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NATION'S BIRTHDAY MAY 13. j School Superintendents and Teach ers Being Asked to. Have the Day Celebrated. Columbia, May 2.-In conformity with the purpose and spirit of thj i Jamestown Exposition Governor An sel and State Superintendent of Ed uCation Martin are sending to the public school teachers and superin- I tendents the following letter: "May 1, 1907. "To Superintendents and Teachers: 'We wish -to suggest and request that You conduct some special exercises in your schools on Monday, May 13, 1907, the three hundredth birthday 4 of our nation. These exrecises need %ot take much time, certainly not nore than an hour, but in that time he importance of this date may be I irmly fixed. Doubtless you have ac ess to historical information, pat- I iotic songs, appropriate recitations, I te., which you can use in a short f rogranime. The children in our I lhools will take greater interest. in 1 le Iistory 9R, our country, greater t ride in tihe 'Iiieveients of our I atliers and ml lni greater efforts in 1 the future if we impress the iil)ort- I Mice of these occasions properly. It 5 will not be amiss to teach the object I and importance of the Jamestown I Exposition in, this connection. Sin- r cerely, '0. B. Martin, 'State Superintedent of Education. "M. F. Ansel, I "Governor." J. H. THE COST OF LIVING. erything Costs More Than it Did I a- Few Years Ago-A Remark able Increase. I .Washington, May 2.--Living ex- t 'Penses are increasing' at a rate that finally has startled the government stati-seialls- and Ie is fihe- last 1111 m the woril to he slartled al any-t thing. For thr1-ee year.s Ile average Ameri can hIousekeep,er )Ias felt tIe strain S of inlcreased housellold expenses, buli, Intil within a few montis, the mat- I er has not appealed officially to the C atistical agents of the government. ideed, less than a year ago, figures -ere made publie )y the bureau of labor which seemed to ind,icate that I here had been no increase inl the liv ng expenses of the average Ameri in citizen. The figures showed that ome articles of everyday use in Lmericani households had ' gone ap in price, but the general percen tae of increase was so small to be 1 ineonsiderable. A that very fimlip, it 's known to every liousieholder in tile laiid thr? his expenses, had increased * mlaterialf,i. and 1ihat lie was paying mo.e for the support of his family ( t han ihe ever ha'd paid be fore. . Now,' these fadts have dawned on lhe g'overmnnenit offlcials. The litt 4 ~'est igat ions made by thle buIreau of i ab)0r have yth irown some si ron'ig lih 4 -on the subj)ect. Thei crit icism of tile r'epor'ts mallde about a yeari ago induc-c ed thle offieers of the lab)or b)ureau to institute an inquiry into the cost of 1 whole amounts of commodities gen eralily used ini. houisekeepinig. ~The ' compjar'isonis inistiinited c'over'ed a per'- 1 in d 01f se'venteen'~ year 1s. 'IThe ingniry 1 into( thle whtolesaleo prices of snch ar'-I tieles of thme same commodities is he ing mazde. The It Ier wilt not b)e comn ploted for several nmoniths vet ; hut 4 the statistics respecting the whole- 1 'ale prices 'has preparedl thle statici-< ms for what they will find in their nlquiry into the retail prices. ( In the inquiry only recently coim eted .it was discovereCd .that the -t s olesale prices of 258 ordinary comi d dities had reached a higher level s 90i~6 than at any previous time ine a listory of the country. Of course, I eriod covered by the investiga- 1 n was only seventeen years, bute pi time prior to that had pr'icest ria) ghi been attained as to any con- n' ea -able number of the articles in- 1 se igated. On the whole number of ,cels, t,he average priice in 1.906, 1 5.6 p)er' ccnt higheri than it wais in a "5, and 36.5 pcer cent huighler than a 1 97, lhe year in which thme low --ririces of 'all thme commodities wecre il 'ehed iln the 17-year-period. TIme 1 ~tisties show that tihe highest level '3 prices was reached in Decomber, 3 ('6, tihe average fo'r that mo'nth s ng 4.1 per cent higher than for the f tire year of 1006, and 6.3 per cent 3 ~ier thanm for the corresponding v n'th of the previous year. t t is st>ated by the bureau of lab- i: that the inquiries covered farm t ducts, food, clothing, lumber, r lding material, drugs, house fur- s lings and miscellaneous commodi- hi .Farm products and chemicals h wed a slig'ht decr'ease fvffn the v ces of 1905, bult all other products n icated a material increase. The o 'age price of farm products show- t1 n 1906, only a slight change from a .905, while food produets, as a, who nereased 3.0 per cent over 1905. Sixty-six of the 75 articles < lothilig showed an increase in pric vhile only four indicated a decreas n the ot'hers there was no change. In submitting the figures, .the bi 'eau of labor makes no attempt I liscuss'the causes of the rise and fa if prices, contenting itself with imple statement of the facts as inds t,hem. It is significant, howeve hat an inquiry is being made ini etail prices on the very heels of t1 ither investigation. A MEMORY oF LONG AGO. Ien. 'Hemphil Writes of the Grei Secession Meeting in Abbeville In 1860. JR. Hemphill in Abbeville Mediur I remmeber,the great secessic neeting at Abbeville in 1860 whi( vaS an iiitroduction to the war bV ween the states. It was on the twci y-second day of November and 'reat m1ultitude was in tle town. Ai nstius M. Smilh aws Marshal lie Day. W. M. 1?o.-ers and J. 1 Jiving.-slon were his assistants. T1 wI)eSsi. foried in the publ quare and escorted by about 5( ninute men marched to t-he groi iear the Southern depot where ti lass mecting wias organized by clec ng Hon. T. C. Perrin, Bresiden rudge D. L. Wardlaw, Col. John j ,alhoun, Dr. J. W. Hearst, Capt. Jn, 3rownlee and Dr. John A. Loga 'ice-presidents and Janes C. Calhou ,nd GCeo. McDufie Miller, secretaric Hon. A. G. Magrath of Charleste as the first speaker and I remen ler his first sentence was, ''The ti or spenking has passed and -the tir or action has arrived.'' He rolk is ''IR's'' in fine style. He was 'Cry handsome man and made a. cap al speech ring immediate aetic nt the part of Soulth Carolina at an Ad every lza(lrd. He was followe Y Hon. ',. L. Bonliam who also fal red iimediate action. Resolutions were unani'mCu1 d(optied favorinx secession of t1 tate. A commi'tlee of twenty was al minted to seleet nominees for (I onvention which met December 17t1 860. While this committee was 01 peeches were made by Samuel M, ,owan. W. C. Davis and J. N. Coel an. The following gentlemen wel 'lected to the convention: Edwai oble, John A. Calhoun, Thom [homson, Jolhn H. Wilson and D. I Vardlaw. Called upon for an expre; ion of views each one endorsed til esoltitians adopted which were pl ished in tle county newspapers. Tl peeclhes however were crowded om 1n1 lost to the generations that ean fter. Tt is not liowever the offieial actic ,f the mass inee-ting that I now it lertake to record. Tt is (lie sma mdt4 commoni,~1 place incwiden ts of t I lav. T caime d1own1 with several sti ents from Due West which was ritl r a conserval ive commiunity a pa lie w~ar' spirit had not reached. Fot 4' us did not join the procession 1b1 tood on the sidewalk where ti ostomffee now is. Near us was a gret ia'teh hung out as o sign that H. 'usten was in businiess thiere. WV. V idsay and T. L. Grier, of Dni Wes obert Yeldell. otf Alabama. and ept together during (lie day. Velde mould not marich in (lhe processon 1) ause lie was afraid of givingv offen, o Samuel Jordan, a kinsman, wi meld strong UTnion sentiments. W '0ubl4 not get near enough to her ucht of (lie speechies and so w'e st own on the ground and w~atched tit icing of' a cannon at. intervals durn lie meeting. Tt wars all new to na we wondered how any one coul t'and before artaillery. In time, hov ver, we learrned the lesson. The las saw and kenow of Yeldell, lie was icutenant in an Alabama artiller ompany with the army near Yorl own in 1862. T L. ier was kille t the hattle of Gaines's Mill. W. V indsay was modtally wvounded, iiekers Gap, in Virginia. Noven er 2, 1862, and died on the 20t ay of (lie same month and ''I onl: in escaped alone to tell t'he story. Thei(re was a man in the erowd thr a.y from Turkey Creek on the Sahi a side of the District. His name we Vresley. A. Rohbertson. He was up i 'ears, long past (lie milithiry agi lender in figure, with'keen eyes an aill of' good humor. ,When .Judp Vrar.dlaw, in his speech, inquire rhat would you do if a revenue cui anr of the U. S. Navy should corn n'to Charlesto,n harbor to collect di les on impoirts, W. WV. Perryma made some interruption and Roberi aim shouted, ''I'd~ wade inl and sin cr, blank hier, sink her. '' He nieve card the last of it while the wa -enit ont. Uie was not the kind of ann to help get a up a fight aiid bac' ut of it. Hre and his hoys went e1 front. .He did all his age an ;rang+h would n.llow na n. membne o c Co. G. or Orr's Rifles the famous -oimimand. Tn the winter of 1863- V f 1864 when camped near Orange lie yol e, w1s sen.t up in <the mountains uPon doll u. light duty to look after commissary Sell supplies. Returning from his detail ove I- when lie caie in sight, of the re,i- stru o met lie wore a high crowned, white Adi 11 At:ove pipe hat and was mounted on a a skewbald or calico norse. He was it greeted with the cry, ''sink her, r, blank her sink her'' and received o with O'e wareinst welcome. No joke tile e of his comrades ever disturbed his del0 equanimity and the pleasure of his for comrades in seeing him on this oe- for easion wins particularly enhanced by Mt the fact that lie had in his commis- 2w 4 sary wiagon a barrel or two of eggs for a). 0, which he had received from M11e prcty mountain girls of Virgiinia for -telling their fortinfes. F . He always told them sometiing good n and plesant. After this lie came to no h South Carolina and when the war To 3- ended wris inl coimiaid of a eompaiiy an I- %)f State troops defeldilg .tle coast. thei a Arler the close of hostilities lie went tit i- west aii( died inl Texas iii 1894. tire I write this nairrative to keep inl Sthe iliIds of oilr people a so1 of i EC e Abheville past [he vi-or of V111ou ilialhood an-1d 4I haired, wilo f'ou!'l t IFR 10 a good fight. and;] risked all for his home aid friends. to a pSkii Some people are such cnsistent sufI L knockers that they refuse even to 400 . ring a door bell. n JAS. McINTOSH, President. S. The Newberry Si e Capital $50,000 00 d a Newberry, 1 11 We endeaw SADVANCINGness interesl every legitin - THEIR--tives tured with s< :; N EET.prosperity o INTERESTS,-w 19 success of ev it The Newberry ! Is CALL le it Brodus - AT TH1 2Box Paper, Tablets, Penc Pens and I - Soaps 11 CIn fact anythig you ne CIGARS AND 1 Don't forget to call oi s They are alsoagents f Laundry. a a * nUL no s: ciATESTIUSEDEVAERS DeBULL D7LO S'l Thety ont frenetor rhoser han $150 PER MONTH ly work f(or a mere living i can easily clear $7 profit on ar. 'Work in your own loot s at alnost every home over r again. Plan and complete iction by return mail for 25 < Iress. J. F. Clark, Conway, Ai NOTIOE, LOOK AT THIS, our certifleates, for your stoc ICE PLANT, are now ready I vered to you, and we are an3 you to have them, so please them as soon as possible, at I Office. J. H. Wicker, Mj Prevent Headache. 'orce them? No-aids them. 's treatiment of Liver Pills ic Pellets strengthens the digestive organs so that the r own work and fortifies your ition again,t future trouble. treatment 25 cents. ZEMA and PILE CU EE Knowfi"g "'at it was to s - I wilI give FREE OF CHA ny afflicted a positive cure for ] Salt Rhum, Erysipelas, Piles i Diseases. Instant Relief. I 'er longer. Write F. W. WILLIA Manhattan Avenue, New York e Stamp. . J. E. NORWOOD, Ca xvings Bank. Surplus $25,000 S. C. ror to advance the bi -s of our customers iate way. In so do may be somewhat ti 4lfishness, for, upon its patrons hinges ery bank. 5avings Ban ON Ruff NEWS nk, E xtracts, &c., &c. edi along th at Iin a. UOBAC CO. -a the m. ojr Laurens Steam Y ME WrmTH a~Ema RDINAR EWNDS I ay on' Supn. ad.. r weights, ie desired. I. ast no ,,xtra cost. ik y'our dele.r for model "nl.' uwo will. ivesipald. for 500. OTTER IN Tii: wOntn ., OSTON, MASS. nD CAssn.aillet for Ito, or 11(ow to lire,,sCor tion, this puabication. each Right in the I dity. an- With a great line of Spring and Sui ,ents ing. Slippsrs, Shoes, Straw Hats k. Embroidery, the new things in Su Goods a specialty. The creations k in pass anything that has ever been sl means that our 1907 Hats have can equals. Our other lines complete the and as usual you . will find our pr r. New Drop Head Domestic Machir Machine, Drop Head, 20 years guc making 3305 barrels of choice Ra- arrived, best patent $4.50, best half and $1.75 sack. liver People say Moseleys can't sell y do make piofit. What difference doe ple say as long as you get the goods RE Moseley Affer RGE ,,eze and PROSPERITV MS, En Shier Prescriptioq I Which we use are without exce 00 4 We believe in PURITY. We constantly preach PURI' We always practice PURITY cines. . PURITY counts, and counts I Lst- i Ask your doctor. i"n MAYES' DRU( 11C the the DIRECT FROM OUR ko, WILLOW WH 4 FULL QTS. case withL 1no marh1 quartls of wIL LOW Try. it i if yon3 dl best you eve a sted ers~ andavid all ch sure of geLtt1ing our our disltilery, witho buySK a bttr corn refunided goes; with< and1 will (do exactly ltgSIL(R1It)~THE SWIFT ~Owners o Registered VERY LOW NORFOLK AN Account Jamestown Ter-Cel . . .VIA . SOUTHERN F Season, Sixty Day and Fifteen daily, commencing April 19th, vember 30th, 1907. Very low rates will also be ma BRASS BANDS in uniform att STOP OVERS will be allowed and Fifteen Day Tickets, same 1st Tickets. For full and complete inforn Agents Southern Railway, or ur vrolt Rank nmer goods, Spring Cloth . Elegant line Laces and inmer Dress Goods, Black In millinery will easily sur hown at this store, and this no superior and but few and full of new fresh goods .ces just right. Just' think ie $25.00, New Defiance trantee, $17.93. 31 th car Fennessee Flour has just patent, $4 00, fresh Grits the goods at the price and s it make to you what peo Bros., S. C. Raterials : ption the purest grade. when preparing medi or much, in medicines. STORE. DISTILLERY DALE ISKEY $ EXPRESS PR[PAID il toso conitents, four. full DALE RYE, ex~ . pres preaid. on' t find it all xrght a-tal the v5 will heC proInlptly refundedI.I e enorinous0 pro (fits of the (I dea ance of aullteraihtiXon o are wis'ke just't as% it come1(s from ut belig tamperedt w( .ith in aniy r ALLAN SINICLAIR'S CORN 10, ex press prepaiid . Y'o uln't w'hiskey ft 01m anIybody else at i perfect sat isfctioni or moneyiC very shtipm11ent we snlake. You_ ou1 (deal with us5 as the oiwners e resources of a miillion dollars as we say. CREEK DISTILLING Co., LACON, CA. Distillery No. 29.. SwIft Creek, Ca. RATES D RETURN atennial Exposition (AIL WAY Day Tickets on sale to and including No de for MILITARY and ending the Exposition. on Season, Sixty Day as on Summer Tour iation call on Ticket rite DivisioniPass. Agent. Charletn, S. C