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' A FALSE MASCOT I By Gwendolen Gvertcm King was giving a dinner in hon or of his promotion. He was a first lieutenant now and had a fair chanco of paying off some of his debts. Not that he was a young man of partic ularly extravagant habits, but a sec ond lieutenant, be he married or single, is always more or less in -debt. He is expected and forced by an unwritten law to make quite as good a showing as his colonel and to keep up quite as much of un ap pearance. The dinner was a little unique. All the ollicers were to leave at 1 o'clock that morning on a scout. They wore in their field clothes, at King's request, and had already the rough, unshaven look of men able .and willing to do or dare anything. In the hall of King's bachelor quar ters their felt scouting hats hung on the rack. On the porches of their own houses their mess kits, ready packed, stood waiting to be strapped upon the mules. Their -clothing and bedding, wrapped in ?heiter tents and ponchos, were be side the chests. Here in the dining room?lighted by a lamp which King had admired while on leave and had gone a month into debt to buy and another which in a lit of economy he had obtained from tho quartermaster and which, hung in uncompromising ugliness over the table?sat a company of twelve, women in evening gowns, strangely beautiful and modish in contrast to their surroundings, and men in uniforms very shiny at the seams, blue flannel shirts and top boots. They were cavalrymen and belonged to King's regiment. Their .gayety was not that of prisoners just before execution, although there was the chance that any one or pos sibly all of them might never come back alive. But when one has be come used to going off every spring and sometimes every autumn to chase?how often in vain!?the wily red man one ceases to consider the possibilities of the outcome, and, besides, it is not often that officers are killed in Indian fights. There is frequently a pretty animated ex change of bullets, but the death list is not heavy. Howbeit, there are exceptions to the rule. So these men, each one under a possible sentence of death, and these women, each one per chance to say goodby forever to the man at her side, talked and laugh >ed in utter carelessness, finding only an a^ded zest in the rough clothing of the men and a little deeper in terest in the plans they were laying ior their camps and their discus sions of the contents 9t the mess chests. The dinner did not go off with out a hitch. That was hardly to be expected in this faroff part of the world, a hundred or more miles from the nearest railroad, depend ent on a commissary department .and a sutler's for its supplies, but nothing mattered, and nothing was noticed. After a time they all rose and went out on the porch, where the men smoked their cigars. They had not stayed at the table and sent the women into the parlor this time. 7They were army officers and pre ferred their feminine friends to their tobacco, and each one was glad to ignore a custom which made it the proper thing to deprive himself -of the women for even so short a time. They were glad of the excuse which the coming party gave them of making the most of the few re? maining hours. The night was dully dark. The -outlines of the foothills and the mountains beyond them could not ,be seen, but a flicker of light in the 'distance from some Indian signal fires told where they were. Coyotes were howling up by the graveyard. There was a sound of preparation in the barracks and occasionally the neigh of a horse at the stables. The sergeant of the guard called out, "Ten o'clock 1" and the officers made a movement to get their hats. "There was still much to be done be fore the night march commenced. 'King sat on the railing of the porch talking to a woman who leaned against a post. He could not see lier, but knew that her beautiful face was there close to his. That was enough. He was asking for a promise before he should start off into the heavy darkness across the plains, but tho woman had no wish to promise. She enjoyed King's uncertainty far too much. It would have been commonplace to be ei> igagefl^-she had discovered that on previous occasions?but.to have him ' for a suitor would not be so bad. rHe was handsome, manly^ brave and ^her abject slave.' Besides, if she ;were to bind herself she felt that - -this time with this man she would nave to keep her word. She laughed slowly as he contin ued to beg the promise. "Til tell yoxt what I'll do. I will givo yon .the next best thing to me?ta picture of myself. T am always a mascot. My picture will be more of one. 3 iwUl give it to you when you start. Of course we'll all be there to see you off. Now, remember," she said, "if my picture is with yon no harm can come near." In front of the commanding offi cer/the officers halted before they started off. The women, still in their evening gowns, crowded around them to say goodby. They could .recognize faces only when the light <rojm tho commandant's, window* it'll upon them. Beyond that all was dark. King waited for the mascot that had been promised him and was de- ! spairir.g when he feit something hard slipped between his fingers and heard a voice which seemed to come out of the inky air murmur, "Adios." "Adios," he answered and follow ed the sound of the hoofs of his cap tain's horse. In the midst of the chaparral, trotting slowly along with the col umn, he struck a match and looked at the bit of pasteboard in his hand. The light was uncertain, but he could make out a head and neck, and the eyes seemed to glitter. Then a gust of wind blew out the match, and a coyote yelped near by. The rations were almost out, and orders were to return to the post for fresh supplies. King was hap py at the prospect naturally, He drew oui his mascot from time to time and looked at the beautiful face thereon, the lips half parted, the eyes glancing from under heavy lids. It was only a head, with masses of fluffy hair fading into the shaded background, but it was beau tiful, perfect. The twilight came on. They bad marched all the afternoon. They were weary of chasing phantoms, of following useless trails. They pass ed through a pine forest, and the darkness deepened. A creek at the bottom of a gully flowed along in the shadow of the pines. The column went down to it, listening to the sound of the rip pling water. All else was quiet. No one spoke. The black wings of the pines, like a shadow of doom, lay over the troops. A crack, a hiss, a bullet striking through flesh, a startled murmur, orders ringing on the air in the midst of the shots?then the sol diers returned the fire of their un seen foes. On all sides they were surrounded, but the gully was wide enough for a little maneuvering. The men got under the shelter of an abrupt rising of the bank and had only to defend themselves from three sides. They were badly frightened?not as cowards, but as men who are fond of life and mean to sell it dearly. It was an ugly position, and not a few fell face downward in the danc ing mountain stream. The only person who seemed completely to ignore the danger was King. A cig arette between his teeth, he strolled, with apparently utter carelessness, up and down under cover of the bul lets of his men and in full range of the Indians hidden up above behind the tree trunks. Some way the thought of the mas cot under his coat gave him a 6ense of security. He heard again the sound of the voice whieb said to him from the darkness, "If my pic ture is with you no harm can come near." He felt again the touch of the phantomlike hand, the warmth of the lips he could not see. There was a sharp pain in his breast. He gave a little cry and fell, his head half buried in the pine nee dles. The girl, when 6he heard of it from the dust stained courier, grew uneasy. She was afraid that her picture might be found on the body and that the man she nad promised to marry?the middle aged colonel, who had great'ideas of her constan cy?might hear of it. But he did not. There was .a pho tograph found in King's pocket, but j the bullet had plowed right through i the face, and it was so smeared with 1 Ijlood as to be unrecognizable. It was sent back east to his family.? San Francisco Argonaut. Told th? Truth. A shopkeeper in Sheffield had stuck up : notice in glaring colors and very large letters: "Selling off! Must close on Saturday !" On Friday a friend asked: "What! Are you selling off again ?" "Certainly. All the shopkeepers are selling off, ain't they ?" "Of . course they are. But you say, rMust close on Saturday/ " "Certainly I must. You would not have me keep open on Sunday, would you ?"-?London Globe. A Useful Young Lady. "You are late thiB afternoon," said the music teacher to his elab orately powdered and highly deco rated young lady pupil. <fYes," replied the damsel, swish ing down on th? music stool. "Ma was so busy in the kitchen that I had to wait nearly half an hour for her to sew up a tear in one of my gloves." IA For Infanta and Children.. ; Fhe Kind You Hare Always Bought Bears the Signature of ? The ooffee crop is the most valua ble one in Porto Rico, the exports ex ceeding all other product? in value. ? Artificial teeth and "uppers" for hoots and shoes ire among the new oses to which paper is being pat. ? A substantial business firm in Boston, Mass., is. considering a prop osition to take up the work of man ufacturiug paper hats. ? Ten years ago cents were little used in California and the South, and were praoticaHy unknown in Nevada, Wyoming and Arisona, but tc-day they circulate everywhere. COLLECTED THE BILL. i Business Letter That Turned Out to Bo a Boomnrann. For three years a Brooklyn busi ness house had tried $o collect an undisputed bill of $20 from a law yer, whom a Brooklyn paper calls Baker because that is not his name. Whenever a collector asked for the money the lawyer would protest vig orously that a man of his large af fairs could not be bothered with so email a matter as a bill of $20. One day the business house re ceived a typewritten letter from the lawyer, manifolded copies of which had probably bvien sent to many other Brooklyn business houses. It was evident that he had not recog nized the linn's name when he sent it. Tho letter read in part as fol lows : "1 take the liberty of writing you, thinking you may have some claims on your books that should be collected. I undertake collec tions as a branch of my business upon the principle, 'JSo collections, no charge/ Of course, I do not bring actions at law for nothing; neither do 1 sue ijnless authorized. I believe that collections are step ping stones to other legal business and give an opportunity to become acquainted with my method of do ing business." The business house sent the fol lowing answer, together with its bill against the lawyer: "We have at hand your favor of the 23d inst., asking us to send you some of our uncollected bills, and we take pleasure in sending you herewith a bill which we have been trying to collect for a long time without success. "If you can do anything in this matter we should be pleased to send you other bills for collection. Will you kindly let us hear from you at your earliest convenience?" Possibly this did not especially appeal to the lawyer's sense of hu mor, but the bill was paid without any further delay.?Exchange. Needed Regulating. The new cuckoo clock, which was supposed to strike only the hours, but occasionally added an extra per formance gratis and had to be reg ulated in consequence, was a source of constant wonderment to small Marjorie?even more so, indeed, than the baby brother that had come to live with her about a month be fore. One day baby brother's dinner did not apparently agree with him, and a fit of hiccoughs ensued. Aft er a few moments' amazed contem plation of this strange phenomenon, linger in mouth and eyes riveted on the periodically convulsed counte nance cf the pink headed baby, the little girl sped away to give the j alarm. ''Oh, daddy," she cried, almost breathless with excitement, " 'ittle ! bruvvcr's swallowed a cuckoo, an' lie's striking hours an' hours an' i 'tween times ! You'd better come regelate him, quick !"?New York Times. The Poor Compositor Again. There is trouble between the pro prietor of the Daily Trumpet, pub lished in Slowbury Center, and one of the prominent citizens of the town. The citizen is Orlando Vance Jones, who writes occasional verses for. the ".Poets' Corner" and pays for spacu in which to advertise hiB dental sirup. The trouble arose soon after the birth of Mr. Jones' grandson. Being much gratified by the resemblance to him which many of the diplomatic mothers in Slow bury detected in the features of Or lando Vance III., Mr. Jones com posed a tender poem which he en titled "A Pigmy Counterpart." When he opened the paper, of which he had ordered one dozen copies, he saw at the head of the column his poem under tho title "A Pig My Counterpart." An Unhappy Comment. "It seems to me that you can be depended on to say the wrong thing more than any otL?r man that I know." "What have I done?" "Insulted the Bliggins family." "Why, I tried to 'compliment them." "You said that their baby, who hasn't any hair, looked exactly like its father/' ; \ ."Yes." "Well, Bliggins is insulted on his own account, and his wife is insult ed on behalf of the baby." Why Sho Hesitated. The girl to whom the old bach elor had finally proposed looked worried. . . "I am trying to make up my mind," she said. "And is it so hard?" asked her friend. "Very hard. You see, he has lota of money, but no bad habits." **Do von want him to have bad habits?" ; ? "TVell, they shorten life, you know/'?Chicago Post. ?- A two dollar bill goes a long way toward changing some men's politieal opinions. - . ? The American sewing machine ii making advances, in Japan far ahead of all others. NATURE'S REMEDIES. fho Mcdicinss That Are Used f>y the Adirondack Natives. "When the Adirondack native be comes afflicted with any of the nu merous trilling ills which make man kind wretched/' said the returned visitor, "he does not waste much time on doctors, but goes straight to the woods or the attic for na ture's own remedies. There is one old man whom I have met with pack basket on shoulder and shears and a rough board stool in his rait tencd hands going after yarrow, which, dried, is u standby for coughs when it has been made into a wicked looking brew. Fir balsam, coaxed drop by drop from the blisters which swell on the balsam fir at full moon, is a sovereign remedy for chest and lung complaints. "Gravel weed, by which name they insult trailing arbutus, is ex cellent for the complaint which gives it its name, and bladder root has a desirable effect on the kidneys and neighboring organs. Sage ten, containing a little summer savory, is efficacious for worms in children, for which belmonia, also steeped, is also used. Sunflower seeds, steeped, strained and sweetened with mo lasses, will cure the whooping cough. Horseradish leaves, wilted and bound on the face and back of the neck, will drive away neuralgia, and a nuij.ieg, bored and tied around the neck, will keep it away. The nutmeg must be renewed about once every six weeks. "Onions sliced, pounded and placed in a cloth and laid over the affected part will draw out inflam mation. A red onion halved and with one port slightly scooped out and the cup placed over a carbuncle or a boil will speedily remove the pus and has saved life. "There are many more of these simple remedies in the north woods pharmacopoeia which the wise ones have at their lingers' ends, and if they are not more widely used and money kept in the overalls of the thrifty native it is because a lenient and more fortunate fate presides over the incomes of the Adirondack medicos."?New "ork Herald. British Army Reminiscences. Lord Wolseley in his book of army reminiscences tells this story of conditions in the British service when he was young: "It was then a common belief that tho barrack master ond his old sergeants made a good thing out of the charges lev ied upon young otheers as barrack damages. A cracked pane of glass was a small silver mine to these men. Fifty ensigns may have oc cupied that quarter with this crack ed pane in it, and nil had to pay for a new one. After I had embarked, the barrack sergeant presented me with his bill, one item being for a latchkey which I had then about me. In my innocence I proffered the key and asked him to erase the item. He positively refused. I paid the several shillings demanded, its outside value being, I should say, one, and foolishly imagined I had scored one against the harpy by throwing the key into the river." Knew Him. "Hivers, here comes Swaddleford. I'll bet you a dollar you can't make a simple remark to him about the weather without getting a long lec ture from him." "Betting is the vice of fools, but I'll take you up on that, Brooks." A few moments later. "Good morning, Mr. Swaddleford. Infernal weather wVre having, isn't it?" "Infernal? Not at all, my dear fellow. Quite tie contrary. This weather is hibernal, as would have occurred to you if you had reflected a little. It has always seemed to me the strangest, thing on earth that people will persist in saying things that convey an idea exactly opposite to that which they mean to convey. Take the familiar example of"? "Brooks, I've lost. Here's your dollar."?Chicago Tribune. What Ailed Her Pulse. Little Bessie was recovering from a "run of fever," and her appetite had begun to assert itself. "Can't I have more than this, mamma?" sho asked, looking at the meager slice of toast and the "shadow tea" that had been brought to her bedside. "This isn't half enough." "I am afraid to give you more just yet, dear," said her mother. 'TTour fever is not quite all gone. Your pulse is still too quick." "But don't you see, mamma," urged Bessie, "that it's my excite ment because I can't get enough to cat that makes my puise so quick?" Couldn't Figure It Out. A woman went to a spiritualistic seance and was told by the medium that the spirit of her first husband wanted to commune with her. "He feels very bad," said the medium, "because you have married again." "But how did he learn about it?" demanded the wife. "I thought marriages were made in heaven."? Detroit Free Press. Ta Cire a Cold In Ooe Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails fa cure. E. W. Grove's signa ture is on each box. Prioe 25o. ? The fellow who is always switch ing his occupation never gets well started on the main line of success. .? The yorrig men or women who write on the fly leaf of a church hym nal have ample room there for writ ing all.tbey know. V '.. I? , ! > f1 i-VS.'?. SHORTHAND IN MIDAIR. r?uw Reporters In tho House of Rep resentatives Have to Work. Reporters in tho house of repre sentatives perform a feat in nearly all their writing which, it is said, is not equaled anywhere in the world. That is the taking of their notes whilo standing. It is necessary to move from place to place in the chamber in order to hear accurate ly all that is being said. Therefore tho stenographer takes his notes in midair, as it were, while standing in the iiislo, writing simply on the book he holds with his left hand. Only occasionally docs ho lind a vacant seat within range of tho orator into which ho can slip and find a resting I place for Iiis blank book whilo ho i keeps pace with the speaker with his pencil. Unlike the house, the senate is small enough to allow de bates io be reported from the desk. These reporters never use the typewriter in getting their notes into a form that a mortal can read. I After working steadily for ten or fifteen minutes the reporter is re lieved by n fresh man and allowed to repair to the transcribing room, where he proceeds to read his notes on to the recording wax cylinder of a phonograph. These cylinders go to the corps of typewriters, who put the reporter's words on paper as fast as they are reproduced through an ear tube. Hour after hour during the afternoons of tho session the phonograph tells them to tho type writer operator, and in a jiffy she has them ready for the printer. Unless a member withdraws his remarks for revision they are on the way to tho printing ofiice before he has put on his hat and coat to leave the house for the evening, and often ho can have a printing oflice proof de livered to him at his hotel before bedtime.?Pittsburg Dispatch. Juvenile Views of Marriage. He was a curly headed boy with life before him. She was a little girl with a saucy pug nose, but wise, it would seem, beyond her }-ears. The fact that she was nurs ing a doll with eyes that opened and shut with a click may have been his inspiration. "Say, sister, I t'ink I'd get mar ried if I knew how." "Oh, that's easy," replied the owner of the pug nose. "First you buy a diamond ring and give it to her; then you buy a gold ring, like mamma's got, and give that to her, and then you must buy her a watch for her birthday." "An' what she give me?" expect antly asked the little chap. "Why, mithin', of course," smart ly replied his little companion. "Say, sister," he added, "I guess I won't marry."?Philadelphia Tele graph. A Two Sided Story. A yarn is told in Lowell, Me., about two men who were thorough going sports, and as they were rid ing by a river side one day one of them said, "I'll bet that I can prove to you that we are riding on the other side of the river." "Fll bet you $5 you can't," said the other one. "Who'll we leave it to?" "The next man we meet." So when they met a pedestrian the first speaker addressed him, say ing as he pointed across tho river. "'Say, mister, that is one side of the river, isn't it ?" "Certainly," answered tho sur prised pedestrian. "And this is the other, isn't it ?" "Why, of course/' still more sur prised. And the other man paid up his forfeit.?Lewiston Journal. Got It Finally. "What is it, son?" said the dealer in paints and oils to the little boy standing hesitatingly near the coun ter. "Have you got any crocodile paint?" asked the boy. "Crocod?o puint? What's that?" "That ain't what mamma told mo to get, but it's as near as I can come to it. I've clean forgot the name, but it's got something to do with crocodiles." The dealer reflected. "You don't mean nile green, do you ?" he asked. "Course I do !" responded the boy, with a delighted grin. "Gimme p. quart of it."?Chicago Tribune. A Mean Man. Three women stood before him and glared at the paper he hold in front of his somewhat sanguine face. At length he half arose and said, "Take this seat, madam." The three women looked at one another. "I mean the elderly lady," he added. All the women turned their eyes upon the advertising cords and be came intently interested in their contents. Then the man slippci back intc his seat and resumed his reading.? Cleveland Plain Dealer. ? Some men's popularity is due to their ability to oonoeal their thoughts. ? Two often cease to be company after they are made one. ? It is twiee as easy to fool your self aa it is to fool other people. ? Ooly a poverty-stricken office is compelled to seek the man. ? All's well that ends well, but it is just as well to begin right. ? Writers' cramp < ften means that the writer is eramped for money. J L SI4ERARD. A.TTOKNE3Y ?T LA Vv, ANDERSON, S C. ?r Office over Poet Oiliee Building. GREENE & GREENE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. AKDKKgON, - S. C. Office over Farmers and Merchants Baak. Money to Land on Reel Estate Security. Pot 14. 1908_17 Sen ? THE ~ BANK OF ANDERSON. J. A. BROCK, President. JOS. N. BROWN, Vice President. B. P. MAULDIN. Cashlor. TliE largest, strongest Bank in tho Couuty. Interest Faid on Deposits By special Hgrooment. With unsurpassed faellltlos and resour? ceo wo aie at all times prepared to ao commodato our ouHtomera. Jan in, i?u)0 29 Peoples' Baii of An?erson. ANDEUNOrV, 8. C. We respectfully solicit a share of your business. BANNER 8alV^ most healing ealv? In tho wor'd. General Repair Shop, ALL klnda of Bln"kamitblng, Wood Work, Painting, TiImming, Rubbei Tiros and Rubonr Horse Shooing. All doue at ehort notice by tlrat-olaus work men. We don't claim to be tbe only rl rat-class workmen in towu, but au good aa auy in tbe Sooth. Our work Bhowa for itself. Work and Pricea guaranteed. Call and see our work and got pilcos. Bring your Buggies and bave them re paired and made as nice and good as d?v? for Spring and Hu miner drives. Yours for bu?ineB?, T. P. TODD. P. S.?Horse Shooing a Specialty. March 11, 1903 38_ Foley's Honey and Tar cures colds, prevents pneumonia. When you or>me to spend the day ways remember we have feeding ? hitching plases, and are always ?lad to Hee vou come, always ready to do your work at a reasonable price. And your Horse Suoolnjr?don't fail to lot us do it If you want your horse to travel right. You will And me below Jail on the cor ner. You can see my sign. W. M. WALLACE. KIDNEY DISEASES are the most fatal of all dis eases. CHI CV'O KIDNEY CURE In rULEI a Buarant.id Romedf or money refunded. Contains remedies recognized by emi nent physicians as the best for Kidney and Bladder troubles. PRICE 50c and St.00. FOR SALE BY EVANS' PHARMACY CITATION. Statt? of South Carolina, County of Anderson. Jiy Ji. X. 11. Nance, Judge of Probate Whereas, W. F. Sutherland has applied to me to grant him betters of Amninnbration on the Ettatu and effects of John W. Sutherland, deceased : These are, therefore, to cite and admon ish ail kindred and creditors of the BAid Jno. W.Sutherlaud, deceased, to bo and up {>oar before mo in Court of Probate, to be jeld at Anderson Court House, on the llth day February, 1904. after publication hereof, to ahew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not ba granted. Given under my hand this 2?th dav of January, 1904. R. Y. U. NANCE, Probate Judge. Jan 25, 1004 32 2 Assessment Notice. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, Anukii?on, 8. C. This office will bs open to recolro Returns of Persona) Property for Taxatloj (or tbe next Fiscal Year, from the firvt day of January, 1904, to the X)th day of February following Ineliulro. Itoal Estate elands as before, but all transfers of Real Estate made since lau return should be noted upon the retur - blank when li ting. T->e Township Aasesors are required bylaw to list for all those that fail to malt? tln-lrown re turn* within the time rercrihod Hooce the difficulty of the delinquents ?(?in? ?he f>% per ctnt penalty, us well as tho freipiVncy of errors, re sulting frtim this practice Hy all moans mako your OWN returns and thereby sard exp?die and trouble. Kx-Confede*ate Soldiers <>vor 50 years of age are exempt from Toll Tax. All oih-r males between the agrs of 21 and 6'J ypar?, except those Incapable of. arn Ing a support from b?iuf is aimed or from any other cause hhall hedeineed taxable polis For the convenience of faspayers we will also har? Deputies to lake Returns at the following times and ( 1 ces : Holland, Tuesday. January 12. MefTattnTille, Wednesday, January 18. Iya, Thursday. January la. Moseley, Friday, January, 15* A K Scuddy's,Saturday, January 16 Starr, Monday, January 181 Storoyille, Tueaday. January 19. Clickscalea' Mil', Wednesday, January 20. (iuyton, Monday, Jauury u. Bishop'a Branch, Saturday, January 28. Fite Forks, Monday, Janua y 20. Autun, Tuesday, January i9. Wyatt'a Stere, Wedaesday January 18. Cedar Wreath, Friday, January is -a. nv, Jam ta' 8tore, Friday, January IS?p- m. Wlgington's 8too3, Tnuisday. January 1?. Equality. Tuesday, January li. Pendleton, Friday and Saturday, January IS and 16, to J. T Uunter Townyllle, Friday, Jannary IS. Tugaloo. Saturday, January 16. Henaa Path, Moi day and i'uesday, January 18 and 19 or up to February 2*th. to J J. Trusten. Belton, Friday and Saturday, Janu.ry Ma?d SO Piedmont, Mouday and Tuesday, January 25 and 20. Priser, Monday, Tue day and Wednesday, Jan uary 18,19 and iO, ur up to Fubrua y 20 to John B Bonner. WiHlan-ston.Wcdrusday and Thursday, January 27 and 28. 60 per cent. Peaxlty for No'i-Ruturn. O S.C. BOLEWAN, Aud tor. "f Vegetables to bring good prices must have both size andqual ity. Kven good soil is made better by the use of a fer tilizer rich in I Potash ( \W v.i'l Bend cm books, i^vinR fi;'l infor mation a!.nut the subject, to any farmer who Mines foi them. (H-KTIAN KALI WORKS, Nett \ urk - tUI Nunxitu Street, or Mluiilu. Un.?XtH Ill otid St, MONEY TO LOAM. WE ran negotiate Loans on improved ''arm L*utls for huhu oxtmiImik S3.W m reasonable term*, on the iuitttiluinnD plan. It in worth Ibe whiioof persona contotnplHting borrowing money to see us. Bring vour land rjnn?rs with you, HUMUM & \VATKINS, < Mb -o in I'm ipto'u Bank. 8ept:U), 1003 10 Anderson County Mutual Ben* e?t Associaion of America. The Anderson County Mutual Benefit Annotation of Amerloa writes the cheap est Insurance of the day. The plan ia to take one thousand people, men and wo men, bind them together in a business way to help each otber In time of need and trouble. You only pay when one dloa. 11 you Join now your first paymeu*. paye you up until January, 1904, unlew we loae one of our members, If the hana of Providence nhould novor the sliver thread that holds the life of one ot our loved ones, friend or neighbor, who would hesitate a moment on paying the little sum of One Dollar and ten cents to replace the amount and pay expenses paid out on death claim. Consider the matter, examine and study our plan You are receiving Inrcranoe o protect your family at acluat cost. Don't Btand back, let our ageneiuo write yon up at once. If there is anything you wiBh to know In regard to the polie y call on any of the agents and they will take pleasure in explaining the policy to you. Remem ber this ia the only opportunity ever presented to you nt actual cost. You owe It to your family, you owe it to your self to secure their protection in case yon are taken away from them. If you are over thirty years of age this Is the only chance you will bave of getting in. After 1,000 mem bora have been secured no one over thirty gets in, and he only to reulace a deceassd member. N. R. GREEN, Pres. ,T. M. PAYNE, Sec. and Treas. Here is our New T're Setter Wo worked so successfully last season. Sets 'cm cold, right on the wheel, and keeps the dish right, too. With plenty good seasoned lumber, improved machinery, well selected stock of different sizes, shapes and parts, we give you the service you est pect in short time. Overhauling Can* riages and BuggioB from start to finish is our specialty. PAUL E. STEPHENS. Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right*, Page Woven Wire Fence Co., Adrion, Mich. TAX NOTICE. TUE Books for tho olleotion of State, . .hoot ulCounty T-txes will he o^onol from Ootober Kitti, ID,).', to Docemher 11st, l'JJJ, Inclusive, and from January 1st, l'JOt, to March lit, l'JQl I will collect with the unalty?for January 1 poroent, Fehruary 2 i er cent, and from March lit to th a 16th with 7 per cent penalty. After the 15th of March Execution* will no Issued. J lie ratn or Tax Levy is as follow* : State Taxes. S Mills Ordinary County. School.-. 8 " Pant Imlehttiiuess. 1 " Public Koada.... 1 " Total...........lay* An additional levy of 8 mills has been male im No 'H, Hunter School District ; ao additional levy of 2 mills ban been made for the Town of Wlf> Hamaton. which la College District. No ? ; alto (iautt School District, Mo.?,levjr made additional 8 mills for School and l ' j mills for interest on School Bonds, the total additional forOanttSchool Diatrict 4'<J tailla ; making tot ?1 tax levy for Uua tei .chooi District 17 mills. College School Dis. trtct 18 mills. Total tax levy for Gantt School District 18'S mills The. State, Constitution requires all male* be tween twenty-one aud sixty years of age, except those incapable of earning a support from bring maimed or from other c uses, and those mho sor*. ed In the war between the State*, to pay a Poll Tax of One Dollar. All persons between the ages of eighteen and flf y years of age, woo aro able tu work tno publia roads, or came th mi to be workod, except Preach ers whohavechirgeof congregation, ant parsons who served In the war between the States, Sohool Teachers and Truite? are exomptod from road duty, and Iti hen of work may pay a tas of One Dollar to be collected at the sains time other taxe aro collerted. 1 will collect Uxus at Slabtown, Mt. Airy. Pied mont, Pelzer. Wiliiaimton, Helton and Ilonas Path, bit will give noti;e later the time I wUj visit these place _J. M. PAYNE, Co Tveast Foley's Honey and TOP forchlldren.safe.sure. 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