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TSr.LKSS" Git AM.tl Alt. j * i According to u speaker who ad- ' dressed the National Council of J; Teachers in English in Chicugo recently, grammar is an almost usless b sludy. and the time given to It in n public schools is almost wholly ci wasted. d "Grammar not only does not teach T correct speech, but often is a hln- al drance to it. When a man is think- P ing of syntax and trying to talk at ? the same time, he's doing too much. ? There is a collision that is fatal to A\' ?rivivivivi\/i~?riTiv4vivj7i7Vv ?v?v4T ?** * THE IXVKNTOltY. ' : H: This is the season for the inventory. Every well regulated business, at least once in the year, takes stock, sums up the liabbilities, writes off worthless accounts, and strikes a balance which shows, sometimes, a profit, and sometimes, a loss. And there is nothing which is so good a abalance-wheel in a business as this self-examination. All the governmental supervision, and all the control of directors, sought to be injected into business in these later times are nothing as compared with the honest, intelligent examination of affairs by the managing head, because to him we musi look for the correction of errors of administration and management in the future. And a man should make an inventory of his own busiaess. A lair valuation placed upo i his own property, and a list of hiA outstanding obligations, carefully studied and f intelligently analyzed, w. it? *JArhircs r - cause him to call n haW and there In useless expe* murcs ail,l wasteful habits, that ww ^ 111 the next summing up. m \ ; Hut more than ailing we should y ttake an account of bur own lives. As we approach the mile rock on life's journey, it will help us to make an Inventory of ourselves in a:i honest effort to determine whether our lives balance in favor of good or evil. Charging against ourselves as liabilities the evils done in the body, there are few of us who can show assets of good deeds suflieient to make the books balance. And there are so many liabilities in the way of evil deeds which we might erase from the books of account. There is so much of selfishness, so much of thoughtlessness, so much of envy and hatred, so much of petty jealousy, so much of evil thinking and evil talking, to say nothing of our graver wrong-doing, that might be written off the books. And then, too, look at the good things we think we do. Are they in reality done for others, or for ourselves? Is the person who os tensibly dispenses charity, really charitable, or it vanity and selfseeking? De we really love others that wo do good to them, or are we rather seekers after the plaudits of tile unthinking, in an effort to bolster our own popularity? De we seek to help others, or are we mere slaves to the footlights? The man who lias not gone off to hjmself, and really thought, and searchingly investigated himself, his own life, his own thoughts, his own acts, his own motives?who has not taken a full inventory of himself, ie not yet a man?not according to that final taking-of-stock which all of us look forward to in some form in that summing up which is to follow. And while we would wish for our readers a prosperous new year, we wjbii tne more tliat they take an account with themselves of the deeds done in the past; that they make a searching examination of themselves and look forward to the future with a determination to get rid of the hard stock and worthless accounts of life.?Abbeville Press and Ilann er. f, . w Restoration of Palentine. Palestine is essentially an agricultural country, as it has absolutely no other resources, and in past times supported a large population. But it should be understood that to restore it to its former prosperity would require considerable capital and a radical reform of government. Though the ^ Israelites came out of the very productive land of Egypt, their destination was described as a land flowing with milk and honey. This statement is most Interesting in the light of facta concerning the nwrfuMinn -vra 1IVUO/ here. It ts well Known to botanist* that Palestine Is the meting place of flora of three different continents, and this circumstance combined with the varied altitudes produces a condition most favorable to bee culture. -Scientffle American. 'Qene Plaid's Humor. Eugene Field often llksd a gams of vrhlat In the evening, when he coquI "4*op in" and waa not "specially invited." One Sunder night when leaving the house of a friend he called out lq?dly. for the benefit of the rigid church members connected with the IdoCormlck Theological seminary, aeross the street; "No. Charles **nrj, I shall noter play poker with you again on Sunday night.', much to the chagrin of Charlea Henry, a model man who never indulged in poker on Sunday or any other night. ?'- vsi nr.il ? - ? - - - - ' ttbu, in MCDrtoe'V Mt|t JMu i . I.. , Whenever Ym Need Oiiind TWc k Take Qrove'? Ik, The Old Standard Omt'i Tasteless f chill Tonic it equally valuable aa a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic property of QU1NIH B and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives oat Malaria, fto riches the Blood and Builds np the Whole System. 90 cents. ki?., . . f1| - -fltf, _ _ either the syntax or the thought." n It's a matter of common observa- S tion that the pupil who parses and o diagrams with the greatest facility lj in the school room is as likely as not si the one that uses the poorest English tl on tlie playground. It doesn't seem o to occur to him that the grammati- li cal rules have any application to F I hlfe ordinary speech. Or if it does, ei I he refuses to make tlie effort to I speak correctly. ., ! People use language in the way n that's naturul to them. The child s] whose parents speak good English a speaks good English himself. The j \ child who is accustomed to bad En- ta glisli at .home and among itis play- n I mates may arrive irt a fairly cor- r; I ret t manner of speech in the course it of years, through a gradual drop- p ping of his errors. But that reform p is cbietly a matter of unconscious or > I luilt -conscit^s imitation. It is our j t< | eumenti^that forms our speech. ; r Only the very exceptional child, who o is a precocious prig, instead of an or- a dinary human, reforms his speech it by rules taken out of a book. t< The personal example of teachers f' has far more to do with shaping the n speech of their pupils than the bock h of grammar they teach. And the fl grammar rebel who shocked the a English teachers at Chicago was h probably right in saying that read- 1 ing aloud does infinitely more good than formal instruction in grammar. I ?Augusta Chronicle. CIICHCH FA IItS AM) HOT suppers. : ! * * We wish to express ourselves 011 j r ; tliis (luestlon while 110 effort is being j 1 , made along this line locally so that f we may not be considered as mak-! ( ing it applicable to any particular r , case. We believe that about the;( worse thing that any church can do/ ( is to go into the hot supper business I 1 I or entertainments of any kind for/ , raising funds for the church; let the < supper be hot or cold, let the thing j * be supper, dinner or breakfast; let j 1 , it be lecture or piay or entertain- r | ment of any kind given for the bene- 1 I fit of the church it is wrong in prin- * ciple and In practice. In the first 1 place it is belittling the church. It f pi ts it on a level far below the one ' , upon which it deserves to stand. r , Then it is denying the members the I privilege of gjving to the cause di- 1 ( rectly which not only is a means of 1 grace and development, but it car-j' and it will also bo campaign year. a That does not mean, however, that In 1916 all the old maids will get married and all the office seekers C will be elected. For some old maids, _ for some office seekers and for some of the rest of us 1916 will bold disoppointments by the handful.? Klowee Courier. t< u HELP VOIR LIVER?IT PAYS. j? When your liver gets torpid and di your atomah acts queer, take Or. '< King's New Life Pills and you will f, find your self feeling better. They oi purify the blood, give you freedom ft from constipation, biliousness, dlz- ziness and ^indigestion. You feel ft fine?Just like you want to feel. Clear the complexion too. 26c at druggists. No. 2. THE LANCASTER NEWS, M0IC<QI0i01QIQIQIQI0X)KXQWIQy?MPIQI0IWQI0j0K * looki \<; aiikaik ( )K | Little has yet appeared iu print, 1 ut a great deal of discussion is 1 evertheless going on as to politiil eventualities in South Carolina 1 uring the new year soon to be born. ' he Summer of 1916 will see us ' gain in the throes of a state-wide olitical upheaval for the selection ! f State, County and Congressional < Ulcers. ( Very naturally the interest centres 1 lost generally in the choice of the ' tate oitlclals, yet there is no dreth 1 f interest in the prospect for a live- 1 r mix-up in several of the Poneroa lonal Districs, including, perhaps, lie Sixth, while the local County imipaign is most likely to be tlie vest proposition of its kind thai lorence County lias ever expqr'c-n- ' a. From nowhere in particular bbut ervading the air nevertheless witht persistance that suggests some inpired origin there conies ever and noil the intimation that Governor tanning will not be permitted to ike his seat for the proverbial second iip term without a struggle. Former overnor Hlease has openly avowed is purpose of contesting with 111 resent inenmbebnt the coveted lace, while persistent rumor credits lr. Cooper with the intention of pssiiig his hat in the ring. Mr. '.lease's declaration lacks somewhat , f the tire of enthusiasm that usuallv ccompanies his promulgations and : is possible that his essay is more o keep him in the public eye than o press his claims for Mr. Mailing's seat. It is just as likely that e may step aside, throwing his inuence to some other candidate? nyone save Manning?and groom imself for the contest for Senator illmaan's togo four years hence. But Blease is an astute politician, le finds himself confronted with he two horns of a very serious diBiuna, and his realization of his amiltion to sit in the halls of the nighty in Washington will depend cry strongly upon his ability to seed the one that leads on to vict rv atlier than that which beckons but o defeat. If he himself stays in the ace for Governor lie stakes all on he result at the August polls. Deeat then would mean defeat in the senatorial race four years hence. It natters not whether Blease should go lowu before either Manning or some itlier candidate?say Cooper. Doubtess he would be in the second race vtth one or the other, but that ho ould win on the second primary igainst either is extremely problenatical. At the same time to peruit Manning to go back to Colurr >ia would he to invite a very formidible contest for Mr. Hlease in the L918 race for the senate. It, thereore, seems on the boards that Please is just as likely to keep out >f the next campaign and throw his nfluenee against Manning as that te will go in. His chief concern will >e to defeat Manning because Manling represents the very antithesis >f Hlease and Bleaseisnt. Hut if both he and Cooper should ome in? This contingency will present many complications. Hlease vould undoubbtedlv poll enough rotes to go into the second primary ?the others would be divided beVV'ftpn t h A 1 n if ott/1 nr/1 nr Hiere can be little doubt that Manling would have the advantage over hooper for the force of tradition onibined with the force of already 'omplete organization would be difIcult to overcome. It must be remembered that Cooper and Manling's platform must be the same. Hie question will be one strictly of nen and not of issues. In this hallenge Cooper has no advantage. Manning has played the part am': icted the man. Such mistakes as he las made have been mistakes of udg*nent and not of purpose. Cooper vould, therefore, have to convince he people that he was the better man md this he cannot do. The only hope for Cooper would be n thA f>aao fViof IllooflA oK/xi.i-i .. ...w v?wv VUMV i^lCttOC 9UUUIU sia\ >ut of the race?then he would get he Blease Influence (and be behold n to Blease in the Senatorial race n 1918.) But there would be another altudlon created by Cooper's and lleaxe'ii Inlni mImoo i??a m?... ?? ? ? ?? ?vv <uvu cue; uaia gainst Manning. It would be this: If Manning should win over 'ooper then having opposed Man$100 Reward, $100 The readera of thia paper Will bo plcaaod to iarn that there la at leaat ona dreaded disease tat aotence hat be?n a lie to rare (a all It* iagee, and that la Catarrh. Hall'a Catarrh Cure i ttaa only poet tire cure p?w known to the Modal fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional laaaao. requires a constitutional treatment, [aire Cafarrh Cafe la taken Internally, acting Iroctlx upon tho blood and mncoua surfaces of la fystem. thereby destroying the foundation ' the dlaoaae, and string the patient atrength T building np the conitltntlon and assisting naira In doing Ita work. The proprletora hara > much faith In Ita ruratlrn powers that they Tor Or.e Hundred !><>llar? for any r.iae that It l!la to cure Send for list, of testimonials. Address P. J. CHENEY * CO., Toledo. O. Sold bj all Druggist*. 75c Take Hall's Fatally PlUa for eoaatlpattoo. , ries with it great blessings. It is f more blc-ssed to give than to receive is the teaching of the Scriptures. , We recently heard an announcement from i pulpit not a thousand niles from Greenwood that an eutertainiiient would bo given in the I church for the benefit of missions. ' What do you think of that? And yet it is abut as good as many of the devices resorted to raise money for the cause of Christ. Some time ago we heard a gentleman talking about this way of beating around with entertainments to raise money for his church and here is substantially what he said: "I have found out by ??vnoi?lnn aa '' ** - * * * * * v.ycncuic ? nuii uu me irouuies ana > expense Is taken into consideration < that it costs as much or more than it does to put your hand down into 8 your pocket and make the contribu- 1 Hon straight " Was he not correct? J We believe that he was. We think , that church members ought to regard 1 too highly their churches to have a some tramp going the rounds to get up a play, at certain per cent of the i proceeds to go to the church. We c venture, the assertion that very few t pastors approve of such methods.? Greenwood Journal. I Disappointment for Some. a The year 1916 will be leap year i JANUARY 7, l(Jl(>. ring primarily Cooper's friends will logically go over to Mease. If, an the contrary. Cooper should win aver Manning in the lirst go round Lltere would be felt u great deal of uresentment on the part of Manning's friends and the likelihod is tiiat many would go to Mease thus Increasing the possibility of his elecion over Cooper. If then Mr. Cooper and his friends sincerely hope for and are patriotic enough to work for the final defeat af Blease and the triumph of the principles for which he stood so gal lantly at Manning's side In lit 14. h^. must sink his ambition and wo;.^ issure Manning's second term. This would strengthen Cooper's chances to be elected Governor two years later. It h?r refuses to do this lie must ?lay squarely into Blease's h>?;;(i whether tlie former dictator concludes to enter the race or not. Certain it is tliat the only man in whose hand the banner of law and uder can lie placed permanently on the rampart of the old State of south Carolina is that of tin present Gov-j ernor.?Florencte Times. I'RESIDE NT HOLDS FIRST RECEPTION. i Hot Springs, Va., Jan. 1.?I'resi-i deilt Wilunn It at ?1 l?i* ? an.! tl ..v. .v, tun uiai UlllCIUI New Year's reception this evening in the lobby ot the hotel here where !?< it ml Mrs. Wilson are spending their honeymoon. He shook hands with about 50o persons and later was host at public tea. The line of callers, mostly country ( people from a radius of 30 miles | about Hot Springs, was received oy ( tlie President and Mrs. Wilson as they stood before a fireplace near the hotel entrance. Mr. Wilson greet- , ed each cordially and smilingly Introduced his bride, who was gown- . 1 ed in blue georgette crepe, with blue lace sleeves and high collar. At the , tea Mrs. Wilson officiated at a small table set apart for her and her husband. The President and Mrs. Wilso 1 mo-1 torn! today to Warm Spring-;, Yn.,! after a ra n storm had driven Miomj from the golf links, and return*' i by, ? i i ivii Untie i'ah m ? 1 ! - * 11 ? ' ? , . V M.vw IUUU , CX . I II ' II - ill U'.'UI- ; ing Springs, threa miles away, ar.d walKing the reminder of the distance. Tney stofped several times i to talk with children who troop'd out! to meet them. Information regarding the situa- j tlon with Austria was forwarded to, t.ie President by Secretary Lansing today but its nature was not d'seiosed. . ^ . " " THE HKTTKlt THIXCi. -I-1 * ml It is tn Inco ?i*l? " ' ? ?.... .u >uov >i iiit u uuaiieucc clean Than to win by a trick unfair; It is better to lose with a conscience you've been. Whatever the prize was, square. Than to claim the joy of a far-off goal And the cheers of the standers b>. And know down deep in your in most soul A cheat you must live and die. j Who wins by trick may take thej prize. And at first he uiay think it sweet. But many a day in the future lies When he'll wish he had met de-. feat. For the man who lost shall be glad at heart And walk with his head up high, , While his conqueror knows he must play the part Of a cheat and ? 1 i ? I n a I :e prize seems fair when the fight is on. But, save it is truly won. You ill hate the thing when the crowds are gone. For it 3tands for a fasle deed done. And it's letter you never should reach your goal Than ever success to buy At the price of knowing do'-n in your soul That your glory is all a lie. ? Edgar A. Guest in Detroit Free Press. Asthma-Catarrh and Bronchitis j Cam Be Greatly R?Bmd by th* New External Vapor Tmfaniat Don't take internal tnediekies or habit, forming drug* for there troubles. Vick's "Vap-O-ltub" Salve is applied externallf and relieves bj inhalation as a vapor and by absorption through the akin. For Asthma and Hay Fever, melt a little Vick's in a spoon and inhale the vapors, also rub well over the spinal column to relax the nervous tension. 25c, 50c, or $ 1.00. HaCP*?0UIK I * . N / I* # N It Always H0| says Mrs. Sylvania Woods, ol writing of her experience with K2A tonic. She says further: "E Cardui, my back and head thought the pain would kill n pM to do any of my housework. Ai LZ3 o{ Cajdui, i began to feel like ? m| ^ined 35 pounds, and now, I as well as run a big water n I wish every suffering w< h cadi jgj The Woman a trial. I still use Cardui wh |Ch and it always does me good.' Headache, backache, sic tired, worn-out feelings, etc., an P9Q ly trouble. Signs that you nee tonic. You cannot make a m for your trouble. It has been women for more than fifty ye; Get a Bottle < IIK OKA I'KOI'KKTY SOIJ>. Columbia, S. ('.. Dec. 31. 1015.? bin Irounds aud buildings at Green- a 11J rille formerly occupied by Chicora ollege have been sold to the Green- ^oc rille Trust company for $126,000 This announcement was made vester- t lay morning by the Rev. S. C. Byrd. to I). I)., president of Chicora college e<*' or Women. acme rneumatism also suiter from diseased tonsils, and asserts that "rheumatism affecting young children or adolescents leaves mitral stenosis (Contraction of the mitral valve of the heart) as Its most frequent and crip pling valvular affection " To cure a Cold I Mt>my I r xetAXATJVHPROMO 0\ jac. It atop* the cough and Headache and v. orks oft the Cold, i rvr?rt?t* r?fni*d money if it tails So <$, S -x Bi^"..?!ure o* "a;h ty , J SSfttV Italian Lemon Gardens. The Italian lemon gardens vary in area, being commonly extremely small in comparison with California's groves. About Palermo, however, there are gardens having as many as 2,000 acres. Fertilizers are used, but thero is little or no system. Nor is there agreement as to the proper intervals between trees. Irrigation is employed. In the Sorrentine region, where the water supply is short, a tree averages not over 400 lemons, but well-bandied Sicilian groves may produce 1,200 or more per tree. The most northern gardens produce less than those of Sorrento. Sufficient Excuse. "Well, squire?ee-hee! bee!?" tittered the village core. "This?" "No. LeBter," sternly interrupted the Old Codger, "today isn't St. Patrick's day. Yes, this Is a green necktie. Yes, H e a devil of a looking thing for a man of my age and complexion to be wearing. Yes, 1 detest green necaties. But, as my crippled niece bought It for me with her egg money, and as she thinks It is pretty, and was perfectly sure I'd be pleased with it; by gad, It is pretty, and I am pleased!" Tonsils and Rheumatism. Rheumatism hi its many forms is, according to Dr. Seymour Taylor, famous British specialist, the most dangerous disease with which physicians have to deal, more dangerous than even tuberculosis, cancer or blood disease. He notes that 75 per cent of young patients who are the victims of The Greenville property is located >11 south Main street. The Greenville Voii rrust company, the purchaser, plans oir. :o sell the Main street lots for busi- The ness houses, and the college build ings will be converted into family hotel or an apartment house. The deal for the property has been on for some time. Monday the papers were duly signed and yesterday the deal was announced as closed. Last year Cliicora college was united with the College for Women, and the new institution was called the Chicora College for Women. Tiiis prosperous Presbyterian college now occupies the beautiful buildings and grounds formerly used by the College for Women. The removal of the school from Greenville to Columbia left the valuable Greenville property on the hands of the college. When the Columbia property wasl a t?L-on r? vr> v tUrwr* ~ i~ ~ - Jl1 ' ? .v.. u.vi iucic naa n mrge U'.'Ol. I I L>r. Byrd yesterday, in speaking of I I ilie sale of the Greenville property, g said that tills would put the college ? on level ground and would clear it of 1 indebtedness. "Will this give the college a balance?" he was asked. "No." he replied, "but it will put us even." Chieora college, owing to the large amount of money involved, does not get the $125,000 in cash, but Doctor Byrd said yesterday that satisfactory terms were made with the purchasers. .1 7 Helps pj f Clifton Mills, Ky., in Cardui, the woman's tefore 1 began to use IQfl would hurt so bad, 1 r-^ le. 1 was hardly able ter taking three bottles BBI i new woman. 1 soon do all my housework, BmS :>man would give MB mil N sut? b hg4 I 's Tonic en I feel a little bad, Pj le ache, nervousness, 2 sure signs of womand Cardui, the woman's istake in trying Cardui helping weak, ailing irs. r ^ I Today! iinrirtra And We Won't. South Carolina can have more (Is of weather in a given time than place on earth, but we oughtn't kick as long as so much of it is k1.?Newberry Observer. He Was, Thank You. A'e hope Old Santa Claus was good Miss Juanita Wylie, the very able tor of The Lancaster News.? trtanburg Journal. 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