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* KKh?KmIm?'m?* MKK*4!'' 11 For 10 Days We Shall Conduct || ML A Cut Rate Price || on Childrens* Ox|| 7 \ fords and Sandals %% THE Laundry Bag say.: All childrens oxfords brought I? ou. ^?Cflnyoui00co.rarr0,spf;o over from ^st year, we shall ofW broke' at the corners. p t t . ?~r*i tt "This is always hapr.er.in* ,o fer below cost. Thev are W some collars. , t j ? tt "And smaii ?ond.r! You as good as ever and are barVV should not expect to have four , ,i i m j r, thicknesses of fabric ironed gains for the children. It is rare down sharp without breaking. "The makers of Corliss-Coon W0 offer goods this way?when +%? Collars get around this in a tt tIrHnin?acut awaT mThe^nd. we do you know that we mean it. I? "'Thhese'oled;i.ars cer.ainiy do Now is your time to get the child 1 l?. - ? t t maivt a iui ui trips to me iaun- ' c t ' r dry without a break. ren a new pair of suppers for B Corliss-Coon commencement. All our new B* Made ColldrS1 stock you can buy at a reduc?B tion for the next 10 days. TT We are determined to sell first-class mer-< ? jo! ?1 i:? _ 1 -i .1 -? t t uiauuuc a iiiue less man ine other TT * > merchants. Try us. ii VV ?= ??|| L. Cottingham Company it Royal Worcester Corset Stock Just filled in on V V j . To The We take pleasure in calling your attention to our Paten'd Lewis Sweeps ' And Our = j Improved Lewis Plows i We do not claim these wonderful farm implements to be | "just as good", but far superior to anything of the kind 1 made to day. We are doubling our sale each year, and we are making new friends by the thousands. Our SWEEPS are properly set, and the cutting edges are sharp, ready for business and you do not have to take it to the shop to have it hammered into shape and sharpened, but they are ready and at the same price as you will pay for any old sweep. i We improved our LEWIS PLOWS Oct 25, 1910 and they lead the South in popularity. You will tind a supply of these plows for sale in Dillon County at the following places. J. \V. Dillon & Son Co., Dillon ,'lardwan* Co., Palmetto Hardware Co., Stubbs Co., E. L. Moore & Co., J. A. Hursey, Dillon S. C.; Latla Hardware Co., T. VV. lierry, VV. Kills Dot boa, Latta, S. C.; C. C. Bridget's, Little Rook, 8. C.; McMillan Hardware Co., Pages Mill, S C.. and all other prominent dealers throughout the South. DILLON PLOW, & NOVFJTY WnPkTS y Satisfaction Guaranteed or your Money Back PATENT OWNERS & FGRS. DILLON, S. C. M | INDIAN SHAKERS. Remarkable Story of a New Sect V J Antony the Red Men. j?V Working quietly, but steadily a ?? little band of Indian Shakers, adJ herents of a new Indian religion, ?g? are doing much to stamp out intem per&nce in the Northwest, says an exchange. Asking no help from the JUv* whitts or from the Indians them >. selxts, but believing that they are ? directde by the spirit of their desect, John Slocuin the priest of the sect, John Slocuni the priescs of tlie belief are found in nearly all the In| dian villages of Washington and Or egon They teach the doctrine?temperance?cry continually against the X.I evils of the liquor habit and exf pound crudely the teachings of the Bible. John Slocuin, the Moses of XLX the Shakers, though dead is their ? j prophet. Through him the "Great 'Spirit is directing the work of savXV >ng the red men from their greatest curse?whiskey." frJL Since the Shaker priests have 4^ started their crusade the authori *ies have tried to stop illegal traffic l of liquor among Indians. When an Indian, a member of the faith, backX 4*4 slides and falls by the wayside the "v ^ i yrieseB or me priestesses nnd out I who sold the liquor and report the #+ | seller to the authorities. Convic*# X jtions are assured as the Indians will #4?? ' testify against the prisoner, some #+ j thing that has never been true in 9# X the Northwest before. A few months ago the Shaker? dedicated a handsome new church 4# at Mud Bay, near Olymfyia, the cap#,*f ital of Washington, the home and #^' birthplace of the new faith. The 9# J [ church is a substantial structure #+*f built entirely by the Indians. Fetei J Kalama, a highly educated, wealthy *# X priest of the faith, donated the mon #t*f ,cy to buy the materials with and #^ \ other Mud Bay Indians did the 9# J manual labor upon the building. #+*# Mud Bay Sam donated to the churcl JIL an acre of ground upon which the 9# J building stands. #^9# The Shaker faith was started by #^ old John Slocum, a Mud Bay In9# idian, several years ago. Slocum was ^L?^jan intelligent man, but a great r9 drunkard. Often he would lie in a 9# drunken stupor for days, and it was #1*4? during one of these drunken stupors 9 #+ that the Indians thought him dead 4?9 i and made .all preparations for his # *4? burial. f #+ He had lain like a log for several 4# ^ days and all signs of life had disap y peared. Arrangements for the bur #+ ial went on and Indians from all 9# * parts, of the Northwest arrived to I.*# take part in the services. f #+ On the day set for the interment 4# J Slocum suddenly aroused himself. + wj* He told fhe astonished Indians present that he had been dead. He 46) J told of having gone to Heaven and X of having seen the great Spirit. He described Heaven in terms that the v X Indians appreciate. Sloeuni told the Indians that he hud been reprimanded for his drunkfenness and sent back by the Great Spirit to show tlieni that the use of ?_ liquor was robbing them of their birthright, of their homes, money ? mm and of everything that would come ? H| in the great hereafter. He told of j the new religion that God had corni manded him to preach to his tribes! men, told how he was able to take | the Book of God and spread the \Vord among the Indians of the world. Accepting his word as the word oi their greatest chief, the Indians began to lcok upon Slocum as a god. He became the leader of the tribe, jthe biggest man from the Indians' viewpoint in the world. His religion ; was formally adopted and the ShakI er faith came into existence. The devotional services of the Shakers is copied from those of several denominations. The Methodist I church furnishes the hymns, the Catholic church furnishes the old custom of making the sign of the cross and the bowing of the knee j when in the name of the Saviour I the Deity is mentioned, the Episco1 pul church furnishes the idea of I 1 chanting prayers. A small altar is used upon which three lighted cani dies are kept burning, an old Ma! sonic ritual and one lhat is attract| ing the attention of Masons. Two small brass bells are kept on the al| , tar for use during the singing. 1 1 I The sick of tho ?h >-? -1 k..v vuivii air Lib IV C11 to the church, where they are pray' ed and sung over hy the entire congregation. The Indian Shakers are in a way mental science healers; they believe that the sick can become well if they only place their i faith in God. U|xm the death of John Slocxim, w!ho spread the religion to all parts i of the State hy making missionary journeys in canoe and by way of wagon and by the holding of great potlatches. Mud Bay I-ouis was elected as Bishop. Louis was one of the largest holders of oyster lands in the village, which at one time was the wealthiest Indian settlement in the West. He made long trips to the great Northwest, to Alaska and to the far South into California, preaching the word of the Bible and explaining the wonderful Btory of John Slocum. who, although dead, is still believed I to be hovering in spirit over the Indians and will some day return to lead them into the happy hunting 1 ground. Louis made hundreds of converts, ; established churches and appointed priests. He fought always in the ' cause of temperance and personally saved many Indians from drunkards' graves. Upon the death of Louis, his brother, Mud Bay Sam, took up the T>J-1 II | oittiiup s roup. He is now the K ( head of the church, and is working, j with the help of Peter Kilatnr, i.lex.noer Klei, j'tek Slocum and I several other Indians to extend the K | church to all the Indian villages in I the West. He is meeting with great | success and the membership of the I church, Christian In all senses of r| the word, is rapidly growing. HOG EATS f2.7(K). i AimI Its Owner Wants the <Joveminent to Reduce the Amount. A Kansas hog that "on the hoof" j was worth upward of >2,700, but dressed was worth only the cornI poratively Insignificant amount rep? H j resented by "upward" brought about ' I the visit to Washington of Jeremiah Qulnu, a farmer residing near ; t Coffeyville. Quinn brought with ' him a mass that one might take for ^ a mess of breakfast food. It is, he says, as a inlatter of fact, the "unearned increment" that waB represented in the value of his bog "on ithe hoof." Quinu lias his eye on the Washington "pork barrel," but, according to his story, with far more right than can be said of many who view i that reseptacle for the public funds, f He sayB that he can prove that his heg pounced upon and devoured - his $2,700 bank roll when he dropped it in the pen while feeding the animal. If he can do this to the I satisfaction of the treasury depart( ment, he doubtless will be reim | bursed. The I H>g That Could Count. A True Story. From Our Dumb Animals. A few years ago Dave Pierce, who i lived six miles southwest of Neosho, . Missouri, owned a shepherd dog . who seemed capable of counting , Shop's daily task was to care for the . flock of about one hundred sheep . owned by Mr. Pierce. Every ntorn ing the dog drove the sheep from , i thf? r ?nrru 1 q 1 rvncr a lono foe K.?lf o .'mile to the woods, where he kept I ; them until about four oclock in .! the afternoon. When he would round ! i them up and start them home. When they reached the moiith of t the lame Shep would make his way i i through the flock, and going to the coral gate would bark and wait for I some one to come and open it. Then . he would take his stand just inside . the gate, and as the sheep passed i into the coral he made sure that .j they were all there. Two Kansas men were in Mr. j [ I Pierce's neighborhood one day j .; buying sheep. Hearing about this j dog they went to Mr. Pierce's to i try the animal and to buy him if . he was able to "make good." "It is just about the hour for' Shep to bring the sheep home," said . Mr. Pierce, "and the best test is t.the dog himself. When Shep leaves the sheep and comes to the gate for someone to open it. you catch one of lithe sheep near the mouth of the i; lane, take it down in the woods and hide it, and we will see what Shep i j will do. I really don't know liecause 1 have never tested him." The sheep was caught and tied in the woods, and the gate was kept closed until the Kansas men got j back. Then it was opened. Shep j took his stand inside as usual, and the sheep went into the corral. But no sooner had the last sheep passed into the enclosure than Shep I gave unmistakable signs that something was wrong. He sprang into the lane, looked in every direction. run back into the corral and looked the flock over more carefully, then out into the lsuie again and down towards the woods lite ran as fast as his anxious feet could carry him. Finding: the trail of the men he I tracked them to the lost sheep. Two hundred dollars was offered by the Kansas men for Shep, but Mr. Pierce informed them that he would almost as booh part with one of his children. 11ABY HOY KILLED HIMSELF. Left By Brothers and Sisters, Six Months Old Child, Dies in Carriage. Chester, May '1. ? Special: The six-monthe-old son of Mr. John ] Varnadore, of Lewisville, lost its life under peculiarly sad and distressing circumstances a few after- j noons ago. The other children had | the baby out riding in its carriage, ! but, becoming interested in games, i returned to the house and left the ! child outside. The father retumed home in the afternoon and, missing i the baby, inquired of the other chil- j | dren where it was. One little girl remembered that it had been left in its carriage on the outside, and search was at once made, and the ! child was found with its head over the strap, dead. It tried to change its position in the carriage, and in doing so had caught its head on the strap and had been strangled. CAPTIKKD A PHEASANT. Bird Hew Into Engine Oal> ami Found a Friend. Spokane, Wash., May 1.? While llrivinn- ? ....... ......a i/ooocnger irain at a ?>( mile an hour cll]> over the Northern Pacific line from tillensburg, Wash., to Spokane the other night, J. M. Clallaman, a locomotive engineer, captured a full grown Chinese pheasant which flew into the open cab and plumped against the hack of his head . Gallaman was in the act of tying the string 111 his shoe When the bird, bewildered by the light from stoke hole in cab, landed 011 him and rolled to the floor. The bird was not injured and Gallaman brought it to Spokane. Pheasants have been protected in the state of Washington for several years and they are multiplying rapidly, especially in the eastern and central parts of the commonwealth. The State law prohibits killing the birds, but there is roth- ; ing in the code to prevent Gallaman from making a pet of the one he 1 captured. He has given the pheasant a sunny corner in his room at ja local hotel and has arranged with the maid to feed and water it during his absence from the city. ALFONSO "(X)MKS HACK." Former Racer Will be a* Mullins on the 12tl?. Mullins enterprise. Mullins is to have her spring P;i />n m n/?4 W-t J.... 4 --W -v?n r i umy, me i zm Preparations are making for the entertainment of a large crowd, and Mullins will hnve on her gay j attire and everybody will be out for a day of unalloyed fun and pleasure. Alfonso, the king of the Pee Dee turf, will be here. Ills owner, Mr. i I>rake, writes that Alfonso Is in perfect condition and will make it hot for competitors. Dolly Dillard, Bliss, Bandy Hal and the rest of the racers are in | training now and will be in prime condition by the 12th. Egwood j Boy, lowered his record on the race race course yesterday, j Dr. Reaves, who, by the way, is one of the most oiu% horse men in Mullins\ foroe of hands at work \ and sayB that he intendr% boyo as good a track ai\faattiiir Consible to build. X' tlOLD COIN HAS NO ?\ lyed ln \ C.. tor duvcrnment Holds $;il)0.(N)() \t house i>r Interest tliocks Whici?ted at Never Heen Cashed. May, 9, Washington, April 30.?Si\ I in one of the corners of the Wion of ribbed vaults of the United Sfenpanii trtr.sury $3000,000 in gold coii.?5,000 j going begging. The government <la cernot give it away, yet none of ?r the rightful owners can be induced Nding take it. It represents unclaimed .tS200 tercet on the public debt. SomXair' where in nooks and crannies an?ded .out of the way places are the govMer ,ernment's interest checks for thep.ct which uuve never oeen casn-^pa ed. Some of them never will be e; presented. Others may be brought J around in time and some are being iy i held by cautious investors. f. From time to time the treasury j attempts to call in the checks, and s the vagaries of human nature are V shown. One citizen has more than is $600,000 waiting for him and holds ig the checks for it. He was recently <5 ! invited to cash in, and made a trip |d to Washington to tell the treasury ?d officials the checks were his prop- y'crty; he would cash them when he id pleased or burn them up if he wish- ' ed. If he does the latter, his mon- \ ey will be held in the vaults until V congress, perhaps, might dispose of ^ it. The treasury can do nothing but keep it. The contractor who laid the first pavement upon Pennsylvania avenue from the capitol to the White House has $21,000 waiting for him; it has been there many years, but the treasury has never been able to find the rightful payee, as the contractor failed and his assets became involved in litigation which never has been settled. The amounts of- this seemingly endless fund range from thousands down to a few cents. The smaller amounts are all held for those who held government securities at some time, and probably have forgotten to collect their latest interest. .North Carolina Modesty. A confederate veteran of Culpep- j per C. H., Va., has sent to a friend in Columbia the following: It was the custom during the war, for all the gentlemen whom from age or other disabilities were not in the army to visit any soldier who came home sick or wounded. ^ Bill Tuckre lived in the piney woods not far from Col. L's plantation. He was wounded at Fredericksburg and came home on a furlough. As usual Col. L. no sooner heard that Bill was at home and wounded than Dan was hatched to the buggy and a basket of "something good" was prepared by Mrs. Li. Bill was not much hurt, and intensely flattered by Col. L's. visit. It happened to be Sunday and several of the neighbors had dropped I in, so Bill Tucker laid himself out J to entertain his company. For some time the conversation was general and consisted of inquiries after the absent boys. Finally,. Col. L. asked, "Well William, [ tell us how you were hurt." I "We-e-ell, Colonel, I'll tell you," said Bill. "You sfee our brigade was on them big rollin* hills I was tellin' you about, and just about day lu the mornin' Gen. I^ee rides up he did, and he said, 'Whar is Gen. Hoke?' And Gen. Hoke, be ^ says, 'Here I is, general,' says he, and Gen. Lee, he says, 'Gen. Hoke, who is the bravest man you've got in your brigade?" and Gen. Hoke, he says, says he, 'General, Mr. Bill Tucker is the bravest man I ever seed," and he said, 'Call him here, and Gen.H oke, he says, 'Come here Mr. Tucker, if you please,' and 1 came, 1 did, and I tuck off my cap, DOlito !iinl I covo . ....V , * UUJ kJ, VJV/UU IHX.I I IIin", Gineral l^ee, good morniu' Gineral Hoke,' and they both says, 'Good morniu', Mr. Tucker,' and Gen. L?ee, he says, says he, 'Them yankees is a cowin' after me again,' and 1 says, 'Somebody's bound to * get hurt,' and he says, says he, 'Mr. Tucker, they tell me you are a brave man, and you must help me, here's a bran new belchin' rifle and a box of explosion balls, and 1 want you to get out yonder behind that thiar wall, and don't you let. 'em come on me, Mr. Tucker.' And 1 says, 'General, I'm gwine to do my best, but, gineral, don't you let 'em flank me,' and he says says he, 'Mr. Tucker, you can count on me doin' my best and I'll tell Stonewall Jackson to look out for you too,' "Well, sir, I went out and laid . down behind that thar wall and tuck | out my explosion bulls, and laid 'em ( handy in the cracks of the wall, and i bimeby, about sunrise, Gineral Hoke, he holered out, he did, and he says, says he, 'I.ook out Bill, ther're a coming;' and here they come, and I shot 'em with that belchin' rifle and them explosion balls, a goin' and a comin', 1 tell you. And bimeby, way long just afore dark, one, great, long high yankee, he waived hia handkercher till 1 stopped firin', and he got up, he did, and he says, 'Mr. Tucker, great Goddlemighty, is you gwLne to kill us all?' And while 1 was foolin' talkin' to him, some one crep up and shot me in the arm, and I was l>ore off from the field and two South Carolina and a Virginia regiI ment was sent up to take by place. jL ?Columbia State. Cow With Seventeen Horns ^ A cow with seventeen horns, born M and bred in the lower section of JF Greenville county, was brought to Greenville yesterday by Mr. H. R. Scalf, of the Conastee neighborhood. Mr. Scalf will place her on exhibition in West Greenville about Thursday. Mr. Scalf stated that the cow is an excellent milker, giving approximately two gallons of milk ? a day, and is no exception that instead of being endowed with two horns along her back, between her j shoulders and her tail. The cow w | comes from the Log Shoal section { near Conastee and is vguched for by o'her citizens of that communj Ity.?Greenville News. < l