The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 18, 1911, Image 6
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Stowaway
Py LOWS TRACY.
Autheref the "Pillar ef Light/1 The
?ing? of the Macmng" and "Tk?
Captain of the Kmmi."
CarrnJHt. I9?9. by Edwc4 J. Clode
Now. on this second night ot the
voyage, white the ship was pioddlug
fteedUy southward with that fifteen
point Inclination to tbe weat tbat
woull take ber far Into tbe Atlantic
soon after daybreak. Philip remem?
bered **> wnt v ? niece and felt sorry
tbat when stie pa Ml former runt* to
the Andromeda fata bad decreed tbat
he et*ould be serving bis time on so?
other vessel It gare him a thrill
when be beard tbat tbls charming girl
knew his name, and It seemed to biro
for an instant that she was looking
into bis very soul, analyzing htm.
eure hin- for some sign that he was
not aa others, wbicb meant tbat there
were tome whom she bed bitter cause
to distrust.
At hot rate, she bad left a memento
of bar too brief appearance on board
fts the shape of the bag. He would
contrite to take on his own shoulders
its mission in Montevideo. Then ou
?wturnlng to Liverpool be would have
an excuse for calling on ber. He did
00? know her name yet. Possibly
Ca, jk*n Cote would mention that in
te.eet'ng fact when his temper lost
Its raw edge.
it W4M strange that be should be
thinking of Iris, fsr stranger than be
could gu?**s, but his thoughts were
robcofliectcoa, and he was In nowise
neglecting tbe safety of the ship.
Hosier heard Coke reading the rl it
act to the shellbacks who were up
poeed to keep s sharp lookout ahead
But tbe captain did not monopolise the
ConversetIon His deep notes rurnhicd
only st intervals. Tbe men had some?
thing to say. He returned to the
bridge. X
"One of them scallywags ses 'e 'as
aaen a ghost.'* be anoounced with tbe
calm air of ? roan who states tbat the
moon will ri?<e during the next hour.
"Oh. Is b.? the jtan who reported a
ghost outside the lasarette last night?'
"I e'poee so. Did 'e tell you about
ft? That's where abe walks."
"?ber
That's b's yarn?a female jrhost. a
black *un. black clo'es anybjw. I'll
take the foreuoon watch, an' you
might overhaul the ship for stow?
aways after breakfast."
"Tea, sir." said Hosier. And that is
how it fell to bis lot to discover iris
Yort.e, looking very white and misera?
ble, when the hstch of the lazarette
was broken open at half past 8 on
Thurmlay morning!
A tramp steamer Is not s complex
organism. Hhe Is made up of holds,
bunkers, boilers snd engines, with
ses nty?s crom mod at ion for officers and
crew grouped round tbe funnel or
stock in tbe hows. When tbe boats
were ??ripped of their tarpaulins snd
a few lot*kera and storerooms exa ro?
tted tbe only available hiding places
ware the shaft turn.el. the holds ind
lbs lazarette. a small space between
decks, situated directly above tbe pro
peller. where a reserve supply of pro?
visions Is generally csrrled.
But the door of the lazarette was
locked and tbe key missing. There
Was nothing for It but to force the
lock
It was dark in there, and Uozier
waa undeniably startled by the spec?
tacle ot a slim figure, wrapped in a
hang ulster, standing among tbe cases
and paruage*.
? N .w. out you comer' be cried, wwb
g gruffness thai was Intended only to
Cover his nwu amazement, but Iris,
despite the horrors of seasickness and
eonttneineut in the dark wits not miiid
ad to suffer what she considered to be
aarpertln? ice o? tbe part ot a second
adorer.
Ml am Miss Yorke." abe said, coming
forward Into tbe half light o? the low
ay deck. "Any explanation ?fl my
preaeuce here will he given to the cap?
tain and to no oth?*r person "
Thai hMsaidad wagaj -person" is aapa
tSta of many meanings. Hozler ??lt
that Its application to himself was dl >
ttrs-tly unfavorable. And Iris was
Cjulte dignified and self possessed. She
had given a few deft touches to her
?air
**Of course I did not know to whom
1 was spesklng." he managed to say.
far he now recognized tbe "ghost" and
waa more surprised than he had ever
faeen In his life before.
That is rnstterless." ssld Iris frigid
|y. "Where Is Captain (Joker
"On the bridge." sstd Philip.
**l will go to him. Please don't come
with me I tried to tell you that 1
would unlock the door, but you refused
ta listen Will you let me passT'
He obeyed in silence.
Iris hurried to the deck. Tbe light
aeeuied to dazzle ber. and her steps
ware IB uncertain tbat Hozler sprang
forward and caught her arm.
"Won't you sit down a moment. Miss
Torke?" he said if you searched the
whole ship fa i could not hsve chosen
a worse place to travel In than tbe
Uuarett*
"I was driven on? twice at night by
the rata," she gasp.aj
Too bad' ' he whispered. "Hut It
was your own fault Why did you do
It? At any rate, wait here n few initi?
ates before rou leeet the captain."
"I am not afraid a| meeting him
Why should I lie? lie knows m
"| meant only that you are hnrdly
able to i '"'it I seem to say the
wrong thlnp. every time. There Is notii
lag really o worry about. We are not
fsr from uueuustown. We can nut
you asht'iv th? r?' by losing hull a I
day."
Th.? girl had been Ml, racked hi
body and distratight in mind, but lh<
summoned I half laugh at his words. I
MToi a I still saying the WT1 I I
th'ng. Mr. Ilozier," she murmured.
?'The Andromeda will not put lv
Queenstoun. | roi > this hour 1 bee.
a passenger, not a -utwuway. M\ UU<
cle knows uow that 1 am here. Thl
you. Vor need not hold me any Ion
er. I have quite recovered. Cap:.
C>ke is on the bridge, you said? I ?
find ray way. T hi . ship is no strnr. er
to nno."
Ar i away she went. Justifying be
statements by tripping rapidly ! i
ward. Thf Biete sight of her ere: '
boundless excitement among su is
members nf the crew as a*ere on de
W!, mi she re:v bed the 1 ridtfO, Wll "
Capiglu t uht was propped sgnlust
churt huQSO, she had lost a good deal
of the pall - ami woebegone semblance
that had demoralized Hozlcr.
Coke beard the rapid, light footsteps
and turned his bead. Certuinly he
could not have been more stupefied
had he seen the ghost reported over?
night.
"They told me I should find you
here, captain," said she. "1 must apol?
ogize for thrusting my company ou
you for a long voyage, but?circum?
stances?were?too much for me?
and"
Face to face with the commander of
the ship and startled anew by his ex?
pression of blank Incredulity, the glib
flow of words conned so often during
the steadfast but dreadful hours spent
in tbe lazurette failed her.
"You know me." she faltered. "I am
Iris Yorke."
Not a syllable came from the Ira e
and astonished man gazing at her
with such bovine stolidity. Uis shoul?
ders had not abated a fraction of their
stubborn thrust against the frame of
the chart house. Uis hands were Im?
movable hi the pockets of his reefer
coat. Had he wished to terrify her by
s hostile reception he could not hn\ ?
succeeded more completely, though, to
be just, he meant nothing of the sort,
his wits being Jumbled Into-chaos by
the apparition of the last person then
alive whom he expected or desired to
see on board tbe Andromeda.
But Iris could not Interpret his mood,
snd she strove vainly to conquer tho
fear welling up In her breast because
of the grim anger that seemed to blaze
at her from every line of Coke's brick
red countenance. In the struggle to
pour forth the excuses nnd protesta?
tions that soundod so plausible In her
own ears, while secured from observa?
tion behind the locked door of her re?
treat, she blundered unhappily on to
the very topic that she had resolved to
keep secret.
"Why are you so unwilling to ac?
knowledge me?" she cried, with a
nervous Indignation that lent a tremor
to her voice. "You have met me oft en
enough. You saw me on Sunday i
my uncle's house."
"Did IT* said Coke, speaking at last,
but really as much at a loss for some?
thing to say as the girl herself. De
had recognized her instantly. Just as
he would recognize the moon if tho
luminary fell from the sky and wn!i
as little comprehension of the cause of
Its falling. %
Of course she took the question as a
forerunner of blank denial. This was
not to be borne. She fired iufo a dl<
rect attack.
"If your memory Is hazy coucorniu ;
the events of Sunda;, afternoon it may
be helpful if I recall the conversation
between my uncle and you In the sum?
mer house." she snapped.
Some of the glow fled from Coke'.:
f*ee.
"Wofs that you're sayin'?" demand
ed Coke, coming nearer and looking
her straight in the eyes.
"I beard every word of that interest?
ing talk." she continued valiantly. "I
know whst you arranged to do, so I
have proinisci?to marry Mr. Buhner?
when I he Andromeda?comes back!"
A light broke on Coke's Intelligence
that Irradiated his prominent eyes.
Ills heavy Hps relaxed into a cunnin;
grin.
"Oh. Is that it?" he said. "Artful
old dog. Verity! But why in?w'
didn't 'e tell me you was cotnin'
aboard this trip? We 'uvent't the rigid
flxln's for I lady, so yog must put UN
with the best we can do for you, Mis
Yorke. Steady, now . You ain't a-goln*
to faint, nre you? Hi! Below there!'
he yelled. ' Tumble up, some of you!"
?ogjsf was the first to gain the
bridge. He had followed the progres i
of events with sufficient accuracy to.
realize that Miss iris Yorke had met
with a distinct rebuff by the sklp|M?r.
end. Judging from his own experience
of her *>hys!^al wenkness when sh"
emerged into daylight, he was not sur
prised to hear that she had fainted.
" *Kre. take 'old." gurgled Coke, whn
had nearly swallowed the cigar in his
snrprlse at Iris' unforeseen collapse
"This kind of thing Is more In your
line than mine, young feller. Just lay
'er out in the saloon an' ax Watts to
>lp. His missus goes off regular
w'en they bring 'im 'ome paralytic."
Philip took the girl Into his arms.
To curry her safely down the stSC]
stairway he was compelled to place
her head on his left shoulder and
clasp her tightly round the waist with
his left ami Some loosened strands
of her hair tOUChod his face. lie
could feel the laboring of her breaM.
the wild beating of her heart, and he
was exceeding wroth with that uu
known man or woman who had driven
this insensible girl to such BtTSltl that :
she was ready to dare the discomforts
and deprivations Of ? voyage as a
stowaway rather than be perse, ute.l
further
Iris was laid mi a COUCb in the mOSS
room, and the steward summoned Mr
Watts. The chief officer came, look
ing sheepish, it wns manifestly a
great relief when he found that the
"ghost" was unconscious.
"Oh, that's nothing!" he cried in re
spouse t > his iunlor's eager demand
if d*Mp\
"YOU KNOW MB," SHE FA.LTRRKD. "I AM
IRI8 TO Ii KU."
for information as to the treatment
best fitted for such emergencies.
"They all drop In a heap like that
w'en they're worried. Fust you takes
orf their gloves an' boots, then you
undoes their stays an' rips open their
dresses at the necks. One of you
rubs their 'ands an' another their feet,
an' you dabs cold water on their fore?
heads an' burn brown paper under
tholr noses. In between whiles you I
give 'em a drink, stiff as you can make
it. It's dead easy. Them stays are a
bit troublesome if they run to size, but
she's thin enough as it is. Anyhow, I
can show you a flue trick for that, j
Just turn her over till I cast n lashin' i
loose with my knife."
Watts was elbowed aside so uncere?
moniously that his temper pave way.
Hozler lifted Iris' bead gently and
unfastened the neck hooks of ber
blouse. Hi? began to chafe ber cold
hands tenderly and pressed back the
hair from her damp forehead. The
"chief." not flattered by his own re?
flections, thought At to sneer at these
half measures.
"She's on'y a woman like the rest of
?em," he growled, "even If she is the
owner's niece, an' a good lookln' gal
at that. I s'pose now you think"?
"I think she will want some fresh
air soon, so you had better clear out,"
said Philip.
His words were quiet, but he flash?
ed a warning glance at the other man
that sufficed. Watts retired, mutter?
ing sarcasms under his breath.
Iris revived, to find Philip support- |
lng her with J degree of skill that was
remarkable lo one who had enjoyed so
little experience in these matters. She
heard his voice, coming, as it seemed,
rapidly nearer, urging her to sip some?
thing very fiery and spirituous. In?
stantly she protested.
"What are you giving me?" she sob
bod. "What has happened?"
Iris poshed away the glass and sat
up.
"You carried me?" she said.
"Well, I couldn't do anything else."
"I suppose you don't realize what It
means to a woman to feel that she has
been out of her senses under such con?
ditions?"
"No. but in your case it only meant
that you sighed deeply a few times
and triad to blie my fingers when I
wished to open your mouth."
"What for? Why did you want to
open tny mouth?"
"To give you a drink. You needed
a stimulant."
"Oh!"
By this time a few dexterous twists
and turns had restrained those wan?
dering tresses within bounds. She held
a hairpin between her lips, and a wo?
man can always say exactly what she
means when a hairpin prevents discur?
siveness.
"I am all right now," she announced.
"Will you please leave ma and tell
the steward to bring me a cup of tea?
If there is a cabin at liberty he might
put that portmanteau in it which I
brought on board at Liverpool."
llozier fulfilled ber requests and re?
joined Coke on the bridge.
"Miss Yorke is quite well again, sir,"
he reported. "She
glee that was puz- %, ' jSaMm \m
/.ling to Iiis hearer. In BSfl^fial
fair seems to have Vji, U-Jtim Hr
planned." agreed hi ICTuteV. '
Philip. "Hut, as i fit EE?\\ \ J /
was saying, she \\ I
asked for the use
told the steward Hi
to give her mine ?
until we put into "pkftty foxy.
Queerisp.wn." WASH tit
Coke, who had lighted another black
ami stumpy cigar, removed it in order
to speak with due emphasis.
"Put Into b?II" he said.
"Hut surely you will not take this
young lady to the river Plate!" cried
the astonished second officer.
"She gnaw where she was bound
w'en she kern aboard the Andromeda,"
said the skipper, frowning now like a
man Who argues with himself. "There's
her portmanter to prove It. with a
label, an* all In her own 'and wrltin'.
It's some game played on me by 'er
an' 'er uncle. Anyow. (he fust time
aha sees land again it'll be the lovely
'arbor of IVrnamhueo, an' that's
straight 'Ere she Is an' 'era she'll
stop, an' the l.est thing you can do Is
spread the notion among the crew that
she's runnin' away to avoid tnarryin'
a man she doesn't like. That sounds
reasonable, tin' it 'appens to he true.
Verity in' tue talked It over last Sun?
day p. m."
"T<? avoid a marriage!*' repeated
Hos ler.
"Yes. that's it." all I CoUe. "Bot I >?...
'ere. me boy, tins salla under m, !
flap. Pm - wot (I*;. e ill 5: ? Iti In ?
motive pare bua p -??<'?:'?;.!, of
sort, while mile's oh the ship's \ <n ? ?.
You keep your mnut'.i ihut an' win!,
the other e; ?? an' leave it to roe to
give yon the cUansi o( your life. K!i.
wot1"
Philip IIo: . r did not strive to ex?
tract the p:<?eise meaning of the skip?
per's words. The process would liavi
been difficult since Coke himself *?<?ul?i
not bare supplied any reasonable an
ysis. Somehow, to the commander's
thinking, th? presence of the girl se
ed to make easier the castiug n v,.
of the ship. Exactly how or whoi
bearing her strangely begun voyage
might have on subsequent events he
was not yet in a position to say.
"Queenstown!" he chuckled. "Not
this journey?not if ruj uame's Jlmnai 1
Coke, the man 'oo is s annin* on all
that is left of Ms 'ard earned savin'?:.
No, sir; I've got me orders, an' I've gol
me letter, an' the pore old Andromeda
gets ripped to pieces in the Recife
or I'll know the reason why. Wot 0
card to play at the Inquiry! Owner's
niece on board bound to South Amor
leg for the good of *er health. 'Oo
even 'sard of a man sendhV is pretty
niece on a ship 'e meant to throw
away? It's providential, that's wot
it is, reel providential! 1 do believe
ole Verity 'ad a 'and lu it."
(To Be Continued.)
CAMDEN AGAINST MOVKMli.MNT.
Chamber of Commerce Takes Prompt
Action to Prevent Annexation of
Doykln Section to Surnter County.
Camden( Jan. 12.?a special meet?
ing of the chamber of commerce was
held here this afternoon to discuss
the question of ths Boykin section
being annexed to Surnter county. A
committee was appointed to show the
citizens of Boykin where it would be
to their advantage to remain in ECer
shaw county. It is hoped that all
differences will soon be adjusted and
the matter ended.
The question of having the "Florida
Limited" stop here was brought
up and a committee was appointed to
concentrate their efforts to that end.
Twenty-five new members were tak?
en in.
WOODMEN MEET IN COLUMBIA.
Conference of Leading Officers in City
Thursday and Plans Made for (lath?
ering.
Columbia, Jan. 13.?About BOO
Woodmen of the World of Jurisdiction
I, which includes the entire State of
South Carolina, will come to Columbia
March 14 and 15 for the gathering.
Plans for the meeting were discussed
Thursday at a meeting of the leading
officers and on account of the accomo*
dationi given by this city it was de
< ided to hold the conclave here.
There are about 25,000 members
of the order in South Carolina and
the Columbia camp will have a "lc^
rolling" on one of the nights of the
meeting at which time about -?ta will
be initiated. There are about ?JU Co?
lumbians already secured for the
class.
The following officers were among
those present:
Head counsel, Robert Lide,
Orangeburg; head advisor, Tom C.
liamer, Bennettsville, head clerk. R.
S. Hood, Surnter; head escort, W.
Hampton Oobh, Columbia; head
watchman, W, E. Lee, Anderson; head
secretary, R. N. Edmunds, Parksvllh ;
head manager, C. A. Power, chairman,
La irens; a. v.. Booser, Columbia; j.
E. Carroll, Vorkvilb ; M. G. Bryant,
Bock Hill; M. J. Spears, Lamar; L.
!. Parrott, 6f Bumter appeared la-fore'
the soveri Ign camp as the represen?
tative of the Bumter camp. Head
? k keeper, Fred C. Lots, ol Charles?
ton, aus unable to attend the confer?
ence.
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INIQUITOUS GOVERNMENT
CESSFUL
I Klngi- 16:23-33?January Z2
"Riohtooutneet eseJief* a nation: but s'.n it a
repromh to any pioplc."? i'rvv.
CHE Omrl dynasty of Israel was e.
successful one according to world*
ly standards, but a failure from the
Divine standpoint Omrl. a great general,
succeeded to Israel's throne after the
death of Jeroboam. Ho was very suc?
cessful and conquered the Moabites, to
the East of the Jordan, putting them un?
ser an annual tribute of the lleeoc ol two
hundred thousand sheep. He built a new
Kapital, the city of Samaria, and success*
fully outranked Jeroboam as a misleads
of his people, .along religious lines. Ac?
cording to Israel's Covenant with the Al?
mighty there was but the one Levltical
priesthood and the one holy temple of Je?
hovah's presence for the whole people of
Israel, and it was at Jerusalem. As
worldly wisdom guided Jeroboam to com?
pletely separate the ten tribes from the
two tri bei by establishing new places of
worship and simplifying the worship arid
symbolizing Qod by a golden calf, so the
same spirit of worldly wisdom suggested
to Omri a still fur?
ther departure
from God and a
still closer ap?
proach to the cus?
toms and Idolatry
of surrounding na?
tions
Omrl died, or, ac?
cording to the rec?
ords. "Omri slept
With his fathers."
We are not from \r*J*
this declaration.to
draw the Inference
that as a wicked
man he went to
eternal torment
and that the na?
ture of the tor?
ment is sleep. Nei?
ther are we to
think of Omrl as
saintly and going
to heaven and to
imagine that those
In heaven are M
asleep. Neitherare
we to think of him a hfoabite flock of sheep.
as having gone to
Purgatory and that the experiences there
are drowsy. We must leave all such un
scrlptural notions respecting the dead,
good and bad. We must come back to
the Bible and from It learn that all who
die. like St. Stephen (Acts 7:60). fall asleep
to await the morning of the resurrection,
when the Redeemer will call all forth
from the tomb (John 5:28. 29. Rev. Ver.)
Ahab and Jezebel
Ahab's name signifies. "Like his fa?
ther. " And surely he was! His name
was appropriate. His was a reign still
more successful in unrighteousness. For
twenty-two years he devoted himself to !
the further undermining of true religion
and to the introduction of the worst
forms of licentious, heathen idolatry. He
was greatly assisted in this course by his
wife?Jezebel, the daughter of the King
of the Bldonlsna Her name signifies
chaste; yet she used her great Influence
with her husband and throughout the na?
tion for the f'irtherance of unchastity in
connection with the orgies known as the
religious rites and ceremonies, connected
wl,vi the worship of Baal and of "Ashto
revn." the female divinity worshipped.
Lessons Here For Us
All civilized people are deeply interest?
ed in earthly governments and their suc?
cess. We all crave social and financial
prosperity. Nevertheless It Is still true
that prosperity is injurious In proporUon
as it separates the peoplt from the Divine
arrangements and the blessings which
thereto attach. Only righteousness can
truly exalt a nation. Every form of Ini?
quity is Injurious, however it may at the
time seem contrary to this. Ours is the
day of the greatest worldly prosperity
this earth has ever known. But alas! it
is not a day of religious prosperity. On
the contrary, there never was a time
when unbelief in a personal God and in
tl'.*? Bible as his revelation was so general
amongst Intelligent people. Our church
edillces are becoming temples of fashion,
concert and lecture halls, while the real
worship which alone Is pleasing to the
Almighty Is far removed.
The worship of Mammon, the bowing
to the golden calf, the sacrificing of lives
to the acquirement of wealth, belong to
our day as truly as to that of Ahab?but
on a more refined scale and therefore the
more deceptive and insidious.
Continually we find that God uses the
wrath of man to praise him. The effect
of the prosperity of Ahab and Jezebel was
two-fold: It en?
snared and de?
graded one class,
while it aroused
and separated
from itself anoth?
er class?those who
worshipped God In
spirit ami In truth.
Such left the ten
tribe kingdom and
its Idolatry and
Idf stifled the m
sclves with the
tWO-trlbS kingdom
of Judah and its
true worship.
So It is today
The success of
Mammon, the re?
jection of the Bi?
ble by tho Higher
Critics and their
lordly boasts of
ability to give us
somethirg better
than the Word of
God. and In gen
_ , , ...... l oral Mammon wor
Ahab, Jesebel and hlljah -h|p |a awaken.
as tupes. in, the moro sent?
ry people of our day to separate them?
selves and to say In the language of
Joshua. "Choose ye this day wham ye
will serve; as for nie and my house, we
will serve the Lord."
Antitypical Ahab and Jezebel
As nil Christian students know. Jezebel.
Ahab and Elijah were used of the Lord
a8 types, anil their experiences foreshad?
owed much greater things in the experi?
ence of the Church, spiritual Israel, dur?
ing this Gospel Age.
Ahab typified Civil power. Jezebel typt
fled a religious system. The Improp r
marriage of Ahab and Jesebel, contrary
to the Jewl h Law. typified the ajtfrtsge
or union of Church and State. Ti7k prog?
ress of evil under this union is portrayed
In the Book <>f Revelation, where Jesebel
Is specially mentioned b> name (ltcv.
2:2e L'3 > The Lord charged that tho anti
typical Jesebel, the Church system, was
suffered or permitted to teach and seduce
his people from th< proper course of
Christian living. The samt? Scriptures
represent Elijah, who was persecuted by
Jezebel, through her husband, as a type
of true believers of this Age persecuted
by a false Church through tho arm of
civil power.
Hettcr It Is to be envied than
pith d Herodotus.
LETTER UM! J. f. lilfEI
J. W. HARPER WRITES FROM
H AI*.AN A. CUBA TO MR. lt. S.
HOOD.
Will Surrender When Time < omos
For Trial Stated in Leiter COCSOOSSl
i 'or Sheriff Epperson.
From the Daily Item, Jan. 13.
Mr. K. S. Hood was the recipient of I
a letter thil morning that caused him
no little surprise, the said letter be?
ing one from Mr. J. W. Hraper, the
?layer of Ed. Boeaard at the passeng
? r station on Christmas night, who is
;n Habana, Cuba, enjoying life as
much as possible under the circum- |
stances in which be has placed him?
self.
In the letter to Mr. Hood was en?
closed a letter to the Sheriff of Sum?
te? County In which Harper stated
that he was in Habana and that he
would surrender to the sheriff as soon
as the time came for trial. 1
AFTER NATIONAL COHN SHOW.
Col. Watson Reejaeala Information
About Entertainment Exiienses.
Columbia, Jan. 11.?"The Carolinas '
will send I strong delegation to the
National Corn Show. Kindly advise
me by wire average total cost to city
entertaining National Corn Show, as
South Atlantic States Exposition
wishes to present imitation and in-^
ducements for next annual National "
(' ?'n Show to he held in Columbia, a
most e< ntral city for corn belt. South
Atlantic States1 Corn Exposition, re
cently held, ans s great success and
South'! corn crops this year have
stimulated our people to point ? f^sj
inviting showT to be held in our terri?
tory In 1912."
This telegram was adressed today
to Geo. II. Stevenson, secretary and
treasurer of the National Corn Show,
which is to be held in Columbus,
nhio, from January 30 to Februarys
12, by Commissioner Watson. The
telegram means that the Columbia
' hamber of Commerce, the State de?
partment of agriculture and the State
of South Carolina wdll make a de?
termined fight for the greatest corn
exposition in the world. This would ?
celebrate the movement of the corn ?
belt to the South. There were 125,000
visitors to attend the National Corn
Show last year. The sum of $50,000
was given as prizes and there were
22,000 exhibits.
- i
The house fly is getting it in the
neck, but unfortunately there are so
many of him.
CASTOR IA .
For Infants and Children, S
The Kind You Have Always bought
Bears the
Signature of
ANNOUNCEMENT!
TO THE PUBLIC
?
Having sold to Mr. J. J. Whilden
the blacksmith, wheelright
and repair business, conducted
by nie in this city for a number
of years, 1 wish to express to my
m my friends and customers my A
sincere appreciation for the liber?
al patronage given me, and to
ask that they extend the same to
my successor. Mr. Whilden is
a native of this county, a good
business man, experienced in this .
line of business, and in position
to serve you to the best advan?
tage. He has just sold his shops
conducted by him in Florence,
and moved to Surnter, where he
expects to locate for his lifetime,*
This will necessarily insure you
satisfaction.
J. I). SHIRER.
The business heretofore con?
ducted bv Yon Ohsen ov Shires^**
and recently by 1. 1). Shirer 6i
Co., having been purchased by
me, I wish to announce to the
public that the business will be
continued .it the same stand and
that it will be my constant en?
deavor to render prompt and sat?
isfactory service.
J. J. WHILDEN.
Tiano Tuning,
Mr. Edmund R. Murray offers his
services to thOOS who need sn expert
snd experienced Piano and Organ
tuner and repairer. References fur?
nished snd work guaranteed. Address
BDMUND R. MURRAY. ,
Surnter, a C