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JONESVIhEE NEWS.
Am Interesting Letter Front Ottr
Hustling Correspondent
Telephone.
While there has been partial showers
of rain in the country there are
some sections that hare had but little
or no rain since April. All sections
are needing rain Ladly now.
Gardens hare furnished but few
vegetables yet and the prospect is
gloomy for much yield in the future.
A general rain is much needed,
' vhough there is some grass in some ;
,r.? TarififVrma ?nil M mmnr?l ruin nnnU I
_ e> "v??
^ 0.owing apcj make it troublen
,4?, yet t^e rain is bacjlv needo^
R? must coiqe soqa tq insure good,
Of even faif crpps.
A little negro was burned to death
yesterday near Jonesvillo. The
mother, Minnie Foster, went to
church and left a two-yoar-old boy
and a baby about nine months old
and by somo means the boy's clothing
caught fire and it was all burned
off of his body. There was no one
present to help them and he wrfs
ourned to a crisp, he had erawlo l
about orer the floor and had lefc a
bloody trail where he wont. Tho
boy died a few hours later. The
child was not hurt. It is supposed
the boy waa playing with matches.
Mr. Date Kennedy, a son of Mrs.
John Kennedy, was shot in the head
last week, near ltieh Ilill. There
was a drunken row between some
parties that were related to young
Kepnsdj apd |ia w&s trying to eepa- j
mi mem wnerr ne1 was suoi. lkei
sheafing is charged to Frank Gossett
and Ed Kirby. Gossett has been
arrested but Kirby has made his
escape. The ball was extracted from
Mr. Kennedy's bead Saturday and
it is thought there is a chance for
(ijtf r?toi%
>|r. Qsfe, of Cross I^eys, in his
popimwpicatiop )ast wepfc said }ie hejipygjJ
lJlP teqip poqh| do\yu
Spf^e of (hp cfack tpqms although he
jHtys lie Vnows pothipg *bout tfoo ball
Sqqipj bqt f veptqfp the assertion
bat Mr. Gore would make a good
umpire.
The colored people are about to
take our town with base ball and
bicycles.
Sir. Charles Littlejohn, of Pacolet,
spent a few days in our town last
-T :
Mra- W, J, Hftile, of UpIop, spent
Buuday in our town.
Mrs. llearden, mother of Dr. II.
. K. Hearden, is yiilting the Doctor.
Miss Marie Garner, of Union, is
visiting relatives in town.
The colored people had their 4th
of July last Saturday. They had a
barbecue and celebrated that day in
nj%ce qf thp 4th, "
The corn mill at tha McWhirtcr
ginnery staited last Saturday. It
makes good, fine uieai and grind*
very fast. The roller mill will be
ready to crack the wheat this week.
Mr* Ale* Foster gone to Baltimore
od business.
The Jonesrille Knitting Mills has
an order for ono hundred thousand
docen socks for the United States
army.
personal mention.
Mrs. Lou Phipps, of Durham, N.
C? is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A.
L. Bassett.
* Prof. L. P. McOee, of Reidville,
was in our town today.
Rev. E. .II. Beckham attended
he District Conference at Woodruff
joat week.
Miss Carrie Southard, with hei
Florida friend, Miss Alice Johnson
returned a few days ago from a visi
to Gaffhey and Clifton.
Mr. W. T. Betty and his mother
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I. D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. |
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of Uann, have been visiting the.
family of Mr. E. II. .Jotcr.
Mrs. Lil'.ie Thomas, qf (5 a fluey,
has just returned from a visit to lur
father's family, Mr. D. F. Webber.
Telephone.
Cigarettes and Tobaeeo.
A law was recently* passed in Nor
way prohibiting tho sale of tobacco J
to any biy u ider 16 years of age
without a signed order lrom an adult, I
relative or employer. Even tourists j
who offer cigarettes to boys render I
themsclrps liablo to prosecqtion. The
police arp Instructed to confiiscate
the pipes, cigars and cigarettes of
lads ifho smokp in the public streets.
A fine for the offence is also imposed,
which may be anywhero between oO
cents and $25.
Echoes from Etta Jane.
The 4th of July was a grand day '
for Cherokee county. Elaborate
arrangements had been mado far iho
cumstances would admit 01. we
desire to publicly thank them for!
their kindness.
Farmers are getting along YfUU
their wpjk pfetty weltf considering
the dry woathep.
Fruit of all kinds, even blackberries,
are a failuro and housewives
are having a hard time getting anything
to cook these days. Gardens
are doing very little good.
Dr. J. F- MoCluhcy 1m in very
bad health and not able to rido much.
Dr. Sydney Sarratt is located at
bis old homeplace at Skull Shoals
and is getting a very creditable
practice. uSyd" is a clever young
man and bids fair to take a higfy stand
in his profession,
The mail from Gaffnev to this place
is being carried part of the time on a
bicyole. The carrier is ^SheAF"
Hardy. He makes his run ahead of
schedule time generally.
[ Rev. J. N. Ison will preich at
. i a.Lt.iL :
Mesopotamia next ouuuuui uvuumg.
Rev. Mr. Samples wjjl proaoh at
r Abingdon Oreek at H a. in.
Tho Mesopotamia conventiou will
1 observe the fourth Sabbath of thi;
month as children's day.
Vox.
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icdili.i SfztlzijsS-.
Crops are needing rain very badly.
Watermelons arc ripening but cn
account of the dry yrcather they arc
rather small.
Bicycles are on a boom in Cro?s
Keys, several have purchased new
on?s recently. Miss Tjilhi BotprB,
rne of our charming young ladies. i-?
the proud owner of a nico wheel,
fthe is the only lady cyclist in this
soction.
Messrs. Calvin Murphy, Raymond
Alverson, Johnnie Dukes ami
\V. N, Bobo took a run" up to the
Ferguson mineral springs yesterday.
Miss Ellon and Mamie BaileyT
two of Sedalia's young hulits. spent
last week in your eiiy visi'.ing relatives
and friends.
A certain young man of this
VUMttltV W on .. ?
celebration atQafl'uey. An immense
orowd was present. The programmo
was a very interesting one und was
oarried out to the letter.
Miss Mury Whisonant, of Blacksburg,-visited
the family of her uncle,
Hon, C. W. Whisonant. recently.
Tb*> neatner continues dry and
farmers are about up with their
work.
Your correspondent spent two days j
iij Union la?t week during which j
tioiG he mot many of his 6l<! friends .
ahU acquaintances and many new j
ones. We are always glad to visit j
Union. We spent the night with
our old friend and comrade, Captain ,
Sharkey, who is a jolly good-natured '
Irishman ami an Ex-Copfodorate'
soldier, e, yol^nteer iy, t^e ty-st M^is-j
floutf yegitpent. lie w*s with Stirling j
Price in his stirring campaign and '
f AaIt r\ot*f !n V??nMtr Af a * A1
WVJM. v 4?? W?4U I U? V?C UHllltS
of the West during the lute war.
Union couptv will he well repreepfltnd
*t the Cheater reunion on the ;
'1C\ and 2f instant^,
Y"mc correspondent got a general j
shaking up last Saturday by being!
thrown from a horse and falling on I
the s'&ndrrd used by Mr. P. S. !
Webber, blacksmith, for clinching j
horse shoes. lie was knocked sense- '
less for a few moments but by the [
kind help and assistance of Mrs.
Webber, Mr. Martio Uobcrts, Lowery
Webber and Miss Avolona
Wobber, he was restored to conscious- i
ness and was as comfortable as cir- j
i j ?~t' i?i' "ujw
'now 1 can't understand \nij:?t litis
I means unless ho is expecting to hml
somo'othcr fellow's girl.
This weather iS" (Irving up the '
I ? rf ' O I
blackberries, *coi\$c<|Uontly the po or '
man's rations arc cut shoit.
I The fourth of July was generally
i observed as a holiday.
! Base ball w.u intended as only
j innocent sport, I think, but 1 am :
, sorry that it l :i3 g it to be such a
gambling machine. You can scasoely
attend a game now bu* what you '
hear on all sides 4,I have ten dol- '
lavs bet on this game." When the '
ladies and church members are catch- 1
ing on to this fashionable way of 1
gambling isn't it time to call a holt? 1
News is so scarce I will necessarily .[
call a halt now.
B. B. 1
S12DAMA NO 2. 1
The" crops aro failing rapidly. If
rain does not come so m the stall' o '
life will be scarce. Fortunately most j !
of the fa rotors liavo sown wlieat. j
Hal they sown twice the number of
acres and lVriili/.ed them Well they
would be able to tide over a failure
in the corn crop.
Gardens dry, no peaches, and but 11
few apples, an l tlmy ~
?.Jv.t .oil ttrieu up, iTits melon crop
failing rapidly, makes rather a ]
gloomy picture but we still hope that ,
rain will come soon. _ |
C. U. LJ.
Correction,
It. was erroneously slated in our a
lust issue that in the easo of Wiley i'
Esles, administrator vs. Dorcas L.
Bubo, that the verdict was awarded *
ngiilnut Mrs. Bubo. W9 should have. '
said Rio verdict was for Mrs. Bobo,
v
"What might havo been"?if that
little cough hadn't heen negloctcd? *
is the sa I r*tl ctiottkmf thousands of a
0 jUBumj-tivea Oxro* Minute Cough
Cu*e euros coughs and colds. S >!d
by F. C. D'oko.
Cross Keys Chronicles. ^
Mr. Editor: Wc have read with a
much interest Dr. Moore's letter in
you last issue. It certainly was a
rare treat to the readers c,f your val- *
uablc jyypur, s
News is rather at a low ebb just
now. 1
The bealtb of this section is !
very good. Dr. C. E. Johnson is '
kept quite busy but reports no serious .
cases. 1
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. IT. Waller
and daughter, Miss Maggie, visited ]
friends iyi Cyosa ryoysu few day ago. ]
1 Mr. E. E. Garner, of Pickney, gave I
us a cali on Monday last on his way 1 ,
| to tho .commencement exercises of!
j tho Pre?bvterian College at Clinton, 1
I also Messrs. Newton Walker and 0. 1
1 M. Fur man, Jr., on their way from
i Clemson to your city. They were
j on their wheel?.
| Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Peisill and
j son, Master llussoll, of Enoree, is on
[ a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. i
I W. T. Bctsil'.
Misses Lillian Itollis and An pie!
j Bell Wiihurn are spending vacation
at home from Limestone.
Mrs. Dr. Johnson and children arc
on a visit t > her parents near Vsburv,
in Cherokee county. We wish them
a pleasant journey.
Mr. J. 1). Graham and Treasurer
Bar ties passed hero TneMay la<?t
' Mr. Graham is one of our bo?t citizens,
a good farmer and a good neigh
hor.
Oapt. W. C. Whitmir? wiU organisso
his famous team of nine in a
? short time, and defy the base ball
world.
i T. II. G.
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5vt; to (ignivitcx.
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Gig^tcttfc, tuba ceo, etc., I.ul cs
pcciutly cdaUicttcs, are very injurious
io boys, and in view of this fact the
icyidi .urc,,in 18S9. ?.r.v fit rn crm .
a law iUkki(Sj? i a i:? s b.-nu ati-ir f >:
apy per-ou.to soil t.<> minor-*. but >
for as \v<> hav^hb^ri ve?i, in i.. udt ud
letter in I'.Tiio .. The :a\v ou^-b' to
bo regarded by our Uasiiess men. sum ;
if not, tlxon tho proper authorities
should see it'j its enforcements. The
Act readiy,
1; lit it enae'ed by the ^
5'onilto liini I Innsn r.p t
tivcs i'lalo i f South C irolina
nov? met and. sittixiii in general as.k
.
scmbly, Hod by.the v.nthoii'y of the j
-amo, til at from and at" or tin- pa^*ng*
of thi- act it shall not be lawful
for any |iPr*on <r persons cither 1?\ !
himself or tin li s Ivts, to !1, furnish,
giro OS' prpvi do any minor or nnitioif,
under tin- age of oightten years, with A
eig iretms, tobacco. ?-r cig m t'.o paper. M
or any substitute therefor. !.?$'
Section 2. That any p:rson or
persons violating the provisions <>1 wj
the preceding skct'r n. either in per- |&
<011. by agent or in any other way. w
hull lie held and deemed guilty of a t
11b demeanor, and upon indicmcnt
ind conviction thereof shall be pun-bed
by a lino not exceeding one I
mndivd dollars, nor less than twenty- ' *
ive dollars, or bv imprisonment lot ,
I term of not more than one year,
lor less ilian two tnon'hs or both, at
ho discrOtrjn of the court; one hall
f the fiuclfin posed to le paid to the j
II former of the ofi'eaco, and the other '
mlf to be paid t > the treasurer of the
ount.y in which such conviction shall AJ
ie had.
Sretiov 3. That all acts and parts
f nets inconsistent with the provisos
of tli'w act be, and the same are
ereby repealed. ?**
1
Discovered by 11 Wo 1:1:1:1.
Aniijjicr ?;ret t ditcDViry baa been
' !.y .1 li.iv in this
s ii .>!?n toi* and (or tt'VTrTl jears t! r> |-|n
:tln'..o.d ii; gcrcr^!. teats, hut be r
it*.l n were undermined and
*3?th ior.uiuent. For three months
ho coughed incePitii.tly, and culd j\ss
oc deep. Bho I'm ally disc-mrcd :
ay to recovery, by purrhflfdng of un SllJ
b ot'.o of IV K.i;?g\ New Discovery
r (Jo:;sumption, w d v.as s > nine!; ! r
!iev;vl on taking iirst. dive, (hat i ^
he sl 'pt all nigh'; and with l*\> hot*
Ivi1, h<:d incii absolutely cared. Ilcr
ar.io is Mrp, Lutaei En'/..' Timr
? rit* r* \Y. C. l-Dmniok & Co., ofShel
iv, N. Lb Trial Lotties ire? at P. ('.
duke's Drug 8t >ro. 11 Mjular siz * oOct
nd SI.00. Every bottle guaranteed.
Points from LocPhurt.
Mr. W. A. Rogg, of Abbeville, S.
has accepted.'ft position nasi loon.
x iiiis place.
Mr. \V. L. Dunn, loom fixtr, uho
ias hern working bote has gone to
ircevg, S. (J. and Mr* Ed. Trogcron,
of Fe zcr, S. (J , takes his phice*
Mr. \V. II. Voting, lo.t liia throe
n inths old daughter Eliic, she being
>ne of the lirst twins born at Lock
tarf.
Wr. W. P. Rogers,-of Reedy lliver.
3 vi iiing Lis ehih ven at I.oekhart.
Mr. W. P. Rogers, of Reedy
River, is visiting bis children at _
r i i I M
t.ockiiiirr.
Mrs. \V. L. Garner, is cfT oil a li
r is*.t io relatives at Cowpcns, ?>. C. '
Francis Frank has succeeded Mr.
Rippy as roll overseer.
The lee 1'hint at Lock lr-iit Skoals stn
has Icon cmp'eted and are luring 0f
out icc rigktalong.
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You can't cure djpp*:pBhi hy dieting.
Kitsjud. wh-do.v>m i i mi m 1
plenty of it. Kc-.lol D/a;;?psi.i Cure na
digests l.io 1 without aid irotn the It!
stomach, and is made to cure. Sold
hy F. C. Duke.
Gun bh it w i uvlj and powder
hums, cut#, bruise#, spraiur, wrauada
from rusty mite, u?3:Ot sliugs and ivy
|V>is >r.iuor, quickly healed by Dc Witt's
Witoh ll/sed SV.ve. I\>ti iscly pr<v.'nta
b!' od poisoning. lt wir i f
c< unlerfn'N "J}oW?M.V' is tafo aud
au.e ? old by F. (J. Dulic.
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'lir si- roach is ono of iho first
symptoms of a eomiog bilious stlacV.
(hire it with a few dotes <f Dr. M. A
Siron ojs Li?cr Medicine.
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