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USED CATS AS CHIPS. Poker Game Between Hermits for Championship of Western New York. A correspondent of The New York Sun at Hamilton N. Y., per petrates this: The strangest poker game ever played in western New York was fought out two weeks ago by Pete Snelling of this place, better known as the "Cat Hermit," and "Old Man" Booker of Clark soil, likewise a recluse and some thing of a cat fancier. The two men live about one mile apart, with the town line between them. It was in reality town against town, with cats for chips. The game grew out of profes sional jealousy, each of the players pretending to be the boss hermit in point of years, hard luck and itim ber of cats. Last August Old Man Booker happened to meet Pete at the village store, and among other things declared that when it came to poker he could make Pat Sheedy hunt cover. "I am strong on it," he an nounced. "I'm husky. I haven't played for years, just because I know there is no one hefty enough to make it interesting." "If you'll dig up mly past you'll find I'm quite a cuss with the pasteboards myself," said Pete. "Dare you to meet me," cried the Old Man. "I'm for that. What shall we play for?" asked Pete. Old Man Booker scratched his rough chin and thought deeply. Then lie had an inspiration. "How are you fixed for cats?" he asked. 'Got about fifty, and twenty kit tenls,'' replied Pete. "All right; let's play for cats,' said Booker. So it was agreed, and two weeks ago tie g:tame was pulled off. Booker collected his feline assets and carted them over to Pete's tumble-down farmhouse. Pete had his chips nelowing and spitting in an empty room and no time was lost in bring ing out a greasy deck of cards, and the game began on a kitten ante and two-cat limit. On tihe first hand Pete straddled the ante for one cat, buit his boost began to eat up Booker's kittens. "I'm not going to lose my edge that way," declared Booker. "If you want to fight cats I've got some thorough-breds in that crate.'' -A compromise wvas effected by bringing in t wo b)ig bIoxes with stout covers, one for kittens and one for cats. Booker refused to play and Pete pulled down the stakes. On Booker's deal it w ent into a jackpot and both pult up a kiten, as neither had openers. ''Change a cat for me,'' requested Pete. Booker pushel~d two kittens across the board. On the next deal Booker opened for two cats and Pete direw cards anid boosted the sweeting one kitten. Booker drew to a pair of queens and caught a small pair. Pete split a pair ofjacks and found a straight. "'Oh, I'll bet a kitten,'' said Booker. "'See your kitten and raise you two cats," Pete came back. Booker called and lost. For the next six hands they simp)ly swapped kittens back and forth without getting any action. Th'len on a jackpot Booker openedc for onie cat, holding pat a clul: straight, nie high. Pete discarded a queen of hearts and caught the ten of diamonds, which gave him a diamond straight, tent high. Then the eats flew intc the box fast and furious. The boxes began to get a bii crowded and a vacant room was used to accumulate the chips, Both mien left their cardis on thcd table and stood by their rescc.v cats. As each called his raise hi would grab the litnit by the neck. and toss them into the pot. "See here, Snell, I'm out of cats but. I've got a show for my stakes,' announced Booker as he threw ir two kittens and went shy a cat. "Well, Book, we'll show hand: now, or seal up the cards until yov can raise more cats. It's a sham to take your cats. I wish you'd call me." "Not by a long chalk, Snell. I'l never lay down on this hand. I'l die first. Give me ten hours t< hustle in for more cats and thei we'll show up." This was agreed to and inside o six hours Booker drove up witi twenty cats and six kittens. The limit was raised and the whole bunch of furry chips were depos ited in the fighting cat-pot, and th< cards were unsealed. Thus did Snelling win the cat poker championship of estern New York and incidentally break Old Man Booker. RiCTOR OF ST. LUKE'S. Ashburnham, Ontario, Testifles to the Good Qualities of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Ashburnham, Ont., April 18, 1903. I think it is only right that I should tell you what a wonderful effect Chamber lan 's Cough Remedy has produced. The day before Easter I was so distressed with a cold and cough that I did not think to be able to take any duties the next day, as my voice was almost choked by the cough. The same day I received an order from you for a bottle of your Cough Remedy. I at once pro cured a sample bottle, and took about three doses of the medicine. To my great relief the cough and cold had coin pletely disappeared and I was able to preach three times on Faster Day. I know that this rapid and efrective cure was due to your Cough Itemnedy. I make this testimonial witnout solicita tion, being thankful to have lound such a God-sent remedy. Respectfully yours, E. A. LANGFEA,MT, N-1. A., Rector of St. Luke's Church. To Chamberlain Medivine Co. This reiedy is for sale by Smith Drug Co , Newberry, S. C., Prosperity Drug Co., Prosperity, S. C. M ANUFACTURER wants reliabi man to deliver and collect; horse and wagon and $150 deposit necessary $21 a week and expenses; permaienL. Franklin, Box 78, Philadelphia, Pa. 41 PROFIT The matter of feed is a tremendous imliportance to th( farmer. WVrong feedingi loss. Right feeding is p)rofil TIhe up.-to-date f armer k now wvhat to) feed his cows to) ge the most milk, his pigs to gc the most p)ork, his hens t get the most eggs. Science. But how ab)out the children Are they' fed according t science, a b)one food if bone are s.oft n.d undeveloped, flesh afllnd uscle food if the ar~e thin and weak and a bloo0 food if there is anemia ? Scott's Emulsion is a mixe for d ; the Ciod Liver Oil in mnakes flesh, blood1 and muscli h e L ime and Soda make bon an, i brai,n. It is the standlar scn tific food for delicat children. ~ Send for free sample. lHe sur that th,is picture the form of a label is ont I wrapt>er of every bottle * - Cli EMISTS, 409 Pearl St., N. 50c. ann $t , nll drudgls NEWBERRY KNITTING MLL. T HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Stockholders of The Newberry Knitting Mill will be held at Council Chambers on the 5th day of January, 1904, at 12 o'clock M., for the election of Diree tors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of other business. Please attend in rson or b y. . C. MATHEWS Secretary. Newberry, S. C., Dec. 4, 1903. LAND FOR SALE. OUR LOTS CONTAINING 28 F acres, and three containing 40 acres, on eastern side of town just out side corporate limits. Desirable loca tion for building purposes. These lots may be bought at a bargain. F. W.HIGGINS. NOTICE. WING TO THE FACT THAT I am now visiting the schools of the county, I will be in my office only on Mondays and Saturdays for the next few weeks. EUG. S. WERTS, Co. Supt. Ed. NOTICE. r HE COUNTY BOARD OF COM T missioners will hold their annual meeting, as required by law, on Thurs day, the 7th day of January, 1904. All persons holding claims against the county are required to file same with the undersigned before the 1st day of January, 19 J. B. HUNTER, County Board. Executor's Sal Stocks. I WILL SELL AT PUBLIC OUT Icry at Newberry Court House, to the highest bidder, for cash, on sales day in January, 1904, twenty shares of the capital stock of the National Bank of Newberry, S. C., and ten shares of the capital stock of the Newberry Cot ton mills. W. H. DREHER, Executor of Susannah Dreher, dec'd L 0. 0. F. PULASKI LODGE NO. 20. M ,TEET\ EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT M ant 7 30 o'lock at, their hall at tbe Gaded Scniol ;uildiin. Visitors cor. iy ' 1vited. J. S. TMJITlf. N. G T. O. St':a.rt. r. eem ry. Fish, Oysters Place your orders for oysters and fish\ with Columbia Fish & Ice Co., Columbia, S.C. Satisfactory prices, (ick service, Ald fresh goods. \\ rite for quota I ions Valuable Land for Sale 82 acres 5 miles of Whitmire-25 acres in, cultivation, 5 to 6 acres I f!good meadow. Seven lots adjoining the corporate limits of Newberry. Good building sites. Terms -and prices reasonable. For further informa tion call at R11 ana NoBs : MiIIinery REDUCED! asyAll of our MILLINERY w~ill b le sole at reduced prices through 'the holidays. Come and buy your wife or daughter a pretty H-at for Christmas. We have just recei-:ed the latest Novelties in t Ladies Neckwear, Combs, Belts, Belt Pins and e Wrist Bags, d In Red, Black and Tan. e; Pearl Shirt Waist Sets iat' I9C. per set. We will have a full .line of Toys and Holi ofday Goods at prices right. Come to see us. eHair it Havird -. THE RIGHT PRICE STORE, I Summer Bros.' Rlock Nar Deot STATE OF SOUTH OAROINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN COMMON PLEAS. James N. McCaughrin, in his own right and as administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of Robt. L. McCaughrin, deceased and as admin istrator of Mattie McCaughrin Gist, deceased, Plaintiff, against Fannie B. McCaughrin et al., and James Y. Culbreath et al., Defe.nd ants. B Y VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF the court herein, I will sell at pub lic outcry on Thursday, the 31st day of December, 1903, on the place known as the Bonham place, at the residence of the plantation, all that tract, planta tion or parcel of land belonging to the estate of Robert L. McCaughrin and James Y. Cuibreath, situate in Saluda county, in the State aforesaid, contain ing Twelve Hundred and Eighty-Eight Acres, more or less, on Big Saluda River, bounded by lands formerly be longing to the late Gov. Johnson Hagood, Henry Ellis, Mrs. Corneha Clary, George Berry, the estate of A. P. Coleman, Matthew Coleman and others. The said tract will be sold in sub-divided tracts as follows, and plats will be exhibited on day of sale, to wit: No. 1, the house tract containing 260 acres, more or less. No. 2, known as the gold mine tract, containing 68 acres, more or less, adjoining Mrs. Cor nelia Clary: No. 3, containing 130 acres, more or less, known as the creek tract, fronting on the old Charleston road; No. 4, lying next co the e-tate of A. P. Coleman, deceased, and Matthew Cole man, containing 255 acres, more or less, fronting on the old Charleston road; tract No. 5, known as the calf pasture, containing 100 acres, more or les3, a a right of way provided to the settle ment road leading from the home place to Matthew Coleman's plantation; tract No. 6, known as the fox den place, con taining 240 acres, more or less, with a right of way provided leading to the public road to the ferry; No. 7, con taining 235 acres, more or less, known as the ferry place. All of said sub divided tracts are on public highways except tract No. 5 and tract No. 6, but rights of way are provided as afore said. Terms of Sale: One-third of the pur chase money is to be paid in cash, the balance on a credit of one and two years, in equal annual installments, with interest from (lay of sale at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum until paid in full. 'Ihe credit portions to be se cured by bonds of the purchasers and mortgages of the tracts, respectively, vith leave to the purchasers to pay all in cash or any part of the credit )or tion. At the same time and pl)ace I will sell all the personal ProPerty on the planta tion, consisting of eight mules, farming implements, wagons, corn, fodder, cot ton seed, etc. Terms of sale: Cash for the personal property. The above tract is a very valuable cotton and corn plantation, about 13 miles by the steel bridge to Newberry Court House, and about the same dis tance to Saluda Court -louse, and about half a mile from Saluda Old Town on the Southern Railroad. H. H. RIKARD, Master. Master's Office, Dec. 15, 1903. S PATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN PROBATE COURT. John C. Goggans, administrator of the estate of Wm. D. Frick, de ceased. Plaintiff, against Nancy Frick anid others, Defendants. By virtue of an order passed herein, I will sell at public auction to the high est bidder before the court house at Newberry, S. C., on sale day in Janu ary. 1904, all that piece or parcel of land situate in said county and state containing eighty (80) acres, more or less, lying on t'he northeast side of the public road leading to Little Mountain, SC., excpt the Frick family grave y,ostig of one-half acre, and1 bounded by graveyard, lands of John Boland, estate of George Wheeler, de ceased, A b Shealey and said public road, upon the following terms, to wit: For one-half cash, the balance on a credit of one year, with interest from day of sale, credit portion to be so curedl by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises, with leave to the purchaser to pay the credit p or tion in cash in whole or in part. Pur chaser to pay for papers and record ing. JOHN C. WILSON, J. P. N. C. Dec. 12, 1903. STATE~ OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRtY --I PRBOBATE COURT. I y~ *Jno. C'. WVilson. l'sr, P robate .Jud; WildRCA .Jno. ( . Gogans, a t, i:. t, Lfranf t hi' bl tt.,rs of Adhninis t ion io f Ot L.'e U-i - and e1Tet.s of I aues iuc:uSh aLll and1 s. Zular the. kii.ired amt cred it' s of t he sa.id Lucy C Longh~tore de-ceased. th at they be andI appear' be~ fore me.0 in t he ('ourt of P'robate, to t< held att Newbrrr'y Court. Hi Ause, S. C., or tbm 254h (lay of January next after pub licaLion tourcol, at I I o'clock in the fore noon0. to show cause. if any they have why theA said Atiiinit.ratilon shoulh not be granted. Given under my hand, this thi [I.8.] 16th day of D)ecemher, Ann Domint, 1903. JOHN C. WILSON, J. P. N. C. W ANTED.--- Manager for ne~ branch of our business here ii Newberry. Write promptly, with refer ees. Trho Morris Wholesale House Cincinnati, Ohio STAT.E OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN COMMON PLEAS. Jesse L. Denson, Plaintiff, against Corrie West, Sallie Tucker, Nannfe Boone, Effie Lyles Ellen Atchison, John Denson, Yoe Ray Jack M[atthews, Hart Hinson, Car Hinson, Armond,Hinson, John Hinson, Grace Hinson, Lillian Hinson, Ella Hinson,. Monroe Wesson, Tomp Stewart, Georgiana Bailey, Alice Abrams, Ellen LaFar, Defendants. Summons for Relief. -Complaint served. To the Defendants above named: Y OU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, and required to answer the com plaint in this action of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said com plaint on the subscribeis at their office on Law Range, Newberry, S. C. with in twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complailK. To the Def'ts John Hinson, Grace flin son, Ella Hinson, Lillian Hinson, Ellen LaFar: You and each of you take notice that unless you have a Guardian ad litem appointed to represent you in this action within twenty days after service hereof upon you, the undersigned as Plaintiff's Attorneys, will move the Court to appoint Fred H. Dominick, Esq., or some other fit and suitable per son, as such Guardian ad litem. Dated, Dec. 16, A. D. 1903. SEASE & DOMINICK, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the Defendants, Nannie Boone Hart Hinson, Carl Hinson, ArmonA Hinson, Effie Lyles, Monroe Wesson, Tomp Stewart and Georgiana Bailey: Take notice that the complaint in this action together with the Summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, were filed with the Clerk of Court of Com mon Pleas for Newberry Count in the State of South Carolina, on the 16th. day of December, A. D. 1903. SEASE & DOMINICK, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Newberry, S. C. rTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY--IN COMMON PLEAS. Francis L. Britt, Plaintiff, aguinst Ezylphia Gauntt, Dolly Brogden, Eliza Gunter, Polly Gunter, Alfred Gauntt, Jacob Gauntt, Mrs. Rish, John Lindsay, Henry Lindsay, Fan ny Lindsay, Eliza Ann Killough, Martha Ann Johnson, Eloise Mat thews, the heirs at law of Henry Gauntt, and the heirs at law of Isreal Gauntt, whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff L -fendants. Summons for Relief. [Cmplaint filed.] Y OU A HEREBYS SMMONED Y and required to answer the com plaint in this action which is filed in the office of Clerk of Cutrt for said county, State aforesaid, andO.to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at the law office of Lam bert W. Jones at Newberry, South Carolina, within twenty (lays after the service hereof; exclusive of the (lay of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time afore saidl, the p)laintiff in this action will ap pl .to the Court for the relief demand ed in the complaint. LAMBIERT W. JONES, Plaintiff's Attorney. [J. F. J. CALDWE~LL,]4 of Counsel Dated Oct. 18, A. D. 1897. Tor the D)efendants, Eliza Gunter, Polly Gunter, Mrs. Rish, also the heirs at law of Henry Gauntt and heirs at law of Isreal Gauntt, whose names andl places of residence are unknown to the Plaintiff: Take notice that the complaint in this action together with the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, were ., filed with the Clerk of the Cort of d Common Pleas for Newberry County, pd in the State ol South Carolina, on the lf fourteenth (lay of October, A D. 1899,~ It LAMBERT W. JONES, ~nt Plaintiff's Attorney. s. Newberry, S. C. , jtan STATE OF SOUT1H CAROLIN; COUNTV OF NEWBERR' IN r'OMMON PLEAS. D)avid Hlipp, Plaintiff, a,nd against tound I Jno. G. Wolling, Jr. and B. S. HI Defendants. Ln YVIRTUE OF AN ORDEIten theCourt herefi,I will sella he otcry atNewbrryCourtH S. C., on the F"irst Monday in Jai UIf A. D. 1904, all that tract, piece o st cel of land lying and being situate uan~ County of Newberry, State of $' Carolina, containing Eight Hund! Sixty (860) Acres, more or less, Q as the "Reuben Chick Place' bounded by Enoree river, lands ' M. F. Bynum and of the State4 Carolina. 1 Terms of Sale- One-third the balance on a credit of from the da of sale, the crej to be secured by the bond of~ :i chaser and a mortgage of th. sold, and to bear interest at ne eight per cent. ~er annum, g., any part of sai cred it porti~ Ch paid im cash at the option oW' chaser. H. H. RIKARD, IMastm.'s Offce ncc 12,