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A Gentle Word. "A kindly word and a tenderi tone,- I To only God is their virtue known; They can lift from the dust the abject head, They can turn a foe to a friend intead; Tha heart close-barred with pas sion and pride Will fling at their knock its portall wide; And the hate that blights, and the scorn that sears, Will melt in the fountain of child like tears. What ice-bound barriers have been broken, What rivers of love been stirred, By a word in kindness spoken, By only a gentle woid." RUDE ROCK-WALLED SEPULCHER Robbed of its Contents After Three Decades--Act of Vandalism at Col. Provence's Grave. ( The State, April 11.) A small card in The State of Sunday from the town of Blair's in Fairfield county, brings to mind a romantic story and one which has its pathos. This card was as follows: To the Editor of The State: The grave of Col. Provence at Rock Creek church was dug up and the casket broke open a few nights ago by parties unknown. We understand Col. Provence was buried about 31 years ago. Something should be done by the right parties, whoever they are, to see if the perpetrators could not be apprehended and dealt with according to law. Is it possible we cannot rest in the grave? The friends and family will regret to learn this. Not know ing tha address of any of the family I take this Way of notify ing them and hope you will pub lish same J. W. Blair. L Blair's April 7. In course of conversation yes +erday, Mr. W. H. Lyles told of certain circumstances which make the act of vandalism doubly strange. Mr. Lyles knew Col. Provence well for they made their homes on adjoining plantations, and although Col. Provence was at the time of his death about 60 years old and Mr. Lyles was a young man, the friendehip be tween the two was strong. "The account of the desecra tion of the gravi of Col. David Provence," said Mr. Lyles, "arouses in my mind sincere re gret, as it seems to be' the ful filment of a premonition which was entertained by Col. Provence for months before his death. ''For many months before his death he frequently spoke to me of his dread that his remains should some day be disturbed, or that the plowshare should turn the soil above his grave. At that time my family owned the land on the other side of the public road from Rock Creek church, and on a beautiful knoll opposite to the church and a few feet from the public road was a large rock with a V shape opening, facing the church. His special request to me was that he might be buried in that opening in order that his grave should be protected fe"vever from the plowshare. This was done, and when the tract of land was subsequently sold a small square was reserved on ac count of the grave. Now, 31 years after his death the thing that he dreaded has come to pass; the casket has been torn open, and his bones ruthlessly scattered upon the surface of the ground. "He was a man of brilliant inteilect and of rare qualities of heart. He had served gallantly in the Mexican war and was promoted on the field of battle at Buena Vista for gallantry and received a captain's commission. He was one of the principal heroes of the defense of Port Hudson during the War of the Confederacy as the colonel of one of the Arkansas regiments hold ing the centre of the works of defense of that town, and it was said of him in this account of his life from which I read that during the entire siege he left his post only when he sallied forth to destroy the enemy's works, or thrust the bayonet into his loins. Although in- feeble health, neither, dangers nor privations, nor ex-l posure, nor physical infirmity abated one jot of his martial valor or his unceasing vigilance. Hav ing married Miss Hall of Fair field district he purchased and settled on a plantation adjoining my father's and in the troublous times subsequent to the war I came to know him well." Mr. Lyles said that he could in no way account for the dese cration of the rude rock-Vp walled sepulcher. Col. Provence was buried with no jewels and enmity is hard to believe, for he knew few who hated him enough to so profane his last resting: place. Had the act been comn mitted shortly after his death, a reason might have better been sought for, but now after 31 years, it is a mystery. 1 Dr. Deems' Prize-Letter. [The New York World once :>ffered a prize for the best letter telling how to manage a wife. Dr. C. F. Deems wrote a letter signed "A Joiner," which won the prize. Here is the letter. It is brief and good:] To The Editor: "Manage?' What is that? Does it mean tc control? We manage a horse We use our superior human in tellect to control and guide his superior physical strength so as to obtain the best results. Bui a wife is not a horse. Where two persons are well married thE wife is superior to her husband in as many rospects as he is s perior to her in others. If hap piness is to be the result of th union the first business of th4 husband is to manage himself al to keep himself always his wife' respectful friend, always he tender lover, aiways her equa partner, always her superio protector. This will necessaril: stimulate the wife to be alway an admiring friend, always al affectionate sweetheart, alwayi a thrifty housewife, always - conf'ding ward. And this wil always react upon the husban< that his love for his wife wil grow so as to make it easy fo the husband, with all his faults to bear with all the infirmities o his "one and only" wife. The Colonel's Waterloo. Colonel John M. Fuller, a Honey Grove, Texas, nearly me his Waterloo, from Liver an Kidney trouble. In a recent let ter, he says: "I was nearly dead of these complaints, and, althoud I tried my family doctor, he di< me no good, so 1 got a 50c. bottl of your great Electric Bitters which cured me. I consider ther the best medicine on earth, an' thank God who gave you th knwledge to make them." Sold and guaranteed to cure. Dyspep sia, Biliousness and Kidney Dis ease, by McMaster Co., Obea Drug Co. and John H. McMaste & Co., druggists, at 50c. a bottle Easter Very Late This Year, Mr. J. Martin Grant has hande< us the following interesting in formation: It has been 19 years sinci Easter fell so late in April. I the year 1886 Easter fell on th, 25th of April. Easter is called movable feast of the church that is, its date depends on th< timie of the moon's coming to th< full. At the Coneil of Nice ii the year 325, it was decided tha Easter should be celebrated oi the Sunday first following th full moon which happens on o: next after March 21st. By this rule Easter may come as earl: as March 22nd or as late al April 25th of April until 1903. in calculating the futrre wi find that during the Twentieti century February will carry five Sundays three times, beginning with Sunday and ending witi Sunday. Of course this has to be a leap year. It last occurred ix the year 1880. J~t will occn: again in the year 1920, 1948, 197( and 2004.-Chester Lantern. -Incredible Brutaity. It would have been incredible brutality if Chas. F. Lemberger of Syracuse, N. Y., had not donE the best he could for his suffering son. "My boy," he says, cut a fearful gash over his eye, so I applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve which guichiy healed it and saved his eye." Good for burns and ulcers too. Only 25c. at McMas ter Co.'s, Obear Drug Co.'s and John H. McMaster & Co.'s drug stores. Among the interesting facts about the new Pennusylvanie Railroad tunnel and terminal it New York are these: t.tal cod1 $60,000,000, in aidditioni to the $10,000,000 for the st t inn site on which were about .300 dwell ings; daily train capie t~s, 90(1 passenger accom modat on di 200,000; men at work, about 10 000; time required for trip uude the Hudson, two minutes. IL projecting this enterprise the engineers believe they have solved all the problems which baffled the most daring engineers ol twenty-three years ago. A Chicago Alder man Owe. Hi1s Elec tion to Chamberlaiu's Cough Remedy. "I can heartily andl conscientiously ecomnend Chamberlain's C o u g h Reedv for aft'ections of the throat md lurigs," says Hon. John Shenick, 2 So. Peoria; St., Chicago. "T wo rears ago during a political campaign, aughn cold after being overheated, hvbienl irritated my throat and I was inally compelled to stop, as I could ot speak aloudI. In my extremity a riend ad vised rme to use C'hamberlai n's oughm Reedy. I took two doses that ~ftrnoon and could not believe my 'enses when I found the next morning he intrianmmat ion had largely subsided. took several (doses that day, kept -ght on talking th rough the campaign, md I thank this med(icine that I won ny seat in the Council." This remedy Sfor sale by Obear Drug Co. It's a poor religion~ thit will 2t stand the trip from the hurch to the street. Ifit is a bilious attack take Chamn erlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Lnd a quick eure is certain. For sale y Obar Drug Co. Country Editors' Troubles. William L. Alden enjoys tell ing stories of the troublous experience of a friend who was running a weekly papEr in the West. One day there entered the office of Mr. Alden's friend a man of the type common to every town-the individual who has suggestions to offer to the end that the periodical may be made a success. This man launched into a complaint that the editor had failed to print certain articles he had submitted to him. "What have you done with them?" he i inquired, querulously. "My friend," replied the editor,, ,'I must thank you for those bits; they have served to good pur pose. The fact is, I am holding them. Now and then I get to thinking I am not providing the public with as good a paper as I ought to. At such times I look up your articles, which enable , me to perceive how much worse the sheet might be. Then I bacome real cheerful again. i Please don't take them from me," he added, appealingly. Letter to W. D. Tennant & Co. Wunsboro, S. C. Dear Sirs: Porterhouse, so much; neck, so much; all the way be tween. Just so with paint. Devoe lead-and-zinc is the porterhouse. Nobody wants the neck; the be f tween, some'say, is good enough t :for them. But Devoe costs less, not more, . than between. Lead-and-oil is between: it is the oil-fashion paint. But zinc has come in. t Zinc toughens white lead. De voe lead-and-zinc is the paint that wears twice as long as lead and-oil. Mr. John N. Deitel, Fair Hav en, N. Y., writes: "Mr. Charles Hollenbeck, of this place, painted his house three years ago with Devoe lead-and-zine; his father - painted at the same ti ne with lead-and r oil. To-day the son's house looks as r well as the day it was painted, while the father's house has all chalked off and needs painting very badly. The father says he will paint with Devoe next time." Yours truly 1 54 F-W DETOE & CO John H. McMaster & Co. sell our paint. 1 A Home-Raised Dinner. .It may be successfully contend ed that in no State in the Union Scan a farm be made more self Ssustaining than in South Carolina. This is shown to be true by the fact that at a dinner a few weeks ago at the home of Mr. and Mrs. SFrancis P. B. Pegues, in North Sern Marlboro, notice was taken by a guest that nothing but salt Shad been bought, all else having been raised on their own farm. The dinner consisted of tomato soup, turkey, chicken, beef, ham, chicken salad, rice, beans, Irish and sweet potatoes, peas, corn, pickles, vinegar (home-made.) celery, molasses, preserves, toma toes, tea, nuts, fruit, nut cake, pig foot jelly, 'bread and biscuits. The tea and sugar were both home made and in fact all the above-with the exception of salt -was home made.-Rock Hill Herald. Dangers of Pneumonia. A. cold at this time if neglected is liable to cause pneumonia which is so often fata'. and even whea the patient has recovered the lungs are weakened, making them peculiarly susceptible to the devlopment of consumption. Fo ley's Honey and Tar will stop the cough, heal and strengthen the lungs and prevent pneumonia. La grippe, coughs yield qmcktly to the wonderful curative qualities of Foley's Honey and Tar. There is nothing else "just as good." Sold by Mc Master Co. It disgusts a baldiheaded man beyond expression to see the way some people part their hair down the middle. lHeKept up in the Race. James S. Barron, President I lnchester Cotton Mills, Rock I ill, S. C., writes: In 1883 I painted my residence 'wth L. & M. It looks better -han a great miany houses painted three years ago." Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for linseed oil, which you do in ready-to-use paint. Buy oil .frezih from the barrel at 60 cents per gallon, and rmix it with Longman & Martinez L. & M. Paint. I makes paint cost about $1.20 per gallon. Wears and covers like gold. Every church given a liberal quantity when bought from Mc Master Co,, Winnsboro; C. P. Wray & Co., Ridgeway; Kennedy Mer. and Banking Co.,Blackstock. It's awful nice the way a girl's lips can get in the way of her hands when you are trying to kiss them. Raw or inflamed Lungs yield rapidly to the wonderful .urative and healing qualities of Foley's Honey and Tar. It prevents pneumonia and consumption from a hard cold settled en the lungs, "My daughter had a terrible cough which settled on he'r lungs," says N. Jackson, of Danville, Ill. "We tried a great many remedies without relief, until we gave her Fo ley's Honey and Tar, which cured her. Sold by McMaster Co. If a Cow gave! Butter mankind would have to invent milk. Milk is Na-, ture's emulsion-butter put In shape for diges tion. Cod liver oil is ex tremely nourishing, but it has to be emulsified before we can digest it. Scott's Emulsion, combines the best oil with the valuable hypo phosphites so that it is easy to digest and does far more good than the oil alone could. That makes Scott's Emulsion the most strengthening, nourishing food - medi cine in the world. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists 409-415 Pearl Street. New York 50c. and $1.00. All druggists If men saved to keep ont of debt the way they have to get out, this would be a world of millionaires. btrikes Hidden 'Rocks. When your ship of health strikes the hidden rocks of Con sumption, Pneumonia, etc., you are lost, if yo. don't get help from Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. J. W. McKin nonof Talladega Springs, Ala, writes: "I had been very ill with Pneumonia, under the care of two doctors, but was getting no better when I began to take Dr. King's New Discovery. The first dose gave relief, and one bottle cured me." Sure cure for sore throat, bronchitis, coughs and colds. Guaranteed at McMaster Co.'s, Obear Drug Co.'s and John H. McMaster & Co.'s drug stores; price 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. No girl cares to have a man admit that she is the only girl he ever loved platonically. Startling lortality. Statistics show startling mor tality, from appendicitis and peri tonitis. To prevent and cure these awful diseases, there is just one reliable remedy, Dr. King's New Life Pills. M. Flannery, of 14 Custom House Place, Chicago, says: "They have no equal for Constipation and Biliousness.|' 25c at McMaster Co.'s,0bear Drug Co.'s and John H. McMaster & Co.'s, druggists. When a woman's husband has made money in the stock market she keeps it as secret as if lihe was a brass band. A Severe Cold for Three rlonths. The following letter from A. J. Nus baum, of Batesville, Ind., :eils its own story: "I suffered for three months with a severe col.d. A druggist pre pared me some medicine, andl~ a physi cian prescribed for me, yet I (lid not improve. I then tried Foley's Hon~ey and Tar, and eight doses cured me." Refuse substitutes. Sold by McMaster An early spring is a sign that there will be a big crop for the fool-killer. Pneumonia Follows a Cold ot never follows the use of Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops the cough, heals and strengthens the lungs andl affords perfect security from an attack. of pnfeumnonia. Refuse substitutes. Sold byMcMaster Co. A man must open his eyes in order to see even as bright an object as the sun. CASTOR IA For Tnfants and Children. The Kind You Have Alway Bought 8eas the It's easier for a woman to love a man- than it is for her to agree with another woman. Has Stood the Test 25 Years. The old, original GROVEtS Tasteless CThill Tonic. You know what you are taking. It is iron and f1iiie in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. 50c. Aspiration asserts itself by perspiration. Nobody ever has to put on lasses to see tha~ faults of his ~riends. Ttes Pills stimulate teTORPiD LIVER, . strengthen the digestive organs, regulate the bowels, and are un equaled as an ANTI-BILOUS MEDICINE, In malarial districts thL'r virues5 arc widely recognized, as they possess~ peculiar properties in freeinig t he system from that poison. Elegarto sugar coated. Tak No Sobtitute.nmm--. Letters of Administration State of South Carolina, I County of Fairfield. 11Y D. A. lifroom, E-;1., Probate Judge: Whereas, 0. B. Goza hath made suit to ic to grant him letters of ad ministration of the estate and effects of Johi (Gtoza, de-eased: These are, therefore, to cite and ad muonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said John Goza. deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Fairfield Court House, South Carolina, on the 21st day of April next, after publica tion hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore noon, to show c.ause, if any they have, why the said administration should - not be granted. (;iven under my hand, this 11th day of April, A. ). 1905. ). A. BROOM, -1 Judge of Probate. WANT TO BUY A Wedding Present? Come in and let us show you our line of goods suitable for the ooasion. Sterling Silver. Berry Bowls, handsome designs, $10.00 to $50.00. Bonbon and Olive Dishes, $3.50 to $10.00. Carving Sets, $4.50 to $10.00. Sterling Silver Spoons, Forks, Ladles in variety at attractive' price. Cut Glass. fandsone Berry Bowls, $5.50, $6.50 to $15.00. Bonbon and Olive Dishes, $2.25 to $4.00. Decanters, $8.50 to $16.00. Sugar and Cream, $6.00 to $9.00. Fine China. Beautifully decorated, im p or t e d Salad Bowls, $3.00 to $5.50. Cracker Jars, $2.75 to $4.50. Chocolate Pots, $3.00 to $5.50. Cake Plates, 72c. to $5.50. A Good Clock is Always Acceptable. We have a nice assortment of Clocks. Small silver and gold artistic designs, $2.00 to $5.00. Eight-day Mantle Clocks, striking hours and half hours, $5.00 to $10.00. Handsome gold Clocks, $10.50 to $25.00. Candelebra in gold to match gold clocks, $5.50 to $10.50. If you can't come write for our Illus trat Catalogue of staple goods, viz., Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass, etc. P. H. LAWCHICOTTE & CO. 424 r1ain Street, Columbia, S. C. I] IDeciding the Piano EQuestion. Chickering Fischer^ Knabe Vose Mehlin Mathushek Behr Bros. Lester and Smith & Barnes. We have enough kinds of Pianos here to meet your wishes and de sires-exactly the kind of pianc you ought to have, at precisely the price you wish to pay, and on almost any terms you ask.g MALON E'S s Music House Opp. Y. M. C. A. Columbia. S. C. PIANOS and ORGANS. Final DischArge. Notice is hereby given that S. S. Coleman, Executor of the last Will and Testament of the estate of Mrs. Mary A. Faucette, deceased, has this day made application unto me for a linal discharge as such Executor, and that the 11th day of May, A. D. 1905, at 10 o'clock A. M., at my office, has been appointed for the hearing of said peCtitioni. D. A. BROOM, Judge of Probate Fairfield Co., S. C. April 31, 1905. 4-124t Municipal Notice. Notice is hereby given that a meet- E ing~ of the Towvn Council will be held on Monday, the 24bh inst., at 5 o'clock P. M. Written applications for the office of Clerk of Council and also for positions on the police force will be received up to 12 o'clock M. of that day, the elec tion to take place at said meeting. By order of the Mayor: g 4-2JNO. J. NEIL, 4-is Clerk of Council. ti UNDERTAKING WILL BE CONTINUED IN blhe future thie same as in the past - in the old establishment in all its :epartments with a full stock of Caskets, Burial Oases and Coffins :onstantly on hand, and use of wi tiearse when requested. j|fi Thankful for past patroruage in md solicitous-' for a share in the ni future, in the old stand. T Calls attended to at all hours. at THE ELLI0TT SIN M. at J1. 11. ELLIOTT & co. Grove's has stood the test 25 years. bottles. Does this record of argest Horse and Mule de; A large supply BABCOCK BUGGIES GREGORY-RHEA I JNO. W. COND Special We are glad to announce thi than ever before for doing all REPAIR and that we shall be glad to b may have. When needing an; or phone us in regard to same All busiaess entrusted to u to. R. T. Mattt WEARE. '' EOLUMBIA LUr coLUMB [IGH GRADE UT FLOWERS GROWN BY US. arnations............75c. to $1.00 per dozen oses (fine greenhouse).... $2.00 to $3.50 per dozen yacinths (Roman).... 50c. to 75c. per dozen arcissus, Paper White....75c. per dozen Ay of Valley....$1.00 to $1.50 per dozen 3oxes of Pretty Mixed Flowers 41.00 to S5.00: ~askets of Pretty Mixed Flowers ... 51.50 to $10.00~ Only the finest up-to-date varieties planted. UR CUSTOMERS GET THlE BEST Lrtstie Bouquets for all purposes.. $1.00 to $10.00 YLISH HOME AND CHURCH DECORATIONS. We make a specialty of Fine Wedding Work. Wreaths, Crosses, Anchors, &c., $2.00 up. In ordering Bouquets or Designs ive us an idea of what you want and rice, and we will please you. Cut lowers, Plants, Bulbs and Seed ipped everywhere RITE for PRICE LIST of SEE~DS [RO8E HILL GREEHOSES 17 Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. Phone 34. Overworked KIDNEYS Murray's Buchu, Gin and Juni per is prescribed and endorsed by eminent physicians. It cures when all else fails. Prevents Kid ney Disease, Dropsy, Bright's Disease, etc. At all drug stores. $1.00 a Bottle, Or Direct from THE MURRAY DRUG CO,, Columbia, S. C. ~usiness Education Pays Largest Dividends! ENTER NOW. e off'er best terms. Satisfaction Laranteed. Course of study the most. 'actical. No Business College offers tter advantages. Our graduates a'-e: demand. Hundreds are in positions; Scan assist you. Write for informa-] OFEAT'S SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESS COLLEGE, 9-7tf Columbia, S. C. A Big Gin Bargain. Intending to enlarge ourc plant Soffer for sale a two-gin lint ie and condenser. and a thirty ch suction fan in perfect run ug condition. is is an opportunity to make improvement in your ginnery a cos greatly below the ex nse of buying at first hand. j The Ridgeway Ginnery Co. t Tasteless Chili Average Annual Sales OVe merit appeal toyou? N< MULES, HORSES, BUGGIES. ilers in South Carolina. now on hand. 'HE BEST MADE. WRITE US FOR PRICES. IULE COMPANY. ER, Manager. - - COLLJMBIA, S. C. Notice. tt we are now better prepared kinds of WORK e favored with any work you ything repaired bring it to us s will be promptly attended tews & Son. A5 C. MURRAY'S IRON MIXTURE. Now is the time to take a spring tonic. By far the best thing to take is Murray's Iron Mixture. It makes pure blood and gets rid of that tired feeling. At all druggists. 50c a Bottle. Or Direct from THlE MURRAY DRUG Co., Columbia, S. C. Bulow's Comet The Blue Ribbon Stallion. A beautiful five-year-old com bination stallion will make this season at Cedar Tree Plantation, two miles above Ridgeway. Fee 10.00 for the season. Mares sent from a distance kept at 50 cents per day. A. M. Owens, Winnsboro, S. C., is hereby authorized to collect fees due for service by Comet for the past season. T. L.~BULOW, 3-29-3m Ridgeway, S. C. THE HECE LOG BEAU SAW MILL WITH HiEACOCK-KING FEED WORKS ENGflsEs AXD BOILEES. WoOOoEING MAcarsEar, Co-Tros GrisNro. Barcx MAEING AND S KING LE AND1 IAhTE MAcHIN~ERY, CORN~ MILLs. E-c.. ETO. GIBBES MfACHINERY Co.. Columbia, S. C. THE GIBSES SHINGL.E MACHINE THAT SUIT will look as good as new if you will have it cleaned and pressed. am prepared to do the work for ou at the most reasonable prices Lnd I guarantee satisfaction. By 1aving your suit cleaned and ressed it will look ever so -much etter all the while and will last o much longer. If you have not >een in the habit of having your uit kept in good order, begin it iow and see how much satisfact on there will be in the improved ooks of the suit and in its longer year. Give me a trial. tf. W. Bose Durham. To Cure a Cold in One Day ake LAXATIVE BROMO QUI CNE Tablets. All druggists refund be money if it fails to cure. E. WV. Grove's signature is on each ox. 253c. Tonic r One and aHalf Million > Cure, No Pay. 50c. ek aoot. Lver Pls.