Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i % I AS—THE OLD AND tHK NEW. ‘ * ■K' > \ come* but nnce a year, >-^Ml Wb«n It comet it bring! cbotr,” And sixty yean ago around Uoidien Hill, Ublon District, the good holiday aeaaon lasted a full week for every body, except the cook*. For In those far back, almost forgot ten daya there were no railroads,. tele graph or telephone lines, Heiojdanes, crop mortgages, bllla of sale, bank . I^otea or progressive taxes for any and •II aorta of purposes to worry the pcaocfnlneaa of tbo blessed season. ,» Tbo every other day bugle of the stage driven on the highway between * Columbia and Greenville wits the only . message from the outside werM to ho hoard, and its notes were *v\e t t<> the "—iwtr within a mite of the fimr hor«e * totma toilltlg through the miiy ml olay. • The \vorld moved slowly then and there. Amide preparation v.a* made for the week's cessation f, no all work except that whiidi mlnl-tM'd to the happiness and enj<>\ni'"ii ■ f y emg and old. tvi-, H re w inn | pi 'i '.M ’id i O' e was hauled up, out Bh .ti l put up, corn shusked, fat povk‘ , r* >: • i.;i :■ re I aud the turkey goh'il'ii . .i.gii; tli" . axe In their net ks It was a sort of jubilee Mo.-k to '' * - slaves. They re*tt 1 fn u p I < v .d ' * nCcded Inbor. Kx*rs rat i-jo- I tl '’ r ’ Sugar, cotfee, frr>«|| l (> i! t . . t ' t " were Issued, new »ti < * *} • in I blankets shared gut c i t "o * morning rnde Toms an ! \ 'V't 1 1 o ' * Hiaraballed the yuu»g«-t - *> f • »• I all in their Suiulav belt 'HU . I o " the ‘ Hig H'iu«e" so I "a. K, I t 1 •vu of genuine w til-ke\ frot.. I M t: - u • llttlet ?) brow:; jog. Even the oow -piper t.i'-,- of tiii' time teok a week olf au I t t an i-- aue. The eiliri.rt ij g' < - u' id e a< wiped idest', r M«t or ■! >, - ’ 1 .. I on the prloter'* •’ k a ■ i , Was turned |o..«,> an I n hunting In the jn* ft 1,1. i,.-- detrlment of tils i 1 u 1 ^ occurrence rani" to j a-, , I and probably i"h*r . or • t'ea throoghn it t !.• •*’ ‘’Tempora m 'it i m , r Clim IIH* ” I one- , change with O tenipor i! <» 'I : • ' custom* I I’tie ' h! '' glimmering an t «- their like again, l i i of feasting sod fnn i. dar the pre»*Mn f !■ • Of a night and a '» , cents a i" un i f : • hens refuse t<> av gg- t lo 4 1 1 rents i d ■ i•'u * i i i grant Jamah s It mi < whl*ke\ cordl * n o ' < ^ turns the brain t ■ *ii <k what ws* on.-r :to• » earth, g<">d " H fo houses w ith r . - hornet wlOi be u: , i ! i Now’s a heat t.- ' ■ i ' i and stick to the re- I r Year's Dsy Friday N'lch'. fhe ' Tbaoottoa mills of this State will hava a Merry Christmas at the close of a year of great prosperity. According to the report of Commissioner K. J. Wstson they hate paid but nearly f'J,- 000,000 more In wage* to employes and the Increase In the value of their an nual product t* over fti 500.000. Jerry Moore, the hoy wonder who startled the I nited States a few years ago liv railing over 228 bushels of corn on one acre, attended a recent exposi tion of some sort In Chicago asaSou'h Carolina exhibit. The newspaper re porters made him out a bigger man than Senator Ben Tillman. IV Ith in a week the cost of good liv ing In Beaufort has been reduced be low the expenses of the Inland coun ties. On Saturday the power tislier- nien brought in pounds of fish, ‘the largest catch remembered by tile oldest inhabitant, and the retail price fell to a cent a pound. Wise educators are said to be finding out that there i» danger In large schools where average pupil* are classed will In lated and dull minded ones. From March 7th to April 1st Col. William Howard Taft, ex-Fresident of the I nlted States, will rest and ride and play golf at Augusta. FIN HINO THE THUK SIM KIT OF ( HKISTMAS. I Woo'd you find the true spirit of j ( In i.tmas, and have it till the holiday iisnii with a tdes-eonca* not other- | \> i- ■ to tic known. 1 Then cut out the iscless gift- and [ the gilt- bestowi'd lor no better n a-oti j than Ihi't you expect those to whom , i Ivey h re sent to likewise, renumber ,..|.l. r w i. I.imil your giving to the lamiiy •ir !• and those friend* who are reai'y l I a r H ltd dea 1'. A ’d finally ’jit vote tbi* biggest share t .i i at von propose to «peii I on other- 'Mg the hoi I la v season to t tio-e who I hive nothing to give in ret urn —'o h ' vvtni hive few of this Wolid'- pin ,,! , and to whom < hrlstmss tuiug- I a , '\ - ‘ Tho t'oor we, ha vt* ai w a '. « w ns S uMi'tv i''nssc« them a« a h ihhj'iy. mol einisidiMs how grsa’ a |. ’ V It I* bat they ran pro,lore dllMO-f ■ , , i n g to ei n r i i tei t e to the -mm, of !r W 11 r 1 ■ 1 * weal'll, I’, it the m in w ilh the mi k of hh nan | iniT e-- it, his to, :i*t see* in tln"u ah I |. I ai I t 11 I' I * V to show f. • r t 11 Ill'll i U u ho-.* Ini, r and ha no* t h ristin n i- . . '.d,rate,I. 11 • 11 a 11 / e* t h a t t h I' : Ii-’.ie f ( : I r I - t III as, and I 'o' "I | e l- • ! e - I e ■ ' I - t , I e«u | s f ,''!» II r, i, -i | ll • f. i . it to a Moll of the )J¥r a ' ( ' ! I « ' an I ■ -f f v - ! i "e i • 11 • • U " • ' tl - ' I I O 1 • ' , r , ' ' O MASTER’S SALE. Htate of South Carolina, ( (.founty of Barnwell. | (huirt of < 'nmmon Flea,*. F.x I'artV, Tlllle K. Trotti, in her own right wnd a* Administratrix of the estate of 11. li. Trotti, deceased, et al.. Fctltloners. By virtue of a decretal order to me directed Itk the above entitled eanse, I will si II at Barn well. In front of the Court House, on Monrtiav. January *ith, H)1 J. it being sale-day I if said month, within the legal hours, of sale, the fol lowing deseribi'd real property: All that curtain piece, parcel or tract of land, with the building* and Improve ments thereon, if anv, situate, lying and being in Rosemary Township, in Barn wo 11 Count v. South < Carolina, eon- raining one hundred and fifty (l'><i) acres, rrore or le**, J^ul hounded now or formerly on the' North by the Charleston and Augusta Fublic Hoad winch separate- tin* traet from lands ol the estate of Bryant Weather-bee; On the F.a-t by luruls of Kosemary BaptCt, (diureh and by lands of \V. I. Jowers; On roe South by lands of it A. Mel.emore and on the West by Kosemary (‘reek, being fbe tract of land convt'vcd to H. II. Trotti by S. W. Trotti, Jr. on November 1st, A. I*. 1IIU7, the deed of and to which is re corded In the olliee of the Clerk of Court for Barnwell County in Book eight t*) K, at page 110. Also: All that certain trart of bind sitmte, Iving aiol tedng In VVilli-tnn Township, Barnwell County, State afore-aid, een- taiuing one hundred i inOj aeres, more or h*-s, together vitii tlu* hnildings and improvements ttieri-un, it aty, tinnnd 'd now or tormerlv on the North by laml« of X Font/, and by lands of t'alvin tlwcn-; On the I.a-' liy John Jidiii'iin; on th ■ Son'll bv tire public load lea it i u g I rom the Town of \\ idi*- 'on to the town ol K ko, separating this t r a, t f t oiu 1 a n 11 * I'ormeilv ut the •■state o| |,"wi- ,So.' -ell; an I on tin* Wc-t liy hind* of vlingo Holman, C \ TrntM m; I 1,'hers. I hi- tr-ift feeing H pnrtinn i f the ohl • '’I'.,m sr niscjt pi,n tation ’ In W id -:nn T" w n -hip. Al- : All fhot • ■ V q Id of ll I -it Ml te, lying a' lb ii.e in the Tow u ol rltis- ; >u r-iri. w e( I,nut v mol S ate ,.f •mo : h i a,'' I oi. ti g." i w ith the !> ii.dings a . ( imi| rov eii t .e'it - Mi' i i ii. lion';* g i ' i I i , 111. ,■ I A \ ’ 1 o a 1 1 ■ i W -t MASTER’S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Barnwrll. I Court of Common Plea*. Cfitiaena Bank, Blackville, S. C . ilaintifT, v». Harriet Coker, Defendant, MASTER’S SALE. Slate of fM'nili ( fti'dina, ^ < oiu.ty of Barn well. i < durt of ('ommon Ffi'a*. JnhnJ!. Davison an,I ( harles T F.r- go. *u«fvir t ue i * iiodet ’tie li i m name ami style of Davison and Fargo. ITaitilill *, v*. Virginia K Duqi au, et al. I lefcmi Bv virtue of a decretal order to me directed in, the ahoyo entitled cause. I w ill sell at Barnwell, In front <d„thc Court House, on Monday, January (ith, 1!1 Id, It being salesdav in said month, within the legal hours of sale, the following described real prop erty: A11 that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Blackville, County of Barn well. and State aforesaid, and having the following metes and boundaries: Measuring on the North fifty-five (no) feet, and hounded by Smith Boundary Street, Measuring on the Fast one hundred, and forty (ltd) feet, and hounded by lot of Tama Jackson; Measuring on the South sixty (till) feet, and hounded by lot of C. C. Farrell 1 and measuring on tho West one hun- 1 dred and forty (lit)) feet, and hounded ! by ten (10; font, right of-way reserved : by C. Farrell for a driveway. I Terms of sale ca*h. Purchaser t* pay for papers. • H I. O’Bannon, M aster. Ma-ter's olliee, Dec. 1 Ith, 1!>!2. MASTER'S SALE. i -ml I A' I l • I t \ i / t' • I t hi'M on, f i urn K i-1 r , i ii 7 7 f' ' ’ a ml t ■" i, f , ■i , il ['inning • it, k 11,r a J'-p 1 h ,h i w o li 11tn111 d l 1 fpi t. mor'■ , r h «*. m,d a , r t, ■ no • , v , Ho N 'O t h T .ad ' v < ' ” . « r‘i" r. i-t i r Alb . ->M 'i r * 111 g f i .on o >, :r o '. Mi < a* "I ;i. a mo 1 i | V ,i V ' oil, p ll' V . I 1,1 I'll I t l I , | V 11 I' I II III U, it. g S 'd .f tiv I •' i f I ( • ' bran ; • ,..g , i\v., ,* ::.p N r’ 1 - 1 I : ' in' I ' • • V f : 4ie* , ■ !'. . . i • ! . • it it I '- \ " i i I VI \\ b Mate of woutli Carolina, ) Coutitv of Barnwell. j < :<>urt of Common Pleas. Mr*. M. I. Stilt, PlaintilT, against ! W.O. Fickling, Jones A. W iilt'im*, F. <i. Fii'kMng and Mrs. Minnie B. .Men.hunt. I lefchdants. Bv virtue r.f a decretal order to me dino ted ill tin* above entitled ratlso, I will -*' 1 ! at Barnwell, in frot,t nt the (,1 rt lloii-e, on M on.! hv. J iii'ii rv i'Mi, i A. I>. Ihili, it being silo-day in-ui I month, within the h-gai limits id sale, th" f' bowing de-i't itied tci proteotv : \|| th'it cei tain lot, pi o-■ i.r tcircel i f tatul, wirli the i ui to enen' - thcr '[in, -i'Mafe. iving an 1 h.oug tu the 1 nv if T t bi, k v i 11" . < "M'l ty if B irnwc I, ■-t i’c of S r'llti Cano in . i , , p 11 •• i ng a d mi'a • i' in g loll f ■ In 1 1 " nr i • - *. fr n’i' g on Pa-calii- »t r "‘ ’ a' I ron i i,g hack N' -Mi from T i- v b* ' > a ! p’ ti of .* feet, ni o •' or P'-. an I ' o-> -Aid In * 11 u h t on the -u m 111 - ■ ■ t .ro*' r 'f I' i-cal i- at I « impb. -- ' r, ,.f . , ,f . m | I , w ll mil 1,0 1, I 0,. | MS f w - tin ! ti" \ or* h t, v w hat k n w n a* N er at, I - lino, (to 'he Fa in , •» h"W of 1 i.oo.h- I , W r igg On • t s.,1 n, pv |*a-a! - --r-,■* m ' 1 on ■ V\ I -f t,\- l a T[l o'., j , f 'MS • , ! 'ill*:, f B a sV 1 C i « ,,f • i !•■ i .*h P . ripm-iT p i for ; if crs. II l ll ii* " |o o 'I is'er M f 1 D' ' I h : .* n t *. Ry virtue of a decretal order tn me directed in the above entitled cau-e, t will sell at Barnwell in front of the Court House, on Mmtd ty, Januarv Mb, I'.iTi, it licing salesd.iy in said mouth, within the legad limn - of sale, the f"l inwing described real amt personal property: Ail that tract of land In the ('own of Millett, (’mintv of Barnwed and State of Sm.tii Cirnilu*, contain ing half an a t**, mure or less, being the land bought bv J H fiiitican from Mr*. S K Bate*, bonuiled North hv A W. (7 Kuilrimd, Fast i)V lands of Kate M Blo k and Soutii atld West bv •iands of Mrs. S. !•;. Bates. Also: The :l| H. P. Kogine and h'd'er a'el all other machinery • f c y iiatute in the gin house, seed I mi-■ and leu'er house, pullevs, -halting and belts and pulleys wirli the cxeenbion, howeve,', of two seventv-saw V an Winkle gin*, suction, two feeders, one emebri-er, one double revolving pre-s for packing cotton, and evervthirig cminci'ied vv ith the said ginning outtil, th" same h ,' - ing, according to the ’• port of t!o* M astei, been sold under a eh at! el mort gage held by the plaintilN again-t J. 11. Duncan. Terms cash. Pureha-er to | ay for papers. H. !.. I >M!;|- [ OH. Master M aster's ofiiee Dee. In'll, I'.'IJ. ♦ ♦ » FOR TEN DAYS I )ec*oml>er 14^ to T^ecemboi* '24 Bafpwell’s Bafgaip Givef B. MAZURSKY,- ' • MASTER S SALE. State of Sou th ('at'o' i na ( ('mititv ot Ban.w , 11. \ Con r t ol i oui mo u I’ll a*. I >alsy A . 11 mill iiu, i t a! , Pl.ilnr-B -. M a re el I a Cavn D. f* 'J. r to •it will sell in his three Stores his greatly overbought stocks of the Best, Up to-date if Clothing t Shoes. Hats, Furniture, Mil linery, Dry Goods Dress Goods, No tions, Domestics Rain Coats and Over Coats *T% Al I he gpUs nitist ^o an 1 there wid be a Mert v ( h.: ,-t- tnas m even in tiic th it t.ik > adv mt.igr "i tips Hpp dtUMt V t’' i (loured at ICu nu t » i< ♦ * * * ♦ ♦ 4 t 4 4 4 ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 t 4 4 4 4 t 4 4 4 4 4 u; Is t'; 1 n SEE M ■ ;u LARGE CIRCILAR ('*''::*r trr* with rnnifirt;* * -• •' - , ! ■IN' eg* I - \ g,t , K, ll B \ N k -v A K K li h I M/1ZUR8KY, / \ \. i i of PODS AK F And need watiddug to t>« an etddeinl - tmong the n In th * S e •vldence of t»r F \ ' ' bacterb>logl*t at '' ibu. ' •xamlned the head* of recently that have die 1 of or htve been kl!b d ti ■ Jfe*tecJ signs of Ii a v 11 been sending out d i ’ \ nient* to per* n* tutt.'n bv (log*. The *eruin t, r 11, •f hydroplioiua tn tii'- I'm l* furnished iiv the St it" and I* adminl-tered \‘j th • Sician* of the per-mi treatment la-t* -1 d.i\» Watch tlie deg*, and ! f bitten by a hmi.p p r m , animal *hould be slmt up ■. watched if known or kbi. d i rambler and its hea l sent im to Dr. Cow aid for t rcamiu t' i r/ASTEH'S SALE. i n\| K (M I , t lll/i - s I 1 in I, m Karnw 11; 1 > Dgate n to the I <'g -. ii ure di »i r i g :, i rendi i 11 | • I ti |e »e | V tee tu their euis'i' v ei v re.peet f ii M v an I t arns*! I \ i 1 I he goi'd e in /"I. a of t he ( ' 0 Ii I \ I ‘ i si'iiih.le in ma-« im cling at the ( i r ' H u-elu BarnweM mi -al lav In .1 p . a 1 at 1 1 o'e i, "■ k a in I h a' 1 1 1 — v t « k e cun .i «e! ' 'g* r (,i r m I 1 I he ims .1* and vv i-h. i (d | f |.f« tnu.'h id'", .v ' . i. i 1 g 11 1 . and elf 11 f - f" .■u J of til" Haulier I n i V f , t 1 ' ,1 V"'ir n"igh !"11 ] to e nne. ‘’'-I Ibifeert M. M.x I: i \ ' i- I h *'. d t, an t In t f t I T VFT AMAIN 1 li \\ FI. Pie-.dent Taft vv i to take his ti I r Ii am t be Panama Canal . aboil! the .11 * t i nst. -alien S a * i r I, farewell hid. He will get !' He Im- lieeii Coluaihla, the capital of Mn State, . will bo full of attractions and distrac tions next month. The Nati nmi Corn show will be held tin -c s, wi'l n meeting of the Farmers' L ainig'iujvv a growing power in cvcrv *1 e:hm of the Union. There the annual the General Assembly, lurgik r.un posed of new men with ditlh ring opin ion* and purposes will cemmemc In addition to the perplexing p-oblmn* already exercising the puhiie mind will come pp tiie question of F niah* huffrage. A pretty Ohio gnl, whose mother 1* a daughter of Vi'ginia, is 'drafting for Introduction a bill to give .the women of the Palmetto S atm.tho fere i the Kent puife-sorship at Yale with jAp*ii salary and niiv iceept it instead of practising law in ( im iiiiiati. JUROR FEARED THE DINNER CcnscJent’cus M.m Thought Unusually Good Meals Would Keep Him From Thinking Straight. at *v r to M M W right to vote. The Newberry IleraUl and Xcw-, which It very close to Govermw 15iease, taye he will recommend a tux 1.w one mill for the benefit of the runil eebooi*. which neei lielp now that all (he old dlipengary^aiomy is gone. 7 "" 'j r . At* the public tehool* making good ? jtaeording to the annual report of BMe Sdpeilotendent of Kdncarion Bweerlngen there ba« been a ennslder- >Me ftgt titer**“ thl * year in the num- -J? white and colored chlKiren at- ttpdtof‘the public •cbooD. ^ of oompultory edaca- •Alfe that feet tbefoundatinn ey—Hug In the tmxi Leglila- »&.$, ’be" * 1 lie most ochso'enthms t’lrtn 1 ever i knew served nil a Jury with ino.sev eiiil jenrs .ign," said tin* ex|)oilenced Juror. "It was n erlmlnal ease and the jurors vvcie Imprisoned In n hotel ; during (lie trial At our first dinner Dio man with a conscious refused to : cat the excellent meal provided, i If J should fill my stomach with , all that hifahitin grub,' he said, 'I should not be able to think straight I am not used to It at home. No man Is able to think normally Immediately after a radical change In fare. It (l f tnfcrs several weeks to adjust his men- } attitude te bis physical Gtnte. For that reason, every man who serves on a Jury ought (o eat exactly the kind of food he la used to at home, even If K takes half a dozen cooks to pre pare It. If that was done, there would be fewer freak verdicts In this town.' “There was so much sound sefise In the doctrine that the 11 other Jurors had a fleeting fancy for sticking to own accustomed simple fare, but tha fleshpots of the hotel overcame their scruples sod for three weeks we feast- ad sumptuously. Also, to sustain the conscientious man's theory, we re turned what the public calked a freak verdict’* M , . ■ i : -s ■ ;Mi b v lam!- if Mr-, a! v -A and W L v Ian 1- ■ f S. - i f - do 0:1 h. rata I: a -or t" I'a;' Id at i i-k of lutno '• jiW'ti’ti i*i r. II. 1. (Tibimioii, Mast' r. - idt) v. i it*.' 1 I' b, !:•: J MASTER'S SALE. Put Your Building and Lumber Problems up to us. Wc can help >011. Estimates promptly furnished free on lar^e or small contracts. We make a specialty of complete house bills—sash, doors, blinds, screens, columns, newel posts' moulding, grilles, interior finish, shingles, etc., anything in building material. We offer quality— quantity— service. Wvite, phone or call. u Bi/y of the Maher" AUGUSTA LUMBER CO. AUGUSTA. GA. Rurmvell, South (Carolina • ♦ • * < ► • • • • • 4 c ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ k 4 t ♦ ♦ ► • • ! P0RTER-5N0WDEN CO. d I' ill dx and ( d imniDsi"d W. i !i. '8' f. \Sl H vt s I p[ ( CHARLESTON. S. C. e • -i- -j- • * 1 • *1' * e]-» -I* • -(■ • • %* • 'i* • e v e %• • *1* • v • • State uf South ('aioiiiia. Liutnty id Baniw cli 1 Court of ( oin:i"in PH a*. Biiti-h and Amerloa.i M u tg tge Com p my. I.imitod, y „J'iai:Uifl', y iigafn-t \\. W. Harley, ei .J.. I >efcuii«i:t«. Bv virtue of a iT cretul order to mo directed in the above entitl'Ml I'an-e, I will soil at Barn well. In front of the Court Ileus,■, on Momlav, January 'dli. I'dlt, it being sale-day in iaid niotilh, wdtliin the legal hours of sale, the following deseribed renl prop erty: All that traet and plantation of land situate and being in Meotga’s yreek Township, C iiinty of Barnweil and State of South Carolina, and con taining (Jkb'ii one hundred and twenty five seres, more or Jess, M rid houndeij on the North by land of ash Croft; Ksst hy land of Charles C'eft and land* of Mary E Harley : anjl South by lands of Ion v Still and VVe*t bv lands of Charles Croft and lands of Harriet Sanders, Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. II L. O’Bannon, j Master, i If After’s office, Dec. tub, H>12. Deposit your Money, Checks and Drafts with the' (The Farmers' Union Bank' Quick and Courteus Service Money Furnished to Cotton Pickers “Walch the Moipe f3ai)k G^OH/ ,, I • •'> * 4* - , ' m 1 f AH Cotton Handled on Commission Ivxli’ti Slii|)Io Cotlon A Spcciiill y Umild he lileaM'd In receite niiisigiiim'iils li'Diii inn which will ctminiaiiil our utv * » lies! iillenlion. HILL TOP STABLES Turns the New Year Leaf “1 here’s life in the old land yet” and Charlie Brown lias the facts to prove it in the receipt of a car of and Mules from the best stock farms of the Blue Grass States, I pose stock and all of gilt ed^e beauty and every day sure serv’cc. all pur- ALSO TWO CAR LOADS of excelsior Wagons, single and double, Buggies, Surreys, Harness, Saddles, Bridles, and everything in his specialty lines at specialty Ded ikock prices. COME TO SEE AKD SAVE CHARLIE BROWN] Barnwell, S. C.