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JUST SO IT'S IN SOUTH CAROLINA (P. H. McGowan in the News & Courier.) Washington, December 17?If one wants to find tho "bent people on earth" he should go to South Carolina. True, this statement might seem a bit haekneyed at first, but "there's a rea son." Six years ago The News ami Couri er's Washington correspondent left South Carolina for the National Capi tal and only once during that six years, until the last week, was the oppoi ? tunlty afforded of returning home to see the marvellous strides that havo been made ami the almost phenomenal growth of many small towns all over ?the Palmetto State. Heginning at Charlotte, where South Carolina ought really to start, the erection of cotton mills all along the line has completely changed that sec tion during the last six years. Where, formerly, a few scattered country stores dotted the way, there are now big factories with thick smoke Issuing from their tall chimneys singing with the music of industry. Hrick and concrete building have taken the place of the small wooden ones formerly there, and. above nil, the magnificent residences that one sees all along the line of railroad speak for the Industry and prosperity of the Carolina people. Piedmont People. Dealing first with the upper Caro linians?or the Piedmont people?It wns a most agreeable thing to find that within the last few years they had made such substantial progress. Automobiles now dash along the high ways in the place of the lowly mule that formerly was king, this, too. tell ing In unmistakable, terms of the pro gress In transportation lines. \ little talk with the people along the railroad from Charlotte to Lau ren*, through Spartanburg. soon show, ed that tbev were vitally Interested in the question of good roads and that thev ire expecting the members of the South Caro"na delegation in Congress !o accomplish something along this line for ?hem at an eatly date With Federal aid the people v 111 be able not only to haul bigger loads of farm r tue- to the towns and more of them everv day. but more automobiles will find ?K'V way 'lien and tide, Ir turn, means the erection of more suburban homes all over the country. Along with the better river and harbor de velopment must come better highways the Carolinians said. In the upper-countles?an dthe same thing Is no doubt true of those in the lower section?the people have more cash money than they can use. liven tho negro tenants are in an excellent financial condition. Here and there a few "moss-backs" are to be fcttnd? the kind of fellows who always see doomsday just ahead and who oppose anything that looks to progress?but they are the exception now in South Carolina. The people are making in vestments, having faith In their State end their respective sections and be lieving that they could do no better than get in line with the advancing army of prosperous people. The Future, Gaffney, Rlacksburg, Woodruff, Spar tanburg and Laurens show at a glance that they are in the march of progress and that if they maintain their pres ent prosperous growth they, will be tween this tlm ? and the taking of the next census ten years hence, show what the Piedmont section can do. Talks, with people from the country between l.aureiis and Charleston Indi cate that they are not only generally satisfied With the present conditions but that, above all, they are glad they are living and living too. in old South Carolina. Columbians are proud of their skyscrapers and though just a bit out with Director Durand of the cen sus bureau because he did not show they bad a few more people when he made his official count there recent ly, are preparing to convince hl.ni, if I he holds the same plr.co ten years from now. that he Wftfl badly mistake!! when he counted only about 26,000 ?"hoses in Columbia, whoil ho should j have given them 35.000 or 10,000, Bui 1 that's getting off the main line to the! Elding. The Columbians, from what could be learned, are. not through building Skyscrapers. They are going to surprise the people during the next few years In more ways than one. ami inayho Charleston, with thor new "scraper" will have to hustle to keep up with her sister on the Congarec. Charleston and Panama, intelligent Inquiry about Charleston elicited the reply that she was still on the map and would be heard from be fore long. ".lust wait until wo gel our Panama Canal." one enthusiastic man said, "then we'll show you a city that Is u city." Tliis same man said that Charleston folka had a little crow to! pick with Director Durand, loo. about only allowing 3.000 gain during the last ten years but that, such figures having been declared official, thoy were content to show the world here after tintt such statistics, in the end count for little and that It la really what a city I? and what its people are { that count. Before long?perhaps during the next live years?the Charleston Navy Yard is going to be completed. It Is already. In the Judgment of many peo ple, one of the finest yards the govern ment owns. Its topography cannot he improved upon and the beautiful lines upon which It is laid out and built makes a beautiful place at all times to say nothing of Its usefulness. It is but natural that such a big yard as this is going to bo, should meet with obstacles, but happily, many of these have now been removed and it is only a question now of rocking along four or live years until the yard is dually completed. Then the eyes of those who have "knocked" it will be opened. They will he among the first to rejoice with the Charleston people on the fact that a yard has been built that will stand for ages to come. Proud of Old City. Of this undertaking nnd of the fact that they are Charlestonlans, the Caro linians met by The News nnd Courier correspondent while In South Carolina were justly proud. Tho old "City by the Sea" has stood the storms of many years, but she Is now quickly coming to the front. But just here it would lie wel lto drop a hint. Going down to South Carolina the question was asked on the train what hotel facilities Charles ton had and if she could show any thing like Jacksonville, Savannah, or the other Florida cities, No one seemed to know and the Inquirer prob ably went on way down through tho Florida Peninsula, in hunt for a really palatial hotel. So much for the Carolinians at homo; what about those who have, for one reason or another, hecomed exiled from their natlce State? If the pres ent residents are proud of their home what must the exile he Such a ques tion can only he answered in one way and that is that the "best people on earth" live In South Carolina; not necessarily in Charleston, in Spartan burg, in Laurens, or In any of the other places there, but just in South Carolina. There are no other people like hers and wherever one may go. roaming where he will, there Is al wnys that love of homo of Carolina that is never satisfied WINTEN FARMING COURSE. flcmson College Short Course In Agriculture. Clenmon College will offer a short course In agriculture beginning Jan uary Ith. 1911, and continuing six weekss. The aim will he to give good, prac tical instruction on: soils, fertilizers, tillage, farm Implements, cotton and corn breeding, corn judging, cotton grading, stock feeding, judging livo stock, dairy cattle, dairying, and hor ticultural subjects. Other topics will he discussed in special lectures. The expenses will he $10 per month for hoard, each individual furnishing his own sheets, pillows, and blankets. For further particulars write to \Y. P. Perkins, Direct.. Agricultural Departnvnt. Clemson Clllege, s C. .Mrs. hot tie Culhonn. Cross Hill. Dec. 19.?Mrs. Be. lie Calhorn), a notice of whose death was published last week, was the last mem ber of the William McGowan family. She was raised at "Rod Hill' in this township. Her family was prominent In South Carolina, rsiie was a sister to the late Capt. j. J., Gen. Sam and Capt, Homer McGowan. After the (hath of her husband, she came to live with her sist:-r. Mrs. Miller, who died a few years ago. Since that lime she has made her home With Dr. J. IL Miller wishing to spend her last day-- near her girl-hood homo and to 1)0 laid tO rest at old Liberty Springs where her people are hurled. She has just "passed over the river" to be With her Saviour and loved ones in a better land A sprained ankle will Usually disa ble the Injured person for three or four weeks. This is due to lack of proper treatment. When Chamber Iain's Liniment is applied a cure may bo effected in three or lour days. This liniment is one of the best and most remarkable preparations in use. Sold by Laurens Drug Co. Christmas Holiday Rales. The Charleston & Western Carolina Railway will sell excursion tickets account of the holidays at very low rates for the round trip. Tickets on sale December ir>. 10. 17. 21. 22, 23, 24, 25, and 31, 1010 and Jan I. 1911, Final limit returning Jan 8, l9U, For further Information apply to ticket agents or, F.rnost Williams, General Passenger Agent. 829 Broadway, Augusta Ga Ji M?de Bouquet Co you. Iny frknd By capt Jack Chawtom? CKOm out the larder of my souL J Ulberr nature's mystic posies Weil With fruit* and tlowrri, 1 TIN love's bowl M serve It warm to you. ny frteta. Tcali tbe sweetest, wildest flowers. SolPtlnttd as tbe rainbow spray. And Mug to you from nature s bowers; Co mingle wlib December gray. CfjfSti are but echoes of the past, Co musk set lu memory's chimes i Che silken sets thai lose has cast. Co catch the sunshine of my rhymes. anu isn't It sweet that some kind deed? s> fl memory throb, a God-sent tear? Oft' comes to cultivate the seed Chat we are sure 10 sow each year ? IltlD so, I'm IHuglacj this bouquet ?H Of thaukf uluess and love ia you i fweetbudsof reciprocity, Besprinkled with Affection's dew. II nil with the cheerful Yuletlde, " Chls Is tbe ho., .-fill wish 1 scud? Chat love of God and mau abide With you and yours, my faithful Trleul \ \c?. i K LAl'RKSS. Strung* Wanderer Who Has Trawled nil Over the Continent and at nw Expense for RaUlOilC rare. "A No. 1 was in Laurens Friday nf ter an absence of nearly ten years. The question arises. 'Who is A No. 1?" In his own words, printed on the beautifully colored post card which he sells to make money to buy a living with, he is the Champion Tramp of the World, holding the Tramp Rec ord from New York to San Francisco in 11 days and 6 hours: 3,260 miles As is the custom of his trlbo nl ronmers. A No. i docs not tell h's name, it being one of the unwritten laws of his "profession" never to In quire the name of another such com panion. Just A No. 1 is what he goes by and by what he is known by rail rond men all over the country, lie, holds business cards and autographs of numbers of big railroad men in all parts of the I'nited States, certi fying to his character and guarantee ing him passage on any road if it ever becomes necessary for him to show them. It seldom becomes necessary for him to show them, for, j like the others who travel from town ' to town and city to city in such man ner, he rides as best he may and al. ways free. He has travelled now, up to the time that he reached Lau rens Friday. 4S2.713 miles and in all that time he hasn't spent hut $7.01 for railroad fare. However, he says that he spends from $1100 to $500 year ly in assisting voting men who have wandered nwav from honu and have become stranded and disheartened to return to thell homes. This, he says. !s his principal work and the one Hint he most delights In. However he keeps a sharp lookout when down among tho trucks so that, if there is; a broken brake, a cracked wheel oi anything wrong with the cars that might cause a disaster, he can in form the men in charge of tho train and thus prevent a possible wreck, j He holds certificates from several j prominent railroad men certifying to the number of trains he has saved ' in this manner. He has prevented in this way more than 20 wrecks and saved hundreds of lives. For this reason he feels that the railroads are well repaid for his fare. A No. l says that from a prize of $1,000 which he received for his tiarnp from New York to San Francisco, he put $7.")0 into the erection of a tomb stone In the town which he calls his home. Cambridge Springs, Penn. This tombstone bears tho simple inscrip tion: "A No. I" "Ti e Rambler" "At Host at Last" A No. 1 left on the evening train for Greenville KLEYEN million CHOP. That is (he Estimate of the National (Rimers Association. Memphis, Dec. 10.? According to the report of the National dinners' association issued here today about 177.000 bales of cotton were ginned during die period from December I to December LI, compared with 481. 000 hales in 1009 The report states thai the crop is per cent, picked and 0(1 per cent, ginned, indicating a crop under 11,050,000. The reports from ginnery, show that the glnninc will be completed by Jan uary I. Tin- report by States follows: Alabama.1,114,000 Arkansas. 072.00(1 Florida. (10.000 Oeorgla.1,600,000 Lou is I n n r. . . .. 230,000 Mississippi .1,046,000 North Carolina. 058,000 Oklahoma. 861,000 South Carolina.1,080,000 Tennessee.2('">.<!00 Texas.2.802.000 Various. fii.ooo Total.10.017.000 ills Doctrine. Some folks, they kinder doubted Bf he'd religion true; ll?- never prayed an' shouted Like other people do, Rut this here wuz his doctrine. For all Its si rife, an' sin Tor make (his woiT a heaven Tor go (or heaven In! You never saw him standin' Thar - in the market place, An' looking up lor heaven with snnctermonlotts face: Mut hol pin' of the fallen ones A higher place tor win, He made this worl' a heaven Tor go ter heaven in. Thar wuzii'l no long sermoiits 1'roaohed whin ho went tor rest. Ulli hearts hod helped brought gifts o' dowers An' laid 'em on his breast: An' tlllnkln' of him now, I know a higher place ho'll win Who maker, this worl' a heaven Tor go tor hoftvi n in! Frank Slanton. TWO MISSIONARIES SPEAK. Dr. and Mrs. Price, Returned Frew China. Visit Clinton. Clinton. Dec. 20.?The vtsR Sund, y of Dr. und Mrs. Frank A. Price, mis sionaries of the Southern Presbyterian church In China, was a treat to the Presbyterians of Clinton, Deapite t... Inclement weather excellent cong: ? gat Ion 8 heard Dr. Price Sunday motiv ing, In the First church and again in the afternoon at the Carolina Memo, rial. Despite tbe downpour a fall good congregation turned out Sunday night. All who heard Dr. Price we delighted with his sermons and l\ in lenttti ion of conditions In China, On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Price ?jpoi to the ladies and girls of the chur and her talk was thrilling. To In i that frail-looking little woman tidl in a most matter-of-fact way of h.ivittv tn< ;??(! a1' sorts of contagious diseas extra? ted two hundred teeth, and p< formed a number of minor operatic; - on 'he Chinese, without anv help, pan of the time, and with only a native helper at best was to realize what mission work is when a person of abil ity put brain and power into it. IK. Ing their stay In Clinton Mr. and M Price visited their old friends, Dr. a: d Mrs. Ream The Tho'nwoll Orphanage has ? eently had the gi?t oi *2,'i00 to ere i a sut er in tendon t's cottage, Hesld. - this (25,000 has been given by twry warm friends of the institution for .... endowment of the President's chair A considerable sum htis been added to the general endowment fund durh the year. The Clinton Pharmacy is ready to re-open after *ho Iii?' in the new store on east Main street, belonging to Capt. I. W. Copeland. W. O. Hoberts open ed last week in Mr. lt. 1.. Wright's store on Musgrove street. The third number of the lyceum course wll he given in the Utopia Hall on Wednesday night. .Miss Fronde Kennedy gave a Christ mas party to the students of the Thornwell college and some of their friends on Monday evening, about sixty-live guests being present. MONEY KOK HIGH SCHOOLS. Thirty Thousand Dollars Appropriat ed for the Current Year. Columbia, Dee. 20.?At a meeting oi the State hoard of education approv hnately $.'{0.ooo was apportioned .'inning the high schools of the State, accepted for State ;.:U during the scholastic year 1910 and 1011 It i> customary for the Governor and Sta'o Superintendent of Education to pa) these apportionments before Christ mas, but owing to the lack of funds' in the State treasury the payment < this year must be deferred until' early in January. This will occasion a tea porary hardship on high school tea'i ers. who will be unable to draw |h< salaries before Christmas. Ever) claim will be met as soon as tax i lections become more general. High school teachers employed wll out valid certificates should writ ? til once to iho county superintendent of education, requesting a special ex. animation as soon as convenient. Thb request to the county superintendents Of education will be transmitted U the State superintendent, who Will arrange with him for an examinntloi in order that no school may be tl< privod of its appropriation. The State board of education d fl not order an extra examination throughout the State, but has pro sided this means of qualifying ever.' teacher now desiring to secure a < ? tltlcato. Slate Superintendent or I'M ' cation Swcarlngen will send notices to the county superintendents bofon the end of the week, i The payment of the prizes recent I > awarded by the school Improvement association will be made as soon ? the official report of the president filed with the State superintendent Ol educat ion. .Mrs. Polly Thompson. CrOSH Hill. Dec. lit.?.Mrs. Poll) Thompson died last Monday and was buried Tuesday at the Prosbytei inn cemetery, She leaves sovoral children and grandchildren, two si lers and one lnotiier. Mr. David Whlteford. Mar parents were nmom a number of Scotch-Irish Presbyter: .' who came over from Antrim conn'' Ireland, about the year 1800. The Whltofords, McGowans, McWIlllnnis, BaXtOI'S, Austins and others can.' about the same time. KELL DOWN STAIRWAY, Cant. .1. W. Cngle of Greenville ???? Kvpected to I.he, Greenville, Dec. 20.?Cant, J, W Cltgle, one of GreenVlllo's most prom incut cltl/.ens, is lying near death to day as a result of a fall down a stall' way in a business building yesterday. Physicians slate there Ig no hope for his recovery and that he probably COIlUOt sur\ IVO the .!. y.