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tamWDAT. JANUARY. 16,1803.
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^Tb« bet<«Ut*re reAn.inWeT^Son
'I'ueetlaT and lor forty d»l* l#8 T*ln of
nrorda aud flood uf eloqnehce will
Know. ,
Klny Alfonaoof tfpaln la aiW to bo
ilia moat atrenuoua and eneryetj^
monarch In Uuropo. But he cnnkl not
tfueoMd aa a nowapaftor man, for he la
aald to eat nine tlmo* a day.
There la no lien law In OeorjtU
Rennert needing help there get IS, by
mortgaging crop* and block. A
UeorgU mortgaga la »ald to bo more
Drastic than aSontli Carollnu Hen.
' Orangehurg farmer* arc planning to
plant cantaloiypea e*ten*lvely thl* je^r-
Thla la a free country and they have a
right U* plant aa many a* they wlrh, hut
the ont«;oine may be an over crop that
tvlll bring no profit to the fanner* who
malt the lope*.
Attorney Gonerul f.yon hoM* that
hnlerthe Ca-ey-Cothran law touriaf
hotel dWpenaariea are unlawful. Ho
the health and pieman re aoekera from
the Icy North will have to bring their
favorite liquor* with them. They find
thla month that mild quail tie* of north
ern weather are here to make them feel
at boma.
The preaent Congree* will bo aa
clone Hated aa the l*«t waa extravagant.
Olovernment revennea are falling-ntf
about a million dollara a month and
there w ill be a big deficit to face at the
■rnd of the llacal year, Juno 3<Kh. The
not pay
aoiaah.
buck now without
going
to
Without volunteeilng nny advice to
the aateemed Legialature we exprea*
the cmrtdent opinion that It will throw
no more good money after had in the
way of encouraging, hmulgcation from
Europe. Bvei'anob-optrn#r*t» as Kx
Governor Heyward and OoinrnlMloner
WaUon and our kindergarten pupil a
will quit feeling the delirium of
auch an exploded brain atorm
King Helomoii ia aaid to have rc-
marked once upon a time that there I*
nothing ne# under the eun. That
wlae roval hlghnem had never tacah d
-dtmwwapatwr fife.
f.aat week we had thla new experl-
♦m^e. Nfw Year 1000 a Jn.t married
(tmpl called and aubacrlbcd, paying
a y« ar in advance. Middle of January
1007 the husband poatal carded ua to
(tlacontlnaa tending him the paper
New Year week 1908 husband called to
pay. far tiirae January 1907 number*
fallowing lb* paid up tub orlption. re
rubacribcd. paying Inwitvance for 19CS.
notable Coming from
one of aojoug high atandlng in hi*
profession, well acquainted with the
tfrengths aud wcaknea&a of human i-o^red vi "C to a
nature, at Horn.! a* to liiatorlcal prece
ded!* and with hi* hand* on the pulae
of the time* It la a warning of a future
of trouble vtteh aa ^uf country haa
nevfr kno^rn , *
' Justice Ifartan aald In ■•.ib*tancc1
••There will be a war between the
white and yellow races that wiUabake
the earth. On the other sl ip of tbe
I’pclrtc there are 400.000,000 Chlneae-
physically and mentally a» strong
we fire. W-e .may some dav see a skilled
army in Japan of n 000.000 or lOOcOOOO
They will aay : You claim Europe as
your country. Thule ours. Get out.”
The scarcity of reliable and reason
able farm labor I* coiiApe&to no section
of the United tttate*. f» iiaine where
Irish potatoes are the chief money
crop thousand* of bushels have been
frozen because tbe farmers could not
get them dug and housed.
In this state where lb a per cent of
colored labor I* higher than In any
Tract of the Mouth llwue ate corn and
cotton tlehls still uugathered.
In Florida oranges hang on the tree*,
and so it i« every where.
The reason la very plalh ; Ho many
new manufactnrhiit enterprise* have
been, established, so many railroads
firuilt and operated that labor ha* left
the Adds and gone to work for the bet
ter wages offered. The one popular
idea has been the building up of cities
and town* and while they have grown
like inuahronuiM tlic agricultural In
terests have suffered and fanguinhed.
and now that the boom. I* ending* the
overbuilt and oviHilled cltiea and
towns must Buffer for an Inevitable
lack of fSbtde and patronage, j'liat is
government has a surplus of *i50.(HX).
000 In l».o national hauka. b»l they c«n ^ atate.nent of a coming
tfxpresaioji of a w ish.
For a time at least tint 'farm, will be
the place both for money making and
uTalcr living. Thohlgh pi'lces of all
things to eat will he maintained, for
people must have food, while they can,
get along w ith old clotltea and' the in
have been
all round
farm that will b^ the money maker
That has always been the ease aud
now it Is truer than ever {hat the farnr-
«r who makes borne supplies Aral will
have all other prosperity added to him
Tbe Union county board of election
canvasser* on Monday decided' thw
election- held on December 27th In
wblch the IMapensary won by 11 vote*
to have been Illegal , and the county
will stay dry v
In Johnston County. N. C., l»»t wewk
a strange negro fooled a. number of
* big show'”. The strange negro was
the only performer. I.ater In the night
a mob of negroea took the stranger
from hi* boaydtng plaiw Into the wood*
and left his body on the Mouthern
Railway tracks.
The New York hanks had on deponlt
on Haturday far the first time since the
beginning of the panic In Octolrer the
sm runta of money they arc required
hv law to keen constantly on hand.
I*ej>nle who have been hoarding nmn°y
up North have become tired of It*
bringing nr, interest and rbat account*
for the late fullue* of the bank*.
The American Battle Fleet of. 10
ships reached Klo de Janeiro, Brazil on
Mundav, making the trip of H 000 miles
Irom Port ol >paln without sertout ac
cldent. It will stay there some ten
dav*. The worst part of the long voy
age remain*, thy passage through the
Strait* of Magellan, which will be
made toward the end of next month.
According to ..the annual' trade re
view of K. G. l»on & Co. South Caro
lina stood the financial strosaea of last
year belter than Iny other Southern
State Her buslne** failures In IflOJ
were 7B xgalnst Id) In 1900, and the
reduction in INbilitlea was over forty
thousand Hollar* The Palmetto State
wu»« actually the only one in the South
shnwjng a better record for 1907
"’T'TSr'IOOO. Virgin:! came next.
than
convenience* to w hich they
accustomed. But it* the
NEWS NOTES.
We ask your attention, dear delin
quent aubacrlbers, from New York to
Texas, from WDconaln to Florida, to
the article headed Poatal Reform, a»
head of fifth column of our first page.
And we ask yon to tell us hqw you
fot It, and wbat you are going to do
about It.
Thla new regulation D to gn Into
effect In tbe r.ear future, and wo hope
to hear from you tbD month. We
leave tbe matter with you for Two
week*. Then wo will have something
to lay.
The census bureau report published
In first column nf first-page shows the
cotton crop of 1907 to be nearly two
million hales less than the yield of the
year before. lUOB, to the same date,
January l*t.
In face of this nndenlablc_rhortage It
„ . take* good cotton to bring II cents._
There may be one reason or several
for thla low price. ^
—•vttwworTJmay be overstocked with
Cotton goods.
The world may lack the means to
buy and pay for the cotton good* need*
*d.
Tbe world may anticipate an early
X*r between the United Stitt** and Ja
pan and be saving its money for harder
tlntc*.
Where there la-much arm-ke there
tnast he some fire. All the civilized
world seems to consider a future war
between tbe United Stale* aud Japan
•a'sure to come.
Beth these powers talk peace' »nd
loro, but keep on making preparations
for armed conflict. The ordering by
thla government of 50.000 ton* of coal
to Hawaii and lOO.Oot) to Manilla hooks
like the American Battle Fleet la to
•nter those far office*.
In ordering hofno their army and
navy officers ahd wlih a ready fleet
Japan seem* to be taking the Initiative
And may strike before warning, a* was
done at Port Arthur
Some of the sncalled *tate«tnen of
Europe an* of the Ransey Snl/He*
tVpe, encouraging unfriendly fe ling*
and acts and expecting to pick up
profits from bbth side*.
Ilf auch t Struggle come* It mar em •
broil a large part of Europe and lead
to tbe conflict foretold of old between
the white race* of Cfiristeudom and
the yellow and black peoples of Asia
and Africa.
Out in Kentucky th«y are marrying
by lung distance telethon**,—
At present the.ro ere IftO.OOO men out
nf employment In New Yoyk^citV
Four men and one women commit
ted eubjltfaTn-Mwachusoiu on Sun
day.
Or Hhradyof New York sat* tfost
sunshine Is the best remedy for the
grippe.
Mr. Felix Fox of Merrill’* Bridge
Aiken county, sold last yearfHIT worth
<>f poultry and cuttle
Home up country Confederate Veter-*
mis went the Legislature to increase
the appropriation* for pensions to $000
IHH).
v
Magistrate 7?. D. Easterling of Marl
boro county decides that share crop
pers cun not give good Hens for ad
vances.
a
EygH*h mill owner* threaten to shut
down unless their loO.OOO oneraiivet
greatly moderate their demand for
Higher pay. ,
The safe of Kennedy Bros , merch
ants at Shsinn, V.trg qftiinrf ’ ■,««
blown open on Friday night aud f'250
was stolen from it.
fhunuel U. Kestenden. the Conneticut
Yankee who started the expression
"God RaTe* a quitter’^ died of heart
trouble last week.
The Huguenot cotton mill of Green
ville went Into the hand* of a reeeiv(*r
last week. It was a -mall concern hav
ing a capital of IIOU.COO.
The Hottthcrti and Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad* have shout '2,500 empty
freight car* collected M wnd near
Charleston to haul out fertilizers.
Steamship men caluulate that the
immigrants who returned to Europe
from the United States last year cu
rled with them JHO-OOO.OOO in good
American money.
In Chicago on Friday thonsanda ol
unemploye<rmen marched in parade to
the Mayor’r-offtuerr asking aid end
work. Steps were taken to appropriate
$20,000 far immediate relief.
statement of
Ranks in
snh-
thelr
According to the last
the state bank exurnlrreiTtM
South Carolina have on deposit
joct to check $15,000,000 and in
savings departnient $I2;00!» 000.
Five supposed safe crackers were ar
rested last week In a .camp near Van
Wyck, Lancaster county. Burglars
toola, explosives and soap were found
in their grips. Four of them had flue
pistols.
Judge J.O Richardson of Alabama
holds that all state laws establishing
dispensaries are unconstitutional he
cause they create a monopoly, which is
obnoxious to slate &nd national organic
laws.
At Laurens Court John C. Jerry,
vonng German immigrant, was tried
for killing his brother, acquitted of
that charge aud found guiltv of car
rying a concealed weapon. Upon tak
Ing an oath lo courtjnever again to car
ry a plstoj he was fined a dollar.
K. W. Able of Saluda County has
Of lat« year* the Justices of the . Uni
red State* Supreme and «ubordlnate
» AMirte have been most conservative in
«t>Meh end conduct, giving nil their
<fare«Mr thought to legal question*
gM ieavlnf political ifiauea and poti-
fallon on a new plan for keeping labor
on hi* farms. In last week’s standard
he puhli-hed the njjiues of the hands
that have made contracts with him for
this rear, and warning all other per
sons against giving them employment.
The Aiken County Board of Control
expect* to realiza a net profit of 123,000
a tear from the newly established
North Augusta dispensary. It counts
mn 930000 revenue from other dispen-
sarlev, making k total of $35,000. Upon
this a reduction of two mill# in the tax
levy is recommended.
— "W'
Owing fa rumors that the Southern
Railway would he put In the. hand* of
recelvorii the stock of that company
sold In the New York Exchange on
Fridav at the lowest figure touched in
several years. — „
The (iflli-isls of the Smithern deny
’ any knowledge of such trouble. *
There Is some falling off in the num
ber of Immigrant* sailing Irom New
York to Europe but Jtlm tide continue*
fairly strong. Haturday week ago 4,
oOiHeft these shores. But very few
are coming thla way. 'I l,o ateanfcr
Ocean wj.lch usually bring* between
five and six hundred had only forty
three, while the^Blueher generally
carrvlog twelve hundred or tqprp land
ed only ninety nine.
There is *o little to do at Ellis Island,
where the immigrants land that *a lot
of the government employe* there will
he discharged. These employes have
often received live thou-and Immi
grants a day. Now they hamlie
lefts thau live-luunired. -
Spanish pride.was cruelly wounded
by the destruction of thi-lr navi- in the
battle* of SiTi tiago and Manilla and the
loss of colonial possessions so long
held but those apparent misfortunes
have turned out to be Hie best b
of centuries to Spain. For her young
men Instead of being sent away to
tight mi-cellaucous Cuhui ln*riigcnt*
and Filipino savage* have kept at
home and made their country so pros
porous that It lias-- money enough to
order built In Kugluhdji whole squad
ron of luitile ship* ■
The marriage of King Alfan«o to an
English wimian' / bf the reigning family
ha* given Spain the friendship as well
ns the'kinship of King Edward, the
ally of Japan, and possibly both pow
era wou'd be happy to soe a round be
tween the Sutcfc abd the* Yankees of
the E-ist."
Tbo immediate s/rain between Japan
and the United State* lie* In the In
c T ea*ing immigration of undesirable
Japanese laborers Into the Photflc
'States. The population of Japan is so
dense, being even more crowded than
^hat of Italy, and the birth rate so
'nuch larger than the death rale tint
the Increasing surplus population L
forced to go abroad to mew lands
That wm one of the cause* of the war
with Russia, and their soccesa in that
conflict ha* swelled the race jirtde of
the Japs and made them feel them
selves better than the white races. Ho
the desire and determination of the
American* to keep them from coming
In auch diores to this country la a
hitter pill that they don’t like to swal
low. ^
^ The-people of the Pacific SU’es are
n* sick ami tired of ^the Japs as some
miich a* we have.—Ed Pkoi-j.k )
A HAPPY NEW YEA R LETTER
Dear Sir: —
In Heaven there are no
grumbler*-that makes Heaven. Ir.
Hell, they are all grumblers that makes
Hell. Griiuib.lug l the characteristic
that belongs to universal humanity.
The llr»t man in the Garden of Eden
haik’every want fulfilled, had every
privilege accorded to him, but the eiit-
>ng ol the fi ult of one tree lie grum
bled because be-rttd not hare that, and
bia grumbling cost lym Paradise. ’
The first thing a baby doe* is to raise
z hoWl and make it kick. Wl are all
jorn klckeis: NotmUy likes hia busi
ness. no matter what that business Is.
To hear men talk, they are all losing
money The dry goods nfau says busi
ness H not what it used to be. he is
losing money every year; he wears line
clothes; his wile wears diamond*; they
own their own carriage, and have a
cottage by tbe ai-a-aide, still ho l*
losing money. It is the same with the
doctors, the lawyers, and men in every
profeadon. Then, the farmer, the man
you think would bo cotitem, la tbe
greaUst grumbler of them all. If tbe
reason la dry, “we will not make seed
this year,” if the hehYens pour abun
dance, and the bams burst, "We will
nut get anything for our stuff, there is
no use having it.” Nobody wants hi*
-on to follow tbe same linw'of business.
Tuero are grumblers in every vocation
and location. There are more grum
bler* In the home than any w here else
i'he man in business has to he $ gen
lieman: at home Le doesen’t have to
be anything in particular.
You say it is aTiard lot’to lie shut up
Witliiirbrick wall*, that it would bede-
lightful to gel_MiUi£isinu« and enjoy
fresh viands and pure air. You go.-
when you get there, ibe place is beaTl-
ly. the«poople are the most vulgar you
ever saw. Hie food U stale, the-little
room where they have pm you is an
old garret, and you just wi*h\v6u had
stayed at home, and so does eveef-oiie
i-He. ■
Everybody knows how a work ought
to be done, except the poor wretches
who are doing it. Is it not arrange,
that as you improve, everybody eli»e
And o vary thing, else seems to improyt-
at Ibe siine time?
Here are soiiiq . preficrlpllops for
chronic gnimbitTTjf^-l'ry to live right
l iie best way in the world to be sweet-
spiritud uml gentle is to live right.
When David was not living right.’he
wa* ready to kill the man who had
slain a linlc lamb; ho himself had
taken another man’s wife, and killed
the m in besides, that made envagfe.
lari Immigrants last year, and unless
the government of the Mikado keep*
hack the immigration' of Its subjects
Congress Is likely to shut the door
against all Japanese of low degre*.
Such exclusion would possibly inti sine
the Japanese to seise Hawaii and the
Philippines as homes for their emi
grating people. That of course would
mean war with the United Mtaefes.
And there need bo no aurprisv If. it
start* before Boh Krans and the Battle
Fleet get to Saq.Ecanclsco. •
THE JEW FOR PEACE . THE
GENTILE FOR WAR/ -
'
Answering the rodent remarks of
President Charles W.Eilot of Harvard
University, to a-gtmhajt-of Jewish
vomig hien at, the college, whom Ire
advised to join the militia In order to
regain the ancient martial spirit of
Israel. Itabbi Charles F’*ei..clier, du
ring a sermon at the new Teniple Israel
said in |>artL
was shocked, a few days ago, to
read President Eliot’s advice to the
Jew*. He said that the Jew- were Itt-r
ferior to other* In physical deveb'p-
meiit and In stature, and he^-suggested
that the yi>uiig -Uieai lotk^ihe mUitla
in,I chltivjtifcJ.be martial spirit of their
- ancestors.
"In so far ns President Eliot pleaded
for physical development and an opt-
of door* life, | cordially syinpsthlztv”
wltXJdi Idea. Hut when President''
Eliormtrk* hack to the glor| u* time*
whou lh\ lew* had a martial spirit,
the loss ol which he deplores, then, aa
a Jew. ns kt: American, as a man, I
protest adaiijst. hi* utterance.
•'FurtliPrizore, I appeal from Presi
dent EliqL/ momeu'arily intoxicated
wicli (he strong drink of the modern
military midne*s, to President Eliot
the sober judge of eternal values, an<l
the loader among (he lovers of man
kind.
• The Harvard sago err* In asserting
that there i* no reason why tho Jews
should not make good lighter*.
"There happen* to he the best of
reasons. The Jew has got out of the
habit of lighting, lie baa lost tbe
piimltive man’s desire to kill, • because
he ha* so long been civilized. You
can’t brutalize him again.
"Tbe crying shame of Christendom
U In the coptm iiHitce of the w*r spirit
and In increasing armament.' eyen
while professing loudly P* allegiance
to a Prince of Peace, and Its loyalty to
a God of lore,
"1 am hippy to feel that. In the
main. President Eliot’s appeal to the
Jbw* must be In rain, because, by long
tradition on lininstlng In now native
instinct, your average Jew believes
that ’Israel’s mission U peace’”
IT DO Ed THE BUSINESS'
Mr.'R. K. Chamberlain, of Clinton,
Blaine. ** y* of Bnt'kleu'a Arnica Halve,
"it doe* tbe business; I have used It
for piles and It cored them. Used It
far chapped hand* and It cured -'them.
Applied It to an old sore and ft 1 healed
It without lejrvlag a scar behind.” 25o.
at C. N. Burekbeller’* drug stere.
(The following letter received 'by tt
leading business I rouse from a New
York correspondent I* so true and
timely that we publish It with pleasure
and hr|>e our reader* will enjoy it
A CURE FOR MISERY.
"I have found a cor^tor'the misery
malaria poison produce*/' sayt R. M
Janie*, of Louvllen. S. U. t’lt’s called
Electric Bitters, and ccmes in 50 cent
ImtdJft*- Ilhreakirnpn case of chIHfi
or a bilious sttai-k in almost no time;
and it put* Vellow jaundice clean out
of cominDsion.” Tbl* great tohlc
medicine ajid blood purlllcr gives
qtilck relief in all stomach, liver and
kidnev eomplainta and the misery of
lamo back. Sold under guarantee at
C. N, Burckhalter’a drug stora.
* ^
EASY BOOKKEEPijfG.
... A Chicago woman bad served IIC-
eeptably as treasurer of the chib for a
little over a venr, mid that was an ex
erptlonal record
“Don’t you have difficulty In bal
ancing your hooks”? they added.
r ‘‘Oh, dear no’' 1 ! she replied "Why.
it’*, the easiest thing In tbe world. 1
just add up wbat I have received and
subtract from that what, f have paid
out, to vhow what I* due tho club, and
then I make my husband giye me a
check for the amount. There’s really
nothing hard about keeping books
when you know how.”
Rank foolishness.
"When attacked by a cough or a
cold, or when your throat D sore, it Is
tank foolishness to take any other
medicine than Dr. King’s New DU
rnvrrv,” shy* C. t). Eldridge, of Em
pire, G*. "I have n*ed New Discovery
seven year* amt 1 know It Is the be«t
remedy on earth far coughs, croup and
all throat and lung troubles. My
s'blldren are subjeefto croup, but New
Discovery quicklv cures every attack.”
Known the world over a* the King of
throat and lung remedies. Sold under
giinnntf.ee at C N Borckhalter’s drug
store. 50c, and 1 00. Trial bottle free
Livt right, haye the charity, (but euf
feretb long and U kind. Have the
home »* beautiful as you can make it.
If you are n husband, praise your wife,
praise her looks even if she 1* rather
homely. Praise her cooking though it
cholrea you. Glve her the same lover-
like attention that you g^ve her when
you weryy Itandlng Tier in and out,
ecndtng bouquets and bonbons,, and
writing her reams of poetry on gilt-
edged paper. If you are a wife, praise
.your husband i-telHttm he ia~tfag~dwo-t
huabatid'you ever bad, no matter bow
many you liayo bad. Be careful of
what you cat. Beware of the inipce
Pie w ith a crisp crust on top, a sodden
one nniJtrncalh. and untold horrors
between. Take plenty of sleep. The
world is going crazv for lack ol sleep.
It wauts fresh, wide-awake people.
Got into the habit of being thankful
far what you have. When yon
miserable because jbn have not some
thing that other pcple have, rhiuk of
Jhe thing therhavo-xoti would NOT
like to have. Be like tho old woman
who had only two teeth, but said she
was thankful that they were opposite
to each other. I never pas* a cripple
or blind man that my heart is rioTlifted
in thaiikmlnes* that I Juave sound
limb*,.and eye* that ran see. Get into
the habit ol looking for sweetness aud
light. People usually find just what
South f’aroUnUn* were crazy inr-DjO- -Umg look far:—The Bee and ilia Buz
zard hover together in the air; one
gm-s straight to * rose gardeR in the dis
tance; the otber-t’o a dead rat a mile
away. Look for sweetness ank light,
and you will find it everywhere.- "Go
around expecting to get your feelings
hurt, and you will always get. them
hurt. Get to w-ork; get a move on
von. The. people who are bright,
cheerful and happy, are always tlutfc
who are doing something-wrrth all their
might
Forget yourrelf. Try to make the
world brighter and hotter, give refresh
ing cops und bouquet* to the dusty
pilgrim* along life's highway.
Wishing you and your* a Happy
New Year full of good cbm r,
LUCKY MARRIAGE DAY.
To det-rmrne ft luckr marriago flqr
the number of days from the full of
the moon to the end of the -mwith ia
dedxnned from the number of days in
the month, Ibe remainder thus ob
tained is then multiplied by the age of
the one betrothed.
In making the reckoning the count
Thg Is donettrthis way: Suppose the
young woman Is 23 If seven month*
have passed since her birthdav, *h«
should he counted as 21. hut tf it I*
less than six months since her last
birthdav at the time of ihe reckoning,
the count I* that she Is 28.
To illustrate: Munpose that a vonng
woman of 20 wishes to determine which
day in January of this year would be
lucky for her marriage, and that two
month* have passed since her last
birthdav. Deducting tbe number of
day* from the full of the mom.. Janu
ary 18th to the end of the month from
the nmnfi.er of days in the mouth and
multiplring the remainder thus ob
tained hr twenty, the result i* 350.
I bis indicates that either the third or
the <.th will be the fortunate days foi
her marriage.
To prove this a* one would a maftn-
matioal problem multiply the number
of day* preceding the full moon, which
I* seventeen by twenty, thfe girl’s age.
This give* 34() dav*. Indicating -that
the third and fourth are evil day s for
the event. A« the .bird was both luckv
and unlucky the sixth Is the fortunate
day for the marriage.
THE SITUATION*.*
From the New York Sun.
The ancient BINs Democracy
Is not a sight to dazzle.
The worries of the recent yeirs
Have worn her to a frazzle.
A glance upon her |molded face
Her frultlesa quest disc hi ie*.
To lead her from the wilderness
Sha’s looking far a Moses. ,
There I* anotheriirnul.led dame.
Behold the Grand Old Part? !
She waddles when «he wiyli's Abroad,
Too heavy to be hearty..
•
Her wrinkled brow to all proclaims
Her bed lx pot of rosea;
She’* looking for a wild“rne»*
Bn which to love her Muse*.
REGISTRATION. NOTICE.
The RegistratJojiBooks will be nnen
in tho (’ourt House, mi'fl.u (Tlsl M
day (sale dApIdffio'tfch month for the
transaction <vf such business as is r»
quireJ by law. *
W..J. Baxley, Chairman.
G. R Dunbar. Secre.fsry,
Xom-E 'I’D DUBTOR1L A^N D
CREDITORS.
All persons fndeb'ed to the estate of
thi! laf?"Mfs. JatfF’Td<*ody, deceased.
will please make prompt- payment and
Huy, person* having claims against said
estate arc requested to present them
properly attested to the nnder-dgned v
- W. M Harden,
. ■ . N Adn;inistrator.-
Jftnunry'2d 1908.
NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE.
Xnth-e islierebv given ,‘liAt on Mon
day February 10?h 1903. the under
signed will file wirli lion. John K.
Snelilrig.^Judge of Probate for Barn
well county her final account a* Ad<-
mlnisiratrix o' estate of J A Davison,
deceased .and apply-for Letters Dis-
mtescry;
The Flag
and the race bkoiws ’
AT HILL TOP STABLES,
~ BAMWELL, S. C.
A CAR LOAD OF
“CREAM OF KENTUCKY"
Horses, Saddlers and IIiutu'ss, ami Drootl Mares, Per-
soimllv selected by the Veteran Capt Dunn.
JUST RECEIVED.
All Blue Grass Beauties And as Good as Pretty.
Pride of the Pj ailie Horses and Mules for all . purposes
always on Hand.—-—— '
The Best that good JudgmeTit Rnd Expeiience cair
select. *
Wagons and Buggies in great variety of the very choice^
materials and built, by master workmen. For comfort and
durability, good looks and lightness tbe^ arc unmatched
in the State. - -
Harness—Hono^t Leather Goods, suflieient for an army,
any single piece sold as readily as a full J^et.
Whips, Lap Robes, Umbrellas, Bridles, Saddles and all
Horse Goods ever wanted. — -
PRICES RIGHT, AS ALWAYS,
ohahIbIE browh.
the
•A
T/ic Oldest and Strongest
Bank in Barnwell County
spository of The State of South Carolina, The County of Earn well,
ami Tlie Ty wn of Earn w ell
■—
Capital, • - - - » ■
Surplus and Undivided Profits, -
J ■ '
$50,000.03
$45,000.00
Mattie F. Dsvlton.
— A<‘.n:lnistiati ix.
January 4th 1908
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED
ITORS.
All person* Indebted In the estate of
the bite W. F Greene, deceased, will
please make pmmpt payment aud-any-
arsons having claim* against said
estate *re requested to present them
gned.
reene,'
F. II. Dick*.
Administrators.
December I’Oth 19(;7.
pro|»eriy attested to the und^raij
T •*, A.F. Gree
AUDITOR’S APPOINTMEXTR—
The Amlitnr will be at the. Jollowing
place* pn dat.« s ramed for the purpose
■> (
January
Fairfax
*«
If.
A llendale
1« .=1=
17
Kiino
. !<
-2ft
t*vcnmAre
^ |v -
21
Ulmers
*i -
22
RiackviMe
‘ 23
Whaley
21
F.'ko -
• t
27
Wtlllsfon
it
28
Merest in
• t
‘29
Snelllng
• 1
30
Joliuson Laln’s
r 31
Hilda
Febrnarv
4
The Auditor’s
office will be
ooen
from January 1st to February '20th. I
earnestly request every brtVlv to make
their rMuriis ss tbe law direct* that 50
per cent penalty *liall be added-after
Febrtntrv20ib.
:—J. C. Keel.
Auditor.
'■ Barnwell Co.
TREASURERS NOTICE.
—The Treasurer’* office will be open
for the collection of taxes levied, flit
the fiscal year commencing January
1st. 1907 from the 15lh dav of October
1907 to the 15th day of March 1908
elusive.
From the 1st to the 81st d.ay of Janu
ary 1908 inclusive a penalty of one per
cent will he added.
From the M iothe*28th day of Febf
ruary inclusive a innaltv of two per
cent wilt be added to all taxes paid in
February. " ' - .
From tho 1st to the 15th dav of
March 1908, a penalty of aeven per
c tit will be added to all unpaid taxes.
LEVY.
For State purposes 4} mill*
" Ordinary county 3J ••
" Constitutional school 3 “
Total levy . 11 .
There will be an extra levy of (2)
two mills in Dlackville .Township for
Road tax. .*
Commutation Road tax-will he $2 00
and will be received from the Iftth dav
of October 1907 to the 1st day of March
19>>8 inclusive.-
SPECIAL LOCAL/SCHOOL LEVY
Cedar Grove (1) mill. ^
Allendale. Burbayv Branch. Mt. Cal
vary. Doublq^Tond. Klkh, /Edlsto.
Fairfax, Frifend hip. Healing Spring*.
Kllre. Morris, New Forest, Oak Grove,
Old Columbia. Reedy Branch Seigllng
ville. Seven Pines and Tinkers Creek
(2) mill* each.
WJlliston 2} mill!,
Barton,'Blackville. Big Fork, Cave,
Hickory HIM, Owen* Cross Roads,
Sycamore. No‘51, Ulmers and upper
Rich Land 9 i»|ll».
Hercules aud Loea 4 mills, Barnwell
4} mills.
United-state* eurmthr Gold and Mil
ver coin ronntrXnd school clslota prop
erly approved will he received for
taxes. *
Checks, drafts 6c wlM not be received
except at Ihe risk «*f taxpayer
J. B. Armstrong,”
. . ‘ Crtnotv Treasurer,
lardwell, SzC, Fept. Jfi.b 1907.
To save money 1* not hard when onco d bark account Is stutciLLjr-
riioncy in a bank cannot burn it hob* Ibe po.'ket.
A batik account means paying bill* by i heck—the only absolutely
safe way. Check* leave n<» room for argument as to when or how a
bill wa* paid. Ea« b chei-k is recorded jn >bc hftivk’s hook*. These'
togehcr with yonr muuey and ihe cancelKhLcIudJ^ are kept for you
in bmglar and fire pruorTauTuT Ttut lint o ayi es. to them at any
time.
Let us talk ihis Qi-or wlth- you the irext- tiiiie. 3 on arrTrrtoWtf;
possible to call. Write u*.
lABBAGE PLANTS.
1 am again lesdy
to.fill jour ord*
yyyyyyrr^yyyyyyyyyyyjfyyyy era for .cabbage
and beet plant*. Mvp'aiii*ate all grown from the
same grade of seed l ser mv crop from. We have all
of the leading varieties—Early Jersey Wakrtteld, very
early, f harlfeafan Wakefiehl, about ten da>* later. In
fiat varieties 1 have >ti.. t s-i.m;—a-toedlum early and
snort Srera FTist tJotcTi. Idle. 1’rlire* up to 5000 $1 50 per
thousand, write me lor special pilcc* on larger' lots
'i'hase plant* are yll grown li! theop^air near salt water
vcie cold Without injury.
W. F.CARB.
Meggeits, S. C.
PENSION NOTICE.
I wgl be in the - Auditor’s Office
every Saturdav in January 1908 from
10 a m to I p m to fill out Pension Ap
plications ftr all who desire to draw
Pensions.
——r D. C. BnackbaUer
. Pension Commissioner,
Barn well tjounty.
SPECIAL TEACHERS’
EXAMINATION.
By order,©! tlieEtatb Bodrd of KJu-
cation. a Special Teacher* Fxarniiia-
tion wifi be held at Barnwell oii Friday.
January 17tb UK'S. > * •
Teachera are required by the Board
to t . n fm 111 MTictiy to tbe law in regard
to certificates.
Br-MrDaTffiigfon7
C. S. E.
r
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons are forbidden to enter
upon Sherwood Plantation,? Barnwell
Township, for the purpose of hunting
or trapping, taking away wood, straw
or leaves, pasturing stock,
(isths or roads, or committing an
r.thur ,,.,1},.,, 1^..,,)^ „( ()r , M .
eculion to the lull ixti 1 t i f the )».w.
Butler Haguod .
inL l Decemlier lith 1907.
SPEAKING FACES.
MONEY TO 1,0AN.
Apply
to G. M. Greene.
Barnwell. S. O.
NOTICE.
By order of the County Board of
Education for Barnwell County an
election will, i e held at the Pleasant
Hill School House on Saturday, Jan
uary 2.'5th 11KI8, for the pur|io*e of dc-
clding w hether or not an extra levy of
two mPla shall be voted for school pur
poses. - •
F. D. Unwell.
(J C Campbell,
1. H. Delk,
, T’rnstees.
* — School District No 9
MONEY TO LEND.
We are prepared to negotiate loan* on
Wljh un-'xcel on equipment, thorough no
dirstanding of essentials and execution, suc
cessful practical experience and Hive far and
not kip's" prMo'ht art we feel 'jastined In promiglag
fullest sat Wacrion to aH patrons appreciating
Llie BE8 F in Ptotogrephy.
QutL’ortrait Work is of the highest excel-
eneu, true to nature and unexcelled iu per
fret picturing.
We maxe Kodak Pietnres, Post Cards, En-
arge Pictures and In every Inch of the entfro
lie d c f Photography are unuupasted by any
t. ity i-tudio. ,
To Our beautiful line of the most select
Pictures for wall decoration we ask the
special and critical attentfon of the pnblic.
I lacing and pledging our la-st services to
our friends we ask with entire confidence tho
opportunity to make good cur every promise
MILS. KELLY’S STUDIO.
w Tia'.taiiie .S. C.
payments. Interest 8 per cent on loans
Don’t write, come and see us.
J. O. Patterson 4 Sou,
as—a
Real Estate tor Salt
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE WHAT
YOU HAVE FOR SALE.
improved farms for five yimrs. parlfal ern^oafan'df ’tdwj-Eoidi *" N ° rth *
mess.
STORE YOUR COTTON
W1 lijstosl. Cotton Wauk-
HOUSK IS Now READY TO STORK
COTTON.-
Ciiaroxs 26 cents rrs rai.x
per month, including i.nsu-
RaNCK —‘ —
Bank of WillietciT will
make lirkhai. advances on
COTTON STORED IN THIS W ARE
HOUSE.
. A. KENNEDY, Peesiwest.
. Q
lot
ures 400 ft. front by 200 ft.
Streets on three side*. Lot* level deep
.smooth. Prkcs reasonable to quick
buyers.” - - - —-
LAND FOB 8AI.E-A tract of 285
acr. *, being a part ot Df* II. F. Peeples
plantation on Kdisro River. Thcrr ar*
three tenant settlements on the plac*.
Part U well timbered, the remainder
In grful st.ifc of cultivation, price
reasonable. For further Inlormatio
apply to-
- One hou«e an3 large lot. lot large
enough for two or three good dwellings
on K. R. Ave leading towards Barn.
! w*H, Town of Black ville.
L The Improve ment* consist of good
l fo^ir roow-dweding, dining roo|B
oook rOtNn. well good wa^r. barn,
stables nrxMMifiCYxhad. ThU bit I* well
improved anjJ among good neighbors,
and price reasoitihl* to quick buyer.
n. F. Bviiev,
Awy at i*«.
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