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"I PUBLISHED WEEKLY. WNNSBORO, S. C., WEDESAY JANUAR 5[0.ESALHD184 The MIII Boy's Opportunity. Perhaps after recent discus sions in the columns of the Advocate my readers are surpris ed to see an articid headed "The Mill Boy's Opportunities." We have been led to believe that he has none, and in most cases we have succeeded in getting him to think so himself. This is not only a gross injustice to the young man at the mill, but also to the Church and the State, in whose affairs he is fast becoming a potent force for weal or woe. Going as I did from a mortgag ed farm to college when cotton brought from three and a half to five cents per pound, I know from bitter experience the strug gles of a country boy for an education. Having seen enough of the average town boy to know that he must spend the greater part of his earnings for board and appearances, I can appreciate his disadvantages. Having stud ied and associated with the mill boy I think I am qualified to say something also in regard to his educational chances, taking for granted, of course, that they depend on his wealth-producing power. The farm boy returns frnin college only a few we.ks before the crop is "laid by," and at a time it would be dangerous for him to enter fully into the farm work. The poor town boy gets home on vacation just after the other fellow has procured the soda fount job that he was hoping to realize ten dollars per month at, provided he had no board to pay. But the mill boy may leave college any day he pleases and find profitable employment in the mill the next. He doesn't have to wait until some fellow goes off on vacation and lets him "hold down" his job until he returns. Nor is he put to the terrible ordeal of rambling all over the countrs when he ought to be at home with his parents, trying to sell books, maps, pictures, patent egg-beaters dud other things. (all praises to those who have done such) bhut straigb4 into the mill he and there is a- job await i 'm-a job that will pay him more har cash in one vacation than the average boy outside the mill will make in two. The average wages of an energetic young man at the mills cannot fall below one dollar per day-twenty-six dollars per month. Board costs him ,ten dol lars; other necessities four. It is clear, then, that he can easily uave twelve dollars per month. * T welve dollars per month for one year is a hundred and forty-four dollars. If he is ambitions he soon rises to the position of section boes, or loom-fixer, which seldom pays less than thirty-five dollars per month. His expenses remain the same, and it is clear that he daa save twenty dollars per month. I the course of another year thmre are two hundred and forty dollars to be added to the last year's savings. Three hun dred and eighty-four dollars represents his savings for two years, during which time het has been studying at night and on Saturday afternoon-as many do, and- he is now prepared to go to college. Three hundred and eighty four doilars will pay all expenses except tuition, for two years. The tuition is paid during the in tervening vacation. Another year's work as loom-fixer and the earn ings of two vacations will put him through college with a small debt of say seventy-five dollars, which can be paid in four months after graduation. He is now an educated man in more respects thaa one. It took him only seven wears from the time he bega~n to prepare himself, and he paid as he went. Whereas the average fellow for several years after graduation struggles hard with debts that are gradually growing bigger. The bulk of the wealth of the~ mill community is produced by young men. Thus it is clear that they hold the key to the solution of what we persist in calling the "mill problem." "Why is it' you say "that we have so few mill boys in our college?" The trouble is they do not see the fruit hang ing.lascious, ripe aud wasting over their heads. They do not anow how to grasp the oppor turnity. Will the Chu.rch enable the young men of the mills to turn their wealth-producing power in upon themselves as a retiuing force, or will she let this wonder ful cataract of power go un halrnessd an.d uuused? --The R-v. D. English Camak, ia Advertisements. These queer advertisements were collected by a number of club 1 women who found some strange I things outside cf their club rooms. i Here are some samples: "Bull dog for sale; will eat ] anything: very :'ond of children." "Wanted-A boy to be partly outside and partly behind thu 1 counter." "Widow in comfortable circum- < stances wishes to marry two sons." "Annual sale now on; don't go elsewhere to be cheated; come in here." "A lady wants to sell her piano, as she is going t,broad in a strong iron frame." "Wanted-By a respectable ] girl, her passage to New York; ! willing to take care of childreu and a good sailor." "Lost-Near Highgate arch-'l way, an umbrella belonging to a f gentleman with a bent rib and a i bone handle." "Mr. Brown, further, begs toO announce that he will make up gowns, capes, etc., for ladies .out , of their own skins." "An airy bedroom for a ge itle man 22 feet long and 11 wide." -The Puritan. The Secret of Success. Forty million bottles of August Flower sold in the United States alone since its introduction! And the demand for it is still growing. Isn't that a fine showing of suc cess? Don't it prove that A'ugust Flower has had unfailing success in the cure of indigestion and dyspepsia-the two greatest ene mies of health and happiness? I Does it not afford the best evi dence that August Flower is a sure specific for all stomach and t intestinal disorders?-that it has proved itself the best of all liver regulators? August Flower has a matchless record of over thirty- f five years in curing the ailing millions of these distressing com- t plaintg-a success that is be- t coking wider in 'its.-scope every day,'at home and abroad, as the i fame of August Flower spreads. 1 Trial bottles, 25c; regular s:ze, e 75c. For sale by McMaster Co.' c A telegraph instrument fitted to an ordinary, typewriter has been put in use by the Western Union company in New York by which any one familiar with the c use of a writing machine may not 1 only transmit a message, but insure its printed receipt at the n other end of wire. In other word., . in the act of writing out the t message at the transmitting end, a the operator will tick the message t off on the wires and through t direct contact with a similar a machine at the receiving end, bring about the printing of the v message as fast as it is ticked off. A Grim Tragedy1 is daily enacted in thousands of omes, as Death claims in each one another victim of consu mp - tion or pneumonia. But when coughs and colds are properly treated the tragedy is averted. F. G. Huntley, of Oaklandon, Ind., writes: "My wife had the, consumption, and tiaree doctors gave her up. Finally she took Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, which cured her, and today she is well and strong." It kills the germs of all diseases. One dose relieves. Guaranteed at 50e and $1 00 by McMaster Co., Obear 1 Drug Co., J. H. MoMaster & Co., druggists. .Trial bottle free. ' The Old Fashion Wife. 't A pretty, y cung married woman1 said to a friend the other day:] "Mary is such an o'd fashion wife. I She has such gaeer notions about her duty to her husbaLud and( home. WI'y, she declines all invitations uniless he is inec!nded and never under ainy circum stance is away from ho~me when he returns at~night."1 TheBest fledicine I Have Ever Used, Columbia, S. C'.. Nov. 10, ]1903. Gentlemen: I have suffered a long time from chronic liver compIIlainlt, and find that Dr. James' Iron Blood and Liver Tonic gave mec more relief than an thing I h-tve ever unti I recomn-. mnd it to all who sufler from consti pation. Yours trul y. J. 8. Shehanid. Senator C. S. McCall of Ben-. nettsville let $5,000. to the Thorn well Orphana;ge and be cancelled a note secured by mortgage given by a neighbor who had lost both arms in an eposion during a poiltical celebration. The~ h/.me; of his est ate worth~ about half a aio ll fr ho left rn relatives. I-lint lill Items. Mr. 'Editori As I am now tem. )orarily located down here ir his quiet and lonely section o: he country, I will try and gathei p a few dots for the News anc aerald. The farmers around here havE ill about reorganized for th< iest year. I notice in severa )laces around here there is som( otton being held for bettei )mces. There is very little small grail ,own in this section. The health of the community h ery good at this time. The Oakland and Flint Hil chools, under the supervision o 1iss Berta Durham and Miss Blanche Cam'k respectively ar( noving along nicely. Our old friend and comrade Ur. W. S. Dunham, is in fairl' ood health and is looking well or one of his age. We recently spent a very pleas mt day with our' friends, Mr nd Mrs. D. H. Robertson 'Friend Dick" is certainly fine ompany. He has not forgotten et how to tell his war tales., Miss 'Ida Wylie, of Wateree pent several days recently wi't ier-friends, the Misses Durham Mr. Juo. H. Neil, of White )ak, is at Mr. W. A. Neil's while he latter is sojourning in the band of Flowers. There is a spot here in the road nid-way between the old Boul are ante-bellum home and theii >eautiful burying ground knowr is the locus pond. This noted pot has a history that is knowr )y only a few. Tradition says luring the Revolutionary Wai vhen the British troops were it his section a squad of the red oats were being pursued by Col. Villiam Washington's men, and vhile passing this noted spo' leeing for their lives, one of theii mumbar while looking back al heir pursuers, was struck by the runk of an oak tree-that stood in he middle of the road and wa; nstantly killed. His body was >uried on the spot by the Ameri ans. There it has rested to the )resent time. The decayed and rumbling trunk of this fated old ak can be seen yet lying in the aarsh by the road side. Jan. 21, 1905. J. H.N. Sickening, Shivering Fits I ague and malaria, can be re. ieved and cured with Electric itters. This is a pure, tonic nedicine; of especial benefit in nalaria, for it exerts a true cura le influence on the disease, riving it entirely out of the sys em. It iS'much to b.e preferred o quinine, having none of this trug's bad after-effects. E. S. lunday, of Henrietta, Tex., rites: '"My brother wa very c>w with malarial fever and jaun ice, till he took Electric BRitters, rhich saved his life. At McMas er Co., Obear Drug Co., J. H. ecMaster & Co. drug stores; rice 50c, guaranteed. It isn't the thing you do, dear, It,.s the thing you leave uudone, hat gives you a bit of heartache, At the setting of the sun. be tender word forgotten, The letter you did not write, he flowers you might have sent dear, Are your haunting ghosts al night." Spoiled Hier Beauty. Harriet Howard, of 209 W. 4th St., New York, at one tim.. ad her beauty s'poiled with skin rouble. She writes: "I had Salt heum or eczema for years but lothing would care it until I used ucklen's Arnica Salve." A quick ud sure healer for cuts, burns nd sores. 25c at McMaster Co. )bear Drug CJo, J. H. McMaster a Co. drug stores. One of the latest inv"ntions ih Smachine thr.t will shear three uhded sheep at (nce. The NeA iork Compmerciad ldoes not see nythnlg woInderful in the nvention, asi Wall street has ha or many year's a machine th4l hears three thonaand lambs at a ~lip.-Aniderson Intilig mcer. No woman can wear a new lress without in some was Ldverisinlg its newness. Straight Facts. A whole lot of fanicy p)hrases can b< vritten about remedies, but it take t.s to pro've anything-good straigh1 ats. And the strongest fact you evel eard is that Tannopiline is the bes: -ure for piles on the market. It cures ibsolutely. Has a healing, soothin1 &-l1'~ from the start. A11 dlrugists have it fo'r $1.00 a jar x-: tor Tan nop)iline and (lon't dar< ae n substitute. 'MUM' AVegetablePreparaionforAs similating theFoodandRegufa ting lihStom ancacdBowes of Promotes Digestion,Cheerful ness andRest.Contains neitter Opnn ,Morphine norlrfneraL NOTIARCOTIC. Aperfect Remedy forConstipa Fon, Sour Sto ,Diarrhoea Worms,ConvuIl,Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. FacSimile Signature of NEW TORK. masT c=WOW WRARR. LIThe list Way. T This is a difficut world indeed, And the people are hard to suit, And the man who plays the violin Is a bore to the man with a flute. And I myself ha often tlipught How v:ry mud "tte'r 'twould be If every one of the folks I know Would only agree with me. But since they will not, then the very best way To make this world look .bright - Is never to mind what people say, But do what you think is right.. -Selected. * Notice. Notice is hereby 'given that the health of the people of this county is. in imminent danger and must be taken, care of. It-bhas been decided that every precaution be taken to prevent pro lon ged cases of pneumonia, grippe, etc. The best thing to do is to give a. good cough mixture as soon as the cough starts. Get M URRAY'S HORE HOUND, MULELEIN AND TAIR. Only M~c. a bottle. At all druggssts, Three Obstacles to Marriage. Ex-Senator Marion Butler, of North Carolina, recently told the New York Globe this story of a confirmed bachelor friend of his -an unusually homely', b u t humorous fellow whom he asked, jokingly, why he did not get mar ried. 'Because with me,' he said. 'marriage is -possible only under three conditions.' "'Indeed. and what are- th'es ?" I asked. " 'Well. myV wife," h& replied, drolly, 'must be rieb. beautifu and a fool. Un1ess she is rich and b autiful I won' marry he r, andl uni. ss she be foh,he won't marry me.'" Say "Plurray's." WVhen you've got a b;ad cough ju. say "MURRAY'S." If a druggi, gives you anyting but Marray's Hort hound, Mu1lleini andI( Tar you'reC no getting the best anid .surest eough rein edy Make him give you Murray's Acts qu.icker anid you get a 50e. siz. bottle for:36e*. Every duggist has it. Presidei.t Elliott of Harvaid saa : "A gentienuon must be gaiet; he~ must lbe generous eflcient, de ferential to age beant' excellence, skiil and all woi tb things. he must never do an' thing that will hum t a woman or child br anyv inferior."' Thje mny fri-nids of G. H. Hauean, engineer L. E. & W. R. lH., at pari. Iivin in m Linn , () ,v will bei plieased I knIow of is recovery fromr t,hre?aten - kidne iseas ce. He s-ys "I wa eure byv usng Foley's Kid:ney Cure, wvhii Ii reconnniiendi to alil, especially trai: mien who are i:uually similiarly afle ed." 'So!d by McM:ster an .i Co. WXoman's inclination is tow.4id vanity even in moments of 'ol.tude. B arst sTonTJ c ~.eA.y or~ rfL f For Infants and Childrem. the Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In . Use For ever Thirty Years GASTORIA ThE Gamma soriM?v. NEW VR ." Notice to the Stockholders of The Winnsbors Bank. Reduction of Capital. Please take notice that a meeting of th stockholders of The Winnisboro Bank is hereby called to he h'lden in th2 Presideit's room of the Bank on Thursday, February 2nd, 1965, at 12 s1., for the purpose of voting on a propositlon to reduce the .apital stock Af the Bank to $100,000, and to dis tribute the excess of capital over this unount at the rate of $175.00 per share. By order of the Board of I)irectors. T. K. ELLIOTT, 1-1 l-4t President. ColdsI every cold weakens the lungs, low ers the vitality anid prepares the system fo,r the more serious dis eascs, among which are the two3 greatest destroyers of human life, Ipmnaand consumption, , IChamberlain's ICough RemedyI has won its great pularity by its prompt cures of tis most common Iailment. It aids expectoration, re lieves the lungs and opens the secretions, effecting a speedy and permanent cure. It counteracts any tendency toward pneumonia. Price 25c, Large Size 50c. GET ThE BS GhD at the PRIZE : WRD Highest M iFAI1 Awa.rd The New and Enlarged S Edition Containa - 25,000 New Worde ihaore tan 500 ttls based on th latest census returns. NewBiogrpla e clpj pesn,dte of birth, death, etc, 2., 380 Quart.P Needed inEveryHome FREE, " A Test in Prannlaano"instrUO. tive and entrtali i . G. 0 C. MEKRIAM Co., PublIshers, Springfleld, Mas.. To Cu -raeLaxative BroE Seven Mjlon boxes sold'm past 12 1 THE HEADQI Books and S ARE STILL AT News = and -= Hei A B I G L Or O F L E D G E R S A N . PRICES MOST REA1 A LARGE LOT OF FINE BOX FROM 50 AND 25 CENTS 1 CENTS WHILE IT 100 QUIRES REDUCED FROM 1 PER QUIR] WPAPER BAGS OF ALL SIE Cabbage Plants for sale, and now ready for d field" and "Charleston Large Type Wakefielk rieties and head in rotation as named." "Su< and "Short Stem Flat Dutch," the 3 best fiat-b tion as nnmel. Prices: Single thousand, $1.50 10,000 and over, $1 per 1003. Terms: Cash witi purchaser paying return charges on money. O South Carolina S,a Coast and we understand g tough and hardy; they will stand severe cold for shipment weigh 20 lbs. per 1000 and we hav transportation by Siuthern Express Co. I kn cheaper than mine. I sell good plants. No c from my farm. I guarantee those that I ship t g rown fromt high gra le seeds purchased from houses in- tltk United States. I will refund pur customer at end of season. Our Cotton Seed. Lint of our Long Staple I this year in C.hiarleston, on Dec. 2, at 32c. per p of 10 bu. and over, $1 per bushel. My specialty: Prompt Shipment, True Variet huve been in the plant business for thirty-five 3 "fhe Cabbage Plant Man,'' Wmn. C. GERATV, WANTED: so MEN AND WOflEN.j C To Take Advantage of Special OfferF Made by Mctlaste- Co.: McMaster C< , the enterprising drug- Noa gists, are -advertising today for fi fty l men and women to take advantage of stronf the special half-price offer they are grown making on Dr. Howard's celebrated , tn suecific for the cure of constipation and;. dyspepsia, and get a fifty cent package uy at half price, 2.5 cents. . Large So positive a re they ( f the remarka- field, ble power of this specific to pure these ' diseases, as wveli as sick headaches and Ivariet liver troubles, that they agree to refund ;Henda the money to any customer whom this large, medicin' does not qniekly relieve and psta~ 'With Dr. HIowa.td's specific at hand, type you can eg what you want and have packet no fear of ill consegnences. It per.th strengthens the stommach, gives perfect digestion, regulates the bowels, creates or ove anr appetite, and zmakes life worth the b. exp living. Spe This is an unusual opportunity to lots obtain 60 dow~es of the best medicine ever made for hal!f its regular price, with the personal uinaranztee of a welt 12-21: knownm beiness tirmn to refund' tileI mon)1ey if it dIoes not give sat isfac t ion. If you cannot call at MieMaster Co.'s store today, er.id them:'~5eents by mail, .md they will send vou a package, Al promptlP(y, charges paid. Al1 MeMaLstr to. ha:ve. been able to se- peunalt.3 --nre only , a limitedl so pply of the spe- ride or i lie, so greait is theo e-mund. an uu' i othecrw l,i ou no 6lay~ ta~kingzu ad vant aire or or coni he lib ral otfer lhey are mnakinug this :8 we. ek. Trespass Notice. Nuti9 eanitile been e< All person's are h,.rehv warne-1 mn.b r of .J. F he penal1ty of l:aw noi' to boit, ti-u .ontini alki, ri h-. eutiim r in.or allowv stock I.iii:. R. Iin at hire-, .r oi,th r .in i r.-ln:I's upo W :l~ itl einink i voed, or es. ro.lle ii b th'eU u-tendedL" Eun)e.d. uatii re aCold in OnelI rio um e TaMIets. - knhnL.. JARTERS tationery THE rald = Office. BLANK BOOKS AT 3ONABLE. PAPERS REDUCED TO 15 AND10 LASTS. 0 TO 5 AND 3 CENTS .ES 1N STOK.g elivery. "Early Jersey Wake i," two earliest sharphead vs cession," "Augusta Trucker" Lead varieties and head in rota '5,000 and over, $1.25 per 1000; iorder; or, plants sent C. 0. D., 2r plant beds occupy 35 acres on rowing them in the open air; without injury. Plants crated. a special low rates for prompt )w other plants you can buy ieap "cut rate" plants shipped o be true to type and name, and two of the most reliable seed 3hase price to any dissatisfied ariety of Sea Island Cotton sold >und. Seed, $1.25 per bu.; lots ies, and Satisfied Customers. I ears. Post and Telegraph Office, Young's Island, S. C. (BBAGE PLANTS - om the Best Tested Seeds. r ready for shipment, la:ge, ~, healthy, these plants are in the open air and will severe freeze~ without in Early Jersey Wakefield, Type or Charleston Wake vhuich are the *best known es of early cabbages, also ~rson's Succession, the best late and sure header, Au Early Trucker, also a fine of late variety. Neatly I in light baskets. $1.50 ousand; for five thousand r, $1.2.5 per thousand, f. o. ress office. 3ial prices made on large CHAS.M.GIBSON, Youngs Island, S. C. 3n Trespass Notice. ersons are hereby warned under of law not to hunt, walk; allow stock to run at large .or ise trespass upon lands owned rolled by the undersigned. 4t T. F. WVALKER. Notice. e is hereby given, that the mier butsiness, which has heretofore nduceted byv me under the namie McMaster. will hereafter be ied by me under the name of leMaster. e hauks for the patronage ex the forme9r firm I ask a con ran of the same. K. R. Mc MASTER. A ~on evey ~we.~'box. 25c.