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THK <?IJ> liUilKLPKN; Thf r< rl l< IVS i IIK I' t' <?" <H( I.. The fiinn M<J. ?I K, .1, (\i?)w<*ll 4lf voli.. M.iii.- 11in.*, iik?? t*.n ,Ml,ut.d hi'DU-J^ about Old Mnids aixl W-hlow*. whloh d?dljrhti?d h??*u of ?rii*' Stat*''" readm*: IC^iMMctniiMv ww mt|4o, time ago, afninM '??> uitfaVoraM* nu>i?ci?Mi of ?beM' |iei>on* i?? m.v article on OKI Maid*. M> iojiw""' wim oof unkind. It was to suj:*;' ' iloii fiuui'fclitir pr**HOh( w;l>To pii>jii<ill '>. I putmkchI -A.?;i ooume of a friend in di ,,Vliu? uMontioii i/i their fault* *? a |di.\nie rii.it's bitter to H.wo?t' ?????!.' XowfHrt !|<IIn UM tlull. .t?bo K'cuter Kill ?? :? .1 man thinks iiini^'lf tbt* better riu-Utian he I*. And how "ball w?- mow Ih?Itor, unless wo are xhowu bow bad wo HivV Ami you know the wioo man nay*. "Kainhfn! are tin- wound** of m friend." And lie abo nu.v*? "He tbut vparottb bin roil iiatoth Ids son: jnit ho t?hat lovetb Kiin clutHl' iH l li hUu UctiniVTi."." num. by I'iu* way. <lid not suy, ' Hjjftre ttoe rod uikI M*?i tcie child." llutler sa.v, that in his omiie ikhnii, "Hudibuaa." Vfi^or those prolitnltkurins, I trus* thai ibo follow)uf irmovkw will b? appreciated h.v the *ubjcotN ofv imy <Hs?x>ur*<\ In my youn**r ?toy?. fifty y?ir? or mi a#*, a man got oti. tin* Um of old bachelor* at about tbft a^o of thirty-five \.I\V I |i.> i t,, l.tHp U|t - or sJuUl I say 4twn>- l?i fort^v oi' llu'H' uhoirt. Koim* of rhoui oluMu ??xvin|,ti?iu (ill fifty : but I 'mi won't taariu ? ; a man of tifly U old fintUKli to In* u grmtd fnt h?*r. Wbat is Uis f..u,i,i i,,i,. wtty. at fW 1> 1i\< ' Ahtl ^iill more fro?n that on'l Ila.s [,J?.? btvn in bivi*y If In* lius not, h.-, t\w is ah.io-a wttjwWm; for by ilt! tiin?>- Ih? ha* biHiMtn* a i*m pi f notion a 4(ttUf tiling. hard, dry. niu? tqppiwivo to and tWdiratt* tnt1u?>mv>. <liss*>riaiv<l iu u iiHMt^uro fixiai tin* liiiiimiu ran*, and Htk-Niil up ia tin* of Ida ovya *>]ti.?h inv**; or In* i.v tin11?>riaiN?\ui?i ia miiMrti*it; vaxariw, !ik*? a (Mcknhafi'r. If In* lias Im*??ii in loyt\ there i* a bi'tter ohum** for Mia. A lid I am glair to la* Hove that tumlly any man bit* b?*on d"1 niod that. us loan it> forty y<Mtr>. AimI tin1 oft<*m*r lu? bun bad tho <*X^A?U^V tin* b.-tt.-r for hlfll. Tlu-^uttu who ha* bad but ou* at lurk is nearly- as badly oft as ono wh?> baa had none at nil.' FW bo wanders along, dreaming, aiiH*t?t^njf, RtjftTtng (or mmu iur ) and living, generally, u dull empty life. I have n?? |?atii>n<N* with tlmae old felloWN, bowvvi'l lOllllllKV' SOllie ? |KH>jdt* may think it. for. a'man >to be "faithful uutw d?ttV to *?tne fancy of hi* youth, ?nd tc> fluii the budtntit** heroine Uo ovod "a bright particular atgr," ud *\>uld not "wed it."' I know chat there qrcutbaeh* which last a lifetime;' that a Service and Quality We established our business on the principle of being fair with our customers, giving them full value for the money they leave with us. We have continued that policy throughout the years we have been serving you, and we are pursuing it more persistently than ,ever in this era of price in flation today. But we never lower the standard of our goods.* On this high plane of commerciaiity* we solicit your patronage. Bruces Pure Food Store PHONE 66 We ar<e noW accepting orders for imme diate delivery on the new Hupmbbile 1 920 Model. Can make delivery within one week's notice. GEORGE T. LITTLE Double Seal Piston Rings for Automobiles are Guaranteed W.? t iuunuuhut Itoubfo Rings to glvo Onfire KuitxFn<HI6u when a FULL SKT i?s properly instolM. -If, within (SI) ?Iu.vh after'? purchase, the user miouM bc<*>ntc dissatisfied with the rings, wo will refund I he money we receive for tlwm upon Kcetjp of the rings; an.I tin- original invoice showing purchase'. I'h" rings should be returned through th*> channels received. A?k for "Keep I'pkeep Down." COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY 823 WEST GERVIAS ST. ' . ? _ COLUMBIA, S. C. Life Insurance Protects mortgaged real estate. A "Life" Policy pays the mortgage if the bor rower dies. It gives him time to discharge the obligation if he dies. An "Endowment*' Policy pays off the mortgage whether the borrower lives or dies. Southeastern Life Insurance Co., - ' ? - - L. A. McDowell, Agent Mention Tht Chronicle When Wntiaf Advertiser* nil.ill uiu.v >, r>-viituil in a man. WWCII into hi?< v<" \ < \ vur \ that hvr l?Ws riiit uovt'i Im> .vum?)i?*d on iftj'Oi; hut sin-h a oai?? i? Hiul hard 1} twr ill hn i < \>--|?l a I t or long I. II lit-. I i'li'l i'K'm -< MWN*)MWUi W(it U* that <?!' hnhaud aud wifo dovot**! to oarh ? ?th*M\ | Now tm?t th?<? w> itiv told of that j <1* lira'l in an uiMHtfcfttttul l. \ci I J *h?.iM likr t?? l>c -how ii a iwiugtp well aui)|? ,it h at??l ilMtSQOO, IV r h a n -? It ?\a-; wit Ii IVtrarrh, perhaps with Panto; hip tin liWU'i iiMUtH""! n wife mi.t gross ly ?'i uli-i-UsI h.-r : ami th<MV i* l#'(l at tli > <' <n ot the foiMiH'r th?' pat?niil.\ ot' a Htild wUifh, mtlH'f iDici^rii* with hit iNMuniHv, Tho human ~?|?iritu.?l In-art i \m\v like tho phy*ioal oijo-M'xm'Uinifiy tiongti. nhtslUv ft silicnt. and m'up uuli>*??. It t'tui tv*i*t a gtvai don I : it oan fliHli a ?n-at Uu*r?' i> alw a.\ ^ a rliam v t>? i t he bachelor whi continue*. to full in JuVjfS l<K>vinjC i- like a Inn >> t anxthiuK <U?- the ujoiv ,v??u pra?'t:<"?? it. iho iihuv 'thirnugh ).\ ('km do it. I nfi-r, of toniM', to ira' hivlnu, uul t * * flirting. I imi tint -sttrc ; ,\i I'll a t it is (h-sii-tihlv tor women to lie. iiiiIh.v turn1* In love. They'do not need the practice. "Tln-y Iihvq t>?e iihmik, or dinarily, of exercising trhHr nftWMionw with nations, .friends, childtvn. ami oth ers .uul thereby keeping alive tlnv <;a nacit.v for- love. Wberc#* Urn ohl bach elor is ahiuv^t always more or iso 1411am!, or at lv??t. U m>t in ohv*? tvntact with other#. >Vud so his hunrt gets out of tin* habit of loving, and suffers a nort or paralysis or shrinking or drying up. Thi? old maids di*si 11 unions or disappoint ments may give her |Ntugs and Untler Ing* hut. she d<?os in>t fall iQto iminb n<?vs. It \ls astojilKhlng w!nU livoly, suxfoptllvU' honi'ts s<;uio of those J ullo* Ttioy hn vo tho doveiopiuwit of iiialuritt^, and rtiXMiliu; ' anl finally j?a^s awtty llk?> llio nornuil. InviltJiy l?*af of frail d?'s<*n'l?sl in 'IVnti.vson'A l.<dusICo:?tors: At'howaK tfio '1ov?>U>kh hlU'lador witlwrs and wrinkhw, nnd shrinks and slirlvtdK into a vor.v un WHualy and usolcss rotnnanl. Now some iiM'ii haw lieeii too bashful to court a woman. and not liavlntf the good luck to 1m* courted by a woman, remain uuwedded. They aVe to be 1>!t I?m1. of Course. Hut why on earth Iuik not everv man learned that women v . o want mon >?? scteL?Ukhw,?Mi?pursut them. and. very often, to run them down, catch them, grab them. Hlid liohl them all the faster, the ? more they 'Struggle (or make out th:it tlie.v vfrn^ gle) to escape? It is not mvessary that a man -l>e vrazv atvoilt a woman In order to marry her. If it were, many men who marry would' never do so, A man should resjHVt the g?N>d qualities of a woman, and find that she wouhl he a useful and trustworthy compaufdiii. and find her society highly agreeable, That js about-->Ul ^>*-t-^-tioedod. ttnlr**-the man is in love with some other wo man. And if lie can not yet the one TFTinm TSe ?ol^Ttfer? the l?est, let him get the next best, and so on Not that I mean to underrate love between the sexes. No earthly thing is sweeter, or lUijyp- or manor, either in its nature or in its products: and if I were hot here, committed to practical lecturling and advice. 1 should -*-l>o tempted to pause ami indulge. in all sorts of rhetorie concerning it. Hut business is ^business. and duty is duty: so I must not 1m? diverted from my work on the batlielors. And I rojietit the a??cr tion : a man'may very well marry with out being in love. I have known sev eral very happy marriages where nei ther the man nor,the woman gave evidence of being, in love: ami I liave aNo known several unliapp.v ones where each party 'evinced a positive passion for the other. The old bachelor can not plead-, in one case in ten. any of the excuses to "Vl^ch T liavo adverted. In almost every ease it Is his aT?omi^blc self ishness that puis him where lie Is. He is in love with ? himself; lie does not appreciate the wants or the claims of others; he is l>en.t on having-his own enjoyment, regardless of others: lie l< unwilling to take any respon sibility: he wants to use tJie world for his pleasure and protit. and do nothing In retnrn. In this slziiu up. Vr IiInT T ltclleye a very large major ity of people will concur. And it is {fit consequence ??f such estimate of him that the world in general eon* d'Mims him. His fault Is therefore hoi only a negative one. but a very |x?si tivc one also. And his course of life, consequently, is usually more or loss a course of evil action, in refusing to discharge the (Ifitics incumbent ii|>On him. and at the same time getting .lU he can out of the rest of the world. I concede that some men have been justified in their <vlibaey?lis ministers of religion, and statesmen like Count ('avoir, of whom one of his admirers HUid tluH Italy bin Hut liow many of our Iwichclors. a re work ing for the salvation of men's soul*, or for the lil>erty and welfare of their frlto-w countrymen? Tin ?re are three classes of old Imche s lors: those who have never been r.uiu Icenied al*>Ut women and marriage; (hose who have made a feeble effort towards matrimony, but having ?>een discouraged, have quit; and those who continue to fnrqiient the society of lad left, and do a sort of half courting, but never make a real effort to marry. Tbene in some hope for tbia la?t elass. Tli< \ p.rartlco ;< ?,oiuuioud.tl?lo habit ii% kti*pluir in mnni <<oiupauy : ami tborv Is a vha'm-o far thvm t?? tfot In doad oarn*} Viit, .tint attain. i couiploio reforma tion. SI lit thoiv is ureal daiin^r of rhrii- iwinlatiu^ in tficjr phWiit ropiv In'lisiole pllilf.-t ; for llli\\ lie prone u? IM >>? I | tOliO 14)0 lllOlllOUtOll- ^?'|l ludotl liileU. I 11;I\*? iva.l riv?>iitly. fur lIn? MShunl ilnuv ilu' i^iHms of Morluieo to tl|i? Incognito. in SUhI* dard's lliie-a-ltrae vorlo*. Tlio earlier U iti'is are UIohO of an uiiliuii lover, tho lilMT <*nos olll.V of frii'ii<I*>11i|>, Milt I <I*? noj ixhmIl?H*t to tinw soon in any ?of them u dlnvt proposal of niai'iiukis ami I lit! I >orioiiK omission *eOins to me to ae<*?im.l for ?tho <Kvn?Aonul l?ortilaucO on her pari <?f wbloh the lovor ?H?mi?lains. llavo we liof >01110 I'n'jM-v Mertmoo amount us? . Now. Mi', Kilitor. U?i me, In eonelu *iou. tttJdl'Oss a few ward* to eaeh oiio ?'f tin* unfortunate* of whom 1 have horn wi'lllVu: (.M\ dcar old sinner. II ?? le n to my ?|tl; Vtoov. ttefonu ! TJIU! infs abominable life of iKoialloii. I'.air olY witii mhuo II !<??> woman Thoro are plenty of wo men tfaod enough for yon. Ami don't !?V too anxious to plek up a fivsh. youiitf tfirl. You aiv In aliout the An nuel or September of your life; you layo no rl^ht to oxjveet to capture a tidy in Mie April or May of hers. Whether your choloo should Im> inald or vvUIonV, I run 'not undertake to wy. Vyrh?H?t vol 1?u.uu)<i?Iwivo UlOtV fl'0?" doiu with I ho mild; probably, you would rocelve more wholesome dlwl t?U?o from tho widow. J. V J. raldwell. XewfM?rry. CEMETERY OF THE FUTURE Government Scientist Draws Pleasing Picture Of Resting Place* of Loved Ones Gone Before. Cemeteries arc not cheerful places. Burial lots are eared for during two or three generations and (lien t?? commonly are neglected. Weeds cover the graves and fallen tombsto.ues are allowed to I If. The long-depd are for gotten. , Iir. David tWchlld, a distinguished goyoruinent scientist, urges a new d<S; )tarinra He tliiiikv that"cemeteries should be made attractive and that the principal feature of a great city burying ground ought to be a beautiful I building somewhat resembling a ll brary. with ulcuvcs and tjnii't nooks, Instead of book-stacks It would have fireproof vaults , containing personal records of 'members of the families whoso lost ones are burled under flat k stones amid the charming surround ings of u vast garden These records would include all kinds of data rolat i Ing to the dead?accounts of their most noteworthy doings, photographs, rtc.?: * ~~ ' "Cannot you Imagine," says Or. Fairchlld. StrollIugL "Hie dead, to find tiiere, In their proper place, all of the personal records of your family for generations buck? There are the photographs of your grandparents, of departed uncles and aunts, or little ones who did pot live to 'grow up, all with stories of.t.helr lives attached and letters and anec dotes. ? g ?' d'WIth. these tluight be preserved phonographic records of the voices of the dead, so that they could be^ieard to talk; and rooms might be fitted up for privately viewing moving pictures of the departed, who would thusly be made to 'come alive again.' " * - Tlid dead cbuld thus be made, in a sense, to live on Indefinitely. Between the living generation and the past would be established U definite ahd . permanent He.. -? ? Christmas Eve Calamity. He had been spending Christmas eve With his brother In London, and when, late that same night, he re turned to his wife?Mrs. Brown?his face was strangely pale and haggard. "What Is it, dear?" exclaimed the wife. y ' "I will tell you. It luvppened while we wfcre at. dinner. We were all eat ing in quite ordinary fashion' when suddenly little Dorothy uttered a cry of distress and closed her eyes. Al most at the same instant my sister-in law pressed her hand to her forehead imit'Tpirr#"streamed down her face. As I gazed at her In alarm, my brother John throw tip his arms with an excla mation of intense pain and tlien burled his face, over lyhich a sharp spasm Appeared to be passing,.In his napkin.** '(Poisoned!" gasped Mrs. Brown, with hysterical symptoms. "No, my dear," replied Mr. Brown, ? with ghastly calmness. "Horseradish." ?London Tit-Bits. ?Iinl^e Was Poetic to Rhyming Robber. NKW YoltK.?The alleged "rhyming r<j|?1?er." James Smith, who Is sold l<? have quoted poeiry to a druggist while he rifled the ca>'ii re^Uter.-was-given |K?eti?' Justin* tislay wImmi Maglsfrnt?? Win. Sweetzer pronouinvd the following lyric Julgemeut : "I hold "yon In five thousand bail. Which means you go right tmek of jail : B"t before you ?o iu*t U-1 m*- -ay? This hold up game?It doesn't jmy. ! To this jioeflc dis|K?sition of his ease i the prinonrr ^promptly reflpunaed: ["It'sviall right. Judge. I'm on my way. Your verdict mean* I'm going away.** I/Knvol And the magistrate replied: f'*Yoo said it, boy*, be on your way.'' ? / IIKST HUM) <il l|.T\ lYnalty Klxotl ftl> .lur> Klftovu to Twwil) yttirpu In I hmgkorty suiH'iloi" oourt at AI I in n > I. H. Host was o'livH'tin) of killing Itayard Ik* lor, (ho Jury rvhinitiiK a wrdh-t *rf voluiita i \ inan^l.i n^htor and flvliiK 11 to lKMialty at not loss rluin flf tOon or moro than Iwonty yonrs. 1 >?? y.lor was wo 11 known In I luwmiii ami ToriVll <*onnty ( Tlio Juivy wan olitfnirod Ul tho ho ir Ititf and ooiwldoratlon of (In* otiso^ a lltllo nioiv than a full w<vk. Kmliiont oonnwl had Imhmi onxttuod Vy tho do fvnso and also l?y ivlattvos of lHtxior t?? ass|st In Oio pro?ooutlou. Yoomans \WllKlusiu' of IHtwsim was omidoyod to assist in lho proxtvulUm. Tho do fonso ikvuiiKmI a total of ottfht hours and forty minutos In making Its argil moid U'foro tho >nry and tho stato nsod so von hours in inrtklug It* nrjju inout. Tho. kliliiiM ?*f iKm^i", >vho avnm ??tio of I>oiu;horty county's host known fur mora, ooourrod last DwourtM*!* on. tho farm of lk?st, nl*o a furmor, who rooont ly ?nino to thisstato from South C<u roll* na, whoro his fathor is an Influential and woalthy oil I ton. It is iuidorsto<Hl oounsol lor tin' do fons*' will mako a motion, for a now trial.? Dawson ((Ja.) Now's. ANNOUNCEMENTS ? niv r|<KKK 01 CQ| it r l in m ii> 11n??uitm> >i'If ji-- ;t cuudi ? ti? foil' rt't'lorllou to tho oltivt* of Olwrk ??V Omit I'm' l\i'r?ha\v t'ounty at thi? |iiimav\ i ? > l?r hol?l l.hls miitiuH'i', If aiivu-d I pi.nniso to faithfully perform I li<' ,-lutJi ^ of t hr flUv i" t hr fvtUH as I haw t? .thf (Ki>t .IAMWN II. CI.YIU HN. I OK S| |'T. or KIM CATION I hi'itdiy announce loywlf fls a randi-. .Uh I'm Sun. i ini>'M(N'iit of Induration for Ki?ivliaw County in ilii^ approaching I Vimwtvit iv primary rhvtiou to In; hrld in August, I ph'dgo ni.VM'lf to a strict di*rlwiti(0 ?'f all rho dutlivs of the otHcc . ai,m:\ it. miuciiison nun maqiItiutk I hort*i?y -announrr jnynvlf ?s a can didate for rvuoininatiou to thr otlirp of MitK^^nto of "DoKaVii 'IVwuship, lvrr sliaw sulijci't Jo (lir-iulu* of (lu? IMuorratir Primary, S AMI'HI. N. NlCllO|.i*ON. FOB (MRBM i hiM>?l?j annouiuv u> tin* votara ol toe f'lfth t'oajfivMonal lIlHtriot of South C-wrolltva, tluH 1 am a for w niMuiihutiUui for (Vmjrons iu wuid Pa triot, Kiibjwt to the aWion of bhc IKhihi emtio Primary ehvtlou; and 1 tuko thk? oivanlon to thuuk the votorw for bholr ?mppoi't in tlu> |?a\1 and to ir*mre t.hwn if oJ<H?U'd tosonvr tbonn in tho future t*? ?hr Iw'st of my ability as J have endeavor cd to do in thr past, \\\ F. STKVKNSON. fll-2 The Choice o? Men Who Know . . v __ j The motorist of experience finds a long-felt want inBrunswickTires. ?< And the record of the first one he buys is enough to decide the tire question for him.' In the Brunswick you buy the best that money, re search and experi ence can make. And back of each . tire is a reputation for quality that is a part of every Bruns wick product. BBC?Buy?Be Convinced. CITY FILLING STATION H. S. Zeigler, Prop. Corner Lyttleton and DeKalb