Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TARE WOMBI ILLINOIS OFFICERS The recent Illinois Democratie con ventign was made famous by the nom ination of two womeii for state offi ces. It was a graet convention. Elsa Williams, of Pike county, pre sented the, name of Caroline Grote for superintendent of public instrue tioin and the nominations closed. Miss Grote wa' nominate dby acclamation, and loud cries for a speech brought her, pink with pleasure, to the plat form. There was an extraordinary demon stration then. Up went nearly all the delegates' hats in the air and hand-. kerchiefs waved, while yells that would have done credit to anl Indian were. heard. Miss Grbte was neatly dressed, with a black hat and a fan in one hand. "I thank you sincerely for what you have done for me,' she said. "It means you are willing to trust y6ur most cherished interests--your chil dren to me, and I hope -that when the next election comes around you will find that I am in charge of the schools of the state.' Miss Grote made her best bow and the band played "Good Morning, Car rie,'' which made another hit with the delegates. Miss GVote is a resident of Pittfield, Nominations were then in order for trustees of the state university. Clara P. Bourland, of Peoria, was named among them. This time the band played "In the Good Old Summer Fri We hav MA and will + 1 0 Li~ .This is + .Jars, b + .them cl only on * Thisvw last che * season. e Tnei e want, V ThE .0 * **.,*0*0* Tithe,.) and the delegates mopped I their steaming brows and joined in the .tie chorus. bee Not to be outdone,.the Republicans the have named Mrs. Carrie T. Alexander I vi for trustee. All three women are well wei known in the state. Mrs. Bourland thn later withdrew from the Democratic The ticknt. wel ing Mad Stones. bro ''That mad-stone event I read of in hxr. the Constitution a fe'w days ago,'' re- kn marked F. T. McLaughlin, of Chatta nooga, last night at the B"imball, ''re calls to my mind an event of -forty- an five or fifty years ago, an event when a I was a mere ekild. Still it is some thing I have never forgotten. I was ae born near Wytheville, Va., not so tool many miles from the Virginia line, dee and there I passed the first ten years T of my life. There are mountains in that- region,. and fifty years ago those hills and valleys were thronged with ea all kinds of game. The long muzzle- and loading rifle and the muzzle-loading shot-gun, with its two barrels, were .the weapons in 'those days, and migh ty good weapois they were. There was nothing more desired by a Virgin inn or a Teninesseean in that section Au; than a long shooting irol carrying A the small bullet or the double-barrel 1lea that could take in and spit out any- U. thing from the mustard seed to the tou< buckshot. Hunting season was looked exp forward to with the greatest pleasure. A especially the fall, when deer was in bur the game. fou Jit Ja e just received quart LSON JAI it $1.00 Dozen, receive in a -fe 2 Dozen Quart yhtning J~ it $1.25 Dozen, pretty high for ut we could r h~eaper, and cc e gross at the ri probably b inoe to get thE )Iace to find w] vhen you want SRight Drug St ot old hun.ter lnd found a stone i maw 4f a door. It was a prim aIuse no one in those days doubte effency of that madstone. Just 1 ine to that age where impression e created, a mnad dog bit two < Ie people in and near Wythevill stone was tried and every one g< I. Jnst abont that time the hun season opened, and the first de( uight down gave up a Mtone eve ,er than the one Wytheville la win so long. 'he finding of that stone seemed I that section of the two states wilk started ai hint for madstones. A ai deer were slaughtered for tlh it, and witen suffeiency had bee iiired the hunt either ceased < < another turn. But that fall tli e was slain. not for its meat, but i es that a madstone might be founi > were found and that was the lity One of these was sold to a wealth Lern man who had seen it triei it was a snug fortune the Virgini ter got for it. The man who doubt mneri of t iat stone found in Ii1 r makes a sad mistake.' Death Reveaded Romance. -usta Clironiele. Vithi Ohe annonneement of (I: ti of Mr. Elner L. Noland of i11 S. army cones the revelation of ,Iing romance, such as is seldot erienced in life. Ir. Noland was a native of Asi g, Ga. He caie to Augusta abot r years ago and was stationed a rsfl 12 doz. S4 w days irs Mason lot get uld get. tt price. >e your im this Kiat you it. ore. n1 the Augusta arsenal, where he re 0 mained for something more than three d years. During his residence itt the s city, or rather at the arsenal, ho met, became attached to, fell in love with r and married a young lady of the city who is well known, quite popular and a member of a family of some promi - nenice. r Mr. Nohind and the young lady n were konwn to be close companions, d and during the hours when he was not on duty they were almost inseparable. 0 Friends of both knew that there was i. a leep attachment, and were under a the impression that the couple would Sbe mnarriied-upon the expiration of A Mr. Noland's enlistment was the idea r entertained. e Some months ago, Mr. Noland's n health began to fail, and almost three I. Washington and ETAOINdeathFqET months since he left Augusta. for y Washington and went to the United It States Soldiers' Home. a Friday afternoon a dispatch was re ' caved by Mr. Noland's friends here e anrntueing his death at the Soldiers' Home ol) the night of August 10. When the announcement was made to lie youi. lady the result was far dif ferent from what had beell expected, e and presewnts a truly touching pathos. e She produced a wedding certilleate, a showing that Miss Maude Kennedy of n Augusta was married to Mr. Edward L. Noland of August, on Nov. 11, 1905, at Grace M. E. church, North t Augusta, by the pastor, Rev. Henry Caluthen. The marriage had beei kcl)t an ab solute secret by the couple. lBesides his young widow Mr. No lan( is survived by his father and mother and one sister, who reside at * Anburn. Ga., and one brother, who lives in Columbia. S. C. What Others Say. Mr. Bryan will hardly recognize "thie enem'S country'' when lie comles to NwYork this timle.-Uhar B lesion Post. As rtlie girls. tihey don't eare whet her they are "lkist "or 'kissed,'' Mr. President .--Savannah News. - Presient. lloosevelt might quarter those negro troops in the northern cities which are denouncing Browns ville, Texas.-Atlanta Journal. A Healing Gospel. 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