The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 19, 1904, Image 4
SAW BEECHER.
Sr, Funk Hid A CoLVtrution With
th* Stad PrMcher.
Col. Wright Showi That It Hu In-
creued in Lata Yeart.
A HI8BAOI FROM HIM FI&ST.
Dr* Funk Saji that He Saw Here her
-- - <n fgairiwAnkd Form 'am4
Told of the World ot
Spirits.
Dr. I. K. Funk of Lite Funk & Wag-
nails publishing bouse, well'known as
a lecturer In the cause of total abstln*
'tii’ * -a • ,
ence from intoxicants and as an editor
of prohibition'publications, says The
New York Sun, has embodied in book
form the result of his investigation of
peychic phenomena which have seemed
toTilm to be supernatural in their na
ture. Th)s book published today un
der the title “The Widow’s Mite and
Other Psychic Plienomena,’’contains
a quantity of new information regard
ing Dr. Funk’s commnnicattons with
the alleged spirit of Dr. .Henry*Ward
Beecher about a year ago. The main
points of tiie Widow's Mite story were
printed at that time. ’
Dr. Funk’s new book tells the story
crlcumstaiitially and suppinrts It with
a quantity of affidavits from every
oneconcerned -except, of course, the
> spirits. Dr. Funk tells of a talk he
had face to face with the temporarily
re-embodied spirit of Henry Ward
Beecher. This Incident has never
been related before and will be wel
corned by those who have sought data
■‘for settling in their own minds the
degree of creduillty of scepticism of
which the author is possessed. There
are also the tabulated ppinibns of
forty eminent psychologists In univer
sities throughout lire world on the
actual slgnltieance of the phenomena
as described by Dr. Funk.
The incident of the Widow's Mite
in brief was as follows:'
Irving S. Konev, an employee of Mr.
Funk, early in IDOli .invited bis em
ployer, Dr. I.sK. 'Funk, to go with
him td the horntTof a tifty-eiglit-year-
old widow. She was a ‘'medium,’’
but (lever took money for her services
The meetings, which be attended were
‘‘weekly pmyermeet-bigH^f kbeJamiiy,
living and dead" and occurred “every
Wednesday for four, years.” There
was no ciiarge for any of the servives
undertaken.
There were three “controls,” or
spirits wliocould be called up at will
by the medium and her family. These
were a niece of the medium named
Mamie, a son cf tiie medium named
0f K th *,* 00 i n SrtftiE g,ven ' nor THE COST OF LIVING
where it abould be sent.”
r All the answer Dr. Funk could get
to questions on these t wp points was
“For some reason Mr. Beecher does
not tell.” I- •
It turned out that the control waS . .
right 16 designating the larger and BTK ick1HG FACTS AND FIQUE18
darker coin as the genuine Widow’s
Mite" and that, a mistake had been
made in the dictionary.
To the ^statement of the incident of
“t^Ttie Widows -Mite” pr. Funk adds
this: ^ __
“In a circle In^New York, shortly
after “The Widow’s Mitis’ Incident, I
Presetiied by’the Compiluloii
Bureau ot Commerce
er oT
aad
Labor, Which Will Inter
est Every One.
the public the
commodities.
The lowest price of. the-Treflned“pro-
duct of the Standard Oil company,
150 degrees, water white,,, waa in
March, 1893,- 7 1 8 cents a gallon, and
jbe hlgbeat was In Novejnber and De
cember, 1903, 15 cents a gallon. T is
is an Increase of 100 per cent, in illu
mination in 10 years. Crude petin-
leum also ln;rea«eQ from ,51 3 8 cents
per barrel in October, 1892, to 11.881
barrem December;
Amos and a friend ttaniedjGeorgejCar^ ^, h ^ m t.hp utnrg
the widow’s mite with a request for
Dr. Funk tells that lie took part in
two “Wednesday evening sittings,”
before lie met with anything start
ling. He says of tiie third visit that
he was “quite tired, listening to
“talks between tiie cabinet and tiie
kitteTs. ” At 11 o’clock the control
called George, n» usual strong mas
culine voice, abruptly asked: “Has
any one here got anything that be
longed to Mr. KeerherV'’
There was no reply and Dr. Funk,
who had known Henry Ward Beecher,
remarked that he had in ids pocket a
letter from tiie Bev. I>r, N. Dwight
Hlllls, d’Successor of Dr. Beecher, ami
asked if that was meant. The me
dium said:”
“No, but 1 am told by a spirit ptes-
ent, John Kakestraw, that Mr. Beech
er, .who is not present, Is concerned
-About Ian anclent-colbi the 'Widow’s
Mite.’ This coin is out ot its place,
and should be returned. Mr. Beecher
looks to you, doctor, to return it."
Dr, Funk told the control that he
had no coin of Dr. Beecher. He remem
bered then that he had borrowed, some
nine years before, a valuable ancient
coin known as the “Widow’s Mite”
from a Brooklyn gentleman, who bad
been a friend of Dr. Beecher and told
the control about it adding that be
bad promptly returned It. -
The control replied: “This one has
not been returned,’’ and then began to
discuss a “large iron safe." After in
timations that the safe was In Plym
outh church, the control said that
“Widow’s Mite” was In “a safe li
drawer under a lot of papers.”
The Insistent statement that the
coin had not been returned and the
fact that such an unusual piece of
money should have beeu mentoned im
pressed Dr. Funk so strongly that the
next morning be asked bis brother,
who bad been the business manager
of the Standard Dictionary, for use In
which the coin had been borrowed, If
he"remembered “The Widow’s Mite,”
and what bad become of It. He was
equally certain that the coin bad been
returned Dr. Funk did not tell him of
the incident of the previous night.
That same afternooiTTlie cashier
searched the large Iron safe in Dr.
Funk’s office, and found an envelope
containing two “-Widow’s Mites’Mnan
envelope lying under a pile of papers
In a little drawer of the large safe.
It was discovered by comparison
with the plate of Illustrations in the
distlonary that the lighter and smal
ler of the two coins had beemjFed, and
it was remembered that ai expert’s
opinion had been called in to decide
itblch of the two coins was genuine.
The other coin was much blacker than
the one used. - - — .
“The following Wednesday even-,
ing,” says Dr. Funk, “1 recalled the
incident of the coin to the control.
There are two of them,’ 1 said. ‘Now,
George can you tell me which of the
two is the right oneV” Without hesita
tion he answered: ‘The black one.’ I
wu certain that the lighter one was
the correct coin, as that was the one
we had used in the dictionary. 1 asked
him whether he was sure It was the
black one. His reply was instant:
‘Certainly.’ ”
The control further explained that
the coin should go to some place in
Connetlcut and said that Dr. Funk
had received it from a friend of Dr.,
Beecher, who had been connected with
A lAffce women’s school on Brooklyn
Heights.
“This Information about the own
Of the ‘Widow’s Mite.^ SMA^Dr.
Funk, was all correct as. far as it
wpat, for the gentlemanTronf whom
I got It was Prof. Charles K. West,
who had been for jean at the head of
A ; ladies’ seminary on Brooklyn
Heights. But the curious thing was
so much could be told of the de-
and yet the name of the owner
was called up to the cabinet, It having
been announced that Mr. Beecher was
present and wished to speak to me.
“Sure., enough, when the curtains
were parted, there was the Beecher
face, wonderfully lifelike.
“ ‘Doctor,’ said a deep, husky voice
- all the spirit voices at this particu
lar circle arc peculiarly husky, except
those of the three controls--T am glad
to talk to ; you in this way, I and oth
ers here wish you to organize on your
side, and we shall organize on our side,
for an effjrt to bring about conditions
that will make it easy for usToTSome
in a visible form and talk to you face
to face, if we Fhall be able to do this,
it will greatly tend to bring to an end
-all thought of meterjallsm on earth,
and will lift the world to a much
higher plane of thought and action.
j&)_ pot put this by lightly; it means
much to the world.
- ‘Do you st'e-my face clearly?’ He
drew the curtalnsLyack, and the face
was turned full toward the dim light:
‘It is with great difficulty that we
come back-into visible form. You
have in adequate thought of the na
ture, th# largeness, and the com
plexity of tiie difficulties that must be
surmounted by the spiritual world in
order to return to this way, but-we
cap surmount these fully, so our
scientific leaders assure us. We have
surmounted them in part; your side
can largely help-by supplying the
proper the light and heart c mdltlons.
1)6.not smile when we speak of mag
netism and vibrations and waves.
/There Is such a thing as mind or soul
ether. Jo this ether your thought
and feeling and will and ours are dis
turbing and controlling forces—very
real. You must study on your-side
these psychic forces and their laws,.
The following article which Is furn
ished tiie Columbia State by its Wash
ington correspondent is very interest
ing reading:
How greatly the cost of living has
increased in the last 10 years is strik
ingly demonstrated in a bulletin just
t ua 11 or? /vsxwt 4-Via VI a a v-t-iAr-k #- AAVtrk
Issued from the department of com
merce and labor, by Col. Carroll D.
Wright, commisdoner of the bureau
of labor. The bulletin shows the cost
of living in 1903 and for 13 ygars pre
ceding.
Wholesale figures are used by'CoI.
Wright. In his comparisons and in his
explanations for u^ng them as a basis
for Ids results tiie commissi* ner says:
“Wholesale prices'have Invariably
been used for tiie purpose of sh wing
changes in tiie general price level.
They are more sensitive than retail
prices and more quick to reflect changes
in conditions. Retail prices usualijrf WEATHER
follow the wholesale, but not general
ly in the same proportion. The mar-.,
giu between them in tiie ca^e of some
commodities is so great that slight
changes in the wholesale-price do not
affect tiie -retoil. 'Changes in the
wholesale price which last for a.sliort
time do not .usually result in corres
ponding-changes in tiie retail prices. ’
The" method used by Col. WxighC
in making his report is tiie same pur
sued by leading statisticians the world
over, and in comparing the prices for
1903 with former years he reduces the
price for tiie preceding 13 yearsTo an
average price for that period.
‘ * 'avhkaojc iiroifutt __
Tiie average prjees of all commodi
ties were higher In 1903 than at any
time since and including 1900. Farm
products reaciied the lowest average in
and the, highest jn 1902. Cloti
ad van
tage of
cheaper
1903,
“tins
is the Standard OH company’s excuse.
The lowest price for sugar was lo
1904 and the highest price was 1890.
Rugar waa about 8 per cent, and IQ
percent, lower in 1903 than during
the preceding 13 years. .
Yctive working Qf the coal oom-
bI nation Is Shown in the comparison
of the highest and lowest prices dur :
log the perl ifr Upder discussion. -The
lowest price of anthracite egg was lo
September, 1&95. Inthe latter part
of 1902 , and throughout\l903 the
wholesale price was 44 95. Commis-
doner Wright says no attempt
oeen made in any way to go into
cause of the rise and fall of prices.
"The aim has been to gtve the
prices as they actdelly prevailed in
the market.” The causes, he bolds,
are too complex, the relative influence
too uncertain, in some cases too many
economic qu-stions to permit their
discussion in connection with this
bulletin
AND CROP
Favorable Conditiona Follow Fa\
Halna Throughout the State.
which I have come—watch me closely.’
“The Image, or whatever It was,
slowly sank*to the floor aocl then dis
appeared. Before It sank, a hand was
placed upon my shoulder. The hand
was suilHtantial—very human. What
was It?"
Dr. Funk gives in bis appendix a
list of well-known: psychologists to
T
opinions as to its significance.
ARRESTED IN PARIS.
Mlaa lte.il Crane, ot Georgia, Told Sen-
Rational Story About Abduction.
United States Consul General Gowdy
avTaris, France, recently received a 11903, was^bl percent, above the aver*
htter from an . American girl siying age price for the preceding 10 years,
that she tyas locked up in a provincial and the average price for the year was
and clothing were lowest in 1897 an
highest in 1890. Fuel and lighting
were lowest in 1H94 highest in
1903. Metals and-implements were
lowest In 1898 and highest , fn 190CT.
Lumber and building materials vwere
lowest in 1897 and highest in 1903.
Raw commmodities and Manufac
tured commodities have been seperat-
ed for further examination. In tiie
gniups deslgqated“ as”’’raw" ire" in
cluded all farm products, beans, coffee,
eggs, milk, rice, nutmegs, pepper, tea.
vegetables, raw silk, wool, coal, cjrude
petroleum, copper ingots, pig lead; pig
Iron, bar silver, spelter, pig tin. brim
stone, jute and rubber, a total of 50
articles. ^
The average price forambese com
modities during January and Febuary,
The weekending 8 a. m.y May 9th,
had a mean temperature of 69 degrees,
which is slightly less than one degree
below normal, due to cool weather tfur-
Ing the first and warm during the last
portion. There were no exceptionally
low minima, nor high maxima, the ex-;
treme range having been between 50
and 84. The winds were easterly dur
ing the opening days and shifted to
seutherly during the last of the week.
There was more than the normal
amount of cloudiness, and the deli
ciency in sunshine was harmful to rice
and cotton.
The rainfall was below normal and
-ranged from e-mere trace to--over
■ORIGIN OF KKKOUAL DAY
jail without any Charge having been
made against her. 1 Tue consul general
sent a report to the Jail and secured
the girl's release and return to Paris.
He then cabled to her parents residing
at Denature, Ga., requesting funds cent
for her return to America. more
The girl related a sensational story.
She claimed to haWiSeen abducted by
an American seeking to marry her
and said she accompanied him on an
automobile tour, was locked up in a
room in a country hotel, escaped and
was made to walk across the country
and was art sled as a 'wanderer by the
French authorities.
Inquiries made by-Mr. Gowdy’s re
port established the correctness of her
detention at the provincial jail, but
the story of her abduction was not
yeritied, except by her statement,
which has been reduced to an affidavit
before the consul. The names of the
parties are withheld, as no legal steps
have been taken against the alleged
abductor and owing to the doubtful
the character of some of the accusations.
Pending the arrival of funds the girl
Is being cared for by the American
Young Women's Christian associa
tion.,/^!
a dlspatctr from Atlanta, Ga., says
investigation developed the fact that
the young woman referred to In the
above dispatch from Paris Is "Miss
Belle Crane of Decatur, Ga., who went
to London a year ago to, give concert
readings/ MisVCr&ue was well, known
here, having attended Agnes Scott
institute, a well known college for
women. Her father is B.'S. Crane
who holds a prominent position with
the Virglnia-Carollna Chemical com
pany. He had beard nothing'from his
daughter for several weeks bulAbout
eight days ago in response to a Cable
gram from American Consul'General!
Gowdy that Miss Crane was in Paris
and wished to return home he cabled
•200 to pay the expenses of her return
passage. Miss Crane went, to Europe
with & party of friends from Cin
cinnati. She had contracted with a
Mr. Angel, an American who was go-
higher than for the
ihg to Europe accompanied by his wife,
to give a series of concert readings,
but upon the death Of Mrs. Angel
the plan was dropped and Miss Clane
went to live with a Mbs Lestrade In
London. Several weeks ago she left
London for Paris. The Associated
Press brought Mr. Crane the first in
formation of the sensational incident
In Paris.
Killed in a Prize FlKht.
fna teicjBtmd preliminary before
tiie Central GaBfoWa Athletic club at
Fresno, CaL, Johnny Bryant was
pounded into insensibility by Walter
Robinson, a negro, and received In-
juri s from which he died id a few
l^ours. Tiie tight ended itx the ninth
round in'which Bryant was floored six
times. His seconds had thrown the
sponge fnto jfcfie ring when the blow
on the j»tf that rendered Bryant un-
copsetous was struck. . R.binson has
been arrested.
22.7 per cent
same period. y —
Manufactured commodities advanc
ed to a level only exceeded in the year
1890. They were higher by per
than in 1897, by 11 per cent,
than in 1899, and about 1 per
cent, higher than in 1902.
Under the head of farm products,
consisting of 10 articles, it Is shown
that wheat increased 5.1 per cent.;
steers, good to choice, 6.9 pell cent:
timothy hay, 19.2 per cent; corn i21.1
percent.; barley, 21 2 peroent.;ihtdesi,
24 8 per cent.; oats, 31.7 per oen£t
hogs, 37 per cent.; cotton, 44.7 per
cent.,; New York hops, 59 5 per cent.
There was a decrease pt 1.3 pfer cent,
in sheep, 2.5 per cent, in rye and 5.9_
per cent, in flaxseed.
■ yiKTY-THKKK AKTICLB8.
Fifty-three articles of food are
given,
increase over the average for the pro
ceeding 13 years ranging from 5 per
cent, on bread, in the-Washington
market, to 72 per cent, on pepper from
Singapore.
A 5 per cent, increase is noted on
dried codfish and potatoes, 6 per cent,
on butter and iO pev cent, on canned
sal mon. New Qrlean molayes inrmm.
12 5 per cent.j, crackers, ’ Boston X v
12.5 per cent.; milk, 12.9 per cent.;
mess beef, 13 per cent.; western ham,
-i-T- per-'Oent. ; taHnw, i 7.2 per cent, ;
eggs, 23.2 per cent.; mackerel, 23.5 per
cent.; oornmeal, 23 and 25 per cent:;
smoked hams, 34 per cent. ; lard, 34
per centf; beans, 35 per cent.; bacon
and salt pork, 42 and 43 per* cent,
herring, 51 per cent. There waa a de
crease in sugar of from 1.2 to 5 per
cent ; In soda crackers, 9.5 per cent
in flour, 6 4 per cent.; in ylnegar, 12
per cent.;'tn evaporated fruits, about
28 per cent. » The price of coffee fell
57.4 per cent.
Of 70 articles of clothing the prices
cf 56 foy* 1903 were higher than„.Tbe
average price for the preceedlng period
since 1890. The Increases.ringed from
3 per pent, for ginghams to 20.8 per
cent^for, sheetings. Women’s dress
goods werd 14 3 per-qeot. higher; over
coatings, 17,3 per cent, higher; blan-
ets, U*.8 per cent, higher.
' KUKL AND UOHtT
an
inch and a half. The western and the
second tier from the coast of eastern
counties had the largest amounts and
the north central ones the smallest.
The sljywers were local in “character
and largely Insufficient, but it is safe
to assume that In...one-third of the
State the drought has been relieved,
or nearly to, although more rain would
pteve-benelteiaHn^ftfcapjJttotw. "Matt
occurred at a few plaefS,' "(Rj’lftg no
damage. '• ' < ^-
The week was favorable for the
rapid progress of farmwork, and all
staple crops have been planted with
the exception uf bottom lands and late
rice. As a rule, cultivation has kepU
pace with the growth of crops, and
fields are free from grass and weeds.
Cut worms, bu(J worms and birds con
tinue to dathage stands of corn on bot
toms, and Colorado beetles have ap
peared on white patatoes.
There is a general improvement
noted in com, where showers occurred,
in stands, growth md color; but where
the rainfall was light, or where n »ne
fell, it remains small and yellow. Most
of it has received its 4irst cultivation
and some ttsjiecond. Considerable re
planting is being done.,
^ Cotton is coming up better, and
stands baveimproved materially dur
ing the last week, and, generally, the
plants tnive a' healthier look, but on
red and clay lands germination and
growth continue slow, and unsatisfac
tory. Early cotton is being replanted
In many sections, while later plant-,
ingsare coming up to good stands '’U
ndy lands. Some has received Its
rst cultivation and
lb the Southern counties. Sea-island
cotton was greatly benetitted by the
showers and humid, warm weather.
A Georgia Woman First Suggested
the Patriotic Custom. *
The beautiful and appropriate cus
tom of setting apart one day annually,
for the decoration of the graves oj^he
heroes of the "Lost Cause" originated
In Columbus, Ga.,'l866. Toe woman
to whom we owe this lovely Ids pm-"
lion was Mrs. Mary Ann Howard Wil
liams.
Mrs. Williams Was the daughter of
Maj.’John H. Howard, of Columbus,
and wife of Maj. C. J. Williams, who
served in the Mexican war as major
of the First Georgia regiment, com
manded by Cul. Henry R- Jackson.
Col. Williams commanded the First
Georgia regulars in the war between
the States and diedJWtbe service.
After her husband’s" death' M
Williams devoted her life to the
of Confederate soldiers, andDtt was,
through her anxious thought fur their
welfare and comfort, that she con-
vvd and put into active operation
from Virginia to Georgia the benefi
cent system of the “Wayi-ile Homes,”
where any Confederate soldier could
receive at any time rest and refresh
ment and also mecfteal attention, if ill
or wounded. These "Wayside fiomes”
were the means of inesti tnable good
all during the war. One ht Mrs.
Williams’ annual customs was ttre
oration of her husband’s grave on the
anniversary of his death, and on one
occasion her little daughter! Florence,
accompanied i^er to assist in the lov
ing duty. Missing the little girl after
they had been thus occupied for a
sVirt while she also missed a large
proportion of the flowers, aud on her
return her mother said: _
y, Florence, you have taken
nearly AlJ of my flowers.”
“Oh, mamma,” she saidr “they
were soldiers, toj.”
The llttle. 'glrl had scattered her
flowers, as far as they would go, on
the'graves of other soldiers, #ho were
' buried near by.
! This incident first brought to Mrs.
Williams' mind the Idea of devoting
one day annually to decorating in lov
ing memory the graves of the “men
who wore the grey.” The following
is the letter written by her to the Co
lumbus Times, suggesting the idea
that was accepted ana hu been in op ;
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MACFEAT’S BUSINESS
Henry Stanley Dead.
HenrrM- Stanley, the treat Afri
can explorer, whom the New York
Herald sent into Africa.thirty-yean)
ago to find David Livingston—and
who found him—died at his home In
L ndon, England, on Tuesday. His
age is not given, but It was somewhere
about sixty.
The table of fuel and lighting Shows
an astonishing increase In the cost to
tbe-consumer. The increase during
1903 over the average-price for the
preceding 10 years, of petroleum, re
fined, 150 degrees fire test, was 53.1
percent.; petroleum for export 32 5
per centG anthracite coal, 26.2 per
cent.; anthracite stove coal; 27.1 per
cent; anthracite chestnut ooal, 34.
per cent.; anthracite egg-coal, 34.3
per cent. The only Item in the class
showing a decline Is parlor matoheti,
which fell! off .14 4 per cent. The
average Increase for 1003 over the
period's! noe,1890 was 49.3 psr cent.
In another series of tables giving
the prevailing price for DeoembSI,
1903, as the year closed, the report
shows a decided upward tendency.
For instance, petroleum, refined, had
increased to '68-.-6 per cent, over the
average for the preceding period slnoe
1890, and farm products were 12.2 per
cent, higher.
Figures on the price of petroleum
and raw sugar are especially Intereat
ing In view of the contention made In
behalf of the trusts that they give
but growth has been slow. The acre
age is only from one fifth to one-half
that of last year.
Oats are poor, and are beading low
in all sections, except on moist bot
toms. -
Wheat is. more promising, and al
though low is heading well and is in
bloom.
White potatoes are poor in the coast
districts and promfsing in the interior.
Shipments have beuun from the for
mer sections; also of beans. ‘ c i
Truck is late except strawberries,
that are bearing exceptionally well.
"Excessive dropping Ct .peaches is
noted in all savo-the ‘‘ridge” sections
where from three-fourths to a full
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eration-ever since and that the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, .‘'the Confed
erate veterans and all true Southerners
hofe wjjl continue, througb.the yWs -v s.
to come in the spirit, in 4ich it ^ WWoUr char|
intended, day trade sacred as th
South's tribute to the men who gav£\
their lives for theikeountry, and nov
as a day for holiday spurts. =*
Mrs. Williams died In Columbus, on
April 15, 1874; and was buried with
military honore.^and her grave la
decorated by loving hands on every
Memorial Day.
Following is the letter to the Co
lumbus Times written b$ Mrs. Wil
liams in which the plan of setting
apart one day for the decoration of
Coofderate soldiers' graves was first
suggested: ; '
Columbus,,Ga., March 12, 1866.
Messrs. Editors: The ladies are
now, and have been for several days,
engaged in the sad, but pleasant duty
of ornamenting and improving that
portion of the city cemetery.jiacred
to the memory of our gallant Con
federate dead, but we feel it is an un^
finished woik unless a day be set apart
annually for its et-p.'cial attention.
We cannot raise monumental shafts,
and inscribe thereon their many dee^s
of heroism, hut^we can keep alive the
memory of the debt we owe them by
dedicating at least one day in each
year to embellish their-humble graves
with flowers.
, Therefore, we beg the assistance of
the press, and the ladies thr oughout
the-South, to aid us .lathe efforts to
rt a certain day to be observed^
from tbe Potomac to the Rio Grande,
and be banded-down through time as
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are fully competent are scarce. We do work only one way,—the
best—we can make any part of a watch, or a coinpieU watch.
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A SPRING CARNIVAL.
Make
Columbia Gotti rut Heady to
Merry With-Her Friends.
Columbia is preparing Tor a spring
carnival-which will exceed in attrac
tiveness anything before attempted
at this time of_year by the caplt.il
city. The chamber of commerce is
back of the undertaking and has re
ceived. assurance from a number of
towns in the State which' indicate
that Ibe attendance will be as large
aw the crowds which gather In-Golum-
bia fair week. Tiie day attractions
on the streets -will be by one of the
best carnival shows that could be
obtained, and the'great night attrac-
„ ,* n, lo .u . ouwmieu. auu me great niKut attrac-
a religious euirtwri of the ti.uns win be tEe fireworks-tbe fall oL
wreath the graves of our martyred
dead with flowers, and we propose the
26th day of April as the day.
Lut every city, town, and village
join In the pleasant duty, let all alike
be remembered, from tbe heroes of
Manassa to those who expired amid
tbe death throes of our baBqwed cause.
We’ll crown the honored resting
VifglnDC Tobhston at bhiluh, Cle-
burne In Tennessee, and the. host of
gUllant privates who adorned our
ranks. All did tbelr duty, and to all
we owe our gr&ntttude.
L:t tbe soldiers’ graves, from that
day atietut, be tbe Mecca to whose
shrine hV sorrowing women like
crop ts indlcatedT _
Early peaches and plums are ripen
ing along the coast. , - j .. .
Apples and cherries are promising c oa ^ s arounif them, without Chris
In the western counties.
. ‘Sweet potato sprouts are scarce.
Mi nor, crops are in a normal condi
tion
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.Nothing makes a kitchen cupboard
more attractive than gleaming tin
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For removing stains and spots from
lavatory basin and bathtub kerosene
cannot he equaled*^ - •
Table, oilcloths or_ the linoleum on
the kitchen floor can be kept fresher
and cleaner with oil than with soap
and water.
A few drops of kerosene will accom
plish Rrfs. Soap and water will re
move tiie oil, and tbe odor will soon
disappear. There Is nothing like
kerosene to make the wash basin
shine.
It Is effective as a furniture polish.
Mahogany can be freed from that blue,
smoky film by the use of a few drops
of oil mixed with a little water. Carv
ed furniture, which defies thei dust wom - n
doth,/pan be made as attractive aa M * H
new-hy brushing U with a soft hair
brush dipped In kerosene.
A few drops of oil will do much to
ward starting particles of dust from
machinery. If a dock is to be clean
ed it oan be done effectively by plac
ing In the lower part a cloth saturated
with kerosene. Tbe bits of dirt and
partldes of dust will be loosened by
the vapor and will drop down and oan
tw removed. ' - *
Pompeii—by the Pain company, pre
senting a ballet of 300 people. -
But tbe great feature of the week
will be the floral parade Thursday
afternoon, May 26th. There will be
two miles of vehicles gaily decorated,
tbe procession being ktTby tbe king
and queen in state. The coronation
will"' take place at the State capitol
just before the gorgeous caravan pro
ceeds up Main street. This feature
alode will attract many people to Co
lumbia, for the most beautiful feature
of reunion week last year was the.
ftpral parade. Thursday- night there
will be a grand ball, which will equal
In pomp and circumstance tbe State
,, , , ■ , —v w .-.-,hall of fair weeks. Indeed it is pro
pilgrims may^nnually bring their to make the Fon-FIower carnl-
grateful hearts ^nd floral offerings, an annual fete, andtbe Tokfi will
tlan ceremopy of Interment, we would
invite the aid of fJ the mostc^WilrlHIug
eloquence thoughout the. hind in-
gurate this custom, by delivering
on the appointed day this year a
eulogy oh the imburied dead of opr
glorious Southern army. They dl
for their country. Whether their
country bad or had not the right to
demand this sacrliice is no longer
for discuslon. We leave that for na
tions to decide in the future. That
it was demanded, that they fought
nobly and fell, holy sacrifices upon
their country's altar, and are entitled
to their country’s gratitude none will
deny. The proud banner under which
they rallied in defence of the holiest
and noblest cause, for which they
suffered and died, has now no name
nor place among the nations of the
earth. •
Legislative enactments may not be
made to do honor to their memories,
biit the veriest radical that ever trac
ed his genealogy back to the deck of
the Mayflower could not refuse us the
simple privilege of paying honor to
those who died defending the life,
honor and happiness of the Southern
If you
wit
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.-id waut to ki •.» ti.*
. n th about y-o u r
tr >ubla, aen<r tor my
fr^» booklet* mid aaif
Fxautnatloa blank*.
No. 1, Nervoi.* Debili
ty (S*zn»l V>*kne*a),
NOjJ. Vantoe*!;
3,Stricture, No.4,
* nay and B'addar 06a-
plainta. No.'S, Plana*
of Womea, No. «. The
Polaon King (Blood
Foltont, No. 7, Oa-
tarrb. Th*** book*
'•bou.d b* In th* hand*
of rrnjjfrfirson afflict
ed. Dr Hathaway,
the anthor. 1*
nlaed an the beet au
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The chamber of Commerce
Mary Ann Howard Williams.
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- .. Got Dameges.
A jury at Sherman, Texas, gave
Liuis James, the actor, a verdict for
110,000 on Wednesday against the
Oriental hotel of that olty. After
James and bis wife had been guests
at tbe hotel the proprietor wrote hjjm
asking him to return pillow-slips said
to be missing, and he sued for
for libel
has se
cured reduced rates on railroads, and
has procured two of the best bands In
the State. There will be a grand
tournament Wednesday, and knights
from all over the State will partlci-
pat^ fpr the prizes ln> gold, aggregat
ing 4150, and for the silver cup for
horsemanship.
Another feature which will draw
many people to Columbia Is the
gathering of the Elks. There will be
a meeting of'dll tbe lodges in the
State, sod a number orother secret
orders are preparing for a like celebra
tion. ,/ .
Columbia is pretties^just at this
time of year, and ? 'the people of that
city think that a Spring floraF carni
val is just the proper thing to give
pleasure to the people of the State at
a big spring jollification.
Columbia,
catalogue.
House
will entitle you to
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Pinno^Ac^OijjaiiB
Kogineer Killed,
dispatch from
A dispatch from Florence to The
State says through freight train No.
209, squib bound, was wrecked at
Hope Mills,-about seven kiiles this
side of Fayetteville, Thursday even
ing. The engine jumped the track
while turning 'k Curve an I turned
completely over, burying Engineer
Byers underneath and killing him
outright, also the colored^ fireman,'
who will die. The curve at that point
is short and the train was going down
grade and this is probably tbe cause
of the wreck, though the particulars
are not obtainable at this hour. The
wrecking train and crew left Thurs
day evening for She wreck. Several
oan also were derailed and turned
over. ; * .
Dead In a Swamp.
The Augusta Herald says Robert
Griffin,, an aged and respected negro,
living, near Hephrtbah, has been
missing from-his home fprffceveral
days, and for a time his famllf
thought the old man had merely wan
dered away from home and was prob
ably at the bouse of some neighbor.
Wednesday afternoonj however, while
some children were going through a
swamp a short distance from tbe old
man’s home, they found bis dead
body lying near a branch. An exa?.
mi nation of the body shows op signs
of foul play of any kind, and it Is be
lieved the old man wandered Into the
woods, became sick and stopped to
re it in the gram, where he probably
died of heart failure jpr exhaustion.
He ; was 80 years old and very feeble.
An Inquest wtH be held Thursday
afternoon.-&£*??***» **
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Suicide Murder. '
Edward Jarnagln and his bride of
five months were found dpad Thursday
in their borne at 1.332 Dakin' street.
The pqjloe believed it toDe a case pf
double suicide. Poison was tbe
of death. Mr. Jarnagio was manager
of the Potter .Wall Mills Company at
24 Lake street Cbicifo. Tbe couple
were married last January In
Mrs^ Jarnagln was Miss Elisabeth
Woodbury. When the pollceWrohed
the -rooms today they found a number
of letters indtoatlng that Mr. Jar-
nagin was being pressed IOe money by
Boston creditors.