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FAMOUS DERBY RACES EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENTS AT WORLD-FAMOU8 TRACK. 4* Ambition of Every 8port?man Interested In Game Is to Win Great Contest?Lord George Bentinck's 8ore Disappointment. 8lnce 9. Arnull rode Dlomed to victory in the English Derby in 1780 some extraordinary incidents have occurred in connection with this worldfamous race, to win which princes and peers have sacrificed fortunes without success. sayB u writer in London Answers. Time was when the house of commons was wont to adjourn on Derby day, so that our jaded legislators could run down and bask in the breqkea which blew o'er Epsom Downs. Again, when the great Crimean war was raging, parliament ordered that the result of the race should be included in genoral orders. -* ? ?? 1 From time immemorial the Derby has been marked by sensations. On three ocoaslons, for example, bones starting at the forlorn odds of W) to 1 against hare captured the classic prise. Jeddah, In 1898; Blgnorinett^ ten years later, and Apoyeur, tw^ years ago, wore tholr names, and their performances recall others which will stand out prominent in turf history jdnt all time. ' fn 1913, one remembers, the race j was doubly memorable. There was the ' terrible episode of the suffragette, who ' sacrificed her life In a vain attempt to j stop the horse, whilst, as a kind of : antlclima*, came the disqualification of Craganour after finishing Qi*st. Dast year we had the memorable scratching of the Tetrarch, the quaintly-colored animal of the rocking-horse type, of . whom such great things were expected. Whenever the great Epsom carnival , comes round, sportsmen, young and old. talk about the Snowdtorm Derby, j when Hermit, starting at 62 to 1 O STO In Of r.mlncr ? WOWIUBI., VTTIII6 WW O 1C[A/11 IUUI IIO WHO lame, won for Mr. Henry Chaplin, netting htm a fortune. Daley, the Jockey who bestrode the successful animal, received a present of ?3,000 from the owner, and the victory went a long way toward ruining the plunging marquis of Hastings. As to drama, what could he more tragic than the action of that famous sportsman, Lord George Bentlnck? Lord George, after spending a lifetlmo in attempting to win the Derby, sold all his horses in dlBgust for a lump sum of ?10,000 down, and retired from the turf with his ambition ungrati13 ed. Included in the sold racers was Surplice, who, ironically enough, carried otT the Derby in 1848. After ward Surplice also won the St. Leger,' and a few days later Lord George ^j|Bentinck was found dead on his estate at Welbeck. When Bend Or won the blue ribbon for the duke of Westminster, the winner was immediately objected to, the allegation being that he was not the j horse stated, but Tad caster, and that the two had been changed when foals. There WM a trnmi?ii1nna ?mnnnt nt cltement, aa fabulous Bums were at stake, but after Interrogating everyone connected, from the stud grooms upward, tho authorities decided in favor -of Band Or. The latter afterward bo-; came additionally famous as the sire -of the celebrated Ormonde. In the Event of a Mistake. Louis 8. and Joe M. live within a square of each other, on North Illinois street. Joe is an unusually good boy, but Louis is what his parents call shrewd, though the neigh- ' bora sometimes use a different name for it. A few days ago the boys were speculating on the possibility of obtaining I* dollar, and incidentally on the expenditure of it. "If I had a dollar I'd buy 60 cents' worth for mother, a quarter's worth !for dad and a quarter's worth for sisiter,'* said Joe. Louis looked thoughtful. . "What would you do if you had a ^dollar, Louis?" questioned Joe. "If I had a dollar, I'd have it first changed into halves, then quarters?" I "w?iir' I "Thon Into dimos, then nickels, then t pennies?" "Well?" "And In the meantime, It anybody ( jmade a mistake, it wouldn't be me," i explained Joe.?Indianapolis News. I ENGRAVINGS ON OLD NUT A Virginian Made the Pictures With a Pocket Knife Many Years Ago. Alpharetta. Oa.?Mies Mary Hook has a large hickory nut which has been a cherished possession of her family for she generations. It is covered with engravings made with a pocket knife In 1731. The work was done by one of hor ancestors, Wllllgm Kendrlck, a civil engineer and schoolteacher. The engravings are perfect pictures, although so small^hat the aid of a glass Is re> Huuau iu out) mem. In addition to the initials "W. K." and the date. "1731," the picture* are a hickory nut tree, a hog, a cormorant, a fox, an eagle snd a squirrel with It* tail curved over Its back and *~*^a nut in It* paws. This was done la yv Virginia. ; ?^r \ FIRST TO BUILD TRENCHES Romans Instituted 8ystem of Field Fortifications Which Are Used by the Armies Today. The Romans, who were the first to make a real science and art of war. were responsible for one of the prlnc'^ai features in western "Europe?the "trtiiled frontier. This does not mean .1. j ordinary fortified frontier as It was known up to 1914?a series of strong fortified camps with unlr.Irenched gaps between them. It was in southwestern Germany that the ~oiauns built as a protection against tne inronrls of German barbarians, ".'bat v. as the prototype of tho line crr~?ev.e" which irday runs from .witicrlanrl to tho Forth eeu. An J just aB the German trenches in Franco and Delgium are to all Intents and purpospq tho (rentier pf the German empire, so the Romag trenches? the limes Qermanlcus?were part of the frontier of the Roman empire. The northern?known In ancient times as the Pfahlengraben or palisade ditch?ran from the east bank of the Rhine, near Bonn, across the Taunus mountains and the Main in a general southeasterly direction south to near Stuttgart. It consisted of an earthen wall, with a ditch?the trench being, of course, 6ft j.he outside and the wall being the position of the defenders. The w|ll wu topped by a palisade, and at intervals there were towers?burgl?occupied by small bodies of troops, who patroled the intervening sections of wall. At longer Intervals were stone redoubts ?castella?whore larger bodies of guards were stationed. One of the peculiarities of this frontleiwwhlch in its details represented, of course, an artificial boundary through what at the time was a very sparsely Bettled country?was that a stretch of about fifty miles In length ran In a straight line due north. It has been referred to in English and German writings as one of tho earliest known boundaries on tho American plan. Near Stuttgart the Pfahlengraben meets tho Teufelsmauer?the devil's wall?which was the name given In medieval Germany to the other half rvf (Vn lli. r> ?? - v. niuoo uci lUiuucuH?a rampart of atone which extends a little south of east till It meets tho I>anubo at Regensburg. There were forts at Intervals to strength this, and In the main It was apparently garrisoned much like the Pfalilengrahen. Chance for Ugly Men. Thero's all kinds of hope for the men in the back row?those whose iTacial scenery Is not attractively arranged. A whole bunch of beauties In a Broadway chorus doclaro they Just love an ugly mug, oecause the machinery In Its think box is always well oiled. It is their opinion that the brain of a pretty man could easily be carried in the vest pocket of a mosquito. And by way of an argument, one girl says: "Go right through the world's history and you will find that the really big men?the men who have done things ?were ugly. Women admire them because they are distinctive forces, because thoy are big and strong, both mentally and physically: and It Is a distinct feminine quality to love and crave for that wo lack. Ill wager there are many women who have secret admiration for this or that prize fighter because of his physical force, and I know lots of them who make no bones about being 'crazy' about this or that football hero." 80 it's all settled. And It will be worse than useless for any "pretty" men to entertain any fond matrimonial hopes where this beauty contingent is conceroed.?New York Times. i Mixed Vaccination. "Ono of the most signal advances recently made in the prophylactic use of vaccines." says the Medical Record, "is Castellani's method of combined vaccination, which Is how being used on an extensive scale In France and Italy." Doctor Castellan! uas prepared ten combinations *of vaccines, each containing the micro-organisms of from three to six different diseases, and these are giving highly satisfactory results. The combinations are as follows: (1* Typhoid, with two varieties of paratyphoid, (2) Typhoid with Malta fever. (3) Typhoid, two paratyphoids and Malta fever. (4) Typhoid, two paratyphoids, bacillus aslatlcus and bacillus columbensis. (5) The same, with Malta fever. (6) Typhoid, two paratyphoids and four different dysenteries. (7) Cholera with bubonic plague. (8) Cholera, typhoid and two paratyphoids. (9) Cholera, bubonic plague, typhoid and two paratyphoids. (10) The same, with Malta fever. Mere Trifle. "War anecdotes seem to be popular Just now," remarked the public man. "An thav WW ?wa V| nuanviou UIO OWI C* tary. "Hum. Couldn't you credit a few anecdotes of that loct to me?" "It would be filter dlfl&cult, as you haven't been In Europe since the war started." "What difference does that make? I've never been In Rome, but tb*t doesn't prevent me from quoting Cicero (n my political speeches." Instinctive Utterance. "Did the failure of women to get the vote In your state change views In favor of a feminine ballot?" "Not a bit of it It convinced me that my wife la naturally qualified for the vote. As soon as the returns were in sne began to say 'Fraud' like' * recyfcr vatSO* to poltlea." . TTTT-* l.AKPASTE'R >TF,WS afterThe great wai SPECULATION AS TO PLEA8AN' PATHS OP PEACE. Woman Who Ha* Known Condition at the Front Wondera What Real Return to the Normal Will Mean. Centuries ago a chronicler of th Crusades recorded quaintly of a cei tain vain und valorous knight: "Three wounds he received in thi battle, whereat he laughed, but tb< paynlm who shore his tall plume h< cur .cd deeply and reBted not till h< had, with hiu good sword, shorn oft hi hcud." That was in the day when ever; gentleman who was not a priest rnus be a fighter, and could be a dandy onl; by the way. It was many years late thof J M ? " ??? i; yxi uiuou, uanay iitb and fighter afterward; the gracefu Idler, the society fop, suddenly trans formed by patriotism, at his country'i call, into a hero. History proved him fiction adopted him; he became one o the most popular figures in drama story and romance. But until nov neither fact nor fiction has supplied i corresponding type of heroine. The great war of today, although i demands of many of the noble womei who have answered the call greate ability, responsibility and thorough ness of training than has ever been de manded of women before, has also ol fered opportunities of service to oth ers, hitherto merely women of fashioi and the gay world, which many hav< eagerly accepted. Women used onl; to organizing balls toll on committees * women who have shone in foreign cap Itals interpret for hapless refugees women who have played with pette< children in charming nurseries estah llsh orphanages, care for destituti mothers or adopt war babies. Othe women of the modern athletic type untrained to nursing, devote thei: nerve and muscle to slaving In hos pltals?hastily improvised, ill-equipped overcrowded, undermanned hospital! ?where they fag for the real nurses and turn their hands to anyi ling fron writing wills and messages tor dylni men to menial and often horrible taski of washing, scrubbing and disinfecting Others give themselves, w. h tliei automobiles, to the Red Cross, anc drive their own cars, filled with wound ed, over war-torn roads and ball wrecked bridges with skill and . r. ; Often they run them under tin., am not one of them has flinched. "If over this terrible tlmfi, whicl seems an endless nightmare, does real iy end." the American wife of an I?ng llshmau of high social position, wh< has been loyally working with the rest wroto home recently, says the Youth'i Companion, "and if I wake up to peac< I nn/t ~ ? -1 ?? 1 -1 uu kiumcs miu uuiiiKB, mil life as It used to be?sometimes wonder who it will bo that will wake Not I, the old I of before the war that I, my dear, is dead as if she ha< been shot. I want to be happy ant jolly again, yet when I think of thi old life it seems no more possible t< take it up and live it than to go bad and be a little girl. 1 have died, o grown up, or been born again alnc< then?I don't quite know which! only know that I am. and must be, dil ferent and that 1 cannot even wish t< be the same again." Sometimes to lose a self is to flng i soul. -C Another One on Taft. "Uncle Joe" Cannon tells this tab on ex-President Taft. though he is al ways careful to assure his heareri that he will not vouch for the ac curacy of it: "It was when the president wai merely Mr. Secretary and was visit lng Japan on his famous trip througl the far East. Mr. Taft was caughi fast asleep in a hammock by a mov ing-picture man, and th)s interesting film was being shown at a county fail in my home state, Illinois. The mo tion picture was being reeled off tt the great amusement of the rural spectators, when a huare flnw linn and denly darted across the film and the screen went dark. " 'Band o' mercy, Hiram,' gasped at old lady in the rear of the ball, 'whal was that?' " 'Hush up, Mirandy,' croaked th? husband. 'Don't yew ask so man) questions. I reckon that's where the hammock busted.'" Untheatrlcal Commanders. Great generals in these crucial hourt are not posing for the "movies." The> are not animated portrait busts be plastered with medallions and rlbbont to astound lay audiences of civilians al long range. General Joffre, after 22 hours of abstinence from sleep or food as he follows over the telephone the varying fortunes of battle, calmly sayi to his staff. "It Is over. Let us go take a bite." The hero-worshiping blog rapher might fill the mouth of his god like effigy with a resounding epic son timent such as a central American rev olutionist would declaim from a bal cony in a triumphal hour; but strategy not rhetoric, is the Held marshal Is tKls war. Cannot Turn Over. On Rome of the French military lor rles there nre ahixsd rods which, 11 a vehicle be tilted at a severe angle otl a high-cambered roiul, swing out, so that should a disposition to over turn be evinced, the tendency is 1m mediately arrested by the teet on the ends of the rods, ror these prop the Mr up by making an easy contact groand. The button to pure . * w ..... \ . . - . - ... . V KPKRtTARY 22, 1910 ' Corns Gome Off r Like Banana Peel jj OUR Wonderful 8implo "Gete-It" Hover Fails to Remove Any Corn Easily. ' _ "Wouldn't It Jar you? Hero I'vo ^ rp* *p n boon going- along for yeare. with one 3* I -* m Lf desperate corn after another, trying ! * a * MJ. to get rid of them with salves that j ^ b |[f| boarding, C t XX?*ltat?t 17m Rare "Gets-It" for Those T? ] Corns and Save Your Life and Your Toes t I: P eat off the toes, tapes that stick to ! 5 _ the stocking, bandage* and plasters ', 8 that make a package of the toes, try- . , i, Ing blood-bringing razors and scls- .. YA-jf-t-wa-w-t f sors. Then I tried 'Gets-It' Just opce ***** 1 and you ought to have seen that corn I ?? ? come off?Just like a banana peel." It's ,, simple, wonderful. It's the new way, ' painless, applied In two seconds, nev- & a er hurts healthy flesh or Irritates. 4> Nothing to press on the corn. Never - W^\ falls. Quit the old ways for once any- + 1 t way and try "Gets-It" tonight. For -> , corns, calluses, warts and bunions. + 1 "Gets-It" Is sold everywhere, 25c a r r bottle, or sent direct by E. Lawrence L. 4t Co., Chicago, I1L Sold In Lancaster a?d recom- T mended as the world's best corn 4* TL. remedy by Lancaster Pharmacy and v 1 |] l" J. F. Mackey Co. : t i tk * PKICE ADVANCER BY SISAL TRUST -jr 11 I ^ * The Story in a Nut Shell. ^ A concise story of the sisal trust 1 which may be used In any paper with * J * | h or without credit to Farm Implement ? I I A complete monopoly of the sisal ^ r fibre output of Yucatan, Mexico, has X ' been obta'r.d by the Comision Ttegu- * T0 j^s pre? r ladora del Mercado d?^ Henequen t i- (committee to regulate the sisal libre X ? t market), a body created by Yucatan ^ 3 A big advance In the price of binder 2 Award Gr ' twine will be one of the results. $ International 1 The Comision lteguladora is now T ? composed of supporters of Gen. Car- X . , . . 3 ranza, head of the de facto government t rlOltiei Hit of Mexico. To tinuncc the monopoly T Tl'Ophv for 1 r the Comision has enlisted the aid o( X j New Orleans bankers, who in turn f mil* f+ c * have prevailed on banks in New York, T iMllOtt-L 1*0 , Chicago and St. Louis to take parts A of the large loan required, and which 3 Endorsed 1 will be secured by warehouse receipts T 1 on the fibre stored in New Orleans i and elsewhere. A company composed i of American bankers and members of T R/I i. the Comision has been formed and will a. I IIP ll|?l , receive a large commission on all -I ?" I fih*A 1- - ? * ?' ? * uuio dclicb iu aumuon to tue interest T. . . , . , - . . . . 0 paid the banks on loans. I " '' '? The Comision Reguladora was eres ated three years ago to buy surplus e stocks of sisal fibre to prevent them A DH^ITIVP 1 from being dumped on the market A rUuMlvL 01 I and bearing down the price. The qu . DIP D , Comision fixed a certain price as the Q| f\ y|g Q I one required by planters to make their ' crop profitable, but was unable to get 1 sufficient financial backing In Mexico "Neglect of Appari I to carry out Its plan. With the power Conditions Wrecks a of Carranza behind it the Comision Growing E 3 has driven out the fibre dealers and t no Yucatan sisal can be purchased ? through any agency other than the Comision. ? Having a complete monopoly the ? Comision can dictate the price at all m, J times. The price it is now demanding * *< 3 is 2 cents higher than the price it pro- \ nounced profitable to the planters in x the beginning. It is 2 cents higher f* than the price wlvich prevailed a year ago. It is 1^4 cents higher than the average price paid for sTsal by binder twine manufacturers last season; ^ 5 hence, if no farther advance is made, j|j||g - the price of twine is sure to be inj creased that much over the price of | ? 1916. And there is no telling how high j J* the price will be raised by the Com- I? m v islon before the required amount of : J fibre for next season's twine supply w c * has been purchased, and in the sue- j ' ' ceeding years. a prominent druggis t In advancing the price the Comis- 1 is nuthorlty for the n . ion has ignored the law of supply and ment. In explaining 5 demand; for last year, notwithstand- asked two question . ing the consumption of sisal fibre was the largest in the history of the trade, " there was a large surplus in Yucatan. " " ^wlng heull } Under normal conditions of competi- i an" begins to run t I tion, such as existed before the Com- i the condition of th ision seized the market, the price , Almost always, unus ? would have declined from last year's What wns the first figure. The price is therefore arbi- health? Constipntlo ( trary and unwarranted. This constipation Thus the American farmer Is to be nvoided by taking R ' forced to pay tribute to a fibre trust Cftglonally. They an 1 financed with American canitnf- f?.r > until fiuch time as other fibres suitable c . ' for binder twine can be obtained in men- wo,uen or c,1"t i sufficient quantities, the farmer must results. d:pcui! on sisal for the greater part of \\Te have the E> his twine supply. Conditions make it p:.ruc f, ? *u:,, , impossible to obtain an adequate sup- . vn . ?n ply of maniia fibre at this time. For SrAWUAKU 1 every cent added to the price of twine ' through the operations of the sisal . monopoly, $2,500,000 will be added to Frencn g i the binder twine bill of the American Since the outbrea farmer. French government I Is this monopoly amenable to the alive to the paramo anti-trust laws of the United States? the agricultural pr< If it were purely a Mexican afTair. or been rendered all I 1 if the finanrial backing were obtained - kv the t from other countries, the United States of 80,"t,0n J? Jf? i would be powerless to interfere. Hut general mobillzat ilnce the capital is contributed by I" sp'te of the gret . Vmerlcan bunks from deposits of by the women of F Vmerican depos'tora, the combination the war began, hav? I ihould be amenable to American law. Cultural work hltbo ; Justice to the farmer requires that the ; thoro was for government take such steps as may be m^.lnm yan\, Jf band taken lawfully to prevent the financ- s?r,0"? *ac* i Ing of the monopoly w Itb American remedied t^ a g ei money. Initiative of M. Ml - . j ister of war, who p j of farmers territorli Flo.l.n BocomoV totid F.U, ,1nr"p, f The romancing of 8unday supple- )-be ,ln0? meht writers comes out true olldd in i been granted to me , IE While in anite of axervthtn^ ? to return to the far ' in point being the coal production of while In the zone c t Spltzbergen. one of the most desolate ra la command 1 >( islands of the Arctic ocean, where 'tilers to render help >1 mine? financed by American capital ever possible. 1 produced nearly 40,000 tons o( coal ' ! * 7**. , btM* .?L . t <v . ^ -xt M 7 ? DIFFERENT UNES 1 n EST GROCERIES THAT jj ^ONEY CAN BUY* jj ;? me, Cement, Ceiling, Flooring, Weather- !! 5 ? 7TZ < ? -Oal, Wood, and Brick. i> i t t DELIVERED PROMPTLY. ? dwards & Horfon 1 onsfrs''' 1 OF MERIT |j iese have brought' the | IDERWOOD PEWRITER T sent leading position. ^ and Prize, Highest Honor Panama-Pacific Exposition. ernational Speed and Accuracy Typewriter 'en Years. I sson Medal for Mechanical Supremacy. X ).v World's Champions and all Great Typists. * chine You Will Fventually Buy'' | ATEMENT MAS? iioiiiroo ..in STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Uo NlOO MAN County of Kershaw. vw.Mi.vw COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. A. J. Gregory. Admr., of the estate intly Unimportant of T. E. Gregory, deceased, Martha Many a Hoalthy J. Catoe and Owen Gregory, luainass" Plaintiffs. vs. ^ O. A. Gregory, Sam Gregory, R. B. Gregory. J. W. Ingram, G. C. Welsh and L. T. Gregory, DefendUnder and by virtue of a decree herein of kta Hoaor C. J. Rainage. residing Jadge, of date November .13? 23rd, 1914, I will sell at public I outcry, for cash, before the Court | House in Lancaster, South Carolina, '[ ':';^Sb .during the legal hours of sale, on the first Monday in March, 1916, being the Cth day of thereof, the folliBL, lowing described real estate: Tract "B.'' all the right, title and J|P|l|^|t . interest of T# E. Gregory, deceased, the same being a vested one-half inJ terest in remainder upon the death of Owen Gregory and Emma Gre<IN, JR. gory, in and to all that piece, parcel <t of Atlanta, Ga., or tract of land, situate, lying and hove positive state- I1>einP m the State of South Caro: this statement he ! ?na' and in Lancaster county near ? .... i Taxahaw, and on the waters of Flat : Creek, containing eighty-two and one-half (82 1-2) acres, more or thy business turns ies8, bounded and described as follown hill, what is iows: North by lands of W. F. Cook e owner's health? and of Blackmon; East by lands of iuatty bad. Amos Mungo; South by waters of : cause of his poor ' Flat Creek; and West by waters of u { Flat Creek, could have been L. A. WITTKOWSKY, exall Orderlies oc- Master Kerhaw County. b a pleasant candy *e^' ***16 4t 16-22-29-3 h can be used by lren with the best FETTERS OF ADMIXIHTRATION. | State of South Carolina, County (elusive Sellinf of Lancaster: By J. E. Stewman, p, r ,. ** Judge of Probate. LiKOat Liaxail\e Whereas S. F. Williams has made DRLG CO. suit to me to grant him letters of ? 1 administration of the estate and efi fects of Harriet Whaley, deceased, ricufture. These are, therefore, to cite and ,k of the war tne a(jmonish au an<i singular the kindl has been fully retj an(j creditors of the said Harriet unt importance of whaley. deceased, that they be and jblem, which has appear before me, in the Court of the more difficult Probate, to be held a Lancaster on drain which the 15th day of February, 1916, next, made upon labor. after publication thereof, at 11 it sacrifices made o'clock In the forenoon to show cause, if any they have, why the said . '' , administration should not be granted. ) undertaken agrl- ( Given under my hand, this 1st day rto performed by cf February, Ann* Domini 1916. a long pOrlod a J. E. STEWMAN, Probate Judge. Is. This has been' Feb. 1st and 8th. at extent by the ? llerand, the mln- g|4 scrss, Ctfcer Remwiies Won t Cuis Ut ft t C 8P08ft ( ^rorfit cat*? no mniter of howlon*standing il troops ana the ?re cured by the wonderful, old reliable D?. who are unfit for Porter"* Ant?ir*-iC H ling Oil. I?. relieve* emission has also' v ?i .he swat Mm. 2Sc.50c.?!.? u In the trenches ms for seed time, j Oood Humor at the Table. >f the armies ofn- you wouid thoroughly enjoy your Save ordered sol f00(j( 5e good humored. An angTy to farmers when |,jan doesn't know whether he Is eating boiled cabbage or stewed ambral!m. I ... \ aihaaea .. .