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' - ' ! ^'SoiNGs'oF^HI / I KNOW T?W7 *'0 UAfc. * | AUn op NEW Cunwu', ?S I ESASTI3R l=AT? f HA4 MAD <Sl/CM MEAVV , I t^PBNSei L^ATtiLN I THAT ? t-tAVOM'T TUG I \ MCAR.T TV AiW, HIM ' / r^^r' I ' I AN INTERES l i'?'n? Mlt. Mr. Editor:?My late letter to t! News showed two 01 three glarir mistakes. Possibly the writer is r sponsible, but it is natural to blan the other fellow?proofreader < type-setter. Please save me hone forth from such inaecui ;o ie- if p<> sible. In a recent copy of the Nev 1 was tickled at an artiele sett : forth the characteristics of a "re man." The writer handled the svt Ject well, using such beautiful la guage. 1 like such articles and thin they should have inueii to do in *u plying reading matter for the new papers of the day. Keep such art cles before your readers?they a improving?hearsay doer not do impress, we must see and d'gest. Mr. Stevenson says I have hi mixed up with another name, th r fore ho wants his true name ai character set forth before the vote of the tlt'th congressional dlstriSoutb Carolina, and if that -loe- n guarantee success at the polls lie content to remain a private eitlze In other words, lie wants the su port of every one on his merit i misleading desired. Ry the way. man of iis name ligur d in t ? -ta (South Carolina > sennit a year two ago and 1 have reasons to h llevo till- is the man. lie wa- bo and loyal to the state'- best int'M-e and served it well. The wives from Tampa. Kla? few days ago reported another gre grand daughter. (>n. of the paren (Walter Wynne Thomas? i> - tl infant and mother are both <1 oil well. These accessions to our fa mi arc to take the place of those got before and who are "at the marg come." Re it known that tlwyr grand rliild of our youngest JTaue ter, Luda. May the offspriraxpro a blessing to all concerned. k The State (South Carolina t Dent eratlc Convention showed its hat when they cast their votes for del gates to the National Democrat Convention at St. Louis. Mo. F Instance, Simms, Richard and Du can. once lined up with the dontina party, come out at the little end the horn. I think it is an Indicate that the state has been revolutioni ed and that Governor Manning d serves the credit for it. From n viewpoint. South Carolina now c cupies an enviable position rompun to her former rating 1 ant sor the convention did not climate tl eounty-to-county canvass. The pi; does not work well. It seents tend to generate hitter personal fet ings. However, this year promts to be an exception to the rule at harmony is is looked for. Lancast county candidates are slow anttoun ing, and hence I do not know who hurrah for. We have had our con ty (Ixtundes) primary, and ever thing looks like Sunday under th head. Later on (September I b lieve is fixed) the state and Unit; State officers are to be filled. < course more or less excitement w be in evidence as the election dra\ near. All voters should make It point to elect good men. Go mo for qualification, and less for pc sonal or kin preference. \dvertised Letters for Week Kndii May 27, UHtl Miss Closa Cunningham. Corege Harms, Mrs. Artuelia Rraswell. Mrs. Mamie Foster. Mrs. Hertle Helms. Hosie Eroin. Mattalle McLwaln. Miss Eula Mae Robertson. Miss Matttle McllwAlne. Mrs. Janal Edgeworth. When calling for above lette please say Advertised. Jan. F. Hunter, Post Maste ? # ? - * 2 VAN LOONS -Is. fcCNh THmK r* s ^ I cjA/sI Gi/XLTfiW ) | OvjTCr .-J-*, TO F?*K v?OST I I NOW POOR ?>A HE I HAS crrue.tt Twm<;s / I TO T^/Mh Af<X/T "/ I TING LETTER j J. \V. TWITTV F ' !' i iii ns ouv that President Wilson '8 .vji :ibli1 to attend the Charlotte or < * khnburg celebration on the iC'th list. His attendance added very ,r much to the interest of the occasion. " I hone that li (Wilson i will make s* .i?. rat-dukes in his administration L's and oons. nuently havi clear -aillnsr 1' for a second term. Contemplating , | niiin iKeinent of Kovernment af'' i a!:-- >'! < " his inauguration certain:1* j ly "tit-tie- hiin to 1 high (if not dt 'thc highest rank amoiiir statesmen. P" j hence, we need his services e-peciai8" I ly at this time. The time is near tit hand when the j 1 | pupils who have been pent up sev. erul months will be turned loose and I tli<Mi the jubilee as will follow must! in he -"ell to be pnJoyed. It is thought' 9* that more efficient work has been J }d j (1 .n in that department (school) r;:!the present or past year than ever ' ilnfore, and why not the appropriaot tlons for that work be increased ' >> v. r:?l hundred fold, and it is evi- ( n* j ?l??nt that our law-makers and leadh" , inv moil think that civilization do ' pends upon education, and it' tin '' .. it i? feelings oontinuo. and the " is forni.-hed, br'ght* r days v. i 1? fol' low. ! ot s nio noiKhli. r'.ioods ia your county are lixing for coromuni- I t\ i . i . \i/: Antioch. fasten Rrhooll V j house, Pleasant Valley (always . ;l takes a hand) and perhaps others. I al I mention this because it may he 1:1 contemplated in do away with coun- i t\ fairs where the community fairs i 1C are kept up. I think it better It f "itlier is neglected that it be th fi community fair. By all means have 'n your county fairs. They are worth j a money to any community. Anything j ,1_ that aids the farming iterest should v v" lie put forward and utilized. I I do not believe it is generally t ?* known, but it is neverless true, that v the government, at Washington, 1) ' e" C.. has what they call experiment ^ stations, presided over by experts. or There is a number of departments, D n" chief of which is agriculture. From t n< these stations they send out bulletins o to the farmers throughout the coun- t >n try (through their representatives ' z" and congress! free of charge, bulle- ' p" tins of leaflets bearing upon all sub- * 8 1>' jects a farmer should he posted on ,c" These bulletins tell how to grow ^ hay (In the south), tomatoes, pota- ( ry toes, butter making, best variety of h*' chickens, how to manage (lies, !)< - o 111 horn cattle, beef production in the I <n south, ford incubation of hen eggs. 1 err. It is wonderful to contemplate? the information derived through this ^ 1(1 channel. If any of your farmers | 01 would like to have some or all of . c* these treatise let them apply to Mr. 10 Fin ley (their congressman) and h> \ n* will supply them, if not. elect Mr. y~ Steven and he will. I at I am sorry to report continued dry weather, although planters say the crops are doing fairly well. It eertainly will do much damage if it j does not rain soon. It Is very hot ( VM now which makes it worse. I Yours truly. 1 re 1 ,r_ J. \V. TWITTY. t Valdosta, Oa. f |t, Learning Without Tears. 1 "Learning without tears"?that is to 1 say, without trouble, industry and the ( application of the mind?is no learn- ^ ing at all. No pains, 110 gains, says the adage. I Learning to spoil phonetically would < he a mere mechanical treadmill. 1 But tor the exercise of intelligence ^ and tor drawing out the feeding of joy r j in the beautiful there is no such in- * struraent in tho world as the acquis!- t tion of a real literary language. 1' Languago was God's girt to man in ? Eden. Is its fragrance and exquisite r* structure to bo now filched from tho 1< race by a coterie of busybodie* and t t. oobodles??Exchange. -gyrygytrriK T?P^WS I / ? TMlNK \ I MAKE. WHAT I've CjoTJ l Do r-OH. EASTiSR 7 V THIS VEAR.' 0 iZ/<^ iAr/ . wouiwwi i ?-<* I Needlework and Be; " i^ in r ? iiBii?i*mm nw ? ,mnn 11? \ \?\ r~1 f \V \ \ f \ \ \ \ It \ \ \ \ Mm?; \ \ \ \ 4Hl v \ \ \ OJttiA.-lJbi. jaiU?L;Mi Needlework in which l???i^ stitches ! n heavy floss or yarn are us< 1 to iroduee many new off.'eta made it*; ippea ranee first on millinery, it r< ippearod with the entrance of the tyles for spring, in suits and blouses nd has rea<1 1 its le-st development n aft'-mron at. 1 evening gowns. It s in reality a sort of ci broidery vhleh i> ay be raj i 'ly done, and the ring st'*eh effect is made by tanking leavy I -s to tlie fn" rin it dec rates vith fi e silk tliread It is a showy lenorat'on admitting of cleverness of olors, and there is no limit to variety if design in using it. For blouses lighter flosses are used, iften in conjunction with metal hreads, and actual stitching works lut the design. These decorative featiros nf tho nour uon unn o v Ka V* a nspiration of head work, which ap?ears along with them. but is not so lopular. It is more tedious to do ind is not superior to the floss in ippearance. and it is not so light in weight. But tliu same designs may >e wrought in either beads or floss. An afternoon gown of black tulle iver satin pictures a model in which lack ami white heads embroider the ullo overdress in bands. The unleriklrt of satin is plaited and joii.ed to Mow sleeveless bodice ?atin. Th< iverdress is very full, with a threench hem about the bottom. A wide WHEN EDITOR WAS DOCTOR' English Provincial Newspaper Offices Once as Matter of Course Equipped With Medicine. Keene's Bath Journal, which ceased >ublication recently, was one of the )hlest weekly newspapers in the provnces, says the London Times. Known is the Bath Journal, it was founded in 1742 by Thomas Itoddeley, whose porraiw in wig and ruifles, by Hoaro, orins a pictures?iuo reminder of the >eriod. His daughter married John (ecne. the journal from this union iiiKslnir mi tn on/1 tin-/ I. ? if Kocnes, lience its title Keene's Hath iournal. As was the custom in bygone days >atent medicines were sold in provln* ial newspaper offices. and the drawers n which the pills ami medicines wt r<iept at the Journal ollice were until ecently in their original positions. It vas nothing unusual tor the editor in he throos ot writing his editorial to lave to step down from his seat to erve a box of pills. The pages of the Journal were for a ong period largely taken up by adverlsements of various "cure alls." I * M w n.o. I'm;. A/" ?"r woi-'-o tst ' n I <? To MEM71 STVLEi I I 1 "To T-/X JviT NOW, I III'"* \ VlO I'M NOT d,OIHC,' J (P^p I HM2-4M"?? M x?w trtyw|IMyii rii|irw^??W>^^? ids in New Effects rfm~l n I?I t / ////I :- -e) / / / / x.Cs^r - - II / |g>vi^v I / pis^? v:.. i ' j ! / * j / / / / / + mw[ji// * saiittwCiKaainiinii band of l>o:ulwork hea Is the lion; an<l a similar bar.'' "ivi.bs ?! _. skirt half way of ils length. A narrower design is workoii about tin skirt at tl hip w lino and riidway hot ?e.n tho two Nv wide bands. Tin sa. . de^igi.s appear in short bands n tin 1 Pee. Cl l^nng sloov- s of tulle are flnishod ' with cuffs of satir.. and a dec ration *' of several parallel rows of bonds (I reaches frorr shoulder to eulT. The * deep cut's are ad i:.ed with a single row of the same embroidery. T !.o u' round neck makes opportunity for a 1 vyhle standing band of tulle. There is a Boft girdlo of satin ribbon. Narrow- c er satin ribbon hangs In loops and 1 ends at three places r.t each side of the skirt. Hlack silk stockings and 0 patent leather slippers complete the toilet. ^ / V " w Newest Shade In Veils. ai The last cry from Paris is the cafe v< au lait, or coffee-colored veil, which bi would seem to be not particularly becoming to most faces. Hut, oddly enough, if the exact shade is chosen tho veil brings out all the pink in the er skin, and with a run-in pattern in re black these novelty veils are likely to th have a great success over here. NOT ORDINARY 'SOB" STORY ^ pr Rich Little Poor Girl Depicted as Her oine of Incident That Is "Some- Pe what Different." Tlin rich little poor girl stood out Bide her door. On the one side were de snow and ice and the little girl, with y? her arms full of boxwood, which she j had gleaned from the streets. On her w' way home she had passed a fire, and the water from the fire hoso had fro- do zen to the heat stimulators. Ah. but let us look on the other side of the door. A fireplace was there, with three little ones and their mother nij gathered ubout it. On the stove wero kettlos full of various substances. Perhaps they were eatables wo shall never know. But there was no-fire in Hi, the fireplace nor in the stove. No a(. warm glow radiated front the hearth, aa nor did the kettles sing on the stove, The rich little poor girl knocked. She was let in. They had been waiting for ^,1 her . ineo daybreak?she had been out a all ni ,ot. Her mother was the first th, fo speak And this is what she said; 8C, It meanwhile being remembered that the family was cold, destitute, forlorn, ja but trying to keep up the pace: "Have va you got a cigarette? I am half tarred."?Harvard Lampoon a , *" *' ^ 11,1,1 __________ * ' This is the time Fathe* / ^ ?i ^ I ?40W DO VOO C_iK?S. {JfrfWI Ln? v ^ ^ ** " ' ^ ^ ' I ' BUMBOHBSaiUfm ^^-?BM10EittW WW?w >v ' !vViSfCT? 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The prosperous looking young man ill convince anybody that the man walked briskly into the lunchroom, as ho takes several hundred assortec ; if he might be planning to buy the ild animals to board lias his work whole menu as announced on the it out for him and plenty of it. The pasteboard placards around the wall irdest as well as the most impor- ?but lie didn't. nt thing in such a job of catering is He went to the water fountain and i tind out just what will best agree filled a glass with water, and picked itli each individual boarder. As up an empty one. The card over the tere are few creatures more easily fountain said very plainly: "Please pset than wild animals in captivity do not take glasses away." Maybe le task Is by no means an easy thing, the young man couldn't read. Anyach animal has a different kind of way, he deliberately carried both lod. The bears, for instance, are fed glasses across the room, put a powder rown bread that is baked as solid in the empty one. poured the water i a rock; while the monkeys are on it. poured the mixture back and >nd of onions and vegotable9. The forth several times, spilling part of irnivorous animals consume about if on the chair. Then he awallnw?t )0 pounds of raw meat a day. Bee! the mixture, making a wry face as the only meat used. Big joints it blaming the lunchroom for the way re cut up for the lions, tigers and things tasted out of their glasses. He ilmals of that class. There are doz- walked out, leaving a wet chair and is and dozens of little pieces of moat two dirty glasses, and it didn't seem hich are cut from the lean portions that the lunchroom got much out of id put in the big cages for eagles, the deal?except exercise" , iltures, owls and other flesh-eating ? n*a" A Regular Boy. "What's the use of spending money Too Horrible to Contemplate. on a kid for expensive mechanical Nat Browno iwho has been diseov- toys an playthings?" asks Kuth Alexed on the premises hy Miss Spinster, ander Popple in the Erie Record. "A volver in hand)?I.emme go, missus, few days ago I went past an Erie home is time. I'll never come here no where a real live youngster lives. Up ore. on the blue grass parking rested a Miss Spinster (calmly)?Stir, and gray automobile with rubber tires and >ur doom is sealed Society must be patterned near as possible after a real otected from such as you at all costs, model roadster. But the boy had a "I've a wife and fifteen orphans de- dilapidated old wooden box tied to a 'tiding on me." dirty rope, and in this box was a big "It is useless to argue, fellow." rock. He was dragging it through the "Are you aware, ma'am, that if you mud at the side of the road, and was nd me over to the perlice. yer evi- having the time of his life and looking nee won't be heard until you give much happier than I have seen him r correct age?" look when all dolled up in immaculate Miss Spinster (dropping revolver, white guiding his automobile down the th a horrified scream)?Go, wretch street. So I say. after all?what's the miscreant! Begone! There is the use?" or!" His Ideas of Government. Mice and Rats as Pets. Mrs. M.'s little boy is only six years Besides the scientific market, white old, but his mother has tried to teach ce ana rats anil guinea pigs ar?> in liim some things about the governmand as pi ts. Mire and rats have ment. On Washington's birthday she ver acquired the popularity as play* was telling him about the first preslings in this country that they have dent of this glorious commonwealth, roa 1 \ hero they art as common an Where is Mr. Washington?" he cessory to the hnni as is the ca- asked. Then sho explained tliat ho ry; hut the animal stores always was dead, and afterward he told his op a supply of them. Here the Japa- father that the government was dead, se waltzing mice a"-o usually on ex- His mother then tried to explain to >it. They are animals afflicted with him that the government goes on. with curious brain disease which impels the president in Mr. Washington's em to run around In clrelna or ?o nlnce Shortiv ? ft or no ./??. ?, _ w. %, V m ? / V..WI T. ? Q a U1 ill I urry about in an erratic manner nAmed Wilson moved next door, and lich children And highly amusing, whon h? was told who he was ho ran pan was the first to discover this to his mother and exclaimed. "Mother, rloty, but they may easily be bred ther? goes the government!" the amateur from stock secured at reliable store.