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BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1904. ESTABLISHED 1844 A
PEOPLE YOU MEET EVERY
DAY.
The Tohncro Cliewer nml Spiller?
Tti? Knorker mul Kicker - The
"liHtc" .tfan m Chiirrh.
I have ofteu womiereu wny men
chew tobacco. It's about the filthiest
habit the American citizen is guilty of
in this day and time. Nearly every i
'i town you go into you will find two or
three fellows who will stand ou the
street corners and "chaw" tobacco and '
spit great pools of tobacco juice on the 1
sidewalk for the lad es to drag their 1
skirts through, barefoot boys *to step '
in and createau inward feeling of disgust
in the breast of every person that '
passes by this "congregation of tobacco !
chewers." There's always one in the !
crowd that can chew more and spit !
farther than any of the rest. He can 1
tell more yarns and talk longer about
nothing than any man in the country. 1
If you will allow him he will stick his- 1
head right in front of your face and '
spit all over your shirt front, or spoil '
your white vest with tobacco juice, for 1
of course he slobbers when he chews. 1
' He never takes time to spit when he's 1
talking, letting the wonderful words (
be uses force the tobacco juice from 1
I his mouth. If a man must chew this 5
toooH h<> should doftoat home, or in
i private and not on the streets. But the 1
tobacco chewer is not the only nuisance, r
there are others. 1
s *
k There's the knocker for instance. $
He never see4* any good in anything or i
anybody. The town, county, State t
ana nation is ?oing to the devil in an
automobile on the down grade. He r
l never hears the birds sing nor sees ?
the bowers bloom. He hasn't enough
goodness i;i his soul to spend a smile t
$ on the sweetest child or prettiest girl t
in the neighborhood. You can tell i
him when you see him coming. His fi
chin is elevated in the air. His brow d
is furrowed with wrinkles. He frowns
oh everybody. If you say good morn- b
^ ing or good evening to him his reply t
is a grunt. The sun never shines for u
him. He never sees any humor in a s
joke, it makes no difference how funny g
it is toother people. If it rains he's a
mad: If the suu shines he's "mad- *
der," and if its cloudy he wishes it o
would "either rain or clear mv" So v
he goe9 through life 'tJP^omposi- sM-.-s
self and everybody ire constantly conti
AUUW y\ju uo?v o* . Qisxa
sorry for you if you nave to v.. J v.h v
him very uiuch during your stay here ?
on earth. If yov-|^KjGuCr ny goodness b
in your soul at a . .. , .ill not meet
him in the world to come. He will t
be sent to a place especially prepared v
for bickers and knc kers, where he can t
kick as mtich and a& long as he pleases.
* * *
Before 1 close this article I have one
more person to deal with. In fact,
several persons can <come under this
head. Every time you go to church J
you see him. He's always late?never
5 was known to get there on time. Ht -r
always waits until the preacher begins
? his sermon before he comes in. Of .
course it doesn't make any difference ,
to him whether it interrupts the
preacher or molests the congregation 1
on account of his late arrival. That'.hia
business. He can do as he plea-es ?
S He generally stands in the door several ,
minutes, surveying the audience with v
a critical eye before he enters, and feels s
: hurt if the entire congregation does ?
! Dot turn completety around to look ai v
him. He is there every Sunday on v
the threshold of the Lord's edifice? ?
H late?and if he doesn't look out when
3 the last trumpet sounds and old Saint u
Peter has passed all those who are en- f1
titled to enter through the pearly gates*
he will walk up just as the doors ar^
\ being closed. He will then find out
what it means to be "too late." I hope
I will be on the other side and old j;
Saint Peter will let me peep through .
the key hole at him as he saunters ofl
down the road to stop just this side oi
? the place where Knockers and Kickers 1
are sojourning.
* * * ;
i Next week I will tell you more about i
^ "The People You Meet Every Day,"' a
and maybe some of them will be jusi
he opposite of the ones you have read i
about this week. * i
The Critic.
HE DENOUNCED ROOSEVELT, !
ConifrefcMiimn Johnson T?-IIs of 1'iinn- f
InmSlenl. j.
At the conclusion of the State cam- ?
paign meeting held in the court house 1
here yesterday. Congressman Johnson 1
was called on for a speech, aud gave a
brief outline of the coming campaign.
His remarks on Roosevelt, whom he
spoke of as an uncertain spectacular
accident, were recieved with great ap- |
plause. He said he hoped every Dem
ivsi ocrat wouiu lurn oui ana voie at me
|jp electiou this fall, not because theje was
any danger of South Carolina not going i
for Parker, but because he wanted as
large a majority as possible to show the I
i] State's disapproval of lloosevelt.
"Presideut Roosevelt is a dangerous 1
enemy to the South," said Mr. John- (
ston. "He is beyond thecontrol of the
conservative men of his party and
though he is holding himself under
some restraint just on the eve of an elec?!
tion, there is no telling what he would
do if again placed iu the executive i
chair. He is pushing the Crum packer :
p bill to reduce the South's representation
in Congress, against the wishes
'j of the leading men of his party, and if
he succeeds in being elected, he will
? use the pie counter, to carry out his
designs against this great section of
the country."
jji Congressman Johnston then touch
ed on me fuumija cuuui uumn, mjfi-,
ing it was nothing but a big steal in
which the Republic of Columbia had
| been robbed or its territory.
In closing, Mr. Johnston thanked
?; the people for sending him back to
Congress without opposition, saying
that he would continue to work as
hard in the future as he had done in
a? the past.
Anything iD the drug, stationery and paint
1 lne can be had at Mllford's Drug store.
A telephone in your ofllce and residence
?: lightens labor, eaves Journeys, dispels worries
reduces work.
The seasons are favorable, If your corns are
growing too fast and hurt you try Blue Jay
is, Corn Plasters, for sale at Speed's Drug Store.
Jmlse HolliiiKNWorlli Calchpt an Eel.
With the advent of summer comes a
feeling of languor which calls the
active business man from his strenuous
life, and bids him seek rest and repose
in nature's nyuiph haunted retreats.
There is a subtle wooing influence in
the summer season which awakes in
civilized man traces of his aborignal
instincts, and carries him back to those
primeval days when he lay up >n the
green "lap of earth" without guide or
purpose, savp the luring of desire.
This i9 au elemental instinct to throw
of!"restraint and to return once more
to the mystery of the woods and the
music of the waters. It is the revolt
sf nature against art.
It is this feeling that empties our
cities "in the good oldsummer time,"
ind that transforms the stately belle of
society into the kneedrei-s summer
*irl of the sea coast, or the rollicking
uouutain lass.
Now, about two weeks ago this little
-ebel instiuct, relic of the infancy of
jur race, obtruded itself into the logical
md judicial thoughts of Judge Holi
tigs worth, aDd soon took complete
^session of hie mind to the utter
i: ???>/?f ItiimHrnm nmirt nrnntiH.
iiatUliilUlt Ul 1J UUJUl UUI \sv/v??v
ire. He heard, as in 'youth "The lilt
jf the brook under rock and vine,"
md its sweet, low murmurings were
.imply irresistible.
The instinct would not down. Nothng
but a descent from the stilted erniue
to the "pleasures of the pa'hless
vood" could satiate his craving, and
10 descend he did.
He called to his aid a number of congenial
spirits, good fellows with a simlar
craving, and together they resolved
o go seining for the "finny tribe."
With what luck they seined we are
iot informed, but unquestionably be
ntered into it most heartily.
Not content with the work done by
he ordinary methods of seining he
tegan feeling for fish under the banks
u tbe deep water, wheu lo ! his band
ell upou an eel about three inches in
liamater.
Now the Judge has the reputation of
ieiug a very shrewd man, and since
bis reputation was at stake he deterriined
not to be outwitted even by so
lick a thing as an eel. This was a
;reat find if he could only save It. In
twinkle he took from his pocket a
troog set hook and tied a foot or more
f liue attached to it securely about his
mst. With a quick movement he
tuck; N-e hook lino the eel right near
nuou' ?d and then jerked his hand out.
tice water. You may well imagine
i'Uorror and amazement when, intead
of an eel he fetched up an ugly,
lissing moccasin!
Well, his comrades say that his anics
in trying to divide space with this
picked reptile would have done credit
o a bucking bronco pony.
IX REPLY TO MR. CAPERS.
L Fri< 11 <1 BclirvcN That Silence Would
Rest Recouie Xliin.
Y> the Editor of The State.
The views printed in The State toay
of the United States Republican
)istrict Attorney, John G. Capers, on
he nomination of Judge Parker as the
)eniocratic standard bearer, contain
uch strictures and idle queries as to
e fead with profound regret by those
pbo were once his friends, in every
euse of the word. \ It seemed that the
licer feelings, of which, it is hoped,
'apt. Capers still possesses a trac6,
k-ould suggest at least the cultivation
f that silence which would certainly
e golden as regards tbe peculiar and
ineriable predicament in which a foroer
honorable son of Carolina has alr?wed
circumstances to place him to
he sorrow of his friends, aud grief of
hose nearer aud dearer to him.
Without goiug into the merits orde?
nerits of the case, it is an indisputable
act that the subject of this note, bad
ie remained in the fold where his uaivity.
raising and early environment
)laeed him, would be one of the first
rjeu to view the selection of such a
uau, as we are told Judge Parker is,
n a clear light, aud iu the same mauiera>thatof
his former friends and
issociates.
Such being the case the public ex>ression
"of his new political 9eutinents
does little credit to the bright
uind and ouce sensitive heart of my
riend of ''days gone by" and still
ny fiiend, save in his uncanny political
affiliation.
In the lijrht of these facts Capt. Capers
cannot possibly possess the jewel
>f consistency, but it is in his power
o refrain from tugging at the heart
.trings of the people by quietly enjoyng.
if he can, the honor and emoluneuts
of his distinguished position.
Hayseed.
Columbia, July 1G.
? ?
Fuels Worth Knowing About the I'll mum
I'linnl.
Estimated cost of the Panama Canal,
?200,000,000.
Amount paid French Company for
the title,S40,000,000.
Amount paid Panama Government
for perpetual lease of caual lands, $10,D00.
000.
Length of canal, 40 miles.
Caual width varies from 250 to 500
feet at the top, the bottom width being
150 feet.
There will be five twin locks of concrete
masonry, each lock 738 feet long
and S2 feet wide, with a lifting capacity
of 30 to 32 feet.
Lake Bohio (artificial) covers 31
square miles.
Alhajuela Lake covers 5,900 acres,
and will furnish motive power for operating
the locks and lighting the canal
from ocean to ocean.
Distance from New York to San
Francisco by old route, 13,714 nules;
by the route through the canal, 5,299
miles.
Distance from New York to Manila
by present route via Ban Francisco
arid Yokohama, 10,530 miles.
Distance from New York to Manila
by Panama Canal via San Francisco
ami Yokohama, 11,585 miles.
Distance saved in a sailing trip
around the world by the new route
through the I'auatna Canal 2,708 miles.
The Panama Canal was practically
begun in 1S83 by tlie French Company.
They had completed about two fifths
of the length, when because offrandulent
management the company failed,
and the work ceased in 1889.?June
Woman's Home Companion.
DR. SAMOEL LANDER,
?
Denlli of Venerable Pre*l?lenf <i
>VIIliHiiislon College
Special to The State.
Williamston, JuJy 14.?Never in tb<
history of our town has the death o
any ode caused such universal sorrov
as pervades the heart of our people thi
morning over thed eath of Dr. Samue
Lauder, the beloved president of Wil
liamston Female college. Surrounde(
by his entire family, with the excep
tion of his sou, Dr. John M. Lander
who is en route for his mission tield ir
Brazil, the end came quietly ant
peacefully at 1.30 this morning, anc
as calmly as a child falling to sleep ir
its mother's arms the life cf this granc
man came to a close.
Although it had been known fot
some time that his condition was crit
ical, no oue was willing to reconcile
himself to the fact that we must giv?
him up. For 31 years Dr. Lander hat
been actively engaged as president ol
Williamston Female college and his
blessed influence is felt, not only here
in Williamston where we all delighted
to love and honor him; but in th?
KAnwfa n n/1 1 ? itfto K u rt/4 r\f tl?A?V?An
ucai i/O auu u> ca ui UUUUJ cuo vi ?? wmcu
throughout the south, whose good fortune
it was to be brought under the
saving influence of thie pure Chisstian
gentleman and born teacher of young
women. Here in YVilliambton Female
college he has left the impress of a
Christian character upon hundreds ol
girls who have gone out into the world
to perpetuate bis influence and blest
his memory, and here in society hie
godly life has been one of the grandest
and most eloquent sermons that hae
ever been preached from any pulpit,
ami although the sermon is now closed,
its influence will live perpetually.
Tomorrow at 11 o'clock the funeral
service will be held in the Methodist
church of Williamston, after which
the remains will be laid to rest in our
city cemetary.
Wise Dog: For Snre.
New York Sun.
Wilkesbarre, June 18?Press Clark
of this city, owns a bull dog which is
earning his own living finding money.
For some time he has almost daily
been carrying to his master pennies
and nickles, and an occasional large
piece of silver, that he had found in
the street. On two occasions he has
found bills, one of $2 and one of $1.
But he has topped all previous achievements
this week by finding a
check for $125 and recognizing its value
and his proud master now believes the
animal's money finding capacity is unlimited.
JJe expects him to bring
home bouda and securities at the rate
he i9 progressing.
Clark was out walking the other day
when the dog dashed up to him and
laid a slip of paper at hiB feet, barking
joyously. Clark paid no attention to
it and walked on. The dog again laid
it at his feet and barked. Clark still
paid oo attention, and the third time
the dog dashed in front of him, placed
the wet aud dirty piece of paper at his
feet and seized his trousers. This time
Clark picked up tbe^paper, while the
dog showed his joy by barking and
wagging his tail furiously.
Clark found it was a check for $125,
made out to C. D. Simpson, of Scranton.
He called up M. Simpson by telephone.
The latter said he had been
visiting friends the day before on the
street where the dog found the check,
but he had no idea where h& bad lost
it
The War in College Yells.
Tokio, June 24.?The students of the
University of Tokio have adopted the
followiog college yell by unanimous
vote:
Banzai Togo,
Banzai Oku!
Bottle 'em!
Throttle'em!
Don't give a hang! !
Ogli Moki!
Rah, Kuroki!
Banzai samurai!
Bang ! bang ! ! bang! ! !
St. Petersburg, Juue 24.-^-Inflamed
by the continual rumors of Russian defeats
the students here preoipitated a
riot last night and exploded the following
yell before they oould be caught
and shipped to the front.
Vodka ! vodka !
Samovar !
Kuropatkin,
Stoessel, Czar!
Native laudvitch !
Hamski sandvitch !
We're all rightski !
We can't fightski?
We reGretski
To
RePort
! !
New York Globe.
Nome Day.
Some day the watchers will move
silently about your home. The shadows
will lengthen in the twilight ol
your departing day. Your arms will
reach up to encircles some neck in a
last embrace. Your eyes will look up
to catch the last tender message?uuspokeu
because the heart is breaking.
The heart that has served yon so well
will send out its life currents with a
feeble flutter. Lips, always rich with
words of love, will stiffen into silence
beneath the parting kiss! And then!
?Arms will be folded over the quiet
heart! Loving finders, in their last
tender ministry, will press the lids
over the sightless eyes! The one that
loves you best will press a last kiss upon
the yallid lips and then seal them
for the burial! What then? "The
epirit will return to God who gave it?"
What then? Brother, sister, how will
you meet your God?
W1iU?'m LocnlM.
Look at While's colored Lawns and Mus
11ns. They are pretty and cbeap.
L. W. White has Just rtduced the prloe o;
tine Zpphyr Glnghanie. These goods art
worth 20 cents a yard, but we are now ottering
tnem at la cents per yard.
Look at the white lawn In remnants thai
you can buy from White at S cents a yard.
L. W. Whtle has just put on sale a new lot
of embroidery. Call and see them. You can
gel good bargains.
L. W. White offers more than one hundred
plecf-s Bleached Goods at old pribee. Now le
thr time to buy.
Look at the beautiful inattlngs that you can
find at L. W. White's.
CONJURERS OF INDIAN
? \
The Feats of these Interesting Fak|
of India Compared Willi 01
Magicians.
? The wonderful tales that have bee
"f told of the feats cf Hindoo conjure
j, doubtless derive much of their effei
g from the inability of untrained obser
1 ers to report truly what they ha\
. seen. An ordinary trick of sleight <
j hand may be so described in all sii
. cerity by one having no knowledj
the art as to be utterly inexplicabl<
J A simple reversal oi the sequence <
I movements may be sufficieut to mak
I tho described feat an utter impossibil
, ty, audyet the relater will demand tht
[ you account for it as he thinks he sa1
or admit that the dead or the dev
had a hand in it.
Herrman went to India to see fc
, himself what the jugglers of the oriec
, could do, hoping to pick up some ?/ot
, derfully clever tricks, but he was u
f terly disappointed. Heller, Hertz, Ke
, lar and other western magicians, I b<
lieve, had similar expericenes in Ir
I dia. At least, none of them brough
s back any notable addition to his repei
tory of illusions. Hermann told m
. that the Hindoo fakirs bad a few stoc
, tricks depending upon apparatus, sue!
i as the mangrove feat and the baske
r deception, but were not adept in pur
\ sleight of hand. His feat of palmin
[ mystified them completely.
f For example, a party of native jug
I piers boarded the steamship in port an
, performed some of their feats. Heri
, mann appeared before them with a liv
pigeon in bis band, twisted off th
i birds head and threw the body ove
the ship's side and directed their at
tention to the severed head, which h
then "vanished." He then held hi
empty hand outstretched, and the pi
feon alighted upon his palm unhurl
he Hindoos were deeply impressed
hi if f ha tri/?Lr arao oSmnln HP K a ni
vu* ?wv biAVU *? wo oiiupio* J. HO piKWl
was a pet bird, trained to come to Herr
mann's band. When he pretended t
twistkits neck he tucked its head unde
its wing and brought into view a pre
pared bead wbich had been palmed
Tossed over the side, the bird fell unti
it got its head out from under thi
wing, and so was lost to sight for i
moment. While Herrmann was hold
ing the attention of bis audience
vanishing the fakehead the pigeon wa
soaring to get its bearings, and it cami
to han^d at the right time.
Yet there are travelers who ave:
that Herrmann and his fellows sav
only the common jugglers of Indiaam
that the tales of oriental marvels ari
not all lies out of whole cloth. If thei;
descriptions of what they profess t<
have seen are to be accepted as ap
proximately accurate, there is a flm
field for psychical research in Hiudu
stan, ana our Western mystifiers havt
much to learn.
Some years ago I met a veteran o
the British army who had served sev
enteen years in India and bad eeec
many strange things in bis time. Hi*
name was O'Farrell, and when he re
tired he was sergeant major of th?
Eighty-fourth regiment of foot. H<
was one of the garrison of Lucknow
during the siege in the time of the se
poy mutinity anb wore the "defense oi
Lucknow" medal. I told the veteran
mKuf tTorrmann V*o/-I aois? nKr?nfXT
nuak u^itmauu uau n?iu a>JUU Lli.luUUl
magic, and he replied that it was more
than probable that nothing remarkable
was done by the sort of fakirs one
would be likely to see in a run aboul
the country. But O'Farrell declared
that he had seen tricks which could noi
be peformed by sleight of hand noi
explained by any theory based upon
the methods of western conjurers, and
he referred for specific corroboration
to General A. Herber, SirHavelocS
Allen, General Thomas Lightfoot, Gen^
eral Barton aod other British officer
af note, who, he averred, were preseni
at a remarkable exhibition in Luckno**
in April, 1859, and made notes of whai
they saw. I never have had an appor
tunity to verify the references.
Sergeant Major O'Farrel prodncet
what he said was his diary of 1869, anc
from the entries then made he verifiec
all tha essen tial features of his narrati vi
conjurer before the officers of the gar
rison at the requeatof Lieutenant Burn
of the Royal artillery, The scene was
one of the officers' mess rooms, selectet
without consultation with th<
performer.
"The conjurer," said the old soldiei
"came without any apparatus or bag
gage other than a casket the sisse of :
cigar box- He was a tall, dignifie<
man about fiftv five vears of aee an(
evidently of high oaste. Heworeatur
dan, flowing white robe, white pajama
and red slippers. When he entered tb
room he bowed to his audience an<
then directed upon each person in turr
the steady gaze of a remarkable pai
of dark eyes. When he looked at m*
I could see only those lustrous eyes
and my perception of the surrounding
became confused and vague.
"The man said nothing, but at i
slight sign bis single attendant openei
the casket aud took therefrom a cash
mere shawl, which he spread upoi
the floor. The conjurer seated him
self upon the shawl and asked in En
glish for the loan of a rupee. Colorie
'-Montgomery marked a cnip and han
ed it to him, ana the conjurer laid i
, upon the shawl. He raised the fop
i finger of hie right hand, and the coil
turned up on its edge. He waved hii
hand, and the coin spun across tb<
floor some three or four y^rds. At J
, sign of the forefinger therupeestoppec
spinning and stood on its edge, A
? slight wave of the haud and the coh
i danced back, stopped and vanished.
; "An officer asked how the trick
; was done, and the man replied thai
i he had done nothing. 'But we saw
; you,' persisted the adjutant. 'You
thought you did,' replied the Hindoo,
with a smile, 'but the colonel has the
( rupee in his pocket.1 It was as ht
1 had said. All the time his gaze
| ranged from face to face of the audi,
ence,
"A white silk handkerchief was
spread before us, and in a momeut 1
saw hundreds of brilliant beetles o|
all colors crawling upon it. I uudgec
' my neighbor, a noncoua., and called
f his attention to the display. His
. head had been turned for an instant,
and I feared be would miss the sight
Turning his gaae as I direoted, he
L seemed puzzled for a moment, and
t then he muttered to me that he didn'i
i see anything but a white handker
chief, and the next second the beetlei
| faded from my sight, and I was no
sure that I had seen them at all.
i "The conjurer unwound a few fee
of thread from a ball of spun cottoi
aud ca?t the end into the air, where i
seemed to float. Presently a cobri
J1"" appeared beside him, its head elevatet
T and gracefully swayiug, its ton gui
darting out and in add its hood spreaq
,n showing the spectacle mark. At i
r8 sign the serpent glided up the threat
und balanced in midair, and at an
Jm other sign it turned, swarmed dowr
re the vertical thread and disapDeared th(
instant that it touched the floor,
j. '"Lieutenant Burns had made twc
re attempts to leave the room, but the
j Hindoo had caught his eye each time
jj: and the officer's purpose seemeb te
e fade /[rom biB mind. After the cobra
j. trick,however, Burns managed to
slip out, and when he came back the
^ conjurer was cross legged in the air,
jj two or fcjaree feet above the floor, hi9
left arm 'resting upon a short rod unir
der cover of the shawl. Burns stepped
|t quickly forward and snatched away
. the shawl. No rod was there, and the
man was seated ubon the floor, ali*
though I could have sworn an instant
J before that he was at least two feet a'
bove the floor.
[ "The diary shows that fourteen
. tricks were performed, all of them
e bewildering, concerning the details ol
k which no two of us agreed exactly.
h The last was a striking one. The carpet
around the seated conjurer became
e violently agitated, and presently a
_ number of cobraB?my diary says six,
8 but others saw three, or five?and a
. ereen snake aDneared. Thev elided
Jj about the man, reared and struck at
.. him, and the green snake twined ae
bout his neck. The Hindoo arose,
e drew from his girdle a long sword
r that certainly was not there a ininute
.. before and cut the serpents in places,
g The severed parte squirmed about, and
8 the blood dyed the white shawl crimh
son . It was all done in silencc, as
. things happen in a dream.
" "At a nod the attendant gathered
q up the shawl by the corners, concealing
the snakes and the blood, and at
0 another sign he spread it out again as
r unspotted as new snow. No sign of
u the slaughtered reptiles remained.
"At the conclusion! of the performj
ance the man was urged to give 3ome
e explanation of his feats, but he smiled
a and said he had done nothiug. The
. officers insisted that they had seen
. things done, but be only shook his
8 nead, repeated. ,You thought so, but
B nothing whatever was done,' and
went away,
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] Seeking Hornet*.
2 The United States government is
r opening up some pine million acres of
3 public lands lying in Nebraska, Wy"
oming and South Dakota. The lands
B arq divided into sections of 640 acres
" for which the settler is required to pay
J the nominal sum of $14.00. The officials
of the land department say there
' has never been such a demand for
" homes. The government lahds about
1 Bonesteel, 8. D., are to be thrown open
3 to settlers July 28th. Already a city
' of tents has sprung up on the Dorder,
- and it is estimated that by date of
i opening there will be as many as fifty
thousand ready to make the rush.
' Three fourths of these rushers will fail
' to get homes.
1 These people should be turned South.
' It would be a good two wee^s work
; for South Carolina's Immigration Bu;
reau to be on the ground in force to
; stampede the remnant in this direc'
tion. The majority of the people who
go into these land rushes have energy
; at least. They know something already
of our country. They waut to
! farm but haven't sufficient capital to
buy and stock a farm where they come
1 from. There are plenty of lands
throughout the South, and a fair proportion
of these in Suth Carolina, that
? that can be bought for a soi?g. The'
time and money wasted by these peo[
pie in making the rush would enable
tbem to get a fair start in farming in
South Carolina and the final outlay
. required to make habitable and profit!
able the farms of that inhospitable and
j semi-arid northwest would pay for and
' equip the finest of plantations in tbe
* South amid the most desirable surroundings.
' Again we say, among these people
are to be found thousands who will
I make ideal settlers for the South and
" we should turn the tide of western
. and Canadian homeseekers this way.
. The western agencies and great rail"
road corporations, in tbe beginning of
j the great tide of western emigration,
? did tbe South incalcuable barm by
. scattering broadcast over the world
" maps of the United States upon which
? the South was marked as the "Black
j Belt', and immigrants were made to
! shun that belt as they would a plague
infested land. It is time for ourSouthp
ern states not only to organize State
Bureaus of immigration, but to 'Comr'
bine these organizations for mutual
? benefit, and, enlisting the co-operation
of the great Southern railway lines,
j sow the world broad-cast with maps
I and-literature generaly showing the
"Sunny South" as it is?the fairest
and best land of God's earth?until the
tide, not of (be world's scum, but of the
j world's earnest home-seekers is turned
_ this way.
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Cft^areUe and Woman.
3 Contrary report9 are always afloat
a conceriug the position of the czarina of
I Russian. She is " loved "?she is "disj
liked," etc. She is a mixture of English
and German, with the English
, traing predominating. She is loved
because of her noble, womanly, aelf.
sacrificing, patient qualities. She is
I disliked because of her trying to turn a
, Russian oourt into an English court.
, One of her maudates was that the ladies-in-waiting
should not smoke ci-J
, garettes. This sounds commendable
; and will have the support of the orthodox.
But what if a Russian woman
| in power should not drink beer or
Rhine wine? It would be no more
. unreasonable. The woman of Russia,
[ Turkey, of ureece, of Italy, of France
--and even England and America can
I no longer, in entirety, deny me auegaI
tion?do indulge. 4u Russia the cus,
torn is so general that it is thought of
as no more extraordinary than the
oigarttte of the men in the family.
The custom is a conceded fact the world
[ over. Even the Waldorf-Astoria maut
agement would make, I am sure, adis.
pensation of their rigid rule at a table
j of Russians?though, it is said, thsy j
^ did recently hasten to evict on?. uoor, i
astonished, foreign woma^ \*ho",wt4sj
t alone at the table and, l\ght^g ?.!
cigarette.
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