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INFLAMMABLE AIR. 69 Product Dr. Hales Distilled From Coal In 1726. In the early days of the last century ir Walter Scott, writing from London b a friend in Edinburgh, said, "There as a fool here who is trying to light the slty with smoke." Sir Walter's "smoke" was not a human invention. Accumu lations of gas from coal beds found their way to the surface and, being highly inflammable. attr.eted the at tention of men who erected altars over them, and their perpetua4 fires were dedicated to the gods. For thousands of years the Chinese have speculated upon the meaning of the natural gas which has escaped abundantly from the earth in several provinces. In 1728 Dr. Hales Informed chemists that by distilling a few grains of coal he had obtained an equal number of cubic Inches of "inflammable air" and that if attempted on a large scale millions upon millions of cubic feet of that val uable substance could be made and conveyed unseen along the highways of the land and become the means for obtaining perpetual day. In 1S13 Sir Walter's "smoke" was burned on Westminster bridge in London, and one year later the streets of St. Marga rets, Westminster, enjoyed illumina tion from gas, It being the first parish contracting for such a luxury. VIOLIN MOODS. Little Things That Make an Instru ment Lose Its Tone. Some obscure but definite change takes place in the material of the body of a violin through the vibrations of the music produced, and it is very pos sible that some stages of this change are detrimental to the tone. The style of playing is said to influence the change, and rest checks It. The maturing of a violin has been compared with the growth of a child who progressively Increases in wisdom and stature, but has stages of weak ness due to the irregular development of parts. The tone of an Instrument Is also gravely influenced by the setting up of the movable parts, the sound post, the strings, the bridge and even the pegs. Many Instruments lose much of their power or sweetness if the sound post Is altered a fractional amount from its best position and angle, if the bridge is Inclined a little more or less or shifted or if the strings are not exactly suited to the violin. Some instruments prefer one pitch and others another, and all vary with the weather. In addition to this the best players have moods when they cannot play, and the instruient Is often blamed for these. CROSSING THE BAR. Almost AlU Deaths Are Practieally Without Physical Pain. Death nearly always ensues from cessation of the heart's action, what ever it may be that causes it to stop. Almost the only exception to this rule hs In the case of poisoning with prussic acid, where the whole body becomes dead before the heart ceases to beat. It is scientifically certain that al most all deaths, even those that are seemingly most agonising, are practi cally without pain. The fear of ex tinction may cause mental agitation amounting to pain while consciouisness rexists, but that is quite another thing. In death by burning pain ceases at an early stage by suffocation, while a man killed by q gunshot wound prob ably does not know that he has been hit, the action of the bullet' being more rapid than the message to the brair announcing It. For this reason wound ed. men somet:imes drop without know. lng why. In chest diseases pain is relieved by suffocation at the death moment, and In fevers the nervous system becomes deptessed to such utter apathy as to Induce quite a. painless end. B. Could Write. Edmond Rostand, the great French writer, was on one occasion the hero of an amusing episode. During a visit to a friend In the country M. Rostand was requested to accompany him to the mairie in order to register the Mrend's newborn infant. The adjunct of the mairie, a conscientious little man, booked the infant and the'n turn ed to M. Rostand as the first witness. "Your name, sir?" "Edmond Rostand." "Your vocation?" "Man of letters and member of the French academy." "Very well," replied the official. "You have to sign your name. Can you write? If not you may make a cross." It Came Pretty Slow. A young man once took a sack of corn to an old fashioned mill to have It ground into meal. The mill was fear fully slow, only a tiny stream of meal trickling out At last the young man became Impatient and complained to the miller. "Do you know," he said, "I could.eat that meal faster than your old mill can grind it." "Yes," replied the miller, "but how long could you keep on eating It?' "Until I starved," was the conclusive answer of the young man. Curious. "There's one curious thing about dis covering places," said Johnny. "Take Bermuda, for instance. It was dis covered by a man named Bermudez. How he happened to stumble on a place with a name just like his beats me." The Realisation. "Hear you've been speculating, old man. What did you realize?", "I realized that I was a blamed fool,' replied'the other man sorely.--Cincin nati Tribune. A woman will protest that she cv.n't stay whiie she is taking off her hat. Atchison Globe. Just the Thing for1Weak, Pale Children Columbia, S. C., Nov. 2, 1903. Dear Sirs: I have been giving Dr. James' Iron Blood and Liver Ton-ic to my little daughter. She was pale and weak, and had no appetite. She has been benefited by your tonic a great dpal, and is much stronger, eats well, and looks healthier. I cheerfully ree ommend Iron Blood and Live?r Tot-it as a splendid medicine. Yours respectfully. J. J. Hands )(k. SHOPPING IN FEZ. Pay Half the Price Dem::3ed, Cra_ Your Goods and Go. A white visitor t.> F-:. in Morocco. once went shei>y:: is tii ba:=r'o the city accompanied by a scrv:. of the su;tan. who told 1:im to sc to it that tLe shopper was iiot chs.itd by the greedy merchants. At the first shop visited the would be customer asked to be shown sometu:ng that rested on a high shelf. The laity mer chant only yawned and said he would rather sell something from the flour. which he would not have to rise to get. This angered the sultan's serva . who not only made the merchant hand down the article required, but when the price was named laid down half the amount, grabbed the goods and made off. The shopper protested, but the serv ant laughed and said it was the custom of the country. This was repeated at several shops without eliciting a pro test. At one place, though, the mer chant refused to give up his goods in that way and was rewarded by a boxed ear and an admonition not to ill treat the sultan's white friend. Later the two visited the markets, where ever;thing was sold at auction. The auctioaeer seemed always to wear fewer clothes than any one else. Hiss method of selling was curious. He* would take a piece of goods from a nearby shopkeeper and start out to sell it on commission. Holding it as high as possible, he would call for a bid. Then he would start on the run around the market. If any one wished to examine the merchandise the auc tioneer would drop it into his hands, take the bid if one was made and then resume his "un around the place. When he had made three circuits of the market he would turn the article over to the highest bidder.-New York Press. THE TWO HEADED SNAKE. A Boa Conatrictor That Has a Very Deceptive Tail. Every now and then some traveler tells of a two headed snake which ex ists in Egypt, and whenever the nar rator hasn't seen the snake himself, he is more or less isposed to assert that there really is .s snake with two heads in Egypt, because he has been told about it by many reliabie persons. Indeed, sometimes a travever who has actually caught a glimpse of the snake is like'y to declare that it truly is two headed, for the serpent certainly appears to be so when seen only by chance. It is only when the snake is actually taken up and examined closely that the truth is revealed. The two headed snake is not a.poison ous serpent It is only a boa con strictor, and it is fairly cormon. But it is so secretive that it bides away in its sandy burrows almost constantly. It is strangely formed in so far that its tail, Insteid of tapering off to a point as the tails of other snakes do, widens out into a blucgeon shape, thus making it look so utt erly utilike a tail that it Is almost im-possible to think It is anything but a head when the snake Is seen for only a moment. To add to the d.eception, jugglers catch these boas anad paint jaws and eyes on the tail. The 'work Is so care fully done that-only a trained observer can distinguish the real head from the false. Thus the story of the two head ed snake has obtained wide circula tion, and has eve-a crept into the books of otherwise accurate writers. But the second "head" Is only a tail after all.-Excbange. Room For' Impremement. At a dinner given by Sir Joshua Reynolds, at which were present Gar rick, Johnson, Fox a:nd others, Dr. Bernard, the dean of Derry, had as serted that after the age of forty-five a man does not Impr ove. "I differ with you, sir," said Joh nson. "A man may Improve, and you yourself have great room for imprc.vement." The dean was confounded and fer the in stant silent. Recover!'ng himself, he remarked, "On reflectio n I see no cause to alter my opinion, u nuless I were to call It Improvement for . a man to grow -which, I allow, bc. may-poitive, rude and insolent and save arguments by brutality." Foldjed hn "Madge, Harry askoad me to marry him last night" "Oh, I am delighte d," replied her friend. "How did it ha ppen?" "Well, you see, be just asked me, and I said 'Yes,' and -then he stood up and folded his arms." "Well, I never! Was he not more In terested than that? W hatever did you do at such treatment?" "What could I do? You see, I was in his arms when he folde:I them." ImpossiblI,. Tommy; was telling hI s mother about the wonderful things le saw at the country fa'tr. When he c laimed to have seen a monster pig th at was bigger than his father his moth er accused him of exaggerating. "It Is impossible," :sha said.-New York Press. Should Be Grn:teful. "Yes, sir, Charley says Miss De Witt made a perfect mnoidey out of hin." "Has he tha:nked :.er y-.et for the im provement she b-rought r.bout?"-New Orleans Time';Democrat. Too Hr.rd. Fr.rmer's 'Wife-Why have you left that piece crf ster k I sent out for you? Tramp (indignantly)-I d'idn't ask for work, ma'am. I asked for something to eat.-Illt istrated Bits. Franknei s consists in always telling the truth, but not alvaiays all the truth. -Balzac. In Bed Four Weeks With La Grippe. We hav e received the following het ter tromn ?ir. Roy Kemp, of Angobr. Ind.: "I was in bed four weeks with a grippe and I t:iled many' remedies and spent eonsiderable for treattment with physicians, but I received no re lief unti I tried Folev's Honey and Tar. t'Io small bottles of' this"~medi ine cured mue anri I now use it exclu stely in myv fami r." Foley's Honey' and Tar has long been a household fratorite for all thrx oat. and lunig treu bles. Refuse subs:;ttt. Sold by 31e STYLE IN WRITING. An Incident That Showed How Well Choate Knew De Quincey. It is the fashion to laugh gently at any claim of a special sease for style a in writ!ng. Most people really believe , that 3:-. Brown and Mr. Johnson will order a car load of potatoes in substan- eu tially the same words and that Lord eo Bacon and Master Shakespeare wrote enough alike to deceive their dearest de friends. But occasionally one comes upon an illustration that goes to prove t style in writing is as distinctive to the trained eye as color is. ' Many years ago James T. Fields was et making a collection of the writings of ul De Quincey. The essays were widely w scattered in various periodicals and were often hard to identify. Mr. Fields knew Rufus Choate as a devot- th ed student of Ve Quincey and wrote i him one day asking his opinion as to t a certain article. Was It by De Quin- in cey or not? Mr. Choate replied that It certainly was. There could be no mistaking the e style of the piece. A few weeks later b Mr. Choate received, through Mr. o Fields. a letter from De Quincey deny- pl ing absolutely and somewhat indig- i nantly the authorship of the article. d But Choate was not of the stuff to b yield his opinion for a trifle like that. t He wrote to Mr. Fields: p "I still believe that De Quincey wrote t the essay. De Quincey to the contrary r notwithstanding." C Doubtless Mr. Fields read the note a with a smiling comment, "That's just like Choate's confidence in his own b judgment!" ti Months elapsed. One day there came a a letter from De Quincey containing a to humble apology for his previous blun der. By chance he had found in his i desk the manuscript of the very arti cle in question. Written as it had been tr yors before, it had passed entirely is from Lis mind, "and you may tell your a young Boston lawyer," he concluded, f, "that he knows my style better than e I know it myself !"-Youth's Compan- tl on. ti TO RETAIN YOUTH. h Simply refuse to grow old by not d counting your years or anticipating'old age. b Refrain from all kinds of stimulants q and sedatives. They will shorten your o life. c Keep in the sunlight Nothing beau- C tiful or sweet grows or ripens in the s darkness. 11 Avoid fear in all its varied forms of u expression. It is the greatest enemy a of the human race. i Av-oid excesses of all kinds. They b are injurious. The long life must be a temperate, regular life. Cultivate the spirit of contentment All discontent and dissatlsaction bring c age furrows prematurely to the face. g Don't be too ambitious. The canker v of an overvaulting ambition has eaten C up the happiness of many a life and t shortened its years.-Success. I Mecca and Lassa. 2 Mecca Is th~e only remaining parallel i to Laasa. The former city still s shrouds Itself in a veil of mystery. t Burckhardt, and later Sir Richard Bur- C ton, carrying their lives in their hands, 1 lived in this city, the latter mingling i unobserved with Its Inhabitants and I takng part in religious rites with Its 1 pilgrims. Both Mecca and Lassa have c many points of interest in common. I Each respecftvely Is a point of pil- I grimage for converts to the two great religions of the east-Mohammedanism and Buddhism, the one as the birth place of Mohammed receiving 100,000 t pilgrims annually. Both contain won- j derful temples, and both, behind their a closed gates, have also been centers of C Indescribable filth, squalor and vIce. 1 That "English Accent." There was unconscious satire, writes i Sir Archibald Gelkie in his "Reminis cences" in the answer given by a housemaid to her mistress, who was puzzled to conjecture how far the girl could be intelligible in London, whence she had returned 'to Scotland. "You I speak such broad Scts, Kate, that I i wonder how they could understand you in London." "Oh, but, main, I aye spek English there." "Did you? And how did you manage that?" "Oh, main, there's naethin' easier. Ye maun spit oot a' the r's and gie th' words a bit chow in the middle." The PolUte Porter. There is a large town on the North ern Counties railway which, it Is said, boasts itself as possessing the most po lite porters on the system. Everything is relative. Recently a lady having se cured a porter at this station told him 'after her small luggage bad been re moved from the carriage to get the rest of It from the van. He returned presently empty handed, ,with the observation: "Beg pardon, mna'am, but ye're a liar. There's nane Io't in the van." In the south a similar official would have said, "If it's in the world I'll get it for.ye."-London Spectator. Wifely sympathy. He-You are crying, darling. How is 1this? She-Because my friend, Frau Moller, has been presented by her hus band with a valuable set of diamonds that must have east 1,500 marks at the very least. He-And that is what makes you weep? She-Well, yes. I am sorry you will now have to spend such a lot of money when you can so Ill afford it.-Berlin Journal. All Up With Him. "You had a high old time In Eu rope?" "Yes," replied the returned tourist; "I had. I was done up at Monte Carlo, held up in the Apennines and laid up In Rome" Cured ils Mother of Rheumatism. "My mother has been a sufferer for' mauy vears from rheumatism," sa.ss av.. '. 'Howard, of Husband, Pennsyl Svania. "At jimles she was unable, to move at al l - ie at all times walkin was painful. rpresented her with a b) itte of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and after a few applications she decided it was the most wonderful pain reliever she had ever tried, in fact, she is never without it now and is at all times able to walk. An occasional application of1 Pain Balm keeps away the pain that she was formerly troubled with." For sle by near Drug Co. AIR BRAKES.. )W They Are Made an:d How The: Are Applied on Tr:ins. Eve:' one has herrd of the air brak< id references t:> it are sure to i; ade when the subject of proiectia r inst railroad accidents is under di. ssion, but like many inventions i mmon use it is more or less of ystery, for which an explanation i manded from time to time. The modern air brake corsists c relve parts, among which are the a. imp, which compresses the air.; ain reservoir, ia which the air i ored; the engineer's brake valve, re:. atiung the flow oi air; the train pip( hich connects tLe brake v,lve wit .e triple valves -inder each ear; th iick action triple valve, co::':ollin te flow of air to and from the aux ry reservoir, wh:ch is supplied froi ,e main reservoir, and the bra:e cy der piston rod, which, is forced ou' ard, thereby applying the brakes. The theory of tLie air brake Is th lualization of pressures. When th -akes are not in action the pressur i the train pipe is made such as t -event an escape >f air from the au: ary reservoir. When the engine( sires to make an application- c -akes he turns his brake valve so the tere is a modera:e reduction of tli essure in the traia pipe. , This causc e greater pressure in the auxiliar servoir to force air into the brals 'linder, forcing the piston out an plying the brakes. When It Is desired to release tl: rakes the engineer turns his valve i te opposite direction, permitting ti [r to flow from the main reservoi cated on the engine, into the trai Ipe. When the pressure thus restorE the train pipe is increased above ti ressure in the auxiliary reservoir ce uin valves are moved, communicatic thereby restored between train plj ad auxiliary reservoir, the piston )rced to its normal position, the a icapes from the brake cylinder, at ie auxiliary reservoir is recharg( irough the train pipe. When the train breaks in two or ose pipe connection is broken it h, ie effect of a sudden and material r uction of the pressure in the tra ipe, the same as though the engine ad made an emergency applicatio he sudden reduction of pressure al pens supplementary valves, which i rease the pressure upon the bral linder about 20 per cent. The bral ioes are attached to rods, which a: i turn attached to the piston in su< ianner that when the air from* tl uxiliary reservoir forces The latter o1 pulling force is exerted upon tl rakes.-Chicago Record-Herald. Rags and Paper. The very best writing paper is ma f rags, but even with the high redes there is a certain pereentage rood pulp, and, the product whi( omes of this combination is if an hing superior in looks to the :iap iade wholly from rags. For bank no aper only clean new linen rags a cceptable. Nothing but linen will st Lee, and the clippings from mex irts form a considerable per cent e raw material. A good deal, te omes from Irelang, which cani aiWa; e relied on to furnish the best lin< a the world. When you reflect on tl ngth of time a piece of paper mon< ists and the immense amount of ha ling It gets It will be readily seen th Inferior elements can enter Into roducon.-Washingtonl Post. Malay Peninsula Diet. "Probably the most varied diet be world," said a traveler who h: ust returned from the Malay peni ula, "Is that of the Jakuns of the SC r Orang Lauts, who are the real M~ iy pirates. These people have abo .11 that there is to eat, and they e verything as it -comes along. ough they have all hinds of' fi rults, at certain times of the year th 'at a yam which is so poisonous th hey have to grate It and mix it wi laked lime before they dare swallC t. In the way of flesh they eat mc :eys, deer, wild pIg, birds, fish, port ines, lizards, squirrels, rats, mice a: nakes. And they seem to turn frc 'enison to rat or from wild pig nake with equal appetite. An English Joke. "What people are always sure nding the biggest fish near the oast ?" "Give It up." "The English, because they can: rays find Wales." "Oh, pshaw! Wales isn't whales." "No, you stupid. But don't the Er ish drop their h's?"-Cievelarnd Pit Dealer. The Way With Ser-,ants. Mrs. New-Yes, most of the servt ;rls are as independent and asi )udent as' t'1er- can be. Now, I belie t's best to take a young greenhc md train her up in the way she shot ;o and then- Mrs. Olden-First t:hi ou know she goes. - Philadeipl Punishment. "Tommy," said his mother, who b him across her knee, "this hurts worse than it does you." "I was afraid." said Tommy un( is breath, "that hard board I pr:t the seat of my trousers might hurt I and."-Chicago Journal. Unforgetting. "I suppose you have made it a r n politics never to forget a friend." "There's no danger of that," answ ed Senator Sorghr:". "If a mani 1 lone anything friend..ly for yor in p tics he never lets you forget it. Washington Star. No matter how a man gets a bit eye, he is bound to have a guilty k along with it.-Atchison Globe. ;aml:erlan's Cough Remedy the E Ma~de. "In my opinion Chambe nrla in's Cou semnedy is the best made for cold: avs Mrs. Cora Walker of Portervil kIifornia. There is no dloubt about >eing the best. No ot her will cure :old so quickly. No other is so sur, reventive of pneumonia. No othr o pleasant and safe to take. 'Thlese: ood reasons w~hy it shlii be >rdferi o any-other. The iniet is that iewV P ile are satisfied with anyv other f iaving once used this re.inedy. 1 ale by Obear Drug Co. HEabove picture of the man and fish is the trade mark of Scott's Emulsion, .0 and is the synonym for sstrength and purity. It is sold y in almost all the civilized coun .e tries of the globe: d If the cod fish became extinct e it would be a world-wide calam . ity, because the oil that comes e from its liver surpasses all other r, fats in nourishing and life-giving " properties. Thirty years ago e the proprietors of Scott's Emul - sion found a way of preparing Scod liver oil so that everyone can e take it and get the full value of e the oil without the objectionable d taste. Scott's Emulsion ei the i best th'lg in the world for weak, backward children, thin, delicate a people, and all conditions of r wasting and lost strength. Send for free ample. ~SCOTT & B3OWNE, CHE~MIST 0 409-415 PEARL STRE, 3EW TORE 150c. and $1.00. All drugglsts. oda e ils or that wroe kn, 1 the opportunity and occasion of our lives. On what we do to-day may depend the success and cor p;leteness of our entire life-strug gle. It is for us, therefore, to use eTery moment of to-day as if our rvery eternity were dependent on its words and deedcs.-Dr. Trum h bell. Has Stood the Test 25 Years. :e -e The old, original GROVE'S Tasteless f- Chill Tonic. You know what you are 's taking. It is iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. 50c. Teacher-Tommy, how would ie y punctuate this sentence: ~ Willie, while going down street, -edropped a piece of pie, and t "Tommy (quickly)-I'd make a eI dash after the pie.-Baltimore Herald. Thousands llave Kidney Trolble and Never Sspect it. - v How To Find Out. t pill a bottle or commnoni glass with your it water and let it stand twenty-four hours; LI' asedimentorset tlingindicatesan unhealthy conl eY . - dition of thc kid t nevs ; if it stains ti- vo'ur linen it is iW * 'evidence of kid - .*. ney trouble; t.oo ad-- frequent desire id to pass it or paim -. ' in the l'rek is talso convincing proof that the k.idneys and bladder are out of order. What To Do. Threis comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's of Swamip-Root, the great kidney remedy, Lfulf ills every wish in curing-rheumnatisml, 1inin the b>ack, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It co:-reets; imability to hold water t1- enId s2lini pain in passing it, or bad c:iects followinig u:se of liquor, wine or h'eer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne . cssit ofr being comnpelhled to go ofte:i n duiring the day, and to get up many tim:a. during~ the nighit. The nuld and the extraordinary' cffect of Swamp-Root is s;oon realized.' It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most dis .nt tress;ing cases. If you need a medicine n-von should he.ve the bcst. Sold bv drug Ve 'rists in fiftv-cent and one-dollar sizes. n You ma' have a sample b)ottle and( a ld book that tells all ngibout it, both sent free - y hv ail. Address Dr.' n I ilmer & Co., Ring Ihiamnton, N. Y. when nam3 cf semp-rI.oot. wvritin g:i mention this paper and don't maike anyv mistake. but remember the ad namie. D'r. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and 11 th-. address, Binghiamtoni, N. Y. er ler WE WANT ALL-i#dTERESTED IN MACHINERY TO NAVE OUR NAME BEFORE THEM le DURING 1905 Write us stating what kind of r-MACH INERY you us. Or wili e-Install, and we wilt maii you ,FREE OF ALL COST _ A NAN DSOME AND USEFUL. POCKET DIARY AND ATLAS OR A LARGE ck COMMERCIAL CALENDAR Gibbes Machinery Company, it COLUMBIA, S. C. A STOCK OF HORSE POWER NAY PRESSES TO BE CLOSED OUT AT ti SPECIAL PRICES Grove' al hs SOOdthe test 25 yew 2 botles.Does this record W.Eeasie ith. evr flU L ES ------ ===WAG The largest number of e City of Columbia can be s get- our prices will con' cheaper than you can bu3 GREGORY-RiE JNO. W. CONDER 1115 PlaIr, Street, . - dave Your HOMEG Cabbage Plants Prices: 10') @ $1.50; 5000 @ $1.20 Shipped C. O. D. if desired. I Office in goc WRITE FOR MERI Cabbage, Beans, Sweet Potatoes a .ot shipment'of Tomato Plants, Se Potato Draws should be booked in Jas. Ray Geraty, Express Office: Yoi SOUTHERN THE SOUTH'S GREATES' UNEXCELLED DINING C THIROUGH PULLMAN SI THROUGH TRAINS CONVENIENT SCHEDULI Winter Tourist Rate: Florida points. For full information a: sult nearest Southern Rail Division Passenger Tax Returns-1905 The County Auditor's office will be open for the purpose of taking tax returns from January 1st to February 28th. Only returns of personal prop erty are to, be made this year; and all persons liable to poll tax are required by law to make return of same. W here parties lyave acquired or'sold real estate since hist return are required to make note of same when miaking return of personal property. The Au itor makes special request that p)roperty owners will not neglect this, as it perbaI psi, ill save much trouble and confusion. Parties between the ages of 2f and 60 years are liable to poli tax unless otherWyise exempt. Ex-Con federate soldiers are exempt from poll tax at the age or 50 years. Tlhere winl act ue a penalty of 530 per cent where-parties fail to miake return within the time mentioned above. The Auditor or hris deputy will be at the usual places for taking returns on days mentioned. TIhese' appoint. ments are made for the convenience of taxpayers, and it is boped they will remember and take advantage of the opportunity, and not be in the rush the last days of February. Wolling, Friday, January 13. Crosbyville, Saturday, January 14. Gladden's Grove, Monday, January 16. Flint Hill, WVednesday, January 18. Longtown, Thursday, Januiary 19. Centreville, Friday, January 20. Bear Creek (M. L. Cooper's), Satur day, Jan uary 21. B lythewood, Monday, January 23. Ridgeway, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 24 and 2.. Horeb, Friday. January 27. Jenkinsville, Saturday, January 28. Monticello, Monday, January 30. Buckhead, Tuesday, January 31. Wood ward, Wednesday, February 1. White Oak, Trhursday, February 2. J. L. RICHMOND, 12-7td County Auditor. Notice to Trespassers. All persons are warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber, or permit their live <tock to come on any part of thre land owned by the undersigned, or trespass in any way. All trespassers will be prosecuted. G. W. KIRKPATRICK, Sn. 12-7-4t . roney to Loan. I have made arrangements to t: ego tiate loans on first mortgages of real estate in this county in sums of not les than $300, anid payable in nrot less than five years. Thie rate of interest is eight per eent. on suman ninder $1,000, and( see p) r cent. on sums of that amount or over. No commissions are charged. Them horrower pays for abstract and ex pe J E McDONALD. Attorner i Tasteless Chii s. Average Annual Sales a af merit appelto you? BUGGIES ONS= ither to be found in the een at our places. To wince you' that we sQl r elsewhere. AML 00, , Sec. and Treas., - COLUMBIA. S. C. ROWN CABBA nip , All Varieties. per 1000; 10,000 @ $1 per 1000. lants arrive at your Express d condition. HANTS' PRICES. nd Turnips in Season. Ordre Island Cotton Seed and Sweet advance. Enterprise, S. C. RAg's Island, S. C. SYSTEM f AR SERVICE -EEPING CARS ON ALL :S on all LOCAL TRAIN$ are now in effect to all to rates, routes, etc., con way Ticket Agent, or R. W. Hunt, Agent, Charleston, S. C --DDER Notice. State of South Carolina,1~ County of Fairield. T~7 In the Court of Common Pfmas E. S. Lupo, as Admsnistrator oiflwr Estate of F. C. Lupo, deceaiisd, Plaintift, against Nannie A. Lupo et ala., Defendants. Pursuant to an order of the Coust of Common Plens made in the, above statted case, dated 2nd November, 10, all prsonms holding unsecured aim again1st~ the estate of F. C. Lp,d. ceased, are hereby notified to tbla - their claims before me on or befoie th - first day of Februury. A. D. 1905. W. D. DoUGLA8 Dee. 8, .1904. Specilfeee Trespass Notice. All persons are warned not to-walk, ride, drive, hunt, fish;. cut tinbi, allow stock to run at large, or othe - wise trespass upon the lands oft the undersigned, or lands controlled b them. All violating this notice wl be dealt with acoording to the law. L. R. FEE. 12-7-4tA. D. ROBE. UNDE RTAKING -WILL BE. CONTINUED IN the future thie same as in the past 'in the old establishment in all its departments with a full stock of Cas-kets, Burial Cases and Coffins c'onstantly on hand, and use of hearse when requested. TJhankful for past patronage and solicitous for a share in the future, in the old.stand. 'Calls att' nded to at all bours. TII EIJ fT GIN SHOP. S J. 11. ELL.IOTT & Co. KIDNEY DI$EASEU are the most fatal of aIIdi3. 9 KIDNEY CUREIs a IDLE Y$6earantneued a or money refunded. Contains remedies recognized by emi nent physicians as the best for -Kidney and Bladder troubles. PRICE-50c. and $1.00. 1 Tonic er One and. aafMO lo Cure, No Pay. 50c.