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HEN Tom left tho farm to go to the city to make hts fortune he did It contrary to tho ominous head shaking and phophecles of disaster of nil the neighbors. . Even his fa ther and mother, with past years of toll rapidly be ginning to tell upon them, were pes simistic of his chances of success, nor could they resist expressing their fore bodings. The old folks loved their boy too well to reproach him for his desertion now in thc first flush of his young manhood, but their hearts did ache at thought of the separation, "You'll soon get tired of all that hurly-burly there In the city, Tom," his old father told him. "And when you do, I want you always to remem ber that we've still got n pince for you bnck here nt the old homestend. It mnyn't be os fine and showy us lots you'll see there in the city, but it's more the sort that the good Lord in tended you for. Ma and I are hoping the best for you, son, but-when you do find out that your fortune's not away off then?-just pocket your pride nnd come back here to us who love you." {?n young Tom left the farm with shining eyes nnd n high henrt nnd nd ventured into the great, far-away city in quest of fnme nnd fortune. How he fawn! there nnd nil the sor ry disappointments thut repeatedly overtook him during thnt year of nb sence would be n long nnd harrowing story to tell. He chnsed his rainbow ' to its end, yet found the fubled pot of j gold not there ns he lind so confidently nnd blatantly expected. Tom made applications for nil sorts of ofilco positions only to find himself quickly rejected because of his lnck of experience in those specific Um "Well,' anyway, I'm young and hus ky and used to hard manual labor," j M consoled himself. "I cnn nt lenst get !-. [ol Ith n contracting gang, as ii .. or plumber's assistant, or tennis c Thnt will suffice to k?ep me i. f< while until the sort Of po sit * ant turns up." i i i ftvon In those Unes of work the green country boy found himself sud denly brought up short against a blank wall. He had no references ns to past city employment nnd nobody would hire him after once finding out that he had no union carri. Huddled In lils shabby overcoat on | a street corner In the squalid section of the city-the Icy wind whistling around him nnd biting through his threadbare garments-poor Tom stood on the evening before Christmas, won- I dering wdiere he might find n shelter In which to sleep that night without ; freezing. Just how long he lind stood there, 1 shivering In the chill wdnd on the ? street corner-bitterness ngnlnst the grent. unfeeling city rnrtkllng In his j henrt-Tom did not know. He wns ? stnrtled from his moody reverie by | henrlng n honrse, wheedling voice nt i his very elbow, snying whnt was In- j tended as n confidentiel tone: "How'd y'llkc n nice hot feed and some coln to jingle in yer pnnts. bo? Ain't hungry, nre yn?" Whirling about, Tom snw thnt his ? accoster wns un under-sized, burly fel low with n tough, truculent visage nnd hnnds shoved deep into the side pock ets of his cont. He wore n bnttered enp with the visor pulled low down over his eyes nnd spnt mhlevolently upon the sldewnlk ench time before he spoke. "How'd y'llkc the Iden, huh?" he re iternted In his mucous, grntlng voice, sidling closer ns he spoke nnd casting a wary eye up nnd down the nearly deserted, gloomy, wind-swept street. Tom regarded him with distaste nnd undisguised mistrust. He looked like 0 typicnl thug. Hut misery cannot bo too fastidious about the company lt keeps. Finally Tom scowled blackly and answered : "What's that to you, nnyway?" "Well, you're outtn luck, nln't clin, pal? Yer on yer uppers, stony broke and maybe willi tm empty belly, ioo, huh, bo? Well, I guessed that much. 1 nln't blind yet, I nln't I Well, I need a pnl for n little Job tonight nnd we both can mnke n lotta Jack out of it, see?" "You-you menu-burglar}'?" Toni ; muttered hesitantly, with an JnvpJun ,tary contrnctlon of his henrt. "Humph I Not anything like snfe crncklng or breaking Into n house, 1 don't. Too ninny people sfnylng up with Ibo kids over Christmas trees to night. I ain't keen on lukin' fool chancea like that. Pm tellln' ya I Nnw, this I wnntchn for ls something soft; safe and easy ns falling off n log. You know the big prices people nre willing to pny for renl booze since the coun try went dry, don't cha? Well, right nenr here I know n certain wnrehouse flint's got 20 cases of whisky stored In the bflPOmont. Peni bonded stuff I The watchman ls nu old pal o' mino and la willing to let us swipe lt if r we'll spilt on the coln we get after-* words. I've get another guy with a flivver that's ready to nieet us about 2 o'clock this morning to haul away the | stuff as fast as we pass lt up to Mo through the alley windows. We've gol; V. tril framed for u fake capture and tying up of our other pal. the night watchman, so that the bulls can't get wiso to him. We're willing to split four ways on thc swag if y' wanta go in on lt with us. Whatchn say now, bo, huh? Safe and easy as fulling off ulog!" ! The sinister appearance of the ruf- : flan repelled Tom, and the very thought of the eranie they contempl?t- ' ed struck him with fright. It meant , Jun*, disgrace, If they were caught. ' "But I-I never have done any- j thing like timi in my life." lie stam mered weakly, teeth chattering in the j biting wind. "It would he criminal. The whisky doesn't oolong to us. It ? would be Illegalvfor us even to try to I sell lt afterwards." "Pnh !" spat the ugly-vlsaged mnn, : sneeringly. "You look pretty, a hird like youse, talking thut way about what's lawful and all that ! Lots that these rich guys hove cared how you got nlong since you come to town, from tho looks of you I They've got fine, warm homes and coln and every thing. Wotto they enre whether poor burns Uko us have to go hungry or freeze in the gutter on Christinas eve? Why should you care about them when they don't give a rap about you? You've got to go on living, ain't cha, huh?" Tom hunched his shuddering shoul ders against the wind, trembling ns i much because of his own moral irreso lution ns from the terrible cold. "Well, bo, how about It? Are y' on or nre y* still so nlmlghty particular How'd Y'Like the Idea, Huh?" about how y' handle the stuff belong ing to all them rich guys?" "God 1" groaned poor Tom In tho nbyss of his wretchedness. "Yes, I'll do It I I will I I Will I" The other clapped him roughly ow the shoulder with a saturnine leer and attempt at Jocular fellowship. "Well, I thought cha would," he rasped, hoarsely. "We'll meet chn nt tho corner by the lumber yard nt 1:30. Duirt you tail to be there now !" "I won't I I'll be there all right P Tom muttered brokenly. Already in his cringing soul he felt like the thief he hud pledged himself to become. Oh heaven, If only To kill time until the appointed hour, lie dug his numb hands deeper down Into lils pockets nod wnndered aimlessly on. Ile had no particular objective In mind save only the need to keep, moving lest' he freeze or go mad with the etrnln of wniting. He shrank from letting himself think of the deed to which-he was nbout to be party. Involuntarily his drngglng footsteps took him back into the more brilliant ly lighted retail shopping district, where the crowds nlrondy lind thinned, hurrying home to their families nnd happy, expectnnt kiddies with the holi day celebrntlon in mind. | The hours dragged slowly by. It enme nenr the hour for the stores to | close. But still there wns time, If poor Tom lind only lind money, to have rushed In, bought the presents he wanted for the old folks and chil dren, nnd caught thc midnight trnin bnck to the country. He enslly could reach there by morning and appear ns n Joyous surprise to them But nh I Why drive himself to dis tinction by thinking of that when there was no chance thnt And right, then, suddenly, he espied ? ASPIRIN i _____ Name "Bayer" on Genuine Take Aspirin only as told in each package of genuine Hayer Tablets of Aspirin. Then you will be following tho directions and dosngo worked out by physicians during 21 years, and proved safo by millions. Take no chances with substitutes. Jf you soo tho bayer Cross on tablets, you cnn take them without fear for colds, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, earache, toothache, lumbago and for pain. Handy tin boxes of twelvo tab lets cost few cents. Druggists1 also sell larger packages. Aspirin is tho trade mark of Hayer Manufacturo of Mononcetlcacldoster of Salicyllcocid. --adv. lt lying tlTere.^lrriost at WS "very feef-=? a big, fat wallet, with not a person nearer than a hundred yards ol' him. Plainly someone hod lost lt in their mad haste to get home. Tom stopped and drooped it jp like a flash. Around the eorner he surrep titiously examined lt. Hills-both green and yellow, of Inrge denomina* Mons-they fairly sit fled Itl There were seven hundred dollars or morel -a small fortune to the miserable boy who had not even eaten for fourteen aours. Money I - Money I Money I Far more than he possibly could need even In his most extravagant Uren ms. With a gurgling cry. Tom stuffed the wad of bills Into lils trousers pocket, threw away the flint- leather purse and made a mad dash for the nearest de partment store. No need nov/ to keep his 'sinister, criminal appointment-no more neces sity for Hut the most gladsome fenture of young Tom's homecoming that next day was his blushing announcement to the old folks thnt he had had enough of the big city; that he had come home to stay, as they had prayed he would. (?. 1920. Weiter? Newspaper inion.) WHAT ARE YOUR CHANCES OF SUCCESS ? ? Do You Step Out with Snap and Vigor?-Aro You Ablo to (?et Things Done? I DON'T STAND IN YO Ult OWN WAY I -? i , People with Thin, Weak Blood Have a Hurd Time of It-They ? j Should Take Popto Mangan. j I j Look at the facts of your health. So mu :h depends ou having red blood. If you stand up in front of ? your work with half-starved blood, in your system you are standing in ? your own way. You are blocking your own progress. i Thin blood makes you dull, lt makes you pale. You lake no enjoy- : ment out of your work, lt is only half as good as it should be. You can remedy that condition so easily. Begin taking that line tonic, Pepto-Mangnn, to-day, and keep it up for a while. Your blood will become nourished. Pepto-Mangan makes red blood corpuscles. Yoi will get en ergy and strong pow* r of resist ince. Instead of standing in yout own way, you will push yourself nhoad cause of greater vitality; 1 But be s su re you gel un corm hu Pepto-Mangnn. li ia pu; np In . ?til liquid and tabiui form. Ask for "(Judo's"-and he sure that the name is on the package. The tablets or the liquid have the same medicinal value. -adv. Not. Rounding Up tho Slackers. Washington, Deo. 16.-Charges that tho War Department is taking no action looking to lau prosecution of draft evaders and deserters were Hied with the House'Judiciary Com mittee to-day by representatives of service men's organizations. The committee is considering a bill to. extend tho statute of limitation from three to six years for prosecu tion of violators of Hie selective ser vico act. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, an (hoy cannot reach th? diseased portion of the oar. There ls only one way to euro catarrhal deafness, and that ts by a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness ls cuused by an In flamed condition of tho mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube U Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Im perfect hearing, and when lt ls entirely closed. Deafness ls the result. Unless the Inflammation can bc reduced and this tube restored to Its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Many cases of deafness are caused by catarrh, which la an Inflamed condition of thc mucous sur faces. Hall's Catarrh Medicino acts thru the blood on tho mucous surfaces of the system. We will give One Hundred Dollars tor any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Cir cular? free. All Druggluts. 76c. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Totedo, O. IIIODD KII.MNO .M'STI FIABLE. Man Kills Follow Who Had Entered Homo and Hulaed lt. / (Anderson Mall, Dec. 10.) Details of the killing at Ware Shoals yesterday, in which Jim Shan non, a young white man, was shot and killed, are told to-day by a cor respondent of the Daily Mall at Don alds, and tells of a tragedy,the result of which is that a young man is dead, a young woman's character stained, and a father's hand dyed in the blood of his fellow-man, and a once happy home turned into a house of mourning. Writing of the killing, D. M. Hum phreys) tho Mail's correspondent, says: "Being informed by his physician on Wednesday morning that his young daughter was a mother, Judge Bon F. Mattison, of Ware Shoals, learned that James Shannon was tho despoiler of his home, and he wont In search of Shannon. "Judgo Mattison found .Shannon near the post office at Ware Shoals and demanded of him that ho marry his daughter. Shannon refused, and the Infuriated father shot him twice, the ballots going through Shannon's head and killing him Instantly. "Judgo Mattison thou telephoned the Greenwood sheriff to come for him, and an offlcor, togethor with the coroner of Greenwood county, came lo Ware Shoals and hold an Inquest over tho body, and tho Jury, we now learn, found n verdict of justifiable homicide, and Judge Mattison was released. "Judge Mattison moved to Ware Shoals when tho mill was being built and has been a magistrate slnco that The Easley Pro; EASLEY, S. Leading Weekly Only News] Thc Progress and S every week, circulating ii \ (Brushy Creek and Garv These newspapers a fidencc of their readers. Any one wishing to ty and upper Anderson C pense through these news other two weekly newsps Combination rate on GARY HIOTT, Editor JULIA MAKIO 1CVERY COUNTY BUST. Moral Suasion." and "Winking" ut Liquor Evil Won't Do. ( Newberry Observer. ) What tho unnamed Judge said in regard to Oconee could be truly said of almost any county In the State that, "but for the liquor traffic, this would be the best county in the State." Tile poorest county in the Stato ls better than the best if one is free from the miserable traille and the other is not. And all tho counties can be made free, or practically free, of thc traille if tho executive and Ju dicial olllcers, State and local, will do their best to make it so. The "moral suasion" policy-the small line and "winking" nt the evil -will never do it . They have been tried long enough to prove that they aro ineffective, and that sterner measures must be resorted to. Local olllcers and Judges on the bench should take a lesson from the farmer in the old Blue Back Spoiler, who found a youth- up his apple tree. "Come down.!" commanded tho far mor ind the youtlv liughor al him. Then tho farmer pulled np sonic tufts of grass and throw Ibehi ti the yoiUh who laughed tho louder. P\:di.!K sof! wr ids and son infts of gr ?'fi of no avail, tito far mm gath ered u hatful ul stones and began to pott the youngster In good fashion. lt wasn't long before tho youngster cried for mercy and shinned down the tree in great haste. . A boot-legger or blind tiger-or by whatever name ono may call the man who sells liquor-laughs, in his sleeve .at least, when a judge Im poses a fine of fifty or one hundred dollars; he cnn run u still and make that back many times over in a short while, and will take the risk. But ;r he gets a year on tho chain gang, or a lino of five hundred dollars, he will hesitate long before he will. try it again-and others, seeing bis fate, wdll hesitate also. Some officers and judges ore tri fling with the law. It's Easy to Prevent Colds. Keep tho livor and kidneys in perfect condition. They throw off tho germs and make coids Im possible- if in perfect condi tion. A correct regulator will be found in DR. HILTON'S LIFE 'for tho Liver and Kidneys. Immediate relief is given in cases of constipation, indigestion and biliousness. It !*? pleasant to take, excites a pleasant senso of warmth in the stomach, diffusing itself through the system. Your druggist sells Dr. Mil ton's Life with a "satisfaction or nionoy refunded' guarantee. Colds and Influenza aro suc cessfully treated by using Mur ray's Horehound Mullein and Tar in conjunction with Dr. Hil ton's Life. Manufactured by Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIA, S. C. Spartnnburg Man Shot by Son. Spar tan burg, Dec. 17.-J. Munro Inman, a well known traveling sales man of this city, was shot and killed this morning nt his home by his son, .Manning Inman, aged 21, following ii family difficulty, lu which several members of the family wero en gaged. Attornoys for the young man ?tate that the father had attacked tho son with a knife, and that the latter shot In self-defense. The young man went to n nearby resi lience and phoned to tho sheriff's of dco and surrendered. To Cure a Cold In One Day Tnko LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE (Tableta.) lt stops ni? Cough and Headache an<l work? off th? Cold. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 30c. lime. Ile has reared a large family, ul) of whom aro prominent and pop itiar. Judge Mallison and falmly havo tho deepest sympathy of tho entire community in this deplprablo iiffalr." . ' Newspapers of Upper papers Printed in Pick? entinel go into 4,000 of thc bc: i every section of Pickens Couni in townships) of Anderson Cou re well printed, well edited and < place a message before the best bunty can do it thoroughly and spapers, which have a larger sw ipers in thc State. application. D. W. N M. HIOTT, Manager TO Se COLORE?) FOLK COMINO HACK. Anderson Mau Finds Numbera Who Aro Tired of (he North. (Anderson Mail.) In returning from Charlotte, M.C., where he had gone to get a colored prisoner. Deputy sheriff Haz Hilliard returned home in the colored com partment of the railroad trains with Iiis prisoner, and says that he mot several negroes ho knew, returning to the South from Philadelphia and other Northern points. "I saw some negroes I knew," said j Mr. Hilliard, "and on speaking to ? them i found that numbera of tho j darkies are coming back South, just . as fast as thoy can raise the faro to i come on. I saw seven fumjlies, four j of which were gying back to their j old homes at Spartanburg, and throe ! more hack to Florence. There woro i many others that 1 did not know, but who were coming back South, and from the way they talked, they were a whole lot happier to be coming South than they were whon they Blurted to tho North. "Don't you like the North?" Mr. Hilliard asked ono of the nogroes. "No, sub, deed I don't, lt gits cold lip thar, an' for tho last few wooka a white man'd most knock a nigger in de bald if he ast for a Job. Jobs is too scarce up thar, an' de weather gits too cold for me. 'I'm going back whar I knows I kin make oiit some how." Mr. Hilliard stated that from talk ing to the negroes he found that they wore returning South in large num bers, and that more of tho unemploy ed would come, and will come as soon as they can raise the money to got South, or to work their wny hack home. Habitual Constipation Cured In 14 to 21 Days -LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially prepared SyrupTonic-Lnxativc for Habitual Constipation. It relieves promptly but should be taken reguiuny for 14 to 21 days to induce regular action. It Stimulates and Regulates. Very Pleasant to Toke. 60o per bottle. lialnfall and Temp?rature. Delow Is a record of meteorological observations taken by H. W. Brandt, co-operative observer of the Weather Bureau of tho U. S. Department of Agriculture, during the week ending Doc. 12th, 192 0, at 7 p. m. (The Instrumental readings are from gov ernment standard instruments ex posed in the manner recommended by the chief of the Weather Bureau) : Character of Day. Dale Tempera ture. 0) .a i lt Dec. ?5-Ptly cldyI 58! 30 Dec. 7-Cloudy.:.. .23 63 43 Dec. 8-Cloudy.... .74 45 38 Dec. fl--Cloudy.; 51 j 3 8 Dec. 10-(Hoar. .......|| 57! 37 Dec. I 1- Ptly cldy. '. . . ,| 57 2? Dec. I 2-Cloudy... .40 17 35 I-ll-! Total rainfall . . 1. 3 7 j j.... j... . J. W. Patterson, reputed to have been the tallest man in thc United States, died recently at his home at Texarkana, Texas, of Bright's dis ease. Ho was seven feet five indies tall. * CASCARETS "They Work while you Sleep" Stop growling around like a cross bull pup. You aro constipated, bil ious, and what you need is Casacrots to-night snro for your livor and bow els. Then you will wako up wonder ing what became of your nervous ness, dizziness, sick headache, bad cold, or upset, gassy stomach. No griping- -no Inconvenience. Childron love Casca rots, too. IO, 25, 50 cents. -adv. The ns Sentinel, CKENS, S. C. South Carolina, ens County. st homes in this section ty and thc upper section nty. t ;lcan, and have the con people of Pickens Coun with a minimum of ex urn circulation than any , HIOTT, Jr., Publisher, mt* i n el. Paint Now C H Alkanct Varnish Stains make your old furniture look like new. Use it on floors and wood work too. Ask your Painter, he knows Gooledge Hygrade faints and tarnishes Wc will gladly send you free color charts and booklets on paints. C . ii . J A Y X IO S , WA MIALLA, S. O. Mud of tho l ;u ni Mooni. (Anderson Mall.) Tho land boom in Kansas, Iowa? and other agricultural States is now bearing bitter fruit. Farmers who bought land at two and three times, its pre-war prices, on a basis of lu nated commodity prices, are now fac ing payment for it on 'a basis of prices not much abovo normal. They cannot do it. Most of the land that has been bid up to $4 00 or $f>00 an aero never paid moro than a fair return on $200 an acre before tho war, and cannot be expoctor to do much better than that horoaftor, at least for tho next few years. The city speculators who hold a large proportion of the farms bought at fancy prlcos need not bo given any g^eat amount of sympathy. They might have known bettor. They were primarily responsible for tho absurd inflation to which so much farm land was subjected, and which playod havoc with farm values gonorally. They took a chance, just as they might have done in the grain mar ket, and got stung. The farmer, pro fessional or amateur, lured into buy ing at top prlcos, ts a more pitiable figure. In hundreds of cases he must, lose his farm, forfeiting what be lins already paid, which represents tho savings of years. lt is Hie old story of excitable peo ple hoing carried off their foot in tho time of booms, and fancying that tho high prices and profits will last for ovor. They never last. Tho lesson, however, may do agriculture good. Farmers swept off their feet by Ibo speculative fever may now seltlo down to serious fanning again. A TO IN IO Orove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to the cheeks and how lt improves tho appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So pleasant even children like it. Tho blood needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it. Destroys Malarial germs and Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigor ation Effect. 75c Tho Greek silver talent was worth about $1,000. In Japan tho women raise silk worms and food them, after which thoy reel their silk to help moot thu high cost of living.