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And the Big Sale which started Feb. 15th continues in full blast. And the people are Flocking in to take advantage of the bargains to be had. Now to show our appreciation of the liberal patronage extended us, we will beginning Thursday Feb. 20th and continuing for 3 days put on sale A Large Shipment of White Goods at cost. This shipment will consist of everything new and stylish in the White Goods line and we want you to call at our Store Thursdays, Friday or Saturday and give us an opportunity to prove that we live up to what we advertise. FOR EMAN-RICKBNBAKER COMPANY. INCREASING POPULATION. How to Create a Real Estate Boom and Make It Pay. The writer not Jong ago visited a pretty little town lying in a delightful valley, with an abundance of very at tractive home sites on the hillsides unoccupied. This particular town is less than fifty miles from one of the biggest cities in the Unired States. "Why don't you get control of this hillside property," the writer asked of a man who had a real estate sign over his office door, "and place it on the market?offer it as. building sites for summer homes?" "Why," replied the citizen, "I did have hold of this property a few years ago and had that very idea in view, but couidn't sell a lot." "How did you advertise it?" "Oh. I don't believe in advertising," replied the real estate man. "It never does any good." "How do you know? You haven't tried it evidently. You didn't advertise those lots, and you didn't sell any lots. Now, if you had advertised them and done it in the right way. by using aewsjiaper space and by keeping on hand for instant use a neat descrip tive booklet, which you could get print ed right here in town, I'll venture to say that you would have sold some lots?perhaps all of them." Then the very next day the writer happened to find somewhere the fol lowing "guldeposts" to good real es tate advertising,, written by a Los An geles man who has made a fortune by getting hold of property adjoining the town and disposing of it in lots for home building, whi'e at the same time he has greatly increased the popula tion of his city: "Get good properties at the right price." "Advertise from the start. Besides making your property known. It will help to create your own market." "Keep your promises." "Represent things exactly as they are. This begets confidence, and the confidence of your customers is one of the best assets yon can have." "Advertise judiciously." "Write good advertisements. If you cannot write them yourself, get some body who can. Advertising is too ex pensive to waste good money on a poor job." "When you get to this point, adver tise and advertise and then advertise again. Don't cut the printing bill. There is gold iu every line of good ad vertising." "Never stop hustling. Advertising makes your property known to the best possible advantage. It Is up to you to do the rest." He Were. A detective was describing the cap ture of a fakir of "old masters." "When I examined this fellow." said the official, "the 'third degree' was not needed. Out of his own mouth he convicted himself anconsciously. He reminded me there of a boy who once applied at my office for work. "This boy was bright looking, and I rather took to him. " 'Now. my son,* I said, 'If you come to work for me you will occasionally have to write telegrams and take down phone messages; hence a pretty high degree of schooling is essential. Are you fairly well educated?* "The boy smiled confidently. " T be.' he said." EXCURSION RATES TO NEW ORLEANS, MO BILE AND PENSACOLA VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Account Madras Gras celebrations at New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala., and Pensocial, Fla., the SOUTHERN RAILWAY announces the very low rate of one first-class fare plus 2? cents for the round-trip. Tickets on sale Febrbuary 26th, -7th, 28th, and 29th, inclusive; .March 1st and 2nd, inclusive, good to leave New Orleans returning not later than midnight March 10, 1008. Stop-overs allowed going and return ing. For rates, detailed information, etc., apply to nearest Ticket Agent er Address J. C LUST, N PASSENGER AGENT CH^LEST^N 8. c TRANSFORMING A TOWN. Good Work of a Village Improvement Society In Massachusetts. The Talbot mills of North Billerica. Mass., have issued a handbook pre pared by Warren H. Manning, the landscape architect, on the "Planning and Planting of Home Grounds." The book is issued primarily fur the use of the mill tenants, a fact that adds much to its interest. But it contains considerable instruction and a deal of well arranged botanical information, which are of value to anybody interest ed in a garden, says Charities and the Commons. The transformation of North Bil lerica from the very commou type of woolen manufacturing village to a model among mill towns began in 1891. In that year the family of Governor Talbot erected for the use of the vil lage a memorial ball, with grounds de signed and planted by a landscape architect. Then the treasurer of the ! company, Frederic S. Clark, construct ed attractively designed houses for ten I ants and aided the town in securing a tine brick school house, which fronts on the oval, an ornamental open space set apnrt to the public by the mill company. In WOO Mr. Manning became a sum mer resident of the town. He prompt ly formed a village improvement so ciety which now stands among the first in the state in the distribution of bulbs and seeds, in the acquirement of deeds to fine trees that these may be permanently preserved and in se curing public reservations. The school grounds, mill grounds and those of the village filtration plant have been devel oped in accordance with artistic de signs, and in the plantlug of the em ployees' hom^s there has been arranged under Mr. Manning's direction a con tinuous belt of lilacs from house to house which screens the back yards from the front lawns. Otherwise the householders have been left free to de velop their own planting schemes, which, under the stimulus of a system of prizes, they have done with re markable success. The result of all this is the transformed town. How Not to Boom a Town. Here are a few general rules for tbe use and guidance of those who have a constant and abiding desire to prevent their home town from moving forward in the modem march of progress: Always knock every new movement instead of boosting it. Bo careful to lose no opportunity to run down the town in your casual cou versation. Take particular pains to spy out and denounce every citizen who thinks the town is a pretty good place to live In. Never fail to compare your own town with the next towu up the line, to the vast disadvantage aud humiliation or your home place. In writing letters to your friends and relatives or to business people else where always contrive to add a post script that will give the outsider an im pression that the town where you live is about the measliest on the globe. By closely following out these rules and. such others ol a Bimtinr character as muy occur 10 any luielugimi i:nocJi er you may count confidently on keep ing your town iu a dwarfed, stunted condition, and In the course of time you may succeed in killing off the place altogether. Most towns, however, die hard. ? Their natural tendency is to i stay alive and grow. The Kind Captain. Comptroller Metz of New York op posed a certain bill on the ground thai it would accomplish nothing. "That bill," he said, "would effect no more real chauge than did the kind ness of the canal boat captain to the weary actor. After an enforced idle ness of two months the actor was of fered an engagement in a town twen ty-five miles away on condition thut he report for work ihat evening at 7 o'clock. "Well, he patched up his worn shoes as best be could, pinned up his ward robe in an old newspaper and set out ulong the tow path of the canals But after he had covered some nine or ten miles the poor fellow's boots gave out. and a little farther along, footsore and weary, be gave up iu despa.'r and threw himself on the grass by the bank of Hie canal. "As he lay there cursing his fate a canal boat hove in sight. The actor was sei? d with an Inspiration. '"Captain!' he shouted as the boat drew near. 'Pull up, captain! For the love of Leaven pull up!' "'Wa iiv inquired the captain as he stopped the boat. "'Captain.' pleaded the actor. Tve simply ;;ot to got to Quag tonight to play second heavy in "The Pitfalls of Pittsburg." Can't you give me a lift? I'll gladly work my passage.' " 'Right-O,' said the captain, with s kindly nod. 'Lead the mule.' "?Every body's. Astigmatism From Reading In Bed. Astigmatism, which is a condition where the refractive powers differ in the different meridians of the eye, is in most cases hereditary, but il is often acquired. The error of acquired astig matism often takes place during and after a severe illness and can be avoid ed by proper precautions. The whole system is in a weakened condition, aud the person so afflicted, being confined to the bouse, will resort to reading to pass away the time, and this is often practiced while in a reclining position There can be nothing more injurious than this practice. Reading under these conditions overburdens the muscles, and t.'ie action of these muscles upon the form of the eye causes an irregu larity In the curvature of (lie cornea, which is known as astigmatism. This is detrimental to distant vision and makes reading and near work difficult. -Health. Trial ? Catarrh treatmr-.era are be ing mailed out, free, on request, by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. These tests are proving to the people?without a penny's cost?the great value of this scientific prescription known to druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoor's Catarrh Remedy. Sold by Dr. J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co. SO DECEPTIVE. Many Orangeburg People Fail to I Realize the Seriousness. Backache is so deceptive. It comes and it goes?keeps you guessing. Learn the cause?then cure it. Nine times out of ten it comes from the kidneys. That's why Doan's Kidney Pills cure it. Cure every kidney ill from back ache to diabetes. Here's a Orang< uurg case to prove it: A. S. Chaney, living in Orange burg, S. C, says: "My back and kidney troubled me for a number of years. A dull heavy pain exist ed in the small of my back, taking all ambition out of me and prevent ing me from getting any rest or sleep at night. At times it was so severe as to make me lay off from work for days at a time. I consult ed a doctor and he told me after a thorough examination that I had diabetes. I could not well afford the extensive treatment he thought nec essary and I tried the best recom mended remedies I knew of, but not receiving any benefit from them I was discouraged. Some one told me about Doan's Kidney Pills and I pro cured a box at the J. G, Wannamak er Drug Store. I did not expect them to do me any more good than any other remedies I had tried and could hardly believe my own feel ings when my back stopped aching. In a short time the kidney secretions became normal and reg ular, I rested well at nights and my work became a pleasure to me. For what Doan's Kidney Pills did for me I can and will recommend them to others." For sale by all dealers. Price 50c. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agent for United States. Remember the name?Doan's? and take no olher. Penner ?The critics roasted your book, didn't they? Scrlblet? Yes. but not enough to in sure its suce??- ;. ?Life. The Judge I'scs Forcible Language. Judge \V R. Simmons of Fincas tle, Ya., told the reporter that L. & M. Paint w:r- usueu on his residence in 1SS2, and hold its color well for 21 years; he furthermore said that 3 years ago lie was induced to use another pain; Mid is sorry he did. because the other paint didn't make good. The Jin' ? will now always use L. & M. because he knows if any de fect exists i; L. & M. Paint, the house will be repainted for nothing. The L. &. M. Zinc hardens the L. & M. White Lead and makes L. & M. Paint wear like iron for 10 to 16 years. Actual cost of L. & M. about $1.20 per gallon. Donations of L. &. M. made to churches. Sold by J. G. YVannamaker Mfg. Co, Crangeburg. Inclusiv?. Proscott, the historian, possessed a quiet aud quaint liuiuor. .Mine. M. S. van de Velde gives an instance of It in "Random Recollections." Mr. Pres cott was talcing a foreign visitor for a walk in Boston Common one Sunday. The special object or the stroll was to see the fountain in the frog pond. Wheu the two arrived at the spot they found the water .^hut off. "Oh," said Prescott disconsolately, by way of apology, "I knew little boys were not allowed to play on the Sab bath, but I did not know that fountains were not permitted to do so." Stop Coasting. Eight coasting accidents, involv ing the death of one young woman and the serious injury of six others, have caused the police to order the sport stopped in the streets of Pitts burg, Pa. * Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, the new Laxative, stimulates, but does not irritate. It is the best Laxative. Guaranteed or your money back. A. C. Dukes. "So you think you could buy me and sell me?" "Well, 1 don't know about the latter part of the proposition."? Louisville Courier-Journal. Ono Omission. "One of the most striking characters In my company," says the author of "The Story of a Cannoneer Under. Stonewall Jackson," "was 'General'; Jake, as we calleC him. whose passion for war kept him always In the army, although his aversion to battle kept him always In the rear. An interview, between the general and one of our company, as he viewed the man and was struck with bis appearance, was as follows:' " "Well, general, you are the taost perfect looking specimen of a soldier I ever beheld. That piercing eye, the grizzly mustache, the firm jaw, the pose of the head, that voice?in fact, the whole makeup fills to the full the measure of a man of war.' "The general, with a graceful borv and a deep roll in his voice, replied 'Sire, In enumerating the items whlcb go to constitute a great geueral I no tice the omission of one requisite. th( absence of which in my outfit lost to the cause a genius In council and a mighty lender In battle.' "'What was that, general?' " 'Sire, it goes by the name of cour ridge.'" The Backer-Go it. Billy! Yer ain't half licked yet! The Fighter-Well, you come and 'ave the other arf. I ain't greedy.?London Opinion. 8 ? "W^?i nt cd at Once. 200 Men and Women of all ages to begin 1008 with an estate of their own of SI,000 or more, for the protection of Home. Father, Mother, Wife, Sister or Sweetheart. Cost Moder, it- Iron] $12 to 850 per $1,000. l-W information call, write, or phone ^eigler & I )ib>l>le, SPECIAL AGENTS EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY. Phone 1072. Oraiigcburg, S. C. S SEED STORE PLANT NOW. GARDEN, Beets, Radish, Lettice, Mustard, [vale, Spuracli, Turnips, Rutabagers FIELD. South Va., Rye, Early Hay Wheat Red Chaff Wheat, Winter Vetch, Es sex Rape, Winter Barley. Mexican Parrots, Cuban Parrots, Canaries, (fine Singers.) Goldfish o m ettail fish, Fish food, Aquarium and Bird Cages. 55 RUSSELL STREET.