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TwITcHINc NERVES
a Serious Hereditary Trouble cussa
9y Or. Wiiliams' ptnk Pile.


ey Or. Williams' Ptnk PILE.
Sufferers from ailments that have AZ
fiicted in regular succession one genera
tiou after another Of their family are. ~
q rule. inclined to submit to them Al in
evitable. The case which follows proves
that such hereditary difficulties are not
beyond the reach of curative forces and
should inspire hopefulness and . readi-
ness to try remedies that have effected
signal cures, such rs that which is here
given.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rannells. Of No. <0s
East Seventh street. Newton, Kansas.
gives the following account Of her all
nient and her cure
..For two years / suffered from trying
nervousness in my lower limbs from my
knees down, rs my mother and my
grandmother had suffered before me.
The situation WAS for many years ac-
cepted ms unavoidable because hcredi-
tary. But about two years ago, when my
son was realizing benefit from the use OF
DIR. Williams Pink Pills. 1 thought there
might possibly I've some good i'll them for
me. NY trouble Ind then become so
serious MS tn make il difficult for me to
sleep. often had to walk the floor in
restlessness the whole night After TAX
ing some six boxes the twitching disap-
peared and ceased to use the remedy.
evidently stopped little too soon for
nervousness came back after u month or
ST. and l used the pills again for short
time. Relief came Mt once and since
stopped using them the second time /
have been free from any return of the
twitchings or from any interference with
my sleep"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills have cured
the worst cnses of bloodlessness. indiges-
tion. influenza, headaches, lumbago. sci
ntica. neuralgia, Nervousness, spinal
wealSncssand the special ailments of girls
and women. For further information,
address the DIR. Williams Medicine Co..
Schenectady, n. Y.
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Manor Houses Built
Two Centuries Ago
Especial Correspondence

Persons who wish to witness the
spectacle of an old estate in the
process Of being swept over and swal-
lowed up by wave of modernity,
quiet and staid old village being
transformed into a suburb. and an an
cient manor in the process Of disinte-
grafton should visit Brooklyn. and see
the passing away of Van Pelt Manor
Around some of the most ancient
houses now standing in this country
have sprung up. and are still springing
up, modern blocks and detached
houses of the familiar suburban type.
These old houses. most of them rather
low and decidedly rambling. spreading
themselves over the ground with the
calm assurance that they could take
all the space they wanted. are some OF
them more than 200 years old: all
of them, OF the old stock, more than
100. and are practically as good to-
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Good Enqravinas in Demand.

There is a great demand now for
good engravings, although for a score
of wears they have been very much ont
of fashion. They were hidden away to
make way for pictures more modish,
although of less value. Since they
have again been declared the fashion.
there has been hunt for them
through the unimporiant rooms to
which they had been banished. Per
sons who held on to the old engrav-
ings they possessed will find them
now much increased in value. The de-
mand Is greater for those dealing with
American subjects. Engrayings were
sold Dy the Fifth avenue shops during
the recent holidays more than any
other kind Of picture.-New York Sun.
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French Peeraae Out Of place.

The French peerage. SO called. fig
ures fiagrantly and conspicuously in
about all the scandals. social political
and ecclesiastical. that we get from
Paris. The duchess who figures in
the Castellane affair is one of its lead
ing members and other French dukes
and duchesses have just been the
leaders in the church riots against the
government. 1t was the dowager
Duchess D'Uzes who financed the un-
dertaking of Gen. Boulanger to over
throw the republic and it was the
same crowd of titled aristocrats who
,insulted President Loubet and smash
ed his hat down over his head at the
Auteuil races. 1t would almost seem as
il the French peerage was completely
and insolently out of place under the
French republic.-Boston Herald.
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other mementos are still in the pos
session of Mrs. Townsend Cortelyou
Van Pelt and have some.imes been
loaned by her for exhibition. To the
Cortelyou house was taken an officer
wounded in the battle OF Long Island
and there he died. Tradition says he
was. British oficer and tradition
pronounces his name De Sellers
This Main street was wide high
way, lined on either side with noble
trees. At the eastern end Of 1t stood
the Dutch Reformed church and the
town dagstaff. and there they stand
-o-day. It stretched away to the west
ward into the C0rtelyou property and
pAssed by the village graveyard. A
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Senator Knox Keep. Good Hours.

Senator Knox OF Pennsylvania Is
one OF the few members of congress
who come near living up to the early
to bed" proverb. Rarely is he out of
bed later than 10:30 o'clock and often
taps sound for him an hour earlier.
By 6 O'Clock he is up and at work.
having while yet in bed looked over
the previous evenings mail. BY 9
o'clock, when his clerks arrive, he has
arranged lot of work in such a
fashion that it may be finished speed
lily. for he is always at the capitol in
time for committee meetings at 10
o'clock. Reading in bed is his only
dissipation and he INDUCES in this luz
ury great deal
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Truth.

In fine, truth considered in itself
and in the effects natural to 1t, may be
conceived as gentle spring or water
course, warm from the genial earth,
and breathing up into the snowdrift
that is piled over and around its out
let. It turns the obstacle in Its own
form and character, and as 1t makes
its way increases its stream. And
sbould It be arrested in its course by
a chilling season, it suffers delay. not
loss. and waits only for a change IN
the wind to awaken and again roll
,onwsrd.-Coleridge.
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Insist on oettlna II.

Some grocers say they don't keep
Defiance Starch. This is because the,
have "A stock on hand OF other brands
containing only l2 OF in package.
which they won't be able to sell first.
because Defiance contains Is OF. for
the same money.
DO you want 16 OF. instead OF IL or
for same money? Then buy Defiance
Starch. Requires no cooking.
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Takes Annual Pedestrian Tour.

Ernest Benecke, farmer who has
been a resident OF Waukesha county,
Wisconsin. since 1874. has made his
annual pedestrian tour of one week.
His trip took him to Milwaukee, Ced-
arburg. West Bend. Waucousta. Edrn.
Fond du Lac. Oakfeld, South Byrr.,
Mayville and Iron Ridge. Mr.. Re l.
ecke ON his trip follows q trail u-ae
by him IN 1885 81 Chicago Chronic
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day as when they were erected. For
these old houses were built By men
who built as the Romans built. think
and that it would fare hard with
them If labor and material were not
of the greatest excellence.
They were built, these Van Pelt
houses. to be lived in by their build
ers and long lines of descendants
after them. And so they have been
up to comparatively recent years.
There are two of the Van Pelts still
living at the Manor. One Is Townsend
in years. and the present head Of the
family, and his bachelor brother ia
cob. Townsend Corteiyou Van Pelt's
wife, who is still living, was of the
Rapelje family, and is eighth in de-
scent from Sarah Rapelje, the first
white child born in that section OF
Long Island. The Van Pelts, though
Of Holland Dutch extraction. received
their grant of land from the Duke of
| York in the year 1864. II was in that
year that a British fleet captured
Long Island. and it was given by
Charles H. to his brother, the duke.
Afterward, with the rest of New York,
it went back for time to the Dutch,
only to revert again to the English.
Dart Van Pelt's House.
1t was in that eventful year of 1864
that Dart Van Pelt built the house in
which his descendant, Townsend Cor
telyou. now lives. The grant was for
fifty acres, and the manor house was
built on what was once the Kings
Highway. The neighbors Of the Van
Pelts were the Van Brunts, and away
toward the west. around where Fort
Hamilton now stands, lived in great
colonial style the Cortelyous. With
the Van Brunts and the Cortelyous
and other Long Island families living
still further away the Van Pelts be-
gan to intermarry. and before long
there was a small family village in
existence in which every one was re-
lated. The old Van Brunt honse-a
Van Brunt married a daughter of the
Van Pelts-was built only year or
two after the manor house, and is
still standing, hale and hearty as 1t
gets along into its third century.
An interesting house which was
torn down some fifty years ago was
the Cortelyou house which stood on
Main street, nearly opposite the grave
yard. This was probably the finest
house on the manor, and old Dutch
tiles taken from 1t, old furniture and
The Dolores star., 1906-02-23

So long as we have reckless rail
roading we can never have wreckless
railroading
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If "A man is made OF dust. one Is apt
to wonder how dust ever became a
synonym for money
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ElaspoIe Has History.

'"SFo'S '''ao E'iseo'ys
The great and towering flagpule
which stands at the head of Main
street, has Its history 1t is success.
sor to a pole erected on the same spo.
by the loyal citizens OF the village at
the outbreak of the Revolutionary
war. and is surmOunted by the same
great eagle and the same arrow, con
ceived as weathervane. which top
ped the first pole. At the foot Of the
pole used to be held. until within a
few years. Fourth OF July celebrations,
with speeches and a flag raising. "
But the old customs are going out as
the new houses come in. with their
new occupants. and modern Van Pelt
Manor rather ignores the fiagpole.
However. In few years those who
today are settling in the place will
begin to take deep and abiding In
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Lutheran church stands now by the
side OF the graveyard. and, though the
structure is modern. the congregation
may have a greater antiquity. In
this graveyard can be found chiseled
on the stones such names as Wander
bilt. Van Brunt, Rapelje. Cowenhoven.
Denyse and WycofY.
Van Nostrand Mansion.
Directly opposite the burytng
ground stands a curious looking house
partly built of wood and partly Of
stone. The wooden part. though svi.
dently OF great age. does not look as
cid as the stone part but 1t is all old
enough and is called the Van Nos.
trand mansion. Some Van Nostrand
came there from jamaica and built
IL about l15 years ago. The old-fs sh-
Toned gardens about this house are
particularly interesting and Old
World looking. Further to the west
on the same side of the street. is
the Noorhis house. of about the same
age as the Van Nostrand mansion.
! Here Washington was once guest
and the old iireplaces roared we!-
come to him. This Voorhis house
has n curious projecting roof such as
is sometimes met with in old Dutch
honses. and carved door piece. with
fanlishts to delight the antiquarian.
The faded colors of the paint. which
once covered its sides and its solid
window shutters, are now harmonlzed
by time into effects" which delight
the artists eye.
In Eighteenth avenue stands an in
teresting. rather ''squatty." house.
painted yellow. which was at one time
used as school. and next to II a
sample of the first change in architec.
ture which came to Van Pelt Manor
house built apparently about fifty
years ago in pseudo-coionial style.
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is
600
statue be placed the Rue Franklin Paris the immediate vicinity
Franklin while
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ANGSTONs Secretary. ~. r. r Lau
sss Waanvsri0Aa DsiaAi.e- 81 Lsass. ~.
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WilliS..BIaCkweII.

On Sunday night at 9:3s
immediately after the preaching
service in the First Baptist
church of Laurens, Mr.. Alfred
I. Willis and Miss Leila Black.
well, both of this city, were
united in marriage. Miss Black.
well was at the time visiting her
brother, Mr.. George Blackwell
OF Laurens, and Mr.. Willis left
+, for Laurens Sunday morning.
They attended service at the
First church, and at the CON
clusion of the service they " ere
married by Rev. j. D. Pitts,
pastor.
Miss Blackwell, whose former
home was in Clinton, is we'll
known here, having attended
Clifford Seminary and later
occupying &he position of ste
nographer in the u. & G.. S.
Railroad office. She has MANY
friends in Union who wish her
all happiness in her new relation.
Mr.. Willis, whose parents live
at Landrum, S. c., has been in
business in Union for some
years. Previous to this, he
served term in the U. S. Navy
on the battleship Maine. For
several years he was clerk in the
Rice Drug store, and later was
electrician at Meals Shoals
Power Co. Recently. he ac-
which business ne IS Huw Vovu-
pied. ,,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis left
Lanrens Wednesday, arriving in
Union Wednesday night. They
are ,.+ present making their
hon, y tn Mr.. L. l.. Wagnon.
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orphan Work Day.

the saturday, danr September Goth :,
fni fne baGy;. baay; It is a very tho1a,h1l Ih1Sn, i
tba Hue Pee ]PeoopLle-the SETTING tti~ilg ag,r1 upon
as "a. a day to work for RI the september ap,aamber
in On Dndd that day, unless Se youpse1f psehans:
cop,e ~, need of help, devote Uuou,! vo',r are
theme theme TO to the fatherlesss'o souf en- IN,
work. eos OF your DAYS
I haeeee ease $50 orphans in +ho |
alone, and the fatherIess. . , one
not eaten thereof, then let nine
arm fall from my shoulder blade.
and mine arm be broken fron,
the blade.' Whether, therefore
the reader of these lines be lew
or gentle, protestant or Catho-
tic, let him give the 29th of Sen
TEMPER to work for the orphans
sending his contribution to The
institution that he is most in
terested in. ' 'ti-
WIN. F. JACOBS
ThornweII u UI.h,
Clinton, S. C.'"he'
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CIHI Court Proceedings.

oo;lIt The cases disposed of in the
court OF Common Pleas dnrin9. ~ in,e
the weeks session are as fol1oneg: frtg
oo5S? kosa Hayes, Plaintiff, 'ES. vs. Ex.
celslor Knitting mills, snit NJ; fH fHr
eoaalnages oalnag to person. Verdict of
S25o0 for plaintiff. ' VI
M. E. Zi@ofeE Is: plaintiff. VS.. A
ure to pay salary OF charge, fall
der. BY motion of defena,al-
case was non-suited.
w: H. Bramlett, plaintiff, VS.
Southern Railway Co., suit for
damage; Verdict for $500 to
plaintiff.
Ferdinand Ecker, plaintiff. VS..
Bailey Lumber Mfg. Co., case of
collection of account. A consent
verdict for plaintiff of S459. 32.
c. G. B. Counts plaintiff, vs..
Southern Railway Co., suit for
damage to person. Verdict of 5000
for plaintiff.
Aycock, Little & Co. plaintiff.
VS.. b. b. Going. case of collec-
ton OF account. Verdict of
S225. 79 for plaintiff.
The case af Mrs. Sarah v
Murphy vs. S. R. Co., was being
tried Thursday.
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Booze in a Trunk.

c: B. Gregory and w. D.
Whltmire captured eight gallons
OF blind tiger booze Wednesday
night. A trunk landed as bag
gage and these two officers were
on the lookout at the Southern
depot. After everything got
quiet they saw Jim Cheek look
ing over the baggage and watch
ing there. They then began
investigation and with the fore
going result. Cordosia Hampton
returned on this same train from
Asheville, and this trunk was
checked from there to Union.
1t seems probable that this con-
stant violator of the law is still
at his vile business. 1t is to be
hoped that the law-abiding peo-
pie of Union will not much
longer be run over rough shod
by this tough customer.
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Buffalo Wins From Monarch.

The Buffalo baseball team last
Saturday defeated the Monarch
team by a scorce of 6, to O.
Thos. Painter and H. Painter
were the battery for Buffalo.
while Horn, of Woodruff, and
Motifs were doing the same act
for Monarch. Mr.. T. |. Swygert
OF Union, was on the first sack
for Monarch. The hits were 6
and 3 in favor of Buffalo. Mr..
b. F. Townsend of Union acted
as umpire.
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Clifford Seminary Opening.

Clifford Seminary will begin
work for the on-comine session,
Wednesday, September the 26th.
A large crowd of young ladies
from out of Union are expected,
and with those in Union who
will attend, they make a goodly
number. Clifford has for years
stood for the moral and mental
development of young ladies,
and results of its work are
Clearly evident in may lives.
We wish it a successful session
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commission Meets.

uo,.1 Inc commission Of D,,,,.
dae dae Supervisors Sup Office ffia''s on met Mai il
day day and %hh held session aimost In, Mon; IN;
of Of Mr. me e commission consists at,
Supe,visonr: l: u: j.. Betenbaugh,' h''tIus tbs
Bentley S'Sol and ana g. Messrs Ness 4. G. G.
The chief Inu hnsiS iSann Sanford Wilburn.
public Coo cotton h"s'nSsf weipbsas WAS seleetine
ao Tour cotton markets tsS 10 der the
county. The election ros' Oi the
[IGfliows:.Mr. j. i G. C;Sbe CrG;SSbblted as
Ionesn,,, In, Mr.; j. H. Tweed f,. for
for ssor'eSsvllle; Ssnt Mr.. w. T. McD,niieGIr iGr
m for fdeaci Cacjiidyr Mr.. w. T. McGoW,,,
howede m organization tam nation of finance
;ere eited ;nst and the road oversoo,t seoue
1e public roads. cease Work on $
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>93Ininational S. S. Convention.

IT, N1Jody met Sept. 1914 at
Pa& N&.t's Creek Baptist church.
The meeting was called to order
by S. M. Rice, Jr. E. u, presi,,
dent. Mr.. Rice was reelected
president. T. H, Gore was elected
vice-presldent, and J. H. Pickens
secretary and treasurer. The
executive committee is composed
of the following: Rev. l.. l..
Wagnon, j. w. Scott, and L. ..
Betenbaugh. The committee on
narratives was appointed: John
Wilbanks, J. w. Scott, and U. Z.
Harris. On resolutions: I. };
Alverson. J. P. Coleman and
T. A. Bailey were appointed.
Questions of vital Importance
to Sunday school workers were
discussed after the work of or
ganizing was completed. Th'
followiI g delegates to the stat.
convention were elected: j. W
: Scott, md S. M. Rice, Jr., E. U
The township superintendent
chosen were as follows: Jones
Vile, M. c.. Gault; Ulion, Josep!
Sanders; Goshen Hill, J. W. WI
r son; Pinekney, j. V. AskeW
), Fish Dam, w. T. Jeter; Santut
Z Arthur Jeter; Cross Keys, L. :
i Alverson; Bogansville, JAG
q West. -,
q The next meeting will be hel
l. with the New Hope shurch, tt
e convention having az .epted the
r invitation. While the atten
is ance of representatives from Il
Y, schools was not very large, Il
!e enthusiasm was great and t
rs meetings were instructive al
~ ~ helpful.
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4 hat one was to give ns .,,.,
We build depots at otber I %uthor. th
gis n tlonfk points. '''er Than
pathngs when cutise.4h.oon on time,
~ he same time l see abso1iteelKy
70 excuse for the trains BEING
te all the time, as late as thew
siF re-.
n l am glad that have a chance
fyo write you as an intelligent
<nan concerning this situation.
fhe first thing the people want
70 do is to jump on the Railroad
commission, accuse them of be-
ing owned by the Railroad
always behind their backs). and
accuse them of every other
crime and misdemeanor instead
of cooperating with them and
trying to uphold their hands.
You understand, as a lawyer,
that when we have charge of as
much as we concerning rail-
roads, the rates and everything
else connected with them, tele-
phones, telegraphs, and express
companies, with over 5000 miles
of railroad to start with, that
we cannot know the conditions
everywhere, and that we have to
rely on the people making us
a written complaint, and when
such is done the matter always
receives attention. The whole
Commission is ready at any time
that they receive a complaint to
take the matter up and ivesti-
gate it.
For if instead of writing me
an insulting postal card, which
you might know as a sensible
man, is not the proper way to
address a public officer, you had
instead written the Railroad
Commission complaint, / have
no doubt that the Chairman
would have ordered an investi-
cation Immediately, and l will
ask that if you are sincere con-
corning the matter, and the
people are long suffering and
hot under the collar" as you
stated, that you have them make
out complaint in writing, for
Warding same to the office in
Columbia, where we meet next
Tuesday afternoon, and | would
not be surprised that you find
that the matter is Immediately
attended to. l simply suggest
this as proper way of attend
ing to business, and / might add
that hereafter if you desire
designations, that you at least
put the request in letter
sealed, instead of using postal
card. Yours very truly,
JOHN H. EARLE,
Y Commissioner.
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Below are given sketches,
clipped from the Newberry OBJ
server, of M. F. Ansel and ].
Fraser Lyon, governor and at
torney-general elects of South
Carolina. These were success
full in the most interesting of all
the races for state Offices.
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Mr.. Mays Condition.

Mrs. Geo. G.. May returned
Wednesday from Columbia where
Mr.. May is in the hospital. Mr..
Nav is improving and expects to
return to Union in about a week
or ten days. His malady is can
Ger of the stomach.
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I'LL DISTURBANCE IN CJIRA
''''e'd''es Taft and Bacon Now in
Cuba. '' j"

, The trouble in Cnh,
eoveea, pot,sea, The insurgents s sed seG tL nn-
tteonernment ten,e officials are e' nnS ana the
cannot c,pofary truce, but the e'iuer st ,. a
PaInDt fPshnot last for long. 'Pr Pros;1ain strain
dlma lama of the Cuban PRESIDENT
dong, his utmost 'I,, To republic is
the heoa1ent donn 81 Insurgents, Who Who sen1e ene
but but bbEi~n1all bi" dFl of the governmanakI u seek
uS Seas MS efforts seem unavnilt; unr,.,iHlent;
haze secretaries Taft and andia'Iplling. pg.
Ha" IlaVe left Washin~tuon bacon
lhavana thvana and it i'itgeon is He for
sntt sney may be able to e6aet aiFped that
;Sett1Iemen. 81 Presidente eifect e some
matte~ m ttew TO. 10 take a hand di;netele ;n te
,arv v'et, out if he deems i III nao the
ssaay saa ne will do sn IL nee neces,
,urr;sa ,u@es oattleships have ohlted
bn lbu,f'ea to Havana & barb oeen
ne n; protection Of naroor for
'Ieis a d;snaad ana their properly ter'can
'e following effect: :iaVana is to
tdiavana. Sept. II. The ~
q aeslre G of the Insureenetgs e gener, n;
range nenl.,lnent nann officials is % ~
,le "ee peace as quickly as 20 noe 70
ed ed .s Nothing. D yet has 90 deppo5 pos
reement a oasis on which on
ne nenG m;11 will be reanbosn % an
ne pent wlll a. be abandoned iff'nea' if nel
,,5 len5 arrangements cann ~ per-
orea :sS oy ~ Wednesday Y "Ui %bse ne
me e9j said today tHad Rae9n~ ~ are
! possible way of peace without
nerlcan Intervention oo'
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The Storm.

The prevailing winds, which
began to rise Sunday, and lasted
with terrible force through Mon
day, wrought little damage
throughout Union county, except
to crops. No serious damage to
structures has yet been reported.
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Children's Day exercises will be
held at the Green Street Methodist
church Sunday night, 7:3O. Pub
lie cordially invited. Come with
an Offering.
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the state dispensary-a vindica,,
ton that he is no doubt proud
of, and that he richly deserves.