Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'' ^^ '- ' -V? x ^Hr 1 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. IlnpjttM.. ' rm&i 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. \ ?? ?% ? ??1 ? ? 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 i 1 L:. ?.1 i A:. : . 11: ? 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.