Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Children Cry for Fletcher's The KM You Have Always Bought, and which has been In use for over thirty yearst has borne the signature of A - ^ hi been made under his per /s 80n*1 ?uPcrv^on since its infancy. mtcrtfn Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good " are but i Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children? Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor (Ml, Paregoric props and Soothing Syrups* It la pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance* Its age is its gusrantee. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feveriahness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea? The Mother's Friend. genuine CASTORIA always Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 31 Years THa Kind You Have Always Bought THI CiNTAUW OOMFAWV, N^W YOWK CITV. AS OTHERS SBK U8 r ' nitb Carolina as Seen Froin an Auto mobile. (By Chief Justice Walter Clark.1 Having returned from an automobile (our of 1,000 miles to and through our leighboriug State of South Carolina, iu w bich I passed through more~than liSirj t bo counties of that State and from' the' sea coast to its northern border, it may be of some interest to the readers of pvour paper to give some ideaR of what was seen. To start with, it may be recalled t but the two states were originally one Province under the name of "Carolina" and was divided into North and South Carolina iu 1729. South Carolina is much more compact than our Stale and i? only three-fifths* of our Rise, being .'tO.OOO square miles in area or just about the size of Scotland or Ireland, while North Carolina has 50, 060 square miles, nr just about the sise of England, and of nearly the same contour. North Caro lina lias about two million and u half of people aud South Carolina a million and three-fourths, allowing for the in* crease in both since the CetiKUfe of 1010. In North Carolina, two-thirds of the iHipiilation are white, while '-in South Carolina, 00 per cent are colored. The only other State in the Union in which ( the negroes exceed the whiles is Miss issippi. South Carolina unlike this State lias no mountain region us her northern border stups at the foot of the moun tain^. but it is possessed of more num ?T?nv streams and u more southern cli inate. t be sea coast indeed being sub tropical. ;? V y? Leaving Haleigh in an automobile we pasa^! through upper Wake, Chatham, lice, Moore and Richmond counties. Around Joriesboro in Lee county, are some of the finest' cotton lauds in this State and the grade of the cotton there grown i? very superior. Al Southern Pines and Pinehurst there is great devel opment, duo largely to Northern capi JtaK which has made those great winter resorts famous. At Kllerbee spiiogd, In Richmond county, we (ind one of the finest farmiug sections in this State. ^ At the 'county seat ? Rockingham? -the de velopment has been moftt remarkable and one who has not been there since the writer held the Superior Court in that town would be without a landmark. There We found that rising young Noct.h Caro linian, Inane S. London, formerly of Siler City, who now conducts the lead ing paper of that section, to its great advantage. On' the road from Rocking ham before crossing the line, we passed through the Everett farm, which ships annually 1,000 bales of cotton. At Cberaw we. struck the National Highway, which we followed almost parallel with the railroad to Camden. Near Cheraw were the only-cotton fields we saw which were injured by the "red At Camden there are many matters worthy . of note. The- town is now a winter resort .and noted for its large hotels and handsome buildings. It is laid out with a liberal idea as to space. The streets are 100 f^et or more in width and the blocks are four times the flsual size in cities. Jt is also of much his toric interest. Six miles north of the city is the battlefield1 of Camden, where Gates who received surrender of Kur goyne at Saratoga, saw his Northern laurels turned to" Southern willows and How To Use The TELEPHONE r Did it ever occur to you that you might not be using the telephone in the right way? / ' . Do you speak' sideways, above, be low, or six inches away from the trans mitter of your telephone? You should talk directly into the/'" transmitter ? not simply at it. Keep your lips about one inch from the mouthpiece. Speak in an even tone. _ It is not neces sary to shout. # There is much that can be said about the proper way to telephone, but these little rules will help. " ' ** V. IV hen you TiUpbon* ? SmiU * * * ** SOUTHERN bell telephone and telegraph company f A. HOUGH , MANAGUL ?u?tniucd out* of the most di*a*Uotis de I . ,.f the patriot C*U?e of the Rw luthu>. lUth August. 17^1 Though t? at es bad only :*.t>W men then' were 19 general^ (A Ml aim\ an uulu?-k> number. HOIO* ,.i ih.-iu had been letter carrying MU*kH*. Itarni I leKnlb. who gallantly (<>11 there mitt t-> whom n IMQQttHlt Hm be.n | erect, ed, wus entirely Joy ?|1 to our cause [ but ho whs a subtle"' of fortune and documents wWrh have since <??"?*' light show that he was sent to t hits country by Frederick the tH?at of l?ru?? sia tvvbo was I friendly ty !M?> *??* tegular iv|K>rtK to bun. '1 he t?eru*aw met bints of today are not . new. \ It is not geuer*ljy koown that llo nitioii Hates was ft near relative of Ho ratio KelwUt the- great Kugliah admiral. Hates wax a nephew of Sir Robert Wal pole, the groat prime inhibitor, ami l.ord Nelson was his great nephew. The lat ter wan legitimate. tSate* was not. .lust on the edge of the town to the April following was fought the of Hobkirk llill. where now stands the magnificent hote.ls for Northern visitors, j There denial Hreeue, one of the best soldiers in the army, experienced bis I usual luck, which, in his own language^ was: "W? tight. wt* Ml'? heaten, Wt> tight again." At that battle there was pres ent a barefooted red-beaded fveekled fined 1m\v of 14 by the name *?f Andrew Jiiekson. who lived to see? .'II years later the British army at Now Orleans 'melt into thin air beneath the .plunging lire of bis Kentucky and Tennessee rifle men.. Whirl, saved to us the magi.il'.rent country beyond the Mississippi!, and when president, the samev steel gray eyes and strong cblu baffled the money power of bis day ami opened the light for the people against monopolies which Is still in progress. doing south from Camden to Sumter we passed the fortitWation* which ^ British held so long before their ad vance.. The head stones of many who died are still stnnding and aunu\g others there is one of "Agnes of tilascow", who was the mistress of -lxird Cornwallis. | This s(>ems to .have been the fashion among the British officers of that day, for wben Forguson. the British command er. was slain at King's Monntain, he had with him two mistresses. Another one of the tribe was of great value to uui Revolutionary ???*"? u wo11 known that Lord Richard Howe, who commanded the British fleet, and Lord William Howe; who commanded the Brit ish army, were the illegitimate grand ! sons of George 1 ; therefore, cousins of (Icorge 11^, and ou "Washington's re treat from Long Island and across the Jerseys, when time and again the patriot arm 3^ was in his power, Lord Howe did not seize the opportunity to put an end to the war, and the records now extant, have 'satisfied historians that it was due to the fact tliat Lord Howe's mistress was in partnership with the army contractors and was unwilling for the war to end, which* would have de stroyed her "graft"? see Fisher's His tory of American Revolution. "Prolit eering" did not' originate in our day. In those days there was no woman suf fruge, or the lives or high officials might have been more decent. Indeed, there was little suffrage of any kind and the privileged classes did as they wished, without regariT to decency, morality or any sense of justice to others. , The country from Camden, to Sum ter for over 20 milys of the way, is almost one "continuous cotton field, 1 ho cotton is from six to seven feet high and looks like an ocean of green. In passing through eastern South < arolina, formerly dotted with great plantation mansions, there is how not one to be seen. There are still the houses of overseers and the cabins o? the negroes, but unlike North Carolina there are no large country residences, and 1 did not find one till in uppfr South Carolina when we reached the foot bills and near the North Carolina line. The great man sions have gone from the farms tA the towns. No adequate idea of any coun try can bo derived from passing through it on a railroad, neither can it be ade quately soon by traveling with horses. The trip is too tiresome. But, over good roads, in an automobile, everything can be seen and enjoyed. At Sumter one passing through on th?? railroad will see near the depot only the moan houses of laborers of the poorer class nnd a few hriek stores, but pass ing through the town, one will find it one of the most elegant and prosperous .suiull cities in the South. Tbe streets are wide, well paved, with rows of fine shade tree* on each side and handsome public buildings. For a town of it* sisse, probably none in the country can sur pass Hum tor for handsamc residences and commanding public buildings. From Humter to Kingstree via Man ning is a rather unprepossessing country. From Kinstree via Andrews to George town i* pretty mueh the same country that one finds between New Bern and Beaufort, mostly what we call "j>ocoson.M At Georgetown there is an ancient town of striking appearance of several thousand Inhabitants. ? The streets have double rowa of live oaks, many of tbem two feet in diameter and probably some of tbem over two centuries old. It has tbe XOid largest lumber plant la the Colon. It In Mid \o be the finest fishing retort on the Atlantic coast. President Cleveland, who wm an authority on that Isubjert, went there regularly for fishing I and for iluvh hunting. i I .caving tioyrgotowu, wo w*'i? t through J the Sea Island Wist rift to Charleston, | ?rny?JUg the North Santee gild (|)C Soi.ili Santee rivers, This is hii island sixty mile* Ioiik by ten or twelve broad. For-1 inerly it was I bo lig ation of magnificent \ farms, but it ha* suffered tho fate df Haiti. Tin* island,, I'xcojit for the Chae* leston end, is now mown up in plue thicket* with hero am) there a few patches uf cultivated l\nd ami uegro cabin*. At oue spot wo rat no upon a splendid brick church in good preserva liuil, with tho tombstones of tbo former planters. standing iu m thicket of plue* wltb no residence fur tuilos, Jiko tbo abandoned temples in tbo juuglc* of OyloM mournful inomeptoe* of a van ished civilisation. Charleston ha* very much Improved of Into your*. It Ilea at tbo junction of tin- Ashley ami Cooper rivers, on a tongue of luml which project" . out into tho bay. On tho loft |s Fort Moultrie, wbioh wan bombardod by Sir l'cter Parker's fleet in June, 1770, and every school boy will remember that wbon tbo Aim-rinin tltiK wah shot from its tafl Sergeant Jasper climbed tbo tlttg staff to replace it. Tbo officers on thy Brit* ixli licet ceased firing until tbo gallant boy had replaced tbo flag. This is dif ferent from warfare ax conducted by tbo (iorman* today. It wan also from M uiltrlo that Fdmund Ituffiu firod tbo Hist *bot against Fort Sumter out in tbo bay, which opened tbo Civil War. Fort Sumter, which was then battered down, has slnco been rebuilt by tin' govern ineut On "the Matter.* at. Charleston stand* the statue to Sergeant .laspor and among Tbo interesting building* of the ?4ty- in tbo Citadel, the West I'oint of South Carolina, in front of which stands the statue t?? Calhoun on a lofty column. Out t<> the right is the low lying James Island', from which jFederal batteries sent their "swamp angels" into Char leston. ? J .caving Charleston for Columbia the State road i? admirable for most of tbo way. At soijie points, the road passes for miles through swamps (for eastern Soutli Carolina is very swampy) and under an arcade, almoRt a tunnel, of shade. Not noting many of tho towns through which we passed : nt Orongoburg' we eamo niwu. one of the beat sections of tho Stato, a prosperous town, surround ed by a magnificent farming country with oceans of cotton and corn,* tbo cot ton. as in some other parts of the Stato, will average well over a bale to the.' aero and thp eorn ten to fifteen barrels. The county Is^good to St. Matthews and we passed Fort Mott where Mrs. Mott, it will be remembered gave the American officers the bow and arrows with which "f? Vet fire to her own stately mansion, then occupied by tho Itritisb. The road was good to Columbia and we easily made twenty-fire inllfr* per hour. The lands around Columbia are not so good, though the city has dc-i veloped rapidly in the last few years. It will be remembered that Sbennau burned the' city and charged it upon Wnde Hampton for the purpose, he rvuican.v* sard, "to destroy his influence with bis own people." It is said that when the ^Federal troops entered the city, they sung a song thus wordedi 4 "Hail Columbia, llappy Land, If I . didn't burn you I'll bo damned." Camp Jackson is six miles from Co lumbia and there, are still a good many North Carolinu troops there. From <To luinbia the road ascended on onr route to Newberry. The lauds and1 crops be came loss kouiI, but foi' all that the people seemed more prosperous for uu liko the part of the State further east, the whites are in the majority. From Newberry we passed through u very fine country * to Laurens mid from there to Willininston. thence to (ireenville. Near Williaruston are the IVIter Mills, wbich in probably the lar gest cotton mill plant in the South. At (?reeuville we visited ('amp Sevier, where our North Carolina State guard was so long encamped. At present the num ber of troops at that i?oint has been much diminished. From Clreenville we went to King's Mountain Station and thence out eight miles to the scene .of the famous battlefield of King's Moun tain. which history says was the turn ing point of the American Ilevolution. It was the high water mark of TIritish aggression and was one of the most remarkable battles in history. The met) who fought the battle on the American fide came from North Carolina and from the eastern part of Tennessee, which then belonged to our State, and :i few from Virginia and South Carolina. They assembled by their own voluntary action and organized at Morganton. Ma jor Ferguson, who had advanced to Brin dleton, hearing of their advance, fell back hastily to King's Mountain, a ridge about a mile long with n plateau on top for his army, and sides as ateep ns a roof. He proudly boasted that "dod Almighty could not drive him from it." The improvised Whig commands under their chosen leaders would charge up one aide and when the enemy would follow them down, those on the other nlde of the ridge wonld charge. After two hours of fierce fighting Ferguson fell and his entire command were killed, wounded or prisoners. The United States government ha* placed a marble # . % shaft more t ban oue hundred feet hi^li aud teu feet s.puue tu mark the spot, and lonel\ grave in it MH'lutlwl covered with rude stono. mark* the resting place of tW Itritlfch o?iutnuudet\ From King's Mountain Vre pa^ed to (iuKtonin it ml Charlotte; than which I lli'l I- Alt IIKUC (It iMI - or piogl0sJ hive communities to ho found in the SojMh, < Mi tlii* lour we passed* from I U%? North Carolina line through Marlboro .which i* - a i?l to be m c?>tt<>n ci ilildv in I he South, rt ml ollu'i' ngrictii tural regions in South Carolina. llu' crops thin year ajv ?|?l??u*IKl and the Statf in exceedingly prosperous. Wi> traveled probably SIX) mile* through South Carolina ill nii automobile auil H' increase* oiic'i admiration f ?r the Slate to "?<' it in 'll1 manner. Smith Carolina. before the war, had few industries ; today, while it liM not \uite so . >?" t mill* a* No: tb t'aroUua, it has larger ones and iiuho spindles in proportion to its popultt tioii than we. I J lie. North Carolina, South Carolina has made a . good beginning in creating a H)'Nt<*iii t?f good roads, but It ban com* uiltted the Mine fault Iq that as we. They have spent large lynoinrts of money to lay out good roadst but have not yet adopted a eontinuous sys tem of working the roads but only when tltey got in very bad order, In Eft rope t hey have a system by whtcli a nuinbcr of mill's N allotted to a man who goes over his bent every day front end to end ami keeps it iu good condition, for he is responsible ; in this way. the ronds there are kept iu good order, lie In always on the job. With us, wo wait until tho 4'iuuU get in bail condition and wear out the conveyance and tem pers of those passing over them, and t.hen put them iu order at heavy ex pense. In Kurope, also there is a row of t roe* on each Ride of, the road, 'the timber or the fruit from which contri bute* largely ' to the expos no of main taining the roads, besides, the trees. keep the roads dry in winter and *had.v in summer. If paper-shell pecans were thus planted aloug the roads in the "South the yield would reduce the expense of road keeping, besides benefiting and shading the roads. Though South Carolina has, for it* aixe. more rivers than any other State in the T'liion, we fowd them, na well as the creeks grossed everywhere by good bridges. Tho smaller bridges were of concrete with iron tube railing*, like the splendid bridge now over the Tar Hiver at Louisburg, N. C. The other bridges are -of iron, except the old-fash ioned covered wooden bridge which we saw over the liroad river above Colum bia. The bridge at Columbia itself in .a line iron structure^ On the other hand, we had to use the antiqunted mode of crossing a river by ferry nowhere except in crossing the Santee river, on the Sea Islaud route, in the abandoned, desolated country be tween Georgetown and Charleston. The Itoanokc in that part that lies in North Cai'olfna is the only river of jts aim in the Union that is still crossed only by the primitive mode of ferries. Kven that river in the Virginia part of it is crossed by bridges. A universal complaint of travelers in North Carolina by the -|Hiblic roadn is the absence of signs. In South Carolina ft is, almost invariably the caset that ten miles before reaching the town you find a large white sign board with black lettering reading "To- ? * Dank, in r uiilos." giving the name of the bank ami the town. The same sign jr then repeated tit overy mile. Evidently the banks are the must public-spirited or most prosperous people in that State, of- possibly - both, for one usually leads to the other. As in North Carolina, as soon as we would cross a county line we could tell instantly what kiml of commiksion ers the county bad by the character of the public roads. In both States, the great improvement in school buildings is proof conclusive that both States are on the upgrade. A great deal ^niglit be said about the heated contest now going on in South Carolina for senator, but tho result will I'f known uud t h< >>?> who Know politic* In that State are aware thai MH'll contest* HIV always UttODHO, ta say I ho lensd. ^ ? . . ? . ? , V A trip through t In* ptiii'lc Slate will increase admiration for i t k reyotinvH and for t he. k"'"I t|ualltios of the people hixl l ho K ????<? I piogio.sv; |||o> Jin- lllllkiuK No lH?Ople, got eyon tho Krt'iit'li, Hro more alwax* to Ktrghfcrr*. South Carolina fook tin1 initiative by 1 Ht'<^(|lU)i I >00. 20, 1S<k>. Sho *too?l hy hri faith to tin- la??l. Today xho ix a happy. pioHpo?oU*\ cnuteiltvd momh? r of tin* I'liiott, WAi/rKK ci.AitK. . I , .?? ? ? if.- . Kino Cow l)ea?l. Anna Johnson S jo (ford, the faiuou* llolsti'ln cow at tho asylum farm. tin* gregte?t ciiw In Sooth Carolina and hold* or of third honor* for tho world'* rec ord hi milk and hotter, dio<l Juno 22. 101 N. I lor ui ilk I iik record was 720 lb* por wook. hor huttor record .'17. 2N pound* por wook. Ann*'* fathor was calamity Clothlhlo Johanna. She wax right year* old whoa tho died, loaviuK two hook ami one in i 1 k i iik daughter. wllO are owned by the Asylum Dairy. Queen l.ndy !>ekel Is no*!*" loading lady <?f the farm, her record being ?"iS4 pounds milk per wook and J17.7K pounds butter per week. Columbia Record. C iii yext Thursday, Wept. 12th will bo seen at the Camden Opera House the marvelous photoplay "Cleopatra" featuring Tlieda ltara with thousands of men. women. horses, chariots soldiers uud > 1 1 i ( > - . Collins Brothers I 1H1 I Undertakers for Colored People T?1?pWm 41 714 W. Defalk St. A "Leaky Shoe - ? ^ ?n a ; "Leaky " Day What run be more aiuioyinn? And II '? dangerous, too. But, iht 8? easily remedied. Just wtep Into my shop and have them made water-tight, and go on your way rejoicing. G. C WHITAKER WS.&. Buy Them And Help Win The War FOR SALE EVERYWHERE GROCERIES Good and Better We have Good Groceries ? And (lien we have belter. The good groceries are intended for tliOKe who must make a dollar ntret4.l1 to the limit. -They are just as we deMTlhe them ? good. Our better groceries* are noticeable for being Jimt a little ahead of all otlierN ? they bear the plain brand of excellence. ' Whether you want good or better groceries we guarantee to please you. No Slicing Wctmh iht | Woolmn Sock 0 You Knit with Cramhna NO chipping nor shredding, no wast , ing of bar soap when you use GRANDMA. Now is the time to save soap^ GRANDMA docs that. GRANDMA is Powdtrmd Soap. Soap all ready for the tub. Measure It out by the spoonful. Glorious, bubbling, desnsing sods in a jiffy ? In any kind of water. Clothes white as snow and just as fragrant and sweet & as freshly out clover. GRANDMA'S Powdered Soap Your Grocer Has It! *.