Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ii iHii ^ SjJS The best Men's ??? shown in town ; J56 are being sold a last at Men's and Ladie kind that you now until they ; n IN DAYS WHEN M \ Marvelos Feats of Pol; I done by Swe< t ( > ' On a bitterly cold evening in February, 1707, a little company of Swedish dragoons, huntsmen and grooms leading extra horses, rode across the drawbridge of the castle of Liebeverda, on the banks of the River Elster, T""v-v Tir^c ^ollirtty Kllf Ill SclXOLIV. J_7cti ft. Ilea's naa lamug, uui, . it was evident that the hunting party was not unexpected, for the attendants at the castle met and conducted the half dozen visitors into warm rooms. The officer in blue riding uniform, who headed the huntsmen, paused a #moment in the lighted hallway to brush the travel stains from his clothes. Then he was conducted into a brilliantly lighted chamber, where was gathered a large.company of men-at-arms. The handsome and knightly figure of the visitor showed him to be of noble birth. His glances round the room told him that a drinking bout was in progress, and in the center of the gay gathering about the food and drink laden board, the visitor beheld the former king of Poland?King Augustus, a title he afterward regained. i Advancing to the place where the rollicking royal personage sat steeped in wine, the Swedish officer, a young man, but tall and broad shouldered, delivered a message. The burden of it was that his master, King Charles of Sweden, would arrive at the castle the following morn> ing to take part in the boar hunt to which he had been invited, and he added even now his majesty's * huntsmen, horses and hounds had arrived. > Whereupon the ex-king, looking the young Swedish nobleman over with appraising eye, frowned, then recovered his composure as he noted the skill with which the messenger addressed him without once using the title of ''majesty." He was happy, he said, complacently, that King Charles was coming, and he added: *'T v>o\r.c, tnlri that Crmnt Onstaf I X I1U f WW** VW . V-.^V ? V... . w ^ Bertelckold"?for this was the noble messenger's name, and the exking of Poland displayed his ready memory in recalling it?"that Count Bertelskold was a valiant participant in my royal friend's bear hunts. It will be an honor to the wild boars of Saxony to be laid low by so experienced an adversary." Not being so keen at repartee, Pnnrif Rertelsknld made no reDlv) other than a profound bow, and, with this slight interruption, the carousal went on with gay jest, laughter and the draining of many > flagons. are all gone at T REMEMBER THAT WHIL THE PRICES WE ARE C SALE. WE GIVE YOU N< FIRST-CLASS MERCHAN] COME IN A HURRY AS W1 M. PI ENWERE STONGJ I inders Who Were Outdish Officers. 1 i t As the evening wore on the com- a pany became noiser and the wine a flowed more freely, until at length t Augustus, with a gesture that com- a manded attention, took from the d table a silver plate. Without apparent effort he bent the plate to a t roll in his right hand and tossed it t as drink money to a servant. s Loud cries of "Bravo!" followed t this princely achievement. The ex- r ample challenged imitation. A stock- a ily-built Saxon cavalary captain r took from his pocket a copper coin, t Turning aside the tablecloth, he laid the coin on the table and with a a mighty blow of his fist drove the t coin so deep into the oaken surface i of the table that it stuck there. New r shouts of applause shook even the t heavy-beamed ceiling. e King Augustus, feeling stronger a than before, ordered several horse- r shoes brought in. Looking them c over carefully, he finally selected n one that suited him and passed it j round the company so that all could see it was good and strong and a perfect horseshoe in every way. Then v he stood up, and bending the shoe r backward and forward in the mid- e hia hrou-o it in two eciual nieces and c held them out in either hand to show 1 his muscles were harder than iron o even. Shouts of approval rose louder r than ever, goblets were filled and ' emptied again. And the stocky Sax- t on cavalry captain was heard to pro- j claim that the king of Poland should one day break his enemies' weapons r as easily as he breaks an iron horse- t shoe, at the same time giving the Swedish count a knowing look. Count Bertelskold rose to go, this c being the only reply he considered \ appropriate. But the aggressive t Saxon captain blocked his way and shouted: I "Upon my honor, I believe the t little Swedish count is afraid of us. v Gently, gently, my young friend. Your delicate virgin fingers would j certainly never break a horseshoe t in two. Drink! Drink, I say, to the health of his majesty, the king of s Poland! Why, the Swedish boy has not emptied a single honest beaker i yet!" s Count Bertelskold's hand went to I his sword hilt like a flash. But he r checked himself, seized a goblet, and ( draining it to the last drop, exclaim- i ed: "At the request of this gentle- a man, I drink to the prosperity of his t ^ ? ~ majesty, King staiusiaus. iviaj uc > live long and reign happily!" No c deeper insult could have been offer- I We are going to mov laving to move any c lo show you exactly lollar of wholesale cc :o name prices on al Shirts ever at 50c and 75c- J IB ^ s long as they ^ f >s' Shoes, the /h*! Ofhave always I j/1% air for, from J) a(j?l e away from Baml >f the goods wenov what we mean wh? ?st we are going to j 1 we have, but we | Men's Overalls, as go have ever bought foi cost $9.00 a dozen besides the freight. Ribbed Underwear foi best $1.00 per suit i you ever saw, as long it will be sold at the i E WE HAVE A PRETTY ( JFFERING IT AT. THI! D FURNITURE OR ANY' DISE. IF YOU WANT AI E WILL MOVE AWAY OK LoKl 0 UTE INDIANS ON WAR PATH. intrenched in Mountains and Refuse to Surrender Dig Rabbit. Cortez, Colo., Jan. 19.?Fifty Ute ndians, determined not to deliver Jig Rabbit, one of their tribesmen, 0 the county authorities to answer . charge of shooting Joseph Vicfeel, 1 sheep herder, are entrenched in he mountains, 18 miles from here, .nd defied a posse of 100 men toiay. The Indians yesterday took up heir positions in the mountains afer they had left their reservation in outhwestern Colorado and declared o-day they would fight to the death ather than give up Big Rabbit. They .re said to be armed with repeating mes ana nave piemy ul auuuuuiion. Indian Agent John Spear has been .ppealed to by the county authoriies in hope that he might be able to nduce the Indians to return to the eservation and surrender Big Rabiit. Spear's advances to-day, howver, were rebuffed by the Indians, nd he has wired the interior department at Washington for instructions. >pear said to-night he would take to action until he heard from Washngton. Better a wooden leg than a block lead. ;d, for it was King Charles of Swelen who had caused Stainslaus to )e chosen elector of Saxony in place if Augustus. "Flra-iv'" chnntprl a Pnlicli nnhlp nan, confronting Count Bertelskold, 'or, by heaven, I will write this oast, letter for letter, in red upon our blue coat!" It was King Augustus who inter upted with the gentle reminder that he Swedish count was their guest. "Let us," said King Augustus, 'rather ask him if in the Swedish :amp they do not amuse themselves vith any interesting experiments of he kind we have just been having." "If my honored host will permit," died Count Bertelskold, "I will atempt something that is customary vith us." "Yes, do so, my dear count," re )lied the king, glad to turn the hreatened blood-letting into jest. "By all means!" roared the bystanders. Bertelskold looked around him a noinent without replying. Then, uddenly seizing the two husky 3olish noblemen who held been so eady to draw swords against him, ?ounr j^ertelskold raised them both i r> at nnr>& a n H holding thorn 4 h7 v - o ? o md sprawling, at arm's length, bore hem twice around the table, and vith perfect solemnity sat them lown at the feet of the astonished Cing Augustus.?Kansas City Star. Derg and if low pri< r have we will go away in we state we will sei )rice a few goods here still have almost anyl ???? i i od as von n ^ r $1. They / L ^ wholesale M fl Now each ? %J V men, the m serf mderwear / ^ as it lasts / ~ suit for ? %J ^ 3-OOD STOCK ON HAND IT S IS NO FAKE SALE, BUT . rHING ELSE FREE EXCE1 JY OF THE MANY BARGA1 r FEBRUARY 15TH. CIM nex [111 1 j BAP WELL SUPPLIED WITH HEARTS. Mother and Children with Two Each Discovered. Easton, Pa., Jan. 17.?A family in which the mother and three children are each provided with two hearts, a - i a. "L ^ case saia to De uiiequaneu 111 mcuiv,ai annals, has been discovered here, according to Dr. James Morgenstern. He has called several fellow-physicians to examine the family and they have verified, his statements. In each case he found both the hearts performing their functions, one in each side of the chest. The mother, and children are normally healthy. The woman is Mrs. Burton Perkins and her children are Anna, Allen and Doris, aged 13, 11 and 4, respectively. It has been arranged that one of the children shall appear for examination before the Northampton County Medical Society at its next meeting. A Stamp Story. Six years ago a little newspaper on the edge of a Florida swamp published a brief notice that the government would redeem at one-fourth their face value, all cancelled postage I stamps returned to the postoffice de partment at Washington. A prominent postoffice officer tells of the widespread effect: "How people could credit such a statement is a mystery. But they did and the notice was widely copied. Eventually the story was syndicated through hundreds of country newspapers, and one department is still suffering from the results. "Letters of inquiry and express packages of old stamps overwhelmed the office at Washington, until we finally had to employ five or six extra clerks to tell the would-be re- , deemers the truth of the little tale. It was a rather disagreeable job, too. Some of the letters were pathetic, and I hate to think of the number of people who were disappointed all because some crack-brain editor pub lished that idiotic notice. "Even now, and it is at least six years since the notice came out, we receive letters and stamps at least every week from some sequestered \ spot that has just heard the news." Denmark Burglar Caught. ( John Larsen, a negro wanted in Denmark for the alleged robbing of < a drug store last week, was caught < with the goods Saturday in Augusta, i Several hundred dollars' worth of j goods were missed from the store, i and when Larsen's house was search- i ed the stolen articles were found in 1 a trunk. The loot consisted of jew- c elry, including watches, watch < nV.oino aln T oroon rofiTSoH tn rotlim V/uaiuO) cjuai o^u i vxuww* w * wu* ? to this State without requisition, so 1 Gov. Blease was notified. 1 < :es will keep us from with only our trunk. 11 goods at 90c on the \x/_ 1 u ; ? c iidvcu l iuuiu thing you may want. Men's nice Dress Shoes, the ki that sell for $3.50 and $.4< in the different stvles, as lo %/ 7 as they last at Ladies' Gowns, the kind that y 7 %i have been paying $1 and $1 for, as long as they last at cannot last long at a real moving away pt real bargains in :ns we are offering, r DOOR TO PC rtBERG, CHAPLAIN OF SENATE FOR DAY. I South Carolina Minister Honored at 1 Suggestion of Senator Tillman. Washington, Jan. 16.?The Rev. Dr. Oliver Johnson, pastor of the As- i sociated Reformed Presbyterian 1 church at Winnsboro, S. C., officiated s as chaplain to-day in the senate of s the United States. The invitation i was extended at the suggestion of i Senator Tillman, and carried with it f the privileges of the floor for the day. 1 It was in the early days of his career here, that Mr. Tillman was t familiarly known as "Pitchfork t Ben," and was popularly supposed to be somewhat savage and untamely, ^ that he introduced Dr. Johnson to friends on the floor of the senate as a specimen of a "civilized" South Carolinian, and elicited from Mr. Chandler, then a senator from New ; Hampshire, the pleasant rejoinder J that Mr. Tillman was himself begin- 1 ning to show signs of becoming "civ- 1 ilized." ? I Traveling Men Lease Fairfax Hotel. 1 A body of traveling men have * founded a stock company, known as 1 the Georgia-Carolina Hotel Com- T pany, and have taken a long lease on 1 the Commercial Hotel at Fairfax. 1 They will improve it in each and ^ every way, and have already put in ; hot and cold water throughout the c building. Steam heat will be install- 1 ed later. The hotfel has been paint- s ed, oalcimined and newly furnished 1 throughout. Fifteen more rooms * will be added by February 1, which 1 will make a thirty-five-room hotel. ^ The stock company is composed of t traveling men entirely now on the 8 road. They have gone in the busi- c ness to make money, but they want * to have one of the best hotels in the I State. The rates per day will be $2. | Mr. Charles Owens, a traveling man of fourteen years experience, is to ^ be the manager.?Barnwell People. ( She Got the Garters. s A bit of cheer from the great West, says the New York Telegraph: t Ripon, Wis., Jan. 1.?A young c lady, living not very far from here, s loing Christmas shopping in town on ruesday, dropped into the J. E. v Brown clothing store and said to a Mike Rallahan, the genial head clerk v :>f the establishment: S "It is my desire to obtain a pair of I circular elastic appendages capable o }f being contracted or expanded by a neans of oscillating burnished steel t ippliances that sparkle like particles 1 ~e ""-^1A lnof cot n'ifh Alaclffl HlJl-1 U. JL gUlU i^U.1 T? ilu V4 4V. ,. monds, and which are utilized for seeping in position the habiliments ii if the extremities which innate deli- p jacy forbids me to mention." b Mike had ju&t time enough to d land out a" pair of garters and then i] 'ainted. d - - ' - - . . \ v. . if SfiPl ?d V M s ipLOJ III ?u h r 25 75c 11 >ST OFFICE 2jg s c s? k/? V* jK MERCHANT GETS SEVEN YEARS. Vould-be Assassin of Competitor in Spartanburg Sentenced. Spartanburg, Jan. 15.?J. H. Stone, found guilty of assault and Dattery with intent to kill on the person of Wallace Whitlock, was to-day sentenced to serve seven years in the State penitentiary by Judge Mem ninger, who severely scored the defendant as the perpetrator of a most leinous crime. Stone was convicted of attempting :o assassinate Whitlock, his competi:or in business at the Spartanburg (unction, one night while Whitlock vas returning to his home. Cabbage Plants by Parcels Post. Washington, Jan. 15.?An effort vas made yesterday by Congressman 3yrnes, of South Carolina, assisted >y Congressman Lever, to amend the jostoffice appropriation bill so as to idmit cabbage plants to the parcels )ost rate, but Minority Leader Mann aised a point of order and was susained by the chair. The bill is beng debated in committee of the vhole. Representative Moon, of Tenlessee, chairman of postoffice comnittea, was for the admendment. The ground on which the point of order vas raised was that the matter >ught to go to the parcels post comnission for settlement. Mr. Byrnes dve that rdhhnjrp nlants will hp ad aitted to the parcels post rate at he extra session in all probability, f nothing can be done at this congress. Senator Tillman may be able o get an amendment in on the senate side. The rate now charged on abbage plants is 80 per cent more han the parcels post rate. Xegro Race Conference. The negro race conference, of vhich Rev. Richard Carroll is presilent, will meet in Columbia this 'ear, January 28th, and continue in ession four days. The meeting is to be held at this ime on account of the very low rates m the railroads, because of the corn how. Among the prominent persons who nil speak at the meeting this year, re the Hon. D. R. Coker, of Hartsille, who will speak on '"How to lelect Good Seeds for Planting," 'rof. J. D. Egleston, superintendent f education in the State of Virginia, nd Dr. Francis H.-Rowley, of Boson, editor of "Our Dumb Animals." 'here are twenty-six speakers, both hite and colored, on the program. A half day will spent in discussag "Crime among the Colored Peo 'le." The labor problem will also e discussed. The speakers mean to iscourage the people from moving ato the cities and urge them to regain on the farms.