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- from mt pl I SYNOPSIS. Jackson Jones, nicknamed "Broadway" Because of his continual glorification of New York's great thoroughfare, is anx ious to get away from his home town of Jorvesville. Abner Jones, his uncle, is very angry because Broadway refuses to settle down and take a place in the gum factory in which he succeeded to his father's interest. Judge Spotswood in forms Broadway that $250,000 left him by bis father is at his disposal. Broadway makes record timj in heading for his favorite street in New York. With his New York frienc, liobert Wallace, Broad way creates a sensation by his extrava gance on the White Way. Four years pass and Broadway suddenly discovers that he is not only broke, but heavily in debt. He applies to his uncle for a loan and receives a package of chewing gum with the advice to chew It and forget his troubles. He quietly seeks work without success. Broadway gives what is in tended to be a farewell supper to his New York friends, and before it is over be J Mm /laror/^ QnH An* cumes ciikhkcu iu ?in. ?? ? clent widow, wealthy and very Kiddy. Wallace expostulates with the aged flirt and her youthful flence. but fails to bet ter the situation. He learns that Broad way is broke and offers him a position with his father's advertising Arm, but It Is declined. Wallace takes charge of Broadway's affairs. Broadway receives a telegram announcing the death of his Uncle Abner in Europe. Broadway is his sole heir. Peter Pembroke of the Con solidated Chewinjf Gum company offers Broadway $1,200,000 for his gum plant and Broadway agrees to sell. Wallace takes the affair in hand and insists that Broad way hold off for a bigger price and rushes him to Jonesville to consult Judge Spots wood. who was Uncle Abner's attorney. Broadway finds his boyhood playmate. Josie Richards, in charge of the plant and falls In love with her. Wallace is smitten with Jud?e Spotswood's daugh ter. Clara. Josie points out to Broadway that by selling the plant to the trust he will ruin he town built by his ancestors and throw 700 employes out of work. Broadway decides that he will not sell. Wallace receives an offer of $1,500,000 from the trust and is amazed when Broadway turns it down. Broadway explains the situation as set forth by Josie and Wal lace agrees that it is Broadway's duty to stick by the town and his employes. He authorizes an announcement to his worried employes that the plant will not be sold. CHAPTER IX.?Continued. "Yes; he's stopping at the Grand hotel." "When did he get here?" "Last evening." "Have you seen him?" "Yes." It was plain enough that Hlggins' most vivid suspicions were aroused. He looked at her accusingly. His voice was even louder than it had been. "He 'got here last evening, eh? Then that settles it!" -He went to her desk and leaned across it as if indicting her. "He came here with that trust fellow, didn't he?" Now she, in turn, was really sur prised. ."What trust fellow?" "Pembroke; one of the head men of the Consolidated." None but a fool could have doubted her amazement and her worry as she i rose and walked closer to him. "Is Pembroke here in town?" "Oh," he sneered. "You didn't know that, eh?" "I certainly did not." He did not quite believe her, yet took a certain pleasure in imparting the distressing news to her, on the chance that she was truthful and had not before heard It. "Well, he's here. Several of the men saw him and recog nized him. I suppose he's here with Jones to close us out. Is that it?" "I don't know any more about it than you do, Higgins." This did not impress or interest him. "You say the young fellow's stopping at the Grand?" "Yes." "well, nobody here knows anything about it." "I believe he registered under an other name." She could have bitten off her tongue for letting this slip out. Instantiy the man assumed that this confirmed his most unfavorable prog nostications. "Ah, ha! Well, what did ha do that for?" "How should I know?" "Well," he shouted, "I guess I do! It's because he is a sneak! He knows it's a rotten thing he's doing and he'6 afraid of the consequences." He strode up and down the room in deep and heavy thought. "The men are not in vorv ?rnr?H fftmnor nnrl vnn mnrlr mv words, there'll be the devil to pa? around here before this day's over un less we get some satisfaction and find out exactly what he Intends to do!" Josle looked at him with cold and angry eyes. For an instant she had been frightened. She had got the bet ter of her fear now. and in her voice were both contempt and warning. "I wouldn't talk like that, if I were you. Higgins!" - \ He approached her threateningly. "Oh, you're on their side, are you? I ( thought so!" Again he went close to her, almost i as if he meant to do her some vio >" lence. His face was black with rage. i "I never did believe in you. I told L the men this morning. For all we 1 know, you've been working for the in ' terests of the trust all the time!" CHEAP LIVING AT ANTIOCH Ridiculously Small Sum Will Provide Family With Every Comfort and Even With Luxuries. The inflated price of his majesty the turkey has no terror for the inhabi tants of Antioch in Syria. To be sure, they have no Thanksgiving feast to P worry about, but on the other hand life can be one long fowl feast for them the year round if they bo desire. You can buy pullets and chickens for five cents apiece. Eggs are four cents a dozen, while mutton and lamb sell for three cents a pound. These facts about the low cost of living were learned from a young Eng lishman who had been ordered by his physician to spend the winter away from the cold and fog of his native .London. He decided to try Antioch. This Englishman lived in the lap of luxury in Antioch for five dollars a week. He rented a fine house for five dollars a month and he kept three servants who were satisfied to work for 60 cents a week. Throughout the winter months fresh >WARD 71AR5 \Y CT GDORG? Her wrath was boiling fiercely now, and she showed the stuff of which she was made. She went closer still to Higgins, never wavering; giving back no inch, although he towered above her, shaking with wrath, and worked his clenching fingers ominously, "That will be about enough now, Higgins; you get-out of this office." "I'd like* to see anybody try to put me out till I'm ready to go!" he shout ed. To his amazefhent and to hers, It now developed that they had had a lis tener. An unexcited voice spoke from one side. "Good morning, Miss Richards." She whirled, recognizing instantly the tones. "Good morning, Mr. Jones." Higgins stood there speechless, gaz ing at the newcomer with dropping jaw. Jackson waited not a second aft er he had greeted Josie, but marched up to the belligerent foreman and stood facing him, small but deter mined, not six inches from the power' ful, red-shirted figure. Instantly the foreman's manner changed. From the bully he became the fawner. "Oh, hello, Mr. Jones! I didn't know you were in town." "Yes, you did," said Jackson slowly, coldly; "Miss Richards just told you. I've been standing out there listening to what you had to say. I remember you, Higgins. The only good thing I remember of you was that you were funny when you had cramps in the swimming hole. You always were a grouch and forever nosing in other people's affairs. Now, I wknt to tell you something. Tms plant belongs to me, and it's nobody's business wheth er I keep it, or sell it, or give it away. Do you understand?" "Well," said Higgins, half in apology, half dully, "the men aaked me to cojne here and get the information." "They didn't ask you to come here and insult this girl, Sid they? Now^ I'll put you out of the office, and throw you out of the plant, and drive you out of the town if I hear any more red-fire talk out of you.". He paused, and Higgins stood, quite humbled. "The trust isn't going to buy this plant," Broadway continued, while not only Higgins, but Josie, gazed at him intently, gratefully, startled by the overwhelmingly good news, "for the simple reason that it isn't for sale, and you can go and tell the men I said so." Higgins now was much abashed. "I'm sorry I was hasty, Mr. Jones. I didn't mean to lose my temper." "You don't want to lose your Job, do you?" "No, sir." "Then go on; get out of here." "Yes, sir." The big workman turned to Josie. "I hope you'll forgive me, Miss Richards. I know I've got a rot "The Business Will Need Your At tention." ten disposition, but my heart's in the right place." "I understand," said Josie, who had known him all her life, "I'll tell the men what you 3ald, Mr. Jones," he said to his employer?that employer who had, in the past, em ployed no one more important than a butler, a chauffeur, a Jap cook, or, tem porarily, a waiter or a bellboy. It gave Broadway quite a little shock. "Gosh! What a relief It will be to them all! It's made a different man out of me al ready." fruit and vegetables are so cheap that they are not sold in fixed quantities. You merely pay a quarter a week and this gets you all the fruit and vegeta bles for your household needs. This Englishman's nearest neigh bors were an American family who had been living in Antioch for several years. They had all the comforts of life and their expenses were less than $200 a year. "My Son, My Son!" A gentleman from abroad, staying in one of the Manchester hotels heard imperious knocking at the door of his room early in the morning after his arrival. He opened, and an elderly eentleman in a stato nf warm emo tion rushed in and embraced him ten derly, with affectionate cries of "My son, my son!" It was heartily touching, but the supposed son was in honesty compell ed to deny the relationship. The senior argued the point? "You've been eight years in India, and have just come back. You're So-and So." Th? names?Christian and surname ??* HALL wit M.COftKK FR0I~. To their amazement he broke down, blubbering like a mammoth child. "Well, what are you crying about?" said Jackson, utterly nonplussed. "Because I'm happy," said the con tradictory Higgins. "There'll be oth ers to cry outside. You don't know what it means to us?it saves our homes and families, too, maybe." With that and still intently blubbering, he left them. "Can you beat that?" asked Broad way, turning back to Josie. "He's a nice, cheerful little fellow! I'd like to be around him a whole lot!" CHAPTER X. 'mere was anotAer man me ivi vwuu who was-happier than ordinary words would have expressed, now that Jack son Jones had stated, with what seemed to be finality, that he intend ed to continue at the business which had nlade his fortune and h^d made Jonesville. But Josie felt a strange need for reserve in her young employ er's presence, a need which she had not felt the night before and one which she could not explain. Her impulse waB to rush into ex travagance of praise after he had sent the foreman out into the works to tell the men that he should not sell his patrimony to the trust, but for some reason which she would have found it difficult to explain fully she said not a word about it. Instead, she turned to him with matter-of-fact expression and the words of commonplace occasions. "Did you have a good night's rest?" He felt like saying something full of emphasis, whether in access of joy or sorrow he was not certain, but he '"lam thnt on v wnrdn which hA could use to her would be inadequate to fur nish him relief, and so hailed her com monplace question with a thrill of real relief. "My back is broken," he said with an expressive grimace and a writhe. "Who named that hotel?" 4 "The Grand?" He nodded with another serio-comic facial antic. She laughed. "Is it as bad as that?" "There are men in prison for doing less than running a hotel like that!" Almost he made the revelation of their startling midnight wanderings, but caught himself in time. "Why don't you open your uncle's home?" f "My uncle's home?" he said, a little startled. He had not thought of that. The suggestion probably did more to drive home definitely to his inner mind the true significance of his decision to take up the business than anything which had previously occurred. His uncle's home! After his father's death it had been his home; it had been the only semb lance of a home which he remembered, and his memories of it were harsh enough, in some details almost repel lent. His uncle had been hard; he had had but little understanding of boy na ture; the house had been a sort of prison from which he could escape at intervals eacn day. He had not even thought of opening it; it never had occurred to him that he could ever live another day of his life there. But, now she spoke of it, why not? The place was grim, old-fashioned, in hospitable, forbidding, as so many old New England houses are, and as so many more New England houses were ten years ago; but that atmosphere was more that of its occupant than that of the old place itself. It must have been a joyous and free-minded Jones who chose the site for it, for it was very beautiful; it must have been an artist Jones who chose the plans for it, for its design was of that beau tiful, pure old colonial which (barring skyscrapers) is the only architectural merit America has yet originated, and than which nothing is more truly beautiful: it must have been a social Jones who added the great wing to it, for in that wing were bedrooms, sit ting rooms, and a great dining-room quite plainly meant to welcome many guests. His memories of the house were gloomy and unattractive, for from it both his father and his mother had been taken to their final resting places, and in it he had spent few joyous hours. All the happiness of his youth in Jonesville were associated with the homes of otherB, public places, out-of doors; he had heard very little laugh ter in the old homestead. But might it' not b^ise happiness? He realized that it w aid make an ideal setting for pure joy. Still, it was in Jonesville! That made him wince. "You don't think it will be necessary for me to live in this town, do you?" ?were quite correct, the surname be ing by no means a common one, but the younger man had not been in In dia, nor had he a father in England. The real son was in the hotel, how ever, and had arrived the night be iuro, iitte nis namesane. iuven the registration clerks had not imagined it necessary to anticipate a coinci dence when they directed the father to the visitor's room. History of the Lombards. The Lombards were originally a Teuton!:, or rather Scandinavian, folk. Gradually they worked their way southward form the land of Odin and Thor to the fair plains of northern Italy, which they entered about the middle or end of the sixth century. They changed their paganism for the heterodox form of Christianity known as Arianism, and between 150 and 800 were conquered by Pepin and Charle magne. For conquering the Lombards Pepin was crowned king of France by the pope and Charlemagne, later on, was made emperor. In return the popes were given a big slice of terri tory around Rome. 71 PHOTOGRAPHS ISCEND IN THE PLAY OfY/Z/Grtr, /$A3, &YG.H-n/lUHG#AAt Cc She nodded. Sh<. vp* rather glad to feel that It was right for her to nod. i She would have shrunk from revela tions of the sorrow which would cer tainly have filled her heart if it had transpired, now, that Broadway was ] not to remain In Jonesville. She even shrank from an acknowledgment of this in her own heart. ' "The business will need your atten- : tion," she said graveiy. He waved a hand which he tried to make appear as if dispensing privi leges, but which, he knew, seemed more that of a shirker. "Go right on with the business. Don't i pay any attention to me." She looked at him very gravely. Then, dropping her eyes, she took some papers from the desk, went to a filing cabinet, deposited them with care in their allotted places, and slow- 1 ly went back to her desk. As she re turned she did not again raise her eyes to his. "Have you thought of what we talked about last night?" Bhe asked. She made him most uncomfortable. 1 He had begun to wonder, for the first 1 time in his life, if, possibly, he did not have a conscience. He had never ta ken any obligation very seriously; sud denly it seemed necessary ,for him to consider many things with solemn, 1 pondering mind. He did not like it. It distinctly made him nervous. What was the use of being heir to all his uncle's property If riches brought the very thing which he had thought they might preserve him from?-dull care? Had he thought, of what she had said last night? He had thought of lit tle elBe! Had that train of thought been started by any human being other than herself, he would have bitterly resented the intense discomfort it had caused him. Even now his voice was peevish when he answered: "Have I thought of It! All I dreamed about last night was poverty stricken families crying for their food. Thou sands of men, women and children chased me through the streets, out of the town and into a wild forest?where there was nothing but chewing-gum trees." She let her head fall back, and laughed. He.was so funny! Yet she plainly felt that there was truth In his complaint. She believed he really had passed a most uncomfortable night. Perhaps she was not very sorry that he had. "Oh, I had an awful night," he mourned. "I could have slept this morning, but the Ladies' Aid began to rehearse their minstrel show across the street, so I got up and ordered breakfast." Having gone thus far he stopped, as if there could be nothing further to be said, but she did not understand the reason for his sudden silence. "Yes?" she inquired. "Did you ever breakfast at the Grand?" he asked pathetically. nu, DUU OUillCU, "I dare you to!" he challenged. "It's the best hotel In town. All the theatrical troupes stop there." He nodded grimly. "The troupes that play in Jonesville probably de serve it." She did not quite approve of thlB. She was sure that she had seen some wondrous acting there in Jonesville. Had she not wept her eyes out over a new play, entitled "East Lynne," the previous winter? Had not another novelty, which the bills announced came straight to Jonesville from a metropolitan run of many weeks, and which was known as "The Two Or phans;" held her spellbound for an evening? Had not the leading men in these productions been invariably very different in their appearance from any of the Jonesville youth, and therefore romantically attractive; had not the leading women worn enormous jewels and extraordinary, yellow hair which she had envied fiercely? Her own hair woo rlnli Hqrlr hpftwn She looked at him somewhat coldly. It was plainly time to turn from gos sip to pure business. "I've worked all the morning with the auditor upon a statement which shows the year's business up to the first of this month," she notified him gravely. From an upper drawer of the big desk at which she had been seated she secured a long, formidable-looking paper and, rising, approached him with it. "Do you care to go over it now?" He eyed it askance, as if it might have been a dangerous thing and liable , to sting. Business! Should he evei really discover how to feel the slight est interest in it or understanding of it? What a tiresome looking thing it , was. , "No; not right now," he told her. al- ( most shivering. "I?Mr. Wallace prom- , ised to do all that for me." IRISH BROGUE MOST ELUSIVE | I Native Born Generally Lose It If Edu- : cated Abroad?Peculiarity of Negroes of Jamaica. The Belfast brogue, it is pointed out < by a correspondent, is the most pro- ' nminced in the whole of Ireland, for 1 the vowels are shorter than in Cork, 1 and the hard consonants harder than 1 In Glasgow. In Dublin, where they i think they speak the most perfect Eng- ' lish in the world?they call it Dublid ?there is little or no accent, only an i inflection, which always betrays the ' speaker's origin. Dublin people are ' counted affected and Anglicised in Cork and Galway. The Irish accent, as a matter of fact, is very elusive. Irishmen who have i been at school in England generally < lose it in their youth. Parnell lost his 1 at Cambridge, and it never came back ] to him. On the other hand there are i men who have never been in Ireland l who might have come straight from i the quay? of Cork harbor. i In Jamaica there are a large num- ] ber of negroes with the brogue?a fact 1 She put the statement back Into her desk, a little disappointed. "Then *e'll be here this morning?" "Yes; he'll be here right awjf He had to go to the barber Bhop." jVe laughed. "I shave myself, thank God!" be added fervently. Her manner now became more seri ous and rather puzzling. It was not as tf he had done anything which dis pleased her, it was not even as if she thought he might; it was only that of the delightful woman who is wonder Ing if, presently, she may not think h? might. She was not suspicious, ehi? suspected that she might suspect. Hi< knew it; men always know when wom en are beginning to wonder if they had not better very Boon begin to wonder. It's the only intuition mere men have. Presently, while "he waited, acutelj' conscious that some unpleasant ele ment had entered into the situation, but densely Ignorant of its character;, and while she calmly went about thn business of her office management, a", which, it may as well be stated no?' as ever, she showed unmistakable eignn of perfect competence, she went to it complicated filing cabinet, extracted from it certain other papers, carried them across the room to the deek near which he had found a seat, laid them on that desk, then slowly turned anl1 faced him. "Do you know that Mr. Pembroke, of the Consolidated, is here In town?' To her great satisfaction, which shu would not for the world have admitted, he did not hesitate before he an swered; he did not try to beat aroun<( the bush; he indulged in no evasions or delays of any kind whatever. "Yes, I know it," he s^id promptly. It may be that some detail in hill tone or manner reassured her, at an:r rate her voice, when she spoke nex(, was free from a certain icy hint at criticism which undoubtedly had crep' into Jt "Did he come here with you?" "No; he followed me here." "Have you seen him?" She madr no attempt to offer an excuse for cross-examining him; she evidently asked the question as an interested party who has a right to be informed, Was she not a citizen of Jonesville anfli an employe of the Jones Pepsin Gun Company ?" "No; I have not seen him, *>ut Mr. Wallace saw him last night and turned down his offer, too." Instantly the reserve, which, lBtangi ble but perceptible, had affected her, dropped from her. She was no longer in the least suspicious. "Oh, I'm so glad!" she exclaimed cordially. But he failed to note this circum stance; he failed to ward against on coming danger. As a matter of fact he was not thinking of her as an employe of the Jones company, he was not thinking about Jonesville, he was con sidering his own pressing need for Judge and Mr*. Spotswood. money and the delightful possibility that through Pembroke, In one way or another, that need must be relieved. He rose and paced the floor with light and hopeful tread, wholly without ap prehension. ! "We gave him to understand that we wouldn't sell for less than a million and a half." He said this half proudly. Then, with the accents of a hopor: "We expect him here at eleven o'cloffr with his answer." Her face took on a puzzled and dis approving frown. "But you just gave vour. word to the men that?" Now he spoke definitely and crisply. No one listening to him could Imagine (hat he did not mean exactly what h$ said; that he had not carefully consid ered every meaning of each syllabi* that he was uttering. , (TO BE CONTINUED.) that is supposed to be due to their an cestors' association with an Irish regi ment quartered in the island. Safety in Submarines. A new life-saving device was tried out at spezie, itaiy, wnen a turret ID vented by Capt Virginio Cavallini, for fixing on submarines, was experiment ed with. Should the submarine sink to the bottom from any cause, th* sailors can take refuge the turret which, by an ingenious mechanism, n* then detaced from the vessel anc rises to the surface. The experiments ire 6aid to have given conclusive proof af the practicability of the invention. Necessity a Stern Driver. There is no stimulus to tumultuouo iction like strong human desire Ne cessity, too, drives men on relent lessly; but desire, which amounts to a passion, drives faster and harder and more intensely. It has been excep tional stimulus that has produced th# marvels of the hour. It is exceptional md self-generated stimulus that men aeed in this day and hour to .keep with the demands of the time. SCENE AT THE NEW WIC A lartte derrick boat was use'd li after the Government dam was com garee river navigable up to Gervais SELECT A LEADER FOR THE TICK FIGH1 W. K. LEWIS NAMED A8 IN8PEC , TOR TO CONDUCT CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS Review of The Latest New* Gathered Around the 8tate Capitol That Will a of Interest to Our Raadera Ovai South Carolina. Columbia. Clemson college and the bureau oJ animal husbandry a/t Washington have Jointly selected as inspector in charge of the tick eradication work in Souti Carolina W. K. Lewis. Mr. Lewis i? a native of Anderson county, where his people still reside. In 1900, Mr. Lewis was graduated ir veterinary medcine from the Onta rio Veterinary college, which is afflli ated with Toronto university, Toron to, Canada. In 1903 he was graduat ed at the McKlllipa Veterinary colleg< of Chicago, one of the most famoui veterinary colleges In the world. Mr. Lewis has had a wide and ra ried experience. For seven years h? was In charge of the National Stocl yards of Chicago, one of the largesl stock centers In the world. For th? year following, he was engaged li tick eradication ^rork In Texas. Foi the last four years, .he has been eon nected with the bureau's oiifice in At lanta, in which position he has comc closely in touch with eradiction wort in South Carolina, Georgia and Flor id a. Into his hands the college and th< federal department will largely com mit their interests in the great wort to be done in South Carolina. During his first six months of wort Mr. Lewis will have his headquarten at Clemson college. After that h< will choose his headquarters as wit best suit the progress of his work. L^ider the plan agreed upon by the college and the government, Soutt Carolina will be made a separate dis ' * * * ?* * n xi? i - xv. rxr i_ trier reporting airecuy 10 mw w&bu ington office instead of through the Atlanta district office as heretofore Subject to the ge-neral supervision ol 'the college and the federal bureau the inspector in charge, Mr. Lewis will plan the work of eradication select suitable men for his field force decide upon the most efficient distri bution of territory and perform othei administrative duties. The expense will be borne jointly by the state ap propriation and by the federal funds at the disposal of the work. , National Guard Gets Orders. General orders for the manoeuvres of the Ninth division of the National Guard were received recently at the office of the adjutant general from headquarters, eastern department, U. S. A., Governor's Island, *New York. "The camp will be in the vicinity of Charleston, S. C.," said the general order. This is the first official an nouncement to be received in South Carolina. According to the order the ma noeuvre campaign will probably be held some time between Aug. 5 and 20. Want Bank Branch For Columbia. It is believed that Columbia will have a practically unanimous indorse ment from the banks in South Caro Una when it makes its application for a branch bank under the federal re serve system. The reserve bank or ganization committee announced that it had divided the continental United States into 12 banking districts and selected 12 cities for federal reserve banks under the new currency law. South Carolina was placed in district 5 with Richmond as the location of the reserve bank of the district. Fire Will Not Stop Business. H. J. Gregg, of the Hammond-Gregg Company of Columbia, dealers in cot ton bagging, said that the fire w'lich destroyed the warehouse of the firm on Blanding street recently would not interfere with its business at all, as new quarters would be taken immed iately and all orders would be filled. The stock of second hand cotton bag ging in the warehouse was a total loss. The building and its contents were valued at between $7,000 and $8,000. They were insured. i lifting the cribs of the coffer dams p-leted. Tb'"* d*m "r4n r-?ire the Con* street landing In Columbia, Tate 8peaks on State's Needs. Some of the most pressing problems In South Carolina were presented a '.-. J? few days ago in an address by Prof. . William Knox Tate, -state supervisor ':$ of rural elementary schools, in Colum- . bla. The problems were discussed from the viewpoint of "Constructive Christianity," and how, by applies tion of the basic principles of Chris tlanlty, these st*te ^iiestlons could be -|j solved and eventually eradicated. Christian education was the remedy submitted for many of the 4vils that exist r The problems In South Carolina that Mr. Tate made especial refereneo to were those of land ownership, iUit- , 7^ erancy, health, liquor, attitude toward? criminals and measures of relief of ' the State Hbspltal for the Insane. In speaking of land and home own ership, Mr. Tate quoted statistics showing that 63 per cent of the 'farm ers in South Carolina rented the land , that they tilled. He called attention to the nomadic characteristics of such people, and, as e corollary, how dif- 7*^ flcult it was to Instill in them a last- ' ing patriotism. He urged bis hear ers to invest in land in the state. "In this problem of ownership," he said, "is bound up our lawlessness and po* ; litical questions, and by educating the V'rli3 people up to desire and practicabil- , ity of constructive work in many other <3? lines." Secretary Isiues Charters. < ' . ':fm The secretary of state has issued a ?rtmmlnnlrt? ?n tVia Pdrmor#' Ware- - winiiiipoivu vw ?^ - -? ? . house company of Olanta, with a cap ital of $2,000. The petitioners are S. J. Tomllnson, 8. W. Young and R. E. _ Smith. "Butler-Salllnger company of Flor- " ence has been chartered by the secre tary of state, with a capital stock of $4,000, to do a wholesale and retail 'hay and grain business. The offl-.... cere are: B. W. Bethea, president, and E. D. Sallenger, secretary and treas Wlll Attend Mill Meeting. South Carolina mill men have been notified that the annual meeting of the American Cotton Manufacturers' association in New York city, which was to have been held May 26 and 27, will be held April 27 and 28 at the, Waldorf-Astoria. The change was made because a number of members TrHoVin/t oHonH nn +h? nAmA trin the meeting of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers and the tex- > ' tile. machinery exhibition, both of which will be held In Boston during the two days following th? New York \ V convention. Columbia Leads For Branch Bank. Columbia has an excellent chance of securing one of the branch bank* in the regional system of the fifth district, in which the federal reserve bank will be located at Richmond. Already the committee appointed bf the Columbia Clearing House associar / i tion has assurances from about 80 per cent of the national banks in South Carolina that Columbia is their choice for the location of the branch reserv# Do Not Want Dispensary. On the petition of J. W. Cooner and W. D. Bates, Judge George E. Prince recently issued an order in Columbia requiring the Lexington county dispensary board to show cause why tt should not be perman ently enjoined from establishing a dispensary in Batesburg. The order was made returnable be fore Judge J. W. DeVore in Edgefield on A.prll 27. The plaintiffs were rep resented by Senator IV W. Crouch of Saluda and J. Fraser Lyon of Co lumbia. " Charleston Custom House Report. The value of imports and exports at Charleston for the month of March, according to data compiled at the cus | om house, was $1,288,193. Of this amonnt $728,309 was imports and $559,884 the value of exports. As compared with the value of imports and exports for the corresponding month of last year, this hows an in crease in the total of $191,122 in fa vor of this year*. The exports of th? month just closed show an increase of imports for the corresponding month of last year and this year if S Canning Club Directress Busy. \ Miss Dorothy Napier, directress of the girls' canning clubs in Richland county, working under the direction of the United States department of agriculture, Winthrop College and the Columbia chamber of commerce, has been at ner desk in the office of the chamber about a month and a half. During this time she has covered tha county, enrolled 112 girls in 11 clubs, and Richland now has more ambitious g!rls In her canning clubs than any other county In the state. Several ne* clubs have been organized.