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WONDEF CLEARAr^ Everything in the very much reduc make room for ne come in. Many tt S. M. RICE, J WHEN DAVID CAME I By HARRIET G. CANFIELD Copyright, lWXt, !>> T. C. McCluro Elm D;\le was the scene of joyful preparation, for Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Hammond wore soon to celebrate their golden wedding. From far and near their children and grandchildren were coming to the old country home under the great elms. All of tlie neighbors were interested in the coming event, and a number of theiu were pledged "to help out on chairs and china." Patience Saybin, familiarly known as "Patty," and her brother lived only a mile from Elm Dale, but they had not boon asked to "Contribute, and Putty felt slighted. "I've offered to lend them everything on the place, oven you, John," she said to her brother, "but Mrs. Hammond says they have all the arrangements made. I did want a linger In the pie." John laughed. "Never mind, little girl," he said consolingly. "Mr. Hammond says they may ask us to 'sleep' or two if the old house won't hold them" a"-" The day V^t'ofe (he celebration Mrs^ Hammond drove ovoFVn ViW '.HWVrlng to see l'atty. "I thought we eould stow 'em all away," she said, with a smile, "but I was thinking Mary had four children 'stead of live. I don't see how I came to forget little David when I counted noses. I've been wondering, dear, It' you'd let him sleep here?either him or one of tlie others?" "Oh, yes!" l'atty cried delightedly. "I should love to, Mrs. Hammond." The old lady smiled. "I brought bis picture along." she said, "so you could ?ee what a dear little fellow he was." l'atty bent eagerly over the photograph. A pleasant little face smiled at her from the cardboard?the round, dimpled face of a five-year-old. "lie's a perfect cherub!" she cried. "I'm expecting most of my children this evening, and if his folks come I'll send liim over before bedtime." The dear old lady forgot to tell Patty that the picture of David was taken twenty-three years before. All that day Patty was very busy preparing "little David's room." An old high chair and trundle bed were brought down from the attic and dusted. Lizzie, the good natured girl in the kitchen, made some little round cakes, and Patty frosted them and put a pink "D" on the top of two or three. oi'iiui^ vuuii; ?*i % i iiuiK n? iu readiness for the expected guest. The tin waiter and tiny knife, fork and plate were on the dining room table, and the little rocker held out its welcoming arms in the sitting room. An old rocking horse that had been John's long ago waited patiently for its gallant rider, and a little woolly dog stood on three legs with an air of expectation. The day had been a long one to Patty. At 7 o'clock she was rearranging the furniture in little David's room when the doorbell rang. She went to the head of the stairs and called to Lizzie. "Hurry, Lizzie!" she cried. "They've brought little David over. Take him Into the sitting room and amuse him. I'll be down in a few minutes." She flitted back to her work and did not hear Lizzie's exclamation of astonishment when she opened the door and saw a big, broad shouldered man standing there. Probably be bad overheard Patty's instructions to the girl, for his eyes were full of laughter, though he said soberly enough: "(?ood evening. I am David Terrell. Miss Saybin was expecting me, I believe?" "Y-y-yes, sir," Lizzie stammered, "hut she wasn't expe-t in' unite"? She Sold by Unl nSMH ~ I STORE iCE SALE. > Wonder Store at ed prices now to >w assortment to lings at half price. r. E. U., Prop. ~ i~* ? I paused in embarrassment. "Quito as much of me?" he asked laughingly. Lizzie giggled and led the way to the sitting room. The little chair held out Its welcoming arms in vain to this guest. David Terrell's eyes rested at i once upon the rocking horse and woolly dog. and his expression momentarily grew .more cheerful. "Were these?ahem?these preparations made in my honor?" he asked Lizzie. Hut before the girl could answer a sweet voice came from the upper landing. "Are you amusing him, Lizzie?" Lizzie giggled hysterically. "Tell her you are," the young man whispered. "Yes'm," she called in mutlled tones from behind her apron. "Show him the picture books," the voice went on, "and if the little fellow is tired take him up in your lap." Lizzie stepped into the lower hall and turned her laughing face up to her | mistress. "I'lease, ma'am, I can't," i she said. "I'd hate to try." "I'm ashamed of you'" the indignant i roply came. "I'll come right down and i take him myself." Lizzie lied to the kitchen, and there j was the quick click of heels on the : stairs. Then David Terrell saw a pretj ty picture framed in the wide doorway. | Miss l'atty stood there, with surprise and disappointment plainly writteg-on her expressive face. ' "Where?she began in a I tew i Idepidfway. ^?Tmvid came forward. "I don't know where he is," he said. "If I did I'd get him fcr you, Miss Snybin." "YouV" slio asked. "Yes. I'm littlo David's successor. Will you forgive mo for growing older and larger. Miss Snybin?" For a moment the sensitive mouth quivered. She had anticipated so much. Then she held out her hand and said, with a smile, "I suppose you can't help it, but you don't look much like your picture." "Oh, that's it! Grandmother showed you that small hoy photo, did she?" I'atty nodded and smiled again. After nil, this David had pleasant eyes, quite like the little fellow's. am glad that you came," she said hospitably. "My brother and I are often lonely, and John will be delighted to entertain some one of his own tige. I hear hint coining now." And she rose and went to the door to meet him. "John," David heard iter say,,".Mr. Terrell is here." "Mr. Terrell?" the answer came. . "And who is he, I'atty?" "Ilush! He'll hear us. It is little David. Don't laugh so loud, John!" She j slapped her hand into his and led him I to the sitting room, and in a few inin* | utes the three young people were on | the short road to friendship. Late in the evening they adjourned | to the dining room for a little lunch. Patty had forgotten the high chair and J its accompaniments, and it was with a j feeling of dismay that she saw their ' visitor's eyes traveling in that direej tlon. "Art* llio.se tilings for my use?" ho naked laughingly. "What things?" ratty said InnocentI iy. "This high chair, tin tray and so on." "Oh," she said, with a guilty glance ; nt John, "those belong to my brother." John stared at her in amazement. His face grow crimson with suppressed mirth when Mr. Terrell said, "How old is your little brother?" "Twenty-seven," Patty answered demurely. and John exploded with laughter. "No good pretending, Patty," he cried. "Hotter show him all of my old possessions, including the trundle bed. but we'll not ask 1dm to occupy it." The morning of the golden wedding |.,t, ?..,t .n,?1 I..i* - -I iMii'H'u V iv-tn iiHU "IIKIH. It u it a 21 1121 ^ tilled willi happiness for nil who gathered at (lie old lining. At 10 tliat night I?nvid Terrell guve John and I'ntty full account of "the gathering of tlie clans," as lie called it. In conclusion he said, "I shall have to ask 3011 to keep me another night, but after that (hero will be room for meat IOI111 l>nlc." dus cei constipated i o men look blue, ? kly change to rosy hue, p imons Pills their work do dol Ion Prujj; Co, i "i Thought you said you must go tomorrow," Jobu exclaimed. "Yes; that's so, but since then"?and he glanced quickly at Patty?'"I've made other arrangements. My brother and I are partners, and Jim is willing thnt I should have my summer vncatloiunow." "Oh," Patty cried, "I'm so glad! Aren't you, John?" "Yes," lie said heartily, but this sudden change of plans made him suspicious. David mnde good use of those four weeks. His grandmother laughingly accused liim of spending half of his vacation with the Saybins. The last day came, and David walked over for a farewell visit. He found Patty alone on the vine shaded porch. John was away on business, she explained. "Never mind," David Baid cheerfully. "It is you I wish to see." Iler clear eyes were raised to his inquiringly. "Will you keep your word," he said gently, "and take me?" "My word!" sho murmured wondejringly. "Yes. IJefore I saw you I heard you tell Lizzie that you wcte coming down- ! stairs and you would take mo yourself." There was a mischievous light in his eyes now. Patty's face flushed, "You Uuow I didn't mean"? she began. lie interrupted her anxiously. "But you will take inc. dear, on trial for the sake of little David?" She smiled into the honest eyes, so like those of the child in the picture. "Yes," she said, "for the sake of little David's successor." Dropped the Subject. "Five thousand dollars for a dog!" he exclaimed as ho looked up from his newspaper. Do you believe any one ever paid any such price, Maria?" "I'm sure I don't know, James," she returned without stopping her needlework even for a moment. "Does the paper say that much was paid?" "Yes. There's an article on valuable dogs, and it speaks of oue that was sold for $5,000. I don't believe it." "It may be true, James," she said quietly. "Some of these well bred animals bring fancy prices, and there's no particular reason why the paper should lie about it." "I know that, Maria. But just tlduk of it! Just try to grasp the magnitude of that sum in your weak, feminino mind. You don't seem to realize it. Five thousand dollars for a dog! Why, hang it, Maria, that's more than I'm worth!" "I know It, James, but some are worth more than others." She went calmly on with her sewing, while lie fumed and spluttered for a, moment and then dropped tiit^subject, especially the ,\\*e?rfc, feminine mind part of-k.?-Exchange. Cafe* In (lie Hungarian Capital. The trees ifnd the cafes in Pest are Parisian, only there are more trees and more cafes, and in Pest the cafes ..ui mils ii viunuvu e&iawuve. ~jkuure is never the impression of a few tables atul a few chairs forced into a narrow space. It seems as if. when the city was laid out and when the buildings were erected, special providence had been made for tables and shrubbery in front of them in the same way that space is calculated for gardens and fountains and lakes in laying out an exposition ground. If old 1'aris was all on a bill on one side of the Seine and new Paris bad been built since isc.n nnd the Parisian bad the free life of the gypsy in bis heart and the Russian's fondness for room whether outdoors or in- and art and architecture had nourished in Hungary for centuries. there might be some reason for that comparison which frequently occurs to the hurrying tourist.?Frederick Palmer in Seribner's. 11 In Principle. "This is my birthday," she said; "guess how old I am." "Excuse me," lie replied; "I never deliberately make an enemy."?Chicago Uecord-Iierald. LIVER TROUBLES #"IfindThfdtord'sBlaelr-DrauKht a iroofi medicine for liver dineaxa. ilt on rod my < on after he had spent $100 with doctors. It isnllthemodielne I take."?MRS. CAROLINE MARTIN, ParkerabtirR, W. Va. If your liver does not act regularly go to your druggist and ecure a package of Thedford's Black-Draught and take a dose tonight. This Rreat family medicine frees the constipated bowels, stirs un the torpid liver and causes a healthy secretion of bile. Thedford's Black - Draught will cleanse the bowels of lrnjTuritics and strenRthen the kidneys. A torpid liver invites colds, biliousness, chills and fever and all manner of sickness and contagion. Weak kidneys result in Bright's disease which claims as many victims as consumption. A 25-cent I,...,.. rJf fl If 1 - Til- -1 1r?>/nDfic Wi I UCU1UIU 9 macs* jjl Draught should always be kept m in the house. fc "I used Thedford'e Black- 2| Draught for liver and kidney com- 5 plaints arkl found nothing to excel ft it."?WILLIAM COPPMAN, Mar hlchoad, 111. THEDFORD'5 I BUCItPKAU6BT k -. - * -i?? ?. ?? . m Au Imvlted Scotchman. The following story hoard at KillarI ney shows how differently an Irishman and a Scotchman will take a'joke. An Englishman who had been fishing In the lower lnkcs said to his boatman: "An extraordinary thing happened to me some time ago. I lost a pair of scissors out of my fishing book at the end of the lake. The next year I was fishing here again and hooked and killed a very large pike. I felt something very hard inside him, so I opened him, niul what do you think it was?" "Begorra, your honor, I'd think it might be your scissors only for one thing." "What is that?" asked the other. "It's only just tiiis, your honor, that there never was a pike in any of the Killamey lakes since the world began." Afterward the same Englishman tried the same story on a gillie in Scotland. When he asked him, "What do you think was Inside the pike?" the gillie replied: "Your scissors aud nae guts, and the Duke of Argyll?and he's a far greater man than the king?would not have insulted me sae. I'll, fish nae mare wi' ye." And off he walked.? "Seventy Years of Irish Life." A Costly Mistake. Blunders are sometimes very expensive. Oe.easionnll v lifn ifsrdf i? ?ln? price of a mistake, but you'll never i>e wrong if you take Dr. Kings New Life Pills for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Headache, Liver or Dowel troubles. They are gentle, yet thorough. 25c at F. (J. Duke's Drug Store. Notice to Taxpayers. 1 will be at the following pln.HS as designated for the purpose of Ui'.uvg tax returns: At Union in Auditor's c-lll.v, fivin January the 1st to 10th, 1004 Buffalo,aMills, January 11th, 1001. West Springs, January 12lh, 1004. Gibbs Binder's store, January 13th, forenoon, 1004, Sanford Wilburn's s'ore, January 13th, afternoon, 1004. Cross Keys, B. G. Wilbutn's store, January 14th, 1904. Sedalia, January 15lh, 1004. Gosheu Hill, Black Hock, January 10th. 15)04 Lcckhart Mi Is, January lS'h, 15)01 Adamsburg, January 19th. 15)01. Kelton. January 20'h. 15)04 Jot.esville, January 21st. 15)04 Union, January ?2nd to 25th. 1001 Fish I)aui, January, 2(>th, 1004. San'.uc, January 27th. fotmoon. 1004 Union in office from Januiry 24 It to February 20lh, 15)04, when the lime expires for making returns for IVi -.r al Property. After that date 50 js-r <en! will be added. Please take notics and faN'noT to make -your returns. John G. Fai;k. 52-tf, Auditor Uuion Coun'y. A Frightened Horse. Running like mad down the street, dumping the. occupants, or a hundred ' other accidents, are everyday occurences. It behooves everybody to have a reliable salve handy, and there's none as good as Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Burns, cuts, sores, Eczema . and Piles disappear quickly under its soothing effect, 25c at F. C, Duke's Drug Store. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby.given that Mrs Virginia B. Poole, Administratrix of tie* Estate of Y. S. Poole, deceased, hat applied to Jason M. Gieer, Judg of Probate, in and for the County of Union, for a liual discharge as such ;?<!minni;atrix. It is ordered, That the 27t h day of January, A. I)., 1004. be tlx -d for hearing of Petition, and a dual settlement of said Estate. Jason M. Gkkkk, Probate Judge, Union Ouuu*y. S C. Published in The Union Times. Dec. 25th, 1903. 6*2- ;. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby give > that Mis i i:rie liay, Administratiix of the E ton of Wuo. E. llay. deceased, has apj l ed to Jason M Greer. Judce of l'rob ;te. ' ? and for the County of Unio", f r >>. Iin.il discharge as such admiuisl radix. It la Ordered, That th? 20 !i dav of January. A 1) , 1904. ba fix-d far hearing of Petition, and a final settl mot of said Estate. Jason M. f. itta-.n Probate Judge, UuioriTnund. s C. Published ih The Union Timks, December, 25ih. 1903 .'.2-1'. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that J M Sumner, Administrator of I he Es tie ot J. F. Spillera, deceased, has applied to Jason M. Greer, Judge of Probate, in and for the. County of Union, for a llnal discharge as such Administrator, It Is Oidered, Tint ibe 2H .n d ?v < f January, A. 1)., 1904 <1 f<-i he.iii u of Petition, and a final Sett .em or of said Estate. Jason M Gkkkk, Probate Judge, Union ConHv, S C. Published in The Uni ?n Timks, d cernb-r2.)th. 199*1. .V2-4 Stockholders Mating-. The regular annual meeting of the stock-holders of Tho Merchant'.-; a-id Planter's National Bank of IJ .? n , ! be held in the directors muni of * t? bank building on Tuesday, Jan. l.Mi, H))l at 12 o'c'ock M. J. I). Arthur. f'rt-l i' r js CLOTHING M H WYLER, ACKERLANO & CO., ?| ^ Makers, Cincinnati. ffl : m Aik y?r Dwlt of Write If B?htet. ... J _ m peni Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. Summons for Relief. (Complaint Served.) State of South Carolina, ) Court of Com- ' Union County. ) mon Pleas. Mary A. Bolt, K. C. Bolt, A. 1). Stokes, Elizabeth Bailey and F. F. Greene, Plaintiffs, vs. Mary Jeannette Wallace, Edwin R. Wallace, r>. Madison Wallace, James Munro Wallace, Ida W.Baker, W. Russell Goss. Ethelind S. Goss, Henry Laurens Goss, William Wilson Goss, Albert Sidney Goss and Elizabeth B. Munro, Defendants. To the Defendants, above named: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, the original of which Complaint and Summons were duly tiled in the oflico of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Ujiion County, S. C., at Union C. II., S. C., on the 25th day of November A. D., 1903, and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint on the subscribers, at their offices at Union, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated at Union, S. C., Nov. 25, 1903. Hydrick & Sawyer, James Munro, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. I. Frank Pkakk, runr-ir rwf rv...-* ?i V x/?vin. vi VVUI bi \i7C?l. J { To the Defendants: Edwin R. Wal- ' Wace, D. Madison Wallace, James ' Monro Wallace, W. Russell Goss and 1 William Wilson Goss. ' Take notice that that the Complaint in this action, together with the Summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was duly filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Union county, South Carolina, at Union C. < II., S. C., on the 25th day of November I A. D., 1903. < Hyurick & Sawyer, James Monro. Plaint iflV Attorneys, t Union. S. C., Nov. 25, 1903. 48-Gt ' ! Master's Sale. ( State of South Carolina, 1 Court of Com- (, County of Union, } mon Pleas. W. L. Culp, et al, Plaintiff, v8. Dudley C. Beaty, et al, defendant. In obedience to an order made in above stated case. I will sell at Union, before the Couit House door, during the legal bouts of salesday, Janu- ' ary 4th, 1904, the following lands, viz: , All that tract of land, known as the 1 Bennett and Bogan place in Bogausville j Tow iship, containing sixty eight acres, i la-ing tract No. ti in the division of the lands of A. W. Thompson, as will more sixcitically appetr from the record of the deed thereto in the book of Real Estate * Records N. 32. page 348. All that tract in Bogausville Townthip, containing one hundred and twenty acres, more or less, bounded by Mrs. ; Medora Duncan's, Jesse Fincher's estate and estate of James H. Gossett, and more paiticularly describ.-d in the deed thereto recorded in Real Estate Book J. 28, page 511. Tract in Bogausville Township, containing one hundred and thirty five acres more or less, bounded by the lands of Frank Webber, Migilon Varner and Fair Forest Creek. . Also tract containing thirty eigh* acn s in Pmckney Township, bounded by the lands of A,. G. Wood, il. 8. Porter, and Skull Shoals public, road and more paiticularly described in deed recorded Book H, 3(5, page790. One lot in the Town of Union, containing one acre more or less, known as J put of the Mnllinax lot and bounded byV lots of Miss Whitiock, Miss Mullinat, lot once of John Dodger's < state, aud lot . of 8am Ilsmpton s i state, St. Augus tine churcli huiI Grogg street. One half undivided interest in the fee of h lot in the town of Union, known us I,o! No 11, in the division of the lands of More 11 nifties, hounded on E*st by Southern railroad. South by lands of Miss A. E Hill, West bv lauds of Lawson Gossett^and on North by Glenn Springs public road. TKIIMS OF SALE. Ojo fourth cish, balance in three <qum1 annual installments, with interest horn day of sale on each installment, and after maturity 'at the rate of eight jM-r cent per annum, secured by bond of pun Inner and mortgage of the premises. "?l-3t, C. H. Teakb, Master. Buy your Goods from TIE [IS! IUUH S1E. and save money. Good heavy plaids, 6c value our price, per yard ?5c ( Good heavy Plaid, big value at 7c, our piice, peryd... 6c Boy's heavy fleeced lined Bhirtsand Drawers, each 25c Men's extra heavy Shirts and Drawers, 50c quality, our price, each 48c The next 30 days we will ' sell our entire lot ot men's Pants at actual cost. Come 1 at once while you can get your , size. 1 Mrs. D.N. Wilburn's. . trSP . Jtl AIR, Office Bank BUilding Union, 8. O Dr. Alexander S. Foster* Surgeon Dentist, JONESVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. Rooms over J. F. Alman's Store. CROWN TORRENCE. M. D. Office Hours: iSriStS: Special attention to diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. 25-8m SCAIFE & HAMBLIN, ^ATTORNEYS AT LAW%*( Foster Building, Union, 8. C. J. CLOUGH WALLACE. ATORNEY AX LAW. % Room 12 up stairs Foster Building. S MEANS BEATY, ATTORNEY- AT-LAW. No. 3, Law Range. Money te Loan. I have money to loan in amounts of 5300 and upwards on improved farms fct 7 per cent interest. 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