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^tumorous Jjrpartmfnt. Woll Matched Liars.?An American poultry farmer went over to England to have a look round the poultry farms there and see where the farmers were N making mistakes. He did not hesitate to tell how far advanced was the art of poultry keeping in America, and spun several very tc.ll yarns on that subject. Twenty chickens from twelve eggs appeared to be an everyday occurrence in the United States, if the stories he told could be believed. But a bluff old English faimer was not unduly impressed. "Happen, maister," said the old man, "ye have never seen as many as a hundred chickens hatched by one hen j at a setting?" "Wall," answered the American, "I can't say that I have, but?" "Well, then, listen here, maister; I have," returned the farmer. "Down Ipswich ^ay we alius fill a barrel with egg^ and set the old hen on the bung? hole!"?Houston Post. Both Forgetful.?A certain young man wrote the following letter to a prominent business firm, ordering a ra- j zor: Dear Sirs?Please find enclosed 50c for one of your razors as advertised and oblige, John Jones. P. S.?1 forgot to enclose the 50c, but no doubt a firm of your high standing win seuu tut? ruaui uiiywaj. ( The Arm addressed received the letter and replied as follows: Dear Sir?Your most valued order received the other day and will say in reply that we are sending the razor as [ per request, and hope that it will prove satisfactory, P. S.?We forgot to enclose the ra; , xor, but no doubt a man with your cheek will have no need of it.?The Associated Grower (Fresno)./ j ' i Back at Him.?Senator Ledge was holding forth about small nations. A little nation that had been put in its place by the allies was under discus- i sion, and the senator from Massa chusetts held that nations, like individuals, iccasionally stood in need of . reproof. 'The a'lies conducted themselves very nicely, I think," said the senator, i "They were like the beautiful girl to whom an ugly and poverty-stricken 1 man had the temerity to propose mar- i riage. 'Let's get married,' the bachelor said, grabbing the girl's hand. "But who'd have us?' she laughed." i ; _ Nervous Jones. ? Jones, hurrying home from business, remembered his ; promise to bring back some flgs. He turned into the nearest fruit store and was confronted by a very pretty girl. "What can 1 do for you, sir?" she asked. ' Jones, always of a nervous disposition, especially so when in the pres once ui uie lair sex, nasuiy voiceu nis | order: 'Half a pound of pigs' fleas!" And to this day he can never make out why the young lady retired so hurriedly. All Said.?A shopkeeper had in his employ a man so lazy as to Le utterly , worthless. One day, his patience exhausted, he discharged him. "Will you give me a character? asked the lazy one. The employer sat down and wrote a non-committal letter. His effort resulted as follows: "The bearer of this letter has worked for me one week and I am satisfied."? .London Telegrpph. Norah's Memory.?"How L it you have such a good memory, Norah?" her mistress inquired. "Well, mum, I'll tell ye. Since my childhood never a lie have I told, and when ye don't have to be taxin' yer memory to be rememberin' what ye told this one or that or how ye exVtloino/1 V*?o J '* THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION" Building Said to be Due to Negroe's Massacree Plot in 1800. WAS ONCE A BOARDING HOUSE i For Some Reason Mansion Was Not Fired By Sherman fn 1865?Im- j provements Have Been Made From Time to Time. F. H. McMaster In Columbia Record. It miKht be lightly said, to Denmark Vesey, a Sun Domingo negro, "who drew a $1,500 prize in an East Bay street lottery, in Charleston, in 1800, is due .the building of the gov ernor's mansion in Columbia. , Denmark had been a slave of Capt. Vesey, an old resident of Charleston in Revolutionary times, and who afterwards became engaged in the slave trade. Denmark was an unusually bright negro and a good carpenter. Wh?n he drew the $1,500 prize he paid $600 for his freedom, and went Into business as a "free person of color" in Charleston. Encouraged by the success of Toussaint l'Overture, who had freed the slaves and driven the white , man out of Htiitl, the northern province of San Domingo, Denmark Vesey laid his plans, for doing likewise in South Carolina. The date fixed for making the attempt was June 16, 1822. , But the plans ,for the massacre were ( discovered and Denmark and 34 other ringleaders were executed and 43 others transported. Following this, the snme year, an act , was passed establishing a municipal j( guard for the city of Charleston, , the erection of an arsenal for the deposit of arms and for the use of the guard. After Robert Y. Hnyne had delivered his Immortal reply to Daniel Webster, In 1S30, and South Carolina defied her in 1832 became governor of South Caroown son, Andrew Jackson, then president of the United States and passed the act of Nullification, when Hayne, olina, $200,000 was appropriated to provide munitions of war, should such be necessary, and to enlarge the "Citadel" in Charleston and establish the "Arsenal" in Columbia. This was South Carolina's standing army, consisting of two companies, one a.t the Citadel in Charleston, and the other at the Arsenal in Columbia, at an annual cost for maintenance of 116,000 for the Citadel and $8,000 for the Arsenal. Various amounts have been appropriated for business and In 1841 Governor John Peter Richardson, father of Gov. John Peter Richardson of 1886-90, proposed to the legislature that these two establishments be converted into military schools, which, he believed would prove "one exception at least, to the hitherto entire and unmitigated failure of all her efforts to educate her indigent youth." He did not succeed in his efforts, but his successor, Gov. J. H. Hammon, proposed a plan of enlarged scope, and induced the legislature to make the transformation by act passed in 1842. The Citadel was the finishing school, whose superintendent had the rank of major, and the Arsenal vas the secondary school, its superintendent having the rank of captain. Pi amotions among the officers caused transfers hack and forth between the two institutions, the senior officer going to the Citadel. In 1861, Capt. John P. Thomas, father of John P. Thomas, Jr., of Columbia, was superintendent of the Arsenal in Columbia, and Captain Hugh S. Thompson, later governor of South Carolina, was second ranking professor at the Citadel. Previous to this in 1868, Capt. C. C. Tew was superintendent of the Arsenal, but he resigned that year to establish the Hillsboro, NT. C., Military Academy, and later died on the field of battle at Sharpsburg, as colonel of the Second North Carolina state troops. He was the father of Charles M. Tew of Columbia. Colonel Tew was one of many splendid patriots from the Arsenal who died for the Confederacy. When the Arsenal closed its doors in 1863 and the 52 cadets took the field under command o? Captain Thomas, the buildings on Arsenal Hill consisted of the present Governor's Mansion, ' which was a double brick house for , porfessors, built in 1855, and the main building of brick which faced north and stood in the centre of the block on which the Mansion now stands. The central portion was three stories high, and contained the class rooms. The wings were two stories. The light, or eastern wihk, w?? me i wiucmc ui mv superintendent and other professors, j and the left or western wing- was the j barracks of the cadets. An ell extend- : ed south from this, in which the library. In the rear of the main i building was the parade ground and armory. The Arsenal reservation contained eight acres, the roadway and j block to the south of the present j grounds being within the enclosure. All of the buildings were burned i when Governor Sherman passed ! through Columbia February 17th, 18C5, ! except the present Governor's .Man- i sion. Immediately after the Confederate war, Capt. John P. Thomas lived in | one-half of the house and .Mayor Starke lived in the other half. When the Republicans came into j power Governor Scott occupied it as the executive mansion, and it was then | that the iron fence was placed about 1 the grounds. "Uncle Jimmie Williams," as he is lovingly called in Co- i lumbia. did a part of this work. When Scott's term expired he ! bought the house, 1409 Gervais street, in which I .a Fa yet to had been enter r??i.>vu mis ui mat, enure ye uun i | overwork it an' it lasts ye, good an new, till ye die." Where It Might Have Helped.? .'"Don't talk to me about colleges!" scoffed the self-made man. "Look at me! Do you suppose I would have been any more successful than 1 am if I'd had a college education?" "No," admitted the professor, "but you might have been less inclined to brag about it."?Judge. Limited Guaranty.?A Missouri woman asked for a divorce when she discovered her husband was an ex-con vict, but was refused. A woman ought to be glad to know that there was some period in a man's, life when he behaved Jdmself.?The American Lumberman /Chicago). Paid in Advance.?A speeding auto 1st was hailed before a local justice who imposed a flue of $15. The culprit drew a roll of bills and peeled off three tens. "Here," the Justice called after his depart ins back, "there are $30 | here!" "I know it," said the released autoist. "I am going out of this town faster than I came in." Double Action.?George?"I put a tack on teacher's chair yesterday." Gerald?"Hid you? I'll bet he won't sit down in a hurry again." George?"No; and neither will I."? i Western Christian Advocate (Cincin nati). ^ g Final Test.?Courtesy is the quality j that keeps a woman smilirg when a departing guest stands at the open I screen door and lets flies in.?Froejriont Tribune. % < I taincd in 1828, arfd, which was Rod Cross headquarters during the World war. It Is also related that Dr. Yates Snowden (when a little boy) stood on the front piazza of this house and watched Sherman's troops march by. j This Is a very historic house. Moses has lived in the Preston man- ! sion, now Chieora cohere, it is su??l j that while living1 here he gave a great dining to which he invited a number of the old time gentlemen of the city. ' together with a number of his Republican confreres, among them Tim Hurley, who was something of a roustabout, and wit. None of the Columbia gentlemen attended the dinner. Dur1 ? 1 /" tn uiK uir xiit'ai uuvcniui otvn iu? iivu ww . Hurley, and said, "Tim, here is a fine j house, a lot of expensive plate, a good dinner and excellent wines. I invited a number of Columbia gentlemen and none of them came. What is the mat- i ter?" "Why, governor." replied Hur- ; ley, "If I were a gentleman, I would not have come myself." ' Hurleyville" j bears the name of this character. Governor Chamberlain occupied his own residence on the northwest corner of Richland and Lincoln streets. During this time and for several years before the house had been rented to Mrs. Susan L. Wright as a boarding house. ! She afterwards conducted Wright's j hotel. in 1S7*> when Governor Hampton was elected, he continued to live in his home near the city, but upon his elec- { tion to the United States senate. Gov- ; ernor Simpson moved into the man- j sion and lived there until he was elect- j ed chief justice of the supreme court in 1880. Governor eJter, who filled out 1 w?s\n*Ka' nnovnl vn/1 1 Illivr IIU Cv iuuii 1110 uiicai>ii iil ILtYiUM ui I [Jovernor Simpson did not lirins his j OWNER OF LONDON', AiUUj uamuiow, uuu0..?v. newspaper work her principal recn goats. ?* y*** **M*? ?* *? * Crowds! Crou r f Folks Have Come From West to Attend This ;! and Have Gone Back & With Bargains and E l That They Had Been t - wrvt-. ?tA? mi si wt"v\ yy 5 HMEiN'S fcl? X You'll do the same when $ ferings we are puttin? out * Sale lasts only One .More I SOME OP MANY < r X LOOK! HAMILTON'S REST 1IK y GOOD ST 11 AW TICKING?Yard . X 27 Inch PERCALES?Yard HEAVY CHEVIOTS?Yard Y 30 Inch GOOD SHEETING?Yard Y MEN'S and LADIES' HOSE?Pair X, Men's HEAVY OVERALLS, with I Ladies' Fine OHOANDV DRESSES y Men's' Hnnes, Cooper's and Hatch Y SUITS?AH sizes?At Suit X DRESS GINGHAMS?values to 20 ! At the Yard Y 32 Inch DRESS GINGHAMS?25 < *t* terns?At the Yard X One Rip Lot LACES?values to 10 Y One Dip Lot Ladies' HORSE ORE Y Bis Lot 50 Cts. TIES?At Y Men's DRESS SHIRTS in nrettv I *:* Men's BLUE SERGE All Wool C< RON ED STATIONERY?10 Gts. vt DYANSHINE SHOE POLISH?50 Y One Rip Lot Ladies' VOILE WAIS Y Just Received a N cw Shipman' X WAISTS?$1.03 and $2.00 Vnii A New Shipment of Tri f Them. Eig Reductio] tions, Shoes, Clothing $ Come ancl See for Youi | NATHAN FEINSTE1 ? YORK, S. C. THE STORE TH/s ^.\.;">vv*H"H*vvvvvvv*v?x^v,H,v family to Columbia. Governor JIagood ( was the next to occupy the mansion J and all of the governors since have j lived there. Various improvements have been made, principally in the interior. During Governor Tillman's administration the iron railing around the fountain basin was made by the Shield's foundry and placed in position to keep Henry Tillman, now a lawyer at Greenwood, from falling into the pool. For the first time during Governor Cooper's administration the interior of the mansion was thoroughly renovated, and due to the good taste of the first lady of the state at that time was beautifully furnished. Iti" Travel by air has now reached the same luxurious standards as travel by land. Danger from fire and engine trouble has been reduced to a minimum by new inventions. One can travel through the air at a speed of 125 miles an hour with less discomfort than Is experienced on trains. Hospital airplanes with operating rooms fully equipped are a practical reality. Stabilizing appliances permit the surgeon to operate while the marhino is flying through space. Three million tons of potoifti.nl fuel in the form of soot, escapes into the atmosphere of London annually. This represents a direct waste of approximately $25,000,000, according to official reports. _ <*<; The United States .alone imports | ten times more crude opium than Germany, Trance and Italy together. It is estimated there are 5,000,000 drug addicts in this country today, 5 "MORNING POST." ^ " ' I f ... MSti TSbBI! mzmmsmiimmiMM s late Lord Glenesk. Outside her :ation is that of raising pedigreed i *" I Crowds! yds/ 1 North, South, East and Great Emergency Sale, to Their Homes Laden ;!;i ejoicing Over the Fact | ENCY SALE, YORK I you eonie and see Hie of- X everyday, llurrv! The X Week: * ' $ jREAT VALUES: :kohv shiktinc;?y?i. 20 cts. B tIS. V 8 cts. v 15 cts. X; 9 cts. >; 7 CTS. y Elastic Hack?Pair $1.00 *t| <. values* up to $7.00?At $3.48 A! One-Button UNION' $!)d :: Cts?Pretty Patterns? ?ts. values?Pretty Tat- 154 I Cts. At the* Yd... 4 CTS. ? SSES?Each 98 CTS. a 23 CTS. .j. latterns?$1.25 values 98 CTS. V >.\TS?At Each 1 $4.53 % iluc?At the Box 5 CTS. A Cts. value?At 25 CTS. A| TS?values to $2.00?At 69 CTS. y t of Ladies' WIRTHMOR Y ues?Special at 79 CTS. and $1.69 *:* inks and Suitcases?See $ us in all Dry Goods, Fo- $ , Etc. | self and Be Convinced. | IS DEPT. STORE ! X it undersells york, s. c. (NEW GOODSl Coming in Every Day Bought Especially for This [^J J|j Big Clearance Sale S ? Those who did not get here the first few days will still find |?| !p== wonderful Bargains and some ? that were not here the openm i j . . . 'wm ' ing day M| M\ Voile Dresses M I A wonderful lot of very attractive VOILE 1)1?ESSES? ! o?^S\ | Liglit and Dark Colors?I'need ! $1.39, $1.98 and $2.48 w i Bungalow Aprons || And HOUSE DRESSES?Good fast colors?Priced j|Pl , 69 CTS., 89 CTS., and $1.48 S Our 9c. Counter |f L?} | Is just as full of Big Bargains as it was at the beginning of the (A^/j iCgtf Sale?Be sure to look it over. j , 36 inch FIGURED VOILE?Yard 9 CTS. 1>?J j 2|?I | 39 inch Fine SEA ISLAND?Yard _.... 9 CTS. W& (VVi I 32 inch Fast Colored Ginghams? in short lengths?Yard ICOi I apiS 9 and 121-2 CTS. Jj&* >7WS i40 inch Fine FIGURED VOILES?Yard 14 CTS. 'j 32 inch TISSUE GING11 A.MS?Yard 19 CTS. 9g?| j Ladies'PLAID SKIRTS?All Sizes $1-98 ! Ladies' PLAITED SKIRTS?All Sizes $1.98 UB>aJ j Good LAUNDRY SOAP. Three Cakes for 10 CTS. ,! Good WAS1ILVG POWDER Three for 10 CTS. Shoes! Shoes! -p $1*8 I You must not forget to supply your needs in J>f| sgEU | Shoes. We can save you real money. Pjvy\ Ladies'LOW SHOES?All stvles and all leathers?Priced ' JemK 98 CTS., $1.48, $1.69 and.Up i jrcn jjp? i Children's LOW SHOES?Priced , 48 CTS sad Up IfvCil I nDTCO auvYPci i S1 98 and Ud I v r> i/iujnn >> 11 \jahkj x jjxxu. y r'/'*\'\ ' ip^j; Moll's PLOW SHOES?Pricod $1.48 and Up iLgJ | m! Clothing Department ? Wonderful Sale Prices in our Clothing De'KMj partment. It will pay you to anticipate ;Mllj your wants and buy a suit now they \.i I are going for less than replace||p| ment values. jrafl M' Millinery Department M: Mid-Summer Hats, White and Colored, lots /%f /11ffnvoMf cftrlac 1\I^TA7 .Sfllff U1 Otjf 1V/<J? IlVVf J ? : in and marked at Sale Prices ' ! Scale Price i $1.98, $2.48 and $3.98 /O) Ono lot of H ATS?Priced - 50 CTS. One lot of HATS?Priced at - 89 CTS. 0 (?~pj All HATS carried over from Last Spring. Half Price j Kirkpatrick Belk Co. Bj W SELLS IT F0R LESS I @|