Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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! . t ' « AMD 8TAMDAKO. WALTQtBORO, S. C. x PAGE THE SECOND JVO V EM B ER 8-11 FOUR FULL DAYS OF FAa, FUN, FROLIC. YOU CANNOT WSS IT Premium List Large and Complete. Program Full, Instructive and Entertaining, est Event Colleton County Ever Knew. ■ MUST NOT MISS IT! Agricultural Day—Tuesday, November 8. Educational Day—Wednesday, November 9. Confederate Veterans Day—Thursday, Nov. 10. Negro Day—Friday, November 11. RACES EVERY DAY. BA1100N ASCENSION TWICE A DAY. GOOD TIME ALL THE DAY Bfing fe or Send Elxhibit. Nothing Too Small—Nothing Too Large. 5 Big Buildings to be Filled With Best From County. Fancy Work, Farm Products, Poultry, Live Stock. 20,000 People Will Visit the Fair-Will YOU be One? Of Course You Will: You Cannot Miss It. Apply for Information or Elntry Tags. Write Secretary. G. C. BROWN •/ W. 1 TAYLOR W. W. SMOAK o PRESIDENT SUPERINTENDENT SECRETARY A 1 ■ WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT 4 -BY- 1 MISS »H. E. MALONE ABOUT NOTKD.PERSONS. Now and then we come acro-w inci such a time aa this when her country ^ ( is in mourning.” The total absense •• j of vanity was remarkable in Gen. Lee. and especially did he seem ob livious of the unusual personal at tractions vuth which nature had gifted him. and of which it aeemed impossible that he could have been j thoroutrhlv ♦*njove»l the process of t ,jr,a * are ’ The following . rnnrrN j. * them off than Mrs. Cleve- »* th *? only reference to his own ap- which no matter hu* ui’.inR in themaelves are yet mt rest! . ap being of a characteristic and person al nature. The few which follow, looeely strung together * ithout ar > special connection, are perhaps nof too well known to bear lei mg. pearar.ce 'vith even a hint of com- dents of celebra’ed men and women l*nd.. , L>u;iiy i heater A. Arthur's ad- plnoency. which he is known to have ( made In starting for a walk with to received the en- he of t re delegation *f ^nristi^n Temperance •onyei aL Washington; of the Uni m. Mij^ Frances E. W il- ministrati »r. he wive rrv»-i»r«i mem-1 the Woman's his daughter Mary, she objected Union thee i the hat h ** saying she which n,>t if- Th^ (ieneral Wad • plisheii president;hkd occasion to be in Washington a few dwvs before, where, ex-rebel The charming manners Grover Clevelan i t ave became pro verbial in American "socidU. Th* > gained her - immense popularity &> mistress of the ^hi e H use. and she was the First Lady of the Land not merely by virtue of tiding the highest position posable to the American woman, but a* grarin? it with that elegant politeness which is the combined product of culture and of real kindness of heart. She \*a- fond of, and gloried in society (as was natural in one who had such gifts for it) and in society she ig nored none. having.at all times thy ready word and smile for edch. Her tact was remarkable an<l unfailing, and seemed to lead her, as by in stinct, to say just the thing that would please the particular person and put him at his best. For. in stance at one of her cro wded recep tions, while showering favors right' and left, she was heard to say. in paaaing. to a not particularly popu lar author, "Mr. Blank, we have ‘all read your latest, book, and though of course I am too ignorant to under- , stand it fully, yet that has nof hind ered me from being greatly delight- ad with it.” No wonder -that she gained the hearts of all, and that Cleveland's re-election has been as? crifed to her popularity rather than to hia own. A characteristic saying of Mra. Cleveland.*, earning a naive confession, waa that she had selected Princeton aa a place of residence after her husband’s retirement from . oAca* because' "being a college iM, It wm a good place to marry off danghters. Probably no over lived would have of Mrs "it t<>o much, Mr Presi-, though he was. he had attracted lent, t- expect you to greet ever)' good deal of admiring attention, and nemb-r personally; so we have ar- rang d that each dtlegition shall be had received Don't you like quite an my hat'*” oration, he re- BIRTHDAY PARTY. A number of relatives and friends, about 55 in all. gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hudson Saturday evening. October 22. to celebrate jointly the birthdays . of their little son. ’ Riddick, who was one year old, and their brother, he being 18 years of age. -5 The crowd present enjoyed a very nice supper, after w hich music was by the graphophone. I which was enjoyed very much. This in turn was followed by delightful ice cream and cake. At a late hour the party departed | for their respective home*, ail wish ing these two young people many happy returns. Blue Eyes. Pine Grove. Oct. 28. oresent4 to you by .ts presiding of-jp*^. there were hundreds of people in Washington the other day deers, and she alone will claim the honor )f a personal recognition." But replied handsome and ger.ie! President Arthur. "Ptem^e .permit me th* pleasure of taking every lidypresent by the hand"- which he proceeded to do. though consider ing the .numbers, it could not have been evactly an easy and der.ghtfu! task^ _ »ly n<> distinguished South- admiring this old hat.” Immediate ly after the surrender at Appomat tox had been decided on. one of Lee’s otfeers. almost heartbroken, exclaimed, "(ieneral, what will pos terity say al>out us" they will say hard things. Colonel.” replied I^ee.” They will not know the difficulties that we labored under’, nor the motives thAt prompt- iff. WMhiulttnn. h*. u.v Kut wh»t they will My is .ore interest taken m the sli«hte»t not the question. The only question .ayinitii or doings* recorded of him i ‘h il "Kht!! and if it >s right. I than General Robert K Is**,*, and. hftppily. all that we know of him lends in its own degree to the indi viduality of character of one of the most illustrious men of any time and country. He was tenderly attached to his family, and when a young colonel during the progret*/of the Mexican War in 1845. he writes 'to his two little boys describing the hot times khey were having in Mexi co. "I wish-I had you with me”, he says. Vexcept that I should not know whereabouts I could put you to keep you safe; for bullets are flying every where, and only yesterday morning one whizzed across over our breakfast table.” In the dark days just after th« jRloee of the Civil War. General Lee wrote to huT daughter. Miss Mildred Lee. requesting that she would not wear a handaome silk dram that had been five* her, ;*be cause it would not be becoming m a Virginia giri to be gay and fee at ’am willing to go ahead, and take ail the responsibility.” a No hero of an cient or modern times ever made a greater answ er,- »—1—‘ —- L'fttatrb Caonot Be Cared wnh Local Application, as they caoaot reach tlie Mfet of thft Oatarthu a block or cocatitational disavas, and in ord«r to care It you mn*t take int«>Mtl remH’.ett Hall s Catarrh Care ta takan inrarnaUr, and acta diractlf on the blbod and macona sarlarca.'' Ha.l’, Catarrh Cora la not a quark madtrtae. It waa preitcrtbed by one of the baft phyaiciaua m tbiaoonntry f *r v ja*a an*1- is a regular prescriptt-Mi. It ia conooaad of the beat tonics known, cosab'oad with tba teat Mosd pnrtfter*. acting directly on the Oiacunr sorfaeea. The perfect combination of the two ingre dients <f what produces anch ;wonderfal remits in curing Catarrh. Bead for tee ' timomals free K J CHSNKT A CO . Pfnp. Toisdo, O Bold by Draggist*. price 7Sc. u Take Haifa Family Pills for oooattpa UOto. um trstwu uigrs l: Announcement a Wc desire to announce to our friends throughout the ' county that we have open ed an up-to-date hardware store in Walterboro, and shall be pleased to have their continued patronage. Our store is located on Main street next door to The Press and Standard. You will be welcomed at our store. Pelhun Hardware Co. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root sod Potassium) Prompt Powerful * Permoent x Its bsnrfirixl rf- (rets srr u.u.iM/ (•It very qkuckly Stubborn cases yield to P. P. P. when other rondi- does arc useless Good results are lasting,—it cures you lu stay cured P. P. pure Wixxl—(Icanaes the entire strengtl^ns dlgoaUoa and ntTves. M.tkes rich, red. System—clears the brain- A i<ositive specific for Blood Polaoa ixnd skin diseases. Drives nut Rheumotlaa and Stops tho Palo; ends Maloaio; tik a wonderful tur^jc and body-buildcr. Tltuusands endorse it. F. V. UPPMAN, SAVANNAH, CA. WALTERBORO LOCAL The W’alterboro local from now on will meet twice a month instead of once a month, as has been the rule. These meetings will be held on the second and fourth Saturday after- *j am gfraid^ noons in each month. At the last meeting there were several new members, who will be initiated at'the next meeting, which will be held the second Saturday in November at U o'-crock, in the after noon. FINN Announcement w H take great pleasure in announcing to our patrons and the general public that we will have with us for the following days only NOVEMBER 8, 9, 10 ; an EXPERT OPTICIAN, representing the cele brated firm of A. K. HAWKES GO ATLANTA, GA. optical cs- fhe largest and most favorably known tablishment in tlie South. He Will Teat Eyesight and Fit Glasses REMEMBER that we have arranged this en gagement and secured the rervices of a man of ability and reputation, and ijut we, personally, guarantee his work All examinations arc free, and only ri&gular prices wiiLbe charged for glasses. YOU CAN SAVE MONEY and obtain the highest class of professional service in this line by taking advantage of this opportunity. Bear In Mind the Dates—'Nov. 8, 9, 10. Mmay ills doom from inpnr* blood Can’t have pore Mood with faulty dl- 5 eat ton. Last liver sad el agflsh bowels. Burdock Blood yBiUer* sSreuftbsae >wele sad liver, sad purl flee Rf 1 ■■■■■-■-■J **I do not believe there le any other medicine eo good for whooping ooagh ae Chamberlain’• Cough Remedy,** writes lire Fraaoto Turpin, Jaactiou City. Ore. Thie remedy to alee uaearpeesM for edtde end croup For eitt bf all < vl I It t ll !; 4-f Mm * m