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6 BLIND STUDENT WINS HONORS Louisville Roy Elected to Plii lleti Kappa at Columbia University. New York Herald. Among the names of those to b< elected to the high honor of Phi Be ta Kappa at Columbia this week ap pears that of Calvin S. Glover, bliiu student. The students are elected t< this honorary fraternity only for th< highest attainments in studes, am It Is only 20 out of a class or mori than 150 who can achieve this pin nacle. It is therefore a remarkabh feat when a student who has had t< fight his way against the handicaj of total blindness is elected to tht ranks of honor students. Mr. Grover, who is 2 5 years old is the second blind man to receiv* " this honor at Columbia University The first man to be elected was Abraham Berinstein, who has a remarkable career at the Morningside Height? institution. But his distinct success has been well seconded by Mr. Glover. Not only did Mr. Glover makf his mark in his studies, and especially in courses of music under Frank E. Ward, associate director at Columbia, but he soon became one ol the most popular men in his classes The honor that is to be conferred on Glover on Wednesday, however, has not come without a long, hard struggle on his part. Glover was horn blind in Louisville, Ky. He showed great talent for music, and every opportunity was offered to him to assist him in grasping the technique of the organ and piano. Before his majority was reached he had attracted attention for his finished execution. Glover's one ambition seems to be to become proficient to a high degree in music, and it was with this Ahlort tn iHow thnt >10 colppfpil Pnlinn bla University. In spite of his blindnesB he was not discouraged by the authorities from entering the University, for Glover is the fifth blind man to receive a degree from there. Upon entering the University Glover specialized in music, although he also took a full course of studies. He was assisted in his studying by having some one read to him. but he also did a great deal of reading from raised type. He makes up in his hearing for his lack of sight. One of his specialties is tuning pianos. He has earned many a penny tuning pianos on Morningside Heights, and is always selected to tune the pianos in Hartly and Livingston halls, the University dormitories. The Vanishing Lass. Pictorial Review. This is a straight-from-the-shoulder talk to the fathers of young girls. We hope mothers will read it also, but we want them to pass it on to their husbands without fail. The American father needs a jolt. And 11119 i? a juu iidiiut'u ii win uur iniuri to another. We are not giving to deploring the passing of "the good old days." We believe that many decayed and useless customs have been cast aside, and that today carries much to admire and rejoice over. But we have made a mistake in letting our girls grow up too fast. There is neither meekness nor shadow in the eyes of Miss Sixteen today. Neither is she exactly what you would call "sweet." She is "smart" and amusing, but she does not bring a tremulous smile to the lips of old age nor fill the hearts of men, young and old, with the fine old desire to protect and screen her from all that might hurt or contaminate. Her bearing announces an independence that is too asserive There is nothing reluctant about her feet. Thither they press eagerly toward the dress, manners, customs and pleasures designed for those who have plucked ripe fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. We men are nroud of this new girl's spirit, of ln-r achievements in the classroom, of her resourcefulness and adaptability when economic conditions fo.n ? her into our factories, stores and offices. We smile at her good-humoredly and say, "Go to it, girlie," when she elbows her way into the crowded lunchroom or trolley. Rut we misR the shadow in her eyes, the lily in her h^nd, and we do not like to think of her as a wife for our son. If we stop to analyze her position in the general scheme of life, we think vaguely that she belongs in a class of her own; the class that must hold its own in the stern workaday world. Perhaps in preparing their daughters for the grinding, pitiless contact with those who toil, parents have taught girls at once too much and too little?too much of how to protect themselves from the evil of others, too Utile of how to flee the evil in itself. And so, flaunting her preparedness, this type throws off the mysterious veil maidenhood, melting into womanhood. An Advertisement is a Challenge. By Holland. The man who advertises is fearless, He courts the light He dares ail and sundry to put him to the test. "This is what I offer," he says in effect. "Can you beat it? Can you do better elsewhere? Make comparisons and then do business with me only if you find it is to your advantage." There is nothing hidden about the advertiser. He stands up for himself, for his goods, for his reputation, for his town. He wants everybody to know him, to know his meth ods of business and bis manner of treating customers. This makes It safe to do business with him. Having spent much money making his name known, he cannot afford to have it tarnished, and he will go much more than halfway in an effort to correct a misunderstanding that is not of his making. He wants to tell more than the hare truth, to do more than what is really square. Deal with advertisers for a square deal. To cure a Cold in One Day rnkeCAXATIVK BROMO Quinine. It stops the cough and Headache and work* off the Cold. Druggist* refund money if it fails to cure, it. W. CROVtC'S signature on each box. 25c. STATE'S OLDEST PRINTER. ' Distinction is ( lniincil lor Samuel A. Drown, of Dennettsville. 8 Pee-Dee Daily. Se\eral papers have been discusj sing the question of who is the oldest , printer in the Caroiinas, and so far - the nalm is held by Samuel A. Drown 1 of Bennettsville. i Mr. Brown began setting type in . Darlington in October, 1853, and has > been at the case for 60 years this , fall. He is now 76 years of age. > Mr. Brown came to Bennettsville > in 1877, and became edtior and publisher of the Marlboro Democrat, which was Malboro county's leading ! paper for many years, and at times the county's only paper. He coniinu. ed to publish the Democrat till he . sold it iti 1008 to John C. Dees and ; his son. Percy M. Dees. After running 5 the paper several months, the Messrs. . Dees sold it to R. L. Freeman, and . it was consolidated with the Pee-Dee . Advocate. ; Mr. Brown retired from the uews. paper business when he so'd The ' Democrat, but he continued, and still continues, to assist his sou Walter I W. Brown, in his job printing office, whenever he feels inclined to set a \ few sticks of type. And he can set ( about as much, and as well, as any . modern printer that can be found. Occasionally Mr. Brown still con! tributes to the press, and has fur. nished many items for the Advocate . and Daily. Mr. Brown and his wife, who has been a real helpmate to him through his long useful life, reside in a i comfortable home of their own in the southern part of Bennettsville, quitely enjoying life's eventide. Their children are all married, and they have a number of interesting grandchildren whom they always delight to have around them. We trust that they may be spared for many years, and that Mr. Brown's successors in Marlboro journalism may reach his age, and wear their years as worthly. For (ho Common Good. Houston Post. We shall watch with considerable interest the progress of that new movement in South Carolina, because it seems to be fraught with boundlose nnssihillties for good. We al hide to the Conference for the Common Good, which is to assemble in Columbia next month. This conference is to be a perpetual organization of men and women who are devoted to the welfare of the state. Every county Is to be represented and an effort is to be made to co-ordinate energy and intelligence for the purpose of achieving material results. "They will come," The Columbia State informs us, "for neither private gain, nor personal aggrandizement. but for the purpose of planning for bettering the condition of all the people; for bettering conditions of health and wealth; for increasing educational advantages, improving home surroundings and, in a word, generally contributing to the peace and happiness of South Carolinians." It is to be hoped that the politicians will he invited to remain away. Such a council ought to be participated in by broad minded citizens of every' walk of life, and if a candid discussion of conditions be had we feel sure that in the end South Carolina will reap incalulable benefits. A Conference for the Common Good ought to be assembled in every ' state in Dixie. It ought to take up j living conditions and deal with them intelligently and earnestly. Such subjects as good roads, rural home lite, living conditions among the negroes, public health, agricultural education. the country schools, the compensation of teachers, enforeement of law and many others affecting a state's welfare ought to be considered. The time has come when the people themselves must take such mat ' ? 1 tern in nanu, uisit-uu m ^. the politicians to do so. When the people begin to take note of matters affecting their every day life, the politicians will not be long getting in line. If the politicians have been indifferent in many respects, it is because the people themselves hftve been indifferent. This getting together of the people is a good thing. Suppose occasionally in Houston the citizens were to gather in the auditorium to discuss subjects vital to the common 1 good. Isn't it probable that before long we should witness a new birth of civic pride, a deeper concern for cleanliness, public health and sanitation, and isn't it probable that there would result a more general co-operation in all things pertaining to the progress and welfare of the city? A state or community benefits wiien each citizen feels that he is in deed a part of the state, that he is personally concerned in all material, moral and sociological conditions affecting its life or progress. We need throughout the South that awakened interest which makes of the individual unit a force for good. It makes for efficient citizenship, wholesome living conditions, cleaner politics and better government. Every man and woman of a state ought to feel a personal interest in the conmcn feoo.i, ond good jf all and each shoni I do something to >romjt* it. We hope South Carolina hac started something that will uc so 1 poteut an iulucnce in uplirtii.-f, the life of th? So-.th that her sister wii? aoopi me uea a-ju mase o? of it. The Best Medicine in the World. "My little girl had dysentery very had. I thought she would die Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her, and I can truthfully say that I think It is the best medicine in the world," writes Mrs. William Arvls, Clare, Mich. For sale by all dealers. T?Lhj -UAJN (JAcSTrJK JNI^ The Progressive Son at Home. E. S. Brigham, Vermont, in Rural New Yorker. < I have been very much interested in the discussion of the problem of the conservative father and the pro- J gressive son. Some years ago, when I was a boy in the high school, and J was trying to decide the question as to what I would take up for my life s work, I corresponded with Mr. A. W. Cheever, one of our most successful j* Eastern farmers, who was for many ' years a contributing editor to The ? New England Farmer. Mr. Cheever ; wrote me a sketch of his life, a portion of which I now copy as a con- r tribution to the discussion of the v case of a conservative father and a progressive son. "I have tried to be more than an * average farmer, because in my part * of the country the farmer is not | looked upon as quite the equal of business men or of those in the professions. I believed that farming B well and intelligently followed would enable one to live such a life as one need not be ashamed of. I a have never regretted my choice. 0 Your outlook appears far better than 8 mine did when at your age. My father's was a small, poor farm and s not productive. I left home at 19, n because I wanted a little money for 8 my work, so that I could feel that I had a dollar of my own. My father did not see how he could pay me n wages, and besides he thought I had e no right to expect any till I was 21. e He said if I could not be contented to work at home for board and such clothes as he could afford me I might p go somewhere else to work, which I accepted. I went upon a market . garden and milk farm combined, and stay with father, and did so as long v as he lived and I have never been 0 sorry I did so. He was very happy c, in his later days seeing the great j| improvements made, and for the first j< time in his life had more money than was immediately needed to meet p bills. Father's failing had been in j, going over too much land for the j{ crops produced. My ideas were in 3 the direction of larger crops on j smaller areas; intensive farming. | ? We made the farm keep a cow to the I f( acre. I have enjoyed my farm work ^ well when I could see improvements Q going on that paid, and I have enjoy- _ ed my newspaper work when it has a, helped me to be a more successful j_ or better farmer." I expressed a hope that the ending of the controversy between the conservative father and the progressive son will be as happy as was the partnership of Mr. Cheever and his father. About the Tires. Anderson Mail. Col. K. H. Aull, writing in the Newberry Herald and news, after a visit to several cities at a distance, takes occasion to say: "And talk about your clean city, your clean streets, and your beautiful parks and trees?Washington is the place to see them; all the?e things and more. Columbia had j beautiful trees and streets and small parks in the streets?I say had them, because I noticed the other day when I was there that the beautiful shade trees, that it took generations to grow, and that it will take generations to replace, were being cut down. In Washington, in the same class of streets, the trees are being planted and are being protected." Pnmmontlnor livwiit thiu I Courier of Walhalla ways: "The officials of Columbia ought to he ashamed of themselves. They ought to know that the trees of a municipality are public property; they ought to take a trip out into the world and note how thinking people look after Nature's beauties. What a pity the officials of our Capital City are so short-sighted and provincial." We present these views of our neighbors to the officials of the city of Anderson. We do not believe in letting trees block the coming of development, but we do believe that care should be shown in the matter of cutting down the trees. What Anderson needs is an experienced landscape architect to come here and thin , out some of the treeB we have on the streets and lawns. This may be done without any hurt to the city and will improve the trees that are li.ft Food for reflection never satisfied a hungry man. How's This? We offer One Hundred DolUre Reward for any caae of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo. 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 year*, and believe him perfectly honorable In all bualneaa transactions and flnnnclally able to carry out any obligations made by hla flrin. NAT. BANK OF COMMERCE, Toledo. Ohio. I Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blond aud mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Frlce 75 cents per bottle. Hold by all Druggist*. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. iVS, JULY 29, 1913. PEACEFUL SUFFRAt* ETTES. Ureal Pilgrimage of Non-Militants " to London Town. London. July 26.?Many thousand 3 ion-militant suffragettes paraded London this morning as a preliml- Wh lary to a great service In St. Paul's Let '"athedral and a subsequent demon- yoi ttration In Hyde Park. The suffragkftp? in pmnlntinn nf thplr Amprlnnn it was there that I made up my mind that I would be a farmer, but a bet- Jj ter one than my father had been. I engaged at $13 a month and board, j1 and worked from April 1 to the last of August, when I was taken down ^ with a fever which lasted six weeks. * My folks took good care of me and , I came out all right, but aid not get x 8t to work much that year. The p next year I worked at home for $8 n a month, enough ray father said to * get me a 'freedom suit.' I told my 1 father that year that if he would a change methods and farm better so ? he could afford to pay me wages I 1 would stay at home. Some changos ? were made, and I remained at home, 1 but it was very hard for father to a work differently from what had been J1 his custom. It was a constant strug- ' gle for several years, but as profits increased he finally yielded and I >* had things much my own way. At g the end of 10 years he became quite ? proud of our success in improving 1 the farm. During those years I had 1 two tempting offers to go on to large p farms as foreman hut I derided to listers who inarch to Washington to .. nfluence legislation favorable to the mffrage cause, attracted much atentlon, converging on London along If 1 he five great roads which end at the nansion house, center of the British ? * vorld. sPf Every constituency In *he court Wh ent ifpresentatlves. The small de- Glv achments of suffragettes who origilally started from Land's End and fohn-O-Great's?the two uttermost jf , imlts of the island?were augmentd on the way until they formed ;reat columns. The women started out on June Let 8. They were cordially received In gju 11 parts of the country, clergymen. jyje( ollege professors and other men peaking at their meetings. At the road the trade unionists ^yjj ave proof of their loyalty to the wonen by forming an escort for a ?pej peaker who was addressing a hoslle audience, j^e No untoward incidents marred the larch and when the women reach- j0j, d London they made n triumphal ntrv. , You Should Help. . ? "lorence Times. Don't blame the paper for not aving the news items that you think hould be there. How is the newsiaper to know unless you tell it? 'he newspaper reporter comes lighty near being a mind reader, ut is not quite , The newspaper rants the news and thanks its riend for each item of interest to , he people. You must not think i hat you are left out because the ; taper is indifferent to you and your ffairs. All of its friends look alike o a newspaper and it cannot tell he difference between a friend and n enemy by his looks and does not ! are to know its enemies' Identity, or they can't hurt it materially. If j ou have anything that will be of in- | erest to the neighborhood tell us bout It, no one will think you imuodest or blowing your own trumpet or notoriety's sake. Keep us posted on who is with ou and what you are doing for the ood of the country. Rid Your Children of Worms. You can change fretful, ill-temered children into healthy, happy oungsters, by ridding them of rorms. Tossing, rolling, grinding f teeth, crying out while asleep, aoompanled with intense thirst, pains i the stomach and bowels, feverihness and bad breath, are sympsms that indicate worms. Klck*00 Worm Killer, a pleasant candy jzenge, expels the worms, reguites the bowels, restores your chilren to health and happiness. Mrs. . A. Brisbln, of Elgin, 111., says: 1 have used Klckapoo Worm Killer 3r years and entirely rid my chilren of worms. I would not be wlthut it." Guaranteed. All druglsts, or by mail. Price 26c. Kick poo luaian Medicine Co., Phfladelhla and St. Loala. J* Bb Nature never \ ^ s knew a better )*r0 soft-drink than^ PEPSI-Cola I t/ Refreshes and / i *.u ? UUCI1LI1C511UI31 A I More you taste nature likes it. if/ In Bottle* or At Founts OC 'ep;i-Cola Bottling Works I Lancaster, S. C. ? THE TRUE BOOSTER. JJ pou l'ke the old town best Tell 'em so, ^ rou'd have her lead the rest Help her grow, 1 ten there's anything to do the fellows count on you, u'll feel bully whon lt'8 through, Don't von know' in i you want to make a hit, j I Get a name, bac the other fellow's It ^ Who's to blame? -r ind your money in the town cur ere you pull the sheckles down, 1 e the man who kicks a frown, aw' That's the game! me ?> j you're used to giving knocks ^ Change your style, ow bouquets instead of rocks gt For awhile. ac'j] the other fellow roast, my in him as you would a ghost, j)OJ ?t his hammer with a boast Cr? And a smile. pro say en a stranger from afar rep Comes along, . 1 him who and what we are, ' Make it strong, a..** n..? i Ne^ sum i UHiier, ucv**r uiuii, | . . 1 the truth, for that's enough, u the boosters?they're the stuff! I We beldhg. fcni ?Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. ? r=? A Que: Answe We have been i we are so enthusi FINE CAN Here is the rea receive regularly, ments by fast ex the Candy is mac before it is shipp insures satisfied Besides Nunnally have been favora for the past quart' and we do not back them with oi guarantee. Standard Di Agent for If We I YOI LAlNliASIUI W ' JM SHO They'll last you twice as 1< save you the price of a You have several pairs GIVE US A CHANCE SHOES IN OUR ! We mend them so well th< for a change-off. Visit c RepairJDepartment? it wi Old Shoes Take a Long Jn an soon as thev see our **( Gregory-Hood L . , M JDGE FOR YOURSELF ilch Is Better?Tr> an Experiment >r Profit by a Lancaster Citizen's Experience. something new is an experiment. Must be proved to be as representee statement of a manufacturer not convincing proof of merit. 3ut the endorsement of friends Is. s'ow supposing you had a had k. \. lame, weak, or aching one, Would you experiment on It? fou will read of many so-callod es, Endorsed by strangers from faray places. t's different when the endorsent comes from home. LW pi VTU 4VSl>C*a tco blUiVUJ lead this Lancaster case: 2. W. Slstare, merchant, Dunlap Lancaster, S. C., says: "My ba^ri^ ied and there were pains throuHB> loins and sides. Finally I URsar in's Kidney Pills which I got at iwford's Drug Store. They 1mved my condition greatly. I can that this remedy acta just as resented." ''or sale by all dealers. Price 50 ta. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, w York, sole agents for the UnlStates. lemember the name?Doan's? 1 take no other. ) 1 stion ;red isked why astic about JlJk (DIES | son*- -We fresh shippress, and Je the day >ed. This customers, s Candies bly known er century, hesitate to jr personal rug to. I Normally's j J ? Repair I JR I " ' i IE ES ong ? we'll probably new pair of shoes. "kicking around." : at your;old shoe shop ey'll come in handy >ur "CHAMPION" 11 interest you. mp Toward Newness | >hampion Machinery." ive Stock Co I t, s. c. I ( .a*?*.