Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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As it turned oat, not many people called on Mrs. Whitcumb, and no one for the first day or two except Miss Forbes, a weedy woman, wlw wore a deprecating get smile that looked as if it had been painted on. Miss Forties was on tlio church social committee, and it wag part of hor duty to visit strangers. Ann showed her into the dining room and opened the inside wooden shutters just a Crack to let in a thin stream of daylight. Miss Forbes’ call was not very exhilarating, and Airs. Whitcumb tacitly acquiesced in Aim's judgment that it was not worth while to oi«eu the parlor for her. The formidable room was not opened therefore until one day when Aim !>j - mistake showed in a book agent to the subduing gloom of the place and called Sirs. Whitcumb down stairs. It was rather a painful incident for the Inxik agent, who was shown to tile door with scant ceremony. In conihleutial chat with Ann. Mrs. Whitcumb let fall a hint of her surprise t’uat the neighliors seemed slow about coming in. Ann opined, us she prepared baked squash and scallojied tomato for dinner, that they were getting their chil dren ready for school, and putting np fruit and vegetables for winter use. Mrs. Martha was restive. She had brought a new silk gown, that rattled os she walked with the stiffness of sheet tin, and her best Ixiunet hid been trimmed over for fall with high nod ding red flowers in front There was jet trimming on the silk that bad beer put on almost entirely with a view to social calls and the invitations to tea she was to receive in Littlefield. It was therefore awkward for Mrs Martha that she had arrived in town at a slack time for entertaining, when the summer languors were hardly over and the fall stimulus and energy had not awakened. There are always periods of social stagnation in village life, when the neighbors do not care to see much of each other, or to entertain strangers. Then a kind of dreary wondering reigns, and the brisk emulation of “tea fights" and receptions is uot known. Mrs. Martha had lighted down on one ef these waste and barren places, and it looked, after three or four days of stagnation, very much as if the new black silk with its bead trimming and the red artificials would he wasted on the desert air. She had gone to church on Sunday in all her glory, and had been greeted with a few nods and smiles from old acquaintances, but it was communion Sunday, and Mrs. Whitcumb did not commnne, and there was lint little opportunity for gossip and inquiries on the church steps after mcet- ta fc, To lie sure, Mrs. Wood had called in greeting across the road to her. The Woods were all a rather noisy, out-of- door kind of folk, and fulfilled most of their social duties over gates and fences. The house was so near she could catch the drip of conversation from the wit dow, for the family all had shrill, high voices, [t was edifying to hear Angie Wood, though the country was suffering from a long dry time, express the wish that the rain might hold off until after Himday to allow her to wear her now dress to chnrch. But Mrs. Whitcumb w is not even amused by the thought of the upper spheres obeying Miss Angie's wish relative to her new' gown. Bh' had often pnt np the same petition to the weather god in reference to he: crops, and the thought had never oc curred to her that it was in the least un reasonable. There was a tenn.s court at the side of the Wood mansion. and.Mrs. Whitcumb found a certain resource in watching the play. "Mintie's beau" came over every afternoon except Sunday, and it seemed as though the Woods were hold ing a public festival for the benefit of the neighborhood. Miss Mayhew did not spend much time with hor sister-in- law. After family affairs had been talked over 'hey did not seem to have very much to say to each other, am’ gradually the invalid faded out of ol servation. At first it was one of her “had spells" that confined her to he- bed for two or three days, and then she continued to take her meals in her own room, passing from the bed to the couch Her choir by the sitting room window was empty, and the school children missed her nod and smile as they passed b y- The whole house was open to Sister Martha all but this shaded room, and when she knocked there the door was sometimes locked and the/e Was no re sponse. Ann cooked her best dishes for the visitor, whe, rather than take them alone, ate with her in the neat kitchen. Mrs. Whitcumb did not mind eating with Ann. She always shared her meals with her own “help” at home, bnt her visit on the whole was turning out lugubrious. Nobody had asked her to tea or to spend the day; she looked eagerly in the Littlefield News to see if her name had appeared among the ar rivals. Yes: there It was at the head of the colnmn of town itema, “Mrs. Joaiah Whitcumb. of Bath, is spending a few daji at the old Mayhew homestead on (ioflf street. H Everybody in Littlefield had read that announcement without ita ripple on the surface, for the fieldiana, es n rule, took ' paper solely to read the “fcnwjs" contain- lug facts the jail knew in adimuco: such Is the witchery of seeing dfifNf name in print. ‘ Sometimes sitting qy them.I* her own room with tho three sightly windows, n wild impulse seized Sister Martha to do something r -ckioK that should mak folks talk. She was not a p i .; V e pm *V; U ,"'’ r bcr. imsii meditative. Vitife'- room was next to her own. Sh- :i “i'll b rining in there rdl n:; h. Their windows 1 viked the (•„(■ toward Captain I'.iigh'u hou and in the small hours when tier im- cnuui was ;,t its worst, pinning her eyelids open un<' making her brain Vrhirt. rditf wofild hear slight stealthy mnvcfneiits through tli > wall, and would know that Yiuie was awake treading in her worsted xlipiien up ami down the earjK-t There was light, too, in the captain's window, for he sat Lite reading—or the Lord only knew what he was doing- long after other folks were in bod. The neigh bora ca"ud Captain Bligh a heath en. He never went to church, nor did he often enter any other house than his-own. hut lie was keen and sharp enough aliout h-S own interests and had bought up much valuable real estate In the town for purposes of speculation. Sister Marina, in her own dark room, spied on these two lights as she heard Vinie's stealthy efeiw. The two lights Ural looked across intervening space at each other fur fif teen j-ears. bister Martha had never read the affecting bulbul of the .knight who turned hermit on the mountain to watch the cnndlc in his lady's window across the valley, and had she known f t it would prolinbly Imve seenud to her sentimental stuff.' Sister Martha had her own thoughts as she gazed at Uie lonely bat heior's win dow, and at times blended with them was something liko a twinge of remorse. She hoped when the ketchiu took her in the side it did uot betoken incipient heart disease. Ann Baske-tt h:ul sealed hor thin lips abont Captain Bligh and was not very communicative on the subject of the neighbor's affairs. Her opinion that Mii Whitcumb was "a kerrjdn and a fetchin woman" was no whit lessened by the gift of the linsey woolaey piece for a wintei petticoat. Ann received it somewluit grimly with an intimation of counte nance that she could afford U> buy such clothes hs «he ucedeiL She let it lay neg lected two days on a kitchen chair befow she carried it to her own room. AnnT scorn of presents was due to her con sciousness of a good hank account. She had saved money during her long service in the Mahew family, and she thanked (lod she was lot hard on hor things. Her principal employment in the long winter evenings was to sit at her clean kitchen table, with a brightly burning kerosene lamp, and make over her old clothes. A new fashion hardly ever came np. that she did uot get somo odd wrinkle of it on her garments. When the higli sleeves first were in vogue she was one of the earliest to apjiear at meeting with a queer little puckered hunch on each shoulder. Aieeting was Ann's great resource and pleasure. It was her theater and opera, her concert and lecture. She never missed a service at her church however stormy the night, and with her kitchen key in her [sx-ket she felt her dominions were safe, no matter what might hapjion to the front of the house. One morning Ann came down stairs with the breakfast lray and a message from her mistress to bister Martha, beg ging Hint she would excuse her lliat day. as her head was unusually painful. “Well, it's about as lively here as a graveyard, ain't it*'' said Mrs. Whitcomb, pushing out her foot as she sat stoutly on a kitchen chair. “I can't go thrusting myself iu on folks when they haven't called on me, and 1 know pretty well why they <k>u’t call. They've got tired of a one si ed hnsinass, Vinie’s been shut np so long they know there's noth ing to look for from this house. You can't oxpect to he asked to places if you don’t do something iu return." Mrs. Whitcumb f- lt the black silk dress and bead trimming up in the press burning to be worn. “What do you say Am;?" after musing a moment; “t have an idea. Suppose 1 was to give a tea party?" Ann turncu slowly around from the table where she was doing np th* Uruax- fast things, and Mrs. Whitcumb noticed that her gray pebble eyes hod turned green. “Why, Marthy Marier Wliit- cumb," said she deliberately; “be you crazy?" “No. Ann," snapiiod Mrs. Martha; •Tm clothed and in my right mind. But what's to hinder my having a few people to tea in my own mother-in-law's house that was? There's the parlor and dining room all swep' and garnished, needing only a tew hunches of (lowers sat around to brighten things and somo sparrow- grass bushes in the chimney." “I gness 1 should hev something to say. leastways about the part of the house that belongs tome. Them are her rooms. I don't claim no control over them.” "Of course yon will have all to say, Ann. I am aware of that. If you put down your foot that is the end of the worsted. 1 should think it might liven you, Ann, to have a few folks in to tea almost ns much as a pmycr meetin?" “1 don't want no 1 .eiiuess." said Ann grimly. “I've got along these fifteen oi twenty year without any and I'm puf- fickly well; not an ache anywhere, least wise it might be a kind of stiffenin of the joints on damp moruins." “I don't see os she need know anything about it, at least at first. We might get well started so as not to fluster her.” Ann again withdrew her parboiled hands from the hot rads and rested th< right—doubled into a rather formidable looking fist—on the table, while her look went through Sister Martha like a sew ing machine needle. "I'll hev no underhand contrivin. Miss Whitcumb. rhein rooms are her part, and if she says you may hev ’em j-ou may, that's all. I'll do what 1 can to oblige, bnt she’s got to he consulted first. If yon locked her np in the attic yon conldu't keep it from her, for her car* are like one of them telephones that ketches every whisper. You may take back yonr piece of‘linsey woolsey ef you're mad at my plain spoakin.” “I ain't mad, Ann, 1 only thought to save her fret and worry. But 1 want yon to let her know there won't be any expense on her. I’ll pay for all the sugar and batter and eggs that's used." Ann flashed out on her: “Yon won’t do no such thing. 1 gnese we ain't come to that pinch. There's plenty of every, thing In the house, for 1 l .y in supplies once a month regular.” “But you must let me add some little extrys, Ann. If 1 do the thing at all I want to do* it op in style. A real first class high tea leaves a wake of light be hind it, so to speak. And it does beat all how folks Will cat when they get set down to a landed table. I'll buy the chickens for salad, Ann. for 1 know how to make it ettry well, with mayonaty dressing, and 1 guess 1 shall order ice cream from Holden ft White, best Phila- delphy. We will have real loaf at one end of the table and the salad at the other, and a celery gloss of flowers In tbs middle and smoked tongue and 'pickled oysters iu between, and* wCoL the cream comes on it will bo a surprise." “Yon can hev everything in the house, everything if she oonsents. and what’s about tM*." np to nor mistress, find whtJo rue Was away Sister Martha counted the viands on the fingers of her two hitqds—pouud cako ami plnui cake and angel cake and jmnbL-:-, uot lew than four 'kinds. She would make two pans of her feather- light biscuit and have hot gciiia heridcs. Then fur snu- e. three kinds—plain and quince and irab apple jolly. hji-J float ing island into the lurptiif The (aide wou all stt fit iu Ink i!ii *^iniUl>a ts-fore Anh came clumping down fu.irs. “she says you may In v it and wel- cupie," wastin' uicoeago, “a ,d, she told md tqbringout Ml Miss MujffuW# U «t chflny and To mb The silvir and si-e to the fine taV.ecluUis and napkins, she thought you'd want the Wi tallies p it together just us they um d to hev them in 'Mother Majiicw s lime at Th mks- givin. and she says you ain't to bay nothin as we hev -•.oiv of in the Louse. 1 didn't mention tnam eJSty*—ice cream and chicking—for I knew it would worry her. She looked real |ilua.scd when 1 spoke aliout the tea: a llutterin rod conn into her cheek, nud her eyes were bright and site seemed trembly and exit0*1. 1 guess she's got real hos pitable feelins. as much as anybody 1 ever knowed. She'd hev Imeii glad to ask folks to the house all these years since hor mother died, only when she come to plan about couqiany she sunk right down weak as water.” Mrs. Whitcumb was paying but slight attention to Ann's remarks, mumbled, too, as they wore, in her throat, as she put away the dishes on tho pantry shelves. “I'll toll j'on. Ami,” she said, coming out of her calculations a bout floating island and pi mu cake. “I'm going to send out cards as they do in cities—New York and Boston and other big places: 'Mrs. J -..dull Whitcumb, at home at the Mayhew house, on Thursday. Tea at six o’clock,' in one corner, you know, i don't know as they’ve got that style yet in Littlefield. 1 shall mail the cards today, anil the tea party on a Thursday will come in handy. The washiu anil ironin will be out of the way, and sweepbi not till Fridaj’. 1 shall try not to do lunch underfoot, Ann: I’m a pretty good cake and biscuit baker, and if you can man- ige to let me have the kitchen stove" Ann cut her short with a character istic speech. “1 shall do all that com ports with my part of the hou.se. Mrs. Whitcumb. and you can hev full swing." Sister Martlia hived the bustle of prep aration. Slie was now iu her element as she lied on h -r bonnet, and stcpimd away down town to procure visiting cards. She smiled visibly as she thought of the ease with which the kitchen Cer berus had swallowed her sop. Tiie re mainder of the day she occupied her sister-in-law's deserted sitting room, busy writing cards of invitation. She had made out a list like any other fash ionable lady who means to be very ex clusive and select. The cards wore to be severely limited to those among her Littlefield i cquaintances who, in her own phrase, "had paid her attentions.' There were the minister and his wife. On a previous visit she had been asked to a sewing circle at the parsonage; and Deacon Rnlsqiu a^.I lady,and tlie Stowes, three maiden sitters, and Miss Hattie Warren and her old bachelor brother. At hwt she came to the name of Bligh on the list. Bho hardly knew why she had put it there. A kind of d:ire devil impulse, she surmised, had Imp -Nod her to write it down. Tho captain was an odd acquaintance and a near neighbor, and why should she not ask him to her tea? Yes; she would. He might swear some when he got the invitation. She thought she could see him glowering ut it before he chucked k into the fire. The card was written and lay bofore her; in the left hand lower corner, “Tea at six o'clock:" in the opposite corner, “It. S. V. P." Mrs. Whitcumb did uot know rightly what those magic letters stood for, but she had seen them on fashionable invitations and she was de termined to have the very latest " wqiuklj" at her tea party Slowly she addressed the envelope. “(oiptaiii <}oorge Bligh." There were other Biigiia in Littlefield, and site meant there should be no mistake. She sat and nibbled the end of her pen, conjuring np pleasant images of the discomfiture of the people who would find themselves left oat in the cold. The Woods, who lived over the way. and the Tuckers, who lived next door, neither of these families were on the list; neither of them had ever of fered her the hospitality of so much as a family tea or a picked up dimiur. Mrs. Whitcumb anticipated the fillip this unwonted invitation to the old May hew homestead would give to the stag nation of a ■ -rtain circle in Littlefield. She relishe, the mortification of the Woods and Tuckers in advance, nnd pic tured it all ‘ - herself: the lighted parlor anil dining room, carriages driving up to gate, people arriving on foot and the slighted Woods with wrath and envy in their hea- s spying on it through the slats of the blind. Sister Martha knew very well that the golden rule has no practical application to the art of enter taining. The cards dropped into the Littlcfle!' postoffice can ed all the flutter among the neighbors Mrs. Whitcumb had an ticipated. Ladies stopped each other in the street and talked more than usual over gates. A little throb of anticipatory excitement was abroad. The Tnckers, who appeared to live in the dark, were just as much shut np in their house as ever, hut tl>» Woods were even more noisj', lifting up loud and derisive laugh ter that flew through open windows and pervaded the tennis ground. Mrs. Whit- cutnb heard them as she seeded raisins, »nd sliced citron and beat eggs, and a pe culiar smile 'urled.her lips, Hhe knev their hearts were rankling with hatred and malice. Ann was touched by the unwonted spirit of company bnstle, and her gray- pebble eyes caught a little gloom of warmth ae she sat rubbing tho silver cof feepot and sugar bowl with silicate Bomotking of the cheerful stir, with vague pnffs of perfume, the delicious odors of baking cakes, must have come up to Miss Mayhew, secluded in her cham ber. It was on Thursday, the day of the tea party, that Ann heard tire tinkling of her mistress' bell in the middle of the forenoon. When she went up to her she found Miss Mayhew sitting iu the chintz covered easy chair near the window that looked ont on Captain Bligh's garden. Them was a feverish spot on her pale cheek (tnd her (eyes were eager nnd un- nsnally bright “Ann." she said, with a little shade of hesitation in her tone, “I’ve been think ing if | could go down to the company for a few minates just to show myself and to tell them bow welcome they all are." Ann's month pursed and her look stiff ened into a strong aspect of disapproval. “I’ve lived in my old double gowns and wrappers so limg," she went on. fal tering, ami yet with the pathetic eager ness iu her eyes. “1 haven't anything to appear in. But there are the dresso; 1 had before mother died all InRI sway in the press. I wish yon would bring some of them ont. Ann. and let me look at them." Ann saw the fluttering, feeble hands and the excited look in the glassy, sunk en eyes.’ Sh - moved toward the press With reluctance, as if her joints hod sud denly grown stiff, but she did move, and presently came back with some anti quated gowns hung over her arm. There was a bine merino mode for • hoop, Med la streaks end jrriqjtled. and a i»-uK taw a who ft Mg, okI tiisliioneil ffeevCM «!i<) lo*r neolt to hi* worn whli a luce capo. Miss Mayhew took the pink lawn in ' her tremblii g lingers and held it np be- ' side her faded, sallow face and whiten ing hair, where slio ronld see herself iu th- bureau gins It was n ghasll y re minder of her lost girlhood. An od->r of dead summers ami withered roses sueun-d to stonl > it of the old lawn. It touched the pi sir woman's memories and slie let fall the pink folds from her p ile Ungers, feebly pushing the go-v« away with her toot as It lay on Ui« c iqiet and ! tirokinnU* weak, hysterical s-dw. "i’ut ino to lied, A tii." she moaned, sinking down like a (lower touched by the frost. "I am cold as ice." The heart see . -1 In lireak through the strong bam- rs of Ann's bosom. She put Miss Mayhew's I mud down on her Ixiny breast and smoothed her hair with her knotted brown fingers. “There, dearie: there, dearie." she crooned; "don't grieve so; 1 wish s cramp had kctched Mis' Whitcomb afore e . er she come to tills house." Ann put her mistress to bed. tucking her up warm under blankets with hot water hags. “Dear me," said Mrs. Whitcomb, when 1 Ann returned to the kitchen, “1 do hope she isn’t going to have one of her worst | kind of sjicUa. It might interfere with the tea, and with them cards all out, I ' shouldn't know, what to do." “That's Marthy Marier Whitenuib all over." muttered Ann. as she retired to the woodshed to give vent to her feelings. The tea party came off Hint evening without anything to mar the pleasure of the occasion It was all Unit had been anticipated in the way of culinary ex cellence. Deacon Folsom, a nervous dyspeptic, ate far more than was good for him. and his wife was up nearly all night applying mustard plasters to sen sitive parts of his body. There were several old ladies who fe:isted as they seldom did except at Thanksgiving They laughed and joked softly together at the onionnt they had eaten, though it had slightly stupefied their brains. The three Miss Stows, who were genteelly l>oor. and starved themselves habitually on bread mid weak tea to keep up ap pearances. only wished their capacity for salad and ice cream had proved greater, and that the fond might abide with them for daj's to come. The clergyman even, though bonud to set an 1 example, mode noble inroads on the viands liefore him. The uigh tea had lieen so delicious, such a conspicuous example of good cookery that the guest-s were loath to leave the table. Mrs. Whitcumb scintillated iu her black silk with bead trimmings. It was one of the proudest moments of her life. H i religious convictions were elastic and easily accommodated them selves in all companies. Hod she been ut home in Butii among her own set she would have proposed cards for the even ing’s diversion, hut with a minister and a deacon present snch a thing could uot be thought of. Instead there was a tri fling little game introduced on which no taint of worldliness rested and in which all coaid take part. As it was rather noisy Sister Martha carefully closed all the doors between the parlor and Miss Mayhow's room The eldest Miss Stow had proposed to go np stairs mid pay a Hying visit to the invalid, hut Ann brought her mistress' thanks and excuses. So well did Sister Martha play her role that the lady of the house was quite forgotten. And when at half past ten the guests went away she felt that she had triumphed. The fame of her real loaf and chicken salad and pickled oysters was at that moment ! traveling over Littlefield. She was just on the point of locking the house door and putting out the lights, when a man's step came down ; the gravel walk and mounted the porch. There was no knock or ring, bnt a slight I pause—a sound of fumbling about the ! threshold, then the steps went away and •he hoard the gravel crunch under the man s heel. With a lamp iu lier hand she stepped out into the hall. A hit of something white protruded from under the door. She pulled at it, and as she stooped down the light fell on a torn envelope. Her face flushed angrily. “Well,” said she half aloud, “If that ain't the impolitest thing 1 ever did hear of! A regular slap in the face." It was the invitation she hail sent to I Captain Bligh returned without 'hanks. I She stood there a long time with a black drop of bitterness diffusing itself through her thoughts. To he so scorned had tarnished the glory of her tea party. She had lieen a fool to think of having it. Anger, hatred, remorse by turns came uppermost. When she went to bed there were hot, miserable tears in her eyes, and she was a woman who sel ilom wept. The next morning ns soon as Ann opened the chamber door she saw that something strange had hapjiened to Miss Mayhew. Her face looked almost trans parent with the shiny luster of mother of-pearl, and her eyes were wide open and glassy bright. She took hold of Ann’s arm " hen she come to eet down the tray, a-cl said in a half whisper. “What utaile him come into the yard last night and up the steps?" “Lord! Miss Mayhew. what do you mean?" , “Captain Bligh came into the yard. 1 beard him." Ann's face wore the set. hard look of perfect incredulity, hut she laid her hand not nngeotly on the thin, pale one that rested oil the bedspread. “There, there." said she, as if sooth ing an unreasonable baby; "don't take on so. Of course he never did come »-near." The Eest is the Cheapest. ’fl: “Domestic" Fcwfng MeiMtie Itu lu-ovenieiits f«.i- IffPl. Two machines in one; elinin stitch; lockstitch; “Domestic’’ loo per. Ask the agent to show it to you. You will see its great value at on.-.. Thk Woxdkr ok thk Aok! First in the field Kith new ideas; !i!gh aim; lieut wood woik; convertible stucli sewing machine. The "DOMESTIC” can lie seen at the store of McCall & Burch, or at the residence of .1. (i. McCall, Mrs. J. G. McCall, jAgant for Darlmgtja County A Fountain of Healili! Nature's own remedy lor the relief of the siek nnd sufo ; i g. ClimiMI MiiliU SPRINGS, CLEVELAND COUNTY, N. C. The most wonderful health-giving waters in the country. A large and commodious hotel with all modern convefcienees. A telegraph office is located in the building, and the railroad station is but two miles off. Always a popular resort with the people of Darlington, the proprietor, who has made every effort to render the season of 1SII2 particularly attrae five, solicits a continuance of their patronage. For circulars containing all furth< r information, address, J. B. W'LKINSON,Shelby, N. C. June 2—2m. WHY IS THE W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHObi CENTLEhnEN THE BEST SHOE IN THE WOhlO ECU THE HONEY? It is a Beamless shoe, with »u* tacks or wax thread to hurt the feet; ma le of the best flue calf, stvlish Ladles shoe, best For Sale by A. J, Broom, Darlington S JC, [TO Bt OOSTIUUED.) TILLM/N-ShPPAREP. 11? Hipta My id Weekly CHRONICLE WILL GIVE FuH and Imoartial Reoorts Of all the Campaign Meetings this Summer in Sonth t arolina. Keniem- ber : • Full, Accurate and Impartial Reports so that you can see for your self just what is going on. We" give you simply the news. If you want good reports subscribe now to the Chronicle Address THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, Patrick Woslh, Presi dent, Augusta, Go. Remit by postoffice money order, [Kistal note, registered letter or ex press. By mail the Daily and Sunday Chronicle one year, Six months, $2 00. Three months, $1.S0. B0 IT Understood That 6 RACKET !* I s still here and here for SUCCESS We have just returned from New York with a stock that will prove a thunderbolt and an eye-opener to the sore oppressed con sumer of this county; we want your trade and believe we will get it: for the simple reason we are going to give you more goods lor your money than you can get elsewhere, either in this town or another. HERE IS THE SECRET: We know when, where and how to buy and we know how to attend to our own business and leave others’ alone; also, we underbuy and can undersell, and so for the future we will be in New York a great part of our time and have an office there. Two thousand years nave not developed a better method of learning the state of affairs than to come and see for yourself. We buy as we sell—for cash. The house that sells for cash has no reason to put on long range profits. Now, when you read these MATCHLESS PRICES BELOW, -- le of iue best flue calf, stylish and easy, and becauiut t/r makt- mart shoe* of this '• ir nun fact urer, It equals baiid- grade than any other „ , „ •ewed shoes costing frotji $4.00 to 00 CJemiliie Hand-aewed, theflnestealf shoo ever offered for g.'i."); equals Freuch imported shoes which cost from $s.Gito $i2.<>'). tiiA llaml-Sewed Well Hhoe, fine **a1f, stylish, comfortable and durable. The best shoe ever offered at this price ; sirnie grade os cus tom-made shoes costing from $fi.0U to 50 Police Shoo* Farmers, ll&iiroad Men and Letter Carriers all wear them; fluecalf, seamless, smooth inside, heavy three soles, exteu- Don’t try think of the quality of the goods, but come and see them and you will he convinced that all we say is near the solid truth. . Remember, we are a shoe store, dry goods store, notion store, tin and hardware store, jewelry store, and handle more real imported goods than anyone else in town. Come and see our Japanese fire screens, fans and other novelties. 100 Barrels Tooth Picks at 5cts. Bbl. sion edge. One pair will wear a year. 50 fine ealf* no bet ter Rhoe ever offered at aso «- mmm mPJmm this price; one trhil will convince those who want a shoe for comfort and service. (CO 25 mill WoHiingiiiiin’fl shoes are very strong and durable. Those who nave given them a trial will wear no other make. gj 92*00 nnd/SI.75 school shoes are worn by the boys everywhere; the v sell on their merits, ns tho increasing sales show. Dongola, very stylish; equalsFrencn —..— * $4.<M to $6j0U. i Imported shoes costing from ___ Ladies* 2.50, 92.00 and 91.75 shoe for Hisses are the best fine Dongola. Stylish and durable. ('nation.—See that W. L. Douglas* name and price ore stamped on the bottom of each shoe. 7X LWAYS the cheapest. Alarm clocks, 80 to 90c. Adamant pins, 14 rows, 1 c each. Agate buttons, 3 cents gross. Albums, 45 cents up. Ash receivers, 5 cents. F AMI LI ARIZE yourself with our goods and prices. nr TAKE NO sr bhtitute._ Insist on local advertised de alers supplying you. W* L. DOUGLAS, lirocLton, Mass. Sold by B IG drives that make trade lively. Fans given away. Fans at 1, 2, 5, 10 to 50c. Flannels all prices. Family Bibles, sold by agents at $12, we sell at $4.95. Flouncing, 24 to 45 inches, at 25, 38, 45c per yard. Fayle, 1 witle, only 14c. s OMETHING for every body. Buttons, 1 cent dozen up. Button hole twist, 1 cent a spool. Basting spoons, 4 cents. Basting thread, 2 cents. Battice dress goods, bargains. c ONSTANTLY receiving goods. Cuffs, linen, 5 cents up. Collars, 5 cents up. Curtains, lace, 11 cents and up. Corsets, 25, 45 cents up. Corset clasp, 5 and 10 cents. Cologne, 10 cents and up. Curling iron, 5 cents. Combs, 3, 5, 8, 10 cents up. Crash, 5, (i, 10 cents per yard. Curry combs, best, 5 cents. Clocks, large walnut $2.85. Chiffon laces, 8c up: all colors. M ATCHLESS prices. Millinery in its phases. Latest styles cannot be surpassed. Ladies’ hats, 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 35c up. Mils, all shades. 10c up. Muslins and challies from lie yard up; fast colors and white N OTIIING but honest dealing. Notions of all kinds. Nottingham curtains, spreads and shams, 28c up. ( SUOAB COATED) Haydock’s New Liver Pills. A wonderful and extraordinary combination of concen trated modiciao. ’a ho Yiclories ci hcionce—Llectrio Telegraphs, bieam and Printing—revolutionized the whole system of tho globe, and made mankind wiser and better. So, alt' oug'.i (here are countless Pills used for disease, snd claiming much es to their merit, the ro- narkable discovery oi Dr. Haydock Has eclipsed them all, and has founded a NEW MEDICAL SYSTEM. The Doctors, whose vast doses of four or fire pills, en- feeble the stomach and paralyze thj bowels, must give ^ ■ sht J " * way to the mnu who restores health and ap^etlte wlth one or two ot his extraordinary Vegetable Pills. Oneor two of DR. H \YDOCK*8 NJ W LIVER PILLS suffices to place the stomschin perfect order, creates an appe tite, and renders the spirit light and buoyant. If the Liver is affected its functions are restored, and if the N* _ ervous bystem is en'ocblod, it is invigorated and sus tained. fnrroxs of biuousiess. 1. The patient complains cf a fullness of the «temach. S. Distension of the bowels by wind. 4. A^wS^of weariness, sleepiness after meals. 5. ▲ bad tai.td in the mouth, and furrod tongue, f. Constipation, with an occasional diarrhoea, f. Headache in front of head. 8. Dep ession of spirits cud great lassitude. All of the above symptoms go to show functional derangement of tho Liver j and now comes the great fmportaooecfnny error made as to the condition of the D O IL, machine, 5c. il, hair, 5c. RIVES for all. Dornet shirts, 20c each. Dish pans, 10 to 35c. Dictionaries, Webster’s large, 1,443 pages, only $1.25 each. Damask, fast colors, 25, 30, 33c. Dippers, black handle, 5c. Dress stays, 5c dozen. P LUCK and prices win. Shoes, we are up to the hub in this line. Ladies pebble grain button, 85c, jtatent cap kid button, 90c, glove, $1. (Ixfords all kinds. G5c up. We are headquarters for all kinds of shoes. Suspenders, 9, 10c up. Shirts, 20, 25, 30 up. Socks, 5c up. Suits, $1.50, $2.85 up. T RADEMARK bright. Honor Tinware, all kinds. Tooth brushes, 5c and up Tooth picks, 100 barrels at 5c a barrel, toy u NDERBUY and under sell Underwear: Ladies’ vests, 8, 10, 15, 28, 30c Umbrellas and parasols YZ ISIT us; no charge for courtesy Vests, 8c and up Purses, 5c. Pocket books, 10c up. Pencils, 5c dozen up. Potatoe mashers, 4c. Pens, 4 for 1c. VERYBODY undersold R EFERENCE, the coin. Embroidery silk, 7 spools for 5c. Ribbons, big job, 1c up; wide]at Envelopes, best, 25 for 5c. j 10c. Everlasting trimming, 1c per , Razor strops, 25c. yard up. Ruching all kinds. W HALING big stock of all kinds of dress goods, latest shades in cotton, wool and silk goods, at prices that know no competi tion. Come and see and be con vinced. Mr. Brasington will handle this end of the rope while 1 will be in the markets sending in each week land slides that wil shake the foundations of all competition. I am well satisfied with my experience in Darlington and feel safe in say ing that the Racket has a host of friends. Respectfully. , should immediately provide himself with a EMULANT, the most e | *—*-*-^ i form of which » experience show! that this, w hen the Pill properly, is tho readiest mode of inciting and promoting Ihc action of the Liver, and enn be always rolled on. I have devoted many y<*ars of my life in com. poUBOhif ft P1U, that will act readily and systematically as ft Dilioos Remedy. I do not believe in great purga- (Ives, and therefore have innd* a HU, one of which i* an active ami thorough, dose. I have called it Weekly Chronicle, $1 a Year. Haydock’s New Liver PilL Latest telegraphic newa from all over the world. 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