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6 WAS NOT HIS TIME TO DIE Captain's Marvelous Escape From Death When Swept Overboard During Tremendous Gale. Pew living men have ever looked death so Bquare in the face as a certain Captain Hod son, who was for i?l?i u? iiiik un mi' Sloping WCK. Mat-I tered as he was, he had enough i strength left to seize the standing rigging and cling to It, while the water 1 poured back again Into the sea. The helmsman had seen Captain Hodson swept away to death, as he firmly believed, and his astonishment at seeing him hack again on deck may be imagined! Hodson was not seriously injured by his experience, and his vessel weathered the storm, and brought herr cargo safe Into port. ?Youth's Companion. Using the Monuments. I have often remarked In England a spirit I cun only call the reverse of i the monumental, throne which makes the IlrltiRh museum look like a drawing school or an office with Its waiting rooms, instead at a palace, writes Hevnon Dee in Scribner'B Magazine. Here, even in this palace of Hampton 1 court, there Is the same; there is,! alongside of the daintiness and mag- j nlflcence, the profuse expenditure, for example, on ilowers and garden keeping, a funny practical (I cannot call It shabblness, for all Is In excellent order), but Initial meaness. The passages. even the yard cloisters of the William and Mary palace, are mean. Dark places suggestive, with their dull gray stonework, of railway stations; the Inner staircase and corridors are hare, graceless, dull; none of that magnificence of grace which on the' continent we see constantly among decay and filth. It Is thill practical spirit which has HUTed ao much that is beautiful In j England. putting It to decent, propale usee. Abroad Ihte palace would hare stood vacant, been allowed to crumble, become a tragic hulk plastored all over, with perhaps a sordid barracks or*office In one corner. Here Its historic splendors are cut op tor the housing of old ladles! Nasturtiums for Winter Windows. There Is nothing prettier thap a window full of bright, blooming naattnttnms In the winter, says Farm and Home. There is something so dainty and dharmtng in the vines pUtnbing all over the window and curtains, and, with their gay colored, velvety flow era, they make an artistic picture. The cultivation of them In the honse Is very simple, and the results will well repay for the little labor it requires. Plant the nasturtium seeds, v, hleh can be purchased In llttly packages from any seed boost! Plant the vines In some rich earth in an ordtnac/ crock and place In a pretty Jardiinere In a window of southern exposure. With very little training the vines will creep up the window curtains, and all winter you win have the prettiest spot imaginable and will appreciate the gay blossoms Ailing the room with their dainty fra years connected with the customs service at Honolulu. Before that he was a shipmaster, and the remarkable adventure of which he was the hero occurred while he was in command of a schooner that traded in the Pacific. On this occasion, the vessel was several days out from land in the midst of the ocean, when it was overtaken by a severe sale and thick weather. For a time Captain Hodson tried to keep the schooner's head up into the wind, but the storm became so violent that there was nothing for it but to run before the gale. He brought tho vessel about, and, pursued by a heavy following sea, they scudded under almost bare poles to the northward. The captain himself stood by the wheel, to give the helmsman directions; the rest of the crew, having made everything as secure as possi- ! ble, were crouched in the lee of the deck-house. A flnw in the wind took the schooner aback for a moment, and In that instant a tremendous wave that was following close behind mounted over | the bulwarks, and swept several feet 1, deep from stern to bow. i Every one but the captuln had something at hand to cling to, al- '1 though the wave wrenched the man at 1 the wheel from his hold, and threw ' him on his face. However, he brought up against the deck-house, and scrambled to his feet just In time to see ( tho rushing water carry Captain Hod- \ son overboard. 1 Hodson's case was as nearly hope- < less as It could well bo, for it was. 1 of course, quite impossible to put out ' a boat in such a sea. or even to bring ; the schooner about to pick him up. ' But at the very moment that the J catastrophe happened, the ropes that ' held the gaff of the foremast in place | broke, and let the stick drop to the , deck. One end hung out over the ] side of the schooner. and several i broken ropes dangled from It. As Cap- < fain Hodson swept by, these rope ends ! struck him on the head Instinctive- j ly he seized one of them, and clung to It with desperation. The schooner tore on through the , water, and her master, at the ^nd of the dangling rope, was drawn in close | under her bulwarks, find dragged i along through the wavfs. Ho could | not have long withstood this sort of ' treatment, for the fea heat him about fiercely, and flung him again and agnin against the side of the vessel. j But presently u gust of wind lurched tho schooner well over: her lee , rail plunged beneath the water, and at the same instant another wave picked the captain up. and tossed him The I'plift of The Kural Community By Charles lladdon Nabers, Prosper lty, S. C., In Newberry Observer. At the present time there is a new and splendid interest in the open country. With a starting suddenness the nation has awakened to a sense of its responsibility for the rural com munity. To some men the present stiuation may appear to be a problem whose seriousness is appalling and whose solution is very doubtful; to other men it presents an appeal at once pathetic and powerful andwhich ??" nnee Kv linnotipod * Jim! VPt Ill U.^v iiuv |?U?JO W J uaoav v? WVI ) ?... .. J to other men presents a magnificent opportunity for development and uplift amidst conditions which are strlk Ingly promising. What can we do for the uplift of the rural communities of the nation? We who are a part of the rural life of America must first of all rid our minds of certain conceptions which have been foreebly thrust do vn our throats, but which will undeniably lead us astray if we cling to them Despite the teachings of our students of economy and agriculture the problem will not be solved completely by the Introduction of scientific methods of framing. We need not expect It to be solved by a thorough organisation of rural life. Neither will it disappear, as we have been told, by an Increased prosperity of rural people. It is of course true that you cannot hope to build either a proiperous church or a prosperous school In poor soil or maintain It on poofarming. but not one or all of these things has everything to do with the church or school. These things lie on the surface. Let's dig deep and get at the heart of the matter :go down to first principles and see what Is the underlying cause of the problem. In the prevailing rural discontent we have a key to the difficulty of the whole stiuation. The farmer dreams of the times when he shall be able to retire from the active life on the rami and live at ease in a nearby city. The farmer's wife often sympathizes with him in this hope, and urges him to fulfill It. The farni-r ? son never entertains a serious though >f remaining on the farm longer than It will Like him to prepare for a situation in the town, and every month some hoys leave the farm who have not even waited to prepare them selves. The farmer's daughter with holds her hand from the farmer iieross the way and looks toward the city for a suitor. Too manv people -peak of the farm as the lod Scotchman spoke of Rdinburg. "F.dlnliurg Is a fine place, a fine place, a fino place to get away from!" A fiise conception of the country! .did vour mind of it! I have great faith in the possiniliMrs of the rural community and the faith Is founded Ilrst of all upon tho permanency of country life. Tho 'enrlency of this clay is Towards tho city, hut tho hour will uovor romo when tho city will wallow of tho country and make farm In g unnecosary. Intonsivo farming nwy increase the pro iluctlvity of tfio lands and new Itnprovod machinery may do away with unskilled labor, hut so long as the human race live s by eating just so long will a largo part of our population live in the -ountry and spend their clays in tho or > I notion of food for themselves and "or the rest or manKino. wo migm k-l .nun* without tho city?we once did; hut we can never pet alonp without the rural community. My faith in the possibilities of the rural community Is also found upon the intelligence and the moral character of the country people. Not all the people who live on the farm are saints, hut at the same time it Is true beyond die pute that the very highest type of American citizen has been developed in the midst of rural surroundings This has been so in the past; it is so In the present; and so far as I can read the signs of the times, it will remain so in the futture. Our great faith in tlija- possibilities cf the rural community will be realized by a renaissance of the rural church, the rural home and the rural school. The church In the country should he the community center, it should he the meeting p'a>e and the center from which should radiate ad the life of the people, it should not hold itself aloof from the life of the people but should through its pastor end officers enter into eA>ry phase of life which is not degrifjipg or c.uestlonahle. In that way It - ill he the means of reaching men and women and of holding boys and girls who in the city at least, could not be re.ached. The home in the country must bo a home in wh'cb the popplbilitlea of the rural community are believed and where the father and mother are content. They mii3t not be gnzing with eager eyeH of intense longing towards the thcobfilng n of a great city t?ecanse If they do, how can they expect to hold their children In the country? An<k why should they he surprised wherttboys and girls alike want to leave the farm? If those at the head of ther home do not aee anything In the farm, and do not have any faith In the development of country llie, those who sit at their feet will ha^ even loss. Then we come to the ruAil school whose possibilities for uplift In the rural community are nothing short marvelous.I>ast year In the presidential campaign Woodrow Wilson urged the people to make the country school house center for the discussion of all community problems, and newspapers said that our president had re discovered the country school. He did rediscover the rural school, but he did not give It to us too soon. The school will not be a factor In the development of the rurr! commun'tv It its teachers are teaching boys and girls that the farm Is n<^ place for them that the door of opportunity always opens towards the city and that they are to get to town ar soon a? they can do so./Then again the ratal school will noubc a factor In the development oAthe community life It the people dnV)t glvo their wholeTo Prevent Blood Poisoning ply at once the wonderful old reliable P PORTKR'S ANTISKPTIC RKAIJNS OIL.aai Kical dressing that relieve* pain and heal*, the sane time. Not a liniment. 24c. 50c. 11. THE LANCASTER NE) v . hearted support. It is easy toll whe na com muni support a school. The boy and gil are not at home, but are at stuc The building is in good shape and 1 as good if not better than the botl ' class of dwellings in the distric t. '1 men and women are interested in i school and boost it to their visito as well as to their children. The are a number of community activiti 1 centered around the school and the all make for the uplift, of the vici ity. Upon these three Instltutio i the church, the home and the seho depends the life of the rami coi i munity. The final word, and that Is this: Nothing in the world can be accoi plished without leadership. The u lift of the country depends upon tl kind of leadership we develop in t! country. A drove of deer wil a complish more with a lion as a lend than will a drove of lions with a de as a leader. And who shall lead the country? A school teacher ju out of college with impractical ide and with ideas that come from tl manufacturing districts of a lar; city or from the scholar's study? N unless he can get rid o* the idea an imported man from the city who interests are radically different fro i those of the tillers of the sot'.? 1 ! no means, unless ho can complete Identify himself with the country.B j why go abroad In search of leade when the best leaders are In vo community? The man who has ma a success on the farm, the man wl believes that the church, the hor and the school are a necesary pa of our American life, and tho m; who believes that the country is fine plac.) to spend one's life, a gal J way of opportunity, not to tho ci but to the bigger life of the bigg and better-developed rural life of t nation?that man is the individual whom we are looking for leaders!) And under his guidance we may t pect a great uplift in our rural coi muni ties. The Terrible t'ost of Ignorance. Darling Nows and I'ress. If the people of South Carolina p\en a majority of them, could brought to see how much they p for ignorance^ for more than it won cost to make education general compulsory, there would be a coi plete revolution in public sontlmei and a demand on the part of this se timent that the present large percc tage of illiteracy ho brought to speedy end. There hits, of course, been a ve groat improvement in this dlreeth in the p;ist few years, but what really needed is for every child in t state to he sent to .school and that parent he allowed to shirk or eva iiis or her duty in this respect, and the law, as Is now the case, does n :i 1 low the parent to starve the bo of the child, then neither should allow the mind to be starved, for tl is just what takes place when t child is kept from school, and n |allowed the opportunity to ac<ini the knowledge that wiil fit it for t I battle of life. To send a boy or g <?ut in the world without an educ ition. or only a very limited onet is I very grievous wrong, and one tli can never be entirely remedied, is just as if you were to arm a bo I of soldiers with the old time tli I lock muskets, and then send the , out to meet an army with modern 1 pealing rilles in their hands. Tl would be called supreme folly, h no greater folly than that of send! uneducated children out to comp< with those whose minds have be trained. It matters not what pi fession. business or trade that a m I proposes to take up, an education w be of great help to him. enabli , hint to reap n greater return for 1 work than were he ignorant, Incre: es his influence among his fellow m I and puts it in his power to accompli much more for his material rdvatx j ment and for the moral uplift of t 'community. It is a natural ar when exerted for the good of t state, laudable ambition that o I should desire to exercise as much I tluence as he legitimately can. h how can he make this influence wit , out intelligence, for otherwise would be simply a case of the bll leading the blind. Then too the 1 jnorant man. much as he may desi to do what is right in all public mi tors, is, to a large extent at least t legitimate prey of the office seek! demagogue, whereas the intelligc reading man can easily point out t fallacy of those who advocate har ful legislation. There is a world of truth in t simple words "Knowledge (r powei for without knowledge there can no real power, that is any power th can be utilized for the mental.a moral advance of the people Capil ' cxiin lautii nir inc iwu cnnriiin for the conducting of any businf enterprise, but In order to secure t best possible results from them th must be controlled by intelligent and there can be no real Intelllgen that Ignores or does away with education. There Is no possible i vestment of money, either on the pt of the state or the individual, th will yield such valuable returns that which Is spent for education, f this with Its proper accompanlame of moral training la the best possll guarantee for the perpetuation of that Is best in human governmei Relucant as we may be to admit there can be no question of the tf that a very large percentage of t low state of public sentiment th now prevails in South Carolina, a that gives it such an unenviable r? 1 u tat ion abroad, can be directly chai 1 ed to Ignorance, the acta of m , Strengthens Weak and Tired Worm "I was under a great strain nu Ing a relative through three montl I sickness," writes Mrs. J. C. Van r.f 1/Ii>lr1nn/I Til ?% A "Pla/?4 | onnun, wi rvii ninini, in., aim mr.i \ , Hitters kept me from breaking dov , I will never be without It." Do y ' feel tired and worn out? No ap| tite and food won't dlgor.t? It la the spring weather. You need El trie Hitters. Start a month's tre ment today: nothing better for sto ach, liver and ktdneyB. The gr< spring tonic, llellef or money bai 60c and $1.00, at your Drugglnt. NS, APRIL 14, 1914. whose minds have been left untrained land Ity and who, in their youth, were not ed a rls taught that the first duty of a citizen pros ly is to obey, respect and uphold the high law. This is, while far from being all is the most terrible price that we Pros ?'r pay for ignorance, an ignorance di- dire* reetly due to the lack of mental and catei moral training. . Then too, outside of the carnival haVe ro of crime that now hangs like a pall over the state, we lose immensely in Prao s0 a material way because a great many thes< 11" of our Deonle are not nrenared. in iinno I1!j cn educational way, to take ad van- (jutui tuRe for the resources which have . .. u" been so li km ally showered upon us Dom In this connection it may he well and to mention v hat education has done pidit u* for sonn of the countries that have thev b" only limited natural resources, Swcd- , ',0 en, Denmark Holland and -twli.er- aI>'? be and c- thesi i r mad h m stomach? = be COSE of | ^ ^ fayr's yYonderful Stomach Remedy | s > Should Convince You That Your so Suffering Is Unnecessary m ' 1 cII 'x'' commended for Chronic lndliro?tlon and Stomach, Llvfr and Intaatlnal Ailment*. Thousands of people, pome ri?ht In your own 1ofthty, have taken MayrVh Wonderful Stomach temedy for Stomach/ I Ivor and Intoctlnal .llmonts, Dyspepsia, Pressure of Gas Around op ho lleart. Soar Stomach, Distress After Eat* nit, Nervousncso, Dirtiness, Ealntlnit Spells, ilck Headaches, Constipation, Torpid Liver, 1 ay tc . and are | ai-inn\ and n*conimendinit it ' Id ily to so I V m o\ s of living. Mayr'sA Wondvrf .:1 Si< much temedy is the liosi ni\l most w lely known ; 171- teinedy for the alx>ve ailiL-ms. Ask your dtug!( l tor a Ixiltle today. l'n\ it to n test onet! ><c ! ' h .' I ? avince. It s naarvriout in t ! I r-i i 1* rtle and Ha s nn te n it ' it I jl- u;s on tlx- .. >ar* < and fioni. tun <>. tot . i .. I.I ileitis .. .'1 111 t..o 'ma oij',1 I . I I ir.| i r:.. uicnt resit'" 'I highly fit' teinedy has Ix < n ' ,k< tin iir-M i.,?? at ry people, and .1 of . t i . t " them Mt rnbet - of 1 < nun . ' of the I l is H inkers. Doctor-1. Druggists, Nut-is. M.iuutno | lie Hirers, I'riests, Mini tors. Farmer . with Its'.ni; oenefit and it should I eouail end for I I (j <? v : n - t * < 1 H. Mayr. Mfg. Chcmlit* I54*15( D J jf S'luKiit; St.ri:<r?., Cluc-iio. 1U. Ot I'Olt S.\ LK l?V. dy ,t l,.\\('.\STKIl IMIAItM.U'Y L.\X< WSTKIt" S. < . ho ot _____ ho 4%. ? If Grow C ut MR = I ? THIS YE ? i OTH1 ?* v "" he % i',',: v and make 1! C IK- y re !,V will cut your cost ol j; X now before the rus * * pecially made for tl ho ^ Red Hose, Grade 8-1 iat Y Red Star,Grade 8-3 V Electric, Grade 8-4 III X Regulator, Grade 8 A ey re, lCe A an t in- ! X LANCASTER MERCANT: as V X MASSEY & YODER .Van S. .> SPRINGS BANKING & M s Y ENTERPRISE MERCANT 'V Y KERSHAW M^RCANTIL ?' Y J. M. CARSON CO., Kcrshr %D. FERGUSON, Fort LaWr ? FARMERS WHOLESA EE Y MILLS & YOUNG, Fort Mi ? jr : X Or comi hs' 1 Do if Cataw ec- Y ?- ? I ?at Y ck. % are all small countries, of linittrea and population, yet they are A to perous and law abiding, and this t^rst regard for law and the material ,e*x ^ 1 perlty that has rewarded them is lulso,M ctly due to fact that they are edu- UlM 1 u i and In this way fully equlqped ontend with the difficulties that W ' 11 i surrounded them. Illiteracy is I,ll>uu> tically unknown in all four of a countries, the percentage of it ; so small as to be a negligible '' itity. They could all be taken up ''r % . i i i i . _ ' He rusi ly and dropped down in Texas i 1 (?(i, 1IH it would take an exploiting ex- j w|n^s ion to find them, but small as are they have each made valu- swers. contributions to literature, art to scentific knowledge, and it is e contributions that have a lie e them truly great and this is the but j, rn that comes to them for their Wide ndltures for education. ii/tttmuirm.ttiJV'**'' a- >; *. *>>?.* What we Promist L fMtSkm and you can always rely upon your filled exactly as you wish. Our sto to its highest efficiency. Our goo and new lines are always tested first with our guarantee, and we keep on as will assure us the smallest margi with good business. BENNETT-TEl OLIVER TURN PLOWS 1 otton Ch( AR THAN ER FELL**! money where he lose* BA FERTILIZ F production in half, h. The following br< le production of|cottoi 3-3 Cotton Seed Meal and Tank; -3 Blood and Tankage. -4 Blood and Tankage. -4-4 Cotton Seed Meal and Tanl SEE rx xt' riA t x ? 11 jej VA/., .'^niicneter. Wyck, ERCANTiLE CO., Heath Sprir 'ILE CO., Heath Springs. E & BANKING CO., Kershaw, iw. i. GROCERY CO., Richburg. ill. Tiunicate direct with u r Fertilize tNCASTER, S. C. j A Startling Debut. J inedy of errors describes the i pea ranee on the stage of Hunt- * !ght. He was supposed to Imte the warder of a madhouse. > scene opened with the brutal meat of the hero, and It ended \ gunpowder explosion. In his- Q mess tlie warder dropped his ^ id. being agitated and shorthe picked up the pan of guuInstead.^ It instantly blew up. frightening him out of Ills wits. :ied from the stage and collnps lie thought. on a stool in the which turned out to be a Hro full of water! - London AnAnd Never Rests. has no u-L's and cannot stand. *i lias wloirs and can lly far and Warhiirton. 7 * Perform ip 'V F>*C-C9 grocery orders being t* ck is always kept up ds are always fresh, before we back them ir prices down as low n of profit consistent SRY CO ro SELL. ??. r X japerf THE | N I ^ T \ > 5 i4*V *:* ERS | T y Order them y inds are es- X ? ?: V X I iage. X X I v*> ... I { T s. f X V *r .0.} f