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LOOK A Canadian This beautiful Cane Seat Rock dried Oak, is so well guaranteed did not give entire satisfaction w any time within a year from date special price $2 50. Solid Guarante2d Oak Centre Table Either round or square. This Table equally as good material as the C Rocker ab:ove. Regular price 22 i $3.50, special price 52 So. Sc o Lace Curtains--White. Beautiful Nottingham Lace Curtains 54 inches wide, button hole stitched around edges Extreme lengt.h 3 % yards, in beautiful patterns Regular price per pair $3.co, special price per pair $1.75 FREIGE If you order amounts to .1 Post Office or Express 12 Columbia cost 15c. Exch: The LgonF 1624 Main St. WRITE FOR BEAl Oak Rocker. er, made up of select C:imadian ai to us that should you buy one andi e would replace it with a new on, of shipment. Regular pr ce $3 50 Fancy Parlor Lamp. is Length 35fr inches, extends1 55 ini., rich gold finish, fant ak embossed metal work, 14 inc h> cone shade, clear glass oil foun No 2 Sun burner aiid chimne, Each .3g mu Ipoe ty.Hea TIAI 10.0o mrie Ret witare wo reg.t hecks w o ut ealo Fge,abesid aloerlay. gs , o mbia, of Gre,.a ITI AOID Who Was Lincoln's Father? News- and Courier. --The Liinetln Farm As*oiation iS nni-l. to build on his birthplace in Ke:tuckv the greatest memorial in the world. The humble surround ins which were familiar to his boy li1h eyes and the simple life from wih lie caime will be so forcefully li ra (lted on these 110 acres vhich his f:ier tilled that the routh of all e tionIs to come who visit this a ticnal Shnine will be in.,rited bv ..( facl, iiat .:-reat t 11iiflr are po-sibi ,' rc --i aill bS 1 inni, s. ' his state m.1, is cont;i ll.e i (ei t the piece. !eiteratu1re" seni out by the pub 1i1ltv committee of tie association, who tell us that thousands of sub s.1ription1s in aid of the enterprise are omnnnz in from every state in the Union, more than, thirty thousand sueh subscriptions having been receiv ed before the first of March. This is exactly as it ought to be and we trust that there will be mil lio-ss of members of the asociation before the lists are closed. We defer i, iioe in our admiration of Mr. Lin colit. He was' a great man, one of the greatest of Americanc, and great in spite of his obscure origin and ap parently hopeless start in ffe. But wihy not tell the truth about him? W say that the farm which is to be converted into a memorial of him was "tilled by his father?'' Who was his father? There has been much discussion of this ii-teresting and im prtanLt question. One writer has charzed his pa terlitv to Jacob Enloe. another to John C. Calhoun. and others to Thom as Lincoln. Each of the writers has sustained his view by certain docu I mentary evidence, none of which ap pears to be satisfactory to those hold ing a contrary view with the result r that the question of Lineoln's pater nity is still involved in doubt, not to his dishonor or discredit, or to the dishonor of any of his descendants, but somewh.'to the embarrassment of those who claim too much for him. If the Lincoln Farm is to b a true memorial it ought to contain accomplete and undisputed record of him and his family history. His people were excessively common. They had no position in society. They were despised by their well-to-do neizhhors. They wvere pitifully poor :lndt judgzing by the stories that are t: ld in Herndon's life of Lincoln they~ nmst have been very vulgar in their wal and conversation. It was out of :'ll this rugk that Abraham Linceoln came and it is to his imperishable hE-nor that he was great in spite of the csurity of his birth and the fact that he had no chance in life which he did not make for imself. Lincoln's mother's people wvent from South Carolina. There are some well-founded traditions of them in this state. The Hon. D. J. Knotts, of Lexinton county, has made some very interesting investigations on the sub ject. James L. Tribble. of Anderson county, in which county the Hankses formerly lived, wrote about the pa ternity of Lincoln in a very careful : and sympathetic way seyeral years hago, and reached the conclusion that ,Thomas Lincoln was not his father. Other writers. notab)ly a North Caro linian, have satisfied themselves that r. Lincoln was not the son of his pu toitive father. Thomas Lincoln. The Isuject is an interesting one and 4ought to have the very careful at-ten tion. of the Lincoln Favm Association. It does not reflect in any way uponi 3Jr Lincoln t.hat he rose from the bottom to the top. It is important iat nothin.g should be claimed for im of ancestry or achievement to whichi he is not entitled. His fame is secure for all tinme. He is one of he men in American history abou$ whom the whole truth may be spoken Iwithout disturbinlg his p)lace in> the hearts of the people. '~ The Country Editor. I,Rock Hill Record. The countr~y editor is a substan tial factor in the building up of the section in wvhich his work is carried Son, and lie accomplishes much more than he is generally credited with do inz. There is no public servant any Iwhere who tries harder to develop the proper public sentiment along all lines of thought and to please his consti tuents more than tihe country Seditor. We do not say these things in self-praise, but it is a truth that deserves a hearing. There is no one who acts with a more unselfish ambition. He is a well-informed man along most every line in which von may choose to view him; he studies carefully all mat ters of public interest and endeav *s to give the best thougb4 frofn Pthese in the columns of his~paper. His newspaper is the pride of \'s life, and why should it not be? This is his life's work? He p)ro1ably gtrows -ore baldheaded, and at an earlier ige. than any other man in public ervce and vet when you see a man wearing a wig don 't for a moment this wi---ed visini is oilv a ricl ol achelor or a millionaire with not a -are in the world nor the 'eoL%ry newsp;apev in his pocket. The (ountry editor's newspaper iS levoted to the interests of the corn nunity in which it is published. Usu Ally it is an-d institution that has een indifatigable anid influential in [he building u) of its tow and11 Colin try. advertising its advantages. and in VWorkii for its best interests at all times. Such a newspaper is respect ?d in its sphere by those who know tle importmee of that sphere. In )roportion to its circulation the coun ry newspaper is more thoroughly read and more influential and far ieaching than its city contemporaries. NOTICE or FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that we will make a settlement o,n the personal state of George M. Bowers, deceased, in the Probate Court for Newberry County, at eleven o'clock A. M. on rhursday, the 25th day of July, 1907, and will immediately thereafter ap ply for letters of discharge as Exe eutors of the last will and testament of the said George M. Bowers, de ceased. George M. Bowers, H. B. Dominick, Executors. taw 4t. Most Angb But It Take If you want to save D Klettner's shelves, for : expect to pay. CUT P1 upwards, keeps everyb worth. A visit to 0. K14 struck the right place. No matter how much P others follow, It's to y o. KI Where a fair and sque Belti in Engi Rubber Hose Full Line Glasswar Newben We Lend Money TO Buy Homes! We provide easy terms of payment. We enable borrowers to accumulate a fund in Monthly Installments, on which interest is allowed to meet obligations at maturity. It is cheaper than paying rent. . If you want to save money to buy a home take a Security Contract. If you want to save money for any purpose take a Security Contract. It pays. Call on A. J. Gibson, Asstant Secretary and Treasurer, at office, corner Boyce and Adams streets, next door to Gopeland Brothers. 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