Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ *•« ¥ 4 } ' 1 * 1 t - r -/ f Si-V*- • ■*£'- [•■ I r?.,. Th« Barnwell People. *nd nwnnop* of tho tronhj^il terrifqrr . Tlmt .how of r»*iMli fnrP€ w*. »u(A'<:ienl 1H0. I. H0LKE8. Sditir I Prao r ; r. . . LABflBST COO STY ClftrOLATIOH 1*HIIRfM»AY. NOVKMBKK in. into. THE SAIiTK Eli ATrHlE Cl.Vll. Wd writ* n«w of onty .ecuinr—binil «nd itoliticai, •ncinl xnd iixluaftMl —not of rtliclon* ^niUerlogH Th*ir o»n»f hai be^n lo*|oo. In South t'arollna thii year. The manager, of lb« hundred cotton ml l< of the ^tate hire taken oounwl tojtethrr at to the ireatnfatton ind enlarfement of proa- twrlty. The rot'e/ee and eohool. bare t ad thelf eommenc»-rt-*nt., mile atone* I t the march of educational proure.a }<war«U »f trade, bualneaa l-a^nei and • H the captain* of Indu-try liave met »bi(f planned/or the common and the perennal *ood. Candidate* f >r pnldlc ••dice bare tplnled In every county of tie State. The farmer*, (took ralaer*, mannfacturera, merchant* and erery ho«lr hare attended the S ate Fair and many Connty Fair* Sun-k of the year'* operation* In all line* of hual- tian Can now he Uk«n with approxi mate oorr^ctne**. Whether af theae a«aemhlafe* have bean helpful or harmful and if either te what decree la a matter for Individ, ttafnplnlnn that we *hall nnt~Tttacn*a further than to expre** the b< lief that the jfood and tbe evil m*y about bal- •ntm. Bnt them ha* been one meeting, a •ma Ihtne, In a ru .1 -community, at tended by perenna nf varied profe.»ion* and teocupatlona that had in it* pro coadlnce the heftunlnf thoucht and eplrlt Ar *reat Eood reaulta. We refer to the OMoher nfeetln* of tbe 8 I'ke- batchfo faruwr* Club and the action taken !h the adotrHm» of re*'>|iitlon* ett- lUtlajc efery member a* a worklii* ItTtce on aome committee a»*l((tied a ■fecial Iteld end auhject f »r inquiry. JtoHrtm Wlthht the range of preeeat Ktgkt raemt to hare been overl *ok«d or naat'fcWd aal fitture work can be broadened t» may be required and et- peJIenl. There may be latent talent In *oaa« member* of theaecommiitee* that •dch appwrttlnlty wiS thHIl Into activ ity and effbCtlvenear. In erery human experience there Maybe rtlee* unbiuwtn to the broad11 Weetflifdaiof l»rge and lasting bet^t- Mbnt' !► made known. All natnre'e mai/TDH aeomot yet known and the he- Wtmn'fam'lypet In It* lnfan<-y of learning aad aeMevement. Aa the hid «le« tree*urea imtho boaom ef the earth ■nvy be walked above hy carele** fort, mneean by eye* tart upon the fir nlf •oloud* eo tratb* worth while knowing ■nay bo by the uaenquirlng wbouaend* until *ome bapoy accident wr *peclMl genlua bring* the n to light and-OMJi wonder that *neli pearl* of oelewoc *houl I *o long hare been nn di•covered wbiU the finding wa* eo oa*r. Too often ha* it been tho caae that •tieh organization* f->r mutual heneflt bare been content with the adoption of reaoltnlona, l aving to the l>'«der*htp (hat may lie overtaxed with the mnu- •Cemect • f other affair* ttic carrying «f tbem into e&Hd. (u Una era of the new Houth there abouti! be no idler* in the vineyard, no aecagglera fro.i the Hoe of inarch. !■. she we 1 doing of litth thing* He* the eorevt formation of Micce**. And the HnmM'tt worker, tbe one least ooiimIou* of self, may •peak tho wmrd. or do the deed that •olwe* tbe problem that ha* bitfled tbe X^M-aad the mighty. OEXKHAL IIAGU(Jit’S SlhMolRs. rt’lorhvl'Kd the writer'* acquaint* •uoe with the I tie Hen. John*on Ha- go„d wae | I viaanf, hut aupertliditi We liwew andhono.ed him a* the mo*t df** •ioguUhed aold er *nn of the DUtrlrt •bat bad atnt aucli |ivl«h aupplv of It* belt blood to defend the right* < f the ttiate* aa underatood by the wisest Soathtrn puMicUt*. In the campaign for H impton and Some Rt de in 18?t) a clearer knowledge of hi* nimatobed ability a* an "organ- Ixer of victory,” as Get.. Wade Hamp ton fondly and well termed him, hi* interring foresight, hi* wl*e judgment nf men and measure*, hi* constant cod resourcefulness and hi* unflinching oourage to do tbe right thing no matter Whether or not popular gave u« an ail- nitration for bis high quail tie* a* leader, futlsen and patriot tbit ha* only grown the greater with the pausing of the yoare. Today hla photograph bang* •bore ouroflloe desk. In cloae cotnpan- •liip with those of Jefferson Darla and Henry W. Grady. To our mind and memory the service r-tideted br General llagood to the Froat/ala Htate In the supreme trial and rrisi* of its fate and^ civilization ha* Herer been appreciated a* It deserved •o be, among the vtctorle* of peace, tat leu ghriona than tbe triumph* of war. Wenfertoihe happy quelling «f the rioting in the Smith Western motion of the State. Our opinion then formed tbat the Hituburg and K11»nton riota had bean drMir rateiy planned by miacrupulous foreign adventurar* to perpetuate •‘good ateeRng” fn south Carolina remain* unchanged. Directed by tbe presiding Kepublicatt circuit Judge to go to the scene of the trouble and restore peace and good order, In wntnpany with the Sheriff, Mr. Hagood mnt messages and couriers to all quar ears of the county, and by the next ses sion seven hundred men, veterans of the lost vauM and their son*, had wcawered present to hi* ca l. Tha ntgbt aky was reddened In the diaunce by incendiary fire*, and tbe silence was as Omlnlon* as the stillness that pre- mdea Ibe »torw. - Unarmed be rode with the deputy - iherlff « hundred yards ahead of that '&fr •rmed riders through tbe fldJs and n great v I u cauie, that ha* con- t|nue.| unii' thi* day. H * control nf that po.ae was a* rom- 11 te ** the voluut.iry obedience of the Brigade that he TmI for four yeat*. In the night cunp* at J •yce B aiich and Ste-1 Oeok »ome youi ger and more venluroj* wenl.l go to tha deputy aherlff and ask permU.Inn to go ‘scout* log.” H a answer w** 5lf>, that the l>n»*e wa* under commiml of (ivn Hagocit, that he was re*pot.*ih|-* to thn ccttrt and *•00111) f >r the cooseqoence*, that hi* order* shmil I he obeyed Tne boys w*kiId acquiesce and seek • l eep around the camp tire*. Decent burial was given to •itch a* had been killed before the cumlng of the men of Barnwell every rumor wa* • ifted.every alleged wrong Investigate*! and the excitement wa* quietly and laatlugly a |a) ed. The wi-e, * (inaervat^ve right cour«e of t»« u II «g<>od wa* rich In it* quick and ahumlant harve*t of good renuU*. Hundred* 1 f Republican*allll ated with the Democracy and voted f >r the II one Rule C mdidve* Tne carpet liagger sought ?>ew flt-ld* and the scalawag dis appeared from the pme hght of public nlllre . And no where In all tha world ha* there been a !>• tter understanding between the liboring and emit ylng ola»*es than In llarnwe 1 contity. Tne influence of Gen. Hagootl as a peac" maker operated as n changer of vote* at every ballot box In the State In the later years of hi* retirement • f Itl* own volition from public service he became the leading factor ia the bu-inets life of tha county, the pioneer on !_*. w*y to a new prosperity. Then we Taif ned the I 'V* and ruVat'? f t M* heart to the State that wa* te him a Mother, to the comrade* who w ere u> him brother*. No matter how (Hior in thi* worl I’* good* one might ho if he h*J tbe good wi 1. the affection, the tru*t of Gen. Hagood. The proofs *f this measurement were time and again brought within our knowledge and ob servation. In leaving to the cooler and calmer judgment *-f time hi* “memoir* .d the IVar of S ce»*i"n” General llagood ha- discharged a duty to the Stale ami the cause he *o well loved and so faithful y Illustrated in war and in peace that willing keep for him and the hero •*» (tiers i f hi* chivalrio Brigude a lumlniou* page In history. It wa* the till*! service of one whose ■lind was »* a temple consecrated to tha truth and the right, w hose heart was all gold and whose hand could a* need and occasion c.tl'd wear the gau«t|<‘tof the knight without fe *r or reproach, or w ith the tenderne-- of a woman lift to new hope the weary and the worn who toil -d f -r food and *h-1 ter amid the ashes of the 1 1 I prosperity while they strove to r*i*e *g*ln the standard* of (he rivili/.ation of the < I South. Tho Memoir*, a handaome vi I ime of 490 page-, t inatratcd witli pliotograph and map*, i* worthy ami deserving of a pla-e In every putilic lilt r srv, 1 f citv or »< hool. and in the persons! pi irate collections of the Sute. 11 1- from tin preasa* of Tno >itate Company of Co lumbia, price fB 00, poatage So cent* the Demo. rata can muster 01 ly one, Judron Harmon, candid.»te for redac tion a* Governor • f (Hilo If hJ wh* (Icfestefl on Tuesday out ol the lime light he goe* VVliatever the re*-.i|'s of thfa election. Judging the future by the pas*, the country wri)l steam a) mg the •ame a* usual. f PREPARING FOR THE WEF.VII. leading railroads in Alabama, Geor gia and eioiitti Caml ni, tha three State* a* yet free from the destructive cotton bnlil weevil, * r e prepared In con nection with the governmect authorl- tlea to teach the farmer* how to make cottyn In splto of the weed, It ha* been found In Tex** that for two or three year* after the entrance of the bo!| weevil la a community abort eo'ton crop* are made until ih>- firmer* leurii new method- of grow log cotton ar.d make f dr urnp*. T > teach the Alahams, Georg!,* ami Soruh Carolln.-i farm-r* these new method* now, before the Imll weevil arrive* I* the pnrpoac of thi* action of the railroad* and gov eminent. Any one rle*lrlng it f >rmstlon can obtain it free of ro*t by writing to the general sgertl i f the rallr.na«ls, Mr. T. O Plunkett, Chattanooga. Tenn. In Deer Fork Canyon CONTRIBUTED " EDITORIALS. REr-lGIOUSNESS. miS':hif;v(H a mi.'Takks. I,*«t week two esteemed State ex changes, one of them a mindsy ts-uc and therefore. presumably piou* brought to this ollictt a hit of “oew*’ that wa* shockin': to country .ommou sense. D wa* contained in a quotation from the ITslI S'reel Ji,urn*| concern log the growing l y a North Carol 1 !'* farmer near Wilmington of '.'.uni pounds of eoltoa on a rich acre after gathering a crop of truck. I ho New Yorker went Into ec«t*cle* over the production of “four to the acr**,’’ Shu proceded to dei lare that hv like lo- teJIiguut farming the S mikeould make twenty m l Ion bales a "year and get richf*ater than the apecularnr gam blers among whom the aald W*| Street Journal lives, move* and ha* its being Our oteemed exchanges puhlNhed this story w ithout comment or contra diction, hut with a spave ti ling care lessnesa that need* to he quit. Every country reader In the .South knows that i.ikk) pound* i f cotton mean* HdO pounds, or lea*, <f lint, a.,tl 1J00 paunda, or more, of seed . The publl cation of such stuff does no good to any body except the price depresser* Far off neopl' wilt accept *uoh fairy tales quicker than th'y would believe gos- pel. Likewise the report given out the middle of last week by South ( and na Many men *ne*r at rcljg on and characteriz-i It a* tometblng tit fo- women amt children Tnese met) ar, not a* much to he f‘ared a* are tin men who profe** U) he reliv;| >u« but at - he*r-t a-re «<ct •**♦ -Tlrey -at I *«t are not i 1 caki-ig their meannesses In our short cxoeriem-e. we hav known men to talk 1 old y nhout tru-t in God f >r the making of a crop when thev were -eeking money advances ,n the crop hot w ho w hen ihecmp w a- -hort could not trn-<r God lor rhem- »t Ive» till", wanted the | to-fI ! upm tln-ir creditor.* vi p have hearil tiici pr*y loud and long in eliurch ((to were now l|,ng to -utfer xov tm-i-nve i I e flees nr deiiri vat ini- I hem »• Ives. W have heiM men reprimand oilier men f tr not le iv iug nect-.-arv work to g" t.i church wtien although their own corners ware alwsy. tilie<| tln-v h-o lit 1 1 • to spare for the orphan and wit w and • ftetUimes their own de'its wt-r- iintisid V 1 e have read tlie I' jumMion “•ludge not t tiaf \ e h, 1 not j inlg- d ' and it Is fir from our intention l" cen-ure anv one person TV.- cannot 1 >nk Int i hi« hear' and k no v t to- g -O't and evil th*' ato le< 'here I.et the M isler of a I J idg-- him Hut we have sometimes f | tlie same tack • f true rtl'ginn In our p.-eacln rs Few f a y in d*v are w i |ing t i pre ich w ith-.iu • ■ tlpnls'rd -alary If nop- are sin i or hu si ness i< dull fewer si'll are will Ing to share top .1, a*'-r* • f tin “Brethren.’' Mn«t preacher* fee. f loll lies' call to the rtein wliich |>-t\s 111 most nt inev It is no wonder that rnt-iv men s- at rpltgion R|i t It- y i' -hoi - - t gh:e w hen they do -o T i- y li*-. f r -d make a distinct) t.-i lie, ween t w • ■ 'In' g w tit.- a e ns the ao'ipo-le. ;o eic <Hh“e I'hei lisve c.intsiuoiieil relict.,: w it li n ligi-uisne*- Tnat men art- r r o ly religom w ha-- evidence i very i'av To-ti- arc m- whose heart -tiiiig- vit-mia niiti Mi joys Sid -Ol row * of the pen; | - a h oi them VVIn-se distre-a at povertt tirought h v 111 - a - r e r t- leas for rh -m selves thin fur th* siitTcn g< of others These inett h- iev - m t.- .1 an t their own rigtit s-m tor thi m-|ve» Tliev do not all lielong to any o.p creed >onie <f lliein never unite,: with anv i li'ireh T't'y mav not mak,- mV groa' re Igimia pretence* Tiici tre often nokoow o exi i-ih to the p,*,i- ple (tiei tiive tie'pe-l atcl eheered |t t liei r rel 'Ifl on i. one til at in ( V h-- know i and read of men and a liaod-hak- wltti one of them win--* c r pre:,.-tier .-r lat tilsn I- worth more than the pra\- er* i f a multitude of pretenders at re I iglon GOOD St Hi Mil N F. W S 4 Columhla, Nov 4 —Govern t A"* 1, w hn rettl rued tod y from New York, announced the following appropri ation* hv tne IVab"'iv hoard , f Tru- tees for tin* -tale The *um f 11,.'msi for a state summer *. h.-, jm tie iic|.l t TV | nthrop ( 1 -ge ; $ I, Tn i f -r I tie smt.-r- vlsor of clt'ioeutaiy ton 1 »clio 1-; Tl, taK) for a Sltperv I-I.r for teichtng in l ie country action:*; JliipaiO for the school improv- meijt work How a Man Helped tv Sare HI* Enemy'* Life. It did not conw fi-otn tlie dire thiti of the mtuiiig cump TBill. it tn'.g'.d ho one of tlie men hntl wiindcrnd down ! tlie Rlllcti and met with nmne in< idem ] Aguin tin* call t-ame, trlitl nud njjn- ' utxlng. n* though f icr to fitce with u | terrible doom. This (line she hxati-d the cry. HOME BANK of BARNWELL The Farmers Union Bank ♦ a ♦ i Soiuo one baa fallen Into the old ab.-ift!" ahe cried, running swift ly In that direction, This ‘'old shaft" led^to By ADDIBON HOWARD GIBSON. Copjrlgtht. IftO. by Amartean Preaa Association FKSriVAi, AT .SYCAMOKF. S. (' that thia year’s curu crop U oaa of 40, 74d,tid'd bushels, an increase ef l.'l.tHN*,- (XKi huahtls over last )ear'a product must have been an exuberant guess, for the crop ia not vat all gathered, and moat of what has he# n cribbed wa* not weighed or measured. The pnbliv is cordi .1 v invtU-d to at tend a Festival at >vcamore >4 ( t Sovaniher the llth HMn (’-me one, omo all- TVc will glre you a goou 11 no* Thla feativs| ia given for the henetlt of the Sycamore IUpti-i Clitirt-h .1 I>. A lien, M i** Mamie 'Vitr, I'ommit tee. TH K Wlf KED WEEVIL The ln*f new* t'f tbp cotton w«eri] . . .re i i "'i* that it had reached tnia vea’- the i department .if Ac. Mid «gi lcuUt,r' V . u,..is-ippi. -m' H r the ! MILLIONS VOI’KD. Election* were liel I in 41 States nn Tuesday. Except in a f»w States where local Issues had tangled party line* the contest wa* a square fight be tween thnae old antagonists. Democrat* and Republicans, uud tho never ending tariff problem. It wx« also to *Arn6 FXtent a ffay of battle preparatory to the presidential campaign of I0U. It was argued by •nine Republicana that the election of a Democratic House of Representatives would ho equivalent to a condemnation of tho Taft administration, would role- gate its bead, the present President, to the background and clear the way and make Inevitable the call f >rCol. Rooae- velt’s return two rears hence as the Republican candidate for President. It may be good but it Is a rather new feature of national politics that In an off year the Republicans bate only two meit, Roosevelt and Taft, conspicuous as leaders and oa« of them Hie probable Altbama Itne. There it has gone into safe winjair quarter*, where it will re main untj time next tear f.,r the re sumption of its steady progress cast ward. A Louisiana Judge gave out the statement l**t week tfl*r in tlie weev'l ruined section of tbe Southwest the farmers had gone to ral-ing plnders Instead of cotton a* a money crop. (’>tfon oil mills had changed their machinery *o that th-v were manufacturing a plnder oil that was better anrl more profltai'le than cotton seed oil Beside* the plotter vine* make excellent hav and the cake left after extracting tho o' I from the nut* l» * splendid stock fond In the region where plnders hatl h-cn grown three year* the weevil bad become ex tinct—staryed to death GOOD NEWS f'hlcago, Nov 2.—The price of ba con, liam* and all hog product* win take a tkclded altimp within the nexr two week*, according to the expert* at tb« Union Stock yard*. Hogs are now *• |i|ng on the h*«U < f 90 uenu f .r corn, sl hough corn I* ac tu*t|v only worth half tiiat much A fall In prices i* Inevitable, and the big packer# ate getting ready f »r 1#. A« Arinou* A Co ** and other house* today ir. w»# said Hiat breakfast bacon was selling at from 20 to SO cent* a pound, hut that »n mar j bacon hngV were coining Into the market a fall In piit-oa was nertaln Slight reduction^ are now being made, and Drger onea. will come within a few week* when the , ooMlntn for tbo. White Uouse« while “ffw bama and becou sides are cured. In the maroon haze whtrb always In the 4ate summer etiwrwjm the rugged slope* of Deer Fork ettnyon Faith Aus tin wne gathering wild red raspl«*rrlea. A young man In miner's garb who was proa|>e<-fliig behind the bowlders on the opposite slope mnv her .mid hud Just made up his rulnd to cross the stream that zigzagged dowu the eon- yon and Join her when he saw h man swinging along up the trail toward her. “It'a Nick.” be snld to himself. “I had forgotten for the moment what he told me last night. 1 meant .then to leave the canyon at onee. and I must, for I can't Lear to stay and see tier throw herself away on xuch a fellow as Nick Sanders.'* And Howard Olney turned and walked aw ay that he might not witness the meeting between the two The girl did not heed to turn her bend to know who was coming. There was an unmistakable individuality In the shuffling ste|vw. and recognition brought a look of annoyance to her fare us sTw cout muod her work, ‘Tickin' hurries, be you. Faith? You're lookin' swtet us a Injun phik. What's the use of your workin - so hnrd for them Ixuirders when you know I'm ready for you?" he asked. "But you ought to know by this time that I'm not ready for you,’ «ho flashed tuck Tlie man reddened to the roots of his sandy hair, but, controlling hla anger, replied: "I've got enough to keep you from slavin' tiere. boerdiiAamtiiers. mn you're doin'. There's no use In your stiirln single for Howard Olney. He left for good this morntiT. He's goln' to keep books for Mr. Owen, the MqK-nuteud- ent of the High Tone mine." Tbe lelltnie color mounrrd to Faith's cheeks, but she t.ent forward to cap ture a refrtinory vine, thus lulling her face from her conipuulon. "You think I'm not good enougti for you. ' tie went on. as stic ti ck no no the of htv Insinuitlon Tou think (liner s l.wtter n toe Cause tie s tx-en a s<'lioolnia.s(er lin.-k east nn<) can use lots of gin iiiioi r Hut If ) oh d lived In the same -h.icfe with him. ns I ve doile, yo:id know lie s not such a sa ini ■ ly f.it'siT na you think he Is It * no man that II turn tns lovek on ttie gin is loves tiiiM and go ofT courtin' Super liltendeiit Owens daughter," he tin ishcvl eontemptuoiisl.v. Faith faced him vvitti flashltig eye-. Nick Sanders, you're vw-rse than I thought you weie' Howard olney took you Into his cubin utul t nrsisl yon through a -[h-II of foier w !e-n note sly else would, and uovv you try to Injure him l.ehlnd his l-n.k. ihat's vmir gratitude!" His eye- fell Is-neith tile vvlilieritlg vorn vf hen of the allusion to her self she took no not Ice but stie ( ouM Not help resenting thY slur put upon t he man she Ju.v cd. Ton ve no rail to fire nt' for Olney.' he s.t; 1 taultv latoiv lie s il*.v e ( our; In’ ^ girl wlio inukes her livin oh UIiT for miners. Itesl les, he's In love with [>«!*> Owen, and she's struck <ui Ol nry's gi <k! hsiks It s txnind to be a match " Faith again t*eut ever her berry picking that her tormentor might not see the effeit of his words. She hid hem! P.neigh her mother's bo.inlers alxwit Ml-fs tiwen s wealth, beauty and accomplishments and realized that she was a mere nolxidr compitii-d with the siiperlnlendcut's heiress. TVhnt right had she to hope that .Mr. Olney would ever love her? Still, the mocking tones stung her keenly, and. Tier basket liolng tilltsi, she said goodbl and hurried away up the r'x-ky trull that led to a dingy, weather worn cabin half hid by the l*ntrlders and evergreens sue ronndlng It. Faith nud hor mother were alone In the world. Alvout a year before Irer father had been killed by an explosion in the intm-s It was Howard Olney. a young schoolmaster from New York, turned pro*pc(*or. who had risked hi* own life to rccoT er tlie lx sly. Ttu'y could never forget thi* nor hi* untir ing klndhess during that time of |ve- rc-tvenvent It was lie who had eti- eouraged them to go on with the regu lar routine of life, and from this snd period Faith dated her love for the young man. He had a shack two tnilee" down Deer Fork, and most of bis days were spent prospecting. Soon after Sanders suddenly return ed, having been away aeveral mouths. He had been "s|H-culatlhg." he an noum-ed, and bad brought back notpe money. Nick had known the family in Indiana. In fart, he had accompanied Mr. Ansfln to Colorado. Ho waa a crafty, shiftless fellow and did not make friends among the miners In deed. so unpopular was ne that when stricken Alth fever shortly after there I was no one to rare for him except Mrs. Austin until Howard, to relieve the overburdened woman, took tho fellow home with, him and nursed him back to health and strength '^hjtd It not l>een for Jealousy he would have been ** one ef hTs settfah nature cotild be. Meanwhile Fn!lh had wandered down the canyon, uiicotiBclouahr taktoi; the trail over which her lover bad passed an hour or two before. "I will give up thinking of him," ahe said, atooplng to gather a spray of wild columbine. "I won t let his going away without even saying goodby worry me. Mother must not see that I care, for of course she'll bear that he's gone. I'll pick some flowers na an ex cuse for coming and go home and live my life without him. A woeirn's heart must by atppta for endurance." Suddenly aTwiid cry burnt upon her ear*. "Help, help:" Xhe girl i la tuned with baled breath wbat had once been n promising mine, but a subterranean stream that rose mysteriously and at no regular jverlod rendered It so omwfe that It had been abandoned, and no one who knew of Its treachery, dared venture lute the abaft. Almost breathless. Fatih gained the mouth of the mine and. dropping on her knees, fn-ered down Into the (lark depths below. The black sullen wit ters of the rising stream boiled and biased among the Jagged rocks and crevices, lashing madly the leg* of a man who sto#xl Insecurely on a narrow ledge fully halfway down. He was clinging In terror to a Jutting nx-k above him. which threatened every montent to give way. It wax a |>eril- ous. an awful altuatlon. and the girl shuddered as she gazed, while iu the white horrjr drawn face upturned to hers site recognized Nick Sunders. "For God x sake, Ftilth, fry to help me out of this!" he screamed. "I'll try. Nick!" she called buck. But how was she lo do it? She looked alxuit bo|>elessly; then her ey*-x felt U|x>n a largo coil of cuxtoff rope near the broken w indlass. She caught It up eagerly, and. lowering one end to Nick, she said: "Tie thia around you under the arms." Ne did so and felt himself t»elng slowly drawn upward. Such was his perl! that he could not realize that the girl's hands alone were not strong enough t<> pull him to the top. He did not know that itnoTher had also heard his calls for help and had arrived Just In time to aid lit the rescue. TVIn-tt almost up u blow on the head from n shelving It dgo rendered him un< on- acloiis for several minutes. When he (ame to himself tie was ly ing ou the hank of Deer Fork, and Faith wax bathing his fare. Hearing Howard Olucy's voice, he kept bis eyes closuxl and listened. "I'm glad 1 wax In time to help yon save hint." the young man was saving "1 w as on my way to see you. Fall It. to say goodby before leaving the ran yon. At hrst I thought 1 would go away without, but I couldn't. 1 felt that I must hx'k ii|x»n jour fac e "ti> e more before 1 gave v ou up to him" Nick heard the tremor In Otnev's voice that b'HJ of the emotion hv was cndcav orlng to control. "Ju-t etne more. Faith." he wens on ' I should not go If yon enuhl love me. but 1 know lexv it I*. You have known Nick all your life In the de llritim of Ids fever I h -trned lio.v mn ft he loved V"U. and afterward he told tne that you loved him*"Tn return I will Let come between v mi Ge-slbv. dear ene. Iletnemtx-r 1 hel|xsl xxve him for your sake " i'hete was Intense pain in the tones and as lie tnriied away r.i!t!i g-tre a quick se b, and Nh k felt n tiet tear fall on Ids fa- e Hut the girl made no effort to d'-taln the man stre lov ed One word would ham twlled him back to her side, yet her Ii;x- xsemed l-xrn ly,’iel S!n- ktu-w that he k.vcd her and w as g ang |»x ail-e lie tietleved she lov od an'dhor: that she vrould itever see Mm liirdti and tier old Imvelv life we tiid go ou ntibroken. uulirlghtcinsl by hit" Hi' was slipping away from In r forever, stid she could not utter a word And Mck knew, texv ttmt If Olney wei.t now tils own cham-e* eif some time winning I'nitli were better than ev er. lie'll oa a minute. Howard!" ♦ailed the res,-ne,| man. sitting up "TTli.it is It. Nick?" asked Olney turning back, though he did not trust himself to look toward Faith ' Come tip nearer I've got somethin' to tell yon t>nth. nud you don't know how hard it is for a man to call him self out loud and r'ght before two good foP.;s tie's Its-ti a wrongin', a t'uery big linr." said Nick. "Hut that * Inst what I nui-n emery big liar. I lied to you a bo iff Faith* lovin' m». and theu I lievLia her. ulxmt jonr leav in' Doer Fork fo keep ttcrountx for Mr (Twen Just Itecanse you were In love with hi* dnnghter I nt a low lived devil, but when I was down in that* ole shaft n farin' death I made up my mind if I ever g'd the chance I'd l>e n better man. Now that you two have saved my worthless life and have give me the rhanr® I asked for I'm goln' to begin with you nud Faith bj‘>*ettln' yon right. Yon love enrh other, and I want to see you happy, so my lies ain't standin' in your trail any more. "Maybe you wonder how J haf>[H*ned to be down In that old mine. You re member that Swede who g(>t n pile of gold and aome hiiggetx stole from his cabin over on FIrccheck creek? TYcll. I am the thief, and I hid it all down in thill shaft, where I kuowed noixaly would dare go pokin' round. 1 went down, aimin' to git part of it to swap off. and that w.iter Hz right up like a avengin' .angel. I bain t got the jnskln' half a anint In him but Em .goin’ to tote back that stuff where I got It from and xtriko « new trail up the canyon of life." FOJJ SALE. TVantfil, to sell I'm acre* of land kiio-vti xa the Mari* J Cl. «'reecb [dace, four miles and a half from A I lendsle, three mlb * from .■vcgiing ami three mtlss from Sycamore, neaboard Air i.ine KaMroad . Will aril for half cash, balance on 4ime. H. ii. Gf-eeehc A gent- Barnwell, S C We Solicit Tour Business. Pay 4 Per Cent on Time Deposits 9 1 ; *v — ♦ ♦ DIRECTORS: J. J. Cochran T. JcH'Grubbs . Tar 1 tot* S. Cave . . - VVilli.im L. Cave Ur Tom If Hosj; Wmton T Walker G. Miller Greene K. Lee Easterling i ♦ OFFICERS: Harry D. Calhoun, [’resident William L Cave, Vice I'resident N. G W Walker, Ciushicr R C. Carroll, Asst. Cashier 4 ♦ « G. Miller Greene, .Attorney % \ • ♦ J 4 . CHPIS-TMAS gifts NOW that the business o-^ration of tt»e vesr* near oomnlKi »n xml e»erv * one has more unlMirrowed inoii»y than at snv other xvHson of ihe year It I* in gootl order for all, beati* of famil e* ho I lingl • i i'livblii G* to think xeri-ojsly and act generou-l y to ward tlo h-un ■ fol k* w a • hav-il >'te so m-ich io ad.t to the happiness xnd prospi-ritv i f the .leparting v e ir. TO the tartnxr ttiere «xu be no better inv••-imeut Flan 'tie |iureha-e of one of the sof’d, xtrory, easy rrmning Wsg'-n* thst » har-b* Kf*»wo ham L* A(»G good harness for t he- f** h f-i | f un- )y liorxe- anti p 11 h* 1 '' I,Uoring to e lc. w ] b- klttdne*s over repaid in ttn-i r i)et l-r, d ci-ntl M i'»n« » O' 1 nc - re p oli'» hie work >' r If nevf ones in cn'iretv are not needed m-eke the |t one. a- as new he buybif from Oi*i I.h Browt-, a Buggy I , it I >' 1- Mi if , • \ -.g ■!. fb*''y, single or doul I THE BUGGY T'* the g">ex4 w:'e -tnd i-rc’ y, in ''.»*'' 1 " bought from tha'I '• ilr-iwn. m ! !" t'e a hand*om» Imggv of h’- v---\ n-vn. Sl CH gilt* well mike t: F ■ ■ -'mi- i '■ t i be the h-tpptf.t n-| ! mo.t vi.i.teide 1 i- or (Mmitry. All Parts of Harness v 11 P -. i t s of H rug >KK th*r vour liarr-e-- '« -trio g a I --.f •»'. 'fa '•ms atippiv it* pii'*#* wi(i a now one bon v 1 ’ I' ie;n 1 !i a ie [tr - u. I i. 1 i-e - a I. o 1 . - • s. V) h'p— '-f Ue — t -p.e I ' * V I u. ; I ‘ ■ k e » *■ 1 * I ’ H H ' E -s *!iiF a* al a - V- tie on thel'iar,-- H -•<* |, a d ’.I.- Hit I. I Ol’ SI'A r.l.I.S w : I' Fo Itxppv l" serve oi I — i I mak* tifwjtiet.l- CHARLIE BROWN . I5\KNVVKLL. • South Carolint McCORMICK MACHINERY! nt Wo have sro'irctl tho agency of the ool- hiatt d M< ( miok Mowers. Koajiois, Hinders, etc. Wo have in -t'.o a lar^o supjilv ofail the necessary ropaii parts. (Jomo to hoc us. Wo can Supply you on short io.t'u « + ARMSTRONG -5 SN6LL1NG. f BARNWELL. S. FOR SALK. One tract of imrt, one hundred anti j twentv-five xere-i, more nr le«-; Iri'gj a wo xml a half mles South of TVii|i«- | tfm, known a.* the ( rpeen (l*c u wil 1 he *ii|d to tlie hlgheat bidder on S-a’iir ! da*-, November IJth xl 12 0( | >ck, m. j at Wiilistoo, S. C. | Six K«v>ni dwelling and a'J neces-xry out building*. Term* h*>f cn-h. W. H Hair, 4t. Adminixtrator. LOANS NEGOTIATED, Loan* oo town snd farm propem negorixted in s(nounU of not less than $1,000.00 or short tlm®. South Carolina fund*. J. A. Willi*, Atty, Barnwell, b. 0 A nice, ensv rin : nc a<l<1s much to the enjoyment r>r:;fg, Summer or Winter Wc have in stock .1 carload of the cfl' hratcd Kentucky made hu^t’j t . St f or (hp hu 5 j nes5 man, the yolino man and the la lies ' Classy” and durable. Wc aiso have a lar^e supply of harness—the stylish and lone lasting kind. 1iV <>u ate cordially invited to inspect our stock. A'id there will be no kick coming about the price. ALLENDALE LIVE STOCK COMPANY, Allejldfllc, South Carolina 1