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I -7 , \ PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mr. LeRoy Price is at home ^ from. Clemson tor unrisimas. ?Mr. T. A. Green, of Spartanburg, was in the city last week. ?Mr. Bennie Black is at home from the University of South Carolina, Columbia. ?Mr. Raymond Smoak is at home from the University of South Carolina, for the holidays. \ ?Mrs. M. L. Johns spent Sunday at Baldock with the family of her son, Mr. W. I. Johns. ?Mr. Willis Herndon is at home from the S. C. C. I. at Edgefield, for the Christmas holidays. ?Mr. Charles F. Kilgus, who is attending the Citadel in Charleston, is at home for the holidavs. ^ ?Miss Carrie Lee Bradley, of Orangeburg, is in the city on a visit to y- her grandmother, Mrs. M. L. Johns. ?Mr. C. D. Felder, who has been spending some months in Asheville, N. C., is here on a visit to his parents. ?Messrs. Marion and Roy Cooner are at home for Christmas from the ^ University of South Carolina, Columbia. ?Misses Blanche Hair and Ottie Simmons are at home from Greenville Female college, for the Christmas holidays. I ?Mr. R. Bentham Simmons, of Charleston, is in the city on a visit ~ V to the family of his son-in-law, F. F. Carroll, Esq. ?Misses Ottawa and Xania Easterling, who are teaching in the Ridgeville graded school, are at home for the holidays. T ~Vioe ' jMISS JLiUUlbtJ ' r ciuci , vy u\j uuc ^ been staying in Georgetown for some time, is here to spend the holidays with relatives and friends. v ?Misses Leonard and Louise Folk and Moselle Copeland are at home from Converse College, Spartanburg, lor the Christmas holidays. ?Misses Jennie Graham, Jerolyn Bruce, Mae Brabham, Ruth and Lallah Byrd are at home from Columbia college for the Christmas holidays. * ?Misses Julien and Helen Easterling, Evelyn Free, and Josephine Adams are at home from Limestone college, Gaffney, for the Christmas holidays. ?Mr. Raymond Matheny, of Ridgeville, is in the city on a visit to his father's family. He was re> * cently operated on for appendicitis at a hospital in Charleston, and is here recuperating. \ Dies in Police Station. Columbia, Dec. 20.?Clarence Moseley, a young white man from > Camden, died in the police station this afternoon. On December 18, according to the statement of the pof : lice authorities, Moseley attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the Congaree river at the foot of Senate street. He was seen acting peculiarly by a man named Smith, **" * _ i J? i.L ? and the matter was reported to me police. The man was arrested and incarcerated in the police barracks. He was seen td be in a serious condi. tion and the city physician was summoned to treat hlim Arrangements were made to place bifn in a local hospital, and when he was about to he removed this afternoon, gave a few gasps and died. M. M. Ri'e*, the eity physician, attributed the cStfse <of his death to pneumonia, brought I % on from exposure. L From the man's appearance, he -was evidently a mill operative. While the condition of his dress indicates that he had been in adverse circumstances, no cause can be given for his alleged attempt at suicide. MoseJley's hody is held for disposition, ^ awiting information from a brother in Camden, who has been notified of [ his death by W? C. Cathcart, chief of j police. Christmas Aphorisms. Never look a gift in the cost mark. Mistletoe makes the heart grow Tonder. Belief in Santa Claus is the best policy. The gift deferred maketh the heart i -si eh. i * Invitation is the sincerest flattery. Christmas bills are stubborn things. Buy gifts in haste and repent at leisure. And thereby hangs a stocking. ' Gifts are seldom what they seem. , f Every Christmas tree must stand on its own bottom. Uneasy lies the head that's plannings gifts. Santa Claus is not as red as he Is painted. One Christmas bargain sale makes the whole of womankind spin. | Gifts make the mail, the want of L them the fellow. W- ' To give hideous gifts is human, to forgive impossible.?Judge's Library. I NO COWARDICE INVOLVED. North Has Been Careless About Miscegenation. Some days ago, when the scandalous "marriage" of Pugilist Jack Johnson to a young white girl in Chicago was imminent, the following editorial paragraph appeared in the Union: "We have a hunch that Plug-Ugly Jack Johnson would be a bit less bumptious and considerably less insolent about his attentions to that silly young white girl if the scene of the drama were laid somewhere in Dixie. The helpless and heart-broken mother of the girl would have effectual champions there, and the black bruiser would have ceased long ere now to cause her trouble." Promptly and vigorously the Chattanooga Times replied: "You are right, eminently ??* vnii m?v euro that t'UI i cut, auu J VU UIUJ wv uut V VUMV Johnson will give Dixie-land a wide berth. And if you people to the north of us had the courage of your convinctions some foreign resort would speedily become the only safe spot where this brutal rake and moral derelict could find safe asylum. You think like Dixie about it, but you are so all-fired cowardly that you are afraid to act." r The Times is a valued unit in the Union's exchange list, as the public in Tennessee and in New Hampshire is more or less generally aware; but there appears to have been in some quarters in Tennessee a determination that the Times's answer should not be overlooked at this end of the line, for several clippings of both paragraphs have arrived from unknown (but not anonymous) friends in Tennessee, one of them coming from a prominent attorney in Oakdale^ who writes that it "will, doubt'flff ho intorocHnc r/soHino'" tn thp A XA IV A V/ U V A JU ^ 1 vwuiug vv v*a w editor of the Union. It certainly is, but not more so than a letter, accompanied by the clipping, received from a resident of Chattanooga, who signs himself J. W. Blair. Mr. Blair handles the Johnson affair without gloves, and perhaps dib not intend the whole of his letter for publication. There can, however, be no harm in quoting him in part. He says: "Why have you people in the North not courage and manhood to pass laws forbidding such things? a thing which God Himself does not give countenance to? Why do you people approve of miscegenation such as this case? What is the consequence of it? A mongrel race of white people." The Union has no hesitancy in suggesting to the Times and Mr. Blair and all others whom it may concern that, whatever the circumstantial evidence, they wrong the * " ** J-*- i ? 11 _ V . I people 01 me xNorm in mus aasuij assuming that lack of moral courage is responsible for the absence of legal provision against the marriage of white persons with blacks in many of the Northern States. Time ?and no very long time, either? will probably vindicate this suggestion. As to the Times's charge of cowardice, it is manifestly absurd save in so far as negligence and culpable carelessness involve cowardice. This problem, which presented itself in the South generations ago and afforded Dixie due warning to fortify herself with suitable laws, has only within very recent years become a real one in the North. A few object lessons like this Johnson affair will impress upon the Northern States the danger which should be already too apparent. The Union, which yields to no one, North or South, in its indignation and disgust at the Johnson mess and all others of the In'tiH nrntoctc ne^ninst unfair charge of cowardice preferred against the people of the North in this instance. At the same time, it is plainly up to the Northern States to remove all possible occasion for its repetition bv passing prohibitory laws against the practice which provoked such a charge.?Manchester Union. Modern Harmless Rullets. From this country there have gone to Bulgaria, to Montenegro and to Servia 50 surgeons who are in charge of about 2,000 beds. One of them, Doctor Fedlicka, states that he has had an opportunity of observing 670 cases of severe wounds in Servian soldiers and ex pressed his surprise at the rapidity of healing and aseptic conditions of even the most dangerous injuries. Men shot through the body by bullets which penetrated the liver, the lung, the spleen and the intestines, recovered after a fortnight or so without much evidence of ultimate harm. The modern bullet is rendered aceptic by the enormous heat of the burning powder and it hardly ever shatters long bones, so that there were very few amputations?only two in 500 cases?and only 20 instances in which plaster .of paris bandages were necessary.?Vienna correspondence of the Lancet. Wednesday, the big day at the Pastime Theatre. 34-INCH GROOM; 5 FEET 8 BRIDE Romance of a Circus at St. Louis, Missouri. n A romance of the circus sideshow reached its climax in St. Louis Saturday when Jack C. W. Barnett, of Roxboro, N. C., 21 years old, 38 inches high and weighing 34 pounds, got a license to marry Miss Dorothy David Warfield, 19 years old, about five feet eight inches in height, and weighing 136 pounds. Mrs. H. L. Morris, seven feet four inches tall and weighing 126 pounds, was to be matron of honor, the couple anounced, and her husband, a man of ordinary size, was selected as the best man. V. A 4-a KA linATl 51 JDcLIJJ.tr LI Uau niwwu u^/vi* % high stool when he was called upon to sign the application for a license at the city hall. With the stool beneath him, he stood with his head about on a level with that of the bride-to-be. Since Barnett was 16 years old he has traveled writh the sideshows of circuses he told a reporter. In the same circus Miss Warfield, until last April a high school girl of Baltimore, does a "mystery act." She is placed in a cabinet, but when the curtains are pulled back, Barneh explained, she is not there, etc., etc. Then flow house. He found that the woman was in a hospital, reported as dangerously injured, and that a charge of assault with intent to kill had been lodged against the husband. He hurried" back, "Now,. Uncle Ike," he said, "if you want me to defend you, you've got to tell me the truth about this whole affair. They say your wife is badly hurt?she may not get well. What did you do to her?" "Mistah Campbell," protested the old man, "I done tole you de truth?) I des up and slapped dat 'oman along j side de haid wid my hand." "With your hand?" "Yes suh." "Was there anything in your hand?" "Well, suh, since you mentions it," said the accused, "I does seem to recall dat I happened to1 be holdin' a flatiron in my hand at dfe time."? Saturday Evening Post. ers begin to grow from a vase, also, I etc. Barnett said the rivalry for Miss1 Warfield's favor was very keen, several freaks^ such as the human ostrich, the ossified man and the wild man, being in the race. Fight Knife Duel as Crowd Looks On. Berlin, Ga., Dec. 16.?With a small room for an arena, and friends of the two men as spectators, Otis Hart and a man named McCullom, fought a duel with knives Saturday night, until both men, bleeding from scores of gashes, fell exhausted on the crimson floor. Hart was rushed to his father's home, where physicians reached him after a record automobile run. He is in a serious condition. His nose was slashed from his face and there were no less than three dozen cuts about his face. Hart declared that McCullom had used a large knife on him. McCullom was carried to his home, but his condition is not considered as serious as that of Hart. The knife battle followed a drinking carnival, which was participated in by a half dozen citizens of the town. Hart and McCullom were among the crowd who received several quarts of whiskey Saturday. They went to the house of a neighbor with several other men and started to drink the liquor. Late during the evening Hart and McCullom got into an argument and had a fist fight, which was stopped by others in the crowd. A short time before midnight the men again had words and this time in place of going at each other with fists, they both drew knives and a niarft was cleared in the room to al low them to fight. They slashed at each other for some tithe and finally both were so exhausted from the loss of blood that they were unable to continue the battle. A 5lere Slap. A young lawyer in a Southern town was sitting irt hia office one day when an old negfO who had belonged to the lawyer's father came in and hailed him. "Mistah Campbell,' he said, "Ise dOlie got in a little mess 'count of my ole' ofhfcrt, and I wants you please, suh, to CO<ne 'long over to de cote house and fix It up fur me. It don't 'mount to nothiil',- but dey is talkin' 'bout swearin' out a' writ and sendin' de constables after me." "What is the matter?"' asked the lawyer. "Well, suh," said the old man, "you know whut a aggravatin' nigger 'oman dat wife o' mine is? Dis mawnin' at breakfus' she kept ar-gufyin' and 'sputin' wid me ontell 1 up and slapped her 'longside de haid once't to correct her." Leaving the old man in his office, the lawyer crossed to the court DOCTORS ARE PUZZLED. 1 The Srtange Experiences of Twins in E: Springfield, Massachusetts. A case which has puzzled the doctors and is likely to find a place in is the books is reported by the Spring- fe field Republican of the strange death be of twins in that city. Emil and Ste- lo phen Yelinek, at their birth seven- th teen years ago, were apparently strong and healthy children. They di /I Alfftl AV\A/1 r* Ar?rv%nlltf iinf l1 A ViAllI f K Al ?? W ucYciuycu uui iiiaiiv until auu u t mcii seventh year, when they began to ti< lose their strength. At eight they er entered school; but after six months in their legs had weakened to a degree ri( that they were placed in a sanitari- sc um for expert treatment. All efforts to check the progress of their to disease failed, and for nearly nine m years they had the use only of their Ai heads and forearms. Sc Their minds did not appear to be affected at all and their cheerfulness and gayety was not impaired. They L( quarreled frequently and bumped st each other with their heads, quickly ai making friends again, however. ai The last few months, under a new w treatment, they seemed to be making P] some improvement, but ten days ago Emil was seriously sick from the s* day Stephen went to bed with it also, di Emil was seroiusly sick from the e3 first, and last Thursday he died. Stephen's case was a mild one and he appeared to be recovering, but as the carriages were stopping at the door s? for his brother's funeral he suddenly ei became violently ill and within a few ^ minutes was dead. 01 The brothers were so much alike that one of them always wore a rib- is bon so that the members of the fam- pi ily could distinguish them apart. The Springfield Republican is not b] a yellow journal.?News and Courier. C? - o] A Trip in Turkey Before the War. ( b; After plowing through the muddy ^ streets of Konia, where the black q1 slush aften reaches the fetlocks of ci< the horses, we came out into the gardens and vineyards that surround the city on every side, and which have ^ long made it famous as the garden spot of Asia Minor. For some ten miles our road was across a plain as level as a house floor. We jogged along at the rate of come three miles an hour, the usual rate of travel by ^ araba, and after something more g than three hours began to ascend a h rough hillside until we had reached a height of nearly a mile above the sea, fully a thousand feet above the ^ city of Konia. Here a magnificent view greets the eye. Kara Dagh, the Black Mountain, is the most con- b spicuous feature of the landscape. ti On its sides are the ruins of "a thousand and one Churches," according to tradition, though an actual count would make the number far less, and s some would be found to be ilot churches at all, but- ancient buildings of a secular character. To the north of this city of Konia, with its ^ stately minarets and its beautiful ^ mosques, the twin peaks of St. Philip and St. Thekla keeping guard over j the city. To the south we can see Baba Dagh, or the "Pilgrim Father," n a mountain eight thousand feet high, that flS&s, like its nobler companion, Kara Dagtf.- directly out of the level, ocean-like pflSMe, fj In the nearer dis'toce to the south gi is the plain of Lystrd, fcird to this WO d now gradually descend. D#f journey is about half completed, uM Wd f< stop for a noonday lunch in ail did r khan, built of tremendous blocks of I f\ hewn stone, with mighty stone pil- w lars supporting the roof. It looks a: more like a cavern than a house of q refuge, and it dates back doubtless r( to the Seljukian times some six hun- "] dred years ago. Here numberless tl travelers ower this lonely and deso- e< late road have found shelter with their camels and horses and donkeys, and in just such a khan St. Paul may g have rested, as he, too, took the same fi route over the heights of Loras Dagh tl to Lystra.?Christian Herald. STOLE TO FEED CHILDREN. G1 -1- " * < Si 3KHWT l/augnt lit King 1UUR tivui Doorstep is Released, 0] Stealing a bottle of milk from a d( doorstep on- South Third street for 1 her hungry little boy and girl at home a~ \*idcrtv witfe two children, who occupied a room on the third e< floor at 524: South Second street, ^ says the Phildd&jjlua; Ledger, was ar- e( rested early yesterday mdlning by a st policeman of the Second and"' Chris-- e5 tian streets station! ^ "Joe's hungry and I never did' this 1 before," she sobbed as she told- him ~c + *??, nlUkl nf Vior' Zkicr'ht-VP.P'P-nld Ul uie pugui, ui uci . ~? son, and of her 13-year-old daughter,- p who had gone off without any break- ni fast to do a long, weary day's work h: in a box factory. "You can go home, Mrs. Popek," n< said Magistrate MacFarland, when ai her case was brought before him. "I'll see that you get something to' ^ eat for your daughter and Joe." ft ? ?- ai Friday at the Pastime, afternbdh k: and night, Nelson-Wolgast' prize bi fight in 4 reels. hi J i ro ADD TEX YEARS TO LIFE. tpected Discoveries Will Lengthen ] Alloteian Says I>r. Loeb. Dr. M. L. Loeb, a scientist who making experiments in the Rocke- ] ller institute said yesterday he ] ilieves human life 6oon will be pro- ] nged from 10 to 25 years beyond i e present normal spah. < In a few years said the doctor i scoveries probably will be made bich will bear an important rela- j 3n to the human life. The discov- j ies he said will result in prolong- j tr oviotonoo hovnnH thp normal ne od given in the Bible as "three . ore years and ten." , Dr. Loeb explained that to pro- ; ?ng life the tissues of the body , ust be prevented from decaying, s long as the tissues are kept in ( >od order, life will not leave the )dy except by violence. Continuing his explanation Dr. Deb said the heart, lungs, and omach are the three most importit organs of the body. When they 'e treated wisely the other organs ill take care of themselves. To revent tissues from decaying, the aysician said, the heart, lungs, and omach must be kept in good conition. That can be done by good cercise, clean living and proper ?od. I Most of the food eaten by human 2ings, is not sufficiently nourishing lid Dr. Loeb. It will be when prop: nourishment is discovered he benmA tVian t-Vi^ nprfod ^ V VQ ClUU HiVil V UV vvv* ^ - ? ?% c human life will grow. "The trouble with human beings they do not care for themselves roperlv," said Dr. Loeb yesterday. A. man who works as a Wall sttreet roker, a clerk or stenographer, mnot expect to live to a healthful Id age. "All of us know death is caused y other than this, we can find the eart ceases to beat because of some ther cause. It may be the stom;h was imperfect. All of the tisles and sections of the body deend on the heart for life. A long fe, depends wholly on the heart, le lungs, and the stomach and not a a fore-ordained length of life. "It should be remembered that le heart, lungs, and stomach are le most important organs in theuman body. But the stomach is rst. If it is treated properly, the eart and lungs will take care of lemselves. "To get the heart, stomach and ings in proper shape it is necesiry to take physical exercise, and ood nourishment also is required, y that I do not mean a great quanty of meat and such things. "That food of the future man or oman who wants t<? live to an age lat realiy is ripe will be taken in en&ll amounts, because it will be trongly nourishing." Dr. Loeb was asked what he lought of Dr. AlOXis Carrel's view lat the Darwinian theory is wrong, [e said he thought the Darwinian leory correct and is sure human be:gs are descended from monkeys beause of similarity in the tissue of len and monkeys. Did Rnbinstein Keep His Word? Writing her memoirs of Anton Lubinstein, a former pupil tells a trange story of the great pianis's eafch, "Oild Wild 6iid blustery night I 5und myseif at dinner alone with rubinstein, the weather being ter ffci eVen for St. Petersburg. The iild# Were howling r&und the house, nd Rubinstein, i*ho liked to ask uestioriS/ inquired of me what they ^presented to my mind. I replied, The moaning of lost- souls.' From lis a theolog''gal discussion follow1 " 'There may be a future,' he said. " 'There is a future," I cried, 'a reat and. beautiful future. If I die rst, I shall come to you and prove lis.' "He turned to me with great sol unity. " 'Good, Liloscha, that is a barain; and I will come to you.' "Six years later in Paris I woke ne night with a cry of agony and espair ringing in my ears, such as hope I may never be duplicated in ty lifetime. Rubinstein's face was ose to mine, a countenance distorti by every phase of fear, despair, ^ony, remorse, and anger. I start1 up, turned on all the lights, and ;ood for a moment shaking in ev*y limb, till I put fear from me and scided that it was merely a dream. had for the moment completely >rgotten our compact. News is alays late in Paris, and it was Le etit Journal, published in the afterdoii, that had the first account of is sudden death. "Four* years later, Teresso Carend, whoj had just come from Russia id was touring America?I had met er'-' iri; St- retersourg irequeuti^ <u, ubinsfceiii's dinner table?told me iat Rubinstein died witb a cry of rohy impossible of description. I new then that even in death RuinsfefnT-t&d kept, as he always did, iw^Werdv-^Harper's Magazine. i vAi*. < -. -i? . A?_ . . THE PARCELS POST. How it Compares in Charges with the Express Companies. For 40 years the American peo- ^ pie have demanded a parcel post. Forty-three foreign countries already have a parcel post and there is no record of any foreign country ?ver having discontinued such a service after having started it. The first zone is quadrangular but not square in shape, since it is bounded on east and west by meridian's of longitude, which of course, converse as they go north and diverge as they go south. All other zones are roughly circular in shape. Zone two includes all units of area outside zone one which lies either wholly or in part within a circle' drawn from the center of a given > unit or area, the circle to have a radius of 150 miles. The third zone includes all the territory outside of zone two, within the radius of a circle of 300 miles, and with the same proviso that all units or area through which its boundary circle passes are a part or mat zone. me iounn zone has a radius of 600 miles, the fifth zone a radius of 1,000 miles, the sixth zone a radius of 1,400 miles, the seventh zone a radius of 1,800 miles, and the eighth zone includes all units or area outside of zone seven. The matter of units of area and of zones' is somewhat complicated. But it seems much more complicated than it really is. The reasons for establishing such a system are clears ly set forth by Senator Bourne, in his report on the postoffice appro-, priation bill. There are some 60,000 post offices in the'United States with a map ten feet long, and ten feet wide an effort to designate the postoffices on such a map would be like printing the Lord's prayer on the head of a pin. If the shipper has no rate book and map of his own, he will ask at the postoffice, what the rate is. rn1 aIA.I, -nrill tcl/fl 1 Lit; yUSliUaSlCl Ul kicin n ill i,uuv i a directory and find quickly, by means of a marginal thumb index, the State to which the package is to be sent?in this case, Virginia? find the postoffice, Alexandria, after which name will be a number indicating the quadrangle or utait or area in which Alexandria is located, The number on blf chart will readily indicate in which zone Alexandria is in relation to New York. As Alexandria is within three hundred miles of New York it would come in the third zone. The rate for the third zone is seven cents for the first pound, and five cents for each additional pound or frac-< ti'on of a pound. So a four-pound five ounce pajrcel will require 27 cents postage to be carried from New York to Alexandria, which sum the citizen will aflix in parcel post stamps and his parcel will be delivered within due course, . * It costs now 64 cents to send foul4 pounds of books either across the city or across the continent. Under the parcel post law it will cost eight cents to send the same package across the city and 48 cents to send it across the continent, / .. As it is at present, if a housewifd in Oranee N. .T._ wants to order five pounds of coffee from a New York house, the express company will charge her 20 cents to deliver it, while the parcel post service will ask her but 17 cents. If her package is li pounds lil wdight, the press rate is the same as the parcel pO*t rate, 35 cents, but in San FraiiciscO she would find parcel post a little cheaper then express on 11 pounds from New York?$1.32 as . against $1.65. On her five-pound tea package would gain a slight advantage over the previous price, paying 60 cents to the government as against 80 to the express company. On long hauls and small weights there is no possible semblance of competition. On short hauls and heavy weights?heavy meaning at or near the parcel post limit of 11 pounds?there is little advantage of the parcel post over express in point of price paid. On long hauls, with heavy weights there is a distinct though not an enormous saving by parcel post over express. Fbr parcels up to and including four ounces in weight, the old rate is preserved. And when it comes to local and rural free delivery hauls, the one-pound rate of five cents simply shuts out all possible competition.?Railroad Man's Magazine. Yeggmen Crack Safe. Spartanburg, Dec. 22.?The safe in the office of McDowell's ginnery at Pacolet was blown open last night by yeggmen, but no money was taken. The explosion aroused the ' - ? - -C /.ilnmnnf village to sucn a siaie in citucmcui that the cracksmen were forced to flee without booty. The men were heard running through the streets but all efforts to apprehend thent failed. M ' ' . Vr,''..vv|