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MARKET NEEDED FOR FARM OROPS WOULD ENCOUAGE DIVERSIFICA TION OF CROPS AND BE BIG BENEFIT TO ALL. .DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina Peo-. pie, Gathered Around the State 4 Capitol. Columbia. The general ineffliency of diseased children and the condition of the dairying interests in South Carolina were the subjects discussed at the session of the joint conference of the state board of charities and correc tions and the Conference for Common Good. The establishment of curb markets was stressed by Ira B. Dunlap, cash ier of the Union National bank of Rock Hill, as the most direct way to assure the farmers of the neighbor hood that they will have backing in placing the products of diversified agriculture on sale. The farmer, he said, must know when and where he can offer his produce for sale. "Such a market has been in opera ation in Rock Hill for about six months and has been a pronounced success," said Mr. Dunlap. "It is an essential feature of the market that the housewives attend the market to make their purchases, no matter how small they may be, so that the farm ers can be encouraged. The market has been a success from the stand point of both the seller and the buyer." The success of curb markets was corroborated in a voluntary state ment by Mrs. Derringer of Florence, who emphasized the same points out lined by Mr. Dunlap. Statistics were produced by W. W. Long, head o fthe farm demonstra tion work, to show that South Caro lina must take a decided step forward in the matter of raising live stock and that with one exception there were fewer live stock in the state in 1910 than in 1850. Care For Disabled Convicts. The state penitentiary will here after extend to the counties the use of its hospital and the services of its medical staff to care for sick and dis abled convicts from the chaingangs free of charge, if the supervisors of tae counties will agree to pay the penitentiary 30 cents a day for feed Ing each such convict committed to its care. The board of directors of the state penitentiarty arrived at this decision at their meeting in Columbia. In a statement issued by the board it * is set out that the depletion of the revenues of the penitentiary makes it * necessa-ry to ask the county supervis ors to pay for dieting sick and disabl ed convicts fornm the county chain gangs who "can not perform produc tive labor for the state penitentiary. When such convicts regain their health -they can be returned to the chaingang in the county from which iey came," the statement continues. Call Stenographers to Meeting. A call has ben Issued for a meet ing the South Carolina Association of Stenographers, to te held in Co lumbia Thanksgiving day. Executive committeemen met in Columbia Sat urday, wvhen plans relative to the an nual gathering were made. Final ar rangements were left to the Colum bia representaives. Sev'eral promi nent South Carolinians are to be in * vited to deliver addlresses. Miss Kate SH. Ar-mistead is chairman of the Co lumbia group. The executive committee is com posed of J. J. Brennan of Sumter, also presidient of the association; Ernest L.Allen, Miss Kate HI. Arnmistead, Miss Florence V. McMillan, Mrs. Joseph B. Morris, Mrs. WV. T. Rison, Miss Edith Por-cher, Miss Marguerite Bradford, Lj. E'. Wood and Miles Wood, Edgar Brown andl others. Pardon Board Considers Cases. The state board of pardons at its sessions gave consideration to three * capital cases. Joe Malloy, the Marl boro negro, under sentence of death for killing two white boys, is asking that his sentence 'be commuted to life imprisonment. The four Chester ne groes under sentence to be electrocut ed September 29 are asking for life ter-ms. The third case is that of Wii lie Bethune, who was convicted in Clar-endon coun'ty and sentenced to death. Is case has been afmrmcd by the United States supreme court. Seeking Water Ground Meal. TIhat the opening up of so many new grist mills in bouth Carolina has been attracting attention and 'that there are unlimited possibilities in the business may be judlged by the fact that Commissioner Watson was reqiuestedl by one of the largest firms of wholesale merchandise brokers at Tampt, Fila., to furnish the names of responsible millers in this state muak ing water ground meal by the old burr grinding system in sufficient quantities to enable them to ship to the Fairida market in'car-load lots, Scholarship Law Needs Amending. The state board of. education ad. journed after a session of two days in the'oflce of J. E. Swearingen, state superintendent of education. The date for the regular fall exam ination of teachers was set for Friday, October 1. The examination is con ducted by the county superintendent in each county. The questions were prepared by the state board and will be mailed in due time. The lists of scholarship winners recommended for Winthrop, Clemson, the University of South Carolina and the Citadel, were confirmed as sub mitted by the respective college fac ulties. The scholarship committee of the state board was requested to recommend some needed changes in the scholarship law as soon as prac ticable. The preliminary list of high schools receiving state aid was approved for the session 1915-16. This list show ed 92 of the 130 schools in operation last year. In the appeal case concerning the consolidation of districts 2-C and 2-E of Greenville county, the action of the county board was sustained and the appeal dismissed. Members of the board attending the meeting were: Gov. Manning, J. E. Swearingen, D. B. Peuritoy, S. MeG. Simpkins, A. G. Rembert, W. Rt. Koon, D. T. Kinard and A. J. Thacks. ton. Insurance Money Coming In. The semi-annual return of invest ments by insurance companies for the six months ending June 30, 1915, shows the very satisfactory figure of $14,481,610. This is an increase over the amount invested June 30, 1914, of $1,599,000. This is a very satis factory increase when the war con ditions are taken into consideration. The amount $14,481,610.66 repre sents investments in state, county and -municipal bonds to the amount of $3,660,169.93; real estate mort gages, $10,745,309.97; bank desposits, $71,630.76, and real property owned in the state, $4,500. No accounting is made of loans to policyholders or investments in in terstate railroad bonds. The amount shown above is only in such invest ments an enable the companies to get a reduction in license fees. Governor Pleased With Boards. At the request of President A. T. Jamison. Gov. Manning made a brief talk to the South Carolina Conference of Charities and Corrections just be fore it closed its annual meeting. Sec retary Johnstone of the State Board of Charities and Corrections thanked the conference for the opportunity it had given the board to get its work before the people of the state. Gov Manning told the audience that he considered it a hopeful sign of the times that people should come togeth. er to consider questions concerning the good of the race and the better ment of the conditions gf the unfor. tunates. Congratulates Militia. Henry Breckenridge, assistant sec retary of war, has addressed a lette. to Gov. Manning congratulating the I South Carolina National Guard upon the fine success of the recent camp at Charleston. "It is with much pleas ure that I learn of the successful re sults attained at this camp," said the national offical. Dispensary Sales increase. John Marshall, secretary of the Charleston dispensary board, has sent the followving letter to Gov. Manning. "Permit me to rep~ort in behalf of the dispensary board of Charleston count) that during the month of August. 1915 there wvas sold in the dispensaries oi this county $65,026.41 worth of beers and liquors: thi compared with July, 1915, $65,199.61 and August, 1914,. $51, 128.15. You will observe, therefore, that nearly $14,000 more beer and liquor was sold this August than last." Mr. Henderson is Honored. Gen. Bainnett HI. Young of Louis ville. commander-in-chief of the Unit ed Confederate Veterans, c has con forred a signal honor upon D). S. I len derson of Aiken by a ppointing him t ge advocate general. The offie thus bestowed is 'practically thle high est applointive office in the gift of the commandier-in-chief of the Con feder ate Veterans, and the app~ointment of Mr. Henderson elevates him to the highest legal position in the ranks of the veterans. Mr. H-enderson is being congratulated upon the honor. New Charters issued By Secretary. The Kershaw Motor company, of Camden has been chartered with a capital of $5,000. The officers are: Geo. D. Shore, prcsident andi treats urer; D. C. Shaw, vice president, and E.. D. Shaw, secretary. The Columbia Granite Sheds com pany has lbeen chartered wvith a capi tal of $4,000. The officers are: WV. 13. Sullivan, president; William Watson, vice president; E. N. Joyner, Jr., sec retary; R. L. Mann, treasurer, andl M. L. Mann, general manager. Bleaty & Co. of Union has been commissioned by the secretary of state with a capital of $5,000. The petitioners are D .C. Beaty, RI. P. Morgan and1 J. G. Hughes. The Greeleyville Motor company was chartered with a capital of $2,000. The officers are: D. C. Shaw, presi (dent, andl C. L.. Montgomery, vice president, secretary and treasurer. The Ninety-Six Warehouse com pany was chartered with a capItal of $1,300. The officers are: H. T. Sloan, president, and D. M. Lipscomb, see. reta-ry and treasurer. CZAR AND CZAREI v"1 New photograph of the czar of' Ru in the uniform of officers of the Rus have outgrown his invalidism. FIGHT LIKE DEMONS Bernhard Kellermann Describes Trench War at Souchez. Roads and Paths for Miles Around Under Fearful Fire-Little Ham let Now Is Marked for All Time. By BERNHARD KELLERMANN. (International Neows Service.) On the Western German Front.-I have seen them and talked to them, the men fighting out there In the trenches of Souchez. Just now they are resting, but tonight they will be fighting again like demons. The roads and paths for miles around are under a fearful fire. Almost every second r shell bursts with a deafening roar Through this inferno they must pass Then they will be in Souchez. What is Souchez? A small village which nobody knew a few month; ago and which now will never be for gotten again. The little hamlet il marked for all time, like Gravelotte and Woerth. If hell keeps books the name of Souchez must be entered ir large letters. There is nothing left of the villagc but a heap of ruins. The trenches are a few hiujdred yards from the village, behind a curtain of fire. Through this curtain our boys in gray must pass. There are no communicating passages--the French artillery on thc heights of Loretto does not permit them. The trenches can only be reached over the open field, through the unceasing hail of French shells. Blut our men arm fearless. Their uniforms were all field-gray at one time, hut nobody is able to distinguish their color now. Only the first ser geant looks as If he just came from the tailor shop. His uniform is spot less and his hands are carefully mani cured. With the long nails of his little finger he trates the position on the map. Before the war he was a high school p~rofessor, hut now he Is a sol dieCr every inch of him. "This is our trench,"' lie said, ex plaining thle map to me. "'Over there on the heights the artillery of the enemy stands. "Yesterday we were undler heavy fire from seven o'clock in thle morn ing till nine O'clock at night. The trench was destroyed anid we were huim ed. "About nine o'clock in the evening the shollr began to fly over us. The enemy was trying to (rive back a re lief column andi to storm what was left of our trench. Our lieutenant shoutedl a command~ andi~ in a moment our trench resembled an ant-heap. We (lug ourselves out. Most of our guns had( become useles's, but we had hand 'The French swooped dIown upon us, but we sent a coule of dozens of greniades into thoir ranks. Thue smokc was so thick that we could not sec each other. "For ai moment the enemy recoiiled, but then believinig us flnishedi, he ad. vanced again, as lie had receivedl re en forcements; yelling, singing and laughing we threw still more grenades, "At tihe same moment we noticed that thle Frenchmen were also begin, ning to attack from one of their trenches at our right, in tihe directioni of the sugar refinery. Like pear from a barr'eh they came pouring out of the smoke. The lieutenant shout ed: 'One man to the,- fr-ont withI grenadesC!' A single soldier- advan(ed] andi started to throw bombs. W\hc w~as it?" "I (lid it," answeredl one of the meni a farmer from Silesia. "I took ar armful of grenades andl fired away at random, but the bombs hit their mark The Frenc'hmen fell back. When they advanced again I had omrego ITCH IN' UNIFORM 2 ' a'ii~h'i~J ...............tr.'':..:i:T"tsia and his heir, the czarevitch, garbed scan army. The young man seems to ades and had to run. They sent vol leys after me, but I safely reached our trench again and jumped Into one of the craters." Then the noncommissioned officer continued: "The Frenchmen believed them selves sure of their success, but our lieutenant was ready for them. IIe sent eight men ahead into the craters and the fire of this little detachment mowed the enemy down when he came on in close formation. In the meantime our machine guns had been brought into action and the French were driven back in front and at our flank. "But the section of the trench for which we fought had hecome, useless to us. We gave It. up and slowly re treated. keeping the enemy at a re spectful distance by a heavy rifle fire. "PFor a short while the enemy took possession of our destroyed ditch, but he could not hold it. W hen we rce took: it by a counter-attack we found it filled with the bodies of dead French soldiers. We quickly dug our selves in againi, but tomorrow the re paired trench may be in the hands of the enemy once more. 'Then we will have to retake it again, and so it goes on." QUEEN OF BULGARIA 4" HMME Th otrcn htgaho hser ariageir, the zretlgarnkid ias arhy Prines younganr sofn Itoz Kdostratz had taorun. aThe setusshm Joysart She, is disafenyuishedorr tho ra nte"os ihi avn Ten he ocmson odfteags oficer Covs suoitheidrin thces tura lieteant wasr.ehy for tbe alied senih meon, hed int th cntrb danit the prefthlie war.taain dlowl the eemy td on whrk lor c Cme foederatoe foitn. Ih meantimen of mthine gouny aeen brought iprobabtlyna the sttwnchi weheisr staen bein on aevent-oevr photirapstakon othetrench the frst time i~~n gthe longylavea The wror hato h milren thnemytook CHIVALRY NOT DEAD Old Spirit of Knighthood Main tained Among Aviators. British and German Air Raiders No tify Enemy of Fate of Rival Avi ators-Flyers Are Type With Marked Characteristics. By FREDERICK PALMER. (International News Service.) British leadquarters, France. "Though it has been repeatedly stat ed that chivalry (oes not exist in this war," said a British aviator, "this does t not apply to the British and German aviation branches. Whether it 14 the individualism of our work and its nov eity, or whatever it is that is respon sible, something of the old spirit of knighthood maintains among the flyers of the air. \\'hen a rlirtish avi ator has to descend in the Germal lines, whether from engine trouble or hecause his engine or his plane has been damaged by antiaircraft gunlihe, the next day the Germans report to us his name and whether he survived, and if so. whether he is wounded. We always do the same. It has come to be a custom." The reports are made in a manner worthy of airmen and they are the only communications that ever pass between the two foes, which watch for heads to snipe at from their trenches. What is called a "message bag" is dropped over the British lines by a German or over the German lines by a British aviator-sometimes when he is in the midst of bursting shells from the antiaircraft guns. Long streamers are attached to the little cloth bag. These, as they pirouette down to the earth from a height of seven or eight thousand feet attract the attention of soldiers in the neigh borhood and they run out to get the prize when it lands. It is taken to battalion headquar ters. which wires the fact on to the aviation headquarters, where the fate of a comrade may be known a few hours after he has left his home aero drome; and, in another few hours someone in England may know the fate of a relative. "That. is one of the advantages of helonging to the flying corps." say the liritish aviators. "it may be weeks iftore hiis relative and comrades know whether a man who is missing after a trench attack or m('Cnter-attack is a pirisoner or dead. Such little kind nesses as this don't interfere with you lighting your hest for your cause: at the same time they take a little of the savagery out oif war. Of course, the rule couhd not apply to prisoners taken in trench fighting only to airmen. There are relatively few airmen on either side and only an occasional one ever comes down to the enemy's lines." With the first flush of dawn tho lritish planes rise from the aviatioi grounds. All day they are coming anldi going, and in the dusk of evening they appear out of the vague dis tances of the heavens retuning home to roost. The flyers become n type with cer tain mar'ked chiarnetor'istics. No tnerV ouis mani is wanited; and~ it 1.s time for any nian whlo showvs any signi of nervesi to take a rest. They senti shy, dliflhdent, nien of the kind given to oblservationi rather than talking; men who ar'e used to using their eyes rather than their hands. It is a little diffieult to realize that sonie quiet young fellow whmo is pointed out has hiad so many hiairbr~leadthi escap~es. What tales worthy of "Arabian Nights" heroes who were borne away (on miagic ca rpet s them(y bring home, r'e lating them as matter-of-factly as if they had brokeni a shoe lace. I 'p In their1 seats, a whtirri of the motor, and they atre away on ar~cther~ Ildventurie. T'hiey shy at thie men tion of thimIr niites it pritt for thatt is not t'on Sierd' p'oodl for thie spirit 3tf this, thle navelstbac te sorrE ()11 ive tif war1). Somt m'emi ers have itt('1, as thiey put it. and1( somie dho not. Le -s nme may' not0 he g Iiven. b iut Iis is thie miost dr a ma11tic of recent'I e x per'ietnces. lIe was t ilot flying ini ielgiuim, far away froti the itritish litnes, whietn an anil tia Irmcra ft siteli mashted ils leg. whIith was It by 11ifly hbulIlet s and1( i'ra gmtiiIs. tihe doct1or est ima ted, as Itle sItory was told( to thie correspond1( enit, lie collapised int his seat uneon scious5. llis ttachtine dlrop~ped at. right, antgles to the litie of flight,. with the 'oncu'lsslin. The observer who wias with him inman aged to hold on by cluitcin iig at thle' mahit n e gun. carthi w ith the observer' helpless from his position)1 to1 (10 anyth Ing, whlien - t----)recovered conisciousness andl must eedS strn gth an 11presen3i (Ce of miind1( Enioutgh to right thie machlminc and to turn2 It roundit in thie mid~st of a (1oud( (of iihrapntel smoke. lIe wias not goinig to h.. taken prtisoner,' dlespite his shta ttered4( leg, when lie founid that the shell which had so near-ly done for 1h1 im ha d not injuiredi thle engine or Itle planie. So he madIe for the near Th'lere lhe managed to land safely. Buas lhe said, lhe did not dare to got ouit of is seat until the doctor came. for- feat' that his leg would fall oft lie will get well. Saw Far Ahead. Wichita, Kan.-Mirs. 'lar-a lFay, sev enty-seven years old, who dlied here' recently, hiad preparedi for hot' demise. leaving niothing undono in funeral or INTERNATIONAL SUND SG100% LESSON By O. E. SELLERS Acting Director of the Sunday School Course of the Moody, Bible Institute.) .ESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 19 )EFEAT THROUGH DRUNKEN= NESS. LESSON TEXT-I Kings 20:10-21. GOLDEN TEXT-Wino and now wine ake away the understanding. Hos. 4:11 t. V. We feel somewhat liko questioning he title of this lesson. It can be used s a temperance lesson no doubt, but o attribute lien-hadad's defeat entire y to drunkenness is not quite true to he facts. Jehovah's jealousy of his mine (v. 13) and the enemies' con empt for Jehovah (vv. 23, 28) are the undamental causes of the defeat of he Syrians though, of course, drunk miness, as an exhibition of seif-indulg 3mCe and therefore of weakneis, was I natural accompaniment of that con empt for God. I. Ahab's Predicament, vv. 10-12. 'ho Syrian king's contemptuous treat nent of Ahab (vv. 1-7) at last became so great that in sheer desperation the people refused to listen to his demands (v. 8). Ills forces far overwhelmed 'he little army of Israel (vv. 1, 10r 17), but one was on Ahab's side who lad not yet withdrawn his mercy from Israel and with whom flen-hadad could not cope (v. 13; Rem. 8:31; Phil. 4:13). Bien-hadad was the most pow erful monarch of his time of those na tions bordering upon the Mediter ranean. The march of his army was like "a tempest of hail, an overwhelm ing scourge" with unrestrained power. The effect was worse than the plagues of Egypt. But ien-hadad was a drunk ard, a habitual one (vv. 12-16). Samaria was rich and this king want ed it even as intemperance always lusts after the wealth of youth and the gold of a nation (vv. 3, 12). Drink always makes a fool of its victim and dooms to ultimato defeat all who yield to its power (cli. 16:9; 11 Sam. 13:28; 1rov. 31:4, 6; Luke 21:34; Eph. 5:1 ). Ii. God's Prophet, vv. 13-15. It was indeed dark for Ahab. lie saw (v. 13) the host confronting him but ho also heard the word of Jehovah. As con trasted with Jehovah that multitude Was but as a handful of dust. God is on the sid1o of temperance. All of God's laws favor temperance. Our ever-living glorillied leader and the energizing poW er of the holy spirit are the ones who are the source of our victories over all principalities and powers of evil. Ahab's predicament is answered by God's "I will deliver" (V. 13) and so today we have his sure promise of victory (Eph. 6:10.12). God has today set forth his prophets (I Cor. 12:28) to proclaim his mes sage of salvation and power to over com intemperance. This is not a "necessary evil." Experts anld scion tists have clearly demlonstrated its be ing unneccessary and a drag upon so ciety, and God hias taught us ho0w to overcome it. Ahab's unfortunate char actor appears at its best inl tis story, but alas he and his successors soon forgot tile 1lesson. ill. Victorious Princes, Wt.. 16-21. To Ahab's question "by whomfl" is thi do-, liverasnce to be Wvrought, God anlswers, "by thne young men Of the princes of the provinces" (v. 14). Thlese chloice young fellows are mustered in, 232 of thlem, as leaders of an army of 7,000, all who could be found inl thle capital. God delights to work through young men I John 2:13, 14) and11 the pages or hlis9tory arec strewn with tihe victori 01us alchiCeements of youthl. Two-ird oI(5cf inlcoln's army wvere under (' twent1 Iy-one ( years of' ago at thleir (nlistrlinlt; t he 1non was1 preCserved by3 aim army 0f boys. Ahab imself ia thle leader (v. 14) anid thley beganu at on1ce by3 (arryinlg the battl it o 0 the 0enemie ls' Iterritory. I t0n-hadal~d and( ii drlinking comipan ions never'i dreamU ed of beinbg attacked at that hour. Liko( Gideon and is arimy these young 1men1 smiote the S;yrian1 host. ini overwhmeling dlefeat. Israel's enem11ies had incalpacitatedi thlemslelves. A drunken mob01 is no0 match for oven a hlandful of organlizedl kings courted thleir own dlefealt (Prov. 23:29-32; EccI. 11:10; l10s. 4:11). flea. hadad's kings "who helped him" (v. 16) )rovedi to be a reed for aill tile strength krind sup port tihey rendcered him in theq moment of is need(. it was tile young men whlo wvent first, e. g., struck thme first blow. flea badad's self-confidence and boasting (v. I8) is but anothler illustrationl of that "pridle wich goeth before (d0 struction" (P'rov. 10:18; Luke 18:1-4). Tile army of Israel was smiall (v. 15) but it (lid not hesitate to attack 'til superior force and that sort of faith will always inceito others which wvill "follow thleml" (v. 19). Every mani "slew is manli," each did 11is part-"played thle game and)( played it fair"'-nid 11h0 result was a hlost in full flight anid the hanmdful of Israelites in pur~suit v. 20). Godl Raved Israel that day 1by thle use of youn me Iln. TJea(chers, dio you1 real. izo your opport unity? It is (ours to arouse ill y'oulth a realizatioii of its capacities, ad(1vantages, opplortunlities andl resp~onsibilities; to inispire them withl a dletermlination to be of servie; to instruct themi ill God's [lan of cam paign and to link them withl tile Young Man of Nazareth. "the Captain of Sai