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WEONCSDAY, APRIL 28, 1909. B?tmd mi Quo PoatoOce at Kuinter, & C aa Second (JUn Matter. 11' XEW ADVKKTIHKMKNT8. O. W Waddlll? Money to Loan. R B. Holser?What You Can Buy. < ? Donnell 4k Co.?Red Raven Ho gJery. A. A. Rtrauaa A Co.?Woolard's Cultivator-Harrow. Mlas Emmi? Sanders returned to Yomaaee Friday morning after a visit to friends In the city. Misses Sue Duffle and Susie Dick went to Columbia on a visit Friday ai or a Inc. Mr. Charlie Smith went to Colum gf Mrs. Rosa Strauss, Messrs. Dolph Manheim and Frank O'Donnell went to <)re?*irvllle last Friday to attend the United States court as witnesses In the forgery case of John Burne and J. Rogers. Mlas Hattla Mason returned home Wedhaaday afternoon, after a vary |i plaaaant visit to her sister and many friends of Augusta, Qa. Mr. I^eon Mason returned home Wedneeday afternoon after a short but pleasant visit to Augusta, Oa. Mrs. Sam B. Mitchell returned to the elty Thursday after a brief visit to raaUrvai In Rldgaway. a Mr Jf. K. DuPre. of Plsgah, spent Saturday in the city. Mr. T. R. Engllah, of Richmond. PERAONAU Va., Is visiting his aunt, Mrs. W. H. Scott. Mr. T. D. DuBose was In the city Saturday. Mr. U ^J. Marky spent Sunday in the city. Mr. J. R. King spent Sunday In Mayeavllle with relatives. Dr. R. L. Hall was In the city Sun? day. Mr. Thos. P. Allen, of Charleston, spent Monday In the city. Mr. J. H. Qrady Is spending the week in Columbia on business. Mr. R. H. Allen was in the city Sunday. Mr. L*e%i M. Green, of Columbia, spent Sunday In tie city with his parents. Mrs. R. D. Lee left on Monday for a visit to her daughter. Mrs. S. R. Gartt? in Ashland, Va. Dr. Jessie Clifton, of Orangeburg, was In the city Monday. Capt. R. J. Brownfield was In the city Monday. , Mrs. Gertrude Richardson, of Pinevllle, spent Sunday in the city with relatives. Messrs. Marlon Molse and Mark Reynolds have gone to Columbia to attend the Supreme Court. Ice Cream Festival. There will be an Ice cream festival at the Singleton School Room Friday night, the 30th. for the benefit of the school. Public Invited to attend. The Sumter High School and the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute will play a game at the park next Friday afternoon. 25c. 25c. ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED 25c. 25c. SUMTER, S. C. IT 1 WS K Ml Looking out for the interest ' of our Lady friends :: :: :: ===== < ? WE have secured the exclusive agency for RED RAVEN HOSIERY for Ladies and Gentlemen. We guarantee this line of hosiery to give absolute satisfaction or replace any of them proving unsatisfactory with a new pair or your money back. Remember there is no red tape to this, no coupons to sign, nothing but our absolute guarantee that this line of hosiery will do just as we say. The price the same as any similar quality hosiery, 25c per pair. Give them a trial. YOURS, 25c. 25c. MORE TIME ?FOR? FANCY WORE 25c. 25c. :: CEMENT HARD WALL PLASTER, SHINGLES, LATHS, ROOFING, I ire Brick and Clay; Stove Flue and )rain Pipe. Building Material Generally. <" masi, ui, hob % men hep. ^ Horses, Mules, Vehicles and Harness as Usuai. We still have some Milch Cows on hand. BOQTH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY, SUMTER, : S. C. The Polt Star. Ursa Major and Urea Minor are known also as the triones and as the Greater Wain and the Lesser Wain. It Is curious to note that the larger con? stellation was given the figure of the bear by the Arabs and by the Iroquois red men. The assumed forms are or? dinarily fanciful, and the Identity of the names In this instance affords food for speculation. Ilotner uses both bear and wain (wagon) in his references to these stars. It Is evident that the name bear was a translation from some original Aryan language, as the constellation Is called in Sanskrit rlksha, a word that in different gen? ders means both a bear and a star. Of course the polar star In the tail of Ursa Minor Is the constellation's point of glory. In this case we may say fairly that the tail wags the dog, because the group of stars was once called the dog's tall, or cynosure. From that we have our word cynosure, that toward which all eyes turn, as to the dog'a tall for sight of the pole atar.?Minne nnoils Tribune. How Nora Coaxed the Tips. A group of women were standing In the corridor of a summer hotel when an aged scrubwoman started upstairs with a pail of water. Just then a bright face?, buxom Irish chamber? maid came up. "This looks purty heavy for the llkt of ye." she said cheerily to the old woman. "Better let me help." She took up the paid and whisked cC npstalre with It. -How thoughtful of Norar "Isn't she kind?" and similar expressions rose to the Hps of the women. The proprietor of the hotel and another man also witnessed the Incident "Clever girl, that Nora," said the hotel man to his companion. "She's always doing something like that when there are people looking on. She gets more tips than any two other girls In the house. She could airord to pay me for the prtvilegr of working here. Every summer she makes enough to spend the winter In Idleness at her old home in Ireland."?New York Tribune. Oddities of Color Blindness. Color blindness, or the Inability to distinguish certain colors. Is by no means rare. Incomplete color blindness is when a person cannot distinguish one of the fundamental colors, red, green or violet If a person Is told to select colors resembling violet he will If red blind usually select blues as well as violets. If he Is green blind, he will relect green or gray, with possibly some blues and violets of the brightest shades. Violet blindness Is rare. To a red blind person the "American flag ap? pears to have green and white stripes, while the white stare appear on a vio? let field. To a green blind person the stripes have the proper colors, but the field for the stars Is red violet To a violet blind person the stripes are nor? mal, but the stare appear to be set In a dark brownish gray field. To a person who la totally color blind the blue of the flag appears a light yellowish brown, while the rod stripes seem to be a darker brown. An Idol Shattered. Some one has said that people that are fond of hero worship should never make a pilgrimage to see the hero. Here la an Instance: An enthusiastic young lady admirer called on her favorite author. In speaking of ber visit she said: "I'm sorry 1 saw him. He didn't look at all like an author?no long, wavy hair; no dreamy expression; no eyes fixed on the stare as if to read the secrets of the heavens; no musical, low voice?nothing to suggest the genius. No, I found him leaning on the garden gate. In hin shirt sleeves, swearing at a grocery boy! And his hair was close cropped, and he looked as If he hadn't shaved In a week. He was the most terribly human specimen I ever saw."?Atlanta Constitution. The Wickedest Bit of 8ea. Nine out of ten travelers would tell Inquirers that the roughest piece of water Is that cruel stretch In the Eng? lish channel, and nine out of ten trav? elers would say what was not true. As a matter of fact, the wickedest bit of sea" is not In the Dover strait or In yachting, for examph, from St Jean de Lulz up to Paulllac or across the Mediterranean "race" from Cadiz to Tangier, nor Is It in rounding Cape Horn, where there Is what sailors call a "true" sea. The "wickedest sea" Is encountered In rounding the Capo of Good Hope for the eastern ports of Cape Colony. What a Scotsman Wears. A Scottish correspondent, signing himself "Haggis," writes to us as fol? lows: Dear Sir?Please state In your column Shut a Scotsman wears a kilt, not kilts. Thus Harry Lander went to amuse the king clad In a kilt, not In kilts. We regret to say that we find our? selves unable to accede to our corre? spondent's request Kespect for truth compels us to state that a Scotsman almost invariably wears neither a kilt nor kilts, but trousers.-London News. Quite of Her ^>inion. "Oh, 1 did so wan. I have a talk with you! Pm simply mad to go on the stace!" exclaimed n gushing young lady to a popular actor. "Yea, I should think you would be, my dear youug lady!" remarked the great hhitrlon. Consistent. "Why do you wear a yachting cap, deah boy? It's your brother that owns the yacht." "Very true, old chap. This is me brother's cap." Cleveland* Plain Dealer. Quite Light. Marie-1 think Chollle Is a delightful dancer. He's so light on his feet! TJ1 Htm When you're better acquainted wllh Oholllf you'll discover that he's light at both cuds!?Town and Country. Walking Stick?. The sixteenth century Is that in which the walking stick became not merely u useful implement, but an ar? ticle ct fashion, dignity and luxury. In the seventeenth century it was gold headed aud made of rare woods. It was a sign of leadership. For a long period there was little variety amoug Bugllsbmen In the ma? terial used for the majority of walking sticks. The "oaken towel," as it was pleasantly termed when an enemy was to be "rubbed down," shared popular? ity with the crab tree cudgel, which, among rural folk especially, was much valued and classic from the conflict in "Hudibras." when? With many a stiff thwack, many a bang. Hard crab tree on old iron rang. Classic, too. Is that stout oaken stick Which sturdy Dr. Johnson, who, like Knox, "never feared the face of living man/' provided himself with when he went to the pit of the little theater In the Haymarket iu full view of Foote, who had announced his intention of ,4taklng him off" on the stage, an In? tention which in view of the stick he did not carry into effect?Gentleman's Magazine. Linked Eyebrows. It Is popularly believed that If one's eyebrows meet it indicates deceit Charles Klugsley indorses this belief, but Tennyson has other ideas and poetically speaka of "married brows." In Turkey meeting eyebrows are greatly admired, and the women use artificial meana to bring the brows to this condition, and if art cannot m dnce thin eyebrows to grow they make np by drawing a black line with paste. It would appear that the Greeks ad? mired brows which almost met and the fashionable Inhabitants of Rome not only approved of them, but re Borted to pigments to make up the lack which sometime* existed. Some proverbs state that the person whose eyebrows meet will always have good luck, while others state ex? actly the reverse. The Chinese say that ?'people whose eyebrows meet can never hope to attain to the dig? nity of a mlnirrtor of state,*' and in Greece of today the man whose brows meet is said to be a vampire, while in Denmark and Germany it is said he Is a werewolf.?London Standard. A Rhymed Wedding. According to the Mexico Ledger, John Stobie, a Weilston magistrate, united a negro couple with this cere? mony: JTm. wfll you take Bet Without any regret To love and to cherish Till one of you perish And Is laid under the sod. 60 help you God? JTm having given the usual affirma? tive answer. Judge Ptoblc turned to Bet: fiet, win you take Jim And cling to him. Both out and la. Through thick and thin. Holding Mm to your heart, Till death do you part? Bet modestly acquiesced, and the newly married couple were dismissed with this benediction: Through life's alternative joy and strife I now pronounce you man and wife. Go up life's hill till you get to the love; And salute your bride, you dusky oevUI Made Over Prescriptions. "There la one loss sustained by drug gists that very few people know about," said the experienced clerk. "That is in the prescriptions that nave to be made over, the same as clerks, stenographers, writers and artists, no matter bow painstaking, frequently hare to do their work over. The most careful drag clerk in existence is bound to make mistakes sometimes In meas? uring and mixing. He may pour in too much of some kind of liquid or sift in too much of a certain powder. In most cases the overdose would not real? ly affect the value of the medicine, but the conscientious clerk Isn't going to take any chances on murdering any? body, so he throws away the whole mixture and makes up another pre sertptton***?New York Globe. Hi-story In July. In at leaVt four countries perhaps the most Important event In their histories was recorded in July?namely, the es? tablishment of their independence. In our own history we have the memora? ble Fourth of July, while the patriotic efforts of the liberator Simon Bolivar for the independence of uesuela were consummated on July 5. Colombia ridding herself of the Spanish yoke ou July 20. Then there Is France, with her July 14, marking the date when the suffering French people stormed the famed and fearsome Bastille. The Spanish, forces at Santiago, Cuba, ca pit mated on July 10. A Famous Year. It is contended that the year 1800 gave more celebrities and persons ol genius to the world thau any other year of the nineteenth century. Among those who were born In that meraora ble year were Abraham Lincoln, Edgar AJlan Poe. Oliver Wendell Holmes. William Ewart Gladstone, Charles Dar? win, Lord Houghton, Alfred Tennysou. Edward Fitzgerald, Professor Blackle. Mary Cowden Clarke and Felix Men? delssohn. An Estimate. **01d man Tltewad must be worth 0 billion dollars," observes the man with the Ingrowing mustache. "Nonaense!" says the man with the dejected ears. "He hasn't over a hun tired thousand to his name." "But I was estimating It at what he would be worth If a dollar was as bis as he thinks it Is."--Chicago Post. A Hum?.n Cunnalow. Pflkson didn't Impress you favora bly, then?" "No; he's Just a bungalow." "A whatl* 44 A bungalow. He hasn't any foun? dations-Newark No ws. 'Baking Powder Absolutely Pure The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar. BABY BREAKS ITS OWN NECK. Infant .of Graniteville Parents Meets Fearful Death. Chief Henry Howard, of the Aiken police force. The merchants who are wise in,fln . ?? oc . . . 'enough to have their advertisemema Aiken, April 25.?Information has , " _ i in ihe Twice-a-YY. ek Watchman nnd reached this city of the harrowng j Southron are getting b|g returns on death of an infant In Granitville last ! their investment. night, when the little six months' old |_ daughter of Mr. and Mrs Pierce j Property owners and residents of I Howard had the misfortune to have the section of the city bounded by iV< si Liberty street, Oakland ave? nue. Wright street and Purdy street are beginning to be anxious to find out when the water mains are to be c.-tended 4n that direction and a fevr fire hydrants put in. ? its neck broken. Last night in the early pert of the evening, while Mr. Howard was in Aiken, Mrs. Howard placed nhe baby on a bed to sleep. The bed was an iron one, with per? pendicular rods at the head and foot. Mrs. Howard stepped out of the house i for two or three minutes, and during ; A very handsome new soda fountain her absence, In some way the little is being installed in China's drug stora i child got its head between the per- , '^,ffg'^?^*,*MM*M*,MW*!lBg*M'!!l!!g"IM'^^ pendicular tods, and when Mrs. How- jgjj, TO IiOAX_on good Baal ard returned!to the house she found . mortKape, interest at 8 per her baby with its body dangling from ; ^ QeQ ^ Waddni? R p jy the bed, and its head fastened be- i 2 4-2T-tf tween the rods. it survived a few-?. minutes after she rescued it from its WA>TE1>?All the cotton planters in position, but its neck bad been brok? en in its attempts to free its head from the bed. Mrs. Howard was al? most prostrated with grief. Mr. How? ard arrived a few minutes later from Aiken. Mr. Howard is a brother of Bunter County to know that they can injure their growing crops against damage by hail in the Car? olina Hail Insurance Co., Main Bt G. E. Haynsworth, Agent. 4-20-6t.-eo-d- W & S. 4L a a a Spring Shirts a a a ? ? a ? a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a ?E?TJ Iii.........?????mil EAT lockings Shirts -designs that are different. Shirts made by Makers with y wire reputation for making choice Shirts. The new patterns are ready and there will never be a better time than right now to do your choosing. Cuffs Attached or Detached. The Making and Fit Perfect 50c to $1.50. M II? IS a a a a a i ? a a a a a a a M m m If a m m m m m a a a m a m For Shirts that are above the ordinary and out of the rut in style, we ask your attention. Phone 166. Sumter. S. C. a a m u m m m a a a n a tiiaaaaeisuaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Hit the Nail on the Head rr.: Is erhel you ?io every time when you buy your sash, doors and blinds at The Sumter In or. 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