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My Experien * BY BE I tell you what, thoso hero ho jiiltJcs is somofchin' else. I wont won of them instigations down he at Cfohunby not long previous, a low sakes 1 I haint had a good nil sleep since, eawso I'm mitey subjt to haviti' panes in my side and I skcored I'll wake up with won almighty had that .looms wood ha to go at for the doekter; an' it.' sliud come an' thump an' punch 1 in the side an' nod his hod in th wise kind of a know-it-all way doc tors have got saddled onto 'om, a sliud say: "Uhhuh, jest. what, thought, pendyseel'is," I'd k:ic that, the horspittlc was next an' just know that I'd die rite then a thare an' be done with it. Well, I'll tell you how come me 1)0 down there lo that oi'J'ul pla< whore lhoin dooklers an' nils gals c,i people; up mii? undo lh.> work of tl Creator oft on taking out a part ? the inMd ma>hccnery ati'soiidin' II patient -I'l'M.' in wo. kin' order, mini somcl bin that (?od give 'om. It ha] ponod '.his way: Calip iip an* got married 'bout tw months ago to a purty little your widder what come a visitin' mo sour time before that. When I sent In a invite, she hadn't, never seen Cali an' ho hadn't never seen her, an' ivavt r won time thought what til c.onse?piineos mile ho if they did moe When she come, Calip was not al tli lions,'f hut, was out. somewhere gal van tin around with some gals. (!al allors was foolish over liim an' It haint never seea 111? time since Ii first begun lo buck up f<> 'em, thai h couldn't go with his pick an' clioi.sc \\ I', when Peggy come I was tolli iter liow foolish gals was ove '( alip. an' iiow I hey mitey ni el m up on aeeoiiiit of liim, an' she lire up an sc.I: ''Well here's won Ilia won| be a fool over him, an' he' mitey quick find il out, loo! I gues lie s got to lliitikin' everything in pet Ijicoals has got to submit to hi charms what ever they air- an' I'! take I lie greatest pleasure in makiii him change his opinion. Yes. I ex I mm! I Providence sent mo here oil pur pone to lake some of the consoot ou J?l that, boy of yours; just watch 111 'proceedias!" an' Peggy luffed an (trapped me a curtsy. Now she wa a dainty little critter an' as stilisl as ever you seen, an had some kin< >>l a. bek it bin' w.iy about her tha made ev. rylli she se.l ?.r done pur t y an' : rac I ul. ^ .She shore did U)k SWI,(1, iu. di'iiiianeo, but I node well an' gooi that if Calip sot his bed he'd niak her cave, for no gal cud help lovin hi in if lie I ri?le (< > make her. a.i' seen fun alio I. liein' a widder Peggy si ill dim tii black an' white, 'houdi l:er hie band had been ded two year. Sh node that notiiin' else cud suili he 'fair complexion an' light hair belle than black, an' she was si. little an looked so iatereslin' in il. She ha a black silk made jumper stile, wit three or lore narror straps across 111 shoulders, an' she wore il over tli thinnest kind of a while silk wan will clho sleeves, show ill' her roun while arms an' dainty bauds to pe 'feciion. Now that was the .Iress si had on when 1 made her an' Cali ac.i|iiainled. lie bowed low an' tu rihle perlile. savin' tha! he w; charmed to meet her; she jest nodd; her lied sorter like, glaucin' al hi a second, then put on a keep-yor disllauce-aid a.'' never let on tin ?ho node <"alip was in the room tl bulla nee of the ovonin'. (Tulip sho: was sid back an' it tickled me niit 1y ni to del ii to watch him. Things went on that way fur a d: or two an' I seen a dogged detern nation settle ou Calip's coiinteuan an' he tiggerat ively lade olY his eo an* rolled up his sleeves an' sal into the fray to conker <>r die, an' '.lid I mean be conker, d, an' wh Peggy Icfi im* alter a t mi days vis sin- an' Calip was ingaged to man an' il wcrn'I long till Calip went : tor her an' bruiig her back wari his name. Two weeks afterwards Peggv vv senlenced to the horspittlc for pi vlysoelis, an' I thought shore il wo kill 'em bofch. il\*>j^Je that hair nev( v sent a loved won off to si a plueo don't know nolhin' about t amount of grit an' grace it lakes indnre tlie trial. Me an' Cnlip In went .lown to Colum'iy with Peg; Im! ' a iir1 1 ::ck on I he next tr:i an' I Ma.le en fur a few day* lo i w ,ir.' I . d of I reel in .! I he ) >. c!.i!d wa-' Lvin' lo "it a! ill" ban Is 1'i. mi i.a- I' ll-:. 1 1i.i\ ' beam 11 1 in*\ ' ! jjood I o 11 e pa I ie.il - bu soon found out thai whoever cirki ice in a Hoe j[>?X ?. L'll :CKY ANN. rs- ted tlie report was n story toller i to slanderer, fur I never seen swea :re tfals in q.wl my born days. ,n' iCalip had in^aged a nice room Las. Petftfy an' ib worn't long alter i ?ct had been put to bed that two do 'm tors came in there an' won stood so won side of (he bed an' the oilier ve I lie oilier side, an' they conimeiu ho lo t!. it in j > an' punch an' look acr ne at won auoi'iier, nod their beds i at look grave, never speakin' a haf d k- en words an' never seein' me at i n' Then I hey went out an' Peir<ry eri I an' eri.'d an' se<l she jest dosph ?w them dodders an' wanted me to t:i I her rile back homo to Calip. IN 11' lit He thin.!,', she was so little an' a ed so diildish I thought I 'd try a I,, amuse her like she was won. (V I seen a lit lie thing hanuin' up nl the hed-bord of the bed thai look ie fur all the world like a lit lie bo ?f li??|?. only I he eord was fast ened lo K! at won oend, an' the other eend w is fastened lo the wall so nobody eoul )- n't lake possession of it an' take home wilii 'em if (hey felt ineliiv () thai way. I thought lo myself 111 ,jr they shore was mi toy pertiekler, [>. elso had mi ley liljtle confidence ?r peoples honesty. The very idee p anybody want in' to stool that thinj [ 1 had a good mind to jerk il otT a] 1(! trow it. out into the hall. Well, as (_ started In sayj. I picked the thi to up an shook i( over Peggv savin i- "Look honey, so what a purty ph Is pnrlv lliey have put heie for you. e an' she look il in her hands an' tun ?' ed il about. Iryin' her best lo qu e cryin'. We hcarn a bell rin way <i >. in another pari of i^li,> house lb; a ' 'iinded jcsl like a fame bell, a: i- j jesl ;is ! had hung thai top back n (. an' sol down, a purty mis ual wea d J' blue dress an' while apern ai I < '?I me iu smilin' sweet as a pear] II An' law sakes, I do wish overyhod s ?*iid s.?e I hi'in caps; as I hey ealle - 'riu. Tiiey was made fur all tli s world like a si ill' boinn'1 with erow I an' tale an' was j.-.sl ihe rite six fur :i small doll. 'The yals wore lliei - hair done up on lop an' pinned lliei - caps on the not, an' they didn't ha t hide 'cm. ? Well, as I was a sayin' that nil gal run iu an' axed what we wantei s "Want1?" s.'/, I, "1 guess we war li more'n we'll lie apt lo ever i?ii i i j I his world. Air yon a fairy lo s ' i ii.it the wants of e\vi-\l>od\ air sn| - plied.'" nil." ^Iie smile I. '' I 'in lit ' lady's nurse an' niusl answer who il : she riiins the bell. Didn't you ring? e speakiu' 1<> Peggv. - "King liothin." says I, "she ail I been out of the bed air' I liiliut bet1 out of the room an' bless Pally? - ainl uoi11' oui nutlier, fur 1 bcliei the plan1 is hauled nnyho'w. l*'v< ' time I crack tlie tlooy-open 1 can he; all Kinds of gronnin' an' mournf !|' sounds.'' i' "Oh." se.l 111,' ual slill sniilii d sweel as honey, "I guess you ha1 h beard some of the patients who a c wakin' up after an operation. Tin do lake o.i orwul sometimes. N< 1 'II show you how lo call me win 'i you waul anything." t^ik'ui' dov ' -jt'hal lliimr which hung on the lie j bord an' show in' il to Peggy. "'.hi P press on the end of this and il w ri.ig tlie nurse's bell and bring t IS to you at oiu-e." And with a cliei fill noil she went out an' <dosed t m door, while me an' Penny looko.l e- each other an' busted into a bis*1 la "My slurs! Peggv, we done it a ie didn't know il," "l lafTod. T h '" -1 been iu hotels where you could pr< a little bullo'.i on the wall an' a n ger wood bring you anything y ?>' wauled; l>ul lliis hero was a new f: gled way <d' work in' lecklricily tl I hadn't never seen before. Ic Peeple are gel tin* so orful sun these days an' times. ',>v I allers lliounlil thai liorspilll cn w'as i|uie' an' restful, bill ihe la d. -<akes. it 'pearod to me that llv y. was goin' on in there. '* hear.i in a cotton mill. Kver f II i?i i n i I s :i shrill whistle wood bl< jest IVr tlie world like Ihe male ii as used to have when he went arou 'n- deliverin' male in Saulsberry. od though I Ihouirh, liuit shoroly lo g 1 ' cious Ifiiey didn't deliver male e cli f?-w minits at a horspilttie, so 1 a: he a gal that passed our door what !<> meant. dn She sod it was tiro dock for in -.v operation room ealfin' fur orderl n*** jaii' 1 wondered what that was, *ce | woodu 'I a v. >t< | "Mercy on us." soz T, "do tl ol I blow llial w'.iislle over a critter w i a I j is asleep an' hein' cut up?" ' I I "Yes," she smiled. la-) "And don't it wake 'em up?" I ^ sin; passed on without niiiilher word ^ an' I found out pttr(y soon llial (hum 1 yals woodu't talk natch about what ^ was goiu' o:t in Ihort. ? At (or while I'eggy (happed oil' to sleep; pore thing, alio was party ni ^ pelorud out with the trip. Then 1 percluded to see an' Jiear' all that ' [tii' ^ cou'('? s" ^ cracked the door open tcr ftu' sot my c',eer rito UP to tho side. of it. It wern't long till I seen a p ort'ul look in' site come up on the elesj valor. There was two dockters an' ck" 'hey was dressed all over in snow White, even (o caps, an' (hey had a on corpse o:t a n a itch* cot jesl wide ^ j enulV for it ti lay on; it was kivercd oss vs'"' !l snmv white sheet, hut I , ti, seen at wonce that it was the remain- 4 dors of some pore woman they had < ' been sperlmenlin' on. Soon as that [ I elevator stopped some more men . darted out from the wall, seemed lil<e 50(1 V . grabbed up (hat cot, corpse air all ? an' toted it to a door rite across the ( " hall from IVggy's room. Then them r , two snow white dockters picked up the corpse in their anus, gently an' C tenderly, an' tuck an' lade it on a \ on snow white be.l that was in the room an' reddy. They left, tin1 door open ' an' I could see all thai was goiu' on 1 in there Won dock lei* went out an' the otli' or sot down side of the bed, tuck ouL ^ his watch an' lurk hold of the ded woman's hand. A nus gal dressed in snow white glided out from some se.>l cret door, pea red 'ike, an' sot down 111 on (other side of the bed, an' nary ^ won didn't speak a word. 1 toll you 71, what, it looked mitey uncanny to me, "l all that snow while proceedin,' an' if il had been nile slid of broad open daylime, I wood a shore squelche 1 rile Hi,Mi an' (bare. ',*, Soon a tall handsome man 'boul I Ihirly years <?| aye. lip-loed into (he | room an sot down at the fool of the bed. I seen Ibal he had been cryin' ^ | air was holdin' in now by mane force , an' I node lie was her husband. Well alter while 1 seen thai corpse sorter lj} j move, an' llu n I iiearn il grone fainl . ! like. an' the man al I he fool of the bed sli-1 down on hi< knees, clasped ' j his hands an' looked tip towards hevi en an' cried out in a joyful burst ('jof lira 11 \l u.lc', "Thank fJod." r j Well, llial woman aetilly come ?o II an' of all (he groaning' an' moaning' ,(' an' (akin on llial ever T beam, she I done it fur the next our or two. T II larnt allerwards thai she wern'i a ' hurt in' from the opera! in' but was jest sick from (he slufT they put her s to sleep with. Xrnv, there was (iv. 1 , ' or six acts every day, more or less '' like (be aljove, which will give some " ides of how il was down there. I had (lie pleasure ?>f (; Ikiu' to j ' severil of the paflenls wliaf W.'IM :i > ! eoiivelossin, an' if I should lell you what all had been done to 'em, liter! ,l*' hinl won pershi oullen twentv llial "i , ,. . wood believe nit?. j Won voting Ivller aboul twenty year old, I lvckin', saw me as I was 11 patfsiti* his .lore an' motioned I'm' -? | me to go in, an' T did. lie wa> prop- ,rT '' ped id in bed an' had a liltle labl.4 ^ M (dose up jest loaded with good books. 11 AI that time he was readin' "St. Klmo," the fascinatinesl book T ever ( got h(dd of, I do think, lie had some of K. P. lioeVs books two, an' was gla11 lo talk with me about 'em. He ] 11 (old me bis name an' T (old him as mine, an' he exclaimed: : "Are you Hocky Ann .Tones? Well, 11 1 never expected lo have the pleas- ; ' nre of met in' yon. but have long wl been won of yore most ardent ad. j mirers. T do say, shake hands again, its wont you?'' < IU" 1 spent a milev pleasant liaf our in ?v , * rei with liia! yung feller, an' larnt that Ire had been operated on fur floatin' foi kidnexM. ITe hadn't been able to (b' j walk fur over a year, had been there n fur only loo Weeks an' sed he felt i iV like lie Could walk a ni|lo? Them ,>sS dockters bad aetilly split liini open in ltr" the back and tacked them refractory kidneys of hisn down. is They woodn't allow me lo stay all or ,a' nile with lVggy, but T slade till T sl seen 'em bring her a supner Pit fur st 11' the ipioen, an' then T boarded a street. kyar fur my board in' b?*u?o. The 8,1 ',>s kyar was milev ni full when T got a M(' on, bit! purtv soon il slopped fur \\ [>'1 some peeple to ?;il off. an' a line w ,'ookin' woman all riggified up in silk JJJ '"u Ian' rapped in furrs. an lot'/n' a coin- t..s >u" nuni pug dog. gol in an tuck a see! m l!,n rile in front of me. Thai seel was ti' in" crowded but she managed by pushin' js ^ an' scrougin' lo gil room on the end m ,a" fur llial pesky dog with its turned up ?( N01 nose. Then she tuck a white silk c . shawl an' rapped Ihe critter up as p tender an' keerful as if it had been ni a baby an' she its mammy! Tt beet (he ft-.iytliing T had ever seen in all my " les. ]M>rn daze, an' il was affeclin' the 'H'' risables of several youngsters who was a bavin' a bard lime lo keep from laffiii* rile out. 1,1' There she sol, wilh won arm around j I thai dog, an' ever niinit she wood , ljl"t (Continued on page seven.) t. The Pacific 40 Years Old. "Old Line'* Company. ROBERT NORRI This gr^nd old company has just announced ;essful year in its history, which extends way 1 Every well informed and honest Insurance n ince Company is the strongest Insurance Coi )f at least $50,000,000.00 and the assets of $ ?00,000.00 of substantial backing?in other w This Company pays the largest cash divlden lolder how he is pleased with his dividends ;ash and paid-up values. Every policy contal rhis means that, if you hold a policy In this C iisabled, you will receive in cash, $100.00 ea< nsurance; and during this time you will not ha miums. For the time you lose on account of t //e shall pay you {>5.00 a week per $1,000.00 You will find below the rates on some of our Term Policies. Atfc. Rate. 21 $10.05 22 10.15 23 10.20 24 !0.30 25 1040 26 10.4s 27 io.55 28 10.65 29 10.75 30 10.90 31 11-05 32 1 1.20 33 1' -35 34 1 1 5? 35 -7? 36 1 1.90 37 >2.15 38 12.40 39 '-'.65 40 12.95 41 13-30 42 13.70 43 *4 * 5 44 14-65 45 15 2? 46 15.85 47 16.60 48 17.45 49 18.40 50 19-50 51 20.70 52 22 00 53 2350 54 25.15 55 27.00 HE STANDARD qp? WAREHOUSE CO. * "IS BEGS TO ANNODNCE: _ 1. Its warehouse receipts are regarded iT b the highest class of bankable collateral rj JL fi. JL 1 If money can be borrowed on any- ____ ng it can be borrowed on the receipt The Standard Wareliousc Company. \ Ranking institutions are familiar . lb the methods and strict business it I ineiples and financial standing of The indard Warehouse Company, and seek bait f receipts as a basis ot loans. I. The identical cotton that you place IpmOM the warehouse is returned upon suruder of receipts. ehor? \ 5. In case ot fire your cotton is paid * r at market value, and you have no ?. , [Ticulty as to insurance, the full in- TinCt cl ranee being maintained by The Stand. il Warehouse Company. ClGcir 3 6 All insurance on cotton is mainined at full value in the highest class fflp ltp lglish and American Insurance Cotn- 4 tc 'lies. i 7 TheStandardWarehouse Company ? IOVv< absolutely independent of any other ganization and conducts its afTajrs upon COnSl* rict business methods. . . 8. The paid up capital stock of The VICBcll andard Warehouse Company is $350,o cx;, and the company is absolutely your ft-, and its warehouse receipts come lead of the stockholders. 9. by having a number of Standard 'arehouses constructed so .'is to comply ith insurance regulations and econoies in general management The Stan- on an ird Warehouse Company offer the cheap- Oil cl 11 ,t rate compatible with sound business Infers ethods, ample insurance and the full;t protection of its receipts. ? Hpi\ 10. The Standard Warehouse Company Uclj anxious to have all cotton of farmers Onl\/ 1 id others stored, and offers the most wlliy I nnple te protection and encouragement ha\/?? ?r favmers desiring to hold their cotton. Del VtJ 11. Rates will be furnished upon ap- vmiKIii lication to Mr. J. D. Wheeler, local JJUUll' lanagcr Standard Warehouse Company, ewberry, S. C. aOIIcU 10,0001 Agents wanted ait once, previous x peri once is not essential, write soon to I' you wish to make money faster ray jl 1. Clark, Conway, Ark. * hail you over did 'before. Address J. Mutual LiuQ. lj Over $100,000,000.00 X business in force- ^ S, General Agent. 111 the fact that the year 1907 was the mo3t sueaack to 1868. nan knows that The Pacific Mutual Life Insurnpany in America. The stockholders' liability 14,500,000.00 gives the Conpany about $64,ords s.bout $5 00 to every $1.00 of liability. ds of any Life Company. Just ask any policyThe policies nre most liberal, providing large ns the Toial and Permanent Disability Clause. a| ompany and become totally and permanently 2h year, for ten years, to every $1,000.00 of V ve to pay any money to th-3 Company for pre>lckness (any disease) or on account of accident, L of Insurance. ^ Yrt policies: Ij Non-participating Policies. Age. Rate. Age. Rate. J 20 $15-40 20 $22.80 Mi 21 15.70 21 23.15 22 16.05 22 2-i.SS IS 23 16.45 23 23.95 ' 24 16.85 24 24.33 25 I7-25 35 24.80 M 26 17.65 26 25.25 f 27 18 10 27 25.70 28 18.60 28 26 15 29 19.10 29 26.65 30 19.60 30 27.20 ^ 31 20.15 31 27.75 32 20.75 32 2S.30 33 21.35 33 28.90 1 34 22.00 34 29.50 35 22.70 35 30-15 m 36 23.45 36 30.80 37 24.20 37 31-50 1 38 25.00 38 32.25 , * 39 25.85 39 3305 40 26.75 40 33.85 41 27.70 41 34-7Q ? 42 2S.75 42 35.60 * 43 29.90 43 36.55 44 31-10 44 37.55 45 32 35 45 38.60 46 33-65 4^ 59.70 47 35-05 47 40.85, J 48 36.55 48 42.10 49 38.20 49 43.45 50 39.90 50 44.90 51 41.70 51 46.45 52 43.65 52 48.05 53 45-75 53 49-75 V 54 47-95 54 51.60 / " 55 50.30 55 53.60 56 52.85 56 55-75 r,7 55-55 57 58.00 58 58.40 f>8 60.40 59 61.45 59 63.00 60 64.70 60 65.80 ' i is Worth ^ Eading!^ s not our policy to hand you out a or breakfast and follow it with a 1 for dinner and supper. Shoddy,. A/orn goods?such as you generally t "Special Bargain Sales" are too / t any price. There is not one sinm in our line on which there is not sr price than any other firm can / stently offer. We mean honest serDle goods at 'Bargain Prices'. Study own interest?come?if we don't J Show You a Clean Gut Saving y every purchase pass us by. The trade we command was not built in / or by "Special Bargain Sales." by persistent hard and honest toil we gained the confidence of the c, Spend your money where the gives the best results. Yours for Bargains, <LETTNER 1 The rair and Square Dealer. i A