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Hair Monatrosities.

French theater managers in the
eighteenth century had worse evils
than picture hats to contend against.
Marie Antoinette. who was short, even
according to French standards, set the
fashion Of high coiffures and ultra
fashionable women prided themselves
on measuring four feet from their
chins to the tops of their heads. These
structures took about six hours to
erect, the hairdresser mounting a lad
der In the process. Some coiffures
were almost as broad as they were
long. with wings sticking out about
eight inches on each side Of the head.
For the "frigate" coifrure the hair was
rippled in a huge pile to represent
the waves Of an angry sea and sur
mounted by fully rigged ship. As a
consequence of these monstrosities.
disturbances in theaters occurred al.
most daily until an ordinance was is
sued against the admission Of women
with high coiffures to the floor Of the
house.
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Jesus came. He came not to damn
(condemn) them more. but that they
through him might have life Uohn X.
10; ill., IL.
Life. Did they not have life? No
All human life was forfeited through
rather Adams disObedience. All man
Kind are dying as result. A Life
sdiver Savior from death land not
from eternal tormenU. was what was
needed
The first work Of the Savior is the
redemptive work Of Calvary. His sec
ond work is the selection Of his Church
to be his joint-heirs in the Kingdom
His third work will be the saving of
Adam and all his race from sin and
death - from all the mental, moral
and physical degradation which came
through father Adams disooedience
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Calling on Tennyson.

A young American girl, who with
her mother had called at Farringford
to see the famous poet Tennyson. but
was not received, shortly after eX-
pressed her regret to Mrs. Cameron
Tennyson's neighbor. who was also his
intimate friend and lady at once
charming and masterful..
"Oh. so be wouldn't see your cried
Mrs. Cameron indignantly. "Come with
mev
She took the reluctant American
straight back to Tennyson's house and,
without knocking or ringing, went into
the room where he sat with his wife.
alfred" said she as the two looked
up, startled. these strangers came
from far country to see the lion Of
Freshwater, and behold-a bearr'
Tennyson burst out laughing and be-
came amiable at once.
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Lancaster and Kershaw. The divid-
ing line runs through the streets. Oh
the pavement and through tho
homes. 1t Is marked by stone posts.
II was long a dispute between the
two counties which owned the town.
but IL has been settled. The town
was Incorporated by Lancaster oun-
ty and the municipality holds in
both counties.
The people around Kershaw arr
well TO do so far as this world :
goods are concerned They are very
practical in business matters and
hospitable. l saw at one place a
hundred grown turkeys and on an
other fifty. The roads are fine. AMI
the miles are marked by some posts.
Great holes are dug by the road side
to get clay which is hauled on the
roads Mr.. West, the supervisor OF
Kershaw county. has no superior.
and very few equals. in this State as
a road builder, and does II with very
little money as compared with others.
He Is fine man. How is Il il we
are so prosperous In Sumter county.
as a community. there Is such a large
county tax levied? What is that
money for?
The Torrens system OF land regis
tration seems to be rapidly gaining
ground In this State. People are
tired of paying lawyers big fees 10
examine their land titles every time
they want TO use them as collateral.
Two years from now the dry bones
VIII rattle in this State in many
ways
a lady OF Camden has a gourd 200
years old. Ii is perfectly sound and
Is an heirloom. so she informed me.
Rev. w. s. Walters showed mo
the widows mite" 1t is small.
Will Dees. a young son Of Mr.
w. :. Dees Of this place died yester-
day morning. and will be buried nj
swift Creek church this day AT II
a. m. He was sick only few days.
Rev. Cole will omciate at the fun
eral.
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PISGAH.

Pisgah. Oct. 17.-It now looks as
n fall has come. The rainy spell
snort time ago destroyed and severely
injured a lot OF hay.
Cotton picking Is fast approaching
the end. by November 1st IL will
be practically ended.
Mr.. T. M. Bradley has q ene corn
crop. lie don't practice the william
son plan OF corn cuiture-plants In
April and pushes the corn from the
start. The big ears show there Is
nothing In stunting the corn. Who
ever saw n stunted pig make a fine
hog7
He says his immune blight proof
cotton does very we'll.
Indications point to the planting OF
a large oat crop and some wheat.
From reports. the hens have quit
laying. and eGSs are so good TO eat
aud high too. no one about here Is
getting any.
The Lee County Baptist Union will
meet at Antioch church he last OF
this month. Quite a number from
here will go.
Mr.. ID. j. Hatfield is the moderator
and Mr.. Barney Spann the clerk.
both OF them are effcient officers.
The Kershaw Baptist Association met
last Thursday with the Sand Hill
church near Kershaw, and finished
Friday night. A large number OF
ministers were present. The speeches
were able and instructive on the
many subjects discussed. The meet
Ing was interesting all the way
through. Pisgah church was repre-
sented by Rev. r. l.. Cole and Jas. f..
DuPre. Both OF these were duly
honored. Mr.. Cole was elected to
the Southern Baptist Convention
which meets next year at Jackson
Vile. Fla, and Mr.. DuPre to the
Baptist State Convention at I.aurens
I'm December. Kershaw Is Z. pretty
place. has electric lights, large
bank. big oil mill and many fine
stores and residences and presents
the novelty Of being in two counties,
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THOMAS DIXON ACTS IN PLAY.
He Takes Part of Leading Man Who
Was Drowned.

Fayetteville. N. c. Oct. 17.~-"The
Sins OF the Father" company gave
two performances here today with
Thos. Dixon, the author of the play.
appearing in the leading role. sud-
denly made vacant by the death OF
one Of the members of the company.
Robert Barton Pahr by drowning at
Wrightsville beach. Wilmington. NJ.
c., Sunday.
large crowd attended the matt
nee and an enormous house packed
to standing room greeted the COM
pany tonight. Mr.. Dixon was evil
IDENTIFY nervous during the first act
but soon found himself and played
the part successfully without missing
cue In the climax of the biz Sec
ond act. He swept the house with a.
storm Of applause, the audience be-
ing delighted at the opportunity to
witness the unique performance of
an author suddenly stepping into one
"A
days rehearsal.
The new actor. Mr.. Jerome Storm,
called to the company by telephone
from New York yesterday, arrived
this afternoon and watched Mr.. Dix
on's performance tonight. Mr.. Dix
on will continue to play t. part for
several days until the new member
has memorized the part and is
broken in. After the performance
Mr.. Dixon declared that he appre-
ciated the difficulties of the actor as
he never did before. The entire
company gave him their heartiest
congratulations on his first appear
ance as an actor.
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"You are not looking well. Mrs. VIII
lington."

"You are not looking well. Mrs. VIII
nngton"
mo; l haven't slept we'll lately"
whats the trouble? Has the
weather affected your"
"Oh, no, ii isn't that
I'll tell you what 1t is. You ought
TO give up the practice of drinking
coffee at night know lot of people
who toss awake all night after they
have been out to late dinner and tin
ished with coffee. | had to quit 1t
myself"
"Im sure that isn't the cause of my
trouble"
Have you seen doctor?'
mo. A doctor couldn't help me-
any"
"But how can you tell until you go
to one and let him examine yOu?"
"Well. If you must know. I'm worry
ing about my husband. He hasn't
kicked ut the size of the bills lately.
and he's been so kind and even tenn
pered right along for II month or two
that I feel almost sure he must be
leading a double life. All. if he would
only get to grumbling and making 1t
disagreeable around the house again."
Chicago Record Herald.
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REMBERT.

Rsmbert. Oct. 17.-wes have had
. few days OF fair weather and every
thing is on the rush. although the
scarcity OF hands has prevented the
cotton fields from being cleared. There
r. only n certain number of day hands
60 be had and. though the pay be
little or much. the amount OF work
r Just the same. The scarcity of Ia
boz and high prices have caused
many to neglect the saving of hay
and gathering OF corn. however. we
arc all likely to make mistakes.
Today In the big show day In Sum-
Ger and great many from this sec
tion have gone TO add their faces to
the numbers there and their dimes to
the overlooking Golfers. thing
which is impoverishipg the State.
~hiie many a human being is suf-
fering at our doors. y
After a short illness of fve days
Willie Dees. son Of j. w. Dees. died
sunday morning. He will be buried
today at Swift Creek church.
Mrs. sailie Holland Is very III. We
trust the will of Providence. the skill
q the physician and the kindness of
tise people, that she will soon be bet
esx.
The schools In our section are
making good progress and we hope
auch good may be accomplished by
them.
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Rocky Biuff. Oct 14.-The heavy
rains OF the past week stopped
work for several days. but this has
been a good week for work. except
for the heavy dews early In the
mornings.
Mr.. J. J. HATFIELD and family spent
Sunday at Mr.. w r. Bakers.
Mr.. Willie Mcleod and family
spent Sunday afternoon at Mr.. w.
". Bakers.
Rev. s. B. Hatfield spent Sunday
night with Mr.. @. p. Josey.
Mr.. Henry Huggins. of Camden.
spent Sunday night with Mr.. John
Anderson.
Mr.. Johnson White and family
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with Mr.. J. X. White,
Mr.. Clinton Joney and sisters,
Misses Annie and Leila. of Concord.
spent Sunday with their uncle. Mr..
Johnnie Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Higgins. of vir-
ginia. are spending scms time at Mr..
j. L. McLeod's.
The health of the community IN
very good.
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SLAYER OF KETCHEL CAPTITR-
ED.
Whit Fugitive Slept Host Stands
Guard.

Guard.
Springfield, Mo-, Oct 16.-Walter
A. Hurtz. who shot and killed Stan.
ley Ketchel, the worlds m idle
weight champion. yesterday. was
captured at the home Of Thomas
Haggard. one mile from Niangua,
Mo-, today. Hurtz was taken 10 the
Webster County Jail at Marshticlc.
where he is being closely guarded
After being placed in his cell th1
prisoner made a statement in which
he declared he shot Xetcb,u ia self
defense. He says he ordered the
prize fighter to throw up his hands.
and when he did not obey him he
fired.
Late last night, overcome with
hunger and fatigue, Hurt2 reached
the home Of Thomas Haggard, where
he applied for a place to sleep and
something to eat. He was given food
and bed. At that time Haggard
had not heard of the shooting, but
short time later learned Of the
affair. He also received descrip-
ton of the slayer and for several
hours, while Hurtz was sleeping, he
stood guard with shotgun.
Shortly after O'Clock this morn
ing Haggard secured the services of
three neighbors and they awakened
Hurtz. At the point of & gun they
forced the man to roll up his sleeves.
and, finding a tattoo mark there, ac-
cused him Of having killed Ketchet.
Hurtz then broke down and admitted
the shooting. He was turned over
to the officers and taken to Marsh
field.
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SHOOTING At NEGRO CHURCH.
NOSE HAMMOND KILLED SING
HALL LAST SUNDAY.
Captured and Lodged I'm Richland
County Jail Yesterday Afternoon.

Columbia. Oct. 17.-In a three
cornered shooting bout at Madraw's
church in lower Richland county
Sunday afternoon, Nose Hammond
a negro. killed Sing Hall, another ne
gro. AS Hammond was running
away. j. s. Jacobs, also a negro. shot
him In the leg. Hammond returned
Jacobs fire. but his shot went wild
w. G. Lucius held an inquest ov-
er Sing Hall Monday afternoon.
Hammond was captured at his house
on the plantation of A. b. Campbell,
known as "Leesburg." which is about
ten miles from Eastover. He was
lodged in Jail Monday night by Char
lie Kelly. a constable, and Is held for
murder.
Wanted a Drink.
The quarrel between Hall and
Hammond began when Hammond
asked for drink. Sing Hall replied
that he did not tote" liquor to
church. Hammond got so mad that
two negroes had to hold him. Hall
walked away and Hammond was re-
leased. AS soon as he was free. he
whipped out his pistol and shot Hall
Then he ran for the woods. The
bullet entered just below Halls right
eye.
Spectator Takes Hand.
The Jacobs negro drew his gun
and opened fire. One Of the shots
struck Hammond in the leg. He
paused only long enough to shoot at
Jacobs and then kept going.
He was found at his house in bed
His wounded leg lasted barely long
enough to carry him home.
A great many negro shooting and
cutting ARRAYS have occurred ar
Madraw's church. Several years ago
a killing took pace. The church is
notorious for the number of rows
which have their origin there.
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How tho Natives Treat ooriIlas.

How tho Natives Treat Goriiias.
Natives In the countries inhabited by
great apes regard them always as hu-
man beings Of inferior types. and 1t is
for this reason that for a long time 1t
was found impossible to get hold Of
an entire gorilla skin. because the saw
ages considered 1t religiously necessary
to cut of the hands and feet of the
animals when they killed them, just as
they do with their enemies, possibly
for the purpose Of rendering them
harmless In case they should by any
chance come to life again.
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parisOp with eternal torture that which
you purpose IL the way Of burning up
their city and incidentally burning
them for few minutes would be as
nothing. I appreciate, my dear disci-
pies. your spirit, that it is God-like:
that you desire to do all the roasting
and burning within your power. and l
commend you for 1t. Continue to thus
copy your God and to cause suffering
to as many as possible Of your '"w-
creatures who do not think exactl as
you do.
Was this the answer Of the Great
Teacher? Thank God. No. His teach
ing was the very reverse-sympathet-
fc. loving. kind. And he had the Fa-
ther's Spirit and understood it and
followed it perfectly. In answer to
their query. we read. Jesus turned
and rebuked them" and said, "Ye
know not what spirit We are Of! The
Son Of man is not come to destroy
mems lives. but to save themw
"A Savior and Great Ono"
The language spoken In Palestine in
Jesus day was the Syriac One Of the
Great Teachers titles is The Savior.
And this in the Syriat language. sig
nifies. "The Life-GiveI." The whole
world was damned enough before
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PCGILIST KETCHELL KILLED.
champion Fighter Shot by Angry
Ranch Hand.

Springfield, Mo-, Oct. 15.--Stanley
Ketchel, champion middIa-wcieht
pugilist Of the world died here to-
night at 7:05 o'clock, as a resuIt of
being shot early today by Walter A
Hurtz, a ranchman. The shooting
took place on the ranch Of r. p
DickersOn, a friend of Ketchel. 7ear
Conway, forty miles east of here.
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Perhaps.

Mr.. Clubman-l see by the papers
that a poor young man who lost both
his legs while saving the life Of a
beautiful heiress at railway crossing
is to marry the girl. She dismissed all
suitors and offered herself to him.
Mrs. G. meaningly)-Very sensible
girl. She'll know where her husband
Is nights anyway.
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
uEwsY LETTERS FROM OUR sPE-
CIAL CORRESPONDENT
atoms of Interest From all Parts of
sumter and Adjoining Counties.

NoTICE TO CORRESPONDENT
Mall your letters so that they viii
<each this otflce not later than Mon
Aay when intended for Wednesdays
paper and not later than Thursday
for saturdays Issue. This. OF course.
applies only TO regular correspond
snce In case OF items of unusual
ssws value. send In Immediately by
mail. telephone or telegraph. such
news stories are acceptable up to the
hour OF going to press. Wednesdays
paper is printed Tuesday afternoon
and sssurday's paper Friday after
sSSn-
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Pronptness Unappreciated.

George - What's de matter, kid?
Wiilie-Its dis way Ooohoo). De boss
told me to be prompt about every
thing. an now he's fired me because I
was too prompt about goin' home
Chicago News
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Badly Balanced.

A witty Frenchman wrote at the
commencement Of this century a very
interesting and amusing book bearing
the title, Lies Agreements ct les Chagrins
des Marriages" In this work the first
four pages are devoted to the "agre.
mems" 0oys) and the remaining $50 to
the "chagrins" (sorrows).
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A Comparison.

Several times had little Mary looked
wonderingly out Of the window, watch
Ing the full moon rise. Then thought
seemed to strike her.
Mamma she remarked Ingenious
ly, doesn't 1t look just like dads head
when you see 1t over the top of his
easy chair backY'
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AidinQ the Mind.

First Tourist-What are you writing
DOWN.
Second Tourist-pm making a note
or few things that have made an in
delibie impression on my memory, so
that / shan't forget them.-London
Iden
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All the Worse.

Willis-So SINNERS mining scheme
broke your | thought you got in on
the ground hoorp Gilis-I did. That's
the reason was buried so deep when
II fell in-PuCk
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President Taft will sail from Char
lesion for Panama on November 10
lie Will spend about a week iy.
Panama.
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up nc StcddIdSty set has face 20 90 to
Jerusalem and sent messengers be ore his
face"
@~ HIS weeks study relates an in
cident which occurred on the
occasion Of our Lords jour
ney from Galilee to Jerusalem lust
Defore his crucifixiOn. He knew that
his hour was come; that his sacri.
fetal life of three and a half years
should be accomplished. The Great
Teacher was full Of courage. But Of
the people there were none with him"
in the sense Of sympathetic apprecia-
tl0n OF the conditions. True, he had
INFORMED the twelve Apostles respect
ing the consummation Of his work and
its nearness, but they had been slow
to believe all the things written in the
Law and the prophecies concerning
him. Their minds naturally grasped
the glorious things spoken Of the Mes
siah. They were SO busy thinking of
his glorious Kingdom, and Of their glo-
rious association with him in that
Kingdom, that they failed to note the
other prophecies which. with equal dis
tinctness. foretOld his sufferings and
ignominy. Similarly. they overlooked
the Masters own words concerning his
death. They thought of him as speak
Ing In some figurative, hyperbolic man
ner. And Peter even attempted to re-
buke him. saying, "Be this far from
thee. Lord; it shall not happen unto
thee"
Refused by tho Samaritans
Another account intimates that James
and John visited the Samaritan city
for the purchase of bread and supplies
for the party. The Samaritans recog-
nized them and inquired, would the
Great Teacher recognize the Samari-
tans and heal their sickness or would
he treat them as Jews in general treat
ed them-unkindly? They believed the
latter. The Apostles frankly told them
that the Great Teacher was sent only
to the Jewish nation and would not
stop to heal their sick ones, because
he was mot sent save to the lost sheep
Of the house Of Israel"
Naturally enough the Samaritans re-
sented this and were angry. They
said. Very we'll Buy br cad from the
people whom you instruct and whose
sick you heal.
st. John and ST. James were greatly
1ncensed at this. Was not Jesus the
greatest Teacher? Was he not the
Messiah? Had he not as such, the
right to determine the will Of God re-
specting who should and who should
not receive his benefactions? With
this answer they came to Jesus and.
relating the circumstances, asked,
"Wilt thou that we command fire to
come down from heaven to destroy
these men and their city?''
What Spirit Are W Of?
We listen with keen interest for the
Masters response. As we once view
ed the matter Of the Divine program
1t would have seemed right for the
Great Teacher to say to the Apostles,
Never mind. my dear Disciples: wait
just little while and all those Samar-
itans will die and my Heavenly Fa-
ther will deliver them over to the dev-
Ills for an eternity of torture In COM
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Purpose directs energy and pur-
pose makes energy.-Parlihours
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mans argument is nearly always
self convincing. Exchange.
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Mr. T.. G.. Dennis is a candidate for
Mayor of Darlington.
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WILT THOU THAT WE COMMAND
FIRE?
Luke 9: 9:51-56-October 2e

ANA It came to pass. when the days tcere
ocH-ntch come, that he should b. reccircd
ap' ne Stcadfdstiy set his face 10 90 to
oonsdten' ana sent messengers be ore his
face"
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A Card.
To the Public:

10 the Pubhc:
Being the author of the resolu-
ton of which the Ordinance was
passed to prevent teams and vahl-
cles from standing on the city square
as long as their owners were inclined
to keep them standing on said pub
lie square, and whereas it seems, the
ordinance is miseonstrued by many,
I therefore deem it proper to state
that in my resolution there was no
time limit, nor is there time limit
in Ordinance as passed by council
My intention was not to injure any
farmer or merchant located around
said public square on the contrary
it was intended to benefit both so
that the farmers may stay as long
as it was necessary for them to load
and unload. The public square was
constantly crowded with drays, hacks
and various vehicles. Wagon loads
of wood would often remain standing
on the square all day thereby often
preventing farmers from driving
across the square. I introduced the
resolution to prevent teams from
blocking, idling and loafng on the
public square, to open up the square
for all parties and especially that
the farmer when coming to our town
to drive to the merchants door and
attend to their business. Hoping
that this explanation will carry to
all that they have the right to stop
on said public square as long as
they find it necessary to load Or un-
load, I ana :l4EiH
Respectfully yours,
P. F. Baxter.
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for 50 kindly shouldering my duties
and allowing me sufficient time to
regain my strength and I would be
indeed an Migrate if I did not thank
those noble Red Men and Pocahon-
tas who watched over me so tender
ly when it seemed every minute
would be my last.
Then last, but indeed not least, I
want to remember with loving
kindness Mrs. Klettner, who so gen
erously fed me so bountifully with
so many nice things to eat after my
splendid DR.. Pelham said that ]
could eat. To all Of those I want to
thank from the depths Of my heart.
Respectfully,
T. H. Chappen.