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Art you interested in , on ydur purchases? Do you desire Honest and ecus treatment? y if so we ai Jpus to fulfill these requit Send us your orders for L Material, Sash» Doors, Blir terwr and Exterior Trim, Stairwork, Mantels, Grille^ Lumber Lath and Shingles. COST YOU NOTHING fo inVf A postal card will prices on anything you Complete housebills a viVrite us w well R4VK8 OP 8UBNCR1PTIOH* in AdTtnoe. p«r Annum )n Tlnw.-... . 48 Oft] cSiTSt fore .boring be rare splondto dock and learn pg.jes. 1 The Fall Term of the Heel High S.-li.M.) will commence i folTffwTngeble nod etperlettc on Mondey new. U(b laet. I De The flret eectlon of the chain *abg Prof. |» B. Ooggl n, Principal, will be at the DavU omealng on the School department. Rnghee Piece on the Jenny, and Fair- MUePauUae WbltlCr. fnterdw fax Road this week. 1 r~\ The eecondWectlon of the chain Bang will be at Pum’* Mill thla week. 7 W. V. Rtcbarriaon, J. B. Moma, Clerk. Bubr. JEX T- M » ale epartment, MIm Norm ortaa Oato, Primary :UG(JSTA, ;r ,UM .• Hi- v ti CO. lEORGIAt HAR1IONT I.Oi>»K NO. 17 A. r A re$m1ar commanteattoh of narmofty Ledge No. 17, A. F. M. Will be held In Masonic Temple on Thnredajr Sept. 7tb 7.90 o’(;k>ck Visiting brethren are coMiauy invited to attend. If A. A. Lemon, W. M. Wm. MeNab, 8or •BUY 0$ THE MARI V .lX n ‘ '■ • | MCE ma- really good bats and ^avan buy their • ^ :e of the surface. This isn’t always a safe way [ For instance the appearance of ROELOF’S "frntte” HATS 1 d Euf^he througlvand through quality, Models- ‘ ‘ ‘ Vi FOR SAl.K—SIX hundred acree of (Ine farming land, nortb of Blackvllle, In a verv deulrahle aeoilon. ■ i tt. D. Still. Ulackvllle. 8. C A fbW thorohred f Ks*eX plga for •ale, Eligible for registration. Apply at once to MUa Clara L Johneton, sept7-4t : - Elko, S. C. _ THE MOON THIN MONTtti September:— First Quartvr Full Mm>n ... 8 l,H*t Quarter.. 16 New Moon . . 22 Tbe *Ob rf*es to<1av at 6:53, acts at 6:47. FOR saLF.- 1348 acres land Li De- THR PENBiOS BOARD. The fotlawlng gow^Ocn erana were ea Monday el Countv Pension Board, to aerve September, 1WI, to September, 1 • J. A. Mem, Meyer’e Mill; O. Blrt. Elko; J. W. Thomas, Thorn**^ B. tfagood, Barnwell. . - RILL THE RATS. Before gathering corn this scant war ‘'all bauds and the cook" should wage war on the rata that annuklly de stroy bushels of corn III the average bams of this State. It would he ar good expenditure of e little labor and money to make the core house* rat on proof by putting under them Invented trapping blocks topped by broad piece* of ptank. If that cannot be done It would be money well apent tooell the cribs With due meshed wire netting. * - . . Southern August Slat, commercial ’the l*p9crop of bales Ion 13 CENTS CoSoJfT The meeting of the Coanty Union on Monday Was vet leaded, weather considered, than and Cal ifotnla. Aarnr amounting to IW.StO last before. the cotton i more than ess than In flyen out crop ; It ' bat4* It reported Ippl, Loufti ikoma end poorer ila. North Caroline, Alabama, Missouri Farmers’ well at ari d a wise ,the new Fall Models—just arrived ictive character. PRICE $3.00 -every 6. A. V 1 Sole Agency ;iLL, «THE QUALITY STORE” ICKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA “Korrect Shape" Guaranteed Patent ^ Leather Shoes #+#+ «+o+e+efe+e+e+i<t?«jM+s+M+e+*+*+*+ # +*+ # + #+ * + * + * + * I catur couty In four, miles of Balur bridge, the county seat t)f Decatur oounry, there Is a four horse farm of open land on this place, the balance easily pot In coUlvatlon. Price f7 an acrei half cash, balance on terms. Ad dress T. U. Henderson, Macon, Ua. IF YOU WISH TO BELL THAT farm, timber land, store or residence, write us «t once Mid send full descrip tion as we have an attractive proposi tion to offer ymr. LIGON LAND CO , ]uly20-l2t Sumter, S. C. •••••••••*•••••••••• • • • HERB AND HEREABOUTS. • • • •••••••••••••••••••* A lady farmer advertises today, Essex pigs for sale. The Barnwell cotton weighers han dled 265 bales of new cotton last week. Sunday visitors to Charleston de scribed the storm wreckage as Inde*- •crlbabie. The opening of the Barnwell High and Oraded School has been postponed until Monday, September 11th. 1 Monday >eod Tuesday wore both September sale days, but did not amount ta/butlncss to ooa old timer. will be in Barnwell forty-flr„t winter In the Palmetto State. You need a Bag for many uses and George A. Still'iias In stock exactly what you should have. Go to him and get satisfaction. F.stimates of sto-m dama ton vary. A bale to by one Inquiring about the average. With the opening of the cotton sea son the Florida liquor sellers are again burdening the mails with their teduo live circulars. They want a share of the short crop. Of course every tntti will need, be he young or old, a new hat for cold weather comfort and George A . Still has the newest in style and top most in quality In all lower South Carolina. The Bank of KllnC was chartered by the Secretary of State last week to do a general banking business, with a capt tal of f25,000. Mr. B. M. Jenkins. Sr. is President, B. M. Jenkins, Jr., Cash ier. Mrs. Harry Hammond, sl*tflr»ln-]*w of Major K. 8. Hammond of Btackville, died or. Monday, at Redcliffe, Beech Island, of pneumonia. Last October she and her husband oelebrated their golden wedding. Monday reports showed deterioration ng cotton In all the States East of the Mississippi. In Alabama and Missis slppl worms are stripping the plants of leaves Conditions were better It Tex as and Oklahoma. resolution adepfd that the members of (he Union will bold 60 per eentof their cotton crops off the market until the price reaches 13 cents a pound. Farm Union forces by bolding a similar part at their crop for 13 eeuts. |v If half the crop of the of the South la Dr. J. La Bruoe Ward nf George town. District-Inspector. 1« to flslt in the 30th and 28th Inst, to ace about the establishment miteary for-the- treatment IForto trouble, ; • This ‘ parasite Is said to be the held 60 days the price will, lieved, advanco to 13 cents. OAK GROVE S. 8. ■Oak Groye Sunday School met and reorganizad Sunday, Sept. 3, With the following officers: Jesse Banders, Superintendent; Mrs. Pauline Jtdrich, Secretary] Miss Bee ale Still, Treaaurer; Mies Foeafe Bar ker. 1st teacher; Mlae Rosa Sanders, 2nd teacber; Mite Edna SttU. 3rd teach er; Floyd Creech, Assistant Superin tendent. AH of the officers ere ytxing people We Invite ail to come and especially the old folk*. .We meet on Sunday af ter noon at 3:30 o’clock. JessS Sander*. cause of much laxlness In grown peo ple and of the mental back ward ne.* of it ba- msuy school children. The munificent donation of a million doHars by John D. Rockefeller, the richest mtn In the world, pays the cost of the treatment Includingtke aaUres of the physician* In chafge with the exception of seven cents to be paid by each patient. It Is -“‘“Olished fact that the Hook a well Worm (4 out thef Is vety general through- and that Ita eradication great Improvement to Olar, 8. C. GOOD FARMINQvHpH In this year sqj^ebmy'wlth drought damage and storm disaster It was In*’ deed cheering to chatfOn Monday with IffTL R. Baughman of Dunbarton. Hero Is part of his record: From seres, fertilised with 400 pounds., commercial manure, planted 18 to 30 Inches apart In six feet row* be baa pulled 1800 bundles of fodder, each 3 “bands ” ,’3 tle f *2talS < of l the perso ns treated. —I* a i The remedy U a simple one but should not be taken except under ad vice of a-doctar. as It would other wise be dangerous. About tbe same time the Southern Railway’s Good Kosdi train Is ax petted to ylstl this place and to glya free stereoptiooo views of good roads as contrasted with bad opes. ^ ^ Fur the County Fair next month H ' Is expected to have a cooking demon stration by the expert lady cooks trained at WiathropGti'ege and the work done by the boys at detnaon College will, It Is expected, he another bright featnro of the FairPresident Harry D. Cti ll oun la giving a full per centage of hla tlrelaaa energies toward the success of the Drat County Fair since 1883, ^ me verdict is sure to be r 1 are i Ranges . r The latest eed the beat, | cookers, always f crossett Men The Shed walk eaay. Quean for The standard comfort. In latest styles j Mall 0 Children They keep the llttla < and healthy by keeping IjMf.J as nature intended. joy promising (he to cot- the plow Is aald to be ires plow townsman Ifmar irCTjistc [udson Car No. 33 If Sri want a car that will be sasure to you and your for years ^ou if should guarantee satisfaction and e glad to demonstrate my anyv/heref in Barnwell tontv. Write to me if you thinking of buying I.. r**** 4 ' for 14 cents back I f new weather prophet I* a good foreWttcr next year will be one of drought. He advises the sowing of small grain crops that will ripen before the summer heat barns or tba sea storms may blow. Clothlng»-For Fall and Winter wear, in door or out, for business or for pleasure, select a good late suit of tbe very best quality .and moat approved style from George A. Still’s entire new stock. Prices will please and profit tbe buyer. Thyre is good lu every thing. While the latter rains are damaging cotton they are beneflttlng the wells and put ting the land In good condition for small grain planting after a killing frost shall have removed the danger of Hessian files and leaf hoppers. not ail. for be hasTh his barns enough to last a year. And that’s not all either, for he brought ns a noble rattlft anake melon and a sack of forked leaf pumpkin yam*, the first potatoes presented us tuts season. 1 Bo Monday was not a blue day to oi. —JB H1 M’W TO ELKO GO. On nrxt .Monday the dedication of tbe new Graded School wHl take place and the fall term begin. Tbe building cost $6,000 and la the beat school build ing In tbe County. Eloquent and dis tinguished speakers from abroad and at home have accepted invitations to deliver addresses. Tbe programme will conatst of morning and evening exer cises. The auditorium contains comfortable seats for 600 persons, so none need fear being crowded out. A basket plcnio dinner will be served on the aohool ground* end Its patrons are sincerely requested to contribute to the entertainment of visitors. The public cordially Invited to at* tend. SAVING CORN. . Mr <3. F.. Grimes of Baok Creek as good an all round farmer and atook keep er as can be found In a day Vrlde, has practised «,hia plan for tan year* with aatlsfactlon to himself and bit horses and mules. He sow* small grain eVefy year, one third of tbe acreage In red May wheat and two thirds In oats These croys are ready for harvesting the Utter pm of May or first of June. When cat und cured be gives his work stock at each feed time a ration of one third sheaf wheat and two thirds sbesf oats, and on thisfbed they can fiulsb working bla crops all right and lay by In good ordar. Oats alone are not S rengthenlng enough and wheat alone too beating hot mixed In tbe above stated proportion tbe two are next to corn and fodder. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. Although the rata poured and wind " After a joeg Hines* Hr C. ew tbe Barnwell and Bamberg Sun- defUrted this life at «n Bamberg Convention convened at at aftd blew day School Olar on Wednesday morning last surprising as jt-may seem there really Goto G*orj»_A. W alway. wag a large gathering of de _ ■ visitors. The organisation was effected for OfcarlfMou and Jacksonville tells bow tbe Ship Was aavad during the great storm of August 27 and 38. Tbe good eblp arrived off Charleston at night hut oonid not enter tbe harbor/ The Increasing force of the storm that had accompanied It from Hatters* drova the vessel down the coast with: resistless force, Tbe great engines were powerless against tboterrlfiil fury of the wind that blew a hundred miles an hour. Two anchors were put out bur tbe obalne snapped like thread*. Below Tv bee on tbe Georgia coast the ship entered tbe vortex of the storm, wh’cb waa as calm as a Und locked lake. The passengers thought the dsn- ger past but the officers knew better, rbe still vortex petted and tbe storm swept tbe ship onward, Tbe Uapteio, a veteran of tbe d< ep, assembled tbe passengers In the cabin, had Ilf# pre servers put upon them, said tbit be had done all he could and would drive tbe ship on the beach within an hour, that each must make tbe best possible struggle for life. The appalling silence that followed his farewell address was brokan by the voice of an aged lady with snow white hair who stepped out and aaked all to join her In repeating tbe Lord’s prayar. AH the hundred and twenty five pas sengers foifywedTier Id repeating tbe prayer, ^ext another lady, saying that aha was a CbrHtlpn scientist, aald that aha had a message and detiverod lt In a few words. " ‘ Then, ae quickly as the twinkling of an aye, the prayer for help and eafaty was answered, tba wind changed from the South-east to the North west and bore the ship to deep water and out of danger. As It waa blown saaward the ship would grata Its koel upon tbe mergedwoeks and qnlver as if a fright ened thing of life. In tan mlnatee more the passengers were told tbe glad newa that they would aooff get safely to tbeir anxious home*. mi. get them i collect the e^ e■ mmv wnwwr subject to Come and ■-fR CAPITAL A: LO< Georg* HJ Butler hi MR. CHARLES C. OALIFMje tm once. Then etandlng in the Lh&d Ip his hand right side the ma- during September and October, 15 cents after that. This was the agreement reached Tuesday night by the cotton growers of the South attending the National Far mers union meeting at Shawnee,.Ok lahoma. Uttle of the proceedings of Abe union was mgdo public, although l he price tbe farmers ask for - their cotton, food roadi. parcels post and dabbling in cotton futnrea were dis cussed-by the cobventiox-r Id have ^V^ 36 Kan ® on th * principle that by forc ing the prices down they would In crease the supply/ Three-quarters a century past and even up to a few years ago that was (he case, kit la not ho any longer. CondRiom-have ab solutely changed. Economic devel opment ban made it posrtble for the South to tarn its attention to other crepe and to other nativities which yield a fir larger prof* than cotton, unices cotton commands what manu facturers regard as a high price. "If during the last few years the cotton manufacturers of this country bad given more attention to educat ing the public to -tpaylmg n higher price for cotton goods, instead of spending their time, ae they have done, la emklag to put down the pries of the raw material, the Mtua- Ooa would have beta far mere fav- _ _ j or able to them. Persistently claim- store the, pext day aa’d ther* woo|| tag ae aaost of them do. that trices be tome money for me. I went the of the raw me and If I told on him he wwl me killed aomeho#r'He said nobody would bellve my story if 1 appeared in court against him. anyway, sad I had bettor get hat He said would give m« some money and -a suit of elothek if I would go away. “I told the man I wobld go away. Then hh told me to come to Msqttle'B fkoney next day and he get some money suit of clothes. J stayed in id for two days then, scared and got so ner- 1 took the bertal were toe kjfb. they convinced the huyera that cot- tea goods ought to decline la price, and therefore the price of the tt** ished article continued lew, this life at an early botnr on Bunds? morning at tbe Sanitarium of Dr. Knowltan in Columbia, aged shout _____ 50 years. His body was brogghAfl R i T( , r of delegate* and | Barnwell and In * r red ‘hAM^tported to tha yard, Rev. #^Tt^SL£a E nan) General wilder, at Shanghai, and the question of ten dering Red Cross aid la under con sideration. Tlsf eatire territory between Hen- kow and Shanghai, a distance of about six hundred miles, has been overflowed. Cities sad towns sre un der water, many dwellings being en tirely submerged. CondKiona among Drastic Measures Bring Taken in One Chinese Province. The disaffection in Mongolia, where the princes and religious h jadi are uniting against the Chinese develop ment schemes, seem* now tabs trac eable to the Tlblane. The princes, It Is tain, have appealed to Tibet for protection. Regarding the situation In Sstocbnan province, where the peo ple have risen against the railroad projects, Sbeng-Hanniua-Hasl. who Is the strongjaMMa tho Peking Gov ernment, ordered a foore of decapi tations of the ring leaders of the riots. * - • • • .i nfii Mined hr Running at a high auto, which struck a Glenn Elkin waa killed ai other members of th« party * lously injured at Lexington. Wednenday. tbe people are, distressing, and a famine thrsaUne them. DoJess the tide of tho Tang-Tee soon subsides it is believed that ditkms will become (nr worse. h ! . OM Mna Win Uvo. Jimmie Welker, n Shawaee Indian, 108 yean old, will live fact that he lost a leg In accident at Tulea, Okla., night, according to a bis phyridane. Walker chief of his elan. ^ "8 P. Saturday—8t. wit, 10 a. George. »:S0 a. m.; fl^jamefvttta, 3 p. m. Bept 28, Moyiay—Charleston, 10 10 u. m.; Edge* Sept 30, Aiken, Held, 2:30.p. m. Bept 27, Wednesday—Hatoebtug, 10:20 a. m. # Bept. 28, Tboreday—Lexington; 10 a.'*. - Bept. 20, Priday—Hepbalbah, Oa.. 0:20 a. m.; Wrens, 1 p. m., Glbeon, 4 p. m. Bept 20, Saturday—Bandersrille, Oa., f:S0 a. m.; Warthea, I p. m.; MMchell, 4 p. m* -f-. Pree lectures and showing tbs roads and how to build hasp them ji ‘ jeadi by two the United States department of ag riculture, M leers L. C. Boykta H. A Falrbaaka, nssislai by a rOaeataUvs of the trial department at the Railway, am filled with