Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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RS !*4 FOR NAME! THINK OF THAT ! Now sit right down and think of a good name to give the Piedmont Land and Improvement Company for their sub-division that they have bought from Mr. C. H. Miller in Westminster, S. C. Don't send but five names, and if you are the lucky one you will re ceive a check from the Company for $10.00. / Think of something pretty, as this Company will make this sub-divis ion the prettiest in all South Carolina, and it must have a pretty name. Mail your names to the Piedmont Land and Improvement Company, Westminster, S. C. Watch the papers for the date of the Big Auction Sale. Contest closes Wednesday Night, September 9th. Piedmont Land and Improvement Co., Westminster, S. C. Eta FACTS FROM FAIR PLAY. Informal ion Wanted About Soldier. Splendid Meeting Closed. (Unavoidably Omitted Last Week.) Fair Play. Aug. 24.-Special: A glorious meeting, which has been in progress at the Baptist church for one week, closed last Sabbath. Rev. J. B. Herron was most ably assisted by Rev. Eugene Graham, of Cross Roads. The meeting throughout was full of interest, large crowds attend ing day and night. Mr. Graham is a young preacher of bright promises for tho future, having recently re-1 turned from the Chicago Training In- I Mtltute of illinois, where he has been | a most diligent student for several years. His theme on last Sabbath morning WKJ "The Christian's Liv ing Hope," and, like all his previous sermons, held his audience in rapt at tention. Perfect order prevailed throughout the entire meeting, which ls to be commended on all occasions. Twelve new converts were added to the church. Miss Bertha Kubanks, one of Oak way's most amiable young ladies, was the guest of Misses Anna and Pearle Marett last week. A. R. Marett and family were call ed to Townvllle last Tuesday to the bedside of Mrs. Marett's father, C. D. Giles, who is very ill. Mrs. T. R. Harris will leave In a few days for Carnesville, Ga., where she will be under the care of Dr. Martin. We trust the operation which she will undergo will In every way be successful. Wilton Davis, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Davis, had the mis fortune to break his arni at the wrist ono day last week. Dr. Heller set the bone, and tho little fellow is doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Keels Marett were among relatives here last week. Mrs. S. E. Barton left last Friday for an extended visit to the family of her son at Piodmont. From there she expects to visit the family of Col. R. E. Mason, of Charlotte. Clinton, Leon and Raford Harris have returned from a visit to rela tives at Elberton and Atlanta. Mrs. Florence Durham Pruitt, with her two children, ls on a visit to her mother, Mrs. Emma Durham. Mr. and Mrs. John Leathers, of Spartanburg, ar0 on a visit to the family of R. F. Leathers. Our accommodating mall, carrier, boning Made Easy. Mar.iifjrturrd by SMOOTHING IRON HEATER CO., s .Sumter, S. C. J Saves Fuel, Time and the Ironer. Only $2. Send orders to JNO. T. BRYANT, Level Und, 8.C, COUNTY AUNT. W. J. Knox, with his wife and bright little son, Louis Jasper, visited the family of D. V. Wright last week; also Mr. and Mrs. John Holland and little Kathleen, of Anderson, were among relatives here. Miss Sarah Wooten, of the Fork, was here last week. . Rev. A. P. Marett and wife, of, Westminster, were among relatives here last week. Mr. Marett occupied the pulpit at the Baptist church one day, and his sern >n was one of deep thought. This is Mr. Marett's old home place, and his many friends are always glad to welcome him and his at any time. The Woman's Missionary Society will meet next Saturday afternoon at 4'oclock. All the members are ur gently requested to be present, as business of importance will be at tended to. Preparations are being made to entertain the Beaverdam Association, which will convene with this church during the latter days of September. A good time is anticipated. If any of the readers of The Cou rier know anything of one Ben W. Harris and the company In which he served they will confer quito a favor on his brother, T. R. Harris, at Fair Play, by writing him any informa tion they may have as to his where abouts, etc. He left here with the boys 17 years of age, and served dur ing the latter years of the war. Any Information will be greatly appreci ated. . .. A pleasing, good, high grade, truly flavored, amber colored cup of cof fee can be had-and without the real coffee danger, or damage to health by simply using Dr. Shoop's new sub stitute, called "Health Coffee." Pure, wholesome, toasted cereals, malt, nuts, etc., make Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee both healthful and satsifying. No 20 to 30 minutes tedious bolling. "Made in a minute," says Dr. Shoop. If served as coffee, it's taste will even trick an expert. Test it and see. A. P. Crisp. How to Keep Water Cold. "Having tried lt, I recommend the following mode of keeping Ice water foi; a long time In a common pitcher," says a writer In Woman's Home Com panion. "Place between two sheets of thick brown paper a layer of cot ton batting about half an Inch in thickness; fasten the ends of the paper and batting together, forming a circle, then sew or paste a crown over one end, mnkir.g a box the shape of a stovepipo hat minur the rim. Place this over and ordinary pitcher filled with Ice water, making lt deep enough to rest on the table so as to exclude the air, and you w'll be as tonished to see tho length of time that the ice will keep and the water remain cold after all tho ice has melted." Dr. King's New Life Pills The best In the world. i SHEATH GOWN MAKI s PANIC. .Mayor and Police Finally Prohibit Such Apparel. A lt oona. Aug. 2 2.-A pretty young woman, said to represent a New York modiste, created a panic when she walked down street this morning clad in a sheath gown, which displayed a remarkably pretty silk stocking. Chief of Police Clark gasped. Then he hurried to the office of Mayor Hoyer and after the mayor had had a look, the two officials became indig nant. Chief Clarke was ordered to inform the young woman that she must not appear again in the objectionable dress or she would be arrested and locked up. She promised to comply with the command. Then Mayor Hoyer issued an order to the effect that if any other young woman ap peared in such a costume on tho street she would be arrested. Ebenezer Items. t (Unavoidably Omitted Last Week.) Ebenezer, Aug. 24.-Special: Rain, . rain! We are having plenty of rain j and now gardens are fine. Cotton ls opening very rapidly in this section, and farmers have been I pulling fodder. Mrs. Annie Jones and two sons, I Russell and Gilbert, loft Sunday for Greenvlllo, where they will spend this I week with relatives and friends. We are glad to know that Mr. and I Mrs. Wm. Wald, who have been sick I with fever, are Improving. ! Mrs. Jamison returned to her home ? in Greenville Sunday, after spending ! a week among relatives here. Arthur, Lawrence and Frank Mc Donald, of Richland, have been visit ing their cousins, Frank and Crate Chandler. We are glad to know that the In fant babe of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mul kay is much better at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Knox, of Sen eca, spent Sunday afternoon with tho latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Tollison. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hunt spent one day last week with Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Wood, of Wolf Stake. Quite a large number of young folks of this section went to the bap tizing Sunday at Wigington's mill. All report a pleasant time. Charlie Pace, of Seneca, was in this section Sunday. Columbus and Lee Huff, of Ander son, who have been spending a while with relatives in this community, re turned home last week. Miss Beulah Huff and brother, Mur phy, of Andorson, have been visiting relatives in this section. Several pupils from this school aro attending tho singing school at Wolf Stake church. A. B. C. Baa? th? _/) Ito Kind You Haw Always Bought BigQAtOT* A Wyoming girl balked at tho al tai on the word "obey " Ia this the beginning of the end? ANDERSON HIT HARD RV FLOOD. Tho Losses Will Run Into th,. Hun dreds of Thousands. Anderson, Aug. 27.-It will be several days before anything like an accurate estimate can be formed of the damage done in Anderson county by the great freshet of Monday night and Tuesday when 14.82 inches of rain fell. There are washouts on the railroads In every direction. The streams are still swollen, though they are going down ranldly to-day. Many country bridges are gone, but the number of them is not yet known. County Supervisor Jackson said that it would cost at least $50,000 to replace the bridges alone, to say nothing of the cost of repairs to the roads which have been washed away in many places. The Blue Ridge Railroad was a heavy sufferer. About half of the trestle over Broadaway creek, be tween Anderson and Belton, ls wash ed away. It will be some time before the trestle can be rebuilt. One bench of the "Slx-and-Twenty" tres tle, one of the largest on the road, was washed away. There are a num ber of washouts on the road between Anderson and Pendleton, the largest being at the Cox Mills, where a long embankment is gone. The passenger train from Augusta on the C. & W. C. Road ran into a washout near the Orr Mills Tuesday morning and the engine toppled over into the mud. It 'cannot be moved until a wrecking train arrives. Part of the trestle over Rocky river, near Lowudesvllle, ls gone, and there are several washouts near Starr. The Anderson Water, Light and Power Company has been a heavy sufferer. The current from Portman Shoals was cut off yesterday after noon. The machinery in the power house was covered with water, and it will take several days to dry out the machinery after the water re cedes. * The Savannah River Power Com pany has also suffered heavily. The power plant at Gregg Shoals, on the Savannah river, has been com pletely flooded. The water rose eight feet above the floor of the power house, which makes the high-water mark of the week at least 14 feet higher than was over known at the Gregg Shoals. The machinery in the power bouse was flooded, but it is not thc .ght the dam has been In jured or that tho power house Itself has suffered. The Belton Power Company's pow'?!. plant on Saluda river was flooder: with water. The d-m ls not hurt nur was the canal nor ne power house Itself. The machinery was all covered with water though, but it is not thought to be badly damaged. The Interurban Une of the Ander son Traction Company was badly burt. Thore were heavy washouts at Broadaway creek, Cubbard's creek and at Rocky River. It Is thought the bridges are safe, hue some of the abutments are probably damaged. J. L. Jackson, who was elected to the Legislature yesterday, had his mill house and gin house on Rocky river washed awa>. This was a val uable property, and it is said Mr. Jackson's loss will be in the neigh borbood of $6,000. The old Simpson mill, on "Six-and Twenty" creek was washed away, to gether with a small store house that stood nearby. McPall's Mill, on Rocky River, was also washed away. Burrlss & Finlay's mill and gin on Mountain creek, were washed away. They estimate their loss at about $2,000. Everything was completely swept away, including the bridge above the mill and a part of the dam. A telephone message from Honea Path says the flood was terrible and Holliday's bridges over the Saluda river are both gone. t Three bridges over Broadmouth creek were washed away, two of them being in Anderson county and one in Abbeville. W. A. Erwin, in Abbeville county, suffered heavily. His saw mill was washed away. The abutments to the steel bridge at Erwin's mill were washed away and the bridge itself was loft swinging. Mayor Sherard and City Engineer Shearer made a complete inspection of the streets this morning to ascer tain the damage done by the heavy rains of yesterday. On their return they estimated the damage done be tween $2.000 and $2,500. The damage to crops is incalcula ble. All bottom corn hag been under water >or 24 to 48 hours, and it will be ruined by the time the waters go down. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Eleven Killed by Cloudburst. El Paso, Texas, Aug. 28.-Eleven persons were killed by a cloudburst at Folsom, New Mexico, to-day. Many head of stock were killed and there is great property loss. The cloudburst was Just west of Folsom. It sent a flood through tho city carrying death with lt. Eleven are known to be drowned, and it is believed others have been lost. ? A New Orleans Because she di nourishment from li She took Scoff* Result: She gained a poun< ALL DRUGGI ********** KILLED BY GU?? IN SUIT CASE. T. J. Chufee, of Augusta Herald, Fa tally Wounded on Train. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 28,-Through the accidental discharge of a pistol inside his suit case, T. J. Chafee, re cently associate editor of the Augusta Herald, was fatally wounded about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon ou a Georgia railroad tralu between Clark ston and Stone Mountain. Mr. Chafee was returning to Au gusta from Sioux Falls, Iowa, where he had been on a vacation. He was seated near th? front of the rear coach chatting with P. A. Steiner, of Augusta. Some three miles this side of Stone Mountain Mr. Chafee opened his suit case to get out a cigar for himself and his companion. He undid the clasps, rose to spread out the case, and a moment later staggered for ward in the aisle as a pistol shot rang through the coach. Later investigation showed that one of the inside straps of the case had caught between the guard and trigger of the pistol, which was a .41 Colt's. In reaching for the box ot cigars Mr. Chafee had in some way struck Mic strap. It immediately pulled against the trigger and the pistol exploded. The bullet had struck against the buckle of his belt, and then glancing upward had pierced his abdomen, and broken his backbone. Though suffering acute pain every moment Mr. Chafee lay uncomplain ing and entirely ccuscious. He gave addresses of his relatives near Au gusta and Charleston and requested particularly not to wire his mother direct. On reaching Stone Mountain he was taken to Stone Mountain Inn, where Dr. J. G. Ernest and Dr. W. T. McCurdy did all they could to save his life. But he died in less than au hour. -- Vessel Sinks; *51 Perish. Tokio. Aug. 28.-A trading vessel which arrived in port here to-day brought the Information that the British steamer Dunearn was sunk two days ago in a typhoon which foundered her off the coast of Port Goto in tho Island of Kluhiu. It was reported that fifty-one of the fifty three members of the crew perished. ???????????.?A woman was thin. 4S* d not extract sufficient 1er food. Emtitsion. 1 a day in wefght STSi SO?. AND $1.00