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wwjun NO. 27. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY.
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It is jiot tho most enjoyable oc- 1
casion for a man, if what little time i
he gets to talk to a girl?in old acquaintance?muH
be when she is |
sleepy. 1
Crops may take a big bound for- t
ward after the ' Fourth of July holi- t
day." i
Gnats, which pestiferous insects f
are indigenous to Kiintnr. anil ,A\. i
a ~ * " 1
mate and sociability, have pul in
their appearance. ' v
Rain Sunday and a more threaten- s
ing cloud "broke into" the preach- a
ing at the Baptist" church, the in >st v
of the "country" people being pre- c
vented from attending. - ii
I did not know that Neal's Shoals h
had got to be such a place and so ii
far off that if ono working there ate 8
his dinner at his papa's two or three o
miles off, it would be U9ed as a *per- ?
sonal" item. o
Crops made great improvements a:
the past week, cotton especially, a
caused by seasonable rains, and tl
work; but then, rains also made r<
rfass stubborn, and it is hard to sub- a<
duo. Cotton ought to be good, if ir
being in good pastures m-tke thiugs hi
v. that way, for many fields looked like cl
pastures. ?Mow there is bop6S"of'd
cotton beginning to grow, and with tl
good work and seasons hcrcafcer, a it
good crop may yet be made. cc
The sorriest part ef farming this d<
-year is the corn crop. . 1 hare not
aeon, and others have toM me that
they have not seen, any good corn
this year, considering manure anu
work, in many instances. Worms A
are very bad on some fields, good
size stalks being bored full of holes,
dying and some falling down, and it
is getting too late to replant. The
worm doing the damage is a spotted is
stalk borer. tli
Much stubble land was seeded to of
peas last week. There was good cc
moisture in the soil, and while the H
sun shincd farmers were making w
preparations that they may make w
nay while the sun shines?hereafter b
?next fall. But other crops being
so behind may be a check on pea rt
planting, even though everybody w
realizes what a valuable crop are, p!
either as green vines, lipc peas or vs
pea hay. b
The dam folks arc constantly tl
breaking down wagons and engines, g<
hauling heavy machinery, caused a s<
great deal by narrow, crooked roads, rr
sliding into gullies and almost turn? ?
ing over. 1 have heard them grum- b
bling, and accusing this county and b
Laurens of having the worst roads of tl
any they had seen, saying that our f(
roads look like "bridle paths" be- n
sides those of Anderson, Greenville d
and Spartanburg; especially that the g
roads were so narrow that a buggy
could not pass a wagon without y
creeping over a portion of a field, v
Well, I won't repeat what I have v
said about planting in the roads, but b
these men have struck it rough on t
one section of road, and will have to I
grin and bear it. a
I am very much interested in the [
interesting letters by W. Eugene |
Cooke. I can follow a man all I
through his travels when he makes t
them oat with a pencil as interest- 1
ingly as Mr. Cooke. W. G. Bailey
is another interesting writer. <
Knowing a man, ami having been 1
associated with him makes his letters :
more interesting. I would like to
see friend Cooke now. Keep on
^ gentlemen, you arc both home folk,
Mr. Biiley a Unionite aud Mr.
Cooke, a former Times editor.
The editor paid the correspondent
a compliment. Thank you, Mr.
Editor, and friend, for my portion.
Here is a little secret. I have run
upon a little plan whereby I can
make my little part easier for me
(gpetiilly if I use any effort for
symmctry-2-if I cAn betr^wSSj
any. I do not. wish i6 give
nway entirely, for I wiib to keep ur
near the other coitespoadimtf
Srtf e^-il^thii.g original iS ?e,
'".Jeditorial c mccrntho
graTWIHj|^^^oo CoHge, be
go, if t^y^Suld train for the farm,
it ijould be a go
s all young men wish
to leave the farms. Some men are
jjetter qualified for .other business,
lire better adapted for o'her business
han farming to wit; mechanics, engineers
etc., but it seems many
rould like to quit, because of dislike
o work. Many are not cut out for
he other arts and do not like farmng.
The greatest drawback to
arming is getting labor. But farm
ng will feed us at least.
Whenever a person is doing heavy
cork and grunts louder than he
trikcs, I feel like grunting for him,
nd let him use his energies ot'neriisc.
So it was with one of our
ows when we sent the collie dog
ito the pasturo after the calf, which
a?l taken upon itself all the leisure
i the world. The calf soon had
uch an exerted mind on itself the
Id cow untertook to grunt for it
'hile it ran, but it was paddling its
wn canoe, having no time to listen,
sk or rely on the cow's grunts, to
id in making time, but ran, fanning
10 air with feet and legs for a curjnt,
with tail carried like a
ad ''burning the wind," the only
icentive to high speed?^ghich st
ad heretofore eschewed?ro&fha^g
ose on its heels, and when it "flew"
iflfijgh^the'gw, it seemed to regard
to gate as an. eaoope valve, andrwell
was, for th<f :aog knows when the
>wa are inside. Our cows know the.
>g's name better than their own.
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Barbecue and Picnic.?A Marriage.?
Advance in Manufacturing
Enterprises.?Personal
Mention.
Joneaville, June 29.?The month
about to close, and it is one June
lat will not be forgotten in this part
' the country as well as the w hole
mntry while the present generation
ves. The lloods, railroad disasters
ith many other events and incidents
ill make it especially to be rcmemered.
Yesterday was quite cool and
?ally there has been but little hot
eather up to this date. The cotton
lants show the sign of the cool wet
catlur; the leaves arc thick, and
avc a copper, rusty color; and then
ic stalks are quite small and the
juares are very scarce and no blos)ms
have b:en reported in this com
mnity yet. Corn on up land is farig
somewhat better than the cotton,
ut it is not very promising, and the
ottoms are just being replanted and
no seasons will have to be fuvorable
>r a late crop or the bottoms will
ot come in. So it n very evient
thet the crop prcspcct is rather
loomy.
The people of the knitting mills
rill take holiday next Saturday and
Jill nnlnlrro f A it a trlnrimiu friiirtVi
I III V^IVVIUIV iriv ^IVI ivuu IVUI vu
nth a barbecue and picnic, and
lave invited the people of the town
ojoin with them. Come up, Mr.
Editor, and join us in the exercises
ind try some Joncaville uash and
licnic.
Mr. Herbert Fowler and Miss
llatnoth Willard were married yostorlay
by \V. 11. S. Harris, notary
public, at his residence.
The farmers have quit the rescue
}f the cotton mills propelty in the
wrecks along I'acolet river and have
returned to their farms. Most of
theui made good money, but the
work was hard, very dirty and likely
to cause fever, but no fever has been
the result us yet.
The Jonesville Manufacturing
company is building about twenty
operatives' houses and are filling the
yarn mills with new machinery which
will be ready for the steam to be
turned on by the first of August;
then the work of filling the knitting
mill with machinery will begin an*
A commission has Itfecn applied Ij&
for*an oil mill for our town. ,, Urn.
T. M. Litih jobn of Star Farm ie
the promoter of this enterprise, and
ho is the right sort of a man to agfc
-j imm iuiiu has DCCn infested with
small shows for the last few days,
and they scorn |o please their patrons.
Perhaps the patrons are easily
pleased.
The delivery wagon of the White
Stone Lithia Springs was in our
town Monday with a load of the
white pure lithia for the healing of
the people.
Rev. David IIucl^ filled his pulpit
at the Methodist church Sunday
night and he had a good congregation
and gave them a good sermon.
Rev. Mr, llucks has bten quite unwell
for several days with neuralgia
and nervous debility.
The four months ol<JL child of Mr.
Robt. A. Ilolcomb died last week at
the home of Mr. J. W. Scott, father
of Mrs. Holcomb.
Mr. J. L. McWhirter is bnilding
a neat livery stable near the old
knitting mills.
Miss Ada Pervis, of Timmonsrillc,
is visiting Miss Belle Littlejohn.
Miss Lucy Basset^ of Durham,
N. C , a student of TVinity College,
is visiting her brother, Mr. Albert
L. Bassett.
Mrs. Carrie OJam, of Chesterfield,
with her sweet little baby, is
visiting the family of her father. Mr.
J. II. Littlejohn.
Miss Mollis Littlejohn, who has
been on an extondod visit tolfer^ia.-,
tor, Mrs. X" lam, has returned homd.
The social event-jR^ our town last
week was a piazza- party All jfltf. \
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um and pleasure.
Miss E. Lee, of Goshen Ilill, who
has been staying for some time at
Mr. J. F. Alman's. returned home a
few days since, and Miss Carrie Alman
accompanied her.
Mrs. Dr. Chambers, who has been
visiting her father's tamily in Atlanta
for several weeks, will return
this week; her father, Mr. Rodgers.
who has been quite ill is some better.
Mrs. Sallie NVhitlock has raised
this year three gallons of cabbage
seed; they arc of the Ivoon variety.
Mrs. Whitlock w ill put her seed on
the market next spring.
The strawberry vines have taken
a second growth and have put on a
second crop of berries.
Dr. Chambers went over to Atlanta
Monday to sec his father inlaw,
Mr. Rodgers, and will return
with his wife.
Miss Eddie Greer, of Kelton, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. E. L. Littlcjohn.
Mr. James Penney, of Charlotte,
paid a short visit to his uncle, Mr.
E. M. Penney, last week.
Telephone.
ETTA JANE ETCHINGS.
S. S. Convention?Grass Grows?
Plea to Have Bridges Rebuilt ?
Persnnnl Mention.
Etta Jane, June 29.?The North
Pacolet Inteidenominational S. S.
Convention met at Corinth church
yesterday. Though the cloud 1 weie
threatening in the early morning aud
the rain began to fall briskly yet
there was but i. .tie disposition on the
part of those who hi d started to turn
back, aud thoy wont on regard'ats ol
llio elements. When they arrivod
on the ground they f >ucd q site a
uumber of Cirinlhiais ready tore
ceive them. By 10o'clock the clouds
broke away and old Sd came out to
smile on the occasion.
The cxerchcs of the Sibbath school
under the efficient superintendence of
Mr. E. J. Clary were attended to aud
after it finished its routine work the
convention met. Six Bchools wore
) re.mo tented acrirrecratinfir 962 scholar?
Every feature of the program wai
? carried out until 1 o'clock when an
; intermission of one hour was taken
> duriug which time an abundant feaa
| of fat things was spread by the goo<
Tl tadnk of Corinth and elsewhere, am
nt were cordially invi'ed t
jMtanigp and help themselves. It wa
riPflHMlable feast and after nil wen
^ jj^^flkntly supplied lots of viclut'i
The: afternoon session was pririci
t paHyjlevoli <1 to the children's ex >"
ci?0M) Iwid well d d tho little folks acr
tboniEelvcs. The infaut class ol
G^rfnth sang some choir.', sjlcetior.s
fBo the Mount Moriah seh > >'
^MMreu repeated portiot s of ecrin4
tdnft And all were highly c >mmend
ed^fig thoir work and the thanks of
volition was tendered them for
WPV^dioh nt servicis in making thi
convention a success.
convention will moot at Meso
potatnia on the 27th ef September, a
wnich time a special program will b?
prepared.for the children,
Our farmers are pushing to keep
up with tteir cfops. t^sveral of them
are behind with tbo grass and otherr
i ??*
iiavo iubi mucn oy tbe treskot. Upon
tho wh#>io its not a very bright pros>
pec frfpa agricultural standpoint.
No cjUpu blooms are yet reported
Cjttoa|fi small and late.
Some oases of sickness are amor.g
our people, and a few sire ci^bt. b-d
off, so we understand.
Mrs. L'zaie MtCallocb, an old la ly.
died last Friday aud was buried ai
the family burying ground near tbe
residence of tho late Adam S. Gou?l !
lock, of Gowdeysville. Mrs. MoCul
lock was a sister of our esteemed
friend aid comrade William S. Goule
lock. Rev.VF. C Hicks >n conduct d
the funf rat exercises.
Jter. W. II White will jnach at
8aieG&4?xt Sabbath, 5th of duly.
jjpre Will be no fourth of .1 uly
ccRonation at GatFney this year, s> 1
understand.
tTn jhe next few days the crop prospeOta4sill
be fairly decided, in so far
^.kangan judgment cau forecast rcTho
p'auting season is about
over with and corn planted after this
nfufclV ^mounts to little under the
wWtfJitorable circumstance?.
^mMoenl find in Pacolet river is
t.beme for moat people to talk
Iculato ou. One man of good
perve and mind says ho hasn't
found sleep since it happened,
Sot,3 the Cherokee and Union
way to have the Eflnges
Saoals and Grir.dall Shoals r< placet I
The si bridges are the only serious
loss Cierokee couuty has l ad and
their displacement is a very great inconvenience
to the public. It is
thought by those meat likely to know
that the material of the Skull S ioab
bridge can be used again a-.d the
bridge ba put back with a rat derate
cost to the counlit s.
The iron bridge across Broad river
built by Cherokee county stood it all
right with the exception 11 a little
damage to one of the approaches
which caught a raft.
Mrs. Win. Jeffries who 1 as boon
s'ck lor a long lime is able uow to s't
up.
Mr. Allen Jeflriea is bad oil ami
not expected to live long, lie hap
been complaining for more than a
year. lie is the eldest son of the laic
Capt. John R. Jeffries.
The mail from Union has been cut
off since the freshet which took off
the Skull Shoals bridge. And }hc
offices of Sarratts and Sunnysidc are
without mail facilities?a great in
convenience to which we hone thev
~ 4 ^
will not be exposed much longer.
Vox.
Washington Letter.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, 1). C.. June 2!?, 100J*
According to cable advices received
by Or. Ilarran, the Colombian
Minister, the prospect for ratification
of the Panama canal treaty
are decidedly more favorable than
t'noy were a short time ago. The
Colombian Congress has assembled
and organized. Several of t e
members who have heretofore been
opposed to the treaty have signified
their intention to vote fur ratification.
The opinion is expressed in tin* cablegram
iliat the treaty will bo ratified
within a week or ten days. Sccre
tcry Shaw has intended for soim
time to go to Europe, but suddetih
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CltilllgeU Ills UJ1III1 HIUl IU19 IS UUIIUVl'l
) to be due to the improved prospec
s for ratification. As soon as ih<
. treaty is ratified and copies ex
s changed it will be necessary to pa;
i over $50,000,000, $10,000,000 t
i Columbia and $40,000,000 to th
t Panama Canal Company, (t is as
* J sertcd at the Treasury departmoi
1 that this entire sum e;in he pai
" without drawing on the reserve no
5 deposited in the bank-3. The go)
l' reserve is now over ?1^0,000,00
* and ?100,000,000 is regarded a
ample for safety there w ill he no oli
jection to paying the surplus for th
canal.
President Roosevelt has agreed t
send to the Czar of Russia a potitioi
begging that tho condition <f th
Jews "in Bcsscrubia be ?ui-li'-r itrd
This petition v ill he drawn up Iv
the executive committee of the il'na
B'rith and it is the expectation o
the committee that thousands of sig
natures will he obtained from mem
hers of all religions in the Uniter
Stutesl It is maintained in somt
quarters that before giving his con
sent to the forwarding of the peti
tion the President conferred with
Count Cassini, the Russian Ambassador,
and lcar:.ed from him that no
offense would be given to the Czar
u~ - i? ?
uy iuo x resident s good ollices. As
it had been previously stated that
the President would not participate
in any movement looking to the calling
of the attention of the Czar to
the Ivishency affair there is much
speculation as to hia change of mind
and it is ascribed by some to the belief
that llussia is standing in the
way of the opening of Manchurian
ports to American trade.
Numerous reports sent out from
Washington to the effect that Postmaster
General Payne waa about to
resign lrom the cab-net arc positively
denied both by Mr. Payne him self
and by Senator flannu who
spent Eriday in Washington. Mr
Payne has been seriously ill as a re
suit of a chronic stomach trouble
which was doubtless accentuated by
the nervous strain of the Postoflice
investigation but he has largely recovered
and attended the cabinet
meeting on Friday las'. lie says
that he will remain in Washington
directing the investigation for at
least a month more. The relatioi 3
between Mr. Payne and his First
Assistant. Mr. W Vtino nrr? anf.dv
strained but the President has told
both men that they must manage to
get along together f.?r the present.
the payments of the Chinese indemnity.
It is rcpocted confidentially
to the State Department that the
European nations which were party
to the peace negotiations are receiving
their invasion indemnity more
rapidly than the United States and
it is regarded as probable that it
will be necessary to send two American
officials to Pekin to insist on
fair treatment of the United States.
Throughout tho negotiations preliminary
to the settlement of this indemnity
the United States adopted a
most friendly attitude tnwards China,
restraining the greed of its allies and
even going so far as to urge the acceptance
of payment in silver instead
of gold. That China should be party
to any scheme intended to defraud
nn dian'irntnnrln tlin I niferl Shitf? ia
under these circumstance, regarded
as particularly ungrateful and surprising.
Matter of Importance to Users
of Machinery in the South.
While the Manufacturers' Record
of Baltimore is of great value to
everyone interest! d in the material
interests of the South, there is one
department of that paper which is
simply invaluable to every one en^
gaged in manufacturing or mining,
or in any way concerned in buying
machinery. This feature is known
as its '"Construction Department,"
and in that is published a list of
every new manufactuiing, mining 01
railroad enterprise, the enlargement!
- , . O
of established plant?, municipal im
provcrnents to bo made, etc. Lead
ing manufacturers of machinery. en
gioccrs arid contractors, and other
throughout the country, watch thi
feature of the Manufacturer's Kecor<
very closely in order to keep ii
touch with Southern development
' Southern machinery buyers are thu
I enabled to secure without co-t t
t themselves competitive bids frot
e many manuftcturers and contractors
* It often happens that announcemen
y of the starting of a new cnterprif
o brings a hundred or more lettei
o from the North and West, as well *
?- from Southern manufacturers, thi
t proving of very great value to pet
*-W MM. JL JLillli*
f ,
<1 piu who w mt to get the very lowest
w prices on machinery. The Manu(1
facrurer?' Record invites information
0 of this rharacter from everybody in
is the South, without regard to whether
i- they arc subscribers or not. It
e wants the earliest news to be had regirding
new mills, factories, mines,
oj buildings, municipal improvements,
ti the issuing of bonds for ccitinty or
c city ituj rovemcnts, enlargements to
'? estiih'i-hcd enterprises, etc., and par7
titulars about any kind of machinery
1 tj bo purchased.
f STUDIES OF COMMERCIAL
TREES.
) lfalsntn and Poplar in the Northvast
and Hardwoods in the
SZrtrit I*
_?... iniiic intention
of Bureau of Forestry,
i
A study of the balsam will be car1
ricd on by the Bureau of Forestry
this summer in the Adirondacks and
in Maine. Work has already been
done in the Adjrondacks, and the
object of the cohfing season's work
will be to conclude the study, the
results of which will probably be
published next spring. The main
purposes of the investigation of balsam
arc to determine its suitability
for use as a paper pulp, the quantity
which is now standing, and the results
that can be expected in the
production of a second crop undir
conservative methods of lumbering.
A 'Mtudy of the ppplar in Maine
his come about through the increased
use of poplar as paper pulp material.
Its general scope is similar to that
of the balsam investigation.
The work on southern hardwoods
this year will be a continuation of the
study which lias already been carried
ou during two field seasons. Its
purpose is to determine the stand, the
present and the possible uses, and
the best methods of management for
the following important commercial
hardwoods of the South: Tulip^tree,
white oak, post oak, chestnut oak,
basswocd. chestnut the hi/.lr/?.!*?
ww M.vavnto auu
white ash.
A Good Man Gone.
Mr. Wm. Lipscomb
county one of the most prornin?lllTUQ(]t?
highly esteemed citizens. Mr. Wood
was a high-toned christian man, honorableand
upright in all his dealings,
and highly respected among his wide
circle of friends to whom he was
always loyal and true. lie was a
successful and prosperous business
man, and at his dclighful home at
L'acolct it was always a pleasure to
him to entortain his hosts of friends
and dispense in true Southern style
that charming hospitality so characteristic
of ante bellum days.
To honest and correct was he in
his dealings with others that he
never had to resort to the courts for
settlement. All honor to such men!
lie never sought ofiice, but took an
intelligent, conservative interest in
1 1 ..1.1 i <1 . > ITn i wa \f V W Arv/1 tima ft
till JtUUIlU Uiiaua. iuii ii uuu mis a
native and life long citizen of Spartanburg
County and his kindly influence
and genial appearance ivill
be sadly missed.
The Methodist church, of which
he was a consistent member has also
sustained a great loss. His wife,
who was Miss Mary Austell, sister
of Hon. W. G. Austell of GafTney,
an l five children, viz. Mrs. Hamlet
Lipscomb, S. S., D. Baxter, Miss
Fannie and Chas. Wood survive him.
"Servant of God. well done!
Thy glorious warfare's past;
The battle's fought, the race is won,
And thou art crowned at last."
A Friend.
Very Remarkable Cure
of Diarrhoea,
j "About six years ago for the first
time.in my life I ha<! a sudden and severe
atfaek of diarrhoea," says Mrs.
Alice Miller, of Morgan, Texas. "'I
got temporary relief, but it. came again
a and again, and fornix long years I have
suffered more misery ami agony than I
* can tell. It was worse than death. My
1 husband spent nevoral hundreds of doiu
lars for physician's prescriptions and
treatment without avail. Finally we
' moved toRo^que county, our present
a home, antv one day I happened to see
y an advertisement of Chamberlain's
Colic, Chplera and Diarrlioe Remedy
10 with a testimonial of a man who had
I. been cured by it. The case wan so similar
to my own that I concluded to try
the remedy. The result was wonderful.
10 1 could hardly roali/.o that I was well,
a again, or believe it could be so after
13 having suffered so long, but that one
bottle of medicine, costing but a few
cents cured me." For sale by F. C?
>- Duke.