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11 ^L.l. II!P JM lErskin fePion ^pJohnl 6r 'OT; AfteFtHe" Ague aFT^;:a, wlifi Clork I ? ... ? ? # -1.1 Cnn. I EWttrtlO piK iona tur ui'i ucmu,,; oiiiiders* fort. He found the hard days of want over. There was not oply corn In plenty but wheat, potatoes, pumpkins, turnips, melons. Game was plentiful, and cattle, horses, and hogs had multiplied on cane and buffalo clover. Indeed, It was a comparatively peaceful fall, and though Clark pleaded with him, Ersklne stubbornly set his face for Virginia. At Williamsburg ErskUie learned many things. Colonel Dale, now a general, was still with Washington and Harry was with him. Hugh was with the Virginia militia ard Dave with Lajfayetbv ? 4 Tarleton's legion of rangers In their white uniforms wore scourging Virginia as they had scourged the Carollnns. Through the . James Hirer country they had gone with fire and HWUIU, UU1U1U4 UUUW.O, VM horses, destroying crops, turning gtain in. the mills, laying plantations" \o waste. Barbara's mother vat, dead. Her neighbors bad moved to safety, but Barbara, he heard, still lived with old Mammy and Ephrnim at Bed Oaks, unless that, too, had been recertly put to the torch. Where, then, would he And her? ? Down the river Ersklne rode with a s^d heart. At the place where he hud fought with Grey he pulled Firefly to a sudden halt. There was the boundary of Ited Onis and there started a desolation that ran i^s far as his eye could reach. Red Daks had not been spared, and he put Firefly to a fast gallop, with eyes strained far ahead and his heart heating with agonized foreboding ami savage rage. Soon over a distant clump of trees be could see the chimneys of Barbara's home?his home he thought helplessly?and perhaps those chimneys were nil that was left, ft And then he saw the roof and the upper wiudows nud*tfc? c*|>?of the big' columns unharmed, untouched, and he pulled Firefly In again, with overwhelming relief, and wondered at the miracle. Again he started and again pulled In when he caught sight of three horses hitched near the stiles. Turning quickly from the road, he hid Firefly lu the underbrush. Very quietly he slipped along the path by the river, and, pushing aside through the rose bushfcs, lay down where unseen he could peer through the closely matieu aeoge. lie naii noi lung iu wuit. A white unifornj Issued from the great hall door und another and another?and after thetn Barbara? smiling. The boy's blood run hot? smiling at her enemies. Two officers bowed, Barbara courtesled* and tliey wheeled on their heels and descended i the steps. Tlie third stayed behind u moiuent. bowed over her hand and ' kissed it. Tlie watcher's blood turned then to liquid fire. Great God, at what jirlce was thnt noble old house left standing? Grimly, swiftly rfr- ! sklne turned, sliding through t^e bushes like a snake to the edge of the road along which they must pass. He would fight t!w> three, for his 'life was worth nothing now. He heard them laughing, talking at the stiles. He heard them qpeak Barbara's j name, and two seemed to be bunted- ! !ng the third, whose answering laugh | bil'iiifu uiquivsirni uiiu u minimum. They were coining now. The boy ihad his pistols out. primed and cocked. He whs.rising on his knees, just about to leap to his feet anil out into the road, when he fell hack into a startled, paralyzed, Inactive heap. Glimpsed through an opening In the bushes, the leading trou]?er in the uniform of Turleton's legion was none other than Dane Grey, and Ersklue's brain had worked quicker than his angry heart. This was a mystery that must be solved before his pistols spoke. lie rose crouching as the trappers rode away. If Tarleton's , men were around he would better I leave Firefly where he wasi in the woods for u while. A startled gimp behind'him made him wheel, pistol j once more In hafnl, to find a negro, mouth, wide open ahd staring at him from the road.# "Marse Ersklne!" he gasped. It was Eyhraim, the boy who lmd led Barbara's white ponies out long, long ago. now a tall, muscular lad with an ebony face und dazzling teeth. l "Whut you doln' hyeh, suh? Whar' ft yo' hogs? Gawd, I'se sutu'ly glad to ^ see yuh." Erskiue pointed to an oak. B "Itlght by that tree. 1'ut him in the stable and feed him." Sffi The negro shook bis head. "No, suh. I'll take do feed down to him. Too many redcoats messiu' W round heah. You bettrh go In de back W day?dey might see yuh.' f "Wasn't one of those soldiers who Just rode away Mr. Dane Grey?" The negro hesitated. "Ynssuh." "What's he doing in a British uniform?" t The l^oy shifted his great shoulders uneasily and looked aside. "I don't know, suh?I don't know nuttln'^r v j _ Ersklnq knew_.he was lying, hut re- ' e Dale seiM bx,Jrf||ig: IK Livingstone ^^spected his kmhITV: "Go tell Mlsi Barbara I'm,here and then feed my horse." "Yassuh." Ephralm went swiftly and Erskine followed along the hedge and through the rose bushes to the kitchen door. Barbara, standing In the hall doorwuy, heard his step. "Erskine!" she cried softly, and she came to meet him, with both hands outstretched, and raised her lovely face to be kissed. "What are you doing here?" "I am on my way to Join Gmeral Lafayette." "But you will be captured. It is dangerous. The country is full of British soldiers." "So I know," Erskine said dryly. "When did you get here?" "Twenty minutes ago. I would not have been welcome just then. I waited In the hedge. I saw you had company." "Did you see them?" she faltered. "I pvpii recocnixed one of them." Barbara sank into a chair, her elbow on one arm. her chin In her hand, her fuce turned, her eyes looking outdoors. She said nothing, but the toe of her slipper began to tap the lloor gently. There was no further use for Indirection or concealment. "Barbara," Krsklne said with some sternness, and his tone quickened the tapping of the slipper and made her little mouth tighten, "what does all this mean?" < "Did you see," she answered, without looking at him, "tbut the crops were all destroyed and the cattle and horses were all gone?" "Why did they spare the house?" The girl's bosom rose with one quick, defiant Intake of breath, and for a moment she held It. "Dane Grey saved our home." "How?" "lie imu Known uoionei inricron in London and had done something for him over there." "How did he get in communication with Colonel Tnrietou when lie was an oflleer in the American army?" The girl would not answer. "Was he taken prisoner?" Still she was silent, for the sarcasm in Krskine's voice was angering her. "He fought once under Benedict "He Fought Once Under Benedict Arnold?Perhapo He Is Fighting With Him Now." Arnold?iKM'imps lie Is lighting with him now." "No!" she cried hotly. "Then he must he n?" She did not allow him to utter the word. "Why Mr. Grey Is In British uni- ! form is his secret?not mine." "And why he is* here is?yours." "Exactly!" she flamed. "You are a soldier. Learn what you want to know from him. You are my cousin, hut you are going beyond the rights or wood. i won r srunu u?i wuu i i stand it?from anybody." "I don't understand you, Barbara? ! I don't know you. That last ttino It was Grey, you?and now?" He j paused and. In spite of herself, her j eyes Hashed toward the door. Ers-1 kine saw it. drew himself erect, : bowed and strode straight out. Nor j did the irony of the situation so much as cross his mind?tlud he should be I turned from his own home by the woman he loved and to whom lie hod given that home. Nor did he look back?else he might have seen her sink, sobbing, to the floor. ? When he turned the corner of the j house Barbara's old mammy and Kplirnim were waking for ldin nt the kitchen door. .. "Ephrnlm," he said as lie swung j upon PhvtL-. "vojm and uiannnv keep j a~ close xviiTvTi, und If Tin needed here, come for me yourself nnil come fast." "Yassuh. Mnrse Grey is sutn'ly up to some devlimlnt no which side he fight in' fer. I got a gal oveh ou the ulge o' de Grey plantation an' she tel* me dat Mnrse Dane Grey don't wear dat white uniform all de time." "What's that?what's that?" asked Ersklne. "No, stilt. She say he got an udder 'uniform,, same ?s yose, un' he keeps it at her uncle Sam's cabin an' site's seed Itim go dar in white an' come out in our uulforiu, an' nl'ays at night, 3tur.se Ersklne?al'ays at night." The negro cocked his ear suddenly: "Tnke to de woods quick, .Mnrse Ersklne. Horses coraiu' down the road." But the sound of coming hoofbeata had reached the woodsman's ears some seconds before the black man heard them, and already Ersklne bad wheeled away. And Ephrnlm saw Firefly skim along the edge of a blackened meadow behind Its hedge of low trees. "Gnwd!" said the block boy, and he stood watching the road. A band of white-coated trooj>er8 was coming in a cloud, of dust, and at the head of them rode Dane- Grey. "lias Copt. Erskine Dale been here?" he demanded. Ephraira lfiid his own reason for being on the good side of the ques* tloner, and did not even hesitate. "Yassuh?he Jes' lef*! Dor he goes .now I" With a curse Grey wheeled Ids troopers. At that moment Firefly, with something like the waving flight of a bluebird, was leaping the meadow fence into the woods. The black boy looked after the troopers' dust. "Gawd!" he said again, with a grin that showed every magnificent tooth In his head. "Jest as well try to ketch a streak o' lightning." And quite undisturbed he turned to tell the news to old mammy. (To be Continued). STILL IN JAIL. But Spartanburg Chiropractor Is Visied by Hundreds. E. I. Johnson, the chiropractor who was convicted last week in sessions court of practicing medicine without a license, Judge Sease directing a ver diet of guilty, anil .sentencing mm tu yv days on the choingang, is still in jail, relates a Spartaburg dlspntch. He has nut indicated whether he will make an appeal or not. In case he does not make an appeal, ho lias the officers of the law in a quandary. They do not know what to do with him. The sentence is as follows: "The sentence of the court is that you, E. I. Johnson, be confined in tho county jail1 at hard labor upon the public works of Spartanburg county for a period of ninety days, or that you be confined at hard labor in the state penitentiary for a like period." Johnson's attorney has called the attention of the officers to the wording of the act under which Johnson was convicted, which says in the case of conviction that the defendant "shall be fined in any sum not less than $100 nor more than $500, or imprisonment in tho county jail for a period of not lesB than thirty days, nor more than | ninety days, or l>oth at the discretion I of the court." Under the sentence there is nothing but the chuingang, while under the law the sentence should be only jail or fine. Johnson has ten days in which to file intention of appeal. A petition is being circulated all over the county asking Governor Harvey to pardon Johnson. There ?iro twelve petitions out. and very few are passing it up. There has been no conviction in Spartanburg in recent years which has caused more comment. Sheriff Sam K. Miller says that last Sunday ho was called upon to admit 1,000 into the jail to see Mr. Johnson. jjUjLr"- QUESTIONS ?1. II and Bible Answers fj 3 If Parents will enoourafto children to look op p y and memoriae the Bible Amwers, it will prove E 31 n priceless lieritage to them in after years. I Why did Jesus say unto all, both young and old, Watch? ?Matt 24: 42-44 What is said about the messenger that bringeth good tidings? ?Isaiah 52: 7 Who said all things are possible to him who believcth? ?Mark 39: 2 Who alone is worthy-to resolve honor, and glory and power. ?Rev. 4: 11 How can we get an increase and blessing from God? ?1'salm 67: 5, 6 What is said about those who trust in the Lord? ? I'salin 125: 1, 2 Why can the child of God feel secure under all circumstances? ?Deut. 33: 27 What reward do those receive who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit? ?Romans 8: 1 How do all things work together for those that love God? ?Romans 8: 28 What is the prayer of the penitent? I'saim oi; i, o What is the joy of the ransomed? ?Isaiah 35: 10 What is an : homination to the Lord, and what is his delight? ?I'rov. 11:1 Zi: The inhabitants of a vast region in the arid interior of Australia are still in the stone ape and an effort is being made to keej) them there. Kixtyflve thousand square miles have been set apart as a sanctuary for the natives and no white men are allowed to enter the sanctuary. These natives fashion their rude weapons and implements of stone and wood, and arc entirely ignorant of the use of metal. Cannibalism is still in full force among the natives of the Kverard ranges and they have to be constantly on the march to obtain food. .fc>*The Rhutanene women, in India, were probably the first to "bob" their hair. FACTS ABOUT SLEEP. Important Information Developed By the Wisdom of the Ages. The following facts on the physinli ogy of sloop ore from a recontly published work by Dr. William S. Walsh. As quoted they are assembled by a contributor to The Nation's Health (Chicago). "Why an indivlndnnl must sleep away one-third of his existence," \ says the writer, "no one lias yet satisfactorily oxplained. What is alccp, anyway? It is menely 'the resting of consciousness and does the lowering of < physiological, processes become possl- j bio only when the desires of waking | l ours are held In abeyance?" He con- ' tinues: "It 18 signmcani inui, wiiiiu inujjui- i posivo activities of mankind are fa - ! llguing, his- physical automatizations i pursue their ordered rhythms without 1 pause and without fatigue. Asleep or awake,, the heart pumps its streams, the lungs expire and inspire, and the stomach, llvor and other orgunB perform their functions. The skin is practically twice as active during sleep as during the waking stuto, and even the hair and nails continue to grow. "Sloop is rhythmically recurrent and u necessary function. Loss of sleep is worse than starvation. Animals deprived of food for twenty duys, and which havo then lost more than half of their weight, may still be saved by judicious feeding; but, completely deprived of sleep, they dio in from four to iivo days, and this in spite of the most careful feeding and other earo. The biologic theory of sleep, formulated, by Cleaparede, supposes that sleep is a defonsive factor of the body and that its purpose is to ward off fatigue. Repose and sleep are considered, to be inevitable consoquenoe of the law of rhythm which appears to govern life and which constitutes its means of defense. Amor's experiments indicate that at least seven hours of sleep are necessary to reestablish the forces which have beon upset by a day's work. It should be at night, and free from disturbances, he says. "In old age the requirements are less. In cold climates more sleep is required than in warm or temperate climates. Hhe first few hours of sleep are deepest, and the amount of sleep indulged m should be gaged to suit the individual rhythm. "Psychologists have long been inclined to regnrd sleep as an affair of the mind, to consider disturbances of sleep as varying degreotf of consciousness, and to interpret the uncensorcd dream thoughts in terms of the real, though perhaps unconsciously hidden, wishes of the subject. Certain typos of dreams may Indicate an unstable nervous system, or may ho the forerunners of disease. They are matters for the consideration iof the physician rather than tbe peychotogiait. "The mind, however, must be considered in sleep processes. The farther away from the brain a member is the more lightly it sleeps. A sleeper can be awakened more easily by tweaking his toe than by touching his lace or head. Fifty-nine per cent of persons can awaken any time they decide upon before going to sleep. Awakening is determined, not by physiological domands, but by predispositions of a psychological kind. "This perhaps accounts for the fact that suggestion forms an important part of almost any treatment of insomnia. Belief in their ability to sleep is absolutely essential for those whose I n g/im nin in f ho riMtnlt nf monfol onuc. es. Normal sloop, according to Walsh, is a. Gift we all have had at one timo, and may still have. Mental habit has much to do with it. Effects of light and sound which disturb corobral quiet are to be eliminated. The bodding should be as simple as possible, not too absorbent, hut of a* nature easily kept in a sanitary condition. The covering should not be heavy. The sleeping room, should bo airy. "On what side^of tho body should ,wc sleep? Most people prefer tho right side, but this is largely a matter of habit Sleeping on tho back is a fruitful source of dreams, probably due to interference with the cerebral circulation. Which side to sleep on is, after all, but a minor point. We must choose one side, and there is no weighty reason why one side is not as good as another. "Remembering that sleep tends toward a stasis of blood in the various larger organs and in the extremities, j we should, before arising, lie on the I right side a few minutes, then on the left, then on the stomach and finally on thu back. This simple practice is often efllcacious in removing the angina pains, asthmas, himbagos, so often found in anemic individuals and which are often due to improper positions during sleep. A few minutes exercise ojf getting up, taken preferably in the open air, starts the day right. "There is no specific for insomnia. The underlying cause must be ascertained and removed before a cure can be expected. Even then the ability to sleep often needs to be wooed, back. There is an art in making yourself comfortable and also an art in procuring pleasant dreams."?Literary Digest. Cherokee Needs Territory.?In this, tlie initial issue of the Cherokee Times, we wish to say io the people of Cowpens and vicinity that we sincerely and earnestly hope, that they will vote to annex themselves to Cherokee county, in the election which has been ordered ; by Governor Harvey lor the first Tuesi day in September. i Cherokee county needs you, and if j you become,a part ant^ parcel of our I little county, vou will b? in a position . I civic clubs with them for a meeting of the sort described.?Gastonia Gazette. to demand your rights in case wc fail to give them to you. Spartanburg county is so large, that it is apt to ignore the rights of small communities, and this is the policy which she has pursued towards the Cowpens section for the past several years if the statement of those people are to be accepted as true. When the matter of coming to.Cher- i olicc was agitated about two years ago the people of Spartanburg were profuse in their promises to do great thin?:! lor uowpcna. \w nan j?u v.??v those promises kept? If what you say is true, they were not, thoQ why should you trust them any more now than then? The actions of the people of Cowpens, in reference to the coming election is a sufficient answer to that question. If the promises had been kept no move to hold an election would ever have taken place. if the people come over to Cherokee, you will bo a part of one of the smallest, if not the smallest'county in the state, and the rest of the county would he compelled to acknowledge your rights, and as we said before you will be in a position to assert yourselves, and to demand your rights. As it is now, you are little frogs in " v ' ' _ - i u | 1 lgllL | N< \\ The grand assault of due. The great migrath 2 does not see many weev | immune for this year lias I prise awaiting him. KEEP UP THE | squares. Plow fmjuentJ X day. Cotton will be mad X if the fight is kept up. t flmro will Up rmurli slprlfl I MERCHANTS, talk ? courage all the growers | THE FIGHT. It ,/ WE PAY FIVfi PER CE | FIRST NATIONAL if J. H- SAYE, President | 1 SHARON, t | Phone 1-53 I Fruit and Vi f Yes, to be sure we lia j; ?a knife for every purp< you. If you will look tli f will find the kind of kn 2 pleased. Anyway, we v ? you our stock of kiycs, ' PRESERVI1* % Large Pans for canning i? Funnels, Jar Caps, Jar that New Rubber?see it | Call at the RED "W" Sc || WE If | YORK HAR; X v ! *> vvvv v > > > > > > > > v v ri vv^vv j UNDERWOOD I *x*. If We have made arra ? writer Emporium, (Slii] ? Chicago, for the sale of ? Typewriters in this t( ;! Ward Mfg. Co., speeiali 1* wood machines, devotini I* "" " 9 - / ? y cago to this work alone i years they have rebuilt a ? sands of Underwood T ? which is sold under an ir 't( every way equal to NEV v antce. Every machine $ niaeliine, in cither No. 4 !$ 4 carries 7b' characters a f acters. llotli have 10 in< 1 X We will sell you eithc y stallments as you prcfci | for $77.50 and 'he No. ? 2 press charges. The in X mcnts h $3.00 cash, and ! v r-p , J? .11. j uii j;i i-it i iu v | is 10 per cent less than S plus the express charges * X The Ship]nan-Ward j ? sponsible references as i buyer 011 installments. X We will be pleased tc i\ formation you might des L.M. GRIST'S S a big puddle, l>ut If you will come to Cherokee, you will be big frogs in a small puddle. The simile of course, refers to territory alone, because, there are no better citizens in the world than those which go to make up Cherokee county. So come on over hoys, the water is fine.?Cherokee Times, QafTney. . ? Promised to Be Good.?The crowd that gathers at the A. C. L. passenger station on Sunday afternoons during the summer to ''see" the southbound train pass was treated to some little excitement Sunday when Chief Hrltt and Night Officer Hyatt were called in by the Pullman conductor to tako off a passenger who was too boisterous for the comfort of the other passengers The nassencrer was a vountr man on hia way from Hiclimonil to Lake City. According" to the conductor the young follow had been drinking all during the day and was pretty well tanked up when the train reached Dillon. He got into an argument with a fellow-passenger near Faycttcville, and blows were exchanged, though It is not known who got the best of theargument. Chief Hritt entered the car and was i *? Hard | )W ? / v the boll weevil is almost ? >n is clue. The man w?io $ ils now and thinks he is !* ; a sad and sorrowful sur- $ &HT. Destroy the fallen '1 v and in the middle of the $ c this year in this county j And it' some is not made ? ing for many this fall. | fighting the weevil; en- i you meet to KEEP UP ? NT ON TIME DEPOSITS ; | RAW OR SHARON I JLrnilii vi uiuuwu J. S. HARTNESS, C??hier X - S. C. I ???????? ? $ Phone 153 x . | egetable Time f vc a full line of KNIVES | 3se?Knives that will suit | em over we feel sure you ? ife you want and will be | /ill be delighted to show j. May we? j ICr KETTLES f j fruits and vegetables; ? Rubbers. Yes, we have t 4 rORE? I SERVURITE?TRY US f I DWARE CO. | vwv'WvW^^^w'/'XX'wvv'^X'v*:1 TYPEWRITERS I i ngcincnts with the Type- & jinan-Ward Mfg. Co.), of $ tlieir Rebuilt Underwood $ irritory. Tlic Shipman- | zes on rebuilding Under- ? ^ a large building in Chi- <? . During the past dozen ? Hid sold hundreds of thou- ? ypewritcrs, every one of ? on-clad guarantee to be in | with a Five-Year Guar- | offered is an up-to-date % or No. 5 Models?the No. $ nd the No. 5 has 8-t char- | ih carriages. | r model for Cash or on in- $ r. The Model No. 4 sells $ > for $83.50?plus the ex- y itial pavment on install- 2 ' - ? po.uu per inoiiiii. y | iash 011 delivery, the price $ the installment prices? | i. I y \Ifg. Co., requires two re- ? to responsibility of the j ? ? give you any further in- j ire. See or address? y ONS, YORK, S. C. | VVVV^VVV^V'/VVV'^VV l-'I'VVV'X'^V i about to take the young fellow off, when he pleaded with the officer not to nirest him, promising him that ho would he good if he would let him go on to his destination. The incident delayed the train.about., ten minutes.?Dillon Herald. X'D' Denver, Col., has more than 30,000 women wage earners. ?. It's Here at Last? THE NFW PERFECTION SUPERSMASH RANGE? 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Just continue to . * . )Jf Call No. 6 For your wants in all kinds of meats. SANITARY MARKET LEWIS G. FERGUSON, Mgr. PAINT UPYOU WILL FIND ANYTHING YOU WANT IN PAINTS AND VARNISHES AT OUR SHOW ROOM. WE'LL FURNISH THE PAINT AND APPLY IT IF YOU WISH. COME IN AND LET US MAKE AN ESTIMATE FOR YOU. I SELL PAINT. I APPLY PAINT. W. L. WALLACE * CONTRACTOR AND BUILDING SUPPLIES Office In SHerer Building, Opposite Shcrcr & Quinn's Store. if I? p p rnni IV li Li 1 V V V U GET ONE OF OlIR REFRIGERATORS OR AN ICE BOX. KEEP COOL BUY YOUR TORCH SHADE FROM US. KEEP COOL SEE US FOR YOUR LAWN FURNITURE. M. L. Ford J. C. Ford Edmund Ford M. L. FORD & SONS LICENSED UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS * CLOVER. 8. C. i - i~""00 E jfl See, Phone or Write to THOS. C. OTARRELL FOR High Grade Monuments In Marble and Granite Plant on Eaet Liberty Street, Adjoining Rose Hill Cemetery.