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The 'Baseball Score AGAIN we see the score in print. The good, old baseball score. With names and figures all in line As in the days of yore, For way down south, in Dixie land, The boys are doing stunts. Again connecting with the ball For liners, ilies and bunts. Of course the games now being played v Are not the real thing, Eecause the hero?o widely famed Are merely practicing. They're getting muscles into trim So they can freely play And training eyes so they can swat The balls that come their way. But just the same the practice score With eagerness we scan To get a line on playing skill And work of every man. We note with joy the wondrous catch, Sjrfft covering of ground, k ? d chuckle when one hits so hard / He goes the whole way round. ,r ?We look along the lines to seo The record each has made And note the letters which explain Position each has played. We analyze the pitchers' work And that of catchers, too, Concluding we have got a team That certainly will do. 'Tis thus anticipation whets Desire for real games. The time when rival teams will meet And strive to clinch their claims. But as we cannot speed that time, With patience we must pore Through stories of the stunts down south And scan the oractice score. ?Theodore H. boice in Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Pity Ab If There la. "The sultan of Turkey," said Mrs. Henpeck after taking another glance at the item to be sure that she had made 110 mistake, "has seventy-eight wives." "I wonder," the sad faced little man answered as he looked far away and sighed, "if there's an Easter in the Turkish calendar." ? Chicago ItecordHerald. i. y ; Wheat Raising;. "I'd like to go out ir. the country and see them raising wheat." "Why. you don't have to go out in the country. They raise thousands of bnshels right here in town." "Absurd! How do they rai3e wheat in town?" "Why. in grain elevators."?Philadelphia Record. Hia Point of View. Mrs. Peck?Here's an account of a man who had three wives. Henry. Xow, what do you suppose they'll do with him? Mr. Peck?Try him for lunacy, m'dear, I should think.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Too Many- Cheer#. "It's a blamed shame!" said one of the defeated pugilist's friends. "If SOmeDoay a oniy give mm a cucenujj word he wouldn't feel so sore." "Cheerin' words be hanged!" replied Ills manager. "It's de 'hurrays' cf de crowd dat makes him sore."?Philadelphia Press. Slighted. "I think auntie is very inconsistent," said the fearfully bright boy. "Why?" asked his mother. "Because she called me a young heathen, but she never makes the other children save up their pennies and send them to me."?Washington Star. At the Moxicalo. "Do you think that pianist Is a genius?" "Well, he certainly is. if genius is nothing more than an infinite capacity for taking pains"? "And distributing them wherever it goes."?New York Times. He Knew Her. "Your wife has opened an account with us, sir, and I called to see you about it." "Don't do it, young man. I've had business dealings with her now for ten wnrs nnd ?1ip hns fllwnvs cot the best J ?? v of me."-Life. Admiration. "You have great admiration for your wife's judgment," said the friend. , "I have." answered Mr. Meekton. "She's the only woman who ever said 'Yes' when I proposed to her."?Washington Star. Proof Positive. First Heiress?But you are quite sure the count loves you. Second Heiress?Of course I am. He said if I would marry him he'd let me keep half of my own money?Chicago News. Often the Way. The man constantly complained. "Why is it," they asked, "that he is unable to cure his indigestion?" "Reoause." renlied the one who knew. "he is too busy getting it."?Chicago Post. Intangible. As little Robert was leaving his auntie's she said: "Give mamma my regards." "Well, where are they?" inquired the little fellow.?Little Chronicle. osraea LOGIC, "When I can't see danger there is no danger." That's the logic of the ostrich which hides its head and exposes its t>ody to the hunter. There are not a few people who seem to have gone to the ostrich to learn logic. The most dangerous enemies of humanity are the enemies which can't be seeu, the disease breeding microbes which infect the blood. It is harder to get the microbe out of the blood than to keep it out, but Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery does both, by purifying tbe blood and then keeping _ If there are $u eruptions on the ffl W R ??eS' SOres 0r ot^er blood, use Doctor * ? 9^"^- Pierce's Golden JJ| '-;1?5Medic?1- ?iscoT; --= p?_ 3^Sja| en-, which will purify the blood - -~k=s" ^ and cure the eruptions which come from it. "My blood was all out of order, and I had to go to the doctor." writes Mrs. James R. Moss, New London. Stanly Co.. N.<s?" "He gave me medicine which helped me for a short time. Ia the winter of 1S95 I got worse than 1 had ever been. My tonsils were enlarged and my neck swollen all out of shape; my throat was sere and I could not cure it. My husband went for the doctor, but he gave me "no encouragement. He helped me a little, but it did "ot last long. He attended me for twelve months, when I heard of a lady whose condition was like mine, who was taking your medicine and was getting well. So I secured -ome of the medicine and began taking it. In one week I was able to do my cooking. When I began taking the medicine I could sit up only a few minutes at a time, and I could rest or sleep only a little while at a time. My throat was so sore at times I could not even swallow sweet milk, and my tonsils were full of little eating sores. My left side was swollen out of shape and I could hardly get my breath. The doctor said T would not get welf. but three bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, three bottles of his ' Pellets.' three bottles of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and the use of salt water did the work and cured me." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation and its consequences. SAILOR AND HORSE. How tl\e Retired Sea Captain Made a Purchase. In "Horses Nine'' Sew ell Ford tells how a retired sea captain bought a horse. The story runs: As one who inspects an unfamiliar object Captain Bean looked dazedly at Barnacles. At the same time Barnacles inspected the captain. With head lowered to knee level, with ears cocked forward, nostrils snitiing and under lip twitching almost as if he meant to laugh. Barnacles eyed his prospective owner. Captain Bean squirmed under the ' gaze of Barnacles' big, calm eye for a moment, and then shifted his position. | "What in time does he waut anyway, Jed?" demanded the captain. "Wants to git acquainted, that's all. cap'n. Mighty '*nowin' hoss, he is. Xow, some bosses don't take notice of anything. Tho3''re jest naturally dumb, j Then asr'in vou'll find bosses that seem to know every blamed word you say. Them's the kind of hosses that's wuth bavin'." "S'pose he knows all the ropes, Jed?*' "I should say he did, cap'n. If there's anything that boss ain't done in bis day, I don't know what 'tis. Near's I can fiDd out lie's tried every kind of work, in or out of traces, that you could think of." "Must be some old by your tell," suggested the captain. "Sure his timbers are all sound?" "Dunno 'bout his timbers, cap'n, but as fer wind an' limb you won't iind a sounder boss of bis age in this county. Course I'm not sellin' him fer a fouryear-old." Again Captain Bean tried to look critically at the white horse, but once more he met that calm, curious gaze, and the attempt was hardly a success. However, the captain squinted solemnly over Barnacles' withers and remarked: "Yes. he has got some good lines, as you say. though you wouldn't hardly call him clipper built. Not much sheer for'ard an' a leetle too much aft. eh?" At this criticism Jed snorted mirth ran.i. "Oil, I s'pose lie's all right," quickly added the captain. "Fact is I ain't never paid much attention to horses, beiu' 0:1 the water so much. You're sure he'll mind his helm. Jed?" "Oh. he'll go where you p'int him." "Won't drag anchor, will he?" "Stand all day if you'll let him." "Well. Jed. I'm ready to sign articles, I guess." "Wanted. "We would like to ut-k, through the columns of your paper, it there is an} person who has used Green's August Flower for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Liver Trouble that has not been cured?and we also mean their results, such as sour Htomnch, fermentation of food, habitual costivenese, nervous dyspepsia, beaduches, despondent feelings, sieepI m antt t v/ .n lilu onn. ICCBUCOr' ? (U iiv awj it VM ?yiv wi* nected with the stomach or livei? Toih mediciDe has been Bold for m*uy years in all civilized countries, and we wish to correspond with you and s*nd yo0 ore of onr boofc? f?-pe m erst. If you never tried August Flower, try a 25 cent bottle first. We have never known of its failing. If so, something more serious is the matter with you. The 25 cent size ba9 just been introduced this year. Regular size 75 cents. At all druggists. G. G. Green, Woodbury, N. J. Suspicion*; "The elopers have returned to ask for your blessing." "Blessing, eh? How do they want it? In the form of an allowance or a cash deposit?"?Life. To interest a man talk about himself; to interest a woman talk about somebody she wishes were talking to her instead of you.?New York Press. STARTING A TRADE. The Now England Peddler and the Secret of His Success. "IVddlin's a great business. The secret of it is that you must do a trade, even if it hurts your principles, when there's a possible chance. I remember how I once managed with an old fellow who wouldn't hev noihin' to do with me. lie was so confident an' sure he warn't goin' to trade tin t I made up my mind he'd got to. "I've got wooden nutmegs, pocket sawmills.' says I. 'an' horn gun dints, bnsswood hams, tin bunglioles, calico hog troughs, white oak cheeses an' various other articles too numerous to mention, includin' of cast iron ratholes, an' if any of them j ain't big enough to answer I'll knock I the bottom out of a l'ryin' pin, an' that'll let any rat through that you've got, I guess. Whoop!' says I. 'I'm f'om J way in the mountings of Hepzidam, where the lion roareth an' the whangdoodle mournetli for her lirstborn!' The eld man just looked on and shuk his head. T'll take pewter, copper,zinc.iron, i rags?anything,' says I, 'exceptin' money an' old maids.' But the old man on'y shuk his head. "I just simply had to start a trade. I saw a pair of old boots, an' I said them was just what I wanted. 'What?' he says. 'D'ye buy old boots?' an' I said them was my partic-kler specialty. 'How much d'ye give?' he asks, an' I says, -Half a cent a pound, 's long as half cents is coined,' says I. He didn't take no heed of my meanin*. but begin to rummage round and git out three or four pair. They warn't 110 good to Newton, but I was startin' a trade. 'Now, hain't yer got some rags?' I says. Them was what I asked fer first, an' the old miser said he didn't hev none, but now. stirred up by the chanst of gittin' somethiu' fer his old boots, he brought out seventeen pound of rags. an' we cione a uris^ lui 01 nauiu u 1 tinware. I loft the old boots settin' beside the gate when I druv away. 'Them '11 come in handy to start another trade on next time I come,' I says." ?Julian Ralph in Harper's Magazine. * Greenville, Tenn. I have thoroughly convinced myself that Dr. Baker'c Blood and Liv^r Co*e is the finest medicine made for Indigestion and Constipa iou. (I have triid tbern all) and was cured by ?he use of this modi erne, after all others had failed. I nr>*r. rbeerfu'lv and m-hebitat ngiy endorse it. Tours truly, H. N. Baker, Mayor. For sale at the Bazaar. Trying to Place Himself. "Do you know what you are?" blurted the angry citizen who had been run into. "No, I do not," responded the exasperated foreigner. "Late last night a policeman called me an owl, this morn ing a conductor called me a looster, and around the corner a woman said I was a monkey. Next time I come to America I'll bring a volume of natural history to find out what I am!" Still Loyal. "What are the hours?" asked the man at the pearly gates. "There are no regular hours," answered St. Peter. "No one thinks of that here." "Then I'll not come in," was the reply. "I'm a union man."?Chicago Post. Legal Opinion. "John." asked the lawyer's wife, who had recently taken up the health culture fad, "is it best to lie on the right side or tlie left side?" "My dear," replied the legal luminary. "if one is on the right side it usually isn't necessary to lie at all." In the Race Suicide Clnsii. Bonner? I saw the Niltons in their horseless carriage today. I wonder how they continue to lind so much pleasure in it. West?They are a childless family, y<M know. They must put in their time some way.?Boston Transcript. Two Mioses. "Living in the country now, eh?" "Yes." "Don't you miss the early morning noise and bustle of the city?" "Well, when I miss the 7:03 train I do."?Philadelphia Press. Traveling is DangerousConstant, motien j>irs ti e kidneys which are kept in place in the body by delicate attachments. This is the reason that travelers, train men, street car men, eaiL.tters and all who drive very much, siflfer from kidney disease in some form Foley's Kidney Cure strengthens the kidneys and cures all forms of kidney and bladder disease. CeorgeK Hauean, locomotive engineer, Lima, 0., writes, "Constant vibration of the engine caused me a great deal of trouble with my kidnevs, and I trot do reiief umii I used Fuleye Kidney Cure." The Kaufmann Drug Co. George's Kind Permission. "Mary," her father called downstairs, "just ask your man if he doesn't think it's pretty near Deaume:" "Yes, papa." replied the sweet girl, after a pause. "George says if you're sleepy go to bed, by all means."?Toledo Bee. Jast So. "The poor fellow went blind and crazy at the same time." "Ah. I see?out of sight, out of mind!" ?Smart Set. Thought works in silence; so does virtue. One might erect statues to silence. ?Carlyle. d . SENATE ETIQUETTE. It Crime Near Making Roonevelt HJlss McKinley's Inauguration. A vice president seated in solitary grandeur in the senate chamber, while the ceremony of a presidential inauguration to which he lias been invited as an honored guest is going 011 outside, surely presents a spectacle with an element of humor in it. 1-Yw persons know how near Theodore Roosevelt came to playing such a part on the 4th of March. 1001. The senate stickles so for minor details of etiquette that the most strenuous reformer would liardly venture to transgress its rules. and they require that a formal motion to adjourn shall be put before a day's session can come to au end. After his inauguration as vice president in the senate chamber Mr. Iioosevelt took the gavel and, when the routine business was finished, directed the sergeant at arms, as usual, to proceed with the ceremony of inaugurating Mr. McKinley as president. It was then in order for some senator to move an adjournment, but in the confusion nobody seemed to have his | wits about him. and the whole assemblage. including the senators, quitted the chamber for the east portico, where the oath was to be administered and the address delivered. In a few min+'>/-? vinn nvoculont fnmid himsolf alone, with a fair prospect of remaining so until the (lay's performances were over, but it chanced that Senator Hoitfeld missed his hat while passing through the corridor and came back to look for it. Face to face with the vice president, it occurred to the senator that something must be wrong, so with the utmost gravity he moved "that the senate do now adjourn." Mr. Roosevelt, with equal solemnity, put the motion, declared it carried and proceeded in Mr. Ilcitfeld's company to the place on the presidential stand which had been reserved for him.? Francis E. Leupp in Century. "What Is Foley's Kidney Cure? Answer: It is made from a prescription of a leading Chicago physician, and one of the most eminent in the country. The ingredients are the purest that money can buy, and are scientifically combined to get their utmost value. The Kaufmann Drug Co. Your reading this article Because it is an unbiased review of Fact# concerning the business of a Company with which you should be doiDg business, origins.ly written and published by the "Mercantile and Financial Times," without request orpayment How lle: rinted by Request. AN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES. Numerous inquiries have recently been received at ihe New York and Philadelphia offices of the "Mercantile and Financial Times" asking for information as to the methods and business of the Storey Cotton r.o?n?ol Afflonu 1 f I fp ^UJLU ^.'?IU V, w uuao ^cueiui vuiuvn u>v in the Bourse Building, Philadelphia, as well as to the desirability and value of an investment made with this company. On several occasions in the past tl ere appeared in these columns extended and iavorable references to this company from the pen of our Philadelphia correspondent, and we have carelully watched the progress and operations ot the company in order to determine whether his commendation was justified by subsequent deveipments Justice to a vorthy corporation r? quires that we should extend the editorial endorsement 01 this paper to this company at the present time, and to say that ig has more than fulfilled every claim originally advanced in its behalf. It is only simply truth and ji-stice to say that tne management of the company is today entitled to the highest praise and commendation for the conscientious and straightforward manner in which they have carried out all of their obligations to those who have become identified with the enterp ise as investors, and we ere fully warranted in making the assertion that no financial or investment institution in the country can show a cleaner, more satisfactory or honorable record i t its liber al treatment of investors ana me puonu at large than the Store} Cotton Company. We are much gratified, of course, that the later development of 1he companj's business and its lair and equitable methods have justified the early predictions of our Philadelphia correspondent, and :t iequally a pleasure to add ;hat the compiny are today stronger and better able to carry out their obligations than at any time in the past We have the utmost confidence in the judgment and discretion of our Philadelphia correspondent, who ha3 been the regular representative of this psper in that city for more that a qaarter of a century past; and as he has been thoroughly conversant With the busineds of the Storey Cotton Company Irom i's incepton, &-> well as its plans and methods, its financial stability and tha hig-j character of its management, his unqualified endorsement of the same naturally carries great weight. Tbe record ot the Storey Cotton Company is one that can be assailed in no pari ticuJar whatever; its treatment ot its clients has always been eminently fair and just, and it has never made a promise that has not been fulfilled to the letter We can only emphasize the fact that an investment made with this company possesses every essential element of security anc niuneration, and we are confident that se who make such an investments will place their money in enterprise where every possible safeguard is thrown around the principal and where large earnings are assured beyond any reasonable doubt. The fullest particulars sent Free to readers of this paper on application. THE STOREY COTTON CO, (INCORPORATED) 11 Broadway, New York, N. Y. The Bourse, Philadelphia, Pa. Exchange Bldgs, Liverpool, Eng. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a t sediment or setIirjvL jy' ^ indicates an W unhealthy condi[wi (1/ ti?n \WA tjPjrfSS/ 1 y neys; if it stains ' I y?ur ^nen ^ *s evidence of kidjPR \ \ / m ney tr?u^^e to? ^f\}?)U./ ^recluent desire to " pass it or pain in the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladi der are out of order, j What to Do. There is comfort in the knov/ledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's SwampRoot, the great kidney remedy fulfills every v/ish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in 50c. and$l. sizes. You may have a sampie bottle of this wonderful discoverv IKvir!VL and a book that tells more about it, both sent absolutely free by mail, address Dr. Kilmer & Home of Swamp-Root. Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper. ^ |y 3^3 l^TWO HUNDRED tions. If you are Interested, write *us for our handsome illustrated catalog, IDE LANIER SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE, MACON, GA. November 19, 1902?ly, DENTAL NOTICE. DR. L. L. TOOLE, of North. S. C. will be at Swansea, S. C., on the second Wednesday oi each month, and at Gaston, S. C.. on Thursday lollowing. Oct. 29?6m Parlor Restaurant 1336 MAIN STREET. COLUMBIA, - S. C., THE ONLY UPTO-DATE EATING House ot its kind in the City of Columbia. It is well kept?clean linen, prompt and polite service and get it quickly. 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Ia>3^E^S wBSS Never Fails to Bestore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Jfl*Sg rsir>? gcalp diseases h hair lolling, COc.and$1.00at Jhuggigia IliOND I 1111, iraiiiis is us. Will Practice ?n all Courts KAUFMANN BUILDING, LEXINGTON, S C _ On the iHth div ot Ociober, we formed a co-partnership for the practice ot law. We will be pleased to receive those having leeal busine-s to be attended to at onr of lice in the Kautmann building at any time. Resnectlnlly. J. WM THURMOND, G. BELL TIM MERMAN, October 22, 1902.?Jy. Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys tones * up the stomach. / ! BIG STOCK . >F LIX STREET, - - - 0? ,? i )w being offered ade at greatly prices. I ) is the wishes of all coDcerned to i next thirty days if possible. nes Handled are > . Notions. -/ s >E8 m HATS, DF THE LARGEST IN THE kTE. and Often. rURTICK. f