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W Histi President JJ custom o/Ira// men have fer, for blesshigs h, ilE godde, wias celebr of worshial cessions ali festival. I tellples, a Itoian til * celebration held in cot tarch tells athanlksgi his disastr himself on the ground tIL of enjoymIent." In one way or im: Christian EIurope for ce the colitinlent, and for 1 was a day of feasting in mended the observaince Henry V of England, aI was held oil Suniday, tih' a day, too, was observe( versury of thit city fron anlly Ilustances of during thet sixteen-1th ant I-lizalbeth's reign, Than ordered that thanlk~s shlo llabundance of his fruits great national tlanksgi Tuesday, November 19, over the "Invincible At One legal and anna such, deserves speeial i had been tried aind pun deliverancee the lanfgilish "ais i public thanksgivini lmay never be forgotten, divine majesty for the thanksgiving (ily for n disuse, and 111n 1833 was Long before the at Contained expressions o - Church of England, sp: . ) This service, however. I Ing day of the Pilgrim tile groullmless claim t Q. *Thanksgiving day" in , clim Is based, was the and while it had an el garded as a thanksgivi The record imade if over in the Mayflower, of our American Thank: read: "William White Tilly, Peregrine White Sonne born to Silsann meet for prayer and ti giving" was not on siun of the regular Sundar of TlinleNiI i-4'f'n Ya"diy ti The prototype of o festival ati Plymouth ir ment of tile colo'y Pil a survived it. "At one t five other harfy ones summer that followed, clenreig g 2 ;r ,nd mj been r'ew~arded by a b3 tihe needs of the approl ordered a thanksgiving Thil,rst than nksgIs in a let ter' Io~ If"rlehd account of the festk'hli WVislow wvroti: "'Our I -on fowlig that so wei' ihadi guthieredI the~ frite a it ile help beside s amotng othber' rerealtlin amuongst us, 1and amnl). ninety men~t, whom011 for out adkilled'(i ive deet and1upon thbe (captalins Thel records maitke but int tile year I'ollowin. - ~in thle auitumna, btut in ,Ti 50years pass5 before gvTerett was onegit68 oflliam and M'itay in 1 0 ~ flast ith~e stor oftia P spts itn thanksge ivi' givngda i recenogne il it i ffvo In GmanyUllte si 4 ~ o thDun tiful arve 0 t~irs 1harvest estival 1111 ,~A: '"lthanksgi vitg had1 bect - fsor ts it~l ttik he hie thiecent'dae fltial sa 1111Du ingi i thell ear.ut thle ar, wi congfs anmii Tile'meb efh f'entlic1 nia t polmai co rask'hei the nationallthansg virl chil ied the ''tival (IIr ~- lyndami in I ye r, I~i' Oheinionfd Difrer. i~ ma ~li d teie merrmkng. "wias t~rlI~ tltile tle mst plas~ thien lato?" "Yoiti'trolleyisloe the "hre, h reart." Jol~edt~e etirily ersed "he reaes maht The make the most noi e when to?" ul. b r Than ks 1Vi ishi/gton 'estahlished the v mz the United Statesbut 'ently thanked their Gods all ages and every clize 5 of tlie ionan harvest wts Ceres. H1er festival Ated annually and was calle(d Ueraia. It was a (aly and rustle sports. Men and womnen formed pro d went to the fields with music. Virgil refers to this le nientions the sacrifices that were offered in the id alludies to the Joyousness of the occasion. But inksgiving days .were not confined to this annual of the festival of Ceralla. Somletinies they were nernoration of victorious martial ciipaigins. Plu us of the emperor who to conceal his defealt ordered ving, which was observed. Then when the faicts of us carnpaign became generally known, le excused att lie (lid not "wish to deprive tihe people of it (lily ther. a thanksgiving (lily has been observed lin nturies before Its celebration In New England. On time fin England, It occurred ait Matrtiluns, whlh d drinking. Occasionally, too, civil authorities reeoini )f soln ixed (lily. To celebrate the victory of King Agincourt, October 25, i415. it' public thiaiksgiving feast of St. Edward, the King and Confe'ssor. Silch I in Leylen, Holland, October 3, 1575, tie first anni I tle sIege by tll' Sptnilards. it thanksgiving day ll can h pointed out ii -ingland I seventeenth centuries. Ii 1559, the seonal year (of k.sgiving day entered Rogation day. Then It was uld be given to Almighty God "for the increase and upon tile eirth." In this reign. too. Ilere was it ving lily thitt is worthy of note. This occurrdl 1558, and was In Iliconeioration of the great viciory ladat." 11 thanksgiving day. because of the long tine it was nention. After the traitors in the Guipowder plot ished lit 1005, it was ordered that heeause (of their people shoild keep til' fifth of Noveimber every year g dy to Almighty God; that unfeigned thankfulness And that till Ages to coiie iaty ylid pritlses to God's sitilie." The "fifth of Novenber" continued a legal re than two centuries; but lin late-r years It fell into abolishedl by parlinanent. ivent of tie Pilgrimis In Massa(hus'tts, all rituals f gratitude to God for his mercIes.- In that of, tle (lai prayers were provIl(ed for the 'Sunday service. nust Ie earefilly distingulkihed froni the Thanksgiv raithers. iallure to make this distinction has led to hat tite 1ophan111t cololtlss were "tile first to keep kinerlen. . The service at Moihegan. oil whIlh tlisl.m1 regular Sunday service of the Church of Fugland ; mitent of thanksgiving. Mhe day caln in nowise he re fg (1ay as that term Is understood. i his "Breechles Bible" by William White, whlo caimp has far more signifleance lin determining the origin ;giving du than the event tit Monhegan. The record inarried on ye 3rd day of March, 1020, to Susannah born on board ye Mayflower lit 'Cape Cod Harbor. hI White 19th ye six o'clock mornhig. Next dtaty we' utnksgiving." This neoting "for prayer and thanks llay, but on Tuesday. The fitet that it was not a part ,servi'e indfkes it more nearly iccord with our Idea an does- the Monliegan event. ur present Thanksgiving day is found in the harvest J021. The long winter that foll9wed the estlliflsh eiei SO .vere 'iuf less than half- the settlers had ine during the winter only EISW.iter, Standish, and re wvell enougi io get abotit." In the qpring ild their fortunes improved. an( by autuimn they had ad., It ready for cultivation. This Industry. too, had )ulntttiA .fgUna't. Nmtw food and fuel stufl1elent f'oi tehinig witer W~ .laid in. Then Oiovernoir Bradford --t he fird4 in Amnerleti, inig was flot for' at (day only. It ( otitlhuiti i i~tp~ I( , jna Eniglandi IEdwalrd Winlslow lirts gilten utS a brlie'f 14 Thl lette hear1)01S diate of Decemiter 11, and in it nit''est betingl in'lfiM1l in, oumr (Governofr sent fotur mnen night alttf' i l''lt tlaiinier rejoice together aifter we' of outr Inhors'. itwy killed as tich 1'owl as withi rved'( the coiiupanty .nhlott 41 week. At whileh times . weiv exercise couri arms, nihtk of the Indiatts corning - till rest their greiit('st kling, M$115gS11yt, with so11ne biree day13s wel en1teritalIned annd feledl, rind' they went wvlhih thely birolight and1( bestowed flU otir Goviernlor'~c" no1 ilenthuti o~f a I haniksgivi ng d1ay in thle niit kfl11y. ~, 11123. stieih a lday waIs he1ld. Thuis, however, wV). ito no ily on the' arrival of provisIons from IEngland. Neathl t'e hear of aoither thanksgIvIng day at Plymouth. 11n1d anioth~er fom' the aIcce'ssin of the Orange Stuarts, 189. An auitunall thanksgiving wtas held In 1000, the cyimouth ('0101ny. lymotth, Maissachiset ts flay colony had1( ocCasionailly tys. Thelre' was~ such a (liy for the "safe ar'rivl of d1 agin~ thel niext Feb'hruary,3 when'i tihe provlsion shlIp. 632, tihe gleeral couirt ordered a "puiblIquie" t hanks Iii of thet "ml'C3y of (God v'otchsafed to the1 ehtiruches" fte Pal~lttinate 4." Thel( next year the coIurt, beenide'' t, appoin t ed Octoaber 1. as ai thanliksgi vinig dayii - ,i t he hist ory of Ite ('olony1. Ily 1 (80 the 11 luuril e olf theill'h:gllih ( 'hilt lulls, for litil I ' ii~lIl co iar tvely Ion Triinksglving day bleetnme naitional. All whrough a'~ly o setlrl' t n( (t lor (')luksivinwg; bu lafer theils e'" in 1 jS3, t her'e( wereP( noI morei( until1 Witsihlingfon .1. tI in ihier 3 Or tis 3l 'lr t New Yolrk li' jsop i lihi oblservanice oIf lThursdaly, November l'I'l1.t s a' ay l( ng. This wasi thle ibeginning (If the4 (irthodo(4 x ''lust ' i4(' heefth ininiled ini ilres.'ifiehliiiI hpocinl 111 ij 05. Ity ai t 'iienerl I oilliiI reco'ignlIt Ii trugh u id111 N\'vew l.:g - 789), t hi'e ''rttal 11 l'l iscopa 'l rayr boo4 k 5i y('Ogi iZe't 's betwIeenl th twl' I IwatS the wanmt oIf Ceiretl(iny at I '1y ed i I-in 'lglIih festival. I.ni soine JnIIs of l.:nglland~ atrioiuud till "nIchllingshieef,"' or "'k'rn hahy;"' and ini " ad of th1e hiauvest wvas drtawn toI the bulrnl ini ii wagon 1 nti l'eiiu i'. sini ly .IOyotusly' as t hi.e' t roe41ded. Ar His Only Hope. Advice That Failed. ,li mie'.'" spa1ket thei easy mairkc, ItIch I' ncle-Wha 111t ! lIroPke again 1 It soti of a gIrl shiould I proose Yout ou1ght to 14take Solomloti's advice to thle shuggard abou111)t goinig to the ant het shold~l be rich,'' re(.loIined( the for tIe foirtune' t.ellerm. "'and( if youl e'x- Ne'phewt (inte(rruplt ing)--So 1 (11(, her ft nce.t youl. she must also( ,luncl('. but 11111t 51nv' nu Is In theme HOPE TO REMEDY PAPER SHORTAGE MEMBERS OF THE STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION MEET IN COLUMBIA. PALMEITO CAPITOL NEWS General News of South Carolina Col. looted and Condensed From, The - State Capital That Will Prove of interest to All Our Readers. Columbia. Two score members of the South Carolina Press association, meeting in the rooms of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, discussed ways and means for meeting the shortage of print paper. Two important commit tees were appointed by Wm. Banks, presidenit of the association. One of these bodies will consider plans for the purchase of white paper in bulk for all of the papcis in the state. The second committee will investigate the matter of building a paper factory at some point in South Carolina. Dell nite offers for the construction of paper mills in South Carolina were recived from 'Orangeburg and Flor ence. President Banks appoihted the fol lowing members of the co-operative paper mill committee: J. L. Mims of The Edgefield Advertiser, A. B. Jordan of Dillon Herald, T. M. Seawell of the York News, F. C. Withers of The State, H. L. Watson of the Greenwood Index and Alison Lee of the Laurens Advertiser. The following were ap pointed as members of the paper mill committee: J. L. Mims of the Edge field Advertiser, J. I. Sims of the Orangeburg Times and Democrat, E. -1. Aull of the Newberry Herald and News, J. 1R. McGhee of the Batesburg Herald and E. -1. DeCamp of the Gaffney Ledger. . May Buy In Bulk. Under the teiims of a resolution which was introduced by Mr. Seawell these committes are to get in im mediate touch with similar commit tees representing the press associa tion of North Carolina and Georgia. An arrangement may be efYected whereby the paper for the three states may be purchased in bulk. The confereieq pdopted the follow "ng r6sfution, 'which jrovides for the above committeos. "That 'the presi dent appoi.t a committee of flve to get in touch with the publishers of the state, looking to the co-operative buying of paper, to make up estimates aid to make arrangements with man ufacturers of paper for 1917; at the same -time to get in touch with sim ilar committees of North Carolina and Georgia and if better prices can be had to arrange for buying with these- afs4o similar Coitltee to look into the feasibility of the nanu [getstre of paper in the south and to handle the matter of represenation b~e fore the investigating committee in Washington." [President Banks anmd Joe Sparks. secretar-y of the assach~tiion, wvere in st ructed( to prepare- resoi Iions coni grmtila~tIng PresIdenIIt Wilson upon The cOmn~ittee n/liM by the asso ciationi will begin IAuf*k at oiled on1 the mattev andI repo'rt Will be isatted at an early dae. All #d~iturs in the state will be invited E0 imf ivfpate in the plans of the associatioi Some of Those Preet. Among the editors attending (fi conference were: W. W. Harris of the' fClinton Chronicle. Alison Lee of the Laurenms Advertiser. Thomas M. Sea well of the York News, F. L. Mor' row of the Western Carolina Publish ing Company. R. lBoyd Cole of the Banwell Sentinel, 10d 11. DeCamp of the Gaffney Ledger, 10. Hi. Aull of the Newberry Herald and News, Hartwvell M. Ayers of the Felorence Times, J. L. Minis of' thle l'dgefield Adver-tiser, 0. KC. Williams of the Rock Hil1l Rec ord, Soami J. 1*oeaphart of the Lexington News, L4. Wigfall ('heathiam of the IEdgefld (hironticle, (. C. Muller of The State. I". C. Withiers of The Slate, WVillianm Blanks of The Record, Joe S'parks of The Stalte. .1. It. Mc~hiee of the -Bateshur-g lierald, WV. S. Stokes of of tjie D~enimrk Nrews-Monitor, WV. iR. Bradford of thle F ort Mill Times, R. L~. Berry of thie Orangeburmg News, A. B. Jordan of the lI) loni Iier'aldi, J. TP. Fain of the Rock I till I ierald and izlar Sims or rthe Oraingebumrg Times andi Demoery$ PresidienI thinks read a numbnler of ietter-s from busineis men01 concerning the est1ablishmilent of a paper01 mill. Thme specialt committee will gather- all available data andii will rep~ort at a sessioni to be held soon in Columbia,. Tax Board Qase Goes Higher. The case involving the conistitu tionalil y of the act of the legislature creal ing the state tax commission has beeni appealed to the United States supri'ieme court. Notice of apipeal haes been iled with Thomas 11. Peoples. atttorned.y genieral. Tihe (ase was brought by~ the People's National Bank of Gireenville against A. W. Jones, J1. P. D~erham and W. (1. Query, members of the tax commission. The state supr-eme court held the tax comn mi'tsion act to be constitutional and an anneal hna been taken. Three Months op the. Border. The First South Carolina Infantry, ordered home from the border last week, has had more than three months of duty on the frontier. Mobilized June 23 at the state rifle range near Columbia, the regiment left Its camp there Monday, August 7, in three spe cial trains. and arrived at El Paso Friday. August 11, with a strength slightly in excess of 1,000. The other South Carolina units mobilized were started for El Paso Wednesday, August 9, and arrived after fIve days. These units, all of which remain in the south west, are the Second infantry. Troop A, South Carolina cavalry; Company A, South Carolina engineers, and South Carolina Field Hospital No. 1. Col. E. M. Blythe of Greenville coml imanding the First regiment. Lieut. Col. P. K. McCully, Jr., of Anderson, is second in command. The chaplain is the Rev. I. C. Jeter of Aiken. The line and auxiliary units of the regiment are as follows: First battalion, commanded by Maj. It. F. Watson, Greenville, comprises: Company A, Greenville, Capt. W. D. Workman; Company B, Anderson. Capt. L. L. Ligon; Company C. Pelzer. Capt. R. C. Heyward; Company 1). Laurens, Capt. Arthur Lee. Second battalion, commanded by Maj. T. 13. Spratt, Fort Mill, coni prises: Company I-, Union, Capt. J. P. Walker, Jr.; Company F. Spartan burg, Capt. 13. 1Y. Justice; Company (, Foirt Mill, Capt. S. W. Parks; Con panty H. Rock Hill, ,Capt. L. C. Me Fadden. Pitird battalion. comnnatded by Maj. E. C. von Tretcekow, Camden, c-omprising: Company 1, Cheraw. Capt. W. L. Gillespie; Coipany L. liartsville, Capt. It. H0. Craig; Coim pany K, Anderson, Capt. It. 1). Hen derson; Company NI, Camlden. Capt. 10. J. McL1eod. Auxiliaries are as follows: I-lead q(uarters coipany. Greenville. Capt. G. I. Malon (regimental adjutant); supply company. Greenville, Capt. W. 10.. Seybt ; Machine Gun comipany. An derson, Capt. Ralph Raner. Citadel Unit of Training Corps. Special front Washingtor, -- Six units of the reserve officers' training corps, live in the senior division and one in the junior. havi been eitablish ed at various educational instAutions by army orders made public The Citadel at Charleston is one. Each of the institutions has coi plied with the requirements of army organization bill which created the corps antd the units establishoe:1 will be infantry detachments. The law requires that schools or colleges coming under the net include a two year compulsory m'iitary course for all male students physt: ealy Iii for 'th v'rk. The it.stitu tions ramed are the tirst to be awart\. ed unI'ts. ThhId recognition of the Citadil by the war department will be good news in South Carolina and is another in dication of its high position with the federal authorities. Roughage Brings Good Price. Roughage is pelling in South. Caro. lina markets at prices exceedingly t'rofitabie to those \vfo hlave grown a surplus for their own needs. Alfalftp is quoted from $20 to $25 a ton, th6digh this feed is not for' safe genersially over ..t tct, Peavilles are oifered int mots maicets. Rluling figures [gz these are $19 and $20. NoltIng alike a salldard pie hits beent establishead foJr clOveLrHs uid ixed grasses, be. cause of thte Scni'eiy of theset. Oaf struaw is quotedi in fllost places at $1It* a tont. Cot tont-seedi htfliM s.ti over a 'ontsiderable ranige or prfee4, he. avet. age of wvhic-h is $18 a tont. Organizing For Fsem Loans. Althbough the numiber of farm lofts assoc-iat lbftR Organtized~ its the stte htas already exceeded thte expectaitiont of 10. J. WVatsont, comtmissionetr of ogriculture, he says that bodica are stiti organt".ing dlaily. Several Were organtized in Chesterfild County last week and one- at thte followinig places: Antioclh, ont te fine between Kershaw attd L~ee counties: Abbeville ; Page. landt, IHeltont, Pat rick. (Chesterfild county, and two or three others. Many other localities haitve applied0( to thte (com1missionter for' inform~natIion. War on Boil Weevil. Goy. Manning htas n aece pted an in vit at Iont to deli vet-rt addreses at bll waa'vi Ieonferences whtich are to be htetld, unider lthe auspices of the Btank I of WVest ernt (Carolinta at Ai ken. IBarn't. well anid Lexing o't in thte netar fu-. lture. W. Wi. Lontg, hteadi of the die. mons)tt rat in forces of (lemtson col lege, antd two of itis experts Iindt NIrs. (1. ii. Mat this of Gad sden. Ala., a pre lpredntess ortor (t. will atlso at tendt thte (ottferentce. Appoints Trustees of Reformatory. Gov-. Manniing htas aipointted the following trustees of t'te Souath Care lina lItdustrial schtocl, at Florentce: Allen J1. Graham of Greentvilio to suc coed ('. 10. St. Amendc, resaignted, aitd Harntey C. (latry of Gaffney tto .ucceed Wi. I .. Sett lemyer,. deceased. Secretary Grants New Charters. The Contman Rlealty company of Columbia htas beent commission~ed wvith a catpital of $1,000. The peti ti lners are: W. J. Contway and A. B. Manning. Tihe D~orchtester lodIng company of C'olumbia htas beenu commistsionedl by te secretar'y of state with a (ap. tial of $5,000 to (do a genteral real es. tate butsintess. The' petitioners are: Ashley C. Tobias, Jr., andt J. I.. Nettles. The Blue Ridge Developmentt com. patty of Pickens has beena chartered with. a- capialt of en 00a '1I DN'T SF'ER, 1 ANY MORE "Feel Like a New Peron; says Mrs. Hamidton. New Castle, Ind.-"From the time I was eleven years old until I was seven-e teen I suffered each month so Ihad to be In bed. I had head ache, backache and such pains I would cram p double every month. I did not know what It-was to be easy a minute. My health was all run down -and the doctors did not do me any good. A neighbor told my mother about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Itook it, and now I feel like a new persop. I don't suffer any more and I am regular every month. "-Mrs.HAZEZ. HAMILTON, 822 South 15th St. When a remedy has lived for forty years, steadily growing in popularity and influence, and thousands upon thousands of women declare they.owe their health to it, is it not reasons, ble to believe that it is an article of great merit? If you want special advice write to Lydia . E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confldontial), Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strk. confidence. Large Boffle - For 25* When you buy '" Yager s Lini ment you get splendid valuel The large 25 cent bottle contains four times more than the ustua bottle of lini ment sold at that price. Try it for rheumatism, neuralgia. scac sprains, cuts and bruises. At all dealers - price 25 cents. YAGRfEWS INIMENT GILBERT BROS. & 0O. Baltimore, Md. TufS. Pis stimulate the torpid liver, strengthen the digestive organs, regulate the bowels. A tr= edy for sick headache. Unequaled as Ua AN1I-BiIOUS MEDICINE. Elegsntly sugar cated, 8al dos.isrc t.ks ",j foituni -1ur hon Wi Nittering tl'e= nosfuijala, C' dear- nlain."1,1 "Mercy me, docior ! I never dreamed it Was so -serious as aill that. I thought thet boy n1gf; im~~t~portanlt to Mothers EAxamin*e~arefully every bottle of IA, that famous 0o remedy Sfor infant~ and chijiren, and see that it Bears the. Signatsure of In Usee for Over 30 Yegtre. . Children Cry for Fletchdr's Caetoria MetEaters' Backache Meat lovers are apt to have back nc'hew and rheumatie attacks. Unless. ypu do heavy work and get lots of fresh air, dion't, eat too much meat. It's rieo; in nirogerl and helps to form uric acid -a solid poison that irritate the nerves, flamage. the- kidneys afid often causes dropsy, gravel and urinary die orders. Doan's Kidney Pills help weak kidneys to throw off uric acid. Thouisandls recommend them. A North Carolina Case "EveryPture A r in g t onsend, Jells aiSoy" Greensboro, N. C.. says: "I had such a disease thatIk din't think I would get rid of it. The pains in I _ unbearable almi / was hard for me to * stoop. My kidneys acted far too freol y. Doan's Kidney Pilla froim the first that I on11iued using them and was restored to good health. It hasi been several years since I have hin any further trouble from my kid Get Dean's at Any Stoe. 60e a Bos D OA N'*S "3 FOSTER-MILBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y. H1.asjor, hate ' in ti r bee steadiyt chti thoa tand ung %iitatin i., No otliher r has suh aoo reimaka ble rh oft idn es.op hr .d Strbo n. c