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WHY NOT ? By F: B. PATTIiSON : ' ' um Iii . ' .- 11 il y.ijH The harbor of Xfrftgkozig was looking its loy?li?st on tliia mellow October afternoon, ns the big P. and O. steamer slowly glided ,from her moorings amid the crowd ot ' ship-, ping that filled the harbor. 'I here wcro not many passengers on. board the Parraniatta, for this whs hot a time of the year that many people traveled from the east homeward, but amid the stir and ,bustley attendant oji the departure or, a big raaii'jSteamer and the set tling down of newly joined passen gers* two people, both passengers, formed a tranquil contrast. ^ijijor Walton, although his eyes Tested on the gold tipped hills they -were, so swiftly passing, saw them jnot at all. Iiis thoughts were ail inward, too much occupied with a iriiter past*to take much heed of the surroundings of the present. It was the old, old story-his mind was dwelling, on-^-that of a woman'? frailty and a man's villainy?and, although the events which had well uigh wrecked, Iiis life bod all hap pened more than a year ago now, they'were brought but too freshly afco Iiis mind by this ;pmrney home. ""H?mel And what a homo cGl? sing !" he said to himself bitterly. The story was one perhaps only too common. He and<hi3 wife, tho latter beautiful, spoiled, yam, had..] been staying ir. the south, of franco And had gone on to Monte Carlo for a 'week or. two. Here they bad met Sir Lionel Hippesley, a handsome, shallow young Englishman, who was doing his best, without success, to riiin hiniselt at the tables, although -the money he so freely, squandered svas not his, but' his young wife's, -and, os a rumor, averred, he had mar ried the pretty Scotch heiress only *>r her fortune. Ho was staying at. Monte Carlo very much en garcon, his wife being 511 at home and*'unable to travel. "He and. the Waltons became ac quainted, and he , appeared mueh -struck by Mrs. Waiton'o beauty, while she was both pleased and flat "tered by his admiration and. atten tions, and her husband, glad that she * should.be amused, thought or sus pected no wrong. Under Hippesley's .guidance Mrs. Walton became an ardent gambler, and a good-many ibank notes fluttered away, but Wal ton was a rich man und co?ild afford io indulge her every whim. Then had come the war", in South Africa, and Walton's regiment was -among the first ordered to the front, and he, departed* leaving his wife more or less her own mistress and vnth the command of plenty of ,mon ' ; During hor husband's absence she ?gain met Sir Lionel Hippesley, this .time at' home, and he, more than :' / -over fired by her excessive beauty, persuaded her, a too willing victim, ito rim away with him to Paris DFrom there she wrote to her bus P^::^>and and told. him she had never, really cared for him and that now ,. . *he loved only one man on earth, .and that man was Sir Lionel Hipp?s ley. The blow almost stunned Walton, ?Then he was wounded and ?ivaiided . Imme, when. ho obtained his di .vorce. Hippesley's wife had already 'divorced her Husband. Immediately after the trial Walton harj-starte'd on a voyage to Japan and was now, after a year spent-in the east, once more returning to England. : ; ' ^ / - , With a short, impatient sigh Wal ton roused himself and turned to .go to the smoking room. As he did ao the lady near him turned to go helow at the same moment, and they, came face to face. Such a beauti- : ful, pathetic face, oui; of which shone a pair of dark bluish gray eyes. Walton, da for an instant hia eyes met; hers, felt a sudden thrill of interest, and he wondered who ehe wai.,* He very soon found out^, for on fcoard ship one speedily ltaoospos aware of me identity, w??dher true or false, of .000*0 fellow passeogeirs. iShe was a Mss. GreuY?le,, a whipy^ and had heenstaymgp,^ ;wtth friep?? and was pmr retucniiaff to England. She was oho*>e-?xH^ by an anni, Lady Grahomu. ~ "I wish Violet would make up hec siciiad to marry again/' she said ?oe' v when the Pnrrania^'had left Singapore ?rir behind and they w-are steaming ?vrough ^ C t^dlau o^eao^ <<5but X fear ab? jnt?ver rw?i ; Sho had a very imhappy 'mar ried life, short as it was, and I ana i ?froid she will never care to repeat the experiment/' .audible. "?h? idea somehow of Mrs. ?re?iville fxmrrying eiiy one heoaiuo v?^' distasteful to him uideas--~ v His heart fciddehiy beat faster and his cheek flushed as he all! pi once realized that Violet Qreavtlte had be?ome very dear to him. {[ They bad u ^cat aoal of J ; their time together ? during thsio??; j long,; hot &tvs andi Wl: paootl the J . ^eok after dm^ feess of thoee tropical nightfi, she had attrnc&d him moro a^j'other wou^aiv; he h?d over :,m^?us Vi'fs, ?^'?wy^^ttr^i?d-, ot appealed t? the inteJloctual 1 of hia iiatufo a? Sirs. .?renvillo o the true state of Iiis feelings for Mrs. G reu ville, but as yet he gave her po hint, First he must toll her his story, yet he shrank from the idea of laying bare the shaiaeful past before that pure soul. It was-a couple of evenings luter. Walton and hi3 companion leaned side by ride over the rail and talked in a fragmentary manner, but there was on intonation in^ his voice, a tenderness in his gray eyes, that made her heart beat and stirred her {mises strangely. Ono little hand ay near his, and suddenly his closed on it, und he raised it to his lips and kissed it passionately. ,"My darling/' lie whispered, piolet, I love you. Will you be my wifo? Speak to me, darling. Tell mo I have not hoped in vain." For a moment, as he put his arm round her and drew her to Mm, she yielded to his embrace: then she hurriedly drew herself away. ..' "Wait until tomorrow/' she.mur mured: "I?I will tell you then if you still care to hear." "Care to hear V-v he cried passion ately. "Child, don't you guess how much I love you?'' But with u sad little smile she flit ted from his side and was lost in the shadows of the, deck. Punctually at 6 o'clock the next day Mrs. Grenville appeared on deck, looking very lovely in her white drc^, though her f aco was p?le and .heavy shadows rested under the gray blue "eyes. Walton, to whom her coming was as a glimpse of para dise, hurried forward to meet her, and he carried her deck chair to a secluded corner, shaded from the glaro of the afternoon run,. which was now creeping to its rest. "Well, Violet, which is~t to be?" he whispered. ?Ycu don't know I;what tortures of impatience and un certainty I have suffered since last I- night. Is it to be?yes?" And he tried to read iijs answer in her avert ed eyes. I "Wait," she n^irih?red faintly. I "I?I have something to tell you be- ! for? I'give you my answer?some thing, that you ought to know. If after^-you still care, I*?will?say ; yes. I "My darling," be cried, "Violet, only say you love me a little, and I don't care for anything else I" ' ? <rYes,1?I do care for you," she j whispered, "more than I thought IJ could care for any one. I feel I can \ trust you, lean on you, respect you, and you do not know what all that means to a woman who has suffered as I have and has had every il lu si on stripped from her. Listen, and I will tell you my story. To hegin \ with, I am not a widow, as you thought, %'l my name is not Gren ^ ville. Wjjs my mother's ..name, and I took it when I dropped my i own, after-?after I was divorced. I divorced my husband nearly two' years ago now. We had only been j married a short time, and I was ill, when he went abroad and met there . a married woman who, I suppose; at- * tracted. him. But, to cut tho Btory j short, he?he finally ran away with her to PariB after her husband had been ordered out to Sjouth Africa, j She was a Mrs. Walton?-oddly ] enough, a namesake of yours." | Walton had turned livid. "Good Godl" ha cried hoarsely. "My wife!" "Your wife!" echoed his compan ion. "Then?^then you"? And she sank back in her chair polo and trembling. "Yes," he answered thickly, "my wife. I was the husband of that wretched wooian." "Tnen it was not a coincidence, os I thought it was, your name be ing th? saine ? I never dreamed of this," she murmiired brokenly. ^ V] Walton rose and leaned over th? rai?, / " turning his feverish brow to tho desert,' where a little breeze waa flowing from the mountains. His mind was in a whirl, only too thought being uppermost. 'Then you ara really"? he be gan. "Ledy Hipposley," she repJiedbat terly; ' lib?re followed a long ealeaace,, oalj; broken by the slow pu???ng of the engines &nd the ripple and ed% of the water eeusod by the eteam eVs wash. 1 At length tho man roused himself, ar^, fixing bis eyes yearningly an the pole face before him,, he, et?d nb>up*ty: "Well/ darling, and why not? Ts :hcr? any just orn?e ?r impediment?" Why not?" . ; '".Wliy .riot?" she whispered dreanv i^^Cttirig; h?r^^and \fall in his.? Byft?ndor. %""? Mrs. Ohas. Biley,, - who was iever?l> burned'at her horse .in Union jaat Saturday morning, die? within a ifew" hours afoerawards VV,Mrs: Riley was paralysed some.tibia ago, aod in walking., before the rire her drees be* came ignited, <^nd, a? there ?a? no One present to /render her aBBteUaoe, she Was bo severely; burned that death resulted in a Ve'# hours af ?erWerds* Mrs. Biley w&b in aertyfcb year St. Petersburg, Januaiy 23.?Tho estimates of tho number, of dead and ( ?ssd?d yesterday^ e?nti?'?e to vary ?aitt^ ?? ?t leaBt a majority, of the killed and wounded wore ?aishediioff by;:tfeeitonmra<le8. Few^.Uibae ta; can tVih^bofpitalahavfc'been report Od> ; Ths .official acocroot of the riot ins '?& no mains indtnaxes. th? tor lai *f killed and wounded. Prosa oarer ?ul abvsstigation by the etuff of the iAseoeisfced O-PVajw". H* app?ar?s t* the ?atimate of fiy p..hundred jo** i: -? Tho rtiore a crowd .of women can t?ilfc?,^^^ t> savi :.. }\ '^jjft^i-'p^o'pl.e's stronath of charac i?tii?hi??l?^:$n their'iongGeB. THE CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY. In China New Year's la the Little ! Ones' Great Day. Except at the CliLnese New Year, ; which comes in February, it is very , < hard to catch a glimpse of children . < in China, little beggars will run j * beside you for milps to earn one j i "cash,'"' a copper coin With i: squaro j hole in the middle of it, worth the ' ] twentieth, of a cent, but children | 1 who have parents to care for them seem to be kept indoors all the timo or only allowed to play in walled yards and gardens. Wc usc-d to say to each other: "Why, where arc tho children? Haven't they got any?" But at New Year's we found out thai they had. This is the great holiday of all tho yeur in China, when everybody hangs out flags and colored lonterns and sets oil firc 'erackere. We borrowed our custom of firecrackers for the Fourth of July from Chipese New Year's. All tho people put on their very best clothes and the children the best of all, jackets and trousers of bright blue or green or yellow or purple, the boys and tho girls so much aliko that you can only tell them apart by their hair. The boy's, of course, is braided in a pigtail, and tlie girl's is done up on her head with silver pina or, if she's a very grand little girl, with gold or jade. Thus deck ed out the children go walking with their proud papas and mammas and often go to the theater, which is a rare treat for them. ^ Perhaps Chinese children have romping plays together, but they always look as if they were born grown up.-?Bertha Runkle in St. Nicholas. ._ . ... ; A Passionate Soene. Her eyes were wild. Her hair was in disorder. Her face was flushed. Her hands were clinched. She was a deeply injured and^desperate wom an. "Oh, cruel one," she 'cried in an-: guished tones, "I have borne With you too long! You have injured, you bavo tortured me, and yet I could not boar to givo you up. When first We met, how your ease and pol ish attracted me 1 When you became my own, how my friends envied me! But your underst&nding ia too small .for my large soul. You are opposed to my advancing'myself. You have ruined my standing in society. If we had never -met I might have walked in peace. So now begone. We part forever." There was r. momehrB convulsive breathing, a gritting of teeth and a sharp sigh. It was all over. .By a supreme effort she had pulled off her new shoe. Too Difficult. In a Pennsylvania town where the Friends abound a- prim old Quaker spinster one day attended the mar riage of her grandnephew> a. young person who had in the cours? of his twenty-one years received much needed discipline at her hands. The old lady was at her best on this, festive occasion, and at a pause in the wedding, breakfast hor young relative looked over at her with a beguiling smile. "Tell us why thee never married, Aunt Patieiioe?^ he said twsingiy. ;^c?*irhat is soon told, William," said the old Quakeress calmly. "It was because ? was, hot as easy pleased as thy wife was.5" :??- - " Awkward. An old lady was toiling up* the Btops : of an Edmburgh church on a Sunday night , when a kindly elderly gentleman came after her and, say ing, "Allow n%,-'madam/Vlook'.hier' arm and heaped her up. When she had got to the top ehe paused for a little to recover hor brcoth and then askod, "Doirou know, who's t? preach tonight. ^Yee," said the gentle man; m*s l>r. the speaker being none other than Dr. ? himaeK. ?lly goo dness gracionsI? exclaimed the old'-la.dy. "Help mc down again, p?oase. Fd rather Ikten to a mon ehorpening a sow." When Too Tired to Ofeep. If yon are owrtased-^'^oo tired to sls?ft,* as we eo^otimee aw? batho the neck jmd temp^osssith hot water. Bathe fihe back of the neck pprtkmtarlj. This escsne to relax tforaemcfoa sod tho vetna that eup w4<h poooe, for it will come Tbe Sametseuftmeni will A hoa'dncho may o$tm be r^rcvod, oven oured, by hot t?pp?ioatione to tho bask of the nc?k,-~WBshin?ton Star. Her Way c* Thinking. S3, have called, doctor, to set?e that rental bill, but I think ifs ? |M? deal higher than it ought to ."But you will remember, msdatn* B^tbo tooth KHrnirod a good deal of treatment* and I took the greatest Mfe to make every operation pnin lesW-> * ? v. - v r ' ^T r?ancenber it didn't fcttrf. n?o a par?ble; ^Rmt*s . wn? the hill seems m> oo6ron^ow"----(^icft?o Tribun?. j ? You can't convince a woman mat any man'who hais proposed lo her Isa fool. , ? When a married woman wishes ihiywere a man,' her husband is apt to jeho the wish. ;yS?bero Is ? oopslderable pain in paying '.other'p>6pieiyerV;b^Rpy.:'. ?'A-^au.'always'b.as'?4'jotrn?r?'in- j M>m? ahead when ho is (ty?hg to IOi ow than the man he masts to lend to IS to. . . THE PARIS BALLET. Sevcro Training That Deg?ns When j the Dancers Are Children. t< Members of the ballet in the Pari3 J u 3pern House are given a most thor- ; u >ugh training. The sixty-four 'eleves," better known as the "rats," ire selected at the age of eight fears. They are chosen, in- the lirs.t [>laee, for their prettiness nad in- J * telligence. This thins down the number of candidates by over 50 per cent. The second test is the medical examination, only children sound in wind and limb being ac cepted. Every day for an hour they cnust go through the drill, stretching out their legs while they hold on to the rail fixed to the wall. They must be able to go through all the movements without any sign o? out ward fatigue. The professors are entirely dependent on moral suasion by word and gesture. Ko child ^is j? ever touched with the bands. If it " has not the gift of carrying out the instructions by the aid of its eyc3 and ears it is no good for the Paris ballet. A dancer who must be placed in the proper position by means of the teacher's hands may as well abandon the profession. Sho will never be a success. At the end of the second or sometimes the third year the girls come into a higher de partment. Here the most severe exercises are gone through till every muacle is de veloped to its highest perfection. When the pupil has gone through this curriculum with success1 she is promoted to the rank of "coryphee." In order to Batisfy the require ments they must know the "five positions." Those five positions ax? the alpha and omega of the dance, and in them arc carried out all the figures used. When perfection has beep, reached then the dancer has reached the rank of "sujet," the highest in the terp8ichorear> hierarchy. To be come a" "sujet" is the ambition of every member of the school, for the "sujet" has the right to aspire to everything. . Sho can become a great star in, the operatic firmament. Salaries of those who reach the rank of "premiere danseuse" at the Paris Opera run from $8,000 to $10, 000 a year. But even if the "sujet*" does not reach this giddy height she enjoys a number of valuable priv ileges. She is no longer condemned to share in the common dressing room. She, with a comrade, has the right to a private room, which she has the privilege of dec-orating as the pleases. A "premiere sujet" receives a salary of from $2,000 to $3,000 u year, so that, as a career the ballet in the Paris Opera is fair ly remunerative. The work is hatd, and only girls exceptionally gifted with intelligence, artistic sense, per severance nnd a capacity ?or accept ing an iron discipline can succeed. Suspicion Versus Superstition. "Is dis all de colleckshon ?" asked the colored parson of the deacon who handed him the basket. "Yes, sah," replied the deacon. "Is. you shure, Bah ?" "Quite shure, parson." "Did you. put any money in you Be'f?" "Yes. parson; I put in a nickel." "And you are shure dis is all dero wai'oontributed ?" f "We-wc-well, parson," hesitated the deacon, "you see, to be exact, dero Was just oho dollar an* thirteen cents in de basket, but as I dm a lit tle sup'stitious I just took out dat thisteen centsI"--35onkers States man. Pat's Valor. Seeing no other way of earning a tewlihood, Pat took to highway rob bery. He bought a pistol arid, meet ing a traveler, stopped him with tho correct formula, **!?or money or ye? life!" Seeing Pat was "green," the traveler said: ?PU tell you what Til do. Pll give you all my "money for that pStol." *A^eedl" replied Pat, who forthwith handed over the pis tol and received th? money in ?x-.: change. "Now," said the traveler, ''Trued back that money or Pll blow yoos? braina out r "Biaao away, my heaarty !" responded the Irishman. f<Nivcr a testa ?''powder these/a in it]"?Minneapolis Journal. A Wooden Library. Those is a* Cassel a library prob ably uniquo , in the world, it is bound in timber, printed on timber pattes, poesibb fpotn wnod Mocks, sad deals exclusively with' timber. Hie ttbaary in question is the Hobs bibliothek, which teas compiled more than a century ago by Karl Schield bach, and is composed of about 600 L'oiuioc3 m&v?G fi-uui trees in the park ?i Wilhelmshohe. '/; '];'?oui?'p^ of Assistance. '. Jim ? Say, Prod, old'boy, I'm looking f.os come friend who will [end me $10. Gome, now, ca./t you be. of assistance ? Fsod?O?tiainiy 1 f*Tbant ?'"^, itV going to rain, and if fotf]l step ovesr to my offioo Fll lend fort one of your ^nmbrellae so you sronHget wet white yeu'^o looking.^* ' jp*. Some' men claim to be aelf mado, ?htf? jBome others . are supposed to be fife-made. ? Men and women who are opposed o labor unions should steer clear of ove in a cottage. ? At bait the ossified man bas all ,H? backbone he n^ds in fcis bosi? The State Alliance Funds. The Intelligencer has been requested I publish tho following: Members and ex-nicmbers and trus- | iea of thu various county alliances, x tus give1 what is known as tho ex- * tango funds, amounting to ubuut 18,000, to tho different white orphan- *. ges in this State, asking those who ave it in charge to assist us to settle iiia matter without further cost so tiatwo-cnn havo more to give. I re- ? uest correspondence from all trustees ? nd ask further that tho county papers t ivu this card publication. ? CS. Folk, ? Ex-Prtflident Graham's Alliance. i Denmark, S. C, Jan. 19, 1905. He Lost His Dignity. \ A pompous individual from tho oast, J ays a Texas newspaper, happened to l te traveling iu western Texas and topping at a hotel when trouble start- j d among some cowboys, who propar- I id to conduct the argument with re rolvera. ^'Strangor," said a Texan to the )ompous man, "it would hn a good deo fu.^ you to lay down on the floor ill this dispute is settled." "It does not oomport with the dig lity of a Boston gentleman of my pro fession," said tho pompous gentleman, 'to wallow in the dirt on tho floor." "You may bo right, stranger," an swered the Texan as ho proparAd to recline, "but my opinion is that you bad better lose yer dignity for the time boin' than to have tho daylights let into your systoin by a 44." lie lost his dignity. (_____ They Were Not Durable. JameB A. Ach ley, a candidate for Congress on tho Republican tioket in Georgia, is in New York, He owns 10,000 acres of mountain lands among the moonshine mountains of North western Georgia, where snakes aro plentiful and boars are not unknown. When he oame North he brought as pets for two little niccco near New York a pair of 'possums. He had Luuoh trouble transporting them in a grip-saok, beoanse the animals got loose in the Pullman oar several times. They'd awing on the bell rope and stop the train. They'd get on the of the automatic brake and put the meohaniem out of business. How ever, he got them here. Yesterday he visited his sister's family and asked one of the little aeioes about the strango pett. "They are very interesting," said' the ! en-year-old girl, "but they are aot darable." . "Durable ?" repeated Ashley in unazement. ''Yes, they're all to pieces. Wo put them in the yard and, somehow, ivory oat within a balf mile took of :ense at the 'possums. The oats oame iere in crowds. Oh, the Georgia possumB stood their ground all right. But one of '.'etn hasn't any,tail ; the >ther.has loBt an eye, most of an ear ind all the hair on his baok. They iro wearing out as playthings. They're ike most of the other GbriBtmas toys -c- received. Next time bring us one )f those beautiful king snakes that pou say can liok a rattler. That's y h at we want?something durable, lon't you understand?" . Strategy of the CackcoQ. The Indian f re.it cuokoo, whioh, ike all members of the ouokoo fam ly, lays its eggs in the nests of other ?irdsiand thus avoids the trouble of latching them, is said to exhibit moat n ter en tin g strategy in do 1'ng with irows, whioh are its enemies. Where* is the hen, an inconspicuous opcokled ;rt>y bird, conceals herself in the fol age, the oook, remarkable for his mlliant black plumage and crimson >yes, places himself on a perch near t crows' nest and makes a great noise. Dhe orowa immediately rush out to Lttaok him, and he takes to flight rith* them in pursuit. The hen aeanwhile slips into the neit and do losito an egg. Sometimes tn- crows ;et back before the egg is laid, and hen the intruding hen cuokoo gets a rounoiu?.~Youth's Companion. immm) || mil , j Carmack'8 Advice A Puzzle. Senator Car m aok tells this story of . colored, man who called on him for egal advice at Columbia, Tenn. The Ider oi his ohnroh had advised his rife to get a divorce from him, and he negro .asked: "If a elder oome foolin' renn' yon XVs house mixin' up trouble, advisin' o' wife f'r to git a divorce, what'd ogudo?" r>'Teko a shotgun and kill him, moat ikely," replied young Oarmaok. "Kill him-kill a elder! Den what le lawdot " exclaimed the cilent. "Oh, bang yon, prooably." For a full minute the negro was si ont Thon in great disgust he turned O go.' As he shuffled along down the. Ups he turned a perplexed eye on the awyer and said: "For the Lawd'a ako, Mr, Oarmaok, what so't 'terney a you, anyhow?" ;11 ' ?- For some time after a girl wears ter hair on top of her head she wears tothiog insid? of it. ? A weak woman can put up a icong bluff. The more some^men owe the more bey Want to owe. tone or Back Palns^wolien Joints through" the blood By Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) CO ntOVlS XT, 11.11.11. SENT PREIS. Ve want every reader of this paper who has rhetim itlsm to send us hli or her name. 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B.B.B. makes the kidneys and bladder strong and healthy OUR GUA8AW?E.?Take a large bottlo o? Botanlo Blood B?jKrH B.B.B.) as dlrccicd on label, nd when tho ?TO quantity Is taken n coro to certain, ?uro and lasting. It not cufodyour mono* will promptly be refunded without argument. Dotanto Illood Balm (B.B.B.] U pleasant and safe to take. Thoroughly tested for 30 years. Composed of Pure Botanic Ingredients. Strengthens Weak Kidneys and Stomachs, cures Dyspepsia. Sold by all Druggists, $1. Per Largo Bottle.wlth complete direction for home cure. Sample Kent Frue by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta.Ga. Describe your trouble, and special free medical advice, to suit your case, will be sent li> sealed letter. Evans Pharmacy. America's Finest Production BUM'S Private Stock Recommended by Physicians .FOR SALE AT ALL DISPENSARIES. Pools' Bat of, iiitai, ANDERSON, S. ?. ^^aaaWact We respectfully solicit a share of your business. Fotey's Hooey and T&P cures colds, prevents pneumonia. Notice to Trespassers. Notice 's hereby Riven to all persona rot to trespass on any of our lands in Varennes and Savannah Townships in any way whatsoever?by bunting, fish ing, cutting timber, aettlng out lire or trespassing in any other manner. Par ties ent?rina: said lands after publication of this scticfi will be dealt with to the fulloat ox ton t of tho law. MRS JOSEPHINE GENTRY, MRS. SARAH J. GENTRY, MRS. MARY A. SrUOKEY, B. P. GENTRY, W. D. GKNITRY, W. W. Mo MAU AN. Jan 11,1005 30 3 Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Executor of the Estate of Dr. Charit u Davant, deceased, hereby gives notice that be will on Monday, Pehruary 27th, 1005, apply to the Judge of Probate of Anderson Couu tv, 8. C, for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his ofiloe as Ezeoutor. 8. L. ESKEW, Executor. Jab 25, 1905_82_5 Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrator of | the Estate of Rachel Swords, deceased, berebv gives notice that be will on the 37th day of February, 1005, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, 8. O., for a Final 8etUement of j said Estate, and a dlacLarge from his offloa as Administrator. E. P. 8ITTON, Adm'r. Jan 25, 1005_83 5 Assessment Notice. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, Anderson, 8.0. This office will bo oteu to recel re Returns of personal Property for Taxation for Uta next Fiscal Year, from the Seat day of January, 1906, to the 30th day of February following Inclusive. AmI Estate stands as before, bat all Iranrfer of Baal Estate made slaoo last rtturn should bo noted upon the return blank when Hating. Tho Township Assessors e*e required by law to list for all tho?o that fall to make their own ro tures within the time prescribed Hence the difficulty of delinquents escaping the 60 per cant penalty! as well as the frequency of errors re sulting from thta practice By all means nake your OWN returns and thereby save expense and trouble Ex-Cod fedora! o Soldiers over CO years of a go are exempt from Poll Tax. Ail other males between the ages of 21 and 60 ye rs, except those incapable of earning a support from bein? maimed or from any other cause abail he deemed taxable polls. < For the convenience of Tax pay era we will also bate-Depuiico to take Returns at the fallowing tin es and places: Hollaad. Tuesday. January 10. Moflattarttlo, Wednesday, January 11. . 1rs, Thursday, January l% Moselay, Friday. January 18. ' A.E. ?cuddv's, e"-arday, January 1?. ' > Starr, Monday, January 16. BtorevUle, Tuesday, January aT. ClinksesJea' M10, Wednesday, January 18. Out ton, Monday,.January 10. BUbon's Branch. Saturday, January 21. - ' Viva Forks. Monday, January 23. Au ton, Tu Cid Sy, January kl. WyaU's Store, Wednesday, January 19 .' Ctdor Wreath. Friday, January 80?a. m. . James' Siore, Filday. January 20?p. m. WlgiortoaVs Star*, Thursdsy. January 19. Equality, Tuesday, January 17. , Pandieton, Friday and Saturday, January 20 and fl, to J. T. Bun ?er. Towavfile, Friday, January 27. Tugalc^Saturday January 23. .Henea Path. Monday and Tuesday, January 16 and 17, or up to Fobruary 2rtb, to Deputy. : Bel ton, Friday and Saturday, J nuary 17 and 23; Piedmont. Monday and Tas??ay. January St and 84. ' Pelser, Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan uary 10. J7 and IB, or up to February 20tb, to John B Bonner. s S . WuUamston, Wednesday and -TburnJsy. Jan uary 25 and 26. O. N. C. BOLKMaK, . ' Auditor. v 49* W pereeat penalty for Xdn-Beinrn. :p*t\vtoi. as 1 . : Potash as Necessary as Rain The quality and quantity of tho crops depend on a sufficiency of Potash In the soil. Fertilizers which aro low in Potash will never produce satisfactory r '?L'ltS. Every farmer si. ui.l be familiar with the proper proportions ?.'. ingr?dients that ko to nuke tfio L*5t fertilizers for every kind of crop. We luve published a series of books, containing tbe latest researches on this all important subject, which we will send free if you ask. Write now while you think ol it to the OBBMAN KAM ?TOURS Tioxr York?US NoaesMB Kireet, er Atlanta. Ga.?SJj 8o??i- iJroau Street? j G. H. GEIGER, ATTORNKY AT I^A.W, ANDERSON, 8. C. , K ?Jflloe Over Post OiKee. Jfr?m Money to Loud ou Real Estate. April 13, 1001 43 ly J. L. 8HERARD. ATTORNEY A.T LAW, ANDERSON, S C. Office over Post Office Building Money to lend on Real Eatato. Foley's Honey and T&J* for children .safe, sure. No opiates* PARKE ws' HAIR BALSAM Cleanses and besntlflea the halr tfromotes a loxmUui gro-rth. Uever Fallo to Bestoro Oragr Haltf to its YouUiful Color. 1 Cures scalp diseases fit hair tailing. gESMS MM _ C. & W. Carolina Railway. Schedule in effect Sept. 5, 1904. Lv Anderson. * Oalboun FaliB... Ar MeCormlok. Ar Augusta. Lv Augusta. " Allen dole. YomBBsee. " Charleston...;.... " Savaunsb b (den t) " Beaufort b. ?.' Port Royal. 7.00 a m 8.21 a m 9.10 a m 11.00 a no 285 p m 1.80 p m 5.40 p m 7.40 p m 0.80 p to 0.80 p m 0.40 p m 2.1GL.jb. 4.10 p m 0.05 p m o 7.00 am 8.55 a m 10.05 a m 11.55 pm, el I. It) am oll.05 am 11,10 a m liV Porc Koyal b. " Beaufort. " Savannah b (cen t) " Charleston b. " Yemaasee. ? Allendale. Ar August?. Lv Augusta. Lv MoOovmlok . Ar Cal ho un Falls. " Anderson. 7.25 a m 7.40 a m 5.40 a m 7.10 a m 0.15 a m 10.20 a m 12.20 p m 2.55 p m 4.40 p m 5.45 p m 7.10 o m oO.OOpm 0.10 pm c7.15 pm c8.20 p m to 20 p m 11.31 p m 1.80 am 0.00 a m 7.37 a m 10.00 a m Lv Anderson. Ar Greenwood. " Waterloo (Harris Sprlugs) 11 Laurens. " Greenville. " Bpartanburg. 7.00 a m 12.39 p m 1.17 p m 1.45 p m 8.25 pm ? 3.80 p m *} Glenn Sprltuin b.i 5 25 p m Lv Gl?nn Springs |U. H.H.). liV Hparianburg (O. &z W. U. Lv Greenville. Lv Laurene. Lv Waterloo. Lv Sreanwood. Ar Anderson.:. 0.00 a m 12.01 p m 12.15 p m 150pm 2.20 p m 2.40 p m 7.10 pm .ally except fiends?; c, Sunday oni y ). . . Through train service between Au gusta and Charleston. For information relative to rate?, etc., apply to W. B.Steele, U. T. A., Andor b. O, Goo. T. Bryan, G. A., Greenville, e> C, Ernest Williame,_Gesi. Pasa./AgJ., Augnsta, Gs.f T. M. icmerBon, Tretflo Manager. Dr. Woolby's PAINLESS i AND ???, Whiskey Cure SENT FREE to ali usent of morpnlue, opium, laudanum, elixir of opium,Co cain o or wn!skey,a> largo book of par ticuiaroon homoor sanatorium treat, meot. Address, Dr. B. M. V/OOLLST. P.O. Box287, Atlanta, Georgia, Blue Ridge Railroad. Effective Nov. 20,1003. ;WE8TB0UWD. No. 11 (dally)?Leave Belton 3.50 p. m. ; Anderson 415 p. w. ; Pendleton 4A7 p. in. ; Cherry 4 5* p. m. ; Son oca 5.31 p. m ; arrive Walhalla 5.55 p. m. No. 9 (dnlly except ?ond*y)?Leave Belton 10.45 o. m.; Anderson 11.07 e. m.; Pendleton 11.82 a m.; Cherry 11.39 a. m.; arrive at Seneea 11.57 a m. No. 5 (Sunday only}?Leave Belton 11.45 a.m.; Anderson 11.07 a. to.; Pen dleton 11.82 a. m.; Cherry 11.39 a. m.; Seneca 1.05 p. m.; arrive Walhalla 1.2, p. m. No. ? (dallv except Sunday)?Leave Anderson 10.80 a. m.; Pendleton 10.59 a. ro.; Cherry 11.09 a. m.; Seneca 1.05 p. m.; arrive Walhalla 1.40 p m. Na 3 (dally)?Lssvs Belton 9.15 p. m.; arrive Anderson 9.42 p. in. No. 28. (dally except Sunday )?Leavo Belton 9.00 s. m.; arrive Anderson 9.80 a. m. EA8BOUN2). No. 12 (dally)?Leave Walhalla 8 35a. m.; Seneca 8 58 a. m ; Chen y 9.17 s. m.; Pendleton 9.25 a. m.; Anderson 10.00 aw no.; arrive Helton 10.25 a. m. No. 15 (dally except Sunday)?Leave Seneca 2 00 p. m ; Cherry 2.19 p. m.; Pen- S dleton 2 28 p. on.; Anderson 810 p. m.; arrive Belton 8.35 p. m. No. 6 (Sunday only)?Laave Anderson i 8.10p m.; arrive Belton 3 85 p. oo. '. . ' No 8 (dahy)?Leave Walhalla 3.10 p. m.; Seneca 5.31 p. m.; Cherry 6.59jt.m.; Fendleton 6.12 p ro.; Anderson 7.30 p. m.; arrive Belton 7 68 p. m. No. 24 (dallv exoept Sunday)?Leave Anderson 7.50 a. m.: arrive Belton 8.20 a. m. H C. BEATTIE, Pres., Greenville, 8. C. J. B. ANDERSON, Sapr., Anderson, 8. C. BO EARS' EXPERIENCE ATENTS Trade Marks I OES1QN9 * , Copyrights Ac. ? akrtch artjgMer^&n^tag .?rf?ffl. ? ornoiT? ?! SU y^?aJ?lo*?o*. 1