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pS Thursday, Jan.16,1908.
Ek* Spends Winter in Bed.
EppFiiNT, Mich., Jan. 9.?Going to
bed with the advent of rigorous
Sg^yeather late in the fall and remaining
there until the temperature
moderates in the spring has been the
\ voluntary and peculiar practice of
sB&i&ter O'Connor, an old resident of
i, for the last thirty years,
nor. is 87 years old and
is home with a nephew. He
renounced aversion to cold
and at present is observing
d custom of spending the
nsconced in blankets on a cot
vithin a few feet of a stove
i -a fire is constantly kept
tair New York Letter.
prize fighters or others in
ntests, survive and revive
er a ''knockout" blow,
kelton Williams, the wizard
ad circles, has proven one of
that know no such word as
and out for good." The
as, in the early days of the
[ Air Line, a director of one
begral roads, and his associai
John Skelton Williams then
xx give some facts of inters'
this time, limited though
st be because of lack of
said of Williams that as a
an, clerk * in his father's
Richmond, that he was eclad
few associates, walked
t.afone,. always absorbed in
ight or in his work. His
swinging gait and manner
Iuie impression uiat nc
ds in his head." So he
>t the wheels commonly in
the above expression is
ut car wheels, railroad
systems, bonds, millions,
arking in the bank, he
article on recuscitating
ailroad properties, many
ingin a bad way finans
article was read by some
>wners of a bankrupt road
ith, and they immediately
hat if anything could be
euscitate, the author of
was the man to do it.
illiams assumed charge,
nly on its feet, but pulled
lying basis. From then
roperties were secured,
maging all with the same
result, and ere long John
Hams' name was on every
e as the railroad king of
The great Seaboard Air
e product of his brain;
: a slight slip, likewise
[lie & Nashville would
1 his hands. As a railte,
financier, milHonaire,
>n became as well known
>uth,~ and his fame exEurope.
. Ryan, a foe of old, tided
in "downing" him in
)f the Seaboard Air Line,
ses to stay down, and toically
master of the, sitt.
The Seaboard passed
ds of receivers last week,
h is Williams' brother,
tory of this system if
all would include some
striking features in this
lancial world,
ton Williams was^ presiilroad
at twenty six, and
!ter mingling as a peer
rpont' Morgan, Thomas
asr-'MT Kvan ann Edward H. Harriman.
The Seaboard Air Line is over
?|? 3,000 miles long, skirting the Atlanseaboard
from Washington to
fe.Tampa% darting westward in two
^ long divisions to Birmingham and
'fe Montgomery, and gridironing with
sprits branches the States of Virginia,
|!Uf|iorth Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Whip
Hams has been the chief factor in
the Seaboard's career in the past and
will be for the future. As some one
has said, "he was the man of imagination
who saw in the little bankrupt
Southern road, that began nowhere
and ended nowhere, the great
|, system of today and the still greater
system of tomorrow." He was also
i / the man of action who made the
*} ;- dream a reality. Control of this
great line was wrested from him,
but the present condition of affairs
shows the need of Williams at the
helm again, and will be the happy
r termination of the complex condi' %
tions they now have the road in.
Williams is a picturesque fighter;
v ' he has never let up on Ryan and
never will until he is given the con;
trol his great faculties fit him for.
C The appointment of the receivers is
looked upon as a victory for Wil)
- . liams. H. W. Finlayson,
450 Broadway, New York.
The five "yeggmen" arrested in
Lancaster county last week are still
being held. Post office inspectors
have visited Lancaster, and it ap*V
x --tf j-i -i
pears mat some ox mew at ic<?o <uc
old offenders.
The Whirling Dervishes.
Those spirits on the hunt for "sensations"
in Constantinople will wish to
"take in" the dervishes. The whirling
clan have a convenient convent on the
Grand Rue, where their circumnavigations
may be witnessed at 7:30 o'clock
on Friday evening for the admission of
10 cents. This weird performance personifies
the solar system and is exactly
ordered in all its phases. After preliminary
circuits of the ring in single
file to the discordant accompaniment
of flute and tambourine the robed and
turbaned dervishes commence their j
turning. With arms outstretched, the
right palm upward to beseech blessings,
the left depressed to signify mercy
bestowed, the head is bent upon the
right shoulder. The rapid revolving
upon the right heel Is effected by employing
the left toes as motive power.
As the circling accelerates, the long i
white skirts dilate until they stand out
8tiff after the manner of the attenuated
! garment of the premiere danseuse. ]
' Very little space is allotted to each
priest and it seems strange that there
are no collisions. The dance ceases in
an hour or so with the men exhausted.
?Travel Magazine.
Boys' Use of Barometers.
Every English schoolboy who can
afford it has a barometer that he
keeps hidden under his bed or in his
trunk, for in all English schools barometers
are strictly forbidden to the
pupils. Why should they be forbidden?
"Why should they be desired? 1
Through the autumn and winter the
English schoolboy plays football every
afternoon, weather permitting. He i
must play two hours each clear day.
These two hours are taken off his rec- .
itations. They make his school tasks
two hours lighter; hence when he
knows beforehand that the next day ,
will be clear he may spare himself J
two hours of useless study the night
hpfore. His barometer pointing to ,
"fine" saves hinT a lot of toil. But *
when the Instrument points to
"change" then the schoolboy knows 1
that there will be no footbalL Thus
a boy with a barometer has a big advantage.
He often sells weather pre- <
dictions at a penny apiece.?Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Giants Not Long Lived.
Giants are not long lived, says Dr.
Woods Hutchinson in the American
Magazine. "Of nearly 100 names recorded
I have been able to find the
ages at death of only eighteen, as follows:
Lewis Wllkins....* 28
The Giant Constantin 30
Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant 22
Cornelius McGrath 23
James Toller....... 24
Thomas Hasler. .' 25
The Minnesota Giant 18
The Norfolk Giant/. 43
Patrick Cotter 45
Clerk in Bank of England 32
C. Munster 45J.
Winckelmeier..". 22 .
The Kentucky Giant. 22
Lady Aama IS
S. Botis 37
Peter Tuchan 29 ;
The Peruvian Giant 39
Antonlus of-Syria 25
"This makes an average longevity of (
barely twenty-eight years, or only a 4
third as many years as they had inch
es. A giant living to a good old age ts
a thing unheard of."
America's First Book. ,
The first book printed in America :
was "The Eccale Espiritual Fara Flegar
al Cielo" (Spiritual Ladder For *
Reaching Heaven). It was printed In !
the City of Mexico in the early part of ,
1537 by Juan Fablos on a press J
brought from Europe by Fra Julan de j
Zumarraga, first bishop of Mexico. The
first attempt at a newspaper in Amer- (
ica was the Mercurio Volant? (Flying ,
Mercury), Mexico 1693. The first Indian
school was founded in 1534. and 5
industrial schools for Indians date (
back to 1543. "Half a century before ]
our overland pony express was inau- '
gu rated there were regular monthly
mails the length of Spanish-America? *
from Paraguay to San Francisco, a (
little matter of 5,800 miles."-M. A. ]
Lam bug in Scottdale Independent
v Howler and Healer.
Rokitansky, the father of the well
known operatic singers, was professor 1
of pathology at the Vienna university.
Besides the two singers he had another
couple of sons, who had acquired a i
certain celebrity as medical men. One ^
day when the old professor was asked
how bis sons, were gerang on ne re- ,
plied, shaking his head: !)
"You see. friends, two of them heal i
and the other two howl, and the howlers
earn four times as much as the
healers!"?Loudon StandardThe
Philosophical Father.
The old man had finally succeeded
in marrying off two of his seven
daughters.
"Your girls have been blessings,"
said the officiating clergyman after ,
the double ceremony. ,
"Yes," the old . man huskily asserted,
"they are the sort of blessings ,
that brighten as they take their flight" ,
?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Couldn't Take the Job.
An inland graduate came to New
York to seek employment Through a
friend he received an offer of a place
as shipping clerk to a certain firm. In
reply he wrote as follows: "I regret
that I cannot accept your kind offer
of a position as shipping clerk, but ths
fact is that I am always sick when on
the water."?Success Magazine.
Persuasion.
"I can't marry you," she said. "You
are old enough to be my father."
"Don't hesitate on that account Ten
years from now nobody will suspect
it"?Chicago Record-Herald.
There is always reason in the mac
for his good or bad fortune.?Emerson.
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PROHIBITION A UVE ISSUE.
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Several Senators Taking Great Interest
in the Question.
A special from Washington says:
Prohibition has become one of the
ivest questions before the senate of
?e United States in consequence of
the earnestness of Senator Tillman
and others representing prohibition
md local option states, and in the!
lext few days the fight to determine:
fust how far the States may go in the
lontrol of inter-state shipments of
iquor sent into their borders will
:ome squarely before the senate.
r'lorr .vf ricw-vrrria whft ia
oeuawx \jiaj y V/JL uvvtfi..,
jacking Senator Tillman, and who is
anxious to get the senate judiciary
lommission to make a report on this
proposed legislation, will try to force
i yea and nay vote in the senate tonorrow.
He will insist that senators
?o on record on this matter. He with
jther senators does not like the somaolence
displayed by the committee
with reference to this subject. For
session after session bills dealing with
state control of inter-state shipments
>f liquor have b^en before the committee,
but they have been allowed
to lie there without being reported
upon. . .
Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, who has
been urging legislation dealing with
the same problem, yesterday introduced
the Dolliver-Hepburn bill in the
senate. This bill is intended to meet
the same conditions against which
Senators Clay, Tillman and others
from states that have prohibition laws
are protesting.
The resolution of Senator Clay directs
the judiciary committe to report
at earliest convenience a bill prodding
that all intoxicating liquors
transported into any state or territory,
or remaining therein for use,
shall upon arrival within the borders
of such state before or after aenverery
to the consignee be subject to all
the laws enacted by the state in the
exercise of its police powers to the
same extent as if the liquors had been
produced within the state.
The resolution also directs the commission
to report whether congress
has the constitutional right to pass a!
bill prohibiting the transportation
of liquors from states, counties, or
municipalities where such liquors are
sold into places where local option
or prohibition prevails. In addition to
this it is probable that Senator Tillman;
may make another speech at an
early date attacking the railroads and
express companies for violating the
law.
John?"What kind of tea do you like
best?" Priscilla?"Go-tees, some, but
Rocky Mountain Tea best." John?
"Why Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea
best?" Priscilla?"It speaks for itself,
John." (Makes lovely complexions.) H.
F. Hoover. I
rape
mce to my many f r
d out my interest ii
nd have bought 01
kt-ima ofi/1 offi
L1L11V Liiuv unu
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;ee and serve all nr
carry a nice line o
RAL MERCHAN
e Dry Goods, Clot!
es, etc, I will be pr
very lowest prices
se hard times farm
possible, and if m;
is worth anything
niliar with the be
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0 buy, and as I buj
1 afford to sell at i
alue for your mon
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i Baying Anytf
Yours for b
COPEL
EHRHARDT, S. C
Some Good Paragraphs. j
The best club for a married man is
an armchair in front of a big fireplace
at home.
The story is told of a minister who
Jooked down from the pulpit and
wondered how the people could dress
so well. Then, after he .had > passed
the contribution box, he declared the
mystery solved.
A Georgia exchange has discovered
the meanest man in the United
States. It is said that he pumped
water on his head, let his hair freeze,
and then broke it off, rather than
pay a barber for cutting it.
A newspaper publisher at Wellington,
Kans., says a husband at that
place lingered so long at death's door
that the wife was led to say that she
supposed he was having his usual
trouble finding the key hole.
An editor of an Iowa paper recent
ly stated that he had been kissed by
one of the most beautiful married
women in the town. He promised
to tell her name in the first issue of
hie nnnpr n#vx+. month. In two weeks
r-r? ? ?
the circulation of his newspaper
doubled. But when he gave the
name of his wife he had to leave
town.
Horry Court House Sold.
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Conway, Jan. 8.?The commissioners
of the new court house and jail
sold the old court house and jail and1
the lots owned by the county at
public auction Tuesday.
The most desirable lot on which
the old court house is situated, 64 by
120 feet, was bought by the town* of
Conway for $4,105, and other lots
sold proportionately. The property
brought in about $10,000, but some
of the bids were rejected and several
of the lots will be resold.
The county officials will move into
their new quarters within a week or
two, and the old court house will be
converted into a town hall and offices.
Horrible Crime in Georgia. .
Hawkinsville, Ga., Jan. 9.?A
murderous assault was made on Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Livingston at their
home at Goldsboro in the upper part
of the county last night at 9 o'clock
by two negro farm hands on the place.
Mr. Livingston was struck on the
head with a hatchet and his wife's
throat was cut. Both weredangerously
hurt, and at last accounts were
not expected to live. The deed was
committed, it is supposed, for the
purpose of robbery.
; Sheriff Rogers starfed at once for
the scene, but was notified that the
negroes had been captured and shot
to death.
There was a destructive fire in the
business section of Ninety-Six last
Thursday night. The loss is between
ten and fifteen thousand dollars.
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To Pass Upon Contract Law.
Columbia, Jan. 9.?Chief Justice
Pope today signed an order calling
an en banc meeting of the circuit
and supreme judges here on January
16 to pass upon the constitutionality
of the contract labor law involved in
the case of ex parte Holman.
In the Charleston case originating
about the same time, Judge Brawley
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a form of peonage and therefore unconstitutional,
but an appeal has been
taken from this. K
The Boy Guessed Right.
They were getting a kindergarten
lesson. The teacher taught them
very simple subjects. She touched a
table.
"What isthis?"
"Wood."'
"What is this?" she asked as she
touched the fender.
"Iron."
"What is this?", indicating a bottle.
* "Glass."
"What is this?" and she touched
her watch chain.
"Brass," said one small boy, and
she changed the subject.
A little fellow of six, whose father
is one of the pillars of the church,
and whose mother is an invaluable
church worker, was asked on his return
from Sunday schodl what he
had learned. "Oh!" said he, in a
bored tone. "They told us about
the man who had so many children
he didn't know what fo do." "What
can he mean," said this perplexed
xl " V,o+- "OH "
IIIOUICI, YYiiau v/uiavuuu?
said the little chap, "youjion't know
much; the children of Israel/'
Kills Girl's Brother.
Ashevillk, N. C.f Jan. 8.?As the
result of a tragedy at Marion,-N. C.,
which occurred in front of the First
National Bank building, James Patterson
was killed outright and Alfred
Patterson, his brother, was picked up
in the street in a dying condition.
The shooting was done by Graham
Finley, a well-known young man of
Marion, and was over Miss Patter"
J -^ t?nA ??on ha ehat \
son 3. sister UI U1C lwv uicu iiv, uuvv.
Finley met Miss Patterson 'in company
with Henry Moore, his rival, as
the two were returning from church.
He demanded that Moore surrender
the girl to him and was met with a
prompt refusal.
A personal encounter ensued, and
the girl's brothers, who were also returning
from church with a party of
ladies, appeared on the scene and
took their "sister's escort's part,
whereupon Finley drew his revolver
and killed one of them outright and
mortally wounded the other. He was
arrested.
It is said that the Atlantic Coast
Line will also reduce passenger fares
in this State, making the same rates
as the Southern.
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Ho Know Hop.
The. conductor looked at the thin
man.
"Do you see that stout woman at the
other end of the car, the one with the
monkey hat?" he asked.
"I think I se^ the one you mean," the
thin man responded.
"There, she's looking this way," said
the conductor. "Well, sir, I admire
that woman." ' x
"You do?' - /
"Yes, I do. She may have a squint
and wear bad fitting clothes and big
shoes, yet I admire her." . . &
"Why?"
"She knows how to get off a car the
right way, and that's why. She's too
stout and her hair is ratty, and she'
hasn't any taste, but wfien she steps
down from the back platform I never
worry. I know she'll land all right
Fm dead sure she isn't going to sit
/InTrm In tho mnrt an/1 flair TT1A fflP mV
number. That's why I admire her.
Here she comes now. Watch her when
she gets off."
The stout woman came down the >
aisle and briskly descended to the
street/ And the conductor, with his X
hand on the bell rope, winked approvingly
at the slim man.
Then the stout woman looked around. . j
"Come, George," she called, and the ,."c.
slim man meekly followed her.?Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Simple Minded Kurds. Some
of the peculiar traits of the
Kurds of Asia Minor are described by ' ;
a traveler: "If it were possible to im- \ X
agine two colors more distinct than X
black and white it would be possible 'm
to Imagine two characters* more widely
differing than those of the Arab and
Kurd. The pure Kurd is the most unsophisticated
and gullible person in
the world so long as you keep away
from the material issues. His respect - ^
for a man who can read and write la'-.yjfeBg
almost pitiable., The Kurds are on the <?-A
whole blunt and somewhat uncouth,
silent and quite Incapable of false- '
hood. If they do wrong?end they often
do?they admit the fault In the
simplest and most unaffected way. I
had a muleteer who* was honest; civil
and Incorrigibly Idle. 'Did yba ever
kill a man? I asjked him one day.
Yes; sixteen on the Khazat road
when 1 was a deserter,from the army,'
came the reply in a voice absolutely j
unmoved. 'You were a robber? 4Yeer
but now, praise be to "God, I am married
and a muleteer.'n .">
No Chesterfield.
A Boston man was praising the late
Earl of Dunmore. 1
"Lord Dunmore," he said, ' "was a : ^
good man. Tall and robust and sup*
pie, I can see him &ill with his short
gray beard and his kind face. His only
fault-* fault due to bis aristocratic
upbringing, no doubt?was the exaggerated
value that he set upon correctness.
He Insisted in correctness in eating,
In <fress. in everything.
"At a dinner in Beacon street once I
heard him tell a story about an incor*
red sell made man, or *nouvean riche/
as ne caiiea nny. xuib gum vnumr
ing one night to go oat. His wile battled
into the room before be started to;'\"S
look him over. .T
" "Bat George.* she said reproach* '*
folly, 'aren't you going to wear your
diamond studs to the banquet?*
"No. Whafs the use? George
growled. 'My napkin would hide 'em
anyway.' "?New Orleans States. |
Proof/ of Brains.
Mr. Travers, thi famous New York
wit, once met at dinner a pompous ^
Englishman who was "doing" the
States. He had letters a-plenty attesting
his Importance?letters from Gladstone,
Dilke, Salisbury and CharchiH. * J J
He had talked everybody tired before
the dinner began, and Travers jsaw
visions of a bad meal when he discovered
the Englishman to be Ui
neighbor at the table. There was never
a stop in the fe|low*s tongue. When
the oysters were brought on he he-MM
gan: "Now, it is a question as to
whether or hot the oyster has brains*
Scientists dispute the idea." "T-t-t-they
i-l-t- I?? ?? HVauuw " f .
wiamij uavc ovujic,
"Your proof, slrP' challenged the Briton,
eager for argument. "W-wh-wb*
why, sir, the o-o-oyster knows h-hahhow
to shut up.''
Uplifting the 8avage.
We have received the following spicy :
analysis of British civilizing procedures
in Africa from a young Egyptian
from Tanta, .who shows dramatic apt- 3
itudes. The title of his commtmica- . %
cation is:
A TRAGEDY IN SEC ACTS. . ^
Act L?The missionary.
Act 2.?Whisky and pale ale.
Act 3.?The Maxim gun.. .
Act 4.?A newspaper.
Act 6.?Cricket and football.
Act 6.?Death of the last aborigine. . ^
Finis.?Band plays "Rule Britannia.1*, '
?Egyptian Standard. .
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Poor Consolation.
"Oh, dear!" exclaimed the society
woman. "I feel so wretched, and this
Is my receiving day too! I do hope no
one will call, for I'll be in misery all
the time."
"Well," remarked her husband facetiously,
"I always understood that
mioorv Invps eomnanv.' n ? ^thollc
Standard. '
Her Bribe.
Unattractive Maiden Aunt?Goodby, ,
Jottie. Come soon again. I hope you'll
forgive my not kissing you, bat I have
an awful cold. Jottie (aged six>?Never
mind. Do kiss me, auntie. Mother
said she'd give me 5 cents If Fd. let
you.?Exchange. ^
. . Resented. \ __|
The Scotchman (daring an argument)
?Hoot, man, hoot! The Irishman (hotly)?Shore
an' OiH not hoot Do ye
take me for a bloomln' owl??Lohdon
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