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^ufiiuiiy *mi qutfiliy of labor ar« the lint factor* In tne problem and the I uacertxlittj of the seMon* i« or will be • nnaettled until-Jack Froat CoAtei with ||0. V. KOkUKSt Kiftir 1 Prap'r . killing loiee nest Fall. \ ^ | One farmer-merchant In who** wide mzi'[eipeiWwbe ami good judgment we hare iiaetirr atom cit^riATioN Croat faith ha* told us that ho I* more careful In lrb> bualuea* during election TIH»snA^..UViniiKT. fh, rear* tlmn in lbo«o un|dacued hv pod On*. A !<*** of ji fow days or hour* by every workeMtll) the eottnn field* orb<> Ivreme* a partisan of *on»e candidate* . . or advoeato of *omo pot. policy will 1 • ^ Urcely duninfsb the gra** killlnc when 'Jkfrlea If he want* to keep ported ibobt the Ananias Cluht C'hrUHan MM. Ln LET THE DKEAMA UO. Oh, there are from tby rut fUtsbn reitn*yl^inls, Itnee left thtiryvnlpH* and en*ereda^lV terlal life. In thl# new rocatlon they krill be teal ml*»1nnarle*. Thtt new year, jubilee. Uatie of the lf«w> mod Courh>t was the complotttlfi fcaw^e ef Mn)«dr UenipbiU's move on Kicbuiond, for in. getfiag out such a great banner trlnrtlph he bad capped the ellmss of Charleitwu jouruaHrm. There are many ways Of making tnooey . La*t yoar K II. H. flrc^n of Texas sold wholesale flGO.Otk) worth of Amerlesn tleanf? ruses. lie Is the only »on of Hetty (irem of yew York, an Itumenaely rich woman. And her boy owns lots of property |u Hanks, ratirosds, ranch property and go»dne«i know* what oUe, but be not above doing little thing*, General Green I* spreading himself. The much thought and talked of prixe fight on the next •‘glorious fourth” be tWccn dim Jeffrie*. wbite. aTrd Jack Johnson, colored, wi!L_d#®vr'aHr« • whole lot of pooplo who ought to rcat their tongue* and exercise their arm* aud legs. I* Comptroller General A. W". .Toner stand* to his gun*. In hi* annual re port to the Legislature, which reaisem- Hled on Tneaday, ho urge* that the Legltlatnre do away with the State Hoard of Erjualisitlon and provide commUrlon of live to equalise properly •Tt'ifef the" State. Ho also recoin" tuends’the publication in the different (mnniics of the tax returns with the names of the property owner*. President Taft'* pic nlc Mine* are ap fiarently about oyer. The entrara ganre of hi* bnuiekeeping ha* been scored In the House of Uepreteutatlre* Hy a Northern member, and the ‘‘grand wld party” does not *ecm to be an en tlraty happy faml.'y. The Insurgent*, err antGhlgh tariff Republican*, arc •ore and threaten to be saury. Then Ballinger, a member of Ur. Tift’* rab- fcoc. I* under (Ire, mmethlug about gorerahient timber land*. CAUdB OK COX8E0CKNCE. Tasc week a large and enthu*lastic lUng of cotton mill men of proml- A*nc« wa* held in Charlotte, N C, flesolotions were adopted to sell no 7ans* below coat and higher price* ArMw Aged, and further curtillment threatened. A day or so after Aio price of cotton fell rg.jo a bale lu lea* than *u boor’* la the exchanges May doliyery, tfpoeolation was the reason saeigned. but It mar be quoatfoned whether thr action of the Charlotte Conference wa* the canaa of the elump, or the decline fn price the eoneequence of (be resolu tion to mfee prices, even If further cur tMtaent of produot was aeceeiary. -j In<elthg; ■wr'STation during the night and en.' Ur f* 0 * 111011 Many of the cellars I KaKed ’ 0 TEM LOU A. O MOKES! J R Earn him of Charleston, the beer king of the old State diapentary time, appeared in Kicblaud Court at Culum* hla ls*t week pleaded guilty to an In dictment that charged him with bri bing S'.ate officials to buv liquors from the concern* he represented and wan llitod fo,000 by Judge George K. Prince, which he paid. All other case* against him were nol pressed aud Farnum’s liquor troubles are ended. I’arnmu represented the commercial iplrit #f thl* money greedy age. It wa* hi* business to get busluos* and he went at It With skilful and uuscru. yolous energy, lie was and Is no worse than other*. He wa* not a* bad a man a* the smirched state servants he bribed, for ho refused to go on the stand and claim to be not guilty. If the men he bought had been a* adevit a* he whs they and be would have es caped detection. But they were bun glers a* well as blinded by the love of money. The elimination of Parnnra from the roll of graft defendant* does not help the cases of others who were his cat’s paws. While Faruum will not hear witness against or for them his confes sion will have weight as an eye opener on future petit juries, Out of all such mist of sight w ill come a new *un ri»o of the old time uprightness of public life. TO LOiE ITri PIUGHTEmT LIGHT. It' the Richmond, Va., announce ment bo true, that on February loth Major J. C. fHemphill will become editor of the Times Dispatch of that oily, Charleston 1* to lose its brightest ligot and South Carolina to parU with a son of whom no praise could bo too extravagant. Since the death of C*pt, F. IV. Daw. son Major Hemphill ha* filled the edi torin', chair of tbe New* and Courier with conspicuous ability apd given to the Htate a great daily in no whit In ferior to the leading journals of the larger and more progressive Southern cltloa. Tur. Pnori.x will regret for many reason*, personal and professional, the going away of so well beloved a kinder garten pupil, hut will be somewhat consoled by tbo confident belief Himt the dreams go other dream* In vastness of clouds hid sight. That yet ahall gild tAy Horldjvlth gjddecv beam* Anti *tp>ot the shadow* through and through with light, What matter* one lost vision of a nightf Let the dream go. Let the hope set; for there are other hopes That yet shall rise like new star* In the sky, N’ot long a soul In sullen darkness grope* Before some Hgut is lout it from on high. What folly to thick happiness gone by! _ __ — Lei the hope set. - i BUCK HD LETTER t Bafon subacribHig to the statement] -w j that It IS betu.r to have the good ^will i ® of a dog than tho ill will, find oat 1 *" about the dog. Let the joy fader Foe there j >y». Like frost-bound bulb*, shall start and bloom; rievero must he the winter ■ troy a The hardy roots locked in lent tonph, What care* the earth for time of gloom ? Let the joy fade. are other that yet that de- their *1- her brief Morn Immigrant* came into tho United S:*te* during I9‘ B than in any previous v«ar, ac ording to the leading government agent at Kill* Island About 775 (XX) lauded in New York last year, Kalians leading iu numbers. DR. COOK "DISCOVERER,” According to a recent rumor state ment Dr. F. A. Cook, wno claimed to have been tne first climber of Me. McKinley, the highert mountain in ice clad Alaska, and to have found the North Pole a year ahead of Comman dcr Kobt. Peary, is now in Europe get ting ready for another polar da*n next year to prove that he got there rlr*t. If Dr. Cook was, or I*, a fraud and a faker lie is not the lirst, as this aoue- metit from the Pittsburg—Gazette Time* shows. Those who gate credence to the claim of Dr. Cook to have reached the North Pole need not be disconcerted by the verdict that hi* claim K un founded, or tho gleeful self-satisfac tion of tho people who denounced him from the llr.t. It would require h nature schooled In duplicity and i.iun-d to deception to suspect a« an impostoi every ono who come* along. SUveito. a French phlloaopher, declared that ••man la credulous because he i* natur ally sincere,” and Nlrake.-peare who knew hurnao nature so well, assure* u* that "suspicion always haunts ihe guilty mind.” It is no disgrace to have believed the plausible doctor from the Citv of Churches, and it vould be a most unoomforUolo world if we had to act upon the theory that all men are liars, guilty until proved innocent. Nor, on the other hand, need tho*e who now loudly proclaim Cook a* the greatest faker that ever lived, plume themselves upon having anticipated the verdict of history. It i* hardlv likely that the doctor will be able to reli.iorlitate himself, but even so, he cannot hope to occupy the most txarted nieh in the gallery oi impostor*. Hi. fraud if such it was, mu*t be regarded as a very cheap and paltry deception along side of the exploit* accredited to George [’Salmanazar and other rcaMy clever .prevaricators. Pbalmanuzai, after wandering oyer Eupopo in many plcturesnue di-guise-, passed himself off a* a Japanese convert from Eor- mos.a and fooled the bi.hop of London a< well a* the savants of Oxford. He invented not only a fabulou. geography of Formosa, but an entire language, grammar and all, which he dec ared to be Formosan. Compare^ -•"K/ roposter or in the P'liP^fcWnrdol- < uerxl*' By M. QUAD. tCapjwlcM. ;5>0. by Associated Uterary Press.! Major Cleveland, retired, wns In the wrong of It. He had permitted ami tacitly enccurnp-d young Mr. Herbert to visit the house and listen to his war stories and fall In love with his daugh ter Janet, and then when he asked for her hand he had dlawu himself atlfily Cp nud replied. “It cannot be. sir! I am of the army, sir, and. though retired on half pay by a grateful country, once of'the army always of the army. My dearest hope is for Janet to marry a eobuu-l !u nc- tlre service. I shall apeak to her at once, slr-at bncc? r ~ •‘Janet," the major said (he next day to "his daughter, "there must he no more of this uofikense between you suid young Herbert." That was all. Tho major congratu lated himself that his order would l^e obeyed, and Miss Janet put on a look and assumed the attitude of a broken besrt«*<l girl not long f»r this world. Tho mother became worried and pro tested, and the major became a little Mt anxious and talked about spring tonics, though he had no Idea of coun termanding his order. AM might have goue well If the grocer who supplied the house hadn’t called his delivery boy a slouch and a luzybouos aud If the wild boy hadn't fired up and quit his Job. Another tool; Ids place Just as Miss Janet wanted to send a note to her lover real bad. The Change of boys i>en>loxed her for a moment, and she hadn't time to go Into explanations further than to hand him the missive and 10 cents and mention Mr. Herbert. The boy grliuit'd and nodded, and the wagon rallied away, nud tou minutes later he was perusing the letter. Ills name happened to Ikj Herbert, and he happened to be a vain boy. and he fur ther bappenctl to believe that Mis* Janet had got struck on him. It was a proud moment for him. for he al ready hud another glik on the string. She worked In a shirt factory, and tihe wasn’t a tony - girl, but l o loved her. lie was also Jealous of tier, and now wr.s his chance to get even. Mr. Ilerls-rt did not get the note In tended for him; Mis* Janet did not get a reply ns expected; the mother saw now cause to believe that her daughter whs not long for this world, and the major sighed nnd wished that some ono would come In nnd llstcu to his war stories. That grocer’s boy bad brought butter, eggs and potatoes, but he had left a load of onrktng care be hind him. Next morning brought something like a sudden thunderclap. Miss Janet received a b-tter mailed ut the Tillage postotllce the night previ ous. It wns III spelled aud was not capitalized or punctuated ut all. It was signed “Black linn," and It con tained seme dire aud awful threats If she did not change her course she would be shot, stubbed, clubbed, boiled iu oil and die many other, ways. It was to bo a first cud l ist warning, and there wore many "bewares" In it. Janet was frightened, tier mother wns more so. nnd the major swore by tbe bloody sword he bad used at Gottys burg that he would got at the bottom of tho mystery If he had to call out the*ntire army of the I nited States. virago marshal was consulted. ' Cook for the former | ( led I FINAL DISCHARGE NOTICE. ^ * Notice is hereby given that on Sat- A FINK PLANTATION, FOR Sate on easy terms. urday the loth dav of January 1U10 the nnderaigned will tile with Hon. John K. Snelllng, .lunge of 1’robste for Barb'(Veil County, hi* final return as Administrator of the estate of B. B. Best,'deceased, and apfly lor Letters Diamistory. J W, Rriester, Administrator. ITcrember 1 Ith 190H. BUraOM BROWN -AND YOU ALWAYS- BUY THE BEST 1520 acres of land, 5 miles from Allendale and 2 miles from Ap-|® pleton, situated in a good locality, < 3d tenant housds, Gin House, Saw j ^ Mill and Machinery, Dwelling J| House, all in good repair, j8.horse It farm in a high state of cultivation, i The balance of the land is well ® timbered. We can make you a reasonable price and give you goed terms on this property. J. O. Patterson & Son. Barnwell, S. C. HORSES AND MULES that his experienced judgment c-m separately pick and select in the taaritet jnJhg-West,’ a little more dfStaftt than others venture,-and where slock h»ot higher grade and lower priced than this side of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. „ Ho has the Completcst ai>d Choicest Stock of STATE OF SOUTH CARO LINA. COUNTY OF BARNWELL, By. in In the Probate Court. K. Snelling, Esq., Judge of Probate Bariiwsil County, Whereas David Brunson made suit to nu- to grant to him Letters of Administration on the estate of and iffccts of T; mar Biun.-oc, deceased. These aTe, therefore, to cite and adm all and singular, the kindred and en dip the said Tamar Brunson, deceased, they be and appear before me, in tins 1 of Probate to lx; held at Barnwell on Tu 11th of January 1910, nCer p-jhb there*f nt 11 o'clock iu the forenoon to :h< cause if any they have why the sai 1 laitmn.i tratton should t.ot tn.- granted. (liven under my hand tills '..'7th day of D cember Anno Domini. BK'O. J. K. SNELL!N'ti, I’n-t dodge. Put,It hr-d in The Ba:;n nm. ILsoi-ue D, cember et/tli 19 9. BUOaiE^. SUHREYS, WAGOXS. IIARYESS, LAP ROHES, WHIPS, UMBRELLAS, COL LARS. TRACES AND ALL PARTS OF HARNESS in lower South Carolina. L1 bl tt.'it It v)j 1 s/ Cheap for Cash, or on T1 He has turn-et! the new year Best Car Load of—— leaf in securing e u norses ODIih ( P ever brought into I as of ate tire sort to Mak. that >) 1 :*) a ad tn the ee,-;i and Jourt wd-iy *) tlieid. They are th ation ('•j this good L Good in cott Id County. They trncss on the road fields. C ome to see Kind you want and ought to m Prices, as always, are La&s tlian their values CHARLIE E RCVVN. HIM- l « p ^---s La l V. ' 2 g C iTABL.ES, NGTIUETO PENSIONERS. The Pension ( onimisaioner will h' in the office of the County Auditor en each Saturday In January 191' from 10 o’clock a m until 1 o'clock p. 111 to receive new application* for pension* and ro HttPiid to any other matter- that may properly come before him. Pen sioner* who*e name* are air adv on tne rqll* are nut expected or reiptired to make new application*. I>. Burckhaifer, Pens in :i (,'nnnn i«* inner. Barnwell, S. U’,, Dee. Zutii 1909. v * BARnWELL, 8. 6- i fr'+f- St'i' * • • • • •-• * v » • MOM Ei TO LEND on Iir*>t Mortgages of Apply Ram al loans NEGOTIATED. Loans to G. / M. Greene./ Hurnw cIKo. ( on town and farm property negotiated In amounu of not less thad l.oi g or short ilrne. South Carolina funds J. A. Wi!)|s, Atty, Bio ■ well, 8. C. i / -0,‘ A R G A N v apa I inot it. u ■ tra' ^ 1 ■ '?>- t ♦ d Phode ^ab II - | i -til- -ge TE ^9 r- X