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I?KTS FIANCK'S A8HRH IN UIBL lWftves Heciuv Odd Booty in f Louis, and Mourning Young Woman Offer* Reward. When thieves entered the roo of Miss Cora livelyn and stole Jei e)ry worth $350 iu St. Louis the dio not know they were put tin themselves in the class of bod] snatchers and ghouls, but such p developed. The theft is one of the strangei over reported to St. Louis pollc< The remnants of u human bod vh ch were stolen consisted of t portion of the ashes of Charles Pat terson, to whom Miss Kvelyn wa engaged to be ma ried and wh died ?? ' ~~ ... in- ? ?bu ui wwgnunuon. > > V. The young woman lived at Bing humton, and they had been sweet hearts at Binghamtou from child hood and just befcro Patterson die* he requested that his body be ere mated and his fiancee then deter rained, with his consent, to have i small quantity of bis du3t set in t ring with a transparent setting, so as she expressed it, she "could hav< him with, her always, even aftei death." if In accordance with this determin t Miss Kvelyn had the ring eyv^$?v^bably the strangest evet JS nufnctureii7"anu ?*?rn bv a wo'man. "It is not on account, of the value of the ring that 1 am so anxious to recover it," Miss Evelyn ajlid, "but because of its associations." She has offered a roward for the return of the ring. 0 I'KE WOODEN TIRES ON HIS AUTOMOBIIiE. I tarn well County Man Says They Make Murti Noise hut Ride as Easy as Rubber Ones. Rornufoll Too * T"K" ^ TT uuiiii v . riogg, of Blackville, thinks that he has solved what? has been one of the costliest problems that has confronted automobile users since the automobile first came into general tnae, namely the problem of tires. He was in- town on Monday and during the course of a conversation told what he has done to keep his own tire expense down. When two of his tires wore out he made others of wood, which fit as snugly inIto the rim of the wheel hb the pneumatic kind. They are made in secHons are held in place by an .ordinary steel buggy tire. He uses &< . them 011 the two rear wheels, and tys that, in sliape and riding qualicannot be told from the res. The only difference, v.* would perhaps br *h^ 0 drawback, is the , f 'nSde when the mach^j^j^. .ig 41 owe-Good J in "r, should . ? of ordinary . . > -g them. If tlfey are . ? . Hogg claims them to be the up-keep of a machine is keeps them from being more -ally used and it is an acledged fact that tires contribute biggest part of this cost keep. iogg seys that he has receiv' favorable comments on his idn from' users of automo.n and around Blackville. The of making and putting the tire ort a machine is very 1 iynd with special machinery could, of course, be made at less cost. 0 Hites Iteacou After [xtxiiu; Razor. liif* razor early in the i Deacon Morton Nichols, D. J. Jones paster of ?n Baptist Church, of Fort xas, this morning, bit off ~>se. Nichols retaliated ?)g off the pastor's right t tiund Index finger. Both appeared at th.^ police station, bearing their cisconnected members. < The pastor, against whom a charge of maiming was placed, was released on bond, signed by practically all the members of the church. The trouble originated over church affairs. HOT HIM MGCONI) TOUR. First Attempt to Kill Alabama Man Failed, But Last l>!t Not. Mobile, Ala., Dec. 31.?News received here to-day from the northern en>? of Ba'dwln county is tr the effect that David Chambliss, a well known resident Of Bay Min nwa*, wan ftiiui itiiu IMiitMl litfti lllglli by Roland Stewart, who fired twc loads of buckshot from a doublebarreled shotgun into his breast ? Chambliss was shot at some time ago by unknown parties who hid behind a tree and Chambliss had ? narrow escape. Mrs. Smith, who has been witb the E. L. Moore Co., has resigned her position with that firm, and will teach the third grade, vacated by Ail persons are forbidden to cut and haul wood from my lands in llarlleesville and Manning townships or to trespass upon same by hunting or otherwise. All viola tlons of this notice will be dealt with as provided by statute. Government Official Com Report. .'S! 1 RIPPLE AMAHHED FORTUNE. Made Up MimtKaHy in Life Hurt ? He Would (let Rich, and un ? Saved *800,000 Brashear, Mo., Dec. 81.?Cal G. Of i Cornel], a cripple since childhood, rntte who amassed a fortune estimated at ... $300,000, was buried at Bruahear *'En* r~ at seventy-three. cities sy Cornell earl yin life declared to tion, ,g his acquaintances: "Here' s one ig^uec | criple who will never go to the poor" bouse, for I expect to be rich before Isji dle - Ninet. j For eight years he taught school, Con < it then embarked in the mercantile j|on c i business. His aim waB to save " everything he made. He allowed y l allowed himself no luxuries. He a , would not buy an iuvaltd's chair,' reside u | counting it useless expense. tuan 8 ; 0 I Man TV> Liv? i ?ne v. A thousand years of life will be ' easy just ac soon as the pre-hlstor- \ j lc antediluvian Titanic language is f found and desclphered. So says Welter Freeman Colling, author of to w' ' Science of Comparative Mytholo- strung " gy" and other works. bridge i He asserts all matter is alive, d^ . and that all species of plants and animals are related by common deI scent and that worlds, crystals, was a 1 raoiecules and atoms are living bod- inj? aj i lea formed of indestructable and re{ , living, conscious, ultimate particles, j j "The restorations of Titantic scl- to PUI erne," he said, "which will come thing r with the discovery and descipher- As lng of the lost Titantic language, d^gg^ . | will bring with it command over the ? lightning of the earth, the possess- Yo | j ion of unlimited power, the con- $4?" 1 trol of all climatic and meterologi- "Fo Cii! conditions, the abolition of pov- |;,,tun; ierty md the vast prolongation of human, life and the ultimate perfection of human society. he sai< "The secret of the prospective "Coi i abolition of old age and poverty lies u8 he j . in the recent discoveries relating to cell life, the processes of which are ne the key to all mythical mysteries." hope f 0 The The Aeroplane Skirt. loom c iFrom the New York Telegram.) "Hei The very newest Bkirt is the aero- ,.w j plane model. The spring suit will 1 elude a skirt of this description these 1 if one wishes to appear up-to-date. "We A person wearing the skirt and lU> for standing quite still appears to be ... . . dressed in one of the prevailing ana ; light skirt models, but upon invest- ot $5 s i igating it is seen there is a deep pbia P I box pleat panel effect down both j back and front, stitched to flounce j depth and thoroughly pressed to | the hem. The sideB fit very smoothI ly Over the hlnn K"* ? ?* ? *- * uuv .Kin: iJit'UlB lei '*? j in below the knee. These are bo other d well set in that they are only vlsi- 8aw ^ 1 b(e with the wearer's movements. * ' ^ __ red. CLAIMS HOMK8TKAD HY H)1K Mother MINUTKS. other: ?- Now j Minnesota Settler Alleges He Took. BlesR^" Land Ik'fore Woman Had ' C Filed on it. Duluth. Minn., Dec. 31.?MisaJjfr.' . ' Margaret Ryan, after waiting fV .weeks in line to file on a pie</v.ve his bo< j land at a government opeo'^'^'.e of sleepin] ;Oii June 20 lust, now jjf- ?ng here hai.dou I her claims to the 1' .8 defending H. Smallwoq"' (thd against W. 14 I have setf f ,u, jr., who claims to P?e >8 | ininjr * t|Wd on the land a few has be * ites before she filed. il th * Miss Ryan was third in the weary j8 line of homeseekers, and the doors ! swung open June 20, exactly at 9. 40 8? d i a. m. The records show that she lar and filed on the land of her choice at Hocks, 9 04. Smallwood alleges to have t, f, settled at exactly 9. m. on 120 , acres of the land claimed by Al- onrn a oert rvnuenus, who filed on his the fru land a few minutes later than Miss jarg ar Ryan. In other words he declares i he beat Miss Ryan to it by four i minutes. Mr. Small wood offered filing papers to the land August dinner, August lft. and claimed settlement draws t as descril>ed. evervbc The offices of the United States I. and Office ordered a hearing to hfonie determine the priority of right to that's n e',ter- Withou < onJugai? Felicity. on? it a A New Kngland farmer, noted for u"^er his uncontrollable temper, attended w'( a religious revival in the neighbor- You've ! heod and became converted. have k ! A month later he was holding _?_ht forth to a number of friends and relatives gathered at the Thanks- a,'? K?' givnig dinner table, on the subject Darling ! of religious principles, his entire I . n f ,.1, .. 1 1.1- 1-' -- -? ' I wi vnuiactci , ((Ilia IIIIN MIIU I . . and forbearing disposition. Finally,1 growing enthusiastic In his descrip- New ticn, he called on his wife to up- 1 persons i hold his assertions. I which I "Jane," he shouted, "you haven't oistsid* had an unkind word or deed from j dance < me since I. got converted?now ; ster have you?" | Doss o There was a dead Bilence; then prompt came in meek, yet reminding tones, police from the other end of the table: (the see i "Jerome, Jerome, you've forgot 1 Itradle] the time you bit me." I some c 0 the Ch i j Stubs Toe hihI Dost Voice Returns, tie ens Madison, Neb.?While singing a j were f I solo in the Presbyterian church i chairs I here, three months ago, Lydia > men 8< Donovan, member of the choir and : furnitu II daughter of John B. Douovan, edi- ; Klchan tor of the Star Mail suddnely lost, ' i her voice, being unable to utter a | ' j sound. Since that time until last * i v. oek, she was speechless. 11 Miss Donovan recovered her i < Ot " speech as suddenly as she lost it. Ala - She left her home to go down town. I To ? * Passing along the sidewalk she' De_lnn l?iuDi>ea ner toe Hard and the pain' TO-d, of it brought out an Involuntary When : t "ouch." The word came with full On t ' I vocalization and ever since then 1 rut 11 1 Miss Donovan has been able to ar- Me i ; ticulate as clearly and with aa much ; force as before she was stricken Now e^ [ dumb. Oe b 1 You ca I O- ?p We agree with the News and A?d Courier in an editorial recently pub- ' 'on** I lished favoring free passage to the put ro| chief executives of the state and 'Mon nation on railroads. The governor ? 1 of South Carolina would have to stay at home all of the time other- Who'd w'se, unless he had in his possess- Coul ; Iod an individual fund from which 1)<s 00,1 to draw. The salary paid our gov- pQr ^ , emor is a disgrace to the State. | And ' many livk in (itiw. Mtlng Cr?m Facts Madf Publie by Bureau the 92,000,000 people in the ~ d States more than twentyand a half millions reside in | exceeding 25,000 in popula-, as shown by a recapitulation i y I by the census bureau. sre are 228 of these cities. een of them have a populaexceeding a quarter of a mil- j ind fifty exceed 100 ooo Th? population of the 2 28 is 28,07. Of this number 20,303,047 i in the larger cities of more 100,000 population. f TC 0 S^ L Chance to Make Money. roung man who had been out tployment for some time and 10m money had become a jer stood on the Walnut street i over the Schuylkill gazing ^/^r. at the water. Bide was in his mind, but he fraid to seek death by drownid only contemplated it when ilized that he had no money 'chase poison, a rope or someof the sort. he was standing there a well 2^3d man accosted him. ung man, do you want to earn tio said. ur dollars!" gasped the un- ^^3 ate, to whom the sum sound> a million. "I^ead me to it," ! i. ne along." said the stranger i led the way across the bridge. young man followed, a new gleaming front his eyes. i stranger led the way to a | >n a side street off Walnut. -e we are," he said. i *" 11. how am I going to earn j 14?" asked the young man. II. you see, I'm a little bard 0^-^ cash," said the stranger, i 'm going to sell you a pair | hoes for a dollar!?Phialdel- 5^1 ress. ^ 0 (Jod Bless "Dad." ^ - happened into a home the! a.y, and over the parlor doorlj^*'"*- 4 3 legend worked in leUujy^T 'What is Home J^Tiu * ; a^/~ ?" Across. tW>'VUhOUt a ?Zi "God w roo,n waS RU_ 15^ Bless Our Home." ; Gnat's the matter with, "God' )ur Dad?" He gets up early. ! the fire, boils an egg, and C the dew off the lawn with ? ?(| >ts while many a mother is g. He makes the weekly ' t to the butcher, the milkid grocery man, and his little badly demolished before he en home 911 hour. lere is a noise in the night, IjR*^ kicked in the back und made > MB own stairs and find the burg-jljfi kill him. Mother uarns the out uuu nought the socks in | it place and the needles are fAt fterwards. Mother does up MM tit. Dad bought it all, and lYi id Bugar cost like the mis- j uflV buys the chickeu for Sunday j^Vj serves them himBelf and 1 Ml he neck front the ruins after 1111 idy else is served. "What is , Ml Without a Mother?" YeB,'AB ill right, but "What is Home Ul t Father?" Ten chances to I Ml t a hoarding house; father is ; f*j u slab and the landlady is II low. Dad, here's to you! ; 1Wj got your faults; you may Lfl it's of "em, but you're all ind we'll miss you when you rte.?Conyers Times. MB ton Press. , i of Rival (ihiikk ut Daiur. Hfl York, Dec. 31.?Fourteen (fflS i were injured in a panic j MR followed the clash of two i gangs early to-day at the;vfa3 of the Retaw Club, in Web- j nK ill, 119 East Eleventh street. ilVI f life was prevented by! i|| action on the part of the | nK and detectives who were on 1 |J(s me. Members of the Yakey f Association fell in with | Ml ?f their old-time enemies ln.jlfi erry Hill gang and the bat- vfl ued. A fusilade of shots MM ired and beer glasses and : llfi were used as weapons. Wo- I vf 1 :reamed and nearly all the j Ml re in the place was broken. jljf| 1 Daly, a saloon keeper, was j ist badly injured. Some Poetry g f i the Past and Present.) MM m'ry takes me back DilUV ft Vfcflr ft PO d on which use to dwell, Du ay I hardly know? jIUl Mass and MIssuh use to livejVU lat yonder hill, ?ood 'round dat very place, Jljfl md Ike, sfjne as Bill. UU t'ry stump is cleared away, Ijgf Ig log house is moved; UU n mount de train on dat very MlR ot IY1 go to wher you choose. UV thought a town would be fll lis 'ere little place, <lYl Ighty' men shore muat abeen UU g de older race. Il i }H! I haiah de farm bell ring, r/U 'cross de old landscape; thought dis old plantation iWl d make such a fine ole place? UU nty has been choped In two, tew half '11 go to fame, ||wl^ e is a mighty hustler. Dillon Is her name. #522^ . " L. Ci offers exeptional bargai do not believe that the bargain counter on whic we can offer at a barga bargains we mean goods gardless of what they 01 will make them meve. Inspect this bargai cost sales so broadly Thanking all our ci tion and patronage in es for your prosperit _ L. C?ttii Columbu BE Cut out We show right to E the- hour <hH< Expert wo 1 E SOLD= The Hollida ? aumaiiiiHaiii mutfmmmmnmL , ittingham Go. | ns. We fan no cost sales for we 5s ! publi believes in them. We have a ' 1 4 L A-ll 1-- J 1? j1 ? n we snaii wad ail ue goods tint 1 3 ? in. This it will pay you to see. By ^ i * ; that will sell below cost and re- 3| Cj it. Prices will be pot on them that ~f J * n counter before attending the 35 ' advertised. It will pa y < t. 35 ^ 9 ustomers for their considera- ^5 1910 and with heartiest wish- 35 ** y in 1911. S5 m r truly yours, "^3 ? tigham Co. |-? s Automobiles || :st on your ) Automobile A^A H A I ^p^^prl^rl^pF^j^^^r^^r^i^riyr |W you how, so motor }Y n lolliday Co's. up-to- 96 ?3 Automobile Garage. 9E?I jilt rkmen. Guaranteed Y, 3 Pff!J Linciency. cJtt 1ARTH |j3 HERE |a y Co*s. Dillon* S. C. |j?*l