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>,<?\s <ii iJiiciMiian { hajtel. fane to ?ay that we are having plenty of rain as you are well informed as to 'Let's not put in any complaint though, for you remejnber those days of sunshine, how plentiful they were last fall when we needed the.-n so f much. The weather generally pays up all back debts you know. Christmas passed off quiet throughout this section. v It hardly seems that it could be a thing of the past. But it together with the old year is gone and we are now writing it 914. We should pass at least a few good N> resolutions to begin thia New Year with and keep them. i Let's quit/complaining about lost L opportunities but grasp the ones in A re.adaf of us to-day. The following PP' ' would be a good resolution to begin with: That I will first cast out the beam out of mine own eye and then shalt I see clearly to cast out the mote out of my brother's eye. Matthew When we are judging our neighbor and acting as the entire court and have his sentence just about complete the above resolution will be a great Ij.elp to us if we act accordingly. Mr. .las. T. McCuIIough, together with Mr. and Mrs. Schumpert, has moved to the place recently bought by Mr. MeCuHough, known as the Qmutlebaum place. Mr. W. H. McCullough and family moved from the above mentioned place to near Newberry. Mr. .las H. Willingtiam and family have moved from the Colony section into the house vacated by Messrs.# Jas. > F. McCullough and Levi Schumpert and family. Mrs. Edgar M. Fellers, of Columbia, ? spent a portion of last vveok \vi;h relatives in this section. Messrs. Wilbur and Hugh Epps. of ' Columbia, also visited relatives in this section a portion of last week. Miss Carrie Franklin accompanied by brothers Evans and Chriss together with Messrs. eo. and Murray Watkins, ail of near Leesville are spending a wijile in this community. Miss Rosa Long is pending a while at the home of her brother Mr. A. R. Boozer and children of Xewberrv and Miss Lucy Dominick of near Colony visited their sister Mrs. J. M. Wilson a portion of last week. Mr. T. J. Wlson is erecting a dwelling house for his son I. H. Wishing a happy and prosperous New Year to all. In Time of Peace. New York Eveoing Post. The new "beast," or underclassman at Wrest Point had never heard a heavy siege gun fired. The iSrstrlass man was solicitous. "You have never been close when one of these guns was fired?" lie inquired. "No." "No, sir," commented the first-class man. "Yes, sir. No, sir," replied the "beast." "Um-m. Its liable to bust your eardrums for life. See here, don't tell him I told you, but go to the commandant and ask him for?The upperclassman was so solicitous that he whispered the rest of his communication. A few minutes later the raw cadet presented himself before the commandant. "Please, sir,"' he said, "I want some gun-cotton for my ears." A One Legged Route. Saturday Evening Post. (Strickland Gillilan, the poet and lantn^aK moo rvn Vl io TX"a X7 fpAm ("loin "UO VU Uig " A4 VA4A VIMAM esville, Tex., to Oklahoma City one night last summer. The porter on I I wish to announce t added to my grocery bus Model Me Choice Cuts of and Sausag' Near the corner of Mai you will find the place to ? "U 4-U /N /NTT iresil as wic muniing ucw A Steak, A Roasi So bring your order to We will send you awaj With your money's woi For you and your fami The Model P A A. P. Boo Phone 318. ; ir.e sleeping .ar, Gillilan says, ha ! ai: i o\er-do.-o of both gin and hook- > worms. I When Gillilan awoke In the morning one of his large and ornate shot's ? was by ..lis berth nicely shined. The s other shoe was missing. r He called the pickled porter and 1 asked, "Why did you siiine one of my n j shoes and not the other?"' ,*l "Boss didn't see but jes' one shoe." r "Well, you must have known there J were two." ! li 1 "No, boss; 1 didn't know yon all had r two shoes." s "Come off, you did know it. you j must have known it." ; b "Hones', boss! I didn't know it. s They's a right smaht ob one legged i; gemmen travels on dis hyah line." j t Foxy. ! Detroit Free Press. a 1 i "There s no use talking, women are ; foxy." | s "What do you mean?'' :r c "Take that wife of mine. Last year f ' she casually as1 od me what size ( I cloves I wear/' I "I see. As if you couldn't guess " that she was going to buy you gloves." "That's just the point. She bought i slippers the size cf my hand.'' "Then, what CiC. she ask you about 1 :ho gloves for?" "So ;hat I wouldn't know she inj tended to buy clippers." High Flyers. 1 New York Sun. I M. Georges Legagneux having risen ! in his monoplane to an altitude ex j ceeding 20,000 i'eet what rival will i have the courage to aim for 30,000 i feet? And yet the balloonas set a far 1 higher mark in altitude, for as long ! ai?o as September 1S62, Cox well and ! I Ghisher asccn'.ed to 3?,000 feet, or i fullv seven miles, at Wolverhampton, ?- iJ i : aau. Especially "Obey." I Exchange. , "To cppose the new woman is like : opposing the tide with a broom. Bet| ter still, us like Calhoun Clay." i TVn pnooVor iMe Ilr HnrnfP O 1 11^- ?? ^ w. j Xewte of Denver, who has for a long j - - ^ Are You Considering the Purchase of a i i Piano? i ? ? i REMEMBER Chas. M. StiefF, Manufacturer of the StiefF, Shaw and Bur-; nett and Britz Pianos, has a 4A mnlrA IT All prupusilfuil iu mafic juu. i i See | D. EDENS, State Representative, i Newberry. S. C, Gen. Del. ; Columbia, S. C., i Care of (iresham Hotel. aaHa_BaHBHHHHMHHpana|HH|E|HH|M o the public that I have iness a at Market. i I Beef, Pork, Ham e, Etc., Etc. in and McKibben streets get your meat, always t, A Fry, A Stew. our place, ' with a smiling face, rth of this decent meat, 1? J- - ?*-L 3 ly w sic anu eai. l/J.eat Market. zer, Prop. mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmtmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn m i:.i;' been caa.'ii'ioniiig the dashed ; Kirt on the ground that it makes l'or tardiness and prevents cold. "Cal. oun Clav,"' he resumed, "was ! jetting married. Little and lean, he ; tood at the altar beside a tall and ; obust bride of ISO pounds or more.! "he ceremony proceeded regularly i intil, in the bride's reply, the words 1 .o love, nonor anu ouey wcxc Flounced. At this juncture Bridegroom Cal:oun Clay held up his rig'jt. hand. A iause ensued. In the silence Calhoun aid: " 'Excuse me. pahson. but ah would > :ave us wait a moment an' let de lull ! olemnity o' de words sink in?espec- | ally de last two. Ah's been married . iefo.'" ] Recipe for a Speech. . ! Jacon Telegraph The kind of Southern oratory that is j upposed 'to be most popular has reeived pretty rough 'handling from a ree-spoken Texan, Mr. William S. >ooge. Mr. Crooge is said to be a . Jest A Two G Tennessi Come and f Jacobs' Jacobs & Evans Ca* High cost duced to a mi My stock is fresh. All orders pi umpi ijr# Phone 180, E. M. W (a!":did:!lp lor Governor of Texas, on :he ground that lie had no taste for tlie kind of oratory that would be expected of him on every stump in the S:ate. His derisive summary of the political specch of the Southern orator is given as follow: First?'The ladies. God bless t.iem, how could we do without them?" (Ten minutes.) Second?"The splendid people of Miintrv arp tlin hpst neonlp in thp world." (Ten minutes.) Third?"Down with the trusts"?or some unpopular individual who is no' present. (Fifteen minutes.) Fourth?Pull Confederate flag from pocket and wave it madly as the band plays "Dixie;" shed a few tears and then 'talk about "the grandest body of men tbat ever bared their breasts in defence of the rights or a free people." (One hour.) ITTiffh?"TTiirrn.'h fnr thc> fathers and the Constitution!" (One hour and a quarter.) Sixth?"Down with social equality.'' (Fifteen minutes.) JIJU* rrived arlnnrls ao Mnlac L/V 1IIU1VU I ?ee them at Stables. : Wilson. >h Grocery of living reinimum. complete and delivered 1305 Main St. INS, Prop. Sisriicu'iit I nto tho Day. S: Louis Republic. "I tell you, sir, each new day confronts us with a problem that has to be solved. Take your case, for inoton/%Q?unn liovp twn rin 11 chtors iuSt growing into womanhood. I call this a problem that you must face at once, don't you?" "I understand ycu throughly. Right now t:he problem with my wife and me is :o keep Maud and Ella from ! buying matinee tickets to the problem j plays.'' ^ _ i mu- r< Qn,. me tuuuaij oca# J Mark Twain, so the story goes, was j | walking on Hannibal street when he i met a woman with her youthful fam; iiy. | "So ths is the little girl, eh?" Mark said to her as she displayed her chili dren. "And this cturdy little urchin I in the bib belongs, 1 suppose, to the ' | contrary sex." I "Yassah/' the woman replied; "vas' sail, dL-t's a gill, too.''?Christian Register. f It's the prince of (car of princes. 1 and nineteen prir in Russia. And is as popular wi and masses the v unequaled merit} wide recognition. ^ A^A /4-11dr^ II'IVC liunvaicvi v the Ford runaoout; five fifty: 'cue town < I" f. o b. Detroit, eoi raeiit. Get catalog ; Summer's Garage For the next: give a Hat free \ \ for a Suit of Ch i i Stoo! Loo Exclusive Hand-Tail 'Hand-Me-D $15 $2 r T t Made to Your in< III our workshops and FI1 I pert designers. Latest st cf goods. tir nf i nri _ I we iviaKe inr ,1 .[ On either Suits or Overcc extra charges for Double Large Sizes, ! tad nu itiui c t^K<iin | Wo Less If You Want a Hat I Get Our L i No More ^2. I United Tailorii House of ! 1109 Caldwell St. j Opposite Ne^ i t ( f ('in'air Aihantasre i;ii;.sl>iirg C. ronicle. Two exprenced anglers went fishing one day. One sat down on the per while t.:e other stood. Just hefore beginning operations they :nade a wager with each other as to who would make the biggest catch of fish. They r.ad been fishing for about noif hnnr with little or no success* UU.IL LUt. i*vyv4? .. . when John, who was standing, lost bis balance and fell off the pier. As he went head long past Dick the latter gave a yell and said: "Hi, John, if you're goin' to dive for 'em ti:e bet's off.'' In the Field. "Where's your son, Siram?" "Going to an agricultural college.'' "I've heard them colleges ain't prac tical.' "You heard r/rong. They put 'em right out in the field. My boy writes t'.:at next year they're going to let him take care of centre field."?Pittsburgh Post. Ssmw ] ? cars?and the ?wo grand dukes ices drive Fords the sturdv car th both classes /orld over. Its ias won it world i is the new price of the touring car is ?ar seven fifty?all npltte with equip- H . and particulars from it i o r II i, Newoerry, j. t. /. 15 days we will 1 1, u)i til every oraer o tries. Irf I 1U LlalClU ored Garments at 'own Prices !0$25 dividual Measure r GUAKAN l ttU by exiles and very, best quality ee Prices Only >ats?$15, $20, $25?No Breasteds, Norfo'ks or T v H o More ?7 No Less that is a Good Hat Jnited Hat No Less ,ig & Hat Co. Fashion. H. E. Digby, Mgr. tvberry Hotel v