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—u lilJ tat* $*mamu* r n^P».fc. ««■■»■ Tlje Barnwell People. Tnuksb AY Jlit.Y, ». 1WS. »ATtS 8UBHCIMPYI0&. In A4v««ce. per Annum On T1w« . $l-60 ■ .$'2 TJO THeelMtn utn* U nt At>hVfty OM It HI Uiti* wiek. R, 0» KwHert*. Morrio, Olerk» 8„|,t < HARMONY fXJtXJrNQ. 1^. A. F.jM. A r.-«tiiJAf>L>om»unic«!tlon r.f II* rinonv K, A, r. M, will be hrl<I In VwnnicTciwpte or. Tlwtrsday July WuiA Anne in K. a. Up* ip*-. Vl*lUwg «rc toMialh i«vk^ to attend. * - ~ BntV*- Haicood, XV'. M. II. P. Anderfotu 8<r. m JULY 6th, 1«W. The dedication o« Snndnv la«t of the new FI rat Bnptlat Clmreh of wmiaton, pronounced hy flslmrf the mo-a Imau tlful Imuae of worahlp In lower South lleroiina, waa an event of happy ac- von.pllahment ami of Jreah conaeura- ^Ton to flKo OTvine H waiii tlie Teallration of lone cherUhed hope, of »*crMU-e and aelf denial, the crowning Wrork of the ttrat half centu»v. And 1w meaning waa a pledgy of larger hove In the future tto hutuanltv. ,* more asnnaUut, united and ttnMHug effort to guide into the atralgitt and narrow path the wandering feet that have not found jjhe.pmtfctlng fold. • The g?eateat congrtgation that. WII- llatoti has eyer known wa« gathered •^Court commenicee nett Monday.' Very few people came to town ort Sale Day. .. Mr. T. J illera gaye ua a pleaaant call on Friday, Duly two WeHta mom f<rr candidate a totjiicer the primary race. Hon. J B. Hat ley left on Thursday for the Denver convention. '(‘aitdidnteat Kile your pledge* atm pay your aasesumenta. Mt^. Culler of Orangeburg wa* the guea< of Mr*. Halford la«t w«.ek. Mr. H. W. Jonea of III Ida i»ald ns hie annual comfortittg call on Tuesday. I.ny*I Mnelling i« visiting his Mr. Lee Harley at North for Pod thefe froiti faT and neafT With graT^* 'frletids, itringrtt^ with 1u r asrhsrining ful prayer and sweet aong of human ■V«d«iea and music of hsrtuonlous instru ments and eloquent InspIreTi worda of miiiHteia the woik wax dmlicatetl and tmace rested in the hearts of all that gave it help. Illness in our eotnno- slng force compel* the postponement of a fuller accounf of the dedicatory ►untie*. We give the description ol the church: In appearance Us arphltectnre 1* amtple yet pleading. Its main ditnen- sioaa are 72 hy ffJ feet, and *o arranged ^Ahat at a mlniui'im cost it can be Jeneered wltli pressed brick There are ^nur entrances »o the building, two of which are through the towers in front which rorni vestitmles. The largest of -'these tower* is*4 feet Ih height. The main andltorium is octagonal in shape, with the imlpit facing the main en trance This rootn will seat “00 ea*llv. Its fl«H>r ia howl facrc) The ceilliig is *o arranged as fo reflect the light trpor, the thus effect a saving of ‘ gat with an abundance of tight. I’» hind the pulpit are folding doors which when opened afford a view in * the baptUlry from the audience. • The »«•'dor scheme shades from the |>nre on ameled white of ihe mi.ing into the |>earl gray walls, while the wainaert- tlng ia stained to mstch ihe dark eng llsh oak of the circular |>ew • Th's r*»om is llghred bv three large art gta«s windows 10 by Iff feet each, and by one WwsHerwtnduw of the *ame material One of these wlndowa is to Ute memory of Mr 3. Neal Ulma an honored descon uf this chtitch wltn diet! In ITKcJ. Another wlndrrw Is to the memory of ' W. I,. Metltt w|h> is etgnellv ■ml beloyerl as a man and deacon, and who still lire*. The northern window — Is surmounted by the ►nhj.Mt “UhrLt the good Sheplterd.'* this is the Kennedy window and 1« perhaps the Inoat handsome of all. Diagonally op posite from this |s another handsome window to tlie mettmry of Mrs John M. Smith, it h« er* the subject “Christ Knocking at the door.” The Ireauty of this ia uitsUrpasaed. In the tower ol tl'S main vestibule I* a very nfautlfnl window erw tnd by Mr. I. Hogacki »»f Montgomery, Ala. P» Hie memory ol )il« father and mother. It hear* the subject of "Peter walking on the Waves ” Tld« room I* carp- ted with « pleasing shade of grteii, Seirara cd from the auditorium by a rolling par tition of golden oak Is On? Sunday Schrtol room with a searing capacity of ■JtlO. This l* well llghtfd »nd similarly fnrnDhed as the auditorium. The whole building Is heated hy an Im proved tt pe of hot air furnace which gives the highest satisfaction, and t well lighted with tpetvle'ne g«s. Ills alsO well providtd with class rooms. Mr. friend day*. As pretty as pictures and as good and bright as g<>bi were the VVlnthrup contestants on Friday. The Aiken—-flam well—Bamberg SttB’iner School for teacher* will open at Aiken on next Monday. The announcement of the candidacy ol Mr C. S. A inter sou lor Magistrate at Dunbarton U published today. Hhief .fustier and Mya. T . S. Dnn** bar of Hatticville were welcome visi tor* to the county aeai; on Mpu'tiay . Mrs. t.cna Davies and little daughter anil Mn». Iffotelle/Farntap. left on Thursday to spend the Summer -in North Carolina, Judge'Robert Aldrich opened Court at Bamberg on Monday and disposed hi the mofniug session of all nutters ready for the term. _L . has returned to Charleston Mis* rtnile« Rhodes from a beMiMfwl visit gllcst* Miss*:* Beattie. Idla and Ain,a Wyld Tubc.t. w. convention. ff*irn well is the l>etter and the bright er for having entertained the annual Convention of the Christian WorketA The gmKl turn and the consecrated 'vo- men that composed this assemblage ot true philanthropists have gone, but the recollection of their good worda and Work* remains as the perfume of pure -ft" qntBTT catentstiotit jet lasting good Waa done la a fact o«.*.^ anted in many youth ful hearia. If Hie visiting delegates carried awav as pleasant impressions as they left behind Barn well .•nrely has many new and true friend* scattered throughout the State, and for whom a welcome back will long be kept w ith t)pen door. The Convention will meet next year at North. •‘THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.’* _ No where Ui thia broad l/hTdn 1 *»•»»* there a happier celebration of Uncle Ham'a lUd blrthdav than at Ulmera. Ftom 800 to I Off vlsttora gailmred there an<r the welcome was snlhcleut for a»or« than twice that ntimber. A royal barbeette and pic nlo dinner was enjoyed and the feast of substantlals and dellcatde* was one reminding the old of the unlimited hospitality and Abundance "f the old South, and a 1es aon and lns;'iratlon to the builder* of the new prosperity. The candidates were there too, and all of them confirmed former friend* and made hen* onea. Not over h half doxen w’ere absent from this leeitreak tug meeting "f Cite cainpalgi. . they Ittlssed a sure good time. The speeches were w ithout exception excellent and gave promise of sound logic ami real eloquence In the later meetings of the campaign. All visitors were charmed With the good treatment extended them, al) home, folka were delighted with the courtesy of their goeats. The day was one long to be remembered, audita good Influence Will not id«e tta uplifting foroe for year* to come. Mrs'6«H*rge ft. Bates went to the land of ttie sky oy Friday, to spimJ ten day* at the, cniifcience of noted M isshuiAry workers being held at keiltlwonfi Inn near Asheville. The families of Congrea-ni ui I‘at- ferson and Messrs S. B. Mosely and J. O. RaUcr»»*n Jr. wetfr ttrt*rrttrvan'’a ts- lauii on Friday for a stay of several weeks They have taken a cottage and will keep house. Hon. F. I*. Woodward died* on the 1st. lost, at h:a home near Treadway church, aged lit) vears. The funeral services were conducted hy hi* ohl Confederate comrade. Rev..I. D. I’ea- cock, and Dr. W. M. Jones, of Willi*- ton. • • The canraloulte growers ari unlucky thD yedr In seicTiit p.trncutar*. i he tniieJ gems,)ipetted aiica.l oLiime and tiaw to compete with both the rein nants of the (jeorgia crop aod the svaUncJie of peaches'heing railroaded North and \Ve»t. ’1'wo clever former Barnwell boys gave us the glsd fiaud on Thursday . They aie making go,*). John Dorter in mercantile business in Macon, Da., and Dr Frank Miller, recently gradu ated In deutlsfry will make hi* home in Alabama. Msi veloiis corn crops are silking and shooting, plenty and peace, in Hlsck Yille Township. With a few more K iower* Thk I'nopi.n will have a won Mns plains eclipse the river land* of the North and We*t. — This week corn for gor.d roasting ear atieng In September and October may be planted. Die laoj. should be the best. rartilUatioai liberal and work pushing The it.ent varieties will come to the mutton st»ge iff days ahead of the common varieties. In keeping with the patriotic exam ple set years ago by that gallant Con federate veteran and model ttiliaen. Mr. I*. IV. Farrell, now resting hevoml i lie river with the true souls of' bis •oldler comrade*, the Mars and Stupes floa'Cri In front of the Farrell Building on Saturdav, the fth. Delegates (ieorge it- Bates, J. C. Ortfffn, W. H Duncan and O. C. Bax ley leave today to nitend the annual convention of the bavannah Valley Faimets ('.lnh«, to be held with the Meriwether Club, n few miles, above Koith Augusta. Senator Bates Is to respond to the addles* of welcome. Col. George K. Ryan Is a man good at tigores. He calculate* that since .[line 1st he has killed three million flies. Kach morning. Hundavs Inclu ded, h* ha« ait foui|- eels o« tinglefnot paper and hy night fail they are hlaok with flies, which are burned I’rob ably the acarcity of tiles Is caused bv the steady war of the Colonel and other b«*tueis men and hottse keepers sgsinsithese winged sickness spread nes and prof ftp If y prusUsoers. After a lingering illness of several weeks Mrs. Minnie H. IIav departed . OF OUR GOLDEN AGE. Col*. Counts Writes With Loving Pen «T the Splendid People of ttie Oklcn I Time. Dear Holmes, ^ • Today, .the 4lb of July Iff#*, brings my JHst birth Inyt can still read nnd write without glasses. When yet In mv teen* 1 left Barn'- well fortlraham's rurnOut(now Den mark.) MaJ. Henry B. Blew of the ffrm irf-f). A H. ]J RicF, with whom 1 had no aequaintance h tfnre, upon mv application for a / c!erk*hlp. readily consented to take me at a salary of nue. hundred dollars a year and Oirnish me hoard. 1 had never seen much of the railroad up to that time, *n you may ImavJne it w as a good big tiling to look At. The S. C, Railroad was the second railroad know n and when tlnlshed to Anffhsta was the longest railroad In the world, if my memory aerVes m* right, ihe first being ftp north, don’t renicni'ier what State, bnt only twenty miles long. * The stringers of this road were eight by ten inches, wood, twenty feet long, with a Hat bar of iron one half inch thick by three inches wide *piked sub stantially to the stringer. The engines were vi rv sinall—perhaps not one eighth the sire of the present engine^. The puskenger c«>aches were round aiid in barrel shape, while the freight boxes wcie about se\en feet wide by fourteen feiet long and enclo-ed (hot with hoetd) hut very heavy cotton dm-k, the top, bowevery being coveted With tin. From twelve to fifteen of these freight boxes made up a fuil train for the trip to Augusta. It was .an all dav trip from Charleston to Graffain’s, a distance of eighty one mile*, and that was all Hikt tho-Tt R. Co.Trqwired The train forces (a* the farmer would ftyj would stop. t »ke duf, and feed for the night. Next morumg after a reasonable breakfast hour they would tire up and lent e'for Augusta As a m*;ter of course the paMengef train made, much hetler time, hut tnok the wiitde day to nut from Charleston to Augusta, as a great deaPof the lime was consumed by having to wait for the mail carrier to carry the mail pouch into every mail station'on the rusd and there wall lilt the postmaster Assorted out the mall matter for lii. otllce—loc-k ttie pouch and hand it back to (he car rier I was associated with D. A H 11. Klee for ten or twelve years continu ing as a cici k for a part of the time and as a psrtiter jn the .fundiies* for the balance. My relations wjtb the old set of Rices w as of such* a character that t feel ij a duty and a high privilege._$o COTTON WHIG HER*. * Bfackville—K. F, Roylston, Jat«r Hntto. N _ > , ) , Bariiweil-^O. H. Beat; 8r„ F. O. Black, , .» ... — Williatoii—P. F. Parker. FA IRMOUNT. There win be a MlkslnhaVy Ralfy 0 at Falrmnmt Baptistctinrcb ThurWHg^i July ifftb'. ewty iiody Invited to at tend: there will be dinner on the ground*. - We also Invite the candidates, a* we supuose ihey would like to »eo the good people of Rosemary. kd coUve ctw, court all. , GOOD EATING. This week la the 1h*1 cBabWS for planting corn for good roasting ear eating in Heptemiier and Octolror. The yearly Dent varieties will ootne in ^twenty days earlier than ortlinary field comi. Good land well prepared may be planted nnd cultivation sliffuld lie fast and thorough, On rich moist land pole bean* may he tried* FLEA FOOLING. - When numerou* gn in tho.wnmis, cut a medium sited sapllhg, (>eel the bark oltahd i*y tUe'sapling where the d»-n» iibountt—tn ding hod or stable. The flea* will Jump on the white, wood and be so busy with the «*p or moisture that the sapling can be taken up. car ried away and dropped with lia lull passenger list of fleas, ’file opt ration mav be repeated until all tli3 flea* are carried off. — That is the plan of a Great Cypres* brother in black. COM Ml NIC AT 10 NS. I’arksville, fl. C. t June Ifth 1WS. To the citittem of Barnwell connty You are most respectfully requested to attend a nia»s meeting to he held *t Barnwell on Friday July 10th. Tho purpose of meeting is to urge the necessity of organizing farmers' union clubs throughout the county. Our Mate Piesidenl, Bro. Harris and other leading hicnibhrs are eX|>ected To ad dress the meeting. A largely attend ed meeting hoped for. W. R. Pinks, Member Executive Com. Allendale, June 2 , .t:li—“Cinderella or I'lie Lost Clipper,” an <l|ierelt» in four add in a few word* a just tribute uiTbcL, elg , r jn pieaentad by Imal talent meuivry of ilu-*e true and loyal, Christian gentlemen, who are not here to hear what 1 have to xav in my-hum- blc way, bill have long since gone to* their rvward*. Old man David Ri<;e and his brother Ben. Old man (.barite- 1 Mice and Id* brother John OiiL man Will lair. R4Ce and Jn» brothers Ji*s*e and Aasou. It w a* my pleasure in ) oung days to have business transactions wlih (best old gentlemen, or most of them, and it ntfords me the greatest pleasure, even at llii* late day, io say that in all my long life I have never met a.truer. . and more liouorabid t nigh toned, and broad miirdttLperipte. 1 hare not *ct out in this letter to discuss the merits and demerits of the people at large, hut to tell )ou the kind of people that lived in that day and Um«, and let you draw your own conclusion* and make the comparison* between the people of the present day and those 01 sixty flva or ►evenly year* ag". While a member of the Ann of D. A tt. B Rice w« sold from twenty to twenty-live thousand dollars worth ol good* a year, and of this amount we collected fiom nlueiy tire io one him tied ceor* in the dollar and not -with the assistance of liens mid mortgage* hut alone Ironi a disposition on the part of the people to p:v> their ju»l debt*. Wplle I have taken occasion to pa\ tribute t<> a few of my old friend* there were many otner* having just as uinc.'i merit IJI point ofliomrsiy sod iiitegritv Uot I was more intimately a«»oviaud with the Rice family lor the reason id being connected with the firm of 1) A it. U Rice, a llm^ of long standing and'the ficnior bciug the oldest uf the w hole Klee family of my acquaintance H you will indulge me a litne lurtber I will mention some of the names of (lie old people whom 1 had . tne pleas ure of serving aciota the counter lor tinny years and who never tailed to pay ninety tive to one hundred cent* in the dollar iodt htedues*: Jim Turner, John llanberry, 1,inton Lee, W. B Dowling. D. Dowling. O K. F.it>t James Milhous. Daniel Taller, John Guess. Z G. Graham. H. li. Ttudai! John Mijourner. Jo* Kenner If, rienri lloiiuaii, Jno. R. Walker, David Fel- iji r^il din lisnnitig-. ift-mntuTi r l in ttt n tlie Town ifall on Fr day evening, 3ufp 10:h, for the benefit of tlie Biipllst and Allendale Library.- Tb« cast J* composed of IIfty of Al lendale’s fair maidens, with Mr R. T. Searson JK in the role of Trlnce and firs. H W. All, Cinderella Under lie able direction of Mr«. H W. All the scene* will be brilliant and apectac ular In effect and the entire Oteretm w ill dis|'la v to. lulviiiitsge tl-e untls'ial mnshal and ih.:Atrical talent of the town. this life at her home In Allendale on the ad lost leaving three sons and two daughter* to cherish hfir memorv. She belonged to one of the most prominent familils of the Mate. Her husband, the late Dr. Walter rt. Hay. had pie ceded her nhunt-ttuFue year* to the rest and reward of Heaven. For long year* she had been a consistent tncmtttjr of tlie Tr**&yterian chuich. Her luidy Was laid to reyt in tlie family ground at Boiling Spring*. STARTING HOMEWARD. Tuesday afternoon the sixteen American battle *Mpa now circHng the world steamed out of Ban Fran cisco h.irhor for Honolulu, on their homeward way. 'They have already covered If 000 miles and will renc Honolulu July Wth. remain a week and steer lor Australia They wHi Visit Japan and the Philippine*, and come home through the But B canal and Mediterranenn Sea In time to tell Tresidcnt Roosevelt good bye before he quit* the White Unuae. 4vift Makes Bonfire of Father's Bank and'it Suspends Payment sms SHOES MHO SAVINGS V. SrlUNGFt^LOv OltIO,—When John Wggff enme home t\) siippij’ hi« wife told him she llftd 'burned a paif-of his shoes. He gulped ^ little ahd Bald ftf {Fuossrd he dtdj not rail' to eat anything. The f£ft shoe dFttic old pah- had been his safety deposit bffnk > there being tueked away in tlie J - , 1. toe., - —He had oft eh skhl lhat he Would deposit lii&ttionry where he could keep an eye on it, but he, neglected to mention to hiB wife just what was the repository of liis savings. The old shoes had 1>ccn an eye sore to Mrs. ltfggSj^vrhb, iii burning s6mc old rubbish, threw in the worn leather Fir good measure, poked through the embers of lli'e ^On'dre, Riggs but he k.% ATTORIEY AT UW. . NOTARY rtllUC, HLACKVtMiB, S. G: 1 "WTIYl Iftlfe, 1 found nothing. Moral-Deposit Your Money in BANK OF BLACKVILLE. y DENTIST. * • . f i* '» » ;-t ♦ «■ V» Nr.w Yntk Dcntiktry at Barnwbkt CdunYv Tricca. • " ■ OfllrD Iii Rakidenr#. WHilattmi §.©#- Make AppuIiUinehta 6y mall ur let** ptwiue. < - > • « All Woi-k Spot Cash. ^ FOR 'SALE; .^ * * . 100 Acrv«—to dfeafwl, ' ^ Xktillcs frnni Martin.'■ ■■ •• Con Dollars-V00 l><dlar» cash. BalancHTn J "*2 or 3 -Annual moots with 8 per o»f>t twrarratf " v T. It JCIIis.Jr, - ' i Nortft Attgasta, S. C. orC.h Emsi.,y.. y . . Martin. A, O. .’V - DR.J. p. E.M1LH0U3; jOENIIST. ; , BLACKyil-l.E, 8, Gs . j Office dnySi I hursday, Fri day at)d Satiirday.. Well,c^.hipp/nl.• Opecatifrfls ffiade ns pain less as consistent with sikfj?ty, prices reasonable. Terms cash. FIFTEENTH YEAR. Wt 8?o STUDtitrS. ORANCEBURC, S. C, One (1) vacancv in the State Scholar ship* in tb* sot; ni. Carolina MILlt’ARY ACADEMY, to lie tilled by com|>etltive exainiuation exists in Barnwell County. AppITcatlun blanks way lie bhtaTned by atffffyltg Mi tile County Hnpertnten dent of KdiicaHon. or to the Superin tendent, Citadel, Charleston S. C. The-e application* carelullv filled out inu*l he rweived by the Snperin tendent at the Citadel hy Augu»t l*t IftOS. A high grade boarding school for hoy? mid gfrlA, Healthful location, C‘*nifd|LUlle buildings, liroad course of study. Thirteen teachers- Rates reason able. A sale home school for your sons and daughters,. HemififuLefftalogne free. Session opens September 17th 11X)8. Address, V C/ • President AV. S Peterson, s. a DR. W, C. IIILUOUS. - , stsiisi. -— Barnwell; • - • 1C. OF KICK llOtfMM ,* B.iWM. ht* t*» H \>. K3. . , Trraona living away from ftarnvafl will please niakw appolntmeuta tieforw coming tty an doiug-they will tw i of iinmedlate aervlce and avoid spiuduimenA*. 7 Orang Ttir. FOR SALE. Ox* 20 II T. Roilxk. Oxa if II. T. Lxc.ixk, Onk No 2 IIkLoaOh Saw Mill COMFLKTX. Thrxb Iron Axi.k Timiikr Cart*. ALL iX CooD CoxBitio.V. W. T. BROOKKR, Black vi i.lk, S. C. Bank of Barnwell The Oldest nnd Strongest , Bank in Barnwell County Depository of The State of South Carolina. The Cotihty of BdfnWclt, Rtul The Town of Him well STATE OF.SOUTH CAROLINA. COL NTT V* 1 ' PABNWEI.T, . It) thu Pralwlc. Conn. • >( _ , P] J. K. Snvliing, Cwj. Judif' of Probata la t „ . , Barnwell Cqdnty. v ^ Whcrus L. 8. Hay hatn ni<d« *ult not* le Vi gMiit to him letter* of Adtninlstratioa im tlie. eatatu and vlhruta of Mr». Mlunto 8. lUy, dei'eawrO, , Tiwso are. tiitrefdfr. to Cite and a lmonhii. ;dl and yinirolar. the kindrod aiuf craditora of. tbe «ald Mr*. Minnie. 8. Hay. ^ Probate to he held M Ban^woil .«*, Wodaaay 4a) 2]ht of Jnb '08 alter .pahUoatioa at II o’clock Ip ti^toifipowfi, to ako«r .caaaa, if any they ba-e rtig th- aald administratioa ah paid not tie graiiteU. Glrfea umWr my Hand Ikia Cih day off July Anno Domini. iHM. ► J. X. ."N Kill NO, . Pmtate Jadga. ^ rubliabcd in T-« Pc.>i*lc Jii> •Jth idJil. NOTlCIt. Capital,' • * • • - Surplus and Undivided Profits, f$0,000.00 $48,000.00 I THE WHITE, THE BEST. BY EVERY TESTi LEADS ALL THE ItEsT NORTH, SMUTII. EAST. WEST. To save money is not hard wlikb otief u bank account Is started for money iti a bank cannot burn a hole tlie pocket. A bank account means paying hills by check—the ohly ahaolutely safe way. Checks leave no room for argument, ns to when or how a bill wa* paid Kach check i» recorded in tlie bank’* hook*.- Tha** togeher with vour money and the cancelled checks ar* kH|*t for you in burglar and fire proof vaults. Ton hate aocese to tliem at any tittle. •' i. . Let ns talk tills over with you tlie next time yon are In town If nn- |K»*iole to citil. Write 11*. . «t& NEXT SATURDAY. TV annual rennioii of Ciiaip fllvery’ RrMjrwNo^ff** U. C. V. will he held a*%he Memorial Ground* on Saturdat next. IDIHnat. Cxpt. B. d Wlliliitja of Wrttnaon. who^a* a »taff ontenr tn that battle, will lie the chief orator of the dav. Hi* address should of Itself Ht- tract a full attcndanca. for Ha will apeak thrilling word* of gallant con flict. A ganeroti* pM! nlc dlifnar will It ! enjoyed aod affaae ball game Hiu*- trate tlie happineo* ot peace a* oom- pared with-the borotsm and aitfferlrvg of battle Tne eendidetes era behaving beauti fully. tot them ooMlniM to aeep their TASfflNtrbFTHF. PANIC. The Norfolk and Southern Railroad of Vir/inia, which operated 80ff miles of track, went Into receivers hands last week. The protracted dtprmion caused It* collapse. « Scarcity of money has caused George W. Vanderbilt to shut up his Hiltmore palace for twelve months, to discharge hi* ^erranta, to sell hi* horse* and g<> to Rurope (where li v log is cheaper and lea* showy ) According to tha Mall Street Journal railroad net earnings for the fiscal year ending June Wth we»e $181,278,801 les* tlrt»rt for the year before. Gross re ceipts for May and Juno shown net InsH at the fate of $(>l)0.(Nk) 000 a year. On. July let four of the largest Cotton mill* in i»p*rtanburg connty, operating 2fW.0OT*pindlea, shut down for IJdaya, and the other tnilla In that aection will also take Holiday for tffo week*. Georgia cotton mill* favor decrease of pradnotion. , To offset these little cloud* tn Itn, >obn Fogte, Daniel Fogle, Ed ward Hays, Kiiey Co|>elaiid, George Riley, Daniel Kituell hr., Daniel Zeig ler, Holman Meigler, John Zelgler John Ki. aenbackcr. Hardy i’aut, Jack Barnes and m* brotbera Wiilluui and Darting. This was the cla*e of people witb many ottf&r* of the same type that made up the list of the, patron* of l>. S-Tru KTce and that paid proiopt Iy in tlie fall just as 1 have said be.ore niue:y live to one hundred cents in tne dollar, Mo*t of these old people la.- huiJaJ. and dayghier* did the most, of the bouse work, bought most their sugar, cot tee and homespun, with eggs and chickens, and no wife or daughter ever felt any disgrace to go to me store and trade or barter for what they wished lor (lie lainlly. During the Apriug and Summer we bought and ►hipped to Charleston hun dred* of dozens ol eggs, and chicken* ui proportion, nnd it was this soft ol trade mrntihed by the hou»e wife, a he'ipmate, that enabled the fanner to meet bis yearly obligations and enjoy liie sweets of the fawiily tire side un molested by the Sheriff* or other otti- eers of tlie law, Words are inadequate to express the pleasure of visiting ittese country "home*, every Inmate of tbr In material, plan and woiknianshlp ’‘The White” is the easy and alwAya Best of American Sewing Machine*. Ball hearing from the i>e (al up, ligli* mn-1 nlng. perfectly adjusted, the most delicate IhiIv can operate it without fatigue. ILe- all work from'tlie heaviest to the daintiest. Noiseless too, no i.ffve ra*' dug clutter in ■ its tmsicst hours. ' Rotary -Shuttle and all the Ix-st twentieth century unproveiuents eomlcned in this] household treasure. (.'all and roe flic paragon nt my Machine - ] Office in Blaeavilie or a postal card request wsfi bring my agent to your door. WORTH TWICE THK HKLI.IM1 riUlh Any lady in the land Tan take a White Machine in haml, And if she lias a dizzi spell T«> run the »' hite will make her well, i-fr" Needles lot all machines t,n salc-J B«srt Oils too. „ ~ MX W-F.BHL BLACKiTttA. 8,V. Office fiolintjaSupt. hf Kdunatina, Barn well, B. U. Ju uo-t^d, T.iuR. , .• The Aiken, Barnwell Hamburg Dta* ti let Kummer Bcliool for w hite tr-ach- <-r*. will ba.oiMiiHHi.at the Aiken loatl- (ute. Aiked. d tU. dm Monday, July PlStli, at 12 o’f-KM-k M .,aud will wloae on July Hist. The County Hoard of Rda- catioisearnestly requetl* »H waoiwra who expect .to leach it. fret |>wbila -chooD of the abova nonied -oouotlaa* to a^rnd this Sum met schools Ali teacnsrji are urged to enroll- al tho opening of.tlieachuol.toattendatl regu larly al. d its ml the examioation at that close of the *cftool.- The renewal -of ■ teachers- certifleal** by the County Board of Kducatioir U forbidden i>r law., unless the teacher attend* a »uia* nier school for- teacher*. AR teachero who neglect or-faii te* attend the- Die- -tetee Awonner t»t»ho«»> r (end 1 ahwu terw SUITED TO- II SEUSDl liouio meeting you with a spifit of wel come, no one would spurn you or turn toeir face to keep from greeting yon They were taught politeness and good manners from tlie cradle which are two of tlie cheapest commodities ever enjoyed by a people. All good, bon est people were at par Hud on tlie same footing liille or much money made no difference in the siatuMng of the peo ple. .Suffice it to my that they needed no hoiupstead or lien law, to protect their iutereal. but prelerring honesty upon whk:h they count build it lasting monu ment to their respective memories. T. J. Count*. I Wide range of choice in Scien tific, Literary, Graduate and Pro fessional Courses leading to de grees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor o{ Sctertee, Licentiate oLlnstruction, Bdcfoelbr t»f Laws ; Master of Arts. .Civil,Engifie«rf and Electrical En gineer. Well equipped Laboratories, Library of over 4a,oo© volumes. Expenses jmesterate, niany stodtjnts make »hetr own expenses. aAimniar aky.tt I* rationed a* cause fur ! may be more tbao' double artbw, Next Sc si'n jl04th) begins enoouragement that three or four 1 oranfeburg Collegiata .loetltuM next beptembdr :3rd, 1908. northern “protected lnrtiia»rie*,H iteel ' fell. Write for a cauio^we at once If For Ar noun “ement write to *r* affcr i rre «° ln * ** ***«*■ the President, CobraWC S. C. tnoBXBt of filence an# laieneM. ■ ^ ^ The annual adyertiacment of South Carolina’* largest On—etlucatioual boarding aebool appears in this issue Fre*. Paterson has succeeded' wpnder- fully well at Oraagebcfrg and we bopa the ! tbff number of Barnwell boy* and girl* FINAL DISCHARGE NOTICE. Novice is hereby given that on Sid- urtYay, July 25t"h IIKIS, the undersigned | will file with Hon, J^iliii K. Snelliug Judge of Probate, tier final return as Kxecntftx of the estate of J. A Ronn tree, deceased, and apply for letter* ] dUmluory, Mr*. Hattie RounUee. June 24th. l!K*C Executrix. A PEW PLUG JUST THETELLOWS. NEEDED TO Flit ISH THE CHOPS, FOR CHEAP SALE SOW AT Hill Over Stocks of the Best Make ami Material Wagons,* Rnggio^ SiirtiCB &c. Harnesp, in full seta an 1 single tvdbate* hare ekpiredi will hay «a* opportunity Is, get * Ortillcalta at tha rail axamlteatbm Jor teachers, but • failure or neglect to attend tha- bum- tner Bcliooi, of tho*xainination, will place,-Hie renewal of cenRicAtm* In tha hand* of the State-bqaid of Edueattoa^ Thacourse of study at the Diatrict SuinmhV School will-consltt of. tha fol low log brnncheJ, viz: trivlcsand-Cur- renLevent*, English Gratumar. Arlthn nietfhj _-• Algebrti,. Geography .and i liorniMkHt Principle* of TvaehJng * Teachera- will- note that tho hooka used in both the white and negro schools t with the exception* of Thorn dike* Principles of Toacfalng) laretbo, tegular adopted text books of thoNtetaf and cad >ie yartitid ifonv the pnpiU ot the public *ch<K>ls for u«e in the Sum- mertichooU. . Thorndikes Principle* Lof teaching may be seen red;’from tho- [liaposUory of the- Oounty Hnperinten* .iJent df Education of Atfcea < oimiy. Ik ,M. Iterlingtou, W. Itt.^Tone* j. R.dtoyd Crfle, ’. Cb. Bd. £d. 11.C. Dniveisity ol Softli Carolina. pieces, Saddles Whips, Hap Kobes ale offered fKwjttSan.-* mer TiidC Prices at — HILL TOP STABLES. * J Come to see me when in town. You will find what tod wont ami fairest prices and best treatment at HILL TOP STABLES. C. F. Cittun; P. 1. Biciupite 4 xb. iftsa Calhdtm ii Go*. ■3-—yzz Morey to lend 5. ^ ’^Re are ptepareti to negotiate man* <»». • OENTiSTi ininrrtveti farms for live year* part .a. : t G-U_IXr WILLISTOK. - & g,y ment* iiiter*-*t S per oen» on loun*. BrC’t •. fit*- «* -oiv and **•♦ ti# - 4 * 'Life, Accideql,' CYCLONE LiGHTN , IN<? v ■ .« * • , ■ A Nth' 1 - Live Stock INSURANCE. —At Lowest Rates h* Stronoi ■