Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^bukItpay. APiiii,. r, iw. A Mow dearly ernne Vortlitrn people |..to the 8miny H Mith! Cwijtr-Mintn Bennett of New York h«* offered * till to reduce repr^aentntlon of nil the Mnto* In IMxlo havlnf etrlcl oduCx* tlonel teet election law*. He would •Ilow South OaroHnopnlf Rep- ro«enUtlve«, Inuteml of tfc* oeyon ebe WWoOmw Wrt*on, PreoWooi of Princo on fToloereUe. Un wiw oallef e man. Till* one doolaratlon. compa- fiiijt «totintrr wfth dUy nowapapora, proret It. Ho aav»! "I road the •mrnrrjr pape.-a for national new* be- eanr* their column* oover a much wider ratifre, havlnjf lata looal nutter to print” _^ CroMua John l). Kockefeller 1# cau tion* about expreaaluc an opinion a* to life quick t•rival of bnalneae. but be haa no doubt about the future. (Hl» »HI monopoly will keep the wheel* of hta bualne«* rollln* am*>othly.) He •aya the laat panic w •• tha moat aevcre of all. No one eacaped It, great or amall. (And It will take tha longer le get over It.l * KDUCA I’lONAF. EXPANSION, The apeech of Dr, S. O. Mitchell, fraaldent of the State l/nlveralty, et the dedication of the new Brunaon Hlgb School Building on Friday, was full of facta allowing that South Caro tin* U dolug pcrhapa more than ahe la really able to do In the development and Increase of achool and college facllftlea. b roui bit talk we take tbe following fhet*: In 1903 the people were apending on achool* alout a million dollar*, today more than a million and a half dollar*. Including college*, a$ademl#a and public achool* the people are putting •t leaat three million dollar* Into edu cation, twloe a* much a* the total lu» «ot»e of tbe SUte each yrar. There are over aeven thousand teach- era In tl:l* state. There are now Si State aided high •oboola, next September there will be one hundred and forty. Within five year*one thousand two Hundred new achool bouse* have arisen, and live hundred and IDty echool dUtrlctt o»t of a total of one ahoueacd eight hundred and fourteen hare local taxe* for the achool* . About three hundred and twenty five thousand youths attend the school* •nd college*. In the lad tire year* twelve hundred achool Hbiarles have been established In this State. ... be hi* help n»**es Their treapak* wa» followed by rtpulUon und the sentence of toil upon tltemaelve* and their poe- terity for all coming time. _ A timber famine la copalng nearer •very second of Uut« aid with Increaa- Ing rapidity. When It arrive* unp r *> pared men will bo In a condition akin to that of the foolUh virgins who had no oil In th«lr lamps when tbe bride groom came. i The advantage* »o eome from re foresting exhausted lands ar# not con fined to the reatorallon of aoll fertility. A larger supply of timber will add to the comfort and well being of- the In creasing population of ihe Union, and will secure an ultimate profit beyond any other speculation «r Investment in future*. We leave the application of this lit- ttertrm*Ti*4o the I .Ulgea.ce of otlr rea8era, re In a r kl i i g Hi al TiVUTre aytlt aftr • Th the Work of ft« , -tt* rr r-a'-f-,to n and refore*tlng tlie ihi ^ l lands by scattering on the wings of the~ winds the seed* of gra*ae* and pines, that bird* will drop from their 11 ghts to the neats of their Infant* berry seed* and while laying up their win ter stores will now and then let go an acorn that will fjnd a home In the soli beneath. A aucoeaaful and wide awake country farmer—merchant who comes to Barn well occasionally has asksd onr opinion a* to the effect of the tariff revision now In progress In Congress on bus! MC«S. The political doctors In Washington now attending the patient, business, ar*- not likely to help it* condition. Toev do not ndcratand how really sick business Is, nor do they know tjB** esus* of Its we k and lingering con dition. like Hangrado of old they continue to bleed, recommend a pros perity diet and no rest or fasting. Business Is in the condition of the Ut ile boy who having spent all his monev buying Cbrlstm** toys stand* hungry outside th# window of the cake and vtndy shop*. He would Ilka to trad* 1 the beaten drum or battsred born but bis comrades are In the same class as h« and mu*t put up with w hat tho> •r* given on the family tables, Wneit tariff revUinii is completed business will tind that Congreaaman McflaH 1* one Republic tn right in onr thing, ills views are given In a quo tation from his Harvard speech. tjmS&mSs ■'SVF'O A I'KoPltK 1TONEER. A brief clipping In today* !**ue tells »,f tlfte proposed reforeating by I'resl u«nt Hickman of Ciranlteville of a large tract of treelesa Und. A* a man oi •afsir*, looking forward to and keen ly Interested In the future people of till* country, President Hickman aeU an example deaerying following and Imitation by every farm owner, Urge a*r small, in 8outb Uarollita, Hlnce tfio tlr«t settUmeut of immi grants from Europe In this 8tate tbe Mir baa been ringing from the tide Uoe •> tbe mountain tops, and Its stroke sound* hare b?en esteemed as th« igaialc of progreet. It i* true that up to the olosertf the war between the . (States, the creation of the New South, ghs Urge real estate owners preservsd for thek children tbeir woodUnds, largely because their labor supply was Mmtted, the weeef oomnTvreial lerti.- kaera and improved implements of agrl- •utture were unknown, and the blessed •baetthe of railreeds mede the planter ♦lie producer of home seppUes, and no sueessafbl practical firmer kept hi* sAnok* house and corn mib hundreds of . miles away, and no town dweller pro- arured bis ratioea in paper bag*. Bet time# have changed, the old .j&wllt ift dead, its tnenwrle* are fading and new and stern neomsllls* have •>tripped the IHedmont hllla, the mid «*tete levels, of tbwlrklmber wealth, and tamo soars of gntlVa on the ah'p, of vtnproduetlve sand beds on tbe level*, wow are where majestic oak and lordly ones lifted th-lr proud head*. ~ task Imposed on tbe drat i Urauttar was the keeping of to Mayor Sallev of Aiken flnei a ? year old n<'gn> bov $10 dollar* on Monday for klllii.g a mocking bird with a sling *hot. The House of R< pre* ''atlvoa at Washindiou U rich) ting ** Pay no tariff lUj hours a day. All tbe talk chsugea no votes. Nearly 10 (MW iron and st**cl workers In Peonaylvanla hivo refuseil to ac cept the enf In wages, from ft W) per ton to !'< 74 for puddling iron, and like reduction in other work. Bishop K. K. 11 oss of the Methodist nhuri h. South, who has been under surgical treatment at. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Kaltlmotn, for weeks, has re covered and gone home. K. W. Ui rant Jr. of Minnesota^ white man of good standing, hna been continued as collector of the port of Charleston, in stead of Dr. W. |) Crum, Colored. Mr Durant i» a Repub ikjau but will not bother witb politics. A ca»e lasting 13 day* ha« ended at. Kdg< Held. The suit was brought bv ex< ounty Tnaaiirer .1. ’J’. PauUon against the Farmer* Bank. The plain tiff claimed that the bank treasurer had defrauded him out of $3,800. The Bank won. Helen Gladv* Emery, daughter of the Episcopal Bishop of CsliloruU, wa* iharrb'd In Seattle Wash., on .Saturday by two preachers to a J ip named Qun- Hn> Aoki, bhe had traveled a thous and mile* to get to a place where such mirrDgea are lawful. This la the IfPh week of the attempt to try Patrick Calhoun, formerly of Georgia, who married In thi* State, now President of United Railroads in 8an Francisco. California, and no Jury vet. The charge against him 1* brl bory, or buying franchise*. Col. Roosevelt had little excitement on the HHmburg steamer a little wav out New York (Julseppe Tosti. Ital ian steerage passenger started to at tack Col. R. but was caugnt snd put in Irons The Dago I* either crsry or a food pretender of Insanity. Mrs Mary Farmer wa* electrocuted at Auburn, New York, on Monday for the murder in April 1!*0H of a Mr*. Brennan. Mie was the s com! woman In that State to die In the electric ch*i r . H»r husband la also under death sentence tor the same crime. Booker Washington declined the of 'ered position oi a trip at government expense to investigate conditions, said to be deplorable, in the n< g'O republic of I/iberla. Africa, and hi* disciple, Robert C. Ogden, also refused to go. They are more comfortable in America ^tiate Insurance Commissioner F. H. McM*st*-r ha* revoked the license of the Southern IJfe Insurance Company of Fayetteville. N O and if can no* continue to do btislne** in this State rhi*cnmp.nv w«* ui'x-d up wklijflo Seminole Securities Company, now in the courts. The Rboscv* l f six nr d"e at Naples on .itr lai lian.’ ahit) Admiral, ami « i- M. ni'>*> awav to Mom ha-a '- t* *■ v? o Boston publUher J i t k r m (MM) mile trip throng ' Ai.-imi ami -avs that Col. Ron i . lino nun- ting there as tame «* • ilng cows In .* back yard. TVIlV NOTCIUARETTEHJL Ask the doctor; he will fell you that the use of cigarettes make* the heart weak and the nerves unsteadv; they -•ffeet the eye sight and Imp iir diges- 'iou. A*k the athlete, and he will re plv. “It ion expect to make your mark In athletic* ymi muat let cig irett* • lone.” Ask the educator, and he will answer that the habitual cigarette u*ei can not keep up with hi* classes. A«k the moralist, and he will tell you that the practice make* criminal* ny blun ting the moral faculties. A«k me business man If It make* any difference to thtna If employe* use cigarettes, and mark the eliorn* of <1. nunciaUons. Burbank, tha plant wizard; Moore, of '.he United rttste* weather bureau; Edison, the famous electrician, all add their pro.est to those of jail road and streetcar manager*; superintendent* of factories and proprietor* of great buaiueiia enterprise* unite In saying that cigarette Users dan not be d**p«ndud upon, phvsically, intellectually or morally. If further testimony I* wan-' ted, look at the cigarette user himself, atid the anawer will be anything but In faycy °f the practice. Many states have law* and more should have, pro hibiting th« manufacture, sate an I Im- oortation of the cigarette. The W. C. f U. baa a department woiking against the nae of narcotics, and this organization Is urging by petition and otherwiae the exiermlnatlon of tbe Ut ile paper pipe.—St. I^oul* Htar. H r r;\ . slerti' i" i « >• ’ ) \ •Jo y sia VERY KOBOETFUL. A inlnt#ler*a wITe, i tfocteUa wlfe imar a traveling man's wife met one day recently, and were talking about the forgetfulness of their huabanda, aay* the Washington Post. The minister’* wife thought her bus- band wa* the moat forgetful men . Liv ing, because he would go to church and forget hie netea, and no one oould make ont what he was tryltag to-p+eacb about. The doctor’s wife thought her bn* band waa tbe most forgetful, for he would often start out io see a patient .and forget hi* medicine case, and therefore, tr 'Tel mllea for nothing. ’ Well.” mid the traveling man’s wife, “mv buaband beats that. H* cam* liama the other day end petted me on tie I ha oboek ami said: seen jreu ha fore ”1 belleyi IIUlC girl. Incidents In Actual Life That Outstrip Fiction. -cart. A COLO BLOODED MONARCH. G-H A-ISTP Lewi* XV. and the Deed Man at the Card Tabl*—A Women Who Gam bled an Har Doathbad—Lord Deni- een'a Flay Whils His Brlda Waited •* th# Altar. Tf tha full atory of tbe rarl table reold be written tt would srurely be the moat atari ling revelation of bbman ruiddity ever published, and almost •'■rry page of If WOittrd be mnrkeil by aoste tEeldetrt which would outstrip MI bu , A. N. NSHRfl N ® E TIDE AID HE. - Fire Insurance in the Oldest and vStrongest Companies in America. JWjUstmEnts and Settlements promptly made Life Insurance in the Frudential Insurance Company of America. When l.onhi XV. wne at the card table the fnaclnetjon of the game made him absolutefy dead to nil externnla and even to decency and humanity. On one occasion when he waa playing for heavy etakea otic of hla opponent*, overcome by excitement, collapsed In bfa cbr.Ir In n fit of apoplexy. HU majesty affected to Ignore the incident until aome one exclaimed, “M.deChau- vdln la Uir* ‘•HIT” retorted the king, canting ^ onrelcus glance at the atrick- t*n man; “be Is dead. Take him away. (Spades are trumps, gentlemen!” Equally we!rd Is a story Goldsmith tella. When tho clergyumu arrived to prepare a Indy parishioner who had a pension for gambling for her spproueb- lag death ibe lady after ll-itenlng for a shiict tiiue to hD exhortation exclaim ed: "That'* enough! Now let ns have a game of conts.’’ To limner bee Hi# parson conaeaitcd to play. The drln* woman woo aM his money and bad Just suggested playing for b^r funerar fee when she fell hack and expired. In the early veer* of last century a whist rhib composed largely of clergy- j m«n nsed to meet In ths )<ack room «f i ■ barber** shop in • BomeraeUblr* town. On one occasion, ao the atory rruis. when four of the club members were acting ns pallbearers at tbe fu neral of n reverend brother, aome delay occurred, and the coffin was aet down In Hie chancel. One of them produced , a i>ack of cards and suggested a rub tier. The coffin served Hie purpose of a table, and the players were deeply Immersed In the game when the sex ton arrived to announce that every thing was at last ready. Mnsnrln's passion for gambling w«s ao strong even In death that he played sards to the very er.d. when he was *e weak tbal they bad to be held for him, and the “merry monarch" spent Ma last fbioday on earth | laying at bsaset round a large table with his great courtiers mid other dissolute persons and with n bonk of at least f2.tX)0 before him. The curious fascination ranis ]>o**e«v» f«r Ibelr devotees is Illustrated by th* following story of I.ord Granville, at Hie lime ambassador to France. One afternoon when he was about te r<^ turn 1o Paris he repaired to Graham's to hare a farewell game of whist, or dering his carriage to be at the door at ■4. TVben It arrived he was much too deep In the game to he disturbed. At Id o'clock he sent ont to say that h” wna not ready and that the horses had better be changed. 81x hours later tbe same message wna sent out. and twice more tbe waltitig horses were changed before he consented to leave the table after losing £10.000. An equally remarkable story Is told of George Payne, (he great turf pln»- gcr of seventy yesrs ago. On one occa sion he sat down at Dimmer's hotel te piny cards with I.ord Albert Denison, later the first I.ord I .nudes borough. Hour after hour fesssed. The game proceeded all tbrough the night and long after day dawned, and It waa net until an urgent message came to tell I.ord Albert that his bride was waiting for him at the altar of St. George's. Hanover square, that the cards were at last flung down. It wa# Lord Al bert's wedding day. nrtd be met his bride £30,000 poorer than when be left her on the previous day. One of tbe most romantic of gnm bilug stories Is told by Mr. Thiselton- Pyer of s plainly dressed stranger who once took hla arnt at a faro table and after an extraordinary run of luck aucceeded in , breaking the bank ‘•Heavens.” exclaimed an old. Infirm Austrian officer who had sat next t<> the stranger, "tbe twentieth part of your gain* would make me tbe happi est man In tbe world!'* “Yon shall have It. then.” answered the~8trangor as ha left the room. A servant speedily returned and pre sented the officer with the twentieth part of tha bank, adding. "Yfy master, sir, requires no answer.” The success ful stranger was soon discovered to be tho king of Pniaaia In disguise. The most costly game of cards ou record was probably that In which the late George McCulloch, chairman of the Broken Hill Proprietary company, •nee took part. A syndicate of seven had l»eeu formed to finance the fa mous Broken Hill silver mine, and Mr. McCulloch was otic of the seven. Ooe day, while sitting In a shanty at tbe B>ot of the hill, McCulloch offered a fourteenth share In the mine to n yming man named Cox for £2^10. Cox would only offer £12A. and after much haggling It whs decided sai- l!e tho dispute by a game of euchfe. If Cox proved the winner he was to have the share for £120. If he loat he waa to pay £190 for It. He won and for the absurd aum of £120 became owner of the share which a few years later was valued *t £1,200,000.—Lon don Tit-BUS. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, 7VPRIL 6th, and 7th. Select your Easter H^ts here, from a stock that is new and up to date. Our Milliner, Miss SwifTt, will do all she can to please you. If you don’t see anything ready trimmed to suit you, tell your wants and we will please you, as our stock is immense in quan tity and perfect in st>Ie. You will hear wl enever Ladies Hats are spoken of in con nection with a store that A^iss Swifft’s have this season struck the chord of fashion, that this Store’s hats keep within the bounds of good taste and economy. We will demonstrate, beyond a shadow of doubt; thatit pays to trade at Garber’s Store. We will place on sale on the Opening Dav about ^.OOO yards of Laces worth up to 10 cents per yard, at only * 5-4 cents 5.060 yards Embroidery worth up to 25 cents per yard at 10 cents. Good quality of Bleaching, 8 cents per yard Ready made Shirt Waists, $1.25 value, at Si.00. Also a nice line of Shirts at reasonab'e prices. We have the Agency for . V- STRONG AS THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR More and better insurance to the dollar invested than any other Company in the United States. WRITE 0R CALL ON M. MIXSON, Williston, S. C. Tha bagtunluf of exvallaac# la to be free from error#-Quintilian. DR.tlHvEJILHPUS, DENTIST, BLACKVII/LE, S. C. Office days Thursday, Fri day and Saturday. Well equipped office. Operations made as pain less as consistent with safety Prices reasonable. Term* Cfffh. Yo ' can select almost any kind you want, as we have a big assortment. Our stock of Clothing and shoes is complete- M’e handle “Sterling Brand Clothing and Hamilton Biown ^hoes. .FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS. * GUARANTEED TO SATISFY J>UltCHASE|iS a S' »ml net ta be W11* ( ■. al tlAt per e. S I* I a. al ILK per a. tt * ati **0. * (U» par ■. F. & ■.YOUNG’S BLAND, 8. C Oar Special Express Rales oa PUato la Very Law. 9 We grew the first Frort Proof Plats in 1868. Now have over twenty thousand satisfied customers; and we have {rows pad sold aore cabbage plants tnaa al other pemas io the Soothers states combined. WHY? becatncour plants must 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 arc the ones that sell for the most money., tion to get extra early cabbage, and they arc the ones tha »Srt53.-«B2!5k-rt WaLCCeratyfo. fai I. Vtai'i u#*. s. c THE Choicest Car Load •f 0 F - 4* ... - . i_ New Year Stock HILL TOP STABLES, BARNWELL, S. C. They are all right, so are their prices. . .• . Nice lot of Busies, Surries, TViigorm, Lap Roll^b Harness and all pa its of Harness to be sold CHEAP CHARLIE BROWN. THE I Bank of Barnwell The Oldest and Strongest Bank in Barnwell County Depository of The State of South Carolina. The County of Barnwell, and The Town of Barnwell Capital, • — — ••• Surplus and Undivided Profits, $60.000 00 * $45,800.00 S’T ' 'out of town !i : W u conn to Williston make this place your Head quarters. erne here, whether you buy anything ? or not. *• We-expn iii o ny thanks ior past patronage, and hope for a continuarc, o’ me — Yours truly . GNT Gr-azr'bex’. t>■ «hvt-uiuiicv i» not luirfl when uiivh h hank account l**tartvd for * -ih> m m hank cannot burn a hole fhepneket. A hank iu co'int mean* (laying bill* by check—the only abaolurely -''• wav Gheck* leave ho room for argument a* to wHeit or how a p wa- ‘uni Each (theck I* recorded in the tiank’i hook*. Then* V '*0 ^ i'li miiji mom-v and the cancelled chedi* are kept for you ■' •• -I i ni file proof vault*. You haie acceai to thtiu at any • h : , over with vou the next time yon are in town If im- •! '< .'0 ;M W ! |te U*. FOR SALE. “TriOI E PL ‘CES FOR 8ALE #i„ !| Plenty . Kw good ■( 1 it; 10ft afire* good farmlog land, situate »mHe« Noith of Bau.weU. ow wesjert aide public road leading from Barnwell to Blackvllle. one aettl ment on premise* and good well Of water. | Title* good and termaea-v. fi< 0 acre* goon farming land, one and a half mile# North of Town of Black- | yllle. between three and four hundred 1 In cultivation several good wetrlemenu on premise# this aome of the he.t farm ing land In the Mtate and formerly a Note an' 1 I .offer Head*, I part of the Dr. Win. S. Reynold* lauds. 1 • Title* geod and term* e«*y. I Apply to H. F Bulat, filaqjtynie. i 1()0 Acre*—40 cleared. 8 mile* from '*ar»ln > ' 6(M) Dollars —200 Dollar* caan. Balance In 1-2 or 3 Annual pn ment* with 8 pc cent Inrerest. T. B EMt* Jr . /. North Augusta, s. C. or G. B. KIM*. Martin. 8, 0. Statlonerv 1NTKBY. all JR.. KDIjUNDM. LiLWToy. FURSE AND LAWTON, Cotton Factors, Bagging and Ties, Fertilizers, Hand Ter 8 of TTplaml, Sea Is^nd find Florodora Cotton Liberal advances made on consignments of cotton. Personal, prompt and careful attention to all business entrusted to us. « * . * PURSE & LAWTON, 212 East Bay St., Savannah, G*. o rjk- .1% r