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lEe BATESBURO ADVOCATE A TRI-COUN'irY PAPER. BATESBURO. S. C.. FjRJDAY, JULY 5. 1907. JACOB PtIINIZY, President WILLIAM A. LATIMER, Vice Prest GEORGIA RAi AUGUSTA, CAPITAL and UNDIVIDI Particular attention to by mail. We solicit your business SHAVING PARLORS THE BEST OE BARBERS EVERYTHING HOT AND C BILLIARD AND POOL PARLOR J. J. ROBERTSON PRO! COTTON MARKET. rlatesburg spot 13 1-8 PERSONALS. LeosVillc is to have at other bank lb will be called 1'l c Peoples I'ank of Leeivilie with a tapital ?Ucl< of $3<V oo. Next Monday July sib Messrs Weston, Hyatt and smlth of the Southern Cotton Growers Asst elation wil speak at Leesvillc. Mr T. S. Williams of Columbia came down to Yr. J. W. Kutland funeral. Mr. Williams says that llatcsbijrtf is growing so rapidly that if lie slay* away for some months ho can not find his way without a guide. riliI winirInn wn mllr illvnu liavi beet) torn down at last and will s<k 11 l>e replaced by one large brick standard waiclouse. Mr Add!ion Vansant of Pelmar was a visi'or to Batesburg on Saturday last. Mr, T, V. Guntcr of Leesville Route N). 1 spent Saturday in Batesburg Shaking bands with liis many friends Mrs. C. E. Craven spent a shor while in Batesburg this week. She lias just returned from Ridge way S. C. Mr. M. W. Terry of Lawtey El a. is here this week. Mr. Terry is lookii g well and his many friends here ai? glad to see his eheerl'ul face Mr. Earnest Hartley alias 'itcts" i. with us for a lew days. liverybo?i> is glad to see 15;is. Mr. J. A. Wliillon spent Tuerdiy in tdoiumbia. Mr. Phillips Boatw riyht w is a visi tor to liatcsburtf on Tucs 1 ly !;i>t i^'rs. Alloc Rantin's sop, Dannie n;et with a painful rccaknt while plaj inp whi ;h resulted in a broken arm I>r Mitchcll jrave him imnediale attenliini and the boy is doinjf as well as can be expected Mr. J. C Swygert had a very sue pc^fpl liarbacue here yesterday liutn Banks and the pnstofi'ice we ri closed for the Fourth of Ju'v. Mr Mare carrier for Delmar U. F I). No. 1 was a caller on the fourth Dr. I >' M. (hosson was called suddenly to Summit yesterday w bile attending the It P: I?. meeting to set a br.ikei arm. We cannot learn who tlie injureo party is at I Ids time. M; Martin Konlvv! uht of Uid^e hiji nf, >? vi.i ii' it- i*?uy. Mr. S. K. A (My of Now ltr..okland was am ) i^f 111?? many visitors to Hatesbur^' yc.steiday. Mr. Addy 11 course i'l conversation said that nineM per cent <.f those inside the lne npora ted limits of New I'.rookltnd vot ;d l'?? tlie iispema ry ni' liidiiar every nurn* r of i l.o city council. Mr. Il?}t lUirtlov ..f Charleston M up'tiding a f? w ("ajs with the home I .Ik--. Misvs Cirri", M.vra :i > 1 Cornelia till nil si i i.t } ( stcj day in Augusta as the guests t f Mrs Sar.dy Uou\er. W. C. BATES ELECTED mm cmi "11.< icci nl "ilcctio'i for mayor on fuos'lay passed olT <>ui?tly willi ban can i I.ilcs work In i'l The volt wo \ei y (<><< 11 ii k W, ('. I a'< s 11* aKalnsi l>?5 in iii' lir-?t raceanl !'. II Siea'hirin I'll a^aiiot HI in ihe lirs> Mr IUI-swill Lake hi >. seal ou January 1, 10K HAH LINCHED BY A DALTON, GA,' MOB nawrrocrn m>Tiwm?i A? uvull Jljuulijj uhlitllllail ad' SABLT UPON STEP-BAUGH TER ANO DIED WITHOUT A KURI3UR. , JAILOR WAS HELD UP. i NOT A SHOT FIItED AND BODY I LEfT HANGING UNDER ViAMJCT TO A BEAK-EVEIvY MOVEMENT , WAS QUIET. CHARLES Q. OOODRICH, Cushiei RUEUS 11. BROWN, Asst. Cnslilc? ILROAD BANK , GEORGIA. 5D PROFITS, $500,000.00 the conduct of accounts i and invite correspondence 5 AND POOL ROOM. ? HOT TOWELS ALWAYS i STERILIZED. OLD BATHS. '.S IN REAR OE BARBER SHOP. P. Baiesburg, S, C. MRS ROSA JONES LAKE MOTHER OF MISSIONARY JCH* LAKE DIES IN VIRGINIA. Edgefield, June Hi!. ?News has jus reached Edge field l>y telegram of the death at Tazewell,Va., of Mrs H<?s; Jones' Luke wife of <Japt. Ccorg Blocker Lake and mother of the Ue\ John Lake, the meal Y. M. C.A worker, now a Baptist missionary ii China. When the Rev. .1 Jin Lake, e'.^hto ten years ago became a state Y. I. C. A. secretary of Kentucky wl 1 headquarters in Louisville, he induce his father awl mother, with thei seven younger children, to move t Lexington, ivy., for the more eas finishing of tl.e educations of thest counter children, Since the Lev. .Join Lake's departure for china thro years a^'o.jCapl. Geo. 11. Lake, for ill belter puslitiiK of his insurance hm ness, moved from I. ex'nplon Ky., an sot lied i:i Tu7.ewell, Va.f hut alway w it 1 a \ iew of let in r ii p in a few j (a t o his nutive home in I'Mpefleld, And in 'I'a/.ewell Mrs. Late died yes terday afternoon, Jone, 23, aired s< m SUor On years, but wit 'out the slightest appearance of hastening ape, tai majestic, fair and beautiful, r.vo months apo she fell and broke h p. This calamity bronchi on sonii organic troubles, and now ti e level; .U'd beloved lady is pone. She was Miss llosa .Jones, a men be1 of a very hipli ai.d wealthy family o Llbrrty c >u ry, G rorpia, a (Ksecndan of a kader ol the famous old Xcv Dorchester colony that first at I>or Chester. S. ( . and a fie wards remove' m p property, u-ider proper inir.aiii1* i\c t. (?)'. Mvin Kl hcivdtfe f 111 c cover or'.-, s'aff, \v)r> a'Comp micd tlx; ehie' xpci.l i ve 'o tli Ian st own e:;po>it i i () > 4 South CaroM >a dav," rolruned . inn Mstrrday and reports tic ex isitlon (oh* a ureal sho.v I ike stl hers who Imvo seen it, the Soutt eolira exhibit. I y roRar l.? ;.s 11 < st i in ??i.(? yroireis. Mrs Hiovii* nee Wise, wife Of tin ish or of the Hank of I'ro^peri'.y, i i i in^ eoia' ivm in haluda. i Oalton, G.i, Jnly 1.?1 > >ck IMscy.a c while man and s*-lf coi f ssed cii usual i assailant cf bis h-year-old stepdauuh, ler. was lynch-d at an eaily 11? ur tli.s i morning almost in the heart of tr.wn lie was found hanging to a cross " beam at the Gordon street viaduct at o'clock tnis morning. ' between 1 and 2 o'ch elt tl.is norn(1 ing, a quiet, but determined en \vd of " about 25 men marched In an onkrlj " manner to the Whin-field county jail ' and demanded l*oscy. Covered hy guns in the ha tide of every mcniher of " ! the crowd, Jailer hrittun was uin,,' polled to surrender the keys. j I'mterirtf the jail li e crowd wrnt U> *' 11 Ijo eel 1 occupitd by I'cK'y, secured '(him and placing him in a buggy. drove 3 j to tlic viaduct. ' ; There was ab.voTitt ly no confusion in the crowd. Marching in d uiblc 111" J they collected se viral indict men and j breed them to accompany them. Not j i single shot was lirtd and I'o. ej was >' tti'L hanging for the citizens to lind this morning at (!:'.?? The body was ut down. before this hanging the pris net was 1 a> kt d il lie commit it d l lie crime and wh\ leddit. lieai.fcwcied tnat lie ( \as guilty, but that he d d not intei d o l.ai in the girl. At this the cit wtl hooted and with , , . ... I lie wuius - w.i; wimi ;i lie in your newtli," 1 lie 1 i.'H'i v :;s driven from i i iruler him and he was lefi swa>in# to nd fro to slowly rhc kc to death. < >11 the ?mi\ to Hit' viaduct Posey sked the crowd to pr.t/ f ?r lilm, and .e met his fate wiilnut. a single outcry. The crime .stint k tlie ti.L.ic city w it )i lie: n r. Never before has t .?!e bet n .-M h a li < m r.'tfe in this i o. ni \ as that coniiuit l d l>y Posey. Alter c.uii silly apf.tullii u the vi'U'u k,,: 1 *' hiinvelf hi. euli'. her to the eit.v aid ' accused another man ol the crime. 1 'l lie v iIV ( f 1'iiM'j asset Is I hat jia-t lie ut k I i It. i e ;.n at tempi was n ade 1 ussiit.ll hi'i" elder da filter by I'o i ?y, but uollbntf was time at that i.iuv 1'iif >i itity; \ i -1 iin was iii a very crit ^ e-il ccltdil i< n, hid ibis mi'iiiinj.' sit- ] I K'l'ii'lv iin|?:* tel, and slinin lioj i > J ire I it-id orl hi ii- i lit imatf rcft.v. i \. IVej l ad been Iin in>: in this eoiiut j <) 1) one week, iia\ in}4 in >ved 'tit from j Valker county, lie lived in o oof the eel ion I ouscs L ilticky Face. ! Itftitb nNTH I MAK ikaut' uu x iuijHAiivr. COLORED DIVINE CALLS HIM A UIIMAN ASS. Host oil, J lib -\t tllO Allien. I dualist (\uifeivnce t< day, Kisii i I nry M. Turn* r. of I*1 itu'lt*11>' i i sale: "The I'liiied sia*es is no 1'iieid lie colored man. Kvcrythlnn t hai i vritten and published about our r..e I lie popular irapr:./ui"8 are in t h naiii wilful falsehoods. Kvcry wl.i'i ian who is di.stiluto of abili y. yet .1 her w ints an o'li *e or a lift le n . <> riety. lias topo Imrpii pr and I hlu i < I mil I I lie ne^ro ..lid liislnfei i( rily, 111' /ardaman. Ti'lin in, and a number < LIIITS I C lilt] llirlll l( litre 11II lllll s<c?> lir.ivin^ ii</;iinsl <?<>l;url intiire. will i;lve senator Tillman 1 ,?>.?<? l< n.iUc a S) cecli. Mi l leave 111-; ne^io ml,, that can ba c.ille 1 a speech." ? iu ujuoriy eouniv. (ieorgia, where nfiti 11 after tlic war, and public uso fullness. Mrs. Lake was born atit icarul in Liberty county, Georgia. she leaves her devoted husband, the old ' onfederato hero ol Petersburg, ind eight children, of these, two are in China, J.dm, tlie'missionary and L'.iln, wife c f Prof, boot nun cf the I Methodist college i t Hankow. Mis. Luke's hody will be brought. to Ldgel'ield tonight and 1 e buried fron our baptist church lomorr ia m xi.iiy ;il 11 o clock. The universal ir' mat ion in oi. t'?wn t< day it: "l'toi John L; k. iiccr again in Ill's *>??11 i to see tin beam it'll mother lie m> ido. u'! jaj,ud:\ oil mill boll BOUGH! IN BY SVOCKHOlBES A'i UPSET PRICE OV $10,030. S ilu la. Jul y 2.?The Saluda oil mi .v.n uoM here today to tin; hi^ii .. i li-r it wsi'j hid off 1 >y M r M T ''it1 or ; lie stoo\h dd *rs at the upvd p : 10.000. 11 io present stockholder aIio wish to do so can cither retai 11ii-ii holdings or received 40 cent-, 01 : lie dull ir for their stock, c ich l> in, o r .1 for under I he. sale, 'lie | aid lip apilnl ht55,000, andtt*c mill i< a v?r< BATESBUfifl HADDENED HBY THE SUDDEN DEATH 0 MR. JAMES W. RUTLAND . IN THE PRlACOfiuNHOOD, WITH A BRIGHT FUTU RE AND LOVED liV ALE iVilU KNEW iuliii. Not in :i lonir. ion;; time his tlie "(iitor had it .'all to his tot to wiije ; lie alii! n iry of one vydiom he inumbored uinoiifr l.is !> si fr iends. I>j:ir old .) inJini! it 1-V ? is sidy lo please, ^ 111 in a 1 i s. ill pat It lie in 1 m aul tin .h!c an I a tiieirl not in ante only. We ?. alibi veiy much il In 10 is a V' imp man in this ton nitmiy who in re highly respee'ed tiul loved tli.in Ji.n. "' lie sad news ol lis dvi'ii winch CCeUred II I Monduj j morning at live o'clock 'it 111! nome ol nis mother 10 ihis place tlucw a 1 o;u over I lie whole town I hat will not easily be shaken ofT. lie v.as in lie pi line of I if- and always of a chec r wl and happy dispo ilion. Only three | ,iy.%in hire his death 11itrI: was cans ! b> ::i*.i?? plicamon.a ho was looking as well as u nal a? d n yo >d spiri s. The ll.neial ;ei v:cea wi n cu.idi.c'ed under the auspices ol laxl^e .77 Kni^hls or I'hythiasuf which he was a mem* >er. 'I lie I; notary pallbearers were: 1". II. Ken.aphan S U looker :arlle(lK??, w. W. Watson, T. llalsey lA.x I.O '.ry Covin ipul N. lingers May I; Hie into rmentwas made i.i the iialesburv; cemetery at live o'clock >n Tuesday at; moon from the res leuce of his mother Mrs Mai tie K ut land. He leaves to mourn h'.s loss beside his nothcr, two broth "s, M. I*' I! I'iaod f ihis piaee alid Join W. Ituttaml oi Texas, end two 's. Mrs. N l< lantt of M metla : n 1 Mrs. J. 15. jus i.')iiniy muay receive a leetfram >0111 the sheriff of ItarnwoH county | ho Iim] > Ik; i; surat o .swindlers! ilio opt i' lit i in tins i') 11111. v some' t t i lc e U^o. It will 1? reea tl ' .i.jl ' he> parties win'! j .1 iiic ii-nr ht; in - .lu la county \ ul ''t a r Musi l-r.ite .1111 if in >n< v in, lie aj^'crcvatu, writing fir?> insiirai c t . 11 icy chum -tl fir is II ul ford I ire insurance company," c..itiiur the! iremiu ms ai d promising io send the' p dieses in I ms days l lie p On it s have ' n vcr l>- i II sen" . it appears lli.it these tame pniioal nave been op. ratine ia i'.ainwcl'i unit y also a-(I 15 irnvvcli', slieril1 now J ias them in J \i', Saluda's slioi iff wi 1 ask the sheriff .f narn well to h il l tin* men. l'iiey wit' m i rictl in !?.m ii wi ll at 111 approic'ii p? terns of c int, win :li coiivimsch on . i ... WI I, in-I :i ! \ I 1 i i I i i i ? It.., .i ill nave to fAOJ a S i!j U cj n.y j try, 1 Medlock of Ware She ' *. .IRS CARL MATTHEW? READ. | SHE WAS ONLY IN HER TWENTIETH YEAR AND HAD BEEN MARRIED BUT FOUR MOM IK Mrs. Carl .MatIli :\vs > Wants >.C daughter of Mr. J. M. 11 nt to of Samaria died at her !im Wards an Tuesday at four < jh.ck after a lintforiitf ill. it,-.. Mi's ' at! lie as was i t la- *21d v. .r ?>t !>er y and had I) t o man ic<l on.\ adouf four months, sue was buried at 1 r o'd home 'O.lv <*iov " in Aiken County, ifc.sidc lier fa * 11 -r s'.n leaves a mother, wo ltro'li.-rs :>>i'I iwo sisters, and i si (if friend-; t > inii'.irn licv loss. ' 1 [NSBRANfiE SWINDLERS QAUtiflT. ! UN OPERATING IN SALUDA OPERATING IN BARNWELL Sap-da, July '.i - S'i *rr ! Sample of NO DANGER OF TROD-1 RLE AT ORANGE BURG JAIL ' Columbia'S. C ' uly 1.?According to I a plionc message to your correspondent from Orangeburg this afternoon there is nodanger of lynching in orangeburg county on account of tlie killing of Mr Dexter Williams near Spring- -v litdd eariy vector lay morning, by a ' negro name I Chester Hiker. '' Accordin r Lo renoi Ik .< ??r. mi n.c? d , . - _ t "V, .. v VWVI ??Ol night linker wax being cirricd to Or- " angeburg jail willi r>o ricn itipursu it, *v :t lynching being strongly probable. (' The message today, however, said Ha- l>i ker and two brothers, as accomplices " nad becu lodged in orangcburg jail ^ '-y Constable liutto at Springfield. ' Ace rding to Hie the infor'na'ion (1 received at Orangeb irg'Mr. Williams earn So bake hou .e early yesterday in iiniiig, or was driving pastille house p in a buggy,and failed to answer when ,, iiail.d. If.iker on failing to ceo an an lt wer shot Mr. Willi.tins with a shot _Min killi.tf hi;n i.]-?lanUy. Another oad was lin il at. 11 iu hugtfy wliion mounded Liu; horse Mr. Williims was <i;iv -'4. fc? Today wluskoy was f< and in Mr. Williams' buggy, though there Is no evi'l mico I hat I)'* was ni 'iivl. It, is ^ , houcht, thai he wa,druuk. LEXiSM REWS SO- ; TES. M PRIMARY WILL BE HELD TO J; CUoOSE LATF. Mil. LPTING'S SUCCESSOR. ir .oxingtoii. July 2. ?Tiw,v;6unty Dem li; oratic executive committee met in t leC.nri house y sienl ty under a crh ^ i ointhe chairman, <). M,Efried, Esq.. g] >-cause ni t lie v.ii'.incy in the house delegation t'roin tins county, caused >V the death of ii-m. J. M. lOpihitf .On a motion to have the usual primary 1)? o liil the vacancy, the vote was nin < ' rand Ion against, nut of If in at- in ml a i ice, while the full membership '< i. tl:e committee is JM. Thus, the va0 uicy will be tilled at the genera I lection, which w ill probably beheld M nc second rut: day in Sept cmbe r. in ('apt \V I\ 11 > )f ii u riLurn"I from lie Isle of Talm:., w'ucre lie and Mrs. If Hoof attended the bankers' conver1 ion Mis II ?of will spend a few weeks on Sullivan's Island before bet it turn. W Mr. ? .!>. Smllb of (h> Lexington j l ivings bank isat bis desk again, afte taking a vacation trip. Mi s NT I'. 1 wards b is returned to be her home in Abbeville, after a ploas. in ant visit bore. In a few days she will 1 \ 11 s l<> Hi-' Jam s'.own Kxp >sition . CO M>*. Willi itn I). (*e au l family ((i L>f I'm >11 an int; ai Ins old home SO .\i.. liholds a very resp'iisiole j . position wilh Buffalo mills. BISHOP CAPERS WEAKER, III! RECOVERY DOUBTFUL st iii] HIS CLERGY REQUESTED NOT TO wi WRITE Him BUSINESS LET T> liS AT TiliS TIM'-. i>' Bivvi.rd, .s. C July h? dr. L?\ I'. ^ I'apers riiiimsls Vhe Mate to punlisli llio follow i(ik: -I/ 111 -diup (' ip -is some w eiker' but ditfrstiou j:? ?'! IJo J ivery hoped for. t Would ask his clergy not to write him business Utters, for he , n nit Iv read n ?r under,land. IIi min 1 only ; clear at intcva s " T! c S ite. joi Latest Improved M I; uls ! If you want your cloth - . launder- j i d by the latest and improMtl iretli- ! ods send them to the capital City k Laundry Columbia. S. C. For Sate. r ! i i One No. 2 mill, one e.^Jitevn li i?e h p( wlt portable Cozier cn^lic bur t oxen mid two carts I i dolman, Culluin lldw. Co. j 4 I5alcsburjj, S. C. 1 4 KILLED NEGRO !. C. CHAPPELLE OF EDGEFIELD COUNTY SHOT TO DEATH GEORGE GRIFFIN: SHOOTING SAID TO BE IN SEIF DEFENCE. Kdgetield, s. C., July 2 ? Mr. E. O Miappelle, at about 8:30 this morning, Uot and killed Geo.Griffin, colored on is place about one and a half miles last of Edgeiield. The shooting was one with a pistol, the ball entering iiu iictin jiisl above the right eye Ir. Chuppelle shot, it is said, in self efence, and he made no effort to cs ;ipe. The cause of 'the difllculty is ot definitely known, but it is said t e in connection with a labor coutrac udgc N. L. Brunson will hold the In uesi sometime today. BAIL GRANTUD Columbia, S. C., July - ?Mr. Chap elle came to Columbia and this afterOOn luilmoe ' wiyus procecnuiRS wen diluted before Jud#c Dan/.ler, the caused bciiiK admitted to bail in tin u in of 91/m T.S. BATE'S, COTTON / HE BEST CHOP SEEN IN TRAVELING THROUGH FIVE STATES Mr. John W. Rutland \>I . nas just raveled through tlie heart of the cot on belt of Lousiana, Mississippi and Rood part of Texas says that the otton on Mr. Hates' plantation exeeds very largely anything that lie as seen in his travel, a distance of rer 1,100 miles. Asa matter of factr e says that Mr. Hate's cotton is fou lines larger than any wist of Birmigham and much and larger than any i Georgia. IHURCH NOTICES On account ot 111 health Rev, Jabez erris has tendered his resignation as ist >r of the Uatcsbnrg Baptist Church Next Sunday there will be preaclr g in the Baptist Church by Rev. Mr. irs in ?at eleven o'clock A. M. Rev. Royal Shannonliouse will iill r. A. J. Cauthen's pulpit in the i ethodist church next Sunday morn- ( ig at eleven o'clock. , ILLS rATHER IN MOTHERS DEFENCE. 1LLI AM TAYLOR SHOT TO DEATH < IN SALUDA COUNTY WHILE 1 BEATING HIS WIPE Prosperity, July 4. News has just j en received here of a shooting affray Saluda county. Detail* ate meagre I from such information as your iresponde.it can gather it is learned at William Taylor was beating his n, Simon, when his wife spoke to' in and begged him to desist. He let e hoy go and attacked his wife. ie son went to the rescue of his mo *r ami shot Ins father, Killing him stantiy. Taylor was present at the lime' ckman killed iiis son in law in Lex Kton county a year a^o and v\as a tness in that case. BASEBALL NEWS j The M'ddlebuiK Mills hall team lyod Warrcnvillc yesterday aftcr>.?n which resulted in a score of <> to ;> favor of the MiddlcburK Mill teamhe Mill people also had a barbacue ,atest Improved Methods If you want your clothes laundered v the latest and improved methods ud tlteni to tho Capital City I.nun ry. Columbia, S. C: Precautions of TiiHJ Doctors. It v as formerly the practice anions I ihyslelans to carry a cane having a inllow lionil, tlie top of which was , ;old, pierced with holes like a pepper | k?x. The top contained a small ' iiuount of uromatlc powder or of muff, and on entering the house or | 00111 where a disease supposed to he nfectioiis prevailed the doctor would itrlke Ids cane on the floor to agitate ! he powder and then apply It to his lose; hence all the old prints of physl- ! dans represent then) with canes to .heir noses PROMINENT SPEAKERS AT BATESBURG YESTERDAY CONGRESSMAN LEVER, COL. W W. LUMPKIN AND SOLICITOR TIMMERMAN MAKE AD The Fourth was a great day for Batesburg. From early morning until noon people from the surrounding country came In until it was estimated that the town contained <500 or TOO visitors. It had been previously advertised that the rural letter carriers of Lexington, Saluda aud Aiken counties would lioid a meeting here yesterday ror the purpose of organizing a tri e unity association and that Congressman Lever and other speakers would be on band to address the crowd The speakers weic here and the day was given over to speech making tnd feasting. The rural carriers met in he morning at the spacious Summerland Inn, The address of welcome was responded to by Mr. Samuel J. Leaphart, Lexington's popular postmaster. Congressman Lever, who has worked very dilgcutly and successfully for ihe improvement and perfecting >f the rural service' was entrodueed and spoke in his usual lucid way of the gract. good to the people of the rural communities which the rural mail delivery brought: of its educational value: jf the duty of the indi viuuni carr.er 10 Mic people he served arid of the duly of the people to the carrier. Col. W. W. Lumpkin of Columbia was the next speaker. lie enlivened he Crowd by his wit and then proceeded to pay a tribute to the men engaged iu tarrying the mail Into rura1 communities. At the conconclusion of Col Lumpkin's address the meeting ad journed for dinner, which was served in the spacious dining room the in Summerland Inn' After dinner the crowd went to L?minea hall, where Congressman Lever Col. Lumpkin and lion. George Hell again addresed the people, all miKing a plea for tha proper odservance of the natiional holiday and telling of it true significance. Congpessnian Lever dwelt especially upon Ihe life and work of Thomas Jefferson. The Tri County Rural Carriers'association wasperfectcd with the following officers for the ensuing jear President J. E. B. McCartha; vice president H. M. Sawyer, secretary, NV LI. flare. A baibacuc and a baseball game A'cre the otlier att.actions of the dayHigh Game and Fools. "Never eat game high," said an antiquary. "People will tell you that high game is tenderer. What rot! Of Course it is tenderer, but would yon want your steak or your chop spoiled In order that it might be a little softer to tlie teethV No, never! Highness In game is an anachronism, a relic of tho past, a relic of the days of stage coaches. In those days it was impossible to deliver game to the cities fresh ?transit was too slow. AM game was high, and men ate it high because otherwise they couldn't eat it at all; heuce t<> eat game high nowadays, when there is no necessity for it, Is to be a fool."?Cincinnati Enquirer, Buddha's Six Essentials. Buddha, who reformed the Hindoo religion more than <100 years before Christ, established for men six essentials of perfection ? first, knowledge, used to distinguish the true from tho false; second, energy, which Is used to light against the evils of the flesh; third, purity; fourth, patience; llfth, charity (I. e., loving kindness); sixth, almsgiving. A Hard Crack. ' Well," said he. anxious to make up their quarrel of yesterday, "aren't yon curious to know what's in this parcel?" "Not very," replied his wife indifferently. "Well, It's something for the one 1 love best in the world." "Ah, 1 suppose it's those new collars you said you needed."?Tit Hits. Collars Don't Crack Our collars and cuffs do not crack, we guarantee them from cracking when laundered by the Capital City Laundry. Columbia, S. C? Tti??