Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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M-vi-ll S(uplWie ss. We have received our stock of Mill Supplies consist- 3 ing of Belting, Pipe, Valves, Inspirators, Injectors, a Bushings, etc., and are prepared to cut pipe and make fittings to order.. Our prices for goods and services are low and we guarantee satisfaction. Cane Mills and Evaporators, We still sell the GOLDEN CA E MULL. Our experi ence of six years with these mills have shown them to - be without a rival for strength and durability. Re- - cent improvements have made them better than ever. We sell the COOK EVAPORATORS. Paints, Oils & Varnishes. |A Our continued sale of Paints is an excellent guaran tee of quality and price. Ikt us furnish you free of charge an estimate of cost $ for painting. you will be surprised at the small cost of protection to your building. re have everything in Hardware usually found in better class hardware stores, and shall be pleased to - serve you. Very truly yours. MANNI HARDWARE COMPANY. They Are Now Here! Horses and Mules. direct from .the best stock markets, well-broken and guar anteed. We ask the people wishing to buy horses for fam ily use, draft, style or farm to take a look at ours and we think we can cohkince you that we have what you are look ing for. ,We have as pretty Farm and Wagon Mules as have ever been brought here, which we propose to sell at live and let live prices. Buggies, Wagons \and Harness. Our salesrooms have been refilled with the view of en ticing patronage and this can only be secured by having what the people want, and their njoney's worth when they get'it. It will not cost you a cent to look through our stables and salesrooms. Our prices will suit, and everything you buy from us goes withour guarantee. W. P. HAWKINS & CO, These chilly mornings indicate the near approach of winter, and we are forcibly reminded that a change is necessary in our underwear. It matters not what your wants may be in this 1mne *e 'will come as near su'pplying them as any house in the city, frem the smallest child to the full grown man or woman. Children's Fleeced Ribbed Pants and Vests, 15 to 2'5 Cents Each. Children's; All-Wool Vests and Pants. 50c. to $1 each. Misses' and Children's Union Suits, 25, 40 and 50c. -Infants' Wool Wrappers, 50 to 65c. Ladies' Ribbed Vests and Pants, 25c. each, extra hIeavy, 50c. Ladies' Unshrinkable Vests and Pants, 75c. each. Ladies' Union Suits, white and gray, $1. Ladies' Wool Scarlet Vests and Pants 75c. Neach. Ladies' Medicated Vests and Pants, $1 to, $1.50 each. Children's Knitted Balmoral Skirts, 40 and 50c. Ladies' and Misses' Knitted Balmoral Skirts, 50c. to $1.50. Ladies' Silk-Mixed Balmoral Skirts, $2. Fascinators, all colors and black, 25c. to $1. Ladies' Zephyr Shawls, all colors, soc. to $x.5o Children's Toboggan Caps, 25c. to $1. should we happen to be out of an article when you call for it, remember it is only temporary, as our stock is being replenished almost daily. O'DONN E LL & CO., TEMPERANCE COLUMN Conductca >- Plaxtino W. C. C . . National MNotto-, For God, Home and Na tive Lan~d. State Motto- Ue Strong and of Good Cour Our watchword-Agitate. Educate. Organize. 11eudge -God helpinc mc. I promise not to buy, drink, sell or give Intoxcicating liquors while I live; From bad companions I'll refrain And never take God's name in vain." A BOW OF WHITE RIBBON. We are of use and we get lots of abuse, we White Ribboners; while we mean good and hope we do some good, we are severe lv ridiculed, but that's nothing to grumble about, for everything is ridiculed more or less, es pecially where women are con cerned. I do wonder if the world will always look upon woman as being silly, capricious, weak and narrow minded. If it does it will continue to be mistaken, for we are just as great and worth fully as much in our way, (which is as good as theirs) as the men. I have heard people say they would not sign our pledge and wear our ribbon because they fail to see the need of it. They say that being a church member covers all the grounds that the pledge covers very well. They are honest in their opinion and so are we. I think that neither would be right if we quarrel over it. Its my opinion that every en lightened christian is entitled to his own belief about goodness and religion, and its not right or fair for a christian of one denom ination or sex to say to a chris tian of another denomination or sex, "I am right and you are wrong," for we all live according to our belief and we are all right as far as we love and serve Christ. I have heard some other peo ple say that they would not sign our pledge or wear. our ribbon because it looks so weak and silly, that they can drink the amount of whiskey they want and not do any harm, that their natural manhood will keep them from going too far. Not very well, at least, I don't think so. It's not near so silly or weak to sign our pledge as it is to drink whiskey and get drunk for we are all weak and liable to sir, we were created that way, and besides, the crave for drink, is sometimes inherited from father to son like a disease. Our' sim ple kledge might save a boy with such an inheritance for wreck ing other lives and filling a drunkard's grave, for there are lots of people, who have a high sense of honor and wont break their word even if they are' not christians. I was away from home, once, in a land of strangers, when all at once I ran upon an old gentle man whom I had heard much about but hardly knew person ally. I had heard much about him in the first place. because hie is a kinsman and secondly, be cause he is a man of prominence in his neighborhood. I was glad to see him, for I really like him, and besides I was some wl'at homesick and 'twas pleas ant to see some one from the home region. We were ex changing some pleasant common places when I saw upon the left side of his coat a bow of white. ribbon. My heart over-flowed with gladness, I looked long at thei ribbon. He is a brave confed erate soldier, a man of position and honor, a gentleman of true sense, worth and a christian, was not ashamed, nor too good, to wear a bow of white ribbon. DEADLY DRUGS IN WHISKEY. Dr. B. H, Warren. pure-food commissioner of Pennsylvania, has made a startling discovery regarding the cheap grades of whiskey sold all over the State. He says: "I have discovered by inalysis that most of the cheap whiskey sold in Pennsylvania is manufactured from wood-alco hol and red or India pepper, the latter element giving the deadly dose the desired 'snap.' I was astounded when the chemists in ~formed me of the findings ina number of cases, and immediate ly had over one thousand sam ples taken up all over the State. Ninety-five per cent of the sam ples so far examined have shown the presence of wood-alcohol in poisonous quantities, along with the pepper. Some samples con tained arsenic, turpentine and and traces of prussic acid." Doc tor Warren said he had instituted proceedings in over one hundred cases where the deadly stuff had been sold. From present indi cations the total number will ex ceed one thousand, and before the investigation is completed may reach five thousand. "No wonder," said the doctor, "that our asylums are full!" No POison in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. From Napier New Zealand, Herald: .Two years ago the Pharmacy Board of New ~York South Wales, Australia, had an analysis made of all the cough med icines t'hat were sold in that market. Out of the entire list they found only one that they declared was entirely free from all 'poisons. This exception was Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, made by the Chamberlain Medicine Company, Des Moines, :{owa, U. S- A. The absence of all narcotics roakes this remedy the safest and best that can he had; and it is with a feeling of security that any mother can give it to her little ones. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is especially recommended by its makers for coughs, colds, croup and whooping. cough. This remedy is for sale by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store, laasac M. Loryea, Proprietor. No caus~e For Worry.' Mrs. de Firm-I tremble to 'hin of our daughter marrying that young man. Why, he orders his mother and sister about as if they were slaves. IMr. de Firm--Don't worry, my dear. He won't order our daughter about more than once. She takes-after-you. Quick Arrest. J. A. Gulledge of Verbena, Ala., was tMick in the hospital from a severe case of piles causing 24 tumors. After doc tors and all remedies failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly arrested further inflamation and cured him. It conqures aches and kills pain. 25c. at The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. A MAN WITH A MEMORY. the Way He Saved an Accused Friend From the Gallows. A man was charged at Sydney with murder 'and by way of defense called evidence to prove an alibi. At the time the crime was committed he was, he said, in his own home listening to a friend wao was reciting a novel to him. The expression caught the ear of the prosecuting counsel, and when a wit ness went into the box to say that he was the man by whom the prisoner was being entertained he tackled him on this word. The witness repeated that he was "reciting' Horace Wal pole's "Old English Baron," not read ing it, but reciting from memory, and it had taken him two and a half hours to get through the whole book. Well, if he could remember it while in a hut in the bush he ought to be able to re member it now in court, and counsel demanded a demonstration. "Give us a page or two," he said, never dreaming that his request would be complied with. The witness cleared his throat and without hesitation com menced, "In the time of King Henry, when the good Duke Humphrey re turned from the wars in the Holy Land, where he had been sojourning for a number of years," and so on, without hesitation, for several pages, all letter perfect so far as those in court could tell. Countel for the prose cution, quite staggered b) the display, eenfessed himself satisfied. But the witness was not, and the prisoner's counsel, piqued that doubt should be cast upon his phenomenal witness, asked that the latter might be given time to recite the whole novel and his time in doing it compared with the two and a half hours alleged to haive been occupied on the night of the murder. "Good heavens!" said the judge. "But do you expect me to take it all down?" They compromised, the man with the memory reciting the closing scenes of the novel. And on this the man in the dock was liberated.-St. James Gazette. GARDENER ANTS. The SkIl They Show In Their 3reth od of Growing Mushrooms. The little busy bee has had a less conspicuous place.in our hall of fame for insects since we have come to know more of the sterling qualities and great intelligence which are attributes of the ants. Professor S. R. Ainsworth Davis gives proofs of their right to our applause. He says: "In. tropical Amer Ica the traveler in their native region often sees thousands of ants marching in column of route, each holding in its powerful jaws a piece of green leaf about the size of a sixpence. These t'ey take to their nests. The material Is used as an, elaborate sort of mush room culture, requiring much more skill and intelligence 'than that in which human beings engage. The mushroom grower sets spawn in the beds he prepares, but the ant does not need to do this. The desired spawn soon makes its appearance in :the chewed leaf. But in its natural state it is inedible and must undergo careful treatment before it yields the mush room .which'the ant desires. The nec essary work is done by a special caste of gardener ants. These weed out ob noxious germs, etc., and, prnning off the tips of the threads, prevents them from growing into the air and produc ing useless toadstools. As a result of this the threads swell into innumer able little rounded white thickenings, each of which is about one-fiftieth of an inch across. It is these which are the mushrooms. These curious bodies constitute thie sole .food of the ant--or, at any rate, the chief food." Lenwt Bi Dignity. An Englishman who Ldlds a colonial governorship or simiflm oface loses the prestige that attaches to that oflce as soon- as he arrives in England. In this connection a story is told of the Duchess of Devonshire and Lord Crewe, then lieutenant governor of Ire land. They were en the same boat go ing from Ireland to England,. and on the voyage she showed him all the deference due his rank. But she loved a joke too dearly to miss the oppor tunity the landig offered. As they were descending the gang p~ank she suddenly exclaimed in a peremptory tone, as though addressing a boy of no importance, "N'owgBobbie, just take hold of this bag and run on ahaead like a good boy and see that I have a comn partmnent reserved for me." And Bob bie did., Blue Murder: In the "Slang Dictionary"' (J. C. Hot ten, 1864) "blue murder" is defined as a "desperate or alarming cry-French, mortbleu." In "The Bagman's Dog," in the "Ingoldsby Legends," Barhami writes: His ear caught the sound of the word "morbleu!" Pronounced by th'e old woman under her breath. Now, not knowing what she could mean by "blue death!" He conceived she referred to a delicate brewing, Which is almost synonymous--namely, "blue ruin!" --Notes and Queries. A Hard Question. Modern Maid-I wish some advice. Old Lady-Certainly, my dear. What is it? Modern Maid-Shall I marry a man whose tastes are the opposite of mine and quarrel with him,' or shall I marry a man whose tastes are the same as mine and get tired of him? The misfits of life, the square pegs in the round holes, cause all the trouble. When a square peg gits into a square hole we think it an e7:ample of genius. -Robert Barr. It is but poor eli )quence which only shows that the ore .tor can talk.-Beyn-' olds. A He avy Load. To lift ora load~ off of the stomach take Kodo Dyspepshe , Cure. It digests what you eat. Sout: stomach, belching, gas on stomach nn d all disorders of the stomach thzi. are curable. are in stantly relim .d and permanently cured by the use. c.f :Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. S. P. Storrs.a d ruggist at 297 Main street New Britain.. Conn., says: "Kadol Dvs pepsia Cure is giving such, universal satisfaction. -and is so surely becoming he nositive relief and subsequent cure for this dist ressing aliment, I feel that I am alway's? sure to satisfy and gratify my eustom- ers by recommending it to them. I wr ite this to show how well the remedy is spoken of here. Kodol Dys pepsia Csr re was discovered after years of scientuiJ ic experiments and will pos itively en .re all stomach troubles. The A Startling Test. To save a life, Dr. T. G. Merritt, of No. lehoopany. Pa., made a starting test resulting in a wonderful cure. He writes, "a patient was attac.ked with violent hemmorrhages, caused by ulcer atiad of the stomach. I had often found Electric Bitters excellent for acute stomach and liver troubles so I pre scribed-them. The patient gained from the first dose and has not had an attack in 14 months." Electric Bitters are positively guaranteed for dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation and kidney troubles, Try them. Only 50c. at The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. WIDOW OF BALZAC. The Author Left Her a Great Name and a Legacy of Debt. When Mme. Hauska's husband died it was supposed that her union with Balzac would occur at once, but obsta cles were interposed by others. Her own family looked down upon the great French author as a mere story teller, and by her late husband's people sordid motives were imputed to him to account for his devotion to the heiress. The latter objection was removed a few years later by the widow's giving up to her daughter the fortune left to her by 1. Hanska. This was followed by her remarriage after a "beautiful heart drama," as her husband calls it, "which had lasted seventeen years." Six months later Balzac died, and my aunt found herself for the second time a widow, with the burden of her hus band's large debts and that of his great name, which she bore with such dignity for thirty years longer. She never spoke of the blow his death had been to her. She must have* felt it deeply, and she would not have been human if she had not cherished resent ment against those whose opposition to her wishes had robbed her of some years of happiness, but if it was the case she never let any one guess it. Once only I heard her make a remark which gave me a strange insight into her inner life. We were talking about happiness in general, and I observed bow very eager people were to inter fere with that of their neighbors. My aunt looked at me for some time, then slowly said: "I think that this comes from the fact that so very few people undeistand what real happiness . it. They mostly look upon it as a superfi cial thing and treat it with the light heartedness they apply to all other en oyments of existence. If they under stood and realized what it really means for those who consider life in its true and serious light they would respect it ore."-Critic. OLD FASHIONED., An old fashioned woman feels mighty extravagant when she eats a meal at a restaurant. What has .'ecome of the old fashion ed bride who expected, of course, to do her own washing? What has become of the old fashion ed woman who pierced the children's ears to strengthen their eyes? What has become of the old fashion ed woman who made -soup so thick that she referred to It as meat, drink and lodging? What has become of the old fashion ed apple pie that contained bits of raw apple inside and was as mountainous as the Himalayas? When an old fashioned woman goes away on a trip her last words are, "I just know something terrible will hap pen here at home when I am gone." Atchison Globe. Barge Day In Niewcastle. In Newcastle, England, the mayor en joys the privilege of once a year being allowed to select and kiss any young woman who .takes his fancy among the coal city's inhabitants. The kiss is rather costly, however, for it is the custom to present the young person kissed with a sovereign ($5), while a further gift is made her by the lady mayoress, no doubt to disprove jeal ousy. The sheriff, not to be outdone, also bestows a kiss upon a fair by stander, at the same rate of expendi ture. The occasion is known as Barge day, when the mayor and corporation proceed in a procession of four gayly decorated steamers and two old state barges to claim the soil of the river Tyne. Their journey over, the mayor stands upon the boundary stone, and it is here that the kissing is indulged in. A Famous Fair. The annual fair -at Stourbridge, near Cambridge, England, was, it is claimed, instituted by Carausius, the ribel Ro man emperor of Britain, on Sept 19, A. D. 207. It certainly flourished as early as this, and British commerce is believed to have had its first real boom in consequence of the reports carried to the continent by foreign traders who ocked to this world's fair. About a thousand years later Stourbridge fpir got a new lease of life from King~ohn for the benefit of a leper hospital, and for eight centuries or more it was the greatest fair in England.. Thing~s Looking Up. "If you are not careful," said the man with the take care young man habit, "you'll have a breach of promise case on your hands." "Well, if that comes true," repiled the young fellow, "it will be the first case to come my way since I graduated from the law school."-Cleveland Lead A Hard Task. "Don't you think you could learn to love me?" he said, looking at her wist fully. "I'm sure I couldn't," she answerea <decidedly. "I'm a perfect dunce. Wher I was at school I never could lears anything."-London Punch. The Dry Part. Mr. Pepper-I don't believe there was a dry eye in the house when the 'curtain went down on the third act Mrs. Pepper-No, but there seemed ti be the usual number of dry throats. Beyond His Means. Lady (getting on Thirty-fourth streel .car)-Conductor, do you stop at the Waldorf-Astoria? Conductor-NO, ma dam. How can you expect me to do sc at $12 a week?-New York Times. Starting the Row. Nell-Oh, my! I don't like the shapa of my new gown at all. I wish I knem ow to improve it Belle-Why not le some other girl wear It, dear?-Phila delphia Ledger. An Old Time Remedy. Murray's Horehound Mullein ant Tar has in it the purest of drugs. Al of which were used by our parents ant grand-parents. Is is a combination s, u together that it cures a cough righ off. Nothing is bettter for babies. I is a most reliable cure and all cases o cbughs. Ask your druggist for it They all have it. Get a bottle now an, h ave it ready. Costs only 25c, a bottl -extra large bottles-regular 50c size Remember to ask for "Murrayst an Cures Blood and Skin Diseases, Itching Hu mors, Eczema, Scrofula, Etc. Send no money-simply write and try Botanic Blood Balm at our expense. A personal trial of Blood Balm is jetter than a thousand printed testimonials, so don't hesitate to write for a free sample. If you suffer from ulcers, eczema. scrofula. Blood Poison, cancer. eating sores. itching skin. pimples, boils. bone pains. suellings. rheuma. tism, catarrh, or any blood or skin disease. we advise you to take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.). Especially recommended for old. obsti nate, deep-seated cases of malignant blood or skin diseases, because Botanic Blood Balm (13. B. B.) kills the poison in the blood, cures where all else fails, heals every sore, makes the blood pure and rich, gives the skin the rich glow of health. B. B. B., the most perfect blood puri fer made. Thoroughly tested for 30 years. Costs $1 per large bottle at drug stores. To prove it cures, sample of Blood- Balm sent free by writing Blood Balm Co.. Atlanta, Ga. De scribe- trouble and free medical advice sent in sealed letter. 2'This is an honest offer-med icine sent at once, prepaid. For sale by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. THE O'GORMAN MAHON. He Swaggered Off to Death as He. Had Swaggered Through Life. The O'Gorman Mahon was about eighty years of age when I met him for the first time. One could still see what a lion of a man he had been. He was over six feet high. He had still' an immense mane of snow white hair, and he had a long, white bea.-d. The face was long and horse shaped, the eyes were still bright and fierce and defiant, and the voice had a deep note like the roar of an enraged lion. The O'Gorman Mahon was the very pink of old fashioned courtesy, but one could easily see what a man he had been. He was the great duelist of his day, a survival of the squires who live in the pages of the chroniclers of Ireland before the Union. He -had been out dozens if not scores of times, and there was a story of his fighting some three duels all in a morning. It was curious that he stuck to the old dueling gospel to the end. I never saw a man so disgusted as he was when he found that Mr. Panellwould not send a challenge to Sir William Harcourt for some insulting language which Sir William had used to the Irish chief. I can still recall the scene. It took place at one' of the tables in the tearoom of the house of commops. The old warrior turned up at the con sultation, looking almost radiant. He sniffed the dueling ground from afar. Some two or three of the then young colleagues of Parnell were present, and this idea of a chalenge appeared to their modern minds, of course, as something grotesque. But The O'Gor man Mahon had come in perfect faith that a duel was a certainty, and- his long, horse shaped face became visibly longer as Parnell caImly said tbat he did not regard dueling as rational or necessary. The old gentleman was too polite to express his real feelings, but the pained silence which followed the announcement of Parnell sufficiently revealed what he felt During the all night sittings of the eighties The O'Gorman Mahon was al ways in his place. He made it alm*at a' point of van'ity never to be absent when any such work was going. H wore -the .same- suit of clothes winter and summer. It was a curious light colored heavy tweed. Somehow or oth er it seemed to accord with the white mane and the white beard. He also was a great smoker, but instead of a cigar he used to smoke the democratic pipe, and, if I mistake not, the tobacco was both strong and cheap. He could tell very strange tales of the old days in Ireland and in many other parts of the world too. Hei had fought In some] of the many civil wars of the southern hemisphere and had many marvels to. relate of earthquakes, revolutions and other natural and human phenomena 1n those faroff regions I was with the gallant old fellow within a few hours of his death. He died as he had lived. He 'was full of the round oaths of ;the eighteenth cen tury, had his drink to the last, joked about his ninety years, refused all con solations, temporal or spiritual, 'and swaggered off to death as he often had done to the dueling ground. He was the last of a race.-M. A.P Starts In Life. Some of the men of education have had to start as rag sorters. A surpris ing number have begun, with dish washing. Among them I have known a musician and two semlinarists who have become waiters;.a bricklayer.Who now'owns a hotel and is worth- $100, 000; a civil engineer who threw aside the dish rag for a porter's job and, aft-. er seven years' hard work and saving, has just become a partner in a pros perous expressing and shipping busi ness. A typical case is that of a young doc tor who came to America to make 'bis Ifortune with a hundred spare dollars in his pocket He tramped about New York for weeks to find work to suit him. He was starving before a friend ly Comasco cook got him a chance to wash dishes. He lost his self respect, e said, and seemed to fall lower and lower until he resolved to learn Eng lish and a trade. He is now a skilled ladies' tailor and rn $35 a week dur ingthe busy season.-World's Work. I Ancient Tailors' Laws. An old labor law in England in'force in 1783 contained the following six clauses: Any tailor who joined a union was to be sent to jail for two months. Taiors must work fr'om (3 o'clock in the morning until 8 at night. Wages 'were not to' be higher than 48 cents a day. Each tailor was to be allowed. 3 cents for breakfast. Any tailor who re fused to work was to be imprisoned for not more than two months. If any 'employer paid higher wages he was to befnd$25, and the workmen who took the increase were to be sent to fail for two months. A Hard Pie Crust. A good story is told of a Barry lady 'who in making some pie mistook plas ter of paris for fiour and did not find out her mistake unti) the pie had been served up. For once pie crusts and promises bore no similarity, and the pie was buried in the back garden, doubtless to be discovered in the fu tre as Roman remains.-Westernt Mall. First Aid. Edith-Is it true, Dolly, that Larkir kissed you before he picked you up it that runaway? Dolly-Yes, dear; yot know he is studying to be a doctor, and that was first aid to the injured.-" Chicago Record-Herald. His Ignorance. He-They say he has more monle3 'than he knows what to do with. She Has he really? Such ignorance il bliss.-Puck. Persistent people begin their succes 'where others end in failure.-Eggle Made Young Again. "One of Dr. King's New Life Pill fea~ch night for two weeks has put m 4in my "teens; agoin" writes D. B Ture fDempseytown, Pa. They'r tebsinthe world for liver, stomnac1 .1and bowels. Purely vegetable. Neve Irip.e. Only 25c. at The R. B. Lorye Drug' Store. - Our Second Car Horses andIe& Just received, bought in St. Louis, at th World's Fair, onceded to be the largest horse and mule market in the United States. you want a good selection see this bunch before they are'picked over. Specia. - Several choice Drivers and family broke6 Harness Horses. 4 Ten saooth young Mules. 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