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j A PLAG I RAISING ij I By JAMES BUCKHAM \ 4* ' ' 9 i opyrioht, 1901, by Joints OuefthOM |> Tho little white house of the Por trKlge "girls" ley basking In the sum mer sunshine. It seemed the very em bodiment of orderly thrift and domes tic pence. Tho bit of green yard was ns clean and tidy iih if it had been swept and then every separate grass blade diiHted and act in orderly array. The two glistening paths that led one up to the front door and the other along the Bide of the Imune to tho "kitchen Btoop" were lucloeed by slen der round posts, through which ran a single strand of wire. The posts and their connecting wire were painted a fresh, hiBtvons green. There were also bIx green posts along the Hide walk in front of the house, strung together by a green wire, nnd at each cornqr of the two pat Iih stood a large white* washed stone, ho dazzling white that It made tho eyes ache like new fallen buow. Tho entire premises had a look of Immaculate neatness that made them seem sacred, like Home fane or little temple, nnd Indeed they were Bacred to the PurtrldgO sisters, who had descended from n Ion? line of old fashioned New England worshipers nt the shrine of home. Inside the place was as neat as out side. Nobody ever found the Partridge "girls'* in a IllUSS. Even when they cleaned house they did It so stealthily nnd with such amazing rapidity nud precision that no one room was suf fered to be out of apple pie order for more than ten consecutive minutes. It was a marvelous little home this of the Partridge sisters. The minister once said that It was a composite of Puritan conscience nnd Now England sentiment, and that there was only ouo thing more Impressive than its sovor it}', nnd thnt wns Its sweetness. Iu such a home as this, it would seem, ouo might retire nnd be at rest from all the cares nnd strifes and trou bles of the uneasy world. There wore not n few who envied the Tartrldgo Bisters their little patrimony and their little home, tho ouo Just equal to tho other, with an exactness bonutlful to contemplate In this world of exosper nttng misfits. Yet there is no corner of old earth, however remote nnd peaceful, whero some trouble does not And its way. The skeleton In this quiet closet was chronic difference of opinion between the sisters, a trouble that Is almost sure to rise between two persons of the same blood nnd sex who nro com pelled to spend most of their time in one another's company. With the Par tridge ulsters this mental divergence seemed to have no root In divergence of principle. It made practically no difference what the opinion was. So long ns it was held strongly by either Bister tho other felt bound to disagree with it. Jane and Ellen could bo of one mind on but one matter, and that was purely congenital?the passion for neatness. The June sunshine rested like a ben Cdlctlon on the Partridge cottage. Tho rosoa In tho front yard and the sweet pens In the back yard were In bloom. A golden robin was singing in an elm across the street, and the Partridge sisters' canary wos vying with him from his cage In the open window. Jane and Ellen were out In the yard weeding their llowcr beds nnd roam In:: hither and thither after tho man ner of hens to pick np Intlnlteslmal bits of litter between the grass blades. Suddenly Miss Ellen straightened up nnd gazed curiously nt something that was coining down the village street. It uns nn ordinary lumber wagon, with the box removed, and far In the rear an extra nxle and pair of wheels. Something loujr-and while and taper ing was stretched from the forward O?;lo of'tho wagon to tho extra axlo nnd wheels trailing behind. * "?What In the world can that be com ing?" asked Miss Ellen. "1 presume It's our new flagpole," re plied Miss Jane, the elder Hpinster. "Our new flagpole?" cried her sister shrilly. "What do you mean, Jano Partridge? Who snid we were golug to have a flagpole?" "I said so," answered Jane. "I or dered It, and It's coining. I didn't say anything to you about' It because I knew you would object beforehand, nnd I thought you might as well do your objecting afterward; 'twould save time. I wanted to have the polo hero In time for the Fourth of July. I've been thinking for some time that we ought to bo more patriotic than wo .are, and 1 couldn't think of any bettor way for two lone women to show their patriotism than by owning a flag ond flagpole. Wo can't go to war, we can't vote, wo can't speak In town meeting and we can't fire a gun on Independ ence day, but a womon has Just ns much right to fly the stars and stripes ns a man, and you and I arc going to do it, nnd wo ore going to do It for tho first time on next Fourth of July." Miss Ellen Partridge listened to this long explanation from her sister wlt? a set face. "Old maids hove no call te be patriotic!" she snapped when Miss Jane concluded. "It ain't their prov ince; It's no woman's province. I won't have a llngpolo in this yard, Jano Par tridge, and you may as well under stand that first as last. They shan't bring that thing in here If I hnvo to fight 'em with n broom and scalding water. A llngpole's n dangerous thing to have aroun., a house to begin with. The first big wind it may snap off and smash the roof In, Just ns the college flngpolo broke off nnd smashed the fountain over to Chester. It's more dangerous than n big tree, because it hasn't nny roots. PatrlotlsmI Huh! I guess we show patriotism enough,' considering our privileges, by paying our taxes!" By this time the long flagpole, at tended by n crowd of boys nud village loafers, had arrived opposite tho little cottage, nud the four men who were perched on its trunk dismounted nnd oroeeeded to unfasten the chains that hound It to tho wagon. Miss Ellen strode out to them. "You are not to bring that thing In here," she said firmly. The man In charge of the flagpole turned with u grin; but, seeing tho ex pression of Miss Ellen's face, his grin died nwny in n look of astonished por ploxlty. "What in tunket npi I to do with it, then?'' ho demanded. "I was told to bring It here." "I don't care what you do with It," retorted Miss Ellen. "All I know Is it Isn't coming In here." "It's paid for," protested Ihe man as n final shot. , At (his Juncture Miss Jane Partridge Iren me stalking majestically down the little side path. She had borne with her sister's petulance oven as she used to when they were children Just long enough to bo assured that It was of tho inflexible sort. It was now time for the Bin elder ulster to act. vae "brilslied Miss Ellen aside and laid her hand on the pole. "I ordered It," she said. "I paid for It, ami I paid for Its settln* up. You mil v Wring It In ?ml sot It where I show you." Miss Kllen turned abruptly and went Into the house. She ellml>ed to the gar ret and got the large brown satchel that her father hail owned. Then she gathered together a few articles of ? ?lotIiin,: and the dearest of her owu special treesurei nod keepsakes and put theui Into the bag. This done, she marched out of the front door, satchel lu hand, and started for the village depot. Miss Jane was In the bock yard superintending the erection of the flagpole and did not notice her alster's departure. Miss Kllen reached the depot and sat down in tho vacant indies' watting room. She had not ttio slightest Idea where Bhe was going. There was no relative to whom she could flee from her sister's tyranny. She thought that she would take the first tin In In either direction and travel until evening. Then she would stop at some hotel and speud the night. After n night's sleep perhaps she would know what to do. It was late in the forenoon when Miss Kllen reached ttie depot. The sta tion Sgent had gone to dinner, and his ofllee was locked up. Noon came, then half past 12, and still no train and no station agent. Miss Kllen fastened her distracted mind upon the situation and presently remembered that no trnln stopped at Lyndonvllle between 11 o'chx'k u. in. and half past u p. m. What would the station agent think when he eume back and found her there? She weut to the window and looked back up the hill toward the village. Between Putnam's blacksmith shop and the store she could Just see on tho other side of the village street tho low ly roof of the eotta?e where she ond her sister had dwelt for forty years. Something white and slender was Just wavering up behind It. It rose higher and higher and Anally stood firm and straight, and Miss Kllen saw that it was the tup of the new flagpole. Jane, then, was still busy with her triumph. She had not discovered her sister's de parture, or perhaps she did not care. Miss Kllen went back to her seat with tears In her eyes. From where she sat she could look Into the ticket otllee through the locked glass window, and on the wall facing her she saw a steel engraving of Ahraham Lincoln. How vividly It brought up the days of the civil war, when her younger broth er had marched away with tho llrst regiment of Vermont volunteers! The tears rained faster down her cheeks as the flood of memory swept her far ther and farther away from her own petty grievance. Sho remembered the crushing news from the front; tho bringing home of her brother's dear, torn hotly; tho picture of Abraham Lincoln which they found hidden In his bosom; the funeral In the village church, with the picture of Lincoln, wreathed in flowers, lying on the dead soldier's breast, mid around him nud tho martyr president wero wrapped tho folds of the stars and stripes! Again Miss Kllen rose and went to the window. A cheer swept faintly down tho hill. There was n flag flying from the new flagpole over the cot tage. Patriotism?had she nono of it lu her loyal heart, and she the sister of such n patriot ns the soldier boy who slept under the faded Memorial day flag lu the villngo cemetery? With a sob Miss Kllen caught up her satchel and breasted the bill. "Jane was rlnht," ?die whispered. "I am glad she got the flagpole and the flag. Dear Kotiert! It was my ting raising too. If heart's feeling counts for anything, it was my flag raising too!" TAKEN WITH CR AMP. William KIrmse, a member of the bridge gang working near Ltttleport was taken suddenly ill Thursday night with cramps and a kind of chol era. Ills case was 90 severe that he had to have the members of tha ciew to wait upon him and Mr. Oift'ord was called and consulted. He told them he had a medicine In the form of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy that he thought would help him out and accordingly several doses were administered wl?h tho result that I the fellow was able to be around next J year. The incident speaks highly of Mr. Gilford's medicines. ? Elkader, Iowa, Argus. This remedy never falls. Keep It your home, it may save life. For sale by Laurens Drug Co, Emphasizes Its Superiority. The best test of the merit of au arti clo is the way it sells. Bransford Mills, at Owensboro, Ky., where "Clifton" flour Is made, run night and day, and yet they cannot supply the demand for "Clifton " In this city, as elsewhere, it Is the standard by which other flours are guaged, and the statement that "it is just as good as "Clifton,"only makes l?s superiority tho more pronounced. T. N. Barksdalo, M. H. Fowler. IFYOU Want to Own a Home, Piedmont Saveings and Investment Company, ?fters an Opportunity Cheaper and Better than a Building and Loan Association. Why Pay Rents when You can Own Your Own Property? Represented in Laurens by W. W.BALL and M. ?.. COPELAND. CharlesUs Ad Westen Usa R L AUGUSTA and ASHKVILLB SHORT LINE. Schedule in Effect Mar. 1,1003. 2:07 p m Lv. Laurens Arl^Opm 8 80 pm ArSparUnbnrg, Lv 1201pm (Senthern Railway) ?22jJm **v *****nj>urg Ar 10 26 ?m 5 82 pm ArSaluda Lv8 80ani 6 11 pm Ar Hendersonvllle Lv 8 05 am (O. A W. C. Railway) ?5?5? . L* Laarens Ar 145 pm ^P"1 Ly Greenwood At 124?pm 1 m ?r 1* 10 10 am 2 85 pm Ly Augusta Ar 11 55 am 6 80 pm Ar Beaufort Lv 7 80 pm 6 45 pm Ar Port Royal Ly 7 40 am ?2?pm . l?v laurens Ar 185 pm 8 ?JR.m? A'QwenYlUe Lv.i21*p? For Information relative to tickets rates,sohedulec, etc, address J. R. NOLAN, Agont Laurens 8. 0. GEO. T. BRYAN, O. A. ERNEST WILLIAMS, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Oa. T. M. EMERSON, Traffle Man. I arriflpps Kuaaies and Wflpons m Cheaper than Anybody. Come and See. m LAU RENS, S. C. JH? COUMTO Concluded otv Third Vage. CONCISE SKETCH OF LAURENS COUNTY WRITTEN BY MR. W. W. KENNEDY. The Organization of the County in the Eigh teenth Century and its Progress Into the Twentieth. In peace their combined wisdom and energy have advanced education and industry, and strengthened our system of self-government, while in war *<eir matchless courage has combined in achievements th... have da/./.led the world, and their priceless blood has mingled to stain every battle field on which American arms have contended. The people we have to-day are the descendants of those Whigs and of those Tories and of their kin who have come across the ocean since the war, and a better people than they do not live under Hie sun?true Anglo-Saxons all of them. The principal settlements within the limits of Lattrens County, during the era of the Revolution, were on Little River, southeast, on Reedy River, near Tumbling Shoals, and on Duncan's Creek, north-east of the present town of Lattrens. The most prominent names obtainable to-day of those who lived in these settlements are Thomas, Downs, Ridgcway, Cowan, Hamilton, Arnold, Martin, Pyles, At kins, Lindley, James, Langston, Williams and Duncan. At the close of the Revolution this territory was al most entirely covered with dense forests, in which game abounded, and even beasts of prey, such as the bear, the pantha and the wolf were found. The first courthouse was built of logs, on the right of the Tumbling Shoals road, just three 11 les west of the present town of Lattrens, and the jail is supposed to have been of the same style of architecture, and situated near the hall of justice. The law was administered by three gentlemen justices, a combination intended to supply the dignity and ability of a Circuit Judge. This location of the public buildings was only temporary, and soon a com mission was appointed to select a permanent county scat. According to tradition the members of this commission set out one bright August morning in quest of the desired lo cation, and after much riding and a critical examination of every spring and every brook found in their journeyings, they found themselves at noon by a bold, cool spring in the immediate vicinity of a still-house and a lot of bee gums. Still-house, bee gums, ;i nice spring! What a suggestive combination to come before these tired and hungry and thirsty wanderers. Soon every dry throat was refreshed with a draught that cheered tli ? soul and made the world new. With renewed hopes and strong appetites they re paired to the dense shade of the chinquepins and chestnuts that stood where Lou Robertson's stable now stands, and after dining from the contents of their ample wallets lay down to sleep. On waking some time late in the afternoon they seemed to be moved by one impulse, and as soon as some one could propose it, it was determined, without a dissenting voice, that no better place than this spot, with good water, brandy and honey within easy reach of each other, could be found for the County seat, and so the town was located here, just four miles north of the geographic center of the County which is at Joe Jerry's. The first courthouse in the town was erected on stilts, like an old-fashioned gin house, northeast of the present one, almost in front of the banking office of Owings & Hobo. The present courthouse is the third one built on the square, and is the second one on the same spot, having replaced its immediate predecessor between 1856 and i860. From 1785 to i860, a period of seventy-five years, the County increased steadily in population and prosperity.? The growth of population consisted of natural increase and immigration combined. Some of the immigrants came from Virginia, but the larger proportion from Scotland and the north of Ireland, as the great number of Scotch names to be found in every section of the County will indicate. Transportation facilities, both public and private, were, up to fifty years ago, quite meager. Private travel ling facilities consisted almost entirely of saddle horses and gigs (two-wheeled vehicles with tops and with seating for two), carriages and buggies being very rare. Good home raised horses abounded, and young men trained them to "tote double," so that they could take the girls behind them to church, party or picnic. In the early part of the century just passed tobacco was the main money crop of the up country, just as it is now becoming o? the eastern low country. It was packed in large hogshe.ads, shafts attached, as to a roller, and then the package was drawn by one horse to Augusta, Ham burg or Charleston. It was not till the twenties that wag ons became common. Before the building of railroads in the up country pas sengers and mails were transported in stage coaches, coaches and horses being owned by companies. There were relay stations, ususually about ten miles apart, where fresh horses were harnessed awaiting the arrival of the stage so that the change could be made with the minimum of delay. In those days neither envelopes nor postage stamps were used for letters. The lette rs were folded, so that the writing would all be on the insijde, and then secured with a wafer. The ordiuary letter, postage was twenty-five cents, payable either at the star/ting point or at destination. The few merch ants went to Charleston in their gigs to buy goods, which w$re hauled, by wagons kept on the road for that purpose. Form an important de= partment in this Drug Store. Every single ar ! tic!e we sell is AB5Q= W%(h LUTELY PURE-Value for every penny paid is contained in it. Cologues, Toilet Waters, Powers, Salves, Tooth Cleansing Prepara? tions?all the best. W. W. DODSON. GOOD-BYE SALE! Experience leaches us that at this stage of the Summer Season it it wise to push off things that have failed to go without pushing. We're doing just that. We've said good-bye to Profits and put on a Quick^Moving Price. -Of course it pinches us, but it is money to you. - Lot 15=cent Figured Lawns = = 10c. Lot 10=cent Figured Lawns - = 08c. Lisle finish Vests worth 25c. = = 18c. Lisle finish Lace Stripe Hose = - 18c. Ladies' Oyfords worth $1.00 and $1.25 75c. New Lot of Embroidries and Laces. Come to see us and save money. THE HUB. Dial Corner. A Smiling Face Indicates a Good Digestion. For both you must have good Food such as: Roller King Flour, Fresh Water Ground Corn Heal, Royal and Good Luck Baking Powders, star Hams, star Breakfast Bacon, Hominy, Rice, Oat Heal, Force, Canned Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Tomatoe Catsup, sour and sweet Pickles and abundance of other good things to eat. Kennedy Bros. ACME Pulverizing Harrow, Clod Crusher and Lovelcr. vS^ a-The best pulverizer?cheapest y- \ Ribing Harrow on earth. The !<?;???-/ ? Acme crushes, cuts, pulverizes, V-.'V--^' turns and levels all soils fur all ?^i?'i^^x^*?"^:!**r"' ' purposes. Made entirely of cast v : '?'^?..ff?' steel and wroughtiron?indes - ^:^;S^1>' ' tructible. Catalo^uo mailed frco. R. Lee Meares, Agent, R. F. D. No. I, Fountain Inn, S. C. 608 STUDENTS. 06 INSTRUCTORS. University of North Carolina. Collegiate, Graduate,Law, Medicine,Pharmacy. Thorough Instruction, High Standard, Strong Faculty, Fine Equipment. New Dormitories, Address Water works, F. P. Venable, Pres., Central Heaung System. Chape, Hm R Q ?Vcgclable Preparation Tor As - sim?a?ng llieroodaiuukgula ling Hie Stomnclis and Bowels of IN FAN I S /CHILDREN Promotes nigeslion.Checrful nessartdRest.ContainsneiUier Opium.Morplune nor>Iiiicral. 1stot Karc otic . /fryv ofOMMrSWUELPtTCHSIi I^mifikm Seed' . yf/x.Sr/ut/t * 1 itotAflU.Wts- I statte $6ttl ?* \ Hi Ciiitxxtalr.Yoda * I Clnnfitd.fii^itr WnkiyirtJi Altnw. / Aperfecl Remedy forConstipa lion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Fcvcrish ness and Loss of Sleep. PacSlnute Signature! or NEW YORK. KXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature Thirty Years SOME jewelry facts. It is a fact that every article in our stock is thoroughly good und reliable ; just what it pretends to be. It is a fact that our guarantee stands. It is a fact that quality consid ered, our prices are reason ably low . Don't these facts interest you ? Fleming Bros. THE KYLE hay Press Farmers take earc of what you make. There is as much in saving aa there is in making, and if you halo your hay, fodder, oats, shucks clc., at tho proper timo you not only savo room and time, but yon save .'!.'{ per cent of tlio nutri olous matter that evaporates when it is not baled. The Kyle Hay Press Qlls a lon<r felt want with farmers. It is the best yet made. The opinion seems to be unanimous thattho KYLE HAY PRESS is unexcelled by any press on tho market. It is going to the front, already a great number of them have been sold, you only need to try it to bo pleas.?d. It. is easy oper ated by 2 men and 1 horso. It is cheap, durable, simple in construction and oasily mounted. It is tho only pross that can be mado or repaired on tho farm, it has no casting to break and cause long delay. No other press has this advantage It is tho only press that tho farmor can alTord to buy, it pays for itsoif out of the first crop, livery farmer can own his own press, and balo his hav at tho proper time. * A. L. lltinGKNS, Laurons, ?S. 0? Geo. Johnstonc. k. ii. Wolob. A. O. Todd. ?Johnsonc, Welch & Todd, LA WYE It 8. Will Practice in all Courts, State and F?deral. Office, Law Range. g# Money to Loan at reasonable in terest. La u k bn 8, S. C. J. N. LEAK, Auctioneer, Offers his services to the peo ple of Laurens County. Address: Gray Court, S. C I FOR FALL SOWING. % Fanners and Hardeners who do* ft siiv tho latest and f?lle; t informa tion about Vegetable and Farm Seeds # phoula write for Wood's New 1) Pall Cntnlogue. It tells all about 'A tin fall planting ofLettucd Cab ([ bagc and other Vegetable crop:; ^ which are proving bo prolitable to 3 southern growers. Also about I Crimson Cfovcr, Vetches, 5 Grasses and Clovers, }} Seed Oats, Wheat, j Rye. Barky, etc. 3 Wood's Now Fall Cataloguo mailed free on request. Write for it. I T. W. WOOD & SONS, ? SeeriSnien, - Richmond, Va. C, Nb & L. R. R lu effect Suuday.JOclobor lOth, 1002. No. 02. Patscngi-r. Leave. Columbia, 11 20 a in Loaphart, n -10 Inno, 11 ?><> Halcntinc, Hol White Kock, 11 50 i Hilton, 12 0:; p m I Char in, 12 00 t Little Mountain, 12 Jo Slighs 12 23 Prosperity, 12 32 Newherry,*,: 12 40 Jalapa, 1 <() Gary, 1 05 Kinards, I 10 Goldville,: 1 1 7 Clinton, 1 ?0 Parkn, 1 12 ArL?urer.?, 150 No. 03 Pass. Loave. Laurcns, 2 0'J \> m Parks, 2 00 Clinton, 2 22 Goldville, 2 31 Kinards, 243 Gary, 2 40 Julapa, 'JM Newberry, ' :'> to Prosperity, :i 21 | Slighs, 3 31 Littlu Mountain, :s 30 Chnpin, 3 51 Hilton, 3 67 White Kock, 4 01 Balentine, 107 Irmo, 4 17 Leaphart, 4 23 Ar. Coin di bia, 4 45 For rates, timn lablos, or furttioroin formation call on any Agent, or wrlt to? W. G. Ohilds, President. James A. Kummersctt,Train Master GENUINE PERUVIAN GUANO! l havo purchased a lar<ro quantity of GENUINE PERUVIAN GUANO,? Pure and unadulterated. Orders, to bo Oiled, must, ba placed before Soptembor, 1st., as supply Is limited. Delivery cannot be promised beforo Docombor 1st., bat tin effort will bo to supply it for F,.,)l Wheat sowing. This Is the llrst Peruvian Guano lo be brought hero since tho war. Farmers who want it must APPLY karl.y. W. 0. IllBY, Lfturens.S.C. ?gm??w*saw MjjMia?.m ?iwwiiiij?:? j. . To Cure a Cold Sn Cures Crfp In Two Days. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, f r^Js^ tSfiSl s.v.?Mim?.b???mintut 12mo?h? Tbl? signature,^- SSTXjrvvi**box.25c. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of