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I Who I The three the 5 to see who wins I The lasi Matthe\ Letter to J. C. t'uUmn Batesburx, S. C. ^ Dear Sir: The easiest business in this world is dry-pood*; the reason in: your customers w?nt your stuff as ^ much as you want to sell it: th**y come j In; you show it and sell it. That's the who'e business, except your buying j the Roods. t Devocs comes next. It saves money, and people like money. They li>?p. somebody else's more than their own;: n they like to make it mon* than to f ^ save it; thoy like to keep it perhaps as : ^ well as to make it. t Buddings run down fast, without paint: poor pai.it Is the same. Devoe | is tb* means of stopping that leak: a ] big one All we've got to do, to sell ] Devoc, is to show that a man saves money by using it. E. 1), Jewell, Corry, I*a, painted his house 5 years ago with a mixed paint: ^ rrollattu I acl enrintr rviitttnil ** ftunvi.^. ""'V K Devoc; lu ttal'ons. Saved 815 to 820 { Yours truly F. W. Devoe & Co P. S. Tlmmons, lJros. sell it. Younj? man: Could you face yourj best girl and offer her a box o f choco . ates and bon bons unless it was statu- j ped lluvlcr'sV If you buy a cheaper: brand you have 110 excuse, for it is kept fresh at the Ratesburtf Drug Co Call and inspect. (I^WANTl-.D?One fresh milch cow. Must give rich milk. A young one preferred. Apply at the Advocate office. rrr 5CI0I Chemi Full A Discos Think of it ! Yo virtues of sulphur. ] for the first time, its and quickly cured. F I HANC3! ^ will do. Whether sic K We state it boldly, thn ? is without a parallel in tin 3* it is an absolute and Fever, Erysipelas. Catarrh k" Diseases of the Scalp. Soi Cured Eczema. wt' Oshtlkmkn :?I have used your jf Liquid Hi hcurtt tor u bud cm'*? of pl Kcseiua on the face from which I have suffered for several years. I t.tj had tried a number of the I est ? remedies known for Kezetna w uh'' out receiving any benefit from any of them. After using less I hull one xv bott le of Liquid Sui.i'Ui'R my face ; ; was entirely cured. 1 think it the bast remedy known for Eczema, | and taka nleusure In reoominendluff it to anyone troubled with ihis disease. J.io. W. IUnai.m j Orlando, Fla. HA? Prepared especially f?". Piles, Roughness ?>l 1 Hold at all reliable drug *tn \ tiiuabie li. HANCOCK L1QCI HOBS! Four car BfGir1SJL. % Holds >usand keys have I ; the money. t key was taken < VS" Bou k i ^EEHVI] BMMMW THE 'UNLOADED CHIN." ? i ^ Negro Accidently Shot Another Near Belfast. Newberry County. Newberry, Nov., 15.? Nod Robertson vas accidently shot through tlie head >y Dick Martin last Sunday on Mr. T. I. Davenport's plantation, near Bel'ast, this county. Both are negroes md were in a tenant house together nrl'hsome other negtocs when the hooting occurred. It seems that Martin thought his pistol was unloadd and snapped it at several in the room hiually he pointed it at Robertson, pulled the trigger and the pistol lired. Robertson is dangerously wounded but there Is a possible chance of his recovery. As yet no arrest has b en made.?Exchange. fColdsl IIt should be borne in mind that a every cold weakens the lungs, low- I ers the vitality and prepares the I system for the more serious dis- I cases, among which are the two I greatest destroyers of human life, ^ a pneumonia and consumption. ' Chamberlain's ! ! Cough Remedy g lias won its great popularity 1?y its 0 prompt cures of this most common fr* I ailment. It aids expectoration, re- r lieves the lungs and opens the g secretions, effecting a speedy and L permanent cure. It counteracts B any tendency toward pneumonia. R ^^Price 25c, Large Size 1C8 ^ istry at Last Obtai idicinai Value of rer y of Pricek hi can now get the full benefit of K very one knows sulphur is a v. oiul potveis are so increased that diseart >0 you realize what this means? I.< k or well you cannot neglect this nu t Loth as an internal and external remedy, ? history of medicine. Its power is simpl sure destroyer of all germs i:i such dist , etc.. and positively cures Eczema, Salt re Threat and all Ulcerated Conditions, strikes at the root of disease and i'ri\ts u oui .no mailt r now toiil Hie lihuxt may he, sulphur will purify i*. It makesnodh'tcrence how longyou have suffer; d, the cure will he speedy ami permanent. It will surely do for von, what it has already done r hundreds. ! cd in the hath and toih-t.it brings health and good looks to women, tnakiup; the skin clear, tlic eves bright ai d the step elastic. It is a wonderful tonic, a splendid hh <?i vitalizer, ami a thorough renovator. WCUCK'S LIQUID SULPHUR OINTMI r Hums, Scs.Ms Open v< i Chafed. parts are and Hands. Scaly Kczema, IMackhe ,d~ : c-. W'riln lor free booklet eontiiinim; grab hi > on I lie en rill i v? mi 11 e H rut Hn:i>l use of 1 . B SULPHUR CO., ES (tOO loads of P. S. Mr. J. F 3EZ-j_ Luck}' been given out and 3lit on Monday tr light Co. 5 | <1 J-"s <f * High PriceJ Stockings. Halt imore women who buy stnet igns at #100 a dozen, or $10a pair, arc i.ot , scarce, according to Mr. 1. 11 \ < t ; New York, who is at the Ucnticrt. ' Asa mat ter of tact," said Mr liealcv, "our customers sell plenty ?f-:<?ckingsat that price in Halt imorc, t In hip h figure being accoun led for by the' ivish j embroidery, all <>f the most d?'icate handiwork, an I the ? .\pensive quality of t hehilki i ntering into the orn. men-! tal features We haveone line of >>ck-' ings in our faetory selling forSlllr "A dozen?'' "No: ?140 a | air. of course, this stocking is so far beyond the a\.igc ' I dream (^.elegance in hosiery a n. ? laboration in finish that theor?linar.\ and can't grasp ital once. The il-'t ivking is sold, however, and sold to | >ple whoean afford to throw it away hen t he first hole makes i;? appcarai e in the foot.'' ' Why not put a new foot to si !i an expt nsive piece ot In siery?" Yd.! they don't have to. Hut ' -g?t down to the 11 pulur idea, the oo;s this year are going to be very ighw Idle and red now leading. The l brics will be sutrslant ial, and there is general tendency loin: tc'i shoes and ??cl ings and even gowns. Many - he ncichants are specializing on ma1 iiing colors, winch is an entirely new 'ting I ami will grow more and more i ular as the spring s asm approaches ' J Haiti more News. A Ladles Sol d (iold Watc' Slight h used, eost *12.">, a iti: fill, eweled inovi incut, will sell for ' M>0. <? .1. HA KlilS. SSJF>-v trj I J| ^ ^ ins the f Sulphur. jss Value. 1 the marvellous healing erful medicine. Now, i is instantly controlled 't us tell you what 9 i ^~*a P ^ wir issage of health. Hancock > l.iijniil Sulphur v wonderful. !jj uses ns Diphtheria. Typhoid Rh.-um. Gent, Rheumatism. Hancock's !. :ui?? Sulphur !>" Wo'il'l Not He Wiitiout It. Gkn i i.i ms.n ,-everal tnoniha I i 1 have i.e. 11 mmIik luili l.lul'llt s* i.i'ii r k iii lu.v family. iiii'l leel i Iio\V lilalwe eoil.-l 1 ilo V. itliollt i I i I'or .sore ttir< it. !.: ul mil ek111 ?il*e:im\ i do not l?el!eie H t ill nn e |uist. i' i rcniitrkHido io tee in l..j linw s||?>rl *i ?: i?11 il \\t': i- Mexelhu | - : v* i ??:? . ? til?* ?l from ft l~ rut i.r l?ti r it. ! tvt?!i <".iTj uni'cimlil J ! know rf t'>S r.'mcdy. j ! No lioitii'-Loiilil in-without it. Mrs. J. T. KNULisn ?-i ISIrhiiioml, Vh. tN T. H R.ut Surfaces, noils, . and all Skin Ihscrr-cs. p^j fill lust i iiiiiI! in uliil 11 vuu; 11: ! mtl|?ln.i\ Baiuiaorc, iViti. \ (I drivers wagons, fc Etheredge will ha md,'s j .<T A.TESRURG ADVOCATE Key to it now remains to lorning. Herb. W. (Zdwards Injured. . Ilnh. \V. I'd wards of lies M"ine?,J j Iowa, go? si lull on an icy walk l *t jn . win'er. 'prainii.t; IPs wrist and hrnis ^ i {rhis kneas. "The next dnT," be " Slaci a s, were so si re and still' 1 j|t^ "asafinid I wniild have to stay in he', p.,p but I rt'l.h -d them well with <'!? ?> wjj herli'inV Pain Ha in and i.f'er a 'aw ^,jv ap| licaHotik all soreness hud disnp- t.OJ1 peared.'' V\ r sale by | you Tittnit s Pro* ACromin Drtr. Co* EARLY MARRIAGES. ! 1 ov | it I.ota of Iuuiik A\ rililt'il Coo plea Don't S Starve tn l)e<itli. j We are used to look grave when it J yotiug loan takes a wife unto himself with what .seems to us to be undue . precipitation, and if presently we see a j I' young family growing puuetuall.v up otil; around him maybe we wan our heads a hit and say it was a pity that young Buxton did not wait until he had got a round or two farther up the ladder. We say we don't like to see a likely . young fellow overweighted at the start, and we know of men of promise who incurred domestic blessings so early in life and in such numbers that all tlli'ii* llvive llinr never <11,1 hetfor than to stagger on under their load. We nay they never had a ehnnee to get where they hi longed, and we fear it is going to he so with that young Huston. Hnt if Huxton has got liis start and seems to he the tight sort ami if that demure young Lucy seems to have some hard sense and due constancy in whatever disguise tinder her ribbons and muslins, let u- ted croak unduly nor forecast ;> lot of hogy troubles that lire 11 ?t actually in sight. Keening hotly and soul togetln ' e p it ouite s > desperately eunpii-.n \ a t.ek as s me of us have gr ?v u t . tit hilt o:'. I. >;< <n' people don t : tarve to death. Met-o politan M: gi Favored by Both Parties. Republicans uttd Detno rats alike praise Foby's llottey and I jt Tor coughs, cold- and all throat and lung disease , as no other remedy ca t coin pare with it. It is safe and sure. F T. Mbt. r, ?? (Sloucesler, Mass., writes: 4 Foley's | llottey and Tar cured inc > f a very bail i rough which t had fir t months i > tie. lean highly recommend it for e.ui; It- and colds." S n. b ' T nitons Bros. o<> Kit Ulr luKrnuittr. ?? The following ingenious mode of crossing a river was once displayed by a kalllr, wito ltail for some time stood kn watching the valu attempts of a party So' of soldiers to cross the stream at a eVl time* when to ford it was attended by iei considerable danger. After siiiLlintr at "u their eiTorts with that sarcastic ex- at pressiun remarkable among these sav- 1 utter lie quietly raised a heavy stone. OUl placed it on his head and then walked co' witli perfe< t ease through the torrent to the opposite side. doi wa (IU n Tonibalanr. "" A weather heaten tombstone in an ' old Virginia cemetery hears this In- I'" script ion: tf''1 I await my husband. hr> May 26. 1M0. a > Here I am. t.0 Ixjc. 14, 1S61. A wapr pasjing by added, "Late, us . Usuw 1 " ru ntn Wear li an oid friend. Vint can con i pa re Hamilton Hrown S(,! S u oi to your l? st girl or last fellow. Til iv are p'enly t 1 others that lcok jnst as pre!Iv at first sight but they -j <!-> n >t wear mi well on long ao- ' Hr), qu liiilance. For sale onyly by K. V. j ;r ('tillion (" . I T <>irs> s-.-iler- a>e not tailing t,> o'l t ike a Ivantage of th cluhbimr oll'er* ! < V e tre >11 I i.lg, I' > SI. I.onis Ifep 11 - j S !! lie '* i e i"ii h week i.?r a vee, pit Isjili Hi" } 'i>* i Vixito,* lil'y t'Ao !.> tilli - > .< i y>'it* :i'? I T. <> Adv > u'h "?I I ui> in - i> 07 p..| < I* ? \?'ur?a I inn P 6 R S E and <>'oo o nicies and! ve charge of the hor & w StsubleE the M We the undersit the ir.cr.ev b has ' bogus keys from I , . I I To Whom It. May Concern: ( f you owe me anything please come nd settle; or*ir you are unable to *' . make satisfactory arrangements. mid 1 not hear from you, 1 propose J" he near future, to publish in three ers, a list of those few who owe ine 11 h absolutely no exceptions, and ftl ing amounts and date of the ae- e1 lit, so that you will tlien know how j ^ stand. An honest man's accounts! ' never too old to be justly due. It ve vou anvtliing come in and get a it hould I not liear from you, 1 will 111 j you a copy of the papers. * (). J. IIA Till IS. csburg, S. C . S. The ab.ive refers io accounts y prior to t hose of .January 1st IS'04 * for Protection we pine:' l i: : ! >!il on every l?arU;ii. <-f s -. < i * - Kinulsiuii. " The mnr wit h ;i lish < m 11is back ,l Is ??'ir trade-murk, and it is a guarantee that Scott's Kmul- ? elott will ! > nil that Is claimed * (or it. Nothing I letter for lun?. 1 throat or bronchial troubles in infant or adult. Scott's I'liiulhltai is one of tlie grentest flesh- l* builders known to the medical wo. hi. 1: h We'll sea-J } on u s.rmplt free. SCOTT & B9WNE, " *>;:rv?,Tet o , IJ h A YARD OF BEER. * n IVcii t Inr Fralurr of Hntliiru In l.itlle F.iiKliili I nim. .'lie ' yard of beer" wlik It was once a peculiar a feature of the business n no at the little inns of l.exley and I ihain, Kuglaml is now but little b own, if itnlee.l not altogether o'.e z ete. It was served in a glass \? sol g ictly three feet in length, with a f ry narrow stent, slightly lipped at g ? month, ami with a globular bowl r; tin' bottom. e Ills vessel heing tilled with beer, any d ft eonld bate the !i<]tior free if lie v ild drink it without spilling u drop, n he failed lie would liate to pay n able. The feat looked easy, hut it h is ditlieult, if not impossible, for a i sice to perform. Ie took the a lass in both hands, aped the lip to his mouth an I tllc.i c ntly tilted it. The beer would at ii -t How very quietly and slowly, and q stranger to the practice would think s sv admirably he was overcoming the Acuity. but suddenly, when the t iss was tilted a little farther, air died up the long stem into the bowl, il the half pint of beer was splashed t o his face, to the woeful detriment t temper, neck gear and linen r.r- o a's Week I v A Card. his is to certify that all druggists authorized to refill d your money ^ Foley's Honey and Tar fails to *' e yoi:r (Miigh or en'd. It stops the;'' gh ai d heals the lungs. Pi events umoiiia and will cure incipient r m v iriti-oi C?o.tab's 110 eniales iinil is " ^1 i<k ? ! iI<Ir*- i>. A?k for Foley's o** i :i il I'-ir ami ins'<t up ?n Lav- '* i. st i'??? i'O'U'1) and h^als t'??? ^s. >o!il oj Tunmovs ISros. 11 S k> (I Worker ne nice little pon harnm in< I.AWA A* V W J V1H se department an< 3 ZEBstila: ' -? loney I LEESV1LLE, OCT [ned guarantee that the s teen placed in the which the customer dr, J C ft* I A PHYSICIAN HEALED. Dr. Geo. Ewing, a practicing physiun of Smith's drove, Ky., for over lirty years, writes his personal excrieree with Foley's Kidney Cure: For years I had been ceutly both e<1 with k'dney and bladder trouble nd enlarged prostate gland. 1 i s d ,erything known to the profes*i? n ithout relief, unlil commenced to use o'ey's Kidney Cure. Alter taking iree bottles I was entirely relieved rid cured, 1 prescribe i? now daiy i my practice i.nd heart 'y rcconetid its use to all physicians for Mich loul lis, I have prescribed it in hunreds of cases with perfect success.* Sold by Tionuons Hros. WORST KIND OF POVERTY. i Stan Mar liar* I'lrntf of Manor and ?( Be Verr Poor. Much of what Is called success Is but be most vulgar klud of prosperity; It * the success of the brute faculties at be expense of the divine. To devslop few of one's brsln cells, and tbsss be lowest, by everlasting digging and rinding for money, to cultivate sns uge gland which secretes nothing but ollars aud the exclusive cultivation f which crushes out of life all the i ner seutimeuts. u 11 th.a is sweet aud ' eautlful and worth while, makes j run as dry and barren a.-i rte great ' uliaru desert. He who follows. this nurse cauuot be rich, no mailer how moll money lie may have. A trau is ich when ? very fa? ulty within hitu us followed his highest ideals, when e lias pmhed his horizon to its farberruost limit. A man is poor when he has lost condeuce of his friends, when people who 1 l" nearest to him do uot believs la mi. ? inn iij^ v liuiai.iri in emu ?rd by deceit. punctured by dishonesty, ic *-3 pour when be makes money at be expense of bis character, wleu rinclple does not aland cleuv cut, ?urenie in ids Idea. When this la cloud d be la la danger of the worst kind f poverty. To be In the poorbouae ? not necessarily to lie poor. If you j ave maintained your integrity. If your huracter stunds foursquare to the rorld, if you have never bent the knee f principle to avarice, you are not oor, though you may be compelled to eg bread.?Orison Swett Mardeu in iuccesa. SlruuratinH With the Lkasaaa*A story is tola of a German teacher t an American girls' college who waa ot thoroughly acquainted with the English language and the college slang ad not helped her In solving the puaIo. Site had heard the girls talk about olng off on lurks. Returning one day rom a picnic she said to some of the iris, "Oh, I have been on such a euuay." She startled her eluss one day by orapluiulug against some of the cold ays of September, saying, "Why. it ias so eold one day 1 had to stay In ay room all the morning and sit with ly feet over the transom trying to eep warm." Salvation Willi l ood. Fourteen-year-old Emma, who hud ome home from her first day's schoolng In elementary physiology, was [uctloned by her parents as to what lie had learned. "Fapn," she complained, "I don't biuk 1 like physiology." "Wli. in it. my dear 7" " .Veil, teacher was explaining dlgesio.i t > us today, and she suid we had o mix salvation with every mouthful f food." Harper's Weekly. Safeguard Against Accident. 'he last safeguard against accident is ) use good judgment; in directing vet j aid. I'ot. aceul i.ts will often rcur in spite o< every effort to pi?ent them. The best safeguard ag&'iist liiirv rr sll'fir.'r I it'll ncfHilont a iv Iliotl', -I Oil I. i iaifiir. I. l lie iiv>*t Kt-v n '< ?? ilent nil' ' . i li?- <i.o>t ?-i :? iiiim | ii.jrr>"?ii for I ?i' io tlif !;? t i v .'ii i oil 11i111 il-i ?vei I* r i ' f ? o- ' ? *! % ? ,' ? h! ft rim y in the lot suit it rAf.AiVA.rf Jl> 1 VUVlIVUi .1 will be glad to i cetcL Stz . 31st, 1904. ; lucky ksy to I draw with the fl . H Boiy, I 5. D. Shealy, C. L. Asbill H ^luuler s (Bandies The only Sales-Agency between Columbia and Augusta. Fresh shipments every 15 days. Mail orders solicited and will be given careful and prompt attention, flf?:a- r.- rv . . . ... ??rac lor inscriptive txoklet with illustrations cf all packages. Many illustrations of Holiday Boxes. See that your order is in early so as to have prompt delivery for a Beautiful Holiday Box. When in town make our store your Headquarters. ? we will he delighted to serve you. We have everything To be found in a First-Class Drug Store. Batesburg Drug Co. Next to Post-Office. E. K. Hardin, Mgr. Hut H* Meant WeU. The good msu waa comforting the stricken widow. T>o not grieve, sister." said fca. "Think how much better off he is." And the good man wondered why she refused to be longer comforted by htm. ?Browning's Magazine. II la negative. Buustty?They spenk of Multhy'a negative virtues. What axe they? !>?* on?They're something 1 don't Ilk*. He always says no when yon want to borrow anything of him. ? Boston Transcript. Mad ? Have It. "You married uie for my money'." alia exclaimed angrily. "Ob. well." be replied soothingly, "don't blame me. 1 couldn't get it an/ other way. you know " Best Liniment on Earth H i W >r Work*. fib'iJi .. is , wrlierr ' have tried ui>ny" kinds of liniment, but I hate never rec ved mucii b*-neit until 1 i mi* I ii?iM. .'a Sou a* Liniuelit tor rheumatism end pains. I tii'i k i the b h liniment nil ?artli.'* ifto, 60c M do So l?y O .) H.riir. 1RSES able for children ?ee his friends. *?@t. *" * ' +- . V.J . . 9