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YOU DON'TNEED A TORCH LIGHT To search for our bargains, every depart% A ment in our store teems with prices such as you have never before seen or heard k of. f It Is a Waste of Money And energy to continue paying old time high prices for goods when you can buy themr,from us at such rediculously Low Prices. f It is not by accident that Our trade has grown to such immense proportion. Our Constant Endeavor t1 :Ai a A. ir_ i t> ii l A iu uivc me v tuue lur mu ieu5i money is the mainstay of our unprecedented success. W. T. BEATV & CO. F. Q. Austell, rtanager. BOWSEltT cTEOLOuIsT. wouldn't exchange what I have nl ready learned for nuy man's $.">.000 in HE LEARNS A FEW THINGS ABOUT . "What have you learned?" she queTHE EARTH'S CHANGES. rl(l(1 "Do you know how many periods The study Ormtiy intcrcMtcd, Hint, there have been in tills world? LInve but lie Wan lu Such ? iiurr> t>? Get you ever paused to reflect on the gli a iioyni Geological Medal Thiit He gantlc changes that have taken place fume to Grief. since this earthly sphere was created?" [Copyright. 1001, bv r. n. i.ewit.} "Not v0l'-v much." she replied. The Bowsers had just finished dinner "?If c?"rso "ot' Infn'n(1 of ?sfr" , . ..... tabling that there has been a post terwhen a package was delivered at the . 1jary terl|ary a cre_ bouse, and there Mas a look of ponderous profundity on Mr. Bowser's conn- laecous. Jurassic, trlasslc. pcrmian ten a nee as ho took charge of it and 0,1(1 carboniferous period, you have made a great show of removing the -H'm *???? on Instead of posting yourself as to whether this Is wrapper. Three hooks were finally . .... .. .. . , the reptilian or the silurir.n age, you brought to light, aiul after glancing at l.nvo hi.i.n >m tlm rush tn "(it n imlr nf tlieir titles Mrs. Bowser obsurvrd: J C,0 cent stockings for 30 cents at a harL "Well, you must have got a new gain counter. I can't say that I blame streak on to buy such works as tlicse. yon. as the Lord did not intend wornThey are all on geology. "Whal* are a 11 to know tnucli, but riglit liere and you going to do with them?" ' ,,:>w is 011 opportunity for you to get an . .... idea or two. "W hat am I going to do with them? . . , , , , , ,, i "I shall be very g'ad. What are he repented as he drew himself upiand , . r ' S, ' ^ rjiose packages of earth tor? folded >is arms. "Perhaps I'm tl.eSsorf: ..j j(? ^ yol, nn ohjm u,j,. of man to pay #0 apiece for bookstand son' ''Here is the earth taken from Hie use them for cow feed. Those- {books back yard. 11 belongs, as I suspected were bought to be read, of eoiirf>e,\ and to the lower Silurian era And is com posed of caiciferous sand rock." t "It looks as if it was composed o' t}/|\\ brickbats and sawdust," she said as j|l if^ril 11 I It ll <? she bent over It. . I||jl^j I \1 I'lM V'' "TimI'm because of your Ignorance. I Lmj'/ V^gLBhV Woman, let a wave of awe sweep over V you when I tell you that tills soil wa*. *L$r created at hast lOO.tHMi.uhi) years ago li' \i Think of the mighty changes in ltM>. fHL'\ T W 000.000 years!" r ^<(ic\[W^i111 LjLt1^The wave not only swept <ivcr Mrs. > IT \ . VvA | Bowser, but so affected the family cat / JBffiiir w \1f \V\j that she shuddered from head to foot I dfiWjT V\ -Npy^-v ,\vi^/ \fl. "r and wished she was out on the back WjLa^V I \ . V;i|J ill' f en CO. ' yin ' W#*/! "And this otlier soil." said Mr flow' ' ;V[il I ' Rrr ns be pointed to tlie second pack jfffw/iir *^"?3 **>e. froln f'le fruht yard. Over t. :uontli ago I suspected that it belonged to tlie perinlnn period, aud I now Ilud "think op tup mioiity chanors in tlint such Is the ease. There was a 100,000,000 ybalts!" ,npHO of jo.000.tKK) years between tlie T om Imnoflnnf tr% rrr?f of Hwile /iniifnnftj I ? - *' * ? ..... .............. . ... .... .. t'lTnnou or me rwo sous. I nmy talk with yftu Inter in tlie even- "Why weren't both made :it tlio en me tug, but I do not wish to be disturbed time to save cost nud trouble?" innonow." cently fiueried Mrs. Dowser. Mrs. Dowser sat down to some sew- "Am I talking to u born idiot?" lie lug, nnd he selected one of the volumes hidlgnnntly shouted. "I suppose you nod was soon so deeply Immersed that J'1'!1,'4 "'is pnrtb onrs wnH erented ... , . ? . , . ... , ., the same way ? man tills up a nmdthe breaking of two plates and the fall . . * . 1,. . ' * ... . , "... . hole. I.et me tell you that the earth of the teakettle In the kitchen did not , ? , . , ... ... .. . .. .. .i * Rrew foot by foot, instead of being attract bis attention. At the end of .... ... t . ...... , ,, , , tit i dumped out of a cart, and that right half an hour he suddenly rose up nixl . . ' ' "*"1 . . ....I.. * here where our house stands there was made his way out into the bark yam, ? . ' .... " , , , . j . i , . . ft pause In nature for mill ous of nnd when lie returned he had about a ronrK ? pint of earth In a paper. Depositing It , , on the reading table, he passed out of " hy d,d PnU80? , X the front door, was absent live min- Sl.e paused bet-nuse-beeause- She Y tites and returned with another snm- bfUfc *cll. only pie of earth. After making compari- <h? Creator known why she paused. ------ - - lmt miiiHO mIio .liil nm tlso ili(Tr>ri>iif? notify consulting Ills l>ook nud gravely , "V * " .. 7." ? 7A77V nodfflng his head he said: between these two soils proves Think *V "Mrs. Bowser. I don't suppose you your siti ng over a soil created ni^ have the slightest Interest in the sol- "ons and millions of years ago! When enco of geology -no woman hns-but this "11 was growing Its first crop of nevertheless you might turn to It for ^?K?ra falls was., t two feet m few minutes Just for a change ; h,*h and elephants 20 feet tall were uf* roaming over New .Jersey as thick as fleas on a dog. It mal es one's neeU cold to think of it. What in thunder ails that eat'/" "I think she dimly realizes what you are talking ahout and is rejoicing that slio wasn't horn in the jurassic period." Jj; Mr. Bowser didn't know exactly how f)) to take the remark, hut finally decided to pass it over for the time being. in er swallowing the lump in his throat SJ, he said: ai "I presume you have heard the word m 'saunaI :? "Yea, a few times," humbly answer- I oil Mrs. Itowser. "And what does It mean?" |.* "Itmeans salt or salty, doesn't it?" ;ll "It does, and 1 shall give you due fp credit. As there were eornit'erous and pi Catskill periods, so also was there a ll; salina period. It was during that pe- to rlod that the salt springs and salt beds of the earth were created. In digging *>,' for lishworms in the alley the other n( day I thought 1 eaine across evidences OJ1 of the salina period." eJ "You probably found a spot where U) some butcher had dumped out a barrel ec of brine," was suggested. "I probably didn't do any such thing! C That's the trouble with conversing n* with Ignorant persons ? they ridicule I" what they can't understand. I think I jV shall put on my lint and walk down there and Investigate a little further, pr If it turns out that the soil around here was created during the lower si- le lurinn. the pormian and the salina pe- F rlods, geologists ought to know it. If 1 or am the first to discover and report. I cn shall probably receive a medal from the Itoyal theological society." "I shouldn't go spooking around the alleys at nighttime. The salina period ju will keen until tomorrow, and then I'll a: have tin* cook bring in n whole pailful." vi - Mr. Bowser was too deeply interest- d< ed, however, to wait a single hour, oi Taking a newspaper with him to bring of home the salina dirt in. he clapped on * his hat and set out. The alley was TT dark, and ash heaps and old barrels were plentiful, but he went forward witli his mind busy with thoughts of a great discovery. lie had nearly reached the spot when he was suddenly seized all over at once by two tramps who were looking for the cretaceous or some other period, and before he could W make out whether he had been kicked th by a cow or rolled over by a barrel he c? was down on his back and the fellows were going through him. Thev were , df through with him in about a minute, ? and as they ran away with his wallet and watch he gathered himself up and w galloped for home. Mrs. Bowser and w the cat heard him coming and were in the hall as he burst open the door, lie ^ was hatless, and his eyes bulged out. ITrt ...AO AAf.O.m.1 ?.(?!% tlwv AOI...A I.A 1... .1 11V U UO VUM-IIH **1111 lliu UMIU.1 IIU 11?IVI . rolled in. null bis knees were wabbling uniler bin). "Well, tvlint sort of period is tliis?" nsked Mrs. llowser as be stoou gasping for breath. *i' lie uttered n sort of gurgle In reply. "Would you call it the coal ash aud tramp period?" 11 He worked one arm up and down, " but the words would not come. ' "I think yon have geologized enough s| for one night and had letter take a w bath ami get to bed. Some nilgiity ^ changes have taken place In this locali- *,j ty since the lower Silurian era, but o< what concerns yon ino-t just n iw is L how to get your watch and wallet |! back. You should notify the police tiie m first tiling in the morning. Specimen si of the Jurassic period, ascend!" '1 Mr. Bowser wanted to yell "Woman!" ? at her and to charge her with eonspira- '' cy and threaten the usual divorce proceedings. but Ills wind was gone and his head in a whirl, and lie groaned n jv despair aud drew bituseif up stairs. ir, M. Quad I.ltnlfptl Spncp, l< "Is It (loop enough for me in there?" ^ vi "Yes, but I don't believe it's wide enough,"?New York Journal. * tu Su scribe for Til is TiMUsai.d k?ep posted. FOR SAL A WORTHY SUCCESSOR. "cSomothliitf Now Undor Tho Suu " AH doctors have tried to cure ATA It U 11 1>y the use of jiowders, acids, im's, inhalers ami drills in paste form, heir powders dry up the nmeuous cm I'runes causing them to eraek open id hloed. The powerful acids used in dialers have entirely eaten aw <y the une membranes that their makers mud to cine, while pastes and ointents cannot reach the disease. A11 old ul experienced practitioner who has r many years made a clone studv and iccialty of tlie troutmeat of C ATA K KII, is at las' perfected a Treatment which hen faithfully used, not only relieves once, hut permanently euros CAAlxKll, hv removing the cause, stopnir the discharges, and curing all inunntion. It is the only remedy known science that actually reaches the afcted parts. This wonderful remedy is .own as "SNU1TLK3 the (U'AUANKKI) CATAKUI1 CUliK," and is sold the extremely low price of < >ne Dollar, ich package containing internal and eternal medicine sufficient for a oath's treatment and ever> thing nessary to its perfect use. "CSNUFKTjK.3" is the only perfect ATA lilt 11 CUKK ever made and is tw recognized as the only safe and sitive cure for that annoying and disisting disease It cures all inllamajn quickly and permanently and is also ondorfullv quick to relieve. HAY KYKIi or COM) inthe 11 HAD. CATAKK1I when neglected often ads to CONSUMPTION?"SN U KLHS" will save you if von use it at ice. It is no ordinary remedy, but a .mplete treatment which is positively taranteed to cure CATAUK11 in any rm or stage il used according to the rections which accompany each paek:e. Don't delay hut send for it at once, id write full particulars as to your con (1011, and you will receive special mice from lue discoverer of this wonu-ful remedy regarding your case withit cost to vou hevoiul the regular price "SNIPELES" the "GUARANTEED ATA HUH CURE." Sent prepaid to any address in the nited States or Canada on receipt of ne Dollar. Address Dept. 1 EDWIN . GILES A COMPANY, 2330 and 2322 arket Street, Philadelphia. Pa. 10-ly Imported horses live only nine eeks oil the average in Africa, If ic administration, which was so ireful to prevent the Cubans from ?tting munitions of war would shut )wn on the export of horses from mcrica, it would end the war in outh Africain favor of the Boers ithin three months. YOUNG LADY'S IJF1S SAVED t I'aitama, Colombia, by Chamberlain's Colic, <Aiolcra and I Ha rrhoen Kent cdy. Or. Olias. II Utter, a prcmim ut ph\ci, n. ct Panama. Columbia, in a recent tier states: "Last March I had as a itient. a young lady sixteen years of r<% who had a very had attack of d*sitcry. Everything I presenb-d for her roved ii elfei tual ai.d she was growing ois? every hour, iler paient.s were it" she would die. Slit; ha t become so ea\ i hat she con d not turn over in mi. wiwuiouoat ii h crivcai momil was a study for me, but. I'hoiigly C hauii erlam's Colic, ''In leru and inn hoea l<i niedy ai:d as a lest resort usuileUii. The looht woi duful ieill was i flYcted. Wi.liia iIglit bonis ic was feeling much be tie ; inside o! net- days si e was upon- hei b e: ai d at te end o! one week ?hs entirely well." or sale by F. <J. Duke, Druggist. It is all right, of course, for Sec tnry Wilson to encourage macaroni rowing; such encourage niei.t is what u is }?:?ill fur. liut lie may rest aslred that lie won't make the price iv less. As soon as we inaiufaeiure lough to make it worth while, a tru-t ill gobble the output, place a high aart on it and raise the price to here it was hi fore?or higher. A Superb Grip Cure. Johnson's Tonic is a superb Grip ire. ives every trace ot Grip I'oiii fiom the system. Does it quick ritliin an '-our it enters the blood and pins to lie .tralizo the t fleets of the iison. Will.in a day it places a Grip ctiiu beyon ilie point of danger, itiiiii a week, uddy chreks attest reru of {K'l feet nealth. I'rice o(^ cents it inres. Ask for Johnson's ('hill and ever Tonic. Take nothing else. i:i-l y ,E AT HOLMES I Subtle 1 r* U roc g& Dyspepsia in unreoopnizert in hull' the eii.se>". It deceives the 7| unknowing sudorer. Its ninny g variations work ulonp the weakest El lint's of the system. To hat tie gPjjj njr.iinst only one of them is, vain. SC Our booklet explains its svmpc?jt Inns. ( lllf I 'PililnKinvn JfcA i g^^eou".'h't<' ;,"l k'--tiiip rt'lii-f. 1 GILES' 1 ft DyspepsiaTablets || 10c., 25c. VP 2r?3 AND 5JC. S LD BY UNION DRUG CO. I'MoN, S. C. - ? ; Our soldiers have won golden opini ?i?s in their foreign work largely because they were not required to waste valuable time ii/ourni.-diing their brass but'ons. Yet this is taken as a good time to eau.se them to iuiiiatc i inferior ro u>s by taking time from j more valuable occupations to devote i it to pomp. /I Cure for Cholera Infantum. "Last MtjV'says Mrs < Y.stis Maker, r?t? *? ?-* - *.* ' - 1 I>1 J);lOK ?Vil!! e?', 1 Mil1"illl llittlllt ("Mid of our ijHtviol) u \s mis suil'-i ing from liolera iuUntum Tl.ec'ooloi lmd given up ail hoj c,-) of rtp ni'ty. i took a I) >tlie of Chatnbei laii's t.'oiie, < 'liolera and Diarrhoea Hemrdy to tin* house, telling tin-ill 1 fell sole il would do good if used according to diiectious Lu two days' rime the cli:Id liad fuhy tveoveted. and is now (neatly a year sine-) a vigorous, healthy girl. I liave ice iintneuoa t this lleinedy frequently and have never known it to tail in any single instance." For side oy F. C. Duke, Druggist. Of course, it is wrong to use the United States mails for the transmission of information about the Louis? sina state Lottery for instance, hut it seems to he all right to use thejtn t<? circulate the particulars about laud lottery in Oklahoma. Look Carefully Tr\ V AOI?? 171 A /X WTO m luia muncys. ! Dr. Jenner's Kidney Pills cause the kidneys to work as nature intended they should. They build up the shrunken walls of the kidneys, as no known remedy has been found to do before. As a cure for urinary troubles they have no equal. 'o, 25, ?0 Cents m SOLD BY UNION DRUG CO. rxiox, s. c. Lord Prtuneefote says that a canal treaty will be agreed to which will lie satisfactory to both countries. We hope th it be dosen't base his ideas of what will he satisfactory to the United States Secretary [lay's opinions. Health Office Honrs. Will be in my oflico, at the Council Chamber, from 10 a. m. to 12 111. ever\ ilav, Sundays ami holidays excepted, for the convenience of citizens wishing burial I permits or to 'ransaet any other business I pei'Ujubvi: to the oilu'e. I 2"?t.f. VV. I>. TIauhis. mnm n mnari ?n ^nwwn. fggB 4 & MOORE'S PHi r Fi?i i-i' ijiM* mmmrnmmmmmm ammmmmmmmamrn 11 If a Woman | I O wants to put out a fire she doesn't at I heap on oil and wood. She throws v j 8 on water.know.ng that waterquenches M | o 'ire. When a woman wants to get (1 : well from u seases peculiar to her sex, 0 ! 8 she should not add fuel to the fire I O already burning her life away. She tt | should not take worthless drugs and j 8 potions composed of harmful narcot- ?[ I ? >cs and opiates. They do not check ?t 1 j? the disease they do not cure it?they V 8 simply add fuel to the fire. ** Bradfitld'a Female 0 8 Regulator should be i taken by every woman ^ ?? r'XA Kiri w no nas the O jj t&fe ,xj slightest susp eion of jj J? any of the ail- X l\ "'t-ytfrt mints which af- x 1 a-.^ , \ flic I women. X V ViV> They will simjrty }! S3 be wastinx time a tPtiftd?^53i1^ tintil they take it. x '- 'The Regulator is X a pur if y i ng, X VVT>.-; , "iff at rcn gthuninK ^ at the roots o/*t he J5 fc^- J disease and cures x the cause. It does not drui; it ?p? the pain, it eradicates it. JI ?& ??, It stops falling of the womb. 5{ Stpv?01 lett; ot i Ilea, inflammation |j ??iviiia?ft ami periodical suii'crinjj, fr- 5J regular, scanty <>r p.itaful x s<i truation; nnd by doing X Kred and one aches and x jeauty. happiness and x temper from many a it r.n's life. It is the one X ilv above ull others !t h every woman should 1 about and use. a SI.0(> per bottle (t at any drug store, p Send for our free i5 illustrated hook. O (I The ^BradficIJ \) Regulator Co. $ It may l>e mentioned that the illo??cd "treatv' tinder which the Oklahoma reservation is to he opened o settlement is the very same one that President Ploveland dtnounctd as a f and and a forgery eight years a<r > and decl <red should never be put inta force while he was in the White House. ( irov?r was objectionable in 'several wa\s, hut at least he had a backbone and did not yield to 'hull nonce" when a friend wat concerned. Don't Force Your Bowels with harsh minerals which always leave bad after-effects on the entire system, and where their use is persisted in, tend to completely wrecic the stomach and bowels. ..USE,. Edgar s Cathartic Confections The only harmless, vegetable, bowel regulator, and liver vitalizer known. As pleasant to the taste as candy, and as positive as the harshest mineral. ISlo gripc or pain. 33? 10, 25, 50 cents. SOLD 3 7 UNIOS DRUG CO. I NION, S. ('. Wv onM like to ask 1?"W 1C" arc if ho thinks it is really worth nhp \ Th?i eonntry li:?s 'cm ptoutl and fon 1 of yon in the |?a*t. Huh. hut o io or tw o in re of such cmine! tlv "iir-i M,:m :is yours in the Schlev mutter" Will alienate it altogether. Think over it a hit. Is it worth whiloY (tiriintiei lam's Colie, Clv>1.">m and Diauhoea tt<an?'.ty has a world w de reputation for it rims It never tails and is pleisirit t? take. For sale by F. v? X'un* , i/1 Mr. liryan has endorsed t'c ''Southern men for President" idea. It's idea if it would only work I?hut so was the Koelcy motor. BJ AO LR0/1ACY. . V- ' l