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China states Her Case.

Wa Ting-fang. the Chinese Minister at
Washington, delivered TO Secretary Hay on
July II a translation Of a long Imperial
decree. dated June ,, in which the Chi
nese. Government denies all responsibility
for the OutTages. asserts that the fighting
did not begin with the Chinese, and init
mates that the powers are chiefly 10 blame
for the plight in which China finds her
self today.
The Ninth Infantry. from Manila. landed
on July TO- and were at once sent en- u
Tientsin, where the allies were contiE-
ualiy Obliged to fight in order to hold the
city from the Boxers, who regularly be-
sieged the city at frequent intervals.
The expected happened but all the civil
lied world was Mortified when. on JJly 10.
a report came from Chinese official so-r es
ct Shanghai that ali the foreigners in PeSin
except two were masSacred by the Chinese
forces under Prince Tuan on July s. l.
was also reported that Prince Ching. a.
the last moment. went TO the assistance OF
the foreigners at the head of a Lody Of
Imperial Chinese troops, but his force was
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
Wonderful Sacrificing

Mems Negligee Shirts. made Of fancy
cheviots. in neat effects, and Madras. y tn
silk stripes-siZes 10 to 1872. Shirts which
sold as high IS $1.50 each-to close
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20
400.
Csc pair.
Special to Big Men.

About ten dozen Madras shirts. in nest
patJerns-separate collar and cuffs or at
tached-sizes Il to 20. Would regularly
cost Won 80 Your choice
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20

Boys Black Wei Kid Shoes; hand
welt sOles; latest style last; sizes ? Il
10 -; same as our mems $4kQ m
SHOES ---------------------
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20

About GEO Mems Perscle Shirts, in uobby
styles-with either separate collar or sep
arate cuffs. During this sale
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20

Boys Veal Calf Shoes, upper o. kan
CARGO kid: built On the same shape
lasts as our mems shoes, sizes IL
to L.; good worth at S2-25; 70 81 Il
20 At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. III ~
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-20

MISC frcst - 50 Hid
and guaranteed p-tea.
leather Dre-5 and Viking
Boots e STYLES.
CLOSING Price.
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steam. The employees go from one floor
to another in express elevators. The
superintendent of one of them spoke
of the children employed there as This
children. Some of them are not more
than 10 years old, but their work is
easy and healthy. Their hours are
short. They have light, airy rooms to
eat their luncheon in. No grease is
used in the machinery. The hot air is
cooled by huge fans run by machinery.
At definite periods these children are
required to leave the mills and 80 to
a school belonging to the company.
Education is compulsory. In one of
the schools there are 300 pupils, from
primary to the average high school
grades. Pupils who shc8v unusual
ability are selected for a higher course
of education. But while a young man
or young woman is getting this educa-
ton they are also becoming proficient
in a trade. In no event that can posi-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
you ARE MY PRISONER"

Innocent People Who Have Been Ar
rested on Serious Charges.
Every year a large number of peace
able and ~law-abiding English citizens
are arrested and imprisoned for crimes
of which they are about as guiltless as
the proverbial babe unborn. To be
placed in such a position is at all times
painful and irritating, but when the Of
Tense for which n is wrongly arrest
ed happens to be the grave crime Of
'wilful murder" the horror of the sit
uation is intensified. Yet cases of
mistaken identity are by no means rare
in this connection, and whenever a
crime of this character is committed,
and the criminal manages for a time
to elude pursuit, a certain number of
innocent people are pretty sure to be
arrested on suspicion. There is a story
told of a judge of the high court who
was once arrested on suspicion of hav-
ing b~urglarious designs on the house
of a friend in Mayfair. The police of
ficer charged him with lettering with
felonious intent, and the prisoners
description of himself as one of her
majesty's judges was received with a
grin of sarcastic derision. At that mo-
ment IN old offender was brought in
who happened to catch sight of his
lordship's face, which he had good rea-
son to remember. "You here, my lord?"
he exclaimed, with u~nfeigned astonish-
ment. well, this beats cock fighting"
The rogue's unsolicited corroboration
of the judges declaration saved the sit
uation, and his lordship was allowed to
depart in peace. A well-known mem
her Of the sporting world was remov-
ing from his late dwelling to another
in the immediate neighborhood. The
rest of his goods and chattels had gone
before in van-loads. tAt his silver tro-
ph1es, prize cups, etc., he packed into
a portmanteau, and carried personally.
1t was late in the evening when he
left the house, and the street, which
was a long, leafy avenue in Maida-vale,
was quite deserted. He had not gone
very far on his way, however, before a
policeman stopped him, and demanded
to know what he was carrying. 1t is
not every day one is accused of burg
ling his own property.-London Mail.
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southern cities involved in close bust
ness with it; it has a large export
trade in special cotton stuffs to China;
it is constantly purchasing raw mate
rial, everywhere. Yet if you ask a mar
who thinks he understands the south
pretty well, who lives here, and who
imagines he knows all that is going on
here, where Pelzer is, he will not be
able to tell you.
There is no mistaking the hold that
Ruler Smythe has or the affections of
the people. He is a big-hearted,
brawny man, the son of a Presbyterian
minister in Charleston, who was very
well known throughout the south.
Capt. Smythe runs the town. He has
assistants, of course, but they are of
his W appointment, without the ne
cessity of consultation with aggrieved
! party leaders, or of confirmation by
municipal councils. He makes remov-
ais at will. No one questions his
slightest act.
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From the New York Tribune: There
is a family Of my acquaintance" said
P. Walworty of Baltimore at the Fifth
Avenue hotel the other day, "where the
children are all boys. They are very
rich, and each of the three sons is i
receipt of a liberal allowance, but the
in which they expend it and
certain of their characteristics were as
s~uccinct.y and tersely described as pos
sible the other day by Bob the eld-
est one, in telling the story of a bur-
glary that occurred last summer at
their country place. Bob is the eld-
est, Jack the second and Albert The
youngest son. Bob in telling the story
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bly, be foreseen are they likely to be-
come a burden on the state.
The superintendent of one of the
mills said that the best customer of the
company is China. This is largely true
of all southern mills. The nation used
to buy all it's goods from England by
weight and not by yard. In course of
time they discovered that foxy British
manufacturers put white clay with the
starch to make the cloth weigh heavy.
The southern manufacturers claim they
do not resort to such trickery. Nearly
all the capital invested in these mills
comes from the south. 1t is a sort of
home monopoly.
Another city run on a similar plan to
Pelzer, but of more recent origin and
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THIS CITY IS A PARADISE ON EARTH

said: 'IIe didn't get very much, rs
some n of the servants thought he
heard something about 8, and in going
to investigate probably scared him OFF,
but when we discovered the next morn
ing that a burglar had visited US we
naturally took an account of stock. The
tered were those of my two brothers
and myself, and in each of them he had
gone through the clothes we had been
wearing the day before. Out of my
clothes he got 10 cents. From Jack"
he got nothing, and in going through
"Bert's" jeans he got in debt"
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"nunnery scene" with Ophelia, the
electric lights in the theater went out,
and 1t and the whole town was in
darkness. Quick as thought Leonard
Rayne, who was playing P~olonius,
seized a candle and, coming down
front, assured the audience that they
had nothing to fear, and that he hoped
the light would be presently restored.
AS a matter of fact, it was not until
the end of the play that the light
which had so suddenly gone out was
as suddenly switched on again. Can
dies consequently had to be ~resorted to
for footlights-which quite intensified
the funeral character" of the grave
yard scene.-NeW York Journal.
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not quite SO large, is Piedmont, five
miles away from it. It has already two
mills, and another is building. But
Piedmont residents are agitating for
a newspaper distinctly proper one,
they promise it shall be, without a
vestige of sensational news. The mat
ter is now under a~dvisement, and the
sentiment of the 5000 residents in the
town is about evenly divided. Pied
mont is higher in the hills than Pelzer,
and enjoys a more beautiful prospect
of the surrounding country. The soil
is more fertile about there. 1t is fam
Gus for the cultivation of beautiful
flowers.
At Piedmont the company has a sort
of cooperative insurance and savings
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How's Thfs7

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for anx
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by HalIs
Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known r. ].
Cheney for the last Is years and believe hin
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
Ind financially able to carry out any obliga-
tions made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
O.; Walding, Kinnan s. Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
pf the system. Testimonials sent free. Price
VOC per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
(Pelzer. S. G., Lottery

FREEZER, .. u, Letter.
The chances are that if you look for
the location of this thriving city on
any map of the Palmetto state you
happen to have at hand you will not
find it. If your official postofice guide
is a little antiquated you will not find
it there, either.
Nevertheless, Pelzer has a prosperous
population of more than 1000 persons,
and it could double it almost in a jiffy
III homes were not barred to a large
and useful part of every community
men and women who are considered in
~dlspensable in all other cities.
1t has four large cotton mills that
employ about 5000 operatives, and con-
sumo $50, 900 bales of cotton each year.
In one of these great mills there are
$4,000 spindles at work in one room,
all run by electricity. In the working
equipment all that is old is discarded;
all that is new and progressive eagerly
welcomed, no matter what the expense.
Managed by one corporation on thor
'oughly a~ltruistic principles, hundreds
of children who work in these mills
earn from 20 to 60 cents a day, and
certain portions Of the machinery is
shut down at stated intervals each
working day to allow them to attend
school.
Pelzer is not a ~Belamyized dream of
the future. After twelve years of hard
work it has even ceased to be an ex-
pertinent. The city is a concrete fact,
now, of progressive people living in
harmony and peace without a mayor,
without municipal government, with
out courts, without police and without
newspapers.
Such things are not wanted. In fact,
persons who subsist by administering
and conducting them in other cities are
not allowed to live in Pelzer.
The residents of Pelzer do not en-
courage immigration. They have a
good thing, and they mean to keep it.
They despise innovations, except as it
applies to their home comforts and
1~abor-saving machinery in daily toll.
The constitution on which whatever
government they have is based may
be summed up in one word-Obedience.
Furthermore, you must know that
this word obedience applies to only
one thing-the will and wishes of Capt.
John Smythe. His edict rules the city
as absolutely as the famous "by order
of the car" rules the Russians, and
the moral persuasion he exercises over
his population can be compared only
to the Difference shown to Dom Paul in
the troubled Transvaal. To modernize
the meaning of his authority, John
Smythe is 1T in Pelzer. Pronounce it
plain Smith. If you persist il calling
it Smythe, with the accent of the "y,'
you are not permitted to live here.
This kingdom-city is within from
one to three hours railway journey
from Atlanta, G~reenville, Charleston
and a number of other prominent
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
Pelzer, South Carolina. Has No Politics, No Poll
tiCians and No Nonproducers.

w have no mayor" said a close
associate of Capt. Smythe, in response
to a question. "No necessity for one
We have no aldermen, no courts, no
municipal councils, no police. The
residents keep the peace and get along
comfortable without any buncombe of
that sort. Capt. Smythe is all that is
necessary. We nave no drunkenness,
because we don't permit liquor within
the city limits. and drunkenness fur
nishes more than half the business of
a police force
What about lawyers?'
We'll, we have no business for them.
That is it in. a nutshell. A lawyer
would starve to death here if he de-
pended ON an income from his business.
If we allowed one lawyer to come to
live here another would want to move
in to fight him. That would be the
camel's nose under the tent. We have
no objection to lawyers living here
provided they don't do business here.
But lawyers generally like to live
where there are courts, don't they?
The same thing applies to editors and
reporters. They may live in the city il
they will promise not to write about it
"a thing most OF them won't do. They
write about It, an: Low, as we are be-
ginning to find out"
How about doctors?"
eve must have doctors, of course.
We have two of them and one dentist.
We have four preach 3rs, all picked
men, and one photographer.
"You understand, this town aims at
an ideal, and we must be careful. The
record of every person who wants to
live here or who m here to seek
employment is carefully investigated.
His antecedents must be good or he
canont come. His conduct here must
be good or he cannot stay. He cannot
own any real estate. The company
leases it to him for a limited period
on certain conditions. 1t is no trouble
at all for us to get rid of a disagreeable
person. These nice stores and the
handsome residences for the managers
were all built and are leased and owned
by the company. It controls every foot
of land and everything there is on it,"
One of the first things to strike a
visitor from the north who comes here
is the absence of negroes: Not one of
them is allowed to live within the city
limits. A few of them live just over
the line and are given homework to
do by some residents Of Pelzer. But
Capt. Smythe, while not absolutely for
bidding this, is doing his utmost to
discourage it.
The public library, with free privi-
leges to all residents, is well stocked
with up-to-date literature, convenient
ly catalogued and capably managed.
The cotton mills are a marvel. The
machinery in them is operated by cleo
tricity, generated at a waterfall two
miles distant from the city, on the
Saluda river. There is no coal and no
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
Where 1t WINS Kent.

1t was in one of the big department
stores.
what do you wish to-day, MADAME
asked the courteous f1oor-walker.
Nothing. /"
sixteenth floor. Take the elevator.
We have nothing there in large and
varied assortments. James, ring the
DELL for the lady."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
1t Looked Suspicious.

Isn't your neighbor, Blinkinoa, q
drinking man?"
Il wouldn't like to give an expert
opinion ON the subject. Til admit,
however that / saw him, the other
night, trying to drive a spigot into an
ash barrel, thinking it was CIDER
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22

association. By %depositing 10 cents a
week a mar may insure his family for
$40 and upwards when death occurs.
Father" Pelzer, after whom the
parent city is named, is also interested
in Piedmont.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
New Cable Line.

France is dependent upon England
for news of the Transvaal war, because
the cables are under their control, and
h is ready to spend a vast sum or
money to free herself. This is like
many people who have dyspepsia,
spend a fortune seeking de~liverance.
They should try Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. 1t never fails to cure dyspep-
STA, constipation and bi~liousness.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
Hamlet by Candle Light.

South African papers just received
relate that Osmond Tearle had a
curious experience while playing
Hamlet" at Durham, Natal, the other
night. Suddenly, during Hamlet's
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
IN APPEAL TO HUMANITY
GENERALLY.

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Him on.

Doctor (casually)-Well, Mr.. Brown,
how are you to-day?
MI. Brown (defensiyely)-Oh, I'm all
right, doctor. Theirs nothing the mat
ter with me that would be worth 81 to
you.-Chicago Record.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
Nothing to Keen Him un.

Hiram-When I wuz visiting my
nephew in the city I went to bed every
night as soon as / ct my supper. Josh
Why? Hiram-Why, there wUzn't a
darn chore to do!-Puck.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
Am fmportant pfNerence.

Sopwith-Lombardo says there is no
difference between genius and mad
ness
INCARCERATION me; madness gets
three square meals a day.-Iife. !.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
Cireum.tnnces Alter Ca.es.

Singleton-My wife never has the
last word.
WecerIy-That's strange. How do
you manage it?
Singleton haven't any wffe.-Chi-
cage News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22

A rural editor says chickens are
worth two cents apiece in his town.
but he doesn't say how Large the pieces
are.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22

The new window draperies at the
Bellevue are exquisite enough to be
the ball frock of a captious debutante.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
Mrs. Wfnslnu

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces I'm
hammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c q bottle
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22

Never throw mud at a thing you
don't like; perhaps others may appre.
ciate 1t.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22
Reliable Help Wanted

either seK.) The Humanitarian Home and Sanitar-
FUN for Invalids and Health Seekers, Incorporated.
Send 12c in stamps for tull information. Address j. H.
Teltlebaum, Treasurer, East Las Vegas, N. M.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22

The Largest ia the World.
Walter Baker & Co. HID, Dorchester, Mss, are
the largest Mfrs. of Cocoa and Chocolate in the world.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-22

Examine carefully every bottle of CASToRIA,
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that it
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-16
SlGNAL BRAVERY OF
BR1T1sn LIEUTENANT

PEKIN, Dec. 15.-The British minister
Sir Earnest Satow, has received COM
munication to the effect that at present
he is not authorized to sign the joint
note. He expects definite instructions
tomorrow.
The Germans report that their detach-
ment at Ho 81 WI was attacked while
foraging. They killed 10 and wounded
20 Chinese The Germans had men
wounded.
Col. Tulleck has returned here. He
reports having had an exceedingly hard
experience. His detachment was fired
upon eight miles from Pelin. He could
not discover the aSsailants, as they used
smokeless powder and modern guns. He
canped for the night at a place called
Kach-Ei-Ying, eighteen miles from here,
meeting with slight opposition, but he
was informed he would be attacked the
next day by the Boxers from Deb Hal
Wing, and sent for Teinforcements Fifty
men under Lieut. Mcpherson, of the
Twenty Beluchistan regiment, were
sent to his assistance. Immediately upon
their arrival Tulleck attacked the town,
which had to be entered by scaling lad
ders. In the attack Lieut.. Mcpherson
distinguished himself. He led the seal
ing party which first entered the town,
jumped down into the place and empted
his revolver, killing five men. He then
drew his sword and defended himself
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-16

sylvania Coal company, it's percentage
of the tonnage allotment being $50, COM
pared with per cent for the Pennsyl-
Val1ia Coal company. Being secured
these two interests, the most dangerous
Independent Competitors in the anthra-
cite coal trade, would be removed
An authority on coal matters said:
The Morgan interest in practical con-
troll, there could be an entire rearrange-
ment of the present situation so far as
the geographical distribution of anthra-
cite. is concerned. Instead of each ana
thracite carrier invading the territory OF
Others, flooding it with coal and dividing
tonnage rates, each swould confine it's dis
tribution within it's legitimate territory,
due consideration being given to it's pro-
portionate- share of the entire territory.
The Reading, for instance, instead of
shipping large quantities OF anthracite
to the West, there to come in competition
with, other companies, would conlne it
self purely to its own territory, which,
embraced the country reached by its own
lines and New England. In this man
ner the railroad would receive the en-
tire freight tonnage receipts upon the
company S output of coal and at the
same time would have the benefit of
staple prices for its coal"