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MAGANE IECTION- WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1906. NELLIE GRMT SARTORIS. SKZTCH }F THE 1OVELY WHITE HOUSE BRIDE OF THE DAYS OF GENERAL GRANT. She Met Algernon Sartoris, Her Future Husband, on Shipboard on Return European Trip-Is Mother of Three Children. No American girl, not even President Roosevelt's daughter, ever had a more brilliant wedding than Nellie Grant, the befoved child of the great Civil War hero; yet of late years the public, which has always taken a kindly inter est in Gen. Grant's family, has heard comparatively little of his only daugh ter. When Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow of the President, was living, her daughter spent much time with her mother at the latter's home in the city of Washington, but since the death of her mother Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris can scarcely be said to have had a fixed residence in any American city. How ever, she has always been very fond of St. Louis, and she made her -home in the Missouri metropolis during most of the time the recent World's Fair was in progress there. Possibly the liking of Mrs. Sartoris for St. Louis is to be attributed to the fact that her birth, in August, 1855, occurred at her Grandfather Dent's country home near St. Louis, the birth place of 'her mother. When General Grant was elected President, and in deed during the first three years that he and his wife lived at the White House, the daughter was at school Toward the close of President Grant's first term, however, Miss Nellie made her social debut at the Presidential mansion, and her cadet brother, home from West Point, was her escort and sompanion. MET PRINCE CHARMING. General Grant's daughter made a tour of Europe soon after she formally entered society, and everywhere re ceivellthe- -most distinguished atten tions from the royal families of Great Britain and the Continent. On the way home on the steamer Russia she met Mr. Sartoris, the Prince Charming who was later to win her heart and hand. From the moment that the en gagement of Miss Grant was an nounced the whole American people manifested an interest in the bride-to be which never found a parallel save in the enthusiasm for Alice Roosevelt. The fact that the lucky man was an Englishman and not a citizen of the republic, while it was a matter of deep regret to many persons, including President Grant himself, was not al lowed to cast a damper upon the joyous occasion. Mr. Algernon Sartoris was but twenty-three years of age and Miss Grant was only nineteen when, on Thursday, May 21, 1874, they were MRS. NELLIE GR joined in wedlock in the East Room of' the White House in the presence of more than two hundred distinguished persons, including the representatives of the foreign governments, officers of the army and navy, etc. Mr. Sartoris had been- educated in England and Germany and was the son of Mr. Edward Sartoris, of Hamp shire, England, and his wife, Adelaide Keniale, daughter of Charles and sister of Fanny Kemble, well known to the stage. Prior to the marriage the groom assured General Grant of his entire willingness to reside with his bride in the United States, but soon after the wedding his brother in Eng land died most unexpectedly and he was virtually obliged to return to his native land to assume the management of the family estates. President and Mrs. Grant accompanied the young couple to New York, whence they sailed for England. BLESSED WITH CHILDREN. Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris had three children, two daughters and a son. The son, who bears his father's name, Algernon, was for a time an officer in the United States army and saw some service in the Philippines, but his health compelled the abandonment of a military career. During the past few years he has traveled extensively, and some months ago was married to a very beautiful' young woman in Paris. The eldest daughter, Vivian, was married a year or two since, but the younger daughter, Rosemary, the beauty of the family, is still unmarried. Some months since much discussion was precipitated when it was rumored that she was engaged to the son of one of the Confederate generals who fought against General Grant in the campaigns of the Civil War. Mrs. Nellie Grant -Sartoris Is u woman who has always been held in high esteem by a large circle of fem inine friends. From her school days she has seemed to inspire the regard of members of her own sex, and some idea of her popularity anay be formed from the fact that on the occasion of her wedding she was attended by eighteen bridesmaids, all gowned alike. Mrs. Sartoris is several years younger than her famous brother, Gen. Fred D. Grant, of the United States Army, but her birthday was three years ear lier than that of Jesse Grant, the youngest member of this famous fam ily. A LUXURIOUS AUTO. Capt. Lars Anderson's Wonderful Machine of French Manufacture. Of all the automobiles ever turned out by French or other manufacturers, the one lately made for Capt Lars Anderson, of Boston, seems to be en titled to the prize for originality. It is a huge machine fitted up for long journeys and in point of speed equals any of the present-day touring cars. , The Anderson car is fitted out with reversible furniture. There is a com bination bed and bureau .hat is cer tainly a work of a -t, and then there is a cook stove and dining table ar rangement that can be hauled out at a moment's notice. The whole ma chine, in fact, is a kind of miniature hotel on wheels with accommodations for eating, sleeping, working or Idling, according to the fancy of the owner or his guests. A Family Affair. "Once upon a time there lived a good man of New YorK, who was soliciting contributions for the erection of an orphan asylum," said the story teller. "He had been to many rich people and received liberal contri ANT SARTORIS. butions, which wore entered in a book he had for that purpose. Among these many names there appeared. 'Mrs. Russell Sage, $25.' The good man went to Mr. Sage's office, and, showing him the contribution entered in the book by Mrs. Sage, asked if he could not give a like sum. And what do you suppose he diu?" "Well. I suppose he at least doubled it," remarked a listener. "Doubled it! Not Russell!" ex elaimed the teller of the story. "Why, he simply took his pen and wrote 'Mr. and' before his wire's name, and handed the book back to the good man."-Harpers Weekly. The railway ton mIleage of the South In 1882 was one-eighteenth of the wholeaond In 10 waseaven. BEETUGAR GROWING. GOVERNMENT REPORT SHOWS HEALTHY GROWTH IN NEW AMERICAN INDUSTRY. Colorado Leads-Industry. Every Where Proving a Powerful Aid to Agricultural, Industrial and Social bevelopment. In spite of apparent efforts to crip ple or kill it off, the beet-sugar in dustry of the United States is making steady progress. Congress has just received the an nual report of Special Agent Charles F. Saylor of the Department of Agri culture on the status' of the beet-sugar industry for last year. Fifty-two beet-sugar factories were in operation, 5 were standing idle, and 12 were be ing constructed for operation this UNLOADING SUGAR BEETS ON TO THE FACTORY CARS. year. The factories last year bad a total capacity for slicing 40,050 tons of beets daily. In the acreage planted and the sugar manufactured from beets Colo rado leads, h.ving t -vested 85,000 acres and manufactured 91,000 tons of sugar. Michigan came second in acreage with 77,000 acres, but third in sugar with 66,000 tons. California grew 51,000 acres and produced 73, 000 tons of sugar. The next stateg in order were respectively Utah, Idaho, Nebraska and Wisconsin with a total of 71,000 acres and 64,000 tons of sugar. Other states grew 17,000 acres of beets, producing about 17,000 tons of sugar, or a total for the United States of 307,364 acres with a produc tion of 312,920 tons of sugar. RAPID GROWTH LOOKED .FOR. Indications are favorable, the report states, to the further growth of this pursuit both in irrigation and rain fall districts. "The industry Is prov ing to be a powerful aid to commer cial, agricultural and industrial devel opment. It promotes Irrigation, Immi gration, land -settlement, the building of railroads and trolley lines, the making of other improvements, and the upbuilding of various industrial enterprises. Such results can only, be appreciated by those who have visited the factory districts in Colorado, Utah and Idaho, or in other newly settled and improved areas throughout the West The beneficial effect of the Industry Is also shown In the better settled, more highly developed agri cultural districts of the East, where, after beets have been given a proper trial in competition with established crops, they are demonstrating their staying qualitites and potency In in dustrial development." GROWS MORE THAN IT EATS. One feature of this report Is a series of tables accompanied with outline maps designed to show graphically the magnitude of sugar production in that part of the country lying west of the Mississippi River, These indicate that the estimated production of sugar west of the Mississippi in 1906 will ex ceed by 24,000 tons the amount of sugar consumed in the same area in 1900 (the latest year for which we have reliable census figures). The estimate of production for 1906 is made by assuming that all the beet sugar factories, including 10 new ones, will run at their full capacity for campaigns of 100 days, and that the cane sugar product for 1906 will be the same as that of last year." TABLE SHOWING PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR IN STATES WEST OF THE MISSISS IPPI RIVER. Poninds. Estimated cane sugar, 1906..- 698.880.000 Estimated beet sugar. 1906.. 783,200,000 Estimated total sugar pro duced. 1906........... 1y82.080.000 Total sugar consumed, 1900.. 1.433.929.505 Excess of production over con suimption .....................4.150.495 The amount of beet-sugar whIch will he produced in factories east of the Mississippi during this year. if run at their full capacity. will also equal about 17 per cent. of the con sumption of sugar in the trans-Miss isippi area. This showing of the Department of Agriculture, white it makes a com paratively small ;nroad upon the vast consumption of sugar in the more densely populated re.ion east of tha Mississippi, yet indicates that the young beet-sugar industry is making substantial prog-ress. and that con sidering the uncertainty of legislation and the great coot of beet-sugar fac tory investments, very satisfactory ad vances are being made in this new American enterprise. TEN ACRE FARM& Pending Bill Allows Government to tLut up liomesteads into Small Tracts. The tendency of the times is to en courage better farming and in smaller areas. It is comiag to be recognized that the proportioa is small of farms which are thoroughly tilled and made TWELFTH CONSECU TIVE CROP AT LEHI, UTAH. to produce the raximum yield of which the land is capable. A few years ago the mar. who would have said that 10 acres of farm land was a sufficient area for a man to make a good living from would have been looked upon as a drank. Now there are thousands of little 10 acre and even 5 acre farms fron which men are making more m(.ney than many others are from atiempting to till 20 times that amount. That 10 acres, under favorable conditions, will pro duce a living is recognized in a bill which has just been passed by the House of Representatives and which will likely be passe:1 by the Senate at this session. It is an amendment to the National Irriga tion Law. Under that law the homestead entry upon public land irrigated by the govern ment ranges from 4-0 to 100 acres, to be determined by th~e Secretary of the Interior, according t. the conditions of the reclamation. It- was recognized, at the time of the p.assage of the law in "02, Grhat in some sections of the country 40 acres was an ample area for a farm. It is riow seen, and ad mitted in the bill above mentioned that 10 acres Is not too small a sub division under favcrable conditions. Another amendmen t was recently made to the irrigat ion law allowing the government to establish town-sites and divide the lartd thereunder up into various sized tracts ranging from town-lots to 14) acre allotments. When this bill which is now before the Senate becomes a 11w it will there fore be possible for the government, in any of its irrigatIon projects to di vide and sub-divide~ its land into town and farm units ranging all the way from lots up tE: 160 acre farms. MODEL RURAL SETTTJENTS. This plan will doubtless develop some of the finest examples of pros4 perous rural communities to be found anywhere in the world. Many of the best developed sections of some of the western states include great numbers of little farms and fruit ranches of 5, 10 an:I 20 acres each, where the appeararn e is almost like the outskirts of a village. With such a dense rural popuh-tion there is an ideal combination of practically all the advantages to b~e found in city life and the splendid ':'esults of country work and living. Houses. in such a community, are almost within a stone throw of each other, the population is sufficiently large to support splendid roads, good school and churches, water and lighting impr ovements, good sewerage, etc. ThE s the lonesome ness, the isolation and the many un attractive features of the big farm dis appear while yet th:e joys and the wholesomeness of colntry life are all present. .The report accompianying this bill states that since the passage of -the irrigation act. It bhas developed that on some of the lands to be irrigated, particularly those in fruit and truck farming districts. les.s than 40 acres is needed for the supp ort of the family, and in fact- experie ace has demon strated- that the av-erage farmer is more prosperous on a small than on a large irrigated farm. In view of this condition of affairs it has been deemed wise to reduce to 1C acres the mini mm entry which zmaa be allowed. opyri hted. L8 CHAPTER I. The great bell of Beaulieu was ring in,-. Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell. Peat cutters on Blackdown and fishers upon the Exe heard the distant throbbing and falling upon the sultry summer air. It was a common sound in those parts-as common ab the chatter of the jays and t'e boom ing of the bittern. Yet the fishers and the peasants raised ti.eir heads and looked questions at each other, for the Angelus had already gone and Vespers was still far off. Why should the great bell of Beaulieu toll when the shadows were neither , sort nor long? All round the Abbey tk.e monks Mere trooping in. Under the long, green-paved avenues of gnarled oaks and of lichened beeches the whit robed brothers gathered to the sound. It had been no sudden call. A swift messenger had the night Lefore sped round to the outlying dependencies of the Abbey, and had left the summons for every monk to be back in the cloisters by the third hour after noon tide. So urgent a message had not been issued within the n"-ory of old Lay-Brother Athanasius, who had cleaned the knocker since the year after the Battle of Bannackburn. Meanwhile, in the broad an . lofty chamber set apart for occasions of import, the Abbot himself was pacing impatiently backward and forward, with his long, white, nervous hands clasped in front of hii". His thin, thoughtworn features and sunken, haggard cheeks bespoke one who had Indeed beaten down that inner foe whom every man must face, but had none the less suffered sorely in the contest. In 'crushing hi passions he had well-nigh crushed himself. Yet, frail as was his person, there gleamed out ever and anon from under his drooping brows a flash of fierce energy which recalled to men's minds that he came of a fighting stock, and that even now his twin brother, Sir Bartholomew Berghersh, was one of the most fa mous of those stern warriors who had planted the Cross of St George 'before the gates of Paris. With lips com pressed and clouded brow, he strode up and down the oaken floor, the very Impersonation of asceticism, while the great bell still thundered and clanged above his head. At last the uproar died away in three last mens ured throbs, and ere their echo had ceased the Abbot struck a small gong which summoned a lay-brother to his presence. "Where is the master of the nov Ices?" "He is without most holy father." "Send him hither." The sandalled feet clattered over the wooden foor, and the 4ron-bound door creaked upon its hinges. In a few moments it opened again to ad mit a short, square monk with a heavy, composed face and authoi itative manner. "You have sent for me, holy father?" "Yes, Brother Jerome, I wish that this matter be disposed of with as little scandal as may' be'; and yet it Is needful that the example should be a public one." "It would perchance be best that the ovices be not admitted," suggested the master. "This mention of a woman may turn their minds from their pious meditations to worldly and evil thoughts." "Woman! woman!" groaned the Abbot. "Well has the holy Chrys TIlTS IeGNIFICENT COT Forty-two pieces of American China (sem scriptions. Six dinner plates, 6 pie plates, 6 cup: lid, a cream pitcher, a steak plate, a vegetable diu in five colors and god. This is not a cheap "pre at a first-class store. Freight paid to any THE OFFER send 12 new yearly _______ each__ adreceive the your trouble. Sample Copies and Agents' Suppil ladies who have received one set are working fo OUR GREAT --r r "GET ACQUAINTED" THE HOUSEE COUJPON OFFER pes ne T he Housekeeper receivng thre contains serial and short itothf th ri stories vere ilustrae t make no chara and the best and most help ful househld department Name.. gez acqua2inted. We wiE bear the expense of the in troduction if you will cut Addr< out and mail Coupon No. 2.. THE HOUSEIIEEPER Co ostom termed them radix malorum. From Eve downward.what good hath come from any of them? Who brings the plaint?" "It is Brother Ambrose." "A holy and devout young man. "A light and a pattern to every nov fce." "Let the matter be brought to an issue, then, according to our old-time monastic habit. Bid the chancellor and the sub-chancellor lead in the brothers according to age, together with Brother John the accused and Brother Ambrose the accuser." "And the novices?" "Let them bide in the north alley of the cloister. Stay! Bid the sub chancellor send outo them Thomas the lector to read unto them from the 'Gesta beati Benedicti.' It may save them from foolish and pernicious babbling." The Abbot was left to himself once more. and bent his thin gray face over his illuminated breviary. So he re m ined while the senior monks filed sl wly and sedately into the chamber, sw iting themselves upon the long B ken benches which lined the wall on either side. At the further end, in two high chairs as large as that of the Abbot, though hardly so elaborately carved, sat the master of the novices chan cellor, the latter a broad and portly priest, with dark, mirth ful eyes and a thick outgrowth of crisp black hair all round his tonsured head. Between them stood a lean, white-faced brother who appeared to be ill at ease, shifting his feet from side to side and tapping his chin with the long parchment roll which he held in his hand. The Abbot, from his point of vantage, looked down on the two long lines of faces, placid and sun browned for the most part, with the large bovine eyes and unlined features HLORDLE JOHN. which told of their easy, unchanging existence. 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