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FREE ADVICE TO SICK WOMEN Thousands Have Been Helped By Common Sense Suggestions. Women suffering from any form of female ills are invited to communicate promptly with the w ? m a n'8 private i(/t correspondence dei / *31 wR \ V Partment ?* *be Lyl! IT v rj 1) ^'a E.Pinkham Med\1 v*^ // ^c>ne Co., Lynn, (o\. of**1?*! Jo) Mass. Your letter wi" opened, read jrejug^ ant* an9Wered by a woman and held in strict confidence. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman ; thus has been established a confidential correspondence which has extended over many years and which has never been broken. Never hnve they published a testimonial or used a letter without the written consent of the writer, and never has the Company allowed these confidential letters to get out of their possession, as the hundreds of thousands of them in their files will attest. Out of the vast vmume of experience whi#h they have to draw from, it is more than possible that they possess the very knowledge needed in your case. Nothing is asked in return except your Rood will, and their advice has helped thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, should be {dad to take advantage of thie generous offer of assistance. Address Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Kvery woman ought to have Lydia E, Link hum's SO-pago Text Iiook. It Is not a book for general distribution, as it is too expensive. It is free and only obtainable by mail. Write for it today. A Different Matter. "Then you don't think I practice nnai i rn queried 1110 minister. in talking with one of the d?/tcons at a meeting. "No. sir, 1 don't," replied the deacon. "You've been preuchin' on the subject of resignation for two years, an" ye haven't resigned yet." s, FACE BATHING WITH ( Cuticura Soap Most Soothing to Sensitive Skins. Trial Free. Especially when preceded by little touches of Cuticura Oiutment to red, rough, itching und pimply surfaces. iNuuuiix oeiier ror the skin, scalp, hair and hands than these supercreamy emollients. Why not look your best as to your hair end sl.ln? Sample each free by mall with Book. Address postcard, Cutieura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.?Adv. Good Reason. "Why am I always being made the goat?" "Why are you always hutting In?" The only way some people could keep a promise is to place it in a safe deposit vault. Housework Is a Burden It's hard enough to keep house if in pertect health, but a woman who is weak, tired and suffering from ao aching back has a heavy burden. Any woman in this condition has goad cause to suspect kidney trouble, especially if the kiduey action seems disordered. Doan's Kidney Pills have cured thousands of suffering women. It's the best recommended special kidney remedy. A South Carolina Case ' .. _ _ Mrs T Nntson 1 tWulnut St.." Abbeville. S. C., says: "For years I suffered from backache and when I stooped, sharp pains seized me. The kidney secretions pussed too freely and my feet swelled so bfully I couldn't wear my shoes I was In bad shape when I took I >oan's Kidney PUIs, but two boxes fixed me up all right." Get Dose's at Any Store. 50c e Box DOAN'S "P'PJW FOSTlit MILUURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y. Constipation Vanishes Forever Prompt Relief?Permanent Cure CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS never fail. I'urely vegeta- ^ ble ? act surely ^BBR9PADTFO'^ but gently on S^T.Ql. 1 the liver JRtZZf g'TTJj Stop after SlVER dinner dis- jg PILLS, tress-cure X\^. improve the complexion, brighten the eyes. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature ? HAIR BALSAM A toilet preparation of mar It. Halpr to rraitirata dandruff. For Krilorina Color and Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair. ftOu. anil Sl.Wat I>rui;m?ta. ? DROPSY T*f*TfO. usually gives quick " roliof. soon removes swelling and short breath, ofian gives enure relief In I 5 to 25 days. Trial treatment sent PR EEL l)R. THOMAS E. GKKKN, Saecestor la Dr H. H. Green s Sana. Bos A. Chatawnrtfc, Gn. WILL STUDY COST | OF COTTON CROP! ALFRED G. SMITH IS ORDERED TO WEST WITH DOZEN HELPERS. J PALMETTO CAPITOL NEWS General News of South Caroline Collected and Condensed From The State Capital That Will Prove of Interest to All Our Readers. Columbia. Alferd G. Smith, agriculturist of the United States office of farm man' agement has none for Texas, where ho will make investigation into farm| ing methods. He will also study farm; ing operations in Mississippi. New Mexico, Arizona and California. He j will be away from Columbia, lor two months. Mr. Smith has been detailed to find j the profits in farming, the factors that determine the profits, the cost of producing farm crops, particularly cotton, and the factors that determine the cost of cotton. For the next several weeks Mr. Smith will he located at Waxhachle. Texas. From that point he will make I a farm management survey of Ellis ! county and adjoining counties. The ; Houston clay soils are found in this j section. Later he will go to Arizona and I other Southeastern States to investi} gate the cost, of producing cotton. On tits return trip he will stop in north| west Mississippi to make a survey of i the delta cotton district. Twelve men have been detailed by the 1'nited ' States department of agriculture to assist Mr. Smith with his work. Mr. Smith said before leaving that f he hod practically completed a farm j management survey of the Helton j district in Anderson county. He has i been at work on this survey for sev| eral weeks and was assisted by several federal experts. He will continue . ! to make Columbia his headquarters, j Governor Proclaims "Clean Up Week" The week beginning April ft was ; j designated as "clean-up week" in j South Carolina in a proclamation I signed hy (Jov. Manning. The following proclamation was is- I I eiled: "Whereas the women of our land i are striving in all ways to help to- | Ward better conditions: and "Whereas, by careful attention and ; much hard work, they have awakened j all of us to a knowledge of and a desire for vastly better conditions in our civic organization and the con- ! ditions under which we live; and "Whereas It has been proved he- 1 yond all doubt that elean private I premises and elean public spaces greatly conduce to the general health; I and "Whereas the women's clubs are j planning a great "clean-up' movement j for the week commencing April f?; "Now, therefore, T. Richard I. Man- I ning, governor, do name said week as j I 'clean-up week' and urge all authori- j ties and all private citizens to give , their time, attention and personal aid : ' to this movement conducted by our j women for our common eoori uid hi-n- . j ofiit." Must Enforce Liquor Law. "Owing to Mayor Grace's illness and j | uncertainty as to how long he will he , detained from office, 1 am railing on you and city officials to enforce law against liquor selling. Rambling and . ] other violations. I'lease advise your | determination and v hen I may expect j ; results," said Gov. Richard I. Manning ; ! in a telegram to Henry IV Williams, j I mayor pro tern of Charleston "Mayor Grace's favorable condition 1 Indicates early return to duty," Mr. ; S Williams replied. "In the meantime j i have instructed police officials to en- j J force all laws." Leases Several Other Warehouses. John M. McRaurin, State warehouse commissioner, went to New York in the interests of the cotton warehouse system. He was accompanied by J. A. Ranks. State senator from Calhoun county. Mr. McLaurin said that more appli- j j cations for entrance into the system are being filed than at any other time i since operation by the State was undertaken. Additions lately were storj age rooms, operated in Sutupter by I 1-nnff P. Jennings. Tluimas Wilson, j H. P. Harnett and F. I). Ilolnian, these i hclnp large planters and men with ' extensive business connections. The j warehouses were taken over by J. G. P. White, deputy State warehouse i commissioner. Another warehouse taken over was that opera ted at Mayesville by K. W. Dabba. president of the State farmer's I'nion. The Sumpter contracts were the sequence of speeclies delivered in Sumter and Blsliopville within the last ten j days by Mr. McLaurin. Reports Upon Hampton. Sheriff J. Herman Tdphtsey of Hampton county, probably the younpest sheriff in the country, heinp only 22 years of ape, was In Columbia for a conference with Gov. Manninp relative to \^w enforcement in his county. He discussed the Hampton county sitnatlon with the povemor and brbupht cncourageinp reports of the situation there. Several Counties Are Interested. The state department of education has been busy with the application* of county superintendents for state aid in specially needy schools. I Superintendent R. S. Rogers of Dillon and Superintendent W. C. Rogeis of Marion were callers at the office. No county in the state Is doing more for its schools than Dillon. Several years ago the county supertendent reported that every district had levied a special tax. Practically every school building In the county is upto-date in ventilation, lighting and sanitation. Superintendent Rogers hopes to run every school seven months this year. He Is succeeding admirably with industrial subjects. Special teachers of industrial branches are employed in the high schools at Dillon and at I.atta. lie states that the new compulsory attendance law will prove a stimulus to many coraninnllinc llr. lo Iiai.1 .. * >...? (on districts in Dillon county will petition for the compulsory attendance law before .Tnly 1, while perhaps a half dozen more districts will hold elections on the question. In Marion county Superintendent W. C. Rogers is planning to send in term extension applications and rural graded school applications from his J special tax districts. He reports that the people of Centenary are discussing the consolidation of four districts and the erection of a $10,000 brick school house. Marion i? one of the most progressive counties of the state in public school work, and the court house dis- j trict will he able to petition in com- i pulsory education without serious dif Acuity or delav. * To Speak at Chattanooga. Gov. Manning has accepted an Invi- ! tat ion to speak before the Southern j Conference for Education and Industry at Chattanooga in the latter part | of April. A. I'. Bourland, executive j secretary, in a letter to the governor ! from Washington, urging him to speak | on this occasion, said: "The educational and industrial forces are coming together there in a combined movement for Southern de- j velopment. Possibly at no time and ! place would you reach so many lead- j ers of the more important callings as ( you will at Chattanooga. Your mes- j sage will thus go at ice Into the life i of our people. It is a time of plan- ! ning and of reconstruction. when I there is peculiar need of the wisdom i of the men who have eranoled cm-: cessfully with our economic and In- > dust rial problems." Twenty-Seven Would be Pharmacists. Twenty-seven applicants for examination appeared before the State ! board of pharmaceutical examiners J The examination continued through | two days and the result will he an- j bounced latter by the board. Members of the board here for the exami- . nation are: J. M. Oliver, M. 1).. chair- I man. of Orangeburg: P. T. Riley, of 1 Florence, T. P. Young of Greenwood, i C. M. Miller of Laurens, ,T. I). DeLorme ; of Sumpter and (>. A. Matthews of Rennettsville. L. Y. Dumas of Charleston acted as secretary in the ab- j sence of Frank M. Smith of Charles- j ton. Appoints Barnwell Board. The governor has named W M. Wniker. S. R. Iioyleston and J. M. Weflthersbee as members of the conn t.v board of commissioners for Ban* well county. Shipment Is Held Up. Two carloads of liorses were held up at Augusta because of the quarantine order of Gov. Manning against shipments from territory affected with the foot and mouth disease. The horses were shipped from St. I.ouis to Sumter. To Speak at Brunson. Commissioner Watson has accepted an invitation to speak at the Memorial day exercises at Brunson on May 10. The invitation was extended by the William Ooodlng chapter. i\ D. C. Rural Policemen for Marlooro. Paul 11. Rogers, J. McArthur and R. M. Jackson have been named by Gov. Manning as rural policemen for Marlboro county. I Magistrate For Hampton County. Albert L. "Youmans has boon named by Gov Manning as magistrate for I K.etill in Hampton county. New Enterprises Authorized. j A commission has boon issued to , the People's Drug store of Union, with ! a capital st?ck of $7,.r>00. The petitioners are K. B. MoUaurin, J. W. ! Welborn and O. T. Keller. C. A. Kllerbe & Co. of rtembert has been commissioned, with a capital of $;?.r?00. The petitioners are S. \V. Allen The secretary of state has issued a charter to the M. M. Scott Company ! of Shelton with a capital stock of $2.! a00. The officers are Bessie P. Scot*. I president and treasurer, and M. M. ; Scott, vice president and secretary. A commission was Issued to the Atlantic Coast Distributers of Charleston. with a capital of Si'O.OOO. The petitioners are W. IT. Mixson and J. S. Mixson. The secretary of state has issued a charter to the Foard Reality company of Charleston with a capital stock of ;r,.ono. The officers nre J A president: C. Tv. I. Brown, secretary, and J. V. McAulitfe. treasurer The secretary of state has <rnnted I a commission to the \V. W. Fuller corporation of Fhnrleston. with a cap itnl of $5,000. The petitioners are Q J. McDowall and H. L. VroIrBMPn. SATISFIED AS THEY WERE Couples, Victims of Curate's Mistake, Decided That They Would Let the Thing Go. A vicar of a certain English parish was sitting in his study one morning when in burst the verger in a groat ' state of excitement. "Mr. mentioning the curate's , name, "wants you at once, sir," he ex- 't claimed. "He has married two couples , and married the two men to the wrone ! women, and he does not know what to j do." | "Have they signed the register?" in- , ; quired the cleryman. "No," was the verger's response. "Then they can be married again." ' said the vicar. "Tell Mr. I will ( | he at the church in a minute or two to perform the ceremony." In due course the incumbent made ! his way to the church and found the parties gathered at the entrance. He- ( fore he could say anything one of the bridegrooms approached and said: "We have been talking it over, sir. and we have made up our minds to rei main as we are." And they did so. , Good Title. "Why do you call your play 'The Porous Plaster'?" I "Hecause I want it to draw." I Poor Prospects. "The baby has its mother's nose." "Then it is already supplied with a c good trouble scenter." 1 i q pi MEN'S *2.50 *3 *3.50 *4.1 WOMEN'S *2.00 *2.50 *3.1 BOYS * 1.75 *2 *2.50 *3.0 YOU CAN SAV WEARING W. L. C W. L. Douglas Klines ?r? made of tl leathers, on the latent model*, curefi expert Inst and pattern makers in thin < of equal prices, can compete with W. I, . workmanship ami quality. As cornfor shoes they are unsurpassed. The S.I.OO. S.1..10 and W4.00 shoes will | an other makes cost ing iM.OO to 5.00. Tl So.SO shoes compare favorably with ^ other makes costing ttl.(N) to SH.(H), m\ there are many men and women wear I It shoes. Consult them and they will tell I y< llotiglan shoes cannot be excelled fori tl 0 Al ITinM U When buying W.T, I D< VMU I lUll - toot tor his NAM i: I A! stamped on tho bottom. Shoos thus siamped a worth the prlro paid for tlirm. For :tj years W t,- D( guaranteed their \alue and protected the wearer am prices for Inferior shoes by having his NAMF AN 1 stanipeil on the bottom l>cfnre they leave the factory lie persuaded to take some other make claimed to good. Yoli are paying your money and arc entitled t< If your dealer cannot supplv you. write fo trated Catalog shoving how lo order l?y mail W. I.. Douglas, lilt) Spark St., Itroektoi 1 No. 227 \ ? % \ NO. 27.6 \ This solid ^ gold-shell initial Cut out the coupo] This wonderful introductory offer closi April X>f 1915. Send the coupon below tod: with a signature front a one-pound package i Arbuckles* Ariosa or Arbuckles' Groun Coffee, and 10 cents in stamps or coin. Get one of these beautiful initial rings, wit any letter that you may desire placed on tl heart. Its value is remarkable. It is an al solutely solid gold-shell ring (not a washe or electro-plated ring) and we guarantee it I give excellent wear. If it does not. it will 1 cheerfully exchanged at once, without a que tion. You could not get a better guarant* if you paid many times the price! How to determine the size you want Thi? ling it orfrred in aitea from 1 in 10. Be ture le give the ling size, and initial detired. (Only one letter on each ring.) Todeterminr the aire you nerd,cut a atrip ofthick paper ao that theenda wilt eaactly meet When drawn tightly around the aecond joint of the finger. Then lay one end ol the atrip at 0 on the diagram ( howri below) and order the aize the other end indicatea. illinium. Mail the coupon with the itgnature and 10 cenlt Other wonderful No. 228, Wedding Ring. No. 228, Baby Ri Mail the coupon below with Mail the coupon be nine Arbuckle tignaturet and with teven Arbuckleaii .'-cent atamp 1 hit solid gold- lurra and a J cent all filled ring ia for men or women; Thia aoild gold ahell it it of good weight, andweara i* a lovely new patti arell. It ia one of our moat word "Baby" embot popular preaenta. Tena ol thou- ar.d dainty flower dra tanda of men and aoniee evcty Sicca H to 4. Give I year cam it. Give ticc. Better than ever ' JMrmk * CALOMEL IS MERCUR STOP 1! Don't Lose a Day's Work! If Yc Constipated Take "Dodsotf You're bilious! Your liver Is sluggish! You feel lazy, dizzy and all knocked out. Your head is dull, your tongue is coated; breath bad; stomach sour and bowels constipated. Hut don't take salivating calomel. It makeB you Bick. you may lose a day's work. Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel crashes into sour bile like dynamite, breaking it up. That's when you feel that aw ful nausea ami cramping. If you want to enjoy the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced just take a spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer sells you a 50-cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone uuder my personal money-back guarantee that each spoonful will clean your A Variation. "Is the live-cent loaf a thing of the j last?" "No. It's still possible to loaf an | lour in a picture show for that price." : i Many a political candidate stands >n his record for the purpose of keepng others from getting at it. I i 30 *4.50 *5 *5.50 s^s ca 30 ?3.50 & *4.00 shoes \ 'j o misses' *2.00 & >2.50 e money by v OUGLAS SHOES le bent doinrntic a(k<l imported Jlly countructeii by the moat * country. No other inake \ Doiigla* klinm for atyle, >rty, '/wWr>^ table, ean.v walking A? ' \-'WS&i ring given to yoi n now and mail today es We make this astounding offer to indu ty you to try one pound of Arbuckles' Ariosa rff Arbuckles' Ground Coffee noiv?to haveyi id compare it, in flavor and aroma, with the corf you now serve. Learn why more Arbucklt ^ Ariosa and Arbuckles' Ground Coffee is so e than any other packaged coffee. 'l In over a million American homes, eve morning, a piping hot cup of ArbuckU w starts the day. Its tempting coffee aron ' makes keen the appetite. It is good coffee so good that it could never be offered at t price, were it not for its tremendous salt Try it today, and get one of these valuab initial rings for yourself or for some one your family. Cut out the coupon now. Th buy one pound of Arbuckles' Ariosa (whe bean) or Arbuckles' Ground Coffee, cut t signature from the package, and send it tod with the coupon and 10c in stamps or coi PI RfNQ 8IZE8 O to ArbucHe It rot,, 71 tf Water Street, A'eiv York Ci I rings you can get ins. No. 222, Fancy Rand No. 227, Heart Rir inw. mm. Mill the coupon Mail the coupon belc [na- below with eight Arbuckle with twelve Arbuckle i in.p signature! and a 2-cent nature! and aJ-cent nan ting stamp. Thia ting ia fnr Thii solid gold-shell ri rtn; men or women. Solid gold- li for ladiea or miiaea; t ed, ihell; eiceptionallr beau- design ta ihree hearts,ea ign. ttful pattern. Give sice. ter with imitation It use. quoise. Give aize. Y, IT SICKENS! jS SALIVATING DRUG >ur Liver Is Sluggish or Bowels s_Liver Tone."?It's Fine! sluggish liver better than a dose of nasty caloincl and that it won't mako you sick. Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medicine. You'll know it next morning because you will wake up feeling . no, /uu? inei ?in ue wonting, your headache and dlzzinesB gone, your stomach will be sweet and your bowels regular. You will feel like working; you'll be cheerful; full of vigor and ambition. Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely vegetable, therefore harmless and cannot salivate. Give it to your children! Millions of people are using Dodson's Liver Tone instead of dnngerous calomel now. You** druggist will tell you that the sale of calomel is almost stopped entirely here. The Classic Vogue. "Do you admire the classics?" inquired the student. "Well." replied the theatergoer, "1 don't care much for it in literature, but it's all right in dancing " Rut a man who rushes the growler is never in a hurry himself. / I' you could Tlolt the _ W. L. Douglas factory Vtje at Brockton, Muw., (ST? and see how carefully | tSg|h W' tlie shoes are made, ' and the high grade v 7v, leathers used, you HJa' ry would then underAjUu. / stand why they look '.yl and fit better, hold "? :v Ji their shape and wear '-1/longer than other */ makes for the price. To Club Raisers U How to ft IS ?isnatura? from and do your frimndt a faoor Send the coupon below, with one signature and 10c i r% cfamna /?e *%**^ ?? ... otumpa VI win, ctllU VYC will send you at once one of ? these beautiful initial solid gold-shell rings. This will be your ring. Use it to show your friends what a remark^ able offer this is. Get five or of them (not already using ou Arbuckles' Coffee) to take ee advantage of this offer, just ,s? as you have. We will mail each of your friends direct the beautiful ring, when you send us the money and sigTy natures for the five rings. For doing this you will lia earn 15 signatures free. _ When we send you your he ring, we will send a special ,s blank, giving full and clear instructions as to what you ,le have to do to get these 15 in signatures free. At the same en time, we will send you our i ,|e beautiful new catalog, show / he ing the wide choice of won- I 3y ilerful gifts you can get for / n 15 signatures. / Then you can advise us ' / what you want for the 15 I Arbuckle signatures that you I get free; or, if you so desire. I i(y we will mail you a credit for ' ? the 15 signatures, which you can count with signatures rut from our coffee packages for articles which require a , w. greater quantity. f I? Mail the coupon now, / f>e with one Arbuclcle / / . jJ signature and 10c / / | ^ ** Th* i / #a > C^oj yrjf / //// j&M I >^7 frUnU. ^Vf * .>.c pruv?r numtmr { I ?> .* . Mcn?turM,far*nyof . / / .>:h:n^^\vr: \Mlw .r- .* ? rocxlsfut iprti <* r- ;<.!?!&. 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