Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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We4i*exlay aktd Satfc-tlay F ?LI SIMM. COMPANY S0MTRII. h. 0. tJS.tt per ?em?m Im advance. Aal ?er i la*imemim. ?as) %%*%r%. first InMrtfin .$1.0? Meefy tub?e?suent insertion.? ? ?vaatfacr* f%x three mtenthe er lentil er Will Be made at reduced ratea, . Ail ceaasaenloeuens which aUbaerye privat? totereeta will he charged fer ae adv>rtktea*eTile. dftltoarftee said trlhutea of respect ?ein be cheated far. w< INae gpsnter Watehfnan waa found ed in life and the ?1.? 8outhron in III? The Watchman aad Seuthren ?0w has the combined circulation ami ttjdjueiie* ef beih ef the ehl papeA. aad ia manifestly the beat advertising aeediuna la suirNr. sMBMaaogtojejEr^goe*' ?.?.? ?????? Overcof Ii g Obstacle* ?leataclea look large or small ta thi In pronortiofi to hi* strength and 'initiation ?o master them. If S seen, thtf l*?ek large; if a lirgt sasn. illnV-eltle* look smsll lu com panenn with the sdvantsgo of what ?JEP tongs tor and \?hat he proposes harder things go tbo greater th# leti. the greater Is ths persistency g.-ir to annihilate them.?Oriaoo ?weit Manien In Chicago News. Wondeeffi Wledem "I hear tl-t the auth rhios took Mrs. Oo WsitAtte's child away from her - "Fact. They said she had too money to raise It properly."? Why Despotism Irk*. We how te the ifoveroment of God, we torn against the ttse|>ot. N? in likes te shara In the shlpwreef s eaasel ha wbl>rh he has been em by vielen? e. and which list steered contrary to bts e Ish snd Am lei Jj Peopare fer "Lekwee years." I?ns life kf aot worth while julesai ft rp active. Mae il/ re sat tart in doll and passdve renteaaple'tloa of ths Imroe deate environment Invites the verdict TBerter dead.'* Men and worr\en who hope te lire long and retain tlelr fao V))tkra should. If a Baltimore physician bs to be believed, titko S little thought la advance for the work of the "lei ewjajT yeara. Steel and Iron. Steel te a hind of iron which eaa ?dairy bo hammered out thin without reaching and ean be made extremely hard by being aeat*d and then cooleC gofcklv It hi different from ordinary Jroo bees ate of the amount of carbon bb It. Wreasght iron centalaa less ear too than steel ami so ft cannot be sleds so hard: east iron contains more ssjd oo Is brittle Table Pleaew. Not fer Them. Tes. with fmlt In summer snd ?Iseeee la v Inter, constitutes Ute nour? ishment of the poorer classes in Pex The Stiver Ruts of Life, "gpea* an evil of any man tPlf good." weald If practiced by sll men gH fas) time, work a marvelous revolu? tion to social relations, one most need od to treats run mal confidence, oon very ssoch seeded. ! Many Like Him. AH ovwepapera often hare adrertlae* sjosjts which eooid be rewritten ?dran mg so eery But tt took a church paper |e offer the moat original one yet: "Wanted?A minister who has been seamed 22 yean Is very desirous of BjsgBjfhsg s ?bange." Voters Olsptaoe Mute?. Tis? First cavalry, stationed at No gSieav Alia., has abandoned nviles In favor ef motor equipment, but the esmege la pet so revolatlonary at It siMda, because you can swear jsst St SneutJy at a balky carburetor as yew eta at a stubborn quadruped. And tt dees Just as ssuch good.?Ths Homo iecter. Sharing Mother's Old Dresses. Mary Js?e srte very proud, snd nev? er IIB? d wearing dreaaes ma<bi froia her aanthsr's old ones: so when she taw ber new baby brother for the Aral time she remsrtred to her father: "l wonder hew he'll I Hie weatio' your osd Clothe* 7* Have Vau? Have you noticed with any degree of alarm that there aes-m to be no young women HBfltl day* Sftth ambition to? save ttasjey It bag Stsrmg mnehlncsT ??New V>>rk P.venlng Sun. ?gyptian Pyramids. 1t took I. ?? C Ml a vhs, working I 14 hours s for three centurlea to tomplete tie ,ramld< of Kitypt. and the mummle?, exported from them have not biou^ht. sll told. Sl.tHSt.00QL ?New York Sun Spectacled Bear Rar? A mounted ipo. iMi b ii tat)** from Vfiierneta ha* been pigtpd Wt e? hfhltlm In the Amerbsn HWeeum of Natural Hlatory In New "York city. The animal do*?n't really wear spec? tacle* It derlvea Its name from the grayish white marking* rimming tbo eyes It is one of the rarest species ef beam known to es let snd the only tear found la Scutt America, - FARMER HAD REAL THING Peculiarly Mean Jone That la Said to Have aHan Played on art Indiana Sheriff. ?8ay. MiarlfT," said a voice over the telephone to the aheriff ol a hrarby Indian* county n few days ago. "this In Ike Stuhbles. Well, Jim Stubblns a neighbor of mine that I heen bavin trouble with, la on his way to town right now with a load of 'whtto uitile.' He n gain1 by the Comhread road nnd if you hurry you and your men will have plenty of time to ketch him be fore he reaches town. I "He** got the *mule' all covered up with a eanvaa tarpaulin on the hark of his wagon.'' The sheriff swore In two deputies and went to the Oornbrend road. The officers aaw approaching tllent In leisurely fashion a big farm wagon drawn by two horses that were driven by a man answering the description of Stuhhloa. "Halt, In the name ef the law?" ordereil the sheriff. "Have you got a load of ?white muler u 1 aure have. 1 gotta admit It," re? plied tbe farmer who by this time sensed that somebody was being made the victim of a Joke, "look ter yerself, aherlff, under the cover there." The aherlff raised the tarpaulin and gazed on the roelsneholy form of a real white mule which had passed awsy following sn attaek of colic and which eran then was on Its way to a reduction plsnt in the nearby city.? hid I ii impel is News. FLOWERS THAT GIVE LIGHT Fact Not Generally Known Is That Msny Common Plants Have S Distinct Luminosity. Most people have seen the p'.ent COlloqiilslly called the burning bu*u, and have struck a match sad applied It to the feathery flowers end leu res la order to see Use delicate flame run over the, surface ?f thv plant without affecting; or hurtkug It! But It la not so well known that there srs a num? ber of flowers which throw off lumi? nosity sit tsaalr ova, n?4 arasoavg aaeh plants are tais ceaaaaen marigold, cer? tain sorts of lMlea asd she oriental poppy, aa weN aa that familiar and popular BHvorlte ttoe naatsrt.lum. It la relate.' east ea a warm snoi *or eveaflag la the year 1702 the clev? er da sp?ter sf ties fssaoos sVedish botsnist, Liaasas. smticad tssit ssaae eastnrttnms to nan- father's garden were emitting they emt-Oistlact flashes ef tightj; grot nne 'atewer thea njswvher would throw set en eveaeserot beam. Though et trat bar assert lew wss re ?wtved wish doubt, ether Investigators soon proved It to be true, and It Is new knows that ant only nsjdtirttuma sat many othsr flow era esltibtt thi* luminosity, tfemetltis have latee seen to glow with a nmonllke radmnee. Historic Slice ef Beef. Tire energetic press service of the { United States marine, corps sends ua a bulletin from Ann Arbor, Vlh-h., with ten) following curloufc If not Important, Information i **A piece of boot* rooked In l*ttf> la still belog cerefntlytpreterred Inn little silver pitcher by Howard B. Msiiwer Ing of thin city. "This la nut being kept In sntlclpstmn /of a further Increase In the cost of rbeef, but Is a genuine heir I ?oui "Sengt. Joaegih Hobbles of the Bri? tish Itovnl in erlne?* sar en* the piece of beef, which ho was esting wken as? saulted ?with an ax by a cook on ? French vesejrl which hid heen cap tared /by herd Nelson at Trafalgar. The Vook missed his aim, bat the serge* nt got the hjeef. gmgeaot Hole bins, wsa the greajt great grandfather of Vicar Col. Edward K. Mantflnrmg ?f the United states mahne Corps" ?Vrom the Get look. Tmde With Australia Grows. Trading between this country sni Australia Is showing a healthy growth, according to flgnres supplied to the department i of cominsrre by A W. Ferrlii, trade commissioner, who la at VOellwumaa. They ctwer Imports and exports for the first quarter of the ?mrrent rear, and sinew the Ini porps during that period to wave heen shmtf tM7.77r.,t*H), against exports to thru country of approximately* tlti ,.io<l 080. February exports nearly equaled In value the totals for JanutOry and March, and In that month the oetgolnc ahtpmeMs Oicoedevl the Imports. In tbe same month, however, the value of the Inipjorts wss less than half of the goods brought In during March. Australia's Prlckty Pesr Peat. Austrnlm la suffering from a prick? ly pear post, which takes advantage of the rivers a* a mean* of spreading, ?moots hrenk off from tlm pa reo ? plant growing along a Itreajn and the pert Is curried downstream to found a new colony. Thousands of sere* are being ruined yearly owing to the rav Hg**?* of thla plant and no noanjal have been discovered of stopping Its march. Holling, spraying ami poison* have proved Ineffectwsl, and It is hoped that ntlenee msy And some commereisl use for the plant. Hard to Get and KiepN Te:?rs before be had nlways gone to Atlantic (Tlty to spend hla sum? mer vacation But the otnet day. In the lobby of the Marlon eluh. some one ??aid to Mm: "tudgo, |fs about th* titne ymt always go to Atlantic City to Bjp4 ud the r*st of lbs summer." The ludge replied: "ftul 1 don't think I'll be able t.. msjte It thla year. The wife says: 'The nerd h is tin- hay fever, end we have Jen got to take bar pud gu up In Michigan.' " $1 Skillful Navigators. The world has nover produced great? er navigators than the early Poly? nesians, who In their hi? ontflggff eanoes traversed the Pacific north and I ?onth. east and west. Without Dtp or compass, they pushed north to the | equator and south In the Ice pack. The j white explorer came In the tracks of their eanoes. Cannibal Fish. If any tr- h water fish copy the sole and turn i.nnlbnl. IMke are the worst In this respect hut trout have similar habits. JJmost every pool In a brook hau Its cannibal whhh Recounts' dnlly for hulf a dozen of its your for hi e ih? ren. insist on Recognition. The best ideas in the world will hoi work -themselves. Usually the best things have to be Impressed upon folk*. There's something In human nature that seems willing to fall for the nonsense of life much more readily than It takes on life's responsibilities. CnJJ It what you will. The name you giro It won't alter the facts. So the only thing left Is to pot under the load and carry It to success. You must not get Ured\ Let others grow weary and quit As the leader and reformer you must trudge on and by your dogged seal compel recognition for yourself and what you stand *or.?Grit The Jury*s Difficulty. "Geniletnen of the hiry." said ft Judge ns he concluded his charge, "if the evidence shows in your minds that ! pneumonia, even Indirectly, was the cause of the man's death, the orisoner cannot be convicted." An hour later a messenger came from the jury room. "The gentlemen of the Jury, your lord? ship," he said, "desire information." "On what point of evidence?" "None, your lordship; they want to know how to epell pneumonia." Ussfly Nothing New. In Java is the great temple of Boro? >odoer, temple of the many Buddhas, which was unearthed some years ago, -nd Is known to have been built in the fifth century, and right near It Is the lesser temple of Mendoet. Further aorth. In the Caroline Islands, are the rulha of an ancient city whose streets were waterways Just as those of Ven? ice are today. So when visits are tun de to these virgin Islands and one feels almost like a discoverer of new lands it Is well to remember that there la nothing new, even under the tropi? cal aim.?betr?nke, i_ New Zealand. Discovery of the Island of Now Zea Nad 1s attributed to Tnsman in 1042, but exploration did not take place un? til the time of Cgpt James Cook, 1K0 I years later, while colonisation was i delayed until CO years before the Amer | lean Civil war. Colonization resem? bled the settlement o*f the Amer? ican colonies in that settlements were rsade in half a dozen places Instead of be'.ng promoted from a central base, according to the usual British method. New Scale Appears. Balance scales nre accurate only .when leyel. Scales of a new design I are built on a new principle which I never vary on this account Favor Independent Inquiry. When a new family moves Into a pelghhorhood Its head ought to give a hxographlcal sketch of each member to the* neighbor*, so tin* latter won't have to worry about rumors. Toledo ' Blade. Wh* i \r\ a Narrt?! At one i' ne i|J(J ppnnl ? believed that the deereiulnnts ol Indus Is osrlnt were living m Corfu, although those scousod stoutly denied auch ;m vestry. I" Brazil an effigy of Judas is carried by the ?< 11<???i hoys to gl ship where willow hang it rrom the yard grin. !>i ihe Irook church al Sot?rag once a year there is ? cere roony .'it which n person js paid a u'rent sum to Imperaonnte .ludas. Stnli Is the feeling n( the peopk that he w'lio accepts title odious part Is liable t<? retain the nnine through life. ?Host?.ii poat. Pecul'ar Chinese Music. Chinese music is not written. The worda of ><.'m?- of the famous songs have been preserved, hul the music has been handed down from father to son for generations and goes far hack before the day of the trouba? dours. When mUSlC Is played it ift played according to the memory of the tnOSlClSO and his ideas of Interpreta? tion. A musician tfdrlei the perform ?nee ns his Judgment dictates nnd the strings, reeds or brass inuji break in almost any time. Where Icebergs Originate. The source Of practically all the Ice? bergs of the arctic ami sab-arctlc re glotis v Is Oreealnno. Owing to the northward set of the West Greenland cum-nts the bergs of this side nre car lied first to the north bud it Is only al IboUt the seventy-fourth or seventy fifth parallel of latitude that they be fin to make their wny westward to come down on the Atlantic side. For One Lone Blorsom. If you are In need of decorations and flrd but 001 lone, short-stemmed rose on your bn. h, do not despair. Pick the flower with as long a stem as pos? sible. Then either tie or wire the short-stemmed blossom to a longer Stem of another flower; Id this way there Is no waste on account of lack of stem. If you have no other flowers whose stems you can n?e, try a bit of the branch of the plant, or, in lieu of better, avail yourself of the hollow stem of an artificial rose. '.uvv l.noijn? Folklore. The foiklore uf New Kugland is not Cdtititled to rural cetluuuulties, i\ >v to the Illiterate?not by any Dianuer of dsettun. Ahd it's safe to s;.y thtit the reader, fi u New Engl?nder, win not protest the Munj manner or means." Who In Ithpde Island does not know thai a "cot-nap" lc j short dose or that I u "whopper" i? a big lie'' "What are you driving &t?n is ns sr.pie as baked titans on Sunday morning, and "What are you going to '\u\' me:" is a i!ai?y inquiry.?Boston (.'lobe. Substitute for Cn!d. It'hnt is said to be s. scr.-freahle sub stltufe for gold h cbUlted by combin? ing !M parts of copper with six parts of antimony and adding n little mag? nesium carbonate to Increase the weight. It Is Stx'd th?i> this alloy can be drawn, wrought ann soldered very much like gold and th:,' It nlso re? ceives and retains a golden polish. Give ?be Medal to Binka. "Several years sign." *<nid Blnks, * raised some water melons which grev to an enormous size. One day a three roasted schooner went aground on th? mud flats Just below my house. I tm mediately rolled one of these hug< melous to the side of the strandec crnft, cut the melon Id two and enougl Juice came out ef It to float the scnoo ner safely 'nto deep water.** To- Hasslgr E*r>?tijtion. The. Hnssler scientific expedition was mit do In tin* United Sin tea const survey steamer Hnssler, between Deo 4. 1S71, and August, lo*T2, P.O. Johnson j commanding. The scientific Investiga? tions were curried <>u under the charge' prof, IaniIs Agassi 7,. Starting front Philadelphia, the mute Pinhrnced the West Indira, Brazilian const, Strait of Magellan, Bnd the I'nelllc coast and Islands to San From Isco. Deep see dredglngs were made at all favorable rt.iiiif u Admonition. Tt 1? n strange tiling to behold what gross errors nnd extreme absurdities many, especially of the greater sort, do commit for want of a friend to tell then of the great damage both of their fame and fortune. For as St. .lames said, they arc as men "that look sometimes into a glass and pres? ently forget their own shape and fa? vor." The best thing for any man 's the admonition of a friend.?Bacon Evidently He Never Had. ?'1 don't see why >on garage men ran*! be cheerful and pleasant whim folks come into your place to do busi? ness wlfh you." said the automobile owner. "Mister." replied the garage employee, "I guess you never worked tu a garage."?Detroit Tree Press P?tser for Mother. V,,e subject of the Sti" lay school lesson was the golden rule, so during the next week when little Anna was naughty and her mother had to use aer stick real hard nnd put her tn a chair to reflect, she asked Anna what she thought about It. Anna replied. "Mother, do unto others as you wunt them to do unto you. You don't want me to wl11p you, do you?"_ S .^f t -tition. of Slam, lam all babies receive the same ' ' :tt Mrtb, This aarne la Dang. !l meuna red, and It is the only designation for some months. At birth u cord bhs<ed by the priests Is tied round the outside of the house sod tjvree halls ..f rice are thrown In "lucky directions." Why worry because the shape of v'our ears does not exactly please you? T*heir peculiarities probably Indicate rood points In your character. Ac? cording to an expert, ears which wiggle indicate versatility of chsrecter, and if they lie close to the head show that 'hey eon hear the same Jokes year tfter year without becoming weary, mis makes for happy marriages! FOR SALI-: Dort touring car equip? ped with bumpers, shock absorbers and extra tire. Hun only three thou sand miles, Will take middling I cotton at I Sc. H. L. W ithers pooa.__ WANTED Position aa overseer ot a farm. Thoroughly competent* and j experienced in all kinds of farming. Including stock, truck, poultry and power farming. 3> years of age; married and can furnish the beat of references. W. P. Arnold. Mayasville, 8. C R No. 3. Ears and Marriage. The National Bank of | South Carolina of Sumtir, 8. C Resource* gl.eeo.ooo. Strong and PiogTtaasWe The Most Painatofcing tvKRVICSS with OOUBTfcSY (?1tc as the Pleasure of sjervias; TOP 4 The Bank of the Rank; and File jo. O. ROWLAND, Presides* EAKLE ROWLAND, Caahlea NFIIdL O'DONNFXL President mm Fa. nrd Capital Most Dependable. "Come easy, Oo easy" is an expres atbn that is appllable to a great many. V The i? o\v who inherits money as a rule "Blows It In" whereas the fellow who has to "Dig Down" for it has formed habits in thrift and economy, by which he will succeed when the other fellow fails. Wo prefer doing business with the thrifty fellow who knowa tbe value of a dollar. "We have many such a*> counts in our Savings Department hut we have room for some more. If you are not already one of our de? positors, you could not select a bettor time. The First National Bank O. L. YATES, Cashier . v ^ wife**, ^ - ? ~"V ? X- "- ^i. Sumter, S. C.