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VETERANS ARE NOT ENVIOUS ••Idler* Who Took Part in tha Civil War Proud of the Youngotero of Today. Recently one of the current niaga- -dtooo eontalnod a picture et>Med, **HUl Place Usurped.” It showed the uatial village crowd of youngster* listening to a returned soldier tell stories of hla Ufe “over there.” Sitting at one aide of the picture, entirely deserted by every one, was a Civil war veteran. His face was full of sorrow over hi* desertion by his usual audience. "We wondered whether that waa really the way people were doing—for getting the old soldlera—also whether the old soldiers were feeling as thla old man in the picture seemed to feel,” said an Indiana man. “So we took the picture and showed It to an old man who is a very familiar figure in our streets—on account of his faded army uniform. He looked at the picture and then he chuckled: “'Why, bleas your soul. I don’t feel that way,’ he told us. ‘I want to listen to ’em myself,’ he continued. *1 want to know how they fought at Tpres and see if It was like we did at Antietam. And then, too,’ he smiled more, ‘It’s Just this way. Tve been honored for more than 50 year* now, and during that time one gets Just a little hungry for a chance to do a little honorin’ himself. So now It's my chance to honor the young fellers. I’m glad the tables are turned for a little while, and I bet most of, the other old comrades ere, too.”’ DISCOVERED VAST DEAD CITY Photograph* Taken by Airman Over Mesopotamia Reveal Site of One* Vast Metropolis. 'V SAME INTERESTS ALL RACES Baseball a Knows No Distinction of Na tionality, Nor Does It Recognise the Color Line. There Isn’t anything that can draw together the—reoeev—netlonalitlos and Lieut Col. J. A. Rear.eley gives in Geographical Journal (London) an in teresting example of how photography from an airship can extend our knowlp. edge. When making an aerial rectf^* naissance In Mesopotamia oy^f terri tory occupied by the Turjig 'be took a aeries of photogra^Hr" near Samarra '•m fitttectly the ruins of an city extending 20 miles along Huer and two mile* and a half iNide, large enough to ahelter easily^ 4,000,000 inhabitants. Thla city would never hava been noticed on earth, since It la not marked by anything but scattered hillocka, al though pottery and medals had been discovered on the site. But the photo graphs show clearly its whole 'plan, with ns foftifiesfidns, ennuis for to- rtgmtlon, and streets. The fall of the airplane within the enemy lines and the capture of ita passengers did not permit Colonel Besmeley to pursue his researches, but since the British occupied the territory An archeological expedition, guided by the photographs, has began to explore the dead city. T" religious beliefs like the good, old' fashioned American game of baseball. In a game played on the Fourth of July an American who witnessed It In describing one of the plays says: A batter whose dame showed him to be of Polish descent, had reached first base. A German went to bat A pitcher with a French name pitched the ball and the Germa*n knocked a high fly. A Jew ran after It and dropped it. He picked the ball up and threw It to an Englishman at second. The Englishman threw the ball to aa Irishman on first and a double play was made* and the German and the Pole were declared out. From wheee the spectator sat he could have reached out his hand and touched a German, a Russian, a Jew, an Italian and a negro. Several ne groes were seated together watching the game. The umpire made a deci sion. One of the negroes did not agree with the decision and he said the “empire” was “rotten.” He’d Mt $2 the “empire” was wrong, and he took $2 from his pocket An Ameri can In soldier’s uniform took the bet and covered the $2. The soldier ex plained the rule to the negro, and the negro laid: ~ - “ 'Pears to me dat’s right, after all.” Then the American put his own $2 back In his pocket and returned the $2 he had won on the bet back to the negro. What other athletic game (wild be played In this world with such rep resentation of peoples as are to be found at a baseball game? The best of It all Is that the soldiers having in ti oduced it overseas. It now promises to be an all-ovcr-the-world game.— Hartford Gourant ' . RUMANIANS NOW APPEAL TO LEAGUE League of Notions Tribunal to Decide (Halms In Refusal to Sign Autsrlaa Treaty. .' Paris, Sept 10.—Tire Rumanian del- egtilon to -are~iregce -ronrenince, in Profit sharing not modern gchefn* Has Be«n In Operation Sines 1t29, Though Really Only AcUvo in Last Forty Yoars. Conquered Desert Sand. The British adopted a giant “snow- shoe” to conquer the sands of the Egyptian desert. occOrdlng to MaJ. John Bain of the British army, who aerved in the near East. The scheme, which was based on the same theory that caused the Indian to adopt the snowshoe, was discovered while the army was marching to Palestine. The fine sands Impeded both the Infantry tnd horses, so that a day’s march uever resulted in much more than a two or three mile advance. ^ “Finally some Inventive genius tried laying rather close-meshed chicken wire on the sand*.’’ said Mojor Bain. “Tht )nsp- i tie e Tommies were thus given so thing that didn’t yield so readily as •oft sands, and the horses got a better footing. Immediately we found that much greater progress was made, and our advances soon amounted to nino and ten miles a day.” Profit sharing has been used In va rious forms since at least 1829, being most active in the last 40 years. Park Mathewaon writes In the Magazine of Wall Street Pioneers in profit shar ing, such as Lever Bros, of Port Sun light Eng., and Cambridge, Maas.; N. O. Nelson Manufacturing company of the model town of Leclaire near St. Louis, Ho.f Procter* Giiobt* oTTvory- dale, O., and numerous other smaller or less known companies have operated on the profit-sharing plan successfully for over a quarter of a century. As with many other fundamental and social movements, profit sharing clearly came from the old countries, for one of the first successful profit- sharing plans in the United States was founded In Leclaire. 111., named after the “father of profit sharing,” Monsieur Leclaire of Maison Leclaire, Paris, France. There are .many modifications of profit sharing, as laid down in one of the complete and fundamental discus sions of the subject, printed some forty years &go, and It is well to hava In mind the differentiations of the trne profit sharing and Its various offshoots, such as bonus giving, holiday gifts, production bonus, pensions, welfare work, etc. explaining ita attitude in refusing to sign the treaty with Austria oday, holds hat since Rumania acquired membership in the league of nations through signing the treaty with Ger many, the league must be the tribunal which will eventually consider its claims and decide whether Rumania can be forced to accept a treaty “providing for foreign Intereference in her domestic affairs.” Rumania’s ob jection to signing the treaty was based on the clause providing that nations receiving territory from one former Austro-Hungarian empire must provide for the protection of racial and religious minorities residing there. Rumania might have acquired Bu- kowina under the Austrian treaty, hut as her delegation failed to sign the supreme council-holds that the signa ture of other powers does not make the transfer possible until Rumania accepts the treaty. Under the proposed treaty with Hungary, Rumania would acquire Transylvania but under the sa^pe terms relative to minorities in that region. Rumania for this reason, is expected to refuse also to sign that convention. Paris, Sept. 11.—Reports tending to indicate that Rumania was negotiat ing for a separate peace with Hungary were categorically denied today by the Rupianian press bureau here. One of the reports was that a Hungarian mission had arrived at Budapest to open separate peace negotiations. Vienna, Sept. 10.—The Brantiano cabinet fb Rumania has fallen, accord ing to unofficial reports which reached Vienna from Bucharest today. Take Jonescu is said to be forming a new government. STATE FARM WOULD HOLD ITS CONVICTS Case in Columbia Monday to Test Re fusal to Return Prisoners to Coun ties, 127 ' Development of Army Searchlight. A review of the work of the army •ngineer corps in the war, first is sued by the war department, says that the corps produced a new form of searchlight more powerful than any that had preceded It in any army, with which the Second field army had been partially equipped. “It weighed,” the report says, “one-eighth as much as lamps of former design, cost only one- »thlrd as much, was about, one-fourth as large in bulk, and threw a light 10 per cent stronger 'than any other port able projector in existence.’’ Still fur ther to perfect the searchlight, our en gineers were at work on a remote con trol when hostilities ceased.—Scientific American. Bohemia—Czecho-Slovakia. American business men are remind ed by Wallace J. Ybung, United States consul at Prague, that letters Intend ed for that country should not be ad dressed “Bohemia.” but should be ad dressed “Czecho-Slovakia.” ~ Also In the body of the letters, when the whole country is intended to be mentioned. Its proper name should be used. The former “Bohemia” is only one of the parts of Czecho-Slovakia, and when an American firm speaks, for example, of wanting agencies in "Bohemia,” with out a knowledge of such a firm’s pre vious connections in the former “crown lands” now comprised within the state, it Is impossible to tell whether tha writer .is desirous of securing new agencies In Bohemia only or throngh* out the entire Czecho-Slovakia. Columbia, Sept. 12.—A case to test the right of the state farm to refuse to allow its convicts to be taken back to their counties for work is to be ar gued in the circuit court in Columbia next Monday, beore Judge Moore, the case being brooght by Sumter county -authorities. Sumter ^county, through L. D. Jen nings. its attorney, secured a rule from Judge Moore, ordering A. K. San ders, superintendent of the peniten tiary and the state farm, to appear and show cause why Harry Bowman, a convict from Snmter county, now on the state farm, should not be re leased to the Sumter authorities. Superintendent Sanders takes the position that under an act of the 1914 legislaure he has authority to refuse to allow the convicts to be removed, after they have once been convicted to the state farm. He hold that if he 1? forced to surrender convicts to the counties at any anii'all times, he can never know in advance how to pro vide for the feeding and the working af the con v lets, haw large crops should be planted and similar matters of im portance. ' Honey 92.1 Per Cent of Ndrmal. Tha honey crop of the United States was 92.1 per cent of normal on July 1, according to the estimates of the United States department of agricul ture. Reports to the bureau of crop estimates warrant the estimate that the yield of surplus honey per colony was 25.8 pounds and that about one- half of the annual product per colony -was realized by July 1. The high con dition of 92.1 per cent of normal on July 1 this year compares with 66.7 in 1918 and 86.3 in 1917. “Living Mask" Portrait Painting. A new and startling departure In the art of portrait paiating has been evolved by Mine. Ivy de Verley (Mrs. Ve*ey Davercnd), one of London’s beat known Mine, de Verley calls this new work “a living mask,” and in deed It bar. all the startling qualltl of a ren! mask, Thla new method of bringing out fneinl characteristics has met a great deal of favor since It was first dla played by the artist. Even in a studio where there are any number of ex ceedingly attractive portrait paint ings this living mask, immediately ar rests the eye. *Tt gives one the im pression that a face is peering throngh dark curtain*. Cases have arisen in many counties where the county authorities have called for their convicts at various times. A number of such cases have arisen in recent months, in various parts of the state. Superintendent Sanders has declined to surrender the prisoners and the case got into the courts. The attorney general’s office is re presenting Superintendent Sanders in the case. - j Chandler Anderson Hupmobile Transport Trucks THEY ARE ALL GOOD. SEE US, WE ARE GETTING A FEW. i Ellis-Hatton Motor “ DISTRIBUTORS Clinton, South Carolina HOE DE HOC =)|C IOC 3[SK&][o] NOW IS THE TIME' TO SEE THE NEW Coats, Coat Suits, Dresses Waists, Skirts, Etc. Japanese Worried Over Shantung. Tokio, Sept. 9.—Developments in re lation to the Shantung question form the supreme subject of discussion here, he general attitude of the Japanese is * J] to calmly await the final action by the United States Senate. Some of the members of the diet are reported to be addressing anxious in quiries to the government regarding the situation. They ask whether the United States is likely to enforce by arms a possi ble new treaty with Germany turning Vl v • ' ' . lx . ' - . r * .■ „ And this store is the place to see the best of them. You will find the highest type of workmanship and' the finest materials. Compare • the garments and prices with those you have seen else- * where. Better Buy Fall Ready-to-Wear Now Prices Will Never Be Any Cheaper. Shantung directly to China. Those who have addressed these inquiries to ’ Electrical Undertaking* in Japan. , BThere are 715 electrical undertak ings in Japan. Including 625 power plants, 42 electric rallwnys, and 48 /companies operating both power plants and tramways. This IS on Increase of 40 companies over, last year. The to- ial amount of inyested*capUal In these jpatcrprlses Is about $388,000,000, in cluding $193,000,000 for pdw>r plants. £22,000ty09f'fon rsAwtaf*. and $173,000,- <**) ft* t*** rendeftng service—*n increase ®f about f8,4XKv ■7 000 over last yeer. ~ '». - Live* in Old “Pillbox. 1 * A Belgian farmer, who has returned to his shell-shattered fields near Poel- eapelle. 1ms solved ids own particular housing problem by converting an nn damaged ‘'pillbox” into a temporary home for himself and family, “Pillbox” was rlway* an unfortunate and mis leading name for concrete forts. Near ly si: of them were rectangular gne contalni-d four or more large rooms Very Mttie vs>rk would be required t< tn:n them Into comfortable and even Icst'rs hemes. Some near Boeslnght •re being fitted up as cafeq In anMcipatjkn ©f loiyrtyr JinrUea wbicl will *T,rer>g the hnttlefWds as noo* •• paw-pon* and travel restrictfow ar»t be relaxed. the government are said to be pro foundly impressed by the assignment of half the United States navy to the acifle, and to be inclined to estab lish a connection betweeii the coming of^the fleet and the Shantung agitation. NOTICE We bave installed a Steam V*' Engine and are able to gin from 75 to 100 bales of cot ton per day. - CLINTON OIL MJL£ Out-of Town Shoppers Especially ' M. S. BAILEY & SONS 4( The Big Store With the Big Values • ip- *> i* ys** mo V he f4 ■. 1 4 i , > ”i • s)I: ■ \ • ' \ ' \ fit* ■t.ui- , m