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itumo'tmus Department. Disobedient.?Hiking through the small Trench town an ignorant chicken, unversed in the appetites of American darkies, crossed the load in Iront of a colored detachment. With much zeal a soldier broke forth from t?e ranks and set out in' pursuit. ^Halt!" bellowed the officer in charge Both fowl and negro only celerated 'their paces. "Halt! Halt!" repeated the offloer. The dusky doughboy made one plunge, grasped the chicken by the heck and stuffed it, still struggling, inside hi* shirt. "Here!" he panted. "Ah'll learn you to. halt when de captain says halt, ya' dis'bedient bird." \ ? ...? -t V Just wriixiinv-ine n?pii?uiim..v Caraway, of Arkansas, said of a man who had failed: * "He was doomed to fail- His life has been, In fact, nothing but . a series of failures. The first chapter of this series began In an insurance office where he obtained his firs* Job, that of office boy. He had only just begnn on this Job when ills boss looked up from an important letter one morning and said irritably: 'Don't whistle at your work, boy.' 'I ain't workin', sir,' he answered; 'I'm only just whistlin.'" Wall, Isn't It??The children were suffering their periodical written examination and all the morning their - ?-? ?i pens spiiuiL-reu u?iu "Bring me your papers when you have finished," said the teacher. ! Little Mary tame first and handed In her work with"*a bright smile. And the teacher 'smiled, too, when she road: < ; "An Image is an idle maid with hands!* v" " f Did As He Was Ordered.?"Here l>oy." exclaimed the'-excited Jlttle man as-he rushed tip to a bellboy" in a big fiotel. "Run up to my room and see tf my umbrella is there. Hurry now. because I've Just got five minutes to. eatch the train." Three minutes later the boy came tripping down the stairs. ^ "Yes, sir," he said. "It's there All right." Base Deceiver.?"Rowland is very Interesting," said the stock broker's daughter. . "Oh! what does hp talk about?" inquired her father. "Why, db is ever so well posted jn .Shakespearian quotations." "Girl,", said the financier, sternly, "don't let him deceive you. There's no such stock ou the rpprket." ^ Waiting fbr the Drop.?A teacher ot the primary room In a public school bedame nervous over the restlessness and noise her pupils were making and endeavored-to stop it'by suggesting: "Now, let's be quiet for Just a moment, so'quiet that .we could hear a pin drop/' After a few minutes of peace In die. room an Impatient youngster in the.year of. the room shouted: "Well, let 'er drop!" t ' > .j, ? * "1 1 . ? Not Particular.?Housewife?"I'll not give you anything. Do you know who I am?" Tramp?"No, mum." Housewife?"Well, I'm a policeman's tyife, and If ipy husband were here he would take you, and quickly, too." Tramp?"I believe yer, mum. Your husband 'ud take anybody."?The Bulletin (Sydney). . t Her Preference.?The new minister J fas making a duty call at the home f one of his flock.'and, taking a little six-year-old miss upon his knee," he said: "Now, my dear you want to be a Christian, like your mamma, don't you?" ' ' "No. sir," was the unexpected reply, **! would rather sing in the choir." vi ? t Wanted to Make Up.?"I want to buy a make-up box," said a young married man. "A make-up box?" the confectioner echoed. "We don't keep theatrical supplies." "1 mean a box of chocolates to take home to my wife," said the young man. "I promised to be home three hours ago.'' Had the Habit.?When the Duke of Wellington, first went to the court of I Louis XVIII, the French marshals whom he had defeated turned their I backs upon him. The king apologized for their rudeness. "Never mind, your majesty," replied Wellington; "tney have got into the habit, and they can't get out of it." Sea Air vs. Mountain Dew.?Mother ?"I wish that the papers would quit writing about these mountain moonshiners." i Daughter?"Why/ mother?" " Mother?"Because I want father to take.us to the seashore this summer." ?Btirr. No Bargain.?"Dear John," the wife wrote from a fashionable resort, "I enclose the hotel bill." "Dear Mary," he responded, "I enclose check to cover the bin, out please ?lo not buy any more hotels at this figure?they are cheating you."?Life. No Comeback.?Carpentier is said to have taken to writing poetry. That's the best of being a heavyweight boxer?you can do practically what like, with impunity.?Lon ,don Opinion. One Editor Owns Up.?Don't forgot that the advertisements often contain the most important qewa in.the paper. ?The Paonlan (Paonia, Colo.). FIRST SCENES '"s~ " - i i The mine riots of Johanna burg. Union of South Africa, wer< of a more serious nature than was reported in cable dispatches seni from abroad. Houses were pil Iftgfrri ftwri fiAVPrnl largo hiiRiness establishments were burned tc the ground. Many were killed and scores Injured. Troops undei the command of Gen. Jan Christian Smuts succeeded In putting the invaders to flight after several serious conflicts ensued Hundreds of prisoners were captured on the outskirts of the city into which they were latei brought under strict military escort. The lower picture, taken Just after the battle of Fordsburg shows the first batch of prisoner! being brought Into Johannesburg under a strong military guard INTERESTING RECORD Story of Suit Afeainst Charleston Rec tor in 1773. In looking through old court rec ords a few days ago the followlni item was noted, and sent to The Sun day News as throwing an 4nterestinj light upon life in this country nearl; one hundred and fifty years ago. I was found in the Record of the Fro ceedings in" the Court of Ordinary 1771-1775, Charles Town, and concern J a suit which was brought by th< Rector of St. Phillips Parish agains the Rector of St Michaels Parish: In the Court of Ordinary Jany 8th 1773. . The Revd. Mr. Smith made a Mo tion in tlTe Court of Ordinary praylni for a Citation to Cite the Revd. Mr Cooper to appear int the Court of Or dirvary to shew cause why he murrie< his parishioners without, his leav or: License, which his Excy woj pleased to grant accordingly. South Carolina?By His Excy Th< Right Honble Lord Chus. G. Montage Capt. Genl. Governor and Commande in Chief in & over the said Provinc< and Ordinary of the same. To the Revd. Mr. Robert Coope: Rector of St. Michaels Parish Charles Town. These are to Cite and admonfsl you to be and appear before me ii the Court of Ordinary at the Counci Chamber in Charles Town, on th< Twenty fifth day of February next (a the Instance and request of the Revd Mr. Robert Smith, Rector of St Philips Parish Charles Town) thei and there to shew cause why yoi joined together his Parishioners li the Holy state or'Mhtrlmo'ny withou his leave, license or consent. Hereo fail not as you will answer the Con trary at your Peril. By His Excys Command, Wm Nisbett, Pro. Secy. Given under my Hand and Sea this Eighth day of Jnnry Anno Dom 1773 and in the thirteenth year of hi Majestys Reign. C. G. Montagu (L. S.) As there is no further reference in the "Record" to this matter it i probable that this difference betwcei the two parishes was settled "out o court" in accordance with the admon ition of Holy Scripture.?Charlestoi News and Courier. WOMAN'S WORLD Matters of Interest to Feminine Read ere of The Yorkville Enquirer. | ? Denmark has an insurance com pr.ny for old maids. ? Missouri has 139,774 widows an only 62,792 widowers. ? The gossiping woman of Burma is called "bell-clapper." ? In Spain a Voman's mantillq.-i held as sacred and panr.oi be sold fo J debt. ? A bill to permit women to becom judges has been introduced in th German Reichstag. i ?The first woman v/lth sdverclg authority was Hemuamis, Quee of Assyria. ? Women are said to be more adej to learning foreign languages tha are men. ? A bill admitting women to the b;i has been adopted in the Belgian .sen ate. ? British princesses may not man before the age of 25 without the cor sent of the king. ? One of the latest fads among wc men in London is to have their mon< I grams tattooed on their bucks. . I ?Mrs. Mary Freed, Atlantic City ' first woman justice of the peace hi | appointed her husband as her cor j stable. ? California manufacturers are as! ing that women's weekly minimu La .rl tir. irx i 1 ) T.A j ?London jewelers are complainir 1 OF DISASTROUS JOHAN I L" ~ ; - ' L '' ^ - * ./ . t - ? 1 //.. f The other .photograph shows troops mustered on Union Ground because women of the fnshionabh set are wearing much less jewelr; * than formerly. ?Women in Japan are rebellinj . against the old time customs of wear j ing different kinds of custofnes On dif - ferent occasions. 5 ? The Yourg Women's Christiai y association now has a membership o t more than 1,000,000 more than half o . which are American girls. , ? Few lumber experts in the north' s west can scale and tally more rapidl] e than Mrs. Edgar Hannan, Oregon"; t orly lumber operator. ' * * ? M'ss Adeline Gehrig, of the Nev York Turn Verein, nas once more w,ui the woman's national fencing cham . pionship of the United States. % ?It is estimated that Luisa Tet razzini, the noted opera singer, has . earned more than $6,000,000 durlnj j her career as a concert singer, e ?Mrs. Henry Ford, wife of the au B tomoblle manufacturer, is said to owr outright a one-third interest in hei ? husband's factories the world over. i. , m , f 1 1 ?Columbia, April 27: South Carolim s is after the record this week of havinj signed the largest number of bales tc r the cotton cooperative marketing con s tract ever signed by a state in on< week, officials of the South Carolim Cotton Growers' Cooperative associa^ 1 tion announced last night. While ful i reports have not as yet been receive! j from the "Cooperation day" driv< Tuesday, officials of the associatioi were inclined last night to believe tha 1 the state had on that day smashed al 1.1 recorus for the number of bales signet I in one day. A South Carolina county ' | Imurens, has won the honor of havinj 1 signed the largest number of bale! J ever signed by a county in one day t | 4,201. Marlboro county, of which E t-!Wahace Evans Is the county chair man, S- E. Evans, the county agent f apd K. M. Pratt, the county director - is'expected to break all records fo | having signed the largest percentagi I or its crop ever signed by a large cot '*! ton growing county. With 34,000 bale.' already signed, Mr. Evans wired yes,1 terday that the county would, certain ly sign up 40,000 bales by May 1 " "While South Carolina is one of th< 8 last two states in the belt to organize it is smashing all records in its or ganization campaign," R. C. Hamer chairman of the campaign committee e j said last night. Kershaw county wen 8 i over the top yesterday, making th< n ninth county to reach its quota, th< I i_? mVHnrr f | inner eigiu ucine ??xanui/?w, j^u,....n : ton, Sumter, Calhoun, Dorchester, D.l " j Ion, Lee and Richland. Louis 1. Guion i of Lugoff, county chairman of Ker shavv, was in the city yesterday am announced that his county redched it: quota Tuesday. Mr. Guien is bavin; the active assistance of J. W. Sanders I county agent; M. C. West, county di I rector; W. A. Boykin, L. W. Boykii and others. Over 2,000 bales were sign I cd in Spartanburg Tuesday when th business men of the city went out wit leading farmers of the county. Ove 1 1,800 bales were signed in York count (j I on the same day, a message from Di J. B. Johnson of Rock Hill said yes u tcrday., M. Ryars, county agenl h Wired frfim Anderson that approxi mately 1,500 bales were signed in An s dei son. Monday and Tuesday. ittf' Defective sight among 100,000 per el sons in the United States could hav e j been prevented in half the cases, ac j gorging to the Held secretary of th< n ! National fcommittee for Prevention o n ! Blindness. ? ? . ... n I y ^ ?? a m* AIT a * Al INAilUNAL lil Come and See Our Ging _ Windows?It Is Men's Overalls, $1.25 value $1.1 Men's Work Shirts 50 Cts Men's All Leather Scout Shoes?Pair $1.91 Yard Wide Sheeting 10 Cls 15c Apron Oinghams 10 Cts 1 <|> A New Shipment of Ladies' Wai Sos Them. Wo'll Be Glad c. j ? NATHAN FEINST m 1 | QUICK SALES * YORK, NESBURG RIOTS. ' ' . . "1 I " ' fiW | awaiting the word calling them to I put down the disturbances, i SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS t ?Miss Kate V. Wofford, of Laurens, has announced herself as a candidate ? for county superintendent of education. ? Governor Cooper has appointed Frank H. Anderson, of Greenville, to be court stenographer for the 1 thirteenth judicial circuit. ?A- L. King, of Florence, attorney for Edmund-' D. Bigham, Florence county man convicted of murder of his brother and charged also with the killing of four other members of his family, including hts mothei* and his sister, has." fifed with tfie Supreme T Court notice of his appeal of the case 1 to' the United T'States Supreme Court. . The state supreme court has confirmed the verdict'of the circuit court which I sentenced him'^J.0 electrocution. ? Bamberg Hferakl: The other day a 5 yQUng man walked into the book store > and asked >to. {purchase -some "o. k. paper fasteners.'' This was an upusual purchase,' as these little brass clips are used ^ery seldom; in fact the 1 book store has some on hand that have r been here for some years. On , rare occasions some office people with unusual1 taste warn! this particular variety of clip- Ih view of the unusual L purchase the clerk was prompted to inquire to what use they would be put. ? Imagine the surprise when the young > man stated that he was buying that - form for badges for the "shifters." 2 He said the "shifters" are here and i there is lotSj of fun in it. The idea is . tojget one or more members; the new I member must get another in order to 1 get his money hack." Everybody has a' read much about the "shifters" in the I large -.cities. Nbw, when you see a t youn&^raan or young woman wearing a 1 little brass paper fastener, you know 1 that individual is a "shifter"?whatever that is. There is a code that inj vites flirtation among members, it is s said, although the young gentleman ( buying tfie badges says it is entirely I. harmless, and provides only innocent . amusement. ' ' "MERE-MENTION. 2 The Mississippi river has reached a iieight of more than 22 1-2 feet at New 3 ; uricans. inc |>rt.Yiu|ia nuici " record at New Orleans was 22 feet in 11>12 More than 3,500 people are I homeless between Arlington Heights ?iand Fort Worthi'Texas, on account of ! the high waters..^ A block of $3,-.000,000 worth of Fourth Liberty 4 1-2 per cent, bonds was sold in New York at par Wednesday More than 65 t persons are dead and missing as the e result of floods which swept Fort B Worth, Texas, during Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday. The property - ! loss is estimated at more than $1,000, 000 _...The house military committee -1 is said to have arrived at an informal 1 agreement looking to the completion of s the Wilson datn at Muscle Shoals. Spare the Eagle.?It is very proba- J i hie that the bald eagle brought down - near Concord and the eagle killed e near Charlotte oh the same day were h mates scouting about for a meal. It r I is certain that the excited people who yi killed these noble birds committed a r- crime against the state. The eagle is - almost extinct and the few samples that remain should meet with pro tcction, rather than with slaughter. - Mason Hood was the local ornithologist, who was exercised over the bagging of the Charlotte eagle and he was grieved that there was nt) patriot ' ism enough in all of the city to proe duce five dollars with which the bird _l could have beem mounted and prej seated to. Carnegie Library. Along .jthe toast, country in South Carolina f I there are numbers of eagles and these | sometimes stray inland, only too of INGHAM WEEK! I ;hams Display in Our Show i Worth Looking At. i 5 Hanes's Summer Union a Suits?Priced $1.00 |> 25c liox Stationery, colors 15 Cts A 3 Indies' Cotton Hosv 10 Cts. $ Ladies' Silk Hose4?Pair 50 Cts. & ;. S'.nndnrd Prints?Yard ....10 Cts. x sts, Dres3e3 and Hats. Come In and |> to Show You., nnTiTi nmATITI JLilXM k) JLUirT. iSIUIUi I?SMALL PROFITS Z - - S. C. & fen to meet the fate recorded for the i iv/o wc arc willing aooui. The Charleston News and Courier thinks there should he a Nation-wide effort to stop the killing of eagles. This Nation has chosen the bald eagle as Its emblem and yet, instead cf protecting and preserving it, we treat it as though it were an enemy and a post and slaughter every eagle that we can get at. "The bird Is. already so fare in most parts of the country," says The News and Courier, "that the appearance of an eag.e causes a flutter of excitement throughout the whole district, while the killing of one is regarded as a great eyent, news of which is sent out qver the wires to newspapers hundreds of miles distant. This Ms a shabby way to treat the National bird, whose seream will never be heard: any more; * for the American eagle will be as extinct as the dodo."?Charlotte Obse.wer, ^ . ? ? No one of the five candidates for mayor of ColqmbiS or the eleven for the two places 'on the city council was iiuiiiiiici itru. in uic in ."?i in uun i j/a-i pixmary last Tuesday. William VL Cowman and John W. Richardson will run over Jor mayor, the former needing 135 to win over the field. A total of 4.44 1 votes were cast for mayor of the3e WA. Colt man received 2.140, J. W. Richardson 1.954, Thomas E. Hair, 119, A. W. Ho'man 182, Thorn well McMaster 19. Ther^was none nominated In the two places on the city council. Four will make this second*race. They, and the vote each received Tuesday are: MolTatt B. Dupre, 2,124; R. J. Jerson, 1,216; Sam L. Sweeney, 1,206; and Louis N. Drake, 1,157. Dr. Manney M. Rice incumbent was e'lminntcd, V- - i ...l*L 1 A-4 1 tir A ric running in in wnii i,uto. w . ^v. Coleman who led the race for mayor is the other membei* of the council to whom a successor is to be named. Six other candidates for councilman who were dafeated in the contest and the Vote each received wore: John W- Rallentine, 88; Andrew Crawford, 330; George B. Ellison, 474; W. D, Hampton, r>6; R. C. Keenan, a former councilman,, fi47; Frank W. Seagers, 284. The second primary will be held on next Tuesday. * 1 w ? v?4T There are mo;-e than 30Q.000,000 inhabitants in India, of wh6m more than 220,000,000 are Hindus, and CO,000,000 arc Mohammedans, the remainder belonging to minor' tribes. HARDWARE- j GROCERIES WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY ON? HARDWARE, CROCKERY, ENAMEL WARE, COOKING .UTENSILS, HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF MER-i CHANDISE t.lnko Our Store Your Headauarters. I Southern Cash Store ' f''G.'0.-DEE8E, Manager.. , ROCK HILL, S. C. "WE PAY YOU TO SAVE""There Is a Feeling "OP COMFORT in the knowledge that no matter what the future hat in store for you or your family, you are assured against want by a Bank Ac- 1 count. You can enjoy this feeling by starting a Bank Account with us and adding small amounts to it at you> | convenience." raw or hickory dfum grove HICKORY GROVE. 3. C. \ , ? L "The Bank With the C THE PASSION PLAY. (Continued From Page One.) I had to seek hiin in the forest where ! he was sawing wood. It was about i the dinner-hour, and he struck work and walked home with me, and there he sat down to his sausage, potatoes ! and beer, while he told me that it hajl' always been his ambition to play this part, and he had succeeded in his great wish at the early age of twenty-three. ! UA lo r, ?,AM, aAMi#v..? /.Vinn /iI?Ua lie jo a vci j 3vi iuuo j uuiig LJuiy, ^unc in ?the spirit of the community. He is the nephew of the Herod. . None Likes the "Judas" Part. It is always diftic-alt to get any one to take the pact of Judas, because somehow the stigma clings to the nctor in private lifo. . He must be no less j honorable than another to have so Lmi jgr] <?X^~X^X~X"X^X"X?X"X?< j| Ginghan I Dre. If its something al For Us to Have I || GINGHAM He sold last week foi colors and plaids. I Sizes 36 to 46, no. *70< I See H I , New Hand Mad just arrived. Pricec f KIRKPATRII jL. . SELLS IT ?? ?MM?m??MM a ||p J Men W ^fjPl |j| Money ?p|p| ' Safet s || vantf i | Sat Jhimes Clock." r*. portant a role, but he is forever .afterwards under a slight cloud. It is played. this year by Karl Mayer. Perhaps the whole Oberammergau community feels Just a little under a cloud, as their Judases always do. They haVe been cut off from the world, a part of a nution which has been at war with most of Ine world. Now they are preparing to receive the whol6 world again, and they are not used to the idea yet. They still have that Judaslilte war cloud over fhem. But, as they any in ntcii aiiiiuuiivciuvi?a. "Sixty-seven sons of the village lost their lives In the war. Let us think of them with honor, and with them of the heroes of all places and nations, be they friends or former enemies.'* They do not yet realize that no on>3 who comes to Oberammergau' will come with the thought of the war still in mind. \ . *\'V * * 1 < > ' ' =' !! i House I ? 5ses ij '. * ? t a Bargain Look . > t? i: use Dres^s that : $1.50 in solid h Good Ginghams. . t. , J.m < T. 1 , now? . :; - : i > V Merits | rindou) ; . /: ' J1 le Voile Waists ;; 1 $1.98 to $4.98 ! CK-BELK CO. I FOR LESS J 500KS OF IIS BANK ARE A RECORD ' BUSINESS STORY? /. tem are-written the doings of hundreds ccessful men and m. ho Are Careful tally Keep Their in this Bank for iy and Convenience. nvite you to take adig eof these priviGnatt $c itup lank YORK, 8. C. VX' ?' JLVi-i LVfJ ORE, President tICE, Vice President FERGUSON, Cashier E. McCORKLE, Asst. Cashisr