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m^r- v>;^,-,. .., ,.,v r- ... - - . - -.. v.--....- - ^ -x&SX " ' ' * \ ? \ - . ?If? lambfrg Sffralb Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,1909. One Dollar a Year COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS i j< SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. I |< News Items Gathered All .Around the < * County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, September 13.?More 1 lUttU lflVU UilieS) Ut UVLLOU uatc ucvu j weighed by our weigher, of this year's crop. Farmers have been rush- . ing cotton to the market as fast as j . they could gather it from the fields. ] The school children are getting j ready to return to their respective 9 schools, to commence another year's work. Some of them are anxious to , go, while others are not. : . Mr. R. L. Farrell, of Florida, is ] visiting his children here. j Mr. Jack Smith and family, also Mr. H. H. McKeithan and family, \ t have returned from Glenn Springs, < where they spent a month. 1 ,? The dry weather seemed to put a stop to travel by automobiles. Had a fine rain Friday night, so the sand banks will be so they can be ridden over again without stopping and getv ting out and push. Saturday some colored men got in a fight. Chief had a foot race before he could capture one. One of the combatants made his escape by being fleet of foot. Chief runs well. Mr. Jacob Hiers has a new business started up; he earned one nickel * already. I ,, _____ Mr. Ben T. Zeigler is all smiles this morning?it's a bouncing girl. > Mr. Loue Zeigler has an addition to his family?it's a boy. It seems > as if the whole Zeigler family as a whole is on the increase. JEE. Country News. # Miss Clara Williams, an attractive young lady, of Hardeville, who is visiting her cousin, Miss Eva Hanberry, near Denmark, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Alva Hanberry, at Olar. Mrs. Clara Williams, her daughter, Lucile, and Miss Eva Hanberry spent ? # finndov rplativpc ripar Rflmhpr? I i ( Mrs. L. E. Hanberry, who has been ^ on the sick list, is improving. t .r - 1 - Miss Lizzie Hand is spending a f while with relatives at Springfield, t S. C. ? Mr. Alvin Hanberry spent last 1 Sunnday at the Isle of Palms. 1 ? Kearse News. : Kearse, September 14.?The Timrod Literary Society invites the pub- ^ lie to theit play, "Miss Topsy Turvy," on next Thursday evening, September ] 16th, at White Point school house. 1 Miss Leda Ritter returned home t Saturday from an extended visit to J her sister, Mrs. G. W. Jenny. 2 Mrs. J. F. Kearse returned home last Tuesday from a month's stay with her daughter, Mrs. L. R. Dixon, I of Bishopville. c a Miss Sudy Ritter spent Friday and f Saturday of last week with Misses t Ruth and Chloe Groseclose. c Miss Ettie Kearse returned home Sunday from a visit to Miss Kate Sad- c ler, of Olar. s I Miss Edna Chittv leaves us Satur- * j day to accept a position as teacner or ' the Baldoc school. We were glad to see so many out 1 at Sunday-school last Sunday, especi- * ally the little children. i Miss Alice Kearse left us Tuesday T for Bamberg, where she will be for some time with Mrs. H. M. Graham. We were glad to see the showers i on Friday and Saturday nights, for we were very much in need of them. ^ Country Correspondence. ( Beautiful weather we are having now-a-days for gathering the 12 ] ? cents fleecy staple. f Mrs. Alice Zeigler and neice, Miss Mamie Hill, of Sanford, Fla., are visit- j ing relatives at Ehrhardt < > Mrs. Clara Williams, widow of the J I late Dr. Sheridan Williams, of Harde- \ ville, and her beautiful daughter, Loucille, were guests at Mr. O. P. Jordan's a few days ago. ^ School begins at Hampton, Monday, \ * September 20th. i * Little Miss Virginia Hill will go to j Columbia Thursday for two day's stay. ^ Miss Eva Hanberry, of Denmark, was the guest of Miss Georgie Emma Jordan last Sunday. * Pellagra Spreading. A special from Raleigh, N. C., says that it is estimated by physicians that ; f 1,000 cases of the new disease, pellagra, exist in North Carolina. In every county, except Onslow, it is , said the disease prevails. That it is a disease to be dreaded is i'\ not questioned, and Dr. E. Jennes Wood, of Wilmington, says that pellagra is second only in importance to i tuberculosis. While he does not believe it originates from corn, he frankly admits that there are very few physicians who do not believe the disease is caused by corn. KUKER SUCCEEDS WILSON. City of Florence Gets White Postmaster at Last. Washington, Sept. 10.?A number nf recess presidential appointments h postmasters was announced to-day, which included the nomination of Louis C. Kuker to be postmaster at Florence and S. Coler King to be postmaster at Darlington. Mr. Kuker, who will succeed in Florence the Rev. Joshua Wilson, the negro postmaster, is a young man md the son of John Kuker, a leading business man of Florence, and a man of considerable means. Mr. d",, t(iQ onnnintoo oc tvpI 1 no Ills t V. U AC1 j IUV V1U WW) IAV IT V** WW M?w father, is a man of good standing in Florence. Capt. King is one of the most popalar young men in Darlington and is now probate judge of Darlington county. He is, of course, a Democrat Formerly he was the captain of the Darlington Guards. He is a brotherin-law of Sate Senator Huge* Sinkler ind Maj. D. L. Sinkler, of Charlescon. Capt. King's appointment will create a vacancy in the office of probate judge in Darlington. News from Fairfax. Fairfax, September 13.?Last week was unusually gay with the roung folks. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Talley (who are society leaders here) lad some very charming young lady visitors. Miss Sue McDonald from Charleston, and Miss Caroline Vance from Columbia. They put on their minKing cays as to uitr ucsi wa,y t>f entertaining their guests without giving a dance or a card party. So invitations were issued?first to the routh of the town, then to the young married couples. Those invited had to put on their "thinking caps" to solve the rebuses, guesses at contests. In "character pictures" every family in Fairfax was pictured in some way and they had to guess the lames from the pictures. Miss Hattie Tyler won the first prize and Mr. Martin Lightsev the booby. Next ?vening, in the contest, "What are the best traits to make a good husband ?" Mrs. McDaniel won the first prize, and Mr. Fred Lightsev the booby. In the contest, "Give the 3est description of your wife's wediing dress," Mr. Ben Brunson won the prize, and no wonder, for his 'air bride of a few months sat beside lim wearing her lovely wedding costume. Delicious refreshments were served both evenings?cakes, ices, fruit salad and punch. The guests leparted reluctantly both evenings, roting the Talleys the best of enterainers. Their visitors have been the Af lr4n/1 oHon fmr? a frnm V/i. rviuu uwvuuvug itvm amilies here, and all will hate to see hem leave. Come again, girls! Our new teachers are: Prof. Joe rtiser, principal; Misses Albright, Saigler, Goolsby, assistants, with Miss Annye Moye, music teacher. __ In a few days our boys and girls I vill leave us for different colleges. Mr. McDonald Youmans returns to Jniversity of South Carolina; Miss VIercedes Buckner to Winthrop; Hisses Margaret and Lucile Youmans ;o Converse College; Miss Lila Bar>er to Columbia College, and Miss Selle Loadholdt to Greenville Female College. The reading room has been more )opular since the "Elsie Books" :ame. Elsie Dinsmore was certainly l lovely character, and quite a model or our girls to imita .e (leaving out he numerous cries that dear girl had >ver trivial things.) The darkies are happy now in the :otton fields. We can hear them ringing over their work. "Leave the )oor old strangling wretch and pull or the shore," is the way they per- j rert Bliss's famous songs. Mrs. Martha Craddock has been nuch cheered lately by a visit 'rom her twin sister, Mrs. Columbus Howard, of Georgia, whose loving ninistrations soothed her in her invalid state. We will not tell you about our six 'eet alligator, as that is stale news, i Miss Virginia Durant has enter;ained her brother's wife and chilIren recently. Mrs. Mary Youmans and daughter,: Dr. Iva Youmans, have returned 'rom a pleasant trip to Beaufort. Miss Blanche Cooksey has selected, n Baltimore, the fall hats for ifoung's millinery, and will be here n a few days. Miss Cooksey seems 1 ~ ^ ^ iKe one ui us, sue uas uccu ueie so ong. Miss Alma Knight, who spent her vacation with her father in Savanlah, is here now, ready for a return ;o study. Mr. W. C. Creech spent a week lere with Mr. George Sanders. Miss Etta Copeland's recent visit lere was much enjoyed, as she was >ne of the most popular teachers lere last session. Her little pupils lated to see her leave. But we still ding to the hope of having her with is in some way or other in the future. 2h, Miss Etta? S'egro Shot at Hot Supper Near Govan Govan, September 14.?Saturday light a negro named Johnie Edwards vas shot at a "hot supper" one mile ?rom Govan. The ball entered his eft side, and it is thought that it changed its course and lodged in the lack instead of entering abdominal ;avity. It is thought that the negro s not seriously wounded, but it is vident that he made a narrow escape, n all probability he will decline fuure invitations to hot suppers. H. IN THE PALMETTO STATE! I SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS j KIXDS IX SOUTH CAROLINA. j State Xews Boiled Down for Qnick i Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. At a meeting of the State board of canvassers, held in Columbia last Friday, the protest from Aiken county as to the recent dispensary election was thrown out, and the dispensaries in that county are now open. Columbia is making efforts to induce the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad to come to that city. A meeting of the citizens was held last Thursday for the purpose of taking some definite action to this end. A committee will go to New York at once and present Columbia's claims to the officials of the road. Mr. Andrew, s. Jtfyra, wno is constable for Magistrate Dukes at Branchville, was tried at Orangeburg last week on the charge of murder. Mr. Byrd killed a notorious negro desperado named Rowe in Branchville a few months ago. At the conclusion of the testimony the judge ordered the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. he Holly Hill dispensary was broken into and robbed last Wednesday night. The dispenser estimates that between $400 and $500 worth of whiskey was stolen. No clue has been found to the robbers. Holly Hill recently voted out the dispensary by a vote of 103 to 7. The thieves evidently concluded that it would be well for them to lay in a supply. % On the recommendation of Chief Justice Jones, Governor Ansel has appointed Mr. Ernest Moore, of the Lancaster bar, to serve the remainder of tne year on me sixm circuit m place of Judge Prince, of Anderson, who is still so broken in health that he feels that he will be unable to go on the bench this year. The sixth circuit is composed of the counties of York, Chester, Lancaster and Fairfield. The Camden Water, Light, and Ice Company, a private corporation, has surrendered its light franchise to the city and has notified the mayor and members of council of Camden that they will shut down their electric light plant on the 15th of this month. No reason is assigned for their action in their letter of notification to the maypr, so we do not know what the trouble is. The plant is owned by a Northerner. SheriffP. H. Corley, of Lexington, captured L. A. Stuckman, a negro, in Savannah last week. The negro is wanted in that county on the charge of murder, committed February 16, 1899, more than ten years ago. Stuckman shot and killed Nancy Davis, a negro woman, at a hot supper at a saw mill near Lexington. He J rv-? A/lift fnltr o ftr mi ctu.tr iiis escape luimcuiatcij auu the killing, and although he has been hunted for ten years, it was only last week that the sheriff succeeded in capturing him. The board of trustees of Columbia College held a meeting in Columbia last Friday and decided to accept the offer to lease the Colonia, Columbia's tourist hotel, for the use of the college this fall and until the college can be rebuilt. This building was the old college, which has been enlarged and improved and turned into a modern hotel for tourists. They also decided to rebuild the college, and plans for the building are already being prepared and the work of raising funds going on. Magistrate J. T. Easterling and his constable, J. D. Dunaway, were tried in the Richland court last week on the charge of malfeasance in office. The two officers were tried on the charge of conspiring to extort money from a negro man, who was charged with sending an obscene letter to a nearn eirl. in that thev asked the negro for $28 as settlement and that they compromised with the prosecuting witness, the mother of the girl, giving her only $6 of the amount and appropriating the remaining $22. They were acquitted. ? Methodist Church Fired by lightning. Hampton, Sept. 10.?The Methodist church here was struck by lightning to-night about nine o'clock and by 10 flames started by the bolt had completely destroyed jthe building. But for the heavy rain which came immediately after the bolt fell other property in the neighborhood almost certainly would have been swept away. The members of the Epworth league, which had been holding a meeting in the church, left the building just before the stroke came. The loss is about $4,500, with insurance of $1,000 or $1,500. The parsonage nearby also was struck by the same bolt, but the a /v/\ in iwiflinfr uamagc id 111111115. Sues Telephone Company. Charleston, Sept. 14.?Suit for $40,000 was filed to-day in the office of the clerk of the State court against the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company by J. C. Dillingham, administrator of the estate of E. M. Daoust, the lineman of the defendant company who was shocked and burned to death on October 18, 1907, at the northwest corner of Rutledge avenue and Bee street. The complaint alleges that Daoust was killed through fault of the defendant company, because he was ordered to ascend a pole of the Consolidated company and that no safe place was provided for him to work on. The suit is brought by the plaintiff on behalf of the daughter of the deceased, Helen Daoust, a minor. LIVELY WEEK AT COLUMBIA. ri Bi Dispensary and Seminole Cases Attract State Wide Attention. ^ Columbia, Sept. 12.?Events have crowded in upon the capital of the State thick and fast during the past So week, and indications are that the approaching week will one full of interesting happenings. The dispensary alleged graft cases are the centre of interest just now. After more than two years of investigating, the cases are to be brought into court. The outcome, naturally, *1 is the subject of much speculation. K.n The matter is one of grave importance to the State for several reasons. tn( There is tied up $600,000 of the dispensap* funds for which claims have an been made against the State by the various whiskey houses that dealt with South Carolina during the days aa of the old State dispensary. The settlement of these claims will be affected somewhat by the present , prosecution. Some matters may be ?c brought out that will have an effect j*: upon the claims outstanding, al- f:' though the civil and criminal sides of the proceedings have been conducted jr' separately. Owing to the promi- ? nence of the men under indictment, , the dispensary cases will excite inter- ? est throughout the country. v , The Seminole cases are also expected to come up at this term, prob- g. ably during the week beginning to- ^ morrow, i nese cases are urst uu me calendar, but may give way to the dispensary cases. The Seminole hi] scandal is well known to the public. un In this case also a great amount of money was tied up belonging to indi- ne viduals throughout the State. ^ Of peculiar local interest is the action to be taken Tuesday night by the members of the various commis- no sions. Resignations will not be sub- wa mitted as requested by city council. ^ It will be recalled that during the summer a special meeting of council rQ] was held and it was voted to request the resignations of the various commissions. This matter has caused a wa great deal of discussion, and the outcome is of much interest locally and will be watched in other parts of the f0] country, where commission govern- ag< ment is in vogue. wa Miss Livingsto Entertains. The most enjoyable event of last we week was a reception, given by Miss tio Mary Livingston on Thursday evening, September 9th, in honor of Miss tie Dorothy Napier, of Greenwood. wo Miss Livingston met the guests th< at the door, and presented them to sui Miss Napier. Mrs. D. G. Felder served tio nectar. The guest of honor was becoming- tio ly attired in a canary chiffon silk, sei trimmed with black velvet and jet. wh Miss Livingston was, as usual, dain- un tilv nttirprl anrl nrnvpH tn hp thp era cious little hostess that she always is. dr< Shortly after the arrival of the tht guests cards were given out for pro- Sh< gressive "up jinks." This game was dej indulged in for an hour or so, then ices "were served. < Miss Napier was winner of the first wb prize, a box of candy, which w*as pre- an< sented to her by Mr. J. H. McGowan. Ne His presentation speech was a source of of much merriment. Mr. P. B. Mur- era phy received the "consolation," a set of of "jack stones." an< Miss Napier visited our town last ste Christmas, and won by her charming Tri manner many friends, who are glad ] to have her among them again. bai acc News Around Ehrhardt. rec Ehrhardt, September 13.?Mr. J".1"*' William Fender, who has been spending a few days at Round, returned home Saturday. He reports a good 7f' time. ms _ . . _ _ _ . Ta' Misses Kuby and ivy Morns, or Ashton, visited their grand-mother, rf Mrs. E. M. Kinard, last Saturday. . Mrs. Annie Lou Beach, of Stokes, spent last week with her cousins, ^ Misses Eantsey and Ellen Kinard. " Al? Mrs. Rosa Martin, of Islandton, VJ. spent a few days recently with her sister, Mrs. Ellen Morris. *T, to\ Mrs. E. M. Kinard has returned home, after spending a few days with Mrs. J. C. Carter near Lodge. Mrs. Hattie Hammond and little daughter, Mary, of Union, S. C., are , spending some time with her parents, ff Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Warren. r ' ing Mrs. Mary Ann McMillan, who has been spending some time with rela- 7} tives and friends in this community, has returned to her home in Bamberg. "V me Mr. J. H. Kinard and sister, Miss J*" Eantsey, spent Sunday with Mr. M. L. Warren and family. ^ Misses Beulah Mav and Cliff Folk spent last Thursday with Dr. J. H. tni Roberts and family. Mr. John F. Folk, of Bamberg, 1 spent Sunday with his father, Mr. H. cha N. Folk. We at Mrs. D. C. Copeland visited Mrs. E. ter M. Kinard Friday. cat he Misses Ellen Kinard and Ivy Morr sar ris, who have been spending some to-< time with relatives and friends at a.1 Sniders, have returned home. They Lig report a livelv time. wh dec Mr. Bill Platts and daughter spent Wt Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. W. cor N. Johns. bos did Miss Ruby Stanley closed her sum- pul mer school last week, but she will hoa teach again in November. . wit per Farmers are busy now harvesting their cotton crop. 1 We had a very hard rain Friday sar night, which was badly needed in stoi our community. dis; - J . ?V. INKER CUTS HIS THROAT HX W. CASTLES COMMITS SUICIDE IX XEW YORK HOTEL. uthern Man, Prominent in the Financial and Social Life of the Metropolis?His Interests. New York, Sept. 13.?John W. sties, president of the Union Trust mpany of this city, capitalized at ,000,000, a director in other well own corporations and prominent in ib and social life in this city and i South, cut his throat from ear to r in the Grand Union hotel this ;ernoon and was found dead etched across a bed to-night. He d been in ill health for some time d his suicide is ascribed solely to a rvous breakdown and not to finanl1 troubles. His body was discovered about 9 lock tonight by his brother, Burton Castles, who, having become irmed at Mr. Castles' failure to rern home from the bank, began a irch through the hotels of the city, riving at the Grand Union at rty-second street and Park avenue found that Mr. Castles had regis ed there under his own name at JO o'clock this afternoon and had ne immediately to the room as;ned to him on the second floor. As 5 body was found cold to-night, taxations are that he ended his life Dn after closing his door behind m. The body, dressed only in the der garments, was lying across the d in the room, while on a table arby was a bloody razor with which had ended his life. Examination owed that he had severed both the ndpipe and the carotid artery but twithstanding this had made his ty to the bed before he expired. ie position of the razor leads to 3 belief that he stood before a mirr while slashing his throat. Had Acid Also. On a dresser near the bed there s an eight-ounce bottle, unlabeled, t containing a pungent acid, bether he had taken any of this be*e cutting his throat had not been xertained to-night. A physician ls summoned hastily >after the dy was found but the banker was yond aid. The police and coroner re then notified and an investigan begun. According to his friends, Mr. Cass was broken in health by over>rk and had little connection with x Union Trust company since asming the presidency of the institun on January 1 last. Not long ago Mr. Castles' condin became so serious that he was it to a sanitarium in Ulster county, iere he remained for three months der treatment. Mr. Castles' widow and two chilm are in the Adirondack^ where iy have been spending the summer, e was notified of her husband's ith to-night. A Southern Man. Coming originally from the South, ere he was well known in Texas I Louisiana, Mr. Castles removed to w York to assume the presidency the Guaranty Trust company sevII years ago. But in the latter part last year he resigned this position 3 on the opening of the new year pped in as head of the Union ust company. in the search for the despondent iker this evening his brother was :ompanied by Eli. B. Springs, a di:tor of the Charlotte, N. C., Elects Light and Power company and a jlong friend of the Castles. After j finding of the body they looked in n for a note or letter explaining i suicide. Mr. Castles had large interests in xas and was at one time presiit of a trust company of New Or,ns. Besides being president of the ion Trust company Mr. Castles was lirector of the Central Park, North East Railroad company, the Cen.1 of Georgia, the Chesapeake & io, the Hanover National bank of s city, the American Trust comay of Baltimore and the Morrisvn (N. J.) Trust company. He s United States trustee for the rthern Assurance company, Ltd., London. Booze Poured Out. Lexington, September 13.?Ninety Ions of liquor and cider were empd into the jail lot here this morn; by Sheriff P. H. Corley. This lot "booze" was captured at Irmo >re than six weeks ago and, as >re had been no inquiries made at } sheriff's office about the shipnt, the stuff was poured out in acdance with the law. The goods re shipped in the name of John vis, which is thought to have been ;itious. This is the first instance Lexington where an officer has is disposed of contraband. Dispenser Loses His Place. Barnwell, Sept. 13.?As a result of trges made to Dispensary Auditor isf against Dispenser J. A. Lightsey Sycamore, charging in general ms that Lightsey has been intoxi ea during Dusmess nours ana mai had been seen to go in his dispeny on Sunday, the county board met day to investigate the charges. As *esult of their meeting Dispenser ;htsey tendered his resignation, ich was accepted and the board :ided to close the dispensary, len seen to-night by the State's 3 respondent, the chairman of the ird, G. M. Greene, stated that he not care to discuss the-matter for jlication until the report of the Lrd which goes into details is filed h the governor and the State disisary auditor. Fhe report was filed with Dispeny Auditor West yesterday and the ck will be disposed of to the other pensaries.?Columbia State. NEWS FROM GO VAN. Also Write-up of Towns in North Carolina?Cotton Crop Short. Govan, September 14.?Williaih Hay and family made a short visit week before last to the home of Peyton Hay, his brother, at King's Mountain, N. C. His visit was not altogether a social one, but his purpose rather was to reconnoiter, as he la contemplating making that town his future home. The writer accompanied him. The town of King's Mountain is situated in Gaston county, and is about twelve miles from the county seat. It is a flourishing town, having three banks and seven cotton factories. In standing up on either King's or Crowder's mountain one can behold in the distance the smoke emitting from the several factories in King's Mountain, Gastonia, and other nearby towns; and such views give nnn on rtf what fho Smith ta wuc au xuwa vi nuuv wmv m? doing along the line of industry. I was told there are some millionaires living there who have big capital invested in the cotton factories. It has a population of about nine thousand. Strictly modern in architecture, being adorned with some of the most beautiful residences, giving to the casual visitor an idea of what comfort and luxury entails to the few mortals who inhabit but temporarily this "terrestrial ball." The county of Gaston is preparing to macadamize its principal roads. I saw a great quantity of broken rock placed beside the road preparatory for the work. Having an inexhaustible supply of this rock, they can build the most substantial and beautiful roads. The land is not at all desirable for farming purposes, owing to its being so hard and rocky. In breaking the soil weights are attached to the plow to force it into the soil, it being all clay and rock. Truck farming is the principal industry in the farming line, although there is some cotton and corn planed. The truck farmers find ready consumption for their products. Mr. Peyton Hay was a farmer resident of this town,-while it was In its infancy, and just the beginning of this year he made it his home again, having moved from his temporary home, at Boiling Springs, eight miles South of Barnwell court house. He only moved to King's Mountain for his health's sake, his principal interests being in Orangeburg county, near Springfield. He is a small truck farmer and is a commission merchant or broker, running the latter on a small scale. He handled two cars of watermelons for a planter at Springfield and sold them to the merchant* direct and with a nice profit for the shipper. He has a small canning establishment and his products are always in ready demand, being strictly first-class goods. He has won an enviable reputation in the class of his canned products, some years since * being highly applauded through the medium of a Northern paper by a long editorial, but his health not permitting he does not seek greater commendation, but rather desires little publicity. The indications are that that section of the country is very healthy. Crowder's Peak is only three and one-half mile from King's Mountain at the foot of which is the quiet and secluded All healing Springs, a health resort. The two peaks, Crowder's and King's Mountain, command a picturesque view from the city. The water is cold and sparkling, and there is an artesian well which supplies the town and which is reported to be as near chemically pure as any water. From the summit of either peak can be seen a range of the Blue Ridge. One of the cotton factories runs day and night. It is really a pity that some children are deprived of the blessings of day (those who have to toil for sustenance) by having to work all night. The State should not countenance such a burdensome law, which law means depression and dethronement of health and happiness to future generations. King's Mountain is situated on the Southern Kanway, running irum Spartanburg to Asheville, N. C. A few citizens took advantage of the excursion rates to Jacksonville, Fla., over the Seaboard last week. Jacksonville is a thriving city, and now the emporium for the liquor business. Any quantity is shipped by wholesale and retail. The city has survived the conflagration, having supplanted the destroyed district with more beautiful buildings. There are a few skyscrapers. The streets are a little uneven and crooked, but everything is in a rush. St. John's river is very wide and commodious, facilitating commerce for the many merchantmen that ply its waters. It is doubtful if Jacksonville could be rivaled in commercial advantages. sume, are afraid the price will go being gathered fast, Farmers, I presume, are afraind the price will go down and then they cannot get 12 cents for it. It is good for those who were not faithful to the Farmer's Union (whether they were members or not) by selling for future dedivery at 10 cents. It is hoped for this reason, if for no other, that it will rise to 15 cents. The cotton crop is extremely short [n this section, far below expectations, H. Opt W. G. Hutto at Copeland's to make you an offer on your cotton seed before you sell them. If you want the very highest prices for your cotton seed, see Hutto at Copeland's before you sell. Yes, Hutto, at Copeland's store, buys cotton seed. Don't forget thli when you go to sell.