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Why Smith \ _ **H. SF^.> ^ _ Leader, tie principal local paper. "Girls, It ought to be stopped. Hen? she is advertising for a man to fix the ' roof of that old stable. ' Yesterday she wanted a man to fix the furnace, and the day before It was a boy she wanted to water the mushroom beds. Her ^family are poor enough without encouraging Florence Weiss In any more or uer roousu 7aas. Why uoesn t tjhe marry, as the rest of us have done?'' "That's what I asked Jack the other night," chimed In Mary Sands. "But she says she bates the men and wants to raise mushrooms and make a fortune of her own.y Her grandmother' left her $200, you know, and that Is what she Invested in the mushroom fad." "Let's go down In a body and apply for the job," suggested Clara. "It Is a glorious day, and the walk will do us good." * In the meantime Florence Weiss was , unlocking the door of the old stable. Dressed In a short walking skirt and scarlet sweater, with an old tam-o'shanter on her golden hair, she made a picture most unfarmer-like. Her blue eyes sparkled with anticipation as she entered the cellar of the stable to view her precious mushrooms. Florence had ideas and ideals, and she meant to live up to both. If the family expected her I to nyirry Just to replete their purse 1 they would he sadly disappointed. Wo men were born for nobler things. she J argued, and she would go forth and make money with her own bands and brains and not tie herself to any man. 1 I Chesterl Westbound Trains J?! LOCAL FIRST FIRST ? FREIGHT CLASS CLASS 2 5 39 41 s o Dally Ex. Dally Ex. Dally Ex. ^ Sunday Sunday Sunday ^ IXm~_P. M. _ A. M Sj 9.25 5.45 11.20 35j]? 9.20 5.36 10.50 32 _ O.JO 5.26 _ _J0.47x 29 _ 8.50 5.16 10.32 26 _ _ 8.40 5.09 10.30_ 24 _ 8.30 _ _5100 10.20 21 _ 610~ 4.51 10.10 18 ?-00_ 4.42 _J0.00_" 15 _ 7.50 _ _ 4.33 _ 9.48 J 13 1. _7-42 4 27 9.42 12! 7.20 4.20 9.33 10 7.10 4.14 9.27_ J 7 _ 7.05 J 4.10 9.22 ' 3 7.00 4.00 9.15 01 A. M. ' "P. M.~ A."M. "I No passengers handled on local frri<j Left Home. Mr. Obadiah Smitl Frightened all hie Running through tl To insert a WAN" 'Fore the paper we Or be lert in dire d For his cook had f Leaving Madam in | The ?&* i? | I Mushroom 1 s I Farm^ByjLLErtM jj !j! Copyright, 1W7, by P. C. Eastment. $ The girls were holding an Indignation meeting. Clara Carruthers was curled up on the window ledge. Myrtle Reed had stretched herself comfortably on the (onnge, Mary Sands was perched on the side of a table swinging her feet while two or three other girls were comfortably seated in armchairs. Myrtle Reed was readinc the Goshen 1 kin and kith he town like mad TED AD. int to press, v iatresa; lown the coop, the soup. > / She knelt down by the side of oue of the beds and with a spoon cut off a tiny mushroom sprung up vovernlght. She examined the spawn In another bed. felt the temperature of a third and then went to the door to call Malachl, the boy whom she employed to do chores. "Malachl. Malachl!" she called out, but Malachl did not appear, so she went out to look for him. Behind the stable on the side bill she found him covered with tar and beating a fire. "Malachi, what is all this?' she demanded. "Yes. ma'am?you .see, ma'am?O Lord, miss, I've set fire to the tar." he wailed. "You see. miss, I was gettin' ready for the man to fix the roof, an' I opened the barrel of tar, an' it J wouldn't run, so I thought, you see, ma'am, I thought I'd melt It?yes, ma'am." ""Well, Malachi. you're an Idiot, that's 1 what you are. and I never want to see 1 your face again. You've melted it all right, and I'll have to buy more tar at $8 a barrel." Malachl was discharged, and the man who applied to put on a new roof was Installed in his place. VCLmm up th^.-p 1 J' PHnroww . when asked what he should dc nntM 1 more tar arrived for the roof. Florence started for town and so j missed the call that the girls 'paid. She was back the next morning, bow- ' ever, to see her new man started on 1 bis work. "Get some of that fertilizer. Joseph. ' and bring it to me. This bed is in very poor condition and will never yield anything unless we work on it" Joseph stared in blank amazement "Fertilizer, ma'am," he said. "Is It that pile of rotten stuff that was lyin' 1 out yonder what you're speakin' of?' 1 "Yes, yes!" answered Florence. "Right there at the side door." "Well. I'm after dumpln' It In the brook, ma'am." he announced. "You told me to clean up the place, and I done It, ma'am, to the best of my ability." And he straightened up his somewhat bent shoulders as If to emphasize bis brilliant stroke of work. It was too much added to the loss of the barrel of tar. and Florence sat down on the damp cellar floor and cried, but not for long. She soon dried the tears on her old apron and vented her bitter anger on the head of Joseph. field & Lancastei TIME TABLE * No. 1 | tj IN EFFECT ? MONDAY. JANUARY 6. ? 1908 ^ ri STATIONS 5 lK" PAGELAND x Lv ( f MANGUMS i s GUESS x J _f MAYNARD'S i s MT. CROGHAN x 11 s RUBY x 1f CATO ~ 11" s CHESTERFIELD x 2( f RIVERS 21 f EVANS MILL x 2c f THOMPSONS 21 f GOPHER 2i f EXCELSIOR ~ HI ,v CHER AW x Alt 3f j__ tfiltrains. A He stood for a mo lent listening, then turned and went o t muttering: "I thought It f is a lady, but I might of knowetL- Hggtn' In the dirt never made a lady yet" And Joseph was a thing of the past Florence sat apo the stone wall to think It over. Eigh dollars for the tar of yesterday. $12 1 >r the fertilizer' of today. Ideas were not always practical. and Ideals dk not materialize as they might Fight a she would against them, the tears i ould come again. The sound of whet? s on the road near at hand roused Fit *ence. She turned to see the express v agon from the gea *J JAIIBA* fkA erai siurv nuuui iuiucu*ci uic v?m.v. of tar. She Jumped down from the fence and harried |to the gato which led to the old stable] "Whj.vMr Rlver^ what are you doing? Driving the etpress wagon7" she exclaimed as she recognized in the driver one of Goshm's leading young men. "Hello, Flo!" he < ried aa be tied the old horse to the gitepost "It's me, all right. Just lotSng around for a few days finishing ip a business trip. Dad said you order* 3 this tar from the store, and ! said IV deliver it and kill two birds with one^ hrow. I was coming up to see the wonderful mashrooms anyway befoi & I left Call your man to help me unl ad the barrel, will you?" "Oh, Dick?Mr. Elvers. I mean. 1 haven't any man, n< r any boy, nor any mushrooms. Yes, J've been crying." she added, as he j lanced sharply at the somewhat wet <beeks. "You see." she went on, "I've lad bad luck with my farming." I They wandered it itlnctively toward the wall. Dick'tooli out hi? pipe and began vto light It. "Didn't your idea, fork out?" he said, with fine lmpersona interest "Not very well," si e admitted. "The Idea is all right, b t skilled labor is hard to get, and' al er all I'm only a woman." "What about the deals?" suggested Dick as he puft?yjjgp7? "Seems to me you told n^^Btyou tiad Ideals as well as Idi^^^H "Ob. I still -in my mind, of course, bui^he^lre so burd to find In real life." f Dick crossed his lefts sod bugged the uppermost knee, rf was not looking it Florence, bnt stAgbt ahead, across the fields which In before them. It was one of those befutlful winter days which apparentlyJKid nothing but warmth of sun an^Bpadth of bine sky to offer. "Ifs jnst a yeatBtt today," be mused aloud, yet, as ^Hiking to himself. 'A jeqragojil^Bi^miinJtavIove It go. Such couldn't pull toother in hnt^^H Twelve months finds the man lore and the girl clinging to her ^Hs. Hopeless case, ch. don't you tb^H* 0 t "Oh, I don'tvknoWr sighed Flo. "Not jo hopeless as raisiu' mushrooms, for Instance." Dick's knee slipped through his grip, and he stood beside the girl. "What do you do can, Flo?" he demanded. "Can yoi forego the Ideal and take me after a 1?" and he stretched forth both hands "Will you take mje, Dick?' she said as her two hands nte^bls. "Take you, darliig!" and be drew tier close witnin nu arms. "But you said 'No.'" "But I didn't mean it," she whispered as she nestled cltae to his neck. "Dldp't mean It!" he cried, looking 3own at the radlaqt face. "Well, but fou said It, and how was I to know? rofo told me you bad Ideas of your own and an Ideal besides, so I got out rrlro thfl nthof fallAtr a rlftoonf chance." "Men are such stupid creatures," she assured him. "I didn't think you'd r R. R. i i Eastbound Trains J FIRST FIRST LOCAL CLAS S CLASS FREIGHT 38 36 6 Dally Ex. Dally Ex Dally Ex. Sunday Sunday Sunday _A._M. P. M. A. M. j 6.25 1.30 10L00_ ? a qo 1 ou I -in 1 n ) V.O& JUOO 1U.JIU } " 6 40 1.45 ~lM2x_ ) 6.47 1.52 10.50 I _ 6.54 1.59 10.55 [ 703 2.08 .11.10 ' 7.18 2.18 11.20 j 7.22 2.27 11.40 > 7.35 2.34 11.45 { 7.42x ;2.40 11.50 j 7.50 12.46 12.00 ) 8.00 2.54 12.10 5 8.05 ~[^57 12.15 _ >1 8.15 13.05 12.20 j A. M. P. M. P. M. I \ take *no' for an answer, and my Idea: were to be_bapp.v In n home with you and .vou. Dirk- oh. .vou oid dear-.voi are my Ideal!" The strains of the wedding marc! sung in several different keys by un trained voices reached them, and the; were confronted with the girls, whc having failed In thejr mission the da; before, had returned to meet with bel ter results. On the wedding day among the pref ents arrived a barrel of tar labelei "Stick to It" Dick suspected his patei nal parent while Florence has alway attributed It to Malachl. It stands ii the yard of "Mushroom Farm." th title of their country place, so calle because Dick asserts that his hope sprang up In a night One Way to Get Food. : Four young fellows left Klmberle i tholr Inxb at dlamnnri rtlccrin near Christiana, South Africa, bu were very unfortunate. All but tbel last shilling laving been spent In buj lng mealle meal, ways and means ha to be found to replenish the lardei After considerable discussion and wot der as to where their next food wa coming from, a bright Idea struck ou of them, who. stalking out of the ten said. "All right, mates, leave It to me. Proceeding to the camp store, he aske for a small bottle of diamond acid. I which the digger cleans bis diamond of Impurities before selling them. "Yes." said the owner, "but surel you want some stores?" "Well, I do." said the starving on? "but I Intended sending you an orde perhaps tomorrow." "Never put off till tomorrow wba you can do today." was the shopkeef er*s response. "Make your order ou and pay when you come up to sel your diamonds." The miner acquiesced, and there wa great rejoicings in those poor beggan tent when the wagon delivered tha order. It is evident that the store keeper thought the party had fourn some diamonds, or what use coul have been the acid! After this luc; changed, and the account was paid, th storekeeper joining heartily In th laugh at bow he bad been done for th time being.?London Scraps. The New Cook's Way. A new cook was in the kitchen. an< the mistress was trying to be please* with the way dhe served dinner. Th salad was especially unappetizing with large, coarse green lettuce leave Instead of the crisp, white little heart the'family was accustomed to. "fc'hat did you do to *Jie lettuce7 the Indy of the bous dwrmnier."Sure, I washed it all good," rephe< the new cook. "But the small white part?" perslsl ed the mistress. , "Oh, the core, ye mean. I threw i -J ?- ?? Va?. V/velv Desna way, Ul I'UUIBC. ?nun ium i >coo. Happy Tears. A good cry is a solace to many wo men. It steadies the nerves and. add ed to a cap of tea and an interestini story, forms their idea of supreme bap plness. Arising from /the perusal o their books with red eyes, swelled fea tures and a sopping pocket bandkei chief, they feer their time has not beei wasted.?Lady Violet Greville in Lon don Chronicle. Tall persons live longer than shor ones, and those born in the spring hav< sounder constitutions than those bon at any other season. jji I Mri ill NEVER CATCH CP Jij The business men who fall to < 1J1 appreciate advertising are likely 2 J>| to find themselves so far behind 5 V the times that they will never ( 0 catch up. { (l| It Is >lwari better to adrer? j lJt tlae m little too much thta 5 V not quite enongh. C !'! It Is better to use a little more > ]i[ time tbao is necessary In the Ji (J> consideration of advertising and ij iji the preparation of advertise- ji J<[ ments than it is to be ever so S <!? little careless about it?Saginaw <[ (Mich.) Evening News. ji |S We advocate careful prepa- ,< Q ration of copy and fretrusnt {< O changes, the oftener the bet- <J s 8tate of South Carolina,County of Chsatertfeld. Court of Common PIbab. ' Ralph T. S?ll*?rH, Plaintiff, vs. Plenty 1 Bnrch, Wiley BuMi, George Barch, Loonie Burch. Arnold Barch, James Francis b Dargan. Hattie Dargan, Pearly Barch, i- and Jacob Bnrch, Defendants. y To the defendants above named. Yon > are hereby summoned and required to ' answer the complaint in this action, a . copy of ? hich has been tiled in the offlce of the Clerk of Court for Chesterfield county, state aforesaid, and fo nerve a copyof.vonr answer to the eaid com3 plaint on the subscriber at his offlce, - Cheraw. S. C., within twensy days from a the wrvice hereof, exclusive of the day D of sesvice; aud if you fail to soserveyoor said answer within the time aforesaid j the plaintiff will apply to the Conrt for the relief demanded in the complaint 8 W. P. POLLOCK Plaintiff's Attorney. >r To the defendants Jacob Burrh, Wilsy Bnrch, James Francis Dargan and Hatv tie Dargan, and James Dargan the fa g tht-r of James Francis Darwin and Hat|t tie Dargan, infanta with whom they reside. Take notice that the complaint in this action wan filed with the Clerk of r* Conrt for Cbesterfle d county, 8. C., at d his office Chesterfield, 8 C., on the 17th r. da.v of February, 1908. i- W. P. POLLOCK, 8 Plaintiff's Attorney. e To the infant defendant James Francis t Daraan and Hattie Dargan, and Jamee Dargan their father with whom they reaide. Take notice that the following ord der has been made herein. , n "Ordered that M. J. Hough,Esq. beap3 poiuted gnardian-ad-litem forth*infanta James Francis Dargan and Hattfr Dary gan herein unless they apply within tea days after the pnolication hereof in a ; newepaper in Chesterfield eon lit J for ai^ *' weeks for the appointment of someone else as such guardi .n-ad-litem. R. C. W1TTS, t Cheraw, 8. C. Judge of 4th Circnit. >-! W. P. POLLOCK, it 3 26 Plaintiff's Attorney. II State of South Carolina, Counth of Chess ter field Court of Common Pleaa. 1* Paul Sparks, Deieudant, vs. Lottie t Sparks, defeudant. Sum nons To the defendant. You are hereby Hum. moned aud required to answsr the complaint in this action, a copy of which has d been filed in the office of the Clerk of ^ Court for Chesterfield county, at Cbes- ? e torfield. S. C., aud to serve a copy of e your answer to the said complaint on e- the subscriber at his office, Cheraw. 8. C.. within twentytia.vs irom the servica hereof, exn usive of the dav of such service; and if y-m fail to so serve your said answer within the time aforesaid the d plaintiff will apply to the Court for tha j relief demanded in the complaint. W. P. POLLOCK, Plaintin's Attorney. ' To the defendant. Take notice that 8 the complaint herein wax ffled in the ofa Hce of th?- Clerk of Crnrt for Chesterfield eount.v. at? besterflelfi. 8. C. on fhe 17th " da.y of February. 1908. 0 W. P POLLOCK. . Tax Notice. The Tax Hooka will be open for the oolt lection of taxes from 15th Oct, to DM. Slat, 1907, also from 1st Jauuary ta 15th March, 1908, and a penalty of 1 per cent will be added to all unpaid tax- , e? January 1st. 1908; 2 per cent let of h February, and 5 per let of March Will collect a' following places: 1 Marburg, Mona.v, Nov. 18t.h. e Cheruw. Tuesday and Wednesday, f Nov 19th and 20th. Caelis, Thursday, Nov. 21at. (. John C. Wallace, Friday. Nov. 22nd. a Patrick. Monday. Nov. 25th. Brown Springe, Tuesday. Nov. 26th. McBee, Wednesday, Nov. 27tb. Middendorf, Thursday, Nov. 28tL.\ Cross Roads, Tuesday. Dec. 3rd. \ t Catarrh, Wednesday, Dec. 4th. 5 Jeff*rson Thursday ana Friday, Dec. ! 5th and 6th. Mt. Crog ian, Monday, Dec. 9th. Plains, Tuesdays, Dec. 10th. Ludle.v, Wednesday, Dec. 11th. Pajruland. Thureday. Dec. 12th. j Ruby, Friday, Dec. 13th. ; Tax Levy. i For State ,t 4^ milk j For Ordinary County 8% mills i Internet on R R Bonds '2% milk i For County Roads 1 milk I For Couet School 8 milk Total ngmiUi SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX. j Cberaw 2% milk ; Charaw Graded School Bonds...1% mills ; Parker .2 mills Sliiloh 8 mills i White Oak 2 mills Plains 2 milk I Five Forks. 2 milH i Jefferson 2 milk i .Inffuraou School Bonds 4 milk > Long Branch 4 milk | Union 4 milk ' Bay Springs 2 milk Hear Crwk 2 milk Bethwda 2 milk Patrick 8 milk 1 Middendorf 8 milk Ruby 8 milk Rone Hill 2 milk Marburg ..8 milk McBm* 8 milk Wallace 8 milk New Hope 8 milk ft milk I' | lyiiwirriioiu. ..w ? i!1 ( tom Roads 3 mink i [ Orange Hill 8 milk i[ I Palmetto 8 milk i j Janiber Creek 8 milk >, Cheat rfield School Bonda 8 milk [1 Elisabeth 8 milk 1 | Commutation Road Tax la fl 00 aui i ; mnef be paid on or before Jan. 1* 1908. W. A. DOUGLAS. County Trraeurer. ] Sept. 18th, 1907. l"LEf5TPIft Tire BEST FOR > r 15 JLV. BILIOUSNESS i Ka BITTERS and kidneys.