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4 0. Do you want a suit of clothes that will fit well, look well and wear well? If you do, I have tfyem for Men, Youths and Boys. COME IN AND SEE THEM Shoes Shoes Shoes The “BATTLE AXE” kind. I have been selling this kind for ten years, and know they are good. They are made right as to style and workman ship. Will give satisfaction to the wearer and comfort to the feet. HOW IS THIS? Cotton very near to I 5c and 1 axr\ selling 20 yards of good HOMESPUN for $L00. This Homespun is good heavy Homespun in short lengths, 38 inches wide, at 6c per yard or 20 Yards for $1.00 H. W. BUCK, JR. This short tale by Hamlin Garland might even more appropriately have been entitled “My Mother.” It is a mere magazine sketch, and yet it possesses the peculiar power and beauty which truth always carries with it. In my judgment, one might skim many magazines over without meeting the match of this little tribute, simple and sweet, to a brave woman whose life though strenuous was hopeful and helpful. i “Mr. Garland begins: “She was neither witty, nor learned in books, nor wise in the ways of the w’orld, but I contend that her life was noble. There was something in her uncon scious heroism which transcends wisdom and the deeds of those who dwell in the rose-golden light of romance. Now that her life is rounded into the silence whence it came its significance appears.” How often the last clause is true! He goes on to speak of her as she seemed to him in the down-days of ! memory large, handsome, smiling— 'a typicial woman of the West- Muscular and strong as such women are, but sweet and cheery of smile and voice; fond of music and of every form of sociality, and a player of simple tunes upon the violin.* Her hair and eyes were brown, with fair complexion, and her physical strength was great, her husband stating that before he went away to the war she would often prove herself his equal in playful contests. She had her small petulances (for this is a story of a real life, not a fairy tale) but they soon passed over—and then she laughed, while the tears shone cn her face. * I can see rowf ’ said her son, “that she was only a big. handsome girl: but she was my mother, and as such seemed tome an ‘old person’” Others speak in high- flown words of the “angelic smile” of the woman whom they wish to praise, but Mr. Garland says simply, and with the entire truth of nature. “Her lips rested in lines of laughter.” She was the wife of a pioneer, and the restless spirit of the husband and father, spurred on by dire necessity, took them from time to time further into the western wilderness. It was a hard and narrow life, she led. full of endless farm-house drudgery, and closely restricted by poverty,' but her unfailing quality of spirit sus tained her. She was the life of ail the simple festivitu s of a country neighborhood, and her. sympathies were fully as social as her pleasures. All who were sick or in trouble sent for Mrs. Garland, and none ever sent in vaift. At length came the must momen tous of their removals. Her son says, “I mention this going especi- \ ally because when it became certain that my people were leaving never to return, the neighbors thronged 1 about the house one August day to say goodby, and vith appropriate apeecht s presente 1 M<»th« r with some silver ami glass ware. Tnese were the first nice dishes (-he had ever owned, and she was too deeply t niche 1 to speak a wot d of tha ik- . but the giyjerdid not take so much irir+avA tax t fcairv.e** I Oa ' ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PUBLIC virtue to themselves were women who bed known the touch of my mother s hand in sick- i ness. Others had seen her close the eyes of their dead—for she had come! to be a mother to every one who j suffered. Those who had brought; the richest gifts considered them a poor return for her own unstinting, helpfulness I shall always remem-1 ber that day. My people were again • adventuring into strange lands— leaving the house they had built, the trees they had planted, and the friends they had drawn around them. The vivid autumnal sun was shining over all the lanes we had learned to love, and sifting through the leaves of the trees that h%4 ? rown up around us. The familiar aces of the bronzed and wrinkled old farmers were tremulous With emotion. The women frankly wept on each other’s bosoms—and; in the hush of that golden day. 1 heard the sound of wings-the wings of the death-angel whose other name is Time.” It is pleasant, however, to read on and find that the sequel of this life so pathetically cramped and confined, yet so noble and self-forgetful, is a comparatively restful old age and that, at the last, the sun sets in a clear sky. W E have moved opposite the Court House ami invite you all to come and see our new store, our new stock and the same old friends. Our store is the people’s store—the BIG SI ORE you hear so much about. I he store where your DOLLARS GO FAR THEST. We leave it entirely to )ou to jutl^e the value and quality of our ^oods. We are satisfied to let YOU decide that you tret a square deal on every purchase made with us. We also have a lot back of The Press and Stand ard adjoining our lot that we are pleased to offer you at all times. I j. m: witsell S UP PL Y CO. HUNTER BUGGIES RUSSELL WAG0NS\ All sizes in both one and two horse. HARNESS, LAP ROBES, ETC. Every Buggy and Wagon Sold L'nder Guarantee. Carload of WAGONS Just Received See Our Stock Before You Buy. o Waherboro Live Stock & Vehicle Co. 5 H H. W. BLACK. JR., Manager H Our Millinery Opening was the largest and most successful we have ever had, an 1 our " ' w customers seemed all to be pleased with the season’s latest. : : : : Our stock of Millinery and Dress Goods is most complete. We shall be pleased to have you visit our store. : : : N ext time you *Svalk by the store, we wish you’d stop a minute and take a look at big Ben. lie’s tLe f:r.c3t rxcpme- ter m..:le—the best looking -the best built — the best running.' You needn’t take our word for it, we keep hi*n in the window; you can see for yourself. $2.50 Tb.% i« the clock they are advrr- \ titirif in the btf fnacaymew S. FINN’S Jewelry Store Old Location NEW BRICK STORE WALTERBORO, S. C Announcement We desire to announce to our friends throughout the county that we have open ed an up-to-date hardware store, in Walterboro. and shall be pleased to have .their continued patronage. Our store is located on Main street next door to The Press and Standard. You will be welcomed at our store. Peihim Hardware Co. ON ADD AFTER OCTOBER lOtli There will be for sale at W. V. GLOVER’S UP-TO-DATE STORE a | pretty .line of LAMES DRESS AND READY-TO-WEAR HATS C A C E PATTERN HATS Also Pattern Hats from other reliable Millinery Houses. DAMAGE ~ CROP PLANTERS HAVE LOST PRACTICALLY 50 PER CENT. OF PROSPECTIVE VALVE OF THEIR PRODUCT.’ are MRS. W. A. BLACK L the leading millinery stor^B ./ Left fill the auditorium of the new school building Monday evening,. Nov. 7. Edwin R. Weeks will be pretent and will entertain you. Ikt brst plaati r. A piece of fltnnel dampened with Obambtriain’a Llnimani MmI bound on over the affected pnrtt it ••porior to a plaster and onoto o®ly oa * - ‘ by all dealers. Itching, bleeding, protruding or blinc. pile* yield to Droui’o Ointment. Obronic ca v ea aoon relieved, finally cored, tyug giata all aril it. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Carter, of Hendersonville, were among those intawi NOTICJE. - Notice in hereby given that 1 forbid, ender penalty of the law, any treepaaa- ing by Mock upon my i *rm in Broxtoo Townabip at Hieohena X Roada. Y. M. Thomas. Ruffin, 8 C., Jane 1,1910. I vr ^ notice’ All peroooo having claim* against the late F D Carter, of Colleton county, 8 C, will piesmt the tame doly,.attested; and all indebted to hia rotate will piake payment to the onderaigned „ J. T. Carter, Adminiotrator. Williams, 8 C., Get. fi. 1910 Edwin R. Weeks Coatpaay at the Academy MOiMiay avems^t wove •• MILLINERY DISPLAY We have just opened up a most up-to-date line of Mil linery, Fine Dress Goods. Trimmings, Laces, Embroid ery and Notions of all kinds.. Also Cloaks and readv-made CLirfq GOME ONE AND ALL and be convinced that our styles and prices are the very thing you have been looking for. Yours Ever Ready to Serve, MRS. J. I. MEARS ISLANDTON. S. C. MRS. N. W. RENTZ Varnville. S. C. Yon are not experimenting on your •elf when yon take Cbamherlam’e Coujrh Remedy for a cold a* tnat pro paration ha* won it* great teputation and extensive oa’e by it* remarka*^ cure* of cold*, and can alwayo he de penned upon It !• eijnally valuable for adult* and children and m«y be'glveu to young children ard may be given to voueg children with impiMt confidence a* it contain* no bariu'ar drug. Sold by ell detlera. The Edwin R. Weeks Company will be the next Lyceum attraction at the Walterboro Academy. This company will be hpre Monday even ing. November 7. The auditorium of the new school building, fiitted up with modem opera chairs, to say nothing of the beautiful lake and mountain view which is artistically painted on the drop curtain, should be a drawing card. Admiacion 2f> and 50 cents. The rice planters in lower Colleton just beginning to figure their loss from the recent tidal wave and high tides. It is figured that not less than 50 per cent, of the crop is a complete loss. This does not mean that only 50 per cent, of the acreage is a loss, but that 50 per cent, of value, after deducing in surance. A great many of the planters carried insurance of about $25 per acre on theif crops, which after certain percentages for collec tion, ^-etc., are deducted brings it down to about $21 50 per acre. • So tin an average crop of 40 bushels per acre the loss will stil 1 be nearly 50 per cent. This percentage does not include the damage to banks from breaks or washing. It hvill he several days yet before this damage can he ascertained, as the tides are too high even to allow investigators to deter mine the extent of the damage to banks. - The heaviest loser is former Gov D. C Heyward. He was planting about 1,700 acres on three planta tions. On Myrtle Grove his loss is :t20 ficres out of 350. His home place of OK) acres is a complete loss with the exception df between 8.000 and JMKK) bushels which was thrash ed. Definite figures can not be obtained from iionny Hall plantation planted by Mr. Heyward and Mr. Haskell, but it is understood to be as bad as the others. Governor Heyward carried insurance on most of this. He has about seven bad breaks which can not be closed as long as tides are up. E. A. Marvin, who plarts for the Thomas P. Smith Melver company, has lost .‘150 merest out of 700. His loss is 14.000 bushels, with no in surance. This plantation has three bad breaks apd banks badly washed O. M Read, who plants between 600 and 700 acres, lost 500, with one bad break. R B. Heyward & Bro. did not lose much as their crop is practically ail harvested. T, G. Ravenel lost 50 acres out' of 500 and has three' bad breaks. Maj S. A. Marvin lost 60 acres out of 300, with considerable damage to banks. - -—■*-- Col. Wm. Colcock, who has 80(J acres, suffered little loss, but has has two bad breaka. A. J. Anderson, who plants tor Rawlins Lowndes, has one had break blit his rice was practically all sav<-d. D. Blake l(»st 50 or 60 acres. Rost- Hill nlantation. the Ragot es tate, lose KK) out pf 110 acres. HON. M W. SIMMONS IN TOWN. Hon. M. W. Simmons, one of the prominent and successful planter* of St. Pauls who resides near Adaioa Run, was in town Friday. Mr Simmons discussed interest ingly the matter of Adams Run and Collins townships going to Charles ton county. Personally Mr. Sim mons stated that it made little dif ference to him. He had signed a petition hut refused to make any contribution. Mr. Simmons i- of the opinion that goii g to Chir erton c«unty will not be a lemedy for all the ills of St. Pauls. He thinks that perhaps, the agitators of this movement are a lit tle impatient over the fact that the statements made hy Senator Acker man and Representative Hill could not go into effect immediately. These statements referred to the expenditure of mad funds and pro ceeds of bond issues in territory from which collected. He was of the opinon that everything was satis factorily arranged at the meeting held at Meggetts some tune ago, when the Good Roads and Drainage league was organized. Mr Simmons thinks that there are many people in this section who have signed the petition to go to Charleston with whom it makes lit tle difference. SPECIAL MEETING. There will be a special meeting ol Peniel Local Farmers’ Union, No 755’Saturday evening. October 29, at 7 o’clock. This meeting is impor tant and we solicit the presence ol all the members. Jos. H. I Lam sey, Vice-President. Walterboro, Oct. 22, You say you want to see the in terior of Walterboro’s “new school building? Well. Monday evening, Nov. 7. will be the nest time The Edwin R. Weeks Company will be there. . - There will be a meeting ot the King’s Daughters and Sons at the Baptist church next Monday after noon at 5 o’clock. W. N. Jones, of Ashton, was here on business Monday.