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Oh! Connie was furious at that id iot. She said it was her handkerchief, anyhow, she dropped. And what bus iness was it of that poet, or anybody else? He said a lot of such gibberish, that poet did. Something like this he had to say about the boys rushing out to see what was up, with me staying to protect the girls: "Then with a wild, defiant rebel yell, Hot Spur sent those Yankees kiting, And seared them plumb to-well I lay five dollars down," etc. St Luke, he was a peaceful man, he hates all fuss and strife, He gets behind the erinolines to save his precious life." If he had told me to my face I had Bidden behind hoop skirts, well-I don't know, but I believe I would have struck him dumb. Well. it turned out to be all a fiasco. Whether the negroes had been fright ened at an imaginary foe, or whether some of the ship crew had gone out ipurposely to break up the dance, we mever knew. Or it might have been a scouting party from Grant's army. But, my gracious! if they once heard the racket going on in deserted old Model, why it would have scared the life out of them, and they never would have pulled up short of Old Point Comfort. We all got aboard, after much good-natured taunting and badgering, and the old buccaneer was about to -al out "hoist away." Ducklegs, with Connie on his arm, walked to the waiHng, and lifting his hat said: . "Hold on, let us do our most gra eis obeisance to drhling old Model. Farewell, old friend, thou great tow ering giant, amid this wild desolation, the sphinx of the deserted James. Standing alone, as a forgotten pyra mid, in this vast sweep of lonAliness and desecrlation, thou art still a bea eon light to the river gods. We thank thee for thy friendly roof, thy pro tecting wings, in this our night of revelry and joy. Thou hast been shorn of thy pristine glory by the relentless amd mailed hand of the invader, but the day will come, as come it must, when thy great wrongs and oirs will be righted and avenged by the sword of justice. Thy sacred groves are dis mantled, thy vineyards and cultured vales have been trampled upon and entraged aby the accursed tread of the .ebnseienceless foe. In thy glens and dells, where the maiades played hide and seek with the dryads, and the Eittle elfins sported in thy shimmer ing pools, all is now chaos. Where thy lofty ceilings once echoed with hipy laughter of lovely women, and tiiy corridors rang with joyous shouts of childhood's innocence, now is all dark desolation. The owl hoots from thy deserted windows, and the lea.th er-wings flit around thy falling cor nices of thy one-time magnificence, while the night bird alone sings in the halls of thy deserted grea;tness. Noth ing is now left thee, but the homage of the river gods, and with them we salute thee.'' We all cheered old Ducklegs, to the eeho, while the bells of the Kitty .Floyd tolled its approval. The old ba.rgeman slapped his hands and said, "That was up to thne spanker boom, .ad if my old binnacles hold straight, i'll carry you back safely to Rocketts, if my top-gallant lies flat on the water. Bois;t. away." There was a gale blowing from the sea, and we shot- like a~ rocket up stream. The old stearsman had great difficulty in keeping the boat's nose with the wind, but the girls were all in a fearless and 'happy mood. Were those nice girls ? Why. man alive. -they were as fine as split silk. D)o you know that when the South left her fifty years' quarrel with the North to the arbitrament of the sword and the young men rushed headlong to pick up the gauge of battle, the women were in the struggle heart and soul. And when the women, young and old, of this dear old Southland of ours, felt the ground slipping from under us, day ,by day, with the young men still willing and eager to stake their lives, like the gambler his gold upon the haz ard of the die, the women all felt that any innocent pleasure or amusement .they could give the soldier boys, it was but their duty to give. The ethics of society were not so closely drawn during those days as now, and those same girls of ours, like .t:housands of others, would have rushed at a call to the hospital or battlefield to aid the soldiers, just as readily as those seven girls danced at the Model Farm. (To be continued.) 18 COUNTIES SELL WHISKEY. Dispensaries in all But Three En titled to Do Business Saturday. Columbia. August 30.-Eighteen of the twenty-one eounties in which elee tio-n were rceently held upon the dis pnrv q,uestion were~ efltit led to - en un the (dor of the dispeneires those aispensaries that opened up Sat iway afternoon. The Beau.fort re Roll of T HERE are twelve I in the United Stal number of banks ont the Roll of Honor, oj two hundred have s excess of their capital WE ARE ON THIS and every cent of ou has been earned. N from the top in this S of this distinction aro paired to serve our f than ever before. W a limited supply of t] nies, come in and get all gone. 4 * Paid in Our SE The ConME Of Newb JNO. M. KINARD, J. Y. President. Ca turns were made complete this morn ing and the result as shown in Beau fort was very close. Abbeville re, turns were incomplete and the officials were notified by wire and the proper returns will be mailed up today so that the Abbeville dispensary may open up tomorrow. All the other dispensaries were notified to open save Florence and Aiken, where the contests are yet before the local boards of canvassers. The official returns were compiled today for the eighteen counties, being as follows: mturns inomplete from Abbeville. County For Against. amberg .... ......162 663 arnwell. .. .. .. ..553 804 eaufort .. .... ...250 233 erkeley .. .. . ...,.213 540 hrleston .. .....1,868 341 ...on.. .. ..... 262 28 olle ton .. .. .. ....209 876 Joeetr. .579 666 FMifie . .. . ......168 752 eorgetown .. ......447 363 ampton .. .... ...181 712 Kershaw .. .... ....340 674 Le.... .... ... 309 586 exington .. .......860 1,197 rangeb'irg .. ......529. 1,499 Eichland... .. .. .. 841 762 umter .. .. . ...36 7 Williamsburg .. ....529 859 T.he discussion has again arisen as to what the next legislature will do n the whiskey question. Opinion ap pears 'to 1be -about evenly divided that the legislature will pass a State-wide bill, and that the matter will be left as it now is. Local optionists frank lv state that it was their understand ing that the compromise in the senate last session that was accepted in the house was binding upon all. On the other hand, it is stated that the comn promise was only for the time being and that prohibition'sts are free now to introduce at the next session of ,the legislature any bill looking to further control of the liquor question that tey wish. ENDS HER LIFE. Mrs. J. K. Fant, Aged 60, Takes Car bolic' Acid.-Seizes Sole Oppor tunity. Campobello, Aug. 30.-Mrs. J. K. Fant, aged 60 years, committed suicide here today by drinking half a,n ounce of carbolic acid. No cause is ascribed for the deed other than the dead wo man had been suffering for some monhs from demen;tia. She had been carefully watched but took advantage of the fact that 'her daughter. Miss Bessie Fant, left her alone for a short time today. That .t.he suicide -was pre meditated was shown by the fact that the windows and doors were carefully closed and a rude pallet prepared on which Mrs. Fant was found dead. She was the wife of a Baptist p reacier who died about 10 years ao. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Wmn. Cobb of Wilmington. N. C.. Mrs.' McMillan of Brunswick, N. C., and Miss Bessie Fant of this place. The inquest was held this after on by Magistrate Poole. Coroner fane <heing ill and1 u-nble to leave :me Th;e ve:det of the juryV w:s C:t ' dece:isd camefl to her death The funmeral will be held .tomorrow the Ba.ptist church, condcted hy Honor housand State Banks es; out of this large y six hundred are on r only one in every urplus and profits in ROLL OF HONOR r surplus and profits Ve stand fourteenth tate. We are proud d we are better pre iends and customers e have just received ie new Lincoln Pen one before they are vings Department. rcial Blit arry, S. C. 9[cFALL, 0. B. MAYER, lhier. V. President. The Right Direction To take in buying that FALL SUIT is to direct your steps to this establish ment. The unwavering fidelity to artistic ideals by the manufacturers of our cloth ing has produced garments which embody the utmost of good style and good workmanship. Suits from $8.00 to $30.00. No man need pay more than he pays here, and none can pay less: as a matter of fact. EWART-PERRY CO. 7Woces Descripive ~Fall Seed Catalog' Inow ready, gives the fullest infomaton aoutall Seeds for the Farm and Garden, 1Grasses and Clovers,[ Vetches, Alfalfa, i Seed Wheat, Oats. I Rye, Barley, etc. Also tells all about j VegiaL41Me & Flower Seeds t h-it can he plante-d in the fa! toP a ~dvantage and proat, and about Hyacinthis, Tulips and other P F- owering Bulbs. Vegett.b!e and ~ Supciles and Fadiirs. *(- #Catalogue raailed frce on I c u t W rite forit SALE OF PERSONAL PROPEETY I will sell on Saturday, September 11th, 1909, at 11 o'clock, at the late residence of Mrs. Mary L. Counts, deceased, in t.he town of Prosperity,1 he personal property of which she de possessed, consisting of House :<dd and Kitchen Funtr.Terms~ o sale cash. Friue J1. M. Counts, Administrator. MONUMENTS*' I am representing the Mecklenburi Marble aqd Granite Co11 CH ARILOTTEe, N. C., in this section, and am prepared to make you prices on anything in the way of Headstones, Tablets, Monuments, Etc. See my cuts and get my prices before placing your order. Material and work guaranteed first-class. B. B. HILLER - NEWBERRY, S. C. Start With a Dollar Have a Bank Account If you ha"e never transacted your busi-I ness by means of a Bank account, we, desire to have you come to this Bank and make your first deposit. The first deposit may be as small as one dollar, but once you have started, your account will grow, much to your satisfac tion as well as ours. We make it easy for you to have money in the bank--we help you save. THE EX iIHANGE BANK Newberry, S. C. J. D. DAVENPORT, EDW. R. HIPP, President. V. President. M. L. SPEARMAN, GEO. B. CROMER, Cashier. Attorney. Value is a Small Word. WITH A BIG MEANING. Imeans much to us, because by giving Value we haebuilt up our business. . Those who have bought pianos here know how care fully their interests have been safeguarded, and what satisfaction they have experienced with our instru ments and our service. Every transaction at our salesroom is an expression of our purpose to please our patrons, because we realize that only by such a policy can this business continue to develop. We offer for your consideration the following instru ments in various designs: Conover Pianos, Kingsbury Pianos, Cable Pianos, Wellington Pianos, Inner-Player Pianos.I Pirces Range from $250.O0 to $1800.00. Everything Known in Music. Cable Building, 1J,V. WALLACE, M gr,, ChukIsfn, S. C Tk- NE'V SUN No.2 PRIC! $40.00 This Writing Machine3 is Good Enough for Anybody. INVESTIGATE IT 6. 1. ROBINSON, Agent. A GRAND OPPORTUNITY ro See The Pacifc Coast And The Alaska-Yukon Exposition. The best and most inexpenvisive way to see the Pacific coast and the great Western country this summer, and take in the Alaska-Yukon Exposition >pened June 1st, is to "Go as you please, pay as you go, stay as long as October 31st, if you desire." Why not spend your own money? Why not plan your own trip and go in eofort, and when it suits youl This may be done by planning your trip ovei the . SOUTHERN RAILWAY in connection with an individual par ty leaving the Carolinas July 3rd, on the individual expense plan, which will cost you about half as mueh as a fixed expensive excursion tour. July 3rd, Route. Southiern, Railway, Goldboro to. Harriman Junction. Queen and Crescent, Harriua Junction toDanville, Ky. Southern Railway, Danville, Ky., to St. Louis, Mo. WAbash R. R., St. Louis to Kan sas City, Mo. Union Paeifle, Kansas City to Den-. ver. Denver & Rio G3rande, Denver to Salt Lake City. S. P. L. A. & S. L., Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. Round Trip Railroad Rates. Going via any ticketing route s lected and returning via any ticketing route as desired. Via Portland, Seattle and San turning one way via Portland and Seattle.. From: Goldsboro .. .......$99.75, Greensboro ......., 99.75 Durham .. .......99.75 Spartan[burg ........97.45' Columbia ....... ...98.20 O}rangeburg ...... ...98.20: Greenwood .. ......96.65' Rock Hill .. .... ...98.35! Anderson ......... 96.19 Raleigh .. ......... 99.75 Salisbury ......... 99.75 Charlotte ......... 99.75 Greenville ....... ...96.65 . Charles.ton .. ....... 29.75 Newberry .... .....97.43 Chester.. .. .......98.3~> Sumter .... ... ... .7 Rates quoted f.->m other ports on application. Tickets limited to October 31st, 1909, and permit stop-overs ait all points west of Chicago or St. Louis. Tickets on sale daily to September 29th, 1909. Lower Round Trip Rats to and fromCalifornia quoted on appli cation. Before completing arrange ments for your trip give us an opper-. tunity to talk with you about the de tails of it, quote you best .rates and tell you of the most interesting points, and the best and cheapest way to see them. Write to representatives as follows: W. E. McGee, T. P. A., Augusta, Ga.. S. H. McLean. P. & T. A., Columbia. S. C. J C. Lusk, D. P. A. Charleston, S. C. H. M. Pratt. T. A.. Spartanburg, S. C. R. H. DeButts. T. P. A. Raleigh, N. 6.. R. L. Vernon, D. P. A., Charlotte, N. C. Washington Once Gave Up to three doctors; was kept in bed for, five weeks. Blood poison from a spid er's bite caused large, deep sores to cover his leg. The doctors failed. theni " Bucklen 's Arnica Salve completely cured me.'' writes John Washington of Bosqueville. Tex. For eczema, bols, - burns and piles it 's supreme. 25c. at W. Pe4ham & Sn's.