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PAPER NO. 3. BY »*IU)P. WILLIAM 1L HAND. mmmm Short Sch(K>l Torms—A«< luts al ready boon noted, the averafr irnptti of the white schools of the i^tate last year was less than six months. To be exact, the average for the town and rural schools was 117 days; the defects In our sclwoh' buildings are small class roenis, low ceilings, in sufficient windoe space, wTndows net in front and to th<; right of the pu- rural schools alone 110 days... While this is a better showing than we made a Aery few years ago, still our schools are in session a. little less than two-thirds of our own standard school year of ISO days, or nine months. In other tvosda. the white people of ; the State are giving their children less than two-thirds of the schooling which they declare a child ought to have. Here again is a lack of school funds, which our people, I insist, are able to provide In many rather thickly settled and prosperous dis tricts the schools close after six or seven months because the funds arc exhausted, yet not a dollar of local school tax is collected. I know districts with from 50 to 60 white children, which depend upon the pittance of $3u0 to $325 to run their schools. v is It reasonable to expect such a district to keep its school open or to keep com potent teachers? In some of these very communities I have been told, with a tinge of re sentment, that the schools are better than those to which the fathers and mothers went. That may be true, and It may also be true that these same fathers and mothers are hewers of wood and drawers of water to day, simply because they are unable to cope with those who have been better schooled. He is a very dis- picalde parent who Is willing to wlthold schooling from his child on the ground that Ire himself had few or no advantages. However, short school terms are by no means entirely due to lack of money. Strange as it may seem, there are many districts-which clos< their schools at the end of six, five and even four months, with half as much money left In the county treas ury as they spent on their schools 1 know schools which have to their } not credit enough nfoney to run them twice as long as they have been run any year within the past five. In fact, some entire counties are mak Ing what the officials call a good financial showing, at the expense of the school children. For Instance FtoreBee-countv had on band. .1 une pils when seated., tops of the win dows too far fro<n the celling, jioor heating, ond poor ventilation. These defects are found in the town build ing and in the rural buildings. '*'<* have^some excellent school honses. AAiong *ha- larger towns the buildings in T'loreuc’e. Ilarling- ton. and tl or get own, together with the‘latest buildings in (Jreenvllle, cellent In ahnose every , detail. The Spartanburg, aad Sumter, are ex cellent in almost everything. The Taylor school, in ('oluinbia. is another excellent building, but An I’nwrittcn Law, tt Med on Super, slltion, of Koyi*4 Houses For obvious renscfciT h wjrs—rist- ural that the gpjufljfe police '*h m iI<1 ha anxious to secure fh« bomb whiefi did not explode when Thrown at rtjo royal couple. There was a reason behind the desire to n'p in n, e p 11( ] chance of further Jatnage. There jj an unwritten latw In the reigning houses of Europe; sH>s Hie Loudcrn Standard, that all reilic.s of attempts upon royal livfw, as well as the ln- etnimenta used fot treating tbs wounds eaneed In ai|ch attempts, | shall he deateoy,.*!. .There w i( > a solemn aesemtaly In (ieneva of Atjs. tro- Hungarian ^officials' to w itness the destructlopr .of the InatHimems which caused the death of the Km- nm forced to .'id^tlgii this is Colum bia’s only pulHfc school building worthy of the n.tnio, ‘ A number of the ^mailer towixs have relatively excellent lAiJIdlngti. notably Kt. George and Suinnmrton. ilelto/f, UrnnsoM. Chebterflelo. Fountain Inn. Manning and Seneca <;»ch will soon have a new building of modern type. On the other hand, .some of Up towns have very i>oor huildings. There are in this State Jour towns whose taxable property combined was returned lust year at $1,100,000. in round figuixts, and wluose four school houses for white children would not w*ll at auction for inor«; than $l,5oo. Of course these build ings cost much more that their pres ent value, but they-are almost wortii- less to-day as school houses! In these same towns are beautiful homes, good stores, good banks, at tractive phnrehes, and t^yen good baijfk for the-horses awl cattle. Can the citizena of thetw* plttces make themselves believe that they are not discounting schools? They caa not -make other people believe It, | am sure. . The rural school houses are rela tively Inferior to'those In the tow na Many of?them are little better than dingy sheds, unpainted. tigly in «p- tteafanee, imorly lighted, poorly Insated. and miserably equipped. Mopy of tIpse houses are ceiled—on the walls or overhead When they are ceiled, hat overhead is often so low that the tallest boys can reach It with their heads. ' Not one building in three has eudugh window- space properly distributed. The windows are small and placed equidistant from tin- floor and celling. It is no inrommon thing TO find -a roam of children sitting with their facer toward one, and even two, open win dows, while the room at their batks is comparatively dark. In 1905, Up state Superintendent of Education Issued a pamphlet - giving designs for modern whool houses, whudr has done much towards improving th-ir 'harncter. Very few of our schools art equipped^as th«v should be. JIuu dMxIs of good d--sks have been pui in within Up* past five years, but then are yet scores of school houses teat •d with the must ofnmsy and un sightly- and uncomfortable desks known to suffering backs and lim -s The blackboards art* too few in number, made of the cheapest mate rial, and the surface Is no Ion-<■ i/lack. In many of our school rooms is not seen a map or a eiiait rom September to June. Even ’he .famous charts have been rele gated to some closet of plund-T. Wen* It not for tley geuius of mv hooks on the 3t»t.h of Juno with fr , cnd> S \\ Hughe.-, of <;rceuv*tli4 If 7po»t-niort«m twaiulnmloii. Th* ciisUMn 1« bused to h ctxtaia • xtent upon auperstjiioa, bm more ■olidly upon the detej iamat ion Jo prarant tb* xallca fram fa’iim; Into the hands of exhibitors of sm h tragic irides The custom In- this m«tt*-i o-p r was to grind to ptaces the wPSrpo.i which had been employed. Wh. n, bowerer, the daggx-r was secured i;m.\.m i;l r.\BVEit shot ikjwx IN COTTON FIELD. fc~ First Iteports thut Negro Had Been I‘rove False— •Ljnehed by I’osm- He is Lodgnl in Jail. * " ’ • ■ «■ Carver, a young while man about 'tb j ears of age, living six miles S-jutli of Saluda, was shot and in- stantly killed Thursday afternoon by ^ ill Hen in, eolem-d. Tip- klliln* , 0 ok pruas.-Klla»IiufA.a nd uf tin. euTuka!. » Held. wW„ h,. wag ..ickiug It -i. ' ' i : :: -• - r-r--r-4- —- ^ lar fate cotton, and'Up, negro. Hen in, who did the killing.' it i s claimed, was of unsound mind. Herrin went to ( “ry.eCs. Itfld. laid svJihuuL..warning or noth e, slr'bt him down. "in, 0 nna- tjon received Is that after killing Carver lie also tried to kill Curver'fc vife, who, it appears, was in the 1 | l « Carver grabbed the gun with which rtir prf««i Martin Merino j a "d saved herself from a simil attempted to marder Queen Isabella to 'll at of her husband of Spain, rather more that* half a 1 News of the ahootflig.rapldlv sore-.,t century aga. the blade was found to 1» the conimunltv, and a pos-e be of surh flnaly tempered steiel that quickly formed, and from the r.-nork H resisted every effort of fib- and J-st received they had captured ,he • | negro, and it is supposed have h nch- • - '’“••'‘‘to* Hk# a panic was caused t-d him. Young Martin Mutheney when rh. news got alrroad;- tlm states that he was informed thal the Span la h irenaaut. Imagined that negro haif been captured, and w| e there mu.t be magic In th.- blade, being pursued was shot, but not fataN Ho a cabinet was apeejally summoned lv. After he i.as«e,i ti, . c* * to deal with th# crisis, and It was he heard a valley of guns7nd X determined to submit the sie-i tols. and the supposlUon the inflnencA of adds. This proving Up- ij.-gro has been kIPed siucessfnl. all laiplenmnts used for The killing of M ’ like foul purpose have under- ave a Cliaip-e ;< Explain-* lie Woiildnl In-t Him. t l II yoir. (ltd I. Mild re t.’v J*- il—tu-IUjl wifi, "U-.at. .1 lov iltown .ms now is that the most cold-blooded r. Carver was a let. A. brother ot , m , ,b. Ilk. Ir-.tm-ni. kni,,,. Ilorrh, »a» l„ r.Tolver, ,.r-^ i„„ |6c,ki„« saving Unit a member of his family thrown ar the young king and quean what shouldbe doue^abou*? iu kllU " h roni all t he-rs>ports It sumablr, honihs. It was cruel irony that the Inmibs 30. 1907, a ha lance of $35,83 S to the credit of the school fund, while she had spent only $27,050 on hei schools that year. In other words the schools had flt the close of th* scholastic year a balance of $8,78.' more than the entire cost of Up schools that year. Financially' that may be a good showing; how is it educationally? Let us see: Flor cnee coiyity kept her white schools open Inst year six months; she paid her teachers an average of $2 5*1 i year; she gave each white teaehei an average of 36 pupils to tench Chester county makes hut little bet ter showing. She kept her white schools open seven mid one-fourtb months, paid her white teacher* au average of $296 a year, and gave.each teacher au nverage of 31 pupils to teach. Yet Chester county- closed these schools with a balance larger than the total expenditure that yeffV. I believe In running Up- schools strictly on n cash basis, -vnd I know It is necessary to doe the enough balance to run the schools until the next fax collection has been made. But. is It sound busi ness or common sense to cut off tho school y«j»r, pay beggarly sata- , ries, and give each teacher too many t pupils to teach, in order to show a money >nrlanee? Of course under e»*^ policy our school Imurds can boast of having money on hand. As I see it. we hifve more need for mon ey on the children. A man e'ould doubtless make a fortune on a salary * of f5«Q a year, if he were to go ' naked and hungry, and keep all hiv eorninaa at ten per cent compound Interesf; but what would he be get ting? After all, do our people wish to keep the schools open nine months in the year? Repeatedly I lmv*Uuul fathers (mothers very rarely) op pose the attempt to lengthen t|p‘ir school beyond six months. Theft contention is that the children ear not he spared from tip-farms and the mills for a longer period. Ex cept In case of vxtrer \ poverty in _ ♦he homos of very unfortunate people, this argument means nothing less than that the child fs looked upon as a bread-winner. 1 The I'nrf- ' cut Is cither too short-sigbfeti" oi too selfish to give liis'diirif. the o)> portnuity to become even a bread winner. save in Up- humblest call ings. Such a parent needs to b* shown how hTsTmm mnv h—trr+rrrr)- until he becomes a master oL-soup*- thing, and a citizen useful to th* many of onf sc hop ! l»tiUH^,w «ui |7| absolutely without any kind of glob*-. The State- has very wisely provided -hundreds of schools with small li braries. In. most places these lie. .i- ries nr*- iis«d much and well fa ed for. Ini* In altog«?tl»er icm mhu-y- 'da«es the books are torn to pier-s, som*> scattered through th*- n. t,-;h- I*orhood, and soup- lost. \Vhu.t *• >e can he «-xpected when the • rch * >1 lions*- stands open to every bodv and everything.,* A dlrt>&acb-Ool bouse is inex* is- ahle. and is^a sMsgiic*- to a c«»piu-u- nity. ller^- the Anacher is chi- ilv •'♦•spousible.' Any t*'acher. man or woman, who keeps a dirtv le.ol house is rath, r poorly litled to ti.iln children. Yon can not r*‘:.uiily ie- flne fhe tastes of a child who is compelled to sit five fib.urs a day,in th<* midst of filth and utter. JFfLLIAftl H. HAM> I’niverslty of South Carolina. of Spain should he hurled by a man secreted in th# only house -in Mad rid owned by Que«ii Christina. T riii-. «f first ataht, is surprising. Nap.r leon ill., in the terror which Oi-dm’s altempt inspired. MJ for safely bv buying up tho houans fa* ing- tim Tnileries, so that bombs should n*>t be flung thence by hb* enemies— It D from places whose position should auamntea their safety ib-st danger come#. Only a mlrni j*- | rb, vented Alexander II from ' be*in< blown to atoms In hi' own winter palaca. The Grand Duke Serge ua- a#«*<sinarcd outBid* tba - law courts at fit, Petersburg; Gen Bohrlkoff was slain when entering the senue. M. I'l*hve w‘ss *tru* k dea*! - with lii* fce*i<-.t police all aro-nad him; t l ie king and queen of H* rv 1,-r'j.ei l-iicd app*-urs tnttt-^VHi Herrin «i»t—Mrr'TJarvor • bil.e the former's brotht-r wax then at Ha I (Ida looking for th«. ProGHc Judge with u view of haring him committed to the State Hospital for 'he insane-,- It i s also stated that M ill Merlin attempted to kiir fVco negroes that atternoou.Sheriff Sample was Phoned and left snfm atier fot the Carvej- home, th*- seen*- of th*- killing, and lias nni returned yot. A lat.-r dispatch from Saluda, .sheriff Sample has just returned to Saluda with Will Herrin, who Thurs day afternon shot and killed Mr. ( Hiver. file negro is suffering from several gunshot, wound$ inflicted in order to effect, his capture. Aft -shooting .Mr—('arv*ir<i<»wn in tit •awjyourjelgter Ja. day la*t wq-ek?’" . "No, you. diuu’t, C’.iarle* Augu». lus Cavil." replied Mr.*. (.V -Why didn •. you?" - - - -—“Well, von .cefrpWV' "\es,, I h«v. You n.tet t ie on y lister I have In the world and'in stead of coming straight liotne and telling me about it the- same day, aa any respectable husband would lave -done, you keep :ho matter wocret a wliolo week and then ask caroleady if you l^ave meutipned Urn fact that you saw her.’ "But, my dear—?*=»". ‘‘Don's but me. Charles Augnatua Cavil. , I have * o dohbi that »he Best me r»n:essage by you, and H at you have not only fulled to deliver it, but by this time you have iorgolt*'r what 't was about. Tt 1 me if this Isn't tin- case." "My dear, it was this way "Don't te Charles August actly liow it was. You simply didn't care a atrnw whether I fcae / that you had seen Mstci- Jane or net Or you w-ould not have waited a whole week to tell me you had seen her." "But I didn’t say I saw her.” Mr. Cavil said at length. “Then I'd like to know what you did say, Charles Augustus Cavil." "1 asked you if I toll you that . aaw her," explained Mr. Cavil. "Well, why didn't you -ell me?” “The reason I didn't tell you waa because I didn't see h vr- tiiat's all. Mrs. Cavil gasp -d and waa speech less. "T.a'nlng dogs to asaiai the watch- m-m j-ad police la a very aimple ti-ett-pf." said an old private watch* a t . o* K->«ten, who formerly walk ed a b-m in the South End. TK-ss like the work. Thef •n* i-*y prowlln^around through alleya J aiid t*a£k yard* and noting into cor- -3 cy a»d behind barrela and pllet of boaea, and Ihejr wonderful same of aaeii often enablea them to locate aa latrndor ae aeenreiy hidden that kia presence weuld never in* aua- pected by a watchtua# "When I wea walking a i*eat a large Newfoundland dog began fol lowing me of hi* own accord". I dida’t encourage him jrt ftmt. but lat him go along on my rpn.nda aa much for company a* anything el»a. That dog watched me like a deteri- A movement has been put on foot among tho farmers in that section of southwest Mississippi 1 infested by the Mexican boll weevil to point a minimum cotton acernge next year, and devote the major portion of tili- iUde land to corn, oats, forage crops and truck products. The movement has the backing of the Farmers’ Union and is com-’' nu-uded by the special agents of the United Stales- dfepartment'of agricul ture, w|pv ni-^ l f..npi < iv,.H in,that sec- tioii^T the state and who hold that a rotation of crops is imperative as one of the measures for the sup pression of the pest. The weevil has played havoc with the crop in the countlew-of Jeffer son, Amite, Adams, Wilkinson and r, it was this way " fell m# It wan that way, gustos Cavil. 1 know ex- I lv# and tfAtue.1 to understand ever;.- Franklin), aud it is predicted that be- tklag I did: followed m# into ayery fort* the ed of the prevent month it yard, and la lax* than a week knew wilt enter the counties- of Hinds, •vary hmia* that I waa employed/* .^^"olu, Pike nnd Copiah. MS is Is the condition in Mbaissip- K ‘it is only a question of ^short The Deal Fell Thniugh. He had been drinking. That'waa very evident to the woman 'ho lama to the door inanswer to his ring. * , Shay," hr began After lurking up and down the strev-t noivouaiy, ‘you d/* watch. y*J t 11 "In lea days h« wa* doing a 1 '!#! part »f toy work. Of course f>y , iU h when the same condition will could not try th*» doors, biit, »fijF have to b*- faced by South Carolina tha irat round, when I triad ah 1h# farmers. The boll weevil is steadily ;Io«ra and aaw ihat •verything was | n ,arching this way and it w ill not right, all J. had to do .waa to send p* long before he will In- knocking I im ia to aearch the yard, and he ; ,t our door. So our farmers may did It thoroughly. If anything x ai ; i S well get ready, for. the pest by' wroag ha barked and I ran In to se.- planting something els** besides cot ton. The boll stay. what wa* th# matter.. Once a buck door was oyan. The - genUemxn of th# honae had com# in. late, left ilia dood unlatched and the wind b!#w It op*a. Th# dog knew it whs wrong and harked for m# to coin# \ "Another tim# I heard him lurk ing in a back yard, and runvHit i-i fouJ*d h# had corneraii a man tii-.li.it bahiod a pile of boards. » The worked wilh nia for neaily Hire# years. Every' evening, nn maiter i w-uat tk# w»ath#r, that d**g va* *-■ band at ilia patrol l»ox where I ie- poried. Or ♦‘old nights we wonM go I lnt» aa #aylaa honaa_-to-ws wi-evil has come to «/ I -, t ie who are true bit -uffer much from the blues. nevor Those wlio think they have all ro- gi'n are the oji°s who most need to on y wh**tlie rthey have any. After afl., onr bread doesn’t full "butter Hide' down” more than half the time. put advertisement t hiei in payer i -- ouum ^-warm. and - t wh:t# *h# dog anjoy#d th# wsriniag 1 honr aa much aa 1 -did' he wh« no ikuiker. but wh#n#r#r I was ready Jn their own yalacjc.* 1 s#ful Cheeao Gutter. A new idea in chtesa# t'intv*rs for usa in grocery stores has b; -n | ;,i- enlrd by at* Indiana man. In lint majority of eb**«*BM c-ittej-a at pr.- *#ut employed'tho <-ut Jng i.lade <■*- teDdJ}th# entire width of th*- < h--* i# cutter. The ot zrator is tluix H* ter -tte+d- rrin broke his gun over Mr. Car- '••r s head, and w.-nr and armed him self with another. gun. When th*- news of .Mr. Carvt-i s ■death was made known, Mr. u. j Forrest, Mr. Htiuvjin, Watson and others attempted to capture the «♦*- geo, and while doing* uu werj- cbm- I'ell* <1 to fire on him to avoid being shot themselves. | Herrin had lailden in the weeds ii'-ar Mr. Carver's home, and w h*-n ‘ Ailed niton by Mr. Forest and others t i surrender he refused to do so, but instead attempted in fir** upon them. On*' of th*- shots fired by the pursii- * i s took effect in th*- m-gro'.-.-wvo and others in ids body. Herrin is now *'i Saluda Jail suffering from his wounds. 1 Sheriff .Sample states that Mr. Caryor's nelghiMirs assured him thut ncLiittempt would be' made to lyneh lieriin. Tiny desire that the law take its couiho'.. , At this hour Sln-riff Sample Is uu- ilei-ided wheUn-r to take the negro to Columbia for vaf*-keeping.The gentl**- itn-n-who captur«-d the neggro could have e.-ti-ffy !\in-In-d him lia*I they so aL*>ired. After .taking Herrin Into < us tody no eir.irf - was made to harm" 11.nne;-nn4—he was. ihinotnmg?" "1 *HdC-*^he revUcd. "You shed you thUu would glra good home to cat; ' "Ye**; have you a cat you whh to get rid of?” "Mealier ycr life;*’ b« replied , heartily. She whs about to ask for fcither j particuinrs wliej »' stork fly built, i angry !* oking woman stopped at th# gate and motioned to the man with the remark: - "Jake, you dniDken fooL coma dow.; hen* to m*? this mltrit#!" “Tlia.-*li her—thnsh *>!', cat I want to get home for," h*\ wl’is^tcr#*!. "Hhay when" The lady who wanted a felin#. You cannot win nn-n from gllsten- iing sfft by n glooAiy salvation. t# go he waa ready. iyy». w "I lost him because Ids own*r mov#d out of th# city, hut as soon aa I- became known among the dog populeMen that h# wasn't working his place was takan liy a hound thai I h«4 often .noticed following us In a fcrH*-# fashion, as fnoueli he wo ii | like re 1-# of the papV. *hnt *H In" wan '*i Intrude, and th# i:*»w «fog | Keen*#*! frotnTh# flrsf tn nn >rs - :«nd ; ♦vary thing that ought to !•• dona | and *Hd It Aa w#l| aa his predecessor." Tift- ,in ‘“i'‘ i ni 'i 1 * *i-ti > *1 aiid in-i* d the door, while her caller slunk down the skpw and waa led ak-qy by the ear. Will Strci-t Frefcts-iH-e. “I don't see why Siocb.-andhonds, i •avh'caee. The K**«»tch Jac*#.' !*i Gotland in a civil caa# Jurr- n.c- .get i#n ahillingag day for il:#ir a* nca*. »i-d Ur# litigant* mtin Ht. *<:ai*‘(y.i provide them wti-i lunch. | If two Caaee are trie*l *'iiu»#i*nti\»lv I «.* one day, ami the same Jur.niea • oflicia e. they get ten shillincs for You can measure any creed by Its fruit's in character. PIANO AND ORGAN EXTINOMY. If you are Interested In the pur- chase of a PIANO or. nn ORGAN, Ap want to sell you one. Don't think you must go to some mall order nouse to buy a low pric ed piano or organ; nor outside of foulh Carolina to get the best piano or organ. We have a great variety of grades, and all styles, at prices which caSnot^TaTT TtrMnterest you. We are “ffianufi ctureri* factory re presentatives for several of the largest and m»»t famous makers of pianos and organs. Wc take old instruments in ex- In^ts on going with Vise Uoldusi, tfhs-a ho could just as well take up wttli Miss Gotrox. Tho latter con:**a from old American .-tuck." "That may b« rue," replied Mm. G.iubuata. smilingly, “but iu- pro *- ebly prefers Miss Jol.'tiw ’>■*< a us# eh*: -c-nios front voter stock; b»-r ancestors were Baptist#, you know.** —Judge. KLupieious. Cl rattulilv t utpet| over . . ~ j’o tho sheriff. ’ ....——- 1 S A -M SI ' 1 ! :l - > J^hwijlf Kimiplo" sav s JnaTn^rirBis sh;h for home. Wants a Rcni iiood Balt of Hog and Hominy. TT A dispatch from Ixmdon to the York ib rnld says S«‘uator Till- ninh. of'P-iuth Carolina, who is mak ing his first Enrf*poan' tour, likes London-very much, though he sight- in vain Tor-4ho-deUeatt^aail Uh- table of “down South." j "foung man," said" Jtho Senator State. Every child should be taught this morning, "ip yap will only t*-jl to mor |—to r 'ork intelligently and me where I can get wMlx-i*>al corn pbofltahlrr-but his ultimate success ine.il in this town, you will make and usefulness shoUld’not I**- *ac-ri- i me your debtor for life." ficcd t<j immediate-selfish-gain. A friend w ho was standing n*-ar ^ Poor Kchool Houses and Poor; *{ipplied the information and the Flqoipment—There aro at least two Senator was effusive in his thanks. compelled (o' r fit Uf^LtLugJJi <.f : t h* cheeB#, and where the qiai'itf:' :e- qtifred Is small the cut is naturally very thin. Thi# objei-tlou.I< overcome in tin- cutter shown here, as ih« . ui ng viiife ertends only one-half the v if It -of the cheaiuu.. The top of (be t..!, - # moves fn-eV'. ih'* knife being stati .n~ atv anti pir*»tal to a frame at .th-- >hcI;. An arrang#m#r!t for liullcar- n# the s)r.« of the cut is secured to th# front of th# UthjH. The e.vsw with whlelfc-a j»ound ob two of can be sliced.off will be appinent :.t erne. In fact. Hie dlxlding rn e - bau- Isnmis so aecurate that it is nn- ue< essary to reweigh the jut, as Is' generally don# tit; good t.'-ns*- as anybody and, so far as he can s*-**. shows no symptoms of insanity. The negro says the reason he killed Mr. Carver was be- * au *- of a difference arising out of a btigg.v trad*-. He wanted to buy the buggy, but Mr. Carver asked him too much for it. THE HATLESS GIRL. \\C WeletUJVt* Her and Ho|>e Slie W ill R i<}e A Mc**r. . - . W-• rbv trot know—we almost fear to hope—whether K is th*- setting in Kut in# mo#t ItupoviHni iliffetetic# b»;w##n an Engllah and a Riot:t**h jury i* thi* An English Jury w-b#a returning their verdir-l must l»# u;i- animoHa. aud if they fell to #gre# af*er • . #rfain lengih of tjm# they ate dl*minseil and th# »h<*r> pro-' ceedira* at# begun axain *1# n >Vo b«f*ire a fresh iury. Thi* is a moat expenalv# mode of adminiete* fig i Jt.'atlc#. In civil ea#»e. In «>rd<-r to Bioi i "his r«*ui*, ihe lIHgaate seme- tim** atrr## to a*'cepi the verdict «.f a majority. In Scotland the jurv can always give a verdict by # ma- Jotiiy. In civil * aavi afte# the laps# #.* tkte# hour* change'30(1 Tnake hBiV Itl ernl termjL of payment to those who wish to buy on time. No house—qua!Ry.-ef~ pianos and organs considered-can undersell us. Twenty-four years of fair dealingin Colttmbiniind through- cut South Carolina Is our referenc« Old guarantc.v Write us at once for catalog prica nr.d terms. Malone’s Music House, Columbia, 9.C. Pianos and Organ*. . CLASSIFIED COLUMN FOR HALE—Common building brick, red c«dor, immediate delivery. Prices upon application. Camdeu Press Brick Co., funiden, H. C. Tin* Baron—"S<-netim# mutt In tli# Day* ef Krogan*. I* th#r# #11011 a thing In th# trsr- lx#' m a brogac.? Forty year* ago j-oR HALE—One tk# brogan (bro-GAN) was th# ideal »**•»♦ of th# farmer and laborer. It wss-beap- $1 a pair -and with the roughaat. kind of treatniet.t would last through a #eaaoa of plowing and har *#:ing. _ Two paira were enough _j fur 9 year's wear; At first this sho- ? w*# roars# and FardT hut when w« ' pur it oa w# losked onr feet In th# : tTeek. or bni^nrh. natll the leather • (exwhld#I gob aoft and pliant, when ll-wntild fit Itaejf to th# foot as paper • '* th# wall. Thereafter all yoa had to do to k#ap the brogan In fli.a fa tla waa to great# It with tallow one# a week, which rendered It aof* and wat«rproof. It ought to he tha WANTED—Pin** logs bought for cawh. For particulars address Sumter Lumber Co., St inter. H. C. 5 hoexe power Cof*t Blakosl**** Gasoline. FJngine. oter $-i00. Will tak«; $ t_0J)t for It- $50 repairs will g*-t it In p*iod con dition. Apply to Jux. L. Him**, Or*- ting*-burg, S. C. i TEACHERS—TRUSTEES. We secuce schools for teachers and have'many excellent vacancies?. We recommend teachers to trustees and sell school furniture of all kinds. Write. HouHwrn Teach ers’ Agency, Colombia, S. C. Jewels to show you.” She—"Doesn't he keep them the window in the daytime?" ta i house It tak#a blacking well and WANTED—Clerks, cotton buyers, farmers, warehousemen and oth ers to learn grading and classify ing cotton in our sample rooms, -*r- * i*rrmgti mri-espc udeiic# course. ! will ahlna and refl*«i like a mirror 1 wh#a polished. York Pre**. •MlmiiH.' iff" Thirty day scholarship completes you. American Cotton College*, Milledgevilie, Gu. of a new fashion; Hits* charming cus- comipg “acquainted.’ ‘ oxtiy Wnilt*aper Design. A nevi-cieslgn |n fm cy vail i>h *>r paft'erns comes from Kausa • Ci .* ; al«r a wav to uiiUv.a.canceled *m<. gs. A Ann 1m* had all it.s offli es pi\|n wi-h old checks, placed neaily ed?# to #dg# Th# fnce figure* Of the bheck* vary from $3fl.onn to SI, 1 fo snil the total for one loom is $v.o.,ii, t'ttt. Asa gill moulding runs a round the edges of earh cheek-panel, tli# K#:terel effect, - a rathe Hue was.the new tetcher who hsd I Just come that morniu- for ib# fjnt i time, and was now^engajpiJ in I I'l sins Liable to DiM'liarg*'. Bovet. the director ot the t- .X very distinct kind** of poor school houses; Tho building Itself may he worthless; a good nuildfng may he unfit for school purposes,, tl is pos- sibblo to invest a modest sum of mhney In a good school building. What wo know as school architec ture is yet in a very crude and un developed rtato, if we are to judge from some of our recent school buildings. 6omq of even the larger towns of the State b«*e taxed tbem- selvea- Hhcrally to erect new school buildings, and have very inferior ones. Not one cent ef public money: "Well, sir, I've had a hard time to get something to eat over here^ Ydu know a man .used all his life to our Southern cooking just naturally craves for something that has corn In it. "r don't eat beef and I have, the hardest time everywhere I have been trying to explain what t meant by breakfast bacon, hut as for c*rn broad and hominy grits. w$s/*ir, I haven't been able to find a trace of offii e at Lausanne, bas addix-sslM a circular to the postal employes in Hi* town warning them that iu fut u-- toothache will not he considered at* ! •'■'Uninebarchcadness hfi% come about axcua# for nlMenc«.from work. Tbe> through female recognition of the eternal: verity nf the poet- who de- tom of gu ts going* about baHoss. but if !’ is let ns welcome if viQ exceed-! ing joy. She is becoming 'ubiquitjus. this gitj without u hay ami in the stis-et- or in the stores*..in ,tJity-parlP^ vbe'<'ver the may h**, she’ adds leant,' lo the landscape and pictur**- stmeness to th<* view. Mon- jve!co;ye too will the jtew- ol*l eiistom of the f.jir sex be if one of its results is the •dethroning of thag ywHspj. -mupsfrosity, the “.Merry AYidow" h if. that dire- siiai»«- of straw that mows a swath *rf dlsc::ni- .oi t through our Hirotighfares and " hi'-h has added to the hurd*-ns of a torrid kuminer. I-e* ujjghope that the new style of "Wh&t Ik your name little boy? ’ 4's’am," was !h« reply. "No explained the teacher, "that j is only.a nickname. 'Saniual' .# ; vo tr nam#." Then slj<- qu-'etlffned aHtnglit-eyed little cjiap sitting beside 'Saffyjel. "T suppose niy; nfluiea ‘.Tirnue:,' theit." r< spoiul*d tlie Itoy, "although I'm always ailed SYn:." WHOLESALE Jj? ' . = ^ RIumblnQ Supplier Mar.h!nery Supplies Southern States Supply Company COLUMBIA. S C SEND US YOUR MAIL ORDERS^ A 3 I w [J r c 4 muaf 1 #ither gat th# <>ut th#m»«*lY#a. tooth out or NEGRO CON SI* I RAC' Y A FAKE? People at Ninety-Six m> Regnnl AG • ** - v ' fair of tlie N«-gt-o<*s. dared that 'ho crowning glory of a v dmab iT'hei 1 hair.* ]' ft may be that, th*- girls who are I braving convention, declaring their freedom from the thralls of the mil liner and making life more beautiful , by discarding their hats need <-u- A Lady of Note. she w,-»'-^mrrical. quite, so she m# .« ■'. her a. &own Of organdie^, cleverly planned. {With aceordeon itlaits ruuning a;i up f and dawn, ^ And fluted to beat th: land Rhe loolced truly sw -II, and wo -U frequently harp . ' On bciiig high toned and all tb’t Aud yi course ta B uatutal, had to B sharp Enough to abid« in A flat. Tray for Rain. ■* - i A dispatch ‘rom La Porte. Ind. | says the drouth conditions are tjo «b-J vere in Kankakee county, whene the Gibbes "Portable” %.'• latest Model.' A “TRl CM PH"e#m- pareU with old onc». Hard Woo<i Carriage, flo.l l tl Afeel Traeft. Amootbrat Action. Ai-cnrate Sawiu*. P-rfeet, i. *1 u 11>- ment. A money-cutlc'er lodeed. Quickly pays fur-Jt- aeV. Write. Gibbcs Machinery Co., Sellars of “Otbt-as Guaranteed Ma. eijinery,’’—all kinds BOX CW), COLUMBIA, 3. C. Next Week! Watch This Space. The™ hav i * out ageiuent for h**\en s sak*? let f armers maintain daily and th«m ^ ... tner* have lieen no further deye- tis .'HI g< t togither aud praiee the w:x I conltT nniv # i° "T 'U lopments in ihe matter of the nemo its. good aeiiH^r We should say, at w _ ,B#•* I .ou!d I, n>v prevailing opinio. «, Groon.-oo.l.t’' i ' k ' > hi.| h h '"’"'“.'fAK 0 'T ? 0 l , ’ l * r ' *”‘ 1 tb »-' rook ho* lo »nd also at Nlnely.SU. a, aiewlainiMl tvlOo* .or- .r least 100 10 1 and IStSi S22' • «*■»»"*»' -t. «r. by lotcrvlows, is lh„ th, limn; Is u Zl'rC upon hr some thoroughly cornet;.nt aid von r-rtsl'nl?m“h nlim't *’t 11 "” 6 *“ ,t '' h ' <l b> ' l '“" ,b,! 1 "” person Some of the moat eoromon ' oMlaed • m * rl » aegro to g#t revenge on other negro- sible American girl and her crown of - * n * eo s. ea (or wroag* of hit own. glorrou# half: ♦ - • . ghtly viglil to prevent their homej and farms from being swept away by fire that ^’l day se-rvlccs for rsln **erc held Wednesday in a number of churches. The condittonB are so ser ious that the railroads have men de tailed to watch the 'bridge* to pro# The American All-Wronght Split Hteel I’ul leys. tent then In cate of fire. W4NDARD design rv: The Pulley That All Want. ^ t WECARRY A LARCE STOCK. Also carry a large stock of Wood Pulleys ~ a Shafting, HtnMrs, Belting and anythirg else \ou might wiih in this line. When you are “ ' in the market, write ua . CO.pBIA SUPPLY C0MPA1Y. Colum -iff, ^ C*