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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-29
iIREWDNESa OF A LAWYER.
-.uic!sIy Perceised That .he Witness
Was N&ot Honest

he lawyer W1y las ali ins. Mt for
he weak POI. Of a Ntress generally
.iS4ts a VII nj 8 game \ famous law,
tr put certdi. Cueators to- witness,
thich We1A arsweled with more or
SIS Aesi1atjon. The witness was asked
10 rereat his statemeats, and then
}nce :,--@re tie same process vas gone
trough.
Su u4deniy, without warning, the
Gss- examining counsel pointed his
i:.Ger at the witness and in loud tones
ried:
Give me tat paper Ill your waist
>at pocket
Taken com pletely by surprise, the
illness mechanically took paper
rom tie pocket indicated and handed
: to the counsel.
There was profound stiffness in the
a''rt as the lawyer slowly read, in his
ool, calm voice, the exact words OF
he witness in regard to the state
lent, and called attention to the fact
hat they were in the Handwriting Q.
2e lawyer on the other side. He then
:athered up his pape-s with great de-
iteration, remarked lat there seem,
q to be no further need of his ser
ices, and Left the court.
When asked to explain how he ar.
'lved at so sh1ewd a conclusion, the
Awyer replied:
"A witness who has learned his evi.
fence will not give it as if he had
aeArd it merely Besides, l noticed
ihat when a word failed him his hand
wandered mechanically e his waist
'oat poe. ct.
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HAD NOTHING tt GIVE
Excellent Reason for Congressman Be-
ina Out of Seeds

Representative Gambler of Mississip-
p. a prominent Baptist and successor
5o Private John Allen, was lamenting
70 the House the other day about his
difficulties in getting sufficient see,ls
for his constituents. T use all my
own quota" said he. and then get
Just as many more as | can from my
hrotLer members.
"If the gentleman will kindly inform
MS constituents" interposed Repre-,
sentative Hank" Smith CT Michigan,
what kind of seeds they &C ge+ti2g.
he will have seeds to burn
HAS the gentleman any tc give
away" inquired Mr.. Gambler zealously
''If he has will he give them to me!
If he will will cheerfully and prt mpt.
ly send them 70 my district
Such as I AVE, give VI: ftDee -
replied Mr.. Smith, dropping .shly
into Bible quotation.
Mr.. Gambler began to press t. Mich.
igander, who admitted that he was I'm
the condition of the spirit that was
going to give the world to the Lord
if he would fall down and wowrship
him." Mr.. Smith added frankly that
he had nothing to give. which seemed
to puzzle the Mississippian, who Ques.
toned farther
* am returning home with the con
sent cf n.y constituents hnally Mr..
Smith admitted. amidst general laugh.
ter. thereby giving Mr.. Gambler to I'M
dorctand that ho hal failed of ro.oloA
:kn.-Washington Post.
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About Judge Parker.

Ano her fact in connection with the
German boom has not escaped the at
tention Of the politicians, and that is
that whenever there is long Ialn
about Judge Parker and the feeling for
him in the South, it concludes with
the statement that Senator GormU is
still very strong among the leader
Every prominent politician from the
South who has talked recently, tells
OF the sentiment among the people for
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-29

We are now located in our new OF
fee at 305 West Second avenue, op.
posite the Pine Bluff Mercantile com.
pany where we will be glad to see all
OF our friends and patrons and also
be glad to receive new ones.
P. B. LIGHT 1. WATER co.
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81 suffered for months from sore
thooat Eclectric Oil cured me in
twenty-four hours" NJ. S. Gist, Hawes
lille, Ky.
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RENTING PROPERTY

Is my excl i've business. | do not
sell, rent nor trade; so by devoting
my entire time to renting property,
can better take care of your inter.
est D. W. BOYCE.
Aug. 8.
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The new STOCK EXClHAVGE

New stock
exchange
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-29

Don't bore him: let him alone when
he wants to be let alone. Boredom is
death to love.
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SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

The tax books for the collection Of
the speeia! assessment uEol tie real
property i grayeliG- dist; No |
for the 1se of gsayal-ng and curb
Z < has oeon placed in my hands. All
owners OF real property i'll said dis
niet are required to pay their assess
ments to me on or before the 18th day
of August, 1903, If suc{l payment is
not made action Will be commenced
a, the end Of that time fos the collec
rinr Of the said assessment, and 70.
gal penalties and costs Given IN.
q my hand this 18th day OF July.
1903. R. ROBINSON, Collector.
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RYAN'S cf t.TRIlLIhE

- Gods gi11. TO man It's q positive
Nre for eatarrh cf the head and nose.
hay fever. asthma headacho and will
cure a cold in one nights time For
sale at all drug stores.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-29

Mrs. c. Ponsonby is noted London
hostess. Her parties are pronounced
the best given in London society, and
invitations are eagerly sought for. This
tact is interesting to Americans, mas
much as Mrs. Ponsonby is an American
girl. hailne from Baltimore, Md. Her
husband is grandson Of the late Lord
de Manley, one of the most blue-bIood.
ed of British aristocrats.
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Opposite Hotel Union

strung out. for classification the other
fellow, who isn't much of a fiddler.
began to play some old slow tune like
'O'd Hundred but they wouldn't
move a peg. He tried another with
about the same success, and it really
looked as if the play was going TO be
a failure until told him to hand me
that fiddle I took it and struck off
on yellow Jacket their .jints' begun
to supple up and in less than hsif a
minute the whole thing was 10 a good
swing. / run them until I thought
they were beginning to get tired and
then l switched off on Fire in the
Mountains wien they got faster and
faster-they just got up then ard
doh't you forget it. Every one in the
set were members Of the church except
- and -" C>ntinuiag he said:
"The next time intend to tune mn
and begin on Rock of Ages or some
good old church piece, aud will pre.
tend that | can't catch on to ANYTHING
except some coed church pieces, lust
to see what they will do. 1t takes
close clipping to find out the differ,
ence between the averag, church
member and the worldling-especially
in the frolicking season."
l will not say anything mo,e of the
report my inform ant gave me q, the
gentle reader will draw his own con-.
clusions. and bt sides it's not necessary
for the benefit of the g,ssiping public.
l regret very much to learn that
DR.. A. E. FAINT i. 10 bal health and
unable to be out. Hs at one time
40 years ago-was ss fue a specimen
OF msnhood as could bs found in any
The weather is quite cold now and
Outsids work is at stand ,till.
The roads are bad AID travel IN
made very. difficult.
The Slnnyside school. nta. this
place, is without teacher in conse.
luence of Nc. Massey having resigned
hat position. Any one applying
con will likely get good paying
%. @ Vox.
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UNION, S. c. JANUARY 1G, 1908.


we saio so'he ''hie "So ''''''
thoush' 'I"V 'iie nc" '"A -" "
great Improvements o'et ''' Wv r',',
VI ""i''"S ~ '''e ,',...I
eA'e'ioiI's V>s'S' ""' '''"' W.
~ "outo oe 'ie '''''''''
slueraple llloie "A'"t! 80" '''o
OF the Ireasurers than heretofore ana
obligations and claims c""Id mus D'
met more promptly, we ma tha1 we
were right IN our cohcluSiohS' " ME
there are still quite h0moer VINO
have not paid their taxes, many OF
them are using their money intend
ing to pay later and pay the percent
age. Others perhaps could not pay
But this would happen II extension
was made ten months, 1t Is the pest
plan we have yet seen, ard l! no eN-
tension is made the people VIII come
to time promptly next year, marx
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OF & per cent. per annum. Lets see
what it would cost you. The taxable
property of Union is something like,
Tf,3oo,0oo. Suppose an extra mill
for this road machinery were added,
this would bring in the first year
something like 81 i,3C0, in two years
1T would amount to $500. This
would pay for the machinery and
furnish $3.50 toward paying the two
years operating expenses in road
building, to say nothing. of the amount
Of money that would have been spent
on the same roads under the old sys-
tenn. Now for an individual taxpay er.
Suppose you pay taxes on $1,000
worth Of property, you would pcy
one dollar extra, if on $500 worth of
property you would pay SOC extra tax,
and so on at the same ratio. Would
you object to do this to secure good
roads for Union county? We thiLk
not. Now for comparison. Ii you
| break a wagon tongue on account Of
bad place in the road, how much
does it cost to replace it? how much
is your lost time worth? if brok n
wheel how much? if broken harness
how much? if horse goes lame how
much? almost any Of these more than
q dollar. You use three mules to
haul half a cord of wood now.
You can haul cord on good
roads with two mules, and have the
other at home to plow. Hall cord
of wood at load, two loads mu es
one day 81. On good roads, one load
two mules half a day ~, or two trips
one day 81. Figure out the saving
gained by your dollar tax. The same
applies in hauling your cottoa AID
other produce. A pointer to the tow n
people, whenever we give the peop e
good roads by which to reach our
town they will come to our town 10
do their trading from the extps me
end OF the good road. 1t strikes us
very forcibly that Union should 9, t
the necessary outfit and go to work
to building permanent good roads.
Union is considered leader along
the industrial line, but she is getting
to be a back number in the road bus
mess on account Of other counties
stepping rapidly to the front in this
most important matter of building
good roads. Let Union not play lag
gard.
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MS Is why we need Il compulsory cd.
. ucatIon Law in South Carolina: a com
pdtltive statement OF the illiteracy of
white children in the Northern aud
southern States shows South Carolina
up IN very bad light, not only rs con-
pared with the North but as cornpared
Win The other Southern States. A com
puiSory education Law would 20 long
way toward settling the question Of
child labor in the cotton mills as well a,
Ieducing our percentage of illiteracv
Inc statement shows that in Texas q
per rent, of the hative white poppIa,io,
Ten years old and over can nej,l.r road
nor write; in Mississippi 8 per cent : in
fIorida 90 per cent; in West Virginia
~ per cent in Virginia Ill per cent
ln Georgia ii 8 per cent: ia Arkansas
il'o per cent; in Kentucky II. s per cent
IN South Carolina l9.G per cent in Ala.
Dana l4.8 per cent; In Louisiana 17a
per cent; in North Carolina 10 4 n,r
Cent; In Missouri As per cent |; in LII.
lols Il per cent in Iowa Q pSr cent:
In New York per cent in Michigan
h' per cent in Wisconsin l 3 per cent
IN Massachusetts per cent. in Mime.
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sofa 3 per cent; in Nebraska s. per
cent; in Connecticut 3 per cent. il
Wyoming a per cent; in South Dakota
e per cent; in Nevada 6 per cent: in
Washington .5 per cent. 1t should re
remembered this does not include colored
people or foreigners in any Stata. North
Carolina, Louisiana and Alabama being
the only States showing a greater per-
centage o.filliteracy than South Carolina.
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Eta Jane Efchiues.

ETA JANE, Jau. 12-AsI I have not
been heard from through THE TIMES
in week trust that the readers
have not been badly disappointed.
They haven't missed much assure
them.
Last week / made a visit on the
York side of Broad river, and find
the PEOPLE of that graded school dis-
trict more interested in the education
of their children thaa any rural sec-
ton / have visited or know of. Last
Friday evening the trustees and pat.
rons met at Miss Aggie Wylie's school.
This they Go regularly; something
very unusual for country school dis.
trict | must confess. It is generally
the case that The children are turned
over to the teacher to do the best she
can with thsm. II she succeeds in
her work all we'll and good. But if
nor, the fault fia9ers 60 to work and
raise cain generally. Those York
county people are exceptions t. this
rule cd far as my observation goe.
Ihe latest novelty l hear of in this
section Is the "talkiug table" 1t
tells some folks everything they want
to know. ESQ they say.) Even the
dead it is claimed are heard from, aud
they tell all about their condition and
surrounding in the other world. BIT
1T seems that it only las communiea.
ton with the inferaal regions-th's. |
think, is easili understood.
The holiday season has brouobt ;,s
varisd pleasures and both old and |
yonne have enjoyed them according
10 their several tastes. Thes, o,es.
t'onable pleasures go under 80 m INV
dih9rent names aud conditions tb,tI
leave our readers to draw the line he.
tween those that a'e right and thoas
That are wrong.
Tie vio'inist in giving an account
OF one OF the s)ciable gatherings = tam
evenings sioce said: "Verv sa
the church members would 90 into
Taight-out dance, but most of ,hon,
LOOK a hand in twistifcation' and
'ucn other plays that are not cons;d
'led dancing, but 1 rsd the very
',me KIND of music in both c,se,
W men they (the church membc :.
'2u's') al got their .partacss aaa
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We are glad to report that there is
very reasonable prospect of our Sc
curing the ward voting precincts for
the town Of Union, of which we had
something to say in our last week s
issue. We have talked the matter
over with our Senator, Capt. j. +.
Douglass, and he was very favorably
impressed with the plan, and prom
lsed us that he would introduce a
bill in the Senate allowing us to es-
tablish these boxes, we hope all will
pull together for this very important
measure. 1t is probable that other
growing towns in the State have mr.
rived at the conclusion that we have
regarding additional voting precincts.
II so, they should all get together.
through their representatives, and
nave one bill cover them all. We
sincerely hope that by the time the
next election comes around thero
Will be in Union voting precinct for
each ward.
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Chief Justice Henry McIyer, after
tedious illness, died at his home at
Caeraw, S. c., at ll5 Monday after
NOON Jan. I2Jh, at the ripe age Of 16.
Ihe remains were inferred at st.
Divid's Episcopal church at 3 O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon. The Chief
Justice leaves in lis Immediate fom-
lily two sons and one daughter, Mr..
Thomas p. McIver, Of Charleston
S.nltor Edward McIver, and Mrs. r.
G. Watts, Of Cheraw. -. II. c." in
the News and Courier, gives the fol.
lowing short. Sketch OF his life
"Chief Justice Henry McIver, son
OF DIR. Alexander McIver and his
wife, who was Miss Mary Hanford
was born at Society Hill, ScDtcnbcr
%, 1926. He moved to Cheraw when
quite lad and married Carrie Ear-
rington Powe, daughter Of DR., Thomas
T.. Powe, large ante bellum PLANTER
and prominent man in this section
on June I, 1919. She died .Jouu,ry
., 1902. The Chief Justice graduated
at the South Carolina College On
the death OF his father, Solicitor hlev.
ander McIver, in 1850, he was nm.
pointed by Governor Manning TO fU
his nexoired term. Again, when
Gen. Hanna died, he was elected 50.
Iicitor, and was re.elected for several
successive terms, until the war berop
de entered the Southern army ard
was o captain Of cavalry cotnpapv
in Hampton's Legion. lie was
wounded at Hawe's Shop.
He was elected Associate Iustica |
on May 10, 1877, and Chief justice
In December, 1879, but decIincd
when Governor Simpson was elected
Chief Justice. He was again rIcc,,d
Associate Justice in 1888 and Cbief
Justice in 1897, ard never missed .
day from court until last year. when
he was at the bedside Of his CairbfnI
wife, who died on January Q, 1862 ,,
In his death South Carolina loses
'ne Of its grandest and most distin.
,uishe1 men ard possibly her most
lble jurist. The Supreme Court
which was in session at the time Of
lis death, at once passed an order OF
document in respect to the de. 1
sassd, {
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Mr.. Brownlow, of Tennessee, has a
bill before the House OF Representa-
tives asking for the appropriation Of
&27Af &7Af! *tttIit rs Is lie erhaed hhasead by tie Tarr.
ent States. The condition being that
each locality using the fund shall
supplement the amount raised bv
the citizens of that locality. This
Dill is kind Of feeler for government
tai aid to county road improyemant
Nir, Brown!ow explains in detuu how
there would be saving of three dol.
lars to every county for every loII.r
so spent. Speaking of this bill ,ho
N"shington Star says, among ether
things: "The first roads to he h,iIt
in New York by State aid was in 1880
10000 being spent half and half bv
State rid and county and towns, X
| miles was the result. The result v,s
so satisfactory that in 1852 the State
engineer had received petitions from
the counties Of the State for ,ho
building Of 2,0o1 miles OF road u rlar
/ the same conditions, to cost Sis Lnn :
"Jo." From this it seems that act
ual experience proves the enormons
advantages Of good roads.
cit is conServatively estimated bv
government officials that we are rrnd.
lesSiy losing or wasting over 5000 :
bo,OOO each year because of our had
roads, making n mud tax Of over 50 :
VJo,O ,OoO for every working day in the
year and an individual tax of uc.rIv
So each year for every person il the
I.country.
An increase Of only SIS an acre on
the estimate of go 900, 900 acres Tow
She country would amount to sonoa.
thing like $1,000, 600, COO. or r,cro
than enough to build the best and
hnest main roads in the world-abour
l.OOO, ,OO0-throughout the entire
country several times over, bv the
brick track road system by which tho
best Of roads can be built for co.t
which should not exceed an. AVERAGE
OF ~ 900 II mile. The interest On
this sum of 1900, ,OCO 900 at ( ner
cent. would built all the mainly trav-
eied road in the country in less than
ten years at cost Of only 10 per cent
OF the increased farm value.
INCREASE OF FARM VALUES.
From this it appears that we
would receive benefits from improv-
ing our main roads in the increase of
farm values alone equal to two and
one-half fold, or $50 per cent Of their
cost.
"A direct saving of 5000, 600, 600 a
year figured at 4 per cent. interest,
would carry a cost OF $l2, 900, 900, 900.
This is over six times, or 600 per cent.
OF the necessary costs of the main
roads for the entire country.
"If the indirect comforts, benefits
and savings will equal the direct saw
ing, we will have another item of
5000, 100000. This makes the total
benefits from good main roads eauaI
% something like $50 600, 900 ,OO0. or
fifteen times their cost. The interest
rom this sum at per cent. would
'ay the cost OF building the ffaest /
md best main roads in the world
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throughout the entire country each

throughout the entire country each
and every year.
"These benefits are so enormous
that it is difficult to rightly compre-
hend them without making some
comparisons. The benefits of $50
OOO, 600, 900, for instance, are nearly
100 times the amount of the Spanish
war, and certainly appear to make
this the greatest economic question
before this country at the present
time"
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Group.

The peculiar cough which indicates
Group, Is usually well known to the
mothers OF croupy children. No time
sn9u.d De lost in the treatment OF it.
received more universal approval than
Cough Remedy. Do not
waste valuable time in experimentinas
with untried remedies, no matter how
nighiy they may be recommended. but
give this medicine as directed and all
symptoms OF Group will quickly disan-
pear, For sale by +. G. Duke, Druggist.
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LET US HAVE GOOD ROADS.

good roads i'm Union county as far
back as our memory rcaches~ II is
certainly time our people were be-
to understand that good roads /
cannot be made by talk. We believe |
that our commissioners are conscien-
ciously doing everything in their
power for the betterment Of the con-
ditfon Of our roads, but they only
have u limited amount Of money with
which to do this, when that is eX-
haustcd they are necessarily at their
row S end. The people are paying their
road tax and they do not find results
as they would wish. In order to secure
permanent good roads it is absolutely
necessary to go to some consider
able expense to secure machinery with
which to build good roads. Wo be-
lieve we would be safe in saying there
is not one man out Of every ten in
Union county who would not gladly
double his road tax for year or so
if lie was sure of getting the desired
results viz: GOOD roads. 1t is almost
impossible to estimate the loss an
nually to the farming element alone
OF the county, on account Of bad
roads, to say nothing OF the loss to
the town on account of it's legitimate
| trade going elsewhere to do business,
When man will not spend dollar
to stop leakage which will amount
to -, he is standing in his own light
and would be considered poor tinan-
cier. The same is true OF town or
county, 4 State or nation.
Other counties throughout the State
have come to realize that the most
important question with which they
have 10 contend IS the question OF
roads, and they are beginning 10 ar
rive at the logical conclusion that the
only way to get them is to make
them by machinery adapted to that
work, and they have set about secur-
ing these road working outfits, The
| carpenter must have the necessary
tools for building bsfore he starts his
building. The county that deter
mines to have good roads must pre-
pare for the building of them. this is
an initiatory expense that cannot be
gotten around, the question then
arises how to make this expenditure
bring best results?
y representative Of q manufacturer
OF roud machinery was in town one
day last week to meet the County
I 4Vus for furnishing road building
| machinery to Union county The
Commissioners failed to meet the ap-
polntment and only the Supervisor
was seen, consequently nothing was
done further than discuss the matter.
we learn since that the County Su-
perylsor is fay0rably impressed with
.the iGca OF the county purchasiur =
complete road working outfit. but
says he cannot take the responsible
ity Of putting in an order withou. nm
act CT The Legislature authorizing a
tax levy for the purpose that will a..
low Of the purchase. We understand
that the Commissioners will rec,r,.
mend the levy, and It will then h. mn
to the members as to whether ,r M
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