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BECAi IT PEF ing the merchar Evey sa endeavo matchles Table Linen Sale This Week If there is a dull day this week it will not be my fault, for we shall spread before you bargains that should pack this, big store. 62 inch Fine Mercerized Damask, 65 cents value, sale price ---------.......... 39 cents 68 inch Heavy Cream Silver Bleached Da mask, pure linen, 65c. kind ....... 39 cents 72 inch Heavy Cream Silver Bleached Da mask, pure linen, 75c. kind, special. .49 cents 72 inch Full Bleached White as Snow Da mask, value 89c., sale price........ 59 cents 72 inch Full Bleached White as Snow Satin Damask, value $i.oo, sale price .... .79 cents. 72 inch Full Bleached Double Warp Satin Damask, value $1.25, sale price. .. . 89 cents Beautiful Napkins to match most every piece. * * ** * * * * * * * * "Itispleasantenoughto ** the stars are gold dollars * TKE IDLER. *die poor if you spend the eyour life in counting ther * ** ** ** ** ** * Now, if that clock caus Mr. Idler: Did you ever dream? dissension on the part of Whether you ever dreamed or not berry people who got to the is not, however, pertinent to the ques- of the celestial abode I be: tion I want to ask. wager to give you part of Do you believe in dream signs? have it set right because i - fyudo, can you tell me what a a noble sacrifice to lay eve: dream I had the other night means? one's ifIe-, on the altar to g Idreamed that the entire popula- pie united, even if it be tion of Newberry was invited to come dream. to heaven at a certain time, the ex-~~ act minute being stated. Everybody Now, that "wisest man i in Newberry wanted to go to heaven, ry," no doubt, wanted to a but a dispute immediately arose as to there just a little ahead< whether they should present them- .that he might engage you il selves at the celestial gates at the sionl. There may have been exact minute according to the town his madness. That is gen clock, or the exact minute according trouble with these "wise to the time as given from Washington, Idon't know who he is my's by which the railroads and the tele- 1there be such a person I 3 graph companies and everything else a little of my' time to find except Newberry's town clock and time and brain is all I have t Mon.roe Wicker's street hands are I wouldn't give much gray governed, in the matter of time. Fin know him, for I would be ally the "wisest man in Newberry might engage me in a disct county"-I believe there is such a clog the wheels of progres; man, according to one of the mem- am rolling through this old bers of one of our professions-in my now. dream I didn't get a clear vision of ~-" him and I don't know who he is--sug- I very seldom dream. I: gested that we present ourselves at jI have heard of wonderfu the gates at the exact minute as point- IWith me dreams are always ed out by the town clock. We all And I think that is the pro went, and we got there between seven pretation to place on you: and eight minutes ahead of time. Dur- Americanus. It is true that ing those seven or eight minutes we clock is eight minutes fast. discussed various matters affecting- jcold and hard fact. It did n or which had affected the welfare of Idream for you to establish t! Newberry-for none of us ever ex- you say, in your dream a pected, of course, to see Newberry arose about the leaving time again, and we couldn't agree, and in impossible, for the people of the midst of our disagreement the ry never dispute or disagr4 gates were opened. When the gates~ are unanimous on all such< were opened our.dissensions were inThpeleaeuniosn evidence, and they wouldn't allow anyththecokifa..Tog of us to enter. About that time I rc ie fte e hi woke up.-or awaked-with the per-th toncckteyms spiration rolling off me. Whether theeihmnus.Tagve perspiration was an indication of the eecs nteedl ie place we all would have gone to in my temn ct.Te o' dream if I had slept on I do not know. aoti.I salrgt o If you are a reader of dreams, ickrms e i ad would like for you to tell me what a 'lc n ehsmd my dream was a sign of. mtclcluainadh tohgt atedoc iso t.o ge A dremer i a sot of forerun- t tie, musthe sta t atlyei nersorer oins ot te wy,ou thes beore 7.ck the to ustp know butneve accmplihes uchigh inuyt. Thti es himel, touh h i a igty oo teecse its mutes a persn t hae i a cmmuityJuth 'cocnd acutew. T do t hedrem o AInricnussigikoer mnt entrgisthands what m alost aidto sgges 7go'loc durn this ht weahe UYS EF"'S""T* rElSE We guarantee al ...._ refund your rr 'SISTS CONTINUALLY in offer best values in thoroughly reliable .dise that can be found anywhere. le event here is a bona-fide, earnest r to attract trade by the power of s low prices. After the Big Storm THE BARGAINS CONTINUI The Great Reduction Sale prices til Saturday night at 12 o'clock. marked lower. Hundreds of scrap Hosiery, White Goods, Gingham Sheeting, Pillow Cases, etc., will JUST HALF PRICE. DEEP CUT IN MIUNERY ONE HALF OFF Beginning Wednesday morning we will hold a special reduction sale of all ready trimmed millinery-cut in half, 50c. for $1.00 goods, $1.00 for $2.00, $2.00 for $4.00 and so on. All chil dren's goods and baby caps included. dream that out just the logical reasoning for t-is but you'll conclusion and I am sure that it d balance of would be too much of a strain ti "on Mr. Wicker to work it.out just now, ed all that but I am going to venture to ask Mr. ti: ~hose New- Monroe Wicker-now I am presuming a: very gates he is the man who regulates the clock, ieve I will for I used to hear of Mr. B. 0. Eptmg "' my life to going to the telegraph office evet y 'iay es would be to get the correct time wnen1 he had or 1 a part of Mr. Wicker's job, or rather before Mr. !fe at the peo. Wicker got his pob-I say I am going only in a to ask Mr. Wicker if it is not a fact th that the town clock was bought for be the purpose of working the strets- di, a Newber- no, that is not good English-for the et you up purpose of letting the street hai.iIs f a: >f time so know when to go to work and when to 1a discus- quit work, and thus save him the trou- it method in ble of keeping a watch and exterting At erally the himself to tell them when to quit work guys" Irather than to give the people the cor- g elf and if -rect time. I think I heard one of f.he could give! city officials admit that much once hi u--Honest, now, Mr. Wicker, ain't that! giveandso? If not why not set the clock matter to rih?Th afraid hejC ssion an-! Now, I said that dreams go by con which I traries, but it is not always safest to town just follow even in a dream "the wisest tio> man in Newberry county," if there be j e such a man, because that perspira- j a ;lep.Bu Ition might indicate that other place I b I deep.u and you might "die poor" "counting Un tam.the stars" after dreaming they were am petry "gold dollars." You note I s'ay dreams cot eriner- go by contraries and that is the mean- api t- tream ing of your dream, that Newberry no set That isw longer has dissensions about those! add Thatis athings which affect her welfare. Shewh at. take a is invited on t.hatoibdam$llyq o. ..h at at.No'v,is imnited~ on that railroad proposition. aml dispute UnLTitedi on the cotton mill; united inme N e her e?*orts for a Y. M. C. A. for New- e hyberry, despite wise men from the a East; united on the fact that the townob agreeing Iclock keeps good time and that it 1sI peo the cor eight minutes fast because Monroe fmin w'atcni by Wicker says so, and the getting of tior sutbtract his street hands to work at 7 o'clock giva a mental is of vastly more importance than swe uid keeps that the town clock should carry cor- 'the :dispute rect time. fort i see Mr. --0- Tl at work1 Now, Americanus, have I told you and a mathe- Isatisfactorily what your dream is a ofj findis it sign of and what it means? I hope I fals For them have made myself entirely clear, but ceir to work for fear I have not I want to say, : thin ght min- A dreamer while not much good cept rm put- himself, is a pretty good sort of fel- ing ust have low to have in a community, provided TI efore 6 he sees or has the right kind of vis- keep uld take ions. So I hope you will dream again socit car-e to This particular dream means just the to 'wnrk the contrary. offerl ST GROWI solute satisfaction upon e% ioney without argument a3 WE ca CLASS elaqhl inlines,, B t;austionate sive m< Comes the Wreckage . TO FLOW IN A STREAM will remain on the entire stock un All remnants and odd lots will be s and remnants, odds and ends of s, Table Linens, Towels, Sheets, ;ay good bye to the whole lot AT BARGAIN OXFORD TABLE Yours at Practically Half Price Look them over and if you can size up in "the show down" they are yours at practically hlaf price. No matter what you want in Shoes and Oxfords come here first. The whole population of Newberry the past, and Id not even get a vision of the celes- the future; fr( al city even in a dream. tence of the C There was no dispute about the an eye," cond me of leaving, because the people 1,900 years ag< 'e satisfied. hard in this C The matter was not settled by the Yes, to non ~risest man in Newberry county," be- true meaning Luse there is no such man and he is "thle protection ily a myth in the mind of your pro- formation of ssional man. traced practica] There was no quarrel about the system. ings that affect the welfare of New- In its name irry because the people would not when with betti ride on anything the like of that. jshould be warn And the clock is still eight minutes name first offe: ;t. .when with bett But Monroe Wicker says he will set imprisonment right if it will please you, dear whatever age, 2ericanus. should be unki K'ow, we are all happy and you can Iy greater dan: off and have another vision, and inflinitely 1 The Iatier. Jing the delinqu delinquent has [E PURPOSE OF PUNISHMENT. to prison. Plat ______or send him to e Protection of Society' and the tution, for what Reformation of the Offender. necessary-but ons now are, I n the matter of our administra- there is fatal, h a of justice there is a very sim- unscientific. ni question to be asked by every tinuance in pris n of his own conscience: What do finement is defe elieve is the object of punishnient? we reform men til this question has been asked to the operatior lcoherently answered by the words of its st: imunity it is obviously as mad to late Sir Edmun< ~ly punishment as for a man to artificial state o out to dine with a friend of whose ,ly opposed to ress he has no knowledge. The Ipoints out as the >le administration of our justice moral and physi present treads the quicksands of protect society >iguity as to the object of punish- does not ref orn it. The vast majority of us have in London Chro: er put to ourselves the question all, being quite satisfied that the NOUS] ~ct of punishment is to "serv - pe right," and out of the sma1l How a Scotch Iii ority who have asked the ques- tie Rod Sthe far greater number have ~n themselves no coherent an- Since the days r. The object of punishment is ered the uses to protection of society and the re- his domesticated aation of the offender. curious form of ais is the simple, sensible truth, operate machinei everything in our administration ed than that devi ustice which conflicts with it is one David Hutto ly, unjustly and stupidly con- century, conceive< ed. But it is the commonest ting mice to worl g in the world for people to ac- Hutton had set that definition without consider- trinkets manufac in the least what it means. oners in a Frenci ~e contusion arises from not had been especia ing the idea of the protection of little toy house 1 ~ty closely enough coupled with in the gable, t.hai idea of the reformation of the volve rapidly by N STORE rery purchase or r delay. rry the greatest assortment of HIGH merchandise as well as the popular ind we insist that these BETTER ES shall be sold at the same propor SAVING TO YOU as the less expen %rchandise. No Division Here I am single and alone, no father-in law backers, no brothers or partners to divide profits with. I got plenty of money to plank down for my goods and always paid one hundred cents on the dollar. 50 pieces Standard Apron Ginghams, sold elsewhere at 8yc., here only....... 5 cents 50 pieces 5-4 Standard.Table Oil Cloth sold elsewhere at 25c., here only.......12 Y2 cents 50 pieces Standard Percales, light and dark colors, worth io and 12J4 cents elsewhere, to go at only the yard.......... ....83 cents Come again this week for what's left at CUT PRICES. not looking enough to this device, and foi- a long time It im the continued exis- afforded him much amusement, but id theory, "an eye for later he began seriously to consid3r emned to death over 1how a "half-ounce power"# e >, and still dying very weight of the mouse) might bWp b.ristian country. plied to some practical end. It final comprehensioni of the ly occurreid to him that the manu of that golden rule, factura of sewing thread might be of society and the r-e- aided in this way. :he offender," can b~e Now, it happened that during the Iy every defect of our course of thie Scot's experiments and investigations he ascertained that an men are prosecuted ordinary mouse would average a run er comprehension they ,of ten and one-half miles per day; Led or helped. In its fbut he got one mouse that actually aders are imprisoned, did the extraordinary distance of 18 er comprehension the miles in that time. A halfpenny's of first offenders; 'of |worth of oatmeal porridge was found for whatever offence, I to be sufficient to feed it for a period .own; for an infinite- Jof 35 days, during which time it ger to society arises, -made 362 miles. ess chance of reformn-I From that time Hutton-enlisted the ent exists, when that|'constant services of two mice to pro once been committed I pel his mill for the making of sew 3e him on probation, ing thread. This mill was so con a reformatory insti- structed that the mnouse we.s aba to aver period may seem Itwist, twine and reel from 100 to 120 to a prison, as pris- threads a day, Sundays not except ever! To send him j ed, for the Scot did not permit his opelessz, uneconomic, religious convictions to interfere its name, the con-|with the project. an of closed-cell con- To perform this task the little rod aidend. 0 irony! Can ent was obliged to cover its ten and by consigning them one-half miles a day, which, however, iof what, in the the mouse could do with ease. On mnch supporters (the the halpenny's worth of oatmeal por I Du Cane) is "an ridge, lasting five weeks, one of the f existence, absolute- little fellers made 3,350 threads 25 that which nature inches long, and inasmuch as one condition of mental,~ penny was paid to women for every cal health?" Can we hank made in the ordinary way, the by a method that jmouse at the rate mentioned earned i?-John Galsworthy 18 cents every six we-eks., iicle. ISo, allowing for board and for ma 1chinery, there accrued to Hutton a OE.yearly profit from each mouse of POWER.$1.50. Just as the inventor, having vetr Mfade the Lit- demonstrated the feabibility of his ents Work. plan, was preparing to enlarge the scope of his enterprise by setting up whenmandisov-10,000 of these mouse mills, he was whce mightisput stricken by the Illness that resulted animals, no more i i et.Hre' eky animal power to y has been record- What is a Test Case? sed by a canny Scot, "Say, paw," queried little Sylves n, who, in the last ter Snodgrass, "what's a test case?" I the notion of put- "A test case, my son," repi'ed :for him. Snodgrass, Sr., "is a case brought in m certain toys and rcourt to decide whether there's tured by the pris- enough in it to justify the lawyers in tjail. His attention working up similar cases."-Lippin lly attracted by a cott's Magazine. here, with a wheel :was caused to re- Nothing short of a stick of dyna mouse of the corn- mite will ever make some men rise to tyr utton bought the occasion.