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PERSONAL MENTION. } People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mr. Jno. H. Cope, of Cope, was in the city last Saturday. ?Mrs. R. M. Kearse and son, Roscoe, were in the city Monday. ?Mr. W. Frank Johnson, of Au1 . gusta is in the city on a visit to rela3 . t " tives. ?Dr. Chas. F. Black is at home from New York, where he took a special course. L ?Misses Ethel and Urma Black ^ have been visiting Miss Leona Padgett in Walterboro. ?Miss Marion Simmons is spend9r ing some time with her sister, Mrs. W Whetstone, in Branchville. ?Mrs. Bradley, of Orangeburg, spent Sunday in the city on a vist to { her mother, Mrs. M. L. Johns. I J ?Dr. Geo. F. Hair attended the I " meeting of the State Dental Association at the Isle of Palms last week. H ?Mr. O. D. Faust, Jr., who has been visiting relatives in the city, returned to Jacksonville, Fla., Monday night. ?Mrs M. A. Bamberg has gone to s Asheville, N. C., to spend the summer with the family of her son, Mr. Henry F. Bamberg. ?Miss Ottie Simmons spent Monday in Branchville. She will teach in the graded school at that place the coming session. ?Mr. E. B. McLaurin attended the Gibson-Beach wedding at his old home, McColl, last week, returning to the city Saturday. . ?Mrs. Sam Jones, of Barnesville, Ga., spent a few days in the city last week, she being here to attend the Rentz-Thomas wdding. ?Mr. and Mrs. Bissell Beach, who were married at McColl last Wednesday, spent several days at the Isle of ^ J. aiiiia. i xic? icLuxucu uuuic .nuuuuj * night. ?Misses Lizzie and Sara Lena Herrington have returned to their Ifc home at Sardis, Ga., after a pleasant visit here to their sister, Mrs. W. H. Chandler. ?Miss Kate Felder, of Bamberg, L arrived in town today to spend some time with Capt and Mrs. David Felder, at No. 44 Charlotte street.? Charleston Evening Post, i ?Mr. G. W. Garland left last week for the Gettysburg reunion. From there he will go on to New York to visit his sons. He was accompanied by Miss Lucile Hunter, who will visit her father's family in Washington. D. C. ?Misses Thelma and Dixie Faust, 4 daughters of Dr. O. D. Faust, arrived in the city Sunday afternoon. They will all leave in a few days for Brevard, N. C., where they will furnish music at the Franklin Hotel during the summer. ?Dr. M. H. Varn, who recently t graduated at the Atlanta Dental Col1 leg , stood his examination before the Sta ;e board of dental examiners last we'ik and was awarded a license to practice in South Carolina. He is also licensed in Georgia. - I NEGRO CUSTOMS DEPUTY MOVED McAdoo Quick to Act on Protest from Brunswick, Ga. Washington, June 30.?Quickly heeding the protest of Brunswick, Ga., citizens against the placing of Eugene R. Belcher, a negro, in the position of deputy customs collector in charge of the port or Brunswick, Secretary McAdoo, of the treasury department, today revoked Belcher's designation and named L. H. Johnson, as deputy collector to assume charge there on July 1, when the new customs re-or? ganization goes into effect. Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, protested to Secretary McAdoo and also presented a protest from Brunswick citizens stating that Belcher's designation was a violation of their feelings and wishes. , " Girl Rivals Baseball Star. Before an audience of over one thousand, including Friests and - Sisters, as well as parents of the graduating class of St. Joseph's Seminary, on Hamilton Heights, an ultra select school, Elsa Mathilda Ulma, of Brooklyn, N. Y., one of the graduates, hurled a baseball over the four-story school building with all the ease and abandon of a big leaguer, says a Hartford, Conn., special. The ball landed on the other v sid9 of the school after having shot into the air a distance of 150 feet and clean over the building. The girl is not the kind of robust and masculine type that such a feat would seem to indicate. Slight of build, she is however, exceedingly supple and has always practiced throwing boy fashion. Coast Line Depot Burned. Manning, July 1.?During an electric storm that passed over this Section nhnut midnight Saturday nisrht the station building of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, at Wilson's Mill, six miles east of Manning, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. ?> EDGEFIELD CHURCH DESTROYED First Baptist Church Struck by Lightning?To be Rebuilt. Edgefield, June 25.?The First Baptist Church building at this place was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The steeple was struck by lightning which caused the fire. The building was comparatively new and cost about $10,000. Almost all of the pews with the other furniture were saved, but the pipe organ recently installed at a cost of $2,000, was destroyed. The loss is estimated at $15,000, with $5,200 insurance. The building will be immediately replaced. JACK JOHNSON SAILS SUNDAY. Pugilist and Wliite Wife Bound for Havre, France. Montreal, June 27.?Jack John-nacnm rmtrilicf oppnmnariipii ?>ULi, tJLIC UC&1V ^UG*i.w;v, ^ r bv bis white wife, Lucille Cameron Johnson, is booked to sail for Havre on the Allan Line steamer Corinthian Sunday morning. Canadian immigration officials located Johnson to-night with a view to taking summary deportation action should he fail to comply with the immigration laws. The negro pugilist produced a through ticket to Havre, purchased in Chicago, which ties the hands of the Canadian immigration outhorities. They are powerless to act further than to see that he leaves on the ship which he is booked to sail. HENS ADOPT MALE PLUMAGE. Pullets Develop Headgear Remarkably Like Rooster. Remarkable developments in poultry would seem to suggest that the masculine tendencies of some women have now spread to hens! A well known Sussex breder of Hallisham possesses a 2 y? year old speckled Sussex hen which at the end of her first year was in appearance a hen, laid a quanity of eggs, set and reared chickens, says a London letter. Last year she did not lay, but mol- 1 ted into a cock's plumage, with the exception of the headgear, which is ] normally a pullet's. 1 A partridge Wyandotte hen has ( been presented to the National His- ] tory Museum which presents a speci- ( ally peculiar case. i The bird was hatched in 1910 and ; molted normally in the autumn of that season and again in 1911. After the 1912 moult her plumage became 1 in all respects that of a cock. Although she still laid eggs, not one of ] them has been hatched. i Mr. A. R. Cooper, of Knaresborough, has had a blue leghorn fe- < male with a male's headgear, but in j this case the bird did not lay any ] eggs. . i , How Wilson Roots. A study of the manner in which ' President Wilson roots at a ball game gives the average tumultuous fan , about nineteen hundred pointers on the power of repose and quietude. President Wilson is no clammish rooter?far from it. But he has rooting down to a fine science, probably be- < cause of his experience at the Prince- ] ton games, says the Washington Star. ] At a recent battle royal in the ] Florida avenue ball yard the Presi- : dent arrived well ahead of the game ] with Secretary Joseph Patrick Tumulty. Calmy and quietly President Wilson strode to a seat in the front row and the exact center of his official box. In his gray suit and soft hat the President was an unobtrusive, inconspicuous figure. Then the play warmed up. Moeller tripled. President Wilson's smile broadened and he nodded as if in encouragement. Throughout the game that smile continued. Nothing could hurt it, not even two runs scored by the visitors. When the Washington 1 players got away with anything the i presidential hands were pounded to- < gether in vigorously approving hand- < clapping and the smile were president Wilson's evidence that he was i enjoying himself thoroughly. 1 He continued his vigil until the ! game was almost over, then he, with ; the rest of the party, hurried down ; the concrete run way to where the ' White House automobiles, were sta- < tioned. A weary fan, his coat off and a handkerchief wrapped about his < neck, in place of a collar, plodded his 1 the machine as the President was about to climb into it. The fan turn- ; ed to a friend who looked scarcely i less warm than he. < "Woodrow's a grand rooter," said < the fan gloomily. i "He is." admitted the friend. < "But," continued the fan raspingly, ' "he will never get my vote." ! "Why not?" demanded the friend < in surprise. "He's a good ball fan." continued ] the fan. not noticing the interruption ] "and he's a good President, but I'll ] be hanged if he gets my support until 1 I see him take off his coat after the 1 second inning and come out of the i game -with his collar wilted." ARMY OFFICERS ARE RECALLED. Secretary of War Issues Order Detaching them from S. C. Militia. Washington, June 26.?To-day's official development in Washington following the correspondence between Governor Blease and Secretary of War Garrison, in which the Governor was informed that steps would be taken immediately to withdraw all Federal assistance to the organized militia of South Carolina in view or the Governor's attitude, was the publication of this army order: "The following named officers are relieved from duty with the organized militia of South Carolina, to take effect at once: Capt. Alexander Greig, Jr., coast artillery corps; First Lieut. James G. Boswell, infantry; First Lieut Charles H. Cabaniss, Jr., retired. "Capt Greig will remain on duty at his present station in connection with the organized militia. "Lieut Boswell will await orders at his present station for the convenience of the Government. "Lieut Cabaniss will proceed to his home." Xo order has yet been issued by the Secretary of War for the withdrawal of any of the equipment which the Federal Government has loaned the South Carolina militia. Xo controversial statement of any sort has been made by Secretary Garrison or any of his subordinates here in connection with Governor Blease's course. Pure Gossip. The two girls?and these were not any particular two girls, but any two girls met on the street, kissed, made faces and started to chatter, relates The Cleveland Plain-Dealer. And the first said: "I want to congratulate you, dear!" And the second replied: "Thank you. But what for?" "I hear you are going to marry Dick Henrooster." "Who ever told you such a ridiculous thing as that?" "Why, your best friend Daisy S.turtium." "Listen, deary: I don't doubt your honesty, but I can't believe that Daisy ever said any such thing. She knows everything about me, and we have never had a quarrel, and 6he isn't a eat. Be fair?I'll leave it to you. Did she ever tell you that I was going to marry Dick?" "She did." "Would you mind repeating her rery words?" "She told me distinctly." Grace Panzibed is engaged to Dick Henrooster." "Aha! That's how these stories get started. I see. I am engaged to him, ind Daisy told the truth. But what right have you to gather from that fact that I am going to marry the little fool? Gossip, that's what it is? just mean gossip! Can't a girl get sngaged to a fellow without having a bunch of busybodies running about telling that she is going to marry him?" "Us girls has a rough row to hoe." A Remarkable Duel. Perhaps the most singular duel sver fought was one in which the hero was a dog, and this duel was fought so long ago, and the chronicler thereof was so careless that the name of this gallant hero, except that he was called "the dQg of Montargis," 3id not appear, though we have the name of his antagonist. It happened in France, this duel, about the year 1280. A man named Aubrv had been murdered in the forest of Bondy, near Paris. Aubry had a faithful log. Unfortunately the breed as well is the name of this four-footed friend is lost. After the disappearance of his master, the dog every two or four days for some time, would come to the house of his master's intimate friend to be fed. One day this friend followed the dog, and was led by him to the forest of Bondy. Here tne dog scratched away the earth, disclosing the body of Monsieuf Aubry. Prom that time the dog would never D[uit his friend, and it was noticed that whenever he met a man named Macaire he would show every sign of anger, and once he flew upon him, and was with difficulty taken off. This caused Macaire to be suspected af the murder of the man whose body had been found in the forest, and a duel was resolved upon by the authorities to decide whether Macaire was guilty or not. This was so different from the French duel of today that an immense throng of people crowded to see it. The dog had his claws and a good set of teeth. More than this he had a tub to which he rould withdraw when he was weary. The man was only allowed to have a stick and a shield. The combat lasted so long that Macaire, who had be^n severely bitten, fainted from loss of blood, and later confessed that he was the murderer. There is no record that the dog said anything to express his satisfaction, but doubtless he was for nine days at least a much admired dog and the talk of all Paris.?Indianapolis News. ORANGEBURG LIQUOR ELECTION Ordered by County Supervisors foi August 19. Orangeburg, July 28.?There will be an election on the dispensary ques tion in Orangeburg County on August 19 next. Such was the decision ol the county board of supervisors at a meeting held to-day. Something more than a month age petitions were presented by the dispensary advocates asking for the election, and since that time the clerh of the supervisors, Mr, J. L. Dukes has been engaged in checking over the petitions to ascertain the validity ol the signatures thereon. It was found that the petitions carried 2,231 names with at least 1,706 of these qualified voters. After a careful examinatioc of the registration books they were found to contain the names of nol over 4,S00 qualified electors. From these figures it was found that, beyond a doubt, the petitions contained the names of the required one-third of the qualified electors, with a good margin. The supervisors were in session all day and up to late this afternoon During the morning representatives of both the Prohibitionists and dis J pensary advocates made addresses before the board. No new commissioners will be required for this election, the two-year terms of office ol those last appointed by the Governoi not having expired. MARRIED GIRL UNDER SIXTEEN Walter Aiken, of Lexington, the Husband, Lodged in Jaili Lexington, June 26.?Sheriff Miller lodged in jail yesterday Walter Aiken, who is charged with having married a girl under 16 years of age, The arrest warrant was issued b> Magistrate Easterling, of Columbia, upon complaint of the mother of the girl. The marriage ceremony was performed on the 16th of June, and soon thereafter the couple came tc this county, and at the time of arrest were working on the plantation of H, A. Mettze. Aiken, who is 40 or 45 years old, formerly lived in Lexington County, but his movements have been uncertain. While her husband is in jail, the girl wife is staying with Sheriff Miller. Aiken will be transferred tc the Richland County jail as soon as the authorities can be communicated with. A Stupendous Blunder. Now, that it cannot hurt the Press association meeting to say so, it is in order to say that the invitation to Norman Hapgood to make the address was a stupendous blunder. We are quite sure those who extended the invitation had forgotten Hapgood's gross insult to Southern women while he was editor of Collier's weekly.? Newberry Observer. Empty Cradle. Every woman who takes a high salary as a substitute for a bevy of babies is murdering posterity. The strong, healthy, big brained bairne who might be born are sacrificed for Paris dresses and automobiles, writes Mrs. John Martin of New York. The cradle is empty that restaurants may be filled, the home deserted that luxurious girl apartments may be crowded. A high salary for men means an early marriage, fine family lies and domestic morality. High salary for women means deferred marriage, women politics, empty homes and race suicide. The future should lie in women's laps. So lorig as the women are in the counting hrrnco fan + nni- u n rJ i-inHinc hnnth. the laps are empty and the future in danger. Without eugenics, the Nation will one day, like the Titanic, go to the bottom. We may flatter ourselves that the biggest fastest, richest, grandest Nation afloat cannot sink, but it can. We are living in an age which attaches inordinate importance to the improvement of conditions. A host of persons spend their lives racking their brains to think of new things and more things to do; new advantages to provide, new improvements to make. Meanwhile nobody seems to be asking, except a handful of eugenists, why it is that conditions need such a frightful lot of improving and why it is they never stay improved. A minister who was not averse to | an occasional toddy hired an Irishman to clean out his cellar. Pat soon discovered a multitude of empty bottles, and hope repeated its specialty of springing eternal in the human breast. As he was carefully examining each bottle by holding it to the light, the minister saw him, and called out: "They are all dead ones, Pat." "They are, are they?" replied the Irishman. "Well, there's one good thing about it: they all had the minister with them when they were dying." . FOUND THEY WEREN'T MARRIEJ Solicitor, However, Helps Lexingtoi Couple Out of Difficulty. ' Lexington, June 28.?That thi course of true love never runs smootl - was exemplified here Thursday, w^iei Walter Aiken and Miss Iva Lanie L went through the marriage ceremon; for the second time in two weeks > Some time ago. when this couple de cided to go down life's road together ^ they went to a man who claimed to b< : be a notary public. Being withou . a license, this pretended officer pro i ceeded to write one, and then an< there performed what he called th< I marriage ceremony. He chargei 5 Aiken $2.50 for the license, 75 cent L for marrying him and 75 cents fo i putting the notice in the paper. Thi - happy couple went their way rejoic - ing, thinking everything had beei i done properly; but before they kne^ what was happening, Aiken was ar I rested and placed in jail on a charg* I of abduction. I Solicitor Timmerman took up th< case and conferred with the girl' 1 mother in Columbia. Now it appear . that the ceremony was performed b; J a man who had, once upon a time been a notary public, but whose com 3 mission had long since been revoke* by the Governor. Upon hearing o - that, the mother claimed that th' : whole thing was illegal. The solicit or assured her that the would-be no tary was in error, but that the wed ding contract would hold before th' ' law; but that did not satisfy carefu mamma. The obliging solicitor thei told the mother that he would*retur] to Lexington with the young peopl and there secure the proper license . and that he himself would perform th< . ceremony according to law. This hi did in the office of Probate Judgi , Drafts, with all due dignity and sol emnity. After all this, the lover are skeptical, and are yet afraid tha . something will come up to separati them. Teachers for the Filipinos. Eighty-five American teachers lef San Francisco recently to enter th< Philippine teaching service. The: ' were elected from a large eligible ' list and nearly every State in th< Union was represented. They are un ; der a two-year contract, or in proba tion to determine their qualifications although the average term of servic< 1 of American teachers in the Philip pines is six years. There are 700 positions occupie< by American teachers and neariy $3, 500,000 is expended annually on th< i schools in the Philippines. Thes< v figures appear large but no matte , what it costs, the United States can ; not afford to let its adopted childrei , grow up in ignorance. When the is . lands in the years to come are man ; aging their own affairs Uncle Sam , the schoolmaster, may have just rea . son to be proud of some of his schol ars. The school teacher has alwayi been the forerunner of civilization.? From the New Orleans Picayune. i HER LONG VIGIL ENDED. i "Mother Frank" Dead, but Light foi ' Soldier Lover Still Burns. Miss Julia Frank, 72, better knowi i as "Mother Frank," is dead at hehome in West Stony Creek. She adop ted and reared ten children, and fo: forty years had attended Memoria i Day services in this village, and hac decorated the grave of every soldie] buried here. Miss rrank s sweetneart, a soiaiei in the Union army, was killed at th< battle of Bull Run, and for more thai i fifty years she had kept a light burn > ing in her window in anticipation o his return. She never accepted as au thentic the report of his death. The farm where she spent her life is bequeathed to an unmarried sistei on condition that the light be kep' burning for the soldier.?Amsterdam i N. Y. Dispatch to New York World Buy your disinfectant and spray: for mosquitoes and flies, also frur jars, at Hunter's Hardware Store. rn. ui I tj)/.DU10w Tickets sold each 1 and including Septer ed to reach Den ma midnight of the se< date of sale. EXCURSION RATE For Any Info T. C. WHITE, General Passenger Agent, Wilmington, N. C. ? - < . .* . ) ! OFFICER BITES NEGRO'S LIP. 1 Nether Lip of Burly Black Man Almost Severed. e Greenville, June 27.?In a desper1 ate encounter this afternoon with a 2 burly negro, Deputy Sheriff J. P. r Barton, of the American Spinning v Company, bit his assailant's nether lip almosa completely off. The wound ed negro. Andy Rucker, was over, powered by the assistance of City e Patrolman Joe Kitchen, and later t turned over to Deputy Keller, of the - sheriff's nffiop who took him to the 1 county jail. A sticking plaster was e applied to the two portions of the I negro's lower lip to hold the mems ber together. r e SPARTANBURG MAN DROWNED. a John Grier Sinks in Saxon Mill Pond v in Sight of Friends. ________ e Spartanburg, June 27.?John Grier, aged 30, was drowned about 9 e o'clock, to-night, while in swimming s with several friends in a pond at Saxs on Mill, near this city. Grier was a y native of Spartanburg County, and was agent for the North State Life - Insurance Company. He went down 3 in sight of his friends. His body was f quickly recovered and medical aid e summoned. Grier leaves a wife and " several children. Giving Away Goods ; for half their val- f| ue. Linen Dress: es for Ladies, CMdrens Dresses, Slips, Gowns, Bed Linen such as Sheets, Quifts, Pillow SKps, etc., I Riklinnc 19i>M 1 IUUVU110; JUUWtf^ ; Embroideries, 1 White Goods, ' Scrims. See us i for bargains.'.'/. 1 I 2 ti ' Millinery Store ' (C. W. Eentz, Prop.) t / t? a ? .nTinO O /"I | BA.UDJCiAU, O. v. rightsville Beach, N. C.: | ilmington, N. C. "hursday?June 5th to nber 11th, 1913, limitrk, returning, prior to cond Monday following ' -l S NORTH AND EAST rmation Address U J. B. LILES, Ticket Agent. wm htmwmmmmm """" 1