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IFU The HOA00."k MOM 9 h,ig Wnn The folk6wing was rex:-t1y lished in the,News and Courier: "Click goes the gate-latch apid up the walk, bordered witU all shrubs and otlier sweet smelling things, ovbr topped by tall shade trees and with vistas If luscidus peach, pear and ap ple in the near distan,ce, the visitor wends his. way. Such a tangle' of roses, violets, japonicag, heliotrope; all blending into one ,most delicate perftime, and you have reached the steps and are- now upon the long, broad piazza-of the home of Virginia Durant Young. 'Cousin Virginia, where are you?' and a cheery voice answers: 'I'll be there in a minute.'' And you seat yourself in one of the many awaiting piazza chairs, con tent with the outlook, until present ly the patter of tripping feet gives note of the coming of the mistress of the house. A great big, comfortable home, and such a mite of a mistress, whose dark hair, eyes and skin, but with a health fil glow glimmering beneath the last, attest most surely the French na tionality of remote ancestry. ''0, you busy little woman I What are you doing nowv?" ''I am not busy, there is always plenty of time for everything, come, let us go in.'' And you follow into one of the cool-looking rooms. "Well,'" you say; "were I to come at 6:30 a. m. I'd find you skiiming 'cream for the breakfast butter; should I come a little later, you would be out, seeing about those liens and chickens; and if I ventured to wait until about 10 you'd be flying around to see if the table was au fait for your liege lord. 'After that mail (and you remem ber I do always aver that your break fasts are ne plus ultra,) comes your avalanche of mail, and yet you say: 'You are not busy.' '' The above quite aptly describes Virginia Durant Young, journalist, author, editor; (she makes one say ''editor,'' (and pioneer woman suf fragist in' the dear old state of South Carolina. She is the only wo man in the state who owns and edits and manages a newspaper, and does it well,-The Fairfax Enterprise, which ean speak for itself. She is so.. petite that one wonders what this valorous advocate would do should she be admitted to the h4stings and a row should occur, and we will not be so trea'eherous as to suppose for -an instant that she might not ''stand upon the order of her going' should a roach or a mouse be in evi dence. Any way, she is a bright woman and quite fin de siecle in many things out side of her particular hobby, and as her riding it, she gives it full rein, albeit graciously. Her house of ''seven gables and steps innumerable, making accommo dating access to the domain, is of nondescript architecture, prodlucing *a pleasing whole. Across the hall, from the long par lor, is thme especial sanctum of Mrs. Young. Here at the same little table of many year's acquaintance, she at tends to her correspondence from Dant to Beersheba, apparently writing upon her lap, mostly in the early hors of the dawn. There are crowds of hooks and -papers, the pleasures of which she generously shares with every one; suggestive pictures and souvenirs addl to the restful scene. ''1These with the mocking bird's lay three-fourths of the year, and the lit of her beautiful cardinal stealing the open doors all. consp)ire'tO weave the web of her bright and forceful thoughts. Mr's. Young has inherited from na~ ture the greatest blessings of a cheer. fuli disposition, and she emphasizes that in her daily life. She says, 'Chant the beauties of . the good.'' Be you ill she has no idea of condol *ence; she is going to try and lift you from your ''slough of despond'' into nu upper stratum of life and light. She is particularly happy in her re them inthese days of change -a long time in .her service. Some time ago she wvas invited by a c olored benevoleAt sdeiety to address -them, anid she improved the occasion by giving some' very salient points *along much needed .lines. She has finite a vein of humor and alw~ays sees the ridiculous; this added to Iher vi aeity make her an admirable companiohl. *It ,is -not 'generally conceded that rthe -domestic qualities *gd hand in had~d with literary tastes, but 'these Mrs. Young possesses in a gr.eat de gree and the effete idea of a slip-shod blue stocking explodes at sight of her' wellbordered home, and neat attire, at e litle re6iw'outes as to acceateddas, but Mly s resh as the sweet ir and stishiine i* 'hibh she so niuei Aelights. ..Bii Campbell 9Stt.' Charleston, S. C. *HEN "WRITRS FAILED. San Francisco's Calamity was too Much for the Word Painters. Indianapolis Star. As a rule newspaper men aye equal to 'all the energencies that arise in their profession. Floods, fire's, ca lamities, accidents, miurders, unusual happenings of every .sort are com-. monly reported by them 'vith as much' .thoroughnesi and .attention to detail as the commonplace eveints of every day life. In fact, a special demand of this sort it likely to act as an in spiration. Sleep and -rest and bodily comfort are forgotten until their as signments are covered, their task done; and often the stories they write of this affair under observation are far more effective productions in a literary and descriptive way than their ordinary work, though they are written under stress of haste and ex citement and surrounding turmoil. In short, the reporters rise to the oc casion and display their highest pow ers when emergency calls. But that there may be circumstanc es that are overwhelming even to newspaper men is itidicated by the fact, that they failed in San Fran cisco. It is true that press associa tions did their duty and sent the bare facts over the wires; this was all that could be expected. It is also true that the burned-out newspapers rallied their forces and ojintly#print ed a two-page paper next day, but not then nor yet, has any reporter or profession writer-and San Francis co has its share of such men of high repute-produced anything more than the most commonplace record of facts. Even Jack London, a writer much given to striking word pictures, failed with the rest. Himself an eye witness of all the events of the ter rible days, his story is far from im pressive. Some surprised comment has been made over this fact that no great 3r adequate. description of the tremen dous scenes has yet appeared, but thei'e is no room for wonder* after all. Reporters just gone to their beds, af ter their night's work on the morning papers, rose to see the great news paper offices destroyed in a moment; they saw the fire begin to sweep over the city and felt the repeated tremb ling of the. earth; they had their own dear ones to take to places of safety, and it was an emergency when per sonal interests rose above profession al duty. It was to them, as to others, 'no doubt, as if the end of the world had come and the common pursuits of life mattered no more. They were in and of ::he turmoil and terror and could not detach themselves from it to he dispassionate observers and chornielers.- In the future, perhaps, their memories will be put into ef fective pictures, but they missed the opportunity when the memories wvere evperienices, and it is not a proper matter for surprise that this was so. The powers of earth in those awfff The powers of earth and air wvere overwvhelming to man i nthose aw ful days. DOGS BARRED FROM -STABLES. Are no Longed Considered Good Companions for Fast Trotters. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dogs are no longer thle correct thing as stable companions of horses., Some years ago every trotter or pa cer of prominence, and a good many of no distinctionl, had a faithful dog in its stall, and there *vas a sort of su1perstition among tirainer that a (dogless horse wvould not amount to nmcht Real champions always had (logs. Way back in thme dlays of Gold smith Maid that wonderful mare wvas accompanied on her~ travels by a small Scotch terrier, for whlich the old mare had sonme affection, although shp wvas jealous of the beast, and wvhen ''0Old Chri, wvho took care of the mare and slept in the stall with her and the dog, made too much of the terrier, the mare would run the dog out of the place without cere mony. And wvhen finally 'the dog dis appeared for good thme mare did not seem to miss it. Cats take naturally to horses, and most horses like cats., The Godolphin Arabian founder of the English tho roughbred family of today, tliat fig uresR in Eugent Sue's works as thme nobles animal of his kind, had for companion a cat that slept on the stallion 's back and fed from his man ger'. Bunt in the necessities of modern pampaigning. cats are too apt ,to be lost. to make them availaba for hors oinpAnions 'and few "are s though now, and then one turns at a minor' meeting. At Clevelavijd a onple of summerb ago one trainer had four tame doves, that could not be induced to leave Ilis morses, and that when the stable, moved from one town to anothor were always ready to go into their cage tor shipment., $ome trainers object to having logs"with the horses. Peter V. John aton, "who has brought out isome of he best nags on the harness turf, ;ays no d6gs in his. lie had one ilong some years ago and it made Iriends with the.. best horse in the itring. One day the trotter accident y stepped on the bog's tail while noving about the stall, whereat the mur snapped back and'nearly severed i hind tendon for the frot'ter, ruin 'g a $10,000 racing proposition in an nstant. John Turner never had a dog along n all the years lie campaigned trot ers. Also lie steered clear of black iorses. Not any sable nags in Turn 'es barn after one year of terrifying perience. He had always known hey were bad luck, but that season t patron bought Black Frank, a trot er, that looked like the real thing. Ie went lame before he had been in he barn a day, and then misfortunes rollowed one another until finally ettie, the best trotting race mare of hat day, lay down and died. Turn ,r is now with the runners, but his mitipatliy to black horses is still ram )ant. Carolina Summer School. The Carolina- Summer school un ler the auspices of the M. E. Cliurt3h, 3outh, for the training of the Sun lay school workers, will be held at Yrightsville Beach, near Wilming on, on June 15-21. Among the fae ilty appears the name of J. A. B. 3cherer, president of Newberry col ege. This is a most delightful place to pend the summer, the bathing being is good as there is on the Atlantic .oast and it is within eight miles of Vilmington, N. C. The Atlantic. Coast Line will sell 'ound p tickets June 14-15-10, ,ood to return until June 25, at one Irst class fare plus 25 cents. The -ate from Newberry is $7.30. THE CAMPAIGN ITINERARY, Where and When the Candidates Will Meet the People Face to Face, and Praise Themselves .and Depreciate Their Competitors. Columbia, May 23.-The sub-com nittee of the State Executive com miittee tonight adopted and promul ated the following campaign itiner iry for the approaching State earn paign: St. George 's, Tuesday, June 19. Charleston, Wednesday, June 20. Walterboro, Thur.sday, June 21. Beaufort, Friday, June 22. Hampton, Saturday, June 23. Barnwell, Monday, June 25. Bamberg, Tuesday, June 26. Aiken, Wedniesday, June 27. Edgefield, Thursday, June 28. Saluda, Friday, June 29. Lexington, Sat.urday, June 30. Columbia, Monday, July 9. Orangeburg, Tuesday, July 10. Sumter, Wednesday, July 11. Manning, Thursday, July 12. Monek 's Corner, Friday, Ju;ly 13. Georgetowvn, Saturday, July 14. Kingst roe, Moitday, July 16. Florence, Tuesday, July 17. Marion, Wyednesday, July 18. Conway, Friday, July 20. D)arlington, Saturday, July 21. Bishopvilhe, Tuesday, July 24. Bennettsville, Wednesday, July 20. C'hesterfield, Thursday, July 26. C'amden, Friday, July 27. Lnneas'iter, Sat urday, July 28. Chester, Monday, July 30. Winnshoro, Tuesday, July 31. Yorkyi lle, Wed nesd ay, August 't. (Gaffney, Thursday, August 2. Spartia nburg, Friday, August 3. Union, Saturday, August 4. Newvberry, Tuesday, August 7. Greenwood, Wednesday, August 8. Abbeville, Thuirsday, August 0. Anderson, Friday, August 10. Widhalla, Saturday, August 11. Pickens, Monday, August 13. Greenville, Tuesday, August 14. Laurens, Wednesday, August 15. The committee thinks this schedule wvill suit all and will work out all right. A. K. .A committee has been appointed by [he eye specialists of Paris to draw i1p a letter of congratulations to Duke Theodore, of Bavaria, brother of Em peror' Francis Joseph, of Austria, wvho las just'performned his five thousandth mecessful operation as an oculist, *1ly charging a fee when the patient a~ rich. FurntL All Kindc Kibler, Bed Room Suits from $ Chairs and Rockers froi Matting from 20c. to 3f Rugs from 75 cents to 4 Cooking Stoves and Rai We carry a full line of the Wheeler & Wilsor Mattresses from $2.50 New -Mattrass just put < Window Shades, Lami class furniture store. We have thousands 01 to sell cheap for cash or Also Organs and Pian Kibler, Prof. William Ostwald has resign ed the professorship of chemistry at the University of Leipsic as a result of his displeasure at the lack of sup port accorded to his chemical re searches. He will establish a private laboratory. Dr. Ostwald lectured at Harvard a few months ago under the arrang~emni~it.oi the c\chI:tnge of po fessoi we-weei Amer;can and Ger mnan uivo:i ties. Deceml ..ressed alwvy and cheer ful in manner, John S. Robinson, of San Virancisco, veteran ot th,e Mex ican War and formerly a millionaire, allowed none of his friends to know for two years that he was living on his pension of $12 a month and had no'other resources. But finally he had to give up the struggle and now he islying in St. Luke's Hospital, sir roluded, too late, with every possi ble( 1eomfort. Rev. John Francis Lee, pastor of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Norfolk, Va., is attracting mntle attention in the South as a poet, many believing that he is the coming negro poet of America, taking up the minstrel harp dropped by the late Paul Laurence Dunbar. MI~ason and Dixon's Line, ''the line of demarcation between hot biscuit and cold bread,'' was a characteristic rem,ark once made by Bob Taylor, the Tenn~essee ex-governor, who has just won a United States senatorship at his party's primaries. ELECTION TEACHERS. The Sohool Board will on June 7, 1h01d annual electioun for following po sitions: One Superintendent; salary $1,000; Eleven grade teachers for white schiool, salary $40 per month. One P rincipal for colored school, salary $4l0 per month; Four grade teachers for colored school, salary $25 per All applications submitted to F. N. Martin, Sec. Board Trust.ecs of Newberry (raded Schools. WHY NOT NOWI---Whuile you can have your teeth e'xamined1 by D)r. (. R. Harding, whoi( will tell you the t ruthI about them, and put. t hem in Lgood conidit ion painlessly. TFake out all tihe old snags and1 loose teeth and replace them with new ones. All that can be saved by filling or crowning will be retained in the mouth. Nerves removell without pain. Have your teeth extracted at. 9 a. m. and go home with new teeth 'at 4 o'clock p. m. the same (lay. Dr. G. R. Harding, Painless DentIst. Newberry, S. C. Phone 175. NOTICE. All parties .arc hereby notified that the follo~wing farm laborers are hired to work for me durinig the years 06-07. Wince Nelson, John Finley, Saul Johnson, Dandy Jenkins and Fed. Harris. Any pers~on1 or persons onI I icing or persuading them in any manner to violate their contracts will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. - F. J. Harman. irel Fui of Ft FOR SALE AT, Dennis, 20.00 to $150.00--Wa n 50 cents to $16.00. ic. per yard put down '15.00. iges from $8.00 to $E the very best Sewing and New Royal. to $15.00, the Dexter, n the market by the 1 ps, Clocks, and every F dollars worth of Furr ' on the installment pl os. SDennis Frank R. Hunt Real Estate, St Bought IF IT IS REAL I If we haven't got what you v We have a most desirable li farming lands in var.ous sectic tracts, ranging in price from $ For particulars concerning charge phone, write or call on FRANK R. HU Office over Summer Bros. Special attention to collecti Fir THEn NBOWBBORRI Newbei Capital stock paid in Surplus . .. Deposits. . . We do business on I We extend every c with safe and sound t Four per cent. paid Department. Burglar I JAS. McINTOSH, President. - STAT] Of the condition of The Commercial B close of business May 4th, 1906. Resources. Loans4 & D)iscoutis . .$375,597 6 Demand loans .... ......4,647 5 Overdrafts .. .. ........3,912 f. Furniture & Fixtures . . . . 3,051 9 Due from Banks & Bankers 44,774 8 Currency .... .... ....8,759'O0 Gold .. ..'.........2,400 0 Silver, niekles, pennies .. 954 6 Cheeks & cash items .. .. 4,004 4 $448,102 8 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Personally appeared before me J. 3 Bank, who swears that the above stat edge and belief. Sworn to before me this 4th day of Attest: We. S. Moer. W. . u-t. nit ure4 irniture & Co's. Llnut, Mahogany& Oak. in your room. ;0.00. Machines, among these Royal & Rex, and the iouthern Cotton Oil Co. thing else kept in a first ilture that we are going ).n. & Co. er & Company. ocks and Bonds and Sold. ESTATE. SEE US. vant we can get it for you. st of city property. Also good ns of the State in large or smal. 5.00 to $75.00 per acre. iny property that we have in us. NTER, Manager.; Phone 200 3n of rents. Insnrance. Security Bonds. r AVINP BANK. -ry, S. C. . . $ 50,000.00 . . 25,000.00 . . . 235,000.00 >usiness principles. onsideration consistent >anking. on deposits in Savings. Fire Proof Vault. 3roof Safe. J. E. NORWO0OD, Cashier. EMENT ank, located at New berry, S. C , at the Liabilities. 9 Capital Stock paid in . . $50,000 00 6 Unidivided profils, less enr R rent expenses & taxes 3 pid-- -.. .... ..43,335 75 Due to Banks & Bankers - 1,874 78 Due unpaid dividends .. .. 675 00 InLfdividualfl deposits subject 0 to ecck --.. ........252,217 34 i Notes and bills rediscountedi 0 .. .... .... .......100,000 0G 7 $448,102 87. .McFall, Cashier of the above named ement is correct to the best of his know! J. Y. McFALL, Cashier. May, 1906. J H N CnGGAS ana . ,. .r