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J j THE L \ THE V \ B "Ever think about this, mister? There ain't much moral security in bein' a human bein' no way you take it. A man may have a good education and grand notions and be a perfect scamp, and not know it till something happens to prove it." Pappy paused and krtocked the hot embers out of his pipe. "We had a feller like that in here once. He was a prospector named Horton. And he'd set on the top of a worm fence half a day arguln' that it wa'n't ethical for a man to have anything of _ his own. 'Lowed It was selfish; that we ought to hold everything In common. He talked wrong so well that y nobody could answer him, and 1 didn't _ try to. "I knowed he'd run up ag'in the moral law in the shape of a man some day and git the Ten Commandments and the fore part of the Sermon on the Mount taught him with the butt end of an ox goad. And it happened as I expected. "Nothin* happened to him so long as he took his say out ag'in' Adam and Eve, 'lowed there wasn't no such person as Jonah, that the sun never stood still the way Josh said it did, and that it was a p'int-blank lie about Moses partin' the Red Sea with a stammerln' rod. None of us set any great store upon them little exaggerations of the Scriptures. But when I see that fellow making1 up to the women with his tine clothes and sech talk us that morals were Jest customs, like partin' their hair in the middle, I knowed his time was short. "For women ain't got much reliability of mind. That's the way they take up with every new fad and new religion that comes along. So I say it made me nervous to see the way Horton was headin' his arguments toward the female members of our community. And he kept right on accordiu' to his logic till hecome to covet Bill Stark's wife. Mary Stark was the prettiest woman in the valley. She had married Bill because he'd helt on ' to her till she said 'yes,' but she know*?? ed no more about love than a hen spar| row do about spring. And she would have lived and died none the wiser, as f most women do. If it hadn't been for ' Horton. "Now, it won't do to covet another man's wife in this valley. And in particular it was a mistake for Horton to covet Bill Stark's wife. And if he hadn't been a dern fool he'd have knowed better than to tech anything that belonged to a man with a face like a vise. Bill wan't what you call a gentleman, but, jumping cats, he was a man! Still, Horton couldn't take a warnin' because Bill was so dull and dumb. He so p'intedly despised him ( for bein' that way that he finally wheedled Mary off to his shack up yonder on Blood Mountain one day without so much as an umbrella to hide 'em from Bill. "I recollect it so well, it was in the early spring. We were burnin* brush In the fields gettin' ready for the plowIn' and the air was full of smoke and the faint smell of wild flowers. Me and Jim Bledso were in the new ground at - U^nn'o ^ ine rooi Ol me niuumaiu nucu iwi iv? ? shack settin' on the ridge just above. About the middle of the afternoon, as we stood by a pile of burnin' logs, we seen Horton and Mary pass up the litr tie trail toward the shack. He was talkin' grand, as usual. We could tell J by the tone of his voice, and 1 recollect how wild and white her face looked as she went by. "I was all of a tremble when the door shet behind 'em, and I says to Jim: " 'Land's sake, what must we do?' "But Jim had took one look at them two and now he was runnin' like all possessed down into the holler where Bill was also burnin' logs. "Well, sir, in about three shakes of a sheep's tail here comes Mary's husband tearin' over the hill. His arms were swinging, his big, red hands opening and shettin' like he was gettin' ready to squeeze something to death, and, by ginger, sir, he was - laughin'?but it wa'n't a funny laugh! He wa'n't more'n five yards away when the door opened and Horton come out to meet him with the white fool look a man would have at such a time. I don't know whether he aimed to fight or just to argue as usual, for Bill lit on him before he could speak. "Mister, did you ever see two men fiirht to kill one another with their - ? r bare fists? There ain't a more terrible sight in nature. This one I'm tellin' you of was more like a first class dog fight than anything else. Them two were clamped together as tight as the hug of hate could draw 'em. They ripped and tore the earth with their heels and tore and bit one another with their teeth. I^ord, sir, it makes me sick yet to think of that sight! And a!l this tirm that poor little fig of a woman inside the house didn't show her face. "Presently I saw Starke stumble as jf he were about to fall, and I yelled .to Jim Bledso comin' back across the field. k "'Dang it. Jim,' sez I, 'we ain't goin' to stand here and let that polecat murder Bill, air we?' " 'No,' sez he, as we hurried up the trail together, 'and we won't let Bill ^ git into trouble for killin' a skunk, neither.' "Well, sir, we got there just in time to keep him from chokin' Horton to death. They were lyin' on the ground covered with blood, and Bill had his hand on Horton's throat. I reached ?J i?k;m MAil on/1 hard uown ana Rcmiru mm 6^u U11? . by the small of the back. And with that we drug 'em apart. Bill riz and started for the house, blind mad still. Horton shet his eyes and gasped. "You ain't got time to faint or come to; you git up and run, you fool!' sez Jim. jerkin* him to his feet," Pappy paused. "I never saw such swiftness as that half-strangled man showed, slippin', slidln' and Jumpin' down Blood Mountain. "Twan't no credit to what he called his ethics, but it was eloquent of the way a scamp feels under conviction for sin when an honest * man has quoted Scripture to him with both hands. "When I turned around Bledso was gone, but Bill was standin' in the doorway of the house lookin' at his wife. Sh was settln' by the table with ber fare hid in her arms on it. AW IN ji ALLEY. i o y Mrs. L. H. HARRIS j " 'Mary,' sez he. In a voice throbbin' still with the fury of the fight, *you left my house for his'n. Now you shall stay here. He won't come back, but you shan't come home, nor set vour foot in the valley again, nor speak to anybody except that little gal Annie Lee. I'll send her up here to fetch and carry' for you. We been tryin' to git a home for her. and it seems she might 'a' been yourn. So you got to take and keep her. We ain't goin' to git no divorce. We air J'ined together so long as we live and I'll see that you don't forget it from this time.' "I stood by the door lookin' at Mary after her husband was gone. She didn't move, and it wa'n't Just his anger that made her hang against the table so limp like a withered spring bough. It was her shame. A woman can't stand that kind of shame, sir. As I seen Mary droopin* lower and lower in her chair, and thought of the night comin' on, and of her up that alone with just that, I stepped in and laid my hand on her head. " 'Poor gal!' I sez. "Then she raised up very slow and looked at me. I turned my head away. I couldn't b'ar It, that look on a woman's face. She didn't speak, and I backed out without another word, because, dang It! there wa'nt anything fltten to say. "Well, sir, from that day Mary Stark begun to serve her long, long sentence in that lonesome house on Blood Mountain, nor she never set foot In the valley, nor spoke to a soul. Bill sent the little gal up next day, but he never went near the place. Folks In the valley knowed what had happened, but for once they didn't meddle. At the very beglnnin' Brother Milum 'lowed he aimed to go up and see what could be done: but he had to pass by Bill's door to get to the trail up the mountain and Bill seen him. "'You can't go!' sez he. "Tm Mary's pastor," sez Allium. " 'I don't keer if you were her guardian angel, you can't go!' sez he again. " 'You ain't actin' like a human beIn" sez Milum, gittin' his pious dander up. " 'But I'm actin',' sez Bill, spittin' in his hands and gittin* ready to h'ist Milum back over the fence the way he had come. Milum got back over himself and stood there preachln' at Bill, but he didn't go up to have prayers with Mary. An' once after that old Misses Snow 'lowed as she was president of the Foreign Missionary society It was her duty to go and see what could be done for Mary in a spiritual way. Well, sir, in about an hour here she come back, red as a turkey cock in the face and abusln' Bill for everything she could think of. She made straight for his house and lit in. 'Bill Stark,' sez she, 'I been up yonder to see your wife.' "'Did she make you welcome?' sez he, not even lookln' at her. 'Na, she didn't. She dassant speak to a soul but that Ill-begotten child you sent up there to torment her with, and I'm here a-purpoBe to tell you that your conduct is that of a tyrant and a coward.' " 'I ain't keerin' what you think of my conduct, Misses Snow,' sez he, 'but so long as I live Mary's will be further from suspicion than any other woman's in this valley!' With that he walked in the house. Miuwwiwwwiwm m twin iwu \ Xmas Gifts i the giving v served through the cen f arc iukciis ui iiicuusiup, csici f suit the pleasure and purse of relatives, the coming Christm something worth while?not i J last for years and keep your f Solid Gold J, f adornment, it naturally more i 2 daily use Solid Gold Jewelry i elaborate line of Gold Jewell E Pins, Brooches, Cuff Pins, G ? net Rings, Watches for Ladi ? Diamonds, Pearls and other P Z But we have other things suit .we'll help you make select,on V IX SOLID GOLD JEV S* BROOCHES, all sizes and shapes, out Stone settings?Priced STICK PINS, all sizes and sht 0 without Stone Settings A LADIES' CUFF PINS. Plain and tings?Priced V HAT PINS, beautiful designs NECK CHAINS, with Lockets J LA VALLIERES, some of them se y and Pearls; some with Came SIGNET RINGS, all sizes, light ar ?Priced from ? BAR PINS, Plain and with Stone I d rrom V CUFF LINKS, an extensive assor ful designs?Priced from ? BRACELETS, all sizes and weighi ^ WATCHES, for Ladies and Gentler lean makes?Priced from ? GOLD FILLED JEW We also have a very complete 9 Jewelry, including practically evei A showing in Solid Gold goods. G comes cheaper but it usually give? H ing service. t LADIES* PARASC We are showing a beautiful ass u SILK PARASOLS, with handles m 0 Silver, and easily the handsomesl A, ever shown our trade?Priced froi 2 FOUNTAIN PEN 0 A WATERMAN "IDEAL" or a A CURVE Fountain Pen will make i | or woman would be glad to receive P be appreciated. They're always i II nice line of these?Priced from ? CORRESPONDENCE ST.1 r A choice line of Fine Stationery? lJ Paper to match?Holiday boxes | T. W. ? THE STORE WITH 1 _ IMIMUItilMMM Ml Mi Mill Mill "And naturally there was a right smart talk about how Mary spent her time. Some thought she'd took leave of her senses. Fox hunters on the mountain, passln' the shack laie at night, heard the whir of her spinning wheel and seen her settin' before it with wild, starin' eyes. Now and tnen somebody pa3sed her in the woods lookin* so dumb and stricken that they turned their heads away in pity for her. And Prim May berry had seen her playin* dolls with the little girl. That was the saddest sight of all. She'd frisk about to please the child, but always with that lost, confused look on her face as if she was in a bad dream. "Mister, it used to nigh break my heart first before people quit talkin' about the way Bill had all but banished himself to his own house and field. The years passed and we got used to Bill sulkfn' down there in his house, and used to the idea of Mary up there in the shack. She faded from most people's minds except now and then whpti somebody seen her standin' like a ghost ag'in the sky line high up on the shoulder of Blood Mountain. The women claimed that it was a sign of calamity, because she'd be seen that way every time before some baby died. But of course that was Just talk. The thing I noticed was the change in the looks of the shack. That little house was like a prayer she'd published on the mountain side, so red she made it with the bugle blossoms of the trumpet vine, so pink and golden with laurels and marigolds. "Mister, it used to nigh break my heart to look at the flower garden, for I knowed it meant that the pore crea ture was still llvln' tnat terriDie wauin' life of hope, and I used to wonder If Bill Stark didn't understand when he looked up from his dark house door and seen all them flowers callln' him, but If he did he never let on. He was a hard man. And I don't know how things would have turned out If something hadn't happened to turn 'em, as i it always does. One night he walked | Into my house here, looked at me with ! a foolish baby stare and asked If I j knowed where Mary was. 'Lowed he'd been lookln' for her and couldn't find I her. Well, sir, 1 didn't know what to make of it, but before I could think he was gone. "In about an hour he come back, asked me again if I knowed where Mary was and said he couldn't find her and went off the same as he'd done before without waitin' for me to answer. I knowed then that he'd had a stroke and was out of his head. And I knowed too that at last Mary was to have the answer to her prayer. Mister, there ain't nothin' more terrible than the answers we git to our prayers. And I'll tell you, sir, I didn't feel like no messenger of glad tidln's as I went up the mountain that night to tell Mary her husband wanted her. "The door was open and she was settin' before the spinnln' wheel as usual. The candle on the mantel shelf spread a circle of light in the dark above her head. Her hair was gray. For a minute I couldn't speak. Somehow I couldn't think of Mary's beln' old and gray. "When she seen me standln' there before her she stood up and looked at me as if she knowed what was comin'. " 'Mary,' sez I, "Bill needs you. He's had a stroke and he's lookin' for you everywhere.' I turned arouna ana started back down the mountain. I knowed she'd follow by all them years she'd obeyed the law BI!1 had laid upon her. And she did follow at first, then she outstripped me, and I had to run to keep up with her. "We found Stark teeterin' around in his house callin* her name and cryin' that he had lost her. She went straight to him, ketched hold of his arm with both hands and sez: "'Here's Mary, Bill; you ain't lost her!' "He turned round slow and seen her face in the moonlight, stared at her BIWIIIMIIIIIHfllfWWWWWIWBI that Are H nr PICTC Isa Uf Vjlr 1 5 America! turies of the past by the peoples ?m, love, and may be of great i the donor. YOU will doubtless as season, some Souvenir of the lecessarily expensive or extravaj riendship green in the memory < i I has ever been a fav< zweiry reason for this is th closely associates the Giver and in time becomes an almost price ? ? cDrrif?c TPv ry 15 111 uc seen ai kji uvin u jui uff Links, Stick Pins, Hat Pins, es and Gentlemen, etc., all in S recious Stones, and with Prices able for Gifts for Christmas, Bi s at a price you want to pay. fELRY IN 1 with and with- A novelty in Indi\ 75 Cts. to $20.00 sentation Boxes ipes. with and l*nc* Saucers, N 90 Cts. to $12.00 Bowls. Cake P ... _. 0 . In Fancy China w L Chocolate Sets. .5 C ts. to $1.00 Sot Bread and Butt $1.50 to $1.00 Chop Dishes, et $2.00 to $9.00 t with Diamonds os?Priced from People who have $3.50 to $60.00 it is as fine as id heavy weights including pieces $1.00 to $10.00 and very mode Settings?Priced $1.50 to $7.00 ? tment in beauti- During the past ii $1.50 to $11.00 ing lots of STE ts?Priced from to people who $5.00 to $27.00 elsewhere. Wh nen?Pest Araer- can buy just as $12.00 to $75.00 day stock is ve ?v erything desira let us show yo line of Gold Filled Also have a very ything that we are popular brands old Filled Jewelry munity and Spt i satisfactory wear- BOOKS We have just a f ,LB SCOUT SER] sortment of Ladies' BOOKLETS?Po< ounted in Gold and beautifully b< t Parasols we have \ii<a n $1.00 to $15.00 J,I!* Among other goi 'S here Ladies' Je' PARKER LUCKY Prus.h tSetsi gift that any man Manicure Sets, e. and one that will Chlna and Por jseful. We have a FOU1 $1.00 to $12.00 on Four Countei ITIOXKItY ?.f 8?0ds that \ time and marl ?Envelopes and them go?10 C 15 C'ts., 25 Cts. sure to see the SPECK, The HE GIFT GOODS THA: imMmmmyiniMii mnnjimi with his vacant eyes, then drawed i back from her. "You ain't my Mary.' he sez; "her hair was black and she was young!' " 'Yes. I am,' she laughed, then she cried, still holdin' to him. 'I am your Mary, Bill, and you told Pappy you wanted me.' " 'Yes,' sez he, gropin' with one shaking hand to lay it on her head, 'I been always wantin' you.' "Then she begun to laugh and to take on, and talk like she'd been off on a visit and she'd come to fetch him home. I never see anybody look so happy. It seemed to me she was crazier than Bill, not to realize that it wasn't him no longer, but Just the creepin' half-dead body of a man. He was ready enough to follow her back up the mountain, and the last I seen of 'em she was leadln' him and laugh in' as she went." Pappy shaded his eyes with one hand, and pointed to a tiny cabin clinging like a butterfly far up the side of Blood Mountain, as he concluded. "And they are there yet. them two whitenln* sorrows in that white house with so many flowers bloomin' ag'in* the sides of It. He Jest sets up there with his 8aggln' Jaw and vacant eyes watchln* her as If he never wanted to take 'em off her. And she never tires of nursin' him. She laughs and chatters to him all day and plays dolls with him as she used to play with the child?and she's happy."?Kansas City Star. The Menace of 500,000,000 Rata.?I learned something that morning visiting an Indian school, says F. C. Cooper. I learned that throughout the United States there are about Ave rats for every human being, and as we have a population of about 100,000,000 persons, we are feeding a rat population of some 500,000,000! At a rate of two cents a day, each rat costs us close to $7.30 a year! You can figure for yourself what the total rat population of our entire country costs us. In the state of Indiana alone, the daily cost for rats, at this rate, is something like 1400,000! The loss to other states is not one of rats but rather of enlightment. Indiana does things, but it has had to struggle to do them! Under the supervision of Dr. J. N. Hurty of the state board of health, the rat and Its relation to the destruction of property and health are to be studied in all the public schools throughout the state. A section of the law now makes it the duty of school and health authorities to provide charts, textbooks, etc., in order to carry out the details of the plan in a most efficient manner. Doctor Hurty's rat chart is to be placed in every school room, and every teacher is provided with an interesting pamphlet which outlines the life story of the rat and in such a simple and direct manner that any child can understand. Instructions in how to make buildings and dwellings "rat-proof will also be given. The people are In earnest: Failure to reach this subject in the schools is punishable with a fine of from (10 to $25. All this, of course, is only one phase of the question and of what Indiana intends to do. The important thing to bear in mind is the fact that there is one state in the Union with sufficient foresight and "awareness" to know a menace when it sees one, and to take present steps and far-seeing ones both for the present and on-coming- generations. The last session of the Indiana state legislature made all this possible, but not without some thought and some struggle on the part of somebody.?Technical World Magazine. Blocked.?"Thought you were going away today." "Couldn't buy a ticket." "Nonsense. The ticket office is never c'.osed." "No; but there was a girl at the window ahead of me."?Washington Herald. wi m m ww m ui m m i Vorth Wj T i 5-honored custom among tne j ii people, and has been ob- j ; of all nations. These Gifts J ;ost or moderate cost, as may } give some of your friends or x occasion; suppose you make it 4 jant?but something that will h of the one to whom you give $ orite with gift givers, and one J tat Jewelry being for personal X Recipient, and being in almost 4 less heirloom in a family. An 5 l/ELRY STORE, including Bar y Neck Chains, Lavallieres, Sig- T iolid Gold, some of it set with X ranging from 75 cents upward. rthdays and for Weddings, and ? Come early for best choosing. ? ?ASCY CHINA GOODS? | idual Sets, put up in Holiday Pre- 4 i?a Set to a Box?including Cups y ut Sets, Creams and Sugars, Salad t lates?Beautiful ware. y re have Cake Plates, Salad Bowls, 4 Creams and Sugars, Tea Plates, 7 er Plates, Almond and Olive Sets, ? :c? etc.?Priced 90 Cts. to $7.00 n I I 1 I*UOBD i^ seen our CUT GLASS display, say ^ has ever been shown hereabouts, X i of all sizes and for every purpose y rately priced. Let us show you. TKRLIXG SILVER W nonth or more we have been sell- y RLING SILVER goods?selling it have been in the habit of buying A y? Simply because they find they i cheaply at SPECK'S. Our Holi- y :ry large and includes almost ev- # ble in Sterling Silver. Come and A u and give you our prices. ? complete line of Silverware In the y i of Plated Goods?Rogers, Com- q ck's?Knives, Forks and Spoons. j. FOR BOYS AND OTHERS Z ew Choice Books for Boys?BOY q ES? 15 CIS. to 25 Cts. I ?ms, Gems of Literature, etc., all? 9 jund?Priced 10 Cts. to 25 Cts. 3 CKLLAXEOUS GOODS ods suitable for Gifts you'll find 2 ivel Boxes, Vases, Mirrors. Comb and * ntlemen's Shaving Sets, Toilet Sets, Lamps, and all kinds of Table c celain Ware. ^ t SPECIAL COUNTERS rs we have gathered an assortment 9 lave been carried over from time to a ked them at prices that will make 9 TS? 25 CTS.. 50 CTS. and $1.00. Be J se counters?You'll find bargains. ? Jeweler | r ARE WORTH WHILE ? HAVE THE Y TF YOU HAVEN" A one of the snapp York county. 0 largest wholesalers i we are giving holids you Gifts that you v nrr mom All VYL tl/AI/I/ILL AS THE HOLIDAY S ING THAT DRAWS STRINGS OF SELF MAKE OUR FELLC TERED AND CHAN THE IMMORTAL E T7 POPULAR OUTLET ^ TOM THAT HAD V. f\f THAT HAS COME 1 GIFT GOODS WE S * URE THAT THE G COURSE, WE WAN TOILET CASES, MANIC Ladies' Toilet Cases?Ebon beautiful designs Ladies' Manicure Sets?Silvi gifts Ladies' Work Boxes?Scissc French Plate Mirrors?Ebor French plate glass Traveling Cases?For Ladit Brushes, etc. Tourist Writing Tablets? when traveling Fine Correspondence Station most fashionable Stat boxes | Fountain Pens?For Ladies of makes?All sizes MORE ESPECIAL1 Shaving Sets?Soap Cup, B neat stands Clothes Brushes?Silver an< and thoroughly well n Military Hair Brushes?Ne< splendid qualities Hair Brushes?An immense T?1 l^UUll/ Udlfva Cigars?We rise and shine the best there is can b for selection?25s, 5c Cts. and 10 Cts. Cigar ?Cigars that any lad] ing called a poor judg if you want to give yo for Christmas, you ca Pipes?French Briars, Mee All rightly priced?w ' ....THE WE INVITE YOU - BOYS' EXPRESS WAGONS We have too many of these popular toys for Boys?Just bought too many?We must unload?hence the Reduced Prices. The Wagons are all Standard made Express Wagons?Wire wheels, Metal Bodies, Wood Tongues, Painted Red and Green?Five sizes and the prices are like this? 00c WAGONS?at 60 CTS. $1.00 WAGONS?at 75 CTS. $1.35 WAGONS?at $1.00 $1.75 WAGONS?at $1.25 $2.25 WAGONS?at $1.50 Mr. Santa Claus: If you know a boy who wants an Express Wagon, this Is your chance to get one cheap. BOYS?Tell your fathers to tell Santa Claus to get you an Express Wagon while these Low Prices make the buying easy. CARROLL FURNITURE CO HORSES WE have them?a bunch of nice animals and can suit almost any horse buyer. If you want a Fancy Driver or an an rounu raumj aunuai, see us before you buy. We will sell you at Right Prices or give you a Fair trade. JAMES BROS. YORKVTLLE - - 8. O. INTEREST There are more kinds of interest than the kind you pay for money when you borrow from a bank. There la a PERSONAL INTEREST, the kind that the officers of THIS BANK feel in Ita customers ?an Interest which prompts us to do whatever we possibly can to encourage and to aid those who give us their patronage. Bank of Hickory Grove W9~ For the Best Job Printing send your orders to The Enquirer Office. i YOU YET SEEN Tf ORK D r You should come at liest lioes of Gift suggi >ur Holiday Goods wt and importers, and we ly buyers the benefit of "'H L. ~ln/l 4- A iVIITA nn/1 viii ue giau iu give anu Y INVITE YOU EASON DRAWS NEARER THI ALL HUMANITY CLOSER TOC ISHNESS AND BRINGS ON A I )WMAN FEEL MORE KINDLY fGED THE VIEWPOINT OF TP HCKENS' FAMOUS CHARACTI r FOR THIS KINDLY FEELIN4 rs INCEPTION IN THE GIFTS DOWN THROUGH THE AGES ELL, ASIDE FROM THIS WE C IFTS WE SELL ARE GOING T< IT YOU TO SEE OUR HOLID/ UKt OJCilOi Vv uimv UV/AW y, Silver and White Ivory? $1.00 to $15.00 er and Ebony?splendid for $2.00 to $5.00 >rs, Bodkins, Etc. $1.00 to $2.50 ly Backs?All sizes, best of 25 Cts. to $4.00 :s and Gentlemen?Combs, $2.50 to $5.00 For Ladies?Indispensable $2.00 to $4.50 I lery?An elegant line of the ionery, put up in handsome 25 Cts. to $5.00 and Gentlemen?The Best $1.00 to $7.00 ,Y FOR GENTLEMEN Irush, Glass, mounted on $2.00 to $5.00 i Ebony?Splendid bristles nade $1.00 to $2.00 CUCU uy cvtiy gviiuvmuu $1.00 to $5.00 Pair | : line of these in ah sizes? J 25 Cts. to $3.00 Each when it comes to Cigars? ie had here?A wide variety >s and 100s to the box?5 s?Imported and Domestics r can safely buy without be;e of the "weeds." (Ladies: ur gentlemen friends Cigars m buy them safely here.) rchaums and Calabashes? ith and without cases. YORK E THE KEXA groffssional fljards. Geo. W. 8. Hart Joa. E. Hart HART & HART ATTORNEYS AT LAW Yorkvilla 8. C. Witherapoon Big., Second Floor, Front. 'Phone (Office) No. 58. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST MCcINccl {Building Ybrl^ville, 5. C. 0. E. Finley J. A. Marion FINLEY & MARION ATTORNEY8 AT LAW Oppoaite Court Houa* Yorkville, 8. C. Dr. B. G. BLACK. Surgeon uonmi, Office second floor of the New McNeel building. At Clover Tuesday and Friday of each week. JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AT LAW No. 3 Law Range YORKVILLE, 8. C. J. 8. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business of whatever nature. COLLECTOR A collector will be around to get a lot of small accounts people owe me. I do not do as some?Send out at the end of the month. PLEASE PAY HIM. The accounts are not large and will be easy to pay. Be ye Ready. I am tb nkful for the business I have done the past and of course will be thankful for all I get in the future. Many kinds of goods in this day and time are sold at very short -- -_j _?1 tn proms ana an iiicitnauia uu?... .? have and get every cent due them. Many of us do not get pay for our time. It's the short profits that keep the wolf from the door. If a man in the Grocery Business does not get what is due him it is only a question of time until, he will be a bankrupt. W. H. HERNDON TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS ALL persons indebted to the estate of A. LEE LINEBERGER, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to me at once. Persons having claims against said estate, shall present them to me, duly authenticated by law. W. J. BEAMGUARD, 97. f. 3t Administrator. WT Place your orders now for Engraved Calling Cards for Christmas. IE HOLIDAY GOOD! RUG SI your earliest convenie Bstions that you have s sre bought in New Y< got advantage of the our good buying. Go irAiir frinn/Ic nrill ka rrl juui menus nui uc gi TO VISIT THIS , SRE IS NATURALLY A WAR] JETHER AND TENDS TO ] REELING THAT WE WANT T TOWARD US?THE KIND O IE HOLIDAY SEASON IN "01 :RS AS DESCRIBED IN "A CHR 3 FOR OTHERS IS THE GIV] OF THE "WISE MEN OF TI ?AND WHILE WE MUST MA iET MUCH PLEASURE IN THI D BRING TO THOSE WHO RE' lY DISPLAY?COME TODAYA BRILLIANT ARR The Choicest Productions of the are on display here?Descrip play must be seen to be appi China at this Gift Store?Y with what you see Teasets?At Lake bets?At Cake Plates?At Salad Bowls?At Berry Sets?At Sugars and Creams?At Chocolate Sets?At Cut Glass?This line is simply ii signs and correct prices?( ceptable as gifts?See our: gift that will be appreciai A KODAK WILL HELP Few gifts can give as much lasti dak?Take pictures of you ily?keep a record of the 1 You'll find Kodaks here TOILET GOODS, SO We also invite special attention . Toilet Soaps, Toilet Articles CHOCOLATES A] "Hnvl^r's Miinnallv's T.nwn^v'?_ --?J -? -? / of these, the most famous facturers?In boxes of all s for the holiday trade?No Bonbons can be made?it isn er of these will be most acce] RUG ST ,LL STORE | THRIFTY J NINE TIMES out of Ten the thn fomllv Vfon moon waII on mi i 7 ing money in the Bank, but they ing. They have not learned the t ^ work of two in buying, and layinj ' rainy day that is sure to come. So y and mothers do not save there is ; comes, the family is like a rudder ? EVERY WOMAN SHOULD 5 THIS BANK pays particular atti 1 No matter how small the deposit n v ful consideration that is bestowed 2 Loan and Sa W Is a SAFE BANK It is a STRO J EST in the country and in there i J WE SOLICIT YOUR ACCOU] 5 S. M. McNEEL, Prest. waieriiiai^uu; / Has won the right to be reco I tool of the present age* The V ask your friend to allow you \ Notice that it wriles as soc \ and that the ink feeds jus and clean. The long* you will like it. WE CAN SUPPLY YOUR Our SHOE stock is at your comr Values in SHOES cannot be foun us fit them?Styles and Prices to If you want Heavy UNDERW family we have what you want at will appreciate a call from YOU. See us for everything in Dry $2.40 per 100 pounds and upward G. W. WHITE SHAROI Now Open My RESTAURANT 13 now Open on the Second Floor of the McNeel Building. and I am ready to serve the hungry with first-class Meals or Special Orders at all hours. When you feel like eating, come and see us?Upstairs. I WANT EGGS and will pay 25 CTS. a Dozen for all the Fresh Eggs that are offered. Bring them In. CLOTHES PRESSING? Don't forget the ROYAL PRESSING CLUB is always ready to do your CLEANING, PRESSING, DYEING And we will give you good work and prompt service. Bring your work or Phone us and we will send for them and return the work promptly. R. D. DORSETT FOR SALE MY entire stock of Marble, consisting of Monuments and Tombstones, Designs, Tools and Fixtures, at a Bargain. R. A. BARNETT, Prop., Rock Hill Granite and Marble Co. 96 t.f. 4t. 5 AT ['ORE? nee, and you'll see jj seen in any town in >rk direct from the i lowest prices, and me and let us show lad to receive. STORE OFTEN MING OF THAT FEELLOOSEN THE DRAWO DO SOMETHING TO | F FEELING THAT AL,D SCROOGE," ONE OF 1STMAS CAROL." THE [NG OF GIFTS?A CUSiE EAST"?A CUSTOM KE A PROFIT ON THE NKING OF THE PLEASCEIVE THEM. YES, OF -YOU'LL BE PLEASED. AY OF CHINA Weld's Leading Potteries tion is impossible?the diseciated?Come and see the oull be more than pleased $5.00 to $10.00 $3.50 to $6.00 $a.oo to $3.00 $1.00 to $3.00 $3.00 to $6.00 $1.00 to $3.00 $3.75 to $10.00 mmense in variety, deZut Glass is always acs if you want to give a ted. YOU ENJOY XMAS ng enjoyment as a Kor friends and your famlappenings of the past. $3.00 to $30.00 APS, EXTRACTS to our big lines of Superior I i, Colognes and Extracts. ND BONBONS. -We have the products American candy manuiizes, put up especially better Chocolates and 't made?A box of eith- i ptable as a gift. Try it. ORE.... WE INVITE YOU WOMEN j women are the Money-Savera of I ?h; they know the value of hav- y haven't learned the knack of aav rick of making one dollar do the 2 l the other dollar away against a V i it often happens that if the wives C no saving done, and when trouble g less boat in a storm at sea. A RUN A BANK ACCOUNT I sntion to the accounts of women. 2 lay be she receives the same care- 7 upon the largest depositor. ? ivings Bank \ NTG BANK?one of the STRONG- X s SAFETY. NT. J J. P. McMURRAY, Cashier. X E&Fountamfen gem gnized as the leading writing l next time you want to write J to try his Waterman's Ideal. J tn as it touches the paper J it as required. It is safe j it you use it the better COLI) WEATHER WANTS nand and Better Shoes or Better d?Bring your feet to us and let please all comers. Try Us. ''EAR for yourself or any of your prices you'll be glad to pay?We Goods, Notions, Shoes. Flour at :sides & co. N, S. C. Cabbage Plants IF YOU WANT EARLY CABBAGE NEXT SPRING, RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME ?? mrm r?T a vmo l'U sari uui ma ruAmo. I CAN FURNISH THF BEST VARIETIES OF OPEN-AIR GROWN PLANTS THAT WILL DO WELL IN THIS VICINITY. CALL ON ME FOR AS MANY CABBAGE PLANTS AS YOU CAN USE AND GET THE PLANTS IN THE GROUND AS SOON AS YOU CAN?THE EARLIER THE BETTER PHONE THIRTY-FOUR. W E.FERGUSON STILL IN THE MARKET WE Will continue to gin cotton, buy Seed, Sell and Exchange Meal and Hulls. VICTOR COTTON OIL Co. 98-2t-t.