Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ktiltir I Pnp'r COCSTT CI1CULAT10S HAY.rEHRVART, H.1W9. V *# • To ike LiUlo wtlundi i»tiM Pino Htfitogn. * Ml Lftnnon .i'hfUiUn Churrh <**>«*•»In»f*< mlletf Campbeltlte bf ibe unHfwna<«f> (• an Immi»le itulb trenn bMtl<tliiC. nliii eenla «n<i oilier fnrul’ lure Monrwlml rc*ei..l»'(n^ (lino* «• read *b»ut uHen rbildren; In the old pioneer d*)a When lolVa ilul n«>i run tfof <>v-r neir Iblaft*. but had I oolehratedlUeHarati »n Adurem. TMs | paner •ioplop’d the tendee. lea of pa rtf eiilrlt awouic Cnrlatiapa and Ihe oO- ' foreement nl buiuan Interpretation* nf «lndV Word In n»»e*e o* the p Yrtne« nf Chrus and pTendwl it* toe re>(nrai Inn nf the rimpl*, erlxinal erence | tal PhrUiianltr a« rxhlnited upon the >»er<d p re without all* m *t- Inr th inruloate anvthlnr of ho-oan authority, ef-pritraie oplnlop nr t«.veh> Walle J id/f- Taft haa been feaaUnr f:\m Atlanta pnaahIP. tteeoh l»land‘W* h.*c»e and Oharlaatnn tvbltlnf Mr. KnarareH baa beam dyaf>np»Mallv tduk> tap at one Cram tad a pact He coa»t ftfehofcrov. ' ■■■■w- 1 — ■ ■ fl'e Intended lo make eonte (dimrlal r-nminent on lha artlvle puhiKhed twlar from tba Itoaton Journal nn-ler the J ineatlPn heading What U Wronjr With mr hcbool*. ? but at tb« f'minty Ttaohert’ Aaemlatlon wl!| meat on hauir<l»y next «e think it boner to re- far the Inquiry to them. In an doing « a e hart hope that the aehnola nf ml* fttate are better adapVd to the Un:et ttiD tbdee of M*arftidm«etr«, The ITonao of Kepreeeoialitet In t^dubiMe no Krider by a ro.e of ll>7 to U wiped out ot Walaon’a departn eof ail poeer |ermletlnn, prlvlliro ei d p»eii|bi , lfy m anv oonilnuaiioe of ex- perlmenU in iinmlgrMt on. if Ooreroor Hey wer«J and hi« l.eglt- laturet had lirtened to lux l’Curt£ lha Htate would iiave eroapej that *. retched biain etorui and agmd many l . a .and watted flullara would bu e her in the Male treasury or tha pw;\eu of the tax pa)era. Perhaps some future I.orl*Uturs »n»y wake up the fsrt til'll emlfratlnn lias >een and I* to the gtaai nii»fortnne of Ik i Male and. better late than nerer, fry to dnd out the uauxia that h*M in- flurtt ra I so many gm*d Oarollnlaiis to go N«r h. Rooth and Wr»t. Tha Atlantlo battle (I'-et sailed on *ti urday fru.n Uibralta r tor the United fhe'ea and will get bonio on the iiiud fa«•. Tba fleet I# said by Adnure bpe ry In eommand in bo twice mm ef fei-t ve as wbeu It »tarted nroua l tbe Wor! I. Of the towns (u (his State publishing dlreo'nrles ,lDder*on is the only one ehewiug an increase of populsthin In the past two yesre. If the Inorraee raoie from the farms Anderson is the moat unfortunate. of the directory fowua. Tf Judge Taft Is to reach New Orleans today op his return trip from Phiimiii* . Hu I* accompanied by aeven engineers. Who have consulted with him about the I'auania big ditch, eight newspa per oiea who write about him and two eeeeet sen lee men who body gunWV Wiw Ma Is to be the guest of honor at a Ptg night dinner at which the choicest C rodaets of lyiiilslsna will he spread store him fn the attempt fo outshine tjtrarieatoii and Atlanta. Tliosn who wet w ith him will bare to pay •pkco. every.hug plain and pnarbere CM j men •'‘‘"l-d‘“v pi art in .be not p.naciT Tor muney This ItltW | ^ pt church, with J. M Hendera for »ef P«Hur. I* .aifiured Hr* mile# Ra-*l of Harnwe.l 00 tha -and bill* just across tfsgkod'a Mill, in a Mule Oll.l- b of sacmid growMi ptnee^and look* as If It mlaht have been put there for fe«r tl.st some body wauld see It. but Its light U not hid nnd^r a bn»h *1 but In ■ianirf -ant •• It mt) seem sho stands identifed with and .Inked m the great est mo*en»ent that ha« clslinrn the at- $26 THE LEdl^l.A tUkk. wntbin 'of the religious world i« a bun lire*! j ea’S. fur the hefterment of such pinna as wMl bet! promote the working InlT- n.ts of the t tin rubes and f«r tbe fiir- iberance of the cause, (htt of ' ChrU- Uau U itoll." for wliicn ibey stand, tbe Ch'hHrau Uborche* In Sonih t’arollna are orgaulfed ln«o Union [>la rlcts. and on every flfrh i>nd’s daJ^jirid Hat or.lsy before .here is a Union Meeting held at m»e nf the churcnes In their reabtcllra divisions. Mt. I^ba. no be ing In the Mc fiid district it fell to bar lot to wnierlsiti tbe Union In January just past and scitordingl v on Hatnrdav with 'be w Iod blowing s gale of about ii miles an hour and the mercury, dropping to a point way below Iree* Ing n* fast as the wind could force it dow n * f#*v. ur «t|«matrd bv the fl.-rce btl/aonl made Ibelr wav throtigli the blinding sand and cutting wind to the lut'e ci.'jrcb over tue bill iu ihe pine sspti iga. Tito w indow* r (tiled and the haute qolveied Luc the he«t tro-n a ‘ lint Muir* store and (he wurmth of brotb- orly lore, the motive power (bat had drawn tbem agxtn.t hliotiiog-storm of that awful day kepi then) from freex- lug to ileatn. There were rery little if any im provement in weather cnndi Inifa on Hundav. but (*e*pite the iHiUynrablci ulrcuin»t»ncea Mr. Walters preached to i|ulte a nice little crowd. His theme/ what is tne aim and purp' *.< of Jdu* I hnstian ( huri-h. waa very fitting to the (N’cnslon, Kridsv the 2!»th being tbe eentenrv of ibis religions inoyenient. AtU*r tne lead’s raopb^. W'lflctl Was presided o' er bv tbe pastor *bo In hi- rsmark* very forcibl,• ,h >ySed tbe do sign and p urposn of tlijs simple hut beautiful ordinance. He alsn as pre arranged, gave a irry helpful talk on how fa th® beat Interest In our Union meeting* to he promoted? This was followed by some touching remark's from Mr. W. A. Bailer of Klh'titon on the Jfelftiion of the Sunday bchord to toe ( borch The siiiootlt, even man ner 1) which he handled bis theme was Impreaslypjiud wiii long b*«.ren»“nt‘*er ed by those whose g anl fortune it was Pi bear it. After n few remark* by ’.ii-- write' on the lluancial aide of tbe'pins Tlon Mr. Walters ma le a lew w- M - reoted remarks-on ** t rrtnti-g r T,ord s gervioe’.’an I after th. I- u of Mr. W. H. Turner of K ei' ( ITasidert for tbe ensuing n- omeilng wa« adj-nn rief r l.aisy Mar, Bsc miles \ r ii ton, on the 6vli donda* i. '! One hundred >ear* Id ■ f’hrUtian Union »twl -v e - |ir|initire npoatoliu ii-n , i Christian Cnurch or fti»y iblrg a* a mat'or uf UhiUHati fal.h cr duty for which ftieia cannot ha expresMsd a •'Tiiua aaith the Lord” eltnrr In ex pressed terms or approv»I prrcedent ( ommencing with theatlndffed truth that the ghsnei was designetl to recon idle and unite man lo Ood and each other the address tir*H eedfe<f to cooalder the sad division* chat .xisted and their baleful effect® in tin* augrv contentions, ennutiea, exi'Oinmunicfttlon* and p-r •ecutbma wlui-b they engendered, and set forth tbe Object of liie Association to come dimly and fairly to the migl- nal ground and take up things tj isit a- tiie A postles left them. ' That disen tangled from the accusinz embarrass, tnents of Intervening ages, they -might tCopyrlgbt. ISOS, by Ameftcan Ct.-Ulon.l Stepan Metrof raihed into hit « here hi* wife wa* gettlas the dla | nlp Oft • chotit and hU eyes xlartln? j not at fata bend. "What is It, Stepan? For tbe lore of GcdL what la it? Ilarg you been iriveof* „ “Yes: | must kill tbe oluUtor of the iaterfor.*’ Tbe wife corrred heT.fa' , e with her hands nmV trembled: (hen she rsM. "It is you who ma»t dle^ not the minia- t*r" "Rather, tre must both die." "1 menn you nm-d die to the world." "How enn [ do that, Natalie?" "I-T'ivr It to me." Hofr>.:f shook Ids bead Monbtfully Nerertbelosa l.e hnd conCdMee In bis wife’s Ingenuity and hoprsi. In a _ Week he was apparently very III. His •taud upon th* same ground oiu tybiidii wife sent for Alex Gagin, president of Ihs church siopd at the beginning.’’rlrele. fo come and see him. ‘Me- _ X - J - •. — ■ - - The advancement of HO resr* 'has been som<tbIng wobderful—with (he exiepiton of some few places whe.e (he sssue obi prejudices and narrow iiiind- ednes* stiil i xi-t, we liud ('nrlstiau every where recognizing each other as brethren, often exchanging pulyrf at>d utt striving for Uro one great - pur - pose—tlie fulfillment of the one great commission of the Master: *T5o je in to all the world.’’ T U . Erwin. TAKE STOCK. ALSO HELP I N S H R'/J p| Q £ I III By Buying \ Goods Choaper than you have ever done or may ever do. THE MU KUKRI.<11 MO QUITO. In a recent adjlress In New York be fore tbe pTlIege nf Fbyalcians and .-iirceona Or/.l. George Aiia:ni, of Me Gill I hl\ trslty. sad ihat it whs tile uicrpiHn Hti I not grait iliit( CHUsed tb*_ Ureuch fo f iii in tilers' project t.» build tti" i'jinania chu.iI . 'I hi» oik aria breeding p'*«t. he con tinned was indirectly responsible fo ^Tiedectywl Gieece ai.d tlie falT ol Koine. Alter naying a Idgli tribute to Am-r ica'i inedi' -il -••ienc-- for lire work ii t>iiba ann m I anatn* he said: "Hall tlie populHiii n of tbe world die* Iron malaria, m m»r*t tflsTsriees spread hr the mosquito . Out ol six m ii lions v\ In died in iuili.i’five ini'lroiis db-d from lever. But now pathological reseaicsi has led to practical means of preven lion and tlie death rate has greatly di- miniahed. . J — ’J ■sw.a® •••*/ » » i n l 11 op per husband ani| be was pur in j iii l b- Ulrmiit xml aunrciite. I oun^ re Wa - Up t* thl* writing. Monday, (hr l.egialftiurv has completed only a lew tfloaaurfft, Hitd they art of smalt local l*iport*nc*./T«Mi membera have In an Mtore diligent In Attendance, taking fewer re*f day* than their prede cessors have done In several previous or»*hHi*: it l<a>k* now tnat the pres- AMi .O'BilsMjiaUeBj i"3 Bhrye / -Tue eternil liquor problem will, ac eordlng to prew-nt appearances, take •ymneb time. The debate ou I’rohl Mlhm began on Saturdav : a* there are .ertcrol bllla relating lo that vexed tytteatlon their mithora and aponaiaaa «ill wish lo ventbate their views and present their argument, and one speech lor any measure ia rery apt lo provoke •wother egalnat It Tbe bill propnairg State wide pro hibition win, to Its advocates say, be linight to a lluNh Titer have on the calendar another bill prqvidiftg for a special election next August to decide Wy a state vote between local option a* itv.w In effect and statewide prohlhf- fton Much correspondence .as we have seen In our exchanges Indicates the opinions of their writers that the last warned hill la likelier to past than the one lot Stale prohibition. — It la still guess work as to wbat the Hehat* will do a-to the House bill ro- Maltng the Her. law. If that should he defeated In the tb-nate It is likely that a bill limiting the scope of the lien law to apeeiked articles will go through. A* the repeal or amendatory law, If either be paa-ed, will not Uku effect until next year, or fuMh*r og, nobody need be uneasy about this year's business. The more linpor:ant fag bill* are t<> be conaldeied this week and will Iiave tlie right of way. AH other measure* are to take their rhances and the chance* arc that the •, i i. t tbe tart ed amidst great anmg'.j/siiii and re llgiou* strife nod bitteroe**. this body ha* advanced, step by step, un il men have become broader In their religious view* and ihe nmat ob«tlnate prejudloea hare been made t > yield to the softer and ganfler ii.fluences of love. In the rtnnday hchool lesson of January 17ih, •nude up by the Int'rnationai .a, si Com mittee, composed of the.scholars of all “ihe begin ning of the t-/'lirl*tlan Uhurch,” not the origin nr beginning of any denomina tlotial church such a* Methnditt, Bap li«t. Preabvterrati, Kplacopal or Gamp- helltte, but the Christian Uhurch, Within the *cope of my short life, 1 can lea) miher 40 years hack, when uny one In (ho above named churches claiming to be a member of “riie Uuiupbellite Church would Iiave been a (It subj-et to be tried and excommu nicated—hui I not just'tled then In the tlimtght that this great body of Cbns- llana, known all over tiie land as “Gis- clpletof UhrJst,” not of John Wesley. I.uther or (/i.inpball—but the Christ— have gained a great victory over de n< mlnatiooxl prejudices and thul their plea tor Christian Union I* taking possession of the heam of men as never before. Friday, J muarv 20:h la»t being oh- •erved io many parts of (he country as the wenteusijr of this religious omve- ment. In this connecilon a short sketch <»f lil-torv taken from Tlie Woman'* Xaliona! DmiIv may not be out of place. Katiy in 180!) ihoinas Caiuphell of Washington, IV, t**u0d ills celehrated Ireelaratloii and Addies* and tlie work began with such support' rs as Alex ander Campbell, Barton W. Stone and 'taller Bcott This American mot emeut sought Christian Union up on original New Testament fouudu tldna. There arc now belonging to it a* a growth of a century over 12 (Kk) elmr CRIME IN THE STATE. Mrs. Ma ion Jot ea. wife of W. T Jones, otic ot (lie iieho*t men in Uni mi county, died in their Hoe home at fan Mic last. July of sin cliiiioe poisoning I he Coroner’s jury laid tne hlama '■ 1 ' i rc -•■ed him bail. His trial came off la-r >k, la-ting (our (lavs. I he coot n- ■ i of the btate was Gist Jones treat'-d w tfe so brutaliy that she took the -■'nii, and that he wa< guilty of mur- ner Tlie delenco put up no witness On Saturday the jury alter remaining out IS hours and 18 minute* found niu guilty with recommendation to mercy. A motion for a new trial will be Digued on tomorrow. He will hardly get il and an appeal to the Buprenia Court will follow. The cojple lived very unhappily. They had one child, a son II years old. Sovereign Lowe ar il Lee Bovd, white met), were arraigned at Aiken cour. last week, charged with the murder of Mrs. Kaiuev Lowe, the former’s wife, near Jackson, a tew weeks ago. At re quest ol Lowe’* lawyer the trial ivas postponed until Tuesday ot this week Last, Fall Pressley Reeve*, a young white farmer, was sh »; at nig lit Hin) killed a few mile* below Bran- liville. lie had hauled hi* cotton pickers home and was driving the Wag-m to his home when assassinated. i.a-t week rive prominent white mmi of that neighborhood weie put in jail at ft. Geoigei) charge i wifn tlie crime. The preliminary was set for yes^prday rches w ith a membership of l,diu,- Iroat of adjournment will come before (itp Hn ,| represented In all lands ihel •lab/of theip are ripe. year am '/"‘ii minted IT HAT IBIff HONG WITH OIK SCHOOLS? Ha* your achool iuat’uotlon titled • you for any pariIcnlar line nf wo-k **a« asked of 2000 Imy* and voting men %ho applied at tne slate employment bureau for work. Only 3<t answered ••ye*.'’ "Would you iiave eontlnoed In school ♦f (he schiMil could have tauglit you * trade?’'Wa* then aik*-d. Eight him «ired and elglity five answered In the hNirmative. Tbe cry of employers all oyer the •late le "We want * force of competent 'Workmen, with responsible ambitions.; we ean't get them." Aitrh pointed statements as these, •ait! <nret and over, and bolstered up kiy eotirperlson* with condiiion* in Ko rope, bav# led * harlea H. Mnr«>, *«c rctaty of the Maaaschu>etta oommls * Ion up indUftrfad education, to aav. as !>• laid tbe otbsr day. **T hme muat he a ehance In nur ayatem, and It muat r<>m« aoon. I would *e« that those 1 w|w» have to work with their hand* arc proTl'Ied with an opportunity. A so- -bM ‘ gift* jor mission* last to over 11 000 GiO The Ih'iinnilnaiion will celebrate in I’lltsliuig, I’a., in October next It i* expected (lint at least CO.OOO delegates will attend the Pittsburg Conference, 'coming from every ftste in tlie Union, Irotu Canad.i. .Australia, Great Bi luian anil oilier land*. Bpeaking of Ihe irl- gin ol the IHac'ples a* a distinct re ligious bmlv tne K*iv Dr. E ,) Power oi t ic mother church in this section of ton country says—it date* back to the early pait of tne lust, century in cif- ferrnt parts of the United States. Bim iilt.ineouslv teachers anise among tly; rell Ion* denominations who pleaded for the liilile alone, without hniuaji ad ditions to the forma of creedsorfordiu- las of falsh, and ihe Union of Udn i* H*ha of •very nauie upon the basis of the Apostles teachings ’This move ment assumed must notable proportions in IVe-t Virginli, Pennsylvania and Kentucky In 1828 Alexander Camp hell of Bethany. W Va . began to he u]cha«ge their common bcliet form with great v g 'Tamdn*ar n. n g in ‘ ' a p -rlodleal nailed the "ChrTaCbttv JUp- list" tlie plea lor the rvatorution o/ Hie simple gospel, tlie order of things as under the Apostle®. It was not • ( ORN IN CONN’ EC TIC U T. Somehow we have become accus tomed to think that the bb; prairie sta'es are the home of tlie corn. We have of corn Holds in Iowa, Illinois Missouri and Kansas like forests where a man might be lost. At Ooiaha. Neb, they have just held a great national coin exhibition, and the world was challenged for the largest number of busliuis grown upon a single a:-re Add where do vou think the "wind's prize” Went, to? Not to anv of the prairie states, but to. Connecticut and to a farm which has been k u pf, by one tamiiv under cultivation for 2. r J) years. Furthermore, the young man w ho took ihe priz a , N. Howard Brewer, is Just 20 tears old. He began his work as a farmer when he wa* HI Mid in four year* worked up ability to grow l.'O buaho.sof corn upon one acre of tbe farm. H-* chose ;lie seed from a strsin ot dent corir grown in Illinois for .*>0 rears previous to its introduction into Connecticut In the acclimatitation of this Illinois grown seed to the changed •xinditions a new tvpe appeared, and | there was careful selection »nil culti- vaiion, so a* to secure liighest nro dll't o:i and best qnalitv. In IbOi jui Mi erage acre ol Uii* variety \ t'ddcd IJlj budiel. of •dudled corn : and uniler the condition* of the Orange Judd corn contest, w in the prize for Ihe best and mnsr. profitable acre of corn grown in tlie UnUed Siafes. In lildK the stir- veved aii'l measured average acre yielded IXM 3 bushels *if slielled corn, wiieii hosked and weighed under tlie i r d ns before, and Wirled the would lie supervision of the town oUlcer* and I a S <*niurin. others, /Hie ears aver*g«-d 22 rows of tli'f .waa lu bod. HU wife antd That worry over the order to kill Hie min ister Tras driving bim Into tbe grave. In two weeks from that time Nntnlle aent ngain for Gagin, who came nnd aaw klctrof lying In Ids coffin. Natalie bn i painted hi* fore so that be rj.kJ^ ft disngr«H»a|)le looking corp^. “See what you linro^one!" she aalJ. covering her hands nnd .wcer-lng co piously. "Afh:” oxolrtlrncJ OnRln conten:^- tnonsly. “Your bnsband was n cow- nrd." nnd went gway. Pjit In n mo- ment be returned nr d/taking n hind glnas. plricrd It In-fore Mctrofs nos- triis. Metrof heard him nr.k for the glass and when tbe test was made held bis breath. GaRln. cabbing uo -moU- turc bn the glass, went nway again - this time for g,"K.d. The next day Natalie. In the garb of a widow, frRowed a cofTn lit wtitcT there were stone* nnd lioarrls to tlie Crave, nnd a new man was chosen to kill tbe minister. Two years ir.tcr Metrof nrd ilia wife were living tn New Yrrk, keeping a wine shop. One day n man entered the shop and, sitting at a tab!\ cr.Ted for a glass of vine. At seeing Me’rof he looked at him keenly. Metrof went Into n back room, when* he found Natalie and told her that Peter Knta- vtsof. one of (lie circle wbl h had or dered him to kiil ihe minister, was In the shop and hud recognized him. "I shall be followed and murdered.” be added. -c Nntnlle. Instead of giving way t« grief, began to think. "Yon most tile again," she said pres enilr. "That game wm n<M wdfk rwT- e.” ’ “It will, bnt must he done Oiffcrent- Ir." Metrof keiit a rerdiver iu U>e houac III* wife went out nnd got n paper of red dye nnd a little sjionge. Put ting water and tbe dye on the sponge ilnd handing bee buaband the revolver loaded with Hank oartridges, she gsr« bim Inatrnetlons wtiat to do. Metref went out into the shop, where k« found the stranger waiting. Metrof went np to him srd said: 'Ten have recpgnired me. I am lost Bnt I can itnnd this strain no longer. I will save yon the trouble of punishing me.” IVith that he stepped back to tbe dear through which he hail come, put tbs irevnlver to h!s temple and fired. He fell Into Natalie's arms, and a red •frenm trUkled from bis temple. She had squeezed the sponge. She drew him Into the room nnd slint the door, refusing to admit tfny one bnt the po lice. The next morning the papers men tioned a suicide In the Rowe 17, end Metre,fs representative corpse was buried again. 4 After the funeral Nataile. a widow for the second time, sold the shop and went west, where she was Joined by her husband. Having bought a farm, they settled to Its cultivation, hoping that there would be no necessity for *ny more funerals. One day when the couple were en a train who shonld walk down the aisle but I’eter Katatlsof. As he passed them and saw Metrof he stopped, his eyea fixed on him with astonishment. Then he passed on. and the hunted man knew that his life was again the »b Ject of th? dreaded circle. Metrof believed that Kntnvisof wonhl report him to the cirri,' 1 nt Kt. Peters burg nnd some one would be commis sioned to kill him. He never wont out of his house at uigiit and In the day ftlways carried weapons. One night there was n knock at his door. Nata lie motioned him to conre^l himself while she answered the summons. A man v. Ith shocky hair and beard, whom both recognized for a Russian, entered and a'sked for something to eat. The reply to hi* request was a bullet from Metrof sent Wirough the heart. Natalie found on the body satisfy her that he had l>ec kiil her husband. Copying his hand writing. she wrote the circle in bis name that he had succeeded, but he must go Into hiding to ess-ape the law. Natalie told her neighbors that her husband had been murdered, .shelved them his corpse, which she Ipid paint- Fjre Insurance in the Oldest and MMKi Adjiistrots and Settiernsnls promptly mads; Life Insurance in the Frudential Inslirance Company of Amefica. * **. STRONG AS TIIIO HOCK OF Gf Bit ALTAR. swougu IMC y pa pom to eeu sQpt to’ Preparatory to our Spring Stock Taking on March 1st wc will commence on Mon- jfifty, Fthrnary loth n coin tiiuiing Clenancc Stile of evciy article in our ..Im* mense, Overcrowded Stocks of General Merchandise r.t undreajJhd LOW PRICES, The Winter is j hissing and tlie Goods Must (io. The % prices we will ask will be close to criviiior them away. We mean business from the front door to the back win dow, and will piove it by figures that tell the absolute eternal truth. The lion^ Procession of Mateliless Bargains oflered ineludis_ Clothing, Sloies, Hats, Caps, l hidei wear, Toj) Shirts A:c. &c for Men and Boys. For Women—C 1 o a k s, Skirts, I >ress (roods of every description, Cotton Goods A:e. eke. For evervhodv everythin" in our lines needful for com- fort in door amt out, every thmpf necessary for ^ood looks from the plow furrow’ to the wedding feast. Tiiis is a true stoiy. "We want room for Stocks. We would count money than take stock and our goods must and shall go. From February loth to March 1st the Grandest Prizes of all vour years arc * *- ivaiiing for vour iratheriiiir cj w cd r' at MHZURSKY’S eee Hiize. Barnwell, S. C. NOTI0B. I iiave jii*t taken charge of the office o f Superintendent nf Education and m-M« murlf a* the I/tw, icqiilrcr me to vi*it tlie nvliooia of the Coiiuf.y, I e i^h • o announce to ihe pntilic (tie foi.ow ing as iiiy ofli te day* a•■ (lie Court II"U*e: rfah'xl.iV", aud Fr’d.iy and Saturday cf each week. Horace J. Crouch. January 21, PJOtl. t.;. S. E. tf. More and better insurance to tire dollar invested than any other Company in the United States, ' . - / \ • ’ - / - WRITE ©R ©ALL ON 7 :: R. M. MIXS0N- Williston, S. C. our Spying rather FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS GUARANTEED TO SATISFY PURCHASERS aAELl JfcAFFY VvAatiJlUX' I hk*0.*<|YW LAl Bt OTWO* AXIOt'IYT A TSUCXJA aMOir fllCMJIMD T?« kfcr*i«»* TY.’L V* Vkg ISft, ti**$ A i.tU* b»i«r \ FLAT DinV3 2C FaGh-L ^ FUtlltri Yft/WJy. w ntiOj b i:b «! 1 m i r». y M.31 per 2, J b I a. il Si *5 3., U e. art ol^r. a* HJ® fttr m. f. O. B. W.-MPS iiLANb, S. C Cur C-pecial Express Rates ca PSaAjto li Very Low. We grew the first Frost i*iocf P5*:t3 in IfibS. Now have over twenty thousand satisfied customers; and u'c have grov.-n and sNd more cabbage plaols Ihta aQ olher persons « liie SottAcrii stile* cembiotd. V/HY? berause our plants muiy please or we send your money back. Order now* it is time to set these plants in your sec tion to get extra early cabbage, and they are the ones that sell for the most i Wm. C C-eratyCo^ B« 73 Ya»g's I I ill II1 FIRST CtR LOAD OF Its 11 BBS HILL TOP STABLES, . BARNWELL, S, C. READY FOR SAL-E, AND GIVING SATISFACTION. AT THE lowest possible prices. were bought Right and will ho sold, "Well Worth the Money. "" A Nice lot of Buggies, Surries, "Wagons, Lap Rohe*, Harness and all pails of Harness to be sold"' ZflEpt?. C li A R L I E B R OWN. Very They THE TK E A > U K E JUS N OTICE. | The Treasurer* office will he open j for the collccti. n of tax*'* le'h d for the tl*cal tear coinmencicg JaniiHry i l»t IffitS, from the 15(h day of October I’.iy: to tlie 10ih it March l‘J09 in- ! ctu-ivo. Fiom the Nt to the. 31*t day o_ i Jamibiy HX)ri inc iirive a |>ena!y o' one j per ci nt wnl lie added. From i he Ot to the 281h dav of Keh | rt:a> inclusive r pei.a'tv of two per j. cent will be added lo all taxe* paid m Februurv. From the 1st to the loth tiny of March 1909 inclusive a penalty of aeven per crt»t will be added to all unpaid taxe'. LEVY. ank of Barnwell 'The Oldest and Strongest o Bank in Barnwell County S Deposit'Ay of The State of South Carolina. The County of Barnwell, ... I T1... I' — •- " and The I own ot Barnwell Capital, ...... Surplus and Undivided Profits, $60,000.00 $45,000.03 lUor* of mupiovui and lb« ndaoallnn of lb* child advitn- red along the line of futore work. I would (H*t neglect tlie «me*«ixth who jeo to klKh school, but 1 would have «lu« regard for the #ve sixths who do t»ot go there. “Wbr.la it that nine out of tan of (be forgfii i*i iimjdinp* at Sew York furelftoer*. and th« operatives or mail- tiftl workers Aaieijeaot In our jew- «lrr factories at. Attleboro the foremen «-omo from the Industrial schools of r*rls and Geneva.” TbU Is the bofftboo that Hie M»**a- rhuswttft onmal’alon. the Itrst of It* kind In the t/iiUert Mutes, Is trying to <iDWH.«~tttf«tvn Herald. ^ of the ancient land mark* of tlie Cbri*ttan re- liglon. a re*tor»tlou to uc'ii of Apoa- tolu: Cbrlsil mliy—docirlno*. ordinan* oca and fruit* Alexm der Cainubeil ktrm'l* wiih ahoiit fiO kernt'l* in each row; and the plant* which produced them weie from it to 10 feet high, with an abundance ol leave*, producing al*o large amount of forage* People In the VI'eat will have to that (lie farms in the Ka*t are worn out s’nd atoiie covered The 20 tear old farmer of whom wo have bot-n speaking, took aUo (he prize for tlie beat flint corn grown (III* aide of the MGaUaippi and reformation that wa*_snught, but res- | heyt Awect ^orn growL.any | lonVltbn, not tlie order of a new sect or ihe reformation of an old one, but a re Suru to Jernaalem, a renewal where. Hi* farm ia at lioekanum. jii»t 2^1 mtnuie* oy trolley out of Hart ford, acroa* the famona new Hartford bridge. And bv the wav, the Con necticut river ha* Hometh'ng tn do with *th« corn in (hat ItsuppHealhe feililllT required. In the spting the. wa* a oat veot -Irebind and edMatod 1 watyv of Ube eqrtnjUULJMys is aUv« tn the Unlver^tyK)! Oliai'iw.'Thumaa | ^'. h th . e strung to spawn. | “Well." said Metrof the night after having boon buried Hie third time, “Pro tired of these funeral*.” “Re comforted," said hlx wife. “They Will l>e sure this time of your death. We will change once more, nnd here after you must be made up to look I like some one else." - "You can't make me up for anything worse than a corpse.” he replied, “and I've got used-ta that.** CG-XSTANCE WILD. Campbell wn» a regular mlulater among the Breeder* and ** such as signed to tbe Pr»*by t* rv of chartltr* in Waahlngton county. Pa. Hi. view* u( Union, however ami tba aufflcicovv of tbe Bible a* a religion* guide caus ed hi* wlihdr.xwal from that eonnee tlun . He.formed toe Ghrl»t4*n Aaao- giftlliM M ..shin^tun iu 12JV and lb ooming to spa Ii ia a aimple matter to scoop them by ihe bu-hel in nets and cart theuyvo tbe flelda where they are planted, two fl«h together and covered with earth; then the corn it dropped above them, just fouf kernel* In each bill, and the trib ute of (he sea l* slowly transmuted to the prop-in end oil products of the ripened grain. -9= •‘Man drunk from liquor and men drunk from overeating are mo*t sus- ceptibls to pneumonia and die of It," ♦dbl Dr, Kvan«, f-bImgo 1 ! bmlth "com i misslooer, in an address a day or two ago. ... • •'There i* a movement on foot,” said Mr. Bnoope. "to prevent the marriage of weaktninded persons. W ha; do you Iblnk of lif - “I think It’s rot,” anawered Mr Gruich, t'VVhy. who else ev< r wants to get married” ?■—Clef e'-aod Leaden*— For State j)iirpn«c* ui milla. For Ordinary (lounty purpo-c*’ 3t^ mill*. For Keindexing Record* mill . For • onaiirntiniiHl ecbooi 3 milla. I utcl levy 12 mill*. Thete will bean extra levy «f two milla in Blackville township for road ta x Conimutation tax wlU $2 00 and will lie received Dem October 1*1 190b to March 1-it 1909 inclusive. Special Local School Levy. Cedar Grove (1) mill, Allendale, Bui bury Branch, Calvary, Double Pond, Elko, Kdisto. Friendship, George* Cteek, Healing Springs, Kline. Morris, New Forest. Oak Grove, Old Co I umbla. Reedy Branch, Belgfing villf, He\en Pine* and Tinker’s Creek (2) mill*. Bartor, Big Fork, Alack- vdfe, Ca\o, Hickory HU'i Owens Cross Road*, Mycamore, No 51, Ulmer* and Upper Rich Land (3) mills. Fairfax |8J4) mills, Heicule* and Lee* (-1) mill*, Uarnwell (4)^) milla, WillUtou United States currencv. Gnld and Vilvtr coin, conntv and School claim* properly approved, will be received for-taxes. ' » Checks and drafts will not be receiwd for taxes except at the risk of tax payers. *, . L J. B, Armstrong, ( oubty Treasurer Barnwell, 8. 0. September 12th I9«a. To save money I* not hard when once a bank account Is started for money in a bank cannot burn a hole the pocket. A bank account, mean-pm ing oill* hr check—the only absolutely sale way. Check* leave no room to' nrguinen' ns to when or how a bill was paid. Each check is recorded m the 'bank'.* book*. These t«*geber with \<mr money and (he cancelled chei ks are kept for you In burglar and fire proof vaults. You have acie«c to them at any time. jL*'t us talk this over with you tlie next time yon are in town If Im- pot-Htde to call, Wiite us. STEPHEN S. FURSE, JR.. EDMUND M. LAWTON. FURSE AND LAWTON, Cotton Factors, Bagging and Ties, Fertilizers, Haudlcre ofTiplaml, Spa Island, nnd Florodora, Cotton. Liberal advances ijiadq on coueignincHta of etdtoii. Personal, prompt and careful attention tt^U buhinees elit rusted to us. 1 , FURSE & LAWTON, -zi2 Eaat Bay St, y 1- • Savannah, Ga. I T X —, -