W W u * C*. "/ * . LOCAL NEWS FROM SCRANTON. Things Seen and Heard in Town and Environs. Scranton, June 18:-Scranton seems to be gradually growing larger and her citizens are * ^ of course delighted to see their town so rapidly building up. Several families have recently ^ 1- - 4-v.o.;^ moved Here to maKe uu? men future home. But we regret to see now and then families leaving and going eise-where to live. Mr and Mrs L H Little, who have been living in Scranton for the past ten months, will leave Thursday tor Marion, where they will make their future home. Mr and Mrs Little have made many friends here and we hate very much to see them go. Mr J C Lynch has erected a new dwelling house on church street, which helps the looks of that part of town very much. Mr P M Lee and family of Conway have become residents of our town. We extend cur 1ICCIL 11C91 ncivums. Mr Hartwell Graham of Wilmington, N C, visited the Misses Graham Sunday. Dr Willard McKnight left i Thursday night for Charleston, where he has gone to accept a position in that city. Miss Carrie Miller of Kingstree was the guest of Mr J E ^ Sports last week. V Mr J P Turner of Hannah (Florence county) passed through town Monday en route fiwhere he lias trone IV 1 iViV.UW| ?? MW. V ? ? p, as a juror to attend court. Mrs W S Lynch and daughter, Miss Mary Olive Ljnch, and W S Lynch, Jr., accompanied by Mrs Fred Hines and son, Matthew, visited friends in Kingstree last week. MrO H Graham, who has been attendingClemson college, " returned home last w?.-ek to spend his vacation. Mr L 0 Hinson of Cowards was among the visitors here last week. Messrs 0 B Carter and E M Lowraan visited friends at Timmonsville Sunday. Mr Archie A Duncan, traveling salesmen for the Geer Drug Co., of Charleston, was in town this week. Ki * Mr John Wiggins of RoSg"rafry passed through town this mornirtg, on his waj' to Friendfield to visit his parents and friends. The star mail route from here to Sardis will be discontinued after next Saturday and will be replaced by an R F I) route. This will make three 11 F D routes for Scran ton. Wra llov fYwVfc-#* who liv#?S near Bass' bridge,fell dead Monday. Her death was supposed to have been caused from heart failure. She leaves a husband and several children to su rvive her. Mr and Mrs J A Gantt of Florence spent a few days in town ia?t week with relatives and friends. Master Harvey Parker is- vis. titing- friends at Florence this week. ? Mr N B Sturgeon is at Eftin^ham this week. Mr Lorey Turner ot Hannah was seen in town Monday. . Miss Dora Matthews and Mr J Matthews of Cowards HSHvere quests of Mr and Mrs J M HaBM^oward Sunday. Mr Lee Byrd of Live Oak, HB Fla., is visiting friends at Scranton. H Mr H B Lee went to Florence today on business. TROUBLE AT BYMAN. Obstreperous Negroes Cause Race Riot to be Apprehended. Reports from Hyman say there was considerable uneasiness in that community Saturday night and Sunday because of a threat of a race riot. It seems that the trouble arose from a negro threatening and cursing a white man, and the white man drawing a pistol and trying to shoot the negro. Other white men inter- , fered aud separated the two, and caught the negro when he was trying to escape from the store. A crowd of negroes gathered quickly and threatened to'*use np"the white man , ? Ua want Kama Knf lia qp- i HUCI1 lie UV vwv ..V ? %?w cotnpauied by other white nieu and 1 the negroes did not make the attempt. On Sundav the negroes gathered J 1 at their church in that village and | i the white people were fearful lest'1 thry might mean to give trouble and were ready to meet them, but( there was no trouble. i i It is said that this is the third < time that there has been a threat of J 1 trouble in that community and that1 , the people are getting restless over , the situatiou. They say that the1, leaders in this soit of trouble must j ' be sent away from the community' and they expect all the race who ] want peace and good order to help ] them ;n maintaining it and sending i ? * -1 - _.u_ i off and Keeping on ine men wnu make tile trouble. If a not should break out in that community the people in all sur- < rounding communities are ready to 1 flock to the assistance and put down , the trouble. Many of them are i anxious to get even with some of 1 the agitators. Quick and easy c??m- * municatiou could be had with Florence. ?Florence Times ? June 18. A Feathered Waavar. The crafts are nearly all repre- ' sented in bird life, but perhaps the j most striking achievement is that j of the tailor bird of Asia. When preparing to make a nest these birds choose a plant with leaves about the j size of a man's hand. These they proceed to make into a bag. They ! pluck the boll of the cotton plant j and actually spin it into thread with their bills and feet and there with literally sew together the edges j of the choeen leaves. ^ A Modest Village Blacksmith. The little village could not boast . of having many entertainments, and ] a concert was an event which was j looked forward to with delight by the inhabitants. It was at one of these "musical feasts" that a stranger sang with great feeling "The j Village Blacksmith." \ In response to a vociferous encore < the singer was about to start "Rock- < ed In the Cradle of the Deep," when j the chairman tugged his coat tail. j "Better sing the owd 'un over i again, mister," he whispered. "I 'appen to be thw chap you've been $ singing about?the village blackon/1 T ?/\r.b/\r* l f'rl Kn suuiii??auu x icvnuu il u uun uv fair to me if you was to sing it all ] over again and pop in another verse ] savin' as ow I let out bicycles."? I London Mail. A Conscientious Parson. A wedding took place a short j time back in a large town in the I north of England, the service being ' conducted by a rather eccentric vie- 1 ar. Two days after the ceremony I he called at the house of the bride- < groom's mother, but she happened '1 to be out, so he said he would call 1 again, which he did later in the day, 1 carrying two large bags under his arm. < This time he found her in. So he began by asking them to clear j i the table a little. Then he opened I the green bags, from which he took | the registers. These he opened and in a most solemn tone said: i "Mrs. Williams, you have forgot- 1 ten to dot the *i' in Elizabeth." The family breathed once more. 1 ?London Answers. Chaining the Child. She may have been either a wickj ed little girl or simply one of those children who refuse absolutely to "stay put," but whatever her ail- j ment her mother certainly made enough of a parade of it. The pair were strolling along the other afternoon, and around the left wrist of the child was a stout dog collar of leather, to which was fastened a 1 heavy chain of steel links, the end of which was held firmly in the mother's right hand. The chaining might have been done in all kind- , ness, but the effect on the passing throng was to arouse a keen sense of pity for the child.?New York Press. / / I FATHER'S LESSON. The Trick of Teaching a? Ha Triad ft on the Boy. "Don't lop down on the couch that way, Bobby," the tired little mother implored. "Stand up and pull down your sweater and try to i remember. Henry," she added, lifting a Hushed, almost tearful face j to her husband as he entered the room, "this boy simply can't learn ! anything by heart, do you know it? j It's a physical impossibility. Here his teacher has assigned two pages of the 'Lady of the Lake' to be committed to memory before tomorrow morning, and I've worked with him all the evening, dnd he can't say the tirst two lines now! Why, at hia age I used to recite long selections at the church entertainments. All our children did. He must take after vour side of the family." "My sido! Well, that's a good idea! 1 think I spoke a few pieces at school nivself. Let me have the : book. Probably you haven't the trick of teaching?that's the main thing. Here, son, come in the oth?r room and let your father have a try with you." A half hour followed, during which the paternal voice grew Ioudir and louder, while the listening | wife grew first tranquil, then merry. I At last the folding doors opened. ! "Come, son," said Bobby's father in i voice that cracked the whip. "Show your mother what you've learned in half an hour. "All he needed was to have it im- I pressed on his mind that the last j words in everv two lines rhvme," 1 lie added as he placed the open book In his wife's hands and pointed to ' :he couplet about the famous stag: "But ere his fleet career he took rhe dewdrops from hla flanks he shook.' "Go on, son," he commanded igain. "They rhyme in twos, reTiember." "Yes, sir." Bobby swallowed hard. "But?but ere he took his fleet careerHe?he shook the dewdrops from his ear!" was the triumphant finish. And :hen Bobbv wondered why his mother laughed until she cried.?Exchange. Changed, Yet the Same. A southern man, who has for iome years past been established in Sew York, recently visited his forxier home in Virginia. While there ae was busy renewing old acquaintinces. Among these was the son >f an old preacher whom the former Virginian remembered as having invariably discoursed on the tame topic. "Heard father since you've been pack?" asked the son. "I am sorrv to say that I have aot," said the other. "Tell me," be added, with a smile, "is he preaching that same old sermon?" "Oh, yes," replied the son, not it all taken aback by the question, 'but for the last year or two he's been hollering in different parts of t."?Lippincott's. Lamb and the Scotchman. Charles l.ainb said he never could mpress a Scotchman with any new Iruth; that they all required it to be spelled and explained awav in old equivalent and familiar words and phrases. He said he had spoken to i Scotchman who sat next to him it dinner of a healthy book. "Healthy, sir! Healthy, did you lay ?' "Yes, healthy." ^ "I dinna comprenend. I have ! beard of a healthy man and of a ! bealthv morning, but never of a icalthy book." Made It a Good Omen. Napoleon HI. did a graceful thing to avert an ill omen. Captain Jean I'oeurpreux in a ball given at the j Tuileries tripped and fell. But Napoleon held out his hand to help aim up. saying as he did so: "M. le I'ommandant, this is the second I time I have seen you fall. The first j time was by my side on the field of Magenta." Then turning to the lady he add?d: "Henceforth Captain Coeurpreux , is commandant of my guides." Self Command. "Self command is the main elegance;" "self control is the rule,"; says Emerson. He is enforcing that rule of manners which bids us avoid the exaggeration that causes loss of power and heat that makes our in- j feriors our superiors. He quotes from the austere, reserved, eloquent St. Just, "Keep cool and you com-1 mand everybody," and from the wily old Talleyrand, "Above all,1 gentlemen, no heat." Shallac For Woodwork. For natural finished woodwork that has become badly scratched or marred, like the lower part of the door, surbases and window sills, there is nothing better than a coat - - ^ ' cUa11o/? fK/a Hn/1 rrtn PQ n Ui iwv VI sucuat ui^ niuu prepare at home by adding the dry , yellow flakes to 95 degrees alcohol, j ft will dissolve in a few hours if' it is shaken frequently, to allow the alcohol freedom in attacking the flakes. J. > Hereafter we positively refuse to pufc-lish hny communica-' tion received at this office later than Tueselay, noon, except local and personal items, which will not be available later than! Wednesday, noon, for the current week. By trying to be ac- j commodating we are thrown late! every week and we are tired of it. This notice applies to EVERY BODY. 4-25-tf. Free Samp^s of " Preventics" and a booklet on Colds will be gladly mailed you, on request by Dr Shoop. Racine, Wis., simply to prove merit. Preventic- are little Candy Cold Cure tablets. No Quinine, no Laxative, nothing harmful whatever. Preventics prevent colds?as the name implies ?when taken early, or at the "Sneere Stage." For a seated cold or LaOrippe, [ break it up safely and quickly with i r? U.. rv l rrevenues, ouiu uy u v, u?.vu. Wiathrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop ('ollege i and for the admission of r.ew students will be held at the County Court House 1 on FRIDAY, JULY AT ? A M. Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of age. When Scolarships ! are vacated after July 5, they will be; awarded to th-H-.l uly 4. j IFlSMcSn W. L Bau A. C. Hinds BASS & HINDS, Attornevs-at-Iaw K. IN GSTKtt, 5. U 9-20-tf. [Ml Lake City, S. G. Crown and Bridge Work a Spsclalty. All Work guaranteed. va/. L. BASS Attorney at Law LAKE CITY, S. Q. Dr H J McCabe Denlist. KINGST1EE. - S. C. JOHN D. MOUZON'S BARBER SHOP ?in the? Van Kearrn H?tH is equipped with up-todate appliances. 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