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{ WEDNESDAY, JULY 7. 1915.
$ "WEATHER FORECAST
, 'Generally fair" Wednesday an??
Tmiwdey. except probably showers
noir coast.
.1 !??
^Blames war fdr. hailstorm." This
war ls aomo scapegoat.
"Canaries sing best In a subdued
llgpt." And Borne folks look beat.
- o ???
The women ot Iceland have been
awarded tull sufferage after a hot
fight
Divorce Mill Draws Out Beauties.
Headline. And draw 'em .In some
times.
Despite his avoirdupois. Col. Webb
made a good race for mtyor of Green
ville.
. o,.,',
"Control of Car is ?.o8t by Driver."
'Tho undertaker will pleaso write the
next copter.
o
Spartanburg bas a man who was a
putiil under Hojt, tho.fellow who shot
Mr. Morgan. Can Greenville beat
An auto thief In Chicago has sbeen
sentenced, to pay $2 por week for three
years. That's punishment on tho in
stallment plan.
--o
se Liberty Bell, which la Imprison
ed ^nost of the time In Independence
Hall, is to have a little liberty-lt's
on lt? way to Frisco.
if is said that only two policemen
arc necessary In Iceland with UB pop
ulation ot 72,000. How uninteresting
life; in Iceland wast be.
lat's a verytSretty little story
ii Mrs. Morgan attacking her huB
ia essaient, ?ut no more than
thousand* of other wives throughout
tho| length and breadth of the land
would have dono.
j? . a
, Attorney General Thoa. Peeples
should feel proud of the record he
made In recent decisions In South
Carolina cases from the supreme
court. In the six cases six decisions
wore handed down In favor of the
State.-York News. Good for the
youpg man. Pass the good word along.
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: The Anderson Intelligencer advises
housewives to can all the fruit and
vegetables they can can for winter, lt
?iObod advice: these things will come
In mighty well lu the long winter
season to vary the monotony. ot fat
back and naur kraut-Newberry Ob
server. And break the monotony ol
paying g*ocarp' ?Mair?*
< i K K E N VI M. K'S ? A Y O lt- K L KCT.
Greenville' lu to be congratulated up
on the selection of <'ol. C. S. Webb for
mayor In yesterday's primary. He ls
ene of Greenville's many splendid
citizens-public spirited to thu core,
progressiv?' in mind and principles,
hirli toned and (ban in both private
and publie life, a thorough gentleman,
prominent in social and busness cir
cles and long experienced In thc
management of city ftfTurre.
It ls due. lu large measure, to Col,
Webb's untiing effort that Greenville's
streets have been so well and exten
sively paved. As chairman of the
street department of city council, he
work unceasingly for the permanent
improvement of the thoroughfares of
that city. He worked still liardcr for
the Issuing of Greenville's first bonds
for Btreet paving, and for the second
Issue, and even the third. In fact, Col.
Webb was so enthusiastic on the sub
ject of paved streets some called him
a crank-but a mighty desirable
crank to have in u progressive and
growing city like Greenville.
In addition to all this. Col. Webb ls
a man of splendid appearance. Ho
fairly look progress, und Is a man who
will always reflect credit on tho city
wherever ho appears. Greenville
owed lt to Col. Webb to make him
mayor, and the votera have done well
to real ire this.
TOBACCO AM) CANCER.
Au article In thc New York Medi
cal Journal written by Dr. Robert
Abbe, senior surgeon of 8L Luke's
Hospital, sheds r.ow light on thc
causes of cancer, and particularly
enticer of thc mouth. It ls a calm but
scathing arraignment of tobacco, not
necessarily when it ls used rationally
but when it is smoked or chewed In
excessive quantit?s.
Of 100 victims-of mouth cancer that!
Ur. Abbe, studied, only ten were wo-1
men. One of theso ssufTered from
virulent case on tongue cancer, and
confessed to the habit of dipping a
toothbrush in snuff and subbing it on
her tonguo bocauso "she liked the
stinging sensation." Another smoked
a package of clgaretB eviry day.
Of tho 90 men, all but one were in
veterate smokers, the doctor reports.
Most of them smoked cigars, to the
number of three to twenty a day. Five
cancer-of-the tongue victims smoked
only clgaretB. One of them conssumed
atty a day.
"Many, of . tke patiente," j says the
doctor, "used a pipo, which often caus
ed cancer tpk b^gJn .wJU, re,Um "sud of
the pipe stem allowed ho hot Smoke
to como upon tho tonguo."
Thirteen of the men had cancer In
side tho cheek, and all of these had
chewed tobacco as well as smoked.
In every case, the cancer started
whore the tobacco quid was held in
tho cheek, or on tho sido of the pa
late or tongue near by.
Chronic irritation, Dr. Abbe ex
plains, may be si i down as a funda
mental cause. The use of tobacco
may be the original cause of the lrrl
taton, as when hot smoke from a pipe
continually bunin the tongue', or the
tobacco may aggravate the Irritation
when it has once appeared.
Often a broken tooth or a sharp
toothedgo causon the original infla
mation that loads to tho cancerous
growth. The one man of the ninety
who did not smoko had cancer ot the
Upstarting tn a scar .caused by an old
baseball njury.
Burning , the tongue in any way ls
dangerous. One ot tho victims said
sho liad often burned her tonguo with
hot coffee. About one-tenth ot thc
patients. Dr. Abbe said, plainly owed
their affliction either to a rough tooth
or to hot, burning drinks, or both.
"The other nine-tenth ot' Uto cases
aro chargesblo to tobacco."
After such a warning, lt should take
llttlo argument to Induce any man who
smokes excessively to cut down his
tobacco ration and lt he is troubled
v;lth a sore mouth' to cut lt out alto
gether. Usually Uie only deterrent
from excessive smoking is bad nerves.
But cancer is worse than nerves.
PROHIBITION AND LEGISLATION.
Statewide prohibition went Into ef
fect In Georgia on July 1, and on July
2 the Georgia houso ot representatives
established a new rule aa follows:
"No member shall be permit tod on
tho floor of Ute house WhUo In an in
toxicated condition, and the doorkeep
er is directed to keap a close watch
and eject any member who ls intoxl
est?tt."
It looks aa If it's up to the Georgs
law-makers to do a little explaining.
URBENVILLE MAN BUYS _
ENOBEE COTTON ?ILL8
Spartnnburgh, July 5.-The Knorec
Manufacturing company ot Enoree
was sold at a receivers aals today tc
J. I. WesHervelt ot Greenville toi
$201.000. _
Penasyltaala ?arlst Dean.
Philadelphia, July ?5.-James Tyn
dale Mitchell, former chief Justice ol
the Pennsylvania supreme court/ died
today. He was 81 years old - and
author ot many legal Gftatace.
Military Socialism
(Chicago Tribuno.)
Germany's military efficiency ig not
by any moans the product solely of a
war machine. Tin1 nation in peace
made the nation in war. Tho organi
zation of the people to meet und bet
ter conditions of life made it possible
for them to enter tho harder struggle
without dlo'*ganizatlon.
Germany's militarism rested upon
the foundation of sound uutional lifo.
Tho gove rn mont which had mad,? the
citizen a better citizen found him
u better soldier when bc was need
ed.
Germany's armies arc the flower
jof the constructive work of more than
a generation of wiso administration.
Of intensive culturo of humanity and
careful guarding of conditions of life.
German legislation had been conserva
tivo of the strength of the nation in
time of peace, and it was there to
rely upon In the time of war.
If the Indifference to community
good which prevails in extremely In
dividualistic nations had controlled
lu Germany, tho nation would have
boen found insufficient for tho emer
gency when it urose. Its manhood
instead of being robust would have
bron vitiatod. Its resources would
have boen inadequate, for its great
population. Poverty and disease dis
content and disloyalty would have
made impossible thc exhibition of na
tional strength and exaltation which
tho nation revealed.
W?< may not like the exhibition, but
we arc compelled to admire thc quali
ties. We may not Uko tho military
soclalnsm which controls everything
for tho good1 of the state, but we are
bound to find it necessary to study
the measures for the protection of
citizenship ami to adopt such as will
conform to out1 Ideals of life, if not.
in cases, modify our ideas to conform
to necessity.
Germany not only presented her
citizens physically but bound them
together in an Intense patriotism
which wo find expressed in provok
ing, Irritating terms. Wo do. not un
derstand how u. people can have such
fer vii d and Indomitable conviction of
infallibility and superiority. It ls be
cause of tito intensity of German pa
trlotlBf, which will neither doubt nor
question.
Tho destruction or suspension of the
critical faculty of a researchful na
tion is not in Itself admirable, but
i tis useful In BUCII times as these
In Europe, when doubt might result
.in weakness. The Gorman has no
doubts. Some of the leading Social
ists have preserved their internation
alism, but so far as tho. national
temper ls revealed lt is one at white
The Advocate and
(Greenwood Journal.)
.The Dally Journal regrets exceed
ingly that .it made .any reference to
tho tact that a denominational paper
published In a city where a revival
was in progress did not give proper
attention in its columns to said inset
ing. Tho paper in question was Tho
Southern Christian Advocate. Wo do
not care to become Involved in any
controversy, but s inn: le justice com
pela us to say that The \dvocat? pub
lished two editorials to which our at
tention has been called commending
I ABOUT Tl
Florence Melons.
Florence will havo watermelons for
the Fourth and not foreign born
either, but those that aro produced on
Florence county soil. Tho first that
we have soon this season except ship
ped molons were brought to thc city
yesterday by a colored farmer and
sold to the J. F. Stockley Co. They
wcro not so largo and commanding in
appearance, -but they looked mighty
good and produced a craving sensa
tion on the part of the town dweller
who ls denied the great privilege that
hie country neighbor enjoys so much
at this time'of tho year.-Florence
Times.
Picks np Geld.
Thousands of dollars worth of gold
has boon taken out ot tho ground here
abouts In times past and there is more
of tho pVeclous metal here yet, as
shown hy the fact that Mr. CbarJIo
Sullivan picked up a small ruck lu his
yard a few days ago that contained
gold valued at $3 or more. It was
found just after a rain that washed
tho soil from around lt.-McCormick
Messenger.
Pit ching Horse Shoes, by Heck.
The ancient pastime of "pitching
horseshoes" has been revived in Gaff
ney amena; some, of the younger ele
ment, who expend enough energy in
displaying their talents to accomplish
great things if it were directed in ?
proper channel.-Gaffney Ledger.
Will Teach Franck.
Robert Hemphill Coleman, son of
Mr. and 'Mrs. M. T. Coleman, who
graduated with honors at the College
ot Charleston In June, has chosen
teaching ?or his life work and has
been elected to teach mathematica and
French In the Buckley hlgb school of
New London, Conn.-Abbeville Med
ium.
peas on the Market.
During the spring until now. Wage
' ner has shipped away to different
patts of the country 3,100 bushels of
1 pcaa and not less than 600 bushels ol
1 corn and yet everybody seems to have
1 an abundance yat at their disposal.
Never in the history of the town has
sho bad the honor of being ao ready
to send aid to other counties and
Statue. It ls to be hoped that the era
? baa draw ned when our country al
'. large will he content to produce what
I she needs and. not he ready any long
I er to trust to other countries sup
plying us.-Wagner-Edlsto News.
in War and Peace
beat In the conviction that the Gur
man cause is thecausc of mandklud
at Its highest.
To have made this sentiment domi
nating, whatever unpleasant phases
we may observe of it, and to have a
strong nation prepared and ablo to
defend it is a work of promotion and
conservation of national energies such
as the world seldom bas seen.
What we should be interested ti
considering is that it ls not tho result
so much of militaristic program as it
ls of a pacific program. It ls tre ef
fect of a cause to which humanitarians
are devoted. Militarism made usu of
what humanitarianism wrought.
Germany's strength is based upon
such foundations as pensions which
give old agc the guaranty of protec
tion against poverty; upon workmen's
compensation, which keeps the crip
pled industrial worker and his family
In possession of a livelihood; insjr
ance against Invalidity, which k^cps
him from the worst consequences of
Illness; building &,.d san Hary regula
tions which prevent the lapse of met
ropolitan and manufacturing districts
into slums; thorough education aud
physical training Of children, indus
trial training of workers, provision
for healthy amusement, and regula
tion, contro', and direction of pro
duction, etc.
It is possible that there aro meas
ures of military socialism, that tho
nation bc~-t its energies to develop and
preservt, lt', strength, to be used elthci*
aggressivi ly or defensively. They did
develop and preserve lt. Thoy organ
ized tho nation and coordinated its
clements. They mad" possible the
Instant transition to thc more compact
organization of war. They also in
creased the Intensity of thc German's
patriotism. The state to him is not
an aloof abstraction. It is tile di
recting, sustaining power which gave
him his tsrength and to which he re
turns it.
Partiality or projudlce aside, the
Bystem which di": "his must have Its
extraordinary qu .lilies, and many of
them must recommend themselves to
nations which, however much they
may abhor the military aspect of
vJernvan solidarity, must consider ways
and means of meeting the competition
which it thusts upon them.
Th?s nation Bhould understand that
the strength of Germany was provid
ed for In legislation which conserv
ed Its citizenship. The need of such
conservation will make their ap
parent more and more sven in this
flieh nation, and Amertcuhs may hope
that their government will recog
nize lt in time.
Anderson Meeting
the meeting and a communication
signed by several pastors and two
?th-;r gentlemen In that city endorsing
',t. lb-s id es, we are reliably Inform
ed that the editor not only attended
the meetings, but gave 'them his per
sonal endorsement and showed the
evangelist ov ?y possible courtesy.
Even were all of this not true, lt must
be conceded that an editor is the best
and only judge as to what should ap
pear In the columns of his paper, and
as to what he should or should not
' endorse. ' '^_r_
F?E STATE
Fine for Wheat
Hugh Brown was In town a few
days ago tho first time in several
woeks. He has Just had his wheat
threshed and made 136 bushels on Ave
acres, a little moro than 27 bushels
to the acre, an unusually goo'' yield
for this section. Ho sowed five bush
els and reaped 136.-Abbeville Med
ium.
Darlington Wheat.
Darlington county can claim a rec
ord for wheat production. If any one
has any doubt as to whether wheat
can be profitably grown in this coun
ty, the following facts, related to The
Nows and Press by Boyd Gandy, one
of our most reputable citizens, should
dispel such skepticism: Mr. Gandy,
whose place is In the Mont Clare sec
tion, planted ten acres to wheat About
Juno 16 he threshed nine acres, real
izing an average yield Of 44 bushels
per aero. On June 27 he threshed the
remaining acre, securing tho phe
nomenal result of 64 bushels and 27
pounds of primo what.-Darlington
News and Press.
An Amusing Incident.
An amusing incident occurred dn
Mr. Sum. Balles' place, about four
miles north of town, Sunday, caused
by a negro farm hand getting mixed
up iq his count of the days of the
week. Under the impression that it
was a week day, the darkey went to
the stable early in the morning and
catchng put his mule commenced
plowing. When Mr. Bailes went to
the stable some time later the mulo
was missed, und instituting a search
for the onmal, he was much surprised
to find negro and mule busy .at work.
When informed of tho fact that it
.was Sunday, the darkey was naturally
much chagrined and made haste to
get the mule back to the stable. He
will doubtless consult Ute calendar a
little more often in the future, and
will be slow ' about going to the field
quiet mornings when everybody else
ls resting.-York Newe.
?edwin Estate f*s,ltMM.
~ New York, July 5.-The?entire es
tate of James J. Godwin, n cousin
! and former partner of the lato J.
! Pierpont Morgan, ls given to his'
? widow and children nuder terms of
; his will filed for probate today. Mr.
; Godwin died on June^2* "The estate
. ls eBtimated^at^appr?ximat?ly***23T
000,000*. _ .
!? ODDS AND ENDS. +
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Wonders of Ameres.
"Wc have Islands a milo in circum
ference composed entirely of sul
phur," boasted tho man from New
Zealand.
"You ought to seo our big trees,"
came back the American. "You-could
pick up one of those islands on thc
tip of one of our trees and let lt serve
as the head of a match."-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
- S
A Real Symphony.
Musi': Teacher-What is your im
pression of harmony?
iSmart Student-A freckle faced girl
in a polka dot dress leading a coach
dog.-Judge.
Monotonous.
"I wish you would Introduce a little
change in your style of dancing."
, "How do you mean?"
|"You might occasionally step on my
lort foot Instead of the right one."
Minneapolis Journal.
Confnsng.
She-Isn't Jack .lust wonderful?
He's already been promoted to field
marshal.
Ho-From private to field marshal
in two months? ' Impossible!
She-Did I say field marshal ? Well,
perhaps it's court-marshal. I know
it'a one or the other.-Passing Show.
Pertinent Inquiry.
"Fred Terry is reviving Henry ot
Navarre in London"-Theatrical Item.
Using th', pulmotor?
Rebuked.
He was deeply in love with his wif.e
but awfully careless about money
matters. He started away on a long
business trip, leaving her short ot
money, and promsng to send her. a
check-wheh he forgot to do. The
rent came due and she telegraphed:
"Dead broke. Landlord insistent.
Wire me money.
"Am short myself. Will send check
in few days. A thousand-Risses."
Exasperated, his wife replied:
"Never mind money. I gave land
lord one of the kisses. He was more
than satisfied."-New York Times.
Shifting Things Around,
. A woman can work wondera in tho
appearance of tho house by moving
'the batracks across the hall and put
ting tho washstand where the bureau
was.
Undecided.
Visitor-What's that new structure
on tho hill there? . ,
Farmer-Well, If I find a tenant for
it, it'a a bungalow; if I don't, it.s a
barn.-Passing Show.
Cause and Effect.
"My wife has planned the menus
ahead for a month."
"Have you seen 'em?"
"Yes; that's why I'm planning s
tew trlpB away."
Her Vague Vle^n.
"I asked for alimony of fifty a week
I see w 1mmen are getting that righi
along,"
"But. madam," expostluated the law?
yer, "your husband la earning onlj
twelve."
"What's that got to do wth it? - ?1
thought the government provided the
alimony."
Or Tr^reabaata.
Boya will bo hoya
Until ?1 -no more.
Girls remain girls
Up to 34.
Ia Real Ufa.
Lifo provides ns with a quiet ninth
now and then. Take the sign in i
local restaurant:
r A deposit of 1C> cents recurred ot
fell silverware taken out."
JBs?rTWejgfct. %
"Six cents postage required, misa.'
"What torr*
"This letter io very heavy "
"Pahaw," said the girl, How Tn
fKorry l put in those 3,000 kissee."
All in one-means unde
Especially with our ran]
way of taking your mea
And while" we've lonjj
about one piece underwi
gotton the man who st
piece kind.
Jwo-piece garments 50?
Union Suits $i, $1.50 a
Our "special" silk fibre
are winning new friend:
?rata
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PRESS CC
The liest Investment.
(Minneapolis Journal )
Ever since the war began the Unit
ed States has been looking for the
return of its billions of securities held
in Europe. They do not come.
Tho heavy flow before tho war be
gan stopped with its arrival. Our
stock markets were closed to check
a rush, >mt when they opened the
accumulations were soon cared for and
prices began to rise. The liquidation
haB been almost imperceptible.
Turning attention from things an
ticipated to things as they are Ameri
cans are beginning to asck why Eu
ropean investors should sell our se
curities. They want sound invest
ments more than ever now that all
their own properties are demoralized.
There is no better investment than
the selected securities of the richest
neutral which are held in Europe. In
vestors there can have no better safe
guard against the worst that may hap
pen. So-fax they jana Qt sell AmerU
can securities dear enough and buy
Europeans cheap enough to tempt
them to the change.
Germans Now Respect the French.
(Chicago Tribune.)
Karl II. von Wicgand, writlug from
thc headquarters of Prince Rupprecht
of Bavaria on the western front, says
that there is in the German army
from privtaf.es to generals nothing but
admiration of the French valor. Ever
since the Franco-Prussian" war the
Germans have professed contempt for
thc French military establishment, be
lieving that tho nation . was decadent
in physique and1 morals and no long
er had the stuff needed in war.
This popular notion of French man
hood was an Irritant to a nation which
had to recall the fiasco and tragedy
of a humiliating war and a humiliat
ing peace. There was not only tho
draped statue representing Strassburg
to remind the French of the loss of
provinces but there were plenty of
expressions from the Germans to
reveal contempt. .These1 Were not con
stituents of peaceful relations.
If 'respect is tatting the place of
these emotions the. two nations may
fight their way to a better understand
ing. It is a tall price to pay, but it
is a slight consolation that there la a
profit in night. The French are con
scious that they have dono well. Tho
Gormans, know it.
Mother's Pensions.
(New York American.)
Today, tho law providing for state
aid, or pensions to dependent wid
owed mothers goes Into effect In Now
York.
Thst this law stands on the statute
books is largely due to tho deter
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First Catto? Bolls.
-Tom Thorn, of near Munnerlyn, one
of Burke county's most successful
colored farmers, living on Judge War
? nock's place, brought the first bolls of
cotton to town this week.- Waynes
; boro Truo CRIsen.
Mr. Hardwick at gt Simon's.
United States Senator Thomas W.
1 Hardwick will arrive some time during
the present week and will go to St.
Simon, accompanied by members ot
his family, where they will occupy a
cottage for two weeks.-Brunswick
News.
Jealousy of the ?vals.
ThomasviUe had a man on a ship
sunk by a submarine. Think how
? Jealous Valdosta abd Wayct?sV must
t b* by this time.-Savannah Press.
i Welcome te the Farmer.
: Let ns act as we feel, and g Ivo the
fanner to understand that he ls of us,
ss well as with us. "Wo need each oth
' er, for a prosp?rons farming com
munity makes a live town and th?
. prosperity of Ce town adds life and
i enjoyment to the countryside.- Mil
lion County Nows.
;rwear comfort, ff?
of sizes and our
sure. , / m
j been enthusiastic
sar, we have not for
ill favors the two
:. ~\ 7 ./? .<
nd $2. ' f
socks at 35c, 3 or #1,
s for us each day. ,
t^lr Ca
>MMENT
mined and effective fight made for it
by The American in three legisla
tures. Against it were arrayed a
general public Ignorance, apathy and
indiff?rence, which could only be
corrected by a vigorous newspaper
campaign of education. Yet'its cor
rection was the easiest part of the
task of securing the passage of the
bill.
For its most dangerous and tena
cious opponent was a force which
few citizens have ever regarded as a
political factor-namely, the organ
ized charities of the .state, now com
monly and justly known-as the Char
ity Trust, -r
Organized charit> fought hard to
retain, for its own profit, thc care of
little children whose mathers were
cager to care for themr but were
Torced by the demands of daily, toil
to surrender them to the dwarf rag
routine of an "institution." To listen
to the arguments of the Charity .Thrust
one might have thought that a child's
worst foe was its mother. Tho supe
rior advantages of asylums, homes
and refugees were dinned into the leg
islator's ears, and the economy of
paying tho trust for the children's
care was extolled until it was proved
that to pay the mother was not only
best for the child but cheapest' for
thc state. *
It is estimated that today 1,500
mothers andj thrice as many children
will become the beneficiaries of ' the
funs, aggregating nearly half a mil
lion dollars, that have hitherto been
paid over to the Institutions in the
Charity Trust. About 10 per cont
of all the children in asylums 'and
other public refuges will be taken
from thom and returned to their
mothers, who will be aided by the
state to support and educate them.
Is not this worth the long, hard
contest which preceded the passage
of the mothers' pension bill?
New York is by no means the pio
neer in this, movement. Missouri lcd
thc way in 1011. The legislation" ip
that state had .its origin when Judge
Portcrfield, of Kansas City, after in
vestigating numerous cases ot petty
thieving by boya and girls, pleaded
with the. state to help eradicate,the
poverty in their homes, rather (bas}
punish them for the hit every cansad
by the povbrty. Illinois promptly
followed Missouri and since that time
twenty-four more states have Joined
tho procession, .and ten aro now do
bating tho matter.
A more helpful and a more scien
tific way ot distributing state aid Wad
never devised. The American halls
tho operation of the mothor's ..pension
law with pride in the part lt took in
securing that legislation.
? CAROLINA PREIS. *
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Let Him Sleep.
Oh, somewhere In a seclurtod lair,
In aileace dark and deep,
A Bull Moose with his tank of air
Is lying fast asleep.
-Qr renville News. ;
Mr. A. II. Miller for Congress. ;{ j
?Harry Watson, of Tho Greenwood ?J
Index, Jr, evidently supporting A. H. ]
Miller, of Greer, for congress In this
district. Editor Watson saya he went
to school with Miller and knows his
man.-Sparenburg Herald.
Br. Charles tiphani Dead.
Dr. Charles Upbaia Shepard, '
founder and owner of the Pinehurst j
tea farm ut Summerville, died at
Summerville at 10: BO o'clock y ester- ?
day morning, in the 73rd year of his .
age.-News and Courier.
A Woaaaalesa World.
Suffragette-What ta a party with- '
ont women? %?
Mere Man (flippantly)-A stage
party.
Suffragette-Exactly. And what, ?tr,
would this nation be without wopjon ii
buc stagnation?-The IngUjsjds , ^., ,