Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"DIXIE" 18 POPLXAK. JMoet Aatorkon ami inspiring; Song We Have. <From the Cincinnati Times-Star.) The remarkable enthusiasm which "Dixie" nearly always arouses In a crowd of twentieth-century Ameri? cana, noith aa well as south of Ma? son and Dixlon's line, has been no? ticed by tht average American, in most cawa, perhaps, he docs not take th< trcjhle to figure out the reason for this popularity, lot he is fully swars that It exists. "Why la It that 'Dixie.' when play? ed by a band, always gets more ap? plause than anything else?" Prob? ably there are several reusons. Cer-" tatnly the tfhnp and "catchlness" of the tune does not altogether explain "Dixies" popularity, although doubt kss It ha,* much to do with It. The asthuxtasm for "Dixie" prob? ably has In It something oJ a tribute, half gnconoclous, but still a tribute, tu the gtllant losing tight of the South during the civil war. Fact or fiction, moreover, has given the South on air of romance that appeals to the man in the street One of our friends Soras mean enough, when the popular? ity of "Dixie" was ander discussion a few days ago. to suggest that a Northern belief in the "aristocracy* of the South has something to do with the popularity of "DIxte." When that tune la played, according to thla pessimist, some people in the average Northern audience always applaud In the hops that the people next them will be struck by the Idea that iff their veins run the best blood of Vir? ginia or the Carolines. Ptrhapo again the popularity of -Dixie" In the South Is In part a tribute from the vanishing Anglo Saxon of the Northern States to the still dominant Anglo-Saxon of the SoSth There Is no purer Anglo-Sax oa people In the world today than the whites In the Southern States of the Union. Lee's army of Northern Vir? ginia was more purely Anglo-Saxon than the army which Marlboro com? manded at Blenheim; than Welling? ton's "thin red Una" at Waterloo, or then the troops which followed Rob? erta and Kitchener In South Africa. In the N >rth and East the Anglo Saxon Is being swallowed up In the rush if nrwcomtri from the Old World He haa objected mildly, if at ail. to the process?but that at heart he dots not like It. I? rerhsns shown, veguely. Indirectly, but yet clearly In th?? af plau?a for "DWU No American of the North objects to tie popularity 'of "Dixie." The "bloody shirt" long rdnce lost is popu? larity north of the Ohio. In fact, the Southerner enjoys a prestige of hla own In the North. "Dixie" Itself la en Inspiring battle song. Its music Is leee Impressive, but more1 American than the music of4 "The Star Spangled Banner" or "America." It has eaVn ed part of it* popularity, and the rest come* from cauaes to which no be? liever In the Union can rnako reaeon nble objection. Gotting Dock. "Captain, what time doea the boat start*' "It starts, madam, when I glvt the word" "Then I've always hsd the wrong Idea. I thouaht It started when the engineer pulled a lever, or did some? thing Thank you Iver ao muph.-? I Chicago Tribune. The doctors will hold another court of Inquiry to see if Harry Thaw has accumulated any more senae since the lest time. ' CASTOR IA Vor Infants and Children. TlM KM Ym Hni Always Bought fAOCUe tO AND Of FCNDI 0.Sandm.-'?!.! <b?wi!m ?.*,|J?->tu.f?>r?.tp?rt ar?r?'ii ajxI fnw r*|?Tt. frtm ?o-k ? how to oouun |?CnU, trail* auuka,| ?osyrtsSSA ?*>., |n AtL cOUNTftiCe. Arnumsti Jhrtrt wilk Waskinglorn ?SMS //W,j wsfissy mmJ ofltm Ik* fntleml. rttsnt and InfrlflgtmsfU PncJce Cxcluslvsly. WrSs er mnm to u? ?t ItfMl. 999 VmiimA tUto* rfttott OSct.| WASH I NQTON, 0. C. GASNOW 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Traoc Manas Dcsions Copyrights Ac. h und <V*rrU?M<in mnf i i it fr?? SBSt SSI SM ?HitjtjblA. font |i SI < HAMObOOK <>?? I'm was >>r -??? ?i il'rf paO>m4, M H \ ( ??. r?cul?? tp ;/'Q -t, ? ' ?'"Ut ytiiif j<, tu t'lS Scientific Jlmerican. a h-i 1 w*?#Hf. f *r*fi*% Hf. f Kit |t?*?i1wl?m. IIUNfliL3""""i,-'fi8wYcrk Srsbcai ' ? < r -. vWhn .... o.?. A WARM NNO DREAM. The Vision Lincoln Saw Several Time* In lite Sleep. Napoleon believed devoutly In dreams as warnings or even as fore? casts of what was to come, and even h?> who most prides homself upon his freedom from superstition know* of or has experienced at least one dream that cannot be explained an a mere result of overfeeding-. When we contemplate dreams and their remittcations science can help u.h but little In their explanation. \'? Ilk Is Collins showed this to bo to In one of his most Ingenious novels, "Armdale." Warning dreams or pre? monitions may be the result of nat? ural laws which we do net under? stand. Lincoln was not counted supersti? tious because he had some confidence In the prophetic character of one dream, at least, for It visited his sleep on several occasions, and he spoke of It seriously to members of his family and to his closest friends. In tclmt' o* this vision he said he seemed to be lu "a singular, indescribable vessel, but always the same, moving with great rapidity toward a dark and In? definite shore." The dream preceded several mark? ed Incidents during his occupancy of the presidential chair, notably before the battles of Antietam, Frederlcks burg and Gettysburg. On the morning of the memorable 14th of April he Informed members of his cabinet that he had dreamed this same thing the night before and believed that they were on the thres? hold of some momentous Issue. So Impressive were his remarks thav'hls auditors were profoundly moved, but no seer among them could read the warning aright and foresee the awful news of his assassination which should be flashed that night to a stunned and horrified people!? Philadelphia Ledger. Hard to Decide. Prom time Immemorial the negro lg the South has been closely asso? ciated with t?o thlngu?tho water? melon and the chicken. JSveryone knows his fondness for both. He is even thought to be a kleptomaniac in ?.eference eo each. Many times has he been in the courts of the State on the charge of vlslttng a chicken roost when the shades of night had fallen. Many nichts has he prowled the fields if the State for the watermelon. ?ffei ces are considered minor and tri mogl cases attributed to the man's Inborn love for chicken nnd melons. Whether he lilies the melon or chicken better wan clearly defined by an Incident which ocurred In Columbia last night. On the back veranda of Commis? sioner Watson's residence on Gervais stieet Is a large refrigerator. In this refrigerator on Saturday night there was placed a large dressed chicken and a 30-pound watermelon. The commissioner was expecting a fine Sunday dinner. Yet Is Is possible that he was greatly disappointed, for the cook, on opening the Ice box next morning, found the melon, but the chicken was gone. If a negro was the culprit, und ana? lysing his desires, It must have taken him a long time to decide which one he would take.?Columbia State. Defaming the City of Greater New York. Signs are multiplying that the outs In X?'\v York City are deeply Jealous of th?>se entrusted with the management of the government at falrs of that great city. In a recent magazine article most vicious nssult Is ma?h? upon the Democratic organic attog and administration Of tili met" xtpolls of America, and, wh le the National Monthly a p] ?rectales tli.it municipal affairs arc largely matter 01 KkM] concern and the issus involv? ed ggg those of a local nature, no tIBOlioail citizen can be unmindful Of the (get that the effort to dc faait N.-w York and particul. ri/.e an evil common t<> svevy large oily as ? ne of the ('.realer C ity's production !fl unfair and unjust. New York, however. Is offlt STCd by Democrats, it is i Democrat!* city, it Kai ;t* vttai gad its raillnga Bui 00? l BUBO! OOndsmn the party Organiz? ation of Utjt city and fall to speak more loudly in condemnation of tio organization manned by Republican*; in the titles of Chicago, Philadelphia? Cincinnati Ptttsburg, aad other large ('tic<. The record of events Indicates thai New York is far freer from crimes and graft in proportk i to Its p< pulatlon than any oily in the ooun |r| tlMM Is ;is strongly and .c- eon* j-htetitly Itepublican as New York ll Democratic. National Monthly, Pointed Paragraphs. Look within for happlnessj irou t>P - win (time without belnf looked lor. u'Ih m people wish a nearly naf led crnple happlaees the) don't real!) as pi 1 t it to come. A mother thinks It ?pieer I tint kef daughter should cars for Iba things n* vei cared ft?r herself. L NSCIEXTITIC TEACHINGS. It Ha* a Tendency to Wreck Other? wise Useful Lives. Asserting that a man's home and scciety are responsible for circum? stances which make the teacher's life a burden and in the and result in the influences, which corrupt the morals and pave the way for a crim? inal career in children. I. C. Mc? Neill, superintendent of schools of Memphis. Tenn. created a mild sen? sation last Friday before the Nation? al Council Governing Hoard of the National Educational association, in session at Denver, Col. The principal subject before the council meeting which was prelimin? ary to the opening of the association's convention, and care of delinquents, referred to as "exceptional children." The introductory statement in the discussion of delinquents was made by James H. Van Syckle, superintendent of schools of Baltimore, Md., who was followed by Mr. McNeill. "Some teaching Is so unscientific and consequently so spiritless that It would make most any child delin? quent," said Mr. McNeill. "Parents and teachers often make delinquents of children by falling to observe the fundermental things and process In? cident to growth and development. They make children hate books by making them read before an in? terest in reading is aroused. By rushing them into arithmetical or grammatical analysis before their de? velopment warrants it. they are made to dislike the subjects. Permanent aversion to school is the legitimate re? sult of putting children at work on studies they are not mature enough to apprebfnd. The mode of presen? tation, however, often sounds for as much as maturity. "Unless the delinquent classes have the benefit? of the kind of education which is adopted to their peculiar needs," he said, "they grow up among u? and recruit the army of people, f] ho never fit anywhere. They fill the poor houses, the prisons, the asylums and the slums. They produce and re? produce their kind and bring about a feeling of social unrest, which is 'Trowing in this complex age." Turning the Tables. He was a terribly "short" man. but he knew a real live business woman when he saw her. She was applying for a situation as confiden? tial clerk and typist, and he turned upon her a rapid fire of questions: "Talk slang?" "No. sir." "Know how to spell cat and dog correctly?" "Yes, sir." "Use the telephone every other minute?" "No, sir." "Usually tell everybody In the of? fice how much the firm owes and all the rest of the private business you learn?" "No, sir." He was thinking of something else to ask her when she took a hand in ihr matter and put a few queries. "Smoke cigars when you're dic? tating?" "Why?er?no!" he gasped In as? tonishment. "Slam things about when business Is bad?" "No." "Think you know enough about grammar and punctuation to appre? ciate a good typist when you get M.e?" "I?I think so." " Want me to go to work, or is your time worth so little that"? Ho interrupted her cnthusiatloally: cally: "Kindly bang up your things and left K*-t at these letters.?Tit-Bits. Cursory. "iMdi(\" sahi the teacher, "can you Ive a definition of cursory? The word Is generally used in connection with public speaking. For example, we often read that somebody 'mo le ;i fee cursory remarks.1 Please write :i sentence containing the word cur? sory." After s brief struggle ESddle evol? ved this: "Yesterday my pa helped my nut**" hang pictures, and when the ladder fell after pa bad climbed to the top "? it ii< bump< d his head ;o,r; Inst the ?i ner of the dining room table and then m ob- a few oursory remarks."?* Cl Icago Record Helrd, Wreck Etiquette. (?"rom the New York Tribune.) \\ hen the old lady appeared ai the bi? do<?r of the life saving station, he regarded the rough waters of the baj a 11 ? i frightened eyes, "Isn't something being done for ?hat ship iu distress?" anxiously demanded, pointing seaward. "t di. that's all i Ight, mn'tn," re* plied a man >? ? oilskins, ,4W 'resent 'em :t line to pome ashore." ? i loodness me!" ? xolatmed th< lady, "Wete they waiting for a for? mal i"\ Itatton ?" it la a question a h< ther half truth Is better than none. The Pie. Knowed him when he was a boy, ?.any years ago. Never sew a kid enjoy Cake en' pastry sol All along through dinner time Used to hear him sigh, "Had enough o* plain food. I'm Ready for the pie." He's a stateman With a face Known both West and East. Holds a most important place At the mental feast. Through debate he sits at ease, Yet, as times goes by Yawns as if he's thinkin', "Please Pass along the pie!" ?Washington Star. Mary's Bathing Suit. Mary had a bathing suit; While in the shop it looked quite cute, 'Twas disappointing very? It was a sight on Mary. ?New York Telegram. So Mary bought another suit That fits her to the minute. U Isn't much to look at?but You ought to see her in it. ?Cleveland Leader. If it's as you describe it. Whsn Mary goes a-trlpplng Across the sands to teach the sea It must be simply ripping. ?Houston Post. Xow "his suit fits so close and tight. The male adn Irer grins? It's hard to tell where Mary stops And where the suit begins. ?Tampa Tribune. The angry waves mr.y rush and reach While Mary takes her morning dip, A crowd collects along the beach Hoping that tight suit will rip. ?Savannah Press. When the breakers ran high, Crowds on the beach gave a sigh; For while Mary a wave did trip, Her bathing suit she did rip! ?fiumter Daily Item. Would be Nice. (From the Washington Herald.) "I don't know where to go this summer." "They all say their board is good." "Yes, I wish I could write for sam? ples." Wrong Diagnosis. (From Life.) Many a girl thinks she has broken her heart when she has only sprained her imagination. Heal Bitterness. (From the Sketch.) The Husband: "Well, say what you will, my dear, you'll find worse men than me in the world." The Wife: "Oh, Tom, how can you be so bitter?" Xeat and Appropriate. (Frcm the Baltimore American.) "HOW shall we print this ?nay on liberty?" "I think it ought to be in Roman caps." Immune. (From the Brooklyn Times.) O'er Income tax We make no fuss, We hardly think ?Twin trouble us. Tactful Tact Ice. (From the Tattler.) Miae Baphjron: "Do you tell any? thing to restore the complexion?" Chemist: "Reftorc! You mean pre? serve, miss. (Deal to the amount of IV- Od immediately executed.) Literal Aid. (From the Baltimore American.) "So you make your wife do all the eurving at dinner?" "Sure. Isn't it a wife's duty to be a help meet?" Bight Under Her Nose. ( From Cuts.) The Teacher: "I was so confuted that I don't remember how many thin-* he kissed me." The Pupil: "What: with the thing going on right under your nose." He Knew Hit Sister. Since the engagemenl of hit pr< t ty sister her email brother had been pufctllng his head to understand what it meant, "Why," explained his mother, "Mr. Shaggs i>a-; asked sister to marrj i. in. That means 11>.?t he'll take care of her." "Buy her things?" asked the boy, "Yes." "Hats, and dinners, and Ice errant, und everything?" he persisted, ? Yes " w as the ansv er,, '! he boy thought it all over, for i moment and then he said; "Well, thai man's got lots of com , hasn't be?" W Pickling Season E have just received our shipment of FRUIT JAKS. And to assist the housekeeper we purchased the best quality of Pickling Spices, Vine? gar, Extra Rubbers, Ktc. You make no mistake in purchasing our goods. Have you some old jars that you have lost the tops ? Probably you have some that leak at the top. Then we suggest the ICAP Come down and look our stock over. Our attention is police. A. A. Strauss ? Co. ??Where Quality ICeigns." A STRONG ARGUMENT In favor of our building material* hi that our house is the favorite purchasing place for builders who have the reputation of putting up the best residences, public buildings and stores in Sumter. You get nothing but the best here, whether it be lumber or sash and doors, and our prices are beyond competition. The Sumter Door, Sash & Blind Factory, J. W. McKelver. Proprietor. Did You Ever Think Of it in This Way? If you save $100 trom your earnings during a year it is the same amount you would receive on a $1.250 in? vestment for one year at 8 percent. To save, one must sacrifice. The best things of life are gained this way. If you want to lay aside a part of your earnings, come to this bank and open an account. A bank account will assist you greatly in the undertaking. We welcome the small depositor. ^ Bank of Sumter. A Single Fact Is Worth A Shipload of Argument. It is a fact that we have a conservative Hoard of Directors who personally inspect our affairs, and we offer to you a safe Depository whose facilities for handling your business are un? surpassed. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of SUMTER, S. C. Capital, $100,000.00. Surplus, $80,000.00. Many are Called, but a Great Many Go Back to Sleep. We are wide awake for banking business in every de? partment and are prepared to make good. No ac ccunt too small and none too large to receive cour? ts oas treatment. Reme Tiber the name and place and take vour business to 2?f FARMERS' BANK AND TRUST COMPANY THE TIME TO BUY You want to own your home. Every pood citizen does. If you do not al? ready own your home, you can t get on the right rood any too soon. The present offers you exceptional opportunity to make a start. Business has been rather quiet the past two ye*!*, and there are a number of bargains to he picked up here and there from partita a ho want to turn their prop? erty into cash. I have a number of such propositions to offer you. If you want to buy a home or lot it will pay you to see me. R. B. Belsen REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY. CITY. FARM AND TIM? BER PROPERTY HAN? DLED. REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED. 26h N Main St. : : Sumter, S. C. MONEY INVESTED IN REAL ESTATE MORT? GAGES. LET ME INVEST YOUR IDLE MONEY AT 7 AND 8 PER CENT. CAROLINA CONGRESSMEN ELL. cv .Million of Messrs. Ellerbe and JoIuihoii Regarded a* serious. Washington. July 12.?Oonttder itl le alarm is ivit her?' by friends ol Congressmen BUerbe and Johaeop, because of the fact thai both of them ore considered seriously 111. Mr. Bb lerbe has been a patient in Provt dence Hospital for its weeks with s J fractured leg and he hsa, It Is under? wit o.i, today developed pm umonla. Because the sin?-: rules being ob? served ;<t the hospital it Is difficult to Bet are any particulars. Mr. Ellerbe's colleagues In congreei pre, howevert considerably worried over the tin I thai after appar< nttj getting along nicely he should tak? this had t in n. Representative Johnson was taken in on the floor of the house Prlday and \.as gsslsted by so nil of h 11 ends and employees at the capital* Like the ease of Mr. BUerbe it is al? most impossible to secure details, but slnrm Is being felt over his condition* Mrs. BUerbe is here, also members of Mr. Johnson's family have also ar ! It Sd. talcing Too Much. 'What did you mi*.,' In your gard? en?" said the interested tri "You ; sk tOO HI eh.'* replied Mr. SSlOtSJ. "You ?an't SXpcCI me to be enough at a botanist to give the correct name of eveTy weed that grows." Washington Btar, \ love-emItten youth who eras stu? dy ng the approved method ??f propo? tali asked one of his bachelor tri? nds i!" he thought that a young man Should propose to a gi:l i>i\ his knees. "If he does'nt" replied his fllend? "the girt should got off."?WashiUK ton Post.