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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
.'Long Odds" by Harold Bindloss. (Small, Maynard & Co.)

"Long Odds" by Harold Bindloss. (Small,
 Maynard & Co)
 This reviewer discussed some time since a book by MT. Bindloss, called By Right of Purchase" with scenes laid up in the northwest. man had bought wife and she got tired, as ''she' sometimes will-after the sale. MT. Bindloss skips back and forth for scenes for his stories, first in this contry, then to Africa, in the Canary island-any old place where there is something doing with which to employ his talent
 In Long Odds he has written a very readable story about Thomas Ormsgill, sincere young fellow who thought it was his mission to do what he could to relieve the native West Africans of some of the woes brought upon them by their masters and slave traders. Tommie had something of a job on his hands. too He was en- gagged to marry a supercilious English girl who did not approve of his wilder ness habits and inclinations and, while she does not appear in person in the book, she is prominent as one of the links with civilized life from which Tommie vainly tries to free himself. Sensible girl that she must have been, she marries an- other suitor-what girl wants a lover hik- ing over West Africa looking for trouble and negroes 10 the neglect oL Hersell oo this girl left Tommie free to marry the red-blooded, vivacious but true-hearted daughter of the Portuguese commandant. But did Tommie go ahead and get mar rted, as he should? Not at all. All this marrying business mus. await the per formance of Tomme's mission. self-im- posed of rescuins native negro girl and n half dozen negro boys whose fate. so he said, a dying friend had entrusted to him. Tonlmie does indeed-yea, "i'' he took long odds when he braved the African levers, savages, male and female, and intriguing soldiers to perform a mis- sion that some of his friends (who had a little gray matter) didn't appreciate.
 But Tommie kept going-you simply can't stop chap like Tommie. in books or in life when he gets started. So MT. Bindloss tells us all about it, and the story is fair--nothing extra On desert isle-if Cooks parties have left any Long Odds would do fine The next
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
Literary Lights and Shadohs
BY S. MAYS BALL

puzzle in crime and such, the thrill is what you want--nothing else counts much
 The thrill is in Angel Esquire" all right-and then some-as the street. says. It tells the story of an old gambler who had robbed all his players, packers and croupiers, so when he came to die he selected three people to whom he in- tended leaving all of his il-gained wealth, if they were able separately or jointly to guess a puzzle as to the key or lock to the vault especially built for that purpose, into which the money had been placed One of these heirs was q lovely girl; the father of the girl had been robbed by the gambler, now about to die. The two other heirs were crim- inal gamblers, who had also been badly treated by the old dying rascal. 'Angel Esquire" was a. wonderful detective of Scotland Yard, who becomes interested in securing for the lovely girl this money. Angel Esquire was the abbreviated title given in place of MT. Christopher Angel, the detectives real name. Mixed up in the business after the old mans death was the latters attorney, who also wished to get his hands on this S10, 900 GOO.
 The money had been placed in vault, the key to which consisted of a set of dials on the order of the regular bank clock. which used instead of fig ures, certain letters. The object sought by the heirs of this money was to dis cover the letters used by the old gam bier in fashioning this lock, The book tells of the struggle on all sides to get the money. Everybody knows now who finally secured the mazuma, but the tell ing of it is really very well done The book will hold the interest. It Is one that you would care to finish at a sit- ting. There is a slight flavor of love in the book, of course; the author couldn't have found a publisher otherwise--but not enough love therein to hurt The thrill is there; such being the case what else to do we want in a detective tale? Nothing.
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looks so happy; her showers of aforesaid joy is '"rhe Leaven Of Love'--fine gos- pei, too. She talks many, many pages; she is the good angel of the story, and by virtue of her personality and discourses fore. aft and every old place obtainablc, she manages to bring things out all right in the book and makes everybody happy, with few trifiing exeeptions-her own self, possibly.
 The book is serious and very preachy. If the reader cares for that kind of book ''rhe Leaven of Love" will please.
 ANNE OF GREEN CABLES" By l..
 NJ. Montgomery. G4. C. Page & Co.)
 This is girls book. but it will interest all sorts of people. young and old Anne is another "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" who delighted us not so many years ago. Whether one would take Anne" or 'Rebecca," to say nothing of "Emy Lou" on a continued -in-our-next manner, is question.
 The book tells of Anne's experience in school of classes and club, of styles and disappointments. of beaux, and there is much good character drawing. The girl herself is one of those delightful heroines we see in books and care for. but from whom we would no doubt leav the house, if she lived with us. Anne was never aware of doing anything heroic. but she makes everybody love her. Anne was very pleasing. but as said she might be an aw- full bore in ones own home, but in a book she will do first rate. Did you ever read of any hero or heroine in d book you'd
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The Leaven of Love. by Clara Louise
 Burnham Houghton, Miffin & Co)
 This story has the scene laid in San Diego. near Los Angeles. on the Pacific coast, the Tent City" at the Coronado hotel disguised but easily recognized as the Regina Beach,"
 In the story is a somewhat of a mol lusc" kind of woman who has grown weary of the attentions shown by her husband to a very brilliant young woman, who goes around every place shedding and spreading joy. This wife has fled from her husband and refuses to have anything more to do with him. Lucky or unlucky husband-just as you happen to look at it. In the meantime, the spreading joy" young woman fascinates not only the husband, but every one with whom she comes in contact. This bright, up-to-date young person talks theoso phy, Christian Science, Christianity and all such things to every one within reach or who couldn't get away there are times like that. you know, when there seems no escape possible. Sibyl, the joy dispenser with her wonderful red hair. attracts everybody's attention because shc
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the man and the lover letting the poet in him perish? The decision is placed entirely in her hands.
 In this "The Lady or the Tiger" bus mess, how did Mrs. Poet decide2 The book is we'll worth reading to find out.
 One will be bound to be somewhat dubious over the possibility of the phy- siological theory advanced by Mrs. Ath erton as a fact but then-it makes mighty good romance-so whats the diff ference?
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'The Courage of Captain Plum" by
 James Oliver Curwood (Bobbs- Merrill
 Co)
 This stirring tale tells the adventures of one Capt. Nathaniel Plum who ventured to Beaver Island up in Lake Michigan, where James Jesse Strang was king of the Mormon faction, defying for time the whole United States government-many years ago. Captain Plum, who ventured to this island to seek redress for a personal wrong and who became involved in all sorts of entanglements that tried his courage to the utmost-had quite an exciting time of 1t. His adventure is complicated and made more thrilling by his falling in love upon a first fieeting glimpse at night of the girl Marion beautiful name thatD who is betrothed to the Mormon king Strang, as his seventh wife, more or less. Strang the-man-wh o-would-be king and no doubt was, for time, exercised over his followers wonderful power to com pei obedience to his most brutal com mands and naturally Captain Plum, with the love-light in his eye for the seventh more or less wife, falls immediately un- der Strang's dspleasure and is con demned to a most horrible death Chats what he got for falling in love, indis- crininately-one can't be too careful about 1t these days). To make his death more terrible, Captain Plum was to be bound with the brother of the girl he loved, neck -to-neclS, to posts, with wet rawhide throngs that are supposed to shrink with the heat of the sun and strangle the victims. There certainly has been some dispute in the press as to this proclivity of shrinking under the rays of the sun, sufficient to do much harm to victims; some writer, possibly MT. Arthur stringer, insisting that in such statements MT. Stewart Edward White has been elucidatng through his head-covering But. anyhow. in this book it reads thrill ing-so what's the difference? For these victims one the brother of the lovely girl the other the love-sick captain, were rescued by sweet maid Marion, con denned herself to become the seventh wife of old Strang, who was assisted In her First Aid to the Tied-at-the-Post hv Winnsome (Mr. Curwood is particular Iv fortunate in his selection of the young ladies' names), daughter of king of the Mornons Strang's executionef who had been previously killed by Captain Plum. Hov's that for heaping coals of fire on an enemy's head, instead of under his feete Obadiah Price, another villain, and ono of strang's councillors had 'sstill pur- sued strang and was waiting for an
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NOLul1lS.
 The Gentle Grafter, by o. Henry CThe
 Mcclure Co)
 MT. Sydney Porter, who writes under the pen name of 70. Henry" one time 'Oliver Henry" has been called the DeMaupassant of America and this des- ignation has been discussed and some what approved by no less an authority than Current Literature" which maga- zine usually knows whereof 1t speaks.
 MT. Henrys latest collection of short stories IS called ''The Gentle Grafter' just as good as anything he has here tcfore sent forth-which is stating the case as strongly as possible. For no one in this country or out of it, at this time excels MT. Henry in his humorous tales There is that unexpected ending, always present in his stories, that de- lights and the up-to-date slang of the street or wild-and-w woolywest Is simply inimitabe. You can't beat it.
 "The Gentle Grafter' tells of the ex- periences of one Peters and his as- socates in different places and at differ ent times, when they rob the E. z. Marks of their earned increment.
 MT. Henry is of the same opinion re- garding Little Old New York; as was an Atlanta fellow who being failure at home, upon going to New York to try for success was asked If he couldn't sue. ceed in Atlanta. what chance on earth did he stand in New York? replied the only difference between Atlanta and New York is, that in New York there are more of 'em'
 Jeff Peters, in the 'Innocents of Broadway" speaking of the self-satished New Yorker, says: He's lived 20 years in one street without learning as much as you would in getting once-over shave from a loclJawed barber in a Kansas crossroads town. But he's New York CT and he'll brag about that, all the time when he isn't picking up live wires or getting in front of street cars or pay ing out money to wire-tappers or stand ing under a safe that's being hoisted into a skyscraper. When a New Yorker does loosen up it's like the spring de- composition of the Ice jam in Allegheny river. He'll swamp you with cracked ice and backwater if you don't get out of the way. Me and Andy never cared much to do business in New York. It was too much like pot-hunting. Catching hunt CTS in that town is like dynamiting a Texas lake for bass. All you have to do anywhere between the North and East rivers Is to stand in the street with an open bag marked Drop packages of money here. No checks or loose bills taken. You have d cop handy to club pikers who try to chip in postoffice or ders and Canadian money and that's all there is to New York for hunter who loves his profession We'd get out our eyeglasses and watch the woodcocks along the Broadway swamps putting plaster casts on their broken legs and then we'd sneak away without firing a shot"
 "The Gentle Grafter'' is just about the best book you can find to cheer you up. Anything MT. Henry writes Is good.
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"Angel Esquire" by Edgar Wallace.
 HIenry Holt & Co.)
 This is first rate detective story, a puzzle in crime. But one must be very careful in recommending a detective story. for the reason that what may please you may not please me, and vice versa This reviewer heartily recommend ed a detective tale to certain high brow',i banker some time since. as some thing that would take his heavy brain, then engaged in lending or not lending money as the case might be-off of sordid things Result? The reviewer and the high brow banker are just now getting back on speaking terms again As MT. T. F. Flowers, the New York caricaturist puts it. A''Never again"
 But iri Angel Esquire" really one could take few risks, for in valuing a
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The book is serious and very preachy. If the reader cares for that kind of book The Leaven of Love will please
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/, The attention OF the public is called
to the Act of the recent Legislature,
approved the Oath day of February,
1905, which reads as follows:
AN ACT to Provide for the Re-Enroll-
ment and Registration of the Quail
fled Electors of this State During
the Year 1908, and to Provide Com.
pensation for the Supervisors of
Registration.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the State Of South
Carolina, That the Supervisors of Reg
istration in each County of the Stale
are required to re-enroll all the quail
fed electors in this State during the
year 1908. :.
Sec. 2. That the same time the said
Supervisors shall register all persons
who may make application therefor
and who may be entitled thereto.
Sec. 8. That for the purpose OF
such enrolment and registration the
said Supervisor shall keep the books OF
registration open at the several county
eats every day (Sundays excepted),
between the hours of nine a. NJ. and
six p. No., during the months of July
and August, 1908; and in addition
thereto, they shall attend, during the
month of September, 1905, at least one
day IN each township, in their respec-
tive Counties, of which at least ten
days notice shall he given by. adver-
tisement in a newspaper published in
the County and In Counties contain
ing fifty thousand Inhabitants they
shall attend in each city, town, or in
dustrial community, containing three
hundred or more inhabitants, at least
one day, upon similar notice: Pro-
vided, That the provisions OIL this Sec
ton shall only apply t. the re-enroll-
mentand registration for the year 1908:
Sec. 4. That for the purpose OF said
re-enrollment the Secretary of State
shall furnish the Supervisors of Regis
tration with all the necessary books,
and the sum of five hundred dollars
shall he appropriated for supplying
said books.
Sec. S. That Vac Supervisors of Reg
istration shall each receive for their
services, during the year 1905, the sum
of two hundred dollars, to be paid by
the State quarterly, as other State Of
ficers are paid: except in the Counties
of Anderson, Charleston, Greenville,
Sumter, Orangeburg, Richland, where
they shall each receive two hundred
and fifty dollars for the year l9oS: Pro-
vided, That in Spartanburg County
they shall receive this year three hum
dred dollars, to be paid as above pro-
vided; that, after the year 1908, the
Supervisors of Registration shall each
receive fifty dollars per annum IN on
years aNd one hundred dollars IN gen.
eral election years: except IN the
above named Counties, where they
shall each receive seventy.five dollars
per annum in off years, and in general
election years they shall receive two
hundred dollars each per annum, in
GLIDING the County of Spartanburg.
Sec, 6. All Acts or parts of Acts in
consistent with this Act be, and the
same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the Oath day of February,
A. D. 1905.
All persons having business in the
matter of registration will call on the
Chairman, w. G.. Sherard, in the store
of E. R. Thomson on the public
w. C. Sherard, Chairman.
A. F. Calvert,
r. H. Armstrong,
Board of Registration.
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McMurray's Locals.

Riverls Talcum. Powder smells more like
violets than violets. McMurray Drug Co.
Sauibbs Talcum Powder has that delight.
ful odor of carnations the newest OF all per-
fumes. % cent at McMurray's Store.
Steeres Candies Sweeter than the honey
from the honey bee and pure as the drifted
snow. IS cents at the McMurray Drug 20.
Ell Taro Cigars Those fifteen cents cigars
which we sell for five cents. McMurray
Drug Co..
The incest line of writing tablets with en-
velopes to match which We have ever mao
The McMurray Drug Co.
We still make the same delightful sods
waters which have made our reputation. Nc
Murray Drug Co.
White CIematis soap Ia good for your com
plexion. McMurray Drug Co.
Your wife will let you smoke Ranito cigarI
in the house. They smell good. McMurray
Drug Co.
or course Tbomas OF Columbia still supplies
MS with bis delicious cream. mcMurraJ
Drug Co.
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Summer Excursions
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Extremely low round trip Weekend Excursion tickets are
now on sale for all trains Saturdays and for Sunday morning
trains only, to Isle of Palms, Tybee; also to many attractive
Mountain Resort Points, from principal stations in South Caro-
lima. Tickets good to return until Tuesday following date OF
sale. Also special Sunday Excursion rates from Columbia,
Augusta and intermediate stations to Isle of Palms and 1ypee.
For details, rates, etc, apply to Southern Railway Agents, or
T nEEK j. c. LUSK,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, DIV. ass gen''
Anon+o 10 Charleston, S.. G..
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vERDERY.

The annual picnic at Verdery came OF last
Friday the It'll, It was. a little early for our
picnic, but Mr.. Klugh Purdy got ~ up Tor tne
%visitoIs Of our VICINITY anh ve IL Ian Ta' , SstS K IuSn
Mr.. II. p Wagner Of Charleston. 8. G, is
visiting his school mate Klugh Pnroy. DIE
is Mr.; Wag Va, ea, M nrs S;s v lsst among u'' ADo We
Miss Rebecca and Luis Wideman OF Green
| wood are visiting Mra. 7. b. PRESLEY:
Mr.. George Lynch and beautiful oaugnter
| Eleanor of Augusta Ga, are the guests Of Maj.
Miss Matte Lipford is visiting in town,
| glad to nave her with Us. ,
Miss Eulalie Wiggens enierta,nea q , tsw Oh
the young people TUESDAY nlgnt, leiresn'
| menis were cream n cake.
Mrs. E. N. Brooks and neice Miss Jordan
/ left for a months stay In SpartRnourg.
I Mrs. M Henderson ID at nome again aIoel
two months stay with her sister MSs hu.
cretia brennan at Due West; she is expecting
Mrs. M M. Lipscomb and daughter Miss
Little Ruby Hill Devlin went With them.
Miss Annie Mae Nan is visiting Mrs h.
Mrs. W. e. Henderson, and children have
gone to visit her mother Mrs. Miller al new
Miss Mary Green Is Visiting Miss Mamie
brennan, the accommodating post mistress.
Every body is looking forward to Friday
| The CANDIDATES. are W SAPCSoo ehCiL 'iS"rb
and try 10 convince the people that they are
the right men in the right place. There ls TO
be a barbecue for the benefit OF the candi.
dates.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Kerr have gone to Iva
for a pleasant stay with Mrs. VIII Wharton.
Miss Eula Fell OF Verdery has gone Tor a
few days to Greenwood.
Miss Josephine Kerr entertained at q house
party in honor OF Misses Mary Kennedy Of
Troy. Milwee Davis OF McCHrmiek, Elizabeth
Calhoun Of Greenwood, Narvis Brown OF
New berry, they were at tea with Miss Matte
Purdy, a menu Of salads and delicious cream
/ and cake were served.
at Mrs.. w. Fell's last week. She went
from there to Beaufort. 8. G .,
MI. j. II. brennan "King.of Irish Town."
Rev. Foster Bradley of Troy came up
Thursday to see mis- brother w. T. Bradley
who is very Ill indeed.
| The farmers would lik to see q shower
Mrs. j. r. Sloan worshipped at Troy Tues
day, she likes the good people OF Troy and al
ways has something good 10 say OF them.
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We have the store, we have the goods. We
have the clerks. Phone l07, and that's all
you have TO do. G. A. Milford & Co.
Huyler's Huyler's! Yes, Huyler's. We
double our orders almost every week. Trade
is Increasing. Goods always fresh. c. A.
Milford & Co.
Fountain syringes, hot water bottles. Ice
bags, in fact anything you want In the rubber
goods line can be had at the up-to.date phar-
macy of C.. A. Milford g. Co.
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VALUABLE
Land for Sale.

Mrs. J. A. Stevenson offers for sale
a valuable tract of land, containing
about 22S acres, situate, nearest point,
within one and one-half miles OF
Hodges, splendid branch bottom land
and we'll wooded over about three
fourths of the whole. Will sell ca
sonably on easy terms. For informa
ton apply to w. w. Bradley.
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DANGER IN DELAY
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
for Abbeville People, TO Neglect.

The great danger of kidney troubles
is that they get a firm hold before the
sufferer recognizes them. Health is
gradually undermined. Backache,
headache, nervousness, lameness, sore
ness, lumbago, urinary troubles,
dropsy, diabetes and Brights disease
follow in merciless succession. Don't
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John B. Sample, living two
miles east of Greenwood, S. c.,
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the results obtained were very
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that l gave my name as an en-
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that I have had no further use
of a kidney remedy. Doan's
Kidney Pills permanently
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For sale by all dealers. Price 81
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New York, sole agents for the United
Estates.
Remember the name-Doan's-an(
take no other.
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Chicora College,
G~REENVILIE, s. {.


Owned and controlled by the Presbyteries of the Synod OF South Carohna'
A high grade college for women. A Christian home school,
Graduate coursesi in the Arts and Sciences Music, Art, Expression, gym.
and Business Large and able facutyS Beautiful grounds Eegaht
buildings. Modern conveniencs. Healthiul climate. Location IN feomohl
section, and in city of $4,000.
Expenses for the Entire Year.
A. Tuition, board, room and fees $s3 B. All included in proposition
() and Tuition in Music, Art Or Expression S23 to S2!3 49,.
The next session opens September 18th, For catalogue n mnA
address J. u B1RD ~ ~, esueu
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The Swine and the Flower

Oh me! 1 saw a huge and loathsome sly,
Wherein a drove of w~allowing swine
were barred,
Whose banquet shocked the nostril and
the eye;
Then spoke a voice, "Behold the source
of lard!"
I fed, and saw a field that seemed at. first
One glistening mass of roses pure and
white,
With dewy buds mid dark green foliage
nursed;
And, as 1 fingered DER the lovely sight,
The summer breeze, that cooled that
Southern scene,
Whispered, " Behold the source of
COTTOLENE!"