value of whlcty whs ? tin* richest melon ever cut by u mail order litmse. A stock dividend of fifty per rent, was declared. Imagine, if you can, what the receipts of tills mail order house are. The common stockholders were presented with $2(MHM),0<>0 in new stock, absolutely' free. That represents profits made by the company. Hut it represents something else, also. It means that the |xM?ple of the Culled States have not learned to trade in their own home towns. This is a state ment from hut one mall order house. There are many others and they nearly always get rich. People send money away, rather than spend it at home. I >o the mail order houses give bet ter values than your home stores? Consider all the phases of the ques tion. and we believe you will conclude that it is more profitable for you to trade at home, than to send your dol lars away otT to Chicago. or some other place. Trade at home, and get just What you can get by trading away from home and get it at the same priciv Trade at home and help your community to become prosperous. Trade at home so that you may share in the prosperity of your community. That dividend off in Chicago did the patrons of the house no good. If they had kept their money at home, they would have reaped a part of the bene fit. Possibly you get bargains, as you see it, by trading with the mail order houses. It may be that sometimes you actually do get bargains. But certain ly those bargains are not sufficient to warrant you in sending so much mo ney to other States. Try your own stores first. If you will do that, the mall order business will have few more Jfcio.i h h l.< m m ? melons for we be lieve you will lind that local stores can furnish it at fair prices. You will also find home trading more sat isfaetory. for you are not swapping "sighr nn>C-PT1." nreenvffle Xewv All I nwise Course. When a business man loses his nerve because of a temporary depression or pin?-h in business matters and starts ^out to cutting and slashing ever\ bodv fh the ti::ni" of "economy" he Is apt to I find later on that he has made a serious blunder, since no one man or firm is "the whole t'.i; in any community, and many oth? r- are in position to retaliate by d?>ing s.mic cutting and slashing on their own account. It would he a much wiser policy for ev erybody to allow business to go along at something like its normal volume, or most certainly not t . ? make an ef fort to cut every other fe.ih.ws throat If everybody were to -lint down on everybody else, the wheels of business would he IwMind to come t ? :i stand Still. One might gain a lit i if some thing right now ' bv withdrawing pat ronage from others, but they will most ; certainly hand it back to l*m with good Interest later on. and lie is the b?ser in the long run. ? IIcnders.,n ' Gold I a*h1. Meadevlile, l'a. ? A coasting party 1 the youngest member of which was M and the oldest was held on Terrace Hill, Saturday. The members of the party were John Fox, Halsey Terrill, John King and Jonathan Smack. Wichita. Kans. ? ft. X- .loeclyn, di vorce proctor, refused to give .Mrs. Ivy May Warner a divorce becaiUM* her present husband is her ninth. - ? y Ill ii nil n i m ? - HOIVfV FAPKK WHAT COUNT**. Vow Car* Bwh fttpre Kpoplc at Home Than Abroad. Atlanta, (Ju.. Jan. "Jt Ih the iu?mo i*i*?r, !u ilm giik& sells our k?mkIh, said (JeoiKe W. I>odd, a Kent for a t* Ik ettateru manufacturliitf hoiiae, before u meeting o/ udvertlaliuf men lit Atlanta. "\V? sell to tllO lllOI-4'huiltH ill tllOStt tow hn, and the livo oues Htlvurtlw In their homo pu|>er*. 1 can cheek over the sales reports rltfht now and show you which merchants are advortlnlni; and which it rt? not, just by the orders they send us. I've tried It. "It Is a Id*? mistake for the Mlttle merchant' to think he cannot advertise. Why, the merchant In a comparltively small town can reach more possible customers per dollar spent on uow?|Mi* per space than the blu fellow in New York or Chicago can at the heavy rates made necessary by the ld? papers' elr dilation. Ills home paper reaches nearly every possible buyer In its ter ritory. Can the blu papers say as much?" , -tf HACK TO NKW8PAPKK 1H8INKN8 Col. Hanks Offered the Editorship of The ('olumhi? Kerortl. Anderson Mall : The many friends In Anderson ?>f Col. William Hanks will bo pleased to learn that he will return to the newspa|>er business. It Is understood Iutc tluU he has been ottered the editorship of tiie Columbia Kecord to succeed Mr. James Mpore, who expects to go to Nnoxville, Tuuu., to lie editor of the Sentinel, It is very probable that he will acept the offer and that he will enter upon his work In a few days. Col. Hanks has been in the news pa|ter business all of his life and Is a good one. lie was trained under the late N. (I. Cion/ales on The State, and after serving <>u that newspaper for many years he ^aine to Anderson to become editor of the Dally Mall. Later he became editor of the Intelligencer, which position he resigned to go with the department of agriculture, in Co lumbia. NITCRHS WITH CATTLK AT WIN TIIKOP COLLKGK. Hock 1 1)11. Feb. 11. ? Two years ago the poultry plant \yas started on a very small scale, being enlarged as It paid, until last fall It reached the place w here it demanded the entire attention of an experienced graduate poultry man. In much the same way the farm gardens have been growing, until a new house has been built for a farm gardener, who will take over this de partment. and raise vegetables the year around to supply the college dining hall, where nine hundred and fifty peo ple are fed at each meal. The College dairy, consisting of elyhty-elght pure and grade Jersey cows, has been in creased In efficiency very much In the last two years. This has been accom plished by taking out cows that show ed a poor record for milk and butter fat and replacing them with belter cows bought in this part of the State. The etlleleiicy of the College herd lias now reached the point where no more progress can be made with the cows offered on this market. To overcome tills and increase the milk flow the col lege authorities decided to replace oiie thlrd of the cows with Molstelus. The farm recency secured three llolstein eows from the Yon Spreckelsoiie herd ;it Winchester. Term., and tl\e from Little Hock I?alry herd at Hoek.v Mt.. N. Others will be' purchased as fust as the right kind of cows can bo found and funds will warrant. The beef cattle in the feed lots at the Wiuthrop College farm have now been reduced to liiety-elght head. Six or eight are killed each week to supply the college with beef. Many farmers and (roverumeiit ex perts who have \ islted the beef barn tlifs winter have been very much sur prised and gratified willi (lie ? j na I ity of >t eers and results the college farm Is getting. Charging everything to the | steers and crediting actually what was delivered and recorded on the books in the college treasurer's otllce. the beef steers made the college farm a profit, besides furnishing better beef at a lower price than the college could have secured it elsewhere. Among the things charged against the beef were original purchase price, expense of the superintendent. In buying cat tie,, freight cost of veterinary tests, feed bedding, depreciation buildings and fences, men's time used in feeding, bedding, butchering, shaking oi^i hide*. etc. The l>eef account was credited to sa'e price of meat, sale of hide*, sale of heads and tallow, barnyard manure, etc. Says The Hock Hill Hceord : " The man who does not advertise is the man who has the most trouble getting business in dull times. For the adver tiser it comes easiest. Why not adopt fhn m~tr-sT fiT'id I>e*d way to get busi ness now?" Hastings. \eb.? Hobert T. I M'cssler. a merchant, served notice through dis ?play advertisements that lie would sue for JJo.im hi damages anyone who calls him I ?\ his jiickname "Jake." Austin. Texas. ? The stringent Alli son liquor law. prohibiting shipment of liquor into dry t?^ritor> in Texas, lifts* been practically Invalidated by a de cision of the court of criminal ap |K?als, which Judge IVndergast said "wiped it off the statute books." Providence. H. I.? So many people inswered a help wanted advertisement it a suburban factory recently that ?xtra cars were run to carry them. Three hundr?*d women and 100 men were hired. San Francisco. Cal. ? A family mov ing here fr<'tn Nebraska mailed all of t:cir household goods. This Is the ?irvt time on record that the parcel "ovf ha- been put to this use. Pittsburgh. Pa. ? There are ,10.000 n.iii on the pay roll of the C. S. Steel ?' ; <>ra t ion. m I "ills. Mo ? Screeeh owl is the ? t > sf addition to many menus In first ? t-s <?>> fes. it is said that this breed ?f '-wi mai<es very good eating. Ti:e Fcrnwood Farms, one of the most valuable farming properties of 'be state, have been divided between 'he h>-irs of the late Capt. W. E. Bum >tt and Messrs .r j ?. DMlard and C. F. Thomson. Jr. <.f Spartanburg. The property Is valued at $.'tfHUX>0. FERNS NEED THE SUNLIGHT HI I.A'MI'mWT Idea That Th?y.Muirt B? Confined Al ways to DarfcniN Is ft Mis taken Qns. - ' ? The prevalent Idea that ferna must have no sun ia a wroug one Fftrns >vill live In the shade, and there are some aorta, of course, that are scorched by the sun. Rut roost ferna that are cultivated In the house like a good deul of sunlight, and never do their best without It. Window boxes where ferns are growing should be sprinkled lavishly twice a day, If the leayes are dry and dusty they should be well shaken bo? fore Hprlukltng. If possible, get the earth with which to fill your boxes from au old hotbed- - rich loam and rotted manure about half and half. Failing that, take any which is handy and onrlch It with ammonia, and bono meal, mixod thoroughly. A heaping teaapoonful of manure Is enough for a six-inch pot of earth. Neither must bo kopt directly on the roots of tho plants. Liquid fertiliser, likewise, must be kept off the roots, stem and leaves. Make a hole at one side of a trench Just inside the pot rim, pour in the, fertilizer and let It sink, then put hack tho earth. FROM A DISORDERED MIND Premonitions the Product of Lax Men tal Discipline ? Suggestion a Great Factor. Tho belief in premonitions is based upon superstition, suggestion, and fear. Premonitions are indicative of lux mental discipline, and serve to show that the mind is permeated with fear and dominated by dread. People are more subject to premo nitions on dark and dismal days. They are also common in the spring and In the fall. This particular form of dread is also greatly increased by suggestion. 1 well recall a case of a suburban wreck a few years ago, in which tho front coach was badly de mollshed, and I noticed that for months and even years after this ac cident, that the paseengers studiously avoided that front coach. There was an immediate decrease in the number of people who would allow themselves to rldo ill that car. The soil and the seed for suggestion are both needed to produce premonitions. ? Exchange. Borneo Pirates. Brunei, Borneo, is one of tho strang est cities in the world. Once tho | headquarters of the Borneo pirates, It j 1 8 a kind of eastern Venice, being j built entirely over the water. . This ; remarkable city is the capital of th& j state of Brunei, Borneo. All tho houses are built over the River Lim- ; bang, constructed on slender piles made frorp the NJbong palm, a wood that resists the action of water for many years. The inhabitants of Brunei are .Malays. Kadayans, Orang Buskits, and a few Muruts. They eam their living mostly by trading with othor tribes in the interior of Sarawak and Brl'? h North Borneo. Some of them urn vpry wunifnl hrnaiL workers, and the Brunei wpmen make beautiful cloth, Interwoven and em broidered with gold thread. Sago Is grown in- the valleys near by, and a small quantity of rice Is also raised. In the early part of the nineteenth century Brunei was the rendezvous of the dread Borneo pirates, and a mar ket for the slave trade. ? Wide World Magazine. # Discouraging Dishonesty. Punishment for giving short weight is far from new, and the Turks long ago took drastic measures to check this tendency on the part of trades men. Tho Sultan Achmet II, walking through the streets of Stamboul, saw at the door of a baker's shop the owner, his hands tied behind him, with one ear nailed to a post. Upon inquiry he was told tho cause of the poor fel low's predicament. "Who is he?" asked the sultan. "May it please your highness," was the reply, "he supplies the bread for the imperial seraglio." "Ah, my baker? Then set up another post and nail his other ear to It Tho sultan's baker should have a double reason for honesty." etbte for Burmn^e A colporteur of the British and For eign Bible society in Burma reports: "I sold one Holy Bible to an orthodox Mohammedan. He has been one of my bitterest opponents, and has often' laughed and scoffed at me as I passed his shop.- I asked him why he wanted to buy a Bible, and lie confessed that he had sncretly read an Urdu Gospel bought from me by one of his servants. In this book he had found many good I things which he had never heard of, and he now wanted to read the whole Bible." Cause for Suspicion. A mother who frequently went out to spend the day with her friends had been accompanied always by her seven year-old son. One evening, on returning home very much bored with ; the day's experiences, he said to her "Mother, if you don't stop taking me around with you so much people will think you have married a dwarf!" Bound to Happen. "How would you like to give away lakes to deserving towns?" "I don't think I'll go in for that form of philanthropy. Somebody is sura to accuse me of squeezing the water for the same out of my stocks." ? Lou isvillc Courier-Journal. REMINDER OF ROMAN GLORY Otd French Village Revsals Thorough* ne?? of the One-Tlqie Rulers > of the World. A few miles north of Marseilles, and within easy walk of the tram to Alx en- Provence, llee a typloal Provencal village that tourlsta usually mis*. ,wrkes u correspondent *of tho Wide World Magasine. It was founded by the Homans during their occupation of the south of KYance, and is built in accordance with the custom of that time. The houses appear^ to he perched on top 01 each other, but on closer inspection qro found to be built ou ledges jn a hillside. This hill Js the most Interesting feature of tho place. What- appears as a solitary 1 rag is in reality a castle, the rooms, fortifications, etc., being cut out of the solid rock and forming a fortress prnc'ically impregnable in thpse duyu. At the side of the castle is a round tower, about forty feet in height' and < seven feet in diameter. The interior of this tower acted as the "wireless station" in Roman times. It consisted 01 a series of pigeon lofts, from which tho birds, bearing messages, were sent dlreot to Homo. The whole of the In terior was constructed of a very hard cement, which, with the woar of ages, Is now slowly decaying, and only one porfect "loft" now remains. There was accommodation for about two mndrod and fifty pairs of birds, to-" gether with an abundant water and grain supply, the attendants being quartered in the castle. AND PLAIN IS THE MORAL Choc?e Your Friends Wisely, 6 r the Consequences May Be More Than . Painful. A man quarreled with his friend. "I have been much deceived In you," said the man. * And the friend made a face at him and went away. A little after, they both died and came together before the great jus tice of the peace. It began to look black for the friend, but the man for a while had a clear character and was getting into good spirits. "I And here some records of a quar rel," said the justice, looking y1n his notes, "Which of you was in the j wrong?'' "He was," said the man. "He spoke ! ill of me behind my back." "Did he so?" said the justice. "And j pray how did he speak about your i neighbors?" "Oh, he had always a nasty tongue, ' said the man. "And you chose him for your friend," cried the justice. 'My good ! fellow, we have no use here for fools." So the man was cast in the pit, and the friend laughed out aloud in the dark and remained to bo tried on oth er charges. ? From the Fables of Rob- ; ert i^ouis Stevenson,. Market for Everything. "Is there such a thing as second- j hand brass band instruments? Why, j certainly," said a mubicat instrument I man. "Why shouldn't th^re be? You j can buy second-hand yachts, pianos, i steam boilers, bricks, second-hand any- J thing on earth; why not second-hand! band instruments? How do they come' to be offered second-hand? Why, just; as anything else does. Somebody gives up using an instrument and then he j sells it; or somebody wants to buy a better instrument and ythen he sells ! the old one. And for all these second- j hand Instruments there is a market, j They may be sold to beginners or to i players, and such a thing has been ' heard of a new band equipping itself j throughout with second-hand lnstru- i ments for the sake of economy." Granted Queer Favor. "I have a great favor to ask you," said a well-dressed man to the mana ger of a Now York theater. The mana ger looked him over. "Shoot," he said., "Two friends of mine will visit the show tonight," said the wind-nut. "They think 1 am the manager of this company. Will you let me stand at the door ? just as if I were manager ? until they come up?" The manager obliged. The man stood at the door for a few minutes^? .Suddenly his face [ lighted up and he dashed forward with j hand outstretched. "So glad to see | you In my house at last," said he The i couple halted, chatted with him for a j second and passed inside. The "wind- j nut" pulled his coat over his thin shoulders and started towards Hroad way. ? Home, Where the Hat Is. Several sages have given their opin ion on what constitute* a man's home. One remarked it was where the heart was, but a New York Judge has just given a judiclr' ruling it is where the hat la. In his decision the surrogate declared home is not a term of art and by custom of this country hotels in New Yorl art very jfte.. the "homes" of people who for vi.rlout reasons pre fer Jiving in them fr more burden pome occupation of private dwellings or apartments. Stalking Ccrpathlan Stags. In the Carpathians are to be found the finest stags in Europe, excelling even the bavarian stags in weight and strength of antler, and far larger than any Highland red deer. When out stalking in ^Fhikowlna, in tho Carpa thians, in September, 1896, Mr. Ed ward North Huxton shot one of the largest -tag* ever seen. It carried a head of 18 points, the antlers at their greatest length measuring 52 Inches. I THK COW AND HRB PRODUCT. CfeouonCollec *Wi Sfcly Note* F?r , i.it!NfaMr and DniiMI, j - T ? ? (These notes m* prepared, hy- the t>airy Division of Cleiuson College, which will bo glttd to' auawer uuy question pertaining to tlalry hit) .> The calf Hhouhl Iks fed some grain *ucli as corn meal by the time It U two week* old. ? , There are lawn to protect many ...in , of auliualH from InuiterH, but no laws to protect good dairy culvet* from butt-hern, Farmers who had silage to feed to their cow a this winter mow now the value of a succulent winter feed. A calf nhould not l?e fed whole mlllc after it haa reached the ago of four weeks. At two weeks, begin to re place whole milk by warm skim mtlk, If a calf 1h to l>e dehorped It should be dehorned when not more than! throe daya old, with caustic potarh, .. t It is just oh Important to feetTithe calf from a clean bucket as it is to Use a clcan bucket for nicking. Calf scours are duo to overfeeding, feeding cold milk, or using dirty milk. Avoiding these things Is generally to avoid scours. .v To obtain the best results, one should provide warm stalls for calves and not subject them to sudden ehuyges In temi>erutur<{. ? One of the most frequently asked (pieHtlous In, when to wean the calf. It should be wenned by the time It Is three flays old. It would seem that every man would realize the folly of having the profits of a good dairy herd eaten up by a few "boarders," which he could easily discover and eliminate from the herd. In all dairy breeds will be found champion milkers, good milkers and hoarders. The successful dairy herd Is more a matter of feeds than of breeds. In overy breed will be found both well bred and ill bred animals. Clem son College will be glad to ans wer any questions about the methods of the cooperative creamery.- The creamery Is about to establish two new cream routes which will add 25 to 115 patrons, and about 175 cows. Try to bring about such conditions In the dairy herd and dairy house that at the end of each month some change for the better can be noticed, Make It your aim to have a herd that never stops improving. SffeF KKSI'KCT SHOI LD COUNT. It seems to us that Mr. Fred H. Domlnick would not care to be placed in the embarrassing position that he must necessarily be placed in if he insists In the face of the strong pro test made on holding the position of assistant attorney general, it would seem that self respect would eause^ldm to decline Immediately. According to statements made by Mr. Peoples he would appoint some one else. In ac cordance with bis promise to Mr. Man ning during the campaign but he is unable to do so on account of the' po sition taken by Mr. Domlnick. It seems from this statement that the bottom rail Is on top. and that the man who Is supposed to be in control Is in the bands of the other fellow. It is a queer state of affairs that Mr. Peeples brags about the fact that he had the power to appoint Domlnick in spite of everybody and, of everything and yet be comes back and declares that he is unable to make him resign. Is this nj/tf a bad mix up? Where is the At torney General of South Carolina at any way?" U ? ^ ? a pity ? that ? this ? thing ? has come up. It make things look a little like they did in the day sx that every one most sincerely hoi>ed were number ed with the past. The only mistake that the j>^ople made in the primary, was their failure to retire Mr. Peeples and let the present administration be unhampered by any remains of the past administration. We believe that there will bo no serious obstruction, but it is to be regretted that there should be a semblance of anything of the kind. ? Greenwood Journal. Abolitionist is Dead. Roekford, 111., Feb. 5. ? Dr. George W. Brown, who was a prqmlnent figure in the clash of slavery and anti-slavery forces in Kansas, died hero today, aged 05. He founded in 1854 the Herald of Freedom, the first free state newspaper published in Kansas. Border rufllans destroyed his printing plant. A grand jury indicted him for treason and he was a prisoner for four months He established the Conneautvllle, Pa.. Courier, in 1S40. A military company has been organ ized nt Gaffney. ITEMS OVER THE 4 Short N?w? Not** Gathers From Our E*ch?ng,, The >:dgetl*ld Klfles, ail organiz-n more than BO yearn old. has dQKj^ The R??v. W. K; Harre/a nromi.. Methodist divine Olwj at lit* hoi. IT l.nurcuw on Friday*. Ule to ladles of Denmark U*?? pledged themselves to make a uurTlT each for BuIkUu child reii, K n"*lt Oapt. Samuel 0. Moans, ? |,ri)mh.((. . Spartanburg county citizen ?lu, v''^ an of thccivll war, died hut tJ*uT Ho was KB years of a ?<?. ' Dr. Horace M. Julian, a physician of Newberry, diwiluM? Dollls, Mo,. Ittat wouk, following ? ; illness. Ho was 68 years old, ? Poltpem*? Whlttw*. of l-ondlefcw was acquitted of tho murder of f*r' me* constable Charles W. HobertW" B, M. Shuiuan, a prominent lawver of Greenville, dhjd ufc his home on Thursday, after ait illness of several weeks. Tho town of Greenwood is to elect municipal officers In April. Four can. didates for mayor and eighteen for al dermen have already been announced. Tho MoCall Truvk Growers' assocta tiou haw been organized. One of the objects of the organization Is to ??. courage the growing of Irish potatoes. Postottlee lnsiKM-tors are Investigating tin? chtrrges made against W. l>. Mottu^ "wnom Congressman Johnston has re commended for j>ost master at Green vtllo. Charles DeWttt Kvans, an old and highly esteemed veteran of Darlington died Friday afternoon. The burial took place at Society Hill. The fumous old warship, Olympic, Admiral Dewey's flagship, left Charles! = ton this week for New Orleans, after undergoing repair at the navy yard. Frank P Uonftam, brother of (ien, M. U Bonham, of Anderson, and soil of QdV, Honham, died at his home in San Francisco, Cal., Thursday morn ing. J. K. and W. D. Mayfleld, farmery of Denmark, have wowed about 1.000 acres In gralh, For the past few years they have been planting 1,100 acres in cotton. \ . ....... W. -P. Greene, formerly aii attorney of Greenwood, has assumed editorial management of the Abbeville Press and Banner, which \has been converted inio' a stock company. J. O. \tfllHams, of Glemson, in charge of the livestocjr association of Green wood eouhty, says there are about 100 head of cattle registered for co-opera tive feeding plan. It. G. Rhettyof Charleston , was QTggjp ed chainnnn of the executive commit tee of the United States Chamlier of commerce at a meeting in Washington la^t week. ' - * Dr. Frank Smith, a prominent citizen of Kasley, and well known throughout the third congressional district, having been a candidate for congress several times, died last Wednesday. ____ The value of exports thru Charles ton during January was $1,304,814, as against $1,048,042 last year. The value, of imports received through the ix>rt during January was $114,967. Perry C. Wilden, of Greenville, a traveling salesman, well know" t" th<? state, died in a Columbia hospital last week, following an oi>eration for ap- ; pendlcltis. He was about 48 years old. The large two-story frame building, the Postou Hotel, at Poston, in the ower part of Florence county, was com pletely destroyed by fire about 2 o'clock Friday morning. Senator Tillman has announced the.. following appointments made by him to Annapolis as a result of a recent examination: A. Bi Alexander, Spar tanburg, principal; first alternate, W. P. Martin, Blackville; second alternate, H. T. Walker* Columbia; third alter nate, W. M. Iilacktvell, Marlon. "The Court of Common Plea^vhlch will convene at,Ga?fney on the fourth Monday of this month, with Judge Mendel L. Smith, presiding will not have a large number of cases for trial at the term, but the Court of General Sessions, which will convene two weeks later wilf probably." bo occupied ? the whole week, as there are a large num ber of little cafjes to be tried durln*_ the term. Read the long list of articles In the Want Column In today's paper. Buy a Ford \ We liave accepted the agency flrom the Factory J and offer this year a Ford Roadster for$474.0w delivered, and a Touring Car for $524.00 delivered. People laughed at the Wright's with their air ship. They scoffed at Marconi and his wireless. They poked fun at McCottnick and his reaper. Thfcjr - called Columbus a fool. It seenMi odd now doesn't it? Hundreds of people Saw a teakettle lid tootle, yet only Watt and Newton Actually cashed in on the experience. Now is the time for you to cash in on ft Ford. Ivots of men told you that a Ford was too light They did not see its future. Now they realize that the Ford has become an absolute business necessity. Come in and sev the new Fords* you will find what we tell you worth your attention, and that it will set you htfflking. ' ^ ' -- Smith's Garage