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Shummms grpartracnt. V ?: ? Bridget's Reference.-?Bridget was applying: for a place as cook, and, when asked for a reference, presented this note: "To whom it may concern: This is to oertify'that Bridget Foley has worked 'foe us one week and we are satisfied > : ? ? * ' Returned With fnVersst^Tm awfully sorry. Mrs. Blunt,? drawled the fashionable youth, 'that I forgot your * ? ? .UM f ? party taat iu|uv. "Oh," remarked ''-Mrs. Blunt innocently, "weren't you there?"?Pittsburg-Sun. Queer Cook.?Mrs. A.?'The new cook behaves very strangely. I'm rather suepicious of her." ' tfra, Bl?"What does she do?". Mrs. A.?"She acts as if she thought the wjiole house belongs to me."?Boston Transcript. x \ ? w ? Steady Servant.--"You say you are a .servant of the people?" V '"Sea," .answered Senator Sorghum; 'Vnd, what's mope. I'm one of the few sfyvaots-.who are not ready to jump 0i? fit a mojnent's notice and look for another jpb."?Washington Star. y it' i if $ IHeervtd to be Tried.?The Judge wai at dinner in the new household when the young wife asked: "Did you oyer try any of my biscuits, judge?" "No," said the judge, "I never did; "bat I dare say they deserve it." > ' 7 1 ' CauSticComment.?"Did anybody v comment on the way you handled your new car?" "One man made a brief remark, 'Fifty dollanp and costs."?Boston Transcript* i-. / , - In. "Dear 01' Lunnun.?"Do you mean U> say you think this room Is fit to live ' in?" / *"Oh, no! But I thought you only wanted*to pay four guineas a week?" ?rI?ondon Opinion. >, 1 'V "?" ? V Crushing Come Back.?Rosenberg? "You A-aa a liar and a oroundrel! Do you hear dot?" ' Blinsteln?"I hear you already, and I dinks you vas talking to yourself." ! I ?Beaton Transcript. * .. j I ^ > What He Was.?Colonel (a great sufferer with corns)?"Lcok here, ser- 1 gCant, I believe you have a man named 1 Smith, who is chiropodist?" Sergeant?"Misinformed, sir?'e's 1 Churteh of England."?London Tit-Bits. : t - * mj \AJ a V, ."Tin vnu I woman i\mui/ ? ,? like fay new hat7*; asked Mrs. Brooke. . a"yes, indeed!" replied Mrs. Lynn. "I -had one just like it when they were 1 kiatjOe." f 2 _ { A Light Support.?-"What is it, do , yoii suppose, that keeps the moon in , t place and prevents it from falling?" , % asked Anpinta. ( "I think it must be the beams," replied Chajrlie, and then he fled.k , r 1 * m i Feminine Advantage.?It is doubt- j ful VHether equal pay for men and wo- < men workers will even be fair as long as i Women can continue to rile the street- j can on transfers a week old and men ) can't.?-Kansas City Star, i - - ?*- < Father's Definition.?"IX" said the i small seeker after knowledge, "what . is a kiss?^' "AJcjsa my son," said tl^e father, who hadn't lived fifty years in vain, "is nothing divided by two.' Why Chickens Go Wrong.?Our pcrnnnai noultrv dealer said it was a good chicken, but it seems nobody has ever to|d our personal poultry dealer that the good die young.?Detroit , News. More Women's Rights.?Ward Heeler?"Are the women trying to reform politics?" District Leader?"Reform nothing! ' They've started in to grab the Jobs."? 'Life. *' Economy.?''Well, Albert, I've 'been acting on your advice. I put a hundred dollars in the bank this month." "Fine! It isn't so hard, is it?" "Noj' I simply tore up all the bills." ?Ll(e. Reproof.?Magistrate (to prisoner)? "I hope I ohall not see you here again." Old reprobate?"Not see me'ere again! Why, yer ain't goin' ter chuck yer Job, are you?"?London Opinion. Sign of tho Tim?s.?The most striking reminder of the end of the war is the new issue of Sloppy Stories magazine, with the girl on the cover kissed by a civilian.?London Opinion. , m , Welcome Relief.?"Look 'ere?I asks yer for the last time for that 'arf(lollar yer owes me." "Thank 'evins!? that's the end of a silly question."?Blighty (London). I ^ | Just So.?"Pop. what' are the duties of. a campaign manager?" "Principally, my son, to count chickens before they are hatched."?Judge. No Joke for Wilhelm.?The exkaiser's life has become a burden to him. But his greatest trial is yet to come.?London Opinion. Just So.?"Mrs. Gasley is a great j gossip." "Yes. She has a keen sense of rumor."?Blighty London. 8o|o.??"( gpt this car for a song." "I iWrfi that you'gave a note for it." Boston Evening Transcript. I CURRENT EVENTS News Happenings Gathered From All Over the World. ? The French naval base at Flume has been closed and the last French soldier has left the port. ? It is estimated that approximately 90,000 cigar factory employes are on strike ni various sections of the United States. ? Miller Huggins, manager of the ' New York American League baseball club has signed a contract to manage the Yankees again next year. ? Soldiers during a labor demnnstra- ( tion in Berlin last week, fired upon a ( crowd of 15,000 persons and killed one . civilian and wounded ten others. ? Richard S. Hawes jof St. Louis, Mo., i wns elected president of the American r Bankers' Association at the annual t meeting of the association held last* \ week. Other officers elected Included j hos. B. McAdams of ichmond, Va. ( ? The Metropolitan Express of the > Penneylvania railroad struck a freight i train nineteen miles west of Phlladel- 1 phia last week. None of the passen- t gers were injured but there was a ter- 1 rible car smash-up. 1 af ihn HTqvv Tnunnhiic ' ? OCUCUbl J VL kliv .? wvwv|/tiMw Daniels has accepted an invitation to deliver an address before the Western c North Carolina conference of the 1 Methodist Episcopal church, south, 8 which meets in annual convention at 8 Greensboro, N. C., on October 22. 1 ' f ? The parcels post is earning a pro- * fit of $10,000,000 annually and rates 1 have been constantly reduced since the f beginning of the service seven years ^ ago, Assistant Postmaster General W. * R. Koons told the house committee on g postoiflce departmental expenditures last Friday. " ? Maurice Mays, a n^gro on trial at Knoxville, Tenn., for tho murder of Mrs. Bertie Lindsay, August 30, which crime started a.serious riot in that city has been identified positively as the slayer by Miss Ora Smyth, a cousin of the slain woman. ? Emmd Goldman, anarchist, writer and lecturer recently released from the Missouri penitentiary who was to' have appeared Friday before United , States immigration officials on Ellis Island to answer the charge of being an undesirable citizen had her case indefinitely postponed upon orders from iVnckintrtnn ' ? By a vote of 5 to 2, the house elections committee holding fraud has been practiced in the election, on Thursday Jecided to recommend the unseating of John F. Fitzgerald, as representative j from the tenth Massachusetts district, holding that Peter F. Tague was entitled to the seat. Both men are Democrats. State Vital Statistics.?During the first six months of 1919, tlie number, jf births of white infants in South ' Carolina was 9,670. "Hie npmber of births of white infants for the first six months of 1918 was 9,386, which shows that the number of white births for 1919 was 284 niore than for the iame period of time in 1918. Negro births for the same periods of time showed a falling off to the extent of 1,023. During the first six months of 1919, the number of births >f negro infants in South Carolina was 10,255- During the first six months of 1918 the number of negro )irths was 11,2^8. Comparative death, rates for infants )f the two races for the first six nonths of 1918 and for 1919 show m i * 1Ss& 4 m ( *f; * ^ v _ that the white race showed a decrease while the negro race showed an increase. In 1918 the death rate for white Infants under one year of age >\as 94.7 per 1,000 births. In 1919, ho rate was 88.4 per 1,000 births. With the negro race, the deaths for ix months in 1D18 among infants unJer one year of age was 169.4 per 1,000 iJrths. In 1919 for the same period cf time th^. statistics show that the teath rate among negroes was 176-9 jcr 1,000 births. j ' ? The following: resolutions on the lance question, introduced at Unity ihurch during: the recent meeting of Concord Presbytery by Rev. S. H. Hay jastor of the First Presbyterian church Lfooresvllle, was unanimously passed )y the Presbytery by a rising vote, rhat the resolution will be known of is tssured in the fact that it is to be read rom the Presbytery. "The Presbytery Affirms its condemnation of the dance >f today as a moral and spiritual evil roid of extenuating elements. Thefornal and timely stand of the faculty of Davidson college and the board of rustees of Mitchell college during the >ast school year for the effectual prolibltion of this sin among students of hese colleges, is worthy/- of all praise. The example of these institutions is -ommended to the churches, all of vhich ought to have inner moral itrength sufficient for like effective iction where needed. There seems to >e a disposition among the church >eople in some quarters to acquiesce n the invasion of the church by this tin. They Presbytery gqes on record as eholly declining to acquiosce in this natter. We deem 'lascivious' and in leflnite violation of the spiHt of the eventh commandment, all dancea . 1 ..... . WE ARE WELL ST NECESSARY FALL Have a Large and Well A Much Lower Price T1 lUr UXl xuuay o Juaia' 1 V 'Outings of tho old time lie? for making underwear,. Fancies, Lights and Darks Ginghams, in as good ass we have ever shown?Pi Best Grade of Apron Gin^ Plaids, for making that ev Priced Tlic Best Cheviot oil the ir , A BIG STOCK 1 In a great-variety of colors , BLANKETS?Cotton an< stock we have ever hadKIRKPATRICK-B SELLS IT F ALL WE ASK IS CAMELS supply cigarette content you ever experienced! You m bodied mellow-mildness: such i avor and coolness. The more Cz reater becomes your delight?Cam ette revelation ! i very thing about Camels you find s iieir quality?to the expert blend c hoice Domestic tobaccos. 'ou'll say Camels are in a class by th nade to meet your own personal ti frnm ontr nnnloopont rirror 1CCUU1U llVitl ?i?jr uupivuwutti, vi^mi leasant cigaretty odor makes Camels 3 the most fastidious smokers. And, berally as meets your own wishes, fo taste! You a a package cigarette sal Camels so att: i ii|. >ze that the v; and do not ex] Compare Ct rette m the 1 Camels are snld Mifetf pseksjjeu ^-1 R.J.RLYNOLD wherein there is great physical int macy and in particularly where tl arms of the dancers wholly or part encircle persons of opposite sex, unle such intimacy be morally permissab by reason only of some natural bor of near relationship. The Prosbytei furthermore urges upon the sessions all churches within its bounds the u most endeavor, where needed, to rep the dance from the practice of churc members." ENGLISH WOMANHOOD. Minister Says Women Havo Grow Coarse by Association With Men. A gloomy view of England's womai hood is taken by the Rev. F. M. Meye of London who has been preaching series of sermons on the subject. In c interview printed in the Daily Expre he says: "I do not fear a food shortage n< labor troubles but I do fear the coi soquencies of a lowering of woman modesty. The country is in real dai gcr. The present fashions show a tot disregard for everything wo have pr viously looked on as noble in womai hood. "Nor Is it omy in uress mm vtum< show a marked deterioration. Th< have become coarsened in their jpai ncrs with their association of m? workers. * The fanguase! of the girls i the subwai'a and on the omnibuses becoming awful. They have not on adopted the manners and language < men, but have surpassed men in vu garity. ; ,4 ''It seems that the womqp have d< veloped among themselves a third s< which Is' neither masculine nor fern nipe. It is a compound of the wcr elements*of both.T OCKED WITH THE STAPLE GOODS issorted Stock at a Very lan They Can Be Bought et. ' | ivy weights?Mottles I 25 Cts. i-oq r?fo IltiUVJ' u n^ni <i?/ www* ortment of styles as riced19 Cts. to 75 Cts. ?hams 20 Cts. Yd. ery day. dress?1 ?18 Cttf. to 25 Cts. Yd. larket?tPriccd 29 Cts. OP dbMFORTS ?Priced $1.75 to $3.50 1 Wool?the biggest . -Priced $1.98 to $12.50 I ELK COMPANY OB LESS > A TRIAL. iiii?i mmi till Sag* ment beyond anything ever tasted such full- ft&L' wvb refreshing, appetizing sj*y(x imels you smoke the SroAs els are such a ciga- vo*r^,V: o fascinating is due to fv\->? >f choice Turkish and 't!ryc\\i zi&i* -V* temselves?they seem xlf&l; iste in so many ways! VV^/y If* etty after-taste or un- :V?pfr particularly desirable tfrfZ? you smoke Camels as r they never tire your re always keen for the :isfaction that makes Zfihs'r '!* * \w*, ractive. Smokers real- A**.j;* alue is in the cigarettes *. pect premiums or cou- v ;. <Jt- A/ imels with anv ciga- .s1-. world at any price ! everywhere in scientifically ? *\ ''.V of 20 cigarettes or ten pack* ettes) in a (Hassinepaper- -.V-'-.V*51 We strongly recommend the home or office supply -!* ?.* T>' ,ve/. 3&S&' ?S TOBACCO COMPANY %3-i' [on-Salcm, N. C. ^jC 0 i WATCRALL'S j Sfi ' 3 PASTE PAINTof el HAS NO SUPERIOR.^ :h CHEAPER, BECAUSE IT WILL ' < TAKE ON TWICE AS MUCH OIL AS ORDINARY PALsT. Also have j LINSEED OIL AND m TURPENTINE ]|V STOCK. * ; LOUIS ROTH j sa >_ < : FIRST CLASS I s GINNING! 1_ Our Ginning Plant has becnij ;n \ completely overhauled and j| jy equipped with the f m LATEST AND BEST tjj GINNING MACHINERY j ly To be had. We are doing worvk sec- j of ond to none and arc giving u Liberal 5 , Exchange of Ileal and Hulls for Seed. 9 CLOVER COfTTON OIL CO; J. E. Beamguard, Manager. 1 S6 1 t. f. 7|S2 i st . , | CLEANLINESS ' IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL ' TO GOOD HEALTH A C For that reason we arc very careful n to keep our Meat Market scrupulous- ? ly CLEAN. S Come In and take a look at one of the Cleanest and Most Sanitary Mia c. Markets you ever saw. c ' Fresh Speckled Trout Received every Friday morning. Alsd Mullet. CHOICE STEAKS And other cuts of the beat Reef and Pork we can set. The SANITARY MARKET ~ LEWIS G. FERGUSON*. Prop. ' ui I See ST || For years past SI quarters of this comn ^ day kind. This has b< | :j surely growing feeling = - Styles in Shoes were a =1 but rather the definite = ? for the money spent. 11 years ago, but even ai e e proportion as are som< | = here much lower than - ~ noise about'' low price || stock of Shoes?hund | || and hundreds of pairs ||. *prices were considera | \ our Shoes on what the En it means anything, m< e e Dross or for Work?ai jj IRVING DREW F p Drew Shoes hard EE joyed a big trade on t ' - day in style and qualii || plenty. Let us show a 52 ni'iees run like this: His Brown Kid Shoes, with Louis 55 Gray Kid Shoes, Louis heels .. **~ Gray Kid Shoes with Miillary Field Mouse Kid Shoes, with S Brown Kid Shoes, with Milito Russet Shoes, with Military I jSEj Black Kid Shoes, Louis heels 55 Tan Calf, with Military heels Black Kid Shoes, with Militar ; j?? Black Kid Shoes, Low Rubber gS Tan Calf Shoes, Low heels ...... SS Black Kid Shoes, with Fltxibl EE THK ABOVE PRICES V ! 55 RANGE OF PRICES ON TH1 =5 SHOES?There are no $2D.(M) i 55 Shoes fit to keep company wil 'z the larger cities wluiv price : : and real values in the buyins ! Si / The above prices also ar< Ladies' fine Dress Shoes, but t = i much lower in price?In fact 3g * all corners; in the runKc of pr II WfW QUfifC == f f Uilik Jlil/iiU == Wo have a trcinen i:: woll as all leathers. == price you'd have to p == a substant ial saving tc H SHOES FOR BO j =5 most endless variety a hoy or girl?Prices ??i =| MEN'S DRESS =| Plnrsheim, the Hermn ? SHOESJo | HEAT YOUR HOME 1 You'll have to settle t ing your home this winte the cost of the heater and recommend the Loth Air cient and very economics The Loth is a Down-Dr^ Heater. It is thoroughly fire ]>ot and grates, easily any kind of fuel and buri tie ashes. When you are ready fice, store or home come i about the eood noints of t f X ?its efficiency and its e< FARMERS HARDW/ 40 PROFITEERING < Allowed at Our Store. All We Want ]? a Fair Profit and That Is What We Get* JUST ARRIVED L lino of New Patterns in Gents' lothing. Wc represent some of the lost reliable tailoring concerns in the nuntry and wc GUARANTEE every uit to FIT. GENTS FURNISHINGS In addition to Clothing Samples, we arry a line of Gent's Furnishings, inluding Shirts, Tics, Collars and Unerwear. * Look 'em over and save money. THE MEN'S SHOP Opposite Peoples Hank & Trust Co, <1. It. KELLY, Prop. YOItK, - - - S. C. W Typewriter papers, 15 Cts. Ib. and | pward, at Thb Enquirer Office. ROUP (or troupes Store has been typty mnity for Shoes?Dress as1 sen gradually brought abou 1 that at the Stroup Store t ilways to be found. This ha aim of this Store?giving tt Yes, 'tis true that Shoes ar b that Shoe prices here are 3 other goods. Fact is, you you'll find in many city stoi )s,"''underselling,' etc. W rorls nf Mire oarriflH nwr JL VUJJ U1 VUll A AVU V T Vi bought a good eight and te ibjy lower than is today's ; y cost us?not on today's mi 3ans that you'll be wise to I tStroup's. , .. / INE SHOES FOR LADIE ly need introduction to our liom for years jiast and they ty as they wore years ago a rou the new fall styles?see heel $12.00, $ 12.50 and $1-1.00 Pr $1-1.00 Pr heels $12.50 Pr Military heels S12..V? Pr try heels $12.00 Pnh icels $11.00 Paii $$.00, $o:oo and $10.00 in $10.00 Pr f ^ PA ?M.1 Oft Al y tlflS mill 9?.vi heels $">..>0 and $?).00 I?r 1 .'..$7.00 ami 30.00 l?r c Cap, Medium Rubber heels $7.5( nll give vmr an idea of tiff ro n'ewe>t styles of the drew Shoes in our stock yet, but there nit Lh the ?2f?.0(rShoes that are offered ir is a Ruble more than common sens* e the prices on our hiRhent grades ol o ho sure we have Shoes that arc verj . from our Shoe stock we can pleas* ices. FOR MEN, WOMEN AN clous stock of Heavy Work ! Prices .are from $2.00 to $2. ay if we bought them on to< shoe buyers. 7S, MISSES AND CHILD: s to lasts, leathers and prici mge from $1.00 to $6.00 a Pc SHOES?To he sure we ha1 u and other gooc^Shoes and i W. STR0I / r J ^ , I ? MMMWMMMMIWMMNWMMMMflf VITH A LOTH STOVE j lie question soon* of heat- j i Youll be considering , ! [ the cost of the fuel. We ; Blast Heater. It is effi- /j! il as to fuel consumption. J | ? ft Tubq :\yith?ont Door r well made, extra heavy ; V regulated and will burn /! * a it ^lean, leading but lit-' ; ! f* I 1 for/a heater for your jof- j r? on/1 1 rfi 110 fnl] vnii mftro 1 U C4UU 1UK UU tVAI. J VU Aiii/AV * he L&th Air-Bladfc Heater ? ?onom^.? Priced right. tRE & SUPPLY a, ABOUT GEOCEBES .* Ladles and Gentlemen: A word with you about Cocerles. 4 When you buy Groceries fortour table you want the Best In Qatity and the Most f your mbney. Myonstant' attention Is given to Grocerfc and I believe that(I can make It td ou-Interest to become a REGULR CUSTOMER at this i store. All porta of ' Foodstuffs are gradually arancing. Take my advice and buy1 fref of the t goods quoted\here; , v " FltESll VEGETABLES? j A1 ways in stock, Every thin sold at. Lowest Prices consistent witlquality. i Potato SUpe?Let your ordJs come ... > now for Potato SHps-M-BO jr 3,000 9 * delivered. Orders Oiled In S ft days or Money refunded. j < ' t,' J. D. HOPE, Sharon?. C. ' MONEY TOXOAN: A T Seven Per Cent on Fit Mort** ga0a on approved Real ate." X; THOS.-P. McRW.'*?W^f : " : " j " . Shoes I id upon a^ the head- f? (veil as fotthe every 5? t by a steadily, but || ;he best Values and ?| sn't been accidental, " S L6 very best in Shoes - p e higher than a few M not quite so high in || '11 find Shoe prices fr -es which make a big == e have a tremendous i I from past seasons, ee n months ago when H. markets. We price i| irket price. This, if < |e >uy your Shoes?fqr ; B 5' DRESS WEAR J trade.: We have en- ; =? are just as good to- ; g| wwl llinl in ontnlirr (i I SB iiu mat io oajf u < ?pthe window. The D CHILDREN | Shoes, in all sizes as1 g 00 p. pair under tlie g= lay's market?quite . 3 SEN are here in al- 3 f>' ^ }s?We can fit your VB vc them?Clapp, the == nore coming. 52 * JP SHOES I jj 4 , . , 4 T ' 'V-'" . ' i -!# , . i