Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WHAT IS GIVEN lifltn. H J"*1 ?nd A*?"?et k|y R.turnf Good f or Good. u tht) principle of life, j from the world the men ''llu,1 nor ??y oU"'r imih i# dl particular#; very often !J0 evil for your good and Jour #vll. hartb word* when ' (ortb only kindness, and In ' ?.turn for your deeds hon "ell meant, but like all trutha, 'T/VtbTeHience of every truth 1 ?M?erallaatlon which the mind kjto pick from u mass of con , particulars. . it ii cold, hard- hearted, unfeeling u to you? Then I very much fear r0u bav? Kivon to it a selfish, 1 egotistic heart. k? tolerably good aort of place. Lyou And men and women as a .tait and kindly disposed? You [I bav?- >M ' 11 yourself an honest ?eneroua nature. - M?t you bad days when overy* eEeed to go wrong? You said it have gotten out of bed with 0ng foot first, You btgre all you undertook, your fln ive been all thumbs, end er about you has seemed emit Mtb the grouch. iill this you huve been hut seeing J,elf at in a gluss. It Is your t mood that dims the shining sur * of a really pleasant world. Nothing i? ?? unerring as the total Time and nature seem now I theD slipshod, and do things un hand uncalled for, but they al ri make it up in the long run and I every soul buck a hundred cents > the dollar.? Woman's World. I need to waste money pjr'i Common 8ense Answer Should Have Driven Nonaenae From the Mind of 8on. certain well known aotor-~an ea* jiihed star of the first magnitude, hfact ? has a son who has always glv i the father a great deal of trouble. B bis inherited talent, which insure him permanent employ it on the stage, the son shows a dness for living on the income of parent. He can see no reason j both of them should work. One time the father got tired of ad dng money to the son. An es ujement had been threatening for [Jong time. Finally, the ftyther eeal | the climax when, In response to a (ten "touch" for $50, he sent tb*~ a $5 note, with the added advice that was the last mOney he lid ever advance to him. To this at the son sent the following an ver: "If you do not send me the $50 I re vested I'll use this $5 in the purchase J i revolver and blow my brains out." The father, in reply to this tragio e, sent back this one: . I have told you time and again that i will have to quit wasting my mon on useless luxuries. Don't spend at $5 for a revolver. Come up to ihe house and I'll, lend you mine." Remarriage in France. The marriage or rather remarriage "itlstlcs in the mairies of Paris ade sad reading for the sentimental *" Of 2,270 disconsolate widowers remarry within a year. The de lions increase with terrible rapid fin tho second year, which sees 628 lapses from the ranks of mourners. At the end of the third year only blrty-seven widowers remain. With he widows it is even worse. None etearry within tho first year of their ' and's decease, but it is feared this is due not to fidelity but to strict legal veto which obtains in ace. Once the law's delay is at end they go ofT with vertiginous tptolty. Of 1,907 weeping widows In ?ihteen months only four had not xchanged their weeds for wedding oents. {Transplanted Rubber Trees Thrive. Experiments covering a number ot r*ra in transplanting rubber trees om the original stock seem now to ave justified the efforts Qf the grow n. The former supply came almost ntirely from the district bordering ^ Amazon and its feeders, but in ent years transplanting has been cttced on a rather large scale, the riginal stock having been .taken |from the old rubber districts and titivated In portions of Brazil remote om the big river^ One company, Bring the last year, gathered 193,750 Ipounda of rubber, compared with i 1 W pounds In 1910-~The estimate] ' the curernt year is 325,000 pounds, of which comes from the interior, |*w from the Amazon.? Popular Me* |?fcanics. ? . J3 ' ' :'J , Cribs for the Baby Gueets. . Among tho luxuries, comforts and conveniences nowadays provided by the great hotel are cribs foe the baby Wests. Even In the finest hotels these a comparatively recent addition to the house equipment. _ TJp to about live years ago when a Operate bed was required fpr a baby's ^ * cot was put Into the room and persons traveling for the first jjaewlth a baby a till aa& for ? c?t-_ are agreeably surprised when in woed that a crib can be supplied If in a big hotel there may be kept ready for use a dozen in the care of tho housekeeper; Mt simple but of- the latest style ol construction, ready to be sent when *Ter theyt are wanted TOURIST SEASON NEAR. 7 ? ? . Camden Will Soon Be Filled With Northern Visitors. . ? Ttap v hi lou u tourUt hotel* of Camden will lit it tew dayt* lx? open '4Ud full of vlslioiH enjoying the ?delightful < Uniute of th la old &U> "among (hu plueu."* The Court Inn opened ou Thaukiigivlng day and wh?j other# will open up shortly. Camden hI wuy? uwdiitt ' to lake on new, 1 If o during the tourlet neaaon, and the citizen* extend them i. hearty welcome during their at a} among ua. The following alior aketch of the hotela la from thi gifted pen of one of our young ladj wrltera: Tim <ouii Inn. I he Court Inn, iftt ii great, whiU building wit uatod on 2nd Avenuo | Mill. Ab to it? architect u^y, tlu Inn began by bolng an old, Southern oolonlul rosjdetoue, but wings huv< add? (| .mill Hi c colonl:,! i. i done# has been Jo#t Jn the modern inn. This Krounds about the inn are enclosed by a budge of wildrom tangled among evorgreen and a wlr. fence. Just within tbe wldt*, white pillared gateway, where a bronze lion elands guard, a hedge-bordered driveway turns to the right and the paths that lead out from It reveal iho various beauties of the grounds to the south of thu Inn. Here wc find one of the most celebrated sconic beuutles of old Camden, the ne'er-to-be-forgotten ".Lover's Lain;.' This "Lano" extends from the drive way sovoral hundreds of feet south to Haile Street, und is arched over head by a tangle of vines and mock orange branches, these latter keep ing It green throughout the winter. Here we also coino upon the "Pu zle" whose path leads us betweca two .walls of shrubbery, in and out, back and forth, until oonipletely be wildered we are forced to follow our noses, and, at last, without knowing how we arrive at the cen ter. Then back we go into the maze, confident that we know tho waj out clearly, only to find ourselves lost again and to wander about again until by chance we hit upon che right path And eventually find ourselves In the open again. To che east and southeast of the inn there is a grove of whispering pines and the view out over- these pine* from the upper stories of the Inn is indeed beautiful. This pleasing resort is managed by Mr. Ticknor and it opened its doors for the reception of guest* on Thanksgiving Day. They accom modate about three hundred guesty. The Hotel Klrkwootl. Tho Kirkwood has all the advant ages of a resort well-situated and surrounded. It stands oh the crest of. a high hill, facing South, ant" overlooks the rolling smoothness of the Golf Links. To tho rear i overlooks the Polo Field, grid bey one lhat the woods. All around it arc ' he small winter cottages of the tourists. Most of these are built i&ng bungalow lines. The hotel (iseif, is a great, long building with a wide verandah that extend* he Whole front length of the build ing. Big, white columns that rcacb from the ground to. the top of the second atory ntark tho main en- j :ranco into the hotel. Seen at a j listance from the hill the great , building ..with its' long row of dor ner windows presents a tyeautiful picture outlined agaixist the sky. A sign at the main gate reads ? hat the hotel is an official station j for the Touring Club of America, i The hotel Is managed by Mr. T. E. 1 Krumbholz, and accomodates be- j -ween four and five hundred guest?. The Hobkirk Inn. The Hobkirk Inn is situated on j upper Lyttleton Ave. The grounds about the Inn are spacious and have many beautiful trees that ren der them very attractive. .Inst in side the gateway there is an inter esting, old cannon, used in the Revolution. it now hoi* vim* 4o ? di ?ido (hi) driveway into two ways, right and loft, thai form u circle uh I bey Join again i* ? Uie of tho Inn North of tlx- Inn thriv ur< ?ev?ral bungalows and to the south there. aro three piore bungalows nntf ?u pleasant UrnnlH court. The (on Itself, prehtMitM u liomo'l|k?? appeif an<j? with Uh shrubbery and many beautiful vines- It is net Well ba< I from the Htreet and the waikK about the giotthdH tiro pleasant. The Inn wuh manage'd last year and will l)? Rift h aged t bin year by Mr. Marvin. Provimta to inwt year u was managed by the late Cftptaln Frank W. Kldredge who made Oajn den his home for many years. it accommodates about on? hundred and fifty guests. 1 nti;iu;stin<; accoi nt or l>li:L-\ViM> UOOKH. III NT Ono of tlie Most UuuNuul Incidents In Western Waters That lliip peurd on The MIshouH River. A trim. clean-cut, side-wheel steamboat, the most popular In tUo Missouri river trade, went out of commission so long ago that not many river folks of the present gen eration remember whether she was snagged orx wrecked, burned to the water's edgo or pulled to pieces in the honey ard. , She was not one of the "floating palaces" so often written about 111 that day, but she was always on time' as ne?rly as it wan possible for any craft in the Big Muddy to run with the clock, and was the best captain ed of anything- that carried a Jack staff and rudder. Her head officer was a prince a?nd a diplomat lo boot When ho stood on the forward deck giving his pilot signals he looked as If ho had been constructed on the spic and,; span linos of the white packet. He was short and alert. His family was one of that ante-bel lum cult that gave St. Louis its fa mous social prestige. When river travel was an event a steamer seldom left port without having at least one fair passenger w'Uo.. J he. ' yneen of the voy age. Sho became such by reason of the attention bestowed by the cap tain. She had to bo fair of face, but the chief requisite was personal grace. When she appeared at the captain's right at the table the ques tion was settled. The distinction ! carried with it as many extras as ! could be Kiven without slighting the rights of the others. Actual rivalry with dramatic incidents sometimes occurred on the Bame trip. Before the stifiamer turned her j wheels in the water oh' oho of her j trips tlie doughty captain heard that "two queens" were on his hands. It did not simplify the situation, that the queens were antithetical. The diplomatic training "of the captain came Into, play at the start. T.he* beauties were alternated at the ta ble. She who sat at his right one evening Avas at. his left at the. next dinner. One was 'peerless in song. The other was a mistress In the aTt of recitation. It was at the llttlo commander's request that each In her specialty entertained all who could be crowded into the ladles' cabin later in the evening/.* "fho Bkiiifui arrangement wa# not notloe4 by the travolere, but the tjrew that hail the privilege of tho c.ubiiiH not only (|aw# but understood, ,>for never before I ) ;t (I III.) sell ?lu> nullum head of the etej^iner with two riv al* on i h? name trip, aii wa? going well lOvon ? !"? CjOOfc baml V. In) I .?winl Oil tlx ; , ? ;i k?> of the water \\h<n.all ed to iluty by the pllot'n bull pried out hits "quarter letm twain" In a inoUxlloiiw koy, WIhmi (|10 HteUiner backed out oik the second day of the voyage from hpx landing at Htjrinuii- one of tl??> ?aril . ( 1 1 the distinctly Gorman set ' ' in the wrist, and it remains H<> to i.t: <i;iy in rUaioinx and Al*-. chltoit are tli ere was a now paason ger on board. Ho wan a young l'ru saiai'. Hit; Ih nrinj, quickly in?ii< ?? 94 that h< was ill tlio 8erv ice of bin emperor. A foreign uniform in that parr of the country at that, ? tiui? was ho unuHual that It caused a flut ter. Ho was given quarters in the Texas, the upper moat structure of th' Htcjimboa^f of Wetileru ftV0r$ Tho captain; Hatlsflod wttb the rank and Htandlng of the Prussian, pre sented him to the two queens. The count immediately showed his pref erence for the falr-lialred plrl of the north, at the same time paying marked deference to the dark-browe beauty of the southland. The cap tain was pleased to be relieved in part of playing cavalier to Ills double charge. . % ^ ' Tho tie-up at Hoonvllle brought on board another passenger. He wasi of the Indian type. Ilia command ing manner cauBed the hands on the bow and even tho bluff mato to stand aside until he passed up the grand stairway ,alid the raulato who followed with his maHtor'H baggage, stepped with an air of conftequettco .that showed he was the servant of a mail who demanded attention and knew how to accept it. He also was given headquarters in the Texas.The captain knew him and in his case no credentials wcro necessary. That night Hidalgo and Heidelberg, so| named by the clerk, met after dinner] in tho ladies' cabin, and the assem blage looked on as the four types, I I two of fascinating womanhood, two i representatives of. manliness and! culture, met under the prismatic j chandeliers that played 0 tinkling) I music to the vibrations of' tho natty ] little steamer. The fine old captain j stood with folded hands on tho dl- ( i vidlng lino of the two cabins and ! j remarked to his clerk, "There will be trouble before we get to our j destination." The ney* night was starlit. The : sparks 'from the steamer's black smokestacks flew backward like a swarm of fireflies and fell into the waters that were upturned to foam fiom tho - m oiui ions of the wheels! and glistened 'n the shimmer of a i ( W moon. Tj'.o captain piped his musicians aloft and there the mln-j uot was danced on the hurricane deck. It mus> be admitted that In tho .early times the southerner ex celled in the movements that make1 thoTininuet the dance of the court. On 1 his nigh', the tropical tyiJes wer the favorites. The Prussian, unac customed to the conventionalities Ot the new country^ showed resentment when his partner failed to receive tho tamo admiration that uu UllMtiikUOl) f,i.? H to li>? (4U0UU 1 *t the Houm. ihtiro wuh u<> utiomp> to B,wiuo (he a irritation, and be aum a vhaiionge to luu MlUlllgO. / Thu watchful cupiain Kept pace with all itiai wait transpiring. lint nil t>plv#? iii bt, prvwuuu wi.ut would uaw ovm a turiiitr, van mi tn?u hurricaue <)<?i it aoart ib# wneui-ho'iu tu. i'oisciial.y, tUu < upturn wouid have on jo) ou yyaiu,toh?im u uitun w 11 ore wounutd honor sought h.uib faction, but ui? rvpuu ituu or Urn 11 aft was lucre Mail p.M'HwUal gf??l~ float Ion. I to sumiuout-d 1 in* Hocoiidu to ItiH quui'ioih uua ioi oriot'd mm if tho proposed duel wnw hold bl WOlItU tail up lilj 'ho prlMolpultt ami all gunvufuod and pitch thorn overboard. Tho llidaigo huw tlio humor of thf piM.nmluy and thought iio would 011 joy it, but tho Prussian wan ho ihOuk^d that iit ? ? hi wora i" 1 bo captain thai li such a tormiiiutlon followed, he would upptiui to his euiporor. The captain whh not alarmed hy the throat, but ho wished to appease t hi* IM iiBt lan whllo ho wan a pasHon1 g?y, A couforcnce was called and1 tho commander of tint steamer nub milled a proposition that had tbu vlrtuo of ??' in;- ?0 uiiuju?> (but It wan agrood to. The steamer would tho next day found a bund off whicii stretched u gr?Ht oxpaitbt* of hand bar. Tho bur wa? tho r< iiii??/vouB of wild getpfte and brant every spriug, Tlioy stop P?i In innumerable ()O0I t ho.'.. Wffe I. w(i!iiliir of llu* now irawilers in tho west, The captain informed ij, : ligereht p&fty that it wiy 0110* loinary at tho ueagon thon at hand for Bicnniorn to Blow down at the 1. r and (five tsportsmen on board a chance at tho ii<>< i<?, wltli tho uiiflor standing that all game that was brought down wan to bo served to pllBBengei'H, He propouod^.to Blow <?' :iwn, lower tho yawl and Bond H1 a.dioro with as many a*> could get5 in. N The dueling party would bo first sent. There wuh a oottonwood grove a half mile from tho water line. Thither the duelists and par ty could go and "have it out" whllo the ganio hunter:) woro mak ing Bliots on the Bund. In cane of fatlllty iu tho cottonwooda the cap tain would accord all honors neces sary. This would ontail publicity and explanations. On the other after honor had been satisfied tho party could return, and unless they cared to proclaim the affair tho passengers would never know but that the party Jiad been "gam- j trig for geese in the woods" The! little captain chuckled hh ho put It as quoted. Tho t Prussian winced, but tho proposition was accepted. Tho result was as tho captain an ticipated. The party from the Cot tonwood grovo returned unscathed. The gcoao hunters returned with game, and the p'assengres had birds the remainder of tho voyage. The cottonwood party waB served that night by the captain In his quar rand when the wine waft quaffed tho two beauties wore told that t?hoy' had contributed to the most unusual incident that ever happened in wes tern waters. Tho ' otb<3r pasBen gers were ignorant of the real mean j ing of tho wild goose hunt on the bar that day. Tho Prussian and the man from, tho south disembarked at Ft. lea ven worth on tho arrival of tho. steal er at. that port- ? the Prussian to make observations for his govern ment on army matters Ait that post, tho American to proceed 6?i his way across the continent, and thence across the Pacific. The queens left the steamfer at points further up/ the river. The Prussian fell in the l<Vunco PrusbiQh wnr. The American wan brought back" helpless from Pekln mfter tho Boxer uprising, and died the day he quit the steamer at Shu Francisco. | What of the queens? Thry he ? :v.vv mothers of men who explored mines and exploited two groat railroad llijes of the country. . Uad laid uy fortunea for thcmaolveB u.id lUMir lauilucM. Ihe little cap iu.h retired when eteainboatlng $ b* ? ? wuy to the railroad. t ? ho ?ioiy U now tuld by the eon Of >iiu ttrtK pilot of the (truck little Uicumcr, (Jvnoa, commanded byVCap i.'iii TllNMUD0ftQ9i 91)1 of (ho favor i yM ?-i iito >i??huw?i river trade, iio iVvKd >< o|]| hi tlx' >. looking room of mi o.'ouu liner on which we were voyager*. Bt.a Louia (llobo-l)omo mat. '? ?? -j>i ' n Oli u :+* . 7+1*T,m t ? r? v - * - Thing* w? Think, ? Wo auppot>6 tho roaaon womun r wear tht uai.B the! come down atmut A. heir our# Ih ho that ihey can't hour tho mean thiugB men auy. about them. Thef? will h<? no hIIoiiI v oti * among (ho women doctor*. A poison who can't Rot along svUii tiiii nuighuoie ^U) uaufcUy tttiv that 1 he invii In n il with the n?<i k bora. It |h t)li "try*" not tho "fltl/'i thai open ii'?' f iood gates ? > i oratory, More noon are i.iii down at C'hriat v inuH time than are pointed on Ai boi Ihiy. ? \ 'lheut la Hitch a thing aw ^So^om Ing ho wiao to all con gamon that you will i>nbH up a real gold brick It |* no longer a quoMtifln of wjiat to do 1 h our ox-prcBldnota, To tlio itcpuuticana and Democrat!) it h a ?i uutii ion ot what to do lo our ex president. With woman- miff ruge becoming general, cundidateji wttl nood to de vise u now lino ot campaign "bunk," Uod probaluy uovor lntonded man to no n.ttmtti'u -.oocuu?o If- he wafi be wouui hftyb nothing to priy for.. in mo j- i t wi'iiun are learning to run oieyatom. i? thla going up or down? Your faults are better known by your equal* than your suporlora, iii.- i ? ? < ? i in t.ii.u ; imws <i i :: poots working at manual labor. In these probporotli dayH oven , $0*t* can oarn a living, i 'ai i onizo home industry, Con vert tin- houUiblvs af homo flnit. The Woman who desplies matrl niony usually does not npoak from experience. . ' J ? , A foul uiiMelflsh man Ih one who geia busy moving things out of tho way of* t ho one who la rapidly get ting to tho front. Those who weigh their words do not always upeuk with weight. The moral yard stick your neigh bor uaeson you la usually a ahort one? about the name length uh .the otto you UBO'onhini^ 10v?<y man has an Inalienable right to work ? but some men do not lnalat on exercising all their prerogatives. The girl who only haa ono man to choose between uaually Ib mar ried tho quickest. A man's holiday 1b Just what hlH wife ltaB been waiting for. ? She haa (laved up about a week's work in anilv-lpailcn of the occasion. Tho man who deserts the family that ho hat* helped to create la bo amftl) by nature that a mosquito couldn't find a laudlivg place. With two young ladles on tho BO fa, give a man an inch and he'll got between them. A woman would father not know a. secret than not have ahyono to a 11 it (o. Widows and widowers are not an selfish and avaricious as other peo ple. Many of t.hein devote much time and energy to looking out for No. 2. Lots of folks do not want to go to heaven for fear they will never Ret there. The old maid who waits theJpng ont for a -husband kleks the moat about hiin after she gets him. When a man gets ho Berloualy i h lov? that-Iic -declarea himself 'ready to lay down his life for his aweet hcart, it Ib teally cruel of her to facetiously ask: "On the dead?" Two can UVa as cheaply as one but they don't,, . > * It beats&ll. how surprised a girl can appear when the qu/stion is popped alter she lias been pre paring for It for wlx months. An eastern doctor ?ays glrla have flVe sonls. We don't begrudge the d'ffaf, uwcet things as many of them as they -want- ? vror "have enough trouble i rylng to i&Ve one ffom purgatory. j Sometimes the ftfeest thing about having c^mpanyifj seeing theW go. It appears Inconsistent for a per Lfon td get into a .tantrum arguing . I'elipion. " 4 Statistics Hta I e that i.welve bil i lion telephone ineHSiigea were sent in the United States during 1911. There must be nn error somewhere ? w<? found the line busy more than . -?????? , The tflec'.orn! collw will also nv.'ko Wilscii. its president. It costs about a dollar for every vote cast In these United States. Did you get your money's worth?