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News From Cross Hill. Cross Hill, March 18.-Mr. Bonnie Young of Ninety-Six spent Sunday with his brother, Mr. G. D. Young. Miss Lyl Guthrie and Mr. J. H. Nance were married at the residence of the bride's brother, Mr. Joe Guthrie at 7 p. m, Sunday evening. Rev. J. A. Martin performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Nance left Monday for Cal boun's Falls, their future home. Mr. H. E. Hitt went to Greenwood Thursday. Miss Ethel Nance is visiting relatives here. Mrs. N. E. Boyce is spending the week with Mrs. Sam Todd of Clinton. Mr. Mason Hill lost |a line milch cow this week. There was a sociable at Mr. Gurtbrie's Tuesday evening. Those present were Misses Janie Pinson, Wilma Ramsey, Belle Madden, Mary Owens and Lucia Ellis; Messrs. Eilis Fuller, Hugh Lea man, Hassell Miller, Thornwell Boyce, Luther Martin. Mr. and Mrs. John Becks is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Beeks this week. COMFORTING WORDS. Many a Laurcns Household Will Find Them So. To have the pains and aches of a bad back removed, to be entirely free from annoying, dangerous urinary disorders is enough to make any kidney sufferer grateful. To tell bow this great change can be brought about will provecomfort ing words to hundreds of Laurens read ers. J. R. Sample, farmer, near Greenwood says: "I have used Doan's Kidney Pills and can recommend them as a good remedy for the back and kidneys. 1 was troubled for a long time with my kidney secretions which were full of sediment, very dark and of a strong odor and caused me annoyance during the night. My back lias caused me great suffering especially at night, right across the small of it. A dull aching pain existed which caused me to lay awake all hours of the night, thereby losing rest, greatly to rny discomfort as well as to the derangement of my general health. I tried all kinds of remedies, liniments, and plasters, but nothing gave me any relief. Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills advertised in our papers I obtained them. Since .using them according to directions, the secre tions from the kidneys cleared up and the backache has left me. I attribute this result entirely to Doan's Kidney Pills." Plenty more proof like this from Laurens people. Call at The Palmetto Drug Co's. store and ask what their customers report. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name--Doan's?and take no other. WANTED?FiVo hundred hens at once. J. Wade Anderson. MERCHANTS NEWS Boys' and Children's Suits in gecat J variety. Priees small when you con sider the make the make and quality. Davis Roper & Co. Mrs. Knight our Milliner is now at Rod Iron Racket and will be glad to see you and get you up a fine spring Hat. Red Iron Racket. Some people say that a headache can't bo cured. Those people never tried Dodson's Headache and Neuralgia Powder. Millinery O-My its just beautiful, the ! price id so much lower than you pay elsewhere. Red Iron Racket. Nobby line of neckwear just re ceived at Copeland's. Try "Dodson's New Drink" "Blood of the Grape." It's fine. Faultless Shirts fit. Copeland. Ladies, have you seen those Gibson Ties at Copeland's? Hats Hats for Evrybody .5 .10 .25 .39 .48 to $3.47 Red Iron Racket. Miss Lida Putman is now at. Red Iron Racket and will be glad to see her friends. When walk-overs go on, trouble goes off. Copeland s. The sleepv drug clerk remarked: "I say sonny the writing is bad on the pre scriptions, and I'm not sure but that I put in poison. Tell your mother to try it on your father first." Take the pre scription to Dodson's and it will be safe to try on yourself. Children's Slippers. All styles at Copeland's. See the special spots in our adver tisement this week. 0. B. Simmons Co. 50 cents Steel Rod Umbrellas 35 cts. Red Iron Racket. If you want the styles and dress goods we can satisfy your desire. 0. B. Simmons Co. .5 cents Ginghams .4 cents a yard. .(> cents Ginghams .5 cents a yard. .9 cents Madras Gingham .7 cts a yd. Red Iron Racket. See our great line of belts in new styles. O. B. Simmons Co. Special Lot of Embroidery at Red Iron Racket. New hand bags at O. B. Simmons. Friend clout spend a red cent until -U see the World of Bargains at Red Iron Racket. Our opening of Spring Dress Hats Weknesday, April 5th. 1905. O. B. Simmons Co. Young Man get your Suit at Red Iron Racket. They are sweetheart makers. Red Iron Racket. Every young man should desire to look his best. We have the Suits?the kind that will make your appearance the best. Prices $7.50 to $20.00. Suits at smaller too if you want them. Davis Roper & Co. Uncle Terry ...By... CHARLES CLARK MUNN Copyright, 1000, by I?o & Bhopard This was Soutbport in summer, but in winter, when tho Jittlo harbor at tno Cnpo woe lcebouiul, the winding rond to tho head of tho island buried beneath drifts and tho peoplo often for weeks at a tlmo absolutely cut off j from communication with tho rest of the world, It was a place cheerless in j its desolation. Like so many wood chucks then tho residents kept within doors or only stirred out to cut wood, j fodder the stock and shovel paths so that tho children could go to school. The days were short and tho evenings long, and ti* got together and spend hours in labored conversation the only pastime. It was one of thoso long even ings and when Aunt Ussy and Tolly wore at a neighbor's and Uuclo Terry, left to himself, was reading every Hue, including tbo advertisements, in tho last Journal, that tho following met his eye: WANTRD.?Information that will lead to tho discovery of an heir to tho estate Of one Krlc Peterson, a landowner and shipbuilder of Stockholm, Sweden, whose eon, with his wlfo, child and crew, was Known to havo been wrecked on the coaat of Malno In March, 187?, Nothing has over been heard of said Peterson or his wife, but tho child may havo been saved. Any ono having Information that will lead to tho dlscovory of this child will bo amply rewarded by communicating with NICHOLAS FHYK, Attorney at Law, ? Pemberton Square, Uoston. "Waal, I'll be everlastln'ly gol darn ed!" Undo Terry exclaimed after he had read it for tho third time. "If this don't beat all natur I'm a goat." It was fortunate he was alone, for it gavo him tlmo to think tho matter over, and after half an hour of aston ishment he decided to say nothing to his wife or Telly. "I'll jlst breathe easy an' sag up," lie said U> himself, "same as though I was crossin' thin ice, an* if nothln' comes on't nobody '11 bo the worse for worry in'." Then he cut the slip out and hid it in his black leather wallet, and then cut out tho cntlro page and burned it. "Winnnln are sieh curia erectors they'd be sure (o want to know what I'd cut out o' that page," lie said to himself, ": n' never rest till I told 'em.'' When Aunt Llssy and Telly came hon e Uncle Terry was as composed as a rock and sat quietly purling his pipe, with his feet on top of a chair ami pointing toward tho fire. "Were you lonesome, father?" ashed Telly, who usually led conversation In the Terry home. "We stopped Rt Uns cuiii's, und you know he never stops talking." "lie's worse"n burdock burs ter i:U away from," answered Unelo Terry, "an" ye can't bo perllto ter him unless yo want f spend the rest o' ycr life ltstcnln'. His tonguo allus seemed ter be hung in the middle an' wag both ways. I wasn't lonesome," ho contin ued, rising and adding a few slicks to tho fire ns tho two women laid aside their wraps and dr?w chairs up. "I've read tho paper purty well through on' had a spell o' llvln' over bygones," and then, turning to Telly and smiling, ho added: "I got tblnkln' o' the day ye cume nHhore, an' mother she got that excited sho sot tho box yo was In on tho stovo an' then put inoro wood In. It's a wonder she didn't put ye in tho stove instead o' the wood!" As this Joke was not new to the lis teners no notice was taken of it, and the three lapsed Into silence. Outside the steady boom of tho surf beating on the rocks came with monot onous regularity, and inside tho clock ticked. For a long tlmo Undo Terry sat and smoked on in sllvucc, resum ing, perhaps, his bygones, and then said: "By the way, Telly, what's bo : come o' thotu trinkets o' youm yo had j on that day? It's been so long now, 'most twenty yonrs, I 'bout forgot 'em. ' I s'po8c ye hain't lost 'em. hov ye?" "Why, no, father," sho answered, a I little surprised. "I bopo not. They I aro all In a box In my bureau, and no one ever disturbs them." "Yo wouldn't mind fetehln' 'em now, would ye, Telly?" ho continued after drawing a long whiff of smoko and slowly emitting it in rings. "It's been so many years, an' since I got thlnkln' 'bout it I'd llko to take a look nt 'em, jest to remind mo o' that fortunato day ye came to us." The girl aroso and, going upstairs, re turned with a small tin box shnpod like a trunk and, drawing the tablo up in front of Uncle Terry, set the box down upon it. As ho opened It she perched herself on tho arm of his chair and, leaning against his shoulder, passed one arm caressingly around his neck and watched him take out tho contents. First came a soft, fleecy blanket, then two little garments, once whitest mus lin, but now yellow with age, oud then another smaller ono of flannel. Pinned to this were two tiny shoes Of knitted wool. In the bottom of the box was a small wooden shoo, aud though clumsy In comparison, yot evidently fashioned to lit a lady's foot. Tucked in this was n little box tied with faded ribbon, and 1 in this wore a locket and chain, two rings and a scrap of paper. The writ ing on the pnper, once hastily scrawled by a despairing mothers' hand, bad al most faded, and lnsldo tho locket wore two faces, one a man's with strongly marked features, the other girlish with big eyes and hnir in curls. Theso wero nil tho heritage of this wnif of tho 6Ph who now, n fair girl with eyes and face like tho woman's picture, was leaning on the shoulder Of bor foster father, and they told a pathetic tale of life and death; of ro mance and mystery not yet unwoven. Flow tunny times that orphan girl bnd imagined what that tale might be; I how often before she had examined every ono of those mute tokens; how many limes gazed with mute eyes at tho faces in the locket; and how, as the years bearing her onward toward maturity passed, had sho hoped and waited, hoping ever that somo word, some whisper from that faroff land of her birth might reach her! And as she looked at those mule rel ics which told so llttie and yet so much of her history, while the old man who had been all that a kind father could be to her took them out ono by ono, she realized more than over what a 5c AND 10c STORE Will be the Cheapest in the Town A regular "Old Curiosity Shop;" if ever it gets opened. Goods blocked on the Railroad. No redress but patience. For such goods as we will carry, we will beat the band. We will have a 1 cent counter as well, where you will get things valued at 5c and 10c. It will be a great con venience to all households, for you will get everything that you need, under one roof, and at half price. Keep an eye on us. Kennedy's Racket Store Next to Post office (lobt of gratitude she owed to hhu. When be bnd looked them over and put them bnck In the exact order In which they had been packed, he closed the box and, taking the little hand that had been caressing his face in his own wrinkled and bony one, bold It for a moment. When ho released It the girl utooped and, pressing her lips to his weather browned cheek, nroso and re sumed her seat. "Waal, ye better put the box away now," said Thiele Terry at last. "I'll Jest go out nn' take a look offu tho p'lut, and then It'll be time to turn In." IQ OE3 CHAPTER XIV. I'VE got tor go ter Boston," said Uncle Terry to his wife a few days later. "Thar's Home money due us that wo ain't snrtln we'll git. You an' Telly can tend the lights for a couple o' nights, can't ye? 1 won't be gone more'n that. Pascoui's to take me up to the bead, an' If the boat's runnin' I'll be all right." This plan had cost Uncle Terry a good deal of diplomacy. Not only did he have to Invent a reasonable excuse for going by exciting the fears of both Bnseom and Oaks regarding money really due them, but ho had to allay the curiosity of Iiis wife and Telly as well. In a small village like the Cape every one's movements were well known to nil nmi commented on, nnti no one was better aware of It than Undo Terry. But go to Boston he must, and to do so right in the dead of winter and not ex cite a small tempest of curious gossip taxed, his Yankee wit. At Hath he had a few hours' wait and went to the hank and drew a sum Of money from his small savings. "Lawyers are socb sharps, consarn 'em!" he said to himself. "I'd better go loaded. Most likely I'll come back skinned. I never did tacklo a lawyer 'tbout losin' my shirt." When, after an all night ride, during which he sat In the smoking car with bis pipe and thoughts for company, be arrived In Hosten, bo felt, as he would phrase It, like a cat In a strange gar ret Ho had tried to fortify himself against the expected meeting with this Fryo, who, he felt sure, would make him pay dearly for any service. W hen he entered the rather untidy oflico of that IcKul light Uncle Terry looked sus piciously at its occupant. "Well, sir, what can I do for your" asked Five after his visitor had Intro duced himself. "Waal," answered Uncle Terry, ink ing a seal and laying his hat on the lloor heslde him, "I've come on rather a curls errand." And, taking out the slip ho had n few days before placed In his wallet, bo handed it fo Fryo with the remark, "That's my errand." Fryc's fUco brlglitcncd. "I urn very glad lo see you, Mr. Ter- j ry," ho said, beginning lo rub bis bands together, "If you have any facts in your possession tliat will aid ua In the I search for an heir to tIiis estate we ] shall be glad to pay you for them, pro vided they are fads. Now, sir, what is your story?" Uncle Terry looked at the lawyer a ' moment before answering. "I didn't come here to tell all 1 knew the fust go off," ho said. "I know all 'bout this shipwreck an' a good deal more that'll consarn ye, but fust I want to know who Is look In' for tho Information an' what's likely to cum on't." It was t'rye's turn to staro now. "This man won't bo any easy wit ness," he thought, and then he said, "That I am not at liberty to disclose until I know what facts you can es tablish, but rest assured that any in formation you may have, if It be proved of real value, will entitle you to nn ample reward." "I reckon ye don't quite ketch on to iny drift," replied Uncle Terry. "I didn't cum here lookln' fer pay, but to Boo that justice was sarved an* them as had rights got thar dues." (to be continued.) tho The Kind You ll.he Always Bougtt LAUGH AND GROW PAT. Under this standing Lead wc intend to publish each week some of the work of the fun-makers all over the country. There is enough of sorrow and sadnc that has to go in. Wc would bring out the bright side and if the readers of The Advertiser will send us any clip pings that have dispelled a frown for them we will appreciate it and pai ; on toothers, for you. Clip them from any source but indicate their origin in order that we may give proper credit. Send prose or verse. Spice and variety is what we want. -(EdlTOR An j tiser.) i Her One Regret. Freshn . "That's a beautiful song. It sil carries me away." >? I She: "I'm aoivy I didn't sing it early in the evening. "?Ohio Wesleyan T cript. ! Getting Hack At Him.?Mi ham: "I wonder what people will in heaven?" Benham: "I suppose you will want j Uv? most oxpensivo tilings, the ' as here on earth. " Mrs. Benham: "That needn't v\ you; you won't bo there to pa; i them."?Brooklyn Life. STILL THEY COME Nearly every train that comes into Laurens bring Goods for Davis, Roper & Co. Vast quantities of Clothing, Shoes, Oxfords Slippers, Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, etc., are arriving every day. Don't be turned aside by glaring advertisements, but come direct to Laurens' Greatest Store?and the beautiful part of it-=it is still growing. All the latest and best things are here for the buying public. BETTER VALUES CONNOT BE HAD. Come and see Gents' and Boys9 Department! The Ultra Kashionble Young Men ought to come here for their Clothing because we handle the greatest as ? tments? The most-up-to-date styles that can he found for the Price. We always keep the quality up and the price dovvn. They are here in all the latest Weaves and Fabrics $10.00 to $20.00 Shoes! Shoes!! Oxford Slippers!!! Yon can't afford to pay higher prices for Shoes not so good as ours, when you can get here all the latest Toes, best Styles, all made of best Leather. Value cannot be surpassed. We pride ourselves on our .Shoes, because none carry such Values for the Price. Atrial will convince you. COLUMBIA J. B. STETSONwCO. All the latest things STRAW HATS, PANAMAS, FUR and STIFF HATS. See them. Gents' Underwear, Negliglee Shirts, Neckwear, etc., arc here in all the latest Styles. Boys' and Children's Department! ALL DOYDOM love fun, and fun wears out clothes at an as tonishing rate. Cutting ca pers strain and lug, and some clothes go to pieces in the process, Not to Mrs. Jane Hop kins' Hoy-Proof Clothes. It's odd but true that the greater the strain and the harder tin.- tugging, tlu- better they seem to look. It's their in ner goodness that's responsi ble for their outer smartness. Prices so slim that you won der how we do it. Have your boy call here and leani about the Prize .Story Contest. Ladies' Department! We want to impress it upon the minds of the public the main advantages we offer the trade. If you will come and inspect our mammoth and beautiful line you will see that it is to your advantage as well as our own to make your Spring pur chase from us. We carry a complete line and you will have no trouble in finding the kind of Goods you want. A Few Specials that You Should Not Fail to See! 10 pieces of beautiful Sheer Persian Lawn, f c 45 inches wide, at ... ? 1 c7 Extra good value in 40-inch India Lawn at B|0 Beautiful line of White Mercerized Waist- *J?\ ings at . ?JL\3 100 Different Styles in Fine Printed Law is and Organdies at 50 Styles in Extra good quality Printed f\ c Lawns at . ?\?O Just received one case of the best dj| (\(\ White Quilt ever sold in this market ?Uvr Extra good value in 36-inch guaranteed qa Taffeta Silk at . -OV Don't fail to see our $1.00 guaranteed Taffeta Silk, it can't be matched for less than $1.25 Special values in White China Silk at 35 cents, 50 cents and 75 cents. Beautiful lino of Collars and Cuff sets at 25 cents and 50 cents. Try a pair of the "Black Cat" Hose and ry ^ you will have no other. Price In Waists for Children, sizes \ i '"frer^r from 1 year to 12. Price I3Caml ZoC 54-inch Brilliantecn. Special at Extra Fine Black Brillianteen at $1 and $j.25 .50 Millinery Department! calVwe will be"glad to show you our line whether you want to buy or not. A large assortment of the latest things in street Hats for Spring now on sale. Prices 50 cts to $5.00. Give us a KfdTIPill We bid for your business lwnu?e we know we can servo you well and give you very best Goods and values for the price quoted. Last year was the largest business of our existence ^ ~I""?*V^"* I* and we want to make this year larger still. The more we sell the bigger we buy and the lower the price we make as we are working for you as well as ourselves. DAVIS, ROPER & COMPANY.