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The People's Journal. lc - it PICKENS S. C. Ile was telling her the story of a ,nan who had mortally offended the ai woian he loved, and who loved him, n and she was listening with a strange intentness, her eyes fixed dreamily t upon nothingness. ~a " And when his passion had (died n down,"-so he went on---" and he saw si what a fool he had been, and how sl deeply he had wronged her, he went h back to her and pleaded for forgiveness a with all the strength of love, and all to the agony of remorse. But she," he it continued, bitterly, " do you think she p could take him back and forgive him v freely, as he had thought she would? c No. She spoke loftily of her woman- p hood and her outraged feelings and all ii the other phantoms of the brain which o you women affect to prize so highly, I yet sacrifice so lightly. And then she e told him coldly that all was over be- s tween them forever, forbade him ever t to see her agaiii -put him out of her t life, and left him to light it all by him- a self, when and where he would. And yet she had said she loved him. A fine e love indeed, which will condemn its object to lifelong misery for a mere r nothing. Only a woman could love s that way I" His listener moved impatiently and l opening her fan began to wield it vig orously. " It is warm here," he said. tt Shall we go?" " No," she answered, 11 go on with your story. It--it interests me." " You pity the mian?" lie asked al most pleadngly. 1 pity the woman," she responded. "t But go on." "The woman!" he cried. t' She put,,ff what she called her love as she would a discarded garment, and her life was none the sadder for it. Bu ' he-the man! Twenty yeara h. i been with him, night and day, ;idl not for a moment of that lifetji1e has he been able to blot her j.i,dnge from his heart, and it wil iwell there to his dying day. ,Wien he first left her house he !irionght his love was dead, so crue'"iy had she wounded it. But it w ilot. Lashed by it as by a whip, -iie shut out from his life everything that could remmnd him of her- ---yea, changed his very name in a blind yearning to forget. But go where he would, do what he could, his love stayed with him, killing his happiness, blighting his life. Had he not loved her so, he would have cursed her for so wantonly turning all the sweetness of his life to gall." There was a note of fierceness in his voice as he spoke the last words; thou his lips formed themselves into the bitter, cynical smile, which had come to be habitual with him and he added: " You see, he was a man, and she why, she was a woman, and that epitomizes the whole story." For a moment there was a pause; then his companion turned to him im pulsively. " Is that all?" she asked. " All?" he answered. " Is it not enough? A few minutes in the telling, a lifetime in the living." "And now," she said, " now that you have pleaded the man's cause so well, and have branded the woman as heartless, and cruel, and fickle, and unloving-m short, as a woman, will you let me say a word in her defense? Will you let me draw you a picture of what her life may have been, her life, of which you speak, with such assur ance, but of which von can know absolutely nothing?" He nodded his head a token of as sent. She continued almost passion ately, her eyes flashing with a danger ous light. "Oh," she said, " how lightly you meon talk of woman's love. With what arrogance you extol the depth of your own passion, holding hers as naught in comparison. Listen. Per haps that woman trusted the man she loved with a trust, beyond all saying. Perhaps he was to her the embodiment of everything noble, and beautiful, and great In man, and so, because she thought him t,hat, she gave him freely, totally, all that she had to give-her sell. Oh, you can not imagine, you, a mere man, the struggle that takes place in a woman's heart before she takes the step by wh:ch she voluntarily cuts herself adiift from-all that she has been wont to cling to before as her dearest rights, asking no compensation for her sacrifice but, the love and faith of him for whonm she has made it. With man, love Is but an added bless ing. Take it away, and you leave him a little sadder, perhaps, a little less gay, but in all other respects the " No, no," he interrupted, " you don't know what you say. You-but pa'don .me; you are speaking of the woman-go on." " Yes, the woman! Man may love in the abstract, woman must have a living, tangible object. Think, then, before you judge so harshly, how this woman may have looked upon the man of your story; think of the struggle that may have gone on in her heart ~before she gave herself to him, of ther doubts of him, and fears of him against I which her love battled, first strongly,r then ever weaker and weaker, till itt finally yielded. T1hink of the trust which she gave him with herself, and then of the agony which must have been hers when she found that that trust had been misplaced, when ehe r saw the mantle of greatness and good- I ness with which her love had clothed C him torn ruthlessly away, revealing to her his real nature in all its smallness C of distrust, in all Its hypocrisy and deceit. ThinL of all this, and then g judge her if yous dare! And oh, tbe p misery of te next few hours, her heart still year'hing for the idol it has lost~ the bitterness of the last meeting, her ove still-struggling wit,h a firm re solve. And then--" she continued slow-r ly, and there was profound grief in her vice, " and-then, self-condemned to a d to had given, and because there was nal D object on which to bestow it, she ord icked it up in her heart, and has kept frei there through all these sad years, for rong, (eep, pure, as then, but ob- fro etless and therefore wasted." ho For a moment both were still-she DIi etued to have forgotten that she had the listener. Recollection came to her did iddenly, and she gave a little embar- tio (ssed laugh. She feared she had be- sig 'ayed herself. w " have I not pleaded well?" she ad 3ked " Do you still condemn the wo- of lol unquahiledly?" sea lie was slow to answer. Their hos- bri ss had introduced them hurriedly, cat ud he had not caught his compamion's we time, nor had he felt the necessity eit ibsequently to ask for it. The range fascination that the woman Au ad had for him from the first mystilied a] ud delighted him, and he had yielded am it without attempting to probe for soi ,a meaning. But during her last im- D. assioned speech something in her an oice had with startling suddenness tht aused a wave of profound feeling to th; ass over his heart. He gazed at her in itently for a moment, and the mystery idt f her attraction for him was cleared. si te wondered that he had not recogniz- a c d her before, time had changed her set o little. With a mighty bound the love iNs hat had lain dormant in his heart for 8) wenty years sprang into active life sid gain, and a mad impulse to throw ab iimself at her feet and once more to se, rave her forgiveness, as lie had done ne aany years ago, almost gained the nastery over hiin. But lie was well- mit chooled in self-restraint, and his voice O was almost natural when he answered in ier question. w " You have indeed made a noble de- Di enso," he said. " But if that woman to ihould have been as noble as you have op nade her out to be, would mercy and to: orgiveness have found no place in her ieart. Would twenty years of unal- it tered love not have expiated the erM)r ca Af a moment of. passion? ..Wuld she TI blight his life, and perhg1ps hers, mere- i y because in a fit of 3alousy, for her, th lie had fail'd to measure up to the im possible iigh standard she had set for St it i"''Would that he just, and woman- hi ly, and Christian-like?" lie saw a dreamy look creep into her fr eyes as he spoke, and her voice had a ar far-away sound to it when she answer- a ed him. But her words opened a new w life for him. ct It If I were that woman," she said, bt and lie had indeed proved true to me h [ll these years, if his love for mne had clwelt unchanged through it all, as " mine would have, 1 should thank God in from my soul for the blessing of such v s love; and if he were to come back to M mle now, I should ask his forgiveness hi for having misjudged him so, and lc would beg him humbly to tb ke back as w a voluntary gift what I took fiom him to then. But men are strange--their cl pride is ever stronger than their love. sc IIe would not come back, and my love, e1 and my forgiveness, and my repentance in would -never he known to him." ta Her voice had sunk lower and lower iy as she spoke, and at the last, she broke 01 down and buried her face in her hands. All his heart wenit out t.o her; and heo r bent over and touched her hair wit.h Mi his lips. "Mildred," lie said, so softly that 0 he hardly knew whether he said it., ai Bitt she had heard it, and she shrank Pi from him like a startled fawn. For a cd long moment she gazed at, him with l painful intentaess; then, without a word, she threw her arms about his hi neck and sobbed as if her heart, would fr break, if Bunt joy has never been known to ti break a heart. IN THE PEARL a SI OF THE PIEDMONIT. THE sTrATE CAMPAIGNERS. g Anmsel Has a .Warzn WVelcome Talbert and Tillnian Ott Post PI Office Incident - A Pleasant b and Peaceable Meeting. s Reported for Tihe Mountaineer. C' The meeting at its largest stage nium- ft bored about six or seven hundred voters ~ besides the ladles and children. Five lusty McGregors stood upon their native O1 licath-Ansel, Austin, Boyd, Walker ' and Martin, and with "peculiar pleasure" hi looked Into the faces of relatives, friends and voters. All candidates were closely te lheard, but not enthusiastically. This rc was Ansel's home, and he had a fine and a 3ordlal welcome. Tillman, Heyward cl ad Talbert pulled close for second R place, Tillman perhaps having slight coad. (Col. Talbort addressed himself ph pointedly and vigorously to a dispatch lent to the Greenville News from ui L'lckens after campaign p)arty left on dc Wednesday. This dispatch gave details to ,harging Col. Talbert with securing Col. fu riliman's mail from ickens post otlIce, 01 ,aying that " Tillman was furious," and b hat postmaster, "having ideittifled as [%albort," was ready to make an affidavit st .o this effect. Attorneys were consulted si md postmaster Morris sent hiis report to Washington. Referring to this special fo n the Greenville News at the beginning tht f his speech, (Jol. Talbert said: "I te Was surprised to see a statement publishi d in the D:.iy Naws charging me with Al aking Col. Tillman's mail out of the W leckens post office. This is nothing in aere or less than a fake statement. It a s absolutely false and untrue in every espect." " I never received any letters lie hero directed to any one other titan c nyself. No man in this audience be- E loves it and people of Southi Carolina, M rho know me, would never believe it. ha do not know anything about Col. Till- re man's mail and I ask him now, if ho be- th loves I would be guilty of such a thing." mi 101. Tillman atood and said : " I have ml :nown'you, 001. Talbert, ever since my W hildhood And without the strongest (1 ossiblo evidence, I would not believe ha i." During Co1. Talbert's statement 10u riends in the erowd encouraged him by be ronouincing it a lie. "go on and make wi our spoeh," etc. Your correspondent atervlowod Col. Tillman, who " bad Ti othing to say except that ho had been sp slegraphod that 'important niail would no oach him at Picketns, which mail had ofl over been received." N foi The rough riders have an exhibition ca1 rill today, battalion formation, with ox thu mnd movements. with or without Bi.. m a. 8ignaling, however, was rather the 1 or of the day. Red lights burned uently at critical moments and alas many, blue lights-not rollected n the neighboring peaks of the blue Laltain range, but signal lights from ,rts within-shone with steely glitter. tress signals too often mingled with* "come hither" smile of anxious can ates, and so all through the evolu is and revolutions of the day these oals were seen and heard amid the ving of flags, boating of drums and or Loises that betokened the steady rance and retreat of the rough riders the Piedmont escarpment. After ling the mountain fastnesses of salu ous and healthy Pickens, the veteran opaigners were accorded cordial Icome and grateful rest by hospitable zons of Greenville, fair and flourish County Chairman J. Thomas stin, assisted by Messrs. B. A. Mor i, A. Blythe, A. H. Dean, T. P. ,hran, J. T. Bramlett, William Gold ith, Jr., W. L. Mauldin, A. H. Donald 1, J A McCullough, .1. E Speogle, .1. Gilroath, It. Y. Hellams, B 0. l.aFar 1 others, in behalf of the citizens met party at the station and conveyed m to comfortable quarters. [he meeting was held at the City Park, the suburbs of the town, an absolutely al spot for such an occasion. )ense de, absolute quiet, peaceful serenity, ool spring of watt, r and comfortable ts. Only one unfavorable surround. , this only by its suggestiveness. ringwood cemetery borders on one ly r e of thia park, suggestive of the great tan litical Cemetery of 1902, toward which a < nut two dozen candidates out of thirty- ka ron are slowly, but so surely jour ying. intl Japt A. Blythe, acting county chair- salt ,n, a fair and flne ofilcial, presided at an< I. Austin's request at this home meet- An '. At Ii o'clock the meeting was wit \od to order by Chairman Blythe, Rix o introduced the Rev. )r. Z. T. Cody. and Cody madc!a most fervent invocation li vc the Lawgiver of Natio_s.'asking for con rit and wisdom to. be given to voters, but these thingg -exlt a nation. Chair- cho L! B!yt.b in introducing the peakers ( )Iiglit this indeed a campaign of cdu- I b Lion and bespoke a respectful hearing. gei to crowd was much smaller than was pla pected, only about four or five hun- pai ed voters and ladies being present at wIh o opening. Ga Candidates for ofilce of secretary of ene ate spoke first, Mr. Gantt leading in voi a clear cut, thoughtful speech. (Ap- ap) ause ) Col. Wilson next, who asked sta " all voters not going the way of my ly end Austin." Loud handclappings and da plause. "Long Tom Austin" next appearing the is greeted with much applause and asi eers. Col. Austin made only brief, the Lt most appropriate remarks at his din ime and retired amid applause. tic Buperintendent McMahan, next speak- ge made a line blend of business views 'ie the educational situation and the great 4 iportance and highest and truest de- at lopmntent of these great needs. Mr. rei cMahan is broad and comprehensive in Pic s views, which lie so candidly and fear- 'i asly expresses, and here as elsewhere vii as heard with closest attention. wa Mr. Martin came next at this his home ap wn and was warmly greeted with his Leers and applause. Was glad to meet tiv many friends, was interested in all, foi ,en the bad boys and girls. Is much Ag terested in education. Makes no at. tic cks upon his opponent. Conscientious- ma Opposed to some things (lone and will Es ily discuss these before the people. (" iscussed issues, made popular presenta- v in of his claims, told good jokces, and di< tired amid applause and cheers for ta. artin. St Mr. G. L. Walker, the third Mac wi regor on his native heath, was warmly p1. id most cordially rneeived. He brief!y esenited his candidacy for ofice of ne emptroller general and was heard with Gi Leers and applause and undivided at- fri ntion. GII Mr. Brooker was the next speaker to ire " shaking hands with friends of my be lend Walker." Wants Jones to explain Cm he has unqualifiedly resigned his posi- li nin the comptroller general's olie. tr' Mr. Jones then sp)oke, making his rong business speech, which was at- uf: ntivel y heard, Mr. Sharpe closing with co popular reception given his popular G< icech. in: The absence of Messrs JTennmngs, he ouse and Ayer was noted and then to ins were fired by Messrs. Patrick, Boyd la ad Frost, candidates for adjutant gen- "I al- cr Capt. Patrick was received with ap- to ause and heard witha closo attention ca Shis old friends and neighbors, to Col. Boyd needed no introduction, se ,(1 the chairman, and warm greeting u~ ridenced this patent fact, as did also in equent cheers and hurrahs for Boyd. sic Col. Frost was well received, heard in, ost atteptively and applauded. ha Railroad commissioners next, always el< schedule time, covering a live minute cr. hedule in a mnile a minute run. Mr. Caughman spoke first, renewing ne a former charges vigorously,.s Mr. Evans next wanted " mnen in oflce fe: represent the peop)le not the rail- 10i ads." Then Messrs. JIepson, Kinard o, d Mobloy- th Mr. Prince was next greeted wit,h G: eons. D)iscussed legal aspects of case. pe ilroad rates a science. State rates .hli ould b)e in ra tio with long haul charges. 81 ar on commission ando rates. Ap- hii auded. tel Mr. Wilborn came next and warmed Bii iat once and completely, lie read a ap ster from Mr. Lewis W. Parker, presi int of the Vict6r cotton mills, referring lam Mn. Mobley's charges concerning ro de sal of commissioner to make reductions hat cotton goods. Mr. Parker, a mem-- ma r of the committee, stated positively va ~at no suclh request had been made and thi dod that Mr. Smyth concurred in this fea atement. Mr. Wilborn's defence was 8St irited and Interested the crowd. Ho pe is interrupted by Mobloy asking him sol show if he had not always voted st< r reduction of taxes. Referring to ap is complicated race and frequent In- mi eruptions Wilborn remarked amid tre anm andous cheers, " Candidates promise wi ything, get in ofico and do nothing "or the close of his speech Evans asked fa Ilborn to see Orr on question concern- mi rate on cotton goods and a lively go lloquy ensued, with cheers for Evans hir d W ilborn.pe Mr. Wolling's business talk was closely ard next. h "C0anslor, of Tirzah," applauded by tht wd. Time extended at request of c o dience. Absence of Mr. Berry noted. ser 7. Cansler referred again to Mr Evans ving collected war claims. Mr. Evans ad a letter frcmn Wilie Jones stating at Mr. Evans did not handle this Fit mney at all and was only paid a coin- tra ssion for having done so. Then Mr. Lihe oiling read a letter from Mr. Brico, of of ester, saying 15 per cent, commission the d been paid Evans for collecting,.a ans noeplied that claims wouldl have a an sold at any price offered, as they aol re considered worthless iubernatorial candidates next, Dr. r nmoerman coming forward as--irst ami 3aker. Presented his claims as a busi- Pa as man, as a citizen and as a public th leor. Had pioughed many a (lay, bare- rio ated, over the rocks. TeGovernorr anot make laws, can only enforce tro' in.' Spoke of expenses of govern-- are nto atlaxes ando Isesia as previous- tear Hair Falls "I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor to top my hair from falling. One Ralf a bottle cured me." J. C. Baxter, Braidwood, Ill. Ayer's Hair Vigor is -ertainly the most eco iomical preparation of its kind on the market. A little of it goes a long way. It doesn't take much of it to stop falling of the hair, make the hair grow, and restore color to gray hair. s$.oo a bottle. All drutt s. If your druggist cannot supply you, (end us one dollar and we will express you a bottle. Heo suro sami give cuo namno ,f your nearest ex ,ress oil ce. Address, J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass. oported. Education never so impor- c L to white people as now Commanded omipany in Confederate army and wa how to sympathize with veterans. As a more matter of form I now oduce the next speaker, Mr. Ansel," I Chairman Blythe. Amid applause i handclappings and some cheers Mr. t a0l came forward. Had lived here h friends and neighbors for twenty years. Piedmont had been voting 1 voting, but no Governor for twenty l years. Listen to my friends and petitors, give them a good hearing, vote for Ansel. Retired amid tine I ering. apt. Hleyward was next introduced, a t urrah for Hey'ward" mingling with a icrous share of handelapping and ap. use. The crowd came up near and d closest attention to Capt. Heyward, o made brief introductory remarks. re his home record and unanimous lorsement by native county, standing ,e in Democratic convention. Loudly )lauded, illustrating a good thing to nd upon. Paid his respects pleasant and definitely to his brother candi es. 3rother Crafford and Dr. Timmerman n discussed love feast platform, ing -all to help upbuild and further watchword-progress. Issues clearly cussed in detail, very closest atten n given throughout, and closed with ieral handclappings and " hurrah for yward." ongressman Talbert came next and once referred to the published report arding his having taken mail from .kens post oflice addressed to Col. Iman, as reported above. After this ;orous and emphatic den lal, which a well received, Col. Talbert made his .ech. As usual, Col. Talbert caught hearers and was heard most atten ely. He discussed issues also as be. *e, and warmed up considerably. ;ain announced his interest in educa nal work. Clemson and Winthrop ke us glad we are South Carolinians. pecially in favor of school systei. 'ou'll carry this county. I'm going to te for you.'' said a voice from au ~nce.) Absolutely oppose3d to white ocs for colored schools Introduced first ste pens5ion bill ini the South. Hieard Lh closest attention, interrupted by ap tuse and1( closed w ithl applause. Lieutenant. Gouvernor Tiiiman came xL amidl cheers aind appllause. Thanked eenville for largest vote he receivedI >m any county in the last election. adI to be on this one of Brother (Graf ed's native heaths. Anael bow-legged cause he had straddled a fence so long. pt. Heyward a former candidate who Cs in Walterboro. A good fisherman ring for suckers. Del. TIiman, withl 1n0 intLent to reflect onl Capt. Heyward, thought that tihe mimenldation of Mr. Gonazales, as Mr. ,nziales chose to nmanifest it, was all milt to the.people. Then on to onlice iding records of s0ome of his competi mu, with conmment on fact that none d done anlythling for laboring man. ,ook thuis way, Jim.'' (Voice from wd.) Only man whlo recognized cot 1 mil11 men after his election. Only adidate whlo advocated a textile school rMouth Carolina. As to draining ampi lands was not in favor of taxing -country for tis purpose. Referred absolute silence to Is record as pro ling offlcer of Senate. Then to sword ~ident when he received ap)plause. id closest attenltion throughout, and ised with chleers and applause and es for Jill Trilhnan. Candidates for lieutenant governor xt, Messrs Gary, Sloan and Blease laking. Mr. Blease vigorously do ided the dispensary and its ofilcials. ferring to this ho challenged hero only and boldly, without consultation, I falsehoods contained editorially in eenville News to:day regarding dis nsary violations. Let the editor bring proof or swallow his falsehoods. Mr. oase was as strong as he could express useif with whlat may, perhaps, be0 med parliamentary language. Mr. ase was closely heard and received plause. Wlessrs. Stevenson and Gunter were t on the program. These gentlemen hided to be brief as the hour was very e. Brief reference was pleasantly de by both speakers to mutual ad. Iltages anld disadvantages involved I s race. Mr. Gunter as p)leasantly re 'redl to the editorial in yesterday's' ito, which he considered timely and etinent. Mr. Gunter insisted as a and political proposition that Mr. ivenson, as Speaker, should not have peared before ways and means comn tIee in a matter where State finances ounting to $30,000 were involved hlout having first resigned as Speaker as attorney for railroad. The mere t of having been sent for by the com ~too, if that be true, was no excuse for ng in a double capacity, thus making i unfaithful to his clients or to his >plo. Phe meeting was very long and en siastie, close attention given all takers and for some time before its so only a very small crowd was pro. t. J. E NORLMENT. n a recent interview on Cuba Glen. zhiugh Lee p)redicts faling away In] de, c.aused by lack of con 1 lence in new government, resulting (declino he income of that governmel'nt to starvation point, internal anarchy Ia plea from the (Cubans them es for annexation. 'yphoid fever has made its appear e0 at Camp Thomas, CIhickamauga k, Gleorgia, for the first time since epidemnic among the soldiers du Sthe Spanish American war. The >ps now stationed at Camp Thomas 4 the 7th cavalry and the 3rd bat r' of field artilery 'TiiE CONFEDERATI REUNION. len. Thomas W. Carwile, major-gen ral commanding the South Carolina )ivislon of Confederate Veterans, has ssued the following general circular of nformation regarding the Confederate 'eunion that is to be held in Green rille next month: Ieneral Order No. 2. 1. Having been appointed major ,eneral, to succeed G C. L Walker, >romoted to command the departnoiit >f the Army of Northern Virginia, by he commanding general in Goneral )rder No. 2t)6, I hereby assume coin nand of the South Carolina l)ivision, Jnited Confederate Veterans. 2. The South Carolina Division, Jnited Confederate Veterans, will neet in Greenville, S. C., at their an 1ual reunion on the 6th, 7th and th if August, 1902. The Convention will re called to order at II o'clock a. in. it the hall designated by the Ireen. rille committee. All veterans are earn istly requested to attend this tneeting, is year by year our numbers ate grow ng less. 3. Commanders of all camps con tosing this division will call them to ;ether at once and elect delegates to ,tend said reunion. 4. The commanding general regrets o call attention to a large number of amps who are in arrears as to dues, soth to the general headquarters at' 1ew Orleans and also to the division leadquarters. These dues are small nd should be paid at once. No camp vill be allowed to vote who is in arrears o either the general headquarters or livision during the Convention. 5. Col. J. M. Jordan, of Camp Puil ian, Greenville, S. C., will act as chief if staff during the reunion at ( reen ille, to whom all dues may be remit ed. 6. It is with pleasure that I an iounce to the veterans that our con ade, Col. Robert Aldrich, of Barn yell, S. C., will deliver the annual ad Iress, and that Miss ldunpkin, of Co umbia, S. C., will welcome the Vet ;rans in behalf of the I Jtted I )augh ,ers of the Confederacy. 7. All railroads have given the low rate of one cent, a mile for each way ,ravelled. By order of Thomas W, Carwile, Major General, Commanding South Uarolina Division, United Confederate Veterans. Official: .1. M. Jordan, Acting Chief of Staff. Louis Wilkins, who diet in Chicago the oLber day, deserves a foot-note in history as one of the sons of Anak. He was 30 years od, eight feet two inches high, and 365 pounds. A half dollar could be put through his linger ring, and a special bed had to be con structed for him at the hospital where he lied. -Out in Sumner County, Kansas, one Tnomas A. Hubbard is a candidate for county treasurer. Hie has is sued a great many cards announc. ing that le is in the field, but thriftily makes use of the other side with an advertisement that, ie is a breeder of lIne hogs, which lhe (olers for sale cheap. AMrs. J1. G. McLaughlin, of Seattle, Wash., has made a fortune in real es lte the pasi, few years. She has also add(ed to her regular income by meak ing maps of the Klonidike, which she has sold1 to railroad and steamship coinpanies. "The square peg in the round( hole" figuratively expresses the use of uneans unsuited to the dlesired end. A great muany people ivhio have been cured of dyspepsita and other diseases of the stomt ach and its allied organs of magestioii and nutrition by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery say: "" We tried many miedicinies with onily temptlorary benefit. It was not until we begani the use of 'Golden Medical Discovery ' that we found a complete and lasting cure." It is undloubtedly trite that D)r. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery holds the ree ordl for the perfect and permanent cure of inidigestion and other diseases of the stomach and associatedi organs of diges tion and nutrition. It is not a palliative. It cures the cause of disease and builds ilp the body with solid healthy flesh, not flabby fat. "it is with pleasure that I tell you what Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and 'celets' have done for me," writes Mrs. TI. M. P'almer, of P'ede, Kaufnmn Co., Texas. "'Two years ago I was takein with stomnach and biowet tronbie. Everything I ate wouldi put mec in distress. I lived two weeks ona unik and even that gave' me pain. I felt as though I would starve to death. T'hree doctors attended me -one said I had dys pepisia, two said catarrh of the stomach and h owel s. They attended me (one at a time) foir One year. I stopped takimag their med icine and tried other pittent muedici,ne ;got no better, amnd I grew so weak and nervous my heart wonl flutter. I could not dto any kinad or won k. Now I can do umy house work v'ery wveti am g,'aining in, J/.nsh and streng/h, and can ('at aniyting I want." Accept no substitute for D)r. P'ierce 's Golden Medical Discovery. D)r. Pierce's Coimmon Setise Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stampi;s to paRy expense of miatlinig on/y. Senid 21 onie cent stamips for the paper covered book, or 31 stamps for the cloth bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf falo, N. Y. HI. .1. lfAYNaSwwRi, 0, JC, RIOBINsON F.. W. PARLKiR, PIckens, S. (J Greenville, 8. C. IIalyneOswVOrthI,PIaiker & R binsoni, Attornmeys-ag-Law,. Tickens C. H., - - South Carolina Practice in all Courts. Attend to a slness p)romnptly. IW-Money to loan. [VY M. MAULaDIN, Attorney at Law. PiokoDS. S. 0, 'ractico in all theCourts Office over Earle's DrugStore ANDERSON BABB, Jiontr'actor and Builder e Plekng,n M. V. AVeget(ahle Preparation for As simila(iulthe FotdlandlRegulda ting the Stomauchs and Bowels of Promotes )igestion.Ceerfrul ness and liesl.Coniinls neither Opium,Morphline nor Nineral. Nor NAH c'lic. Ahv$r Y)/ IIMKL.PyII/rR AIx.r.a . Rjor AeM. Sa/lk - Auae .frwd t Aperfect Remedy 'or('onslipa lion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhota WVorm-1s,( CoIvulsiionts,Yeverish ness aanl Loss OF SI4EEP. Fac Simile Signure or EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. DeIing e ()wving to .soluei prps 4ioII (h:u ?Carriages, Su rreys, It At an Absol Jnii OnrV 6 oc'kIis r(l(edeed Don 't t.ake' Harness of all kinds at a. H kaIth-ba:fker an,'I Webeir; as (lbenpe r grai o our1 (own w ark. We will sell any'Ilhin . .1d( kind treatmntli to all. When in iad tio 'iee tihe peopI~le t hethe hy w'i'i,h CHA I (CrnIer ('oni.,1 River an ,iit aek-on' SI rce V A LTiEl W. W HiIi'. WH-IT] Weo hainlh MVARBLE A 1(o linisI If yV ned nthl i nerc IVliI Il .1r ine a pe riee's. 8f"'iRON FINI'IlNO A N D) (' 'oulrs for trae', Sumter Military Academy. 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