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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-05-20
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A Sick Veteran.

MIR. Editor: Last Tuesday morning
about z o'clock, Veteran l.. w. Gentry
was dressed, with satchcl well furnish
eu with medicines, strawberries and
other luncheon (IOt to a0y with tricks
ana acc0utremenU well in hand, was
about ready to be seated in his buggy
en- route for Columbia to join his vet
eran companions In celebrating their
deeds OF valOr and sufferings of priva-
tlOn while serving in defense of their
country, their mothers, their wives
and their sisters in the cventful wears
OF the Co.'S.
Suddenly there came O cloud of rain
which lasted till it was seen that he
could scarcely reach the 1905 train,
and, being already in feeble health, he
was not at all disposed to board n train
scheduled for night travel and feeling
1atlSueu. he, III accord with his usual
custom. (once day) retired to bed for
rest, In q short while it was unmis-
takably evident that a serious relapse
OF his asthmatic bronchitis was then
coming upon him. and within only IL
1ew hours 1t wns manifest that had he
got on board tho train, he would have
been utterly unable to sit upon his
seat through to Columbia. He would
tncn nave been charge upon the good
citizens already weary preparing for
sick ones to be on their hands; or.
would have been tax upon other
veterans. many of whom had once
crcdjtably filled places in this line, an ID
some OF them, though now old, would
have been on hand again cheerfu!ly
rendering their best mfnistrations.
The next morning, DR.. j. G. Duck
worth, OF Septus, was called and rem
dored skilled medical aid.
At this hour az M. Thursday Mr.
Gentry j. in q somewhat critical con-
ditiOn of health.
He, most. thankfully accepts that
cloud of rain as a special providence
mlnlstered by the hand of the Omnis-
cient. All-wise and All-merciful Faith
closely following His erring children.
His straying lambs, to shield them
from danger seen and unseen.
A Friend.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-05-20
Letter to John R. Cochran.
anderson, S. G.

Dear Sir: Most mixed paints are either
adulterated or short measure. DGvoe
Lead and Zinc Is neither, 30 1t Dammit be
1t takes fewer gallons of Devoe to paint a
house than it does of q mixed paint, and
& lasts longer for the same reason;
Ferguson 81 Thompson's store, Delhi,
II. Y was painted some years ago with
shirt> two gallons OF mixed paint.
Pai'ted it last spring with Deyoe
Dead ..d Zinc-.hirfSon gallons did the
work. ,s
Deyoe L 'ed and Zinc Is hero or will be
hero very shortly. Spread the good
news.
Yours truly, n
f. w. DEvoE Il Co., II.
New York.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-05-20
Petit Jurors.

-" s''i'w'ng petit Jurors have be
drawn to serve at The approaching :e
Of Court, which cOnvenus ON the sec0
Monday In June, Judge Aldricb, OF
Second Circuit. presitiiOg:
J. ]. Martin, Kock Mills.
John b. Luckaby, Williamson
E. NJ. Stone, Garvin.
z. X. McCuiIy, Jr., Anderson.
Samuel Bowen. Hall.
John d. Sharpe. Fork
John Il. Long, BruAhy Creek.
Thomas G Jackson, Corner.
J. j. Robinson. Martin.
w Bailey. Pendlelou.
d. j. NJ. Craig. Garvin.
"A. III. Green. Bel'op.
G. r. Wells, Varennes.
J. h. Dobbiur, Fork.
j. w. Shirley, FORK.
8. w. Hall, Anderson.
J. M. Celey, Brushy Creek.
K. N. Lacey, Anderaon.
X. w. Pickens. Brushy Creek,
A. 8. Farmer, Anderson.
a. e. Brown, Centerville.
joel 4. Newton, Darwin.
j. NJ. Dunlap, honsa Path.
AbrauI Bot, Centerviile.
r. Il. Parker, Martin.
]. NJ. Giles, Anderson.
y. j. Cox. Belton.
John Z. Bolt, Centerville.
l. r. C.inksuales, Bolton.
w. A. Cooley, Bolton.
M. y. Ellen burg, Williamson,
NJ. Z. Hatcher, Fork.
j. II. Garrison, Pendletou.
ii. +. Mcdaniel, Rroadaway.
B. y. Evans, Anderson.
J. 6. Fowler, Anderson.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
An Exclusive Elevator.

There is perhaps no elevator in the
world more exclusive than that provid-
ed at the capitol for the supreme court
of the United States. That elevator
can be used by exactly eleven people,
and no one else. would for a moment
consider entering it except as the guest
of one of these eleven privileged gentle
men. The fortunate eleven are the nine
justices of the United States supreme
court, the clerk and the marshal of the
court. The elevator goes from the
ground floor of the capitol to the main
floor, on which is located the supreme
court of the United States. 1t is a
small elevator, so that. with its con-
ductOr, three pOrtly forms of justices
of the supreme court of the United
States would fill it. 1t is one of the
very latest designs of electric elevators
and is finished in magnificent style
Washington Star.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
Cicern and His Daughter.

History abOunds with examples of
the love that has existed between ia
ther and daughter which proved su-
periOr to the changes of time and for
tune, defying even death itself, and en-
tering into the records of humanity,
lmperishable and immortal.
One of the most beautiful instances
was the love of Cicero for Tullia. She
was a woman of high attainments and
exalted character, with qualities of
heart and mind that peculiarly fitted
her to be her fathers intimate com
paniOn.
After her death he could find neither
consolation for her loss nor distraction
for his grief. Affairs of state, weishty
matters of political and personal in
terest, even the sympathy of Brutus
and Caesar, could not dispel the melan-
choly that settled down upon his soul
and forced him for a time into retire
ment He wrote of her in these touch
ing words: "a daughter l had in whose
sweet conversation l could drop all my
cares and troubles But now every
thing is changed" ut is all over with
me, Atticus. l feel it more than ever
now that l have lost the only being
who still bound me to life"
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26

The Dover State Sentinel, makes the
following proposition for a union of
the two Republican party factions in
this State
First. That there will be formed in
the State of Delaware one Republican
organization, by submitting every
question at issue to the Republican
voters of the State.
Second. That one State Central
Committee shall be constituted upon
the basis of equality of representation
by districts each district to select its
own member thereof by majority vote.
Third. All candidates for office to
be chosen not by the dictation of any
man or set of men, but by the votes of
the delegates of reunited Republican
party in one convention assembled.
A sincere acceptance of the above
proposition says the Sentinel will dis
pose of all incompetent and self-assum-
ed leadership, bring peace to the party
remove any man from place of pro-
minence held in spite of the will of the
people, and permit the restoration of
natural conditions to the delight and
qualification of the EUening Journal,
the Sentinel and of the entire Republi-
can press of the State.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
A BERTH JACK SHIRKS.
Nova Scotia Ships Are Said to Be the
Worst AnOnt

Nova Scotia Ships Are Said to Be the
Worst AhOnt.
The worst case in the way of a ship
into which Jack can go is a Nova SEQ
tian. A certain Nova Scotia ship came
into port at Santos one day with a crew
that was little short of mutinOus owing
to the fact that the captain was too
Bparing of the ratiOns. The ship had a
bad name among sailors at the best,
and as soon as she was anchored the
entire crew cleared out For three
weeks after she had discharged and got
her new cargo she lay there with no
crew to take her to sea. At last the
captain went to some of the crimps on
shore and told them to round up a crew
under any pretext. The crimps sent
men around the docks Offering big
wages to any of the lOungers who
would go aboard the vessel to rig
some new sails. Some twenty men
were quickly picked up, many Of them
in their shirt sleeves, and were taken
aboard. They were then covered with
revOlvers and rifles by the officers,
and the anchor was weighed, and the
Nova Scotia ship stood out to sea. her
unwilling crew leaving families behind
without even chance to let them
know what had happened. The next
port was Sydney, and the next Yoko-
hama, then San Francisco then Val
paraiso, then Lisbon, and for those men
who stayed with the ship it was just
two and half years until she went to
Grande du Sui, the nearest port home
Many of them, however, had cleared
out and gone home in other ships long
before that.-BrOughton Brandenburg
in Leslie's Monthly.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
SunerafifiOns.

If two persons raise their glasses to
their lips simultaneously they are in
dicating the return of a friend or rela-
tive from foreign parts. The same in
timation is conveyed by bubbles in
coffee or by the accidental fall Of Il
piece of soap on the floor.
A Pickering flame in the fire or an
upright eXcrescence in a burning
candle is interpreted as predicting the
arrival of a guest, whose stature is
judged by the length of the fame or
eXcrescence.
If one drains a glass of the contents
Of which some one else has partaken
he will learn the secrets of the latter.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26

from Gladstone, he had this in COM
mon with the great Liberal leader-he
held the reins of government for long
terms of years because for the time be-
ing no other man of the ruling party
inspired to the same degree the belief
of the nation that he was its strongest
man. Of the ten statesman who SER
we'd the late Queen as her first advisers
Lord Salisbury had the longest tenure
filling the Office of Premier for nearly
fourteen years, three years longer than
Mr.. Gladstone. Since William Pitt no
British statesman had held the helm
so long.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26

A striking lesson of the habit of
saving money is told of miners wife
of Dover, n. j., that could be well
practiced by every household. The
old motto: Take care of the pennies
and the dollars will take care of them
selves" is truth that may be prac-
ticed by some, yet simple as it is, men
can be found who act as if they had
never heard of it or Of the proverbial
''rainy day"
sold John Keenan,, a miner, long
since incapacitated fer work, has as
tonished all his friends of Dover, N.
j., by depositing in tie National I'm
ion Bank $4,000, which he said, his
careful wife had saved after going
through the pockets of himself and
two sons for many years Mrs. Kee-
nan died last week, the funeral taking
place on Thursday. 1t was after the
funeral that keenan, recalled a habit
his wife had of going through the
pockets of himself or their two sons
whenever either happened to come
home little the worse for wear, or
even if they remained ont too long.
The sums which she would find on
such occasions, she was in the habit of
confscating as a penalty for their
transgression, and all laughingly made
that bargain years ago. She never
spent any of it, Remembering this
-.-----@--sSsssS6 systematic search of
the house, with the result that he
found coin and bills in old hooks and
corners. Being an illiterate man,
keenan, was unable to count so big a
pile as he had unearthed, so he tied
up his find in a big pocket handker-
chief and carried it to a friend, who,
after count announced that his pile
(OOted up exactly S2,800. At the
! friends suggestion, keenan, at once
hired a rig and together they drove to
Dover, where the money was depos.
tied. The old man was in tears, as
his wife had saved him from poverty
in his old age"
The moral of this simple tale il
plain and everyone not permanently
out of danger of the wolf is urged t.
profit. We would not encourage on,
to be miserly, stingy or close, one cal
enjoy life among his fellow men ant
yet acquire the habit of saving. Nei
ther is it necessary to delegate wive
as explorers of pockets, but there cal
be self-constituted CON mittees of one
whose single purpose in life shall b
to save and not to squander.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSIONS.
LOw-RATE VACATION TRIPS VIA PENN
sYLvANIA RAILROAD.

Low-RATE VACATION TRIPS VIA PENN
sYLvANIA RAILROAD.
September 4 and IS, October and
IS, are the remaining dates for the
popular ten-day excursions to Niagara
Falls from Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington, via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
The excursions from Philadelphia
will be run by two routes. Those on
September and IS, and October 16,
going via Harrisburg and the pictur-
esque valley of the Susquehanna,
special train leaving Philadelphia at
$40 a. M; excursion of October run
nIng via Trenton, Manunka Chunk
and the Delaware Valley, leaving
Philadelphia on special train at SOC
a. IN.
Excursion tickets, good for return
passage on any regular train, exclusive
of limited express trains, within ten
days, will be sold at $1,000 from Phila-
delphia and all points on the Della
ware Division; SLIPS from Atlantic
City; SO. so from Lancaster; and at pro-
portionate Iates from other points, in
Guiding Trenton, Bordentown, Mt.
Holly. Cape May, Salem, Wilmington,
West Chester, Reading, and principal
intermediate stations. A stop-over
will be allowed at Buffalo within the
limit of ticket returning.
The special trains of Pullman parlor
cars and coaches will be run with each
excursion running through to Niagara
Falls. An extra charge will be made
for parlor-car seats.
An experienced tourist agent and
chaperon will accompany each excur.
sion.
For descriptive pamphlet, time o.
connecting trains and further informa
ton apply to nearest ticket agent, or
address Geo. W. Boyd, General Pas
senger Agent, Broad Street Station
Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
Corals of Our Own Coast

1t is a common notion that corals
grow only in tropical and subtropical
waters and that no coral reefs are to
be found along our own familiar
coasts. As a matter of fact, coral
formations stretch all along the Allan
tic coast of the United States, although
the reefs do not rise so high that they
project from the water. Some of the
most beautiful of the living coral in
the New York aquarium was dredged
up from the Atlantic ocean almost
within sight of the city Of New York
and there are many coral patches still
closer to the shores. Generally the
northern coral is snow white, although
sometimes it has a delicate brown tint.
Pink coral is found occasionally, but it
is rare.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26

THE Town Council of Salem, N. j.,
has made a move toward the moral up
lift of the town by decreeing thatswear-
ing on the street corners and public
thOrOugfares shall cease and number
of arrests have been made in the en-
fOrcement of this new law. Smyrna
can well follow the example of our
New Jersey neighbors across the Del
aware. Our town IS not free from the
disgusting and utterly useless habit
of using prOfane and vulgar language
in public places, and noticeably is this
so on the part of boys and young men
nho think 1t big to get a cigarette in
heir mouths and indulge in loud talk.
hit Of wearing in public, or
-yvhere, is offensive and is
usually condemned by the laws and
police regulations, though it has be-
come so common as to be almost a ma
tional evil. The street corner talk OF
loungers is often unfit for the ears OF
decent people. Men and boys indulge
in the grOssest forms of expression
without thought for the sensibilities
of passers, and seldom do creatures oi
this ilk think to lower their voices in
the presence of women and children
No doubt prosecutions in Smyrna as
we'll as in Salem would serve the pur.
pose of emphasizing the fact that so
ciety holds to certain conventions al
to speech which cannot be disregarded
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
Mighty CheerRnI-

Mamma had told her little daughter
that she could not go out to play, but
the little maiden determined to make
one more plea. "Please, mamma, it
isn't very wet
mo, you cannot. Dorothy" said
mamma pleasantly, smiling a little at
her daughters persistency.
Dorothy regarded her mother ag-
grievedly and then said, "Well, seems
to me you're mighty cheerful about
it."-New York Times.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
A RaFRafn.

Fred-Kitty didn't marry that mil
liOnaire duffer after all, did she?
Jack-No; he backed out, and she
sued him for breach of promise.
Fred-What damages?
Jack-Twenty-five thousand, and she
got it.
Fred-Clear case of $4,000 off for
cash, wasn't it? 1 didn't think Kitty
was so sharp at driving a bargain
Comfort.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
A Startling Renuest.

Percy is little boy who makes plans
to shirk his bath sometimes But the
other evening he came in from play
tired and hot and sticky.
"Do get a bath tonight, mar he
asked.
"Yes," answered his mother.
WELL" he said cheerfully, "the Lord
knows l need it."-Brooklyn Eagle.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
Rnreau of Publicity.

Mrs. Nagguss-What an odd, inter
esting piece of furniture! 1t looks like
an antique. Is it a chiffonier or a
bookcase?
Mrs. Borus (wife of struggling au-
thor)-Neither. It's my husbands
writing desk. He calls it his bureau
Of publicity Chicago Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
HIS Part.

The Doctor-You regard society as
merely a machine. do you? What part
Of the machinery do you consider me,
for instance?
The Professor-You are one of the
aranks.-Exchange
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26

In the long Victorian era, of which
he and his policies were the political
conclusions, the third Marquis of Sal
isbury, whose death was reported Sat
urday, was a massive and masterful
figure. An essentially different type
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
Retnrned His Love.

Friend-What's the matter, old man?
Doesn't she return your love?
Tilted One-That's just the trouble.
She returned it and told me to give it
to some other girl.-Princeton Tiger.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
To Cure a Cold IN ono Dav.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab"
let's. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. E. W. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c,
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26

OFFICE:-Next Door TO the Fruit Growers
National Bank.
Telephone, No. 10.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26

One man makes a fortune to eight
that become bankrupt in England.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26

THE SMYRNA TIMES is published at Smyrna
Del, every Wednesday afternoon.
THE TIMES is an independent paper devoted to
the welfare os the town it represents and the
State OF which it is a part. 1t also gives the
Items of importance Of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
ROBT. D. HOFFECKER,
Editor and Proprietor.
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
ROBT. D. HOFFECKER, JR.,
Associate Editor.

MS-SUBsCRIPTIoN-S1.5 so per snnum. If
paid strictly in advance sl.OO. No paper is
discontinued until all arrears are paid up
except at the option Of the publishers.
ADVERTISEMENTS-THE SMYRNA TIMES is the
business medium not only for the town it rep
resents but for the outlying district OF which it
Is the centre, embracing the towns of Clayton
Kent0n, CheswOld, Leipsic, &c. A rate of so
cents an inch for first insertion and 25 cents
for each subsequent insertion will be charged
or transient advertising. Locals and Reading
Notices, 10 cents per line per issue. A specia
reduction on all semi-snnual and yearly acver
tisements
Smyrna times., 1903-08-26
SMY1mU, DeI.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. %. 1908.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-17
Memorial For Reecber.

The proposition to erect a substan-
tialand practical memorial to the late
Henry Ward Beecher deserves the in
dorsement Of the American people.
Beecher was not only one of the great
est preachers buthe was one of the
greatest Americans and at a critical
period he served his country as un-
doubtedly no other man at the time
could have done.
One may search in vain through all
history to find more dramatic scenes
than those enacted in Beecher's meet
ings held in England on the occasion
of his visit to that country. 1t was
well understood that the British min
istry sympathized with the southern
confedercy and, while it was believed
that there was sympathy for the IN
ion among the masses in England, the
situation had been so ingeniously mis-
represented that even there great work
was necessary. Night after night
Beecher stood in the presence Of a
hostile audience and preached the
cause of the Union. Repeatedly he
was interrupted and at times his friends
feared for his safety, but he had q
great duty to discharge and he dis.
charged that duty we'll. = Omaha
World-Herald.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-17
1--WE, The People. "

When the three tailors of England
met to reform the king and the peo-
pie they proclaimed, "We, the people
of England" When they came to per-
form they found themselves lacking in
one essential-men.
When the so-called reorganizers,
some of whom voted the republican
ticket make their proclamation, it
will read, 1--WE the democratic party,s
but they may lack one essential
votes.
Many years ago when Alexander
Campbell, the founder of the Christ
ian church.. was preaching his doc
trines, his followers were divided as
"Campbellites," as the democrats are
called "Bryanites." 10 the good old
state of Kentucky the doctrines Of DIR.
Campbell began to invade the Baptist
church. A meeting was call to turn
the "Campbellites" out Of the church.
! When noses were counted itwas found
THAT there were more "Campbellites'
than Baptists.
When the "reorganizers" hold a coz
vention to turn out the "Bryanites, y
the count may show more "Bryanites'
present than anyone else. Omaha
World-Herald.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-17
NEW EQUIPMENT FOR CAVALRY
The Lance. Helmet and cuirass Is
Soon to Be Abolished In the
French Army.

Cuirass, lance and helmet are
doomed so far as the French army is
concerned. At an early date these rel
ics of ancient times will be abolished
and French cavalry will resemble the
cavalry of the United States Ever
since the experience of the British cav
airy in the South African war this has
been foregone conclusion. The les
sons taught in that conflict brought
home what has been demonstrated
during the American civil war-that
firearms are the staple weapons for
cavalry as well as infantry. The
cuirass is usless in melee, but worse
than useless for general cavalry pur-
poses, since 1t cannot stop q bullet
The lance is a hindrance, and the brass
helmet superaous and conspicuous.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-17
TITLE LOSSES HEAVY.
D,r;ng Recent blizzard 1t Is Esti-
mated That 10000 Persisted
in Indian Territory.

Ardmore, 1. T., March 11.-Reports
from the ranges indicate that cattle
losses to stockmen as the result OF
the recent blizzard have been very
heavy. 1t is estimated that 10000 heat
of cattle persisted in the territory.
Topeka, Kan, March 11-Detailed
reports concerning the effect of the
snowstorm in western Kansas on cat
tie are being received. Thousands of
cattle have. died, and more will be
lost before the snow disappears.
The weather has not been SO cold
but that the. stock could have sur
viyed it, but the snow has been so
deep that the animals could not get
either food or water. The same con-
ditions prevail on the western ranges
now, and cattle in large numbers are
starving to death every day.
St. Paul, Mimi, March 11.-A special
to the Pioneer Press from Helena
says: State Game Warden Scott re.
ceived word that hundreds of elk are
dying from hunger along the northern
boundary of the National Park. Snow
has been deep in that region. prevent
ing the animals from securing food
Portions of the park are strewn with
their carcasses. Two Italians have
been arrested for slaughtering the
weakened and helpless animals.