Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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>fl??t A? it Uaort tp Be? I wiBu I Was a hoy 'again', ,v That age r?ero but a djreariiy That tblnga would change from what they are . TO what they used to seem;. ; That I wore but a little boy,. And from my tuothohVs knee Could find-chat dear old Fairyland,' .s. v ^v J?st ajs:it used ip he. if wishes only were a horse; How fast away I'd fide Across tho plaihs of yesterday^ Bold comrades by my side; Once more I'd res.c>v? captive maids;. Ah! dojj^ity deeds you'd seo Itl-T.bi? but a hero boldi . ' Just asT used to l>e. Withe Beanstalk Jaok I'd sally forth To.giants kill galore: In seven leagued boots I'd stride away To that enchanted shore. Where ogres dwell, In castles huge, And mermaids swarm the sea; Oh? how I'd love to lind them all Just as they used to be! ^ My little boy says I'm all wrong That nothing's changed at all, That he can show me ogres lierce, And giants more than tall; Then, clasping his dear hand In mine, i? He leads rae forth to see Years.drop as leaves, I'm young again Just as.I usad to be. THE NIHGTS TOO COOL. Cotton Developing Slowly, Hut Other Crops DoiiiR Well. The following weather and crop bul letin was issued Monday by Section Director Bauer Monday: The week ending 8 a. m. Mouday, July 20th. had a mean temperature of 70 degrees, which is about '2 "degrees below normal. During the middle of the week the nights were too cool for thc best development and growth of cotton, but no other crop was appar ently??dverscly affected, and thc last three days again had more seasonable temperature. There was considera ble cloudiness, and the air was humid early In the week, but the last half was sunny, with very low relative hu midity and fresh to brisk, drying winds during the daytime. On the 13th there was rain over the whole state, heavy In places, and it was generally beneficial, though not needed in thc east central counties, where low lands are still too wet to cultivate, and are grassy, and where some corn and cotton have been de stroyed by thc wetness, or will bc abandoned owing to their foul condi tion and the impracticability of clean ing them. There is need of more rain in the north central counties, where com and cotton arc beginning to suf fer, but over the rest of the state there is plenty nf moisture for the continued rapid growth of all crops. The rainfall averaged 1.14 indies, and in places exceeded i indies. . There was a general improvement in crop conditions during thc week, very slight in the east central and north central counties, and on sandi lands generally, but marked in the west central and western ones, and about normal in thc Pee Dee sections. The improvement is confined to fields and crops that have been properly cul tivated. Laying by made rapid progress, but is much later than usual with indications that many fields will be laid by in a grassy conditmn. Early corn is made in the eastern counties,-.and, is generally well earned, and being laid by In other sections. ' Young corn has good color and looks promising. The cool night checked thc other wise rapid growtn of cutton somewhat and caused lice to re-appear in places, but generally the crop is improved and is in bloom over Hie whole state, but looks yellow, is small, and is not fruiting well and shedding some on . sandy lands. Thc east central coun ties show.least improvement. Many fields will not be in full bloom until about August 1st. Some cotton lias been laid by, and most of it has been rid of grass, while much is still grassy and will be laid by in that condition. Sea island cotton is doing well. Tobacco curing continues, and the crop ls about half gathered. Rice ls shooting and heading although about two weeks late. Peas and sweet po tatoes arc doing well. Fruit is vari able, but much rotting of peaches is still complained ot. Thc general con dition of minor crops is good. Fall truck planting continues. SOME PLAIN TALK. Thc Governor Denounce*) Hie Itecent Killin f.; in Aiken County. Gov. Hey ward, on his return from a visit to Lexington, Va., denounced the recent terrible crime at Ratesburg, and offered a heavy reward, for the perpetrators. lie said Wednesday morning: "The recent killing ol' Den nis Head by a mob in Aiken county is the climax of a spirit of lawlessness which means danger and disgrace to the State of South Carolina. *'T shall administer to the perpetra tors of such an inhuman outrage as stern a rebuke and as condign punish ment as arc afforded by thc laws of the State. "I fully realize that nothing can be done until the Identity of tho slayers has been revealed. That those who committed such a deed keep in the dark ls self-acknowledgement of guilt. Every aid the law alfords to apprehend and punish thc guilty parties will De invoked and I shall clo my utmost to see that the law is vindicated. "In order to further this to thc very best of my ability, and for the additional reason that a determined effort shall bc made ?md kept up, 1 have offered a reward ol' $.">oo for thc apprehension and conviction of thc parties who .committed tills deed. 1 have written to Solicitor Davis in forming him of tile situation as I have gathered it from tile newspapers. "1 regret to say that though 1 have waited several days for official notice regarding this lawless act, not one report has reached me through the officers of thc law, 1 am very indig nant about this killing. There seems to have been no reason whatever for such a crime and the action of the guilty parties is entirely indefensible.' A Convent Kcnntlitl. A telegram from Havana, Cuba, says,the town of Matanzas ls excited ovci'thc apprehension of a Carmelite friar named Aristo, who was convict ed of improper conduct witli a girl in a church. Thc friar left town after paying a fine of $r>00 in lieu of six months' imprisonment. lu compli ance with petitions received, the pro vincial council have requested thc Governor to close the Carmelite con vent on account of allegations of other Improprieties. Th? Bftttl? of Bull R?? ?? 6^^|?! Civilians WHO TOOK IT FOR A HOLIDAY. When tho Kliouk of D?font Cunio Thora Was a Rapid * Tindo'? for Homo hy Thousands. Very few people there are who aro familiar with tho date on which falls the anniversary ot the battle of Bull Run, says tho Washington Post, j The date is remembered by and known to more, people and comes nearer being celebrated in Washing ton and the Districtbf Columbia than in any other quarter of the United States. The first battle ot Bull Run was fought on July 28, 1801, and when that day arrives during thc present month it will see large numbors of old veterans, ladies and gentlemen of the older generation and not a few of thc younger, celebrating in their own quiet way, this, one of thc .list of un ollicial holidays. This statement may bc a surprise to many, and cause some people to inquire why, in view of the fact that Bull Run was "a Union de feat aud a Confederate stampede," as one -writer put lt, the remerabrauoc of that event has been cherished by Washingtonians until the anniversary of the tight has become a sort of half way, unrecognized, unlegalized holi day. This, perhaps, ls best auswered by a venerable gentleman, now fast approaching his 80th year, who for n.any years has been connected with the Array and Navy Medical Museum. Flo said: THU BULL RUN ANNI VKRSA BY. "Perhaps it is a little hard for out siders and newcomers to understand why wc Washingtonians set such store by tho anniversary of the battle of Bull Run, but to me the reasons are clear enough. Now that the civil war and its long train of attendant evils are past and gone I dare say it would be utterly iiupossible-for any one t<i imagine or to form a correct idea of the altogether vague, mistaken and even frivolous view that people North and South took of the war at thc beginning of the struggle. You sec the country had enjoyed a long era of peace. From 181f> down to 1801, almost a half century, there had been war worthy of the name. Of course there was the Mexican war and thc various Indian outbreaks, but these were left largely to the regular army to settle and did not affect nor convulse thc country as a whole. All over the United States the people had settled into a rut. from which nothing snort of a terrible war could have moved them and had matters gone on in this way for another half century wc would have been a nation more backward than thc Boers of South Africa. "Therefore when thc civil war came on both sides went about thc matter in a lazy, perfunctory, dilatory sort of way, as though one noisy and blood less battle would settle the dispute forever and a day. This appears all the inure amusing to me now, as 1 look back over the vista of years and think how, early in .July, 1801, we Washing tonians got word that a battle was soou to be fought out at Bull Run. Our half century of. peace had onderr cd bloody spectacles a decided novel ty and I can remember, ns the day drew near, how thc city was all a-bus tle and agog over what many looked forward to as the greatest sight of their lives. Had any of Napoleon's veterans dropped into the city a few days before Bull Run he would never have guessed that a battle was im minent, lt was more Uko a city get ting ready for a llower carnival, an exposition opening, or a grand holiday of some sort. Department clerks were bustling about, beseeching leaves of absence in order to take their wives and sweethearts out to "see the light, nor were they obliged to beg very hard, for their superiors were quite as anxious tis their subordinates to gape at thc battle which was to settle forever the. question of secession, etc. THOUGHT IT A J'ICN'IC, "When the day came and the boom ing of cannon resounding over the hills told us that thc struggle was on in earnest I venture to say you couldn't have hired a horse and rig for S10 an hour. I happened to be one of the spectators and so I know whereof I speak, I also obtained a leave of absence, or, hither, I took it, inasmuch as the department in which I was employed was deserted and, joining a friend who had a horse and buggy, we followed the throng out to where thc lighting was In progress. On reaching thc battletlcld we joined a large crowd of sight-seers posted on a little hillock in the rear of a body of infantry, which, by the way, had one cannou that was tiring, in a sort of desultory way, at tho enemy, whose battery was situated on an opposite rise beyond an intervening hollow, or gully. The latter were bombarding thc Federal infantry ata pretty lively rate and, as it seemed to me at thc time, were using move solid cannon balls than shells. Many of these passed over the infantry, fell and re bounded near the spectators on thc hillock in the rear. Instead of frigh tening any of us, from the very out set wc lost all sense of fear. The big, solid cannon balls from thc Con federate battery were not at all ter rifying. Tliey seemed to howl over to our side, like so many base balls and, although moving at a very rapid rate, they created just thc opposite impres sion, so much so, in fact, that there was a great deal of useless dodging, which was at times quite amusing. Street arabs were on hand and when ever a cannon ball struck there was a general scramble of small boys, men and women to gain possession of the ball fora souvenir. One rather haugh ty lady, who felt it beneath her digni ty to join iii any such compet ition, purchased a cannon ball from a twelve-year-old youngster for $1; Others did thc same. "My companion soon gol, tired of thespeetae'e ?ind returned to his horse and carriage, which were left tied in thc rear. Ile was afraid that, In thc excitement, someone might steal it, hut I was anxious to secure a cannon ball and he consented to wait for mc until I had secured one, provided it did not take too long. 1 ran after several, but missed them. Finally, after two or, three disheartening at tempts, the rebels fired one shot that played havoc among the Infantry in front of us, carrying off the heads of two men whom 1 myself saw fall and scattering thc r-pectators right and left. 1 calculated about thc spot where tho hall would- Ht'Hke; guessed rig?t,-.remained whcro 1 was etaarjlDg and beat tho others to ip by nevara!. yard?. The bah waft covered' ;with blood and before I 'rejoined my coin:j panton I bad .several oifefn bf.$?, $2 and $3 and as.high as *G for" the ball, which ! declined, preferring to retain tlio growaome souvouJOr of tho first battle of tho lon? four years' struggle, which 1, at that time, thoiigbt would bc the last. 1 have tho ball yet. Yonder lt Hes In the corner. SOMETHING DOING. "I had no more than reached my friend before both be and 1 became aware that something extraordinary was In progress. As 1 climbed In the buggy I noticed several artillerymen ride past at a dead gallop, with their harness- traces cut, I had read of Na poleon's retreat from Moscow and of other retrogrado movements, but it was Eomo time before I could get lt through ray head that a retreat was in progress. "When I left the hill the battle seemed to bo raging lu a man ner which, to a civilllan like myself, seemed quite ideal and proper, and I could not understand thc meaning of these artillerymen, who were now Hy ing past in rapidly Increasing numbers. I looked at my companion and he at me and then we asked each other: 'Is this a retreat?' "We drove leisurely along at tlrst, a trlllle alarmed, and slowly Increasing our speed as the meaning of the thing begau to dawn upon our minds. We tried to stop several artillerymen, so as to inquire of them whether this was a retreat, who had ordered lt, etc., but none of them would remain long enough to give a reply. Presently the*road became so choked with Hy ing cannoneers and cavalrymen, bug gies and civilians on horseback that we' were in danger of being overturn ed. Horsemen were bumping into us and I could sec men l.hrowing away guns and knapsacks. My companion had his buggy wblp out ready to whip up his hors? into a gallop, when some one in the rear yelled: 'Hun for your lives: the enemy's cavalry arc upon us.' 'That settles it,' muttered my companion between his teeth and the way our horse got up and fairly dust ed, under the stimulus of my com panion's whip, was a sight. We passed, everything on the road and landed in Washington safe and sound, although our poor animal was nearly winded. ' "Thc next two days were days of sorrow, fear and trembling for tile people of this city. Everyone expected thc Confederates to advance upon, storm and take the city Immediately and it was then, for thc lirst time, that we began to realize that the war was a far more serious proposition, as the boys say nowadays, than wc liad at lirst imagined. When days passed and tiley did nothing of the sort, and the Federal troops began to retrieve their losses, we were indeed happy and thankful, lt was this thankfulness over our unexpected good fortune and deliverance that lias lcd Washington people to remember the day with feel ings altin to thanksgiving for our 'streak of luck' in not falling into the hands of the rebels.!' On thc J 5i i ri ic ri H ii? l. The Chicago Tribune, a Republican naper, while contending that no evi d ince has yet been produced that Per ry S. Heath "has committed any crim nxl act," admits that that "it is suf ticiently established that he ran con stantly on the bordeiland of out lawry." And the Tribune says: "The irregularities In the post?nico department under his administration were constant and deliberate. He knew all about them. He sanctioned them, lie Instigated them. He wished to violate the civil service rules by making appointments in an irreg ular and unlawful manner, and lu/ did it. Ile behaved as a representative of the lowest type of political dpoilsman. This is not the worst about Mr. Perry Heath. His tenure of olllce in the postolllce department was marked by scandalous conduct from beginning to end. More than any other olllcial iu Washington he seems to be responsi ble for the fraiids in the Cuban postal service." This being true, why should Mr. Roosevelt hesitate to direct thc arrest and prosecution of the secretary of the republican national committee? Can it be possible that the i Roosevelt administration intends to contine its proceedings against small politicians who were without important inllu' once? lt would, to bc sure, bc unfair to convict Mr. Heath on thc charges preferred against him without, fulrand thorough investigation, but if half that has been charged is true, Mr. Heath should be proceeded against just as would be done In the case of an unlniluentlal man against whom seri ous accusations were made. A Month ol' Disaster: Thc month of June just passed was a month of extraordinary and alarm ing violences, and these violences have not been confined to abnormalities in the record ol' the weather man. They have been of a more shocking kind than the little unusual high and low records of temperature. Honors, which have gone to tho very heart of the world, marked June says.the New Orleans Times and Democrat. Leafy, quiet June has been bloody, rioting June, and thc furies seem to have been unchained all the while. Prob ably April suggested the wake of bloody things with the Kishenelf horror. Hut, no matter, June has made a record quite"bloody enough to to stand alone. It is a singular fact that the lirst day of the month was marked hy a fearful catastrophe at Topeka, Ka.-;., when 2f>0 lives were lost, 20,000 persons left without homes ?ind property values of anywhere from $f>,000,000 to ?S2f),OOO,00? in amoiint [lestroyed. June. 2 witnessed the tor nado in Georgia, and Gainesville sent jut a report of 100 lives lost, 200 persons injured and thousands of dol lars' worth of property destroyed. In thc South Carolina storm of June (5, 150 lives were lost, 500 persons left without homes. 4,000 persons left without employment and property valued at $2,000,000 destroyed. The I isas ter, caused by Hood, at Hast St. Louis began on June 8 and rail through to the loth. Taking in thc wliolc area involved it was estimated that 2"),000 persons were homelees,. a number of lives lost, over $:t,000,000 worth of property destroyed, stock, houses, land and other properties in jured and destroyed. The bloody military plot against thc king and r?ueen of Servia was executed on the night of .lune ll. And Oregon some 500 or (>00 lives and vast property values were swept away by water in the town of Hcppncr. P.csides these large events there have been lynchings, binnings, murders, suicides, railroad iiccidcnts, bank 'Ubberies and a.long train of other violent happenings. Commit* Suicido. W. A. Long, a well known business man of Atlanta committed suicide Wednesday morning. He was a pro ininei.t Knight of Pythias. THE SECOND REGIMENT. Coinpletd'Roster or tho Onldora Who >Vitt Hint tho Into cl;I?n?niH. Tl?o^ollowlng is a'coinplcte ros te r or tho otllcers-Held, stat? and line together with tim battalion organiza tion, of the Second regiment ol' infan try, South Carolina Volunteer troops, which went Jnto encampment on the Isle of Palms on Monday :? .., s Field ?t?leers-Colonel, Di ?. Her bert, Orangeburg; lie?tn?t colonel;'F! W.. Glen, Columbia; major. Jillian W! Culler, Orangeburg; major, W.. L-.ring Leo,'- Sumter.: -KCgimetital Staff-O. B. Rosenger, Oraogeburg, captain and adjutant; John W. Fairey, Jr., Orangehurg, captain and ' quartermaster; A. C. Doyle, Oransroburg, captain arid com mlsary; <J. Z. Minos, Sumter, captuin and judge advocate; W. M. Carter, Columbia, captuin and paymaster; Dr. M. G. Salley, Orangeburg, major and surgeon; Dr. S. M. Deal, Columbia, captain and assistant surgeon; Rev. E.-M. Lightfoot, Orangehurg, captiau and chaplain: L. W- Walford, Darl ington, captain and ordnance officer;. Cadwalladcr Jones, Columbia, regi mental sergeanb'major; TEi M. DeMars, Orangeb?rg, regimental quartermas ter sertreaut; C. JJ. Williamson. Or angeburg, commissary sergeant; ll. D. Walker, Columbia, color sergeant. UATTALION! ORGANIZATION. Ifirst battalion, Lient. Col. F. W. Glen,-commanding.?*' t' Adjutant, Lieut. W. E. Law, Co lumbia. Co. A, .Kershaw Guards, Camden", Capt. S. C. Zemp. Co. B, Richland Volunteers, Colum bia, Capt. L. W. Haskell. Co. C, Governor's Guards, Columbia, Capt. Geo. R. Rembert. Co. D, Columbia Light Infantry, Capt. C. T. Lipscomb. Second battalion, Maj. J. W. Culler, commanding: Adjutant, Lieut. H. II. Copeland, Bamberg. Co. E, Tillman Volunteers, Orange burg, Capt. J. H. ClalTy. Co. F, Edisto Rlllles, Orangehurg, Capt. J. A. Berry. Co. G, Bamberg Guards, Bamberg, Capt. W. R, Wright. Co. H. Fort, Motte Guards, Fort Motto, Capt. A. Ti Darby. Third battalion. Maj. W. L. Lee, commanding: Adjutant, Lieut. W. R. Burgess, Sumter. Co. 1, Tiramonsville Guards, Capt. W. ll. Keith. Co. K, Darlington Guards, Darling ton, Capt. E. Ri Cox. Co. L, Sumter Light Infantry, Sumter, Capt. C. B. Yeadon. Co. M, Brookland Light Infantry, Capt. It. L. Shuler. Against the Law to Kill liutlhnts. The secretary ol* the Audobon so ciety, of "North Carolina, T. Gilbert Pearson, has issued the following statement. According to a recent act of tue Legislature, generally known as thc'Audobon bill, the song and in sect eating birds of the State, to gether with their nests, are now pro tected from destruction by the law. One of thc most valuable birds in "North Carolina is the night hawk, usually known as the '''bullbat." This bird feeds exclusively, upon insects, eating large quantities of Hies, gnats and grasshoppers, which are so trouble some to man, bub perhaps ho fenders us no greater service thar/ ^?itiing. mosquitoes, Sl?ce^it'hT^?ow "known that the malady known as -malaria ls carried by mosquitoesand transmitted by'their bite there certaiuly is strong reason why thc bullbat should be ac corded the. protection which lie so readily deserves. It has long been the custom in many sections of North Carolina to shoot these birds in great numbers in the late summer after noons. Numerous cases have been re ported to me and 1 have seen the same with my own eyes, where these birds were shot down by the dozen merely for the practice of shooting and the sport of seeing them fall. Some sporters. do not ever go to pick them up, and 1 have seen wounded bullbats lying about on the ground late the next day after they were shot. Thc Audobon society uf North Caro lina appeals to the good people of thc State to use their influence in every way possible in behalf of the bullbat, and to see to it that the dreadful sufferings caused by the thoughtless slaughter pf these birds io the past shall not bc reported in the State this summer. I> nnccrti ot' Liynch l?uv. In thc words of Webster, "Massa chusetts-there she stands,'' raising a mob to lynch a white man who threw a beer glass at another and cut otl his nose! With this incident we may fairly consider that the lynching craze lias reached its limit. When it. spreads from Texas to Massachusetts, from negroes as objects to white men, and from crimes against women T,o throwing beerglasses as provocations, what more is there to be said? The troops have just been ordered out in Georgia to protect a white prisoner in a jail. All this is encouraging, tor when mohs begin chasing white men nobody is safe and everybody is compelled to think. Von might be crossing a held yourself, unconscious uf all offense, with your gold bag on your shoulder, and lind yourself sud denly surrounded by a maniacal mob Insisting on hanging you on the spot ?is the criminal who ran over thc school-teacher with his automobile, lind refusing to listen to your alibi or ?ive you a chance to communicate with your lawyer. This sort of things [threatens to upset all the safeguards Df personal security that have been the birthrightof the English-speaking people since centuries before Magna Charta. And when its full meaning is once thoroughly understood a way will bc found to stop it. The above from thc New York World should jausc us to stop and consider tho hinger of lynch law. Once it becomes rampant no man's life is safe. Women Fix tho Standard. "Thc morality of thc young men if this country is just as high as the young women demand,'' said a minister recently In Chicago, and this ls true of every community in the United States. The Greenville Moun taineer says "the young women of any 31 ty. town or neighborhood can lix thc standard of morality for thc young men, and just in proportion to their Indifference and leniency on thc score ;?f morality will the young men in dulge in questionable practices and Immoral tendencies. Card playing ind wine drinking among young men In nine cases out of ten come -lrom Lhcir association with young ladles who look with favor upon these steps towards other and graver offenses against the moral law. A vhlto Man's Country, Tho Afro-American Press Associa tion while In session at St. Louis re? cently nniong other things on the rac^ Issuc'saidi- ^We resent the reiterated statement that this is a 'White umu's Country." ln.no?,iclng thia declara*. Hon of I'no negro newspaper ineo. Tho News and Views of Greenwo.d I says'Mt ls a stupid sin of the negro leaders and teachers against their , race to refuse to recogulze a fact that Is a? clear as the*fact that this ls a white man's country. The pursuit of 1 this Illusion brings trouble upon the ' negro aud retards any purpose to liff | him to *a higher standard of citizen- i rTlilpJ Ills education becomes a source | of harrrn to him when,it.puts a weapon , in his hand to combat a decree of Goo. ; For nearly rorty years the negro has . credulously hearkened to false" ?teach- , ers and he goes on reaping" a harvest J of crime and death. The negro White, j who was recently burned at tho stake ( in Delaware for thc most revolting cf ( crimes, was born In Pennsylvania and f recd ved an education. Ile doubtless j had been taught that this was not a j white man's country, and this teacl - in g may have more easily aroused his j brutal miture tu the committal of i crime against the white race. If tho [ negro would be contented and happy j In tnis country; if he would enjoy the privileges and the protection of the ? laws of this government and march , Iiis race forward to its full develop ment, he mint act upon the opposite declaration, that this is a white man's country. Such conventions of tbe lead ers of tile negro race and such doctrine as-they persist lu promulgating will j lead to nothing less than disaster to : the negro. The earlier thc negro has common sense sufficient to have a ( clear conception of this fact thc bet ter lt will.be for his individual welfare ? and the yeneral_upllfting of his peo- , pie. It is time that he should tum his face against those who would lead him to destruction and then desert him when his feet have reached the brink of the chasm were bc goes down forever/ Hrniti honks. One of the unsolved mysteries is how a little woman can make an obe dient servant out of a big man. Some men are honest only because it Is the best policy, and not because they really want to be honest. The race of life offers some hand some prizes, and the only entrance fee demanded is honest excition. A lot of men take vacation in or der that they may experience the de lights of getting back to work again. There is nothing prettier than the proud look of a mother when some stranger takes smiling notice of her little child. A bright woman writer declares that the historical novel is about to become what it never has been-a tiling of the past. Thc wise merchant docs not depend upon selling people what they need. Ile strives to make people believe they need what he has to sell. Wc would give a whole lot to ex perience once more the joy we felt the first lime we were allowed to shoot a bunch of firecrackers unassisted. Speaking of postal irauds, how can yon expect honest clerks when it is definitely known that thc principals owe their position to the criminal usc of money?- Will M. Mau pin in The Commoner. Pointed Paragraphs. Towels and eggs can never he too i fresh. -Patriotism always stands In with tho government. It is usnallyihe slly woman who makes a fool of a man. The average man wants others to see him as he sees himself. There is some hope for a man as long as lie knows how to take a hint. Don't consider everything impos sible that you are unable to perform. If beauty were taxable tim fair sex would never try to dodge the assessor College professors and the bootblack both strive to polish the understand ing. Probably thc most dangerous men arc those who have honest intentions but dishonest practices. Some men are like razors; it's im possible to tell how sharp they may be until tiley are strapped. "Know thyself," says thc old adage. A man can find out quiet a good deal about himself by running for office. It sometimes happens that thc world thinks a man is wise simply be cause lie doesn't take the trouble to< explain his mistakes.-Chicago News. ltellcctions qi* li Bachelor. From little lies great tragedies grow. Painting roses on the checks paints them out of Hie soul. Thc beauty of an openwork stocking depends on what is in it. More wives have been won with nosegays than with heroism. The pill of matrimony is easily swallowed when it is gilded. Married couples have to quarrel just so much to learn not to. The sure way never to get favors done ls to do them for others. Nearly evcrbndy who mixes a matri monial salad dressing gets in too much vinegar. When a man has proposed to a girl and been rejected she is the one that acts most disappointed. Tlic man who cancels his failures will in the end triumph over thc man who trumpets Iiis success. A woman never likes to lead a man into temptation with her if he will walk into it of his own accord. A girl always thinks a man is im pressed with the beauty of her face when he turns around to take another look to see 'how in thc world she keeps her hat on.-New York Press. "NKQUOES on Auction Block in Kansas," was the rather startling headline in some of the papers a day or two ago. But after all there was nothing so sensational in the Items that followed. Thc negroes volun tarily got on the blocks, to be auc tioned off to thc highest bidders for their labor Iii the harvest fields. Bid ding was lively, too, and .some husky colored men fetched as much as $3.;50 per day wages. SM urgent ls thc de mand for labor in Kansas just now that farmers are holding up trains and offering passengers from $2.50 to $3.50 to work in their wheat fields. NEA itt y one thousand bales of cot ton-was lound burled several ieet deep In thc sand on the banks of the Pac olct river in South Carolina a few days ago. Thc cotton was discovered by accident and worth about $00,000. The burial of the fleecy staple was due to one of the many freaks of thc terrible flood which recently visited that section of thc country. A EEOWVEtt APPOINTE!)/: Tho Pasa?n? of tho rnjrmoM A?fiflJLCe Rxohange. Thc State Rays Judge Gary has ls-1 Bued an order in tho case ot thc re cel versbiu of tho Farmers' Alliance'ex change making Coi; S. Q. Marshal the receiver of tho organizatluni The case- as will bo remembered, was brought by il. E. Brookshtre, on be bali of himself, the members of the Cash Hill sub-alliance and all other stockholders of "Tho Farmers' Alli ance Exchange of South Carolina, Limited," who came into this action, igainst "The Farmers's Alliance Ex' mange of South Carolina, Limited," A. 0. Lyles, J. L. Keitt, J. B. Doutb itt, J. F. Asbe, S. T. Mclvcown and 3. P. Goodwin, as directors, J. C. 3oit, creditors, .on behalf of them tclves, and all other creditors of the Farmers' Alliance exchange, Palmetto Bank and Truxt company. The order tirst relates that com plaint having been made to Judge Clary on March 7th, last, and in re jponse to the complaint having been tiled, that bo ordered thc master of Richland county to take testimony re garding the case. After bearing the counsel on both sides bc decided that the mouey of the exchange having been usedJor other purposes than for the purpose of purchasing goods that a receiver should be appointed. The order reads that "J. Q. Mar shall be and hereby ls appointed, re ceiver of the assets, property and cf fects of the Farmers' Alliance ex change of South Carolina, Limited, with the usual powers of a receiver un der section 1809 of vol. 1 of thc Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1002; un less the said corporation shall within 10 days after the Hiing of this order give a bond in the penal sum of $'13 OOO, being double the value of said property, with sn tilde nt, surety to bo approved bv this court, conditioned to fully account and deliver over when ever hereafter required by any final adjudication in Hie above entitled action the assets and property of said Farmer's Alliance Exchange of South Carolina, Limited, and to satisfy any decree, judgment or order that may be made in the case. lt was also ordered that the tempo rary injunction-ma^e on the 7th of March restraining the defendants from disposing of the funds be con tinued in force during the pendancy of thc action and until the tut ther order of the court. One of the attorneys in the case has said that bond will be furnished hy the defendants, and the matter carried into the courts, where, by decision of thc Farmers' Alliance, it will be fought to a finish. If the case is won by the alliance the fund will ba divided among the sub-alliances. The ot?cers of the alliance as re cently elected are J. C. Wilborn pres ident; D. F. Elird, vice president, and J. F. Nesbitt, -.secretary and treasurer. HOW FIEES MAY START. Several TliliiRH That Will Canne Spon taneous Combustion. Camp lampblack will ignite from thc sun's says. The same can bc said of cotton waste moist with lard or | other animal oil. Lampblack and a little oil or water, will under certain conditions ignite spontaneously. Nitric acid and charcoal create spon-1 taneous combustion. New printers' ink on paper when in contact with a steam pipe will Ignite quickly. Boiled linseed oil and turpentine in equal parts on cotton waste will ignite in a few hours under a mild beat and will in time create enough heat to ignite | spontaneously, says Cassicr's Maga zine. Bituminous coal should not | be stored where it will come in con tact with wood partitions or columns or against warm boiler settings or I steam pipes: This coal should not be' very deep if it is to be kept on storage for a long period. If piled in the basculement of. a building it should he shallow and Tree from moisture and under good ventilation. Thar, liable to absorb moisture should bc burned first. If on lire a small quantity of water showered on this kind of coal cokes lt and retards any great supply of water reaching the tire, thus necessitating thc overhauling of the pile. Iron chips, tilings or turnings should not be stored in a shop in wooden boxes. The oily waste which is not infrequently thrown -among them adds to the danger of tire from this source. Thc sweepings from the. machine shop, if kept on band, should never be placed over iron shavings. This mass of disintegrated iron is enough to incite heat and combustion. Iron and steel tilings and turnings when mixed with oil- will ignite spontaneously after becoming damp. A steam pipe against wood will cause1 the latter to ignite spontaneously after being carbonized, particularly il superheated steam enters the pipe, thus increasing the temperature. THIS COMET.-Many people are gaz ing these nights looking for the comet, which ls nearly overhead at 11 o'clock p. m., and ls visible to the naked eye. Tho comet is easily detected by reason jf its peculiar appearance, that of a heavy star. It is growing brighter L-acli night, and will be, it is said, at thc point in its orbit nearest thc sun itotit August 21. THE State says "up at Bar Harbor, Maine, there are seven American war ships and the negro sailors arc beaten and abused by white jackies when on shore leave that thc negroes have decided to remain aboard ship,' ind wants to know what will the com mander-in-chief of our army and nav; Jo about it. If you are not wi.'. .-vi .vant to ki.o.v th . ri, th abo Ut you. trouble, sena tor n>? freo booklets and Bell examination blanks. No. 1, Nervous Debili ty (Sexual Weakness), No. 3, Varlcocele, No. ".Stricture, No. 4, Kid ney and madder Com plaints, No. is, Disease of Women, No. 6, Tho Poison King (Blood Poison*), No. 7, Ca tarrh. These books H'IOU . .1 bo In tho hands of overy person afflict ed, .-,H nr. Hathaway, ? thc author, ls rocojr inlzcd as the best au ,'thorlty and expert li the United States ot. , nn. HATHAWAY. I hrs? diseases. Write >r sand .'or the Ixiok y>n want to-day, and lt will tm sent you fice, sealed. Addrese J. New ion '.lathaway, M U 88 Inman Building 22i S. Broad St Atlanta, Ga / AND ANY OTHER DISEASE CAUSED BY IMPURE BLOOD. Do not be discouraged if other remedies have faiied. . RHEUMACIDE ha? made-its reputation by curing alleged incurable cases. .Does not injure the organs of digestion. - Oor.riPBOUO, N. C., Auff. 25,1003. Gentlemen-Soma six years ago I began to have ?olatloa, and also ai ch'ronia;' case of muBoular rheumatism. At timea I could not work at all (my business bolos bnggago master on Boutborn R. lt.). : For dara and weekaatatlme I could , not work. My aufforinjr was intenso. Physicians treated me. irlthout permanent, vollef, however. Tried a number of advertised romodlea without permanent benoflt. Finally I tried "UUKOMAOIUB." It did tho work, and I have, had ex cellent health for three years. I can cheerfully say that all rheumatics should uso " BBBUUAOXDK," for it ls by far the best remedy. .% R. A. LOMAX Price $i .00 prepaid express, or from your Druggist. Bobbitt Chemical Co., - - Baltimore, fid., U. S. A.' SSEHI32 White Stone Li thia Water. Tnn BESTLITHIA WATER IN AMERICA. THE LAIIGEBT AND MOST MODERN BUICK HOTEL IN THE CAROLINAS OR GEORGIA. TIIE COOLEST RESORT IN THE STATE. All modern improvements, electric car linc from Southern Ry. to Hotel.' Well- shaded, pleasant grounds, scenery equal to the mountains, and all amusements found at lirst class water places.. Come to White Stone Llthla Springs for health or pleasure. Read what the noted Hr. L. C. Stephens, who stands at thc head of the ? profession in South-Carolina, and who was president of the.State Medical'As-' soeiation, also president of the Medical Board .of Examiners of South Carolina until he resigned to move to Greenville, says: Greenville,. S: C., October 10,1002. After a service of one season at White Stone Llthla Springs, as resident physician, 1 do not hesitate to say that the effect of thu water upon, those who drink lt for any length of time, has been perfectly marvelous. Invariably an Increase both in flesh and appetite was perceptible in one week, proving ft tb be a mineral water of undoubted powerful tonic property. Its peculiar adapt ability to diseases originating from disorders of the kidneys, bladder and liver, such as dropsy, Bright's disease, diabetes and uric acid calculi, and all forms of dyspepsia, rheumatism and gout, is to be expected from Che splendid analysis. lt has been noted frequently that visitors before coming here had to follow, every meal with some, form of corrective, or contine themselves entirely to predigested foods; soon discarded these entirely, being delighted to lind that the water alone-nature's own remedy-sn diced. Of the many who drank this water this season for ten days consecutively, not one but experienced decided henelit and a perceptible gain weight, varying from two to live pounds. L. C. STEPHENS. M. D. For rates and particulars, address White ?3?.on.e X^itliisx Water Co., WHITE STONE SPJUNGS. S. O. 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