Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tfcc People. 1 V{. Eritcr i Prop'r I NtiS. ■ THIBUTM OfrJUCSEJtCT. TO 1 A <S ' »A % A... lw.« ,.vn»B8T tlru^n rifc CtJ«.XTW!l A« It »IM pleflwtf our hrtrenly Fi»i;t(»r w rpmnvp t»r ^ ml<Ut« nr i»l»trr' llurrlet I.. WlllUin*. wife of Of ortre T. Wil»Um«- Ttieroforo. t>« it * r TThMi 1 wm a boy," mm tue men ueu were uiorc mor- In the Drinking Day*. IHwtisUAT.ntM IHK. >»■ r„„ e ;i States So»c by a-high wat^r m tvnary tliao women, *i hud a little friend name 1 W'itlie. Willie ai>j>earoil , . , ^ .. reM'lved: That 'bin? day with a Hue apple. ^ejxtrts rcc«tvcd tnntcate tnc (rbun-h ha* lu«t an e»tcetn<*<i •• ill pive you this apple,’ he an id to Afh'r iti Vmltl? th 'the n,Vrt, V r * ml ller famll? a klw.l wife n little tftl, 'for twenty kl«»ea.V‘ " elccljon of amith t6^J_ C »n.tl^amj - that whUe ^xtic little «irl was ntua/.ed. That we f>el in the death of «igter W llllHint hlKl IIvet! every day of bis life and Acoordlny to fhe repor'a of 'floonM-tl lollurea publUheil bylhiu’* atrfl britail- >treeu aKcnelea the panle ajlp^ra to'be ^lolnj an mMllmlnlahed hnilne>». From anittver* to circular* 0 f Inrjuiry rent by him to all part* of the rttnie Commiaaliiner Watson learn* that ttye Mood dartt*(fir to erop*. land, railroad* and hrldftea throughout the Stafo n ay exceed twenty five million do)Ian. -r- The Jnpitun>«t me wondeiiiin what la "TtM* nii’ai.iiiy, id u nntlirr Amr> u nn |. oii the I'at'iHo. So’are some Americana. Tbla aeooutl expetlirt'in it 4;oinpored, so tar as the puhlio is allowed to know, <>f «rnu'd cmisera and torpedo craft. Site’aritlfcen \vas in (he lead for “State Superintendent of Educa tion. Canslcr was ahead of Caliph- nun for Railroad Corntnissioner. In theT , :VirrtTy, C. W. Moody is notninated for Auditor. * Sheriff Frank If. Creech is re mom inutuil.— ■ Oiu Dr. A. P>. Patterson wtlis a sec- term. > a loan to and the xurroundiiiK com munlr« f that we h«-r#>bv expte*a nor rlecp aoriow at her death and extend 1 nnr wannest ay m pa thy ati'l condolence l/» her family, And thin reaotutiou be aprer.d upon the record* of tin? (jhcrch and a conv he aent to'the county paper for pub.icalinn. (i. M. Ilrant. ' - (i. M . Main, l>. Atijjlev, < ’oiiiinittfp Neverthe- r 1 lUI’LTK OF UKrll'KOT. Pro Johnson Mn"ke du d at hit home i^v*r O ur. Hhuiherj; co.iii; v, June 5: h I'.ais. rn the Idih v-un of M* ■. Ho j im m m^^lll , »; | r■‘^lil) t wns not at nil like Willie, less she consented. ‘Shut your tyta,* said Witlio-. 'Sit tlowu h'Te and sh it j our eje ». A ail, mind you. If you open them the bar gain i* off.’ ; The little cirl oheved. and slowly. rerjTjdiftrlyvllie kisses hi'jrni to fall upon her lif>s. One, (wo. Ihri'c. four (a long pausoi, live, sis (nnbthcr Ion;; pansru. seven rpausoi, clfjht, nine, tea (uifolenihlc paiisct. • •• •< ;h. Willie, hiyry!’ " Tin pot Willie.’ ’The |;ttle ciil opened her eye; In astonishment and drew back her pretty cionth frot:i the. advancin': lips of a gained from It a great cxiterteore left the following advice—and Mttle else— to bis sons; “Prink slow; do not mix your liquor; never sit with your backs to the fire.” It was an excellent pre cept for 11)0 era In which It was given The m a mgr menu of Jlie railroad* in 't|}l* Slate deserve the highest com mendation for the.'r. car.efttlncaa-dufiOJ| and after the ffmul time Not h jpsS •eugt'r or a «inploye >va* ki'led or in- j ired in that ollferwisa dUastrou* period. Tito race for Ihit J pUcc on the -J _ _ f^cglslatiyc Dclc^aUnn >y.ji.s close, in th*? Ifethe! Church SJo vear* ng", Whereas, Ood in Hi* prov.t‘1 ?nce Its* pepii pli itsed to icniove ^Ur. brotli. r frotu our mld*i, therefore he it resalr- e<l strange hoy, M-iy oipii'H’!!. ■-u.ii'.y - the times when the dluing foont door was kept locked that there might be uo shirking (be clnret bud when the 4'tily (’i.itcc nt the circuit mess of es rnpliig lotoxlcntlon was to drop under the table "like tlie rest.” es Ixrnl Coclt- bnrn tolls us tie did. and He quiet— nay. even when our Judges resented thnt discredit should bo brought ou drinking by misconduct. Kverybody drank, and much too much, la those days; Ttyt c*pi'rlally the tipper'chtsse*. A w ell known iiollllclan discharged his tpn.clman for overturning him in Ids carriage. “I had certainly drunk too nn:(^!. sir.” urged the poor man. “but I wax pot very drunk, and gentlemen. ■y?T’i h-v Peeples Wil.'.ojn:41ml JoT;i^-,()n run- We mention fnrr a li?*iei i?*al fact, ninJ not with wrath or r j >imng. 'Th.Tt 1 tie recent 13 »od ?>'M , j'.i tlej luiudgratleti burd*u into tlie rarg ii*o. omod home nm^ rn ttic oiimi ti,+tnc«l. * Tli.iitl ptiimiry foi lb- r*iat whih’ wo.deplore hi*death and eadly ml** him 'vi? how in humblewub ' Tni**ion to' tlie KdilierV will. —^ Ami that we expend our heartfelt 11 mi sc* probable ]•;. \v. •i *ymp*thy.to tlie bereaved tumily. —-A-mj that thc-e rohlntlou* b«». ocribed in onr minute* iiml a copy into the county paper for putli in? 11, ieelter* will not com# tin* way a* a* thoro i* rtmi.liiig loom on the tera mountain* ot ih?> arid K.’ioi ^the Wi»t. lung Ka*- I* of Tint Jtoosevelnt are *aid to_ ho anx <uu« to got back to the Wliitu House, where Mia* Kthel, aoiiartuing girl, will get 011 the carpel thi» Winter. There i* loo much alienee at U .aler It if to he enjoyed by the talkative Ted dy. After March 4ih next bia real lile dulueat will come. When this ahull be read the agony ol the primal y election* will be over and the public servant* aek'Cted and under Bjntract for their respective terms. II tty remember and live and work up to their campaigii promiaea the public expectation will be aatUlicd. If they forget their constituents will rtiueiu* ber. » recently pnqtoaet the. tlr.t Kdward t). l.uwU. who bought a At. Lonl* paper, that Ha tubtcrlbera shall oil day of each year by voteel^ct «_ ^*ua-, tee as chief of Us editorial stgif, in whose hands for the coming ytar entire eontrol of Us editorial and new * p«du:v shall be vested uod who nhall appoint the editorial staff. At II ANtiK UK TL’.NK. The cotton tnllls of the up country were little hurt by the Hood. They are beg!milng tn wortc fntt time, admitting that trade conditlona are better. The price of cotton has come down to their liking. With the certainty of a short crop they will make enormous profits if (hey can keep cotton as cheap a* it Is. olm;m is nomiintft'd fur tit! ate; ,ft lianiivTih—: ■ Wilbs nttil t; Wardens t avo, Ku klant'. l/firfer an-k Rich- aid.son are rcclooted as the Coun cil l or Ram well. M. Hf int, M M .io, I*. Augb'V. < 'i" nou+rtvcT -••I IX I.OYINti M K. M <) H Y. uorf of iny, whom sh- bad uevor seen liwfora - rnnicttmea g-t druT7ic.- u —“+■ you were rerv drunk for •Why. where's Willie?' sh? cried, 'lie's dotvn t'ui* street.’ was the re- clmn say jut were rery drunk for n goiitlpuia!i,' f rctiMTcd his ntastej, *'h!it voa weto exceedingly drunk for coachman." 1 —Condon Illustrated News. ply. •scHin’ ycr kisses for two apples apiece, i’.ctter shut :ycr eyes again. The next.thrccTsoVs-U terrible uglyrV” ill^ —St; "Louis -Republic. y fltictl f- * be Cr? th; V;i' i, Ca-je Fcr a. Qu9.cn Bee. AYhmr n iiirrcij bee tieeomes unpro hraughfold age. i; is necessary 1 • bYaypply Inly to '.jy the A ISI K.ST HUBHTK. ,v ‘Far off eaUla .have long I’here h** been much w ritten, ami ktumped Kpseched of iate year* proHperity hi the Piedmont* *eetion horn* ” pt luted of of the State*brought about by the htiiid- ing and operation of a hundred cotton mitts. —- 8partAnbnrg county, having thirty tlve mill* within Its border* ha* been held 00 for e*peeial adiHiradon and imitation. Yet the real condition of the Spar tan*, fin name) jias leaked out as one of the result* of- the flood. When all taxes for the year *hall be collected the total will lack tw enty thousand dollars of pa.Ttng back the money borrowed for current expenses of the year. ' The washing away of over fifty bridges hy the August^fre»het.Tia* caused a loss of nearly a hundred thous and dollar*, and no money oti hand or in sight to rebuild them. Commis sioner Watson might get some of the ii<fortunate* of those parts to come to ihe low country and help thetnselve* CONCERNING HOGS, fcinme farmers say that ImgH can not he raised successfully and economica - U In tliU up fount) 11 lira. / In a North Carolina paper sent n* by • friend we notice that oms farmer ex* plained his getting ricb by sating that be had never sold any tiling off his place • miles* it could walk to mat I. t.” lie lived too high op to make cotton, hut fed bis coni; rye and oat* to hog*, •attlp n id sheep, which walked to the market tow it. and saved him tnilroud freight. Now that the primaries arc past “let ns have peace.” Fritting doe* not make either happiness or prosperity. May the winner* so act that when they get out of office they wHl be as happy as they now arc. May the loners do so well in attei.d- irg to their own affairs that they will teali/.c that defeat wa> the be*t thing fhwt could have happened to them. A I.MOST A FAMINE. Tbnngh gttdal the climate generou* the soil, of South Carolina, fitted to produce whatever I* needed for the ouppott of liuuiaii and animal life’, a large part of her people, in the coun try and smaller tow ns, w ere threatened with hunger during the suspen-ioil of railroad freight transDortallon caused . . „ , , „ , , — r,n tfle fat in hy the Hood. 1 he supply of ntcat and ■■ * 11 , . , , . . ^ ^» MWTmrn u not likely to go undtfi' th<> dol - •*wr » WVU.V VlTli low and there was no way of getting more rations from tne smoke houses and flour miMs of the North and West. So acute was the situation that gome merchants had bacon shipped to rlmm by express. A-, we remember the ol& time rar.or hack* running at large during the Summer were too thin hi flesh to tempt the hungriest rogue and fleet of foot to he caught except bv stratagem. Other farmers, few In number, tell us that they raise enough for family use in their stable lots, and there is a ticMef tliat In such quarters they are exempt from cholera. That very sensible and practical far- •inrr. Mr. I’atiick Hate* ol Elko, said to 11* several year* ago that the man who think* six months ahead, and has 4i>iiic green crop for the hog# to eat all tne year round, can prolttably riii*e lii«Wicoii. Mr. Hi?uv* spoke from cx- pcrlenee. lie had arranged a aticccs sinn of crop*, rye, peas, cliula*, pln- ders. sweet potatoes Ac. which saved the expensiventis of a constant coin, diet. We should like to hear from other farmer* who maka-Aheir meat. TI KNUNG \ NEW LEAF. -Several sensible farmer* told u* Mil- month llmt they intend to plant less cotton and more coni next year. Some of them hold up the right hand when they said so. To Ik? sure Hint they will not forget this good resolution we suggest that tlir new leaf bejurned now, that the first week iu October two acre* of good laud, not selvage, hi? sown in net* f» each horse? and n.ul Whereas the great and -non me Ru ler of tfiV Universe lias, in )ti* inlim'»- wi- Imiy. lenioveil !>v death from aiiiimg u* one ol-..*» ?r e-teeni-d llli uifi -i t?-r Alargafet Ivinard. wife of Rev (i. I> Km 1: ik-Wm--I >recuibi(K 1 p li Is^jj ( ilicd Mav 1 Uh 1 IK-k, .'igcti 71 . \cur-, f | inoiutis,,4'7 day*, amf, wTierea-, the’, long and intimate, relation her in th-? fa.1 'lit I di*'diarg lie conah'.cry 1 it u p-irc;;'..il Fee th f Us ‘Uiuk'ib f l:d;.t 0 very !■<. t tnaPtjagciii'le <v-.;iyr.:?y. * >1 •;?;»•." h r father, “ymi lir.vo l.ccn. ?: ,i:r' \.lt!i that Mitchell feiiowr- f. r !. re th "1 a year n.»\r. Thi.i slifp ai.’.st to.-tie to h fenaftmtlon.” ’oh. pa, l ow t:?:t you talk s:j? He 1;. oh. no nvvcct and ulcer’ , , “Ah!" And tlie fond falhcr arebt-d- ii’>cr q - : > tie 3 t ctr t!:ev the i s t ;•* colony. Tills La? The old ;? la-.w ,quct-ti Tb.l >v. i -g :a.3 Ioo'm'J tro;;i the Live c.tr'J • ; :r Vft fi.r e.l.c ;? fxciv** cV i-mg.-r. ditriiig ytb'eh 'tln.e fliul o'.’t that tlacv are qfj?5a.Vss. is. * ?: ••.' *ji:ee?i Is then pin Into a e. ge r: '.•* • >11 v. I:vcloth. v.KIj jnr o'nviii? : through one end. This open t : !.* lilted tight iv Mi n mi.turc of hmscy cud sug.ir. The cage t!»;w pre ./ "D"'T Btata of South f'arollua. f.vtiiiiy vi DArrrweit- Court of Comaon Picas, fAM A odor son. Plaintiff,S «g«ln«t James M. KHIIngswortb et at.,' Defemianta. By virtue of an execution to me di rected In (he above entitled cause I will •ell at Barnwell, in front of the Court Uouse. within the fegal hours of sab-, on Mr?i)d«y the fifth day of October IP08. It bi'jng sale day In snid month, the following described real properiv : All right Jill" and interest of J is. M. Killiugsw.uth. the s#me being one sixth thereof in tne following tracts ot •and\ . ■ ' ''A 1. AH that tractoEland situute In tlie County and Htale-aforesaln, know n as the Preston Harlev tract, contain tog fliree hundred and eighty acre*, more or less. tHiuodcd at the time the same wa« conveyed to,1(10 A Kiidtig*- woslh ( on the Norib ■ bv lamli* of Hui 1I.K COWVrOBdAt.*. Jersey milk cow# hud, T high belfert AH rflk * Ithout calf. WHtfStiI anv that I have. Brigham Retd, 9. C. Aug. t*ib. FARMS TO REIT. BJrt Long Branch Hare, 87 ac clay laud, brought one B. C. per in Uapt. W. I». liirt’a life time, rea lasty ar tenant house and barn on place. Second. Mrs Lizzie BirtHome Place, iff acre* cleared. 17> acrea cleared two yeais.Tcomfortable houai with four rooms, the said two faring are three fourtb* of a mile apart! Will rent separately or together. Will cell either ,or both placea. -t—- - . Apply to R. A Ellia, (it.) Barnwell, S. C. • t Estate ol W in, Ashiey ; Kset ny Win. Rountree; South bv W. A Dick*, and West by dpseph Ashley and Estate- of Ashley. —-—ALSO; m NOTICE ’10 OEBTOHS AND CKEDIiORA W n» A II. All that frr.et of land sllitate ir the Countv and State aforesaid, know n as the Hniighman tract.containftig one Irnndred and flftv acres, more or le.-s, anit biilmded nt the ttn.eVhe same wot* conveyed to.ltio. A. KiLingsworth, on the North by Estate t/f A J. Baugh- itiso-pOSmith hy estate ol l*. I. Hiers; Knst tiv Wi’liinih Hazel, and West nv Daniel L. Mixson. his oychntvx IP s he |ir(i;in?'.<s,t■; ■ •'Well. pa. not Sweet titiiP idee, eh? pate ! Is laid upon the t'?pa "f the fi'.iinc* In the hive. The lavs .soon dis cover the now qtn-ei, pj 1 in- cage and exhe! Ar.l Hie ghl hung her head and lingered the 'Vet to vo.'k upon the honey aiiil siijar. held with < f her dil- drnpery of l.*rr dtvss. “He hasn’t cx- iK'dy proposed; hut. then, last evening. ner n in ? ta. :n. - m-marg" t v Ucn xv ,, wor< , ()Ut ^ kUi „ v , 0 .,^,,1 tie* In tin* clmrcli makes it enitnentlv I , w , ■ • , helittlng tlutt we record our appr.ci n nI ^ " l,t * H ,j l , || ,,, |„. r ‘Thai the kind of cottage I am gnng Resolved, that the removal of such .♦ life from among u* (eayes a va ancy and a shadow viiat. w III he deeply re alized hy all the member* of Bethel Church, therefore he it resolved that with deep sympathy for the bereaved relative* we express our hope that ev en #?> great a loss, to us all may he over ruled for ghod hv Hint who doeth all thing 1 * w’Ffl: and that a copy of the«e respl'itiona he spread u|»on.ilie records of theifllurch, and a cony be printed In the local paper. > f». M Brant, G M Main. J. D. Augley, _ Committee The flood damage to the Georgia cot ton crop i* put by Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson al^)Ot>.tMxi bales. ('ilir.on Josh Ashley hapf recovered hi* popularity. In tlie fltst primary he was nominated lor the House 01 Representatives. President Roosevelt will, it 1* said, recommend In hi* next message to Con gress the Im-rease of the armv to I0».- 000 men. Its present strength la 00 IM). Tlie dallv newspaper* are already will t» live In some day.' and 1 said 'Ye*,' and-then lie glanced nt me and squeezed tny hand. Then, just na we got by. I glanced bnek at the cottage, and—and I—squeezed hi.* hand. p;i." “CMi, uh. I seel* Well, we'll try him another week or two.'’— London Tit- Pdta. In tin? hive lacs recognize friends and tdriuigc. ■» hy their sense of smell, anil, h siiung- quc.'ii entering 11 hive would I..* very qidckly killed by the bee*. By the time the q , .u*en Ls liberated from tlie cage s!ic Inn acquired the s*ent of the hive and I* therefore no longer u tdrutigir.- Ictadoii Ciobe. known as th; Rountree tract, contain •ing »even hundred and sixty-six acres, more or less; and be 111.tied at the time it wa* conveyed to Jno A. Kif lingsworth by lands of VV. Rountree, C. Rounrree„K, J Reck, 11. Burck- haller, C Kiliiiigsworth slid otbera. AL.80. Ewccntric Edition* sf Book*. Mr. Gcyrge Sonic* lot yard In w hook entitled “Suppressetl I’ltttes. Wood En- *1 craving*. Etc.." writes of the rkffcu- newspapers saving that ihenext LegF ature he quite an Improvement over the last few. Nobody will deny that asser tion . ‘ - W\ J. Oliver, who built, the ('trollna Midland from Barnwell to Ahendale. lias the cont'act to repair the A.ugosta canal. The work Is to bo flnished in do days. Several prominent gentlemen are wondering w hether or not thev will he able to get iheii feet in Governor An sel’s shoe# two vear* heucc. y i!te a number will try. The cottor. crop in L'ini-iin.v has been so injured bv the boll weevil that, picker* ate emigrating by the hundred to the Arkansas lleld* im‘. yyt touclTcd by tin? wingi d enemv. On Saturday night W. Woodward, a merchant of Hampton M ontmir- renci, Aiken county, while on hi* \\h\ home w’a* killed bv a ihilvyav train His body was not discovered until bun- day mortilnc. " The American Battle Fleet has had great good luck so fur. At Melbourne. Australia, t wo sailors wore a -ci.lcMaih killed by car*. An epidemic ol. •m i.li imx !• reported al Anmv. Ghins, a stop ping place on its world round voyage. The Augusta Herald mention* as a strange flood fact tin? conduct of a Touiig Beech Island male that jump* into the Savannah River and swam forty mile* down the si ream,'inakit g >1. safe lauding on an island. Tt ha> been returned to the ow ner. A IN THE KF'ITHE. Hnmo of the*c rear* there may be, Miirc will be, a far flu f^of the Pleat artd wheat crops of the sections of Yankee land whence the Somh get* its rations, 8ome of these yeaf* thefe fs going to He a world war When thousands of toiler* will be taken from the peaceful fluids to the battle ffeld*. Even in tld* time of plehteopk peace many American* are getting their dal ly bresd from Canadian wheal. Con-? jumiersarc otrtnmnberhigfhe producers <Jf food stuffs. A disaster to whi-<M, corn and hog oVopa I* just *s possible aa a sYroriage of Ihe cotton yltMd. fkrougttt, blizzard weather, a snowies* winter, Insect ra-f- ages, r.ew plant or animal diVesao* can come now as in tbh long ago cen- mries when God’if chosen people had k) emigrate InCo Egyptfan bondage to obtH'" ,ini * RrPlf little one* dam w." * Ur . v>,ion ' Mlie Bkmoral I* plain : plant a little rye ?h j*‘a» (o’* a beglntiiDgAK-Fitll dftal lar a bushel price during the next twelve months. The oat crop I* a* safe and sure as any. provided the #^ed be sown at the right time and In the right way. Some years ago Mr. Heyward Statt- sell v»f Elko, who invariably made 'lTne oats, was asked by a neighbor who had failed to nfake good ones the secret 01 Ills success. “No secret about it” was the answer, '‘plant the ITrst week in October.” “But *nppa*u__L_Am, not ready ti plant tlten” said the Inquirer. “Just wait u.itM the following Octo- toiler” answered M r. Stausell. About once fn a dogen years some In- sbOl |*e#t will fum the oat crops, rianted fn tire opfcn furrow they are frort and cold pYOoT, A 'ffnker’s creek farmer told uf several year* ago that hk; took the 1 rouble to drfll an acre or *0 througli hi* cotton, planter, and Ute harvest neared'a htHYiilred bWfthel* to the acre. The extra work* paid IMih. Don't plant after <*4tton ( but iu the fluid where thfl best’'com grew this year. I'es* or corn can he planted af ter the oat harvest next Hummer and two crop* be made in tbo ydar and the land Improved too; THEY TAKE THE KlNIMO^f. ve u*«d Ds. itlng’i. New tdTe IMIs for many years, with Increasing satDfactlon. They take the kinks out of stomaojt. liver and bowels, without fn** or friction.” says N. II. Brown, of I’itisIMd, Vt. Guaranteed satisfac tory at C. X.'Uijrcktialtei’* drug »tore. \Co!umbia emerged yesterday ing from three dav* of drviii># unlav night pillcc H.Uikf; rHi ,p Vd seyeraUWr»‘ ami c irte l oil “ (I P qiles of liecr and many g-illnn# of whiskey that had been procured for use 011 .Sunday, Labor and L euti >n dnvs. His Feelings Were Huyt. It is strungc bow nor.eiisouatdd'sonio people nrt* In business—how unreason able «ud bow Inconsiderate of the feel ings of others. As an example, there la the case of it fidelity company In New' York which suddenly and nrhltFarily canceled the Itoml it had Issned for a man attached in a fiduciary capacity to nn Important codA-rn. It was the inqNt natural thing In the world for the man to display some feeling and to demand to know Jhe reason for such action. And the Inconsiderate head of the bonding company wrote biui to this effect: “Because you wore convicted of for gery under another name in the year and served a term la the state prison at ." —Tlte—recipient - -of the note -felt «o—Bet-.' nurt that he couldn't reply. He still Is silent.—Now York Globe*. | tons people who value eucb booSs as ’ flt/x flt*ct foaitse r,f i V* A H f the (lift Issue of the first edltlen *of Dicktns’ “American Notes" Jhst Ite- catise ‘there Is n mistake In the pagi nation. or a first edition of Disraeli's “Lothair" becaiiFe the prototype of “Mgr. Gates by" li divulged by inis- printing the name “Cupel."' or “Poems hy Uo'.iert Burns.’’ first Edinburgh edi tion. liecause the Duke of Itoxborougb appeara r.s “t!io Itnke of Boxborongb.’' or I'.^rUcr'x "Breeches"^Vdbie of - irtu because utAhe title page of the New Testament' the figures are trhqsjiOMsl tb Hit:., or the first edition In French fif Washington Irving's "Sketch-Book'’ Uhp.u.ic tlie translator, maltreating the author's name, has declared the l»ook to "tradult do I’Anglais de M. Irwin Washington." nod In Ihe dedication has laU'led Sir Walter Scott "barroa A Singer’s Avarice. Wo hear a great deal about the enor mous salaries paid to famous prltna donnas nowadays, and we also hear n gn at deal about their charity and good * nature. In the reign of Queen Anne one of tlie nuist-relebratod singers was Mrs. Tofts, who had* a veritable craze for money making ns well ns u great deal of personal conceit. Pope. Who never spared any |>ersons or objects that he ratirized. wrote an epigram that must have greatly annoyed the avaricious singer; —£ So bright Is lily beauty, so charming thy son: As h.nl drawn both die boaata ar.,1 their < 'schciis alone. But s .( h. la .tfc/ avarice ami such la thy I* ride ILat tho- beasts inust have starved and • the fiQet have died. —London Standard. Cornish Hum>j. ^ The magistrate at tfle IJskeard po lice court inlg'it well ha\e(excused the lauglttcr which greeted Tne remark of | a police witness euly-a short time ago | who said with nil seriousness; “He was drunk, your honor, and couldn't stand. I told Lira to go a way.* and ns he wouldn't I locked him up." The laugh hi another' court was against the solicitor who severely ask ed. "Were you present when you heard tills?”. Mixed metaphors are v>t n peculiar nor In Iced a common failing of the ('•oHiisIimau, hut n certain ehaiucnt town councilor quite recently got on tangled when iu the course of u pro tracted debate on the momentous sub ject of the lo< al dust Mm* he declared Indignantly. "It Is time we put onr fo-.t down w ith a loud voicF.”—English Illustrated Magaziuh. ALSO. TIL f?! itir* -All that tract of .land ' l- sitiiat' I mint y iynt! Mate aioie«:ii(l j- All persons holding culm* rgainut the estate of Robert M. Willi*, fie. ceased, late of Willisfon, trie r» quested to prevent the same prnjerly attested to the undersigned, and i»l persons in- dchfcd to the-said nstatj will pleat# make prompt, payment to ja. Laura C. Wll|*, . Etecutrlx. — — Jessie J. Willi*, , • Executrix. Frank M. Wiill*. Rxocntor. Williston. S. C. August 2kth. 1908. —ADMIMSTRATORrS SALE. Pursnarit to an order of the Probate IV AH that tractof land situate in the Uounty and State aforesaid, ko.-wn a* Dry Branch tract, containing four hun- dre I acres, more or less, and bounded at the time it \> a* conveyed to Jno. A Kiliiiigsworth, on the North bv W. A. Dick* and Eveline Bern; Ka*t h>- Lower Tlir<e Run*; South by S, L Peacock, and West hy tl. SiugleUm. ALSO. - \' All that tract of land situate In Co?mty and State aforesaid, known a* the Davis place containing two hundred acres, more or less, bounded a* follow* : North by tho Dotuan Land; Ea»t T»y O. G. Baxley; South by the Parker Place, and West by the UajufAnt Don can land, J - ALSO. VI. All that lot of land in the town of Barnwell. Oountr and S.aie afore said, conjalotng three acre* more or less, bounded. North by Willington street,Na*! Sy Barnwell R. K. Ave nue; South by lot “J” in a »urvev made by J. S. Mixson August IN. isho and West by- ( haibam Stre**t, being same lot pun ba*ed by Jno. A Kil lingsworth at Master’a sale on the Mb of October, 1M» * Levied upon and to be sold a* the propertv of the shove named defend ant* to satisfy said execution and cost* Term* of Sale Gash: Purchaser to pay fur papera. Erank II Greech. Sheriff Ksrnw ell Gonnty Sheriff’* Gflice, Sepnmber Courf for Barnwell County, I will; sell at Alle'ndalo in said couulv, on Satur day. the twelfth day of September 1008, commencing at 11 o’clock a . m. or an soon theieul Ler m* may he convetilent, to the highes; bidder for ca*l', all Ihe personal pPopei tv of the estHte of Mr*. .Minnies. Hay, deceased,consisting of one horse, one mule, three, milch cows and calves, one carriage and harness and one buggy ami burnt?**. L. S. Hay. Administrator, W iih the will annexed. September Dt UtOH. DR. W. C. MILHOUS DENTIST, Barnwell, • • * S. t OF KICK IIOl'RS: r 8JK) a. m. to 0 p. m. Person# living away from BarnwgU will please make appoinlineiit* befos?* coming By so doing they will be supd of Immetliate service and- avoid appoititmeuu. ' f -e J D'R. J. H. E, MILHOUS. DKNTIST, P.LA< KYILLE. S. C. Office days Thursday, Fri day and Saturday. Well equipped office. Operations made as pain less as consistent with safety. cash. THE Bank of Barnwell 'l/ie Oldest and Strongest Bank in Barnwell County Ha Wai a Judge. Onf' of the consuls to I or;;La during I n visit home said at a dinner in CUI- 1 cago; - “Lady Drummond WolfTe once got ! |icr>. Issiun to v.isit the Life shah's haroi.i. Sli > took a friend with her! who was about to be married. The j two Ilugii-It women wandered over thgl palace, ami presently thq'xh#*}-tmeoun.- tcred them. ^S~"~ morn Iicrc,' he said to Miss Blank In his crude French. "•You are about to'be married?’ he tta Id. , “ 'Yes. your highness.’ “'It's late!’’’—Boston Post. A Fair Jury. In a suit some years ago lad ween fa ther and s m he/ore an Indiana Justice of The peace the sextet comprising the Jury came In after three hoars' delil>- cration with the following Impartial verdict: “We. the Jury, agree to find judgment for neither plaintiff nor de n I find fondant Depository of Tlie State, of South Carolina, The County of Barnwell and The Town of Barnwell Capital, ••---«• Surplus and Undivided Profits, $60,010.00 $45,OK).0B To save money 1# not bard w hen one* n bank account (Started for money in a bunk cannot hum a hole the pocke;. A hank account mean* pitt Ing bill* hy check—the only bsolutcly safe way. Check* leave no room for .argument a* to when or liowr a bill wa* paid. Each check I* recorded in the .hank's bu*y.' These togeher with tour money and the cancelled check* are kej for you in burglar*and life proof vault*. You have actesi. to time. Let us talk this over with you the next time yon arc ir possible to call, write uh. ^ _ ti ket for you o llMi at any n to4 If im- RrVan camp ilgn new * get* h tti'f A’l the gold and Cleveland Democrat- are back m line and shouting as Kiev go Bryan hini»elf i* whirlwinding eastward rhiking speech??*, fd r . Tail, the fnt Repuhlicaii candidate, will wait for cooler Uctoiler weather beforo - li*-. begin*.hi* railroad cain|ialgning. When Mr*. .Scot* Duran, of Chicago, found (hat *he had sunk IjrJD.hUO into her model dairy, and was not likely ~tn Talk about foresight. get vit thing nut of it she decided persoualiy, coiidm t it lor a while mil await, tfre result. She nut on a w hite in dre*s and apnv*i and tvmt* to work, plN.ving dairy maid with a purpose and now she has one of the ino«t prolltahle dairieif fn her part of the country. A sa'd parlor rifle storv comes from SpaVtaobiirg. On Kriilav UYo li He boVsf. Janie* l*o«ev. aged 8, and Roger Phflflttt, h^a friend, were plaving on the sMe w »lk. the rifle was accidentally discharged, wonudlng Jjpne* Posey so that he iflWl next morning in the hos pital, where h la mother Was too des perately alclf to be told Of tbo accident t'6' bet 1 ton'. -fftJV? TO GET STRONG. P. J. Daty. of 1247 W, Conjcress 8t. Chicago, tell* of a way to become strong: .He says: “My mother who f'* old and wu* very feeble. |* deriving so iflucli benefit from Electric Bitters,^ that I feel It’* my dn^y to tell those who need a tonic ahd streiigtliening medicine ahmit it. I^rnhy motlibr's ease a marked gain in flesh has result ed. insbinnia ha* lieen overcome, and she I* steadily growing stronger ” Electric Bitter* quickly remedy *tonl- nch, liver a ad kidney'comnlaints. Sold under guarantee nt G . N. Jlurckhalter’a drug store, 50c. . ^ the co-tu." It i* sai?l the verdict struck o.vcry one a* Icing so unusually fair that even the parties to the action were satisfied.—Case and Couiuiotit. Not In His Line. "They loll "mo.” ?aiil the new re porter. who was doing an interview, “that you have succeeded InpJorglng your way to the front.” “Sir," rcplicdjhc scltmadc mao cold ly,-"you have been misinformed. I'm no forger.”—London Globe. Fooled. Lazy Lewi*—1 was told dat de farm er wot lives ou dat hill paid Ids hand; ji t de same w bedder doy worked cr not. so I went nn* hired f him. Tired Thomas—Den yonse played off sick. I reckon? Lazy Lewis—Yep. an* at de end i-v de month I found dat he never paid nobody nothin’ nohow.—Chicago News. . , - Foresight. Well “Old Got fox left a thousand tons ol coal in trust, not to bo touched until the youngest child Is of age.”—Kansas City Journal. Broke the Charm. ‘•Weil, you arc n good little boy. Are you usually as quiet as this?" “No four, but mother's going to give me'a clockwork engine If 1 don’t say anything about your dreadful red nose.'"—London Opinion. Hew to Be Strong. Man is strong on'y by union, happy only by peace. Be firm, not obstinate; courageous, not turbulent; free, not un- dlselptfned; prompt, not precipitate.— (J'ofiite de Mlralteau. y In th* Peg; Towne—So you were In London, eh? How did you And the weather there? Browns—I didn't hare to find It. eirme and hunted me up and surround ed me in chunks.—Philadelphia Press. 1 would not enter In my list of .friends a iuhii w ho needlessly sets foot ilpoo *v-worm.—Cow per. A London Jok*. Walter (who has Just served up some nor.p*--Looks uncommonly like! raiiitf" s1r.«HT>lner—Yea.- hy Jove, and tastes like ft too! Bring tne some thick soup* L-Load on'Tatier. Emigration from this county contin ue*. Two more subscribers had their pHper*4!hHngcd la’arweek to over thd fiver post offices. F A ft* FOBSAuT STEPHEN S. FI RSE, JR.. EDMUND M. LAWTON. FURSE AND LAWTON, Cotton Factors, Bagging and Ties, Fertilizers, Handlers of Upland, Sen Island and Florodoi a Cotton. mr Liberal a (Lances made on consignments of cotton. Personal, prompt and careful attention to all business entrusted to us. FUKSK & LAWTON, 212 East Bay St., Savannah, Ga. Will sell my farni In Bulloch county, Ga.,'five miles /rom’ railroad s'tation and with dully rural free delivery of ^ , mall; two mllca froyi Ogeetbe ri yer. Immigration ofTicials in Washington wit |, ex,client t1*hliig; Churches, are‘puzzled. In July HKinTTeir book* *ehools,i*iid(ther public conrenjenci*** show shut 97,l;Ki imniigrsnts came , neMr hy. Tract contains 7« seres, wkli fppm Europe Last motltli. July, only , 47 imd«r cultivation, enclosed' under '-T.ooO etitcred this country. The rep- 1 , l( , w wire fence. New six i^odm resl iitalion of the United States a* a Tom t » e nc« and out bnlldtrvgs. Tiddler’s ground seems to have goue'* f, f; Bnin-en gtlmim ring iu Europe. ' R.F, D. No. 2, Halcyon dale’, Ga. [bunn Orangeburg, s. c.- ’ i‘1 HA^ff YOUA S^PB A DAUGHTSB WHOM YOU KNOW YOU OUGHT TO SEND OFF TO SCHOOL THIS SESSION, BUT HAVEN’T QUITE DECIDED THE MATTER YET? LET US SEND. YOU OUR CATALOGUE. RATES ARE VERY REASONABLE. WRITE US TODAY. . — ■ —-• . - • — 7 —^4 —^=- .2: IV. rETERKoir," £E£ SICK CPEfIS SZFTEMEER, 17,'190 President :a .. • ? . Orangebibg, S. C.