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History That is History.

Fascinating as it is fo1 it's present
day interest, however, Peking is even
richer in historic interest. And by
historic in China is not meant any
matter of the last half-hour, such as
Columbus discovery of America or
the landing at Plymouth Rock; these
things to the Chinaman are so mod
ern as to belong rather in the cate
CORY of recent newspaper sensations.
! If he wishes something historic, he
goes back three or four thousand
years. For example, a friend of
mine, at a little social gathering
in New England some time ago,
heard a young Chinese student make
talk on his country. incidentally
he was asked about particular Chi
nese custom. "Yes," ne answered,
that is our custom now, since we
changed But it has not always been
so. We did the other way up to four
or five centuries before Christ
Whereupon the audienece, amazed at
the utterly casual mention of an
event two thousand years OLD as il
| it were a happening of yesterday,
roared with laughter, which the
young Chinaman was uttely unable
to understand. When Christ was
born, Peking Tor what is now Pc
king, then bearing another na1ne,)
having centuries before grown into
eminence, had been destroyed, re-
built, and was entering upon it's sec
ond youth. About the time of the
last Caesars, it fell into the hands
of the Tartars who gave place to
the Mongols after 1915. 1t was dur
! ing the reign of Mongol Emperor,
Kublai Khan, that Marco Polo visited
his capital, then called Cambulac.
Seventy-three years before Columbus
discovered America, Nankou, buil,
the great wall that surrounds the
Tartar City to this day-forty feet
high, wide enough on top for four
or five carriages to drive abreast, and
thirteen miles around.-Clarence
Poe, in Raleigh IN. c. Progressive
Farmer.
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is 1T WORTH WHILE?

Is it worth while that we jostle a
brother,
Bearing his load on the rough
road of life?
Is It worth while that we jeer at each
other
In blackness of heart-that we
war to the knife?
God pity us all in our pitiful
strife!
God pity us all as we jostle each
other;
God pardon lis all for the triumphs
We feel
When a fellow goes down; pool
heart-broken brother,
Pierced to the heart-words are
keerer than steel,
And mightier far for woe or tor
veal.
Were it not we'll in this brief little
journey,
On over the isthmus, down into
the tide,
We give him fish instead of SER
pent,
Ere folding the hands to be and
abide,
For ever and aye, in dust at his
side?
Look at the roses saluting each
other;
Look at the herds all at peace on
the plain;
Man, and man only, makes war on
his brother,
And dotes in his heart on his peril
and pain.
Shamed by the brutes that go
down on the plain.
Is 1t worth while that we battle to
humble
Some poor fellow traveller down
into the dust?
God pity us all Time too soon will
us tumble,
All men together, like leaves in q
gust;
All of us humbled down into the
dust.
Joaquin Miller.
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Don't Depend on the Hoe.

The hoe is too costly an imple-
ment to be depended upon, for it
takes a man, and you will never need
a hoe in the field if you start early
with smoothing harrow and weeder,
and If the cotton is planted in hills,
there will be little need for chop
ping. For the cultivation Of the hoed
crops you will need Lower, and we
must have the horsepower to start
with the smoothing harrow and the
weeder. With these you can get over
the land SO rapidly that you will nev-
er be caught in the grass, and will
need to put a plow in to cover the
grass in the rows, for the early use
of the smoothing harrow and weeder
will prevent its starting there.-W.
F. Massey, in Raleigh On. c. Pro
gressive Farmer.
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The Great Wall OF China.

| But it would have been well worth
while to make the trip If we had got
ten nothing else but the view of and
from the Great Wall at tina end of
the journey. About two shousand
miles of stone and brick, twenty
seven feet high, and wide enough ON
top for two carriages to drive
abreast, this great structure built
two thousand years ago to keep the
wild barbarian Northern tribes out of
China, is truly the largest building
on EARTH" and one of thu worlds
greatest wonders. 1t would be amaz-
ing If it wound only over plains and
lowlands, but where we saw it this
morning it climbed one mountain
height after another until the top
most point lowered far above us, diz-
zy, stupendous, magnificent. By what
means the thousands and thousands
Of tons of rock and brick were ever
carried up the sheer mountain sides,
is question that must excite every
travellers wonder. Certainly no one
who has walked on top of the great
wall, climbing among the clouds from
one misty eminence to another, as we
did today, can ever forget the ex-
perience. Perhaps it was well
enough, too, that the weather was
| not clear. The mists that hung about
the mountain-peaks below and
around us; the roaring wind that
shepherded the clouds, now driving
them swiftly before him and leaving
in clear view for minute peak after
peak and valley after valley, the next
minute brushing great fog-masses
over wall and landscape and conceal
ing all from yiew-all this lent an
element of mystery and majesty to
the experience not out Gf keeping
with our thought Of the long cen
turies through which this strange
guard has kept watch around earth's
oldest Empire. Dead, long dead and
crumbled into dust, even when our
!
Christian era began, were the hands
who fashioned these earlier brick and
Il laid them in the mortar here, and
for many generations thereafter
watchmen armed with bows and er-
rows rode along the battlements and
towers, straining their eyes for sight
of whatever enemy might be bold
enough to try to cross the mighty
barrier.
However unwise the spirit or the
aim in which the wall was built, W.
must admire the almost matchless
daring of the conception and the al
most unparalleled industry of the ex-
ecution. Beside it the digging of our
Panama Canal with modern machin-
cry, engines, steam-power and cleo
tricity-considered as a. feat Of Her
culean labor-is no longer a subject
for boasting. To my mind, the very
fact that the Chinese people had the
courage to conceive and attempt so
colossal an enterprise is proof enough
of genuine greatness. Nc feeble folk
could even have planned such an un-
observation-disclosures Poe, in Raleigh
IN. c., Progressive Farmer.
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Circuit Court Sale.

State of South Carolina, County of
:. Orangeburg-In Common Pleas.
E. N. Mittle, Plaintiff, against VIM.
l.. Bishop and Mary Louise
Bishop, Defendants.
BY virtue of a judgment in the
above entitled case, ! will sell at pub
lie auction at Orangeburg Court
House, during the legal hours for
sales, on the first Monday in April,
1911, being the third day of said
month, the fol.o wing described real
estate:
All that certain lot of land, with
buildings thereon, situate in the town
of Bowman, in the county of Orange
burg, in said State, fronting towards
the Southwest on OFT Avenue eighty
(S0) feet, and running back to the
depth of one hundred and eighty
(1S0) feet, and bounded on the West
by lot of said William l.. Bishop,
on the Northeast by lands of the
Bowman Land and improvement Co.,
on the Southeast by lands Of J. D.
Stroman, and being the same lot of
land conveyed by Robert g. Copes,
Judge Of Probate, rs Special Referee,
to Mary Frances Bishop, who died
bearing even date with the said mort
gage, the same being executed to Sc
cure the payment of the balance of
Tho y>,,robnco D,pDcy
Terms--Cash, the purchaser or
purchasers to pay for all papers and
all taxes falling due after the day Of
sale, and in case the purchaser or
purchasers fail to comply with tho
terms Of sale, said premises will be
resold on the same or some subse-
quent salesday, on the same terms,
and at the risk of the former pur-
chaser or purchasers.
G. L. SALLEY,
Clerk of Court of Common Please for
Orangeburg County, S. c.
March 14th, 1911.
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More Poultry for the Farms.

No careful observer can fail to
note the increased interest in poultry
raising in the South during the last
year. Like all other lines Of live
stock raising, it is especially receiy-
| ing attention in the area being in
vaded by the boil weevil. 1t is SIM
ply astonishing what capacity this
little ,bug-the boil weeyil-has tol
making men think and even act. All
| lines of live stock are receiving more
attention than ever before and poul-
| try is coming in for it's share of in
creased attention. But, strange as 1t
may seem the greater part of this In
crease in poultry interest is among
the people in the towns and to a
much less degree among the farmers.
This appears to us wrong. Surely
there is no place where the opportun-
! tiles for raising strong, healthy poul-
| try at minimum Of cost, are so good
as out on the farms. Not only is this
true as regards the production OF
utility poultry-eggs and birds for
food-but it is especially true of the
production of fancy poultry and birds
for breeding.
BY much care, constant work and
Intelligent feeding and management,
good poultry is produced on the small
-, hn h11f IF
uuires more intelligence and poultry
knowledge to raise good birds under
such conditions than it does to ac-
complish the same results on the
farm. Why then, is most Of our best
poultry raised in the small towns or
near the cities?
The range which may be given the
birds on the farm. except perhaps
during the breeding season, is al
most unlimited and this means va,
riety of feed, such as poultry require
and ample exercise, two things most
essential to the economical prodac'
ton of vigorous birds.
1t requires some knowledge IL
raise good poultr; and this can only
be obtained by reading and studying
the experience Of others as set down
in poultry journals or agricultural
papers and in books, and by actua
personal experience in the handling
of the birds. In the past this has
been thought too small business fol
the farmer, but If that is still the
idea, we insist that the women anc
children should he given an oppor
tunity to add this additional industr!
to the farm. Nor would we limit
them to the production Of eggs ant
the growing of birds to be used al
food: but would insist that where thf
inclination exists they be given
chance to produce the best, to be solo
as breeders, or eggs to be sold fo1
hatching.-Raleigh On. c. Progres
sive Farmer.
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Citation for Letters of Administration

Citation for Letters Of Administrator
State Of South Carolina-County of
Orangeburg.
By G.. l.. Salley, Clerk Of Court, Act
ing Probate Judge.
Whereas, Fred K. Norris, has made
suit to me, to grant him Letters Of
Administration of the Estate of and
effects Of Ned Avinger, deceased,
These Are Therefore to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred
and Creditors of the said Ned AVN
ger, deceased, that they be and ap
pear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Oranyeburg,
Court House, on March eth, 1911,
next after publication thereof, at l.
o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause. if any they have, why the said
Administration should not be grant
ed.
Given under my hand, this 18Th
day OF March, Ammo DOmini 1911.
G.. l.. Salley,
Clerk OF Court, Acting Probate Judge
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Wanted-Every man, woman and
child in South Carolina to know
that the "Alco" brand Of Sash
Doors and Blinds are the best and
are made only by the Augusta
Lumber Company. who manufac-
ture everything in Lumber and
Millwork and whose watchword is
equality" White Augusta Lum-
Der Company, Augusta, Georgia,
for prices on any order, large OF
small.
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For Sale-120 bushels Iron Peas al
$3.50 per bushel, 200 bushels
Cleveland Big Boil Cotton Seed be-
ing best of seven different varieties
by test for two years by me, and
free from disease, therefore l have
abandoned all other short stables
also 80 bushels Long Staple left,
sole lint at zoe. Dec. 23, good and
bad, all delivered F. o. B. New
berry, S. c., at S1.00 per bu. J.
: l.. Mayer, Newberry, S. c.
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to meet her, Jonathan stood in the
pulpit, book in hand, and a faraway
look upon his face. Deborah stopped
in bewilderment. Then Stephen took
her arm and led her forward as if
in answer to the que N in her eyes
Jonathan leaned fo ard and said
in a low tone, 81 give thee to him,
Deborah" and without another word
began the marriage ceremony.
AS they were leaving the church,
Deborah said softly,
Hes a good man, Stephen"
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berry and ptllaGe,
by an invading arc,y, are reprobated.
whatever is taxi eom the conquered
people must be detained by the levying
Of an indemnity fund. All this speaks
to us Of q higher moral sense, even
though much relating to 1t be hypoc-
risy. The very need for the hypocrisy
implies that, with considerable num-
her. there are qualms Of conscience on
the subject.
The Battle Was the Lords, and of
Course He Won
Benhadad sent his demands to King
Ahab saying. Thy silver and thy gold
are mine: thy wives and thy children,
even the goodliest Of thine" King
Ahab, recognizing the greatness OF the
army and his own unpreparedness for
resisting them. answered. ''My Lord,
O King, according to thy saying, l am
thine, and all that l have" But
when the invader broadened his de-
mand and included with it the wealth
Of all the mobiles of Israel, their wives
and their children, ETC., resistance was
aroused. Thereupon the invaders set
the battle army against the walls OF
Israel's Capital. Samaria.
Al this juncture God sent Prophet
to Israel's King, informing him that
he would deliver the Invaders into MS
hand and give him a great victory.
The astonished Ahab asked by whom
would the battle be waged against the
host. The answer was that at the
command the princes Of the provinces
should fight under Ahab's direction,
supported by the militia. By this sig
nal victory God would demonstrate
his power by protecting the nation
with whom he had made the Law
Covenant.
The Divine order was followed. Two
hundred and thirty-two princes, or
chiefs, of the people at noon passed
out Of the gates of the city, followed
by seven thousand militia-a small
number wherewith to meet q host.
Apparently this was poor generalship;
but the Lord was the General and
oyerruled the results. King Benhadad
and his associates had been drinking.
The Syrians were ordered to capture
the men alive. But this they did not
do. Soon the Syrian forces were In
disorder and completely routed. Au-
manly speaking. the battle was lost by
Benhadads over-confdence, and par
ticularly by his Indulgence in intoxi-
eating liquors.
Lessons Which We May Draw
The honest, the holy. the reverentlal
of mankind. who seek peace and right
eousness may be likened to Israel, TO
Gods people Bcnhadad and his thirty
two kings and their armies would cor
respond to Satan and his various hosts
of unrightecusncss. We may name
these hosts as we please. TO some,
one portion. nd to others. other por'
tions Of these 1osts are the more rep
rehensible. Many f these kings may
represent various Trusts which. by
manipulation Of life's necessities, are
attacking the welfare Of the people
Others of these kings may represent
political grafters. Others may repre-,
sent various vices which prey upon the
public. including intemperance. The
forces thus set in battle array against
the public are appalling, especially
when the wealth ut their command is
considered.
The demands of these various Inter
ests" come first upon the honorable
and well-meaning public servants. But
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The call is for the princes. the chiefs
Of the people. who love Righteousness,
to 20 out first to do battle with all
iniuuitous invaders Of the rights, hap
pincss and interests Of the people.
And these princes or leaders who
stand for righteousness should be ably
seconded by all the courageous and ef-
ficient Of the people.
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W h e n the de-
mands broaden,
and it is evident
that general pill
lage Is the inten-
ton, the voice Of
the Lord should
be h card and
b G e d G 4, and a
stout resistance
should be made.
AS with Ahab,
t he resistance
should not be de-
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-03-18
The Indian Appear Again.

Life on the Western Frontier as
it was lived some years ago is
brought to us again most vividly in
Owen Wister's RED Men and White
A novel formerly $3.50, now fifty
cents at Sims Book Store.
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based upon some
p b hilant hropic
motive to free
people from bad
government. or to
compel them to
pay their debts,
or to open up
their country to
civilization, or to
give them more
responsible q n d
rep re sentative
government. or
greater freedom
of religion. Rob
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Warficld in "Thc Music MaStcr.'

Could make the story more vivid,
but you can have the old Music Mas
ter's humor in your own home, in the
form of an exQuisitely illustrated
book, for fifty cents at Sims Book
Store
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-03-18

Dropsy C1red-Shortness Of breath
relieved n sc to 48 hours. Re.
duces swelling in Is to 20 days
Call or write Collum Dropsy Rem.
edy Company, Dept. o 512 Austell
Bldg, Atlanta Ga.
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4 New Yorker Who Tried Socialism.

a New Yorker had an involuntary
experience of this kind and David
NJ. Parry, in The Scarlet Empire"
tells how it affected him. A book
worth while for fifty cents. Sims
Book Store.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-03-18

Dobbs' Single Comb Rhode Island
Reds and Crystal" White Orring-
tons win and lay when others
fail, stock and eggs for sale. Send
! for mating list. G. A. Dobbs, Box
B. "a. Gainesville, Ga.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-03-18

Wanted-Men and ladies to take
three months practical course. EX-
pert management. High stlaried
positions guaranteed. Write for
catalogue now. Charlotte Tole-
graph School, Charlotte, N. c.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-03-18

For Sale-Whippoorwill Peas, s2.25
per bushel; Clay Mixed Peas, s2.1C
per bushel; Ripper Mixed Peas
$2.1O per bushel. Write for prices
in large quantities. F. A. Bush
Co., Preston, Ga.
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Girl or Woman-each locality, good
pay made acting as representa-,
tive, address envelopes, fold, mail
circulars, material, stamps. fur
nished free. Rex Mailing Agency.
London, Ontario -.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-03-18

For Sale-On account Of consollda-
tion, will sell large or small Steel
Screw Door Manganese Bank Safe,
also Vault Doors. Best condition.
The Peoples Bank, Randleman. N.
G..
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When Medicines Fail, will take your
case. Diseases of Stomach, Bow
els, Kidneys, Liver, Lungs and de-
bility (either SEX permanently
eradicated by Natural Methods.
Interesting literature free. c. Cul-
len Howerton, Durham, \. c.
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Wanted-Men to take thirty days
practical course in our machine
shops and learn automobile busi-
ness. Positions secured gradu-
ates, SIS per week and up. Char
lotte Auto School, Charlotte, N. c..
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w. Nj. Patrick, Woodward, S. c.

lbs) this variety sold in Boston,
Nov, 1910, for $2S1.32. Seed
$3.50 per bushel, 10 or more bush
els, SIPS. Address A. M. Hug
gins, Lamar, S. G. References:
Merchants & Planters Bank, La
mar, s. G.
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Eggs in incubator lots or single sit
tings from S. C. Reds, $3.50 per
IS; $500 per hundred. Nice cock
erels, $500 each. Eugenia Ham
mond, North Augusta, S. C.
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The Little Tell Tale which tells the
Truth. A complete egg record OF
the day, the week, the month, and
the year. Price 10c. Address,
Mrs. M. B. Roberts, Dade City,
Fla.
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princes strong rink"-Properbs s1:5.
1MwODAY'S lesson recounts an in
"A vasion Of the land OF Israel by
Y King Benhadad, over-lord OF
Syria. VINO had under him thir-
ty-two kings of Syria and a large army.
Worfare in those days, Of course. was
very different from what 1t IS today.
The numbers In conflict were fewer
and their weapons inferior. Their
motive was plunder.
Our day witnesses q considerable
advance along the lines Of diplomacy.
Wars and invasions now are always
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State of South Carolina, County Of
:: Orangeburg--In Common Pleas.
E. N. Mittle, Plaintiff, against VIM.
L. Bishop and Mary Louise
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went.
Seemingly, she enjoyed herself;
but when Stephen came in she sought
her aunt.
Aunt Elizabeth, take me home"
To her aunt's anxious inquiries she
only answered that she was not feel
ing we'll.
"Thee mustn't get sick, tomorrow's S
thy wedding day"
After Deborah's departure, Jona-
than Hilton laid his hand on Steph-
ems arm. MY son, wish to talk
with thee" Stephen frowned and
would have broken away. Come,
Stephen, l wish to help thee,' the
little rarson insisted, and somehow
Stephen went.
Outside in the bright light Of the
harvest moon, Jonathan began to
speak quickly. At first Stephen lis
tened sullenly, then he began to
shake mis- head. II cannot" he said
firmly, and walked away Jonathan
stood still a few seconds and then
followed him.
Next day Deborah went to the vii
lage church, leaning on the arm oi
her uncle. Some say that her dress
was net whittier than her face. SHE
stopped without the church, under
the ivy covered trellis, 20 speak
word to a friend, and while she
stood there the sunbeams came and
played among her curls.
Happy is the bride the SIN shines
on" some one cried, as she passed
within.
Instead Of being beside the railing