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I BIG 10 DA S IN I JONES $ A1 {THE BA I BEGINNING SATUI | Special Low i Clothing, ( 1 and SI |THE BA | F. W. BRAWLEY, Mgr. COL. J. P. THOMAS DEAD. Distinguished Son of Carolina Expires in Columbia?Succumbs to Long Illness in 79lh Year Surrounded by Family. Columbia, Feb. 11.?Col. John Peyre Thomas, the distinguished educator and publicist, died here this morning at 10.10 o'clock at the borne of his sdn, Mr. John P. Thomas, Jr. Col. Thomas had been in had health for some time, and being in his 79th year his death was not unexpected. He died surrounded by his family and .beloved by the community in which he! passed away. The funeral services will be held at Trinity church tomorrow (Monday) afternoon at 4 o'clock. The pallbearers will be: Honorary. Col. C. S. Cadsden, John C. Seegers, Col. Anbury Coward, Robert \V. Shand, Wilie Jones, Col. O. J. ' Bond, Christopher Fitzzimona, Jas. uavis, J. *roat Walker, A. J. Crovatt, B. L. Abney, R- Bonham and R. E. Wiley. Active, I)r. F. W. P. Butler, Henry T. TbompMon, Yates Snowden, C. M. Tew, Robert F. Jenkins, S. B. McMaster, D. A. Childs and G. A. Guignard. A. K. SKETCH OK COL. THOMAS' LIKK. Col. John Peyre Thomas was a native of St. John's Parish, Berkeley county, and while the early portion of his life was spent in Fairfield, and while he resided both in Charleston and Charlotte, N. C., for ' several years, yet his life had been mainly spent in Richland county, where he was permanently located and was best known. Col. Thomas J was a graduate of the fcsouth Carolina Military Academy in the class of 1851. Receiving the appoint-; ment of professor of belles lettres and history in the Arsenal Academy i soon after his graduation, he served \ in that capacity there and at the Citadel until he was made superintendent of the former institution in ' fl 00 1 ?t- * -1 ? - * * * iooi, wmcn posiuon n?i reia.nn a ] i until the close of the war. He was)1 engaged in the meantime in the op-: e rations around Charleston and as- I sisted in the organization of the vol- j unteer forces of tht? State. * ? sis :Jc # * WKOTK rlTAOKl/s IIISTOKV. 1 One of his most notable achievement* was the writing of a history ?t the Citadel. a volume published : in 1892 and covering the history of the institution from its organization 1 up to that timo, and containing in ] audition sketches of all Drominent - men connected with the Citadel or graduating from it. During the period of the war he was superintendent of the Arsenal Academy. a branch of the Citadel located at Co- \ lumbLi, in which the students of the fourth class were taught. He j was with the corps of the Arsenal in the field when Sherman Immed Columbia. JI Col. Thonuie waa admitted to the 1 bar in 1871 but did not practice j long. Among positions of honor which he held were president of the i Association of (rrmluates of the (Citadel and member of the board of j visitors. In the former office hell succeeded <ien. Hagood. ^ Col. Thomas was the first honor i[ giaduate in his class at the Citadel, j ksksk aratavalve !1 YS SALE I j VILLE |j TTERY11; RDAY. FEB. 17. | j r Prices on I \ Overcoats i \ ?? j hoes. | j| TTERYII = JONESVILLE, S. C. | COUNTY CANDIDATES ^ FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-eleetion to the office of Sheriff of Union County, subject to the rules governing the Democratic Primary. J.Gideon lx>ng. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Sheriff Of Union County ami pledge inyself to abide by the division of the Democratic Primary election. J. W. Sanders. I hereby announce inyself a candidate for election to the oflice of Sheriff of Union (kninty, and pledge myself to abide hu lhi> iliviiiuiii tlw. i Primary election. J. Hay Kant. FOR CLERK OF COURT I hereby announce myself a candidate for election to the office of Clerk of Court for Union County, and pledge myself to ubide by the decision of the Democratic Primary election. L. G. Southard. FOR TREASURER I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Treasurer of Union County, and pledge myself to abide by the decision of the Democratic Primary election. .1.11. Hartles. I hereby announce myself a candidate for election to the office of Treasurer of Union County, and pledge myself to abide by the decision of ?he Democratic Primary election. L. S. Townsend. FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce myself a candidate for election to the office of Magistrate for Union Township, Union County, and nliv/lrat mvcttW to Kt* ' ?>iji7vi? VU ujr Viii: uwir'iun Ui the Democratic Primary election. Win, EL Ainmoiu. ^ CITY CANDIDATES J KOK MAYOH I hereby announce. myself a candidate lor re-election to the oilier Mayor of the City of Union, anil pliilpj myself to abide by the division of the Democratic Primary election. T. 1-. Duncan. I hereby announce myself a candidate for election to the office of Mayof of the City of Union, and pledge myself to abide by the division of the Democratic Primary election. J. Front. Walker, Jr. FOR ALDERMAN?WARD 1. 1 hervhy announce myself a candidate for ejection to tlie office of Alderman for Ward Uw!, Olty of Union anil pledge myself to abide by the decision of the l>eino?:ruti<- I'rimary election. C. A. Wood. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for election to ihe office of Warden""for Ward One, in the Oity of Union and pledge myself to abide by the decision af'the Dnnocratie Primary election. K. D. Humphries. FOR ALDERMAN?WARD 2 1 hereby announce myselt a candidate j for election to the offlco of Warden for Ward 2 In the Town of Union, and pledge myself to abide by the decision of die Democratic I'rimary election. O. E. Smith. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate r or ejection to the office of Warden in ^ Ward 2, Union, S. O., and pledge myself il uhidl'llVthluWiuinn itu. IliiniiwxutiA V 'rinuiry election. tl U. F. Alston, Jr. g] FOR ALDERMAN?WARD 4 J I hereby announce myself a candidate a or election (o the office of Warden for w iVord 4 in the Town of Dnion, and rj. dodge myself to abide by the decision of 1 he Democratic Primary election. u R. J. Allen. ? lr. King's New KseeveryI" KILLS THE COUGH. CURES THE LUNGS, j,a s(, Santuc Letter. Santuc, Feb. 13.?"Men may ame and men may go, but"?I uess they have, personal, but 1 ave gotten ho laty (busy, too,) and ave written so little since we moved ip a number that I have missed everal personals and will not atampt any this time only that Mr. nd Mrs. Geo. Harris has moved rom here to Carlisle since I last rrote and since Mr. B. G. Gregory ias gone there to mevchandise, and t ?u~4 u - t -i 117 l 2. it? IUUIUICU wail IUIi uauuu TT I1?1" ock, the railroad agent here, will ent the house vacated by Mr. Haris and his mother will come here ind keep house for him. We had a snow storm, almost a >lizzard, Saturday night. Did you? rhe fall was four and a half inches. Phe strong wind blew it under shinies badly and Sunday when it be;an to melt overhead and drip hrough the ceiling we came near laving to move out of our cabin or aise an umbrella. The temperaure was down to 18 degrees Sunday norning but the snow acted as a ilanket and prevented the ground reezing. We have had a lot of mrd. freezing this winter. As yet t is toasoon to tell exactly what it ias done for fall sown oats. Quite an amount of cotton was old here the past few days and at nuch better prices than much that va8 sold last fall. Some could not jold then and bad to sell to meet ibligations of various grades and ome could have held and wouldn't. They got scared and the lower or aster it went down the faster they vould let go. The buyers might lave got a lot of cotton at 5 cents if ,hey had known it for all they had o do would have been to put it at hat and I believe some people would dmost have broken their necks to get cotton under the scales. But jome people with obligations has no lusiness with so much of it, but I cannot discuss it now. Roads have been badly frozen, but ast week they were thawing out and Irying down, but this snow will wet hem again so there will be more mtting of them. Oh yes, 1 see vhere Mr. C. M. Bailey and Mr. Lem Keisler has been using a drag n some places. I am sorter sorry or I was thinking of beating anyxxly else at that myself. If I had hougbt of the slabs I might have ieat them, but I was looking for the split log. But I am glad somebody las gone at it. It would help if now people would do so. I did go iver a place and knock the lumps mck into the ruts with a hoe while he team was hauling and felt repaid for even that. Let us get at it md keep at it if we are not too itingy with our labor. If I could in this new year 1912 L.J iL!. ? - T ? iu us uveryuouy eiHe ininKS i ouglil o do, act aa everybody thinks I night to act, think as everybody )lse thinks { ought to think, have dews as they think I ought to have, igree with everybody as they think [ ought to agree with them and vould lay down my views for theii 's o keep them from saying I am arguing with them, do you think I jould make them happy, please hem or could I be happy? Wonler if I would be counted a good ellow? I-Ast week the weather was line ind land was drying out rapidly ofor thawing out and farmors were rubbing up" expecting and hopng to start this week sowing oats, )ut alas! roads were drying out and wing packed but are rough and utnpy. The wet weather and freeze lad them in a very bad fix. By the vay, I notice an editorial comment n Progress something to this effect, 'How much would you bo willing o vote for bonds for permanent jood roads?" That raises the qwesion what is permanent good roads? [ admit there is room for great improvement, but I have come to tho inclusion that nothing short of a olid concrete, cement or plank road vould stand the hard freezes 20 decrees'down to 10 degrees that we lad after a thorough saturation of rater. 1 liad several hundred brick )Ut opt the hardest kind that got vet, froze and nearly every one irumbled all to pieces. A bar of nedium sand rock across the road rhile very wet froze and on tbawug out about a quarter inch thickness crumbled off. After these hard reezea then thawing out would take J1 of the "sf** importance" out of , sand-ciay road and all wo can do ? to await dryer and warmer reather now, and no one is to blame. Jut wait. I want to lay a little ilarae on the county road office re, oad overseers, too, for not carrying be side ditches further after getting o the foot of the hills or alopee, and bat would stop the seepage from be deep road banks from collecting nd running along the bottoms of be broad shallow gully beginning t the foot of almost every hill and hich we dignify by calling it road. | hat would be a great help and keep J lany places dry. I am going to1 eep on riding this hobby till I ride le seepage out of these places if I ist long enough. Hey Denver. I REM | DON'T ^ | OFFERINC JETJ J To ann 3 newer, larg $ ters, the i g" maximum 1 2 has compel S tion, and w J the bargain 2 Notions, Si m and Childrc ? All customers 1 0 are entitled to i g the 17th day of II made upon thi W Don't miss th< II Removal Notic< II day. |S. K. m THE 12 Main Street Dickens Day Observed by Bronte Club Tuesday, Feb. 6, being the day before the centenary of the birth of Charles Dickens, the Bronte Club departed from the regular programme, a Study of Shakespeare's History Plays, and devoted the time to this great man, who has contributed more to the world in the way of real benefit and pleasure than any other writer of books. The club was invited to meet with the President, Mrs. Thomson, and spent a most delightful afternoon. The meeting began with ' the roll call, to which every member re- | sponded by telling an anecdote about Dickens or some incident in his life. This was followed by a short, interesting paper, "Dickens, the Prince of Story Tellers'' read by Miss Izzard. Mrs. J. F. Walker read a very entertaining paper on "Dickens' Humor." Miss Blanche Thomson very ably and interestingly told, "How Dickens is Regarded by Present Day Readers." This subject was vory generally discussed by the club. The chapter from David Copperfield, "I Fall into Captivity" was read by Miss Littlejohn in her own inimitable way. After which Mrs. \fr*rrt? \fAriw? /tnliaKfA/l fKn K? *V MVK^MVlAi VUV V?U?/ Wjr reading "Sam Weller's Valentine" from "Pickwick Papers." Mine Katherine Thomson gave two beautiful violin selection*. She was accompanied by Miss Oetzel. Mrs. Walker, accompanied by Mrs. Alston, sang in her usual pleasing manner, "Love is a Rubble. Miss Johnston played several selections which were greatly enJoyed'by the olub. After the programme a most enjoyable social hour was spent. Delightful refreshments were served by the Misses Thomson :md Mrs. L. J. Hames. Death of Mr. Christopher C. Tfmmoos Mr. Christopher C. Timmous died at his home at Monarch on Bunday Ii?? k II .!< I ujuiuiuH, rcu. 11( iuwr i* raw month*' ilinens with pellagra. He was buried at (Ireera, S. C., the following day. He wan />9 years of age and waa a man of excellent character. He wan a member of the Methodist church and had the confidence of all those who knew hire. Small Light. "Do man that tries to hid* tila light under a buohol," said Unci* Shan, "generally ain't gut light enough to tako chancei on In a anrdlnary draiu1 IL - / VAL NO 1ISS THE J WE ARE ounce our re er and handso * ? ncreasea dusi ^alue-giving ii led our chang e want you t< s offered in D toes, and Men': ;n's Furnishing laving tickets for i call at our store < 1 February. The a it day promptly j e opportunity. Ca i. Handsome Bar AS 5 L sTDERSELLING S T|g' Yon have an i a home shoul< have. In that i< plan certain furr kind that will bri satisfaction and a "home sweet hon We have 1 of furn Come in today and let us si ed stock. You need not fc future. 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