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MARKS WORLD'S PROGRESS Evolution of Matabele Territory From 8avagery to Civilization la a Good Example. It is n little more than twenty years since Lohengula, the Matabele chief, died obscurely a few months after the complete destruction of his military force. The stay-at-home Englishman scarcely realizes the rapidity and completeness of the change that has taken place in a quarter of a century, says the London Standard. Bulawayo, where bloody sacrificial rites were performed a little over twenty years ago, is one of the most perfectly equipped towns in the world. It has a magnificent railway station, man}' Ci?lmnle nlnmoUnn ? -- - - - ?v.hv?vio, ^uuiwllco) ullupt'lsy 11 iii 11" ?nnn, a public library, learned and other societies, parks, zoological gardens, first-class hotels, daily andf weekly papers. There is a theater continuously open throughout the year; race meetings and gymkhanas are held frequently; and here, where the Matebele name was once heard with a shudder, learned anthropologists discuss at scientific meetings the habtfs and customs of that fierce race. It is hard to realizo that 21 years ago not a stone of the modern city had been laid. I?hodt*ia has made marvelous progress during the quarter of a century to be completed this year. But it has been sound and sober progress, auguring well for the prosperity of the country in that not far distant time when many millions of white men will exist in health and comfort in one of the few tropical coxintrics where, owing to peculiar conditions, the climate is net inimical to tho bonltti nnrt uim" - " vm ****^ "gVA of inen of European race. VACANT "Yep; I may say that I havo my nffim nn^nr mw liof ^ ?? ?? A-" J "Yes, and I s'pose you have a lot of desk room to rent in it, too." WARNING TO VACATION IST8. The state commissioner of health calls typhoid "an inevitable accompaniment of the vucation season" and tells how and why the vacationist renders himself vulnerable to tliis dread disease. "There is a common hut erroneous idea," says the commissioner, "that clear water is pure water. . . . Many a stream which to all appearances is uncontaminated carries the germs of typhoid and dysentery." Whether he i. V 1 1 ? v;nuunr? <x cuuniry ziotci, ?L ifiroitiovisc or a summer camp the vacationist, invariably prefers to be near a stream of water. Sometimes he drinks from such a stream without the slightest concern as to the purity of its source or as to the contamination to which it may be subjected along its course. Almost invariably he bathes in it. Bathing in polluted water has been found to be almost as dangerous as drinking.?Philadelphia Press. WHY THEY CHECKED BULLDOG. <rWhere's the bulldog?" "In the baggage car." "On account of his grip, I suppose." BEYOND HOPE. "Don't, keep pestering me." "Then you won't marry me?" "I wouldn't even bo engaged to you at a summer resort." THE BRUTE. She?Before we were married you called me an an eel He?I know I did; but it wag a raw of mistaken identity. CHECK AND MATE. Molly (angrily)?I can't tell yon what T think of you ! Pollv?Xe; but you have told everyone else. - * ? JUST WHY NEED HE WORRY? Lighthouse Keeper Oeems to Have the Laugh on the Reepeeted Covrte of California. Living a solitary existence on a barren island, far removed from all the pleasures and gaycties of the great throbbing city of San Francisco, docs not keep one George \V. Graves from whistling merrily, "This Is the Life." Graves, who is the chief lighthouse keeper at the Farallones of San | Francisco, was made a member of the Alimony club by Judge Morgan in December, 1913. In granting an I interlocutory "d?*cree of divorce to I If T - i i .1 mrs. jsuik'i *iraves, tne court at that time ordered Graves to pay his wife $30 a month. Swallowing this medicine smilingly. Graves repaired to his lonelv station. where, according to Mrs. Graves, he forgot ail about alimony. Last January Judge Morgan issued an order citing Graves to appear and show cause why he had not obeyed the mandate of the court. The order could not be served, however, for the reason that the federal gov? eminent will not permit anybody to land on the islands unless on government business. % On other hand. Graves, when he did visit the mainland, failed to mention his trips in advance notices, "When Mrs. Graves called on Judge Morgan the judge had to admit that he was powerless in the circumstances. The woman dechired that she \vould appeal to President Wil s(V?. ^ \r0.inw}l)l? flpilllio in O,. -1 . .v.MM .. ?4a?v vwcaTVOj 111 llic IVt'Ulllj of his island stronghold, is' politely tolling the superior court of California that it should worry?not he. N0 MORE'ROMANCE Summer Boarder?Oh for a drill] from the old oaken bucket! Wher is it? The Farmer?The old oakei bucket was unsanitary. We hav< supplied individual drinking cups in stead. MAIDS REPLACING VALETS. Men's maids are gradually takinj the place of the valet. The stringen money market has brought about th change. "There's more men's maid than men's men or valets," asserts New York employment agent. "Yisi any of the fashionable hotels and yoi will see maids changing the studs h evening shirts, pressing trousers witl patent aloohol irons, brushing th coats and putting fresh laces ii boots. The average well-to-do ooupl travels with a maid, but not with maid and valet. For, after all, valet is very expensive and his dutic occupy only a few hours a day, and i maid can get through all of then just as well. So the average lady' maid is a man's maid as well?mai< to the wife, valet to the husband She likes her latter duties. The; are, you see, simple and easy, am they draw forth the most generou tips." UNANIMOU8. Kri88?Who stood up for hin whpn he married ? Kroaa?Nobody. They all calle< liiira an idiot.?Smart Set. nni, ur liUUKHC. "I bite. Why do motorists talk o taking a spin?" "Because they go at top speed."? Yale Record. THE BATTLE CRY. "I notioe there haa been fighting at Li m burg." "And the cry of the TftTwatinj ones was probably, 'Cheese itf* HIS MERIT. . "T like the way that man looks." ; "Why, he's posit irejy ugly!" J * Yes; but he'$ looking at me." . * - r 4 * " ' " and visit ttii: cai and fore ducts. You 1 wrinkles tti you in short We want yo mix in the i and you'll hearty and 1 jGhestei ? J k ^ e i * Novenili t IT W1 n a b e a a a In actual do! i and view tti ! hiblts, and 1? 1 products of 1 region. You mant: licw < money has f tertainment therefore u You'll be so I I C. L. HIIVLEY > . i gp ' "'T j" (ANT COM s great exposi ign progress will learn a lo at will mean : cuts to longc u to hear thrti nirth and mc return home happy. ' r rflcld C FAIR icr 10-1 ILL PAY 1 liars and cent! p manv nnd u ;arn of the pro< this great and! '11 meet old tri acquaintances been spent fc of you and yo re are expecl ppv iff vnn dn , See., Chestei > % YOU E tlon of lo aim proton new money to :r profits, land play, jrrimenthealthy, ounty 1-12-13 ?WJ 5 to come aried express and " growing ends and ?. A lot of )r the enur friends ting you. n't come. rlield, S. C. Tax Notice The books will be open for the collection of taxes from the 15th day of October 1914 to December, 31st 1914. Tax levy for State 6 mills Constitutional School 3 44 Ordinary County 5 1 Interests on K.R Bonds I 1-2" Road and Bridges 2 " Total levy 18 mills School Bonds Cheraw School 3 mills 4 mills Marlburg 3 " Orange IIill 8 " Pats Branch 4 44 Pee Dee 3 44 Stafford 4 44 2 1-2 " Bethel 1 44 Center Point 4 44 r.ln>cJpr(i?lH A " 1 " Special School 21-2 44 Parker 4 44 Pine Grove 3 44 Shiloh 3 44 5 44 Snow Hill 4 44 Ousley 7 44 Vaughn 3 44 2 44 Wamble Hill 3 44 White Oak 1 44 Center 4 44 Cross Roads 6 44 Mt. Croghan 3 44 4 44 Special School 5 44 New Hope 7 44 Ruby 5 44 1 1-2 44 Wexford 4 44 5 44 Buffalo 2 44 Dudley 3 44 Five Forks 2 44 Mangum 3 44 Pageland 6 44 5 44 Plains 2 44 Center Grove 5 44 Friendship 3 44 Jefferson 5 44 4 44 Long Branch 4 44 Green Hill 4 44 Middendorf 3 44 McBee 8 44 4 1-2 44 Sandy Run 4 " Union 4 " Bay Springs 4 Bear Creek 2 " Bethesda 2 " gg? Jiaqi jo saqsiM poo3 au Palmetto 3 " Wallace 3 Special road Cheraw Township 2 mills Special road Alligotor Township 5 mills Will Collect at Following Place#. Cheraw Tuesday Nov 3 Cash's Wednesday Nov 1 Dudley Thursday Nov 5 Pageland Friday Nov 6 McBee Monday Nov 9 Plains Monday Nov 16 Jefferson Tuesday Nov 17 Angelus Wednesday Nov 18 Cioss Roads Thursday Nov 19 Mt. Croghan Friday Nov 20 Middendorf Monday Nov 23 Cedar Creek Tuesday Nov 24 Sandy Davis' Wednesday " 25 Patrick Thursday Nov 26 John Wallace Nov 27 W. A. Douglass County Treasurer Sept. 15, 1914. (Advertisement) Books of Subscription Open Books of subscription to the capital stock of The Cotton Warehouse company, of Pageland, are open. R. II. Blakeney H. B. Sovvell H. V. Mungo Board of corporators. (Advertisement) Claims Paid Below is a partial list of claims paid by health and accident companies through the S J. Sellers agency at Ruby: R. E. Richardson 59.25 J. V. Thompson 50.00 M. J. Deese 90.65 B. T. lvOng 68.00 J. A. Sellers 12.00 C. M. Tucker 7.50 J.C. Mangum come and get VAI1 AflA ' S. J. .Sellers, Kuhy, S. C. Hanna & Hunley Attorneys CHESTERFIELD.^. C.