pfiMJNA For over forty years it has been used as A TONIC AND STOMACH REM EDY. P?rima aids the ap petite and gives new life to digestion. . Be&r Thia in Mind. "I conaUjr Chamberlain's Couch He i..ed y by far the best medicine in the market for .tolda and croups," says Mrs. Albert Blosser, Lima, Ohio. Many others are of the s'\me opinion. For sale by all dealers. COMB SAGE TEA IS HAIR TO en IT -. , .,. .. . --- Ifs Grandmother*! Recipe to] keep her Locks Dark, . Glossy, Thick. The old-time mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur tor darkening gray, streaked and faded hair is grand mother's treatment, and folks ere again using lt -to keep their hair u good, even color, which ls quito sensi ble, as we are living In an age when a youthful appearance Is of the great est advantage. ? Nowadays, though, we don't have the troublesome'task of gathering the sage and the . mussy, mixing at home. All drug stores aell the ready-to-UBe product called "Wyeth's ^Sage ; and Sulphur Compound" for about 60 cents a bottle, lt is very popular be cause nobo'dy. can discover,it has been applied. Simply moisten your comb or a soft brush with it and draw th SE through. your hair, taking one small strand at a time'; by morning the gray hair disappears, but what delight, the ladles with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur is that, ' besides beautifully darkening the hair after a few applications, lt also produces'that soft lustre and ap pearance of abundan co which ls so attractive; besides, prevents dandruff, itching scalp and falling hair. Pleasure in the rnr^ H ? bright ?S ,.^l^t|? ?.r~. Rayoc lamp makes reading and sewing real pleas-, ures these evenings; Lam THe Rayo gives a steady light that can't hurt the eyes, it -It requires almost "no^ attention; Its simplicity of design r^akes itv easy to . Keep clean. You ? /don't have to re move the shaoe to lightitr-justlift die gallery and touch a match. Most con venient ~ m o st efficient- ^ most ' Economical. ...V Y tJse Aldddm Secunty 4\| OSt or Diamond White ? - I ?? & obt^m best fisults^ m O?/Stoves, Lamps ana The Kayo oti?y oue : ; of ?ur many products especially suitable for ?use on the tarm. v 3St?ftdard^ou*ehp!d Y~p?? ' v Ltibricant . \. o^ndirAHand Separate* . o?ijr^ - . . : Parow? .-, . : Mica Axle Of*?*^ : : 0 'v.Ettf^'Hi^e? . , ; M??ew LiquM Gloss ' If> your dealer does not :?'?ft ^.;<^KthemV^wnte to : our nearest/station. , ; IffitlSUWYFOi) MONTH OF NOVEMBER Except for Short Period Month Wai Unusually Mild and . Open. * Columbia, Dec. 10.-Excepting a mia, wet period be'tween the 13th and lath, the month of November was un usually mild and open, with abund ant sunshine, aud seasonable, fairly distributed rains. T?e first general filling frosts of the autumn occurred on tim 16th and 17th. Conditions were generally favorable for housing late crops and preparing tho soil for small grata and truck. Cotton plck ng continued thc month through. Sweet potato digging showed good results. Tho mountains were white witl^ snow on the 20tb and 28th. An unusual. storm, with many of the characteristics ot a moderate hur ricane, visited the section on the 18th; the barometer fell 6.3 inches in ll 1-2 hours, followed by a sharp risc, and wind velocities ragged between 18 and 62 miles per hour, but lhere ?va:; a singular absence of a great ma terial ?.image. Hao storm was st eaded by heavy rains on the higher ? lev?t i OOH, which caused a m ".J erato reshet in tho lower Watereo and San te rivers between th 13th and the 8th. * Temperature: Tho montf-ly mean 'or the section, determined from re lorts of .39 stations, ?W??B 56.4 de crees, br 2.6 degrees above the cs abliBhed normal.' Precipitation:.- The average for the section, 53 stations reporting waa 2.39 nches, or 0.05 Loch above the. eatab Ished normal. Wind: Tho prevailing winds wore '.rom tho northeast. Tl:e .. average hourly. velocity, determined from 7 '?uemometor records was 9.4 miles an hour. Sunshine and cloudiness. The ave rage monthly, sunshine, determined 'rom 7 anemometer records, was 234.4 'lours, or 75 per cent of the possible amount. Average, number of clear days was 22; and partly cloudy 5. cloudy 3, as again at normals of 16.7 md 7 days respectively. War's I nil u cn co on Toys. Political conditions' and soda*, changes have for centuries reflectod ' themselves in children's toys aad sames, just as they have influence'] the dress, art, and literature of Na tiocuB. . It ia net surprising therefore fha! iihis year the American boy's Christmas playthings, bear conspicua iii?ly. the stamp.'..of Europe's con flict. A greater variety of military ind na-f "affairs ftb??ft4 snd-tbo ?trik ing changes in modern' Warfare aud ;ts instruments er destruction. .There is hardly a how ! war. tool'ot Importance ' which ? has1 not to some degree furnished a pattern for a child's bauble. " A ; miniature battle ship u n E qu i oped with wireless aerials or a complement of flying boats can not be'Called modern. Tho air 'rifle which is without a blunted bayonet and a shoulder sling is obviously not designed -for . mimic hcdaiities. A cannon which fires only one wooden projectile at a time, ls at. a disad vantage, for quick-fire and machine guns are now used ' in bombarding pasteboard forts and combating pig ai y soldiers. Tri?se individuals haye also undergone ' a radical chango, they have developed into ahlmaled lolls 'folly attired in field. uniforms and fit-tod with haversacks, cartridge belts, and rifles. They -, walk about with "military pomp a?d clatter, in stead of remaining -isiuict?yV ia the places they are.set. Thus thc toy-makers of both the old world and . of America,- wi io -aro the ordnance manufacturers for the youngsters' military forces, have kept astride .' with tl ie : Krupp,-. Schneider .aad' Bethlehom "designers.; Regard less of 'whether battles; ar? fought from, tho ibomb-pr??fe3; trenches in Prai?ce,' across ? parlor floor, or ir. ? baii Jjub. ,thb ; exigencies of : war are .met with the latest : implements.y A few 'years/ ago ? A. boy built his' fort With blocks, inserted pencils in loop holes to servejas: guns,' ?nd;,provlded the "boomb" with his - own lungs. The contrast between the war erptlp men tr, ot .that lad and the boy of to day.' is Just ns great as that o? tbe fighting"tools Used . in" the rebellion and those employed ?ow. There are elaborate ;papler-mache fortifications with disappearing gunn that, operate electrically uni flash when, they dis charge. These may, he'', fitted . judith toy. radio': planes and. connected ' by oleetrie feilw?ya. byfer ; which : tJfepDs *n Captain .Fenster, "and ?an across to St., Eusta^ t?os, where -the"harbor^ m?sterV?y?wSfe t knew, warned na that tho weather was growing auspicious and that tho .e^ty/iiea&m/ had como when toirri cones might 0? expected in tho north?; enl islands. Wo. jftlfr^gt?fc j?fe?^ and .thea .set oui fcr .Dotofrtl?aj:*?d: tbe?c?.io''St.'.tiUcJa. Just a*-\w? wera''1 und?* tho leo ^-'^?iart!?.qt?^^|i| SCCS. GRENADA heavy, and' our mainsail was ripped along the foot. We put In a roof and kept on, from seven o'clock till about 10 p. m. "Then, without any warning, the mainsail suddenly blow Itself all to shreds. There wasn't enough loft to make a patch. We eet our storm try-sail ' and kopt on running. T had J?st turned In from my watch, when Fred yelled: 'Now do for's'lo done gone.' It, too, was almost a com pleto wr?ck, and w? wore beating ab0'>.i in considerable distress.. Thero wasn't any fear about it, Just excite ment. "All quieted finally, however, and we get along somehow to Chateau Belaire, and from there to Gt. George's, Grenada, which we reached on July 6, 1014. "Wo lay . there for five months, and a new oct of sails waB sent down to us from the states.. . Dodging a Waterspout. "Our course. was then made to St Lucia,' on tho sailing route to Bar bados. As we were sailing in the outside harbor a waterspout suddenly appeared off our bow,' and we sported for severa! minutes trying to dodge it. A schooner'bf'twice our tonnage, which we had passed during tho night, lost all her headsalla in a blow which followed, but we managed to "We docked at Barbados, and got in Bomo Christmas nuts and rainlnn, then cleared for Tobago, from which pia namb 'tobacco' comos, W^e spent Christmas in Scarborough. We had I P. bamboo tree for a Christmas tree. "From . Dominica we continued to (Guadalupe, anti anchored ^JC moon light night off the shore, about two miles from Point a pitre. Tho next morning we "sailed' into the harbor, and os we wera 'dutering we noticed ra signal at the customs office. It con 8 le ted of n black ball over an Ameri can flag upBtdo down, and, though we couldn't find any '. meaning in inter national code, we know it waa a ' warning. to keep, away." W? kept on OBhore, however, and the harbor, mas ter immediately came but, with - a number bf army . officers, .. to make things took powerful. They demand ed our passports. But we ? had left the . United States before the wait', and had thought nettling of getting tiiim 'i ? mutti--''M?i???^? I passports; Vuad o tej^i to,the Brit ?|?$5pnsul,]v^te%1hit:j.!Uit?k.\ They ^$dAno* give {?o'''blebran'co^^i^^ ! Bailed without lt. for; AntigOaV :' V .. : ? "Thencb to Barbuda^ we Vwent, ab island"-'-recently taken*- -over'' l>y? tab British Bbvcr^?eni*"''^^v*aa. stocked ny the; Coddlnito.n family pf Bog -t?Qft^b?ut two. centurie? :itgo / with wild' deer, and the deer abound thero j now. Four hundred native?. btiU: live ] in a walled town under ? ?ort of feud al ayeum ,. and the island Is govern od by, t*o white men, ah overio?%v)pgf?t WaassistantV- Abbot wrecks are scattered alon* ' .^.^^''fe?rbud?'?^r^breaw saned tb BL Kitts7 and^ajrii^ titan to St. 'BUB^IUS a^!n/?nd; froaithero bomb, without fartbor/romarl-aMe incident NEED OF PERMANENT SOIL ENRIGHT Abandoned Farms of the East em States Could Be Made Valuable. New York. Dec. 10.-Declaring that' the abandoned farms of the eastern states might woll be worth $400 an acre, instead of $20, Dr. Cyril O. Hopkins of the University of iillnoi ; today sounded a note of warning aa to the need for permanent and scien tific soil enrichment' throughout tt?e agricultural lands of tho United states -in the wost as well ns tho east. Ho strongly urged cooperation to this end on tho part of city neoplo. Dr. Hopkins made hiu plea before the Ninth Annual Convention of the As ;oclatlon of Lifo Insurance presi dents, whldb) ia tonslderlng various problems involved In loauiug life In surance funds cn farm mortgages. At present about six hundred and sixty nillion dollars of life insurance mon ey la loaned on farms, principally in the south and west. "Tho most important and tho most neglected factor In American ngTicul Vure ls that of soil enrichment," said Dr. - Hopkins. "For three centuries tho American' farmer has drawn tho support of the nation from Che fer tility contained in OUT virgin soils, with widespread soil- depletion as a result. AVhea the land becamo loo porr to raise a profitable crop by tho ordinary means o{ soil stimulation, the American farmer has, as a geueral rule, allowed tho farm to go back to nature, and ho lins either moved to newe'.* lands or Joined tho Increasing urban population. "Tho. improvement of Bead, trie usc of tile drainage, thc invention and gonoral adoption of labor-saving ma chinery, tho development of cheap and rapid means of transportation, and tho opening of tho world's markets to our farm products. huv?* a.. c. i. bined to make possible and to en courage mpld deterioraron p" Ani? ican eolls. Crop rotation io good farm practico, bu', lt makes no?sto) more rapid soil d?plotlon becauso of tho larger crops produced where in sect pests and plant diseases are avoided by such rotation. . "Tho United States bureau of coh 808 reports, that t':e aggregate amt of Improved fnrm land oeHrultnra'ly abandoned from 1880 to 1010 WUB 9, 800,834 arres In New -England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania: If a state Uko Oiaseachusetts should entirely sien farming, the fact w?rild be made known and emphasized tho country over and tho world around? but, if another equal aroa of improv ed farm land is to be agr'o'.?turally abandoned, It could be so selected ov 'ii stop farmlajr in, eight states, lr .dudlng New Hambshire. ' Vermdnf, 'Massachusetts, Rhode Island, j Cob*: icctlcut. New Jersey, .Delaware, .and ellhc* Maine or Florida. In otlher wcrds, the combined area or improv ed farm land found in these eight statos In 1910 was less than 9,809, S34'acres. . "Already the question of food has begun to exert pressure in this coun try.. .During tho last census decade Our population increased by 21 tier cent, the same In percentage but far greater in the absolute than during the preceding, dvtade: but ti e*? wu ; lesa than'2 per cont increase in food cereals and. no Increase in food-pro ducing animals. By five-ye^r aver ages, centered on 1900 and 1910, re spectively, our oversea ?nnw?'? "x^o fatlons decreased from 2ir, million to 10' million bushe'H of wheat, from 162 million to only 48 million bushels of corn, and from 2,50" million to 1. 500 million pounds of moat, in order that -we rblgbt feed our increase of 10 million people, "The only hope of the future lies In tho application of science and e?rjv cation and hchesty tb the control' Of industry ' and agriculture,' and let us understand and neve forgst u-at arri-' culture, and all industry and that the fertility of tho noll ls tho ah?">lute Bun^rrrt nf every form bf agriculture. "The fertility, of tho SD? is weil under, the. control of the'farmer. If he is provided with accurate ' information and with the necessary C3oltal to1 en able him to put into practice rational systems of truly permanent agricul ture, libero was rb need whatever that the cultivated f?rm lands of tho .eastern states should have been de ni tc J . ' Lying at ibo door of our great est, markets, with the application of knowledge and. with such encourage ment au should have been given, those lands could easily .rave been nresorv ed and even. Increased in fertility un til tbelr present value might w?ll have been not twenty delara, bul four hundred dollars an-acre." ' -_---- . " Pareen AskeuV .'""'T' . Atlanta. D>ecf 10.-A petition- tor pardon has been drawn up and signed by jnnmbcrs of Atlantians asking for. tho release of Stella ifJriffln, who tarred' State's/evidence, ip ' a recent blackmail caso, ?rho pleaded* guilty abd waa rhhseqanhlv sentenced . to fee"**, enfouir-years on tho prison farm. The r?titlon- s?te'iuHh that the'girl f? sincerely dcRlrious of - b,ginning life over again and behaving Vier?olf pro perly. .<':-.' . The Crow Prince., The German crown prince having w?n kHied td bait dozen different waye,'.-having sot? . eraty;. several .v?ue's and h?vini? been banished from his royal father's presence frequently alt to no purpose, Ute war correspon dents are now turning; their, attention to the; kaiser,; who, thoy say, lo ?ow morose, and sedate to-a remarkable? degreo^Rlchmond Virgifilaai. ' & for ' Kathi Kathryne Frick of Harrisburg, Pa., deaf, dumb and blind, bas just ede-1 bratuJ- hor sixteenth birthday by giving ? party to her littlo girl ' friendo. -, "Iiain sixteen years old," she said! vory plainly, /'and Is am .going to givo my friends a" treat.'* Tho words were actually ppoken, I they1 were not mumbled or,.chattered, j r.ncl- thpy carried with them tho joy j and insatiable love 'for life of a' nor-, mar girl. . A . . , Se\ en years ago, when Kathryne ? Prick entered tho Pennsylvania in stitute ? for the jj Deaf and "Ditmb; at j Mount . Airy, ! sho could not utter a j syllable: She made unintelligible sounds, her mind was absolutely un developed, her body WaV frail. .She had no poise, no stability, nd, dlree- j lion; she'could, scarcely walk alonep Today abc ?B a well doveivjied, well Bet-u'n girl of sixteen, with a keen light of intelligence shining, in hor I tte'e that reflects ; the working of on j active brain.' ' Instead of answbring ih the sign language the questions that arc spelled Into her band or that oho gathers. With, her delicate fingero from tho'Ups of her questioners or from I tho vibrations of tho throat ot the I speaker, tho giri replies in words thal | ring out clearly and that aro marvels' o2 enunciation, considering that she is totally deaf and has. not heard a word | nttered since her bs hy days. 'J. 1010 term begins January Zrd. hand ,aud Typewriting are tho. leadli ua preparo you for on independent < Stenographers ure alwuys in demand anytime. ' . ? Cecil's'Busi: V Anderson nnd Sj December 13th The Southern Commercial congress Ipjjj^b? held at Char los ton December 13th to 17th, 1015. This, is'an Associa^ tlon .of prominent business me^rj?im' all over the SonUt arid: meetings uro held'each year for the purpose ot dis cussing business wolfaro, both of tbs I manufacturer ?nd of tho farmer. Last j year tho Congress was:h?\? at* Okla homa City and the year before at Mobile. Till* year the meeting Ja to be beld nt Charleston and very many men st'pro&.ment business, social and public life, have already accepted Ih vitntxcus to bo present At ioasi four' elen Keller "I .yne Frick. Kathryne Frick IS ubovo grado in many ot her Btudics. , She speaks and; w ri toa better English than .mont of thc children in tho highest grade itt tho school. Sho Is a wizard-with her (Ingots. Her latent accomplishment ia running .a sewing'machino, which ?ho does with accuracy, rind despatch, threading her own'needle. "ait? cati knit and sow, crochet; weave; tho ls an adopt at.uulng. a typewriter nod seldom makes an error. Sha has read many of tho classics.. Sim known tho-big..fact* In thc Euro pran war. She catt traco tho warriner countries "on a raised map. . She ha? a good gfCuud? work' of historie in formation.,. Sho dpllghts In .color ? (hough ehe ls virtually blind and eau ronly dimly discern ; tho bright reds and .blues in a strong sunlight. CITItOLAX CITROLAX C?TROLAX . Host thing for constipation, nour , stomnch, . lazy liver and sluggish [[bowels. Stops a slek headache.; ali moBt at once. Gives a moat thorough : ? and satisfactory fm?h!n.~-r-uo pain, no nausea. Keeps yourTsystcm cleansed, uw?ot and wholcoomo.-R. H* Weih?cht Salt iLako City, Utah, wrltea, "I find Citroins tho: boat )axatlvo I over used. Do?a not grlpo-^-no unpleasant after-; effects.1'-Sold Everywhere; fi & Anderson and Spartonburg Penmanship...Bookkeeping,: Short ig branches taught: Come anil let :areer. Comp?tent Booke?p?rs and . ' Day nhd night sessions. Enter . '?- "' '.-.. .'. ' '.' ' ? ..; ..:'. ness School: larianburg, 8. C. 'South Carolina" N AT CHARLESTON ito17th, 1915 ? 'W??????m raf mb?rs ot tho Cabinet of the prost? dent of the UnUeii States will be pres-: ont'at the moetlogi . JV?;- squadron of the Atlantic Fleet;: Torpedo Boats, Submarines and Tor pedo Boa t Dc A troy o rs, . os ; well - aa Drea,inaughts, ' will be In tho Charles ton Harbor, open for Inspection of the public?^ l>e^en?r?r 14th and 15th, and visitors at thia tfm?'wilt also have the pleasure of seeing a magnificent'.car-, nlyai. Southern Raliyr^jr, Ia .arranging spe^ ela!- fare tickets and escur?lo? trains.