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Kobody'g Business ||p ? | i inuss ior *** OBvohUU by Gee goOss, Oawrrifbt. 1MB. j A Utter Frees MUn 1 fct rock, >. C. may 08, 1900. ^R w' editor{? iljk?ve be<*n ^l*ked roy nunny to rite up my rsiifknu ex^Rot*, *nd i will do so as followte^H SB**1tx,nverted enduring the earth \Mw in 18 end 86 and it lasted ? ;?>)> december the 24 rwh?n some iR ma^ like wha^ they wanted me f^E(ipk was cider "when it was corn IrW ?nd i woke up the flowing friday in grampaw* pasi was back in sin again and IfB'ybody knowed It. R w?nt to beg the people to be 9e of bad company, for you will |i| ?s sure as gun's iron if you jK) it. well, the next time i / got was when i was took down iRi the typhoid tfever and was gWe |Bfor dead twist*', and it was be:flt these times that i made up ; vMmiml that that was a good time ^ make a change and ,i repented R got well. .Rerything went along all rite and Rpt uj> with all the prayer meetK and give testimonies nearly By time i went, but i sold a elder ^Kny church some beef on creddiek ii*the next gadday, this was in June, ill he never sfed nothing about pay-( il l me for same, so in november, I |:Rped on him about it and he struck H and i cussed him out ami that \H uie back with the evil crowd and Rayed there till i laid out 1 night H ketched new-many. Ho roe and the newmony had it 'R a long time and side plurisy set ^Hin my liver and i was again give for the graveyard, but my former Rttire come to our house 1 day R et dinner with us and when i Rrd him asking the blessing, i ^ njjed my life again, i had been Rtized 3 times up to that time wttb gpi iiikicu uiice, i?ut tiiis time, Hianaged to get my church letter H of st. pall and put it in rehober :v a guy could backslide and get Rr it. | I have tried to live a clean life H and on ever since, and while i ?? i ?wegMji^FmllK i fwl1 ?ro>m gruco ? f#w times, i hevtj stuck pretty blo?e to the narrow peth and hope to hold out faithful to the end. it has boon hard to keep myself unspotted from the world as i sell beef ansoforth to different kind* of people who don't try to follow the golden rule, but i elwaye manage to ketoh myself just befoar cussing, and the doctor told me that whiskey would' bust ray gall bladder, so i am still a consistent church member and will begin giving soihething to the preacher as soon as | can collect, if you want to print this, please rite or foam me for permission and i will give it to you. it might help some other wayward sun. yores trulie, mike,Clark, rfd. V ? i , .... A business house without a telephone may be,, likened unto a deaf man at a public speaking and a firm with things to sell that does not advertise is like unto a blind 'man at a banquet. ,|, ..If the farm relief measure had provided 6 hundred million dollars to be spent In paying off mortgage debts now existing upon the farms of worthy farmers, then we would have had some real honest-to-goodness farm relief. .... Prosperity is not "just 'around the corner," as tWe republicans would have you imagine. It won't even be in your neighborhood until raw materials, such as cotton, corn, wheat and milk fetch the producers a profit over cost of producing them. ... .A man up in Wisconsin has tried 5 times to kill himself without favorable result. We respectfully invite him to tickle a mule on the tail, or trump his wife's trick in a game of bridge: ....A true fish tale: John Brown went a-fishing. John Brown fished all day. The water was fine. The weather was favorable. The wind was from the west. Jbhn Brown diddent get a bite, <not even a nibble. John Brown returned home and told his/ wife that he diddent get a bite, not even a nibble, and explained that he bought the 6 fine trout (he (fetched home) from a little boy, who was also fishing. ... .Some citizens of our .community have banded themselves together and j are answering to the name of?"The Taxpayers League." Once upon a time, long, long ago, 2 gnats and 3 ants and 4 bed bugs formed a league to rid the jungles of elephants, but the elephants diddent know that they were being molested. The only time a politician pays any attention to a taxpayer is When he's running for office. , 4 . "-V. , -Cotton Letter New York, May 26.?-Spots declined 24 points today in sympathy with rails, and rails were forced down to a new low on account of copper, and copper also broke 8 points when it rained in Texas. iBoll weevil emergence seems to be satisfactory to the government, and private estimates 'will be in oorder as soon as the farmers finish chopping. We advise a long hold and a short dress, and I possfbly a 1-piece unshrunk bathing | suit ansofarth. Lured Bey To Death In Great Swamp -Monde* Corner, May 96.?The body of Solomon Byrd, 20-year-old Berkeley county youth Who had been missing since May 2, has been found on Horse bland, deep in Hell Hole swamp, and his step-ftaher, Lewis Cowaft, alias Charlee Wilson, is charged with his murder. tCowart, according to Sheriff C. F. Ballentine, has confessed that he shot the youth after a quarrel 'which involved the young man's step-mother. Byrd's body was located on the island by u friend, young Drake Jackeon, who had been aiding in thd search eince Byrd was firet reported missing. Identification was made by the youth's clothing. Dea^h had been caused by a charge of shot which had entered the baick of the skull, tear-' ing a hole about the size of a dollar. When the step-father was placed | S the Berkeley county jail here yesrday, according to (Sheriff Balientine, he confessed the slaying, saying that he hud lured the youth to the secluded spot on an invitation to go. squirrel hunting. The officer quotes Cowart as saying that he gained Solo- J mon's confidence by allowing him to ( carry the gun and the shells. Later he is said to have taken the weapon from the youth on the pretext of | shooting a squirrel, that he becked j off, pretending to seek a better aim into the tree and then fired the load into his son's head. I Murderer Begins Life Service Sumter, May 2#.?Frank K. Jennings, Sumter county former, convicted by a jury in circuit court here last Jurw of conspiring with Caesar D. Cockerel! "to kill E*ra Hodge, middleaged former, and sentenced to life imprisonment, was removed from the Sumter (county jail this afternoon and carried to begin serving his sentence in the state penitentiary. Jennings' appeal for a new trial was denied recently by the state supreme court. Papers ordering his imprisonment were received from the supreme court this morning by Solicitor F. A, McLeod. Cockerell, who testified in Jennings' trial that he 'was hired by the latter *to kill Hodge, who -was said to have informed officers of the location of a whisky still operated by Jennings and Cockerell, is still in the county jail! He will be placed on trial at the next term of general sessions court. .. Hodge was shot down in front of his home at night by Cockerell, who confessed the killing and implicated Jennings a few days after the murder was committed. WintKrop College SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATION The examination for the award of vacant Scholarships in Winthrop College and for admission of new students will be held at every County Courthouse in the State on' Wednesday, June 24t)h and Thursday, June 26th, at 9 A .M. This examination will be held whether there are vacant (Scholarships or not, as vacancies may occur after the examination, Applicants must not be less thap sixteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after June i25th, ! they will be awarded to those making the highest average at thii. exami^aj tion, providing they meet the conditions governing the award. All who wish (Scholarships should attend the ^examination whether there are vacancies reported or not. Applicants for Scholarships should write to President Kinard before the examination for Scholarship blanks. 'Scholarships are worth .$100 and free tuition. Por further information and catalogue, also for information concerning Summer School, address president. J. P. Kinard, Rock Hill, South Carolina. ' ?'1 - - Ten-Cent Store Sued By Girls r iSuit was entered Saturday in the court of common plea* for Richland county by guardians for Margaret Hay Boykin and Ann Johnson Clarkson, both minors nbeve the age of 14 years, for damage* of $10,000 each against the MoCrory Stores Corpor-) ation and Evelyn- Brannon, as the result of alleged charges made against the two girls that they had taken rings from ? counter of the five-and-ten-cent store, The complaints In both actions were filed Saturday morning with Clerk of Court Clarence E. Hinnant, by James H. Fowles and F. Khrlich Thomson, attorneys for the plaintiffs. The complaints declare that the girls entered the store for the pur.pose of making purchases on Saturday, March 28, and that they stopped at a counter to examine rings displayed there. When they moved to another counter the defendant, Evelyn Brannon, employed at the store as a floor walker, declared they had Liken a ring, the complaint alleges. Although thgy -'denied the charge, Evelyn Brannon /declared that the cleric at the counter made the statement that they had taken the rings and insisted on searching them, the complaints set fopth. The girls were searched but no were^ound on their persons, although the" defendant, Brannon, "meant to charge and ! did charge and was understood by the hearers and observes to change plaintiff . . . with violation of the criminal laws of South Carolina, the girls allege. Henry Deas Boykin is named as the guardian ad litem of Mary Hay Boykin and Alex G. Clarkson as the guardian ad litem of Ann Johnson Clarkson.?^Saturday's Columbia Record. National Guardsmen fired/on a ltiob that attacked the jail at Elberton, Ga., Monday night in an effort to get hold of negroes arrested on suspicion of having attacked a "white woman. -Six negroes were spirited away /from Elberton to Atlanta by the sheriff after disguising them as soldiers. Two members of the mob were wounded by the firing of the guard. Wednesday was the fourth anniversary of fche start of the Lindbergh flight across the ^.tlantic to Paris. Man Thin As RailIron Adds 10 Pounds "I wot tirod, run-down and thin as a rail. Since taking Vinol, I sleep well, feel 'better and have gained 10 pounds/'?R. A. Oromberg. This, run-down, nenvous men or women need the help of iron, lime and cod liver peptone as contained In Vinol. liven the first bottle bring# new pep, a good appetite and sound sleep. Aids digestion and mHkes red blood. Tastes delicious. <Jet a bottle of Vinol" today. The results will amaie. you! W. Robin Zemp, Druggist. i >n i I, i. HOST. W. MITCH AM Architect Crocker Building, Camden, S. C. EYES EXAMINED and Glutei Fitted THE HOOFER COMPANY Jewelers and Optometrists R. E. Chewning & Son General Contractor* and Builder* Phone 386 Camden, S. C. Estimates Furnished on All Classes of Work <U Floors Sanded on Request * DeKALB COUNCIL No 88 Junior Order tJ. A, ML \mT Regular council second and /^r\ fourth Monday* of each month at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed. A. W. HUmFI TRIES, L. H. JONES, Councillor. Recording Secty. I I II II11 ' I. ... U - - J. ? .1 Store Closed to Mark Down ?F.fird's store will close at 1 o'clock Thurs. day to mark down and re-arrange merchandise for this, the greatest' sales event of the year. Sale Opens 8:30 o'Clock .. TV-* J If JLJL niuajf iTiuiitnig, iTiay zyrn i ????? ? ? v;.;B.'*- .- ?> - ^B^fl ^B ^B .^^h . > ^B ^B^B ^B ^B ^B - mI:, - H H H H COLUMBIA, S. C. * *r' . ? * EFIRD'S * The Leaders in Low Prices?Come to Opening ? - "i Friday Morning, May 29th 4 The Greatest Bargain Event of the Year _ . Sale Will Continue Entire Month of June || . - - ANNUAL JUNE, SALE -VI' M * ' * r * * *?.'' ' / ' v s , V .>!< . / I *> See our 4 page June Sale Price List. For the greatest bargains ever offered?Come: you will be glad you come and tell your friends. . 1 COMMENCES * ;fr 7 ' * . ? /'. I % ' STORE OPENS 8:30 ?? i i i ???? ii i Friday Morning, May 29th I ' ' T^rV"- : 4 : * "* 0^ ~ ^ ? r ' ?rerc??*WX ' ** ' v? - * :. 4 " V V \ "11. ... ** ? I , I III) I ... Efird's prices will tell the story. YouW?find prices ii i this sale unheard of for 20 to 30 years | back,in many cases, lowest inlmercantile history. This will be a Great Bargain Carnivab v ; % - ' "Don't _ _ *1 * ?.f -r rf- . Miss . . " "T It" }V- *! , ^~ X- . v.-j; ?#te ** .t . > ' -. ? - ' . - & > * * > . i 5 ''; . ,' I Merchandise bought one week ago at the markefs lowest forced ebb in great quantities?to go on sale for the first time Friday Morning. Prices on Regular Merchandise He-arranged. '