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SKETCH OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM DONOyANT.

ate service at the age ~ fifteen years aud six
months as a private In company +. Sew.
enteenth regiment Of the South Carolina
volunteers; was subsequently appointed
for skill and valor to the captalncy OF
company Of the same regiment, which
was made a part of Evans brigade, Nc
Laws division OF the Army Of Northern
Virginia.
lie was severely wounded In the right
arm at the second battel Of Manassas, and
lost his left arm IN the battle OF the Crater
ON tho Petersburg lines in the summer OF
1864
After the disarmament Of the army, Cap
tain puuovant, with his parents and SIS
tcra came 10 Texas, locating in Colorado
county near the plantation owned by his
father prior TO the war. He and his sis
tiers made Eagle Lake their home until
about eight years ago, when he and his
sister. Miss Adcia A. Dunoyant, took II
residence i'm Houston. HIS other sister,
Mrs. W. H. Calhoun. lives I'm Gainesville,
Texas In am these ycars Captain Duno-
want has continued 10 make Colorado
county the center Of his business enter
priscs.
In conversation the whole field Of lltcra-
turc Is nls domain for although he entered
the Confederate service at the early age
Of H. ne had just completed thorough
collegiate course, including Greek, and
Latin. at Mount Zion college, Wlnsboro, S
c. and this has been supplemented In later
years hv extensive reading. He excols IN
oratory. and two Of his speeches, Lee and
the south" and "rhc Relation Of the Silver
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s'"'l' PROBABILITY t9at this cp.ine win ever
run not
me erection OF the buildings and ma.
chinery aud the management Of the mill
Is hp1er the direction ot Mr. ). r. John.
son OF ~ honis Mr. Iohuscn is lust hnc
convcrsant with every detail and expresses
himself Ia way which suggests ideas lie
Is accompanied to Texas by his wife and
son who win add 20 the society OF Eagle
Lake
captain nuuoyant can furnish ono eighth
Of tho cane necessary to run this mill Ills
acreage Of cane this year, under his own
management and under tho management
of the state Is 300 acres along his canal
from the river 20 the lake Throughout his
cane field are more than hnndrcd nrcd
pecan trees. towering TO a height NJ rrnm
sixty TO a hundred fect. onnnnltr Welding
several bushels Of pcrAns from earb trcc
Bccnuse forsooth. each of those trccs do.
tct,lnrotcs abont hale an nero ~ ,spr those
nohlc veterans NJ an erstNbtic forest bave
hceu bnrked aud they are going 10 die
After draining the water OF from rice
fields to harvest the crop the land is often
very borrv and is heavy milling on tcams
10 bring the wagon loads NJ ricc 4, tho
warehouses Cnntnin punovapt hos hoprht
n TWENTY-FIVE foot gasoline larnch which
he will oncrutc ON the canals Ia bring the
rice from the fields to the warehouses with.
ont troubling mules or saving ANYTHING 20
tbem nhout H.
~
Tho following clipping from nay city
paper published recently reflects the apprc-
citation The people of MutnCurda county hold
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Captain Dunovant's life has been open
and his record is as bright as the noon
day sun. Every dollar he has made was
earned by honest Investments in legitimate
lines. He has squeezed no one in his deal
ings and has done no injury TO any fcl-
lowman His word Is MS good MS a gold
bond. His disposition Is kind and chart
table In decd aud In thought His dc
meanor is aIablc. He never forgrts a
friend but It can not be said he never for.
gives an enemy. He has coudoned many
injuries done him in his life. But no man
does him an injury twice. lie is a high
type of the old school gentleman Of honor
and is a worthy example for the youth OF
the land to follow. The State Of Texas
should he proud TO claim him as ono Of
her best citizens. Certainly Colorado
county is proud Of him. tie is Of strong
force Of character and does not brook OPP
posing opinion in his individual affairs, but
those pecan trees should never have been
barkCd. O. \. Iumwalt.
Captain William Dnoyaut was born In
Chester county. South Carolina. March 20,
1875. lie is a son Of Colonel A. O. Duno-
want. a siguer NJ the Ordinance " Secos-
sion Of South Carolina and an officer with
the rank Of colonel on the stan Of the
governor Ills grandfather, Dr. John Dun
ovant Of Chester, $. C.. was for many
years a prominent physician. also a state
senator on his mothers side Of the fam
ilv the ancestry reaches hack tn the Colon
ial days Of South Carolina and to Castor
de Folk Of France. Two uncles Of Captain
Dunovant were distinguished among tho
gallant South Carolnlans who fought fol
the Confcderacy, General r. NJ Dunoyan
and General John Dunovant.
Captain Dunoyant entered the Confeder
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s.e,m has been used win discharge
s,resr OF water six inches in diameter.
~ .
The building Is a three story frame Work
5000 With corrugated galvanized Iron
ana the doors are OF cement. There IS
1,olaen handle on a stlrrer 10 a thing icy
al, tbe "eaect' but that oversight viii
nndopbtedly be remedled when noticed. It
~ or,te feasible for that handle TO burn
!, Are should be applied 10 Il. but that APP
neaTs TO be the only article in the establish.
pont which could burn. The different
buildings win be lighted by lneandescent
and arc lights generated In the main build
Inc The engine which runs the dynamo Is
diTectlv connected to It and Is wholly sub
merged or eneased In oil, There is very
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TWO SUMMERS.
Summer at the Shore and Sum.
mer in the Store.

II is sometimes remarked that the re-
quircments OF society entail as much
hard work upon a woman as she would
perform in Office or in store That may
be true. The woman who dances the
night through may travel more miles
than are walked BY the woman behind
the counter. Her social obligations may
be as exacting as business duties. But il
the society woman dances all night, she
can sleep all day. II her calls must be
duly paid, she has her carriage in which
TO drive. She is not at the mercy Of an
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MARlE ANroINETTE,s yewELs.
They Are Now the Property OF the Prias
race n'AreoU kdao.;r,o

They Are Now the Property OF the PrinS
cess D'Arsol Massimo.
The Princess D'Arsoll Massimo grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hlckson Field,
with more historic Jewels than any other
young woman on earth rot Of royal blood,
is making her FIRST visit 10 the United
Stgtcs, an a visit TO her mothers relatives.
The Jewels with which the princess
adorns herself on state occasions 8re those
AntOircttc.
Her Jewels passed into the hands ~ The
duchess Of BHrri. cunsort Of the heir.to the
French throne after the Bourbon res,ora
tiun. The princess was murdered oud the
duchess married her Neapoiitan chamber.
lain. bequeathing all her jewels 10 her
eldest daughter
This daughter became tho wife 81 Prince
Camille MHssmo. postmaster general TO tho
rope and fathcr nl9w Of tho present Prin-
cess Aiasslmo.
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n a Znmwn!tN

NJ A. Zumwa!t)
=. Tpxas. October 1s.-A notable
~ M onward march OF progress
a. IN Colorado county this week
',as IN the starting Of Captain
N, rice mill. The enterprise is
~, and In his modest way no osten-
ceremony celebrated its begin
.,st upwards Of $4,000 and has
4 .,',l,y to mill 300 barrels or about
- Of rice per day. or the annual
:, mooo acres Of l5nd. 1t is man
!, Nessrs. W. L. Carwile aud j. J.
Ealg.
IN. me starting Of cotton factories
4. STATE may finally bring more benc-
,,ults to this section or to the en-
~, II will be many years before
4, :, cotton factory will reach the mag
4 q Captain Dunoyant's enterprises
AZ county He has advanced the couu-
:. or more years in its development
sas,ry. He has added hundreds Of
sssls Of dollars to the taxable wealth
y county. He is adding In population
most substantial and desirable cltl-
Il Hls progressiyeness is a credit to
|, stlre South
M, results are almost wholly abtribu-
/. 10 the Introduction of the growing
u 10 who u,olsps two bt1dnr nf
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WORK IS PLEASURE

ness and other conse-
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Ills. It promotes the
appetite, soothes the
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freshing sleep.
VI feel IL a duty to
inform you that / had
been a sufferer for
many years from nerv-
business with all its
symptoms and conpli-
cations" writes Mrs.
o. N. Fisher, Of 1861
Lexington Ave, New
York, N. Y. III was
constantly going to SEQ
a physician or purchas-
ing medicine for this
or that complaint as
my troubles became I'M
bearable. In the spring
of 1897 my husband
induced me to try DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Pre-
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GREAT ENTERPRISE,

What Doing M a. Lakeside the New Manufacturing Town in Colo
RADIO county, Wnere Captain Dunovan Building Great SUGAR
Mill Beside the Rice Mill He Has in Ooeraton
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tie aavfce Of a ncigh6oy, and followed
your advice fron April to July. took
five bottles OF Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and four Of Golden Medical
Discovery and FIVE walls OF Pellets. }
Have not had a single symptom of my
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substantial food without distress. There
are several Of my friends taking your
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they have seen how they helped me-
WORK IS PLEASURE
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British War Office Subjected to the Most
Scathing Criticism and Denunciation.
NEARLY MET IT'S WATERLOO.
Vakontein Incident Has Stirred the People in Eng
land to Action-Protests Against Suppression
of Observation-Disclosures to Be Recalled

London, July 1s--The vlakfouten Incl.
dent has come near to spelling Waterloo
for the government
An apparently unlmportant incident. the
censorship OF one OF the newspapers dis
patches, has had the effect OF cryastalllz.
ing an the widely differing sorts OF public
disadsfaeton concerning the conduct OF
the war In South Africa, The dissatlsfac-
ton has long been pent up and now hnds
free vent. not. strangely enough, through
the columns OF the opposition newspapers.
hut in the government journals.
For months past the public belief in and
admiration for Lord Kitchener have been
waning and now he Is openly and severely
criticised. A rumor which can hot ba
substantsted Is current that he viii short
~ be succeeded In the command Of the
British forces In South Africa by General
Sir Baudon- Blood, who has been operating
In East rransyaal. Should this change
occur. 1t would probably be due to the
differences Of oplplon existing between
Lord Miner of Capetown and Lord Kltch.
ener and II would be announced In the
form Of promotion accompanied by the
statement that the operations in south
Africa no longer Justified the presence
there Of an officer of the seniority OF Lord
Kitchener.
Fhere is little doubt but that Lords MIL
ncr and Kitchener have had several dis.
agreements and the high commissioners does
not want TO return to South Africa as long
as the hafd, highthanded General Kitch-
ener remains In control there.
Amid the storm Of disApproyal resulting
from the Vlakfontein anaIr and which the
governments supporters are pouring upon
the war office on account OF the sup
preston OF news and the hagrant vaRAri IS
OF the censorship, the liberal party, through
rs hopeless diuennces OF opinion, Is
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NOISY SCENE IN PARLIAMENT.

Much Discussion Over Events Following
the VlahonteIn Battle,
Londen, July i2Thers were noisy scenes
In the house Of commons today arising
from question as to whether the Briyish
wounded were left In the hands Of tho
Beers at Vlakfontein. Lord Stanley, finan-
elal secretary Of the war office, declared
the war Office had no information on the
stblect. but John Dillon, Irish nationalist.
backed up by the cheers aud shouts Il
the natioralLsts, piled Lord Stanley with
9lesIlqns untll the speaker INTERVIEWED IA
Mr' lNllon declined TO use way, the speak
en- named him, but after considerable ar.
roar q compromise was effected, Mr. DiHog
slvng potlce that he VIII repeat his ques-
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FIFTEENTH.
Want ads
SIXTEENTH.
Texas news.
EIGHTEENTH.
George AIDES Modern Fables.
NINETEENTH.
Frank Carpenters Australian letter.
TWENTIETH.
Partisan fashions.
TWENTY-FlRST
Some notes OF the stage.
A Texan In Central America.
TWENTY-sEcoND.
Editorials.
Tampering with tribes
TWENTY-THlRD.
Literary matter.
TWENTY-FoURTH.
Local society.
TWENTY-FlFTH.
Daughters of the Confederacy.
The unlversity's summer school.
TWENTY-SlxTH.
Drummers Department.
TWENTY-SEVENTH.
Chlldren's Page.
TWENTY-ElGHTH.
The local courts.
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LEE NAV FouMpLANp ougsrloN.

WNG4otatlDnb Tor 6cttement BetWeen
France and Britain Virtually or,
London. July 1s.-It now seems that there
Is small probability Of an agreemnt being
reached Trance and Groat Britain over
the New Boupdlapd question. The negctia-
lions have not been broken OF but they
have progressed so little that Downing
street Is inclined to regard them as almost
hopeless.
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Acting Presidents vie captored.

London. July 13-The Sun Is Informed
that Acting President schalkhurgers who
has been captured near Warerval Trans
vaal colony, and sent as prisoner OF war
to Pretoria. The suns informant says
the military authorities attach little Inn
portOnce to this capture
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ton ,conslston OK a consolidation OF the
periahsts. many OF whom would ike to
sec cabinet including Lord Rosehery, tho
auke OF pevonshire, Joseph Chamberlain
deader OF the liberal lmperiaNsfsl which
some men believe may eventually be feas.
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default I'm Interest by the Lexington COM
pany and foreclosure proceedings were N.
sttutod we We're compelled to nyes. Addi-
tionBl amounts, which were also reported
10 the board and approved. believed
at the time that the Investment was good
and still believe with time ana proper
management the endowment rank win re.
ceive the par value OF the bonds. | do
not claim to be iufallible; / may have
II So with honest ans pure intentions.
II am not Indebted 70 the endowment
rank TO the extent OF one cent and have
not used any Of its funds for my per.
sonal beneht, either directly or Indirectly
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rMo AuNpREp Converts NLLgp.

Reported Massacre of Christians on the
Island OF Quelpsrt Confirmed.
Washington. July l2.-The reported Inn
prisoning on the island OF ouelpart. on the
Korean coast, and the killing Of 200 Chris
tlau converts, Is confirmed In mali press
adylees EeaehiHgs the Japanese iagatlon.
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AFTER THE SOUTHERN PLANTS
Schwab's Brother Has Been in Birmingham
on an Investigating Tour.

chooses, and that II 1t Is found desirable
to formally absorb this big Southern cor
poratop to prevent IL from FILLING Into a
competitors hands, the combine VIII do
So. II Is sigEhcant that Schwah has ex-
amGed the plantS-lf every corporation eN
cept the Tennessee company since he has
been In this district.
Official figures Gu iron shipments from
Alabama and Tennessee which became
available today show that during last
month 100000 tons of pig iron and 1850
tons OF cast iron pipe were shipped from
the two States which Is a considerable In
crease over the same month of last year.
The Birmingham district forwarded 69,A69
tons Of the pig iron, and 1883 tons Of the
cast iron pipe. The total exports Of pig
Iron were lD4 tons and cast iron pipe 1879
tons. The export business shows Il decided
decline because of the heavy domestic de.
mand, During last month 5p3O tons Of
steel bllets We're also shipped from Hnsley.
The local furnaces have not yet felt any
depression IA the iron trade, and there IL
no diminutlon either IN output or ship
ment except 70 foreign markets.
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AN INDEX TO THE SUNDAY POST

FIRST.
Telegraphlc news.
SECOND.
Telesraphle news,
THIRD.
Principles Of the National Educators.
FOURTH.
Sporting news.
FIFTH.
OIL news.
SIXTH.
Kerosene fatalities.
Texas news.
SEVENTH.
Railroad news,
EIGHTH.
Colorado chautauqua.
Texas summer resorts,
NINTH.
Local news.
TENTH.
Local news
Picture of the Carnegie Library.
ELEVENTH.
local news.
TWELFTH.
Commercial news.
FOURTEENTH.
Want ads.
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ENeAaEMEMr NEAR zfRuar.
Boers Darinely Attempted to Raid a
Cattle Ranch Near pretorls

Cattle Ranch Near Pretorls.
Pretoria, July 13.--General Methuen rsa
successful engagement with the Beers
July north OF zerust, In the Transvaal.
Four Beers were killed aud forty.peyea
captured The Beers dariugly Attempted
to raid a cattle ranch near here; they we're
driven off with loss, gun butts being used
In the eucounter