Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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P SOUTH 1o", UP WEALTI' ABilon of Assessed Valus Ad ed This Year-Smig TqwnRA pidly Developing into .ities.. Assessed values of propertfS in the outh.this year arp likely to show'an acrease over-those of last year of at east half a billion dollaj-s judging rom facts in such typical States as 'exas,.Georgia, Louisiana'aid Tennes ee, which would indicate an increase in true 'values of at .least $1,250,000, 000. Foin various quarters of the South correspondence in this week's issue of the Manufacturers' Re'cord tells of recent progress in the accum ulation of wealth, and of measures to add still further to the store. Buildiig perlmits at Memphis for in stance, exceeded last month those of any month on record and snrpassed those of the corresponding month of the previous year by $200,000. While building undertaking ranging from $50,000 downward in .investment, have just been announced there, not to mention plans for beginning work within the next month upon a million dollar Court House. In the Norfolk, Va., section, where the shipments of lumber aggregate 700,000,000 feet a year, so great is the demand for labor in construction of new buildings that every mechanic is not only at work, but is receiving record-breaking wages, apartment houses% six o eight, stories high with numerous roomis aire rented is fast as they are completed, oldtime resid enees and business houses are giving buildings, and at least 1,000 new way to tall modern stores and office houses could b rented with ease. Charleston, W. Va., is increasing its hotel capacity 'at a cost of more than $100,000, and plans have been per fected for the establishment at. Hun tington, in the same State, by a large iron-pipe concern of New York State, of a. plant to manufacture iron soil pipe, radiators, ete, to use 200 tons of pig iron a day and to employ ultimate ly 500 men. Work is being pushed upon im provements that will shortly permit several furnaces inl Alabama, wvihich are being overhauled to resume oper ations, and the shipments of iron are equal to the production there. At one point in the southern part of the' State a town of 250 persons has with in the past five years become a city of 4,000, and since the beginning of spring has spent more than $100,000 in substalntial imlprovmnits, while practically ever'y stream1 inl thle Counl try has been spainned vith m11odern steel bridges. Somerset, to whi-ch the oil output, of lower Kentucky is piped for transiission to West Virginiai Sretiner-ies, has n1o a tvacant hotuse and is hildin.. m1lore t1han 100 honses. withinil a f.ew\ monthls its sYstenm of street railways wiIl be lded to ifs modiieifn equIipmeint)Is. In otth wesi Texas a Irenmendons tipeltus has been givenm fa rming' o'per aitions by thle spiread of. iriationi, andi exleni ve draintatge p rojects5 are bintg ingL laurge areas0 in lor IidaJ uinder cult i Hecent ly thle 1Deepwater ci' ilway, '~; in We\st. Virginia, hats comnplet ed eighi. teeIIni mies of conistruct' tn, leaving forty ~-seven'i iles to be btill lo cn niee ion withI the Tidlewa ter Rail way; lie NorfIolk and Western R~ail way hais C pleted aiet- oml bac in West Virginia; the SouthI antd W estern Railwvay is advanc;ingii in Nor,mthi Carol ina, 'and t he C1eniral. )f GIeor'gia Rail wey and the East Cost Raiilw'ay, ofi Filor'ida, are Pmsh ing coin Iiruction on extensions. Extensions of. rai lrmoads arte nuder('t way, toto, in -Keti t ucky, Louis'it at, 'OTennessee'4, A lablama, Ml~ississippi, Armkanisas and11 Texas, anid thle inudientIion are' thlia I, wh'ile a at~i( deal of work of thle kinid hats been aet ). comuplishied sinice ihle f'irst of the y'ear, the railroads of the Soulth will bIe .\.!Pbusy withI im pro4vemfentts and(l(' exen stitns duriung thle r'emtaiunder of' the y ear. Expensive Dresses. j'(New York Special to the Chicamgo Tribune.) Miss Guilia Morosini, daughter of Giovanni Morosini, banker, spends more than $100,000 a yoar on clothes ,, and even at that declares sIhe has to *''practice eednomy. Miss Morosini is famous' in society for her beauty and raiment. Her fa thert, wvho formetrly was a p)ar'tner of Jay Gould, is a millionaire, and there is no limit placed on her dressmaker's bills. -It is of her own volition that she'endeavors to keep the, ainual ex ,epnse of her wardrobe near the $100, DO0 mark. It is the easiest thing in' he world Miss Morosini says, for a man who can afford it to spendl h more than $100,000 a yearon lotates wvithout being ex travag'ant. her father' home at. Riverdale e-Hudson, a reporteor, who doubt e possibility of~ a wardrobe which $100,000 each year to replenish, iskej Miqs Morosini how it was done. 'he banker's daughter, whose beauty A of the stattiesque order, consented, hugh a. little reluctantly, to explain. ,You see, when one is permitted to ndulge a eq1tivated taste or aestletic dea. without .conseli-ning oneself about Ihe exliense," said Miss Morosini, with" a Emile, ''a bill will run into Ihougando with remarkable rapidity. For. instance, it would require only L00 dresses at $1,00 each to reach P100,000.* "A thousand dollars is not an ex trltvagant price to pay the best Par isian dress'makers, especially when ,vout consider bverything is handmnade. "'Indeed, a gown ,may easily cost Crom $5,000 to $10,000, Without in the least betraying its price to the casual )bserver. A gown of read lace may eot most any price. One hundred owns a year was a conservative es timate for the woman who entertains rind goes about a great deal, for some women make it a rule never to wear the same gown a second time. The duty on 'imported goods is high. "I design everything I wenr, for for even a consummate artist never can know what suits as well as you yourself know. And then one must pay for the name of the artist in gowns quite the same as in painting. Paquin told me his best customers were American women, and doubtless money is spent lavishly here because fortunes are made so quickly. "Atd then New York women spend more upoji their wardrobes thain other women, because we have not tto sea sons, but four, and that means new gowns, hats, coats wraps etc. four times a.year. ,We must have gowns for the country, gowns for the city, gowns for the theater, yaching, driv ing and automobiling, to say nothing of reception calling, dinner. and ball gowns. The simplest. cannot ie had for less than $125 by order from abroad. "For instance, the simplest muslin frock of yore, which was a modest af fair, assumgs now the dignity of a new name in the 'lingerie gown,' and can cost almost any price. Formerly it was meant to stand a siege in the laundry, but one would hardly trust to the tub a dimity, 'en princesse' or 'Louis XVI,' embellished with silk embroidery and read ae i ribbon s, which cost from $150 to $1,000. ''The hats of to-day, too, are se unlike the hats of yesterday that ou must. trust the building of I a clapeau oINly to onle who un1derstanlds herI art. A fashionable woman must pay from $35 to 150 for at hat. For, after all, the hat. is to tIl.e face as i fraine is to tle piclure. "Thenl Ilere is the aa1tter of soes 11nd parasols. Fashionl devreers sloe.s mu111st 1ma-telh the -OII. h'lese must b 1nu414e to order. h'lle' parasoil alst 1must ma1lh. 4'r lie st conlstructed as Ito el I1ni"nt fi , aut of - the gown amnd wetarerOi. It easily' will cost from $1 6 to $150. " Yu muay t hinuk gloves to lbe a mierc~ Itrifle of th(le expiend~itu re on woman' wardrobe, hatt Ilhey too, umuist lie sraid< 144 order, You4l usually cani couniat 4on from 0 (aoi 12 dIozen pirsI' a yexar. Andl huose' fori even ingi gownas may c'osI m. hxigh.l as $50) it embilroide red ora laet It Was not Crape After All. A New York man was talking about Opie H eadl, auithor' andl Jouratmtlist "Head, you know,'' lie said. ''(edit ed I le Arukansaw~ Traveler for tn year.' ori mor)1e. They say that Iin thle sp rings oft 1885 a reporteor tfor thle Trav'elex (1ied. lie wits a fine young chap. A v'isi tor' to thle office t he day' aft er I I funeral foun d the edit or iand his sI afI' tailking abloutI their hilss dl5)isosoitelv "i't hams been a sadl loss, friends, lie visit or said ; 'a sad( loss indeed. lie sighed antd looked about11'(lie riom 'Aind 1 aim pleasedl lo see, ' lie went oin that you coimmet(ia cte lie mnelancho ly event bmy htanuging up eraipe.' "Crap P' h le samid..' Wher'e do youii see ainy- er'ape '' " 'Over, there,' soaid thle visitor piinting. ''iCape be durnedl( l' said R oead 'iTha t isn 't erap)e; it's thle office t ow el !' ''-Newv York Tribune. Mr. Snatgsby (rummagintg in ai clos et.) ''Maria, this is a new hat, isn 't it?' Why don't you wear it?' It lookl better than anything you have worn this season." Mr's. Snagsby. "'That's my old hat, It blew off my head the other (lay and was run over by a strept car, and I think you are just as mean as you can be.' '-Chicago Tribune. -- He-So fou 'ye been hunting up I the north .of Hichuigan. Therea isn't much gamen there at this time of year is there? She--RatherI I brough down an Elk -Detroit Free Press. SKIN PATOHES SAVi LIF . sai More Than Four Hundred Peces Grafted on a Man Who Was to Badly Burned.' in One of the most remarkable skin grafting operations known to surgery has be,en accomplished in the case of George S. Kilby, of No. 59 Gates ave nule, Brooklyn, w,ho has -had one en tire side of his body remade with 414 pa pieces of skin which was grafted on Jol him. The pices were one-quartor of an' inch in diameter, so that nearly three square feet of skin ' has been grafted on his body. in Mr*. Kilby was severely 1mrned on to the right side of his face anid body on tio May 6, by t he 6xplosion of anll alcohol wil lamp. Before the'flames gould be ex- ho' tinguished they find burned beneath Ul) the skin, and scars which would have sw ade(l that side of tle body almost use- fol less would have resulted but for the bi work of science. rl Not only diil the immediate mcm.: ca hers of Mr. Kilby's family contribute re< cuticle for the restoration of his body, me but. his physician, Dr. Herbert C. Al- ha len, his nurse and many of his friends, to particularly from the Hanson Place Baptist church, where lie was active ha in church work, also made sacrifices. mC Thirty pices of skiii were cAit from to Mrs. Kilby and ten from their ten- p)il year-old daughter. Miss Blanche Snyder, the nurse, contiributed thirty pieces. aid Mr. Kilby's father, who is sixty Years old, h1ad twenty pieces cut from his right arm. More than twenty of his frienlds also underwent 0e)(r1ationls inl his J)elalf. After being reiioved the small patches were treated with antiseptics 11n( placed oin Mr. Kilby's wound(ls. This grafting process was continued for nearly two months and it was so siccessfill that there will be only a at slight sear on the face. bi Operationls of this nature are coin m11on1 inl hospital work, but it is sel dom, if ever, that so hrge ani era of b a maii 's body has been covered. In to many eases the skmi is cut from one . part of the body ind grafted onI another, but this cold not be (one1 in Mr. Kilby's case, as so much of the body was burned tat there was to iore skin pores open than were ab sohlitely iecessarv for his lealth. wl bl, NOVEL WEDDING PLANS. The Cockran-Ide Marriage May Take Place in the Old Malacanang Pal- i ace Near Manila. a New York American. Iuterest ini tle eoming wedding of al Miss Aiie Ide, dauiglhter of Governor 0einreal Ienry C. -Tde, of file Philip pilnes, Io W. ourk ClIvkIan was inl teisifiell YesterdaY by the report that sh the veremwioiv is likely lo he lid inl Ih d h1 oll historie Malaana Pll 1 hah-e. ill vhIer Miss 1(d aid her sistera, Al Jrie1, hav en teraai ned l iherally and he becomuie poiplair ini the military socialst set. of Manaila. st: To hold thle wedingiai. in t he Go ver nolr GieneralI's paIdlace, it was said a wiinhll work'l a rarie pr(ceden(at . Mfi5, hi Ide woulhd thms heo lhe first .Americani se bride ti lbe led to thll alber in the; grai drawinig roomn of thle hlistotrie' plile. Ona thle oithIer han rd, man oi f uthle in-- lv v'it ed guests could inot poissibl e voyi- li age halft aro11und t he ent to se 0 AlMiss w lack the brilI lice thait wuld he pos'- s sible ini ai mariage inl thle niat ioal capit al, at tendedl by all thle miembers er of thle diplomatic corp'ls anld Itaei d families. As Governor ide will relinqunish his he4 e'xOtti ve (lit Cie net antum and.rei1111 l i tur t111o I le Ulnit ed States, many re- i fused to credi t thle repoIrt ta h wedn rrangemeiit s, as first -ln ned1, had beeni elhanged. A sidae fro m thle fact thatI W. Hou rke Cckriani land long bieen conisidereud :h con firmedi bachelor, the faiet thait ibi will lie the fou tirthI marrdiage toi resnlth fromil thle vo)yage( tll the Plihiliine'~ made biy s eretar1 y Taiift and( hiis pari ty has1 ennsed0( wvid'espread intIi eest. TIe miiaiage oft thle Lonigworthls wias' the liin lhe re is an othel Crleent oif ini terest in thliis manrriage thaiit. attrmact s lhe piali ticians imre t han thle social ki elemenit in Wasinagton. '[his is that lfl Mr. Cockran who as a Rlepresentat ive ini Congress opp)osed the adlministra bi tion policy in the Philippines of which mi Governor Ide, by reason of his offi- de cial position, is thle exponent.' Pays to Advertise. When the teacher was absent from mi the. school-room Billy, the mischievous p boy of the class, whote on the black-- n board, ''Billy Jones canm hug the girls mi better than any boy in school.'" th UJpon her return the teacher called I, him up to her desk. William, did .you write that 7"' she asked, pointing to the blackboard. "Yee, ma'am said Billy. 'Well, you may stay after school, a she, ''as punishment.' Phe other pupils waited for Billy ioie out, and then they began guy him. 'Got a liekin,' didn't you?" 'Nope," said Billy. 'Got jawed?" 'Nope.I 'What did she do?'' they asked. 'Shan't tell,'' said Billy,''but, it rs to advertise.''-Lndies' Homo irnal. Pt Brief and to the Point. d k postmilaster general or sone onlo his office at Wishinlgton one wroto the )ostiaster of some little sta n On tie Tombigbee river: "You I please inform this department x ar the Tombigbee river runs pl to which the postmnaster an red: '' I have the honor to in in the (lepartment. that the Tom'. J Ie river don't run up at all; it is down.'' In due course of mail ne another communication: ''On R, eipt of this letter your appoint nt. as postmaster will cease. Mr. been al)pointed as your successor, which went the following reply: 'The receipts during the last year re been $4.37 and the office rent re than double that sum. Please kindly instruct my suceeVor to Sine flhe balance and oblige." 'I am going to have my hands in ed.' ' said tle eminent. pianist. 'Doii'( do it,'' answered his man Nr. Yol. 11ands (1 not colst iitlie your* ist valuable asset. Have your hair mred. ' '-Washington Star. Squire Barrett's Agency "pitre Baret.t was a number of arls ago a well-known lractitioner 1 the Hampton county bar. He wasn-. -entrie, especially about his dress, t t underneath a rough exterior lie is known to be deeply read aiid a F illiant scholar. His wife was given the frivolities of life than to books, t her fad at one time was the fam ;enealogy. Then she studied hard. ie (lily a friend met Squire Barrett d said, ''Well, how goes tile wife's miiiy1 tree?" "6, her tree is alright," said the nire, with a t winkle in his eye, "but C ien she be.gan oit mine she had tron "What wvas the matter?'' asked c frieml(l. "Well, you see, abioit he First ing she struck ini ly\ genealo,_y was IIudson river pirate, 1a shw decid to le hill rest for I'ar. somlleilill >Rse MightI till. ''--Boston lier J. A One Story Building. Senator Cla\ o eoi' , w.Is once owiln.- a volistitieit the si-its (t1 v mi11iamd capital. wvhiln 1thie Wash "What do you thiek o it " car. sly asked thle sentator4, as t he eon-t tuenit stood( gainig .iln iIwe at thleI itely shaft. "Senator," respon(iiided the Geoh i grvly that 's the darn'iesdest, hiest olte-story lnlibilnL I 've 'eer - - ----- B A Sign of Grief. A A\ lit tle girl whose nachl' . l r'eent d'ild an whl vlo ha;id thlus. receivel T' tirist Iipre'(ssion ii 5 ou11 nl4il h , is strugugling with lher wriitingo exer-" se on I lie first day oh lier tel i to hiooI af i'r tlhe h1z1iea. ''Miss Julia,"' said she to the teach ,'"I am tr'yinig to imake l' s like pa 's ; he don 't make themn as faney as ai do,i aiti1 t think wheni there has eni a death in theo failyhx we ongh.~lt el ma;ke our~ let ter's a's :Iinin as ps Where Was the Tick. LittleI W~tillic was seate .n(ponl(i lie I ting~ room1i f'loori withI the wolrks oft 4nice newx w~at ch spread;~ aont him., uen his nmothler enitered and. seein.r r' wheels, piv~oi s, scrtew s and springs. claimed : "W ~hy, may son1, have ni bro'keni~4i von pre'otty watchi?" '"Mamma,'' said Willie. "'I was st tryViing to~ see where' thle IW enmecati V WithI sneh pleobian namiies as Pr is nnd Higgins crowd'ing~ their own t.rician p)atronieis fromi1 the (col rins of the New Yor'k Pr'ess these - ys, the old Kinekerboeker families tt be afflicted w~ith chronic shud r's.. . Teacher Wanted. s The patrons of Union school will set on August 17th at five o'clock tl in., 1006 to eleet a teacher for the c~ xt. adholastic year at $30.00 per mnth. Applications may. be sent to a undersigned at Prosperity, S. C., F. D. No. 3. E. S. Franklin, M. C. Moore, d Trustees. The Exchoni )rdially invites the businoi )ople, feeling confident ot )ran account, Once established, permat -of itable. D DAVENPORT, Pres. M. C. CARLISLE, V-Pres G. I NANT T1 REAL ES. tocks, Bonds an We have a largE ective purchasers D buy them good E 0arm Lands, Stores, Resi and Bu L makes no matter r what it is worth, easonable, we can iave sold several i ast week and exy ,reat many morE ;eek. Don't you buy i Dou have consulte< st, we have some ,et. Write or call v ant to buy or inder the sun. FRANK R. HUNTER we ''nk Co-Operative yer andI Selleio m~y Lands, .u am Any Where, ~ ~ ~ I~~ Any Price. NEWBERRY, When You W Buy, Sell or Exchan Our connection with the North lables us to handle land any whern FRANK R. HUN' Foned NE~WBRRY? COI Courses leading to the degrecs o1 [echanical or Electrical Engineer ery inexpensive. Remarkable he; mber 26. For illustrated Catalog1 JAMES A. B. SC] A CENTURY 01 For more than a hundred year PRINGS MINERAL WATER ha ousands are ready and willing to g tcy in all diseases of the Liver, Ki( Physicians Pre Patients Depen Everybody'Prai Drink Glenn Springs Mineral Wa1 ink this water and -be restored to lt Glenn Springs Compnyn ;s and conservative jr record will ren ient, agreeable and L. SPEARMAN, Cashier 3. CROMER, Atty. D BUY rATE, d Mortgages list of pros who asked us ecurities, dences, ilding Lots. where located if the price is place it. We )roperties this >ect to sell a the coming mything until I us. see our few bargains at once if you sell anything & COMPANY, Sellers Mon.'y 'oaned i. C. B3ought and Sold. ant to ge Real Estate American Land Company E'ER, Manager LFYI A Christian A. B3., B3. S. and B. S. In inig. Modern equipment. lth record. Opens Sep ie address -IEREIR, President, Newherry, S. C. HEALING. s the merits of GLENN ve been recognized, and lye testimony as to its effi lneys, Stomach and Skin. scribe It. d on It. Ses it. er and keep well; if sik ealth. Glenn Springs, S. C.