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MERRY CHRiSTMA TO YOU AND YOURS We wish you the fullest joy of the holiday season and a New Year full of good fortune :=: :=: :=: :-: R MALPASS & CO HOLIDAY BOOKS AT HALF VAL Our tremendous purchases of Xmas Books have just been opened up and arranged for your inspection, and we must say right here that while w**e thought we had reached the limit in bargain giving last year, our present stccX srts a new mark that we think will stand for some time COME J1ND SEE. "Wc will not attempt to tell you here what v-ts have to offer, as it would be futile. Only a vis?Mo the store can give you any idea of the feast of good things we have prepared K r you, and as an inducement for an early call, we have selected from out vast stock twenty of the handsomest volumes we could Hr4f and shall sell them, while the stock lasts, at 60 CENTS PER VOLUME Tht^c. all books that should bring at least a dollar a volume, beautifully made up, finely illustrated, and are especially appropriate for Xmas presents, and those who are fortunate enough to get some of them will be able to make their Christmas money do double duty. The titles are: Satan Sanderson' By HdHe Ermlnie Rives Rosalind at Red Gate By Meredith N'cholson The Honour of Savelli By S. Levett Leats The Masquerader By Katherine Cecil Thurston The Patriots By Cyrus Townsend Brady The Princess Maritza By Percy Brebner The Fifth String By John Philip Sousa The Golden Horseshoe By Robert Aitkln Lavender and Old Lace, By Myrtle Reed The Romance of Terence O'Rourke By Joseph Louis Vance Hearts and Masks By Harold MacGrath Half a Rogue By Harold MacGrath Beverly of Graustark By Geo. Barr McCutcheon The Lion and the Mouse By Charles Klein A Six Cylinder Courtship By Edward S. Field Susan By Ernest Oldmeadow The Right-of Way By Gilbert Parker Barbara Winslow By Elizabeth Ellis When Patty Went to College By Jean Webster Haunters of the Silences By Chas. G. D. Roberts St. Elmo, Illustrated ? r uy Augusta J. Evans Sims Book Sto ft: THE MONITOR SELF-HEATING SAD ' IRON. ; he Monitor is a perfect Self-Heat ing Sad Iron. .Generates cts own heat in (he body of the iron. Always hot and you can regulate it to any tem perature desired. No firing up tiie range ?you heat the house. No walking from the ironing table to the hot runge to change irons and back again, therefore saving labor, work i hat is most disagereable on a hot ?dimmer day. Yiu can do an iron ing for the cost of about one cent for fuel, saving many dollars in a year; can take your ironing to any room in the house or out on the porch if you choose?that which every woman has sighed for many times. . Can iron ail day without the least nncomfor tableness from the heat of the iron. Can put it in your suit case or trunk and take it along when traveling to press the muss and wrinkles out of clothing, ribbons, etc. DOING BUSINESS FOR YOUR HEALTH. That's one of the things we are doing business for, and of course incidentally, to get a living. In buying onr drugs,&c we get those which are pure and patent, even though they often cost ns extra.We buy them for restoring health?yours and all our customers.' You may Hot be able to judge the quality of drugs, but our long experience en* ables us to discriminate. Trust us when you need medicine and your confi dence will never be mis placed. (Vangeburg Hardware & Furniture Co. [HE PEOPLE S.BANK OWANeEBt'KO, S. ?J. A Bank For All The People. AI'ITAL .VIOCK $30,000.00 *\ UPL'l S 20.000.00 ?TOOKHOLHKR8 LiABi MTV 80.000.OO ? * ? o 0 o 5 $ V KOTKCTION TO l>K I'OSI rOKS $*o,ooo.0o ? t> ri erben >. K >iuckenfusn ?I. V vYannamaker ItirhnrdKon I*re?jdt'Mi Vice-President Cashier Aunt. Cashier OIRECTOHs .. t.. i run- \. M. 3alle> \blal l.athror W. L. G\az* I.. Sarbj Hobt. E. Cope* > O. Herbert i?. F. Mackenfn** H. C. Wannamaker. ftttrrest paid in Havins? liepartmeat A. Calhoun Doyle & Co. "THE POPULAR DRUG 8TORE." Wm. V. Izlar. J. Stokes Salley. Fiie Insurance. IZLAR & SALLEY We represent the The Home Insurance Co. Liverpool and London and Glob* Germ a* American Continental Northern Aasnrasca Phoenix and Georgia Home. The Strongest Combination fa tbr State. Fonnd. At the office of VonOheoa & Cul ler, Tuesday morning, De?. 8, a cer tain sum of money was found. Owner can get same by paying for advertisemeat. VonOhsea & Culler. I AN EXTREMELY I 1 PARTICULAR ? MAN The woman with the strlpeo wool en shawl tied round her chin took from her mouth the last sample of calico she had been chewing and carerully Inspected It to se? if the color had run, says the Chicago News. It had not, but she was not entirely satisfied. "I'm in no rush," she observed to the storekeeper. "I reckon I'll look around ur a spell afore I settle oa it. i may git better suited." The woman went, nevertheless. "She's like Clay Hulbut," remark ed Washingt ?n Hancock." Clay was one of them fellors allus wanted to look around fer a spell afore he gave up any or his good money. I reck on Clay never bought a thing or made a trade the first time of ask lh' in his hull born days. He had an idea he'd git better suited some where else whatever it was he dick ered for." '"Seems to me like hoss sense not to jump at the first thin" 'at's offer ed," said Sol Baker "That's what Clay said when Sile Peters offered him $2 for $1.75," said Hancock. "Sile had a bet up on it. Clay come into the bank to see if he couldn't git a chattel mort gage blank for less'n five cents, which was what the recorder wanted to charge him, an' Sile told him that he couldn't let any go at less'n 15 cents or two for a quarter. 'I've got some $2 bills here that I'll let you have cheap, though, Clay,' he says. "They're a leetle might wore an' I've more o' them In stock than 4 need. If you'd like to take about 5 0 ot 'em ofT my hands, you can have 'cm for $87.50.' An" he hand ed out a bunch with a paper band pasted around them. " Seems like that's reasonable enough,' says Clay, after studyin* awhile. 'Tell ye, though, there ain't no hurryin' rush about this. I'll go over to the Drovers' bank an' see what Keating Is offerin' 'em for. If he can't make a better figger 1 11 come back and take these. You keep 'em to one side fur me.' "Then he went over to Keat ng an' ast him wuat he was selling $2 bills for In lots o 50. That's the honest truth." "if Keating was alive now, he'd bear me out," said Hancock. "You can write to Sile Peters If you like, an' ast him If It wasn't so. He's in St. Joe now, If he^ hasn't moved away since I last heard of him. "1 remember standin' behind Clay at the ticket seller's stand cne time when the clrcas came to town. 'How are you a-sellin' tickets today?' says Clay., " 'Two bits gen'ral admission an* reserved seats 50 cents,' says the feller. 'How many do you want.' " 'That the best you can do?" says Clay. " 'Beln' It's you, I'll make It half a dollar fur reserved seats 'an 25 cents general admission,' says the Teller, winkln' at me. " "Well,' says Clay, puttln' up his weasel, '1 reckon I'll look around a spell fust.' " "That's all right" maintained Baker. "Of course there's such a thing as pushln' it to fur, but sup pasin' Kufe, here, bought his goods from the fust drummer 'at come along 'thout Inquirin' round to see what the others was a-sellln' an' v.-hat they charged. If you want to buy a cow. you'd look around a spell, too, wouldn't you?" "Not If you come to me an' told me the cow you'd got was kind an' gentle an' young an' a good milker an' worth tha money you ast fer her," replied Hancock blandly. "Clay would come to town after groc'nes an' put in the hull day lookin' around an' then go home ihout 30 much as tillin' his m'lasses jug. He put off buyln' his Feed p'taters till It was too late to plant 'em, even if there'd been any left to plant. Most gen'rally he'd pay two prices for what he could have bought at half price if he had the gumption to snap at a bargain. "He was over 30 years old afore he got married, he was so blame per nickety an' partickler about th* kind o" gal he wanted. He'd go around and set up with fust one an' then another an' figger on what kind o' -omen they was likely to he an' how much money they had, an' how good lookin' they was, an' then he'd drive over to Tarkla an* see what they had there, but he couldn't never make up his mind an' the further he got in the woods the crookeder the sticks was until fln'ly there wasn't nobody left but Levy Bostlck'a gal Belle. "1 reckon Belle Bostlck was about the homeliest critter that was ever raised on corn pone. She'd been give up to be a old maid fur ten years afore Clay seen her. Her folks was poor as ctetern water, too. An' Clay might have hod a'most any body when he fust started out If he'd made up his mind an' stuok to it. They got on tollable well together though?'bout an w?U aa a heap o' other married folks." "Why dldnt he look around a while longerT" asKed tho store keeper. "He didn't have to take her, did heT" "Ho didn't take her," said Hancock. "Ishs took him. It was the last cnanco a ho h*d an' she knowed It." Every man likes to hear a wise woman talk?because she always talks to him about himself. Not until the undertaker gets busy with a man does he cease to be un popular with his relations. The average girl is ambitious io make a name for herself, but she usually ends by acoqpting some man's. A maa seems to be able to out grow most any superstition except that his whiskers couldn't be finer. The man who can make hla chil dren smile does not need to worry over hla inablllt" to preaeh aermona. BARROW TRAVEL IN CHINA. Long Distances Made by Passengers at Small Cost. "Probaoiy more freight and more passengers are transported In China by the wheelbarrow route than by any other land method." said Alex ander B: Georgil of Hongkong. China, j who Is interested in the shipping i trade in the Far East. I '1 he wheelbarrow used in China ] differs from that used in America in the fact thauthe wheel is set In the center and thus supports practically the entire load, while the handle are supports in part by a strap or rope o^er the shoulders of the man who operates it. "As a result the coolie in China will transport nearly half a ton on bis wheel. Wheelbarrows are much used in the country where the roads are but little developed, and I have heard t*hat passengers sometimes make the entire trip from Shanghai to Pekin, a distante of 600 miles by barrow. "A two passenger barrow will make about 20 miles a day, and the coolie Is content with a pay of about twenty cents a day, or an average of about half a cent a mile for euch pas senger. On the level, well kept streets of the foreign quarters of such cities as Hongkong, Shanghai and Pekin, the wheelbarrow coolie' will struggle along with a load of six or even eight people. Figureheads for Autos. In some parts of the civilized world the fetich or idol which disap peared long ago is coming back, In fact, has already returned to duty as a guardian, protector, mascot or whatever one may be pleased to call It. The new idol is in shape accord ing to the fancy of the automobile owner, who places it on the front of the machine to prevent accidents and arrest. These figureheads are all grotesque in style, the most popular being the image of a police officer with watch in hand, a barking cur and a crowing rooster. When Korea Led the World. Few are aware that Korea preced ea Europe in inventing three things which have had a vast influence upon the world. Printing with movable types originated in Korea in 1324, 126 years before the invention of the art in Europe. The two other in ventions In which the Koreans seem to have anticipated Europe were the mortar and the ironclad, both used with considerable effect, during the Japanese Korean war of 1598-98. A Coy Yonng Thing. The iollowing advertisement re cently appeared: "Being aware that it Is Indelicate to advertise1 for a husband, I refrain from doing so; but if any gentleman should be in clined to advertise for a wife, I will answer the advertisement without delay. 1 am young am domesticat ed, and am considered {ladylike. Ap ply," etc.?Philippines Gossip. nabana vs. Havana. "Havana Is spelt* with a 'B' o? genuine l aporte^ cigar boxes and with a 'V in the case of home-made cigars," explained a tobacconist pre sented at Cardiff recently, for sell ing British cigars as Havana. The magistrate agreed, that the custom prevailed and inflicted a nominal fine.?London Daily. Gypsies and Animals. The gypsies are nearer to the ani mals than any race known to ua in Europe. They have the lawless ness and abandonment, the natural physical grace in form and gesture ot animais; only a stealthy and something wary in their eyes makes them human.?Arthur Symons. Pharaoh's Mummy. Pharaoh's mummy has been discov ered and unfolded, and the eyes of the readers of these pages can rest on the very features on which the eyes or Moses looked 3,000 years and more ago. Youth the Time to Build Wisely. Youth is the best time for the building of character and the form ing of principle, and the future de pends on the decisions and actions ofc the present.?Rev. G. Denton. Showing Polly of Anger. A wise man has well reminded us that in any controversy the Instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving ror tho truth, and have be gun striving ror ourselves.?Carlyle. Deaths Among Miners. According to statistics quoted by Congressman Cooper, the fatalities in Pennsylvania's mines rose from 611 In 1898 to 1,514 in 1908. Long, Weary Day. In shortening the hours of labor, no one tries to shorten the houra for women In the household. A Natural Inference. "Pop," anxiously Inquired the doc tor's inquisitive little boy, "is a Jumping toothache a muscular pain?" ?Baltimore American. Pood as Church Tithed. Bernaldo In his Calendar says that in medieval times there was much more food than money given for church tithss. A bewildered citizen oi Iowa has written to the President to request an annulment of his oath of natur alization. It takes almost as much money to send a boy througn college as it does to support him afterward. A man's idea of patriotism is thinking he could run the govern ment better than those who are elected to do it. An empty can may not point c moral, but It frequently adorns i Uli. Ether has nothing In common with music, yet it Is a gre*t rompcr, er. A mai ean get a erect 'en1 fun out of relatives by not havfnr any. 10A1NTY AND DEUCIOUS 1 ! The one final, crucial test of a Confectioner's stand ing is had in the quality of his Chocolates. Now then, remember that it was the exquisite flavor and superi ority of our Chocolates that first made the reputation of this firm, and it was the maintain ing of that superiority of quality that has made this firm the leader of all the world today in the matter of superior Chocolates. Sold by aU Druggists and Confectioners. Manufactured by Littlefield & Steere Co., Knoxville, Tenn. EXCLUSIVE AGENCIES GRANTED FERTILIZERS. See M. 0. Dantzler before you buy. M. O. Dantzler announces to his Guano friends that he will call on them in the interest of The Cce-Mortimer Company soon after (lie Now Year. Kindly wait on me before you buy your fer tilizer materials for the coming season, as I will have some of the choicest, most conscntratcd plant food to oiler you. NAMELY: NITRATE OF POTASH, DRIED RLOOD, FINLEY GROUND TANKAGE NITRATE OF SODA, MURIATE OF POTASH, THOMAS PHOSPHATE POWDER (which analyses, by the Wagner method, over 13 per cent of Available Phosphoric Acid and 35 to 50 per cent of Lime.) Also all of the Standard grades in mixed goods at right prices, if they desire to buy sucb. The Coe-Mortimer Company refused to handle the Peruvian Guano offered them this season for <;ood and sufficient reasons. . I thank my friends for tbnir confidence in my Guano judg ment in the past and will certainly not offer them any material in the future that I think is not for their best interest. , M. O. Dantzler CHRISTMA ARE NOW READY FOR INSPECTION. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS, SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, FAN CY HALF HOSE, FANCY SUSPENDERS, IN REGULAR BOXES. NECK TIES IN SINGLE BOXES; KID GLOVES, WOOLEN GLOVES, OF ALL KINDS. A NICE PRESENT WOULD BE A BOX OF SIX PAIRS EVERWEAK GUARANTEED HOSIERY IN ATTRACTIVE BOX AT $t.r,0; GUARANTEED TO LAST SIX MONTHS. EVERYTHING ELSE IN NEW FURNISHINGS. SEE OUR WINTER SUITS OF CLOTHES AT FROM .$7.50 TO $15.00. SHOES, HAS, ETC. COME IN THIS WEEK. im mm go 56 W EUSSELL ST. GEO. R. BOWMAN AND O. L. CRUM, Managers. FOREMAN=RICKENBAKfcR CO. "The Store of Low Prices." Our Fall and Winter goods are arriving daily and it will pay you to drop in when out shopping and examine our stock and get prices. We carry everything in the line of dry goods, notions, shoes, etc., est, and at prices that will defy legitimate competition. Now is the best time to buy your winter supplies before the goods are picked over, and if you will call at our store yon will find ns in line with the goods you wans. Come and let ns show you what we have to offer. FOREMAN RICKENBAKER CO. The Edisto Savings Bank, ORANGEBURG. 8. O. Capital.8100,000.00. Surplus. ?0.000.0" B H Moss, President. J. M. Oliver, Vice-President, F* S Dibble, Vice-President. Wm. L. Glover, Cashier. DIRECTORS M 0 Dantzler, J. M. Oliver, W. R. Lowman, W. F. Fairev, B.'H.'Moss, T.C.Doyle, Sol. Kohn, J. W. Sm<>ak. Money saved is money made, and the way to save is to deposit your Eoney in the savings department and draw interest on the first days of January, April, July and October at the rate of four per cent p r ^This bank's absolute safety is best u ^d by its capital stock, it surplus and by the character and standin? of its officers and boar.' of directors. Money loaned on good security.