Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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C L Great Cost Every Garment Positivel: Great Special Sale of Dress Goods. Every yard Wool Dress Goods at Special Prices for the next ten days. Don't think of buyiog your Dress or Skirt un til you see our line and hear our low prices. Tremendous Cut in Silks. Silks of every kind. Black Taffeta, Peon de Soie, Messalins, Plaids, Stripes, etc. Every yard marked special for the next ten days. Blankets, ComIqrts and Bed Spreads. Case after case opened. and marked special for the next ten days. Don't buy elsewhere, we will sell you for less. Underwear! Underwear!! Any garment in this great pile specially priced for the next ten days. Hunt Newberry's Cheap 'Tis Cad WILL SEA ABROOK WRITES OF fIlS TR AMPS TtIROUGHIEUROP) HeSympathizes With the Recording Angel-The Fren< Tailk, Talk-He Visits Spot Made Famous by Mirobeau and Monte Christo. (By W. B. Seabrook.) bread, a bottle of wine, and board Special to Herald and News. the Mediterranean express for Arles, Provenee.-If it be true that eighteen houir journey to Marseji the Recording Angel inscribes against with the ultimate intention of i us every idle word we utter, the Isunning in Provence my interrupt French are thrice damned for a thous- I pilgrimage. The only comfortal and eternities, but my sympathies are man on the- train this frosty vnornu N with the anigel rather than the lost was a member of the Enghi3h hi souls for he must needs be a habile house service, on his way firom t stenographer and a ceaseless toiler. a shire to Alexandria, to rejoin i truly pitiful figure, wi:h wings de. em-ps. He re.joiced in the posss nuded of the feathers which he has.of a quart of brandy, a traveling ri whittled into quill pens, and with per.. and a big plum cake. I cultivated I spiration streaming from his celestial Iacquaintance and when the tra visage. How they talk, talk, talk, reached Lyon, we were seated fae X these nerevous, mercurial Frenchmen. I face, the rug was wrapped around o The tongue alone does not suffice; knees forming a sort of double la they gesticulate, shrug their should- the bottle was undei- the seat, and ers, grimace like chimpanzees, and, if for the plum cake it had fulfilled a serious question of two sons or the Idouble destiny. .price of a handful of chestnuts is in- Among my travelingl companio volved, they leap and dance and pir- was a party of Italhan peasan rouhette to emphasaze their torren- Ibound for their home in the Pie tial, endless arguments. I learn from Imont; they, did not understand reliable sources that deaf-mute asy- word of French and were in evide lums are unknown in France. They distress. Betyeen Dijon and Maec are useless. When a Frenchman is a conductor entered the car to exai stricken dumb, he begans to swell and inme our tickets, and uponi ispectil bulge a. if inflated with illuminating those of the Italians imnmediate oas, his body grows round like a bal-.threw his arms into the air and su hoan, his skin stretches to the last re- fered a frightful series of convi sisting point, and then he explodes. jsions, endimg in a hemorrhage Sorrowing kinfolk gather the scanty Iwords uttered with a rapidity remains in a basket-nothing sur- which only a Fren ch railway offiel vives the catastrophe but tattered is capable. fragments of words, mangled sen- "Nomn de Dieu!" tences and mutilated phrases, dang-) "'Seigneur Jesus! ling from adjacent tree-tops--and . "Milles diables! lovingly transport them to the ceme-| And in desperate, impotent agor terv. I he waved aloft,.his ticket punch. "4 La st week.on board a railroad train, quins, villains, betes, sales cochoi I witnessed an incident admirably il.. did they not know that they shou lustrative of this national failing, have changed cars at Dijon N< Taking Paris as a central point, I they have to spend the night at M1 had been rambling afoot, with knap- con, and then retrace -their route. sack and staff, in the environs of grand malheur.'' Versailles, Vincennes and Fontain- Of this tirade the Italians unds bleu, when cold weather came to stood not a single syllable, but th drive me southward and my tramp were keenly alive to the fact tii trip temporarily lost its distinetly some mistake had been made. T pedestrian qualities to become a jconductor e.hattered on incessant headlong flight toward warmer Ione instant invoking the aid of climes. "One frosty morning a news- Marie, ar.d the next pronouncing paer had fallen into my hands pre- long discourse upon the general ign< deting snow at Blois. and it was ther. anee and bestiality of the Italian ra v canged my plans, bought a loaf of (as a matter of fact it was the o: Sole of Ladies at New. York Cos IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE" WL.DOUOLA 2 ** FOR SALE BY THE HOME OF DOUGL Thousands of pairs good, honest, serviceabh this great sale at SPECIAL PRICES. 5 Bales Checked Homespun 4 cents yard. 2 Bales Drill 5 cents yard 2 Bales Sea Island 4Y4 cents yard. 2 Bales 4o inch Homespun 5 cents yard. T Case Outing 5 cents yard. I Case Ginghams 5 cents yard. Get in line and follo w the crowds, they all & Haltiwanger's where you can buy it for less 100 Pairs Pants worth $1.25, $I .50 and $2.C of the too pa;rs 98c. pair. 50 Boys' Knee Pant Suits, $5 oo values, at Hosiery! HosiE 'Over o,ooo pairs Hosiery at special prices est knit Hose, the kind that wear, 8/13c. pair, est Store for Every I IP Ieial 's duty to see that his passengers lionaires. descended at the proper station). But IAt Marseill< Sthe Italians only comprehended that balmy and deli 9 something disastrous had' occurred day 's travel, d for which he was holding them to was exchanged blame. One of the women was cry- skies. Before 1: :h ing, and the leader of the party had spent a day in arisen with hands clasped in the at- ean seaport, lir titude of prayer, and was murmur- on the quaps, ring, "Non capsico! Parlo Italiano. striving in vai Parlo Inglese.'' iorsered above I eThe situatiton was pitiful, and cordage, thread anwhen the unhappy traveler declared sailor.: and wa: le, -he could speak English, I offered my Turks, Yankees e~ services as an interpreter. The con- naked hmeathei ed 'ductor willingly accepted the offer, unknown Orien land asked me to explain the situa- parrots and Pe: ~tion to the Italians. These latter had ping to listen v lbeen fruit peddlers in New York and badour faithfu Sunderstood English sufficiently to these legend-la< render exchange ofiespossible, so gmitar and sat it was~ easy to exp)lain ina dozen a-corv of Kmng words. Btthis summary disposi- Sp aish orpst .~ tion did not meet with the approval -Sptanih yps 't of the conducter. The occasion, to oldta wmen beis to is ay f tini.n, rquiedmore odwmnbs ur tak-n thnkingreak Charmed clams or moule '~ byhis own eloquence he reviewed and formed employ4 as elaborated all phases of the situa- dui Donjon du a~ tion, eulogized the benevolence of the that I take ads railroad, which permitted travelers to boat rates to v ns~ commit such errors without subj ee- mous by Mirabe ,tion to criminal prosecution, coma The right to ex miserated the ignorance of the Ital- it seems, is leas a. in,dwelt at length upon the keen to an amuseme npleasure it 'had afforded him to wel- ploited as if ti nd aide m ditnguished intervention a mermaid or an i,multiplied adjectives ad in- - finitum. fell upon my neck and refer- STATE OF SC red with emotioni to the fraternal ties COUTNTY 0' that had bound America and France Court of Col osince the dlays of Lafayette and Laura '. Nie F,ranklin-and while this harangue of Renjamin F. a11 was taking place, Macon slipped past inwidiially. I us in the night. Alas, poor Italians.Hapo an With a motley erowd, in which Plaintiffs. were representatives of many nations we were traveling third class, but Daisy P. Ha' v,were very comfortable in one of the The Prosper'ity o big trans-continental cars that have Bank of Prospe s, only recently made their appearance and A. Hayne 1.1 on the main French roads. The old doing business >closed-compartments have been rele- Iand style of F a- gated to the shorter lines, and these fendants. 0 new "wagons,'' with their spacious By an oirder aisles and plat glass sides, are on a will sell to the r- par with the best American day- the Court Hous ecoaches. The third class is more sani.. within the lee-al at tary, though slightly less comforta- J' n. . 9!, he ble than tihe second. As for thelf first *:l et b, the [yclass cars on through trains, they are est in all that t it. nothing more nor less than rolling being situate ir a; palaces, in which, according to the berry, State afi >epigramatie observation of a cete- acres, more or ce brated English journalist, nobody the mill tract. Suits und Jac t. Don't Delay, Come, Gi OUR Millinery! ASS SHOES. Shoes to go in Great Line In'Ruchings, Neck Ruff! Linen Center Pieces, etc., go to Caldwell ioo fine Gold and Silvei o, your choice from $5.oo to $2.0o, ma gift, at special price durin $2.24 the suit. Rugs! zz Old Santa Clau the good, hon- Over 4o bea-utiful Rug all sizes. mas gifts. Specially pric< Want in Up-to-DatE lalt war 3, the weather was~ gtful. By a single smal, Parisian winter for smiling summer egnin ytramp I IPA igering in the evening A here ancient fortress, he fore-t of masts and ing my way among xie:e,--; of aI ll:tionV. ,Arabs, grinning, half 1, who had come from tal ports to sell their sian pussy-cats; stop rhile some native tron- Ti usino I to the traditions of len hills, twanged hisenieyamtr g in Provencal the I yubya nu Rene and the Counts o attend a t.roupe of mn fwry , or a barefoot Neap mandolin. Toothless >ught me to buy their de Toulon, and uni- P I M ~es of "L'' Enterprise Chateau d'll' insisted antage of their cheap for yourself or your isit th~e spot made fa ~au and Monte Christo. Irock beneath youi iibit the Chateau d 'If,' ed by the government ~ COSt you. From he mt company, and ex-' e venerable pile were five-legged horse. 5 CEN UTH CAROLINA, F NEWBERRY. i l tcs ois nnPleas. CmaisIrpe hols as administratrix Nichols, deceased, and duke Iii. Nickols, W. Willie E. ~Nichols, Akinstesi D. Lake, J AE Stock Company, The rity, Geo. E. Hawkir"s Hawkins, as partners, under the firm name [awins Brothers, De -_________________ of the court herein I hro,si ntrs eogn highest bidder before cie.adbuddb h w ;e at Newberry. S. C.. e'me hemn g 4th day otf~ t fPF ihl,lnso onei-third (1i-3) inter'- Tyo..W ozr n i raet of land lying and Tem ofslcah ithe County of New- Prhsrt a o aes >resaid, containing six less, better known asMa thereo,isaidinterstuielnging othermill ixt easAte ame timeunde bylthe tw els! it First Choice Today. Millinery!! 1. Every Hat, Every Flower, Every Feather, must go. The price we will make will cause fast selling in our Millinery department the next io days. Xmas Presents, , Ties, Ribbons, Handkerchiefs, all specially priced the next io days. - Handle Umbrellas and Parasols es the most serviceable Christmas g this io days sale. 'ugs!! Rugs!!! s' Rug Headquarters! 3 to select from, make nice Christ !d this week. Merchandise. ige r's. ~E OF MI.ND A N YT HING 7 IRE INSURANGE isn't of dollars and cents. When ance policy, you ielieve your ou have bought 'ECT IO N=( family and you feel the solid -feet. And see how little it if to TSA DA Y tre a ho se for $! ,000. TheI ent are arnong the best IURTONI :o the 'sell the other (2-3) two-thtirds inter ,. de- est in said mill tract, building, ma hun- ehinery and mill fixtures above de f the scribed. Terms of sale cash. Purchas N. E. er to pay for papers. ~er. N. E. Taylor. Jas. W. Boozer. [. FOR SALE-One second hand engine ter. and boiler. For terms apply to will1 tfM. A. Ham, Sw tfProsperity. S. C.