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n*IG 1>?Y Wf BOWMAN. * ? . PITCHIAN CONVENTION HELD AT . ' K ; THAT RLA?E. ? ? - ... .;\,- i Meeting ^^sdedT ' Orer by Hon. Robert Lidc^-Speeches Made and Splendid Picnic Followed. The Knights of Pythias Conven tion, of \ha 11tii district, held at Bowman, was. carried out success fully. A large dumber of men, wo meu and children from the sur rounding country, and not a few from the neighboring towns, took in the'ltesUvitiea of the occasion. The announcement was made that Col. Armstrong, of Charleston, and Prof. Rem'fceVf;'of. Wofiford College, woiird 'm'iike "addresses in the after noon, and th'j*ie would be followed by a big public picnic. 'All ' 6?: "tfhe ivttii?ble-' space in the ibei&dUfaJ oak grove not taken up by the tables and-the place allotted for the speaking, was soon crowded with vehicles of every description. . The ; meeting was. presided over by Hon. Robert Lide, of Orangeburg. /who introduced the speakers with appropriate remarks for the occa sion. Prof. Rembert was the first intro duced to the audience and his ad dress was fall.or. sound Pythian doc trine. He .emphasized the fact that there is a growing tendency every where for the; organization ot* social clubs, fraternal orders, etc, and they are not confined to the men aioue, but women, girls and boys are at v/ork on this line, where they meet face to face, heart to heart, with no social barriers existing. The speak er related several incidents coming under his own observation, where young men were snatched, as it were from the pitfall of eternal ruin by the viligant and soul-inspiring work ol some interested friend and their Jives made pure and clean. . Prof. Rembert closed his remarks after .speaking at souie length, and the audience cheered heartily as the speaker took his seat. Col. Armstrong was next intro duced to the audience. The Colonel was somewhat indisposed and was not feeling at all well, but his re marks, while not confined especially j to Pythianism, were nevertheless eagerly'listened to by the throng that crowded arouud the speaker's stand. .. ? Col. Armstrong kept the audience in a good humor all the time. His theme was one of educational in terest and his uatural wit and the! anecdotes iaten-persed in his address held the interest of the audience throughout. At the close of Col. Armstrong's speech, the train, not arriving on time with several other gentlemen lYuo were to make short addresses, eU accident hiving caused the de lay, it was thought best to have he picnic at thin juncture, and It was so ordered. Tue long tables were soon loaded tfith. a varied bill of fare good enougb for a Prince or King to feast upon; the delegates to the Con-) vention being giveu special attention during the feai;t.. The business session of the Con ventiotf was called at the Lodge Hall at 3 p. ra. All of the lodges, with one or two exceptions, were repre sented at this meeting, and the re gular routine .of work soon disposed of. Prof Reichert, by invitation, was| present, and at the close of the fniKiness session, gave a "heart-to Jheart" talk to the assembled breth ren of the Orden-. Ths talk was full of "meat and marrow," and the ?hearty cheer.i *r the close of his speech indicated that it was well re ceived'. ? Mr. Gibbs. one of the committee in charge of raising the Thornwell fcneinorial fund of ?12,000, as au '.thorlxed by the Grand Lodge at its tneeCiag' in May. was present and urged the delegates of the loflges in this, the litb district, to bring this natter before their respective lodges, using all dilligence to raise the amount, apportioned th? several rtxL.c- in firi by the next meeting of] the Grand Lodge ::i May, at Charles-1 ton. I'.y invitation, the next Convention will be held \'. Etruachville In Feb ruary next. Quite a number of delegates re mained over night to assist in and Witness the conferring of the Rank of Esquire upon two candidates. The visiting lir;tf,hr.?n rendered some good service, which was enjoyed heartily by all. ENTERki? AND ROBBED. The Business Men's Club Loses $25 By Robbery. On- last Saturday night or early ftundayL morning someone entered the Business Men's Club and stole ?2b' in money and some other arti cles. The cHiW was shut up at about * 1.45 -and the ttghta put out. Later in the night a policeman saw lights burning but did not think anything wrong* It W<V? found next morning that several doors which had been lacked had been, broken open. The (sf?ltee of tae;.city are working on the oase and as yet ao arrests have been ?uade. duty Jbeague. On tast 4?cidAr evening team B. defeated team,.Q, .by a score of 7 to 4". The score by inning was: B.Sit 201 100?7 10 4 G.030 000 001?4 6 7 Batteries:?JO?ey, Henry Sims aud . ttugo Sims, C Crimson, Wannama ker and Bctf. . There w?? b<? games today and to *?iorrow. - The standing is: .14 10 684 ?t....,it 12 500 jC.^ ..10 14 41? KELT) ON SERIOUS CHARGE. Man Charged With Attempting To Swindle Branchrille' Man. A party signing himself J. T. Mar tin, care Central hotel, Savannah.Ga., who had 'an advertisement in The State's want column about two weeks ago, wanting party to man age the branch house in Columbia, was arrested at Branchville Satur day and bound over to court of gen eral sessions at Orangeburg in Sept ember in lieu of $1,000 ball. Martin waived preliminary. Mar tin claimed to be secretary of the company and general, representative of the Standard Computing Scale company of Detriot. Mich., and, it^is ?lleged. was arranging to have a Dranchville citizen turn over to him $500 cash, for which he was to be given stock in the company and in return was to be furnished with an office and warehouse in Columbia as a general distributing point for North and South Carolina. / His letter to the party it is said, further stated that all expenses of traveling salesman and office help, .etc.. were to be borne by the com I pany and offering the presumable i investor and manager, as an addition al consideration, $"100 a month to start with and an additional 10 per cent, of the sales of the company in his territory. Mr. G. M. Noble, the intended vic tim, accepting the advice of some of his friends wired the Standard Com puting Scale ' company of Detriot. Mich., was told that the party was a swindler and asked that he be turn ed over to the police. Martin claims to have formerly lived in Louisville, Ky.. and says his father is president of one of the trust companies in Louisville and his wife and children are living within 15 miles of Detriot. It is be lieved ha has succeeded in fleecing prospective managers elsewhere, as he has been in Savannah for some time, having gone to the Charleston hotel Wednesday afternoon from Savannah. Mr. Noble was to meet him at the station in Branchville Saturday morning with the $500 and both were to go on to Columbia and select and rent a suitable location for the company, but instead Mr. Noble suc ceeded in -inducing Martin to spend the day while he was" raising the money, which Martin consented to do. This resulted in Martin's be ing taken into custody. * stalvey's money tied up. Account of Alleged Bigamist in At lanta Bank Attached. A special dispatch from Aiken, to The News and Courier says infor mation has reached the city concern ing the attachment proceedings of the woman giving her name as Mrs. Geo. M. Stalvey, N? 1, against the bank account of her alleged husband, who recently married Miss Light foot, of Orangeburg. The account was in an Atlanta bank, and when Mrs. Stalvey discovered that her alleged husband had married an other woman, she at once had this account, attached, and the case was first set for a hearing on July 4, but it is said that Stalvey did not ap pear, and then the hearing was set for August 3. at which time a por tion of the account was granted her by default, Stalvey again not appear ing. "A point which is yet to be decided is that in regard to a check, after the was draw on the bank, after the account had been attached. It is stated that a day or two after Stalvey had been arrested in Orange burg, he gave his bondsmen a check on this bank for $500, and also turned over to them his pass book. The check was said to have been cashed by a local bank of Orange burg. It is stated that the check bore the date of June IS. while at tachment* proceedings were institut ed on the 17th of June. It is also said that when the check came to the bank, it was not honored because the account had been attached, and now that point has yet to be decided. It is said that if this check is not paid the entire amount will go to Mrs. Stalvey. No. I. FIRE AT NORTH. Furniture Store and I'ostofh'ce De stroyed Last Thursday Night. A message was received from North Thursday night announcing that that town had been visited by a destructive fire. The postoffice and the furniture store of Mrs. A. C. Tyner were destroyed. The fire was discovered at 8.30 p. m. in the upper story of the furniture store. The'flames spread rapidly and were soon communicated to the pestoffice buiKMng adjoining. ' The store and etftire stock, of- furniture was destroyed. The-'mail and postal records were saved, as: was thfe mil linery stock of Mrs. Tyner's store. For a while an entire block was in danger. So intense was the heat that the furniture of A. d. Hart oh the opposite side of the street caught several times, but was saved. County Campaign Meetings. County campaign meetings will be resumed on Tuesday, 11th inst, when the candidates will speak at North. Following are the other scheduled meetings: Springfield, 12th; Norway, 13th; Canaan, 14th; Pine Hill, 19; Orangeburg, night of the 20th. The Senatorial campaign party will be here on the 21st. Robbing in Rowesville. On Friday night the commissary of Mr. F. A. Evans at Rowesville was entered and robbed. The rob ber only got a small amount of money but took a good deal of mer chandise. The authorities of Rowes ville are working on the case but as yet no arrests have been made. WRTTE5 t-ROM If'ALV SENATOR TILLMAN's LETTER CONCERNING HIS TRIP. Dr. Babrock in a Personal Note to Mr. August Hohn Says Senator Tillnian Continues to improve. SenatorTillmau and his companion traveller, Dr. J. VV. Babcock, are evidently having a most pleasant trip. They have gotten as far as Gen eva, Switzerland. In a personal note concerning ?Senator Tiilman's condi tion, Dr. Babcock writes: "Geneva, Switzerland, July 19, 'OS. "Dear Mr. Kehn: It is a rainy nm-ning, so I have 'alten advantage of lhe only tjppcrunity I have had I. > a long c.r .. to gVi in c- l"..l inan to dur-"?.-. ?n ?cuo v. .t > r travels :'or I s friends I: Rt.iiiii (.'.?n-rdina. 1 ?tn glad to r port thai the '-'ti.i'i'r cB. unues -..? improve. He is very active and keeps going all th'l. time. The evidences cf his recent"threatened paralysis have al most entirely disappeared. As ever, sincerely yours, J. W. Babcock." (Dictated by Senator Tillman.) Geneva, July 19, 'OS. It is practicahy a month now since w,e left Naples, and the time has been most pleasantly, and I hope pro fitably, passed, both mentally and physically. The journey nas been leisurely, wnich brougnt us to Gene va, but the sightseeing has been quite arduous. Rome was especially and necessarily the most exacting in its points of ntxrest, nad the work necessary to see them. We remain ed there twelve days and then, in despair, decided that it would take a year's hard work to gain any ade quate idea of things, and then mov ed on to Florence. Moreover, there was a constant desire for books, which were at home, to refresh our memories, which was provoking. The one thing which Ms incompre hensible, even now, is the smallness of the Roman Forum; and why so many temples and other massive buildings were crowded into such a small space, and that in a hollow between hills, is a question wnich every thoughtful traveller will ask himself. I am sure the entire area known as the Forum, implies, basili cas, etc., is not ten acres, This in cludes the space from the Tarpeian Rock, on which the Captiol stood, to the Arch of Titus. But I cannot undertake any description and only mention this surprising fact as the most striking thing in our visit to the former mistress of the world. We noiiced a marked difference in th Roman people from the Neapolitans They are larger in stature, and t^e beggars which are so pestiferous at Naples are very rarely seen at Rome. In the City of Florence. We reached Florence on the even ing of July 3, and spent the fourth In this beautiful city. It has nt' ruins, and the bridge a'cross the Arm is perhaps the only structure wheh has came down from the Romai period. There is sculpture ever} where, and we absolutely bcame surfeited on great paintings. Near the edge of the principa square and in front of the old palace which then, as now, was the seat o, the city government, there is a cir cular bronze tablet let into the pave ment over which passengers and ve hicles pas3, with the picture of Sa vonarola and the legend marking that as the spot on which he was e: ecuted, and his body afterwards burned along with the two monks '.ra Salvestro and Fra Domenico who were his principal lieutenant! in the effort to reform the abuses o Catholicism. He was equally bravi and fearless with Luther, whom he antedated by a half century or more I will confess to a greater feeling of solemnity in looking at this tab let, which may be likened to a large bronze medal, than I have on enter ing any church since I have been in Europe. Again I would mention lhe market improvement in the type of the peo ple as compared with tbe southeri Italians. Tim Florentines are full} as large in stature as the Americans and lhe impression made on me bj the people in the streets is that the> are of a highly intelligent, courte ous and admirable citizenship. It is straining on the muscles of the neck to gaze at pictures and there are so many in the two great gal leries here?the Pitti and the Uffizz ?that we were glad to move on to Venice, which city we reached on July 7. The Far-Famed Valley of the Po. The route carried us across the Appennines, through a large num ber of tunnels and through pictures que scenery, ^after which we des cended* into the* garden of Italy, the far-Tamed'valley of the Po, though the land .is no richer than the plaii extending from Venice to Milan which is designated as the plain oi Lombardy. It is difficult to anyone who has not seen the rich praries ex tending from Indiana westward tc conceive the richness of this land The landscape, however, is very dif ferent. There are no large fields oi open spaces. The mulberry trees whose leaves are used to feed sill worms, are everywhere in evidence, while avenues of Lombardy poplar: and rows of elms to support grape vines give the appearance of a wood ed country. The trees are kept pruned to small heads, and crops of corn, wheat and c'.over are grown right up to> their roots. Every foot of land Is utilized. We had seen comparatively little Indian corn till we reached this fer tile region and, considering the In telligence of the people, it is a very striking commentary on their lack of experimentation and initiative that they are such poor farmers in corn culture. The corn is absolute!} broadcast,"and waen'you c?a Bed any rows at all they are from twelve to fifteen inches wide, with just room for one furrow with a plough! The corn must be cultivated mainly with a hoe. but as it is in full silk and tassel now no work is being done in it. As it averages about one foot ir the drill there must be from 30,000 to 40.1/00 Stades to the acre. How ever rich the land, or however per |fect the cultivation, the ligth and ait are shut out by his method of cul ture. While I have no estatics as to tbe yield in grain, it must be rela tively small, and there is no wonder that the disease, pellagra, prevails to such an alarming extent in this country. We were told by the gov ernment- official at Rome, who cor responds 'to the head of the United States marine hospital service, and who nas good use of the English lan guage and evidently is a man o scientific atttainment, that there ii no doubt that this terrible diesas' is due entirely to the using of un sound Indian-corn as food, and that this must be due entirely to crowd ing, as tue climate of Milan is abom the same as that of Charlotte, N. C, if anything warmer, with fur opportunity for the coru to mature thoroughly. We bought some corn in the Place St. Mark, in Venice, to feed the pigeons with, and the grains were nearly round, as though coming fron, nubbins. And, of course, with th< corn crowded as they grow it in Italy nothing but nubbins Is possible. As the peasants depend largely on corn for food in northern Italy, anc) their poverty suggests or compels eating whatever grain they can get the good and bad are ground togeth er; hence the disease pellagra. The City of Canals. Venice is a little too much for an invalid to attempt to describe. It has no streets, only alleys six or ten feet wide and canals from ten to thirty feet wide. The alleys cross the canals, when necessary, ;on bridges, always high' arched for the passage of gondolas and lighters. And everything, including people transported in the city, is either car ried on the back or in a boat by wat er. We did not see a single vehicle of any kind or a horse. The pavinf problem is relatively important in Venice and there is no necessity of dodging street cars, uatomobiles, cabs or trucks?all of which we found to lfe very necessary when we reached Milan. Milan the Commercial Metropolis. Undoubtedly there is nothing in the way of contrast greater than that which exists between these two Ita^ ian cities?Venice and Milan. Decay and former grandeur are written al* over Venice, and the silence which one finds there is typical of the grave Milan, with its half million people the commercial and manufacturing metropolis of the kingdom of Italy is in every respect, barring the nar rowness of some of its streets, a bustling, progressive modern city one cau easily imagine himself it St. Louis or Cincinnati or Pittsburf barring the smoke. Tts cathedral is to my mind, even more pleasing than, St. Peter's, at Rome. While that is stupendous and magnificent, there is something garish about it, am such a studied effort to substitute some potifex maxim urns as an ido to be worshipped, instead of Christ that the simple majesty and beauty and dignity of the Main-cathedral i very impressive. This may also be said of the Seville cathedral. After a day and a half on the Ital ian lakes, Como, Lugano and Mag giore, we left Italy and came direel to Geneva, coming the entire length of Lake Geneva from its eastern te its western end by boat. Our pleasure was much marred by a heavy Bqual and rain, which drove us from the deck two-thirds of the time, and I' has been raining pretty much evet since we got here. Favorably Impressed With the People erf Northern Italy. Having myself been very pro nounced in expressing the idea that Italians were undesirable immigrants for South Carolina a sense of justice compels me to say that having watched the people of Italy with that I very (tuest ion in view, f still feel that the people of Naples and those e;f southern Italy whom I saw al Saleruum and Pest urn arc not the type we would like to have. From Rome' north ward, the impression made on me is entirely favorable, and I feed sure that if we could ge any of the northern Italians into the southern stales they would make good citizens and help in every way to assist the white race In solving the- race problem.' Our Investiga t.ie>ns show that most of those whe leave home go o south Amerrica, es pecially to the Argentine republic while we also learned that thee is a strong reflux current of those who have come to the United States. lK)th ships on which we traveled having their full complements of twelve hundred each, returning home. Good and bad alike, they all love Italy. Notwithstanding the strenuous life we have been leading, I feel stronger and bettor as time passes, and should the improvement con tinue I ought to be strong and well again when I reach homey In Octo ber. ? Run IH>wn? Worn Out! and many other similar symptoms describe the condition of three fourths of the human race, old and young, male and female, during the spring and summer months. These symptoms, if neglected, will con tinue to grow worse until you find you are the victim of some chronic and, perhaps, Incurable disease. Don't neglect yourself. Get one bot tle of Globe Tonic, use it by direc tions, and if not benefited, return the empty bottle to our branch office and receive your money back. Can 'we make you a fairer offer? Purify the blood, get the liver and k'dneys in a healthiy condition, cleanse-the .system of al! impurities. Samples free or fl bottles 50c. 14 S. "Broughton Street. \ LOCm iTtMS PICKED UP HERE AND THE RH* BY OUR REPORTERS. Brief Newsy Paragraphs From AH Parts of Orangeburg County and Vicinity. Don't forget to register. All who use Globe Tonic recom mend it to their friends. Have you tried it.? / Anyone in need of Gillette Safety Razor blades can get them at Sims' Book Store. The beer which was seized some time ago from the Edisto Social Club has been returned to them. Mr. D. ,H. Marchant left this city for a trip to Oklahoma last week, lie expects to be gone several weeks. There will he a game of base ball this afternoon between the clerks and Amateurs at the State College Park. If you want your town to grow and prosper, wake up, rub your eyes, roll up yoifr sleeves and go to work for it. The sparring match which was to have been on Friday night was call ed off on account of the small crowd j which came out. Call at Sims' Book Store and look over the new copyright books they have received and which they are selling at 60 cents each. Judge and Mrs. C. P. Brunson have gone on a pleasure trip to the West. They will visit Hot Springs, Ark, and other places of interest. The Band of Hope and the Tem perance Chapter will sell ice cream on the Court House Square on Fri day afternpon week, the 28th of August. Health Officer Schiffley reports that the health of this city isexcellent and tarbetterthan anyprevious year. This is good news to the citizens of Orangeburg. It. has been announced that Gover nor Glen a of North Carolina will make an address in this city. The exact date is not known now, but will be made public later. A bicycle was stolen from in front of Mr. J. J. Bolen's gate on Saturday afternoon. A reward of $5.00 is of fered for the arrest of the guilty par ties. See advertisement on page two. The members of the Young Ladies Home .Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will serve ice c. earn on the Court House Squaie on Friday afternoon during the band concert. The Orangeburg 1 Military Band gave another concert on last Friday afternoon, which was enjoyed by all who heard it. In future the band will give concerts on every Friday afternoon. Dr. Watson B. Duncan of Sumter preached two sermons at the Metho dist Church Sunday. Dr. Duncan came to this city by special request and he was greeted by good congre gations at both services. Several houses were entered on Doyle street and Sellers avenue last Friday night. Nothing was taken from two of them, but some gro ceries was taken from the others. The guilty parties have not been I caught. I Friday evening at his home at Stilton, Mr. Rush VVestbury enter tained quit*; a number of young peo ple. The time was most pleasantly spent, and during tire course of the evening boiled peanuts were served the guests Every citizen is urged to register for the coming primary. The books will remain open until August 31 and the supervisors of registration will also visit each township for the convenience of those voters who do not come to the city. Corporal VV. S. Lee. company F. Third Infantry, who was a member of the team sent from Orangeburg to the State Target shoot at Charles ton, has been selected as one of South Carolina's representatives who 'will shoot at Camp Perry, Ohio, in the national competition. Leaves for New fork. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Kohn left Sun day lor New York to purchase the Fall and Winter stock for Kohn's Emporium, Orangeburg's leauuig store. Following its past record, the Emporium will endeavor to pre sent its customers witn the finest and most stylish line of ladies' and cnildren's wear to be had in the Northern markets. We can easily add that the reputation of Kohn's Emporium as one of the most up-to date stores in the city, will not on ly he added to by Mr. Kohn's trip to New York, but will be greatly sur passed by his efforts this year. We anxiously await the Fall Opening of t?e store. Fooling the Fleas. The Rarnwell People says: Go in the woods, cut a medium sized sapling, peel the bark off and lay the sapling where the flees abound ?in hog bed or stable. The flees will jump on the white wood and be so busy with the sap or moisture that the sapling can be taken ur; carried away and dropped with its full passenger list of fleas. The operation may be repeated until all the fleas are carried off. That is the plan of a great cypress brother in black." Jyenves on Long Trip. Mr. M. O. Dantzler and Mr. Cecil Culler left this city yesterday morn ing on a long trip in an automobile. They will be gone about three weeks and expect to visit Hendersonville Asheville. Saluda and other places. Mr. Dantzler is using for the trip bla automobile, which is a Ford ran; SOME MIXED REALTIVES. Can Some of Our Readers Figure This Out. There is much food for thought and a/ chance .for mental collapse in the effort to figure out mixed family relationships, complicated by unusu al marriages. One man William Harris, of Titusville, Pa., committed suicide because he ascertained, so he said, that he was his own grandfath er. The man left the following au tobiography for the coroner: "I married a widow who had a grown daughter. My father visited us often, fell in love with my step daughter and married her. Thus my father became my son-in-law, and my stepdaughter being my father's wife^.became my- stepmother. Socn after this distressin complication arose my wife presented me with a son. This son was my father's broth er-in-law and my own uncle since he was a brother of my stepmother My fathers' wife also became the mother of a boy. He was, of course, my brother and also my grandchild, for he was the son of my daughter. Also my wife was a grandmother. I was my wife's husband and grandchild at once. At the same time, as the husband of a person's grandmother is the person's grandfather, I am my own grandfather." SAYS IT IS FACT. Dr. J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co. Con firm Guarantee on Hyomei. As some people have raised the nuestion as to whether Dr. J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co., will refund the money if Hyomei does not do all that is claimed for it in curing catarrh, they want the Times and Democratic to state positively that this offer is a fact and is made in perfect good faith. It is the best proof of'Hyomei's curative powers in all catarrhal troubles. You do not risk a cent in testing its healing merits, for Dr. J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co., take all the risk. If you have catarrh, try this won derful, medicated air of Hyomei. It does not drug or disarrange the stomach, but is breathed through a neat pocket nhaler, part of every outfit, so that the medication reaches the most iemote air cells, destroying all catarrha germs and curing the disease, ?rder Dr. J. G. Wannama ker Mfg. Co., guarantee you em: lose nothing by giving Hyomei trial. CIVIC AWAKENINGS. ": A General Cleanup Is of First Con sideration. Many are the anxious inquirers who ani^'' for information as to the first work to attack in the fight for civic beauty. The question is usually of only local significance and may be solved by those Interested if they will but ob serve tbe most pressing needs of the community. .As a rule, nothing will sc> effectually and so cheaply improve a section as tbe cleaning of streets, park ways and vacant lots. This accom plished, an air of general thrift and cleanliness Is at once uoticeable by all. whether resident? or visitors. Individ uals will catch the fever, and a general cleanup of private premises will still further improve the scene, says the Los Angeles Times. Some funds will be needed for tbe public work, and these may be obtained by starting an improvement association with a low membership fee. and the organization need not live beyond tbe cleanup pe I riod. Whether the association is to be I made permanent should be gauged by tbe Interest and enthuslasm*manlfest by tbe general public. If only a few are interested the fight for permanence will prove a bard one. but if enthusi asm dominates the whole people do not rest with a simple cleanup, which Is only a negative move, but engage in some permanent improvement looking to tbe beautifying and bettering uf Mit? whole field under consideration. Doubt less the easiest task and the one most productive of lasting results in propor tion to the cost is the planting of street trees. If money is only on band for :i single block of planting, do no; be dfs couraged, but make ibis block com plete and orderly, and it will then uot i prove so hard to add thereunto. At this stage of the game some enthusiastic, energetic workers will be needed to fan the feeble spark into an active flame. If you can get one street plant ed you can eventually and in the near future secure the adornment of all. Any community with well planted streets is well on the highway toward the goal of the city beautiful, and less difficulty will be experienced with every successive step. Advisory Boards on Art. In several cities and towns there baa been of late an advisory board of art instituted wiiose duty shall be to con sider and report upon plans for public structures, monuments, fountains, etc. The questionable Influences too often brought to bear upon such matters could, through the work of this com mittee, be checkmated and great good done to the country in general and tbe city and town In particular. The aver age citizen, having mode little or no study of art as a whole or in any of lto various branches, is in nowise fit ted to sit in Judgment upon matters of Puch grave Importance to the upbuild ing of the city and town beautiful. Orangeburg Union No. 2. The Woman's Missionary Unioc No. 2. Orangeburg Association, wll meet with the Woman's Missionar} Society at Willow Swamp Oaurct Saturday Aug. 29, at 2 o'clock, p. m Program as follows: Devotional exercises by President 1. Enrollment of delegates. 2. Essay, by Mrs. J. H. Compton 3. Discussion on Woman's Work Recitation, by Miss Flossie Davis. Hope all the Societies will sent delegates, bo the meeting will be in teresting. J^flrs. J. S. Rollings, 'Miw Joei'Bolen, ''Committee. A COLUMN OF LIGHT READING THAT WILL BE ENJOYED By AH Who Like to Read Fnnny and Witty Sayings from the Mag azines and Papers. "Rabbi, Bredderen." , Shortly after Lee's surrender at Ap pomattox a convention of negro minis ters was held in Washington. A white haired old Pennsylvania veteran at tended one of their meetings, and as an after dinner story used to tell about it. "Some of these preachers were snr prisingly intelligent,'' he said. "One fold of a talk given at a religious meet lug by an old elder of his district and almost literally 'brought down the house.' This elder took for his fert, ?And he said unto them, rabbi/ "'P.redderen.' he went on. 'dis am berry significant It means you. It ? means me.' s "'And he said unto them, rabbi!' " 'My bredderen. he meant It then, nn;l it am .fits' d* same now. We must nil of us rabbi, and if you don't rabbi here your soids will rise up in bell and rabbi there.'"' NIGHT AND DEATH. Mysterious night, when our first parent f knrw Thee from report divine and heard thy name * Dfd he not tremble for this iovely frame. This glorious canopy of light and blue? Vet 'n'enth a curtain of translucent dew. Bathed In the rays of the great setting fl.ime. Hosn-rus with the host of heaven came. And. lo. creation widened In man's view! Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams. O sun. or Who could find Whilst flower and leaf and Insect stood rovealed That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind? Why do we then shun death with anxious strife? If llglit can thus deceive, wherefore not life? ?Joseph Blanco White. Pulled In Two Feet. The motorist was working under his machine when a farmer drove up. After observing the car. which stood In the very middle of the road, and measuring the distance to Jhe ditches upon either side the farmer shouted: "Hey! Can't you pull in a little and let me past?" The hammering ceased. "How much?" asked the prostrate man. "About two feet '11 do.*' The motorist oblfgiugly pulled in bis two protruding feet and resumed ham mering and swearing. Concluding that Saturday would bo a better day to go to town anyway, the farmer turned around and drove back home.?St. Louis Post-Dispatch. All Well. A certain Mme. Crcsswell. died In Bridewell, says an English joumal. and bequeathed ?10 to have a sermon preached In which nothing but what was well of her should be said. The sermon is said to have been written by the Duke of Buckingham and was as follows: ?I shall say of her is this: She orn well, married well, lived well and died well, for she was born at Shadwell. married to Cresswell, she lived at Clerkenwell and died in Bride well." Si Brown's Town Boom. Silas Brown of Slecpytown Conceived a fine Idee. "I'll wake this sluggish village up," Says Silas Brown, says he. 'Twas round about the end of June When Silas got his hunch. He laid In fireworks night and noon And morning?quite a bunch. He hid the n in I1I3 father's barn, ' For Si war. 1> jt a kid. , This Sllna Brown of Sleepytown Who PLANNED the deeds he did. There'd nothing happened in the place Since Boggs' cow's collapse s In sixty-seven, from a chase By Lively Village chaps. And that was why this Silas Brown, In whom the quiet cloys. Determined he'd show off his town To Lively Village boys. Upon the evening of the third ! ? Of genial, gay July . I No single Sleepyvllllan stirred N*r winked a wakeful eye. The night passed on, the morning broke, The glorious Fourth was it. And al.l of Sleepytown awoke And nearly had a fit, : For SI had touched his fireworks oft | With such a fiendish art j They made a pyrotechnic cough That made the sleepers start. : ' * Bill Jinks was blown clean out of town And landed on his back Ten miles away and upside down On Farmer Hayfleld's stack. Sol Smithera left his board and bed And mostly, too. his clo'os And on a Lively Village *hed A111 upon his nose. Tom Wllkins took a perfect line Smack dab across the state And landed In a city fine At nearly half past eight And so from Sleepytown they flew To other burgs galore, And where they landed, sure and true. They madt a largo uproar. *' Result?the folks from all around To Sleepytown poured In To learn what caused the awful sound And wherefore was the din. 1 And, thanks to Boomer Silas Brown. That patriotic chap, They learned at last that Sleepytown Was strictly on the map. From which this vital truth we trace On. heed it, men and boys!? If you would boom your native place You've got to make a noise. T. SAPP. JR. Value and Protection of Street Trees. ^ Municipalities have of 'ate much awakened to the value of street trees and the advisability of protecting them, more especially since several eastern courts have placed a value of several hundred dollars on fine old specimens damaged by public service companies through their wire stringing vandals. These latter look upon all . street trees as so many obstructions and place no value upon them. Tbl? is evident through the ruthless and un necessary butchering indulged In by aO linemen. That neither the public nor the abutting property owner has anjV rightf er priTffefM ha tfce matter awn to ha tftfca* for imWL