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v/ II I I TOPS AS A SCHOOL OF LIFE To the eyes of the unobservant, I the sight of a group Of boys spinning tops may have no particular interest. ! ,Uu to the philosophical, this incident of daily life may convey some signifiance. In this part of the United States, the sight of boys spinning tops is act ,cepted as one of the fixed signs of spring. Boys almost never play in ' the fall. But a few breaths of spring j air bring them out. This suggests how humorously tlx ed the customs of boys are and quite as iqtfexible as the dictates of fashion to gown-up men and women. It Is a study in human nature to ^ watch a group of boys spinning tops. Four out of five boys will do anything to win. The game is not formal enoug-h to set up an umpire, and youngsters of an aggressive and domineering type get their own way. As these boys are hot apt to have a very active feeling for Justice, might almost always makes right in the top ring. The boy is not only a gregarious tribunal but he is a hero war-' shiper he must have a leader. Boys with a keen sense of justice are apt to fare rather hard. This feeling of equity is apt to go with' a rather sensative child niture. Boys of his temperament are much more apt to drop out of the ring and refuse to play than defend their rights with their fists. Thus these little men of a future day get In the top ring a first foretaste of the wrongs of the wide world. The wise parent encourages his youngster to stick it nut nn mnl. ter to what grievances he may bo J subjected. It's a fine thing to win. It is a still finer thing to suffer abuse and to know how to resent it with dignity and force. It's an even finer thing to suffer wrong and keep good natured over it, and wait a settlement some other day. The top ring is quite a little school of life.?The ' Florence Daily Times. "A Walking Dictionary. We have all heard of the man who always began his day by opening his Bible and choosing a text at random to guide him for the next twentyfour hours. But there is really another man who begins his day with the dictionary! Anyone who ever meets that man is impressed at once by his command of words, his fiu'. and tlM remarkable number i of things he seems to know about. What makes his general Information : more astonishing is the fact that he never went to school beyond the i primary grades. I a* "There is nothing wonderful in it," he told a Companion contribu- . tor, "and I have no unusual gifts, i My plan of memory training is perfectly simple. For twenty years I ' have made it a habit to go to the i dictionary every morning before I leave home. Afternoon would serve i as well, but then I urn busy at the office. Night would do as well, too, if I were not mentally tired nnt l>v (hat time. I open the dictionary and 1 select an unfamiliar word, trying to 1 avoid any that are either obsolete or too technical. I read the derivation i >and definition carefully, and during! working hours I try to keep it at the |i back of my mind, and if an appropriate chance offers, I use it. It is really great fun! After a while you begin to feel your power ol expression grow, and I know of no more delightful experience. In the twenty I years I have added several thousand i words to my vocabulary, some constantly useful, others merely ornamental. 'i "Then the pictures in the diction- [ ary, small a:* they are, repay close j scrutiny. As for poetry, almost all < the poetry I know is from the nuotations given to show the use of words. Acftln All mv Wnnw Ii Jca /\t' hir/lo GOLDS & LaGRIPPE 5 or 6 doses 666 will break any case of Chills & Fever, Coldi & LaGrippe; it acts on the liver better than Calomel and docs not gripe or sicken. Price 25c. i Man Tiikes His Own Medicine Ih an Optimist. He has absolute faith in his medicine?knows when he takes it for ceitaln aliments he gets relief. Peowho take Dr. King's New Discovery for an irritating cold are optimists? they know this cough remdey will penetrate the linings of the throat, kill the germs and opeif'the way for Nature to act. You can't destroy a ' cold by superficial treatment?you must go to the cause of the trouble. Be an optimist. Oe a bottle of Dr. Kink's New Discovery today. All dealers.?Advt. Malaria or Chills & Fever Prescription No. MS is prepared especially lor MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER. Fire or da doses will break any case, and If taken then as a tonic the Paver will not return. It acts on the ttvar better than Caiotnel and does not gripe av sicken. 25c1 ft . ) ! animals, and flowers comes from the same source. And yet once, whllo walking with a naturalist acquaintance, he declared that I had an amazing amount of natural history lore for one who was not a -specialist. "I have been too busy to read eany books; the dictionary has become my literature. Let me tell you, as an example, what I hit on this week in my morning consultation. On Monday I learned what the combacillus 1b?that it causes Asiatic cholera. On Tuesday I discovered the anemometer, an Instrument for measuring the wind, saw what it looked like, for Its Dicture anncunwi in connection with the text, anil 1 learned the inventor's name. On Wednesday I became acquainted with the Junco, a bird of the ilnch family. On Thursday I got a glimpse of Babism, a religious cu't I had never heard of, but which, I believe, has made many converts in recent years. On Friday it was a lesson in physiology?the larynx, with several interesting illustrations. - This moruir.g I struck the word 'cognomen,' and found out its Roman nppiicutiou. "When I open at a page *hat I have seen before, I refresh my mind with an old world"and choose a new ! one. There is nothing to lose in the game, you see. And I prefer my scheme to that fifteen-minute-a-day reading plan in the classics that we hear so much of."?The Youth's Companion. There's Another Side. "There's another side," said the minister's wife, solftly. "How do you know?" asked the visitor who had told the discreditable little tale, strictly in confidence, as she had herself learned it in the bosom of the Wednesday afternoon setving circle. The minister's wife had not been present, and it was only right that she Bhould be put right about this family of newcomers in the parish. "Somethings had come to the ears of the sewing circle that were not?well?not exactly?" "There's another side!" repeated the minister's wife, not so softly this time. In fact, there was a noticeable little ring of indignation in her tone, which dtpd out in a sort of wondering pity as she noticed the challenging look of her caller. "You are glad there is another side, aren't you? Why, of course you are. And you see, I know all about It!" "You weren't at the meeting!" Raid the other, stifly. "If you had been, you?" "No, I was there?at the house! And I saw?I saw?O, Mrs. Rabbltt! If you sould have seen what I saw." "I saw, too?with my own eyes! That daughter of theirs is an Dpium?" "She isn't their daughter, not even relation; not even a friend or a friend's daughter; just a poor girl who had been sick so long and so terribly that the doctors themselves had made her a victim of the opium Imbit. And they have given up their home?their very lives?to it. They ilon't say a word about it. I just found it out?with the help of the [loctor." The visitor rose suddenly?almost unceremoniously. For a moment the hostess looked troubled and aghast. Had she spoken too sharply, discourteously, even? Her mind fled hack over the interview as she faltered : I "You are not going yet; You?O, | on aren't oirenfled at anything I've naid?" "Yob, I'm goin*;. Offended?I? I'm going around to see our ladies, i vory single one of them!" "And tell '.hem?" The minister's wife hold her brenth for the answer. One may he vi ry bold, but it sometimes takes a jront denl to ofTend "the ladies." "And tell them," said the caller, gathering hei wraps about iter, "that beautiful 'other 'side'!" "OI" breathed the minister's wife gratefully. "And tell them, won't you, that there always is another side?always?always! And it is our Christian business to try and find It."?Zion's Herald. May be in Order. The flv-swatttnr season < nt h?nit and Uncle Sam may take a awat at the Mexican gad-fly.?The GreenvilW Piedmont. RUB-MY-TISM Will cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old Sores, Tetter, Ring-Worm, Eczema, etc. Amtiaeptio Anodyne, used internally or externally. 25c Whenever Yon Need a Oenerel Tonic Take drove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic propertlesof QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood andl Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.1 - ' ' , *' " ... 1 THE LANCASTER NEW! CKUHADti AUAIXKT CIGARETTES. Mr. Tho8. A. Edison, writing to Henry Foard, under date of April 26, 1914, says: , "The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The substance thereby formed is called "Acrolein." It has a violent action on the nerve oen vx-.o, y>wuuviu| uegunerauon or m?! cells of the bruin, which is quite rapid among boys. Unlike most narcotics, this degeneration is permanent and uncontrollable. I employ no persoj) who smokes cigarettes." Head What Dr. Wiley Has to Say. When Dr. Harvey W. Wiley was! chief of the Federal Bureau of Chemistry at Washington, he had impure food and drug manufacturers on the run all the time. He was -unquestionably the leading health and food authority in the United Sates today. Would you know his opinion of the cigarette? "I commend Mr. Ford, Mr. Edison and all people who join them in their efforts to curtail or restrict, obliterate or destroy the pernicious habit of cigarette" smoking. The use of cigarettes is making inroads on the strength of the nerves of all who smoke them, especially boys of tcndjer yenrs, or women who smoke them I because thev think th? . F.UV>1V? smart. The effect may not be so bad on people of more mature years, but not in any case, no matter how old a man or a woman, is smoking helpful. Hesldes constituting a nuisance, the financial strain connected with the use of tobacco stands beetween millions of people and home comfortB." "Experience of many years chiefly with boys between the ages of thirteen and nineteen, has persuaded me that all the agencies which make for nonsuccess in high school work the cigarette evil is the most serious with which we have todcal."?Tugaloo Tribune. WOMAN ON THE BATTLEFIELD. The women on the battlefield, the women in tho hospital tent, or hospital buildings, the women who are nursing wounded and sick who have been returned to their native'country for care, are not those who suffer most in time of war. Suffering is not* alone a matter of physical hardships. The keenest suffering a women can endure in that which her imagination makes her suffer. Her home life is broken when husband, brothers, the men of her householdhold, are taken from her. All the happy routine which made home is broken. Her leisurb Is not occupied by thought sof hope and anticipation of pleasure. She is not looking for the homecoming. Her anticipation is of fearful news that may, will come. She reads the lists of wounded and killed. She watches to see what regiments are engaged in battle. The ? /-<-?? * ~ - uvuuhiicd, lllCIll IjUSS OI Li1I6 til Rattle Now Going On!" makes the would turn Inky black for her, and the blood recedes from her heart.? Ex. Honor Roll Camp Creek School. Following is the honor roll for the' Camp Creek school for the month ending April 2, also end of the term Eighth Grade Advanced): Effle Morris. Eighth Grade (first division): Nettie Roberts, Jazie Roberts, Leo O. Montgomery, Oliver Crenshaw, Maggie Lou Steele (part in 7th t. Seventh Grade: Fannie Knight. Sixth Grade: Ruth Montgomery, Eula .Mae Steele, Mar? Roberts, Ida Steele, Lucy Ogburn (part in 5th I, Jennie Ogburn, Jessie Roberts. Fifth Grade: Josie Montgomery, Nonna Roberts, Nannie Knight. Fourth Grade: Pauline Montgom ,.rv Unnllna il?* .j, tivuiuiu MiuiliUil, iJ Uilllll l Alt'* Daniel. Third Grade: Maude Steele, Lillian Roberts, Dwight Plyler, Paul j Roberts, Ethel Steele. Second Grade: Louise Sullivan, Mary Lou Rlackmon, Pearlie Mae In- j gram, Wesley Knight, R. A. Wil- j llama. Advanced First Grade: R. J. ! Helms, Melba Williams. First Grade: Clarence Steele, Ed-j na Roberts. The above have BuccessftTlly passed their examinations and have attended 75 per cent of the time durng the month. A. C. ROWELL, Principal. CHICHESTER SPILLS DIAMOND BRAND . I a,-/ ^ LADXKS I ?^ JUh jmr Wrnrff.? for CTfT-C TTR^-TER 8 A D:a.wOND I"VaWT? PH.L3 in RKf> andAkV Goto metallic t>oxea, acjlcu wilti Bl?ie<0> Rlbboa Ta*3 NO OTnm. lliiy sijwf V/ ' .9raft?1<t and a?k top ( lll-CIIBS-T?k B V BtAllOND BliAHI) PIl.l.K, for twe otr-flrc year*regarded n# Bert.Bafcat, Always Reliable. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS turn rirrvu/updp worth i jrjlbu uicnmntnc zlszvi 3, APRIL 9, 1915 . BICitiKST CONTRACT OF THK YEAR L.ET The Charlotte Observer of yesterday says: The biggest construction contract of the year was given yesterday by the Southern Power Company of this city to the Hnrdaway Contracting Co. of Columbus, Ga., for the erection of a mammoth power plant at Fishing Creek, three miles above Great Fai's S. C., at the point where the Catawba begins its last precipitate drop through the range of hills that separates the piedmont country from the lowlands. The plant will generate 30,000 of electrical horsepower from a head of 50 feet. At Great Falls just below is the 32.00 hovsepower plant and at Rocky Creek, which is hardly more than a mile from Great Falls, is another 32,000 horsepower station, mak'ng, with this Fishing Creek development, approximately 100,000 of electrical horsepower gen erated at this one point. The nuichin ery equipment of the powerhouse wi1! consist of five 8,000 horsepower units The Hardaway Contracting. Company will begin work immcditaley and the job will be furnished by September 1, 1016. There i3 no reason why there should be any delay at all in starting for the railroad liuilt by the Southern Power Co. when it developed tireat Falls and Rocky Creek passc3 within a few hundred yards of the site. The Hardawaj Contracting Company is now about half through with the Lookout Shoal development between Catawba and Iredell Counties in this state and will finish the Job this Fall. In the meantime the activity at Fishing Creek will be prosecued and this plant w!U be put on in the Fall of next year. Mnnana. When you urge the Mexican to make a business decision and close up the deal, he squirms, shows his teeth and says: "Manana." Which means tomorrow. The habit of mind which makes the Mexican say that has made him a poor man, generally speaking, in the midst of the most profusely productive country in the world. And there are others. Many of us lose out in life because we put off until tomorrow what we should do today. We say: Tomorrow I will decide. Tomorrow I will begin. Tomorrow I will reform. Tomorrow I will be happy. When tomorrow comes we do not decide, we do not begin, we do not reform, we are not happy. The habit persists. It is fatal to initiative, to resolute action. It becomes easy to say to one's self: To-! morrow I will start the business; tomorrow I will speak the kind word; tomorrow I will cu? out the bad hah- j it. When thinking is requred, think: | wnen action is required, act. You may make a mistake. Rut al- j so you may make a mistake tomorrow. It' you make the mistake today there is tomorrow to begin over. Plunge in! l)o not stand shiver-1 ing on the brink and fear to launch away. The water may be cold, but it will be no warmer tomorrow. I do not need to tell you how many mistakes you have made, how many chances you have missed, by putting things otY. You know.?Selected. All persons indebted to the estate of S. It. Caskey deceased are here hy notified to settle with the undersigned; and those holding claims against said estate are hereby required to present the came duly verified to me. J. HART CASKEY, Administrator Estate of S. It. ("askew Feb. 27, 1915. 2\vkly-4wks EVER ll.WE IT? If You Have, the Statement ol" This latncaster Citizen Will Interest You. Ever have a "low-down" pain in the back? In the "small," right over the hips? That's the home of backache. If it is caused by weak kidneys. Use Loan's Kidney rills. Lancaster people testify to their worth. Read a case of it: Mrs. H. M. Parks, Market street, Lancaster, 8. C., says: "I ached all over and my hack was a constant pain. When I sat down I got so stiff across my.back I could hardly get up. I couldn't do any stooping. I was hardly able to do my housework. I finally got a box of Doan's Kidney Pills at the Standard Drug Company and began taking them. They gave me lasting relief from tho backache and fixed my kidneys in good shape.'* Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pilla?the same that Mrs. Parks had. Foster-Milburn Co , Props., Buffalo, N. Y.?Advt. ?' To Make Good Br ??????FI EDWARDS t This Is tl I I > PORC i VEGET Always FRES WE ! COAL, - BRICK, -! We can supply yo wood and Oak W place, or anything EDWARD i V, More Corn ami Ih?ss Cotton. The farmers' operations in Abbej ville are very backward this year. ! On account of the rains very little deep plowing has been done. We hope our farmers will plant "more j corn and less cotton" when the | weather does clear up.?Abbeville i Medium. TRY A NEWS WANT AD. White Man With Murk Liver. The liver is a blood purifier. It was thought at one time it was the seat of the passions. The trouble with most people is that their liver becomes black because of impurities iu the blood due to bad physical states, causing biliousness, headache, I dizziness and constipation. Dr. | King's New Life IMlls will clean up j the liver, and give you new life. 25c j at your druggist.?Advt. ? Saved G ^ "I want to tell you what J ceived from the use of Thee 2 Mrs. Sylvania Woods, of Clif 2 "It certainly has no eqi 2 liver and stomach troubles. 1 5? saved mv little eirl's life. they went in on her, but c ^ Black-Draught made them br g more trouble. I shall never I B. THEDI LACK-[ 3 in my home." For constipatit ^ ness, malaria, chills and fevi ,ji ailments, Thedford's Black-D iji reliable, gentle and valuable m If you suffer from any o! ? Draught. It is a medicine c years of splendid success young and old. For sale ev< ROCK HILL S BAK FRESH "ROCK HILL' IN THE Sanitary Made by machinery a; bakers in a strictly sanitj HAVE YOU TRIED TI CAKES? One to six PHONE YOU E. B. RODI Good Things to Eat. 3 1 ead Buy Your Flour lOM" MM &iiORTON MWBHD ? ...? ^ayu-i ..aHBMflWaWMMBMI 10 Rrnvifl iv/ jL/i ctnu "% ELAIN * ABLES H at this Store SELL SHINGLES, - WOOD u with good Stoveood for your fire; in the Wood line. & HORTON Home Forms of Rheumatism Curable. Rheumatism is a disease characterized by pains in the joints and in the muscles. The most common forms are: Acute and chronic rheumatism. rheumatic headaches, sciatic rheumatism and lumbago. All of these types can be helped absolutely by applying some good liniment that penetrates. An application of Sloan's uniimeni two or three times a day to the affected part will give instant -elief. Sloan's Liniment is good for pain, and especially rheumatic pain, because it penetrates to the seat of the trouble, soothes the afflicted part and draws the pain. '"Sloan's Liniment is all medicine." Get a 2f>c botI tie now. Keep it handy in case of , emergency. All dealers.?Advt. To Prevent Blood Poisoning i .'.ply at once the wonderful old reliable PR "OUTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEAI.ING OIL.asi. ical dressing that relieves pain ami heal? I ne seme time Net > liniment. "Sc. 50c. ill's Life S wonderful benefit I have re- J lford's Black-Draught," writes J ton Mills, Ky. J tal for la grippe, bad colds, J [ firmly believe Black-Draught J When she had the measles, J )ne good dose of Thedford's eak out, and she has had no J? be without J "ORD'S ? m0m IpaugHi in, indigestion, headache, dizzi- J er, biliousness, and all similar S raught has proved itself a safe, remedy. ^ f these complaints, try Black- # )f known merit. Seventy-five J proves its value. Good for ^ irywhere. Price 25 cents. f J ?31 W TEAM IRY AGENCY " BREAD EVERY DAY 1 WEEK. 1 /ii ana laean iid baked by expert white try bakery. IE ROCK HILL POUND pounds at 25c a pound. R ORDERS TO >EY & CO. Prompt Delivery. I 4 # Kt* % ,