The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, December 14, 1904, Image 2
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Offeror mind the old times? ^
)> They were bHght and Bweet;
Bunny *kie? above you?
1 Violets iit your feet;,
SBut the new tin?es wear a snuliu iucc
Tbst'rt mightv good to meet,
JAm' you'd better Uud the light that make a
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% A RACE 1
A TUr "RTTrPTT
8gj0IOIOK)K*ECTOU and. Selim are tired1
Jfc i a ?' stable. Let's liave a
$ ffi ride, Bertha," said Annette
at* ** Maynard to her young
friend, Bertha Hilton, as
they stood together on the porch of a
plain I) rick Umso in Brownsville, Tex.
Bertha was the motherless daughter,
and Annette tlie orphaned sister,
<?f two as brave bonier oftlcers as ever
|<Irew a sword. Both girls had grown
?p on the frontier, and were familiar
Twith tln? crack of a rille and the ileree
(jell of tl?o Indian.
li or 111 a looked off toward the chaparral,
but made no reply, and Annette
continued:
"It is a line morniug. Suppose wo
take a gallop to the battlolield of Ho?aea?
We can he h:ick in half an
hour."
"Yes*, hut father said it was not safe
for r.x to venture out alone. You know
tin* road is dangerous. oven for armed
men," rejoined more prudent Bertlia.
"But iiiey will not molest us. Soliin
can outravel anything on the border."
"That may he. S(ill. I have no desire
to put your option to the proof.
Mexicans, you know, are not noted
Tor their honesty, or their civility to
Jadlrs," laughed Bertha.
"Oh, bother the Mexicans'." impatiently
exclaimed Annette. "I have
lived all my life on tlu* plains, and witnessed
many a hand-to-hand encounter
,wlth savages, and it's come to a pitiful
pass, indeed, if we are to permit
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Hill VII II.71.UI1S ;i II.MV .Mt'XH'lins 10
Interfere with our pleasure. Colonel
Hilton and lirotlier Ned are at KingBold
Barracks, and won't bo back for
41 week. They surely can't expect us
to be housed up all that time. Why, I
ahov.hl <;; > ?.r want of exercise," emphatically
declared Annette.
Holli yirls were excellent riders and
as r:>arii .:.- as they wore <]iilek wit ted
and l'.ar.i!-. :i.c. Full of health and
.in,! in. jumiu- in camp ami
li:M. ihoy rode with the regiment
to v. I :-i wr post of duty it might
ho n: signed, with never a murmur
nt the numerous perils and hardships
which continually beset the nomadic
life of a soldier.
".fim," said Annette, to a diminutive
youih, who was lolling under the china
Ivors at the gate, "saddle Selini and
and I,ring them around right
away."'
^ "'Deed, ? 1 iss Annette, Selim ain't
-~-^l)in < :k of do stable for mo' an' two
an' ho'11 bo too frisky fo' you to
Jiol\ suaii!" cautioned Jim.
"Never mind his frisking. I'm not
timid, and Selim, if ho has spirit, is
not vicious."
Silenced 011 tii" ono point, .Tim ventnvni
lo \ittor a word in warning in regard
to the danger of riding alone
any great distance from the town.
"Please, Miss Annette, you will not
g;? <,ii the Hrazos road, 'cause it's
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....r i ^ vuii ? urru 11 ir*. I 'ill
ir' hn.ss of .Major Maynurd is watched,
nnd dim Mex? "
"Oh, nonsense!" interrupted his mistress.
"Wo are going to vide just
.when* we please, nnd no doubt the natural
Eve within us will lead us exactly
in the direction where we ought not
to go. and all through your unwise
warning. You get the horses ready,
and we will take care of ourselves.''
Jim obeyed and soon brought around
the hor-- s. Seliin was tho pet courser
of Am.i ;:< '< brother?a high stepping,
beautiful Morgan hrown, and widely
known as the best bit of blood on the
frontier.
The young ladies, in tasteful riding
fiabiis, panic down the steps, laughing
merrily as (ho birds worn singing in
tin* Irons overhead.
II- -I'M1, n stout, iron grny cavalry
n;ijr. was ;) very ordinary animal beside
Hie glossy coated, intelligent eyoil
<?hnrgor; inir Hector was tiie hero of
many border lights, and bore his sears
royally.
Herlha loved him for (he danger he
liad passed, and used to say that: she
ill ways felt, perfectly safe with sedate,
steady going old Hector.
The girls, notwithstanding Jim's
muttered remonstrances and rueful
face, gaily mounted and leisurely can
lered olT in the direction of the ItrazofJ
road.
"Uar ami 110 use warning wiinmin
folks," philosophized .Jim "no use nt
nil. for d(?,v tun sart in to go Jus* Aval
you tell 'oiri not to. I ought to tol'
Vm lo go on do Brazos pike, den doy
is liouu' to take d<< odder way."
The road wound through a dense
labyrinth of chaparral, or luczquito, as
it Is called in native parlance, thickly
interspersed with the thorny pined cactus
mill 1*1111 limfuil nnlmnlU
- .? ??? M IV.
They had but just crossed the narrow
wfly, whore two faint bridle pnths
diverged on either hand, loading into
Avliiil seemed an impenetrable thicket
of mozqulte. when Hellm showed unmistakable
siyrns of disliking to no on.
I'ertha. loo, notieed that old Hector
prk'kod up Ids ears, and seemed shy
?>f advauclng. She was about to remark
as much, when, with a furious
Kuort, Selim bounded to one side, and
there, In the middle of the path, directly
before them, stood a swarthy .Mexi4*11
II I) IMtt ni f <? ' I A -*'1 ?
......... ... i ..? n mi, <iiki iif unii'i
mid crafty looking us nny Indian,
They were nearly three in tics from
town, on a lonely little traveled road,
where ail sorts of crimes had hoen committed,
where bravo men had died by
the assassin's band and thieves
prowled at pleasure, unrestrained by
either law or conscience, but they wisek
Jy gave no evidence of alarm, and
E t>eldiy confornted tho bowing Intruder i
, "Good morning, *enora," hu Mid,;
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HE OLD TIMES.
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Never mind (lie old times;
They were great, 1 know;
Old friende tnat loved iu> Frieiid?
that we loved so!
But the new times King the song o? hope.
Where sweeter rosea grow,
A?' a-i 1
? J"?? ? UVVIVI HllU H1U Jigdl HHtfc JIUIKV6
the morniu'!
?Atlanta Constitution.
FOR LIFE **
[ with his snaky eyes downcast, in assumed
humility, lifting as lie spoke,
his dilapidated sombrero.
Miss Maynard acknowledged Ids salutation
by a slight nod, and slowly
rode 011, as outwardly ealui and unconcerned
as if tlie ill-looking Mexican
were no more to be feared than
the most harmless hare that ever found
shelter in the tangled mezquite.
Bertha glanced anxiously at the
dark foliage within which lie had disappeaded,
and said, in a low tone:
"Let's go back, Annette. Did you
notice the peculiar expression of his
little beady, black eyes? He intends
us 110 good, 1 feel sure of it, and certainly
he envies you the possession of
Sellin."
"Perhaps had better return, Although
1 hate tn show the white feather
within three miles of my brother's
regiment," reluctantly nsst nt<d ihe
major's sister, bringing her horse to a
standstill.
Ileetor turned willingly about, but
Selim was nervous, and did not obey
UAii.llto UM.II? IT-..
TO H IUIH.I. II illli: 1II> .lining lllll'l' was
coaxing hiui into submission she was
startled by a quick, alarmed cry from
Bertha:
"Hood heavens, Annette, we are surrounded!*'
It was true. A dozen Mexicans stood
between Annette and Bertha, completely
cutting off Annette's retreat to
Brownsville.
Annette instantly comprehended the
peril of her position, and the motive
winch induced the low browed rascals
to make her their victim instead of
uerrna.
"Hide back to town!" she cried. "Rido
hack as fast as over you can! It's Selim
they want. I'll make a run for the
open prairie; it is my only chance for
life."
In a second the gray was dashing
for Brownsville, followed by a jeering
laugh from the Mexicans, who did not
attempt to stay its progress.
Annette shook the rein, and, with
a free head, Selhn flow down the narrow
road.
'I'iie Mexicans, as she well knew, had
their tough little ponies concealed near
by, and were soon i.i hot pursuit of
the liying girl.
Her heart grew faint within her
when slu> saw the deadly lariat: coiled,
ready for instant use, at each saddle
how, knowing, as she did, tin? dexter!
?y of the murderous bauds that used it
with such fatal effect.
"The wrelehos menu to steal you, '
Selim," she whispered, jis if the animal
could understand her words; "but
they shall not, for you shall die under
my weight before I'll see you become
a prisoner to such cruel captors!"
.lust as she ceased speaking. Solitn
gave a tremendous bound to one side.
At the same moment a sharp, whizzing
sound was heard close to her ear, and
something that felt like the lash of a
whip grazed her cheek.
A Spanish curse immediately thereafter,
mingled with the clattering of
hoof beats, telling the dauntless girl
that through the timely shying of her
horse the lasso had missed its mark.
The noble creature recovered its feet
in an instant, and came to the road as
straight as an arrow, and at a speed
that sent Ihe chaparral whirling by,
a mass of indistiguishable foliage.
'"Do your best, Selhn!" she urged.
4<Tf\< <]<? ! fh 1w>1iiiir1* tlw? rivni* ?iml cit'/..
ty before."
Hut Sclirn was doing his best. Every
muscle that like a not work veined bis ,
dripping nook and breast stood out
like whipcords, attesting the desperate
effort lie was making to distance bis
bloodthirsty pursuer#, yet t lie fleet
hoofs did not falter. On they sped until
they struck the prairie.
Five miles (if grassy level broke suddenly
into view, and the gallant horse
bounded at headlong speed on the open
plain.
But there a new danger menaced ,
the bravo girl. Her pursuers separated
to the right and left, with the evi- 1
dent intention <if surrminiHiitr tliotv
helpless victim and milking her an j
oasy prey before she could roach the
river.
Still cool and self-possessed, Annette
caught up her heavy riding skirt
to ease as much us possible the laboring
lungs and foaming flank of her J
now panting stood. She felt 1dm
MralniiiK :it every nerve, and with
han<l and voice sho strove to eheer
li i in on.
The heat, which was killing the finer 1
animal, had little effect or. the horses
of tin- foe. They could not match the
thoroughbred in speed, for he had kept ,
the advance so far as to defy the dread |
lariat, but the hardy, lonjr haired pon ,
ies of the Mexicans were natives of ,
the soil, and did not greatly mind the |
sultry atmosphere, or the suffocating j
elonds of dust which arose, gray and ,
bllndinjr, before them. I
ICoweled on by their fleree riders. |
they kept stendily in pursuit, appar- |
ontly not much the worse for their ;
Ion# raee. while poor Xeiim's wide ,
open month was dropping fonm al j
every step, and his smoking sides ?iuiv- |
erlnp painfully under Annette's slight ^
weight. ,
An abrupt turn In the road, near at (
hand, would lirliiff llicm in ,,f Mm
-> <
Half Way House. Five minutes more |
afid (hoy would be safe. Hut alas! )
where she bad hoped to And safely
stood three dnrk, savage looking men,
whose objeet in being there it was not
at all bard to guess. Yet they would s
seareely dare to murder her so near )
(he American forces encamped ojipo- I
site the Half Wuy IIousc, _ ]i
i
!
itrtVA lift** ^Anxn <?A f
--*? *?VM0MV o?? ?vn wuivftv|
aud, when the foremost of the three
villains would have seized her bridle,
she struck him u blinding blow across
tho oys with her riding whip.
UnlL' muddened by ids terrible run,
<Uoll... UAmu.1 ..< 1 1
wvum rvuiui JlIIll till UVU il II* j
other of his would-be captors to the
ground, leaped over the prostrate :
body, and was oft* again like the wind. ,
But Ills sudden onward dash was ol' I
short duration; In vain Annette urged
the ntfblc animal to one more effort, j 1
It was usi-less. Selim was staggering 1
along at a swaying, uncertain pave, mi- j
able to regain the advantage ho had
lnef lit Hi.. ................. ...111. il... i
Mexicans, who, anticipating the
chances of Annette's escape, had been
stationed in the turn of tlie road to intercept
her further tiight in that direction.
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Sick and di/.:'.y with the heat, fatigue
and fear of her frantic ride, Annette 1
felt herself almosst fainting in the '
saddle. v
A furious yell from the Mexicans '
aroused within her heart renewed hope.
She answered the savage yell with a i
ju,> wu> jmiuui? mr uirriMiy :iii<?iui cuiutf
a company of 1'nited States troops.
She was a soldier's daughter. and, !
when she caught a glimpse of tho starry
banner waving bright through a
cloud of dust, she could not suppress
a glad, wild cheer of trlumpli.
Not a Mexican was i:i sight. Every
one had disappeared in tho tall grass,
or, hidden by the short curve, were
hastening back to cover in the chaparral.
Cheeking her horse. Annette sprang :
to the ground, and was tpilckly sur- j
rounded by the amazed and wondering j
troops.
"Why. Miss Maymrd," ejaculated the
eantain in command. "wh.-it is tin- i
mutter."
"I have 11:nl a desperate ride, Cap- j
tn'n Anlnir; a do/.on Mexicans pursu
nearly all tin? way l'roni town. I
Tlicy liavo but just loft mo, and must j
still be some whore in the vicinity."
"Lot's after thom, boy$!" cried tlio 1
captain, not waiting to hoar more, and j
soon a score of well armed horsemen '
were galloping in all directions after !
the llocinu; Mexicans.
Soli in stood drooping by tlio roadside, |
his glossy coat gray with sweat and
dust, looking little like v the itint^tiili- j
cent: charger that so daintily praneed
from under the ehinn trees in tlic cool j
of the dewy morning.
"Olt, do not let poor Sclim die!" |
pleaded Annette, gently pressing her:
hand over his foaming itreast. "Pray, ;
do something to save him! See how
dull his eyes are. and lie breathes so
strangely," she Kttid to the non-eon- ]
missioned ottieer whom Onptain Arthur
had left as a protector.
Selim turned at the sound of her
Voice mill foehiv neifrliiwl n nisnniisi.
"Keep 111 in going.'* replied tin* old
soldier." "I rail liis cj'o very good. II"
is warm and blown, but not suffering i
to any amount."
In less than an hour Annette had the
satisfastion of seeing Captain Arthur,
return with live of the Mexican
wretches in custody.
Sitting in grim resignation on their |
Jnded h'.rses. they glanced vindictively
nt the fair girl. then at poor Se- ;
Iim as he languidly paced along, led j
I?y a young trooper, who scowled darkly
when lie caught their cunningly
troachiT.iu* t yt's fixed maliciously up- |
dii hini. and muttered some very J (
threatening words in most emphatic i
English for their benefit.
The company, with its new acquisition
of prisoners and the major's
brave sister, again resumed their
march to Brownsville. They had gone i
.. Hill.. ?.i. .1. ... . .
MIL .1 mm- ?<i.> w ill'll IIICII" milliner
was ujjr;M?ahIy augmented by the ar- |
rival of 1I10 party whom Bertha had |
sent out to resciio her friend.
Anions thoni was Jim, who shook his
head doubtfully, and said it would he
a wonder if Selini ever recovered from
stifVnrss; but whether the horse did or ;
not, he hope?l it would i>e a lesson to
.Miss Annette not to he so self willed
in future; "for Mexicans lias done jjnt
no manners, and ,1us' as leaf murder
wimmin folks as m.'ii folks."
Annette thought so, too, and for once j
illd not venture to question Jim's
houiely wisdom.?Saturday Night,
j
Nrw Ukoh of WnterfiiUg.
The lesson of the use of Niagara
Kalis for generating electricity has
heen put to world-wide application.
Throughout the world falling water,
nceording to a paper read before the
British Association hv Mr. Cainnhell
Kwihton. yield* to niiin's use 1111 energy !
i>f|UUl to 1, horse power, of ;
which <!rent l>rltnin ligures for only !
11 .Pin: horse-power.
Tile* liritij-.il Aluminum Co. g.'ls T<
horse-power from the Kalis of Foyers, j
iml it expects presently to procure
17.UIK) horse-power from Locli Leven. ;
The North Wales Klectric l'owcr Coiii|iuny
is about to tap Lake ..dydaw. on
Knowdon, ami hopes to obtain S200 \
horse-power for every day of nine
hours. Finally the Scotch Water
Power Syndicate is peering "ouml in
piest of waters that it can imprison
lit lofty levels and so generate electric
[lower. From Loch Sloy. 7.~>7 feet
ibovc Loch Lomond, it i* going to get
Horsepower, and at Ardlui, higher
up, it proposes to get further energy.
Kvon a modi st stream that drops scv- ;
i?ra! hundred feet may be a suure;? oi'
lower.
IVimlc?\r-(inrdfin I'VriiP.
Of all tb" gre;m tilings that eon*
lesoend i<> live with us In our furnaeplieated,
gn> 1 It-'hI*?d houses, perhaps j
lone adnpt themselves more readily to
'wiiii11io>in i;u- removed irom nature
lhan r<isays a writer In Country J
Life in A'uerica. If is astonishing how j
nnny seemingly "immutable laws" can
>e discreetly disregarded, if the love ,
for growing things is xutlldently strong
o viake 11 way." "Shade, moisture
iml a mild temperature." tin* hook
ivarn us, "are the essentials of success
11 growing ferns." As a matter of I
run, rem hoxes have given satisfncIon
for years under the most trying
conditions, and the only secret of sue ess
is to l?e interested in ferns. Sooner
>r later the peeuliar beanty of ferns
akes hold of one. "Nature made ferns
"or pure leaves," said Thorenu. i
l'urn Hft (ho Htnti(1nr<l.
In the outside world of Russia, furs ,
ire considered the test of the financial ( .
loxition of the wearer, fo that man/
nihliicHH mon are obliged to spend A ,
;uud deal of money on then). J
M^^asacvac'^gc'tMrsar^
I SOUTH CAROLINA I
i STATE NEWS ITEMS, j
Governor Hevward Takes a Rest
Governor Heyward has gone down
to his plantation in Colleton county to
Bpend a few days, taking needed rotu\
this being the first opportunity that
he has had to indulge himself in some
time.
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Porto Rican Studies Cotton.
S. Benen, of San Juan, Porto Rico,
is in Chraleston, to study the cultivation
of sea island cotton, and from
Charleston ho will proceed to Savannah
to give attention to the growing
of the staple at that place.
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To Import White Cooks.
The securing ol" one hundred white
cooks for the households of Union is
the step just taken by the chamber of
commerce, the negro labor in many instances
having become so trifling as
not lo he longer tolerated.
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Newberry Ha8 Electric Lights.
The new electric lighting system
which has been recently installed in
Newberry, is very satisfactory. The
incandescent arcs, such as are used in
Atlanta, Columbia and other southern
cities, have been placed. Those lights
show quite an improvement over the
old lamps.
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Ginnery at Clinton Burned.
Lafayette HalUeom's ginnery at Clinton,
with I'oriv bales of cotton, was
burned a few days ago. Most of the
cotton was stored tinder the Kin house
and when the fire was discovered, it
was completely < nwranped ia llamcs.
The loss is estimated at more than
$2,000, with no insurance.
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Land for Barracks.
The war department will soon take
over a large tract of iand on Sullivan's
Island for the purpose of erecting barracks
for llie additional troops which
are to be brought south for the manning
of the newly built battery, soon
U> be equipped with guns and other apparatus.
completing the defences ot
Charleston harbor.
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Trolley Line Frojcctcri.
n nmlm nl rutitnliuiu
arrive in Charleston in a few days
from Philadelphia, coming to confer
with local parties I'oi the organization
of the company which is to hnild a
trolley lino to Suinnu rville, a pincland
and health resort about twenty-two
miles from Charleston. The cnarter
has been received from the secretary
of state. .
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Yale Students to Study ruresiry.
A party of Yale sludtgits have arrived
in Charleston to begin a study
of the forestry condition of South
Carolina, and after spending a few
lays at the home ol William F.
Sherfesee, one of the number, they
will begin tlu'ir studies. With Slier*
fesee are F. A. Wilcox, aiso ol CharlesIon,
and Lage von Wernstedt, of
Strangnas, Sweden; (1. A Wilmot, of
Cape Town. South Afr.ca. and J. M.
Nelson. <>1 Maltimore.
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Poctal Clerk tc Ec Tried.
A Charleston dispatch says: A. P.
Priolcau, fine i.f th?> two republican
candidates .who opposed Congressman
Legate tor the scat from the first district
three weeks ago. will ho put on
trial for having removed, detained
and opened a mail package, when he
was running as a postal clerk on the
Atlantic Coasi Line. The east: hitbeen
pending for more than a year
and a half on account of t no illness of
I'ostoHice Inspector Smyth, of Charleston,
the main witness against Prloleau.
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Jury Renders Large Verdict.
The largest verdict over rendered
by a Soutl< Carolina jury in a damape
suit was llint of tin; ease of Mr.-.
Dorothy H. Mriekman at Columbia,
against tiie Southern railway for the
death of her husband, when the jury
r< turned a verdict of $j.'>,on<i for the
plaintiff after be ing out three hours.
Th?' amount sued lor was $7.1,0(10.
.Motion for a new trial will be heard
hi oncc.
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Knitting Milt to Close Down.
The plant of the Newberry Knitting
Mill, which has boon in operation for
five years*, will shnt. down on the loth
inst. The directors of the concern
have her ii instructed to sell and negotiations
with this end in view arc now
in progress.
With the installation of good, up-todate
machinery, an Increase of output
and nrop'T management t.hor?? it no
reason why the Investment should not
be a good one.
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Crazy Man's Horrible Deed.
* At Kellytown, Darlington county, S.
Madison Janus shot his wife dead l-'riday
night, and Saturday morning hit'
eo Iter brother, H. Sidney Kelley. when
the lntter called at the house to invest
igate.
Later, Sheriff Scarborough went to
Kellc 'ov o t T"??st James, and was
compelled to Kin him.
Jamea had been a patient in the
lunatic asylum in Columbia, but was
released a year ago.
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Chicago Woman to the Rescue.
Mrs. Nettle F. McCormick, of Chicago,
111., who has already built in
whole or In part six homes at the
Thornwell Orphanage, on hearing of
the destruction hy Are of the Memorial
Hall, wired to the president of
(he Institution that she will give $2,>00
to rebuild the house on eonriltion
hat $2,500 more he raised. Mr*. Me
I
I C* r\l?r>l I /ilr Itn.l ! U ^.1 - Al- .. ... 1
vuiwivn 1IUU UUI JUI ui'uru Q1 mo HCC"
ond fire destroying the Orphans' Seminary.
A le w inoro contributions/
therefore, will make her gift available
and Insure* the erection of the two !
buildings to take the place of those |
that were destroyed.
Southern's New Station at Union.
The now $10,000 passenger station
of the Southern railway at Union was
officially opened to the public a
clays ago. It Is quite a hand?(frnc
and commodious brick structure, with
all conveniences, and Is well lighted
with electricity. The first ticket was I
hold to .Miss Mary MurpKy, who left '
on the flrsi train for Charleston.
The old passenger station is partial- i
iy dismantled, and will be lifted bod- ,
Ily to a Hat car and taken to Santuck, '
imiti III111? uisiuui, wilt?re JL win ue I
used as a section master's house.
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Appropriations for South Carolina.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw sub- I
mitted to congress Monday Ills annual '
budget of estimates, for the next fiscal
year. The items for South Carolina
are the following:
Complete postoftioe and custom '
house, Georgetown. $20,000; com pie- ;
tion of postofllce, Rock Hill, $10,250; !
Charleston navy yard, $807,000; estab- j
lish range light station on St. Phillips
island entrance to Port Royal harbor,
$18,000; improving Charleston harbor* !
$'25,000; Winyah bay. $75,000.
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Bunch cf Skeleton Keys Found. I
In cleaning out a bureau at the Ar
gyle hotel at Charleston, a few days
pgo, a hunch of key, wen1 found secreted,
which, it is presumed, were
hidden by K. C. ltos.se. alias ('. E. .
Ross, who occunied the room last Feb
ruary at the time of his arrest on the '
charge of robbing the state rooms of ,
tho Clyde steamer Arapahoe, and was !
later convicted and sent to the peni- i
temiary at Columbia for one year, j
which term Ross is now serving.
The discovery of the keys shows '
that the fellow was a profesional i
sneak thiel, as wat proven at the trial, J
and the court made no mistake in i
sending him up to Columbia.
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Italian Stonc Cutters Arrive.
Tlx- first fflF.a number of Italian
stone cut tcrjBu) bo brought south have i
arrived in Charleston. Twenty men
have been put to work at the navy
yard an.I thirty-five sent to the Winn- |
boro granite rjuarries. It is under- I
stood that about two hundred addition* !
al Italians will b > brought to Charles- i
i ton and apportioned between the navy I
,. .1.1 ?..w ill.- filiHiMV <|ii.lll.v.
Tile arrival ol these men .should not
he eonfoun-.led with "iln immigration
movement. for under the South Carolina
law the immisr.ints are restricted j
to people from northern Europe. The i
! Italians an coining here simply to laj
bur .and uprin thf eompletion of their j
! icittiiin they will return north and i
niii as permanent residents or eolouitls.
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Violent Attack of Diarrhoea Cured by
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and Perhaps a '
Life Saved.
"A short time ago I was taken with 1
a violent attack of diarrhoea ami believe
1 would have died if 1 hud not
Kitten relief,' says John J. Patton, a
{leading citizen of Patton, Ala. "A
\ friend recommended Chamberlain's |
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Homely. '
bought a twenty-five cent bottle and
after taking three doses of it was en- i
j tirely cured. I consider it the best j
remedy in the world for bowel com- '
j plaints. For sale by Pickens Drug I
j kjiwi r, l itii li; S 1 JT1IK iilOrC.1, A . i\ . 1 1111?'
tor, Liberty.
i CALL TO COTTON GROWERS.
Effort to Be Made to "Tic Up" Product
Until Prices Advance.
?
Prt'sidint? Marvlo Jordan, of the
Soui horn Cotton Growers' l'r:>.o< tivo 1
I As-sociaMon. has issued c\:!l f?-r i.hwm I
j meetings df farmtrs In every county, |
j in all of tho cotton statcs*e;u? nf the i
1 Mississippi river, for December 17 I
i
I I in- purpose of the meetings will be to j
! reduce farmers "to tie tip between '
j 2,'>00,000 and .".000,000 bales of this j
frop until prices advance to 10 <-c u rj
I per pound."
i I
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1 Acid Dyspepsia a Vcrv Common Dm- 1
ease.
! It in indicated by sour stomach, |
I heartburn, tongue coated and flabby,
stomach tender and bowels sometimes j
I loose, sometimes constipated. Persons
suffering from Acid Dyspepsia are usually
thin and bloodless. Sometimes
tin; sufferer is fleshy, but the flesh is
flabby and unhealthy. A Radical cure
I of this disease can bo effected In a
short time by taking ono or two Ry- !
dale Stomach Tablets after each meal j
' and whenever tlio stomach la out of
order. Thev are harmless and can be
taken at any time and as often as Is
necessary to relievo the stomach.
I Trial size 25c. Family size, 50c. if j
; RAILROADS GRANT LOWER RATE, J
I
Fight of Atlanta Freight Bureau
Brings Forth Fruit.
Atlanta, Cla., has been granted a gen j
| oral reduction In freight rates by tho
' riilr/.o.lo
! ...... "im.il wjii.lrtll- Itl lllitl JIOIIII.
The list of articles upon which rater j
are reduced are said, upon very relia- ,
hie authority, to include almoH't everj
article up'>n which complaint has beeo
i made. While the reduction Is small,
it is said to ho general and quite com
P/ehenBive in its ucope.
. j
Get Your Money's Worth. i
You Ret your money's worth when l
' you buy Elliott'H Emulsified Oil Llnl- ?
raent. A full half pint bottle <ost8 but, 1
25 cents, and you get your money baok 1
| f not 8Uti8flod with reHulis. Use It ]
in your family and on your stock. 1
fou'll not be disappointed. tf i
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i NET FOR OARNEGIE
Object of Mrs, Chadwick Was
to Ensnare Philanthropist,
UtNUUIVltNl AS IUUNLMNG
Disclosures Reveal More and Moro
Mystery in Sensational Case.
Banker Beckwith on Verge
of Total Collapse.
A New York dispatch sfcys: T'10
starting admission of President C. T.
Bockwltli, of the Citizens' National
Uank ot Oberlin, ()., that he and
Cashier Spear, of that bank, had endorsed
Cacsie L* Chadwick's notes to
the amount of $1,250,000 and that
they bore what purported to be the
aikuauuu ui aiuituw carnugie, nas astounded
ilie New York lawyers representing
the various Interests involved
in a e:>je which becomes more surprising
with every new revelation.
The expected did not happen Tuesday
night in the Chadwick case, and
alj predictions proved Rt fault wium at
a late hour it was announced that 110
conference between federal officers
and Andrew Carnegie had been held
at the letter's home.
This turn waa surprising, for Mr.
Carnegio had announced i*.i the courso
r?t* th<i /ln? ??. %... ..1.1 ? .
w. ...v, ?.?? iiiui in: \ruu;a i. o lu
receive a federal .-.''.ice;', and it was
supposed thai K. ! . widkam, represent- I
ing tha comi"?troller of t;u? treasury,
would i?cet itiin 1 ueju&y night, ami
that the matter ol' >no notes allege^
to have been given lrl Reynolds, of
Cleveland, and said to hoar the name
of Andrew Carnegie, would be discussed.
President C. T. IJccUwJ'.h it. practically
in a state of collapse aa a result
of the trying ordeal tnroitgh wtiioh he
passed Monday in tonneciion with hi3
hearing before the united States commissionir
at Cleveland, Ohio.
Beekwith is completely prostrated
and hirf grief is pitiful. In discussiui;
his troubled the voice of the aged
linker is choked with emotion \uesoav,
in .' peaking of the Carnegie
note??, lie vehemently declared that if
the signatures were ior^crius, then the
hand of the law should be laid upon
.Mrs. CMiadwiek.
"Why should I stand the brunt of
ull this trouble, which haa been directly
brought about by the a< ts of that
vvnmnn l-.r> 1
............ II-. v?v in.mi.c;,, .>u.
Leek witli said:
"i have every n -o:i to believe that
the notes were ^niiine. Indeed, Mrs.
Chndwick r.olemulv declared that she
had seen Mr. ('am :;ie write hij signalure
to them. To confirm this, ?ho
brought an attorney with her, who declared
he was the legal rep res illative
of Mr. (' .riie.iie. and this attorney,
who-o name I i annot now state,
declared that he Knew positivi ly that
the signatures were genuine.
"It, is true that wo?Mr. Spear and
myself?did indfsr.se the notes, but of i
course we had no idea that ttuy wore |
to be put to the us?> thai they were
afterward. Then, again, we had the I
porltlvo r.ssurnn<v of Irl Reynolds,
secretary of the Wado Park Hanking
Company at Cleveland, that lu> had j
the securities that Mrs. Chndwkk ,
cianr.Oii she !ia:1.
"Oh. my God!" rxolaimed (lie old
man, "if I could only have my life to
live again lor the two years, that
1 might save my name fritm tliis great
dishonor that has hefalh n me."
JEALOUS MAN RUNS AMUCK.
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As P.ccult of Rnge of Curns Four are
Dead and One Wounded.
A Rochester, 1 iid.. dispatch says:
Four dead and one seriously wounded i
is the result of the jelousy of Gilbert i
r^irns, nj?ed who Tuesday night j
shot and instantly killed his wife and :
baby, and Joe Gripe, at whose home t
his wife was employed.
niui me mint1 Kiuing iiurns wane- |
( (! two miles to (he home of his sister, ;
where he blew off the top of his own
head.
Mrs. Kramnn, who also lived at j
the home of (Jrlpe, was struek by seattering
shots. ;
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Taken With Cramps.
Win. Kirmse, a member of tho
bridge gang working near Llttleport
was taken suddenly 11! Thursday nicht j
with cramps and a kind of cholera I
Ills case was so severe that !\o had 1
to have ihe members of the crow wall
upon him, and Mr. Glfford was called
and consulted. Ho told them ha ha4
a medicine In the form of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea i
Remedy that ho thought would hel*p 1
him out, and accordingly several doses ;
were administered with the result that !
the fellow was able to bo around next :
<lnv. Thn Inplilnnt onool/o ' "v>
ly of Mr. Glfford's medicines.?Rikador,
Iowa, Argus.
This remedy never falls. Keep it i
in your home, It may Have llfo. For j
ale by Pickens Drug Store, Rarlo's i
Drug Store, T. N. Huntor, Liberty, tf
Puts an End to It All.
A grievous wall oftlmes comes an !
a result of unbearable pain from over- !
taxed organs. Dizziness, backache., j
Liver Complaint and Constipation. :
But thanks to Dr. King's Now Life ,
I'llls, they put an end to It all. They \
uro gentle, but thorough. Try them.
Only 2.r)C. Guaranteed by Pickens |
Drug Co. 11
The Death Penalty.
a lime thing sometimes results In
rleath. Thus - mere scratch, insignificant
cuts or puny l>oll3 have paid the
leath penalty. It is wise to have
fhicklen'a Arnica Salve ever handy.
It's tho best Salvo on earth and will
prevent fatality, when Burns, Sore*,
Ulcers and Pilos threaten. Only 25o
it Pickens Drug Co. tf
- ' ' , ..--^JSESES '
Women as Wei! as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon tho mind, discourages
and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor
-N.icas.-i >s an<* cheerfulness soon
disappear when tho kldneys
aro out of order
? Kidney troublo has
V.lyffi'x'^}cOn~~ become so orcvnlrsnt
" ?3 not uncotnrnon
r/l\>^?kvi\\ f *or A child to be born
/y ?Wctcd v/Ithweakkld-J*
m \^l iflr' ncys- " 4h? child urlnvat
^W- atcs t00 0(tcri( if the
urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
rcaches an age when it should be able to
control the passago, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of
the difficulty 13 kidne/ trouble, and the first
step should be towards the Ireatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble Is due to a diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well nn m?n nr* m?it? -
erable with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realised. It Is sold
cent and one dollar
sample bottle by mail
free, also pamphlet tell- nomo ot sr-aum Root.
!ng all about it, including many of the
.housands of testimonial letters received
rom sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer
Si Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the add.ess Bingharnton,
N.Y., on evr.rv bottle.
1 CARNEGIE'S NAME ON
Notes for Over a Million Given by
Mrs. Chadwick Bear the Alleged
Signature of Philanthropist.
A special from Cleveland, Ohio,
Kays: There were numerous new developments
in connection with the affairs
of Mrs. Cassio I,. Chadwick, and
the troubles of the closed Citizens' national
bank, of Oheiiin, Ohio. Presl
v?v-?n. v,. j . uuuivwiin ana ejasnier
Frank Spoar, of the latter institution,
were brought to Cleveland from Oberlin
by United States Marshal Chandler
and a deputy shortly before noon.
The bank officials were later arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Starek. Both pleaded not guilty and
waived a preliminary hearing. Commissioner
Starek fixed the bail at $10,OuO
in each case, and oound the two
men over to the grand jury, which
meets in February next. Spear was
shortly afterward released on a bond,
i.ate in the evening President Beck
ii mi gi'i iiini iMJiuiniiR'ii mill II1U ilgUll
banket was given his freedom.
That the Oherlin bank or President
Beekwith real I * possessed notes for
$250,000 and ?>r>00,000, respectively,
with the name of Andrew Carnegie
signed thereto, is now known ns a -teft:?i*o
fact. Whether lliese notes are ,
forgeries is yet to b? shown. Tills is
s;ated on the authority of United .
States DlstrlA^^iorney SnllivanajMr
a vcr;" j)ronii?Lv\c>' ^;r oi4^PVe1and.
District Attoj^^^^^Vn declared
that he had ^m|0|fc^2.~><i,ouo with
Mr. Carnegie's cignatnretyn his posses.
ion, and that <t bore the name of Andrew
Carnegie and it. was indorsed by
C. I.. Chadwick. A wi(U>lv Known
hanker, who requested that his name
not lie used, stated positively that he
had seen the $">00,000 note signed ''Andrew
Carnegie."
Andrtw Carnegie's secretary in New
York gave out the following statement
Monday afternoon:
"Mr Carnegie wants me to say that
he \loes not want to he bothered any
more about this Chadwick woman. He
is quite angry over this persistent use
of his name and wishes it to cease at
once. On<e for all, he never knew
Mrs. Chadwick or any other such woman,
and never signed any such papers
as the reports credit him with.
That is all."
^
Is Consumption Curable?
Yes! If Rydalo's Elixir is used in
nine; uoioro too much of the lung
tissues is involved. This modern,
seientiilc medicine removes all morbid
irritation and inflammation from the
lungs to the surface and expels them
from the system. It aids expectoration,
heals tho ulcerated surfaces, r*ievefi
the cough and makes breathing
easy. Ilydale's Elixir does not dry
the mucous surface and thus stop tho
cough. Its action is Just the opposite
? it stimulates and soothes. It kllla
the germs that causo chronic throat
and lung disease and thus aids nature
to restore these organs to health. Trial
size 25 cents. Large size BO contu
The largo si;:e holds 2 1-2 tinvw the
rial size. tf
NEW POSTMASTERS NAMED. * f
M
Soufhernero on List Sent to Senate j
By the Preaident.
The president Wednesday gent to
the senate a long list of post office
nominations, which included the fol
jowiiik:
Alabntna?Joseph C. Manning, Alexander
City; Dallas H. Smith, Opellka. 1^.
Florida?George J. Arnow, Gainesville;
Knoch E. Skipper, Bartow;
Newell B. Hull, Starke.
Tennessee?Jasper N- Fitzwater,
ColllersvIMe; Thomas J, I?vell,
Obion; John Uodd, IJolivar; William
II. Hollinger, Waverly. " | i
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ARMI8TICE AT PORT ARTHUR.
uuniumdnit are Miiowea rix Hours to
Bury Heaps of Dead.
Aovlcea from Toklo atato that the
first armistlco between tho combatants
at Port Arthur waa declared on
December 2 for the purposo of byjrylng
tho doad. It lasted for a period
of kIx hours. 1
Port Arthur beslegera report that
nearer* of flag* of truce in the direction
of the left wing arranged for a
partial armistice to extend from 10
o'clock in the morning to 4 in the af- .
ternoon for the removal of the dead *
and wounded. ' 'J
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