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Tho only person in tho Thorvor tons' house party who woro an .ex pression which was entirely happy and unconcerned was AVilmotf Ryton, jibe, celebrated author, who was reading a column and a half .of vio lent abuse.ot his latest book, "Tho New Morality," ?i a nonconfonnist fd'oily. paper with very natural de \ Winifred; Sturry, in a delicious *wliite frocls, suddenly stopped be hind lus chair. Between her beou iiijul eyebrows there was an anxious ^ujeker. Without a word to Ryton she began to blow a fluffy headed weed earnestly. "It will, it won't. It will, it won't. It"? i Eyton dropped his paper and turned his chair around. "It will -or won't what, please?" ho asked curiously. "H-u-s-sk!" she whispered. 'You mustn't breathe a word yet or I ?hall forget where I am." Sho blew ?gain. "It will, it won't. It will"? "It won't," said Ryton tantaiiz ingly. 'Tm certain it won't." Winifred Sturry deigned to take no notice. "It won't"? "It will. I'm certain it will." She blew the last tiny piece of fluff away. "It will 1" she cried, with horror in her voice. "Oh, isn't that rtoo dreadful for words? What will poor Mr. Thorverton 6ay when I btell him? And I did try so herd to make it stop at 'it won't 1"' She 'Hung the weedlessVstock away with a gesture of despair. "What was tne reason of Your rash expenditure of breath?" iia ?sked. . For a moment the prettiest girl in the world regarded him with as ;tonishment. "You don't mean to say," she replied by asking another ^question, "that you don't know what today is?" "Strangely enough, I do, though. TToday is Tuesday." : '"It is St. Swithin's day." "Oh, hol X seel" replied Ryton. *" It will rain, it won't rain. It will rain, it won't rain.' " It will rainj" said Winifred sad ly, "for forty days." m "How do you io??w r" "Why, because it came so when X blew, of course." "Do you believe that?" asked By "top, "Implicitly," she said briefly. , "And does Jack Thorverton, be lieve it?" , ilm?mbvably," sbe\ replied curt iy^ "Why?" he asked. '*He believes it because he be lieves in all those kinds of things." "You mean-he believes that if he goes under a ladder somebody will She?" "Yes." "And if he sees a piebald horse somebody's born?" "Of course." "And if he sees a black cat run joing in front of him hell find the winner of the Derby? And if ho upsets .the salt he'll be utst the ?>?? "Oh, yes, and a hundred other jthing?." "Misa Sturry," he said, with an earnestness too deadly to be plausi ible, "I do beliove in some of these ihings people call superetitioiis." "Nor sho cried. "Yes, I believe in blowing flufiy | things." "You dont?" she said incredu lously. 'But only when they, are blown ia the right way." "Which is tho right way? Didn't I do it in th? right way?" ''No/' said Byton. "To blow, it .once is only, to go through the first ?tage of the dodge^-? mean rite. (You^ought to blow it three times." "But one.; (?ti't blow the same "Quite so," replied'Byton gently. "But what you can and ought to oo vis t? blow throe heads; once. each. 3?or instance, Buppoie I were in. love frith you"? A flush came to Winifred's cheek, .and she looked up at Byton for a fleeting second from under tho turn -ed down brim of her panama, s "I only said suppose/' said Ryton, rwho 'iiad caught tho glance excited ly, "and, wanting to And out wheth er you were id k>vo with me before *? asked you-r-although asking, is really not a bod way of finding out 'r-*? blew one of these things." *; He picked three of tb?m from ihs' -nearest patch ;j and walked back to ilia former position, endeavoring to hold them steady in a band that hi vfiistcd on trembling, iWinifr?d; reteining ner addea col k>r, watched him surreptitiously. Byton commenced blowing' ono. *vShe 3ov<4 me, fcho loves mo not, 3he;loves,nw, she loves me not." He finished the bead. : "Wouldn't you think mo''the biggest idiot the worlds had ever ?cejr it I believed it tho first tunb ??d sa?ql nothing to you.?* "Rather/ implied. 1'X m?en?~-v ?iy^oh ri^&*3 ; n?r qufck, vivi? ' t>?nsjjR'wiUi"'' a. ?posni of pieasuie, *53Tcf?- j^ould;think ii : uccesaory Mow agam? ^wouldn't ybu ?" "Ob, X don*t ??ftcw. ?t so?riia,!' ex atupid, ? tniJ But ftro?wjj?^ bnd we?o. "She ?oves 'm6f ehe. lo^es m? not.-.* Sfe lov?s rne^" sue\?o m?jitotf? v -f^; ?lyl?n made a l?ige effor*. "She j loves me!" "I said so!" Winifred laughed delightedly, caught his eyo and pull ed up abruptly. ''But it wouldn't do for me," ooo tinued Byton solcninly, "to go to you and aay: 1 know you loyo me, darltng. When shall wo get mar ried? "Why wouldn't it-?" she aalced, in tensely interested in ? stubby diaay' tho gardener had missed betjeadtng1. "Beoauee," said Byton, "tjaore ia still 0110 more thing to blow before, the question ie settled." "Oh, blow it then. Blow it quick-? I ly'" Byton inwardly thanked all hia otors that Jack and she wero equally superstitious. "And this one, of "ourse, settles tho question forever. This one will tell me to go to you joyfully or forever held my peace." Winifred cxanur.ed it earefi/ly, anxiously. "But that's such an enormous thinrr. You'll be certain to make zii uneven number of blows." "Ah," said Byton sadly, "but one can't choose one's fluffy headed thing. In this life one has to take one's chance. 'She loves me, she loves me not.' " '<Not too fast, Mr. Byton." Byton's heart, for all that he wrote books, beat furiously. "She loves me, she loves me not. She"? Winifred couldn't stand the sus pense. She leaned forward and gave a great blow. "I love you! I mean she loves you. Supposing that you realty love me?her?^whoever it is/' "But you blew, too," said Byton. "Very likely I should have left some unassisted.** "Perhaps you wouT " said Wini fred. Byton dropped the stalk. "But I, don't think so. After all, that's not j the point. The point io whether it's ! going to rain today and for forty j days, isn't it ?" j Winifred laughed end dipped her j head so that he should not see some- j thing she knew to be in her eyes/^M "Of course it is! But there aren't any more in the garden." *; ?'By Jove! Aren't there? Oh, well, it doesn't matter. You may fill Jack's heart with delight by as suring him that St. Swithin is going to be kind." Wim "Very well," said Winifred. "And you may further tell him, I] think, that you have filled my heart with delight by assuring me that St. Winifred is. also going to be kind." ) "But I haven't!" she said hur* riedly. "I havon't said a word." { Byton caught her hand. "That .* doesn't matter. Tho fluffy headed thing said so, and that's good enough for me." . "Oh, don't ! Lord Thuxton is looking. Er?er?as it has been set tled that it isn't going to rain, shall we go out in the punt?'-' Ml| Byton followed her quickly. "You t feel quite confident in the truth of this thing then?" - \W\ "Quite," eoid Winifred as she got into the jnmt.?Sketch. No Noaeensa About Esther. Harry?What did tiellie saf *#ien you proposed ? j Dick-?rane asked me if I feU sure i she was the brightest, prettiest,1 sweetest, girl in ail*the world. 'l\ Harry?find of course you snid;^ yes. \ ' 1. Dick?On the contrary, I tola her j '!X though^ she was a very oroUnaif^! creature. v.l ! Harry?&nd of course that set tled it. j . Dick?It did. She said it was evjv f; ident we were a perfect match.? 1 Boston Transcript.. ' Th? Duke Bid Higher. ' ; An American mil?onaire,staying -j ((at Hamburg, once gave, the head , [ gaiter at one. of the hotels 100 . ] j marks to place him next to an Eng I lisK dnko hi diiuMn?: ! Next tlay he ! found himself at- the other end of the table. "Didn't. I give you," he J remonstrated,. "a hundred marks to j sit as near as possible to the duke -i " Yes^ sir," replied the waiter,; 'Trat f the duke. he gave me 200 marks to 1 put you as far away as possible."? 1 Loadon Globe, i \>^'V'.;';,> \ ?-?- - C A Long Time. The Single Man-^No, sir. You ' might hupt the Wide world over .end j you won't And a more sensible.; tea- It sohablo little girl than tho ono Iam V goin^ to marry. ' I ;'Vhe Matri?d Man?I fancy you c haven't known her very long, have/5 you?-/: - - ; .. ... v.-';/ Tbo Single Man ~- Known her! Why, ?ihn, I have u?en with her constantly for three weeks f-rLon-1 c -don Telegraph, The i5ndu8trlou8 Vlra?nla Hen ' * The We?t<*rn part of Vireinifi has j been -jitsown for y>arp as a ereafc s*?r f tion fnf r?i?ine poultry, and the iiidttB*, try ie iooronp?r*(? a* ? rapid rate. Th*> v.t shipment nf Thanksgiving fcurkfiva and ohiokeos for all eesRon* hr?ntts In a? v considerable revRnu'e. ;;:(rne <] bur^Na^^ %- _ nres o^ihe es-jt prod notion of Booking hari? Cfftuotp fcr the past year, Xt nod s that 30,000 erat*? w*r<? frhib^ed to ff m arket, a total; of .10,800 O00 ? wold from e^e eoabtv in a single year. V This doea net include uiany thousands eottstiTOfd be the farms where they u werelsid. TheM^esA prlea of the m ^ear.?r*a.H tn. 15 cents a dosen? and l& J!t^^)^t>:^^^f-W!i^^ p*?"d. The , average for fche rear.1 was 22 c?nis. n A FOUR LEGGED FAKIR. Tho Holy Cow Woo Presented With a Vory Effective Petition. Not all the fakirs of India aro .un man beings. Holy cows and sacred monkeys nave a ?no shore in tho game and in eosno instanced sivorvr, rare conning in taking, advairtego .of the pseptefc txritafs m their attri At Htrio?Rtt, on tho*?ndue, tttaro ia a notably W1& old sacral boast, wjocee lut? y?aa>o? receiving wor-. nip, petting exi? pampering tuwo d*vokrped some etaangc cluiroctoris t?cs. Thm animal will leave the shore several timen a day in the boated season and, wading far ont into the stream, etac-eli there and i bowl until' some one of tho vUlagcra comes ont and laves her with ;vater, the coolness caused by the evapora tion seeming to gratky her greatly. She is extravagantly fond of choice plantains and will go into tho bazaar and take only the very best. A friend of tho family was close by a shopkeeper's stand one day when a sacred bull wandered up and began to feed from tho provisions displayed, with entire assurance of. being within his rights. Tho shop keeper approached nim gently, say ing: "Forget not that I anra poor man, brother. Seest thou not those sweet delicacies before the place of the rich man across tho way ?" Tho bull munched on. "Full well I know thou?art.a holy^ man, and I give thee all thou takcat> feeling my reward in heaven already) bestowed; but, brother, I am apoorj man, a: id this morningJI gave a ru pee to thy very holy brother of Ro tonga ( a stiff armed fakir of tho re gion), and thou) shouldest come in another moon." A great note was growing in tha pile on the stand. The shopkeepeo picked up a bamboo stick and blew his breath in the end of it, then* again addressed tho animal: ' 'Into this stick I have breathed a? prayer that thou mayest remember now poor a man I am, O my broth er, and I now present my humble? petition.** Whereupon he whacked the bull sharply over the nose, and the astounded animal galloped, bel lowing, through the bazaar.?Metro politan Magazine. Oddit'eo of tho Human Body. The two shies of a person's face are never alike. The eyes are out of line in two cassa cut of five, and one eye is stronger than the other in seven persons out of ten. The right ear is also, as a rule, higher than the left. Only one person in fifteen has perfect eyes, the largest percentage of defects prevailing among fair hdrcd people, Theemall est interval of sound cm be better distinguished with one ear than with both. The nails of two fingere never grow with the same rapidity, that of the middle finger growing the kart est, while that of the thumb grows slowest. In fifty-four cases out of a hundred the left leg is shorter, than-the ri^it. The bones ofa?. av erage human male skeleton weigw twenty pounds, those of a woman: are e&<poundsligfa?ero * IfHiMynwort to Bo a BoowtOfawg. .'It was &t Cambridge, ana a Bos ton girl was trying not to overwhelm, a bveeey young woman from the? "Such a historic ptie,** she was saying, as she toyed lightly with hen eyeglass, "and bo very dear to me? -five years ago my great-; other wee graduated from , I suppose. Miss Fond du Lac, you don't take much interest in an? institution tike this ?" "Not much; to tell tho truth, Miss Beckbay. Von see, I've been brought ap on a Harvard diploma?one of coy ancestors was en honor man in ?venteen-fifty something---and I'm ?athertired of it all.'* . OoJ Boyond That. One of the principal stockholders n a promising gold mine was ?x )et?atmg on its merits to o capitalist md prospective investor. He de scribed-the vein in wMch tuo-minei? ! Fere working, showed him specd nens of .the ore and backed up hkt to^ementa svtth th? written ocrons? admitted the. cap?taiisV 'it looks es if it might bo a good in vestment. As my old tJnde Himm> Bt?o^-8aV,-ith?8.Vint.^ ^mts?w exclaimed the atocfe soider, earned away perhaps by his y. "Why, sir, wslre in it now!" : Tho Weak Point. . . Minister?Of what were yon ac raae^?.--.,.^..^-',' : : Convict:?Stealing a watch. I nade a good fight about it. I had ^^pfrvers and proved an alibi with? ixte?n witbessea. Then 'Jboth my i|^irls_jraade strong speeches to the ury. No use. I was sentenced for our years. -L Minister?I don't see why you rere not acquitted. 'Ctonyictir^ellf^ I confess thew? ,M^lw?k\v--poin?- to my toense.! * und the wateh in-my - jn Telegioph. ~ Before the self-made man oaia et into polities he must be made over y trie machine. ? It's almost as difiioult for a wo ?en to keep a secret as it is for her to so dho pok &.*;oke. ?- One -?f-lha\^'d^?]toH?s''^^f 'Hf? ia r? a woman could bait a six foot a until t^ eu go up stairs *nd f aipt ^W??beiy'Kinks there is a mouse i? cloSeL -Oh'am tiso nht{^^j!v^;ihi?r4''.?r0^tiatu I ' 'I . " ' THE CURE FOR WORRY. Lrve Ono Day at a Time and Toko S hoi* Views of Ufa. Worry ? ono of tho worst curses of? modem lifo. I i?y,o? modern life, not booauso peop>, a thouennd yoars ago. did not worry, beoauee na civi liaaffcov? advoiroue saon become moru highly strung, more sensitive and base capable of oVtaohmoot. Thau we often, say a ver^ .expressive phrase that a ftSug "gota uporv our nerves-.-"' Something. di#try*mng frap pons to us, and wo oesmot shake it oft. Somo ono treats ue rudely, harshly oar unkindly, and-tho word or dead rankiee in our minds. Wo think it over fill it is magnified into a grievous and intentional inault. Wo take it to Ihm! with us, and no sooner is tbo Mght put out than we begin to recall it and turn over in our minds all tho circumstances that oc casioned it. Wo sleep feverishly, haunted ail tho timo with tbo senso of something disagreeable, .\Vc wake, and tho accursed thing is still ran kling in our minds. This is ono J form of worry, which is very com mon among people of sensitive minds. Another f crm of worry is the tend ency to brood over past errors. The business man or tho public man is suddenly overwhelmed with the con viction that he has made an awful mess of things. The worst of all calamities is the lack of energy to grapple with calamity, and in most cases it is worry thav break? down a man's energy. A third and perhaps more com mon form of worry, is the gloomy anticipation of future calamities. There are some men who, however happy they may be today, ?xe per? petu?lly frightening themselves with the possibilities of a disastrous to morrow. They live in terror. When actual sorrow comes upon us most of us discover unexpected resources of fortitude in ourselves. But noth ing Bickens the heart so much as im agined sorrow. Of this form of worry we may well say, "It's wick ear I have no doubt thai most of my readers know by experience what some of these things mean. No doubt , also many of them have many real causes for anxious thought, ana they will ask me how ? propose to deal with it. One of the best ways is to be content to live a day at a time. .Sydney Smith counsels us with rich wisdom to take short views of life. Each day is on entity in it self. It is rounded off by the gulf of sleep; it has its own hours which will never return; it stands separate, with, its own opportunities and pleasures. Make tnr most ol them. Another good and simple rule is never to take ou? griefs to bed with os. "Easy to say, but how difficult to do," will be replied. But it is largely a matter of will and habit. John Wesley once said that he would as soon steel ae worry, for each was equally a sin. To worry is weeteJal aa?d foolish; ne have also to recollect thoc'it ia wicked,?W. J. D?wson in ?few Ycwato World. Smoother. They were ae sociable a set of pas sengers as ever sailed) together, and talMng and la^hier were going on tnenily when they set down to the Brat dinner eboeard. Suddenly there came a terrifie up roar from the neighborhood of the forecastle. The sailors had been a trafic too merry befewe sia sting and wore now engaged In pummelling sach other for all they wore worth. Ehe first officer rose from the table to go and quell the d???urbance, and ba a few moment? al> woe qsiiet. *^hinga seem smoother, now, Mr. Parker," said the captain approving ly, when the mate BcAajned. "Yes, sir," was the reply. "I've just ironed the crew, sir Pf ??^? Breast?. In as essay on breath a school iwybegins": *Breaih isymade of air. We breathe always, with our lungs, ex ept-et night, when oar breath keens life going threogbwdns noses while ,vo are asleep, if it wasn't for our taeath, wo should dis whenever we dept. Boys that stay in a jooxb all lay should not baeoftbo; they should 1 rait #13 they get aat?oam. Fois ot of boy?s staying in** room make ^uorncide. And caxbonicido is : ??re poisonous than mad dogs, , bough not just in tha same way. It iocs not bite, but that's: no matter S t?-long ap it kills you/' Hlo Infiorecrrte:')*. . , ; < An eastern bishop tells of a young i aid inexperienced clergyman who md just beon called to a city charge. , It the end of the first month r lalary was paid by a check, ahr. '~y J ook it to tne bank. and passed it in' it the naylng toller's window. The official looked at it and then passed ? t beck"It's jperfectly good,'!' he aid, "but I tvuXliav to ask yon t?f naorce ft." Tho ^aamg- clergyman i ook bis pen end wrote.acwaa the ^ ol the ctfc^^ ^ < ttbaccibe U> tho ^t?menVj herein 1 m9^ - \^ ::. r ' < ? Some girls oan suggest oysters 1 fter the show in seventeen different 1 avis without mentioning them. J ? It iakes the average man half his , (lotted three score and ten years to < ?ro that he doesn't amount to very * moh, . ? 'When a man attempts to speak j I pubUo ?fer the fire* Ume t^e audi- j oce makes H m nervous?but later on * oi makes t^e;^ ; ? The Dispensary. I When the dispensary was establish ed the promise waa mado by its spou Bora that ihe institution would return S a profit of $1,000,000 to the State an nually almost from the date of its es- 1 tablishmant. That was 12 years or ^ more ago, and the 81,000,000 a year has not been realized. The report for 1904, exhibited with much pride, shows a total profit?inoludiog that going to the school fund and to tho counties and towns-? of $775,376.95, whioh is ft an increase of $136,893.60, over the ' earnings of the year before. Tho disponsary is selling more whis- , key every year?though its advooatos | at the Bame timo claim that it de- j creates drunkenness?and at tho pr?s ent rate of inorease it will be sovcral yeara before the $1,000,000 profit j stage is roaohed. In order that it may ! be attained the sales of whiskey must , bo mado proportionately greater. Tho business of the dispensary now i amounts to $3,374,786 43 a year-in j eales, and it will not be beforo tho J total runs up to the $5,000,000 mark | thai the original promise of the dis pensary oao be fulfilled. Heralded as a "temperance meao- < ure," even as "a step towards prohi bition," tho dispensary is living up to that prediction by soiling more than $3,000,000 worth of whiskey each year. Heralded as a great stroke of finanoial genius, that was to pay the State $1,000,000 annually from tho start and doorcase taxoB, the dispen sary, despite the mammoth sales, has not yet oome up to the mark set for it.?The Siate. I What They Hope For. The Christian Her?.!d r,sk:? a num ber of distinguished Americano this question, - "Whnt in your opinion is the most desirable thing to be hoped for by the 'Amerioan people during the four years of President Roosevolt's Adminis tration?" * It prints their replies, the gist of whioh appears below, exoept that where more than one desirable thing is mentioned only that first named is here given* as the most desirable: W. -T. Bryan-?A government of "equal rights to all and special privi leges to none." Speaker Cannon?We should ad vance as rapidly as possible the great constructive work of the Panama Ca nal. Senator Frye?Peaoe. T - naster General Wynne-Aggres siv? tegrity in the publio servioe. Ex-Seoretary Long-Tho simpler life. Railroad President M. E. Iugalls? Peace and prosperity. W. E. Chandler?Laws prohibiting national banks and other corporations from contributing from their corpora tion treasuries money in aid of politi cal parties; John W. Foster?Peaoe with the rest of the world. The Rev. C M. Sheldon?Scab ac tion putting an end to the lawlessness of oapital. Edward Everett Hale?The restora tion of universal peace. The first duty in this direction seems to me to be the establishment of a Pan-Ameri can railroad from Hudson Bay to Patagonia. Labor Commissioner Wright?In creased respeot for law. President "John A. MoCall, New, York Life?National supervision of all insurance companies and casualty corporations.?New York Sun. Not Enough to Hurt. Dr. Wallace Wood of the university of Now York was talking about the love jf beauty, says the New York Tribune. "The love of beauty," he said, "is dot so firmly planted in the people's minds as it should be. Things only that are useful are considered valuable, beautiful things too often are regard ed as unimportant. "This popular idea of the useful'u unspeakable superiority over the merely betutifs! may be illustrated by a happening in a barber shop. "A barber, in outting a young man's hair, snipped off a piece of his car. "The young man leaped from the ah air. He cried in anguish and hor ror: " 'Ohl you have cut a pieoe ef my seronT "But the barber answered in a pat ronising, soothing way, as one speaks to a ohild: " 4Sho! Don't carry on so boss. Tain't 'naff to atteot y o* hear! n Y " .?.-?' '?%?: ? Nathan F. Chides ter, of Okla lorn a Territory, had a close oall last week, The doctors pronounced him lead and his body was prepared for jurial. His oreaoher delivered a pow erful funeral, sermon. Just before jarrying the coffin to the cemetery for jorialthe undertaker took off th? lid that the family might take a last look ft the corpse. He noticed that the lrHerside of the coffin lid was moist, ?nd looking at tho body aaw that mindester was breathing. The dead hau is now well again. ? 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If you have a preslstent Pimple. Wart. Swellings, Shooting, Stinging Pains, lake Blood Bflhii ond they will disappear before they develop Into Cancer. Many apparently hopeless cases of Cancer cured by taking Botanic Blood Balm[BBB.] Sold byall druggists. $1.00 per large bottle with complete directions for home cure. For free sample write Blood Balm Co,, Atlanta, Ga, Describe your trouble, and special free medical advice to suit your case also sent In sealed letter. If already satletlod that B. 0, B. Is ?hat you need Hko a large boltlo undirected on labol.and when the right quantity Is taken s curs Is certain, sura and hurting, If net cured rour money will bo refunded. fjvans Fixarmaoy. 6IK PHOSPHATE CURES KIDNEY DISEASES URINARY AND BLADDER TROUBLES POS S?LE nT TiLL "DISPDNGflniP.S. Peoples' Bank of Mflerson. ANDEBSOV, 8. C. We reap ect fully solicit a share oi your business. Assessment Notice. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, Anderson, 8. C. This efSce will bo open to receive Beturns of >ereorjai Property for Taxation for the next FiicalYear, from the first day of January, 19)5, :o tbe 30th day of February following inclusive. Real Eatato stands aa before, but all transfer of Eteal Httats made sincq last return should be mint upon tbe return blank when listing. The Township Aesoruora aro required by law to ist for all those that fall to make their own re urns within tbe time preseribed Hence tbe llfnculty of delinquents escaping the SO per cent jcnalty. aa well as the frequency of errors re ulliug from tbts practice. By all means make 'our OWN letuuis and thereby save expense and rouble.. Ex-Confederate Soldiers over 60 years of ago aro ixemp* from Poll Tax. All other males between ho ages of 21 and 00 yo<ra, ezoept those incapablo if earning a support from being mil med or from my other cause shall be deeuic^ taxable polls. For the convenience of Taxpayers we will also tare Deputies to take Returns at the following in esand places: Holland. Tnesday, January 10. olonattsvlllo, Wednesday, January 11. Iva, Thursday. January 12. Moseley, Friday, January 18. A. E. Scuduy 'a, Saturday, January It. Starr, Monday, January 16. 8torevlll9, Tues Jay, January *T. Cllnksoslea' Mill, Wednesday, January 18. (tuyton, Monday, January 16, Bishop's Branch, Saturday, January 21. Five Forks, Monday, January 28. Anton,Tuesday, January i7. Wystt'a Store, Wednesday, January 18. OtOSI Wreath. Friday, January 20??. m, James' Store, Friday, January 20?p. m. Wlginston's Store, Thursday, January 19, Equality, Tuesday, January 17. Fendleton, Friday snd Saturday, January 20 nd2i, toJ.T. Hun.or. Town ville, Friday, January 27. Tugsloo, Saturday, January 28. HoneaPatb, Monday and Ti .dsday, January 10 nd 17, or up to February 20th, to Deputy. Belton, Friday and Saturday, January 17 and 28. Piedmont, Monday and Tuesday, January 28 ndSi. Pelser, Monday, Tuesday snd Wednesday, Jen* ary IS, 17 and IB, or up to February 20tb, to ohnB Bonner. WUUauuton, Wednesday and Thursday. Jan ary 2d snd 26. G. N. C. BOLBM AM, Auditor. a9> 50 per cent penalty for Non-Return. Dec 7 IHM._ 36 _ TAX NOTICE, THE Books for tbe collection of State, 8choo) ti County T?xes will be OfSned from October ;tn, 100J. to December alst, 1301, lnclosite, and om January 1st, 1905, \p March lat, 1900,1 will allMt with the renalty?-for January 1 percent, ebrusry 2 ter cent, and from March 1st to the 5th with 7 per cent penalty. After the 15th of larch Executions will be Issued. 1 be rate of Tax Levj Is" as fol low j : . Stale Taxes.~.?~..5 Mills School................. 8 " - Ordinary County.~..4 " PubUo Roads,..........,,..-..........i_ . Total.............................13 " An sddiUonal lo?y 4 mUls School District Ho 50. Additional levy ? tt Ills School District No. 43. Additional levy 8 mills School District No. 51. Additional levy 414 mUls School District No. 81. AddlUonsl let y 6 mills School District No. 20. Additional levy 8 raUIs School District No. 24. . Making 1/ roll la for Walkor-MoElnioylo School latrlet No. 60. Making 17 mille-for G*>od Hope School District 0.48. - V ' i -1 Making 16 mills for Melton School District No. Making 17K mtus fox GaoU School District Ko. Making 18 mills for College School Dlatrlet No. Making 16 mlt'a for Runter School DUtrlct No. l Tho?Uvto Constitution requires all males be rat? the swa of 21 sad e? years, except ttoUt capablo of earning a support from b-lng maim l or other causea, a?d those who Sjsrved In the sr between the Stases, to pay a Poll Tax of One ollar. All pewon* be ween the age* of olghtc?o id Arty years of age who are able to work the iblio roods, or cause them,** be worked, except rtachtrs who have charge ?f a coogregatioh and jrsons whosstrsdln the war between tbe8tates. hoe! T^hers Snd Trustees are exerutted from A duty, *m la lieu of work msyp&JT tax of at CSlfaV; t? be oolleeted a^ the a une ji ^yotbet xesareeoUected. I will collect taxes at.fOah-. ^AWAiry, Piedmont,, vfer^f?^ Garden Truck can be raised profitably only in soil containing plenty of Potash. All vegetables require n fertilizer corr taining at teost to per cent. Actual Potash Without Potash no fertilizer is com plete, and failure will follow its use. Kw>r fnrrt.i-i-rhonM taTeonrrelttBbl? books on fertlll?*Uon? tboy ur.> not iidvertialng mnttc-r boomlutt any wi?'<iri| frrtilizor, but bookaof authnritntlvo Information tliut lut-ans Iure? profita to the t urinrra. tkut. Tree tor thu MUOg. CERMAN KAM WORKS New York?US Naaaua 6tt??t, or Atlanta, Ou.?SSM South I)roa<l Street. a. E. GEIGER, ATTORN ICY AT LAW, ANDERSON, S. ?J. OfUce Over Post Office. ?St* Money to Lend on Real Estate. Apr!l 13, 1901 43 ly J. L. SHERARD, ATTORNEY' AT LAW, ANDERSON, S. 0. Office over Post Office Building Money to lend on Rsal Estate. Foley's Honey and 7391* forcbUdmms.Ssfct3iifc. rio opiates. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM ana beautifies the ba?c I _ a luxuriant growth. I Wovor VkUs to Rcstoro OrayJ HoU' to Its Youthful Color. Cora ?ealp dlmiM ft hair faUbac. aactacd?1.00 ot DropctiU C. & W. Carolina Railway. Schedule iu effect Sept. 5, 1904. Liv Anderson. 1 Oalboun Pahs... Ar MoCormiok. Ar AuguBta. IjV Augusta. V Allendale. ' TemoBsee. 41 Cbarleston., " Savannah b (cen t) Beaufort b. * Port Royal. 7.00 a m 8.21 a m 0.16 a m 11.00 a m 2 85 p m 4.30 p m 6.40 p m 7.40 p m 0.80 p no 6.30 p m G.4C p m 2.10 w ai 4.10 p m 6.05 p m 0 7.00 8.?5 a m 10.05 a m 11.55 p m oll.15 am cl 1.05 am 11.10 a m IjV Porc Hoy a 1 b. 11 Beaufort. " Savannah b (cen " Cbarleston b. " Yomassee. " Allendale.;.. Ar Augusta. LiV Au eu ft ta. Ijv McCormlok . Ar Calhoun Falls. * Anderson. 7.25 a m 7.40 a m 5.4P- a as T.io a m 0.16 a m 10.25 a m 12.20 p m 2.55 p m 4.40 p m 5.45 p m 7.10 r>m cO.OO pm 9.10 p m c-7.15 p m cs.20 p m 10.20 p m 11.31 p m 1.30 am 6.00 am 7.37 a m 10.00 a m Lv Anderson. Ar Greenwood. V Waterloo (Harris Springe) 44 Laurena. 44 Greenville. 14 Spartanburg .....^^^^^ 7.00 am 12.39 p m 1.17 p m 1.45 p m 3.25 pm 1 3.30 p m Glenn Bprlnea b.i 5 25pm Lv Glenn Sprinst* <G. n. H.H.). Liv Spartanburg (V. & W. O. Lv Greenville. Lv Laurena. Lv Waterloo. Lv Greenwood. A? Anderson.:. 9.00 a m 12.01 p m 12.15 p m 160pm 2.20 p m 2.4? p m 7.10 p m \..? .ally except Sunday ; c, Sunday only;. Through train service between Au> gusta and Charleston. For information relatlvo to rate*., etc., apply to W. B.Steele, U. T. A., Ander S. G., Geo. T. Bryan, G. A., Greenville, ?C, Ernest Williams, Gen. Pat?. Agt., ugusta, Go., T. M. Bmerson, Trame Manager._ . _ NOTICE! We want every nan and women In the. United States Interested In the cure of Opium, Whiskey or other drus habits, either for themselves or friends* to have one of Dr. Woolloy'sbookB on these dis eases. Write Dr. B. I?. Woolley, Atlanta, G a., Box 287, and one will be sent you free. Blue Ridge Railroad. Effectue Nor. 29,1903. '.WESTBOUND. No. 11 (dally)?Leave Belton 3.50 p. m. ; Anders?n 4(5 p. tp. ; Pendleton 4.47 p. m. ; Cherry 4 51 p. m. ; Seneca 5.31 p. m ; arrive Walhalla 5.55 p. m. No. 9 (dally except 8und?y)?-Leave Belton 10.45 a, m.; Anderson 11.07 a. m.; Pendleton 11.82 a m.; Cherry 11.39 a. m.; arrive at Seneoa 11.57 a. m. No. 5 (Sunday only)?Leave Belton 11.45 a. mi', Anderson 11.07 a. m.; Pen dleton 1L32 a. m.; Cherry 11.39 a.m.; Seneca 1.05 p. m.; arrive Walhalla 1.2, p. rn. No. 7 (dallv except Sunday)?Leave Anderson 10.80 a. th.; Pendleton 10.59 a* m.; Cherry 11.09 a. m.; Seneca 1.05p. m.; arrive Walhalla 1.40 p m. No. 8 (daily)?Leave Belton 9,15 p. m.; arrive Anderson 9.42 p. m. No. 23 (daily except Sunday)?Leavo Belton 9.00 a. m.; arrive Andereon 9.30 a. m. EASBOUND. No. 12 (dally)?Leave Walhalla 8 35 a. no.; Seneca 8.58 a. m ; Cherty 9.17 a. mt; Pendleton 9.25 a. m.; Anderson 10.00 a. m. ; arrive Belton 10.25 a. m. No. 15 (daily except Sunday)?Leave Seneca 2 00 p. m ; Oherry 2.19 p. m.; Pen dleton 2 26 p. m.; Anderson 810 p. m.; arrive Belton 3.35 p. m. No. 0 (Sunday only)?Leave Anderson 3.10 p. m.; arrive Belton 3 35 p. mi No 8 (daily)?Leave Walhalla 3.10 p. m.; Seneca 5.31 p. m.; Cherry 5.59 p. in.; Fendleton 6.12 p m.; Anderson 7.30 p. m.; arrive Belton 7 68 p. m. No. 24 (dally except Sunday)?Leave Anderson 7.50 a. m.; arrive Belton 8.20 ?. m. H. C. BEATTIE, Pres., Greenville, S. C. J. R. ANDERSON, Supt., ._ Ar.dernon. 8. C. 50 "'EARSV experience t Designs \t root*m ? probt i ? not ici, Tflthou-chnruo. In the nw? ? ?? flaierkan.