The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, November 13, 1903, Image 2

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S. A. BROWN - - - Ediior.\ Friday; November 13,1903? r. SpM?rlptlon Price : ?jio^e?ri h .vi .- ; ;.... ... ,$ 1;?0 Six: months .. ........... .50 -Three months........... : .25 Bots Prom Tho Fints. Mr. Editor:-As you haven't heard | anything- irom this place in'sometime, I thought I would give you a few items. Farmers arc nearly through gathering., .Digging, potatoes "and hog killing is all the gd now, good ham and potatoes are nice. Isn't tnat so Mr. Hayne; for you haye just killed a fine Hog to-day. I tell you we Flatwoods iolks like potatoes. Mrs. Jackson, who has been, veiy sick for some time, is slowly improving. . Messrs Walter Bundy and Bruce Bruton of Hebron visited in the Flats Sunday afternoon. I think the Hebron-. ; iles like the Flats, I suppose they were on a "dear" hunt. . Mr. and Mrs, Link Weatherly ol Mc Coil-Cross, spent Sunday. with his moth er Mrs. Mar/ Weathealy. Mr. James McDaniel is all smiles, its a fine boy. From all reports I think one ot our neighbors will lose his daughter now very soon. If cvei /thing works on lovely we will let you know later on. ' . Oh Ycsl I like to have forgotten to tell you about the widower over the way. I think he is getting fired ol living with out a companion, he goes to Sumter very olten; I suppose he has some at? traction down there. That is the way with the widowers. Isn't it Mr. H. K? Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Rivers visited at the home of Mr. Joe Rivers Sunday afternoon, Mrs. D. D. Parish visited at the home oi her father Mr. Wm Speers of Hebron last week. We have a ve. y flourishing school at Ebeneser Mrs. J. C. Campbell of Blen heim teacher.,The patrons like her very much.Jshe isa fine instructor. Ask Miss Mai y when has she heard Irom Spartanburg. \bVom the smiles she wore Sunday 1 think she has heard re cenily. Mr. D. W, Weatherly lost his fane Yearling Satnrday afternoon, from eat ing too many peas. Mr. and Mrs. Hayne Coningham spent Saturday night at the home ol Mr. Lawrence McDaniel. The Flats will loo^e one of i(s best hustling fal mers next year. Mr, A. L. Parham will move to Hebron. Ask Miss May Gibbs how does she like the Bay horse, I mean thc driver. We hear thal Mr. D. D. McDuflie has captured his ; "nv, .Mr. Editor Wit'; ?I -''.orman of Mai/k.ndas tu? cominee o' th? Demo crate tor President ?uni good western man tor second ?lacv- ?1- Democrats will ?ive. Mi- li osev<.tt ?I haul pull. 1 . think. Stnator Gorr?ian would be sound a man .' era select and l-believehe wiH bc th nee. Come around Mr. Editor and take dinner with us, sve will give you pork and potatoes and probably a roasted O'possum. A's'tllfe'- ls puf hist' Jette* to ;u. : dear bid Democrat we \<-?l (.lose with Imki wishes, Probably we v.iii -ill again J:::: let yon hoar hom dui Flu"*. Nov. io, ic>3. U and 1. DOTo FIWM bV.LA'i SWAMI*. Mr. Editor' I will write you a few lines Irom this corner while the frost is on. Thc crops are about gathered; po tato digging is the word to-day on this side the swamp, Sowing oats h?*- ' tor the past week-a good cr putin. Hog kill inn-! '>.... . , the "opossom" hui Lire itherih . rj'JOd Clop and an: b?ppyj The |?.\o,f- ~p? making decagonal raids ?;\ I.V^i.i.tj . and limn the peo j 'M /wan! Mr. Davit! .!... .vita his dogs -hopii Im will come .-mm. Thc lurkey? nave gone to the swamp ss j'hanksgiving is coming on-they seem inclined to trust no mistakes and have lett in lime, and then the grey horse Irom McColl is still seen hitched near the walnut tree Sunday evening, and they seem to have summed up and take.i steps for their salety which led to the swamp. Some ol the Wesley young men have started in thc right direction. Mr. Hugh McColl killed a hog Friday one year old that weighed 245 lbs. There are many more in that section that will weigh that much or more. Mr. J. W. McLaurin & Sons are going to move their mill about two miles over in Marion county, where they have bought a tract ot land that has considerable timber, where they will saw through the winter. The school at Wesley has commenced with about twenty six scholars and more to come. There is nothing like a good school in a community. There is still some hope of that rail road to run hy Wesley, which would j soon give us a town. The frost is gone and I must hustle. Au revoir. Hermit. Nov gth 1903, Keep in mind one fact, that Hamilton sells j the best ?hoes lor the money FROM SMITHVILLE, Dear Editor-Wc feel like giving a dof or two lo the readors of the] Democrat. Crops aro nearly all gathered and many fell short joh potatoes, but I think we will have enough to start n| pie now and then. Wo had a small sprinkler of snow the other day nnd I began to think J that lightwood knots would have to come in. Mr. D. S. Hair, has two hogs that will weigh now 350 each. Mr. H. S. Hair has oponed up a iuii ?lore. Mr. Poavy ii grading his tobacco end it will bo rondy soon fdr market. We have plenty of walnuts aud hickory nuts fur the winter. Nov 7, 1903. Hunter. %{ it & reliable, up to-date and to ibo found in a first cla~i dry goods | ,atore you can get it at Miltie's store. .A. country prophet says this .will bo an extra cold winter. JIo baaea thia belief on thc largeness ,ot tho acorn and hickory nut crops ,naturo's provision lor bird and .linn of : ; Mns/M?j?BTTA. DONALDSON NATI En. ;-.ililotorod'Vint?'~ lifo eternal, ;at" " her li?me in' Blenheim,' 8 U., oh-Monday morning; AuguBt^li 1908,. M rs. Mar ie^ Donald Justas tho sun.woe flooding tho ! earth, with ita- glorious light, the j angel of God bore, aloft her sweet spirit to the Heavenly mansion, which the dear Savior had prepared for her, I and whero ?ho now awaits in blissful expcctauoy, tho coming of her many loved ones. - - Mrs. Napior. waa boru April 25, 1846, near Parnassus and within a mile and a half of Blenheim, . where she lived about thirty years. 8he was the daughter of Johu and Margaret Donaldson. She had three sisters and two brothers,-all of whom survive.her, save oue sister who died in childhood. Ber father having died young, the rearing of the five children devolved entirely upon hi8 youthful wife, arid how nobly and how well eba perform ed this arduous duty, tho li vee of these children do most fully attest. Mrs. Margaret Donaldson was a woman of extraordinary type.' Beauti ful in form and feature, frail io cou stitution, sweet and mild in disposition she possessed untiring energy, an in flexi bm will, and an' abiding faith ia her Savior, and hoing armed with these, with Spartan determination and valor, ahe braved everything for the welfare and aucceea of her children. The personal characteriatica and per? feet womanhood of Mra. Napier are largely due to her mother's training, aa well aa to the innate virtues,'she possessed. This noble mother survives her lamented daughter at the ripe age of seyenty eight years. Early in lifo Mrs. Napier connected herself to God and joined the Metho dist Church at Parnassus. She waa ever a bright, happy and sweet spirit ed Christian, and in her young woman hood, shed a light divine in her home and community. Mrs. Napier waa educated at Parnassus Academy, Ben uettsville Academy" and Columbia Female College. The writer knew her in her early school-girl days, and she then possessed, in a most marked de gree, the happy temperament and bright sweet disposition, overflowing with mirth and fun, that could easily bear a burden, and scatter sunshine and ros i along life's dark and thorny pathway, and which by consecration to Christ ripened and mellowed into the full and frugrani Chrfatian char acter which distinguished her subse quent womanhood. On U'obruary 12, 1873, she wai happijy married to Dr. dames L Napier, a young phyaician from Dar lington County, who had located neat Blenheim, and who, subsequent!) erl there, and who, by his arden I \, o .! hi' earnest, untiring zeal foi - pi .?i ?on, become ono of tut l u id tubal prominent physician! j in ?iu'tboro County. She, at once lilied herself with' every inlet'es oi ... Itusbuuth religious ti.; well u temporal, nud ?n so doing ?ran S c her membership from tut) M '.i. to tho Baptist Church, the latter bein; \,nV \..%r.UnnA'a ?hurchj ?nd then c** n .. ?.jj, most V ?v. lily; tba life am ; jo * of that burch She also Jargel; ij aitUVl her li?fib??d in hid profess)ou . lbj' ot-vpr.ii'iir, with lier owu band: j i'^o-i ?pu ; clothing for his poor tun She wa9 tho mother of sir children Qve sons and two dainrhb -all .jf i Ijot svrvive her a?*?? of whom ii ive r?*ob rnamV' ? .'. womanhood, ixecpt tit youngo . wi i pttis?d his sixteenth, li ir th diiy .i foy.' days precoodihg her death, j;-, lt may mon beautifully bi .?.?ii thu ; !o\ ; foi ii li tri I mi list t aunty, wer vont' ; ..mious passions. Th .i church grew blighter an i0.iter "unto tho perfect day," who she was transported by a couvay of at gels to her Heavenly homo. nor de vc lion to her husband and children wc transcendently beautiful. Her husbani was to her an oracle of all that was noble pure and good, while, like Cornelia o old, her children were her jewels, am each one "a gem of purest ray serene, which she phocd in her Heavenly Path cr's hands to bo set in tho stars whic should shine in bor crown. Her love fe her husband aod children was so intens and unselfish, that no self-saorifico wa considered to great, if thereby their iu i er vals, happiness and wc1 fare were ic creased or promoted Being a physician's wifo, tho trainin of her children largely foll upon her, an like her venerable mother, she most ooo sciejjtiouely and successfully porfoime that sacred duty, all the timo relying upoi her precious Savior for aid. Sho was sweet and tender mother, yot firm in he discipline, kind and reasonable in he dealings, so that her children wero pleas cd to do lier will. 'Her children riso up an cal! her blessed, husband also and ho praii cth her." Her aged mother was. to hoi a treasure of untold valuo, and bor reit tives and frionds wero peouliarly sacro to her The depths of bor love for ail c them could not bc fathomed by ordinal measurement. She possessed a wari heart and generous nature, was fran cheerful (ruo and ?oyal in friendship kind and sy ID pathetic in all tho relation of life-a welcome ernest a-mo.st dolightf hostess, a qoDtal companion, a true uien and a kim. obliging and generous neig! bor. Thc first fruits ol'her garden and oi chard wore always most generously share with her neighbors, and with the pooi while of her bounty it is nccdloss t speak. Her virtues rind graoea were largely c a quiet domestic order, hence it was, i the home lifo, that these shone with mo brilliancy. Her grace and caso of manne her gentle and refined womanliness he ?weet aud winsome sm'de m welcome, he pure un?cllihness, har sweotnoss of dil pon timi, her ki nil ness ol'spirit and lu unbounded charity made her presence i tho home a continued benediction of lev and cheer, and rendered that homo ecu ter of love holy influence and pow in which dwolt, with tho greatest dogre of pleasure, husband children and mot lu and towards which gravitated' with os treme delight, relatives friends and c< quaintnnces Sho was an exemplary christian. SI was zealous and enthusiastic in tho eau of Cln-ist nod in tho work of tho churol She strove to emulate her Savior io h domestic and religious lifo. Her olin lian lifo was characterized by a niodof earnest zeal for the cause of Christ whit exerted a powerful and beneficent i uti i once on all who know Itor. Of al! til christian virtues that bedecked her cha actor none shone* with more brilliano than that "pearl of groat price"-c/tat/i -love. Hor heart seemed a fountain ( love overflowing for ali mankind ; tb high, thc low, the rioh, tho poor, tb aged, tho young, without regard to ra or color, all were wclcotno to drink of tl stream of hor unbounded love. Llttlo childron, the aged and the poe however, sccmod to bo thoohiof objee of lier love. Tho magnetism of her lo seemed, always, to attract thorp chose , ... \. ? Vi-m apo, /in cvory ^natnuco,' they -weiro <tho glad -roctipionta or Hor generous'; bounty. Thc oyo of matry. a little child has spark* hid.with joy, and its heart throbbed witlf dohghtr os sh?.witbdro\yA from*some hi-, ding placo tho rcsy apple, the juioy poach, dr poar, i tho . golden' orange^ ' tho IUBC'IOO^L coko or sugar plum, to placo'into jta oagor wu?ing hands, ?B ? t?koo of ber love. Tho words of ono of hor ngod maid sorvants; as sho looked on her lifeless form,' convoy U worthy tributo to this 6torliog virtuo of hor heart: MSho was BO good to mb.I Always giving ino something ! Bless licsr soul 1 Sno was tho boat woman that God over made, aod I loved hor so I" Tho poor and heody hover went empty handed 'from her door: "Sho iodoned out hor hand to tho poor; y?a? sho roach ed forth her hand to .the needy; and tho aged woro oiton tho ?hjeol? of.hor boun-: teous love, in tho delicate and nourishing dishoa prepared by her ?wu generous and willing hands. Ono.oxpression of charity ia hospitality und sho moat willingly and gladly rander? cd strict obedionco to tho scriptural in junction, "Uso hospitality ono to another without grudging. . Hor door was open to strangers, lofty or lowly, as weH'as to friends and acquaintances, but moat capo ciallv . to tim ministry-God's messengers of all denominations. They were never strangers to hor, and her house was their homo in ita fullest sonso, as long as they ohoso to romain. Slio rendered hor homo i haven of boundless comfort and sweetm eat rest to them, as many, who have par taken thereof, can most cheerfully and -truthfully witness. For many yoars after her marriage hor home was happy and j ona. her husband prepared In his prof ion, her children were bright, healty and promising and, with tnuoh oheorand happinor . "sho look ed well to the ways of ber household," But n'oa I a chango c-.mo, and a shadow fell npon the b.Ightno ; of her homo. Ora ri disease slowly bat : uroly sapped her vi tality and rondored hci an invalid for about i6 yoara. Tho question naturally arises, "Why did God pormib Eis, handmaid to become a "sacrifice at this ?tage of her hop pinera and UL ."fain: i ? The answer comes back, "Not now, but r smotimo we'll un derst-ind." The weakened condition of her health impaired her vmion to such an oxtont that she could not seo to-read or wvito. It was then that her aged mother, whom God bad so graciously np-.red, and had blessed with aime, it Bupoinatural Bight, abandoned her home and took up her nb lo with her afflic ted daughter that sho might ho eyes for her and also her const ".nt companion. A dor completing her education, her older daughter, M gio, naturally and most no bly, with Btvceb and d:^uifiod grace, resu m 1 her mother's place in tho home, and a'ao became u ministeilug angel to every need and want of hor devoted mother. Sho secluded hersolf from sooiety that abo might by her pr ~onco brighten and oheor tho heart of her invalid mother. Nor WUB thia daughter alone in her devotion. Axl of tho ohildron b --towed u- ?a tho mother thc most loving attention und sympathy during her mimy years of languishing. Her devoted husband together with hor eldest Bon, who is a vary promising young physician, and other doctora of inuoh noto, exhausted their medical t'cill on her cano, ii all In vain. "Death loves a shining inrrk " and l-wly ber life current ebbed into the jrix-at ocean of eternity. 'dor route fctmb beforo her departure, H ivan apparent to ill-phymeians, relatives, illunds and -eneaintances-that tho Mol ter wvtiu. -n ca'! her fi> bor rowar-l Sil felly realized that f-.tho call!1 for her to como np blghbr would soon go forth/' ?nd lu a cool nod crilrri manner fdi?j1 ?hftir?n?ii lier lo*'-' ' ?ho was willing and ready eufioitcct ne '.tuiiir?i} : j ."vf e>;oJ, ?J ?io good, ami tn id holy ! voa She n'-.o gave explicit tuitions ? * tc, ti a pri ,>. ra tion of b,er i fur bp fit" and'.r.li'C ->: prc? led a w?ah tts tb it p!:icc ot soprHuro. So, in acoordauca with her wish, on Tues day morning, September i, io tho presenco of n vane nod Bympaihotio concourse of red latives, fi lends, loved ones and acquaiu. fmccB, hor be ly was laid to r t with rela tives and friends who had go io bjforo, in tho remotely at PamnTSus, ar i-the church of her youth, and no: r tho home of her childhood. Loving lo; lng bauds covered her gravo with wreaths and g?tlands? of ?owei8 ; thoy will fa..'j away, but hor kind words and loving .'cods will live for ever. Tho light of her bcautitrl lifo has been extinguished here that il may shine with moro brilliancy In heaven. Tho light of hor boautifr* couutonaoco, the music of her sweet voico, thc soft touch of her gentle hand, havo p cd away from earth forever, but Bt'll she liv a in tho hearts of tho 0 who loved her, 1 /well as in tho bi.'ghfc manaiori of God's eternal lovo. Hor puro, unselfish, devoted christian life has left a sweot fr; _ rance which will eyer linger suth those with whom B1IR carno in contact. Thoo, lot all her f.un?'y, relatives, friends and acquaintances suive to emulate her meek and gent?o spirit, her lovoly nod beautiful oharactor, with tho blessed as?u r. nco that, if they lead tho Ch 1st like life Bho did, they will meet a ad live with her rjain, in tho "sweot by and by.'' "Tho afcrifo ls o'er, tho bittlo dono, Tho battle of lifo is won ; Tho song of triumph ha3 bogun, and will continue through tho never on ti ing years of etornity. ONE WHO KNEW A:.O LOVED FEn Blonboim, S. C. TATUM AND PINE G KO YE TO HAVE THE CHIQUOLA CLUB. A coming bright occasion will boat Pine Grove and Tatum reapectivoly Thursday and Friday even: M gs Nov 26th and 27th when tho historical, literary, and musical entertainment will ho given by the Chiquola Club, which is composed of Col. John J. Dargan and his five gifted daughters Col Dargan is a superbly learned man, a profoundly enthusiastic and learned historian. His daughters, youug and beautiful, are accomplished singors, players, elocutionist, expres sionist, and mimics. The club is high ly recommended hy many of our boat peoplo throughout tho state. You can scarcely spend an ovenin? moro pleas antly or profitably than by hearing tho Chirinola Club. Pino Grove nud Tali1 tri will wol como Llietn warmly. A large crowd" is expected at hoth places. Jiverybody is invited to como and hear thom ami lough and loam. A Lovo Letter. Would not intorost you if you're looking for a guaranteed Salvo foo Sores, Rums or Pilos. otto Dodd, of Ponder, Mo , writes: "I Buffered with au ngly soro for a yoar, bnt a box of Buoklon's Arnica Salvo oared mo. 1'u. tho bent salvo ?n onrth. 250 at J. T. Douglas & Uro Drug Btore. ) W??m&mr~ -pember,]; boda at !L ;^thnt^aihilton sella gooda .^? very closo pei* .cen t- i lie M^qii?ntity - 'isi wh?t . -l??f ?lgt??^e? <bi\ ' . Nothing gives tis large returns in proportion to Bpace covered > nd-la bor expended aa a well kept Strawberry bea planted in really ohoioe* varletioa. " Let-all in need, of plants read ad o?1 ? Continental Plant ljOo., in ; this issued Thoy offer nlao all kinds fruit tree?. PITEASE ?emeraber, that Hami]ton handles, every thing that ia go?d to eat in G-roceriea. Administrator's Sale. IN obed i coco lo tho Statute in such case made and provided, and -aa-order ol' tho Judge of Probatein and for tho couu? ty'of Marlboro in tho Stato of South Car olina, wo will offer for salo to the highes*, bidder for CASU, at thc late rosidenoo of James E. Ooxe, deceased, on tho 1st day of December, 1903, commencing ai W o'clock in tho forenoon, and continuim!* from day to day until tho wholo of tho samo is disposed uf. allot the personal property of which said decedent died, seized and possosscd, consisting of Household and Kitchen Furniture. Stock of Merohandiso. Storo Furniture and Fixture, Farming Utensils, Imoloments.ond Wagons, harness and Plows, Hoos and Bugties, Mulos and Horses, Cows aud Hogs, Corn, Fodder, Peas, Potatoes and other produce, and a variety of other goods and chattels kept on a farm. Delivery will be promptly made, and the CASH must accompany same. i JOSEPH E. COXE, ROBERTO COXE, Adm'raEst. of J. E. Coso, deed. Nov. 10, I9?3. TRUSTEE'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Marlboro-Court Com mon Picas. WILLIAM SPEARS, Silr.i M. Spears, .Hen ry B. Spears, Hobart F. Spears, Latilla E. Parish, Plaintiffs, against ?'ton P. Spears and Forest G. Sp?ur?, Defendant". BN parBiiar.oe of un order granted by Iii* fl Honor Judge Ernost Gary, at his Chum bera in Darlington county, I will offer ;!u: salo at publia outcry before tho court nouais door in Ban&et! ovillo, S. O., on tho first Monday in December all that cert dc likci of land Bituato in Marlboro county in said Stato containing TWENTY FIVE ACRT>\ bounded by land of O. 0. Quick, lana ol William Spears, and land of Hob st F, l-'piars, this being the samo truce f f lina convoyed to William L. Spears, decii. .it. by William Spoors on tho 15th day of De cember, 1899, tho sumo now being void 1 . c?l-ilo laud of said William L. Speai. , rle (ceased, on tho following terms, to wit: Ono half in cash at tho timo of Bftle, tho' bulanua cu a ccoiltl Vf cn red by the oom] of tho pdrobasot ?nu j . >rt;;ii^o bf tho pro niflOp, or it pnrchusnv; ; em P.P. tho pa robson pries cm bp pal3 i ?iib. P.uohevsr to ba lofc loto itu rued j . WILLIAM BPi2\?^ Trci?c? ? Nov. is? ir >3 N?TIGE O?" FINAL DiSCH?RG! EbTATE MARV ELLEN NEWTON. HAVING fihd in the Probate Judge's oifico of Marlboro county my Goal re turn as Administrator of the Est of Mary Ellon Newton, deceased, Notice is hereby given that I will apply to said Court oh tho 10th day of December 1903 for a lina! discharge as such Administrator. WILLIAM M BREEDEN, Qualified Admin i ut rate.. Nov. 10, 1903. NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE. AVING filed in tho Probate Judge's office of Marlboro county my i:;ia! return as Guardian of Carrie H. Woodley Notico is hereby given that I will appij to said Court on the 9th day of Decora b er A.D., 1903 for Letters Dismissoiy fi such Guardian. E. J. WOODLEY, Guardl... November 9. 1903. WARNING NOTICE I LL poraonB ara hereby warned nor. to trcspaes in any manaor upon land? ba longing to or in' possession of tho nhdar signed in Marlboro county eithor by walk ing, Ashing, hunting, hauling, eat tin; or allowing stock to run at largo. OEORGE CROSLAND. Nov. 9, 1903. NOTICE OF DISCHABGfcJ EST JOHN G. HOBBRD. AVINO this day filed in tho ornoo JQSJ of tho Probate Judge of Marlboro county my final return as Administr?t qi of John G. Hubbard, deceased. Not!1 sj j - hereby given that I will apply lp ii i Judge of Probate on tho 2(1 day of De? comber 1903 for Letters Disinissoi y :. such Administrator. J. B. H UESTES S, Nov. 2, 1903. Administrai ev. FOR "SALE THE OLD GRADED SCHOOL ; ,6 V ! and THE OLD BAPTIST CHURCH thereon. ALSO, tho Houso and Lot on Jon ni n v street, known as tho Bounds House Apply to J. M. JACKSON. Oct. 28. 1903- Bonnottavillo, H.Q. nt Don't Forget fHAT you can ALWAYS FIND Tho CORNER GROCERY u tall Lino of choice Family Groceries, Canned* Goods, Fruit, Vegetable Confeotione Also a nico linc of SHOES, UNDER. WEAR, ond NOTIONS. Our Table Goods arc always Fr< lo Give us a CALL. C. B. HUBBARD. Cor Darlington and Ohcraw 1 '. - Bcnnctlsvillo, S. M?ITT? DRESS IIP? ?ND - GAN SUPPLY THEIR WANTS Vom the new and up to date JDisplay OF THE - B. CROSLAND CO., ^Yeoordially invite ovcry lady, miss and child in tho county and sur rounding country to como to our Store . vthen in tho Ci'\ and inspect this magnificent collection of Foreign and Domestic Millinery. It is by far tho best efforts wo have over made. Everything in this Depart ment is new and up-to-date, and (o soe tho styles, workmanship, fino taste and tho low pnco that wo propose to mark our Hats, you will bo convinced that from our stock is tho placo to mako your selection. Our Store is overflowing with tho best bought, most carefully select sleek that hu8 ever been our pleasuso to show tho public. Oome One, Come All, A ND MAKE MY STORE HEADQUARTERS whilo in tho city. KTESW QOO ARRIVING DAILY MISS RUTH NOBLE has charge of the MILLINERY I>EPABTMENT. You will find her not only polite and accommodating but combined with this she is one of the most skilled, trimmers in the State. MTianking yon all for yonr past patronage, we cer tniitly expect to give you this season more and better merchandise for your money than you have ever bought before. Strawberry Plants. I' c Largest Stock in tho World. Nearly 100 Varieties. \!1 tho choice, luscious kinds, for the ??cdcn :>nd Fancy Market. AIBO ship Fruit Tr?i le ia\ : SLIO NOVELTY Manufacturing Works ?TffHE Business recently known as tho jfc OLIO NOVELTY MANUFOTU RING CO., will hereafter bo known OB VV ?i", ? HE ObrO NOVBLTX TURING WORKS, ?id MANUFAO; F; Hi i VI A' ^ve you half in pkUUing au orchard. | m "Vl,;.v au<j ,ijr0CtOri ^nrias, Asparagus, tthubarb, Li rap* ; Tho latest improved wood workio URS &c; ur 1:?0 pago Manual, ioo ti? buy:rs, onaliljs everybody to grow them ..vith success and profit AV plants packed lo carry across tho ?orjtincut l'roeh as when dug. Illustrated catalogue ?roe. Specify if you want cata* Iri.ue rif Shipping Varitios or Fancy Gar (ioM kinda. (?ONTiNENTAL PLANT CO. IUTTRELL, N. C. Town, Tax Notice "WfOTiOE is hereby given that the .i.'l Bo xs for tho collection of Town i axes ia opon and will remain open until tho' -51 fe! day of December 1903, after whi?ti limo thoy will bo oloscd and tho penalty a hied on all taxes unpaid. 1 '?. oh 'he $100 for curront expenses, .21 cte on tho $100 to poy Int. on lt. R, builds. 5 up] on tho $100 as a sinking fund to retire lt. R. bonds, its on the $100 to pay Int. on Elcctrio .1 ala ou thc $100 as a sinking fund to roi ?rp Electric Light Bonds. foin] lor all purposes 59 cents on the li .Ticked dollars. Rospcotflly MILTON MCLAURIN, Clerk and Treas. O.'l 15, 1903. machines aro being plucod foe doing nil I kin : .: ?f'.N?ycUy .Y.-'r.'; foi' builders uso all !i\ mg pricus. Mr. P. A. Hodgos is agent at Bennetts ville and will take your orders. Oct 23, 1903. Fire Insurance. tfNSUKE YOUR COTTON GINS against loss by fire. Tvatt^ reason* libio i i uest of Compnnics. Call on or addre?? (office over National Bank) h. J. BRISTOW, Agi Benueltsvillc, S. C. i ae grown Rust Proof Oats, Also Texas Seed Oats same variety. yHEN ASHCRAFT'S Condi tion Powders are fed to horses and mules, marked improvement will bc seen after the first few doses. There is no doubt about it. The Powders, acting directly on the digestive organs, first thoroughly cleanses the stomach and bowels, correcting all disorders, and then good healthy appetite comes nat urally and surely. ' It is the most powerful tonic and appetizer on the market to-day, and when once used horsemen will have no other. Ashcraft's Powders produce that silky sheen of coat and hair so admired by horse fanciers. The Powders fatten but never bloat. Always high grade and put up in doses-never in bulk. By the use of three or four doses a week your horst? or mule will not be subject to colic or any dis ease of the stomach and bowels. "I hod an old horse that waa In very bad condition generally, no was thin and had a blood disease that waa causing tho hair to como ort. 1 gavo tho horse thrco dosoB of Ash craft's Condition Powders a doy for seven days and fed him liberally. Tho appetite Improved from thc first few doses and tho animal gained fifty-two pounds in flesh during tho week I gave it thrco doses a day. Tho general health of the animal was greatly improved by tho uso of the powders and ho was made almost a now horse. I most heartily recommend Ashcraft's Condition Powders, as I know they aro a splen did tonic and appetizer.-C. C. BIKES, Livery man, Monroe, N. C." Ask for Ashcraft's Condition Powders. Package 25c. Sold by C. Oc t r S. McCAIilia 1903. L?RAI BARBER SUM .iii- 0 Barber's! Three Chairs 1 cruthing First-Class. : ' IvON ON MARION STREET. S Y OH AIRS, CLEAN SHAVES i i EST OF HAIR CUTS I 'hil dr ci th . ?i receive speoial attention at the Shop at their house, Your patronage solicited. ' A. GRACE, Barber. UENNETTBVILLE, B. O. :'PECT AL NOTICE! V 'NO secured tho services of a nod man, I am prepared lo put i pull up pumps. Satisfaction d. Orders left at oithor Ilard >. 3 will bo promptly attended to. ir, 1903. P. 0. Emanuel. SMITH NEWTON. Bennettsville, S. (J, TW. BOUCHIER, . Attorney at Law, Bennettsville, S. O. Offloo on Darlington street near Posta Telegrapb offloo. January. 1899. KNOX LIVINOBTON. B. WOFKOnn WAIT LIVINGSTON & WAIT, Attorneys at Law, BENNETTSVILLE, SO. CA. MARLBORO HOTEL TONSORIAL PARLOR. THE best workmanship. Bay Rum and Tonic Treatment Tools the best and sharpest. Polite attention always assured Three Artists in constant at endance LADIES WORK a Specialty I Once a customer, always a customer HATCHER & MUDD, TONSORIAL ARTISTS. Leave Bennett^iUi^ Arrive Oheraw -VVT;. : DAILY ?Direct connections at- O? the North, East, South and. Wei The Bh?rt :lino.fttid quioket tim?''.to .WUmtofL Raleigh, IMobmpnd?W?sM Boston. Buffalo, Pittsburgnod all points Nortli ai Tho Ehort lino and quickest timo.to.Columbia, Savanna! . -Tampa, Mon fgomory," Now Orleans - and all points Soutliai Foi further information call on ?VT-. MEDLIN,agent BohhettBv'i?? Chcraw B. B.. Bonnoltsvillo, S. C.,.or address JOS. W, STEWART^ T. P A., SE?noAnn Am LINE Bv., Columbia, S. C. CHARLES F. STEWART, A. GI P. A., S.A L, By, Savannah, Ga. " (Vliat some people yon Know, and ivho iiave Tcsted\TIiese Goods, Say ah ont the Excelsior Dook Stoves: 1 bought an "Excelsior Cook Stove" last Spring. I am well pleased with X not only performs well but requires less wood than any Stove I ever had. GEO, M. WEBSTER. I have been using the new " Excelsior Cook Stove" made by I. A. Sheppard .& : . To., tor 16 years, and it has always given entire satisiaction. J-i"*** Mrs J; G. W. COBB/ Mrs COBB has just put in another ' ?. - ? 'jr. I regard the "Excelsior Cook Stoves and Ranges",..as-good as the best, and vhen in need of a Cooker I endeavor to get thatTfiake ol Stove.' ,.-*> A. J, BRISTOW; N Mr. BRISTOW bought one from a sister town, as until recently ;here was no agency in Bennettsville. The "Excelsior Raneo" bought cf you gives entire satisfaction. J Af,. P. DAVID. These goods and all kind of Hsr(?ware,-Grocl{er^.I?3i^. Oils W, m bo Hail at gxCBLSIOR IMBI fflflBSi Bennettsville, S. 0. Next to W. P. Breeden's. Cares Cfio?sra-?n?sn?uiD, Dlarrhoeu.Dyien tcry, and the Bowel ?Troubles pi ; . Children of Any Age.-' ' Aids Digestion,. Regulaf-s thc Bowels, Strengthen? (he Child and Mokes TEETHING EASY. Or moll ?S tenta to C. ?I. MOPFETT, M. D., ST. LOUIS, MO. - TosttEOBliTlla., Joly 93,1878.-Da. Q. J. MorxETr-Dear Slr t JaiUco to yeo demand? that I ?houtd gm you myoxpcrlenco with your excellent m?dlo)no,.TEETtiIKA. . Out Ultlo Ctrl, Jail thirteen months old, has DM mao? tronbloteothlnsy Erery remedy wa? othomlii In tho ?hopo ot prescriptions frota, fatally phyilclans. Her bowels continued to coil ott puio Mood and barnlna farer continued for day? ot a Ursa, Her Ufa wo? almost derpalrod ot, Her mother dolarmlnod to try TEETESNA, ond In a day or t?o thero waa a croat chan**-now Ufa had retorced?? loo bowel* wero rerolar, and thank? to TaBTHJSA.tho*UWojaooU nowdoln?weU. _ Yours, etc, U, W. MCIVER, Editor ond Proprietor Tuskegee- (Als.) Kews. Costs Only 25 cents at Dniggists, JE. C. MORRISON j Electrician . - Machinist, BOX 57 FLORENCE, S. C. Contractor for Electrical work and dealer in Electrical supplies. Hot Air Pump ing Engirds and Gas Engines installed. Pipelining and general machino work. August 20, PJ03. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS Sec. Anyono Bondini? a sketch nnd description mny oulokly nscortnm our opinion freo whether nq Invontlon la prohnbly rmtuntnblo. Conimanlrn. tlonsBtrlcttyconUdontlnl. ITnndbookon Patents sont freo. Oldest nnency for BOCOrtpffWMOnUI. Patents tnkon tnrouuh Munn ft Co. recclvO ape dal notice, without clinrgo, tn tho A hnndsomoly lllvmtrntcfl weekly. Lnrsest cln dilation of any nclutitlllc lonrunl. Terms, 13 a your; four monthB, f 1. Sold by nil nowsdcnlcrs. MUNN &Co.361Broadway-New York nrnnch omeo. C3? F Ht.. Washington. P. ?. ?A l'IU?i? PATTERN g (your IIWII selection) to every cup. jj scriber. 0?lj couts a year. ti r .. ?eaorr..*^~ u^j.-^-i.T-tTvgp \ A \AM$f MAOAZlNf. ?j A i??r"j i, ... .?(..I endued ?il.it'?; latetl I. .oonontiet; taney J vuV , 1.......I u'J i.'im? ; fictlnn, cte. Snti ? > i- -'. .:,>. i.?, - ii.I <( (ur l.-|i vtcopy I I illy Atfi'ftu v^.ittj. &ei,d fur tenn?. Iii) t|:'t., WP1I.I1.|?, S;ntpl?.Up-lo ittt.?, ?cnt:,iiii:o.'.l and Absolutely I'erlect-riltini; I'a pur Patterns. M? Sr. h, , ? r.|jret!f.r.-^iCW*! ! Hii.'.ht, .-c.; ? .'t :.'-i l?sii. iLTON MCLAURIN, Attorney at Law and Prohato Judge. Olllco in Court ITOUBO. IS hereby given that under an ordor from tho Court of Bankruptcy I am outhorized to sell at private salo the fol lowinff lnnd belonging to tho Estate of John Manning Bankrupt situate in Marl boro County, S. C. to wit; ' Ono traot known aa the "Galloway Plaso," on tho rond 'from Parnassus.to CHo, containing 137} aores. Ono traot known as tho ''Dunbar Place" containing 270 acres. . Ono tract known as thc "Bundy Place" containing f>9 acres. Ouc tract kuoffu aa the ''Everett Place" on road from Chcraw to Marion containing 22ii acie.-i. PersbnS nishiug (o buy can address mo fit .Olio, S C., or il. Ii. Newton or T.. W.. LJouohicr, ai Bennettsville, S..C. JOII.^ C.-.i.noLN, Trubtco. ; TAX NOTICE"8"?? OFFICE OF COUNTY TIIEASUKEK, Beunetavilto, S, 0., Sept 19, 1963. NOTICE ?a hereby glvon that the Books for tho collection of Taxes for Marl boro county for tho Used year commencing January ist 1903, will bo opon nt the Trea surer's Oulco in BennettBvillo on Thursday October 15th and romain open until Doo? ora ber 318t 1903. The penalty will bo added on all taxes not paid by that dato. Tho levy ia as follows : S tato Tax 5 mills ' Ordinary County tax 5 mjlla Constitutional Sobooftax 3 milla PaBt Indebtedness I mill Tiling pnbllo highway i mill Total tax levy, . 14} mlll9 SPECIAL SCHOOLS : Antlooh a milla Bounty Spot, 3 millo Boykin r.J mills Bcnnottsvillo 4 milla Brightavillo ' 2} milla Kollock T\ milla Lester 2 \ mills Tatum 4 mills Willis T.\ milla . Coo 21 milla Ebon'czor 2 mills Toll Tox of Ouo Dollar on all able bodied malo persons from tho ogca of 21 to 60 years. Commutation Road Tax of Ono Dollar on all ablo bodied malo porsotiB from iS to 50 years of nero, J. H. THOMAS, Treasurer Marlboro Oounty.