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iU ?shtcbman anb ?cutbron ritt? ,mi hi the I'omimMi?-?? ?t HttMiMr, 8. i , h* nn u?41 Clem Matter. riOCMlXAI. Mr. If. W. Blake, assistant post? master .it Marlon. 1* in the city for . ?hort stay. Mr. Blak.? was fonnerb a resident of Bumter and hi* man) friends will he glad to see him ho-.' again. Mr*. Nina Solomon? has returned home after a stay of Iwg months with, the family of her brother, Mr A. Moise In Philadelphia. Mrs. Anslev Havis. of New York, is visiting her mother. Mrs. K W. Molse. Mr. K. T. A ulham. who suffered a slight stroke of paralysis ?. weeks ago. has improved rapidly and was able to walk down town loiay. Miss Kmina Snunders, of Hag ?od was in the city Wednesday. Mise Mabel I'.owman went to <',. hSSgl I Wednesday. Mes-i * I*. rr\ M . s. W. M. t '.1 a ? bam and O. W. Mahoney are attend - Ing th*? Confederate Reunion in Ma con. Mr. Thomas M Bradley, of Braun, was in the city on business Wed u s dsy. Mr. t. m. jfuitej sad daughter, of B..i..n. wer. in the city Wednes? day. Vr CKQ Nelson, sd Stateburg, was? In the city Wednesday. Dl Usf Mrs. W. W. Sihert have I to H*>t spring?. Arkansas, to stav for some time. M gist rate W. J. Rees, of Wedge t I was In the city Thursday morn? ing. Messrs. Edwin Wils .,, and Knglish Cooper, of St. Charles, were In town Thursdsy. Mr P.. M. < ooper. Mrs. M. Cooper. Jr.. and Misses Vir- 1 la and Netta Cooper, of Wlsacky, were in the t Wednesday night to attend the .Meistersingers concert. Mr. H. Frank Kelly, of Bishopvllle, Was In Ihe I Iff Thursday morning. l?KATH. Mrs. Maria Brltton. wife of Mr. Rembert Brltton. of this city. | ? 1 at her home on West Liberty street earlv T o al >> i- reJUM of heart brought on by asthma. Mrs. i death was a great shock t<> i knew her, as she had not ck at all previous to her death .is In apparently good health the day before, although she was a chronic sufferer from asthma. The coroner was notified of the death and investigated at esjoe, a I out 4 o'clock that SAOmlngi but saw no need to bold an inuu.st. and as the family did not wish one held, none was held. Mrs. Britto,, v a ^ a i|i ight.r of Mr. R. M. Jones of this city. She leaves, besides her husband, two small chil? dren. Mr^ J 0, White the widow of the late Capt. J. Q, White, of the go*? nelght'oi ho.-d died .it h? r home very ?eddenrj Tuend 19 aftemoog after a very short Illness. Mrs. White ,\ 11 over si\ty years of age and had m iny friends ?nd relatives In this county and elsewhere, besides several s,,ns and daughters. The funeral SOfVlseS UJfjfl held at the residence Wednesday at 3.30 o'clock and the interment i.diowed M the local cemetury. Mrs. whit.- leaves' Ava son--, m.-sis. J B. White of Allendale- S. J. White. Krsnk White and K B. White of the Rrcgdon section and J. I>. Whltt of this cltv. and three daughters. M W> ^< <?BI H M \UK <i \MI H, f.l/nnl- liest Turtle?, and ggugpnlssl win I iom MNgntne*, Tv\o K?me- <.f imh>.,r bgSJetslll WCTS pl.ived ?t th. Y. M c. A gymnasium Yuc-d.i before an nnnsuallv small audience, th,- weather man probably b/dng r< ?|??.ti.|i.|. for the fact that more did not com?, out. The ^a o>??? Were featured by th? number of Scores made h\ em h side atid by the playing of Ihe Scorpion who |?a\. *on thr?#? straight game* and M<?ID on the right r*> ol to Nrll Ihs iegs nant. jiii tiMt gases ami a#J between the Usunh and the TuHleU, the former winning by the sc..-,. .,f tWtVe to sis. The second game in Ihe championship series were pn led off hy the gcorplolM and th?- Al'iv <? an ami ihe gcorplonj ugala came out vi? I actons. The Charteetog i...>s left fof hems \\ . .la i e iftersjnua happy ever their t 1 I nd I I .lining Itfngjgfif than evei Ihe high school championship I . ah ill lea na ?.f ihs Mats The ??..11 ng 1 b. Mi Hindi I church \* gsjfgg faxt,.1 than eves lust now ami a ,.iM..ri b?is to t?k#> a look at the bnlldtna ever? d if b> s,.,. n.. \ fa. t II I iilldsns : ' slug eft eied, Punch and 1 had schemed to dls fii so ourselves and lead Uncle Peter up to our own sreclally engaged book maker, Ikey Schwartz, at the raee tiack. In order to conserve the coin h? <vas losing by betting on the ponies. i gelt Peter left Iluraldene quite eariy on the day of the race and Bp hou, or two later 1 met Bunch a: Zurberg's madhouse near the track. Bunch had engaged a room nnd was In there unpacking a trunk when I answered roll call. What's the deal with the duds?" I Inquired as he hauled a lot of farce comedy clothes out of the kick and tossed them on the chairs. "These are for the makeup," he , answered "You don't suppose we're going to pull this play off in straight face, do you? Bite luto the strych nir.e, JohQ, Ht.J get nervous! get nervous." Hunch was General Jackson at the head of the brigade for sure, and the in v ? it he took in the scheme to save busy Uncle Peter wae astonishing. i hat am 1 supposed to play in tin production?" 1 asked, as I gave lbs uiugu rugs the freezy look over. Well." replied Bunch, "in the old collige days you wtre considered one ol our best little smile pullers. In those days you were rated high as a comical cuss when it came to acting out. so you for the little bunch ot lhilallys on the chin, and do a Reub!" I do a Reub!" 1 gasped. ' V.n I supposed to put on the Keokuk coat aim PlkatOWg pants and chew hay around the track all day?" "Say. is Uncle Peter your relative I p I_ - I Issued from Zurberg's hotel a Dago bootblack and a Long IslanJ. Reub? a catchy pair, believe me! lkey had gone on ahead to take down the shutters. He had full in? structions how to break into Unole Peter's good graces and tie up to the old fellow's staff. We were to play soft music around the fringe of so? ciety and try to push my spendthrift relative over against the philanthro? pic brace game, but under no circum? stances were we to crony up to lkey, unless he yelled for financial help, a contingency to be carefully guaided against by all of us. Bunch surely looked the part. His face had been treated with a hand painted complexion that took him to Genoa and back on the same steamer, and he had the Guinea crouch down fine. With the store clothes, and the wig, and the imitation Panama hat made out of cracked oats, and the neat lit? tle group of wind-teasers on the chin. I was a regular Silas Tobasco Per Kins, from 'Hickory Comers, ?'goitil We separated before reaching the gate, alter naming a spot where we'd meet in an hour to compare notes. Bunch joiued the push of pikers on their way through the turnstile to the Promised Land, and a little later I followed. It was now up to me to do a gwak specialty and I went after the record. I rubbered my way into the bet? ting ring, law that lkey was at his post and then I went on a still hunt for Uncle Peter. While exercising the elastic in my neck just outside the bettiug pit I "I Was Introduced end Underwent the Initiation With Flying Colors." I or mine'.'" Hunch came buck. "Are | you going to back pedal now when | i the show is ready to open? If you i want to save this tnoney-spllllng old ! Gi sjggsjsj you'll have to roll up the sleeves and play b:.11. I tell you those. How are you going to tout hiiu up to | our counter so we can get his coin , If you don t wear the blinders, huh?" "And wnat fat part have you cast yourself for?" I asked, more than ' half way inclined la let Uncle Peter go the whole distance on the Per? th' on pike. Why I'm going to do a Dago boot- , black," Hunch replied. ''I've got all the goods right here. Say! this whole scheme hits me Just about right. I ggtteipgti rolling up a large bundle of laughs, and, besides, doing that foo! \ Ish old man a big favor. Say, .lohn, ggg you catch me shining old Uncle I'? >>r s shoes and steoring him on to a sure thing, eh. what? It's a pipe, j tint's all it is." Hunch's enthusiasm Boon dispelled a': my doubts ami in a minute we Wire Into the details of our makeup ; e en'ly lkey S( hwartz called as pgr Bg > eui<nt with Hunch and we went OV' the wh(?h* plan Hunch had ? I lg i dough in the overalls to ! ?Uliars things in case anybody caught II ? .? ?Ith a logg shot, hut the latter promised to make the prices so untn v ? kg to outsiders that there would be nothing doing ground the bataar t or Uncle Peter. <i like a tlnch trimmed vvith i ad to do v as to coax Uncle p< i in to the receiving teller and i hin there till he bad a headache in the bank, account Then wed lend hill OUl In a vacant lot somewhere, j ich hliu a few line* on tin- ? vils ot the hefting fing, 'and give ri'in ba< i his faded cush in my mind's aye i could see grate* ful Uncle Peter falling upon our necks Hnd bleaalng us in seven differ e'1 language* tieeause through our U" elfish Tort- we had pulled him em oi the elulcheg of Ihe Orabhelmer gum .i,?i had saved lovable old vnnt Martha from the dlatraag ol having ti go to work In I cigur factor) III bei old age Hure thing! ^ e ears two good ho> < 10 dg 'his kindly deed And so a few niluutes later there semi US your Jo'- work. carelessly put one of my elbows Into the dining arrangement! of a hurry? ing stranger and the next moment he treated ine to about a pound of the wannest verbal remonstrance I ever listened to. With his first word I turned and recognized my old friend, the Ken? tucky horse trainer, Murf Higginbot rom. "Yo' all cert'nly should know that my stomach ain't no place for yo' el? bow, mh!" he expostulated. "Ain't they room enough in this big world, suh, for yo' e.bow without lacerating my personal property'.' I don't know much about medicine, suh, but I know enough to tell yo' all that a stranger's elbow ain't got any business in my stomach, sub!'' I tiied to apologize for bombarding his Little Mary, but Murf was sore all over. "Yo' all can't cut a gully through my right of way. suh, and then square yo' self by laying the blame to acci? dent, sub!' Murf spluttered. "1 made it a rule all my life, sub, to bump them tbat bump me. ami If yo' all has any of the true ge'man In yo', suh. yo' beHt iollow me to a quiet spot and get yo' bump, BUbT*' Thtg I leaned over and whispered the pass word In Murf's ear. He Jumped as though shot and looked at me keenly. Then he cracked open a loud laugh and asked for the particu? lars. 'Yo' all cert'nly did fool yo' obedi? ent servant," Murf chuckled "And I'm iholy glnd yo' didn't follow me to a quiet spot because yo' all was i ert'nly ?lue to get bumped, John? yo' cert'nly was! ' We'll go to the quiet spot anyway, Murf," I vald. I must put you wise to the vaudeville act I'm playing and get your help to win out." Whan I explained the whole situa? tion to Murf tie laughed till 1 thought his mind would explode. W hen I fuss met yo' I'ncle Peter," he managed to gasp after a bit, "we didn't cotton much to each othah, hut when I gt(t 10 know him hettah. suh. I felt more Ittndi.v dispoaed, and later '??? go? tn be fuss elans friends. If I can d<. anythlug to help yo' all save yo Uncle I'etei from beating his : i no\ to death command me, suhl" All I v a ,t you to do. Murf." I uiswered Is to Introduce me to Send us your J<d> work. Uncle Peter as Hlrara Dodd, a friend of yours from Swampscott, Conn., and give me the name of a likely win ner In the third race this afternoon. I want to tlrrnly establish my friend? ship with Uncle Peter by handing Dim a winner, first crack oat of the box Are you next, Murf?" "I cert'nly follow yo' all closely, all the way around," Murf answered. "Tell bin to lay a few dollars on Eppy Grams in the third race?it sholy looks like the money, sub.!' We strolled around a bit and pres? ently ran across Uncle Peter who recognized Murf and greeted him ef? fusively. I was introduced and underwent the Initiation with flying colors. Uncle j Peter played me for Hiram Lodd to | the limit, even going so far as to tell me he knew several members of the Dodd family in Connecticut Murf excused himself and by easy stages I led my esteemed Uncle j around to the horses. It was about time for the third race and I men- | tioned Kppy Grams as being a fancy . bit of pipe. Just about that time I found myself in front of Ikey's come-on camp, so 1 halted and begau to dig for some dough. "How do you do!" I heard Uncle Peter exclaim as he got a flash of lkey. "You're the young man I inet ( while I was with Mr. Lawrence, and 1 promised to do some business with you, didn't 1?" Ikey spread out a grin and an ?wared, "Yes, sir, Mr. Grant." "What is the nai.ui of your choice, Mr. Dodd?" Unclfl Peter inquired i turning to me. 1 "Eppy Grams," I answered; j "frieud of mine down Swampscott way hear'n tell as how that colt is { faster n a streak of home-made j lightnin', so 1 reckon I'm about due tu | peel off ten dollars and plant It whai Eppy Grams can make It grow." I rend the lines for Ikey's benefit and I certainly had him on the ropes The first sentence gave him an attack of cholera morbus and when Uncle j Peter asked for the odds it was all | Ikey could do to get back In time to answer. Uncle Peter placed a hundred on Eppy Grams at 3 to 1 and after ex? pressing a desire to see more of me he bade "Mr. Dodd" good-by ami rolled off to watch the race. Ikey asked me where Hunch was and then it suddenly occurred to me that 1 hadn't kept the appointment. 1 hustled around to iocat*? my com panion in the life saving business but ! j not a sign of him anywhere until pres sntly, attracted by a crowd over near i the gate, I rubbered through and? picture! In the center of the crowd stood the sullen Bunch surrounded by six or seven real I) go boot-doctors, all ges tlculatlng and giving my friendless pal the double cross in Italian. The biggest member and leader of the besieging party had worn his ton sils down coaxing Bunch to fight it out, but the latter stood there wild eyed and silent. Bunch realized that if it came to blows the first crack would change i his complexion and he'd probably j get pinched as a suspicious character, so he had to stand there and let those Guinea shoe-beaters shower verbal spaghetti all orer him. | I knew that if I interfered togged VP in the Reub harness I'd only make matters worse, but I was just going to take a chance when a track Cop pushed through the crowd and in? quired for particulars. "Onea beega slob!" the leading j man in the Dago troupe yelled; "he! makea de cheap shine; bee;.; t slob!" "No gotta da Union ca:d!" yelled another native of T.ilermo, Oh! oh! I could leel the loud laugh on Bunch creeping to the surface. Delighted with the ingenuity of his disguise he had danced into the at n:t but no sooner did the regulars in th<? bootahinll g industry get a peep at tha luckless Bunch than they held j him tip as a non-union man und a scab. CAi! Oh! "Onea beega slob! makea du pin?h! makea da pinch!" the Da^ob yelled in unison and it was up to .Vr. Cop to get busy. "What d'ye mean by buttin' in here'.'' the Cop asked, but Bunch didn't dare open his mouth and Jis- | play his assortment of phony Italian. ! "Get ( ut of here, ye cheap skate," tne Cop yelled, grabbing Bunch by the shoulder and pushing him over to the gate. What d'ye mean by cut tin' prices and tryin' to become .i Pierpint Morgan at the expense oi these r? gtilar shines?" The Dagos yelled witb delight, and l ducked so as not to add to Bunch's 1 misery h> letting him get a pet p a* me. Now get out of here,-' commanded the Cop as he gave Bunch a hard push through the g ite, "and slay out, ye Guinea slob!" The patent leather pounders on the inside screamed with Joy as the Inter loper want bouncing out of their Eden Bunch turned angrily and was about to speak, but suddenly chang d his mind and rushed off in the direc t'.un ot the hotel When 1 got back to Ikey the race was over. Eppy Grams win and the delighted Uncle Peter cashed in amid great applause from himself. Uncle Peter saw me and wanted to buy me a box <>f cigars hut I excused myself and he rushed off. flooding lie earth with joyous chuckles Making an uppolntment with Ikej lor the morning I hurried to join he dlsgi unl led hunch Oh! Oh! When I found him he consisted ? one iHvgc sole spot oh' tC T' r' :t '.y rj \\ Dlilinghaiu C??.) rid us your Joit work, Mills! I KSI\<?I.RS PLEASK, Large Audience IVeely Anninad* so. lections h> Cliarleetan Quartctf Twice Wednesday CharleHion was ihe winner In Bum tor ? the drat time In the afternoon ?it iho loc i baseball park when the teams of the two high schools played against ?ach other, and the second time at night when the Meistersingers wt n the hearts <>f their audience by their sweet and harmonious singing. Charleston's crack male quartette is good, at least everybody said that last night after the concert, and the re? porter, who does not claim to know music, supposed that they knew and said so also. From the time that the CUt'inln went up to the time it went down the singers kept their audience pleased and many times they Wer< encored. They at least highly pleased one of their audience for this person Bent up a biff and beautiful bunch of j dowers to the appreciative Singers? The program as sung during the evening was: PAKT 1. I, Wanderer's Night Song?Lent*. _'. (a) Wide River?Negro Melo? dies. (t?i Heaven. Tenor Solo?"I Hear You Call? ing me.'*?Mr. STolght.?Mar? shall. 4. The Rosary?Xevin. 5, Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup? Johnson. PART 2. 1, (a) Crossing the Bar?Anon, (b) <>ft In the Stilly Night?Arr. Matthew. 2. Kentucky Babe?Gelbe!? Negro Camp Meeting Song. Pass Baritone Solo?"Invtctus" ?lTurn?Mr. Brueschweiler. I, Annie Laurie?Arr. Gelbei. 5. Arion Walt/?Vogel. New York Cotton Market. New York, May 9. Open. Clos^. May.11.2S 11.39?41 July. 1 1.37 11.49?50 Aug.11.41 11.53?54 Oct. 11.55 11.68?69 Dec. 11.05 1 1.77?7S flosed barely steady. Liverpool Market. Liverpool, May 9. open. Close. May. 628 May?June.029?29 629 June?July.629^?30 029 \ July?Aug. 029 Vi?32 031 Aug?Sept.029?30 V| 630 Closed firm. Local Market. Basis middling. 11.25. Col. w. D. Scarborough and Mr. 1 J. Cummlngs, of Dalaeil, were, in th eity Wednesday. HAHMOM WALL STREET I'AVoR. rnc Bryan sa>* Ha Has Evlstesaat, support? ing < barge. FTndlay, Ohio, Hay I,?"I haw ob? tained ? letter in evidence that Gov. Harni.?n is favor.-.1 by Wall Street.*' This Ktatement area made in a speech here today l.y Wm. J. Bryan. Mr. Bryan said that in J-Vbru.iry. 190v QOV. Harmon hoped to be the Wall Street candidate for president; that Harmon's friend- imped to nominate Hin? in Denver? and thai they tried to buy f.?r Harmon Bryan delegates in ohio. The Xebraekau said he would produce the Wall street letter if Har? mon would write ? m?te denying that his friends tried to buy Bryan votes. Wtsncky Parses i^x?k v. mi. Wisaeky. May I.?It has be?n rain? ing all the afternoon and is still rain? ing. We are glad to have it, for jats and late planted cottoi. The fanners are about through planting. Stands of corn are very good* Cot" ton will be good also. W< have be? gan to cultivate our crops. Some are chopping cotton. i >ats are doing fine. Wo had I full attendance at our county convention yesterday. The meeting was very harmonious. but was dominated by the Bleasites. We sent a strong delegation to Colum | bia. uninstructed. 1 am glad to see so many improv, - mentS going OU In your beautiful town. Every one Will tend to beau i tify it still more. There are improve* I ments going on .vith us also. Mr. I Willie McCutchen has begun building Iiis beautiful new home, it will ex? cel anything else in this section. He hopes to complete it by October. Mr. I>esChamps will soon rebuild where his old home was burnt, also building another home for Mr. J. F. Held, his efficient bookbeeper, who wa> unfortunate in losing all his household goods when the house 'n which ho lived was burned some. months ago. Both dwellings be? long to Mr. DeeChampa and were recently burned. The gardene are looking ard doing well. We will soon have lots of vege? tables1 The fruit crop is abundant Peaches ire shedding rapidly* which is fortunate as the trees could not have supported the quantity they had on them. Mr. Robert Coo| bride, after a tou and Cuba, have home. Mr. and Mrs. M, _ ._ ... visiting at the home of Mr. Des? Cham ps. where Mrs. McDonald has be.n quite sick for a week. I am glad to say she is much better. Mr. Ben P, Myers, of Hagood. spent Wednesday night in town. First Annual Sale D WE OFFER ALL MILI? NER Y AT A GREAT RE? DUCTION. SPECIAL: $8.00 to $12.00 Trimmed Mats at. $5.00 to $8.00 Trimmed Hats at ... - $5.00 $3.00 Friday and Saturday May 10 and 11 ss M. C. Jacobs Opposite Court House.