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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 18,1912. One Dollar and a Half a Year.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
Hews Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, Jan. 15.?Mr. John S.
opeland, one of our landmarks, died
last week on Thursday night about
10 o'clock and was buried Friday at
Mt. Pleasant burial ground. He was
)b the neighborhood of seventy-six
Vears old. He was a great lover of
children, and the little tots will miss
him on our streets.
Friday night gave us a heavy sleet,
later on in the day on Saturday
sleet and snow, then the sleet gave
*#v tr> a hpftw snow. SuDDOse we
had seven or eight inches. The
young folks enjoyed snow balling to
their heart's content.
The mail carriers were unable to
go their rounds with the mail on acIoount
of high water. Nearly all the
bridges were washed away, where
there was a stream of any size.
The rains broke up the last of the
show. The first night the rains
commenced he said it was raining as
hard as it could and about midnight
it commenced raining harder, and the
first chance he got he left these parts
for the city of Lodge.
Work is practically suspended today
on account of the snow. Can't
I io anything but hunt birds, so the
laborers say. Not as much exposure
hunting birds as it is working. Can
you see it that way, Mr. Editor?
We have promise of fine open day
to-day. If so the snow will disappear
rapidly where the sun hits it.
Miss S. Merchant has been added
to the force of teachers in our school,
and they hope to mhke a success
teaching the little ones how to spell,
write, and arithmetic,
t It was so cold Saturday night until
one party lit his lamp and when
ready to extinguish says he could
not put it out?the blaze was frozen.
Has the presidency of the Prevaricating
Club, eh? JEE.
Fairfax Fancies.
PoUfov Ton 1 R \ficc A Tin i P
A' CM A f VWM? A V? A*A?MV ^
Cleeland, a belle of Branson, spent
some time with Miss Lily Myrick recently.
Several parties were given
is her honor, which were much enJoyed
by the young folks.
Mrs. Ernest Ritter (nee Miss
Meng.) of Ehrhardt, was here greet)
ing old friends recently. Her suc essor,
Miss Robertson, of Central,
has arrived, and is "at home" with
| Mrs. Martin Lightsey.
f Mrs. Harrison, of Johnston, visited
her daughter (our popular music
teacher) recently, then went to Olar
to see other friends.
Mrs. Dr. Addison and daughter
have returned from a pleasant visit
to Augusta, where the former spent
some time with her mother, Mrs.
Luquire.
Mrs. E. S. vC. Ulmer continues in
fuite a low state of health, and so
does Mrs. Mary Reed.
G. D. Sanders visited Barnwell recently.
Rev. Simpson (late of Norway) is
installed in the Baptist parsonage
Mere.
About 3 p. m. Sunday Mr. Jack
Williams, of Appleton, and Miss Tela
Bennett, of our town, were married.
Rev. W. B) Aull was the officiating
clergyman. Only a few friends
were present. They left for Applel
ton, their future home, same day.
^ Many friends here wish them great
joy.
W Mrs. Bertie Bessinger visited here
W recently.
i With the return of sunshine our
4 farmers are resuming their former
cheerful looks.
Mr. W. J. Speaks has returned
from a trip to Sumter.
Denmark Doings.
Denmark, Jan. 16.?The heavy
. snow on Friday night and Saturday
^ gave the young folks an opportunity
for pleasure which they seldom ever
eniov. Snowballing was entered in
to in real earnest, and every one
who ventured on the street was made
to join in the sport. The merchants
were prisoners in their own establishments,
the crowd having promised
them a double share.
The holiday season being over,
there are very few visitors in town.
On last Friday evening Dr. and
Mrs. H. J. Faust entertained in honor
of Miss Clabourne, at their home
on Railroad Avenue. The house was
tastily decorated in holly, mistletoe,
and bamboo, with a number of lovely
k ferns and flowers. During the course
of the evening several beautiful sef
lections were rendered on the violin
NECK BROKEN IN FALL.
Fata} Accident to Young White Man
in Columbia.
Columbia, Jan. 15.?Kit Mims, a
young white man, had his neck
broken, when he slipped and rolled
down an emabnkment. His body
was picked up and removed to an undertaking
establishment, where it was
identified by some of his people. He
was a young man about 22 years old,
and a mill operative.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
Some people would rather steal a
nn^r livirior than oarn a PTinrl rvnp
ywi A?T VliUU VM* *? M QWV?
Set 'em up, and the crowd is with
you. Go broke, and you go it alone.
The goddess of justice may be
blind, yet she occasionally winks the
other eye.
If grindstones were abolished, perhaps
fewer boys would want to leave
the farm.
Going through tunnels in an electric
lighted train is wasted opportunity
for a girl.
A woman has just as much right
to lie about her age as a man about
his poker hands.
What makes the baby look so
much like its mother is its father
knows it looks like him.
Silence may be golden, but it's
the loud candidate who gets the campaign
contribution.
White Men Put to Death.
Horrible atrocities have been com
mitt'ed by the tribes in Portugese
Africa during a rising of the natives
there, according to a dispatch received
from Angola at Lisbon. A
number of Portugese officials who
were captured by them were burned
alive. The rebellion occurred in the
province of Muxima, and the natives
captured all the white men who
crossed their path. Some of these
were immediately burned at the
stake, while others had their lips
severed and their eyes pulled out
of their sockets before they were
thrown into the flames. One British
merchant was maimed, but later
taken to his house, where his servants
were murdered.
News from Ehrhardt.
Enrnarat, Jan. it>.?Mr. jonn s.
Copeland died Thursday night and
was buried Friday afternoon at Mt.
Pleasant Lutheran church.
Mr. J. Etna Buch, of Rural Retreat,
Va., is visiting his sister, Mrs.
D. B. Groseclose.
Miss Lucile Carter, of Waynesboro.,
Ga., is visiting Miss Minnie
Copeland.
Miss Sarah Merchant, of Newberry,
arrived Thursday to take charge
of the third and fourth grades of
the Ehrhardt school.
Mr. Abner Fender has moved into j
the old parsonage at Mt. Pleasant
Lutheran church.
Col. John F. Folk and Judge Harmon
reached town Thursday morning,
after having stuck in the mud
with their automobile.
Miss Annie Sue Copeland is visiting
her uncle, Mr. Joe Copeland.
Miss Annie Carter, who lived with
Mr. John J. Copeland, deceased, for
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inirty years, is uuw maKiug ueri i
home with Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Copeland.
Mr. W. C. Hughes, who has been
with the Farmers Mercantile Co.,
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and wife have moved into the country
home of Mr. H. A. Hughes.
Mr. J. D. Dannelly has moved his
stock of goods into Mr. H. C. Copeland's
store, Mr. Copeland having
built a furniture room on the side
of his old store.
Mr. S. W. Copeland will move into^
the store made vacant by Mr. Dannelly.
Miss Minnie Fender, from Colston,
spent the week-end with her uncle,
Mr. E. C. Hughes.
Miss Llewlyn Zeigler spent the
week-end visiting friends.
and piano by Misses Josephine and
Virginia Faust. A delightful salad
course was served by the Misses
Faust and Louise Zeigler. Those invited
were: Misses Genevieve Wroton,
Margaret Thorpe, Emma Thompson,
Hattie Lee Guess, Martha Riley,
and Louise Zeigler; Messrs. R. A.
Goolsby, J. B. Guess, Jr., Cecil Crum,
Gordon Steadman, E. B. McCown, A.
P. Guess. J. W. Crum, Jr., Elbert
Steadman, and St. Clair Guess. The
evening was very much enjoyed by
all present.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Chitty, of Lees,
spent the week-end with the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Garris.
of this city.
Mr. C. R. Gillam, of Bamberg, was
here Tuesday evening on important
business.
Mr. M. L. McCrea has gone to
Jacksonville, Fla., where he expects
to remain for some time.
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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State News Boiled Down for Quick ^
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings. ^
Jas. T. Harris has been elected a
president of the Spartanburg chamber r
of commerce. jThe
Farmers and Merchants bank I
of Lake City, Williamsburg county, f
cleared 22 per cent, the past year. i
Both the senate and the house I
have endorsed by resolution the
"Rock Hill Plan" for reducing the i
cotton acreage. s
| Last Wednesday the legislature r
passed over the governor's veto the ^
bill providing for rural police in 1
Spartanburg county.
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Senator Smith has appointed W. S.
Carrington, of Spartanburg, to the .
naval academy at Annapolis, Md., af- ,
ter competitive examination.
The effort to form a new county, j
to be called Heyward, out of portions
of Aiken and Edgefield, with North j
A ? /V/\itr4+tr OAOf V* O O HoOfl .
AUgUSlci tile CUUUIJ ocai., uua ubbu ^
revived. g
The railroad commissioners will ]
investigate the report at its meeting i
; this week that the Coast Line owns \
| 52 per cent, of the stock of C., N. 1
& L. road. t
Four towns in Lexington county ^
i will make bids for the girls' college
| that the Lutherans propose to estab- c
I lish?Lexington, Batesburg, Lees- ^
j ville, and Chapin.
Sixteen freight cars left the rails
on the Southern at Carlisle on Friday
and tore up the track for 300 t
yards. Six cars loaded with coal were i
smashed to pieces. t
The Lutheran board of publication 1
expect to complete their new build- t
ing in Columbia by July. It will
face Sumter street. Their former (
building, facing Main street, they
sold for $80,000 recently. *
It is stated in the Barnwell Sentinel
that H. F. Buist, Esq., of Black- [
ville, will be a candidate for Master
of Barnwell county in the primary
the coming summer. He would
make a most efficient officer, and we
hope the voters will elect him.
H. H. Evans, of Newberry, formerly
a member of the board of dispensary
directors and now under indictment
for receiving rebates while a
member of the board, has announced
that he will run for attorney general
this year. Wonder what his platform J
will be.
Pointed Paragraphs.
The cradle manufacturer is natu- u
rally out for the rocks.
Only a woman can smile, sweetly j
when she wants to cry. f
You don't have to lead some men
to water to make them drink. (
Yes, Alonzo, its easier to get mar- ;
ried than it is to stay married.
A ?? /\r? r? n if nrVl aVlO T
A WUUiiXU 1ICYC1 mcauo it nuvu auv J
says she doesn't care how she looks.
Some people are so conceited that (
they are actually jealous of themselves.
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Nearly every time you meet a man t
you hear of some other man he dis- ?
likes. t
There's one thing we admire about ?
[women: Few of them are called t
"Professor."
j The man who is considered a "good j
fellow" by the boys downtown is sel- c
dom that kind of a chap at home. t
When May and December take ^
each other for better or for worse, g
the chances are they will both get ^
the worst of it. ^
Up to her wedding day a girl be- i
lieves that if her husband has bad g
habits it is because his wife never 1
feeds him angel food or meets him \
at. the door with a kiss. c
There is no use wasting sympathy t
on a man who can't be happy with t
good health, good meals and good c
weather. \
Great-Grandmother at 47. t
Early marriage seems to run in the t
feminine progeny of Mrs. Hazen t
Conklin, of Denver, Colo., who at the I
age of 47 years finds herself a great- s
grandmother. c
The fourth generation of the family 1
of which she is the maternal head a
was born to her granddaughter, Mrs. S
Lydia Rauch, on Thursday. I
Mrs. Conklin was married at Mem- t
phis, Tenn., when 3 4 years old, in op- \
position to the wishes of her mother,
who herself was no older when she f
was married. j
Mrs. Conklin's first daughter was i
Mrs. Mildred F. Ferguson, married c
at the age of 1 6, and now a grand- J
mother at 34. Her daughter, Lydia \
Rauch, married at 15. t
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FAMILY TRAGEDY IN TAMPA. |
)ne Dead, Another Dying, Third
Shot, but Will Recover. P
Tampa, Jan. 14.?Incensed bemuse
his wife, from whom he had ^
>een separated six months, received
l young man caller this afternoon,
V. D. Moore shot and fatally woundid^his
father-in-law, J. R. Robinson,
it the Robinson home, in Arcadia,
lear here, and was instantly killed
>y Robinson's son. The son, John &
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j. KODinson, is wounaea, dui not
atally. The elder Robinson is pres- 0
dent of the Gardiner Lumber Com- M
>any, one of the largest in Florida. ^
Moore married a daughter of Rob- d
nson about a year ago, but they
;eparated, and for the past six
nonths Mrs. Moore has been living a
vith her father. Robinson brought
doore home to dinner in hope of
iffecting a reconciliation, which a
leemed about to be realized, when a *
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-oung man, whose identity the fam- v
ly is concealing, came to call on a
drs. Moore. This aroused the anger *
>f the husband and he began to heap 7
nsults on the family. '
Robinson ordered Moore from the r
louse, when the son-in-law fired 1
hree shots at the old man and one v
Lt the son, each taking effect. Young d
itobinson secured a pistol from a 11
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11 ail LCI 111 L11C 1VVU1 ?UU o&avti, V|
tilling him instantly. The elder t
lobinson is not expected to live un- 1
il morning. The son is not badly v
vounded. 11
The young man who was the *
:ause of the tragedy left the house 0
vhen the first shot was fired.
Diplomatic Sidestepping. F
"Last winter during a social func;ion
in Washington," says Mr. Kenlard,
counsellor of the British emr
jassy, "I overheard a remark on the
)art of a young clubman there, the
act of which indicates that the youth
n question should immediately adopt ^
liplomacy as his lifework.
"He had been asked by a widow to
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juess her age. He hesitated. 'You
nust have some idea about it,' she
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said, with what was intended for an
irch smile.
" 'I have several ideas,' the young
nan admitted with a smile. 'The o^ly
;rouble is that I hesitate whether to
nake you ten years younger on ac:ount
of your looks or ten years oldjr
on account of your brains.' "? .
Lippinsott's Magazine.
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New Judges Elected. *
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uoiumDia, Jan. iz.?me joint as-1 g
sembly of the two houses to-day made I a
he following elections of circuit y
fudges:
For the 2d circuit, Hayne F. Rice,
>f Aiken, to succeed the late Robert
Udrich. (
For the 4th circuit, Thomas H.
Spain, of Darlington, to succeed As- c
jociate Justice R. C. Watts. C
For the 8th circuit, Frank B. Gary, t
>f Abbeville, to succeed the late a
Tudge J. C. Klugh. t
For the 11th circuit, Judge J. W.
DeVore, "Of Edgefield, re-elected. i
For the 12th circuit, Judge S. W. \
Sr. Shipp, of Florence, re-elected. t
The first two elections were full of t
ipirit and vim and the contest be- t
;ween Mr. Edward Mclver and Mr. 1
Spain, to succeed Judge Watts, for s
he unexpired term, was one of the e
sharpest and most spirited contests j
hat has been seen in many years.
On the first ballot the result was
t tie. There was a bit of feeling
>ver what appeared to be a delay in s
he announcement of the result, and s
vhile the rseult was pending several I
;enators came in and recorded their s
rote. The late arrivals added to the i
rote of Mr. Mclver and there was t
nore or less resentment over what i
iome thought to be a purposed de- i'
ay, but each vote stood on its own i:
>ottom and when once recorded, un- P
ler the rules, cannot be changed un- a
il the next ballot. On the second t
>allot Mr. Spain won by a majority P
>f 26 votes, although on the first P
>allot it was a tie. 1 is
In the race for the judgeship from h
he 2d circuit there was a sharp con- t
est, which narrowed down to Sena- t
or Bates, of Barnwell, and Mr. n
Jayne F. Rice, of Aiken. On the n
econd ballot when things simmered h
lown, the vote stood Bates 66, Rice o
'4, Miley 10, Davis 5. On the third n
ind final ballot the vote stood Rice t
19 and Bates 55, and by this vote Mr. p
layne F. Rice, at present a mem- s
>er of the State board of education, k
vas elected to succeed Judge Aldrich. a
When the joint assembly met the ii
irst election taken up was that of c
udge for the 2d circuit. The nom- 1
nees were Senator George H. Bates, g
if Barnwell; Mr. Hayne F. Rice, of r;
Uken; Mr. James E. Davis, of Barn- c
veil, and Mr. B. W. Miley, of Bam- r;
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TOED BILLS ARE PASSED
&AI> DAY FOR VETO MESSAGES
OF GOVERNOR BLEASE.
Principal Among Acts Passed was for
Investigation of Dispensary
Commission.
Columbia, Jan. 16.?This was disinctly
a bad day for the veto mesages
of Gov. Blease. Each and every
eto message that was considered was
ver-ridden and so far as the house
ras concerned the acts passed at the
ist session, that were considered toay,
are to become laws the vetoes
o the contrary notwithstanding.
First and foremost the veto on the
ct providing for an investigation of
lie dispensary investigating commitee
is now an act, the house and sente
both having passed the act over
he veto. It will be remembered that
rov. Blease at first asked for such
n investigation and then suggested
hat it looked like the committees
/ere "packed" against him and his
riends and that it would not be a
eal investigation and vetoed the act.
'he senate passed the act over the
eto and to-day the only symptom of
lefence was a move to delay and this
t was explained was not an approval
f the governor's course in vetoing
he act. The fact is that the act was
manimously passed over the veto,
whether this meant that there was no
ise of a fight or that the members
Qsisted upon the correctness of their
riginal position is not known.
Passed Over Veto.
The house then in one, two order
tassed over the governor's veto the
till relative to the Industrial Home,
,t Florence.
No other veto messages were taken
ip to-day, except that providing for
he commission form of government
or Charleston, and in this case a moion
to refer the measure to the juticiary
committee for the purpose of
, hearing, prevailed, although there
va.s opposition to this. Mr. Vander
lorst explained that Mayor Grace
md others had requested a hearing
>n the act. He did not indicate what
IltJir ctLllLUUe WUU1U UC, uut. nnurou
he hearing as a matter of courtesy.
Old Dispensary Fund.
The house took up the governor's
reto on the act relative to the disribution
of the balance from the old
lispensary fund. Mr. Stevenson, the
tuthor of the act, came vigorously
o its defence and explained the poition
the house had taken last year
ind why it should be sustained. The
ict was passed over the governor's
reto by a vote of 83 to 11.
Don't Tickle Sweethearts.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 11.?Moral,
jirls, don't tickle your sweethearts.
R. J. Watkins, a young man who
ame here recently from Raleigh, N.
1., fell down the stairway in his
?oarding house and shattered an arm
irtery in the, stub of his right arm,
hat was amputated some months ago
He and his sweetheart were spoonng
at the head of the stairway,
vhen she suddenly executed a dive
>y tickling him. This caused him to
ake a tumble head-foremost down
ho Btairwnv He was removed to
Virginia hospital, followed by his
weetheart. Aside from the shatterid
artery, the doctors say his inuries
are slight.
Biggest Gnu in the World.
The biggest gun in the world is a
ixteen-inch breech-loading rifle deigned
for the seacoast defense of the
Jnited States and its insular possesions,
the first one completed being
tended for the Panama canal. The
otal length of the gun is 49 feet 2.9
nches. It has a diameter of 60
nches at the breech, tapering to 28
aches at the muzzle. If smokeless
iowder is used it is estimated that
, full charge of 576 pounds will
hrow a projectile weighing 2,400
ounds a distance of 22 miles. The
rojectile prepared for the monster
3 five feet four inches long, and it
as been calculated that it would go
hrough a steel plate 42.3 inches
hick, if the plate was placed at the
muzzle. The total weight of this
lonster is 130 tons. What would
appen to a vessel when hit by one
f its projectiles can only be surlised.
The French battleship Libere.
which blew up recently, would
robably look like a slightly damaged
hip beside it. Other rifled guns of
irge calibre heretofore constructed
re the Italian gun, caliber 17.75
riches; the French gun of 16.5 inches
aliber and the Armstrong gun of
6.25 inches caliber. The greatest
un ever built by the Krupps had a
ange of 12^ miles. None of these
ompares in point of energy and 1
ange with the newest American pro- 1
uct.?Chicago Tribune.
TRAIN FROZEN TO TRACK.
Three Engines Required to Loosen
Grip of Ice.
Bristol, Team., Jan. 14.?A rare
incident in the history of railroading
in Virginia occurred on the Norfolk
and Wastern, at Lynchburg, to<}ay,
when the Washington-Chatta
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llUUgci last uaiii ciciuaiij uutc w cue
rails. Stopping in a swag, the dripping
water from the pipes caught
the wheels and the temperature being
below zero the train was locked so
securely in the ice that it required
the use of three engines to move it,
bumping from the rear.
It was two and a half hours before
the train could be moved and
it arrived here several hours late.
The Same Way Still.
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Ever since the Editor of The Herald
can remember, people have been talkin
sr about nlantine less cotton and
raising their supplies at home; but
they continue to go on the same old
way. Perhaps they reason as Jones
did in the poem by Sidney Lanier,
the noted Georgia poet, published
many years ago. The poem follows:
Jones's Private Argyment.
That air same Jones, which lived in
Jones,
He had this pint about him:
He'd swear with a hundred sighs
and groans, /
That farmers must stop gifctin'
loans,
And git along without 'em:
That bankers, warehousemen and
sich
Was fatt'nin' on the planter,
And Tennessy was rotten-rich
A-raisin' meat and corn, all which
Draw'd money to Atlanta:
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And the only thing (says Jones) to
do /.
Is, eat no meat that's boughtea
But tear up every I. O, U,
And plant all corn and swear for
true
To quit a-rasin' cotton!
Thus spouted Jones (whar folk*
could hear, " , , J
?At Court and other gatherin's)
And thus kep' spoutin' many *
year,
Proclaimin' loudly far and near
Sich fiddlesticks and blatherin's.
But one all-fired sweatin' day,
It happened I was hoein'
My lower corn-field, which, it lay
'Longside the road that runs my
way
Whar I can see what's goin'.
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And a'ter twelve o'clock Jiad come
I felt a kinder faggin',
And laid myself un-neath a plum
To let my dinner settle sum,
When 'long come Jones's waggin,
And' Jones was settin' in it, so:
A-readin' "of a paper.
His mules was goin' powerful slow,
Fur he had tied the lines onto \
The staple of the scraper.
The mules they stopped #about a rod
From me, and went to feedin'
'Longside the road, upon the sod,
But Jones (which he had tuck a v
tod)
Not k no win', kept a-readin',
And presently says he: "Hit's true;
That Clisby's head is level.
Thar's one thing farmers all must
do,
To keep themselves from goin' tew
Bankruptcy and the devil!
"More corn! more corn! must plant
less ground, #
And mustn't eat what's
boughten!
Next rear they'll do it: reasonin's *
sound:
(And, cotton will fetch 'bout a dollar
a pound,)
Tharfore, I'll plant all cotton!"
Macon, Georgia, 1870.
Rats Destroy His Fortune.
The life savings of Jack Simpson,
of Aiken, Minn., amounting to $2,565,
securely hidden from burglars,
were reduced to pulp by hungry rats
and mice, and in a letter received by
President Taft he appeals for the redemption
of the pulverized fragments
by the federal treasury. His
wealth, accumulated to buy a farm,
Simpson explains, was placed in a box
and deposited between the upstairs
floor and ceiling. No human being
disturbed it, but when he took it
from its hiding place he found it
had been reduced to dust by the ravages
of rodents.
The president has referred the
matter to the treasury department
for investigation.
To revive wilted flowers, try putting
them in hike warm water, rather
than cold. Many flowers (either wild
or cultivated) will never revive in 4
cold water, but will respond to the
warm water process.
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