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P I G S. .. Registered Duroe-Jerseys and Cross-Breeds Also For Sale. BOLL WEEVILS CAN'T LAT HOGS TOM M. SHAW Laurens. S. C. OLD FRIEND GONE ED S. ELLIS, "FATHER OF THE DIME NOVEL," IS DEAD. No Doubt There Are Many Gray Headed and Highly Respected Members of Society Who Will Remember His Books. The father of the (imtle novel died a short tilne ago at the age of seventy six. Many of us are old enough to re member those iendle & Adais dime novels with the smition-covered paper covers, not too large to s$li) Inside a pocket ind hide there until favorable chance camne to devour its pages, for our elders harl a strong prejudice against the "yellow acks," and be lieved that a boy who read then was hiking straight down the center of the road to perditiou. Ed S. EIlls, the man who died re cently, wrote the first of the (lintle nov els that imade it hit. ind lie wrote hun dreds of theim afterward, and many other books beside. Ile was nineteen years old when he wrote "Seth Jones," in 18.59, and sent it to Beadle & Ad ams, New York, wiho)t- had just begun to publish their dlini novels, but had Riot ma11iile a sucet'ss with themli. They saw a winier iII "Seth .Jones." lefol'o they sent it out It plstered the country with posters, dodgers and pailted inscripltioins with the ques t1in: "hVIo is Sethii .lns?" and 'wen t l wple h-l guesed 1:1 rt.1 won dereil for weeks ii'.4 uh 1ie country brok" It inl aittlir rui (if listers biwaring th41 I*1.ietur Illa frnltiersinlan Inl coonsin~ jj c.11. with 11th in riptionl, "1 am Sith .lines." 't book Imade the fuilt of F'ltis and1( thIe dimeo novel 11l the forine ofii I le .& Adaits. It was tratilslatedl into 11 languages andt a million copies wire soll. A% filueer thing abouit It was that E'llis was brought ill to e it preacher nitd that ie waINs teacher elf a Sunday school class when hite wrote this first (lime novel. Ile usetd to clothe Bible stories in iiager'y of hIs own, vivid and exelting, and always closed tho lesson with the talo unfinished and the remark: "lIoy.,, we'll continue the story next Sunday." All the boys in tie village were in hils Sunday school class. Iie wrote so many stories for boys and girls that he lost count of them. Ile wis the ituthor of the "Boy Plo neer," "Log CaIbin," ")eerfoot," "Wy oiing" aind "F orest and Prairie" se ries, and he wrote inany serIous-mind ed books, such as it history of this country in eight volumes, of which 100, 000 sets were sold. It Is stid of iin that he was a good man, of kindly nature; that children loved hImt, and that, In spite of the preaching that has been (lone against cheap novels, there was not an immor at situation nor anything that would tend to influence for wrong In the hun dreds of novels he wrote. Ills heroes were manly iad clean-inilded, his otir als good and ite exalted the nobler qualities of honor, loyalty and courage. lie sald just before he died that ho <lil not regret anything he had written and he felt ie lui11 contributed to the joy of livting fir mtillons of boys and gI rls. The Star knows froim experl ene' that tthis Is iri', so here's a wreath to the litm it-y olfI the father of "'Seth It Jnes."' th hero li ofi ai'i boyhood lng h~ash.-- litns::s l'!ty Star. Horrors of War. One~ of' Geltany's liuist nioted sur* gionis. whlo hats 'int mniuth Is at thei lng uof the effeciut 'If th' t''irrile straiin oft Wari as deu'p!,itl illn thIt fa'as oft soays: "'hy'I sicatltly thes suihllurs may beii' r as l:tiron. yiet they ate nt velopl tan 1mnciiuy ny, itite, stainzg look, Its thIo'ugh they hboil I neeant'itstomiedI to goaze shltderinlgly a t all thle terrtors and lth'isohaIting orgi'5s of destructlon, ats tutgh the'y hail beien oblIged to wilt ntess this wilth tunbilkintg eyes and finally felt that their (eyes had become at irror of the horribtle. It Ia as thtough the clawv of a demon hatd seIzed theIr faces anid made their eyes sInk deeper into thteir hollows. 1Te more highly civIlIzed a man Is, the better educated, the (leeper his feelings, the more does he beat the indefinable somethIng in his face, the algn that hie lias seen ter rible thlings."-Chrlstian Advocate. How He Was Caught. IHe had no stonachl for the army, butt presenated hlnmself for examination with a "sure trIck" upi hIs sleeve to "work hIs ticket." ie wias phlysically perfect, but his eyesIght was shock ing-so had, Indeed, thait the sergeant thought the dloctor shioultd see hImt. "F"irst class phlysleally," pronouncedl the (loctor, but whIen the me(dlial man ap~lield thle eyt' tests the would-lie re ertit's sIght appeared much worse than whein thte sergeant had hIm in hand. "No, nio, my man ; wIth sight like that you're nto use for the army," said the medIco. "But you ought to get gltisses. Stav, I've a paIr like micro Bcoja's, and If' youi see ihth them you can have thtm." lIThe speetacles were piroduced and fit tedl on, atnd the recruIt at once cried, "Oh. I Bee splendidly t" "D~o you now?" sid the doctor, with satri'am. "Trake hIm along, sergeant, and( get hinm swvorn In. There's no gloss In the spectacles.-London Trit-Bits What's the Use? I~e-Do you thInk I oughtt to see your husband abouit may marrying your daughter? She-Dear me, no. He will read all about it in the nanora.--Pnek AGENT GOOD BUSINESS MAN indianian Credited With Deal That for its Shrewdness Would Be Hard to Beat. La.st suninier In a suburban town, when a circus was billed for the city, it hillposters caine, to cover the dead walls with the Ilaring announcements.! Near tlit railway station was a builtd ing that had Its walls annually deco-' rated. Tlt station age'it, who was in no way rliated to the owner of the huiiling,. saw the walls being deco. riteri, near the station, and thus at - ed the biliposter: "Does pat know you're putting up them'i hills liere?" "Why, no, I didn't think there'd be any trouble." "I know," the igent replied, "but I don't think pa'd like this." The sAwitin handed him a ticket for the circs. "Well, I don't know about this," sal the agent. "If you didn't ask pa, I di't know whether you'd better (1o this or not." The blliposter gave hin another I icket. "Wona't that fix it?" "Well," replieil the agent, "pa's awful partiicubir, lut I gue'ss I Cn 1ix it." Th owner of the builing later hecard-41 the story, and going to the ag'nt d min'i'.' .l tivkets. expltining that the bdibIi'g behm::&d to him. Th'lle a nt <ch'led that "if fite building de l1q)t you, It w.as lily idevn, iI ;'t it ''' This e pp rent ly settlcd tm walt tr. ns the n;:ent's littleh girl ''se J 'anilis at til t I 'irtIs .a1d w:'lctihl SHC.'/ P TRURES OF WARES Coly Way Russian Merchants Can Let Illiterate Pearants Know What They Have to Sell. Advertising Seemis to he n Indispen sable imrt iof modern lift., ani in Rus sin, whire most of the ptnsantry are eXtreimcely illIternte, Ingenious ways of advertIsing imay be steen. Ieside the prinil designs of the difTerent shops, which would he quite minningless to th etstoniers, are pilnid lictures of wfint warres tre sold there. The l:er shows his rolls, lonves and Cakes; fish are seen at another lance; tea iny lie fount over there wherte onue sees the teu ips an11d sn1i iers, and thus is everything else ho nt Ied. I'or lie convenience of the plensant the houses are painted various bright colors, so that he can find his way among tihem. If he waits to know when the train starts, instend of rending-the time ta bles he listens to bel1% which are rung at the stations. When one bell rings lie knows Ie has still 15 minutes; when two nre sounded only five re mniiin, and when three strike his ear the IraIn starts. If lie wants to read n letter he goes to ithle post office aiii paiys a suin etual to 2 cents to a miian who does It for him. When hie sentis a posteard 2%/1 tents ivIll gel It done for him and 5 rent s procires a long letier. 'lhe ad 1ress of a let ter costs i hil i a ctent. P!e kminnis wer tlit letter bixes are !bceuilsk ie Can see the pcture of the I's card or letter beside t. When You Have a Cold. It Is quite true t hal many persons do0 11ot (ionsider' n col as a serIousq iiitteir, uon It' other bhmi, there are many irsins whoi aire too eatsly 3encmred lby thei ic iomon alniient. Thelire nroi som'' thiinags. which shioutld lie t rietd at huwc lio see' If sonm~a reliief cannot he galined. I''rejiuintly n cohi Is dieveloaped bienuse o f theii syst emc's aced of' rest. t herefore, It Is obhviouts that rest wIll do iiich to rive the uincomfoirtabille condIt tin Rcnlliligni Is to keep thie systema clenimicl iiut, l)iniking pilenlty of watnier iial brentthing in haches of purie, fresh air ar ie alsoi (<pu1t sset'iail. Slice cabli ire cont aglius, one cnnnot lie toii en re fal. Ini place of handkerchIefs ono shouhRi use sclunires of soft muslin or i'hiersecloithi, which citi be burnt after bieing uised. Suspicious of the Home Polka. Our Couisin Joe has no confidence In anybody except strangers. If his own brother were in the jewelry busi niess Joe wouldn't buy a Dpin or a lodge emblem from hIm. If ho needed any thing of the kind he would purchase it from some perfectly reliable fellow thaiit he laid never seen before and never expected to see agaIn. If a good subistantial citIzen thitt JToe has known for 20 yeairs should try to almost gIve himi a lot on one of the best streets of the towna Joe wtould latugh at him. "None of you shlarpiers cani trliek me," Joe would saty, and( then he would biuy it lot In the Ilocky miountalns fromt somneomie he had niever seen or hteard of befolire.-(laudi~o Callan in the Fort Worth Star-Tlelegram. Cats as Menace to Health. That cats are a more positive menne to health than e eni hiouh fles-especiahly among children-is the conclusion reached by the medical ofl-. eer of health of Blerwick, ICng. Mi croscopic investIgation demonstrated that there is searely a single disease spreading shecIes of bacterIa that can rnot be isolated froi the cat's fur, and in epidhemies of diphtherIa, scarlet fever, andl pneumonia, these animals If allowed to stray about-cnn hardly fail to carry infection. A man (lying of consumption In mIserable surround ings was foumd to have nine cats, so poorly fe.d that they had~ becomo in fected, -whleh freely entered neighbor tne houses when there wen chidean. Card of Thanks. Despondeney Di to ConstipatImn. Wonten often become nervous and despIondlient. When this Is due to con I wish to thank the inany friends stipation it is elsily-corrected by lak and neighbors who so generously gave I Ing all occasiol lose of ChaIuber lainil's Tleits. i'Tese lalets~ are esay the assistance when my house and to take and pleasnt in effect. contents were burned last week. I deeply a)preciate all the aid that was To Cure a Cold in One Day tendred.Taike LAXATIVJH IlitOMO QttIiine. It stops tlie couh ad Hadahe 111l wotlkn off lte Cold. Mrs. C. J. Hipu. tDr~lssrefiiiiI 1ioey !( it frills to cure. L-. . O UVIS sguaureoni erich box. 25c. TO BE SURE OF GETTING A FORD CAR THIS SPRING PLACE YOUR ORDER'NOW To get yoir Ford wi-hin any reason able time, we strongly advise you to come in and place your order for one of them NOW. Pe le all over the world are clamoring or a ord automobile and the factories/ar uable to supply the demand. To" sure you of getting yours when your time comes we suggest that you come in and sign one of the contracts that makes an early delivery of your car sure and certain. WALDROP'S GARAGE Laurens, S. C. Every tim you read in the papers about a burg lary you'll noti e the b~rglars GOT something. That's their BUSINE S They first find out where the money is hidder--THAT's their business. And they will KILL you if they must get your money. A Bank's business is to have thick walls and strong locks to PROTECT your money. And when you need it, you can GET it just the same. 'Put YOUR money in OUR bank. We pay 4 per cent. interest. The Enterprise National Bank N1. B. DIAL, President C. HI. ROPER, Cashier