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MOLD MM IN LINCOLN'S EYES « \J. — ,■■■ -- Mife— - ■ AS M W ak ~"£^L Emancipator Wrote To Be Sold. WOOING THRUST UPON HIM # Placed In an Em^arrasaing Position as Rsault of a Rash Agreement, He Later Penned Grotesque Account of the Lady and Unexpected Outcome of the Strange Romance. Major William H. Lambert, civil war veteran, who died in Philadelphia June 1. 1912, owned the finest Abraham Lin- ■coln and William M. Thackeray collec tions In existence: Owing to his death they have come Into the public market and will be sold at auction. Perhaps the item of greatest general interest In part one Is the five page quarto letter written by Lincoln to Mrs. Orville H. Browning, telling how he made love to Mary S. Owens, after ward Mary S. Vineyard, asked her to marry him and was rejected. The let ter, which Is worn at the folds, is •dated Springfield, April 1, 1838. Lin coln first met Miss Owens In 1833 at the house of Mrs. Beunet Able, her sis ter. The letter reads In part: “It was then, In the autumn of 183G. that a married lady of my ncquaih- tance (Mrs. Able) and who was a great friend of |uiue being about to pay a visit to her father and other relatives residing in Kentucky proposed to me that on her return she would bring a sister of hers with her on condition that 1 would engage to become her brother-in-law with all convenient dis patch I had seen the said sister some three years before, thought her intelli gent and agreeable and saw no good objection to plodding through life hand In hand with htV “A Trifle Too Willing.’’ “Time passed on. The lady took her journey and in due time relumed, sis ter in company, sure enough. This stomached me a little, for it appeared to tjie that her coming so readily show od that she was a trifle too willing, but on reflection it oecurred’to me that she might have been prevailed on by her married sister to come without any thing concerning me having been men uoned to her. "Hi a few days we had an interview, and. although 1 hud not seen her be fore, sle did not look as my Imagina tion had pictured her. I knew she was oversized, but now she appeared a fair match for Falstaff. i knew she was called an ‘old maid.’ and I felt no dotHgt of the truth of at least half of the appellation. A kind of notion ran in my bead that nothing could have commenced at the size of infancy and reached her present hulk in less than thirty-five or forty years, and. In short, 1 was not at all pleased with her. “But what could 1 do? 1 had told her sister tfiat I would take her for better or for worse, and I made a point of honor and conscience In all things to stick to my word. "At once 1 determined to consider her my wife. and. tills done. aJI my powers.'of discovery were put to work In search of perfections in her which might be fairly set off against her de fects. I tried to imagine her hand some, which, but for her unfortunate corpulency, was actually true. ; V t V • -k Unexpected Development*. ^After all my sufferings upon this fcdy interesting subject, here 1 am. illy, unexpectedly, completely out —Of the ‘scrape,' and 1 now want to know if you can guess bow 1 got out of it—out clear ifj every sense of the term—no violation of word, honor or conscience. 1 don't tielieve yon can guess, and so 1 may as well tell you , at puce. As the lawyer says, it was done in the manner following, to wit: After I bad delayed the matter as long as 1 thought ! could in honor do 1 concluded I might as well bring it to a consummation without further de lay. and so 1 mustered my ‘resolution and* made the proposal to her direct: but,' shocking to relate, she answer ed ‘No’ “At first I supposed she did it through an affectation of modesty, which 1 thought but ill became her .—.upder the peculiar circumstances of per case, but on my renewal of the charge I found she repelled • it ! with greater firmness than before. I tried it again with the, same success, or. rather, with the same want of success I finally was forced tx^glve it up. at which E very unexpectedly found my- ‘ self mortified almost beyond endur nnce. “And to cap the whole I then for the first time began to suspect that l was really a little In love with her. But let it go. I’ll try and outlive it Oth ers have been made fools of by the jirW. but this can never with truth be •if' -—w CO-OPERATE FOR GOOD ROADS ■ !.■■■*■ i State and Federal Government* Should Together for Highway Im provement, Say a Mr, Houaton. Secretary Houston of the depart ment of agriculture says that the state and federal governments should work together for highway improvement, in order that a large proportion of the money annually spent for road con struction may not be wasted. In his own department, the office of public roads has been demonstrating the value of proper road building by the construction of certain object-les son roads, and the forest service is carrying out his idea of national and state co-operation in road building. The law requires that ten per cent, of the gross receipts from the national forests shall be spent in the states in which the forests are situated. This money is expended for road improve ment, under direct control of the sec retary of agriculture. The amount appropriated under this act, based on the receipts of the' na- ‘ tional forests for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, is $234,638.68. From the 1912 receipts for this ten per cent, road item, there is an additional $134,- 831.10 which is still available. In administering the ten per cent, road fund, forest officers charged with the actual plans and expenditures In the neighborhood of their forests have, in almost all cases, secured an equal or a larger co-operative fund from state authorities for the building of certain pieces of road. With the money thus expended, many important roads are being built or put in repair. One on Jthfi.NYiOffl: Ing national forest, six miles long, makes accessible to farmers a 'large body of timber and opens nip A-region of great scCnic beauty. lu northwest ern Arizona, part of the'fund ■will he uged in connection with the LeFevre- Bright Angel road, important because it makes accessible to tourists the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. In one place, the ocean to ocean highway crosses the Apache national forest, Arizona, and on this project the forest reserve service and the local authori ties co-operated enthusiastically. On the Florida national forest in western Florida, steel bridges and graded roads have, under the stimulus of. this fund, taken the place of corduroy, bog and sand. This federal road fund is now avail able in all national forest states of the west. Just as fast as returns come in, the forestry officials say, a similar fund will become available in states in which eastern national forests are be ing secured. CANNOKt SONG OFTEN SUNC ■ —-v—' - «•—-- Uncle ikM Focotlouslj Reform) to It oo Eve of ReUremeaL • r onooucuuf WRITES TO HER NEPHEW Aa Old s HIS LAST DAYS IN POLITICS CASH VALUE OF GOOD ROADS tia instance made a fool of myaelf • have now come to the conclusion *ver again to thjnk of marrying, and r this reason I can never be satiafled th any one who would be blockhead _iugb to have me." aBjkacoln waa twenty-seven years old bis marriage proposal to. Mias ms was rejected. One Fact Alone Is Sufficient to Justify Expense of Conetructlon Under Efficient System. No one questions the statement that good roads have a high money value to the farmers of the nation, and It may be said that this alone is sufficient to Justify the cost of their construction as rapidly as practicable under an effi cient,' economical and equitable sys tem of highway improvement. The big point in favor of this pehditure is the economy of time and force in transportation between farm and market, enabling^the growers to take advantage of fluctuations in buy ing and selling, as well as enhancing the value of real estate. It Is esti mated that the average annual loss from poor roads is 76 cents an acre, while the estimated average Increase resulting from Improving all the public roads is $9. The losses in five years would gregate $2,432 for every section of land, or more than enough to improve two miles of public highway. The ne cessity of good roads Is obvious, as it would enhance the value of each sec tion of land about $3,760, or more than double the estimated cost of two miles of improved highway, which consti tutes the quota for 640 acres of land. VITRIFIED BRICK FOR ROADS Department of Agriculture Issues Bul letin on Advantages Obtained in Using This Material. The United StAtes departfent of agriculture has recently Issued as Bul letin 23 of the new departmental se ries a contribution from the office of the public roads and vitrified brack as a paving n)aterial for country roads. Brick roads have four distinct ad vantages: Durability, easy traction, ease of maintenance, and apod appear ance. .The high first cost is a disad vantage. The materials used and the aid of me. fro^Y emphatically InlPri*?®" of ““«*“ture are described as well as methods of testing the bricks. The construction of brick new communal bath Is projected ’leans. Tt will be over 800 feet tnd will contain .not only • large ning basin, bnt also sand, air tin baths. The Hot water will plied by electrical apaaa. roads Is et forth In detail and the various steps In the process are Illus trate. Especial attention Is di rected to the Importance of proper en gineering sul An appendix gives the method for inspecting and testing paving brick as recommended by the American So ciety tor Tenting Materials, Fight In 1910, When Veteran Speaker ' of th* House Triumphed Over Hi* Foes — Thirty-eight Year* In "Con gress, It Was Reported He Might Run Again. In the closing days of the Sixty-sec ond congress newspapers were every day printing stories about defeated members singing their swan songs on the floor of the house. Joseph G. Can non. enjoying the distinction of longer service in the house than any other man In the history of the United States, made several speeches in rapid succes sion. and each one was described in the public prints as bis swan song. The night that be attended the fare well reception to Representative 51c- Klnley of Illinois, also a ‘'dead duck.” Uncle Joe was down on the program for a speech. _‘‘Kvery time I make a speech," he declared, “the newspapers say 1 am singing my swan song. Just to escape that this time and to show that I'm a young buck with lots of years to live. I will now do a song and dance.” Whereupon he sang a coon song and did a dance that would have made a chorus girl turu green with envy. One of Famoue Four. Although more than 13.000 men have served In the lower branch of congress since the house of representatives aA “srm+Ttedfor the first time in 1789, duTjf four of them served thirty years or more and Cannon, who served thirty- eight. was at seventy-seven the young -est old man in public life. Elected to the Forty-third congress, he was elected to’’every congress thereafter until his defeat in 1912 by Frank T O'Hair, with the exception of the Fif ty-second congress. Four times he was speaker of the house of represen tatives. Since his return to private life at Danville, 111., it has been reported at various times that lie would run again this year. lie was uoncomraltal when asked about it * ~ Official Washington’* Farewell. The former speaker’s leavetaking of Washington was made memorable On Feb. 15 last he was- tendered a farewell dinner which was attended by President Taft members of the Taft cabinet and many prominent men regardless of political affiliations. When the guests assembled they found at each place a souvenir pro gram with a poetical tribute unsigned, but written by Representative Moore. It read: The storms may come, the winds may blow. The saplings and the ptne»-may fall. But. tempered to the surf and snow. The sturdy oak survives them all And so in legislative hall.. * Where men and measures come an<^ go, Orr Fame's enduring record calls. The honor rests with Uncle Joe. Inseparably associated with Uncle Joe. perhaps the quaintest figure lu na tional. politics, was the ever present Cannon cigar, and on the reverse side of the program beneath the curling smoke of a pictured cigar ran ‘ this couplet: You may break, you may shatter, the - rules If you will, But the Cannon aroma will hang to them still Hie Memorable Battle of 1910. It was lu the middle of March. 1910, that S[ieaker Cannon's star began to set: At the end of three days and three nights of bitter parliamentary battle he and Ids faithful hand were overruled on a critical point of order, and Uncle Joe was deprived* of the chairmanship of the all powerful rules committee of the bouse. Counseling complete surrender, the senate leaders called tn>on Uncle Joe to resign as sneaker. In indignation be waved them from bis room. He had not yet begun to fight. And when the “elder statesmen” had retired to their end of the capitol Uncle Joe climbed back into his chair and hurled defiance at the victors. “1 will not entertain a motion," he declared, while the bouse listened with breathless sus|>ense. “to declare vacant the speakership of the house ” II was a gage of battle, and the s|)euker seemed to have calculated well that the Insurgents had gone na far aa they dared. The motion was made and lost, and the speaker sat secure again upon his throne, but with bis scepter nicked. Fur three days and three nights be had been at high tension in the center of tbe crisis, the man upon whom and against whom all was being waged Then came the moment of defeat and the challenge that stemmed defeat and brought out victory again, with Uncle Joe triumphant From that time on bla political pres tige suffered Impairment bnt even so. his defeat for re-election in 1912 was a national surprise. Bring Market Nearer. Good roads not only bring the mar ket nearer to yon, bnt they improve the aoefil condition of yonr commun ity because they bind neighbor! and friends more closely. Letter From the Cowatry.-“lt’» Irish." Tully mucolescrag, Parish of Bally Garrett, - BnUy-oluggathey, County of Kilkenny, Ireland, January, 1st. My Dear Nephew—I haven’t sent ye a lether since the last time 1 wrote to ye because we have moved off from our former place of livin’ and I didn’t know where a letter would find ye, but I now with pleasure take up me pin to inform ye of the death of your uncle, Ned Fitzpatrick, who died very suddendly a few days ago after a lin gerin’ illness of six weeks. The poor fellow was in violent convulsions the whole time of his sickness, lying per fectly quiet, and entirely speechless, all the while talking incoherently and crying for water. I had had no oppor tunity of informin’ ye of his death sooner, exceptin’ by the last post which same went off two days before he died and thin he would have post age to pay. I am at a loss to tell what his death was accasioned by, but I fear it was sickness fot he was never well ten days together during his whole confinement and I believe his deatti was brought about by his atin too much rabbit stuffed with pais and gravy, or pais and gravy stuffed with rabbit, but be that as it may whin he breathed his last the doethergave up all hopes of his recovery. I needn’t tell ye anything about his age, for you know will that, in June nixt he would have been 75 years old lackin 10 months and had he lived till that time would h&ve been jist six months ’cfcad. His ..property now devolves on hjs next of kin, which all died some time ago, so that I expect it will be divided between us and ye.know his property which was very large, was sold to pay the debts and the remainder he sold at a horse race, but it was the opinion of everybody that imithat he would have won the race if the baste he ran against hadn’t bin too fast for him. I niver saw a man in. all my life, and the doct- hers all said so, that observed direc tions and took medicine better than he did. He said he would as lave drink bitter as swate if it only had the same taste of ippeckackana or whiskey punch if it would only put him in the humor fightin,’ but poor sowl he’d never ate nor dhrink any more, and' yer haven’t a livin’ relation in the world except me and yqr two cousions, who were kilt in the last war. I can not dwell on the beautiful Isle any longer and shall stfle my lether with black salin wax and put on it yer uncle's coat of arums so 1 beg yer not to brake the sale when ye open this lether and don’t open until two or three days after ye receive it, and by that time ye will he well prepared for the sorrowful tid ings. Yer old swate heart sinds hfer lotf'e unbeknowing to yer. When Jerry McGee' arrives in Amer ica ax him for this lether and if he don’t bring it from amongst the rest of them tell him its the one that spakes about yer uncle’s death and sealed in black wax. Isremain yer affectionate ould grandmother. Bridgit O’Hooliguin P. S.—Don’t write until ye recave this. Dr. J. P. Lee, Jr* Dentist . W1LUSTON, - - S.C. Work done at your home anywhere in ’Barnwell County. ' Office over Bank of Williston. Hours 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. 3 to 6 p. m. 8-5-13-lv. . V. SEYMOUR-OWENS Attorney and Mnsellor at Law Office ovc: » „ . -v . ' . The Barnwell Sentinel , BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA Will practice in ail the CeurU. Cbyl- lection* a specialty. Loans negotiated on acceptable security. • DR. W. C. MILHOUS, SentUf, BARNWELL. S. CAROLINA. Office Itours: 8 :30 a. na. to 6 p. m. Persons living away from Barnwell will please make appoit. iments before coming. By so doing they will be sure of immediate service and avoid dis appointments. Notfcebl of Probate for final return _ estate ofC. If. Al^d for Letter* Diamittory. . If. K.* Aft March 7,1914. AdministrMMi The town clerk of Kline offfice daring the month of the purpose of receiving! turns for the year 1914. Both and personal property shall bi ed this year. AD return* sent mail must be properly signed and j bated and sent in by the 1st of 1914, before they can be accepted.* Remember, 50 per cent, penalty t be added after April 1st, 1914, W. H. Ulmer. Clerk, 3t. ■ Town of Kline, S. C: “LMt Yee Forget” This is just to remind you that I am prepared to do all kinds of plumbing in . a first-class, workmanlike manner. If you are thinking of installing this i irn convenience in your home, se« before placing the job elsewhere. P. W. Price, BaniweU, S. C. Notice to the Public. Notice is hereby given that the Coon* ty Supervisor is prohibited by law from making purchases in excess of twenty- five dollars ($25.00). All parties making sales to the coun ty through the Supervisor are hereby warned. H. Fullerton Buist, N. M. Walker, J. W. Patterson, County Board of Commissioners. 4-12-4L Dr. J.W. Reeves Dentist In office last week of each month. Barnwell, South Garatfoa Office In Harrison Building. ocl31-12-lyr Thos. M. Boulware, ATTORNEY AT *LAW Negotiate loans on real estate. Can get 7-% money in sums not less than $5,090.1)0. Office over Bank of Western Carolina, '' BARIlUfELL S.C. Advertisement for Bid*. Notice is hereby given that bids are quested for county supplies for the chain gang, etc., for the term of three months. All goods purchased under this bid to be paid for in thirty days. All bids should be sealed and filed with Uui .County . Board .of-Coesasta sioners of Barnwell County on or before April 7thj 1914. Bids are desired on the following ar ticles: Corn, Como, Alfalfa Mixed Feed, Hay, Bacon, Meal, Rice, Flour, Soda, Tobacco, Soap, Lye, Axle Grease, Shoes, Hats, Convict’s Clothing, Took, -Shovels, Picks, Axes and Gearing. H. Fullerton Buist, N. M. Walker, J. W. Patterson, County Board of Commissioners. 4-12-41. " 1 Money to Lend On improved farm lands well located in amounts from $2,000 to $50,000. Don’t write, call on undersigned. V. S. OWENS, Atty. Office over Barnwell Sentinel. BARNWELL, :: SOUTH CAROLINA R. H. Easterling & Co. Parlor Market BARNWELL, : : S.C. Fresh mea s of all kinds LET ME WRITE YOl'R BONDS Surety Bonds, Burglary Bonds, Court Bonds of all kinds Official Bonds. R. E. MILLER, General Agent. C. S. Fidelity & Cuaraoty Compaiy. BARNWELL, S. C. 10-7-13 Highest cash prices paid for hogs, cattle, poultry, eggs and country produce. A Substitute Much Cheaper Then Hay. Brigadier General John J. Pershing at Mindanao. P. t.. has forty scree of r gram” ffBfigFcn itfti tion which costs exactly 6.2 cents per bnndred- weight as against 25 Mr hay from Baa Francisco. Cultivation of;this win be started in other parts of tbe to supply trtny forage . Treasurer’s Notice. The Treasurers office will be open for the'collection of taxes levied for the fiscal year commencing Jan. 1st, 1913: From the 15th day of October 1913 to the 15th day of March 1914 inclusive. From the 1st to the 31st day of Jan. 1914, inclusive a penalty of one per cent will be added. From the 1st to the 28th of February, 1914, inclusive ■a penalty of two per cent will be added to all taxes paid in February. From the 1st to the 15th of March, 1914. in clusive a penalty of seven per cent will be all added to all unpaid taxes. Levy. For State purposes - 5 1-4 Mills. “ Special School state purposes 1 “ “ Constitutional school 3 “ “ Ordinary County purposes 6 1-2 “ “ Back Indebtedness 2 1-2 “ Total 18 1-4 ‘1 ‘ Commutation tax will be $1.50 and should be paid by all persons liable for Road Duty. Special School. Levy. Ashley, Baldoc, Barbary Branch, Cedar Grove, Columbia, Edisto Ellen- ton, Friendship, Harmony, Hilda,Kline, Morris, Mt Calvary, New Forest, Oak Grove, Pleasant Hill, Sand Hill, Seig- lingville, Seven Pines and Tinkers Creek, 2 mills. Barton, Bloomingdale, Cave, Hickory Hill, Owens Cross Roads,. Reedy Branch, Shady Grove, Sycamore and Upper Richland, 3 mills. / Appleton, Big Fork, Double Pend, Healing Springs, Hercules, Lees and Ulmer, 4 milb. / Barnwell 4 1-2 Mills. and Elko 5 ** Allendale, BtackviUe ✓ and Ftarfuy. . n. ■ ■ i i- M—- Williston v United States Currency, Gold and Sil ver Coin, County and School claims { ►roperiy approved will be received or taxes. Checks and drafts will not be accepted/for taxes except at the risk of the tax payer. J. B. Armstrong, .r_ur*r, Barnwell CouAty. Barnwell, S. 0,8efrt l&th. 1913. IMPROVE YOUR FARMING BY THE USE OF IMPROVED FARM IMPLEMENTS. .INSURANCE. FIRE INSURANCE ♦LIFE INSURANCE HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE LIVE STOCK INSURANCE SURETY BONDS All old line Stock Compunl**. Per. •onal Httention given to all bueinesa in trusted to mv care. If I can aerve you in any of tb* shove lines, give me a call. Office in Harrison Block, Main St. .Wm. McNAB. WE ARE SHOWING A FULL UNE OF PLOWS AND FIXTURES CORN DRILLS HARROWS DISTRIBUTORS COTTON PLANTERS CULTIVATORS LEMON BROS. BARNWELL, S. C THXBAILH4J nr cp UOBER OOFiNB- FRESH NORFOLK OYSTERS When you want some thing in a hurry from our store just use your telephone. You will be surprised at the quick service we are pre pared to give. Your orders will get the same careful at tention as if you called in person. This feature of our business receives special at tention. . Barnwell Frail Co. Agents for