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f ' T*K PEOPT.E. BARNWELL. S. C. NERVOUS,RUN DOWN MOTHERS orn Out Caring for Children and Housework—See how Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable , Compound Help! Indianapolis, Indiana.— M I was in a wary nervous and run-down condition while nursing my baby, and hearing some talk of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- table Compound, I began taking it. From the second bottle I noticed a big improvement, and I am still taking it. I am not a bit nervous now, and feel like a different person. It is a great medicine for.aqy one in a nervous, run-down con- gla ‘ <iition and I would be glad to give any one advice about taking it. I think there is no better medicine and give you permission to publish this letter.” ' —Mrs. Anna Smith, 641 W. Norwood Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. The important thing about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is that it does help women suffering from the ailments common to their sex. If you are nervous and run-down and have pains in your lower parts and in your back, remember that the Vegetable Compound has relieved other women having the same symptoms. For sale hy druggists everywhere. 4 3 FLORENCE BINGHAM LIVINGSTON Copyright by George H. Doran Company CHAPTER XXI—Continued. —2e— « , “No, surely not,” agreed Mrs. Pen- field, genially. ■ Mrs. Wopple turned to go. “Well, 1 HAND’S utr-o-i BILIOUSNESS ’ CONSTIPATION INDIGESTION Feverish condi tion. sick and nervous headache malaria, dyspep sia. sour stomach .complaints aris- * from *a tor- liver 8UYA BOTTLE . 30* and 6(K 1 FOR SALi EVERY Wm W.LHAnd [medicine cq. CHARLOTTE. N.C. 1/ I'll run 4n- Just rs soon’s you get your apple boxes moved. I'll want to see how you’re gettin’ on. And-say, Mis’ Penfield, even if your stock goeS'Tip, you won't never forget what close neighbors, we been, will you?’’ “No, Mrs. Wopple, never,” promised Mrs. Penfield warmly.. , „ Amusedly she admitted to herself that Mrs. Wopple had not been far wrong about the ‘ apple boxes, which had served <he family for multifarious purposes during the months that were past. It was different now—or would be tomorrow. Mrs. Penfield had de cided to purchase a few pieces of fur niture, to be paid for In Installments and to form the nucleus of a real home, real in appearance as well as In spirit. She was about to set forth on this errand when a man in livery, turned the,crank in the erstwhile barn-door at' Number 47 and delivered a letter to Mrs.' Penfield. She opened-ttre- letter wonderingly and read it twice before she could compreheud its mean ing. It was written on heavy white paper, with Mrs. Weatherstone’s ad dress engraved. 1 ~ . “Dear Mrs. Penfield:” It fan. “Will you do me the honor to accept a few articles which I have gathered up around the house In the course of our refurnishing and shall send to you to morrow? Think of them, please, as the co-operation of one mother with another for those who have no mother. If at any time you should hear of any one else who is doing for forlorn chil dren a sendee similar to your own) will you kindly let me know? “Sincerely yours, “ANNETTE WEATHERSTONE." Mrs. Penfield dropped the letter and sat for a long time, thinking. “Mrs. Weath’stone’s got real feelings,” was the thought uppermost in her mind. “She knows I wouldn’t accept any thing for myself, and she knows I can’t refuse things for children that ain't my own. Between the two, I don’t see’s I can do anything—except to thank her best I know how.” • Mrs. Penfield> would never forget the lean days between Christmas and New Year’s. As never before she had realized by how frail a shield she was protecting three children from want and suffering. A slight disturtmnce.in the established routine could reduce them to Immediate distress, and as rapidly as feasible she must accumu late an emergency fund which would make a recurrence of those days^lm- posslble. —- . . '• She was realizing, too, that with every year now, the children would le gitimately require a greater outlay, If they were to have the equipment to which they were entitled—the ordi nary advantages, the training for some particular work, the clothing which , could not always be homemade. Both j in her own home and here in The Cus tard Cup she had dealt with young ) inches. Is all h.aiod a n.i T can walk, children; slm had not by experience Never, never will I be without Peter- ^struggled with the increasing demands toon's aeraln BIG ULCER ALL HEALED me “Here Is another letter that makes happy." pays Peterson, of Buffalo. “One that I would rather have than a thousand dollars. “Money Isn't .everything In this ■world. There la many a hisr-hearted. rich man who w'ould give all he has on earth to he able to produce a reni-' edy with such mighty healing power as Peterson’s Ointment, to sell at- all druggists for 60 cents a large box.” Dear' Sirs:— “I was an untold sufferer from old Twining sore and ulcers, I had tried most everything without any relief from pain. A fHend told me of yotir wonderful ointment and th.e first box took away the pain that had not left, me before In years, and after using Just nine dollars’ worth of the salve T am cuted. The ulcer was 9 Inches by that she had i^oved at all, which is the greatest tribute any hen can pay to a change of abode. It was far otherwise with the young Filibus-* fer Caesar Penfield; He WAS’WlTfl with excitement and had to be forcibly de tained In the new’ back yard until he should take a saner, less active view of the life of luxury about to unfold around him. “Lucky thing we’ve got him* though,” observed (prink. “I couldn’t never hold up my head' In'stylish place like tills ’less We had us a nice dog.” , ' % . *T ain’t so bowlejl over," declared Lettie, with & assumption of great carelessness. “It’s dandy, but we been living flue ever since I froze on t<| this family." “Children,” said Mrs. Penfield brisk ly, “you’re riz. In the world a step or» two, and there’s responsibilities' con nected with It. Higher up the laddef you go, the more you got to stretch your moral nature. Now there’s one thing you plumb sure got to do from now on. Yotf got to ’give up prowl- iug.” ,, - “Oh,” scoffed Crink, vastly-ijelleved, “f 'bout gave that up when I got a steady Job a coupla hours a day.” ‘T don’t prowl,” contributed Thnd, his- ^oft eyelashes raying out from his widened eyes. " ' . Lettie* was silent.. “I mean you, too, Lettie,” continue^ Mrs. Penfield. . “From now on, you can’t prowl; you can’t be dragging In stuff; you can’t scramble over chimps.” “Why, Penzle," cried the child In dismay, “all my life—I’ve had ’fo— and I got the habit—and—” “You’ve got to give it up,” repeated Mrs. Penfield firmly. .“You’ll hfave lots of other things to do—study and read and sew and cook. You must |’e- member that you got a fine home tfow, and a bed to sleep in, and grand clo'es to w^ar, and heaps to eat—and you got to live up to it.” wide black eyes. It was evident-that the wreckage of the world was calling to her, with the allure of Infinite' va riety, with the promise of endless po- "Yon may nap this to reoomqipnd your ointment. If you wish. I chmiot Vay enousrh to praise tt Yours truly, ■Mrs.- Albert Pouthoott, T.ynfionvnie, N. T.” Mall orders filled by Peterson Ointment Co., Inc., Buffalo, N. Y. CHERRY-OLYCERiNE COMPOUND ;V FOR coughs: colds BRONCHITIS* AND THROAT AFRECTIONS* FOR .SALE BY ALL. DEALERS f->arpAffEDi by JAMES BAIL.Y fit SON BALTIMORE. M O*. ITCH! Itching skin diHeAses. Price 7t>c at druggists, or direct from 11. Richard* MrilciM Ca.,Shaman.Tti. ae '■ ■■ 1 —" - ' ■ ■ with increases In years. Mrs. Penfiejd gave up her shopping plan and took off her hat. She must wait till the nature of the "few arti cles”- was disclosed before she could select'the things which would bo most needed - She had, however, taken the letter so literally that she was wholly un prepared for the arrival of a .small van the following morning] tt wms evi dent that Mrs. Weatherstone’s courte ous eye hud taken in the outfit of apple boxes as thoroughly as had the 'more critical gaze of Mrs. Wopple. It was also evident that she had made her' selections with more discrimina tion than had occurred .with the as signments previously bestowed upon Number 47. 1 The four beds ami the bedding—• also the four mattresses,, so comfort- ,able that they logically necessitated Die alarm clock which was found tick ing te-ft-sinall box—were suspiciously RAISES FINE TOBACCO: CROP Crop Was Largest Save One That Has Ever Been Produced In PaL metto State. * Itself would be a house-wanning. With, her usual forethought Mrs. Penfield had told the members of her family that It w^uld be a fine spread—this time wtth supplementary details that added overwhelmingly -to the weight of her statement. There were to be ] muffins and honey for the first course; and for the second, a tapioca pudding. It was only the middle of the after- Tiooh, but preparations were already under way./.. Crink had been dis patched to the* store to get the honey. Mrs. Penfield was setting the table In the dining-room. From the window she could catch a glimpse o| the hills, kissed green by the recent Lest week It had been winter; t^day It was spring. With the charm- intj caprice that Is Californih’g, Janu ary" had said: “I was trying to give youjAjBome winter, but I couldn’t hold to it.’’;' ' v ■ - '.j Mrs; ^Benfleld’s heart 'was full of thankfulness as she set out the dishes and placed the silver. ‘ She even ar ranged a centerpiece, a small vase containing ^ tea rose from a bush that Mrs. Sanders had raised. At last the chltgren -were to- have Lhe -surround ings that help to jmetdre the home feeling, a feeling which persists If It is Incorporated In one’s childhood, but which is never built up In exactly the same way. if that childhood passes without it. Thoughts of other days, thoughts of the other home that this one called up, knocked persistently against Mrs. Penfleld’s brain, but she refused, to let them enter. Like Miss Hapgood, she would, Jive In the present. * The pudding w’as made. Lettie was beating the white of the egg for the frosting. •“Jlmlny, ain’t this funji* she ex claimed. ‘Tve always wondered how It felt to beat an egg.. I could keep at It till kingdom come.” Crink burst In at the kitchen door. ‘Oh, Penzle,” he cried; “ev’rybody’s so Columbia.j^JFhtr largest tobacco crop, save "one, that South Carolina ever produced, the weed bringing the third largest amount to the pockets of the tobacco planters, and the price per pound being the fourth hlgheat ever recorded in the state, is the sub stance of the report of the 1923 to bacco business, covering the entire •sea’Bon, just made public by B. Har ris, commissioner of the department of agriculture, ^ v... '“7 (The 1923 season produced in South* Carolina 77,791,783 . pounds of to bacco. trie pply crop larger than this the state ever produced was in 1919, when . the total was " 81,156.470 pound's. The 1923 crop brought the prodifters :$16,290,045, and an aver age*-pfi‘ce ! of- 2J194 cents.”- The larg est amount to *be received for a crop was in 1918, when the receipts to-’ tailed $111,311,497 and the average price $1.Q6 cents. The second larfc e»t amount ever to be raised from a crop was in"1919, ‘ when the farm ers received $18,548,559 for their w-eed. The second highest price was in 1917, 24.09 cents, next to that In 1920. Of the 1923 total, indepedent ware houses handled 49,726,693 pounds, co operative warehouses. 28,065,090 pounds. . Mullins Is the largest tobacco mar ket in the state, with I>ake City a close second. The markets of the states and the amounts handled by ThiCt'Independbni; waretroTrecHT 1 In tire- order of their amounts, follow: ^ Mullins. 11,593,377 pounds; Lake City. 10,982,948 pounds; Timmonsville, 3,359,575 pounds; Conway, 2,487,356; Kingdtree, 2,421,016; Manning,. 2,403,- 888; Dillon, 2,400,093; Loris, 2.195,012; Darlington, 2,040,241; Marlon,’1,208,- 549; Johnsonville, 1,161,852; Lamar, 1,190,692! Giant*, v 1,144,061; Nichols. 1,095,948; Andrews, 966,301; Heming way, 93,8,230; Florence, 796,590; Lake View, 707,379; Sumter, 296,745. Expect Heavy Output of Fertilizer. Charleston—The heavy importations of fertlizer materials to Charleston | this season constitute .a prelude to | what is expected to be a substantially increased output on the part of the fertilizer factories here, the season for Lettie stared at her solemnly out bf--excited dow*n_to the store! I got to shipment being almost at hand. In go right back, but I had to bring th here’s the honey—and tell you quick.” Mrs. Penfield took down the can of sugar from the shelf above the sink. “What Is It, Crink? What’s hap pened?” He stood In front of her, breathing hard, his eyes shining with eagernesa. “Oh, there’s been a tumble accident, and the father and mother were killed, but the b&by wasn't and—” “Crink, what are you talking about?” demanded Mrs. Penfield In dismay. “Why, Penzle, the baby. EvT*y- hody’A talking ’bout it to tlve store. It haih’t got nobody leftf-not nobody. Its folks wasn’t related to any other folks. And everybody that comes in Is talking 'bout It.” Crink gasped for breath, but Jerked out his statements with wild gesticulations. "Ev’rybody’a saying what’ll become of the baby, ?nd it’ll have to go to a ’stutlon, and so I thought mebbe—” Lettie reluctantly relinquished the eggbeater, but zealously advocated the Infant. “O Penzle, let’s! It’d be such fun! Golly, I’d love to have a—” Mrs. Penfield stirred sugar into the beaten white and spread the frosting over the p,udding. "What’s your Idea, Crink?” she asked, as she slid the dish the opinion of local fertiliber men, there will he a much larger consump tion of fertilizer in this state this year j than during the past two years and that applies also to North Carolina I and Georgia, into which states are ! shipped annually heavy consignments of fertilizers from .Charleston. -It Is estimated that from 800,000 to 900,000 tons of fertilizers will be con sumed in South Carolina in 1924,’'as against 670,000 tons last year and 500*- 000 tons in 1922. North Carblina will iiso more than 1,000,000 tons and G.eQ£-_ gfa will also use a heavy tonnage and as' a result the, local factories are looking*’*forward to a brisk season. The’ Carolinas are reported to he in good shape generally. Charleston is one of the most important fertilizer manu facturing cities in the world, ranking after Baltimore, as the center in the United States ( equals of many other brands*. CALUMET TV fc—oWy SAXSVC POWBEM Goes farther lasts longer C*® ctrenj ^WORLDS GREATEST .BAKING POWDER Sates 2$ rimes as much at that afany otheriexuxt Guticura Soap Is Idea!lor The Complexion Want to Retain Charleston Navy Yard. Charleston.—Retention of the Char leston navy yard on a sc ale of increas- I ed activity and entertainment fpr the naval officers and newspaper editors who are to sail from Charleston Feb ruary 10 to witness the fleet maneu vers in southern waters, were* the tvfo lnt7fhe“oven“for UiVfinal' broWnli'. , Principal sheets ‘»fcus«ed _at the Well, I thought mebbe we could It was astonishing how. quickly and adequately these furnishings ’ were fitted Into the fiat which had been Mrs. Sanders’. The two large plain rugs In the living-room and dining-room, the small rugs in the bedrooms, the beds,, a small dining table, plain chairs, rocking chairs, to say nothing Laying Down the Law The Boss—Your face looks very un tidy. You haven’t shaved for a week. Tlve Bill Clerk—I know It. I’m rnis- IngTi beard. . * -- —„ „ „ The Boss—You can raise all the - of a set of blue dishes and a box df "ruddy with embarrassed ^olor-under beard you want on your own time, but plated silver! There were curtains that could be changed to fit; dresses I won't have it during office hours. Nothing Better for Constipation than one or two Brandreth Pills at bed time. They cleanse the system, purify the blood and keep you yell.—Adv. When some people stand on their dig .Jfcjty it wabble^.- ^ Hairs Catarrh Medicine rid your system of Catarrh or Deafnesa caused by Catarrh. Sold by drvffijti for ovrr 40 yton ' F. J* CHENEY fit CO.. Toledo. Ohio and coats that could be rerrfade. There were four pictures in plain frames. WHeh iirs. TenffelcT liad unwrapped them, she stood back with her finger pressing out the smile bn her lips. "All right,” she acknowledged un der her breath. “As Lettie would^say, I get you, Mrs. Weath’stone.” * The pictures Went up, and the tin- can labels went a)own together, with the lifelike bananas and the vigorous old man who advocated cigarettes. - 1 * The installation of Bonnie Gerald ine was one of thl* first ceremqpies to take place. She and )ier winter quar ters were transferred In toto, and so ikillfully that she seemed not to know “Oh, Uncle Jerry,” She Called. tontiality. Her. thin chest 'heaved. §he threw out her arm Ifi a gesture of utter renunciation. ’ . “All right,”-she gulped. “I’ll do it If it kills me. I gotta stay'Avith you, Penzle.”* ;■ It was while Mrs. Penfield was ex ulting; with Crink over the possession of a front window, which'* gave a charming view of the driveway and Die pepper tree, that she saw Uncle Jerry jcoming rapidly, into The Custard Gup, in* his arms an enornjous sheaf of long-stemmed roses, glowing red through Die thin paper covering. She 'lifted the window. “Oh, Uncle Jerry,” she called* “come righfr In and see-, ev’rything. It's just—" “Well—oh—well, Car’line,” stam mered Uncle Jerry-, “I’m in kind of a hurry«_ I—I’ll come 1n later.- I—I got some news for you." r 1 She looked Into his genial face, know,” she , said jip with the tan. “Oh, I softly. . “You’ve fixed It with—” He''sodded happily. "Say, ain’t I lucky? ’Cause she’s the real thing— and so—so fine! I didn’t scarcely b’lieve she’d take a rough old luin- berpian like me.". ' r ). “I’m delighted she did.” responded Mrs. Penfield warmly. “I’ll be glad tp see both jpf you having a borne.’’ She watched him go on up Miss HapgQDd’s steps, carrying his shoul ders proudly, bearing flowers to the gentle lady- who had put aside her dreaihs fo live the life of the preseilt. Then she closed the window and went back to her work. ^ > There was to be a supper that In take It. You see, we hain’t got any baby now—Thad’s growing up ^o fast. And I’d like—’” "Oh, can’t we have It, please, Pen- . — zle,” begged Lettie. “A baby’s just 1 ^ubration, and meeting of the special navy yard com mittee held at the chamber of com merce. Plans were conlidered for systematic efforts in behalf of the navy vaYfiT following up the Navy day what we need. There’/l be, a heap!; more variety if—” ,ji “Yes,-it’d be a good way to get variety,” agreed Mrs. Penfield, look ing from one eager- face to the other. | “I expect you’re right. Fact Is, I been i kind o’ worried all the .afternoon, thinking how fine, we got ev’rything, and how much we got to -do with, and how easy It’s going to be. Why, I hain’t g*t a thing to do now but keep the house and do the washings, and look after you three children - ; I don’t have to. watch Tpe Custard Cup ’t all ahy-more. I know I ain’t going to feel right if everything's so. easy,” “Oh, then you will— Oh, Penzle, won’t you hurry and get there 'fore anybody else wants it?" a resolution was d tb^hq effect, thta the chamber, of commerce and the city of Charles ton should' co-operate in welcoming and entertaining those who are to hoard the V. S. S. Henderspn here February 10. , '“Land, Crink, there ain't never such a rush as that. But I’ll change ray dress right now and we'll go down-)— wherever it is. - My goodness, I can’l , , wait myself to get hold of that blessed flHPcates far exceed .the quota assigned \ at] the beginning of the year and South' Carolinians Buy Certificates. Kingstree.-*-According to a state ment just .received here by Postmas ter Loiil? ftaliekley from Howard' T. Cree,..director of the treasury savib^s organization. South Carolina people have purchesd $62.6,375 worth treasury savings certificates through the var ious postoffices of the state. Charles ton* leading all nther offices in” the stat^ with $141,100, while the Kings- trqe ..office, a second class office, is credited with the next largest sale, thet amount being $39,975 for the year 192T j Sales at. the local office of these cer- First Race of True Men: So far tis it is possible to estimate the first race of true men (Homo sapiens) appeared in Europe some where between 40,000 and 25,000 year* ago. Their predecessors, the Neander thal race, a sub-human type, are be lieved to have lived as.-a race for some 200,000 years of - time before the ap pearance of true men. Mankind, was a gradual development, ' apparently, froth sub-human and lower “types?, and In. that sense it is not possible to visualize the “first 'man” and “first woman.’’- But mankind, then, ns now, was born, lived and finally died, as mankind does today. The “first men and women” therefore met the fate of all animal life; they were killed or died In the course of time. . There Is . many a true tale told In jest.* \ The early maid catches the bridal train.. * ' Guard Against “Fin* With Musterole 'It Influenza, Grippe and Pneumonia usually start with a cold. The moment you get those warning aches, get busy with good old Musterole. Musterole is a counter-irritant that relieves congestion (which is what a cold really is)*and stimulates circulation. It has all the good qualities of the old-fashioned mustard plaster without the blister. , Just rub it on with your finger-tips. First you will feel a warm tingle as the healing ointment penetrates the pores, then a soothing, cooling sensation and quick relief. Have Musterole handy for emergency use. It may prevent serious illness. To Mother* s Musterole is now made In milder form for babies and sfnali children* Ask for Children’s Musterola* 35c and 65c, in jars and tubes. baby.” “Everybody says It’s a fine one,” put Iff Crink enthusiastically. “It’s healthy, yop know—and ev’rything.” “Oh, we’ll have such fun raising Itl* said Mrs, Penfield briskly. “I Just know It’s going work out grand. - ■ > _ LTHE ENEH- , ^ Experience Valuable. ;Jt Is as much.vwaste to take bread out of fhe oven tpo soon as it Is to al low it t# temSHY there too long. Pre vention of waste requires the exercise of judgment*.which is,, gained only through exfTerience. Tips la why perience is a valuable asset. Postmaster Stackl^y is advised that his name has. been placed on the honor roll ofj postmasters as a mark of dis tinction and credit for the faithful and efficient work,of-the Kingstree office. It Is "To Be.” ' When an eligible man proposes to * maid Of thirty summers there Isn’t apl to be any Hamlet’s soliloquy bu&lnta* off her part.—ExetuChge. * • *.» . Successful With Peanuts. Darlington.—H. T. ,*Stokes of the Philadfelphia section has found that growing peanuts is considerably more profitable than growing cotton under boll weevil -conditigns. In 1923 Mr. Stokes planted two acres of -Virginia Ftunner peanuts and made the. record yield of more than 200 bushels to the acre. He haf^Marketed these peanuts at eight cents a pound. This means'a total income of $480 an acre: 'Mr JStokes has had no trouble in dispos ing of his crop locally. He intends to Increase his acreage in 1924. >. 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