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Hn Ocean Hcqua?ntance ' By Claude patriarte Copyright. 1005, by Homer ?praguo o? . -" ? - The great steamer ploded Its way on svard, each throb of the engines bring ing ber nearer to, tho destined haven. Par up jin the bow stood a niau and a -woman -watching through the darkness. Plymouth would be reached early next morning. In silence the two stood gaz ing ntj the distant lights now beginning to flaggi out. This! meant tho close of ihp vd?|nge, the end of ? week of rare companionship. At first the man had paid but scant heed tjr| the slender, dark eyed womau -who faced him at tho long table. He ^vas off for a rest and did not caro to meet people But something In the .quiet, restrained glance attracted him, ?nd later, when ho saw her ou deck struggling with steamer rugs, lt seemed .only civil to offer his assistance. Henceforth they fell into th? way of being together. They read and crltl ?cised each other's books and maga zines, they spcat much time pachig the ?deck, and now had come thereat night ?of Itali. She was leaving the ship at Plymouth; he was going on to Cher bourg. The man was the first to speak. "And am I never to* see you again?" be asked., . She shook her head. Jj'.'; "It is vrry unlikely." "You moan"-- he demanded. "I mean that it is ber .t not" woe the .quiet answer, but ho bent rebelliously .closer. ?.Listen," he said determinedly. "I Icnow that, lt ia for too soon to speak, that you have known me barely a week, yet when you talk In this way say th?t wo shall not meet again" "You know nothing* of me. either," ijroke id the woman hurriedly-"who I am or whence'I come." '*E know, you are the loveliest and ?weetest woman In th? world," he said, with a stubborn frown, "and that. I" "No, no," cried she sharply. Then ?he lifted her head.. "I have not told yon the whole truth," she said, a quiet dignity In tor hearing. "I am indeed 3?rs. Raymond, and my husband ls dead, but-I am also Russell Ban croft's sister," "Bancroft's :r sister." He repeated Ihe words Incredulously. ."Bancroft's .-sister.". His voice betrayed only an ii mazed bewilderment but tho worn 4m, sensitively alive to every lutou a tlon, heard or fancied a certain hidden repugnance beneath the surprise. Her breath fluttered; then she pulled her self together. "So I am sure you will agree with me that any further friendship he *ween us- ls impossible,*^ ?she said clear ly. '.'Good night and good by." Before he could divine her intention she bad stepped toward the. cej^our' ionway.* The. next moment 6bewas . ?gone. The man turned back to the ral'.. "Bancroft's . sister," he sold again, His eyes resting vaguely, Unseeinlngly upon the tumbling waters. "Bancroft's sister.? Below in the narre- litt ie cabin Mrs. Raymond threw herself upon tho bunk. The heavy tears hung ?p?n her lashes. He hated hor then. She wondered at lt lu a dull sort of way.. Yet who xeally could wonder that the very name of Bancroft should bo diataetsf ul In his ears? She knew the whole wretched story.- The two; men had been chums at school, roommates at College. She recollected the tali lad whom Bussell had brought home for an occasional visit Then had come Cartwright's en gagement. The cards were .. out, the wedding dress finished. . Bancroft was to be- best man. And then two days before .the day set Bancroft, the trust-' ?d, the beloved friend, had fled with bis chum's bride, leaving ? wild, Incoher ent: not? tn which they pleaded their ainconquerablo cftst??o. Child ns sh^ifhad ib?wn, Mrs. Bay snond well remembered th n.trcmeudous ??x?itement It had sttared, her passion ate empathy for the half ! stunned CortwrightBut theaffair slid Into history, llk? ?yerytbhig else. After that Russell and bis wife lived abroad. She iorself had grown up, married nad be ?on>e a widow.: Her marriage had not " provan! exactly a success, , yet. she had mourned her Husband deeply and ski-' ??i??iy,,:^ the posslbll Itv .\P tt'ivi^ ?i'iAl?'",<-^'''' "; ii?::?:i.'.mi.. -?V v.^.;.ui^^^;:l^{^"~;4'BR| UHU ?como til ls steamer acquaintance .with a mah sihgalurly congenial In tasVes and ldeas.\ Her learning of his identlbr had > been a.: shock. She felt, that in:fpne8ty! she must reveal herself* Yet evViry day she let pass made tb? ta^k moKv;dJffi ault And now wb^at abo; had; most 'fes.r^'''ha? ''c?m'e^to from the( steter of hlsiWthlesa friend. In; sudden .fleiTenesa. ?*. was not fair. TOiit part had abe ? that old deed? Shs must seo 1dm again-explain. Sho <iid; not know exactly what to say; but: the Impi^. jcarried her out int? th? cori would join ber //gain Oh deck. But us she turned into the passage* way which ted' ia m door and Ufted her hand??:&$ICBQ& ot ^hdi she was; about to do swept *verj!her/w?thv anMiolerable rush of . "'^^^^th^t^ot r or lmd.be tralr lavM her fcej??u&iici; ' - ' ?pfc^: hiv pif?lgrw?d .head, mo ehe waited until the: ateward came t* .?ali her.' ; -: looked very cheerless lo, tho big *S5? ??e**ons wero ? ciusb^sd '? ono ?ad; Of ?a-long '?T^?e^^?^?. ? auick glance about hardly Sng for what. $he hoped, hutW3?$f v there. The steward; brought eggs and . she^^^t^^?ek^? V: '.' vv. ' ' f?^raf?^ift^ ^^>?'i^^'d;vBpt;: g?imm?rfk'^al^tiy ton th.!^ia-;^^;nlahk::-ib^a% to gleoinv:'. lan^;V?ry ;;.'f? herself she shVvorei? ' .? ".'/.?' /i?he^g^^ \h*ujd*^^ lively'air. A mon standing near" by laughed. "If ono has to be awake nt such nn hour It Is n comfort to know that no ono else can sleep either." he observed grimly. "It would be hard to sleep through that racket," assented his companion. At the voice Bhe started violently. Was it-could it be-Cortwrlght? For a mo ment sho scarcely breathed, thrilled be tween ecstasy aud fear. Then a dork | figure detached itself from .the fog and cania to her. , "It It? you," enid the voice, and this time unmistakably lt was Cortwright's. "I wasn't euro nt first" "But youl" gasped the woman. "Your ship-Cherbourg?" "Hang Cherbourg," said he cheerful ly. Then hls.volce dropped. "Do you think that you were very kind to me awhile back?" he asked gravely. "Wrsn't lt rather mean to spring s jsarprlse of that sort on a man and thea run before he could re cover?" "Ch!" expostulated she weakly. This was a nov/view of the matter. "I thought It was because you didn't care," he went on. "You know, you wouldn't walt, wouldn't give me a chance to speak. I thought-perhaps anyway, I felt mighty blue when I went below. Thei I found-this." She could Just glimpse tap tiny square of lawn that ho showed her. "It lay on the carpet near my door, and lt told me-it told me- Ah. sweetheart," he cried, a sudden subdued exultation ringing through his tone, ' that gave me the courage to come It told me that Perhaps you felt sorry for me; that perhaps you, too, cared-Just a little blt -that you might listen to me. Was I wrong, dear? Will you marry me?" The mist was drifting out to sea, The clouds had broken, and In the .stat appeared a glow of "Tlmson and gold. The sun was rising In all Its splen dor and majesty. The rain was over. For a moment the woman gazed with wide, glad eyes at the newborn day; then she turned to meet the man's eager entreaty. "I will marry you whenever jrou like," she said. Note- Traaredr. They nae" talked halfway through the park, and suddenly she sat down on a bench. He sat beside her. They were entirely alone save for an old man St one end of their seat Im mersed in a book. Their agitated con versation continued: "Oh, it Is too dreadful!" sho shudder ed as she covered her face with her hands as if to shut ont some unbeat able sight . ' "Fearful," he agreed, deeply moved and mopping the perspiration from bis brow. "Horrible," she / added."I cannot bear to think of lt The loss of hope, happiness, perhaps even life itself." , "Hush!" he interrupted gently. "I^st os no longer think of it or it may grow, to prey on our minds.". "Pardon meu" sold. birt mun on, the end of . the seat, his watery eyes distended In lively apprehension, "has' there been some awful disaster? Have ron been forced to look upon some aw ful tragedy ?" The young people regarded each o th sr in aotno confusion. Hesitatingly the r???i answered : "NOi sh?. You see,: we. have .Jost be some engaged, and we were talking of what a calamity it would have been lad we never met" 1 Dexlvnttlon of Fad. The derivation of the word "fad" is possibly traceable hi the Welsh lan* juage. By the law of mutation of Lai cal consonan to peculiar to that tongue the root words, ff edd and medd are convertible terms. Their . essential neahlng is possession; tran?-a *e or In? ransitlve, possession of'SOi;,^iIng or iie act of being possessed o. ^grossed >y some occupation or vice. Welsh neda and Irish, Sanskrit and english nad have similar meanings and are )robabl.y kindred words. The word nad is no J- common m.Teutonic idioms, to that the Anglo-Saxons probably bor? .owed lt from the Wv ^.' Fad la hcrefore* ?qunl?y derivable from ffedd. Proximately, of course, lt comes from t?j'taidland dialects" and ultimately rom some..root word common to many a embers ; of the .Aryan '.. family of peech. It would be strange If the two vords, mad and fad, having a similar nestling, should,. be traceable to the ame root-^Not?a and .Queries. I There is", a strange little bird, about * bl? as a TObin,-which, nearly every vi?t?r . beings us. He ls" generally .lone, like a tiny black and gray hawk a many pf his ways, but related truly o the gentle vireos and waxwings. He 9 tho northern shrike,:or butcher bird, md ho gets ? cruel living by catching alee; and little birds, wfcictiv oe hangs .n locust thorns, sharp twigs or the ^inis of n wire fence, aa bis little feet, cn?fp??';.' tiae hawk's, are hotxstrong aougb to. hold his prey. But he /Is a ?andsome fellow, and ' rarely ^ne may tear a iiwee^ of son>f' leafless bush, parr Ic??arly late toi the winter. Bnt ge?-, rally h?> la silent, Uko the true birds ? prey, or at best gives only fi rasping ^?ton-Some people carry a Joke top. !3^bn^YeW.: ; Old . Prmteon i curried his to twsHre diff?rent :.'ri?w?-. 4^'&cA cot??&t ??? n then.-^nds^. " jail? .^'.oW.' ?? The Maid-*Frora jon*. ,vi?wpointi \t t?s^.^?prlage ls a failure. ; \'. ' The Bachelor-It is-and tho woman ? :tafe WI**; Stroit Tribune. % W*nid ?ena? . good ?lock'a wortt? v/cr*;?ri of WOM^i f?jp'ajitftt wood oKwk 'twould be. ; ^piSdScS would S aSd tba wood ?Mfcwood of tht> clock would woo. o the wood wood tick would ct?ck to tho W?od deck" that1 would tie*. ; Would* - >Vaen o?? wora t??e ly to *he keen'wit of Aab&M shs sw eVen by fc?t?ng her vkt t%\Uz g ?r>asl|?.er. V^WIS?'|> ' '. A LITTLE NONSENSE. The Kind of Pudding That Robert Liked Best-A Bent Pin. Little Robert has but a sh?rf timo J been privileged to come to the din ner table and eat with the grownup members of the family, and even now he often finds that his bedtime comes before the best part of the ( dinner. But wheo he visits his grand- : motlier sho always plans to have a . wholesome dessert that Robert need not be deprived of. On his last visit grandma had a line, targe rice pudding, which Rob ert was much pleased to see. One by one tho raisins quickly disappeared from his plato, ami when only the rice remained Rob ert's interest in it vanished, and, dropping his spoon beside his plato, he asked, "Grandma, why do rou have rice in your raisin pudding ?" Little Mary feat on th? .floor beside her mother's chair busily dressing her doll. "Please give me a pin, mamma," eho said, and her mother handed her a pin from tho cushion, not heeding that it was bent. "Oh, this is a wilted one, mam mal" she exclaimed. "Can't you give me a fresh one?" - Lippin cott's Magazine. Fatal. "What made Jones give up his diplomatic career ?" "An unfortunate physical ail ment. Ke was attacked with loose ness of the jaw and couldn't stop talking at" a, time when ho should have kept his mouth shut."-Detroit Free Press. ' Not at All. "Did you feel ot all embarrassed when the count asked you for your dauglfter?" "Oh, no, not at all. He had an interpreter with him. so it wasn't necessary for me to try to answer him in French."-Chicago Record Herald. A Winner. Bronson-^Js Swelington success ful in his philosophy ? Jeradngs-^-Oh, yes. Jflis wife has supported him for years. ! ; Vila Meager Part. "Your wife tells me that you had nothing to do with the building of your new house. Sha and tho arch itect, she says, are entitled to all the credit" , tc?ea. All I did was to pay for the thing^.',----Baltimoro News. : Prido Overthrown. - "They say the baby looks like me," said the proud fattier.. "Yes," answered the chilly fem inine relative^ /"It'is rather ruddy complexioned and haldheaded. But it will getover it"~\Yaahington Star. \\. ? : . .. \ Near Enough. "Let's see/ what is that old say-; ing, ^i&Ian proposes and'1- What's the Test of it?* . the breach of promise suit exposes/ isn't it P'~Detroit Free Press. Self Admiration. . Miss O?cte-? never had so many beaus as yob girls, but I certainly had ono admirer for years. ( Miss Tabagco-^Ind And do ^u'stand hefore the mirror every ??y?-^?fetroit Tribune. ? is? Indeed. /.' "I tell you it's pretty hard for a rn^toWlt|^;ajla^^family '.to. Uy?bn >' income." ' "Yes/but it's a good deal harder for his farh??i? ho ?ics on ona."-^ P^ade?phia Presa^-vy' ' ?:? . Diff?rentes. \ .. ;^^,^hat's the difference b?tweep ?b^try and verse?" :-;'-v;:; V "It's about-the. same ea the dif ference between^a gentleman and a j^0--?bica^ A. Real One. Bedd-^X near she is going to marf .y a ?ootomaker at the track? i,^G??enaJ--^l?>;sh? arrays did lova v??*foT'''?^ Sta.tes --- :? r- Aa ay?^eym*a"ia ed until after he h aa ealM thesjaan ia fool tb nie ?facr . at leait DRINKING IN SCOTLAND. It ii reported that the highland Scotchman is ceasing to drink whis- 1 ky. A visitor to Scotland says that 1 thc typical highlander, ns lie saw him this season, takes an occasional < "nip." as before, but that beer is \ gradually ousting usquebaugh from its sxiprenn.?r}?: ile saw many high- j linders take their "meridian"-a ceremony still religiously observed -and in the majority of eases beer " as thc drink. Beer ns a drink for highlandcr? is a new thing. In the ' old days claret was drunk all over Scotland, lt eamc-smuggled, as a < rule-from France, and in the estu aries ot* tho west coust a big trade ] was done with claret laden gabherts from thc continent. After claret, , j whisky, and now beer. Japan In 1868. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford j claims tho distinction of being the I first European who was allowed, by fnvitation, to gaze on the face of, the mikado of Japan. This was in 1808. In that year Lord Charles was gazetted to the Galatea, which, with tho Duke of Edinburgh on i board, made an extensive tour. Among other places visited by tba ?hip was Japan, where the English prince was invited hy the emperor to visit him at his palace. "Thus/' says Lord Charles Beresford, "wo were tho first Europeans to see tho mikado, and we should have been cut down in the streets by tho Japa if we had ned been guarded by thir ty or forty soldiers." The Duke Paid Up. Though enormously rich, tho Duke of "Westminster never by any chance has money in his pocket. The other day he went to London to make some purchases, leaving be hind the manservant who attends to his small disbursements. He met an intimate but impecunious friend, and the two spent tho day in a han som cab. Bet?re starting for home the duke borrowed a couple of sov ereigns from his friend and then forgot all about it. In a day or two he received a reminder in the shape of a bill written thus : "For the priv ilege of riding in a hansom with a duke, ?2." His grace promptly : mailed a check. , Gatos and H ia Millions. ISfew Yorkers aro still gasping over a nonchalant remark recently made by John W. Gates while testi fying in court regarding a property . in which he was interested. "How ! much money did you and your asso ciates really put into this venture ?" queried a lawyer for the plaintiff. "Somewhere between $20,000,000 and $30,000,000," replied the wit ness to the amazed court, jurors and auditors. "But surely you can re member nearer the exact amount ?" ??XT_ a _,_j -\r- n_x_:i_ xiv, jravTucu. xu.r. vraies wearujr, "any sum that L might name would probably be several million dollars ont of the way" The Editor'o Rov. Dr. Chartes Cooper, tho veteran editor or the Edinburgh Scotsman, ! ia about to retire, and his successor will ho Mr. Croat, the London rep resentative of tho paper. Of Mr. Cooper not a lew anecdotes are told. One of them has reference to an anonymous series of articles which, he wrote for the Scotsman from Egypt. Showing ono of tho articles to a colleague in parliament house one day, a barrister remarked, ''It's easily seen the editor is away from home when rot like this is allowed to appear." Doctor? In Germany. Overcrowding, of tho medical pro fession .in' Germany is a matter of grave concern. There aro now in tho empire 29,200 physicians, which doubles-tho number found in 1876. In other words, there ia one physi cian in Germany for every 1,700 in trnMUUnnis T? 4-U? ?if* ?#T}*-);? AP MMV.VIU.MJ. JJt WWW VAVJ. VA' ?WiUU "XX* per cent of all the physicians have an income of less than $700, and 5 E^j^^^ft^^^?a cumber do not ave a su fi ic lent income to return it for taxation. ' ; The World's Publications; ';: Germany leads European coun tries in the number of publications, with 5,500 newspapers, of which ?00 are dailies. England is second, with 3,000, of which 800 are dailies. France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Spain, Russia. Greece and Switzer land followed - in order. Asia has not less than 8,000 periodical pa pen and Africa ?00 dailies. Ameri ca has 17,223 publications, of which 2,215 aro dailies. Th* Supreme Court. ?^^^^m0?^lm0m Illinois ls chief justice of the United States enpremo court. /Tho associate jus tices are : John MV Harlan, Ken tucky; David J. Brewer, Kansas; Henry B. Iirown, Michigan ; Ed ward D. White, Louisiana; Bufns "Wi^Peckham, New York; Joseph McKcnna, California; Oliver W.. Holmes, Massachusetts, and William B?Da? Ohio. ; ' , , ,m? , mm -_ f^fr A Brooklyn, man has come to the front with tho anoounccmeat that "a' public office is not a good place for a $OOt man." Evidently that Brook lyn man is not on io the X?w- Y?tk iueibod^vf euodluct?ug ? public office. - U takes a woman to break a self; uode man. . ^ men aire "f?>re?*r,' mis? [?king notoriety for f*^e. -' Noi ^ons ' who ?tans out to ^ All Sorta of Paragraphs. - Some women pretend to bi void of sentiment, but they don't expect men io believe it. - Dou't imagine that because one >f the participants in a quarrel is ?rong ihe other is altogether right. - Tho genosis of every fad is fool shncss. - The best way to avengo an in jury ia to forgot it. - Somo men mistake muto stub bornness for iron will. - You can always get a good lis tenor by feeding a hungry mau. - Every man is a patriot if he ie al towod to denne patriotism. - The man who never tries is al ways complaining of a laok of oppor tunity. - Better overshoot tho mark than to hit tho ground in front of the target. - Life is like a cir?tero; if nothing is put into it, nothing oan come out of it. - If good advico wore meat and clothing what a happy old world this would bo. - A hypocrite is a man who prays with his fingers crossed. - Kven busy men aro never too busy to stop and look at a dog fight. - A coward is a ca au who knowi ho's wrong and refuses to admit it. - Opportunity makes tho man aftoi the man has made the opportunity. - The 0",going of the heart to an other means the incoming of heaver to yourself. - A bachelor's idea of a olever wo man ie one who can induce him tc propose. - A woman always looks her ago but not necessarily tho ago she sayi she is. - Whiskey may be a deadly drink but water is responsible for mon cases of typhoid fever. - Sometimos a woman's alleged fright at the sight of a mouse is sim ply an advertising soheme. - A man gots tired of being mar ried and a girl of not being. - Maybe going to ohuroh would bc fun if it shooked your friends to have you go. - A bachelor hardly ever has af bad a temper as he would have if ht were married. - High finance is staying out ol Jail for doing what lands the low fel low there every time. - It takoH a girl a girl long time tc learn to skats wheo you have tb pui pour arm around her to keep hei from falling on the ioe. - Christians are now found in dis proportionately large nambersaia oQ ?lal life in Japan. The presen! Diet contains gflvnn nnt nf 379 mem bers, one in fifty-four. There arc DOW about 300,000 professing Chris? .ians of all d?nominations in Japan, 100,000 of whom are Protestants, 01 me in every thousand of population, in the Imperial House of Hep? re6"ntatives they stand one in fifty four. ._ _ j J. L. SHERARD, ATTORNEY ASS. L?W, ANDERSON, S. 0, mr Office over Post Office Building t&m Money to lend on Real Estate THOMAS ALLEN9 , ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office tn Old BeoBon^paUdtng. Money to Loan on Beal Estate. ?HAIR .BALSAM , CUmma and bcactlffc? tho tmlA Kl LL Te COUCH MI* QURK TM? LUMO8 *T Dr. King's New Discovery FOB I OUQHSana 80o&$!.Q0 l^?aSSi Pre? Trial. Surest and Guiokeot Curo tor alf THROAT and X.TJXO S&OTJB* I^ES, or MONJ^BAOBI.. C. & W. Carolina Raliway. Schedule in effect IV:. 10,1905. . { No. 0, No. 22, Daily. Ex. Sunday. /v Anderson?...4.80 p m 7.27 a tn tr Calhoun Fallar 5.59 p m 0.84 a m kr McCormick,..... 7,00 p m 11.151. m ir Augusta-.8.40 p m_ ? 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First shipment just received, EVANS PHARMACY WELL BALANCED. Your accounts cannot wall set In a tan? gie If your money is deposited with and all payments made through the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, Anderson, S. O. mt is our bu?ln?s, to take uo.ru of your business-the baoUlog part of lt-and we do it with accuracy that comos from ex perience. The Bank's past history is a guarantee for the future. Deposita of any amount recelvod. Interest paid on deposits. Good bor? rowers and go >d depositofswanjed._ Assessment Notice. Auditor'? Office, Anderson, S. C.. Tbl* uficc ??Ul be open to receive returns of Beal and Pot ional property for taxation for the next flacal yea? rrom tho Brat day of Jaxuary, IMS to tho ?Otti day of February following, in ?icsire. Tb? Heal S?tate, Lots and Buildings are te be Mtwr d this year. Taxpayers will be careful to list exactly tn? Durobar of aerea, number of lota and number or buildings on their returns, et the aaseatment made nov wUl stand for the next four years. Tb? Township Assessors are required by law to Hat for ali those that fill to make their own re turns within the time prescribed. Henee the difficulty of dtifngoente escaping the SO per cent, penalty, as well as tbe frequency of errors re miting from thl- practice. By ad means make your OWN returns and thereby save expense and trouble. Ex-Confederate Beldlers o~.? 60 years or ago axe exempt from PoU Tax. Al) other males between the ages of Xl and SO yean, ?xoept tboie Incapable of ?arning a support from being maimed ?tr from any other cause, shall be dermod tax pay ab lo polls. Forth? eonTentenco of taxpayers,! will also haio Deputies to take tax returns at tb?following times and placee: - Holland, Wednesday, January 10th. MoffetUtMe, Thursday, January 11th. I-e, Friday. January, 12th. Moseley's Store. Saturday, January 18th. A. &. Scuddy'e ?torc, Monday, January 16th SUrr, Tuesday. January j6ih. BtorcTlilo, Wednesday, January 17th. Cllnkscales' Mill, Thursday, January 18th. itu?ton, Tuesday, January lflth. BlshOD'a Branch, saturday. January 20th. Fit? Fork?, Mooray, January 22od. Auton. Tuesday, : anuary aird. Wyatt'? Store, Thursday, January ?8th. Cedar wreath. w*>.urday. January 2uth-a. m. James' Store, Saturday, January 20th-p. ta. Wiggans' tJtore. Friday. January 19th. Equality. Wednesday, Jaouary i7ib. . . . Pendleton, Friday aud fcUturday, January 19th end 2 Jill, TuwiiTtlls, Friday, January Mth. Tugaloo. Saturday, Jauuary *7iu. Konea Path. Monday and Tuesday, January 16th and iSth ap to February 20th Ballon, Wtdnesday aud Thursday, January 17tfa and ISth. ' Piedmont, Monday and Tuesday, January iSth and 16th. . pelter. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan uary ?Stn. teth aud tf th up to February ?ut h. WU Hau ?to a. Monday and Tuesday, January ISth and iftth. ST O. ?. C. BOLE5I AN, Auditor^ | WOT?S.I'-O? Si O. \ .' 7 SAW MILLS. LIGHT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY WOODAVORKINQ MACHINE! FOR EVERY KIND OF WORK ENGINES AND BOILERS AND SIZES AND FOR EVERY CLASS OF SERVICE. ASK FOR OUR ESTIMATE BEFORE PLACINQ YOUR ORDER. ?GIBBES MACHINERY COMPANY * COLUMBIA, S. C. P??fleU Bat of Anflorsan. ANDEBSOV, S. C. We respectfully solicit a share ot your business. Notice to Creditors. ALLi poraons having demande or dui m H against the Estate of Mia? & Camilla Knight, deceased, are hereby & notified to present them, properly prov GD, to the undersigned within the time proaoribed by law, and thoso indebted are notified to make payment to the undersigned. LOUISA A. GENTRY, ' . Executrix. Dec. 27, 1005_28_3 Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having demands against the Es tuto of Anthony Webb, deceas ed, are hereby notified to present them, properly provee, tc tho undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and those iudebted to make payment. NOEL B. SHARPE, Administrator. Deo. 6, 1005_25 8* Notice to Creditors. AU persons having demands against tho Estate of Charlotte A. Reeves, de ceased, aro hereby notified to present thom, properly proven, to the undersign ed, within the time prescribed by law, and thoeo Indebted tn mako payment. W. A. G. JAMESON, Administrator. Nov 22, 1605_23_3? TAX NOTICE. THE Books for the collection of State, School aol County Taxes will bo opened from October mb. J9l-l, lo December Mst, 1903, Inclusivo, and fros January Sst, 19?t to March Ut, i???,? will collect with tho tonalty-for January 1 percent, February 2 r.?r cent, and front March let to the 16th with 7 ber cent penalty. After the 15th of March Elocutions will ne laecnd. 1 he rate of Tax Levy ls as follows : Stale Taxes..................... 6}< Milis Bebo ol.>. 8 Ordinary County.4 " Public Hoads,.??MM.., I Total ,H?.11 11 n ? 1111 i M ..?.?? 11 i lillie M An additional levy 4 mills School Dint rlc-c KOL 90. Additional levy 4 mills School District No. to. Additional levy 4V? milla School Dictriot Ka 31. Additional levy a tallis School Dltttlot Ko. 30. Additional levy S mills School District No. 24. Additional levy 4 mills Scaool District Ko. 2S. Additional levy 8 milla School District Ko. 5?. , Additional levy 4 mills Sohool District No. ss*. Making.17V$ milln for Walkor-MoEimojle So hool DlstrlotRo. ni). Making liy? nilla for Good Hope Sohool DU? tllctKo.48 Making IS mitta for Gantt Sohool DIstrlofc Ko. 84. . . ; Making milla for OoUege ecbool DIstrlot No. SO Making Vfyi mills fer Hunter Sohool District Ko. 34. Makins WU milla for Bishops Benoch Behool DtstilctNo.Q. Making WA BSIUS for Zion Sohool District Mo. E8. Malrtog 17H inila for MoLces Behool District No. 62. The State Constitution requires all males be tween the ares of 21 sadd) yean, exocpi thoa? incapable oi .sining a support from belog maim ed or other o*osos, and those who no rr cd la tho ' war between the Butt??, to pay a Poll Tax of Ooo Dollar. AU persons between the ages of eighteen, and fifty years of site who are abie to work, tba public toads, or osase thom te be worked, extent preachers who hare charge of a congregation and persona who serrad to the war between the States, School Teachers and Trustees are exempt sd from' road duty, and In lieu of work may pifa tas of One Dollar, to be oolloo tod at the sade ame other taxes are col looted. I will collect taxea ai Slab town, Mt. Airy, Piedmont. Pelsar, Balten Mills and at Hone* Path, but will give noam later the tune I will visit thea* plaeea. _J. M. PAYKE, Oancty Treasurer. Blue Ridge Railroad. Effect!vo Nov. 29,1908. WESTBOUND. No. ll (daily)-Leave Belton 3.60 p. m; Anderson 4.16 p. ?. ; Pendleton 4.47 p. m. ; Cherry 4 64 p. m. ; baneca 6.81 pw m : arrive Walhalla 6.65 DI m. ' No. 8 (dally except Sunday)-Leave Belton 10.45 a. ni.; Anderson 11.07 a. m.; Pendleton 1L82 a m.; Cherry 11,39 a. m.* arrive at Seneoa 11.67 a. m. No. 6 (Sunday only)-Leave Belka* 11.45 a. m.; Anderson 11.07 a. m.; Ffcu dleton 11.32 a. m.; Cherry 11.39 a. m.; Seneca 1.05 p. m.; arrive Walhalla 1.2; p. m. No. 7 (dallv except Sunday)-Leave Anderson 10.80 a. m.; Pendleton 10.59*. m.; Cherry 11.09 a. m.; Seneca 1.03 p. tn.; arrive Walhalla 1.40 p m. No. 8 (dally)-Leave Belton 9.15 p. n*.; arrive Anderaon 9.42 p. m. ' No. 23 (dally except Sut lay)--Leave Bolton 9.00 a. m.; arrive Anderson 9,80 *. a. m. EASBOUN1), k ? No. 12 (dally)-Leave Walhalla 8.86??% m.; Seneca 8.58 a. m j Cheriy 9.17 a. m.; if Pendleton 9.25 a. m.; Anderson 10.00 sw ? m.; arrive Belton 10.25 a.m. ? No. 15 (dally except Sunday)-Leave r Seneca 2.00 p. m.; Cherry 2.19 p. m.; Pen- ? dleton 2 26 p. m.; Anderson 810 p. m.; V arrive Belton 8.35 p. m. lr No. 6 (Snnday only)-Leave Anderson ? 8.10 p. m.; arrive Belton 8 86 p. m. No 8 (daily)-Leave Walhalla 8.10 p. j m.; Seneca 5.31 p. m.; Cherry 5.69 p. m.; Fendleton 0.12 p. m.; Anderson 7.30 p. ' m.; arrive Belton 7.68 p. na. No. 24 (daily exoept 8uudav>-Leave ) Anderson 7.60 a. m.; arriv? Belton 8.20 i I a. m. BL C. BEATTIE, Pres., 1 Greenville, S O ? J. B. ANDERSON, Supt. [, '_Anderson, 4. C. 50 "EAR?' EXPERIENCE * TRADE MARK?] DESIGNS , -rv.?- COPYRIGHT? AG. ion" fr?a, Oldest .goner t^J^?^??&^ PiitAutu taken tb-^ufh Manu A CO. roceXT* rftclal notice, wlthou. chanto, in the Scientific ?tl^tt. (ftjJvff* r BC TWMbttMr?on. : ' * ' ;. . '. ..^V^r'..'.'....''.-.i' .//