Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EQUAL PARTNERS (Continued from page 3.) With tbe thto Wad? of n peofenlfe be very adrpttlv raised the gummed kipT>et without Inflicting any Injury which could not be repaired. Tbe eovelone contained five 8100 Mlla wrapped Id a blank shoe! of tbe firm's paper. Despite tbe colix-Mcnee of amounts, this was not nectswirlly tl>e money mentioned In AJdct.s note to Elsie. If. for Instance. Mr. Ilobinsou slioukl suy that he had frugally hild by that som, and had thought his employer's desk the safest place for It, tbe statement would be equally hard to believe or to disprove. For this reason Elmendorf ?cruti?i7XHl the bills wtth an eager eyt\ and when he found upon one of theiu a peeulinr nmrfe. as If a word of a strange lunguage hod been scrawled there, he was more than pleased. Raisin? tbe lower sash of tin? window, he made a mirror of the glass by holding the cuff of his blacfe coat against it. i'lacing t1k? hill before this mirror, he beheld the strange word reversed. ?wni it i men mo lotrlhle ns **Clnre:>oe.'" "Tlie signature was blotted against the money." sold lie. "It cuuldnt be auytliing else. The bills were folded into the note whlk? the signature wnn wet. and of course tt printed Itself on one of them." If Robinson had entered the room at that moment, be would have been arrested for attempted murder, but be lie Mieid Urn ttlniH'jc teord reversed, did not come In. Whether this was bla luck or Kluiendorfg may be bard to determine. Tbe detective sat down by Alden*s desk, holdlup tbe money In bis band. His face wore a look of triumph, but ft was uot pleasnut to am for tbe resentment which this crime hod Inspired In him was burning In his heart. He wag not the hunter who docs a day's work In the woods ami counts his pains with J-ii .kt flo u'flu tho rnan who bns caught tin* wolf tbat kilted the pot lamb. But there came h slow change upon bim. III* fnee was puckered around the eyes, and bis lower Hp got between his teeth. Presently with a hasty band !>? scribbled upon a sheet of ptiper this sentence: For furtlior panicuksm Uvjctw ot WHHmb Elromdorf. New York (toe-tlr# Inm-su. SCO Sfclbrrry wrret. This message lie tnoloeed instead of the money In tlx* ?>nvelopo. whlcb be carefully resented. lie held ft balanced upon two thiger* for n ti?on>ent. eying it critically. Then be replaced It In tlie drawer under the paper*. The knife with which lie bod opened the envelope was lying open upon the desk. He plek?-d It up. pulled down tbe desk's lid nisi drew out one of tbe sliding leaves. upon which he Not 01K a genile tune with tlie jiolnt of the knife blade. He had worn u little boie In the wood without lielug aware of tt. when lie heard RotHuson'a voice just outside the floor. Elmendorf suddenly grlpt?ed tbe knife hard and set the point upou tt>e back of bis left hand. Then with a Wt of a laugh he shifted the knife to ht? left hand and slowly, steadily pressed the blade down upon the other. This Spartan act was accomixiuled by much wrinkling of the forehead and a few hard words softly uttered. When Role Inson opened the door, tbe knife wm ivlng on tie- door and Elmendorf was striding toward a towi In the corner. "Dropped my kulfe ou tbe buck of my band." lie said. "Sharp Made. ami it went In iloep.** Roblnsou eauie forward hastily and viewed the Injured mendier. from which a atetuly stream of Wool was tiowtug. "Bh-eds like the deuce!" said be. "You must Itaw cut an artery." Elmeudorf looked keenly at Koblu on. holding hia bund liieanwlrlk* to a treani of cold water. "It will atop io half a tninute." ankl the detective. "If you'll pull my handkerchief out of my jkjcUci and tear off a couple of atrtpa. we'll tie 1t up." Robinaou assisted In this operation, by request. I>ut he waa awkward and nervous and seemed not to relish the sight of blood. When it wan done. EMtnecdorf thanked him cordially, asked a few trivial questions and departed. Half aa boor later be delivered tbe Ave $100 bilU to tbe chief of tbe detective bureau, with a fall report upon tbe manner hi wblch tbey had come into bto possession aod tbe method by vrbkb be bad succeeded in identifying j one ol tbow. CHAPTER KL I i ST. WTMPHKl/it?iiOnTI.-yO. HEN" tbe son bad been ^ yfm tf Wy up three bours, It was ! *1 m bUA 0 ???^ over a ] lflfU low portion of St yg Cj' Vs Winifred's hulidlng , 1* H oml ono Th<? n-(iulnw of the room where ElV sk> lay asleep. The 1 sud.leii increase of Il^rlit awoke b.-r. i ! and sbe found that 1 ;ret>dn wua bokltng l"?t!i her hands. "1 was afraid vou woukl move too much nixl hurt yourself" Raid sire. "1 .. know you must wake bootl IIow do you feel?" Elsie winked ber eyes and twisted ! ( tbe left corner of ber mouth with the I air of ODe who Is testing a bruise to see how sore It la ' ( "There was a girl who felt better I once a long time ngo>" she sakl "but { It doesn't matter. Haven't you been to | bed nil this night?" "1 haw slept ou the couch." replied i ' Rremla. "My maki brought down this J loose gown, awl I've been very comfort- , aide. I have had some things l>rought i from your l>ouse too." ' "Did you get my little silver mirror?" i j asked Elsie, with eagerness. "Oh, how I gcod of you! Please let me have ft." j 1 Btvnda gave her tbe mirror, and she gazed long and Intently Into It; then < she slghe<l and lakl down the glass. < "All gone," she saki "Well, that 1 doesn't matter either. Mothbwf matters any more. But I used to think I would be pretty when I was dead." "So you will, my dear," answered Breoda. "You'll have a sweeter, pret- 1 tier face than you have now?the dear-1 est'old grandmother's face, with beau* j 1 tlful white curls all around?and tbe children who come to kiss you will cry like a little shower on a May morulng. but they will be better children after- j ward, for they will want to live tlie J life that brings such happy sleep at the etxl of it.** "I wish I could say things like that." so hi Elsie. "Even If they aren't true they make people feel good. 1?look?! fierce! Don't E honestly?" "Fierce!" echoed Brenda. "Why, j anything else in the world, 1 should! say." "That's slang." said Elsie. "It merely means terrllHo." "Well, I'd hardly agree to that word either." sahl Brenda. "You dont inspire any terror in n>e. You're only a j little bit jwile. and perhaps you have cried too much." "You must think I am a perfect boby. Really It isn't so. I have borne some things in this life fairly welL I would hear much more and be na happy as ] any girl If I only knew bow. But there's no way. My life Is In a tangle j that cnunot be unwound. I just elmply ain't go on. Brenda. That's what 1 felt when 1 ojhtmmI my eyes in this room the first time and while I lay thinking before I would let Dr. Ken-, dall ktvow I was conscious. There Is no way. absolutely no way"? Iler voice began to tremble, l>ut sb? resolutely checked the tendency. "IIow everything settles down on you iu tbe morning!" she sqi<i. "iou wake bo happy. Perhaps you hove dreumed of the pk-nsnntest things. I nlrnot* always dream of people 1 hbe and of l>olng with them tn tin1 flekls of abroad somewhere In a strange city and nil dressy] up In the most wonderful clothes. a;>d tln?n the reality l>e- j gi:wt to come down, like?tike a grout ball of rags. I saw them kxvdtng a barge with rags oi>ce?she was along-' side a strainer?and 1 ahvays ivuiein-1 , berod how tliose dirty, beovy, stifling 1 bales rame down. They were like life." "Your life bnsnt tx-en altogether a ^bflle of rag*. my young friend," sokl ( Brendn. **nixl unkf<8 I'm much mis-i taken tt will l*? In tbe future (piltc i ; Ilk# some of those dreams. There was a young man w!k> made a promise oc two ahoot ?trnnge cities and l>eouflful < dotlies. yon know." she added, redden- j Ing a little. "1 sow Mr. Aklen's iwx? to you. aod I was tricked Into rending 11 port of It." "1 Mipfxww K will !k? printed In the | paiiers," said Elsie. "with your picture and mine and Mr. AMen's. Isu't thin awful? It la so alieolntelv horrible that there's no use bring polite nl>out K. Ilut really I never meant to iloyoo; nuy harm. I never encouraged Mr. Akleo. 1 Joved hlin from the begin- i Ding. Tl>e very first evening 1 saw; hizn 1 went home and cried about him, 1 but when he began to come to see we I roaile him think thot 1 didn't care for hfm. I actually did wake him ti.i.i. " i lunm n\j. "1 know It."" replied Bronda gently.! "lie told tin* eo." f'I'o be Continued.] A COMMUNICATION. ? Mr. E oitok?Allow me t<? speak a few words in favor of Cham's'rlain's; Cough Remedy. I suffered for tlrcej years with the bronchitis and could i not sleep at niglrs. I tried several ' doctors and various patent medicines, I but could get nothing to give me re- j. lief until my wife got a bottle of this I valuable medicine, which has completely relieved me.?W. S. Broekman, Baguell. Mo. This remedy is for ?ile i by l>r. W. L. Vvallace, Kingsrree, and Lake City Drug Co., Lake City. THE Views OF AN EXPERT. What Has !!?n Done in Development of Dairying and Stocking RaWng. Mr. L. A. Ransom, who Ja well known In the South on account of his oonsplcuoun v/ork in agricultural matters and his connection with the Bout-h Carolina department of agriculture, and now with the Southern Cotton Ofl Company, as District Manager, at Atlanta, Ga., iu writing about the influence of cotton seed products on the development of dairying In the South. Bays: 5 "About 1850, a few wealthy and en- j 1 terprising Southern planters imported j some Devon cattle from England. j Th?-p?? were turned loose in cone- j brakes with the native scrubs and al- j lowed to roann over large areas of ' wooded country, picking up a precarious living on the scant pasturage afforded by the woods freshly burned over by the forest flres In the spring. Although widely scattered and a few ], In number, the prepotency of this breed was so great that in many sections the 1 evidence of this Infusion of good blood ts stlH visible in the stock. "No well-to-do planter at that time considered that he had milch cows enough to supply the wants of his family unles he owned at least twenty-five or thirty head. These droves of ha*f- I wild and half-famlshed animals were located towards nightfall by the ringing of a bell hung around the neck oI the leader. They were driven to the cow-pen, somertmea miles from where they were found in the woods, a spasmodic effort was made to extract milk from them, penned up over night, and i second attempt made upon them the ? r>ext morning. The 'average yield' was about one quart per cow. ^ "The idea of increasing this produo tion by judicious feeding was not ? thought of. This was the rule, but of 2 course there were notable exceptions. ; People who did not own unlimited acres jf land, and who appreciated milk ? and butter, took better care of their 2 cows, fed them regularly, and allowed J them to pasture during the day on their neighbors' land. This pasturing 2 was more to give them proper exer- 2 r-lse, and keep them healthy than to afford them any means of subsistence. To such an extent had the cattle In- 2 terests of South Carolina in 1880 depre- J elated that the repairs to the farm onst mnro than thfl valup of the m cattle In the State, and the probability 5 Is that the same was equally true of nearly all the Southern States." Then came the "No Pence Law," * which compelled the owners to fence the cattle Instead of the crops. This forced the farmers to own pood milch ootvs. or none at all, as It became too expensive to feed poor stock. About J this time, or perhaps a little earlier, I appeared the "Jersey" on the scene, a breed of cattle as suited to the needs of those who were "too poor to own a cow, and too proud to milk a goat." But this beautiful little animal soon ( demonstrated that she was not a ^ "quitter," and, furthermore, that she "filled a long felt want," and. with proper attention, gave rich returns on her cost and keep, and, like the Irishman's pig that he raised In the oabth wits hio rhiHrpn "nald the rent" % as well as the freight. As compared \ with the Devon, she was smaller In statue and gave less milk, but the proportion of cream to water In what she did give, far exceeded that of the Devon. the Durham, andi Holsteln. and she promptly became the prime favorite of small families and butter-makers. But she could not live without feed, and butter could not be produced profitably on corn meal, wheatbran. or cowpea diet, nor could K be produced at aH on what the Jersey could pick ; up in the pastures. Nature, always lavish, but provident, hid away coal )n the earth for ages, only to be uncovered when the world needed It most, pointed the way to the gold fields only when this precious metal wers absolutely required for the world's commerce, and covered from / sight the phosphate rock of the Caro- " , u ? Wo unas unin lmproTiuviu nuw mm stroyed the fertility of the fields, Hkewise she held back the material required to make dairying in the 8?ulh possible and profitable, untH conditions were favorable for its use. The advent of the Jersey oow created a demand for a cheap and rich food, which the oil mills supplied with hulls ami meal. In a list of fifty of the leading feed materials of the United States, the National Department of Agriculture ranks cotton seed meal , first, in feeding value and places the ' value of cotton need hulls for the same purpose above the best timothy hay. The upe of these producta has fully sustained the department's reports, and dairy farming Is fast becoming an u industry of importance, and this has been largely the result of the liberal 11 policy of the Southern Cotton Oil Co. of the Carolines and Georgia, which has headquarters at Columbia. 8. C.. r Atlanta. Oa.. Savannah, Oa. and Charlotto, N. C.. Ooldsboro, S. C., and Au- H gusta. Ga. ^ Arotind the large cities in the South, dairies are successfully operated, supplying the people with wholesome milk, and rich golden butter from cows * > ?.~?l /wmtrv It"J un nuup niiu iiirtu. a irw , rvilis have accomplished the name thin? for the farm* and amaH towns Around the factory town* the amaH . mills make dairying possible. and profitable. an the demand from the opera- . tl\c? 1* sufficient to connume all the I milk and better that can he produced. I nnd the use of meal for fertilising the " land, which In aold reasonably by the Southern Cotton OH Company. ha* greatly enlarged the are* devoted to truck fa-mlnsr of all klnda. Without oil mill product* dairying would he Impossible In many sections of the South. The abundance, cheapness nnd convenient* of the products has already developed the business to an Interesting extent and It la o?Jy In its Infancy, and Its growth will Increase lapldly each vent with the u steady Improvement In tie grade of ? mllch cows. Oleomargarine contains r about forty per cent. milk, and the compound Is a wholesome product, a The est-hllshment of co-operative factories for its manufacture In the rtclnity of oil mills where refined oW / can be had would give a tremendous " imnotiiQ ?o dalrvine In the South. o () s Some men marry to get a F lioiise-keeper and then complain because I hey did not did not get a sweetheart. Big stock of punts on hand and ivill sell at i cost for cash. WlLKIXS. ~ V \ I . . ESS3BBS5iS3Eg3SB3BSSSBSS^^iiftiiSi "We have o? nan i a carload of BIT hem littler too er. i/iereforc We Pass Up The f Don't quarrel with opportunity, l>tu - -* I ?1 xl .i 1 1 I L . tl ttwi. ..aii uie aianuaru iiinK**ts Hucn iiM xi lock,E tiger, Barber and It. E. Jones. We make you practicnllv a --?>?ontr oURLIVERY DEPs always supplied with Good Horses am J. L STUCK Lake City, pmmmmmmmmmmmroii 1 DR' LR JOHNSON, | Practicing Physician, ? Surgeon and Druggist, ZZ Next Door t<> StHarc & Floyd., E LAKE CITY, - 8. C. ^aaaaauaaaaaaaaaaiaaaa MAKE NO MIS' ?GO TO S- THOMAS ? nr.i U-I\in CTDL'L'T oa Jl? I IVliUI OiJbVUUI, Vjll FOB VATCHES, iEWELRY, SILVER SPECTACLES AN! Jewelry and Watches Repair April 8-tf DO YOU DR Jlenn Springs Ginger A1 Springs Mineral Wate me mai TTsTH' BECAUSE all ingredients used are BECAUSE it is made from G V'ATEK. THE OLI) RELIABLE that, in it ing suffering for over a hundred years i elightful carbonated drinks. Try it an< 11 others have said, that it is "THE B Drinkers of Ginger Ale "will be delig efreehing drink, made with Glenn Sprin ounce it the finest on the market. Try iflk your dealer for it. The Glenn S GLENN SPRIj jRAND OPENIfl Spring C Hats and Furnishings. You will find here the very newest I>-t(MlHte Suits, Furnishing Goods lats. We make a specialty of extra-size d nd Slim .Suits. On receipt of yoHr letter we will s on swatches of Suits if you are latere i any. In our tailor department we li ver 500 samples for you to select your i r extra Pants from, aits made to your measure from $15 to 'ants from $3 to 12. All Mailorders promptly attended t special salesman. Ho Browffl' UNITE CLOTHING HOUSE, , Opposite Academy of Music. 224 iiiug Street, Charleston, & C. ' ' ^ y -V'1 **- *' txGIES, and can't afford to let 3rofits to You. come now and buy while they aekney, Taylor & Onnady, Hay>f half the profits if yon buy now ARTMENT l Stylish and ServicableVehicles EY & CO,, s. o Pure Wpmrm, <'hem> leal* nnd lledicin^. ^2 Patent 21 ltd nou^ecrri ^ VrepurulionN. All 3 kind* of DrusciNtH* ?iindrio*. Toilet ltf> ?|vti?it-w, Fnnry Per- " fumerr nnd T'layorinjc I'tlrnrN. Alito Pari* <*reen. (a'nrdcn Need*. ^ Cold and Refreshing Drinks, <11"every kind. Sodn Wuler.i'ot'ii i'oln. Kir.. ^3 and a Hue Hue of l-'re*h Fruil^Fnney fandir*, Tobacco, (,'1'kii n and ? risnrellr*. ZZZ IIIUtlUllUIUiliUIUIUUIIR TAKE! J JR. A BRO-. . AULESTON, S. 0., ! WARE. PLATED WARE I CLOCKS. ed by Expert Workmen. [NE ALE? e, Made With Glenn r, is the Best on rket ST? the purest and beat. fLENN SPRINGS MINERAL ? 3 natural state, has been allevias now being made into most s 1 we know that you will say, as EST." , ; hted to get this delightful and gs Mineral Water. Experts proit and you will be couvinoed. PR1NGS CO., ygs s. c., I ^ and ?/\ i | A \ and V ,en<i f J\\ w stfHl I / I V lix ,ave (/ \ Su,t ' I j 100. I I 11 ; v '! - ! ' i>? ; I ?