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A. m • * COMMERCI ft J. USE FOR THE BRANDYWINE Stream Riley Made Famous to Be Changed Into a Ditch. DRAINING ITS MARSHES PROPOSED Oner the Creek, la Straiiclitened Deepened, Faruiera Owning Marah Land Will Be Able to Kaine Boantl- fnl Corn Cropa—llooHler 1'oet'a “Old Swlmiuln' Hole" Not What It laed to Be—Old Hail Feneea (.one. They are goiug to commercialize the Brandywiue—to market the ripples of "The Old Swimmln’ Hole” at so much a ripple, or, in other words, make the stream earn Its “board and keep,” says a Greenfield (Ind.) correspondent of the Indianapolis News. Instead of a happy little wonderland wanderer it is to be imprisoned and desecrated with the name of “ditch!*’ It was James Whitcomb Riley that gave the world a heart Interest in the Brandywine. The poet of Lockerbie street spent many days of a happy boyhood on its tree bordered banks. The Brandywine is only a creek, a .wiki, crooked, go as it pleases creek. It begins its journey toward the sea somewhere above the little town of Maxwell, Hancock county, and winds around toward Greenfield, passes there on the eastern side of town and squirms aud twists uutil the Blue river claims it some twenty miles below Greenfield. Its bed is of mosses, swamp grasses and Is much moresom her than any child of Africa. But the crystal goblets of the gods could uot be clearer than the waters of the Brandywine. It is oue of nature’s mir rors. The shadows of the saplings and the sycamores dance upon the ripples. will be ten highway bridges aud four railroad bridges m the path of the dredge. Another feature of the great task will be the digging of arms for the mam ditch. It is proposed to drain eighty- ; five sections of land either with tribu taries or by the main ditch. One fea ture of the work that will lessen the cost is the condition of the bed of the ! Brandywine. The dredge will encouu- ! ter little gravel or stone. For the great- ) ** er part of the distance it will dig into a black muck, the same as borders the i stream for miles on both sides. It is I figured that, once the Brandywine is straightened and deepened, the farm ers owning marsh land will be able to raise bountiful crops of corn. In its present state it is practically worth less. in the upland property is held in the market at from $125 to $200 an acre; in the marshland the greater part of it cannot be sold at any price, aud it is hopeful laud indeed that brings $35 an acre. The ditch will send the marsh land up to a figure equal with that on the higher level. During the greater part of the year the land along the Brandywine is covered with swamp grasses, and even cattle cannot venture ui>ou it because of the danger of mire. The county surveyor will report ou the probable cost of the work on Nov. 25, at which time the damages and benefits will be fixed. If the weather remains favorable and there Is no other legal obstacle to encounter, the work of making the Brandywine a commer cial waterway will begin this fall. GAME BIRD PRESERVES. National Breed lust Ground* Planned ou Island* la Lake Superior. By a proclamation of President Boose veil, a copy of whose order has been transmitted to theMarquette laud office, all the unsurveyed lauds in the Huron and SLskiwitt groups in Lake Superior are set aside as preserves aud breeding grounds for native birds, says a special The water grasses wave to and fro i dispatch from Marquette, Mich., to the at the will of the varying currents, and the whole family of woodland crea tures seems to Is* constantly a picnic on the Brandywine. k r The creek has changed little*ln char acter since Riley was a boy. although there are those who say that the er ratic stream has changed its course Just enough to leave “The Old Swim- inln’ Hole” of Riley’s day forty feet ashore. However, it is still the Bran dywine, the trees still shade Its wa ters as of yore and altogether it is about the same as when they called him ’’Jimmy.” But the old rail fences are gone. Instead there are long strands of barbed wire, and along the Brandywine they seem as one of the curses of progress. Riley’s “Old Swimmln’ Hole" was about a quarter of a mile back of Kit Kirkpatrick's barn —a landmark in Greenfield — and something like a mile east of the Hancock county courthouse It was marked by an old “slckamore” that stood about a hundred yards be low what In uow the Park avenue ford. •In Riley’s day It was simply “the ford,’’ a treacherous spot on the Bran dywine where more than one venture some youth has been cast into a swirl ing torrent in attempting iO drive across the stream when it was out of humor. The “Old Swim min’ Hole* had only a local reputation prior to June 17. 1882. On that date Riley, writing uuder the ; homely uom de plume of “Beuj. F. Johnson of Boone." gave to the old In dianapolis Journal the poem that brought the Brandywine to fame. The Brandywine flows for a consid erable distance through a marsh land. Hundreds of acres of ground that is in its present state unfit for agricultural purposes borders the creek ou both sides, aud it is for the purpose of re claiming this land that the farmers of Hancock county propose to deepen and straighten its chauucl. Several mouths ago ten owners of property along the Brandywine tiled a petition with the county commissioners asking that the creek be deepened to drain the marsh lands. Immediately there was an out cry of disapproval, and thousands of names were affixed to a remonstrance. Tin' matter has gone through numerous court procedures, but by virtue of a trivial legal technicality tin? petitioners have won th ir light thus far, and it is practically sealed now that the Brandywiue is to lose its poetry and to become a ditch. The improvement will cost the farm ers of Hancock county and the prop erty owners of Greenfield more than $4o,000. In fa< t, there are those who say that before the work is completed it will reach into six ligures. The urgu- uk ut is made by the petitioners that Greenfield will be benefited by the deepening of the creek because it will serve to carry off the city’s sewage. Greenfield lias almost unanimously spoken against it, yet the petitioners appear to have the better of the argu ment. livery property owner iu Han cock's capital will be assessed to pay for the work. According to the figures of County Surveyor Monger, the ditch will drain oS,40U acres of land. The surveyor aud his ftieu are already at work making etui nates and placing stakes that will show the amount of fall. The dredge will begin its wrecking of the poetic Brandywine about six ;niles east of jJLxwell, Hancock county, and contin- Wto the south county line, a distance of more than twenty miles. Every wagon bridge that crosses the stream will have to be removed. It is possible that only one bridge will be allowed to remain during the progress of the work—the Pennsylvania bridge east of Greenfield, mentioned in Riley’s poem. It la thought that the dredge will be able to pass under it. The bridge ques tion is om* of the strong points of dia- pute, as It is charged by the antidredge adherents that the removal of the ol0 New York World. The action taken is In line with the movement creating forest, game and bird preserves on gov ernment lands adapted for the purpose in all parts of the United States. The islands affected by the presi dent’s order are remote from civiliza tion, an important factor In earning out the plan of creating a breeding ground. It is not the purpose of the department of agriculture, to whose Ju risdiction they have been transferred, to make Improvements on the islands, but to allow them to remain in their native wildness, maintaining constant surveillance in the matter of restrain ing trespassers and preventing hunters and trappers from visiting the places. In the Huron group there are a num ber of small islands which do not ap-. pear on the official maps of the govern ment land office. Some of them con tain less than a section of land, while others inrlnde within their boundaries from 500 to 000 acres. It is also or dered that all bodies of land that may hereafter be discovered and designated on the maps shall be included in the order as withdrawn from public entry, the whole group to be known as the Huron island reservation. There are eight full sections reserved in the Sis- klwltl. or Menagerie, group, located near the mouth of Siskiwltt bay, on the south side of Isle Royale. BRACE FOR GOLFERS. Prevent Walter f'aiui>*n Device to Sliclntr In Golf. Walter Camp, tin* Yale athletic ad viser. has invented and patented a brace which, it is thought, will correct the common fault of slicing iu golf, says a New Haven dispatch to the New York Tribune. In speaking of It Mr. Camp said that plans are being made to put It ou the market early In the spring when the golfing season for 190(1 opens. It is a brace to keep the left arm straightened in driving the ball. The brace is fastened above aud be low the elbow, and the elbow is pro tected by a pad. The brace makes the leverage of the drive come from the shoulder in-1cad of being partially transmit el by any motion at tbe el bow. It makes tbe point of application in the leverage a foot longer than if i tin* transmission was from the elbow. The National Game In llauaii. When the two other companies of j the Tenth infantry get here, says the Hawaiian .Star, tnaybe a baseball team j can be organized that can heat the Chinese Athletic club. I *i- — - CARPENTER Carnival Week, Special Sale at Carpenter's. Next week is Carnival week and while in the city you are cordially invited to make my store your headquarters. A Woman’s Heavj Weight Vest, high neck, long sleeves, silk tape at neck, all sizes Woman’s Heavy Weight Vest, pants to match, special values 50c Women’s Heavy Cotton Union Suits, ecru extra com bed, yarn, button down the front 25 Misses’ Union Suits and Vest, extra heavy cotton long sleeves, Silk tape in collar Children’s White Merino Vests Infants three-fourth weave Vest at Ladies’ Cotton Vests, braid around the collar, good value at Knit Underwear for Women and Children. 25c 49c 50c 25c 49c 25c 20c My Special for carnival week, 2 for 25c Great Bargains in Ladies’ Coats. _Tan, Castor, Blue, Brown and Black, Velvet Pipedfl'O >4 Q and strap seams. Special values at $6.00. 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Myer’s guaranteed Black Gloves, 2 clasp... $1.50 Myer’s Gloves in black and grey Suede, all sizes... 1.50 Myer’s Gloves in greens, blues, reds, tan, castor, and | champagne, all sizes, best in the city at * A big assortment of Ladies’ and Children’s 1 f"\ golf Gloves and Mittens in plaid and solid cotton * ^ Dress Goods. 54 inch Broadcloth in all collors- These Goods are ex ceptional values at $1.25 yard, my price 44 inch Black and White mixed all wool Voile, 75 cents values at 58 inch Cravenett in tan, the 1.25 kind, at 54 inch all Wool in green and blue, always sold for 50c, special price .. $1.00 50c 1.00 45c Special Values in Blankets and Comforts. $3.48 4.48 2.98 3.48 $ 1.00 and 1.49 11-4 Crackerjack all Wool Blankets $5.00 values. 11-4 World Beaters, all Wool, Silk binding, $6.00 kind for 10-4 Crackerjack all Wool, extra special, $3.50 kind for 10-4 World Beater, the best in the city my special price o values My special Comforts at Special Sole in Every Department. My Gents’ Furnishing Department is complete. Always the newest and best things in stock. Clothing, when you want the best it is EFF-EFF or a Snellingburg Suit or Overcoat. surrs ki^om $10.00 ro $20.00. DRY GOOD STORE, W C CAR PFNTFR 1*™ store, PHONE NO. 3. ■Vi Ui Uiili ll kill kill | PHONE NO. 206. Wholesale and Retail. 91 5, 91 7, 919 Grenard St. rn V ~V V V « « i Gaffney, South Carolina. I Ml |:| SHOOTING RESULTS FATALLY. A Seanouiihle llnlluil'.*. Now is the season wb< n, every day. Over this country far arul wide The coll jo lads moot In their boyish way For reKular practice in homicide. Over the pr id iron Uu ir manly stride Fills our hearts with admiring awe. All toKetiu r wo voice our pride: “Eat ’em alive, fellows! ’Hah, ’rah, ’rah!” Hark. 'Us the referee's signal. “Play!” "Kill that guard—h> '.s a yard oft' side!” Crack! (That's th< quarterback's verte- , brae.) Rip! (That's the opposite halfback's hide.) “Take out time, there—the score is tied. He’s not hurt—Just a busted jaw. There, thank goodm.-s, the man has died- Eat’em alive, fellows! Rah, rah,’rah!” I What care we for the men they slay? Several more on the bench abide. Cased in armor of dirty gray. Where many a foe man's gore is dried. Some in the ambulance get a ride: Some In the hearse, yet they gouge and claw— Who shrieked ‘‘Morey?’’ The crowd re plied: “Eat 'em alive, fellows! 'Rah, 'rah, ’rah!” Man Shoots Into House, the Fire Is Re turned and He la Killed. Le; -sburg, Gu., Nov. 1.—At Phelima Ua.. !' mibs from U ashurg. j*rcal ex cit. meat oita - I by a ’.tooling affray In ..uk'i J. L. Darby, who pre cip'iat >i i ■ in.-ihlv, was killed and tin t" o I i' isonpl- narrowly < scaped with tii r livi; Da y. v,ho i said to have been dvinkiiih' l:‘ •«vily. ■ m i .) the residence of L. W. , ;-n •:l a nan shooting throtm.li the wp. !<>.'■ of the house, nar Tenneaee Railroad Changes Htnds. Nashville, Tone. Nov. 1.—It was announced today ^hat the Illinois Cen.| tral and the Sotv a cm would come into possession of ta'- Tennesse* Ceneirali on Dec. 1, th-* former to secure ih v, s rn k'n the le/ter the east. rowiy nibsmg .vi W. ('. Maiming Tae two li:er. i to inu .: tga ■ Daily Lred ; in:; him in 1 Mims t deb ' .\1 ats, his wife aud L'ENVOI. Fair co-ed, are you horrified? Shudders your soul at this carnage? “Naw— Look, they've killed him!” the sweet thing cried. “Eat ’em alive, fellows! Raw, raw, raw!" —Cleveland Leader. '.i ! o, i of the house ■ sudden attack, when . Vnimlng, wound- a: ! next at Mims. ) d lb' on his assail- ant, and pm ion v.:! fs through hi: head and hr- n . ivi.iii.g him instantly. He deeply iv;. ' t .- hilling and only acted to y \< o.- a lil--. The two men arc ivi >■!•■: to have been good friends. Judge J. '>.!. Ilinc:; went to Phe lima and he’d ;i r.ron r’s inquest. The verdict of i.,.- c :- m r’s jury was jus tlflufilc hoi::icble. Darby leavt s a widow and one child- He moved from And nson recently to take charge of lie depot at Phellma. - rn. iOk tilt t i!io, i-n id- 'in 1 Tennessee Central will, pi- y- at, n main ns now organ- fb «sc M. Ovt-rton, of Nash is prominently mentioned for r. to s.ueeed Mr. Van Blarcom. I’r< sid nt Spencer, of the Southern nil’..if. will have for Washington a.i.I presided Fish and party, of the 'i!u?d-> ( ntral. w t leave today. Doth ’■Titi- '.ill be elaborately entertained ;v a ornquet. Rowe'! Retires from Active Business. New York, Nov. 1.—A compliment- . ,q !: .- w * { given last night to fb o. p. Rowell, the veteran advertising n, who ha.* announced his retire- ment from active business. Address es wer ■ made by many of Mr. Rowell’s friend , including Frank B. Noyes who s rokc of him a« "a publisher." and by Art* rnus Ward, who spoke of him ns “the sage of Spruce street.” and by If. B. Harding as “an American man.” There were more than 200 gnc: is at the dinner, among them Mr. Isaac Sell man and General Stewart L. Woodford. Prominent Minister Dead. Cartersville, Ga , Nov. 1.—Rev. Dr. W. F. Quillian, pastor of tbe Meth odist church at Dalton, and one of the most prominent members of the North Georgia conference, diod at 1:50 o'clock this morning, at*fho residence of his daughter. Mrs. John W. Jones, In this city. For some time Dr. Quihian had been declining in health and he had come here from Dalton in hopes of improvement from rest and a change, out tb< break down was too far gone. Dr. Quillian was a member of a family which has furnished the Methodists in Georgia perhaps more ministers than any other. He has been a member of the conference for 38 years. Subscribe for Th« Lodger, 91.00 a year. Subscribe for The Ledger; $1 a year. Prominent Railroad Dead. New York. Nov. 1.—-Major General Byrne, railroad president, died last night while visiting the home of Jas. Clarke at. Quaker Ixjdge, Larchmout, N. Y\ For over 20 years Major Byrue was identified with the railroad opera tions of the late C. P. Hutington. In 1884 Major Byrne was appointed by Governor Hoadley, of Ohio, as flood commissioner to distribute money ap | preprinted to relieve the distress occa sionod by the Ohio valley flood. In | 189G Major Byrne organized the Dera ocratic honest money league of Amer ica. Mb was bom Is Maryland In 1845. Read! While I carry almost anything in a general line, I am now making Shoes and Groceries my leading lines and will save you money ou your Shoes. I have opened up my meat market where you can get all kinds of fresh meats at rea sonable prices. I will have fresh Fish on Fridays and Saturdays. Give me your trade, I will treat you right. Yours to please, I. M. Peeler. The Builders Supply Co. Successors to L. Baker, Will furnish your Building Material of the best that the markets afford and at the lowest living prices. No. 1 heart pine Shingles and Laths, Guar anteed Pure White Lead and Zinc, and Pure Linseed Oil. Nothing better to paint your house with and costs less than mixed paints. When In need of anything In the building line, call and see us; we’ll treat you cour teously and make your estimates for nothing. L,. PI»It e i% MANAGER.