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ituracmts department. Identifying Him.-4-I sawna farmer \ yestcre'en; I knew him at a glance, because the moment he appeared he straightway 'gan to dance'. His goatee waged; 'twas long and red. He spat to left a.nd right, as rack-a-tack he hoed it down; he was a jolly sight. His britches were upheld I' saw, bv ' bedtick strips this wide; and as his dancjlng grew more gay lie flung his coat,.pside. And as he pranced' he 'lowed he's won all prizes it the' fair* ' a Hick'ry Jackson Dirn.mei'drat that .never took a dare." ' ; "Oh, how," I asked, "can this strange pian raise corn and wheat and hay, .when he takes time off thus to dance and cut up every day?" ' ' ' ' .. "Good sir," replied a voice nigh me? its owner was a sage?"they ne'er / raise anything but hell, these farmers ?? uix uic diagc. .Eclipsed.?"Oh, yes!" said Captain Kidd. "Many wicked things I did, as I'-sailed. I murdered William' Moore, v and ieft him in his gore, full many miles from the shore, as I sailed. But he didn't starve to death and with last expiring breath beg for food. I shot him twice instead and whacked him on the head, apd left him .lying dead, which was crude. 1 was a buccaneer, without mercy, without fear, but I failed. I thought my record high, little recked that by and by the world would at me cry?this he wailed?'Bah! You a baccaneer?' People meet my ghost and jeer;-'You should see a profiteer!'.. Aye, I failed!" His Abysmal Meanness.?"That-, old feller, Pester, is the meanest-cuss in this whole town!" indignantly declared Skinny Simpson. "He went and -cut down that big apple tree in his yard, just to keep us kids from getting a Teniae i Ami w? didn't do anvthinc but break some o? the limbs and. throw sticks and rocks on his lawn and smash a. few windows and stone his cats and tramp down his flower beds and pull up his onions and break his grape arbor and let the hydrant run and twist a wire into his lawn mower, and such as, that. And his qld apples weren't no-'count, either, dog-gone him!" ' Uncle Clay's Lesson.?An old negro butler In a Southern family came upon the lady of the house finishing some work neglected the day before. "Miss Ginnie! Miss Ginnie!" he re. monst-rated, ' You shore is breaking de Sabbath day." ' But, Uncle Clay, ','she argued, "the ox is in the ditch and? "Miss Ginnie," broke in the old niah "that ox ain't nothln' but a stumbling block for folks to hind behinst. De Scripture do say if he is in de ditch to pull him out, but it don't nowhere say to ptish him on Sat'day so's to haye a chance to pull him out on Sunday."?Baltimore American. ?? Some Wind.?A stranger jn New Mexico became very much excited and alarmed at the continual high wind, which carried tons of sand through the air during the day. He remarked to an old resident that it seemed to be v an awful windstorm. The old residenter replied: "Windstorm? This ain't no windstorm. Why stranger, last week the. wind was blowing. You've seen ground squirrels? Well, I saw one of them thirty feet in the air:?digging a hole in the sand." Naturally.?"I do not suppose," said the spectacled guest, "that Peewee cuddvhump is .arructea vim mi.< more gossips, backbiters and assassins ' of character than your neighboring hamlet of Grudge?" "Oh, yes; it1 is, too!" declared the landlord of the tavern, who was distended with local pride. "Why, dadtfurn it, Peoweecuddyhump has got over a hundred and fifty more inhabitants than Grudge!". 'V , ' His Condition.?"Ah, Mr. Ake! How are you today?" "A trifle undecided, thank you," returned the sufferer! "In addition to ray rheumatism. I' am carrying as a side line a couple of carbuncles, and the complication .of pester keeps me wavering. I<do not know whether to try another doctor or just perish without the aid of a physician'.' Proof Positive.?"Are .you sure that Harry's thoughts are all of you?" A proud smile came to the face of the ..n/i noicho I'onlied; ^'Absolutely. "Why, he has lost two good jobs, this month for writing love letters to me during business hours." , ; A Cheerful Awakening.?"Could you; . change de tune o' one o' dem cuckoo cjocks?" asked Rastus. -f "What's the idea?" "I want an alarm clock. T don't. . take to desc hasty an' excited alarm clocks. If you Could train one o' dese to cackle like a chicken.' I cbtlld wake (...Up spry, an' hopeful every time!"To the Windward.? 'Queer name. Dubbins has siven his son who was'! born druing the war," remarked the professional kiddcr of Hornet Crossing. "He's going to call him Weatherstrip." "What's his idea in that?" promptly inquired the perpetual sucker. ''Says he kept his father out of the draft." Not He.?'"Well, now. 1 really didn't s'pose you'd charge me anything for it. Klmer," said the economically inclined *" wifTb^r?* ? .. ? _ "Say, look-ji-here!" returned ihe village versiflcationlst. "D'ye think I write obituary poetry for fun?" relation to Jthat j adventures," said t hje House of Seyou're, fooling hot- LC_^S=S5s>l!!!!j tor now,-little sir. He's Hidden; We. really, must .,." he off if you haven't anything special to ask us. You've dried your tears, I .SS*?r-SP_ 31?il feel hetl.cr." "6li dear! l^Dh dear! Olj dear!" sobbed the brownie again, and burst .Into fresh tears., . . "This Is a nuisance," said the hoy. "A perfect bother." said the girl. "J . do, believe lie is,, just doing that be; cause we said we vore going, on as lie had dried his tears" "No," said tlie hrownle, "only I've grown small because you've talked as if you didn't want to be joyous. That's one of the most important things in life, and what's more, do things that are hard bemuse you won't let them get the best .'of you? not because it makes you feefso proud of yrnrvlves! I'll grow big again 11 you become natural." Which iie did! ? Maine Icports* aiPTiHiTTiV sTTTtVT.ITT' jot 1US teachers and 300 below the standard required, which places the total shortage close to 500. with one of Mrs. Wood Blfs leaf nap kins. "You are through., aren't you?" "All through," said the boy. Just the'n they heard a sobbing. It sounded very near. They walked along a little way. looking In the direction from which the sobbing came. "Oh, It's a poor little creature, a | little bit of a brownie, or something of the sort," said the girl. "See, he: Is hidden behind this stone." , '.'I'm iiiddeq because ybu made tne so small," said the little brownie. "You aren't behaving like a regular . boy or, a regular girl at all, and It breaks my heart! "What in the world was, or Is, the matter with you?" "I)o you always stay behind that stone where we found you and so never get n chance to grow, x. I but make folks iad thought It nboht Hie Sandwiches, tiorigh for that matter the sandwiches ire what I most waiit nt-tiie moment. 4'm so extremely hungry.** . They sat down and ate their luncheon and peeked Into the basket andsaw three other packages, one with a card attached, which said.: . "For supper this evening," and the second package said: "For breakfast tomorrow motnlng." And there 'was a- third pheknge which was mdrked. "Extra goodies for extra-times." Tills hnd nil been fixed for the adventurers by Mrs. Wood Elf. * "She wak nice, was Mxs. Wood- Elf," said the girl. "I am going to be very careful to like or.l.v nice people and I'm going to make no mistakes, and I'm going to think of serious tilings and not behave in a foolish way. 'Why, I'm even going to enjoy things .when they're hard, for I'll be feeling they are doing me great good." "Maybe we will find the House of Secrets that way sooner," agreed the boy. "Well; let's be off." said the girl a little later, as she wiped her mouth fanny little plants, and, too. It seems fa me that the sun shines down' more brightly., upon. this road than upon the Road Commonplace wIHelfwe took* Dnce by mistake." "I say we have some food," said the toy after a few minutes. "Tes," said the girl, "for we had julte op exciting time' In the' woods when we found,"we almost went the yrong way, and I'm-Jrery hungry." So fhe .boy took his knapsack from its back and they undid the luncheon. It was extremely good. There were lellclous sandwiches and some Jam indk some good. co6l brook water which tad'been put In a crystal bottle. There was. also some candy. "I hope-It Isn't magic candy, which an disappear when It wants to," said hf boy. ' "What a horrible thought," sttld the ,'irl. "Why did you hai'H to think up ;och a terrible thought aljotlt the canlv? It Wbtild have been bettfer If you BHP Daddy's Rio> Taief ay t\ARY GRAHAM BOWfER :. MI.KW X/TTUCMJ rn ?UTMJ4 MVWWtt UMwM ?-??? 4'THE. SAD .BROWNIE. a./ When .the gjrl ,.hnd the boy' were advftDtnring ajoqg the, road .thc.v;[begnn , to get u very'fine ? r ;,;n opinion of thorn*" j.. , .selves ? arid[ not. ... f didn't act In 'the but they?^f8|$fn^ though -^n\y e IT!" xigyv/g You'll -hen g . /or yo\irsel.ves...V> o_w c tliev UCte,n * ' girl, "tills road is then It IsC-^lnrerI'stlng.' 1 W'constantlV seeing all L.AiHtncwi sorts of quaint The Luncheon. t h I n gs, curious little creatures,. AGENT FOR CHINESE. Headquarters for All Chinese In Upper Carolina Said to be Greenville. If any Chinaman in America owes you a bill it will be settled today. It will be settled If it takes every Chinaman in America to settle it, says the Greenville Piedmont. The seven Cel csuuis in ureenvme nuie uiicuuj settled every account that .they, owed, during 1920, which ended for the,m. otv. February 7th, ^ which was yesterday. Thifl'tna-y not be.the law of. Con/ucius, but it is the law of the Chinese in ' A merica, and it .-is -obeyed absolutely, aqcording to Edgar Lewis, who besides being the Lewis Printing" company's president, is business manager for..plL the Chinese in upper South Carolina The Chinese themselves won't 'tell", anything at .all about it, and Mr. Lew1-is says that the only reason he knows for the custom is that they don"t want to start the new year owing anything. Greenville is the headquarters for all 'the Chinese in upper South Carolina, said *Mr. Lewis. For a number of year3 past Mr. Lewis has been the business manager of the Chinese i.i this section, and in addition to handling all the financial affairs of the members of the race, he occupies the position of legal adviser and general factotum. Not a single Chinaman in Greenville ever pays a bill without Mr. Lewis stating that the bill is correct. No contracts are m^ide except through Mr. Uewis. All Chlnamen who wish to'move-to the City first corrimunicate with him, and if he tan make the necessary arrangements, they may come, but they do ii(5t come until Mr. Lewis has approved the project. Are Thrifty. ' 1 , Mrj Lewis in telling of his experience with the men of the ' Celestial Empire or' Republic who have been in Greenville says that they are dll'fine fellows?those little men who hand" V . * you your clean collars and shirts from behind a counter. Honest, loyal, Industrious citizen, every one of'them declares Mr. Lewis. And they are a thrifty lot, too, he went on to say, tell- I ing of how he had discovered a year or two ag'o that Slam Lee, who was sent XT,.*., "V..1, fni. fmnannrfntlnn hnnk 'o China because he had lost his mind, had more than $10,000 in cash in var'ous Greenville banks. Sam Lee was a sort' of leader amongbis fellow countr>men here, continued the business -manager of the colony, ind was the nephew of one of the wealthiest and most influential Chinese in America. His uncle is a ni'il'ionaire banker of New York said Mr. Lewis, and at the time of Sam Lee's illness he came to Greenville to looft after Sam, finally taking him back to New York, from which port he was returned to China, where he has considerable property. Sam Lee's brother, Wing Leo", came tb Greenville and took over Sam's laundry business on East Coffee street, and is running-it now. Henry Lum runs the laundry on West Washington street, while there is another one across the river qn Main street. All of them are dqing fine, said Mr. Lewis, and all are saving money. Live Well. The general idea among the people "P f Vl O PhlnOCA ' f1fl I U LIJ4?> tuuilll J uiui w.?w wt.ti.w^v nqt eat much, and that they live in squalid quarters is erroneous, said, Mr. Lewis. In Greenville are apartments >f five and six and seven rooms, beautifully and tastefully furnished, which ire occupied by Chinese. Contrary to >ouu!ar opinion they not only live in comfortable quarters, but they eat the finest things that can be bought, he said, adding that he has seen a number of large diamond^ back terrapin, shipped here especially for the consumption by members of the Chinese olony. Their food is well prepared ind plentiful^ although' they rarely eat more than one meal a day, he said. They provide themselves with every comfort and luxury'which they desire, ind if their tastes are simple they nevertheless live much better than the average American with a business of. the same size and kind. AVhen friends from other cities visit, them they entertain royally, and spare no pains or expense to make their countrymen have a good lime, said the mentor. In case any of their friends, <->- piiinnmnn ree-nrdless of whether or not he happens to be a friend, gets in trouble of any kind, he is given generous assistance. The Chinese of South Carolina are all Cantonese, and none of theru oelong to the Tongs. Some time ago Mr., Lewis received from Li Hung Chang, president of the Chinese Republic, a little gold lion, standing upon a pedestal and bearijig an inscription in Chinese. Mr. Lewis said he did not know the meaning of the inscription, but that he had been told by Chinese here and 'in * New York that it was a symbol very much like a fraternal emblem, and would obtain money i. , (or aid for him from Chinese anywhere in the world. " ' I , i NO RACE WITH U. S. Noted British War Correspondent Talks of Disarmament. Croat" Britain will not undertake a race with the United States for sennnwAf sir I'hilin Cilths British war correspondent, declared in Washington recently before the house naval committee. England has not the money, he said, and most Englishmen do not regard ithe American navy "as a menace." j Sir Philip said that before any agreement for disarmament could he reached by the principal powers, the Russian question would have to be settled and. the Russian people drawn back ..litfjP .tlity "family of/nations!^;jj Thereis'a 'fcpTrit of "Vwtil^. entirety TpnTf fTftltriMiir in Europe la.. day because of the general fear of another war, the witness declared, add Saved Chum's Life After Terrible Ef. , . fort and Suffering. " .Braving death from exposure and ice caked precipices while lost at night on Mount Monadnock, N. H., during thq weekend trip, Karl H. Robinson, a Boston University freshman carried Rupert Robinson, a follow student from the summit to safety after Rupert had been rendered unconscious by a fall. They are not related. For many miles Karl Robinson, bore his stricken chum on ?1iis shoulder. He finally lost his way and was about to drop from exhaustion when he heard . a dog bark. fiuided by the sound he pushed on to safety. Ruper' Robinson, in a delirious condition wa.< runslHjd to- FRjjwillkim,'N- H.^fior.jnedT '3 hoi treatment>J-lo yiaicoverp'dyii^cjltly,' .-and,retmyj yp^jerdav to. the university. Karl Robinson's home is in AttInborn; Rupert's in Keen, N. If. *1 statement concerning: Ills case, but his attorneys indicated that a motion for a new trial will be made. "Personally, Hubbard always was one of the best sports in the whole country," declared Director Gantt. "Although my entire staff aided, the district attorney in prosecuting him Wednesday, I am sure that if we visited his home town today, he would greet us cordially, invite us into his home and show us every possible courtesy." Back in his younger days when he was a prominent figure in the state legislature, 'Hubbard's position on the prohibition law was that "it deprives a man of ills personal liberty and will never be enforced." STUDENT BRAVED DEATH son, E. J. McGUl aha Mangum Wilson, were given instructions by Hubbard as to where they could obtain an automobile load of liquor," said Director Gantt, "and one of our agents overheard a portion of this conversation. Officers overtook the whisky car, and a pitched battle between the runners and. the officers followed, which came near to ending in a tragedy. Proceedings to condemn the automobile were started, and out of this case grew the recent decision by the United States supreme court with reference to condemnation of vehicles engaged in the liquor traffic." On the day following this occurrence, prohibition agents said United |? States Attorney Hooper. Alexander arrived in Dawson county to mhke a speech in behalf of the Liberty loan drive, and, was met by Hubbard, who drove him over the county in his automobile and royally entertained him. Hubbard received his sentence Wednesday with a smile. He made no county, where he^ continued to be a power in pplltics}1. ' Prohibition officials say he gave the enforcement department considerable trouble from the time the dry law first became effective. "Many distilleries were unearthed ft:. near , his home, and we knew he was connected with them, but were never .C abJe to catch Hubbard with the goods, ?. " p, j said Director.n. J. Gantt. "He was the cleverest moonshiner our department game in. contact with." Director Gantt! said a great many attempts to"1 obtain direct evidence against Hubbard were futile, and that two years ago he was acquitted of liquor charges owing to the prohibition department's inability to force his mountain neighbors to testify against him. ;jj& c. I "Three whisky runners, Jim Thomp After Many Months of Work. Russ Hubbard, of Dawson county, for many years a political leader In' that section of the state, a former representative In the legislature, and generally .conceded t'o be the" wealthiest man in the mountain section of Georgia, was sentenced in United States courj "Wednesday to" serve thirteen months in the federal penitentiary for violating the, same dry laws hfe bitterly fought in the Georgia legislature more : ' than thirteen years ago. United States Attorney Hooper Alexander, relates the Atlanta Journal, who conducted the prosecution for the government, served in the legislature with Hubbard, and ha.d been his staunch personal friend for many years. When a state prohibition law first claimed attention of the Georgia general assembly, Mr. Alexander was one of its strongest advocates, while vigorous speeches against its passage were made In the house by Hubbard. After h|s term In the legislature ex-' nirecL Hubbard" returned to Dawson ing that the people felt that they had been betrayed Into the last war because they had been told that it was a war to end war. "The burden of armament in Europe is. greater today than it was in 1914," he asserted, "England is spending 270,p00,000 pounds a year on its military-naval establishment. This sum is more than twice the entire national budget .for, all purposes before 1 the war.'.', ,.v An invitation fr<im the United States fni' o H icnvmnmnnt oftnfpi-dncp a'hlllft S--V "I." ? meet with the app^rqyal of most of the people; 5l,ot. Qreat' Britain/.' Sir Philip said, although some sections ofv the' government are ^opposed ,.t<? the general idea of disarmament.." " Discussing the future of the British. t\avy, the witness told the committee, that the English people did not* consider another "naval bill to provide I "a'strong and''supreme naVy" necessary because ' they realize that Great Britain's chief menace, the German navy, has been crushed forever." fie ac^ded that there had been much discussion in England lately about the idea of a big American navy, but that "most of our people do not regard the American navy as a menace." POLITICIAN TO PEN . \ Noted Georaia Moonshiner Convicted AMERICAN LEGION NOTES Matters of Especial Interest to Veterans of the Late World War. Adjutant and treasurer of ten thousand post3 of the American Legion are busy collecting post, department and national dues for the year, 1921. Reports indicate that the "button membership," those who are members, of the legion but who are behind in their dues, will be substantially de creased. The clarification ,of the legion's position in, regard to Organized Labor and political activity .together with the vigorous fight.lt has made for the sick and disabled war veterans are believed to have encouraged payment, of dues and to have;gained many thousands of new members- v Dr. H. Grant Thorburn, of New York and Dr.:JI. Kennon-Dunham, of Cincinnati, have been appointed members of the American .Legion Committee on Hospitalization. Dr. Thorburn is a member of the faculty of the School of Medicine of Columbia University and examining physician of the New York Tuberculosis Association. n? {n nt*cairlant rtf thp Dhifi ? uuiiuaiu V0*v?w*?v V& ...v State Tuberculosis Association and a professor at the University of.Cincinnati. He is an international authority in the field of roentgenology. When members of the Dubois County, Ind., board of commissioners heard complaints of breaches of etiquette in care of the county flSi'g, they placed its* guardianship in the hands of Dubois County Post 6f the American Legion at Jasper, "tHe county seat. . A. ;H.:.Vernon,. - cpmmandjer;of the Minnesota .department of the American Legloh has taken steps to prevent the discounting of government certificates issued to disabled soldiers. He has asked the Federal Board for Vocational Trailing to 'arrange with . Federal reserve banks or-postofflees to cash the certificates without discount. If this can be done, disabled soldiers will be saved many hundreds of cjollars. Professional dancing masters will instruct Nebraska Lcglonajres in ball room tactics, according to Information received from department headquarter Thp movement developed as a re suit of the success of a class conducted by a woman member of the executive committee of the Lincoln post. Exemption of veterans from paying poll taxes was refused Indorsement by Vermont American .Legion post commanders and adjutants and members or the state executive committee 'at a recent conference which was attended by F. W. Galbralth, Jr., national commander of the Legion. A bill which was introduced in the state legislature did not meet with the Legion's approval because the ex-service men held that it was their duty to pay taxes the same as any other body of citizens. 1 . ' ' ? The compulsory study of American history and civics In the publlc'Bchools, as recommended by Henry J. Ryan, chairman of the Americanism Commission of the American Legion, was indorsed at the first annual state convention of the Indiana. Department of the Legion's Auxiliary. The principal speakers at the convention were Colonel L. R. GigmUUat, state commander, and Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant of the Legion. The state legislative committee of tho Missouri Department of the Ameri- J can Legion will present to the state legislature bills which provide for tHe following: a $10 bonus for every month of service of Missouri veterans; the designation of November 11 as a legal holiday; the legalization of boxing contests; that ex-service men shall have preference in public employment and a reappropriation of the soldiers' and sailors' memorial fund. ^ New York members of the American Legion are aiding in a search for Lieutenant Thomas Dunn English, formerly of the 78th Division, and. grandson of Thomas Dunn English, former congressman. lecturer and author of "Ben Bolt." Lieutenant English was shell shocked at the front. AIRSHIP VS. WARSHIP Navy Arranges to Bomb German Battleship from the Air. Preparations are under way in the Navy Department to decide by actual teat the question of the relative superiority of aircraft and the modern battleship. Secretary Daniels in a letter to Secretary Raker has invited the War Department to participate in experiments to be carried out within 90 days, in which the surrendered German battleship Ostefriestand probably will be used as the object of attack by j aircraft dropping high explosive bombs from- the air. Conditions apnroximatel.v as closely as" possible those of battle will be simulated in the tests, it was said. With the importance of aircraft development brought to the fore by, the projected experiments, the house naval affairs- committee' today planned, to' consider in executive session a pleasure authorizing the immediate construction of two speedy aircraft carriers for the navy. The senate naval committee at the same time was prepared to hear views of the navy general board cn the resolution of Senator Borah to suspend naval construction for six months to give experts an opportunity to study the naval lessons of the war. TO BUILD MOSQUE Mohammedan Religion Gains Foothold - j.n .-preqc h Capital. ...,T)i|s c}ty-jj'is sbftii .lig have its first mosque for the benefit of the Mohnmm e da n s""~Tn T'Vench pnsseSsTftVTS irr Northern Africa*?Algeria, Tunisia ami # . OL'U U."5 XUJ. cl ' !? We have nice brighl j| our ginneries are |i THAN THEY HA ]! We 'can handle -125 hale j| charge, is 60 CENTS per 11 roller millGrinds Wheat, Corn a 5 Feed, Chicken Feed, 1 j| Hay, Flour and Corn 5 money. I DEALERS IN COAL ANI Jyorkvillecotto wjwwvwvwaajvvvwvvvwvv \ Ghost of Rooster Haunts l hieves ana They Are Arrested And Convicted. The ghost of a rooster long since eaten has come back to haunt four outlaws who encompassed his untimely death, and. the 'quartet languish in jail in New York, awaiting sentence" for confessed chicken theft The chicken bandits swaggered into court recently comfortable in the belief that all the 35 fowls they were accused of stealing had disappeared peimanently from the realm of evidence. They planned to plea "not guilty." Then one of the four espied a fine feathered fowl at the feet of Assistant Prosecutor Richardson. He nudged his fellows, who gazed for a moment with staring eyes. ' "Guilty," said the four in unison. "Boy, take this stuffed rooster back I to the taxidermist from whom I bor-i rowed," said the prosecutor. ? Wireless apparatus with amplifiers will be used to transmit the voice of President Warren G. Harding to all parts of the United States and to ships at sea when delivers his inaugural address March 4th. *UVV%V^WVVlfVtfWVV\AA/UUVlfttfV I OIL MILL PRODUC ^ -Pah a rpAA/1 nv yuaeu ul <x maoo v/l icgiumv?>v rft its Tuesday 'morning- session. Included in its activities being- death blows to two measures of state-wide importance. The bill by Representative McDavid, of Greenville, which would have provided a system of regf ulations-governing traffic of the highways of the state . Including the ap- 1 pointment of a traffic commissioner, at a salary of three thousand, was killed. This hill would have provided for licensing of chauffeurs regulation of cutouts, lights and the like. The traffic commissioner would also have had charge of the licensing of automobiles. Another bill killed was that by Representative Toole of Aiken to require textile plants to allow their employes a full hour-for. dinner each day. Representative Leopard of Pickens, and Representative. Putman of Abbeville, opposed the bill, stating that they represented the cotton mill people. CONFESSION COMPELLED ing lost everything as a result of the civil war. was forced to take a job as farm-hand on a farm thirty "miles from Durham, N. C., James and his three small brothers lived with their father in a shanty that permitted storm and cold to enter from all sides, and the four had-to sleep on a single husk tick in one corner of the place for the' sake of warmth. Their food often consisted of little more than a handful of parched corn. It was years after the war that the first ray of sunshine came. Some of the fanners that owed' young Duke's father money from before the war began to . pay him in ' tobacco.' This -was the start of the company that became in time one of the greatest corporations the world ' hals ever known.?Detroit News. - - .. .* TRAFFIC BILL KILLED 1 Houeo Also Kills Bill' Which Would Give Operatives An Hour for Dinner. The house of representatives dis~lni?laiotlvo mottOV - - t Morocco, relates a Paris dispatch. The people of those colonies have subscribed to a fund for the erection of the building and Algeria has nominated an Iman, or leader, for the mosque. The city of Paris will present the grounds on which the mosque is to be built and the French parliament has appropriated 500,000 francs for construction purposes. Attached to the mosque will .be a Mus3Ulmap institute. ouiiuftc AC UIARIT J.I1W vnffmwi. yi W?""/ *> " " '' v c- ?j.4.rS ' While M'okrng $^0.000/i' Year'fiaines/ ! > B. Duke Ate at Bowery " When James B3 Duke, .tobacco kingu was gaming $50;00b'a' year-and raplri Idly "becoming known as the leader inv the industry;' he ! IJv^d J'ri'a- h?ll .bed-roorrv In . a; theap ;rbpmirig, ihoifse, and ate his three meals a day from the counter of a dreary little Bowery restaurant. When questioned as to why he did this he declared ft was in' part so that he could save every dollar possible to put it back into the business and partly because the grinding poverty of his-youth had not been forgotten. When he was a boy his father, hav' i . I BOLSHEVIK! 0?T WELLS Expect Vast Quantities of Oil From Baku, Next Year." * The Russian i Soviet government believes it has obtained access to vast quantities of oil in Azerbaijan, now . ' that the government of that country has been sovietized. A wireless message from Moscow states that there are now 3,450,000 tons of oil in stockin Azerbaijan and that Serbrovsky, they chairman, qf the Azerbaijan Soviet, ex-$ pects to be able to- il&tve'r aboutF 4,-^ 8ff0,000-.tons ,of oil next year. 0?-,this> 4 * nr\n tnnc will * 'be ** from.5? * CtlllCrUllL tfWVfVVv vw?w f. .? ? ^ r Baku and the remainder from Grozny. 4" ; It is also axincunped' though Moscow^ 9 that the Azerbaijan Soviet has nation-!?, allzed 186 oil producers and has.juoder-7 taken,-to increase th$ 'pr^nctf&n-of oil^ by drilling sixty new wells'and're$dm-> \ ing work on other ones that had been* abandoned by their former owners. : ' , t 1 ; V Failed to Keep. Promise.?It will be< of interest to the people of this- sec-'! tion to learn that ' Brooklyn Slim" is. in jail in New Tork. Readers of The' Home will recall the .fact that Slim and his associates blew up the safe in; the Marshville post office about Ave or six years- ago and that a number of Marshville citizens1, attended a term of Federal court in Statesville at which time> VSlfrn," together with "Old Tom Down," another:;-: noted safe- * cracker, was given a five-year sentence in the Federal prison in Atlanta. About two years ago "Slim." sent' word to the postmaster.here by Deputy Marshal Williams that; his time in prison would soon expire and that another visit to .Marshville by him might be expected. But since New York was chosen as his'field of operation since hfs release and owing to the fact that he was a few days ago again captured and.placed in jail forsafe-blowing his sgcond visit to Marshvllie is not anticipated.?Marsh- , vHle. (N. C.) Home. -> LOANS AT 6 % INTEREST ARRANGED for on York County . Farma Long-term. (6 1-2 % through Federal -Land Bank). Why not slop paying higher rates? Charges reasonable. C. E- SPENCER. HORSESHOdNG, $125. TTNTIL further notice' the price of ^ Horseshoeing will be $1.25 all around. ' ' 10 4t THOMASSON REPAIR ShW. MONEY TO LEND AN Real Estate, City and Country, on ^ easy terms. W. W. LEWIS, Attorney, First National Bank Building, 18 tf / York. 8. C.. ?OR RENT TIUGH Gorden land, one and one f half horse farm,_ nice houSe, orchard, etc., for rent cheap. THOS. F. McDQWv Attorney. 7 t . f. tf EXECUTRIX'S SALE. C/"\N Monday, March 7th, 11)21, imi mediately after the public sales at i the Court House, the undersigned will, as Executrix of the estate of P. W. Love, deceased, offer for sale at his late residence near the sales stables . of Robt T. Allison, the following personal property: . ! About three tons of high grade fertilizers; 3 Tractors, Tractor Plows and Harrows; various Farm Tools, Gears, several two-horse Wagons; 2 Buggies; 4 Hogs; 10 Mules; 2 Horses; a lot of Corn and Stover; and Household and Kitchen Furniture. Terms of Sale: CASH. MARY McC. LOVE. Executrix of the Estate of P. W. Love, Dec'd. 9 7t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of York. In the Probate Court. By J. L. Houston, Esquire, Probate Judge of York County. WHEREAS ROBERT T. ALLISON ** has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all an-d singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of TOM HENDERSON, late of the County aforesaid, deceased. < These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular .the kindred and creditors of the said deceased!, to be and appear' before me at our next Probate Court for the. said County, to De noiaen ac xorit uourmuuse uii uic 16TH DAY OF FEBRUARY,'1921, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand and Seal, this 1st day. of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one and in the 145th year of American Independence.(Seal) J. L. HOUSTON, Probate Judge of York County. 10 i 2t iANWVVWVfcWVWVtflAiWUIMUl TS 1j. change of Meal for Seed. ! [ t Hulls. j| IN BETTER SHAPE 11 VE EVER BEEN. \! is in 12 hours, and the., i | Hundred pounds or lint, j; :nd Oats. Sells Flour, Hog j! lorse and Mule Feed, Oats, (| i Meal. Try us and save Ji ) ice. jj 'N OIL COMPANY jj