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?:?? -&< % LIFE IN & Sp; 9 g TO OUR POLICYHOLl M with a letter rec; Insurance Co nnisc 1st: That lie ha tion ol' ti ^ ance Co. 21? <d n J. i That Its r S propsrly q 13 r J.: That i 13 t ^ meat, the Q support ar Sk the State Q ith That the c ^ tre.nely sn Q upon oo'iipi H3 farther ;iV3S ^ bill ties, surplus P^r tno Co up'JLhy1 s til which stio/j a neilt ^ sure you of tnosto tfu the advisability c 55 in the Soutneuste $ YO a 9 P. S.--P1S2.H o;j AS eastern Life loos M and is not oon-ie: S? v/ith any otnor tag V ing in Spar mbur-r b^b 1 -i- n a @?????S? 5? THE GUIGNARD R The best brick on Orders filled wit COLUMBIA, >a a ^ Por everything good to 5 ^rcherBro< A A -A AAA M Brest J. S I'ci'. -v , 1 OF nil; CONDI The Palmetto National Bui May I Uli, RKSOUKDES. Loans $ t.ils.i 7i ^,j U. s Bund; ony, 100.00 s SC Bonds. Seeiiriti''s. etc "?I Banking II him?. Vault. ( ' Furnitwr-. m l Fixtures ; " .">0 ;i (' in >. and I tic i ruin Banks and IJ. S. Triu- I,, surer M'..an 1 il! 0(5*0)1 :J.!M ' 1 -^2" "Mill iih nil I i I \ ^ : ^ y , Tf you are sick, don't 77 \ s to make yourself well. To [yjjtlu' words of thousands oJ ^1 womanly ills, when we say: | TAKE |J H| I st win For 50 years, this wmid< uhcon benefiting sick wmin : . , jot Cambridge Citv, Jnd., sa , willi female trouble, and tl ;vsThov wanted 1o onovato. 1 ?i ||S made 1110 feel like n new w< ^tliis wonderful medicine, w || AT ALL DRIT WOOD M/ ! iv.ni Cheat Send for our I Ri l. Mantel Catalog Host ration 4 and full d.:*.:ripti n of our c We carry a complete slo '< ?f <il{ \ li:."-' also name l:actory 1*: i*. - on Stoves, Sheet Metals I-EE A. LOR COIJJMI* OUTHEASTERN SURANCE COMPANY artanburg, S. C. July 30th, 1908. r . )ERS : 001 I an publishing here3i/3 1 from :Ar. F. H. Monaster, sioasr, ta viftiLoli hs states: id made a thorough examina13 Southeastern Lire Insur- 3 Q 33ord.s have been neatly anl a: c e p t i its ooas3rvatlv3 manage- 1 Conpany is entitled to the . id patronage of the people of ^ i. L. ( ieath looses have been exrail, and were promptly paid ^ .etion of proofs of deaths. the amount of assets, lia- ! ?; > and insa ranee in fore a, as i /j; booKS -June 30th, 1903, all of | by growth, and should reus- ' ' ibiiity of your Company and $ j >f increasing; your insutfanoe i rn. r iurs respeotfully, ELLIOTT E3TES, r President. lp In mind that thR .do ir.n- i not .vritsFira Insurance, ' ! .g ;ted lLrac tly or indirectly , turine a or'unizationoperat:'jr til - State of SoutnCaroI ?f* glgi ?r-.?\?T".rr.pr.pr-.??*> *V/s^ r* ^ ^ 40 . ^ vsv- ?5v Vv- (s?> CSV \JR VvV W ^is RICK WORKS. A Paying Investii fx a the market, Mr John White,(?f:wu. 4 h dispatch. Malno. savs: ?1| troubled with ;i cough ? r _ _ ^ C anc' sl,r'nK- '/Jst winter * : advertised remedies !>u 1 c jiit itiuerl until I bought . | < f Dr King's Nov Dis f> ^Pl that wi?s half gone, the . % , >y gone, 'i his winter the eat, tresh )> result has followed; a f 1 'Wl ilcl II j) I')*"dat*-' ??<) LU more banished the am Manj 4 *. j now convinced Lh Poison 1 >atCSttLI'*0 , . Cv. \ w Discovery is the I ympt W\A -?A \A -AAA aA\AfW '? :uul 'ung remedies > ,,?1' ' *** **** ***** * anteo at, all d,'u?Bists. 1. ial bottle free. niary ?????????????? _ Poison |>U. 1 A. W We soi: P. Mu ws Cashier. Dkntis- 1 for B. J " " ?sv * r,?ht-r w.?thunr If you "ds of 1 * v s. < , 11'!'1 > UUfMI i : . . H HON OF , *. , , ? > ? ? . . healing mountairtons of pure ill U] III lid, b L. curative properties Ucs.ni .90S. i /h1; Ts V' r' liOTTI I and heals thesensitiv cure. I I \DLLITI KS , b ranees. No opium L'ain D dial ">loov. pii i i i S 2"i >,ooi).on ' '"'H'ing haish used 1 plus and I'r ilits :W.?>57 44 ^)rcss;. iK-ma. d Dr. / .v,- - . "" other. Sold b\ eolation J.L.oOO.dO ^l l,c J. O. s payable and II - c.,.. . . sav>: i ?> > BARRETT . sur0 c, sits 1.1 i:r ?;.-)5.5tr 1 attoknky had on. D ATKSIUJI . , . , hut tin i areful attention gr . Fikst National II _ out. in jjp js.r remain .1 k 4 ? It's a pity when si ^ W s.,^aeh or stn*iula^L I 01TV, but bo^iu at OneoH "emi and Kidneys, \ UKi x H : are nts cad crying 01 B proc do i ins, wo hut repeat p expains whv Dr. s-. 11 j!- '.; [' other sufferers from gj is promptly heipii a* 1 j 17.w? K0 and Kidney ailment - I ?? >?' > Bu tive reaches out for ? I ^vj.. EM . f these ailme ts t ? I 625 N ^ KftZSKt. "3! B51 M nr.v.s" Annuo. . j23 lj * Manlip YOU Hi ? M< ?\'? a Kifln.m Tfnl female remedy, 1ms H w.u .. .\V'!n"u u,",7 Mrs. Jennie Men-irk, 8g J ' (: I rt,.iy.I sjl Mii* ** ill Iv. 111II11 the \s: "I suffered greatly M h.-xmcton ie doctors did no pood. it 1 took Cardui, and its? wiion \ uimvea t )man. I am still nsinp IS MUV lhai i: "a> bcon it!' increasing relief." | l^ZT G STORES |B move tl.c how els. T JkB made Kenned\ s La ( denial'did. It dt es - - ... ? like lie st of the old cures, luit 11 I lie Ot ho 1 \T^Pp f Oi moves the hiwels .in ViN i Ililj,} time heals irritati.n ilammai ion of t lie thro >USl Dp I", n. <ivjincr s ciriiK sk cue, wu.cli -.Iiown lar^e. full paKc . ? ?npDte lid.' :if NVOOI) V\\N iris. MORMOciNO/^I F\F > nil I II.IN .1 all the time. W ^.tn Mil II IN I I K/b and' UJftj mU fixtures , I H ^ v6~~cuft; iCK & BkO. BE? PA?v IA,S C The Murry Dru^ Co., C< INSURANCE DEPARTMENT of South {Carolina. tin FIT4 HUUH McMASTER Wr Commissioner 0f Columbia. S. C. *!. Columbia, S. C. July 24,1908. Estes, President, . 7? *a1 ii Life Insurant Company, ^ ' {jJJ DUrg, S. C. g for .fter having finished a thorough ^ [J; of your Company, it gives me W rot inform you that I rind its re- y: ?r q been neatly and properly kept, JJJ o you that I feeL that, due to its ^ coi 5 luiuagems:ig, yoiv cpnomy is en- n*>' % support ail patronaxa of ths JJJJ 3 Statu. I finl'taat your death V tha 333n extrensly snail, anl that ^ onptly pail upon conotation of Jr nc . th; taat your gross assats ]* 49,302.09; that your total I la- JjJ policyholders anl others aonint ! )9, anl yoar surplus astonolloy- key 3,15 3 3.09. Insurance in for?), Sr dur )0, show in? a n3t inoraas,3 uf i- gf ^ 'ores since -January 1st, 1908, or Jg iau i # w# am t u 1 a 13 you anl all t h a o t h 3 r of- jr pl0" h -i 0 o n o l i y u p o n its s u c c 3 s s. 1 J? of lk yoa ah! th3 others assoolatel ^ nn ths courtesy shown me, aril for X qiJ n33 c 1/3.1 m3 in verifying your 5? v? 1 passing upon your assets. X you continue! anl abundant sue- X 0t" X ;>rr Yours Very Truly, J* th? F.v H. MoMASTER, Insurance Commissioner. X kij filial - , ...^ 7Ct &s tr ^ Mow to Oct Strong. A Ifll ini llfl I 1'. Daly, of 1247 W. Congress St., Wll t, B e t lit 1 2 11 I Chicago, tolls of a \va> to become Cla H IUJ !"*&! yI 'strong: He-ays: ' vly mother. who is a ; ^ ^ Ann*# , old and was very feeble, is deriving so much benefit from Electric Bitters, i^ruuvr W Ithat I to.-! it's my duty to Ml those Q Bone Pains C&n- J&BSV who need :i tonic and sirengthening Hcr o i ' m. AflaakJr1 medicine about it In my mothers frj, CC1. oCSly cLlii. / case a '"itrkod gain in llesh has re*\ PimnlPS y suited, insomnia h;:s been overcome. . >} flllll/ili r Ju and she :s steadily growing stronger." Electric Bitters quickly remedy > om- aft r people suffer from Blood acli, liver and kidney complaints. 1110 and don't know it Read Sold under guarantee at all drupeists. the onis, Easily cured by B B. B. .*,00. wesnty five years Botanic blood Th B. B. B.) has been curing yearly i ? a.Is of sutTerers from J'rl- ? . f. secondary or Tertiary Blood Summer Excursion Rates and all forms of Blood Disease. ...... ,v,a. .... Th icit toe iiio^i obstinate 0&sc-s,j SOUTHERN RAILWAY. | An It B. cures wliere.all else fall*. have exhausted the old rneth- Round trip Summer Excursio I Alt treatment and still have nchfs I T<.. ~ hone- ' - 4 i .. N > > U iltu ^ : I ' / ' '' - . v v ;i'h V ' Ut \ . 1 j t'le Botanic Ingredients. Jt'puri- Agents tor rates, tickets, etc. ga 3 enriches the blood. / L- HEEK, n t fGGlsTS. *1 PEL LARGE Art <ien. I?as. Agt., th? L.10 witli directions for home Atlanta, (ia. j,cl Sold in Batesburg by Hani- J; '- LL'SK, . , rug Co. Call or write. ' Hiv. Pas. Agt , Charleston. S C. ^ t Sure-enough Knocker. t,ki-,1 t, o? , 'k. 1 ink 1 ain tablets?I>r. Slioop s? wi Goodwin oi Bcidsvillc. N. C., .stop Headache, womanly pains, ant tie 'liucklon's Arnica Salve is a1 Pa'". anywhere, in 20 minutes sure. R: uouirli Uuockcr for ulcers. A|Formula ..n the S5c b< . A si; you. J* : druggist or d> ctor about this formulae came on my leg last summer., a,a finc Gunler.s Druif ,lore i? wonderful salve knocked it | tVI&'^'Rheumatism S *T" 1 have found a tried and tested enre for Rhen , , nia c?11 it k>* .. ... ... i I rowwjnjL .foi ft remedy that will straighten the . p< 0,'m Sii 1T1 r .1 s. 6 from I :,:-i >rted limbs of chronic ctlpslM. ooF ram booy " , , growths back to flesh iigain. 1 hut Is impossible. , ,; !-! Ill > U *r t' u 1 > n i irikT K-st I can now surely kit: tbo pulns and pangs of ? this deplorable disease. " k( (ea yt mnc com I *1? Q?nwj^rith a Chemist in the city of Pannstadt?I found the last Ingredient with lr.? 1 uvn ivii do u n< i<v>nrv i>v which l)r. Shoop's Rheumatic U'tnedy wa* made rot: ft P' rfi'ct. d. dependable prescription. Without . . ,vv;ii' i i .. i ,,. that lust ingredient, I successfully treated many, nl* 1 > ls ' ' ' , many cast s of Rheumatism: but now. at last. Itunl- jj.-j] >_ i .. . ... I iormlycur. so 11 (nimble ease* of this heretofore " *trt .in! i .1 -lit | much dreaded disease. Those sand-like granular . . i~-i i ,.i. wastes, found in Rheumatic Blood soemtodissolve l: "CIOO 10 i ft . an>'. pass away tualer till'nrtion of this remedy at , Mi u it I.. n'i. i ' i , . freely as does sugar when added to pure water. 1 ; And then, when ilissoiv I. ties- poisonous wastes fit Iri'Ult'! Bt: T an freely pnss fr.un the system, and the cause of . Rheumatism is-gone forever. There Is now no "111 won % .v: . ' - i hoy | real need?no actual excuse to ruffer longer with- Tp ] |? tiiiiyf : cut help. We soil, and in confidence rocumiflr.ad Dr. Shoop's " : Rheumatic Remedy i j WINTER'S DRIJB STORE. : \i? *.< 11 i\ ul(ivsSv J 1"^ i >S> K(,( i will W i LilOtlt (Idllljl ? Tl-p la JV{1< ( . llbia s ( >?,Jr stomach strontr aivl will afmniu ("A i irintuiit Iv relieve \ou of all the svmp- j it .iun <if iniliyestifii It Will do this he- it is made up <>f tv . fbrc boli/'d NNilf ' ft/fl (Ji^jostiv juices ' t!io s! ,m ir.|, S) j>r me:as -l" that it <?omplctt > rllge. s >ilos. I ; :s. of < urse. , (,c (t just n.^lho stomac i will ,]M it ?0' rip where a salve is so vou See Kodol can't fail t ? help ycu Qi if imitat; ns. Solila|uj j,(\p you promplv. it is sold Itcre nter'a drug store. ; bv ?>r. |,\ ii (iuntej's drug store. "bj *) town In Alabama 18 an Ilurkaway, u yo boM 8 tber wu a deacon in the nob, fl ;cd to so bp Into the belfry da and jfl me times on inooulight uigbti lo tai-.o look up the turnpike, whkh v?s fl la inly visible for some miles north ard, hoping to catch theilwt ?ight of ankee troops that were expe cted to I rcupy that region. HtltsV'J set oat store by this vedette ays ?uted by himself and promised to urn bis neighbors In time to get their >uscs in order and put thefa silver -j icons in the well before the arrival or e enemy. Ilurkaway was in love with Fn -cj urbln, a jlrl who found It db cult to kclde between him and Tom N?!au. oc day Nolan overheard s< oes talking togetlier noout tl p alty of the Yankees, some say iff that tey would come within a fov hours. 1 olan thought to get ahead of Ids rival id climbed to the belfry for the pnr?se of being first to see the * ur r y's -i - -rr.' tt~. ?~* Cherry Hialpcy* ^ ^ 9 t is sOJl asserted in. BcboolboofcatSai t rries were introduced to ghglsnd I the "fruiterer" or greengrocer of I ory VIII.; also, that they were not uuion far a hundred years after tfeat ie. This is an error. Mr. Thomas Igbt found the name in every one a the Anglo-Saxon vocabularies which w edited. So common were thoy and highly esteemed that the time for ^ hering them became a recognized . tlval?"cherry fair" or "fcust." And s grew into a proverbial expression Ut ' fleeting Joys. Gower bojs the frl- 80 \ taught that "life is but a ''erye- a I'rc," and Hope "endurcth but a P' rowe, right as it were a chcrye ste." There is more than one record the purchase of trees for the king s 0< rden at Wet tminster centuries bec Ileury VIII. was boru. But rilny v< itradieted the fable, as if in pro- w etic mood. After telling that Luhis first brought cherries to Rome 8IJ am I'ontus, in 080 A. U. C.), ho adds *** t In the course of 120 years they vo spread widely, "even passing rr sea to Britain."?Corahill Maga- ^ a. 01 gi The First English Bookmaker. oth the Derby and the Oaks owe ** Ir names to tbat Earl of Derby wbo ?t a pack of stagkoucds near Epsom 01 ing the last quarter of the eight- 1M th century and resided ut a huntbox called the Oaks. Fifty years 'a ;r a spiteful description of the Oaks 1>(J 1 its Jockeys was recorded in the ^ ry of Charles Grcvillc. In the rert of the llrst Derby run the names 'a live starters and of all the riders ba i missing and thero is no betting otatlon. 1,1 Is the earliest known bookmaker, n uxbull Clarke, was banged, not for v lshiug, buc for highway robbery, ? ting on the race course could not that period have been a particularly ^ >fitable profession. Jockeys did not j n possess their present princely sal cs, but with a foe of a guinea were J* re richly rewarded than those of ig James I., who were regaled by ot British Solomon with long * ccbcs, delivered half In Latin and r? f In Caledonian.?Westminster Gate. ?- al Financial Poetry. n unusual allium was presented to 8* lis Clark, brother of Lewis Gaylord ^ rk, a poet, on one occasion, with ^ equest for "some rhymes." 'JI Ir. Clark was at the house of a ni nier, and the man's daughter bad tailed au old accouut book into an ograpb album in which were inlbed the names of licr various 'n pnds and relatives below appropriate itimonts. t? Ir. Clark saw his opportunity, and *** i r turning over the leaves for a mo- *n at or two he took a pen and wrote ** ; following verse: aN ? s <5. u< Is world's a sccno as dark as ca Styx terc hope Is scarce worth 2 6,. r Joys aro bora so fleeting J hence kl at they aro dear at 13 kl d yet to stay here many ore 1 pi willing . bough they may not have 1 I that ta.13 I ' '' I . 8 j i B .?i a y I n I at I oh.*- i.t v * v; "?orn-| < , . . for I 0 htog lln< :? j f1 -V - v, n >jy 5 k V.. \ I 11 v. u .1 I \V. j r t.? M hvir .n oi ro . lit ) ^ w- to 1 Lher .May dew tomorrow morning, bl ilch Mrs. Turner bath taught her is 1 oulv thing in the world to wash ^ r face with, and 1 am contented with Two years Intel he made this en in liLs diary: "Troubled, about 3 *c the morning, with my w ife's calling a) r maid up and, rising herself, to go " th her coach abroad to gather May c* w, which she did, and I troubled for for fear of any hurt going abroad so limes happening to her, but I to ep again. She came home about G." ? Very 6agacious. t farmer had a very sagacious dog dch lie had trained to count his ecp as they passed through a partic- ' ir opened gate, against which a rile stones were placed for the dog's use. II'J each sheep passed through the dog ^ iced one of the stones aside. One . y, much to the farmer's surprise, he mil the dog trying to break a stone ^ half, and on himself counting the ^ c*k he found there had lx?en an ad- * ion in the night of a lamb. m k Knew the Value. ?. ? V.?!l I. h.iU' tl.a frtliir, /vf n.? ;ed the judge of nn old darky who 1( s to be the next witness. "Yes. sail, c does. One ob dose yeah lawyers ^ no cib me foah dollars for to swear ^ sullin. Hat's do value of an oath. v ill dollars, sail." And then there B s consternation in the courtroom.? n Joseph News. c. Tit For Tat. fi We thought we'd rather move than C] an house." An original Idea." a Not so original. It had also occur- n, I to the people who vacated the xlo wo leased."?Kansas City Jour- n I. Fictitious. dttle Joe (reading)?What is a flclous character, aunty? Aunty?One it is made up, dear Little Joe? ion you are n fictitious character, ?u't you, aunty??Chicago News. ?j The Old Standby. landlady's son (addicted to nickel jrature)? Say, pardner. what's meant ? 'stand by to repel lioarders?' Mr. wcoirc (sadly eying his dessert)? swed prunes!?Judge. t clever, popular C t'd\ ( Ul Core I h'c-I ie 1 I'. t c - I... 11 e I pen set I by IrurgW^ ov rj^here. a ft w ??>urs, Pruwt tl ai naid (o ;aK any cold?complete y. And eventics. beinK- s<? safe and lootb* no. are very fine lor children. No liniue, no laxative. nnt.h ng harsh r sickening Pox of 4rt 2Sc. ^old Ounter's Drug Store. pproucb. Ilarkaway had pi -l ilder ou the highest floor, to b? I through a trapdoor. By c e ladder one could look out i ie top openings. Nolau uiouu '.j dder, and Ilarkaway, passing w him gazing up the pike. Hnrkawt.y determined to pui h his val (or (Biiuialng a privilege thai h served (or hlmsolf and tlia y t rent up to the belfry and grea uds on -which the ladder Btood V bought over the matter of tl ees' approach and concluded that it* j hey occupied the city they woi-M like . j endeavor to surprise It In tl sly lorning before the people were j herefore at the first sign of d ^ itercd tlie tower, Intending t< / II after sunrise. lie climbed lad;r and, looking up the pike, t ! e ankees coining. He was about to descend to ? the arm when he felt the ladder i vay from him. Catching the 11, he clung to it for a few n icn dropped, hurting himself s< y he first thing he did after gett -l; , euth l>ack Into his body was mine the ends of the ladder, d": c icm gi-eased. At the same mon ovuit uuv vuier iuc l>liua xv an<l knew that Ilnrkaway w; aw "I'll pay tlie rascal for this,' red Nolan, and, dragging Uiin rl: to c trapdoor, he put the prop to t a position that one coming I; tin slfry could scarcely help knoc it vay. Then he lay down on tl o jar the wall and waited. Hat ime up and when his head got ' 10 trap saw the fallen ladder a n lying on the lloor. Thinking illed his man, he withdrew t nocking away tlio nrnn Thf osed with a Iwing, and Nolan i is rival tumbling down tho rr > I n 1 t .Hi, and if fa louKlot ^jS .tu. . IIk tab* ] . IP'. 11W >1 I : w.-, lvnd JvM ?neoTjs''ioi and <vbf .1 L . . If an th o .1. 1 ??_ T f M I 1 fr .n t.c i ace . > rapidly t .uuueu couuuiun wouia admit. The same morning people living le line of the pike were awa om their slumbers by the elnti I orses' hoofs and swinging saber. wed by the tread of men xmar ad the rumble of cannon. Ahoo >re the citizens could get ou othes the troops had passed, and ic booming of guns could l>o heat -i "Wlaar's Dan Uarkawny?" uske itizen of another. "Wonder c ain't fell asleep in the belfry." "Tom Nolan, ho was a-wnteldn' o," said another. "When the excitement had qt awn and tho sun shone as penc? t rer the undulating plantations ad set the evening before, the issir.g men not appearing, a coi e went into the belfry, rindinj dder down, the ends greased ood (from Harkaway's noss) s'-nt red over the stairs, they coucl ?at the two men had been pitich other foul and doubtless one . mrdered the other or both had llled. But what had Ixseome ot > odies was a mystery. Years passed, and neither llarka or Nolan appeared. When a stni r ame into the locality he was sm e treated to the story of the night 'nnkees eame and the two young .lio were watching for them had ppoared. Whether there hud 1km iiutual murder or the Yankees arrled tbem off was a disputed pc During the eighties a camp of ? [^derate Veterans was held in the Inity, and one day a gray bearded tood opposite the church, looking t the belfry. Another vet eame nd asked him what he was looking hen two pair of eyes met, and tl as a simultaneous: "By gosh!" "Uarkaway?" "Reckon. Nolan?" "You bet." "I thought you was killed." "And I thought you was killed." "I went off and enlisted in the 'ennesseo." "And I enlisted in the ?th Alabnni "Seen Nancy?" "No. I lieerd she married a Yanl ojer and went no'lh with him." "Waal, I declarT' VIRGINIA CLAIBOURNF KILL THE COUGH. AND CUKc THE LUX1UI w,th Dr. King's New Discover) FOR Q8P"8 and all throat and lunq troubles GUARANTEED SATISFACfXOliV^ ob. moitbt eefdnded. I t. if '. ^ -jfi