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?fhr Mlaftbm;? ;mi Southron Kmered At the Ptmtofllcr et sumttT, 8. G.. ee Meeeasd Okmm Matter. ramoNAL Mise Mattle Boykln ?f l>aliell was el th* rtty Tuesday. MIm Bessie Harvln. of Manning, wee tn the city Tuesday. Mlae Mary Purdy were to OmtrnM bin Tuesday. Mlae Alice Moeca left for Columblu Tuseday. It fX fX Brown and Rev. and Mrs. P. M. Satterwhlte have gone to Lau? ren* to attend the State Baptist Con? vention. Mr. John Boykln. of Dalsell. was In the city Tuesday. Mtaa Annie Leo Sparks la at home from Hartavllle for a visit of several days. Mr. J. M. Woodley. of Summerton, ?w?* In the city Wednesday Mrs. Freneh Ragrft, of Oswego, re? turned home on Wednesday after spending a couple of days In the city. Mr. Julian Schwarte Is home from Washington-Lee university which has closed because of an epidemic of typhoid among the students. Mr. Ouy Harbeck, of St. Charles, mu In the city Wednesday. Mrs. H. L. Brunson. of Summer ton, who wms brought to the Sum? ter hospital sometime ago to be treat? ed for severe burns which she had received. Is getting on very nicely and her complete recovery la expected In the near future. Capt. . II. I>lek returned to the City and Is now- In the Sumter hos? pital, after a atay In Baltimore of eevsral weeks, during which time bo was operated on at the Johns Hop? kins hospital. Mrs. L. Abrams. of Philadelphia, la the-guest of Mr. snd Mrs. J. Idttlet en Calhoun St. Mr Adam Smith. of Dalxt.l. was tat the city Thrsday. Mr H. W. Scarborough, of Blsh opYllle. wm* In the city Thursday. Mr. E. F. Jenkins, of Ptnewood. was In the city Thursday. Mrs. Oonsalea. of Now Orleans, la In the city, stopping at the Jerveg Mr. D. D. Moles, left Thursday for Kingstree. to attend court at that place. Miss Orace Carson, of Dalsell. and Mrs. Cobb. who Is on a Visit to her. were In the city Thursday. ?ggnog will be scarce unless the hena get busy before Christmas. The postofflce clerks are studying th* geography of the lock boxea in the new postofflce and It la k eplng them on the Jump. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.. have a complete stock of bath robes, with slippers to match, which are advertised today. The reduction In price of meats announced a few weeks ago by the Chicago packers has not materially affected the local market and the cost of living has not declined noticeably. City Clerk and Treasurer Hurst was th* busiest man In town Wednes? day and wrote a large number of tax receipts for those who wished to ?scape paying the penalty. Martin Wllcox. an IS-year-old white t who robbed a jewelry store In Aoartanburg a short time ago was convicted and sent M the chaining for one year. He Is prominently con nsrtel in Spartan burg. Richard Williams, a negro, h is been arrested f,.r the murder of Mr. J R I<angford of Brunson. Hampton county, and Mary Harri* . a young white woman, has been committed to Jail aa an accessory The woman ad? mit* that she wms present and saw Williams strike LangftN gn the bead with a heavy stl<? Williams has be*n taken to the penitentiary for ssfe keeping Th* city clerk did a big business In hi* office Wednesday, for there vv. r many taxpayers who came In at the last minute and paid up their taatJ f While the exact amount paid Into the city treasury could n?Jt be a? ertaln ed today, as the clerk was too gg sj working on his books to rind out It Is estimated that between llO.oon an I $1 2.000 were paid Into the elty treas? ury. A party of hunters pgggad through the cttv Thursday on their return after having made }l trip from CftM den do* n th>- Waterce and Sunt'e rivers .? f,r .n St St. jdo in in b leans, but with ? .. . ess. They said th it the huritl was \. i y poor for while the dnelu bad come south they were rod in the v.\amp. there not being suiTb b n? water for th. rn and most of tttefl having ge*t* to the coast where they tOSjfd IM better feeding grounds THE FABLEO PHOENIX. L?g?nd of Hew the Bird Lived and Died and Livad Again. The ancient tradition concerning tbe phoenix baa introduced Into nearly ev? ery language the bablt of applying that name to whatever la singular or un? common among lta kind. According to ancient writers, the phoenix aas a bird of great beauty about the size of an esgle. A shining snd most beautiful crest sdored Its head. Its plumage con? tained nearly every tint of the rain? bow, and Its eyes spurkled like dia? monds. Only one of these birds could live at a time, but its existence covered a period of 50U or ?100 years. When Its life drew to a close the bird built for itself a funeral pile of wood and uro matte spices, with Its wings fanued the pile Into a dame and therein consumed Itself. From its ashes a worm was produced, out of which another phoe? nix was formed, buvlng all the vigor of youth. The first care of the new phoenix was to solemnize its parent's oh??cmles. For that purpose It made a ball of myrrh, frankincense and other fra? grant things. At Hellopolls, a city In lower Egypt, there was a magnificent temple dedicated to the sun. To this temple the phoenix would carry tbe fra? grant ball and burn It on the altar of tbe sun ss a sacrifice. Tbe priests then examined tbe register and found that exactly 500 years or exactly 000 years had elapsed since that same ceremony had taken place. BRETON LASSES. They Show No Regret In Parting With Thsir Luxurisnt Trasses. ? correspondent writes from Pon tivy. Brittany, giving some interesting facts of a "hair market" there. It Is stated that In different parts of the motley crowd there were three or four different purchasers of this commod? ity, who travel the country for the purpose of sttending the fairs and buy? ing the tresses of tbe peasant girls. They have particularly fine hair and frequently in tbe greatest abundance. There seemed to be no difficulty in Unding possessors of beautiful heads of hair perfectly willing to sell. "We saw several girls sheared, one after tbe other, like sheep, and as many more standing ready for tbe shears wltb their csps In tbelr bands and their long bair combed out and banging down to tbelr waists. "No doubt the reason of the Indif? ference to their tresses on the part of the fair Bretounes Is to be found In the Invariable mode which covers ev? ery head from childhood upward with close caps, which entirely prevent any part of the hair from being seeu and of course as totally conceuls the want of it. The money given for tbe balr Is sbout '20 sous or else a gaudy cotton haudkerchlef. Tbe purchasers net Im? mense profits by tbelr trips through tbe country."?Boston Herald. Indien Humor. Old Oeronimo would scarcely be sus? pected of humor, and yet on one occa? sion tbe medicine chief gave me a sample of IL It was bis custom In tbe later years of bis life to watch for tbe coming of wblte visitors to Fort Sill or to Miss a dk is son's mission, near by. In order that be might sell beaded csnes to them. From the proceeds he was accustomed to purchase certain creature comforts not supplied by tbe government, but on which be relied for support In his old age. One day I was talking to bim about tbem. He said: "They make me walk straight? tbe tobacco and tbe mescal. Yes. they put strength Into me. and 1 lean on them." Then to those beady eyes that so often bad flared with hatred and cru? elty came a gleam of bumor. He con? tinued: "I sell these canes, and tbe wblte man buys tbem?both for one purpose They help us to walk."? Southern Workman. Crushing Romanes. "it seems to me," said Battersby, "that we are knocking nearly all the romance and Imagination out of life w .im we commercialize marriage, for that's at..Mit what we are doing. I like tbe good old way of courting, the way that was the classy thing when knlgbts were bold. 1 like the Idea of galloping across the drawbridge and snatching up tbe girl of my heart and potting her on tbe saddle before me and galloping awuy like mad. Wouldn'' that suit you?" "No, It wouldn't." replied tbe other man. "The girl of my heart weighs 200 pounds."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. In the Vots Mart. A member of a certain city Council had Invested In a ready made suit of clotbea und forgot to remove the price tag. A colleague called his attention to It. and he displayed signs of much mental disquietude "Were you afraid people would know what you paid?" Inquired the colleague. "No." was the reply. "1 was afraid some of these lobbyists would think It la what I charge " - Washington Star. Might Work. "\N!i> d .es a player pick up two bats before he ir.M-s to the plate'/'' "It lnal.es one bat seem lighter. Don't you see'.'" "I see It s a line scheme. I think I'll try If on the hb ults tit our board lug hones " llttsborg Post The Only One Lacking. "Why \ie you sure there is no gejrh thing ns :i fourth dimension?" MHeennse." replied the discouraged fat sann, "\t there |*d bars it" Ladles* I lonie Journal. To fall at all Is |o fail utterly.-? Lowell MARLBOROUGH'S NOTE. A Scrap of Paper Treasured by its* Great Duke's Hem, A scrap of paper that carries one back to the very atmosphere of a great decisive battle in the world * history Is among the historical true*' ures of Blenheim flouse. On the pa per are a dozeu Hues scribbled in pen? cil. They were written by the DUKC of Murlborough nt the close of the tierce struggle at Blenheim. The tumult of battle was rolling westward, where Kreuch and Bnva rtana were In disorderly retreat, with. Marlborough's cavalry riding tiercely In their rear. The slopes of the hill and the marshy plain were strewn with 80.0UO killed and wounded. But Marlborough. with the excite ment of the great tight yet strong within him. pulled up his horse on one of the little rustic bridges across the Schwaubui h nnd scribbled these doz en lines to his wife in Londou to tell her of the great event. Apparently the duke borrowed the scrap of paper from some member of his staff, for on the back of it are the faded items of a tavern bill. He used the parapet of the bridge for n writing desk. Fie had been seventeen hours in the saddle, most of that time riding in the very heart of one of the greatest battles In all history, yet the letters .are tirm in shape, a curious testimony to that serenely unshakable tempera? ment that was Marlborough's most striking characteristic. ? New York Herald. AN INSOLENT FOP. Baau Brummers Impertinence and a Brewer's Tart Retort. Beau Brummel, the famous English fop, was as notorious for his insolence as for his One feathers. At the Pa? vilion, at Brighton, he ordered the foot? man to empty his snuffbox into the fire because a bishop had taken a pinch unasked. A man whom he had met at dinner offered him a lift in his carriage to Lady Jersey's ball. "Thank you exceedingly." said the beau, "but how are you to go? You would not like to get up behind, and 1 cannot be seen in the same carriage with you." fie made uo secret of his humble birth and when asked about his parents de? clared thai "the poor old creatures bot 11 i their throats years ago eat? ing peus with a knife." Ouce at laaai Brummel met his match. lie was playing hazard at Brooks', when a well known alderman, a brewer, was one of the party "Come. Mashtub," said Brummel, who was the caster, "what's your betV "Tweuty-live guineas," was the reply. "Well, then, have at the mayor's pony," said Brummel. who proceeded to cast and by a run of luck won the stake twelve times in succession. Pocketing the money, he thanked the brewer and promised that In future he would drink no one's porter but his. "1 wish, sir," replied the brewer, "that every othei blackguard in Londou would tell me the same." Rolling Cigars. It is common to hear men complain of poorly made cigars, but it is uot always because a cigar is indifferently or badly made that the wrapper curls up and comes off. Much oftener this comes from the cigar having been rolled by a maker's left hand and later smoked from the hand of a right handed man. All cigarmakers must use both bands equally well, nnd econ? omy both in time and material is the prevailing rule In tobacco factories. When a piece of tobacco is cut for the wrapper it If cut on the bias and rolled from left to right on the filler, and at the ssme time and by the other hand the remaining pieces are used, being necessarily rolled in the opposite way. For this reason the man who holds a cigar In his right hand, which always gives a few twists during the course of a smoke, rubs the wrapper the wroug way, and easily enough it be? comes loosened --Chicago Tribune. Magna Charta and the Bill of R;ghte. Historically speaking, there Is a big difference between the Mngna Charta and the bill of rights. The first was obtained by the barons from King John at Runny mode In June, 1215, the other by the lords and commons from the Prince and Princess of Orange in 1<SKS-Nl>. Magna Chart! will ever remain the greatest landmark in the constitution al history of England, but next t?> the great (harter wrung from John by the barons must stand the bill id' rights that IVas so graciously acceded 11? by Klgfl William. New York American. The Olfactory Test. It inuv appear a whimsical theory that I he Nucvesafnl grocery store can be detected by ii> odors, nnd yet thCfi Is th - much truth Im it namely, that I be i rurerj store w ' id Ii greets the nos ti lb xx i111 a certain glorlooi combina? tion of odors of roffee, tea aial spit es is almost always a paying Investment. Ideal Untrer, Secrets of Comfort. Though sometime! small evils, like 1 invisible insects, inflict pain und a sin? gle hair may stop a vast machine, yet the chief secret of comfort lies In not suffering tritles to vex one and In pru? dently cultivating an undergrowth of small pleasures, since, very few great ones, alas, are let on long leases. Th* Practical Man. Our Idea of a practical man Is one who would rather have a ten cent cigar given to him than a live center named for him I ?alias News, Truth In of no value unless it Ih ex amplified in conduct. Nothing 1* dfllcult; It la only wo who are Indolent.?llaydon MORE BOOZE THAN EVER. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Quotes Intereetlfuj statistics Bear? ing on Liquor (Question. Waahlnyton, D. C, Dee. I.?In the report of It. B. Cabell, commis? sioner of Internal Revenue, are to be found some astounding facts bear? ing upon the liquor question and the failure of prohibition to prohibit. Comlnpr as they do from such an unprejudiced source they are bound to have a material effect upon the thinking people of the country. That part of Commissioner Cabell's report which is of such great pub !S? interest Is to be found on pages 9 and 17 under the head of "Distilled Spirits" and "Illicit Distilling." "While the enactment Of State? wide prohibitory laws in some States and of local option laws in other States has greatly reduced the num wer of distilleries of the smaller classes, and in some districts has re? duced the number of rectifiers and wholesale and retail liquor dealers, the production and withdrawal for consumption of distilled spirits has has greatly increased during the past fiscal year." The Commissioner then quotas statistics showing the tax-paid with? drawals of spirits distilled from ma? terial other than fruits for the past fourteen years. Some idea of the increase of such withdrawals may be obtained from | the following taken from the Com? missioner's report: 1897. 68,661,038 tax gals. 1902. 103,304,981 tax gals i 1906 . 122,61 7,94. tax gals. 191 0 . 126,384,726 tax gals. Upon these and the statistics for ! other years the following comment is | made in the Commissioners's report: ?'From the foregoing it will be oh- 1 served that the withdramals on pay- j ment of tax from bonded warehouses during the period from 1897 to 1907 increased approximately 100 per cent * * * and an Increase for the year 1910 over 1909 of 11,421,1 IS tax gal? lons." Under the caption "Illicit Distill? ing" the Commissioner has this to say: "All of the agents' force avail? able for raiding has been used dur? ing the year detecting illicit distilling, which practice has increased steadily, especially in those Statees where State-wide prohibitory laws have been enacted. During the fiscal year 1910 there were seized and destroy? ed 1,911 distilleries, as compared with 1.743 for the fiscal year 1909. In raiding these distilleries last year one officer was killed, three seriously wounded, and there were a number of minor casualties, illicit distilling are States of Alabama, and South Carolina." These four States mentioned by the Commissioner have State-wide prohibition enactments. Most cases of found in the Georgia, North so prominently Prices Reduced Until Jan. 1st. Until January ist we offer to the trade at reduced prices : Stalk Cutters, Buggies, Harness, Seed Drills, And One and Two Horse Plows. Call and see our goods and get our prices before you buy. The S. M. Pierson Co. 1 O'DONNELL 6 CO. I What About a Cloak For Your Child 9 We are showing a very large line of all this season's styles at prices which will please. We have a special line of Junior Coats in that smart, *' snappy style for the Miss, from 11 to 15 years. We fiifd it a pleasure to show goods. O'DONNELL ? 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