LAD1EH WERE (1AMBIJ0KS. |
M*rj- <iueen of Scott* W?>ul?l Wager I
Her Personal Attire on n Game i
of Lards.
Tile card season Is over, and us I
my lady fine sits and counts her
pleasures and pains, her losses and
gains, she fuels no remorse, not a I
pang of conscience, not u regret of a
game, unless it be on the venture,
she lost, since "Luck and Chance I
happeneth to all men." !
A century or so ago, says the St
Louis Post Dispatch, there were |
hundreds of great ladies in Eng- .
land who made of their drawing :1
rooms regular gambling dens, and in I
these drawing rooms of the world,
of fashion ladies in the most exalt
ed social positions lost or won, as |
the case might be, ten of thou- .
aands of pounds in a single night's B
nlov TK. .-1 n.l - '
r.aj. i LAV rujrai rriUCBSSeS U1U UOl I
hesitate to play for the highest;.
stakes and a faro bank was a part
of the paraphenalia of dame fash- |
Ion. I
While the American women of to
day have more leisure than the |
women of more primitive times and conditions,
in this country and,"
therefore, turn more frequently for
entertainment to games and cards, "
they do not indulge their love of ?
cards to the same extent as did the
sex in England in days when Lord
Kenyon threatened that women con-|
victed of gambling "should certainly
exhibit themselves in the pillory
though they should be first ladies
in the land." However, American
women are fond of cards and. deplore
it if you will, many of them
Dlav for m/inair in ..? ?? ?
? w All au C11U1 U1UU9 extent.
Fashion varies as to the game of
vogue. The onco popular progressive
suchre has been abolished and
its place we find the more technical ;
game of bridge. Euchre is not an
all absorbing game. Memory and
luck are the vital elements, and a
vain and sociability may run on un- !
restrained which may be considered
" ?JI? chief merit. But with bridge it .^j
to tK^tS^T^^epposed to be v^jlkt
Cards are ^ They are of
similar to chessV^ sometimes ca? ,
dian origin, and ane^gg represen%J
ed chess on paper. is ,-epreJ*
an army and this armtCvv^ raTm '
sented in sculpture, wmiWair Dls
stand for the same in ps>i ng. j
Playing cards were known tir the
Arabians and Seracens from the
beginning of the 12th century. They
were carried into Europe from India
and Crina.
The queen in the card game does
not hold the exhaulted position that
manue ior in cness, where she
is a general. It would seem that
the game of chess might find popularity
in the ranks of the suffra-.
gists, and that the card game would
be abolished, since the queen of
cards is necessarily meekly subordinate
to her Severn lord and master.
Queen Elizabeth was fond of
cards, but inclined to be peevish
and lose her temper in the game, j
Mary Queen of Scots carried her in- j
fatuation to the extent of wagering
her personal attire on the game. I
She would play continuously from
Saturday night to Monday and sac- 1
dfice her wardrobe, if necessary, to
. Queen Anne of Austria had
^ m luck, we are told,
. .tp? ,s* 4 a queen with-,
out passion or greed." Anne Bo-: ^
leyn was an inventerate gambler, 4
as was all the wives of Henry VIII,
with one exception. Catherine of 1
dragon aid not gamble. She had no!
love for the card table. Nell Gwyn
lost 4 00 guineas in one night to the
neice of the notorious gambler, Mazariu,
who afterward died insolvent,
having lost at cards an enormous
fortune left to her by her Cardinal
uncle.
Oliver Goldsmith relates a story
of a woman who insisted on play- j
ing a game of cribbage with the |
minister who had come to soothe j
her dying hours. The clergyman
lost every penny he had with him
and he was just dealing the cards
for another game, her spiritual adviser's
stake being her own funer-j
al expenses when she died, leaving !
the game unwon. I
At the French Court the card
rooms from the time Charles VI to
the time of Louis XVI, were luxuriously
finished. The counters used
were of mother of pearl of some ?
other valuable substance. The cards
were embroidered with silver on l|
white stina, and some were the J
work of the most famous miniature j |
painters.
A story if told of the famous >
Dowager Electress of Saxony, who j I
and who was not above taking ad-! I
vt.ntage of her position when oppor- |
tunity offered. One evening she j I
"committed some irregularity" (a.8 |
cheating is termed when done by J
Some person of high rank.) Sus- I
picions of her honesty were excited |
by her play. A counties who noticed |
this said: "Pardon, madame, my
suspicions could not fall on you 1
SflVProi ? '? ""
r? " vu^at kj mjr iur UIUW IIS
The descendants of lady Cather- |
ine Alexander, daughter of Major
Gen. L?ord Sterling and wife of Col.
William Duer tell the following
anecdote: "The dame was fond of
whist and it is probable that cards
wore not common nor as cheap as
they are now, so women carried
their own packs with them to card
parties. One morning while attending
services at St. Paul's church, |
New York, her ladyship pulled her
handkerchief out of her capacious
pocket, and with it drew out a
yack of cards, which to the amusement
of the congregation and to
her own consternation scattered
about the pew." I
F. WAT KINS, THK AUCTIONEER
?If you have a farm, lots,
horses or anything else to sell,
Watklns is the auctioneer to get. I
He is an experienced auctioneer
and knows how to get the worth
of anything. Sale of horses,
mules and anything you have begins
promptly at 2:30 every Sat
urday.
Who Loft Homo. J
sot the world to talking, but Paul I
Mathulka, of Buffalo, N. Y., Bays
he always KEEPS AT HOME the !
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Special Agency of
DAVID S. ALLBN !
In the sale and erection of any and all cemetery work including
monuments, tombstones, cradles and copings tor ?
cemetery lots, made either of granite or marble. I handle
and use the famous Winnsboro, S. C. Granites, genuine ^
Imported Italian, Georgie, ard Vermont marbles, direct ?
from finishing shops, erected on concrete foundations. My
prices are as low as is consistent with first grade granite,
or marhlp anrl ViJnrVi L' - -1 ~ *
__ f muv? ui^a ciuoo nv/i Aiiiauoilip. OpCL'lill <1116011011 *
given to special designs. I carry also an,extensive line of
high grade mailable wrought iron fencing, especially ad
apted to cemeteries, and lawns, sold from designs, and
erected. W ite me when in the market for anything in
above lines, and I will make it to your interest.
David S. Allen, Dillon, S. C.
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IT WAS A QUESTION of life or death and
the victim's life hung by a slender thread. A
difficult operation was necessary. To be successful
the operation must be performed at once.
The services of a specialist were required, but he
was in a distant city.
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The specialist was reached over the Long
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The sufferer's life was saved through the
ability of the Universal Bell Telephone Service to
bridge time and space.
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PEE DEE REAL, ESTATE ACJENC
Offices: Marion and Muliins. S. 1
Ilea] Estate, Fire Insurance and loans. Basin
.>nd investments.
Special Representatives of the National Co-Opei
ot Washington, I). C., Branches in all parts of tl
Canada, Mexico and Cuba.
1'ersons having lands for sale or wishing to pu
well to correspond with this agency. Attractive pr
Marion, Horry and adjoining counties.
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I To Farm Land Inv
Don't pay sixty to ono hundred dollars per ac
you can buy just as good or lietter for twelve to foi
take our word for it, but come and see for yourselvt
growing crops is on them. Don't wait longer than
as these lands will then be sold, we are ging too
lands becusee party owning them is sick, and dctermii
business. We offer you any or allof the following:
Tract No. 1. ? Containing eight hundred ant;
acres, six hundred of which is under cultivation;
all land is in sight of depot, on best railroad in Si
four room tenant houses, new barn and stables,
? ditched, every house on place filled with splendid la
will easily yield one bale of cotton with from HOi?
fertilizer, good pasture (wire fenced,) lands suitably
variety of crop, no stumps. Party owning place m
and sixty-eight (108) bales of cotton, and two
bushels of com on ten plows last year.
Price.?Forty dollars per acre. Terms. ? I
($15,000.00) dollars down, and the balance in one 1
Tract No. 2.?Contains aliout sixteen hundred
about TOO of which is in cultivation. This place
sight of two splendid towns, and two main line rai
all of the land ran Ik; cultivated. Price $22.50 pei
Tract No. 3.?Contains Thirteen hundred (1,3
cut in hulf by main line of railroad, nice town ab<
same, about one-half in cultivation. This place is
and has abundant labor. Price twenty-five ($25.
acre.
Tract No. 4.?Contains about twelve hundred
uatod about five miles from railroad and court hoi
ty ($20.00) dollars per acre.
Tract No. 5.?Contains six hundred acres, s
miles from railroad. Price twelve ($12.00) dollars
Reasonable terms can be arranged on all this
absolutely guarantee that anybofly seeing this sectl
will pronounce it the garden spot of the state, bo
productiveness, health, and climate. All requests
mation cheerfully furnished, but a visit to us if j
will give us great pleasure. . f 1
HART & CO
ESITLL, SOUTH
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Q Every feature of high class make. I
<| Phaetons, Surries, Runabouts of <
same High Quality. +
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ROCK HILL BUGGY COMPANY *
|| MOCK Hill. South Carolina (J .j.
E. T. ELLIOTT, ?
"Rock Hill" Agent, ?
Dillon, S. C. *
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YOUR <JRC.H"ER HANDLES
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No poultry (arm was ever wrecked
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DISTRIBUTORS.
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chs Opportunities
ative Kealty Co.,
te United States,
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operty for sale in
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ty dollars. I>on't
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get rid of these 3 j ?
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I fifty-six (850) JJ '
place is healthy,
Late, sixteen (10) 3 _
place thoroughly
bor, every acre
to 1.000 pounds
' adapted to any
ade one hundred
thousand (2,000)
fifteen thousand
to five years.
(1,000) acres
situated within
lroads, practically
acre.
OO) acres, and is
>ut one mile from
perfectly healtliy.
OO) dollars |?er
(1,200) acres, sit- H J
use. Price, Twenituated
ahout six
l>er acre. i ?
property, and we h ,
Ion of Carolina
tli om to fertility,
for farther infor- V, 1
I'ou are attracted
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CAROLINA I. i
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Old time visitors to Mjrrtie Beach +
J will be glad to learn tuat a prom- * * +
<. istng season awaits that well known X +
+ hostelry. For some years the train >
X schedule has operated to 'ts ils- *
.> advantage. Now all ths ir hang- . 4,
<j ed. Beside the Sunday excursions : ?
| a week-day schedule enables visi- * J
.*? tore frutu the eastern part of the ? 4.
State to reach Myrtle in time for v *
4 Monday dinner. * *
* The new hotel proprietors, ^ 4,
* Messrs. St. John & Son, managers > >
4. of the Myrtle Beach Hotel, Itave re- * *
cently refitted the hotel handsome- '
4> ly introducing: many plcatiikiK ? *
? changes which w^Jl tend to rentier .> .
t the hotel homelik*e in every aspect. > J!
{. This should appeal to the better * i
***4 class of people who desire to take *
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*;* character, and the managers assure j] *
.j. tlie public that their patrons will J
,< have the very best of attention. <'
* Tliey have successfully conducted *:*
a resort hotel at Southern IMnes, X. <. +
* CM and they give evidence of enter- ?: +
* * prise in continually making ini- | ^
X provenients which beautify the ho- .*. +
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*;* Myrtle lieach is one of the finest ...
X strands on the Atlantic Coast. The >
surf is absolutely safe, with no > J
malaria breeding inlets. It appeals *:* X
X to al wlho want the sea breezs. The *>
j. surf t mi tiling and who eat. sea food. < ^
* Tlie management want the patron- * ^
X age of the hest jieope audi aim <
to make a resort that will lie home- *
t like hi every respect. f X
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THE WORLD LOOKS
DIFFERENT TO THE
tfe, MAN WITH
MONEY
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Secure ^
Charles M. Svhwal), the ureut steel niaipiale, bunked the big
xney he made when President of the big steel corporation. Now he
ns setel works of his own.
Your employer will trust you more, and promote you, if you save
u r money
uei us rem you a uox 111 our saieiy vaults, men your vaiuaDies
11 be safe.
Make our bank your bank.
We pay liberal interest consistent with safety.
SANK of DILLON
Dillon f S. C.
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icco is the chew for men. )>Jo spice --no exces" Retj Meat" toblothing
to hurt your stomach?just good old ?jve sweetening?
iacco, properly aged and perfectly sweeten,jorth Carolina to von't
give you heartburn. That's why it \
It's our treat to put you on to the reali'
2ut out this ad. and mail to us with youiA}ng ^ good chewing,
attractive FREE offer to chewers ^d address for
LIIPFERT SCALES CO.J^ j
??^nston-Salem. N. C.
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Address K?llon^-r^