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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29

the brewery now? After YOU have
seen how beer is made YOU may try
a taste. just by way OF seeing what
it's like
Thank vou,' | replied. thinking
at the same time that | could prob
ably live through it, if it didn't
take too long. But after | had
been Hooking round for hall al
hour or SO | didn't care whether |
ever got back for the taste. Twas
OF an interest most extraordinary,
that tour, brief as it happened to
be, and | learned more in minute
about beer, how it should be made
and how it is made BY the Abner-
Drury process than | ever ex-
pected to know. previous to yes
terday, in the whole course OF my
life.
OF course the storerooms came
first. in this kaleidoscope tour OF
the brewery And it was the
proper starting point, for it is here
that the malt and hops which,
ground and mingled, make the
Royal Pilsen and the other brews
for which Abner and Drurv are
famous. but which | had never met
more intimately than in a glass
heretofore, first become ac-
quainted.
Now, I'm frank to say that Or
dinarily the average storeroom
doesn't give me even a faint sus-
picion of a thrill. 1t doesn't mat
ter, either, what the stored stuff
happens to be. | went in a cold
storage warehouse once where six
million eggs were waiting for a
jump in the market price OF 5 or
10 cents a dozen, and the serious
person who conducted me
made some eulOgiStic comments
on the hen and the work OF that
noble bird in the cause OF omelets
and civilization. But | wasn't much
The nearest | could
get to starting a thrill while look
ing at these six million eggs was
by figuring out, mentally, and with
but Indifferent success, how long
it would take a flock OF eleven
hens. working three days a week,
to fill the warehouse.
| just mention this now by way
of passing, to show that when
entered the Abner-Drury store
rooms | didn't expect to be par
ticularly impressed. First we
stepped in the great room where
the malt is stored. 1t was clean
and light and airy OF course |
expected that, and wasn't SUR
prised. Then we went downstairs
to another great room. similar but
different. That is, 'twasn't any
different so far as appearances
went, but | liked it better-so,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29

stop-for, OF course, YOU won't
stop at any other sort. Almost
without exception YOU will FIND
American bottled beers on the
card, and if YOU should happen to
order one OF the many brands OBJ
tainable, YOU will find it served III
as fine condition as at your club
here in town.
When | was in Europe a couple
OF years ago-I went over as nurse
to Saratoga trunk, | might ex-
plain-l found this to be true at
some OF the best known hotels on
the continent, and in Britain, too
for that matter. Twas so at the
Grand Hotel, with its beautiful
court d'Honneur at Paris. at the
Ritz in London. at the \esuvio in
Naples, at the Continental in
Rome and in Berlin-the hearth
and fresidc OF the cultivated beer
appetite-not only at the Bristol,
but at the celebrated Kaiser cellar
in the Friedrichstrasse, where
American beer, if you please, is
given the place OF honor, being the
sole beverage sold in the wine res
taurant of that establishment out
side OF long list OF the best
known and most high-priced
wines OF all vintages and chimes.
American bottled beer helps to
make lie endurable at the equator
and in those jeweled islands OF the
southern seas where the only
tangible assets worthy OF mention
are fans and hanmocks. More
than this. it is found in cold chimes,
too. and is enjoyed, they say, every
bit as much
| had friend once who had to
take the longest kind of sea voy-
age for his health Happily he had
money, and he made one of these
four months steamer tours with a
bunch OF other travellers in search
of either health or information. or
both. He was a man who had
been something of home body,
and this scOoting round from place
to place didn't suit him little bit.
But his physical condition kept i'm
proving, and SO he stuck to it.
though he kept getting more
homesick every blessed minute.
Finally, one day when the YES
sci on which he was a passenger
was way up north, giving its hui
man cargo chance to view that
phenomenon, the midnight sun, he
went ashore with party at Spitz-
bergen. And what do YOU sup
pose he saw on that lonely, barren
shore, lying almost at his feet, the
minute he stepped out OF the boat:
Why, nothing more or less than a
dozen or SO empty beer bottles.
They had evidently been there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29
HERE'S INSPIRATION
All About Royal Pi|sen and
What's in 1t.
AND THE WAY IT'S MADE
A Light, Happy Brew Is All the
Fashion Now.
FAVORED BY PHYSICIANS
American Beer the Very Best and
Is Sold All Over Europe
FAVORED BY PHYSICIANS

Ever have an inspiration: Ii
YOU haven't had, don't worry. 1t
isn't every one who can scare up
genuine, full-grown inspiration on
short notice.
Now that's one trouble. T'other
is. that what constitutes an inspi-
ration for one person wont even
scratch the crust OF another. Some
folks can glimpse a modest violet
blushing in some sheltered wood
land nook and throw a fit on the
spot, while it takes brass band OF
sixty pieces, led BY a drum major
seven feet high, to hasten the heart
beats OF the more phlegmatic
That's human nature, and human
nature is nothing ii not charmingly
variable.
But this isn't a dissertation on
inspirations in general-just a few
remarks about one essentially per-
sonal to myself-so III get down
to brass lacks. Yesterday-the
past week or so having been warm
and springy-l went over to the
boathouse to put few stable
patches on the nidriff of moth
eaten canoe, and when | landed
back at the corner OF + and Goth
streets to take the car for home, |
was as hot as a fried chicken and
as gloomy as the inside OF COW.
And just at that precise minute
that inspiration thing came along
and hit me right between the eyes.
| forgot that had intended to take
a car and did little quick think
ing.
Surely" said | to myself, that
big building over there is the
Abner-Drury brewery. Surely, ii
| remember rightly. an old school
friend OF mine keeps books over
there. Surely I've treated him
shameiully in not going to- see him
before this, lis me to see that
Micky Finn this very minute
So ! went Micky was in. He
was glad to see me, too. At least
he said he was. And, OF course. |
was glad to see him. | was also
extraordinarily thirsty. but being
OF naturally refined nature |
didn't mention it. And after we
had exchanged the time OF dav and
had compared notes on marriage.
children and the price OF eggs in
Georgetown. Micky asked me how
happened 10 drop in to see him
AT that particular time. alter letting
ten Years or SO go by without a
visit. And old General Inspiration
handed ME another timely swat.
lis this. said |. just as ii |
meant it. Il have never seen the
inside OF brewery which was
By way OF being the truth-"and
| decided, as was waiting for a
car out there. that my education
had been neglected long enough.
So in | came
And it is glad | am to see you.'
said Micky. Will you GO through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29
Famous ROYAL Pilsen Beer Brewed in Washington

which was, to my eve, in every way
up to the standard set BY that de-
lightful hop room and the great
shiny copper kettles and all the
rest. we-that is, Mickv and /
landed back at the Office. Ard
that extraordinary thirst OF which
l spoke bit ago, which had been
stilled into forgetiulness BY the in
terest OF the things | had seen.
again clamored for assuagement.
And just as | was screwing up nv
courage to ask. in almast sarcastic
tone, if | couldn't have a drink OF
water, Mickv disappeared for a
moment and came back carrying a
big chilled stone stein OF cold.
toamy, amber-hued ROYAL Pilscn.
Maybe twas because | was hot
and thirsting; maybe twas cause
| had feared for a moment that my
inspiration wasn't going to do me
any good: maybe twas just that it
was the Royal Pilsen beer, and
maybe it was a combination of all
three. But at any rate. after the
most careful and profound intro
spection | am unable to think of
anything that ever in my whole life
tasted half SO good.
SO my inspiration came true or
was made good, or whatever is the
proper way to put it, after all, and
| trotted down the two big flights
OF steps from the brewery office to
+ street and hustled over for my
car, humning a little improvisation
that came into my head:
ooh, here to the brew of Pilsen
pale.
LAS mild as milk and as rich as
ale--'
There's a whole lot more to it,
OF course, but I'm not going to
take advantage of this dissertation
on beer, breWeries and such to ring
in a line of poetry of home manu-
facture.
But what | wanted to say was
this. My little trip to the Abner-
Drury plant got me nightly inter
ested in beer-in a purely theoreti-
cal sense, my practical knowledge
on the subject having been grow
ing for many years-and | learned
many things that, not ever having
given the subject much considera-
ton before, surprised me not
little. For instance. I've always
had sort OF hay idea that Ger
many was the home, sweet home
OF beer and the happy hunting
ground OF breweries.
Yet | hadn't been looking into
the subject very long before | dis
covered how very mistaken | was.
Up to a few years ago any one
who had predicted that American
malt beverages would ever be rec
ognized by Europeans would have
been given the grand boot. But
the splendid progress American
brewers have made toward scien-
tifc knowledge OF pure yeast fer
filtered air and aceptic
has brought about the
most unexpected results.
'Tis a generally admitted fact
nowadays that the average quality
the average quality, mind you
of American beer excels that OF
any other country, Germany in
cluded. A broad assertion, this,
but an ironclad fact for all of that.
If you should happen to drift
Europeward next year-you prob
ably won't go this year for the very
best OF reasons twill be interest
ing for you, as patriotic Ameri-
can, keen on everything your
country makes or exports, from
steel rails to ROYAL Pilsen. to
glance over the wine lists OF the
famous hostelries at which YOU
aassssS.S
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-05
Auditors Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that this
office will be open from the let day of
January to the Goth day February 1908
for the purpose of receiving the re-
turns OF the taxpayers of Lancaster
county.
1t will be to the interest Of every
taxpayer, to make their returns
promptly OF all personal property ,salso
all transfers or improvements on real
estate and save the penalty OF so per
cent which attaches after the goth of
February. Said penalty will be i'm
posed without fail in every instance
where party fails to make return.
The Poll tax of one dollar is laid
upon all persons between the ages OF
81 and 60, except those exempt by law
Respectfully.
Fl. III. Horton,
County Auditor.
Lancaster 8. G. Dec. 8 1907.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-05
Money to Loan.

/ can, ss usual, negotiate loans,
from $500 and upward, on improved
cotton farms, st S% interest. repay
able in annual installments. No com
missions charged. Only reasonable
fee for making abstract OF title.
h. Il. Wylie,
Atty. at Law
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-05
DR.. Shoe
Restorative

-.
Portancs. Only few marriages,
ono death and tho coming and
going Of visitors.
Aunt Rue Plyler died on Jan.
Oath inst, and was buried by her
pastor, Rev. <. M. McKissick,
at Bethel on Saturday, 25th inst.
She was about 9e years old and
leaves only one daughter, Mrs.
Emeline McMauus, who lives with
Mr.. r. P. Plyler. She was q
good woman in every respect.
Mr.. Charlie Fulp and sister,
Beatrice, from Statewide, N. O.,
cousins Of Mrs. d. F. Sapp, re-
turned homo q few days ago, af-
ter a pleasant visit in the Sapps
community.
Miss Ella Yarboro, daughter
Of Mr.. M. Yarboro of Georgia, is
visiting friends and relatives
around her former home.
The 1st quarterly conference
for East Lancaster Circuit was
held at Hopewell Jan. 25tb inst
Rev. R E Stsckhouse, P. E., was
on hand and preached two fine
sermons. Our pastor, Rev. Nc
Kissick, is bigger man (avoir-
dupois) than our P. E. The
circuit made fine report, about
20 per cent of salaries of P. E
and P. G. paid to date.
Our school at Bethel, under
the control of Prof. @: A. Plyler,
is the best in its history. About
fifty pupils enrolled. Our peo
pie seem to be aroused on the
subject of education. We claim
our school to be second to no
country school in the county.
The patrons contemplate build
ing a better school house in the
near future. When they say
they will do anything it will be
done. There are no better men
in the county than many of the
patrons of Bethel school. Our
teacher says to judge him by his
work.
Plyler, notary public, says that
Sapps, "tother" notary public,
must reduce his price or the
matrimonial knots will be tied
by him (Plyler). Price from
ten cents up to one dollar. APP
plicants will find it to their in
terest to get prices before mar
riage.
d. r. and w. Fl. Sapp have
bought valuable tract of land
from J. III. Stewart. Judging
from price paid, land is high and
money plentiful in this section.
Rev. Gibson, at Mr.. G.. w
Plyler's, in the Tabernacle sec
ton, is seriously sick. No hopes
of his recovery are Entertained
His father and brother have Wis
tied him the past week. For
fear of being too lengthy we will
1 IL
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-05
Sale of Personal Property.

/ will sell at Public auction at my
home in the Antioch section on Feb.
9Th at 10 o'clock, a. IN. all the person
al property OF the estate of John F
Snipes, deceased, consisting of mules
l wagon, corn, fodder, cow and calf,
etc. Terms OF sale, cash.
L. l.. Snipes,
Admrx
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-05
Sapps Crossroads Dots.

Mr.. Editor: AS nothing has
appeared In the columns of The
News for some time from the
above section, a few items may
be of interest. No news Of i'm
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-05

The trouble with cough remedies is that
they constipate Kennedys Laxative cough
Syrup acts gently but promptly on the
bowels and at the same time it stops the
cough by soothing the throat and lung ir-
ritation children like it Sold by all drug
gists
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-05
Weak Kidneys

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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-05
Proceedings Of the Legisla-
ture--Bill Anne d at "Be-
fore Day" Clubs--Other
Matters.

lotte Observer: BY a vote of sc
to 46 the House went on record
today against befo' days clubs
and other secret societies Of me-
groes, passing the bill of Mr..
Rucker, of Anderson, who frank
ly admitted that the object of
the bill was TO break up these
negro secret societies, which he
said were breeders of crime. The
bill requires all secret societies
to be licensed by clerks OF court,
the application to give the So
ciety officers and TO state the ma.
ture Of its organization. Ate n
dance upon society which has
no license 10 made q misdsmean
or. No society can secure . Ii
cense if in the judgment Of the
clerk it should be- withheld. The
House refused to even amend
the bill so as to allow an appeal
to the Circuit Court from the de-
cision of the clerk. The license
fee is So.
Mr.. Walkers bill allowing
managers of election 81 a day
for services was killed.
Mr.. Graydon's bill to amend
the employers liability law,
which passed the Senate this
week, received a favorable report
in the House today. The bill is
designed to prevent non-suiting
of damage suits, as happened in
the Federal Court here recently,
when three big damage suits
against the Southern were nom
suited, and to allow the jury to
pass upon the question as to
what extent the negligence of
the injured employe contributed
to his injury.
Mr.. Rucker introduced a bill
in the house to abolish capital
punishmsnt except for rape, and
Mr.. Lietner had a bill to prevent
labor agents from going upon a
plantation to solicit laborers.
Sixty-six new bills went upon
today's House calendar and a
large quantity of new ones was
introduced. The calendar is al
ready 36 pages long, but new
bills will be poured into the hop
per for about a week longer. AL
ready the calendar shows the
1 100 mark to have been reach
ed.
The Senate adjourned its pro-
hibition debate to-day till Tues
day night, and passed only un-
contested matters:
Mr.. Efird's joint resolution
calling for constitutional
amendment 80 as to provide for
bien nial sessions of the Legisla
ture received an unfavorable re-
port in the Senate today, and the
indication is that it will fail OF
the necessary votes. Several
years ago biennial-sessions re-
solution was passed by both
houses, and it was favorably vot-
ed on in the general election
but was not put into effect be-
cause of alleged technical defects
in the passage of the resolution.
On account of esalesday there
Ill L.. oano,4n - 1.kk-
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-05

AS we have supplied very near all of
customers with Graphaphones, we have de-
clded to give away to our Cash friends and
customers some Gold, therefore, for the next
hvo months we will give to each customer
who purchases from US S. 90 worth of goods
in either the Dry Goods Clothing, Shoes,
Hardware, Furniture or Grocery Depart
ment, ticket with a number on it, and this
will give each holder an opportunity to get
the money that we are going to give away,
First prize $4,000 in Gold.
Second /" 1000 in Gold.
Third 500 in Gold
We will begin giving these tickets away
next Monday February 3rd, and the contest
will close July 1st, and the Cash Prizes will
be given away that day.
You will find our stock of goods very
complete and the prices cant be beat by any
one In town, and you stand just as good show
as any one else to pick up this much Money.
Be sure to ask for your tickets and re.
member this rare opportunity begins now and
ends July 1st.
Yours for business.
Lancaster Mercantile Co.
January, goth, 1908
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-05
Notice to Debtors and Crcdi-
tors

tors.
All persons indebted to the estate OF
the late John r. Snipss. deceased, are
hereby notified to make payment to
the undsrsigned at once; and all per-
sons having claims against said es-
tate will present same duly attested.
l.. l.. Snipes,
Admrx
The daily tribune., 1908-08-01
Diarrhoea Cured.

my father has for years been
troubled with diarrhoea. and tried
every means possible to effect cure,
without AVAIL writes John II
Zirkle of Philippi. W. Va. "He
saw Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoes Remedy advertised In
the Philippi Republican and decided
to try 1t. Tho result Is one bottle
cured him and he has not suffer cd
with tho disease for eighteen months
Before taking this remedy no was n
constant sufferer. He is now sound
and woll, and although sixty years
old, can do AZ much work as young
man." Sold by Dan iols drug store.
The daily tribune., 1908-08-01

Farmers are "A desirous class OF man.
kind to have In fraternal ordcr as
they are strong and vigorous, usually.
Since there was good start made Mt
tho social the other night.it is expect.
Cd thnt tho class Of twenty. will
have been secured long before tho
l3th OF this month. the date got for
their initiation.
The daily tribune., 1908-08-01
FLORENCE FLOOD
(Continued from First Page)

depth Of five feet and the rails
sunk. Other pl aces the line is out
Of plumb from Ave inches to three
feet. All east bound trains that
have been running over the new
stretch will be run over the single
track and the trains will resume their
former schedule in day or two. but
the present slow orders have been
issued
s. P. Smith. operating mine
near Williamsburg lost about &3 900
worth of material. Twenty. five
hundred railroad ties. pair of rail-
road scales and the scale no use Ia
among the several things he lost The
new switch that he recently laid
from the Santa Fe branch is damaged
and will undergo repair. The water
was twenty feet deep at this point
and WAS running wild with high
waves.
Tho United Oil company was a
loser to the extent of several thousand
dollars. One Of the big tanks. said
to contain about 1000, 600 gallons OF
tar oil was broken open by the heavy
driftwood pounding tho iron sides and
the contents was carried down the
stream. There was also another tank
containing, 1t is said, about l0.00f
gallons Of gas distalatte, highly
explosive oil. and this also went will
the rest Fearing that there would
be danger of fire from the oils. word
was sent along the path of the flood
district that no fires should be light
cd. Tho company also lost the der
rick to we'll No. 800 In Sand creek
about two miles south of the city.
The United's loss, conservatively es.
timated, will be several thousand dol.
lars alone.
The Portland Cement company lost
about %, 900 worth of Oregon pine
which was used In connection with
the building OF the concrete bridge
over the river east of Portland. The
water carried ont the false work
all the wood that WAS lying around.
The company sent men down the
tracks last ,ght to fish out the wood.
The dirt abutments Of the concrete
Hardscrabble bridge were carried
away. but the concrete was left stand.
ing. This proves tho superiority OF
concrete for bridges over all other
building materials.
The Santa Fe lost Its semaphor at
Portland aud the water was rum ng
within two feet of the bottom of
Bridge 8. 1t was also within two
feet Of overlooking on the Rio Grande
and Santa Fe tracks at Portland and
II the water had broken over the
town would have been flooded. As
1t is the colored settlement was food
cd and tine occupants were chased to
the hills.
Flood conditions were bad at Rock