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IkUacle Ssb'i Oldest Employee. fcou^h thirsty colonels may no ker mix their juleps, Kentucky Lhas her speedy horses and beauW women, and now comes news I Uncle Sam's oldest employee, h in years and length of service, a resident of that justly famous A State. Capt Stephen Samuel Cole,1 H Indian fighter, veteran of the Mexi-! W can and Civil wars, has served the | United States seventy-five years, and I B at the age of-'ninety-five still helps | B to keep green a national cemetery| * where his comrades sleep. Accord-1 I ing to a writer in the Louisville ; I Times, Captain Cole attributes his I longevity to a lesson taught him by I 'his mother: "Do right and just by all ^ mankind. If you can not say a good word for a man, never say a bad one. You may do a great injustice. Have good neighbors and friends by being neighborly and friendly with those about you. Then you'll have no worries and live to ripe age." Captain Cole, according to this same chronicler, stands six ^eet, weighs 175 pounds, walks with soldierly erectness, has no use for a cane, reads without glasses, shoots squirrels out of treetops, and bowls over rabbits. And this notwithstanding that he has encored the hardships of pioneer days has been twice wounded. Th^ or'cf biography continues: "As keeper of the National Cemetery at Camp Nelson, Jessamine County, the veteran warrior keeps senti nel-like guard over the graves of more than five thousand sleeping comrades of the Civil War. He is still in the employ "of the best Government the world has known," the only employ er he has ever worked for. Captain Cole was a neighbor of President Zacharv Taylor under whom he served in the Mexican War. He was born in Jefferson County, KenItucky, near the Zachary Taylor farm, April 15, 1826, and spent his boyhood days there with his parents, Stephen Cole and Henrietta Wheeler Cole. 1 "When he was still in his early j teens his father moved to a farm in 1 Floyd County, near New Albany, I where he lived until he entered col- J lege at Greeneastle, Ind. With Wil- i liam Glenn, a schoolmate, he ran away from school in 1846 and joined the United States Army at Indianapolis. He was put into the Fourth Cavalry Dragoons and sent to the Rio Grande on the Texas and Mexican border, where he did patrol duty and fought Indians. AtGoing into Mexico witn regular ? toes alone spread the U mosquito gets in its de of the night, when the Hg windows are open and little fresh air. Hunc lives might be saved i Bft were taken against thk I A Fit your beds u] ^^^koof Canopies which popular styles. rr With your bed thus fi equipped against the attacks of these poi4 sonous pests you will be able to sleep in \ peace and awake in 3 safety. These cano; * pies are easily and quickly adjusted to A any bed. f The Steele Turn I Kingstree, - - troops when the Mexican War developed, he was with Gen. Zachary Taylor in the battle of Buena Vista. Later he was ordered to Lower California with Gen. John C. Fremont's Cavalry. He did scout duty and protected settlers in North Dakota. Washington and Utah. In 1859 he was put on post duty at St. Louis, Mo., and while there received his first furlough of six months. He was personally acquainted with President .Abraham Lincoln and at the outbreak of the Civil War was commistoned a First Lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Indiana Cavalry Later he was put in command of the First United States Marines and sent with General Grant's army. "After valient service at Walnut Harrow, Vicksburg, he was offered a lieutenant-colonelcy of the Fourth Arkansas Division, refusing it to remain with his command. Later Governor 0. P. Morton, Indiana, had him take charge of the 144th Indiana Regiment, and he went to Shenandoah Valley. When the war clpsed he was with his outfit at Winchester, Va. "The aged veteran was asked to tell the circumstances of his wounds. He said. 'My first wound was received while I was in North Dakota, when a scouting party of twenty-five men under my command trailed a band of Indians who had killed a settler, James O'Bannon, and carried off his wife and two sons. When we came upon the Idians a skirmish ensued. I was struck by an arrow which left my leg in bad shape for a long time. 'Ten of the Indians were killed and we rescued the woman and children. Unless I am mistaken the boys are still living in Washington. D. C. "After lighting his corncob pipe and taking a few puffs of 'long green,' Captain Cole said that at Walnut Barrow a ball pierced his side. He was months in recovering. "Following the war he was in the secret service for a number of years. Among the old records and papers he displayed was a copy of The Daily Journal, Evansville, Ind., June 7, 1864, containing a story of the activities of S. S. Cole. The article did not refer to him as captain. He was acting as a spy at the time. "The captain laughed when asked if he was ever taken prisoner. He said that while he had charge of the National Cemetery at Staunton. Va., Confederate veterans held a reunion. He attended, being the only 'Damned Yankee' there. The old rebels sur>iim nnd a Prpsh vtpri an Do You Know without first being I ;o contract malaria | hat it is impossible j ritten by a mosquito? I t's a fact, for mosqui- 1 malarial germ. The adly work in the dark weather is hot and the von are loncrinjr for a ! ireds of thousands of if greater precautions 5 death-dealing pest. j with our Mosquito are here illustrated in j i I m I L . m i& '<!' - 1 ~ ' ' " ^ liture Company, j South Caroling V* s* \ m preacher asked him if he was not afraid of the Johnny Rebs. " 'I replied, "Yes, what time I wasn't running them, they were running me," and this brought down the house with applause,,' said the captain. "Captain Cole has been 'a good joiner' durnig his time. In 1861 he ; was made a Master Mason in Lodge j No. 1, F. and A. M., Lebanon, Ky. ' ** * ^ ?1 XT tie is now a memoer 01 ion ix>uge r*u.; 301, Jessamine County. He is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias, and was a member of the first K. of P. Lodge in Louisville at the Odd Fellows' Hall, there in 1869. "His son, John Sherman Cole, twenty-four years old, served in the Navy during the world-war, enlisting shortly after Jessamine County's first draft contingent was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor for training. Captain Cole and Gen. George B. Taylor, a j Confederate veteran, marching side i j by side, led the parade through ths;l streets to the depot. "Uncle Sam's oldest employee re- j 1 tains his love for outdoor sports. He !1 frequently goes to the mouth of Hick-! | man Creek, on the Kentucky River, ; near the cemetery, and baits his own Jj hook. He likes to hunt. He has been married twice. His second wife is : living. ', <? CONVICT M4KES ESCAPE i '' Grabs Pistol From Guard and I, Leaves Unhindered Florence, June 23.?John Best, a convict serving a three-year sentence on the county chaingang on the charge of obtaining -goods under false pretences, made his escape from the : gang one day this week. On the pretext of borrowing the pocket knife of the; guard and while the guard had his liands in his pocket feeling for the knife, the ne^io snatched the revolver from the guard I and made a safe getaway, carrying : with him the pistol. On the day bef are the escape a 1 party of men claim that they saw in j the swamp a negro man and woman place in the water of a creek a bun- 1 die, then place above the spot a pa- ( per bag. They reported the matter ] to the sheriff who on investigation, ' found a complete change of clothing ( submerged in the water. The bundle j, contained a suit of clothes, a pair of j < shoes, underwear, socks and a cap. I It is presumed that the escape was premeditated and tliat the bundle was , left there for the escaped convict. :< i i Had a Fren^ie-s Look. 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REGISTRATION NOTICE i The office of the Supervisor of; Registration will be open on the 1st 1 Monday in each month for the purpose of registering any person wno is qualified as fellows: Who shall have been a resident i of the State for two years, and of I the county one year, and of the j polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote four months before the day of elction, and shall have paid, six months before, any poll tax then due and payable, and who can both read and write any section |1 to him by the Supervisors of Registration, oc who can show that he j owns, and has naid all taxes collectible on during the present year, property in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or more. R. E. CLARKSON, Clerk of Board. I1 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ! FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that on the . 10th day of July, 1920, I will apply ( D U Rrnnlrinf/'n Prnhnfp .IllHcrp of Williamsburg Ccunty, for Letters Dismissory as the General Guardian of Ellen Smith, el; al?minors. T. K. SMITH, 6-10-5t. General Guardian. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Executive Chamber PROCLAMATION ! Whereas, A petition has been filed with the Governor of South Carolina, signed by more tlian one-third of the qualified electors of a certain portion of Williamsburg County proposed to be severed from the County of Williamsburg and annexed to the County of Florence, embraced within the folllVao tirif 1UW1U5 iiuuo) w riv* ? All that portion or section of the 1 County of Williamsburg, South Carolina, containing forty square miles, 1 more or less, and bounded at present i * * - * ' ? ; V * on the North by Lynches Lake Swamp to its confluence with Lynches Creek and then said creek to its confluence with the fee Dee River, the said Swamp and Rivers being the southern boundaries of Florence County and the Northern boundaries of Williamsburg County, then 1 commencing at Brown's Bridges of said Lake Swamp on the Anders ion's Bridge Public Road thence running said road in a southerly direction to the point where said Anders ion's Bridge Road intersects with the Public Road leading to Roper's Cross Roads, thence a line from this point of conjunction mentioned above limning approximately straight in a Southeasterly direction to St John's Negro Church on the Indiantown Public Road, a distance of about seven miles, thence running the said Indiantown Public Road in a Northerly direction for about three hunlred vards to the Smith's Mills Piblic Road thence running the said Smith's Mills Public Road in an Easterly direction through Ard's Cross Roads to Muddy Creek Swamp, a distance of about four miles, thence following the run of Muddy Creek Swamp to its confluence with Lawrence's Cut tl ence following Lawrence's Cut to its confluence with Clark's Creek, ticnce the said Clark's Creek to its coafluence with the Great Pee Dee River thence the Great Pee Dee Eiver, Lynches River and Lynches Lake Swamp to Brown's Bridges the beginning point Whereas, the boundaries of the proposed portion of Williamsburg County to be cut off and annexed to the County of Florence, the number of inhabitants, the taxable property as well as all other requirements of the Constitution and Statutes, have been found to b'j and are as set for.h in said petition. WherecS, the report of the Commissioners, appointed to ascertain the facts provided for by law, whether the requirements of the Constitution and Statutes as to area distance, wealth and population, shape, etc., are complied with and are as stated in the petition, has teen filed in this office, wherein it appears that the lav has been fully complied with in every particular, which is hereby confirm* d. wviorooo nn olivtinn has heen held upon said petition in said area u|>on the question of the annexation of said portion of Willamsburg County to Florence County within four years previous to the date hereof, ani Whereas, under the Constitution and laws of tiiis state the petitioners are entitled to have ordered, and it is made tie duty of the Governor of the State to order an election, upon said question. Now, Therefore, I, R. >A. Cooper, Gevernor of the State of South Carolina, by virtue of the power conl erred upon me by the Constitution and laws of this state, do hereby order: That an election be held in th? territory embraced within the po -tions of Williamsburg County proposed to be severed from the County of Williamsburg and annexed to the County of Florence, on the second Tuesday, the 13th day of July, 1920, upon the question of the annexation of said portion of Williamsburg County to Florence County, and that at such election the qualified electors within the proposed area shall vote upon said question, those favoring the proposed annexation to vote "Yes", and those opposing to vote "No." That the Commissioners of State and County elections of the County of Williamsburg do make all necessary * a t J? j arrangements ior noicung saiu citation and shall appoint managers and do all things necessary for the holding of same. That the Commissioners of Election of Williamsburg County shall have prepared printed tickets as provided for in Section 2^6, Code of Laws 1912, Volume I, as amended by an Act passed by the Geeral Assembly at its special session in 1914, and approved the thirtieth day of October, 1914, said Act being No. 6 in the acts of said spec al session; and the said Commissioners shall furnish the same to the manager of election for the use of the -voters at said election. The form of the ticket shall be as follows: Form of Ballot. ."Special election upon the question of the annexation of a certain portion of Williamsburg County to F'orence County, hold July 13, 1920. "Shall said portion, as described in Proclamation by the Governor dated May 28, 1920, be annexed to the AI ITlnY?oni?o ' VVUUVJ V* 1' 1V1VMW "Yes. "No." That the said election shall te held and conducted under the same rules and regulations as provided ty law for regular and general elections. That the commissioners of election shall appoint managers of election as provided for by law, * who shall be sworn before entering upon the discharge of their duties, and shall open and close the polls as provided for by law. The managers of election, when the polls have been closed, shall proceed without interruption to count and tabulate the same; they shall make a written return of the number o f votes cast for and against the proposed annexation; they shall sign and certify to the managers the result cf said election, the same, together w:th the ballot bo> , ballots and poll lis a, and everything else pertaining to said election, shall be by them foithwith turned over to the commissioners of election as required by law; that the commissioners of election for tach of said counties shall, in accordance with the law, tabulate the vote and declare ^ A# olo/tfinn on/4 walrA WUC 1 COUiV VX MAW V(WWVU) M4.U due and proper return thereof to the Clerk of Court of their respective counties, to the Governor of the State, ind to the Secretary of State, in all of which careful and detailed compliance with the law is enjoined and jrdered. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my liand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed at Columbia, this twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of dur Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty, and in the One Hundred and Eorty-lourtn Year 01 American Independence. By the Gevernor: R. A. COOPER. Governor. W. BANKS DOVE Secretary of State. 6-10-6t I - "Felt Like Man and Wife, All Run Were Greatly I ?T WIFE and I, after a hard IVI spring on the farm, were tired apd run-down," says Mr. E. B. Muikey, of Route 1, Acworth, 1 Ga. "We neither felt well. I knew my blood was bad, as 1 had little bolls on the back of my neck. "We felt we needed a orniaer. we had heard of Zlron and thought It fnuat be what we needed. It certainly was. We took it faithfully, and after a week or such a matter we began to feel better. My wife felt like cooking, l 1 HDffli r You're at Sick 01 at Well at Youi How's your liver! 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