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er f Get Rid^f OI By Mary Stewart Ci . ILLIONS of -people go throug Jf 1 as to just what they wish t( I |Y? I do, so long as the work Is i LmhJ There is nothing within th< work only because they ne Qss# This is unfortunate. B that ahnost everybody has number of people who work to express ai It will be readily admitted that one one's mind. And yet there -are many never asked themselves Just what it ir how can a man go about making up hie that he Is trying to do? The problem is capable of many f mean about the same thing. One way use of anything? Strange as It may seem, there are m tied that question with themselves! > leaveB hanging In the balance every oth sonel ambition and Initiative. To make up one's mdnd it Is nec reach thio question and settle It. Furthe one reaches the oonsclous conviction th; .mvFic oiuccreiy one uvea tne more It is The next thing to see is that all gether?for some 'big purpose. It is enoi that purpose is good, and that it means life in all its forms. Then it must be seen that whatever with the grain, and whatever seeks mer he grain. Fortunately, it is so arranged that and all tthe big prizes of life are so piby those who willingly serve the common The next step is to admit that it is f willing to accept life on that basis. Thei what constitutes service to the common g you. with your peculiar talents, can best all the world Is working. When you get this far?actually get you will find your mind "makes up" itse1 follow out Its decisions.?Frcm Collier's 1 m m Science and S] By Prof. John Trowt to call attention to th? SQrl T I we have advanced far beyc rS?| ^ I of the ancients. The grea A?^ Romans was that of an at KfefWl the earth was at rest and t be appalled, if they shoult on - ? ** vA^it coo ti aui? 1 ucy ii atoms, of infinite collection the sphere of our earth, which Is spinn we on its circumference at the equator with a speed of seventeen miles a mlnut that this earth, this collection of atoms, Isun. from mouth to mouth, from summer miles a second, seventy-five times the s man of today, I venture to a*y, is in tl respect to the realization of great spee( e velocity which he cannot measure and The chief characteristic of modem ] knowledge of the consequences which of great speed. A cannon ball by its white heat We are beginning to have a realizl great speed, for until now It has been ment on matter moving faster than a ri e second. One can conceive that matter migh If it should move with a velocity of manj Atlantic. CTL? O 1_ ?r A ffCT OCCUi By Garrett P. Servisi great discovery is lil < ^ carries up and down his hi it are sown new inventions This is strikingly illus progress in aeronautics. W Sa??-J experiments they had to be borse power, with a weight ments Wilbur Wright was able to bring which he astonished the French up to 1 motor weighing about 300 pounds, got horse power. A later motor constructe a horse power of 35. But the French will furnish 100-borse power, and yet be plane. Mr. Wright, however, seems to needed, for in most of hie flights he dl< 25-horse power motor. The problem ic weight. At any rate, a practical revolt traction of engines as a result of the d Another example of the stimulus of facture of steel. It is but a very few ye speed" steel astonished evrybody and < shops. Yet now comes Professor Arnold tng that within a year the "high-speed" i bers," for a new steel is being perfecte cutting power of any quality of steel now ment is said to have caused cons-tern at I Sheffield.?New York American. m /"VI J n - m.* . vjia Rome mot By Gughelmo Ferrei even in the times of its | I parison with the modern wc 1 I Christ, when it stood as ir. Laonal empire, Rome was smaller, iraSiiin f?reat metropolis of Europ ImSEeSI edifices, beautiful private the metropolis of the em; Moreover, the palaces of the Caesa ruin that stirs the artist and makes th himself to measure thorn, to conjecturi of the entire edifices, he does not co ? modern constructions. The palace of ' street only two metres wide?less than s today in Italian cities live only the m< (rictured co ourselvee the Imperial banqti unheard of splendor; if Nero or Elagab dining room of a great hotel in Paris o with crystal, with silver?he would adml halls In which he gave his Imperial feasti in artificial light! They had few winei nor cocoa; neither tobacco, nor the inni use; in face of our habits, they were alw because they lacked the means to amis The New Use for Goats. 1 1 "Better en army of goats with a i lion for a leader than an army of i lions with a goat for a leader" is an < Impressive old Spanish proverb, but < the United States Government has i considerable faith in an army of goats 1 with a goat for a leader. It is an- ] aounced that *,000 of them of the 1 agora variety, from the California i foothills, will he set at work in the i pilag biasing mile after mile of fire / Maes through the bushy hills of the Treatset country la the chaparral i -owth of its natural forests. The t ft,.- r4P is to rua Srs Hues parallel with . I d Things. ittlns* h life without making up their minds i do. They want a Job?anything; will agreeable and the pay 1b satisfactory. ?m that la seeking expression. They ?d the money. ut the most unfortunate part of It la i some degree of thai spirit. The i inward purpose Is really very smull. trouble is that it is hard to make up who say that and feel It who have leans to make up one's mind. And , mind if he doesn't know what It is orms of statement, but all of them of putting it is this: What Is the illlons of people who have never setCot having settled that, it naturally er question that has to do with persessary, at some t+me or other, to rmore. It is never really settled until at life Is worth living, and that the worth. the work in the world dovetails tojgh for mopt people to oonclude that i the expansion and improvement of serves that big purpose is working ely to be served, is working against it is easier to work with the grain, aoed that they can be reached only i good and work In an orderly way. ?ood that this Is so, and that you are a you instinctively seek to know Just rood, and desire to find a place where serve the one big purpose for which there In your own heart purposes? f about as rapidly as you can or will Veekly. 0 peed. ridge . i matter of speed, for In regard fx? It >nd the highest flight of imagination test speed known to the Greeks or hlete, a horse or a dart. To them :he stars fixed in spa/ce. They would 1 revisit the earth, by the speed of ever conceived, in their theories of s of minute particles aggregated into ing on its axis with such speed that are traveling from night to morning e?the velocity of a cannon ball; and is traveling through space about the t_0 willtOr U'itil q t-\' nf ninntoAn peed of a cannon ball. The average tie mental attitude of the ancients in 1. To him the world is moving with therefore does not realize, ihysical science is its development of follow from changes in or cessation impact can raise a steel plate to a Ing sense of the effect on matter of impossible in laboratories to experifle ball?perhaps fifteen hundred feet t assume an entirely different aspect ' thousand miles a second.?From The r Invention. ?. :e the bag of seed that the farmer irrower fields in the spring, for from broadcast on every side, trated by the results of the recent 'hen the Wright brothers began their ( oontent with a motor producing 12of 250 pounds. By gradual improvethe power driving the aeroplane with 25-horse power. Mr. Farman. with the forcec up to not less than 50<1 for him weighs 280 pounds, with inventors are promising motors that light enough for use with the aerothinlf thflt an ran s*Y\ 4? ? VMW% uvy U1UV11 |/un CI 10 UUl I not employ all of the force of hia i rather to still further reduce the ition has already begun in the conemands of aviation, new necessities is seen in the manoars since the achievements of "high-aused a revolution in the machine , of the Sheffield University, predictsteels now in use will be "back-numd which will possess four times the known to metallurgy. This announoeon amofig manufacturers cf steel in Rich. ro. greatest splendor, was poor in com?rld; even in the second century after etropolls at the head of an immense less wealthy, less imposing, than a e or of Amierica. Some sumptuous houses?that is all the splendor of >ire. irs on the Palatine are a grandiose e philosopher think; but if one sets e from the remains the proportions njure up buildings that rival large Tiberius, for example, rose above a seven feet?an alley like those where jst miserable inhabitants. We have lets of ancient Rome as functions of alus could come to life and see the r New York?resplendent with light. Ire it as far more beautiful than the s. Think how poor were the anoients ?; they knew neither tea nor coffee lmerable liqueurs of which we make riparian, even wnen tney wasted, indor.?From Putnam's Maz&glne. the contour of the slepes, by cutting trails about eighty rods apart, ind these are to serve as guides for the goats. They will graze In each lirectkxt, killing, it Is estimated, strips >f brush about 300 yards wldei whlcn ire expected to make ideal fire lanes for the protection of forest-covered lands and also provide ground for the reproduction of merchantable trees. This scheme, If it works at anticipated, will save the engineers much labor and furnldh excellent browsing for the goats, which will be wholly uneonscious of the faot that they are public servants in the u?orl4. Boatoa Transcript. v > ?Cartoon by Robert ( WAR ON RECKLESS DRIVE Judge In Bis Charge to the Grand Jnrors En ers" and "Joy Riders" Have Four mltling the Old Crime i New York City.?There is no mis- "a take about it this time; public tndig- crli nation against the "scorcher" and ' the "joy rider" is thoroughly aroused crli and they are going to be vigorously pos dealt with. rui The newly formed Highways Pro- str tective Association and the Automo- the bile Club of America, representing to sane and responsible owners and the drivers of automobiles, are prepared rig to aid in prosecuting offenders. They wh are resolved to demand infliction of mo the severest penalties, and the magis- the trates and judges seem to be im- infl pressed with the necessity for vigor- ' ous action. ant So much for the offenders when oth caught, and tiio arrangements for are catching them are more widespread oth and complete than ever before. As a to result of the organization of the spe- fitt cial squad of policemen mounted on bef bicycles, motor wheels and some in to automobiles scores of offenders are ant being arraigned before the magis- lnd trates and in the courts. if j Owners of automobiles are warned cor in the address by Judge Swann to the ' Grand Jury in the General Sessions, see telling them that the owner of a car thi who employs a driver known to be J tre reckless should be found equally j the guilty with the latter for any crime ! spe committed through carelessness or | ' overspeeding. In short, there is a j 29 general awakening to the demands of j aid the situation and to the serious re- cri: sponsibility that rests upon those who | wh drive automobiles, more particularly 1 of through a city's streets. del Where the driver instead of stop- bet ping and caring for an injured per-I dri son claps on speed and runs away the of presumption is that he is guilty, and | feu by making sharp discrimination on ! str these lines this heartless practice can | ow be stopped. 1 th? The community in general and the 1 ma prudent and responsible owners of ] nai automobiles, who are taking an'active act part in the present crusade, are to be les congratulated upon the prospect of a set successful issue. be Judge Swann in his charge to the ly April Grand Jurors in Part I. of Gen- cri eral Sessions expressed his opinion of res automobile speeding, which he called mi: DOQ8 RACE 412 MILI l Alaskan Teams Start In Arc! Dash from Norm Seattle, "Wash.?In the most gruel- col ling race of dog teams Alaska ever snc has known, the plucky malamutes, Wi owned by Al. Bergor, carried off first mo and second honors in the All-Alaska crc sweepstakes for $11,000, and annexed go< In addition the Sater Gold Cup. The oui race was from Nome to Candle, a dis- ' tance of 412 miles, and much of it No was run under conditions as put the am animals to a bitter test of strength fin and endurance. tea No American Derby ever enlisted by In the United States a keener pop- rat ular interest than this flight of dogs ' i across the stretch of country between fa\ the starting and finishing points. sn< From the time the racers were sent of away on their exacting contest bust- to ness at Nome was practically at a otl standstill. Te The focal points for the townspeo- sot pie were at the stands of the book- is makers. At these thousands of dol- ha: lars were wagered on the result, the biggest single bet having been placed on a Siberian team. A pool of an , even $100,000 was put up .that these animals would score a victory. One erJ wager of $10,000 was made that the "? race would not be finished within r,n vilnotir k/v.i.a fPkl. U .4 __ _ 1^.1, A 1 Dill UlUCV/ UUUl f. X &11B UOL was IU81, IUO time of the winners being elghty-*two hours and ten minutes. J* All Nome watohed the start of the "? race. The dogs got away In a blinding snowstorm. Thermometers were registering fifteen degrees below sero. A strong wind swept tfee snow and Ice wfc clad hills. The dogs did not mind the set Survival of the Fittest in Br a Scramble For lob. New Haven, Conn.?The superintendent of the Carlyle Johnson Manu- th< facturing Company, of Manchester, ul< advertised, one day only, for twenty an men to whitewash the Inside walls of ou the new factory. Over 300 men out of of work applied next morning. The Sti superintendent threw twenty white- sifl wash brushes from a window and the Or men scrambled for them. The twenty an who were fortunate enough to get to the brushes got the Job of white- ke washing the place. be Ak ** - c or WAY. barter, in the New York American. RS OF AUTOMOBILES [presses a Belief That the "Scorchid a New Method of Comof Manslaughter. new method <?f committing old mes." He said: 'Within the last month manj mes have been committed by mer isessed of the speed mania. Thej 1 down women and children on oui eets. Women and children and infirm and the aged are entitled tho 11 qo nf ttio ofrnoto oc mnoK ec i strong. No man has an exclusive ht to the streets. Even the mat 0 devotes his time to speeding thie dern engine has no more right to ( public street than the weak and irm. 'Men who do these acts recklesslj 1 without regard to the rights ol era, and who either maim or kill, > guilty of either manslaughter 01 er grades of crime, and it seems me that it would be"a proper and ing thing that, if such a case comet ore you, you should not hesitate indict if the evidence warrants it; i that you should not hesitate tc let for the crime of manslaughtei rou think that that crime has been emitted. 'This is just about the time, il ms to me, for the Grand Jury oi s county to call a halt on such exme selfishness as is evidenced bj >se possessed by the abominable ed mania. 'It is further provided by Sectior of the penal laws that a man whe s and abets in the commission ol me is equally guilty with the mar o commits the crime. The ownei an automobile will sometimes take liberately a chauffeur who hai ?n known to be reckless in hii vlng. The minute that the ownei the automobile puts such a chauftr upon his machine in the publl< eets the law presumas that the ner knows the ordinary act thai > chauffeur is going to commit. A n is presumed to intend the ordl ry and usual results of his owi a, and the owner who puts a reck s chauffeur in an automobile and ids him through the streets could properly found by you to be equal guilty with the chauffeur of the ujo, uqictu k ujoj uo, mat inaj isonably be expected to be com tted by that chauffeur." ES IN 82 HOURS. :lc Blizzard for Exciting e to Candle. d, but the wind tossed flakes o: )w plainly gave them distress th all the zest of the chaB* the] ived off at the word, while th? >wd cheered and the drivers waved adby, not certai-u they would com< t of the contest alive. The Berger malamutes No. 1 and . 2 teams, driven by "Scotty" Ailer J Percy Blatchford, respectively ished in the order named. A mixec tip of hound and bird dogs driver George Fink came In third in th< :e. The Siberian dogs, which wore th< rorites and heavily backed, became >w bound and were hopelessly oui the race. Their driver was forced turn back. The fate of some of tip ter starters is still unknown ams are straggling back to Nome ne of them in pitiful condition. II estimated that $200,000 changed nds. Prohibition Law Held Valid. The Supreme Court at Montgom< r, Ala., declared the State prohlbtn law valid, all the judges concur g in the opinion. This Is the sec d time the court has upheld th< ite wide act of the last Legislature was attacked or* ???"<' ^ nal grounds. Anarchist Ot nt.? r. John Mercada iose wife had 1 if in Now York City. ewers Join Forces With the Anti-Saloon League Cincinnati, Ohto.?The brewers i Anti-Saloon League and the Mu :ipal Reform League will unite lx effort to pat the bad saloonkeepei t of business. Through the efferti the Ohio Brewers' Association th< kte Legislature passed a law de ;ned to suppress illegal selling ie brewing company at Hamlltoi nounoes that it will not sell beei any saloonkeeper who persists li eping his saloon open on the Sab th day. SOUTH CAROl News of Interest Gleaned f Arranged I Farmers' Union Formed. Chesterfield, Special.?The Chest field County Farmers' union wps ganized here Tuesday. Delega were present from 15 local organi tions. Moore than 50 delegates w present. The meeting Was prosit over by Mr. L. L. Spencer, presidi of the Chesterfield local, who int duced President B. Harris as the fi speaker. Mr. Harris spoke at leu) on the raising of hogs, showing those present how pork can be rail for less than 3 cents a pound, was listened to with attention. Deputy Organizer S. T. Parr was then introduced. It was throi his efforts that the county organi tion was completed. The meeting ? begun in the court house during 1 recess hour, court being in sessi The speaker closed by inviting i delegates to the Masonic hall, wh< the organization was completed. Mr. J. N. Stricklin was askod act as secretary, while Mr. Parr , presided. Cheraw, Chesterfield, 1 , Groghan, Ruby, Cross Roads Chur I Pageland, Dudley, Plains, P Forks. Middendorf, Rocky Bran Patrick, Orange Hill, Cross Rot and Shiloh were represented. The organization was complel by the election of the following < ficers: W. J. Tiller, president; G. j Guin, vice president; H. C. Hendi secretary-treasurer; S. T. Knig r chaplain; H. F. King, conductor; t J. Smith, door keeper; A. S. Smi ' C. Kirklev and R. L. Rivers, exe< ' live committee. The delegates were among the mi , Influential farmers in the county a ! It A uninn ic enf? in K o?/I n . uMi.c iu inv> iiauuo vi l officials. i P. W. Ruckstuhl Was Select ' Columbia, Special.?The Womai ? monument commission, recently J pointed by Gov. Ansel in conform , with an act of the legislature, n in the governor's office last week a 1 was in session for three hours. T 1 commission is composed of Capt. | G. Richards, Jr., of Kershaw, G C. Irvine Walker of-Charleston, Ca > C. A. Reed of Anderson, Col. T. Moore of Spartanburg and Capt. W ' E. ?-onzales of Columbia. Ti. matter of the selection of "? artitf^ considered very thorouj . ly, tlr*. debate on this point occuj r ing the greater part of the long s i sion. The commission finaLly det mined that it could not do bet 1 than to elect the same sculptor \* . had performed such admirable 8 x vice to the people of South Caroli in the production of the Hampt > equestrian statue, and the mar 1 statue of Calhoun, which is to go j Statuary hall in Washington, and 1 model for which has recently b< . accepted by the Calhoun monumi ; commission. t Mr. F. Wellington Ruckstuhl 1 L impressed all with whom he has co | in contact in his work for South C olina not only with faith in his sph I did artistic ability but with belief I his devotion to the South. It is probable that Mr. Rucksti 5 will have a conference with the co [ mittee about the middle of May. ] will leave in June for Italy to co plete the work on the Calhoun stat Abbeville to Issue Bonds. r Abbeville, Special.?The election Abbeville school district for the p p pose of issuing $20,000 in bonds 1 building a high school was held Tu r day with only two votes against 1 s issue. The building will be ereel 1 in time for opening this fall. 5 j Press Association Meeting. i Greenville, Special.?Col. E. Aull, of Newberry, president of I x State Press; J. R. MeGhee, G. > Brunson and John Wood met S i urday in this city and set July i 7, 8 as dates for the meeting of 1 J Press Association. Greenville's n , hotel, the Ottaray, was chosen as 1 place of meeting. [ Offers Prises to Farmers. Sumter, Special.?The Bank Sumter recently announced that 1 bank would give $50 in gold to ( . customer who made the largest yi< of com on one acre and $25 to 1 * one making the second largest yie J The offer has created consideral interest and there are already qu n n<|mK?r ?-"ssive farmers < test. Within t lumber of Suml i ttijvu' lave grown cfc hare been regai a decade ago, a it wojnld not be surprising if the : ' cord is broken by Sumter county. U. 0. V. BAaquet. Camp Sumter, No. 250, United C< I ferrate Veterans will celebrate i aniu / ersary with a banquet which r to be served at the German Artfla ? Pall on Monday evening, April 1 * The annual meeting of the camp u be held on April 12, and an electi i of oAcera for the ensuing year a r be made. It was found impractical l to have the banquet on that di - and it was postponed until the M< day following. INA NEWS ITEMS rom AM Sections of the State and :orBusy Readers Saved the State a Vast Amooat. er- Columbia, Special.?Dr. W. J. Mujv or- ray, ehairman of the commission to tea wind up the affaire of the old State z&- dispensary said Monday night that ere he is very, very much reli. \\'ii :t led he accepted service on 11*?ent sion it was merely as a hi i n ro- accepting a business assi^ i d ret he did so to oblige Gov. Ak yth As the commission g ' ' l to and further into the work j\ sed covered that there were u> \ Ho fradulent claims. The fir <n the commission was to ch u> ott stock on hand. This was r ; .. igh at a profit, making the ? za- something like $800,000. On Jaoiras uary 15, 1908, the commission bethe ?nn (o audit the claims of liquor houses. One of the first claims so presented was found to be full of '*** suspicious matter, and the commis ? " Bion, ttirough Attorney Geieral Lyon and Mr. Stevenson, was pushing the *? claimant so closely on this that some of tho others refused to iiave their claims audited and appealed to Judge Pritchard. J ive j)r> Murray said Mom'ay night c^? that in the absence of these persons *d8 the commission had investigated the several claims in its own way and ^?d had rendered judgments. However, ??* if the6c persons wish to "orae into the State with their books of record, ix> it is probable that they will get a hearing. A- As to the claims already adjudieated and ready for payment except cu- for the delays occasioned by the courts, I)r. Murray said that he thinks creditors should be paid the nd same rate of interest that the State has received. "The United States supreme court has given us plenary power," said Dr. Murray, "and I e^* wish to use it judiciously. We will 1 s not coerce, nor will we take a dollar *P~ that we think is not honestly the it.V property of the State, let "We have been receiving interest "d on our deposits at the rate of $2,000 per month for about 12 months. In J* fact, I think the decision has netted cn- us about $100,000," he said, pt. "You see the lawyers of these J* liquor houses must now look to their m-j employers for t^e pay, whereas if the Stute had lcit the suit we would ao have had those enormous fees to pay. ' ?h- jn addition to receivership expenses. >y- It is quite a feather in the cap of es* Attorney General Lyon, and we are er* proud of the fight made by Mr. Abler ney and Mr. Stevenson." ho Dr. Murray thinks the net assets er- of the State, after all claims are "a paid, will be $300,000 in cash and the on dispensary building, valued at $75,ble 000. in Illicit Distillery Raided. 5 n Benettsville, Special.?H. P. Meek8nt ins, the local United States deputy. marshal, who is a most efficient offl,ns cial. a few days ago located an illicit me distillery in the sand hills of this nr~ county. He notified Revenue Agent 8?" Wallace of Columbia and he arrived in on last Monday night's 10 o'clock train and was met by Deputy Meek*"1 ins. These two officials, with a small posse, ptoceeded 15 miles into the sand hills, where with little trouble m" they discovered the still. It is of ue- 100 gallons capacity, and was already charged with mash, convenient for an early run. No one was at the in still at the time of capture. The nr- officials cut the copper still to pieces for and destroyed all the mash and other es- contraband stuff. This sand hill seethe tion on the North and South Caroted line line has for more than 100 years been the rendezvous of moonshiners. Killing at Construction Camp. H. Spartanburg, Special. ? Elliotte ? he Davis, colored, shot and killed Waltor W* McCullough, also colored, at J. C. at- Dunn's construction camp on the line of C. C. & O. railroad, a mile from -he Cherokee, Monday morning. The ew shooting was the result of a quarrel :lie over a nCgro woman. Davis and the woman escaped. Anderson Company Reorganised. Anderson, Special.?The Palmetto Riflemen here have been fu'U- * sjj organised, and the men und< .hr ;he new officers are turning out v to Id. the drills. County Auditor . II. tie Craig has been chosen as cap or ite the company, succeeding his ) . v, ?n- Mr. S. M. Craig, who is a ti .velir.j he salesman, and resigned on th<: acter count. Mr. Ralph Templeton .s : . ,ps first, and Mr. R. A. Oilmer t sec d- ond lieutenant. All three o' rivso nd man are good officers and will work re- hard to keep up the company^ inrlinrv Goes After Desperado. inj^g Columbia, Special.?Henry Haynee, is convicted of manslaughter ad >*y Monck's Corner, ten years ago, a 10. man against whom also there is a 'ill sealed sentence for breach of trust on with fradulent intent, will be lodged 'ill in the State Penitentiary in a few ?le days, as Sheriff Causey, of Berkley de l?rt Monday for Jacksonville to in- bring Haynes back to serve out Ma sentence.