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The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-20

pine trees, which had been imbed,led
in the peat for ages.
The limbs had rotted away and the
bark and sapwood had gone, but the
dry heart of the trees was as sound as
in life. Kindling a fire about a log of
this wood Bowden found that it gave
out very brilliant hues of indigo and
green.
No sooner had he made this discov-
cry than he stopped digging muck and
went to mining rainbow wood. He
loaded a schooner with cut wood and
sent it to his Boston patrons, who
paid him s22 a cord for the cargo
asked for more.
Since then Bowden has hired all the
men who are willing to work and is
digging out the trunks in his buried
forest and selling them at fancy fig
ures. The deposit of pine trees lies
between the clay subsoil and the over
growth of peat and is fully six feet in
depth.
AS the muck bed is more than a
mile in area Bowden believes he can
sell half a million cords of wood
New York Sun.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-20
ELEGy OF CITY BACKYARD

B-lud. b-lud. shall greet the rising moon
And phantom walls alright the crow
ing cocks!
Peace, base disturber! woudst thou rest
in peace?
!-crescendo doth my prayer
evoke!
Now look you. Thomas, If you do not
cease
I'll send you. straightway to the sau-
sage folk!
Be steady. arm! be true. my trusty!-
Bang!
The serenade hath ceased the frac-
tured air
Reknits its sutures; peace again doth
hang
Her laurels on the fence and pin them
there.
EPITAPH
Here rests his head upon the backyard
pave
A Cat. to all the neighbors known too
well.
Good was he-but he sang! No power
may save
His speeded spirit from the pits Of
the place where singing cats and
other nocturnal musicians go when
they get shot
-Robertus Love in Los Angeles Timse
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-20
DEMOCRATIC IDOL EATING WITH
BLACK MEN.

WIN. j. Bryan, Democratic idol
of 1892, 1896 and 1900 and per-
haps again and some more ad in
finitum is in the PHILIPPINE Is
lands. But the distressing thing
about it is he has set down to dine
with Aguinaldo and touched el.
bows with people whose skin is
much darker than Booker T. Wash
ington. whewl but we expect to
see the dark cloud rise over the
solid South, to hear the vociferous
thunder roll and smell pitch and
sulphur in the Southern press.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-20

with no apologies to anybody, except
the cat.)
The curfew tolls the midnight from the
tower;
The air stirs softly from its breath
ing sleep.
Then sinks again to rest; the mystic
power
OF silence hath tie world within its
keep.
Gave that from yonder whitewashed
picket fence,
The Tomcat doth unto the moon COM
Pouring his whole wild soul in one i'm
mense,
Unearthiy and repose- destroying strain.
Sleep. gentle sleep! tired natures sweet
Ooh. heavenly
How shall l WOO thee. charm thee to
mine eyes?
Is that cat? 1 think there must be
seven
Or eight, with lungs of most unusual
sizel
Sleep. gentle (blank and blazesD-
where's my gun?
Ny pantaloons? Where did I lay my
socks?
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-20

Oxford and Cambridge football IS
never afre with the flaming spirit OF
sacrifice and daring which our college
game inspires in its champions, writes
Ralph d. Paine in the Century. Foot
ball in the English student life is
simply one feature of outdoor play,
which draws its thousands also to the
cricket fields and river. The Ameri-
can youth prefers his kind of football,
just as he would scorn the notion Of
substituting the placid and tedious
rivalry of cricket for the swift crisis
compressed with nine sharp innings
of baseball From his standpoint.
something vital is missing from sport
where players can find cheerfulness
in defeat and where onlookers arouse
to no more enthusiasm than at a mat
inee. When an American crew is
training for Henley invasion, or a
track team dares try conclusions with
the flower of oxford and Cambridge.
it would be rank dislOyalty not to
strain every effort. at whatever sacri-
flee, to be as fit as possible.
On the other hand, English athletes
have allowed the visitors to beat them
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-20
VARIOUS KINDS OF DAYS.
Word Said to Have NO Real Meaning
Without Defining Adjective.

Five kinds of day are recognized.
and it has been said that the word
day" has no real meaning with vt an
adjective defining what kind of day
is meant. There is a civil day, the
astronomical day, the apparent solar
day, the mean solar day, and the sid
ereal day. The civil day begins at the
midnight preceding mean noon, and
consists of twenty-four hours counted
after twelve o'clock; the astronomical
day begins twelve hours after the civil
day. or at the mean noon of the cor
responding civil day. These hours
are reckoned from to "a. 1t will be
seen. therefore, that while 10hr.
12min., January 1st astronomical time,
Is also 1Ohr. 12min. January 1st civil
time. yet 22hr. 12min.. January 1st as
Economical time. is also 10hr. 12min.
a. m. January End civil z here
are many anomalies growIng out of
this use OF the civil day. and there are
many arguments in favor OF using the
astronomical day. II is one of the
reforms which undoubtedly will come
some time.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-20

Remittances should be made by Ex-
press Money order, Postoffice Money
order Registered Letter or Bank
Draft. Postage stamps Will be re-
Ceiyed the same as cash for the frac-
tional part Of dollar. Only l-cent
and 2-cent stamps taken.
Reading notices, ten lines or less, 10
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lines. No discounts allowed on less
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ties unknown to US. Further partic-
ulars on application.
1t occasionally happens that papers
sent to subscribers are lost or stolen
In case you do not receive any num-
ber when due, inform US by postal
card and we will cheerfully forward
duplicate Of the missing number.
Communications to receive attention
must be newsy, upon important sub
1ects, plainly written only upon one
side Of the paper; must reach us
Tuesdays II possible. anyway not
later than Wednesdays. and bear the
signature OF the author. No manu-
script returned. unless stamps are
sent for postage.
All communications of n personating
nature that are not complimentary
will be withheld from the columns Of
this paper.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-20

To see The Commoner, Atlanta
Constitution and Memphis Appeal
getting out extra editions drapped
in deep distressing black and such
words as "Horrid, shocking" print
ing" printed in loaded scare lines
and an awful Indignation aroused
throughout the entire South at
this dreadful calamity and dis
grace perpetlated upon the South
ern whites by Mr.. Bryan's action.
But O! inconsistency thou art a
bird when it comes to accusing a
Republican and excusing IA Demo-
crat.
Roosevelt the president and
man dimes with Booker T. wash
ington a man among men, and the
proud South has Mysteries and Ne
grophobia fits. Bryan, the wants
to-be president and Democratic
object of veneration eats with
dar9er hued Filopinoes and the
dear South is now as silent as the
Sphinx and as dumb as a petrified
oyster in cold storage.
where are the Tom Dixons and
Tom watsons and John temple
Graves? where are Governors
Jefferson Davis and Vardaman :?
and where O shades of eternal
nightmare is pitch-fork loose
mouthed Tillman that you do not
arise and make the luried with
your anethemas and dennunciation
of social equality? Arise O solid
South and shatter your Nebraska
idol but no, the South is as calm
as a last years. cucumber on this
important subject for Bryan may
yet do the party some menial ser
vice.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-20
Continued from LIST page

to her position not on howery beds
of ease, but has raised herself by
her own efforts, for the most part.
She did not have the advantages
of a home training, for that was
woefully lacking in the days of a
generation ago. | can tell you of
the work of girls who have gone
out from our school and raised the
whole tevel of the community.
They are doing great work among
the colored women and we have
much to hope for them. The
homes of the colored people Of the
South are improving. The chill
dren are learning softer manners,
and these ynung women have gone
back to their own homes to tell
them something of what they have
learned. No one has a right to
Judge a race by the ones found on
the street corners. The progress
sive, intelligent people of all races
are to be found at home, at work
in gainful occupations. Our plan
tation sister needs help, and much
is being done for her.
I'm city and country the status
of the colored woman has shown
advancement. They are learning
more of how to take better care of
their health, and they are building
up sounder bodies to hold better
souls. Education has become
more general, and the young peo-
pie are learning the beauty of fin
ished work. The young women
are being more carefully taught,
and they are learning to act as
well as think. The advance of the
colored woman in America has
been a marked one, and new
epoch is dawning with us, which
will see the advancement of the
colored women to the highest
plane.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-20

time and again in such events as
hammer-throwing, shotputting, hurd-
ling and sprinting, because these are
specialties demanding careful and in
telligent training for first-class
achievement Therefore the young
Briton thinks they are not worth
learning to do very well, because the
work is not worth the cost, and there
is no fun in it. OF football it is espe-
cially true that the Englishman would
see no sport in a style of game in
which winning form is to be gained
only by prodigious exertion and very
martyrdom of training. In the ordeal
Ci American football are bred splen-
did qualities for manhood. and a dis
cipline which none will decry. That
six feet of mighty youth should sob
his heart out after defeat is not to
his discredit and he will fight life's
battles the better for it. He takes his
sport, as he does his business, far
more seriously than the Briton, and,
with a fair field he excels him in both
Yet he can learn from his cousin
across the water that play should not
be all work and that sport can flour
ish unmarried by eligibility squabbles.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-20
MRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.

The presence of Mrs. Booker 4.
Washington in Denver has given
the Colorado Women's Federation
of Clubs in Denver. Pueblo and
Colorado Springs an opportunity
of demonstrating their power, use
fulness and hospitality. From the
moment Mrs. Washington entered
the state she has been the recip-
lent of every attention which the
power of the ingenious and whole
hearted women of Colorado were
capable of devising and bestowing
upon their National leader and
friend Mrs. Booker T. Washington
is the Francis Willard of the
Colored Woman's federation of
clubs organized for the Social
betterment of woman kind and col
ored women in particular While
in Colorado Mrs. Washington has
been under the chaperonage of
Mrs. Ida Joyce jackson of Colora
do Springs, President of the Fed
Grafton of Womans clubs of Colo
RADIO.
The receptions given to Mrs.
Washington in Denver were of the
nature to do the people of this city
great credit and fitting to IA wo-
man of Mrs. Washington's reputa-
ton consisting of public lecture
at Shorter's church Monday even
ing to an audience of white and
colored that filed every inch of
space long before Mrs. Washing
ton put in appearance, followed
by a complimentary dinner given
by DIR. E. l., Faulkner, A. G. Fall
ings, w. A. Halston, Phi. c. and
q. A. Allen, Phi. G.. at the New
Rhine cafe which was "A brilliant
as well as "A delightful affair. On
Tuesday she was entertained by
reception at the home of Mrs. lr-
wing Williams by the Woman's
League of Denver and Tuesday
evening from eight to ten by the
Book Lovers club at the home of
Mrs. G. A. Mccullough 2631 Hum
boldt street.
In her public utterance Mrs.
Washington has been conservative,
sensible and inspiring. She sees
"A better way of directing the ener-
gy of the numerous women's clubs
of this country and is pointing it
out to the colored women of the
lend, in order that their influence
and power may be felt in more
direct and practical channels for
race betterment. Mrs. Washing
ton goes from Colorado to Califor-
mia spreading the good work of or
ganized womanhood among her
sisters both white and colored.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-20

Entered as second-class matter at
the postoffice in the city of Denver.
Colorado.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24

The Rev. p. B. Ingraham, of
East Lancaster Circuit, was in
Chester this week, taking the
electric treatment, at the Pryor
hospital, Tor rheumatism OF The
arm.
Mr.. w. P. Plyler, of Prospect,
spent last week in Lancaster
and Heath Springs on business
Monroe Journal.
Miss Mamie Scott, who e
school at Unity closed on the 9Th
instant, was summoned 10 Sha
ron last week on account of the
fatal illness of her aunt, Miss
Eliza Gilfillan.
Rev. j. M. White, of Unity,
returned this week from Sharon,
where he went to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Whites aunt,
Miss Eliza Gilhllan, who died
Monday af ernoon.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24

What is supposed to be small.
pox has developed in the family
of colored preacher here named
Terry.
Merchant j. j. Blackmon
offers you, in TO days News,
some special bargins. See his
prices on flour, etc.
President Smith, of fthe State
Cotton Association, has an inter
view in yesterdays daily papers
in which he strongly urges farm
ers to hold on to their spot cotton
and TO reduce cotton acreage this
spring.
Mr.. Marion Witherspoon has
moved his insurance office from
his old quarters on the west side
Of Main street into the second
story of the Springs Block.
The many friends of DR.. W.
M. Crawford, who is now at the
Pryer hospital, in Chester, will
be pleased to learn that lie is
rapidly regaining his health,
after months of sickness and sui.
fering.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24
PERSONAL

DR.. j. q. Montgomery, of Char
lotte, is on a visit to Lancaster.
Miss Mayme Gregory went to
Kershaw yesterday, to visit rela-
tives.
Mr.. w. @. Plyler, of Lancas-
ter, spent few days here at Mr..
j S. Plyler' 's.-Waxhaw Enter
prise.
Mr.. b. N. Craig, of Rock Hill,
spent Thursday in Lancaster.
Auditor John A. Cook spent
Thursday in Kershaw.
Col. Leroy Springs has been in
New York for several days.
Mr.. j. N. Spann and family,
Of Columbia, who have been visit.
ing relatives in Lancaster, return
ed home Thursday.
Mr.J. M. Riddle, Jr., business
manager of the Lancaster Pub.
fishing company, spent yester-
day in Kershaw.
Our good friend, Mrs. James
A. Weaver, of the Heath Springs
section, paid us pleasant call
yesterday.
Mrs. }. J. Hull spent the past
few days with relatives and
friends at Lancaster. Rock Hill
Herald.
Mr.. Will Adams, of Montgom-
cry, Ala, is on a visit to rela-
tiVes in this county, his old
home.
Misses Sallie, Mamie and Hat.
tie Bell accompanied Miss Sallie
Cloud home from Lancaster Sat.
urday afternoon and returned
Observation-Disclosures Lantern.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24
A Shocking Death.
Ed. Beckham Crushed Be-
tween Cars, Dying in a
Few Hours---He was a
Clever Young Citizen of
Observation-Disclosures Oc-
CURED in Chester.

Mr.. Ed. Beckham, we'll
known and highly respected
young man of Lenca ter, met
with horrible death in Chester
Thursday. He was a brakeman
on the Lancaster and Chester
read and while engaged in coup
ling cars in Chester Thursday
morning he was caught between
two of them and his body fear
Iully crushed. Death resulted a
few hours later at the Pryer hos
pital, where the unfortunate
yonng man was taken for treat
ment. His wife reached his bed
side just before he died, having
been hurriedly carried from Ian
caster to Chester on Col.
Sprlngs's motor car. The body
was brought to Lancaster Thurs
day night, on the l.. & c., train,
and was buried yesterday after
noon at Bethel Baptist church.
Mr.. Beckham was a son Of Mr..
j. Q. BecXham, of the western
portion of this county, and was
about rs years old. Besides his
widow, who is a daughter of Mr..
William Addison, he leaves two
small children. He was young
man of excellent character and
enjoyed The confidence and es-
TEEN of all who knew him.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24
Boy Killed by Boiler Explo.
sion at Anderson, S. G..

Augusta, Ga March pa
special received from Anderson,
5. c., says that this afternoon
about 5 o'clock an engine
on the saw mill of l.. A. Bolt,
about five miles from there, ex
pioded, killing Mr.. Bolts 12-
year. old son, Roy, and fatally in
juring a negro. The lads body
was hurled a hundred feet and
horribly mangIed.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24
n Coming Marriage.

Mr.. and Mrs. M. i. Long, of
Greek, have issued invitations to
The approaching marriage q of
their beautiful daughter, Miss
Addye Eunice Long, to Mr..
William Arthur Jingle, son of
Mr.. E. b. Lingle, of Dwight
The ceremony will be performed
Wednesday afternoon, April 4th, y,
at 3 o'clock, at the home of the
prospective brides parents.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24

Miss Jessie Beckham, of Pleas
ant Hill, is visiting the family
Of Rev. j. Meek White, at Unity.
Mrs. w. U. Clyburn, of the
Hail Gold Mine section, has been
spending a few days with Mrs.
l.. M. Clyburn.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24

"A committee 0! the Animal
Methodist Conference is in ses
sion in Greenwood investigating
the case Of the Rev. @. w. Creigh.
ton, which was brought before
Conference at it's last session.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24
Business Notices.

A& All Notices inserted under
TINS head at the rate of ONE CENT
A WORD for each insertion. No
notice to be counted less than 25
words.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24

FOR SALE-A good secondhand BUGGY
with top-Will sell cheap for cash or good
papers. r. II, Riddle
Lancaster ). q.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24
LOCAL DOTS

on this market yesterday cot
ton seed, 25 cents.
The Funde,burk COMPANY
has an announcement else where
which is of interest to "money
savers"
s Col. Leroy Springs has con
sented 10 serve as vice president
from the 5th Congressional dis
trlct OF the South Carolina Branch
American National Ryd Cross
Society.
1t IS esIima'ed that the
South has lost millions of dollars
In damage to the fruit crop by
the freezes and frosts this week.
Mrs. j. h Rpweli. o O K,
underwent serious opera on
Thursday at the Rock Hill hos
pl'al, her left foot being amputa
ted on account Of some cancerous
growth.
The treasurer Of the Flat
Greek Council of the Junior
Ord"r has received check for
5000 for the widow of A. V. Phil
Fps, who recen1. died here, that
beirg the amount Of insurance
carried by him the Order.
The Friday Afternoon Book
Club was entertained yesterday
afternoon by Mrs. A. r Banks.
and the Crawford Club by Mrs j.
III Foster.
--One of the neatest and
most attractive looking grocery
stores in Lancaster is that of the
new firm of B. NJ. Welsh & Co,
III Springs Block. See announc.
ment elsewhere.
Mr.. Sam Kerr, of the Harri
son neighborhood, had the great
misfortune to get his right leg
broken last Friday. He was
crossing Twelve Mile Creek on
an over.hanging tree, when
limb of the tree snapped and h G
fell to the ground with the re.
suit above stated.
-Thane Kernon, a white bow
about 16 years old, was arrested
in Camden this week, charged
with robbing the Kershaw post
office last Saturday night, as
published in the last issue of The
News. He is said to have made
confession.
The Kershaw Oil Mill which
also operates fertilizer plant,
had an advertisement in The
News some time ago that certain
ly did the work. So heavy were
the company's sales in conse-
quence that its capacity became
overt axed and the advertisement
had 10 be withdrawn. One far
mer alone, the largest in the coun-
ty, brought 2O1 tons of "Game
Cock" one of the company's
popular brands of fertilizer. Who
says advertisement doesn't pay?I
TO immigration Crank -
Yes, Rive8's mineral spring is
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24

j JUST received cars No shin
gles.--W. Nj Moore.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24

CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE
Early Cabbage Plants for sale at 25
cents per hundred or $500 per thOus-
and. Cash with the order. j. X.
Culp, Chester, ). C.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24

FLORODORA COTTON SEED
FOR SALE. Long Staple Variety
Seed, originally bought from l.. A,
Stoney, of Allendale. The staple now
worth cents more on this market
than ordinary cotton Will sell seed
at 81 90 per bushel in lots of 10 bush
els and upwards. Apply to r. j. Nc
llWaln, Lancaster, No. 3. 3-7-lOW.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24

800 BUSHELS CORN, slightly dam
aged, to sell for 30 cents per busheI.
Bennett Grocery Co. 3-l4-2w
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24

>. w. BIRMINGHAM Builder and
contractor and House Mover, offers
ms services to the public for any
thing in the line of building, con-
tracing or house moving.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24

WE HAVE authorized our agents in
every town to run our business on strictly
cash basis. In the future no exceptions
shall be made to this rule. Charlotte steam
Laundry.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-24

ALL LAUNDRY packages delivered at
old stand. Please call for same
promptly. Charlotte Steam Laundly.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-25
SOCIETY NEWS
WIN Be Married Tonight.

MIR. William l. Cot. who recently
came 10 Cairo % take the position Of
pharmacies for Herman c. Schulz.
will be united in marriage today To
Miss Beatrice RAIDER Of Mt Carmel.
lll. the ceremony TO be performed al
me home Of the brides parents Nj
and Mrs G. d. RAIDER in that city az
IS O'Clock tonight. by the Rev Nj.
Cunnins pas-or of the Methodist
chuT- b.
Nr. and Mrs. Colt WI come 70
Cairo and e. 30 housek eping at az
Seventh street vince the former has
a prettily furnished home ready tor
occupancy
The bride IS an attractive young
lady and popular in At Carmel so
cieiy.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-25
CHRISTMAS SERVICES HELD
AT THE CAIRO CHURCHES
Sunday Schools Received Visits From Santa
Claus Last Night at Catho-
lie and Episcopal Churches Today

Song. "tuther's Carol"
Exercise by l3 girls, "Herads Of
Nma,"
Song by choir Sing and Rejoice
Song. y 1t Came Upon the Midnight
Clear
Song. Once the Little Christ Child
Lay MS. ArmstronG's class
Exercise by four glrls Making Of
Xmas
Enter Santa Claus,
song, silent Night" -four girls.
Presentation Of gifts.
Address by Pastor
OEertory. Angels Serenade," How
ara FranF
Song, JOY of the World.
Prayer IN book
Benediction
DoXology
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-25
Bio Sale of Seats.

Manager D. /. Williamson. cf the
opera house. reports that q special
train arriving here al Z o'clock. vii
be rum from Mound City this evening
for the De Wolf Hopper performanc
OF "Happylanl One hundred pe1p,a
are expected from Mound City. 81
from Anna - from Wicklife. % from
Mounds and many from Charleston "a
attend the evening performance. The
sale Of tickets for The matinee is also
good and indicates a large audience.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-25
ra1 as Friend and Food.

The Germans love The deg They
lo9k after his health; they provide
him bathing estaul. shmeuts furnished
with every modern comiogt-hot ana
cold water. yapor. touches, friction.
They appreciate his character. his
fidelity. his fraukucss. and the regard
him as food: they like him as a friend
and as victnals lu Prussia alone IN
one quarter 52G dogs were recently
killed for food.-Le Journal des De
bats of Paris.