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THE CONEY ISLAND THAT MAS
CH iNGES IN THE RESORT ~ THE.
LAST TWENTY YEARS,

Olh Landmarks which Have Been W,pesi
Out by Fire or the Course Of IMPROVE.
mrnts-a'Ontrasts with COney Island Of
To-day washing Away or the beach.
Hero arc some pictures Of the Coney
Island Of twenty years ago. They will give
an idoa Of the transformation that has
tikcn place since then.
Only fifteen years ago Surf avenue was
unpaved. in many places there were no
sidewalks and there were no sewers. There
was no Luna Park, no Dreamland, and.even
Stccplechase Park. the pioneer Of the, great
amusement parks. had not yet come into
existence.
Twenty years ago the principal hotel was
tho West Brighton. owned and kept by
Paul Beuer. II may be seen in ono Of tba
photographs here reproduced. The photo
graph was taken from point near the old
Culver railroad station.
The West Brighton Hotel is In the fore
ground at the left. To the right can he
seen Cohen's old hotel, the Albemarle, now
called Rauscher's. To the left. next to the
West Brighton, Ia Chambers's old drug
store. which was destroyed In one Of the
zig fires. In the foreground to the right Ia
the entrance to the little elevated railroad
that carried passengers to Brighton Beach.
how torn down.
Further down the avenue Is Stubenvord's
pld place. The round rooted building at
the extreme end at the right is Feltmans
merry -go-round and restaurant. This per-
haps is the only building shown in the
photograph still standing.
To the right Of the buildings seen in the
picture were the Sea Beach Palace and the
wooden elephant. Around the elephant ran
the only roller coaster on the island. This
coaster. the observatory. the camera OBJ
scura and a couple Of merry-go-rounds
we're the chief means of amusement offered
TO visitors and form a contrast to the enter
prises in which millions are now invested
and which give the Coney Island pleasure
seeker all forms Of recreation.
In another picture is shown the park
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! v

Down the back stairs large and me stole
with the practice that makes puffick. Wan
fight. two flights. and the house remained
silent. silent as the grave. but as the grave
no. longer unoccypied. There was a sinse
OF prisence. of human prisenoe. warm and
full OF life. as the night had been chill and
full OF shadders.
At the third fiure this sense materalized
into sound rich and full. A girl was talkin
at the lib'ry phone.
We crept into the great high room. with
its cases ret like ,spokes in a wheel. Un-
noticed. we huddled In wan OF the alcoves.
where we cud see and hear.
She set intent, with her back toward US.
but now and thin whin she tunned In fought
we cud catch the pritty whiteness of her
face and the oontrastin' flash OF her big
black eyes. like storrum in a star.
yes. two men. Police Headquarters she
was saying. I'VE have thin safely locked
up, Oh. there can be no doubt OF their
guilt; at least twinty witnesses saw the
taller wan--wait a bit. have his name from
papers in his pocket; yis. Ringgold-saw
Ringgold in the very act. The odder wan,
stoop shoudered. with a rid nose? Yis,
that's he TO dot. You know him? Villains
wanted for hundrid offnces2 oh. sind at
wanst!'
And large and me looked at each odder
dunbly as we contemplated the GURUS coil
In which we was involved. coil which KEEP
drawing clIsser and clusser until you cud
fairly feel the bite Of IL around the neck
But bark! she was telephonin' again. this
time on a private wire connectin' distant
part of the works.
-Oh. Fred she was saying tinderly. you
have alriddy heard-isn't II awful. almost
unbelievable2 knew you wud be so
shocked, but yit. dear let mo tell you a
secrit. Out OF this evil there has came a
great good for you. for me. T'ink OF IL. tin
t'ousand dollars. dropped by Fortune in my
hand whin no wan was by'to see. No. not
the money In the safe; that has to be 40
counted for 70 ths police Of oourss. And
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THE BEAUTY ROLL.
Gentleman George and Smithers
Lose Their Money. and Find
Themselves inPerii.

tink it struck Gentleman George Ring
gold and me to wanst. and In the same
place. the pit Of thesstommick. to wit.
We we're trudgin' our home'ard way to
town with ~ in our.heartsand the $4,000
beauty roll In our clothes. We had left
the Flamingo cottage In thacare Of its long
dead master and its Just dead mistriss,
driddy forgotten Ike the rfst OF the past:
while ahead anAver chan gin vision Of pleas
ure lured US on. showing in delir'us success
son the revolvin' wheel and whirlin' ball.
the jumpers at the post and the bookies
on their stools, the digit roncorks and the
dash OF wins and black eyesshinin' ttnder
over whitearms extinded-all. ALL ours and
to spare.
=. Thin had come the chillin' thought. where
, Shartellf What is he doin' aboutit? Is it
lateral TO suppose that that silent. stolid.
stubborn man. armedkand lyin' in wait for
large. will aet US now escape. carryin' OF
pu Of the Flamingo fortun' he can iver-
hnpe to secure?
VIII he not know. whin at lsngt' tired and
suspicious he inters the house, in wan glanct
what has happened and how: and won't he
DO after us with doggsd. didly resolve
that kin no moro swerve or stop than q,
epic'ul limited making UP. time at grade
crossn'1 And trimblin' we halted and
looked back.
1t was wan Of the marn. that leary hour
whin ghosts walk lively and poor mortals.
ndestip in perporshun. The moon shone
full and clear-indeed. almost too bright.
II seemed TO me wanst and again-showin'
the white line Of the road as it ran back
from us to the valley, and thin up again
xuht tOh fhA
shartell cottage was sitooated. And as we
gazed we saw a burly farm come over the
brow and foller down that line as stiddy
as a tight rope exputt. with somethin'
shlnin' in each hand for ballast. 1t was Big
Shartell.
i don't want amy trouble muttered
Jhrge, and over the fince he wint and aorsst
me field, as il bull had jest obsarved his
nd bandanna. We inferred the wood; we
paused in its shiltering gloom for con-
nl!tashyn.
he hasn't seen u.s. faltered large; she
certain to go by all right unless"
'lnless | scream" said a cracked vice;
sr1 ont from the black anywhere stepped
"'hcred wreck Of woman. dingy white
m gob, meen and hair. Talk about quilts
on the frtnIl porcupinel l fit like a pin
cushion that had jest slipped to the fiure.
But why shud you scream. my good
woman" CAPPED large at lengt'. We're
IN" drridin' citizens. with no wish to molist
va whatever"
She laughed in his face low. tanks to
on1sy, yet 'orrible TO hear
DO You want me TO bring him from the
r""l over the field. the avinger whom you
rear she demanded. Il will, II you don't
''N"r IN silence and do what l say" And
ere innned into the deepening wood. with
aHhpsts assurance Of not being neoked.
shall we:" | whispered. and me hands
sall The rist.
Il large shook his ambrosal locks.
N'pe,' he breathed back. Capital
masses wan conservative and caushus. Be-
slleS' We are goin' furder from him With
ivery stip.'
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NAMES TIMBER OUTPUT.
9OO. .OOO. .OOO Feet Last Winter -Prspar Ing
for This Years cut.

The log drives Of all the Maine rivers are
now In the booms. reports the Bangor Daiip
Neus. The drives have been especially
clean this year. no logs being left to winter
in the streams and brooks. This of course
has been due to the high water which has
continued through the summer
IL 10 roughly estimated that last winters
cut in Maine was about 500. .0oo. 600 feet Of
spruce and perhaps 100. .o0o. 900 feet Of pine
part Of the State, where a second growth
Of pine has now developed along the Saoo
In place OF those first great pines which gave
Maine the name Of the Pine Tree State.
The lumbermen are already locating
the camps in the woods and making active
preparations for next years cut. In the
old times numbering was strictly q winter
business, but in these times practically ali
the cutting 10 done In the fall and this part
Of the work is ended by January /. The
Indications tSs seav point ~ ,op to large cut though
10 be overcome and there are other factors
the weather and the condition Of the lumber
market.
Twenty thousand forest fire notices
have recently been posted Ia the State
and plantation. and those with large wooded
sections being very literally :. supplied.
Doubtless the warning conveyed by these
notices has been q factor. as well as the wet
summer. in making the Maine record OF
forest fires more favorable than for many
years. There were few fires in June In
Somerset and Washington counties. bat
they were not extensive and did very little
damage. June Is usually the worst month
OF the year for these great fires which have
worked such havoc In the wild lands OF this
State: There were no fires In July or thus
far in August. and the woods are now 20 wet
and the swampS so full Of water that IL
is very unlikely that Maine will suffer much
from forest fires this year. even II long
dry spell should come on.
There will be no relaxation. however,
In the vigilance Of the fire wardens. There
are 200 OF these wardens and though they
are paid by tho State only for time actually
spent in fighting fires or otherwise serving
the Commissions they are always on the
watch. Most OF them are men employed
In the woods by private concerns or engaged
10 running sporting camps and their own
interests keep them very watchful against
fires.. These wardens posted the fire notices
In the unincorporated places. whils the
notices were ssnt 10 the selectmen Of the
towns and the assssson Of The organized
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It was a relief, 80 Il wore, the quiet of the
upper room, with Its lights dimly burning
arter the hustling We had undergone. Wan
felt contint to lie and ist, which was iis {
as well since trussed lucky was better fitted
for activity.
At lengt' large spoke from his Garner of
the fiure where he had been t'rown like a
sack Of coal, and not saft coal, eeder.
Its allus the cussed way!" he groaned
"No money that we gifts ever does us amy
good
-You orter be satisfied thin" retarted,
"for that's the last ting you wud want It to
do"
BLACK, black he wint on unheedin',
mot a ray Of light kin 1 discern in the
futur'.-
"The dose you've had a'riddy shud be
sufficient, though it was light wan
large gev' hisself furious tass.
You fool he snarled, @to Jest instid OF
to pray! Don't you know where you are?"
mo more than Moses did"
We'll. i do; that pictur' tells me. and his
eyes turned to the painting Of stately old
man with a white beard that hung over the
mantel. that's Ezra Kleinitz the inventor
OF the famous Kleinits light Haven't the
papers been full Of the honors he's been re-
ceiving in Europe? He might better have
stayed to hum, all the samee; whin the boss
is away there's the divvil to pay. Yit wan
would t'ink that he cud safely leave his busi-
ness in the charge Of his secretary and his
hum in tine care OF his two nieoes."
-Sistersg"
Nope; coosins; whom the old bachelor
adopted whin infants and med his hairs.
A serene outlook. surely. and yit an cart
quake kin rip into desoIashun the fairest
scene"
And so kin the elemental passhuns, hey2
1t isn't hard, large. TO figger out a wukkin'
hypotenuse II these two girls happened
TO each love this wan young man they
would hate each odder, wudnt they, with q
reflex acshun full az strong9 Well. thin, sup
pose that each In his temporary absence,
unknown TO the odder, had tried to get pos
sesshun Of the money they knew their uncle
had left In the safe, to help him out Of some
snap or to make hersiK more desirable.
Might not a tirrible tragedy have ensued,
and thin quick. uggent efforts to escape
detecshun that wild crisis Of fear and .des-
perashun whin even the impossible Ia seized
upon as likeiy?"
1T doesn't appeal that way to me-"
interrupted large dryly. -Your gratooitis
assumpshuns wud make bloon out Of the
multiplioashun table. Why shud you say
the Secretary IL away How do you know
he wasn't the leader who pinohed us2"
That stupid crowd at his back didn't
know him. They fought he was detective
from town after a villain whom ibe had
described to match your face and dress"
"Cuss himl Thin he must have seen me
face to face before
"P'raps he did. large. or wan ting
am certain; the same black eyes that
blinkcd at US from that old woman snapped
at us from that young feller OF leader.
with his smooth face and high vice"
Tin tousand divvlesi The girl hersilfi
But how cud she have known. Smithers.
We wore comm along the road. anxus to
hide from pursuing wrat'f' I.
do you remember how bright and
distinct Shartsii's farm stood out Ias he
The sun., 1907-08-18

He who fees from a man to a woma n
jumps from a precepece into the sea, T"
l mummured, comm clus. 40 l fought to
takin' the bun in what is essentially quota
shunless age.
But t'roo the dark and dev'us paths we
wint, until we emugged into the coortyard d
OF spac'us mansion. with nanny humble
Offices clusterin' In the rear. Again the old
woman faced us. colder. whittier than the
moonlight. but without it's clear and chas-
tening charm.
FOOD Ia within for the hungry" says she
with a rheumatic gesture. "and drink for
the strong man. Arms for the brave; raj :
ment for the soiled; wealth for the desperate
and no wan to stay him that Wills"
She stood for the moment. with old eyes
blinking and old lips twitching sourly.
Thin she glided swiftly away. in and out
among the humble Offices until she was
lost to view
Don't listen to the Syring's song. large.
I begged, as I seen him tunn to the little
side dure she had indicated. Il kin fairly
hear the did bones rattle"
Let EN- he answered. -'Tis the mo at
they kin do. I'm going in-where there's
Everything lack and what most need"
And he prissed his way undaunted into the
interior blackness. with me at his heels
betune two wills.
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picture can N seen a little stand. This
was the first place where Ice cream candy
was made on the island. II was owned by
man named Watt, who came from Co
The sun., 1907-08-18

OF. Look stthis money. the same amount.
in the same denominations IL contained
ten thousand dollars"
And a furioup roar denied the need OF
furder confummashun.
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Desarted--.you cud fairly feel the afYront
OF 1t In the heavy. repellent air. Likely
enough houses SEQ too much of their in
habitants to respict or like them. Isn't 1t
a faot that whin wan has been closed up
for long IL gives but cold wilcome to him
that intersi
Nor was that all-the shoulder that
showed rather than the hand that repelled
That house was filed with strange sensa-
tuns, like echoes without sound and scenes
without sight. as IL the spirit OF evints
which had occurred had not been able to
escape and mingle with the odder evil
mimories which sweep like black nibulee
around the cart until they combine to
return in new and more awful shapes
know I crep' clus to large as he struck
a match. and wishted long light to it.
Cosey, that's a. cheap name for 1.-THE
warm. rid carpet in the hall and the open
dure opposhet, showing a table piled with
good t'ings Ia the middle room that might
have given old victuallus hisself his sicond
wind. In an instinct large had touched
od the high candles and was sailin' into
the cold j'ints like a cannibal king after a
wreck. Smash wint the neck OF bottle
and down flashed glass after glass like
wireless messages OF good cheer.
$50 far 80 good; and now for better
things above" blurted large, with the
confidence OF dying child.
He seized a candelabrum; he staggered
upstairs like a torohlight percesshun on its
last block. And wint along. frightened.
because l was more skeered TO stay.
Ilegint. that's a poor size for it. though;
the hangin's the drapperies. the bijew-
tory. the picturs and the. sepulchros.
KEEP dreamin' was dwellin'. in Mobile
halls. but Il was a bad dream. filed with
starts and trimbles. whin something that
wasn't there seems prissin' down upon
you.
No such puttybashuns for large. howiver.
He had fortified hisself with good spiruts
aginst bad spiruts. and his own buoyant
spiruts had sprung 10 their aid.
With increasing ~ he PROGRESSED from
room to room and from story to story,
findin' Everywhere oorrobashuns T. the
old woman's tale. From the closet Of
the second front he lifted loaded revolver.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-22
OId Landmarks MOved

anal to be Put to a NesO Use.
The frame building west of the
Cunningham House, which was
occupied many years ago by the
old Ledger as a printing office,
and the front room of which Mr..
j. Harry Foster has been using
of late years as law Office, is
being moved nearer to the corner
of Dunlap and Catawba streets
1t will be converted into ware.
house for the Bennett Grocery
Company, which, as heretofore
published, will, about September
1st, move from it's present quar-
ters in the Ganson building into
two store rooms in the Cunning
ham block, in which Mr.. w. p.
Bennett, the head of the campany,
has purchased an interest.
Mr.. Bennett has just had con-
structed in rear of the building a
long, covered shed, subdivided
into numerous stalls, for the use
of the stock of his customers from
the country when they come to
town--something The News has
time and again urged the mer-
anchts Of Lancaster to do.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-22
Mr.. Laurence Pardue Married.

VII. LuOTctCc UTUuS MuTrteU.
Mr.. Lawrence H. Pardue, a
popular and well-known former
Young Lancastrian, who has been
living in Atlanta for the past few
years, was happily married in
that city last Wednesday, 10Th
instant, to one of Atlanta's sweet
and lovable young ladies', Miss
Ora Brown. Mr.. Pardue, who is
son OF Mr.. III. B. Pardue, now
of Fort Lawn, is a young man Of
sterling character and is highly
esteemed by all who know him.
The Atlanta Journal of Thurs
day gives the following account
of the marriages: A pretty June
marriage was that OF Mr. Law
renee III. Pardue and Miss Ora
Brown which took place at the
home of the BRIDES mother Mrs.
j. G. Turner, 76 West Peachtree
Street, last evening at 6:45, Rev
A. O. Ward officiating. The ce-
remony was witnessed by only a
few of the most intimate friends
of the bride and groom.
The happy couple left at 8 o.
clock for Franklin Springs. Az
ter the first they will be at home
to their friends at 80 Simpson
street.
The bride was beoomi ngly
dressed in a travelling suit of
brown.
Mr.. Pardue is q promising
young business man, having been
with State Life Insurance COM
pany of Indianapslis, Ind, for
the past several years.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-22

Bert Barber, of Elton. Wis, says al
have only taken four doses of your Kidney
and Bladder Pills aud they have done for
me more than any other medicine has ever
done am still taking the pills as | want
perfect cure" MIR. Barber refers to De-
Wits Kidney and Bladder Pills. which
are unequaled for Backache. weak kidneys,
Inflammation of the bladder and all urin-
ary troubles. weeks treatment for 25c.
Sold by Crawford Bros.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-22
KershaU Votes for a High School.

The election held in Kershaw
Wednesday to determine whether
a high school shall be eSta ablished
in that town, under late act of
the Legislature providing for
such schools, resulted unanimous
ly in favor Of the school, the
vote being IL to 0. The vote was
light because a number of citi.
zens were unable TO find their
registration certificates.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-22

The first new bale of cotton
was marketed Thursday from
Hidalgo county, Texas.
According to report reciev-
ed yesterday from Csinden the
dispesuary election in Kersha a W
county the day before resulted
in favor of the anti-dispensary
side.
Miss Margaret Poag, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Poag, of
Rock Hill and Mr.. r. M. Swof-
ford, of Gaffney, will be married
next Tuesday evening.
"A New Cut Farmer told us
yesterday that he is now plough
ing his cotton withOuta "fender,"
which he has been unable to do
heretofore on account of the
plant being go small.
On the 8th instant County
Treasurer Williams was bitten
by a spider, from the effects OF
which he has since suffered in
tensely. So virulent was the
poison that he is yet in bed
Monroe Journal.
We regret exceedingly that
Mr.. j. Il. Stevens, who was re
Gently under treatment at the
Rock Hill hospital and had i'm
proved enough to return to his
business, has had to return to the
spital.-Kershaw Era.
Master w. T. Collins, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. I'll. b. Collins, fell
from the piazza at his home last
Saturday afternoon and sustained
some very painful injuries. His
face was badly bruised and lacer-
ated.-Rock Hill Herald.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-22
Marriage of Miss DAISY McNimch.

Miss Daisy McNinch, the at
tractive young daughter OF our
fellow townsman Mr.. A. j. Nc.
Ninch, was married in Columbia
last Monday evening to Mr.. Hen.
ry Powell, merly of Fairfield
but now a resident of Columbia.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev j. Z. Knox, pastor of
the A. X z. church of that city.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-22
Operated on for appendicitis.

Miss Ora Lemmond, one of the
popular and efficient nurses of
the Rock Hill hospital, was ope
rated upon Monday afternoon for
appendicitis Rock Hill Her.
aid.
Miss Lemmond is a daughter
of our fellow townsman Mr.. w.
d. Lemmond and her many
friends In Lancaster wish her a
speedy recovery.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-22
VIII Cure 90 nsu mpsion.

A. A. Herren. Finch, Ark. writes: "Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar is the best prepara-
ton for coughs. colds and lung trouble.
know that II has cured consumption in
th 70 first stages" You never heard OF any
one using Foley's Honey and Tar and not
being satisfied Funderburk Pharmacy.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-22
IYrSah Bible SOciety's Semi Cen
telintaL Celebration


The Rev. Geo. A. Black burn,
of Columbia, has accepted an in
vitation to deliver the annual ad :.
dress before the Tirzah Bible
Society on the last Saturday in
July, when it will celebrate it's
5Hth anniversary. AS heretofore
! .blished in The News, the Rev.
l.. L. Mann, of North Carolina,
will make an address before the
Society on the preceding day,
Friday, the semi-centennial exer-
cises extending through two
days.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-22
Program of the Moriah I'm
ion.

The Moriah Union will meet
with the Bethlehem Baptist
church on Friday and Saturday,
June 2Sth aud 29th, 1907.
First Day.
Friday, IL a. M. devotional
services.
11:30-IpIroductory sermon
by e. F. Rice, I. A. Dabney.
m-Enrolling delegates and
elec'ing officers for another year.
Recess, / Hour.
2p. m. Verbal reports from
the churches.
2:3O-The Individual member
in church work. Speakers: r. T.
Blackmon, G. w. Ellis, w. T.
Gregory.
Adjourn.
Second Day.
Saturday, 10 a. m: Devotion
al exercises
l0:30-The Sunday school, its
place in church work. Speakers:
r. j. Blackmon, w. L. Croxton.
w. G. Thomson.
11:30-Home Missions, our
first work. Speakers w. F. Es.
fridge, NJ. z. Gardner, j. b. Fun
derburk.
Recess, | Hour.
Saturday, 2:30 p. m.-What
place in the church does
non-attending, non contributing
church member occupy? Speak
ers: <. F. Rice, G. T. Hardin,
e. b. Lingle.
$3.50 a. m.-Higher standards
of life among church members.
Speakers: I. A. Dabney, j. 81.
Boldridge, w. b. Bruce.
Adjourn.
Sunday.
10 a. IN. Address on Sunday
schools. Bro Pearcy, w. l..
Croxton, Z. B. Lingie.
II a. m.--Missionary Sermon
bv j. III. Boldridge, r. T. Black
mon. Revelation 21: 7: "He that
overcometh shall inherit all
things and | will be his God
aud he shall be my Son.
Committee.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-22
Death Of an Infant.

The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
M. l.. Privett, of The cotton mills
village, died last Wednesday
morning, aged 8 months and |
day. The burial was in West.
side cemetery Thursday morn
ing.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-22
Business Notices.

E III Notices inserted under
this head at the rate of ONE CENT
WORD for each insertion. No
notice To be counted less than 20
words