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6 UNDER A LEOPARD OOODV^ *And Just Within the Reach of the K\tension ami I in | ' 'Jaws Of Death; D. Service W ' ... Bein COOL NERVE OF A BRAVE BOY ing the bill to app w ... , . . 0U0 for good road Courage. Pre.ence of Mind and a Luoky^,|nley of South Cj . Knife Thrust Put Kim Out of Peril, interesting remark Curious Experience With a Vicious - "It is a matter c Poi-r. Ir. o?..?u Ai-i-a - there is no <iuestit congress to enact t "Bulala" Taylor was one of the early Fiiilev said. "The settlers In the South African coyntry I'nited States sett that is uovv Matabelelaiul. lie Vus '01 l,li* ll ,. , power conferred 01 the Chartered company s right hand l)0stotlices an man in those days, and the natives the only question held him in wholesome respect More not it i> necessai than once he checked threatening dls- cougr? ->s to pass tl order almost single handed.'and when 'i vw?,'/ o'- te'-'e\isVever there was an uprising $ was Bu- necessity for its e> lala who took command of kbe white than glad to state forces. But this la a story^of Hulala of this lull I indi Jnnlor. his sou. a stocky Utile chip of >ontaiued in it am the old block. It happened during one hill of the father's absences In the tleid. t Next to religic The youngster, left in charge of the '"'0> por.a.u qi . ' . . . any country is tha family ooramtocortat, spent two or w*fthout adequate three evenings each week in hunting anj its ?And with invariable sncccsa, for he jvach the highest wm a -crack" shot, for all his 700th. , tion. L.ife In an isc One morning be was late?boor* late- of necessity circui Bis mother became anxious and sent whose products ct some Kaffirs out to take up his spoor, market without u A little way out they met his horse to which the trade nmping borne, shivering and bleeding ^ deve from many wounds. SVJStem has done IT The tittle baaa most be killed! 0"ne lhing in openi The Kaffirs were off along the track The develpoment ( mm fast as their feet would carry them, j the last 50 years They wanted to sare the boy's re- j remarkable facts c mains before the lion could eat them, 'its development an They found the remains?of a leopard (*ue almost direct] ?and Bulala Junior was calmlv skin-? ooun,r>" ? I>ro ntagthem. A few away was the torn carcass of a freshly killed back. essary to carry t In awe the Kaffirs squatted round farnis and faotori and with only the Interaction of an 0f production to tl oecnslonnl "Aougb!" of admiration The railroads, in 1 listened to the man-child's story. with products hroi "Insltnbe.'' said Bulala Junior, ad- and those products dressing himself to the oldest Kaffir, cases, he hauled i **you see the little doykerbok. I killed place of shipment him. and ho afterwnrd saved mv life, country s roads, t I thought tho bok would be enough c\.',p"r ?" lt' meat for all of us, and was slowly rid j P\l,r ViU?'l,r ,1! 1 f !rti In# borne. The ground was stony rtDd js t'|H, pr,.at farnii the bush thick. The sun msde me dependence of th drowsy, and 1 wasn't careful to look will receive the gri about me. The horse had to pick his Improvements mar way. Just a? be turned that big both I am glad to vot he almost run over this leopard. which can legltlni "I don't know which was most sur- on this class. prised, the horse or the leopard or L of i .li ,,'T The leopard had no time to turn back; to 49,3 he 3t had to spring. Before my eyes bR aeen that t, could open and close twice the leopard ( benefits over haJT woe on my horse's shoulders, trying to country. The gVe; get a grip with his claws Into the bok lation, perhaps, a to front of dm. I has revolutionized The horse squealed end Jumped, is the establishme] my gun flew out of my bands, and I service. By it nei found myself lying on my back on the world Is brought t ground. The little bok was lying niunity. If good rc cross my stomach and legs, and the ,ifo 7, . . . j ..u ... find its way. thefe leopard waa clawing and biting htm ,)e J thp QK frantically. I felt the blood from his tod of HmtKra? body trickling through my shirt. In- towns an,i cities. slmbe, I was frightened! --jt has been sai . "From the corners of my eyes I saw the poiheers w ho * my rifle, hut It was too far off to reach try were home bul i Just had to lie and play dead. If I homes they built moved n mnscle and the leopard saw It of this country, a he would give me one blow and finish PV" today that thr? me. Once or twice be looked up at J*' than any other me. and through my half closed eyes ' K 1 '"'V* ur> ? ' t ,. . : . . . . . the breaking up o I .aw the blood dripping from his country> It is true Jaws. It was lucky he was so hungry., { believe general!) "At Inst bis hunger wore off. in- < States, tha aim he. He got to Ids feet, and came achcived a compel and smelled my face. Spots of thick although he may , blood dripped on to my cheeks. Oh. In surroundings to h< slmbe. did you ever lie and let a try, ho leaves the snake's tongue lick your facoV He the city. I believe breathed over me and Hinoiled me care embodied in this folly, then, satisfied I was^dead. went i back to his meal. r^, "For minutes wbicb seemed like 1 ^ | " Rj hours the leopard tore and ctwwwl ! and as he became less hungry he t)e I V* V came more pnrtlcnlnr. Two or three " " | times be changed bis position and each . T time 1 wunted to shout In fear. If I j / ""~~"" could onlv tret at m v hnntlm? knife i I You Wlalt To ( which 1 could feel In my belt; but I and Periianeni dared not move. 4^ "At last the beast began to dm# the WHyt'S WtM^dei'fl bok off me In order y> get a?1ts other 000 D0S6 Will Hide. Ab the bok-tffpped off I moved t with It an part of It. Awl I grasped ^ 1 . Ismy knife. Even then I dared not get . - " ?- | up. I Just waited and waited. At ; [ 2.1 last a chance came to make toy one J atnh. I was desperate, and I took it 2t ? The leopard stood op to stretch him- M y n self and looked away from me. ^ ^ Jf "1 Jumped to my feet aigl made a hkmd slash at kla hind quartern. Then b^1 I iprsat away; not a bit too aoon elthor. See my shirt lnstmbe? 7^ "Ha leaped on me and hla tors paw graasd me and threw me on my (tee Wonderful s . _ . . . . _ down throughout the c When 1 scrambled op agpln and ^>p|r have ukm it i reached my ride hp. had collapsed and nt??tind Ailnenu and __ 7 . nd are highly praliing waa snapping and spitting like a cat nffrrrr* have My wild cut had hamstrung bis near ^mrd rv?rv^wi hind leg. ,'m" i?i with Stomach "He only sat and snapped for an to- Uljnsnts. indigestion ... ... .. . . i ad Intestines, Dkti staat though; then the pain and anger ;>,iic Attacks, Torph Ttade him mad aud he rushed at ma on !tc.. should by all meai . stfiniarh 1 tire# )6fC8. Mdyr'f Wirndftful S T allot him Hoe bow the bsty la '*<rivrf1 "* !n n,r?st ?al . . . m - . M . . - __ - younave taken this Hf staged round the ballet hole, Insimbe?" t0 an4 assimii,.t ?Tooth's < Vnjpnnlon c I nrirt to pump pure re< , ihc tody. giving nrmm * and mnscls. lustre and a ners and color to the cot 4"piw" o ex snn, brilliancy to the brain. "At yoor age." said yoong Robert's and c .ff- rmr and thni< father, "I was compelled to wait and Remedy? "stating eat at the second table when we bad !< ? -bin* stomach ,ui _____ i'-. Mayr. Mfg. ChtrUT j ' ompany. vbicago. IU. ^ "Mother." the child remarked, "you r * hare often wondered where dad got ^I his to Me manners. Now we know."- W SEND FOR FREI Chicago Record-Hera Id. I Fashion Plate N , . . - . . _, I and the Famous 90 I McK ISSICK About 100 lakes in the Tyrolese Alps f trMtin, lhe .Se.,Pi have subsided and disappeared within 1.2 a jp the last cetrfnry. I p q.'bqs 102? THE LANCASTER NEWS, CJ "RTT T keeping that class of people in the n ' country. With our improved facili- c [MPORTANT ties for delivering fne mail, with tho n telephone with good roads, the time t * will come when the country will be ti much more thickly populated than t irovement of(R. F. at present; and the question I ask".I t ill be One of s of-the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. t Adair), will be true-r-that with a pop- g I'flts. ulation twice as great as it is now, a , .* i" with good roads everywhere, With Ji o. ij. A uay ot runti carriers able to make-their de- it house was consider by .lutomobne -tht>re w,n ,.Ke ropriate $-5,01 )- ^ hiany localitffcs more than one dels, Representative ?very a.day lirol na made some "Hotter roads would also enaide c s on the subject. the farmer to sell his goods ?t marit gratification that prices. The farmer of the pres- f m ot the power of ^nt <lav 0ften unable to take ad- . his legislation, Mr .*nnt:?.ito of tho prevailing puce; oi" -i constitution ot the fere(j for bis product by reason of hi; ., les that question. ^ iimbimy (,, them o market ex- -i nil come within the . , . ccitain times when let find" i congress to estab- ( l{,| u?, r(1.,,ls t.all j,e tea ' ? -l d post roads,' and .... ... I.,,.,, i. whi.tiinr or *^? other country today has as ,\ rv nil) nrmipr for ma,l>' miles of highway as has the f [is bill In 11,0 1,,to- w?<". Al?. II .mis. .? n,l,le,l ! s f the United States. that no other country has us . ,any < i wlien there Is no mlles of 1,iul highway as has the | II zeroises I am more "r1,lQt^1 states In this country of the a that in the matter ?'49 2 xV 5 <I,ni,P8 ?{ ?nl>; " arse the principles 1?0.6 , 6 miles are improved. l he mail s 1 shall vote for the fd ?n rurfal ro,u,'s ?\etr 1 0.18,113 miles of roadwav. At the r m and schools, the P^ent rate of improvement the day, p icstion confronting whe" a11 ?tbe a< 8 *!n b? P"1 ?? d it of transporation. *ood condition is too far disant or t facilities to move an>' of.U8 .to boPp *? 9up lt VPn ?ith I # federal aid the task :s too stupendous fc ; Si," ? ?? ???**<*,.,> J, The ? dated eomtnuiiltv is ??T" bnl- """ever. eo?ten?,lntes f .Jhej \ the improvement of only a limited <mscribed. A place . K , .. , . , ... ?... v.? number of miles each year, in cost aot o I... tiffleMitv d,,,i to exceed $25,000,000 per annum I p U nif ,f .h"> i,,i This will Improve only ? <-mall part of ' a in Jill-Vthe country's highways, but It will r t Thp Vat iron (i Prove a stimulus to the States and ? r communities to carrv on me the work ,?re,, ;V1\ e'ti so that in time we may hope to see a !( 'Wi P v\- S ? i i network of improved roadways reach- I of the West during entire area of the United ! r is one of the most Ci?i4.? .} >f historv, and both id its prosperity ar?? "I am always Rlad to support a bill c |v to the railroads. ?f such general benerit to all classes i li sperity depends to of citizens. However, It may he that ? n the railroads, its I shull wish that some of the pro- i rce which are iiec- visions of the present bill ;l?e .lari- I he products of its fi?d. On" of tliein I think, is subtan- s es from the point tially clear enough, but there, seems d uit of consumntion to ,H> *?me doubt about it.. On page a turn must be fed r?- ?" - 3. embracing llie roads l?r that f lglit from tli" farm, class, it reads: ,s : must, in nearly all "Class C shall embrace roads upon ^ n wagons to the which no incline is steeper than is ' The state of the reasonably necessary in view o." the J herefore, lias a <li- natural topography of tlie locality. * % commerce, and in with adequate drainage aiyi ample a ufTect the pries re- side ditches, with a ^kkIwuv con- 1? uer for his crop, lt structed so as t<a*iu!cKly shot water 1 j" ing class, the main nto the side ditties and lcetp crowned I ' lis country, which a?d compact^ by dragging or other I a oatest benefits from ndeouate iyfhns, so that it shall be * lr on the roads and rr-af-onabfc' passable Tor wheeled vt- ? ;e for any benefits hiries.]^ tatdly be conferred "This Is substantially the require- 0 metit of the postotllc'e department for ,266 people In this a read before they vs 11 inaugurate a he .rural population rural delivery servl :e. I do not mean 48,883. It ran thus that it follows word for word, but it s (resent bill directly !? practically the same an ?s requTieit s the people of this by the regulations and rules of the y atest piece of legls- department. I am of tlie opinion, in ^ ,nd the one which r>.id.nr. that pro via'on of ?h*j f'.l that v life In the country, it cojees in any 'air sense up to what v nt of rural mail j* niuired by tin? postofttce depart- r ,vs of the outside mant before a rural delivery service Is r ;o the country com- esia'dlshed, and Ibf.t sucli require- p ads were built, the mo its are substa'KiViy the same as p ? world would also the prfvisions of ( lass C, as provided and acjheck would in this.bUl. )vAru<>m, so general , "1 will add that if there i? any ng to the larger do.?bt s'bout it, I shall offer an amend- ' rr -in that all ?*oaJs o"er which rqfal 1 Id many times tliat d-drwry is mntata.'ned shall' trhless * came to this conn- the contrary be sijown come within ,c lldors. In.building ; that Cass. I! that is done, it will give. ( up the civilisation j nd if there is one j : i1 hi tens more strong- v ' _ j S3 Kidney Trkible? p SI Oil,YESflForgot!. UaTe the very best _ ... _ ~z. Thwr , it had in in- '.oun I You'll Soon Forgey Yours, After , farm and goes to Trying Wonde/ful ROOT that the principles JUICE. Giiaranteed. ' hill will result in } : . How would you llhf to forget your kid- l t j ney trouble, your Inckachs and those . - _ _ knife-like pains? oy>ry! Can you 1m- 1 ' IB agine what a relief i\. would be to know ' lB MtLv that you bad at last crtyt off that burden ? ? and could enjoy life ngaln? Think of , m ?^ mm going to bed at night fiVllnp that you _ DE7DK are going to sleep soundly! naturally and I ^ ^9 peacefully till morning, thai you're not going to feel the necessity off getting up half Obtain Complete ?"y-jr^Sj A | , , . t Results Try > I. /// ill Stomach Remedj I" J j ?151 ounfy. Many thounm , ,, lor fctonuirh, ^i*?r ar< * doren times an<l that when you awak? retfrt marvelous result you're going to feel rented, refreshed and It tdothirs. Aston Miltr ready for all the duties of the day?no re. Avr.l eves from os< backache, no shrencss. no palh, good aptfie \nd explain its trc petite, clear bead, full of energy, vim and JV 'Af fails and thos strength, i, Lies*. and Intaettna Will you test a medicine that has aei. Gas la ths fltomael compllshed all thin for other kidney sufInsss, Fainting Spalls ferers. some of Whofn had given up all J I.ivsr, Constipation hope of ever getting better? , Will yon iu try this remedy. Th test wonderful ROOT JUICTEJ for Just ten rrers who have take days on a positive guarantee? Will you tvmach Remedy hav lay aside all the uncertain things, all the tea a lasting one. Aftr things that have failed to help you. all rnedy you mould be abl the things you've been wasting your e yoSr food, enable th money on, your pills and your plasters I blood to every part c and try ROOT JU1CI3 without risking a ss and strength to fibr penny? sparkle to the eye, cleai You never saw anything work like tnplexion and activity an< ROOT JUICE In all your lire. You've a Do away with your paii grand surprise In store for you and a i often possible with evei surprise that Is going to bring more fity w<md*riui aiomnci and happiness Into your life than you'vo j literature and bookie I experienced in many a day. Try ROOT pienti sent we by Geo JITIOB this time and know what real rest, 154-156 Whiting St. lief is. tron't get side tracked on something else nn?T don't-fet anybody toll you . about something just as good. Nothing made Is Just ne good and you'll say so yourself when you've made the test. El Catalog-Circular H All good druggieta sell ROOT JUIOH 0. 1, copyrighted ' At one dollar per large bottle and they I D.,. Treatment end |j grantee It absolutely. It hftB got tO s M FT Hon I benefit and satisfy you Of back goes 1, ./icl.l nj y?ur money, Instantly the moment you hAirund .">kin with No. j a8|c for |t an(| not a wor(i 0f argument. D That's how good ROOT JUTCK Is. That's SSICh & CO- K the strongest possible proof of Its i Wilmington, Pal. m merits. Get It now and stop expertaenting. fM tl MHI" t* 11111?> 11IIIM IIi - r r ?Tp| 11 rr HI ' ~ , ^^ FEBRUARY 24, 1914. tore miles of public highways that nHITIOI I OliniTOT an be improved. Of course we may Kn \H \||r\|rl ot improve these highways in one, UIII I lul1 OUUJLUl wo or five years, but this bill is in- ,#II , ended to be a beginning. It is hoped If II I Ll| Qy If hat it will stimulate road building in |\|l I ["IJ [J I his country and I believe the good hat will come from it will be far renter than nny of Us>can estimate t .the propt'nt moment. I Am liearfly William S. fibnton Orflered bUI "n,i s.ha" *?? ">r ecuted at Juarez. ' Political Acrobats, < CAtlSfiS &OME EXCITEM lUinter Watchtrtan and Southron.' Tillman and McLaurin have made " rleiuls, Blease and (Jrace have buried he hatchet, Grace has fajlen out with It is Thought Ktiglaud Will MUman, McLaurjm and Blease are" Interesting steps?Possibl >olitieal allies and'boon companions, ,. .... i i i i i. I Iteparation. illman ami McLaurin have united ^ 1 orees to <lestroy IHease politically' Washington, Feb. 20. -A slu lid prevent Ills election to the senate. '"K Mexican stituation today lcLaurin is the dark horse in therace brought quickly to a point of ii or tlie senate. Lever will run for the International interest by the fit enate and wipe Blease off the pbliti- a message saying w llltam s. B< al map. McLaurin is the real, bona a British subject, had been kil Ide Blease candidate for governor Juarez by order of Gen. bra: nd the other would-be Blease guber- ^"la. the ( onstitutionulist latorial standard bearers will he niander. cratehed before the campaign opens. ?ecH SprlngRice. British ""hese are just a few of the political bassador. conterred with Sec umors that are culled from the news- Bryan about it; President Wilso tapers that profess to be political ^ abinent discussed it brief I' lopesters. The intelligent reader can State Department ordered a ake bis choice and believe what he ou*b investigation by Consular rlnhes to believe. For ourselves we ^entatives on the border, lave Riven up trying to keep traek 1" Gils ca8e f?r the first time if the acrobatic performance of the l'u* present revolution began r irofessional office-seekers and have aK?. the general warning froi oncluded that the only possible way United States Government to if preserving a record of their ('an tactions to protect forei ;yrations would be to follow them wont unheeded, though there is iround with it moving picture ma- evidence to show that botf hine. British Ambassador and the 8ta i partment were advised too late < "little Old Field School." ton s impending fate to inti )rangeburg Times and Democrat. specifically for him. The news . The "little old field school," which '',l officials generally who had nany of us older ones attended dup- to helieve that General Villa ng our happy boyhood days, and realized the position of the Am ver which a good deal of sentiment Government in regard to the i las been shown, seems doomed to ex- tion of foreigners In Mexico, ps iilction as modern methods of teach- 'ar'>" In the North of that count ng and modern ideas as to school STATE Dhl'ARTMKNT RETIt mildings assert themselves. All the ' "I have sufficient facts on ante the memory of the old school to base an opinion," said Sec lays in the little primitive buildings Bryan today. "Until I have, tl ,t the corners of highways will linger partment will express no opinii ondly in the minds of many whose This was the official view < oie instruction in the three It's was stltuation, with messanges pass! rhat they gained there. To a much tween the State Department an< arger extent than most people think j *uL Edwards and his tempora ho little old field school has molded j sistant, G. C. Carrothers, Go he life and character of this nation, representative at Torreon. O iiid it is not without some emotion 1 taw details were announced I ine witnesses Its extinction to make ! State Department?one was tha ooni for better methods of teaching, tan had been executed after n lut with all the improvements and tary trail. A copy of the sc (lvantages now possessed by school of the court, setting forth ev hlldren it is to be hoped that the the case, was promised the j 'tigged honesty, freedom from snob- oan Consular representative. iery, and other good characteristics Bryan said a full report of the if former days mave be retained. ! was 011 its way by mail from ( ' ] Edwards, to whom General VIII sonally had explained the incid We T>o Not l/ove Life. The killing of a British s "It Is better to lose health like a under circumstances such as pendthrlft said Robert Louis Steven- patches from the border port on. "than to waste it like a miser," caused a stir In diplomatic c Jut he did not hoard his health. He Those familiar with the aggress lid not make it the dominant thought titude Great Britain assumes in irlth him. "'The Joy of living" was ing for reparation when her st vfth him the great thing. "We do , have been wronged, were incli: lot," he sftfd having In mind normal foresee interesting development hen and women, "we do not, properly u. S. ATTEMPTED TO SAVE peaklhg, love life at all, but living. TON. vnnsas City Star. Discussion of the case betwe Ambassador and the Score tar State developed clearly the a 0,000 people in and around Lancas- of any responsibility on the p ef read these "Little News Ads" the United States for the kill ivAry week. You may reach every Rrltish subjects even though t ?ne ,of them at the insignificant sum vestigation should prove It tc n?a Pont n Word been uujusttfluble. The United' it was asserted, had acted as a F YOU HAVE exactly what 10,000 and exerted every effort to sa people want aqd only 100 of thefh man's life, and the fact that tl enow you have It, the 'high quality* its consular.offices the America if your goods will not increase your eminent rfiight have virtually irofits."-?John Wannamaker. Listen: nized the de. facto control of over a certain portion of No Mexico, i't was held," in no w h'or Frost llites and Chapped Skin. For frost bitten ears, fingers and oes; chapped hand and lips, chil- Fit His Cam Exactly, jlains, old sores, red and rough "When father was sick abc skins, there is nothing to equal Buck- years ago he read an advertlc en's Arnica Salve. Stops the pain of Chamberlain's Tablets in t it once and heals quickly. In every pers that fit his case exactly," iome there should be a box handy Miss Margarot Campbell of ill the time. Best remedy for all Smith, Ark. "He purchased ikin diseases. Itching eczema, tetter, of them and he has not been ?iles, etc. 25c. All druggists or by since. My sister had stomacb mall. H. E. Bucklen Co., Phlladel- ble and was also benefited by < ?lila or St. Louis. for sale by all deaUrs. It Wasn't Cheap Coffe w?? ) ('harlio ('ochran came in Saturday with that fim Butter we sell for hiih^at 30 c a pound. He wantei one 3-pound can of that coffee Terry sold the lad; for 10c. No, no, Charlie, your butter is fine and s< is that coffee and we want the right price, $1.10 fo "GOLD MEDAL.1' We see Mi4. Neal has bought a *4young mule.' We hae the "Old Beck SWeet Peed" now at'$2.(H per bag, also a lot Bust Oats, New Garden Seed Onion Sets and everything theBEST in groceries Headquarters at BENNEIT-TERRY CO . MM I la J creased its liability for the actions of that individual. t The British Government was in- f II I A f?rniP(' that- the State Department I A wa? Wrt't'"g the mailed report on the !l If! tragedy from American Consul Ed- 0 I wards. Though the report' referred 16 Is I Hot likely to readh here for a few Ex- days, details of the tnfcldent began to filter into the State Department in *" ' brief dispatches tonighjL ... The departure of General Villa for the South was not lookpd on by officials here EVT as having any .connection with the death of Benton. Tho information which reached the State Department was that Villa had been planning the Take move South for several days. y . ?? mber Subscribe for The News. was ' itense lsh ?l" lo wure a Cold In One Day Bllton, fake I.AXATIVltnKOMO Quinine. It atop? the led ill Cough and Headache and works off the Cold, ncisio i>ru?fcist* refund tnoney if it fails to cure. COU1- '* w 0,W^V i-"S signature or' each ho*. 25c. i Am" M.I $71,000 ROBBERY 1 thor' Although details have not been renre" out a package addressed to & local bank containing $71,000 In U. since s. treasury notes was taken and a i year packkge of magazines substituted. n the The substitution wa> not found out Mexl- yjj the package reached the bank, gners, when the cashier found the bundle every of "Luff" magazines. He started to 1 the read Bome of the stuff and became bo ^ te I)e- interested that he agreed with the if Hon bank directors to mane up the loaa Brcede lf they would place him on the subshock gcription list of "LalT" for life. In come ortier to get you In a good humor and fully belp you forget even your big trouerican bles, domestic or financial we will irotec- agree to send vou "Laff" for one year irtlcu- at the ridiculously low price of 50 ^ cents. This National Magazine of Fun 1b which making greater strides than any rotary 0ther magazine before the American ie De- public today. It is a magazine that on-" will koep the whole family In a good if the bumor. The stafT of Laff contains ng be- artists, caricaturists, and writers who 1 Con- rank among the best in the country, ry as- It lfl highly lllustdated and printed in nsular coiors. It will keep the whole famnly a iiy cheerful the year 'round. You iy the can afford to spend 50c a year to do t Ben- this. Send this clipping and FIFTY i mill- CENTS today to the Publishers of utence L,aff, Dayton. Ohio, for one year's id en oo subscription. The regular price la tmerl- ii.oo and we are making this nfTair SPECIAL OFFER to get acquainted. Consul , 35*40 la per- - lent. ubject Dank No. 222. rayed" STATEMENT OF CONDITION ircles. OF iveat- The Farmers' Bank & Trust press- to ibjects CO., ned to Jocate<j ^ Lancftator. S. C., at the UP*; close of business January 13th, 1914. RESOURCES. en the Ij?ans and Discounts. ..$ 95,614.41 y of Overdrafts 1,410.13 bsence furniture and Fixture* . 2<875.00 inrt of |Rue from Banks and ing of Bankers 16.1l!2.70 he In- Currency 7,794.00 , have Gold ... . 1,1)20.00 et.lp? Silver and Other Minor friend' 1 Co,n , V, ? ' 885 ve the Checks and Cash Items. . 1,366.44 trough t: ~ u Gov- Total .; .. .1126,078.40 recog- LIABILITIES. ' Villa Captal Stock Paid in ..$ 50,000.00 rthern Surplus Fund 1,250.00 lse in- Undivided Profits, lees Current Expenses and Taxes Paid 4,664.16 Individual Deposits Sub . | 10 unecR 43,310.64 >ut Tjme Certificates of De^m*nt posit 11,442.46 _i?*" ! Cashier's Checks 411.25 t! Notes and Bills Redls| counted 10,000.00 a , * B'lls Payable, Including i lie* Certificates for Money Borrowed 6,000.00 LD6m. Total $126,078.40 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lancaster?as. Before me came E. B. Llngle, President of the above named bank, Sp ewho, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement Is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. E. B. LINOLE. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of January, 1914. W. P. ROBINSON, Notary Public. Correct?Attes:t J. E. CRAIG, e W. T. GREGORY, W. P. BENNETT. | j Directors. TAX NOTICE. ) The tax books will ho open from October 16, 191$, to March 16, lpl4. r One per cent penalty will be added In January, two per cent In February airf seven per cent In March, In apvoof districts No*. 1, 4; 6, 6. IS, 16, 30 and 41 a specie I tax of ?, two (I) rattle Is levied. In districts Noa * 3, 7. *, 19. It, 10. 34. 46 and 48 special tax three (3) mills. 3 In districts Nos. 10. 1JL, 17, It, 20, 23, 27, 31, 39. 42, and 47 special , tax four (4) mills. In district# it**, r, 24. 33 and 36, special tax flrw (6) mills. In districts No. 14 special tax six and one-half ' 6141 miHa. h illatrlsii Mo. t 32, 46 and 49 special tax eight (8) mills. In district No. 38 special tax ton (Id) mills. In district N >. 40, special tax eleyen (11) mills. In die- 0 trlct No. 26 special <ax two and onehalf (2V4 ) mills. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 66 years (are subject to a capitation tax of three ($3) dollars for road purposes and all male citizens between th< ages of 21 and 60 years are liable for one dollar poll tax. T. L. HILTON. Country Treasurer. 1 ')