Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE BLACK TRACKERS Wonderful Keenness ol ! :o Natives of iia. USED TO TRACK I R ALS. These Men Art Vci itel . dhoi eh nnd Have a Natural tinoi Foi Running Down Dcepercu l-loeing From Jll . A < rlrnlnnl in Aus ....? - Ms chances for im . > less it" u "tracker" is put u] n hi rail within a Any afier the crime I. .. erod. A "trucker'' Is n i ; live I mau having ualura i in- ? ? . ning down criminals Ho : . ?. the. These thou are \ eri -i ? ' . I hounds, nnd their sirang< . ?wer i pos sessed by noNuhor hue In Ihc s\'o 1 So Implicit Is il1.- . ill ;? neo foil in them hy Ihu p i!too lhal when i titai :s out upon a man hunt the < .-r \vho goes with Idtn nierel; follows lit Ids wake, lie does n | , ? , , , . ; in any wny Intel fern >>11 I htit, lending Ins < \ n hor ". . lo go In wbalevci' dire no matter how iippur? his course ma< seem. Tito most suecessfi I tracker i re In Queensland, near Ihc edge New South Wales. They will In ? . dir. til nee, iinlui ited I no ten <t tred for their (pill rry, bul Irot's < f proving their peril lie re ward they ask Ik llhsuii siniill (< : the long and dillicull ' .V lew shillings or some cheap . .. rings, and 80 <>n. quite sun them They have no idea of the \ io of money. Hum is their great v. Once u tracker wits ompl i to i < onto Home vnluublo trees for . limber man, lie had to trnrel miles through a forei \ so < .was necessary to eui iii with his tomuhnw k. was a bottle of rum, > merchant derived over C2,ouu from tin1 sale of the tree>. The follow lug d< ripll bunt will com i > dangers and Inn . In this parti was a splendid ispc It . Tho usual loin gaim sk in he had e.v ! . I . eiing of . ottoti chub pi led > police, lie led a In time In t he open com where (he runaway's foo could be sei n from a hoi very etii'licst, bt ttiiso (bo I stolen some , hile. 'u A! urn! i (?lime of - ; i \ erely dealt wll Ii mid ?" ous offense. The offeudur wan I buslunnn, cunnin ; and . . . . . the tactics of ibo ti more, he had two ? ? . pursuers. To accompany 1 chase like ibis is awesome, the 111. leuco t lion of Hie \v< Then, loo, the trulls : re ?'? ? Ive, of (en loading to a dot. beneath u foliage sc. de .? Und it i impossible even i ? ? ? lei e of the sky. Dlirkl quickly in (in- mo by nightfall the :. tel ployer were glad (?1 reach n "?? out modntlon house," or ran ' where such as Iheso were > illy wol coined and allowed lo night. At (his house Ihn n er tried to bear tidings of his man, but no one had seen him. All tho noxl day Ibo black fellow led! along ns swiftly p< ? .i >, Hie was extremely rough, and mile aftci inilo was covered Ibroiigh w lid sIN n ??? uulil n stranger would sure! link the guide was plnyli ? il losllig tine. A ho lime could I bey I'Ide, t< id II was With great diniettlty ilinl tlu\> reached a sort of clearing, where Ibo horses' were* tied and camp siru ' for tin night. Tearing huge i i if burl from the trees and urappin; bl nkeli around tliein, each Itiy on lln concavt surface of one for n lied and re I. At noon (!?.:? ne'xI day luishniitn's cabin was rea< lied, nil l lb ro llio 11 red hoires were tethered. The huhtdfs then proceeded "ii I liter nigh in the forest, and (lie f an !i ii t i these Intrcpl 1 hunter lh< '?? way through iinderbnisli peculiar lo Australia. < ailed "lit w yet ? ' tors," Pecan-.? its Ihorns a id br.i a bles catch one at cvor.x turn. OlU'u Ihc guide hesitated, lurned hack nnd struck off in another direct.town an em bankment. the res! tumbling niter bin A wild chase (lull inusl have heeti Two whito nun following Hie appat cut ly mad act ions of ti black fi i into places so ivmoto lhal it von, hnvd been Impossible to 111 il lit out of them illou ?. but i ueh Is the. cOl tldcuco in tintt ' nunl ?. In ( . . a tie;'?? und nbfiit) < ; a It >' 11 now crawled :?<r I ho greater pari on II! liands ami knees, ml. 'hi tVvlgs ami brniiehcH fi?r ? ly broken pa-1 ugeuu,v for .. ? < Jfo w.is about len feel libe ! of Hi r>t!ietr. v hen lie itaVO a Kit ?dliCd ev ciamal ion <>i dell "I catch white feller rpilek!' he i nnd pointed to a scrap of 1 ' "lb ? I1' to a broken twig Moill" I' ?urt and a rtvor wns reiteln i damp earth of (lie bank ? \>" I were pldlltl.V seen The (racl.er leaped Into the I'lvr niul struck mil for the opp i lie Sldt Emerging upon the olhei' l?:t :-. he t'tn drlppitt^t, l"i twi niy feel or i .. fi I >>i lug footprints that had o( tin hi i lie \ litOr's edge. Then the (: I Her pUIISl tl 1 ?.- >.. plainly pur./.led. \s hnl bad bee i i > Ilm entile IbiefV IIa I lie focro? 0(1 111 river or swam down as f?l' RH ? old and luuded on either bank, then strm Int-? the woods again? Alter sharply oxanitnlng the jirouinl he troubled guide swam bach aud landed a few yards below his parly. By his actions I hey saw that lio had round the track* ? The cri in Ina I had indeed crossed i r, hut where had be gone alter thai I Trusl a trucker lo solve riddles of thai soil! Smhh-nly he begun uncover ing the haves and twigs between him und (he other two men until he reach ed I hem They were silting beneath a hlij eilenl> pros llee. "Whlto i. 'er no fool black feller:" he said, smiling, wet ami breathless. 'I a i- v as seen that the fugitive bad ally covered lip his tracks by ' hack ward. Strange to relate, ?. Us terminated under the very (reo win 'o the party were sealed. But apparently the man bunt was finished. Tin gi me had vanished into space! Th (raeker dashed Into a thicket it lly secured a strong, pliable '.use.l by the natives to scale (ree li id s t. > sinoolh to climb. This he about Ilm (fee and began to The others looked on in as lot ? lit. I p went the black until t In the nlr; then those below no;h-ed (Iiat the iiinln trouk of the tree n i roken off years before, form ? !i fi i the new branches that h id sprung up on either side. astonishing thing happened. Hi; d n 'i inie the hollow of the dead ireo trunk, the Ira kor seized ?lue hl it the same lime S?OUttUg to lh.? ' hi er hciienth: "Boss, boss, I !i v Inio felh r! Ho play oossutn!" ? opening appeared a man's In i id ti more wretched object d n . r have been seen, tie was I, dirty, gaunt, half starved. In d 10 course be paid the penalty of his ci me 11 ? said that, knowiug a Ollld be put upon hin trail, he pi I lo give him the Impression had been drowned while swim ming the river. ers have a horror of traveling . .. being constantly In roar of . Ih? bunylp, n fearful monster glaring eves, which they believe tie spirit of an old aboriginal uns around the swampy ?( to catch black men. 'hten truckers half out of 1 lolling them you will send ::' er them. They nlno be e ili . a ahmt lives on mountain K to kill them with a club; i-v never sleep on top of a in of near a swamp, always lielr brush tents, or mi in is. and level spot. Their only ef Is that a big god who ?Ii !i p for ages will one day . eat up (he whole world.? ai on's Weekly. ?> ere Vtiiu k of bronchitis ... ;,. ins Coiigli Itenicdy. IStli, last, my little old daughter cont i acted a . I Ic'i resulted In had case says Mrs. \\'. c. Qlb loii. Ky. "She lost the cell coinplelely and was ?lilld Fortunately we Chamberlain's Cough I oiise and gave it lo ..I Ihc printed dlroc i i mid (lay she was a heil um) on the tilth day. ? " is cut Irely well of . I : . uiehil IS, Which I at - . ;i,:. rph mild medicine. I nd t'hamherlain's Cough ?servedly as I have found life i and quickest cure for < lilldreit and adults, ever used." For salt; Drug Company. ,1 ates of America, of Sot!tli Carolina . District Court. I VNKRUPTCY It, . . : . Nelson. Itaukrupt. I io (ill order of .lohn -I. . n I'nnkrtiplcy, in t lie i mailer, dated Dec. ? i i,n for Side tie- entire good: ?> i'h furniture ami , met I; heloligilig (o Mrs. on Hat km pi Iflstrtlo. The i t principally of Dry Clothing, Notions and ! .-.ill receive bids there in ... luck ti. m. mi the ftlh >.. 1 >.. I POO. The i nhy and all bids Is v reserved. Ivo :.n. satisfactory o I'ffei ! It pl'lvalo sale, as ; , i in pursuance of said vii'i ; 11 si II t<? the highest li:' mill i v at tlie store . occupied by l!m said - ?'?.. n, ?nukrtipt at Dan , ? i'i o'cloth a. hi., on (ho .., . i niiar.v A. D. IflOh. Hie of i oods, war ?: ami iitor i- v iih furniture and hi i , aid Bankrupt : ,. p|\ ?nidry the vtiltlo .? ,.r Is. Font Tho.is , i i Sl>:t v niti" and , .;? l.jlip.SI t of which ; ( vor Otto Thousand ?on oi millinery, ??nd r duros aggregate -ii Ion and psiri Ictilars can ,nd ibe ; te< l< ? xsmltiod i i ... muh rslgned, ill his ,, ,; ii Loan and IOx i ailr'ehs, s. Ci CI n W. Tun", i ,, in Bankruptcy. i? 21 l%8, 22-21 I, i , ii.' the largest and Itockers In ilifl'ereul de? ....... bcaullfully flnlslied Hun w ill he money saved M. .v. n n Wllkes A Co. I > , I, I ???????? I The largest^and best | Consisting of a beautiful line in ) I I I II jl i different designs made of the best j 1 j j ! jl In \ quality of material, with turned I II L^-l 11 II jm \ rounds and well braced. | ..^^-s^^ 1 On account of buying in car- j jfjT111111^^ ^^^^hI load quantities direct from the J ^F^^ manufacturers, we can sell the 'L!^ best finished Chairs for what you ~~"' -^?i|gaail JLf^^jI 1 would have to pay for a cheaper I W quality at other places. ?"1 ?" ?."" . i Anderson & Blakely BROKERS Uli) acres near Park Station $50 pe1' acre, terms easy. 75 acres 1J miles ot' I,aureus t'. II. on Milton road $2,000. T. K. Hudgens house and lot E, Main st reot at a bargain. House and lot on Hampton street. The Switzer farm, 236 acres, on easy terms. The .lames T. Brownlee tract 82 3-4 acres. Fine livery st?hle on Mill street, very low and one-half cash. 10 lots of 111 acres each in 1-1 mile of Watts Mills at a bargain. Three hundred and fifty acres, :\ miles from town, half in (inc timber, $15.00 per acre. The prettiest place in Fountain Inn at a bargain-$3,000. ;t.r> acres near Walts Mills. Come quick or it will tie gone. 85 acres known as Ola Spoon farm, 0 miles west of I.aureus C. II., .$800. ? <i)2 acres in two tracts, on Duncan's creek, near Gnrlingloil station. 140 acres near Ware Shoals, lineiv improved and in high state cultivation. 92 :i-'l acres near Tumbling Shoals, high state cultivation, with six-room dwelling. 132 acres between Laurens and ('Un ion at a bargain. We have that magnificent farm known as the Van Robertson form,near Waterloo, 241 acres at a bargain, and very easy terms. 313 acres near Waterloo, the Amanda Coleman place 500 acres near Stomp Springs, the best bargain of them till. One six-room bouse and lot on Floth? ing street at a bargain. '.17 acres, the Boyd farm at Movd'. Mill, $10(10; one-half cash. Comploto ginning outfit 2k miles ol town, guaranteed '25 per cent on in vestment. 200 town lots. .'>n bouses sind lots at a bargain. Due lot on X. Harper St.. nice build* ug lot. between sieve Taylor's ami .1. i' .-texton. Par Sue oir Kxclinngo A nice two . tor... nine room house with front and rear plazas, a good well of water and other Improvements upon the premises and a line selection of Stand ard fruits of different varieties, a good garden with a largo lot of nice cabbage KOCH with tho premise gratis. This lot contains two acres and fronts on North Harper street, and extends hack and front.- on Mock street. Will sell or exchange for improved county property WOil located and near the city. Titles perfect and terms easy. See US about it. Come and see us for any kind of real estate city or country. Anderson & Blakely Brokers West Main St. IiAURRNS, <.'? Keystone Traction W ater Well Drillers Are Honey Makers. Everybody uses water. A drilled well is the only means of obtaining n. pure, cold and unfailing supply. Dug wells and springs arc simply cess pool . for collecting disease br< eding surface' drainage, lift" per cent. of Typhoid ? l*'OVCV IS con tract cd from had water. A Keystone Drill will penetrate tli<' bed rock and lap the pun-, unfailing' streams below All surface water i-. SCCUrely cased off. A drilled well , rarely goes dry in the most, protracted drouth, li is safe, \ There is more monov in ii Keystone'] Prilling Outfit than in :i Threshing] Machine and you work all t!i ? year ! round instead <d' three months tail of twelve. Machine is the most complete on the market and must not bo eon* founded'with cheap and llitnsy outlit Drills a G-inch hole ihrough any forma tion to any desired depth al the rate of 50-fccl a day in ordinary formations. Costs $5.00 a day to run in fuel, and labor. Will go anywhere under its own steam and can be set U|> and put. to work in liO-minutos. Write for catalog No. 1. Keystone Driller Company Beaver Kalis, Pa. Dr, and Mr s, a. Roland of Stra lham, On., hftor a week's visit to rein, lives in the city and county, returned to their home today. It Tastes Good and Creates Strength yltto the famous cod liver and iron medicine, without oil. Vinol is much better than cod liver oil and emulsions, because, while it contains all the medicinal value they do, it disagrees with no one. As a body builder and strength creator for old people, delicate children, after sickness, and for stub born coughs and colds Vinol is unequaled. The I.aureus Drug Co. ibutne Bargains in Real Estate. t Mio house und I"' in Sullivni good six room house add the |ol eoiitaiiiitu; About obo ik it is .i Wordi Iii" inoilu.N. i <?(? . I.'. A bice oUtti'Hi '<!i (iurlh gloii S ;1 Koine nice i'uil<iiiiv lots on (I ? of town, sin ;'.i'rv for only ' niiinc bargains in nice buildinj and small farms, . ? > -41 ? 1 - - l'i . farm:-, jusl beyond I ho \V:itt us about these. Wc also have some luce larm 1 list. Seo us if you want i<> buy <> real estate Laure Trust Comp II. A. ivioLKOl). Mgr. I.' ai '. i tcparl ment, Olliee in Todd littil iii iatnonds U) ! ial Payments. I >m mond [Resides >t'OS* Cl?. Thousand -. of Im ffl li'you do, Stop n ' Ically and positively J mind to prcvcnl or < it w "#I suffered 9 yr. kiriH, of Cary, K y. nearly cramp t<< <'? I'.carly kill mo wii'li | 'relief, but failed, him Tsrow I can do n I ^jCardui the prai ? AT Al m I Oft mid .IUI. rive rv.