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Cunter's I Drug Store. * Tl3pf? bi da m w< rters for Building Material. uli ister, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Screen Doors, uii Is, Grates, Tile, Paints, ;h, Glass, Building Ma- 1,1 yf all kinds. an -? th e prompt. !!,' Our Material is the best. Home & Co., ar ugusta, Ga. Jia Long Distance Phone 473. am a^i for prices and catalogue. f cri -a j ho ? 1 'Monody can deny you have (tone a jut 'i 1~ few foollsh things lately, Wray.' VJUv/^1 I' * Id c- j 'Still, I have escaped disaster so . far," he said. 'Now I stand to lose a . good deal.' d0{ {Y(} ti? 'You make one curious!'cried Joan. r? 'What do you stand to lose?' He leaned towards her. ^ *-) ? ?"TT^T^ ( % 'The best friend a man ever had,' ;rw JzsJtr^v?j ? he said. 'Then?then, don't run the risk,' she Ci S C faltered. dc ' ' * 'Yes. I've got to carry it through,' he persisted. '1 am pretty sure you tj(. won't believe me.' , 'Oh. but you know ' ^ ,? RDIl li 1 "han't blame your incredulity,' he L' VV v/l\iv said; 'I have been thinking things K0) over.' n the market, 'Wen?' she asked rc) 'With the result that I am not cer- jlt) H1?natr.h. ^a'n ' ahould be more open to convic- w? ^ hbigland only on one condition. Fail- | .j 'Tell me and liave done with it ' shn I exclaimed. ^ ' By Thomas Cobb. 1 'You have seemed to warn mo,' ho , ;] continued. 'I don't know whether you j intended it as a warning, whether you , . . saw, though pretending to be blind. [Continued from last issue.J Hut,' he said, lowering his voice,. 'I - love you, Joan.' 'Th*n y6u expect guests/ ho said. She sat entirely motionless for a Tou have put on your war-naint.'and few seconds; then raising her right he looked down at her evening frock, hand, she passed it slowly before her wt 'Isn't that a rather dangerous re- eyes. it mark-?to a woman of ray age?' she 'Oh, 1 wish you had not said that." ?xclalmed. she whispered. f|1 'Yours is the perfect age,' ho in- 'I told you I feared you would not dsted. bolieve me,' ho said. 'Do you like my dress?' she asked ( will try to bo just to you,' she , julckly. answered. '1 don't think you can re'You might as reasonably ask alizo the affront you are putting upon ibother one admires the moon on a me.' * ? , maimer's night,' he said, 'or a date- 'The affront!' reo in the desert.' 'A month ago or less, you arrived in , .' That is very pretty of you, if a England,' said Joan. 'That first even ittlo hyperbolical,' cried Joan. 'Now, \U{r yQU tol<l mo of your intention to ike off your coat.' ask Pauline lo marry you.' . You are not going out. then?' 'But even that first evening ' I was going,' she rejoined, 'but She silenced him with a deprecatory SUl [ 1 iv changed my mind.' gesture. A ihing you are not often guilty 'Pauline has refused you.' if. he said. ?*i thank whatever gods there be," ' Yet you said I was a?a womanly l he quoted, vomnn! But,' she added, 'there is 'You have heard that Amabel is eu- " four meeting!' gaged to Bernard ' I can't improve on this,' said Wray, *Yes, I have heard that.' taking off his overcoat. 'And you turu to mo as a last re- '''' During the dinner she led him to source!' (" talk of his adventures abroad; and 'i_i don't quite understand you/ when she rose from the table, Joan said Wray. nn suggested he should smoke in the 'Oh, but you know very well you ''' garden. would have asked Amabel to marry ' 'Anywhere, so that you promise you ' s:>1 not to leave mo,' he answered, 'Not If there were no other woman It has been usually the other way jn tlio world!' exclaimed .Wray. 'I ',f> a bo . said Joan. j u^ed the girh j found her amusing; '!r SI i strolled forth, but Wray would I hut unite anart frrvm or,,, ? Ot< w UU J UtllCl WU* ru: i ('own until they were at a (lis- j sideration, I know that Venables ' M* .1 r from the house. Their bench 'The knowlodge does not appear to /.n <;rrounded by foliage, so that as havo interfered with you,' said Joan. ar' i. ...- s. elusion went they might have 'Hut how on earth could you imag- s'r In cn in .,o:no country solitude. luo ' P" It v. in half-pa-1 eight o'clock on a *1 felt quite sure/ Bho returned. !i r." owning A faint breeze was 'That I could lovo ' f"'1 blowing alter a hot day. When they i 'Oh, Wray, Wray! I don't think you rtt looked i v.at' rough the chimney ^ are capablo of lovo. You had a nat- ! ' ol t . : t. < *, i , saw only the blue ural desire to marry?to settle down, th el y. ?you considered yourself bound to I c: ,ne hi ;; ih a special purpose Pauline, but you preferred her sister, ex t'r : 1 Wray. Now they havo both left you out in th '"s oi 'i.li . ..arn me of that.' the cold.' 'To tell the truth,' he continued, 'I Wray looked at Joan with a wt w ;s net run- I l.ould be al>le to nius- thoughtful smile. He rose and stood ha Uv suii.i ic:.t c irage -or f<K>lhardi- in front of her as the summer th aess?to breach the subject.' evening gradually darkened. in Joan sat silent a few minutes, her 'Joan,' lie said, 'the Lord lias deliv- - rn hands resting by her sides. ered you Into my hands. So you hon- I rr 'Are you going away again?' she olii.. t * _ .wvij muubuv i wmueu iu marry >\ma- ar quietly asked. bel?' di 'Thul la quite likely ' 'Why, yes,' she answered, looking a j 'Soon?' mtio startled. co 'But it was not about that I wanted 'You believed I was very much bent bti to talk to you,' said Wrny on making her my wife?' ho persisted, y, 'About what r she asked. 'Everything is relative, you know, th 'I urn not sure I am doing a wise Wray.' ah thing, he continued. *At th' too, when nothing W; s IB BATBSBURO APVOC ood In my ^ay?before Paulino na<: okcn with Strachan?' 'Since the night of Mrs. Bishop's ince,' Joan answered. 'There's a fatality about that wo an's house,' said Wray. 'But you sre convinced that night I wished marry Amabel?' Yes ' 'And that thore was nothing to prent me?' 'Only Bernard.' 'But Bernard was not in the run" ' .... I.I <U,. ho.lii't n nun. beyond his pay. Bernard was of a gligible quantity. Now,' he added, always counted you niv friend.' 'You were right to that extent,' she iswered. 'Then why did you take a sldo ;ainst me? Why did you give Bern d that means to cut mo out?' Joan sat staring straight before !i\ not during to meet his eyes. 'Shall I tell you why, Joan?' 'No?no ' 'I think I shall tell you,' he said: id, raising her hands, she pressed em over her tingling face, wishing at the darkness would overshadow r more quickly. She waited tremulously, spoculatS whether the unwonted ring in his ice w as anger or?not anger. 'Look at me, Joan,' he said. But still keeping her face covered. an shook her head. lie placed his lingers 011 her bare I11S. x 'Wray?Wiay!' she protested. With gentle force ho drew her mis from hor face, but Joan bowed r heud. Look at me, Joan!' bo said agaiu, 1 slowly she raised lier eyes. 1 will tell you why you wrought tinst me,' he said. ?he rose from the bench. We will?we will go indoors,' she ed, but Wray still held lier arms Jtive. You did it because you lovod me,' whispered. She threw aside all reservation. All, I loved you?1 loved you long ong ago, Wray!' she cried. Before ' Before you tluug your life away? tl mine?for an ignoble ' Don't, for (loci's sake, he muttered. Then, when you caine again, yearn er, I loved you yet.' And now?" lie asked. And always,' said Joan. Won't you come to me at last, ir,' he urged. Should I have admitted as much He drew her nearer, kissing her s; then, presently, he led her away yards the house. I think,' said Joan, 'I have surrcnred a little too easily.' Far more easily that 1 dared to anipate,' he answered, with a laugh. It may be,' she said, 'that I pro>ted a little too much. Women do metimes; and besides, the grapes emed very?very sour.' It was entirely dark when thefiehcd the lawn in front of the use. There shone a light in every ndow. .lrtol shall go with you. my dear!' THE END. During 11*01 there were 01,391 ao jus brought before the Paris Tri inal. of which 31,197 were undefendi, and 13.284 tried. HOW BUTTERFLIES MIGRATE. IS a Fire Privileoe to Witnpcs thn Milkweed Species Move. r<> witness .1 niigruiion 01 ihe milk1 iiu111'i'ily is a rare privilege, foils our only spe? ii.s in America that migrate, and honor* d were we its loyal pro.. s.j, hound for the r .in,' or tin gulf states. A roL klnt ppy.go.lucky sort of crowd 1 > -ii mi (1. An aim.,dug and interesting specie we found those frail, air> voy. ms on ihat sunny alt< r.??on when. 1 of lh clock (that strike* nil the in s : ! it?, gong is tend; rly wrap(1 in eottosi batting) tiny drifted us in hundreds, like autumn leaves leased from their inoorin., afloat on miner winds. As swallows soaring, curving, drop >'? into the chimin > dept' s at twi!t ti ns the Jiutt rfli "oso and '. 11-s em! circled hi he: higher, to the >, :y tree 1 t' en < a-ne 1 ' r !:. '. sett, g and unsettling then. !\< s fussily iiv. noiselessly, as though a more ntaot with a hrancii made them roll; if r, it just the right place--up d away, slowly ami with dignity; eir selections weie (lain il> made. D11 the twigs they strung them, ves 1 " :>> beads, < le it o? another; rath"-, the eompori so 1 'ht well made, they hung in I" aches as < oops the yellow laburnum, the pur- , 1 wistaria, the fragrant lo-ust bios. | rn Precisely like that th y hung. | firing down by their w< 'ght all mind the Ire" the flue f:i: .< of the nice, freighting it wi'h < iristinns its before the tint" of frni; ge Whether or not somnolence, indif. renee to fate, or wing-weariness led the butterfly mind. I crrrn t >'!. it I stood among t3?e swarming misands, at the very least count, d plucked them off, one by one. periinentlng with them and setting em again on the twigs. Set II noil Til V linnit Thla H,o( nnn >uld remain as I placed it for perns ten second. Another would, at n unloosing of its wings, flutter stantly upward. I set them upon y dress, to which they clung rarnlonger than to my hand; but not ly kind of experimenting greatly sturhed them. Going the rounds, attempted to count tliem as far as I luld reach, but gave it up when 1 id numbered something over three mdred. for they seemed always on e move, settling, rising, fluttering out, mixing themselves in many ays.-jVaroer's. ATE mNnRsaHraaaHM SCflltSS SMS. 4 CO liac ll?kn aliunde aal New loll C O O Bat< Shoes, CI ON "GOOI iM?2XJ?dQGUi?sa& SEABOARD ; AIR LINE. Eastern time, efT ctivo Jan J, 10 these arrivals and departures, well as time and eonneeti' nsare yivt as information and are not t;ua; .-.ntci d NOT It 11 HOI' N I). ?<iS I ***?iti | Lv Columbia U.3r>p "> -5 i A r Jamden lO.Jnp " > <> 21:: ' Ar lluml"t 12 25a ArRtleinh lu . < 11 Ada Ar Portsmouth 7.3<?a .">'10,. Ar Richmond 7.18a >> 3oa f?.i iip i A r Washington 10.2^.1 s :*>0a H It"?p t Arhul'imnre 11 40 i jt.f?7a St 2n Ar hhilad Iphia l f>;?p 12. isp ii. ?ip Ar New Yo-k 1 30|> 2 45p .VJ i No. S's. t'iorida Limited, diiiy , x , ccpt Sunday. "Nil >1. V. ir-Round Limited.'" \ I *- No. Mi Florida Fast Mail, dai .v ; \ 1';ism;i?}4ims ran remain in sleep r until T.uo a. m LOCAL N<). r?s. Leave Columbia o y m. | Arrive llamlet L30p. m j SOI.'Til d N ). ;;11 **? 13 [ Lv Columbia ! V'k: 10.25a 11 45p | Ar Savannah 9 30a 1 OOp 2.1ip , A r Jacksonville I 1 p 4 50p 7.15a < xr Tampa 6.30a 0.30a t> ('Op 1 Ar St Autfustiue 2.25p lu 40p II 00a | xrl'alm lieuch 1 OSa 7.f?0a 7.55p Ar Miami 3 20a 10.50a t .25c - .rins Key 7 ooa 3 20p Leave ( olumbia .-.? ??.? ... , \rrive Savannah 11 Ooa. ! Seal) ?ard Florida. Limited train-. 0s i and 09, exclusively Pullman rq Ip | ment, consisting nf ?l i.x if loom cpeis i inp .r men' s pels, clnh car, d in.'.e e ir and i v ill ii cu'.j runs mi lid in -t X ?i n - t i .c, i : r <:i : deep i s t .Xl . 1' in c.; . i -?!. I K. i^' K -\ d . < Yc. i ? Iti??r ?I -I ! v I . per N a \ I.- u > xi .i.11 mio i ' i i i.b \ t v w | ^ I k .11 II i 1. iv'I 111 I . l . ??n Vi i |e,: t ui'nlli* 11 t i . / i K'Uh I J c >- Mil. . I I. > !' .-1 M jl, N iis ft ! 13 , ! , ^ :. I. < i * itii Ci I. i :: ml *. ** ? . j I'll S ' a.sh.Mi? O i id; I c vs 1" .it I ! 111n-r i i m . i i and . i j H i. r.s< v i' . x l .i s J. v- i j i I t i J ' \ i; 11 i > 11 i. S. 1 . j EXCURSION RATES TO LOUISVILLE. KY. AND RETURN VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY Account So thern Rapt: i Convention the Southern Kailw ' announces very low round trip rates to j Louisville E/. from all points. Tickets will be sol - iv 10, 11, 12 and 13, ' 1909, limite . for return leaving Louisville not later than midnight of May 22th 1909 Round trip rates from principle | stations as follows. Abbeville $15.82 Aiken $18.70 [Anderson $15.85 Batesburg $17.95' I Blacksburg $14.95 Chester $15.8.' I Blacksville $18.40 Columbia $16.9( | Branchvillc $16.00 Gaffney $1 I Greenville $15.10 Greenwood$l Lancaster $17.05 Newberry $. Orangeburg 18.40 Sumter : Prosperity $19.45 Rod; Hill S .8.-, I Jipartanbrrg .>i t.20 I <.>n Yorkville P'or tickc . detailed imiorn.a.ion etc. apply to southern Railway ticket agents or ad Iress. J. L. Met .; Ass . General 1 avenger Apt Atlai./a i J. C. Lusk, Di A.oa Passenger Agent Charleston S. C. Subscribe 1 r The Advocate now. $1 per year. } I Larger Stocks Better Styles Better Values Smaller Profit? at NBR BR O S . jsburg" and Leesville lothing and Furnishings, R PRICE TJ ALL. 3 ? LOT MLS CHEAP." - ^ - , I , ???? ? ?- | [ | I I I ? R C. Williams & r?ons ? We have opened a new complete and Iresh line ol latest desi'.n:-. in Furniture and House Furnishings ol every deion. We occupy the old Sligh and Allen 11. ,:i. i * 4l- 1 ? 1 iuuiuiii.n. ncxi uuur 10 me janies i.. lappi.n. While our line is too numerous to enunu; ate we will mention: Furniture. Stoves k./ges, Organs, Mattings. Carpets, Rugs, Shades, 1.. < Curtains. Cash and on Easy Terms. Si C. Williams & S&ns, If-klS <1 I i > If Yft-lin SLt / .11 i niKi ! C f " . IV . . V* I ' |\ iVKKIII * ' I . , . >UI LI II I I 'I il , J. V> . V > 2*. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ <*S ^ /# * *.- v <PS <?s ^ A A W vs?vr5r^sgry^W^^ L^UllUii V/k vpo is merely a question of using enough of the right kind of fertilizers. V irg inia-C ar ol ina F ertilizers are the right kind. The cotton plar.: annot feed on barren land. Study your soil. Find "..: what it lacks. Then apply the nece: ary fertilization and the results will surprise you. f what Mr. W. C. Hays of Smith Station, Ala., did. He says: "I p .. il about .'Oacr^s of some 'gray sandy land' that had been in culu . .>n for over 20 years, and used 300 pounds of Virginia-Caro.na 1 '.ilizers per aire, and 1 vxpcct to gather XO bales from 'j'? ' oert'S." This it; why we say it is the right kind. We have '. sndo '.i of letters h'.:e this, and even stronger, in praise of VirginiaCa.. : Fertilizer for ?.ot'.on* Get copy of the i?< w 1900 Virginia-Carolina Farmers' Year Book from your fertilizer dealer, or write our nearest r.ales ollice anil a copy will be sent you free. It contains pictures of the capitols of all the Southern States. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Sales OfDces ^ Sales Offices Richmond, Va. 7 ^ Durham, N.C, Norfolk, Va. M'flEj! ; ' Charleston, S. C. Columbia, S. C. "A I ("Kit i' l*{ ^arollr |M. 9 lla'.timore, MJ. Atlanta, Ca. i JSRSfm Columbus, Ga. Savann.h.Ga. ,MjT^- (Jo, Montgomery, Ala. Memphis, Term. u. ' Shteveport, La. \\ iiic Jones, I'rest J. I' Matthews Cashier. T.J Seibels Vke-I'rest \V. M. Uit bes, Jr. Asst. Cashier. Iiu>. laylor 2nd Vice-I'ie.t. THl: IV.l A\?;iTO NATIONAL ISANK < t'< tilunihia, S. C I'nitcd States <io .. uicn. nt, State of vii't Carolina, County of IvkliianJ, anj City . ?.,.o.oi:ory. c AIM 1"Al. $25o,0U?.?tU ASShl'S $.:,OKO,7.SM.2d ^oo.its ,i..j....t > It i ks, h'irms, Co > uit ns nntl Individuals for either Loii.ii ercial or Sav.. ?s Accounts -S I'M L i Xi (Co..d<-. ; i I I Ml CoNI/i: Ths Paltiio fi i u, !;i:ia . Oj'iiiia, S. C. n'.ay ! -t. ti. i ) i .. RESOIJKDKS. LlAlilM 1*1 ICS. Capital {(i If paid in # L'ftO.OOO.Od si; Bonds Securities, etc Surplus c 1 I'mfiis :tl?lQ&7.44 Tanking House, Vault, CircuUti u 2J7,;XX>.Ou t'urniiuru and Kixiinvs P'J,50 HM9 paya: !o and It<Gas i, and IHjc fruit - liai.ks and U. S Trca- mscnun ; ?.>,ihm.u aurcr H>,fti:5,89 Deposits 1,448,(505.60 $2 <95.912.94 *2,095,9112