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t A MATTER FOR THK STATES, t 4 FWFH4++++++++++++++++++V Orangeburg Times and Democrat. The lailies of South Carolina, or at least some of them, are conducting a campaign to secure the support of the state congressmen and senators to the national amendment to the constitution granting suffrage to women, and in this way have the nattional congress submit it to the individual states for ratification Tht> proposition was defeated in congress last time, but it will be renewed and renewed until it is finally settled. Some time ago we received a letv ter, asking our co-oneratirm i? ?v>? plan, which is to have coupons printed in newspapers addressed to the congressman of the district and the two senators for the readers of the newspaper to sign and mail to Wash- j ington, in order that those represen-: tatives will feel that their constitu ents want them to vote for the na-1 tional amendment proposed. We have not printed the coupons,! as we do not approve of the effort being made to detrarf fmm ers of the individual states. Placing the national government in control of the elections in any way is a dan | gerous course for Southern States to pursue, and we hope the representatives in Washington will vote solidly against the suffrage amendment. l*n-l derstand. however, that we have no; by this statement arrayed ourselves as an opponent of the women's riglu i to vote. We are perfectly willing for the white women of South Carolina to vote?if the majority of them want to?and would not strive to prevent their wishes from being carried out by the legislature of South Carolina. But to depart from the entire course of the past and ask the suffrage to he put upon a national basis is a step which we can not follow, nor advise others to consider a minute. The i control of the right of suffrage the individual state has saved the South from negro rule and carpetbag domination, and foolish indeed' will be our citizens who further tl < campaign to place congress and the Federal Courts in charge of our voting. I As we wrote tliose who sent us the coupons ami resolutions to print, wei could not endorse their effort: "We! are very sorry that we can not agree with the judgment of those who think that the question of suffrage is one which should be within the scope ot the powers of the Federal govern-1 ment; for we do not think it wise to give the National Congress any au thority in regard to the electorate in the individual states. "We have always been of tin opin-1 ion. like President Wilson, that the) question of voting, and who shall, vote, is a matter for each state to do-! cide for itself. The Snntiin'? o.~.? ? ii oiai <- ?>. which have the race problem to con tend with should he the last states to further the etfort, which is being made, to detract from the powers of the individual state. "We do not mean to say that the national amendment to the constitution would not be legal, because the constitution clearly provides how it shall be amended, but we are opposed to the amendment because we question its expediency. "If the ladies of South Carolina who are interested in securing the ballot will confine their efforts to the state legislature we think they would have more chance of success in the near future than in this campaign. We think we would he able to endorse the proposition to bo applied by the state of South Carolina to herself; hut for the reasons outlined very briefly above, we can not con-j scientiously advise any of our readers' to urge either their congressmen or I senators to support the national! amendment, which will dotI the powers of the state of South Car-' olinn. "We think our State govt rumen! needs upbuilding and strengthening more than any other thing in our present political surroundings." Stars and Bars. "Stars and Hars" was the name of 1 the flag recommended by the commit- j tee for the Confederate States. The official description from the report of the provisional congress, March 4, 1861, is as follows: "That the flag of the Confederate States of Ameri- ; ca shall consist of a red field with a white space extending horizontally through the center, and equal In width to one-third the width of the flag. The red in?rM K~'~? *- -* 1 . - ...?4 miuw W ue (H ths same width a* the white The anion blue extending down through the white space and stopping at the lower red space. In tho center of the union p circle of white stars corresponding in number with the number of states in the Confederacy." The flage is in plan like the Stars and Stripes, with three bars or stripes in- ! stead of the 13 stripes, red on top and bottom and white in the middle. The square of blue has a circle of seven five-pointed white stars. INVENTORS ARE KEPT BUSY Inpenious Contrivances That Have Been Devised to Lessen Military Hardships. There are sure to be many contrivances invented for alleviating the hardships and pains of soldiers before the present war comes to an end. First and foremost thero are boots I with springs, both heel and toe. This, it is argued, will make marching less fatiguing, as the springs will prevent the Jarring now felt by the soldier as he marches along, especially over hard roads. There has also been invented a bullet-proof shield which is composed of wire. Tills shield is intended to buckle on to the soldier's body, and will protect the vital parts, although it will not interrupt the wearer's view, as he can see quite well between the strands of wire. Soldiers often suffer terribly from thirst, and once more the inventor , steps, unavaillngly, into tho breach. A holmet has been constructed the lower part of which is hollow. A broad turned-up rim runs round the helmet about halfway down. During a shower of rain the water collects in this rim and runs through a small hole into the cavity in the helmet. Thus the water is collected automatically, and when the wearer desires a drink he simply turns a very small tap at the back of the helmet and out Hows the water. This, as will be readily understood, is rather too complicated for general use, and moreover, the helmet filled with water would press uncomfortably on the head. There is also a riile to which is attached a telescope, for use when aiming at things a great distance off arrows which can bo fired from riiles and numerous other contrivances which the inventors, although not the authorities, think would prove of value to soldiers if used. HAVE GENTLEST OF GUIDES Nurses Assigned to Marshal Convalescent Soldiers About Streets of Russia. It is one of the fine sichts of Russia to see a pretty nurse?and most of them are pretty?a slip of a girl, with her white headdress, marshaling these great, blond, hulking convalescent soldiers along the street. Usually one girl takes out ten or twelve, though I have seen forty marching in twos under the direction of one wee woman. She directs them with pretty authority, scolds them if they stop when she wants them to go on, points out the sights to them, shares in their won der and thoir open-mouthed admiration. fusses them if they do not mind, and generally is obeyed as though sho was a field marshal. They are big chaps, most of these Russians?big and broad shouldered; and they clump along in their monster boots, swathed in their great coats. I and meekly do as the little nurse tells them. She calls them "my children," and admonishes them and guards them and steers them across tho street car tracks and past tho busy corners; and they all look to her with perfect and simple and childish trust and faith. They do not know about cities; but mah'lee mailt?the little mother?will keep them from harm.? Samuel O. Blythe, in the Saturday Evening Post. Amsterdam Statistics. The annual booklet issued by the city of Amsterdam, giving statistics i of local affairs, shows that the population increase in 1914 of nearly 14.000?making the total population over 600,000?was almost double the gain during each of several years Just preceding, and more than double the anmini troin ft " 04 *?4 1 ? - oxiu u UCVBUC a^U. 1 UC -1 leilU- j ing hotels had during the year 109,224 guests, of whom 12,024 were Americans. The number of people carried on the street cars was 100,951,476; fares received, SI.738,000, being less than 2 cents a fare. The general fare i is 2 cents, but on certain short stretches it is less. Other sources of 1 revenue brought the total receipts to $2,093,000, from which, after paying i operating and maintenance exix-nses, I $40,000 was turned into the city treasury and $82,000 Into the reserve fund. Fashionable Ills Disappear. Some of the most fashionable Lon-; don physicians have been badly hit by the war. This is mainly caused by the shrinkage in the number of imaginary ailments. Those people who i used to swell the fashionable physi- i cians bank balance prodigiously with 1 their fancied maladies have now simply no time to imagine themselves \ ill, or rather the war has distracted their attention. One never seems to meet a hypochondriac or neurotic in . these days. The war has also been 1 the cause of the termination of many family feuds. Discovering Borax. Nobel's accidental discovery of dynamite has a number of parallels. The value of one of our chief preservatives was made known by a traveler In Yellowstone Park coming upon tbo dead body of a horse. The animal must have been dead a consider- j able time, yet the body waa perfectly I preserved, and this arousing his curl- j osity. led to an examination of a peculiar dust with which it was coverod. It proved to be borax, hitherto used only in glazing line-, but destined by that accidental discovery to become one of the most used of chemical compounds in many fields of in- j dustry. *"' THE LANCASTER NEW! M DUG THE GRAVE FOR HIMSELF Tragio Incident of the Battlefield Sent From the Front by a German Oficer. Capt. H. Rohrmeler of the One Hundred and Forty-llrst German reBervo Infantry regiment writes from the front in the Champagne: "After a thunderstorm I took a walk behind our lines, to dry my uniform on my body. I visited a small cemetery where many or our soldiers are buried. In the little graveyard I found the chaplain of our regiment saying prayers over the body of a very young hussar. Four old landsturmers were silently dlgrir.g a grave. "After the hussar was buried the chaplain begged the landsturmers to dig a reserve grave, but only one of them consented and went to work again. He was a small fanner from Baden and the father of a large family. While he worked he told me that he had three sons at the front and iwo or them had already earned the Iron cross. 'Some Jolly young fellow will soon be In the ditch that I have made,' he said sadly, after he had finished his Job. "The next morning I came to the cemetery again. Ten or twelve soldiers were standing around tho new grave in silent prayer while the chaplain pronounced a benediction. When 1 stepped nearer 1 saw that the body which had Just been lowered into tho earth was that of my landsturmer. The poor man had dug his own grave. During the night a French shell had torn him to pieces." FIGHT WELL WITHOUT MEAT Vegetarian Troops in the Armies of France Conceded to Have Made Splendid Record. One of the best fighters in tho French firing line is the Algerian, who is, practically speaking, a vegetarian. auuuiD tut) mvie * uwnerBQip 01 it. Something to Do. Senator Lodge was talking in Washington about a dull summer resort. "1 know a man." he said, "who took a cottage there last summer to please his wife. " 'This cottage,' the agent said impressively. during the signing of the lease, '!r Just a stone's throw from the station.' " 'Good,' said the man. 'That will give us something to do on the long summer evenings.' "'Yes?' said the agent with a puzfcled smile. 'Yes? How so?' " 'It will give us something to do. I said, on summer evenings,' the man explained. 'We can sit on the front porch and throw stones at the train!' " The Nobel Fortune. i ne decision or the Nobel company to quadruple their capital may recall how a lucky accident laid the foundation of the Nobel fortunes. Alfred Nobel was assisting in his father's factory at Stockholm In the manufacture of nltro-glycerin, when one fateful day In 1867 he discovered that a cask had leaked and some of the nitroglycerin became mixed with the siliceous sand used as packing. The trivial mishap suggested to him a1 method of preparing a safe and manageable explosive, and the result waa dynamite. New Victory for Chlfhran. Every day childhood achieves some new felicity. The latest is the news that slippers are going out. The government vouches for It. A mere fifteen and one-half million pairs were manufactured in this country during the lost year, "a marked decrease over other reports." Manifestly, the effects of the "spare the rod" system are beginning to be felt.?Philadelphia EveDing Ledser ins usual rood consists of wheat and dates, o'l and milk, and beyond that figs, oranges, eggs, cheese and vegetables of all kinds. It is only twice a month at the most that France's North African troops at home eat meat, and that is when a goat or a lamb is killed, and then the whole village takes part. Even now, while serving in France, the Algerians feed practically on nothing but dates and wheat porridge mixed with oil. These troops are the finest of all African soldiers. They live in an extremely rocky country, and are accustomed to enduring long fatiguing climbs from the very earliest infancy. They are able, in fact, to outmarch any European troops, and to do it on much less food. All able-bodied men in Aleertn rrn compelled to serve three years In the French active army, and seven In the reserve. At war strength the Algerian troops number over a hundred thousand. Gospel and Literature Lots. An interesting memory of old New York, when church and state still had closer relations than now, is recalled by the supreme court's decision on the "gospel, school and literature lots" in the Adirondack forest preserve, the Springfield (Mass.) Republican states. These lots were set aside in various townships by act of the legislature in 1786 to be retained and devoted to promoting tbe gospel and literature. The lots were patents to the Sacketts Harbor & Saratoga Railway company in 1856, and returned to the state in 1891 by the Everton Lumber company. The supreme court's decision denies title to the land claimed hy various squatty occupants S T>ECEMBRT? 31. 1915. OWE UBERMJ.V TO CAUSE! Converted Chinese Are Unusually Generous In Their Support of Christian Work. The quostion is sometimes asked whether the natives in our foreign Acids really contribute in any adequate way toward the support of ! Christianity, says n writer in the Irving Church. This is a perfectly reasonable question, since self-support is one of the signs of a vital coherent national church. As a partial response It la worth noting that within the last few months Chinese Christians have made the following gifts: (1) $10,000 toward a hall for St. John's j college, Shanghai, commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of Doctor i Pott; (2) $2,000 toward pledge of $8,600 for the Cathedral School for Girls, Hankow; (3) $8,000 promised for the auditorium of St. Mary's, Shanghai; (4) a residence, erected at a cost of some $4,000, for Doctor MacWillie, Wuchang, as a mark of appreciation for the work done by him as head of the Red Cross during the revolution; also (6) $5,000 has been contributed toward the purchase of land for the enlargement nf n hnsnit.il- tfii I $7,^00 Riven outright for the purchase of land for St. Luke's hospital, Shanghai. These are very recent instances of Chinese generosity, in addition to which there is a constant increase in giving toward the general support of Christian work BOYS BUILT THE COTTAGE Demonstrated How Easily Abode for Tuberculosis Patient Might Be Constructed. The tuberculosis society of a certain locality needed a demonstration cottage for the crusade against the white plague and they placed their need be-1 fore the boys of the public school shops. One class of eighth-grade hoys volunteered, and two days after the Job was started the complete cottage was delivered to the society, writes N. P. Pultz in Popular Mechanics. The cottage is constructed in sections and can be assembled or dismantled in thirty minutes. The sections are not so heavy but that they can be handled with ease by two men. There are seven sections?namely, the floor. two sides, two end:- and two roof sections. A house built In this manner was placed on the courthouse lawn as a permanent fixture. Among other things brought out in the construction was the fact that a cottage may be built by a boy at a cost less than $50. Thus a stricken parent, brother or sister may be provided by the hands of a young mechanic with the first means that may bring him or her back to health. Latest on Scientific Eating. M. J. Bergonie discusses in the Comptes Rendus the best arrangement of the human dietary on the basis of the observation that the period of maximum availability of the energy in the meals occurs about three hours after eating. He suggests that a diet furnishing one part fat, one part protein and four to five parts of carbo-hydrates should be taken in three meals, viz., a heavy meal, supplying from 1,400 to 1,600 calories, about 7:30 a. m.; a light niital Utltmlvlnw 'iAA fn iAA nnl no O uvw>( " " l' l'1"?h uvv vv TVV v-niui ico, nv 4:3ft p. m., and a dinner, supplying 700 to 800 calories, at 8 p. m. One wonders whether the average man, and especially the average Frenchman, accustomed to a very light petit dejeuner, could adjust his appetite to so heavy a meal in the early morning. Canadian Shipping. The department of marine and fisheries of Canada, in Its report on the list of vessels built and registered in Canada during 1914, gives a total new tonnage of 43,346, the largest figure in 14 years. Of this amount, 23,167 tons was credited to Ontario, which hus been advancing as a ship-owning and ship-building province since the development of trade on the great lakes began to call for a larger class of steamers than had been employed previously. Taking $30 a ton as the average value of vessels of all kinds, ihe totul for those 011 the Canadian registry 011 December 21 was $27,972.U00 _? Finds Ruin of Old Mission. Six to eight feet under the debris of decades, Jesse Nusbaum of the School of American Archeology struck the well-preserved lloor of the mission j church at the Pueblo of Pecos, 20 miles east of Santa Fe, Cal. Here he , found also beautifully carved beams and brackets, so badly decayed, however, that drawings of the design were made on the spot as the wiood can last only a few days. The drawings were made by W. Templeton Johnston, the famous architect. Fifty-four skeletons were taken out. "Silver Bullets." Mr. L.loyd-George, whom learned Germans acouse of plagiarising the expression "silver bullets" from a seventeenth century codex in the Royal library at Stuttgart, probably took it from some Welsh legend about witches. It was an old belief that witches sometimes assumed the forms of hares. It was another old belief that hares which were not hares, but witches in disguise, were never hurt by ordinary bullets, and could be killed onlj with silver bullets. - . .... Greetings the Season And Thanks For Your Patronage. Greetings of the season and best wishes for a happy and prosperous 1916 to you all. And may you have many such in the years to come. We thank you sincerely for the liberal patronage we have received during the past twelve months. You have been generous indeed, which is the best of all evidence that the home store is nearest of all stores to your heart. 1,...... 1 J - ?- " X? ,tc imvc oiiumivunKi hi an nmes 10 serve you conscientiously and acceptably in the past, and the future will see us putting forth even greater efforts to this end. We hope to see you all throughout the new year, which we trust is to be one of many blessings to our people. Again, hearty greetings from the management and clerks of this market. CITY MEAT MARKET We buy all kinds of hides bring us what you have * I WF ARF f.RATFFTTI ! V II U 111UU UIUIILII UL I ? i * * Jt. 3* * Just A Word To You + u +. n + !! * 5 J We desire to extend to you, the public, our thanks for 11 f the generous support you have given us during the year ^ | r 1015, and to express the hope that you will remain with \\ T us during the coming year. It is not possible for us to S! t express in cold type the gratitude we feel, but we can ! [ ;; and will let our actions in future speak even louder and ; ] more practically than our words. i i We extend to you all the compliments of the season. ] \ i i May the new year bring you your heart's best wishes. I BENNETT-TERRY L I > i M ? The Pure Food Store. \\ z*i * - Tjgr^ Solid Comfort, Plus WkJr^ l yf * "^n over8tu^e(l chair, 1 \ 1 meaning a chair where 1 tyj the upholstering materr a y "* ials are extended or J-3Kit .J jtjvl "stuffed over" the framework until little or none P of it is visible. The effect 1 I one of extreme elegance. I * flfiS5* I Since such pieces arc the 1 \ |5fiSp*^c=='^^ySlM most used pieces about ^ 'Ja mtfSff) " the house, they should be 5fc\MflBrr5r "1*^ as strong as they are US ^Lg| comfortable and beauti' \ wjW ful. In buying our overVr stuffed pieces from man\L| HQ) ufacturerB whose very fll names are a guarantee of quality, we have carefully noticed all these points and can truthfully say that they measure up to the makers* and our own high standard of excellence. No home is complete nowadays without at least one overstuffed niece. All that is necessarv for pnmnlott. ?.!*? 4 MMT1MA MU ^ A1VI IVII V. . ] I 11 We Sell the Best Things to Cook and the Best Things to j \ || Cook With. W COAL SHINGLES WOOD \\ A *f % any style of furnishing is to see that the cover agrees with the ^ color scheme of the room. We have Overstuffed Chairs and Rockers done in flowered tapestries and genuine Spanish leather. Or we can order them for you in any kind of co"ering you wish. Write us. Parker-GardnerCo. CharNUc. I We Greet You\ I WITH THANKS I I X ? <> 5 * \\ GREETINGS of the New Year to you all!. May it bring yOu the best in the land and that which you desire f 5 {\ most of all things. We give you our warmest thanks for the patronage ?\ *' you have extended to us in such liberal portions, with the j \ < i full assurance that no pains will be spared in the coming ] \ | year to warrant a continuance of your friendship and i i support. \\ AGAIN WE GREET AND THANK YOU j F.d warik ft Hnrtnn 1