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.ill. BENNET?SVlLLE. S, O. "DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO:7 SubHcrliitlon l'rlcc: Ono year.$1.00 Six months.BO Three months.25 PERSONAL ,J. A. B. Lcgctto ol' Dillon was in town last woo!;. A Bristow of Greenville was in town last week. Carl T. Dudley of Tampa, Kia. is visiting relatives hore. . Mrs. Lizzie Mooro ol' Dillon is visiting relatives hore. '< IC. Owens spent Saturday m '.once on business. Mrs ,J L .Ionian has returned from a visit to Grecvillo S C. Horn to Air and Mrs lill Cros land Thursday .May V, a son. T .1 Capel oi Wilmington, after a visit to his parents wont homo last night. illidge J. ll. Hudson has return ed from a visit to Columbia and Greenville. Judge C. 1* Townsend, who has boon sicli for a low weeks, is able to bo out again. Miss ICI i/.abc th Newton bas re tuii'jied from a visit to Spartanburg ? an*^ KJolumbia. Mrs. Ld Breeden returned last week from Chester, where she lia-, been visiting relatives. Lawyer Spears and Mr. Boahn, | both of Roil Springs, wore in thc city bViday on business. Dr ,1 A liaison is attending thc Episcopal Diocesan convention in Charleston this week. Services at Presbyterian church Sunday 11 A M and S:lo M. Everybody is cordially invited. Mrs P C Henry and children, of Howland, N. C. aro visiting at homo of her father, fi. B. Mooro. tUKi vi ? . 1*. A. convention in Suinter last week. ^Vrijere was no preaching at thc Bapt ist Church Sunday on account of tho illincss of thc pastor Kev C A Jones. 1). Kenneth Mot'oil Icfl Monday night for Baltimore, whence ho sails for Europe (oday, lie will be abroad several weeks, Mrs. Ida Dunbar, who has boon visiting her sister, Mrs. Ellon l'ip kin, returned to her homo in Marion county Saturday, Mrs. X. A. Kay and daughter Miss Myrtle, who have boen visit ing Mrs. I\ B. Mooro, left Satur day for Asheville. .). P. Gibson took his daughter Miss Kate to Hot Springs, Arkan sas, yesterday for treatment. Ile will be gone sometime. Mrs Yanco Livingston ami little son Vance, of Aiken county, are vuytingat the homo of her father TV Carlisle near Tatum. Mrs Mears of Ridgeway has been spending several days with her daughter, Miss Kate Mears of the Mu rch i son schcol faculty. There will be no service at the Methodist church on Sunday as Kev. Lt. E. Turnipseed will be in Hurtsville on that day attending ^ strict conference. Attention is called to the adver tisement of the Carolin? Hail I usu raneo Company. Mr C M Jones the agent is now in the city actively engaged in the work. Clarence E. Townsend was ad mitted to the bar by the supreme court last week. .He is a son of ?I. F, Townsend and hus 'put grad uated in law at the state universi ty. He will probably locate in Bennettsville. ^ Mrs. M. K, Mclaurin and W. 10. Thomas left this morning for Greenville where, they will be join ed by M iss Nancy Me Lau ri n and all will go to Hot Springs, Ark. to attend tho Southern Baptist convention. ^ Work on ferry lane is progres sing nicely according to Supervis or Manning who has been up there recently. The, completion of this piece of road will very greatly improve travel between herc and Chora w. Miss Katio Forebee of Winston Salem, N C, is visiting Miss Lucy Lewis. T li Spencer, of Darlington, spout Sunday with his brother Dr li I J Spencer? Hon JnoGary Evans, candidate for the United States senate, spent Sunday in town.] Dr Watson of Columbia was here Sunday to see some of Dr Crosland's patients. W .1 Baldwin, who has boon ?ll several days with appendicitis, is able to bo out again. ,) K Owens loft Tuesday night for a two weeks business trip to Missississippi going via Atlanta. Olin Covington, tho young son of B II Covington, has boon quito ill several days with w hat sectus to be appendicitis. Misses Irma and Ila Kasterling went to Columbia Monday to at tend a graduating recital at Colum bia College. Miss Graco Mitch ell, of this city, is among tho grad ates. BRIGHTSVILLE NEWS Two Stores Burned ?ved Loss is Heavy Other Matters. Brightsville, May I I- Tho stores of .1 \V Odom and \Y IO Poole wore burnell on last Thursday morning about o'clock, the loss is severe. The houses were owned by Mr K \Y Goodwin, loss about 81 100.00. The lire is unknown how it was started. Mr .1 \Y Odom was in Robeson county at the time of the lire and Mr Poole was out at his fathers to spend tho night. Tho loss falls heavy oh these young mon. Mr Odom had some insurance but? do aol know whether it is good ol' not. Mr Peele bad some insurance, but af tho lull amount of their policies are paid they will lose $1000 each. Mr Odom's safe was not locked and and ho lost all his books and accounts with $150 worth of school books, ^the property ol' tho public schools, also he had in his safe tho vere on him but on others also. Mr ( So?dwin had money in his safe that Mr ( Mom had collected for him on his ginnery account to tho amount of about $05.00. Pub lie opinion is that it was sol on lie by some one w ho knew that Mr Odom and Mr Peile were not at home. Il was bard work to save the mill house as it cati gilt oh the roof and had to bo fought by pour ing wafer on the roof by knock ?hg oil thc shingles from the in side. It looks like that the recent losses to Mr Goodwin come on matty sides. Only a few days ago his mill dam was washed.out, then it severe lire in his line timber, and now comos the loss of two stores without any insurance at all. Tho en ti ra community sympathize with them in their loss. Married on April <Sth by Mag istrate J McB Hurley Mr Enoch Manas to Miss Gincy Ann Cork, all of Brightsville. Good stands of cotton, health of the community very good. Brightsville Chips. Notice, Estate George Crosland, Notice is hereby given to till persons not to enter upon any hinds of the estate ol* George Crosland, either enclosed or unenclosed. 1 have poled no tice tit Various places on thc land. All hauling of straw or taking of wood front (he said lands and all hunting, fishing and passing through thc said hinds with teams or on foot must bo stoppet!. Prosecution will follow a violation of this notice. Martha Crosland, Fx ecu trix. May 7, 11)08. .-.?-.-~ Itching piles provoke profanity, but profanity won't, miro them. Doun'. Ointment cures itching, blooding ot protruding piles after years of suiter lng. At any drug store. JIM MALLOY WU! tie Harked on 22nd of . This Month Governor Ansel an<J tho pardon ing board refused last \vccl< to in terioro with tho sentence of tho court in thc case ol' Jim Malloy and tho black murderer will now have to pay W'U? his lifo for bis awful and terrible deed According to tho sentence as pass ed by J ltd go Aldrich ho will b<> hanged on tho 22nd inst sometime between tho hours of IO in tho forenoon and two in tho afternoon in tho ?nil yard. Malloy is now preparing for bis end. lie refuses to talk to visit ors and is awaiting tho linal day with seeming apathy. Probably ho does not real i /.chow short tho time is in which ho is to remain on this earth. Thc gallows is soon to be erect ed on which Malloy will bo hang ed. Everything is hoing made really for the carrying out of tho order of tho. court. ( hvons nial Lot ? rand defended tho prisoner and they did their best. Kirst an appeal fora now trial was taken to tho supremo court and on tho refusal of ibis body they look ibo matter before i the pardoning board. With failure here they can do nothing inore and the law will now be carried ont I Inder tho law only a limited number tire admitted to tho execu tion ?md the Sherill'will probably ?sure admission cards as this i thc custom in most of tho counties ol' thc state. FI NIC COTTON ??>?". T. C. Weatherly Jr., Has Good Cotton And Corn A ride out lot ho tarni of T. ( '. Weatherly, Jr., about three miles from town the oilier afternoon re vealed a lino stand of cotton. Mr. VVialboi'ly's cotton, which is of the improved ToxaswoOd variety, . nei a is ;UMI a gOOll stand Ol corm Alllogcthcr thc outlook for a good crbp is splendid. Play to Mc Given My special request tho Dra matic ('lui? will present at the nu ditoriuni on Friday night the "loth k* ..The SwSvcetest Ct I ri in Dixie" Thc play which was given not long ago nuul? a decided hit. In fact ii very generally agreed that it was llie h?sl of thc season. A tremendous crowd was out and great uns enjoyment of the aud ience. In answer to a request from many who saw il tho last lime ?md from some w ho dui not soo il tin* Dramatic Club decided to present i ho play again. So on Friday night May 15th the play will bo presented in thc auditorium of tho Murchirson school building. livery seat was taken last limo and there will doubtless be tl rush for seats as soon as soon they aro put on salo. The cast characters is tho samo as they were before. Kveryone who dui not get out before will doubtless mateo an especial effort to come this finie. Humor, trage dy and that old sweet story of love abound in tho play. The fun and all the good findings which you will get aro worth moro than 1 limos the price of admis sion. ? ? Horse Dropped Dead. While Ad McKellnr was driving bis horse toa road cart along Dar lington street Saturday afternoon, tho horse foll in front of Jackson's store and expired in a few minutes. The cause of his death is not known. Tho streets were thronged with people at the Uttie, and a crowd ollectod around to view the re mains of the animal. Jim David and George McCall wore among tho number, but no inquest was held. Death of Elijah Earle. lil i jail Karlo died at his home near Drake on Sunday, May ?, af ter a long illness. The funeral was at Salem on Monda rm. A goed many things wc arc going to move this week. Not just to get rid of them, but to give our trade a chance to make thei purses go twice as far as they should and thc offerings arc not odds and ends nor oJd stuff, but thc very cream of high-class merchandise. EMBROIDERY A beautiful lot of <>f v?rv fine Swiss .'louncings. "No bonis to match hese,'' ai just 1-2 their original price, lot that eosls us25e vii lo go ai 1.! I-2c 15 c L'< lc bu thal costs ns 30c yd to gp at lot that costs as 'lue yd lo gont lot that cost-, tis 5(>C '.'1 lo go at lot thal costs us 60o yd togo at 21 ?c One lot Pxlra Heavy Hamburgs, gcod values al 15c vii. Now going al 10c. '10c now 25c 1 lot of soft goods, sohl for 35c, now 20c 1 b>t soft goods, sohl for 25c. now I5c 1 lot soft goods, sold for 20C, How IJ l-Jo .l l illili very sheer and pretty, white Knglish lawns, worth Joe, this week IJ l-2c. Il inch lawn better quality than above. 15c. 1-3 ORIGINAL COST .> doz men's undershirts. Some of these RESOLVED J?&0*SKJ AFTER THE BEST HAVE ><-^. W^^\>?BEEN RICKED OVER AND JI THE BEST TH/NGS ?\RET %f '\ \ I 1 - V* B U 5 TE R BROW M 7? *~XZ>.< COME ?ow~n7> THERE AME MANY WHO WAIT UNTIL THE SEASON'S STOCK IS PICKED OVER, THINKING THEY WILL GET THEIR GOODS CHEAPER. So THEY WILL, &UT THEY WILL GET CHEAPER GOODS. THE BEST THINGS WILL BE GONE. THEY GO BECAUSE THEY ARE BEST. IT IS THE UN DESIRABLE THINGS THAT Do NOT SELL, So IT YOU LIKE CREAM BETTER THAN SKIMMED MILK, COME TO OUR STORE WHILE OUR SPRING LING IS UNSKIMMED. --?>$& PARASOLS White and fancy. Some of the best ever show n herc, ill all colors, tor ladies and childi cn. These are good, new things. At front $1.25lo $3.58. LOW SHOES FOR WOMEN Thc Queen Quality make is the make wc bray on. So dc their wearers. In black, Pat, Kid and Tans. $2.50 to $4.00 THIN DRESS GOODS 1 lot of thin fluffy dress goods, sold for in Lisle thread and some in^silk and Lisle. They cost from $1.00 to $2.00 each. We will sell these this^weck at just 50c cu ll. DARE FOOT SANDALS These are very soft and flexible in all sizes from smallest babe's to ladies' size: Prom 65c to $1.35 in price. RED? TAN, WHITE Little slippers for children, all si/.cs. All colors of Hosiery to match. Better save that 25 per cent, on ?L suit of clothes this week. McCALL-WEATHEHLY CO. Bennettsville, S. C.