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The Washington herald., 1907-06-02
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CHARIOT WHEELS FOUND.
Remarkable Discovery Made at Hun.
mandy, near FiIey. in Yorkshire.

London, june IA remarkable find has
been made at Humanity, near FiIey, ia
Yorkshire, as the result OF a laudslip
which occurred on Friday.
by the fail of gravel an ancient bride
Tit and other bronze fragments We're
brought to the surface. and closer exami-
nation revealed further relics. including
two iron hoops Of chariot wheels and
other portions of q chariot.
Experts are of the opinion that they
have aiightcd upon the site of an ancient
British chariot burial of The second or
first century y. c.
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Denmars VIII Kcrp Islands.

Copenhagen. june 1.-The Danish gov
ernment has decided not 90 reopen the
question of The sale nj The Danish West
Indies TO the United States. This de-
cision is due 20 political reasons.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-02
Tirea Of Gcrmnn Arr,.

Paris Juae Three deserters from the
German army, who arrived in Rheims
recently, complained of i'll treatment. and
asked 10 serve in the French Foreign
Legion.
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ROYAL BABY'S BIRTH
Woman Describes Scenes in
Palace at Madrid.
EXCITEMENT REIGNS IN SPAIN

Moment that Gave an Heir TO Throne
Watched with Intense Anxiety.
Greut ChurchTeu Arrive-Crovyds
Gather in Public Square to Learn
Glad Tidings-CapitaI I'm Fete.
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threw an anxious glance at Diamond
Tower as he left his coach. Up in the
tower were the men with the two flags
one was the royal standard you know
that was for boy; the other was white
Of course, we all tried te talk ana even
To laugh, but we had queer. tight sort
Of feeling an over. while Marie did moth
Ing but sniff and roll her wet haudker-
chief into a damp ball She was getting
on my nerves, when a whisper went round
The King. and we an fen back from the
windows and made way for him 10 come
and look al the sight in the square. Oh,
my dear l was sorry for that boy lie
was livid under his dark skin. and I could
see his throat working hard against the
collar Of his uniform. He griuped the
handle of his sword so tightly that his
fingers looked like iron. I never knew be-
fore how feartully frightened man can
be at such a time
lie looked out at the people. who were
too busy with their peerings, pUshiugs,
and prayers to see him, and then he went
away again, and we We're an marshaled
into the saloons near the royal apart
ments. according 10 our rank. We all
looked ike the characters at the end of a
I.r
how anxious we got The palace was
fearfully quiet Everybody seemed hold
ing their breath IN whiaucrs We began
to suppose things. Suppose it should be a
sirL, suppose the baby should not live.
suppose the queen
Madrid Wild with JOY.
Suddenly the door Of the saloon where
was opened. I nearly screamed. the
tension was so great I didn't hear the
words, but as the door closed a great
shout went up. I waved my haudker-
chief. 1 know. and Marie leaned against
the wall and cried more than ever told
her it was all right-that # was boy
that everything was over. ] don't believe /
she heard q word, and. indeed. q second
later I could not hear myself speak. for /
the whole OF Madrid turned itself into one F.
huge roar. They told me aftcrward- /
those who had been out I'm the streets /
that I'm a flash Madrid literally bIazed .
with the red and yellow, and that the /
white f3Es We're tossed away with srou
Then the guns started in. and the uproar .
was defeniu-
Through it one only got stray notes of I.
the Marcia Reale and at what seemed /
the height Of the din the doors were flung
wide. and 'It' appeared Then I don't /
mind telling You that aIl our drilling in /.
etiquette gave way, human nature as
serted itself. and I for one literally
h0wied, I don't know which Of the two
made me do it-father or son. The baby
such a DEAR and very fair-was very
quiet and good. It looked delicious in its
lace nest but when the king tried 10
speak % us and introduce his son he
broke down. and with tears running
down his face Just stood and sobbod and
smiled, while all the men shouted and
waved at him. and We women gasDcd un-
Ineligible stUuidities i'm any language
that came first
The Washington herald., 1907-06-02
GOLD IN SCOTLAND
Valuable Quartz Discovered
in Argyllshire.
IN OLD COPPER MINES

y E0rkinEs Abandoned Nearly Half
Century Ago Believed to Contain
Untold Woaith-Recent Examina-
tions Reveal Presence of Precious
Metal in Uncertain Quantities.
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Great ChurclImcn Arrive.

Presently all the crowd I'm the square
bent and waved 20 and fro. The great
churchmen were arriving. They had come
more carefully dressed than had most of
the bishops, who wore a very "up-all-
night" and worn appearance. But even
these great worthless betrayed some
anxiety, and the Archbishop of Toledo
The Washington herald., 1907-06-02

'Ihe following account Of the birth Of the Loir %
the Spanish throne is from woman who was in the
palace on the egeH-ful day. L is addressed o.
fashionable member Of Lrdlu's exclusive smart set
and viI be r-ad ui.l interest.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-25
Local and Personal

Miss Annie S~itgreaves, who is teach
ing at W~oodruff's, came home Thurs
day to spend a few days with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J.E. Sitgreaves,
but is this week the guest of friends at
Mayesville.
& The children of the First Methodist
church Sunday schoolw will have a splen-
did Christmas tree tonight.
Misses DOME Counts, Nan and Claire
barnett, Sara Babb, Charlotte Nc
GoWan Mamie Tolbert, Ruth Payne,
Lillle Miller, Eleanor Duckett, Kate
wright n Cora Armstrong, the bright
Saturday.
Miss Whitam, a member of the
faculty of Winthrop, whose home is in
iar-aWay wisconsin, will arrive Thurs
day, to spend the remainder of the
holidays with Miss DOME Counts.
DR.. and Mrs. O. B. Mayer and chill
dren, of Newberry, and DR.. and Mrs.
y. w. Leonard, of Spartanburg, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Jones.
Mrs. P. D. Huff and daughter, Miss
Carrie Huff, of st. Adams, S. G., are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Huff.
~ IlulI, Oh is
visiting in the city.
Mr.. Thomas Ray, who has been buv-
ing. cotton at Abbeville this season. is
VISITING his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
F. Ray.
Prof. and Mrs. T. f. Jones, of Wood
ruff, are in the city.
Rev. and Mrs. w. E. Barre are now
occupying the E. w. Martin residence,
Mr.. B. A. Anderson, of Waterloo.
was IN the city Monday.
The Columbia estate" recently Of
Tered an interesting contest to its read
ers with a $500 prize to the winner,
The contestants were supposed to de-
eide upon what they considered The hest
advertisement in the Estate" of De
cember 18th and then to write an orti-
Gle giving briefly their reasons for So
deciding. The winner of the prize was
Chas. G. Singleton, of Manning, but of
the 296 papers submitted to the Judges
in the contest several of the best were
printed in the State of SUNDAY
among them a very clever argument in
the favor of the advertisement of her
choice by Mrs. II. X. Aiken, of Laurens.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-25
A disappointment.

Collections on subscriptions for THE
ADVERTISER for the past week have
been disappointing. We had hoped that
we would be able to make sufficient
collections to make Christmas cheerful
and happy in THE ADVERTISER bust
ness office, but we "fell down." We
suppose everybody was 80 busy provid-
ing Santa Claus at home that THE
ADVERTISER dependents were forgot
ten. While you are looking over this
paper, please look on the front page at
the label, and if it does not mark '"O8"
kindly bring or send your subscription
dues before New Years Day.
Personally, we do not know nearly
all the subscribers to this newspaper.
but we know nearly all by reputation,
and we are confident they are all good
for the price of their subscriptions. We
keep in touch with them through their
nelghbors, and when we find that a
man won't pay we drop his name from
the subscription list. If your name is
on the list, we believe that you are all
right. Don't abuse our confidence, but
sustain the reputation that your neigh
bors give you.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-25
TWO QUEER ANIMALS
The Marabou and the Hyena of
Central Africa.
BOTH VULTURES IN NATURE.

Each Gorees Itself on Carrion, and tho
Bird and Beast OXEN Battle For
Their Food--Fairylike PIumos That
Are as Light as Air.
The ugliest storks in the world are
found in southern Asia and central
Africa. Their flesh colorrd heads are
only partially covered with stiiI. wiry
feathers, and hanging on the breast
they bear Il disgusting pouch, which
answers the purpose of Il crop. One OF
the largest OF these StorkS is the mara
bou. 1t stalks about the great sandy
plains of central Africa with com
posture and Il lordly grandeur, rs if it
were h most beautiful bird in the
world. It's body feathers are of Il dun
metallic green color, and its wings and
tail are dingy black. Looking ut the
awkward creature, IL one would SuS-
pect that under its %ungainly wings it
carried The most exquisite and fairy
like little plumes, so airy That it takes
DaskctfulS Of them to weigh an ounce.
They are pure white and so much de
sired for trimming that the bird IS Wig
orously hunted by the natives. who
sell these dainty feathers to traders
for Il very large price.
The marab0u feeds on carrion, like
the vulture. It's throat IS very large,
and 1t will grecdily eat everything that
comes in It's way. In the swamps and
plains around Khartum, on the Nile.
are immense nocks of marabouS, and
they are so daring as to come TO the
slaughter houses on the outskirts Of
the city in search Of food, and whole
OK ears and shin bones with hOOf at
tachcd have been found ~ the crops
of specimens which have been Killed.
These birds are Skillful fishers. They
haunt the low marshy islands in the
rivers and lakes of central Africa, with
elephants, monkeys, hamingocs ana
many varieties of birds for compan-
ions, and gain their principal food from
the water. They often go In compl-
MES of ten or twelve to fish. Wading
in the water, the birds form a circle,
which they gradually draw together,
gathering the frightened fish i'm the
center of the net, when with their long
bills and quick movements tey speed
lily provide themselves with a hearty
meal.
Although marabou mammas have
been seen proudly paradlng around
with Il brood of diminutivc dOwny
young ones, so shy and retiring is this
bird in its domestic habits that nat
uralists have been unable to determine
when and how it builds its nest. The
natives assert that it nests In high
trees, but their statement is not con
firmed.
In captivity tho marabou Is lord Of
the Enclosure, and in geological gardens.
where specimens have been confined,
other birds or even small beasts
dare approach the feeding trough un-
til the hunger OF this %impudcnt bird is
and 1t has retired to the warm
corner for a nap. The immense
strength of it's bill makes it n formida-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-25
A Little Quarrel With the Farmer.

Farmers in this Piedmont region
take special delight in doing the wrong
thing. They sin against light and
knowledge. They go cheerfully the
wrong way. For several years they
have been instructed in the right way
and knowing the right, the wrong
they continue to walk in. They know
well enough that the only way to i'm
prove their land is by a j%udicious rota-
ton of crops. This cannot be brought
about except by the liberal sowing of
small grain and pears. We believe that
to-day the middle of December, there
is a smaller acreage sown in small
grain than any year for the last five.
The careless farmers offer many ex-
cuses satisfactory to themselves, but
the real reason is that cotton has been
selling from 10 to IL 1-2 cents and they
believe that they can get that price
next fall. So they will not bother with
small grain and cowpeas, but will fall
back on cotton and live on Western
flour and bacon. Cotton alone is the
best lazy mans crop in the world. Be-
he gets a few dollars in the fall
above all expenses, he acts as though
his farm was covered with money, and
then before March he has not corn
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-25
Hidden Beauty.

A woman, famous as one of the most
kindly and loving among society leaders
OF h best American society, once said:
IF | have beenssable to accomplish
anything in life it is due to a word 500
ken to me in the right season, when I
was a child, by my old teacher. was
the one homely, awkward girl in a class
OF exceptionally pretty ones, and being
also dull at my books became the butt
OF the school. | fell into a morose, de-
spairing state, gave up study, with
drew unto myself and grew daily more
bitter.
"One day the French teacher, a gray
haired old woman with keen eyes and a
Kind smile, found me crying.
What is the trouble, my child?'
she said.
%, madame, / am so ugly!" |
sobbcd out. She soothed me, but did
not contradict me.
Presently she took me to her room
and, after amusing me for some time,
said: i have a present for YOU hand
ing me a scaly, oar lump covered
with earth. 1T is round and brown as
YOU ugly" did you say? Very well.
we will call it by your name, then. 1t
is you. Now you shall plant it, and
water it, and give it sun for a week or
two
Il planted it and watched it care
fully. The green leaves came first, and
at last the golden Japanese lily, tn
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-25
FARMERS UNION MEETS.
Columbia Convention Said TO Have Rccu
Very Harmonious.

Columbia, December Is. -Thc much
heralded meeting Of the Farmers I'm
ION, about which there has been so
much discussion the last week or two,
was called to order in the city council
chamber this morning by President c.
5. Barrett of Georgia, the head of the
national organization. The presence
and participation of President Barrett
IN the meeting seems to have set at rest
any doubts about the legality or rcglr-
larity of the meeting.
There were present about DO or 80
delegates, representing about twelve
counties. The meeting was secret and
no n was admitted who could not Give
the password, but it was stated that
open meeting would be held during Tie
session.
The morning session lasted until
about o'clock and adjournment WAS
taken until 3 O'Clock for the y Of
getting dinner. During the afternoon
other delegates in on the trains.
After passing resolutions unanimously
urging inc oouth Carolina Legislature
to repeal the lien law and endorsing the
scheme for parcels post system, the
adjourned at II o'clock to-
night to meet in Columbia on January
%, in the City Hail.
President Goodwin was on hand. but
did not preside v e any of the sessions
OF the union. National President Bar
filling the chair.
The Convention is declared to have
been most harmonious, all differences
being settled. "Thc recent differences,
which have been SO thoroughly aired in
the public prints were more of a mares
nest thar anything else" declared a
member of the Convention tonight.
Columbia State.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-25

bic enemy, and when fighting for food
1t VIII often overcome the largest vul-
lures ana wage successful battles with
beasts Of prey.
i1c hycna inhabits the same Dor
tlonSof Asia and Africa as the mara
bou, apd travellers give accounts of
tcrLDEG contests between these two
singular members of the animal king
dom. The hycna IS called the vulturc
among beasts, as it prefers carrion for
It's food, and as long as 1t can find
dead animals to dcvour it leaves the
flocks and herds in peace. Cowardly
by nature, 1T rarely attacks man or
beast unless driven to desperation by
hunger.
The striped hyena inhabits the north
crn attitudes of Africa, Persia and
Syria, while the spotted species, which
IS easily tanned and is sometimes call
cd hNena dog, is found in large num-
bcrS i'll the vast plains Of South Africa.
The hyena is a strange looking beast.
1t has Il big head and q heavy, shaggy
manc. The hind part Of it's body IS
much lower than its shoulders, and it's
hind legs are short. This odd forma-
ton gives it an awkward, shambllng
manner of walking, which Is both lu-
dicrOus and hideous.
This creature rarely shows itself by
day, but when the shadows Of night
fall on the plains and forests 1t comes
out from its home among the rocks
and cavernS in search of food. Afri.
can travellers are much annoyed by It.
When the camp is silent and all are
sleeping the hyena comes providing
round, uttcring hoarsc human cries,
and should it fail to find sufficient
camp refuse to satisfy It's hunger some
poor donkey is sure to be torn In
pieces by its terribly strong jaws.
fcW animals have been the subject
of so much superstition. In ancient
times it was believed that n dog went
mad if a hyena turned its evil eye up.
on it, and the beast was believed by
many to be a wicked sorcerer, who
went about in human form by day
md at night assumed tho shape Of q
hycna. Thc poor and ignorant peas
antry of Arabia even at the present
day believe in the evil eye of this
beast and are afraid to shoot it lest
they should incur the wrath of the
wicked spirit which they imagine
walks the earth in this ugly form.
The poor hycna, however, far from
being an evil spirit, Is n real blessing
to the regions it inhablts, as it is a
natural scavenger, provided by the
kind wisdom of nature to clear the
ground Of much loathsome and decay
ing matter, thereby rendering the air
sweeter and purcr and more healthful.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-25
9,2SI,077 BALES GINNED.
Inc Census Bureau Issues Bulletin On
Cotton Crop.

Washington, Dec. {. -The census
bureau today issued a bulletin showing
that the total amount Of cotton of this
years growth IN the United States
glnned up to December Is last was o.
28l,OH bales, as compared with 11,112,-
Io9 Tor the same period last year, and
9,297,819 for the same period in 1905.
The number of round bales included is
49, 85 for 1907, and 243, 096 for 1906
and 252, 1877 for 1905.
Sea Island included SIS, las bags for
1907, and 40, 361 for 1906 and 90, 1886 for
1905. The total crop of 1906 was 12,-
1882 and for 1905 was TO-
495, Ids. The per cent. of Y ginned
to December Is was 1915 for 1906. and
1876 for 1905. For 1907 there were
ginned to December LIST 8 ,343, 1896 bales.
In the total for this years growth
there were ginned to December 13 the
running bales. counting round bales as
half bales, and excluding ~linters, are
distributed by States as follows: Ala
bama, 962, O22 bales, 3,421 active gin
nerles; Arkansas, 572, los bales, 2,O86
ginneries; Florida, 45, TAT bales, 242 gin
neries; Georgia, 1852, 4O5 bales, 1872
ginneries; Kentucky, LOB bales. 2 gin
neries; Louisiana, 500, O91 bales, 1921
ginneries; Mississippi, Lilo, 244 bales,
3,487 ginneries; Missouri, %, GA bales,
70 ginneries; New Mexico, SIS bales, 2
ginneries; North Carolina, 525, OF bales,
1850 ginneries Oklahoma, CSC, O78 bales,
955 ginneries; South Carolina, LOLA III
bales, 3,l56 ginneries; Tennessee, 204,-
467 bales, 65l ginneries; Texas, 1887
781 bales, 1857 ginneries; Virginia, g.
787 bales, 81 ginneries.
The distribution of the Sea Island
cotton for 1907 by States is: Florida,
90, 400 bags; Georgia, 80, 900 bags; South
Carlina, 1861 bags.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-25
&%EE&EA&s+I &&4!&G&E ~
LlNDLEY ABERCROMBIE.
BY w. d. s..

Lindley Abercrombie, who lived on
South Raburn creek, was a quiet, in
offensive, Woodworking man, who at
tended strictly to his w business and
let other peoples alone. He raised a
large family, and his sons still live in
the old settlement. If Laurens county
was full of such men you would have
to lock up the Jail, close the doors of
the court house and the lawyers would
have to hunt new a~vocations for a liv-
ing.
never heard of an Abercrombie
Dragging about how much cotton he
made. Somehow it ran in the family
to talk about corn, wheat, grain or
stock. If you went to Lindley in the
summer to buy corn he would tell you:
eyes, have cribs of it on hand; but
you know my rule, not to sell any corn
until the new crop is housed off the
bottom land. Rabun creek is mighty
uncertain, and there might come a
freshet and destroy all my corn. am
always on the safe side" He made
his W flour barrels. He seasoned the
slaves well and charred them over a fire
of shaVings before carrying them to
mill to have his flour packed in them.
He told me that he never sold his flour
under six dollars a barrel. If flour was
five dollars he carried it home and
stored the barrels in an open log house,
often keeping it two and three years.
"Mr. 'Crombie, won't the worms get
in it, and it get musty?" mo; it will
improve by age-gets a rich yellow
color. Sometimes a few worms will
get around the head of the barrel. If
you have well seasoned and fre-drled
barrels your flour will keep for years"
The old man would have made a fine
citizen for Joseph, down in Egypt-to
gather Ia the corn.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-12-25
MEASUREMENTS OF A MULE.
those Bought for British Army Must
Meet a Certain Standard.

Three hundred mules with empire
waists and chest measurements of 81
inches are preparing for a tour of In
dia," said Robert L. Mcdonald, of
Kansas City, last night.
"A British officer has been in Kansas
picking them up. The party will sail
this month, and this will be a chance
for those rovers who turn up when he
British want muleteers to get a ride in
a transport to Calcutta. This is as far
as the mules will be taken by the mu-
letters, but they themselves are to 90
up the Himalaya mountains. India,
being a fearfully hot place, is stunned
by the aristocratic officers of the CON
tlngent OF the army there. The poor
subaltern spends his leave of absence
on the coast, where it is cheap. The
real swell goes to the Himalayas.
There Is where the Missouri mules
are going. Their baggage will consist
OF machine guns and ammunition. Thev
Will travel in parties, one carrying a
small cannon, another a pair of wheels
Tor 1t, another the carriage, and the
balance will carry ammunition. 1t is
not Tor the looks of things that the
British now demand a mule with a 61-
inch chest measurement but because
the Britisher never overlooks a bet.
He set out to carry his mountain guns
on Missouri mules and he found, after
his experience with tens of thousands
OF them during the Boer war;, that the
best mule born for Tommy Atkins job
IS a s~hort-coupled mule from fifteen to
fifteen and a half hands high and 81
inches around the girth.
Harness was made by the train load
for this sized animal, and that explains
why the officer now in Kansas is SO
particular as to the girth measurement.
The harness for Singing the parts of a
machine gun consists Of leather and
steel or brass parts. Our mule packers,
who get $75 a month in our own army,
Know the advantage of having a mule
mt the pack or the pack fit the mule,
When he gets both he is a happy trans
portation boss. The British make them
an actual state of affairs by making
their trappings all one size, and then
finding mules to fit. The advantage IS
realized when a mule falls in action
and an understudy has to shoulder his
load; or, during the march, when it is
necessary to relieve the gun train by
fresh mules.
'Thc Empire waist means a short
coupled mule. The British army buy
ers' rule is for "a head like a picture,
legs like bars of iron and feet like ma
sons mclls, short in his couplings and
intelligent TO this is added in the
mule department a chest measurement
of 81 inches. Mulcteers are paid for
the outward bound trip of the British
transports, and are returned to Kansas
City. If they elect to remain at the
foreign station, they sacrifice their
right to claim passage home later on.
They ordinarily go direct from the
United States, but are brought back
via England. Washington Post.