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NORTH NEWS-LETTER SADIES OF METHODIST CHURCH GIVE MUSICAL.! _ . TLarsa Andiene? See and Appreciate Sfajoyable Affair.?-Personal Items c2 Local Interest. - ffcrrth, T*ov. 28.?Special: Undor t^ auspices of the ladies of the 3IetSodiat' church, a- highly entertain .tett muslcale of homevrtalent.' was; sItch in the beautiful auditorium of ins graded schocl last" Thursday eve .aiag. * The audience was-larg? and ^appreciative, ? cheering -heartily every number presented. The .progra jx was carried out most charmingly and er TeeUvely., Many have requested that the entire program be repeated. fPar Away," as a duet, was sung beautifully by Miss Livingston and iSr. Sally. ; ?"Little Annie Rooney" was ren dered most pleasingly by little Miss es Reed, Wolfe and. Price. rAileen," "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming," "Silver Threads Among the Gold," ana "Climb up, **&illum' Climb," very' highly pleas ?4 the audience, and were presented %S. aH participating in the program. /"Jennie McNeal'a Ride," and "La aniant of Absoim" were recited and pictured grandly'by Mrs. Price and "lbs. Wolfer gj ' iGayly surprising ..... the \ listeners, Vivian Reeves and Fred Wolfe al ternately sang the . catchy song . "No Six" Miss- Pansye Craft gave the *"OId Gray Bonnet," in a most inter filing and pleasing manner, 11 lustrat -ed.by Mrs. Price and Mr. Wolfe. Many other songs and excellent folectlons were given by superb tal ?ut and enjoyed by all. Among -which must especially be mentioned, ' The Last Rose, of Summer," as sung Iqr-Mias Livingston, moat gracefully and charmingly with a j voice of such ?eJosance. The flnale, "Dixie," also sung by 3?tas Livingston In her. fascinating ^manner,,didn't fail to win the usual applause. Many praised must be ac ?order these ladles for the most ex ?elent-muslcale. and very successful entertainment, .,... ???>? Our town Is always on a "boom, Many new brick stores and another tank have recently been added to she beauty and business facilities of the town, and a score of handsome residences are in the process of con struction. ? ? The Greensboro Land and Auction Company will, In a few days, sell some of the best lots and building sites that are available. * We regret to lose one of our townsmen. Mr.. J. C. j Witt and his ^rghlyrestee^edrfaTnlly. He goeB to .itoerlcQs^''?il%/-7ti?re. he has- a large ?farming' interest ? - A party cons I: tin 5 of several men of this town have gone on an ex tended, deer hunt In the lower part <st the State. Here is hoping for. a oafe return and a quantity of "big'' game. . Rev. Mr. Edwards has gone to the ??dslde of his daughter, who is seri ously 111 at Greer, S. C. She is one ?f the teachers In the graded school at that .place. ? ? Our school is gradually growing, and at present has reached the high est enrollment that it has ever at tained. The attentance has not been 3S regular as it could be, and it is loped that the fathers and mothers ?will see to it that their children are kept in school every day as far as possible. This is of much value to both pupil and school. "Arbor Day" was utilized by teachers and pupils In planting shade treea, hedges, flow era, and beautifying the school grounds In general?a day well .spent. Let us have some more im provements if this kind. J Most of the teachers spent Thanks giving at home and visiting^ friends. (Miss Pansye Crafe gave a most rJeasant "At Home" to her ma-ry . iriends on Saturday eve last. CATARRH GERMS. Move Out When Hyomel Moves In. Sold in Orangeburg. No stomach dosing. Hyomei (prv nounce to High-c-me) Ib made from the highest grade eucalyptus, takea from the eucalyptus foreBts of Inland Australia, and combined with the ex cellent antiseptics employed in the Listerian system. In inland Australia the atmos phere ia so Impregnated with bal sam thrown out by the eucalyptus trees that germs cannot live, and in consequence catarrh and consump tion are unknown. Breathe HYOMEI and get the same pleasant, healing, germ killing air as you would go In the eucal yptus forests and kill the germs. Hyomel 's sold by J. G. Wanna maker Mfp Co. and druggists every where, at $1.00 a complete outfit. An outfit connlsts of a bottle or Hyomei, a hard rubber pocket In baler and sinmple Instructions for ose. The Inhaler will last a life time, but bear in mind if you need 1 another bottle of Hyomei you can I get it at druggists for only 50 cents. 1 Weather Will Be Colder. Another cold wave is on its way to this quarter. The prediction Is that low temperatures will prevail over the country east of the Rocky n ountains during the greater part c? the present week. The disturb ance over the Rocky Mountain re gion of Monday will advance east ward and' is expected to reach the Atlantic States by today. Following this there will be a marked change to colder weather that will spread eastward and southward as far as the sulf states. BOWMAN ITEMS. Cotton Receipts Not as Large as Last Year.?Other News. Bowman,. Dec. 5?Special: Pastor G. W. Davis of Orangeburg Circuit preached h<s farewell sermon at Wightman church yesterday a. m . a &ood congregation belnr; present '.o Sear him. This completes the four year;tenn tor,.:this.circuit and .the S.. C.r.Me?iodlst {Conference at its Ses sion* in Charleston this week will appoint him -to a: new.field of labor for -.the- ensuing? year. .The may friends of. Rev.. Mr..DavIs part- from r Jm unwillingly and the prayers of many will go up to jtbe throne of grace for great success in, hi? new field of labor to which he may be ap pointed. ? All claims, on fhe Circuit are p-Ud up in full, the Orangeburg Circuit being always the first in this respect Many are looking forward with in terest anxiously awaiting the an nouncement of the new preacher for this circuit. There are some guess ing hut no one is wise enough to tell vb yet who will be the next pastor. The cotton market has been in an extra boom here this year and con tinues to come to Bowman quite lively; prices paid I!or the staple bring very satisfactory indeed. The receipts are long ways ahead of any previous . year.. In Bowman, history. Charleston gets about all that is shipped from here. Charleston has at last awakened from. her. slumber on the cotton ques tion and is forcing her seif to the front and is fast gaining the position .she once had as a rival cotton mar ket and shipping port A number of fat porkers were slaughtered during the recent cold spell and pudding/ and sausage, and other giqod things' on this line now being feasted upon. . .. , The market of Bowman for the past month or more has had an abundant Bupply of nice pork, choice cuts selling as low as 12 1-2 cents the pound. Good beef has also been plentiful ranging in price from,? to 12 1-2 cents according to cuts. Tur keys sell in the local market here at io cents, eggs 25 cente, chickens and hens from 15 cents -to 3 5 cents ac cording to Bize, with very few of the small size now to be had. Cane grinding at some mills; but will be soon completed so far as this yearns crop - is -concerned; This section was noted some years ago for the large crops of cane grown and made into syrup but <L5 cent cotton caused It to take a backseat and it really seems hard to get farmers to plant the amount of cane they for merly, notwithstanding, 500 or more gallons can he made per acre. Dundee. BREAK IN A HOUSB. Where Only a Lady and Several Children Were Alone.. ;. The State says "while J. F. Cor ley, a farmer living three miles from Columbia on the Camden road, was away from home Saturday night, some unknown person, presumably bent on mischief, entered his house in which were Mrs. Corley and sev eral small children: The blood hounds from the penitentiary were sent for later in the night; but were unable to follow the trail left by the marauder. (On hearing footsetps in the kit chen, which - adjoined the room in which she was sitting, Mrs. Corley armed herself with a shotgun and told one of the children to blow out the lamp. After a few minutes th? intruder, who evidently did not like tbe idea of entering the darkened room, left the house by the back door. "When Mr. Corley returned home be telephoned for the bloodhounds from the penitentiary. The dogs were sent out as soon as possible, but failed to strike the trail. Mr. Corley said Sunday that there was r bsolutely no clue to the Identity of the person that entered his house." Ladles left alone should arm them selves, and should one of these fiend ish brutes come fooling around the premises, he should be given a load of buckshot. A similar case to the above happened at Cope a few days ago. There seems to be a spirit of fiendlshness pervading the minds of certain low bred negroes, and all people should be on their guard. Large Crowd Attended. The local lodge of Elks held their annual lodge of sorrows on Sand '.y afternoon in honor of any Elk wha may have died during the year. The local lodge had lost no member by death during the year. The pro gram as arranged was carried out. The music was appropriate, and the enlogy pronounced by P. T. HUd*1 brand, Esq., was touching and beau tiful. A large crowd was present tc witness the solemn, but bpautimul ceremony. Want Him Back. Rev. H. H. Bays. D. D? has clos ed his flrat year as Pastor at St. 1-aul, and goes to Charleston to a* \.end the Annual Conference this af ternoon. Dr. Bays is an eloquent, lorceful preacher, and has done a ?,ood year's work at St. Paul. He has endeared himself to his congre gation by his faithful, consecrated labors among them, and It is the uni versal wish on their part that he be leturned to St. Paul next year. Edisto Council Banquet. Edisto Council, No. 411. U. C. T.,1 of this city, is looking forward to : its meeting Friday night with much i leacure. Thero are two or three i candidates up for initiation at t'?Is' meeting, and at nine p. m.. the en tire Cornell will march to the Hotel i St. Joseph, where tbey will be turned oyer to the efficient nmnneer. Mr. i Reeves, who Is noted for catering to the anr-etites cf tbe trave'Hni men. A good time generally is expected. NEW COLLEGE FOR GIRLS. Anderson's Offer Accepted by the Baptist Convention. The acceptance by tne. State Bap tist convention of Anderson's propo sition, that a Baptist college for . girls be establahed in Anderson, I means that there is to be another college for women In the State, not that Greenville Female College is to ; be removed from Greenville to And erson.. Anderson has already raised a fund of $100,000 for the establish ment of her college and has pledged herself tor raise $20,000 more ana provide a handsome 20-acre "aite. Seven of the 15 trustees elected by the convention to control the Insti tution are residents of Anderson, and reveral. are not Baptists. Instead of lemoving the Greenville Female col lege from Greenville, the convention approved the plans submitted for the enlargement of its plant there and authorized a bond Issue of $75, 000 to pay for these betterments. There are already available cash pubscrlptions to the amount of about ?35,000, so that wihh the proceeds of the .bond issue more than $100, 000 will be at the disposal of the trustees for overhauling and enlarg ing the physical plant of the college. Ihe money for the new college at, Anderson , was contributed by mem bers of all denominations. ? THE PROFESSOR MARRIES. / _ Prof. Wilkerson's marriage was the year's sensation in Dorranceville. But his wedding cards produced no sucb sensation in the little college com munity as the arrival o' his wife. Some said it was her smile, some her tall, gracious figure and the way she "wore her clothes," but all agreed that she impressed them with a sense of old acquaintanceship for which, with one exception, we found no ex planation. ? ;I am that exception, and upon me devolves the explanation. Let me say in beginning that I own my superior knowledge to the fact that my posi tion at Dorranceville colleg was in structor in art. One evening, several months before Mrs. Wilkinson dawned upon our daz zled gaze, I was walking home with the professor, when he stopped at the town drug store and stationery shop. To my surprise?for no one had ever seen him read anything out side of science and the daily news?he came out with an armful of the current mag azines. He met my look with one both ashamed and defiant, but vouchsafed no explanation until we reached his door. Then as I was taking my leave he said, suddenly: "Partridge, do you know anything about the art of advertising?" "Cf course not," I replied, rather nettled. "There is no art in advertising.1' "I don't know," he remarked. "Some of the pictures you find in the adver tising, section seemo to me. superior to those in front of the magazine." Full, now of curiosity, I accepted his Invitation to enter his little study, where he lighted his lamp and dumped the pile of periodicals on the table. "Wait a minute," he naid, "and I'll find iL" Then he pawed through the maga zines until he laid one before me open at a full page advertising picture. "Ah," he said, his thin face alight with an expression I bad never 6een there, "this month she's making bread Charming domestic picture, isn't it?" It was an attractive layout. The advertisement had to do with a certain brand of flour, faialliar to every read er of magazines and billboards. The central figure was a young girl bending over a kitchen table, with sleeves rol led above dimpled elbows and hands plunged deep in a bowl of snowy dough.. "Here she is again," announced the professor, while I was still gazing. He opened a drawer and laJd before me a bundle of leaves cut from other per iodicals. Each bore a likeness of the same girl. In one she sat, sumptuous ly arrayed, before a mechanical piano player. In another she displayed two perfect rows of teeth, one hand hold ing a toothbrush. In a third she smiled from the tonneau of a big tour ing car. Every magazine reader has seen her in a score of different cos tumes and poses. "Now, what I want to know," said the professor, is, do you think she is real, or just some artist's ideal?" "She might easily be both," I ans wered; "but there's no doubt of her reality. Why, man, these pictures aren't drawings; they're photographs. The professor said nothing but his eyes sparkled. Who, do you suppose, could prepare for me an advertisement with this young lady as tho central figure?" he Inquired, without meeting my gaze. "That's easy," I told him. "Write to the advertising manager of any of these periodicals. If he doesn't em ploy the young lady directly, he can give you the address of the agency that does." That was all that passed between us. The professor's confidence ended with that one interview. But when the new Mrs. Wilkrrson came to gnce our college halls I alone knew where her husband had found her. But to this day I can't imagine how he ever got her. Se'f Help at Z:a. On the steamer the little bride was very much concerned about her hus band, who was troubled with dyspep sia. "My husband is peculiarly liable lo sens'rkness Oapfiin." remarked the bride, "^onld you tell him wbn* to do in rr??? of an at>nc'<?" "That wor'T u "^Tn." replied Ihe ???n: "hr'l1 do it." Civil Service Examination. Mr. Josle ?moak. l~cal secretary' of the Civil Service Coro'^'ps'on. helrl i an evamlralion In t^'s cltv 'or rilerfc-! ships at the postoflice. Five white! six coloreu yorner men stond the1 examination, t^e r^s"1! ~r "-hie.h will1 not be announced ro- ?ev?ral 'ays.' BARBAQUE AT SPBJNGFDSLD Very Enjoyable Affair Given at Res idence Col. of J. B. Stroman. Last night, at the historic old Dean Swamp Mills, Col. J. B. Stro man gave his annual barbeous sup per, which was enjoyed by a number of his friends from Springfield and c cmmunity. These an anal gather ings are always enjoyed, as the; Col onel entertains with ? lavish hand. The well known reputation of his caterer, David Green, insures the ar ticle'of food, roast pi? and potatoes, ?browned, possum and pickle with black coffee to be the best ever of fered to a hungry gueBt. There is considerable histo'ie in terest in the old Dean Swamp Mills +hat were built about 1750 by Hen ry Cumbo from the Old Egezeld Dis trict, the old dam, or a part of it built by him still stands. Cumbo had eleven wives, and settled them in a circle around the mills. Later, this vast empire of land with the mills became the property of "Jack" Felder, who represented this dist trict in Congress for several years. Dean Swamp became the property of Jacok Stroman, one of the largest slave owners In Orangeburg District, and from Jacob Stroman to his sou, Capt. Charles Stroman, and from Capt. Stroman to his present family. Jacob Stroman, one of the largest and barbecues, Charles Stroman fol lowed the honored custom of his an cestors. The' supper last nlight was en joyed by most of the business people of that town, and although some what imitating Taft, in the consume tion of 'possum and potatoes, the imitation was a good one, and by a unanimous vote, It was decided that the - incoming Seargean at Arms for the House of Representatives, would be requested to reappoint David to the position that he has held during the several past sessions. Statement of the Condition of the Bank of Orangeburg, located at Orangcourg, S. C, at the close'of business Dec. 1st. 1910. Resources. Loans and Discounts ..$811,382.87 Overdrafts. 9,083.29 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank. 10,500.00 Other real estate owned.. 6,957.40 Furniture and fixtures... 2,000.00 Due from banks and bank ers.146,178.66 Currency.. .. .13,371.00 Gold. .. 140.00 Silver and other minor coin... 1,702.02 Checks and cash items.. 11,620.44 Total .. ..- .. .. ..$812.935.68 Liabilities. Capital stock paid in.. .$100,000.00 Surplus fund... 70,000.00 Undivided profits, lesB cur rent expenses and taxes paid.. .. .. 22,772.28 Due to banks and bankers 2,458.87 Individual deposits sub ject to check...193,745.89 Savings deposits.423,804.52 Certified checks.. .-. .. 15.27 Cashier's checks.? 138.8b Total.$812,935.68 State of South Carolina; County of Orangeburg: Before me came R. F. Bryant, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as Bhown by the books of said bank. R. F. Bryant, Sworn to and subscribed before me this third day of December, 1910. (L. S.) A. W. Summers, Correct Attest: Notary Public. iW. N. Scoville, T. M. Raysor, J. G. Wannamaker, Directors. Statement of the Condition of the Bank of Springfield, located at Springfield, S. C, at the close of business December 1, 1910: Resources. Loans and discount. . . .$93,082.85 Overdrafts. 376.56 banking house. 1,675.00 I urnlture and fixtures... 2,000.00 Due from banks and bank ers. 27,632.04 Currency ... 4,749.00 Gold. 105.00 Silver and other minor coin. 562 00 Checks and cash items.. 1,390.31 Total.$131,572.76 Liabilities. Capital stock paid ia. ... $30,000.00 Surplus fund. 15,000.00 Undivided profits, less cur rent expenses and taxes paid. 5,774.26 Individual deposits sub ject to check. 38,652.76 Savings deposits. 36,160.02 Time certificates of deposit 4,347.30 Cashier's checks. 1,638. ?2 Total.$131,572.76 State of South Carolina; County of Orangeburg: Before me came J. B. Smith, cash er of the above named bank, whe, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a Irue condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. J. B. Smith, Sworn to and subscribed before ?tie this 3rd day of December, 1910. (L. S.)W. E. Bennett, Correct Attest: Notary Public. H. A. Odum, J. W. Jumper, T. L. Gleaton, Directors. Wgrocs Swindled. \ reputed hidden treasure on the ?i ast of ! on island has been t!ip mng Tor extracting nu.ipv from ne nnns in l.oiiis'ina. neenHIns to de r >n>Mi<r>pr? Ollo'vinc Ihn iirrest of i !"r???tnn Childs, a vnnni' n???rn or ':-iiot> l?onre Renr*?s nf netjroes ??'???? l!l> at' t'lpir nnoqoceinjis nn ttlf i'ni'<Tl?<nq nr f " that hr <> nnparth a treasure. ? LOCAL NEWS ITEMS IMCKEO VV ALL OVER TOWN Ml OLK HEI'OKTEUK. What la Happening Here and Therr. Locol Item* of Personal InttTeM 1 I <o Our Headern. The college boys and girls will soon' be home on their Christmas holidays, The weather got some w?rmer on Sunday and Monday, but .another > cold-speH will be here in a day or] two. 1 . (Now is a good time to do your Christmas shopping, before the ruan is on. You can get better attention and make better selections. If the late cold spell did up youf I water pipes, solemnly resolve thai 1 you will turn them off next time, and live up to your resolutions. Yesterday was salesday. There was a goodly number of folks here, tut wait until the first Monday in January if you want to see a crowd. The Southern Railway will sell excursion tickets to Columbia on ac < ount of the South Atlantic Corn Ex position, now going on in that city. (Christmas postal cards now on sale at Sims Book Store. 3 for 5 cents. Remember -last year those who put off buying could not get any. The Times and Democrat has the largest number of classified aas or any county newspaper in the State. You should read them over everv week. After a very pleasant visit of sev eral months to relatives and friends In Fayetteville, N. C, Miss Julia Gibson has returned to her home at Cordova. There will be a box party at Great Branch School House on Friday eve ning, Dec. 9th, at seven thirty o'clock for benefit of the' school. The pub lic is invited to attend. What is to be done with the un fortunate lunatic now in jail in this city? The law bearing on such cases needs amending so as such can be turned over to the State. The building on Railroad Avenue that caught fire twice in as man? days last week should be carefully looked after, or it may cause a seri ous fire In its neighborhood some time. Some thief or thieves entered the store of I. S. Harley Mercantile Com pany on RusbbII street Thursday night and stole several articles there from. Later the stolen property was iecovered. If you do not get your Times and Democrat regularly you will confer a favor on us by letting us know at once. Let us know everytime you fail to get it, so as we can look the natter up and see that you do get It. In sending a pair of trousers to the pressing club Mr. E. D. Sprott left $200 In one of the pockets, while it is thought one of the ne groes connected with the pressing club appropriated and left for parts unknown. :Mr. J. A. Smoak of the Fork went to Columbia to bring home his son, Hydrick, who has been in Columbia at the hospital for an operation for apendlcitis. His many friends will be pleased to know that the operation was successful. Dr. Clifton, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, will be in the town of Neeces one day this week, Thursday, Dec. 8th. Operations, tjeatment and eye glasses. All ex aminations free. Remember only one day. Please call early in the cay. Th? Christmas holidays of the city graded school will commence on Fri day, December 23, and end on Mon aay, January 2. ThlB will give thoso teachers who live away from Orange burg time to get home in time to enjoy Christmas dinner. The largest shipment of fountain pens ever received in Orangeburg was opened up at Sims Book Store jeslerday. All prices from $1.00 to $'.50. Some very pretty gold and silver mounted ones for Christmas presents. Sold in holly boxes. Everydav some store patrons who ought to come to your store go else where?to their own and your disad vantage?because your advertising was not quite Impelling enough! The right kind of advertising in The T:mes and Democrat pays every day. Presiding Elder 3r:;:th preached to i large congregation at St. Paul Church Sunday morning. He goes co conference in Charleston this even ing. He has one more year to serve on the Orangeburg District and will be returned by the Bishop to the de light of his many friends. The Thos. J. Glover Camp, U. C. \., of this city, voted unanimously on Saturday for Hon. Samuel Dibble to be co'onel of the Orangeburg County regiment. Col. Dibble was a galant ofllcer of the Confederate army, and will make a good com manding officer for the veterans. There is a good deal of hot air be ing expended on Pink Franklin. He i3 a murderer, pure and simple, lie ?ot tlie pistol he shot Valentine with foi that purpose and was expecting a visit from the constable. He knew who he was shooting when he Kll'ed Valentine. If such murderers as Frank'ln escape, then you may iook out for lynching bees. Fatal Shooting Affray. A fatal shooting affair occurred on Saturday night near Granite Falls. T\vn vouncr men, Walter Poovey and Pink Ward, quarreled. Poovey in vited Ward out to settle the trouble and fired four shot. Ward tiled in qixvtt half an hour and Poovey es enr-ed. It Is reported that they eacti '..ad an old grudge at one another. * Every Variety of Holiday Groceries Arriving Daily ;at: The Pure Food Store ?.-jf'ii-i.i???. There is nothing in the grocery line such as any housekeeper wants at this holiday season but can be had at our store, and as fine a quality and as reasonably priced as anywhere in Orange burg. Don't Forget We are Agents for National Biscuit Co*s Fruit Cakes, and Lowney's Fine Candy and Chocolates. We Deliver The Goods. Phone 15 Our Motto This Year is?"THE BEST YET/ Christmas is Just Around the Corner. Getting ready has kept us pretty busy for the last while back. We are going to be able to show ytu people our best-yet Christmas display this year. It is going to be larger than before, and belter selected. It is going to be more attractive, too, and in every way more worthy of your very best i. terest. This ad is just to acquaint you with our intentions. We are now prepared to print the word "READY," which means that everything is ready for you, down to the smallest item. If you will bring ) our wants in ouir line to us, we promise to let you do> your choosing from a stock that will represent lhe latest thoughts in Holiday Jewelry. Don't forget to call. H. SPAHR & SON THE JEWELERS Orangeborg, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1807. Your Daughter's Christmas Why not make it memonble by providing a Christmas present for her which will last'her a.s long as she Uvea?something that will come around every Chrisr.inas time even though you may not he here to have the pleasuie of personally giving it to her? It will be your loving forethought which will provide the gift on Christinas days yet to come and you will have the satisfaction of knowing now that this will be one Christmas present that she will always be sure to receive. If, unfortunately, there should come for her Christmas celebratioas without cheer?when everything may have gone wrong?when even bread and butter and roof may be in the balance?this Christinas glfe of yours will step in and take the place of your parental care and affection?and see to it that she has the wherewithal to provide the three daily meals? and the roof?and the clothii.g?for her and nerts. Rather at tractive sort of present to ghe, isn't it? Better than some gift which brings only temporary pleasure and which has no permi nent or enduring value. This Christmass gift that we are talk ing about?the Life Income policy of the Equitable Society? which provides a definite, Died, yearly sum for that dear daugh ter?giving her the poiicv or. this Christmas day and is you so elect, the Income when it beccmes due, can be made payable on every Christmas day thereafter so long as she lives?and to no body else?Something that a husband of hers cannot squander or mlslnvest?something that, pu'n her beyond reach of the scheming adventurer?something that makes absolutely certain the neces saries of life if all her pleasures and comforts go by the board? None too early to apply for it promptly when you see this, if you want to have the pleasure of giving It to her this Christmas. This sort of polisy would he the best Christmas present you could give your wife, too?if you have not already made some ade quate provision which will insure her absolutely an annual Income for the rest of her life. Write ZEIGLER & DIBBLE, Agents for the Equitable Life,?Orangeburg, S. C. B SHARP j If you would buy a piano that's en titled to that noble name, else you may R flat in making a v?rong purchase. From these makes, Knabe Kranick & Bat h or Haines Bros., you may safely select one that will be true in tone, sound as to mateiial and build?a de light to ear and eye alike. Pay for it almost as you like--of course a cer tain sum "down." THE MAKCHANT MUSIC CO.