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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-30

This was the secret of Lanyard's pros
perity. Why shouldn't he do as well.
He heard himself hailed and saw Jo-
siah Boggs. a snipowner. Reckoning
TO him. PEBBLES said Boggs, 1--WE
made up my mind to sell the Ma.
lane. III take $4,000 for her. Nose
around among your sailor friends and
sell her and I'll give you five per cent. A"
Five thousand dollars was dirt CHEAP
tor schooner like the Mary Jane and
PEBBLES felt he could sell her There
would be $3.50. which would see him
square even If the wheat deal went
wrong. Things were turning
The next morning PEBBLES went down
to the wharf early. but he did not sue
coed in selling the Mary Jane About
noon he went in Comstock's office.
III deal for you with pleasure, Capt.
PEBBLES said Comstock, "just write
your order on this blank and drop in
about an hour later and I'll tell you at
what price you got in"
An hour later he returned.
You're in at ST." said Comstock.
Here's your sales ticket and receipt
for your 5000"
My wifell find this piece of paper
and raise thunder unused PEBBLES.
III tear it up" and he did
The following morning, for the first
time in his life, he looked at the Chi
cago quotations. Horror, September
wheat closed at S615. He was $25 loser
already
He hunted ur LANYARD. who laughed
at him. What's half cent?" he asked
you can't hit the exact bottom. It'll
come out all right, rest easy
The balance of the week wheat wob-
bled between S61a and 81. causing hope
and despair to PEBBLES. but on the fol-
lowing Tuesday he opened the paper
to be confronted with this item Of
news:
Big slump in wheat Government
report unexpectedly favorable Septem-
Der wheat drops six cents and closes at
so"
He felt the blood dry in his veins.
Hatiess he rushed from the house to
Lanyard's.
That gentleman looked like a West
India island after a hurricane
Awful, isn't it?" he muttered I'm
teetotally busted. I'm sorry l met YOU.
PEBBLES, but the tip never went wrong
before"
I'D kill myself" unused the
unhappy PEBBLES "if only knew
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-30
SATURDAY, ....... JULY 80, 1904
"scHooL Is OUT"

eool Is out; now so and play"
There is an unfinished sum
s1sz Tue blackboard Who could stay
Wsoce the happy news had come?
Isaa ahe copy book blot
Shows where a half written WORD
-%elIlaed, when the writer caught
. -al the joy in what he heard
school is outT' No one has sung
&weeter, gladder chant than this
NEeruY the boy whose books are flung
: .1ns heap, lest be shall miss
SN5sH moment OF the play
And he runs-he runs to meet
N--Sunmer dancing down the way;
Summer on her flying feet
school is out'-with this there dies
All remembrance of the task
THAT was hard; instead arise
Woodlands In whose shadows baslx
sSL9zy boys and birds and bees
In the summer moons delight:
-sssADd there come the ecstasies
OF the song Of summer night
school is out'-when we have turned
Page by page the book we live,
with our lessons still uniearned.
What will deeper pleasure give
Than TO see the open door
And TO hear the teacher say:
Close the book and fret no more
School is out; row go and play?''
w. u. N. in Chicago Daily Tribune
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-30
TURKEYS WENT ON A TOOT.
Flock of Gobblers Ate Corn Soaked
in Whisky and Became En-
tirely Too Merry.

Soldering up after bad night of IL,
says the Baltimore Sun. the fine tur-
keys on the farm of Joseph Hendrix,
near Alburtis. Pa, are going around
to-day showing every indication of hav-
ing a bad headache. Someone had
mixed whisky with t.eir food and for
time the actions of the whole flock
were something scandalous.
Mr.. Hendrix came to town yesterday
to make some purchases and open ne
gotiations for the sale of one of the
latest iiocks CT turkeys ever raised in
this section. When he was away some
Joker fed whiSky-soaked corn to the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-30

how. came near drowning
twice and | won't try that way.
saw man die OF pizen once and that
sickens me of that, and I'm sure !
couldn't hit myself with pistol"
II was horrible day and a sleepless
night for PEBBLES. All was lost and
Simms would never forgive him for moi
paying his debts with the loan. lie
would record the mortgage and drive
his wife TO despair.
He skunk out of his house IN the
morning and by obscure streets made
his way 20 the wharf. hoping to sell
the Mary Jane. \ man grasped him
by the arm. II was Comstock. the
last man he wished to see, for un-
doubleday he owed him something.
81 congratulate You, Capt PEBBLES, .
said the bro,or "You are man i'm a
hundred to sell wheat when all the
world was buying"
Sell it," gasNed PEBBLES.
Eyes, you ordered me to sell 5000
September al 81 and I gave you your
sales ticket. Come down and I'll give
you a check for $500"
IeeDIes tFttu 10 say something, hut
only gurgled. Il meant to buy" he
stammered. but was thinking Of sell
ing the Mary Jane"
81 don't know that lady" said the
broker, come down and get your
money"
When he returned to the house Capt.
Marsh awaited him. IN take the Mary
Jane" said he.
And I'll take a tenth interest and
command her" said PEBBLES.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-30
Not a Violent Case.

''What would you do if were to die?"
asked Mrs. Enpeck, who was under the
doctors care.
at would almost drive me crazy" an
swered the sother fraction of the COM
bine.
would you marry again?" she aked.
''Oh, no." he replied, Il don't think
would be as crazy as that
Enquirer.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-30

Great actors will probably continue
to be as exceptional as ever, but If the
present relations between church and
stage continue there seems no reason
Why all the actors shouldn't eventually
be good.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-30
Geology.

His Little Son-Pa, what is a geolo-
gist?
Mr.. Purseproud-A geologist, my
son, is person who is Interested In
the wrong kind of rocks.-Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-30

opes, Note and Letter Paper,
Blll-heads, Monthly State
ments, Business Cards, Fl
nanclal and Order Books,
Circulars, Check-books, Pam
phlets.
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OUR AIM

is to please our patrons and to
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with satisfactory work.
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We print Wedding Invita-
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mics and all entertainments of
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1t is thoroughly equipped
to do all kinds of printing on
short notice. We make a
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and work for Insurance Com
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Cards, Policies, both straight
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We furnish cus when desired and we will arra,oa 70
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Our retired
able
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-05-18
Thlrty.Nine Physicians Licensed.

Thirty-Nir1e physicians
stood, the examinations Tor ncensss 10
practice medicine in this State were
successful. The examinations, 1t IS
said we're more difficult this year than
in several years and the percentage Oh
successful men is larger also. The
names of the new doctors are as FOL
lows: EI C. L. Adams, Columbia; wm'
+ seasley. Ashland; NJ. P. Burnham'
Gaffney; F. L. Carpenter, Lasta; .. l.
Carter, Mars Bluff; F. l.. Clark. FLOR
ence. H. C. Dozier. Columbia; a. G.
Eaddy, Timmonsville; w. X. FISH
burne. WATERFORD; F. B. Johnson, Co
lun,bia; T. c. Johnson, Mars Bluff;
T. G. Kershaw, Youngs Island; ). a.
Miller. Laurens; C. H. Patel Stokes
Bridge: ]. l.. Powe, Dovesville; I. W.
Reynolds, Charleston; L. B. .Salters'
salters: D. H. Smith, Rock Hill; l.. j.
Smith. Ridge Springs; B. B. steedleS'
Gaffney: L. G.. Stukes, Manning; n.
r Tison, Augusta. Ga: G. A. Taylor
Mccormick: A. P. Traywick, Lake
Citv. W. P. Turner, Jr., Carroll; G. II.
Walters. Charleston; S. P. Wells,
wells; T. S. Westmoreland, Woodruff;
w. B. Young, Charleston. and j. e.
Edwards. Abbeville.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-05-18
GRASS TO HOLD CANAL BANKS.
Experiments Made by the Engineers
in Charne of Ditch at Suez.

1t has been discovered by the engi.
neers who are occupied with the main.
tenance of the SueZ canal that the best
of all methods OF protecting the banks
from crumbling and decay is provided
by the natural growth of reeds which
fringe the channel for some distance
below Ismailia on the African side,
and some rather interesting attempts
have been lately made to plant new
beds in other parts of the canal.
1t is stated that the local species of
reed with which the experiment has
been so far made will not live in salt
or very brackish water In the early
stages of its growth, though it will
bear transplanting later, and that at
present the serviceableness of the nat
ural means of protection is conse.
quently limited.
Where the water is sufficiently free
from brine, however, the network of
roots is found to put a facing on the
loose soil of the banks more success.
ful and permanent than a wall OF
brick or stone. and it would probably
not be difficult to discover and estab-
lish some coarse sedge or other plant
Of the sea marshes.-Country Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-05-18
ne BUILT HIS OWN pooRAoUsE.
Queer Trick Which Fortune Played
on a California Gold Miner.

The Murphy family was very num-.
erous in California in the days of
40" Some members struck it rich
in the mines and held onto their for
tunes, others were not so lucky. One
Murphy in particular is remembered
by all the old time miners. He made
a big fortune in the gold mines and
started to build a magnificent. country
residence near San Jose, the noted
fruit center of California.
The elegance of the place was the
talk of the whole community. But one
day, to the surprise Of his business
associates, Murphy slapped big mort.
gage onto the property.
Rates Of interest were enormous in
those days, and as poor Murphy had
been unable to meet his payments.
one dey the beautiful home went
under the auctioneer's hammer, and
was bought at a great bargain by the
county for its poorhouse.
Things went from bad to worse with
Murphy, and in few years the proud
old Irlshman was obliged to enter his
old home as an inmate, county pau
per.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-05-18
Ihe Next cotton Crop.

Washington, special.-The Depart
nent Agriculture is making elabo-
rate arrangements for tsreport on the
acreage and condition Of the cotton
crop on May 26, the condition of cotton
or June 25, and for reports on other
crops for July and June. A large num-
5ber OF correspondents will send in de-
tailed reports on the cotton acreage and
condition on May 26th, greatest care,
especially for acreage, and to base their
opinion on inquiries as well as upon
observation and to avoid nnderestimat-
ing or over-estimating thj years crop.
The acreage will be expressed in the
form of percentage Of last years
acreage, as in previous years. The cot
ton schedule for June 25 will be con-
cerned solely with the condition OF the
cotton crop on that date.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-05-18
pnssians Score at Last.

Liza Yang, By Cable.-The RUSSIAN
aeet scored it's first distinct naval sue
ress of the war on May 10Th, by tne
torpedoing and crippling, though no1
The. sinking, Of an srmored japanese
cruiser in Talien Wan bay.
The Russian attack was successiu!ly
claimed on May 10th, while the Japan
rese squadron was concentrating out
side Dalny, devoting it's whole atten-
lion to Talienwain Bay, and was car
ried out the same night. The attack
inp force was not regular torpedo
hoat. hut was only small napntna
launch in command Of a young onlCer
gho had with him three jackles. Inc
launch mounted small! machlne gun
and carried three torpedoes.
When darkness fell, the launch crepe
,rt of Port Arthur, hugging the saore,
with no lights glow and no glow lro4i
The engines to betray her presence. 1t
was late when she gained the outer
line of the japanese squadron. snp,
ming through the torpedo pickets and
Selecting the nearest warshlp, pig
srmored cruiser, she stole toward ner
and succeeded in exploding against ner
side a single torpedo A deafening roar
followed the explosion, wnlch re,
achoed FAR ashore. Flames enveloped
the cruiser, which evidently was Oaois
cricpled.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-05-18

80. . q s a 10
Circuit Attorney J. w. Folk carried
10 out of the IL counties in Missouri
that held primaries Saturday, and his
nomination for Governor by the Demo-
Gratis seems practically certain.
Trustees of the Mckinley Memorial
Association fund decided upon lin
tied paid competition for an architect
at a meeting in New York and passed
resolutions eulogizing the late Senator
Hanna.
Rev. ]. NJ. King, of Philadelphia, in
troduced resolution attacking the
Catholic position as to public schools
in the Northern Methodist Episcopal
General Conference in Los Angeles. but
after Chief Justice Lore, Of Delaware,
had defended the Catholics, the resolu-
tion was referred to committee.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-05-18
Trolley Line 10 be Built.

Union, Special.-It has ben semi
officially announced that w. ]. Oliver
has singned the contract for construct
ing the electric line from Meals Shoals
on the Seaboard, to this place, and
that between this and June 1 work
will begin on it. Santuc, which has
knitting mill, is trying to get the line
to come by that town and two Of its
best business men are securing right
of-ways through the county. The
town also offers other liberal induce.
ments. The promoters Of this line say
it will run both electric and steam
cars, the latter probably for freight,
1t being a broad gauge road
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-05-18
LOSE A WAR VESSEL
japanese Suffer a Slight Setback to
Their Eopes /
TORPEDO BOAT NO .4S CUT IN TWO
She Was Lost During Series OF
Operations at Kerr Bay-The Japs.
Failed After Several attempts to
Blow Up Mechanical! Mine Which
laterszExploded of Itself, Sinking
No. .4s. s.e94..---e.-..-,r--. .s


Toxic, By Cable.-The japanese tor:
iedo boat No. 4S, was destroyed while
removing mines from Kerr Bay, north
O, Talien Wan port Dalyn) Friday.
Seven men were killed and. seven.
. wounded. This is the first warship ia
pan has lost in the war.
The torpedo boat was lost during a
series of commandments and surveying
operations at Talien-Wan, Deep and
Kerr bays, Ivy Admiral Kataoka. COM
mander Of thu third squadron. The ad-
miral arrived at Kerr Bay early in the
morning and detached the cruiser It
sukushima, Nishin and Myako, order
ing them to lombard the land batter
les, while flotilla Of torIedo boats
swept the harbor for inlnes. A second
fottlla of torpedo boats, which had
been engaged in guarding the previous
night, Joined the squadron and began
the work Of surveying the harbor.
The Myako discovered a company OF
Russian infantry and detachment of
cavalry on shore and dispersed them.
The survey was completed at 8
O'clock in the afternoon.
The torpedo boats that were recon-
noitering and removing mines in the
west shore Of Kerr Bay discovered a.
telegraph line running along the. Ia
kushan peninsula. In order to destroy
it Lieut.. Hotta and four sailors landed
and scaled the heights under the pro-
lection Of the guns of the torpedo boats
and cut the line: The Japanese vessels
then discovered thre bodies Of Rus
sian troops, one large and two snall
ones, upon which the squadron sad-
vance9 close to the shore and shelled
them.
A Russian force estimated at ten
companies, took refuge behind an emf
snence, but it was dispersed by the Jap
sanese.z
Torpedo boats Nos. IA andzz34 ,discev-
:ered a, large mechanical mine in Kerr
Bay. Their various attempts to blow it
up failed and 1t suddenly exploded it
self, cutting No. ,48 in two. The torpe-
do boat sank in seven minutes. The
squadron hurried boats to the rescue
and picked up the wounded. Three 9TH
ser mines were discovered and exploded
The squadron ecPp pleted its operations
.atS o'clock iphe eAzening and return.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-05-18
Miscellaneous polnes.

It is denied that there is danger OF a
rising in Haiti.
American fnanciers agreed to take
one-half the Japanese loan Of $50, ,OOO,-
600, the British taking the other half.
Maurus Jokai, the Hungarian nov
elist, died at Budapest.
General Kashtalinsky reported cffl-
cially that his losses in the battle OF
Sunday last were over 1000.
The Venezuelan Congress conferred
dictatorial powers on President Castro
for one year.
The Davis bakery, at Norfolk, vas
operated under guard.
The Railway Auditors Association is
in session at Old Point.
Peru agreed to evacuate the disputed
territory in Acre pending settlement
with Brazil
The late Solomon Loeb left about
s1OO 900 to charitable and educational
institutions, mostly Hebrew
It was stated railway earnings had
decreased s10,000,000 since April l, as
compared with last year, and the roads
are cutting expenses.
A motorman was killed and. five pas
sengers hurt in rear-end collision on
the Third avenue "L," in New York.
There is a movement In Manchester
in favor of annexation to Richmond.
The body of John Proudit, son of
the late Rev. Alexander Produtit, OF
Baltimore, and who was drowned NO
vember last, was found floating in the
river near New Castle, Del
The annual meeting Of the Meat Cut
ters and Butchers Union of the United
States and Canada began In Cincinnati.
James Shay, engineer Of Blue Ridge
Colliery, near Peckville, Pa, standing
| IN a blazing engine house, hoisted Is
miners to safety, himself being badly
burned.
Reinforcements of 100000 men will
BE- sent to General Kuropatkin in Man
churia.
The losses in the battle OF the Yalu
May were: Russians, 1881 men; jap
anese, 900.
M. Pleske, formerly Russian Minister
Of Finance, is dead.
John B. Jackson, United States Min
lister to Servia, presented his creden-
tials to King Peter at Belgrade.
Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader in
the Reichstag, expressed aroent hopes
for the defeat Of Russia and criticised
the conduct nf Germans in Southwest
/ Africa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-05-18
PLACE WILL BE HARD TO FILL
Although the Trustees Of South Caro-.
College Have 80 Applications for the
Chair of History.

SoiicSS Flase % HPP''Se'S''S ~ "
Chair of History.
Columbia Special.-The trustees Of
the South Carolina college met Satur.
day and-as one of the members ex-
pressed it-had a "talk-feast." The
object Of the meeting was to discuss
filling the chair of history made va
cant by the death of the lamented
Prof. R. Means Davis. This is a much
harder undertaking than the unin-
formed public might suspect. The
teacher of history and political econo-
my must have many qualifications.
The members of the boards will re-
uuire a man who knows general his
tory and the history OF the State; who
not only knows history but has an in
innate and personal acquaintance
with the characters in history anc
who not only can tell of these charac-
ters in a pleasant style Of narrative
but can impart that knowledge and
can get the classes to do all the work
required of them in a manner which
shows that they are interested in the
course. 1t will take no small man TO
fiji the place left by Means Davis.
There are 20 applications before the
BOARD Yesterday and other names were
suggested informally, all OF which
shows that there is good material
from which 10 select. The members
If the board present were: Gov. Hey
ward, Supt. Martin, Mr.. August kohn,
MIR. Jno. J. McMahan, Mr.. Robert Mac
Erarlane of Darlington. Mr.. G. E. Spen-
GER Of Yorkville, Senator G. w. Brown
# Darlington, DR.. w. T. G. Bates OF
st. Matthews, Mr.. r. P. Hamer, IT.,
If Marion, and. Mr.. James Q. Davis OF
Winnsboro.
There can be no election of a pro-
lessor except at stated meeting OF
The board and the members had met
lust to talk over the situation and TO
eliminate from the list those names
which could not be considered. While
some of the members of the board
have about decided upon a plan OF &C.
Ion. there was no formal motion made
and no ballots taken. 1t is probable
hat there will be other changes at the
college as there are rumors that olg
universities are trying to get some OF
the teachers.
The board also discussed the matter
If electing an assistant to the head
ot the department Of English. There
we're Ia applicants for this position
which was created by the legislature
at it's last session. The board did not
!ake any definite action on this matter.
AS stated, this was not meeting
70 elect, but just to discuss the situa.
lion in general terms and to talk OF
The outlook Of the college. The mem
oers of the board are very much grati-
lied at the prospects, and hope 10 nave
lie vacancies filed at the regular
meeting on the fth of June.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-05-18
NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
Paragraphs of Minor Importance
Gathered From Many Sources.
Through the South.

After various attempts to hold to-
gether the Italian settlement at New
Palermo, SO miles north of Mobile, Ala,
1t has gone to pieces, The leader, Sal
vadore Comglio Pompanelli, is said to
have left. The colonists are from New
York and other Eastern cities and are
iL need Of assistance.
The battleship Missouri steamed into
Hampton Roads Tuesday afternoon at
e o'clock and half an hour later drop
ped anchor there. Last night Captain
Cowles came ashore and met his wife
and child. The Missouri will be docked
at the shipyards to receive whatever
repairs are needed.
It is reported from Mexico City that
last week over a million silver dollars
were shipped from here to Japan via
San Francisco. Japan paying small
premium over the London quotation for
dollars.