Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cljf tf?htc|jman an) ?outj)ran. Fabb-died VVednesdA) and Saturday. ?BY? OSTlEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SU MTBR. A, C. $1.10 par annum?In advance. Advert aseaacota: One Square first insertion.$1.00 Arrer , subsequent Insertion.60 Coi? ?acts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. <i\ < i mmujilcatlon* which sub [aervr private Interests will be charged ?? advertisements. ksjaftes and tributes of respect *>e charged for. umiir vv itch man was found II Trus Southron in Atchman and Southron sine i circulation and bath >r th* old papers hf b?>.it advertising Unter a hum ? s well as at delightful skit, H M Wme Jones, rb Mi tA Bryan, of get-rich-quick jbini to * nlohe in the 'To atk tbe.ie eminent incing rea hngton and Young, the Hers who got caught, pardoned was a stroke it only a namorist could \%A. It was the merriest irry chi.itmu tide and |Utly |nd tiled to Oov. many appreciative chuck out^, however, that the luanciers were made merry for the Joke was at their and dry urine were more be to them man care free hi ? e ? outlook f?nr practical, progrea eenstru- live legislation at the ?hing session of the general ty Is sol propitious. There Is lief Jus leg to be elected, an Aj ite Just too, a circuit Judge or ?. beside* the usual run of minor i to t?i Ailed. There will be a scramble among the office seekers and logrolling hypollticirns that ttw? will be little time left for busing. . - i f| . ? ? ? 0V'. ftoosovelt is opposed to the ?httriiion treaties and antagonistic to the unusaal peace movement. Nat '?*he te averse to peace, prosper iiappinoae for all mankind. *hi? - viiti oi of affairs leaves fiel?! for the activities of sn am ou* edveotttrer who can got on or iy try ?triff-.? turmoil and the dts ?tfasfsaslnn of society. Nothing ? ?wM suit Roosevelt better than to a ? President at a time of Internal aoarphy or serious fbrelgn war that ?ousi afford an excuse for a military dictatorship. ? ? ? The farmer who has hay or oats to ?41 next spring and summer need worry about the price of cotton, g e a If Si.o.t.r nunty Is tc be organtx in tH# interest of th ? cotton i re? sist curtallnoo 11 Tf. -nt it ?* i tbnt something Was done to .-tart the j h/V'1 rollinr ? ? ? Hnde Jasper Talbert rs saying something again and so la John T. Duncan. It le well fur them to make every now and tfcen lest the lie forget that they say they are candidates for office. BVfTH DANCKH Mi l M LVm\ 1 trtfWtn?! iMmv bif-,h< \ft(*ni(ioii an?! Mswqoodrtu? r. ?.' Tuesday Night Si Ti la ? i I h Mlay sfter ana uiaoi w*t? both much en? joyed and both were very success? ful Th.- < o?tum?v? at the masquerade i vace were funnv. fHJtns^AsI and oth ?rwlse attractive, if not h?*nutiful. Th? occasion was SJN of the pleas si test dances wht< h has been glv.m $n Bnaseer f<?r some time. The mat usraJers unmasked early In the 'i/enlag as the weather was too warm ST them t?? long to wear th?*ir f in. \ oatuniHS. Darning < onttnued until ??no o'clock, miaate being furnUh. i ?V the colored orchestra. Tuesday afternoon a small infor saal dance was given In the Armorv Jfall .*>y several of the voung men of to*n uoi anon* of rp,. hafi Al from --..!!..The dam >? v\ ? -? gi?;,i to a Amaiaef al Asaaj ymtni htdy friends at if nm etees anlange I visiting In th?* ?ity. Th.- iffilr ver. much SjSjJes/ed a?d all of young people sp??nt a delightful time. Marriage i .lb < i arrlnse licenses were Igesjod to th following oeejA4ei V7eetooeday r. H. W. flrngdon. Jr.. and MIsh Pauline RrurMon. t'oncord; Mr. Isre Ifodge and Miss laurel Jones. Tlndal. Amoiit the Belated People m irrlago Bonames were Issued to Moloot Mon fee anl AM"-.. J ^iton of Mayesvllle. ULBERT YS. 1ILLMAN. SAYS UK Wl 1,1, GO VIGOROUSLY INTO CAMFAKJX FOR SENATE. Will Put it All Up to the People?If ax Boen Giving Much Thought to the Senator, He Says. j The Greenwood Daily Journal pub? lishes the following under an Edge Meld date: It looks as If Senator B. R. Tillman and Hon. W. J. Talbert. of Parksville, S. C, former member of Congress from that district, and both Edgefield men. are the only candi? dates in the field for the position now held by Mr. Til'.man, for United States Senator. The successor to Mr. Tillman will have to be elected next year; but, he says that he can go back to Washington easily. Mr. Talbert doe3 not think he can, and as he aays in an interview on the sub t Ject which is given below, he is in the race till the votes are couYited. Mr. Talbert has been very quiet about his candidacy, refusing to be interviewed. saying that when the tljne came he would announce his platform. Aa there seems to be so much interest in the race, your cor? respondent ventured to get from Mr. Talbert somethng about his position, but the effort has been only partially auccessful. Tour correspondent stated to Col. Talbert that some people expressed a doubt aa to hla being a candidate for the United Statea Senate next year and asked him the direct question if It was a positive fact that he would be a candidate for Senator In the com? ing primary. He replied: "Yes, if not providentially hindered, I will enter to win arrd will remain in the race till the votea are counted." (>u betng aaked for an outline of the platform of principles on which he wojld -un, he replied: "Well, I think ' my past record amply answers that questions. I am no stranger to the people of South Carolina, and they already know my aentlments upon all questions regard? ing the common welfare of the coun? try. Of courae. at the proper time I will announce a platform and discuss from the stump all Issues that may arise, but as "Old Hickory" said to his men at the battle of New Orleans, ?J will hold my fire till I see the whites of the enemy's eyes." What have you to say as to the claim that Senator Tillman can beat all comers and sit on his back porch or even allow people to vote for him after he la dead? "Oh, 1 am not running especially against Senator Tillman nor any oth- { er man, uui let u:"h... ... same time. I will endeavor to be around with the 'pebble' of truth as was the shepherd boy against the mighty Qollath of Oath." I see that In a recent interview Senator Tillman says he has given his opopnent no thought. What about that? "I have nevertheless given him more courtesy than that by giving him some thought; and I propose, when the time comes, to give the pis 'Me result of my cogitations it Una and then leave the r with them, believing that they I ider my pas* services, and, also, lend an ear to what I may pro? pose to do In the future, as I was not too young to bare my bosom to the siorm of bullets from the battlefields of Virginia, and I am not too old to d *fend the principles I fought for In the forum, now." Vr?*. E. W. VogH Entertains. <>ne of the most delightful events of the holiday season was the party gl \ -n by Mra. E. W. Vogel. 401 West Hampton Avenue, in honor of her guest. Mra. W. T. Backus, of Van Wert. Ohio. The parlors were tastefully deeor d with holly and banks of palms and ferns. The guests found their places by m ?n hing sections of Xmas post card*. A aerlea of games of heart di< < w is played, at which Mra. M. B. I'n ham won the honors, a heart shaped plate. At the close of the garm < a delir? ious aalad course was served. Trade at Home. A WUsntsujjtaii papal tella the story of how :i lady in that town lent to S'ev, York for a plecs of furniture aedi to Had when it was uncrated tbat it \s ,s in ob- in ||uh Point. Si C, and ?hat she could have xaved the fr.-lght from High Point to NVw York and from the latter place to Wilmington bid she bought 1? in that town, and ev. n theg sh? OOUld hiv,. bought it at a less price than she paid for it. Has only excuse was 'bit r.o one In Wilmington adverhs. a| this special pier.. of furniture, which uas finite good enough excuse but shows mightv Hub- enterprise on the p.irt of the Rierchanti ?>f the prineipai seaport. Osffnojr Ledger, j Moral.?Let our home i .ere uints advertise their goods ami let our 1 people trade with our home mei ? bants wh' Iverl 1 hangs Picking a DpistNT ?fe Platt Bnr Douglas Malloch HEN Harry Platt and that girl friend of the Greens (I forget her name) were married, it was one of those my-goodness - gracious Just-think-of-that af? fairs, with no one in on the secret except the suburban minister who tied the knot, the cab? man who drive them out there and the girl from the minister's kitchen, who was a witness, and left a thumb-print of grease on the certificate (she was frying doughnuts at the time) and the minister's wife (at least the name was the same). Let's see. where was I? Oh, yes, when the Platts were mar? ried, It being that kind of a wedding, there was no chance to send them a wedding gift as I would have liked to do. or to have done, (whichever is proper, or grammatical, though I'm sure I can never tell which) But Mr. Platt Is one of the nicest men In the office, that is, he was before this happened. So I felt we ought to do something for him, just to show our good will?and, ~nyhow, we've dug down for others we bought much less of. so why shouldn't we for him? But the wedding was ovei. without in? vitations, or even a reception, and they were housekeeping before we knew it. So what could we do? well. Just then Chrisiitias came along ROt jus? then but two months after the wedding. They were mar? ried October 29, so it wasn't quite two months, but that's close enough. When Christmas came along, that is, Just before it came along, I sug? gested that we make up a purse and give them a sort of delayed wedding present, Just to show our good will. Every? body thought it waa a splendid Idea, that is, of course, except Mr. Platt, whom, of course, I didn't con cult. So I got up a subscription papei and went to averybody In the office (except Mr. Platt, of course). I got $26 60, including ten cents from the Janitor who wasn't expected to gi\t anvthlng but wanted to give some thing, wtiiuti aliowa Juai how popular Mr. Platt was with everyone in the I building, when a janitor even would chip In. ! Christmas shopping is hard enough, 1 goodness knows, when you do it for! yourself but when you do it for a ' stock company capitalized at $26.60, with '28 stockholders, with 28 different kinds of ideas and tastes, then Christ mas shopping rises above a mere an noyance to the dignity of a real trou | ble. And that's what I was up against. ? I thought it would be nice to get an expression of opinion. So I went around one morning and asked foi : ideas. But I couldn't g*?* ? *"ord No 1 body could think of 1 couldn't myself. At n went j out and looked. I walked miles I priced, then I wei t back tc! the ofnce. You shouk ? en my desk. Honest, you would bav*, j thought some one had tui ? n eral alarm. They couldn'; ? le to get back. There they ol! them, (that la, 27, or 2. ) < They all had suggestion be} j were all different. The hi'ud bo ?is> keepe t an gl ni chaii would be nice (He stands up all day). The collec-; tor thought a rain coat would be best, while Mlsg Jones suggested a dress pattern They all said, of course, that they left it entirely tc | rue; and then each went away sadly as much as to say that he hoped 1 wouldn't be sc foolish as to buy any of those othei things that the others had pro posed. The next day 1 looked again. But either a thing was too expensive or 1 would have money left. It is remark able how few things there are in th? world you can buy for $26.60. nc more, no less. And then I saw It. It was in a do part ment store, and marked down from |60 to $26.60! There it was, to a cent' A great, big, glittering, mag ntfhcnt Punch Howl! Nobody had thought of that! But, to make sure. I sent the salei ticket with it ami told the Platti thej could exchange the puncl bowl, II they wished, for something they liked bettor. .d what dO you suppose those Platti did? 1 uary thoy traded t.i thai mag bow '? for three tons 0? L-\ 1 .?. I '. .Ill) Sond us your Job work, HE club looked just the very thing Gerald Man nersley was craving for ?a sense of home. A few lines read ac? cidentally in an out-of date newspaper had made him restless with longing for the old scenes. And so he had traveled two days and nights In a sleeper, vaguely connecting his Jour? ney's end with all the love and friend? ship his starved nature was demand? ing. When he arrived at his old club on a chill, grey Christmas morning, it was enly to find that fifteen years' silent abser ce had been too severe a test for friendship. The place was empty of all hut servants, and they wore strange, unwelcoming faces. He stood at the club window, look? ing out on the desolate, deserted street which he had always Remem? bered as being thronged, and a great Badness swept over him. This was not what he wanted. From his pocket he drew out the scrap of paper which had really brought him so many miles, and looked at it bit? terly. It was only a death announce? ment cut from a paper of a year ago, and ran in the usual way?"Michael Townley, at his residence," etc. In fancy he 6aw a sweet-faced maiden, who sought her hap pln< ss only In the eyes of the youth by her side. There were joy bells there, too, as they left the church with the fragrance of mu? tual love about them. The bells peal? ed on outside, and willing fancy led him still firrther into the realm of "might have been." In an instant he made up his mind to visit once more the old-fashioned cottage not many miles away, to which he had hoped fifteen years be? fore to take a bride. He would go and see it, even if its neglected con? dition only added to his loneliness and pain. Two hours later he was striding through the crisp country air along a winding path which led to n ram? bling. Ivy-covered cottage. As the )i\st turn brought him in sight of the house ho stopped In sur? prise. He had expected to see dirt, ruin, ?Uid decaj , but instead he iookeG upon a trim, well-kept cottage, and a soft, crooning song, in a voice which reawakened the tender memories of long ago, came floating through the unlatched door. Half believing that it must be fancy leading him still, he entered the house softly, and, following the voice, went into the inner room, and stood in the glow of the warm firelight. The sweet, tired-faced, middle-aged singer turned as his shadow fell across the light, and then stood white and trembling. "Gerald!" she whispered. "Gerald! have you come to reproach me? Not today! Not today!" The strong man broil held out his arm "Nance!" he orted Joyfully, In a moment lb rushed, I bing, to his bre "Oh. Gerald! U really you! Uo? j is very good. I thought you must be dead." For several moments they stood thus, the strong man's tears fall? ing on her grey tinged hair. Then he gently put her into a chair. "You are not alone?" he asked as his eyes caught sight of a little table laid for two, daintily spread with Christmas fare. "Yes," she answered. "I am quite alone. I have often come down here." "Rut you are expecting somebody?" he said, calling attention to the table. She flushed prettily, looking almost as young as she had in his dreams of the morning, as she replied: "1 was expecting you, Gerald." He smiled happily at her; then the smile faded, and he sighed as he sank into a chair. "This is all foolishness, Nance," he said sadly. "You could not live here In the old days, you could do so less now, and l could not live here on an? other man's thousands." A smile hovered over the woman's lace as she flitted here an(i there, busily preparing th.ngs for a meal. Then she slipped behind a chair, and leaning over whispered with burning cheeks: "Perhaps you do not know, Gerald, thai?that Mr. Townley's money &ocs hack to his family if?if I marry again." The man sprang to his feet and took her into his Btrong arms again. "It i- not tOO late," he cried. "Wo are still young Will you let me try to mnke vom heppv?" Her ai iwer was drowned In the binst ol Cbtijtm&p bells thai pealed from t in \ lllogi id; in ? ? bj. Bill he did nol i, i ; . > . , ... iould set: her > r< a Bend us your job work. ihe Markets New York Cot I on Market. New York, Dec. 28. Opened High Low Close. .8' SMI 872 891 .904 .915 908 919 889 9 0 'J 911 Jan. . Feb. , Mch. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. . . Dec.920 Spots, 9.35?15 off. Sales, 6,000. Opened steady. Closed steady. Port reeclpts today, 65,965 vs 3 24 last year. 926 933 926 924 890 S72??;] 881?83 889?90 893?95 900?01 906?07 911? 12 912? 14 921?23 926?27 929?31 891?92 47, LIVKRPOOL MARKET. Liverpool, Dec. 28. Opened Closed. Jan?Feb.4SS ? 488 Feb?Mch.488 % 4 90 Mch?April. 490 492 April?May. . . .492 ^ 494 % May?June..... .497 497 June?July.498 499 July?Aug.499 % 501% Aug?Sept.500 502% Sept?Oct.500% 503 |Oct?Nov.502 603% j Nov.?Dec.486% 488% j Dec?Jan.486 488 Receipts, 97,000. American, all. Sales, 4,000. American, 3,500. Spots, 5.01?2 up. Opened steady. Closed steady. XKW OKLKANS COTTON LETTER. Strike Situation Still Serif res?Statis? tics for Tomorrow Expected to. be Bullish. New Orleans, Dec. 28.?Reliable in? formation this morning regarding the labor trouble in Lancashire contradicts the rumors of settlement which were circulated by New York yesterday af? ternoon. The strike situation is seri? ous; weaving mills closed, locking 160,000 operatives, spinning mills go? ing on half time. Strikers added a five per cent, increase in wages to their demands and apprehension Gf oth*>r complications Is expected. Liverpool came in poor this m< rn ing, with futures about four low Or I Chan ?lue, spots two higher, s; les 4,000. Tomorrow's weekly staticiics will be apparently bullish. The move? ment is smaller on account of bad weather and small holiday shipments, while mill takings will be large owing to heavy forwardlngs via the Pacific coast, being too early to feel the dis? turbing effect of the Lancashire strike. We compare with 279,000 takings for the week last year and 268,000 in 1908 the into sight for week looks around 469,000 vs. 456, ?00 last year and 428,000 in 1908. We had a very narrow but steady market this morning. Feeling is bear? ish, but sellins is held in check by I the systematic support in Nee. York which i' is been so conspl lately. This buying is variously hticipreted, . think K la lirected at :?e gen ral short inter ? I others . k that 8 cents is considered the low point for the season and, as interests are large, it requires one cent to turn about, still others believe chat a bul? lish census report on the 8th of Jan? uary is the object, owing to delay to picking and ginning on account of tho bad weather in this period. No further news was received from l Liverpool as to the strike situation. As To Corn Crowing. While we are talking about this corn championship We want to rise to ask again the unanswered ques? tion "why do not the farmers all over the country make use of tho same means of cultivation of corn that the boys who win these prizes? We can see no use of walking a mule and a man to death to make a small yield of corn <>n s large number of acres by the old plans when a great? er amount can be made on a very much smaller acreage, and not work in^ man and mule Into the grave. Jerry Moore tells us tha* the corn he made on his prize .-o re cost less than the other corn made on the plan atlon, but tin1 plantation |g still run Ion Ihe same old extensive plan, and 909 out of 1,000 plantations in the .-tat?, arc run in the same way, and wo are willing to bet that the Mc? Donald plantation wii be run on the same plan next year, though it may )><? seen thai the corn mads on this acre, if it were multiplied by two or bite, would be ftll that was wanted 'and corn that costs 33 1-3 cents a buhel and soils for $1, or even less looks like mighty good profit to us. We want to see that farmers ex? change established In this county, and then there would !?-? more of j all this sort of thing raised, and the farmers would be better and the whole people would be better off,?? Florence Times. < i! his i Vi.\S QUIET AT MAVIS villi;. Students at Home from Various Col. logos for the Holiday*?Personal News. Mayesville, Dec. 2?>.?Christmas passed off rather quietly here. Busi? ness was only fairly good with the merchants, alth >ugh better than many anticipated owing to the dull? ness of the fall season. Probably the bad weather had a dampening effect on things in general, too. Quite a number of visitors are in town and the college students are all at home and the week will, no doubt, be lively in a social way. The Civic League will give an en? tertainment in the school auditorium tomorrow night, the main feature be? ing "A Liliputian Wedding." This beautiful spectacle will prove a draw? ing card, no doubt, if the weather is favorable. After the entertainment, the ladles of the league will serve an oyster supper in the Pythian hall. Miss Clara Womble of Sanford, N. C. is visiting Miss Edna Mayes, and her sister, Miss Margaret Womble i3 visiting her brother, Mayor N. D. Womble, being a guest at the An? derson Hotel. Miss Bertie Gregg of Florence is visiting Mrs. M. C. Mayes. Miss Fannie Mayes of Sumter spent Christmas at her home here. Miss Annie Mazursky of Barnwell is on a visit to her sister, Mrs. T. I. Kahn. Capt. and Mrs. II. A. Well3 of Flor? ence, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Mayes during Christmas. Mr. W. B. Chandler and family of Columbia are visiting his mother, Mrs. R. A. Chandler, Sr. Miss Tillie Morris of Sum the guest of Mrs. T. L. K Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Th< Springfield, Ga.. are visiting Mrs. C. D. Cooper. The following college stt d at home for the holidays: Nettie and Sadie Mayes, Cob Women, Columbia; Miss Lcui fin, Winthrop; Capt. J. M. W. Clemson; H. D. Corbett, Davl< 1 *r. E M. Davis spent Cl a in Florence Count Simmons of Sum) if her cousin, Mrs. 'j. Sp< veer. n Thomas of K kin. s mas with his siste C Mrs. Henrv VVeir.b.^rg and c are ~n a vis:* to relatives Ju G . | tr wn, SiiA^.r^ and B0 oi irnw< Paul Barber of Balisa? bi id Mr3. L.. Straus; ad Jc ? Mo s of Sumter, visite an^ Mr L. Kahn on Chrlstm - Dt y. *s. D. I. Burgess of New Zl< , a visit to their daughter, Mrs. T. B. Fort Sir. Isaac Blodman has gone to Charleston to spend the holidays. Mr. I. Munnerson of New York is spending a few weeks with Mr. and Mr3. Denemark. iMr. For- ? 'rTTV1*- * M in town Igor # IsiUnji friends. Prof. O I It of Shell r, :>. C, who la] principal ' \ N. C, schj i pant last Frl !av in town. Prof. H of Mayesville gone to his home at < Mrs. Le Tuesday v Emma Mf Miss Cfc*; is visiting hi W. W. Gat dner. Mixing P2int. is there anything more interesting in life than mixing pi ml. putting in black to darken It. yel < ? to lighten it, vermilion to make it bright, and green to see what happens**?Atlantic FARM FOR SALE OR RENT?No having timo to look after the farn we will sell or rent any part of It to desirable parties. J. J. Harby and E. H. Mose?. 12-20-2taa WANTED?A young man with small family to take charge of 4-horse farm near Sumter. None but hard worker need apply. Telephone 175, C. H. DuRant. FOR SALT]?Dixie Wilt resistant cot? ton seed, made this year on land that blighted la* year 1^00 pounds Of seed cotton to the acre. Address E. B. Colclough. Oswego. S. C. 12-6-tf. WANTED?To buy at once carloads 4 - foot pine, oak an Apply Commanders Wiod Sumter. S. C. ld-?4?tf, WANTED?To aid in the oaued of more and better stock. I am of? fering some choice young sows bred to full Berkshire sire, at very little more than pork prices. Sonst writer in bis article which settled the price question said: "Plant some bogs." I am offering seed plgm E. W. Dabbs. Mayesville, S. C.