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VOL. XXVIII. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1916. CLUBS AGE WAR UPONILLITERACI STATE FEDERATION OF WOMENS CLUBS HOLD SESSIONS IN ANDERSON. THEY TELL OF MANY THINGS Tell of Active Campalgn Against ult eracy-Have Banquet At Ander son College. Anderson.-The 18th annual sessio of the Federation of Women's Clubs was held here, the work consisting of routine reports and addresses and many interesting features with a ban quet at Anderson College. Mrs. J. W. Allen, president, made her splendid report. Mrs. Allen stress ed the importance of the clubs of the state and told of the night school work in Spartanburg by Miss Selden. She commented on the address of A. S. Johnstone of the state board of chari ties and stated that as the clubs had helped in the formation of this board, they were in duty bound to help the board in any way they could. In her report she gave the 15 new clubs thai have been formed during the year. The legislative committee recommend ed two matters to the federation: To make women eligible as school and library trustees and that a home be established for the care of the feeble minded of the state. "No illiteracy in South Carolina in 1920" is the slogan of the educational department. Mrs. Walter E. Duncan, .Aiken, reported the federation is now giving ten scholarships: Four tc Winthrop, two to Lander, two tc Memminger, one to Converse, one tc Coker. Reference was also made to the compulsory education laws of the state, the report saying that the law is becoming statewide and the feder ation is pushing for Its enforcement. The report of the department of pub lic health was read by the chairman Dr. Rosa -H. Gannt of Spartanburg. An address on child welfare In South Carolina was made by Miss Mary E Frayser. Then came the reports of four clubs of the graduate nurses' as sociation - Charleston. Columbia, South Carolina Graduate Nurses' As. sociation and Hospital Club of Green wood. Mr. T. M. Mbrdecai of Charleston madea statement of the model school made a statement of the model school of social and industrial conditions w made by the chairman, Mrs. John Gary Evans of Spartanburg. An address was made by the Rev D. E. Camak of Spartanburg, presi dent of the Textile Industrial Insti tate. Miss Louise Selden of Spartanburg addressed the federation on the moon light school work in Spartanburi county. She told of the establishment and operation of many night schools it which over 2,000 persons were en rolled. These night schools ha'h helped to a wonderful degree in de creasing the illiteracy percentage o! Spartanburg county. Nyurses Complete Course. Columba.-Programlmes have beer prepared and invitations arc bedng is sued for the graduation exercises al Smith Memorial chapel on the evenini of May 25, when five young womez will receive their diplomas from thi Columbia hospital. The address wil be delivered by John E. Swearingen state superintendent of education, and diplomas and pins will be presenteI by William Weston, M. D. Severa violin selections will be rendered b3 Mr. Schumacher, director of the Hiar vest Jubilee band. The young womer to receive diplomas are: Lucili Wilson, Olivia E. Wats, Chloe Berry Emmie Kiugh and Sara Stack. Greenville Votes Bond for Schools. Greenville.-By a vote of 77 to I Greenville school district, which 14 Greenville city, voted to issue $50,004 school bonds to supplement the $75,004 voted some months ago. The $125.004 -will be used to erect a high schoc 'building and two or three new gram mar school buildings. Georgians Win State Debate. Columba.-The University of Geol gin won the annual Tennessee-Soutl Carolina-Georgia triangular debat held simultaneous a few nig'its agc Georgia defeated Tennessee at Colur bla; Georgia defeated South Caroling at Knoxville, and South Carolina dE feated Tennessee at Athens, Ga. Se< ond place in the debate therefore go. to Carolina. The query was: "R< solved, That the United States shoul extend its policy of subsidizing it anerchant marine engaged in foreig commerce." STRANGE FIRES OCCUR ON MEXICAN BORDEP! El Paso. Tex.-Army posts and sti tions along the border were on thez guard against incendiaries as a resu] of two fires at Fort Bliss, where flame of unknown origin destroyed a stor4 house, three cavalry stables, thre horses and some tents. Army officer express the opinionf that an invest gation will disclose that the fire could net have been of accident* origin. It was said there was no a tempt on the ammunition house. Citizen's Duty. Kant's categorical imperative ma be expanded into these homely term of duty: No one may do that whici If done by all, would destroy societ: In other words, the individual mus see that when the gaining of his ow poor little happiness involves an injur to. a great human ideal it is bettert cut- the happiness off and cast it frol him than to. do his part to bring t1a body politic to hell fire. INSURANCE HOUSE DENIES LICENSE McMASTER REFUSES COMMISSIO? TO NON-RESIDENTS - ACTS UNDER OPINION. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Marl the Progress of South Carolina Pe. pie, Gathered Around the Statb Capitol. Columbi Opinion by John L. McLaurin, state warehouse commissioner, is that man damus proceedings will be brough against Fitz Hugh McMaster, state in surance commissioner, to prohibi compliance with an interpretation re cently given by Attorney Genera Peeples, that non-resident insurance brokers may not be licensed under the existing insurance regulations in thi: state. The question has been brough Into prominence by the application 0: Philip LaTourette of New York, rep resentative of Samuel, Cornwall 4 Stevens. Mr. McMaster realizes tha Mr. LaTourette might be the means 0 relieving considerably the stringen situation relative to the insuranc muddle, but emphasizes that the is suance of licenses to non-residen brokers is in violation of the act. Rel ative to the application of Mr. La Tourette and the company he rep resents, Mr. McLaurin said: have the promise of Samuel Cornwall & Stevens that if this license is granted they will take care of sue business as can not be handled throug regular channels on account of thi withdrawal of the. companies. We are not trying to put local agents on of business, only to take care of wha they are unable to do. I don't wan to injure any man doing a legitimate business, but I do not propose t allow our people to suffer by reasot of a monopoly if I can help It. It i1 nothing to me personally or officially I am running the state warehouse an< I haven't time to answer all the peo pie writing me for directions abpou insurance. I was 56 years old yester day and spent 14 hours at my desk. can't stand such a physical strain in definitely." The letter of Insurrece Commis soner McMaster to Warehouse Com missioner McLaurln is as follows: "Replying to your recent letter ox bhalf'of application of Mr. Philip La Tourette, who applied for a broker's license, sending therewith his checl for $25 and his bond in the sum of $5,000, I have to say that under the Instructions of the attorney genera that I should follow the directions o the statute as to whom I shculi license, and advising me that I shoul decline on the sole ground that Mr LaTourette is a nonresident of the state, if no other ground exists, ani that In case of contest, ho, the attor ney general, would represent this of fie and present arguments to thi court to sustain the law prescribed b: the legislature. I have to decline ti Issue a license to Mr. LaTourette ox the ground that he Is a nonresiden of the state. "In all other respects I find that Mr LaTourette comes within the terms of the law in that he Is a well Inform ed insurance broker, licensed as I un derstand in the state of New Yor] for many years. He has filed the re quested bond and in all other particu lars fulfills the conditions of the law I realize, too, that It is possible tha1 Mr. LaTourette might do considerable towards relieving the present insur ance situation in South Carolina at suggested by yourself, but I have n< option in the matter and as lndicatet 'above, on the ground that he is a non resident of the state, as is prescribed In the last sentence of section 2 o the act providing for the licensing o insurance brokers, I declined to issu and am returning herewith Mr. La Tourette's check for $25 and his born In the sum of $5,000." Sar Examiners Pass Fourteen. Fourteen out of 21 applicants for ad aision to the bar passed a success ful examination before the state baa examiners and were sworn in by thi supreme court. The followirag youni attorneys were enrolled as member Iof the bar: Luther K. Brice of Spar tanbury, Henry I. E11erbe of Manning John B. Farrow of Trenton, N. 3. Samuel Gaillard Fitzsimmons of Char leston, George E. Grimball of Charles ton, Henry B. -Hare of Washington forman A. Harrison of ...y..rtanburg Jacob R. Harvin of Manning, Willian Montague Jones of Williston. Alber Gilbert Kennedy of Union. M. Clayto) Orvin of Charleston, George D. Shore Jr., of Sumter, George A. Teasley o McClellaville, C. Granville Wyche New Enterprises Chartered. The Spartanburg Plumbing an< Heating company has been chartere' with a capital of $5,000. 'The Charleston Interstate Realt: tcorporation has been chartered wit: a capital stock of $5,000. The Lodge Mercantile company ha Sbeen commissioned with a capital o a$10,000. The Anderson Hail Insurance con Spany has been commissioined. The 'iryson Grocery company c Newberry has been chartered with: capital of $5.000. Of Egyptian Origin. The Basques are a curious race, and Sfor a century scientists believed it In possible to discover their affiliations and with good reason, for they trie Sin vain to connect them with othe SEuropean people. In recent times careful and intimate study of the lax guage has revealed them to have com from Egypt at a time so remote tha eeven tradition and legend show n tracese of that far off migration. instreance Loans Are Procurable. Statistics compiled from the reports of the insurance companies for year ending December 31, 1915, show that the total investments in South Caro lina state, county and municipal bonds, first mortgage bonds on real estate in the state and bank deposits in the state equal $15,900,000. The life insurance companies alone hold a total of $15,017,000 invest ments. Of these $3,400,000 are in state, county and municipal bonds, $11,500,000 in mortgages of real estate, $81,000 in bank deposits and $7,200 in property owned in the state. The fire insurance companies show a total of $600,000 in state, county and municipal bonds, $131,000 in real es tate mortgages and $4,800 in bank de posits. The miscellaneous companies show a total of $148,000, principally in state, county and municipal bonds. This $15,900,000 invested in the South Carolina securities indicated is highly pleasing to F. H. McMaster, in surance commissioner. It shows a wonderful increase m investments during the time he has been in office. When he became insurance commis sioner, the best obtainable records show, the total investments by all companies in the class of securities named equaled about $325,000. The commissioner states that the investments are yet on the increase and that since the reports were made December 31 he happens to know that the Penn Mutual Life of Philadelphia has invested in $250.000 of South Caro lina state bonds, in two instahces in real estate mortgages, one being for $35,000 and one for $8,000 and that a New York company has in the last few days agreed to make two loans in Col umbia, one for $12,000 and another for about the same amount. The commissioner states that his advices from the Carolina Bond and Mortgage Company, of which H. C. Barron is president, are to the effect that the company can handle any amount of farm loans and city loans for the larger towns to considerable amounts. These loans are placed gen erally with the insurance companies licensed in the state or other connec tions of the Carolina Bond and Mort gage Company. Another leading agency, that of August Kohn of Columbia, also ad vises the commissioner that it is find ing no difficulty in placing loans for insurance companies on real estate: mortgages where the collateral is sat isfactory. Manning Drops Two Compnles. Gov. Manning signed an executive order mustering out of service Com panies E and K. Second infantry, lo cated at Columbia and Elloree. The action of the governor was upon the recommendation of the military coun cil which met in Columbia several days ago. Said Gov. Manning: "It is a matter of extreme regret that it becomes ne cessary for me to issue the executive order mustering out these two com panies. I am deeply interested in the National Guard of South Carolina, and am anxious that it be maintained- at the highest state of efficiency at all times. "It seems that the two companies referred to have not been able to meet the requirements of the war de partment. and the federal government has withdrawn its support. "In addition to this, the military council of South Carolina, after go ing over the recommendations of the war department, in their report to me, recommended that these com. panics be mustered out of service It then became my duty to approve this recommendation. "I deem it of imnportance that the National Guard of South Carolina be maintained at all times at the very highest state of efticiency, and this action is in the interest only of ef ficiency in the National Guard."~ Reports Progress In Miii Schools. George D. Brown, state suipervisor of mill schools, returned to Columbia from the Piedmont. where he had gone to complete his survey of the mill school conditions in South Carolina. Mr. B'-own assumed the duties of this office July 1. 1915, and since that time has visited each of the 174 mill -schools in the state. Many of them have voted special tax levies for additional teaching force -and maintenance, and a considerable pumber have voted bond issues for modernly equipped buildings. In addi tion to this, scores of night schools have been conducted in mill villages, which have been a powerful factor in -creating sentiment for better day school attendanlce by the children, and equally influential In encouraging patrons to invoke the compulsory fea -ture of the state public school law. Work for special tax levies and bond issues for buildings and maintenance will be continued until the close of the school year. July 31. Much of the teritory is covere:1 in an automobile. Mr. Brown having driven his machine more than 14,000 miles within the year. The debate in Columbia was held ill the auditorium of Chicora College forz Women. The president of the State SUiversity. 'William Spencer Currell. presided, and made an address of wel I come. The debaters from Georgia were 1J. M. Leevy and J. B. Mallett. and from Tennessee were E. Hi. Malone 3 and J. A. Fowler. The judges were: f George Armstrong Wauchope, John P. Thomas, George McCutcheon, Josiah Morse and Yates Snowden. The win ing team favored the negative. At f Knor-f2 the affirmative won and at Athens the negative won. In no in stne a the dlecision unanimous. Concentrate. How much better to give the whole attention to what one is doing, but how many do it? The intentions may be of the best, but soon one may be thinking what will be done at the next rclub meeting, wondering what oppor Stunities there are for securing a new suit at a reduced price, or what some Sbody said last night; and the time t Is passing and little work or study ao SIcomplished,--Christianl Science Moni I. . __ - - - OLD GUARANTEE BOlDER PROTECTION MAJOR GENERAL FUNSTON IS PLANNING REORGANIZATION OF BORDER PATROL. 5,000 MEN ALONG BORDER Funston's Almost Compact Column on Border Would Guarantee Against Further Raids. San Antonio, Texas.-Major General Funston began the consideration of a plan for the reorganization of the bor der ptro. Having under his direct. control almost 50,000 men he outlined to his staff a re-distribution of forces that he believed would guarantee the protection of American residents from Mexican raiders. Already forces at border stations have been strengthened and, it was indicated that before the end of the week the greater part of the regular troops and militia that have been sent into the three border states would be prepared and in position for quick service along the international line. It is improbable that more troops will b^ sent to Colonel Sibley In charge of the little expedition that crossed into Mexico near Boquillas as a result of the raid at Glenn Springs and Boquillas a week ago. Four de tachments are now operating close to the lines, scouting through a limited territory south of the border; but there never has been any intention of send ing forward at that point a punitive expedition that would compare in size to that of General Pershing in the State of Chihouhua. Army officers here are deeply inter ested in the efforts of the Mexican troops were reported to be making to run down the bandits who raided the Big Bend district and who yet hold as a prisoner Jesse Deemer, an American storekeeper. It is regarded here as not impossible that the Mexi can troops may cut off the retreat to wards the interior of the bandits and force them back within reach of Col onel Sibley's cavalry. DECIDE UPON ARMY OF 250,000 MEN FOR U. S. Backed By a Federalized National Guard of 425,000 Men as Reserve. Warhington.-A standing army of 206,000 fighting men capable of being expanded in emergency to 254,000 and backed by a federalized National Guard of 425,000 as a reserve, finally was agreed on by House and Senate conferees on the army bill. The agree ment will be reported to Congress at onse and the measure, the first of the Administration preparedness bills. is expected to be before President Wil son for his signature soon afterward. Advocates of adequate National de fense regard the conference agree ment as a triumph. The compromise between the House and Senate meas ures was effected after weeks of struggle against an insistant demand from House conferees for a standing army of only 140.000 men. The minimum enlisted strength would be attained under the confer ence agreement within the next five years and it is stipulated that at no time shall the total be less than 160,000. LIMBERK AND MECHANIC KILLED IN BIG AUTO RAC.E New York.-Carl Limberg, an auto mobile racer, and R. Pallotti, his mechanician, leading the field in the fifteenth lap of the 150-mile race for the Metropolitan trophy, were killed when their machine crashed into a guard rail on the Sheepshead Bay track. Limberg, who had been taking the turns near the very top of the high saucer track, apparently lost control of his car, while rounding the bend at a speed of more than 100 miles an cur. Both men were catapulted 100 feet over the rail and crashed to the ground about 30 feet below. The drir *er was impaled on an upright piece of timber and waws killed instantly Palotti died on the way to the Coney Island hospital. The machine, one of three French cars imported for the race by Harry~ S. Harkness, crumpled under the im pact and burst into flames. The blaz ing car clung to the rail as other driv ers flashed past without slackening, speed. ignorant of the fate of their fellow racer. A flash of flame and a cloud of black smoke told the specta tors that an accident had happened. but as it occurred at the far turn of the two-mile sauc-er few realized that it marked a traredv. BANDIT RAIDERS' MAKE ESCAPE INTO MEXICO. BrownsvIlle, Texas.-Mexican band its who shot and killed Curtis Bay liss. an American, near Mercedes, Texas, have escaped into Mexico, ac cording to Lieut. F. L. Vanhorn. who returned to Fort Brown after chasing ,the Mexicans to the Rio Grande. Ear lier reports at Fort Brown were that one of the bandits had been killed and t-rc caiflured. There were three of the bandits, Lieutenant Vanhorn stated. To Match Hangings. '"e table scarfs for Ige furnitare e tour room may be made to match the bangings by cutting out single motifi f cretonne and applying them to the scarf ends. Place them on the mate rial in an attractive way and baste hey can eIther be sewed with an >ver and over stitch around the edge or buttonholed in place. If, however, 70o wish a quicker method, machine Sclose to the edge around the REORGANIZING ATLANTIC FLEEl SECRETARY DANIELS ORDER: SIX OLDER BATTLESHIPS PLACED ON RESERVE LIST. 4,200 MEN MADE AVAILABLE The Men Thus Released Will Mai New Dreadnaughts and Destroy ers.-New First Line of Fleet. Washington.-Reorganization of tho first line of the Atlantic fleet was o dered by Secretary Daniels so as t place six of the older battleships i1 reserve and release a large part o their crews to man a destroyer divie ion and the new dreadnaughts Okla homa and Nevada. The New Jersey, Virginia, Rhodi Island and Nebraska were ordered is reserve at the Boston navy yard, the Connecticut at Philadelphia and the Louisiana at Norfolk. When repair have been completed, they will bi maintained with their crews reduce( 60 per cent,- but in shape for activ+ service within 48 hours. These ves sels will be included in the nine bat tieships to be used this summer fo: naval militia and citizen voluntee: training cruises. All six of the ship are of the old turret type. About 4,200 men made available b: the change will be divided betweei six destroyers and the new dread naughts. There will be 16 big battleships i the new first line of the fleet, includ ing the Pennsylvania, to be deliverei by the contractors on June 1. Thy others are the Minnesota, Vermont Michigan, South Carolina, Delaware Oklahoma, New York, Texas, Florida Utah, Arkansis, New Hampshire, Ne vada, Kansas and Wyoming. With addition to 15,000 men In the Navy proposed in the pending bill be fore Congress, Navy officials said tha it would be possible to take severa ships from the reserve and retun them to active service. The depart ment is also endeavoring to work ou a plan by which naval militia can bi instantly assigned, for duty in case of war, to duty in manning ships ii reserve. NEW HOUSE ARMY BILL PASSES CONFEREES Regular Army 175,000; Increase 218 000 in Emergency.-Assure Nitrate Plant. Washington.-Agreement of Senate and House conferees on the House Army re-organkation bill has bee] reached, and the committee ordered tentative print of its report. A dead lock was in prospect after a storm: morning session, but in the afternool the conference was calm and result, came quickly. So far as could be learned the reg ular Army to be provided by the con ference bill would aggregate 175.00' fighting men in time of peace, whic1 may be expanded to 218.000 men 12 an emergency. The National Guar< would aggregate 400,000 men. requlr ed to take an oath of allegiance to th4 National Government and to be gives representation on the General Staf of the Arm. GERMANS BEGIN ATTACKS -AGAINST BRITISH LINES London.-Switching their attaci from the Verdun region against th4 French. the Germans have begur again a sharp offensive against thi British line around Hulluch. Preceding their movements witl the usual heavy bombardments, th4 usual heavy bombardments, the Ger mans launched an infantry attact against the British lines in the regior of Vermelles and were successful ir capturing first line trenches ovei front of about 500 yards. The Britist admit the loss of the position. bul say that part,pof them were retaken ir a counter-attack. Berlin says the British sufferec heavy casualties and in addition los1 many prisoners and several machin4 guns captured. pulsed. BANDITS ARE PARLEYING FOR EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS Marathon, Tex.-Major Langhorne of the Big Bend expeditionary force is parleying for an exchange of pris. oners which will release Ross Deemer the storekeeper captured by the Villa raiders, acording to arrivals from the border. If the parleys fail Major Langhorne is expected to rush the bandits who are reported concentrat. ed some distance south of the Ric Grande. Hie has sufficient supplies tc make a short foray into Mexico. Watson Returns from4Convention. Commissioner Watson has returnei from Washington where he has beer attending the National Conservatior congress. Ie was elected presiden1 of the Association of C'ommissioner5 pf Agriculture of the United States and will play an imiportat part In or ganizing the National Chamber 01 Commerce, which was proposed unde, a resolutionf adopted by the Southerr comriniioners of agriculture at the Southern Commercial Congress Ir Chareston last December. Optimistic Thought. Whatever the mind enjoins on itsel? as an object, it attains. Cooke ry for the Sick. Only nouri::hing, tasty and well cooked food, daintily served. should be offered to the invalid or con valescent. An unattractive tray, 02 the sen ng of too large a quantity may take away entirely the capriciout apptte-Mcea11's Magazine. BUILD BIG PACKING HOUSE Will Be Erected at Orangeburg in Near Future At a Cost of $150, 000.-Mass Meeting. Orangeburg.---Orangeburg will erect a packing house in the near future to cost $150,000. The packing house meeting held recently at the court house was a big success. Men from all sections of Orangeburg county and other counties were present. The meeting was a representative one and the purpose was accomplished. At ,this meeting $80,000 was subscribed and the balance of the $150,000 will be easily raised by canvass in Orange burg and other counties. Among the goverment officials in Orangeburg to attend this meeting were: Dr. W. W. Long, state demon stration agent; C. A. McFadden, dis trict farm demonstration agent; L*'L. Baker, superintendent of pig clubs; L. W. Summers, district demonstration agent; Dr. L. S. Wolfe, Orangeburg county farm demonstration agent. Dr. ,Long delivered a highly interesting and instructive address. Dr. Long showed that Orangeburg was the log ical place for the packing plant, be cause as a result of his census of the hogs raised in South Carolina more hogs are raised in a radius of 75 miles of Orangeburg than any other city in the state. Dr. Long told of how the United States government would assist in the work and in gen eral imparted potential information to the Orangeburg business men and others interested. Dr. Long stated that he was highly pleased with the meet ing and the prospects for the plant. Dr. Long was cognizant of the push of the Orangeburg business men, who now are possessed of the spirit to do things. Among others who addressed the meeting were Robert Lide, James M.I Albergotti and M. 0. Dantaler of the committee that visited the Moultrie plant. Robert Lide read the report and recommendation of the commit tee. Others delivered addresses, and of especial note was the address de livered by John W. Grier of Moultrie, Ga. He told of the working of the plant at Moultrie and the great suc cess attained. Mr. Grier was enthUsi astically applauded. When the matter of subscriptions I was entered into several pledged de . nominations of thousands between 41,000 and $5,000. With about 300 present at this meeting $80,000 was I ubscribed. The matter of rasiing the rest will be easy. The plan.Is to endeavor to scatter this stock over Orangeburg and other counties of the state. Other than the money subscribed, other business transacted was as fol lows: That a packing plant be es-. tablished at Orangeburg and a cor poration formed for such purpose I known as the Orangeburg Packing company; that the capital stock. be .ixed at $150,000, to be divided into 3,000 shares of the par value of $50 each. Profitable Asparagus Season. Edgefield.-The asparagus growers of the Trenton section of Edgefield county have closed most profitable season they have ever had. They have received this spring an average price of $3 per dozen bunches for their asparagus. After the asparagus is cut from the field It Is carefully sorted into four grades, the price ranging from $2.75 per dozen for the lowest to $6 per dozen for .the best grade, which Is about double the price received sev eral years ago. The higher price is the result chiefly of their system of co-operative marketing. ISoldiers Go T~o Border. Charleston.-The 145th coast ar'tit ery company of Fort Moultrie, In common with 'ten other companies that are stationed at the coast defenses in the South Atlantic coast artillery dis trict, has been ordered to report to Fort Sam Houston at San Antonio, Texas, where they will receive orders from Gen. Funston. who is In com mand of the forczes on the Mexican border. The departure of the 145th company leaves Charleston wi.th only two companies, the 78th and the 170th. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. Gov. Manning has signed an execu tive order mustering in the new coin panies at Darlington and Florence. That the new units be accepted by the National Guard was recommended Ic the military council. Thomas H. Peeples, attorney gen1 eral, held recently in an opinion that the governor has the authority to ap point a chief state constable. The pay is $5 per day. A big barn with all Its contents, In eluding four mules, one horse and some machinery belonging to T. H. Valentine at Anderson burned one night recently. Citizens of Orangeburg are making a strong effort to secure a union sta tion at that place. Frank L. Brunson of Sumter has been appointed as game warden by Gov. Manning. Many towns in South Carolina ob served memorial day exercises. The directors and stockholders of. the Parker Cotton Mills Company de cided at a meeting In Greenville to complete the negotiations for the sale of the eight cotton mills, comprising the Hampton group, one of the subsidi aries of the Parker company. Gv. Manning will attend the Meck lenburg celebration at Charlotte '. May 20. President Wilson hasde nitely accepted an invitation toa tend. 'The governor will be accomn paniedl by members of the military staff. Optimistic Thought. There is sometimes more to r. teared from the physician than L - the disease. Potted Plants. When potting plants, p;ut a~ piPce 01 coarse muslin over the holt nae9 before putting in the bits ut tonm sod, which keeps the crain-. o The muslin prevents tLie earth iren wasing away. HAD SPORTING SPIRIT WHY WOODSMEN LET THE LONE WOLF ESCAPE. Had "Put Up a Good Fight," and His Natural Enemies Spared His Life in Token of Their Admiration for Him. The earliest streaks of dawn were lightening the eastern sky when the creaking of the windlass and the rattle of chains announced that the men were drawing the stop logs from the dam. With a grand flourish the last log was laid on the platform and the great torrent of green-and-white water went foaming down the slide. Then the boom that held back the logs was drawn aside, and down they came like a flock of sheep heading for the fold. By sixes and sevens they plunged into the pool below, rising again in the swift torrent at various angles; then circling madly round until at last they made their way through the narrows and on down the river. Dave Mordaunt, the foreman, whis tied gayly as he watched the logs pass. But suddenly he saw with uneasiness that the men stationed at the narrows could not keep the logs moving fast enough. A Jam was beginning to form. "Shut her off," he called, "and hus tle down here! The narrows are choked!" The men swiftly swung out the light boom and checked the flow of logs. Then, shouldering their poles, the ten of them marched after their boss down the narrow path that led to the lower end of the bay. The path was merely a shelf in the face of the cliff, which rose above it for nearly a hundred feet. Ten feet below was another shelf, the lower path. It was even narrower and more slippery. The men loosened the jam, and the logs once bore hurried down the stream. Then they shouldered the long poles again and started -back up the path toward the dam. "Hark!" shouted the foreman, hold ing up his hand for silence. From their left, above the roar of the water, came yelping of a pack of wolves. "They are after a deer!" cried Ben Ford. Even as he spoke the deer came in sight. It was hard pressed; clouds of steam rose from its panting sides, and its drooping head and protruding tongue showed that it was completely exhausted. The men cheered as it passed, but it paid no attention to them. Round the narrow lower path it stumbled, and.oZL reaching the narrows, which were now free of logs, it plunged in. The rushing current carried it down the river, but it gained the other shore at last and lay down, panting. "Now, boys," cried Mordaunt, "the wolves will follow the path the deer took! Gather a lot of rocks and spread yourselves along the path. When the wolves are past me I will give the sig nal. Then let go the stones. After that you can go to them with the pike. Don't let one get through." The men made every preparation to ive the wolves a warm reception. In a few minutes the animals appeared. six of them, running close together. As they reached the narrow path they fell into single file without ,lessening their speed. As they ran they gave occasional short yelps. Their tongues were hanging out and there was foam about their mouths and gleaming teeth. Without an up ward glance they ran in between the wall and the rushing, foaming water. "Now for them!" shouted Dave. With a yell the men sent down a :how er of stones'on the unsuspecting pack. With howls of pain and surprise the wolves looked up and saw their foes. Down went their tails and they tried to retreat; but they were in a trap. One by one they were pushed off into the hurrying water. Only the leader of the pack was left alive. Ho had been knocked Into the water by a stone, but had managed to gain a footing on two logs that were floating close together. As the logs drifted apart, he mounted the larger, on which he crouched, a picture of ab ject fear. The log began to move slow !y- toward the narrows. Nearer and neaer It came to the mighty mass of water pouring out through the gorge. The wolf backed to the far end of the log and crouched there, shivering. "I hate a wolf worse than poison," said Job Nelson, "but I can't see that brute scared plumb to death before being drowned." "Neither can I, Job," said the fore man, "and he sure put up a good fight The circling current brought the log to a point just below where the men With a spring, Job landed on the lower path. He stretched out his pole nd drew the log and Its frightened ccupant to the shore. Then he quick ly rejoined his comrades. "Now, boys,'' he said, "that beggar must pass you all. Anyone who wants h'm can have him.'' Realizing that he was free, the wolf leaped ashore and slouched along the path with one eye on the men above. Not a hand was raised against him. On reaching the divide he struck off at a swift lope and disappeared from "Come, boys." said Dave sharply, "get those logs going again! We've lost enough time already."-Youth's Companion. Death to Snapdragons. Though therc is doubt if any dragons are living, snapdragons continue to die, especially if overwatered. One reader states she watered and tended her plants carefully, yet they turned yellow, died, and seemed to have no lateral roots when removed, coming out of the soil with little effort on the part of the puller. This clearly indicates what is known as stem rot, PWDE Abslut, V Made-from revmof Tartar NO ALUI-NO PHOSPHATE TELL OF PAST GLORY RUINS OF ROMAN PALACES MF MENTOES OF GREATNESS. Posilipo, In the "Fairest Land of Em.: rope,"Has a History Which Makes it of Entrancing interest to the Tourist. The city of Naples give& no idea of the beauty of southern Italy. It sits like a ragged vagrant by the roadside in the fairest land of Europe. If you would see all of this beast at a glance, visit the steep headline of Posilipo, which juts into the sea be yond the city. Here are combinedithe beauties of the modern Campania the smooth roads winding upward past white villas, the blue sky, under Vhich. the earth seems to glow, while the sea Is tipped with silver-and the most:. striking relics of the long-gone day. of the Roman empire and the middle -' 'ages, those periods so full of story and color, which havemoved across Italy environed in her beautiful landsctpe and inspired by the romantic tempera ment of her people, like the acts Of some mighty pageant. At Posilipo stood the villa of Vh gil, greatest of the Latin poets, and here today is a vault where his T mains are said to lie. It was at Po silipo that Virgil wrote the Georgics, those beautful Latin pastorals that picture all the seasons of -the ydar as the poet studied them fromh his-coun try seat. Here after he had died cme many another poet and sage to put flowers on his tomb. This famous sepulcher Is a low stone vault with three windows. Therm formerly stood within it a tall urn, which was said to contain the ashes of the poet, but this has'tisappeared and is said to have been removed by eing Robert the Wise to his palace for safe-. keeping. At the very end of the heand d stands one of the most Impressive relics of Roman luxury In all Italy. :It Is the ruin of Pausilypunm, the villa built by Vedlus Pollio and bequeathed by him to Augustus Caesar. "The End of Sorrow" is the menfing of Its name, which has become that of the entire headland. Here are remains of massive white marble walls and pillars and founda tions, raching far out into the water, and from these and from the numerous legends and stories that cling abou them,.one-may reconstruct the beauty and splendor and license of the life of decadent Rome. He may picture the great villa, sitting on the point of the headland, backed by dark groves, with. its whtefeet in the breakin se.- He may reconstruct in fancy the Odeor and the theater, where the lord and his guests were entertained; the fish pond into which Vedius caused a serv ant to be thrown and devoured for breaking a glass; the wide-flung gal erles and porticoes, the elaborate marble baths. And this palace of a by gone age he may people with the nobles and philosol~hers, the poets and* soldiers of Rome, in their flowing robes of white and purple, attended by the slaves of all their wars-beau tiful women of Greece, black men from Africa, fair-haired savages from the British Isles and the wild interior of Europe-the people of all the races conquered by these most powerful and dominating men that the world has yet brought forth and who are now re membered by crumbling stones upon a deserted beach.-Chicago Daily News. H is Ferocious Pacifism. "1 have before me," said Professor Pate, "the statement of the antipre paredness literary bureau that Thomas Carlyle was a pacifist. Indeed, he was! At one time a worshiping Amer icanl ventured to call on him. The genius had filled up on 17 cups of tea and was sitting humped over before the fireplace, wrapped In a shawl and an 8-inch grouch, and paid no atten tion to the visitor. Finally the caller uttered a timid 'Ah-h'm!' "'Silence, you blockhead!' thun dered Carlyle. "Bub-but,' stammered the intruder, '-I am not saying anything' 'Nb, but you are interrupting my silence. Get out!' "That is the sort of pacifist Thomas Carlyle was."-Kansas City Star. Ringing In the Ears. Swelling and congestion of the mu cous membrane of the eustachian tube-generally the yesult of neglected catarrhal "colds"-often produces ring ing in the ears. If not soon relieved It will bring on a disease of the in ner ear and deafness. Dr. W.. C. Braislin of Brooklyn told the Ameri can Otological society recently that he treats this by swabbing out the eur stachian tube with a solution of 2 grains of nitrate of siver in.an oune of water, applying it on a pledget of cotton wound at the end of two strands