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The Detroit times., 1916-06-27

him. Peter listened with all his
might Suddenly the anxious look
left his eyes Whoever II was was
very slow of foot Shadow the
Weasel never in the world would
move so slowly az that.
Nearer and nearer came the rust.
ling, very slowly but very steadily.
Presently with little sigh Of re-
lief Spotty the Turtle stopped be
side Peter.
"Phew' I'm tired" said Spotty
u know I'm a little late for your
party but I've come TO see you just
the same heard you were sick,
Peter. and wanted 20 bring you
something. but there wasn't a thing
could think Of. But I came just
the same. I've brought you my love
and the love OF Grandfather Frog.
He wanted 10 come too, but he didn't
dare 20 80 far from the Smiling
Pool. He told me 10 tell you tha'
he wants you 20 hurry mp and get
well because he has got a brand new
story for you. Ny. but II certainly
Is a long way here"
Peter thought OF something
When did you START" he asked.
When Little Joe otter and tho
others did" replied spotty the
Turtle.
How many times did you stop
70 rest?" asked Peter, vinking az
Mrs. peter.
u didn't stop at, ALL" replied
sporty Indignantly "fnsy be slow
but when ! Start for a place keep
right On going until get there and
always ret there"
And you've brought ne the very
incest things you possibly could,
replied Peter I'm sorry you missed
the party. but I'm ever 90 glad you
are here, because now we can have
nice quiet little visit together.
Listen"
They all listened and presently
heard another rustling Of leaves.
Someone else was coming Present
! " ppfrng and wheeling. up hoped
Old Mr. Toad
The next story old Doctor
| Toad
The Detroit times., 1916-06-27
Cause and Erect.

Little Boy-A penn orth each OF
linirert and liquid cement, please.
Chem!st-Are they both for the
same person. or shall wrap them
up separately
Little BOWEL, dunno. Muv-
yer's broke er teapot, so she wants
the cement. but farver wants the
linlment. 'E's what muvver broke 'er
teapot on.-Tit-Bits.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-27
Eilial Philosophy,

Aun'ie-Bobhy why don't you get
Up and give your seat 10 your faith
er, Doesn't IL pain you 20 see him
reaching for the strap.
Robby-Not on a train. II doesn't
London Opinion.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-27

brated Monday morning. in the Epis-
copal residence on Washington blvd.
the Rev. Walter Marion performing
the ceemony. Mr.. and Mrs, Golden,
LEFT Immediately 10 Toledo. where
the parents OF the bride gave large
reception. Monday evening. The eou'
pie will spend the summer al Bay
View. where they have taken a cot
tage.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-27
DID YOU NOTICE THE
LIMIT

on y & tire SIR fully excursions
-Four nights and three days away
from homc--t2. so Cleveland, - Buff
falo, 30 Niagara Falls Round trtp
Ior transportation. Tickets good
going July I. 2. 2. returning July 4
You'll have 10 hurry. Get your state
The Detroit times., 1916-06-27
Tn. pis,pooirtiro Movie.

"I'ye seen it-'tain't no good.
"rE gets ing, Gon't e"
Yes. tUt they don't show yer
tha, London lunch.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-27

The Michigan State Humane asso-
citation VIII begin its annual conven-
ton today =, Jackson.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-27
A Clean Sheet.

Portly woman tpusning her way
into police station)-"I see you
have arrested a man whose mind
is a blank
Ullicer-"Ne nave, madam"
Portly oman-"Then please
bring him out So | may have look
at him My Henry didn't come home
last night. aud that's fairly good
description OF him - Puck.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-27

The annual convention OF the Ma
tional German-American Tea.s,>--'
nciation meets today in Milwau-
kee.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-27
GAR TRICK.

Jessie Bon stelle and her associate
Mayors roamed through the Forest
R3k Arden. Monday night. and they
orried q large and enthusiastic
bdy Of admirers with them.
EX rs You Like II" Is Shakespeare
Doot ideal comedy. II Is pastoral.
lod with sentiment aud atmos-
oere, and It's successful pres
nf1tiou depends largely on effec-
So reading and stage environment.
hreathes romance and poetic phil
Sophy, and Is charged with moral
ring that Is beautiful. Even the
Alfred business man" must find rest.
|1olness In such verbal gems as.
Md this our life. exempt from pub
: haunt. ands tongues IN trees,
Io0hs In the running brooks. SER
KEna In stones and good In every
lng
Ghakespeare IL said TO be ar
0u1gence with Miss Bonstelle
80 every season she indulge,
~ coinmendable caprice. w,
va have with US many lover,
she works OF the master bard
Nh. everyday persons who ,nt
- -uptothe-minute" IN plot, situa
- and all that make the drama
y 1oyal adhercnts will And In Mis-,
DnetelIe's production q remarkably
boRplihcation of what may De don,
. etock company of established
IA On short notice.
- Ne matter Of scenic equipmen
<ostnming. the Performance
o ven with those OF pretenticu
t&afs. and Miss BonsteIle's Ter
l1cn ~ . producer In emphasizes
~ ninnteness OF detail tina
1o1p to make the week epocha
~ y1ctruit career.
~ ear cauEht the moods OF tn
o6elind n capuvating manner
- olls1 Win . sparkle Of life
10o 49, ~ psrnsa.cd ne
oD1Cn11oA The measures
The Detroit times., 1916-06-27
MILES

4 couple of youngsters seemed 10
I -, the favorites on a bill OF excel
I Amt quality In the Miles theater
Monday, although there was appre-
eiation and applause for every en-
tortainer.
Bud and Nellie Helm are clever
S3ureniles. and they sing. dance and
efnss" with the orchestra leader and
Ut away In great shape with an act
That might prove q poser for much
Ao16er and moro seasoned vaudeville
;zTf0Ftafners.
The playlet, "Her First Case pre-
y onted by Lulu Sutton and company.
- full OF laughs. Miss Sutton has
Z Ne role OF . 'lawyeress" who Is de-
4 nrmined to achieve fame with her
&3ory Arst case. A woman friend
S&noots with m accident while riding
~ . taxi. and while the sum total of
~ damage 10 the ruin OF new hat.
B - ambitious attorney determines 10
\ IT over Q suit for substantial dam
\ roe. She ties up her friend In ban
4 1Gss and with such prima facie
V16ence IL successful In blufnng the
n1ms agent of the taxicab company
ITO settling for $500.
The Buch brothers have one OF
~ best acrobatic acts seen on a
heal stage in a long while. They
& eombine real humor with expert
work. and while the spectator laughs
\ ~ realizes the dificulties OF the
kxS1cks performed. They have played
ne Miles before
Otto Adlon has an act that Is as
y obsurd a. II 10 funny, and II has the
nerit OF Offering something differ
1nt.
Kennedy and Kramer are good
)ancers, and Dorothy Vaughan OF
osed talking songs"
The activities Of the Russian arm,
Droved interesting matter on tn
0creen, which included also world
j6eWs, and before the vaudeville, frs
&un features and comedies.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-27

Flv Nather.re H4EShe'
daughter 81 Hughes,
candidate for the Prssdenc fathers desire
Wedge Kindergarten and he
mapped out course Of study for himself read Greek at eight and
entered hgh
National Cathedral
Wellesley. Her studies h ma
The Detroit times., 1916-06-27

Detroit branch OF the Interna
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24
HISTORIC PINCKNEY
Continued from Page 1, Part IT'D

a magistrate at Pinckneyville. He
and J. F. Walker were brothers-in-
law, having married the daughters of
William Reid. j. F. Walker was the
grandfather and William Reid the
sreat-grandfather of the present writ
er, and her brother, William Reid
Walker. Robert Black was another
merchant of the village.
The Taylor hourse was occupied by
Congressman Joseph Gist before he
built his home mile from the viii
lage. The latter place was afterwards
the home of the late J. C. Farrar.
William F. Gist was merchant in
Pinckneyville in 1905 and in 1921 was
enc Of the justices of the Quorum for
Union District. Districts have been
called counties since 1868. Isaac Co
ing was one of the justices of the
Quorum in 1928. Judge William
Smith lived for time at Pinckney-
vile and afterwards moved to Ala
hama. An old letter states that
Judge Grinks held court at Pinckney-
vile in 1896. 1t is said Judge Abra-
ham Mott presided over the last court
at Pinckneyville.
At one time Thomas f. Suggs, the
the clock vender, lived in the Taylor
house. He came from Waterbury
Conn. His clocks had wooden wheels
and works, were considered good time
pieces, could be placed on the mantel
and were made at the Waterbury
Clock Factory at Bulock's Creek. In
after years, Suggs moved to Alabama
1t may not be amisS to mention that
Seth Thomas, of Plymouth. Litchfield
county, Connecticut, owned six acres
of lots in Pinckneyvile and sold them
to James Fowler Walker in 1S47, who
afterwards sold them to DR.. w. II
Sims. DR.. Sims owned and lived ir
the Taylor house for eight or ter
years. He sold it to the late B. F.
Foster, who lived there before moving
to Union, and whose sons, as before
mentioned, now owns the site OF
Pinckneyville.
The Taylor house is in ruins. II
was a two-story wooden building anC
was put together with wooden pegs
Part of what was a boarding house
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24

has been moved across the street and
IS used as barn. The only landmarks
left of this almost deserted village are
two brick buildings-the old Jail and
the store-the latter said to have been
built by Daniel McMahan. Both these
have been fitted up for tenant houses
and are occupied by Darneile McMa-
han and family-descendants of the
AcMahan negroes. The Jail is rather
interesting. The brick wall Of the
room is eighteen inches thick and the
size Of the room is fourteen feet by
twenty. 1t is plastered inside and
has two windows and two doors. The
shutters and doors are double planked
and thick with nails well clinched.
There is chimney at one end of the
room, and the two spaces between the
fireplace and the walls were planked
up and used as dungeons. These two
dark cells would be small closets If
they had doors. They measure two
feet by four feet. 1t is said the Grim
nals were lowered from the top.
Mills says Broad river was navi-
gable to the Ninety-nine Islands for
boats carry sixty bales Of cotton
that the obstruction at Lockhart
Shoals was overcome by canal with
seven locks executed by the State
Benjamin F. Logan and John McEntin
owned cotton house in Pinckneyville
;n 1923.
Stage coaches took the place Of
trains in those days, and ran rain or
shine. They drove four horses to the
coach and changed horses every ten
miles. They carried the mail as we'll
as passengers and their luggage The
driver would blow one long, distinct
blast on the York side approaching
Plnckney Ferry as warning, and af-
ter that short blast for each pas
senger, so the innkeeper at Pinckney
would know how many guests 70 ax-
pect. 1t is said on good authority
that the chickens became so accus-
toned to being chased immediately af
ter the stage horns daily blast that
they would run for their lives when
they heard it.
1t is sad to think of the changes
that have befallen Pinckney since
those good old days. After the court
house was moved to Union and the
tide Of travel changed when railroads
took the place of stage coaches
through the county, Pinckney went
into decline from which it never re-
covered. From a once thriving viii
lage it is left to lonely fate.
$50 sleeps the pride of former days,
so glory's thrill is DER;
And hearts that once beat high for
praise
Now feel that pulse no more"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24
THE LOVE OF A NEGRO NANNY

The dear old nanny of by-gone
days is thing of the past. She who
used to make courtesy with that
grace not well copier-the dear old
soul with the red bandanna handkcr-
chief about her head and such kind
ly, motherly look in her eyes. This
her eyesusedaC kmfwypmfwypmfw
bandanna seemed TO give her an air
of distinction. She was always patient
and gentle, rather stout, but just
seemed to glid along, and was a lux
ury never again to be known under
the sun. Such was my nanny, George
Ann Logan, for whom the Sweet
Chariot has swung low" and carried
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24
MASTERS SALE.

State of South Carolina,
County of Union.
Court of Common Pleas.
The Enterprise Building and Loan
Association, Plaintiff,
against
John ID. Norris, ct al, Defendants.
In obedience to an order made in
the above stated case, I will sell at
Union, during the legal hours Of sale,
before the Court house door, on Sales
day, Dec. 4th, 1916,
All that certain lot of land con-
tanning one-third of an acre, which
was conveyed to him by L. G. Young
and recorded in the office of Clerk of
Court for Union County and State
aforesaid, in Book P, No. "a, at page
211, and lying and being situate in
the City of Union, County and State
aforesaid, and commonly known as
Lot No. 8 in the subdivision of l.. G..
Young's Dawkins tract as will ap-
pear more fully reference being had
to plat made by John L. Young in
October, 1896;
Also, all that certain tract of land
III lhC io"il VI OIlOil, SOunIy Oh On-
ion and State aforesaid, known as Lot
No. 9 in John l.. Young's resurvey
and subdivision of Tract No. 2 of l..
G. Young's Dawkins place in Septem-
ber and October, 1896, having the fol-
lowing metes and bounds-beginning
at stake corner Lots Nos. 8 and 13 on
jackson Street, thence East So links
to corner, thence Southeast 2.70 to
stake, thence South 80 West Its to
stake, thence N g f 2.6O with Jack
son Street to the beginning and con-
tanning one-fourth of an acre, more or
less, and bounded on the North by Lot
No. 13, East by Sophia Wright, South
by Lots Nos. and 8, and West by
Jackson Street
Terms of Sale: One-half cash, bal
ance on a credit one year from date
Of sale with interest thereon at the
rate of eight per cent per annum,
credit portion to be secured by bond
of purchaser and a mortgage of the
premises, purchased to have the option
of paying all cash.
r. G.. Williams,
46-3 AS Master for Union County.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24

neT 10 tne mansions In the skies. She
lies buried at Lockhart church, where
a monument was placed over her.
"Her people" she loved better than
anything else and the children she
brooded over as hen over her only
chick. We children were always under
her tender care and she thought no
child of any consequence unless
"mammy raised" Well do I remem-
Der, when small, of being sternly re-
minded if things did not go to suit
her ideas, and cold Miss" was going
to be told if it happened again.
Through all the years of childhood,
she loved us, tended us, in sickness
and in health.
And what consequential air had
when nanny said 1 must now be
called "young Miss" How she loved
to see us dressed in pretty things.
She would have nothing but the best
and finest, and her own fingers bore
fluited and crimped ruffles and laces
to see us shine. That this love was
true and since was shown by an act
the last year of the war. A few
years before, she had been made a
gift of French null dress, which
came in a pattern" and this she
priced so highly, that she would not
even allow the scissors put into tit
was too beautiful to be cut into She
kept it in the box, wrapped in tissue
paper in the top drawer of the "high-
boy" that stood in one corner of her
room. High up, she said, $50 the
little ones could never soil it, for
mammy's room was a beloved place.
This dress was a fine texture with
peach blossoms over it, just as if an
April breeze had scattered petals
over it. The last year of the war,
it was very difficult to secure nice
dress of any description, at least any
thing like this, and it began to be a
source of distress that her children
were not arrayed as she had been see
ing them. 1t happened that one of
the soldier boys came home and there
was to be a wedding and l was in
vited. My mother looked over my
wardrobe with me and a dress that
had been made over twice was at last
selected for me to wear. Nanny came
in to see what we were going to do
about it, and I displayed the dress
She eyed it for several moments and
then with toss of her head, said:
"The very idea of Mars Williams
daughter gwine to a weddin' in
made-over frock ,and twice made-over
at that" and left the room suddenly.
Soon she was back and in her hands
held the peach blossom lress. "Here
honey" it suits you so much better
dan dis old niger, you were made to
wear pretty things" 1 was deeply
touched by this act, but could not take
the precious dress. "Very we'll, hon
ey," was all she said, but her eyes had
look in them that had seen before
when she was planning some pleasure
for US. What did she do but go Sc
cretly to the neighborhood dressmaker
nearby, and knowing every inch Of
me, the two made the dress a perfect
fit. I was moved to tears the day I
went to dress for the wedding, there
beside the twice made-over dress lay
a beautiful dress with peach blossoms
scattered over it.
To this day I never see a peach
tree in full bloom that tears do not
spring to my eyes, for it so reminds
me of dear old nanny and the lovely
dress.
(Told by my mother, Joannah Smy-
ly Payne).
Zena Payne.
Mary Ann Buie Chapter,
Johnston, S. G..
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Sheppard Nicholson
have returned from their honeymoon
trip spent in Northern cities of in
terest and are at home to their
friends.
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-08-31
TO THE HONORABLE SONS OF REST

For the good of the order will say to.the scribes of our official organ, am just in off my annual tour over Southwest Arkansas. I visited Nevada, Hampstead, Howard, Clark, Miller and La Fayette counties, repairing gins.
 The crops in Red river bottoms were never excelled. The crops in the hill country, except Tn a few localities, are cut cut half. l am sorry.to say that we vii! only reap a small per cent for our la Dor on farms in the ,hill country this year. You cant starve an industrious farmer. We have another recourse. Commencing October lst, let all of us SOW rye and wheat enough to make win ter pasture. On account ot the Hessian fly. don't SOW small grain earlier than October. Our north ern brothers had to abandon sow
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-08-31
VERIFY II

The Proof Is In Prescott, Almost at
 Your Door.
 The public statement of a Prescott citizen is in itself strong proof for Prescott people, but confirmation strengthens the evidence.
 Here is Prescott citizen who testl- fled years ago that Deans Kidney Pills relieved weak kidneys and now states the result was permanent, Can any sufferer from kidney ills ask better proof? You can investigate. The case IS right at home.
 w k White, E. Main St, Prescott, says: ''l had been troubled off and on for years by lameness and stiffness across my kidneys. l had a dull, hea- w ache through my Joins and other kidney disorders. This induced me to try Deans Kidney Pills. got a box of this medicine at Hesterly's Drug Store and found 1t to be suited to my case. l improved rapidly and it was not long before l was in good health v
 LASTING BENEFIT
 On February II, 1914 MT. White said: 'I hold just as high an opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills as ever. The cure they brought me has been permanent v Price soc, at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for kidney remedy-ge Deans Kidney Pills the same that MT White has twice publicly recommended Foster Milburn Co.,, Props, Buffalo. New York.
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-08-31

ing small grain one month later on account of this fly. 1 lost two sacks of rye seed sown in August two years ago, withfa good sea- son in the ground. 1 have care fully watched to see, over the country, what to SOW for winter pasture. 1 find in hard winter, that rye and wheat will thrive when oats and other small grain will freeze out. 1 find 1t does not pay to SOW wheat on old sandy land. l am not trying to act as your advisor at all, but simply reminding you of what wc should do this fall. Ta'; is cheap. but it takes dollars and labor to put in this winter crop, and money is scarce Let us scrape up a few dollars and go as far as we can, and do this in October. if we get seasons.
 The Sons of Rest is thrifty shifty organization. Remember we are the only organization in
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-08-31

Nevada county that will have a representative at the capital. C.
 B. Andrews, editor of the Neva- da County Picayune, is our of- fcial organ and charter mem- Der of the United Sons of Rest.
 Has never been known to per form any manual labor. With the advantages we will have Tn the next house of representa- tives, we will continue to flourish. We are the only organization that requires no initiation fee or dues to become a member of our great and noble order. All or ganiZations that require lnltla- ton fees, come and go. complain of short attendance, little enthu- siasm. short on dues, eXpelling members. Something for noth- ing is what the people want now.
 We have never had a suspended member, never went on strike.
 we don't have anything to do even with our spiritual welfare. We have as good doctrines as you have, backeds.up by sacred history. By grace are ye saved, | through faith and that not of
 yourselves, it is the gift of God, Not of works, lest any man should boast. " So you see, its a kind of Christmas gift. We have the only organization that ministers of the gospel never criticize, most all of them are members of our great and noble order. You take all the little orders and societies, the names of which are too numerous to mention, n ali towns and cities,
 all require initiation fees and dues. the Laity, the contributor, the mogais, the beneficiary. There is not a thing to them, only the name. Our order is a real order. We have no initia- ton fees no dues. No object in view except rest. Something tae ministers recommend be.h in this world and the one to come. We never solicit mem bership, do business strictly on
 the merits of the order We
 have only one secret, hat is how
 we live without work. That is
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-08-31

An advertisement is to a mer- chant very much what sowing seed is to a farmer. It may take a ltte time for the results to be- come apparent, but they are sure to come. The wise farmer IS not gcaraly with his seed nor the wise merchant with his adyertis- ment.
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-08-31
NOTICE

Any one owing me a Doctor Bill will please settle with my wife and she will receipt you. The same will be very much ap- preciated.
 Dr. J. .. Tompkins.
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-08-31

simple after you become initiated into and made acquainted with the order. Yours very truly,
 Jas Snodgrass.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-07

The calf of his leg, and when he left the
flng the bandage was still there. All of
which shows that Steve is clever and can
protect himself
Clever, scientific bouts might be all
right to read about, but the persons who
give up their hard-earned iron men like
the bin bang, blooie stuff when they take
night on and see a show. This was
proved when Moore and Latzo staged their
recital and made unanimous when our
Wel-known entertainer. William Meehan,
WIN all Of his weight knocked the tar
out of Jack Hubbard.
Sailor Jack Hits Squalls
JACK was every inch sailor. and his
nautical ,h knowledge came in handy during
.ne iracas, Several times he had to steer
sea sear Oh the rocks, and on one occasion it
va, Sds only his expert seamanship that saved
nun nun, from being wrecked WiIlle's torpe-
snls uUnke lefts, which landed in midships, al
'nost scuttled him in two of the rounds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-07

afterward landed with Detroit and be-
came big factor in a pennant winning
machine
on that morning. IL years ago, Schaefer
was disappointed ball player about to
lose his job; Evers was a quivering strip
ling anxious to be given a chance But
since that day between them they have
been stars in eight lag-winuing cam
paigns in different leagues.
They meet shake hands and pass on and
it means-nothing. Nothing to any one
but Evers and Schaefer, who still re-
member.
Evers today is starting his 18TH season
In major league ball This may seem to
be no ordinary achievement. IT may not
until you consider one detail Wagner,
Laioie, Anson and few others who have
lasted year upon year were all hig power
full men with a world of stamina to carry