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RIVERS AND HARBORS CONGRESS. GOVEBNOB ANSEL APPOINTS DELEGATES. MEETING TO BE HELD IN WASHINGTON IN DECEMBEH Columbia, November 16.?Governor Ansel has appointed the following delegates to represent this State at the National River and Harbors'^Congress, which is to be held in Washington December 9 to 11, inclusive. J. Fraser Lyon, Attorney General; E. J. Wa,.*on, commissioner of agriculture and commerce; Dr. W. J. Murray, Columbia; M. S. Conner, St. George; W. D. Morgan. Georgetown; D. D. McColl, Bennettsville; O. A. Malloy, Cheraw; S. W. Davis, Marion; A. M. Lee, Charleston; S. Dibble, Orangeburg; A. C. Kaufman, Charleston; Thos. Evans. Bennetsville; J. W. Quattlebaum. Anderson; J. K. Henry. Chester; J. H. Milling, Rock Hill; T. J. Kirkland, Camden; A. B. Calvert, Spartanburg. Governor Ansel also expects to be present at the Convention, having attended last year. J. H. MANY TOURISTS EXPECTED. ROCKEFELLER AND TAFT WILL BE DRAWING CARDS AT AUGUSTA. Augugta, November 16.?Indications are that the winter tourist season at the Bon Air Hotel will be better this year than ever before. The big hostelry will boast several ''drawing cards." John D. Rockefeller, the world's richest man, has reserved accommodations, while Judge Wm. H, Taft, President-elect of the United States, will spend two montns 01 tne cold season in a cottage on the sand hills, dining at the Bon Air. Among the hotel clientele are always to be found a large folo/-| npvcr\nC onH already ad'. u:ce bookings art . eav j ' - Q | C "j ** Q * , i ^ v' * tract some o tn: ' ' ; aytvs America. At th* j: try "ub, . new uuie-uuic cuiuok. ..-w .laid off and equipped, while the regular links of eighteen holes are in finer condition than ever before. ft Worked All Might. One day a barber's shop In Liverpool had but one empty chnlr. A man wearing a very big hat and walking with a great deal of swagger, entered, hung hla hat on a peg and then, drawing a revolver, turned to the Idle man and aid: "I want a shave?just a common have. I want no talk. Don't ask mo If I want my hair cut or n shampoo. Don't speak of the weather or politics. If you speak to me. I'll hoot" He took the chair, held the revolver across his legs and was shaved with promptness and dispatch. When ho got up he returned the hooter to his pocket, put on his hat and after a broad chuckle to the cashier said: "That's the way to keep a barber quiet. He didn't utter a word." "No, sir; he couldn't." "Couldn't?" "No, sir; he's deaf and dumb." ? Liverpool Mercury. W??ry Widowhood. The death of the husband not only Mights the life of a Bengali widow, but makes the rest of her existence a state of unmitigated misery and privations. She Is required to fast on every eleventh day of the moon, when she la debarred from all sorts of foou and drink for twenty-four hours. Her sufferings from thirst on hot days oi ummer are extremely painful, but he must go through them. The widow must llvo on one meal n day nnd eschew meat and flsb. She must reBounce ornaments nnd nil sorts of luxuries. The Idea of such n state of misery of his widow keeps a man from hazardous enterprises, not because ho In afraid to dlo, but because his death means so much misery to his wife.?East Indian Mirror. Naming the Picture. The artist was of the Impressionist school. He had Just given the last touches to a purplo nnd blue canvas when his wife camo into the studio. "My dear," sold he, "this la the landscape I wanted you to suggest a title for." "Why not call it 'Home?'" she said after a long look. " Home?' Whyr* "Because there's no place like It," ishe replied meekly.?Glasgow Times. The 8ame Medicine. "Doctor, do you remember three years ago that you predicted positively that I would bo a dead man In six weeks V "Why, yes, I""Well, I've got a friend in the next room who Is despondent about himself. Just tell him there Is no hope for hlo, will yon?' s Only a 8alut*. "One of oar early lawyers had a murder case to defend," said a Mou- f tana official, "and be bad a bard case. r When It cauie Ume to sum up be asked * permission to take u recess for ten ^ minutes, and during tbut teu minutes x bo went over to the hotel to get au , Inspiration. When ho came buck be walked, out in front of the Jury und 1 said: 'as regards to this case, this is t the greatest country on which the sun i ever shone. Wo are the greatest peo- 1 pie. Wo have the greatest destiny, t Why, gentlemen, every time one of the t sblpa of our glorious navy sails Into o the ports of the world with the stars c and stripes flying every ship of that power and every ship of every other c power tires a salute from great can- c nou In her honor, and. gentlemen of t the Jury, If you listen to what ttie t scouudrelly opposition of this man lies ' to say you ure about to incarcerate In 1 prison or hang l?y the neck my poor. I unfortunate client simply because he on ono occasion fired ono small revolver shot at a man who unfortunately died ' on that occasion."?Saturday livening i Post The Editor on Carelessness. "Yes," said the editor as he puc tils [ yuni brush into the Ink bottle and tried [ to paKte ou a clipping with his i>en. . "yes, tlie great fault of newspaper con J trlbutors Is carelessness. "Iudeed," he coutlnucd as he drop ped the copy ho laid been writing into j the wastebasket and marked "Kdlto I rial" across the corner of a poem entl- I tied "An Ode to Death," "contributors i are terribly careless. "You would be surprised," said lie as he clipped out u column of fashion notes and labeled them "Farm," "to seo the slipshod writing that comes luto the editorial sanctum. "Misspelled, unpunctuated, written on both sides of the sheet, Illegible, un grammatical stuff. Contributors are terribly careless. Tliey are"? Just then the otllce boy came In with that dictatorial and autocratic manner ^ ho has and demanded more copy, and the editor handed him the love letter ho had just written to his sweetheart. ?Londou Globe. Queen Caroline's Pastime. Queen Caroline, wlfo of King George IV. of England, with whom she was on the worst possible terms, la described in "The Diary of a Lady In Waiting," written by I.ady Charlotte Bury. The queen seems to have tried witchcraft on tho king. Lady Charlotte writes on one occasion: "After dinner her royal highness made a wax figure, ns usual, and gave It an amiable addition of large horns, then took three pins ouk of her garments and stuck them through and through and put the figure to roast and melt at tho fire. If It was not too meinncholy to have to do with this, I could hnvo died or inugtilng. sue indulges in this amusement whenever there nro no strangers at the table, and some think her royal lilgbuess really has a superstitious belief that destroying this efi !' (' i j An elderly gentleman, who would rather sleep late than eat the most at ! tractive breakfast, was leisurely wend Ing his way toward the subway when ho was accosted by a breathless wo mau. "Oh, mister, a lot of toughs are beating a hurdy gurdy man to death. Can't you help?" "Where?" "Itigbt around the coiner. Oh. j please come with me!" The lute sleeper peeied through his | gold rimmed glasses at the complain- , ant and asked: "Is he a very big hurdy gurdy man?" ! "Oh, no. sir! Tie's a very small i man." "Then surely, my good woman, they can't need any help from mo."?New , York Press. ' ? Doomsday Book. The Doomsday Book is a British Institution. It Is a book of the gcr. I ?ral survey of England, commenced In tho reign of William I phe Con?neror), about 1080, some say about 080. It was Intended to be h "regis ' ter to determine the right in the ten ' uro of estates, to discover the extent of any man's land, to fix his homage and to settle tho question of the mill tary old ho was bound to furnish." Won Every Time. "Ilavo you ever loved and lost?" j 8lgh?*d the swain. "Nope," responded the maiden promptly. "I've won every breach of promise suit I ever brought."?Cleveland Leader. Amusing. Hiram Greene?What did your sister say when you told her I was going to make a speech !d the town hall tonight? Willie?She didn't say nothln'. 8ho Just laughed till she had hysterica! His Sweet Voice. Fie?Did you lienr mo sinking under | your window Inst night? I hope your j father didn't henr It? She?Yes. he I did. But you needn't worry. Tie ' thought it wns the cats ? Strnv Stories j Now They Don't Speak. Mary?Do you think it would he conceited for me to tell my friends that i I made this dress myself? Edith Not conceited, my dear? superfluous A wise man contents himself with doing ns much good r.s Lis situation allows him to do.?Lord Bollngbroke | I>r. Shoop's Health CofTee Is created | from pure parched grains, malt, nuts, i etc?no real colfee In it. Fine in fl >vnr ' ?is "made in a minute" No 20 to 3o j minutes t?: ious boiling. Sample free. ' * Dreher Bros. j < All the News in 1 The Advocate. , Ficklenctr In Penmanship. Speaking of check signatures and 1 orgury, u downtown paying toller re- *^1 narked: "One of ihe most peculiar Mi mints in o"r business is 0110 little com>ivhended by 1ho public. I mean the > tinbarrassment caused by the uian vhoee signature Is seldom the same, or learly so, two weeks in succession. "This fickleness Is not Intentional. It an s In almost every case tempera men- *or al. The man guilty of It is generally lervous and not infrequently is greatly " acklng in stability of character. At ?? lines you, as a layman, would hardly >elleve it possible that his signature >u two different checks was the work ?f the same hand. "Of course wo come to know these ases lu time, and there are always ertaln characteristics lu a person's laudwrltlng which the expert can deoet and which go far to convince. ? Mevortheless the changeable signature s a nuisance and Involves an added >crll."- New York Globe. 1'lcavant. nte, easy, sale u.i lc liver fills arc I) " Vit.i'n l.l .ih Ktiu Hi rrs Sold ii 11 r. ? )? i I.ihiui' 11..... CO ?' . I. Solid Oak, High Back Chair, cane or leather scat, $1.35 each. fh Six chairs for $8.00 12 chairs foe $15.00 PI So. 2 Rocker. Solid Oak Cobble . a? ?t. 98c. each. . 'v. h VI ... So. 3.?Box Seat Dining Chair. Polished oak, genuine leather seats Worth $3.50 each, special this week $2.48 Six Chairs for $14,00' 12 Chairs for .... $27 f>0 ?\e. 4 Solid Oak ane or Cobbler *eat Dining Room Chair. Worth $V25 tach; for only 75c Six chairs for $4 00 12 Chairs for $7 5?? '1 Ii So. 5 Box Sent Dining knitm Chair Polished Oak; Can# Seats, worth $2 25 each; this week, only $1.65 Six ( hairs far . ... $VOO 12 Chairs for $li 59 We will prepay freight oti all er Jers received hv Tuesday fer these special prices Rvery chair guaranteed ratisfac* ;ory or money cheerfully refunded. H. A. Taylor, Jolumbia, - - - S. C.I Foretelling the Future. .. _ lira. de Style?So your baby girl Is serving Ons. A ree weeks old. My. how time flies! P?^-Uow can you tell wbether a tho ps. Guubusta?Yes. Just think In uple a,r? 1^ ?r uot: , UoteI ..re rty years from now she will bo deeper-if he orders two whole por- ^ enty-one years old.?Sphinx. tlons< the>' nre "ot: lf he onh're ouo the portion for two, they nre. Ire No Vices. *ell? I don't suppose Mr. Sllllcus has * Parting Shot, y vices? Belle-Vices! Why, ho bo- ?roul> of Shoeblacks (In chorus)- *n igs to a glee club, an amateur the- Shine, sir; shine? Secd> Mnshei (lr- 1 > rlcnl society and writes poetry.? rltably) No, confound ><>u all, no. One (?ur illadelphla Kecord. of Them-Cut the fringe off your trousers same time, sir. ? " ! = = ' a )ur Fall Display S / / rv Si ! 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Simpson (g? J no A. Law An*. W. Smit 3? FOR PURTHHR PAR ? Elliott Estes * Spartanburg, I , clergyman writes: "Preventlos, Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup sc little Candy Cold Cure Tablets not enly heals irritation and allays inworking wonders in uiy parish," llamiuation, thereby stopping the v? ntlcs surely will check a cold, or cough, but it moves L*.e bowels gently ( rippe. In a very few hou s. And and in that wav drives! lie cold frou? ventics are so safe and harmless, the system i on tains i o *. plates. Iris (Quinine. nothing harsh nor sick - pleasant to take and children espec?g. Fine for feverish rest'ess ially like the taste, so nearly like madren. Ilex ot 48 at 2~?c. Sold by pie sugar. Sold h> I?r. ]?'. M. Gunter's iter's Drugstore. Drugstore. S^S!mSS5b5S5B SATISFACTORY ? CLOTHES .\ arsity Suits Overcoats $8^50 to $16.50 y()LI through. Ill M. L. KINARD 11 ^9] .J*r The Clothier Copyright lyoH by Hart Sc ha finer ie Marx 1523 Mill 11 St ( Oluil) I?ill, S. ( ' irr-s ^hn^ffMTWflBTifgfOHW -- ' wmmmmmmmmmummmmmim >M WE SELL ita ?g Pumps, Roofing, if Pulleys, ^ Till Plate, If Packing Muresco. 1| Hffij WHOLESALE H| t q q <; p 1 t alrtu f hr nn I /?/<?? I a"nn/u I t *? \J V V \J 5 J ^mtmsisswm """Qmir.TH i U i illiiui I n & $ FE 1 INSURANCE CO. I $ s 9 THE | r LOWEST | RATES | to ? . .V . to nere is uur kckhu. ,.t. 0 isets .. . $ 149.302.00 serve to Policyholders - S2.744.09 ii plus 06,558 00 it iiirance in force 2,351,775 00 e*?, >t increase since Jan. I, 1908 3? 7,3o?i.n0 liclcs in force 1.340 at These figures were verilieil and approved hy I- II cMaster, insurance commissioner, as of July i. 1908 V S? $ S: *!> niery A, I.. White (ieo. R. Dean efi " 0 TICULARS WRITE m , President t s. c. 1 s it