Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LETTER? FROM OUR SP?% OORRJE8PON DENT8. Prosa all Part? of Mi Mjoinrag Counties. TO CORRESPONDENTS, your wttm so that they will tili ofllee not liter than Tues moratng. Wh? tha latters are It Is almost an to hare them appear In that day. ANTIOCH. Antiech. Jan. it.?Th* weather has cleared up and we are having pretty sunshine now. The farm has) boon at a standstill for some hut aa the weather Is so pretty guoa ploughing will sotn be the of the day. '. Shanny Rich bo erg. of the St&to vhdted hie brother. Mr. Joe of this place, Saturday and . and Mrs. J. R. Klrklcy are vis remttvea at Orangebarg . and Mrs. L A. James, of Blah i hare been vhdting the lat fafaee. Mr. J. W. Wei don, of this L A. White and son ?p*nt 8at la Bawtoprllla, also Mr. W. T. s' y IIa Mae Evans, of Pis gm h. vts sf fa the community Saturday, blatte 4 number of marriages have gam assog around Here rrccntly. Mr. WL A. Taylor and Miss Irsn. ware married on Sunday Ifta, and on Tuesday night, Mr Amata and Mtas Beulah Bel* ?ai iled. Rev. T. W. Darts On Thursday night. Mr. Corbltt ead Mira Rosine 8taf wera married by Rev. Mr. Cola, on Sunday, the Itth, Mr. Bellas and atlas Nettle Brown were at Mlspah church ty Rev. te, and la the ?ftsrnoon Mr. aad Mise Brown were mar ay Ree. J. W. Darte, On th. day. Mai J. ft. Munnsrtyn made aoee happy, a Mr. Colter and mania Albright at present a 17?Mr. C. Tallon and ale Carre way. ease Mr. Mae ad Mass Claud Lockhart ware at the home of and by Her. at. Trutuek laet weak. ? K as ale I party waa enjoyed by neoals fMday night A doeen fe Iba went on whet they called ride, from Mr. J. A. M. Carra to Mr. A. J. Ooodman's and Saturday afternoon. Bmrale Toenllnsoa visited at Ngn? Zkm Saturday. Robert 6ream had a few at a birthday dinner Satur SJ'. Jack Oehoroc baa gone to to rlatt hta mother and sis Me will remain eeveral months. Aadltor J. D. Wilder waa here Wed tera Moore rtetted her aunt Bart Smith, et Sardinia, last are- preparing to Jan. 17.?Very Hula farm la .tone eo far. owing tu the wet of the land. A few cotton stalks ben beat down aad that Is alt laibw la about ae laat ymr ih^ of riding free mulea and living i alee still exist* with number, but If the ign* fall ft. thlt la a thing A the pmt. 1 hear of no orders belrg placed r guano. The indications are that nah lean will ba need than last year. Petit tons ar* Icing circulated and ty ?Ifr^d f >r State pmhlbi We hope ihe legislature will bark hoae enough to take action aeons things without referring them She "dvar pouple." The sentiment this section la for prohibition t end pure money loan by it or So many people want liquor sold asw H saves money In taxes. Yes, It irakea court house and jail ex % too. my laat Rar. T. I- Cole and hare moved In. They live at Ptagah church. Bo runaways othere who wish to tie up, ell feeing legal, will have no t rou? te Sud hi* house and he will thvm with dlMpat.-h. Thuraday evening a large uum ef his frienus aad church mem wont to his home and ea? h >iv d a token of their appreciation of him aad family. Ptagah churn will toon put in a aauj*ttsmal font and build an annex in wewncctlon therewith. Mr. John W. Allen, of Columbia, who hae bc-n vMtlng his daughter, Ura. L. S. Vlnecn, ha* returned home. Rar. T. L. C de went to ( olumbla laat week. In a recent vndt to Charleston Mr. Mm n. Vinson ? ?eye times are dull Several children have withdrawn the Remberi high school to at one nearer and more cenveniem The people of thta tact I on that to establish a high -en trat school at public expense would only be of local benefit, for children on the suburbs could not attend, and thU has and will bo veiifk-da This wa* tho opposition here, thoWgh no volts wore casr from here either for or against the measure. DARK CORNER. Dork Corner, Jan. 26.?Nothing of interest in this corner, only we are having some severe cold weather. It was cold enough to freeze milk this morning, and all we clod hoppers can do Is to bum wood and cat up what little rations we have. Very few farmers havo don? any farm work ytt. Some few have started to plough, but the weather keep* so unsettled that we can make but little headway. Mr. T. H. Osteer. has torn down the old house on the Emily Weeks place that he bough about a year ago from Pink Weeks and has moved It (th? house) nearer the Cane Savannah public road. This another old land mark has been removed. Mrs. Joe M. Ardls and baby are and have been for some time quite sick. Mr. Bob Ardls had a sick child th< first of this week, but It was better at last accounts. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Burkett, of Pine wood, visited Joe M. Ardls last Sunday evening. Rev. James N. Tolar, of Summer ton, and Mr. B T. Broadway, of Pine wood, visited W. J. Ardls on last Monday. John Ardls and Douglas Weeks visited relatives at Bacon H1U, near Pine wo od, last Sunday night. Rtv. J. N. Tolar, of Summerton, preached at Plnewood last Sunday night in the K of P. hall, and will continue to preach (here on the third Sunday night of each month. Mr. John W. Osteen visited at Mr. Joe M. Ardls* last Sunday night Mr. L. N. Berwick, Jr., has opened up a store in Plnewood. Some boys got on a lark fn Plne? wood last Saturday night and moved things around, rang the church bell ?t midnight, broko the oell cord. Ac. I have heard that they have been tried before a magistrate's court for their f ti&and found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 each. A good Methodist brother seemed to think that you bad made a mistake la my last by printing It that we church members had upheld the whis? key shops long enough. I will now say that wc Baptists and Methodists are what keep the whiskey trade run? ning, for if the church members would r-ome together we could have prohibition In South Carolina In thir? ty days. Don't you believe it, Mr. Editor? What has my brother at Pls t*ah got to say about it? Let us hear from him on the subject. STATEBURU Stateburg. Jan. 27.?Miss Jnnie Nelson spent a few days in Sumtcr last week. \ Mr. Frank P. Burgess was at home for Sunday. He had as his guest for the day, Mr. R. !d. Burgess, of Man? ning. Miss I. R. Mellette spent Saturday rtnd Sunday at home. Rev. W. H. Barnwell is visiting irt'vnd* In Clarendon today. Miss A. N. P.urges* Is visiting friends In Sumte-. Mr. Early M?llettc spent Sunday at home. Miss Lee Moore was the guett of the Misses Richardson, of 8umter on Saturday and Sunday. Mr. W. H. Barnwell spent Sunday at his old home, "The Rectory." The Woman's Association for ihr Improvement nt Rural School* met at tho court house In Sumtcr on Sat? urday morning at 12 and mite an in? teresting meeting was held. Amon* the teachers present were Col. John J. Dargan, Misses Qena, Theodosh; and Oeorgle Dnrgan, Miss Anna P Burgess snd Mist R Lee Moore, of Stateburg. Mr. R. M. Cantey spent Saturday lr. Sumter. Among those who went from here to "Tn? Lion and the Mouse" on Wednesday night were Mews. R. M. Cantey and Quy Nelson. Misses Janio Nelson. Sadie Fludd, Anna Burgess and Lottie Nelson. Miss Emma Barnwell returned on Tuesday after a delightful visit tc reuatlves near Columbia. PRIVATEER. Privateer, Jan. 28.?Farm w ?rk N progressing nicely. There seems to be plenty of laborers. Oats are being kept back by the cold. Miss Cora Purkett, 0)f Jordan, spent Sunday at Mr*. L. H. Jenkins. Mtss Daisy Lldc is visiting in Hurts vllle. Mr. and Mrs. J U. Harvln, of Silver, spent Friday at Mr. S. A. llarvln's. Mis* Ines Wells 1? visiting at Wedgofleld. ISr. Russell Leo, who moved in the neighborhood ??arly In January from O^wego, moved bsck to Oswcgo the pa?t w^ck. The health of th< cimmunuy H veiy good. No sickness that we know of. Michigan Is the second State in the production of grindstones. It produced *7i ooo worth In ItOf. HAIDING TUE "TIGEUS *' Magistrate Ree? und Constables of Wcdgeflclcl Captured Five Live "Ti? gers" This Week. Wedgcfield. Jan. 23.?The .lug trade which has l>oon thriving here for come year?; has received a death blow rhu week. Judge Rota, with his two sre tial constables, Ratten and Kolb. have rounded up and captured five live ti? gers thi* wiek. ail of ?vhorn arc. round over to spring court, and the ei.d is not yet. It Is certainly hoped this wholesale arrest will havo the desired effect Took Hini at His Word. "The late Bishop Thomas Frederick Davles, of Detroit," said a Detroit man, "once told mo an interesting sto? ry of an elopement. He figured in this elopement as the officiating clergy? man. It was in Philadelphia during his rectorship of St. Peters. "It seems that tho proprietor of one of tho largest dry goods houses in Philadelphia had notiscd for gome, months the melancholy attitude ?>f his head clerk, a young man *hom he held In high regard. "The clerk's pallor and Increasing leannes*. his fivquent sighs and ah cent-mindedness, worried the million? aire proprietor. He quest! med the young man dairy. And finally the clerk admitted that he was In love. " 'Well,' said the head, 'marry her. Tour salary is big enough.' ^?'Ah,' said the clerk, sadly, 'you don't understand. She belongs to one of the first families of Philadelphia, and her father is a millionaire.' " 'Well, maybe he wasn't when he married. Tou have a good position and a good name, Tou are a fair match for any girl,' said t* e other. " 'Jt's no uae/ sighed the clerk. Her parent} wculd not listen to ine for one moment* " Then/ said the head, 'elope with her.' " *Do you advise that?' the clork asked excitedly. " 'Certainly I do. Is she- Do I know her?' "*Tes. She win be at your dance at Devon tomorrow night' " 'Well, see her/ said the head. I'll have my ooachman out In ?front of my gate at 9.80. Rush the girl oft Into town and marry her. 1*11 arrange with a clergyman for you/ " 'By Jove/ said the clerk, Til do If And he did. The noxt night Dr. Davles performed the ceremony, ana tn hour or two later the millionaire found his daughter missing, and was telegraphing in every direction to the young couple to come home and all would be forgiven.?Providence Jour? nal. Some Good Suggestions to l\>nder. From the Bee Hive Supplement. The man who makes the best of hi3 time generally hac a good time. The greatest truths are the sim pleat; and so are the greatest men. Toung men think old men fools, and old men know young men to bi so. There Is always room for a man of force, and he makes Toom for many. A pawn shop where we could hock our troubles would fill a % long-felt want There arc men who prefer their own blunders to other people's good advice. Trust not to appearances; vhe drum which makes the most noise is filled with wind. The best swimmers are often drown? ed, and the best riders have the hard? est falls. Don't forget that other people feel about as little interest In your trou? bles as you do in theirs. It Is the hardest thing In the world to convince a hungry man that the rich have trouble. A course of sin cannot last; it comes to an end some time, and a man reaps what he has sown. I HULKS FOR GOOD DIGESTION. A Simple Way to Present and Cure Stomach Trouble. The sufferer from indigestion and stomch weakness should eat slcwly and chew the food thoroughly. Bit as th*? majority of people hsve already so abused the delicate stom? ach that they suffer with distress af? ter eattng. flatulence, headaches, coat? ed tongue, spots before the eyes nna the many other symptoms of indiges? tion, It is nocesHury for them to use Mi-o-na, the only remedy that will strengthen the muscular walls of th* stomach and Increase the flow 6f gastrii: Juices so that Indigestion will be cured. Ml-o-na puts the whole digestive ?ysjtem In such ahapf! that It can oafs for all the food that Is eaten without pain or distress. J. F. W. DcLorme gives an abso? lute guarantee with every BO-cent box to refund the money unless Mi-o-na does all that is claimed for it. A guarantee Mke this must Insplr ? your confidence in the remedy. 1-29&31&W I We would never suspect how smart 'some people are If they didn't tell us. BEN TILLMAX AM) JOHN I>. Story of How Tillman Hummed Um Pitchfork Home for the Rcimflt of John D. Rockefeller?(ilfts for Ne? gro Education Discussed. Washington. Jan. 27.?Now here is the way it happened, that historic meeting between Tillman and Rocke? feller, or Rockefeller and Tillman, whichever one is telling about it: thi? la told by ihe pitchfork senator of course it is Tillman and Rockefel? ler. The senator has just returned and he tells about, it enthusiastically. Rockefeller, after all, though he is ar. octopus professionally, politically and pitehforkially, is a pretty good sort of a follow personally. But Rockefeller sought the interview; don't forget that. The senator want* this elcarly understccd, especially since some of his colleagues in the senate, who read the dispatches abcut the meeting in a Pullman car, have been charging the friend of the people with hobnobbing with plutocracy. Here's the whvy it happened: "A fellow came to my seat in a Pullman car," explained the senator, "and spoke to m>i He had sunshine in hli face, and I said to myself th!? I CellOW whoever he is is an optimist. T supposed it was some fellow who nad I heard me .?peak in the senate or at I tome of the chuutau'iuas. * 'I'm Mr. Rockefeller,' he said very I rlmply. Of course, I recognised h:m, I and of course I Invited him to take a feat beside mc. He sat down and we talked until I reached my station, which was about an hour, I should say. "Mr Rockefeller did not mention legislation, the recent panic nor in any way intimate that he had any I me?re money than 1 had. and vou may be sure I didn't say anything about it. I say this because the story' sent out about our meeting did Mr. Rockefeller an injustice. "1 got in some talk, though, on my own hook. Mr. Rockefeller seemed to be Interested In the country through which we wore parsing anr he piled me with question as to the value of the land and the character of | Ihe pee?ple. That was my opportunity. I I remembered that he had been cred-1 Ited with giving away $35,000,000 for) educational purposes lact year, and T I called attention to the expressions of I Andrew Carnegie and philanthropists of that like in favor of giving more money to Tuskagee and other schools for the negroes. I told Mr. Rockefel- I ler that there were millions cf whites I In the South, whitos descended from I pure English and Irish and Scotch, who were living there poverty strick- I an and Ignorant, poor because of their I Ignorance, and that the Northern mil- I lionaires never thought of helping j them. Mr. Rockefeller teemed to be I Interested and I warmed up to the subject Injecting \ itriolic Tillmanisms into the conversation here and I there." The senator paused *n his story in I ifdet to complete a laugh that Inter- I Terred with his flow of language. He I kvas exploding like a gasoline motor I i-xhaust as he continued: "You know, Mr. Rockefeller in so 1 used to giving orders that he just I Exclaimed in an ordinary tone, as if I that was all there was to it: " 'That will have to be remedied I Such a condition must not be ' "Well, sir, It sounded so much like | Th< odore Roosevelt that I couldn't I help thinking how much I'd 'ike to j get those two fellows together. "We went on talking and I told him how the New York moneyed crowd I run the Southern railroads. I nad a chance to get in a good rap it the condition on the Southern at the junc- J tion near Alken, S. C. The train comes down there with Pullman cars for '.he millionaires bound for Aikcn and day coaches for the poor people going on down the line. The poor people get out and sit arcund an old way sta? tion while the train carries the mil? lionaires?I think I called them d? millionaires in taiKiug to Mr. Rocke? feller?on to Alken. Then the train corned back and picks up the poor people. The train Is scheduled to run right through and the railroad fold? er* do not announce this discrimina? tion In favor of the rich folks. "We talked on, Mr. Rockefeller seemingly interested, until I reached my station. I got out and that is tho last I saw of him. I didn't mention standard Oil and neither did he." Senator Tillman's colleagues pro? nounce him vindicated.?The State. Oranges Should lie Cheap. San Franci3co, Jan. 26.?The orarge prop harvest of California, now in full season, in quantity and quality, prom? ises to break all previous records. The fruit exchanges of the State estimate that the total output of oranges will reach 30,000 carloads?about rt.000, 000 boxes or 1,1*0,000,000 oranges. The harvest will lust until July 4. A. J. Norton, of Shaftsbury (Dor? set). England, while out rabbit-hunt? ing put a ferret into what was appa? rently a rabbit-hole, and soon after? wards out rushed three foxes and 11 rabbits. Send us your Job Printing. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. LAW MAKING MACHINE HAD A DULL DAY. Senate Holds Night Session?More Prohibition Petitions Are Presented ?The House Kills the Insurance um. Columbia, Jan. 27.?The senate met tonight, having held no morning ses? sion. When the body got to work State prohibition petitions were pre? sented from Edgefleld county and Sen? ator McGowan offered a petitiou Witti names of 276 citizens of Laurens county. Senator Graydor. presented the spe? cial report of the committee to inquire into the condition of the railroads of the Stite. On his motion the report, with tho sugegsted bills for enact? ment, were referred tc the railroad committee. Senators Mauldm and Br'ce were ap? pointed on the committee to Inquire into the expenditure of the artificial limb fund. There were only three row bills pre? sented when the senate met. Senator Hardln offered a bill relative to mag? istrates in Chester county. Senator Christensen offered amendments to the general fish, oyster and terrapin law. The amendments were in ac? cord with the recommendations of the fish commission and were immaterial. Mr. Earl offered a bill to amend section 28 relative to extra terms of the circuit court* There was a free discussion on Mr. Graydon's bill to prevent double headers. Mr. Graydon held that dou? ble headers were dangerous, and the only excuse for running them the sav? ing of wages for extra trainmen and conductors. Mr. Graydon held that there were many bridges that were rotten, and too few crossties, and he did not want two 90-ton engines pull? ing one train over rotten bridges and jeopardizing the lives of the crews. The bill has the unanimous endorse? ment of the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers, and he complimented this organization and the necessity for such legislation. Senator Brlce did not think the bill necessary. Senator Graydon asked for an aye and nay vote, and the bill passed 10 to 19. House Kills Insurance Bill. The house today killed the bill of Mr. Nash to establish an insurance de? partment. There did not seem to be very much interest manifested in the matter and the debate was desultory., Mr. Nosh was the onlv one to make ary fight for the bill and It was op? posed by Mr. Duncan, who pointed out that the comptroller general vear af? ter year had made recommendations In regard to insurance legislation which the general assembly had dis? regarded, and that the bill before ihe house did not propose to regulate the companies any more than they ar-f now regulated, but merely sought to establish a new office. The bill was also briefly discussed by Mr. Ayer, Mr. Devore and others, and several amendments were pro? posed, but rone were voted on, as the motion to strike out the enacting words, made by Mr. Aull last week, was quickly carried on a division vote, the vote being 48 to 33. This was the only second reading bill tak^n up today. The bills which were given second reading on Satur? day v/ere given their third reading in the house and sent to the senate. Among the new bills introduced were the following: Leo County Delegation- A bill to authorize and require the county board of commissioners of Lee county to issue bonds for the purpose of pro? viding additional funds for completing the Lee county court house building and furnishing the same at Bishop vllle, and to pro\ide for an annual levy for the purpose of paying the Internst on said bonds and creating a sinking fund to redeem same. Refer? ence dispensed with. Ordered for consideration tomorrow. Mir. McMastcr: A bill for the pro? tection of game and fish In the State of South Carolina, and for the repeal cf certain laws relating thereto. Ag? riculture. Mr. Epps: A bill to require a re? vision of lists of registered electors and to provide for the compensation therefor. Privileges and electione. The continued decrease of children or scho d-g"ing age in the rural sec? tions is pointed cut by a prominent school official in Kennebec county. He declares that In a Kennebec county town where twenty years ago there was the second largest district in the tov n there are now but two children attending school. In another section In the county where then there srsre three large district! the schools have been combined and only eight er ten scholars are attending that. He know. of one stretch of road where there are eleven houses, a distance if three miles and the only children are one girl eleven years old, and one baby, i ?Lewiston Journal. Send us your Job Printing. MYSTERY OF THE TIDES. (Juror Reasons That Wore Assigned For Their Ebb and Flow. The tides, those mysterious pulsa? tions of the sea. have been the theme of curious speculation ever since man began to ask the reason of what he saw around him Many sages and clever brains in the ages of th?.. past tried to explain away the periodical ebb and flow of the ocean, and msn'y plausiblc if erroneous ideas were seiz? ed upon and used to solve the prob? lem, and some of the curious notions of these old world philosophers are worthy of interest. Aristotle, who tried to find a logical reason for everything in nature, thought that tides were caused by the sun, which moves and whistled the winds about so that they fall with great violence on the Atlantic, th-3 only great ocean known to the Ureeks, which thus swells and causes the tide. Plato accounted for them as being caused by an animal living in a cav? ern, which, by means of a huge ori? fice, created the ebb and flow. The ancient Arabs believed that tideb were caused by the moon heating the wa? ters and causing them to swell, while others averred that thev were caused by the alternate decomposition of the Den by the air and the air by the sea, thus causing an ebb and fl>w. A writer as late as the thirteenth cen? tury eooly r?-marks that tides are caused by the efforts of the earth to breathe. Saintly St. Jerome explained the mystery by means of caves, and Bcde rtated that the ebb and flow were caused by an encrmous serpent, who swalllcws and vomits the water. An? other old sage thcught that they were caused by the melting of the ?ce at the poles. In Russia, dwellers by the seashore popularly believe that the tides ere governed by the water king's daughter. ? The Shctlanders used to believe that periodical tides were caused by a monster living in the sea, or. to quote from an old Shetland worthy, "a monstrous ea serpent that took six hours to draw in his breath and about six tc let it out again." The Chinese believe that supernatural be? ings, weird and wonderful, cause the tides, while the Malays aver that they are caused by the movements of a huge crab. Some of these old think? ers have been very near the solution of the problem, while some of their crude notions are only fantastic.? Scottish Nights. SQUARED THINGS AFTERWARD. Converted Ball Player Con vi' cod That He Owed Backers Something, i Lindsay Denison in American Maga? zine. "Before I was converted," said "Bll-s ly" Sunday, the evangelist, who for five years was a member of the Chi? cago baseball club, "Anson had back? ed me for a 100-yard race with Arlie Latham of the St. Ixuiis Browns for $500 a side ahd the gate money, to be run at St. Louis one Sunday at the end of the season. This bothered me a lot I prayed over It , night after night, but I couldn't see my way clear. Finally I went to Pop Anson and told him he would have to let me out 'Why, Bill'' he said, 'you're not going to be yellow and a quitter, are you?' I explained to him, but he wouldn't listen. 'No, Billy.' he said, 'I've back? ed you for thousands of dollars in this race, and so have a lot of my friends; there's about $75,000 up on It. I'm not much on religion, but I don't believe e?od wants you to start out with Him by throwing down your friends on a contract that you took before you went with Him. Now, I tell you what you do. you go down to St. Louis and run that race and then you fix it up with Cod after? ward/ And, well, friends?I did. I ran the race and won it and then. I came right back to Chicago and went before the session of the church and owned up. and when they hoard al! about it they let me off. I was an elder of that church for a good many years afterward." GREAT DEMAND. For Hyomei, the Catarrh Cure Tliat J. F. W. DeLorme Guarantees. The sales record of a'd medicines by J. F. W. DeLorme has been broken by the recent remarkable demand for Hy? omei This is not alone due to the pe? culiar weather conditions that have increased catarrhal troubles, but the way In which J. F. W. DeLorme sells Hyomei is undoubtedly responsible for many sales. With every dollar outfit he gives his personal guarantee to refund the money if Hyomei does not give abso? lute nth faction. Ask J. F. W. De? Lorme to explain to you about th's guarantee. There is no stomach dosing with Hyomei. It is a medicated sir treat i mei.t thut kills all catarrhal germs, j preventing their growth and making catarrh impossible. It has cured many '? right here in Sumter and you should I try it now and get relief from catarrh. 1-28&30&W ?end us your job printing.