The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, June 21, 1905, Image 5
ilie Press and Banner
|=j?r~PubllBhed every Wednesday at 82 a
ear in advanoe.
j Wednesday, June 21, 1905.
UreetInK to Bride and Groom.
The social event of the last week was the
! cordial reception which the people gave to
the bride of the Rev. VV. B. Sams, who before
her niarrlag" was Miss Hutson of Aiken.
Invitations had been Bent out by Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Hill and, In response, a great
oompauy of handsome men and pretty
women came to congratulate the groom
and to extend to both the bride and the
groom their hearty good wishes.
All our people know that Mr. Sams Is one
' of the best beloved ministers of the gospel
that we ever had Id Abbeville, and all are |
delighted In bis good fortune In winning
the heart of so lovely a bride, and they are j
pleased on their own acoount to have so
f good a woman among them.
It was with alDcere regret that the people (
'of Abbeville learned that Mr. Sams is hood j
to sever his conoeotlon, as pastor, with the
Episcopal Church; it was hoped that he
was gettlDg in shipe to settle here for life.
The evening was a pleasant one in every
respect,and all were pleased to meet the
bride. Mr. and Mrs. Hill with their usual
cordiality made every body feel at home.
Delightful refreshments of ices, <Stc., prepared
in Atlanta were tervtd.
Cuban Diarrhoea.
U. S. soldiers who served in Cuba during
the Spanish war kuow what this disease is. I
; and that ordinary remedies have little more
V. effect than so much water. Cuban diarrhoea
i Is aimost as severe and dangerous as a ml'd '
j attack of cholera. There Is one remedy, how- j
j ever, that can always be depended upon as i
I will be seen f>y the following certificate from
Mrs. Minnie Jacobs of Houston, Texas: "I
hereby certify that Chamberlain's Co/ic, Cbol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy cured my husband
of a severe aUafl^iLL'ubap diarrhoea, wblch 4
We had several
K??d. One bot- I
him. our
bors will testifv/ithank God for so valuable
a medlcln<\" For sale by all druggists Abbe- '
ville , H. M. Young, Due West. i
FMtnlisliiiiff I he City I.iiiiitw. I
Prof. P. L. Grier has been engaged for '
several days establishing the limits of the
Cltv of Abbeville. i
Under the law, heretofore, the City limits <
, have extended one and one-fourth mile on
each pub lc road leading out from the place <
and the immediate points have been largely
> a matter of guess work. _ _ i
Tbls ban canned some misunderstanding id i
tbe mailer of tbe assessment of rail road |
{ mileage as well as In the aesessments of Individuals.
, Tbe present purpose of the surveyor Is to
r fix tbe limits iu a clrle with radii one and one
>. luurtb miles from tbe center of tbe town.
Sunny Slope Picnic.
Tbe annual picnic at Rnnny Slope will be
held Saturnay August 5tb. Tbe Hon. Harvey
Jordon has been lDvlted to address tbe
people on Ibis occasion, and bas accepted.
I Hon. Wyatt Aiken will also make a snort
/ speech. malDly welcoming Mr. Jordon
I Mr. Jordon Is well Known to tbe members
| of tbe Farmers Union, and bis laltc will
doubtless be full of Interest for tbe members
[ of tbat order.
\ Sunn.v Slope, always a popular plcnlclng
place, win on tbls occasion be doubly popular
as a rallying point for tbe farmers.
Come one and all and haye a day of genuine
bDjoyment.
Abbeville'* Splendid Barber Shop.
Messrs. Sbebe and Dewey, two of the most
enterprising young men of tbe olty are now
tbe proprietors of tbe elegant barber shop in
tbe New Hotel. *
No more capable or polite gentlemen can be
found In a week's journey, and we predict for
tbem success in tbelr work.
Tbey are prepared to serve tbe public with
all tbe conveniences of an up to cate barber
shop, with bath rooms ana every omer com- i
fort that tbe most fastidious customer might 1
v desire.
They are anxious to show tbelr customers
within aud without tbe city bow nicely
tbey can treat them.
Sprained Ankle, Ntifl* Seek, Lame J
Lame Shoulder. 1
These are three common ailments for j
which Chamberlain's Fain Balm Is especially ,
valuable. If promptly applied it will nave
you time, money and suffering when troubled .
with any of these ailments. For sale by all '
druggists Abbeville, H. M. Young, Due
West. ,
L'nlou Fleuic.
Tbe picnic at Union School House near
Bfyants Cross Roads July 1st gives promise
of being a most enjoyable occasion.
It is said that a U umber ot prominent eppak
era will make addremsand ti at tbe best oi
muslo will be lurnlsbed.
Tbe public may expect a day ol most p'easaot
entertainment.
Meeting or I>ay*.
The Abbeville Baptist Cbnrch will bold y
protracttd meeting, btginning on the fl'M
.Sunday in August n xt. Dr. H. A. Bagby.
of Greenwood, will prtacb every uight ana
morning lor da} s. Tbe church and the pa>?
tor will beglbdtosee all lnend" at tbe ser
vices. A.C. Wllkins.
A Nperlal Service.
The service at tbe Methodist Cbnroh on
Buuda; morning will be of h special character.
It Is desired that each member mtike i
special etlort to be pre?nt.
Tbe public cordially invited.
I? e Cream Festival.
Look! On Friday afternoon and night,
tbe ladies of tbe Meihndlst rhurch will serve
cream and cake on tbe lawn of ibe Methodist
parsonage Every one Is invit. d. The
retresnments will be served f'om six to ten
o'clr.ck. A wa>m rrceplIon and a cool time
promised to each.
|. The Howling; Alley
Has been opened up strain. In cbatge of
our townsman, Mr. Walter Kirby, who
guarantees all bis customers courteous
treatment and a good time. When you
want "some where to go," and want m have
a good lime id generui, can ana see ' iviruj .
He will treat you right.
For Sale.
Tbe Counters and Shelves In Mr R. M.
Hill's store.
Kiigine for Sale.
One 2-borsp power Acme stesm engine lor
sale. Apply Press and Bannei office.
No Scr n t About if.
It is 110 secret. that for Cuts, Burns,
Ulcers, Fever Sores. Sore Eyes, Boils,
etc., nothing is so effective as Buckleu's
Arnica Salve. "It didn't take
long to cure a bad sore I bad, and is
alio. K. for sore eyes," writes D. L.
Gregory, of Hope, Tsx. 2oc at P. B.
Speed's drug store.
Kcabonrd Offers Following Very Lou
Kate*.
Tuscaloosa. Ala.-Summer School for teachers.
June 16 to July 28.
Athens, Ga.?Summer School for teachers.
June27 to July 28.
Rich mood. Va.?Farmers National Congress
September 12 to 22. ,
Toronto. Can.?International Sunday School J
Couventlon. June 20 to2", 19<)5.
Asbury Park. N. J.?Nutional Educational
Convention. July 3 to 7,1905.
? Baltimore. Md?United society ofCbrlstlan
Endeaver. Jnl.v 0 10 10,1905.
Buffalo. N. Y.?Annual Meeting Grand'
Lodge. B. P. O. J uly 11 to 15, 1905.
Norfolk, Va.?Annua) Meeting Whole Sale
Grocers Association. June i9 to 21, 1905.
Nlagra Fails, N. Y'.?Ancient Arabic Order
ol Mistlc Scbrine Imperial Council. June 20
to 23. 1905.
Denver, Col.?International Epwortb Lea.
gue Convention. July 5 to9,1905,and Annual
Meeting Frateruul Order ol tagles. August
14 to 24ib.
Portland, Oregon.?Lewis and Clark Continental
Exposition. Junel to Oct., 15,1905.
Weepeclally invite your attention to the
feet that all of tbe above mentioned rates are
open to tbe public, alBo that our Summer
Tourist rates are now on to all points with final
limit October 31,1905.
For detailed lniormation apply to any j
Agent ol tbe Seaboard Air Line Ky., or
Fred Gelssler, W. E. Christian,
T. P.A.Atlanta.Ga.A.G.P.A.AtlantGa.
Promptness Is our watcb-word, so if you
want your goods quick give us your business.
>111 ford's Drug Store.
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General Xuvs \oIph.
Prince Leopold of Hohen/.iUern, a
cousin of 'he German emperor, died in j
Berlin. '
James W. Lowther, conservative,
was elected speaker of the .British
bou?e of commons.
The agreement reached hi' the international
agricutural couvention at
Home is made public
Emperor William of CJermauy is j
sounding the powers on a proposed
international conference on Morocco.
It is said in Washington that Emperor
Nicholas's reply to President
Roofcevelt'.n inquiry concerning peace
is in some respects unsatiffactorp.
Dr. Edward Courtney, a prominent
young physician, was aM-ai-sinukd in
Bracken County, Ky., as a result of a
feud.
New York ceusus enumerators are
findirg that bundieds of thousands of
men and women in the city Jive alone
and that the "unattached" are increas-;
iue at a rapid rate.
Ernest Biondi, the Italian sculptor
lost his suit against the trustees ot the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, who
put his group. "The Saturnalia," in
the cellar.
E. fc>. Holmes, J., assistant statistician
ot the department of agriculture,
has resigned pending the investigation
into the alleged "leaks" from that
bureau's, cottoncrop estimates.
Dr. Jobn C. Hardy, a well known
physician of Chipley, Ga., was shot
j >-!ii i i... /\i . "d'l.iiu ti.u n mur
auu KlJieu vy vynu tiuiir, .w.. .. ^ ?
shal, as tlie result of a horse-whipping
administered au old wtiite man by the
doctor.
King Alfonso was greeted with enthusiasm
in Loudon.
Hope for pence in Chicago has been
abandoned and the industrial war
goes on there.
James McConnell, ;>2 year* old, a
crank, tried to kiil Vice President
Fairbanks' at Flint, Mich.
The Edgar County National Bank
at Paris, 111., was wrecked by a dynamite
explosion.
A trial train on the Pennsylvania
made the 40S miles between Chicago
iud Pittsburg in 440 minutes.
The grand jury has approved the
measures tor lite saving at Ty bee and
other beach iesorts near.
Grand Rapids, Mich., is threatened
ivith a flood. One lone dyke holds
:he swollen waters ol the Graud lliver
)ff.
The Georgia railroad commission
tias refused to reduce the passenger
'rate iu that state to two cents
j mile.
William W. Karr, disbursing officer
)f the Smitht-ouian Institution, has
jeeu arrested, charged with tue embezzlement
of over $1,000.
Radical changes in ihe business
management of tbe Equitable Life
A-sutauce Society are provided for by
resolutions adopted by tbe directors.
A motion for the removal of the
mcu nf f1uloh Pnn oro fhwrirpH with
^ai?C V?IW A V f VI kTj V ^
. oruplicity in the inunlet o! Governor
3oebel, was beam at Mayesvilie, Ky.
A new trial haw been granted Curls
Jett, sentenced to he bauged for
be murder of Jamea C'ockrell, Jett is
low serving ft iife sentenced for the
uurderof James IJ. Alarcum.
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.V. E. SHEHEE. D. A. DEWEY.
SHEHEE & DEWEY.
Tonsorial Parlors.
WE HAVE FOUGHT OUT THE 8PLENdidly
equipped Barber Shop In tbe
Sew Hotel Buiidiug, and are prepared to
lerve our customers with every comfort and
:onven1euce known to the modern tonsorial
?rt. We have also elegantly furnished bath
ipartments.
Quick and satisfactory
service
Is guarantee] to all who will call on us
SHEHEE & DEWEY.
By Mrs. Korer w|0P/
Boil together 1 qt. water and sugar for
five minutes. Hemove the loaves from ten
good sized stalks of mint. Wash them carefully;
chop them flue, then pound them to a
pulp. Work this gradually Into the hot syrup,
let stand until cool. Strain, add the Juice of
two leinonsand the mint Freeze and serve with
the meat course. Especially nice with mutton.
Ilome-made ice-cream is sure to
be pure. Serve starchy, cooked
desserts less, and feel better.
Easy to have a different frozen
dainty every summer day with the
Peerless
Iceland
j
Freezer
(one motion), makes smooth, fine
ice-cream. Uses very little ice.
A'o effort to turn. Come see it.
Abbeville Hardware Co.
L,. W. WhiieN Local*.
whirlings of flue quality. Madrus, only 10 cents
a yard at White's. They are cheap at 15
cents.
L. W. White In now 0:1 his third case of five
cents ginghams, lie has bold already this
season more than five thousand yards of
these goods.
Every lady it the County ought toseeL. W?
White's stock of embroideries, laces and
white goods.
Prepare for the coming hot weather by buying
Summer clothing from L W. White.
L. W.White has the greatest line of men's
negligee shirts he has ever offered.
Get you a nice straw hat from L. W
White's.
L. W. White has an immense stock of white
India linens and Persian lawn at all prices.
Tinware at prices you haveu't been lucky
enough to get can be had at Dargan's 5 and
10 cents store.
it is too wet for early cotton oat west and
the boll weevil always eats up the late cotton
there. Bo look lor 12c cotton.
Great line of lamps and lamp fixtures at
Dargan's.
Wooden ware in profusion at Dargan's
and 10 cents store.
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f GEMS IN VERSE j
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The Poet's Prayer.
A poet prayed aloud for power to sing
To all mankind one sweet, soul thrilling
song
To bring forgetfulness of daily wrong
And swift surcease of transient trials
bring.
O'er all the land his earnest prayer took
I wing,
Soft echoing here and there amid the
throng
From heart to heart, as gently borne
along
As breeze blown fragrance from the flowers
in spring.
And when the poet walked among his
kind.
Behold, they did great homage to his
name;
Gave thanks for endless good his
words had wrought
And blessed the teachings of a master
mind. t,
Nor knew he whence came luster to his
fame,
For, lo, his prayer had been tho song
he sought!
?James Clarence Harvey In Smart Set.
The Breaking Plow.
I am the plow that turns the sod
| That has Jain for a thousand years
Where the prairie's wind-tossed flowers nod
And the wolf her wild cub rears.
T nnrl in mv wnke. like rain.
Is scattered the golden seed;
I change the leagues of lonely plain
To fruitful gardens and field of grain
For men and their hungry breed.
I greet the earth in its rosy morn;
I am first to stir the soil.
I bring the glory of wheat and corn
For the crowning of those who toil.
I am civilization's seal and sign;
Yea, I am the mighty pen
That writes the sod with a pledge divine,
A promise to pay with bread and wins
For the sweat of honest men.
I am the end of things that were
And the birth of things to be; 1
My coming makes the earth to stir
With a new and strange decree.
After its slumbers, deep and long,
I waken the drowsy sod
And sow my furrow with lifts of song
To glad the heart of the mighty throng
Slow feeling the way to God.
A thousand summers the prairie rose
Has gladdened the hermit bee;
A thousand winters the drifting snows
Have whitened the grassy sea.
Before me curls the wavering smoke
Of the Indian's smoldering fire; ,
Behind me rise?was It God who spoke??
At the toil enchanted hammer's stroke
The town and the glittering spire.
I give the soil to the one who does.
For the joy of him and his;
I rouse the slumbering world that waa J
To the diligent world that is.
on, seer wun vision max iooks away
A thousand long years from now,
The marvelous nation your eyes survey
Was born of the purpose that here today
Is guiding the breaking plow! .
?Nixon Waterman in Success. fl
The Man That Laughs First.
You'ye all heard the trite little motto
That he who laughs last laughs the best. I
Be that as it may, 'tis a half hearted way "
Of meeting a friend's little Jest
Perhaps it is wise to be solemn,
To sit back with lips tightly pursed,
Till all of the rest have applauded with
zest.
But here's to the mam that laughs first
Of course I am twisting the motto
To suit this melodious lay,
But many I've found who twist it around
In just this identical way.
Pray, go to the play if you doubt it
And wait for the laughter to burst.
The number is vast that waits to laugh
last,
So here's to the man that laughs first
We all like the rollicking fellow
Who sees. In a Jiffy, the point,
Who throws back his head and laughs
"on the dead" .
Till his features are all out of Joint.
The man that laughs last, I Imagine,
With a weak sense of humor Is cursed.
Let's laugh while we may; 'tis but for a
day;
So here's to the man that laughs first!
?Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Country of Wide Eyed Dreams.
Where are you journeying, little boy,
So far from the world and me?
Your round, blue eyes are alight with joy
At something I cannot see.
Wonderful visions of dewy dells,
Where sprites flit to and fro
On shadowy wings and weave their spells
O'er the pilgrims that come and go;
Fire eyed goblins that grin and nod
At the fluttering butterflies,
Fairies asleep 'neath the goldenrod
That bends under autumn skiesAll
these must lie on the road you tread
And beckon you on the while
Toward the light that Is lingering on
ahead
In the land of the rainbow's smile.
Take me with you, far seeing elf,
To that realm where you are today,
Where worldly cares and thoughts of self
Are ever so far away.
V.
Show me the wonders your little eyes
Have learned to discover there.
For I see them light with a pleased surprise
As you sit in that rocking chair,
And, swinging so dreamily, look away
To a country beyond my ken,
A country I fear you will seek some day
And never come back a grain.
Yet I know no way that a child may go,
With a fair and cloudless brow '
And never a shadow of pain or woe,
But the one you are traveling now. t
?James Montague. i
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The House of Success.
There are no elevators in the House of '
Success, ]
But the stairs are long and steep.
And a man who would climb to the very >
top |
Before he dare walk must creep.
There are no carpets in the House of Suo- 1
cess, I
But the floors are hard and bare, j
With slippery places all about
And pitfalls here and there. (
There are no lounges or easy chairs ^
xvor places to rest your spine,
But when one has arrived on the roof at |
last? i
Ah, but the view is fine! I
?Chicago Jcurnal. ,
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Song of a Dyspeptic. |
If I could know
The names of all the flowers that grrow (
And all the stars whose light extends
Above me, like familiar friends. :
And fathom what their message meant,
I wonder if I'd be content?
If I could know (
Just when good dining meant my woo,
I vould rejoice and safely eat
My favorite pastry, fruit and meat.
With a digestion worth a cent
I know' that I should be content
?Washington Star. I
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The reputation of beinjr R "good fellow*
l never helped a man at a jiank^ Keep your
iHHiroy iHKing v inoi auu hiuuMug opccu b ?
Clnco Cigars.
Every few days I get Inquiries from persons
wanting to buy farms. Jf you want to
ell list y our? with me. Robt. S. Link.
Try our syrup Wblte Pine Compound wltb
tar for your cough, we guarantee every bottle
of It to give satisfaction, if it falls we will
cheerfully refuDd you your money.
P. B. Speed.
> Don't forget the embroidery and lacesat
White's. Tbey are worth looking at.
! 100 stoves Just received at Dargan's 5 and 10
: cents store. If you want a stove you won't
[ have to hunt beyond our store.
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The Greatest Bargain
Sale of the Season
at Haddon's.
White and Colored Mercerized Cotton Goods that were 40c now 25c
White Dotted Swiss 40c grade now 25c.
45 inch French Lawn worth 40c now 32 l-2c.
White Piques IGc grade now 12 l-2c.
Fine White India Linen 20*and 25c quality now 15c.
3G inch White Linen 40c grade now 25c.
Big Reduction in Summer Silks.
Foulard Silk 75 and 90c value now G9c.
oO dozen Towels. 19 and 36 inch Huck Towel only 10c.
Groat bargains in Millinery and Ribbons.
New goods arriving every week.
R. ffl. HADDON & CO.
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j Can't Be,Touched
j| for painting houses. ' The reason's plain. Mastic
&j is the purest, therefore the most durable and economI
ical. There is a whole string of 4'other fellows" claim- wfjjUm
E ing "just as good as Mastic" but they don't prove it. J'l|w
w Maybe they can't. The analysis of Mastic is pub- aJBNKS
lishpd. It's made of Dure lead, zinc and linseed InRiSffl
oil?the most durable kind of paint?and its purity jffMB
is ..therefore unquestioned. nflR'^vSw
As purity means durability, the splendid wearing
qualities of Maslic have given it the title of
tlThe Kind That Lasts" and this title is backed W||'
up by our absolute guarantee. Mastic is made by
PEASLEE-GAULBERT CO., Inc.
LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY N
FOR SALE BY
0. A. Milford, Abbeville,S.C
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w For a Summer %
m Bride. %
There no gift more appropriate, surely Egi
none more acceptable, than a J?
|| Buck Stove ||
It"A Buck Stove wl'l last almost a life time. $$
lb Car load just received. Call and see them. Jtipf
serve the help and sympathy of the
V?ry Appropriate To The Sensou. white pe0pie of this state. And I
There never were a better people do hope they will not be forgotten.
;han the people of South Carolina. Now, sit down quickly, dear
rhey have had bitter enemies and frieQd? before you take your own
;hey have been occasionally much vacation, and before you forget it,
naligned, but when it comes to the do something for the institution
highest grace of all the grace of lov- ^at y?u ^ove be8t. This ? ?ea"
ng kindness, thev cannot be beaten ?on w^en nearly every body is fix.h%
side of heaven. Pardon my mg for a good time. Your dear little;
partiaiitv for I really think so. brothers and sisters at the OrphanNow
all this awett talk has a pur- ?^es ought to have a good time, too.
pose, ? it is a prelude to a sugges- Your friend and fellow citizen,
;iou to the people of this generous Vm? ^ 'a r
itate to set their generous hearts to ,, ^J,nton? ?. O.
i task before the summer vacation 1 horn well Orphanage.
begins. And It is about to begin ? .
ust now.
*lave l?\ thougb,t ?-f,y0orrr1]ttIe Mess. A. M. Smith & Co.
irphans brothers and sisters? There j! ,
ira two hundred of them in the Dear Sirs?The barrel Of
SKlSEPtw'S bundreS bought of you short
more in the BaDtist Ornhanace at While ago is DV lar tile best 1
CJreeuwood, [Connie Maxwell], there have U8ed since I have been
ire nealy that many at the Metho- , ,
3ist Orphanage [Epworth] at Colum- Housekeeping#
bm. Very truly,
I know something of the condition n Tonltnor
these denominatioual Homes, for U1. x auiKuer.
I have a standing welcome at all of That's the Way all OUr CUSLfe
f,"d?w,hor?S?" 1tomers talk. Why don't YOU
season of the year they are always try OUT flour next time ?
sorely pressed for the necessities of a m CmitVi to f!n
life, aud this little love letter to my A' 8)11111:11 ? t0*
brethren of the dfllerent denomiua- ?
tions is to suggest that each one of _ , .. . ,oh)?,a
, . 00 , , Go to Mllford s for make man tablets,
you f-end at once, your check or a .. ? , .. . ? T, D?,tQ.rnfra
r 1 e a 1 Don't fall to call and see I). PollaKofFs S3.UU
barrel of flour, or rice or molasses or men ktues for $2 50 1
even a shck of grits to the Orphan* Base ball goods In all the grades at Dargan'iUge
you love best June and July are Macbeth lamp chimneys at Dargan's.
the best times to seud just now. If Russian Corn Cure falls to remove you*
Everybody with a heart ought to corns we will cheerfully refund yjur money.
feel it a privilege to do it At any of our ,to?e. are ....ranthese
homes, a nickle will give a teed for 15years. You run no risk. Dargan's
child a good meal and five dollars 5 and 10 cent store.
will board a child for a month. VVe have a nloo line of ladles hand bag
There are six hundred of these chil- which we are selling at reduced prices.?
dren in your Church Orphanage. %e^rprf8Ue%uX Stoves carry with them
nuu LiJai uuca uvh uwuu i tuc l^pin- ttil lue ucnuij nux* 6uwuucnn tuou a oiu?o
copal and Catholic homes iu maker can give them. Dargan sells them.
Charleston or the Charleston Or- We ba,ve!?*er?1 J1?"' H??r?DLh?ro
. _ tt . . ? i 1.0 try, so come to M Ufora s Drug Stor? where
phan House supported by the you can get what you want served In the
city or the colored Industrial Or- best of style.
phanages iu Charleston and Coluni- You can get all of the Dukes Mixture
bia run by those two good colored Sr.iok log lobacco you ar? looking for whole
men Jenkins and Carroll, who c|e- ? ???stor..
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GAMBLED BUT ONCE.
Mm Paid For a Paraaol by the rosndci
of Monte Carlo.
M. Blanc, the founder of the casino at
Monte Carlo, was very eccentric.
He waa never known to play at the tables
except on one occasion, and then It
was a somewhat costly experience.
While on a visit to the Wiesbaden casino
with Mme. Blanc he was in the habit of
accompanying her on a morning stroll I
%acb day. During one of these walks
jiadame complained of the heat of the ? !
un and requested her husband to buy her Bw
a parasoL Accordingly the two entered for
a shop, where madame selected a very tQ*
pretty article, worth 80 francs?about ?8 00
4s?which M. Blanc, with a scowl and a eft<
muttered grumble, paid. Jj1^
When the casino opened at noon, great tbi
was the astonishment of the croupiers and "
visitors to see M. Blano place 2 louis on lb<
the red at one of the trente et quarante we
tables. The attendants hastened to get in
him a chair, but this he declined, saying
he was only going to remain a few minatea.
When the cards were dealt, he won, ev<
and, taking up his winnings, left the original
stake on the table. For a second time 00
he won, and bad now got back the price
of the umbrella. But not content, he ven- T
tared another 2 louis, which this time Aji
he lost: Somewhat annoyed at this, the
founder of the place doubled the stake, H<
and won, thus getting back the cost of the
umbrella again. r
Determined, however, to regain his 3 ki
loui?, he staked it again, only to see tlfl
it raked In by the bank. Thus he kept
on winning and losing, but never able to m<
recover the 2 louls, till at last he found Jol
himself 26 louls out, all the gold his pocketbook
contained. A thousand franc note _
he had was quiokly changed and swallow- 1
ed up. Then, becoming exasperated, he ^
cashed hiB check for a lurge sum, and, sit- th<
ting down, commenced the battle In ear- Fe
nest. Hour after hour passed by, but M. J?1
Blanc, his eyes fixed on the treacherous \
Skateboards, never budged from his post. w?
e kept on planking down heavy stakes *jf
until the last deal was declared, when, ?ei
calmly rising, he seized bis yellow cane La
and made his way through the gaping onlookers
into the open air.
On reaching home he found Mme. tlo
Blanc playing "patience" with a pack of wt
oards, the offending parasol being on the
table.
"Madame," said the old gentleman,
IMa rnn lrnrtvxr vxrhof. fhof inn Vtoci nnat (
UVf J VU AUUTT Tl UUM VUU? VU*UQ uuy VVD>
mef" {?]
"Mala oui, mon ami. It ooat you 80 Pi,
francs." rej
"Madame," rejoined he, "you are m 1m- ??,
taken. I have just paid the bill?81,000 <]
franca.". at
Madame's sunshade had *ort no leaa *ri
than ?8, fi40.?London Mall. '' Jn
I Telocity of Ocean Witm, c
The velocity of waves 1b said to depend bo
primarily upon the power and continuance ln'
of the wind, but it is greatly modified by of]
and beam an ascertainable relation to at
their magnitude and the depth of the wa- y
ter over which they travel. It baa been oil
calculated by Airy that a wave 100 feet in Ml
breadth and In water 100 feet deep travel* |
at the rate of about 16 miles an hour; one ^
1,000 feet broad and In water 1,000 feet tlx
deep at the rate of 48 miles; one of 10,000
feet in breadth and in water 10,000 feet 1
deep will sweep forward with a velocity of |,b
not leas than 154 miles an hour. Bache i)r
stated as one of the effeota of an earthquake
at Samoda, on the island of Niphon,
In Japan, that the harbor was first emptied
of water, and then came an enormous <
wave, which again receded and left the pi,
harbor dry. This occurred several times.
To evaporate water enough yearly from
the ocean to oover the oarth, on the aver- qu
age, 6 feet deep with precipitation, to wi
transport it from one zone to another, to
oause it to fall in the right places, at suit- t :
able times and in the proportions due, is .
one of the offices of the grand atmospherical
machine. This water is evaporated
principally from the torrid zone. Suppos- pe
ing it all tc come thence, we shall have, co
encircling the earth, a belt of ocean 8,000 sp
miles in breadth, from whioh this atmos- it.
phere evaporates a layer of water annually oa
16 feet in depth. To hoist up bb high as si{
the clouds and lower down again all the to
water in a lake 16 feet deep, 8,000 miles ?
broad and 24,000 miles long is the yearly ,
business of this ? invisible maohinery. '
What a powerful eDglne is the atmosphere I
How nicely adjusted* must be all the cogs, J"
wheels, springe and compensations of this '
exquisite piece of maohinery that it never ,
? 1? ii_ i. in
wears one or Dreaxs uown or ians hi
do its work at the right time and la the fa:
right way I What a field for investiga- ??]
tion, and how singular it is that man is |
placed at the bottom of this atmospheric cn
ocean from which to commence his re- jg
search!?St. Louis Republio.
in
Vandals Deoclved at Mount Vern*n. ed
On the posts of one of the old beds in tr;
the mansion at Mount Vernon are small mi
glass knobs with sockets drilled into them,
which fit little. spikes, but do not fasten
oh. It is perfectly natural for visitors to u
place their hands upon the knobs, and f
those who do immediately perceive that .
they can be taken off. The next step is to .
lip them quietly into the pocket and carry
them away as relics of the sacred plaoe.
Although an attendant is employed to
watch this room, there are so many visit- 88
ore that it is impossible for him to prevent i
such pilfering, and the glass knobs have tb
to be replaced two or three times a week in
during the busy season, but that costs very ca
little trouble and expense. A factory near co
Pittsburg turns_them out for 80 cents a ga
gross, and Mr. .Dodge is in trie naou 01 Ti
ordering a barrel of them every spring. mi
| There are several thouiiand of these glass w]
| knobs scattered over the world, in ma- }9
I Mums and private oollections of mementos
and historical relics. Many more ars
doubtless conoealed for reasons of consci- cii
ence and fear of discovery, but the guilty w<
persons need have no concern. The orig- w<
lnal knobs that belonged to the bed are Cc
safely laid away in a vault.?Chicago Reo- 15
ord. bu
fai
Costard. ni!
Concerning custard, or "eustad," as It in
was formerly called, it was a oommon joks tic
, at civlo feasts in the olden time to place be
| in enormous custard in the middle of the ei(
: table, into which at some stage of the pro'
ceedlngs the elown unexpectedly jumped. ,
Ben Jor*2r*n uses the term "custard leap
j?ok" of oso who "in tail of a sheriff's ex
took "his almain leap into a custorT*
t?"Mke my lady mayoress and her J?!
listen Isafh all their hoods over their Dli
ihoulders."?Gentleman's Magazine. ??
Kl
CO
* -? ? ? -* aAOAI^Ina
A IUBD niilD<g uv uuu Iimvu s gj.
to Chinese law unless he confesses him- cn
| Mli guilty, and coafessions are otten ex fQJ
Mated from prisoners bj aid of the rack gt
or by flogging with the bamboo. at.
Fifty years ago there were in India only
81 native ordained pastors. There art
low about 1,000.
be
th
80
A Bad Scare. cj(
Some day you will get a bad scare, co
when you feel a pain in your bowels, i ba
and fear appendicitis. Safety lies In 'fu
Dr. King's New Life Pills, a sure cure' eii
1 ?ll? I./VWAI on/1 Lfr\*Y-?or?Vi HiooQCDfl In!
J u I ail' uuvrci auu Diuuinuu UIOVUUVU, y%.
fiucli as headache, biliousness; costive- cl
ness, etc. Guaranteed at P. B. Speed's to
drugstore, only 25c. Try them. g<
si
We offer tbe beet grade Chamber in a large
size for 26 cents each. They are white and
pretty shapes. Dargan's Sand 10 cents store. ,
Russssan Corn Core makes rough roa ,
tmootb for sale at?Speed's IXrug Store. *
[GHT MILLION BALE CHOP
IS PREDICTED BY J. T.
GABNEB,
-v?
insRerof Farmers Union Declares
There Has Been a Redaction or Over
Thirty Per Cent. In Aere??e and
Untoward Conditions Have Farther
Reduced This.
)allafl, Jane 14.?John T. Gamer, boalnen
snt and raaraeer of the cotton department the
Farmers' Union, baa Issued s cotton rert,
allowing redact Ion of oottoa ss per
orn statements from anion snd non-union
mers through the southern ootton belts.
le aays that about January 1. 150,000 ooti
coupons were sent out to members of tbe
Ion, on which coupons tbe farmers were
:b to state what tbelr cotton acreage was
t year, and to write s pledge that It would
i exceed a given number of blank acres
? year. He adds:
I have bad every coupon tabulated and
) fall report shows s red notion In ootton I
esse of SO 1 8 per cent, Tbe late cold,- wat
ather ha? ansed a still greater reduction
acreage ion the web, or as some call It,
> "caret ?? worm," la stripping the foliage
of thousands of acres all over Texas,
isto/which will have to be planted over
?n at this late date.
At the present outlook tblayear's cropwlll ;;v
t exceed 8,000,000 bales."
QUEENS COTTON MILL CASE jl
earing Before Judge Klagb at'
Chambers.
..ucas?Mulllken ea?e was ap before Judge
ugh on Monday on a motion by tbe Plain- ' ?
Mr. Lucre, to strike out sortaln section*
tbe answer of tbe Defehdant on tbe grounds ' >'
it tbey were Irrellevaut to the rolu
tsars T. P. Cotbran, W. R. Richie, George
tinstone, O C. Featberstone and Aagostlne
Symtbe appeal ed in behalf of tbe motion
d M,e*srs Stobo Simpson, R. K. Carson and
Todd appeared in opposition.
ucldentally the question of the removal of i ^
8 case to tbe United States Court oame ap.
e defendants claimed tbat having taken
a necessary steps to remove tbe case to tbe .cfi
deral Court, tbe 8tate Court bad no farther
ioH lot Inn In tha na a a onrf haH n n anlknritv
ptrlke outnny portion of the answer.
Phe question of tbe removal of the case
is faliy argued; and the Judge beld In anb- ?p
tnce, that tbe case being one between a %
Izen of tbts State on one side and non- ?
ildentsjof tbe State together with the
urenB' Cotton mill, a corporation of this
ite jointly on the other, the case waa not
movable to tbe Federal Ooart and that the i
ite Court still had jurisdiction. Tbe mo- ' .-"v
n to strike out waa then argned fully upon ;'j
ilcb tbe judge reserved bis decision.
F. E. and C. V. of A.
)n Saturday, July 1st, there will be a rega- v?F
meeting or ids uouniy union. xma
;ellng will be of great Importance to jron, "">
?se see, therefore, that your local anion is
presented and tbat tbey are ready tore- . /raja
rt. Send a foil delegation and come your- t
rbe local anions tbat were not represented
tbe last county meeting will see tbat tbey
9 represented at tbls meeting to be beid J"
ly 1. By order of tbe President.
Speed's Clnco Cigars are atlll giving tbe
ys trouble, tbey can't stay In the elgar bos- j
ess wltbont them.
fever has there been inch a beautiful Una ^
Stationery Seen, aa yon will find displayed -3
Mllford'a Drag Store.
ye have the most complete line of paints,
n and Tarnishes to be foand anywhere, at >?
llford's np to date Drag Store. Phone 107.
Ve are kept bnsy these days looking fh
?r tbe wants of tbe people that we have '-..istay
dose to tbe ground, we have no <>>9
do for "hot air" and flgbty flights,
Speed's Drag Store.
fyour child Is weak and pony try VlnoU jrj
will bring health and oolor to the little ' v1
eeks again. We guarantee it. Speed's
ng Store.
All About Crop#. . \
Gibson Record: Peaches are getting '
entiful in this territory?some say.
West Point News: Miss Elberta is ^
leen of the Southland at the present :
riting.
KlTntiln^o T r?n nr? n 1 ^TKa r? ??J rv 9
iuaiicbu??iuuiuai . x uc uijuc ui wi*
q reaching 8 cents has induced a good >
al of it to Marietta market lately.
A farmer of long successful ex- . fcgi
rience thinks that this Year's va
rn crop will be a short one unless " 'J/J
ecial care and cultivation are given 5
He says that there is about one good
t crop to five poor ones, and that is a :
;o that this will be, from beginning
ending, a poor year for all grain crops.
Barnwell People.
Statesboro News: Reports from all >
er the country ^re to the effect^ that . *39
e farmers are badly in the grass. The
o day club" seems to have its hands
11 if it looks after all the grassy crops
this section. In some sections the
rmers are giving a dollar a day forcotq
choppers.
Sylvania- Telephone: The peach
op in Georgia will be the largest, so it
said, ever marketed in her history, * iveral
prominent fruit men are now
Chicago looking over the costs chargby
the refrigerator car men, tfnd to
y to arrange to have plenty of cars to
ove the crop promptly.
Auueruuu luioiii^euucr ; x1 rum
larly every section of the State we
>ar a great deal of complalnf. in regard
the scarcity of farm labor. The lar
situation in this immediate section
.s become quite a puzzling one as
jll as a very serious one; one which
sms to mean as much to the farmers
the low price of cotton.
<583
Cartersville News: It is believed
ere has been a 20 per cent reduction
cottou acreage in Bartow county. A
reful canvass is being made by the
tton association and the facts will be
tbered by the most reliable means.
lat a considerable reduction has been ,
ade is already apparent. The fellow
bo sells his cotton now at 7 1-2 cents
not wise.
MeCormick Messenger: Crops in vility
of McCormick are being rapidly
irked out. and one more week of fair
gather will see general green subdued.
?tton acreage has been reduced about ,
per cent. Old com is looking well,
it wheat and oats are failures; and
rmers contemplate planting corn to
ake up the deficiency. From present
dicationsand if all the good resolu
>ns are carried out, tne rarmere win
in good fix even if cotton sells at ,
ght cents.
Waynesboro True citizen: If dry
rming should be a success, which is
tensively on trial now on some of tbe
[<4 lands of West, why should notour
rmers adopt it and prevent the possi*
lity of a failure of crops on weather
nditions. Tbe idea is that by a certain
nds of deep plowing what moisture
es into the soil by absorption or othwise
is retained sufficiently to make
ops in spite of the weather. It is well
r our farmers to note the experiments.
iccesa in some places has already been
tained.
The Boy la Patches.
A country exchange asks, "What has
come of the boy in patches?" And
en answers it thus: Why, bless your
ul, he is out on the farm hopping
Dds eixteen hours a day. He wil
me to town after a while to run the
inksand the stores and be the success1
lawyers and preachers and physians.
Don't worry about the boy in
itches. It's the slick-looking, storeothed,
nicely groomed lad you want
inquire about. He's the fellow that's
>ing to drop through a crack in the
dewalk out of sight one of these days.
|
Bamberg Co. The farmers have
ad good weather the last few days to
Ul grass and they made use of it,
? BM Mgj Mm