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STAi ! : OF sr'OlTH CAROLINA, COr.NTV OF KWBHRRY. Coari c! Common Pleas. Frank R. Hunter. Plaintiff, against .1 o?'..n C. Haliaere, Eunice .1. Halfacre Hi;.p. Ruth Amelia Hr^facn*, Mary Frances Halfacpe, Lula Xetl Halfacre, Huldah Elizabeth Halfacre. C. M. Efird, Tresurer of the 1'nitedj Synod o:' the Evangelical Lutheran ! church of ti:e South and W. Frank j Hipp, Defendants. i By 'virtue o' an order herein T will sell before the court house door at Newberry, S. C., on salesday in Jan-: - * ? 11- . 4*iU I nary, iyio, the same oemg me i day thereof, within the legal hours of: *ale, to the highest bidder o.:e follow- i mg described tracts of land, to wit: All that tract of land in Newberry . . ' county, South Carolina, containing one hundred and ten (110) acres, more or j 1 1 - " '1 ~ ^ ~ tlin nArt/l and CA111 Vl ! it?SS, yyuiiucu vu me uunu uuu | by lands of Mrs. Clara B. Matthews, j on the ast by lands of estate of James ' Henry, deceased, and on the west by , lards of S. P. Crotwell. Also, all that tract of land in New-; berry county, South Carolina, contain- j ing two hundred and ten (210) acres,' more or less, bounded by lands of; Mrs. Mary Xorris, John C. Xeel, Lee j Fellers, J. T. McCullough and Mrs. i Bettie Minis. Also, all that house and lot in the j town of Newberry, county of Xewber-1 rv, State of South Carolina, contain-! i ing seven-eighths (7-8) of an acre,; more or less, bounded by Main (or Pratt) street, lot of J. H. Summer, lot of Mrs. Sue Epting, and lot of Mrs. Mary P. Fant. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash anri the balance on a credit of one and 1 ^ Tl'?f V\ rwo years in equai liisiamueuta, "nu interest from the day of sale on the credit portion at the rate of eight per cent per annum, payable annually; said credit portion to be secured by a bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises and said bond and mortgage to provide for ten per cent attorney's fees in case of collection by ; suit, action or foreclosure, and also i m the case of the house and lot in the town of Xewberry to provide for in- j surance of same for ti>.e amount of said credit portion and an assignment of the policy of insurance to the master as additional security; the purchaser to pay $200.00 on each of said tracts upon the acceptance of iiois bid as an evidence of good faith, and in ! case he fails to do so the lands to be j sold immediately at his risk. The pur-1 chaser will have leave to anticipate' the credit portion in whole or in part.! Purchaser to pay for papers and recording same, and also ti>.e necessary j revenue stamps. H. H Rikard, Master. December 18, 1914. \ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLJXA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Court of Common Please. The Exchange Bank of Newberry, S.! C., plaintiff, against Rosanna'j Havird and Ellen M. Witt, defendants. Piv virtnp r>f ar. order of the court herein, I. will sell before the court house at Newberry, S. C., within the legal hours of sale, on .vlonday, January 4, 1915, same being salesday, to fte highest bidder at public auction, all that piece or lot o. land in the town of Newberry, county and State aforesaid, containing three-fourths of an acre, more or less, and bounded on t':e north by Wheeler street, east by ? -t n r\ Lindsay street, soutn dv iana 01 n. u. Wright and west by land of Van Smith, being the place at which the said Rosannah Havird now resides. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid in casSi, the balance, to be secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises, payable in one and two equal annual installments, with interest from day of sale at the rate of eight per cent per annum, payable annual ly until the debt is paid, wit'j leave to the purchaser to anticipate payment of the credit portion in whole or in part; the mortgage to contain a stipulation for ten per cent attorney's fees if it is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after maturity, and a stipulation that the mortgagor is to keep the houses ini ;? ' in t.io surea and cissigii me i/uuvj iw master for the security of the debt, wit!: authority to the master to pay any insurance premium upon default of the mortgagoi or his assigns and reimburse himself, with interest on the amount from day of payment at eight per cent; the purchaser will be required to pay one hundred dollars to the master wfren the property is knocked down to him, and upon his failure to comply with the terms of '. is purchase within ten days the property will be resold at the risk of the defaulting purchaser on some convenient saleday thereafter. Purchaser to pay .or papers and recording same. H. H. Rikard, Master. December 14, 1914. I STATE OF SOl'TH CAROLINA, j Count;, of .Newberry. Court of Common Pie;.?, Amos S. Weils, Plaintiff, against S::m P. Crotweil. Defendant. Pursuant :o an order of t::e court crein. I will sell at public outcry, to i the Highest bidder, before the court house door at Newberry, S. C., within the legal hours of sale, on Saleday in December, 1914. the following lot of land tc wit: All that lot of land lying near the Mollohon Mill known as "Spearman Row," partly within and partly without the cor porate limits of t~e town of Newberry, on the road from Newberry to Prosperity, containing two and onehalf acres, more or less, and having seven tenant 'bouses tfaereon, bounded by lands of George M. Shealy, deceased, Mrs. Clara M. McCrary, A. B. At-a-^rvr^ and hv n <;rrppf SPnflrat.inST said lot from lot of 01 formerly of J. T. McCullough. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash, the balance to be payable in equal installments in one and two years from day of sale; credit portion to be secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises sold, bond to bear interest from day of sale, and until paid in full, at t_e rate of eight per cent, per annum, interest to be payable annually or to become principal f nnually and bear interest at the same rate until paid in full, the purchaser to 'have leave to anticipate, at any time, the credit portion, in whole r in part. The mortgage to provide for the payment of ten per cent, of the principal and interest as attorney's tees in case cf suit or collection through an attorney, and it a^o shall nrAvi#!/* thnt if thd firct installment.. or any part thereof, or any interest j due is not paid when due, the whole j amount o." said bond and mortgage, wit'.v interest, attorney's fees, costs, insurance, taxes, as therein provided s' .all become due and payable at once. The mortgage so.all require the pur- ! chaser to insure and keep insured j from loss or damage by fire the buildings on the premises and assign the policy to the master and shall provicr? that if the purchaser fail to do so, ?r fail to pay the taxes, the master or-'his assigns, may pay said insurance and taxes, and any penalties incurred tV.QrQnn n A raimhltrco t'"omSPlVPS fnr vi?\. I UU, UilU i ^iUi WU4 uv, A the same under ttee mortgage at the rate of eight per cent, per annum from the day of such payments. The purchaser shall be required to pay the master the cash portion of the purchase-money immediately upon the acceptance of h s bid, and if the purchaser fail to comply the master will [ resell at the risk of tfae defaulting I purchaser. The purchaser to pay '"or | J %?? /V ^v-P /I f\ T"? /3 nyf rro 0*/~i Q n/1 r? ^ _ . UlcOWIIg Ul UtTCU auu nn_ri emu cording of mortgage. H. H. Rikard, Master. 11-17-flt-ltawM i If 1 hat s the r | SPIRIT i You'll say so too, on Christmas lafr Morn when you sample the goodness f^JJk of Phillip's Distillery-To-YouWhiskies. The rich, mellow flavor that "hit's the right spot" every time LlL ic nnt thp rpsnlt nf rhanrp?Knf /vf conscientious distilling and careful ^jsL ageing. That's why it will pay you to order your Christmas Package U4 direct from the distillers ? better goods for less money is a combination that cannot be beaten. And b friend a more welcome gift than one /?& TWO QPFPfAf HOT I Itopr that afford you an opportunity to te ^2^ Whiskies?and ordinary kinds. Ta * today and avoid last minute disappoin , the one you want and send for it RIC g PHILLIPS CHRIST! j^o' Four full quarts of Phillip's Whiskies t defies competition. Two superior rye am to enable you to get acquainted with the r today?you'll be delighted ! 1 full quart Phillip's Pocahontas Corn W 1 fu'l quart Phillip's Choice Straight Rye 5 1 full quart Phillip's 100 proof Old Down SayF 1 full quart Phillip's Golden Grain Rye \ PHILLIP'S CHRIS! JK " Six full quarts?six different brands o; a better idea of our ability to satistv your < 1 full quart Phillip's Private Stock Rye W] i full quart Phillip's Oid Private Stock Co 1 full quart Phillip*!, s tandard Rye Whiskc J/Nl? 1 full quart Phillip's Sweet Mash Corn W 1 full quatt Phillip's Choice Straight Rye 1 full quart Phillip's lt.0 proof Old Down ? im Don't Wai t? Delays are Dan To be certain of receiving your pa <t\\ v, tivitipc cend vour order todav. Tust: ?or "Sextette" Package and enclose Registered Letter or Certified Check jj&ik ment will be made the same day orde Sf POCAHONTAS %t J. W. PHILLIPS & COMP/ aod Lowest Priced Mail Order W1 STATE OF SOl'TH CAiiOLlXA, COl'X'i V OF XEWBERfiY. Court of Common I'lcase. T. O. Krister, plaintiff. against Wilson Herbert, Summer Brothers Company, a corporation, ana -jc 11 r. Goggans, as Guardian of Margaret Spearman, defendants. By order of the court herein. I will sell before the court .ousc at Xe\v berry, S. (\, within the legal hours or sale, on Monday. January 4, r.n~>, to the highest bidder, at public auction, the following: All that tract of land in the county ! and State aforesaid, about, eight miles . from the town of Newberry, contain- i i 11 cr OK* tv fSOl afTP<s ninrp nr i lying on the public road from New-, berry to Kinards Ferry and otherwise bounded by lands of or formerly of : Mrs. Sally Werts, George Werts and David B. Werts, this land haung been conveyed to the said Wilson Herbert by W. H. Lt ng. December 1st, 1887, by deed of record in the office of the ; register of Newberry in Book Xo. 4 j at uase 228. Also that tract of land in said coun- J ty and State containing forty (40) ! acres, more or less, and bounded by | lands of Wilson Herbert and t-:e estate of Henry Werts on the north, by lands of D. B. Werts on the east and south, by lands of M. J. Waldrop and the road from Ndwberry to Kinards; Ferry 011 the west, tv;is land having 1 been conveyed to the said Wilson; Herbert by D. B. Werts January 25th..: 1893 by deed of record in the office o\ the register for Xewberry county in Book ! Xo. 7, at page 135. Terms of sale: One-third of the \ purchase money to be paid in cas*h, the balance, to be secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premise, payable in one and two equal annual installments, with interest | from day of sale at the rate of eight' ner cent dpi* annum, navable annually until the debt is paid in full, interest to bear interest at eight per cent if not paid wl:en due; the mortgage to contain a stipulation that the mortgagor shall pay ten per cent attor- j ney's fees if collected by suit or plac-, ed in the hands of an attorney for collection; also that he is to keep the house insured and assign the policy of insurance to the master for a fur - J tner security of the debt, with leave ^ in tVio mirfhp cpr tn nntir-mntp nav lv "w "??* I ment of the credit portion in whole or; in part. Purch aser will be required I to pay the master one hundred dollars on his purchase when tee property is knocked down to him, and upon his failure to comply with the terms of the purchase within ten days the prop-! erty will be resold on the following saledav at the risk of the former pur chaser. iJurc. aser to pay ior papers and for recording same. H. H. Rikard, Master. December 14, 1914. Oniy One "BROMO QUININE To get j?er:alne, calJ for {-ill name, LAX/ riVh " lu VUININE. Looliforgiprnatu' Cures a Cold in Pr>e I)r?\. r w . jr. S : U light Xmas | y the way?you couldn't give that of these DAY ASSORTMENTS 8 :st the difference between Phillip's ke advantage of them now?order Jan itments. Here they are?just choose ;ht away. WAS QUARTETTE {?* hat are leaders in quality at a price that ?|p? d two matchless corn whiskies, assorted MgQ, nerits of each. Let your order come in hiskey ALL FOR Whiskey ( <fcO 7C tA Home White Corn . f Vhiskey J Express Paid fiti rMAS SEXTETTE TH f extra good whiskies that will give you ?v?ry taste and requirement. iiskey, 1 Bot. in Bond) ) ALL FOR rn Whiskey . ... I ^ hiskey ( S4.65 Whiskey Y Home White Corn . J ExDress Paid (ILJ igerous at this Time of Year ickage in time for the Christmas fessay send me your special "Quartette" jyk i Postal or Express Money Order, for amount specified above. Ship- feLrf r is received. DISTILLERY S? iNY, PETERSBURG, VA. liskey House and Distillery in the South ( \ fm / 4?.&r %l i typ \W\JI | j A Great My i CHAPTER I. Th? Mystery of the Spotted Collar. r\ X the side of a rugged mountain a uiacK velvet noie yawneu. V_V Rubble lay strewn all about the ledges. To a layman this rubble would have explained nothing; to a miner it would instantly have explained the nature of the bole. Presently a burly man emerged from the hole, squinting. He eyed the lump of quartz in bis hand?always a little, but never quite enough gold to make it worth while. The prospec tor flung the quartz savagely upon the accumulating rubble and leaned disheartenedly against the log support to the entrance of the mine. His grubstake was fast dwindling, and in another four days be would bave to bike some rliirt.v-two miles to the nearest town for supplies Doue! He bad paid $r>ix). every one of them earned at the risk ot bis neck, for this damnable bole in the feround. He tilled and lit bis pipe and fell to dreaming what he would do when be struck it rich. By and by the dreams faded and the bitter realities returned. He rose lamely and carefully picked his way down to the Irishman's shanty. The two of them shared their noon meals on pieasnm ua.vs "IJow's she cumin*?" "Same old story." answered Trainor, erstwhile strong man of the Eclipse circus. "Well, well; it's peggin' away that brings it. 1 gut a lump t'day that don't 1-jk so bad. I should say that she'll run fifteen th' ton. i guess them wildcatters are th' chaps that make th reul spondulix?widders an' clerks an childer." In Trainor's life there had beeu but trilling monotonies He had been a sailor in the south seas, a lumberjack in the north, a cowpuncher, a fireman on a north Atlantic liner. He had come from a poor but respectable Ohio family. Ilis father uor his grandfaj ther had ever stepped over the state | boundary lines. But in him there was a reversion to the type of pioueer who I had established the Trainor family when Ohio was a wilderness. He could not settle down; he must be on the move continually, and when at ! length be joined the circus he found i that roaming, uncertain life much to his fancy. There he had met Mimi Keene. known on the handbills (for j lithographs were far beyond the reach of this circus) as Mimi La France, world renowned tight rope walker. Remarkable as it might seem, these two loved each other fondly, and one day the lust to wander died in the man's heart, and he wanted a roof over his head, children about his knee i and money in his purse. When the ? i opportunity to go uuuuug tut ^uiu came he hesitated not an instant. He had beeu hammering away at the grim, unyielding rocks for eight months, making only such trips to town as were necessary for food. Perhaps the rubble extracted represented a thousand dollars, perhaps less. He was discouraged. Ouo d:iy he staggered out into the? brilliant sunshine. A lump of quartz was clutched tightly in his hand When he grew accustomed to the dazzling light he turned the stone over and over, his heart beating as it had nfrpp iipntpu before. There were veins in it?broad flakes of it?gold, gold, gold! - "Donovan! Donovan!" lie cried. Tbe old Irish prospector came out of his hole, blinking. "I've got it! I've got it!" Donovan snatched the quartz from the hand of his friend. "Holy Virgin! Ye've struck It! it it's all like that ye're a rich man. Man, man, there's a hundred dollars in that lump alone!" Trainor collapsed on a pile of worthless rubble and laid his head on his arms. He had done it all in these few months. He was rich, rich! And all his dreams were going to come true! ! The Irishman gazed down at him rue fully, but philosophically. "An' me that's been prospectin' twenty years an' ain't hit my pile yet! iFell, God bless ye, man. I'm glad ye got it. An' now let's go take a look." Like ali men who suddenly stumble j upon a virgin fortune, Trainor instant! ly began to plan liow to project it Hs had some bank attorneys draw up papers leaving tbe mine to his wife, in case of her death to his child, to her husband. It was subtly understood that the brother-in-law, Keene, should never be able to touch it. These western bank attorneys were simple and honest men. Before he had time to write to his ? tmiimip n-ia l.-illni? hv ji nrpm:i [ U lit iiiiiiiui t ture explosion. lie was buried under the rubble his own h..uas bad torn from the mountain's side, and the kindly Donovan started out to find the Eclipse circus. The caravan was at that time 290 miles to the south, about to turn in for the winter. But Donovan found It By mistake he ambled into the men's dressing tent. A young man *ritb shrewd dark eyes and a sinister stic Story by Haro Copyright, 1914. by Harold McGratb twist to the corner of his lips laid his hand on Donovan's shoulder. "How'd you set in here?" "Why, I walked in." said Donovan amiably. "Suppose you walk out a^'ain?" "Keep yer hair on. bub. I'm bere on business. I'm lookin* for Mimi La Frau?. 's they can her outside. She walks ti^nt rope." i "Well. I'm Iii'i* brother. Wbat do j you want with her?" j "So veer Trainor's brother-in-law?" ! ! "Trainor'r" said tbe \ oiinjr man. a fire lijrhtin^ his eyes "I>o you come I from him':" j "Yes. An my message is ro his ! wife." "Ob! That's bis kid there" "V don't say so! Well, kind o' looks j like Uim." ; "Here's raj sister now." Donovan c;iw a slight woman of pret.y figure and comely features. She j A Huge Crystal Globe In Which Has- , sarn Ali Saw the Past and the Fu- , ture. ; came through the flnp which separated j ; the women's dressing tent from the j ! men's. She looked a bit tired and care , j worn. The okl miner, having had but ; little to do with women folk, was not ! able tu discern under the richly yellow ; glare of the lamps the air of distinc j tion which marked Mirni Trainor as i 1 different from her kind. The Keene ! ' I i family had come from good stock, but j | had fallen in evil days. She ran in J stantly to ihu baby j "Here's a tnan from John. Mimi." said the brother carelessly. The young woman rushed over to ' rv n?w1 Knrron c? Ko1.-1 T) <r h5<S ll.lnd.S j JL'OIlUVilll iliiu uc?,ihj - j How was ber man? Had he struck it | rieb? Did he want ber to quit and go to him? Donovan began to swallow with difficulty. How was he going to tell her? J He wanted to run away. He could now readily understand why Trainor had always talked of Mimi, Mimi. Mimi, until his Celtic ears bad tired of the name. Shs was a good wife and a good mother for all that she was a circus performer. And here be was. aiming to break her heart! Still, there was a bit of cynicism in his makeup The new fortune might console her. But it did not. On the contrary, when, half an hour after learning of the do: !! "f the man she loved, she mounted the win-, a vertigo seized her. she lost ber balance and fell, and by the time the men had laid away the big top she was dead. For the first time in his wandering, futilo life Frank Keene felt his throat contract and unbidden moisture fill his eyes. After a fashion he bad loved his clean minded. loyal little sister, and now she was gone, leaving him with a baby on his bands, more adept in deal- I ing from the bottom of the deck than from the top. "How much is the mine worth?" he asked when the simple funeral was over. "Lord knows." said Donovan. "But it's th' biggest strike in twenty years. But it's goin' to be tied up till this little chick's eighteen. Don't you worry,. though. Th' lawyers '11 see to it that1 ye git enough t' take care 0' th' child i eddicate it, an' all that." "What's the name of the mine?" "Same as the kiddie's?Zudora." The two separated, never to meet again. -o noceod Rfkpnp dabbled in 1 JL Lie ?> trii L o all manner of shady trades and finally set up as a Hindu mystic, a swami. He told fortunes, did crystal gazing, resurrected souls and as a byproduct played detective with more or less sue- j cess. He rarely practiced this latter game except among his favored gulls. It was a simple matter to Instruct some of his confederates to rob certain of his clients. It was equally a simple j matter to recover the stolen objects? " nnna nnantn. | for a suicauie rewiuu. ^ccuc ! ally became known to the cult as Has! earn All, and under that name his fame J Id McGrath 1 m grew. The checks from the Zudora ^ were now applied wholly to the wel- J fare of his niece The child grew. Her education be- I'-l gan. SLe gave promise of great beauty. even in the lank and gawky age. JHe| Ilassam AM had begun to love gold. the bright, shining metal?not in the 1 abstract, but in the concrete. To toucb j it with his fingers was transport. No a symphony of Bach's was half so fine m as the chink-chink of the coins, the | eacrle and the double eacle as they fell upon each other, slipping from his bands. From ber fifteenth birthday up to her eighteenth ?udora noted a subtle change in the manner of her uncle. He became coldly aloof, rarely touch- * r ed .her affectionately, was moody and taciturn. Familiar as she was with all the paraphernalia of the mystic, she still retained unbounded faith in her uncle's powers. Indeed, he was a hypnotist of unusual power and was roughly skilled in the science of medicines. Zudora had practiced the former art until she was almost as proficient as her master. It never occurred to her that her uncle's means of existence were unethical and generally those of a cheat. Famous actresses -iv and society women visited him, and - . not a few notable bankers and financiers came to him for advice. But the- ' general public held Ilassam Ali in toi- j erant contempt and the police with nolittle suspicion. The inner shrine of this equivocal temple was draped with black velvet, and tbere were secret doors ab->ut which even Zudora knew nothing. There was the inevitable dais and before this a huge crystal globe in which Ilassam Ali saw the past and the future as revealed by his victim. It -f was easy 10 uraw uie past, auu il wu? not difficult to draw the future. The future in this globe was nearly always what the victim wished; hence the popularity of Hassam Aii, late of the $ Eclipse circus, faker and card sharp, u; chief of a band of most clever and ingenious criminals. And Zudora wandered in and out of this iniquitous maze as a wild dove might have flown over pestilential swamp, untouched and unknown. As the miser grew stronger in Has- ? sam Aii the evil thought previously referred to became more and more in"7Tirli-\ro mnyf I^SA Whpn h<* OlfL^TUL. tiuuv?u ?*v-. .. _ ~ ,, faced this inevitability for the first time he was genuinely corrified. Hewas her uncle; her mother hnd been, his sister; the girl was his tlesh and blood. But the constant recurrence 4 of an evil desire gradually lessens the m abhorrence of it. Today in Hassam Ali's mind there remained no shreds AH of compunction. ??nlv ;i desire to ac- j|H complish the deed without in an\ manner directing suspicior toward *|1 him. So to this one object he now turned the brilliant powers of his ab jl normaly evil mind. Zudora must die. B But hove? In a few days she would be eighteen. On that day she would become enormously rich. He must rid himself of her before she had time to appreciate what the power of money meant But A how? In what subtle, cunning man J ^triking the German Across the Face. v^| ner that would make it impossible for the law to trace the deed to him? And there was another obstacle rising slowly, but surely and formidably, over the horizon?love. Youth and the necessity of love, these menaced the plans of Hnssam All He had tolerated this keen eyed, clean lived young lawyer, J 'J \JLX?A k/vv??, relieved him of tlie trial of finding en. tertainment for Zudora. The time had df come for Storm to be sent about his business. One night while he was dreaming over the past, marveling over the * strange crust of cynicism which overlay his sense of moral obligation, Hasgam saw his way. Zudora was Interested In detective work and had often