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Rich Jack Pots On Ocean Liner. New York American. .The first $ioo,ooo jackpot ever re corded was won by one of the five multi--millionaires who played poker for three consecutive days and nights while en route to New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm II., w.h.ich arrived ycsterday form Bremen, so say the passengers. The $ioo,ooo pot was raked in by a player who held four dueces against his opponent's three kings and a pair of fires. According to a passenger who is personally acquainted with the par tic;pant6 in t-he great American game, the players were H. C. FricI, Charles R. Flint, George Westinghouse, P. A. B. Widener and John R. McLean. When the Kaiser Wilhelm II. sail ed from Bremen on August 29, the five capitalists locked themselves in a stateroom. One player, with probably $3o.ooo worth -of chips, who sat be- p; bind a "king full of fives," raised tI the bet until he could hardly see his $: opponent on the other side of the pile b: of chips. The other player-just - whic'h one is not known-held "four cl little deuces," but after finding that this u,pponent, who had a smaller V hand, would not "call," he finally said g in tones which were easily heard on the deck: o "I call. What have you got?" "Four little ones," said the lucky h one, who raked in a good sized for- nI tpne at a single clip. The players, with their combined e business connections, represent about a $50c,ooo,ooo, and they musthavelooked the part, for all chips were worth $100 each, and at the beginning each man usually purchased a $io,ooo stack. Be- rz fore t:he great hand, on which $100,000 a was won, 'the loser purchased $5o,ooo o1 worth within twenty minutes, the time he it required to play the hand. tc When wind of the veritable Monte Carlo eddied about the ship scores of the curious gathered about the e, stateroom in which the game was b< running. peeped through the windows, d< and tried in every way to get on the inside. Several passengers seemed v put out that the game was not played la in the smoking room, the usual place. w But the capitalis-ts were anxious that C tihe passengers and public should .carn nothing of the little Saratoga on board. ' Hence the seclusion. P The game, passengers declared, started on the first day out and was kept up without intermission for three days and nights, the players having their meals served to th.em at the poker table. They slept but lit tie, but there was excitement enough in the game 'to keep them awake. When the five men, known all over the world for their . financial genius te 'did not appear on deck the first day the 632 first cabin passengers did not have any suspicions that they were having a little sport while locked in a a stateroom. But when they did not go oni deck the second and third daym out. all believed that something was going on and a friendly investigation er follcwed, resulting in the amazing hi story of the great game. a On the t'hird day out the limit was q, raised from $5,ooo to $io,ooo. This at was done at the request of one of the se players who was something like $1o,- h. ooo loser in the game. He declared that at the old ante he would never O have a chance to get back his losings, *b< so the an'te was increased. er After all .had had a night's rest the game was resumed on the fourth ki day. Every player appeared fresh w and ready for the wrestle with the g< pasteboards. The game became more w interesting, and the men dealt the Iw cards, stayed, raised. reraised and call- et ed as Though they followed that vo- ha cation for a liveli.hood. o0 "Did you win or lose, Mr. Frick?" ol asked a reporter for the "American" el while the millionaire steel magnate fc was having his baggage examined on I the pier after the arrival of the Kaiser. th "Did I win or lose?" stammered d< Mr. Frick, with a twinkle in his eye. - "I do not know what you are talking 4 about. Anyway, you should not ask me such questions." From the broad smile that wreathedE his face it is thought Mr. Frick I must have been one of the lucky4 ones who cashed in up in the hun-1 dreds of thousands. Mr. Westinghouse did not appear so roseate, and was emphatic in his denial of the story.4 "I play poker?" asked Mr. West inghouse in amazement. "It is ab- I solutely ridiculous to make such a statement. I do not know one4 Raise Dur Ver IS ~AT Quatti Mr. Westinghouse, according to c< ssengers, looked like a loser after ie game was broken up. While m [oo,ooo might not have been missed c y the loser, he evidently did not feel r good as others who cashed in the T lips. fa Mr. Flin't, Mr. McLean and Mr. cl lidener declined to say anything re- il rding the game. h When "Doc" Owens, the famous cean steamer gambler, who is in ew York, heard that the great game d been played on the Kaiser he al ost .had heart failure. It has al-' 0 ays been his boast that he plays in d ,ery such game in which wealthy r id notable men are engaged. I Six Marriages Were Failures. Chicago, September 16.-Mrs. Lau- jE W. Hodges, of 3913 Fifth avenue, principal in six marriages, the last g which was only one day past when !r husband fled from her, has come > rather bitter conclusions about en and matrimony. Mrs. Hodges has had a wealth of :perience from which to deduce her t< ieis, having one husband in self- A fense, divorced three, seen one flee S rest on a forgery charge, and sur- I ved the cruelty of another.. Her test experience came last Monday, si hen she told Justice Wolff that W. R . Hodges, to whom the justice had s, arried her on Saturday, had fled p om her, leaving a heritage of un- d tid bills and protested checks. pl Out of -her experience Mrs. Hodges r( s deduced the' following matrimo al axioms: tl All men are deceitful. ti Marriage for love is a failure. ti V .nen should 'marry for money. E~ ) love. After being married for a ti w months most men, when pretty ti ris cross theivt paths, only pretend bi Slove th& wives, at Whiskey ji man's worst enemy. fi "Had I kcnown this when I was a of rl I would have married for wealth, s: id would be better off today. tc "When I was- eighteen years old I d< arried 'Wilbur Bush in Pensauke, vi isconsin. We lived happily togeth- af for a year. when a pretty girl met st m. He became neglectful, and for time after that wve quarreled fre- it .entv. Then he began to drink it id wasted his savings. He became ei cruel th-at I secured a divorce from Ib: "My second husband was Edward 'Donald, from whom I was divorced cause of excessive drinking and uelty. - "My third husband was R. D. Per-' ns who was the best of them all hile he loved me. Nothing was too od for me for twelve years, and he as rapidly acquiring wealth. He as secretary of the Mastodon !ron mpany. inl Mastodon, Michigan. We c3 id two children. After twelve years happiness he met a seventeen-year d cousin of mine with whom he oped to thie wvest. I could not care ir him after such faithlessness, and took enough money from him to pay e expense of securing a divorce for .ertion. Then he married my MEDICINE TE Prices that are W.r E. PELHATT our MI y Fine OUR STABLEI 3 aum PROSPERI )usin. "Mv next husband. N. C. Bisbee, tade life miserable for me. He be, ime insane and threatened to kill e one week after our marriage. hen he chased me all around our c< Lrm and shot at me six times. I qe- t( red another revolver and wheil he It :templed to beat me to death I shot im six times and killed him. "I was destitue after his death and accepted Charles Williams' offer of arriage six weeks later. Six months E married life sufficed for him, and he eserted me. All these years of isery led me to believe marriage for >ve a failure." A very useful way to stay out of Lil is to be a politician. The bigger the hat over a pretty irl, the more kissable her lips 'seem. C eeting Stockholders Prosperity f4 High School Association. At a meeting of the board of trus es of the Prosperity High School .ssociation held on the firs* day of eptember, i9o5, the following reso ition was passed: a "Resolved, That a meeting of the U :ockholders of the said Prosperity t [igh School Associatior be and the time is hereby called to meet at Pros erity, South Carolina, on 'the 4th n ay of October, A. D. I9o5, for the irpose of considering the following solution: "Resolved by the stockholders of ie Prosperity High School Associa on, in meeting assembled, that all te property of the said Prosperity [igh School Association be sold by te board of trustees of said associa on on the first Monday in Novem er in the manner and on such terms s said board of trustees shall see t and proper; and that the proceeds F such sale, after paying the cost of tie and any other cost necessary >wind up said association and all ebts due by said association, be di ded among the stockholders of said ~sociation pro rata according to the ock held by them. Resolved further, That the Prosper y High School Association, after ie sale and disbursement of its prop -ty and the winding up of its affairs the said board of trustees, as above ated, be dissolved." W. A. Moseley, A. G. Wise, Chairman. Secretary. WANTED! 'our Watches, Clocks .nd Jewelry to be re paired. Satisfaction Guaranteed, ( J. W. W HIT E. f C [AT CURE! e Reasonable! e M& SON. . uLes at lack, P4 i ALL THE & Lan ry, S. C. 785 College of 4 CUE.A.rFU.309: 120th Year Begins Letters, Science, Engineering One seb )U>ty of South Carolina. Tuition $40. I ory $10 to $12 a month. All candidates fc r vacant Boyce scholarships which pay $ FOLLO WE ARE ALWAYS FOUNON F1 NO GRASS GROWS UJ WE HU Long before the advance in co hases for the fall 1905 were mac ill goods has arrived and is arriv ie core and we propose to give t 1EGULAR CUSTOMERS the a One Word to A genuine bargain and a fair ar 11 who trade with us. We doi nless we can sell you better and ian you can find in any other stoi it them be wholesalers, retailer ig-a-bears. Yours for genuine bargain. 0. KIe T] PRESCRIPTIONS Al WITH GREAT it Prices Are C< W. E. PELHA WAN One million )ld plows, p. morse shoes, >uggy tires ar : a sti n gs, grates, in fact mnykind. W )ld copper, cinc, rubber shoes. Wool vax. Highest 1 S. S. Bir Prosperii Home. aragon lIME. gforci, ,harleston 1905 Lcor. B. C. eptember 29th. 'Iardip gving free tuition to each oard adfrished room in Dorini r admission are permitted to compete 100 a year. For cataogu address RISON RANDOLPH. Psident. w usi IONT OF THE PROCESSION. NOER OUR FEET, STLE. ton or cotton goods our pur le. A large portion of our Ing daily.. Profits are cut to > the public, especially OUR dvantage. Everybody. id square deal is assured to 't wan't'any of your money more goods for your money re this side the Atlantic ocean, 's, milliners. millionaires or ttner, e Fair and Square Dealer lE OMPOUNDED 0 CARE ARD >rrect With LM & SON., TED pounds of ow shares, wagon and id axles, old stoves and old iron of a also want brass, lead, coats and and bees orices paid. ge Co.