Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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In All The Tires road* there Isn't one that wOn'k m(W It* Waterloo sometime,. The lurking tarlc or the sparkling glass will reach ita ortats and then ? bring it here, we'll execute REPAIRS promptly and unless the tire has 'rolled off too many centuries, re store It to Its original condition. Bicycle sundries a specialty. V V? weld broken parts of bicycle*. H. E. BEARD W. O. HAY'S Automobile and Machine Shop Camden, South Carolina Equipped the Equal to any la the South. We make any kind and siiso of spring, best vanadium steel used, ami guaranteed. Storage Batteries charged with the very latest motor generating set at a saving of time and money. Axle and prapelhr shafts made and guaranteed to equal the factory product in every particular. Casings and Tubes vulcanized ? all work guaranteed. ' Presto-lite Exchange ? Styles B and E cylinders always on hand. Fisk Tires and tubes always In stock. We will personally see that you are satisfied with our service or we do not want your money. Oxy-Acetylene Welding ? Castings of all kinds of metals a specialty. Thanking you all for the hand some support given me since going in business for myself, I am, Yours respectfully, W. O. HAY City Meat Market One door north of Smith's Garage. Choice Fresh MEATS Choice Cuts 10c, 12V2 and 15c per pound. Cash Only. Nothing will be charged. Your orders so licited. 1 Telephone 31. City Meat Market MONEY TO LOAN. On Improved farms. Eauy term? Apply to B. B. Clarke, Camden. S C. 60. CASH Green Grocery Telephone 24 L. B. Campbell Manager We have opened a meat market and green grocery in the stand formerly oc cupied by Campbell Bros., where we will carry at all times a choice line of Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Lamb? Mutton and all meats us ually found in an up-to date market. We will make deliveries promptly and there will be no long awits. PROVED HIS METAL ?mpuppipwipip^ ? i MULE DRIVER CONSIDERABLY | BETTER THAN HE LOOKED. Stampeded by Bear, He Guided Teem With Remarkable Skill Until Un avoidable Accident Finished Run, but Na Killed Bruin. Gm>rg? Hasktns was long legged, red-headed, long^armod, thin, freckled and mild, lie had the voice of a bass fiddle and the maimers of a bashful boy of thirteen. He stood three Inches above six feet, and weighed 187 pounds. Under an Immense Mex ican hat his face looked like a turkey'* egg In a clothes basket. His thin waist was encircled with a belt four Inches wide, embellished with brass studs. His arms stuck tar out of his sleeves, and his trousers did net reach his shoe tops. Hut there was something appealing about him, and his eyes were very steady and depend able. Every day he drove four mules over the trail between the mining camp and the railway station, 12 miles away and 4,000 feet lower. He drove well, his mules were perfectly kept, and he soon won their confidence. He had an unexpected sense of hu mor, too, and was popular about the camp In spite of his unpromising looks. One day Qeorge asked the boss to lend him his revolver. He had seen several snakes and a bear, and had no weapon. The boss let him have It, and within two weeks George had three rattlesnakes' skins and a three prong buck head on the stable wall. About three weeks after he began carrying the gun a man rode into camp and asked whether we knew that a freight wagon had gone ofT the grade three miles down the trail. He said the truck turned squarely out to the left and went down a slide that he was sure no team could keep its feet on, and had gone out of sight among the pines below. Seven of us started off at once, "No man on earth can ride a wagon down there and keep on it," said Pete Simpson, as he looked at the steep Incline down which the wagon tracks plunged; "but that long-legged galoot has done It, and I can ride a mule where he can ride a wagon, so here goes!" He plunged off, and the rest followed. The chaparral brush was several feet high; it whipped the rid ers' faces, tore their sleeves and trou sers, and tangled the animals' feet un til they stumbled again and again. At the foot of the pitch the men found that the wagon had made a quick turn to the left to avoid a bowlder, theta another to the right to dodge a tree, and had entered the pines on the dead run. How any driver could have kept his head after that pitch over a 45-degree patch of rough chaparral and be in shape to guide four frantic mules was beyond understanding. Only a little farther they found George and the mules. Their har nesses were broken and hanging in strips, but not a mule was badly hurt. The wagon lay on its side against a big pine, and its contents were scat tered all over the ground. George was sitting up against a log with his right arm and leg broken, but his voice was cheerful as he said, Hello! When the boys had roughly set the broken limbs, George told them what had happened. He had met a big bear in the trail, and the brute charged the leaders out of pure meanness. The mules whirled short and jumped over the bank, and the wheelers followed. George pulled the revolver and took a snap shot as he went past the bear, and then dropped the gun to put hla strength on the lines. He had kept the mules straight until ? the last turn in the pines, and then the mules headed for a space too narrow for the wagon. He tried to turn them, and the wagon went over and threw him against a tree- ' , .i* Pete Simpson vowed that he would follow the bear for the next six months if . necessary to get him, and after they got George back to camp Pete began to prepare for a bear hunt that very night. He telegraphed to his brother, miles away, to come and bring his pair of hounds. The brother came in with the night freight, and by day light the houndp were sniffing the tracks of the bear. For two miles up and over the worst peaks and ridges they led the hunters. Then the dogs began to bay down in a dark, heavily wooded canyon at the rieht The men scrambled down Into the canyon and crawled ever rocks and logs to where they could see the dogs. They were baying a dead bear. That hurried shot as the wagon tore after the mules down that precipitous slide had- gone' home, and the bear had gone Into the canyon to bleed to death internally. He was old and very larg6. ? Youth's Companion. PaiMtr Fr?m Grass. The United States department of agriculture has recently announced that it i? possible to manufacture a first-grade machine-finished printing paper from xacaton grass, which grows in great profusion from Cali fornia and Texas southward to the Argentine Andes. This grass is harvested for the rake of Its roots. These art made into brashes of various sorts, and are fre quently known as broom root grass, ?t the present time the tops of th* grass are allowed to go to waste. The. Foist or Raousa ALMATIA belongs to Austria, guage la Sorb, with much Italian aleo spoken on the coast, but German one scarcely hears at all. except In the shops frequented by Austrian visitors. Its people are simple and Ignorant, very tenacious to old ways, .customs and costumes and not easily to converted into a commercial and mod ern people. - ; ? . It was in search, first of ? warmth and sunshine that we north erners set out for Ragusa, the moet southerly of Dalmatian porta, wrttes V Clutterbuck in Country Life. Also we hoped to find less of the monot onous luxuries prepared for travelers in France and Italy. In this hope we were not disappointed, for with the exception of one very good and very expensive botel at Ragusa, full to over flowing of Austrian visitors, there was no accommodation to be found with any pretensions to comfort. Wo were at once face to face with primitive no tions. ,, The coming of the steamer seemod to be the great event of the day, or possibly of several days, if one can judge by the eager, jabbering crowds flocking to the quayside to .glean all possible news of the world outside their island home, and to comment on the strange travelers leaning over th steamer's rail. As evening fell the setting sun turned the bare brow hills and distant high range of moun tains into peaks of coral and garnet, and kept us late on deck wondering as to the unknown inland country. fine, hardy people and how they live ?apparently on stones, nothing being Visible but rock and stone, no green valley., no wooden hills, only .mall, gray trees, shrubs, and again stones. Ragusa Enchanting and Unspoiled. Early morning found us anchore at Gravosa, the excellent protected harbor at Ragusa. about a mile away, and here, unfortunately, in a diema downpour of rain we first made ac quaintance with the natives of the near East, the porters and cab drlv- j ers in their partly eastern dress of baggy blue knickerbockers, embroid er^ white stockings, embroidered coat and waistcoat and scaretfe^ Ragusa is enchanting, unspoilt by its overflowing garrison, or even by it fashionable Austrian visitors, seems part of the great rocky h fl * themselves, so cunningly is it built up ledge upon ledge of the selfsame Btnno The town covers as well a tiny peninsula at the foot of the hills, like a landslide -of stone, kept in its place and guarded from the sea by massive encircling walls. The wal creep on upward up the mountain side and clasp the little town firmly, so firmly that she withstood many siege and sheltered many a trembling refugee; she even defied proud V en ice. Ragusans have the pride of a na tion a tiny one certainly, but of an clon't lineage. It 1. claimed that Ragusa was a republic from A. ? and lasted so with Intervals of vary ing length, during which the territory was under the protection "ungar7' Constantinople. Venice and Prance to 1814, when Austria finally took pos session. I Thanks to the courtesy of the com mander of th? ?*?riBon: w?; with nth^ er visitors, walked round the top of the great walla, so wide that they co tain prisons, stores, barracks-a world, of activity, hidden from tbeviewof all except seagulls and friendly swal^ lows, maybe, who can peer into the loopholes. From the walls ?ne the best idea of the crowded town Its carefully protected fteways now without portcullis or. drawbridge) . its broad, paved, central street forming a valley through the town, and from U Innumerable lanes becoming stair but Austrian ? no, that It Is not, after a hundred year* of possession. Its native lan ways climbing to the brow of tb* cliffs on one hand and to t&p moun tainside on the other, but all within the great walla. Many buildings stand out prominently, churches, palacee, monasteries, but the general impres sion Is of a crowd of old, Irregular, pinkish-tiled roof a. Early Morning in the Market Now let ua go and walk In the town early in the morning. One must be an early bird to catch the worm heret for everyone is astir with the sun, and business is most brisk In the mar ket before 8 a. m.; by 9 a. m. all tm over. Some of the country people come many hours' tramp over the mountains to Ragusa market from Herzegovina, and occasionally from Montenegro. They start in the night and arrive with the dawn ? these stal wart, handsome men and women, not white and tired, footsore and weary, but strong, gay and ready for many, hours yet of strenuous activity. They have carried heavy loads of farm prod uce on their heads in big round baskets, walking over sharp, loose | stones, or have driven laden ponies. ! Now all their goods must be sold and good bargains made, and then the baskets must once more be fllied with town goods needed at the distant farm, and by ten o'clock work, gos sip, refreshment must be over and the homeward climb begun. What manner of men and women are they who work so hard and look so hardy? They are tall, muscular, brown, very jovial with each others but shy of strangers, and shyer still of a camera. It is a crowd full of color, blue and red predominating, but all wearing his or her national dress, so that those who understand know at a glance what district each comes from. On Sundays the, town was thronged again with peasants come to spend a gay and sociable day, first attending mass at Greek or Roman Cathollo churches (as many of one as of the other), then endlessly strolling up and down the main street and chat ting volubly. Trau Is Still Medieval. Of the many fascinating old towns on the coast and islands of Dalmatla perhaps the most Interesting is Trau, near Spalato. It is scarcely changed at all since medieval times, and though it is full of subjects for brush and camera, but few travelers dare test its accommodation and, therefore, never come to know it. It was only by a lucky chance that we found a new and clean house outside the walls where we could picnic ^rith enjoy ment. Trau has no street wider than twelve or fourteen feet. All its build ings are of massive stone, all the lower windows barred, its piazza paved with great flags, its cathedral porch one of the richest in carved stonework in the world. The ca thedral was built in the early thir teenth century, the glorious west door being dated 1240, and Is indeed the pride of all Dalmatia. It Is also signed with a Slav name ? "Raduanus," or "RadoVan" in native speech. At Trail the people were smaller and darker than at Ragusa, dressed In brown homespun, and the men wore the queerest little red caps on the side ot the head. One cannot imagine any headdress less useful or ornamental, and only great antiquity can explain \tfl ?se. Towards the open sea Trau was guarded in olden days by a cas tle, now in ruins. t The busy town of Spalato near by has more history than a book would hold. There stand yet the massive walls of Diocletian's palace, the low er tiers being now shops afld houses. His mausoleum is the cathedral, his temple the baptistery. The great black marble pillars of the octagonal cathedral are worn by worshipers of differing creeds, the frieze of pagan dancers smiling down on all alike. TO, DKVKI.or INDISTHY. Kir^t SIcmiiht of Fuel Sent Froui Char Iwbii to South America. Charleston, S. r . April 5. Willi tho departure of the Steamer Pleiades f r*?ni ll?*' Southern Hallway's uew ex|H>rl coal terminal at Charleston for Ihlcnos Ayros, loaded with live thousand tons of Cllnchtlcld coal, the Hint actual stop has* tx-en taken In tho de\ elopment of what Is hoped will ho a large t rattle lit coal hetwtvu South America ami. tho southern tsml llehls through tho |H?rt of t'harleston, this being tho tlrst cargo of t \|H?rt coal to clear for South Amerl can consumption through this port. Opportunity for tho development of tills commerce with South America has hoen made intsslhlo through the erection of the now coal terminal which embodied the most modern IdeaH for facilities of this character, Coal In Iuiii|ks| directly Into a hopj>er from .vhlch It Is fed Into the holds of ships by a holt conveyor and a telescopic 'hute. Insuring the most rapid hand >lng and eliminating to a great degree the breakage resulting when coal Is dum |hmI Into ships by gravity from elevated j>ockots. While this Is the tlrst coal to leave for South America, a number of oth er cargoes have been sent to t'uha. There will be a cargo to leave for Cuba this week and also one for Calveston, Texas. Sam Tllloy, a negro, was run over and killed by a train near Kutawvllle Saturday night, lie had set down up-, on the track to try on a pair of now shoos and did not hear the' approach of the train. liavuiuur Manning In u IWI?t t?? Mayor I lido t>f Charleston announce* that Hi*1 state constabulary f??r*v ia Charleston will .hi' rwluwl "because of marked and splendid improvement in conditions." II. It. HKOWNK. The l{ov . II. II, 1 trow no. of Sunt It Carolina Conforeuoo of (ho Methodist lOplscojml Church, South, pr<*ddtiiK ol der of the K.UKstree IMstrlet, who died Ma roh 7, wan one of the llnkN of the line of men who hrouKht the lout An bury address to light, an it wiin from hlia that the JU'v. All>ert D. Hotts, our informant. gained IiIn first know ledge of the existence of the document In the collect Ions of the Historical Hoelety. He -was not only a faithful minister of his Church and an excop t tonally capable administrator but he rendoded service to general Methodism by his untiring efforts to collect and preserve the memorials of the denom ination. Ills mother was Miss Colli n of (lie famous Nantucket family. New York Christian Advocate. THEDA BARA '?CARMEN" KKNNATION OF FILM WORLD Dr. I. H. Aliffer Dr. K. L Itiwiiw Alexander Ml Slcycw DENTISTS OHftc* S?rtmt C mrmm %Mmi mmi NUft Bit. * mm Prepared Close attention to our business, studying the wants of our customers, persistently striving to better our effi ciency, has made the success of our business, and coup led with the above the 25 years of experience, with the assistance of competent help, catering to the wants of our customers, justifies the assertion that we are better prepared than ever to serve our customers. We handle a full line of Farmers Supplies. Har ness, Heavy Groceries, Hay, Grain, Poultry and Dairy Feeds. Wagons. Buggies, Harness, Disc Harrows, Walk ing Cultivators, Peg Tooth Cultivators, Cotton and Corn Planters; Guano Distributors, Rakes, Mowers. Southern Field Fencing, Barb Wire Staples. Call and get our prices before making your pur chases. SPRINGS & SHANNON The Store That Carries The Stock. 4. W. McCORMICK, Prop. B. W. BOND, Kumkct MC CO R M CK & CO. Funeral Director* and Embalmers. Night Phone 23. AMBULANCE SERVICE. D?jr Phone 70. Country Calls Answered Promptly Day or Night. Camden Undertaking Co. C. W. EVANS/ Manager FUNERAL DIRECTORS and LICENSED EMBALMERS ? ? ? ? ' AMBULANCE SERVICE. City and Country Calls Attended Promptly ? DAY OR NIGHT Office and Show Rooms at 535 DeKaOt Street Offic? Phone 91 Retidnce Phone 2&3-L - ' ? ? - "