The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 05, 1902, Image 3
GUV'S WANDERINGS.
Some days since'we packed our bag- ?
gage, consisting of a biled collar, a j
bandanna and a gass bag and embark- j
.ed on an expedition to foreign climes, j
our destination being Hagood, via j
Sumter, S. C. No passport or other
identification was demanded of s us in
Sumter; indeed police and people
didn't pay any more attention than
if they were accustomed to foreigners
from the land "of Lee every morning
before breakfast and didn't mind 'em
any more'n ordinary grame cockites.
Well Sumter is surely not dying out
yet for the loss of us, but strikes one
as very much alive, stirring and grow?
ing. From the Union depot to the
limit of her suburban environs new
and handsome residences, churches
and other buildings and improvements
greet one on every hand, evincing life,
vigor, energy and prosperity that
portends a rapid increase, growth and
expansion in the near future, when,
.with the advent of radiating turn?
pikes and graded highways generally,
trade, trafile and travel, by trolleys,
automobiles and otherwise, will pour
into Sumter from the lines of Scape
O'er Swamp west and to the Lee county
seat east and the Game Cock and the
Bantam shall lie down together, each
on his own side the swamp (and cease
lieing any other bow) and aili shall be
calm and serene for there shall be no
surveyors to make them af ?raid any
more.
The night train on N. W. road took
ns to Bemberts where we spent the
night with the courtly and courteous
and hospitable proprietor of that
Villa, Mr. Edward Rembert, who oc?
cupies the old baronial homestead and
grounds, and whose extensive planta?
tion, store, mill, ginnery, &c, are
conducted on business principles and
with intelligent judgment Enpassant,
we'd remark that, our friend Edward
is the owner of a road team that would
attract attention in any aggregation
of horse flesh. He kindly sent us
across country to our headquarters
and destination, that typical southern
home of Hon. Arthur KL Sanders, who
is a Prince of a host and a host within
himsef in body, heart and head. The
only marring feature about this hospi?
table home is that it has been long
bereft of it's estimable and gracious
mistress. "One touch of nature
makes the whole world kin," and this
last touch we'd both felt and experi?
enced the sad forlornness of it: the
difference being that our own case,
we fear, has reached the chronic stage,
and we are "toa old to be reset,"
whereas we trust our friend will not per?
mit his to get beyond the acute stage;
for we ourself can testify that "it is
not good for man" to permit heart,
head and home to remain unoccupied
by that best (and busiest) of occu?
pants, an help meet.
We were weather bound by the last
blizzard of sleet, snow and slush,
but between our genial and versatile
host and his manly son Frank and
" Cooner" the cook, who can do any?
thing from a turkey to an ash cake,
fish or pastry, 'to a turn" (also can
turn a glass of grog upside down with
admirable deftness and facility with?
out spilling a drop-on the ground )
we managed to while away the dismal
days without wearing anything from
our bones or our patience or piety.
Indeed we feel physically and
psychically better and stronger. AI
visit to the Reid State convict farm, '
under the auspices of our host who is j
a prominent director of our penal
institution, revealed a picture of busy
agricultural life and success as it j
should be, and is an object lesson well
worthy of a visit by any live progress?
ive farmer who dce3'nt Vet think he
knows it a'l," (Those who do think
so might as well stay home and go
to-the Postoffice. )
This farm is under the immediate
super vision and management of Mr.
Jesse Morris, of Florence, we think,
who is a farmer "to the manner born"
and who professes to be no more, yet
who must possess executive abilities
of no mean order to successfully con?
duct so extensive an interest requiring
about 100 convict laborers. There were:
broad acres of oats, wheat and rye,
green and growing in spite of the
freezes, acres of turnips, some of which j
measured 17 inches in circumference
and are fed to stock after cutting up. j
Large congeries of stacks of hay being
baled in different portions of the farm.
Here we saw quantities of shredded
corn forage baled and greeting the
nostrils with the savor of new mown
hay. We measured ears of cern ll
inches in length and saw the finest
Jack there is, perhaps, in the State.
There are brood mares, mules, milch
cows and other cattle, hogs, a flock of
sheep and one of goats, with dozens
of kids; all in fine order. Lastly we
were shown the pack of bloodhounds,
among which were the two Sumter
dogs (ugh). We declare to goodness
gracious-sakes-alive we promise to be
a good boy and never do so any more
if they'll keep those bloody, blanket
eared, blobber lipped savage beasts
from ever giving tongue on our dear
trail. They seemed amiable enough
least ways their tails did, but their
heads and mouth and eyes ! eh, eh
doggonned if we know which end to
trust for one end gives the lie to
t'other. Ciceroned by our friend and
the manager, we were taken a mile or
two down in the river swamp and
viewed the stupendous undertaking of
repairing the levees, dykes and dams
and general devastation caused by the
disastrous floods last year. Also a
new dam, as wide and high as an or?
dinary house and extending some 3
miles." This is but a brief, and faulty
summary of what one may see at
these farms. (We hadn't time to visit,
the DeSaussure farm. )
The convicts under Mr. Morris are
docile, well cared for and appear to be
reconciled to serve out their sen?
tences : indeed they must be as there
has been no escape from this farm in
15 months, although there is no sign
of a shackle on one of them. So
much for humane treatment. '"Ha?
good," though an honored name is a
misnomer: the place is preeminently
Sanders, and ''Sanders depot," as it
was first named, should have been
thus abreviated. That Prince of vet?
eran farmers, Thos. O. Sanders, is
the Patriarch of the tribe, and with
his sons, Arthur, Charley, T. O. Jr.,
and Julien, all progressive and suc?
cessful farmers and genial gentlemen,
are the 'lords proprietors"- of this
vicinity and indeed, together with
that neighboring Prince, Thos. Polk
Sanders and others of the tribal
patronymic, they own nearly all th e
lands from the river to Remberts and
from the High hills to the Kershaw
line, comprising a vast champaign of
--M---g--- ll I ll -I-?M*
as fertile lands as can be discovered
between the river Nile and the Rio
Grande (and they aint in Lee county
neither. ) The name, with the title,
dates back to Grants from King
George in our colonial period.
Weil, we'd left our own Villa here
tied very loosely to a stump and were
forced to come back and see about the
string and the knot; so we reluctantly
said good-bye while the cordial invita?
tions to remain were still warm and
pressing. (That's our time to go,
always. Don't ever make any one
glad two times.) However we didn't
leave them all behind, for our host
and a sprightly, genial, coterie of
those sportsman river farmers accom?
panied us down the Southern (former?
ly old Camden) road to the Junction,
Wateree, and on to Kingvilie. and
we heard and overheard ?orne remark?
ably marvelous fish stories: Verily
we do believe the Lord loveth a cheer?
ful liar. As we clanked and rattled
down the banks of the historical
Wateree, (we don't know how many
miles, over 7 3-10 we reckon ; but Mr.
Branson 'll have to verify it) we pon?
dered and marveled some at that
phases of humane nature as it is some?
times ruled by the passions envy and
jealousy, &c. Just leaving the land of
Canaan at Hagood, we viewed the im?
mense Wateree swamp, guarding the
western ^boundary of Sumter county,
with it's rich alluvion deposits of
eons of ages, perhaps, with it's dense
growth of huge oak and ash and cot?
ton wood and black gum and fishin'
canes ; then we gently pulled up the
Sumter and Wateree road through old
Manchester and viewed the lands,
which are-are-er-well, if you are
going to institute a glass factory here's
your mine of wealth. We saw a good
deal of Manchester because the train
did'nt seem to be able to make much
time, which we attributed somewhat
to the soil which didn't seem to be
able to permit anything to make any?
thing much on it, and though the
growth has plenty of distance it looks
wofully discouraged, specially the
pure scrub oak, and the lone and deso?
late pine we did see excited our warm?
est sympathy. Perhaps when the
Michigan lumber company opens up
the swamp and lets in some Rich-land
air Manchester may improve.
And now, with all these vast oppor?
tunities, why should Sumter begrudge
us our little piece of Scape O'er
Swamp when she has such a liberal
I and bountiful share on t'other bound
I ary-and Manchester. What in thun?
der and Thos. P. Walker will Sumter
take for the little doggonned 7-10 of
a mile any way. If we can't settle any
other way let's pit a Game Cock agin
a Bantam and let 'em knock it out.
(It's gettin' fashionable.) If the
Bantam knocks out the Game then
you let us alone, and if the Game,
knocks out the Bantam why-er-we'll
give you your doggon little 7-10 of a
j mile and throw in Persimmon Hill for
! good measure. Guv.
I Wee Nee, Lee C., Feb. 25, 1902.
Mayesville News Notes.
Mayesville, March 1.-Mrs. Corne?
lia Wilson, wife of Col. J. Harvey
Wilson, representative in the legisla?
ture from this county, died yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Wilson has been sick
for several weeks, but her numerous
friends hoped that she would take a
turn f or the better and get well. Mrs.
Wilson was a daughter of the late Capt.
Jas. Chandler, and was about 60 years of
age. The funeral will be preached at
Mt. Zion church tomorrow at eleven
o'clock.
Miss Sallie McCutchen has returned
to her studies at Winthrop.
Miss Corinna Burgess and Florence
Evans came home with Miss Annie
Fort. Miss Fort is teaching school at
Workmans.
Miss Elma Epps is visiting Miss
^Ma ves
Mr. John Parnell of the S. M. A.
is in town.
Mr. Daniel Evans is spending a few
days with Mr. J. R. Mayes.
Misses Bessie Schuiar and Emma
Edwards of the Sumter Female Semi?
nary came home with Miss Carrie
Anderson. C.
PISGAH NEWS NOTES.
Pisgah, March 4.-The month of
February was one of the worst for
farmers that they have ever experi?
enced. Very little work^was done, and
that was through cold, wet and frozen
ground, consequently ploughing is
very far behind. If this month is dry,
everyone will soon catch up.
The oat crop here is a grand failure.
What few were planted over are still
under ground.
Grippe bas prostrated several of our
citizens Measles and mumps are
among the negroes. Some of them
who went to Florida and Georgia to
shake money out of trees are back,
and tell a tale of hard work that [they
never experienced here, but they will
never learn any better, for they will
even listen to the lies of agents who
want them out of the State to work.
The best labor is gone from the fields.
- One of the best speeches delivered
in Congress in years was by Represen?
tative Wheeler, of Kentucky. He
plainly showed the drift of this coun?
try towards royalty, and exposed fully
the practices of the republican party.
It has the ring of manhood about it.
W. Jasper Talbert endorsed it, and
said he ought to have gone farther.
It is useless to deny it, the policy of
this country has drifted away from
that of the fathers,and money is at
the bottom of it.
Dr. C. P. Osteen's friends wish for
him this day, and all of life to come,
much happiness for himself and cho?
sen bride. The invitations to his
marriage are neat and pretty.
The friends of Mrs. Jane Team here
heard with regret ber death. She
lived here at the time of her mar?
riage, and several years before she
moved to Sumter.
Our community heard with sorrow
last Friday morning that Capt. J. H.
McLeod had passed away after his
long sickness. He lived here all his
life, and was widely known and uni
ersally liked. For a number of years
e held the office of Magistrate, and
made a model officer. Always was a
peacemaker and not a peace breaker.
In that way he saved the county and
State a lot of expense. As a farmer he
was one of the best. As a friend he
was good to all. His advice was often
sought and freely given His greeting
to all was kind and pleasant. In his
hospitable home nothing delighted
him more than to see and entertain
his friends. His invitation was "come
to see me." The poorest and most
ignorant white man of a respectable
character was never made to feel his
position when he met or entertained
him. A good neighbor and kind
friend is gone. Peace to his ashes.
News and Comment From Hagood.
Hagood, March 3.-It has been rain?
ing, it has been blowing, sleetingja bit
and snowing and the farmer as oppor?
tunity bas offered has been plowing;
when the ground was in condition and
the weather suitable the air has been
filled with the je-haw cry of the plow?
man. Notwithstanding the continued
inclemency considerable progress has
been made in preparation for planting.
A few farmers have insufficient labor,
while in other places they are more
than supplied.
Considerable land will lie out for
want of tenants, due to their scarcity
or inability to secure advances. Some
darkies with nothing to go upon, and
undertaking to farm are feeling the
straightness of the times. In some
places due to the above named fact
day labor is plentiful and cheap.
Farmers have gone to work in grim
earnestness, and every fellow with "a
beadon" is trying to "cut close."
I believe most of them feel that the:
situation is desperate. If they come
out well next fail many of them will
turn crazy and invest their little
surplus in that they could easily do
without or worse in that they needed
not. Farmers are, as a rule, clever
people, but it does look like there are
some blockheads among them. Is
anybody else so impressed? They are
never a unit in anything unless it be
to disagree. Largely in the majority
they never combine successfully. "Why
is it, "Cuffie" poor stupid Cuffie can,
and does combine but he, never. All
of us know of some wonderful com?
binations, powerful and far-reach
ing(?) in which ' ? Hayseed" was made
a catspaw of the shrewd politician
who no sooner stepped into office than
the bubble burst. I ask myself the
question, "Will it always be so?"
Our fa nr.ers are not a set of ignoram?
uses. T,*hy do they allow themselves
to be st- 'rn? ^sed upon? Why can there
be no conN. rt of action among them?
Pardon me. Mr. Editor, for this
diversion.
I beli?ve we have a President with
convictions and the courage of them.
It does me good to see a man who,
when he thinks it necessary, "will un?
hesitatingly clash with other peoples'
notion of things. The President's
strokes are no less bold than heavy.
He handles the Sampson Schley mat?
ter with gloves off, then begins to pay
' his respects to trusts in a manner that
! seems to say, "I intend to do my duty
as I see it regardless of consequences.
Ben Tillman was to blame for that
ugly affair in the Senate. He is play?
ing his old role that stirred up South
Carolina from one end to the other.
Mark me : no good awaits such.
There is considerable sickness in our
neighborhood, a result of the general
and continued bad weather. After
many years of sicknes and suffering
Capt. James H. McLeod, a Christian
gentleman, an intelligent and valuable
citizen, a successful farmer, has fallen
asleep. He died the last day of
February. Hagood.
rf Queen Alexandra, of England, has
' ordered from the Countess of Limerick
a consignment of shamrock for St.
Patrick's Day. She will send a bunch
of the shamrock to each soldier of the
Irish Guards.
Considerate.
A tender hearted youth was once
present at an ' Oxford supper, where
the fathers of those assembled were
being roundly abused for their parsi?
mony in supplying the demands of
their sons. At last, after having long
kept silence, he lifted up his voice in
mild protest. "After all, gentlemen,"
he said, "let us remember that they are
our fellow creatures.''
All Paper.
Hester-The theater is a world of en?
chantment. Nothing is what it seems
to be.
Edith-That's so. Fred and I were at
the theater t'other night, and Fred, aft?
er looking about the house, said it was
all paper, and it icoked like woodwork
and fresco painting. - Boston Tran?
script.
V. :-O:??- Was Riirht.
Biggs-Yui say Brown is enjoying
very i o' r health. ?>o:ft yen know that
is incorrect V
Boggs .Wt in this case. Brown is
never happy unless lie has something
to complain about.-New York Tele
cr; i m.
T.TTO Breaks.
"You needn't hide that letter you're
writing. That's impolite. I wasn't
looking at ir."
"You shouldn't have notice' that I
was trying to hide it. That wasn't po?
lite either."-Chicago Tribune.
To be constantly pulling up the seeds
of life to see if they have sprouted is a
serious menace to the health of the
plants.-Ladies* Home Journal.
LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHED.
See Ryttenberg & Sons new adver?
tisement.
O'Donnell & Co., advertise Maine
seed potatoes.
Are we to have a firemen's tourna?
ment in Sumter this spring?
Many people are planning to visit
the Exposition this month.
Mr. Edmund E. Murray on last Fri?
day sold out his fruit and grocery
business to Mr. Ruthven Plowden.
Friday afternoon there was a
heavy hail storm at Wedgefield. The
hail stones were as large as marbles.
The sewerage question'which was the
issue in the municipal campaign two
years ago appears to have dropped out
of sight.
The storm was quite severe in the
vicinity of Carter's Crossing Thursday
night and several small houses were
blown down.
Clerk of Court Nash, Auditor Wil?
der and Treasurer Scarborough on
Thursday revised the jury list and
prepared the jury box for the year.
The man who does not believe in
advertising may hold a certain line
of customers but he cannnot hope to
attract the new business that the
advertiser does.
- The storm Thursday night was very
severe throughout Georgia, Alabama
and adjoining states and foll wing the
storm and flood of rain of the previous
two days was quite destructive.
The recent bad weather has retarded
the work of the chain gang on the
Bishopville road and the clay road
will not be completed to the poor
house as soon as expected.
Mr. Jackson, who has been superin?
tending the macadam work on Main
Street, went to Newberry several days
ago and will not return until a suffi?
cient supply of rock is on hand to
finish the roadway to the depot
Edgar Smith, a son of Mr. W. P.
Smith, had two fingers of his right
hand crushed in a punch press " at
the telephone factory Wednesday. The
injury was both painful and serious,
but it is thought today that it will
be possible to save both fingers.
When the Seaboard Air Line com?
pletes the road from Charleston to
Augusta, which is now being built, it
may take up the matter of building a
branch road from the main line to
Sumter, the people in this city and
Bishopville will push the matter.
United States officers stationed at
the Charleston Exposition have or
edred four barrels of Sumter water
shipped to them weekly until the close
of the Exposition They have been
drinking the water sent to the Sumter
exhibit and have been so well pleased
with it that they want no other
water.
The Sumter County exhibit at the
Exposition is generally admitted rank
as fourth best among the county ex?
hibits, this is gratifying, so far as it
goes, but when it is remembered that
our exhibit could have been made the
best at the show no one feels puffed
up with pride'over the achievement of
fourth place.
Stephen and Mary Johnson, colored,
were convicted in Magistrate Wells'
court last Thursday of receiving stolen
goods and sentenced to pay a fine of
$15 each or to be imprisoned thirty
days. They paid the fines. This case
grew out of the robbery of the A. C.
L. freight cars a few nights before by
Tom McCallum and Nathan Cold
cheese, Johnson and his wife having
harbored the thieves and received the
stolen goods, knowing them to. have
been stolen.
The police have recovered several
boxes of tobacco, a side of bacon and
a can of lard stolen from freight cars
in the A. C. L. yard by Tom McCal?
lum and Nathan Coldcheese. These
articles were left in the keeping of j
other negroes by the thieves, and the j
police had difficulty in finding them, j
It was ascertained last week after the
arrests had been made that not only
one but several cars had been robbed
j and that the thieves had secured more
goods than wTas at first thought they
had.
The distance in a direct line from
the Lee county line on Scape Oe'r
Swamp to the Court House was meas?
ured again Thursday. This survey
was made by Messrs Perrin and Pate,
who made the original survey for Lee
county and the resurvey was made
yesterday for the purpose of establish?
ing beyond question the fact that the
distance from the county line, as es-1
tablished by them, to the Court House
is more than eight miles. When [seen
last night they had not had time to
complete their c?lculations, but they
were confident that this sruvey would
show that the distance is greater than
eight miles. The difference between
the surveys made by Messrs. Lee and
Branson, on the "one hand, and Messrs.
Perrin and Pate, on the other hand,
is not in the comparative correctness
of the two surveys, but in the starting
points. Messrs. Lee and Branson
started from the main stream of Scape
Oe'r Swamp, while Messrs. Perrin and
Pate started their measurement from
a point on the eastern side of the
swamp.
How He Took Her Refusal.
"What did Mr. Strongrierve say when
you toid him you would be a sister to
him?"
"Why. he had the impudence to say
that was 'better still!' Then he kissed
me. lighted :i cigar and asked nie to
please mend his gloves for him."-Cin?
cinnati Commercial.
FoIlOTTCd DI root ions.
"We shall have to try again." said
the photographer, inspecting the resr.lt
of the first sitting. "You seem to have
had one eye stint."
"You told me to wink naturally."
said the sitter, "and that's what I was
trying to do."
A Sinecure.
i
Mrs. Flynn - An' ph wat s yer son
tooiko doin' now. Mrs. Casey V
Mrs. Casey Shurc. Moikc ain't doin'
annything. Mrs. Flynn. lie's got a
government jul?. -Leslie's Weekly.
The desire to get something for noth?
ing makes men pay something for noth?
ing.-Saturday Evening Post.
I do not know of any way so sure of
making others happy as of being so one?
self.-Sir Arthur Helps.
A Good Guesser.
An elderly woman with an Impedi?
ment in her speech had troubles of
her own at the corner cf Twelfth and i
Walnut streets the other day. As each
car came out Walnut street she would
stop it and say to the conductor, "Dud
dud-dud-does th-this kuk-kuk-car gug
gug-go"- At this juncture, and some- j
times before, the conductor would im
patiently exclaim, "No; take the next
car." Then he would pull the strap,
and the car would go ahead, leaving
The woman at the crossing.
There are five different lines passing
out Walnut street at this point, and if j
the woman could read the signs she ;
disregarded them. Finally a conductor
more considerate than the others help- 1
ed her aboard and allowed her to ex?
plain afterward. After three blocks
had been traversed he found that she
wanted to go to Darby, and his was a
Darby car. When she learned this, she
beamed her joy. "Yuh-yuh-young^ man," ?
she said, "yuh-yuh-you're a gug-gug-:
good gug-gug-gug-guesser." - Philadel?
phia Record.
Turning: a Sharp Corner.
On one occasion a great public din?
ner was given to Isaac Hull by the
town of Boston, and he was asked to
sit for his picture to Gilbert Stuart, the
celebrated artist, who was a great
braggart When Hull visited his studio,
Stuart took great delight in entertain?
ing him with anecdotes of his English
success, stories of the Marquis of This
and the Baroness of That which show?
ed how elegant was the society to
which he had been accustomed.
Unfortunately In the midst of this
grandeur Mrs. Stuart, who did not
know that there was a sitter, came in
with her apron on and her head tied
up with handkerchief from the kitch?
en and cried out "Did you mean to
have that leg of mutton boiled or roast?
ed?"
To which Stuart replied, with great
presence of mind, "Ask your mistress."
The Pearl Hunters' Superstition.
The pearl hunters of Borneo and the
adjacent islands have a peculiar super?
stition. When they open shells in
search of pearls, they take every ninth
find, whether it be large or small, and
put it into a bottle which is kept cork?
ed with a dead man's finger. The
pearls in the vial are known as "seed
pearls" or "breeding pearls," and the
native Borne?se firmly believes that
they will reproduce their kind. For ev?
ery pearl put into the vial two grains
of rice are thrown in for the pearls to
"feed upon." .
Some whites in Borneo believe as
firmly in the superstition as the na?
tives do, and almost every hut along
the coast has its "dead finger" bottle,
with from nine to fifty seed pearls and
twice that number of rice grains care?
fully and evenly stowed away among
them.
Do Yon Believe In Ghosts?
On the subject of ghosts the village
is divided. Some people beg the ques?
tion by a bold assertion that "ther'
ben't sich things, an' them as sez they
sees 'um on'y thinks 'um does." Oth- j
ers, more cautious, are of opinion that
"ther' med be ghostes or ther' medn't;"
they had never beheld any themselves,
but they knew folks who had.
The dictum of one hardy skeptic is
worth quoting as an example of
shrewd reasoning: "I dwmr't believe in
ghostes an' sich," said he. "Why should
I, seem' I've niver sin nothink Trusser
nor meself all me life long? I looks at
it this way, luk'ee, 'If sa be as they bc
gone to the right place 'tis sartin sure
as they wun't keer to come back year
agen. If sa be as they be gone to t'oth?
er, they wun't let 'um come, bless
'ee.' "-London Spectator.
Children's Play In Germany.
It is a common belief in south Ger?
many that if children play soldiers
very often in the street there is a war
coming, and if they play "funeral" an
epidemic will come over the land, and
many deaths will result. The relator
of this tells that, when a boy, he with
others played "funeral" in front pf
the house of an old miser in his native
town in Germany. The miser became
much excited and exclaimed, "I will
not die yet!" and made complaint to
the mayor that the boys should be ar?
rested and punished.
It All Depends.
A student long ago asked the presi?
dent of Oberlin college if he could not
be permitted to take a shorter ccurse
of study.
"Oh, yes," replied the president "but
that depends upon what you want to
make of yourself. When God wants to
make an oak, he takes a hundred
years, but when he wants to make a
squash he takes six months." - In?
structor.
Answered.
"If a ship," began the comedian with
the rose tinted beard, "is 1U0 feet long
and 40 feet wide and its masts are 100
feet high and the bo'sun is bowlegged,
what does the capstan weigh?"
"It weighs the anchor!" hoarsely
shouted the audience as it grabbed the
benches to prevent itself rising en
masse and doing violence to the thes?
pians.-Baltimore American.
Oriental Horseshoes.
The type of horseshoe common in the
orient is a plate fitted so as to cover
the entire bottom of the hoof, with a
perforation in the center. The weight
of the average horseshoe is three
fourths of a pound. The native smiths
usually cut these plates from sheets of
wrought iron and rudely shape them
for the purpose in view.
Tnt Tnt.
"Tho word 'reviver' spells the same
backward or forward."
It was the frivolous man who spoke.
"Can you think of another?"
The serious man scowled up from
his newspaper.
"Tut tut!" he cried contemptuously.
And they rode on in silence.
Its quality influences
the selling price.
Profitable fruit
growing insured only
when enough actual
is in the fertilizer.
Neither quantity nor
good quality possible
without Potash^
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giving details.
GERMAN KALI WORKS."
93 Nassau St., New York City.
Unappreciative.
A certain politician, eminent but not
refined, made Samuel J. Tilden a busi?
ness call at his Gramercy Park man?
sion. Wishing to be particularly nice
to him, the old gentleman got out *
bottle of Johannisberger Schloss, the
rarest of Rhine wines, and began to
decant the contents into a minute
glass, sniffing the savor of the juice
and taking great pains to indicate that
a treat was coming. A tray with some
large glasses was at hand. The poli
rielan reached for one and, grasping
the precious bottle by the neck, dump?
ed half the contents into it and drank
it all at one gulp. Mr. Tilden eyed him
malevolently and did not try to pro?
long the visit When the door closed
behind the guest, he said with a snap:
"Blast him! The next"time he comes
I'll give him beer."-New York World.
Ply Fishing.
There is no doubt that certain flies
are best adapted to different seasons,
times of day and conditions of weath?
er, but 3. dozen flies of different names
will fully answer all of these require?
ments. An angler's flies resemble noth?
ing when cast upon the water. They
are simply a something which attracts
the trout. Color has more allurement
than form, and as there are not- so
many colors there is no use for many
flies. The general rule is for light flies
on dark days and dark or darkish flies
on light days. Sizes are more to be
considered than form and mixture in
makeup. A large trout wants some?
thing worth his making an effort to se?
cure. It is doubtless true that an ar?
bitrary cast of flies cannot be made
up which will be adapted to all waters.
Catarrh.
People who are subject to catarrhal
ailments have special need to be partic?
ular in regard to their feet covering.
They should see to it that their feet
are comfortably clad, their shoes
should have substantial soles and
should come well up the ankles and
not be laced or buttoned tight. Light
merino stockings or half hose may be
sufficient for warmth, but whenever by
reason of much exercise the feet have
become damp, and especially if the
leather has absorbed wet, it is wise for
a change to be made in both stockings
and shoes.
A Common Dilemma.
"How do you like your new cook?"
"Ever so much, but I'm afraid to let.
her know it."
"Why?"
"She'd want more wages."
"Then why don't you appear dfssatis^
fied?"
"Because then she'd leave."-Cleve?
land Plain Dealer.
Dense.
Wigg-The population in London is
very dense, isn't it?
Wagg-Dense is no name for it. They
couldn't understand my jokes at all.
Philadelphia Record.
Some people go abroad to complete
their education and some to begin it
Chicago News.
Atlantic Coast hm y
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GUSTA RAILROAD
OocceDsed Scbedu?e
Dated Dec 20. 190}
TRAINS GOING SO?T1 .
No. 55 Ne. : No 2!
p. m. - m
Leave Wilmington ?3 46 ?6 00
Leave Marion C <0 8 45
Arrive ?lorence 7 26 9 25
p. m. %.
Leave Floreaos *8 00 *3 2*
Arrive Sumter 9 16 4 18
No 6;
Leave Sumter 9 }5 *9 42
Arrive Combla 10 40 H l?
No. 52 rans through from Charlee:.-.' v
Central R R , leaving Charterer 6.40
Lanes 8 15 am, Manning 9 C6 a r?
TRAINS GOING NOF.Vr.
8c. Z4 No. F No 60
?.. rr., p. r.
ucar? ColumOi? *6 56 ?4 40
Arrive Sumter 8 20 Si
Kn 2',
m. p. i
neave Sumter 8 20 *6 2<?
i:rive Florence 2 35 7 ?.
ra, p ns
Lies cs Florence 10 10,' X '7 40
>av Marion 10 53 8 f4
Vrrive Wilaiogtcs 1 40 ll ?0
?Dailj. i Daily except Sandav.
So 53 ruus tbronpb to ^.arlcstcr> .'. C
vi Central R. R., arriving Kann.ng 16 j
u ,Laoes 7.4Vp rv, Charleston 9.2? p c,
Trttic3orj Conway Sraccb leave Cbsdtoa?t
12 01 a m, arrive Conway 2.20 p m. retuio
:og leave Conway 2 66 p ?, errive Ched
ooarn 5 20 p m, leave Chedboum 5 35 p m.
arrive El rod 8.10 p rn, retornicg leav: EIrod
8 40 a m. arrive Cbadtoora ll.2\ am Dall*
except Sots day.
J. R. KEN LY, Gen'! Manager.
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager .
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