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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-15
Date for Florida's Primary

jacksonville, Fla. 12.-The
Democratic State executive COM
mittee met here today and fixed
May 10Th as the date for primary
elections to nominate "A United
States Senator, Congressman in
each of the three districts, and
all State and county officers. A
second primary will be held June
18th for ali officers where candi.
dates do not secure a majority in
the first primary. Arthur Will
liams was elected chairman of
the committee, vice Duncan u.
Fletcher, who is candidate for
United States Senator.
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War Claims--Southern Peo-
pie May be Paid for Con-
fiscated Property.

Washington, Feb. 12.--About
100000 may be secured
from the government by people
OF the South if a bill reported
unanimously by the House COM
mittee on war claims becomes a
law. The bill gives to the court
OF claims jurisdiction of the
claims for captured and aban
doned property which was sold
during the civil war and the pro-
ceeds turned into the United
States treasury. During the
war the government authorized
the seizure of abandoned pro-
perty, to be sold and the net
proceeds placed in the United
States treasury. There was a
provision that if any one should
bring suits within two years af-
ter the close of the war and
prove that the property sold be-
longed to him the money receiv
ed for 1t should be paid over, but
to.do this the citizen bringing the
suit had to prove loyalty to the
Union. This disqualified most
Southerners until the amnesty
proclamation was declared i'm
1856, which came TOO late to
take the claims to court, the two
years grace having expired.
The object of this bill is to en-
able the original owners of the
confiscated property to get the
money it brought when sold.
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est Assyrian leaf tobacco was
used, After the wedding sup
per came the dancing, but the
women danced alone in one room
ana The men in another.
AT one time the bridegroom g
sister at the request of her hus-
oand, came into the mems room
TO dance for them. Immediate
ly the priest seized his hat and
threatened to leave the house.
and the dan Ger retired in confus.
ION. The Assyrian dance is
typicslly Oriental and slow
moving. While it was in pro-
gress the weird strains of the
Assyrian pipes floated down the
n alghborhood OF Wells and Fifth
streets.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-15

Grippe is sweeping the country. Stop il
with preventics before it gets deeply seat
ed. To check early colds with these little
Candy Cold Cure Tablets is surely sensible
and safe. Preventice contain no QuInine.
no laxative nothing hash or sickening.
Pneumonla woHld never appear if early
colds were promptly broken. Also good for
feverish children. large box 4S tablets 25
cents. Vest pocket boxes cents. Sold by
FunderbUrk Pharmacy.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-02-15
Three Killed in Wreck.

Portland, Ore, Feb. 13.--A
Southern Pacific passenger train
was wrecked tonight near For
est Grove, 20 miles from Port
land. Three passengers were
killed and Is injured.
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Unique Marriage Ceremony.
Strange Assyrian Customs
Observed and Bride is ST.
lent Three Days.

Oy nunQrou5 OF relatives and
friends, has not spoken a word.
Bedecked in her bridal gown
OF blue satin brought from far
off Asia, she sits like a throned
queen, an attendant on either
side, receiving her guests, but
saying nothing, says The Mil
waukee Journal. Silence for
three days after the wedding is
one of the laws of the Assyrian
religion.
The wedding, one of the few
Assyrian weddings that has ever
been held in Milwaukee, has been
in progress for one week at the
brides home, on Fifth street, be-
tween Wells and Cedar. All
the strange customs of the moth
er country have been observed.
Assyrians from ,Chicago, Escan
aba, Marinette, and other cities
came to Milwaukee for the cere-
mony. Over 200 guests were
present.
The bridegroom is Richard
Frenn.
The wedding ceremony, lasting
three-quarters of an hour, was,
performed by an Assyrian Gath
olic priest from Chicago. For
three days before the ceremony
the women of the wedding party
with the bride, stayed in one
house, smoking, dancing, talk
ing.
In another house were the
men, also smoking and dancing.
According to the Assyrian GUS
tom, they must not mingle. In
each house there was feasting
and merrymaking.
The wedding ceremony was
performed Sunday at 2. Half an
hour before it the wedding guests S
were allowed to enter the same
house together. But the women
remained in one room, the men
IN another. AS the bride enter
tered the house of the bride-
groom she was showered with
strange flowers and confetti.
Then came the weird Assyrian
custom of the handkerchief
throwing. Before she could be
married, Lizzie Herra, the bride,
must throw her handkerchief,
filled with flowers, to the ceiling
And she must continue throwing
1T until it clings TO the ceiling of
the room. And all this time the
guests were showering her with
flowers, rice, and confetti.
Again and again and again she
threw the bit of linen, only to
see it tlutter to the floor. When
it finally did remain huttering
from the ceiling the bride quiet
ly tainted from the exertion and
anxiety. But she was soon re
vived, and the ceremony went
on.
following the wedding there
was a wedding banquet at which
only foreign dishes were served
There were chicken and,rice cook
ed after the fashion of the coun
trV and aup plont bOllo,o1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
LIVED ALONE IN
WOODS z YEARS
AGED HERMIT DECIDES TO Visit
SCENES OF soYHooD BEFORE
DEATH COMES. f~'~' -
SHIP WRECKED WHEN A BOY
10 Only One Saved from Wrecked
Vessel - Indians Taught Him
Forest Lore-considers TeIe-
phone uncanny.

Chicopee, Mass.-After spending ~
years immured in the forests of Onton
agon county, Michigan, Benjamin S.
Kellogg. at the age of "a, is spending
few days here with B.. F. Hayward,
a friend of his childhood. The story
OF the old gentleman reads more like
fiction than fact, for until he left the
woods to visit the scenes of his boy.
hood, he had never seen a train of
cars, an automobile or other device OF
modern civilization
Mr.. Kellogg was born in the vii.
lage of Wells, VT, and at the age of II
started west in company with his
father and mother. The journey
to the eastern end of Lake Erie
was made by OK team and stage, and
there passage was engaged on sail.
ing vessel bound for ports at the up
per end of Lake Superior.
All went we'll until the little boat
was nearing Detour passage, when
one of those sudden storms for which
the lake is noted arose and almost
before the voyagers realized their
danger the craft sank and they were
plunged into the water. Young Kel.
logg managed to grasp a spar and
on this he ultimately reached shore,
but what became of his father, moth.
er or other members of the crew he
was never able to learn.
For many hours the lad lay ex.
hausted ON the ground. and then
strength returning, he set out in
search Of food. Finding a few Der.
ries he ate them and then hunted
along the shore for some trace of his
parents or settlers who could give
him shelter. But though he wandered
until night he failed to find a single
sign of human being. Next morn.
Ing he again set forth. this time fol.
lowing the course of a small stream
that entered the lake. Night found
him dizzy from hunger and when he
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Work That Wins.

He who would succeed in any under.
taking must first understand that in.
telligently directed work is the only
kind that wins. He who starts out to
accomplish things for his home town
cannot blunder along unless he en-.
dangers that which he sets out to do
Commercial clubs too often fail in &C.
comprising good because of a lack OF
system in the efforts made. There is
an old saying: ''Too many cooks
spoil the BROTH" This axiom is ex.
emplified frequently by the organiza.
ton which attempts to carry out great
projects without the proper system
for doing the same. Work must be
rightly pursued or it comes to naught.
Each worker should have his particu'
lar part to perform, and for this part
he should be selected with view as
to his fitness. Concerted effort right.
ly made always wins.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31

father to give his consent to an early
wedding.
He met with no success. however
until the girl suggested that the Ques-
ton of the marriage date be settled
over the card table, with tire settle. the
favorite amusement of Little Italy, as
the game. Concilio had met with
much success in the past at tire settle,
and his pride was touched at the
thought of rival in skill. He readily
consented to let the cards decide
whether his daughter should wed at
once or a year hence.
The playing of the games was some
what akin to a scene from q melo-
drama. The contest took place at the
home of Concilio. Only four persons
we're present; the two principals, the
girl whose hand was the stake, and
her mother. The girl sat alongside
of Rossi, and frequently aided him in
his plays, with her advice The
mother. who also did not wish to part
with her daughter, acted as second
for her husband in the duel of the
cards.
Concilio won the first game without
much effort. He was jubilant and
both the girl and her sutton much wor-
ried. Rossi, however, met with equal
success in the second inning. With
the score tie, the third game was
played amid GREATNESS silence.
Rossi won out by the narrowest mar
gin, and Concilio gracefully acknowI-
edged himself loser.
The parents then gave their consent
to the early marriage and the young
couple lost no time. Rossi is we'll.
known merchant of Little Italy.
hn~ h@pocv
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
"LADY HoBos" STEAL RIDE.
Scream, Scratch, and Bite Men Who
Put Them Of Train.

Willard, Neb.-Nineteen women who
had lost their jobs and turned hobos
boarded Union Pacific freight train
at Omaha to beat their way to Denver,
and when they were discovered defied
the trainmen to put them Off They
had concealed themselves in box cars
and were not found until the train
pulled into Millard and took siding
to let passenger train pass
Here the feminine hobos got into
noisy alteration that attracted the
attention of one of the brakemen. He
was rendered speechless with aston
ishment when he perceived that the
hobos were women. Just as the train
was about to pull out he summoned
the conductor, who ordered the women
to get off the train. They showed fight
Instantly, called the conductor names,
and dared him to put them off. He
summoned all the other trainmen and
with their aid, after much biting,
screaming and scratching on the part
OF the women, @contrived to make the
hobos Init the grit
The women started walking back to
OMAHA. but declared that they would
yet beat their way to Denver.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Local Dealer Sometimes to Blame.

Local Dealer Sometimes to Blame.
Thousands of dollars go out of JET.
ferson county each year in connection
with the mail order business, to the
loss of the local dealers and manu-
facturers. It does not help very much
to appeal on the ground of patriot
ism to those people who buy of outside
dealers, as purchasers 60 where they
think they can find the best bargains.
Every one must recognize the fact
that the local dealer cannot prosper
without local trade, but there are 4
lot of people who fail to govern them
selves accordingly. Orders for goods
are sent to Syracuse or New York or
Chicago which could have been as
cheaply bought in WATERFOWL, but this
Is frequently the local dealers fault
The great success of the big mail Or
der houses has been built up almost
wholly by advertising. Fortunes are
spent In letting the people of the coun-
try know what they have to sell. Lib
eral space in the newspapers and mag
azines is used to exploit the mail Or
der business in addition to the cata-
logues issued. These are the avenues
through which the houses draw a
large part of their business.
Is there not a lesson here for the
local dealer? Cannot he hold some of
the business which goes to the outside
mail order houses by judicious use Of
the columns of the local newspapers?
The Watertown newspapers have 4
large circulation through the towns
and rural districts of northern New
York The Standard believes the local
merchants and manufacturers could
divert much of this trade to them.
selves II they took the proper meth.
DDS. The Standards interests are
wholly with the local dealer and these
suggestions are made with the firm
conviction that he has a remedy for
his loss Of trade in local advertising
Watertown IN. ~ Standard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Baby's Unconscious Charm.


Members of the woman's club were
talking about babies.
Il like them when they're pretty"
said the president.
Il don't care especially whether they
are pretty or not If only they're
bright" said the secretary, who was a
literary woman.
The club hostess smiled benignly.
She was spinster, and was therefore
without maternal prejudices.
Its all in the care of them" she
said. Il once had to take care of a
baby for two weeks. 1t was without
doubt the homeliest baby l had ever
seen-if anyone may apply that adjec-
tive to baby-and it looked as dumb
as an owl in the daytime. 1t was
thrust upon me against my will and
had the sole charge of it. At the end
of the two weeks thought it was the
most beautiful thing on earth and the
smartest child that had ever been
born. When its mother came to take
it away l felt deeply injured"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
PRIZE AND PREMIUM FAKES.
Bait Held Out to Catch the Trade Of
; the Unsophisticated. s>,

Prize and premium Offering arc
methods that are resorted to by some
concerns that seek to do business
through the mails with people resid-
ing in agricultural districts. The wise
people will never be caught on this
game. All classes and kinds of goods
have a real value, and are worth so
much in the markets. Of the world.
The farmer who has 1000 bushels of
wheat to sell knows that his goods
have a fixed value dependent upon the
market prices. It would be foolish for
him to offer to the buyer as an in
ducement a few head Of cattle, bar
rel OF. cider or a slab Of bacon in order
to induce him to buy. Yet these very
farmers will bite at proposition
which is identically the same in prin-
ciple. The manufacturer of soap Of
fers ten dollars worth of soap and to
the buyers give piece Of furniture of
the value of ten dollars. Is this a fair
business deal? Can the manufacturer
afford to do it If his goods are stand
ard? He may say that by selling d.
rect ito the consumer, and cutting
out middlemen's profits" he can afford
to do so. But this is a lie, a flimsy
excuse, and is not in accordance with
sound business principles. There
must be a profit for the manufacturer
or he will fail. He does make a profit.
He even makes a larger profit than
the average dealer in goods of his
kind. In the first place he sells the
cheapest kind of article, even though
it may look nice and be highly per-
fumed. In the second place he gives
light weight and gets the highest
price. The value Of the premium
given is always misrepresented, ex-
aggerated, and that which is supposed
to be worth ten dollars is not
worth four dollars, and for the
latter amount can be purchased
from any respectable dealer. The
premium is never free. It must
be paid for and 1t is the one who
receives it that generally pays for it.
Mrs. Jones would wonder If Grocer
Brown would ask that she give half a
pound of feathers with every dozen
eggs he buys of her. Mrs. Jones has
too much common sense to think that
she can afford to give away a pound
of butter with each dozen eggs. She
knows she would be loser. But IL she
could induce the grocer to pay her
40 cents dozen for her eggs when
the market price is only 20 cents, she
she might see how it would be profit
able to her to throw in as a premium
a pound Of over-ripe butter. Still
Mrs. Jones will join soap clubs, coffee
clubs. and fakes in the premium line
of every kind, just because she does
not stop to do little sound thinking.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
LOVER WINS 1 WIFE
At GAME OF CARDS.
7ETRoTHED IN CRADLE, ITALIAN
eEAUTY'S PARENT 10TH TO
GIVE HER UP.

Philadelphia.-Although betrothed
to ELISABETH Concilio, when she was
baby in her cradle, Domenicos Rossi
did, not really win the hand Ct his pros.
pective bride until he defeated her
father in q series of three games of
tire sette."
The young woman, who is II years
old, and has been nicknamed the
belle Of Little Italy," was perfectly
willing to carry out the contract made
in her infancy, but her father, Gut
scope Concilio, thought that she was
too young. .Rossi was the usual i'm
petuous sutton, and endeavored in
every way to induce his sweetheart's
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
NO BLESSING FOR HER.
Disappointed Youngster Disseminated
In His Prayer. j..

For several weeks, little Ralph had
enjoyed the use Of a Shetland pony,
the property of horse dealer who
was a friend of the family. But much
to Ralph's sorrow, there came day
recently when the pony was sold, and
the delightful horseback rides came
to sudden end. The purchaser, as
Ralph found out by inquiry, was a
little girl of about his own mature
age Of five. Ever since his acquaint-
ance with the pony began, Ralph had
included him in his bedtime prayer,
and God bless the pony" was an
earnest nightly petition. The first
evening after the sale of the pony,
Ralph hesitated when he reached his
pets place in the prayer. Then, after
4 moments thought, he continued:
Please, God, bless the pony just
the same; but, God, don't you bless
the little girl what's got the pony"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31

lay down to sleep he never expected
to awaken.
He was aroused suddenly some
hours later, and looking up, gazed
into the faces of half a dozen Indians
who were regarding him curiously.
The boy was too hungry to be fright
ened and made signs that he wanted
something to eat. The savages sup
piled him with food and then mo-
toned that he might accompany
them. Young Kellogg feared he was
to be scalped, but the red men soon
convinced him that their intentions
were kindly, and he travelled with
them for days and weeks. Where
they went he doesn't know to this
day, but as they provided him with
food and with skins for clothing, he
didn't care much.
Finally, when the band reached
what Mr.. Kellogg now knows to have
been Lake Gogebic the lad was so
footsore that he could go no farther.
and the Indians left him, after pro-
viding him with bows and arrows,
some food and several skins to be
used for blankets. He built himself
rude hut, trapped and hunted, and
as time went on, settled down for
life.
At the end of year he met another
trapper and was told of a trading
post two days journey distant Here
he exchanged his skins for firearms,
food and clothing and then returned
to his cabin. He had come to like the
solitude and to care nothing for the
march of civilization, so that in later
years when others settled near him
he avoided their company and lived
the life of recluse. He heard Of
wonderful inventions-the telegraph,
locomotives and steamboats-but he
refused to journey to the nearest city
to see them.
When he reached the age of "a he
began to fear dying alone in the woods
and determined to visit the home of
his childhood. The old gentleman
is greatly amazed at modern inven-
tons. He considers the telephone un-
canny, and is In deadly awe of an au-
tomobile. He is fond of riding on
railroad trains.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Were Accomplished Dentists.

That the Etruscans were &C.
complished dentists is said to have
been established by a German doctor.
He says that the dentists of to-day
know nothing that the old Etruscan
"tooth doctors" of 1900 years ago did
not-merely the details of workman.
ship showing any improvement. He
has examined numerous Etruscan
skulls and found in some teeth which
had been filled with wonderful skill.
Four are covered with gold catsules,
two covering natural teeth, while the
other two were artificial grinders, q
real piece Of bridge work. r.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
A Pointer for The Merchant.

The encroachments Of the great mail
order houses of the east on the legiti-
mate trade of the local merchant are
growing daily more threatening to the
prosperity of the town merchant and
through him the towns>people, says
the editor of country paper. Some
thing should be done by tho merchants
of every town to prevent future opera.
tons Of these gigantic corporations
which supply, as q general rule, all
inferior article for the egregious price.
1t is a business which is like that of
the street fakir. A bargain is offered
to the buyer at his first appearance.
He bites and on his second order is
bitten.
Local merchants should teach their
towns-people and the farming element
surrounding them the invidious conse-
quences to the town, to the buyer and
to general business conditions, of
patronizing these establishments. The
local merchant should do this by
judicious advertising in his home pa
per. That certainly reaches the peo-
pie whose trade he Ia seeking, and
through its columns he can offer, in
light of the existence Of the general
rural delivery service, to send light
packages by mail to them, just as to
the mail order houses. By careful at
tention to this business and by send
ing out only goods which q person
would himself select from a stock of
goods, the local merchant can kill the
mail order business of an. eastern
speciality house in his territory.
Help your local paper to push trade
for you through articles designed to
wean the farmer away from these mail
order houses, by giving him your pat
ronage Your local paper cannot az.
ford to set type to boom your business
unless you respond by assisting in. tia
cost of publication through usin4 tn
advertising columns.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Homesteads in Alaska.

1t is stated by c. c. Georgeson, spe.
cial agent of the United States de.
partment of agriculture, In charge of
Alaskan investigations, that Alaska
has agricultural possibilities to an
extent which will make the fullest
development of her resources prac-
ticable. The territory can furnish
homesteads of 800 acres each to
100000 families, and has abundani re-
sources to support a population - Of
5000, 900 persons.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Against Sound Economic Laws.

Any system of business that draws
from community the earnings of the
people which should be retained to add
to the wealth of that community, is a
system that should be DISCOURAGED.
The plans devised by many large con
Germs to draw trade away from agri.
cultural towns may be legitimate, but
are not in harmony with sound eco
nOmic laws.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-31
Reform In Earnest,

HeT0rm III 6arueSI.
Mrs. Crossway was shedding tears
Of Joy.
Il just can't help It," she exclaimed.
my husband has sworn off,"
why, l didn't know he drank" said
Mrs. Xavier, greatly astonished. WAS
he-was he much given to the use OF
lquor?"
20, dear, no! He didn't use it at
all. He has sworn OF from buying
things We don't need and paying for
them on the installments plan."