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? SCRANTON NEWS. Eveits of Interest in Town and Environs Scraxtox, .lune 8.?The peo- ; pie of Scranton regretted very much to hear of the sad death of Mrs William Kellev. w h o died at Lake City Sunday night. Mrs Kelly resided here for three years and during her stay she made many friends. She was a : member by letter of the Mis^st*pnary Baptist church here and j . aLuok an active part in all Chris"Ttain affairs. Mr C E Graham returned last ? r ' * * 1-: ? ?i l, ^ weeK ironi euiumuui, wucic nr: completed his course at Drauj,rhan's business college. Mrs* J W Truluck visited friends at Cowards one day last week. I Miss Allie McCollou^h, who has been attending the Welsh s Jieck Hijfh School at Hartsville, has returned home to spend va. cation. Dr II O Byrd went to Kins^s- I tree on business last Wednesday. Miss Ola Coward came over 1 from Lake City Sunday and ' spent the day with her parents, Mr and Mrs J M Coward. Messrs S J Matthews, C L Cause, Willie Singletary and Boyce Myers of Cowards were anions the visitors here Sun d^y. Mrs D L Lee and children are ! visiting1 relatives and friends at Adams Run. Mr Hoyt B Hill, who holds quite a pleasant position with Hill&Dickson, Lake City, paid friends here a pleasant call Sunday. Mr and Mrs E A Singletary of Florence were called to the j bedside of Mrs Sincletary's sis ter, Miss Lexie Gause, Saturday I, afternoon. Miss Gause is a, daughter of Rev W V Gause K,. is now quite sick with typhoid 'fever. Everybody is looking forward to a jolly good time next Friday night, June 12, at the bazaar, which is to be given in the new school house. The ob ject of this is to raise money for a fountain, which will be erected on the school house grounds. Friends will give to the most popular lady, married or single, in the county, one nice pillow sham, as handsome S as can be, and made by one of p trrvn r\ i r 1 o. ocrauiuns laNfiuc ^v^uni; nicies. Votes will cost one cent and voters may repeat just as often as they like. (Vote early and oiten.) There will be for sale numerous other thing's that will take the eye of every one. Refreshments will be served from 3 o'clock Friday p m until the close of the bazaar. Come and bring your family and sweethearts and enjoy the evening. Mr Duff Gause and sister,Miss Alma, accompanied by Miss Theo Anderson, were in town Saturday afternoon from Cowards. Mrs M J Kirby returned to her home at Timmonsville last week after visiting1 her parents, Mr and Mrs J R Lee, in Scranton for several days. Mr and Mrs W H Wooten,Miss Theo Wooten, Mrs Fred Ilines and Master Matthew Hines visited Lake City one evening this week. fMessrs Green and Turbeville were in town Sunday j from Turbeville visiting friends. (Mrs Geo Tiramons of Friend14 spent part of last week in vn with her son, Mr Claude nons. M. R. M. .t's Kidney and Bladder Bills ompt and thorough and will ry short time strengthen the 3d kidneys and allay troubles from inflammation of the They are recommended ere. Sold by W L Wallaee. Greelyville Gleanings. Gkeelyville, June 8:?Rev! and Mrs R L (irier, Mr D 15 Yen-' tress, Miss A ice Yen'uess and little Mary Claussen Grier returned from a very pleasant visit to Georgetown last Tuesday evening. Miss Mary Small Nettles of Ja.ne was here several days last week vi-iting friends. There was a small tire here last Tueslav night. One of Boyle & Hogan's tenant houses 011 Railroad avenue was destroyed. Coleman Hoyd, colored, the occup.int, lost all his furniture and clothing. The building was insured. Dr W L Taylor went to Colli 111 * i bia last week to stand his examination before the State medical board for license to practice dentistry. Mr Reed Montgomery, formerly of this place but now of Columbia,; is spending several days in tlnvjtv. Rev O 1) Loving has t\ Mfc from a visit to his mother ii rgiuia. Miss Kthel Thompson of Olanta is visiting her sis'er, Mrs J F Mont-, gomerv, near here. Miss Nannie L^e Nor merit from j WalhaHp spent several days last week with her uncle, Mr M D DeLornie. Judging from the way in which i our hoard of health is usiug disinfectants. the gentlemen composing that honorable board certainly believe that 'an ounce of prevention is! worth a pound of cure " Mr Laurence McCullough from Xesiniih was here one day last week on business. Mr A Mcl) Burgess has beeu on the sick list for several day*3, but we are glad to See him out again at his u-ual place of busii ess. Mrs Jennie Rhodus alnd Miss: Lucy Burgess have gone to Johns- J ton t > make an extended visit to their sister, oiis uotcotougn. Miss Mamie King came home from Krskine college last week to sjkikI her vacation at home. Coronet R K Gamble was 011 onr j streets today looking after his constituent. "Bob" is very popular here and will no doubt get a large vote at this place. Crops ate looking fine around here j now, alsogra*>; hut if our farmers can have a few days of dry weatuer they can clean their fields of grass 1 very easily. Mrs U S Brutison, Ji, and children bavt gone to North Carolina, to visit Mrs Brunson's parents. ! 31 r J w i\.emieay is very grace fully receiving the congratulations of his friends on the arival of his ten-pound girl. Miss Melettof Columbia is spending some time with her sister, Mrs C E Harris. Chat From Cades. Cades, June 9:?Mrs Matthews of Scranton visited her sister, Mrs C G Carsten, several days last week. Missps Kate and Lucile Camle of Kingstree and Miss Roxie Lou Cargile of Stevenson, Ala, 6pent Sunday in town with friends. Regular services were held at th e Methodist church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock by the pastor, Rev R F Bryant. Mr A A May, formerly of this place, has returned and opened up at the stand formerly occupied by Nesmith Bros. Mr May has many friends here and they are glad to i- L!? lz r nave mm again a citizen ui \^aues. There will be a celebration of Children's day and picnic here given by the Baptist and Methodist Sunday-schools in a short time. The date will be published next week. Mr J H I'earce of Darlington was noted In town last week. Mrs M. M Cox is visiting her daughter, Mrs J I) Galloway in Timmonsville. , Miss Emma Carsten is spending several pleasant days with friends and relatives in Scranton. B. W. M. 1 t Jtv t . ^ " .?.,i 1 Insurance Companies in Trouble. COLUMRA, June 3. ? According to a statement of Insurance Commissioner McMaster today, the affaiis of three mutual tire companies at Spartanburg are involved and on the face of the returns ? r *\ I. . ? 1 ii jooks as 11 mere nas ut-cu mioinamigeinen^ -.J he funds. In thecast "vJarolina Minial, under cont Stauyarne Wilson, outstandir infested claims on July 1,19074 ounnd and adjusted c is on tne data to $35,897. Th? have been realize and the actual $10,(507 Contest??{ arv 1, 1908. an; and additional % $11,871. The an; have been reali// the actual aim The amount o on May f) wa: An ex a liua Mntual's . January 1. ll>. 11)08. $00,342 \\is '?<>i, from all sources. Loss.-s in t at perio 1 were *38,404. The differei between the amount received mat paid out in losses excep'ing $891 was con sumcd in expenses which were extraordinary high. Mr^^Siji tsler shows where Wilson receive ^ salary of $300 a month throb 907 and up to March of the curr<. . year. After he resigned as president he got $200 a month as attorney. He also took $1,000 for back salary in 1905-00. Up to November J. M. Whatfeywe cetived $100 a month and > as adjuster and since then si a mouth and expenses. In Mai , i Whatley succeeded Wilson as president. The sectetary, Miss D. Callahan, drew $1,300 in salary for 1907. Wilson's stenographer, Miss M. Fulmer.drew $15 a week as assistant secretary. A. M. Alexander manages the Piedmont Mutual and Palmetto Mutual at Spartanburg. No minutes of the Piedmont Mutual have been kept since May 0,1907. At that meeting the directors were A. M. Alexander, D. B. Alexander, YV. (J. Barnes and Dr. II. B. Goodell, No led ger nor cash books were kept, policy records being the only accounts obtainable. Mr. McMaster declares it is impossibly to find out how, why and where moneys were expended and Alexander can ^iot say deti* " * 1 * AA uitelv. L>. J. Alexander urew ?iou a month ami expenses as adjuster, and A. W. Whitlock $13 a week us secretary. Other items of expense can not be given at this time. Judgments are on file in the office of the clerk of court at Spartanburg against both the Piedmont Mutual and the Palmetto Mutual. The commissioner has not finished his searching investigations. The entertainment at the Thomas opera house next Tuesday night has made good every where else and will do so here. Benefit of monument fund. THEIR MASCOT Houston Baseball Team Adopts Baby Girl. Tho nthor duv the PTnnstnnTpTftfi. baseball club was oil its way toAustin. A woman with a tiny baby in her arms occupied a seat in the coach with the base ball bovs. She asked one of them to hold her baby while she went into the dining car to get a cup of coffee, and the baseballist took the baby. Of course the mothar never came back. At Austin the boys found a note pinned to the skirts of the baby a little girl. It asked that the baby be kindly cared for, as the mother was unable to do it. Send that baby to the foundlings' hospital? Send it to the poor house? Yon don't know the base ball bovs if you ask that question. Those Houston baseball boys immediately adopted the baby, and made her their official mascot. Each player pledged a bit out of his salary to help support and educate the little miss. The story went the rounds in less thau no time, and the first game on the home grounds after the "adoption'? was a record breaker for attendance. Tne little miss was exhibited fo the audience, and by the time the money shower quit she had almost $2,COO in real money with'n reach of her chubby irtie fist. Say, now, dou*t a n-al live baby make a man sit up and take notice: if it doesn't he isn't much of a man Those Texas ball players make up a bunch of mighty good fellows, all right. It's gnat ftin for them, th I thing having a'?aby all their own for a mascot, but behind all the g orious, clean fun they get out of it is the splendid deed they have done ? this thing of having provided fo' .the future of a baby that was for u *ttle while worse than motherless Till homeless. ?It all reminds us of the N'r.e thai ;e Charleston, S. C.. Tvpographi 'I Union adopted a four year old phati girl that was headed for v Hon mill to become a child slave, ie union legally adopted the litth .1, edticaiid her and fitted lie ,0 become a good wife and mother | It's just such little deeds as thesi | that make us think a whole lot mor< J cf our fellows.? The Commoner. O.scppcintcd. At one of the sideshows in a cor tain fair the principal pcrforme was a knife thrower, who made i specialty of throwing knives al around a lady into a board at th back of the stage. The partner o this arti-H was a middle aged, stou and?well, very plain, and when sh came on the audience gasped. The had not thought it possible for an one to be?well, so plain and liv through it. The man arranged he to the b?*::d and at the critical mo ment threw the knife. It fle\ through the air and struck, quiver ing, in the board. Voice from tV back: "<i rea t Scott! You've missei her!'*?Modern Societv. Their Silence. "1 am glad yon were there, m boy," said Mr?. Stormington Bame in exultation. "I am clad you wer there. I had the audience spell bound, didn't I?" "Why?er?it seemed to me tha they didn't applaud verv much." "That's just it. I had 'em so in terested in what I was saying tha they didn't even dare applaud fo fear they'd miss some of it."?Ex change. The Cannon Ball Tree. Among the plants of Guinea one of the most curious is the eannor ball tree. It grows to the height of sixty feet, and its flowers are re markable not only for their leauty hut also for their fragrance. It< blossoms arc of a beautiful crui^on appearing .n lnree bunches sv I e*: haling a ri'-h perfume. The fruil 1 n-iApmAH! 1v-l!!s j 1 1.11/1C- Viiwnuuiu- viutuv? he:, e the nr. no. However, souk say it has been so calh d because o: the nok-c which the halls make ii bursting. From the shell- d >raesti< utensils are mrdp, and frcm th< oontc - it:;ine l -cvonil kind: of acid-. as well ai the is f-.r halting an excel lent drirdx ::i -n kn*ss. flcnisoD Scholarships. | The exauiin.ition for the award o | Scholarships 111 Clemson Agricul tural College will be held in th j County Court House on Friday, Jul; :3rd. at 9 a. ni. Applicants must til out proper forms,/ to be secured fron the County Superintendent of Edu cation, before tbey will be allowei to stand the examinations. For lietailed information apply to the Supt of Education, or the President o Plpmcrm t^nllptrp. Applicants for admission to th college, who are not seeking for th scholarships, will also stand entrance examinations at the cour house July 3rd. The Scholarships are worth $10* and free tuition. The next session of the col leg opens Sept. 9,1908. For catalogues and informatioi apply to P. H. Well, President. Weak Kidneys Oum nor* trouble than any other organ ? the body. The funotlon of the kldneya la U separate Inorganic aalt and water in the pro eeaa of circulation, and to remove them an< their attendant poisons from the body throng] the bladder. Therefore when the kldnsvi become diseased and weak they are natural!' unable to perform their work properly, an< pains In the back. Inflammation of the bLtddei and urinary disorders are the result. It li Imperative that a prompt relief be afforded which la Impossible unless you remove thi cause, DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills promptly eliminate poisons from the syeten and at the same time make the kidneys wel and strong. For Weak Kidneys. Backache, Inflammation of the bladder and al urinary troubles De Witt's Kldnei and Bladder Pills are unsurpassed A Week's Treatment for 25c. Money back If they fall. For Sale by W L Wallace. |"b " 1 f I I r) A strong Directoi Makes a ifo?x I >AKMKKS^M J S McClam j | J C V( R S 15 Poston |TViTB^ftlL mill11 MfliTTTM11 , | H| JEf ii (Prickly Aita, Poke Bo 1 ? KATES POSITIVE CUBES OF AI I ! Physicians endorse P. P. P. m a splent did combination, and prescribe it with mgm e great satisfaction for the curse of all y forma and atagea of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Syphilia, Syphilltlo Bheu- 18 y madam, Scrofuloua Ulcers and Sores, f OlandnlarSwellinga, Bbeomatlam, lid) ney Complaints, old Chronio Ulcers that I CATARRH^ hsToresisted all treatment. Catarrh, Skin Dtieaaee, lexeme. Chronio Pemale Complaints, Mercurial Poison, Tetter, \0~ Bcaldhead, etc., etc. CSl 7 P. P. P. la a powerfnl tonlo and an * eieellent appitlser, building up the ^3 p eyatem imp Idly. If yon mrm weak and feeble, and feel badly try P. P. P., and s. RHEUM Str'p.::.enl of the Condition ot .' The Bsnk of Wiliiamsburo,1 \ Kinsstree, S. C. i J . . i - ft .. e d....: i_ t ' - /vc ir.e * luse ?i ouaaies* ?juw4. 11)08. 1 IlESOURCKS | I ' ! Loans and Discounts, *k5,:!39 ig 1 Demand Loans, 1<>.273 51 t Overdrafts 2,831 i?5 ( ;: Hanking House, s,i?84 8? ? Furniture and Fixtures, 3.393 -'6 ? i Other R? a! Estate, 1.000 (Mi Due fmm Banks end Bankers, l-"?,77 l Currency, 1.103 ort J Gold, 2 260 00 ? Silver, Nickels and Pennies 1,078 25 ' ' 'hecks nn l Cash Items. 675 03 ! 3 _____ 5 Total $i33,055 19; liabilities Capital Stock Paid in. $4o.0<mi 00 Surplus Fund, 3,000 00 Undivided Profits, less Current f Expenses and Taxes Paid, 1,610 44 Due to Banks and Bankers, 377 19 " Individual Deposits Subject e to Check, w77.914 16 j Cashier's Checks, 123 40 J f Bills Payable 10.0<h) 00 | 1 I'otal $133,055 19 < STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ' ounty of Williamsburg. ( 3 ,, < iti/i lieiore me came n> v< \ aamci - of the above named bank, who being duly sworn, says that the above " and foregoing statement is a true conf dition of said Bank, as shown by the books of said bank. I E C EPl'S, ' ashier. I e Sworn to a-,d subscribed before me, this 8th day of June, 1908. 1 e (jHAS W bTOLL. [L Si Notary . Public forS C. correct Attest : < 1 Peter G Gourdin, , Wm T Wilkins, , Chas W Stoll, ;' Directors. j e Statement of fbe Condition of , The Bank of Greelyville, ij Greelyville, S. C. At the close of business, June 4, 1908. Resources t a ew oqr so iiOail? anu l/.9VVU>iia uu Overdrafts, 481 91 Banking House 978 69 . Furniture and Fixtures 1,695 85 I Due from Banks and Bankers 6,261 59 , J Currency 584 00 I Gold 801 00 I Silver, Nickels and Pennies 400 25 | J Checks and Cash Items 23 05 i Total 141,917 72 i Liabilities i Capital Stock Paid in 15,000 00 1 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid 1,548 04 ' : Individual Deposits, Subject r tp Check 12.306 (41 - Savings Deposits 2,957 25; Cashier's Checks 16 39 ( Notes and Bills Rediscounted 10,000 00 j Total $41,917 72 X iiwiw jfUMlMLLLlL?1?1 M -ate i ; a Bank. | i yi > v ENCHANTS g ; V, S. C. k : C M Kelly I B W Stevrart B \ 1 3? ot and Potassium.) Jj FOBHO AXD STAGES 07 ? yon will regain flesh and strength. Wasteof energy andall diseases resulting from overtaxing the system are cored by the nse of P. P. P. Ladleawboee systems are poisoned and whoee blood is in an impure condl tiondue to menstrual irregularities are peculiarly benefited by the wonderful tonic and SCROFULA blood cleansing properties of P. P. P, Prickly Ash. Poke Boot and fotssslnis. Sold by all Druggists. IF. V. LIPPMAN Proprietor Savannah, - Ca. A I IOIW ? . ' 5TATE OF SOFTII CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg. Before nit came C E Register Cashier ?. the above named bank, who being n.ly sworn, says that the above and oregoing statement i.-> a true condition ^ > ' <;'.iil L.r.k. as shown by the books of inid bank. (' E It F.(i 1ST KB. Cashier Sworn t o and subscribed before me Lis 8th day of June. 1908. J V KIGISTER. Notary Public.. Correct-At test: T W Boyle J F Register. Directors. * Statement of fhe Condition of The Bank of Kinoslree; Kingstree, S. C. At the Close of Business June \ 4, 1908. Resources Loans and Discounts. SlJl^'.lto 04 Dverdraft-*, 1,792 92 RonHnor Unneo :> "71 Furniture and Fixtures, 1,881 28 Due from Banks and Bankers, 24,124 01 Currency, 1,480 00 Sold, 50 00 "ilver, Nickels and Pennies, 1,887 54 hecks and Cash Items, 727 09 rotal, $173,8*27 59 Liabilities 1'apital Stock Paul in, $30,000 00 Surplus Fund. 10,000 00 Und. Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid, 2,830 74 individual Deposits Subject to Check, 47,919 45 Savings Deposits. 02,149 44 Jasliier's Checks, 927 90 Bills Payable, 20,000 00 rotal, $173,827 59 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ' />?_e u:ii: -i... v^uuixi/jr ui ? iiiiaiuauui^. Before me came L H Fairey, Cashier sf the above named bank, who, being luly swcr.i,says that the above andjforejoing statement is a true condition of jaid bank, as shown by the books of said bank. L II FAIREY Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me. this 9th day of June. 1908. J B Steele [L S] Notary Public. Correct Attest: I) C Scott, John A Kelley, R H Kellahan, Directors. Surveying: Notice! ~ o ~ 1 am properly equipped to handle drainage problems as well as to survey and plat real property. Laurence H. McCullough NESMITH, S. C. . ' - . , u> 4 Li-'..- -/jl- .