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I Th MEMORIES OF I WHO WORE Gallant Cavalry Veteran Recou Fellows Who Rode or Marc Butler and Gary, South Warriors of tin To tho Editor of The State: I with I "Memory crowds and tne shadows kee I luminous and pray file before me." whei Time is always snatchng some- cori(| tiling from us .its fleeting comments nr.ltt pass as quickly as they come, never I . more to return, as water which is but gone from its source returns to it then: no more. and On the 12th of June when I reach- kille ed Richmond the 50th anniversary of for the great cavalry battle of Tre- ladit vlllan Station, Vu., 1 tliought poor of (Jerenal Hampton, who never his t cursed, when he would say, our "Give it to them. my brave to rt manly, handsome face of Gen. M Augi (', Hutler when he met the Yankee Grav cavalry where the road turned In the thick wooi - end could hear him "Hut "'v *'? ?* ?n> ii ymi (mil i L turn back. I wll? lurdor the last <1 And I one of you," and they obeyed the order said not a word, but turned The 1 back. In crossing the Ohickalioniinv , swamps I thought of the llald Eagle. 1 (5en Mart Gary of Edgefield, the hero of the Chlekaliotniny, as the Slial tot people called him during the blood? 1 lest year of the war who lived along I i\ the banks of that bistort- stream, battl L\ It seemed that I could see and hear 1804 M ! everything vividly again that I had behli V'- , ever heard or seen a part In. I could lug i 1 hear the yells, the groaning. I could Yanl V i hear the dear old sweet "Rebel yell" Nort which always had a moving effect dale' i on the Yankees. I could hear the cue, "Hip Hip Huzzas" of the Yankees then 1 could see Yankees. I could bear the lated s I 'their men to tight, I could hear the Hum curses of their officers when their Ham lines would break, I could see Gen. Mash v'"try curse a Confederate colonel on them ? 2. 1864, who was about to at&teoe white feather at Bottom's T1 speak a?. miles from Richmond on < should ha.-min\ meeting wllr?l)Y TRENCHES . .* house Saturday ?s drawing near to i be presided ovem trenches where man Roach S. Stew-? blood of the ?? "the blood of Permanent Secret*.tju. world ( The board of goven, |,ee; Chamber of Commerce n)S mining yesterday afternoon in x<?rt b of Col. Leroy Springs, the p.V- to for the purpose of electing a p,,.S( ^ ent secretary. Mr. A. Mc. P. finp fwas unaninuously elected to thl,0 w flee. Mr. Hamby appeared before.] ' board and made ? very favorable, presslon upon tl m Mr. Hamby 1 s. man of wide ex erience. He sen for two years at.d a half as sec tary of the Columbia ( hamber ( Commerce. He Is an experien s civil engineer, having been in the ploy of the United States Gove I - - 1 Iln a?nrc ment ror sevKnii ycmo. |(js j ed himself as well pleased with L ^ raster predicting for our town , bright future. JJ *' Prlvi legio of (1 * * O * I \J . lesslj Social News ; the I throi blowTwo classes in the First Metho head Sunday school were entertained v hint pleasantly Monday afternoon at still home of Mrs. R. R. Riddle, wt form her own and Mr. C. J. Carpent they classes enjoyed a rook party. sake Porter won first prize, which wt his i book. After a number of other "I'll terestlng games, the hostess seq 1'he ice cream and cake. About a si amid of young boys and gtrls enjoyed air. i happy occasion. the s * * * after Miss Guy Skipper's fourtoi too, birthday was marked by a small lifted very congenial gathering of Price girls of her set. Tuesday afteri: Ing I a Tew friends gatnerea on uiu ia vain bringing pretty and useful gift oleav their popular friend. Many gn reoei were played, the girls entering Is rni them with zest. During the a fill s noon Miss Etta Skipper, slater of safe!: ' young hostess, served delicious Jutorl freshments in two courses. * * * At A dozen girls of the younger Capti *.njoyed a charming little aften squat party yesterday when Mrs. Rc undo! Crawford Brown entertained char* rook for her attractive little nl could Misses Emma Proctor of Atl "Sten and Ella Crawford Heath of H you Oak. Miss Guy Skipper won men prize, a deck of rook cards, hut t Mary Oildesleeve Wylie cut the u i 01 solution, a Dutch doll, while to fiart' honorees Mrs. Brown gave p could vanity fans. During the after th< ,i dainty ices and cakes were serve lira horse One of the prettiest and mosi Joyable parties of the season norse that at which Miss Botty Browi rould terta'ned Wednesday evening a( *' home on Main street In compll ' an* to a popular visitor. Miss A J asa - - - - - ?llinu' Stackhouse or Manon. ? wr.? hit tlon bridge party of four tables 0(1 (,< Dutch score cards and quanltli w'th bright tulips made tho affairs f pistol unique. The prize for ntghest 4two f a book of verse was won by ! P'y v Maude Moore while to Miss St,,,0y house her hoatecr, gave a lovely Pf friendship circle. Late in the effter lng r. salad courco with tea wan l?ptu veil by HtUo Mlr.ser. Emma. Protfftn of Atlanta and Ella Crawford Ilefld . of White Oak. who are also guej ah ,'t \~w In this hospitable home. ^ -* *? ?? ? _ l i rr *- - u.' ? ? 1 r E LAr> ir.it i 2hS "" """ Hutler in tli THE GRAY 552 charge in tin N. Marrli nts Some Feats of His of ,;x men :? hed With Hampton, had no\nHei Cleneral Han Carolina s Great ami when he eral llatnpto 3 60s. stirrups anil iiis 20 si-outs all dressed in Van jJJJJ" to'lljl; 1 uniform In December, 1801, Scott captui 1 Warren of , the Fifth army ilressi-il in a s wanted to burn the Confeil ""'form, the . Frank P. HI 5 army stores at Wel.lon, N. ('., ,.orps of sho, Hampton', and Hutler turned told Day tha i back. On tliis raid Sliadburiu- shot tin- n<a bis scouts, wlille dressed in blue, nlrht the < il a whole company of Yankees next time (lei their eruiy treatment of some was in IH'.m". ;s below v Petersburg. These fScncral Ham devils thought Shadburne and railroad cot nen were Yankees. 1 could see sent Ills card cavalry ride through Petersburg When they dieve W. II. F. Lee's cavalry on Hampton sa ist 23, 1864. at the battle of glad I did n< el Run. A PA' How vivid . their memories e'er shall re- seems to mc main for us, tressing. As their names, bright names. In a sweepin without stain for us. Ilo-ise on tin glory they won shall not wane 2n. 1864. on for us, wlio hail cha In legend and lay, tion ??f Gregj Our heroes In gray oral ltutler i I forover li\o over for us." v illi long roil tho roadstdi could see Mat Hough at tho strotohor. an 0 of Hurgess Mill on Ootobor 27. polos nttaohi , with SO disniountod cavalry turned out t? id some old breastworks hold- of tho Fourtl back about two roginionts of ltutlor hnltc tees for hours until Lane's Covode being It Carolina brigade and Mark - said, among s Mississippiatis came to his res- the fate of : after kiling several hundred of general, 1 It; 1. General Hampton congratu- knowing that 1 him. On July 1 St>:t. at dishonorable Lerstown, near Gettysburg, Gen- oral ltutlor pton, cool, with noble eyes may he. sir, I ing lire, rings out: "Charge mind you of I, my brave boys, charge them. ' tiotis," and t MKKTS SHOCK FlItMLY. seriously wot 10 whole Yank 'avalry bears replied, "Yes 1 upon us with all its energy and tered, and oil still the line bears up with re- me here who >d shock. The whole line seems and overtook B striving with his man, and tho division s of the enemy pressing on. two tlon, found t dashed at the gallant Hamilton, back, but Co' paid the penalty before hi;- it. as he vva> rous arm: another fresh s-|iiad poor fellow < as from the44n"o and bears upon "The next in The flashes from the muzzle of battle lost i listol keep them at a moment's June 2!?, ISf two Mississippians, Privates <-o"ld see Gc e and Hunlap of the Jeff Davis men at o'cl II, fearlessly dash to his rescue in the rear sabres lifted high in the air cavalry, surpt ;ing their sharp edges down his 3,0011 fre the heads of pfie pressing as- Shadburne w nts, but sadly tliey go down l?e- four others 1 the angry trend. Now, till which turned ling sabres frorb several arms vance guard. II):Iviin* 1?v ?.? 1* i1??..??1 i" ' * *"* 11 ........... v'" mm waiTaci ting with gore. nts unerring pis l?urm*. "What tends another reeling from hi- Sliadhurne r< l<?; frantic with rage. they press lure them," ; lack against the fence; just as th<? road. Sh: oluinn is being home buck two tones, comma ^ men, Sergeant N'at Price, Coin- render, sayin A, First North Carolina, and adier general ito Jackson. Company it. ?'? Mi his hack, ant n. descrying the awful dilemma ward, and tlx jeir beloved commander. r<<k- two, tliree. f< r dashed into the unequal con- was all t Tl a sure shot from the pi-t.d of "Heady, aim, oriner blows the neare t one sponded, "Do 1Kb just as lie is repeating a we will sum upon tiie general's bleeding ing them, t Throwing themselves between throw down and the pressing antagonists Hampton ask< chafling for tlieir victim, the men lie had. er earnestly shouted, "Ceneral, The answi are too many for us; for Hod's table is not leave this place," and turning bluffs are pin noble steed clears the fence. TIIK V die before they shall have you." Judge Hue spur is suited to his suggestion. Itutler to an a shower of balls that shred tlie in 1X7?> as >ne severely wounding him in Trevllliian. ide. The party furiously dashes said that (Ion the deliverers. Just as they, of Chickshom are wheeling to follow the up- they were the sabre, one is coming down on names will li ; another barrel sends him reel- During the w 'rom bis saddle. The next in head of bis c; raises bis vengeful arm to \pol1o with ; e him down; his uplifted arms handsome as ve the blow and before anotle-r lie sat on hi: sed to finish the work lie faith- South Carolin teed follows in the leap and fawn when co / bears him alongside bis road- in social con' on the other side of the fence, eran grenadio STARTS THE PIC I IT. lie met face t Trevlllian Station 1 could see ways showed tin Snowdon, with his gallant judgment of Iron, open the first day's light the dash of s r orders from General Hutler, any odds c:ll< ;lng over a line nr Yankees. I The dnshtn hear General Ilntler say, Gary, llie Bab ,dy, men, and remember where feuder of 11i< are from." 1 could hear the the enemy 011 say, "Wi are in a close place, here is Central Hutler j:? l he "jii sleeps h t even e*.tiled." We cou'.l hear J dicr's ; s halt try doing good v. oik I /lie long roll | see G?n< ral Hampton later ig And in Mart ay, beior* the Sixth South ('.it'- as knit cavalry, as he sits i n hi a As Riclmrd o( on the state house grounds His soldiers I hat in hand, say, "Mount your keep b s, men, and follow me." I Guard his far see him empty two saddles i:i pride, barge, after we had routed the And recount I ees and saved Hart's battery. deeds c ed him one day in May. 1001, How he fearlt many of the enemy he had kili died." iring the war. He said II. two my sword and nine with my , and I snid, "How about the . ? it Trevlllian Station"" His r< - *y ?as, "Oh, I didn't count them; Boston frans< were running." At tin1 buttle He (at 12: sthesda church, May 2.r>. 1864. father any ol a Yankee sliapshooter had been visits Mi red, he inquired who that man on the gray horse, and when n It was General Butler, he said, think he'd ra' ot at that man six times today installments. . ? ?,i T"! JCAST SECOND SECTION him every time." The ! DROUGHTS ( as killed under tlonernl "PriT. e next battle. 1 could llnmptan with live men. Mon. U|M. ,, dliiiKer, Wells, Fish< lined Dlll.liu Si'ott and .1. ('. t'olvin. streets of Fayetteville. tional l ines i 11, l sr,r?, a ponipany Washington. D. ml kill ami capture 4X More than on lim of lh?> onp of whom occurred during M:i r sense than to coiiip at on i areas of the ipton with his sabre. . coincident pot near enoupli (Jen11 strniplitoned in his pimp ilroi with one slash of his "l (lie southeast T 'he poor fellow's head based on report >ody I could see IIurIi bureau ami the for rp Captain Dan Day. Confederatp captain's 1,1 ' 'hro chief of scouts of Cen. ,>r part of the oil I air's Seventeenth army of March, April, an man s arni.v. Hampton normal, and in cert; t he would have him .. . ,, t tnorninp. liut that ' n:is 1,1 ^ out pot awav and the !ls ',,u as two per i neral Hampton saw him m il. The nutnie r o at Denver. ('<d.. when ,i?. S(?n|?.astern to pton was 1'nited State iimissloner. Dan Da> <lun"? n,r "ni up to Ceneral Ilampton the drospht in a shook hands, Ceneral were reported for ild. "<Vcll, Day. I am XpriI. ami 1"! lotit slioot vmi. .. . I'lIKTIC SCKNK. month i- us iall\ a this pathetic scene lore-t lire .\ln i i which was truly dis- id on the white to| we were moving along smok\ Mountains a p trot, near the White ... ... e I'amujky river. .Inne w'>? Colamn Wnrinp's track, fail road . liaiiioad ryefl and routed a por- cause ot threi i|ttar ;'s \ nloti cavalry, <!"ti- tires reported. < in I \ observed a larpo man ,, .. ... ... ... , . w ere hurmnp on or I side whiskers lvinp on on Improvised ':,,,d were reported army blanket with two vice; th y are then Ml on each end It portion of all the lit > he |,iput. Col. Covode ,. . I ,, , , I lie 1 no It ll o J II! Ii lVnnsylvania cavalry d, and upon Colonel drought contini Informed who it was. in the southeast. in. i mums. i nis l- anil showers have o Sheridan's ruiilits. bur ,|;|V(1 m? ? ive t!i * eonsola tIon of I I have done nothinp hazard, during this raiil." (Jon In (ho tar w. -i ti replied. "However that iin department an e, rtainly would not n; Uu> fu|lost ox|?nf ,,, It under pre flit rondt lion inquired if ho was "ti.i lnuu sp. i i;.| indod. Colonel Covode UK w iiub and llio t . iny loft arm is ?Oiat : jnK ,.S|r;i prerautl r littor bearers dropped tvar|lI||g ,, u your cavalry eliaruod us." Dr. It. \V. Taylor. nirgeon, upon oxainina- ' oiiiitr hat ho was shot in the Publisher's Auxiliai vodo would not disclose The country oditi ; ashamed of it The rauk of tho ' Hod in about an hour. .. ... ost dreadful tiling to a niun"y- ls :i b:a s a battle won." Oil his low n and colli 11. at Sapony church 1 lly tho nature of hi Iier.il Hutler With 100 i? ^ booster. He kno ock In the morning pet ..f .General Wll ion's whom he s,/r"'s- 11 "ise and rout them with his own. When de h troops. I could see over a darkened ho ith Wallace Miller and lo reconl words ol rapture So Yankees. . .... ' . , , pathy. When a ami put to be W llson s ad- * When they came in h> ,1"' visitation of Miller said to Shad- joiccs and notes tl are you going to do?" m,.?ts belltting the >spondo<l roollv, "Cap . ... #. ' .. . .. ; flounces the suni'ss iiiu, then wheeling into idhurno. in stentorian >? 'u 1 No lided tho enemy t<? snr- enthusiasm as lie il g that he was a brig- affair at the reside and In- had Mosby at Joll,.S- jp. proclaim; 1 ordered his men for- , . . v"l"nio.l Inlo '? * ' "?lr Mir. fivo, six (and tlml liarber shup in tin-s lie command rang out. aiiuouiiees plans foi when the enemy re- business block on P.?~Vuho?t"MV. ?.t. rortU tbo progn hey were required to ehun lies with linpa their arms. CJeneral ernal organization d Shadhurn how many uquai 0( luontion. I i ,i.? ? i many others, say tl ^ r was six the- card J the only plr.ee where tin) Gazette, mak? yed. uiuns, which he coin Oi'NG IlKHOKS |y routine of labor. ?? i n t ro rt u cod ' ''111'rj'! occasionally n-produ audience in Kdge field the young hero of large cities and ire Well. might lie have sp,? j,y alleged liunu oral Gary was the hero h, ;i slIbject In v. All concede that h.-roes of 1870. Tin ir resent. I ??r he know ve in fong and story, want and he is ser\ ar Itutler rode at the j,, j,is editorial ivnlry. moulded like an , r(>vi(>Ws tlu. ? i face as sweet and , , . . that of any god of old. munity and its relai i horse like a typical large, lie write- ti a cavalier, gentle as a ;illl| witli effect, for mrados were assenihh-d jlf. js talking about verse; fierce as a vet- llu, -^vantage ovei r when the foe wa to brothers in large ci 0 face. Tlis plume al- no, their const it uenl In the lead where calm fjl(. onintry editor a soldier Is needed or (,uaj?ted with his 1 knight ready to face voj(.(>s their sentiin >d for. f himself from the 1; g unique Gen. M W financial and p< I Kaglc, the gallant de- 1(|i ^aiiis a pro pliniond. the terror of jj1(. affairs of the C'hickaliomlny - state. Mi- viewpoint and rt fashing and h is last sleep the sol- froln honest expres: it rest. Influences, can wake him no more: H(, wields a trenc Gary's breast throbbed frequently a scliola thtly a heart, are scores of editors England e'er bore. u hose forceful e its memory will ever lH)int Df literary right , strength of appeal, ne with affection and py ,|1(> highbrow wr ropolitan press. \ r% o??t? j * tm i r>\ f ? r? ill*" IM 4% V *" >f the man, lllls Y??r <hil RHBly lived, fought and Nlns, ,.|,il<lr<-n do. . . rod Tongue; Strong V. It. HHOOkS. Pains, Circles under ? low Complexion, > lint Started Sim. (Irlnding of Teeth, , . Peculiar Dreams a indicate the Child hi :30 a. m.) linn your j|()X nf Kickapoo \ ejection to my paying once. It kills the \V as Ethel' of your child's com o. but (yawning) I \[)e and aids .. ,. . Worms. Supplied thor you paid them In K.lsy for children t your druggist. ER NE CAUSED ,,M' Vacation, IE ST FIRES * Mow many parents have take untlieil I-ires Me-| ,.ju| uetiee of the fact that thei Ma> in \a- lren, lilts of their o\\ n llesli ami s m'scrvc. ?r? on thi'ir hands lor tin1 next July 15. months? ndrod fon t liri School is c . you know, ty In the national What arc you (loins for tin southern App n's mean to do these next thn on with on.- of t.n Let 'em run wild on thn strei mlit ever known picnics and any and all paHni he stateinct - : r? I 'd 'ein read anythiiiK In'-y wai of the wea'.h.-r (lr not read a line of >vthit c t ervI. e. summer | mi:'' ushout he pre i Just f"? ,| i>m and cloth- *ei mm t iluii'ir in t t'u t Cod and nature to do the d May wa- he!ow What re;' t have you to hriim ' r in eci ion ol lie 'he world if this is tin way e rainfall dropp- d trial tin in? lit i i the nor- Not ineaiiiiiK to lie 'on sever t tire reported iii >i ; do you "... . stop to lit?u re I : I'* a i lie re.. t ' side of it i i: month . whih I e.-e vacatlit periods are d. Only L'ti tire- tin ous. M"'ics and ratln M ircli. Xa for t It s . j ,de ai ? iens, and s? May Tin Inner ly so ofl? n d irinp these . ii' inn afe one as rep rd ' 1 even i , s ir t he tin Try a v .'.lent po'iey. L "s >. I'n tka, and us t a ! tterent policy Al. reus on the Cam need pro 'dim; up now am' c ( h are crossed hy "ire : II just . ike, some iii ?r s are pl\' ii a the others. Let's all resolve 'o in t ters of tiie April to those children of ours Mrs vn tlio.-e tire which period than we have crone hefi in.-.t' o\eminent The Hone - b\ the K?r i ser riind in --.-'tilting litis \vi^ tin ioiv, ot:!y a small K-r t?f reading One < 1 tin - rv e. . memories of earlier days ; th ic iart< <1 in with nine of sunn :? r reading. 1 t ling at till! Ida t oils time I'nr all sort: of good re; \ lft\ local rain- '>1' cour-o w<> got sloppy if i> iiriil, Inil lino readjust after dinner. I>ut tin < ienl in reduce the nier mornings an- line for readii those who can pare the lime, m two hiiroans of only a half hour will enable you tn oiiti- i i * over a lot of ground if Kept up it- weatlu-r huI'nau day. You have seen thai in pi n warning < f dry- fore, but it's a real fan*, it's ; orest service tak sonal experience, mis when such Now buck to our children's r? I. There are so many good thing can hardly make a suggestion J lulitor. you will make a gtv: ; en i ry. think nothing is good for childr >r is in the front eept something new. \s a mat as of his com- 'act the lie t of reading Tor or tier in aft airs of re the "old favorites." \s a lingent territory, niplo tin writer knows one littl s employment he who read "Swiss Family Uold iws all the people through twice last summer, u ir attairs are as im ing < 1 i 1 lie liud it A litth ath casts a pall only eight, found the reading mo it is his dut> Kohinsoii Crusoe so thrilling lie sorrow and svin. i? > .nanny permit tno reader to ' ?< ly is made happy meals <>r a weakened voice, i'li the stork lie n pealing virtue about these and a ie fact in M iijU- m r ,,f dtiier stories iliat might occasion, lie <fii- named hut we are not publish of a spelling bee |)(lofc catalogue is that they h; ;; Willi the .artie iaw,r to tliein. Ju-t lots of good Iocs a dress suit ;iinl good women never seem to nee of llanker mat. Take the rows and row - the fuel that a pooks that we used to have In installed at the ,|.lV School libraries. Impossibl aiue colum which inu. tilled them. (lood little r the thr stor> .,,l(| ^<><^1 little girls that never Main street. 11?" ,.,j and never will Vet these an ol the various j,,,.,, and women never seem to r rlialily and I rat- tliat and the mothers and aunt are given an cpicrly maiden ladies who ti i liesi' things and Sunday School classes never sei lie i ' ilar Rapid.-. ivalixc ji and niayhe tliey do no up his news col- tpon there are those who pile , ill llis Week- collie into a semi consciousness His ilforts are j((lt they take up the shadow fo ced by dailies in substance. They hand out S ati d with deri- Thonipnui for Uncle Remus am rists. To he tlius ,,| others iihstitutes (It t migl je t he does not named. You cannot fatten i>ig s w hat liis people busks, ing them. Is the country A Hood Town. e. ds of liis com Harper's weekly. lion to affair at "We do not ask for the hi oni the shoulder town or the richest town, so he knows what the people at the top rail have en In which he has money to stop work. Wo do a.r many of lib wisdom enough to know what lies. who know . . Is as individuals. Permanent and progress.vely is per -Dually ac- things to work tor are, the readers and lie will to work for them, and the I cuts. Removed rj.(| prosptrity to put wheels i ,irci r < < nti rs ol ,() m.,|;i. (hem go. ilitieal turmoil per perspective What we have learned is that the nation and wise to work together for a s are wholesome pja(.e j0 jjvc a ^r?>0 town, in a e is not deviated . . o,..,- ? don by tainted county, in a Rood State. Am mean by a god place to li\e, a hant and not In- both <? ? 1 ... ... .I..UM <i ^UIMI IJ\ inK sit rly poii. I h< p- jjw> a g(M)(| |if.. nionov, in country towns . . . xpressions, in Wftt<r- ?00<1 drools. good scl excellence and Rood churches A good place t( are not outdone is a place to invest money am Iters of the met- returns, and to invest lift get Pigge/returns. Id Worms? "Wha/ev?T promotes the mat A Coated, Fur welfare f t lie largest mini be Itreath, Stomach p,.,,p]e js essential of Rood Kyes, 1'alo, Sal.'ervous. Fretful, :i" ' is ?>f Rooil edur I'ossiiiK in Sleep, and of Rood reliRion CJood cit ny one of those sliip is not n fierce struRRie In is Worms t.el .1 j,us|nPSS to take all the other f< Vorm Killer at , orms the cause l,as nn" t'lon a school litlon. !s l.axa- church for him to go to for con re to expel tlie tion. MIr men in Imsiness are in candy form. }U1)j n,on. coming to discover tin o take. 22c at # ..... ue of profit-sharing and co-open :ws HUNTERS' AID SOUGHT "S AGAINST FOREST FIRES ! Campers Are Reminder of Their Carelessness. , MAN! I A(Tl KKS MAY AID. t*. to . Mam ! iros stin ted I?> ('iirais, < lunrrinns' 1 riles itti?I tamp I'ilt's l.ol't ii? all limning. Sportsmen's Aid Sought Against a and l-'iircst Fires. rest ? \V;:. Iiington. l>. i'., July 15. ' J'.i cau ' <>i the i.ict that many lorest > you (in are set thrnught the carelessness of hunters, campers, and others who '' on into tin- wood for recreation, the re on jur- ' service has taken up with maniifacturers of firearms and ammuniv,,ry tiult the <| n tint, of a cooperative ar' l('i ? iii^cnieiit through which purchasers > f i' i' im| user oi nun and cartridges shall r .lays y,. reminded of the lire danger. (It has la a pointed out that in the lumber region of the northwi st, for example, manufacturers and other ^ e husiness men have been having print ' "1 an ,?,| or stamped on their stationary ' loser and pa> check various erisp, cati liy cation statements ahout the loss which the ptthlie suffers through tin decreased > ' demand for labor ;tiid dcereased 1110111 m it- , \ jtl eireiihition if timher, which Is s \ec t tin- source of many of the northwest's " w,l industries is litirned lip. Blurt ii pas also boon pointed out that tiling. j;, II,,. east particularly many forest tr\ to ("res are started by the carelessness ' snin f hunters, who drop burning matcha for es, eigar or cigarette stumps, or pipe Tlion mals in the woods, or perhaps build to go (ice which i left burning when the e\i r> hunter goes on Forest tires of course ut be- greatly injure the interests of . portst iter men by robbing the birds of their proper rover. They also impair the ailing i.mil supply of both and big game, s one through the destruction of the under 1 but growth which furnishes browse, beri > hi ; ies and other food. 1 11 \- Tlie eastern woods are exposed to ler i f ihe danger Irom tires principally in ildn n i||,. pring and fall, when most of the u ex- trees are bare and the leaves on the le girl ground are dry. The spring tires, tison" niaiiN of which arc due to t.oui. flsh0 en- , rmen, may destroy the eggs of gam * boy, l.irii and even the young birds thotnof -,l\e Since trout fishermen are likcould el\ to hunt in the fall, the same In?P for dlviduals, if careless, may be a sourso e ap if diuiger at itotli seasons. 1 mini ii is suggested that the mauufnebe tur?>rs- of arm and iminunitioii lug a ought to be sullieieiitly interested in f tvo a il;e matter of prepetu: tioif of game to I men |>(> willing to b< lp in the camp: ign i learn . gain t forest tires. This lielp mar s of eonie tlirouglit the printing of some Sun hriii lire warning on enrtridgi boxes > ^ e be or some slip to go with any hunting , hoys or campaign supplies which are furexist ni lied Several mnuafac nrors have good ilreadx expressed tneir interest iu onlize the matter and their willingness to s and help. IIIKIII 'Hi t<> Tin* <'oniitry Kilitor. t yot ' >"?tey l.edger. have Tlio duties of a 4*011111y editor are of j| numernu and varied. People who ir tip oinetiines complain that their little let on lioine wcrklv does not contain as I lot nunh new as the inori pretentious 111 1. dailies publisluMl in the cities overis on look the la<t that dozens, and in nanit case . sor< 1 - of men cont.*1 ?e to the production of the larger papers, while all the work on a weekly ) sometimes done b\ a single indiggost vidual .lust how numerous and va- ? that ried are the ta^ks of tin- latter is tough disclosed hy a paragraph in the latk for est issue of the (Jlenwood (Mo.) Jour the i:al. in i xplalnniug 'hat he had inag good ? lie size and form of tin* paper so civic as to save time in mak-up, printing mate no 1 < eg the r< itor of the louiinder nal says: "For one person to gather the news I it i' e' thy type makeup the forms, print good tin- paper, distribute the type do the good Job work, collect the hills pay the il we debts, listen to kickers, sweep the ofplacc lice, kick the cat, carry in coal build id to the lires. and do a thousand and one t good things in the course of a week is no tools, little matter, hence we have changed > live the paper to a size that we can issue I get to better advantage." * and In the face of this explanation any os t objecting to the change shouid erjal he bored for the simples and then r of taken out and shot at sunrise, gov- Modern Methods, at ion Washington Star. izen "So you think you have your op1 our ponent defeated before the camidlow palgn starts?" and "I'm sure of it. Tie is going to isola- depend on old fashioned handshakmoro ing methods to make himself popu? val ing methods to make himself agreeition. able. I'm learning to dance." I 1 - *5! '