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^^^^PoKENOF FAREwiW Counsel From a WilliamsTeacher to His Pupils. ^^^^H^Ythe patrons and pupils ' Graded scnool: rlected principal of the T^^bove school for the session of 1903'04, then a sk ranger to the patrons. It was an expression of contidence which I appreciated very uiuch. At the close of the first session, I was re-elected to the same position for "he session of 1904-'05 wit lout opposition?so far as 1 know. Dur f" ing these two years, I did all I could for the up building of the school? utilized every opportunity that circumstances would permit?and I hope ihat a foundation iias been laid ** upon which the school can live and prosper, and that 11 will become a / great factor for gixnl in that com / mutiny. And now in submitting my resig/ nation to go to other fields of work? where, perhaps, I can nccooi plish more, I feel safe in saying that f did all I could for vou. and I am nut leaving you to search for a people that I may like better, or a people that aie more agrceble to work with. I hope that I may find such a noble-hearted people as those connected with the Johnsonville Graded scln?oi. Now to the pupils of the school: 1 feel that in after years, when I shall hear that you are faithfully v > discharging the dut'es of some noble calling in life, I shall be proud of you; proud liecause T have had the pleasure of trying t?? pieparc you to some extent for the battles of life ? I hope that you will let no oppor tuuity pass not improved. "Education is the apprenticeship of life. *' ? It is generally conceded that a man's success in life depends to an 9 important degree 011 his education; not so much 011 the extent of the knowledge he secures, as the kind of knowledge, the impressions he receives, the inspiration, the enthusiasm, the ambition to do something and be somebody with w' ich his school experience fills him. Education is the only sure foundation which will elevate character. "The possessions of men's hands ;\re nnicklr consumed, hnfc knowl * ?" l? J > edge, which is the mind's ric hest estate, endures forever." As the years roll by you will all r> be brought to a station called the crisis of life. According as the choice is made at such times life becomes invested with happiness or mantled in misery. Much of future character and destiny is wrapped in the decision then made. When you arrive at this critical period in life, remember the words of the immortal Shakespeare: ^ "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at> the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, ill the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries." When you have launched out on the tide and are figuring in the affairs of men, standing as a man among men, rememl?er the words of Scotland's sweetest bard, who thus wisely sings: "But where ye feel your honor g"P> Let that aye be your border, It's slightest touch is instant pause, Debar all side pretences, And resolutely keep its laws, Uncaring consequences." 1 think some arrive at the crisis of life at an earlier age than others. It has been stated that the foundation for nine-tenths of the great, successes iu business and professional life is 1 -id before the twenty-fifth mile-stone is reached. By the time men are tu< ntv-five, they are in the groove, out of w liich very few ever twist the wheels. They have selected their profession and have indicated their grade of work, thereby opening or closing the doors to pro motion. They have secured, or forever failed 10 secure, a liberal education, and that absolutely establishes the limits of human iiseful'' ness. Thev have fixed their "mental * . habits, so that they are thinkers, investigators, or mere followers. They have decided in what class their intimate friendship will be found and that is doomed for good or ill. They have fixed their moral habits. Appetite, tongue, passion, imaginations *. are either trained or rampant at twenty-five. Chaiacter is driving on, downhill or up, aud olde; people clearly see the direction it takes. Faults and failings of that day are remembered to keep men out of positions at fifty. Thus early in life do men pronounce sentence upon themselves, whether their entire career shall be uoble or mean,brlliaot rtnid iWI I * i IfcJ 111 I Address JOHN SEBASTIAN, Pass. Traf. Mgr., Rock Island System, CHICAGO. Special Rates VIA Atlanl Mttflie Vetefons* Reunion, Louisville One cent per mile for distance t Rate from King's tree, S. C., $14. Tickets on Sale June 10th, lltli, limit June 19th. Extension of ti be obtained by depositing ticl Louisville, Ky., and payment of ticket Stop over will be allow mond, White Sulphur Springs ai Hoc Springs). Special train service and throuy operated from convenient point.* see the Agent, or consult "The WRIGHTSVILLE BE On account of Summer School, i Tickets to Wilmington, N. C. wi and 17th, with final limit June 2 fare plus 25 cents for the round 1 Rate from Kingstree, S. (.'. to W turn $4.70. For any other information wri E M Em, Traffic Mgr. W WILM1NGTOP or obscure, happy or miserable. , I Let us hope that your career may ^ be a model one. My best wishes are v for you?Good bye. I je S H Brown. Haskell, S C., June 30, 1905, <' Bv Little Breeches. a By John Hay. we The following is John Hay's most t famous poem. It is a more J We general favorite than even "Jim M 'Bludsoe."' The.e verses are includ! ed in the "Pike County Ballads."1 | They show Mr Hay as a master of pathos and as possessed of a genius Am superior to that of Bret Harte's, for j reproducing the racy dialect and A thought of the West: I ^ ! I don't go much on religion. j ^ ^ I never ain't had no show: j I? h But I've got a middlin tight grip, sir. On the handful o' things I know, Tnt? I don't pan out on the prophets And free-will.and that sort of thing. But I b'lieve in God and the angels, j Ever genre one night last spring. i I come into town with some turnips, i ,j, And my little Gabe eome along, j No four-year-old in the county Could beat him for pretty and strong, Peart and ehipper and sassy, I SPB Always ready to swear and fight,? i <5 And I'd lamt him to eliaw terbaeker ' cjjj( Jest to keep his milk-teeth white. wes 1 he snow came down like a blanket As I passed by Taggart's store; (()S* 1 went in for a jug of molasses vla And left the team at the door. cert They scared at something and started, nier I heard one little squall. | vjsj And hell-to-split over the prairie (Un Went team. Little Breeches and ail. Hell-to-split over the prairie! tun I was almost froze with skeer: trip But we rousted up some torches, A pari And sarehed for 'em far and near ; lam At last we struck bosses and wagon. Pas 1 Snowed under a soft white mound, j lam To the Pacific Coast?to Calii und-trip, long transit and re ivileges. The rate is practically on the I p. Of course, if you wish to visi Washinsrton, the cost is slightly These reduced rates are in eff May to October, inclusive. The i Chicago, St Louis or Memphis stem will take you up in either Chi other Middle West points and ca aindard or Tourist Sleepers with le Rock Island also affords a chc ute you can stop off in Colora dlowstone National Park; on th< l El Paso, thru New Mexico, the d on to Portland or Seattle if dei In short, these Pacific Coast exc ance to see our western country If you desire to go only as far a tes in effect to that section s ecially reduced June 30 to and August 30 to September l wr Salt Lake and return at low From September 15 to tourist or " colonist" tickets w the Pacific Northwest?about II interested, send name anc L which booklet wanted and to wha date of start also, so we can advii r?l S?d gjg?& booklet and rata.. Nama Address Lmt* about Destination tic Coast Line. JI..MIHBIX.!' raveled, plus 25 cents. 00 for the round trip. 12th and 13th, with final inal limit to Juty 10 ma}- 1 rets with Joint Agent, fee of 50 cents on each * ed at Petersburg, Rich- I nd Convington and (for ;h Pullman cars will be ]/ i. For other information w Purple Folder." :ach, n. c. t rune 15th to 21st, 1905. 28 11 be sold June 14th, 15th !4th, for one first class trip. ilmington, N. C, and re- . ite, J Cnii Gn. Passenger Agt. i, n. c. sot, dead beat.?but of little <4abe 0 hide nor hair was found. J here all hope soured on me, d my follow-critters's aid,? st flopped down on my marrow bones. rotch-deep in the snow.and prayed, this, the torches was played out, S ml me and Isrul Parr ti lit off for some wood to the sheep* fold ? hat he said was sotnewhar thar, found it at last, and a little shed 'here they shut up the lambs at flight. looked in and seen them huddled thar, > warm and sleepy and white: C 1 thar sot l.ittle Breeches and chirped, s peart as ever you see, iVant a chaw of terbaeker. G ml that's what's the matter of me." _ v did he git thar? Angels, e could never have walked in that storm. iir iowf a/ouvniiij nnii inloil 11Srik j ?? "?|? I i> whar it was sate and warm. p J I think that saying a little child, J 0 nd blinking: him to his own. denied sight better business I ? ban loafing around The Throne, ! ? ; P TAKE A TRIP WEST. a CIAL INDUCEMENTS THIS SEASON. & Ipend your vacation on the Pa Coast or in almost anv of the ? V P tern states this summer at low >r. Honml trip excursion tickets ^ Hock Island System are on sale ain dates throughout the sum-1 You can go out via Colorado, ^ ting Yellowstone Park and re- j ling southern route by way of 1 Paso, or vice versa. A long re1 limit and cheap rates for side s to every point of interest. Pull , ticulars, literature and Hock Is- j i folder, from John Sebastian,- _ senger Traffic Manager Rock Is- j 1 System. Chicago. . i. ~r- i i .1 - - fornia, Oregon, Wasliington? turn limits, liberal stop-over >asis of one fare for the round t both California and Oregon more. ect on certain dates in months y apply from all Eastern points . gateways. The Rock Island cago or St. Louis, or at hundreds rry you to the Coast in through unexcelled Dining Car service, ice of routes: on the "Scenic" do?see Salt Lake City?visit i "Southern" route you can go n "ud coast" to San Francisco lired. ursions offer an unusualljlgood in a comprehensive manm. s Colorado, there are excursion ind return, all summer long, July 4, August 12 and 13, 1. Extension trips to Ogden cost also. October 31, 1905, one-way ill be on sale to California and half regular fare. I address on this coupon, designating t point you plan to go. Name probable ie definitely with respect to rates, etc. Is* SEWING MACHINE )o not be deceived i?y those who ad* VpH i<o fill S .U'Mur Mm.hina fni* |20.00. This kind <>f :j machine can be bought irom lis or any of our dealers from $15.00 to $18.00. we mak: a variety HE NEW HOME IS THE BEST. The Feed determines the strength or weakness of Hewing Machines. The >ouble Fcotl comhiued with other trong (mints makes the Xew Home lie best Hewing Machine to buy. le for CIRCULARS Sr?S' e manufacture ami prices before purchasing HE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO. ORANGE MASS iUnionSq. N. Y., Chicago, III., Atlanta, Go, U Lr jLs,Mo., Dallas,Tex.,San Frunclsco, Ofci TOR SALE BY Winsloiv Wri^lit, Ncrun ton. A. C. ?PI?? PW?y llfiiioiinimnT lllUuliwlllul Sllilli. -1 I Mi .; hoes, Hats, Clothing- and Noions Going at Rock Bottom Prices for Cash. ;OFFINS and CASKETS Kept On Hand at All Times, are Money by Giving Me a Trial. / Yours for Business. !, V. TAYLOR, (Successor to S. J. Taylor) REELYVILLE, - S. C. The Lnrget i i i ( ' .1 > t e , Establishment South. EO. S. HACKER 8 SON, ?MANTFACTUh KS OFash, Doors. Blinds ilouhling and Buihlinjr Material, ash Weights and Cord j CHARLESTON. SC. Bring us your JOB WORK. 1 mmrnmrnmrn . -T r,.^S" wrxfy ' ' ' : "Bill! Will'' n iinii "HARKIS IS ^ I LUX' 1" AN' j M\ !S -WILLl> ' " TO WEAK . i GOOF) SUIT. LATEST -7VLE, A A REASONABLE L'KICE. SOM ST'CK T<> THE OLD IDEA THA' | THEY CAN'T BE HAD READY I MADE. IF THEY WILL ONL' CALL AM) INVESTIGATE <>UI STOCK THEY'LL BE EASIL I C>\VI N? EI) TO THE CONTRARY i I'll ERF ARE SO MANY DESIRA | RLE FABRICS OF WHICH OU SUMMER SUITS ARE MADE. S : MICH GOOD. HONEST TA1LOI ! INO IN THEIR MAKE-I I'. <NDS MLTH (iOOl) VALUE FOR YOU MONEY THAT IT'S LITTLE WON DISKTIIE DEMAXDFOR BENTSOI NKR & YIJJAXSK A CLOTHES CO> TlXl'ESTO INCREASE FROM SEA SON TO SEASON. WHEN THE COOL CLOTHE Ql" EST ION IS SETTLED, TuJ COMES CNDERWEAR. HOSIERS SHIRTS AND A STRAW OK PAN A MA IIAT. ALL HERETO PLEAS YOt. * / % MAIL ORDERS RECEIV1 CAREFUL ATTENTION. Bentschner & Visanska COK KINO AND HASELL STREET I Charleston, - S. C SAVE MONEY. By Taking Advantage o Our Cheap Clubbing # Rates. 4 By clubbing with The Count Record you can get the followin/ newspapers and magazines at reduc ed prices. To take advantage o these cheap rates both publication must be paid for one year in ad vance: The County Record aud thi Twice-a-Week News and Conrie one year each $1.50. * * * The County Record, the Atlan ta Constitution and the Sunn] South, one year each, $1.75. * * The County Record and th< Home and Farm, one year each $1.25. * * The County Record and th< New York World, (three times t week) one year each, $1.65. * Th e County Record and Th< Commoner, (W. J. Bryan's paper one year each, ?1 65. * * The County Record and th< Youth's Companion (new subscriber! only) one year each $2.25. * * The County Record and the American Farmer, one year each, $1.15. * # * The County Record and the National Magazine, one year each, $1.60. The Hece log Beam SAW MILL WITH Heacock-King Feed Works Engines and Boilers. Woodworking Machinery. Cotton Ginnino. Brickmaking and Shingle and Lath Machinery. Corn Mills. Etc.. Etc. GIBBES MACHINERY CO., columbia, s. c. The gi8be3 Shingle Machine ?ww'i iiw " 1 hi ?bp HAVE YOU ANYTHING nnii cat do rua onuui If you have Chickens, Eggs, Seeds. Axe Handles. Horses, Mules. Buggies or anything to sell you can tell the fact to EVERYBODY IX SOUTH CAR0I.I5A -THROUKH? The News pJ Courier FOR 25 CENTS If the advertisement does not contain more than twenty-five words. The ayte la only ONE CENT A WORD. No advertisement taken for less than 26 cents, j - # - . r^\ \ NEW \ I Spring Millinery anc Goods, Laces, En ! -AL8 I Nice Line Of White T? n ' ?! -A' V It ; Stackley's C Keep In pllm Tinas, If ?ww JEWEL -257 KING STREET. X K T ^E_^ME 0F THE F|RM 'S A X MERIT W|L And the, Fact of Their Being Watch I he Georgetown and Western Rail p, Anything in the Way of Jewelry. Clo< ^ Eought at Their Store at the Low Mail Orders are Filled Promptly and Special Attention. X Rei Farming ;i All Ki Also a full line ot Horse dollars trees, etc. . * j _ 1 Our Dixie Plow is what you wai and it costs us more than the ordi to you. ?:? ? { See our large stock of Pee Dee a ,, Plows, and in fact everything nee . land and cultivation of your crop, f Agents for Johnson's Disk Ci 3 Just received a car Anchor Lim< Try us on Sashes and Doors; Co e are al wa ywelcme. LAKE CITY Hi LAKECI1 J 5 Whiskey I Morphine I ClgJ habit, I habit, | ha Cured by KEELEY IN 2Lu<ly St.(or I* O.Box 75)CoIumbia.S.C. Coi i T\? ni , Dig ohipm Horses a 3 ? ?? We have just received a v and Mules. Gentle fami] teams of mules, stylish dri i Moderate Prices Full Line tandard Make ons. No better made; n< ?^-xxxx Stuckey & Lake City DEC TRADE NA*K AEOIST??ED. CEbis label founfc on i^si^e <?oai "Palmett? They are exactly what is claimed f( ' Best Wearing". More Service, moi fort derived from a Suit of ''Palmet other make at same peice. Your dt we stand behind the dealer. Hear the Palmetto Label in mind yourself or the boys. All the first class merchants har jf your store keeper does not, pleas rect you to the store where you can PALMETTO MF 28 Aast Fourth St., N< SOUTHERN I ' . 1 LINE % 1 Mercerized White ibroideries, Etc. 10yT * m and Black Slippers "ash Store. m i Mind. Jr., & Bn, . CBS. ^ ; CHARLESTON, S. 6. ' ! GUARANTEE OF EXCELLENCE. , . i L TELL X nspectors For the Southern and r ^ roads s>p*aks for Itself X :ks, Watches or Cut Glass Can Be 1 ** y est Price for Reliable Goods. Out of Town Customers Receive ? member the Name and the Place. Tools Of J inds. Back Bands. Traces, Single- ' | it; a heavier, smoother casting' nary kind, but no extra charge nd Orangeburg Sweeps, Shovel ded in the preparation of your altivators, the money Saveri* i, always the best. * /$5 me and inspect our stock, you ' lRDWARE CO. t * W ^ 0+ :x,?. u ===== . irette I All DrarvandTcbaee A bit, | krtlti StlTUTE of S. C. * ' ? ifldentiaicorrrespoDdencesolicited. , ^ ient of | md Mules, % % . ' ' / ? big lot of fine Horses ? [y horses, fine match ving horses. i _ sa Buggies and Wag> lower prices. ?:? XX *< : Flowers, f, s, c T FITTING. BEST WEARING _______ .?2 t pocket of erery Suit of ?l?thiFig." ' )r them-?"Best Fitting" and re Satisfaction and more Com.to Clothing" than from any ?aler guarantees that to you; when you buy clothing for idle the "Palmetto Clothing." e write to us and welwill dii buy them. G. CO. . 5w York. HEADQUARTERS: and 199 Meeting StCharlestjy^l