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,,UuES UFI-SAVIHQ II* ini or Put* In 8pare Timo Watch ing Window's Ledg* Qppoiitt Hi* Qfttes. , Vip," milii the engineer. slttln? hy window of lila offlce In the Grand it nil" neighborhood. "I'm going to to* a Curiu*glo medal olid alsu for annual retainer from Hi? hotel >K*,the ||rMt< Vm official life saver , riuiuage-vult preventer." It* reached for the telephone nnd Hi for his friend, the manager of ltott'1. ka.vs a writer lu the New fk Sun and Globe. (Jot anoth^ one/' he said. "Flf in t h floor, rlght> winy. American lut.v r??wt-H In a vase. Wind tinapplag it'll blow down in a minute," Now watch,1; he remarked, pointing oss the street. Sure enough, on the idow ledge stood the flowers. i less than live minutes two male tluee female attaches of the hotel re In the room. The flowers wer? *oved, ? . I.*.. i.. tow would you UWe to bt walking the street and have that vase on your head?" the engineer [ed. "A person is likely to got killed, torts of contraptions are put ont I hot el guests, not thinking they Are angering lives and putting the ho in prospect of big damage suits, terday a heavy vase of chfysanthe is stood shaking In the' breeze un spotted it. A big glass bowl stood [the nsrrow ledge- It surely would crushed in somebody'* head if it fallen during the lnnch hour." IES FOR ABSENT SOUONS ? ' ? ?( iberg of the British Parliament Were Heavily Mulcted in Olden Daya. le reads that when, one October in 1647, It wa* found that 150 ielators were absent, the British ?se of commons, after long dellbeiv on the appropriate penalty tpr delinquency, "ordered that such ibers as have not appeared accord > summons shall pay the sum of -a very substantial suin, Indeed, [those days, says the Detroit New*.. Elisabeth's time, too, one finds that a knight of the shire failed to it himself at Westminster, un he had some sufficient excuse for failure, had to hand over ?20 to exchequer ; while a defaulting jess escaped with a penalty of half sum. , ren absence from prayers wa* eon lered just cause for punishment. IU8 in Charles I's reign the member )o failed to put in 'an appearance itll the "amen" had been spoken is called on to put a shilling tn the )r boi. (Moreover, in those olden days a fglslator only received payment for ich days as he actually spent in at Miclancp at the house or in traveling and from It. When the house was |ot sitting he received nothing. Why 8h* Laughed. When the young mistress of the louse entered the kitchen she carried lersclf with great dignity. She had, Incredible as it may seem, come to call the cook to account "Mary," she said, "I must Insist that rou keep better hours, and that you lave less company in the kitchen eve ilngs. Last night I was kept awake )ecause of the uproarious laughter of >ne of your women friends." 'Yls, mum," said Mary cheerfully. 'I know ; but shs couldn't hslp It, f mum. I was telling her how you tried to make cake yesterday morning." ? Philadelphia Ledger. , Infantile Logic. Prof. George Herbert Palmer of Har vard says that the masculine habit of rigid, logical reasoning Is contracted very early, and In illustration lio tells the following story: "A little boy and girl of my acquaintance were tucked up snug in bed when their mother heard them talking. 'I wonder what we're here torY afcked the little boy. The little girl remembered the le$sons that had been taught her, and replied, sweetly, 'We aj-e here to help other*.' The little boy sniffed. Then, what are the others here forT ^?i Clean Picking, An enterprising coal dealer adopted for his "slogan," which he printed on his bills, the following raotto: "It's a black business, but we treat you white." A customer, on receiving his (ac count recently for his supply of coal Ht the price of $22 per ton. Inclosed hla check In payment, and at the same time suggested that the merchant change his motto to rend : "It's a dirty business, but we clean you good." ? Judge. Would Take a Chance. A woman with a vory had cold at tended a dinner and. although she liad a poor appetite on this occasion, she wm pressed to have aoroe food. "Oh, do!" they said for the tenth time. "i couldn't/* she replied. "T couldn't possibly eat any more." They continued to press her to eat this dish and that, and at she ?aid: "Oh. very well; If I bust I butt." ? , - ? | - Preferred Radio to Baby. A new baby (l)*d arrived in a cert aim household. and ft w??* expected that the little brother would give It a hearty welcome. Instead, lie will very annoyed ? hen ? tato his number's row m. -rnmimr vwiMi ? rrmvn. ?Thf irnintgiK. rpma4^. y Iw ir.iinj .?M.u l?*Tivwticn we've fceea TOWN IN ITALY HAS HAD MANY LANDSLIPS Anmalfi, Scene of Rccent Dis? aster, Popular Resort, . j Washington, u, tWAumiil hut* hail tdide* Ih'I "i JWiiytt a bulletin !t..in llu* W (1?. r.j iM-udtpmrtci n of %he National Ui'g^rajifatcul socioty c.on< ci-ruing iln i.:eum>?|ii.- littU* Italian town about which there liuvo r-'ivntiy liWit disastrous I ii i id si ? i ih. '"VIh4 a ?;;jh beeh remorseless in eat hi;: under (hi? iH'd rook cliff on vn thv towu and Us neighboring villages peivh," COUtlnUCK till* llUllcl.li; VUtll 1H?MV i i ? i - ju'ituni i ? ?i been AuiaUi's Hgurmlve *ilp from hs position hx t ti?* world* tlrwt nutul power to comparative ob scurity ami unimportance. "The AmftUi district Jtist south of Naples Ik otic of the most beautiful, seenlcully, of Italy's beauty spots. A collection of view* shwwing quulnt Old World villages clinging to cliff sides could hardly escape Including Amain. It seems ttie archetype of them alii The rough red clIffM spring steeply from the *e? along thin fount, and It roust have heen a dariug builder who first conceived the idea of plant ing his structure there. Hut thefe they have cluog for more than a thousand years, and when the sea, ut times, has swallowed some of the buildings, the people of the region have stubbornly built others farther up the precipitous slopes. City "Piled Upon ItMlf." "Unos (Christian Anderson, who be tween fairy tales wrote charmingly of Italy's lovely scenery, described Aiimlfi !n a phrase when he called It 'a city singularly piled upon Itself.' Its little streets run not among, but through, the bouses, ami iconic of its dark, tor tuouK passages must be lighted In midday. Its main street with Its curi ous archways gives a touch of the Orient. Behind the town In a deep ravine Is the picturesque 'glen of the mills' where a roiling *JJ"?#>n leaps toward the sea In caswi^T^ifter cas cade. dritlng the machinery of dozens of clanki^ Jjjlpdfeutf lw- Paper mak Tngj-4*~tme or the .main industries of Amaltl, and in addition there are the inevitable macaroni factories, nnd soap-making plants. "It Is difficult to realize that little Amalfl, precariously stuck upon its cliff*, with a population of only about f?,000, was once a wealthy independent city-state whose might was recognized throughout the Near East. In the Middle Ages before Venice and OenoB" and Pisa rose to power. Amalfl was the great mercantile and naval power of the Mediterranean. Its traders started the order of St. John, later the Knights of Malta. Its fleet wns the scourge of the Saracens In the trying days when their boats preyed on Mediterranean commerce. Under the city's doges a maritime court was maintained whose code was the ac knowledged maritime law of Europe for centuries. And as a further con tribution to the ?nautical werld an' Amalflan citizen Is believed to have in vented the " mariners' compass, wliote north-seeking needle, though known to the Chinese, was not previously used for navigation. Long Fight Against Sea. "Ribbons of highway skirt the cliffs In the Amalfl district, rising over ridges, and falling into hollows, turn ing sharp corners' and dodging Into and out of little tunnels. Always be low lies the blue Mediterranean and tied together by the halustraded high way are charming little villages. It was among these villages and towns Clustered about _A ma HI ? Atranl, Mu llnl, Furore, Prriiano? fTiftf" greatest damage was suffered In the recent lnndsilde. "Anmlfi's decline from Its high medieval state Is partly traceable to the Inroads the sea has made upon It. The sea began to undermine the lower parts of the town In the Twelfth cen tury, and about the same time came subjection from the Norman rulers of Sicily and Naples. In 1H43 came a terrible Inundation which destroyed most of the town and Its harbor. From then the decline was rapid, and before long the city '.of 50.000 inhab itants had shrunk to one-tenth its former size. Hut pIcturesquenesH and beauty have clung to Amalfl as tena clonsly as Amalfl has clung to its cliffs. Nothing can shake tlvpse as sets. Boat Iftflds of tourists sail from Naples between the Sorrei{tine penin sula nnd Capri to enter what Is left of AmalfVs harbor and admire Its beau ties from the sea; while other sight" seers drive down :tlonc the shelving highways fo enjoy the obverse of the picture, nigh over the climbing town hotels are perchcd In hollows of the cliffs to command incomparable views. CJuests, forewarned, barely escaped from some of these nericllke hostel rles." Pallbearers' Association Formed in San Francisco Sun Francisco. ? The undertakers have their association, the embaliners their union, nnd last, but not least, the pallbearers have their association, It was learned rfvently. The association had Its Inception to relieve the relatives of the dead call ing upon fffend* and in some cases total strangers to act in the capacity of pallbearer*. The rates charged are $2.50 for each pallbearer. It depending on the mourn ers how much they desire to spend for JW* M fn>? run ~~&9 WttQ l ' ? HME-'Seltiwarera are all dreaaod in recMlatU-n black doth suits an<1 sup pl> iWtr o?b MMfe dM wMU OUR HOMICIDK RECORD State M?kf? Had Showing And Con vict ior& Are Kmc. Ill tlu: state of South Cirol|jni last year there were tried two hundred and fifty-eight homicide cases in the courts. That is to say, two hundred and fifty-eight persons were killed, mur dered, by fellow creatures in the state of South Carolina last year. Taking into account the slayers as for a time at loast removed from gainful occupations, the state lost last year and will lose for some time the earnings of over V>ftve hundred citizens because of the crime of murder. The effect on the immediate fam ilies of the principals cannot be esti mated. ? What was the result of these 258 homicide cases tried in our courts? One hundred and seventeen were acquitted. Nearly half were set free. One hundred and ten were con victed. Not all were convicted of murden. Most of them got off with manslaughter sentences. Thirty-one cases werfe mistrials or were thrown out \jy the grand jury. Some man-slayers escaped arrest and are fugitives from justice. Some are even Unknown. The total list of killings is larger than the number of cases tried. New York city' with more than twice the population of this state had 127 homicide cases in her courts in 1922 or a year previous to the year we are' considering in this state. The homicide cases by judicial cir cuits follow: First Circuity- (Berkeley, Calhoun, Dorchester ami Orangeburg) ? 11* tried, six convicted. Second Circuit ? (Aiken, Bamberg, and Barnwell )? 82 tried; 18 con victed. Third Circuit ? (Sumter, Lee, Clar endon am| Williamsburg) ? 12 tried; 8 convicted, Fourth Circuit ' (Chesterfield, l>at lington, Dillon and Marlboro) ? 12 tried; <1 convicted. Fifth Circuit ?(Kershaw and Rich land) ? 18 tried; nine convicted. Sixth Circuit? -(Yovk, Chester, Lancaster and Fairfield) ? 0 tried; J convicted. Seventh Circuit ? (Union, Spartan burg and Cherokee) ? 25 tried; 20 convicted. Eighth Circuit ? (Newberry, Green wood, Abbeville and Laurens) ? 12 tried; 7 convicted. rfinth Circuit ? (Charleston) ? 15 tried; 6 convicted. Tenth Circuit? (Anderson and Oco nee) ? 14 tried; 7 convicted. Eleventh Circuit ? (Lexington, Me Cormick, Saluda and Edgefield) ? 7 tried; 5 convicted. Twelfth Circuit (Florence, George town, Horry and Marion )~^$2 tried; 0 convicted. Thirteenth Circuit ? (Greenville and Pickens) ? 24 tried; six convicted.' Fourteenth Circuit- ? (Hampton, Colleton, Jasper, Beaufort and Allen dale); ? 45 tried; 22 convicted, ' These figures are gleaned from the annual report of the attorney general of the state in which are included the reports of the solicitors and it is barely possible that there may bo some errors in figures but it is more than likely a correct statement. Over half the murder eases wera in five of the fourteen circuits. Tlio "Pig Five" are the Second, Seventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteen' li, with a total of 158 cases tried out of the total of 268 for the state, a little more than sixty per cent of the total. It will be seen that for the whole state the convictions amount to ap proximately forty-five per cent. Hut there were only four death sentences in the ?whole lot of 258 cases. , Well may it be asked, Do the peo ple of South Carolina believe in cap ital punishment ??? -Greenwood Index Journal. How About It? What shall be done with the man who has acquired the strong drink habit is as old as civilization itself. Every town has its sotj every village its soak, and the country its periodic drunkard. Personally I have known hundreds of men who had the alcoholic habit, inherited and acquired ? the former a disease most difficult to cure or check, and the latter ? almost impossible to resist. Laws and legislation cannot, never have and never will check an appetite stronger than the man himself. Pro hibition is education and tends to ward eliminating an enslaving habit, and slowly but surely teaching a bet ter way. Prohibition also tends to ward eliminating an enslaving habit by making it difficult in obtaining that which wrecks home, happiness and honor. Prohibition does prohibit in that each succeeding generation has less and leas inherited desire for strong drink. Kight here in Monroe within the past few months some of our clover, younger men have become bo pos sessed of craving1 for whiskey rot gut/ white lightning, mockqm, and even that made of Hcd Devil lye-1 that they arc no longer pasters of. themselves. A malignant cancer M preferable to such condition, for tho ulcer may be cured, but appetite may at any time wreck its owner, We who are not drink-enued are prone to look upon these rum-soaked men as moral lepers, when as a mat ter of faet there is not a drunkard in this town who is not striving ami desiring to lead a derent life. He (m actually more ashamed iff himself than we are for him. .The community never gets anyl where by kicking njen with insatiable appetites. The churc,h loses an op portunity when rit does not use every means within its power to reclaim those who cannot help themselves. Some of the strongest organizations are those which have - reclaimed men from the gutter. One of the greatest problems is how to deal with good men gone to the bad because of uncontrolled ap petites. Let's first use every help ful means to reclaim before con -demning our brother who stumbleth and mayhap a victim because of the iniquities of his father. ? Monroe (N. C.) Enquirer. In some parts of thtf world they do things better than over here. In Eng land, for instance, they collect bills quarterly instead of monthly. Just For Another Few Days You Can Buy Merchan dise at These Extra Low Prices : * f Gingham Dresses One lot of fast color gingham dresses neatly trimmed with organdy and lace, specially priced at $1.95 Silk Hosiery Pure fibre silk hosiery with lisle garter top. Sale price 79c pair House Brooms A big assortment of brooms, very strong and serviceable. Sale price 50c each Felt Bedroom Slippers Pom-Pom style, assortment of attractive colors and styles 75c Ice Cream Freezers strong and well made, two quart size 95c Aluminum Ware Guaranteed quality. Assort- ] ment of Dish Pans, Round Double Roasters, Double Boilers, Preserving Kettles, Pitchers, Percolators and Wa ter Pails, each Each 89c $1.00 Dress Linen extra good quality, thoroughly shrunk, assorted colors 85c yd. 19c White Pajama Checks 36 inches wide 15c yd. Misses Silk Dresses Dresses made from flat crepes, canton crepes and crepe de chine. The very latest checks and stripes for summer,. These dresses sold regularly for $21.50; going this sale for $18.75 Coat Suits Greatly . Reduced-1 Ladies! Now is your chance for a^good looking coat suit. These suits are the newest thing. They sell regularly fyom $27.50 to $29.50. Going v this sale ? ? $15.00 Ladies' Coats 15 ladies coats; values from $14.50 to $17.50; going this 4 sale for $10.00 $1.19 Hemmed Sheets 81x90, good quality 75c 27-INCH APRON GINGHAMS 10c Yard Good quality ginghams in blue, brown, black, green or red checks. Fast colors. Men's Oxford Shoes Assorted sizes and styles, val ues to $6.50 $2.85 Pair fi 34-inch Cottone About 50 pieces in stock of the very latest colors and designs. Sale price 15c yd. Kimona Crepe .The material is absolutely fast colors. Sale price 29c yd. Irish Linen Napkins Size 21x21 inches. Regular $6.50 seller, slightly soiled. $4.65 Linen Table Cloths Size 70x70 inches. Regular $3.95 seller. $2.95 each House Aprons 87c Attractvie house or Bungalow aprons. . Made of good quality gingham and percale. ' Tub Silk and Voile - Dresses Just received another shipment of Tub Silk and Voile Dresses $5.95 Millinery -All spring hats from $5.95 to $6.95; closing out price $3.98 Men's Overalls $1.25 Made from extra heavy blue Denim; full range of sizes. A regular $1.75 seller Children's Gingham Sizes from 6 to 14 in children's Gingham Dresses, Sale price $1.75 ' - 171/4c Unbleached Muslin . 36 inches wide; heavy weight, close, firm weave; will wash white 12^4c yd. ? CAMDEN'S- LOWEST PRICES