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peTdeesecS i? convention, c b WHAT THIS GREAT GATHERING MEANS * TO THE PEOPLE-EVERT INTEREST r OF THE PEOPLE TOUCHED. The programme and sctiedule c for the J'ee Dee section con- * vention in this city on No- ( vember S and 9 next, and the ( distinguished speakers who are 1 to appear before the conven-, * tion will make it one of the * most memorable civic oc-,1 casions ever held in the State < of South Carolina. The schedule 1 will divide the convention into two main heads. In the tirst 1 section will be discussed the 1 magnificent natural resources!? and opportunities that the Pee Dee section affords in the way < of agricultural and commercial , development and the second. | section will be devoted to the j < discussion of farm demonstra- 1 tion work, soil survey, intensive j farming, diversification of crops, , good roads and internal water- < ways and drainage of low-lands. The Pee Dee section con\ention will afford to every business man, farmer and citizen 1 the opportunity to hear dis-, cussed in an able manner by experts in these various important lines, such as has never ! been offered before. For instance, Dr Seaman A Knapp, 1 Director of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the U S Department of Agriculture, and Com- j missioner Watson, of the State Department of Agriculture, will < discuss the important work of extending farm demonstration , and the soil survey throughout the Pee Dee section and the ] great importance and benefit to be derived from intensive farming and diversification of crops. Mr D II Winslow, Superintendent ot Good Roads of the U S department of agriculture, will discuss sand-clay road building * and make a two days demonstration in good roads work on one of the city streets of Florence; Congressman J E Ellerbe and others will discussthe important work of draining the lower lands of the Pee Dee and other low country counties and the development of hundreds of miles oi navigable river courses that permeate this magnificent region; Hon R Goodwyn Rhett of Charleston and -? T-. -rw T 1 - -i r> 1? Mr JP ujacoos 01 numuivc, v a. will address the convention upon the subject of railroad development and the great southbound railroad, which will bring through the Pee Dee section its tide of coal from the mountains i of Virginia to the seaboard at i Charleston, which means so J much in the potential develop- J meat of the Pee Dee section into i a great manufacturing country, j But these highly interesting i sessions of the Pee Dee section | convention are not the only attractions which will be offered to visitors of Fair Florence on the 8th and 9th ot November. The town will array itself in gala attire of bunting and electric lights. There will be a full battalion of militia and two good bands of music, special attractions in the way of balloon ascension, acrobatic performances on the streets, and a carnival company will help to increase the gaiety of the city* and the crowning feature will be the arrival and parade of the President of the United States, escorted by special details of police and a guard of honor from the AOL station to the Central school building, where the President will deliver an address to the public. The Board of Trade has made elaborate preparations for the entertainment of the thousands of guests, who are expected to attend the sessions of the convention throughout the Pee Dee section and the State at laige. Special preparations will be made for the comfort of the ] public upon the streets and the nformation bureau,\>f which Mr ,andon C Jones is the efficient ( hairman, has secured a list of lotels, boarding houses and pri . ate houses which will enable . < >ur visitors to secure quarters at 11 easonable prices. j ^ Acceptances have been re- j j :eived from the number of dis- j ] injruished men who have been . especially invited to attend the :onvention and to meet the Pres- ! o\'op\rthin<r indicates : uciiij anu v ivi j ? .?, | hat the Pee Dee section conven- 1 ion in Florence will be the most i lOtable gathering tor the devel- ' >pment of a region ever held in [ ;his State. 1 Let everyone come to Florence j < ,vho can and Florence insures I4 :l:em a hearty welcome and a .rood time.?Fhram 'Jinn's. ] Young Girls Are Victims ] )f headache, as well as older women, ' jut all get (juick relief and piompt 1 rure from Dr King's New Life Pills, ] the world's best remedy for sick and nervous headaches. They make pure ( blood and strong nerves and build up ? ?. 1 m .1 (It 4. rw> 1 pour lieaitn. i rv taem. g.?u ;u u \j Scott's. * 1 USED AGAINST HER. I Congratulations the Actress Received | on Her Engagement. , A London music hall belle who had , Just successfully "landed"' an old and ( wealthy nobleman sued an unpopular 1 manager, alleging that be had not paid her sufficiently well for her engagement at his hall. She won the case ] and was immediately inundated with 1 flowery congratulations from her 1 friends, all of whom were glad to see j the manager go down. 1 Not content with her victory, how- ( ever, the belle must needs crow over her beaten manager by packing up the ' choicest of these telegrams and dispatching them to his house, with the 1 Intimation that he might make what use of them he thought proper. < She regretted this last concession the 1 next morning. Taking her at her word, ^ the manager pasted the telegrams on* ] a board outside the music hall, headed ^ them "What Miss Flightie's friends think of her engagement" and left the ' public to assume which engagement, i the professional ?>r the matrimonial, was meant. < Then followed such messages as "Good for ynii. old girl!"' "Pinned the old horror at last!" "Don't let blm { wriggle off llie hooK!" "suck ro nim , till you get the dibs!" "Congratulations on your splendid haul!" Another action for damages against the manager Is now pending. ????? I Woman. What constitutes society? Worn- 1 an. She is its sovereign arbitress. 1 It exists fcrr her and for her exclu- sivelv. But woman forms the great educational influence for man. She j it i9 trains him in the gifts that j charm?courtesy, discretion and the 1 pride that shudders to be self as- ; sertive. She it is teaches a few the ( art of pleasing and all the useful art of not displeasing. From her we learn the lesson that human society is more complex and more del- < icately adjusted than is generally i suspected by the politicians of the : cafes. Last, but not least, it is she brings home to us the great truth that the ideals of sentiment and ; the visions of faith are invincible forces and that it is by no means reason that governs humankind.? Anatole France in "Garden of Epi ? ^UlUOt 8haketpeare. Pretty nearly everything about Shakespeare is uncertain, and most statements concerning him need to be made in a provisional way. It is generally understood that his dramatic career began about 1589 or 1590, when he was between twentyfive and twenty-six years old. He , died in 1616, and if, as is generally assumed to be the case, his birth year was 1564, he died at the comparatively early age of fifty-two.? New York American. High Toned. A citizen of culture and poetic taste went to a public library and asked for Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound." He was rather taken aback when the librarian replied with great hauteur, "We don't keep any unbound books in this library." Had to Ccw to Custom. The late King ?.i t.witiea w.ithe least conve:.:i <n::! won.i? ?;s. but he had to courtesy to < us:u:n u??v. ertbeless. The kin;; i.nd .M. iwuuior. the botanist, wet as strangers while out in search of llowcrs near Stockholm. They were sj?u the best of friends, and Bonnier suggested lunch at bis inn. "Come home with we instead," said the other. When the way Jed to the palace gates Bonnier hesitated. "I'm sorry," said his companion, *but I happen to be the king of this country, and this Is the only place where I can entertain my friends." _ J-'.Sfk . *& THE FIRST BOYCOTT. English Weavers Leagued Against the Scotch In 1527. The trade boycott is by no means )f as recent origin as some people suppose, nor is it of Irish extraction. Among the earlv boycotts ivhich strongly suggest the modern institution is one that hails from north England and is chronicled in Brand's "History of Newcastle." Phis had its inception in a dread of Scotch competition. On Aug. 31, 1527, in the corporation of weavers in Newcastle a number of regulations were adopted, among them "r>/\ mnmhnr clioll a Uiai' 11 yj HlVillUV* W<?Wi* IV... w Scotchman to apprentice or set any )f that nation to work under a penalty of 40 shillings." More than this, to call a brother "Scot or mansworn" involved a forfeit of Gs. 8d., Srithout any forgiveness." The canny Scotch doubtless did not delay to pay back, the English in kind, but it is ne.flv two centuries later before any record appears of the extent to which this commercial feud raged between the two peoples or as to the reprisals that were made bv the "blue bonnets over the border." In 1752 a sort of covenant was entered into by the drapers, mercers, milliners and other tradesmen and shopkeepers of Edinburgh to cease all dealings with commercial travelers from England, then called "English riders." The Ianguage of this covenant runs: "Considering that the giving of orders cr commissions to English riders or clerks of English ho^es when they in fVtia ritv tends .oreatlv to the destruction of the wonted wholesale trade thereof, from which most of the towns in Scotland used to be furnished with goods, and that some of these English riders not only enhance the said wholesale trade, but also correspond with it and sell goods to private families and persons at the same prices and rates as if to us in a wholesale way, and that their frequent journeys to this place are attended with high charges, which consequently must be laid on the cost of those things we buy from them, and that we can be as well served in goods by a written commission by post (as little or no regard is had by them to the patterns or colors of goods which we order them to send when they are here), therefore, and for the promotion of trade (?), we hereby voluntarily bind and oblige ourselves that in no time coming we shall give any personal order or commission for any goods we deal tn to any English dealer, clerk or rider whatsoever who shall come to Scotland." To this document, with its naive pretense that it is for "the promo/%-f f-rorlo " io nn nhlirfl 11VS1A VI b* CAVA*. 9 A.J t O ? tion to have "no dealings with any people in England who 6hall make a practice of coming themselves or sending clerks or riders into Scotland/' The penalty for violating this agreement was set down to be ?2 2s. for every offense.?Indianapolis 2tfews. The Best Judge. The trust and dependence which characterized the Rev. Mr. Brown's attitude toward his wife's judgment in all practical affairs were sometimes touching, but ocasionally they were amusing. "I'm sorry you've been troubled with the toothache," said the family dentist when Mr. Brown appeared in his office one day. "I gave you the first minute I had free after receiving your wife's telephone message. Let's see?which tooth is it that's troubling you ?" "M-m?it's not aching just at present," said Mr. Brown after a moment's hesitation, during which he made a cautious investigation with his tongue. "Didn't Mrs. Brown mention to you which tooth it was? I always rely on her in such matters."?Youth's Companion. Herbert Spencer's Courage. Who but Spencer would have been content to fail as an engineer, an inventor and a journalist and yet keep his ambition and vitality unimpaired ? Who but Spencer would 1 "? * 1- ? 1.1 nave projected a wont wmcn couiu not pay, a work which would consume his life and be judged only by posterity and after thirty-six years of incessant labor complete it? The world will pardon much arrogance and many crude judgments for the sake of such a spectacle of devotion and courage.? London Spectator. Tk. ?f finif When all is said and done, there still remains the incontrovertible fact?a fact that no other game can boast of?that even the veriest foozler at the game gets a huge amount of pleasure from it. It is only in this way that one can account for the fascination exercised by golf over ages and olasses of men and women who persist in playing it under the most apparently disadvantageous oon&itfoas.?Oomsg. ? The ? Scrap Book j Heaving the Lead. , The steamer was loaded with pig lead and was slowly picking her way 3p the dangerous river. The mate -^-wr~x was f o r w a r d. jppf and as they apm. preached a danj \S^r7\ gerous spot he turu?l* ?erce'.v to fyou heave the if 1 sions were as yet r-J 8 ? 1,1 e w ^ a 1 *,e" f-j yonil lilin. p, "II e a v e the , v' J lead, is it. your why don't you h o ii ps&^sure! heave the lead?" "Where su id I he roared. heave it?" | The mate turned purpic. "Over* I board, you fathead!" he cried. And straightway Tatrick seized one of the pigs of lead and threw it overhoard. The mate felt that mere words were . useless at a time like this, and he ! made an effort to save the pig as it ^ ^ . went o%er. Alas, avraOT ! 1 in doing so he Rf i overbalanced and j-LJiL VTT7 ! went, with a umIIF {splash, into the Just then the KTjj captain a MjMMflHHHB in the discussion from tbe < ; bridge* 1 "Now. then. V) ? . you forward. ""Ifc " why don't you ^ ' ( heave the lead?" ', "Tleise, sur, 'tis already hev," Kr said Fat. "and how "arrau, he said. ^ ' much water is "DO*'T YE?BE 80 there: impatient." . Pat considered a moment. "Arrab," he st.id. "don't ye be so ? Impatient. The mate's just this n\o* ment gone to find out." ] ' ; * Many a Slip. j There's many a slip on the stony hlllsidi * Of iife as we up to the summit would . climb. ? J The pathway is narrow, the pitfalls are ? wide. ^ i And we can go only one step at a time. \ t Then what wonder so many have made a ? misstep ? And fallen. Le-: us pause ere their sla ? we rehearse And still the reproaches that come to the * HP- 4 For aught'-nat we know we might have , done C jrse. . * ?Helen Manvllle. 4 t/ * The Arm of the Law. 1 t_ Ponodtan oitv fl lfldv 211 U V.CI UllU vuuuutuu v?v ? ? was defending an action for a large sura of money which she felt she was not morally entitled to pay. When It looked as If the case would go against her she sold all her real estate and put the proceeds, some $15,000 or more, In her pocket book?which in her case, as J Is the custom with some women, was her stocking. The judgment was given ( against her, and because she would not pay nor tell where the money was she was sent to jail for a year. Her connj sel tried to get her released. The fob I lowing conversation formed part of 1 the proceedings: "You admit," said the Judge, "that this woman had property to the value j of $15,0007' "Yes, your honor," said the counsel. "And you admit that she sold the property and put the money in her stocking?" "Yes. my lord." "And do you mean to tell me that j the arm of the law is not long enough | to reach it?' < Proof Positive. Former Representative Amos J. J Cummings of New York was once city j editor of the Sun. One Saturday night | it was announced that all the saloons | were to be closed next day. Cummings called his star reporter. I Murray. "Tom," he said, "go out tomorrow and find out If the saloons are selling 1 liquor." i It was Thursday when Tom again appeared at his desk. "They were," he reported. < Man's Ideal of Character. ? Every man has at times In his mind j the ideal of what he should be, but Is : not. This ideal may be high and com- ! plete or it may be quite low and insuf- \ ficient, yet in au men iiui I can; ovva | | to improve it is better than the actual character. Man never falls so low that he can see nothing higher than himself.?Theodore Parker. Family Secrets. 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