Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"Mis* ? * * Brenin&.n's ft By~ ?ecetly Allen Kid The entire neighborhood had long ?? since decided that Mrs. Brennan's youngest hopeful would close his earth? ly career through the unwelcome at? tentions of the proverbial hangman. Maggie Brennan, aged fifteen, was a popular employee at Johnson's cigar factory. Young Dan was a district Ul messenger boy, and even little Jennie earned odd pennies by caring for the re neighbors' children when the latter ^"were called away to christenings, fu II";. nerals and weddings. But from the day that the "Kid," $Lt the tender age of nine months, had -"fallen from the fire escape to the area way, striking three clotheslines en route, and had sat up, howling vigor? ously, but unhurt, his young life had "been marked by a succession of stir? ring and nerve distracting events. Eve. his good natured Irish mother had begun to regard him as hopeless, and his one friend was pretty Miss Harris, whose pink and blue shirt waists and daintily embroidered skirts decorated the Brennan clothes horse each ironing day. Meta Harris always declared that the "Kid" was particu? larly intelligent >and some day would perform a great deed. On this afternoon the "Kid," having reached the age of three and having acquired sufficient wisdom to snatch a stick of licorice from a weaker and meeker playmate in the gutter, had |^ wandered far from home. An overdose of licorice on this hot,v sultry day had affected the "Kid" as nothing had ever done before. He yearned for the narrow, dim court and the towering tenement, to say nothing of a drink -and his mothers restful bosom. But all around him was mud, the thick, yellow mud of a newiy open? ed street, and beyond disgustingly new cottages painted in aesthetic tints and surrounded by gardens laid out in geometrical flower and lawn patterns that is, all were thus laid out save one. It was overgrown with weeds, which had choked out the Sowers planted there early in the spring. , A young man in a natty flannel suit liad paused at the gate and was sur? veying with a clouded brow the scene of desolation. It hardly seemed pos-1 sible that inst four months previous j he and she had* planted those flowers, coming up each evening.to water them, pick out the weeds and put finishing touches within doors. The parlor furniture had been put in place. Even some of the shining tin? ware had found its way to the small pantry when the quarrel came. He had done his best to smooth over the difiiculty, but finally one afternoon he had walked over to the little cot? tage, which represented his savings of two hard years, closed and barred the windows and doors and with a heavy heart had walked out through the small gate. Never again had he been near the burial ground of his high hopes until this evening. Vaguely he had felt lately that something ought to be done with the place. The frown deepened as he turned away and marched resolutely down the street He would see a real estate man at once and offer the place at any sacrifice. Then he'd try his luck in -South America. The papers all said there were great openings down there for clever fellows from the States. . "Mammal Ma" Jack Griswold stopped communing "with the disagreeable past and stared down upon a bedraggled, forlorn bit of humanity. "Hello, old chap! Are you black or white?" The "old chap" resented the familiar address, fell to weeping lustily and rolled disconsolately in the soft mud. "Oh. I say," exclaimed Jack, bend? ing over the little fellow, "you mustn't do that! You'll be a sight. Guess you're lost" Griswold glanced helplessly at the neat cottages and then at the child of the slums. How ever did the youngster get way out here? And his sobs were actually, pitiful. Jack thought of a policeman, but such officials were sel? dom needed in this quiet neighborhood. Finally pity overcame discretion, and Jack grasped a small hand and led the runaway toward tte cottage over which he had but lately been gloating in misery. He unlocked the door ant7 led the culprit to the kitchen, turned on the water and awkwardly washed the astonished denizen of Biggie's court "There!? When I get a few layers of clirt off I'll take you to the nearest po? lice station, and they can locate your ma. But I'll be hanged if I'd drag such a connecting link as you were through the streets." A fresh handkerchief was sacrificed on the altar of cleanliness, and then Griswold started toward the door with his unexpected charge. But here an? other surprise was in store for him. The skies were overcast, and lightning was ularino alona the. horizon- yo was "nothing to do""but wait till the storm passed by. Griswold sunk into a rocker in the tiny parlor, and "Mis' Brennan's Kid" clambered familiarly upon his knee. The afternoon was sultry, the little head sank lower and lower on Gris? wold's Immaculate flannel suit, and soon a soft, even breathing filled the quiet room. The storm gathered and burst, but the child slept on, and Griswold, with half closed eyes, lived over again the 'happy days when he and she had plan? ned and furnished the cottage. -.. A sudden flash of vivid lightning and "Oh, Mrs. Brennan, if only I had a ? key we could get in here! And porches ? and trees are so dangerous!" Jack rose to his feet, the sleeping child still clasped in his arms. There was no mistaking that voice. For an instant he hesitated, then threw open the door. Two women crouched in the portal. One was middle aged and haggard, her skives rolled up to her elbow and her apron tossed over her head. The oth? er was young and dainty and fair to look upon even in her tearful fright Tliey rose and faced the sudden vision in the doorway. The older woman gave a scream, half of anger, half of joy. "Ifs me Kid! Where did ye foind him?" Then, without waiting for reply, she jerked the sleeping child from Gris? wold's arms and fell to w >eping and scolding over him in true Irish fash? ion. Ten minutes later the storm died down as suddenly as it had risen, and Mrs. Brenna n and her "Kid," duly pro? vided with erar fare, were wending their way toward tLe nearest trolley line. The younger woman still stood at-the window, stiring out upon the weeds which hung heavy with moisture. She tapped her fingers mechanically on the window pace. "I had gone over to Mrs. Brennan's for a shirt waist I needed," she re? marked suddenly, as if she felt that an explanation was obligatory, "and she was nearly crazy about the 'Kid.' I felt so sorry for her, and we kept walk? ing and walking, and every one had seen the little boy, they said, and we followed the trail till we got here and"- ? She turned suddenly and faced Gris? wold, who was regarding her anxious? ly. The contrast between his grave, pleading face and his generally de? moralized attire was ludicrous. The departing "Kid" had left as mementos of his short stay liberal stains of lico? rice and mud on Griswold's soft flannel suit. One grimy hand had evidently found a resting place on Jack's smooth shaven cheek. Meta Harris stopped laughing and exclaimed: "Oh, to think you'd be so good to that miserable 'Kid.' You've made me feel so-so mean and. insignificant." Her face was very sober now. "Do you think, Jack, you could forgive me, and" "Bless that 'Kid!'" exclaimed Jack as they walked home in the twilight. Meta had resolutely refused to board a trolley car in consideration of Jack's soiled, raiment. - "When we get settled, the little chap can play up here every Saturday." "Yes," mused Meta, "I always said that boy would do something worth while." California Hamming Bird. The nest is about the size of half the shell of a common duck's egg and is made of plant down and cobwebs, with a slight outside garniture of moss, be? ing a much less compact and interest? ing structure than that of the eastern ruby throat It is placed on a twig of a cork elm, a little too high to be look? ed into from the piazza, and in all probability is kept in its precarious position-for the twig upon, which, it rests is no thicker than an ordinary lead pencil-by a glutinous substance collected by the bird from the honey bearing flowers which it visits in se? curing food. The little occupant-a somewhat smaller bird than the female ruby throat-allows herself to be observed from the distance of four or five feet, though her attituf" *s one of great alertness, and an; 'en movement on the part of her carver will imme? diately send her oif. There is some? thing in the position of the eye. so far up in the head, in the long and very slightly curved bill and in the short up flirted tail as she sits rather high in her tiny nest that is suggestive of a pygmy woodcock.-Independent A Query. Professor (lecturing) - Oxygen, gen? tlemen, is essential to all animal exist? ence. There could be no life without it Strange to say, it was not discov? ered until a century ago, whenr Student-What did they do before it was discovered, sir? It Waa a Dream. When a certain divine was a younger man and chaplain at the University of Pennsylvania. like other ministers who filled that position he was much troubled over the apparent Lick of at? tention from the students during the morning exercises in the chapel. The exercises hardly ever continued for more than fifteen minutes. Some of the students were in the habit of taking their books into the chapel and studying there during the services to make up for their tardiness of the night before in not preparing their les? sons. The young chaplain was desirous of breaking up the habit, so one morning preceding his customary five minutes' address he spoke as follows: "'Young gentlemen. last night I dreamed I was here in the chapel ad? dressing you. And as I spoke I saw every eye fixed upon me. every man attentive, while in all the chapel there was not a book opened, and then I knew it was a dream." German Scotch. "A good story comes from Sydney," says the London Globe, "where letters have been received from two American business firms asking whether com? munications; to Australian merchants should be written in English or 'in the language of the country.' "It recalls an astonishing trade cir? cular received a short time ago by a business firm in Glasgow from a Ger? man manufacturer, also written in what his versatile clerk had apparent? ly taken for the language of the coun? try. It was in the best 'kailyard' style and spoke of a 'muckle consignment o' chemicals.* " " SHORT NEWS STORIES. Compensation For a Bad Odor-Spoil ed thc Spider's Scene-A ?'Progress" Report. Lord Rosebery, formerly premier of Great Britain, surprised some cf his hearers at a recent gathering by refer? ring to himself as an agriculturist, says E London newspaper. It is not generally known, even in England, that Lord Rosebery, statesman, author, sports? man, is also a farmer. His farm is at Mentmore, on the splendid estate which came to him on his marriage. It is conducted on the highest' scientific principles and is one of the first model fruit farms in England. Large quanti? ties of fruit come from Mentmore to the London markets. Lord Rosebery has also ? dairy farm on the Mentmore estate. At Dalmeny his association with the world of industry is in 'the form of shale mines lymg on a remote corner of his estate. Now and again the wind brings the smoke and smell of the mines up to the mansion, and it was this which provoked a visitor to remark on the nuisance of having such things so close by. "Ah. my friend." said Lord Rosebery; "however unpleasant it may be to you? to me it is the smell of 25 per cent" Spoiled the Spider's Scene. H. Cooper Oliffe tells an amusing ? story of his first performance of the Spider at the Globe theater, in London. In the last act of "The Silver King" the Spider locks a case of jewels of enormous value in au iron safe. Mr. "THE JEWELS A ES SAFE." Oliffe did some elaborate business with the key and the safe and turned to the house to give full weight to his lines: "Securely locked. The jewels are safe." There was a roar of laughter. He spun around and perceived that the locked doors were wide open again, giving the audience a full view through the back of the safe of a lime light and the legs of the stage carpenter. BEN FRANKLIN'S PURCHASE An Old Electrical Machine Dating Back to the Revelation. Nearly every schoolboy of a genera? tion ago was familiar with the friction? al electricity machine, never of very much practical value, but of great in? terest to youthful minds on account of the spark that could be made to pass from condenser to youthful finger. Nowadays the size of the spark has in? creased as the size of the machine has diminished, but an example of the ear? lier type is still preserved at the Jeffer? son physical laboratory at Harvard, where an interesting collection of an? tiquated pieces of apparatus gives the visitor to Cambridge an opportunity to compare the earliest with the latest methods' of studying physics and as? tronomy. This special piece, moreover, i? par ticularly interesting in that it was orig? inally purchased for the college by Benjamin Franklin when acting as ! American commissioner to France dur- j lng the Revolutionary war. It is a cum- j bersome affair that would require a j horse and a small wagon or a whole j automobile to move, but the principle on which it is based is the same as in its modern successors. Aside from size I the most noticeable difference is in the J use of a glass globe about a foot in di? ameter to produce the electricity by friction instead cf tho big circular glass plate seen in later machines. Despite its size and the big globe, however-which is supported on posts ! resembling those of a colonial four poster bsd-the oki machine never ex? ceeded a spark two inches long and was even proud of that modest per? formance. Iiow modest it really was may be seen by comparison with a modern machine in the next case, so much smaller than Franklin's that it can be held in ene hand, that produces a spark of electricity of nearly seven inches. Candles. Such candies as peanut brittle are far less injurious than fancy mixtures, as they are made by simply melting sugar and are without acids. Acid in the presence of heat splits ordinary sugar into two forms, dextrose and l?vulose. These are both deadly sweets and much more prone to fermentation than real sugar. This is the reason why so many housewives cannot make good cranber? ry or other jelly. The (iront Qualification. The animals were preparing for ama? teur theatricals. "I want to be the heavy villain," said the sheep. "You!" snorted the intelligent horse, "You'd make a fierce looking villain, wouldn't you?" "Maybe not." retorted the sheep, but I'll bet none of you can beat me say? ing 'Bahl'" -Catholic Standard and Times. In oar Fall Announcement we predicted a late aud conseqaently a short season, and we believe the resulte so far have proven the trathfoloees of oor prediction. We have a very large stock of goods which we are auxioas to convert into money, and will do so on as reasonable a margin of profit as legitimate merchandising will justify. 04O4O4O4<*We Have no Special Sales For Special Days^o^o^o But purpose making every day from now until Christmas, one of Special Sales We realize that the needs of our coootry friends next year will be much more than oeoal, owing to the failure of the corn crop, and we are willing to Sacrifice Our Profits That we mav ?e aWe to aesist them -----:- We can't buy Corn with Clothing, Shoes and Hats, IT TAKES MONEY. Therefore every dollar you spend with us enables us to help you. Our Clothing Department w oo,d do credit to an exclusive ------ city store Here you will find suite to fit, from the smallest boy to the 300 pounder Oar boyer boogbt 200 BOY'S SUITS, sizes 5 to l?. "ander the hammer"-Gooda worth from $1 50 to $2, bat the price paid for *f 'Tfffnpf-. A" Pon?Q them iostifies aa in selling them At gUiety-IIVe OeUTS. There are 8everal styles, come early or the choice may be gone. Oar better grade of Boya' anit8 from $2 op, have double jglgoaad double seat. Every mother koowa where a Boy's Pants first gives way, so this feature onght to be appreciated We have Boys' Overcoats, sizes 5 to 12 years, from $1.00 to $5.00 Youths' Overcoats, sizes 12 to 19 years, from $2.50 to $8.00 -OUR LINE OF Men's Overcoats *8 Proba?ly the largest and best assorted yon . -----. ' ', will find to select from, the prices ran from $3.50 to $20.Q0 ^be rnan most be very fastidi?os, indeed, who --.---- cannot get a suit to please him in our estab Iishment Oar line embraces a fal? stock of Plain sod Fancy Worsteds, Mel tons, Cheviots and Granites, in slims, stoats sad regulars from $2.50 to $20 If you need 8n extra pair of PANTS, yoa will find oar stock a good one from which to select, as we carry them ss high as $7 50 per pair. We bad about 200 Pairs PantS sightly" water damaged io transit There were - some" worth $2 per pair, none lesa tbsD $1 50, we pot them ali down At ninety-five cents per pair. ?Vhile we are devoting most of this ad. to Clothing, bear in mind we are not neglecting oar Dry Goods and Shoe Stock 7?n wi"fiDd?'??edepartments -^- thoroughly np to date and no better values for the money to be had in the city Our facilities heretofore prevented oar carrying as complete line of Ladies' Cloaks ^s 0Qr tra(^e re9?-ired. but we have no hesitancy --- in saying now that our stock wjll compare favor? ably with aDy in the city. From a $1 50 Jacket to a $20 Automobile Coat we can sait yoa. Remember we will not be undersold and our motto shall be, "Sell as Cheap as We Gan, Not as Dear as We Might." O'DONELL WHISKEY jj BALLON, j We claim to be the Lowest Priced Whiskey House. We really sell whiskey | as low as $I.IO per gallon, and mind you ; distilled whiskey-not a decoction j of chemicals-but of course it is new and under proof. Our "Mountain Dew" 5 year old whiskey is a liquid joy ! It is actually pro? duced by honest Tar Heels in the- Mountain Section of North Carolina, by the old time hand process. Every drop is boiled over open furnace wood fires, in old style copper stills, in exactly tho same way as distilled by our grandfathers a century ago. First rate whiskey is sold at $5 to $6 per gallon, but is not any better than "Mountain Dew." It is the best in the world and must please every customer or we will buy it back with Gold-and the Peoples National Bank of Winston, North Carolina, will tell you our guarantee is good. To more fully introduce "Mountain Dew," we offer either three dr five gallons (in plain sealed box,) at the special price of $1 95 per gallon cash with order. Positive? ly no larger amount shipped, On future shipments we will require the usual j price, viz: $2 95 per gallon. Express prepaid to all regular customers. We j have branch warehouses in Denver, St. Louis, and Cincinnati, but all orders and j remittances (in stamps, cash or by check, etc,) as well as requests for confi ? dential price li3t must be addressed as follows: Iff. S. CASPES CO., Winston-Salem, IT. C., ?. S. A. j Main Office and Warehouses: Nos. H45-46 Liberty and I, 3, 4, 5, Maple Sts. I WHISKEY jj GALLON: ^In Season. Do You Run ?1 Gin or 3Iachinery of Any Kind ? Then come lo us for BELTING, either Leather or Rubber, PULLEYS or other fixtures, Machine Oils, Oin supplies in general. Your attention is invited to our fine line of SADDLES, HARNESS, WHIPS. Full stock of And everything in the Hardware line at reasonable prices. L. B. DURANT, The Hardware Man of Sumter, Sept 18-x i a Ex tension R. R Coimj Schedule No 4-lo effect 12.01 a. m , Soo June 15, 1901 Between Camden 8 C . and Bleek?barg, S. G Read down Bead op. .35 33 Eastern time. 32 *34~ am pm STATI0N8 pm po 3 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 3c 8 50 i 15 Dekalb 12 02 4 5C 9 20 1 27 Westville ll 50 4 30 10 50 2 00 ?Sereba* ll 35 4 li 11 20 2 12 heath Springs ll 20 3 10 12 20 2 37 Lancaster 10 55 2 37 12 40 2 PO Riverside 10 40 2 00 2 30 3 10 Catawba Jonction 10 20 1 30 4 00 340 Bock Bili 10 00 12 10 4 45 4 02 Tinah 9 30 9 55 5 20 4 18 Yorkville 9 15 8 10 5 45 4 34 Sharon 9 00 8 50 6 05 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 7 33 6 20 ? 00 Smyrna 8 35 7 f 0 6 50 5 26 Blacksbnrg 8 15 7 CO pm pm a tn au; Between Blacksbnrg, S C., ?od Marion, N 0 Read down Bead up ?il 33" Eastern time. *32 12 am om? STATIONS. am p m 6 45 5 25 Blacksburg 7 48 6 40 7 32 5 49 Earls 7 32 <? 2C 7 45 5 49 Patterson Springe 7 25 h li 8 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 6 -0 ?J 00 6 21 L&ttimore 6 55 4 6 0 10 6 30 Mooreeooro 6 48 4 40 9 25 6 41 Henrietta 6 38 4 20 ? 55 6 59 Forest City 6 20 3 bo 10 30 7 15 Rutberfordton 6 05 3 25 12 00 7 50 Thermal Oxty 5 36 2 4& Itt 25 8 10 Glenwood 5 15 2 2C 1 00 8 30 Marion 5 00 2 00 p m p m a m pm Gaffney Division. Rea4 down Read up j EASTERN TIME, j 15 I 13 I STATIONS * 14 ; 16 Dm am a m , a 1 00 6 00 Blackmoor? 7 50 3 0 1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40 I 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 10 2 2 po SQ ama *Dany except Sunday % 20 minutes for dfooer. Trains Nos 32 and 33 are operated dalry Trains Nos 23, 35, ll, 12. 13, 14, 15 and 10 are operated daily except Sunday. *r CONNECTIONS. At Camden with Southern Ry; SA L and . A C Line. At Lancaster with L ? C R R. At Catawba Jct with Seaboard Air Line. A' Rock HUI with Southern Railway At Yorkville with Carolina ? ^ orth West* ern R lt. At Blacksburg with Southern Railway. At Shelby and Ratberfordion with SA At Marion with Southern Railway. SAMUEL HUNT, Presider. S. TRIPP, Superintendent. E. H. SHAW. ??n't Parcener Ar?"? The Best Published in the United States for Demo? crats and for*all readers is the Twice-a-Week Courier-Journal The equal of many dailes and the supe? rior of all other semi-weeklies or weeklies. Issued Wednesday and Saturday. 104 copies a year, and you get it for only $1.00 A YEAR. The Wednesday issue is devoted to News Matter, the Saturday issue to Home Matters^ A liberal commission to agents. Sample copies cheerfully sent free to all who wili ask for them. Write to COURIER-JOURNAL CO., Louisville, Ky. By special arrangement you can get THE WATCHMAN AND S00TBR0K AND THE TWICE-A-WEEK COURIER-JOURNAL Both one year for only This is for cash subscriptions only. AU subscriptions under this combination offer must be sent through the Watchman and Southron office. nov 20 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUITER, STATS, r:iTY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORF, SUMTER, S. C. P*t.i op Cnpiift: .... $ 75,000 00 Surplus *nd Profits - - - - 25,000 CO Addition*! Liability of Stock? holder in excess of their stock. 75,000 00 Tota! protection to depositors, S175 000 00 Transacts a General Banking Busir>PS3. Special a'tetitiou ci'en to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received Ia* terest al'owed at the rate or 4 per cent per ancora, ou amounts above $5 >ind not esceed ing $30-% payaba quarterly, on first days Ot JaQuarj. April, Jul? ?nd October. R M WALLACE. R. L FDMCSDS, President. Cashier 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS /%Q|HHK* DESIGNS ?rr?V"^ COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. 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