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Clhr IBambrrg lirrali) ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 A. W. KXIGHT, Editor. Rates?51.00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?51.00 per inch for first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made for , three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or 011 subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. Thursday, July 26,1906 The "old man'' is still away and everybody works but "the boys.'' rr * Our farmers in this neighborhood- prefer ten cents cotton to thirty cents politics. It is our wish that the former may be obtained as easily as the latter. * vf * Charleston is beginning to decentlypave King Street. We hope that this means the beginning of the paving to a brighter future for our old "bottry" friend. y , * Trying the Williamson Plan. There are a number of up-to-date farmers in this section who are trying the Williamson plan of planting corn. The prospects are now that a large harvest will be garnered; one farmer who is conammir the best in the county says dUVAVU ? . _ that he is trying it as an experiment this year, and if the prospects materialize, he -will increase his acreage next year. The farmers of this section are using more science in their work, and while it may seem an absurdity that a man can farm ' ont of a text book, still he can mix what he learns with kwhat he knows and reap much benefit. THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the State Press Association held at the I$le of Palms last week has been pronounced by every one there, the best ever held. To one who is not an active member of the association and who attended as one of the outsiders, the meeting was certainly fraught with interest and pleasure. While the hosts "were so particular about the entertaining feature that it seemed at first sight that pleasure predominate ', on second sight * it was manifest that gaiety was subservient to business, that work was the motto of the meeting. Tuesday morning in the auditorium of the Seashore hotel, President E. H. Auil, l of the Association, called the meeting to order. Mayor R. G. Rhett, of the entertaining city, made the first address of welcome, and Charleston was his theme, hnt he made several points on the rail road and liquor situation in the State. Mr. P. H. Gadsen was there to speak for the Consolidated Railway Company. He , is an enthusiastic speaker and believes in Charleston, and Charleston's future. Presinent E. H. Jahnz, of the National Schuetzenbund, extended an invitation to the meeting to visit the Schuetzenplatz and take part in the target shooting and spend a pleasant time in general. Responses were made by members of the association. In the afternoon Mrs. Virginia DuRant Young, of The Fairfax Enterprise, farfamed because of its warmth in advocating woman's rights, read a paper giving some reminiscences of the members of the Press since 1891. The program throughout was one of interest, and the personality of the members present was interesting. Col. James T. Bacon, who has made the social circles of Edgefield famous, was there. He was a regular attendant upon the meetings of the association both in the hotel and in the impromptu gatherings in the surf. His is a genial face and full of twitches of hum or, he would not venture out beyond the ( knee caps, fearful no doubt of erasing 1 some of his well hardened Teputation. < Mrs. Young was not seen in me surr, aitho' she was at all the regular meetings J in the hotel. Col. T. B. Crews, of the Laurensville Herald, and Mr. N. G. Osteen ' of the Sumter Watchman and Southron, ' two of the oldest members of the press , were there and gave some interesting re- ! marks on the press of years gone by. ( Charleston did herself proud; and the i association to a man, was proud of the City by the Sea. The local newspaper 1 men worked hard to make their fellows of the quill enjoy their sojourn, and made many feel that they were in a land where slow subscribers never dwell, and where journalism is a reality of pleasant dreams, and where to write is to be famous. The News and Courier threw open its editorial columns for the editors to express < any view they might have on any question. This courtesy was taken advantage of by a large number of the Country Cousins, and the editorial columns sparkled nearly as much as when Major Hemp hill and Capt. Ball, and the other space fillers of The Old Lady of Broad Street, have applied themselves to the pen. All in all the meeting was quite suitable to be enjoyed, and when the final adjournment was taken Friday, every man felt that he had had the time of his life. Friday afternoon a party left for Norfolk and Boston in which cities they will spend a few weeks. ( To start the day with a wine glass of SHAW'S MALT gives vigor to carry on the work; to end it with the same is to he'p nature recuperate. For sale at the Dispensary. Due FROM ! GRAVE ALIVE | i States Island Plumber, Buried Twenty=two Honrs, Jokes With Rescuers. TO CHARGE BOSS OVERTIME! j "Tell My Wife," He Says to Firemen ! Frantically Working to Exhume Him, "That I'll Get $2 an Hour For This." Cheering: his wife by the assurance that every hour he was imprisoned would be rated as overtime and that he would set double pay for it, Herman Fisher, a plumber, sent a ripple of laughter through the crowd which stood about a trench in Tomokinsville. X. Y., watching a band of firemen working like beavers to release him from the avalanche of quicksand and clay which had held him prisoner twenty-two hours. His little note of humor, coming at a time when his suffering was supposed to be intense, inspired his rescuers with new energy, and sand and dirt flew in all directions. "Tell her," he said faintly, "that we will have plenty of spare cash next week. You know this is overtime, and I get $2 an hour for it." His wife and father, who had nervously watched the work of rescue all night smiled through their tears at this sally, and Fisher himself joined in the general laugh. At this time the sand and clay, which at the first entirely covered him, had been removed as far down as his knees, but his left foot was tightly wedged between two stones, and it wa9 with great difficulty that it was loosened. A rope was then lowered to him, and he feebly' put it r\T-ar> ) ??<? Knofl ond mnrlo It frict Hpnpflth KJ * VI UIO UVUU AAM4VftV % his arms. A dozen firemen then pulled , gently on the rope and slowly lifted' Fisher to the surface. Fisher was employed by William J. Barry, a plumber, to tap the sewer and make a connection with the house of Mrs. J. Walsh. Although cautioned by the contractor not to go into the trench before shoring up the sides, Fisher and two assistants descended Into the trench, which was about twenty-six feet below the street level. A heavy watering cart passing near the trench loosened the earth, tumbling it in on top of the three men.* All but Fisher escaped, and as be was THEY HAD TO DIG WITH TTTFTR HANDS. Sown in the sewer he was buried to the top of his head. An alarm was tnrn2d in from a nearby fire alarm box, and two fire companies were soon on the scene. In thrp#> RhtftS. J.1XC JLL1CUICU nviuvu , one relieving tbe other every half hour. A. belt was finally placed under Fisher's arms and made fast to a block and fall above, but when an attempt was made to pull the man out the sides of the trench again caved in, and before anything further could be done it was necessary to send for long planks to shore up the four sides of the trench. When night came powerful searchlights were sent for, and the railroad supplied several arc lights, which were lowered into the trench. The hole in which Fisher was imprisoned was less than three feet in circumference, which made it impossible to use pick, shovel or spade. Garden trowels were obtained from a nearby florist, and these had to be abandoned eventually, the space not allowing of their use. The firemen then had to dig witn tneir nanas. Father Keegan of the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, near by, went into the trench and talked with the man, but was unable to do anything for him because of his position. An ambulance surgeon from the Smith infirmary also went down and administered stimulants at intervals. Foar Children and Father Drank. Four children, drunk, the eldest eight years old, three of them staggering along behind their father, while the intoxicated man carried the youngest child, a babe of three years, was the sight presented to residents of Germantown, Pa., the other day. FEARED FATE OF GOMORRAH Residents of Wisconsin Capital Fled From the Wrath to Come, NEGRO PREDICTED FLOOD Extra Trains Crowded With Refugees Who Believed "Professor's" Prophecy?They Came Back Later With Sheepish Grins. The "fire and brimstone" promised to Madison, Wis., by "Professor" Jones has postponed its dire visitation. Madison still stands. The sparkling lakes dance in the June sunshine, and the squirrels in Capitol park frisk among the trees. Like returning sheep, some 1.500 superstitious Madisonians came home. THE EXODUS WiLVT FOBWAED MEBBILT. They did not take the main streets. They slunk through narrow alleys and through vacant lots. They entered at the back doors and emerged later sneering at the predictions of Br'er Jones. Fearing a catastrophe such as the one that came on Sodom and Gomorrah, hundreds of persons left the city to escape 'the wrath to come." For two days clouds had hovered over hill and dale, and those who had listened to the exhortations of Br'er Jones, the negro evangelist, had begun to sniff I brimstone. The words of the negro prophet then recurred to them: "An' on de thu'd day, breth'n, de clouds will hoveh in de sky. An' de watahs ob de lake will rise up. Dey will visit dis heah city wif destruction, an' de watahs will close up aroun' us like a mighty wall." And hearing these things the bondsman and freeman hid themselves In the dens and In the rocks of the mountains. But they came back, rejoiced at not finding the town burled fifty fathoms deep under the waters of the lake. The exodus was unprecedented. Hotels wereleft without negro employees. Servant girls took a day off, wrapping their possessions in sheets and handkerchiefs. Bachelor girls took their canary birds and cats. The banks sent requisitions for more money. Depositors made haste to draw out' savings accounts regardless of the reassurances of the cashiers. In the railroad yards extra cars had been sidetracked to be pressed Into service when the exodus began. The demand for tickets to the high places nearly swamped the local passenger agents. Bookings on the little excursion boats that ply on Lakes Mendota and Monona were eagerly bought up. If the floods were coming the people believed safety would lie in ships. The telephone company was besieged with calls to "wake me as soon as the flood comes." Night watchmen and policemen were given similar instructions, and those who were courageous enough to go to bed slept with their boots on and with one eye on the alarm clock. By early morning the -evacuation of the town wa3 going forward merrily. Those who had automobiles took the highroads. v Vehicles of all kinds were Impressed into service. Family belongings were removed in wheelbarrows and gocarts. The day passed without incident The vanguard of the home comers began to arrive during the wee sma' hours. They tried to sneak home In the dark. Now they are smiling sheepishly and hereafter will place no credence In the professor's prophecies. Left Fortune to Hia Horse. A farmer near Toulouse recently died, leaving a curious will. The document was written on the cuff of a shirt and ran, "I hereby appoint as my sole heir my red horse, and I wish him to become the property of my nephew Jules." The nephew and other relatives brought an action to upset this will, but the court decided that the farmer was in his right mind and that the nephew, as keeper of the horse, was.to have, a life interest in the property. LIGHTHOUSE REPAIR SHOP. Little Building: "Where Delicate Machinery Is Made. In the reservation of the lighthouse department at St. George. Staten Isianu. there is an ugly three story building of brick that is the "department store" of the lighthouse service in this country and its foreign p jssc* sions. Practically everything in the nature of a mechanical device used in the service, from the biggest lantern to the smallest order of light, and including the apparatus for blowing fog signals and making the lights flash on gas buoys, is turned out in this place, a."- not only sent to ail the stations in tins district, which includes Porto Rico, but also as far away as Alaska, and even to the Philippines. The mechanics emplo^d are ail men of the highest grade, for the objects they are at work on are too delicate, as a rule, to allow of much machine labor, anil in addition to this the government has never seen lit to spend su:L lent money on the' plant to fit a out with such machinery. In a stroll through the workrooms one can see men turning out the delicate brasswork that keeps the flashlights on a gis buoy going for three months at a time, the curious brass cylinders that make the wailing cry of a fog siren, tiny floating stops that serve to keep the oil from overflowing in the lamps after the manner of a student lamp, and the clockwork that keeps revolving lights turning around hour after hour through the long nights. The only thing they don't make in this department store are the lenses, which are imported from Paris or Lon-' don. These are "assembled" in these shops, however, and one can see lanterns cf all sires in the course of preparation, from the smallest size used in 1 * * uie service u uutrs ux uxe j >i ti suucient to so in lighthouses of the first order. Of course the department lias to be ready for emergencies in the way of breakdowns of lights, as well as of lightships, and so they not only keep two light vessels at the wharf always ready for instant service, but they also have in this storehouse an emergency light that can be put up anywhere and fitted to take the place of any light of any description, whether it be fixed or revolving, red and white or all red.? New York Press. SOME FIRST OCCASIONS. Cannon and small arms were introduced in 1390. Spinning wheels came to the rescue of women in 1530. The first stereotyping was done in 1813 in New York. Shirts resembling those now worn were in use in 1830. Phrenology, "discovered" by Franz Joseph Gall, a Viennese physician, in 1796, became a so called science in 1805. The first submarine telegraph wire 4ri +>mo *>rtr?n+-?Tr rcno frnm finvprnors Island to the Battery In New York, laid in 1842. Double entry bookkeeping was first used In the mercantile cities of Italy, notably Venice and Florence, in the fifteenth century. Schwartz invented gunpowder in 1328. But Roger Bacon, a thirteenth century alchemist gives a recipe for It in a work of his in 1270. Natural Well* In Yucatan. Since Yucatan, where the Mayas built their strange cities, is a coral limestone formation, it would, says a writer in Records of the Past, have been a barren desert but for its subterranean rivers and the cenotes, or water caverns, which give access to them. The Mayas noted the courses of the underground streams and built their towns round the cenotes. Many cenotes are now found surrounded by ruins and give indications of the methods employed by the Mayas to reach their cool waters. In Uxmal a cenote about forty feet deep is inhabited by a peculiar species of fish. At Bolancben there Is a cenote having five openI ings in the rocks at the bottom of the cavern. Ladders made by tying tree trunks together lead down a total distance of 1,400 feet, but the perpendicular depth from the surface to the water is not over 500 feet The Mixture In Ronmanla. Roumania is inhabited by a bewildering variety of races, but whether of Greek, Slav or Teutonic lineage, the modern Roumanian makes it a point of honor to claim descent from the colonists whom Trajan planted in the conquered province of Dacia A. D. 107. s Calling themselves Romuni and their language Romunie, the proud citizens seldom draw out a legal document without some allusion to their founder, whom they style "the divine Trajan." The Roumanian language reflects the composition of the race and now but faintly suggests the language which ' Trajan spoke. Tennyton'a Grnflneii. Apropos of Tennyson's gruffness is a | story repeated by the London Chroni! cle. Tennyson, in his last days gave audience to an American, a friend of Longfellow and Lowell, who came armed with credentials. "I hope you don't write," was the cautious old po et's first remark. "No, my lord, and I don't talk!" was the swift reply. This response set Tennyson at his ease, and he at least "talked," to his guest's vast contentment. Flattered Men. , There is no exaggerated and barefaced compliment a man will not swallow greedily if it be served by a woman. He suspects it from the lips of ' another man, but is so innately convinced that woman, his inferior, is always secretly worshiping him and long- j ing for him that he will bolt every ' sugared pill she offers.?M. A. P. . . -VT* M ... YOU CAN HAVE ... 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