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A Twentieth Century Wedding. ! i A marriage has taken place that promises much for the future of the human race. After a long estrange? ment, many lovers' Quarrels and mu? tual misunderstandings. Miss Agricul? ture has been led to the altar by Sir Modernus Scientia. They were kept apart for years, in verification of the maxim that the course of true love never runs smooth. The old folks ob? jected, on one side sneering at the would-be groom as "Mr. Book Farm." "fancy farmer." "theoretical agricul? turist." and other opprobrious names. On the other side the aristocratic par? er ts looked down on the bride's fam? ily as "clodhoppers," "hayseeds," "ig- ? norant jays," unworthy to enter the j j household where genius and gentility j ^ reigned supreme. ; But the difhcuties I we're finally removed, the friction j wore away with time, mutual preju- I dices subsided as the parties came to j know each other better and at last j the nuptials were solemnized. Celestial Ceres acted as bridesmaid; Fair Flora, K as lady in waiting, held the train, and Princely Pomona gave the bride away. Apollo, on ^his harp divinely j tuned, poured forth the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march, the chorus chanted "Now We Are Mar- ; ried" to th/melody of Giro ffie-Girof jj^ ria, and all rejoiced that Science and Agriculture were at length united in in di sso 1 u bl e u c i on. Spruce housekeeping and a" general overhauling signalised this happy ? consummation. Cid Slipshod was im? mediately discharged: Xeer-do-well i was given his walking papers, and Mr. T.-.ke-it-easy was sent over the hills far away. The bridegroom had brought along an entirely new set of agencies, children of the experiment? er's brain, the last complete product of inventive genius.- Instead of plod jr"* ding across the hummocks to look af ter his men. the new farmer went out seated in a smart runabout, noiding the reins over his trotter, or. for long distances in a touring car propelled by gasoline. From his office stretched . wires over which he talked with j barns, dairies and other buildings, called up the city market people, ex? changed greetings with neighbors ail over the county, and ordered supplies from New York and Chicago. All . the business correspondence going out is typewritten. The rural delivery j k brings all the mail, including the f daily paper, to the door. Xo longer a j drudgery, the management of tne j f rm has become a delightful seien- I tifie occupation. Handsome and sub st?n?a? concrete buildings take the place 6f : . o.ab-dvwn shacks, unpaint? ed barns and dilapidated outbuildings, j * The former old wooden structures with ! their earthen .flavor and damp, un? wholesome surroundings, disappear. The wand of progress waves and ail these are changed into walls, floors and feeding troughs of concrete, kept clean by frequent flushing of water. The nasty cow stables reappear as - modern buildings, with strong steel bars instead of clumsy, old-fashioned wooden stanchions. Large windows let bri a flood of light, making the place bright, cheerful and sanitary. Miss Agriculture that was. Mrs. Sci? entific Farming that is. at first rolled up ' her eyes in some astonishment, but she soon caught on and entered into the spirit of her spouse. She found that even her chickens, former? ly housed in rickety coops, now have comfortable domiciles, whose smooth walls offer no crevice in which vermin may find lodgment. Rats, coons, minks and weasels cannot enter in at night to cut the throats of adolescent pullets. Incubator houses, that mar? vel of the modern poultry world, are k?p: at even temperature with very Kttle trouble and render effective service in raising fries for the early spring market. New wire fences with lines of perfectly made concrete posts replace the ancient bars and stone walls. "Behold the bridegroom com eth " the twentieth century bride- j groom, and great is the transforma? tion resulting from his advent. The1 methods of working the land have undergone a revolution. Steam has come to the farmer's aid in the shape of traction engines and gasoline trac- ? tors, which do all the work of a j team. They may be filled with piows, ? reapers, planters and cultivators, alt of which are detachable. They can j also be used for running thrashing I machines sawing and hauling wood or; for pumping. More marvelous .hun] all are the wonders wrought by elec- \ tricity. Along the traction lines many a farmer has installed a fifteen- j horse-power motor at small expense j whose power is put to almost every conceivable use. One has been j known to saw ail the ?.: and cut-"] fodder for rift;.- cows at an .. eras : cost of $2 a month. Small gasoline engines will perform the same work and double-power windmills will run ''? Svnainos connecte i ?? Ith batt; ries i th.<t store up em-ugh ; '? er to ii lu rm Ina te the buildings and do : v riel pf light work besides. Small ndlis for ? grinding the eat Ti- f?< I and feu brushing grain .,re no unusual - ' acte. Acetylene and gasolim iii wellings bcung ahead m this uxuvy > ta ?Broad sloping lawns no-.v fron: th" farm dwelling, oordered with well krpt shrubbery, the grass of which L cut regularly with an automobile lawn mower. It is not necessary any long er to climb a ladder to the top of the j orchard trees, as fruit may be gather ; ed by patent pickers, which pluck from the branch and slide the apples down a canvas shute attached to a long pole. The culmination of our twentieth century union between ?ei j ence and Agriculture is to be reached j in a farmer's automobile, specially de? signed for use over country roads, which may soon relegate the family nag to superannuation. It has two seats, the back one detachable, so that ample carrying space ' may be had for produce. The engine is two I cylinder, air-cooled and develops ten horse-power, v. 5th a maximum speed of 20 miles an hour, two speeds for? ward and a reverse, all controlled by a single lever.-American Farmer. TIGERS KNOCKED OUT. Charleston Transportation Companies to Comply With Ordinance-Chief Liquor Source Cut Off. The several transportation compa- J nies have finally yielded to the de- I rr.ar.d of Mayor Rhett for a strict j compliance with the dispensary law. restricting the importation and de? livery of contraband liquors, and as a result, many agents of wholesale es? tablishments will be forced out of business and the blind tigers will have i their supply of liquors cut Oft. It required several weeks of much correspondence, but the ofici?is of the corporations have all fallen into line, it Was announced today, and the dispensary law in this respect will Ix* strictly enforced hereafter in Char? leston. Mayor Rhett put the case so squarely before the transportation people that they were forced to ad? mit the justice of the contention of the city authorities and with the as? surances which were given to the mayor today by the transportation companies, there neey? be no further fear of any deliberate violation or evasion of the law. Under the dispensary law in recent years the police department has had the matter of the raids and prosecu? tion of the blind tigers in charge, while the' State constables looked af? ter the transportations. This latter feature of the law did not consequent? ly -directly concern the administra? tion, but recently when the Carey Cothran law went .into effect it be? came the duty of the police depart? ment to enforce the law in its en? tirety, Mayor Rhett decided to grap? ple at once with the' most disturbing feature of the situation and the final announcement of the transportation people that they will obey the law is a matter of much interest and im? portance in the enforcement of the law. to Charleston and people all through the State. The people in the up-country have frequently criticised Charleston fer the alleged laxity of the observance of the law, because they could not appreciate the difficul? ties which prevailed here in the re? spect of stopping the importation and delivery of the contraband liquors of the dealers. Under the new dispen? sation, there will be a change, as will oe apparent, with the exhaustion of the supply of the blind tigers. The chief complaint was against the Clyde Steamship Company, and it seemed less disposed to act favor? ably upon the mayor's demand than either the Atlantic Coast Line, the Southern railway or the Southern Ex? press company. The steamship com? pany had done a large and profitable business, and it required considerable correspondence and a number of con? ferences with the local officials of the line before the decision was reached to respect the demand of the city. This was, however, finally secured, as announced today and while the com? pany wil] bring liquors like all other freight, which may be tendered to it. the liquors will be delivered to Uv consignees in the regular way. . As an accommodation to the blind tiger.-? the company stored the con? traband liquors on ?h^- piers, and at convenient times to the consignees. .vh? ts the constables and police of?- i [-eera were giving their attention else-! where, the liquors would be delivered over the sides of the piers into small . launches, which quickly pulled '-?ut of *h*' docks and can-led the stuff for .anding a: other places. Neither the constables nor police were ab].;- T<-. cope with this underhand and irreg? ular proceeding, but now ail this will - ?;. und ..? the orders of the head of il?.ia?s of th - company. The liquors^ crin i-l] be delivered in the regular md the officers ?:' the police depart - neut t :<.:: <;...*.?. ineir stand, note the sat against the S ?uthern Express compa? ny for the policy of wagon drivers dodging the pop.ee. When this was hrought to Agent Allen's attention, he j expressed his purpose to stop it. for I he had given his word to Mayor Rhett I of complete co-operation, and this j was emphasized, it was stated today j by the dismissal of a driver yesterday, ; who in the endeavor io save the ! wagon load of liquor, when he saw i that he was followed by an officer, ? drove into the premises, closing the gute, and there behind clos.".: door?: with the officer on the outside, the ! liquor was unloaded. Mr. Alien would ; not stand for this violation, and the driver will hunt another job. Th^ Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern railway both report that the importations have practically fallen off to nothing, since the officials be? gan to co-operate with the police de? partment in extending them needed facilities for the performance of their duty-. : The accomplishment of securing t the decision of the transportation i companies to accord these facilities ! to che police department, is a good ?card for Mayor Rhett. It required j hard and persistent correspondence, j but the results justify all the trouble, and nov.- the dispensary law will be enforced in Charleston, as it has not been in the past.-Charleston Post. The Whiskej .Situation in Charlcstom There has been a marked change for the better in the whikey situation in Charleston during the last ten days or two weeks. On account of j the vigorous efforts made by Mayor Rhett two of the largest importers of j intoxicating beverages in the city j have been driven out of business;; : the Clyde Steamship Company has j abandoned the policy of delivering ii- I quers to consignees, excerpt through the regular channel as all other ; freights are delivered; the importa- ! tien of liquor by the Southern rail? way has almost entirely ceased and the Southern Express Company is co operating to the full extent of its ability with the municipal authorities: in a determined effort to enforce the new law. There is a ver\ strong and growing feeling on the part of the people in favor of the new dispensary j law. The police are quite active in their efforts to confiscate liquors brought into town for illicit sale, and; altogether the situation is better than j it has been for many years. Tester I day the manager of the Southern Ex? press Company here discharged one of the employes of the company be cause he had delivered a supply of li? quor to a blind tiger, and with the co? operation of the transportation com? panies and the moral support of the people of the community the muni? cipal authorities feel confident that within a short time the situation will be so improved as to be entirely sat? isfactory to the governor of the State and ali law-abiding citizens.-Xews and Courier. SIGHTS OX THE MOOX. What an Astronomer Would See if He Were to Pay It a Visit. If an astronomer were offered a trip to the moon and asked where he would choose to land first, it is prob? able that he would reply: "In Plato, if you please." Xow. Plato is a huge circular mountain-ringed valley, which can be seen from the earth with a good opera glass, lying in luna j north latitude 50 degrees, and it ex? cites the astronomer's curiosity be? cause of what he has dimly seen go? ing on within it. Let us. then, approach Plam- as if dropping down upon the moon with a balloon. As we draw near we find that the time of our arrival is that of luna sunrise in the lbngtitude of Pla? to. Eut the rising of the sun on the rn--on is a very slow proeess. It takes che solar orb seven days to pass up .ysrd from the horizon to the noon tine. The consequence is that, hang? ing over Plato in our aerial convey? ance, we find the whole of the great valley under us. about sixty miles broad and a mile deep, buried in the blackest night. But the peaks of its .v? st. rn bor 1er are already gleaming in the sunlight, and the surface of th?, moon v> the west of these moun? tains is ali illuminated with the morn? ing beams. Th-- luna Alps are ablaze with light, while the shadows filling their mighty gulches and chasms ar: -.s black te- jet. Far off, along the ourhwestern horizon, we see the tow ring giants the ?una Caucasus end he luna Apennines, r serrate ridge of j tia ming pinnacles sei against a black! i ky. Tie- shapm-s of th< division : ?vis. - from the virtual absence of I nc e : iv.'n the precipices on the eastern border of the valley floor emerging into visibility. Its central part has been dimly visible for some time. Slowly the darkness in the valley re? tires westward as the sun n-:es higher and the great plain at length hes fully displayed in the morning light. And now strange things occur. Wonderful changes of color take place in the valley. These become more pronounced as the slope of the sunbeams falling into the valley grows steeper. The entire fie or is checkered in a curious way - with spoth and areas of varying tint By the middle of the long luna afternoon the whole valley has lost its original neutral tone and has become a duli spotty brown, and with suggestions o* yellow. Prepared by analogy, we are not much surprised when descending to the floor of Plato, we find ourselves standing in the midst of a rolling prairie, covered with fantastic plants, slender, crowded, shaped more c?pri ciously than a mass of orchids, and with flowers of a strange, unearthlike beauty, already opening where the sunbeams have rested longest. There is no wind, not the slightest breeze, no motion except the stir bf the open? ing leaves and petals. It rs like the magic awakening of the petrified city of che Oriental legend. "A tou-.n. a kisis. the charm is suant!'"-The Circle. Curs, SORES. BURKS! . & RHEUMATISM" ?5? J ssas isasaGzaga msBBSBBiatsBmaaz?t ' is a soothing, healing balm containing no drugs having a narcotic effect. It RELIEVES i quickly and soothes the congested membranes and thoroughly heals and I cleanses. Valuable not only for CATAfUU-i but relieves colds, throat troubles, hay fever, "stopped-up" nose, etc We Guarantee Satisfaction. Buy a 50 cent tube of NOSENA from MULDROW'S DRUG STORE. and get your money back if not satisfied. Sample tube and Book;et by mai: 10c* BROWN MFG CO., St. Loviia, Mo, Grgeneville. i. enn<_ ! A"Bi!Ioss ZIOX CITY AT AUCTION. (Treat Religious City Founded by Eli- ! jab Do ?.vie to Be Sold. Chicago. June I.-Zion City and all ] the interests of the Christian Catho- ?? lie church in Zion are to be sold un- ; der the hammer to satisfy the de- : manu? of creditors. The order was . granted oh the petition of Receiver Hailey. The sale will be made as j sco? as the contests of Dowie's over ? personal property are settled. ,' Symptoms. Sour stomach, nasty, taste in mouth, sick headache, sallow complex? ion, the world your enemy. CaUSC? Constipation, inact? ive liver, overflow of bile into the R^Hef. Treatment for two nights before retiring with AND TONIC PELLETS OTXT a night, don't worry, sleep well and Nature'll do the rest. Entire Treatment 25 Cts. MULDROWS DRUG STORE. :IS THE PEOPLE'S BANK: Does a Genf ral Banking;?Bnsiness, allowing interest? per cent, per annum, compounded quarterly in its Savings Department. Centrally located and con servativelv managed. We invite von' patronage. T? C. G. ROWLAND, President. " R. F. fl4.YNSW0RTH, Vice President. R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier. N. G. OSTEEN, JR., Dentist. M.Il ,.?-1,.-IUI! ll Ililli?! ? I Ml-' - 18 WEST LIBERTY STREET. UP STAIRS HOURS: 8:30 TO 1. - P. M. 2 TO 6. OFFICE PHONE |30. HOUSE PHONE 382. SKINNER IRON WORKS For Everything in the MACHINERY LINE. PLUMBING, STEAM-FITTING AND :-: ALL KINDS OF MILL AND FNGINE REPAIRING AND MILL SUPPLIES. FOUNDRY WORK A SPEOIAL|T4Y. -CASTINGS ALL SIZES AND PATERNS. Manufacturer of the Famous SKINNER Portable Steel Cages for Chain Gangs. Edgar Skinner. PHONE 141. SUMTER. S. C. JAMESTOWN Rates from Sumter as follows Season Ticket $16.75. Sold daily, April 19th to November 30th. Sixty Day Ticket $14.00. Sold daily, April 19tb to November 30th. Fifteen Day Tickets $12.55. Sold daily, April 19th, to November 30th. Coach Excursions'$7.05. Sold each Tuesday Limit 7 days. Endorsed "Not Good in parlor or sleeping cars." Through Pullman sleeping cars from Port Tampa and Jacksonville, Fia., Atlanta ano Augusta, Ga.. Wilmington, X. C.. via ATLANTIC OM ST LINEAR. R. CO. Write for a beautiful illustrated ickier c> ii tai nins maps, descriptive cu" T np A in. X. Pp QA ITr'a-fir HOLOC AUST IX NEWARK. Newark, X. J.. June 3.-Three lives v/ere lost and four persons are miss? ing and many thousands of dol'ars worth of property destroyed in ? fire in the Newark Turnverein Hall today. The dead are the janitor with his wife and child. BARGAIN FOR PRINTERS We have one 8 Point Simplex Typesetting Machine and abont 450 pounds of type that wiH ba sold cheap for cash or oa time to responsible person. Ia good order, but discarded to make room for Linotype. Also one 6x9 Job Press, in good order and nov; in daily use, but to be displaced by a larger press. Also one 2 h. p. Gasoline En? gine. Osteen Publishing Co. This is the gardening season. We have a full supply o? the best test? ed garden seeds. For years L?NORETH'S SEEDS Have been recognized as the best. Let us sup? ply you. eLorme's . Pharmacy Drugs and eMdicines. carts Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nine cf every one hundred people who have heart trouble can remember when it was simple indigo tion. It is a scientific fact that all cases of heart disease, not organic, are not only traceable io, but are the direct result of indi? gestion. All food taken into the stomach which fails of perfect digestion ferments and swells the stomach, puffing it up against the heart. This interferes with the action of the heart, and in *he course of time thal delicate but vital organ becomes diseased. Mr. D. Kauble. of Nevada. 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