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VOL. VI. NO, 8. ^HE
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?LBQfw Year
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lident Taft Takes Oath of Office in
Senate Chamber Because of Blinding
Snow Storm JUjiaJ Without.
Washington, Special.?With nil
the boBUfe that assembled thousands,
representative of every State, almost
macy hamlet, of th<tnation could pay,
41m aaeompaniment of martial made,
ithi rythmic tramp of soldiers' feet,
(Hhe echo of salating fans, the un
' decked enthusiasm privileged only
. to a free people of a great republic,
?William Howard Taft, _ of Ohio,
; Thursday becamo the twenty-seventh
I Preeident of the United States,
j And not without its influence upon
the day and the cpoch-making event
, was the exit of Theodore Roosevelt
> heralded by countless admirers for
aoren years past as :he most pictur
esque, the most virile, and one of the
greatest figures ever upon the stage
of American public life.
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Panoramic Decorations.
The inspiring medley of national
lairs, of folk songs, of blood-stirring
- parches, floats over n kalends rcpi*.;
ponorama cf red, white and bltio;
' fluttering flags, wind-flapping bunt
ing, every foim nud manner of dec
oration that could bo devised in
honor of the nation's chief pay* its
ailent tribute to the day.
By dusk the pageant passing in con
stant review before the Court of
Honor bad its end; the light of dny
yielded the sccpler to tho most gor
Kus and brilliant illumination of
Capitol over attempted; the hiss
of skyrocket, the jubilant crack and
boom of, every fom of pyrotechnic
tdeviee was heard; tho rumblo of car
riages, the shouted command cf of
ficers, tho beginning cf the innugual
'ball. eame in for their own.
The escort from the Whito House
to*1bo Capitol oonsixted of members
of tbe O. A. R., United Spanish War
Veterans, and the Army and Navy
\7pion.
The Vic? President entered the
Benote ehambcr just beforo neon,
4 itt ft speech fllled with emotien
Tfssed bis rojret at parting with
t body, The seen? was an affect,
pne.
Vies President Bbmatn.
Vie# President Fairbanks, In his
post impressive manner, than admin
istered the oath to his successor. This
Wnpresaive feature over, Mr. Fa'r
tanks handed ihe envoi to Vice
President Bherman, the retiring Vice
President toking a scat near Speaker
Cannon. Mr. Sherman then bogan
his short inaugural address.
At its conclusion lie administered
the oath of the new Senators, rome
of them re-clected, and then formal
ly adjourned the Senate. Gradually
toe procession began to move to the
Senate Chamber where President
elect Taft was inducted into office.
Takes tbe Oath.
In all tbe day replete with history
making .events the one great supreme
moment wan that when the shouting
thousands eec.sed their acclaim, q
Solemn hush fell over the multitude,
' and the President-elect with hand up
lifted, unfalteringly attend the oath
of cffice, >
"I do solemnly swear that I trill
faitkfhHjf execute the offioe of Prea
ident of the United States, and will
to thf\be*t of my ability pnweive, pro
tect, and defend the Constitution of
the United States," kissed aa open
Bible in the hands of Chief Justice
Melville W. Fuller, and stood erect
?President of the greatest nation on
earth.
After his inaugural address
hundreds pressed about to grasp
his hsnd, until bt last he slipped
away to the President's room in the
Senate, where he rested a few min
utes before beginning the return to
the White House.
Roosevelt Withdraws.
The retiring President loath to di
vide the honor with his successor,
quietly began the journey to the
Union Station, where he took a spec
ial train for Oyster Bay.
Tbe new President and Mrs. Taft
were rlcne in the flrst carriage, and
the drive from the Capitol to the
While IIouso <lo\vn Pennsylvania
. ft vein: p consumed only about fifteen
i minutes.
| Immediately after a hasty lunch
rcn the Prc8identinl party proceeded
down the curved walk at the western
Hide of the White House grounds and
trok their position in the reviewing
stand in the Court of Honor.
The parado was several miles in
length, and was more than three
hours in passing"the reviewing point.
It formed in streets surrounding the
eapitol.
Who Made Up the Parade.
The greatest event in the life of
William Howard Taft, now President
of the United States, was now practi<
.ally over. Morr than 22,000 soldiers
and sailors, regular and volunteer,
and more than 0,000 members ? of
civic organisation* were in the great
parade, O total of nearly 32,000 per
sons,
Pyrotechnics.
The fireworks programme, which
began nt 8:30 o'clock contained fifty
numbers, and embraced 1,000 roeket
bombs, ftOO batteries, 000 oolored
Hghti, 9 tons of colored fire, AO bal
loons, 10,000 Roman candles, and 750
sky rockrta. One of the unique fea
tures we* a pillar of light 100 feet
high, which was seen for miles
around. Tho Rtar ftpangled Banner
.wr.s unfurled 1,000 fret lu the air end
tho word, "Taft" appeared In let
ters of Are in the sky. This feature
j wan accompanied by an aerial salute
| of twenty-one guns. The most spec
tacular piece was a "battle in the
i skies." 0
| President Tcft Leads the Dance.
President Taft and Vice President
ftherffc&p arrived at the fiall at 0:30
p. >Vh*n the grand march began,
which'Wo* led by Mr. Taft, who also)
danced^ the first watts. The bril
liant uniforms of the army and navy
the gorgeous dress of the diplomatic
corps, and the expensive costumes of
the women, all went to make a scene
that will Ions: linger In the mcmorlee
of the beholders.
SEVERE STORM ON HISTORIC 4TH OF MARCH
A fearful storm struck the nation
?fain on the historic* *th of Mareb.
A Washington spceial says: Much
?offering was caused among the vasl
inauguration crowd here by tho t?jn
try winds, the slush under foot and
freezing temperature. Two perapns
Were reported dead ar. n result of ex
PMnn and many other persons arc
?Mrtonaly ill.
All the hospitals report that they
lift tllaUd numerou# easef of ax
haustion among persons who atood
for many hours in the slush and
snow viewing the inaugural parade.
News from New York says: As
a result of a blirrard which swept
down unannounced Wednesday night,
the middle Atlantic Seaboard from
New York to Norfolk found itaalf
j buried in an avalancho of snow and
swept by destrnctive winds. For a
I tiirie conditions seemed to threaten a
rep^tjtiQQ of tip blixxard of 1888,
HEW UBS ENACTED
''A - J
Lfet ef
Ttw following inporiut acts of
(itotl interest were ntiM by the
Smijrtl assembly it the session just
closed:
To incorporate the Edisto Powsr
company with certain r'ghts, privi
leges, immunities and liabilities.
.To aatnd Nstfam 3012, volume 1,
code of laws of South Carolina, con
ferring power fo condemn lands,
streams and watersheds, and for
sewerage.
To amend sections 2333 and 2334
of ths code with reference to renunci
ation of dower and the record there
of.
To amend tbe law in. reference to
and to regulate the sale, use, con
sumption, manufacture, possession,
etc., of alcoholic liquors, in so far ss
the same appliea to the counties of
Cbaileston and Georgetown.
To prescribe the punishment for
rspe and assault with attempt to
rape and to provide for taking pe
positions of females in such cases.
To amend 309 of the code of laws,
so as to mske s verdict of the jury
apd sn order of the court in the
connty where rendered a lien upon
t^ie real estate of the person against
whom it is rendered from the rendi
tion thereof till the expiration of
Ave days frcm the rising of the court
at which same was rendered.
To require electric street railway
companies to afflx inclosed vesti
bules to their cars.
To fix the fees of the clerk of eourt
of Sumter county.
To make it unlawful to pay divi
dends on stock in any corporation uu
less the same are actually earned on
the capital stock of such company
and for any false statement in regard
to such company.
To declare tha soliciting ??f orders
or offer to sell liquors or beverages
containing alcohol a misdemeanor
and to provide punishment therefor.
To repeal seetion 3059 of the code
relating to the lien law.
To incorporate Marboro and South
ern Railway company.
T? amend an act granting to the
United States of America the title
of this State to and the jurisdiction
of this State over certain lands on
?Sullivan's Island.
To amend an act entitled "An act
to limit the hours of labor in cotton
and woolen mills."
To prohibit tne manufacture, sale,
barter, ,exchange, giving away to
induce trade, the furnishing at pub
lie places .or otherwise disposing of
alcohol, spirituous vruouus or malt
liquors or beverages by what soever
fcarao called, which a drunk to ox
cess will produce, intoxication, ex
cept for sale of alcohol in certain
cases upon certain conditions and ex
cept the sale of wines for sacramental
purposes and to provide penalties for
the violation thereof.
To amend an aet to make term of
office of county superintendents of.
education and county supervisors
and registers of mesne conveyance
four years.
To authorize masters to administer
oaths, etc.
To amend sections 1, 3 and G of
an act to provide for tbe manner in
which owners or projectors of any
railroad company incorporated nndei
the laws of other States or counties
may become incorporated in this
State.
To release beneficiary students at
tending State colleges from the obli
gation to teach school if appointed
ta" naval or military of the United
States or to position in the army of
the government services of the Unit
ed States.
To incorporate the offices and mem
bers of Marboro lodge cf Free and
Accepted Mnsonary of Bennettsville
under and by the name and style of
Marlboro lodge of Mason*.
To amend an act to declare the
law in reference to and to regulate
the manufacture, snle, use, consump
tion, possession, transportation and
disposition of alcoholic lipuors, so as
to change the compensation of the
members of the county dispensary
board for Biobland and Cbeittr
counties.
To amend chapter 0, article 1, of
the code of law? of South Carolina,
lftoa, in relation to Stato lniurance
of public property.
?To regulate tbe manufacture, sale
and del.veiy of commercial fertili
sers and to provide penalties and
punishment for violation of this act.
To further protect the public
health and the hearth of domestic
animals by providing for the inspec
tion of live stock imported into the
State of South Carolina for breeding
dairy work or feeding purposes and
to provide for the eradication and
exclusion of contagious and infec
tious diseases of live stoek from the
State.
To amend section 222.1 of rode so
ns to further define and extend the
liability of telegraph companies in
easos of mental anguish or suffering.
To provide for the purchase and
presentation of a silver service to the
battleship South Carolina and to
make an appropriation therefor.
To authorifo the governor to par
ole prisoners on conditions.
To provide certain conditions to
be imposed upn certhin foreign in
surance companies and certain other
foreign companies for the?t>rivilege
of entering and doing business in
this State.
To prohibit persons owning or
keeping sheep-killiof dogs.
To empower the grand jury to am
u?w XT? %*!? 8 <?? ?M4l
wKxias*,.
ssss-fi
To ???*?. Ml requiring Jl
,?d '? P?t cinder ,??
ioni on pMMOfer eoacheo. T"<
J2 ^T5t,!m ? "onom.nl to A*
o? ' it'1'1'' ,nd fortitude of ST
??>?>ef South Cfcrol'na du^r Si
?:?? ?'irx??
Mrplo, or MiMd fm3T g?
4: To~rmtit/ amendment to mi.
' Vticlo 8, of the constitution
5!n^g^o ???:
eJ^o P7hibil ??*?. fradulent uae of
cr*?it of corporations.
To repeal section 1205. ^
Co 0^ VW8 ?{ 1902f rel?*?n* 4o the
Colored Normal, Industrial, A*ri*?l
*g Mechanical CoKeg* - 0?
oouth Carolina, and to enlarve the
of ?,Sii?ti^r ,o Mun'y.bT<,?
To amend Rn act entiHrf ?
afiC5^
{.-n^iir&.sr1.i?.tnrc
tofore granted." ? tore*
To declare the willful or want?
sure!!"* *',"ny bui,<K?* which la in
i?; (?'x*nd??pr?vido *
. T,? ??end no oet entitled "An net
?' P?""1' tor the issuance of bonds
Carolina.**' ***** in South
int? l"X.tht Mlary nf the mayor or
~n' u ril/ ?' town herc
0To flx [hi :ai *pplifrt,e t? banks.
Lifma V place of ,ri?l ?n 4H- ac
tions to ret-over a Denaltv fl*Xi u
Stat*. for delay, InTo'^daX t
r??ht by common earners. ?
company.0fPOra ** WaUrec
m?et^hlti^v*Ppr0pTiaiiona "Ode t<V
State. hni<ry ?*P?n?e? #f the
To require aJJ school wi^nU i?
fS ?r l> -
?eV "c
Uin rli'". '? f*vor of ce?
8uu^ 0 aoldier8 and the
T? ^ea<Te! t0 P?y the 8?me.
To amend chapter 43 of volume 1
Sna eiC9?0d9C Io^?^ South Caro
"Onp ??S- y, ,n8ertl"S therein:
as secUon 1774 ^C,tion to 1,0 know"
To Im-ni :-reIatln? to banks."
??end section 1555, volume 1
e of laws of South Carolina, 1902'
.h. ?.pr"tnbe lhe in which,
he State treasurer shall pay out the
J?'.e trom the funds of aoowo'
Mi by h.m persuant to an X?
s:^r^k,inB"afort^
Declaring it * misdemeanor to
draw and utter uny check, draft or
order where the drawer has not at
the time sufficient funds to meet the
same, and providing ? punishment
therefor.
To amend scctiofi 2 of an act en
titled "An act to make the term of
otUrc of the county superintendent
ind register of mesne conveyance
four years,"
To amend the lav relating tp m?B
iitrntc* and thefr cpnatables, their
powers, dutie?? JuriidMlpn, in|?rlw>
etc,
To reflate the cclkctlon pnd dli
tributlon of dead bod If I for leien
tiflo purposes.
To autboriee tho payment of cer
tain back pensions.
To amend sections GOO. AOS and
51,3 of the code of criminal laws, vol
ume 2, relating to gambling.
To increase the average length of
the school teim and to improve the
efficiency of the public schools in
this State.
To provide for the closing of the
several dispensaries in this State
and for fhe sale of all stocks of
liquors, beverages, fixtures and other
property belonging to the several dis
pensaries.
T6 provide for the levy of taxes
for the fiscal year beginning Janu
ary 1, 1909.
To mako appropriations to meet
the ordinary expenses of the State
government for tho fiscal year com
mencing January 1, 1909, and to pro
vide for a tax.sufficient to defray the
same.
To amend the law with reference
to compensation and salaries of coun
ty offieert.
To amend an act entitled "An act
to establish a department of agri
culture, commerce and immigration,
and to provide for the appointment
and compensation of a commission
er," approved the 33rd day of Feb
naiy, A. 0. 1004, so as to rliainatc
tkl Woql 44 immigration" and
fliiwi nbtiaf thereto, substituting
in lieu (bmof the word "indos
liiw," and to incoiporate provisions
abating thereto.
To amend aeetion 2450, volume 1.
of tha code, relating to (he record
ing of deed*, limiting time to tet
days after May, 1900. '
8FB0IAL SESSION CALLED.
PiMtiwt Taft |mw Call Far Spec
ial BwUi of Ooairw For March
Waahington, Special. ? President
Taft Saturday, issued a call for a
asocial session of. the Sixty-first
Conner* to convene March 15th.
The following is the text of the
eall:
By the President "of the United
States of Aracrica?A Proclama
tion.
Whereas, public interests require
that the Congress of the United
Statrs should be convened in extra
suasion at 12 o'clock noon the 15th
day of March, 1900, to receive such
communication as may be made by
the Executive.
Now, therefore, 1. William Howard
Taft, President of the United 8tatcs
of America, do hereby proclaim- and
dtelare that an extraordinary occa
sion 'requires the Conprcss of .the
United Siu..s to convene in extra
session at the Capitol in the City of
Washington on the 15th day of
March, 1909, at 12 o'clock 'noon, of
which alt persons who shall at that
time, be entitled to act as member*
thereof are hereby required to take
notiee.
Given nndcr my hand and the seal
of the United States of Amcrica the
6th day of March in the yenr of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
nine, and of tho independence of the
United States the on? hundred and
thirty-third.
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
By the President: P. C. Knox, Sec
retary of State.
Hearst Scores a Victory.
Onthrie. Okla., Special.?Scott
MacReynolds, representative of Wil
liam R. Ilnrst, won a complete vic
tory over Governor Haskell. in his
suit to cotd|)( 1 the Oovernor'to return
certain papers prized at the instance
of the Governor. Jndpc Strang held
that the writ of srareh and seizure
issued under on pffidavit rifcned br
Governor Haskell, r llegemg ^ that
MacRevm Ms had in his possession
papers which he intended to publish.
Ihe Boll Wttfil, and PapetlW
Fibrous Plants.
Washington, Spccinl. ? Sonatoi
Simmons was appointed the conferee
for the Senate minority on the agri
cultnral bill and be made a good fight
in tho United States Senate to
retain bis amendments for $100,
000 to war against tho boll weevil
and an appropriation for tests t<
make paper our of fibrous plants.
Tho latter passed end the formej
promises to go throngh, hut with
$75,000 instead of $100 000.
Nautical Error.
"I am sorty to hear, captain, that
your wife lelt you so unceremonious
ly."
"My mistake, sir; I took her for a
mate, and she proved to be a aklp
per."?Tit-Bits.
It's a bad business?that of steal
ing land from a country, admits 'the
Atlantic Constitution, but fencing ?u
the world and calling It your is con
sidered a big thing.
CONGENIAL WORK
And Strength to Pctfo-.ii It.
A person In good health Is Ukoly
to haye a xenial disposition, ambition
and enJOy work.
On the otbor hand, If the digestive
organs have been upset by wrong
food, work becomes drudgery.
"Until recently," writes a Wash
ington girl. "I was a railroad steno
grapher, which means full work
arary day.
??Like many other girls along In a
larva ofty, I lived at a boarding
boqsa. Por brcabfast it waa mush,
greaay aaat, aoggy oakta, blaok oof
too, oto.
"After a (aw month* of thla dial 1
usad to fa?l sleepy and heavy la tha
mornings, My work eeemad a tarrl
bla ^lor', and I thought tba work
was t?i blame?too arduous.
"At home I had heard my father
speak of a young fellow who went
long distances In the cold on Orape
Nuts and cream and nothing more for
breakfast.
"1 concluded If It would tide him
over a morning's heavy work, It
might help me, so on my way home
one night I bought a package, and
next morning I had Orapo-Nuts and
milk f j? breakfast.
MI stuck to Orape-Nuts, and In less
than two weeks I noticed improve
ment. I can't Just tell how well I
felt, but I remember I used to walk
the 12 blocks to business and know
bow good It was simply to llvo.
"As to my work?wall, did you
?var feel tba delight of having con
genial work and the strength to par*
form it? That's how I feK. 1 truly
bolleve there's life and vigor In ovary
grain of Orape-Nuts."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellvllle,*' la plica. ?There'o a Rea
son.*
liver read the above letter? A new
oao appears from time to tine. They
an gmaise, tm, aad fell of hwa*aa
latere*.
THE NEWSJN BRfff
Rem of Interest Gathered By
Wire and OMe
GLEANINGS FROM SAY TO DAT
Un Rati Omriu Smti of Kiel
or Lna IbWtmI at !<??
Dr. W. D. Cram, collector of the
port kl Charleston' s. C., who *u
appointed by Preaidsnt Rooaenlt nil
years ago, has resigned the office.
8allie Brown, of Camden county,
S. C., died recently at tho ripe age
of 111 years.
An air gun in the hand of Law
rence Ingram waa acidentally dis
charged Monday, killing his sister,
Mrs. James Turner, in Richmond, Va.
A terrftic storm croased the moun
ain regions of Tennessee and North
Carolina on Wednesday. It secned
lifted by the mountains and only
dipped down on the eastern counties
of North Carolina, where it killed
several persons and did great dam
age to property.
A site just west of Fredericksburg,
called Rowe's Heights, has been se
lected for a State female normal
school. About forty acres brought
$65,000.
Alexandria is said to be the only
county in Virginia in which cock
fighting is against the law. This was
brought out in connection with a sup
posed violation in Norfolk recently.
An explosion of dynamite effect
ually checked a distressing fire in
Gold Hill, N. C., last Saturday, tlir>
did damage to the extent of $5,0/).
It was authoritatively announced
very recently that the cotton oil mill
at Bamberg, S. O., will be promptly
rebuilt.
Twenty feet of the Mill Sprinsrs
railroad bridge, near Old Fort, N.
C., was burned Sunday morning, and
notwithstanding it spans a deep
gorge, it was ready for use again
within six hours.
- Broad us Morehead was killed and
Coley Fisher and Charles Stamey
were cut in a fij?ht at Ruthcrfordton,
N. C., on Monday.
Robert Ainory, of Virginia, was fat
ally shot by his brother Leroy
.Aqipry, on Tuesday and died that
hight. It was the result of ill ftel
ing.
It is estimated that 50,000 people
went to Norfolk to see the bijf fleet.
There wer more than attended Ihe
Jamestown Exposition during the
same length of time.
A furniture exposition began.Mar.
1st to last till the 15th, at High
Point, N. C., the great furniture
center of the South.
A Are destroyed the Greensboro
Hardwood Mfg. Company's plnnt last
week, entailing a loss of $40,000.
with $21,000 of insurance.
John Y. Oarrington, M. G. Jeanes
and J. Stubo Young have been ar
rested and bailed in connection with
the Seminole troubles.
"Lucky" Baldwin, who rlied at
the Santa Anita Ranch, California
is said to liave left an estate worth
$28,000,000 net.
In Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday
a primary was held for school in
spectors in which women are allowed
to vote. A number of them got men
to hold their babies while in the
booth.
Forty-flve men were threatened
with destruction at Port Blanehford.
Pn., on Wednesday, by a mine ex
plosion, followed by fire. Luckily
they found a round-about way of
reaching an exit. Several were seri
ously injured.
Foreign Affairs.
Tho German government has in
view airships on the Zeppelin type
to be armed with rapid fire guns with
Which to flght infantry in war.
A disease resembling yellow-ftver,
but unliko it in that it nffscts only
natives has broken out in Barbados
Islands, and is baffling scientists to
dlsenoso it.
The telewriter lias been introduced
in London by which messages ran
be recorded when vour friend of Ihe
other end of the line is out.
Washington Notes.
Rear-Admiral Schrocder has beer
designated to <otnmander-in-chief of
tho Navy to succeed Admiral Sperry
who has resigned it.
Mr. Taft and family went into the
White House Tuesday as guests of
President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt held his last
cabinet meeting on Tuesday. It was
more ?'f leave taking and good wish
ing than a buRincs# meeting.
A severe blizzard caused tho inau
guration to take place in the Senate
Chamber and came near dispensing
with the pageant.
Taft, in a current magazine article
says Roosevelt will havo a place in
history with Washington and Lin
coln.
For a while during inauguration
day the Associated Press wire to At
lanta was the only line out of the
Capital City that was not put out ol
commission by tho storm.
It is estimated (hat 2,509 persons
called on President Roosevelt Thuis
day to pi*c Lira n fnrfwcH prpotinjr.
The late Cougiess failed to make
states oat of the territories of Ari
zona and New Mexico.
President Taft was inaugurated in
a pair of pants prese nted by Hepuhli
eans of Texas, from wee. I gtown in
the Lone Star State.
It is announced that the r?ijr Fleet
returned firm enciril'.n^ the world
without a scratch.
Mr. Toft is now in jwtscssion of
the White Hous?., th? 27th President
of the United Slate*.
PROMINENT PEOPLE. '
Canon Chase, of Brooklyn, asked
all good citizen* to Join in a move*
meal for purer playp.
King Leopold is said to be prepar
ing to give Ms private picture gal
lerlea to the State museum at Brus
sels.
Harry V. Radford started for the
North Pole via tho New York Cen
tral. He said he expected to he ab
sent about three years.
At San Antonio, Tex., E. H. Har
riman celebrated his sixcy-first birth
day in pistol and rifle practice. Ho
said he never felt better In his life.
.It was said that eighty-three water
colcrs hy John S. Sargent, purchased
for the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and
Scleuces for J20.000, were practically
a gift from A. Augustus Healy.
Professor Niels Ebbesen Hansen,
of the South Dakota College of Agri
culture, has returned, bearing tho
seed of n:? alfalfa clover which lie
found growing beyond the Arctic Cir
cle.
M. Clemenceau. the French pre
mier, is a martyr to indigestion and
has been a regular visitor to Carls
bad for the past twenty year<?. It is
easier to uii'cct a government than a
Etomach.
John W\ Ferguson, formerly owner
cf the Southern Literary Messenger
and an intimate friend of Edgar Al
lan Poe. died at 1:is home iu Rich
mond, Va. lie v.ns eighty-seven
years old. lie attended Poe's mar
riage.
The venerable I>;\ Theodoro Led
yard Cu>ler, clergyman and author,
who had been identified wiin tho re
ligious life of Brooklyn, N. Y.,- for
almost half a>. century, died of debil
ity due to old age, at his home, 170
South Oxford street. He was eighty
seven years old.
Western Drama.
J>cc Haney, advertising mariagef
for the Midland Railroad, was onro
manager of a theatrical company
playing "My Wife's Fat Uncle." Ono
day the company struck Falls City,
Neb. At each performance about flvo
6upers were needed." Among the sun*
erB secured at Falls City was a young
fellow who had been working on a
railroad construction gang. lie told
all- his friends that day that he was
to appear with the company that
night. When the curtain went up
half a dozen young men who know
him were In tho front row. Tho
young super persisted in whispering
to these friends over the footlights.
The stage manager was very much
worried over the actions of the super,
but could not come out before tho
footlights and call him down. At ono
place In the* play, when the super
wag right up near the footiights. ono
of his friends. In a lend whiapor,
eald:
"How you gcttin' along as an act?
or. Bill?"
"Fine," wr.g the ivply In a hoarrn
whisper.
"Coin* to bo with the ?,how reg'lar?"
asked tty youth In the audience.
"Don't hnow yet."' replied the Sup
er. after he h:wl tnhen a big chew of
tobacer> out of hli moMh. "I ain't
saw the forejran of tho company
about It yet."?Denver I'os*.
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