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9fi 9f? 9fi 9ft 9fi 9ft 9ft 9ft r*j*? 9fr 9ft 9ft 9ft 9ft 9f 9ft 9f* 9f? 9f* 9f 9f? 9ft 9ft 9ft 9f* 9f* 9ft * ELECTRIC CIT Y SPARKLETS * * _ * Y- Items of Interest and Personal Mention Caught Over the * Wireless on the Streets of Anderson # * * * * Y? V * * * V * * * *-Y- * * * Y- * -Y- '-{ H' * -Y- # ? Hammond School Huh Ken Tendier C. G. English. I'm .Major and F. J Ithody. trustees or Ihe Hammond school, have mulled out Ihe following pOHt cards to all patrons ??f their Kchool: "The Hammond Bchool will open September M, 1!)14. with Miss Julia Gaillard at teacher. The suc cess of the school depends upon the your cooperation with the teacher and trustees." Miss (Julllurd, the new teacher for this well known school. Is u graduate of Winthrop <'olI"ge and she comes to this county with the very highest recommendations. She Is a young lady of charming personal ity and the Winthrop teachers say rJie has great ability. The trustees of the Hammond school art! much pleas ed over helng ?ble to secure her ser vices. 1'eoplc Appreciated Splendid .Services. (From Thursday's Dally; County Sohonl Is fregreVlug. i J.. It. Feiton. county superintendent] of education, has Issued i notice to the effect thai an election will bo Held on \ Monday, September 7. for Ih?- purpose of voting ou an additional one mill tax \ for school purposes in the Piercetown school district. It is said Unit this school Is making progress and that; the people of the I'Jereetown section are proud of It. Street 1'aru To lie Pointed. The street car running on the city I lines from the K(|uure to the llrogon mill blossomed out yesterday in hand- : some colors. The car was painted lu J Anderson ami it has t;i; coats of paint, i The car is finished in colore adopted ' by the Southern Public Utilities Co., for all its city cars in Charlotte, Winston-Sulcui, Greenville and An- ! derson and is what is known as orange . and canary with aluminum leaf let- j ters. The car is trimmed in black und : The reading public of Anderson and tucson red ami Makes u nice showing, those wlki came to The Intelligencer AM 0*0 other cars In Anderson will office Wednesday night to get the re- ,,t' Painted within the next few weeks turns of the election, yesterday ex-;uml tn" public will be Immensely pressed to The Intelligencer their up- Pleased over the change, preciatlc-ii for the services rendered 1 -? by this paper in giving the news Tues day night. The expense Incurred was considerable and from a financial standpoint It was a losing proposition for the paper but this new.-paper is hlways glud to serve the public, and* has that one end in view ut ull times. The publication has altemted to thank the people who ho nbly assisted Tues day night In getting the returns he fore the public as rapidly as possible. Internrban t urn On Different Rente. It was announced yesterday Trom the ofilce of the superiatendent uf the street Railway system th/. hereafter the cars on the Piedmont & Northern line v/IH not come Into Anderson by the Greenville street Une as hereto fore. It has been arranged for the cars to come through the freight yards of the Piedmont & Northern system and .therefore the big cars will hereafter come over the city lines only from Tribble Htroot down to the square. People living along Green ville street will be grmtly pleased over this announcement. ' N Slight.Accident , On Market Street Attempting ,to . pass a .buggy driven' by L. E. Abercrombie on West Mar ket street yesterday morning, J, S. Me-, Fall, driving an automobile, struck th? buggy.., But ifttlo ..damage vaa, done to either vehicle although both the occupants were... considerably) ? ha ken up. Mr, Abercrombie had attempted to pull to one,,side, in order that Mr. McFall might pass,-but, .the horBe turned In the wrong direction Institute Whs Net Held Here. Owing to the demoralised condition of affairs here yesterday, superinduced by the election, J. W. Itothrock de termined (hui the idea of holding the Farmers' Institute In this city yest terday was not feasible and accord ingly he notified the speakers at Clem ,oii college not to come Mr. Itoth rock said lust night t .at he would try to arrange for a la* ir meeting to be held in Anderson. The Institute will be held today at Long Brunch and the people of that seVllon say that the attendance will he good. Again Flection Was Only Talk. Yesterday In Anderson was much similar to the day before In one re spect. Election "dope" was all that oue could hear and The Intelligencer office was crowded all day long with voter?, *anxlous to get the earliest news possible. One voter, much dis gruntled with the governor, sent him a telegram yesterduy morning, in ac cordance wtih reports, in which he told the chief executive Unit he (the voter) hoped he would never hear of Hlcnsatam again. - ? Miss Lesser IJus iGone to Hospital. Miss Annie Leiser left yesterduy for Bult'-mure, where she will enter John Hopkins hospital. For some time Miss Lesser has been Buffering with Borne affection of the hone, fn one of her limbs und it. is believed that the treatment in the hospital will be ban- \ eflcial. Her friends trust that she j may be completely recovered when sh*? j returns to Anderson. &&t0U ?f Victory X3f ^Q^i^dn, Forces ?.?c&i)?? at Capitol (By Associated Press.) | basBador and Viscount Chlnda, Japa . , .. ?_ __ I nese ambassador, called at tho state Waehington, Augua^ 26.?News of Apartment ust as Mr. Jusserand was leaving. The diplomats chatted, about the general situation. The British am bussr.dor said ho had no news beyond _. . j.. Su, v .vw , that given out in London. Ambas-' reached Washington, through various ' ador cntaaa waB without advices asi] I '.o operation^ around Klao-Chow. I the victory or the German army at Namur and other points in Belgium. wbere .it . had met the allied forces, Literalure for Farmers. official channels today. Jules Jusscrand, the French uui basssdor, who paid his first visit to tthe staje ^epartntent after hjs. return[ AU folk8 of ^5&& reaHre that from France, thus summarised, the, fftrmerB work too hard during a largo fight In g ,in Bolgtum, based on his dis.1 part of tho year to tiave much lnclina patchea- I tlop ,ot reading when work is done. "Wo dill not Buceccd?that la true ' But tuoy owo U to themselves to read, we ,OJa;n,pLBUceccu?uiat;js, true,. Raad goort farm papers and read tho but many, reports as to our losses, are expelment sun ion bulletins. The clr oraggerated. Two of pur, .divisions Qul&r aeries d Clemson College is es-, suffered but the Gormana suffered al- peciaily /aslgncd for the busy farmer. ! 1 so, especially.<the. Prussian, guard. Our Thesa circulars tell things in a direct, " movement was nn offpi.slyo one*. In.concise and popular way, They ore view of I .possible,,, falluriaWe chose,?.. frcc to all cltlzena of the state, certain .line of df-fena; and on that line of defense,we now stand 'It was an offensive taot which fa?l . Do not forget the great value of.win ed buti we knew it..mlaht; fall and lQr <&>WT crops. Clemson College ,1s' r^?! telling farmers to "grow legumes, and cut the nitrogen bill." In Line for Good Positions. Our army is. virtually.,Intact.;',, ,, The German embassy, .made nublip a despatch said to have beep received by wireless via Say Ville,' saying the, greater part of the Belgian French It ..The-students, who specialised in e?>-i frontle^^was in German .hands and pomology -in their senior, year during predicting a general advance, eon.-! BWt-.session at Clemson CoUege verging toward Paris. ** ?? **** the civil service examina '-ties " this subject ??u an oi muni have.passed oreditahly and. are ollgl [b)e for positionh In Uie United States utiuyo, laciuB . Ill" French litroopidefeated them In battle from August 17 to 21.'* says the mes sage, '^urnsrous; ensigns, -more than 150 guns -and 10,000 prisoners have been captured. "LunevRle ha* h?,n taken, and tj?e army <>' General Joffra, broken up. Is no more capabJe<Qf action bureau-of entomology or any .of the agricultural experiment stations. 'It-"t.<? " WN. Pi Co-operate in Filling Silo, . < '?ilo-fIlling is oue of the things in which Clemson College strongly urges ?..7?.2S'??-t?2SS 2?&It ff'^'W to-co-operate. Large cutters ha', chased the French west of Long-. eJipon8,ve an., ln some coses .it is -*tmu- - - - = V.I^o ?t xuto** IweU for two. or. three farmers to own ffl ??SjS^1^ fllllngaho.sno economicalU 'f*; P 5?S3viT- ?w *kSSBv ?Si- 4b have. onough.>men.Jand ,tearos :ati SWw^^^J^NffiSS 'SS ****** hoop tho machinery .going all I Rl,"8--,the. tlmcThus. it ean be aeen D^at by enrigns.^pr^P^vW** aevoral aen^\^Mg oUier i? uioHtilllKg, the er?w? ,LSftp ? ^Tl %L?~ total expenses to each farmer will bo ^C^W*00,?? S,S ^??c?- ?hau if he "goes It alone." of the rirftf,,)(|anAe...t0W??ds.M.ouber&j oc'?n making a waterglaas solution for ?reserving,eggs, be eure to. boll, the , water, thoroughly and toyrtnye tho Jar I iQennan army I on crock with boiling water. Thin kills _He/f ?.,.- '{bacteria. The waterglass solution does SffJCvtfi^ defeated is&Blssi Jbaaad* oic Lopgw^and iho greater part of the BolgO-French.fron tier sro in ?ermsn nandc. A concen ^^^rts^Si-spt. : ' Loss in Human Life May Be Near ly 2,000,C00 Men and Destruc tion of Property and Other Forms of Wealth Will Aggre gate Many Billions of Dollars. ,AU xnnilor Wen yon Samuel. In New Voik World.) The si Cowers War. as history win call it. will prove by far the costliest as well ns Mio bloodiest In all time. For loiluv the rngines of war, alike in their pri?e und ilestrurtlblUty. out range In tin ineredlble degree any that have over been employed previously. '?11iitl>:'i li:?vn an accurate range of nearly 1? ini?*s. shells Hint enn 1 i more tlnn in inn time;! their own weight, bomb-dropntng aeroplane:* hr- iron hover directly over fortlfion flims fmnrpp-nnble to direct attack, "iibmurl? e Mint may nrove more de??Ulv "Vi>- Minn niiop?droadnaitfthl : nnd .-H M?p?p controlled by powers ng irrernlii"r In ponulatlon more than f,00 000,0.10 noon'o whose sinews of wn't'i rre |n billions almost beyond c^mnuf nf'oti I'tere Indeed ibe world 11imox. Mio stage set for the vast pa. .I of deal'' Tj,., |)f> on Innd nnd pot ?..,? it ' fi|t|n conceivable that the Tl 'o'e Ktit'-nt" may R?cure victory at to 1... ? Ivod of Its. fruits by dis ti?lor or lend. Aril tb? ii'fflcnlfv i-i makin* .inV r^t>nii'e "f Mie probabilities of suc cors lies in the fact Mint both on land n.ml ?en Mioro will be emnlovpd lnrt.n?_ inputs of war that never before have bee-' irM. New Mode of Warfare Pnzzlcs. Xn onp nd.'i" >-pm11'- Imnwn bnW l' riioerdrendnought will stand up to I-.thi] or resist tbo dronnln*r .-ju.Ur. ,->r H)r> ?-nt.-r,ineo ''Viral "tri craft" is n new ami sepmingly enn frndfotnry form. '>ut it wi'' mnn no n fnmlllnn nne And there will bo dem nnstrnfed bntb lb? c?*wir.Wv ?f M?o ?V<ip?1"niitrht nnd also f.ho dreadnought rmirlf!? lo W?-.f?lf tbo mi??IUlto'IVo at 'icU of a wnlorp'ano or npinlnnn Tii?ro is nothinr in naval hlstorv to Pltldo i" n?*Ogpe<Jf left ion. A" dot linn. n <i wt'l bo nolle new aud make the ?'l?ol?i hlstorv of son and ia"d fitrbfiT-e; rnirteeq of n-ar Is so e-reat M-at Mio obsolete and useless, placing its vol oinnrj nmonrr romance. Tho destrnctlvoness of tho present ?on ?retirer onuijt not be prolonged through what t?< fbo Mme of the Ar t"ida wprp called llspacious days."| Rut In wlpw of tho fjt?-p??t?t.h tn nn?nla-I Mon .and resources of the continent of Knropo. the land fighting mlRht' con Mnii?"for p vorv lone- time, nnd most pTndovjea? of nil. might result in a rbes* ? stalemate. Tint if ono nf Mm great tHumvlrntp should nnnpar to win a decided victory. It would be nt a rost oiniltn'' tn ?hat of n man who. to anv* Hfe. submits to an oneratlon find loses his legs. For It will be n lamed and maimed Fnropo that will nresont Itself again upon the world's 'nnin?"r'*,lt pt??l??-!iv'' ;>ft"?> ihn war. Lamed financially nnd maimed phys ically, the Europe of 12 months from now will have to be remonned nnd ro. mndoT Not the least probable result would be the. overthrow of many ihroncs and the establishment of re-. piiWcanlsm. The Common Peonie Blometl. T,et us roughly calculate the prob-' ible cost of war In terms of cash. It tvojild be futile to attempt to calcu late the costs of the war In men. ft nust be calculated tn ensh Life is nl svays to war.crafty statesman the meanest nnd most abundant ?balance, n which ho deals. Human life is not o him .entirely an asset : be sees n vav of security for his order of thimrs n tho slaughter of tens of thousands >f the nrolctarlat. and an antldoto to he poison of socialism. ; Yet the common people oro not mite free from blaur?. Thoy nlthor !apnot or will not think. nnd, roarlllv ending themselves to the idea of war. jo,eome oulck and trneic tool?i. Thev lubmlt to be driven ,on to the field, of u\tMo. like dumb, sheep, pathetically ?p'iievlng that thoy are serving . their iounuv when they are the dupes, of nop who have themselvon been daned fr a. bnllcf In a feudal authority alien o the modern spirit. But they, will lave to he considered after the poison ?nd fever of war have run tho'r ourser. and tho mind.. as boon clean ', rithr wateis of vorr >w and romor ow Fnough for the &ro.i?nt 1q try ind calculate Int stakes for whil^h he rulers are plny'-vg in terms of. iifh and not. in ilnoa and tears. War Would j(;ost Billionn In the South -African War Great Britain put "250,000 men into the field. Chat was the largest, number she had' iperatlng at any given time, although' be used altogether nearly 4no.Oon [Tie ?cet of that campaign, which was,' in land only, was 2SO.000.000 pounds, * ?r 1,250,000.000. That works out at' ibout $5.000,000 per,1,000,men. In tho. lljt-Power War, to which Japan 4 be added, probably Roumanla, add 'I.QOO.OOO men. awd j :roeco; v?*o has already offered .100, 100, troj os. there would bo forces .on and nnd sea totaling up to 20.000.000 J f .tho South African avorpw bo taken hot would represent 100 .billions of toilers. . - I Divide that figure by h?U and ii is illl too stupendous to bo com pre--' tended. . * Shine of tho dreadnougli^ type* cost. ir>^r.rxlmately $13,000.000-each. Great. Britain.-possesses probably 30, Ger Rany probably 18, mave 19, Italy 4, I - - .-. . A nutria (J and Russia 8, tho figures itnlaifiig it;, ait- \i.v nwir and Mould 1 represent ?H12.ou'j.". u Probably Hie jtoWil in ili':'iiil;-.ui!: .': nnd in dr iini iiiun?lioii nloito v.*( ttltl pruvi i.onsid iernbly over tho billion mark. Thou limre uro Hrst-e!:i.;s l.ntt'e Iships, firat clusti. econd .Mid (bird ? !:? oniiiiorrs ahci dei.iroy.?rs in liuti? liiiid.. which, odd d .i (! < t-itbr.iiiriniM, j U'nuld <;:s!ly totnl linlf !*. hill'on dol lars. Ko that :! ." r nd arnuui.i ni the .- s powers would reprewnt ibo?t one 'und half h-'lion doll.-.n! in capital It{cpi'.iidlture aa i: rode : :! bit lie. Tito ji OHl ill Hh? ll3 and lorerdoi I:i some thing ;t!n:o.t 'oo difficult lo count, dime olio can fori:; no l",:t !hi:tl<: <>!' 11 ? xt<m of ilir firli!" Ihii nip.f.y mll ' '.'n:r.~ w< ni 11 have to i nodi : t.> rover I this item. Tin* con! of ?i-> licet also would run Into niiiloish. ( osl of Life In illHHonx, ! The estimate of 1 '% i_- probably lo be ',1". ; or maimed it: iiumlu rit, not In value, for (hat is not a consideration Jin tin- devil's gnmi of war, i ; ii ' rest ing. Despite the few retilly large en gagements of troops in the South Af : rietin war. nearly "5,000 I've; .voie lost by wound.-: or disease, or 10 per ?ont ol' thocc put in the field. Here there would lie great engagement:! witli shells that have indefinitely mul Itiplieil their dostructiveiicus and bul lets that rain as never a hailstorm so I furious. Should wo reckon a lo-s per 'centago. J Probably the percentage shinould bo multiplied by three, bin keeping it ut I 10 per cent, as, in South Africa, that i would moan nearly 2,000.000 men j would be destroyed. Tito unit of the I family in Kurope being five, there [would be fully 10.000.000 directly be reaved of husbands and fathers. Then 'calculate the cost of industry ail the world over, of the total army taken from its activities and all those who never will return, and one appreciates what a fine sport is war for there who make it. I 'o Songs in the Night. o Krom the Living Church. To catch in the hour of darkness Some gleams of eternal light. To cheer some heart in the shadows, I To aid some soul, in the fight. ! To feel that the darkest hour I Precedes the roseate morn, I That the amber and gold of eloudland J Return witli the sunhur.-t of dawn; To learn in the world's great school . room Tho lessons the Waster will give Of fortitude, faith, nnd patience. He teaches His scholars to live; To believe in eternal goodness, That infinite lovo redounds Greater than ullitjije. evil j ;.y . , That on LhevarUj abounds,; ..... . i Thin is the song in,'.the:ntglit time, The bursting of prison chaiap. That solves the -mystery of suffering, That cheers in the midst of ains. Songs In the night God .civet?. As to H?s prophlet of old. Through tears wo behold the vision, While the heavenly.arms enfold. Gcmany is an island of armies en tirely, surrounded by nothing to eat. The French are polite, even in "cuss ing" their misfortunes. Vacations for Farm Wives! . Few people work any harder than tho. average farm wife. There is no good reason why she should not have a vacation and many good reasons why sho shculd. Persuade her to go away to some plucc where Bhe will liave a change. If it is to be for only u few days. Whiter Cover. Crops. Have you already .secured the seed for jour vetch or clover or small grain? It is. high time that this were done. Clemson College will gladly fur nish Information on any of the winter cover crops. : " . Take, a Glass of it Your Rack Hurts or bladder Ilnthers. If you must hnve your meat every day, eat It, but flush your kidneys with suits occasionally, nays a notod authority whb . tellu us^that meat forms uric acid which almost para lyzes tho kidneys In tholr efforts to expel-It from the blood, They become shigglah and weaken, thon you suffer with u ?u?t .misery in tho .kidney re gion, sharp pains In the'back or rick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated and when the weather Is bud you have'.rheumatic twinges, The urine gete .cloudy, full of sediment, the channels often get coco and irritated, obliging you to eeek rallof two. or three ttraeB. during tho night. To neutralize those irritating aclda, to cleanse the kidney* and flufch- off tho, ^body's nrinous -"Wisto l-get.?four ounces of Jad Suits from any nhaiyJ maoy here; tako a Ublespaonfuldn a> glass of wafer: bofonfr.breakfast for a few days and your Kidneys will then act fine. This famous aalta* Ic'tonaia fro mthe acid pf grapes''and- lemon juice, combined with llthis? and". bnW been used for generations- tot 'flash j and stimulate. rl.u?gf?h k!d??y-, a?sej to-neutralize tho aci?? in urine,'so It bo longer Irritatcy. thus^endlug blud-1 don. weakness. v. <\- ' ' r 1 dad Salts Is inojtponslvs: cannot In-., iurei and mtlkor a dollghtiul offever. e'scont lithla-wator drink.?Evans" Pharmacy, Agents, / 1 J% dft?ttJtt if < J i * * * -* -t-J Jt-.f-J-J-J.XJ.AJ.Jf.JLAA l1 'IfWTl1 T/ F 1 1 F'i % I TT'I I Fl rTVW T 4* il Scientific I * + REMEDY FOR IV H HAT PEST. Oat Aphij Causes an Annual Less of Thous-rds of Bushels. Il'rcpurt'd i)>" I "ri'i?-. Hl:-tis <lt:|i;irtmctit of tiK> IcU?I .1?? I The little Insert ihn? ?'?iiise? nu un mini loss in luis conn try of thousands of bushels i>f wheat uiul known its the "out sphls" enn scarcely he controlled when once It Uns gained headway, Im proper precautions, however, svriuus un I breaks can be prevent ed. Tills In s<Vt often escapes notice, but it Is prob ably the must widely distributed of the Important plant live which attack wheat and oats, und II? depredations sire only excelled by the so called "green bug." As the nut aphis does not ordinarily appear suddenly In great swarms, ns | does the "green bug." It has never been con-.Itiered a pest of great importance. It Is eislly overlooked by the casual observer, especially in the fall, when It occurs ut the base of the plants and on the roots. However, it Is usually ? I ways present on the wheat, and ob servation* lead Investigators to con sider that these parasite.* weaken the plants and decrease toe yield to an im portant extent, even though they may nut be conspicuous and the decrease In yield not enough to be recognizable, ns in the case or the "green bug." The adult wingless Insect Is nliout the size of a pin head nnd Is yellowish green to olive green la color. The winged Insect has a black head, the abdomen being green und the antennae THB S'EST THRIVIW lift?t-IN flAS K OROWDJO OKAIK. black. The eggs it r? laid In crevices of the bark er between the leaf bud und twig or tho apple tree mid when tlrst deposited are fmle greenish in Col or. They xt>uu; change, however, to a shining hlnek and retain this color until they hatch in the spring. The out aphis occurs un grnius and grasses tbrutighutit (be summer, 'i'he eggs urif laid but ouee u year, in tho fall. In the-spring the eggs batch, nnd throughout the summer there tire sixteen or more generations produced, all females. The lust generation In the full contains hath mules and females. As the weather becomes cooler some of the females seek tlm lower parts or mots of wheat n^ul other plants of the grass family and here jmss the .wluler. or the winged insects coming from the grain may seel: silirb trees as the ap ple, the cgu laying 'females' ?f tills generation in turn depositing.eggs on the twigs ami branches. The. little wheat pest thrives best in rnuk growing grain, ns In..mots where manure piles oi: straw stacks have stood. These places are usually the center of Infestation, and tho .lice may he found there, even during the winter. Therefore th* . volunteer. Krbwth of wheat that occurs -in the vicinity of Straw stacks or manure piles should be plowed under or otherwise 'destroy ed Inte In the fall - In order o destroy the plant lice breeding . thereon. In Rome coses it may be desirhble to de stroy this vegetation ^ven earlier?that is. before the winter wheat is planted or nt least Itefore it mnkes any growth above ground. .The pasturing of buttle In wheat and ont fields in Oklahoma -and Teiae mir ing the Inte full or early winter has proved n desirable method of dentroy Ing the breeding pinces of the pest j\s in the case of many: other grain nets, crop rotation is of much impor* tance in the control of this-nplils. Wheat fields should be-located as. far from the previous year's grain fields . is possible, nnd especially should, .thoy be planted some'distance from stand' ing RtrnW: stacks. ,-2t Is also advisable to' plant grain ns far ns possible from apple and other trees Which harbor the insect during the full, whiter nnd spring raontl j.. - ; Direct applications aro hardly pHffle? ticable In gtr.in Acids, M^?>t*????;-iuiy small areas are badly TOfested Bpliiy-' lng with 'hlacbJoef^O at the'rat?'of one part of this Insecticide to 000 pnrts of itrateY.-plus one pound uf soap to each 100 gallons oT spray, liquid./ will douhllcss [trove e?lcnfloiis. provided the application in thorough. , ; T^te Hbov# r.>>n*aial and pre^entire1 measures for this destructive parasite ere s!l th? e??6 ???p?rasroc bemuse there ? i?ttlc h?p* vf. co**t^Nrf?; If after It bas once gained much head way nnd because. belng;?o:imV>nj?p|e noua. it -Is liable to become.present In great, numbers before It la noticed. SHOE TEH DARKENS MUR TO ANY SHADE KiMi'l Way ra^sllerfr^ ?u Ojg-Tinto Reetyc Thnt Anybody Can A* ,ilj. The nao of Sago und Sulphur for restoring faded, gray hair to its nat ural color dates hack lo grandmoth er's time. She u: 3d it lo keep lier hair beautifully dark, glossy and abuud-{ uni Whenever lier liair foil wit or took on that dull, faded or streike? appearance, this r'.mple mix!ore vs. applied with wondcrfnt effect. lint hiewi:?g iit home is in ussy and out of date. .Nowadays, hy asking ::t my drug store for a ">ft cent bottle ol "W'yeth's Sage ant! Sulphur Hair Remedy." yea will get this famous old recipo wlftcli can he depended upon to restore natural color and beauty to tho hair and is splendid fori dandruff, dry. feverish, Itchy scalp' und falling hair. A well-known downtown druggist rays,it darkens the hair so naturally1 and evenly that nobody can tell it has i been applied. You r?mply dr.inpeu nj sponge or soft brush with it and draw | this through year hair, taking one strand at a time-, ilv morning the gray hair disappears, and after another op plication or two, it becomes neautl-, fully dark, glor.sy, i?ft?and abundant, I ?Evans' Pharmacy, Agents. "I hope you don't mind ray nsklng," said a woman diffidently, "lint should I call you profe sor or1 doctor?" "Oh, call mo anything you like," was the great mau's rejoinder. Some peo !e cali mo an old idiot." "Really?" the lady murmured, with sweet innocence. "Uut then, they would bo people who knew you inti mately." RAG CANTKLOITES AM) CHEAT WORMS, Melon-Worm is Here nnd Terribly1 Hungry-?Row to Forestall i His Riur.ges. Clcmson College, Aug. 2?.?"The' pickle won'!," rays A. F. Conradi. en tcniologlst of Clem-on College, in ad vising what to do about his pest, "like the corn bill bug. is a la?o riser, but when he starts his appetite acts like ! a hurricane spreading devastation on' all fides. Tn many gardens this pest j has probably bosun to aopcar. Rag the cantcloupcs at once." Describing in detail what to do, Prof. Conrad! said: "Bag the contoloupcs with G-pound heavy paper bags. The ordinary sugar bag is too frail. We use a Lag like that in which hardware stores put nails. When you bag, give the T.rth a little loss with your foot so ns to form a little bill and on this:lay the bagged fruit. It keeps the bag dry and pre vents rott-ng. V . .. "'Preuchln' Bill' says; 'Every hound lias ita weak point." So hoc e'v ery bug. nnd some' have more than, others. A weak point of pickle and melon , worm? is their appetite. Their favorite food consists of the buds and blooms of summer squash, nnd whore this food :s present it will attract great aumbers of them. "It would, however, be no strategy merely to plant ruuash plants intelli gently and stop there. The bug3 of course, would appreciate it ' greatly. The favorite food would soon be gone and wouid leave a larger numbj* of more hearty bugs to destroy ihe-can teloupes. Squash Ore not trap plants unle.-s you make them so by spraying or dusting them with nrsennto of lead so that when the worms attack them they will get a dose of poison that wiT check their voracious appetites. It Is] late for these squash trap plants this, season, but not too late lor next sea son. Therefore, cut-out and save the following for use n <:t season: . "i. Plant, in a timely and intelli-! gent way. a few summer squash .plants' kluongl^he cautcmupes and melons and keep them poisoned." "2. When the cnntcl??pes have reached-the size of a 'child's' baseball.! bag them, resting the bagged fruit on a Utile mound of earth. "The squash plants rnust have buds and blooms in July, when'the worms ; appear. For spraying nrsenate of.ioad,' *eo Circular 25 of Clomwm ' College., You / can dust it .with- a- little fch'oes?; cloth bag or^a tin' <jn.lt 'With" small; holes in' the bottom. Bay arfeemve of lead powder, not paste.- Any one.'grow Ing canteloupes ort a' large -scale' fox* market should write us if this worm Is! troublesome:". :'?-'.ti'1:::" M'M THEIR SCFFEi&Nfl ?XDRD. Hundreds of your , neighbors arc ready to .loll you just.wb&t has made life new'.ror them nnd relieved them of the tortur?e of ill helath, if you will let tbenu.. They.'have, .used Mrxu Joe Person's remedy to purify their blood and enrich the lifo l?ivlng fluid so that all the. bodily function." <;oi????: work properly. Wh?n. a chance >o do; their work,. Nature* cleared up their troubles,'So that they ere now well., It j doesnt" much matter whether the trouble is laid on tho digeetiOn. the nerves or the cltln. Backvof'it alb Is'; the fact that the blood " is either not good enough,/or is positively pols-j cued. Of course you .cannot get well, digest what you eat"Or rest In ?in*?? ' a? toug as what to'give your nervobj tcno and your digestion"; 'energy .and! strength is poisoned'every minute of! Uto day. Get the blood' right Mosok ttotd. "It by tho life!" When tho blood In tight youUlv.o. - ? > Hero is what ono or yoiir neighbors declarer,: "A fow 'years'ago'-' I wee a terrlblo 'sufferer -trow "blood, poison. If itho okin. wonldvbecome Inflamed, would itch nnd burn and develop, !a sofcsy Sim 'joe Person' persuaded me; to use bor remedy; I bought a dozen bettlor. dWfl it cured me," Mrs. G. F. Uralte-, Weiden. ' X. -tf. " - ?i-your'druggist cannot supply you. r> -dollar s?nt to the Remody Ealob Corporation,. Charlotte, ~K c., will bring yoij thjs reiyicdy, v" ' -' - ." ,v-> " ' ' RUSSIA TELLS OF HER VICTORIES Sayo the Germans Retreated In Great Disorder Abandoning Strong Positions on Frontier New York, August 20.?The military attache of the Russian embassy, through tho Russian consulate, to night issue?! the following statement: "In Ear-tern Prussia on August 24, the line of the river Angerap, although fori if led for defense, was abandoned by the enemy, without attempt at re sistance. Insterburg and Angerburg are occupied by Russian troops. The enemy has retreated In great disorder, partly toward Koenigsburg and partly towurd Rustcndburg, from the front at Ortelsburg-Soldau, the Russians are gradually advancing, the enemy retiring to Oserode and leaving sev eral guns, machine guns, ammunition wagons and prisoners. ""On the left bank of the river Vlst tula the enemy retired from the line Plock-Lentcbitxa, but farther to the south this detachment, yet undis turbed by the Kassian advance, re tained in flie bunds Lodz. Rctrokoff, Kansk. Random and Opatoff. "In Calacia, the enemy, on August 23. advanced his left to the line of Annapol-Znmosrle-Kamoro; while on their right, the Austrians falling back before our advance. On the evening of August 23 the Russians took Tarn opui end strengthened their positons on the river Sered, a fluent of the riv er Dneniter. "On August 24 tho commander-ln chlef reported to his majesty a bril liant encounter of a squadron of the Nijcgorodski dragoon regiment, which attacked a detachment of German scouts of 70 picked men. Six Ger mans were taken prisoners; the rest were killed The Russian dragoons had four men slightly wounded by the enemy's bullets, but none of our men was touched by the enemy's sahreB. "The Servian army continues to be invariably successful. From the be ginning of the war the Servians have Captured 43 guns, six howitzers, 8G ammunition wagons, unir ?ieid hospi tals, a field bakery and a large quan tity of clothing, shoes and horses. . "There is no definite news from the western front of tho Germans." SOUTHERN ROAD DOU?LE TRACKING Have Awarded Contract for Thir ty-Six Miles More In North Carolina ('apt. Jno. R. Anderson, superin tendent of the Blue Ridge Railway, has received, the following announce ment: ?rr * ?:<? ?-. ;.-.< > Southern railwny.-uas just awarded contract for. ^6n'8truc|ionr1.of thirty eix miles of double track on the Dan viRe nXdsion;b6i>ween Ofceruboro aud Pelham, which will givo It a contin uous, double track- - line across tho State of North Carolina from Char lotte to Danville, Va. From mile post 248 to 263 the work was awarded to the Parker Brooks Construction Co., of Greenville, g. C., and from mils struction-Co..>of tAlanta. post 2tl:S to 248 to the ; Morrow Con-. This makes a total of 75 miles.of double track on the. Washington-At lanta line which the Southern has now placed under contract in the last few weeks.- ' ' " Contracts for the construction of 39 miles in Virginia having been let as follows: Between Cbarlottcsville and Arrowhead 7 miles, between Elma and Amhorst 19 miles, between Dryfork and Danville 13 miles. Contracts al so have beou recently let for the con struction of 01 miles of double track on the Alabama Grcot Southern be tween Yor, Aia., and Meridian. Miss., and one on-the O. N; & O.^A T.-P.-, for nine .niles between New River and Sunbrlght, Tenn. TO BEFENB BERLIN Germans. .WM Withdraw From .Fron tier Into Their Own Country. . (By Associated Press) The Hague, August 26?Via Lon don?The military correspondant of the Neu we Courant declares he can state on trustworthy authority .that the Germans plan to abandon tempor arily east and west Prussia duiI Porao rania to the Russians and withdraw alowlj* to the river Oder, where the main defences of the Berlin He. i "Germany," according to the cor respondent,- "appears to have - under taken this measure to give - time to her army operating against Franco to try and deal the British and French armies their'death blow and-then to march to Paris, the distance (between M?ns and Paris being four times less than thh distance between St. Peters burg and Berlin." ,v-... . ?^_ WATEEED STOCK! . >?:; ' ! . %i-j^i., .... l?ump ?Trust? Thown Into the Hands ; of Receive; , , < (By Associated Press.) . . .. New- York, Aug. 26.?Reeoivern *src appointed ionignt <pr the Inter national Steam Pump1 Company; V $29,01)0,0(10 coiporation,. by U. S. J jdgo- Mayor. Tbfc 'reeedvershtp- Wob granted on an equity-suit hrought"by hondholdern, stockholcorr. and n cred itor. The corporation joined in 'the application. The receiver!.'are author ized to^ continue -tho buojnesr, RUSSIANS. 1? APSTRtA Homo,tin London, TAng. ?????dis nutch from R?hhar?i4. ^nv?. .?*.?. ^ns :,lll2e-L,D.T"*w* ''??Mcl??^^lBi?je; occupied Tarnopol, an important dfa capital of Gallcfn, ^Three Austrlantu?. ray cerps are sr.id to be opposing