Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SOI TH CAROLINA REPRESENTED. ! ; Governor, Unable to Attend Dedication Saratoga Battle Monument* Der tailed Col. BaM>. ' Governor Cole. L. Blease, of South | Carolina, received an invitation to at- j tend the dedication of the Saratoga1 battle monument at Schnylerville, X. ; "V /\n 15 1Q1*> T-T ^ VJfiS r*r 1 > WII W w k/v^i i Uj x v v - - quested to bring or send the State flag, accompanied with proper military escort. r The governor being unable to at-; * tend detailed Col. Oscar W. Babb, of' the adjutant general's department, asj military representative from Soutn Carolina, and it is needless to state that South Carolina's State flag (c.ie of the original thirteen; was piacea mi ; the base of the magnificent monument j on the very ground occupied bv- Bur-i goyreV. army during the l^st days pre-i ceding the surrender. ROOSEVELT SEES FEW Admitted Visitors Report 3Inch Ap-1 parent Improyement.?Colonel * Anxious to Work. uyster nay, uci. ? xnr uaiiiv,* . between Sagamore Hill and the rest of the world was up today and nothing was to be seen of Col. Roosevelt. A few visitors, however, succeeded in getting past, and through them the news filtered out that the colonel was steadily improving from the wounds j inflicted by John Schrank in Milwau-1 kee. At '9 o'clock tonight after his! ? physicians "had examined his wound, j they gave out this bulletin; "Col. Roosevelt has been resting inj bed since his return home and is dis-j tinctly better. The wound shows that! ! the healthy healing processes are1 going on. "Dr. Joseph A. Blanke. "Dr. George Brewer. "Dr. Alexander Lambers. "Dr. George W. Fuller." Col. Roosevelt took a dip into politics once more tcday. One oi his visitors was George W. Perkins of New Vnrk who. with Senator Dixon of Montana, has charge of the colonel's campaign. Col. Roosevelt had been * impatient to see Mr. Perkins and to .get in touch with the political situation ^again, afcer being out of the fight ior the presidency for more "than a > -week. SILYEKSTREET S. S. OKGAXIZED. . The People JTnch Interested?Attendance of Teachers and Pupils Good. i ? i Silverstreet, Oct. 24.?Sometime during the latter part of September this year a number of the people here callied a meeting for the purpo.se of or- j ganizing a Methodist Sunday school. The school was organized and a superintendent and teachers were elected to .serve. The first Sunday school service was held October 1 with sixty-three sohol .ars and teachers present. On last Sunday the number present was eighty-three with three new scholars. The # hour of service is fixed at 10.30 o'clock every Sunday morniug, rain or shine. The attendance is good and the boys and girls seem to be interested in this work. The teachers seem to be very much interested and are very enthusiastic. New books and a new organ have been purchased and we mean to have a real live Sunday school here. The services are lield every Sunday morning in tbe hall over the bank. We extend a welcome to every one to meet -with us. Death of Mr. Wade Setzler. Mr. Wade H. Setzler died at .3 ?"clock oil Tuesday lrcrning at his "home near Pomaria and vas "birried! on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock 2t Bethlehem, service by the Rev. J. A. Linn. Mr. Setzler -aas an old Confederate veteran, having served all through the j war. He was twice married, and | -i fiv.p children, two i <x iuu w a:iu -*-? ?_ , by his first marriage, namely Mrs. J. i A. Sligh, of Colum'Dia, and Mrs. B. B. j Richardson, of the Pomaria section. The surviving children of the second marriage are Ethel, Bowles and Mary Clementine. He is also survived by one brother, Dr. G. A Setzler, of Pomaria. Death in Saluda, Mr. John Berry, aged about 70 years, ' died at his home in Saluda county on Wednesday morning and was buried at -Lt TVircr?9v mornin? at 11 tfetxiciiiv uii a ... 0 ___ o'clock, R. Y. Leavell & Son having' charge of the funeral arrangements. "What She Really Wanted. i Ferdif had just proposed to Millie, j "Xo, Ferdie." she said, "I can not marry you. The man who gets me: must be a grand man, upright and : k square.'' "My dear girl," said Ferdie, "you j <2 n't want a man. You want a piano.''. i SOrTH CAROLINA DAT. "New-ken*} and Other Cities Asked t( Participate in State Celebration During Corn Exposition. A gala day for South Carolinians ha* been announced as one of the distinctive features of the Fifth Xationa Corn exposition, which opens at uo lumbia on January 27. "South Caro Iina Day" take place during th< early part of the first week, according to plans announced, and assurances of cooperation which the expositior management has already received fron leading cities and towns of the Stat( indicate that this will be one of th< mcst interesting days of the entin week boh 'for South Carolinians anc 'for visitors from other States. Several leading features which hav< been already well arranged for wil * ^ - ?XI. On vt/vlinn o t combine to maKe soum wiunua ua.. a feature of the exposition to be lonj remembered by all visitors. One o: the-e will be a monster parade, ii which each city and town of import ance will be represented by a distinc tire float, a brass band, delegations o citizens uniquely attired, or in som< other interesting and attractive man ner. Another prominent event wil be a pageant of a signincant ana spectacular nature at the expositioi grounds during the late afternoon. Ar rangements are being perfected foi this event, and details will be an "nounced in the near future. Variou? other incidental features will lem strength rnd color to this portion o the eexposition program. Immediately following the parad* through the streets of the city, thi visitors will be given an opportunit: to visit the exposition and devote sev -eral hours o a close and careful stud: of the educational agricultural exhi bits, gathered together from all part of the. union, and displayed for th< first time in the South. After this the other events of the day will taki place at the exposition grounds, ac cording to plans so far formulated. Officials and members of the cham ber of commerce of Orangeburg, Flor ence, Sumter, Chester, Rook Hill, Un ,ion, Spartanburg, Newberry, Green -n-nnrt Andprson and Greenville hav been interviewed with reference to tii f South Carolina day by a personal rep resentative of the exposition, and ii practically all cases assurances of co operation have been received, pezidin; * an official decision by the organiza tion. The matter is being placed be fore the commercial bodies of othe towns of South Carolina, and indica 'tions are that the several events whic! are being arranged for this day wil 'be thoroughly representative of th Palmetto State, and hence of specia interest to South Carolinians. Special trains and special equip ment will be operated by the railroad -? * All wherever necessary to nanaie , ui crowds on South Carolina day. Lo^ rates have been announced to Colum bia and return by the roads, and condi t'"ons are favorable to large numbers o visitors in Columbia both from thi and adjoining States. By reason of th several feature days of interest, th first week will be a highly attractiv one throughout. Fixing the Evangelists. An English clergyman visiting thi country tells of a bishop in Englanc who, when a new church in his dioces ?4-? received man AN (It) IU Ut- V/Viiww* w%vwv7 _ __ letters complaining that the architec had disfigured the interior with useles decoration. The bishop decided to make an in spection of the new building, and ac cordingly summoned the architect t meet him there. The bishop could find nothing wron until, just as he reached the chance he chanced to catch sight of fou wooden images apparently guardin the pulpit. "What do those figures represent? ur rtoavu. "The four evangelists." "They appear to be asleep." * "Do you think so?" *T certainly do." Whereupon the architect called ou ' to a man who was at work on one o the pews: "Henry, bring your chisel and opei the eyes of the evangelists."?Lippin cott's. The State of Lunacy. During the balloting at the Haiti more convention the bulletins were be ing read in a political headquarter 'in a western state, says the Saturda; Evening Post. There was always a good crowd o the stay-at-home politicians there. On afemoon a bulletin read: "At this bedlam broke loose"?and later: "Bed lam again broke loose." "They ought to throw bedlam out, joked the man who was reading rh bulletins. " nvr-itolv jis^ented O U 1 K.' I il * \ 11UU, ? local politician. I've been v/afeMi that filler?he's a disturber. Wha stare is ho from?'' A Catastrophe. A woman in one of the ward? in the > Rhode Island hospital was informed she had appendicitis and would have vo be operated on at once, says Mack's \ational Monthly. Much frightened, 5 she reluctantly consented, and was - conveyed to the operating room. One 1 ?jf the doctors had commenced 10 ad minister the ether and her eyes were -1 closing languidly when he discovered ; he had forgotten to inquire 11 sne nau I false t eth. He quickly removed th? 5 rubber cap and, shaking her slightly, i he said: "Have you anything loose in i your mouth?" Then, as he made a move J to put his hand in her mouth, the ? opined her eyes wildly and exclaimed: i ".Nothing but my tongue, doctor, and 1 f?r G-od's sake, don't cut that out, too." I - I W/mnHoH Him. 1 They tell a story out my way about r a Kansan who, in the old days when ^ Mark Hanna was prominent, went to f church, took his seat in a rear pew 1 and went to sleep. When h? woks up - i.e awoke with a start, and he nut: - have thought himself at a political f meeting. 5 The minister had just thundered: - "To him that luth shall be given and 1 to him that hath not shall be taken - away even that which he hath." i "Who said that?" asked the bewil dered politician who had just awakenf ed. The minister stopped, looked at the J sleepy, interrupter and then said la1 conically "Mark." f "Well," said the politician, "it sounds like Hanna."?Judge. 3 ^ 3 Two Viewpoints. J "There is one thing I notice particularly about that young man who calls to see you," said the old lady. 'He seems to have an inborn, instinc5 tive respeci for woman. He treats " i every woman as though she were a ''I being from a higher sphere, to be i ) " approached only with the utmost delicacy and deference." "Yes." said her eighten-year-old grand-daughter, "he's horribly bash" ,*ul."?Ladies' Home Journal. Against His Principles. 0 j Fred Kelly?not that he needed it? 0 asked a citizen of a supposedly dry lit~ tie Ohio town if a stranger could get a drink there on Sunday. "Oh, no," replied the native who was Or 3 approached. "There's only one man here who sslks it at all, and he's such a churchgoer he wouldn't sell a drink on the sabbath no matter how much was , offered for it!" ti 1 The Editor's Guess. A leading citizen in a small town * was suddenly stricken with apendr itis and an operation became necessary. : The editor cf the local paper heard s 1 of it and printed this note about it: " j Our esteemed ferow-citizen, J&mes v L. Brown, will go to the hospital to"' morrow to be operated upon for the removal of his, appendix by. Doctor Jones. ^ I EXa n Trri r\ a n/I trrn Vl 11 H *r OT1 vjl9Viii i^a t a iy lit uuu l h v vunui vn. s ^ e A Silkworm Solo. e Two men were sitting in the court e of the Palace hotel discussing Luther Burbank and his work with the spineless cacti. Suddenly a mischievous looking youth appeared from behind s the sofa on which tLey were seated. I, "Gentlemen," he said, "ha\e you e heard of Burbank's very latest creay tion? H-e is teaching the silkworms to :t s.ing co'coon song's"?Exchange. Drew-s Barbarous Tale. John Drew has always been noted for his clever retorts, says the Chicago 0 Inter-Ocean. His latest, which is credited with having occurred in a Broado vray barber shop, somewhat dumb1 founded the toserial artist. r Mr. Drew has *very fine and sillty g brown hair. It looks a little thin' when it is uncombed, but properly arranged ? it shows itself to "be very thick and comely. Ae the barber laid his moist, cool I oalm on the actor s skull ne said: "You are somewhat bald, sir. Have | you tried our special tonic?" I j "Yes," returned Mr. Drew. "But that ,f' wasn't what made my hair fall out." 11! , Mammy's Expedient, a i Little Rastus was becoming very objectionable in school, because his wool was growing longer and longer, far beyond the cutting stage. The 4- Vi 1+ 1 Y-? rr f a r?n t\*i T>r\r\c?A j lcchjucj; uicu urn 1.1115 i" iiu p 111 ~, " i and then told him outfight to go have " h;s hair cut, giving him a quarter for 6 the purpose. y Rastus broke out crying and said: "No, ma'am, I dasn't hab it cut. My f mammy she wants a new switch and e Khe's done a-growin' it on me."?Ex. A clergyman on an Atlantic liner had to share a stateroom with anoth"l ?r man. "After a short while." said e the clergyman. "I began to worry ibou* some valuables ! had with me, a and at last I took them to the purs' 1 ser, spvimr. 't should lik^ to explain j t i to you that [ am very well pleased i with !!i>" f<>; low-pa ssengor- -1 Ii at is? ; I find him a gent Ionian in every respect, and 1 wouldn't have you think j my coming to you with these valuables ' is to be taken?er?er?as any refleci tion oji him.' The purser interrupted i' him with a broad smile, and said, 'Oh, i it's all right, sir; your friend has come I'to me with some valuables of his own, ! and he said precisely the same about lyourself."?Presbyterian Witness. Where He was Valuable. "Yes," 6aid the celcbraied oculist, "he had some rare trouble with his I eyes. Every time ho began to read he | would read double. And yet he ic | able to '-iold a very higa-saiaruM po^i- J tion." "Why, what can he d;r" s:-ia tin | friend. j "The gas company gave him a job I I reading meters.?Exchange. ? From the Jaws of Victory. "And Hearst?what part dii Rviist ' i play at Baltimore?" asked a rnai.- ju~-. \ returned from Europe. j "Great!" said p. man who had bt.ev | at the convention. "Hearsi ca.no tl er. j for Clark who was the popular choice; ! and by a series of masterly maneuvers ! i I I Hearst snatched defeat from the jaws | j of Victory!" i . ?H- n. I mWm Pretty Thick Going. A London merchant received a tele- j phone message one morning from one! of his clerks. "I ain sorry, Mr. Smith," said the clerk over the wire. "I cannot come down to the shop this morning on ac'count of the fog; but the fact is that I have not yet arrived home yesterday." Canned Stripes. A dealer in building supplies in an Arkansas city received this letter lately from a small interior town: "deer Sir?Pleas send me enough striped paint in a can to make a barker pole funny shop. It should be red 'and white paint."?Exchange 1 ???? i | McCall's Magazine j I on J Mtf*rsJ! Patterns ! ' UUU AUWU?a a Mvbv* uw i . .1 For Women Have More Friends than any other magazine or patterns. McCall's is the reliable Fashion Guide monthly in one million one hundred thousand homes. Besides showing all the latest designs of McCall r Patterns, each issue is brimful of sparkling short stories and helpful information for women. Sare Money and Keep in Style by subscribing for McCall's Magazine at once. Costs only 50 cents a year, including any one of the celebrated McCall Patterns free. I McCall Patterns Lead all others in style, fit, simplicity, economy and number sold. More dealers sell McCall Patterns than any other two makes combined. None higher than { IS cents. I3uy from your dealer, or by mail from * McCALL'S MAGAZINE 236-246 W. 37th St., New York City yrrz?c-mpU Copy, Preahtm C-iUlogue ud Pitttra ClUIofit ^ fret, on request. ! " <$>$><$> ? !<?> j<S> LODGE DIKECTOET. $ i<s> <s Newbery Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W., meets every second and fourth Wednesday night in Klettner's Hall, at 8 o'clock. Amity Lodge, >?. 87, A. F. 3L Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. M., meets every first Monday night at 8 o'clock in Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren -cordially invited. H. H. Rikard, J. W. Earhardt, W. M. Secretary. Wedmen of tlie World. Maple Camp, No. 437, W. 0. W., meets every first and third Wednesday evening at 7.45 o'clock. Visiting brethren are corialiy welcome. D. D. Darby, T. Burton, Clerk. C. C. Bergell Tribe, 24, I. 0. K. 3T. Bergell Tribe, No. 24, I. 0. R. M., will meet Thursday night, September jl9, and erery Thursday night there! a fter. Ira M. Sligh, ; O. Klettner, Sachem. Chief of Records. Signet Chapter, Jfo. 18, R. A, M. Signet Chapter, No. 18. R. A. M., meets every second Monday night at 8 o'clock in Masonic Hall. Fred. H. Dominick, Harry W. Dominick, E. H. P. Secretary. Caoteechee Council, No. 4, D. of P. L 0. R. JL Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P., i meets every other Tuesday night at 8 ! o'clock in Klnettner's Hall. Omaha Trihe, I. 0. R. 5T. ? rp?;v>^ \*^ TX TAT? If ! UlllUlla Aiiuc, *W. I'J, ?' v. J-C. Prosperity, S. C., meets ev^ry first and j 'third Fridnv night at So'ciock in Ma-' I ' I STATE AGR AND MEC TT* A r I-?! | Oct. 28 to I I Greatly Red d VI 4 J Southern I Tickets Will be Sold Octo and for trains scheduled to arri\ Final Limit ^iove Excellent Train Servic< In addition to regular trains, ated October 30th and 31st, on Lv. Newberry " Prosperity " Pomaria II " Peak 4' Alston " Wallaceville ('' Bookman '' Montgomery " Frost Ar Columbia Returning, Leave Columbia 6 Rates include one admission t Many new attractions. Exc Wild West Circus, Wednesday, W.H CAFFEY, D.P.A., A.B.ACK Charleston, S. C Augus ? ..... n tt it l n E. H. COALMAN, 3, n. am V. P. & Gen. Mgr. Pass T W. E. McGEE, Ass Columbij sonic hall. Visiting brethren are wel' fome. G. H. Dominick, f Prof. J. S. Wheeler, Sachem. ; Chief of Records. 6-11-12-lyr. Lacota Tribe, I. 0. B. 3L Lacota tribe, No. 79, I. 0. R. M., Jalapa, S. C., meeting every other Wednesday night at 8 o'clock in Summer hall. Visiting^rethren are welcome. \ A. K. Eptiaj, j J. Wm. Folk, Sachem, j Keeper o? Records. i , SOUTHERN RAILWAY. | Schedules Effective December 8, lflL Arrivals and Departures Jiewberry, S. C. ' i i (N. B.?These schedule figures are shown as information only and are not: t guaranteed.) 8:51 a. m.?No. 15, daily from Columbia to Greenville. Pullman sleeping car between Charleston and Greenville. 11:50 a. m.?No. 18, daily, from Greenville to Columbia. Arrivee Columbia 1:35 p. m., Augusta 8:35 p. m. Charleston 8:15 p. m. ? tyi?ma 17 djdly. from Colum y. m. iw. ? -. ? , ' I bia to Greenville. 9:05 p. m.?No. 16, daily, from Greenville to Columbia. Pullman sleeping car Greenville to Charleeton Arrives Charleston 8:15 a. m. Ar riv? Savannah 4:15 a. m. Jack sonville 8:30 a. m. Four further information call od ticket agents, or e. h. Coapman, v. p & g. m., Washington, D. C.; J. L maaIt. a. g. p. A., Atlanta, Ga., or F 1j. Jenkins, T. P. A., Augusta, Ga. COLUMBIA, DEWBERRY & LAUBENS B. B. Schedule in effect June 4, 1912. Subject to change without notice. Schedules indicated are not guaranteed: A. r. L 52. 53. Lv. Charleston .. .. 6.00ara 10.30pm Lv. Sumter 9.41am 6.55pm j C., N. & L. Lv. Columbia 11.35am 4.55pm Lv. Prosperity 1.12am 3.34pm Lv. Newberry 1.29pm 3.20pm Lv. Clinton 2.30pm 2.35pm 4 ICULTURAL HANICAL IR IA, S. C \Tov. 1? 1912 luced Rates A Railway ber 26th to October 31st g re Columbia before noon Nov. i mber 3rd, 1912 e and Accommodations Special Trains will be operthe following schedule: Round Trip Rate ...8.00 am $2.05 ...8.17 " 1.85 * ...8.37 " 1-75 ...8-53 " 1-55 .. .9.00 " 1 50 .. .9.10 " ..-9-37 " . 9.42 " 1 ...9 52 " .. 10.10 " . - I >.oo p m :o Fair Grounds. :ellent Exhibits. Buffalo Bill October 30th. ER, T.PJL, S. B. McLEAN,D.PJL, ita. Ga. Columbia, S. C. dwicE h. f. cary, raffic Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt. * t. Gen. Pass. Agt., a, S. C. KENTDCKYMAIDRVEl * HI TART A .751 4 BOTTLES 4 This fine, rich, mellow rye whiskey is made in old Kentucy?the State famous for its fine whiskies. It's bottled in bond, so the quality can't be questioned. 4 full quarts for $4.75, shipped aay- ' where. EXPRESS PREPAID W The regular price of this well ^ know brand is much higher, but it's a policy with us to sare the consumer money. All orders shipped on first train after order is received. Every shipment covered by our money back if not satisfied guarantee. Try this brand?let your friends try it, too. You'll all like it. Order to day. Enclose tmsaa wun youroxucr. I SALISBURY LIQUOR CO. j 3 Manchester Station, Richmond, Va. H/I0NEY BAC^r IVI W not IV I ATA SATISFIED * Lv. Laurens.. .. 2.52pm 2.05pm? c. & w. c. Ar. Greenville 4.00pm 12.20pm./ Ar. Spartanburg. .. 4.05pm 12.20pm* S. A. L, ' Ar. Abbeville...... 3.o5pm 1.02pm i 3 97nm 1 33nm AX U* VyV/iJl " vvv? V.? i [/*** Ar. Athens 6.05pm 10.30am ~x-"? Ar. Atlanta 8.45pm 8.00am A. C. L. 54. 55. Lv. Columbia 5.00pm 11.15am Lv. Prosperity 6.26pm 9.50am Lv. Newberry 6.44pm 9.32am Lv. Clinton 7.35pm 8.44am Lv. Laurens 7.55pm 8.20am c. & w. c. Ar. Greenville 9.30pm 7.00am S. A. L. Ar. Greenville 2.28am 2.38ftm Ar. Abbeville 2.56am 2.08am Ar. Athens 5.04am 11.59pm Ar. Atlanta 7.15am 9.55pm Nos. 52 and 53 arrive and depart from Union Station, Columbia, daily, and run through between Charleston and Greenville. Nos. 54 and 55 arrive and depart Gervais street, Columbia, daily except Sunday, and run through between Columbia and Greenville. W. J. Craig, P. T. M., WilTDinpTor?. v. c