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THE MAKER OF BANDAGES A diamond is not the hardest thing in the world. A diamond will cut glass and bore through case hardened tempered chrome steel, but glass and steel, the d1iamond itself too-are soft compared to some things.The hardest thing in he world is a hard woman. Mrs. Britt was such a woman. I have seen hard women in my time. but rever one who was herder. She smile : -eldom, and when she smiled it was like the glitter of ice. She spoke in-requently, and wher she spoke her speech was the tinkle of hail on slate roofing. She did not look as if she had L-e- wept in her life. Every morning Mrs. Britt appeared at the Red Cross auxialiarv in upper , t arriv in the morning, the last to leave at night. No one knew much about her, though. She was not the sort that make confidences. But th.t she was a work-r-a hard worker-no one would dispute. Efficiency, as you would sup pose, was a trait of Mrs. Britt's. Efficiency-dreadful word that!How often hard women are efficient! How often efficient women are hard! She was both, Mrs. Britt. The moment she came in at the door she had her hat and jacket off. The next instant she was at her place, her mouth set, grim, austere and hard-hard at work.Prob ably she did her work only from a sense of duty. Hard wonten always profess that trait. Duty, duty! But, then, few women are as hard as Mrs. Britt. In contrast to her was Mrs. I'arlow. She was soft and womanly and gentle -the exact opposite. She was not very efficient, of course, thou1rh she tried. - Day after day Mrs. Farlow sat a': the work table, her mouth quiv ering. smiling wistfully, the tears starting in her eyes. The bandages that came from her were often soiled and rampled,opoorly sewn, too, by her poor little trembling fingers. It was a worder she could even see to sew at all. Again and again what she turned in had to be thrown away. But no one reprimanded her. No one ever let fall a hint that she was more of a burden than a help. The hearts of all those women. ached with womanly pity for the poor, stricken mother. Once in awhile, though, in: her corner at the back of the room Mrs. Britt would turn around and throw a glance at her. The glance* was as hard as rocks-harder, in fact. Mrs. Farlow had a son in the Rain bow division. The son was the oldest' of her four c>iMren, and until he went away the litle mother had been the happiest woman ,in he world. Now any. day he might be ordered off to France. His picture was in the locket she; wore. Every half hour she would stop. her work to look at it. Sometimes, her' face wistful, she would show it to the. other workers, voicing the anguish. that with every waking breath she drew twanged hollowly in her moth ers' heart. One afternoon Mrs. Farlow's oldest daughter came hurrying in. Her face was white. She had just learned that~ the Rainbow division ha4 been order ed overseas. Mrs. Farlow rose, her face tragic., One glance she gave about her, then she collapsed, sinking to the floor. In her fall she overturned a huge pile of antiseptic gauze just torn into squares for Triangulars No. 13. The room instantly was in confu-. sion. Instantly every one sprang to the mother's aid-that - is, every one but Mrs. Britt. She rose and rescued the bandages under foot. Then, her face hard as nails, grimly Mrs. Britt wen back to he. work. When Mrs. Farlow, still stricken, was led away to her car outside the drab figure in the corner was plugging away as mechan ically and methodically as ever. The one glance she threw over her shoul der at the weeping woman was almost n4emptuous. A htard woman, Mrs. Britt; a heart .less ume, too, it was agreed. For days nothing was seen at the :auxiliary of Mrs. Farlow. It was un -derstood that in her grief and appre *hension she was j.U in bed. Then one ~amaraoon , pallid and quivering, she me in at the door, She smiled wist 'fully when the others gathered about' her. "Let me work," she appealed plaintively. "Work may help me not to think." She took a bandage and tried to sew. She made poor work of it, how ever. Then her head sank on her breast and the bandage slipped from her hands. "I can't--oh, I can't!" she wept. Once more she was lead away. The same thing happened three or four days later. A week later the mother wandered in again. By now the first of the troops were in the trenches, and her pale, transparent, face was like a wraith's. She took a banda.ge; she tried to sew, and for a third time Mrs. Farlow gave in. "Oh, my boy, my boy!" she wailed. - et >astant a face was thru-t inohr.The face was Mrs. Britt's, and the hard. bony, visage was quiv eing with ill concealed anger and con Britt. With one hand she thrust Mrs. Farlow back on her chair; with the other she thrust at her the half fin ished bandage. Her tone as grim as her face, she spoke, and again the sound of it was like hail pattering on slate. "You're not thinking of yout son," she said. -You're just thinkin of yourself." There was a murmur of remon strance. Mrs. Britt heard it. and shc flashed a look about her. But wher she spoke it was to Mrs. Farlow she spoke. "You're not the only mother in this war," she said. "If you thouiht a lit tle more about them and a little les about yourself you'd be doing some hing. You'd be helping your son. fo: one thing." "Why, what do you mean?" gaspef Mrs. Farlow. Mrs. Britt smiled aather adamant icy smile. "Your son wouldn't die for want o' care. Any one of those bandages I'v< seen you ruin might save his life. Ani one of them might save the life oJ some other mother's son." Mrs. Farlow shrank as if she ha. been struck. She'd never thought of i1 that way before. The silence, the grim reserve. whicf had cloaked Mrs. Britt seemed for z moment to quit her. I "have no son, she said, her flinty voice biting out the words. "I had one, but he died al Guantanamo. It was in the Spanis! war," snapped Mrs. Britt, "and ther( were no bandages-nothing. That's why he died. That's why I am her( now. It's to keep otlpr women-moth (rs-frm becomin, tle scr: of wom an I am." A harsh. brit:] laugh es <caped her. "Oh. I knov: w.au. iou thinv of me. I've heard what you said. Well," said Mrs. Britt, "my son would n't have died like that maybe if I had n' sat around sniffling and snuffling, never doing a thing." Then, her lips drawn into a bony smile, she glanced about her once more and stalked back to her place in the corner. That night Mrs. Farlow rose from her place at the bandage table and .ot ght the table at the back. For the first time that day Mrs. Farlow had managed to create half a doren ban i ages, none of which had to be thrown away. Timidly she held out a hand to the drab, dingy figure in the corner. "I-I've done better. today," she said timidly. Mrs. Bri+t looked up at her. Out of the cornE r " one glassy eve some thing welled, then fell, running slowly own her cheek. "He was only twenty. He was all had," said Mrs. Britt. + It Helps! ? There can be no doubt as to the merit of Cardul, the woman's tonic, in the treatment of many troubles p~eculiar to women. Te thousands 4. +of women who have been helped by Cardui in the past 40 years, is conclu Isive proof that it is a good medicine for women wosuffer. It should + help you, too. CARDUI~ +. The Woman's Tonic + Mr.N.'E. Varner, of Hix, Ten, writes: "I was 'through th .. y and+ sides were terrible, and jmy sufferinginecba Tble. I can't tell juthow and where I hr,about Iall over I thin...I I Ibegan (hardui, and my pamnsgrew less andles utlIwscured. Ia Srman a$onfOr + SI do all my housework." TyCarduJi, today. E-76J Our Accuracy Quality Service give you "Well Fitted Glasses" T. A. W. ELMGREN Optometrist and Optician 1207 Hampton Street Columbia, South Carolina. J. B. JO.NES DIES AT INFIRMARY :th Mr. I. B. Jones, a well known busi ness man of this city, died at the Florence Infirmary last night follow ing an operation for appendicitis. It E was said that peritontes set in after the operation, causing his death. '.. Jones became ill on Monday andi on Thursday :s p:ysicn wh to enter Infirmary. His rather sudden death came as a great shock to the family and to his numerous friends in Florence. The remains will be taken to his old home at Winnsboro th tonight. and the funeral and inter-e ment will be held here tomorrow. E Mr. N. P. Jones, father of the de ceased and Messrs. J. V. Horne ant, E. R. Horne, brothers of the NIrf. C, Jones, all of Winnsboro arri%-ed her i tz yesterday nnd with the family wiil accompany the body to Winnsboro. Mr. Jones was 49 -cars old. He was born in Kershaw County. When: ni a young man he entered the service ti of the Singer Sewing Machine Con-; pany, and has been one of the most faithful as well as successful employ ees serving the company in his home town, later at Columbia and Chester t and finally at Florence. He moved je here in 1907. Mr. Jones was active i both in business and in church affairs, and was a member of several frater- m nal organizatior.- L. di prominent. Mr. Jones leaves a widow and the following children: Lieutenant Luther; Jones of the United States Marines;d Miss Mamie Jones and three small F boys, Leslie J. B., and James. aged eight, ten and twelve respectively. CAMPAIGN TO CONSERVE CHIL DREN! Conservation is the war measure. J For the saving of di.ffrent kinds of, food a whole adininistraion has been Tc created but we have been in war a of year and it rem..ins fer this committee e to start a campaign for the conserva tion of all-children. The success de pends upon reaching the greater num ter of children. This is what our com mitee is paricularly able to do-. We must see that the children of the pre children wi llaebks aonitptorteoniaaoi te sent are properly prepared to take the m place of those who are bein n.owed la down in Europe. These chilkren will be asked to solve the many social and economic difficulties developed by th,--; war. If there is any greater patrio- P tic duty for our home guard than toF safe guard the welfare of the nation's P children. It is estimated that '200,000 in from preventable diseases. We hope to save 100,000 lives this year. South Carolin'a quoto is f,149, under the; school a-ze. Tou may apply to Miss Julia 'd. Ir by at Laurens, S. C., Chairman of the Department of Child \w elfare, \ 0 en's Committee, or to Childrer -au Washington, D. C.. for cards for this work. After the nation's soldiers are pro vided for the second year of the' war hould be dedied by the civilian p- p lation to preserdine the lives of the nation's children.. HAIL INSURANCE. With the high cost of everything hat will enter into the -production of the present crop, you cannot afford to be without protection against hail, by insuring with the Fairfield Mutual Hail Insurance Company. R. Y. TURNER, President. HUGH S. WYLIE, Secretary OR SALE-Two hundred bushels of peas. Several pure varieties, bal ane mixed peas. W. L. Kirkpat FOR SALE-Two 1916 Model Ford Touring Cars in good condition. Aiken Motor Co., Winnsboro, S. C. MR SLE BY OBEAR DRUG COMPANY CANDIDATES' CARDS. The News and Herald will carry short announcement cards in each is sue from the date of insertion till the irst Primary. For County offices the charge will be S5.00; for State and District offices the charge will be $7.50. These charges are payable in For County Superintendent of Edu cation. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of County Superin tendent of Education, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. I pledge myself to abide by the result of the primary and support the candi dates of the party. Having had 15i years' exprenfce as a supeintident of~na sTh, fel qaua'tified te seus' in is capacity. Thos. M. Seawell. I am a candidate for reelection to e office of County Superintendent of lucation, subject to the action of the !mocratic party. W. W. Turner. FOR CONGRESS. > th Democratic Voters of the Fifth District: I respectfully ask to be renomina d and re-elected to Congress from is District and agree to abide the sult of the Democratic Primary ection. I will not be able to spend much ne in the District this summer, be use of the great amcan; of impor nt legislation growing out of the ar situation, but will attend meetings the District whenever possible. it absolutely essential for Congress en to be at their posts at this Me. W. F. Stevenson. SUPERVISOR I hereby announce my candidacy for! e office of County Supervisor, sub et to rules governing the primaries this State. I pledge myself if elected to give y entire time and energies to the aies of the office. Respectfully, J. G. Wolling. I hereby announce myself a candi Lte for the office of Supervisor of airfield county, subject to the action the Democratic primary. M. C. Boulware. I hereoy annouce myself a candi te for th. office of Supervisor, :ub ct tz the action of the Democratic -imary. pledging myself, if .leced, give all my time to the duties - f the Rce (public roads, bridges, institu nduct the affairs of our county in e most economical manner possible. Respectfully, G. G. Steele For Legislature Believing that the people should in rest themselves in selecting the best en to represent them in the Legis tur, we, the many friends of Mr. J. Hanahan, believing that he pos sses qualifications in every way ting him for the office respectfully ,esent his name to the voters of airfield County for this important sition, subject to the rules govern g the Democratic Party. 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