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H Ibe Wbitten Dry The Big Store with iiH oM II Although our ?3 are the pink ( 88 Sreat sal( SS versary of th< Q 1908, ahead o 83 the Wall Stre v ^ out the entire f SS tlie pronts oi ( S3 MMMfMMjflttMie I COBBLER_GETS WISE' I How He Succeds In Keeping Himself From the Poorhouse. i * GIVES THE TIP TO OTHERS. > Tells What Happens In His Shop and Methods Used In Jollying Customers?The Fat Widow Woman With the Family of Five. [Copyright, 1808, by T. C. MoClure.] If yon vhas some cobbler shops and h&f some customers you must keep 'em or you vhill soon be In der poorhouse. Every Monday morning I know vhat shall happen In my shop. A worn ana comes in who vhas der mother of six children. She brings one pair of shoes ft ftnn Tf rhn? an fnr two years, und every time she says: 'Cobbler, it you didn't know me, would you believe I haf six children at ? home?" Not at all,** I says. "I think maype you haf one child, but no more." "Und you wouldn't belief 1 vhas forty-live years old?" "If a man tells me dot I say he vhas some liars. You don't look some over |jjj3|j|| I "HE TAKES HOLD OF MY HAND TOD BAYS I VHAJS A SYLPH." thirty. It vbas shust positively wonderful how you hold your age." "My husband says to me der other day dot I vh&s some old womans and mast not laugh any more." "Tour husband vhas a Wind man. Laugh! Thy, I rather hear you laugh dan any tea womens I know oL You shust keep right on growing young, imd if tout husband should die von yhlll find feefty men dot likes to marry der widow, children and all.M I dont belief it bat it vhas my dnty to say ao. Der womans don't believe it bat It vhas pleasant to hear, and so she brings all der shoes to me, and it vhas all right Every Monday afternoon an old maid who lives mit her sister drops in. She can't always bring her own shoes to be mended, and so she brings her sister's or her sister's childrens. Sometimes K vhas old shoes to be fixed oop fur der poor. I belief dot womans vhas thirty-fife years old, and 8he has sooch a plain face dot my aog bark at bar, bat vhen she comes into der shop I vhas alvhays ready to call out: "Good afternoons, Miss Blank. It does me good to see how young und happy you vhas courting last night" "Now, cobbler?now!" she giggles as she tries to blush. "Vhell, I like to be young und handsome und reech, and you see how soon I come courting. I hear dot more ash ten girls around here like to move avhay because dey vhas Jealous of you." "Say, cobbler," she almost whispers ne rHa nita flown. "T like th be hon est mit you. Vhas I awful homely?1 "Awfully homely! Good gracious, but vhat put dot idea into your head?" "My sister says so vben she gets mad at me." "But she says so to spite you. You vhas not so handsome ash Viola Allen, but you haf a strong, intelligent face, und der mans who gets you for a wife gets a prize. You vhas no namby parnby, but a womans mit brains. I Gnnilo f n R R F A T UUUtfd l)U. ? ttle Prices. J||| magnificent stocks )f perfection, indis] 3 is launched for a e opening of the Ti f those of October, et money sharks it stores, involving c )ur sales for Octob w%ij^L'KrK<rM 1 belief you once told me you viias twenty-three years old. I can hardly belief it vhas over twenty." Mad? Old Maid Giggle. Vhell, dot makes der old maid giggle und hug herself und be happy for a whole week. It don't cost me anything to say so, und it vhas worth a hundred dollars to her. Do you belief dot any dago cobbler could get her custom avhay from me? Not on your life! On Tuesday morning der old widower comes in. He has three pairs nf? chrioq nnd roiA nftir vhflS to be fixed oop every tima Ho vhas seexty years old and all crippled oop mlt rheumatism, but be likes to get married again. "Yhell, cobbler, bow vhas it?" be says ash be comes In. "It couldn't be better. No need to ask you how you vhas today. You come tripping In like a young mans of twenty-fife. I thought you once told me you vhas almost feefty?" "Yes, I said so.* "Und dot your rheumatism vba.i awful bad?" "Vhell, I baf a few twinges on a wet day." "Get out! -You vhas shoklng. If I ask a man how old be. think you vhas, be says forty at der.dutside, and if I ask bim about your rheumatism be says dot you vhas spry enough to lead a dance. Do you know dot if I vhas like you I'd be off bunting in der Rocky mountains?" He smiles nod chuckles, and pooty soon he drops his voice a leetle and says, "Cobbler, sometimes I think of getting married again." "Of course. Vhy not?" "1 vhas alone in der world, yon know, und it vhas lonely for me." "Certainly It vhas. Good gracious, It I vhas like you I'd be married in a month." "To a woman about forty years old?" "Not on your life! To a girl not over twenty-two. You vhant to marry some one young enough to climb trees, go fishing, slide down hill und keep der house lively." He smiles to himself und don't say a word for a long time. Deo he leans over to me trad whisners: "Cobbler, you should be in der president's cabinet instead of here. If you happen to know a young girl of about twenty you might mention my name to her." On "Wednesdays it vhas der fat widow womans mit four grown up sons and daughters. She vhas short and dumpy. She vhalks like some ducks. She sails In mit her head held high uod begins: "Cobbler, dis may be my last visit to you." "Great heffensr "Yes, I think of goto# far, far avhay." "But vhy?" "Vhell, one of my married daughters shust called me an old fool again. Dofs about one hoonered times I haf heard it from my children, and I can't stand it no more." "Your children shouldn't talk dot They," I says as she sits down and wipes her eyes, "Maype you like to tell me vhat it vhas about?" "Of course. Dofs vhat X am here for. You vhas my cobbler and can be trusted. Last night I had a beau." "Dot vhas right" "He vhas a nice man, and tie owns half a brewery." "Perfectly proper. If I own half a brewery and don't be married I oourt TV?l mrtml# n<t " # v ^ vrv vi?. "He says be sees me ten times before end vhas charmed mlt me." "Anybody most be." He Lifcec Her FJgttre. "He likes my figure und my walk, and be says my face vhaa rapturous. Haf you ever noticed dose things about me?" "Have I? By golly, do you belief I vhas a blind inans because I vhaa a cobbler? What eiee did he say?" "He takes bold of my hand trad says I vhas a sylph. Cobbler, I vhas grandly educated, but I forget for a moment vhat a sylph vhaa. Can you ur. J. a_ a 1A ~ itru i aiy uaugnieT saya n viuw a load of hay, but I can't belief dot" "Your daughter vhas sbeeloos. A sylph, my dear womans, means a female of perfect form, shost like you. It means dot she vhas wavy und wobbly. It means dot she can spring over mud paddles and shump over logs und ditches. Yon haf read of Lillian Russell, der actress, haven't you?" "Jt seemsjllie I ha<LH _ _ _ _ ATdidlluiic 3 in all departmer putably supreme two fold reason: n-County Fair at ] 1907. With the; J _ TT 1 ^ J-. i s aii xieruumajLL u >ver half the stoc] er, come here and OH BcK/t;eslt?u "Vheil, she vhas a sylph one time, und you don't know how proud she vhas of It She beliefs dot der next thing she vhlll be an angel. Den she eats too many oysters on der one-half shell und vhas a sylph no longer. InRtoart she vhas a solid. Lock out for one-half shell oysters, widow." "I shall, thank you. Den you think ?think"? "Of course I do." "Dot I ought to get married again?" "Sure, Mike. Marry de half or de whole owner of a brewery or any other good man, und If your children won't like It tell 'em to go hang." So It vhas from Monday to Saturday over und over again each week. I speak to all. 1 flatter alL I lie to all, but I send *em avhay happy, und dey come again, und I keep my customers. Vhas dere some frenzied finance about dot? M. QUAD. > ^ OWE TOUCH OF NATURE. A Ofeptay of Oourtoay Memory of Old Virginia." All the seats were taken In the oar which I entered one morning in early April An old colored man eat next the door. It la not often in these days that I eoe that type of black man. I need to eee that kind on the odd Virginia plantation* where he was wUng Uga" or "Ung Sambo" to all the household. His days were devoted to useful toil and his evenings to his banjo and the old plantation melodies that no one con ever sing again as musically as they wece sung then. "Take this seat mistis," he said, rising promptly. "Mlstls" sounded very -noracy- ana pieasaiw to ma. lz nau been so long slnoe I was "mistis" to anybody. "Thank you, nude," said L "Keep your seat I would just aa lief stand." "Sense me, please, mistis, but 'taint fitten fer you ter stan1; you urns' set" be admonished respectfully. I took the seat thanking him for bis courtesy. Soon a departing passenger left a vacancy. "There is a seat for you," I said to the old man. "Between the Ladies, .matam?" He hesitated. "Yes," I said. He bowed apatagetfcafty to right and left and took the vacant place. Just before leaving the car I slipped a silver piece Into bi3 hand, saying, "Uncle, get you a nice luncheon with this ?to memory of old Virginia." | "lhahk yon. my mistis," he Bald, ope&ng his hand to look at the little gift and then closing It I left the cdr with a sunnier fieetlng to my heart be* cause of the chance meeting, bat with no thought that I should ever again hear of my old Virginian. That afternoon X received a bench of arbutus which had been left for me by an old colored man?'"fer the tall lady with a long bine coot an' white hairto memory of ote Virginia an' dem old Ome days."?Llpptocotfs Magazine. A Distinction Without a Dfffwwio?. jbTre-yeap-oiO ueooraD nan. oeen invited to take luncheon at a restaurant with Miss K. "Do you like cocoa T she was asked. When the answer was "Yes," the Deverage was duly brought, b?t remained cc tasted. At last Miss K. eatd, "Why don't you drink your oocoa. Deborah, when you Bald you wanted It?" "I dMn*t say I wanted It," repfted the child politely. "I only said that 1 liked it"?Woman's nome Companion. NatoraUy. Towrte?Sleep well? Stubbs?Like a top?never lose a wink. "Oreo? SooCtl What do you take?* "An alarm dock to my room and then set the alarm for half an tour after I go to bed. As soon as It rings I naturally roil over and go to-sleepf? Pfck-Me-Up. Helping Htm Out. Borrows?I say, old man, I wish yon woo Id help me out today. Busyman?Haven*t time to do ft myself, but I'll call the porter. John, open the door and help the gentleman ooh?Chicago News. "The best lightnlDg rod for yoor proa 11 r? n.i-v m .l .1 /. C'm/vws/... uaruuu, saya iiitiyu v\ jtuu t-uicisuu, ns your own spine." its-?8 complete stores withi in all that is new, novel, pr First, 'tis a fitting celebrati Batesburg; Second to force yield of cotton short and the ask necessitating a price cut Ks. If you value money. I participate in this great fea LY GOODS C Ll*g9 ?. FALL CLOTHING, DRY! stop: uoo] Just received a new and full lii and colors to select from. We ; satisfaction. Big lot of new Shoes, all styles buy. Everybody knows the place?I from Seaboard depot, and our 1 Union depot. Al FX L 919 Gervais Street and 402 I -2 N *. WIRE F] SWANSEA, IT CITIZENS OF Do You Need FURNI' We have every article in this line, " . i 1 - 1 1 \\T? 4. || Installment, are tne very iuweai. vrc i || giving them just what they want at pri< erate what we carry in stock, but we ass see us, you will find any kind of Furniti Bed Room, Dining Room or Kitchen, you read this advertisement and be sure NEW HOME SEWING MA CHIN! installments. See us before you buy. 1208 Main Street, ====== fi3f&Sfi?B|8?5?SSgSSSS The Whitten Dry Goods Co. ? The Store with Newest Styles Big- m gest Stock, Lowest Prices. n and under one roof, S3 actical and beautiful, ?8 on of the second anni- go our sales for October, g i price fixed so low by ;ting crusade through- gS f you care to share in 55 . -a. : GO LSI Ui UfcU'g cULLS., ** UO. gg nnnnA ftp&sBa"ff,&? ijuuuo, btnio INGS and SHOES! k! listen: le of Fall Suits, latest styles guarantee a fit and will give and prices. See us before you Blum Old Stand?three doors dam street store is opposite VYOUB, lain Street. . Columbia. S. C. ENCING! Ittebnrg Perfect Wire Fence is the very best fence manutured. Hence, onr reason for handling this kind. We have t'recived two car loads?all sizes, weaves and patterns. The ces are jnst as low as can be fonnd anywhere. n 1 1 l* nenerai mercnanaise. )ur stock of General Merchandise embraces everything?Dry ods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Ladies' Dress Goods, Gents' Fuming, Groceries, Hardware, etc. Ve are in the business to please, and all we ask is an inspec* a of our stock and an inquiry as to our prices and terms, rive us a call. & CRAFT, : : S. C. LEXINGTON, ^ Any Kind of TURE! and our prices, either for Cash or ake pride in serving our customers, ? A ^ X h A 1 X f l ? ?-a /^A 1 /\nn X A A V% f 1 ?V? ?*tJS llia.1 SUlt. 11 IS USUlt'SS LU CiiULLI- I M lure you, if you will only drop in to fl i]re you may need for your Parlor fl Think of us while at home when H to call when in Columbia. fl ES?Low prices for cash and liberal H nnummiE to. I Columbia, S. C. I -???1^ I