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{ . Ai,Ltii'i d'erue.i!Nkua!H,YN. rti'. ,'r. .}.r - "j,.y. ..,r..i r ,.r :'i r, rf: !. _ r, .S ir FIACi' ! -C'1 i wy' t ill ll}. 1J1XN hNItl.l.>Aeu : e+slrrrrb .e - w>".e". nrrwfr ..r-ar"1rur.Nr rq n; tHt.krfa YN.Cew UAt iV,: ; -" . . :SJ- f. f.14"7KY+NYN.%'fndLiLH+.'urtii:" f. THA NTI OURNA ;utored April 23, 1903 at NIC0uy, its e cuucl OI1t matter, umdor net of (ougI M ,l Dh r ;h 3, 1879. VOL. XXXIV, pIGKFNS, SOUTH CAROL NA; THURSDAY- MAY 9, 1907. War Prices, In 18(r> anl ouncc of q11lline co,d tot be plurchastetd fo' less tiau $1, 700 in the South. Provisione were -simply enormolns in pricie. Here are just a few instLlcls: In e'bruary a ham weighing fifty puuds uo1d for exactly $750, or at the rate of $5 a pound. Flour was at $300 a barrel. i'resl fish retailed at 45 a poundl and ordinary meal. was at $50 a toathel. Those who lived in boardilg .houses paid ;from $200 to $300 a mon'tth. White beans retailed at $75 -a busbe. 'lea went for anything :from.$20 to $60 a pound and coffee ia ike ratio. The most ordinary augar sold for $10 a pound. Urdinary ademantino candles were sold for $10 a pound. A cafe breakfast was ordinarily $10. Iii April sugar went to $900 a barrel and articles of wearing apparel sold at $320, trousers at $100 and boots at $250. .3uttor was $15 a pound. Potatoel 'went for $2 a quart. Tomatoes of the size of a walnut sold for $20 a dozen. Chickens varied from $35 to $50 a pair. Tho prices on tlht Lill of fac of the Richmond Restaralnt th Janu ary, 1864, were: Soup $I.50; bread and butter, $1.50: roast beef, a pft!ei $3; boiled eggs. $2; ham and eggsj .$3 50; r.ck fish a plate, $5; raw oys ters, $3; fresh milk, a glass, $2; cof fee, a cup, $3; ten, a cu), $2. These tigures are taken from vari ous sources aid have the virtue of accuracy it nothing else. Always was present the fear of famine, and time aa time again did the soldiers do nrato a portion of their rations, taken fr.sm their apportioument in the field to relieve the pret in. necessities. The shrinkage of the currency was of course, re.ponsible, and some idea may be gathered from a story that went the rounds at the time. A sol. dier galloped along a country road and a farmer, leaning over a fence, admired t,he animal. Ho called to the trooper dfIering to buy the horse. "Give you $30,000 for him, John. u','' he Haid. "Not, much, old man, I just paid $15, 000 to have him shod," was the rtply. The Cause of Many Sudden Deaths. here is a diseasa prevailing in thi. -.tntry most dangerous because so decep. S\ vC. Many .tddcr jJpnurnorna,. hearl aih:r o aoplexy C - ar ofte thle r l of kiney di:ca-o. [f ki..:y.lribly i al - 'owedu'*. toad:,eth -.' I " I-. y it a -> ns >r : t 'i th lvCIreI:IOan -y. > *er tr u lIs :t a -n-Ih f - ra1';uiat VC' of h h.. a.., . C 0 d!lIr q u 'ii:t byaCrf r 'idney:;.! I f you(i are' -i- o. vamp=ltoot th gret in~ iynp ;in i\ t, c :;.- [at[C t ~ '. ouleasant nece-;::y ofto ii make ft:n durintath, bat,r;tn - r.lized. I'ot, tands th re ss inbrrt~ h on every bttl e. n1op th i eeouh ofter in hias a. Do0 aeaymsak,btrm: Therd will bo i wedding in Te-i iessie in August in which the par. ticipants total ip 201 years. ''he groom-elecet is 101 years and Ie b)ride-to-be is an even hundred. Thv were s veethearts in their yonth, ulit their marr iage was obstructed by partl-(1 objections. There is more tonnae 1n sigh t than the railroads canfl hanid:c h,fore the end of the year. An ar"on1nt that should impress tliose who put on long faces when they speak of the futury. We cliat, other people chatter. We are cottsevfttiVe, other people are narrow. We are facetious, Cliet pydUpo are pert. We have p'efereneOq, other peojile are aelfigh We know a thing or two, other people "know it all.'. We have faults, other people make theirs con spicuous. - [Birmingham Age-Herald. Where Niagara's foaming torrent Rushes down its rocky bed, There is power enough to warrant Many fn eorie4, it is said. Vhen the stream to strip has dwin died, Ad the towering walls are bare, Enterprise, by zeal enkindled, Wid paint pill and soap ads there. -; -Phila. Ledger. Madrid's greatest plague is the solano, a sumler wind from the southeast. It is exceedingly hot, and is accompanied by blinding, choking clouds of (lust, so that, notwithstand ing a temperature of 105 or 110 de grees, all wimdows must be closed. The work of elevating the railroad tracks of the city of Chicago is pro ceeding rapidly, and when the entire 1600 miles are placed overhead it is estimated that the improvement will be the means of saving 60 lives every year. This work will cost $15,000,000 and the expense will be borne en tirely by the railroads. "Down with the wastrels!" is the London campaign cry. We don't know what wastrels are, but (own with 'em! Some of the finest lace in the word is made by the women of the Philippine islands, from strong silky fiber obtained from pineapple leaves. Thomas A. Clay, a grandson of Henry Clay, has just died at Lexing We Trust Doctors If you are suffering from impure blood, thinbodde biy,nervousness, exhaus tion, you should begin at once with Ayer's Sarsapar-illa, the Sarsaparilla you have knowvn all your life. Your doctor knows it, too. Ask him about it. prestin .t. h ir,t. il tir roi. doing its best M'ado by .T. C. A y.r ('o., Tnweli, M.ant3. ShR1 1' AUrl CIR~ ii. Wo haive no neernit' ! Wei publisht tiho formulaaitg of l ouiir meicinentIO. .1 A Al l'(TOWN F1PN P)SIO N, NOlWVOLK, VA. For' the abovev( occaein the (Charles. tn & W'estern (Caroli na Railn a t wil sell (heal) roun.d trip tickets. For rae ele see tic.kot agents orn write, Ernest Williams, ton, Ky. lb ivwi 65 years old Itnd for inany years was oe of tho editors of the Youth's Comit n in 1oston. Ile hiltS de:oted mucil t,ine to writi hg and had nearly completedi a biogra ph' of i grandfather. When a mani stops drinking it's a si n le can't fool a woman very lOig about it if ho has to kiss her. The \enus do Medici was five feet eight inchoi in holgt, and this is held by witny artists and sculptors to be the muott plerfet btatit'k for q woman. lRecently a Washingtonian in eon Virttion with "Olli " James, tl gigantic and genial eongfressnan from Kentucky, made certain inquir- 1 ies with reference to a mutual friend whom ho had not seen for a nunuer of years --a Cul. P., of the state men tioned. "And how does my old friend, the colonel, spend his declining years?" James answered. "He has a fine farm and string of trotters, sir. And a barrel of whisky sixteen years old, and a wife of the same age, sir." A Soft Snap. lion. Asbury F. L.Iuer has been appeinted a loaoer of the iuwigra tion commission provided for by con gress. This commission will take a tour through Europe this summer, ostensib,y for the uurpuse of study iug the immigratiou question, but really for the purpose of enjoying themselves at governuent expense. It is a verv' soft. snap and we do not blame Mr. L'tim er for getting on the CoinILission and haviug a good time, but we do blame congress for spend fig the people's i>i ney in such a foolish an(d useless ma-luoner. Con. missioner Watson would learn more about immigration during a month's stay in Europe than the whole com mision appointed by congress would learn in a year and at a very trilling expense. Such jnketing tours are a disgrace to this governoment and should, by all means, be put a stop to. --I)htrlington News. Read The Sen One Dol HAD CATARRI - - --------- CONGRESSMAN MEEN "I ha' used several bottles o therevy from my catarrh of the It I use It a short time longer I will I thirty years' standing. "---David , OTiER REP Mr. Jacob L. Davis, Galena, Stone health for thirty-seven years, and at am cured." Mr. A. E. Kidd, well-ki Ill., writes: "I have had catarrh ove1 remedy advertised, heside a great failed. I had heard and read of Pert bottles of it and weigh 172 pounds." A SINCERE Mr. D. C. Prosser, R. F. D. No. 2, Si ago I was badly afflicted with catarr fever, was very depleted. 1 could fI tress and sour stomach. Finally I e the stomach and seeing Peruna adve and nfter alking t.lhree or tour bottle. and can now eat anything." ti nel=Jou rnal lar a Yea.r==G $15E10 Bys n I ll (,i Is n(>\\ (.M I nlier Cla fort I ea 8ilm 1raceits THIRTY YEARS. Congressman Meekison Gives Praise To Pe-ru-na Relief From PCatarrh. ISON COMMENDS PE-RU-NA. f Peruna and I feel greatly benefited cad. I feel encouraged to believe that if c fully able to eradicate the cisease of 1ARKABLE CURES. county, Mo., writes: "I have been in bad ter taking twelvo bottles of your Poruna I: inwn arehitot, 5177 Jefferson Ave., Chicago, half of my life. I tried nearly every catarr). many phy-leians' treatments, all of which na and decided to try it. I have taken seveu. RECOMMENDATION. el by, Oceana Co., Mich.,jwrites: "Two yoars It of the stomach. I had had a run of typhoid i< nothing I eould eat without causing dis 'tno to the conelusion that I had catarrh of rtised, began to take it. It helped me Root, i1 was entirely cured of stomach trouble, ives the News. 1)) )~.; i'ls n () f (' ilC r - I (iltsui il i indret()(-.. Coal-"Y*o I -(Greenvaille, '4. (*. "unn mva, ........1