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MILES OF WATER HAMLET OF KINGSVILLE EN7TIRE LY SUBMERGED. The Southern Railway Bridge Over the Conguree Safe Rut the Trestle Is Gone. ~, Every home abandoned?water :surrounding the village on every side ?no avenue of communication?shut 'Off frdm the World?was the fate of Kingville, the Southern railway junc tion station 25 miles north of Orange ? burg on- the Charleston division of the Southern. The destructive waters of the Congaree have combined across miles of low lands with the Wateree and the railroad and the trestle work leading up to the bridges over both rivers have been washed away. The hist tram passed over the Congaree ? bridge Thursday ? night. The State says oh Friday after noon Mr. W. W. Barber, general 4 yard master of the Columbia divisoin :pf the Southern-. Railway went down on the road to inspect the conditions. Those who topk the trip "bring back a* story of flooded lands and Josses from the high waters that rival any thing that has: been told of-the flood that has swept South Carolina for the past week. The train, which con ..sisted of a single coach and the en '??gine and tender;: was able to get within half mile of Kingville- at the point where the track curves on ap /procahing Kingville. station, and .-Kingville. is a .mile from the ' river ? bridge. At the trestle that heads the approach, to Kingville around the ;bend the firat real view of the situa tion was obtained. As far as the eye could reach was ;one expanse of water and from the i point just beyond the trestie on the othei- side of the depot the railroad tracks were covered with water. At ,the small . trestle on the Columbia side of the station the water was up , more than. 15 feet and wa6 then ris - ing. That the water had risen, ten feet since the night-before was the startling information furnished by one who had lived in the swamps around Kingville all his days. The Wateree had backed up and the wat ers of this river were thus combined with tbe water that came down from Columbia through the Congaree from the Sa'iuda and Broad rivers and their tributaries. The water was up on an average of seven feet around the station at Kingville this extended at about the same average depth ' in every direction. In the lower places, ol course, the water was much higher and indeed to the eye the whole sec tion appeared to be one vast red lake. The station at Kingville was half covered with water and not at any point as far as the eye could reach was the tracks of the Southern Visible. Residents had abondoned their homes since Friday morning, and it was stated by those who went out in boats along the line of the Southern that in Wateree the same condition existed. Small outhouses had been seen floating down the river and it was feared that some of the residences of the section might give way under the strain of ten rushing, waters. The loss of cattle and crops in this section will be astounding. Mr. Ed Trumble had 60 acres of corn under water. One of the heaviest losers is Mr. Ross S. McKensie, a prominent farmer and cattle owner of the East . over section. He is said to have lost 60 cows aud 10 horses and mules on . account of the sudden rise of the waters Thursday night. Near King ville Mr. W. 'F. Seay's house was flooded, the water rising to the ceil ing. Mr. Seay, will lose heavily on his furniture j and home, one of the heaviest losses in the honse. itself be ing-a new-piano that was ruined by water," -The house was abandoned Friday morning by Mr. Seay and; Fri day afternoon one who had rowjB.d..by the home stated that the Water;'1 was up to the ceiling in the house aifd the piano was floating. A number ojf' plantations in the ? neighborhood" were under water and there is no telling the amount of money that will be lost on tbe crops around Wateree and Kingville. Mr. Joseph Draft is a heavy loser, as his place is now flooded. Mr. Joseph Bates' place is covered with water and in the house the water had risen two feet above the floor. Friends of Mr. Bates at Gadsden were sent word Friday afternoon that the house would have to be abandoned and to wards dark Mr. Bates and his family were away to higher land In a boat. That Mr. Bates' pJace, which is con sidered to be on high land, is covered shows the high water mark. The Kaminer place is also under water and this means that the water com pletely covers the 600 acres of this property. The store that fronts the station at Kingville is practically a loss so far as the stock is concerned. The water had reached the first row of shelving, according to those who went out in a boat to view the situation. The other store at Kingville. on the furth er side of the station, was also flood ed. The station was several feet in water, especially the waiting rooms, where the water nearly reached the ceiling. No loss of life i n this sec-? tion was reported, although no de finite information as to any of the losses can be obtained until the wat er subsides. That many thousands of dollars were lost by the flooded crops and loqs of cattle and other pro perty is the sad story told by those who have been over the .country in and around Kingville and Wateree. The latest report from the scene of the flood say that the bridge across the river is all right, but that the trestle work on the other side of the bridge has been swept away. Trains on the" Southern now only run from Charleston to the Congaree river on the Chaleston and Columbia division and there is no telling when trains SANTEE BRIDGE SUCCUMBS. It Will Take Weeks to Put it Back in Shape. , The Atlantic Coast One Railroad bridge over the Santee River, between Orangeburg and Sumter, went down Saturday in the flood. The bridge had for several days been in great danger, and Saturday about rO o clock could no longer resist ttie powerful current. One-half mile of trestle together' with four heailv iuaded I ox cars that had been placed on the track to hold it down was swept away Friday night, and the bridge was the last to~go. The bridge was a steel structure set upon stone piers, and was said to have been one of the strongest railroad bridges in this State. It was erected at an en ormous cost, and it is estimated that it will be several weeks before the bridge can be replaced, as the water will have to get back to normal be fore work can be begun. * BEING LOOKED AFTER. J The Police Has Their Eyes on Sup posed Yeggemen. For several days some suspicious strangers have been noticed loofing in and about the suburbs of the city. It is said these men, who are suppos ed to be bank thieves, have tneir headquarters at the coal shute just across the Edisto R iver on the At lantic Coast Line Railway, Mayor Dukes and an officer visited this place Sunday, but found no trace of the i men. It was reported that these men j hung around the coal shute during ! 'he dpv, but come In the city at night for the purpose of robbery it is sup posed. The gang is said to be composed of three white men and a negro, and that they were seen going up the railroad towards Denmark Monday morning. The police arev looking after these supposed thieves, and if they attempt to operate in this city it is likely they will get in trouble. It is claimed that they were heard to say that they intended to rob the People's bank. This is an unlikely story, as men engaged in robbing ( banks generally keep their secrets. These meu are supposed to be the th$?ves who attempted to enter the county dispensary warehouse and who was fired at by the watchman: This is n more likely story than the one about robbing the People's Bank. They are also created with hola?r.? ( up and lobbing two negroes on Sun day night. Whatver the business of these strangers, the police should see that they give an account of themselves. Thanks, Friends, Thanks. The Times and Democrat has been complimented on all sides for the complete statement If published last Friday of the vote in the late primary. It takes time, labor and money to get up these statements, but as it is important information to which our readers are entitled we do not hesi tate to publish them regardless of trouble or expense. Subscribers to The Times and Democrat can count on getting the very best service we can give them in every department. We thank our friends for the com pliments paid i ne Times and Demo crat for publishing the detailed vote in the last primary. Detailed Election Statement. We publish today the detailed elec tion statement of the county vote'we published last Friday. We do this from the fact that in the hurry of getting the statement up several er rors were made in the vote of some of the candidates. Knowing that, this statement is preserved by many we want it exact and so we have rt pub'ished it after correcting the er rors. Any one wishing to preserve this statement should take the-one published today and not the one pub lished on Friday. Official Dog Catcher. The law offering fifty cents reward per head for ail dogs found on the streets without muzzles and,deliver ed to-,the city pound has not worked smoothly and it has been determin ed to appoint an official dog catcher. It is claimed that some dogs were taken up with muzzles on and . the muzzles were taken off and the dogs impounded contrary to law by par ties who wanted the fifty cents, re ward. To stop this Mayor Dukes will I appoint an official dog catcher. Much Damage Done. The floods in the Congaree and Santee Rivers has dene great dam age on this side of those rivers. All crops planted - on the river bottoms have been ruined and many cows and hogs have been drowned. The ex tent of the damage done cannot be ascertained, but it will be very heavy on some farmers. So far we have heard of no lives being lost on this side of the two rivers mentioned, and we hope none were. Another Attempted Robbery. Some thief tried to enter a house on Hroughton street early Saturday, but when flred at by one of the in mates of the house he beat a hasty retreat. Several attempts have bcrn made recently to rob residences in ihis city, and housekeepers should l o on the lookout and secure all doors and windows of their resid *nc es when they go visiting or for any other purpose they leave their homes in the daytime even. Killed Forty-Two Rattlers. Luther Jones, a colored man who lives on Mr. Lawrence Salley s place, a few miles from this city, found a den of rattle snakes on last Friday. He killed all of them, and when counted there was found that two large snakes and forty small ones had been killed. _ , can be run through tolftolumbia and other points on the other side of the river. This is a great inconvenience to the public, but the railways are doing the best they can HORROR OF THE AUGUSTA FLOOD Fleeing From Flames Die in the Water. A dispatch from Augusta' to the Atlanta Journal says the horror of the flood tragedy found its c.imax in the great fire that swept the Nixon Groc cery company's warehoue. near the union station early Wednesday night. In the bix warehouse with its project ing platforms and strong walls, scores fled from the flood crest that raced upon them in the dark believing that once within the great warehouse they would be safe from the appalling de mon of water. Apparently safe from the engulfing flood, the hlepless refugees were struck dumb with a new horror a mo ment later when flames burst from the warehouse on all sides caused by the slacking lime. Choosing death in the flood to cremation in the flames, the men be gan jumping into the one of the .iw.-'test cur ?>at raged tr ough the terror stricken city. A current that is spoken of today as "running a mile a minute," swept them to in stant death. Among those who leaped from the fire was Harry Carr, prominent in business and social circles, who was bookeeper for the Nixons. His body was found next morning. Not a block distant hanging to raft ers of another building was C. D. Carr, the wealthy Augusta merchant who plainly saw his brother leap to his doom. "I knew Harry could not swim." he said next morning, "and when I saw him jump I closed my eyes on one of the greatest tragedies of my life. I knew he was gone be yond all earthly help. "The muddy waters were painted hideously blood red in the light of the awful flames. The current was roaring like thunder and nothing on eag?h could live in its mighty grasp. Id my heart I whispered a last, good bye to my brother and offered a silent prayer. There was nothing I could do, for I was battling myself for my own life against terrible odds." Mr. C. D. Carr did not reach a place of safety until, Friday morning, thirty-six hours a prisoner after .see ing his brother's tragic death. Harry Car was 26 years of age and le i;.; -? wife and two ? &H???-*a His body was carried to the morgue Fri day. Another man to choose drowning to death in the flames was Robert E. Belcher, assistant bookkeeper of the Nixon Grocery company. He was twenty-three years of age. unmarried. Belcher was standing near Carr when the latter jumped into the water and. seeing all hope of escape from the fire gone, Belcher followed the ex ample of his friend. His body was recovered Friday. At noon Friday twelve other bodies had been recovered and identified. Nixon t.*agedy making the k-iown dead lisl in the fourteen. ' ? Spent Night in Trees. Messrs. Maye and Nunnamaker whose place over in Lexington Coun ty were almost entirely under water from the great flood took a boat and attempted to put the hogs into a dwelling house near, but were unsuc cessful. Night came on and the men got bewildered. Fearing lest they should take the wrong direction and row themselves into the current of the river, they caught on to trees and spent the night in the midst of drowning hogs and croaking frogs. When daylight came they were in 20 feet of the river's current. Dr. Daniel to Lecture. At Central Hill school house, on the evening of Tuesday, September the 8th. at eight o'clock, Dr. J. W. Daniel wi] deliver one of his famous lectures. His subject will be "The Southern Mule." A treat is in store for all who attend. An admis sion fee of 25 cents, for adults and IT, cents, for,children will be charged. After the lecturei relvcshmc:i s wrll Jri seived. The p'-oceeds of the evening will go to the Woman's For eign Missionary Society of Andrew Chapel Church. One Thief Caught. J.enks Scott, a negro boy. was caught trying to break in the drug ?tore of Messrs. A. C. Doyle & Co.. early Sunday morning. He was try ing to cut his way into the store through one. of tbe rear doors when an officer caught him. Scott at one! time worked for Dr. Doyle and knew the situation of the doors. He has been locked up to await trial. Give This a Trial. To prevent salt in saltcellars from becoming damp and lumpy, when tilling them put* in ten to twelve pieces of rice, says Woman's Home Companion for September. This will not come through the holes in the ^over of the saltcellers. but. will break the lumps of salt, cellar and gather the moisture, thus the salt is always dry and fine. Postponed. The County Sunday School Asso ciation meeting which was to hold in the Lutheran church on Wednes day and Thursday evening of this week has been indifenately postpon ed, as several of the speakers on the program is out of the city. Notice of the time of meeting will be given later. Sautee Trestle Washed Away. One mile of the Atlantic Coast Line Trectle over the Santee River an the OranReburg line uas been washed away, and in consequence trains can only go as far as Creston in that direction. The line will be repaired and trains operated just as soon as possible. Seeking a Pardon. An effort is being made to have J. M. Way pardoned. The petition has been sent by the Governor to Solici ?or Hildebrand for his opinion, which we understand will be unfavorable. TO KILL YOUR TOWN. SUREST WAY IS TO TRADE WITH MAIL ORDER HOUSES. Encourage Your Local -Dealer and Thereby .Enhance the Value of Lo cal Property. By sending the ihoney away from home the person who patronizes the mall order iioude impoverishes his local merchant, prevents Iiis local merchant from bringing on well assorted stocks or large stocks of merchandise, pre vents the local merchant from employ ing more help, which usually comes from the ranks of bis putrous; pre vents his local mere ham from assisting worthy local enterprises, either the church, lodge, factory or political movement, that are nearly always for the benefit of his community, says Up to Date Farming, published from Indianapolis. The paper continues with this strong argument for home trading: It prevents the growth of popula tion iu the community In which the patrons of the mail order bouses live and in that way reduces the value of laud In which the farmer in particular is Interested. The greater number of people in the community the better should be the price of land. By patronizing the mail order houses the person patronizing such houses is often deprived of the privilege of buy ing many articles that he needs im mediately that would be of great ben efit to him and whose cost could prob ably be saved many times over If he could but be supplied at dnce. By refusing und failing to buy from his local denier be loses the opportuni ty of buying goods which he actually needs and which by comparison he could pick out as the best and the cheapest* ' It is a well known fact that mail order houses get the most of their business based on low priced goods, .and when a low price is named In variably low class goods are furnished. It is also a well known fact mat mall order houses buy seconds and goods of low quality. As a rule, of course, they keep some standard goods that they offer at less than legitimate profit, which blinds the mail order house customer and makes him believe that . verything the mail order house offers is good quality and low In price, which, of course, is not true. It behooves every person, whether he be farmer, mechanic, professional man or capitalist, to buy everything that he needs from his local merchant when 1t is possible to do It?to do everything that he can to encourage the local dealer and local manufactur ers. The sympathy of your own peo ple Is a thing much to be desired and very much needed. It is a fact and can be proved that many former successful merchants in communities that were prosperous pre vious to the advent of the mail order houses have beeti bankrupted and re duced to poverty, and the people in such communities can get only the bnre necessities and have to make fre quent trips to nearby towns in order to make selections that they formerly could obtain at home from their local merchants. We appeal to all persons to patronize their local merchants always and never I to let (he small difference in price on a few articles stand in the way of pat ronizing the local merchant Is it consistent to undertake to fight the trust with one baud, tlie trusts that have reduced the price of labor and farm products to such an extent that your calling is the poorest paid in the land, and help form another trust with the other baud because these trusts are willing to sell to you in some In stances at a price slightly lower thun your local merchant can sell the goods to yon- for and get a living profit? You will find that your home mer chaut will sell you the same quality of goods just as cheap if you pay him cash and the freight, aud you get the .goods without waltlug from two to three weeks for thcni. Temporary Park Planting. It 1a ofieu advisable in park plant ing to set out a secoudary set of trees for immediate effect, these to be, cut out later. For this purpose nothing surpasses, the.eucalyptus, for If. well watered the first year the trees will provide for the second summer shade fufflcleut /or .picnics ,gad like gather ings.' In the .third year they have formed a young forest, providing shel ter tudicteut for any purpose, besides giving a decided park-like effect to the tract. Not later than the.flfth year they should Jo part be removed, and, this policy continued with, by the tenth year not., one should be left If the fundamental planting has been skillfully done a single decade of growth should give some good shade aud permanent landscape effects, j . Novel Tree Preservation. A subterranean tree may be seen In front of the Elmburst grounds in Kausas City. It Is a giant elm that grew in the primeval forest before Kansas City arrived. When the street was graded aud a fill of six or eight feet made on the adjoining property It was decided to save this fine old forest tree. Therefore au areaway of brick was built around it and an iron grating inserted at the top. So the old tree silil stands at its former level, but amid entirely different surroundings from the days when the forest was unbroken. -Mails Are Delayed. The Malls in and out of Orageburg have been very much interfered with by the freshet during the past week. We get very few exchanges, daily or weekly, and some of them are sever al days old when they do come to hand. Taken Back Home. We regret to hear that several hales of cotton brought, nere for sale by farmers were taken back home because of the low prices prevailing. One bale o? very poor cotton was sold for five cents per pound. CARDS OF THANKS. The Candidates Express Their Thanks to the Voters. To the Democratic Voters of Orange burg County: Fellow Democrats: ' I wish to express to you my sincere thanks for the splendid vote you gave me in the recent primary. You nave always been kind to me, but in my present candidacy for State Superin tendent of Education you have done more than ever. You'have given me ja larger percentage of votes than any other candidate on the State ticket has received in his home County, for all of which i am profoundly grate ful to you. I now ask you to faor me once more by giving me another practically solid vote in the second primary, for which I thank you most heartily in [advance. I have good reasons to be ilieve that the prospects of success [are very blight. Let every democrat in Orangeburg County come out to the polls on next Tuesday. Very truly and respectfully, Stiles R. Mellichamp. 10 my fellow Democrats of Orange burg County: I desire to express to you my sin cere thanks for the kind and generous support accorded me by you in the recent primary election. I trusts that you will remember me and aid me all you can in the second Primary to be held on Tuesday 8, day of September 1908. Very truly yours, E. H. Houser. To the Democratic. Voters of Orange-! burg County: I wish to express to my friends and supporters my sincere thanks for the handsome vote given me at the recent primary for Supervisor of Or angeburg County. I will ever rem ember them for the confidence they reposed in me. Very Respectfuny, R. N. Owen. To the Democratic Voters of the Tenth Magisterial District: I thank you for the handsome sup port given me in the recent primary election. 1 assure you taht this ex pression of your confidence is highly appreciated by me. I solicit the help of all my friends in the Second Pri mary Election to lie held on Sept. 8th. J. Bunyan Sheppard. Mr. Editor: I have received the following tele gram from my brother, E. D. Smith, and ask this means of conveying his thanks, together with my own to the people. Columbia, S. C, Aug. 27, 1908 Rev. C. B. Smith, Accept for yourself, and express to my friends grateful thanks. (Signed) E. D. Smith. The above has reference to votes cast for him as Senatorial candidate in the late primary. This vote was exceedingly flattering, a fact which I appreciate as much as he does. Chas. B. Smith. A Card From Mr. M. C. Edwins: I wish to thank, my friends for the handsome vote I received for the office of County Supervisor in the first primary. Out of 7 candidates for this office I received the highest vote, and will run in the second pri mary. i desire especially to call the at tention of rhe public to the handsome vote I received at the clubs nearest where I was born and have always lived. This speaks for my standing where I am best known. If 1 am elected Supervisor, I will give all of the time necessary under the new law to travelling over the county. When I am away the Clerk will be at the office to attend to those having business with the Supervisor; and every interest will receive atten tion. I have tried to make a good Coun ty Commissioner. I may have made mistakes. It is only human to err. If elected Supervisor. I will fill the office acceptibly. M. C. Edwins. Team B. Wins TwW. tn a very one-sided gam^ team B. won from team C. Friday morning. Team B. scored eleven runs in the ninth.' The. score was: B.013 262 6011?31 27 4 C.010 000 000 ? 1 6 8 Batteries: B. Josey and Henry Sims: ' C. Marchant, Wannamaker and Kortjohn. On Friday afternoon team B. de feated team A. by the score of 8 to 5. This game places team B. within one game of first place. The score by innings: A. ;.3 00 000 110?5 9 1 fl..101 100 131?8 11 3 Batteries: A. Fisher and Hugo Sims; B. Henry Sims and Josey. The club standing is: W. L. Per. A.17 12 .595 n.16 13 .560 C.10 IS .345 The league ends Tuesday with a double header. Team A. and C. play on Tuesday morning and teams B. and ('? on Tuesday afternoon. (Jone to Best. Miss Mary ?eckwith died at tbe residence of her Inother-in-Ia w. Capt. John ('.. Smith, at Raymond, on last Wednesday. Miss ?eckwith was a most estimable lady and her many friends will regret to hear of her death. Her body was fatten to Columbia and interred in Trinity Church cemetery. Death of Mrs. Ida J. Wolf?'. Mrs. Ida J. Wolfe, wife of Mr L L. Wolfe, of this city, died at the family residence. No. 58. Sellers Avenue Friday niorninc. This annoucement will be sad news to the many relatives and friends of this estimable lady. Her remains were intered in Sunyside Cemetery. When in need of a good Bible call and see the line at Sims' Book Store before buying. PRESERVE THE FORESTS. [An Urgent Plea for the Preservation of Our Forests. Washing-ton, D. C, Aug. 25?The disastrous floods now raging through out the South, with their appalling damage to huma nlives and to prop erty, is a striking though lamenta ble and costly object lesson, said an official of the National Forest Associa tion today. With the torrential rain fall in the Piedmont and Appalachian Mountain region, coupled with the criminal deforestation of the moun tain sides throughout this section, at the headquarters of our Southern severe floods can be expected; and this condition, as bad as it is, must steadily grow worse and in creasingly more damaging, until our ( people return to sanity in their treatment of the forests. It proves as no other lesson can, | the need of the forest covering and bears eloquent testimony to what we are preaching day in and day out, that our forests, are absolutely es sential to the Nations life and must he preserved, if these woeful condi tion and losses are to he prevented. Such work as our Association is j doing, in getting forth the facts, in I calling attention to the results ofI our present methods and policies; in awakening the interest and oon-| science of the earnest and thoughtful individual, must in time, and we hope before all the forests are gonK makel the South realize. that her forests must be saved, and must call forth! unanimous sentiment and effort | therefor, that they will be saved. Surely we are not true to our selves or to our Southland, if this grave matter, affecting as it does the very life of our people and their material prosperity, now and in the future, does not receive the imme diate attention It deserves. We must have not only the Appa lachian National Forest, but we must| have state forest throghout the en tire South?it is only through and by mean? of both that forest perpetua tion will hjecome a reality. GENTLEMEN* OP THK JURY, Drawn to Serve in the Coming Tcim of Court. Given below is the list of jurors who will serve at the coming term of Court to convene in this city on Monday Sept. 7., at which time a number of cases will come up for trial. Only a sufficient number of jurors for one week has been drawn, although the number of cases to be disposed of is very large. W. T. Glover, Willow. E. W. Brantley, Middle. W. D. Hughes. Liberty. C. A. Stroman, Middle. S.. J. Fanning, Goodland. J. W. Funches, Providence. E. B. Fowler, City. E. B. Carter, City. M. C. Bolen, Liberty. E. W. Reed, Elizabeth. L. B. Bolen, Goodland. Eugene Fersner, Orange. T. V. Bair, Goodby. H. M. Stroman, Goodland. G. D. Hinkle. Middle. R. F. Smoak, New Hope. J. .1. Inabinet, Providence. G. A. Kennerly, Union. J. P. Rush. Vance. T. W. Dukes, New Hope. | J. H. Culler, Elizabeth. J. D. Bowman, New Hopej B. S. Crum, New Hope. | Albert Bennett, Orange. A. D. Wactor, Goodby. P. Rich. City. L. T. Philips, Goodland. J. C. Ransdale, City. H. S. Holman, 7-ion. F. A Inabinet, Orange. W. H. Rast, Cow Castle. R. E. Wannamaker, Ci.ty. j J. D. Ayers, Middle. J. F. Till, Orange. J. ? B. Bruce, . Branchvflle. A. L. Rutland, Liberty. Buy a Home. Every laboring poor man should j buy himself a town lot, get that paid [for and then work to make the ueces Isary improvements. A "ttle here and a little there will in due time produce you a home of your own. and place you out of the landlord's grasp; remember that fifty ddllars a year saved in rent, will in a very fiew years pay for your home, and the nioney it costs you to move and shift about, without a loss of furniture and time, pay the interest on a five hundred dollar judgment against your pro perty, until you can gradually reduce it to nothing. You can all buy that j way--why do you not risk it? If] If you fail you are no worse off?if you succeed, as any careful man is sure to do, you hae made a home and established a basis equal to another's, which will start you in business. Death of Mrs. Adele Pou. .Mrs. Adele Pou, beloved wife of Mr. J. C. Pou, of Livingston, passed away on last Wednesday morning after a brief illness. .Mrs. Pou. who was only thirty years of age, was a lady of many noble traits of charac ter, and will be greatly missed by aj large circle of relatives and friends. She leaves a husband and five fTTtli girls to mourn the loss of a most devoted wife and mother. .Mrs. Pou was a member of the .Methodist Church. A Good Suggestion. A well graded yard on lawn plant edwith ornamental trees, vines or bright flowers, is one of the most at tractive features that can be intro duced on a farm, and shows that the owner has some taste and pride and thinks life worth living for. At any rate he is en joying life and every one else thinks the same. Turn Out and Vote. All Democrats should turn out and vote in next Tuesday s primary. Sev eral important offices are to be filled and all good citizens should go out and vote for the man of their choice. MAY CAUSE A SMILE A COLUMN OP LIGHT READING THAT WILL BE ENJOYED By All Who Like to Read Fanny and Witty Sayings from tbe Mag? azines and Papers. His Openers. "Brothers and sisters." began the old parson, "I shall not choose any partic ular text this morning, but shall preach from where I open tbe book, and, no matter where, I shall find the wrath that Is to come upon the wicked, who will be cut off when they have shuf fled off this mortal coil. It Is now open, and"? Here the parson was interrupted by a deacon who had been asleep and, hearing the words "open, cut and shuf fle." forgot himself and cried oot: "It's yours! What did you open on?" The surprise of tbe good man in the pulpit was great, but the deacon col lapsed when tbe reply came, "It is opened on Kings." Man's Blundering Reason. Beasts, birds and insects, even to the minutest and meanest of their kind, act with unerring providence of In stinct; man. tbe while, who possesses a higher faculty.' abuses it and there fore goes blundering on. They, by their unconscious and unhesitating obedience to tbe laws of nature, fulfill the end of their existence; be, in will ful neglect of tbe laws of God, loses sight of the end of his.?Robert Sou they. A Gentle Hint. "When 1 was runnlng^a room of xof own." said a famous billiard player, "tbe chalk disappeared at a tremen dous rate, and I said to my helper: 'Keep a better eye on the chalk, Jim. I'm no millionaire.' "'I know the gents wot pockets the chalk,' Jim said, 'but they're regular customers. I guess you wouldn't want me to offend 'em. would you?* " 'Well, no.' said I, 'I wouldn't. You might give them a gentle hint, though. Use your diplomacy.' "Jim,. I found out later, used his diplomacy that night He walked up to one of my best patrons, who had just pocketed a piece of chalk, and he said: " 'you're in the milk business, ain't you, sir?' "'Yes. Why?' the patron asked. "''I thought so.' said Jim, 'from tbe amount of chalk you carry away. Tho boss likes enterprise, and be told me to tell you that if you wauted a bucket of ! water now and then you could have one and welcome.'" A Cruel Petition. The little girl was very fond of pleas- . ant days and at the close of a heavy rainstorm petitioned In ber prayer for fine weather. When, the next moru ing, the sun shone bright and clear she became jubilant and told ber prayer to her grandmother, who said. "Well, dear, why can't you pray tonight that it may be warmer tomorrow, so grand ma's rheumatism will be better?" "All right; I will," was the quick response, and that night as she knelt she said, "Oh, Lord, please make It hot for grandma." Not a Shoe Horn. After a dip in the ocean at a fash ionable resort a lady accompanied by her little dog entered a bath house to dress. After a bit tbe dog came run ning out of the bath house with a bunch of curly golden hair in its mouth. It tore up and down the long aisle worrying that glittering bunch of curls, shaking It and growling at It as If it had been a cat?a funny sight to see. There was naturally a good deal of laughter. Then the lady was heard calling the attendant in a distressed voice. ??Oh," she said, "would you please fetch my little dog back to me? He has run off with something of mine, and I can't get my'shoes'oii without If." The attendant was one of those smart chaps. He yelled back at the lady very loud: "Yes'm. yer little dog's ont here, all rieht, bavin' a upree with r-omrthin' or other, bat from tbe look of it 1 wouldn't ?ay it was a shoe horn." I Etnfuett* and Ethics. j At a banquet" given *t the house of the prime minister of ont of th? ' Balkan'States, where commercial moral j Ity la still in its infancy, a distinguished diplomat complained to his host that I the minister of justice, next to who? j he was sitting, bad taken bin watch. The prime minister said: I "Ah, be shouldn't have done that I will jpet it back for you." Sur? enough, toward tbe end of the even ing the watch was returned to its owner. "And what did he say?" asked the guest. "Sh-h! ' He does not know I have got it back," said the prime minister. Perserverance Is Fearless. But little is accomplished because but little is vigorously attempted, and but little Is attempted because diffi culties are magnified. A timorously cautious spirit, so fur from acting with resolution, will never think itself iu possession of the preliminaries for act ing at all. F'erhups perseverance has been the radical principle of every truly great character.-John Fosier. Then Charlie Knew. They were walking under a very lit tle umbrella. He seemed to be nervous, and she finally remarked very softly and with a note of Interrogation: "Charlie, I'll carry the umbrella, if you will let me?" "Oh. no! I can carry It." "Yes, Charlie; but, you see, your arm takes up so much room that one side of me Is out In the wet." "I know. Fanny, but what will I do with my arm? Won't It be in the way all the same?" "I don't know, Charlie. Tom Clark always knows what to do with his arm when he is under an umbrella with Mary Martin, because Mary told me