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EiS AR3 THE GiRL IRMONY WELLER. ' {Copyright. 1914. by the MoClu/e Newscv per Syndicate.) The gardens lu the little suburban I Village that nestled at the foot of tie < Ch'Uern hills were beginning to show j the lack of care. The war had rcbbec- j those tiny cottages and left then; stripped of masculine hands. Wive:' and mothers and sisters who were . left behind to grieve and toil had nc time for gardening when there w?re ? children to care for and homes t; ' f k~.;ep tidy against the day when tht < eolciers would once again be wel eomi'ri hack. i However, there was one pair ol < masculine hands in the village thai ( might not fire shots at the enemj because his physical body had beeii ( found far too weak to stand the streu- ' uous life of the battlefield. George- { Bassl^ton &ti."ived sorely that he wa* unfit to ?0 w"fO> his fellow men xc i fight the great fight, but he realized ; there must be some way in which ht \ could be of service to those left be j Mnd. t "I could take care of those gar dens," he pondered as he walked ( through Laurel lane and witnessed the condition of growing things. "Perhaps * It will help the struggling women as 1 much as the outdoor work will bene- s fit my own body." ] At the end of two weeks George Basaington had done woqders with , six small gardens. Flowers again . raised Joyful heads, vines clambered aver gate posts auu vegeitiuies uuulinued io add table necessities to the } Biz tables. I There was one house on Laurel lane that Bassington took infinite care ] over and that one was the. home of ( James Holiday. Bassington realized r that because of the inmate he found , himself lured there in spite of himself. He supposed the fair woman ( within to be the wife of Holiday be> 1 oause she tended Holiday's two tiny J children and Beemed ever busy with household cares. So busy was she Jjhat Bassington had never, during his ( J*hort stay in the garden, had more ( than a word or two of conversation with her. 1 "I can hardly ask her If she is Holl- 1 day's wife," laughed the temporary ( gardener to himself. 1 As weeks slipped past BassingtoD began to regain the health that had < escaped him. The secruitlng offices i would not turn him back again, he t felt, and with that thought In view ( he once again went Into town in or- . der to offer himself for active service. This time he was not sent away J from his medical examination with drooping head. He had been accepted for active service and he was to join t ms old regiment ana leave ror toe ( front with them. c It was with Joyful heart that he approached th^ little cottages in Laurel lane and told each of his now ex- . cellent friends of his success. It was " going to be a trifle difficult to tell Jim Holiday's wife, and as he dropped 1 the shining brass knocker of her door ,he braced himself as if for the first < yolley of shot from the enemy. I Once inside the trim little house Bassington looked long and earnestly at the fair girl who seemed ever to elude his level glance. 1 "I am going to the front," he said In his straightforward manner, "and ^ I wanted to tell you that I have arranged for another man to care for the gardens. I am off on Saturday." j N "Oh!" gasped the girl, "then you are not a shirker! I have been think- , ing you were a coward not to enlist when all our brave brothers and husbands have gone to fight for us." A deep flush spread even up to his temples at the girl's words. "I am sorry you thought me a shirker, Mrs. Holiday." was all he said. The quick apology in Jean Holiday's eyes was mingled with amused surprise. "But 1 am not Mrs. Holiday," she told him, "I am Jim's sister. "Mrs. Holiday has gone down to be near Jim as long as possible before he goes to the front. He's in camp now." "Not anybody's wife?" questioned Bassington, and realized that he would change that situation when he returned from the war. "I am sorry you thought me a shirker," he said, "and that I thought you a wife and mother. Otherwise we might have spent many wonderful hours here in the shadow of the Chiltern uills? i just you and I." ( I "The hills will always bo 'here," . Jean said with dainty frankness, be- t cause she had loved Bassington in spite of herself, "I, too, expect to be here?when you return." "May that day be soon," Bassington 1 said, and took both of her proffered 1 hands in a warm clasp and raised ' them in turn to his lips. "Until that day," he added softly. t Both in Sad Condition. Sublime satisfaction in one's own ] powers must be a very delightful con- , dltion, but a celebrated English musician, Doctor Arne, who flourished in the first half of the seventeenth century, for once wittily turned the tables on some singers of this type. ( He was asked to decide on the re- i Ispective powers of two vocalists. 1 whose talents existed entirely in their own imaginations. After hearing them Doctor Arne said to one: "You are , the worst singer I ever heard in my ' life. Then, exclaimed the other: "I win." ,"No," answered the just judge, *you can't sing at all." P BETTER BABIES SCORE CARD. After the preliminary questions as . to each child's name, age, sex, etc., the following: score card will be used: [. MENTAL DEVELOPMENT. Perfect Score for all ages, 20. Attention, facial expression, irritability and disposition should be con- 1 ;idered during the examination and '< included in the total marking accord- 1 ing to the judgment of the examiner. ' Six Months?Child sits unsopport- 2d for a few minutes (3)__ Balances lead (3.) __Eye follows a bright ob- ? iect (5.) _-Looks in direction of an jnexpected sound (5.) Child seizes in object and holds it (4.) Twelve Months?Stands and walks ' ivith support (4.) __ Makes a few ' sounds, such as mam-mam, da-da, co- c jo (4.)__ Plays with toys (4.)__At- 1 remptSjto use paper and pencil (3.)__ ' Shows interest in pictures (4.)__ Clings to mother (1.) Eighteen I^onths?Child walks and ^ ilone (5.)__ Says a few words, such ? is Mama, Papa, Baby, (5.)__ Points l! ;o common objects in pictures (5.)_ [mitates a few simple movements, ;uch as placing hands on head or ^ tapping hands (5.) Two Year*?Runs (4.)__ Repeais n ;wo or three words (5)__ Knows fea- ? .ures (4.) __ Obeys simple commands, ;uch as "Throw me the ball" (4)__ ^ imitates movements (3.) 2 Years?Talks in short sen;ences (5.)-.Knows names of mpm. e jers of the family (3.)-- Roughly :opies a circle (4.)--Recognizes self n mirror (4.)--Imitates more com)lex movements (4.) Three Yeari?Talks distinctly (4) ^ Repeats sentences of six simple words (6.)__ Repeats up to two numerals? ^ neaning repeats first one numeral ind then two numerals (5.) EnumS' ?rates objects in a complex picture ind attempts to describe it (5.) ^ I?ORAL AND DENTAL EXAMI- ? NATION?Score 8. Mouth?Mouth habitually held open (5.)__ Abnormal gums(5.)--Tongue (coated) (.2.) Protruding (.5)__Abaormal palate (.5) __Offensive breath (.4)..Deformity caused by pacifier ^ >r thumb sucking (.5)__Lips, pale c (.4)..Fissured (.5) ieeth?Number?Number decay- ^ ;d (.5)_ Irregular (.5)- Discolored ^ (.5)_ Prolonged retention of decid- ? ious teeth (.5)-Supernumerary teeth q (.5)_ Notches and ridges (.5) p Malocclusion (1.) II?EYE, .EAR, NOSE AND THROAT, Score 12. Eye??Abnormal size Posi- ^ ;ion (.)- Cross-eyes (.) Conjunctivae ^ (.5). Discharge (__Sight (.l)_Lids, ibnormal (.5) , a i 1 ' ? i^ai ? nunurmai size (.2) -Position I (.2)_ Shape (.2)_ Discharge (.4)__ Searing (1) c Nostrils?Stenosis (1.)- Discharge n Throat?Tonsils enlarged (1.) Diseased (1.) Adenoids (2.) V?PHYSICAL EXAMINATION? 1 Score 50. Head?Abnormal shape (l.)__ Ab- q lormal size (1.) Hair?Scanty (.5). Bald spots (.5 3rittle (.5) Scalp?Poor condition (.5) Fontnel?(Normally closed at 18 nonths) Open (1.) Face?Features irregular (1.) __ Shin receding or projecting (1.) Neck?Enlarged glands (small paljable glands not abnormal) (1.)-- ? 5cars of glands (1.) ^ Chest?Asymmetrical (.5)-Abnor-|T nal shape (pigeon breast, barrel or|b 'unnel shaped (.5) _Ribs, beaded (.5) ? 3oor development (.5)__ (With steth- 3 >scope) Lungs, abnormalities of a >reathing sounds (2.) Back?Spine, curvature, lateral (1) ^ ^.ntero-posterior ' (l.)__ Scapulae, vinged (1.) Abdomen?Abnormal distention (1) t: Enlarged spleen (.5)_ Enlarged liver (.5)_ Hernia at navel (l.K Hernia * n groin (1.) Arms and Hands? Asymmetrical (.)- Enlarged epiphyses (.5)_ Club)ed fingers (.5)_ Nail defects (.3)__ Discolored (.2) Genitalia?Male: Adherent prepuce (.5)_ Inflammation (.5)_ Tsticle, un- p iescended (above ring) (1.)-Female ?Congenital defects (l.)_ Inflamma,ion (.5)_ Discharge (.5) Less and Feet?Asymmetrical (.5) Snlar^ed epiphyses (l.}_ Thio4i hnno (curved) (l.)_ Knock-knee (.5)__ Bow-legged (.5)__ Flat feet (.3) __ Vail defects (.2) Posture and Gait?Incorrect postjre 0)- Gait (spastic or waddling) (.3)__ Pigeon-toed (.2) Skin?Pale (.5) __ Rough (.2) _ rlairy (.3)__ Eruption (.5)__ Birth narks or moles (.5) Nutrition?Abnormally fat (1.)\bnormally thin (1.) Muscles and Nerves?Flabby musses (l.)__ Paralysis (1.)- Muscular ncoordination (1.)- Nervous instaJility (1.) Deportment?Lacks self control (.1)_ Bad temper (.2)_ Unmanageable (.2)_ Evidence of defective training and care (.5) Defects or evidence of disease not isted (10.) j?MEASUREMENTS? Score 10. Height (2.) _ Weight (2.)_ Circumerence of head (2.)_ Circumference >f chest (at nipple line) (1.)- Cirumference of abdomen (at umbilical ine. standing) (l.)_ Diameter of hest, antero-posterior (calipers at eved of nipple line) (.5)_ Diameer of chest, lateral (calipers at level >f nipple line (.5). Length of arm tip of acromion process to tip of niddle finger) (.)_ Length of leq greater trochanter to sole of foot) 5) JNCLE SAM WILL TEACH HIS INDIANS DOMESTIC SCIENCE Washington, Oct 22?Uncle Sam is oing to teach his Indian wards to arm and cook. The boys will be rained in scientific methods of tilling he soil and the girls in the latest sysem of preparing foods. Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian affairs, is directing this newest efort of the federal government to lake the Indians self-supporting and ndependent. He recently issued a call to the Inian service educators; to come to Vashington to confer with him on the Ian. It is the purpose of the comlission to prepare a uniform course f instruction for the Indian schools, lis scheme includes a broad and comrehensive plan to put all the Indian chools on a more efficient basis of pecial attention to be given to the conomic needs of the Redskins The uniform course the commis loner nas in mina is u> inciuae Dottl cademic and industrial training, but pecial emphasis is to be placed on griculture and domestic science with ull instruction in practical farming nd cooking. It is his aim that the oys and girls, when they shall have ompleted the courses in the Indian chools, will be able to take their laces among the expert farmers and ooks of the country and be able to arn their own living The committee of educators who rill aid Commissioner Sells in the ask of training the uniform course f study consists of H. B. Pearls, suervisor of Indian Schools; W. W. !oon, assistant supervisor; F. M. lonser, sperintendent of the Sherlan Institute at Riverside, Illinois; I. A. Allen, superintendent of the Ihilocco Indian School in Oklahoma; >. H. Lipps, superintendent of the Antreville <3 " Bethel 3 " Bold Branch 4 " Central 2 " Calhoun Falls 2 " Cana 2 " Eureka 3 " Rocky River 2 " Donalds 8 " Due West 6 " Fonville 3 " Hagan 2 Keowee 3 " Lone Forest 4 " Lowndesville 8 " McCormick 9 " Mt. Carmel 4 " Omega 4 " Pineville 2 Parks Creek 3 " Reid 2 Rock Springs 2 " Lebanon 4 " Long Cane 2 Buffalo 5 Broadmouth 2 Bethiah 4 Sunny Slope 4 Sharon 4 Vermillion 4 larlisle Indian School at Carlisle, 'ennsylvania; Dr. Charles M. Buchnan, superintendent of the Tulalip ndian School, in Washington State, nd Peyton Carter, superintendent of he Indian School at Wahpeton, forth Dakota. ' The committee in its work will raw upon the leading agricultural nd domestic science schools of the ountry and the Indian Service oifiials expect that the course that fially will be arranged will be the best f its kind obtainable. fax Collector's Notice. >FFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, UNTIL FRIDAY, DECEM- , BER 31 ST, 1915. The Rate of State, County, School and Special Tax, Including One Dollar Poll Tax, One Dollar Commutation Tax. In accordance with an Act to raise upplies for the fiscal year commencig January 1 1915, notice is herey given that the office of County 'reasurer for Abbeville County will c open for the collection cf taxes r*r saiH fisral vpar -from PViHnv Hotr*. - */ ? 9 er 15th, until Friday. December 1st, without penalty. There will be dded? A penalty of one per cent, on all axes not paid on January 1st, 1916. A penalty of two per cent, on all axes not paid on February 1st, 1916. A penalty of seven per cent, on all axes not paid on March 1st, 1916. Rates per cent, of taxation are as ollows: State Tax 7 mills County Tax 6 " Past Indebtedness l3^ " Constitutional School Tax 3 Total 17% mills In addition to the above, a special ax will be collected for school puroses as follows: Abbeville Shop Bonds. 1V2 mills A hhn .Qnaolol Qnlmnl Q ^ Willington 5 " Warrenton 3 Young's 2 ! Cold Springs 4 " Comer 2 " I Ray 4 " A poll tax of One Dollar per caj ; on all male citizens between the ; , of 21 and 60 years, except such are exempt by law, will be collect! A commutation road tax of ( i Dollar will be collected the sa f I time as other taxes from all m .'citizens between the ages of 18 i 58 years, except such as are exem ed by law. Unless said tax is p by first of March, 1916, eight d work' upon the public highways a be required under an overseer, if much be necessary. I Taxes are payable only in gold i 'silver coin, United States curren ; National Bank Notes and Coupons State Bonds which become paya during the year 1915. A tax of cents will be collected on each dog ! Parties desiring information mail in regard to their taxes i (please writo before December 16 ctating the location of their propei and including postage for reply, t those paying taxes by check must elude the charge for collection. I J. F. Bradley County Treasui September, 1915. RESOLUTIONS BY THE BAR l When court was about to adjoi on last Wednesday, Hon. Wm. Graydon, tJl? dean of the Abbev ] ? J ?U? ucxi f must mm auicaacu uic cui expressing the appreciation of members of the bar of the servi rendered by the Presiding Judge, E F. L. Willcox, of Florence. At conclusion of his remarks he p sented th. following resolutio which were unanimously adopted the members of the bar present: Be it Resolved by the Bar of Ab ville: 1. That we hereby tender our ? cere thank 3 to the Hon. F. L. Willc for his faithful and efficient servi rendered to the Bar and the people the County, during the: present te of our Court. 2. That by his patience, ability i learning, he has made a warm pi; in our esteem and affection, and hereby tender to him our best wis' for his future welfare and happin< 3. That we would be glad to him adorn the Bench of South Ca lina.' 4. That a copy of these reolutii be forwarded to his Honor, Ju< Willcox, by the Clerk cf this Coi and published in the County paper The following members of the 1 in endorsing the resolutions, expr< ed their pleasure in having a man the ability of Judge Willcox co here and held the court: Mess< Wm. P. Greene, J. Moore Mars, D. Hill, J. M. Nickles, R. S. Owe ttt r n j j n a j__ w. m. vrrg.yaon ana csam Aaai Judge Willcox thanked the lawy for their wards of appreciation, i seated that in his judgment it wo not be so h;ird to get men to serve the bench if all the counties co equal the record of Abbeville, expressed himself as being . grea pleased with our people, and \ gratified to note the progress o* < people as evidenced by our fine Ian magnificent public buildings, j good business houses, etc Had Worn Out Upper Garments ' 'Twas holiday time, and the gi man had had an enjoyable round bibulous pleasure, which his bel half strongly disapproved of "L< here," she began, "on every stom: there are three coats, and excessive dulgence in alcoholic liquors we these coats away." "Well, Susan," replied, "if that's so my poor old st< ach has been going about in its sh sleeves a long time now."?London' Bits. 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