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WINNSBORO, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1901. ESTABLISHED x844. S oUSg and Beautiftl Womnhood ThItoy of Her Marriage. Th'e hildhood of Victoria was much more- simple aLd unrestricted than woldhave been the case had it been known that she would bccome the quen of England. She was born in Kensington Palace on May 24, 1819, and she lived there thegrester part of the time until the n death of William IV. made her queen. S6e was a happy little child, and her amusements were much the same as those of other English girls. No.little girl ever loved dolls more daly than did Victoria. She liked best those which came from Holland, and whan she became old euough to manages needle, thread and thimble abPade with her own fingers dressee, cots and'hats for her children, as she called them. She had doll-honses and doll furni ture. Some visitor at Kenisington gave her a picture book showing the native eOitumes of many different races, and it was one of her chief pleasures to dress her dolls .-s nearly as she could like the strange peoples pictured In the book. Victoria was deprived of a father's care in her infarcy. The Duke of Kent contracted a cold, which develop ed %tuopneumonia, while carrying the baby Victoria arround Kensington. .,Jcar mother, the Duchess of Kent, practically devoted her life to the rear tog of the little girL In the Kensing ton ' household method, system and Z o tity in all things ruled. One Y ci the little princess' life was muc1ithanather. -- rds-early, breakfastd simply at 8 a. M. in the morning room of the palace, sitting beside her mother in a little rosewood chair, a table to match Inbfront of her, on which were placed her bread and milk and fruit. - After~breaktast she mounted her don key and rode around Kensington Gar dens accompanied by her nurse. From 10 to 12 o'clock she received instruc tion from her mother, assisted by Fran ,jei* eleistv. Then the romped through with her nurse, Mrs Brock, Wbom she fifectionstely called "dear, dear *oppy." At 2 p. m. she lunched wlth ber mother, then t here were le3 an uatil 4.p. m. At that hour she went ying with the duchess. Bev ig* was the dinner hour. A.beW-60- dined sumptueusly, but ibe O --rfneesa had .ory -bread and milk Sometimes she was permitted to have: small portions of the desert served at the large table, but those were rore event - der more time was tostudy anf - e . I V r governesses were seleci d wit b great care. Hler playfellows were limited in number. She had barely passed out of the bands of her governess and had 11 bat littie.Is the fashionable lif court when she becaMe queen. Victoria was awakened out of a deep sleep at 5 o'clock in the morning of Jane 20, 1837, to learn that she was Queen of England. Soe received the news clad in her nightgown, her bare feet in sleepers and her hair falling loosely over her sboulders. SOn that eventful morning she was a 9,nng girl.' only 27 days before on hMay 34,'sbe had csletrated her 18th birthday, when she became legally of King il~am lV. had died at 2 a. m. in Windser, three hours before Vic toria was -notified of her acces'sion in Ken siugtbin paface, where she lived with her mothber, the Duchess of Kent. * in expectation of the king's death a carriag~e bad been kept ready at Wind s-.r. As soon as the king breathed his last the Aschbishop of Canterbury and *the Lord Clythiberlaifl, Lord Conynz barn, left tha3.eath chamber and enter ing the carri'age were driven with all speed to Kensington. Victoria had re tired the night betore with no thought of the vast -.change that a few hours would make in her life. Kensington palace was wrapped in slumber wtien the two emissaries arrived Whbat fol lowed is told in the "Diar y of a Lady of Quality" in this way. 5*They kadecked, they rang, they thumped for a considerable time before Sthey could rouse the porter at t be gate; they were again kept waiting in the eourt-yard, thben turcd into one of the lower rooms, whero they seemed to be forgotten by everybody. They rang the bell and desired that the attenidant of the Prinacess Victoria might be sent to inform her royal higbness that they requested an audience on business o1 importance. "After another delay and anothet ringing to inquire the can'e, the at teudant was summoned, who statet that the princess was in such a sweel sleep that she could not venture to dis turb her. "Than the) said: 'We are come ol business of state to the queen, an< - even her sleep mtRU give way to tbat. It did; and fromt that she did not keel them waiting. In a few momienits sh' came into the ioom in a ioo~e whiti Snigherobe and shawl, her nightcal thrown <ff and her hair failing upoi her shouders, her feet in slippers, tear in hbr eye, but perfectly coilte ed an< dignified." The attendatit notwtaading th~ Urging of thbe visitor, had not a w akenie Victoria, but had called her mtothet The Duchess of Kunt had aroused th yonge girl and scnt her alone into th Coiytgnam and the SaSiting. m, r!ain knelt down and presented thb. paper to the astonished girl, a nouncing the death of her uncle and notifying her that she was his suc cessor. The girl could say nothing, and the archbishop announced that he had come by desire of Qaeen Adelaide, widow of King William, who wanted Victoria to know of the peaceful death of her uncle. The queen's first words were ad dressed to the primate. She said: "I beg your grace to pray for me," which he did. Victoria's first written communica tion as queen was dispatched an hour later to Queen Adelaide in reply to a request that she might remain at Windsor until after the funeral. She addressed this letter to "Her Majesty the Queen." Victoria was told that it shourd be directed to the queen dow ager. "g am aware of that," answered Vic toria, "but I 'will not be the first to re mind her of her altered position." At 11 o'clock on that same morning she had to preside at her first privy council. An extemporized thron6 had been plaeed at the head of the table, around which were grouped the great est menin the kingdom. Without any embarrassment she read to them her first speech, which had been prepared by some older and wiser head. Her only embarraesment came when the old men, whom she had been taught to revere from infancy, knelt before her to swear allegiance and kiss her band. An hour after the privy council she was called upon sain to preside at a gathering of thecd binet ministers. HENE LOVY AFFAIR Toe queet proposed marriage to the man who became her husband. Royal etiquette imposed the dimcull taik up onictoria, as she was, a queen and the man of her choice, Prince Albert, was of inferior rank and station. Many accorirts have been told and written of how Victoria 'popped the quetion," bat the true one has never been published and probabiy never will be. The matter was too sacred to the queen for discussion among her closest friends, and the prince consort, her husband, faithfulty kept the secret anil he died. Victoria had but one love affair. No other romance ever figured in her life, though scores of mighty suitors sought her hand. In her infancy she was consecrated to her first cousin, Francis Charles Au gstus Albert Emanuel, second son ol rnest, Duke of Saxs-Coburt Saalfeld. Albert's father and Victoria's mother were brat her and sister, children ot the Dake of Coburg. The marriage contract between Al bert and Victoria was entered into by their parents when no one dreamed that the little girl would ever be Ques f"Eng a She grew up with tbi idea so firmly dded inrIdought that she was to be the wife of Prince Albert that it never occurred to her to alter the arrangement after she became een. 01bert and Victoria met for the first time when they were both about 17 years of age. Albert was very shy a a bov, but Victoria was never embar. rassed when in his company and re garded him in a matter of fact way tat greatly amused her elders. She bad been queen a trifle mnr tan two years when she proposed tc the prince and he du'ifully accepted. A task even more diffcult than askinj the man she loved to marry her con fronted the young queen. Duty anii official procedure compelled her to per soa ly announce her engagement tc her privy council. This announcemeint was made No veber 23, 1859. The privy counci wa summoned specially to Bucking ham palace to receive the announce nent. In the "Greenville Memoirs' the scene is described a.: follows: "All the privy councilors had seat themselves when the folding doori were thrown open and the qtieen came in attired in a plain morning gown but wearing a bracelet conitainisl Prince Ali~ert's picture. She resd thi decration in a clear, sonorous, sweet toned voice, but her hands tremb!ed s< excessively that I wondered she wa abl to read the paper whbich she helid. Victoria did not believe in length: engagements. At noon, on Februar 10, 1840, ihe queen was wedded t > thb man ot tier choice in the Chapel Royal St. James' palace, less than three months after the format engagement WARRANT FOR NEULI Wasingt on, Jan. 21. --The state de partmient to-day issued a warrant fc te soirender to the Cuban authIeir~ of C. F. W. Neely, charg-ed withe bezzlement. This warrant was sul mitted through the war department t the department of justice. It will ne:1 be placed in the bands of Unite States Marshal Benkel of the sout her distr ict of New York, who is new ti Icstdin of Nleely, who will also re, resent the Cuban military governmet in delivering him to the judicial at horities at Habans. The prison' >will n be removed to a governmei transport before next Thursday. Te most so'uthing, healing and al a tiseptc application ever devised I D+Wi's Witch Hazel Salve. It r -.lieves at once and cures piles, sore e eczema and skin disease'. Beware< QUEEN VICTORIA PASEb AWAY. The Queen Is Dead--Long Live the KingI Cowes, Isle of Wight, Jan. 22. Queen Victo:ia is dead and Edward VII. reigns. The greatest event in the memory oi this generation, the most stupendous change in existing condi tions that could possibly be imagined, his taken place quietly, almost gently, upon the an niversary of the death o . Queen Victoria's father, the Duke - f Kent. The end of this career, never equalled by any woman in the world's history, came in a simply furnished room in O.borne house. This most respected of all %omen, living or dead, lay in a great four-posted bed and made a shrunken atmm, whose aged face and figure weis a cruel mockery of the fair girl who in 1837, began to rule over EnglaLd Aron. ( I r were gathered almost every desce.,.a't of her line. Well within view of her dying eyes there hung a portrait of the prince consort. It Was be who designed the room and every part of the castle. In scarcely audible words the white haited bishop of Winchester prayed beside her, as be had often prayed with his sovereign, for he was her chaplain at Windsor. With bowed heads the imperious ruler of the German em Ire and. the man who now is king of Eng land, the woman who has sneeseded to the title of queen, the princes and princesses and those of less than royal deignation, listened to the bishop's ceaseless prayer. Six o'clock passed. The bishop con tinued his intercession. One of the younger children asked a question in a shrill childish treble and was immed iately silenc*A. The women of the royal family 'obbed faintly and the men shulad u-i-sily. At exactly 6:30 Sir James Reid hld up his hand, and the people in the room knew that England had lost her queen. The bishop pronounced the benediction. The queen passed away quite peace fully. She suffered no pain. Those who were now mourners went to their rooms. A few minutes later the in evitable element of materialism stepped into this pathetic chapter of inter national history, for the court ladies went busily to work ordering their mourning from London. 'The wheels of the world were jarred when the announcement came, but In this palace at Osborne everything par sued the usual course, Downin -the kitchen they were cooking a huge din ner for an assemblage, the like of which has seldom been known in Eng land, and the dinner preparations pro. ceeded just as if nothing bad happened. The body of Queen Victoria was em balmed and will probably be taken to W Saturday. The coffin arrived TNst evemn - m London. An incident aracteristic of the queet's solicitude r ot M two daYs ao,-Wten in one of the in tervals of consclousness, she summoned strength to suggest to her dressers, wtio had been acting as nurses, to take the opportunity of getting some fresh Monday afternoon she asked that her little Pomneraniani spaniel be brought to her bedside. It was feared that the queen was dy ing about 9 o'clock in the morning and carriages were sent to Osborne cot tage and the rectory to bring all the princes and princesses and the bishop of Winchester to her bedside. It seemed then very near thae end, but, when things looked the worst, the queen had one of the rallies due to her wonderful constitution, opened her eyes and recognized the Prince of Wales, the Prinese; andEmperor Wil liam. She ansked t.o see one of her faitnful servants, .a member of the household. He hastened to the room, but before he got there the queen had passed into a fitful sleep. Four o'clock marked the beginning Sof the end. Again the family were summoned and this time the relapse -was not f',Alowed by recovery. The SPriice of Wales was very much affec'ed Swhen the doctors at last informed him 'that his mother bad breathed her last. Emperor William, himself deeply Saffected, did his best to minister com fort to his sorrow-stricken uncle, whose new dignity he was the first to acknowledge. From all parts of the world there are still pouring into Cowesi messages ~f condolence. They came from crowned heads, millionaires, trades men and paupers and are varionsly addresed to the Prince of Wales and rthe king of England. Emperor William's arraneemnents are not settled- His yacht will arrive er to-day (Weinesday), but it is be -lieed th.t he will not depart until oalter the funeral. Several other royal ~persoges are likely to be present at the funeral, which probably will be .a dceremon rever to be equalled in tbig t~century. eThe record of the last da3s aof 'he ~.reign of Victoria is not easy to tell. itThe correspondent of the Associated Press was the only c irrespondent adt Smitted to tbe O.berne house and hii ~interview with Sir. Arthur lohn Riggs, :tprivate secretary t> the late queen, was the only cfficial statement that had been given out. For severa] week the queen had been failing. Oa .- Monday week she summoned Lord is Roberts and asked him some very e- searching questions regarding the war ~,i n South A frica. On Tne-day she )f Iwent for a drive, bat was visibly af Is netd n Wednesday she suffereda paralytc stroke, accompanled by In tease po sies weaknesi. It was Iher Irstiless in all her 81 years and she wasla not admit it. Then her con dition grew so serious that, against her wishes, the family were summoned. When they arrived her reason had practically succumbed te paralysis and weakniss. The events of the last few day are w.ell known. - At the lodge gates the watchers waited nervously. Suddenly along tlie "o from the house cale a horse ma w cried "Tb. queen is dead" as bedashed through the crowds. Thei down the hillside rushed a myriad of messengor. Soon. the sur rounding country knew that a ki ruled ever Great Britain. The 1 inhabitants walked as if in a dream diro the att ets of Oowes, but they did not esitate to stop and drink the besidl of the tiew monarch. season there is a large deatk rate among children from croup and iunt troubles. Prompt action will save the little ones from these terrible disses. 'We know of nothlng s certain to give instant relief as One Minute Coogh Care. It can also be relied upon in grippe and all throat and unmg troubles of adults. Pleasant to take. McMaster Co. .BRYANT AND LONGTOWN. Our farmers have commenced to prepare for another crop. A good deal 4f land ii bing cleared around here. Whether this means an inorease of the cotton -acreage or not renaim to be seen. We hope that the farmeri will not increase their cotton acreage; but edeaver first of all to raise thoir own rg ard hominy at home, and Ist cott- be the last thing considered. Un we produce. our own supplies and cease paying such enormeus prie for Western products, we will always be in the sime old rat. Entugh of this; let ne arise, shake oft .he shack. les, be free and Independent. Let na have our own wall filled cribs and smokehouses at home, and not else where as has generally heretofore b6eA the case. Then snd not until then will our condition be materially 7nsiderable amount of commnr - ertilizers is now being hained, .e4ppose that the amount used this yar will equal or exceed that of lai year. Small grain Is looking very well. Ma- bas been sown here than usual. i Mabel Arran*, of Abbeville, Is visiting Misses Maggie and Mattie Raines. There was quite an enjoyable party at MU.- D G. Smith's on Friday even igg. Quite a large crowd was present, all of whom seem to enjoy themselve very much Indeed. About 12 o'clock all *ers Invited to partake of ti bouniful supper which bd tely ppo casio ne 0 and hostess did everything t_ to contribute tc the enjoyment of their guests. Dane. iar was the principal amusement in dued in. iss Mattle Bell Bray Is Visiting Mis Beckie Pay. Mr. Laban Bush has returned to his home at Hopkles, fter a very pleasant visit to rela'ives and frienda in thht section. Iiisa Eugenla Douglass, of Albion, will teach the lower school, so we have been informed. Mr. David Crawford, of Wiunsboro was in town some time aince. We are anxiously awaiting to heai the whist ie of the engine on the Winna boro an~d s;ades railroad. Eat ui have the railroad by all means. January 18, 1901. D. U.-n BestOut of a Ineresse of Ems Penston A Mexican war veteran and promi teat editor writes: "Seeing the adver tisement of Chamberlain's Colic, Ubol era and Diarrhcna Remedy, I am r~e minded that as a soldier in Mexico iu '47 and '48, I contracted Mexican diar rna and this remedy has kept ma from getting an increase In my pen son, for on every renewal a dose of i restores me." It Is unequalled as quick core for diarrhcea and is pleas ant and safe to take. For sale by Mc Master Co.. druat't. The tobaceo growers of South Carc lina and ether Southern States are ask ig Congress for a redaction of 4 cent a pound on the tobacco tax. Such little pills as DeWitt's Litti Early Risers are very easily taken, ani they are wonderfully effective Il cleansing the liver and bowels. Mc Master Co. Lee's birthday was fittingly observe in a large number of Southern cities For Over Fftsy Years. Mis. Westow's SooTameN SvnU has been used for over fifty years b millions of mothers for their childre while teething, with perfect succesl It soothes the child, softens the gum' allays all paIn, cures wind calic, a. is the best remedy for diarrhoea will relieve the poer little suffert immediateh. Sold by druggists i every part of the world. Twenty-i cents a bottle. Be sure and ask fc "Mrs. Winslow', Soothing Syrup, and take me ether kind. 1-1-17 I is - timated that the numberc Gerans and their descendants in tl TUn State. Is 15.000.000. Hapy ed Prosi .M....-TO A !nb to Cents forEi ton 'afseb ft &OOD PAES 01 And when you want anyt GOODS, NOTIONS, BOO ING be sure and call on us. I at 4+*.Low-Tid We have The Winnsboro B2 bound to come to all who trad Quick Sales an Polite attention to all. Goc funded. Yours for biz, D. V. Wa] In 1800 t Inhabitants of the Unitd 8iates were a little morE than 6 00, 000. In 1900 they are 76,2 . In the past one hundred years the English language has passed from the ffhpa among Earopeam tongues to h rt and Is now the leading lan guage of the world. Dolly: "Papa, do they get salt out of Salt Lake?" Papa: "Yes, my dear; large quantities." Dolly: "And ink out of the Black Sea?" Papa: "Not Now keep quiet." Dolly: "Yes, sir. Are there any women on the Isle of Man?'' ,b. heuma Nobody knows all about it; and nothing, now known, will always cure it. Doctors try Scott's Emul sion of Cod Liver Oil, when they think it is caused by im perfect 'digestion of food. You can do the same. It may or may not be caused by the failure of stomach and bowels to do their work. If it is, you will cure it; if not, yo will do no harm. .The way, to cure a disease is to stop its cause, and help the body get back to its habit of health. When Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil does that, it cures; when it don't, it don't cure. It never does harm. The genuine has this picture on it, take no other. If you have dot tried it, send for free B sample, its agreeable ta.=te will surprise yo cu. S SCOTTr & BOWNE, r I Chemists, n 409 Pearl St., N. Y. SC oc. and $1.oo ; all druggists. >et jpo'unb of Coto 11901 to the OLD FII hing in the line of DRY [S, SHOES and C Te can supply all your wants Prices,*+aeP ink on our side; prosperity is e with us. Our motto: d Small Profits. ds exchanged or money re ker & Co. CLEK'8 BALM. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF FAITRILD. COURT OF COMMO? PLEA& Susan L DesPortes as Xzeuetriz and William L. DesPorte. as Executer of the will of R. S. DesPorii de. ceased, vs. Wylie I. Strother. IN pursuance of an order of1tMs Court of Common Pleas made ti the above stated case, I will ofer for ele before the Court Heuse door la WibUs boro, S. C., on the FIRST MONDAY IN FEBRUARY, within the legal hours of sale at public outcry, to the higboAt biddAL. Th foj land lying in Fairfield County, south of Simpson's Turnout, and sath of the Southern Railway, formerly the C. C.t A. Railroad, containing NINETY ACRES, more or less, and bounded on the north by right of way of thesad Southern Railway, and on the east by lands of Jno. A. DesPortes and Janme Egleeten and on the west by lands formerly be longing to John W. Smart. One-.third cash the balance in equal instalments on a credit of one sad two years with Interest tros day'of sale payable annually secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of th premises with the privlege to tihe purchaser of paying all cash. T~e purcaser to pay for all necessary paper. and for recording and for aUl ncssary revenue J LYLES, Jan. 14, 1901. C. C. 0. P. .C. 1-15td TOO MANY ON 1-IAND. JlUST ARRITED, A CARLOAD of YOUNG MULES. I have over on hand, and theya m go sIe o and I will sell yon~ cheaper than yed Iave any rio mle or horse yon want irom P$) up. Also all good workers and some good ad de horses. Come to see me before yoI wnt to buy y our cattle. Let me see them before you sell. A. Williford, Winnabero. 5. 6.