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tumorous department. Boy's Composition on Parents. Parents are things most boys have to look after them. Most girls also have parents. Parents consist of Pas and Mas. Pas talk a good deal about what they are going to do. but it's mostly Mas that make you mind. Sometimes it is different tho. Once a boy came home from college on vacation. His parents lived on a farm. There was work to be done on the farm. Work on the farm always has to be done early in the morning. This boy didn't get up. His sister goes to the stairway and calls: "Willie, 'tis a beautiful morning. Rise and list to the lark." The boy didn't say anything. Then Ma cans: "William, it is time to get up. Your breakfast is growing cold." The boy kept right on, not saying anything. Then his pa puts his head in the stairway, and says he: "Bill!" "Coming, sir!" says the boy. I know a boy that hasn't got any parents. He goes in swimming whenever he pleases. But I am going to stick to my parents. However, I don't tell them so 'cause they might get it into their heads that I couldn't get along without them. Says this boy to me: "Parents are a nuisance: they aren't what they're cracked up to be." Says I to him: "Just the same I find 'em handy to have. Parents have their failings, of course, like all of us, but on the whole I approve of 'em, and I hope good boys will continue to have 'em." Of Cor-rse Not.?A judge of one of the United States circuit courts has a five-year-old niece of whom he is very proud. A few days ago she came to him and said with a very serious air: "Uncle, there is a question about law t Tvant to ask vou." "Well, dear, what Is it?" patiently inquired the judge. ."Uncle, if a man had a peacock and it went into another man's yard and laid an egg. who would the egg belong to?" The judge smiled indulgently and replied: ' "Why, the egg would belong to the man who owned the peacock, but he could be prosecuted for trespassing if he went on the other's property to get it." The child seemed very much interested in the explanation, and then observed innocently: "Uncle, did it ever occur to you that a peacock couldn't lay an egg?"?New York Times. Not a Clear Title.?The word "furlough" occurred in a reading lesson of a primary grade in one of the public schools, says the Philadelphia Ledger. The teacher asked if any boy or girl knew the meaning of the word. One small hand was raised and shaken vigorously in the eagerness of the urchin to display his knowledge. When he received permission to speak he rose and with the greatest assurance said: "Furlough means a mule." Not a whit disturbed at the teacher's "Oh, no, it doesn't," the small boy confidently answered: "I have the book at home that says so." Then the teacher told him he might bring the book to school and show it to her. The next morning he came armed with the book, and triumphantly showed her the picture of an American soldier astride a mule, under which was printed. "Going home on his furlough." Obliging the Conductor.?"Step lively!" bawled the conductor as the crowd started to board his car. "Step lively there!" The portly father climbed, wheezing, aboard, carrying a small and chubby boy. Next came a little bright eyed girl of six, perhaps, while the mother climbed on last, carrying the baby. There were seats for the father, the mother, the small boy and baby?the last two on their parents' knees?but the little girl had to stand. "Mercy on us, Hester!" said the mother. "What are you hopping about that way for?" The little girl was clinging to the seat ahead and was dancing excitedly, hopping on one foot and then the other as fast as she could. "Why, mamma," she said, still eying the stern conductor, "I'm stepping lively!" Even the conductor smiled.?New York Press. A Puzzle.?Dr. Blank has a telephone in his house, and he instructed a newly engaged Irish lad how to reply in case there should be a call over the wire in the absence of Dr. Blank and his wife. One day there came such a call and Patrick went to the telephone. "Well, sor?" said Patrick, with his mouth to the speaking tube. "Who's that?" came over the wire. "It's ine. sor." "And who's me?" "Shure, and how should I know who ye*/ are?" retorted Patrick.?Chums. Could Not Tell a Lie.?Tourist? You say you saw Washington at Valley Forge? Old Negro?Well, I kain't 'zactly say I saw'd him forge, but I seed him at de valley, sah. Tourist?I suppose you held him when he was a baby? Old Negro?No. sah. I kain't tole a lie. Youse see. sah. Ge'ge Washingtum wasn't bohn den.?New York Herald. Plausible Theory.?"And this." said the tourist, lost in wonder, "is a slumbering volcano. How peaceful it is now: Observe those vineyards clinging to its side and this cornfield at its very foot. Yet I fancy I can hear it moaning as if in pain!" "Yes," said the guide. "That's caused by the corn." Whereat the slumbering volcano seemed to groan.?Chicago Tribune. Jt Nell?He invited me to take a stroll and before we had gone half si mile I had him proposing. Belle?Won in a walk, eh??Philadelphia Record. | iHisceUamous grading. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. News and Comment That Is of More or Less Local Interest. CHESTER. Lantern, September 4: Yesterday morning about 11 o'clock fire originated in the waste breaker in the picker room at the Eureka mills, and for about fifteen minutes there was a lively time extinguishing the flames. The fire started, it is thought, from a spark from a piece of steel or something of the kind in the waste cotton that was being run through the breaker. As soon as the hose could be started the fire was easily extinguished. The wood work of two waste breakers and a good amount of cotton were destroyed. The breakers can be repaired. The loss is fully covered by insurance Mr. Samuel Blair of York county, who has been visiting relatives at White Oak for several weeks, passed through. Chester yesterday on his return home, and while in town, called at the Lantern office. It is great pleasure as well as a privilege to be in the presence of this good man. It is exceedingly interesting to talk with him. He can speak of things which occurred a half century ago, and they are as vivid to his mind as if they had taken place yesterday. Although he lacks only six months of being eighty years old, he is still hearty and active. He -ays that he has always been tempe ate in his habits, retiring at 9 o'clock and rising at 5 and eating nothing between meals. In 1840 Mr. Blair says he carried the chain for four days when Atlanta, Ga., was first surveyed, and that he thinks this is the greatest thing he has ever done. At that time two hotels and two or three other small buildings were all the buildings there. The next time he visited Atlanta was during the exposition several years ago. The change that had been brought about was marvelous. And too the city had undergone the wreck of war and had experienced numerous burnings in ine meaniuuc, which had impeded its growth '.J. M. Jernigan and W. E. Southerland were tried in the Mayor's court Tuesday morning for soliciting labor. The prosecutor in the cases was the Springstein mills. The former was found guilty and was given thirty days on the chaingang or pay a fine of $15. The latter was discharged on account of not having sufficient proof to convict him. It was claimed that Jernigan and Southerland were endeavoring to secure help for one of the mills in Rock Hill. Jernigan is still confined in the guardhouse, hoping to be able to raise the money with which to pay the fine. In a conversation with him yesterday afternoon, he said that he would be taken out today, and if he did not have the money, he would be compelled to serve out his sentence on the chaingang. He said that if he had been guilty of soliciting labor, he would have made all arrangements beforehand to pay In case he should be arrested, but he said, "I'm not guilty." The picnic at Corn well yesterday must have come up to every one's expectation. Everybody was there, and hence it is not necessary to write it up ?at least everybody we saw was there. There has been no garnering ui recent date to compare it with. Some said it was larger than the great Cunningham picnic of a few years ago, others said it was not so large, most thought it was about like it?we think it was impossible for anyone to tell, scattered as the crowd was over the woods and hills. The military companies were there from Yorkville. Rock Hill and Fort Mill, in addition to the two companies from Chester county. The mounted officers were Col. J. C. Boyd, Maj. J. H. Marion, Quartermaster J. S. McKeown and Adjutant J. H. Hardin. There was no speaking on the programme, but Col. Boyd and Maj. Marion each made a neat little speech on the picnic grounds before starting on the march to the drill grounds. The first regiment has reason to be proud of the compliment paid it by Col. Boyd, who said its was the only successful state encampment, and he pronounced it one worthy to be proud of. We are not qualified to pass upon the drilling, but we know the men drilled under great difficulties, the ground being rough and weedy. This was unavoibable on account of the necessity of changing the place for the gathering. There was a - tremendous quantity of dinner, bread being especially abundant. The Springstein band In charge of Prof. Herndon, furnished splendid music. The good behavior in so large a crowd was something worthy of special remark. LANCASTER. Ledger, September 5: Ben Jones, the Negro who threw a rock at some one at the Kershaw barbecue and ran, was brought to town and lodged In jail Thursday afternoon by Sheriff Hunter on the charge of aggravated assault and battery. The rock missed the party at whom it was hurled and struck a young boy. The sheriff's presence when the. Negro was caught doubtless saved him being more harshly dealt with A letter to relatives in this county, announce? the death of Mrs. Alice Robertson, wife of Mr. Samuel Robertson, formerly of this county, which occurred at Durham, N. C., August 29th, 1903. Mrs. Robertson was a daughter of Samuel Walkup, was about forty years of age, and leaves her husband and six children surviving her. She was a member of the A. R. P. church and a good woman. Her remains were interred at Durham last Sunday The good roads convention at Kershaw Thursday was a big success in every way. It seemed that every man, woman and child within fifteen miles of that place must have been there and there were hundreds from even a greater distance. We saw people there from every section of this county. Chesterfield and Kershaw, and the town of Lancaster was represented by about 200. The crowd numbered not less than 3,000. A splendid band of music from 'olumbia was on hand and Kershaw sp ead itself in the way of a big barbecue. Three thousand pounds of meats had been excellently barbecued, Mr. Dent, of Columbia, having been engaged to do it. and 1.000 loaves of bread and several thousand biscuits had been provided. Four large beeves, 40 sheep, six 200-pound shoats and several hundred chickens with the quantity of breadstufTs*looked like a sufficiency for twice the number of people present. Kershaw centainly did herself grand and the $500 or more contributed b^' her enterprising citizens for entertainment on this occasion will doubtless redound many fold for the benefit of the roads in Lancaster, Kershaw and Chesterfield counties. The speeches of Senator Latimer and Mr. F. H. Hyatt on good roads and how to get them were listened to with the utmost attention and the sound, practical suggestions made by them found lodgment in many minds. The era of good roads has dawned in this state and such meetings as the one at Ker shaw last Thursday will do much to speed it on. E. D. Blakeney, Esq., presided over the meeting and introduced the speakers in his usual graceful style. Congressman Finley, Hon. W. D. Trantham, Hon. W. B. Wilson, Hon. Mendal Smith, ex-Congressman Strait and other prominent men of the Fifth district, occupied seats on the speaker's stand. The order was excellent during the day, but one unpleasant affair occurring and it being occasioned by an impudent Negro. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, September 4: Mrs. L. J. Holland of Dallas, was in the city yesterday afternoon, the guest of Mrs. C. D. Holland Mr. George Glenn has returned from his vacation and fishing trip near Columbia, tanned and hearty Mr. Wm. Watson of Newbern, will leave for home today after a pleasant weeks' visit to his daughter, Mrs. T. L. Craig Mr. Thomas Royster, the hustling carrier on Bessemer R F1 T> No. 1 was in the citv on busl ness a short while yesterday afternoon. He traveled on his wheel Mrs. P. H. Cooke is expected to return next Friday from a very pleasant vacation spent at her old home in Philadelphia with her mother. She writes that she will begin her music class on the 11th. Mr. D. Schenck Craig will leave tomorrow morning for Richmond, Va., to enter the Union Theological seminary. He will stop enroute at Greensboro with two of his former class mates, Messrs. W. M. Sikes and Leroy Wharton. Mr. Sikes is also a student at the seminary.... .Mrs. S. Greenman and daughter, Miss Bell Greenman, left last night on No. 40 to join Mr. Greenman at Brooklyn, N. Y., their future home. Mr. Greenman was formerly with the Gastonla Coffin company here and now holds a position with a similar concern in Brooklyn.... The King's Mountain presbytery will meet in the Presbyterian church at Lowell next Tuesday night. The opening sermon will be preached by Rev. R. Z. Johnson of Lincolnton. This presbytery is a grand-daughter of the old Concord presbytery. Mr. Johnson and Rev. J. J. Kennedy of Gastonia, are the only two ministers in the King's Mountain presbytery, who were licensed by the grandmother presbytery. They both expect to attend the meeting at Lowell It was a happy day at Mr. John H. Craig's spacious home In east Gastonia yesterday, and none were happier than Mr. and Mrs. Craig in having their children all gathered once more under the parental roof. It was family reunion day. All the children were present as follows: Mr. Thomas L. Craig, Mrs. Sarah Brady, Mrs. E. W. Mellon, Mrs. T. M. Shelton, J. Robert Craig, David J. Craig, John M. Craig, Miss Mabel Craig. With these a number of other guests were present and gathered around the festal board. An interesting feature of the occasion was the completing distribution of the estate among the children, the youngest of whom had just become of age the day before. The amount settled off upon the sons and daugh ters by this division completes a total of $100,000. Mesdames Mellon and Shelton and their children returned to Charlotte last night. Mrs. Brady leaves today for Pine Bluff. Ark. Today also Mr. David Craig will return to Statesvllle and Mr. John Craig to Charlotte. A fine photograph of the gathering was made by Mr. J. H. Van Ness of Charlotte, who came over for the purpose The first new cotton marketed in the county was bought by Mr. R. R. Ray yesterday afternoon for the McAdenville mills. It was sold by Mr. J. R. Stewart of the Bethel section in York county. The weight was 475, the grade was strict middling, and the price received was 14J cents The Loray Cotton mill has established an enviable reputation for its goods in the Chinese empire, as is attested by the large number of shipments of its products made to that country. These shipments have been noted in the Gazette from time to time. The company Is now shipping to Shanghai, China, via San Francisco, four thousand bales of its standard sheetings, the largest single shipment yet made by a local mill to a foreign country. This requires for transportation twenty-six cars and represents a value of $176,000. it is gratifying to note the demand in foreign countries for Gastonla goods and the Loray is to be congratulated on the splendid trade it is building up in China. Egyptian Cotton.?Somebody in commenting the other day upon the question passed as to the possibility or profitable cotton where there is no frost, asked "What about Egyptian cotton?" and added that if cotton could be successfully raised in Egypt, where there is no frost, why could it not be raised in Cuba and elsewhere? A Florida correspondent of the New York Sun holds that the case of Egyptian cotton is the exception which proves the rule, showing that conditions in Egypt are entirely different from those anywhere else. He says it is true there is no frost in Egypt, but there is also no rain there, which makes the difference. After the Egyptian cotton is picked, irrigation is stopped and the intense heat of the sun dries up the plant, so that the field can be easily cleared for the next crop. In this respect the sun performs the same service that the frost does in the only other part of the world where cotton is raised with real success, the southern states of this country. In other tropical countries where the experiment has been tried, there is too much rain. The plant is neither dried up nor killed by frost, and the problem of destroying tons of green trash so as not to interfere with the cultivation of the soil for another crop is too great to admit of profitable cotton growing.?Atlanta Constitution. HORSE WHISPERERS. Tamers of Horses In Ireland and a Secret That Died With Them. Ireland, as well as the far south of Scotland, had?possibly still has?its "horse whisperers," though the "brotherings," which give such permanence and geniality to the Scottish "ploughman's whisper" never seem to have existed in the sister island. Irish "whisperers" have been lonely men, whose secret has generally died with them. The most famous "whisperer" of modern times was James Sullivan of Dunhallow, whose exploits are fully detailed in Townsend's "Survey of the County of Cork." No horse was ever brought to Sullivan, which he did not permanently tame. Ordinarily restive animals he would master in a few minutes. For exceptionally vicious horses he took about half an hour, dur ing which time he shut the stable door and forbade anyone to open it till he gave the signal. When the door was opened the horse was seen lying down and Sullivan by his side, playing with him as a child does a puppy. There was no tying up of the fore leg or any other visible means of coercion. How his ascendency was obtained no one could tell; "natural intrepidity," suggests Mr. Townsend, who was an eyewitness of many of his surprising feats. Anyhow, if he passed on the secret to his son, the latter must have learned it very imperfectly, for, though he gave himself out as his father's successor, he never showed the same power and soon fell into disrepute. Many brilliant offers were made to him, but he could not give up Dunhallow and the fox hounds. A successor of Sullivan, named O'Hava became almost equally famous and was often urged to explain what was the secret of his influence. But O'Hava treated his questioners as Samson did the Philistines, deluding them with various unsatisfactory answers. At one time, for Instance, he said the secret lay in "rocking" the horse?putting one hand firmly on his crupper ana wun tne oiner grasping his shoulder, and then swaying him to and fro. gently at first and gradually increasing the motion till you throw him. At another time, he protested that his plan was to bite the animal's ear. Both these are well known jockey tricks; the stubbornest horse, they ^ay. will be wholly subdued by being thrown twice or thrice; and if you can get a vicious horse's ear between your teeth and bite hard you are his master and he your submissive slave from that time forward. As to the idea that the "whisperer" works by kindness, it 3tands to reason that that method supposes the entire education of the animal to be in your hands. If you have only half an hour to do your work in you must show overmastering power as well as kindly feeling. A horse whose temper has been spoiled by chronic bad treatment looks on all men alike as tyrants and bullies.?Golden Penny. An Army of Rodents. From Calhoun county, Mich., there comes to the Smithsonian institute a sensational story of the invasion of that county by an army of 5,000 rats in one pack. A big gray rat is said to be leading the vast army of rodents. n r-?n n<ara space to the peculiar occurrence, and some Battle Creek citizens who hkve become interested in the migration have written to the Smithsonian institute for an explanation, if possible. The story of the rat raid as told in Michigan papers is that about twelve days ago about a hundred large rats were crossing a highway three miles east of Tekonsha village, Calhoun county. They are said to have been under the leadership of a large gray rat of venerable and dignified aspect, and this leader marshaled his forces In most authoritative manner. A few days afterward a farmer in Clarendon township, in the same county, was aroused about 3 o'clock in the morning by a squealing noise of great magnitude, such as might be made by a score of litters of young pigs. As the sound continued to grow in volume the farmer arose, hastily put on his clothes and went out doors. The air seemed filled with the strange sounds, and the man climbed his windmill to see if he could discover the cause. He could see a dark wave rolling across a field toward his barn, it is said, and as it approached nearer he could see that it was composed of hundreds of rats squealing loudly as they ran. Into the barnyard they came, halting in front of the barn. Then a large gray rat seemed to select about twenty husky rats from the bunch and led them into the building. When they emerged ten minutes later they were accompanied by about 100 of the Clarendon man's rats. They took their places in the ranks and the procession moved on again across the fields. When last seen the horde is said to have been crossing the highway east of the village of Tekonsha. It Is claimed a traveler had to wait nearly five minutes for them to cross the road, and he estimated their number to be not less than 5,000. They were still under the leadership of the big gray fellow, who appeared to be a walking delegate In the most extensive strike in the history of Rodentdom.?Washington Star. A Discredited Legend.?One picturesque detail of the announcement of a pope's death, says the Springfield Republican, is now discredited by the Rome correspondent of the London Chronicle. This detail is the striking of three blows with a silver hammer or rather mallet on the forehead of the dead pope. It was repeated over and over again in connection with the death of Leo XIII, and the Tablet, a Roman Catholic newspaper of much authority, records that it actually was done by the chamberlain, Cardinal Oreglia. The Associated Press dispatches, which were remarkably full and graphic concerning recent events in Rome, and apparently trustworthy, did not include the silver hammer legend, but said that holy water was sprinkled over the body of the Pope, and that the cardinal chamberlain called upon him thrice by his name of Joachim, asking "Dost thou 'sleep?'" and then turned to those present, and announced, "The Pope is truly dead." A very solemn and not unbefitting ceremony, and losing little in the abandonment of the hammer. But what, then, was the origin of the legend. It should be as traceable as the prophecy of St. Malachy. ? e An Aoirnal story Por 4 Little Polks } How m,Grasshopper Lost J A grasshopper because he had won a i jumping match from the cricket chal- \ lenged a bullfrog who lived near by. ? When the date for the match approach- r ed. the grasshopper worked very hard ^ bo as to Jump at the proper weight. He i would run a mile or two, jump rope, j fly over fences, until he was really the J , 1 i T DOWN THE THBOAT OF A TURK FT GOBBLER ^ greatest jumper that bad appeared in ^ the neighborhood for years. At last J everything was ready for the contest. a The bullfrog toed the mark and sang \ a sort of refrain like this: f Watch me lumo! S Watch me Jump! ^ Then he jumped at least six feet. i "That's nothing," said the graashop- ' per. "I told you all that I'm the great- 9 est Jumper on earth. After this Jump J I intend to go with the circus and do a i Jumping act." ' Then he threw out his legs in one 9 grand leap and would certainly hare d won the match, but through a faulty a steering gear he Jumped right down f the throat of a turkey gobbler who had $ been watching the performance. d Moral.?Look before you leap.?Pitts- J burg Dispatch. J professional Cards. t Thos. F. McDow. W. W. Lewie, f McDOW & LEWIS, J Attorneys and Counselors at Law, ? No. 4 Law Range, Yorkvllle, S. C. 9 Prompt Attention to all business. ^ Money loaned on approved security, j July 25 sw tf 9 GEO. W. S. HART, A Attorney at law, i Y3RKVILLE, S. C. * m t LAW RANGE. 'Phone Office No. 58. I D. E. FINLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office in WILSON BUILDING, opposite ? Court House. Telephone No. ia6. d t: THE SKY PILOT. J A. Y. CART WRIGHT, J ni innrAM r\CXITIOT 11 OUttUCV-MN UL1N IIOl, j YORKVILLE, S. C. t; OFFICE HOURS: h 9 a. m. to i p. m.; a p. m., to 5p.n1 *" Office In upstairs rooms of Cartwrlghl e Building, opposite Telegraph and Ex- a press Offices. e __ V s?oan and pavings ?ank, J Yorkvllle, H. C. b o n A General Banking Business, s With good connections and supplied a with all the conveniences and appli- li ances necessary for the equipment of tl a modern banking office, we are in tl position to extend to our patrons, and y the public generally, prompt and in- ti telllgent service at all times. a Prompt attention to the needs of ti out-of-town customers, country mer- b chants and farmers throughout the a county. tl A Special Savings Department. ? Using the Auxiliary Home Savings Banks and paying three per cent interest on Savings Accounts. Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit issued under special agreement. Correspondence or a call Invited. W. P. HARRISON, Cashier. S. M. McNEEL, President. HOURS: { Bank opens for Business 9 a. m., and _ Closes 3 p. m. Open Saturday Even- ~ ings 8 to 9. isT The Sky Pilot. The Sky Pilot. A Car Load of Oliver Chilled Plows. IN order to meet the steadily increasing demand for Oliver. Chilled Plows, we recently placed an order for a whole car load to be shipped us direct from the factory, and take pleasure in informing the farmers of York county that we will in a few days be in position to supply their needs in this line. We will not consume space and time telling of the superiority of these J celebrated plows over all others, but " will simply refer the farmer who has c never tested them in a practical way to ri his neighbor who has. We are entirely a satisfied to leave the decision with them. Hoosier Disk Drills. We have in stock a supply of the / celebrated Hoosier Disk Drill, than ^ which no better and very few that even claimed equality, has ever been on the market. We sell them on an absolute guarantee to give perfect satisfaction, and owing to the fact that we bought when much lower than the present wholesale price are In position to sell drills about as cheap as other / dealers can now buy Inferior drills of * other makes. You should not fail to sow wheat this fall. Next year may be the banner wheat year. YORK IMPLEMENT CO. THE SKY PILOT. CLOTHES CLEANING. I WANT to clean, repair and press all of your old suits. First class work guaranteed. Leave me your orders for First Class Tailor-Made Clothing. Made to measure Pants a special- a ty. Fit and work guaranteed. Correct prices and the very latest and most popular styles. R. L. BRANDON. X3T The Sky Pilot. The Sky Pilot. an )rop Head < it $15. | iber of HARLEM DROP \ TEE 'If Is the Only I Machine i We have sold quite a large num | HEAD SEWING MACHINES T.AR.Q anA (*\H*rv ic tlirti purchase. Only yesterday a ci wife has been using the Harlem i chased of you, for several week lighted with it. She says it dc machine that she ever saw and ri of any $40 or $50 machine on th my thinking neighbors are talkiu chines for their wives." Every HARLEM Machine w< tive guarantee for TWELVE Y1 is handsomely finished in nickel p the frame is of the handsomest d< black enamel; the case is quartei iu natural wood in the beautiful together one of the best and han market. With every machine g< improved nickel plated attachmei all going to make up one of the values ever offered to our custom* We bought a HUNDRED of t get thein low enough to sell at $1 prised if you could know the sma each machine we sell. Our idei well-known policy of "Short Pr< Now, remember, you can pa] please for a Sewing Machine, agent anywhere up to $60 and n< any better than the HARLEA' LARS. "But he will sell ine a 11 So will we, and we won't charge for it. "He will take my old 111 say. Now, you simply mean th* machine and pay him more than want your old machine," but will If you want a Machine come and if it is not all we claim it to be, w The Strauss-Smi M J U n.0/T/7?t. T. M Jlii It CVC1 VWVU1 ; to YOU nil That It would be poor busl ess policy, and in fact exceedingly ? angerous, for me to make the unconItional claim from week to week in hese columns that the Mutual Benefit .ife Insurance Company of Newark, N. was absolutely the BE3T life inurance company In the world and isued the BEST policy for the Insured, nless I knew beyond a shadow of oubt that the statement was literally rue and could be proven to the entire v/ atlsfaction of any Individual who Is comi untlng for the BEST and will be con- ness inced only by proven facts? Only last and /eek I was offered a contract with a stocl ompany that is recognized as being is vs s good as any except the Mutual Ben- sell fit, at much better compensation, buye Vhen I declined the representative mea: aid: "We would be mighty glad to sale, ave you with us, and I don't see why pric< ou decline to do so if you are in the to ii usiness for the money you can get out tion f It." My reply was: "While I need ioney and your commission Is larger, till I know that your company has not one as much for its policy holders nd never will and does not Issue as _ beral contracts and at as low cost as he Mutual Benefit, and It Is my hope "?*7 hat eventually all Intelligent people TV ,'111 appreciate the fact that my claim hat I represent the BEST company ( nd sell the BEST policy Is absolutely ( rue, and when they do I will do the usiness. His reply was: "Of course 11 people who are posted know that he Mutual Benefit is the BEST com- ( any for the insured, and for that reaon is not the best for the agent." 1 Look before you leap! SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent. ' tr The Sky Pilot. tST The Sky Pilot. MOORE'S iTANDARO WAREHOUSES. ^ Ha , i ^ OTTON stored with us covered by /"i insurance, and our Warehouse re- V>/A elpts are acceptable at all banks at egular rates. Our charges for storge and Insurance are reasonable. B. N. MOORE. August 21 f.t 4m To banned Meats ^ Choice Goods?Just Arrived. IS tl Of 1 you ARMOUR'S? f Vienna Sausage, Potted Tongue, Potted Ham, ?? jL Lunch Tongue, ~~jj Veal Loaf, .11 Delicious and Dainty. bree< coulc bree< conci C. P. LOWRANCE & CO. AT FIFTEEN DOL- J roughly pleased with the J ustomer said to us: "My J Sewing Machine we pur- a s, and is thoroughly de- f >es as good work as any i ins light and is the equal f e market; and several of r ig of buying Harletn ma- f : sell is sold under a posi- * EARS. Every machine \ lating of the best quality, ? ssign, finished in the best f -sawed oak and finished f piano finish, making al- f j 4. u: ii. _ 9 uauuiesi iiiaiiuuca uu 111c ' :>es a full set of the latest J its and instruction book, J biggest Sewing Machine i ?rs. i hese machines in order to 4 5, and you would be stir- 4 11 profit that we make on f i being to carry out our 4 jfits?Quick Sales." f / just any old price you f You can pay a traveling T 3t get a machine that is f I AT FIFTEEN DOL- J nachineon installments." \ i you THREE PRICES J achine as part pay," you i it you will give him your 4 his is worth. He don't 4 take it in order to trade. 4 I see the HARLEM, and 4 'e don't want you to buy. 4 th Company. J . WHISONANT. T. H. t.c?y?T.in IKORY SUPPLY COMPANY HICKORY, 3. C. To Close Out. WING to the death of Mr. T. H. LESSLIE, of our firm, It has bee necessary to close out our buslby the end of the present year to this end we offer the entire k, good will, etc., at a bargain that forth consideration. We prefer to in a lump, and will give the lump>r some interesting figures. In the ntlme, until we can effect a lumpwe offer everything at away down ts. The public is cordially Invited ispect the stock and get informaas to our inducements. THE HICKORY SUPPLY CO. onderful Sales. On account of the tardy spring season the Buggy trade has been late this season, but our sales so far this season have surpassed all previous records. We are using our best efforts to keep them on the increase. We have sold more than 50 Columbia Buggies since January 1st, to say nothing of the other makes. We have a large supply of second-hand buggies that we are offering at Bargains. snouia you neea one come at once. At the prices they are offered they are going like hot cakes. agons, Wagons. This line is complete. We have Studebaker and several other makes. We have a fine lot of Tennessee Horses, both saddlers and drivers. Our Guarantee. We pride ourselves on this feature of our business and always take pleasure in making it GOOD. GLENN & ALLISON. THE SKY PILOT. IE SEED, LRLEY SEED, imson Clover Seed. insure good crops sow the t?seeds that will will give most prolific yields. That le kind we have?fresh and :>est quality. We will give the right price,, too, on re or small quantifies. W. M. KENNEDY, Agent. The Sky Pilot. The Sky Pilot. Irsey calves for sale. LIMITED number of THORDUGHBRED JERSEY CALVES, sexes, of the most fashionable yng. These calves are all that 1 be desired in so far as their ling and other qualifications are erned. Address J. W. BETTS, Lesslie, S. C.