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1 Presentment of Grand Jury. To His Honor Judge Thomas S. Sease, Presiding Judge. We, the Grand Jury have passed on all bills handed us by the Solici tor and returned same. We have, during the year tried to render such service to the County as .seemed proper, just and right, and this final return is made, and we de sire to express in it the hope that future Grand Juries will render more efficient" and painstaking ser vice than we have been able to do. The County, in spite of the bond is sue, is in debt, the Sheriff has a very large number of executions on hand for taxes not yet collected, and which he is endeavoring to collect, and with business depression and the after ef fects of the war to face, it behooves all who claim to be good citizens to unite, realizing the importance of moulding public sentiment to the ne cessity for strict economy in public affairs, sobriety and earnestness, in every day affairs, seeking encourage ment for the meeting of our prob lems and difficulties with earnest, hard work. The Sheriff reports to us that he has had great difficulty in col lecting past due taxes, and the out look for another year does not seem bright. The realization that the Coun ty is poor at this time is all the more reason for uniting and drawing clos er together, and we urge good men to help in enforcing the prohibition law, to practice forbearance in matters of indebtedness, and unite all along the line in making tile County a community of healthy, happy and contented people. Ten different officers of the Coun ty are endeavoring to serve the County faithfully, and we wish them God's speed in their efforts. We desire to thank the Solicitor for his co-operation and help during the entire year, and we are apprecia tive of the courtesies extended us by the Court. Respectfully, f ' . B. R. TILLMAN, Foreman. Reduced Fares for State Fair. The usual rate of a fare and a ' half for the round trip to Columbia ' on account of the fair next week was announced Monday morning by W. E. . McGee, assistant general passenger j agent of the Southern Railway. He i also made announcements concerning ; special trains and the trains whose 1 time of departure from Columbia will < be purposely delayed on certain af- i ternoons. The Atlantic Coast Line ] will also give rates for the fair. 5 Special trains will be operated 1 only on Thursday of fair week, Mr. 3 McGee said. He explained that, from 1 past experience, the special trains operated on Wednesday were not < patronized to an extent that justified ] their operation, and all trains arriv ing not later than IC a. m. will give ? visitors ample time to reach the ? fair grounds without missing any of j the opening features of the day. j The- Rates Reduced. Special tickets will go on sale ? October 24-27 inclusive and for ] trains arriving before 12:35 noon on October 28. Final limit of all tickets ] will be October 30. ] The Special Trains. 1 Mr. McGee announcing the sched- < ules of special trains on Thursday 5 said: A train will leave Charlotte at ( 6 a. m. and arrive at Columbia at 10 5 a. m. Returning the special will leave I Columbia at 6:30 p. m. and i arrive at Charlotte at 10:30 p. m. 1 A special will leave Spartanburg 1 at 6:30 a. m. arrive here at 10 a. m. : The returning special will leave the : union station at 7 p. m. and arrive ; at Spartanburg at 10:30 p. m. The other special train from the Piedmont will leave Anderson at 5 a. m. and arrive here at 10 a. m. Re turning this train will depart from Columbia at 7:30 p. m. and arrive at Anderson at 12:30 p. m. A special from Abbeville will con nect with- the Anderson-Columbia .special at Hodges in both directions. Trains to be Held. Besides the regular and special .trains, the Southern railway will ar range to hold several of the late af ternoon trains on Wednesday and Thursday as follows: No. 13 for Al lendale will be held at Columbia un til 5:30 p. m.; No. 7 for Augusta will be held at Columbia until 6:30 p. m. Extra cars will be attached to as many trains as the officials find the traffic to the fair will justify.-Co lumbia Record. Fight the Corn Weevil. Clemson College, Oct 17.-Press Bulletin 131, which describes the use of corbon bisulfide for fumigating stored products infested with insects, is available to farmers who desire to use this remedy to protect stored corn. The crib in which this fumiga tion is done should be a tight board crib advises Prof. A. F. Conradi, en tomologist. If the weather boarding is not tongued and grooved, the cracks should be covered with strips Besides fumigation the farmei should consider the following pointe in connection with stored corn in sects: 1. The loose fitting shuck does not protect the ear against weevils, but encourages them, as it gives them protection. These loose shucks en able the weevil to travel from the field to the crib with the greatest possible comfort. In the crib these loose shucks are enployed by rats and mice when making their nests. 2. The best shuck protection oc curs where the shuck completely cov ers the ear, and where the tip of the ear hangs downward to shed water during rains. These facts should be taken into consideration by farmers in selecting their seed corn, at the same time bearing in mind the yielding quali ties. Salvation Army and the Prohi bition Law. Those who are inclined to be dis couraged over the apparent failure of the Prohibition law to remove drunkenness will be gratified to read what may be considered as an official report on the early fruits of national prohibition from Commander Booth of the Salvation Army. The fact that no other organization in the country is better qualified to judge than the Salvation Army lends added weight to the report which is published in full in a recent issue of the War Cry. "Boozer's Day" has been an astablished army institution in New York city for a long time. Year by years, writes Commander Booth, we have celebrated Thanks giving Day from six in the morning collecting the drunks from the park benches, feeding;them and sobering them up and saving them with huge and lasting results. But last year they were not there and so we gave the day to the poorest children of the city. This is a very significant comment on the result of prohibition according to Commander Booth, it also means a different and larger work for The Salvation Army of the future. .."It means that in the future the Army shall have less to do with the irrave, and more to do with the cra dle; less binding up of life's broken plants and more training of life's life's untrammeled vines; that more af our energy, our ingenious meth sds, will be-'thrown into the work of prevention, which in the final analy sis must be so much more valuable ;o the home, the. nation *and the Kingdom of God than even the most worthy work of cure." She says also that the Army's so cial secretaries report that drunken ness amonng the men frequenting the Army hotels and Industrial Homes ilmost entirely disappeared and that .nen who formerly could hardly sup port themselves now possess savings iccounts. When asked if prohibition would stand, the Salvation Army leader re plied: "Yes, the edifice of prohibition has :>een well and substantially built, its abor has not been spasmodic nor its naterial cheap, and what it has tak ?n so many years to raise up would surely take as many years to pull lown. Therefore, for the future, we ire unafraid. The coming generation, trowing up without alcohol, educated in the history of its abuses against iiygiene, commerce and morality, will muster so vast an army aganist their fathers' greatest foe as to protect from any and every jeopardy the leg islation which safeguards their na tional life. "By the Constitutional Amendment of prohibition a measure has been en acted that will do more to bring the Kingdom of God upon earth than any other single piece of legislation, for the rum demon is the foundation and the bolsterer-up of almost all evils. Therefore history for righteousness has been made history that will live for activities have been set in motion for civic and national betterment that will never stop until all evil is dead." -Augusta Chronicle. Statement From Mr. C. A. Griffin. I take this means of notifying my friends and patrons that; I am again at home after my recent illness, and any business that needs my atten tion will be attended to there. I very gratefully remember and appreciate the business given me by my friends heretofore, and I arrang ed with my Companies ';o fully pro tect their interests during the time I was unable personally to look after it. I represent some of the best and strongest Fire Insurance Companies in the world and any call over 'phone 57 will be promptly attended to. Sincerely, C. A. GRIFFIN. ?Ride while you pay.-Ford. Y. & M. IO 'HOMEF?RNISHOTG SPECIALISTS" ?te & Co? "HOMEFURNISHING SPECIALISTS" A Message of Helpfulness to Newly Married Couples Your health and happiness depend to a great degree on a comfortable, pleasant, inviting home. Start your housekeeping right. What bride has not pictured the cozy living room, the dining room with its fine linen and sparkling silver, the kitchen com plete and immaculate in every detail? And yet many folks are deprived of the com forts and conveniences and the happiness of home life because they are unable to save enough money to completely furnish a home. But this store has solved the problem. To you we say Let White's Household Club Plan Make Yours a Complete, Happy Home Look through our fine stocks of good Furniture, Rugs, Curtains, Household Appliances, Silver, etc. Make a list of what your home needs and then ask us about buying on our Household Club Plan. You'll be surprised at the liberality and convenience of this system. Pay only a few dollars of THE LOW CASH PRICE down. We ship the goods immediately to your home and you pay the balance in small amounts. And please remember that this store has but one policy-"Satisfaction or Your Money Back." Write for Free Literature-just say "Send me complete information about your Household Club Plan." Advantages This Great Store Offers: i. 2. 3. 4. 5. You deal with a large, depend able store. We sell only standard,-reliable merchandise. Our stocks are the largest in the South. Fair prices on every article. Goods bought on our Club Plan are replaced free if destroyed by fire while you are paying for them. 6. Freight paid within 200 miles of Augusta. 7. The great saving because of this store's policy of selling to Club Plan members at our reg ular cash prices. Shop at home when you can-when you can't then shop at J. B. WHITE & CO. GREATER GEORGIA'S GREATEST STORE BUY NOW and PAY AS YOU CAN "Augusta's Big Housefurnishing Store" AUGUSTA GEORGIA FURNITURE The best made, sturdy In construction, beautiful In design. Simmon's beds, springs-Red Cross Mat tresses, Northfield Daven ports, Suites and separate pieces made by the fam ous Grand Rapids manu facturers. RUGS AND CARPETS Hugs and Linoleums for every room. Hore are a few of the brands: Bige low, Wilton Rugs, Arm-' strong's Linoleums, Gold Seal Congoleum, and gen-" uine Crex i-ugs. (Hoover Suction Sweepers are sold through the Club) CHINA, GLASS and SILVER French and Japanese China, and American Por celain dinnerware-Cut, etched and plain glass Community and Par Plate Silverware. Pyrex cooking i/lassware. FOR KITCHEN and PANTRY Equipment of all kinds including aluminum and enamel ware utensils, stoves and ranges. Electric dishwashing machi ne?, ita, etc. .1 s-i M w?? Ml PIANOS AND VICTROLAS 3-iusic is essential. Have only the best in your home. Here are Knabe, Marshall & Wendell, Fos ter. Gordon, Behnlng, and other fine makes of pi anos. Victrolas and Brunswick Talking Ma chines. Winter Packing of Bees. Clemson College, Oct. 17.-To win er bees successfully it is necessary hat conditions be correct. Just now here is an active honey flow in most lections of the state from fall flowers vhich probably makes feeding un necessary. The colonies to be win dred should be strong and there mould be a good active rueen in ;ach. A strong colony should have ;hree or four frames full of brood, vith plenty of stores, preferably well ripened honey. By seeing to it that these conditions exist at time of pack ing, the beekeeper provides the saf 2st and most certain conditions to prevent winter loss and to insure strong colonies in early spring for the first honey flow. The conditions above referred to should exist about ten days to two weeks before pack ing. The average time for putting the packing on is during the first week in November. Spend Less Than You Make. Mr. Charles M. Council, an Ameri can banker, says the secret of the South's success is to spend less than we make. Now this reasoning cannot be improved upon from a banker's viewpoint for then, if everybody fol lowed Mr. Council's advice, all would have money and a large proportion of folks would carry big bank balances. But listen to Mr. Council's optimistic note: "Our worst troubles are over; we are around the corner and we have nothing to worry about, if we work and spend less than we make," says Mr. Council ,on a visit to Pittsburg and New York, where he has large in terests. What he saw in Pittsburg and New York must encourage him, as well as the South's situation. Coal, iron and money are nearly related and when the coal and iron interests are active the countx-y is mightiy apt to be prosperous. Some of the big monied men have dreaded the international money sit uation, especially the decline in the German mark, and conditions in Ger many, which are reflected in the fi nancial columns of the newspapers, but according to Mr. Council's view of that situation, "the Germans are hard at work, and I believe those hard headed people have too much sense when they get into hard lines not to get by with it." "People in the North," Mr. Council continued, "think the people in the South ought to be in fine shape, with cotton bringing 20 cents a pound." And he expressed the opinion that the .South will soon work itself out of debt. Confidence is the one thing that is needed. Confirming somewhat Mr. Council's cheerful view of the sit uation we note that in its monthly statement issued Monday the United States Steel Corpoartion reporte un filled orders on its books of Septem ber 30th last of 4,360,650 tons. This compares with 4,531,926 on August 31st last, an increase of 28,744 tons. Steel is considered the barometer of trade and it looks like things were coming in our direction at last.-Au gusta Herald. Ride while you pay.-Ford. Y. & M. Why the Two Talent Man? A friend wants to know why the Master put the two talent man in the Parable of the Talents. We are not able to tell him except in a small measure; but the question is worth thinking about. He was not put in to bring out the contrast between the good and the useless church member. This contrast, and all the lessons con cerning it are brought out clearly and fully in the differences between the "other two actors in the Parable, the five talent man and the one talent brother who hid his Lord's money. And, there is no general principle of reward that is given in the case of the two talent worker that is not also found in what is done to his more important fellow member, the five talent man. Any one else but the Mas ter would doubtless have pictured a gradation of rewards. But in the parable, as it came from his lips, there is no difference whatever made between the two good men, who in life had borne such different re sponsiblities. Perhaps this was why the two tal ent man wrs put in. The distinctions of place are necessary in every earth ly institution, the church not being an exception. In every one of them some man must be given place above others and who bears the five talent responsibility. But in the church and kingdom of Christ these distinctions are superficial and practically pass away in the presence of spiritual equality, and at last pass completely away in the presence of the standing attained. What comes out in the par able is the truth that the high official in the church and the plain church member are equals before Christ. It was the Master's way of telling us that notwithstanding the necessity of distinctions in place and responsi bility, yet his church was a democ racy, where equality of worth, and equality of opportunity, and equali ty of reward were open to all alike, whatever their varying offices, places and powers. We are glad he put the two talent man in. A democracy such as a Bap tist church, can't live without men of his type. All the work is not to be done by the officials. Those in the great positions are not the only ones to feel the burdens and to hear the calls of the kingdom. The humble member can double his talent and is expected to do so .The humbler mem ber stands in the exact personal re lation to the Lord as do the great of the church. Each receives from the Lord for himself, each accounts to the Lord for himself. There are no bosses and priests in this parable. None were needed, at least for this two talent brother. He was a jewel. And we suppose that one of the reasons he was given his place was to teach us that democracy is ;x glorious thing when the individual members are as faithful, as diligent and as zealous as arc the pastors. But what a dismal failure democracy is when the plain church member buries his talent.-Baptist Courier. Only Ose "BROMO QUININE" rc get the genuine, call for full name, LAXA? Tl vs BROMO QUININE. Lookforoiirnatnreot fi. W. GROVE. Caret a Cold in One Oar. Stool coach and headache? and work? oil cold. 2*r