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OF COURSE YOU ARE GOING TO FIX UP THE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS PERHAPS YOU WILL NEED SOME New ',', Furniture to mike it what you would like to have. Get them here. . REMEMBER ALSO that there is nothing more suitable for a CHRISTMAS PRESENT than a SUITABLE PIECE OF FURNITURE. It's here. Come, get it, and be happy in the giving of a pre nt that will bring constant reminders of your thoughtfulness. J. O. B O A G. AMERICAN WIRE FENCING Just received, a car of AMERI= CAN WIRE FENCING of all kinds. This is the best and cheapest fence on the market. I am still handling LIME, CEMENT and LUMBER. M. W. DOTY. At McCarley's. Everything for Thanksgiving-Cranberries, Cur t ants, Macaroni, etc. Best Cream Cheese arid Finest Fresh Mackerel None better to be had. Try a can of Beech Nut Sliced Beef. It 'is the finest out. All the Breakfast Foodis and Cereals-Oatmeal, Cream of Wheat, Force, Egg-o-see, Shredded Wheat, urape Nuts, etc. All fresh stock. No betber place for Coffee. Barrignton Hall and White House can't be beat. This is the place for Cut Loaf and Pulverized Sugar for the cakes. Fresh shipments of Cakes and Crackers ever' -week. We keep only the best and keep them fres:3 Heinz Pickles, Chow Chows in bAttles anJ i1 bulk. Best catsups and olives to be had here. Kalamzoo Celery and Fine New Orleans Molbasse -.-d=44rive this week. Send in your orders now. . Finest Fruits and Nuts always is stock. Ir -our grapes. Phone us your grocery wants. All orders giver prompt and most careful attention. J. D. McCARLEY & CO. TO CLOSE OUT! 50 Rolls of Bagging at Extra Bargai n Prices. mEE... A. B. Cath cart. PLANT RETARDATION. The Method of Producing Flowers Out of Season. Lilies of the valley and many other plants are now placed on the markets of the world's great cities months aft er they are out of season. This is ac complished by "plant retardation," holding back the development by means of cold and darkness until what ever time is desired. Then they are once more subjected to light and warmth, when they blossom. The most prominent feature of a plant re tardation establishment is the huge cold storage building in which the i plants are- stowed away. Under the care of the guide the visitor passes the portals. In a moment he steps from the warmth and light of a summer's day Into the cold bitterness of a win- ] ter's night, the darkness of which is but feebly relieved by the flickering hand lanterns. The interior of the building is divided into various cham bers, and each one of these is allotted to some particular kind of plant One chamber Is full of lily of the valley roots, the next is packed with boxes containing lilium bulbs, while again a compartment is crammed with small potted plants of a4alea and spiraea. Each and all of these varieties are in a dormant condition, sleeping away their time entirely unconscious of the changing seasons in the outside world. The walls of the chambers are thickly coated with a deposit of frost crystals, and millions of these flash like dia monds in response to the rays of light from the lamp. The degree of cold is usually obtained by means of a com pressed air apparatus, and the freez ing current Is led into the different chambers through wooden channels. In course of time these passages get choked with hoarfrost, and it becomes necossary for a man to enter them and clean the accumulation away. This is a cold job. In places the temperature is as low as ~20 degrees below zero. The costume of a workman engaged in this clearing out operation is prac tically an arctic outfit. Every part of the body with the exception of small holes for eyes and mouth must be protected with thick wool. Other wise serious frostbites would ensue. Retarded plants may be kept in check for eight months or at times as long as a year, and curiously enough they do not seem to be any the worse for the treatment. Indeed, the experi ence seems to make them grow all the faster when they are allowed to make a start Some varieties grow at a tre mendous rate when they are brought into heat.-Chicago News. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. It doesn't take much to make a fool of any one. Being busy has kept many a man out of mischief. When a man does another man a favor, somehow it seems to strengthen his memory. A great many people do not talk scandal, but they furnish the material, which Is just as bad. Indulge in as little fool talk as possi >leo. People are quick to pick up your foolish sayings and repeat them be hind your back. Investigate and you will find that jealousy sends more people to Insane asylums than any other thing. It will even do up drink in making a record. Thank heaven, the multiplication ta ble doesn't change! It is the only thing a mother knows that is the same as when she went to school and which she can speak of without being cor reted.-Atchlson Globe. Intermarriage and Cancer. So little is really known of the mys teries of cancer that the merest scraps of information with regard to It ought not to be neglected. At the village of Clovelly, on the north Devon coast, a very large percentage of deaths is due to cancer, and the reason locally given is the habit of intermarriage necessari ly brouo'ht about in a place so widely severe&from the outside world. The tate of affairs appears to be even worse at Buck Mills, a fishing hamlet three miles away, where Intermarriage has been carrIed to such an extreme hat one surname is almost sufficient to designate the whole of the popula tIon of the village.-London Telegraph. An Uncertain Obituary. A Georgia man wrote the following on an oak slab which marks a supposed grave in a meadow: "This spot is sacred to the memory of a faithful ani mal, a white mule, born ten years be fore the civil war and went through that war on a rush from Bull Run to Lee's surrender. We ain't certain 'that the mule died here, but when last seen the faithful critter was grazing on this identical spot and trying to kick a lightning flash back to the clouds." Atlanta Constitution. And Then He Ran. "Did any man ever tell you," asked Mr. Henpeck as he edged toward the door, "that you were the sweetest and most beautiful woman in the world?" "No," replied his wife. "Gee: Men are honester than I thought they,- were."--Chicago Record Herald. Brown study. "How do you intend to have the study decorated, Mrs. Goldrocks?" "I thInk I'll have it decorated in deep brown," replied Mrs. Goldrocks. "My usband always likes to sit in a deep brown study."-Milwaukee Sentinel. . He Agreed With Her. "After all," remarked Mrs. Inswim, "home is the dearest spot on earth." "It is," answered her husband, who was engag'ed in auditing the month's bills.-ChicagoNes It isnoticeable a cold seldom comes on when the bowels are freely open. Neither can it stay if they are open. Kennedy's Laxative (containing) Honey and Tar is the original Laxative Coughi Syrup. Tastes as pleasant as maple sugar. Free from all opiates. Conforms to the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by all druggists FOR RENT-A 5-room cottage near Main street, with a good well of water and other conve- < niences. For terms apply to J. 0. Boag. FOR SALE. Lot, in town of Winnsboro, ituated on Liberty street, 1 acre, Tood community. Lot, in the town of Winnsboro, -orner of Liberty and Fraser streets, size 105x210 feet. House and lot in the town of BlHckstock, 3 rooms, 2 porches, 1ood well, barn, shade trees, 4 icres in lot, beautiful location, ,asily improved, rents for $5.00 ?er month. Farm, 176 acres, 120 in cultiva .ion, 56 second growth timber, ;ubsoll, -,chard very fire, en !losed withu woven wire, dwelling n good condition, 5 rooms, 3 porches, well, 2 barns, 5 tenant houses, 3 branches, 2 springs, 1} miles from the corporate limits of the town of Wfnnsboro, rents for B bales cotton. Farm, 1,365 acres, 11 miles Blackstock, known as the "Hog Fork" plantation, 350 in cultiva tion, 25 original pine, 300 second growth, 200 pasture, land lies well, sandy, grey and black jack, several orchards, 2-story dwelling, 6 rooms, 4 wells, 2-story barn, 4 stalls and loft, 13 tenant houses, good repair, rents for 30 bales cotton. This property is 5 miles of Great Falls. Railroad now being built; will have station 4 miles from:plantation. Farm, 100 acres, 4. mile-3 of Blythewood, known as the "An drew Perry" farm, 15 acres in cultivation, all can be cultivated, 1 tenant house, Twenty-five Mile creek runs through place. Farm, 175 acres, 7 miles White Oak, Fairfield county. 50 acres cultivation, 20 acres timber, 20 acres fine bottom land, grey, red clay and black jack, Wateree creek runs through place, 1 branches, 3 tenant houses, all under fence and cross wire, unex celled pasture, rents for 6 bales cotton. Farm, 105 acres, 8 miles Black stock, Faiafield county, 60 acres in cultivation, grey soil, rolling, easily improved, well watered, 3 springs, 3 and 4-room dwelling, good small barns. Now being worked on shares. Farm, 340 acres, 4 miles Black stock, Fairfield county, 50 acres in cultivation, 20 acres rich bot toms, balance in broken land and timber, 7-room dwelling, barn, well, 3 springs, 2 brauches, rents for 1,500 lbs. cotton. Farm, 816 acres, postoffice Flint Hill, 10 miles Winnsboro, 150 acres in cultivation, 500 acres large second growth timber, 50 acres enclosed, 25 acres bottoms, subsoil, 2 springs, 2 branches, 2 2-room and 3 1-room houses. Fine grazing lands and a good in vestment for one wanting timber. C. W. McCANTS, Manager, Winnsboro, S. C. High Grade Cut Flowers (IROWN BY ROSE HILL QREERHOUSE Columbia, S. C. Carnations....... 5 to $100 per doz Roses (fine green house)...........2 00 to 3 50 per doz Chrysanthemums.. 1 00 to 6 00 per doz Hyacinths(Roman) 50 to 15 per doz NWcsss ite 75 per doz Freesias.............. 50 to 75 per doz Lily of Valley...1 00 to 1 50 p.er doz Daisies ............25 per doz Sweet Peas.......10 to 15 per doz Boxes of Pretty Mixed Flowers.... $1 00 to $5 00 Baskets of Pretty Mixed Flowers.. 1 00 to 10 00 Only the finest up-to-date varieties planted. OUR CUSTOMERS GET THlE BEST, Artistic Bouquets for all purposes, $1 00 to $10 00. Stylish Home and Church Decorations We make a specialty of FINE WEDDING WORK. Wreaths, Crosses, Anchors, &c., ~3 00 up. In ordering Bouquets or Designs give us an idea of what you want and price,.and we will please you. Cut Flowers. Plants, Bulbs and Seed Shipped Everywhere. 1517 Main St., COLUMBIA, S. C. PHONE 43. UNDER TAKING WILL BE CONTINUED IN the future the same as in the past in the old establishment in all its departments with a full stock of Caskets, Burial Cases and Coffins constantly on hand, and use of hearse when requested. Thankful for past patronage wd solicitous for a share in the Eture, in the old stand. Calls attended to at all hours. TllE ELLIOTT Gll 8HOP. J. M. ELLIOTT & CO. Money to Loan. I have made arrangements to nego .ate leans on first mortgage of real ~state in this county in sumS of not ess than $300 and payable in not less han five years. The rate of interest s eight per cent on sums under $.1,000 ond seven per cent on sums of that mount or over. No commissions are ~harged. The borrower pays for ab tract and expenses. J.E. McDONAL D, 9..1,.Am Attorneyv. PAIl iYour D iPAINT THE I qPaint the Fe Outbuil flaint them all wit 2 ron the Market . them with 3 AG F TH E PA IN more used it County that 00 ~The paint that Iooks :first put on. The its own the longest a numberless tests. -: * The Paint that all the Painters * it is the paint THAT IS PAINT. * The paint that will make your * worth more money. - JOHN H. McMA * DRUGGIS' *@e@IE@IEsoOsoExxxm FOR SALE. I near Rion; a part ofteett ta t ofln nFirfid NuntI, 1C'rapig,e tain 6 drares, more or 12-5-2t Columbia, S. C. Trespass Notice. wil2beproct ed. F. A TTN. CHOICEST Bulbs and Seeds HACI FOR PLANTING NOW. Cala Li .........-----Each z. [IiE n ti ya(tins aered Lil..... 1 2. Hyacinths (Dutch, all.. 0 6 Jonquils................20 to 2.5 Daosppy and Sweet PeanSed 1lo, Give Us a Trial Oder . Rose Hill. Greenhouses, ThyPla COLUMBT A, S. C. J. D. McMEEKIN, Dentist. Ce K.(R 0 vlii........ ZOOF Also. 0 nees and 0 d .1n* s 0 0 h the best Paint: That is Paint IAINT. r that is i Fairfield 0% i anb othe y .0 homhe lokbeste wnd pan tha hod STER & CO. rs. 0 TILL SELLING SBORO WAGONS --AND - NEY BUGGIES --TO THE re $atisfaction -OF OUR iy Customers. SOthers, They Will Please You. g McMaster.