Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-T FA HM KIUS MUST LKAKN. mm In Calling jo Realise Sonic Of Their opportnitle*. Recently Prof. John M Coulter de? livered an addreas at the conference tor education In the South. He spoke >?n the Improvement of rural condi? tions, and Mild some thlng-a that were not rellahed. The Charleaton Newa and Courier, commenting on the statement a. makea some of Its own vn the general subject of the bllnd 4ieaa of jarmem in falling to realUo their opportunities. It cites "Kansas mill'is nit ll ions of dollars' worth of *agg.* and yet South Carolina buying 5>hVekona In Kansas." It continues: "Food ? roducts rise In price from day to i!< y, and will continue to rl??, ?because Increase In the production of food* tuff a Is not In proportion to the Increase ?>f population In any rapid? ly growing country, where cities and tewns. with their msnufacturlng peo? ples, are constantly expanding, but the farmors of South Carolina neg? lect, a region not leas adapted to uro ?iurlng foodstuffs than any other In the world. We have the soil and the rainfall for for ige crops In abunJ.mco ? but ws import beef; we have grai?s on e thousand hills and In meadows for flocks of sheep?-but Inherited ha Idt has converted the luxury of a eheep-killing dog Into a necessary Ills; we heve a land equal to France or Italy for the production of the gp*ape?but we de.sptao wines and feres those of our own people who ?crave beverages to drink whiskey and "get drunk," and we vainly lmagire that because the perfect apples of northern New York and the luscious pa ache* of California will not grow 5n South Carllna without attention, "come up. volunteer," they will not Jgiow et all In South Carolina. " 1 ? ? ? e " Modest Modern Man. Whatever may be aald of the mod? ern man. he cannot be said to be lacking In modesty. While the an? cients did their utmost to prove that ?they I ?sued from the gods, ws do our l?8t to demo ist rate that ws have de? scended from monkeys.?Paris Jour sal. Her Infatuation. "Papa." wrote the aweet girl, "l l.a>e become Infatuated with calla tmeoice." Well, daugtter." replied the old man. "if your heart'* sot on him I haven't a word to aay; but I always eld hope you'd marry an American." ?-?Houston post. 4 After all ths trouble and anxiety of the Charleston fans in trying to keep the baseball franchise. It has been lost. Tae local fans of Charleston are wrought up a* out the acflon of Pre? sident Jones. When the franchise was turned over by President Matthews. Mr. Jones and the local fans of Char* lasten had e meeting and raised fuwde to keep the franchise. Mr. ?Jenes then want to Chattanooga and hmA a little chat with President O. B. Andrews, who seemed te be "the power behind ths throne. ' The next oe*-* heard at Charleston was that the local franchise had been given to XnoxvtUe. The Charleston people feel that they have been wronged. They ought to have had another chance The money contributed to keep the franchise will be returned. HM DeWltfa Carbollsed Witch Ha? ast Salve when you ask for It. There %re a grest many Imitations, but there Is Just one orUlnal. This salve Is good for anything where a salve Is needed to be used, but It Is especially grood for Plies. Sold by All Druggists. A Chicago man, 93 years old. broke bis skull the other day while playing ?'Ring Around the Rosy." Wh*n will v**?l>l* leeri to limit the Juven? iles to Jackstone* and oenuchle?? Hoffulo News. ?Folev* Honey ami Tnr not only et op* ? hrone coughs that weaken the constitution and develop Into ron eoniDtlon. but lo ils and utrengthens th luf'K*. It affords comfort and re llei In the worn' ea <? . < f chronic bn?n cl 'tie. asthma, hay fever and lung trouble. W. W. Slbert. Uelde Picard, the r.iris publisher, announce* e "Precis d'HtStoIre de l*i Literature Francalse de.- orlglne? a Jours," particularly deslK n?d for t i*e of students. The last section *. ti hook will cover tic period of Hm) Vom? it will touch <>n poetr>, Vrama. fiction, criticism a#?d history, aid will give an account of the In fluen^e or f >rHgn literature on Fiench llteratu:? In the nineteenth otntury. Seen Mother Grow Voting. ?"It would be hard to overstate the wonderful change In my mother since ahe began to use Electric Bitters." writes Mrs. W. I. Oilpatrlck of Dan forth, lie "Although past 70 she veerhs really to be growing young again. Hhs suffered untold misery from dyspepsia tor 20 years. At last ?he could neither eat, drink nor eueep. Doctors gav? her up and all ein lies felled till Electric Hitter* worked such wondsn* for her health." They Invigorate all vital organa, curs f*lve* and Kidney troubles. Induce taerep. Impart strsngth and appetite. eTJeUy leo at Slbert's Drug Store. The Boy Who Would Not Sit Down. (From the Chicago Tribune.) The subject of this sketch was born In poverty and the sunny South. Even as a lad he had masterful way* about him and displayed a spirit of sturdv independence. One day when he was about 8 years old he was guilty of disobedience to parental authority and received a sound spanking. Then he took his elementary spell? ing book and first reader and hurried off to school. "Benny," said the teacher, observ? ing that he was standing up near the door, "sit down." "I won't!" sullenly exclaimed the boy. "You won't?" said the teacher In surprise. 'Why not?" "'Cause I caln't!" roared Benny. And he didn't. That boy, now a man of mature years, Is known to fame as the Hon. Benjamin R. Tlllman, Senator from South Carolina, and even the Vice President of the United States can't make him sit down. Joan's Club. "We girls formed a new club to? day," casually remarked Joar. at the dinner table. * "Oh rhyl" groaned John in mock dismay, "I should think you would be 'clubbed' to death!" "Tell us about It, dearie," suggest? ed mother. "Some of us have discovered," Joan explained, "that we were finding fault with almoat everyone we knew, criti? cising more and more every day, and saying unkind things, and it frighten? ed ua when we stopped to think of it; so we have banded together and will try to cure ourselves of this dis? agreeable habit. If we can find noth? ing good to say, we will say nothing That Is all there is to it, excepting we are to pay a small fine every time we break that rule." "That would be a pretty good club for more of us to belong) to," remark? ed father, quietly, and John's teasing face grew sober. His Absorbing Interest. The play was one of Shakespeare's tragedies. Mrs. Simmons and her lit? tle boy having been unible to secure stats In the parquet, were well locat? ed In the front row of the first bal? cony, where they could see better and hear almost as well as If they had been further forward on the main floor. Mrs. Simmons was agreeably sur? prised at the interest that Bobby ap? peared to take In the sombre drama. He sat leaning forward with his el b >ws on the cushioned railing In front of him, resting his head on his hands, deeply absorbed. As the cur? tain went down on the first act he straightened up. "Well, dear how do you like Shake? speare?" asked hit mother. "Are you enjoying the play?" "Mamma." said Bobby, with the air of one who has made a great dis? covery, "thsre are sixty-nine men here that have got bald spots on top of their heads! I've counted 'am five times!" ?Delay In commencing treatment for a slight irregularity that could have been cured quickly by Foley's Kidney Remedy may result in a seri? ous kidney disease. Foley'a Kidney Remedy builds up the worn out tis? sues nnd strengthens these organs. W. W Slbert. The Maid and the Man. (From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.) When he had stepped on her foot for about the sixth time she stopped dancing. "I will sit down now." she said quietly: "I see that you prefer foot ball." ?Many people with chronic throat and lung trouble have found comfort and relief In Foley's Honey and. Tar is it cures stubborn coughs after etil? er treatment has failed. L. M. Kug gies, Reasnor, Iov a. w; ites: "The doc? tors said I had e<?nsumption. and I ? t no bailor until I took Foley's HottOy and'Tar. It stopped the hem orrhagSl and pa n in my lung* and they are now as sound as a bullet.'' W. W. Slbert. At a Methodist conference attend , <l by 200 church and lay delegates g| Pembroke. Ont., on Monday. Dr. ( hown, of Toronto. secretary of t. mperance and moral reform, sharp? ly critcised Earl Grey, the Governor General. for countenancing horse racing by attending the races. He said It wa> a shame that the big no . t at Toronto, which attracts the black? legs of th I Halted States should be countenanced by the OoVOrnOf Gen? eral of Canada. ?If you have pains In the back, weak hack, or unv other Indication of a weakened or disordered condition of the kidneys or bladder, you should get DeWitt h Kidney and Bladder Pills right awa> when you experience the hast sign of kldrey or bladder com? plaints, but be sure that you get De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. We know what they will do for you, and If you will send your name to E. C. DeWitt A Co.. Chicago, you will re? ceive a free trial box of theso kidney and bladder pills. They ara sold here by All Druggists. Was He lllght? An automobile stood at the curb in front of a theatre. It wus an impos? ing machine of burnished brass anil crimson leather, and as its owner came out of the theatre and was get? ting aboard, one of a couple of child? ren asked with the confidence?or maybe Impudence?that goes with innocence and bare legs: "Say, mister, drive us around the square, won't you? We ain't never been in a nautymobile?" The man paid no attention and whizzed away. Of course, chlldre i are a nuisance, but it would have been worth while, maybe, to give two small girls a memory to last them a life-time? And, maybe, again, got himself ar? rested for kidnaping. You never can '.ell.?Washington Star. What Ho Saved In OUiee. Cleveland Ledger. A prominent Democratic politician who lived at Allentown, was appoint? ed to the position of naval officer at Philadelphia during the second Cleve? land administration. While In the city he.made a host of friend.* and all of his waking hours, when he was not engaged in official duties, were spent with these gentlemen, attending various interesting and costly enter? tainments. At the expiration of his term of office he returned home, and the good mother, who was an old fashioned German woman, said to him curiously: "John, what did you save during the four years you were in office?" "Mother," he said with a smile lighting up his countenance, "I ac? complished wonders?I saved my life." 9 ?Delay in taking Foley's Kidney Remedy If you have backache, kidney or bladder trouble, fastena the dis? ease upon you and makes a cure more difficult. Commence taking Foley's Kidney Remedy today and you will soon be well. Why risk a aerlous ma? lady? W. W. Slbert. Senator Bailey la unfortunate In finding his temper as often as he loses It.?St. Paul Dispatch. ?Everyone would be benefited by taking Foley's Orino Laxative for stomach and liver trouble and habi? tual constipation. It sweetens the stomach and breath, gently stimulates the liver and regulates the bowels and Is much superior to pills and ordinary laxatives. Why not try Foley's Orino Laxative today? W. W. Sibert. The Louiavllle Times discourses on "Memorializing the Red Man." We though he had been only assimilated benevolently.?Houston Post. ?The best pills made are DeWltt's Little Early Risers, the famous little liver pills. They are small, gentle, pleasant, easy to take and act prompt? ly. They are sold by All Druggists. It Was In Arkunsaw. Ople Head told this one not Ions ago: 'Old Lern Harkins, of Possum Trot, had come into the county judge's ofllce. The judge said: ' 'Why, hello. Lern.' "'Howdy, Jedge?* ^ " Anything going on over at Pos? sum Trot?* " Xuthin' wuth dividinV 1 " 'That's so?' " Yeh; nuthin' wuth dividinV Then offer a pause: 'Ma RlV them High? towehs ain't been gittin' along right good for a spell.' M 'Xo?' "Xah, not right good.' " 'Xah, not right good.' After an? other long expectoration-punctuated pause the old man leisurely continu? ed: 'T'other night, about chicken rootin' time I was a-settin' in th' house a-readin* uv my Bible when I heahs some shootin* outside. Th' ol' woman was out thah a-feedin' th' chickens. I ain't paid no 'tention t' that thah shootin'. Putty soon th ol' woman comes in, lookin' kind o' pale an' nahvous. "l* "What's th" matteh, ol" wom? an?" I says. .A lot o' them Hightowehs is out thah a-shootin' at me," she says. " 'Xow, I don't like that, Jedge, shootin' 'round about my house an' skeerin* up all them chickens when they orto be a-goln' t' roost, an' may? be killln' a calf critteh or somethin*. So I lays down my Bible an' I goes ovah In th* cohneh an* picks up my Winchesteh an' I looks out th' win deh. Thah stands five o' them High? towehs outside my fence .with theh guns. I jes' draps a few bullets amongst 'em an* goes back t' my readin'. " 'Xex' mohnin' I goes out an' looks whah them five Hightowehs hud been a-standln' an' they was all gone but fo'.' "?Chicago News. Wonder if there will be a high tariff on the wool Senator Aldrich is trying to pull over the people's eyes? ?Louisville Post. "More taciturn and Impassive than ever. So the Wrights are said to be. Xo matter how high ihey fly abroad the same plain Ohlo?Een Franklins at home!?Los Angeles Express. Life 100.000 Years Ago. ?Scientists have found in a cave in Switzerland bones of men, who lived 100,000 years ago, when life was in constant danger from wdld beasts. To? day the danger, as shown by A. W. Brown qf Alexander, Me., is largely from deadly disease. "If it had not been for Dr. King's Xeup Discovery, which cured me, I coulcr not have lived," he writes, "suffering as I did from a severe lung trouble and stub? born cough." To cure Sore Lungs, Colds, obstinate Coughs, and prevent Pneumonia, Its the best medjclne on earth. 60c and $1.00. Guaranteed by SIbert'8 Drug Store. Trial bottle free. 1 One Kind of Husband. Lady Arthur Paget, at a dinner in New York, according to The Detroit Free Press, said of the "appalling American divorce habit"?for that is the shape which our divorce question takes in her eyes: "And deceit, petty deceit, grave de? ceit?that is another frequent cause of divorce. "Too many husbands are like the one Who said, as his servant helped him on with his overcoat: " 'James, if my wife asks you where . am tell her I've gone to the opera.' "The man bowed. " 'Yes, sir; very good sir.' And he added imperturbably. And where are you really going, sir, in case any of your friends should call or ring you up?? ' Ate t hick With Big Eye*. A trainman is telling an incident that occurred on a Mohawk and Ma lone trip up in the woods the other day, says the Utica Observer. The train when an Italian walked through the arrival and passing of another train when a Italian walked through the coach, his hands crossed on his stomach and his head wagging from one side In a doleful manner. 1 "What's the matter, John?" some one Inquired. "Oh, me sick?me sick as dev." re? plied the man, rolling his head still more distressingly and continuing the rubbing of his stomach. "Sick? Well, what you been eat? ing?' asked the sympathetic passen? ger. "Eata de chick with big eyes," re? sponded John, as his groans increased. John had killed an owl the night before and it didn't agree with him. A portly Teuton in Wiles-Barre fillf the twofold postlon In the com? munity of saloonkeeper of weekdays and organist of a church on Sundays, says an Exchange. A short time ago he had been up pretty late on Satur? day eight waiting on customer*, and next day while presiding at the organ found it difficult to keep his eyes open. The preacher proceeded with his sermon to the end, and at its con? clusion** the organist was fast asleep and snoring loudly. Tl>e choir being in readiness to commence singing, some one shook the sleeping musician from his slumbers to piay the accom panimei ' ?i awoke with a and electrified the congregation by shout? ing at the top of hla \ ? fife glods pier." ?"For ten years I couldn't tide a horse without being in torture from piles," writes L. S. Napier, of Rugless, Ky., "when all doctors and other rem? edies failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me." Infallible for Piles, Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Boils. Fever-Sores, Ecze? ma, Salt Rheum, Corns, 25c. Guaran" teed by Slbert's Drug Store. Tortured on a Horse. Insurance Blunders. The way in which applies.ti? for insurance are filled up, g British Medical Journal, ar more amuslrg than enlight? the following excellent sekc Mother died in Infancy. Father went to bed feeling the next morning woke up d? Grandfather died suddenly nge of 103. Up to this tim d fair to reach a ripe old age. Applicant does hot know if about maternal posterity exc they died at an advanced age. Applicant does not know mother's death, but states r fully recovered from her las Applicant has never beer sick. Father died suddenly; nothing seri? ous. Applicant's brother, who was an in? fant, died when he was a mere child. Grandfather died from gunshot wound caused by an arrow shot by ant Indian. Applicant's fraternal parents died when he was a child. Mother's last illness was caused fi cm chronic rheumatism, but she was cured before death. -, The youngest railroad president in the world is the proud distinction of Daniel A. Sortwell, a young broker's clerk of Boston. Only twenty-five years old and less than two years out of college, Sortwell at the last meet? ing of the. Barre Railroad Company stockholders was elected president of the road. / Ecuador exports about 20,000 tons of ivory nut annually, of which one-half goes to Germany, one-fourth, to the United States and the remains! der to I'taly, France and other coun? tries. ?If people with symptoms of kid? ney or bladder trouble could realize their danger they would without lose of time, commence taking Foley's Kidney Remedy. This great remedy^ stops the pain and the irregularities, strengthens and builds up these or? gans and there is no danger of Bright's disease or other serious dis? order. Do not disregard the early symptoms. W. W. Sibert. Mr. Thomas O. Jameson, of tl Decersvllle section of Bickens County* was struck by a freight train whil crossing the railroad and was badl injured. haTTrtfphTs skull fracture! hS shoulder fractured, his arm brol f-n anu his entire body seriously ed. He is now in the care of Dr. S. Barle, of Greervlll*?. A Night Rider's Raid. ?The worst night riders are cal< mel, croton oil or aloes pills. They raid your bed to rob you of rest. Net so with Dr. King's New Life Pills. They Jiever distress or inconvenienc^J but always cleanse the system, curing Colds, Headache, Constipation, Ma? laria, 25c. at Sibert's Drug Store. 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THE SHEARS ARE FREE-YOU ONLY PAY FOR THE PAPER. $1.50 ?s the regular subscription price of the Semi Weekly Watchman and Southron. It is published - every Wednesday and Friday and contains a sum.nary of all the important local, domestic and for? eign news, and is an up-to-date of publication, together with special features fiom contributors, with a departmentdevoted to Agriculture, Poultry, Stock Raising, and other useful information for the all aronnd Southern producer. The Osteen Publishing Co., * sumter, South Carolina,