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Established 1891 BAMBERO, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1910 One Dollar a Year
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
> IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Midway Musings.
m- Midway, June 17.?Midway graded
school closed June the 10th, after a
f successful term of nine months. The
following program was nicely carried
i.% out, showing *he ability of the children
and careful instruction of the
teacher, Miss Vania Easterling of
Bamberg.
Bamberg:
National Songs?by school.
Recitation, In One Grave?by Walter
Smith.
Recitation, What Makes a Hero?
by Harry Steedlv.
Song, America Forever?by school.
Recitation, Little Blossom?by
Marie Steedly.
Recitation, Calling?by Sadie Mur.
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Pray, Little Red Riding Hood.
Recitation, The Drummer Boy?by
Ruby Steedly.
Recitation, Papa's Helper ? by
} Henry Brickie.
Recitation, Throwing Kisses?by
Bessie Smith.
Recitation, Kentucky Philosophy?
Miss Daisy Murphy.
Song, Farewell.
I Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Cauthen
I visited the latter's mother Sunday.
* Miss Drue Baxley, of Savannah,
Ga., spent Sunday in town,
i Sunday being the regular preaching
day, Rev. Hughes was at his
charge.
Prayer meeting will be held hereafter
on Thursday evening at the
Baptist church.
Alts. il. vv. waia??r a,uu cuuuicu
are visiting relatives in Cameron this
week.
Little Imil Smoak, of Bamberg,
?. spent several days with Marie Steedly
this week. D. M.
Death of J. M. Tucker.
Branchville, June 18.?J. M. Tucker
died suddenly in Florence at 4
o'clock this afternoon. The first
news of Mr. Tucker's death was received
here by a telegram from Dr. F.
j R. McLeod to T. M. Patrick.
Mr. Tucker has been cashier of the
Bank of Branchville for the past several
years and was on a business trip
' for the bank when he died. Mr. Tucker
enjoyed the confidence of?the people
of Branchville as few men have.
Arrangements are being made to
have the corpse sent home, after
which plans for the funeral and interment
will be made. Mr. Tucker is
. * survived by his wife, Mrs. Janie C.
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Tucker, and one son, J. Frederick
Tucker.
Concert of Denmark Band.
Denmark, June 21.?The Denknnd
era \ra itc AfOTl
lllfLI rv UttUU T V * WW M4 WW VW44WV. *
day evening. This band was or?
ganized by Mr. Hauser about two
months ago, and is a great credit to
Prof. Crouse and Mr. Hausefr, as
the band rendered very good music
after such a short period of study.
There was a large crowd in attend*
ance and they all seemed to enjoy the
performance from beginning to end.
There was a voting contest for the
most popular young lady in town,
which was won by Miss Gladys Milhous.
The One and Only.
< She had a figure like twenty elephants
in one, and a voice fit to command
the British army.
"Willie," she shouted, "take your
feet off the parlor table this very
4 instant!"
"Margaret," he responded in a
voice charged with manly determination,
"I want you to know that there
is but one person whom I will allow
to address me in that name."
"And who is that, sir, may I ask?"
she roared, towering above him.
He cast one furtive glance at her,
and made up his mind. "Why, dear,"
he answered, as he gently removed
his feet from off the table, "you, of
' course."?Punch.
Rev. E. M. Lightfoot has resigned
the pastorate of the North Augusta
church, much to the regret of all.
It is his present purpose to take a
... course of study during the summer,
and perhaps enter the Seminary in
Louisville next fall. Brother Light
foot is one or our Desr men, ana
we shall greatly regret to see him
leave us, but we hope his absence
1 will be temporary, for we are sure
that there will be pastorates in this
State that will seek his services. At
Orangeburg, and more recently at
North Augusta, he has been greatly
beloved by the people.?Baptist Courier.
JAMES M. TUCKER BURIED.
Branchville Mourns Loss of Valuable
Citizen.
Branchville, June 20.?In the presence
of one of the largest assemblages
of people ever seen upon a
similar occasion in Branchville, the
remains of the late Mr. J. M. Tucker,
cashier of the Bank of Branchville,
president of the Branchville Hardware
Company, the Fairey Brokerage
Company, and the Branchville Tie
and Timber Company, were laid
to rest witn Masonic nuuors uei e tuday,
beneath a mound of flowers,
which though profuse and costly,
were but a slight token of the great
esteem in which he was held, both
here at home and throughout the entire
State.
When the news was flashed from
Florence last Saturday night that Mr.
James M. Tucker had been suddenly
called to the other land Branchville
felt that it had lost a mair and a citizen
whom it could ill afford to lose,
for a helpful, useful citizen indeed
was Mr. Tucker. Possessing a genial
disposition he led all people whom he
met to respect and admire him. His
charity knew no bounds and his gentle,
kindly heart responded to all.
Coming to Branchville a poor boy
he set himself the noble task of proving
his own mettle and manhood, and
by his sterling honesty and unimpeachable
integrity climbed round by
round to the summits of success.
He was a Mason, a Knight of Pythias
and was also connected with the
Woodmen of the World. A wife and
one son survive him.
Beloved by his fellow citizens here
in Branchville and respected by a
large body of business men all over
the country, Branchville's loss is also
a loss to the State. His youth barely
past and his} splendid career just
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pathetic and deplorable. The mourning
for him will l\e deep and sincere.
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Parks Case a Mystery.
Lancaster, June 19.?The coroner
of Union county, N. C., was engaged
until about 12 o'clock Friday night in
the case of Carter Parks, the young
man murdered in that county Friday.
The taking of testimony was not concluded,
however, the matter being
left open until additional evidence
can be secured.
It is stated that young Parks was
shot while sitting on a log in the
woods, the load striking him in the
back of the head and blowing out his
brains. His wife said when he left
home he had a pistol but no weapon
was found on his person nor on the
ground. - She is of the opinion, it is
said, that he was entrapped into going
where he was assassinated. The
motive for the crime was evidently
not robbery, for his money and other
valuables were found intact on his
person.
An attempt was made to assassinate
Parks a few months ago, he be
ing called to his door one night and
fired upon by a party in the yard, the
load striking him in the leg. He said
afterwards that it was his brotherin-law
who shot him, and that the
reason he was not killed was because
he was standing on the piazza and
not on the ground, as his assailant
thought he was.
Farmer Dies Mysteriously.
Florence, June 20.?News has been
received in the city of the death of
Madison Mathews and Mrs. Henry
Altman of the Cowards neighborhood.
Mr. Mathews was a wellknown
farmer, about 75 years of age.
He died suddenly, and his death was
peculiar, in that he, nor his neighbors
seem to be able to account for
it. He seemed to have been burned
about the head, but his mind was
weak and he could not explain it. He
had called on some neighbors Sunilow
aftornrtnn aViiMit 1 9 nVlftplf an
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parently in good health but for the
seeming burns. He returned home,
and the neighbors went to look after
him at 1 o'clock and found him dead.
No one was at home with him. His
wife died some time ago, and his
children had all scattered to their
own homes. ,
Mrs. Altman died on the same
plantation as Mr. Mathews about an
hour later. She had been sick about
two weeks. She was about 2S years
of age.
Buying a Shirtwaist.
A young woman went into a department
store in Spokane the other
day to buy a shirtwaist.
"What bust, madam?" asked the
clerk.
"Blessed if I know, sir," said the
young woman, looking nervously
around; "I didn't hear anything."
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE J
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick G1
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
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Governor Ansel will appoint a
judge for the first judicial circuit, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Judge Chas. G. Dantzler, of
Orangeburg, and the legislature at
ce
novt ooccinn will hnlri nn elec
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A fertilizer mixing plant is to be j
established in Sumter, the capital
stock for such a concern having already
been subscribed. The company
will have a capital stock of $10,000, aB
and the plant is to be in operation by
this fall. , w]
The military court of inquiry, ye
which was the result of a personal di
row between Adjutant General Boyd
and his assistant, Col. Brock, cost the jS
State of South Carolina a little more da
than $1,000. Of course this sort of m
thing comes high, but the tax payers cii
stand it. ac
The South Carolina Cotton Seed of
Crushers Association will meet at D?
Wrightsville Beach, N. C., July 6th al
and 7th. A special train will be run
from Columbia on the afternoon of
the 5th. We return thanks for a
cordial invitation to attend the meet- cl<
ing, and wish that we could accapt. ne
The State convention of the rural w]
letter carriers association will be held vi
in Newberry, S. C., on July 3d, 4th, er
and 5th. The indications are that tu
the attendance will be large and that be
the meeting will be an interesting
one. Among those who come from pi
outside the State are W. R. Spillman, H<
of Washington, superintendent of the ty
rural mail service, and W. D. Brown, in
of Washington, editor of the R. F.
D. News. ' M
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No Sympathy Needed. UI
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Recently a woman of Kansas he- th
came disgusted with the behavior of ar
tter husband, who seems to have been' cu
merely the average man possessed
wi^h the weaknesses, that belong to ye
the average member of the race, and pC
inserted the following advertisement nt
in one of the daily papers: fr
"WANTED?An affinity to claim th
my husband if anyone wants him. re
He grumbles at his meals, puts his je
feet on the parlor chairs and his
head on the parlor cushions, brings
visitors to the house and meal without
letting me know in advance so I ^
can have enough cooked for them,
and when I ask for Xmas money he
wants to know what I am going to do T1
with it. If any woman can see her mi
affinity in him I wish she would come Mi
and prove property and take him to
away." tic
We do not sympathize with this in
Kansas woman with her complaints, Gs
as we regard her as responsible, in wi
a large measure, for the shortcomings pr
of the husband. In the first place,
if the husband had not been some- "i
what forehanded there would nave th
been no parlor chairs and nothing sa
in the house to cook for the visitors Oi
and with about six hungry children as
hanging to her skirt, she would hang mi
to that man closer than a cucklebur an
to a mule's tail, and if she saw any- be
one talking toher husband in a myste- by
rious manner, she would sail into the ch
raven locks of the would-be affinity co
like a snapping turtle on a Junebug. sh
That woman has had too much an
prosperity. The faults described are pi<
grave ones, but such that any true th
woman can by a little finesse cor- ai
rect in one week. ah
Sidle up to him, madam, and a
tickle him under the chin with a fa!
toothpick, get him by the ear and tn
kiss him as you used to do when you th
sat on the lawn chair in the gloam- lip
ing. Feed him two or three days
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and pet tne Druie. ?1? win suave re
twice a day, keep his feet on the sci
floor, lie with his head on the wooden sii
block, if necessary, and you could not th
get him to look at an affinity if you Ca
tried. th
Go into the affinity business your- bl<
self and you will make your old par- to
lor shine like a crystal palace if ar
there is only one chair in it and the wi
stove stands coddled on three legs.? its
Exchange. Sc
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Purchases Power Plant. loi
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Greenville, June 20.?The South- (ja
ern Power Company to-day purchased
the plant of the Greenville-Carolina
Power Company which is located on
the Saluda river about five miles from
the city. The purchase price was
$250,000. The plant was built five tii
years and will be greatly enlarged an
by its new owners. Lc
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ITDGE DANTZLER SUCCUMBED.
ies at His Home at Orangeburg,
After Returning from Atlanta.
Orangeburg, June 20.?Charles
over Dantzler, for eight years
dge of the first judicial circuit of
?uth Carolina, died at his heme in
is city this morning at 5:30 o'clock
rrounded by members of his famiAlthough
full funeral arrange-,
ents have not yet been completed
is probable that the funeral servis
will be held to-morrow afternoon
5 o'clock at St. Paul's Methodist
urch, this city, and the interment
.11 be at Sunnyside cemetery with
asonic honors.
Judge Dantzler has been in failing
talth for the past several montns
id for the past several weeks had
?n at a sanitarium in Atlanta from
tiich place he was brought home
sterday morning in a critical contion.
He was fifty-six years of age and
survived by his widow and two
:ughters, Miss Carrie Dantzler, and
rs. George R. Bowman, both of this
ty, T. M. Dantzler, Fred Dantzler
id brothers, Messrs. M. O. Dantzler,
this city, T. M. Dantzler, Fred
intzler, and Sheriff 0. M. Dantzler,
I of Calhoun county.
Loss to the Bench.
Columbia, June 20.?Official cir3S
were profoundly moved at the
>ws of Judge Dantzler's death,
hich came through telegraph adces
from Senator Lide to the Govnor's
office. Gov. Ansel has not rerned
from Kentucky, and so will
t unable to attend the funeral.
Judge Dantzler's father, a wealthy
anter, was educated as a lawyer,
e fell leading a charge of the Twen-second
South Carolina volunteers
1864.
Judge Dantzfer was educated at
ount Zion Institute at Winnsboro,
ing's Mountain Military Academy,
ider Col. Asbury Coward, and Wofrd
College. He served six years in
e lower house of the Legislative,
id early in 1902 was elected cirlit
judge.
Advising young men, he said two
ars ago. "Have an unalterable pur>se
to live a pure life and a determiition
to add to your knowledge
om every source and to cultivate
e mind by every means within
ach, and always be a definite obct
for achievement."
NEAR-BEER.
North Carolina Judge who Knows
What it Really Is.
In introducing Attorney General
lomas W. Bickett to the commencesnt
audience at Dallas last weeii,
r. A. L. Bulwinkle made reference
Mr. Bickett's now famous descrip>n
of that article so much talked of
prohibition territory, near-beer,
izette readers who have not read It
11 be interested in it so we reint
it below:
"What is near-beer?" he asked,
'he testimony in this case shows
at it is a beverage that finds ready
le as a substitute for real beer,
lr bibulous constituents cry for it
children cry for castoria. It is J
ade by the people that make beer,
d drunk by the people that drink
er, tastes like beer. It is served
the same white aproned, many
inned friend who was wont to
mfort us in other days. It is
oved across the old oaken counter!
d the mirrowed back bar, while the
jture of Aphrodite springing from
e foam makes the illusion complete,
id some times in the gloaming the
2hemy of a shadow projected from
policeman's expansive back and
lling athwart the bar, works a
insformation and suddenly, even as
e thirsty one lifts the cup to his
>s, near-beer becomes a real thing.
"And yet this court is asked Co
legate this juicy beverage, this
[on of centuries of vats to the m)id
level of soda water. Perish the
ought! It proclaims itself in North
.rolina as sole heir and successor to
e gaudy fluid. It boasts of its bub33
and sparkle and snap. It says
the disconsolate legions in an
id land, 'I may not be entirely
eked?but Cry me.' It capitalizes
kinship with Budweiser and
hlitz. It scorns soda water as
0
>osevelt scorns a molly-coddle, and
*ds it over grape juice like a mint
lep over a milk shake."?Gastonia
izette.
End of the Courtship.
"She referred me to her father."
"And what did he say?"
"He said that was her way of letlg
undesirable suitors down easy,
d he gave me a five-cent cigar."?
tuisville Courier-Journal.
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DR. C. E. KINSEY WOUNDED.
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SHOT BY A NEGRO AT WILLIAMS
SATURDAY NIGHT.
His Wounds Not Serious?Posse 2
Fired at Negro, but He Made 1
His Escape. (
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Walterboro, June 20.?At Williams 1
Saturday night at 10 o'clock, Dr. C. 1
E. Kinsey was shot and seriously 1
wounded by Joe Freeman, a negro. ' 1
Saturday afternoon Dr. Kinsey's *
son was standing at the door of the 1
store of Oquin Bros, when Lena Freeman
a negro woman, caihe up the
steps to enter the store door and said
to Mr. Kinsey: "Some one wants to
come in." Mr. Kinsey stepped out of
the way and looking back saw this
negro woman. He expected to see
some white woman enter, and jokingly
remarked that he thought it was
somebody. The negro took out a
knife from her pocket and began to
abuse Mr. Kinsey, who insisted that
she hush stating to her that he did
no( mean any harm by the remark, 1
which was jokingly made.
Got a Gun.
She continued her abuse and short- i
ly left the store, and going to her ,
home, returned with her husband, Joe i
Freeman, she carrying a gun, Mr. j
Kinsey was informed of this fact and i
went to his home and returned with i
his gun, which he put in Mr. Brab- i
ham's store. His father, hearing of \
this, came over to the store and in- ]
structed his son to put the gun up ]
and go to Magistrate Wilson and take ]
out a warrant for the "negroes and ,
have them arrested. This Mr. Kinsey 1
did and turned the warrant over to .
Constable Maxey, who went after W*l- <
liams to make the arrest. Maxey ap- j
pointed Dr. Kinsey and others as spe- ]
cial constables to aid him in making
the arrest.
The party proceeded to the home of
the Freemans, but just before reach- 1
ing it, they were informed that Joe
Freeman was back at the store of ;
Hnin "Rrns with his ?un. They re- I
Oquin Bros, with his gun. They re- ,
turned to the store and attempted to ,
arrest Joe Freeman, who seeting the
party approaching ran. They went
back to the home, where the woman
was arrested. After securing her they
started to leave and Joe Freeman appeared
behind a clump of bushes near
the house crying: "Get out of there." ,
Shot Into Crowd.
At the same time he shot into the
crowd, the shot taking effect just
above Dr. Kinsey's hip. The negro
then made his escape into the darkness.
Dr. Kinsey was taken back home
and was attended by Dr. H. M. Car- |
ter, who dressed his wounds. It was :
found that the gun had been loaded \
with a slug, but fortunately the load j
produced only painful flesh wounds, i
Efforts were made again early Sun- ]
day i morning to catch Freeman and
he was seen several times by the pur- ]
suing party, but' owing to the thick
ness of the undergrowth in the bays \
.near Williams, he has so far eluded \
capture.
As Dr. Kinsey was shot, Constable i
Maxey instructed his deputies to kill [
the negro. Two of them had guns and
fired at him, and it is thought, he
was wounded. The woods were
scoured Sunday by about 100 men to
capture Freeman but to no avail.
Constable Maxey put the woman in
jail Monday afternoon. Continued
efforts will be made to capture Freeman.
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Turning the Tables.
In Indianapolis they tell a story
on a certain attorney to explain why
he quit drinking so suddenly. He
had patronized one saloon with great
liberality for years. Lately the proprietor
of the place bought a house
and lot and employed another lawyer
to examine the abstract for him. The
steady patron, when he heard lit,
went after the saloon keeper roufeh
shod, demanding to know why business
favors weren't exchanged when
there was opportunity. Why did the 1
saloon keeper turn $way from nis own
customer and give business to *
a man who never bought anything 1
of him?nor of any saloon keeper? 1
The saloon keeper was amazed at 1
the complaint, he thought the expla- 1
nation ought to plain enough: "When 1
I've got business," he said with childlike
frankness, "I want it done by a
sober lawyer." Suddenly the attorney,
too, concluded it was all plain 1
enough; his friends say he hasn't 1
touched liquor since.
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Une nas wen saiu; j.i 1 ua.u a. i
daughter, I should rather she would ]
marry a man who was worth a million
and hadn't a cent, than to marry 1
a man who had a million, and wasn't
worth a cent." <
KILLING AT DILLON.
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Eminent Young Attorney Shot by
Hotel Keeper.
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Dillon, June 14.?Two minutes
ifter leaving the court house, where
le had been conducting a case in the
iriminal court, S. D. Hursey, a
-oung attorney, of the Dillon bar,
vas shot and almost instantly killed
jy R. S. Davis, at 6 o'clock this afterloon.
There was a large crowd of
jeople in the streets, and the shoot
ng was done at tne corner, wnere
s located Evans's Pharmacy, one of
he busiest parts of town. Three
jullets entered the body, either* of
which would have produced death. A \?
nagazine pistol, carrying steel bulets,
was used. '
Mr. Davis is engaged in the insurance
business in Dillon, being the . ^
[unior member of the Dillon insurance
agency. His wife conducts the 7
Central Hotel, at which Mr. Hursef 7;
was a boarder. The shooting is al- .<
eged to be the result of unfortunate
lomestic complications,? which de- %
reloped at the hotel some days ago.'
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Upon leaving the court house,
sphere Dillon's first term of criminal ^g||
:ourt was in session, Mr. Huraey
walked across the street, and wat-V-V^JS
passing in front of Evans's Pharmacy,
when he was met by Mr. Davis. cEye- - M
witnesses to the affair say that no ;
words were exchanged, but when
the two met, Davis pulled a gun from ;
his pocket and began shooting at '
Hursey at close range. The first bullet
entered the right side and the secend
shot entered the forehead. AB\../?p
the victim of the tragedy whirled;
and fell upon the pavement, it
3tated that Davis fired at him, shoot
[ng him through the back of tne
head. The affair is deeply regretted
by everybody.
Career Cut Short.
Young Hursey was a graduate
the University of North Carolina ani.;^^
was admitted to the North Caroling
bar about four years ago. Quite .re-%^|
cently he came into an inheritance ;^^
of $15,000 from, his grandfathert
estate, and it was his purpose to-gch;j|||
West and establish himself in some^4"Jjf
prosperous city. His father, the>>*^p
Rev. J. A. Hursey, is at John Hopt,.,^;|?j
kins Hospital, where he underwent ^J|j
a serious operation a few days ago. -r''"'*M
Davis surrendered himself to th0.i:&^
sheriff immediately after the tragedy*
When seen at the city guard.
he said that he had no statement td/>|S3|
make. Mr. Hursey was about
years of age and was unmarrfed.
How to Keep a Wife's Love.
If your wife does not love you an''%$? .
she did when you were married, you
must have fallen off in your
tions. Remember that a wife is ohiy^FjsB
i sweetheart a few years later. Makq. I;-,^8
believe thai she is still your sweet~'i^?g
beart. ' hi
When you go home from busines$\J?,|&
bave the maid sehd your name
lust as in the old days. A wife Ilky^ljsS
these little attentions, and if she is
the right sort, she will send dowtt4.*;=Ja
word that she will be down in a
minutes. Then put a five-pound box
pf candy In a prominent place and
wait patiently. When you hear heir
coming, run to meet her and kiss
tier in a manly way as if you had - ^
waited all day for the privilege. Then r
?ive her the candy. If there is hut .*|g
>ne chair in the room let her sit in,
t while you stand. Now tell her the '.JgM
ivents of the day in the office in a ' S
witty way that will appeal to her . ^
iove of fun. 1
When the dinner-bell rings, hand
ier a bunch of American Beauties, ^
pull out her chair for her and tie
Ier napkin round her neck yourself. ; ^
Then, with a bow, seat yourself op*
posite her and begin to praise
!ood. Ask her to make sprightly re- ?
narks, and laugh heartily at them,
[Jrge her to tell you about the cook's
ioings. Just before dessert, show^SJ
ier the orchestra seats you have , ^
jought for the opera that night. v|8|
Never light a cigar until you have
isked her whether she objects to
.? .Un OV.^N mnt? nlnnmi oor nA hilt
illlUlvc* OUC uaclj ainajo oaj uvf vm? .. ^
;here is no telling when her tute -T-^
nay change. Give her twice as
nuch as she wants for an allowance ifM
md always forestall any requests she
nay be about to make.?Charles ..
3attell Loomis, in Delineator.
Midway Musings.
Midway, June 20.?Mrs. Barney
Oanaday Rumpt, of Pregnalls, was
:he guest of Miss Daisy Murphy last
Mrs. S. J. Walker is visitiDg her' '^|S
laughter, Mrs. H. H. Cauthen, at
Port Motte this week.
t {ftia ttoto qtpprllv is visitfnflr. .1/3
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ler cousin, Marie Steedly, this week.
Midway Baptist church has pur- %
jhased a new organ.
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