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DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES. BEAUTY AND CLEANESS are essentially the characteristics of our brass and metal beds. For summer use there is none to be compared with them. Like All Our F\irniture, these beds have been built right in every detail. , We can rcommcnd them because we know their good ^qualities. And the price ought to recommend them to you. ?o inexpensive are they that you can furnish every bedroom in your hruse without feeling yourself extravagant. Also everything in the Hardware line, Stoves and Ranges ??c. i Oraageburg Hardware & Furniture Co. ?B ULLETI N? 500 Mile State Family Tickets, $11.25. Good c/ver the At! antic Coast Line in each State for'the head or de pendent memberc of a family. Limited to one year from date of sale S&?i>. b * * 1000 Mile Interchangeable Individual Ticket, $20.00. Good over the Atlantic Coast Line and 30 other lines in the Southeast aggregating 30.000 miles. Limited to one year from date of sale. 2000 Mile Firm Ticket, $40.00, Good over the Atlantic Coast Line and 30 other lines In the Southeast aggregating 30,000 miles. For a manager or head of firm and em ployes limited to five, but good for only one of such persons at a time. Limited to one year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Southern Interchangebie Individual Ticket, $25.00. Good over the Atlantic Coast Line and 75 other lines in the Southeast ? aggregating 41,000 miles. Limited to one year from date of sale. All mileage tickets sold on and after April 1st, 1908, will not be honored for passage on trains, nor in checking baggage, (except from non-agency stations not open for the sale of tickets) but must be presented at ticket office and there exchanged for continuous tickets. 15 cents saved in passage fare by purchasing local ticket from our agents. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. W. J. CRA1G, T. C. WHITE, Passenger Traffic Manager, General Passenger Agent, WILMINGTON, N. C. CAST CP II Y THE SEA. Strange Return of the Lost Cap tain's Picture After Many Tears. They that go down to the sea in ships learn much of the mysteries of life. From the coast of Africa, there traveled to Scarhoro. Me., the painting of an old-time sea captain of that town, who long years ago was lo:it wftd all on board his ship in the China seas. The ship sailed from the home port with every' pros pect of a successful voyage, but she never returned to the home land. Years went by and she was given up as lost; Her name was taken from the shipping list, and no news came back to the waiting ones at home. Long afterwards a passing vessel picked up off the African coast the portrait of an American sea captain such as the Chinese artists paint, and on the back of the picture was the captain's name and that of the port from which he sailed. The painting was forwarded to the little American town, and it was fouud to be a picture of the Scarhoro sea cap tain, master of the lost vessel that had left the harbor so many years ago.?Kennebec Journal. The Eyeball and Vision. Dr. Alexander Schaefer ha3 been investigating the vision of many an imal species and lias found that the size of the eyeball is the principal iactor o the acuteness of vision. The bovine species has the sharpest sight. The second place is occupied by man and the horse. w,hich have nearly equal visual powers; the third by the sheep. Small, ana (specially small oyed animals, whether mammals, birds . amphibia or reptiles, have very poor sight. Owls and birds are the only birds that possess great icuteness of vision. It has lung bopn known that dogs have such indistinct vision that as a rule _ dog is not able to recognize his master by sight alone. SoJitude in Chunks. Here is an extract from the pros pectus of a hotel in Switzerland: 'Welssbach is the favorite place of resort for those who are fond of solitude. Persons in search of soli tude are. In tact, constantly flocking here from the four quarters of the globe." Her Little Affair. 1 Mr. Flatdwell?Look here sir! You must have made e mistake; that's my flat and i didn't buy a piano Delivery Man?Piano nothin'! That's yer wife's new hat!?Puck. The Optimist. If you were to treat your friends as you do your stomach you wouldn't have a rriend on earth In sixty days: The wise man profits by his mis takes; the fool forgets them. ? This woman says that sick women should not fail to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as she did. Mrs. A. Gregory, of 2355 Lawrence St., Denver. Col., writes to Mrs. Pmkharu: " I was practically an invalid for six years, on account of female troubles. I underwent an operation by the doctor's advice, but in a few months I was worse than before. A friend ad vised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and it restored me to perfect health, such as I have not enjoyed in many years. Any woman suffering as I did with backache, bearing-down pains, and periodic pains,should not fail to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." FACTS FOR S8CX WOR/2EN. For thirty years Lydia & Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured t housands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inliammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that hear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Pink-tain invites all sick women to write her for advice. She lias guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, 3Iuss. A Practical Guest. Guest (to waiter)?I can't eat this ; soup. Walter takes it away and brings another kind of soup. Guest?I can't eat this soup. Waiter, angrily but silently, for the second time brings another kind. Guest (again)?I can't eat this soup. s Waiter, furious, calls the hotel proprietor. Proprietor (to guest)?Why can't you eat this soup? Guest (quietly)?Because I hav6 no spoon. Couldn't Agree. Judge (in the law court, during a divorce case, to the husband)?Well, what is it yoa wish? Husband?A divorce. Judge (to the wife)?And you? Wife?A divorce. Judge?But when you came In yon said that neither of you could ever agree on any one point.Nos Lolsirs. So Unlike Hhn. ''Yes." he said. "I've had a couph? 'of drinks." "The idea!" exclaimed his wife; "why do you tell me that?" "Why it's the truth." "I know; that's why I can't under stand your telling me." His Rewards* , Patience: "He jumped overboard and saved the lives of six girls." [ Patrice: But what was the use? He couldn't marry all of them?" j "But he did. He lived in Salt Lake City, you know." Thinking of Kittens. "Pop!" "Yes, my son." "How many days does It take be fore a potato gets its eyes open?" To Test Pure Milk. If you suspect that the milk which your baby drinks contains formalin or other artificial preservatives, set a glassful in a warm place for six or seven hours. If it sours, it is pure if it remains sweet, it probably con tains formalin, and you should send it to the city laboratory immediately for analysis. Tired nerves, with that "no ambi tion" feeling that is commonly felt in spring or early summer, can be easily and quickly altered by taking what is known to druggists every where as Dr. Shoop's Restorative. One wiir absolutely note a changed feeling within 4S hours after beginning to take the Restorative. The bowels get sluggish in the winter-time, th-5 cir culation often slows up, the Kidneys are inactive, and even the Heart in many cases grows decidedly weaker. Dr. Shoop's Restorative is recogimod everywhere as a genuine tonic to these vital organs. It builds hp and strengthens the worn-cat weakened nerves; it sharpens the failing appe tite, and universally aids digestion. Tt always quickly brings renewed strength, life, vigor, and ambition Try it and be convinced. Sold by Or. .]. G. Wannarnaker Mfg. Co. Only a man after her own heart I interests a young widow. j Kodol for Dyspepsia has helped thousands of people who have had stomach trouble. This is what one man says of it: "E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago, 111, Gentlemen: In 1897 I j had a disease of the stomach and j bowels. I could not digest anything [l ate and in the spring of 1902 I bought a bottle of KODOL and the benefit I received from that bottle all the gold in Georgia could not buy. I still use a little occasion ally as I find it a fine blood purifier and a good tonic. May you live long and prosper. Yours very truly, C. N. Cornell, Roding, Ca., Aug, 27 1906." A. C. Dukes, and A. C. Doyle & Co. There takes place, many a slip after the cup has been to the lip. If you haven't the time to exercise regularly. Doau's Regulets will pre vent constipation. They induce a mild easy, heathful action of the bowels without griping. Ask your druggist Cor them. 25c. THE BANK OP SPRINGFIELD. Undivided Profits. 12,000.00 Capital.. .?30,000.00 Officers. L. M. Mlms. President; Jno. McB Bean, V. P.; J. B. Smith, Cashier; Edith Phillips, Asst. Directors. L. M. Mlms. Jno. Bean, Joe. A. Berry, L. B. Fulmer, W. P. Hut to, J. W. Jumper, H. A. Odom, T. L. Gleaton, O. C. Salley. All business Intrusted to us re ceives careful, official attention. Leave your Surplus funds with ue at four per cent interest. A Sprain or Strain must have immediate arfenKon Sk^s Liniment is invaluable in an emergency of this kind. It quickly relieves the soreness and congestion reduces the swelling and strengthens f weak muscles* Because of its antiseptic and healing properties, Sloan's Liniment is the be: remedy known for cuts.wounds.bruises stinqs,burns and scalds. PRICE 25* 50* & $1.00. - M Dr.Earl S.Sloan, Boston.? Mass, ^J?3 Lending Money Upon Property. As Old As Society. PIUS II. OPENED THE FIRST The Mont de Picte a Great Success in Paris?It's Itun in tue Interest of the Poor Under Direct Govern ment Control, und Ls a Boon tu Humble Folk. Lending money upon property great and small is probably as old ia human society itself. T.ut It was n >t until Middle .Ages tnat authority stepped in to prevent abuses in this? connection and protect tae massed of the people from usurers. In the middle of the fifteenth cen tury there was between the churcn and the' monarchs a third powsr. which, although it worked in secret, nevertheless dictated terms to the proudest nobles. This power was tne purse of the Jew. In 1464 Pius II. opened the first State Pawnshop in beautiful oid Perugia?that ancient cradle of art on the quiet Umbrian. Hills. The idea was to relieve the peasants and humble laborers who unquestionably often passed their lives in utter ser vitude to the money-lenders. The necessary capital was obtain ed by pious appeals to the rich and noble, and in a few years branch^ were founded in every city in Italy. For generations thereafter these es tablishments were under church con trol, but gradually they became a part of the public service. The system took three centuries to cross the Alps Into France. It waa in 1778 that M. Necker, the famous minister of Louis XVI. caused the first lantern of the Mont de Piete 10 be hung out in Paris. Twelve years later, however, the revolution broke out and the constituent assembly de cided to close up the short-lived institution. Naturally enough the old pawn brokers and usurers at once resumed business and were more extortion .tc than ever, the game being now ?a tirely in their hands under peculiar ly advantageous conditions. Their oppression indeed became so great an evil that the provisional govern ment had sense enough to restore Vie row famous Mout de Piete, as the State Pawnbroking Department jf France is called. This vast national concern Is run In the interests of the poor under di rect control of the government. It is a kind of state bank, receiving de posits from the people on which 't now pays about four per cent, in terest, and it lends money at nino per cent. No private person is allowed to lend money on goods in Paris or in any other part of France. This Is a state monopoly conducted as we shall see with machiutr-like piecisioj. with no unseemly haggling, nc hurry, no discourtesy and no .in kindness. The Mont de Piete in deed with its auxiliary offices In even- quarter of the great >:ity or Paris and "succursales" or branches throughout the provincial cities .is beyond doubt a very real buon to millions of humble folk, it will take into safe-keeping aud otorag.; the stove of the street chustn?t seller at the approach of spring; and takes charge of the "fountain of the iced drink peddler when chilly October warns him his trade is at an end. It will lend the out-of-wrrk laborer sixty cents on his tools tha' he may go here and there in seard: of employment. The headquarters of the institution are in the Rue des Blanc-Manteaux and there are two great bran.-has <>? succursales, one in the Rue Roquet te, and the other in the Rue de Bon aparte. The latter is the more Inj portaut and is somewhat incongru ously placed near that noble Institu tion the Ecole des Beaux Arts. One enters through a passage leading in to an open court surrounded on ab sides by the various buildings of the Mont de Piete. On the left, as you enter, is tlie department of "Degage ments." where the p.-osperous re deem their pledges. Next cor.ies the hall of "Engagements." where art! cles are received and beyond that *.nt immense auction room where unre deemed pledges are sold. It is curious to observe that al though crowds are present in th? various departments, pledging, ?v deeming or buying at auction, then is no noise or excitement and cor toinly no confusion. It is an anx'o i crowd but a silent one which passe:? about the counters of the receiving department. Here is an artisan oir Dl work, a dry goods clerk, ::n al*s gantly dressed lady "pawning" he sables instead of putting thc-.n int.. cold storage for the summer. Th. whole transaction is looked upc. js most matter-of-fact. Parcel handed across the counter are takii to an Inner room to be valued l>< the appraiser Who never so mach i fccs the applicant. The firm pstrer* - perhaps a christening set of silw nip. fork and .-poor.. The value turns tu his little weighing machine vcighs the silver, tests it and P. passionately calls out "Twent; -five. A malacca cane follows wit!: m :.>i alleged to be gold. It is rubbed ?i a test stone, flicked with acid a -. i mromptly tlenoum e I as an Pn; >tei Diamond rings and brooches p through most searching examina tions. There is no sentiment. Best Healer in the World. Rev. F. Slat-bird, of East Ray mond, Maine, says: "i nave used Bucklen's Arnica Salve for several years, on my old army wound, and other obstinate sores, and find it the best healer in the world. 1 use it too with great success in my veterinary business." Price 25c at Dr. J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co.. drug siore. Professional piety is satisfied with the salary. r- t EALS \ OLD SORES No old sore exists merely because the flesh is diseased at that partic ular spot; if this vere true simple cleanliness and local applications would Iieal them. Whenever a sore or ulcer refuses to heal readily, the blood is at fault; this vital fluid is filled with impurities and poisons which are beinjj constantly discharged into the place, feeding it with noxious matter and irritating and inflaming the nerves and tissues so the sore cannot heal. These impurities in the blood may be the remains of some constitutional trouble, the effect of a debilitating spell of sickness, leaving disease germs in the system, or the absorption by the blood of the fermented refuse matter which the bodily channels of wa^te have failed to remove. Again the cause may be hereditary, the diseased blood of ancestry being handed down to posterity; but whatever the cause, the fact that the sore will not heal shows the.necessity for the very best constitutional treatment. There is nothing that causes more worry and anxiety than an old sore which resists treatment. ? Every symptom suggests pollution and disease?the discharge, the red, angry looking flesh, the pain and in flammation, and the discoloration of surrounding parts, all show that deep down in the blood there are morbid and dangerous forces at work, con stantly creating poisons which may in the end lead to Cancer. Local applications are valuable only for their cleansing and antiseptic effects; they do not reach the blood, where the real cause is located, and can therefore have no real curative worth. S. S. S. heals old sores by going down to the fountain-head of the trouble I ?.van t to recommend S. S. S. to any who are in need of a blood purifier.'and especially as a remedy for sores and obstinate ulcers. In 1877 I had my lee badly cut on the sharp edge of a barrel, and having on a blue woolen stocking the place was badly poisoned from the dye. A Croat sore formed and for years no one knows what I suffer*! with the place. I tried, i: seemed to me, everything I had ever heard of, but I got no relief and I thought I would have to go through life with an angry, discharging sore on my leg. At last I began the use of S. S. S., and it was but a short time until I saw that the place was improving. I continued it until it removed all the poison from my blood and made a complete and permanent cure of the sore. JNO. ELLIS. 250 Navy Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. and driving out the poison-producing genus and morbid matters which are keeping the ulcer open. It removes every particle of impurity from the cir-' culation and makes this life-stream pure, fresh and health-sustaining. Then as new, rich blood is carried to the place the healing begins, all discharge ceases, the inflammation leaves, new tissue and healthy flesh are formed, and soon the sore or ulcer is well. S. S. S. is the greatest of all blood puri fiers and finest of tonics, just what is needed in the treatment, and in addi tion to curing the sore will build up and strengthen every- part of the systems Special book on Sores and Ulcers and any medical advice desired furnished free to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. GLOVER'S WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU You may jhc one of the many who ft lid it hard to decide which Clothies to buy from. We admit t's a hard .Iiing to decide when each one is shouting or claiming in the biggest typo he can find, that his store is the* best, and the others are no gool. We don't ask you to read our ad, and then rush in and buy blindly. AH we want is a chance to show yon. It wont be hard for yon to make up your mind after one visit here. We know What's What in Clothes and can teach you. We are willing to prove any minute of any business day, beyond any doubt that in values for the price, in Style Advantages, in quality of goods it will pay yon to wear our Clothes. You'll get more here than .just something to wear. Youll gets Satisfaction or your money back. Wont you come in and take a peep ft the many new, distinctive Suits we have ready for you to Slip in and Wear Oil? Seeing does not oblige you to buy. GLOVER'S CLOTHIXG, SHOES AND MEN 'S FINE FURNISHINGS. FIRE, LIFE, BURGLRAV, TORNADO ft I INSURANCE!! I ft ? ALSO SURETY BONDS Written by ? H. G. Wannamaker, I represent companies tha know to be goo . rj| Give me some of your business. ? 4 ? 4 t & WHICH IS MORE URGENT? FIRE INSURANCE. Important? You fully realize it. You would not allow your house to remain uninsured overnight. Your bouse may never burn. Com paratively few buildings ever do. If your house does burn, you; prop LH'E INSURANCE. Important? Oh yes, you Intend to insure after awhile when "a little, better able to do so." You will surely die. All men do. You are more likely to die within a week or a year, than your house is to burn. Death destroys at once and lrre erty is destroyed, but you can still vocably, lu whole or in part the in provide Cor your loved ones. Your!come that provided for the daily ncome remains unaffected, your earn ing capacity unimpaired. If your house is not insured at all, or for an insufficient amount. YOU CARRY THE RISK. wants of those you love, the income that was counted on to feed and clothe and educate your chldreu. If your life is not insured at all, or for au insufficient amount, Your Wife and Babies Tarry the Risk. Your friend has had his home in-' Your frend has had his life in , , sured those years and Is now an sured those 30 years, and has had 0,d man Ho fg forttmate in havlng no fire. He has been fortunate in:lived, and he has something now to . . ., , . . ... , ishow for the money paid out. His that though he has nothing now to j . . ? . * ' . . cosh value affords a comfortable sup show for the mohey paid out. (port for his own decliuing years. WHICH IS MORE URGENT? JOHN SELZER 18 E. Russell St., Orangeburg, S, O. I Agent for SOUTHEASTERN LIFE INSURANCE CO., Spartanburg, S. C*.