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aside business, they talked of ^Hi? personal affairs, Raymond guard? edly,, Kelly with entire freedom and I ^ <ta<e ?humor. Kelly was married and ^ ? two little boys, for whom he was : kV bring. "Since "Nora came." he id> with tenderness. "I drink no 2 but gambling is in me blood. I ] -^3Spnxm<2'8 blood leaped with Hie joy of it. ??y ho more with cards or dice, but ".ith lodes and shafts. I'm always tak on new chances. T load meself up ith 'good things' till me back is broke ? ud me hands fall empty." There was something winning in the - timorous glance of his big, gray eyes, Jtfl Raymond sat with him long. His ?'ssfc experience, his indomitable good itbire, his physical pride, all appealed 3 tae rancher with such power th*! lie " >?t him with a distinct exaltation. ??ore is the man to help mc make my :<r&LDe, and I can be guide to him," ii added, and he went to sleep that ??^t greater confidence in his s?~<lre than at any time since taking ?irnett's ranch. Re set his teeth hard t 8? 'i-fctt-niiination to win, encl though tj ;^ad put Ann quite out of his pians '!?? ?he. future, she remained an inspira .?oi? and a lure. His feeling of confidence in Kelly . ivs deepened by his ride with him s?-act day. loaming from the gulch road, Keliy ?2 the way up the side of Pine moun 31a, along a trail which braided itself a grassy slope like a purple ^.fcwa ribbon. The air was keen, the . ?. feckless blue hemisphere. Ray :40?ad's blood leaped with th? joy of it .-?lid with a sense that his feet were set . .."i.iast on the road to fortune. SM about him the miners were climb 13$, each his special way, swinging a bu- "- et which sparkled like^g".ass in ?ft horning sun. Great wains loaded ore roiled <creak?ng.on their down ^*fc? cebarse, whiio others of their kind, . i?^? high with lumber and machinery, -Jowled slowly up the curving roads. every side men were tunneling -3ttS> the hillsides, trenching in gullies ...54 toiling at windlasses whose joints i?ffe? out resoundingly as the heavy ?v boxes rose. The whole scene set S?rth buoyant activity* and hope. Each had either struck ore or hoped to at any moment. ?ere and there on the slope a tall . rid ?aapeiesfs shaft house rose, with. oi orango and blue gray refuse ^>i?& close beside lt. The whole camp -HSJ?B as yet <lisorganize#i formless and Y^saiaNe. Not ono in a hundred of the ^?r-:?-* was a paying property; all the $&?rs Were n;ero prospects. Ass th. y left Baldy and turned to : -..-;>> Pine mountain the dwellings ????fcene?. They were nearly all built >'t 'the smooth, straight trunks of the '*$3??*n. but nearer the summit were of \^c>. and a lew of them stood in pictur ^S?.fce nooks amid the rocks. Toward ^iSft -of these, mere homelike than the - Kelly directed his borse. and **..'& <x? neared the doer a couple of lusty. S^?&W haired boys of six or seven .$&&S of age carno hounding out to bia*. M>v K^??y was unexpectedly Jady SSfcSi, smaH ind very 'pretty, with a skin Ts^V Tit} .vind ' >u!d tau; and her great, '?.^tfttV v Uhetlc eyes appealed t'> Ray ^?s???p.d . * instant power. She gr^-tod v-rv--i;-. 'while K?i?y took Ji* ";>?'.r. ,. . i J?ic; ,-:>rr?:, kc entered at h?c invitation. Ker voice was' a3 ^?^tming as her pale face and hair of ^Uisished gold, and the young fellow lo.^i-d upon her in sunrise. *~???u don't look very web, sir." Mrs. > sal? to 'Raymond. ^f 'n riot very well but i'm going to -'<vvr ap the sod just the same. Your ^?SO-?4?(? is to show me how:" **>-l?tt can rind gold easy enough, but keep it." -?v,> coiifv^fl as mue*!. Nora, me ,tnd :t Raymond can help m.- on score Tl) put him in th;' way cf his pie?. Can yo walk a few if so. ru show ye the mine a'ttd v ^h??c?/1 GARLAND Y HAMLIN GARLAN 'one lunger* yet" The two men walked^rovrnd the little grove of firs to the west and came up? on some men busy with a very small upright engine hoisting ore from a shaft "Here." said Kelly, "is where we tap 'the river of life.' This is my own mine, but the wan I advise ye to take is that just beyond. I have an offer for me own prospect, but I shall not take it. If ye are agreeable, we'll lease the Last Dollar together and work rc lo the limit, for I'm satisfied its vein is the same as me own, which will keep: but if I strike ore. Curran, who owns the Last Dollar, will jump his price to the moon. Our lay is to bond an*? lease his mine, move my ma? chiner-; over to his old shaft and work like mad to open up ore to buy in the property. Ye see, no one has touched pay ore ! this quarter, and Curran is j anxious to sell. He offers it at $15.000. I believe we can open a vein that'll pay fer it in less than six months. Wii ye go in with me?" "I will." As their hands met their hearts warmed to each other. Kelly removed his hat and was almost solemn as he said slowly: "This makes us both. Now let's go eat" The Kelly home was as suited to its j surroundings as -a Swiss chalet It j had the dirt roof, the widely project lng eaves and the southern porch of a j mountain cabin, and its latchstring j and battened door were in keeping; | only the windows, with their machine made frames, were out of key. There j were two small bedrooms, a living j room, which served also for dining I room, and a tiny kitchen, and yet it i produced on Raymond's , mind the j i most charming effect of unhesitating ; j hospitality and homeliness. This was j j due as much to the charm of Mrs. Kel- j ly's manner as to the deep voiced, cor dial invitation of the host himself. There was no lock on their door and I no bar to their warm hearts. But Raymond saw what Matt's lov- ! ing eyes could not discern-Nora was overworked and losing heart. In spite of her ready smile and cordial second ! ing of her husband's invitation^ "Ye j must make your home with us," she j was not strong enough to take on this ! extra rr re, and he received ic? staj in Bozle riii he could build a cabin for I himself. i _ ! CHAPTER X. j T AX? in the afternoon, alter they had talked long at the mouth of the mine. Kelly and Raymond i A-A left the house and walked out ! along the ridge towart! Skytowa. j which was built where the ground rose i from a pine clad plateau to a rocky j point overlooking the valley to the j north. It had but one business street ; which repeated in unpainted lumber j all the shoddy architecture of a prairie j town, whose flaming battlements pre j tend to a dignity which they do not I fulfill, i ! The chief business of the street was i gambling. Xext in order stood rum ! selling, with assaying a close third. ! The street was swarming, as usual, but ! the talk was directed fer the moment ; to one topic. A convention of miners ! had been called to meet in the Golden ! Hom saloon, and several who knew j Kelly called out "Hello, Mtftt; we're going to make you president of the ? union." Kelly smiled as if all this were a joke and introduced his friend and . partner. Raymond shook hands with ? each man heartily, well knowing that if he were to remain in the camp it would be well to be on friendly terms with all. Following the lead of others. they were soon wedged into a throng whiclT filled the largest saloon of the street a huge gambling establishment called the Golden Horn, of which Mar-' vin Hanley, a celebrated gambler, was proprietor. For the first time since the opening of the Golden Horn's door gambling was suspended and the machines of chance set aside. The proprietor, a pale man with close clipped yellow nair, a man who looked like a Catholic priest, mounted a box at one end of the room and called the house to order. "You know the purposes of this meet? ing," he said. "Xow, who will you Lave for chairman?*' "Kelly! Kelly!" cried a dozen men. "Munro!" shouted those farther up the hali. "Moved and seconded that Munro be chairman." said the smooth faced man. "Ali who fa vor say 'Aye!* " A shout of many mingled voices answered. "Op p '?? 'X ..'" Only an obvious minori? ty voted "Xe." -'Munro is elected, jack, get \:\> here!" As the now chairman's heal rose above the throng Raymond experienc? ed a shock. "I know that mau." he said und clean shaven, hair pus! . : . : was vom . .. ' - . speaking persuasive %'>:<.?*. it w.-;s piaui he "-eas on good terms with his audience and quite certain of himself. "1 don't know why I should be made chairman-of this meeting." b< -.aid aft messageYor you-Tom Y.aFn?d ?TTT? Pine." W?iile the crowd applauded Larn climbed to bis place and began speak. He was a short man, with forward thrust of the chm. His hi forehead was smooth a^l pale, calm lines in vivid contrast with 1 burning blue eyes. He ignored all Munro's joking and thrust his way : to the middle of his contention. "I hear some men say we don't ne a union here, but I tell you you ( You're going the way of all mini: camps. As soon as the claims are ? taken consolidations begin and wag will be cut. A big mining camp mi be run by union labor. The work h got to be done by men bred to t mine, and they must be organized, they're not, they'll work for nothii This camp is about to decline" "No! No!" shouted a dozen men. The speaker held up a hand. "W; a moment! I mean to say that tl swarm of easy going tramps scratc ing the surface looking for a mine w begin to melt away, lt is already me dug away. These men onxhorseba< these grail) stakers, these burro punc ers, will not dig gold for other met ["You bet they won't!" shouted a t lunged fellow.] "The real miners ha got to get underground and stay tnei You understand? Stay there! A] they will want somebody on top look after their interests. They'll wa a union if you don't: but. I tell 3-0 you short term miners will want union before February is out." j In such wise he argued, and ev< i Kelly admitted the truth of what ! said. Others spoke, grizzled old fi lows from other districts, men who hi I given up ail hope of discovering a lei forJiiemselves; jnen with families feed and educate, who had fallen contentment with a good wage and steady job. But in some of ti speeches a note of bitterness towa: Valley Springs made itself heard. Sk town had begun to hate the valley ! the home of those who lived on the 1 bor of others, and some of those in tl valley, as Raymond well knew, e: pressed their contempt of those wi dwelt in the Sky by calling them "ri necks^" in allusion to their tanned < drink in?amed faces. Politically ti two towns were already as wide apa: as the poles, and references to this d vision were numerous during the eve: ing. The county was divided again: itself and hopelessly imbittered, an Bozle was eager to be free from tl valley. Kelly, weary of the wrangle, touche Raymond on the arm and turned t< ward the door. A big miner, detectin this movement shouted out "Here Kelly taking a sneak!" Instantly Kelly was seized, a coup] of brawny feliows lifted him to the ba and so, towering over them all, the bi prospector took off his hat and, wit smiling composure, said: "Boys, I wis ye well. I make no objection to th plans, but why should I, an old burr pcncrrer; holier mc head '?bout a u: j ion? No one is cutta' my wages. X j one ls shcrrcmif my hour.- of laboi ' T>es?d^"- -ard here he broke into j c-road smile-"Pin an employer of l?bc j mese?f." Down wid 'im!" shouted Munro. "To what extent?" asked another. "To the whole of five men-not counl in' meself," answered Kelly with a rc guish grin. "And I'm a har-r-rd mas ter." A roar of laughter responded to hi jest "Down with the oppressor of labor!' shouted Munro. "Off with's head!" Kelly playfully struck at him wit! his hat and then became serious "Now. boys, let me tell you. I hon est?y don't think you need a union The landscape is wide up here; there'? a chance for ever;/ man in the hills I believe in the big: free laid. Whei ar.y man tries to corner me. I take nu mule and strike out into the wild conn try. I have no fear of the Red Stai Mining company ncr any other^ anc you r.ccdn't. I do not oppose'the un ion. M-nd what I'm sayin'. lt's wei enough for those who believe in il and nade it, but lave r^e out: of it The Kellys will take care cf them? selves." Lamed was on the .box before Kellj had time to get down and, leveling his finger at him, cried out sharply: "That's all well and good for you, Matt Kelly, a skilled prospector, ii man with a paying mine already, but how about these men who have nc skill in finding gold, Avho are working for money to start themselves a home: LTow about those w'ho are hoping to bring their families herc and clothe and educate them? They are not so fond of all outdoors. They haven't even the mule and the grub stake. They are holed up five hundred or a thousand foot underground, working for a company, and this company, I i toll you. has no regard for its hands. Their interests are not those of the miner. You may blarney ail you like, j but thc miners must look out for their ! own interests, just as the employer i hires lawyers and agents to look ai":*"." j his." i "Very true," replied Kelly calmly. ; "I'm no? objectin' to that. Organize ? and take care o' labor's interests, hut don't ask me. an employer of labor. : to throw up rae hat when you voie io ; raise ii:" W?-.ges o?' ino five men. i'd iigat scandalous" "tro l\. [\elh '. Y .u bave him on three legs and go?n'!" shouted a wag, : and. amid the laughter that followed. . Kelly leaped down and made for the door. VVhen Raymond overtook him again he was in tal!; with :i lean young fel low with large, bright eyes, who had. Hie ton?' ol' an old and bitterly disap? proved num. Kelly introduced him. "Rob. sliake bands with Mr. D?lau, correspondent of Valley Springs News. Jim, tins is my now partner." lN>:an. as I-- clasped hands, remark? ed, "You've nc! up with a good man. a man th;: won't do ye, .-?nd there .l?i?t? h?rn in lids town." Only long alter u?Cl Tc come to Ray? mond's mind that Kelly had been giv? ing Dolan a note concerning their plans and that his whereabouts would be at once made known to Valley Springs and to Louis. "Who is this man Munro?" asked Raymond as they left the reporter and started for home. "He's, a devil-may-care chap from Red Cliff. He pretends to be a miner : and is a partner with an old fellow on j the north side o' the hill, but he's ' workin' fdr Hanley-lookout for the ; roulette wheel. The boys all think a ? heap of him. They say he always gives I 'em a square deal." "Does he?" "I think so. I never heard to the coi:- j trary." "Lamed was right about the union," j said Raymond. "The big owners in ! the Springs are sending east for their miners. They know that men like you and me will not do their deep work for them: He's right, too. in saying these ! cowboys and farm hands from the I states won't make miners. The}- don't,; intend to work underground. We'll find ourselves left short some morning if we depend on these fellows, who can hit the trail at ten minutes' notice." "Sure thing," said Kelly. "This get tin' under the crust o' the earth and livin' there is unholy business-not for free men like ourselves. It's all goin' to be done by the R?oshiaus and the dagoes." In silence the two men looked abroad over the valley toward the dim line of peaks faintly lit by the big- silver bright moon. A sentence from Richter came into Raymond's mind, "In the presence cf beauty, beneath the stars, men think of love," and his heart ached with a sense of loss. Unconsciously, in spite of his at? tempt to put himself away from her presence, Ann had come to dominate his musing hours. At thought of her . he grew resolute and hopeful and, ! reaching forth a powerful hand, grap I pied the air as if it were the throat of ! a hitherto invincible opponent and said, *T will win!" He acknowledged that wealth had power to aid him. "So long as I am unknown and poor and in disgrace she can only consider me what I am-a failure. Money is a measure of value, and wealth I must have first; then leisure md the higher life." CHAPTER XI. ON the second morning after his meeting with Dolan, Ray? mond, riding^ down the trail toward Bozle, discovered a small figure toiling toward him, paus? ing often to rest. "It can't be Louis," he said, "and yet there's^something fa? miliar in that walk. It is Louis, and he's on my trail!" When the boy, lifting his tired head, recognized the rider he uttered a fierce shout of joy, but he fairly staggered with weakness. : Raymond slid frort his horse and put his rrrvA about the reeling lad. "When ' did you come to camp?" Loui^ leaned ::2ain-t his big friend. ! "Ok. I've been here a week. I knew 3 'i vi . -.."'j somewhere, utit X couldn't get track of you. Don was over here yesterday, but I dodged him, and he went back. I didn't sign my own name on the register." He grin? ned slyly. "See my boots. Aren't they right?" Raymond looked down at, the boy's j small legs clothed with miners laced: boots. "You believe in dressing the part, don't you? You are a kidlet." He laughed at the- boy's chapfallen look, for Louis detested being called a boy, and added: "Well, what now? Docs your sister know where you are?" "X(o." Raymond's whole expression changed. "Climb that horse," he said sternly. "You're going back to town, and you're going to send her a telegram at once." As he led the horse down the hill Raymond comprehended something of the anxiety the runaway had brought to Ann and that he^ indirectly was the cause of it, but at the door of the of? fice he said more gently: "Now, youn? ker, hop off. You're going to send word 1-> tile folks thai, you're with me and safe." "You're net going to drive me i way ?" Raymond looked ai him in silence. rNo. I'm going to put yen to work." The boy's face threw off its shadow. 'That's bully! Now I'm all right, jive e:e a pen." lie wrote: T have found 7-ob. We're lil ?. FL 'on't worry. .LOUIS. As he handed it over he said gayly. Will that do?" "Thafs "satisfactory. Now rus] As they walked out Raymond ly asked: "W: nt to stay with n you? "Well, everybody works wt live. We don't allow* idlers. Il had something to do you'd# kee] o' mischief." Louis twisted his small right 'Tm ready for anything." "Got your outfit-your whole k 'Tve got one camera and my < ing materials." Raymond packed his hand bas the horse, and together they set oi the trail. At first the lad exulted cried out like a blue jay, bul breathing grew labored as they and at last Raymond turned. " j see here^ Louis^ this air is pretty till a fellow" gets used to it; you'd ter mount. You'll enjoy the se< better." With a feeling thar lie was succ ing to an unmanly weakness, 1 i clambered to the horse's back , perched among his possessions, i ! Raymond, striding ahead, led the j up and up tili'the whole world se< j coming into view. "Oh, this is j Jupiter, this is the place for me!" I He was unfeignedly delighted ! everything-with the new shacks, i the slab tables and the plank cl and with the^iberal and smoking i ner which Mrs. Kelly prcvided ! he drew a hissing breath of adr j tion o\ er the grand ii gu re ol" old : thew Kelly. "Gee. bat you're a " . der! I must do you." I Kelly was puzzled and a little j barrassed by this outspoken adi; j tion and regarded Louis with dei I disfavor, till he presented him wi ! pencil drawing of the lads play inj ? the doorstep, and then he said: ' j Lord God has made a power o' pe j that the Kellys have not seen. Th j wan of them. Now, isn't that a T ' der? He put the whole thing toge 1 in five minutes." Thereafter he j cepted the boy for the cunning that i in his fingers. ; Raymond wrote that night to ADJ j formally as the riot in his brain w< ? permit: I planned to take myself out of ft I life as completely as il 1 were dead, ? Louis would not have it so. Whe ; met him on the hill today and he told j how long he had been from home, I . termined to hustle him back to j Springs, but he asked to stay a daj I two. and here he ls. Will you trust j with me? He will tire of lt here by ! by and go back to you of his own ace ! Just now he ls mad over the life and scenery. As for myself, I am a new n with new aspirations. They may seem very high to you, for I am strh now to acquire gold, but that is ord; means to an end. There is something < . in the world for me to do. I don't ki what it is to be-perhaps my care of i j wonderful boj' is a part of it. At ; , rate, he is here and not to be driven ar. '? without great risk to him and deep p to me. So, unless you object, I shall k j him. Our life ls rough, but not cont? ! inating. I will see that no harm comes him. 1 There was nothing more personal \ the letter than this, but Ann's he rmed to the writer unaccountat A. . ye1 the thought of Louis in a m g camp troubled her. "I ought to and fetch him away," she said to Di ".'vi, aol You remain here, and : Will gO over and see the little ?cai : and bring him back if possible." j The next morning Raymond put ii j action a measure he had formula? ,' during the night. He called Louis i him, and together they ascended t S "Lookout," as Kelly called the led i back of his cabin. "See herc, lad, I' j brought you up here to ask you a ti : questions," said he. ' Louis braced himself. "lire awaj "As I understand it, you and-A] ' are alone in the world-I mean you a ; closer to each ether than to any o: j else-she's your best friend. You' i given her a groat deal of anxiety, n j lad, and that isn't right. You rnust^ : ; straight back to her and apologize ai ' ask her permission to come back. ; she consents, then I'll make a place f< you here." : "She won't consent. I'd have to ri , away tfgain. and I'd do it!" he add?, j defiant ly. j Raymond, after a pause, slowly r j sumed: "Now, I want to make a cou ; pact with you. If you'll go down ac j see lier, I will write a letter intercedic ! for you and asking her to let you r< j turn." j The lad's face was suddenly ilium : nated. He threw out his small pain "I'll do it!" he cried out. and his ton i . . ? carried conviction. j Raymond continued: "Yoi*, like me j and I like you. You can't live in th ; Springs, and your sister can't liv : here. So it seems that 1 must be you j big brother and look after you. And ; hark ye. you must mind what I say ! or I'll take a birch to you." j This threat seemed not to appall th< boy. "Can I work ia the mine?" j "No; you can't v* ork in tho mine, bul I I'll find something on top. for you tc do. You must take care of those lungs of vom s for awhile. Rut come, let's seo if wo can't catch the stage." "Ob. !?'( me stay till tomorrow!" pleaded the boy. ..! don't want to go today. It's too beautiful to miss." i Raymond reflected a moment. "Very "veli, but you'll want that singe ride. It's one of ibo finest roads in the mountains. You rattle down the can? yon tomorrow, sure thing. Remember Together they went down toward thc mine, where a group of men wore buiTutug a log cabin. "Here is where we ore to Jive, provided your sister ; consents." Barnett caine riding up the bil! about sundown and immediately at sight of Louis '?egan a jocose tirade. "You s:-.-!;!:;;.' You young flyaway! A nice . interlude you've given us. Ant: hadn't ; slept a wink for a wei*!: till she got : your messag* How long j ??ave you bee] Raymond ii: iv, "I induced j him to wm? r, turned up." (TO rm] ' m ^ _ J Many a io> out its mas j tor's undoing. ; ..re. : AID PRINTERS. ?ub Stallings Wffl Recom - ; Higher Wages. ^ ?ingi Aug 15.-Public Prin? ter bas gone on record as . favi :. - wages in the Govern meni -office. The work of the offic :haned, he said today, especially in the printing branch since the introduction o type setting machines, that the established wage of $4 per day is hardly fair compen? sation for men and women, v/ho are skillful operaors on these machines, ' and it is not so much compensation as is paid by commercial and news? paper offices to those doing like ser? vices. He will probably recommend to congress a higher scale of wages FROM BONDED WAREHOUSES. Staic Board of Dispensary Directors Puts Resolution Into Effect. Columbia, Aug. 16.-The State board of dispensary directors adjourned yesterday after a two days' session. Maj. John Black was not able to at? tend the meetings on account of sick? ness. The board decided to put into effect a resolution adopted sometime ago to buy goods in bulk from bonded warehouses. The advertisements for purchases for this quarter will con tain a notice to that effect. The End of the World * O. troubles that robbed E. H. Wolfe of Bear Grove, Ia., of all usefulness, came when he b^gcii taking Electric Bitters. He writes: "Two years ago kidney trouble caused me great suf? fering, which I would never have sur? vived had I not taken Electric Bitters. They also cured me of general debil? ity." Sure cure for all stomach liver* and kidney complaints, blood diseases, headache, dizziness and weakness or bodily decline. Price 50c. Guaran? teed by Sibert's Drug Store. ?51 PRIMARY ELEGli The following are appointed fian agers of election for the primary to be held Tuesday, Algust 28th, and any subsequent primary that it may be necessary to hold. Ward 1, Sumter, S. C., H. J. Sey? mour, H. G. McKagen and J. -M. Fogle. Ward 2, Sumter, S. C.. J. F. Reid, R. D. Epps and J B. Raffield. Ward 3, Sumter, S. C., M. C. Kava naugh, J. J. Morrissey and George Warren. Ward 4, ?umter, S. C., Chas. Thames, G. S. Richardson and II. J. Lawrence. Farmers, H M. Spann, L. ?vi. Spann and J. C. Dav. o- s. Providence, H. A. Rafl&eld, Marion Moore and J. D. Myers. Pisgah. J. L. Gillis, J. T. Watson and B. C. DuPre. Wedgefield, C. D. Cain, S. Moore and W. H. Ramsey. Stateburg, F. P. Burgess, A. P. Vin? son and'R. M. Cantey. Salem, R. E. McElveen, G. W. McBride and X. J. Boykin. /" Concord, G. W. Mahoney, T. B. Brunson and J. Dosier Newman. High. Hills, W. M. Lenoir, C. A. Mitchell and W. S. Thompsn. Mayesville, W. X. McElveen, R. J. Mayes, Sr., an I R. A. Chandler, Jr. Wi nchester, H. S. Kolb, Geo. Ged? dings and H. W. Pritchard. Earle, S. I>. Richardson, B. R Hbdge and E. D. Cockerill. ; Privateer, Ashby Bradford. W. D. Lynam and Taos. J. Geddings. Gaillards Cross Roads, C. L. Jones, E. Jennings and J. S. Weldon. Rafting Creek. J. W. Young, T. W. Jarras and T. J. Brown. ?carboro, W. A. Spann. E. H. Craw? ford and' T. M. Crosswell. Shiloh, J. D. Frierson. S. W. Tru luek and W. F. Dennis. Pleasant Grove. C. Young, C. D. Lewellyn and S. W. Weaver. Taylors, I. M. Truluck. J. E. Tru iuck and S. J. Tomlinson. Zoar, P. L. Jones, Sam Newman and S. J. White. > Borden, G. W. Hatfield. C. D. vYaldrep and IC. R. Mobley. Oswego, The boxes with ballots, poll lists, instructions, rte. etc.. will be ready - for delivery on or before the Saturday pr< - ling the primary election. One cf several managers appointed for the above voting places -will please for boxes, ballots, p'oll lists, in? itions; etc., and qualify for hold in . fae said election or elections. . -rs of the Executive i *>i>-:mittec v. : ? ?east; bear in mind that there w: e a meeting of the c >mmittee on Thursday, August Sist. at 12 . ?'clock m. in thc Court House for the purpose of tabulating thc returns and to declare the result of the elec? tion. Ail candidates will be?u in mind that tiley must at the co ?clusion of the campaign and before the pri? mary election render to the Clerk of the Court an. itemized statement of all money spehi or provided by them for campaign purposes up to that time. JOHN ll. CLIFTON, County Chairman. H. L B. WELLS, Secretary. August 15, 1 'JOG. i