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SALE mi m Owing to the unusually late spring and due to late arrivals of merchandise, we are offering for a limited time Men's and Boys' OXFORDS at substantially reduced prices. We have three standard makes to offer: CLAPP, FL?RSHEIM and WALKER 20% Reduction on Our Entire Stock of Men's and Boys' Clothing We take this method and occasion to show our friends and customers our genuine appreciation of their good will and patronage, and trust that they will avail themselves of this opportunity to buy their summer requirements at prices which are greatly under the present market 1 Those who come early will of course get the> choicest selections. Terms of Sale Cash Sale Begins Thursday, June 3rd Sale Ends Saturday, June 19th PADGETT ??ew York and Philadelphia. By Mr?, jr: L. Mim?. I had intended lo put this in the postscript, but in order to bring re lief as early as possible to the read er, I will say here that but one more article will appear. In the words of another lady who writes, "It is al ways such a comfort to know people don't have to read it is they don't want to." I It has been a habit of my life, I " -presume because I was born under the shadow of a newspaper, to re .cord everything I saw and every ;place I went, and this has become second nature with me. When it is -written and sent to the office, I for get all about it and think no more of it unless some one brings up the sub ject. It is all as innocent as you please, no harm intended and no re -ward expected. Our arival in New York City was on Saturday night, and by the aid of .- an institution, the Red Caps, we were relieved of our suit cases, three in t number, and safely placed in a taxi. Fl do not mean permanently relieved, - but only long enough to have them placed beside us after we were coni : fortably seated to be transported to the Martha Washoington Hotel. This place was selected, not because it was exclusive, but because it is exclusive i ly for women and is safe and conve nient ,just off Fifth Avenue. Al though last spring at the same time, rooms could be secured at $1.50 per day, the best we could do this year was $4.50 per day, which did not suit my spirit of economy at all, but I was there and had no where else to go, and so, as an old cook I once had used to say in such cases, " 'Tain' no help fer it." The programme for the day in the Metropolis was two church ser vices on Sunday, a drive around Riverside, a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Egyptian Obel isk, Central Park, the Statue of Li berty, and to see the play, "Abraham Lincoln." This doesn't sound like much, but as "Aunt Cynty' 'says, "It sho' am sumpin' else when you git to dora' it." Our Saturday evening meal was in a French tea room, the .only avails able place at that hour of the night, a very simple meal. Suffice it to say that in no way were we surprised at the quantity ;we? received -for the money we put into it. Both in New York and Boston lovely meals could be secured almost anywhere we hap pened at any hour and it seemed that the only advertisement necessary in New York was the exhibition of an attractive sign on the outside and the serving of a dainty meal on the in side. On Sunday evening just before church time, and too early to go in, being in proximity to the church, we decided to find a place to rest, and observing the signs of lunch rooms, we were atracted by the originality of this one, "Dixie Cupboard" print ed on a new, but old style board, painted to make it appear antique in design. We had already partaken of of supper, but thought we could in dulge in enough more ,to pay for sit ting down, so we made a small order and began to observe. Of course we knew no one, but there was an air of distintiveness about this place which made me inquire of one of the young ladies in waiting, why they Had selected such an unusual name for a lunch room? She replied "Oh this place is conducted by some ladies from South Carolina. That is why it is called "The Dixie Cup board." I told her we were from South Carolina too, and in a little while a very curteous and Southern looking young woman approached the table and introduced herself as Miss Ida i Willoughby of Florence, S. C., and said she had been informed that we were South Carolinians and explained to us that she and her sis ter, who were graduates of Win throp College, for a venture, had just a month before come to New York to begin this .enterprise and had al ready succeeded, bringing with them Southern negroes as cooks. She ask ed about the Winthrop girls at Edge field and begged to be remembered to Mrs. W. C. Tompkins, whom she spoke of as Cleora Brunson. ? The lunch: room was filled with lovely people enjoying the evening meal. The girls who served were all young and pretty all dressed alike in lavender and becoming white caps trimmed in lavender, fresh lilacs were in vases on each table and the napkins and decorations were of the same color. Miss Willoughby gave me a card and I am reproducing it that you South Carolinians who go to the Metropolis may lend your pa tronage. I was very glad to add my small contribution to the aid of these courageous South Carolina women. Dixie Cupboard Luncheon, Tea and Dinner Southern Cooking Home made Cakes, Pies and Can dies to "tote" home. Near Carnegie Hall, 149 West 57 St. < Sunday morning we attended the Madison Avenue Baptist church and [ heard the best sermon I had heard since I left Edgefield, but not the best I had heard before that. It was \ Mothers' Day, which I did not know before I entered. I think I did not ! ?say very good things about the Bos- ] ton churches, but I must say that in New York I felt altogether at home, 1 and when I took my seat in the 1 church, I unclutched my pocket book which had almost paralyzed my fin- 1 gers in public places for the past two J weeks, laid it down on the pew some ' distance from me in sheer relief took ' up the hymn book or the church cal endar and sang the good old hymns. 1 Everything rested me, even the ( Scriptures engraved around the arch * above the pulpit, "To you it is given ' to understand the mysteries of the { Kingdom." I had been seeing so much mysterious advertising of < Christian Science, Theosophy" and(i Spiritualism, that when I read those ] words "to you," in my imagination 1 I saw a finger pointed at me, and the j i promise proclaimed that I, an ordi- j I nary,( everyday Christian through, y Baptist principles, was appointed to j understand these mysteries. j i In the evening we attended the 1 Calvary Baptist church on 57th \ street and there found a similar: place of edification. This is Dr. Strat- 1 on's church whom Dr. Lee spoke of t in the prayer meeting recently. He 1 was absent, however, and a Dr. s Deane preached a great sermon. Be- I ing a Southern Baptist, I was not fa- s miliar with any of those whom I r heard either by reading or their rep- t utation. This city preacher behaved i exactly like a country pastor would r have done The old time religion was I easily recognizable even here in the r glamour of the city church. He in- f v'ited all the strangers in the congre- I gation to stand up. (He may have t seen me crying and thought I needed d a friend.) And then invited us all r to come down and shake hands. A o crowd of people from many states, as I heard them say, responded this invitation and he asked the ble ing of God on each one as they sa "Good-bye." The people on each sic of the aisle shook hands with U3 J we passed out. They were careful 1 entertain strangers, as the Bible ei joins, lest they entertain "angels ui awares." I thought, too, of the drea: of Dr. A. J. Gordon, the famous Bo: ton pastor, grandfather of Gordo Poteat, printed in book form, unde the title, "How Christ came t Church," and the cold reception th Master received in this part?cula story, but believe should He appea unexpectedly at either of these Nei STork churches today, He would no there be received with coldness or in difference. Many years ago, I remember see ing a book called "Sights, Secret ind Sins of a Great City," and tb :ity was New York. As I sat in thi juiet church and heard the Word o: 3rod proclaimed, and then heard th< preacher admonish against the sin! >f the city which surrounds us, anc mjoin simplicity of living, I coule ?ardly realize that I was really alive ind that it was not another dream. There is something peculiarly intei ?sting in sitting in a church listen ng to a strange preacher among a jeople who do not know you or youj labitation, and hear their sponta ?eous references to sectionalism ex cessed according to their own sweet viii. This'time the Southern Baptists vere commended for their generosity n the ?75-Million Campaign and Dr. Deane referred to the Southern Bap ist Convention in Washington. After the morning service at the Madison Square Avenue church, we ook a "green bus" and enjoyed an tour or two of drive around River ide. This was the only cheap thing had seen anywhere or at any time, ind it was really a very pleasant tovelty. Although, I had seen by this ime, so many people bigger than I n every way that I was really begin ing to feel very small, yet from my labit of mind in feeling big, I did Lot ascend the top of the green bus or fear of its losing its equilibrium. have always been peculiarly for unate in being able to keep out of lifficulties, and I did not want the lews to go home that I had turned ver a green bus on Fifth Avenue. In the afternoon we proceeded to Central Park, and entered the inter minable maze of walks and drives with the expected purpose of finding the Egyptian Obelisk or what is more commonly called Cleopatra's Needle, which our cousin in Littleton said he accidently fell upon one evening as he was going to the station. We wondered how he came upon it ac cidently, when we could not do so through intent upon it. It was as hard to find as the real "needle in a haystack," although in this case the needle was much larger than the stack. It happened that we entered, ?xactly the opposite side of the Park from the Obelisk. This monument was presented to the United States by the Khedive of Egypt some years ago and is a hinge shaft of red or Egyptian granite, said to- centuries old, with hieroglyphics carved on its massive sides. It is a curiosity well worth viewing, on Fifth Avenue next the Metropolitan Art Museum. 1 Culture and intelligence are clear ly exhibited in the faces and demean or of these who possess these at tainments, and these are the persons to whom to appeal for information. In the case of the Obelisk, a distinct- ? ly foreign looking gentleman pointed us to the correct direction. As we proceeded in the Park, if we had shut our eyes, many times from the for- < eign speech, we would have believed ? ourselves to be in some foreign coun- . try. We were very glad to find our- 1 selves in the proximity of the Metro politan Museum as that had also been one of our objectives. Here we spent the time until the closing at 6 o'clock. It was here that Edge field's artist, Miss Eliza Mims passed sc many hours in admiration of works of art, for it is the person ' who knows and studies an art who most appreciates its highest attain ments, knowing the difficulties of j the task and honoring those who fi- j nally accomplished it. In this Muse um also, there was a preponderance of intelligent looking foreigners who exhibited an enthusiasm more mani fest than in others whom we observ ed. ? (Continued next week.) . Electric light globes, 35c for 40 watt, 40c. for 60 watt. QUARLES & TIMMERMAN, VARIETY STORE. ?bbeville-Greenwood Mu tual Insurance Asso ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $8,875.360 WRITE OR CALL on the under signed for any information you may desire about our plan of insurance. 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