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JF Hooton nnncnri riVL/OF ILI $ f> r I h y li , p i? d r i f June 13th, th( Hooton \ ?????? PERSONAL MENTION. Ch; People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. " i . ?Miss Mozelle Copeland spent a | in few days in Augusta tms wees.. ?Col. Greaton E. Bamberg spent fro Sunday in Williston. ?Mr. Geo. J. Hiers, of the Ehr- in hardt section, was in the city,Mon- " day. ?Mrs. G. E. Bamberg has been daT visiting relatives at Williston this v*s week. ?Miss Annie Laurie Kirkland is P?s at home from Limestone College, we' Gaffney. ^ ?Misses^ Ruth Byrd and Wilhel- at mina Folk spent last week-end in Columbia. fro ?- ?Mrs. E. J. Wannamaker, of era Orangeburg, s visited relatives here ? last week. e wa ?Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hunter are Ba spending several days in Charleston V0l this week. jng 4 ?Miss Bernte Counts has gone to pu] Bat Cave, N. C., to speil^some time with friends. Sp ?Miss Carrie Lee Bradley, of Die Orangeburg, has been visiting rela- Sta tives in town. the ?Miss Floride Randell, of Madi- wil son, Fla., is in the city on a visit to the Miss Louise Folk. his ?Miss Blonde Barton, of Denmark, graduated in millinery from lo<3 Winthrop college this week. ?r<: ?Mr. and Mrs. Walters, of Char- < leston, spent a few days in the eity ] this week on a visit to relatives. for ?Mrs. J. D. Copeland, Jr., and it little daughter returned Monday of from a stay of several weeks with fac relatives at Como, Miss. ?Miss Marion Simmons has re, turned frq^i Rock Hill, where she ter has been attending Winthrop college, for the summer vacation. at ?Miss Vance Von Lehe, of Wal- ^n< terboro, has returned to her home after a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klauber here. ! In ?rii- c p Riar-k ipfr Mondav i T . v.. - . n night for Greenwood to attend the j jn commencement exercises of the Bail-! , ev Military Institute. sio ?Mr. J. Harry Murphy, who has ma been in a hospital in Baltimore for 1 js some time, returned home last week, j ?r( much improved in health. pai ?Miss Ruth Herndon, who has thj been attending Greenville Female noi college, came home Tuesday night, fai for the summer vacation. Ob A i's Ladies I <111 urmrci REMEMBER THAT THE I f you have not been, Come; if you have t ave the goods at the prices advertised, < rill tell you that we have the goods and I ou need or will need anything that is to I ke this is often heard of but seldom seen cVin-n wato frnnrlc Tf t.VlA HfififiS a 0>y 1VI OUV|/ n vi u gvwviwi vuv ^? Remember we carry anything for L ist week will be good until Saturday nig Among the many things that we ha\ erwear, Ladies', Girls' and Children's I COME, we shall expect you and yoi eally doing even if you do not wish to b ' \ I f * i last day of Prosper i's Ladies ! ?Dr. T. J. Kelly spent Sunday in GROUP 5 HF arleston. ?Mr. John Simmons, of Holly Seventy-five De .1, spent Sunday in the city. Pive ?Mr. W. I. Johns, of Baldoc, vas the city Sunday and Monday.} The second ?Miss Louise Folk is at home Group Five, So' m Converse College, Spartanburg, assocfation, was ?Miss Addie Glover, of Aiken, is noon' . The m the citv visiting her sister, Mrs. or(*er *n W. McMillan. < ant' chairman, of Orangeburg. ?Mrs. B. S. Johns and little r,,. opened with pr lghter returned Monday from a R McMinan it to relatives at Lodge. ^ tiet church> aft, ~~~IMr. H. L. Hinnant, assistant president of th >tmaster, spent a few days last tended a hearti ek at Ridgewav with home folks, jting bankers fi ;ause of sickness,' but he is again houn, Barnwell his post in the office. berg counties. ?Misses Julian and Helen Easter- president of th g and Evelyn Free are at home Matthews, r?sp< m college. These young ladies eloquent addre iduated with first honors and all visitors, of whoi d offices in their class. Miss Julian ent, represents s also president of her society, group, 17 being mberg should feel proud of these A comprehei mg graduates, the president hav- address on "T1 ; said they were among his star ments Law" w? Mis. \ Nelson Friersor ?Dr. Geo. W. Dick, of Sumter, th? University mt last Saturday in the city. Dr. This was follow ;k is a prominent member of the "The Federal I -- - ? I D n* 1 r* PV .te legislature, being cnairman 01 " *v?. s ways and means commitee, and Peoples Nation 1 no doubt be elected speaker at ton. These ad< s ssesion this winter. He was on tertaining ana way home from Chester, where listened to att had been attending the grand were present, ge Knights of Pythias, he being wore extended 1 ind chancellor the past year. Several short ? by members of Compulsory School Attendance. which reports [f any further argument is wanted mittees were m compulsory attendance at school officers was tlr comes from Florence in a bunch the following facts?not theories. Here are the elected: *s: H. D. Calhou The most startling fact .disclosed man; J. A. Bai the annual Report of the superin- vice-chairman; ident of schools, Mr, Brooker, is angeburg, seer ; rapid increase in the attendance the latter beinj the colored schools. The white .elected. The 3 colored attendance of school chil- re-elected, as f ?n has been: Calhoun count} >> vvivivu. j tUUlH> , 1910-191 1 756 420 j Barnwell count; 1911-191 2 ....S46 526 j ton county; ar 1912-1 913 942 fr90 Orangeburg coi 1 913-1914 1,0-0 1,030 by virtue of his Xegroes don't need any compul- also a member n to send their children to school; The meeting .ny white parents do. The result the guests an<? that many white children are automobiles to rr 11 T\ f V A ^1*1^ ATQ A H JW111& UJ/ muciatc, uiiu tutu ? 11^1 <x va rents are doing them an injustice stew, together ^ it a lifetinfe of devotion could were served to t wipe out. And the State is at friends. This Ut in permitting it.?Newberry most delightful server. those who havi Store and NGS for the * AST DAY OF THE PROSPERITY >een, Come Again. If you don't thini isk your friends that have, been shari at prices as advertised. You can't ai ie had in a modern Ladies' Store and . Come here expecting to get New, ? nd goods do not please you we do not adies and Girls from Hose to Hats, < ht, June the 13th. re to offer at a saving is Millinery, E: 0 >resses, Ribbons, Hats, Laces, Hosiei ir dauo-hters. vour friends and their uy. / ity Prices. Goods Store and ???????*? ??^ } :LD CONVENTION. . Why Not. legates Attend From Why not smile instead of i Counties. keep still instead o "He's no good!" annual meeting of Why not hide your little nth Carolina Bankers Cease your biekering 5 held here Friday at clamor. >eting was called to n hall by R. F. Bry- Granted that your neare cashier of the Bank Does not talk nor dres The exercises were To suit you;' ayer by the Rev. W. There's no profit made b pastor of the Bap- On your comrades and d er Which H. C. Folk, All they do. e Peoples Bank, exwelcome to the vis- If a man's a Holy Prar rom Orangeburg, Cal- You will not be called t( , Hampton and Bam- For his deeds. Hon. J. A. Banks, Let's get busy, in our ga e Home Bank, of St. And start right in discar )nded in a happy and ?E. R. Mclntyre^ ss on behalf of the ? n about 75 were pres- Rain Records, ng 35 banks of the ; unrepresented. Records of winters i isive and instructive brills t0 light some acc< te Negotiable Instru- cessive rains, for in 19 is delivered bv Dr. J. kept at Monumental, in i, professor of law in registered 153.54 inche, of South Carolina. Glenora, Ore., with a reco ed by a discussion of ^or a s*ngle 5 ear, has i teserve Act" by Hon. record been exceeded in thQ TTnitoH T1 tett, president of the v~w al Bank, of Charles- rainfa11 for a sin^le 11101 Jresses were both en- corded in the United st instructive, and were Helen Mine* Cal., in Jar ^ntively bv all who when 71-54 inches felL and votes of thanks the record for the hea :he speakers. pour ever recorded in Ci addresses were made a single day. This was the association, after, a half inches on Augus of officers and com- ^?d a^ ^1S within ade. An election for utes. This is far below en entered into, and can record, however, wl were unanimously by Alexandria, La., with 21.4 inches in a single da n, of Barnwell, chair- Resumes Editors iks. of St. Matthews, Rev g A Nettleg has# W. L. Glover, of Or- editorship of the Southei etary and treasurer, Advocate> but announc I tne oni\ oracer re- wishes t0 retire as sooi executive council was arrangements can be m ollows. C. R. James, Work js t00 strenuous f< , C. F. Rizer, Bam- jias |)een e{jjtor and pi P.- M. .Buckingham, years, and during ' P* Hamp- jlas gjven tjie .Methodist; id \\. B. Thompson, per and jncreased the Lint>. H. D. Calhoun, wonderfully, at the same office as chairman, is a cheaper paper than eve of the council. . then adjourned, and of the famous Edisto riv visitors were taken in and partaken of the del the banks of the Ed- which abound in this stre elightful fish fry and toothsome "red horse" ith other good things, which local cooks are fa the bankers and their The day was most was an unusual, but spent, it being hard to dei , outing for many of enjoyed it most, the gue e never attended one hosts. I i Milliner i LADIES A \ V r SALE IS JUNE 13TH. : we are doing the business, and t ing in the Prosperity Offerings, ford to miss an opportunity like Millinery parlor. For an oppor Stylish goods at the prices you i want your business, ind that the prices quoted on thi mbroideries, Piece Goods;, Musi 7, Gloves, and the small wares. fripn/lc f!nmo anH sap what. ttfv JL1 AVUV4U* VVUAV Wl i Vfc WWW ft mwv i ? w V > will be charged Milliner WINKIXjG AT VENT pouting, Possible, But Expensive, t f shouting, a ^Lady Friend" of Mi hammer, Two noted astronomers 1 and your into a friendly discussior whether Mars is inhabited or whether the great necessary ?st neighbor jn an effort to communis s nor labor Mars by signals would be Another eminent astronom y spying in substance, that' Mars an ecrying are surely inhabited by livin of some kind, but that th< pheric conditions of Venus b< icer ilar to those of the earth, th ) answer bility of its being inhabited a er than those of Mars. r^ex^ Now, with all this glib tal ,(*ln naling to Mars, no one yet in Judge. down to "brass tacks" with i ' how to do it, or its cost, a i portant item. By any plain' n the past ed? however, its cost wouia n )unts of ex- the Panama Canal look 09 a guage traditional "thirty cents." California, Owing to the fact that the 5. Only at the earth is inside that of 3 rd of 167.29 signaling that may be atter this rainfall that planet must necessarily records for by electric or other powerfi be heaviest and at the time also that Mj ith ever re- passage around its orbit v ates was at nearest the earth, or about luary, 1909, 000 miles distant. Unfortun Campo has purposes of signaling, at this viest down- earth is between Mars and ilifornia for and would be invisible to < eleven and tians; it would at the same t 12, 1891. broad daylight in Mars, anc eighty min- habitants of that 'planet m the Ameri- in the general direction of lich is held to see the earth, which, bei a record of on that side, gives no light y. not be- seen. The conditi ~ such that it is quite improbj , the most powerful light that rpmimpn tilP . produced or even imagined rn Christian xl ? . earth could compete with 0S thsit li0' I and be noticed on Mars, even i as proper . I the powerful telescopes they ade. as the: u ? TT posed to possess. It would, tl Dr him. He ;. . ... . ,. . j be impossible for the earth i lblisher for j , . x. to Mars bv any means we n< ; that time! _ _ ? i In the case of -Venus, 1 s a fine pa, ; the conditions are somew circulation i , , . , . ferent, her orbit being cons time giving ' , , ... i smaller* than that ot the ea r betore. , _______ traveling around her orbit ai er fish fries; same time of her inrerior lightful fish j tion with the sun Venus ap am, and the! to within about 30,000.000 bread for | the earth, but is invisible t imous. she is then between the earth delightfully sun. We could sigi;al Venus termine who times by means of a large wl (Sts or their and Mars could signal us in 1 way, but we could not get an; OHaaMM y Parlor ND GIRLS I I ' ^ ' hat we They | this if. j ji tunity ' 1 isually ' ' :* s page v in Un- .' i : * 1 otonis t Ji M . / ' at regular prices | y Parlor rs. GRAZED BY WIFE'S DEATH. 9 Signal Georgia Merchant Ends His Life irs. WithP^tol. lave got Macon, Ga., May 2?A. J. ChapL as to man> years old, who has operated not, and a ?rocery in this city f?r the Past expense five years? wa? so grieved over the ite with di8C0V?ry ?f his wife's dead body in ' ^ j justified. their home to-day that he fired a or 0QVi0 bullet into his brain and died alodjo, d Venus most instaatly. g beings The coroner found that^ Mrs. Chap^ atmos- Tnail,s death was from natural sing sim- causes- She had become ill and her e proba_ son> Clarence, hastened out for a re great- doctor- While the son was gone Chapman and- his brother-in-law, F. R. Christian, entered the home and k of sig- ^ +v.rt k^^tt UlOWVClOU iu^ uuu/* has got christian told the coroner that i plan of chapman acted like a mad man when most im- ke (jiscovere(j that his wife was attempt- ^ad, an(j knocked him over onto the Lake that fl00r hjs kaste to rush across the like the room when Christian'was rising from the floor he saw Chapman , ( orbit of standing with a pistol pointed at his dars any temple and before he could reach npted to Chapman the latter had shot himbe done self. ll lights, When Chapman's son entered the irs in its room a minute' later with a doctor rould be both parents were dead. 40,000, ately for An exPress train traveling from time the Nice t0 Macon' France^ was beaten by the sun ^ minutes by an eagle which raced he Mar- it; over a distance of eighteen miles. time be street cars run by gasoline motors I the in- have proved successful in Baroda, the ust look capital of the native State of India, the sun They are both rapid and cheap, ing dark " and can- from Venus, nor could we answer ions are Mars, it being just as impossible for ible that Venus to signal the earth as for the could be earth to signal Mars; any light either on the one could produce would be oversunlight powered by sunlight.. Consequently, through | if we were to attempt to send sigare sup- j nals to Venus we should never know iierefore, whether they had been received or to signal not. ? * 3w have. Figures show that to cover the however,! 1,600 square miles embraced in this hat dif-! spot would use 900,000,000 planes, siderably A plant of 24,000,000 horse power irth. In! would be required to handle the id at the ! planes. An army of about 2,400,000 conjunc-: men would be needed to operate and proaches i attend to it. The cost of construcmiles of j tion would be about $20,000,000,000, 0 us, as while the wages of the operatives and 1 and the ! other expenses would be ab^ut $8,> at such i 000,000 a day. lite spot,! We cannot signalMars at all. We x the same! can signal Venus, but "is the game v ajiswer! worth the candle?"?New York Sun. < ' -J 1 ^