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Sept. 30?6m | C. M. Efird. - F. E. Dkeher. | EFiRD &DREHER, * J ! A Hornets ui mu, c". LEXINGTON, C. H., S. C. ' TTTILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE VV Courts. Business solicited. One member o! the fcrui will always be at office, Lexngton, S C. Jane 17?6m 2 Albert M. Boozer, Attorney at Law. COLUMBIA, S. C. Especial atteation given to business entrusted to him by his feilow citizens ci Lexington county. Office: No. 5 Iussrance Building, opposite City Hall, Corner Main and Washington Streets. February 28 ? tf. III!, E. J, ETIIEBEDGE, STJltGrKOiV DENTIST, LEESVILLE, S. C. Office next do ir below post office. Always on hand. February 12.. a SENT FREE * 'I to housekeepers? Liebig COMPANY'S Extract of Beef ? COOK BOOK, telling how to prepare many delicate and delicious d shes. Address. Liebig Co , P. 0. Box 2718, New York. Saw Mills, Light and llpavy, and Supplies. CHEAPEST AND PEST. |yC*=t everv day; worx ISO hands. Lombard Iron Works and Supply Co., AUGUSTA, GEOKG1A. January 27? CAROLINA NATIONAL BANE, AT COLUMBIA, S. C. STATE, TOWS ASD COl'STY DEPOSITORY. Paid up Capital - $100,000 Surplus Profits . - - 100,000 6 n -wri virru YNonovtmpint. I ?C7 tX. V JK 1* ^ C7 JLr V ^7 ?> w ? Deposits of $5.00 and upwards received. Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. W. A. CLARK, President. WmiE Jojtss, Cashier. December 4?ly. BEESWAX WANTED IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. I WILL PAY THE EIGHEST MABket price for clean ani pure beeswax. Price governed by color aid condition. RICE B HARMAN, At the Bazaar, Lexington, S. C. HARMAN & SON, CONTRACTORS, AND BUILDERS STEEL AND IRON ROOFING, LEXINGTON, S. C. BIDS SUBMITTED FOR ALL KINDS of carpenter work. Estimates furnished. None but First Class Workmen emnioved. House building a specialty. Sat isfaction Guaranteed. Remember us when you want work done. , S. A. B. HARAIAY, KILLIAN HARilAN. September?11. tf - Grand Central Hotel l COLUMBIA, S. C. Carolina : Hotel. > ROCK HILL, S. C. E. H. GILLIARD, Manager NEWLY RENOVATED. CUISINE UNSURPASSED. fnr those desiriner JC.Hpeeini>jr ? _ Comlort, Ease. Home like methods. Commercial travellers receive every accommodation. URATES. $2 and $2.50 PER DAY. Jane 2, 1897?tt. LEXINGTON SAVINGS BANK. - DEFOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO CHECK. W. P. UOOF, Cnshicr. DIRECTORS: Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, C. M. Efird R. Hilton James E. Hendrix. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits of $1 and upwards received and Interest at 5 per cent, per annum allowed, payable April and October. September 21 tf wmmammammmMmmmmmmammmaKBmKam MU20 MAIN S TEE ONLY AN INCIDENT. resident Will Thus Treat The 2?aine Disaster. Holds a Higher Card?Intervention in Cuba on Humanitarian Grounds Now Avowed Program of the Chief Executive. Washington, March 24 ?The President said to several of his visitors today, in discussing the situation, that he would do everything consis' teDt with the honor and dignity of I the country to avert war, and he still believed war could be averted. He : * * ' * r t ji 11 I also said mat ne oeueveu lueguvciument of Spain was as anxious for peace as we were, but, at the same time, he did not hesitate to admit the gravity of the situation. The President frankly acknowledges that he believes the report of the board of inquiry will find that the Maine was blown up from the outside. His program has been definitely decided It is his purpose to treat theblowiDg up of the Maine as an incident. The report of the board will be sent to CoDgress on Monday, with a very brief message, relating tne events leading up to that point and informing Congress that the facts contained in the report have .been cabled to Madrid to be laid before the Spanish government by Minister Woodford. NO DEMAND UPON SPAIN. No demand will be made upon SpaiD, but the laying cf the facts before the Spanish government will be equivalent to calling upon Spain for an explanation and such action as he may deem proper. It is the purpose of the House leaders to refer the report and message to the committee on foreign affairs, wiihout debate, and to this purpose it is believed the Democrats of the House have acquiesced, reserv ing the right to demand action if a J report from the committee is tco long delayed. Much will then depend upon Spain's response; but there are those close to the President who believe that from the time the report is sent to Congress it will drop out as a factor in the situation. INTERVENTION. The second part of the President's program removes the Maine question and involves intervention on humanitarian grounds within a week or ten days after the report of the board goes to Congress. It will be intervention to relieve the starvation in Cuba, and upon Spain's acquiescence in or objection to this act will depend peace or war. A prominent member of the House said today that in his opinion the next two weeks would determine which it would be. Such information as exists here leads those close to the President to believe that the Spanish government will go to any length it dares to preserve peace. The queen regent is especially anxious to prevent war, and it is believed the ministry will go just as far as it can without jeopardizing its own existence and the present Spanish dynasty. Now Is tho Tims To purify your blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla. March, April, May are the trying months of the year. At this season your blood Is loaded with impurities which have accumulated during the winter, and these impurities must be immediately expelled. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the One True Blood Purifier. It is the medicine which has accomplished many thousands of remarkable cures of all blood diseases. It is wtiat toe millions take in the spring to build up health and ward off sickness. 21 Slight Difference. A gentleman riding through one of the wine wastes so common in middle Georgia some years ago overtook a ? * o young man whose sack of corn under him on the farm horse he rode, gave evidence that he was bound for the giist mill. ? fopwrs-ifinn between the two developed the fact that the young man was a son of the author of a popular almanac. The gen'leman asked the young man jocosely, "And do you ever make . calculations upon the weather like W. T, - - Solicts a Share oi those for which your father is socele- ! J i brated?"' "Oh yes," he replied readily. "And hove do your calculations j agreG with your father's:" inquired | the gentleman. "Very well, indeed," 'replied the | young mm. ""We are never more j ! than one day apart in our reckoning.'' j "Whv, that is wonderful, certain- ! j h!" exclaimed the gentleman. "Oulv j * ! ! one day's difference?" . a- ? . ! i- - _.:4u ? ; "les, smu lit*, wuu u iu t bis eye: "he can always tell the day j before when it is going to rain, and j I can always tell the day afterwards!'' I "Woman's Fats. From the R cord, I> ishwell, III. No woman is better able to speak i to others regarding "woman's fate" than Mrs. Jacob Weaver, of Bushnell. Ill, wife of ox-city marsball j Weaver. She had entirely recovered ; from the illness which kept her bed- \ fast much of the time for five or six years past,- and says her recovery is due to that well known remedy, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mrs. Weaver is fifty-six years old, i and has lived in Bushnell nearly thirty years. She is of unquestioned veracity and unblemished reputation. The story of her recovery is interesting. She says: "I suffered for five or six years with the trouble that comes to women at this time of my life. I was unable much of the time to do my own work, and suffered beyond I my power to describe. I was downhearted and melancholy. UI took many different medicines, in fact I took medicine all the time, but nothing seemed to do me any good. 4iI read about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and some of my friends lecommended them highly. I naade up my mind to try them. I bought the first ) o x in March, 1 1897, and w a s |gjj- benefited from i'lilmMml ^a ^ c"rec^ me S ompletely, and I i Mrs. Jacob Weaver, am now7 rugged j and strong. I have not been bothered j witb ruy troubles since I began tak! ing the pills. { "I have recommended the pills to i maDy women who are suffering as I I suffered. They are the only thing ! that helped me in the trial that ; comes to so many women at my age." Mrs. J. H. Weaver. Subscribed and sworn to before | me this 23d day of October, A. D. | 1897. O. C. Hicks, Notary Public. When woman is passing beyond ! the age of motherhood, it is a crisis j in her life. Then, if ever, proper i attention to hygiene should be ex; ercised. The attendant sufferings j will disappear and buoyant health | will follow if Dr. Williams' Pink | Pills are used. These pills exeit a powerful influ| ence in restoring the system to its TV-. or- nnnfam in Q ' j [nu^ci wuu.t.vu. ---j ?? - . ! condensed form all the elements J j necessary no give new life and rich- I ! ness to the blood. i V I Free Rural Mails, System to be Tested in Congressman ! Stokes's District. Washington, March 24 ? Congressi man Stokes has completed arrange- j I ments at the Postofnee Department j | for extension of rural free delivery of I . j mail in bis district in South Carolina. J I Naturally, he feels some elation over ! i this, as he was largely instrumental j j in procuring increased facilities for I ! the rural district when the appropria- | j tion bill was pending last week. His j argument on the bill in general, and | | especially on the free delivery then, j was considered by bis friends as strong anil convincing. Congressman Stokes' district is perhaps one of the happiest selections for a test of the system. Though it I has about ISO,000 population, it is almost wholly a rural community, there being odIv three Presidential o %/ ! officers in its limits, and they of the ! third class. It is none too well sup! plied with even the poor facilities afforded by fouitb class postoffices and star routes, there being only 183 postoffices within its limits. a^coaiTcisiToz: f Your Valued Patrol Not Afraid of Ghosts. The Widow Taught a Lesson to Her Ingenious Suitor. It was dark and the road was uncertain, so when my horse balked at something in the rmddie ot tne roaa I dismounted aud proceeded to investigate. At the first glance I took the object to be a woman, but as I untangled the sheet in which the body was wrapped, a week masculine voice whined: "Don't hit a man when he's down." "Here, get up,"' said I, shaking him, thinking it wa3 simply a case of drunk. Ho sat up and glanced around nervously. "Has the wid ler gone?" he wLispered. "There was no one line wh<n I arrived," I answered, '-What is tie trouble?'' "Stranger, I wuz pi meg a j .ke on the widder. Ye see, 'ooul two years ago ole Dill Spinks turned 'up his toes, leatwise he never came back after leavin' home one day, an year's his widder a refusin' ter get spliced agin 'causo she's afraid thet he might come back agin' seem' thet she is not sure whether he i3 dead or not. An' this vear widder, stranger, ha3 got fifteen acres au" a bird .dawg. So I je3 thought thet I would play a joke on the widder, an; make her believe thet Bill wuz dead all right enough, an' theD, by guru, she'd be reddy ter get spliced, an' I would be the happy man! "Wul, I put on this yere sheet and waited fer the widder ter come alongWul, when she did I stepped out in the road an' commenced groanin". "W-ho-o be e ye-e?" she chattered. " 'I'm yer ole man,''' says I in a hollow voice. "Humph! Ole Bill Spinks?" says she. "I'm the critter," says I. "Then by gum she fell on me like a ton of brick! " 'Come back, hev ytf she yelled, as she swatted me. 'Can't stay whar they planted ye, wharever that may be!' "Stranger, in jes' five seconds I wuz a licked man an' the widder wuz setting on me." " 'Vnn T^ill ' cniil slip, 'ivlinr'js thet six bits thet I give ve ter buv bacon O ? J with?' " 'I ain't got no six bits," says I. "Don't ye lie ter me, Bill,' says sbe, 'or I'll swat ye agin! When ye left borne ye had six bits thet I had given ye ter buy bacon with. Now ye hand over thet six bits or something is gwine ter happen!' "An' by gum, stranger, I had ter give hit to her to save my life. An' then she told me ter get back inter the grave thet I had come frum. an' if she ever caught me tryin' ter bant her agin thet she would tic me inter knots, an' feed me ter the hawgs! "But I've found out oue thing; I know why ole Bill Spinks left an' why he ain't never comin' backagin!" For Trespassers. By an amendment to the trespass law by the last Legislature, it now requires that the land shall be posted t 1 -1 A Un I arc surely cured by it. Call ou J. Jo. I Kaufmaun, Druggists, and get a trial ' i bottle free. Regular size 50c. aud ! ?1. Kverv bottle guaranteed, or price refunded. . . ! Men are more apt to use specta- ; : cles than looking-glasses: spectacles i to behold othe:: men's faults than ; I looking-glasses to behold their own. J in lour umereiit places uuu suau uc advertised for four weeks in a newspaper of the county to make the notice ti trespassers of legal and binding effect. Here is the law: An act to amend Section 176 of the Ciiminal Statutes of South Carolina, in Volume 2, of the Revised Statutes of 1893, relating to entry on lands of another. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, in volume 2, of the Revised Statutes of 1893, and the same is ; hereby, amended so as to lead as j follows: i Section 186. Every entry upon I the lands of another after notice from ; the owner or tenant prohibiting the j same, shall be a misdemeanor, and i be punished by fine not to exceed j one hundred dollars or imprisonment I with hard labor on the public works ! . . of the county not exceeding thirty j days. Provided, that whenever any ; owner or tenant of any lands shall j post a notice in four conspicuous I places on the borders of any land | prohibiting entry thereon, and shall | publish once a week for four succes| sive weeks notice in any newspaper j circulating in the county "where such T, TIE5-, Prompt and 1 I lands are situate a proof of the postj ing and publishing such notice within i twelve months prior to the entry, ! shall be deemed and taken as notice , i conclusive against the person fnaking i entry as aforesaid, for hunting cr ; { lishing. j Approved the 2nd day of Ftbru- ' I ary, A. D. 181)8. j r | M IIMIIBIII?? 9 Royul millers the food pure, I wholesome and delicious. aowi ^ fcSovAC't?luij POWDER Absolutely Pure | I I - ; ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK^^^^J j Liberal to ths Devil, Stingy; With God \ i ! A man once said to Sam Jones: ' ; "Jones, the church is putting my as- i sessment too high/' Jones asked, "How much do you pay/' "Five dollars a year," was the , , reply. "Well," said Jones, "how long have ! | you been converted?" "About four years," was the answer, j "Well, what did you do before you j were converted'?" "I was a drunkard." "How much did you spend for j drink?" "About two hundred and fifty dol- \ lars a year." "How much were you worth?" "1 rented land aud plowed a steer." ; "What have you gat now?" "I have a good plantation and a j pair of horses." "Well," said Sam Jones, "you paid ; the devil two hundred and fifty dollars a year for the privilege of plow iug a steor 011 rented land, and now > you dorft want to give God, who j saved you, five dollars a year for the j j privilege of plowing horses on your ! own plantation. You are a rascal, | from the crown of your head to the ; sole of your foot. j ? I Wilt. A Georgia newspaper prints the ; j lowing marriage ceremony that was j j delivered a short time ago: "Wilt thou take her for thy parti ! for better or for worse; to have to j J hold to fondly guard till hauled oil* I in a hearse? "Wilt thou let her have j her way, consult her many wishes. make the fire up every day and help > j her wash the dishes? "Wilt thou 1 I give her all the stuff her little pursuo can puck., buy a boa, and a muff and a little se-alskin sacque? Wilt thou comfort and support her father and her mother, aunt Jemima, Uncle j John three sisters and a brotbei?" I Ulr. rrraw ml lllftnfl. j .'XUU J_!13 1ULC 7 j it was too late to jilt, as through the I chapel floor he sank, he sadly said I j Wilt." . Millions Given Away. Ir is certainly gratifying to the ! j public to know of one concern in the j land who are not afraid to be gener1 cus to the needy and suffering. The i proprietors of Dr. King's New Disj covcry for Consumption, Coughs and j Colds, have given away over ten ; million trial bottles of this great | medicine: and have the satisfaction j : of knowing it has absolutely cured I thousands of hopeless. Asthma, | Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all dis- ; | eases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs i mnJ ! 'V , < >olitc Attention. Special Meeting. Headquarter?, Camp * Steed man, Xo. (>t>8, L. C. A s. Lexington, S. C, Mar. 12, 1898. A special meeting of this Camp will be held at this place on Saturday, April 2, 1808, at 10 o'clock sharp, j Members will please all attend, as | this will be a met ting of importance. Several matters of interest will be discussed and acted upon. Delegates to the meeting of the State Division, to be held in Charleston, April 27 aud 28, will be elected, also uuc sponsor, who will select her I 1 'aid of honor to represent the Camp at the He-union. Members of the Camp wihLing to attend the reunion, and desiring free meals aud lodging will report to me at this meeting and they will be provided for. Rates of fare for travel, about ODe cent per mile. Comrades appointed in their respective townships to solicit funds for the monument to the Women of the Confederacy will collect at once and report amount of collection at this meeting, so that the chairman can report at the meeting of the committee in Charleston, April 27ib. Members will please come prcnarrd to nav dues, and all those in X A / - / arrears will please make payment at this meeting in order that our Commandant can make a full report at the re union. Comrades, this is important and should not be neglected. The amount is small but is necessary to pay expenses. Come all, and let us have a rousing meeting. By command of J. H. Counts, Commandant. M. D. Barman, Secretary. Charleston, S. C., March, oth 189S. To Commanders of Camps U. C. V. South Carolina Div: It has been called to the attention of the Young Men's Business League, that there are in this State some Confederate Veterans who would like to attend the annual re union of the S. C Division to be held at Charleston, commencing April the 27th, 1898, and only could do so if, during their stay iu the city, they would bo provided with lodging and meals. The Y. M. B L., representing the citizens of Charleston, extends to all such a most cordial welcome. But it will be necessary, in order that adequate accommodation should be provided, that they should know, at least approximately, bow many such would be likely to come. They can proiintl liir-uls. > 1V.IVJ 1'iUVV.O IW Wi V\ M/vvo.f ?*M ?? the veterans bringing their blankets as in the okl times, whose recollections they are renewing. To enable the V. M. 1>. L. to cstimate the accommodations required we would lie obliged, if you could advise Mr. It. II. Simons, Chairman Committee on Kutertaiuruent, how many you think from your neighborhood, so circumstanced, and needing such accommodations to enable tham to attend, will be apt to come. Please reply promptly in order tbat the Y. M. V>. L. may know, if they can arrange, and how they must arrange for the comfort of such veterans, whom the people of Chaileston would like to do houor to. W. If. Welch, President Y. M. P. L. C I Walker, Commanding S. C. Div. l\ C. V. J . . From all over the country, come j words of praise for Chamberlain's j Cough Remedy. Here is a sample | letter from Mrs. C. .Shop, of Little ltock, Ark.: 'T was suffering from a j Very severe cold, wheif I read of the I cures that had been (fleeted by j Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I J concluded to give it a ti ial and ac- j cordinglv procured a bottle. It gave j me prompt relief, and I Lave the best i reason for recommending it very highly, which I do with pleasure." For sale by J. E. Kaufmaun. ! ? . . I A Surprise. ? ? i One day last week, while sad and i weary, as we wende 1 weak and | weary across the uuswept floor: we j heard at first a gentle tapping, then it became an earnest rapping at our sanctum door. "Cume in," we said, while yet we wondered what for us could be in store; then the doorknob :;oiatmbia, s. o., October 13?tf. ! gently turning, iu he walked?our ; cheek was burning as we thought of crimson gore. "Are you the man who Joes the i writing'?" then we thought there's | sigus of fighting, as we looked him o'er and o'ei: "Sir, we are," we j meekly told him, and motioned for ; the boys to hold him if he tried to I beat us sore. "Then you'll give me credit opposite that little debt of a dollar or more. I like your paper and I will take it as long as you try to make it as good as it was before." We jumped; he dodged. Thus we missed him, or we sharply would have kissed him, no matter if the boys did roar. >So seldom treated in this manner, we are incline to sing hosanno! Only this and nothing more. A CUvc-r Trick. It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it. Anybody can try it who has Lame Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles. We mean he can cure himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimulant to Liver and Kidneys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures Cousti pation, Headache, Fainting Spells. Sleeplessness and Melancholy. It is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only oOc a bottle at J. E Kaufmana'a Drug Store. ^ Oh, Where's my Umbrella Gone! Alas! my new umbrella! I miss it with a sigh; the day I rashly bought it a friend was standing by. Next day it rained?lie bofrowed it, to be returned that night, but since that fatal moment it hasn't blessed my sight. He lent it to a neighbor's wife, and to increase my woe she lent it to the min ster, and it's still upon the go. He lent it to a student, who lent it to a friend, and still it's going, going, gone; I wonder where 'twill end. But thro: g'i the cloud of borrowers one ray of hope I se<: perhaps I may be lucky and it will be lent to me. ^ j Children like it, it saves their lives. \*"e mean One Minute Cough Cure, the infallible remedy for coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, giippe, and all throat and lung troubles. J. E Kaufrnann. FIT/MAt RICE'S. 1701 MAI.1 ii (Near Po C OLUMI DRY GOODS I THE CHEAPEST AMI III no <> O O \s ^ S2.50 PER PAIR rn I'llll HI WOOL BLLVKETS. 0 0 O 0 DRESS GOODS, | 50 lYices 130 inch Suiting 15c for 10c 20 l\s 50 inch Henrietta 20c for 15c j 20 ps 10 inch all wool 40 for 25c 25 l\s Silk Kiul Suiting40 inch for 25c j 54-!nch LADIES' CLOTH.' 25 ps 54 in Ladies* Cloth, 4 yards will make a dress, 50c goods for 25c BLACK COODS. 10 ps 50 in all wool Henrietta 15c 10 ps 10-inch all wool Henrietta 20c 10 ps 40 inch all wool Henrietta 25c j SILKS. SILKS. 20 ps Satin Lrocade Silk lledticed from 1.25 to 75. 25 ps Fancy Silk only 25c j 20 ps Satin Duchess 50c I 4?u,_ 1 ) tf VUIUUCI XV ' Spanish Court's Report is Said to he ^Confused." I ? -?! i a Madrid, March 25.?The Spanish government has received the Spanish report on the loss of the Maine, , which, however, is said to be "confused" nud explanations are said to have been requested. In any case, it I ^ ' is added, it will not be published , until after the report of the United I States naval court of inquiry haa been made public. The Spanish report says it is "scientifically and practically demonstrated that the explosion was internal." The United States minister, Gen. i ? A | .Stewart L. Woodford, had along conference this evening with the minis* tcr for foreign affairs, Senor Gullon. Absolute retience is observed as to what transpired. The. (Jjrrespondencia says the Spanish government will despatch a note to Washington, requesting that the report 011 the loss of the Maine be not sent to congress until both re-^~ | ports are presented and considered by both governments. % M. L. Yocum, Cameron, Pa, says *T was a sufferer for ten years, try ing most all kinds of pile remedies, i but without success, DeWitt's Witch i Hazel Salve was recommended tome. I used one box. It has effected a I permanent cure." As a permanent cure for piles DeWitt s Witch Hazel Salve has no equal. J. E. Kaufmann. An TJp-to-Date love Letter. The following unique epistle was | picked up ou the streets of Lancaster | last week by a prominent citizen and handed to us a literary curiosity. For obvious reasons, names arc omitted: Lancaster, S. S. I thought that I would let you know why I was not at the intotanement last nite it wos too weet to come My shoes is wbooly and so is my stockius and when my foots gits weet it makes my coff so bad that I wears out my bangs fannin de air Darling I am so son ie that you drink you look and smell luk the Devil when you is drunk but I dont love no other boy but you I know yon dont Jove me you love Darlingyou is my lieait which is the biggest thing I have got except my bustle You is as sweet as this pictur (Ihe picture referred to would make a near sighted cat jump the fence and bold its breath by the tail) I will close by by Write as soon as you git this 100 kiss rite on your sweet lips. . The farmer, the mechanic and the bicycle rider arc liable to unexpected cuts uud bruises. DeWitfc's Witch Art Hazel Salve is the best thing to keep ou hand. It heals is quickly, and is a well known cure for piles. J. E. Kau f maun. FIT/MM RICE'S. ?tki:i;t lroi. st Office.) 3I.A., S. C . , m NOTIONS, ir HOUSE I THE CIW, | o <7 (T ^75. | $1.00 Per Pair,:; 30 FAIR EXTRA IIBAVV BLANKETS i 0 0 0 0 0 WOOL JEANS. 20 ps wool filling Joans 15c ; 20 ps wool filling Joans 20c j 25 ps all wool (0 ozs) . 25c ^ ***" * I ^ ? A El 5>tA IdLANU. | 3000 yds 3G inches Sea Island 3?c J 3000 yds 3G inches Sea Island 4c j :3000 yds 30 inches Sea Island 5c 3000 yds Ticking 4c : 50 ps Ticking at 44, 5, G?, 8ie CHECK HOMESPUN. j 3500 yds Plaid 34c j 4000 yds Plaid 4c ! 5000 yds Plaid 5c SOCKS. SOCKS. ' 50 doz Socks at 50c doz 50 doz Hose at 50c doz DRILLING. 25 ps Drilling for Drawers 5c 20 ps Drilling for Drawers '4 i . ..... -2-? J