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THE ADVERTISER. Subscription Prlcc-12 Months, $1.00 Payable lu Adrauce. Kates Tor Advcrtlslng.?Ordinary ad vertisements, per square, one insor tlon,$1.00; each subjequcntlnsortion, 60 cents. Llboral reduction made Cor large dvortiscments. Obituaries: All over ?? words, one cent a word. Notes of tbanVs: P.ve cents tbo line. W. W. Ball, Proprietor. Entered at the pDB OfBoe at Laurcns, S. C. as second cb?ss mail matter. LAURENS, S. C, Feb. IS, 1905. More About Clcmson. The necessity for determining the amount of money which Clcmson is to have cannot be avoided. We have no objection to this institution receiving $200,000. or $500,000. the year but the amount should be in some degree defi nite. Last year Clcmson is said to have re ceived from all sources not quite $200, 000. Most of it was yielded by the tag tax. Ten years ago Clemson's total revenues were about $70,000. Mean while the plant and facilities are being enlarged each year. If the buildings, machinery and equip ment at Clcmson he for a $200,000. the year College, a loss will follow unless the College is conducted on that basis. If^the tag tax should yield only $50,000 this year, it will be necessary for the State to appropriate directly money to make good the deficit. If you build a 50,000 spindle mill, you will lose money if you run only 20,000 spindles and let 30,000 be idle. You must have the money to operate the whole plant. Even now farmers are being urged to reduce the consumption of fertilizers. If they do, the tag tax revenue will be reduced. If the State wishes to run a $200,000 College at Port Hill, we are willing. But we think the people have a right to know the maximum amount they may be called upon to put up in the event of the College's present sources of reve nue failing in part. Clcmson is a fine institution. We heartily support it. Nevertheless the politicians founded it by false pretense. They said they would build a College for poor farmer boys. It is not the College for the poor farmer boys. It is attended by the sons of well-to-do farm ers and business men and most of them study mechanics. Its prospei ity is due for the most part to the fact that it is the cheapest College in the State. But the poor farmer boy can't reach it. The Clcmson bequest, which was the elixir of life to the Tillman movement, was worth about $75,000. It provided for the apj>ointmcnt. of six trustees by Mr. Clemson's will and they elect their successors. The State can elect seven trustees. One of the life trustees died ten days ago. The five will name his successor. It might happen that the interests of the State and the Clcmson life trustees would clash. The vote would be six to seven. A State trustee might be absent or sick. The voting strength of the life trustees is such that at a critical juncture the policy of the College may be against the in terests of the State. The people pay about $175,000 the year for this College. An endowment of at least three million dollars would be required to yield that income. The late Mr. Thomas G. Clemson had a long head. He gave the College $7:),000 af ter his death; and obtained the honor of the name for himself and the credit for himself of establishing a three million dollar school. The site is the home of Mr. John C. Calhoun but the name of the College is Clemson. All this the farmers were told in 1888 and 1890. They preferred to be tricked. We are recalling these matters in hope that they will not be tricked so easily and cheaply next time. Don't misunderstand us. Clemson is a good school. Wo and all the "old Antis" are its best friends because we believe in liberal appropriations for Colleges. Our crowd is always ready to spend money on Colleges. But Clemson is not a poor hoy's College. Mr. Clem Bon didn't, build it. Ho gave it less than half a year's income?and a name. Only by the skin of its teeth does Clemson belong to the people of South Carolina. Six thirteenths of its control forever is in the hands of private individuals. * In Colorado. The following is from the Pueblo, Colorado, Chieftain: "The Peabody conspirators have rc peatcdly shown their contempt for the constitution and the laws of the state, and are now proposing to unseat a law fully electod governor by unconstitu tional methods and to turn a larger part of the p iblic power over to the law breaking corporations in order that these may more effectually defy the will of the people of Colorado." The Chieftain is a Republican news paper whose editor is a leader in his party. The conditions in Colorado are somewhat similar to those in South Carolina immediately after the election in 187(1. A Iva Adams, the Democratic candidate, was elected by a large ma jority. The Republicans control the General Assembly. Governor Peabody who was defeated is making a contest and the Republicans threaten to seat him whether or no. Meanwhile Gov ernor Adams has boon inaugurated nnd is in office. The expressions of this Republican paper gives an insight into the rial atate of affairs. Nevertheless, the Re publican party has not given up the idea of ousting Governor Adams. The office-holders in New York city nro endeavoring to have a bill passed granting them pensions after their re tirement. We think this might prove a frno>\ plan for South Carolina except that it would perhaps be more economi cal to pension them before they become office-holders. ? PMtBths A11* Kin4 Vo" Haw Alwajs Bwfr g Uncle Terry Ii 'fe%v^ ^-?l CHARLES CLARK MUNN $fcf?$$f l&j^???* J Wv/- Copyright. I 90 0. by LEE f&L S H E T A.H 7> \ 10 ms CUArTKR I. |T8 gotu' to be a nasty night," said ?nclc Terry, coming In from tho shed and dumping an armful of wood In the box behind the kitchen ttovc, "an' tho combers Is Just n-hmnp fu' over White Hoss le<lge, an' tho spray's fiyiu' halfway up the light house." "The Lord-a-uiassy belp any poor ?"ill that goes ashore tonight!" re sponded a portly, white haired woman beside tho stove at a monster wave made tho little dwel. <r ; tremble. Uncle Terry took off his dripping Son'woster and cont and, hanging them over the wood Ik>x, went to the sink and began pumping a basin of water. "Better have some warm, Rllus," said the woman, taking the steaming kettle from the stove and following him. "It's more comfortln'." When he bad washed and combed his scanty gray locks nud beard at a small mirror he stood for a moment beside the stove. His weather bonier, face that evinced character, so pro nounced were In featuroH, wore a smile, and his deep set gfny eyes emit ted a twinkle. "Suppor 'most ready, Lissy?" he ask ed, eying a i>ot on the stove that gavo out nn appetizing odor. "I'm hungry 'nough to eat a mule with the harness on." "'Twill be in a udnit," was tho re ply. "Better go into t'other room where Telly's sett in' the table." I'nclo Terry obeyed, aud, rinding a bright fire burning there, stood back to It, smiling affectionately at a young girl busy beside the table. She had an oval face, a rather thin nnd dellento nose, small, sweet mouth and eyes that were big, blue und appealing. A wealth of light hair was ooiled on the back of her head, ond her form was full and rounded. "It's blowing bard tonight, father, Isn't It?" she observed. "I can feel the waves shake the house." Then, not waiting for nn answer, she step ped to a closet and, bringing a short gray coat and felt slippers, pushed an armchair to the Ore aud, placing tho slippers beside It, hold the coat ready for him to put it on. "You might ob well be comfortable," she added. "You haven't got to go out ngnln, have you?" The man seated himself and, draw hag off his wet boots and'putting on his slippers, opened his hands toward the blase and observed, "You and Lissy's bound to cosset me, so blmeby I won't stir out 'cept tho sun shines." Silas Terry, or Uncle Terry, na every body on ?outhport Island called him, was and for thirty years bad been the keeper of the Cape light, situated on the outermost point of the Island. To this he added the dally doty of mail carrier to the head of the Island, eight miles distant, and there connecting with a small steamer plying between tho Maine const islands and a shore port. He r.lso, !n common with other of the Islanders, tilled a little land nnd kept a few trnps^eet for lobsters. He was nn honest, kind hearted and fairly well read man whose odd sayings nnd quaint phrases were proverbial. With his wife, whom everybody called Aunt Llssy, and adopted daughter Telly, he lived in a neat white house close to tho Cape light, and, as he put It, "his latch strlng was nllus out." Uncle Terry had a history, nnd not tho least Interesting episode In it was the entrance Into his life of this same fair nnd blue eyed girl. Perhaps his own graphic: description will best tell the tale: "It was 'bout the lent o' March, more than eighteen year ago on' durin' one o' the worst blows I ever rec-clect since I kep' the light, that one mornln' 1 spied a vessel hard an' fast on Whlto Itoss ledge, 'bout half a mile off tho p'lnt. It had boon snowln* some an' froze on the windows o' tho light, so mebbe she didn't see it 'foro she fetch ed up all standin'. The sens was pound In' her like great guns, an* In her rlg glu' I eould sec the poor devils half hid In snow nn* ice. Thar wn'n't no hope for 'cm, for no dory could 'a' lived a moment In that awful gale, an''thar wu'n't no lifeboat here. Llssy nn' mo made haste to build a fire on the p'lnt to show the poor crltturs wo had feelin' for 'em, an' then we Just stood an* fWalted an' watched for 'em to go down. It might 'a' been nn hour?there's no tellln' -when I saw a big bundle tossin' light an' oomln' uskoro. I rnn*bver *o the cove where I' keep my boats on' grnbl>ed a piece o' rope nn' boat hook nn* made rendy. Tho I.ord must 'a' steered that bundle, for it kept worklu' along, hendln' for a bit o' beach Just by the p'lnt. I had n rope round my whist, an' Lissy held on,to tho end, an' when the bundle struck I made fast with the bont hook, an' the next comb er tumbled me end over, bundle an' all, up on to tlio Band. I grabbed at It nn' 'fore the next one come had It high an' dry out o* the wny. "It's nllus been a puzzle to me Just why I did It, for I was wet through an' most froze, an' what I'd pulled out looked like a feather bed tied* round with a cord, but I out with my knife an* cut tho cords, an' thar In the mid dle o' two feather beds wns a box an' In the box a baby alive an' squnllln'. "I didn't stop to take tho rope off my, wajBt, but grabbed the box an* ran for the house, with Ussy after mo. Wo hud a Ore In the stove, nn' Lissy warmed a blanket an' wrapped tho pom* thing up an' held It over tho stove an' kissed it nn' took on Just ns wim mln will. When I see It was safe I cut for the p'lnt, thinkln' to wave my hat I an' show 'em we had saved the baby, j but n squall o' snow had struck In, au' ! when it let up the vessel was gone. Thar was bits o' wreck cum ashore, ! pieces o* spars, a boat all stove In nn' ! the like an' a wooden shoe. In tho box the baby was In was two little blan kets, an' tied in n bit o' cloth two rings an* a locket with two plctors In it, an' a paper was pinned to tho baby'n clothes with f?rrill wrltin* on it. It said the baby's name was Etelkn Pe ; terson nn', 'To God I commend my child,' an' signed, 'A Despairing Moth er.' From bits o' tho wreck we learned the vessel wns from Stockholm an' named 'Peterpon.' "The paper was sech a heart tcchln' appeal, an' as we'd just burled our only child, a six-yoar-old gal, we was glad to adopt this 'un an' bring her up. In due course o' time I made n report of tfco wreck to the lighthouse board an* that we had saved one life, a gal baby^an* ?tve all the facts. Kothin' ever cnuio on 't, though, an' we was glad ttmr didn't Wo ken' the little gnl, an' she wa'n't long In growln' into our foelln's, an' the older she growed the more we thought o' her." Of course the history of Undo Tor ry's protegee was known to every resi dent of the Island, and as she grew In to girlhood and attended school at tho Cape, as the little village a qunrter mile hack of the point was colled, until she matured Into n young lady every one came to feel that In a way she be longed to the kindly lighthouse keeper and Ids wife McIIhsu. To them she was all that a devoted daughter could be, and when school days were over sho became Uncle Ter ry's almost constant companion. On pleasant days she went with him to attend his traps and on his dally drive to the head of the Island. She was welcome in every house and well he loved by all those simple, kindly peo ple, who felt an unusual kindly Inter est In her existence. Of tender heart aud timid nature, her appealing eyes won the love of young and old. On Sunday evenings she was always one of the small congregation that gathered to hold simple services lu the little church at the Cape, n square one story building that never knew paint or shut ters. Of beau she hardly knew tho mean ing, and it must he said the few young men who remained on the island after reaching the age of courtship were neither In garb nor manners such as would attract a girl like Telly. One special talent she was gifted with, and that\Was the ahlllty to draw and paint well. Even us a child nt school she would draw pictures on a slate that were surprising, und when older and she obtained materials she worked un til she became lu u way quite an artist. As I'hclo Terry put it, "Makin' plcters comes nat'rl to the gal." She had never received even the first lessons in that charming art, but for SJJf that every room i? the house had Ozens of her efforU, large and small, hunting on the walls aud In the oddest frames. Some were of strips of thin board covered with little shells or dried moss, and others of rustle handiwork and mounted with llr cones. There wa but one shadow in her life, and that the fact that no one of the relatives she imagined she must have lu faroff Sweden ever made any ef fort to learn tho fate of her pnrouts, who sho knew had gone down so near Uer home. The story of her rescue with all Its pitiful details Was familiar to her, and in her room were treasured nil the odd bits of wreckage?the locket that contained her parents' pictures, the two rings, the last message of her mother and even the wooden shoe that had floated ashore. How many limes she had looked at those two pictured faces, one a reflection of her own; how Sany tears she had shed In secret over em, and how, year after yenr. she wondered If ever In her life some rela tive would be known to her, no one, not even her foster parents, ever knew. Neither did they know how many times she had tried to imagine the mo ment when her despairing mother, with death near and with prayers and tears, had cast her adrift, hoping that the one 1111 le life most dear to that mother might bo saved. The fatal reef where those parents bad gone down also held for her a weird fascination, and nt times the voice of the ocean seemed llko the despairing cries of mortals. One picture, and It was her best, was a view of the wreck, as near ns Undo Terry could describe It, with human forms clinging to the lee dad rigging and tempestuous Kens leaping over them. The subject held an un canny influence over her, and she had spent months on the picture. Hut this shadow of her life she kept carefully guarded from all. CHAPTER II. WA'N'T consulted 'bout com I In' out. I was born on a way hack farm in Connecticut, where the rocks was so thick we used tor round the sheep up once a week an' sharpen thai* noses on the grln'stun so 't they could get 'em 'tween the stuns. I walked a mile to school winters an' stnhbed my toes on the farm summers till I was fourteen, an' then the old man 'greed to give mo my time till I wns twenty-one if I 'ud pay him half I earned. I had a colt an' ! old busted wagon, an' I took to dicker in.' I bought eggs an' honey an' pelts of all sorts, an* peddled notions nn' fnrinin' tools. When I cum of age I went to the dty an' turned trader an' made a little money, got married an' cum down into Maine an' bought a gold mine. I've got It yit- that Is, I've got the hole whar I rj'poscd tho mine w.'ts. Most 0' my money went into It an' stayed thar. Then I got a chance to tend light an' ketch lobsters an' hov stuck to it ever since. I take some comfort Uvln', an' try an' pass It along. The Widder Loach calls me n scoffer, but she nllus comes to me when she's needln', an' don't nllus have to cum ei ther. My life's been like most every body else's, a streak o* lean an' a streak 0' fat, with lean prcdomlnntln'. 'Twns a streak o' fat when I found a good woman an' she Haid 'yes,' an' a streak o' lean when I was bamboozled by a lawyer into buyln' a gold mine. I've kep* that hole ever fllnco an* paid taxes on't to prove to myself Jest how big a ford a man can bo an' live. "I've never wronged nobody nor done much prayln', an' when the Almighty calls me I think I'll stand Jest ns good a chance o' git tin' n harp as those whose done more on't. The worst sk inn in* I ever got was done by this ero lawyer, who never sot down to meals 'thoul askln' a blessln', nn' meb bo that's the reason I'm m scoffer. I've observed a good deal hIiico I left the old farm, nn' have como to tho belief thot thar's a sucker born overy nilnlt and two tor ketch him. When I wns young I took hold o' tho big end 0' the log an' did the llftin', but now I take hold o* the little end an' do the grunt In'. Thar's one thing I'vo lnrned, an' larned It for snitln, an' that Is tbar'a few peoplo in this world that cut n ham in tho middle. Most on 'cm cut few slices an' cut 'em tlilu." Among tho Southport islanders Un cle Terry was considered nn odd stick, and yet one who would go out of his way to do a good turn to others. Ho was seldom seen at church, thor.gb his Ufife and Telly .usually were. As he once refiSarkodr/ii v n a good .thin* ? for In' into this world," said Uncle Terry once, "an' I don't 'sped to be 'bout go 'em, 'cause It takes up thai- mind an' la more socUybJe. though prayhrallUH seems to me a^ooddeul Hko a man try In' to lift himself by bis bootstraps. It keeps bim busy, though, an' ifs healthy exercise." In spite of blsdnvestaient hi a mine ho had.been*frugal nnd owned most of tho land between, tho'village and the point und was nlso John* owner, with two other men, lu a small trad ing schooner that inado semimonthly trips betweon the Capo and Boston. Bhe carried fish, claws, lobsters, hay and potatoes nnd fetched nn "all sorts" cargo useful to the inlanders, from a paper of needles to a hogshead'of mo lasses. Tho most pronounced characteristic of Undo Terry wasjils unfailing good humor, tinged with a mild sarcasm. He loved bis fellow men aud yet en Joyed puncturing their small conceits, but so droll wus his way of doing it that no one felt the sting. To Bascom, who kept tho only store and also poat ofllce at the Cape and dearly loved to hear himself talk, Uncle Terry onco said: "You've got the greatest gift o' gab I ever hcerd, Bascom, an' you could 'a' mado your for tin in the-show business. But if you're ever took with religion tho hull island '11 turn infld die." Aud, again, when Deacon Oaks, tho leader at all prayer meetings, assured him how great a blessing religion was and how much he enjoyed divine serv ice, Uncle Terry, answered: "Your tak ln' the lead at meetln's la a blessin' to the rest, for none of 'em has to worry 'bout who's goln' to speak next. They know you're allus ready." In this connection it must be stated that tho spiritual life of Southport was of a primitive description. The small unpalntcd church at the Cape, above which huug a dlmluutivc bell, was the only place of "worship, and to this every other Sunday came a minister from the mainland. It was furnished with long wooden settees, and n small cottage or gan graced the platform, upon which nn antique desk did duty as pulpit and a Storage place for hymn books. Pour wall bracket lamps lighted this room for evening Bervlce, and their usually smoky chimneys lent a depressing ef fect to nil exhortation. Mandy Oaks presided at the organ nnd turned gos pel hymns Into wheezy nnd rather long drawn out melodies. Most of the audi ence tried to chase the tunes along and Imagined they were singing, which per haps Is all that is necessary, On tho Sunday's between the minister's visits; only evening services were held aud ev ery Thursday evening a prayer meet-, lng. It was on these latter occasions that Deacon Oaks was In conspicuous evidence. The Widow Leach, a poor Unfortunate woman who had seen bet ter days and In whose poverty1 stricken life religion was the only consolation, was also prominent, and her testimony, unvarying in tenor as the tunes played by Mandy, helped to fill out the serv ice. "It's hkky the willow's sure o' lots o' hupplness in tho next world," ob served Undo Terry once, "for she ain't glttlu' much in this. "1 can't heir Oaks, though, 'thout thlnkln' o' Deacon Hogers up In Wob cott, who never mentioned the need o' rain till he'd not his hay in. He was a sly fox an' allus thanked the Ixnd for Bend In' rain nights an' Sundays so the poor hired man could rest. "I used to have him held up as a shtnln' example, but he opened my eyes arter I began dlckerln' by sellin' me a lot o' eggs that had been sot on two weeks, an' the store man 1 sold 'em to never trusted me ng'ln. 'Twns a ease o' the ungodly suffer In' for the sins o' the righteous that time, whic h may be a pervarsion o" Scripture, but the truth Just the same. "But I got a little comfort finally, for when tin* deacon died, by some In ndvnrtnnce the choir sang 'Praise Clod, From Whom All Blcssln's Flow,' an' I wa'n't the only one who fell that way either." In spite of Uncle Terry's mildly tin- I vorcd shafts of sarcasm he made no enemies, and his kind heart and ster ling honesty were respected far and near. He was considered a doubter nnd skeptic, and, though seldom seen at Church, as he had originally con tributed his share when that edlflce was built, bis lack of piety was for given. There Is a sense of -justice underly ing all men's minds, and the nnturnl instinct Is to judge others by what they arc aud bow they live rather than by what they profess, and so It was in Uncle Terry's case. f'I'o BR CONTINUED.) c h a m b e: ;l a i n 's co i; o a k e m ed y THE MOTHER'S FAVOR TK. Tho soothing and healing properties of this remedy, its pleasant ta?to and prompt and permanent cures have mado It a favorite with piople every where It is especially prized by mothers of email children, for cold*, croup rnd whooping cough, as It al ways quick relief] hs it contains no opium or other harmful drug, it may bo pi von a confidently t'> a baby as to an adult. For st'c by Lauren1) Dmy 0. a ?1 Dr. II F. I'os y. o .<c>. >E3 cs? es nrt Z< . 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Wood's Twenty-fifty Anni versary Seed Book, which is mailed free on request, tcllR all about the best new and standard varieties of Potatoes, as well as about all (lardcn nnd Parm Seeds. Write for Seed Book and special price, list of farm seeds. T.W.Wood&Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, - VIRGINIA. WOOD ? SEEDS GRAND PRIZE - ST. LOUIS, 1804. GOLD MEML - PARIS, 1900. Oft?? WAAVA O ?5 | ! wl ] ?I | % ffM ? ?J The & <MUTUAL* M OS Ig Life Insurance Co. ^ ?2 New York & R| Klchnrd A. AlcCurdy, Pres, ?? ?ft Oldest in America & . .... . . m je^ Largest in the world ? ? W. W. DODSON, Agent for l.nurcns County ^* J5| I aureus. S. C. ff? NOTICE of Municipal Election LOU M A YoK AN D 51 X ALDERM A N Notice is hereby given that ou the lioo for Major ur.d six Ahlem an i?> succod the pro cnt C.ty Council of L?nens will be held In the City of L?urens, on Tuesday, March 14, 1005. Tiio polls will o? opened at the Council Chamber in tho < ity of L&u rci at '.) o'clock a, m. ar-d close at 5 o'c'o 'k p. m. Messrs. W. II. (Jarre t, W. II Gilk erson i ml \V. II. Franks Lave been duly appointed Managers of s?id eloctb n. Xo nerton shall hi c titled to vote at said che ion, who t-hnll not have reg s tercd his numo with R. E. Babb, Sa li >rvisoi of IV g straiioa for ti e City of Laurens bofore 12 o'clock M on the !>> h day next preceding said elect on. Tin* faid R. E. IJjbb, Supervisor of lb eislraUon, will huvo his ollice open for tbe purpose of registering voter.* from 0.30 o'clock a. m. to 4 00 o'c'ock p. in. from the 0th diy d iy of Feb* n ary 1005 to 12 m on the 4 h day of March, 10C?, inc'usive, except Sun duy. On Saturdays d?rftig >aul time tli ? t'fllco will be l:o. L open till ?">.( 0 p. in. .'-1 S;ii 1 election there will be six boxe?, oi c for each Wo. d, acd the idectors will deposit tie ir ballots in the 1<>.\ repr^.M!! tin^ their respee ive w ards for Mayor an 1 for one Aldermen for their Ward, By order of the City Council of Lau rens, ih'a tho illst d*?y ci Dceimb^r, 1001. j. 0 Owinos, Mayor I rot em. [b s.J I. O. Ballr, Clet k Council. SIMPSON 6: COOPER Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all State Courts. Prompt attontion given to all business. State oi* South Carolina, COUN r V OK LAUlfallS. Noli.' i ;s h< reby given thnt in pur suance of a resolution pissed by the Motrd of DilVit us of thj Ha'crprife Hank, of L\'HTi;s, s c , * mooting of ti e stockholders of paid LJ.tuk is hereby cailo:] to iiio-t on Saturday morning, Much, Uh, 10J5, (it o'ovetl o'clock, at its p'ace of b;tsints-? at L.urcns. s. c , for the pu p se of considering i'.erea* inff in o^pltal ft ok tv.*onlj-Hvo tho i eand dolus, ni.de n?r capital sev enty live instead ol fifty thousand dol lars. Si ?n d, LNTKiu'insK Bank, Ter N 11. Dial, Prcsidont. Slate of South Carolina, COUNTY OF LAURENS. Court of Common Pleas. T. C. Summorcl and W. M. Summerei Plaintiff, against G. C. Johnson, et al., Defendants. Pursuant to a decree o? the Court in the HboVC stated cause, 1 will sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder, at I.aureus, C. II., S. ('.. on Salesday in March nest, being the nth day of the month, during the legal hours for sales, the following described real estate, to wit: Two-thirds of one-half (individual in terest) in all that lot of land, situate in the town of Clinton, in the County and Stale above named, containing one (I l-'Ji and one-half acres, more or less, bounded <>n the Last by lands of G. F. Bailey and Edgar Martin; on the North by lands of O. II. Martin; on the West by lot of Surnmerel Brothers, and on tho South by the C. N. & L. railroad, (lid lol beinj', one hundred and fifty foot in width, a strip running from the C. n. & I/, railroad back Northward to, and adjoining tho lot of o. 11, Martin, measuring one hundred and fifty feet Westward from its Eastern boundary, being the Elot conveyed to (i. c. and ISminn o. Johnson, by T. C. and W. M. Summorcl, Terms of Sale: Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. If the purchaser fails to comply, the uakl premises to be re sold at his risk, on the same or some subsequent Salesday upon same terms. JOHN K. BOLT, C. C. C. P. L. c. Fob. 6th id. Notice. Executor*, Administrators and Guar dluus are reminded thnt the time for making Ihelr annual return) com mences the first day o? Januar?. O. O. THOMPSON. D.e IB.centh, 'o4. J. p. L. c. 23tf BAILEY'S CHOICE SEED CORN The Best on Earth. A cross between the White and Big Yellow Corn, One to Three Kars to Stalk, long deep grain from 1-2 to 3-4 inch long; small red cob. I have been im proving this coin for about twelve years. $2,00 per bushel f. o. b, Clinton or 1,aureus, S. C You will find this corn at my home, or at OwingS ec Owings, Laurens, S. C. Also? Long Staple Cotton Seed. I have a choice lot of up land Long .Staple Cotton Seed for sale. The staple runs from i '4 to Ha incites long. $1,00 per bushel f. o. b. Clinton or 1.au reus, S. C. I sold 17 bales to the Watts A!ills. The buyer claims that it is longer and stron ger than the F'orodora. P. B. BAILEY, Clinton, S. C. Latueus, S. C, Dec. 15, '04. J Mr. P. B. Bailey, Clinton, S. C. I Dear Sir: Your letter of December 9th, received. The long staple cotton I bought from you for the Watts Mills gave perfect satisfaction, by mixing it with the Mississippi long staple. I consider your cot ton better than the Floradora, both in length of staple and strength. Yours very truly, R. G. Franks. Diet-to M.G.B, By Mr. Franks. W. Y. BOYD, Attorney at Law. Will practice- in nil State Courts. I Prompt attention given to all business. SCHEDULES U. N. X_ LHtirilroad Co. Schedule in eiltet November 21st. 1004 : No. 62 No. "1 No. w> Pnraonsoi' Mixed ox? Freight ex Daily C0|?t Sim- e?']it Sun day tlay i.v Columbia U 10 am 515 p m 100 am ar Nowborry 12 *; i> m 7 0j p m 3 ir> .? m ar (Minion 1 212 p in S LS p m ?"> 2.r, . m ar Laurons 112 pm 8 45 pin 6 00 am No. 63 No. 22 No. si Lv Laurcna 2 02 p m 7 Oil a in 5 20 p ni ar Clinton 2 22 p m 7 30 a in l> 00 p in nr Newborry 8 10 p m h .ir> a m 7 05 p in nr Columbia 4 45 pin 10 30 am 016 p ni C. 11. CASQUE, AffOliL W. C. IRBY, Jr., Attorney at Law, LMJKKNS, S. C. we want all interested in MACHINERY * to have our name before them during 1905 Write us stating what kind of Machinery you uso or win Install, and wo will rmll you Free of All cost a handsome and useful Pocket Diary and atlas or a larqc COMMERCIAL CALENDAR (ilbbcs Machinery Company, columbia, s. c. a stook of horse power hay rnEssca to be oloseo out at special prices