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GOT AWAY WITH GOOD SMOkE 'One Visitor t Least Has Credit of Getting the Bent of a Broad w;-y Hotel. itn oc of the Bfroadway hotels the cigar stand is so near the desk that .people frequently go to tie wrong place to register. I last night a rural ist it om up-state approached the stand. "Whiat are your prices?" he asked the girl. "Prom 10 to 75 cents." '[he girl pit two boxes of cigars onl the show clase ,nd ie took a lavana worth a Iuarte r. "Much obliged," he said. "Is it cts-toniary to set 'em up to every new- guest?" 'She thought it was on1e of Ithe Co n01plhice leasantries men uloa111d onl (+1i.r stanids. "Oh, yes," she said. "Where's tie registor?" ho asa -t. "iRight here," said the girl, po)h')in to the cash registri. lie colt sider. d it a prety good joke and laiihol. "utt where's the book?" ph u\e. I at to pltt mly nameo downl." "Ycii don't liavet- to register wevin you ,iyae eigal," said the gitrt. Shill eve inodue what wa wronig with n. "Ilit I va tt a rootm." "Oh." - r ) the girl au. ;h1 roealid a h -d Iboeti ,,uael. "the desk Is ve r lhere. Tirds is tie cigar (-ft yoir. room1 at the idesk." A. !eft she idropie-! into a chair to i. A few Itinutes Itr o1e of the room ltrks ncatie to 1the cigar' stald. "What imad1 yott tell that ma we had reoln; here for 10 to 75 cents?" ie asked. "lie said he'd take a 50-cent one. lie's goie away with a bad opin ton of is" "I'hat's not the worst of it." ,aid the girl. "lie's gone away vith one of our 25-cent eigars--free." MAKING TEST OF FRIENDSHIP Many Considerations Go to the Com position of a Real Attachment That Endures. Why (o youi like your friend? If yii onsw'.erel lths qutiestiton ionlestly, Nr.m11 yuWould Fay, "liecaulse It Is too m11h trouble to stop." 'Tho friend 'Ie intiney, htas btecoie( t I habit, f!! it --houild bel .1, muchel trou)11ble. to b oft Its to c'ling anything else ifn ,' uh mnnir of lif'. This is not ir vnica-:l sol lshnI I',S. Of (oir'se ' :likv yourl fricil No friendsilp r lo wliout. soio sincere - f: op both sides,. ni. \hot are thie cau-en of ile re iri? iPerhaps a cortnin simillarity in mit bn, i tases. or, after al1l, ' Prwit-iip ti(ersOtis friendship 4ann111t he active v.ithott some sich etlllitons. You may once have been the dit rest friend witi somebody who is now miuii richer or mitch poorer tihan you. The, affection still endures. 1iti you are not really friends. It is practically ilossiMe to s1a1r1 eaeh other's initrosts, the accidents of each other's life. Yoil may say, if you choose; that friond-hlip is a spiritual thing, an af fair of the sol; anltd that is true, but not all the troth. it is imertely playing with woils to protend that people re man in friends wen they see al most nothi': of ea ch other. For friondsiip. like e'veryth!1ing else worth1,1 havling, 13 tss!nIally a,,tive. Black Hole of Calcutta. It' tlh prisoners in the faimous fBlack I ol hnd lve!n as well t infortmed as iolrn scientist s, there wotld have beeni n10 sucht death tate osl actuitally neeurriied. Trho men(id 01of su1ffoca t ion and pantil. M~odernt d1iscovery hais hwn thait air cati supptile life itf It but a small amtountt or oxygen in It. if the prisonet-s Iin the ntotrious dlunt s;een htad therieforec formtled in a mass and ( re volved roitnd and t'oiund at a pace that would have b' eeni easy to keep u p, not otnly woutld tne conitaine)d 11ir hav bO eeit stirred up, but each man tol the otsideh~ of the reovolvingt nos w8~ould ha live htad Iti s fac (e preset-t (d p;oically 1(o a smtali windoitw. Inlr: Int, (in5 tile light0 rof re en dis-'11 no0w take jlnee withtit thte liss of a sinitle life; that is, proided thie mn were reasonabtly strong antd Honesty of Millers. proiil tttmade by c-ertainl mlillers r-callh b it preavalett 5o fart b~ack as - - of Chaucmiter thait this trade ilustraited by an eiltaphil itn in '!r. 'Thotnits Cook, latel ofr Noak mill. in this patrish, wh Io detpartedo tis l ife 0 tetbe 8, x:;0, aged seve n ty 8v- Vii ar Is. Ito wats a good huisbandi~ ad teier't fathler, antd an hottest mant, edi ~ ilta ins5cript iont copied bty an eitenh - -tur'i~ y diarist f'rm a tombilotone at Caitte: t 11itlork womtitrs ntow al thten; 'The Farthing is Mighty. * The signiiicance or the farthirig (half centt), whticht is beintg driven home to) us by increasing ptrices, has alwvays beeni clearly reaizeAd by the big mett of flinance. Gr'ant D~uff rec-ords how the late L~ord Rlothschiild, when somet~one expt'irssed contempt of the diiff'ernce of a farthing in the value of cetrtaitn goild coinis, quiiethy re marked, "TJhtis younlg mtan htas evi diently nto exp~eien1ce of large finianciai transactions." \V. II. Smith, toco, the fountlier of theo famous bookseller's, know the value of the desptised Coin). When a customer spoke of striking the odd farthings off his accounts, he told himt, "Sir, this business has been p ulit up on ftr~agps" - Logdqn Dhrnala-. . . TEXAS MAN FACES SERIOUS CHARGES Pillp C. Wadsworth Arrested In Now Vork, idiclted in Atlaita. New York, Aug. 6.--!'hillp C. Wads worth of Texas City, Texas, was ar. re.:ted at' a brokerage ollice here to day charged with using the malls in a sechene to defraud. Wadsworth,'in A pril, I912. promoted the sale of the stock of the Cotton Growers' Coopera Ik e Society of Aiabaima, a $~>0,000,010 corporation. Wadvsworth was ar':aigneled before a l'nited States coninissitoner and held in $2,~>00 bond for a hearing on Au gust 2 6. lie was arrested on an in tli tinint by a federal grand jury at At!anta, (h. The general offiees of the cotton growers' society were in A tlanta. The indictment against Wadsworth charges ioat tle charter was frauidillently oh Ilaed; that no part of the capital stock was subscribed for at the tiie lhe application was inade, antd that it lever Was intended to lave a capital st(ock of .0,0 ,10. It rt r a lc,:.es Ithat letters nailed at .\ tlanta by \\ adssorth, who is said to ha\e con trolled the society, were intended to defraud \\'. .1. Speiglits of I uicha ti, (;a.. W. It. Lovett of lautliisville, ("a., i A. ('hils of Hutler. Ga.. .1. I. Alizie of ihtehanan and others. The indict ient furithlier cliarges that in (Ile promotion anid sale of the stock of the solety \\adsworti falsely rep resaeted that tle corporation was itn good faith offering valuable stock, and that it was a hona fide colpola tion and wais fortlld for tLe pitlose o: cicataing a system for tle niarket ilg lof thie .Americani cotton crop so as to obalinl 1f0to' a grower a iasonale pri(e for tle vottont produced by a il of cooperationl. 1t is charge-d I hat I tli literatitre seat through tIhe iMails stated that tlere was to be a I -ad issue of $2il,000,tuI, and that. the total reserve was $2.itltit: . The plaiits of the society. it is ll le:.a'd. also called for tle appoinat mcit o! s1lpf-:il1(lld1lts and thier o;hiials ill variouis parts of tile colt to helt. \\'idsvt orlh is said to havte i'.t.'e tI ("I to thk' (011011 gro1r,1ha they werie "'tas y Iliarks for thv linanipila tol-s who weore robbing thivut to thle extot of $120,11141 111) a year." ioolperation 'ta: the vt'apIon, it is c!aimned, \\adswor Iih told IIn' growers by whib ihey could take a comimanld iup tosition itt the market before next ('hrisitias. Wadsworth also is said to have told the growers that revpresen ti'lires inl the cottoni hit were col b-ring cotton suttlicieit to assure a tiarket price o 1I5 tents a pounld. t'sing (,r:I to avold ram:hts, 'x pmsuire, sitildei ch ns tiui, and t akini a freat1men of Ili*. Kin!',' N'w !)ihscov ory, will positioly refierec, and ill 1 'ki' wI l lit it d 1 14t il, fi I i u l uh I 1. The first d isi .;iiells 1t1 1w ir 1)ltion. a iw eksi v ill ( t'Ih, Which ii in r l. Iinit Nlw r has Iee u'se d I .a1fu for 1. e r and is guckat antI (4t1l i) to cie yol. .\loniity haf i it fai: . (; e tt botlie l ro e Ilur I tat i:ti:. mit e's only1. ('tllii 1 wtittl n l hetlp deou so 11-oI.; givekns idh.I- tI a xinIs I notti. int wike A o ne glewitItt i te ' gindure II itrtis, tlendache,' Ind'iaes tion.oes.Yo ('onsiistn We onea dbet oftt l'orophyln 1.\lay Al.) witout 'I he g hrtis Iti ariuss the laciuers irail th lowt'I of hih oNatur'sanit.ii LIt'Oil Howls.tV t'' YourI (' otipatiniatul otrill stti iearli h: vent e au e '-lha-ve has hjelped Nii'i n t'it, to re m'ov M imiti usg . ''1 ;it a bt tflee a fr 0(',mslio was .iith t on' ter-a iiaO t hier cLiiS l'hiItn . i's I(l 't at colntrovlers ru~ewrt: lynch. Thin lt(oay tit ued I l etitementS' Ionliining hits goItin IinhI('I ian t.is -.'a l in hti h (Inienlstheati't 3;ov .\ti nk I ((annJin. ned hate tohere ol oaier rearde x rept in gentraordItary~ lase : t'Int Itilw ad-jal ehen a arrest of . u (liit ot twaug a ut'lnf woea se iellig; o thti bei s vead ta et itliieas wo fei ao thir pentain. I 'f"Since' thas tim t he s"eri of or lias oi redy bu ito wI ve utird.in warhtd where alnegot sot tdea aiiti' (Ia I liera who~ twat in thecvat ofvarreno in hi andsot made ihis c-capfe, an CASH --BUT YOU SAVE CASH..BUT BETTER VALUES DAVIS-ROPER COMPANY S AUGUST All Spring and Summer Goods, Men's and Boy's Summer Clothing, Straw Hats, Panama Hats,'. Oxfords, Silk Shirts, Ladies' Dresses, Kimonas, Waists, Muslin Underwear, Summer Dress Goods, Silk, Laces, Embroideries, Millinery Marked Down at and Below Cost to Clean-up the Entire Lot. AUGUST ROUND-UP PRICES AUGUST ROUND-UP PRICES On all Palm Beach Suits, both Men's and Boys' On all Silk and Voile Shirt Waists 95cts $2.49, Men's $5.99 and $6.99 to $3.95 August Round-up Prices August Round-up Prices On all Silk Shirts 89c., $1.19 and $1.49 On all Muslin Underwear August Round-up Prices August Round-up Prices On all Panama Hats $3.00 and $3.50 On all Mussaline Petticoats 79cts to $3.99 August Round-up Prices August Round-up Prices On all Men's and Boys' Straw Hats 25cts to $1.00. Worth 50cts to $2.50 On all Summer Silks August Round-up Prices August Round-up Prices On all Men's, Women's and Children's On all Fancy Cotton Dress Goods Oxfords. August Round-up Prices August Round-up Prices On all Silk and Crepe Kimonas 79c to $3.69 On all Laces and Embroideries August Round-up Prices August Round-up Prices On all Silk and Tub Dresses 89c to $10.99 . On all Millinery The Fin'ld Call on all Above Goods. Cut to Move and ] Move They Must. Davis~STILL. IN THE LEAD CASH--BUT IT'S CHEAPER Cash--But You Buy it for Less iY adniliitra ionl anll onl whAich I Iln nmilced lltis policy, this s was I. p~orl-d linII(in laely after the crime~ waI; conulitted and before lhe llir luIl had a fair (hance at tIh case. I lii sorrl. *%. I hink lie incvonl s I. 1 11n 111 t i s i alIter, but I n iu11 . Is1 do4 m dilty as I se( it (e nt ughi I asi erlesdfor q0 doing." No.Six-Sixty-Six This is a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c The Twenty Y'ear Test. "Some twenty years ago I lse Ciamllberaii n's Colie, Cholera and )i arriloot Iteiedy," writes Geo. W. irock, publisher of tike E terrise, Abordeell, .ld. "I discovered that it was a quick and safe cure for diar Ohoea. Since then no one can sell Ii anything sald to be 'just as good.' 1)1 ring Ill these years I have used It and recommended it, many times, and it has notevr disappointed anyone." 'For ble by Laurens Drug (o. h1Ol'iEE.I, NEWS. * \lr. .\lack -.mnitlh \was called to litts bhorg. Pa., a few days ago. oil accouttit v 6t serious illness or h; daughter. .\Mrs. N itl Inmith Whit mana. The tele photne brought the sad news that she dIed Siday morning at. 7 o'clock. Nlr. Sinlit and faiily have our deepest sympathiy. NIirs. Fa annie Niontoe and daughter, Miss Sara. have retutrnled from an ex tended vIsIto relatives at Ilarksdale. Ir. I inana liienderson is visiting l:ia aunt, Mrs. Will Zitamnerman. In Saluda couity. \Mrs. Vermon .\lonroc and little son, Clauide, have retined home from a visit to relatives in Newberry and G reen wood. Nlessrs. Ifugh Fuiller, Dr. Ilugh Pin son, Rev. .\r. Ratchford and ' Miss Mary lilli, visited at the horne of Mr. W. ). Boyd yesterday, and attended scrvices at hlopewell in the afternoon. .11ss Frances Workman, of the Bush Rilver community, spent last week with I.er cousin, A i s Louise Workman. Mr. Ilenry .tasor 111d family of ('ross Hill1, spent Sunlday willh .\lr. and .\rs. J1. J. Young. Nilr. lenry Williams of Ninety Six, speni a few days the past. week with his brotherl, D). .\. Williams. .r. 1). J. Dickert and ra. Grady ' argie, or Ilichland couity, arc visit ing at (lie hoie of .1. L. rDiCkert. They go to Greenwood today to visit rela I ves there for a few days. A very interesting meeting at Little Itiverm Sunday morning. Mr. Alayse preached some very Interesting and Ielping sermons. We feel benefitted by having the privilege of hearing Iim Mr. Ratchford preached the closing sermon and administered the Lord's Slipper. No rain yet. but we are daily ex poeting it. Showers have been in sight for the past two days. And if we don't get rain this afternoon, it will miss t 'ighty good chance. Cures Old Sores, Other Remeoles Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of how tobg standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing 011. It relieves Pain and Heals at the sanme tIme. 253. 50c. 01.00 $100 Reward, $100 Tho reatders of this per%, will bo pleased to lean that there is at least otto dreaded disease that ictietice has been able to cure In all Its stage., andi that Is Catarrh. liall's Catarrh Cire Is the only positive Cure now known to the medIeal aiternilty. Cattarrh bailng at constitutional disease, requires a. constitutial i treat nieit. Itall' Citarrh Cure Is talcen it ternally, ncting directly upon the blood iad mnucou surfpiees of thle mvsten there by dlest:oy ig,the foundatlloll of tile dis ea, ad IAg tih patlent strength by hulbing toI cons4tituttion anld assisting natu InI >lng Its work. The proprietors hanve so kth faith In Its eurativ'e pow ers that teiy offer One Hundred Dollars for any case thati It fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Addreus: F. J. CII ENE1Y & CO., Toledo. 0. Sold Iy all DrupgIltm, 76c. Take lilu's Family PIlle for conotipation. Constipation Causes 3Most Ills. Accumulated waste in you), thirty feet of bowels causes absorption of persons, tends to produce fevers, up sets digestion. You belch gas, feel stuffy, irritable, almost cranky. It isn't you-it's your condition. Elimi nate this poisonous waste by taking one or two Dr. King's New Life Pills tonight. IEnjoy a full, free bowel movement' in the norning-you feel so grateful. Get an original bottle, containing 36 pills, from your Drug gist today for 25e The Guinine That Does Not AffeCt The Head necause of Its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA. TIVEII ROMO QUININE Is better than ordItary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing Int h'atd. Remember tile full name and look for tl* signature of 1E. W. OROVE. 250.