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^ M I II ^ # 1VT I We ' # Our | 11 We a1s< ^^were cont '< Ittfl ^Batesbu STILL THE SWAN 61 THE MYSTERY IN AIKEN AND THE TESTIMONY 0] r n nrnunr VI Ui UAJUUU&ii (From the Aiken Journal and Editors Journal and Revie your Montmorenci correspon M. IT., has sn pnsily satis mind and assures Ids readers may rest easy that there is but a pile of sawdust and del is burning in the swamp. 1 I ought to say a few words ci ject; not that I am prepared ily solve the mystery. As to dust theory, 1 must say it There is no sign of any sawdi of the old people, and we lis eighty years old, will tell y has been no saw mill near 11 Thirty years ago the territory \y place was heavily timbc ^^.gn of there ever, even c n0 Mlhaving been any mill n a^?' \ *n tlle last lwenty y place.Y" jn fnjs vicinity has b< tim no mj]i neaier ( ed up, Vaif miiesof this spot, i an< a "\jig around were so Ia ^ie ""l drift could possibl that noV tt\ls to give you a a script, qf the place and let.; your own conclusions. It mllao frnm tlia Pe:id of !l anvil H Uiiivo *i Will WIIV " ' """* j known as Shaw's branch, scv. r south of Aiken. The fire z* the swamp on the night. of th April. 1905, forest lire, and i burning continuously ever s has burned out by the roots, trees In a radius of from CO t( long and 20 to 30 yards wl trees are black gum, sweet g lar, maplo, etc. The trunk trees are on the spot not b The spot has settled from on feet low< r than it was wher started. In the last few wet burned under the stream of v Is burning on the other sid stream winch is three to I wide. I am perfectly farr.il the place, the land one sid< branch having be longed to u and now belongs to my slsl Kennedy. The land on the oi belongs to Mr. M. E llolley. I was born and raised on tl the head of this branch, and one mile from the burning have visited the spot sever during the year. I have no explanation to 1 theory to advance. Itesp ct C. II. (leorji Just as we had about i from our fears, our good friei 4 J JhSTT V U11 JL O PROMISES Will Sell for tiveh Entire Stock o \ \ . * * 3 [ Qf* lis Stock is Enti 3 carry a full line of shoes of the b icted for before the recent advance SSSE S rg, rt) I telling us that, the burning swamp re- lave visited the > p< ^ cently referred to, is no sawdust pile, during t.lio year. mjJQ but a most mysterious lire, which 1 have no cxplanati juHkJ. overcometh water and defies all ex- theory to advance. rnnWTV P1anat,on- G?l. George says that he tUUnll lives within a mile of the spot and we P Pflf beg of him, that even though unable . ttt\thi7i * 1 LUk t,. say whether it is sawdust or lillor AUDITO RS that is burning liiai iie at least as Review) sures us that The News and Courier , < , an aut.ioi i/.-d : w: Since is wrong, and tnat this spot is not tliu 1 ll?''Ulowmg p.ac-s n dent it place to which Sam Junes constantly ' pose oi taking .fl-'bi. refers. estate and pers-mn! p that we LATER year lUOt.r i nothing The Herald a few months ago nave m 'V ' '' iris that an account of a mysterious burning j'ox. Monday, Jan. i feel as if bognotfar distant from Aiken. On Kmarils, I uesday, .1 a the sub this subject M r. C. Ii. George, of Ai- upout, v\ edne.sd.n tosoeas- ken county, writes as follows on the Helmar, lhur.sday, the saw- mysterious bog; G. a. Howers ! ridaj falls Hat.. Since a correspondent lias so easily It. Willing. Sat. ist. Any satisfied his mind and assures his !l? "" ,k'! s ^ ' ive some readers that we may rest easy that MoncLa. I ue>,day, ou there there is nothing but a pile of sawdust Ridge spnng, "d. lis place an'1 debris that is hurtling in tiie Wards, Thursday, J y around swamp, I feel as if I ouglit to say a l'leasant Cross, !'ii. red and few words on the subject: not that I Emit Hill, .Sat. enturiVs am prcpeted to >-o easily solve the Celestia, Monday, ear this mystery. As to the sawdust theoiy, May son's- juescay. ears the I musts&y it falls tlat. There is no Big Cjjtjek, Wet ^en saw- sign of any sawd ist. Any of the old M A. Web?*V, '?Itni han one people, and w - have some b() years <\>leman s X ltd s, 1 and all old, will tell you t here has been no Moody, Sat unlay, situated sawmill near this place. Thirty years and at. ^alud?. until 1 iy reach ago the territory around this place wofch time a penalty was heavily timbered and no sign of will be added against lioit de- there ever even centuries ago having to make returns. WI you draw been any mill near this place In the my otll.re will be open Is 11-2 last 20 years the timber in this vicin- purp sc of receiving rc II branch ity has been sa*red up, but no mill The law requires a I on miles nearer than one and a half miles of mortgages and money arted in this spot, and all the mills around" tax or gro>s income of ic nth of were so situated that no drift could wards, has been possibly reach this place. I here shall be a cap ince. Jt 1 will try to give you a short dc- cent* on all dogs, the , all the scriptlon of the place and let you expended fox school pi > 75 yards oraw your own conclusions. It is one All males betweene de. The and a half miles from the head of a and 60 years, except * uni, pop- small brunch known asbhaw's branch d'era and those perso :s or the seven miles south og Aiken. The fire earning a support, are urnt up. started in the swamp on the night of tax. c to ten the 8th of April, lt?05 from a forest Jfeal estate Is i?? he i the tire lire, and lias been burning ever since. y(,ur. Kaeh tract or 1< ks it has it lias burned out by tlie roots, all the i?. assesstri separately i-aterand trees in a radius of from (?0 to 75 state totlieassessor if oof I lie yards long and 20 to 30 yards wide, or sold any real estate liv.r bet The trees are black gum, sweet gum, turn iar vs i11 poplar, maple, etc. Tne trunks of the } if liiis trees are on t lie spot not burnt up. ' ' 11 > iv father i lie spot lias se?tle<i from one to ten * 1.\,! l|,e 111 " t.er, Mrs. ' feet lower than.it was when the fire cr'' " ther side started, in the last few- weeks it lias ' 1 ' burned under tlie stream of waleraud "" u" ' io Mil at is burning on the ot her side of the " n 1' live now stream wliicli Is three to live feel ' ,a" V),UI ,u'( " spot, and wide. I am perfectly familiar with ,,lwl1 lo"- 1 al t imes t he place, tlie land one side; of ti e- A" properly must h branch haying belong! d to my father er b'anks (? i i. > v. u < make, or and now belongs to my sister, Mr* i"v) an?-w o, fully, ! Kennedy. The land on the other o 1 di?i rlc' i hie [c- (side belongs to Mr. Al. lloliey. c d ccovered I was born and raised t n the hill at, rid, C. H. tlie head of Litis branch, and live now j A'i<:i ? t mind by one mile from the burning hi ot and t 1 ; I ) ' T I BATZBBTJ Itg APT* f %($ vrF%&''&$ w HADE Thi the Nex r at Fad f Mens, B< id Underwt rely "New an Factory Pi est make obtainable tl ; in leather. Every pa OK 9 3X f: : : pOTTAi on to tnuke or EvervlhinB ls ,, In re now as each one has sta < . F! Ch oree. for another yea?s work. TTrTirr Mr. and * r> Y. S. Ilolste r8v 1 X\J?la i n a vi>it In A i \?'?i last week tigent, will be at Messrs Jl. <> Renin and anied below, for . , , , . r i Wright, of Jol .-.si on, spent returns of real roperty for the ,:ist 'n<>"r ni!d?l. Rev H. It. I ass and fom moved incur lit ! ?_ city We ly appreciate li.vir^ them an l(t. " ,t .. nudst and extend to them t I ' 4 * ],s. \vo?c mo. Y 4 l*-'- Miss Nell Wright of Wards 1 4 9( t ** the LMi- st of Miss Evelyn Ash ;n " 22. > m;{ Miss Lucille liolstein afte * 21. i itr sevi r:: 1 days at home ret.t ;in 25 Ooluntbla Co'lo^ -onday wl ? 2?>. will resume l or ' udies. Mr. w ill .:in Hc ie, of L spefit several <iats with relati *' "d. last week 44 31. j ( j Mr .lames Rot land spent St .. .,. home. " y. Mr. E. A. l'crry went to C Vb. 2 *th, after Monday < n business, if ;>0 per c. nt Mrs. John Drafts is spendin parties failing Jay s w it h her sister M rs. Joe tile on the round "acl.dav lor the r" HoalAvrlRht >1 ,tri s tb-re. Ontson t" liege last week 1 TV. I it-.-...-.. o../l axon an notes <nxi s: also an inconi, "s 11 K'dar lil-wock ?2,r>0i?.0u mid up '"gat t he home of Prof. and I!. i:iM>y Tuesday ni^ht. I'r it a I ion tux of .",0 hv 1,is ,,s,,s,l entertaining proceeds to he "ad The La<lv of t.lie ha I irpo es only. hreedin talked on the deveh the ages of 21 Ki?k lnh law. ''onfederate sol-j This being t lie fourrh meet ns incapable of president ri< clan d theittlcos liable to poll The following were el-cted j next term: reassessed this ^''h-nt. Mn Unise* Pna tof land must V?' 'Tea. Mrs i . It. lushi\ He sure and St,,"r<t',,V J Is Hived in. At you have bought of ,!" ? ^ irises Mr? since l.ist re- i,1Vl!<dthe o'uh Into the it lecornted dining room wt. be asses-cd at themaelves ai nev." which Ik J1'' "V'v <!r?S'd ^h]&x and _, .. . ' > ' delightful refreshment 1 s'llll for which I . 1 . ... eh plate were ro ?.d slips < winatv circuni . . ... ' , ? . i n.i which we - written su i i*;?si i. 9 tii ft I O'leslnma, t he a: s crs to whli i iper, i.or . x j (|owors ur piOperty 10' of last .t ear. i ':|? bouetfn big! scho I w !' L ... pr< j hot upper on Ft Id ty night, ti t lor ' flT) tariff I? Aim OhV h p < |>.*?i > , In I 'J h" ' re ve (1 Ojiv or , ! F. WIO' M, l)ooo ea 1< d lor trial ? - ava i abiiljt ou.it \. noitiinif ha^ evtlo ; he on Sxi! h side tintr yiomts as to extradition. / )OAT? ; ~ , ~ . E AT ARB NC e a t 1 nirty j Lory Cost. oys, and Yoa iar? (1 Will be Sob rices.? - ' lat we will sell at remarks ir guaranteed. rr seivmn. ta around Mr. Cra?.s. of Leesvllle, passed thro- *v. p. rted on* ugh town Monday with ijuite nice lo* t lie dsis of horses and mules. he 1 in went 1 Mrs. Rosa belie Guntcr. is spending and cov ! this week at her farm near here. crs an(^ Preston Miss Geneva Jones. neofWngeners Sunday j popular young ladies,' was the gucs' I oi lier iiiotlici Sunday. ily have' Mr. A. Kline returned last week. ire ",e | Itpy i?t I : certain- after spending somet ime \vii h his < ? ?' . ? account in our; ily in Oil It.v. Pa P? ' Burtfon i cordial Windsor to look af.' i i. the. nig Miss Kstelle Raul, visited lu t o << to such has been home Sunday. It|s{ HI. Mrs. Lee Gunter, and children, of most cc near here, were In town shopping Sat- sor Pet. r spend- un}fly ihe role irned to ^ ? ., attract Onrfrund Mr. F. O. Gunter, paid , liere she . -.p'emli C' lumhia a business call Tuesday. 1 ( Mr. M.S. Gunter was in town oM !n "n' ( .eesviEe, business Tuesday. ',,n"A" ves here Promin We were glad to see Mr. ?Ie?sie Ilall Jelhro on our streets Tuesday ach c\> mday at g p,un ,, ;,j(| Columbia a Romaic visit last week. he-it da Columbia win, I r The many friends of I>r. I.. It. Ether- ;)n,j j,y edge, of Leesville. w? re glad tcee him . K a few in town last week, burton. Mr. Toy Ila wis aid family visited then left for r ^ q Rawl's, family Sunday, af'era! tlie ph . . Af or two wetks \isit, tlie marv , oeijii ?liis! '; . , friends of Mr. iloi'ey r*!a\ion. regretted ly nxel- - n mi( rru ,, to see him leave for his home in Ala- Mj , bama. Friday r """ c?i nuy tu i7manner ^rs F O. Gunter, accompanied by funny;; Misses Clara Riser, and l.iz/.ic Mae e mi nan apement dwmea, visited Mrs. J. P. Ly'.es Sun pw a in > day- fdi?s. ' inn the Mrs. M S. Gunter*, was in town to- Tenrip-' vacant, day, tothe delight of her many friends fur the '-Sparrow" ora'ae b-ent-r 'v col. towill with the armour . company. m?.rl( ist.efully A special to'l'he State from Wash- Sprinc ere t>e ingtonsa.ta col. Jnn. M II Tow 111 of ber at I the ex- Batesbmv. a member ?f the state slay a ><1 enjoyed Bca'd of <' nt roi, has accepted a po--ilnrwi' i a 4 Aif An to : I 11 I1 <i A p.ii/m.h /'/._ r ? : ,v j\ |, VII ?? '? " V u M Ilium V UllJjt HIV u IHRtM M :>f paper Chicago, >i <1 will open an < ilice in C >1 f >r 'he t irffcstive unibiaafit- March Ki. larlv w? 3h were The p< Hon In ?,hU-h he is at waa c n pointed is ki cwn as ? i.eral in- ? < - nl''ho<l II lave a tor of ll" ' Hil/i-r rl< e'-anv lie i??l!i partmcnr' r?r North < aro ina. Sontt ittle fel Caulina and Alabama 11? v\ i;] p.,c or write ticall.v be at. the head t.f ill- fettiiizo' IvJii, department oi the Am pit Company n these thru i tr at ia ''1 est' has i , i?nt cat< lawyers Subscribe 10 T e A?l\?u euhnkal ? 3 ' ||I 0 >T KEPT. Days Posi= iths Clothing 1 at Positively ably low prices?These gO'M South Caroling L lETEr^FGOl f LISXfflSTO . < ullen'v I rod tic i in of ^ , . , our (if ?:ft?si >n hin* West ?-ratic comedy, p.(>as v,n, co v?,.e 'rmlci. of it. Us scnoritas i Monday mivning, J.in 1 r?ir>, c luooy.s and Texas rang- crimina' docket is crowded other picturesque characters, trial, and so is the < seen at the Columbia next ! MessrsS. W. Stockman aynU ,l* j Ta.vlnr liave ro'ter bail m J . atiu I?u ii vVnite of $3.3u0 and stars of the performance. and A l? Mnrti., iv., .. I "" I ' ?l 11 b t well remembered here on on profess on:ii hUihi.s.. t of t heir splendid work i:i 'The | Mr Rudolph SaWr ,v.i o mster'fM? seasons ajro. when snioik, tw. of ,?.e>e Sl revival < f the piece was seen clerks, spent a tew divs in lar^e business. week. .aid t hat Flyman has found a Ex-*enatnr Hiarp and mgenial role in tint of Pri.fcs- were in town Tuesday, tihone. M iss White brings to j The stud nts of the Pair tof Marion not only pet-on 1 I.-ir, I lis* italic a:e prep ir ions beyond the ordinary, hut a | inlj ,.r ? eXafninal j( ,,s dl.v cultivated voice The re-j r of the east contains some well' n imes and should he excellent. ( T1 JD A T et.t ainom; tlie principals are; iiliL! /Jil Jitjjal Warner, a your* tenor of u. ; is jn S( nv i?ls: Fr?d Bail.y. <)eorffe F. w .. h,?i wi!, betl,e i. il irry h. Will ams, oneof the, hi 1, l,i,uKht up vs the. neers .... thestage; Mltton Uald I work Ins taken much o[ Mihclhackett. Etta Lock hart, this u.-ek it is not ':ke!y inkiearner. The chorus is an thu g d dinite uiJl biV one. ngly large one. X nusie of ' '! h- 't'eirleiToo "is. .. . ?an I. a (f-jBtih Hum I. the t' i' e \. i s * 11 has made! Charles Lamb ouce said tbf tee so popular It is of the a certain man. ntr tit ihl t nrir; If I II on r! 7 1 **!)?? voM 1: i ttr !?i iv? V 1 iposer, l as manage 1 '<? catch ttsked. n air spirit of tho West Ih his ^ bennswercd, h ions The ?(.ok is Renuinrlv, , "L^ vou to . . j . .. Lamb s lrlead. " interpreted hy a capab't ..Xo>.. IV,lhJUtled Lamb h, v. tlie opera is one of I he mo;' ..for lf i kIj:1u Ull0W Lim , r ofMie ?o-ealle:l nvis'eil com fhall stop haling blin."?ri There isan aliuo;ph -re in "Tli* North American. out." tint, rf Texas, which rindan*. opportunity for ilrh- * crnaii. stuming an.I advantage ha- hraffley s down and out 1 on of this. you say'/ Well, well! Thnft remarked Dtunley. "Why, time I saw him ho told m W?N THE CHAIR h"M' rrencc I*. Padgett, of It dge "Yes?" said Wiseman. "I s. C. drew the luckcy num Wi haste ho stepped off the i. Kdwatds, Co , on Weden ?Catholic S.audard and Jin I reeievel a handsom five dol , ' ~7. I Mini Thirteen. <v .ockiir chair, '1 lie '-r gave a nm |be iiriIte_Ti,incest's m ;cv ry purchase of five dollon num|)0r i'0ic the Dip-Wot astt. vow. eln and the above t iuk so? Itili?W enever I s? e Innkv am. Tlic dra Iiil' man in <1p hnv ami a lccted by v. R. Bayly, who pn' Unow I'm po'ii* tor take a tr! uplicate tickets In i hat, cover ! road.?Cleveland Lender, with a handkerchief and lot n 1 ~~ ... " On Ilia I.aat low who was tdo young to read ..Do you 1)Uy r.(^ am, ,)0n( *1*1 w i> lie k unih i "yog, certainly." "Then put ine in the sc you ?"?Pnpapallo. i > ? >r Th? Advo The glory of ancestors sh? 2-50 cents a >ear in around priority, it ..ow tboir goo?l nor had r.iialltles In obscurity Sallusu f m I I II I I i ft ' i - * b 4i I I . i /? ID , m i m - I r~ I 1? hfjp nest v W illl C!l.?OS 1 cival deck- J and Wiil I the am I. S"w a i.-tsi | Wille jh lOAII ilf'S-' little S(-n, idtto Colin>; for Me 0*2. et^si >n this intern ting irelinriinaiy their time that an;nr. it lie hate 1 .anil) was luiu," saiii timorously, am sure I liladelplila Inancialj.v, i strange," < the last e he was v of sucVrhaps in top mug." nes. iy unlucky 1 makes > -r v?s twelve e bench 1 li> over lie __ ' !S ?" nles, w'.'l a ll*lit neiUier to