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The stifling air of a
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to comfortable coolness
by installing a New Per
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family cooking.
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tains it until turned out
?that too, without over
If you examine the ^
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you will see why this is so. The heat from the
chimney of the "New Perfection" is concentrated
under the kettle and not dissipated through the room
by radiation. Thus it does the work of the coal
range without its discomfort. Ask your dealer about
this stove?if not with him, write our nearest agency.
JS^?Lamp
is a very
handsome
piece of N
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electricity. Safe everywhere and always. Made
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--T HE
PLANTERS BANK.
We Are Still Growing:
On April 15th, 1908, oor Resources were. $15,971.88
On April 30th, 1908, our Resources were. $18,449.46
Now is ffle Tims to Open an Acconnt wi us.
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ORANGE BURG, S..C. J* j?jff
W. G. SEASE, CASHIER.
DR. A. C. DOYLE, ? CO.
Have You Seen
the
New Local Views
At
SIMS' BOOK STORE. *
THE CONVICT SAILOR.
Strange Addition to the Crew of the
Barkentine Tidewater.
"Ever been in Cayenne, French
Guiana?" queried "Ed " Randall, of
the British barkentine Tidewater, as
he watched the crates of machinery
being lowered into the barkentine's
hold. "Well, only a few sailing
ships go there nowadays, and all
that most people know about Cay
enne is that it is a place where pep
per comes from. You anchor six
miles away from the harbor and
there are two quays there* where
there's little room for ships to land
their cargo.
"We anchored off Cayenne one
night several years ago, and all on
board the Tidewater were lying
around listless because of the awful
heat. There was nothing doing and
there \was about as much noise
around our anchorage as in a church
during a period of si'ent prayer.
Then we heard the swish of oars ^be
ing carefully dipped in the water and
we saw a rowboaf mak ng for us. No
light shone on the little craft and
when she. came ur.der our bow there
was no hail,
"Up the man's rope crawled a fig
ure that looked gray in the moon
light and which shuffled aft to where
I was sitting with a hesitating step.
The 'Monsieur le Capitaine' that
came from the stranger told me In
& minute who my unexpected guest
was. The peculiar black and gray
stripes on faded clothes also add
ed testimony that my visitor was
making the call aboard the barken
tine unknown to the French prison
keepers In the city.
"The story told by the poor fel
low was pathetic. He said he had
been convicted of a crime of which
he was innocent, and, while much
of the proof of this ?allegation was
missing when he presented his case
before me as a sort of final tribunal,
I believed him, and felt that I'd like
to help him, only that I could not
run foul of the French authorities by
knowingly aiding and abetting the
fellow's escape. I told him so.
"Without a word, but looking the
picture of misery, my unfortunate
caller disappeared over the ship's
side as silently as he had come
aboard and in a few minutes we
hear.:, the swish of the oars gradual
ly fade away in the night.
"I was still sitting in my chair
dozing when a little launch came
THE CONVICT APPEARS,
our way, and the next moment two
gaudily uniformed officers - climbed
aboard and asked whether I had
seen anything of a rowboat. I told
them I had but that I paid no par
ticular attention to the direction the
rowboat went, which was only the
truth. The question as to wheth
er I had any stranger aboard I truth
fully replied that I had not. After
walking around the deck for a short
time, in a manner which ?eemed to
imply that they did not believe me.
the two officers went their way in
their launch.
"The next night we got ready to
sail, having secured our clearance
papers and the permission from th<
port authorities to get away. Long
about eleven o'clock we weighed an
chor and under a fair br..eze made
our way into the open sea. We'd
travelled about half an hour when
the same launch in which the two
prison officers had come the night
before blew ;.*ter us and came along
side. Instead of the two officers,
however, out stepped my convict vis
itor, tired, but evidently feverish in
his happiness.
"He told me that he had beim
pursued the night before by the
keepers in the little power boat and
that he made for one of the small
islands in the harbor. That it had
been a game cf hide and seek be
tween him and the prison officers
and that finally he had managed to
get at the other end of the island
where the launch wa3 moored and
get away in her, leaving the two
keepers on the island with a rowboat
to get back to shore in.
"I could not go back in.o the har
bor without causing my owners
much expense, and so I decided that
I would not turn the young fellow
adrift, but instead, allowed him to
become one of my crew, after enter
ing him as a 'castaway' and sending
the launch adrift. We were bound
for New Bedford, and I knew that
the cable would probably ask for the
detention of the escaped convict at
the Massachusetts port if the Guiana
authorities and thought the man
camt aboard the Tidewater.
"Two days before we reached New
Bedford, my convict sailor whose
name was Jacques, disappeared, and
it was not until long after that I
learned that he took a chance of
swimming away to a passing schoon
er bound for New York, so as to
cause me no trouble with fhe Amer
ican authorities at New Bedford."
War Against Consumption
All nations are endeavoring to
check the ravages of consumption,
the "white plague." that claims so
many victims each year. Foley's
Honey and Tar cures coughs and
colds perfectly and you are in no
danger.of consumption. Do not risk
your health by taking some unknown
preparation when Foley's Honey and
Tar is safe and certain in results.
Dr. A. C. Dukes. Lowman Drug, Co.
It's no wonder children are so con
trary; just lok at their parents/
CHARMS AND INCANTATIONS.
How Some Pennsylvanians Use Then
for Remedies Against Ills.
Witoh'craft superstitions are still
Widely prevalent in Eastern Penn
sylvania, according to William W
Neifert, who in the Pennsylvania
German, cites a number of favorite
charms and incantations:
To cure smike bites: God has cre
ated all things and they were good.
Thou only, serpent, art damned.
Cursed be thou and thy sting, Zing,
Zing, Zing.
? To prevent accidents. Carry with
you, sewed to your right sleeve, the
right eye of a wolf.
Security against mad dogs: Dog,
hold thy nose to the ground. God
has made me and thee, hound.
To banish the whooping cough:
Let the child drink out of a blue
glass tumbler. (This disease was
known as the "blue cough," and on
the principle that "like cures like,"
the child drinks from a "blue glass"
to cure a "blue cough.")
To cure baldness: Rub the scalp
with the hemisphere of a divided on
ion. ({This was a strong charm if
the vegetable was frosh.)
To cure flu: Take off the child's
shirt, turning It inside out while do
ing so,, and then burn the garment.
To destroy warts: Stick a pin
througi. the wart, and give away the
pin, when the wart will follow the
pin.
To make the best cider vinegar:
After the cider is put into the cask
call up the names of three of the
crossest and most sour-tempered
old women !n the community, and in
a loud voice utter their names into
the bung hole, and immediately cork
it up, and you will have the best and
strongest vinegar in the neighbor
hood.
A remedy against slander: If you
a:e calumniated or slandered to your
very skin, to your very flesh, to
your very bones, cast it back upon
the false tongues. Take off your
shirt, and turn it inside out, and
then run your two thumbs along
your body under the ribs starting at
the pit of the heart, thence down to
the thighs.
To bring a thief to confession and
make him restore stolen property:
From the door sill over which the
thief has passed take three splinters
in the name of the Trinity. Fasten
them to a wagon wheel removed
from the spindle, and through the
box or hub, pronounce the following
prayer: "I pray thee, Thou Holy
Trinity, to constrain the thief who
has stolen my (name of the article
stolen) to be stung by remorse and
restore it to its rightful owner."
This done, the wheel is to be re
placed by fastening it to the wagon,
when it was given three revolutions,
and the stolen goods were expected
to be returned.
A New Gunpowder.
There has been invented in Ger
many a powder which is said to give
no flareback whatever, even in guns
of the largest calibre. The cr ^po
sition of the powder is not known,
but it is supposed to consist of nitro
giycerin, nitro-celiulose and vase
line. The prevention of the flare*
back, however, is believed to be due
to the incorporation in the powder
01 a small amount of some chemical
w ich has proved to be thoroughly
effective.
Kid Gloves From Rats.
In Paris, there is a rat . ound. It
is a deep walled pit in which some
thousands of rats are kept. A dead
horse is thrown Into the pit at night
and rats strip the care ss of its flesh.
Once a month there is a general
slaying of rats by gas. The rats
are sleek and plump and their bodies
arc in excellent condit'on. Their
skis are removed and treated and
eventually are made into "kid"
gioves.
Dog Has Hank Account.
Bluff, a bulldog, is heir to a for
tune of $1,000, left by his master,
William E. Butts, a wealthy resident
of Chicago, who diea recently. Bluff,
sc far as is known, is the only dog
ia the world with a bank account. A
little bank book will be issued in
the name of Bluff and checks against
the account will be signed 'Bluff"
ty the administrator of the estate,
v,'r.o will look after Bluff's future.
Rat's Strange Death.
A cocoanut was brought to me just
as picked up in a Coiomba garden,
with the head of a big rat fixed into
the nut, the rat being not long dead.
Clearly the rat was up a tree nib
bling at or rather being well into
the nut, nearly full size, when the
nut tumbled and before it could
withdraw it was crushed to death
between the nut and the ground.?
Ceylon Observer.
Millions of Babies.
Persons who are strongly impress
el by the fact that we are receiving
more than a million immigrants
yearly through the gate of New York
city should not forget that we are
yearly receiving in the United Suites
about eight million babies, who
make this country their first earthly
port.
Illiteracy in Brazil.
The curse of Brazil lies in the
great illiteracy of its men and wom
en. According to the official Gov
ernment figures the illiteracy id &0
per cent.
Les Miserables.
The most unhappy beings on the
face of the earth are professional
politicians.
"Suffered day and night the tor
ment of itching piies. Nothing help
ed me until I used Doan's Ointment.
Ii cured im- permanently."?lion.
John R. Carrett, Mayor, Girarl, Ala.
You cannot always folio wthe ad
vice of all your friends, but you are
foolish if you forget it.
Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels, cause chronic constipation.
Doan's Regulates operate easily, tone
the stomach, cure constipation. 20c.
Ask your druggist for them.
PRESENCE OF MIND.
Story by Eugene Cowl es of the Sud
den Freezing of Water.
When Eugene Cowles was a boy in
Chicago he used to act In amateur
theatricals, and he tells a good story
of one of his young friends who ap
peared with him. "His name was
Littlehale," says Cowles. "and in one
of our shows he had to plunge into a
river, pursued by a wild beast The
river was Invisible to the audience,
and we fixed it so that Littlehale
6hould leap, disappear, and strike a
mattress in the wings, while a stage
hand should drop a big rock in a tub
bo as to make a splash. The leap
worked magnificently In rehearsal,
but the night of the performance, the
stage hand forgot the mattress and"
the tub. When Littlehale jumped he
fell eight feet to 'the oaken floor be
neath and the crash was such a tre
mendous one that the audience not
knowing the circumstances, began to
laugb.. Littlehale was equal to the
situation. 'Heavens,' he shouted
from beneath the stage,' 'the water's
frozen!"?San Francisco Chronicle.
The Shopkeeping Kaiser.
The Kaiser has been extremely en
ergetic In pushing the interests of
his Berlin pottery shop as commercial
traveller. Sometimes at court fes
tivals, when he espies a wealthy man
he approaohes him and solicits or
ders for the Hohenzollern store.
When the order is given the kaiser
extracts a gold pencil from his pocket
anu after the manner of commercial
travellers jots' down the particulars
ion his snow white cuffs.?London
I Tit-Bits.
The Child.
It is startling to realize that the
orgr ism of the child is physically
and psychically superior to that of
t*e adult.. Stolidity, strength, and
experience, of course, turn the bal
ance, but In quality and type, the
child has the advantage, and it is
the child-type that should be our
ideal. "Of such," it was truly said,
"Is the Kingdom of Heaven."?Pre
paratory Schools Review.
Steer's Strange Death.
Ernest A. Davis of South Montville
recently lost one of a fine pair of
steers. Death was caused by the
animal having swallowed a spiral
spring whioh was once a part of a
curta'n fixture. The wire had work
ed through the stomach and pierced
the heart. ?Kennebec Journal.
Vanishing Diseases.
Typhus fever has practically been
extinguished in this country, and is
"tending" toward extinction in Ire
land. Phthisis is diminishing in
Great Britain and elsewhere, but is
increasing in Ireland, coupled with
the relationships of famine to the
spread of typhus, give the key to the
problem.?Hospital.
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Via Siberia.
"Kindly indorse your envelope 'Via
Siberia.' Suoh Is the request made
by people in the Far East to their
correspondents here, and there Is no
doubl that the trans-Siberian route
has proved most regular and satis
factory since it got into proper work
ing order.?Syren.
Japan's Mining Production.
Japan's mining production last
year, according to returns from the
Japanese Department of Agriculture
and Commerce, amounted to $52,
130,884. In 1886 the corresponding
value was $5.000,0000. The value
( Japan's mining output is trebling
every decade.
Southern Chivalry.
Thomas Nelson Page, the literary
Virginian, always addresses the Pres
ident as "his excellency." This term
is rarely used at the White House
offices, except when a foreigner or a
Southerner, tenacious of the old idea,
calls to see Mr. Roosevelt.
Roses Made of Butter.
A basket of roses, made completely
of butter, basket and all, is being ex
hibited through England by the Gov
ernmen. of Victoria, one of the States
in Australia to remind the mother
country of her great agricultural
wealth.
Cuba Railroad Earnings.
The annual gross earnings of the
Cuba Railroad for the fiscal year
ended June ?, 1907, were $1,953,309.
and -he net $658,424; $153,73S was
expended for roadbed improvements.
The earnings show an increase of 2 70
per cei. in three years.
Auto a Traveling Camp.
Roy Faye, a Boston autoist, has
converted his car into a traveling
rauip for hunting in th \ Maine woods.
Hc ha, built an extension top of
heavy waterproof canvass and fitted
up the rear ?nd of the interior with
bunks for sleeping.
Concrete Arches I* Mines.
Arches of concrete to support mine
roofc ar being used In Pennsylvania
collieries as substitute for timber
supports, always breakable, and now
very expensive owing to the growing
scar-it' of timber.
Surprised When ."Money Fails.
An aged man, familiar with t!ie
people ol the metropolis, says thai
nothing seems to*' astonish a New
York man as much as to find some
desired purpose which cannot be ac
complished by money.
Foley's Ortho Laxative, the new
laxative, stimmulates, but does not
irritate. It is the liest, laxative.
Guaranteed or your money back. Hy
Dr. A. C. Dukes, Lowman Drug. Co.
It Is not important, how many
things you believe as how much you
believe anything.
A healthy man is a king in his own
right; an unhealthy man is an un
happy slave. Burdock Blood Bit
tors builds up sound health?keeps
you well. .
Cramps
Thousands of ladies suffer agonies every month".
If you do, stop and think. Is it natural ? Emphati
cally and positively?NO! Then make up your
mind to prevent or cure this needless suffering!
It Will Help You
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"I suffered 9 years" writes Mrs. Sarah J. Hos
kins, of Cary, Ky. "I had female trouble and would
nearly cramp to dea^h. My back and side would
nearly kill me with pain. I tried everything to get
relief, but failed, and at last began to take- Cardui.
Now I can do my housework with ease and'I give
Cardui the praise for the health I enjoy." Try.
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