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HE EPLE'S VOL I.-NO. 50. PICKENS. S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY9, 1902. ONE DOLLAR A YEA A YXAR OF DXVEOPMENT. The Progress of the United btatee Never Equalled by any Nation. Dun's Review of January 4, 1902, has the following summary of the progress made in a business way by the United States during the past year : Most marvellous of all the plieio mnenal ovidenices of advancement in business during the year was the prog roes made in manufacturing. It is im possible to be too extravagant in de lineating the movements of the indus trial world. Never in the history of this or any other nation has such do velopment occurred within the space of a twelve-month. The expansion of productive capacity was enormous, the improved methods of work and or ganization were conspicuous, wise eco nomies were introduced, but more than all other factors that made for permanent prosperity was the conser vative resistance to price inflation. After the reaction of 1900 the level of prices remained depressed for sonic months, but gradually responded to the increasing demand as excessive accumulations were absorbed. From a condition of glut there arose almost a famine, greatly exaggerated by the stubborn strike. Some idea of the changes in size of supplies may be found in the comparison of furnace stocks of pig iron, as published in the Iron Age, which amounted to 548,603 tons on January 1. These figures steadily declined throughout the year until only 223,462 tons were held on December 1. Aside from the slight fall (luring the peri Ad affected by the strike there ap pears almost a steady gain in produc Lion, closing with the niaxin'in quan tity on hand. Judging by the amount of business already ilaced for 1902 the current year's yield may not unreason ably be expected to surpass seventeen million tons. output of rails was be yond all records, yet contracts for 1902 already assure another high water mark of probably three million tons. All records of output for hard and soft coal were surpassed during 1901, despite the scarcity of cars that re tarded operations. A feature of great advantage was the expanding move ment, which reached more encourag ing proportions than in previous years. In ten months the Value of shipments was $19,087,353, against $17,A20,864 the year previous. Coke ovens made a phenomenal record, establishing as new high water mark of weekly output at 244,529 tons late in November. While 1900 was the best year ever experienced by domestic agricu!tural intciests, the opening year of the new century was in many ways more pro fitable, and the two together have put the farming population in much the most satisfactory position in the na tion's history. Formerly the season of harvesting and crop-moving brought heavy borrowing of funds at the East, but interior conditions have changed to such an extent that Western banks are lenders at New York and Chicago, and while there is still a large move ment of money away from the East during the fall months, it is of funds that were held here for the account of interior correspondents. There is a steady teuidency to enlarge the acreage sown in the leading crops, yet sup~plies do not increase, owing to the better demand both for home consumption and export. Heat and~ dIrought caused a serious curtailment of the corn crop, which provu iLbU tu.st, important cycnt of the year. While this influence na turally induced an advance in price that practically lprohiibited exports and thus seriously affected foreign com merce, it was by no mean an unmixed evil, since the return to growers was even larger than ini a year of niornmal production, while the enormous yield of wheat was absorbed by stock feed. ing and foreiga consumers in place of corn. Hence, insiteadl of a low price for wheat in proportion to the heavy crop, there was maintainedl an cycna higher average quotation thian In the short. crop year preceding. Meats niaturally reflected the expen sive position of fodder and it was gratifying to notice that exports were not materially reduced by the high level. Cotton passed a season of wide varia.. tions in the early months attaining the highest price of the decade, but falling back sharply as the spinning situation was rendered unfavorable by exorbitant raw material. Cr01) estimates were also far apart, causing irregularit~y and a tendency to await more definite in formation. The outlook grew much more cheerful from the prodlucers' point of view when the closing month brought a higher price than 8 cents. Expanding crops of sugar had the effect of lowering prices, while com petition of refiners caused a sitill larger fall in the flnished product, to the great. benefit of consu mere. Petroleum was less fluctuating, the extremes of the year beinug 6.90, andl 7.65 cents for refined in barrel cargoes. Extensive fields in the South were dlevelopedi, which tenidedi to hold prices down. Exports of staple prodIucts reachedl a new high record, notwithstanding the lower average prices of oil and cot, ton and the scarcity of corni. The crop year opened with a new rocoid of wheat and flour exports, amounting to 34,130,380 bushels in August, far sur passing any previous month, w hile for five months ending November 30 the aggregate was 126,928,162 buishtls. In the year of big things it was nat ural that new high records should be recorded in deposits and loans. leinanc. mng of big syndicate oncerationis and unparalleled stock market dealingm combind to raise the total of loans an] discounts to $914,023,000 on February 15, against $825,830,000 on September 15, 1900, the to) point of that year. On the same dato deposits attained their zenith at $1,011,329,000, coil pared with $914,810,300 on March 4, 1899, the record prior to -1901. At the time of more than a billion deposits the banks only hold In actual cash $265 684,700, or $12,852,450 above the 25 per cent. legally required. On March'2 there was a new deposit re cord of $1,012,514,000 but loans (lid not attain their maximum until March 9, at $918,789,600. The )car of 1901 brought almost a uniform decline of silver throughout the entire period, culminating in sales during December at 24-9ld in London and 54 cents at New York. It is found that but two months on record, August and September 1897, found this metal selling as low. At that time the bottom was touched at 23 3-4, or about 2 cents an ounce lower than the record of 1901. FROM A BACEIILOR'S VIEW. The best way to avoid marital mis understandings is to avoid tht, whole marital business. To sympathize with those who are down in the world it is necessary for you to get, down there youzself. A woman who will ask another wo man to show her how to do tatting al most thinks enough of her to be her rriend. Versatihty is not a woman's strong point. Before marriage she sighs to Lhink how happy she is going to be, md afterward she sighs to think how )appy she thought she was going to be. The way to get a woman to forgive (ou is not to forgive her. Generally you can get an idea of the mthusiari a woman puk into a ipanking by the way she jerks out her >asting threads. The average man who gives advice s like a roadpost-hie doesn't ttil you ,o stay where he is. but to go where 10 points. A married man's trouble begins vhen lie is engaged. It isn't on what income one can get narried, but on what income one can ive after getting married. No woman can ever account for her iusband's lack of interest in her diplo nit and the photograph of her first itor. The way to convince a woman you ove her is to sit in abstraction for a ong time and than say with a start hat you were thinking of the first day rou ever saw her. The surest way to get rich is to quit >cing poor. Force of habit has a good deal to do Vith the way 01110 pecple go on loving mach other. When a lucky man gets it into his lead that he is a great man, lie is due ,o lose his luck. It's worse to bleach your hair than ,o wear a wig, but you could offer a nillion dollars reward for a woman vith hair on her he d who would agree vith you, and you' never flnd her HAD His SusrIcioNs.-Tim Murphy lad run up a small bill at the village ihop. lie went to pay it anid wanted m receipt. "Oh, we never give receiptsa for these imall amounts," grumbled the proprie Lor. " See, I will cross your account jff the book." And lie drew a pencil Liagonally across it. " There is your " Do ye mnane that that setitles it?" Risked Tim. " Certainly." "And ye'll niver be asking for it again?" " We'll never ask you for it, again," said the other dlecidedly. "' Faith, thin ," saidl Tim, "' and I'll be aftecr kapin' ine money ini me pocket, for I haven't, paid it yet." " Oh, well," was the angry retort, " I can rub that, out." " Faith, and I thought, as much," said Tim 513 ly. The propPrieor of that, establish ment now Issues a receipt, for the smallest amount -Iondon TI't, lits. Governor 0(1el1 in his message to th New York Legislature, takes strong ground agalnst the opening of saloomi on Sunday. ile also discusses local option as a settlement of the liquoi question. Cougyhing " I wasn given up to die with quIck consumption. I then began to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I improved at once, and am now in perfect health."-Chas. E. H art man, Gibbstown, N. Y. It's too risky, playing with your cough. The first thing you know it will be down deep in your lungs and the play will be over. Be gin early with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and stop the cough. Three mslas: 25c., 89c., $I. Alt draggists. Clo nsult your doetor. If hot sys take it, to take It, then don't take It. lHe knows. Lave it with him. We ar wiling. HIU IS NOT BILL ARP'3 SON. Joel Smith, of Monticello, Fla, Is No Kin to Hiii and Ile Don't Know Joel. Atlanta Constitution. Our Christmas is over, but the me mory of it will linger long. Most all the kith and kindred gathered at the old homestead and brought love and gladness with them. All the far away boys save one were here and I never saw them so happy before. Of course we had prepared a Christias tree for the little ones and Santa Claus came down the chimney and filled their stockings and then filled the tree with beautiful presents and decorated it with gorgeous ornaments. That anxious expectation and wonder of the little enes is all over, but the 011 mansion is still wide open and running over with bappy children and grandchildren and Moore's first verse was changed to "'Twas the night after Christmas -the rooms and the hall Had the holly and mistletoe still on the wall, The Christmas tree stands In the parlor forlorn, Its beautiful hangings all given and gone." Next (lay we settled down to music and song and the quet enjoyment, of all the good gilts that Christmas brought, including turkey snd oysters for dinner an(d turkey hash for break fast every day while the boys were with us. These boys are all natural boiln musicians and what with the piano and flute and violin and half a dozen sweet voices we had a choir of our own, and when they got onto the "buzzard lope'' and other hilarities the gils formed a ring and( danced andI pranced to concord of sweet sounds, and all of a sudden the maternal an cestor lost her self-control and j ,ined the procession and )owed and clirtsied and chased all and held out her hands invitingly to me. What coul 1 1 o but accept the uxorial banter and as I was about to take her hand in mine and fly round, 8ho flashed her Poca hontas eyes and declined amy soft ap proaches. She flirted away on her No. 2 feet as gay as a girl and went coquet ting with one of the boys. Vhat's the way she tIcats me now in my antiquity. Time wis when she was glad enough to take my hand and keep it and ditelnt, dare to play coquette at my expense. But now I am discarded, and so I re tired from the ring singing that pathetic 01(1 song: " I'm the last rose of summer left stand ing alone, My lovely companion has left me and gone.'' But the frolic is about over and the children have settled down to the calm c.joyment of their dolle and horns anid other toys and are still happy. The (lay before Christmas it was a touching sight, to see sonc of the old nen slipping around slyly in the stores buying pretty things for the home folks. I met my good brother Yarbrough waddling along about (lark with some bundles and under his arm a new umbrella. IHe said the umbrella was for Ilczekiah, his faithful servant who had lived with him all these years, and was true and tried and had never owned an umbrella. That was good and kii.d and was proof enough that Brother Yarbrough belongs to our old set and had slaves to servo him "befo' de wah."' But, Mr. Editor, I am still perplex ed. My Christmas pleasure has b)een mnarredl somewhat by my pity for the poor credul-ms, dlependlent wvomen all over the land who are the dlupes of that Monticello muan. Every (lay brings more letters from those who have long since sent. the $25 to my son at Mon ticello, Fla., andl got, nothing back. They say they trustedl him because he was my son. Many of tlenm begged or borrowed the $25, for thbey could not get, the subscribers, and so they made up a list, of names from their ac quaintances andl theni they wvent to wvork on the endless chain humbug and got other women in to scnd more miore and~ be0 (duped(. Now, Mr. Editor, 1 beg you to put, it, mn large typ~e anmd pirmit it ini red1 ink that, Joel Smith, of Monticello, is no son of mine, nor dlo 1 know anythmng of him or' his p~aper. I saw a late issue in which lhe boasts of having 40,000) subscribers, which I sup1pose means11 $40,000 that these dlependIent women have sent. him, ie promiisedI them $20 a month to write three hours a daly andl some of them 801(1 their jewelry and~ other precious things to raise the $25. Mr. Editor, (10 please lend your columns t~o stop) this fraud upon01 our poor1 Southern women. And1 now we see that antothier endless5 chain paper has started1 in Athens, Ga. Thlese frauds are bringing discredIit, upon the press and distress upon poor women. I inclose a sample circular. Please stop it,. Kill it. Crush it,. It, is worse than the cherry tree swindlle. HIILL Anrm. P. S.-I will give $10 to find ott who started that lie that the Monticello man was my son. I have received at least fifty letters saying, "Your son at Monticello,'' etc. They make me tired. I had three from Terxas thi morning. 11. A. Mrs. Jane MansfIld, a centenarian of Lynn, Miass., livesH in the oldest house in that city, which wa .s built, 25C yeaus ago. CASTOR IA For infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough1 Bears the AILnnatunra Qf2 SIeTTING A.GOOD EXLMPLIE. South Carolina Cotton Mills Are Taking Care of the Children. L. L. Parhamin in A tlanta Journal. That the Southern cotton mills aire doing somethinig for the moral uplift ing of their operatives cannot he de nied successfully. The 'lifton aid Glendale mills en-ploy about 2,300, paying themt annu llyf,300,000., The management has expended large sums of money for the education of the young. Able teachers are employed, often at tle expeInse of the Mills, and the schooli are opeu nine months in the year. Churches have been erected where the operatives may worship as ltey see lit. Five stores are operatel netiar the mlls where the operatives may buy their goods actually it com petition with cash stores, aind they get, them oil cre(dit the same as if they paid cash. The motto of the proprie Lors is " the greatest good to tle great ast numlber.") The operatives are en ,ouriged to save their ealriings and in ,very other way made to feel thmt, Jhey have something to live for. The Gaiffney Manufacturitg com. Nanly is another illustration of what iill men are doing for their opera. ,ives. At Gaffney the tenement. iouses are neat, and well constructed, 1ome of them of brick, and scrupu ously clean. The company stores are ut there for the convenience of the )peratives, no cheeks used whatever, tad the operatives are not compelled ;o buy of them. A free school is op. nrated nine nionths in the year for the -hildren and the expens- s paid by the itl owners. The Courtenay Manufaeturing com )any at. Newry has also erected neat :ottages, all lathed and plastered, ained inside and (out of* unifflrIm :olor. Everything is being done for he e mfort of the operators. The' nills are lightted with electric lights, steai heated aiid inl summer fresl air s forced all through every floor, thus nsuring an agrecable temperature biroughout the year. A free cho->l is ni1aintainied nine months in th-- year at .he company's [expense. Finally, tle Pelzur Manufacturing, i1oipany is also doing a great wot k for the operators in their immense mills. 'T'hey have a M00,000 chiool buldieg, tle teachers furnished free; beautiful churches of all detiominations, and a library building with 6,000 volumes inl it, and a large number of papers ainl periodicals, furnished free by the com pony. Compulsory education obtaiins at these mills. The head of every family woiking in those mills signs ai agreement before getting employinent the first clause of which says that, all children, members of any faintily be twoen the ages of live and twelve, shall mnter the schools maintained by the cLom)pany, anl1d shall attend every school [lay during the year unless prevented by sickness, etc. As an additional inl ilucemett children who ittenlid school every day, receive a reward of l0 cents at the end of each month Lectures with stereoptican pictures are also pro. vided, andi are of the highest order of illustrative entertaitinient. There is no company store, and operatives biuy where they please. No liquors are sold in l'elzer, atid tle people have eipillitically voted agaillst, dispensa ries. Piedmont is still another ill ustra (ion, and~ there are many others scat tered throughout, the State. L et tile reader retmember that thie story of the awful neglect aind bad treatmnenit of children by mill operatives is conijuredh upj by senltimientalists aiid iabor agita tors to work upon thie sympathy of thle credutlouis public. There are 1no (oubt, some abuses, but, mill owners are fast. coming to realizie t~hat, good t~reatment of tbeir labor help pays, both inl money and( (lie consciousness of helping to up.. lift theO poor who leave (lie farms to (lie negroes and( go to town where schools and( c[hurchles, free libraries, parks ando pileasuire grounds conduce to their pleasure and~ thir educational ad vancemlenit. A NE~W EMunB At i No Frti>u i-Thle Memphis Medlical college has for sev oral weeks been ox perimeni tting wvith an embalning Iluid for which groat p)ossibilities are predlicted. It is as suredl thlat this discovery is supelrior to( thie embalminig preoparation isue by) the l~gyptians, for while tho iinfusioni will pireserve (lie subhject. for nll titmie, hum manly speaking, as d id t hat of (lie ancieiits, it, pireven ts thle shiri vol ing lil that, was inseparable from Egypitiani emblalminig anid it dloes niot call for the s wathis and hiandag~es in whiichi all Eigyptian mummies .vere enieasedl. lhe prinlcpal ex periment iup to this~ time has been1 upon01 the biody of a dtg, which was treated thirty days ago. Today it looks as niatuiral as in lhft. 1t. is rigidl, but. ini a perfec(t ly niatu ral pose. Th'lere is 110o trace oif odor aboiu it, nor is there any other visibile 5symlp ((bim of dlecayv. Te'sts oif thie Iluid have been~ made(1 1h) lie d emonst rat, >r at thle Memph1diis eol, tege, and1( he is5 ol el convintced (if iti practical utility that lhe will use it. foi thme preservalt ion (If 1al1 the cadatve I used in (lie coillege. The Iluild petrtuies the1 body. N ei the arserniic nor strychin inte is use I ini t1I preparation. I Henry Watterson , the vetei an edito o~f Th'le L ouisv illec Courtier .lournal, I .me (of thle hard est work intg menu in th new.~spape pr~P..iossio n. T1hou igh welI ad(1vanlced ini 1,ear s, he cetA fto is otlih e very mo'rin g at,7 o'cloc.k , whIiich n 'usitautes very early rin ii, as lie live t~wenlty mniles froml I iuisvill I anut drives to hiis ( llice behi nd at sp)irit(, pair of Kentucky mares. The World's Greate( For all forms of fever take JOHNSON 1I ia I00 timet lictier (tanl uintie tai nine cannhot do in11 1 1days. 1 ts p eidid feeble cures made by <uinino. COSTS 50 CENTS ald whose eyes were 1so full of teats that h4e felt compellecd to ask if she were ill or if anything were tho mat ter. ILooking at him between her sobs, the <hsappointed maiden broke out: " Oh, I thought you were so tall and so hanelsome !'> I hear O'Brien ii working again,", sani the hather. " Yes," saj'' tihe haililf. lle's work " 1 thoutghtt it wa.s for the telephone . "N' <h li14 traet iol collipally is what , thley call the sticet-car, comlpanly." 41 What (to they cal' the telephone comjingll Y"1 1The (ist ractioin company, I guess." -Chicago News. U, r< Senator Fairialikts, of liniina, and c Govei'rnor Shaw, ofwa, were 1once b stumjping, Kentucky, anit after a ci - i cessful meeting were piloted to a har- s room by the Kenticky colonel, who haid thei it eiarge. ", Wilat'll you 1 have ?'' he asked Setiator Fair-ban ks. r " A litt.e ciI A pollinaris," wais the reply. "1 A'it you? 'sai the host to 0 Govenior Shaw. "' I thi,.k I will have 1 a glass of buttermilk." The hartender r tuieti to the Keituckian. " What ha I give yoiu, Colonel?" he asked. The Keniii. tick y tgitleiatn heavel a lonig sigh. "'lider the circuisltanices," S it! said1, I thilk you cal give. m a f piec of pic." i . has jutst been annoittietAl tha)t Gen. a i. W. 'arpenter was Uhc <onor of the In "l00,00 presentedl to Coltumbia (Uni versity Some tiie ago lfor the fouiling of a chattr of ('hiese 1:tiglage and liteiature. Tle no (e which Itccoi ptaiied tlt letter t-f donation d tmid hat, (Ite tncon ey iad heen ctavvtl from to ha tieo ati whisky (Gen. CarpenLer it is that expression lIas been grently miltrLulel. Most piople, he as serts, haveu coistrued the statuttietit to eitani that tihe tion ey hadlheetn carned inl the tobacco anl whiskey trade, while he intintletl ,to say that, lie hiad .1ava41l the somt donlate~t- b)y total absti tieteettt from the use (if Lobacco atI( Whi key. --mom . The lanml peenhitor will scon hie inll elovelr in tho 'hilippines. Ther are Ivttr 90,0(10,0110 acreCs of taind itn tho l'h lppili islands, anid, while it is tnm possible to -;ay with) anly accuracy flow mutich of tile land 14 owned by )riivt.e intere!sts, it. iA believed Ithat af. least. A0 per teit. will colle UIder the clhssi ,I'tio ofpubliC doma1',in. ANDERSON BABB, Colitractor an111d Builder Pikelns. S. C. IOvert is itrvice tIlhe general n 4. . orI 1 oIrnteies. frio refi r ni eciliarie dhely for whom ee as don1 Ae uoirk iluel t wokcitilf, whiortliai uhILrietiln heseainji ltthe ton ofll'iek-' I'ijess t w it 1d w1ll ato k e t it bforet at'ine A tdrt .I 18 t r) el'rs. WM. i'. CA ldiol:. \e.iisAlcii A I i e a 'urgctst . Got E i i.N cut-: S (' n'raetiI i n eitall tucorte s , S all e :utni Prayt ie (indt allt etCrts.e ~lii nut (irIaduaes v i teeesfrm str 1 to' wci at Toelegaph tagt iettrs Ato Atlana' aloguev. Addre-'s A NC.(1 MiiSCOK'e, Pe. or I. W.A l N i,0 V ie- res At t rant. Ga. A t, ihe( Cres.ll anli d ando . motifleia Shihinesd leei h Crol aI ht-i nard, lioka t mi, Tudi. may befarnedI~CI byany eiynrgcticN yon ma Cn or lady irfin j a otime byr wiorkmatO C(1 0.lN II.PH ,N MER &IAOL 11.W. KTil O~ioMnager, . ..ti, t1)01 of ti ektcdbN It'S. . Io s A ctua i'i'i- d ~er tt Atrugu sta,r Chap Hrard. C'IIMIi statxl-micu -metr IN A HUMOROUS NEIN. " Divolrces,'" said the 11111 Whc wanted to tliik and philosophize, "'cosi r11010 11,111 h 11111anm iageSl" "Certalinly," Said thw praelieal man.11 " why not? Tley are worth more." life. 1 Doyou happeni t) klow allythinug of your master's whereahots?' askeI a wife who Was looking for her lus handi. 16 P'ullt s1101, Su)ileunt" said thle Careful servant, "1 but I thild, Lhy're inl the Walsh.."- --Yottlih's ('ompalio1i. Miss, Trill-1 love to hear. the bird6 hing. Jack Dowinright (warmly) -So do 1. They never altteipt, at piece be-oid their alilit.y.-Tit liis. "1 No," declared the ree ihli, kr, -It e11. . 12'I I1 r "4 1 will never have anly faithi in) It( 1." "1r1e, replied t he "(;md inw n, " if you ar1e to have an111y faih t al 1l you hol be e have it. here."--Ctholi Standard. " Mr. Mieckton's wile said yesterday that she wats never gigto siwak to him again," 5:nd the wlom. "1 You (on't 2ay so I" excl.kimued her husband. " 1s Alehagry, or tying to be considet at1 ?"'--Washngton Still'. 4 Now, -lolhny1, a3i0 d thlt! .1iniay school teacber, " you mlay telIl us what at p r#4jphiet is." "I Why," replied .Jiliohnny, " It's 1 fel low that's ailways b-Oking f'r a chanice to sa1y 'I told you so.' "-- l'hihelphia PreSs. "' Well, what a1re you 3 neering abu1 ? You don'L se( Im to have m iuch faii in m11y good resoiutionls." ", I was jut wondering. if y(ull had taken the Imvin g C()ItrIct for the next WOr l."---ro. 1k l,10. ", Unlcle CIrlenlce, whait's the( dif, 1rence h0 wel a lad an1d 1 " We't 11, 21 Cad smltim1es getIs Ifrcl and Ikts g t; h a hbby ne(verI does." I'1l k. Ch2em1ist (to P1or Voman) - You n118t take this mudtoemie thilee tilns a2 day, after meals." Patien1t- h,11 ir, I 1eldmil get Ilicals them'. 'ard times,"' C;ieillist (p.itssiig oil to n'xt elisti1 er)- 'Then take it befire thm." 4Stry fo go'tt, flor l ll," Sai ti l'h. .Job's com1iforter. " I )r. 'rice will keep1 you unditer his carec for ait least 11 week."1 "Wohiy," 12 echnmed Ith' ivaliel, 11I'u ImLt l 1 11 1 l 1 t i " t I ()w, hiit the doctor's wife toIl mly wile she had Struck ini for a new drss,. I l2hdl phin Rtecordi. "I Yes," Slid thle aristo-crat, "Iwmv in Igiailt, ali I wrote hii that tht2 elin10tIlle 2hmarriage of our son to bij dauglter was a1 blot oil IIhe. fal2221 escutchen), and his only reply was Ic send1101 lint averti-semen02t (of a iew brand of soap hie is jn2t, pu1tting-i on Ihe " Your Ifriil igley failed ill thet ool1en bu.ines, I ilin't he ?" ", eV, heIt- was a1 yarn lualitifacturt~x, and es started up agall) inl thlt' ! ame nihe.h "1 Thats? "o Yes; hle's press a,"( tit, for a circI "1 So y'our 1hsband died4 whiile yol were' abroad01?"' said( the hoste(2s. " Yes,"' rplied01 111e youn(g w idow ol Mr'. Skinhtlynt1, wit an1 appropriat221)121 ly m1ournIfl sigh, "' poor John21 has1 gonl "2 Bog panion02,"' said( the ho0st, sud dIEnly, '' tha11 reluiii-i m11 I mu1s1t 0 (down2 and( look at. 11 th 111rnace fire.' Ph11iIlhdlphia1 Press. lindya2rd1 KiplJing 82ays tha22 he il 0o1ce presented0 to a1 youn2g lady whl almost1. 21 iminediately began1 to whIimpe)11 "Pleasanf Dreains Criaes tilhe 1 yog 121111 to her mo1ther2, n1 elhe retires to rest. The :niother sinih-0s but sigihs. Sheo knowe that the pajin that1 rack her wuill not stop for darknes1s8 21n1d that If she leOpa heor d1reams2 * wIll onily be echloes -~ of thle suifferhoigs \ " of the day. Why not1 sleep gy sounidly and) rise refreshled at morn'1 tig, with stingth andI courag~e for the day'si duties? Weak, necrvousi . womenol, sufferera t f r o 21 backacheG, B'kM bearling -downi pinsl anid other)' ment211, have found ' a perfect eure 12n - -* ~ v orlit e Presedyp- . -'m eI t101n. It heal11 the rg wVoma1inly d1iseases h1?, pains1 and1 ner~vousne1ss. It mal~ken wenI womenC~ stron2g andI sick womeni wel.'h 4 I4 deem11 i ay dutly to express moy heanrtfe gratitudu for Jumvihn gbeen' the :nea2ns. und2 Pro vidence0, of2 resti! imr me11 to health,1" writl hi. 22. II. M'nnn12, or 8Irin tfl, 1,eon Co,., F1 a Foer nearly two yoaue I *liferedl from2 f11ma Wer2knen 2 so5,1 I coindI not stan 22n meI(2y feet 222 lengtl of time ; e.id scarcely walk 2.t I. Apepet I I te wa inuch fiIred; I lmde huerin 12fet 111 several nd oht f medC'i(i which did toe eti or ne~ g o. Atlast~ decid. to Iir ifDr, PierZe 1's Faort Prescr](iptio. I 'I pot yke n al of tir botlen befote I saw it ee qef~itng me., so I ce4Dtinu1ed to(ne 22 * 1 nt22i2 I hias beeV 9C4er a .'ear face 6 IC tot eine and l ca tiuthfull sa1 t my health has eenbter for the 1ast year thb "You mlay plebI.h 2(3 a A ta.tumoial." D ]r. Pierce's Commt~onl '3ense2 MedkI 8 Adviser, in paper covers, is sent11 fr' < Ireceipt of 22 onle-ent stam >sp to P> I -Xpn'1,. af mal211112 only. Ad e-as . "t Fever Medicine. 'd HIL and - EVER TONIC. ines in a singlo (lay 'lhat slow qui. cures are in strikingoontrast to the IF iT CURES. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. 1 Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, di )urages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor , and cheerfulness soon disappear when the kid neys are out of order or diseased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it is not uncommon for a child to be born afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urin ates too often, if the Ine scalds the flesh or if. when the child aches an age when it should be able to -ntrol the passage, it is yet afflicted with ed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of ie difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first Lep should be towards the treatment of leso important organs. This unpleasant -ouble is due to a diseased condition of the idneys and bladder and not to a habit as 'last people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis rable with kidney and bladder trouble. nd both need the same great remedy. 'he mild and the immediate effet ef wamp-Reot is soon realized. It is sid y drugists. in fifty ent and one dollar izes. You may have a ample bottle by mall -ee, also pamphlet tell- swme et sonse ig all about it, Including many of the tousands of testimonial letters received -om sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer Co., Binghamton. ff. Y., 4e sure and iention this paper. HE YOUNGBLOOD xUMBER COMPANY AUGUBTA, GA. )''icg AND WoaKH, Noirt AUOUITA, 8. 0. )oors, Sash, Blinds aid Builder's H ardwaro. LhOORING, SIDING, CEILING AND INsIDiLE FINISUING LUMBER IN GEORGIA PINE. All Correspondence glon p'rompt aE EE-M Medicated Cigars AN) EE-M Smoking Tobacco 'or users of Tobacco that suffer with Ca arrhi, A sthma, or Bronchitis. We guaran cc an absolute an(d permanent cure of 'atarri and it is the only knowin remedy or H1ay Fever. If your druggist or grocer ooes not. keep it, writ.o ICI-M I 0., Atlanta, ia., for ieree Hample Trade supplied by aarpenter Bru'., (reenville, H. 0. or I'rutclifield & Toli'son. Spartanburg, h. C IDLE MONEY. We can usc it for cotton. Will soil l, limited mumber of our 7 per cent. certili caten. I nieresi. payabile January and July. The best cotton mill investment offered. Amnoitne to suit. No depreciation. lIe deemable on short notice Guransteed by $50,000.00 paid ins capital. Ite mit dirrecnt and on recei pt of money we will mail cerOtfiates same (day. FINGE R 'I LLIE MFG. 00.. J1. 1. li IRa, l'ros. and Treas. Fingervi lie. 8. C. F'ALL STYLE~S lFromn the Up-To-D~aio Carpet .House, 1517 Main Street, Columbia, 8. C MU IVUAL CARPEiT CO. Write us8 for Samples of anything in our line. Goods shipped anywhere in the State free of freight. We are al ways busy. No (lull days with us. When in Columbia, come and seo us. Anybody can sho0W you the place. DR. J. P. CAR LIsLE DENTISTP, Groenville, 8. C. O)flco ovor Add isorni Drug Store. apj12-19tf. iICRKENS RAILROAD .J. E. Iioona. President. TliME TIAllLE No. 2. g1y--Supler.Jc-ee Tlimne Table No. 1. Ef t((ctive 12:11 A . M. , Feb. lst, 1901. Iteaud ilown. Read Up. N o. 10. BT ATION8. No. 9. M ix ed. Mixed. 111:411 a mI. ....Lv.Pickens Ar...2:55 p m 1(1:45 a m.....*Frguson's...2:45 p m 10:55 aL m......*~arso'.....2:80 p m II 100 a in.......Arial's.......2:25 p m i 1:05 a m.........Mauldin's.....2:20 p mn i 1:15 am.... ALr Esle v.....:15pm No. 12. BTATIONB. No. 1' Mixed. Mixed. 4:00 p mi...LV. Pickenis Ar...6:46 p mn 4:05 p m..... Frguson's...6:80 p mn 4:15 p m......*Parson's...8.. :15 p m 4:20 p m.......Arial's......0:10 p m 4:25 p m........Maldin's.....6:05 p mn 4:40 p m....Ar Easley Lv...6:00 p mn *Flag Btations. Mll trains dlaily except Bunday. No. 10 Connects with Bauthern Railway No. 313. No. 1 (onsc cts with Southern Railway No. 12. No. 12 Comiects with Southern Railway No. 11. No. 11 C'om ects with Southern Rallway No. 34. ' 3dyFor any information apply to General Manager.