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VOL. XXVIII. MANNING, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, -J16. ENGLAND IS BITER AND TENACIOUS FOl GERMAN CHANCELLOR MAKI1 EXTENDED SPEECH WHEN REICHSTAG OPENS. .REVIEWS MILITARY STATUI Says Rumania Seeks "Share Whe Robbery of Dead Body" Begina Says She Has Foliewed Policy N Piracy Depending Upsn Situaties Berlin, via Sayville.-In an extend ed speech on the occasion of th opening of the Reichstag hers Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg re viewed the military situation con fronting Germany and refrred tU England as "our most egoistic, os most bitter and our most tenacious enemy." according to the semi-oficia report of the Oversias News Agency "A German statesman who would refrain from using against this enem: every proper means of warfare whici is apt to shorten the war deserves t be hanged," is one of the statement attributed to the Chancellor. Thi Chancellor began by reviewing a length the entry of Rumania into the war and said that the Russian offen sive this spring had made Premie: Bratiano believe he saw the break ing down of the Central Powers. "Accordingly." the speaker said "he decided to obtain a share whez the robbery of the dead body began. "Since the beginning of world was Rumania has followed a policy of pi racy. depending upon the general was situation. Rumania's military capitu lation will prove as mistaken as her political capitulation to her Entente friends, which already has been prom ed to have been wrong. They mus1 have hoped earnestly that Rumana's particilation in the war would cause the defection of Bulgaria and Turkey but Bulgaria and Turkey are not the same as Rumania and Italy. Firm and inviolable stands their faithful ness as allies, and they have won glorious victories in Dobrudia." EXTRAORDINARY RISE IN MEAT PRICES SHOWN. More i nan 4 Pe.- Cent increase In Cost of Live Stock: Is Noted In Quotations. Washington.-Prices of meat ani mals=-hogs, cattle, sheep and chick ens-increased 4.1 per cent from Augusta 15 to September 15, compar ed with an average increase of 0.1 per cent in the same period the last six years. The department of agricul ture announced that the index figure of prices paid to producers for those meat animals was about 23.7 pes cent higher than last year, 10.5 per cent higher than two years ago and 22.5 per cent higher than the aver age of the last six years on Septem ber 15. The price of hogs on September 18 averaged $9.22 per 100 pounds, an increase of 61 cents from the previous month, $2.23 over a year ago, and $1.94 over the average September 15 price of the last six years. Beet cattle average $6.55 per km dred pounds, an Increase of four centa from the previous month, 49 cents over a year ago and $1.09 over the six year average. FRESH EVIDENCE OF BREMENS APPROACH TO AMERICA. Westerly, R. .-A fisherman ai Pleasant View, near Watch Hill overlooking Long Island Sound, re ported that he had seen with hiu marine glasses a large submarini proceeding in the direction of Neil London. where the German submar ine Bremen has been expected foi more than a week. She was then 21 miles east of New London and show ed on her mast a bright white lighi above a green light. These lights, ac cording to the observer, were th4 ones he had been ted by Captai Robinson of the tug Westerly, would be carried by the German submarini for which the tug some days agc had been ordered to look. .ESCAPED U. S. CONVICT ARRESTED IN NEW YORil New York.-After a search by fed -'eral secret service agents which hai .extended over the entire country Wil hiam Knobloch, who escaped from th4 F'edera.1 penitentiary at Atlanta 0! August 29 with "Lieutenant" Robed Fay, confessed bomb plotter, was ar rested here. He professed ignoranc4 of the present whereabouts of Fal and declared they had no outside as sistance in making their escape. ONE KILLED AND TWO HURT IN ELECTRICAL STORKW Newport News, Va.-Benjaminl F Johnson was killed and his two brotk ers. Thomas and Marvin Johnson eerl ously injured when lightning struck barn at Fox Hill near Old Point I1 which the men took refuge from th4 severe electrical and rainstorm whic! swept over the Virginia peninsula. Relatives discovered the barn aire found~ the two Injured men In stunied condition 20 feet frm th4 burr-ing structure. Clover People Move Forward. Clover.-At a mass meeting attend ed by most of the citisens of Clove: steps were taken towards securini waterworks and sewerage for thi town. It was decided to employ al -engineer to loko over the situato1 here and find out as near as possibi how much a system of waterwork and sewerage will cost. Anothe meeting will. be held at a later dat -when more definite arrangement -will ke made. Everybody here I -very enthusiastic over the pros.ee St this mnuch needed IaWF9tD0 PICK CHARLESTON FOR CONVENTIO LABOR CONGRESS DELEGATEI SELECT MEETING PLACE FOR 1917. I NEW OFFICERS ARE ELECTED " C. M. Rhoades of Batesburg is Elect ed State Vice President For South Carolina. Memphis, Tenn.-Charleston was selected as the 1917 convention city of the Southern Labor congress at the final session here of the fifth an anal meeting of the organization. Jerome Jones of Atlanta was re. elected president and W. C. Pickett, also of Atlanta, secretary-treasurer, I both without opposition. State vice presidents chosen were: W. S. Lopez. Birmingham, Ala.; W. D. Jackson. Litle Rock, Ark.; W. S. Weir, Atlanta. Ga.; O. L. Jones. Pad ucah, Ky.; W. D. Lewis. Monroe. La.; J. S. Morehead, Durant, Miss.; J. E. L. P. Wade, Wilmington, N. C.; C. M. Rhodes. Batesburg. S. C.; Putnam Dye, Memphis. Tenn., and W. A. Davis, Roanoke, Va. Karl Karston, Atlanta, was elected sergeant at arms. The congress at the closing session voted its support to the striking street car employes in New York,, indorsed the proposed sympathetic strike of allied crafts men in that city and adopted resolu tions commending President Wi:son for his stand during the recently threatened railroad strike Other resolutions adopted declared in favor of the eight hour law and condemned business organizations which opposed it; denounced prison labor and the convict leasing system: 'opposed "piece work" in factories. proposed that newsboys be made amenable to child labor laws and urged the enactment by the states to compel corporations to pay their employes at least semi-monthly and to prohibit the importation of men to act as armed guards during strikes. No Hog Cholera Reported. St. Matthews.-That Colhoun coun ty has not a case of known hog cholera and that those who are engagd in the raising of hogs are now on the highway to a successfu' combat against this nightmare of meat producing is a veritable fact according to the authorized statement of Sam: ! F. Reed government de monstration %gent who has this branch of the service in hand in this county. Mr. Reed has been in this county only since the first of the year and when it is remembered that there wee an epidemic of coholera in this section whieh bade fair to elimi nate hogs when he came it is a source of great encouragement and congratulation to those to whom the patrons of his efficient service may feel Indebted. The process by which this great practical and scientific triumph came to be realized is In teresting and has various turns and several seeming stopping places be fore formidable obstacles. Lay Cornerstone October 10. Greenville.-The cornerstone of the new Greenville county court house will be laid on October 10, according to present plans. Ceremonies attend ing the laying of the stone will be more or less elaborate. Masons will have charge of the ceremonies, and Robert A. Cooper. grand master for the state, will be present and preside. A committee has been named by the Greenville Bar Association to have general charge of the plans for the laying of the cornerstone. This com mittee consists of Mi. F. Ansel H. J. Haynsworth and A. G. Furman. the latter being a member of the court house commission. The stone, as is the custom, will be placed In the northeast corner of the building. At least ap art of the cor nerstone taken from the old building will be used In the new. The old cor nerstone was laid by Recovery lodge. No. 31. of Masons, on September 14. 1854 accordIng to the inscription on the capstone. IPrivate Lboyd Seriously Hurt. El Paso. Texas.-Private George A. Lloyd of the First South Carolina 1in fantry is In the base hospital suffer ing from concussion of the brain as a result of an attack by a noncom nissioned officer near Fort Ble. Private Lloyd was found unconscious about a mile north of the fort and upon regaining consciousness said a sergeant whose name he did not knows struck him on the head with an ane. Lloyd's condition is critical. An In estigaton is being made by military authorities. New Enterprises Authoerized. IThe Piedmont Savings and Trust company of Greenville has been com missioned by the secretary or state with a capital of $60,000. The peti tioners are: H. C. Markley, W. E Beattle, N. C. Poe, J. E. Beattle, Perry Beattle, Charles McAllister and E. M. McBee. The Craig Auto company or Laur ens has been chartered with a capi tal of $1,000. The officers are: W. A. Craig. president and treasurer. and W. C. Waldrop, vice president and secretay.. NEW U. S. DESTROYER MAKES NEARLY 30 AN HOUW Rockland, Mane.-With the excep Ition of a six-hour run at 25-knot spee which Is yet to take place. the tor pedo boat destroyer Wilkes has me all standardization tests without mis Shap, according to a statement mad' !by the board of inspection and survey The destroyer had her tour-hour endur ance run in a choppy sea averagini 29.55 knots. The contract required at FIRST REGIMENT TO GUARD ELIN .SOON WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ACTIVE PATROL DUTY.-MAKE j SHOWING. C NEWS FROM BORDER CAMP 1 r a A Weekly Letter, Prepared Especially For Our Readers, From the South Carolina Guardsmen Encamped at r Fort Bliss, Texas. f r In Camp with the South Carolina t Brigade, in the El Paso Patrol District. a The First Sou" Carolina infantry t will soon be distributed over a 90- p mile outpost line from Las Cruces, n New Mexico, to Fort Hancock, Texas. 0 The regiment will be broken into F companies and assigned to outpost t stations at the small towns east and v west of El Paso. b The combined First and Second a regiments of South Carolina infantry b marched as one regiment in the big p military review parade, and although b they are recent arrivals at the bor- a der lost fewer men through exhaus- o tion than the troops of any other h state. Arriving at 4 o'clock in the morn- ti ing the men did not complete the re- i view until nearly sundown. Besides d being under restraint all day the sol- d diers marched 20 miles with field S equipment. That the South Carolina h men so ably stooY the experience e speaks well for their natural endur- p ance, because they have not passed ft through the hardening process the S other troops here have received, a, Brig. Gen. Roger Williams of Ken- o: tucky commanded the provisional T brigade, which was created for the a: occasion by merging South Carolina te and Kentucky troops. a: Field training by regiments began h in the South Carolina camp Septem- ti ber 18th and continued to the 25th. a Both of the regiments were inspected o and reviewed by a member of the staff of Brig. Gen. George Bell.. Jr., f( commanding the El Paso district. a The regiments were out in full force, d the macnine gun companies with tr their Lewi: guns on the motor trucks fr being along wi'h the rest of the b units comprising the regiments. ei Both organizations showed up nicely. Since coming to the border over I six weeks ago the Palmetto regiments di have been trained in companies and tl battalions and are now working on d: training by regiments. This will be p followed by field training of the 3 brigade under Col. W. K. Wright. ir The South Carolinians were in pretty fr good shape when they came to the fc border and the service they have gone through with here has hardened p, and seasoned them and brought them m to a high state of preparation for sol- it diers. p South Carolina is said to be the be third best drilled, best equipped and a best trained National Guard organi- a zation on the border. The state of be Massachusetts is generally credited ca with heading the list. That South Carolina ranks third is very gratify- i iug when everything is taken into di consideration. The Palmetto regi- y ments are equipped much better than o the average National Guard organiza- Fa tion and came to the border much better in this respect than the aver age guard organization, according to a gossip around the camps. Of course, 0r nobody has made any official state- o ment on this matter and will prob- T ably not do so, but this is what is ly heard almost every day in comments al from those who ought to know., cc When the final rating is made there . (s little doubt that South Carolina T will be in the front rank of efficiency, training and in every way. Fi Massachusetts first, Michigan sec ond and South Carolina third is the standing of the National Guard or ganizations from unofficial remarks which have been picked up. Both Massachusetts and Michigniwere on WI the border six weeks before the Pal- et metto troops came and if this stand- 0 ig is correct the showing of the t~ South Carolinians is surprisingly 81 gratifying. Give them the same per- hi od en the border and the same time 01 in field training and South Carolina's tr lads will go to the top. The officers Ie and men have worked hard and faith- th fully since coming here and if every ~ National Guard organization has tak en advantage or its opportunities as the Palmetto boys have done it's go ing to be hard to tell them from the* C regular army. ci The biggest review of any army ~ held since the Union army paraded " up Pennsylvania avenue in Washing- P ton at the close of the War Between ti the States will take place in El Paso ~ on Thursday when 36,000 olive drab men will tramp through the streets to the martial strains from 40 bends e and be reviewed by Brig. Gen. George s' Bell. Jr.. commanding the El Paso Ic district, and Maj. Gen. Clements, a commanding the Pennsylvania - divis ion. The troops which participate in h the parade will be commanded by a Brig. Gen. Charles V. Morton. com- F manding the provisional Ninth divis-S ion composed of the South Carolina li and Kentucky troops. The parade tc will be 15 1-2 miles long. The re- n viewing stand will be located at Fort N Bliss is one mile below the Palmetto L camp and six miles from El Pa so. bi The troops will tramp on through the jb< main streets of El Paso. Every branch of the service will be in line. tI South Carolina will be in the picture tg with two regiments of infantary, one n troop of cavalry, one company of en- a gineers and one field hospital, finely gj trained and well drilled men, "fit for t fighting." f F. L. Smith, the private of the c< Butler Guards of Greenville, who was ci shot at by a Mexican soldier while a trying to wade across the Rio Grande di +i ntoeio last Saturdasr night. has he distinction of being the only otth Carolina soldier so far to draw he fire of the neighbors just across be river. Smith -3 from Colleton ounty near the town of Walterboro. lad it not teen for the promptness f Unele Sam's soldiers who were ciarding the American side of the tream Private Smith might not have ved to tell the tale for the Mexican uard. although missing the first shot, ad drawn a bead on Smith and was ust in the act of pulling the trig er of his gun when the American uard waded into the river and res ued the South Carolinian. Col. E. M. Blythe, Maj. Richard F. Vatson, Capt. Heyward of the Smyth ifies, and this correspondent took long horse back ride into the moun ins on Sunday morning. The party it a road just to the left of the ountains lying immediately in the ar of the Pennsylvania camp and )llowed a gap between two mountain nges. After riding several hours rough cactus, sage brush, mesquite nd following a trail which appeared > be the bed of an ancient river the arty came abruptly up against the fountain wall and could not get ver the range with their horses. [ence it was necessary to retrace ieir steps over the same route by 'hich they went. The country was leak and bare save for the cactus ad sage brush and mesquite. Num ers of soldiers were seen on the eaks of the mountain ranges on oth sides for mountain climbing is ne of the never failing amusements the guardsmen who are encamped ere. Word that the North Carolina -ops are on the way was received the Palmetto camp with a great eal of interest. The Tarheel sol. iers are to encamp just above the I econd regiment and their camp site as already been prepared. They are [pected to reach here by the latter art of this week. A construction rce under Capt. Justice of the partanburg conArany is making the ditional arrangements in the way [ construction for the Tarheel camp. hey will have to grub off the cactus ad sage brush and pitch their own ts. Their latrines and water pipes re already in and as soon as they ave cleared their camp site, pitched snts and build their kitchens they ill have as comfortable a camp as is a the border. The North Carolina troops are to rm part of the Ninth division ong with the South Carolina sol ers. The missing units are the oops from Georgia and the regiment om Florida. North Carolina has a igade under its own brigadier gen -al. A rain which fell only on the Pal etta and Pennsylvania camps Sun Ly afternoon brought relief from te alkali dust which is the greatest -awback to this country. The rain .t the ground in fine shape for the en who went out on drill this morn .g and every one enjoyed the escape om the dust and sandstorms if only r a day. The Palmetto regiments are ex ecting to draw border patrol assign ent by the end of the month. Noth .g official has been given out on this -oposition and they may not get on >rder patrol but several are expect g it and would not mind being given chance to show how to keep the indits and other undesirable Mexi ns on their side of the Rio Grande. Mrs. J. Frost Walker and two chil -en of Union and Mrs. L. C. McFad in have arrived in El Paso for a sit to their husbands, Capt. Walker the Union company and Capt. Mc dden of the Rock Hill company. ( The First regimental band con ues to show steady improvement d it now ranks with any similar ganizations in the National Guard ganizatlons in and around El Paso. e concerts which the band frequent- a gives in front of Col. Blythe's tent ways attracts a crowd and they are, nstantly in demand. I 3 RESTORE OLD STATE ROAD ~derai Engineers Regard Project to. Rehabilitate Famous Old Highway a as Entirely Feasible. d Columbia.-Efforts that have been der wvay for some time to recon-d ruct and reopen the direct line from >lumbia to Charleston, known as e Old State road, took definite ape in Columbia at a conference t d at the offices of the department f agriculture, commerce and indus- f ies. Much enthusiasm was mani sted, and the next ten days will tell e tale as to whether or not a proper3 an highway will be opened from 1 e city of Charleston in time for the 11 and winter traffic. The conference was called by I >nmissioner Watson, who has been -operating with the central com-e ittee formed at a meeting some 1 eeks ago at Holly Hill for the pur-. se of going over the entire situa-1 Dn and seeing whether it was con dered worth while to attenpt to do ith the 01(1 stato road what was ae mplished last season with the Ap lachian highway. There was present at the confer ie: James O'Hear; Reid Whitford, icretary and engineer of the Char ston sanitary and drainage comn ission; Jenklus Robinson; W. K. 'cDowell and William Burgeson. the .ghway committee of the Chamber Commerce of Charleston; William- I rampton, representing Samuel G. :oney, president of the South Caro na Agricultural society of Charles n; John B. Wiggins and A. B. Ben-3 att of Holly Hill. representing the idsetion organization; John W. lard and William Otis di Colum a. representing the Columbia Chain r of Commerce, and others. Commissioner Watson, in outlining e purpose of the conference, stated, Lat United States Highway Engi er Scales and United States Drain e Engineer Eason had completed eir surveys and examinations of. Le territory and had presented grati 'ing reports indicating that the road id be rehabilitated and put in ex ~llent all the year round condition the cost of only a few thousand )11ers. Tt Was manifest, he said, that the only way that any highway could be established connecting the most im portant and attractive city in the state with the capital and the inter ior, possibly for years to come, was through the means of a combined effort on the part of the people of the towns and cities concerned and the people living along the line; that the people had been waiting for years for something to be done, and there was not a single connection worthy of the name of highway between the coast, the capital and the interior. The people around Holly Hill and in that section had already 'manifested an absorbing interest, had raised con siderable money aud had pledged contributions of teams and labor, and it was simply now a question as to whether or not those who would benefit from the reponing of the high way and the turning of the tide of traffic "in that direction wished to pull together in one general move ment to push the thing through. Show Fine. Cattle and Hogs, Orangeburg.-A special feature of the live stock conference, to be held at Orangeburg on October 11 and 12, will be an exhibit of pure bred cattle and hogs from among the best breed ers in the state. As the principal ob ject of this meeting is to stimulate interest in the raising of live stock and diversified farming, it is believed that such an exhibit will serve the very valuable purpose of demonstrat ing how succsesfully pure bred stock can be raised in South Carolina and the pecuniary benefits to be derived therefrom. L. I. Guion of Lugoff has agreed to send 12 head of Herefords to this exhibit, and L. W. Boykin of Camden will send nine head of Short horns. The other breeds will be rep resented also and the different kinds Af hogs. Big Loss By Fire. Kinstree.-The ginnery and saw mill of A. M. Gordon & Son at Gourd n, along with 44 bales of cotton and 30 tons of cottonseed were almost otally destroyed by fire entailing loss )f $10,000 with only $1,500 insurance. the Messrs. Gordon are among the argest farmers in the Gourdin sec ion and have operated a ginning lant there for a number of years. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMIS. Abbeville Is to have another grey ,ounty fair November 1, 2 and 3. Pierce Butler Watson, aged 69, one >f the best-known' and highly re ;arded citizens of Western South Carolina, died a few days ago at his iome in Batesburg. The qualified electors of Greenville ;ty voted to issue $65,000 for street Lnd sidewalk work, $25,000 for sewer xtension and $60,000 for hospital par oses. The vote was small, but the najority decisive. GANT ZIPPELINS RAID ON LONDON 3REAT CROWDS CHEER AS BIG AIRSHIP FALLS A MASS OF FLAM ES. ' FEW BOMBS ARE DROPPED< lerman Air Raider Descends in' Flames Within London DistrictA With Great Glare Which Is Visible ' For Many Miles. London. - Another Zeppelin raid ~gainst London and the east coast of< ngland was very spectacular. An rship was brought down in flames torth of London, according to the if icial statement. The statement reads: "A number of hostile airships cross-'c d the east coast between 9 o'clock .nd midnight- A few bombs were 1 rpped near the coast, but no dam ge is yet reported "A'. airship is reported brought town in flames north of London." I A later dispatch conveyed this In-( ormaton: 4 "Great crows cheered the spec- I acle of the burning Zeppelin as it I ell in the London district. The great lare from the burning aircraft wasJ jsible for a long distance. Graphic accounts of the manner in I hich the Zeppelin-the fourth to e brought down on the English soil . -fell a victim to Great Britain's anti-1 .ircraft defenses, have been received rom London's suburbs. Although the Zeppelin crashed to arth almost due north of London he spectacle was witnessed by thou-~ ands of Londoners. 3ARRANZA'S FAILURE TO RUN DOWN VILLA IS EMBARRISSING. n Negotiations of U. S. and Mexican Commission Relative to Improv ed Border Conditions. Atlantic City. N. J.--Representa Ives of the more important American nining interests in Mexico are ex ected to appear before the Ameri 'an members of the Mexican-Ameri an Joint Commission here in sup ort of a memorandum already sub nitted regarding conditions in Mexi o. Before they are received, the ~ommissioners will hold their first oint session here in continuation of he discussions begun at New Lon ion four weeks ago. Considetion of plans for the naintenance of peace along the Mex can-American border wfll be resum-) d, but -reports which continue to Lrive of Villa's activity. in Chihau ia may serve as a further delay to greement. The commissioners make 1 secret of the fact that failure ot eneral Carranza's forces to run lown Villa has proved embarrassing o them in considering means for mproving border conditions. It was considered probable that1 eneral Carranza's latest electoral lecree would be discussed. A copy af the decree has reached the Ameri-' can commissioners from Washington and while the details of the document have not been revealed, it is said to stipulate that none of those connect ed even remotely with the Huerta Administration shall hale the right to vote at the coming presidential election. SENATOR CLARKE, PRESIDENT U. -S. SENATE, 1.8 DEAD d Little Rock, Ark.-Senator James P. P Clarke of Arkansas, president pro tempore of the United States senate. o died at his home here. He suffered 0 a stroke of apoplexy the day before and never regained consciousness. 0 Senator Clarke was born at Tazoo City, Miss., August 18, 1854. He was educated in the schools of his native b state and in 1878 was graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia. He began the practice of t law in Helena, Ark., in 1879 he served 9 several terms In the Arkansas legis lature and later was elected attorney general of the state and governor. In 1903 he was elected United a States senator and re-elected last year d for his third term. CHINESE-AMERICAN FLEET TO ENTER WILMINdTON F Washington.-Organizaton of the Chinese-American Exchange Company, a shipping corporation which proposes to inaugurate a general mercantile trade between China and American d ports on the Pacific, Gulf and South At. lantic, was announced here. It Is headed by Dr. Clarence J. Owens, tl managing director of the Southern Commercial Congress, and is under stood to have the active backing of that organization. al D. J. Griffith, for 18 years superia tendent of the state penitentiary, f said he would not seek re-election at b the end of his present term. His . successor will be elected When the e general assembly convenes In Jana ary. B. F. McLeod of Charleston has been designated- by Gov. Manning as chairman of the board of review for the state tax commission J.- -L. Quimby of Graniteville has been ap pointed as a member of the board from the Second congressional dis d trict to succeed J. M. Rhett, resigned, o Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton, of Spar- h tanburg and several members of his ty amily were seriously injured in an G uto accident a few days ago. n The Laurens County Fair Associa- ,y ,on has decided to hold their annual !air on Friday, October 20. John Willoughby of Florence coun ty has been appointed an assistant n the bureau of stand'ards, Washing- P on. The board of health of Sumter at recent meeting took up for discus ion and unanimously Indorsed the novment for a whole time county ealth officer for Sumter county. CHARM IN SOUTHERN CITY b lagr >lia - Gardens on the Ashley hi Charleston Are Wonderful In Early Spring. tr Threadlike alleys diverge from w' principal streets and in these narrow recincts are substantially built ouses of a century or two ago, once he homnes of well known colonial amilies, now the abodes of colored 'mammies" or "aunties," with swarm ng broods of pickaninnies, the 1'hila Lelphia Record says-. In careless attire, with his black, eady eyes shining and broad, cheery ;in, he gives you a genial "Howdy, in oss," and goes singing on his way. o n admeirable optimist, he enjoys 0( ilenty oft leisure, many games of t 'craps" and a little work now and fo hen, although this is not ab~solutely w iecessary to his wellbeing, for, ac- l ~ording to the burden of his song: h'ery evenin' at hal' past eight, I tek my stan" by de 'Ruckr'd gate. gg La wait fo' de gal wid de 'Buckr'd plate. Places around Charleston are not levoid of interest or beautiful fo cenery. Fort Sumter, too well known.t jistorically to need description; Sul- a van's island, where Edgar Allan Poe In aid .the scene of his story, "The Gold n Bug," is also the site of Fort Moul re, an old fortress that for years had )sceola, the Seminole chief, a ris >ner in one of its dungeons, and his1] emains now rest within the ram- e A trip to Magnolia gardens on the Lshley, with the perfect riot of color l mong the flaming azalias, will en- o rance the flower lover in March, and, ter motoring out to I~rayton hall, a 'ustc old estate, through moss-draped voods and tangled clusters or fra rant jessamine vines, one will have Lad most convincing evidence of the D~ estulness and charm of southern14 enery. ,__ _ _ _ _ _ tr WHAT SHE REALLY WANTEDt Cernel of Phone Convepsationl Wa at All CorntaIned In the Last Few in Words Spoken~,t "Hello. . . . This you, Grace' se ['his is me. Edna. Fdn~a Etimmers., h, didn't you? Oh, nothing special, w: just thought I'd call you up. BHow th rou been, Grace? That's filee. Oh, I i .hough you said well. That's too e lad. Oh, have you? Geraldine Toots ta iad to go to the hospital for that. "Say, Grace, who do you s'pose I aw downtown yesterday? Imogene 3piggs. Positively! Funny how we 3 xever think of her as Mrs. Skattles. 1l 3race, gess! She's loft him!. What? U: 3ut I've got her own word for -it. 1 2, dlways mistrusted that man. My 60 lear, the ties he w.ore! "Geraldine and I went in and had a: ;undae at Pflaumer's. Hare you been n there lately, Grace? Well, don't. l'hcy're only puttin~g a thimbleful of rihipped cream on their sundaes now. "Did you see my picture in the .i Blaze? I was bridesmaid, you know-.' )h. didn't you? I warned the reporter Ec lot to put my picture in the paper ria w'hen I gave it to him, but you can't fl rust those reporters. "Oh, by the way, Grace, while I Dr kink of it. Are you using your car 70 00THBRUSP ARE HIGHER low the War Has Seriously Affected the Price cf lndispengable Toilet Adjunct. The humble toothbrush wl become luxury it the European war con nues another year. Unless peace is eclared soon, fifty cents or even ne dollar apiece may become the rice of the handmade toothbrush aat has been seling for twenty-five r tdirty-five cents: The "brusbtowns" f France have been desolated la the erman army. They are in the ?alel f the Oise. In those towns are the ictories for sorting and bleaching the ristles, piercing the bohe handles and reparing them for the peasants to 11 with bristles. It is in the i'lley of the Oise, too, iat the peasants who fasten the bris es in our handmade toothbr.ushes ve, All through that valley the red led stone cottages of the peasants ieltered girls and old wanea who ade toothbrushes during every spare iiante of the day. Twelve dents a azen was the rice paid for the work 'hen the American 1lnporters went ito the toothbrush business in rance. They contracted for h latrge art of the output of tle French fac )ries, and raised the price paid to ie bristle workers to fifteen or even ghteen cents a dozen. The price of good bristles bas rubled and trebled since the Euro ean- war broke out. Alt toothbrish ristles come from Russia and China. he best grades are the Russian, and te best of the Russian bristles grow 'winter on a sort of half-wild boar Wat Is native to the Russian steppes. he boars rub on the forest trees and zed their bristles. These the peas. mes collect at certain seasons of the ear. Every hog that Is laughtered r food Is ,carefull-y shorn of Its ristles. The bristles are seven or :ght inches long, and very thick at ie base. Inferior bristles used in ipanese brushes come from China, here the winters are ndt so cold and to bristles do not grow so stiff. Since fighting began In Europe the assian people have been too poor to it meat. And there is no time to Lve the bristles from hogs killed to ed the soldiers. The Hebrew ped ers who went through tie Russian untry exchanging tinware and hduse >ld utilities with the peasants for ese bristis have stopped their trips. ood bristles cost ten dollars a pound >w, and they will go stil higher. Dath's Compaigt. 0 EUILD IMMENSE FLEET scifle Coast Capitalisis Will Go inti the Business on a Scale That Is Gigantics Plans for the construction of a great imber of wooden veseits for ocean, d river traffme on the west coast have en made public: Robert Veiter of. yrtland, Ore., announced that- ship ilding 'on a gigantic scare Is 'to bp n as soon as a group of Washington id Oregon state capitalists complete * erection of a mammoth shipbuild g plant at Portland. Eastern men ere backing the enterprise, which is Ling managed by .men ot Portlaa >okane, Seattle and other citiee oe at vicinty. "Thley have completed tke oafl m of a corporation that i to engage the business on a gigantic seale," r. Veifch said. "Onxe attraetive fet, re about the enterirlse Is (hat ear arket Is assured, and It will Ie as red for uny years. "'t'he- advantages of, busildirg Wooden stead of steel vessels In Portland in ivious. Each ship wlli taise about 2, 0,000 feet of lumber. The consump m of Oregon forest p~oatrets, there re, will be extended. These vessels ill be equipped with sails, ag havn g autiliary power plants," Disinf'ected at Border. To kIll typhus germs and 'the pars. te which carries them, a large camp . LB been built at Eagle Pass, Tea. r the disinfecting of travelers. All elr clothing is removed, thrown into sheet and baked for twenty minutee an immense oven. The clothing Is taken from their. ggage and treated likewise. Thie ir and body of the travelers, man woman, is then sponged with gaso ie by an attendant to kill any stray rnin, and trunks and bags are treat In' the same way. Athough no ene is supposed to be :empt from the ordeal, $50 ju~ddeioup. placed in the hands, of a Mexican Icial will nelieve one from this um eaant experienee. heiter Between Hostile Trehohee A French bird magazine says that ritrfdges, which are very niinerous ar the front, are to he found urost between the French and German Cuches among the' bal~et-wire en nglements. It Is, in fact, the only spot Wfhere ey can be, comparatively speaking, ease, for humans seldoth venture to this no-man's land. Sometimnes ey find the'mselves in the middle of cannonade, but they lie close and em te mind the noise very little. The magazine gives a list of birds ao are afraid and run away anti ose whoe do not mind yar. The first cludes starlings, sw~ailowg and mar s, and the last larks, titlarks, wag Is and grosh-eaks. Plaxseed. Daring the five years endling June ,19.15, an averag'e of 6,154,000 bush s of faxseed was Imported into the ated States yearly fi-om Canada. 18,000 from Argentina, and 1,l19, D b'ushels from other c-ounries. To Match Hangings. 1'he table searts for the furniture of. ar room may be made to match the igings by cutting out single motifs cretonne arnd applying them to the rf ends. Place them on the mate 1 in an attractive way and baste. ey can either be sewed with anl ir and over stitch aroundi the edge buttonholed in place. If, however, z wish a quicker method, machine bh diose to the edge around the. TRAVELED BY PARCEL POST Englishman Duly Forwarded to His Destination on the Payment of a Small Sum. The parcel post has made its mess felt in many ways, une as well as foreseen. But the En par eel post does one surprising t1ag.that has not yet been introduce?nto our own system. - An Englishman wished reach a eustomer living in a re part of : Balham, one of the suburbs London and it was very necessary -fiat he.f.nd htm quickly. Knowing notlng o' tr. district, he called at the office at St. Martins-le-G to suit a directory.. On exp a ng s ease to a dierk he was aiazed to learn that he could be sent 1 uh dress by parcel post by pa. of six cents a mile. The gentleman had never h such a thing, and it i.- . that- v few persons in Engla_.d know t can be done. le was placed in ch of a messenger who w:as familiar wil all parts of the city, and was soon on his way. The boy carried a printed slip on which was written a descrip tion of the "parcel" in charge, under the heading, "Article required to :e delivered," and before leaving the c tomer's house both' the customer the gentleman had to put their signa tures on the paper. The limit its weight Tor anything delivered by oel post in England is generally un stood to be eleven pounds, but th. is one clause that reads: "A per may be conducted by express me, ger to any address on payment o: mileage fee."-Youth's Companion. STOP MARCH FOR DEVOT' Soldiers Halted to Light Can-. - Wayside Shrine in Stricken Go. try of Montenegro. War is not all horror and death, as the following little story illustrates: On Christmas eve as a division of Hungarian Honveds marching the Tara district in Montenec descending the serpentine road ing down steeply from the mount the first regiment passed by o wayside shrine of the Virg: child. Two men stepped se. out of the ranks, lighted two candles and placed them before images. Many others followed their exar and the' number grew to prob. 1,000 altogether. It was dusk the spectacle of the tiny flames hi-. ering clear in the still wintry air v.. a dramatic spectacle to behold. So numerous were the gray wore ere that as the space immed. - around the shrine gave out hunt of Honveds dug their tapers intc ground around It. Thewho.le snow-covered meadow c: which the shrine stood had been co^ verted" into a mass of flickering names. Silently the men stood, send-, ing their Christmas prayers to the "Christkind." Then the snow and the dark an the slush of the road once more swe. lowed up the long column of the Black mountain's invaders. - New York Sun. New Bullet Extractor. Art ingenious instrument has been Iavented to aid surgeons in extracting bullets from wounds. The bullet is 1o cted by means of X-rays and a pair of forceps. A very powerful pair of for eps is necessary to grip and extract a bullet, and a great deal of amage might be done if something that was not seen, perhaps an artery or a nerve, was picked up along with the bullet. Accordingly, the blades of the forcens are attached to an electric bell wh4 only ring's when both the blades s touching the bullet. Therefore, if the bell is made to ring while the blades are being opened to grasp the bullet, and If the boll continues to ring when the bullet is seized, nothing else,can have been picked up beside the bullet, and there is. uo danger in -pulling it ut The surgeon using this instrument an therefore not only see what he is oing, but, by means of the bell, Ire has a very accvrate sense of touch for any picce of m~etal that he is watching the points of his forceps attempting to pick up from among the structures eep down below the skin. Egg Not Good "PuddIng." One egg misplaced cause~d more than he average amount of trouble for a oung schoolboy who happened tofind t while the teacher had the pupils out kr a walk In the woods. The boy found he egg, was proud of having found It,. and put it in his hip pocket. In the course of the afternoon, how ver. he strolled too a from the other hildren, and the teacher spent a long me hunting him. When she foun'd im the punishment was to paddle tim. But how was the teacher to know tout the egg? She did not. The egg roke, the boy cried and the teacher aughed. A second cry followed the boy's first ne, though, for his mother Inflicted nore severe punishment than the ;eacer attempted, because his clothes -ero soiled.--Indinapolis News. Prudent Slence. 'Do you intend to take any steps o contradict the people who mnisrep esent you?' "No," replied Senater Sorghum. When you contradict something y~r' n the risk of bringing the :r~Lmer ie attention of a whoile lc of rh3 never v:ould have heardi at:zut f you kept still." lMaleing Money at Home. / A girl makes quite a nice zum money every Saturday mnorning th tear, around by conductngjan amf6se nent and instruction class for cil ren up to twelve years old. She eaches them basket weavinfg, ram ork and clay modeling. Before - hristmas the clhildren make presents or their parents. The class meets t her home from- 9:30 a. m. to 11:30 Sn.o nd th hildren pay 25 ceati