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CALEB HAD NARROW ESCAPE Why Mr. Bwomen Suddenly Decided Not to tub sc Hb? for Hm* Month!)' Magazine. Whan Mr. CeJib Busmen returned from the poetofflc? one evening he wee in tn unusually cheerful frame of mind; he ?v?a seamed Inclined to be gay. to whlatle end to hum "Out with Ct.** said bta wife, good humrredly. "Let's know whet tin bas made you feel so good. Has the price o auger gone down?" "Net that I knew of." said Mr Bes I seen, "but I've boen bearing about a bow magastne that's been started by reeponstbl? parties, and It'a c ><n< to hove a page every month called Kvery Woman tl*?r Own Dressmaker' 1 understand there are to be patterns sod ail come with It, and direction* ao clear you can't mistake 'am *Aa Jed Harmon aald to me. 'If by paying $1 a yea* w? can eave the price of Lyddy fitroonds for a week i apiing and fall, why, 'twould be a good Investment for all us men?gtod for everybody but Lyddy.'" "Don't yon worry a mlta atout her," aald Mrs Beemea. smoothly "What ehe Ioboc In customers sbu'l! make ap hy her brother William And for ov? ary customer abe loeea. tbe plumber over to Oreeoby, and the tailor down to the Corners, and Pole Saundere. cobbler, right In 'own. wltl loee one. too "I goose you dient look far enough hi tbat proepeetuH. If you'd turned ooor a page or two you'd have eeen that there's to be a helpful article for seen every month, too. There's going es he Every Mas Hla Own Tailor,' tolling bow an Industrious man can senke a pair o' trcneers la two even tnge and a coat In three. Therull be Haina for tbe Hone Plumber.' and a number of others "Lyddy spoke tc me about It day before yeet-day She aald If ahu sub? scribed abe should put WtlMgtn right down to thoee artlcfae. and expect blm to eave her a algbt of money on re? pairs of all aorta And as for you. why. I can eee you aow--" "See bare. Jenn e." aaid Mr. Bee seen, "we have got more'n enough lit? erature knocklog round tbe bouse u'raady Ton can lay tbat dc out to good advantage in mlnce-pte fix hags, 1 know. Here tie."?Youth's Cosa pan ton Spottest PI et urea One must not think to renovate is a work; take It rather aa pleasure, a task to be eure, but a pleasant taak. It la really fua after ail to restore to good condition some old and shabby article that lay eine? we hare discard ed aa being ueeleaa There are many tosaptlng opportunities through the howee. and If we renovate one. it will hot give a fresh incentive to try a hand at something more. How many have a pet engraving or picture which associations have dear but hi which dtst has sound Its way? It'a a simple natter after all to clean and put the picture as order, bot many of ua do not think to do it or do not know the way to go about tt It's the ?aalest thing In the world so rip off tb? paper In the back, take out the tacks, dust the picture, wash to* glase and put tt all back again, i with a freeh paper pasted over the It la wonderful what an Inc? rement tt will make to a room, m the dean curtains are bung and new wall ptper on the wall?, ha have tbe pictures apotleee aa wall. A Mttle ammonia In the water will the glasa brill, antly Ouat gate From Statue. Two yeare ago bees and bats waged o eonteet for tbe occupancy of the .hollow form of tbe Ooddeaa of Lib? erty that surmounts the dome of the Taxas capltoJ 116 feet shore the ground Vt?w?d from b?io<v It appears the beee have driven out all the beta and woe their right to exclusively occupy the elevated cavern. Th? bees made a hive out of the llow bead of the figure, aa dlacov by a steeplejack who undertook lb* work of giving the youug lady a fresh coat of paint Wbeo be climbed upon the elevated right arm of the statue myriads of angry beea awarmed out of the eyea Of Liberty and forced him to quickly abandon tbe Job, Since tben tbe beea encroached up esj the cavity of the body where tbe bate bad held forth It could be aeen from below that tbe bees drove the hats from their post ions. All tbe hsts have disappeared from the figure and tbe tees are In com? plete possession Briefly Stated When Samuel U Hiythe. tbe writer, was ?dltlng a newspaper In New York stau, s green reporter one night turn . od In a long and thrilling atory regard? ing tb? rough treatment handed out to John Smltb. a vlaltor to the town. The story related that Mr Smltb. wearing a high allk hat. had ven? tured down to the docks after night? fall, and. a allk bat being unusual and provocative of antagonism In that sec Hon. Mr. Smith had emerged from among the dock bands without the hut htavertheleea. be carried out of 1 the m?iee so many wounda. cute, and brat see that he had to be sent to the ' toopttal Tbe arttei? In its origloal forin was too long, and out la keep- ; tag with the ityle of the papar. Ac? cordingly Mythe started to rewrite it This te the form In which It appeared to th? paper the next morning: "John Smith, wearing a high allk hat, want down to the d ?cka laat night. - Wm?r gencr Hospital." Send ua your Job work. Conference of High School Teachers. The following Is a revised list of the names of those who expect to at? tend ihe conference of High School teachers and of the homes where the . teachers will he entertained: Prof. W. H. Hand with 8. H. Ed? mund?. Supt. K. 8. Dreher with hotel. Mrs. K. 8. Watkins with Miss Mr Laartn. Mr. L. c- Crum with Mr< L c Moise. Mr. Walter Bailey with Mrs. Alta mont Moses. Miss Clara Berg with Dr. McKay. , Mise Bookman with Dr. McKay. Miss Brennan with Mrs. Altamont Moses. Miss Hoyt with Miss Brunson. Miss Squier with Miss Brunson. Camden: 8upt. R. M. Kennedy with L. C. Moise. J. A. Marion with Rev. J. P. Ma? rlon. Mies Corbett with Dr. McKay. Miss Zemp with Dr. Spann. Mr. 8troehecker with Dr. Spann. Summerton: Mr. Teasley with Mr. Burns. Miss Romanstein with Mrs. Lucius. Miss Llda Scarborough with rMs. Tolar. , Lynchburg: Mr. W: T. McOowan with Mr W. R. Burns. Mise Olive James with Miss Wel bourn and Miss Wright. Manning. Mr. J. C. Daniel with Mrs. J. S. Richardson. Mr. Oreen with Mrs. J. S. Richard? son. Miss Brown with Mrs. J. S, Rich? ardson. Blshopv?le: 8upt. Q. B. Dukr*. Mr. Bethea. Mr. J. F. Muldrow. Mr. Bethea. Mise Gregory with Miss McLeod. Eaatover: Dr. W. J. Rivers with Dr. China. Mr. T. H. Auld with Dr. China. Miss Isadore Williams, with Miss Handle. Miss Marlnda Williams, with Miss Handle. Mr. Chas. B. Hanna with Mr. Van Deventer. Cameron: Mr. Moody with Mr. Bartow Walsh. Miss Farr with Mrs. Bethea. Roster of City School Gradual? From 1801. The City Schools of Sumter opened their doors on the 2nd day of Sep? tember, 1819. During that time there have been two Superintend? ents; Mr. J. B. Duffle, who served from 1889 to July. 1895, and tie Incumbent, Mn S. H. Edmunds, who has served since July, 1895. Below Is given a list of those wh?> have graduated. There was no grail uating class in 1890 and 1893. The first class graduated In 1891. 1891: Mart.artt Brunson, atnsd) C. Haynsworth. Harry J. Mlkell. Kaiherlne Moses, Pn] J. Ryttenberg, Emmie Saunders, Eva Smith. Mamie Warren. 1892: Ji"a Cuttlno, J. O. I>. l..?rme, Mamie Dinklns, O. E. I laynswort h. I . K Iddman, L I?. Jennings. Hugh MsLawrtai II ? i i i? t Kershaw, Marian Mood, M. A. Musts, I HIM I' inline C.atllard, L R, Jennings. Bessie I ,???>, Emma Mood, IMnkins Spann. 1895. Wime Barrett, CHfeasJe Dlnklns, Annie I're.land, Laufi stood, Hattle Rytt? erg. Rehe? < a S< hwerin, Sophie Warren. 1M9?. Beaufort Brand, Bthel Coopor, Mannle i >inkIns. Mltt I Mi I Unit. Ullis drags;, rlOTOes llarhy, I>?isy llatncld. Herbert 11 kynsworth, Mar\ Hill. ? laude Hurst. Beolnll l.yuam, BdJwnrd McCnllutn, Lydia Morris. ?mils Moses, K'i'ha Cringle, Clauds Rhnms, Msrgarsl lew ttafdaon, Ida tiaajtll. Basjsns wini? r. imi?: Mn Brunsen, anna David, Bell?- iMnklns. < laftle Bppei on, Clssnaals rnil r, lle*sle Rich 1' 1 oti Fannie KyttenbeiK. Alice Stuhhs, IC? ,rtfie Smith, Emmie Wh item ore, Crosswell Raffln, Charit? ?yttenherg. 1898. Maggie Bradford, Jaaaia Foleom, Anita Mar by, Theresa James, MandO Jones, isaheile MoLaurin, Flora Moses, I^oul3;> Moses, Rosa Mood, Moneta Oateen, Stella Phillips. Irma Smith. Lizzie Stuckey, Daisy Scott, Maude Wallace, Daisy Yeadon, Sam R Mitchell. Jno. S Richardson, Jr. L C. Molse, 1890. Ethel Carson, Annie Cunningham, Jennie Olhson, Alice Harby, Mamie Sanders, Kate Sumter, Annie Warren, Charles Oalllard, Harry Green, George D. Levy, 1900. Augusta Folsom, Bessie Glllespic, Rosa Gillesple, Armlda Moae3, Sophlo Richardson, Robert Grnham, Davk* McCallum, Cecil Wilson. 1901. Mamie Boyle, Mary Carson. Mabel DuRant, Margaret Gibson, Leona Jennings, Ruth McLaurin, Alice Moses. Lillle Pringle, Ladson Boyle. 1902. Elma Epps, Charles Hurst, Hattle Lowry, Annie hynam, William Manning. Cornelia McLaurin, Edna Mortimer, Leona Smith, Isidore Tclchor, Evelyn Wallace, Berth* Winburn. 1902. Elizabeth Boykln, Emma Boyle, Edna Broughton, Evelyn Cunningham, Mary Galllard, Bendy f Ibson, Leon, Mreen, Ceieste Hughson, ' Gulgnard Jones, Dozier Lee, Edward McCutchen, Elizabeth Satterwhite. 1904. Winifred Atkinson, Hennle May Bradford, Louis Bryan, Mary Burgess, Lizzie Dinklns. James Graham, m nrr Hall, Hnllle Jones, VlVlan Manning. Lnolle Handle, Arrie Btuokey, Leonora WUUford. loo.v Henry i;< shamar, Bdwln Brunson, Ahhie Bryan, Nellie Chandler, Hoher! cooper, I: rth t Lawrence, John LeOi Mary Lowryi Bernard Manning, Chas. M?drath, Louise Murray. Gertrude Plow/den, Charles Richardson. Junlua Smith. Bartow Walah, Jr. I ?06. Vera Barden, Irvln i Belser, Eellme Bowman, Hertha Bultman, Willem c<M.k. Nellie Mellette, I Lillian Owens, Blrdls Owens, Lydia Richardson, Bdna Stack, Vernon Stanslll, Matilda Terry, I ?07, Wyllle Brunson, Margarei Louise Bryan Daisy Burgess, Louise Carson, Jennl ? ?Jhs ndler Btta Cuttlno, Marie DeLorme, Rather l lenti > Huheri Qreen, I I let tie Lou Jones Clarence Klnard, I lamer Lav rence, Wyndhain Mnnnlng. Harold < ?cj Bslher Murray, ? frad Mash, Eunice Osteen, Dorothy Owen. Veva R?ndle. Henry Reaves. Janie Spann, Quelle Stack, Jennie Walsh, Louise "YeadoT., 1908. BSmma Haker, Helen Hroughton, Irene Bryan, James Chandler, William Crowson. Bessie Ives, Lee Jones, Franke Lesesne, Wendeil Levl, Eva McGee, Sarah Mellette, Sarah Moore, LnHee Pate, Ulrica Pate, Mary A. Pitts, Virginia Reynolds, Annie Richardson, Henry I* Siddall, Octavla Schwerin, John K. Scott, Ada F, Seymour, Vileta A. Tisdale, Quay Donovan Williford. 1909. Lucile Hak er, Alice Heck Halaguer, l.ois Warren Ballough, Mabel Clair Bowman, Martie Boyle, Jessie Jaunlta Bradford, William Nettles Bradford, Carrie Bee Breeden, Henrietta Winifred Brunson, Alle? Childs, Clara Annie Childs, I Ja Chandler, Benjamin Fr?ser Dick. Alfred China DeLorme, John Brawnor Duftie, Marie DuPre, Lawrence Woodward Folsom, Jr Alva I. Green, Mildred Lee Hall, Agnes Stewart Haynsworth, Alex. T. Haynsworth, James Arthur Haynsworth, Donald Graham Hinson, , Margaret Augusta Hood, Eleanor Beverly Hughson, Blileen McDonald Hurst, Walter Herbert Jones, Hay Jones., Camilla Holmes Kilgore, Edgar Loyns, {Catherine Loretta McKeiver, John Alfred Owen, Ernest Harrison Rhame, Jr. Sarah Richardson, Leola Kate Hose, Elizabeth Ryan, Lucile Ho^e Hyttenberg, Julian Schwartz, William Judson Shaw, Julius Sinclair Smith, Sudie Stukes, Sophie Tisdale, Hurry Danner Walsh, Du ana Lntimer Wannamaksr, Frnneys White. Wade ti. wiiiiford. Lucile Rodgera Williamson, Sallie Wright. 1910. Helen Beaumont, Hammond Bowman, Mamie Bradford, William Brogdon, Heida Brown, Robert Brown, Edwin Boyle, Herbert Bultman, Laurel Carr, Anna Cuttino, Frank Chandler, Teresa Chandler, Julius Cooper, Eugene Cuttino, Harry Davis. Marion 1 >avis\ Noble Dick, Belle Harper, Richard Hood, Bward Hook. Mamie Ives, Sadie Join s. William Kinard, William Lawrence, William Marshall, Francis efolse, Marie McQee, Fred Niseis. Mary (?wen-, Marie Phillips, Carito R?ndle, William Reynolds, Bean Scott, Maggie May Reale, Raymond Btanslll, Quy Wilson, William Winn. 1011. Anna .lane Harnes, ECUs Pauline Blandlng, Adele Kennedy Bowman, .lohn Kemper Bradford, Jr. Harrington Cooper Brearley, Anna Louise Crown, Agnes l Irys n, i u un Ard ?I. c i lultman, < 'harlton i .? \ i I lurkett, afargaret I >undoa (!heyne, Cosa [sabelle Choyne, Virgil Pus ne I Jorbett, Innls McKewn Cuttino. (faith, r Pierson lHck, j Susie Dunlop Dick, lue Duftie, John Benjamin Folsom, Evelyn Fraser, Francis Ewing Gibson, Robert Haynsworth, Jr. John Cralg Hurst, Edward Eugene Jones. John Dargan Jones, Gertrude Elizabeth Kuhn, Motte Julius Lawrence, Archie LeGrand, Leon LeGrand, Harold McFaddin, Nancy Wltherspoon McKay, Francis Jamej Mellette, Mary Louise Mellette, Walter W. Moore, Jr. Shepard K. Nash, Marlon Pate, Adele Pitts, P. Mellette Pitts, Jr. Vermeils Plowden, Susie May Rarneid, Mary Louise Ramsey, Allen Raymond Richardson, Irvine Manning Richardson, Earle Rowland. Eugene Anna Sanders, Alfred Scarborough, Raymon Schwartz, Ervin David Shaw, Wilfred McLaurin Shaw, George Decatur Shore, Jr. Thomas Henry Siddall, Jr. Mary Anna Strother, William Brooks Stuckey, Praxton C. Wallace, .''r. Eliazheth White. FARMERS' UNION NEWS Practical Thought* for Practical Fanners. (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, Pres? ident e>. C. Farmers Union.) Sonic Random Thoughts. Every few days there is a state? ment in the papers by some New York cotton man that there will be no reduction in acreage, or fertilizer; or that the soil is being so filled with reserve stores of moisture by the un? precedented winter rains, that there will be another bumper cotton crop. In all of these statements "the wish Is father to the thought." Without any Rock Hill plan there would have been a material reduction In acreage i even under normal winter weather, t because thousands of farmers could not finance such operations as last year, and because they would not be such fools as to plant for a crop that they could not hope to harvest. But on top of this experience comes such a wet winter that there is prac ticajly no plowing. Here is February two-thirds gone and the soil so wet that what liitle plowing has been done is worse than thrown away for the soil was too wet when it was done, and the rains have so packed It that It will be harder when it dries off than it is In ordinary weather he fore it Is broken. ? ? ? Beside** there is some cotton that has never heen picked hecause before, the pickers reached It the land be? came boggy ami will remain so un? til not only too late to pick the heavy crop that was grown on it under last season's drought, but until too late ti plant in cotton in 1912, thanks to the! Inadequate drainage of so much of our farming lands. SOS These are facts that any man can verify by just driving through the county districts in any direction at any time. ? . t ! This being true wherein is the benefit of the Rock Hill plan? It I gives advanced Information of the s'ze of the next crop before it Is planted with which to refute the claims of those who either want cheap cotton or profit by big crop scares; and we are not dependent on mere guesses as to the acreage. Judg? ing from weather conditions there will he a greater reduteton than even the most earnest adovcates of reduc? tion hoped f<>r?greater than the tUibscrlbers put down. And nothing short of i r. cenl cotton between now and Jim ? 1st, can prevent it. ? * ? The practical farmer Knows how Impossible It is to properly prepare large areas of land In the high winds of March, after abnormal winter winter raios that have continued through February. With all the im? proved Implements and fine stock that Mr. Secretary Wilson is credited with saving in a recent Interview as ' being responsible for last year's bumper crop, not more than one* third of the area that was wall pre* pared last year can he prepared this yen' even under the mosl favorabl? conditions in March, April und May, because we have lost all of November, December, January rm<i February. A year ago the oldest Inhabitant had never ?een the farm land of the Bouth so nearly up to garden and trucking tilth- and it was this preparation that mole the great cotton crop pos? sible when we honestly thought it was badly cut oh by late stands and n burning drought; and at some writer well HI id last week, kept the corn Ctop from h.ing a total fail? ure. ? ? ? ? 1 f the trade will take the trouble to verify the Statement! made above, it will prevent many of its member* from going wrong on tiie market, to the temporary hurt of the South, and to the complete undoing Of the recklaai hears. E. W. D. THE CAMPAIGN OPENS. c'aii>t. EL s. CUrson AnaaMaaoeal for Sheriff. The campaign for county offices is now under way. the first candidate to he formally announced being Cspt. E. Scott Carson, who is In the race for sheriff. It is, of course, generally known that there are other aspirants for the office, informal announce? ment having been made of their :an dtdeoy several months ago. Capt. Carson served as sheriff of Sumter county from 1888 to 1892 and is thoroughly familiar with the duties of the office. COTTON ON A LARGE SCALE. "h.^ Mississippi Delta Planting Co.. which was financed to the extent of $3.000,000 by English cotton spinners some months ago for the purpose of purchasing 30,000 acres of Delta land with a view to growing a fine grade of ?otton, i3 carrying out its farming j operations on a large scale. This company is operatiig what i3 said to 1 be the largest cotton plantation in the iwoild, and is handling the whole proposition with a view to raising suf? ficient grain and cattle to make the property self-supporting in that re? spect. The most modern methods of agriculture under the direction of trained experts are being carried out. The plantation and stores are at Scottr II iss., while the executive office of the company is at Memphis. Mr. Ii. K. Salsbury, the presidpeie^ of the company, writing from Mem? phis to the Manuafcturers Record, says: "We have built an oil mill at an ex? pense of $50,0000. We have built for our managers in Scott nine houses, costing from $1500 to $4000 each. We have installed a deep-well water system and sewer system, giving each house deep-well water and sewerage, with bathroom and toilets complete. We have built water reservoir con? taining about 40,000 barrels of water for tire and drinking purposes. We are installing an up-to-date mill to grind our own corn and meal. We have bttllt large brick stores and a brick office; also up-ward of lt)0 houses and repaired upward of 500 houses We are expending about $4 0.000 in small drainage. We are ojurating a gasoline plow, threshing machine and tools in large quantities. We have recently engaged Prof. J. W. Fox. for many years Government ex? pert in farming, as well as professor at Agricultural and Mechanical Col? lege in Mississippi, to take charge of our agricultural experiments. The Improvements have been undertaken and completed during the past eight months. We expect to continue to break u ? deep and thoroughly all the land that is open to put in a thor? ough drainage system. Our resident engineer at Scott, who has charge Of the drainage work, Is B. J. Young, and he is laying out an extensive sys? tem of drainage, which we hope to adopt, opening all the large bayous and creeks etc., With steam shovels. We expect this year to plant sufficient oats, com, soya beans, lespesder.a, al? falfa, etc.. to completely supply our property. We also expect to buy and maintain at bast loco head of cat tin/' The attention of property OST BOH might again be called to the fact thnt the emptying of water on the side? walks through the drain pipes run? ning down from the roofs of build? ings is a nuisance that t an be easily abated. The resolution of council at Its last session was to the effect that these property owners be given ten days i?i which to remedy present dis? agreeable conditions, but as yet no notion has been taken by the property owners towards obeying this- ma 1 ;*t?? Of the Cltl Fathers. Announcements of candidates Will be printed In this column until the i love of the campaign for $5. Ma . aids accepted on credit. Cor sheriff. rapt. IS. s. Carson is hereby an nounced as a candidate for Sheriff at the ensuing election, having before discharged the duties of that oil with promptness and efficiency, ere take pleasure In recommending hire Cor SSid office. BUbjeCt tO the rules of tin Democratic primary. 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