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the kf;cc::ip. Who. v.hr;? tlic freckle! sehnnlhoy vires j Above ti ,o:l and pets Hie prize*. Says: It's nil ? iixed .*u.?i: It \va} h> j.uil thai not him there':" ? I ' he knocker. ; Who it i . when the inu.i euecNvds In winnius hrr he loves, proceed* i < To say: "Wh. t tools giris are that thcv I t "Will throw themselves away that way : '? ; , The knocker. j j Who, while the young man tries r.:i-J . ' . | t To reach the place where honor tier. . Is always i :i the watch t > jump Out and administer a Ivimp?? j t The knocker. i j Who, vhrn t man succeeds .n s?.inin,~ The end for which he's lone boon strain- J in?. . j a Savs: "Oh. it's easy t<> advance | ^ When ar.yone has such a chance?"? . The knocker. Who when, at last, the man that won s Lies down in sleep, his work well done. j i Conies forward, looking sad. to say: 'By worth ..nd pluck lie won his way;"? The knocker. 1 ?Chicago Itcconl-IIcrald. ; j I .i rarcrcmimnTOTmnroOTTj 1 jg A STORMY WOOING. ? : d ? ci <1 BBy D 1 Motto. O ! i O' / ^ * WOULD dip for you. Annie | n i*rs, and I would kill :sr.y 11 nun that stord between tue 1 A .'tiul you!" 1 'Auuio save a little laugh. How dare 1 she when her very soul \>-as shaken l<y the violence of her lover's passion. ! ' when, in ihe darkness, she could see ( the sparkles shoot out of the gloom of j his eyes. She knew that his knit brow I ' was heni close upon her. and his hands 1 were holding hers like a vice. I'.ut ' coquetry was a part of Annie as the j I foam is part of the waves. .She gloried ' in her power. 1 "The;: there would i:e two dead turn ' 1 ot you. :,n on my account. Two fu- 1 ' iterals here in the port, and two ghosts ' ? - fi -? .1 - ! <? 01 you TO haunt nu? over ;hut oh nights. It is :t line offer. Kit-hard. and so sensible!" The y< ting man recoiled a littl-? r.u- I der the taunt, as great oak might move in a avinter stirui. II? laid his hands on the girl's shoulders and lield ; her off at arm's long li. "To love you is to liato you. Annie ; Bergen, and to hale you is to love you. and I love you," he said, drawing tier to him in a tierce embrace. Suddenly the girl broke down, all her coquetry was gone, as the foam goes when the wave breaks and leaves mailing but little flicks of mist, which creep sobbing into Hi? earth. Annie ; Avas av. < ping 011 her lover's breast, her j wet check next to his. "You bve me. Annie. I know it at last, thank Hod. and you will marry j me. Speak girl, and give me your promise." Then she spoke. They were only tremulous, and broken Avonls wit A tearful joy half sobbed, half spoken, but they made her the betrothed of flit-hard Cranshaw. nil:* jt an Hum vi i?ni> a utes ihf-y stood there together? Happy ^ lovers, they could not tell. Suddenly ? a door wr.s opened and a long bar of i light shot out into the darkness. With the light came the sound of music and I dancing, and the sight of dancers whirling past the open door. "They arc looking for us." said Annie. "we must go in for the last dance." "It is my last dance for a long time. ; I sail to-morrow." There were no traces of tears on j Annie's face except tlie shining of her i checks, which flashed as roses do in > the last drops of a summer shewev. ; her lips were tremulous with shy ten- i denies?", and her eyes shot sparkles of j triumph. Such a face, so quickened in ; the strife of pride and love, one might i never chance to see in a whole lifetime. it caught the gaze of the dancers as thry swept past. When the music stopped .he young men edged about ; tiie spot where she st< o.l. j "I have hcen looking for you for ; ' the ln>. dance." said a dapper you lis J 1 man, who made a bow more elaborate . ( than th. , in praetiee by the young men : ' of Seaport. lie was clearly a travel- ; ? injr man. The air of cities, of hotels. ' ' and of sleeping ears was upon him. j ' He had eome to the place (o sell goods . ' and to show samples: had made ac- i f quaintaiu'cs of the young men: stayed i ( to the dance and been introduced to I j sone of the girls. "Oh. Mr. Marcjortt!" cried Annie. "1 j really fear you aiv mistaken. I <'.r> no; j remember giving you tin's dance!" "It is a mistake somewhere." sa d Fred I'arker. a young man who had the village store. "It's the dauoc I en- ; ' gagcn vr-.i ior ten nays ago v. nra v e wero talking of getting up the cssem- i bly." "Ob. Fred." Annie answered lightly: J "you know I bave not any memory and you ought not to bave asked me so long beforehand." "It's my dance, end you know :t." : muttered Richard in a suppressed ' tone, which only Annie heard. I-Ie | 1 stocd close to her side glowering with blnel: brows upon th* group. SIi^ could boar him breathing hard. Th situation was getting to be r'.di<-uious. "Let me sec!" she cried, cheeking of her partners with a motion of her pre'ty forrlinger. "Fred, len days ago. Mr. Marquett five l ours. :n?t yon now," turning with r. loci: iaio Itieh v.d's errs. ' Well. I will take the hap\v menu and dance with Mr. Marpiett." and away she whirled. Fred ['a: her wlih easy facility whirled after her \vi i> another partner. If ItiohiI'd ('raii>haw had done the same h? nivrht 1. :* .? danced off his foolish jealu;.-y. and saved his soul from crime ivh.ose shadow doused him like a de.'uhound for the best years of his if*'. Hut no. Tic watched Annie xrltli :!oomy eyes for a few moments, t lion ' lis face set and lir.rd ho stepped out rnm the piazza which formed a calory around the dancing room and verlmng the sea. A wind had arisen rod the tide was coining in. foaming ibout the piers upon which the pa'illion was erected. The house hart )cea built for the use of summer visiors at the little seaport, hut out of tea son the young people of the village icld their dances in it. Annie had chosen her partner with eference to her lover's weakness, limiting that lie could not possibly he eaions of an entire stranger, though 10 might he so of Fred, who had been in old friend of hers and his own liief rival. Hut Richard was madly ioalous; he fed the flame of his burnng heart by watching her through the .vindow. Smiling and radiant, sin* i in need and whirled about the room in 'ia nvnic rf Hint detestable stranger. "There is no truth in Iter." he mutercd. gnawing his moustache. "Onn ,vord or look from her. and I should save said. "I have a right to the dance, 'or wo are engaged.' Rut no: any one ?ut me?that idiot, that smirking iaokannpes of :t tailor's sign! Ilcrc she onus with him." Annie and her partner were waltzing 'own the room towards the long sash ioor where Richard stood. Annie ooked like a glowing rose, but Mr. Marquctt. what was Hie mat.or with fun? lie suddenly seemed to go to ueces? like a man of shreds and tutors. his kr.ccs knocked together, his hubs shoo!:. Ilis face turned grey ik.? a clay masque, he reeled and waved and staggered forward. Richird threw open the door by which ho rood, and Annie with a strong grip in If carried iter partner turougn me j ioorwav on 10 the piazza, where he | 'ell upon the lloor. "Oh. what is this? Oh. what Ins lappeiied?" she cried, kneeling by hint md pushing back tlio hair from his tnle face. "Is he dead?" Site sprang rambling to her feet. Sh? clung lo tor lover in a frenzy of fright. "Oh. tichard. what shall we do? Shall I ;et some water?" "There is water enough here." said i<\ savage ly flinging her arms from sis neck, while with one touch of h.s >:>ot he pushed the helpless Marquett iff the gallery platform into the dark valers. - ?i?- 1-t (.Jet lum out ami nance wu.i mm ) ome more: flood-bye," and Richard pro tig like a hunted deer, cleared the liazza with oue hound and disappeared nto the darkness. From that time on :e was seen no more in Seaport. It vas as if the earth had opened and wallowed him up. The men rallied to ho help of the fainting man, who. it vas understood, had fallen aecidentalv over the railing. He recovered soon, ho incident passed from his mind, and he village life wont on as before. As years, wont by Annie Rorgen kept tor beauty wonderfully. The gossips vere busy witn 1110 coming ami ^uiu.v; )f her beau::. Fred Parker, after a on? siege gave her up and forgot that ie had over wanted her. Mr. Marpiet: proposed in vain. The rich wid>\ver and the classic young minister shared the same fate. "Annie will go through the woods ind take up with a crooked stick at ast," said the gossips. It was a long storm and a terrible >ao in which many a ship met her loom. 0:i the blackest night of it diehard Cranshaw, mate of the Anna delle. stood on the deck of his ship n ith a heart that defied the storm. He vns a bronzed, deep-chested man of M i'.cHis dark mood was upon him tad ho curd not. though the brig vrithed and stranded in the torture )f the sea as if she might go to pieces lr.y moment; the waves roared, the spray hissed as it broke over him, the intbers beneath him were groaning, ii? ulimiifle whUtlnl nloft. Rut in ho midst of it all and over It all there ?ounded a gun. a boom. Again an>ther. It must bo. Yes. it was a ship n distress, the danger signal of perishng souls. "1 will go." said Richard. "(ilve :nc ao lif<--l>oat. I'll go to tliom!*" "Fed.'' shouted the captain through liis trumpet. "Who will go wllli youV" "Who'." shouted Richard, holding up I;! j hand, l'our men stepped our, '.heir iirnds up. There en me a sudden lull of the wind, and the boat was let down into the sobbing sea. It was tlie l-'lorldabound steamer in distress, and tho tirst woman let down over the side was Ariiio Hergen. Richard caught her in his arms. lie saw her face in the gleam at" a Hashing light; he felt the watvi ruilglli^ Ui uri urius auu ivii?;v. u n a.i ?he?the only woman who ever held the hoy of his soul. Strange wooing, Indeed, hut a wild Mhl stormy one. such as suited well the nature and story of Itichard and Annie Cranshnw.?Buffalo Tiraco. Cnha had 3!" schools in Deecm "er, It-JO. In Angus!, 10O'J. il:-j h.;J 001L i ! i n i i r WEATHER AN!) CROPS. General Review of Conditions at the Close of the Week. The average temperture during the Reek ending S a. m.. Monday, August 5th. was about normal, with a maximum of 102 degrees at Tillers Ferry, and a minimum of G4 degrees at Cheraw and Spartanburg. There was neatly the normal amount of sunshine. Beneficial, and quite general rains occured over portions of the central and lower Savannah valley, and adjacent counties, and there were widely scattered showers over the remainder of the State, some of which were heavy and were accompanied by damaging hail in narrow paths in Fairfield. Richland, Sumter, Orangeburg, Florence, Kershaw and Marion counties. There were also damaging high winds at a few points. A general rain is needed, especially for young corn that in places is suffering from lack of moisture. Cotton continued to improve and looks healthy, hot generally rema:na small, late, and has very few grown bolls. A few laealities report the plant? growing too much to weed and not fruiting well, although generally cotton is moderately well fruited. A little shedding i3 reported, and some fields are infested with lice and rust. Cn light sandy soils growth has stopped and the plants are blooming to the top. Sea-Island is doing well, but is dwarfed and late. Corn barely held its previous w-ek's condition, except that in places yoving corn made some improvement, and in others has deteriorated for want of moisture. A worm known a3 the corn stalk-borer is doing much damage over the southeastern and central counties, fodder is being stripped from old corn. Tobacco cutting and curing still progressing favorably, and is ncarin.t :? ? l nz-.o 1;f;r,j Tho o?rlv rrftn iu lu.aiu.u. * ..v. .j . is poor, but late tobacco is doing well, cx'-ept that worms are numerous. Rice looks promising, and Is heading. Sweet potatoes arp the most promising cf all the minor crops; th* earliest are about ready to market. Some white potatoes are being planted. Some peaj have been cut for forage; peas are poor in places and fine in others. Turnips being sown. Peaches are worthless in many places, and generally rotting extensively. Apples continue to drop. Much hay being gathered along the co3st and from river bottoms. Tea and coffee plants are very promising. From Washington. Washington. D. C., Special.?The monthly report of the Statistician of the Department of Agriculture shows he averaere condition of cotton on July 25 to have been 77.2. as compared with 81.1 on the 25th of the preceding month; 7G on August 1, 1900, 84 oil August 1. 1S99. and a ten-year average of 84. There was an 'inprovement of conditions during July amounting to G points in Georgia. 5 points in Soutn Carolina. 2 in Alabama and Mississippi .and 8 in Virginia. On the other hand, there was a decline of 19 points in Missouri, 15 in Arkansas and Tennessee. 13 in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, 12 in Texas. 7 in Florida, 4 in North Carolina, and 2 in Louisiana. The impairment in condition is largely due to drought, tut in a portion of the eastern section of the cotton belt it is attributable to the prevalence of excessive rain during a large part of the month. While the condition in Mississippi is 5 points above the States' ten-year average, every other State reports a condition below such average. Virginia being 1, Louisiana 2, Alabama 3. Texas 7, Oeorgiar 8. South Carolina and Florida 9. North Carolina 12. Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri 16 points below their respective ten-year averages. The averages of condition in the different States are reported as follows: Virginia 86, North Carolina 73. South Carolina 75 Georgia 78, Florida 79. Alabama 82. Mississippi 88. Louisiana 62. Texas 74, Arkansas 69. Tennessee 70. Missouri 71, Oklahoma 75, Indian Territory 75. Young Man Alurdered. Newton Lanier, a young man from Fort Mill. S. C.. was murdered and robbed of a considerable amount of money in Charlotte last week. Tho supposed murderer, a man named Lyle, is still at large. 'J he i tirgi*<?r hih! .Host < omplete I ntithlUhnieiit >outn. GEO. S. HACKER & SON, s. 5 PI ? MANUFACTURERS OF ? Sash. Doors. Blinds. Mouldiog and Building Material, Sash Weights and Cord CHARLESTON, 3. C. Purchase our make, which wo guarantee superior to any hoM South, and thereby t-ave money. "Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty. BUELL & ROBERTS' CASH DRY GOODS SIOE tVe oontinue Inducements to cloM out our SumtLer Goods. Wo oau mention oo>y a few of tho many xoods rod u code Ladies' 8e Uudervesta for 5o. lOo Ties and Bows for 3o. 25o J lea and Bows f r 15e. Initial Hxmlkn:chiefs. H. S.. embroidered. 3 in h "ox, lor 19-;25o good*. 15o Moo's iJiHi k initial Si.k Handkerchiefs f..r 10.-. Moo's largo White Figured, Drawn-Stitch, Japouet Handkerchief for 16c: worth 25o. Six Large White FineH. S. Handkerchief* for 60c. 1q fancy b. x; ch?-ap at 75c. Throe Urge White Floe H. S. Handkercniefit, in fancy b<?v, for4'Ja* worth 5io. Black-bordered Linen Handkerchief* for *.2c; cheap at 15c. (?oo?i Mourning Handkerchief* for io. Handkerchief* for lfc. Faudkerchiefe for 2 l-2?. i t dkerclilefe for 8c. 3^-lnoli Madra* for 7 l-2oj worth JOo. 36 in h Mad ran for 6 l-2c| worth 8.J. LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOR LESS THAN COST. Shirt Waists for much lea* than It coat to make them. BIG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS. 40c Pique Skirt* for 25a. 88c Craah Skirts for 81c. All Summer Qoods are b^ng sold at r? ) duced prices. NEW GOODS. One cue JLontrciom oc; no atarca. Fine Black Henrietta at 50c. i TINSEL DRAPERY fclLKALINE, BALL FRINGE. Black Duck at 8 and lOo. KLRXITURK I)KPARTMKNT. 10 piece Walnut Suit* $75 to $100. 10 piece Solid Oak ouuo $18, $i!2, $25, $30, 35. $40. $50. $56. Oak Hail ltacka, French Plate Oiaaa, 97, $8.50, $9.50. Wardrobes $8 to $25. lied Lounges $9 to $15. Bedstead* $2.25 to $10. Iron Beds. Iron Cribs. Parlor Bolt* $38 to $50. Baby Carriages $6.60, $7, $7.60. Moor Oilclo'b 30c. 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Dated Miy 2Gtb, 1901. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. No.35 No. 23 No.53 No.51 AM P M AM Lv. Florence 3 00 7 55 9 40 Lv. Kingstree ^ 8 54 10 58 Ar. Lane* 4 11 9 11 P. M 1116 Lv. Lanes 4 11 9 11 713 1116 Ar. Charleston 5 40 10 53 8 50 1 00 A.M P.M. P.M. P.M. TD i rvii fjnrva xrmTR No.78 No.32 No.52 No.50 * A M PM A 51 P M Lv Charleston 6 45 4 45 7 00 4 15 A Ar Lanes 8 17 6 10 8 35 6 00 Mk Lv Lanes 8 17 6 10 .... 6 00 ' Kingstree 8 33 .... Ar Florence a 30 7 20 7 30 A 51 PM AM PM Daily. Daily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Ceutial It. R. of S. C. Traina Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayettoville?Short Line?and make close connection for all points North. Trains on C. A D. It. R. leave Florence dntly except Sunday 9 50 a. m., arrive Darlington 10 15 a. m.f Ilartsville 0 15 a. m., Cberaw 11 80 a. m., Wadeshoro 12 35 p. m. Leave F oreuee daily except Sunday 8 00 p. m.. arrie Darlington 8 25 p. m., Beunettsvilie 9 22 p. m., Gibson 10 20 p. m. 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