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1 A Birthday I ? ....By ANNE A. DOWN ELL... g 0SO<?^O<?>Oe?^0<?>O<s>0^ The little blue sunbonnfis were bobbing round the corner.! Emily Leonard took several impetuous steps forward with a sudden soften ing of her fretful face. "Rosy! Barby!" ehe called loud ly, but the blue sunbonnetsiff ere out j of hearing. ''And I sent 'em off j grieved again/' the mother thought j regretfully. She could no(t get Bar bis great round tears out of her j mind. Rosy never cried, j I 'Tm always cross ironing days j and washing days and cooking and ; sweeping days." Her set lip relax ed into an unwilling smile that sat ; upon them awkwardhy, as if on un- ' familiar ground. The confusion of the untidy kitchen repelled her like ; the push of a hand against her thin j breast. There was so much to be done ! "Dishes, sweeping, lamp cleaning, ; ironing, back breaking!'' she groan- j cd. Her unkempt hair and sallow, | worn face looked back at her from ; the bit of dusty mirror as she cross- j ed the room. She put up her hand and swung the glass about with its j face to the wall with a sharp cry. The monotonous round of work j began and dragged itself on. It was interrupted constantly by the ; younger children with their impera- ! tive needs?by Robbie's pinched fin- j ger that must be bandaged and the j baby's milk that must be heated, j Then some one knocked at the door. 1 Emily twitched off her apron and answered the knock. "Good morning, ma'am. Is your ; ?er?son at home? Or maybe you can answer my questions. I'm- the census enumerator." "!No, I can't," Emily said, rasped beyond patience. 'If you want ques tions answered, you've come to the wrong place. Thaddens is down in the meadow. If you go along the road a piece, you'll see him mowing. He's got a blue jeans shirt on. I guess he's got time enough; he usu ally has." She shut the door with a little decisive snap and went back to her ironing board. But in the midst of smoothing out Rosy^s little checked j gingham she suddenly dropped into ; a chair and began to cry. Sho was : miserably tired. Half the preceding night she had been awake with the teething baby, and the other half \ she had slept unrestfully. "Oh, dear! Oh, dear!" she sob bed, rocking herself back and forth. "And if s my birthday! I can't bear j it on my birthday?no, I can't! I j want to sit in a rocking chair and hear somebody else rattling the dishes. I want to read a book. I j want to rest. Just on my birthday ?one day out of the whole year. That isn't a great deal to ask. But nobody cares. Nobody's remember ed what day it is. I'm to go right on ironing clothes, and when the^re ironed I'm to wash the potatoes and get dinner. Thaf s how I'm to cele brate!" She was talking aloud in a shrill, sobbing voice, and the younger chil dren sidled into the kitchen and stood looking up at her with wide, ^frightened eyes. She did not see them at all. i "I did so wknt somebody to re member. I w?nted Thad to!" she wailed miseraWy. "He used to. The idea of his forgetting 'twas my birthday then! Biit now when I've worked mysell old and ugly and I haven't a minute to dress up and look nice in?now he's forgotten. It might just as well be the pope's birthday for all of Thad. If/s the 6th of June: that's all. It's ironing : day!" ' She laughed, and at the sound both tiny ones crept away from her in terror. The hot little room seeth- ; ed with heat and buzzed with flies. The iron left on Ros/s little dress did its work slowly, and a slight scorched odor rose from under it. : Still Emily Leonard sat and rocked herself and cried. She was too tired ; to stop. The pity of her unremem bered Dirthday supplied her with a : running stream of tears. Suddenly j she sat up straight and fierce. i 1 'Til remember it myself!" she i 1 cr.'iid brokenly. "If nobody else I : does, I wilL I'll do something to i ! celebrate." W?d notions of running away and 1 spending the day somewhere in the ] woods where it was still and cool, of leaving the baby, the dinner, the ' ironing, behind nor or, better still, i fcf slipping on her best dress and taking the 10 o'clock train into, the city, surged through her mind. She sat and entertained them excitedly. I Yes, the city was better. She would < 3o a little shopping?no, not on her * birthday. She would go and see ] the pictures at the picturo shops 1 and frit awhile on the common be- j side the lake anil read t-jo magazines j at the library. Think of reading , xnagasine again! An? when she was I* ?ungty ?he would go into sorno 1 ?pfendif? plac? and sit^?wli'?ffituri- ^ ously and be waited on. She would 1 heat other people, rattling tho dishes j then! There would be dainty things , to eat and ice cream at the end, to : tut and sip leisurely. Oh, yes, tho i city was better than any other way ! . Eut the dream did not last. ? - little wailing sound from tho other \ room dissipated it. Emily stumbled to her feet and hurried to the baby. His crying drove her own away, and 1 with his wet. little cheek against uera otu iciiuvr thoughts crept back again to Emily Leonard. She put ! aaido her bitterness and pain. "But ITl celebrate it," she said, smiling wistfully down at the baby, j "There's another way I've thought of this minute, baby. ITl tell you? iust you. Listen. Won't that be a beautiful way, don't you think ?" Down in the meadow the census man was asking questions. "And your mother's age?" he ask ed briskly. "I saw her up at the house, but I guess she didn't want me to know it.. Women don't." Thaddeus Leonard drew himself up stiffly. It hurt him unaccounta bly to have Emily taken for his mother. J)id she look as old as that? Why, Emily had been fresh and fair and rosy?it wasn't such a great while ago. "My mother died ten years ago. My wife is thirty-seven," Thaddeus said formally.. "Well, I swan ! Thirty-seven, did you say? I took her for the old lady, sure. She- warn't real glad to see me. I guess that influenced me. Born what day, did you say ?" "I didn't sav. She was born the Cth of June"-^ Thaddeus suddenly stopped. His fresh, round face took on an extra flush. He had remerah ired. It was Emily's birthday. He answered the other questions shortly, his mind on something else?on a fresh, bloom ing little woman whose sweet, laugh ing eyes he had given a birthday kiss fifteen years ago. And the next year, and the next?for how many years was it he had kissed Emily on her birthday and slipped a little gift into her hand ! Not for a good many years now-. Thaddeus Leonard would not let himself count them. He turned back to his work, | but all the morning Emily's girl face, fair- and happy, was before him. And that man had taken Em ily for his mother. Emily's face was lined and worn and thin now. Thir ty-seven was not old. It wasn't right. It ought to bo round and happy now. If he should kiss it? if he should slip a little gift?Thad deus Leonard flung down his scythe and hurried down the hot road to ward the village, a mile away. At a little past 12 the little blue sunbonnets bobbed home from school. Emily met them at the gate and hugged them both. "Mother's sorry she was cross this morning," she whispered, "and on her birthday too ! Did you know it Avas mother's birthday today ? Well, it is, and there's going to be a cele bratiou 1" The little girls gazed up at moth er with shy wonder. She was dress ed in her best dress, and her hair was curly round her face. Mother looked pretty and happy. Emily laughed aloud at the won dering little faces. She touched the ribbon at her throat and smoothed out her fresh white apron. "This is part of the celebra tion!" she cried gayly. She caught eight of Thaddeus coming up tho road and with a sudden impulse waved her hand at him. A laugh and a sob choked in her throat to gether. It was so good to be cele brating! The dining room door was locked, to the children's surprise. But Thaddeus, crept secretly in at the window. Then his turn came to be surprised. Ho stood before tho dain ty table in absolute amazement. It was spread with a white cloth, and tho best blue and white dishes- were on it. There were flowers, too?a big cluster in the center and a tiny bunch at each plate. It was laid with exquisite care, and there was something mysterious and napkin draped beside the vase of flowers. Thaddeus lifted the covering gen tly. "Well, of all things T he breath ed, and the sound in the man's throat was like a sob. It was a birthday cake beside the flowers. It was frosted thickly, and the letters that strayed across it crosswise made the word "Welcome." It was mother's invitation to her littlo birthday feast. Thaddeus Leonard replaced the napkin gently. He slipped a little tissue package from his pocket to Emily's place and then groped his way to the window as if ho could not see clearly. ' Dinner was at 12:30 promptly, and the pretty table was surrounded with a row of wondering, delighted faces. There was an instant's hush, and then a clatter of sweet, shrill little voices. Emily lifted tho small tissue bundle with a low cry of joy, but before she had time to open it Thaddeus was beside her?and ho was kissing her!?Congregational Lst. . Remarkable Cure for Croup. A Little Boy's Life Saved. ?I ?ave a few word? to aay regarding Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It laved uiy little boy's life aud I feel -bat I Cannot praise it euough. I >ouaht a bottle of it from A.E. Steer, >f Goodwiu, S. D., and when I got love with it the poor baby could hard y breathe. I gave the medicine as li?ootod every ten minutes until ? v 'throw up," and then I thought sui> le was going to choke lu death. We jad to pull the phlegm out' of his nouth in great long strings. I am positive that if I had not got that bot Je of oough medioine my boy would not be on earth to-day.?Joel De uont, In wood, Iowa. For sale by Drr-Gray Co. ? Giro a glutton a good dinner and ie will think you a goddness. ? The undraped truth doesn't al ?aya ahow up in a deer story. ? Gratitude is a good ? thing l^r my man in use in his business. CURED THE BORROWER. Tho Accommodating Man'c Lesson Was Costly, but Effective. People- who arc continually bor rowing household utensils und neg lect to return them are annoying neighbors. The problem of how to cure them of the habit was solved in an effective though somewhat costly way by one long suffering householder. A new man had moved into the neighborhood. One of tho first things he.did after getting his goods into the house was to borrow a step ladder from his next door neighbor, Mr. Smith. He "needed it in put ting up the window shades" and "would return it shortly." Next ho borrowed a tack hammer, to use in putting down his carpets. Then ho wanted a hatchet, a screwdriver and a gimlet, all of which things Mr. Smith, being an accommodating man, allowed him to take. Several days passed, and none of the borrowed articles had been re turned. 'Til cure him," said Mr. Smith. About a week later tho new neigh bor came back with the screwdriver and apologized for having kept it so long. "That's all right," said Mr. Smith, with a genial smile. "But you had better keep it now. I have bought another." With a muttered apology the new neighbor hurried back and returned with the gimlet, the hatchet and tho tack hammer. "You are welcome to those," said Mr. Smith cordially. "I have bought some others and don't need them." "But"? "That's all right. You keep them. They'll come handy about the house." Again he hurried away and was returning with the stepladder when Mr. Smith, who was just going out, met him. "Why, bless me," he said. "You needn't bring that ladder back. I have got a new one, so I shall not. need it." The new neighbor kept the things, but he never borrowed anything more of Mr. Smith.?Youth's Com panion. PIant3 That Have Coughing Spelto. Man, or even the animal king dom, has no monopoly of coughing or even getting red in tho face in an effort to throw off foreign sub stances. Before there was a verte brate on the earth, while man was in process of evolution, through tho vegetable world Etada tussien?that is what tho botanists call Jim, while we know him as "the cough ing bean"?coughed, got red in the face and blew the dust out of his lungs. Recently botanists have been giv ing special attention to this bean and tell interesting things about it. It is a native of warm and moist tropical countries and objects most emphatically to dust. It has an ef fective means of getting rid of ob jectionable matter. When dust set tles on the breathing pores in the leaves of the plant and chokes them, < gas accumulates inside, and when it gains sufficient pressure there comes an explosion, with a sound exactly like coughing, and the dust is blown from its lodgment. And more strange, the plant gets red in tho face through the effort. Honesty the Beat Polloy. Not long ago a shipowner was negotiating with an insurance com pany with regard to effecting an in jurance on a vessel overdue. Before tho policy was delivered the shipowner heard of the vessel's loss and wrote at once to the insur mce company thus: "Sir, if you have not yet mado rot tho policy, you need not, for I aave heard of the ship.'* "Oh," said the manager, who dis ;overed that the policy had not been signed, but immediately proceeded to have it executed and sent off, 'the fellow wants to do us out of ;he premium." So ho wrote to tho shipowner: "You are too lato by half an hour, four policy has been posted to fOU." When the claim was made, tho jompany had to pay, a3 to have re fused would have brought out tho real facts.?London Standard. Not to Be Trusted. A Boston woman who is condnct ng the culinary education of a foung Italian girl has many araus ng incidents .to beguile tho tedium )f her task. "I wish these eggs to be boiled jxactly three minutes," she said to tho girl ono morning. "But, signora, I have no clock to tell mo when that timo is gone," said the gentle voiced Italian. "Clock I Why, certainly you have the kitchen clock to look at," said 1er mistress in astonishment. "What lo you mean, Tita?" "But has not the signora forgot ten?" said tho girl deprecatingly. 'She told me this morning only that the kitchen clock was too fast?"? STouth's Companion. CASTOR! A For Infants and Children. fha Kind Yon Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of ? Time is occasionally grasped by ho forelock, but the majority of us kro lucky if we succed in grabbing him >y the back hair. , Rtght?nri Cv.-\-. Owls.have n hab'i o? dealing with game they have killed that leads some observers to think that, like dogs, they prefer fowls that havo not been too recently slain. One of the birds will often leave a chicken or rabbit for a day or two before eating it. An old trapper says he has often had muskrat traps robbed by owls, only a part of the rat being eaten. When he finds a trap so disturbed, the trapper leaves the rat where it lies and sets another trap beside it. Li uii probability tho bird will re turn tho second night, in which ease it will be more than likely to be in the trap when the owner comes next morning. An owl in a trap will of fer to fight, and, if it gets a chance, will peck at its captor or his dog un mercifully. A farmer who caught one of tho birds by setting a trap alongside of a chicken that had been killed in judiciously reached out to catch it by the feet. Tin? free foot executed a movement that was ont in ly be yond the fanner's comprehension, and the next minute tin? latter found his wrist gripped in \ set of claws to which the trap was as noth ing. Ho was obliged to kill the bird, and then found that the claws had penetrated to the bone. The Earlieot Yacht Race. What is said to be tho earliest of recorded yacht races took place on Oct. 1, 1GG1. John Evelyn in his diary of that date mentions that ho bailed with his majesty Charles II. in one of his pleasure boats or yachts, "vessels not knor n among us until the Dutch East India com pany presented that curious piece to the king, being very excellent sailing vessels. It was on a match between this and his other new boat," continued Evelyn, "built frigatelike, and one of the Duke of York's, the wager of ?100, and the race from Greenwich to Gravesend and back, the king lost it going down, thn wind being contrary, but saved stakes in returning." The word "yacht" is itself Dutch, but tho vessels which the merry monarch sailed were little similar to the racers of the present day. Men tion is made of other yachts and races, but tho details are verv mea ger. _ ? The woman who knows how to broil a steak doesn't need to read magazine articles" on how to make a happy home. WHEN BABY IS COMING USE Mother's Friend. Woman's Rreate.it dream cf beauty and flory is when nature has chosen her to ecome a mother. Every faculty is keenly alert and her nature the finest as sho fore Bees the joy, the ambition, the success and the life-long satisfaction coming, coming nearer, day by day, in tho dear and innocent being so soon to see light, and .the very uncertainty whether she shall see a sweet girl face or a brave boy face beside her on the pillow, adds zest to her expectancy. Then, if ever, she should take care of her physical, mental and moral health. MOTHER'S PRIEND applied externally throughout pregnancy will relievo the pain of parturition, and no mother and child can fail to be healthy, hearty, btrong. clear com plexioncd, pure blooded, calm nerved and cheerful in disposition, who are mutually influenced for months by tho continued use of Mother's Friend. Of druggists 91.00 Our treatise "Motherhood" mailed free. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. Atlanta, oa. FOR SALE A Handsome Dwelling and five acres [>f Land In the corporate limits of the City r>f Anderson. Dealrnhle locution ?tnd' beautiful view o( the surrounding idly. The honst? has only bean completed atviut two year*. Nicely arranged with *ater tnd *d"ctrio ligbtH. 'I hin lathe beat bar gain i?ver offered in tho City of Andereon. The l-?nd in worth ? hat will buy the on rtre property, an if ton want a chance at this hh 1 e apply at once to E. G. McADAMS, Office in Court House. Dec 18, 1901 20 3 Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned. Executor of tho Estate of Alexander Orr, deceased, here by gives notiu?> that ho will on the 20th lav of January, 1002, apply to the Judge >f "Probate of Auderuon County, H C, for a Final Settlement of anld Estate, nid n diacharge from his office aa Executor. J. L. ORR, Deo 18, '901?5_Executor. Notice to Creditors. ALL pernon* having demands against Lhe Estate George W. Anderson, deceas ed, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned, within the t'.me prescribed by law, and ihoMH Indebted to make navment. /'MRS. N. N. ANDERSON, Ex'x. Deo 18.1001 26_3* Notice to Creditors. Ltilie Page et al., vw. Minnie Holllday. PURSUANT to the order of Court i ran tod herein, tho creditors of the Estate ^f Mary J. Page, deceased, aro hereby" notified to be ?ud appear before meat my i ftlce, in tho citv of Anderson, S. C, >n Moudav. the 13th day of January, 1002, at 10 o'clock a. in., to provo thoir ?laitn* imalnst sold Estate. Falllag to ( o io votir claims will be r.Hrrcd. R. Y. H. NANCE, Judgo of Probato as Sp?cial Ke'^reo. | Doc 11, 1901 2? 3 ST \TJ; ?'-! ' sol* fil SKOL1NA, A N UttltSON COUNTV. In the Coitvt of Common l'lens. J. \V. Gautt, >?s AdDJi.ntatr.uor of Estate ' It V, c'ititt, doveasod, PUtntlir, against f Bsnjainin Yvilllatns, Defendant.?Fore? cloaure. IN obedience to the order of sAlo^rant ed herein I will spll in iront of tho t'ourt tiouso in the City of Amli rsou, s?. ('., on Salesriay in .lummy u?>xt, during the usual hours of Hale, the Laud described as follows, to wit : All that Tract or parcel of Laud situate in tho County and State aforesaid, on brauchen waters of Ho nom River, x,tiown as Tract No. 12 of tho James steel land, (divided into Tracts by E. C?. Robert*,^ containing one hundred and four (101) acres bounded on the north by lau?x of Mrs. Alice Qautt, on tue east by lands of Mrs. L. C. Maxwell, ou tho south by lands of B. 1*\ Gantt and brother and \V. S. Younir, an.I on tbw west by lands of lleu{amiu Williams and Kelix Alexan* d*>rt the same boiu^r hinds conveyed to It. T. Uatitt by Alex lUrris by l)?ui hear I lng date Oct. 18,1881, and recorded in lt. M. C. ouicH for Anderson County, Book VY t> ?nos 111 aud 112, excepting that por I ttuii Ol Maid Tract of I .Mid con taint OK twenty-oi^ht and throo quarters (2-> ;>--li I acres heretofore sold by tu? said benja min Wiiiiain-. to Andrew Williams,*na I J will appear by plat of naine. Terms of Malo?One-half cash, hnlam-o on a oretlll of twelve mouth*, with inter est from day of sale, to be at ou red by note ot the purchaser and a mortgage of the promises sohl, with tho privilege of re* wild in two hours at tho risk of the pur chaser, if terms of salo are not compiled with in that t.iiuc. It. Y. H NANCE, Judge of Probate ae Special Referee. Dee 11, 11)01 2:> 4 Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COCNTY OK ANDKU80N. In the Court of' Common Pleas. Lillie Page, in her own behalt', and George Page, Itntler Page, Mamie Page, by their guardian ad litem, Plaiutills, against Minnie Ilolliday, lleleudant.? (Complaint lor Partition. IN obedience to tho order of sale grant ed herein I will sell in Iron: of the Court House in the City of Anderson, S. C, du ring the usual hours of sale on Sulosday in January next tho Real Estate described as follows, to wit : All that Tract or parcol of Laud sltuato on the West side of tho Cooloy's Ilridge Road, beginning at a rock on J. G. Can non's line and runuiug with Cannon's line to MsJ. Thomas Denn s line, and from Dean lino to Areliev Cox line, und nd'oiiiing lands of a. j. Pooreatul other.", containing sixty-five and one-half (05Ji acres, more or less, ami being a part of the samo Tract of Land deeded to Mary J. l'age, Patrick Hindmun and .J v. White, recorded In ltooh NXN, page li'O, in K. M. 0. office for said Conuty. Terms <;f Sals?Cash. Purchaser to pav extra for papers. R. Y. H. NANCE, Judge of Probate us Special Referee, Deo 11, 1001_'2r>_-1 FOR SALE. SIX-KOOH HOUSE?lO Acre?. House inside the corporation, (Town )t WestuiinHter, P. C) Good Brick Cel lar and a tine young Orchard. House situated in a grove. Fine view of the mountains. Terms ea?v. Applv to (MRS.) M Y RA STEEL DOYLE, Westminster, S. C. Dec 4. 11)01_24_4_ Assessment Notice. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, Akdkrson, 8. C. THIS Office -rill be open to r?crire Returns ol Rtal Estate and Personal Property for Taxation for the next Fiscal Yesr, from the first day ol January, 1902. to tho 20th day ot February fol lowing, laclu.dvo All REAL E6TATE is to be assessed this year. Be sure to ltet correctly? NUMBER OF ACRES, NUMBER OF LOTS. NUMBER OF BUILDINGS, for the assessment will stand for four years, and errors in this particular are a constant ?ourco ot annoyanco and trouble to the Auditor and Assess ors as well as to the Taxpayers theinstlvea. Under the now auesslng lawa the Towntbip As sessors are required to make Tax Returns for all those that fall to make their own Returns within the time prescribed by law, and hence the dtfficul ty of delinquents escaping the penalty of the law. E*-Confederate Soldiers over CO years of age are exempt from Poll Tax. All other males bet ween the ages of 21 and G) years,except those Incapable of earning a support from being maimed or from any other cause, shall be deemed taxable polls. For tho convenience of Taxpayers we will also bave Deputies to take Returns at the following times and places : Holland. Tuesday. January 7. Moffattaville, Wednesday, January 8. Iva, Thursday, January 9 Moseley. Friday, January 10. Baylls McConnell's, Saturday, January 11. Starr, Monday. January IS. 8toreville, Tuesday, January 14* Clinkscale^ Mill, vVelnesday, January IS. Guyton, Thursday, January 16. Five Forks, Friday, January 17. Bishop's Btancb, Saturday,, January 18. Autun, Monday, January vo. 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Please note our change in buBinese from credit to Caah, and read tbe follow ing below : Our reasons for doing ao areas follows: First, our accounts boing necessarily small, and an endless amount of confu sion and expense entailed to an injurious degree, and tbe loss in bad accounts, and tbe time and attention it requires to col lect same. < Second, our current expenses, such aa labor, fuel, fias, water aud otber supplies arecaab. The stand wo have taken is one wo have been forced lufco. With a great many ol our oustomors wo regret to bo obliged to pursue tbis course, but aa wo positively cannot discriminate, wo trust tbat you v.'ill appreciate our position and not ask lor credit. All bundle" delivered aftor Juno 1st and not paid for will bo return ed to lauudry. For convenience of our customers we will Issue Coupon Hooks sold for cash. These books eau be kept at home and payment made for bundles when deliver ed with the coupons. You can get these books at Laundry olflce, or from the driver. This change goes into effect 1st of June, 1901. We desire to thank all of our customers for the patronage they have kindly favor eu us with in the past and hope we have merited tbe same, and hope to still be entrusted with your valued orders after our change goes into effect for cash only, which will always receive onr prompt attention. Very respectfully, A3BER3GN STEAM LAUNDRY GO. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. and Treaa. PHONE NO. 20. ^jft. Leave orders at D. 0. Brown 6V Bro's. Store._ Valuable Land for Sale. ATH?.CT \yinq on Oconoe Crook. 7 miles North of Walballa, contain ing 275 aores?50 acres rich bottom land In cultivation ; 75 acre* good up-land in cultivation; 25 acros fenced in pastures; 'l.'iO acres original forost ; woll tl m bet Oil. Three good tenant houses, two with four rooms, ono with two rooms : good crltw, stables and outhouses For sale or reni. Terms easy. Apply t'j? K. T. JAYNKS. Walballa, S. C. Sept 18,1?01 13 3m y Fruit. Its quality influences the selling price. Profitable fruit growing insured only when enough actual Potash is in the fertilizer. Neither quantity nor good quality possible without Potash. Write for our free book* Giving deuils. GERMAN K.M.I WORKS.? 93.N?ssm St., New York City. ? TIIK ? BANK _0f_ANDERS0N; J. A. BROCK, President. IOS. N. BROWN, Vice President. B. F. MAULDIN, Cashier. TUE largest, Btrongnst Hunk in th County. Interest Paid on Deposits By HpociiU agreement. With uiiHurpHH.<?i>d facilities and resour ces wo are at all times prepared to ao comtnodato our customer*. Jan 10, I'.tOO ?0 Peoples Bank of Anderson Moved into their Banking House, and are open for busi ness and respectfully solicits the patronage of the public. Interest paid on time deposits by agreement. TIIK AftDKStKOX MMFirel&spceGo. 11 AS written KHK) Policies and have a little over $500,000.00 insurance in force. The Policies are for small amounts, usually, and the risks are well scattered. Wc are carrying this insurance at less than one-half of what the old line companies would charge. Wo make no extra charge for insurance against wind. They do. J. It. Vandiver, President. Directors?It. S. Hill, J. J. Fret well, W. G. Watson, J. J. Major, J. P. Glenn, B. C. Martin, R. B. A. Robin son, John G. Ducworth. R. J. GINN, Agent, Starr, ?. C. S. c7bRUCE, DENTIST. OVER D. P. Brown <fc Bro'a. Store, on South Main Street. I have '25 years experience in my pro fession, and will be pleased to work for any who want Plates made. Filling done, and I make a specialty of Extracting Teeth without pain and with no after pain. Jan 23,1001_31_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. COUR T Ol* COMMON PLEAS. W. II. Bbearor, ai Assignee of Jchn W. Shearer. Plaintiff, against Robert Iluftur, Defendant.? Complaint not Served. To Robert Rucker, Defendant : \ rov are hereby summoned and required to an t awer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is filed In the office of the Clerk of the Court for said Couuty thladay. and te bmto a copy of your answer to niUd Complaint on the nuWrtw. ? tbslr effico, Anderson.S.O, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fall to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff In this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded In the Complaint. Dated December 2,1901. BON H AM A W ATKINS. Plaintiff's Attorneys. [Seal ] Johk C. Watkinb, c. c. r To Robert Rucker, Defendant : TAKE NOTICE, That the Complaint, together with the Summons, was this day filed In the office cf the Clark Of Court of Common Pleas for An derson County, 8. C. Dated Dec. 2, 1901 BONHAM A WATKINS, Plaintiff's Att'ya. |Sk?i.] Jko. C. Watkixs, c c. p. Dec 4,1001_24_6 THE STATE OF SCUTH CAROLINA, County of Anderson. IN COURT OF PROBATE. Joseph N. brown, as Executor of the last Will of John W P*nlels, deceased, Petitioner, against Mrs. .Tuba D. Daniels, P. A. Daniels. James M. Danltls, Amanda L.snelgrove. Martha J. Grant Kate Wilson, wife of W. H. Wilson, John W. Khlelds. Eccma O. Williamson, Guy Daniels, Benjamin A. Daniels, Samuel A. Daniels, John W. Daniels, Kuba Daniels, Fannl* J. Smith, John W. Snelgrovo, FanMo L. W?bb. Nelllo J. Daniela and Mlnnlu J. l.lndman, I<cfendant3.? Summons for Relief?Petition not Served. To the Defendants above named : YOU are hereby summoned find required to an swer the Petition I? thin action, which is filed In the olllee of the Court of l'robato at Anderson C. II ,8. Cm and to servo a copy of your itnswor to the naiii Petition on the subscriber at bis office. Audersont', II , 8 C, within twenty dajs after tlie service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service: ami if you fall to auswor the Petitlou within the time aforesaid, tho Petitioner in this action will nppty to the Court for the relief de manded ill tue Petition. [I. That tbe objectof the Petition is to prove the Will of John IV*. Daniels, deceased, in duo form of la*-. III. N > personal claim is made against you. Dated November?;, A l> 11MI. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Attorney for Petitioner. To the Defendants .lame? M. Panto's, Kate Wil son, wife of W. II. Wilsou, John tV Shields. Henjawin A. Dame's, Hauiuel A Daniels, John W. Daniels, Fauuio U Webb and Minnie J. Hlndtnan. residing beyond tbe limits of this State : T4KE NOTICE That the Petition in this ac t'on, together with tbe Summons, of which tho foregoing Is a copy, was filed In tho office of the Judge of Probate at Anderson C H , in the Coun ty Of ?ndert on, On the 27lb day of November, It01 November 'JA, 1901. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Nov 27, 190??28?ft AtlornAv for Petitioner, 60*YEAR?'' EXPERIENCE ' Patent 1 I rade; ivlARRS 1 Designs * Copyrights Ac.1 Anvrtnn sending n sketch and description mot milnWIw ?i,?~r>?l.: >!! splr.?.m ?uo miulhcr UC Invention Is probably patentable. Communica tions Btrictty contioontiai. Handbook on Patenta sent froo. Olde-t neoncy for ?ecurliiR iwtonts. PAtents) taken throuih Munit A Co. receive ijxeii? notice without charco, tu ttio Scientific American. A handsomely lltustrntrsl weekly. Threest clr MUNN&Co.361Bro?d^NewYptn Branch OffleeT&S F SN Washington. D.O.