The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 22, 1913, Image 2
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"Hut 1 can!" Abbott declared.
"Your long black hnlr la mingled with
his tawny mano, and >uur cheeks arc
blooming?"
"And my feet ire crossed," cried
Fran.
"And your feet are crossed; and
those little hands hold up tho book."
Abbott swiftly sketched in the details;
"and your bosom Is rising and failing,
and your lips are parted?Ilk 3 now?
?homing perfect teeth?"
"Dressed in my tights and fluffy lace
and Jewels." Fran helped, "with bare
aniu and stars all in my hair . . .
But the end came to everything when
?when mother died. Her last words
?were about my father?how she hoped
somo day I'd meet him, and tell him
she bad forgiven. Mother sent mo to
her half-uncle. My! but that was
mighty unpleasant!" Fran shook her
head vigorously. "Ho began telling
me about how mother had done wrong
In marrylm; h?ent!y, und he threw it
up to mo and I Just told him . . .
But he's dead, now. I had to go back
to the show?there wasn't any other
place. Hut a few months ago I was of
age, and I came Into Uncle Kphralm's
property, because I was the only liv?
ing relation he bad, so he couldn't help
my getting it. I'll bet he's mad, now,
that he didn't make a will! Wh? I ho
tau] that mother?it don't matter what
no said?I Just walked out of his door,
that time, with my head up high like
this . . . Oh, goodness, we're here."
They stood before Hamilton Greg?
ory's silent house.
"Oood night," Fran said hastily. "It s
a mistake to begin a long story on a
short road. My! Hut wasn't that a
short roud. though!"
"Sometime, you shall finish that
story, Fran. I know of a road much
longer than tho one we've taken?we
might try it some day, if you say so."
"I do say so. What road is It?"
Abbott had spoken of a long road
without definite purpose, yet there was
e> glimmering perception of the reality,
as he showed by saying tremulously:
"This is the beginning of it?"
TT h* ? .ill. he? In
Li i .
y ' ' '**?? i * ' itt a
blush that the dnrknefjs eonc:-Vu!, CMg*|l
frald
I'd get lost on that road." ;-ho mur?
mured, "'or I don't, believe you know
UM wiy very well, yourself."
She sped lightly to tho house, un?
locked the door, and vanished.
CHAPTER XII.
L Grace Captures the Outposts.
Tho next evening there was choir
practlco at the Walnut Street church.
Abbott Ashton, hesitating to make Ms
nightly plunge into the dust-clouds of
learning, paused in tho vestibu'e to
take a peep at Grace. He knew she
never missed a choir practice, for
though sho could neither slug nor play
the organ, she thought it her duty to
set an example of regular attendance
that might be the means of bringing
those who could do one or the other.
Abbott was not disappointed; but ho
was surprised to see Mrs. Jefferson In
her wheel-chair at the end of the pew
occupied by tho secretary, while be?
tween them sat. Mrs. Gregory. His sur?
prise became astonishment on discov?
ering Fran and Simon Jefferson in tho
choir loft, slyly whispering and nib?
bling candy, with the air of soldiers off
duty for the choir was In tho throes
of a solo.
Abbott, as If hypnotized by what he
had *e. n. slowly entered the auditori?
um. Fran's keen eyes discovered him,
and her face showed elfish mi < liief.
Grace, following Fran's eyes, found
tho cause of tho odd smile, and beck?
oned to Abbott. Hamilton Gregory,
following Grace's glance?for ho saw
no one but her at the practices, since
sh? inspired him with de? nest fervor ?
felt sudde nly as If he had lost some
thing; he had of'en exp?Tl<-nr?d tho
same sensation on seeing Grace ap?
proached by some* unaffuched geutlo
man.
? I ?M nw.tUa'd to Abbott to sit be?
side her, with a concentration of at?
tention that rho v.-d her purpose of
reaching a d Mil unsuspected
by the other.
"I'm so glad Fran has taken a ejMt
1n tho choir." Abbott w hispered to
Grace. "And look at Sim sj Jefferson
?who'd have thought. It!"
Grace looked at Slmor Jefferson;
she slso looked at Fr.m, \ w her com
pressed Hps and r? proving my% ex?
pressed MM of Abbott'u gl idrieK i.
Howver. she IMf4lMed urttk I am
so glad you are In re, Pf?f0QSUl A* It
ton, for I'm In trouble, and I can't d -
clde which way it Is my duty to turn.
Will you h lp me? I | | going to
trust you?it Is a matter rotating to Mr
Gregory"
Abbott was pleased that she should
think him competent to advise h r re
tMittSf kef duty; at |M IMM lime
he ragtet led that her confld? rir-n rs>
lated It Mr. Gregory.
"Professor Ashton," she said roftlv.
??does my position as hired secretsry
to Mr. Gregory > irry with It IM Obll
gallon to vvnrn him of any misconduct
In hia household?"
The solo was dying away, and, sweet
and low, it fell from heaven like man?
na upon his ?Otll| blending divinely
with the secretary's voice. Her ex?
pression "hired" sounded liko a tragic
note?to think of one so beautiful, so
meek, so surrounded by mellow hymn
notes, being hired!
"Yoi hesitate to advlso mo, before,
you know all," she said, "and you aro
ii^ht. In a moment tho choir will bo
singing louder, and wo can all talk to
Hier. Mrs. Gregory should be con?
sulted, too."
Grace, conscious of doing all that
one could in consulting Mrs. Gregory,
"too," looked toward the choir loft,
and smiled into Hamilton Gregory's
eyes. How his baton, inspired by that
smllo, cut magic runes in the air!
"Mrs. Gregory," Grace said in a low
voice, "I suppose Professor Ashton is
r>o surprised at seeing you in church?
it has been more than five months,
hasn't it? . . . that I'm afraid ho
isn't thinking about what I'm saying."
Mrs. Gregory could not. help feeling
in the way, because her husband
aeemcd to share Grace's feeling. In
stinctlvely sho turned to her mother
and laid her hand on tho invalid's
arm.
"They ain't bothering me, Lucy,"
said the old lady, alertly. "I can't
It Was as If Abbott Hai Suddenly
Raised a Window in a Raw Wind.
hear their noise, and when I shut my
eyes I cau't see their motions."
"I have something to tell you both,"
Grace said solemnly. "Last night, I
couldn't sleep, and that made me sen?
sitive to notoes. I thought I heard
?;ome ono slipping from the house just,
is the clock struck hall past eleven. It !
. erned incredible, for I knew if it
.vore apyone, it was that Fran, and I
!; In't Mtir.k even ?),,. would do that."
It was as U Abbott had suddtnly
-d a window in a raw wind. Hll
mperaturi de*condvd. The other's
manner of saying "That Fran!" ob?
scured his glass of the future.
Mr.s Gregory said quickly, "Fran
leave the house at half-past eleven?
Im possible."
"How do you know," Abbott asked,
"that Fran left the house at such a
time of tho night?" Tho question was
unfair since It suggested denial, but
his feeling for Fran seemed to call for
unfairness to Grace.
"I will tell you," Grace responded,
n th the distinctness of one in power.
At the time, I told myself that even
Fran would not do that. But, a long
time afterward, I heard another sound,
from the yard. I went to my window.
I looked out. Tho moon was bright,
but there was a very dark shadow
about tho front gate. I heard voue.j.
Ono was that of Fran. The other was
tho voice of?" her tone vibrated in its
intensity?"the voice of a man!"
"It was not Fran's voice," Mrs.
Oregory declared earnestly.
"What man was it?" Abbott in?
quired, rather resentfully.
"I do not know. I wish now, that I
had called out," responded Grace, pay?
ing no heed to Mrs. Gregory. "That Is
When I made my mistake The man
i Ot away. Fran came running into
the bjOttfand closed tho door as soft?
ly as ehe could?after she'd unlocked
it from he oulside! I concluded it
would hi b. st to wait till morning, be -
fore I ; aid a wotd. So this morning,
:> fore breaJtfait, I strolled In the yard,
pj ln| to deeldi What I had better do.
I went to the gate, and there on the
grass ' what do you suppose* I found?"
\bbott was bewildered. Mrs. Greg?
ory listened) pals with apprehension,
It w.t.t a card," Grace said, with
awful significance, "a gambling card!
As i ? i have lived In tig) house,
nobody ? v ? f dared to bring a card
there. Mrs. Gregory win t * -11 you the
me. 11 it that l run. . . . She
had b< en playing cards out thero at
midnight- and with a man!"
"I cannot, think so," said Mrs. Greg?
ory firmly.
t i (I BE (' >NT1NUED.)
IIOXOHfcl < i >W l< TS ACTION,
Columbia. Oct. 10, In granting ?
Full paron t?> J, R, ParrU of spar?
tan burg, convicted September, 1913,
o| i .mil and I a lei ? S 1th intent !??
I.til and sentew ed t" pay 11 ??
. ihres months Governor Blease
Mid t".i iy thai be congrntulab d
parrls upon being man em.neb to
;.?,.,. I hi.- bI ter from ;> drunken hus
liand, "in feet," say* the governor,
i ihlnk ihere nhottld be an epproprl
? i Ion med? bj w hi- h Ihe governor
nub] ? n i n gold medal of honor for
his a- t i..n "
Parrls whipped his brother-in-law
for si i of Parrls' sister, who wan
the w he man w hipped.
Ac K N < > YY LEIXi BS REO)(i N ITH >N
OF UNITED STATES.
Chinese President says ills object is
tho Promotion of Perne and Pros?
perity Of His C Mintry.
Washington. Oct is.?Acknowledg?
ment of President Wilson's message of
congratulation upon his election as
first permanent presidsnt of the Chi?
nese rspubliO has been received from
Yuan Shi Kai at the state department.
His answer reads:
"Peking, Oct. 18, 1913.
"His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States,
Washington, D, C.
"Intensely appreciative of your ex?
cellency's congratulation and compli?
ment extended to me on the occasion
of my inauguration as president of
the Chinese republic, I offer to your
excellency my most sincere thanks for
them. The high trust and confidence ;
which the people of China, through
the national assembly, have seen fit to
place In me, makes me fully conscious
of the great responsibilities that go
with them. Happy In the perform?
ance of my duties, I always have the
luminous example of the United j
States to guide and help me. It also
< fieri me much delight to observe that '
your excellency's hope and expectation
for the advancement of China and the
promotion Of the peace and happiness
and prosperity of her people under the
republican system of government co- '
ineide precisely With my resolute aim
and firm object in carrying on the ;
new administration. With this renew?
ed indication of sympathy and inter?
est from your excellency, my hope to
draw the bonds of friendship and
good understanding that unite the
two ?liter republics has grown strong?
er than ever and it will be an unfail?
ing pleasure to me to cooperate with
your excellency to attain this end.
"Yuan Shi Kai."
The letter immediately was for?
warded to President Wilson.
COMMERCIAL COMPANY PROS?
PERS.
Company Organised by Young Men
Doing a Good Business?Ke-clect
Officers,
The Commercial Company, an >r- ;
ganisatlon directed by to. r, bus?
iness men of Sumter, has had a very
successful Near, as shown by the re?
port! of the officers at its second an- ,
nual meeting a few nights ago. ^he j
officers of the company were re-j
eloctsd for another year, the board
being the same as last year, and are:
R, a. Bradham, B. M. Hall, h. P,
Moses C. J. Lommon, G. C. Warren.
\Y. J. Crowson, Jr., p. If. Brown, R.
T. Brown and B. O. Cantey. The ofii
cers are: li. A. Bradham, president.
Gso, C. Warren, vice-president., E.
m. Hall, secretary; H. P. Moses,
treasurer; Dozier Lee, attorney. This
corporation Is of a unique character.
The stock is held nearly altogether
by young men and the affairs an
managed entirely by the younger men
of the City, none of its direc tors be?
ing 80 years of age. The company
started 88 months ago as a saving
and holding institution among a few
young men, the object being to pay
In on the monthly installment plan,
and when they bad accumulated a
considerable amount to invest that
In some buslpeas. Alter running foi
Several months they increased the
number of stockholders. And a year
ago made a still turthor increase and
incorporated with an authorized capi?
tal of $25,000, $15,000 of which Is
n< W paid up. It was decided at the
meeting to pay in the Other $10,000
and tl o directors were authorized to
take steps to place the same, the
present stockholders to have the re
fu il of a pro rata number of shares.
While at cumulating the funds,
the money was Invested In bankable
paper, thus earning Its Keep. Last
spring a controlling Interest In the
Ladies Outfitting company was
bought, ami this month the Com?
mercial company has taken a large
block of stoi i< in the newly organised
Commercial and Havings bank, it is
proposed to continue In the same line,
keeping the funds Invested In good
securities until opportunity for judi?
cious Investment In business enter?
prises arises An * per cent dlvl
d? ml w as declared.
it If stated that extension cd' the
South Carolins Western Hallway to
Charleston Is largely dependent upon
Ihe patronage thai toad receives from
the nuti bants ami other people ol
the city, Thus far the s. <\ w. haa
not received as liberal patronage ns
was anticipated and the officials of
the road are naturalis- somewhat dis?
appoints tl. They had expe< ted to re?
ceive a fair shate (.i the incoming
freight, hut thus far Ihe freight bust
n< t ha*, continue.i largely to move
over Ihe old lines, Perhaps If the
merchants would make a point to
ion e more of their freight over the
Seaboard Ihey would contribute ma?
terially toward the opening af new
and shorter route to Charleston.
EARLY SNOWFALL FOR STATE.
COLD WAVE SWEEPS OVER TUE
SOUTH BRINGING WINTRY
BLASTS.
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Sleet ami Snow Fall at Many Places
in the Upper Fart of the State?
Snow Was Earliest Within Memory
of Oldest C itizens.
Tennessee, North Carolina, north
era Alabama, Georgia and South
Carolina yesterday experienced the
earliest snowfall in the recollection
of oldest citizens. After a week of
comparatively warm weather the tern- J
perature began to drop Sunday and
continued to tall during the early
morning hours yesterday. As far
south as Atlanta the snow began to j
tall shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday |
morning. The precipitation continued ,
intermittently until after da:, light, at j
which time it had been noticed as far
BOUth as Birmingham, Ala., and I
Athens, Ga.
That the States mentioned above
were generally blanketed by the snow
clouds is indicated from the reports
from different sections. In South:
Carolina the snow was noted at Spar
tanburg, Greenville, Chapin, Union,
Walhalla and Laurens. In Alabama1
the precipitation was evident at
Huntavllle and Birmingham. Snow
fell in several Georgia cities and 1
towns, including Atlanta, Augusta,
and Athens. Iteports from Chatta
nooga and Nashville, Tenn., and
Asheville, N. C, indicate that the ,
snow llurry was heavier in that see- j
tion than in the more Southern ,
States.
SXOW IN KENTUCKY.
Light Fall in Fasten? and Southern
Sections.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 02.?A light!
fall of snow this morning was record
id in eastern and southern Kentucky.
Trenton reported a fall of two inches
and in several other places the
ground was covered with one inch or
more. The earliest fall of snow pre?
viously recorded in this State was ?c- ;
tober 27, nearly 50 years ago. Snow
began falling in Louisville tonight.
DROP IN TEMPERATURE.
slight Fall of Snow is Seen at Antler
eon.
Anderson, Oct. 20.?Following a big:
drop in temperature during last night
snow fell here tor several minutes
about noon today. It continues to get i
colder tonight and a killing frost is
expected.
COLI) AT WALHALLA.
Light Full of Sleet and .->iio*v Fore-;
casts Freer e,
Walhalla, Oct. 20.?There was a'
light fall of sleet and snow here today.
Indications are that there will be a
general frost and freeze tonight.
THE FIHST SNOW.
Greenville Expects Killing Frost to
Follow.
Greenville, Oct. 20.?The first snow j
of the season fell here today at noon. 1
The fall was light, continuing several
minutes. Killing frost Is expected to?
night.
WIND, SLEET AND SNOW.
Chapin is Visited by Mixture of Fall?
ing Wcatkicr.
Chapin, Oct. 20.?This morning'
about o'c lock there was a general j
mixture of wind, rain, sleet and r-'now
lulling at a rapid rate, which lasted
for about 10 or 15 minutes.
MANY WEATHER BRANDS.
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County is visited by Hall, Hain, Sleet
and Snow.
Chester, Oct. 20.?Chester has had
many brands of weather today. It
seems to have been the case all over
the county. There has been nail, rain,
sleet ami snow, with tho thermometer
hovering around 4;" degrees,
FIHST SIGN OF WEATHER.
Sleet and Snow Falls in Lexington
County.
Lexington, Oct. 20.? The first sleet
and snow of the winter fell in this
county today. About ten or 2<> miles
from the couri house, In the Hollow
('reek set tion. it Is said that the sleet
came in a, storm about 12.10 o'clock
and lasted lor several minutes. Au?
tomobile drivers say that the ice could
be plainly seen on wind shields. A
hilling frost is predicted for tonight.
STORM IN MARYLAND.
One of Worst Fvor Experienced nn
the Fastern Shore.
Baltimore, Mr., < let. 2<k (>ne of
the worst wind and rain storms ever
experienced on the eastern shore of
Maryland raged tonight. The storm
began early this afternoon and b>
nightfall lower Chespeake hay traf?
fic was tied up. Oreal damage t<
RISE IN BAGGING COST.
REDFIELD MAKES REPORT TO
SENATE ON CAUSE OF IN?
CREASED PRICE.
Monopoly of Trade by Two Big Com?
panies Is Given as Reason for Mar?
ket Price Being Affected.
Washington. Oct. 18.?Higher
prices fur raw Jute and the reput^;!
absolute control of the price o cotton
bagging in the United States by the
American Manufacturing company
and the Ludlow Manufacturing asso?
ciation are the leading causes assign?
ed by Secretary Kediield to the sen?
ate today for the big increase in the
price of cotton bagging in late years,
particularly the last year.
The secretary said that the two
companies opened the market at
about the same day each year at
about the same figure and any ad?
vance or decline in prices comes at j
about the same time. Each year, the
secretary reported, these two com?
panies have been opening the market
later. As a result dealers stated they
were afraid to import because the
opening prices of the two American
manufacturers might occasion them
great loss.
Security of cotton ties, large cot?
ton crops, bagging held in ware?
houses and smaller importations of
bagging were moving as contributing
causes of high prices.
"Competition between the Ameri?
can Manufacturing company and the
Ludlow associates does not seem to
bo very keen," says the secretary. "In
some local cities one company does
practically all the business, while the
other scorns to make no especial ef?
fort to push its trade."
One independent manufacturer
gave the department investigators the 1
View that the price of the steel bands
With which the cotton is baled?com?
monly called cotton ties?was affected
by the Carnegie Steel company open?
ing its market late in the season
when the bagging manufacturers did.
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The report was made in response
to a resolution introduced by Senator
Smith of South Carolina.
Twelve Hales on One Wagon.
Mayor L. D. Jenning besides being 1
mayor and attending to his numerous
duties as an attorney, is some farmer
as well, as was shown this morning
by the fact of his bringing to town
on one of his wagons twelve bales
of cotton at one time. The wagon
was pulled by lour mules and need?
less to say, it was loaded.
Reception for Bride.
A brilliant soc ial event of the past!
week was the reception given by Mr.
and Mrs. Richard I. Manning fov
their son and his bride, Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Manning, who were married
Ln Baltimore on October first and who
are now residing at their own home
on North Main Street.
Receiving were Mr. and Mrs. Man?
ning, who were assisted by Mr. and
Mrs. David Williams of Camden and
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Manning. Sev?
eral hundred guests called during the
evening to meet young Mrs. Manning
and to welcome her to her new home.
Mrs. Geo. D. Shore and Mrs. S. H. Ed-I
munds presided over the punch bowl
and Miss Elizabeth Boykin assisted
in receiving and entertaining the
guests. The rooms were tastefully
decorated for the occasion j.nd Schu?
macher's Orchestra rendered delight?
ful music throughout the evening.
Among the visitors present were:
Mr. and Mrs. William Arthur of
Congarce, Miss Elisabeth Boykin of
Boykins, Miss Anne Barnet of Wash?
ington, Ga.. Mr. and Mrs. David Wil?
liams of Camden. Miss Nellie smith
of Columbia, Lee Hagood of Schenec
tady and Ransom Rlchardsoi of Pine
wood.
It Is about time City Council did
something for Ltbery Street. Main
Street has been paved and trans?
formed Into a "Great White Way,"
and the next move should be to get
rid of some of the mud on Liberty.
the oyster and lish industries will
result.
SNOW FOR TEN MINUTES.
[?arge Flakes Fall in Scwbcrry for
Short While.
Newberry, Oct. 20.?It snowed here
today for about ten minutes. The
flakes were large at d came down for a
while thick and fast. The day start?
ed with bright sunshine, which soon
turned to clouds and rain. The wind
has been strong all day and cold and
overcoats have been much In demand.
SNOW AT 1NMAN.
slight Fall of Hakes There About
Noon Vest onlay,
intnan, net, 20. \ slight snowfall
was experienced here about noon to
ila\. The weather has been cold with
high winds. \ hard freexe tonight ;
? xpet ted.
THREATENS HUNGER STRIKE.
If She is l>eiH>rtcd Militant Says She
Will not Survive.
New York, Oct. It.?"If I am de?
ported the ship taking me back will
carry me to my death."
These words, carrying a veiled
threat jf a 'hunger strike," were ut
tere''. today in the immigration de?
tection station on Ellis Island by Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst, the English
militant suffragette, who arrived here
yesterday on the steamer La Prov?
ence and was ordered deported as an
undesirable alien.
Mrs. Pankhurst was talking to
several women suffrage Kaders who
had been given special permission to
visit, her. She is quoted as having
said that, in view of the fact that her
system had been undermined by six
"hunger strikes" in prisons abroad,
she did not believe she would be able
to survive a seventh.
Today Mrs. Pankhurst waited im?
patiently for word from Washington
as to whether she would be permit?
ted to land under bond to carry out
her lecture tour or whether she must
go back to France, whence she came
here. When word finally was received
that Commissioner Caminetti had de
clined today to admit her to bail, Mrs.
Pankhurst prepared again to sleep at
the immigration station tonight.
Mrs Pankhurst today kept to her
decision of yesterday not to begin a
"hunger strike," while the prospects
seemed favorable tor an early de?
cision in her case, and she appeared
to relish each of the three meals sent
to her room.
THE TOMATO CLUB EXHIBIT.
Miss Lcmmon ships Girls' Work to
State Fair.
Miss Mary Lemmon, organizer of
the girls clubs for Sumter county has
had a big job on her hands for sev?
eral days preparing and having pack?
ed the exhibit of the Sumter county
girls' canning clubs for the State Fair
next week.
Several hundred jars and cans of
preserved tomatoes, and other vege?
tables, fruits, jellies, and pickles were
packed last week. On Saturday af?
ternoon Secretary Reardon, of the
Chamber of Commerce shipped the
exhibit to Columbia by express. Sev?
enteen boxes, several weighing from
three hundred and fifty to four hun?
dred pounds, the total weight of the
exhibit being slightly over sixteen
hundred pounds, were required to
hold the delicious and '
ing" delicacies of the ?
The girls tomato and canning clubs
of Sumter county are going to have
a magnificent exhibit he
Fair, and the county that gets any
prizes over the Gamecock county
girls is going to have to hustle to do
it. Miss Lemmon leaves for Columbia
tomorrow or Wednesday to superin?
tend the arrangement of the Sumter
canning and tomato club exhibits.
McColl, Oct. 18.?A new value was
put on Marlboro county farming land
yesterday, when W. B. and J. A.
Fletcher purchased from Tom Easter
ling his farm, about four miles from
McColl, at a price of $265 per acre.
There arc about 100 acres of land in
this tract, with 48 acres in cultivation.
f BRIDGE TEETH
By this work the den?
tist is able to fix per?
manently between the
teeth left to you artifio 1
ial ones that are perfect
in appearance and use?
fulness. See Dr. Court?
ney. He makes this
work his specialty.
Have an inspection.
Get his opinion.
Sumter Dental
Parlors,
Dr. C. H. Courtney. Prop
Over Shaw & McCollum.
Greelyville
BUSINESS SCHOOL
Inilildual Training for Boys and
Girls.
TU K course of ail English breaches,
* shorthand, lypwrtttag ami iH*>k
keeplng offers unnurpssNcd opportu?
nities to tin jrouthsof your county
at a very reasonable price. Board
can beobtlined in town. For parti?
culars address.
J. M. JERVEY,
GREELYVILLE, ? S. C.
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