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The Last Scene in
Strange Life Story.
White Woman Who Married Her
Former Slave Dead. Expired
Suddenly Saturday.
The State, 18Th lnst.

The State, 18Th lnst.
On Saturday the curtain fell on
| the las scene uf the last act in n
tragedy of real life stranger than
any fiction. As the curtain fell
there was stretched cold upon the
scene uf most of the acts of her
life the body Of II white woman,
to- whom death ha.l come in the
twinkling of an eye, just as it had
come to nGr lifc's partner, one of
different race, wear ago Af-
ter the curtain fell the coroner
took charge of the body, and the
book il closed
The woman was Emc!ine Ovens.
the poor creature whn, though of
good parentagr, forsopk home and
friends many years ago and ran
away with Al negro who had been
her fathers slave, marrying hin,
and living with him, iIlasl sums
mer Year auo be was sluck by
lightning while under Il tree in
his field and Instantly killed. On
Saturday the woman was standing
Ny her wagon on the same planta-
ton, near Reedy Point, about
eight miles from the city on the
Bluff road, where she had lived
since the war, when without an
instant's warning she pitched for
ward upon her face dead. She
died of heart disease.
Coroner Green was notified and
yesterday he held an inquest, the
verdict being in accordance with
the facts. The body will be buri-
ed in the neighborhold. The
woman had considerable property,
for her negro husband was always
and SO was she. They
have several children who will
most likely yet the property.
The woman it is said, came
originally from Laurens county,
and the negro, Ed Owens, was
her fathers slave. Owens was
killed on Aug. 6, 1901, in the
described above. Two
other persons and pair of mules
were killed by the same bolt of
Lightning.
Some time after Owens death
q question arose as to some pro-
perty aud the matter went into
the circuit court, and it was dur
ing the taxing of the testimony
that all the facts about the wo-
mans life, which were generally
known before, were brought out
attracting renewed attention to :.
The remarkable case.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION.
For Stat. and County Officers, and
upon Proposed Amendment
the State Constitution.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
Notice is hereby given that the gem
eral election for State and CCu ty Off =.
GERS will be held at the voting pre-
cincts prescribed by law i'm said COun
ty, on Tuesday. November 4, 1902,
said day being Tuesday following the
first Monday in Noyember. as prescrib
ed by law.
AT the said election separate box
will be provided, at Which qualified
electors will vote upon the adoption
or rejection of an amendment to the
State Constitution as provided In the
following Joint RESOLUTION.
Joint Resolution Proposing to
Amend Section III of Article VII.
OF the Constitution of 1895, Relating
to ounties and County Govern 5
ment.
SECTION |. BE it resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State of : outh
Carolina: That the following amend.
ment to Sc ction H., Article VII, of
the Constitution. be agreed to: add to
the end thereof the following words:
that this section hall not apply to the
following townships In the following
Counties: Duhklin and Oaklawr i'm
the County of Greenvil'e; the town
ships of Cor bury, Ninety. Fix and
Cooper i'm tho County of Greenwood; ;
Sullivan Township ia the County of
Laurens; Huiett and Pine Grove in
the County of Saluda That the COR
porate existence of said townships be.
and the same is hereby, destroyed and
a officers under said townships are
abolished and al corporate agents
removed
SEC 2. Bat the question ,f adopt
ing this amendment shall be subm it.
ted at the next general lection to the
elec! ors as follows: Those in favor of
the amendment shall deposit a ballot
with the following words plainly
printed or written thereon "Constitu-
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Tax Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
time u for the payment of Town
Taxes will expire on 31st Oct.
instant. Taxes are due and paw.
a. able at the Office of the Town
Treasurer, i G. D. Jones, ESQ. The
Policemen of the pswn will not
call on persons, as be, etofore, for
the paymer of Taxes.
After the 3lst Oct, 1909, all
taxes not paid, will be collected
with costs and penalties.
X. E. WYLIE,
oct. o. 1902. Mayor.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

On recent visit to New York turv
made arrangements by which can
negotiate loans of $500. 90 and UPWARDS
On hrst mortgages on improved cotton
farms at per cent Interest on sums NJ
Sl 100 W and over. and 8 per cent in.
'erest on sums OF less than ST. 600.
NO commission charged, only a rea-
sonable fee for abstract of title.
r. Il. WYLIE,
sept. l, l902-6m. Atty at Law.
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Keep Your Bowels Strong.

Constipation or diarrhea when
your bowels are out of order. Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic will make
them act naturally. Genuine tablets
stamped c. c. G. Never sold in
bulk. All druggists, Ioc.
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BARGAINS--No Ne,

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- SOC Mem Hasa
90
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s
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don't
WIN IN Rtreamen e ~ '|H ou
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FOR RENT. "A desirable
store room in the Riddle block On
West side of Main street. Apply
to j. M. RIDDLE,
Lancaster, s. 9.
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j ACk E'l'S-- We "ee, shen''g h"
''' ct style, ue.-
tst rlolh, b'ot material. BIS, worknlnn>l j., in
JACKETS, CAPES, FURS. COATS ev,r .e t
out from NEW YORK CliY.
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Stops the Cough and Works off
the Gotta.
Laxative Bromo Quiniue Tab
lets cure cold in one day. No
Cure. No Pay. Price, Csc.
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The friends of MIR. DAVID B.
STovER announce him as a candi-
date for the Office of Coroner In
the approaching general election.
If elected Mr.. Slower will reside
in the town of Lancaster.
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HOW Az Your Kidneysv
s6w nopcG aparagLs Pills cure all kiduev ils o..
S'ss AGO steri'nR Remedy Co. Chicago o. q. f.
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g n%..c.
This signature Is on every box of the genuins
Laxative BrOnO.Q Quinine Tablet.
No remedy that cures a cold in one day
ANNOUNCEMENT. A

hereby announce myself as a
candidate in the approaching gen.
eral election for the unexpired
term of the late lamented- r.
Young, as Coroner of Lancaster
County.
j. MONTGOMERY CAsKEY.
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Dress Goods.

dress pattern IN back, ecru and cream an
r'lpne, l'asSn cnt'irs, nets, braids, chanlily
aud csculinl lace
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SHhES WE SELL THE KIND
THAT GIVE ENTIRE
SATISFACTION. Our
iinc Tor fall and winter are beauties and the
largest assortment in LANCASTER
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GOODS Are NOW READY FOR you Ind

EAAMlNE 'Somethng is an a,nv
o IN The week, and idea ly
cmly hitting
than last We hardly think a rrIER f nov
DkESo PArTERNSln IN this city than SHOWING Goods
been carefully selected UNDRSOD
thoroughly understands how your TRIMMINGS ETC
the "NEW THINGS.n -
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Respectfully,
WlLLIAMS-HUCHES co,
We al DnSs Demores SEWING Mhin ora ; -

We have beautiful line all sizes of RUGS. Davis &
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subjects in the matter. For the
masses generally have great respect
and love for this daughter of a hun
dred earls, this rich woman, who has
devoted her life and fortune so unset
fishly to lettering their conditions
and tightening the burdens under
which they totter. Queen Alexandra
has a knack of doing pretty things.
And what more graceful compliment
could be paid to Lady Henry than that
Princess Beatrice, who is recognized
as the one upon whom more than the
others together the mantle of the late
queen has fallen, should be the am
basadress of the new court to this
greatest of English reformers, this
acknowledged leader of several of the
most important movements of modern
times.
Lady Henry has had an eventful
life. She was born Lady Isabel, elder
of the two daughters of Earl Somers.
She is the famous daughter of ia
great Earl Somers, lord high chancel-
Tor of England in the reign of William
of Orange. Her mother was cele
brated beauty in her day and was the
daughter of that Chevalier De L'Eetang
who persisted with Louis XVI. on the
scaffold and whose wife was lady in
waiting to Marie Antoinette. Earl
Somers was a man of sterling qualities,
a scholar and lover of art, who, as he
had no sons, bestowed especial atten-
ton upon the educa ton of his pretty
daughters. He was the friend of
Ruskin and Turner and the intimate
of Garibaldi, Cavour and MazZini. An
explorer of note in his day, he was the
leader of the expedition which I'M
earthed the ruins of Nineveh; a col
lector of art, he made EastnOr castle
the greatest treasure-house on the
western border, as it remains to-day.
When Lady Isabel Somers was pre-
sented at court she created mild
stir among the matchmaking NAM
mas younger sons. She was great
heiress. Eastnor castle and Reigate
priory were her future portion, two
splendid estates, comprising $1,000
acres of land and with nearly $4,000
tenants. She was also pretty, piquant,
accomplished and of one of the best
English families. Unfortunately Lady
Isabers mother was something of d
matchmaker as we'll and set her heart
upon Lord Henry Somerset, second
son of the duke of Beaufort. Lady
Isabel was married, but not mated, to-
Lord Henry in 1872, at the age of IS.
and two years later her only oncame
to console her for the unhappiness Of
an rncongenial marriage with man
with whom she had few tastes in
common. to say the least. Shortly
afterward the courts granted legal
separation, making Lady Henry the
guardian Of her boy.
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THE PRESIDENTS FLAG.


{Cut Shows the Old Design and the Latest
Standard)
time had gone boating but little, yet
it had been the custom up to 1865 for
the blue field of the flag, known as the
union jack, to be placed on the main
when the president was aboard the
ship, and all other flags were struck
till the president left the vessel.
Congress has never legislated on the
presidents flag. 1t was established ar
bitrarily by the secretary of the
navy, and presumably the changes
made in the device upon the always
blue field have been made at the sug-
gestion of the president.
The first regulations authorize tive
ly prescribing flag to denote the
presence of the president or vice pres
ident of the United States, members
of the cabinet and governors of states
were issued by Gideon Welles, secre-
tary of the navy. April IS, 1865. By
these rules the flag of the president of
the United States was the American
ensign displayed at the main royal,
the flag of the officer commanding be-
ing struck for the time; tn same flag
for the vice president displayed at the
fore. This flag was the un ion jack.
These regulatio were reaffirmed in
1866, again in 1869, and have been in
existence ever since.
About 1879 the presidents flag dis
played upon its blue field, by order of
the secretary of the navy, the coat of
arms of the United States, slightly
changed-the spread eagle in white,
bearing the shield in pointed design,
and the constellation spread in sim
gle curved line.
A few years later the seal colors,
sunburst and all, were exactly copied,
the shield being squared, the eagle
brown and the constellation appearing
through sunburst and encircled by
clouds. It is almost impossible, it is
said at the navy department, to put
the cloud ring upon bunting, so that
it will not look ridiculous. 1t has
hitherto been painted, and when flying
to the breeze and the main whips out
in a few hours.
With the consent Of the president
the design is now pure white eagle.
its features heavily outlined with
black, the constellation in white, with
the rays in heavy stitching of yellow,
on blue ground. This flag is of bunt-
ing, IA by 1917 feet for outdoor use,
and of heavy taffeta silk, gold thread
and embroidery for indoor decora-
fion
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TOWSER HATES MEN.
Considers Himself Official Watchdog
of 800 Girls.
No Man Can Ascend Front Steps Of
Young WOman's Home ut Chi.
caEo Without His Most Emf
phatic Protest.

There is at least one dog in Chicago
that may be said to thoroughly under
stand his business. This is Towser,
the pride and Joy of the inmates of the
Young Woman's Christian association
home, at 2Ss Michigan avenue.
A tramp dog" originally, of doubt
full family and still more doubtful
antecedents, Towser turned up at the
doors of the home and not only insist
ed upon hospitality; but actually de-
manded adoption. He was gaunt, hun
CRY, wretched, misera BILE, with ragged
coat, unhappy expression, and every
sign of detection and misery. Finding
his new quarters pleasant, he abso-
lutely refused to leave them. So the
home authorities, finding it practical
ly impossible to get rid of him, capitu-
lated, and Towser was informally
adopted. Now, fat and in the pink OF
condition, Towser proves daily that he
not only knows grateful spirit, but
that he has also a fine sense of loyalty,
courage and discrimination.
More than 800 manageable young
women, most of them pretty and at
tractive, reside at the association
home. Masculine visitors, while heart
lily welcomed at proper times and with
in due restrictions, are allowed only in
the hall, parlors and reception-room
of the big hostelry, and upon the front
steps. Towser was. not long in becom-
ing acquainted with the rules and
regulations in regard to these matters,
and he carries his care and supervision
of the 800 fair damsels, to whom he
has constituted himself official watch
dog in all literalness, to lengths of
which even the most conve ntional and
careful of chaperons would scarcely
dream.
No man so much as ascends the
front steps without an emphatic pro-
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RESTORED TO FAVOR
Lady Somerset Again Received in
British Court Circles.
Noted Tenn perance AEitatOr Was Cor.
daily Dixliked by Queen Vic.
t0ria, Whose Decision Has
Now Been Reversed.

For many yea Lady Henry Somer-
set, the noted English temperance adj
vocate, has been persona non grata in
the royal household. The late Queen
Victoria, who liked glass of toddy
once in awhile, was offended at Lady
Henry's denunciation of the drink
habit, and the members of the royal
family were forbidden to have aught
to do with the reformer. 1t is now
announced that the ladyship has been
restored to royal favor and has been
the recipient Of marked courtesies at
the hands Of some of the princesses of
the blood. The youngest sister OF
King Edward, Princess Beatrice, long
her mothers most devoted slave, has
recently, with her brothers permits
sion, if not his command, paid visit
to the temperance worker at Eastnor
castle. 1t is very unusual for prin-
cess of the reigning house to accept
the hospitality Of a woman who is liv-
ing separately from her husband. At
the time of the separation of Lord and
Lady Henry took place the late queen,
III WHOSE nOuScl1Olu lAOlu hClu
high post, privately investigated the
charges brought against him by his
wife, and as a result the husband was
completely eNonerated in the royal
eyes, while Lady Henry, who had failed
to live up to the queens standard of
wifely self-sacrifice and devotion, was
obliged to continue her course with
out the sunshine of royal favor. ..
This is not the first instance in
which King Edward has reversed his
mothers decision. 1t is explained that
both the king and the gentle Queen
Alexandra have long admired the bril-
liant and very charming chatelaine
of Eastnor castle. 1t is probable, too,
that Edward VII, with his finger ever
on the public pulse, recognized the
feeling of very large majority of his
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21

major. His brother, Charlie Hartzel, is
q government representative in Cuba.
When a boy, Maj. Hartzel lived in
Canton with his parents, and was a
near neighbor of the little girl who is
now to become his wife.
Miss Barber was much at the white
house during McKinley's presidency,
and with Mrs. Mckinley accompanied
the president on his visit to Mt. Holy
oke college, Holyoke, Mass, when his
niece was graduated, and on his last
visit to the home of Mr.. Plunkett at
Adams, Mass.
Miss Barber is petite, with a grace
full carriage. and a slender, well-m old
ed figure. Her eyes and hair are dark
brown. Like her aunt she is fond of
blue, and some Of the daintest of her
evening gowns are of the palest azure,
a hue particularly becoming to her
fair skin and brilliant coloring.
This bright young girl IS, to use Mrs.
McKinley's words, like tonic, and the
former mistress of the white house
was never so happy as when her niece
was with her. Miss Barber is barely 81
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Z QUEEN OF SOCIETY.
Beautiful Duchess of Devonshire
Reigns Supreme in Great Brit.
1901 nin'a Social Sphere,

The duchess of Devonshire, who is
one of the royal guests at Windsor for
Ascot, is now recognized as the queen
of society after royalty. II there had
been any doubt of it before her su.
premacy received the royal cachet in
the Derby week, when she was permit
ted to entertain the queen to dinner
while the king entertained the jockey
club. Her supremacy, however, was
really recognized by society some
time ago when she took the lead in
"getting up" the present form ladies
in society" of diamond tiara to the
then princess of Wales on the coca.
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Mr.. Scott did not think it possible
for him to do any work. and life was
a good deal of burden to him, but,
at length, at the suggestion of one Of
his friends, he began to saw wood.
Since then he has become quite indie
pendent, and boasts, with a good deal
of pride, that for IA years he has done
the most of his cooking, cared for
himself, shaved himself and cut his
own hair.
Soon after coming to the town he
began to carry the mail for one or
two families, and presently was maxi
ing two trips day the length of the
village to the post office and back,
one in the forenoon and one in the
afternoon. He has whistle which
he blows as he comes to each house,
so that, if there is mail for him, it
may be brought out to him. Hecomes
back in that same way, except that
he blows the whistle only at the
houses where he has mail to leave.
When his mail is given him at the Of
fee he puts it into his pockets, of
which he has more even than the ordi-
nary man, and into two or three bags
carried in his hands or slung over his
shoulders. The mail for each fam
lily has separate place. Occasionally
he becomes confused in distributing
it, and then some one on the road
looks at what he has and straightens
him out. The introduction of rural
delivery has shortened his route,
and, as it shortens his income corre-
spondingly for each of his patrons
pays him a certain sum for his years
work., he is not pleased with the
march of progress.
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FLAG OF PRESIDENT.
Radical Changes Have Been Made
in Its Appearance.
Rarcly-Seen Ensign Has Been in Ex-
istence Ever Since There Has
Been q NatiOn-The COlOrs
Altered.

The emblem known as "the presi-
dents flag which has been used on
rare occasions for many years, will
hereafter appear with changed de-
sign. The new flag is now being made
at the navy department..
The design Of the present flag, which
has been SO long in use, is simply the
coat of arms of the United States on
blue field. Aside from the new ar
rangement of the colors in the coat of
arms, which will appear in the presi-
dents flag now in process Of manu-
facture, the principal change is in the
arrangement of the 1S stars above the
eagles head. .
1t is proposed to have sunburst
exactly circular in form above the
head of the eagle, with the rays ra-
dating from the group of stars. The
new design consists otherwise of
pure, white eagle, its feathers heavily
outlined with black, the constellation
in white, with the rays in heavy stitch
ing of yellow on blue ground. The
flag is to be of bunting, IA by 10h
feet, for outside use, and of heavy
taffeta silk, gold thread, and embroid-
cry, for interior decora ton. The pres
ident's flag is used only at sea on the
mainmast of the vessel when the presi-
dent is on board.
The presidents flag is century-old
institution, and has practically been
in existence ever since there has been
a nation. Some ten years ago, when
the late President Harrison went up
the Atlantic coast on the Dolphin
with the presidents flag" flying at
the main, the writers for certain news
papers severely criticised the over-a-
ce.ntury-old custo ON they had never be-
fore observed, nroba bly, because lat
ter-day presidents up to Harrison's
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-21

Storage Battery)
comes less and less efficient and in a
few months wholly imperative; but
the nickel-iron storage cell, which has
been evolved from Mr.. Edison's ex-
periments, and of which he gives
most interesting description, remains
uninjured under any condition one can
imagine, even in the hands of an in
expert. The result of this invention
will be to make it practicable for
large number of persons who cannot
afford the luxury of carriage to pos
sess servicea BILE pleasure vehicle
which will be always at their beck and
call. With an initial outlay of $500, the
storage-battery automobile can be
used at any time at the cost of so
cent charge, the cost being met as it
is incurred. Mr.. Edison predicts that
automobile accidents, which occur so
frequently at present, will soon be
things of the past:
1.-The French types of electric car
riages come nearer to my ideas in
strength and stability than any other
models. This result has been attained,
of course, only by experience. At first
was inclined to the opinion that the
French machines were abnormally
heavy; but when I study out the con-
cussions and strains to which they are
subjected, my inclination is to make
the touring carriage even heavier still.
1t is surprising to me that American
builders have not more closely fol-
lowed these French models, since ex-
periments costing millions must have
been made to reach the present stage.
1--WE hear of fewer automobile acci-
dents in France and in Europe general
ly than in our own country, and they
are fewer in spite of heavy types of
carriages. One reason for this is that
in Europe there are wider roads and
less traffic; another is that the public
have been educated up to the situation.
The electric carriage of the future,
and of the near future, will in my opin-
ion not only supersede other types of
automobiles, but it will be built and
run on such practical lines that acct
dents will soon become things of the
past. Horse owners and drivers will
educate their animals, as in old times
they had to be educated up to the
steam engine and later to the trolley
car. The electric carriage will be
practically noiseless and easily
stopped in an emergency. Above.all, it
will need no irresponsible chauffeur"