The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 23, 1906, Image 2
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^SSSs^ B* GEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEON
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CHAPTER XVII.
BREWSTER was comparatif
weD and strong when he
I tamed to New York in Mg]
His illness had interfered'
tensively with his plan of campai
and it was imperative that he red
We his efforts, notwithstanding,
manifest dismay bf his friends. ]
first act was to call upon Grant & I
- ley, from whom he hoped to lei
?what Swearengen Jones thought of
methods." The lawyers had heard
* complaint from Montana and advt
him to continue as he had began,
soring him as far as they could ti
Jones would not prove unreasonable
An exchange of telegrams just bef
his operation . had renewed Mont
dread of bis eccentric mentor:
New York, Jan. 6, ^0
Swearengen Jones, Butte, Mont.: )
How about having my life In sun
Would it violate conditions?
MONTGOMERY BREWSTEI
To Montgomery Brewster, New York:
Seems to me your life would become
asset in that case. Can you dispose oi
before Sept 23? , - JONES
*?o Swearengen Jones, Butte, Mont.:
, On the contrary, I think life will be
debt by that tizne.
MONTGOMERY BREWSTEB
To Montgomery Brewster, New York:
If you feel that way about it, I adv
you to^b?tee out a. $500_pol?cy. JONES
To Swearengen Jones, Bnttfc Mont.:
Do you think that amouqjr would co\
funeral expenses?
MONTGOMERY BREWSTER
To Montgomery Brewster, New York:
You won't be caring about expenses if
matea to that % JONES.
' The invitations* for the second bi
had been out for some time, and ti
preparations were nearly comple
.when Brewster arrived upon the see]
of festivity. It did not surprise hi
that several old time friends shou
hunt him up and protest vigorous
against the course he was pursuin
nor did it surprise him "when he four
.that his presence was not as essentL
to the success of some other affair as
had once been. He was not greeted f
cordially as before, and he grimly wo:
dered how many of his friends won!
stand true to the end. The uncertah
tyjnade him turn more and more ofte
to the unquestioned loyalty of Pegg
Gjsiy, and her little library saw hi]
more frequently than for months.
Much as he had dreaded the pretei
tious and resplendent ball, it was ?si
ful to him in one way at least Th
"profit" side of his ledger account wa
enlarged, and in that there was rooi
for secret, satisfaction. The Viennes
- ' ' orchestra straggled into New Yori
headed by Elon Gardner, a physics
: wreck, in time to make a harmoniou
farewell appearance behind Brewster'
palms, which caused his guests to won
der why the American public coul<
not appreciate the real thing. A care
fol summing up of the expenses an<
receipts proved that the tour had bee:
a bonanza for Brewster. The net los:
fer was a trine more than $56,000. Whei
> -this story became known about towi
. ?;v everybody laughed pityingly, and poo:
Gardner was almost in tears when h<
i tried to explain the disaster to the mai
who lost the money. But Monty's
sense of humor, singularly epough, die
not desert him on this trying occa
Sion.
Aesthetically the ball proved to bi
the falk of more than one season. Pet
tingill had justified his desire for au
V' thority and made a name which would
last. He had taken matters into his
own hands while Brewster was in
Florida and 'changed the period from
the Spain of Velasquez to France and
Louis Quinze. After the cards were
out he remembered, to his consterna?
tion. t::a: the favors purchased for the
Spanish ball would be entirely inap
prorria^ for the French one. He wir?
ed Brewster at once of this misfortune
and was astonished at the nonchalance
of his reply. "But, then. Monty always
was a good sort." he thought, with a
glow of affection. The new plan was
more costly than the old, for it was no
simple matter to build a Versailles
suit at Sherry's.
Pettingiii was no imitator, but he
created an effect which was superbly
in keeping with the period he had
chosen. Against it the rich costumes,
with their accompaniment of wigs and
powdered hair, shone out resplendent.
With great difficulty the artist had se?
cured for Monty a costume iu white
satin and gold brocade which might
once have adorned the person of Louis
himself, lt made him feel like a popin?
jay, and it was with infinite relief
that he took ft off an hour or so after
dawn. Ile knew that things had gone
well, that even Mrs. Dan was satis?
fied, but the whole affair made him
heartsick. Behind the compliments
lavished upon him he de?c-eted a note
of Irony v, jicu reverie^ ^?~T?"?gnt?r
that went on behind his back. He had
not realized how much it would hurt.
"For 2 cents," he thought, "I'd give
up the game and be satisfied with
what's left" But he re?ected that
such a course would offer no chance
to redeem himself. Once again he took
up the challenge and determined to
win out." 'Then," he thought exultant?
ly, "111 make them feel this a bit."
Ho longed for the time when he
could take his few friends with him
and sail away to the Mediterranean
to escape th ' '. :?gues . Z Nerr
York. ?mpa?< . O ' . arg rd Harrison
to complete th-.- arrangements so thai
soifs "face was not untroubled ~wheh
he made his report AU the prelimi?
nary details had been perfected. He
had taken the Flitter for four
months, and it was being overhauled
and put into condition for the voyage.
It had been Brown's special pride,
but at his death it went to heirs who
were ready and eager to rent it to
the highest bidder. It would not have
been easy to find a handsomer yacht
in New York waters. A picked crew
of fifty men were under command of
Captain Abner Perry. The steward
was a famous manager and could be
relied upon to stock the larder in
princely fashion. The boat would be
in readiness to sail by the 10th of
April.
"I think you are'going in too heavily,
Monty," protested Harrison, twisting
his fingers nervously. "I can't for my
life figure how you can get out for less
than a fortune if we do everything you
have in mind. Wouldn't it be better to
pull up a bit? This looks like sheer
madness. You won't have a dollar,
Monty-honestly you won't."
"It's not in me to save money, Nop
per, but if you can pull out a few dol?
lars for yourself I shall not object"
I "You told me that once before, Mon
j ty," said Harrison as he walked to the
j window. When he resolutely turned
back again to Brewster his face was
white, but there was a look of deter?
mination around the mouth.
"Monty, I've got to give up this job,"
he said huskily. Brewster looked up
quickly.
"What do you mean, Nopperr*
"I'v? got to leave, that's all," said
Harrison, standing stiff and straight
and looking over Brewster's head.
"Good Lord* Nopper, I can't have
that You must not desert the ship.
Whafs tiie matter, old chap? You're
as white as a ghost What is lt?" Mon?
ty was standing now, and his hands
were ctr Harrison's shoulders, hut be?
fore the intensity of his look his friend's
eyes fell helplessly.
*The truth is, Monty, I've taken some
of your money, and Tye lost it That's
the reason I-I can't stay on. I have
betrayed your confidence."
'Tell me about it," and Monty was
perhaps more uncomfortable than his
friend. "I don't understand."
"You believed too much in me, Mon?
ty. You see, I thought I was doing you
a favor. You were spending so much
and getting nothing in return, and' I
thought I saw a chance to help you out
It went wrong, that's all, and before I
could let go of the stock $60,000 of your
It made him feel like a popinjay.
money had gone. I can't. replace it
yet. But God knows I didn't mean to
steal."
"It's all right Nopper. I see that you
thought you. were helping me. The
money's gone, and that ends it. Don't
take it so hard, old boy."
*I knew you'd act this way, but it
doesn't help matters. Some day I may
be able to pay back the money I took,
and I'm going to work until I do."
Brewster protested that he had no
use tor The money and begged him to
retain the position of trust he had held.
But Harrison had too much self re?
spect to care to be confronted daily
with the man he had wronged. Gradu?
ally Monty realized that Nopper was
pursuing the most manly course open
to him and gave up the effort to dis?
suade him. He insisted upon leaving
New York, as there was no opportu?
nity to redeem himself in the metropo?
lis.
"I've made up my mind. Monty, to go
out west-up in the mountains, perhaps.
There's no telling, I. may stumble on
a gold mine up there-and-well, that
seems to be the only chance I have to
restore what I have taken from you."
"By Jove, Nopper, I have it!" cried
Monty. "If you must go, I'll stake you
in the hunt for gold."
In the end Nopper consented to foi
low Brewster's advice, and it was
agreed that they should share equally
all that resulted from his prospecting j
tour. Brewster "grub staked" him for
a year, and before the end of the week !
a new tenderfoot was on his way to j
tiie Rocky mountains.
CHAPTER XVIII.
GARRISON'S departure left Brew
* - :.. e-H^>?+c: it forced
jj nu? to Si tti( cl; * G ZO thc a- -
<*. acrmeui of his own af
was not the "kind of work he caree
encourage. The private accounts
had kept revealed some appalling fi
when he went over them carefully
morning at 4 o'clock after an all ni
session with the ledger. With infii
pains he had managed to rise to so]
thing over $450,000 in six months. ]
to his original million it had been r
essary to add $5S,550 which he 1
realized from Lumber and Fuel i
some of his other "unfortunate"
erations. At least $40,000 would co
to him ultimately through the sale
furniture and other belongings, i
then there would be something 1
$20,000 interest to consider.
But luck had aided him in getting
of his money. The bank failure 1
cost him $113,468.25, and Nopper H
rison had helped him to the extent
$60,000. The reckless but detennii
effort to give a ball had cost $30,0
What he had lost during his illness I
been pretty well offset by the unluc
concert tour. The Florida trip, inch
lng medical attention, the cottage a
living expenses, had entailed the ?
penditure of $18,500, and his princ<
dinners and theater parties had fool
up $31,000. Taking all the facts ii
consideration, he felt that he had dc
rather well as far as he had gone, t
the hardest part of the undertaki
was yet to come. He was still in pi
session' of an enormous sum whi
must disappear before Sept. 23. Abc
$40,000 had already been expended
the yachting project.
He determined to begin at once a s:
tematic campaign of extinction. It h
been his intention before sailing to d
pose of many household articles eith
by sale or gift. As he did not expect
return to New York before the latt
part of August this would minimize t
struggles of the last month. But t
prospective "profit" to be acquir
from keeping his apartment open w
not to be overlooked. He could easi
count upon a generous sum for salari
and running expenses. Once on the ot
er side of the Atlantic he hoped th
new opportunities for extravagan
would present themselves, and he fa
cie? ne coula leave tue final settleme:
of his affairs for the last month. ?
the day for sailing approached tl
world again seemed bright to this mo
mercenary of spendthrifts.
A farewell consultation with his a
torneys/ proved encouraging, for
them his chances to win the extrao
dinary contest seemed of the best E
was in high spirits as he left thei
exhilarated by the sensation that tl
world lay before him. In the elev;
tor he encountered Colonel Prenti
Drew. On both sides the meeting W?
not without its difficulties. The colon?
had been dazed by the inexplicafr
situation between Monty and h
daughter, whose involutions he foun
hard to understand. Her summary c
the effort she had made to effect
reconciliation after hearing the stor
of the bank was rather vague. Sn
had done her utmost^ she said, to b
nice to him and make him feel tba
she appreciated his generosity, but h
took it in the most disagreeable fast
ion. Colonel Drew knew that thing
were somehow wrong, but he was to
strongly an American father to ir
terfere in a matter of the affection?
It distressed him, for he had a likin;
for Monty, and Barbara's "societ;
judgments," as he called them, had n
weight with him. When he found him
self confronted with Brewster in th
elevator the old warmth revived an<
the old hope that the quarrel m i gb.
have an end. His greeting was cheery
^ou "have not forgotten, "BrewsterT
he said as they shook hands, "tba
you have a dollar or two with us?"
"No," said Monty; "not exactly. Anc
I shall be calling upon you for some o:
it very soon. I'm off on Thursday fo]
a cruise in the Mediterranean."
"I've heard something of it." The\
had reached the main floor, and Colone
Drew had drawn his companion om
of the crowd into the rotunda. "Th*
money is at your disposal at any mo
ment But aren't you setting a pretty
lively pace, my boy? You know I've
always liked you, and I knew your
grandfather rather well. He was a
good old chap, Monty, and be would
hate to see you make ducks and
drakes of his fortune."
There was something in the colonel's
manner that softened Brewster, much
as he hated to take a reproof from Bar?
bara's father. Once again he was
tempted to tell the truth, but he pulled
himself up in time. "It's a funny old
world, colonel," he said, "and some?
times one's nearest friend is a stranger.
I know I seem a fool; but, after all,
why isn't it good philosophy to make
tiie most of a holiday and then settle
back to work?"
"That is all very well, Monty"-and
Colonel Drew was ^entirely serious
"but the work is a hundred times hard?
er after you have played to the limit.
You'll find that you .are way beyond it.
It's no joke getting back into the har?
ness."
"Perhaps you are right, colonel, but
at least I shall have something to look
back upon even if the worst comes."
And Monty instinctively straightened
his shoulders.
They turned to leave the building,
and the colonel had a moment of weak?
ness.
"Do you know. Monty." he said, "my
daughter is awfully cut up about this
business. She is plucky and tries not
to show it, but, after ali, a girl doesn't
get over that sort of thing all in a mo?
ment. I am not saying"-it seemed nec?
essary to recede a step-"that it would
be an easy matter to patch up. But I
like you, Monty, and if any man could
? do it you can."
"Colonel, I wish I might." And Brew?
ster found that he did not hesitate.
I "For your sake I very much wish the
; situation were as simple as it seems.
j But there are some things a man can't
forget, and-well, 3arbara h.-is shown
in a dozen ways that she has no faith
in me."
"Well, I've got faith in you, and a lot
of it. Take care of yourself, and when
, rOO?J v '."'*
steamed off down the "bay, and the
flight of the prodigal grandson was on.
No swifter, cleaner, handsomer boat
ever sailed out of the harbor of New
York, and it was a merry crowd that
she carried out to sea. Brewster's
guests numbered twenty-five, and they
brought with them a liberal supply of
maids, valets and luggage. It was not
until many weeks later that he read
the vivid descriptions of the weighing
of the anchor which were printed in
the New York papers, but by that time
he was impervious to their ridicule.
On deck, watching the rugged sil?
houette of the city disappear into the
mists, were Dan DeMille and Mrs.
Dan, Peggy Gray, Rip Van Winkle,
Reginald Vanderpool, Joe Bragdon,
Dr. Lotless and his sister Isabel, Mr.
and Mrs. Valentine-the official chap?
eron-and their daughter Mary, Sub?
way Smith, Paul Pettingiii and some
others hardly less distinguished. As
j Monty looked over the eager crowd he
recognized with a peculiar glow that
here were represented his best and tru?
est friendships. The loyalty of these
companions had been tested, and he
knew that they would stand by him
through everything.
There was no little surprise when it
was learned that Dan DeMille was
really to sail. Many of the idle voy?
agers ventured the opinion that he
would try to desert the boat in mid
ocean if he saw a chance to get back
to his club on a westbound steamer.
But DeMille, big, indolent and indiffer?
ent, smiled carelessly and hoped he
wouldn't bother anybody if he "stuck
to the ship" until the end.
For a time the sea and the sky and
the talk of the crowd were enough for
the joy of living. But after a few
peaceful days there was a lull, and it
was then that Monty gained the nick?
name of Aladdin, which clung to him.
From somewhere, from the hold or the
rigging or from under the sea, he
brought forth four darkies from the
south who strummed banjos ana sang
ragtime melodies. More than once dur?
ing the voyage they were useful.
j _..L*Peggx," ..said_Brewster one _day
wnen the sky "was l^r?culariy~cleur
md things were quiet on deck, "on the
whole I prefer this to crossing the
? North river on a ferry. I rather like it,
don't you?"
"It seems like a dream," she cried,
her eyes bright, her hair blowing in the
wind.
"And, Peggy, do you know what I
tucked away in a chest down in my
Four darkies who strummed banjos and
sang-ragtime melodies.
cabin? A lot of books that you like
some from the old garret. I've saved
Vhem to read on rainy days."
Peggy did not speak, but the blood
began to creep into her face, and she
looked wistfully across the wuter.
Then she smiled.
"I didn't know you could save any?
thing," she said weakly.
. "Come now, Pegg;/: that is too much."
"I didn't mean to hurt you. But you
must not forget, Monty, that there
are other years to follow this one.
Do you know what I mean?"
'Teggy, dear, please don't lecture
me," he begged so piteously that she
could not be serious.
"The class is dismissed for today.
Monty," she said airily. "But the pro?
fessor knows his duty and won't let
you off so easily next time."
CHAPTER XIX.
JR T Gibraltar Monty r-ras handed
/ V an ominous looking cable
I \ gram, which he opened trem
.A blingly:
To Montgomery Brewster, Private Yacht
Flitter, Gibraltar:
There is an agitation to declare for free
silver. You may have twice as much to
spend. Hooray! JONES.
To which Monty responded:
Defeat the measure at any cost. The
more the merrier and charge it to me.
BREWSTER.
P. S.-Please send many cables and
mark them collect.
The Riviera season was fast closing,
and the possibilities suggested by
Monte Carlo were too alluring to the
host to admit of a long siop at Gi?
braltar. But the DeMilles had letters
to one of the officers of the garrison,
and Brewster could not overlook the
opportunity to give an elaborate din?
ner. The success of the affair may
best be judged by the fact that the
Flitter's larder required an entirely
new stock the next day. The officers
and ladies of the garrison were asked, ?
and Monty would have entertained the
entire regiment with beer and sand?
wiches if his friends had not inter?
fered.
"It might cement the Anglo-Amer?
ican alliance," argued Gardner, "but j
your pocketbook needs cementing a
bil more."
Vet the pocketbook was very wide ,
open, and Gardner's only consolation j
lav in a tall English girl whom he took 1
out to dinner. For the others there
were many compensations, as the af?
fair was brilliant and the new element
in making the "trip across the bay of
Lyons. She was heading for Nice when
an incident occurred that created the
first real excitement experienced on
the voyage. A group of passengers in
the main saloon was discussing more
or less stealthily Monty's "misdemean?
ors" when Reggy Vanderpool saunter?
ed lazily in, his face displaying the
only sign of interest it had shown in
days.
"Funny predicament I was just in,"
I he drawled. "I want to ask what a
fellow should have done under the cir?
cumstances."
"I'd have refused the girl," observed
Rip Van Winkle laconically.
""Girlliad n?rhmg^o^?~wim it, old
chap," went on Reggy, dropping into
a chair. "Fellow fell overboard a lit?
tle while ago," he went on calmly.
There was a chorus of cries, and
j Brewster was forgotten for a time,
j "One of the sailors, you know. He was
j doing something in the rigging near
where I was standing. Puff, off he
went into the sea, and there he was
j puttering around in the water."
j "Oh, the poor fellow!" cried Miss
Valentine.
j "I'd never set eyes on him before
[ perfect stranger. I wouldn't have hes?
itated a minute, but the deck was
crowded with a lot of his friends. One
chap was his bunkie. So, really now,
k wasn't my place to jump in after
him. He could swim a bit, and I yell?
ed to him to hold up and I'd tell the
captain. Confounded captain wasn't
to be found, though. Somebody said he
was asleep. In the end I told the
mate. By this time we were a mile
away from the place where he went
overboard, and I told the mate I didn't
think we could find him if we went
back. But he lowered some boats,
and they put back fast. Afterward ?
got to thinking about the matter. Of
course if I had known him-if he had
been one of you-it would have been
different"
"And you were the best swimmer in
college, you miserable rat!" exploded
Dr. Lotless.
There was a wild rush for the upper
deck, and Vanderpool was not the
hero bf the hour. The Flitter had
turned and was steaming back over
her course. Two small boats were
racing to the place where Reggy's un?
known had gone over.
"Where is Brewster?" shouted Joe
Bragdon.
"I can't find him, sir," answered the
first mate.
"He ought to know of this," cried
Mr. Valentine.
"There! They are picking some?
body up over yonder,-" exclaimed the
mate. "See! That first boat has laid
to and they are dragging. Yes, sir,
he's saved!"
A cheer went up on board and the
men in the small boats waved their
caps in response. Everybody rushed
to the rail as the Flitter drew up to
the boats, and there was intense ex?
citement on board. A gasp of amaze?
ment went up from every one.
Monty Brewster, drenched, but
smiling, sat in one of the boats, and
leaning limply against him, his head
on his chest, was the sailor who had
fallen overboard. Brewster had seen
the man in the w^cer and, instead of
wondering what his antecedents were,
leaped to his assistance. When the
boat reached him his unconscious bur?
den was a dead weight and his own
strength was almost gone. Another
minute or two and both would have
gone to the _bottpm. . *
?"As they ?a?Ie?"3lonty over the side
he shivered for an instant grasped the
first little hand that sought his so
frantically and then turned to look
upon the half dead sailor.
"Find out that boy's name, Mr.
Abertz, and see that he has the best
of care. Just before he fainted out
there he murmured something about
his motlier. He wasn't thinking of
himself even then, you see. And,
Bragdon"-this in a lower voice-"will
you see that his wages are proper-/
increased? Hello, Peggy! Loo! out
you'll get wet to the skin if you do
that"
If Brewster had had any "misgivings
about his ability to dispose of the bal?
ance, of his fortune they were dispelled
very soon after his party landed in the
Riviera. On the pretext that the
yacht required a thorough "house
cleaning" Brewster transferred his
guests to the hotel of a fascinating j
village which was near the sea and
yet quite out of the world. The place
was nearly empty at the time, and the
proprietor wept tears of joy when
Monty engaged for his party the en?
tire first floor of the house, with bal?
conies overlooking the blue Mediter?
ranean and a separate dining room
and salon. Extra servants were sum?
moned, and the Brewster livery was
soon a familiar sight about the village.
The protests of reggy and the others
were only silenced when Monty threat?
ened to rent a. villa and go to house?
keeping.
The town quickly took on the ap?
pearance of entertaining a royal vis?
itor, and a number of shops were kept
open longer than usual in the hope that
their owners might catch some of the
American's money. One morning Phi?
lippe, the hotel proprietor, was trying
to impress Brewster with a gesticula
tory description of the glories of the
bataille de fleurs. It seemed quite
impossible to express the extent of his
regret that the party had not arrived
in time io see it.
"This is quite another place at that
time," he said ecstatically. "It is mag
nificent! It is superb! If monsieur
had only seen it!"
"Why not have another all to our?
selves:" asked Monty. But the sugges?
tion was not taken seriously.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Mean Thin sr.
"No," said Miss Passay, "I don't like
the photos Kamrer made for me. They
make me look like a woman of forty." j
"Well," replied Miss Pepprey, "you
Advertising a Bank.
It is customary to find the adver?
tisements of those dignified financial
institutions, the banks confined
.ton cn inch or so of space in the finan?
cial columns of the daily papers. Five
.times a year, however, the national
banks increased their space to a
quarter of a page to print the sworn
statement of their condition furnished
the comptroller of the currency, but
no one considers these advertisements.
Therefore, when a bank comes out
with a full page advertisement, using
the blackest of black-face type, and
many half-tone illustrations, it attracts
ateention and creates talk; especially
when the space is used to announce
the free distribution of its money.
That' is what the Peoples' Savings
Bank of Washington, D. C., did and
now the more conservative savings in?
stitutions are wondering whether or
not it pays to depart from the beaten
path of their forefathers. The origi?
nators of the new method say "Yes,"
and they claim to have secured more
new accounts in a few weeks than
could have been obtained by years of
ol', style advertising.
The following is a copy of part of
the advertisement that startled the
banking circle of Washington and set
fathers and mothers to thinking about
the future of their little ones:
$500 FOR THE BABIES.
We are starting 1,000 depos. s for
1,000 children under 12 years"c .' ; Z ?
We would be glad to start one tu:
YOUR BABY.
Cut out the coupon below and send
or bring it to the bank and we will
start the account with a deposit of
50 cents as a present from us, you
add $4.50, making $5.00 to the little
one's credit, which immediately begins
earning 3 per cent, interest. You can
then add to the deposit from time to
time as your circumstances will per?
mit.
We should be glad to furnish the
foundation for
YOUR BABIES' FUTURE HAPPI?
NESS AND PROSPERITY.
DO NOT HESITATE, let us start
the deposit now.
Should it not suit you to add $4.50
to the account now, you can start the
account with $1.00, and as soon as
it amounts to $4.50 we will then add
the 50 cents. 1
$1.00 per week deposited in this
bank will amount, with interest in
ten (10) years to $721.91; in 15 years
to $1,118.16; in 20 years to $1,577.96.
Other amounts in like proportion.
THE CHILD who has money de?
posited in a saving bank can afford to
hold its head a little higher than the
one who has none, because it has
something to fall back on if reverses
come; something to complete its edu?
cation; something' to go into business
wi:h. A Savings Bank account is
gained at slight cost and it never
comes amiss."
In the advertaising campaign, the
People's Bank did not confine itself
entirely to newspapers, but adopted a
method not altogether new but proba?
bly never before used in this connec?
tion. Having access to the records of
the health department it was easy to
secure the addresses of all families in
which births occurred. To these were
sent typewritten letters which began
wi:h pleasing congratulations and
ended with.the bank's announcement.
The entire compaign, it is claimed,
was wonderfully successful, and it is
very probable that this method can
be adopted v.-ith equal success by other
Mnks making a specialty of savings
accounts.-B. R. Teston in Brains.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces, such
articles should never be used except
or. prescriptions from reputable physi?
cians, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
Care, manufactured by F. J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting direct?
ly upon the blood and mu?ous surfaces
nf the system. In buying Hall's Ca?
tarrh Cure, be sure you get the gen?
uine. It is taken internally and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by all Druggists. Price, 75c.
perb ettie.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti?
pation. 5 is-im
Hon. E. Mitchell Seabrook of Char?
leston county has withdrawn from the
race for lieutenant governor. This
leaves Senator Thos. G. McLeod of Lee
a clear field unless other candidates
enter the race. It seems to be the
general opinion that Senator McLeod's
election is assured.
Pirating Foley's Honey and Tar.
?Foley & Co., Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy, and on account of the great
merit and popularity of Foley's Honey
and Tar many imitations are offered
for the genuine. These worthless
imitations have similar sounding
names. Beware of them. The genu?
ine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a yel?
low package. Ask for it and refuse