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wrm PHorocRAf EDW 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 Jonesville. 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 his father Is at his disposal. Broadway makes record time in heading for hi3 favorite street In New York. With his New York friend. Robert Wallace, Broad way creates a sensation by his extrava gance on the White Way. Four years pass and Broadway suddenly discovers that he Is f.ot only broke, but heavily in debt. He c iletly seeks work without suc cess. Broadway becomes engaged to Mrs. Gerard, an ancient widow, wealthy and very giddy. Wallace learns that Broad way Is br ?! -<? and offers him a position with his (V:her's advertising firm, but It ,c ''""-'inoif Wniinoo takes charae of Broadway"? affairs. Broadway receives a telegram announcing the death of his I'ncle Abnr* in Europe. Broadway Is his ?ole heir. Peter Pembroke of the Con solidated -Tjhewing Gum company offers Broadway 11,200,000 for his gum plant and Broadway agrees to sell. Wallace tikes the affair In hand and insists that Broad way hold }ff for a bigger price and rushes him to Jcnesville to consult Judge Spots wood. Uroadway Ends his boyhood play mate. Joole 'Richards. In charge of the plant and falls in love with her. Wallace Is smitten with JudRe Spotswood's daugh ter, Clara. Josle points out to Broadway that by selling the plant to the trust he will ruir> the town built by his ancestors and thrnw 700 employes out of work Broadway decides that he will not sell. Broadway visits the plant and Josle ex plains t^fc business'details to him. He de o'des to take hold of the work at once. Broadwfcy makes a speech to his em Eloyes 'Vho, In their enthusiasm, carry im anfand the plant on their shoulders. CHAPTER XII.?Continued. "WeS Just waiting for Pembroke," Bald \5sJmee. "jfei^nroRe: un, yea; some ui uio men <pld me that he Is lSx. town. WhaF/-he coming here for?" "T?; try to give us a whole lot of moner ,** Wallace answered. ~Tiut we're not k *ing to take It" He grinned up at B^adway. "We don't noed it, do we?" Jackson looked at him with mourn ful eyes, recollecting all the bills he had left behind In New York city. "Don't make me laugh. I didn't sleep well." The judge saw his young friend's Increasing discomfort. "You've made the people of this town very happy to day, my boy. You ought to rleep well after this. They owe you a great debt." Jackson passed the complement, but winced. "Please don't talk a tout debts! Let's get on a cheerful subject." With a sickly efTort to relieve hr?s mind he (turned to Wallace. "How's the bar ber?" The judge seized this opportunity to extol a local genius. "Ain't he a nice fellow, though?" "Yes," said Wallace dryly, "he cut Taft's hair once." "I shouldn't be surprise," the Judge assented heartily. "He's from Hart ford." His remarkable appreciation of the dignity and glories of the little cities was a continual joy to the two friends. who smiled across his nodding head at one another. Wallace looked around appreciative ly. "The old gentleman had pretty nice offices here." "Yes," the judge agreed. He nod ded toward the des^i at which Broad way had carelessly taken his position. "Seems strange not to see him sit ting at t^t desk." He sighed. "First, old Oscar Jones sat there, and he died; then John sat there, and he died; then Andrew sat there, and he died; now?" Broadway, who had listened to the "brief but tragical recital with expand ing orbs, got up, and, as he edged away from the too fatal piece of office furniture, eyed it with suspicion and distaste. "That's the last time I'll sit there," he declared. But Judge Spotswood had not seen iuc uj piajf auu uiu dui near me youin b resolve. He was launched on reminis cence. "Every man in the plant loved the old gentleman. They all feel mighty bad. Just think?he w^.s alive 72 hours ago, and now the whole town's in mourning!" It was at this Juncture that Higgins, a new and happy Higgins, entered, cap in hand, respectfully. He was smiling genially. "Excuse me, Mr. Jones, the men want to know if you have any objection to their celebrat ing tonight" He bowed respectfully to Joeie, who entered at that moment. "They're thinking of having a torch HE MADE HIS OWN PLACE I Successful and Highly Praised Writer Virtually a Graduate From the "Ranka." ^ "I was a mechanic/and there wasn't much of any kind of machinery I wasn't good at from cutting screws to a thousandth of an inch to working at locomouve Dunaing. cut i was an uneducated man until I took myself in hand and educated myself in the last three years. Even now I haven't read more than one-third of Shakespeare and not much Browning, and not very much else on poetry. But biology I am keen on." This, according to the Kansas Ctiy Star, is the way in which John Helston, the author of "Aphro dite and Other Poems," describes him self. Helston. whose discovery seems to be a disputed point between Lady Mar garet Sackville and the English Re view, since his sudden recognition last March, has done other manual tasks besides screw cutting and locomotive building. Of a long list there might 1 bft mentioned electrician, engineering, J DM. TRL PLAY Or DRGEM.CO/lAft C#"" AHD 71AR3/1ALL TO FROn <5CDfE3 Iff THE PLAY rem: rs/3,ay c*r ptiL/nGftAfi cotmirr noroHo and firpwnrks in honor of your taking up things at the works. Is it all right?" The judge beamed happily. What could be more significant of the new day which had dawned on Jonesville than this speech from Higgins, erst while the dissatisfied, the complainer? "That's a bully idea!" he exclaimed enthusiastically. Wallace and Jackson looked at one another in a pleased appreciation. It was Josie w.bo instinctively saw the flaw which had escaped the horde of i workmen in tie shops and which now escaped foe four there in the office. "Why, judge!" said she, shocked and scandalized. "What's the matter?" But Joeie would not even loi>k at i him. In a reproachful voice she turn ed to Higgins. "Tell the mei to do nothing of the kind," she said with : emphasis. "Don't they realize what < has happened? How can they forget so quickly?" i Now a light burst, even upon Hig- i gins." "Oh, that's so, I'll have to re- i mind them of that!" 1 Wallace was still puzzled, but Broad way was beginning to understand. "By George," said the judge, "I for- ] got all about it myself!" A bright light bursting upon Wal- i lace, he went to Jones and slapped I him on the back. "The kinfj Is dead," he quoted, "long live the King!" Jackeon winced. He reflected that i this showed the gratitude, t^e cherish- ' ing regard of the workfn^m?n. His j uncle had just gone to his reward and 1 now, because he, the heir, in a mo- i ment of decent impulse, bt.d done the ' square thing by them, tho faithful la- 1 borer* ^ere quite content to follow their old friend's ob3equ>s by torch- ] lights borne in glory to the new one 1 while brass bands playfd ragtime! * Josi^ had looked up ihe correspon dence with the Empire Advertising ' Agency, and now gave the letters she ; had found to Wallace. i Mq lnntoH at thp?m frnwned r?hnn^ ! his head and bit his Jip, very murt i astonished, very much annoyed. "It* ' the Empire, all right," he was forcfd to admit But before he had a change ' to read the letters, Sam came to, i tramping like a little elephant, throw back his massive head, half closed his 1 eyes and roared; > I "Mr.?PembroUe?and?Mr.?Leary? ] to?see?Mr.?JOres." "Tell them to come right in," said i Broadway. Hif neck threat this way and that?two fhrusts in honor of big 1 i?i , UUS1UCOO. / . ' Wallace smites. "Judge," he raid, ] "did you ever ao.e a man refuse to *ake a million and a half?" ] "Not yet" "Well, watch the little professor, over there.' He nodded toward B *oad way. Then, to the man of whom he had been speaking: "Sit at that desk and look business-like." "In that chair?" asked Broadway with determination. "Not after what he said! 'And then he sat there, and he died.' No, I'll die standing up." "Shall I go?*' asked Josie. "No; please don't" Tnen femDroKe entered, tranea Dy a sallow perscn, young In years, old in expression, told bearing in his hand a new stenographer's notebook and a little group o* finely sharpened pen cils, which he carried as if they might have been email, very deadly weap ons, to be used in time of need upon his master's enemies. "How do you do, Mr. Pembroke?' said Broadway with what he conceiv ed to be great dignity. "Mr. Jones," said Pembroke, bowing formally. Broadway waved him to the fatal chair. "Sit right down here," he urged. "No, thank you," Pembroke coun tered. "He's on!" Broadway whispered to Wallace. Gravely Pembroke bowed to all the others of the party, murmuring, as he did so, their names. But as he bowed to Wallace he said "Wilson." " 'Wilson?'" said the judge and Josie in astonishment and concert. Bob winked at them. "Yes; that's right," he hissed. That's my name." This over, Pembroke turned to his stenographer, who had found a seat upon an office stool. "Take the en tire conversation, John," he directed. This feazed Broadway for an in sword making and work In a motor car fftO.tnPV* ho TTTQ O fVlA - ^ I MV UiOWmi^CU 14VU1 VilV , latter for smashing a lever or some thing. Then being fond of betting, he followed the horses as a business and ! wrote for racing papers. Finally he showed some verses he had written to Lady Margaret Sackville. Now he is a poet, a remarkable poet, and has been duly lionized by London society. He rode on a bicycle to a banquet giv en in his honor and arrived so late that, as the report has it, there was nothing left but cold chicken and Ezra I Pound, the American poet. Reading "Aphrodite and Other Po ems" and finding as you will many a | line of exquisite workmanship, it may well prove difficult to reconcile the I author's command of meter and the music of the time to the tale of his untutored past. Men and Women Typtists. Good A'cmen typists usually exhibit a marked development of' tactile and muscular sensibility and an excellent memory for letters, and especially for concrete phrases, remarks the Scien tific American. The rteht and left I \ stant but he recovered quickly. Was J hts to be outdone by this emissary of the Gum Trust in presenting evidences Df suspicion? Not if he, Broadway Jones, was kept informed of what was going on, he wasn't. He pointed to a youth whom he had seen about the office frequently, and asked Josie: 'Stenographer, is he?" She nodded. "What's his name?" asked Broad way, in a whisper. "Henry." Broadway was content. With a grand air and several protrusions of the neck, he ordered: "Take the entire conversation, Henry." Outdone by anyone like Pembroke! He thought not! "Are we to talk in the presence of. all here?" asked Pembroke calmly, coldly, disapprovingly. He was very cautious. "I'm satisfied, if you are," Broadway answered. "Sit down, judge." "Very well, Mr. Jones," said Pem broke gravely. "Mr. Jones, I am not in the habit of doing business through hirelings." He cast a ecornful glance at Wallace, who smiled sweetly in re turn. "Your Mr. Wilson, your secre tary as he represents himself to be, and whose impertinance, by the way, is beyond description, nas nad tne j audacity to state tbat I should have to do business through him or not at ' all." "Those were my* instructions," Jack- < son answered, never wavering. i "I should like to understand the ] reason for so unusual an arrange ment" < "Well," said Jackson, "you want to ] buy sometbi&g that I own. He's the i salesman, that's all." He paused, ] wondering at his own great brilliance. "John Wanamaker owns a store, but ] he doesn't wait on the customers, < does he?" This was unanswerable. It dum- j founded Pembroke; it delighted all < the other hearers, saving only the two ^ secretaries, who were bent above their < tasks with nervous diligence. i Broadwaj himself laughed outright. "How was that?" he asked Wallace j in a whisper. , "You're immense, on the square," < 3aid Wallace, with intense apprecia tion. Pembroke was not thus impressed, i He was offended. He ras evidently , ready for offence from any quarter, i 'You are flippant, sir," le said with a , ?rave scorn. "You gave me your word | that thrt deal would bf consummated at two o'clock yesterday afternoon. The price was settled and agreed upon i by both of us." ] Jackson sat in silence, regarding trim with an innocent, unwavering at- ] tension which very greatly disconcert- t 3d him. "I returned by appointment to your ] New York apartment, witli my law pers and- papers ready sign, and t upon inquiring from an indent butler { is to your whereabouts X received the j information that you wsre on your way to Egypt" ( "Good old Rankin!" muttered Broad way, and decided, then and there, to ( raise his butler's wageB once mofe. t "He said the only word that you had j left for me was a profance request ( that I go to?er?well, we'll not re- t peat it." ] "I'll make that raise a twenty, not j i ten," Broadwa r reflected. i "Believing you to be a man of in- t tegriiy," Pembroke went on, "unfor- i tunataly for mp I had no witnesses j present at our closing of the bargain." Broadway continued to smile ex- E pansively. "Still," said Pembroke, "I ask you, t ing to Mgnv as man to man, is your word worth- 1 less?" * 1 Broadway looked at him with an ^ Intensity of gaze which required three c stretchings of the neck to bring about ^ "When I'm doing business with un- ^ scrupulous people, yes," he answered. I Pembroke, shuddering, turned to his stenographer. "Have you got that, 2 John?" And John nodded. J "Got that, Henry?" Broadway de- ? manded of his man. And Henry nod ded. * Then Broadway walked the floor, * keeping the astonished Pembroke fix ed with a glittering eye. That care- 1 ful, able, very modern business per son was rather notably surprised by 1 the young man. Somehow he seemed 1 to have developed since the hour, so 1 hands are nearly equal in strength and ^ their attention is keen and well sus tained. Their relative slowness of t auditory reaction is a theoretical de fect, but the value of a typist depends rather upon a combination of good points than upon a great superiority in one particular. Men exhibit greater uniformity than women, but the difference between good and poor typists are, neverthe less, well marked. In general, men surpass women in rapidity of auditory action and consequently in speed of work, but are inferior to women, per haps, in power of sustained attention Some Elevator. One of the elevators in tho Hearts building carried a woman of ample size past the floor she had called. The obliging elevator man perceived his mistake, quietly reversed his machine and landed the passenger at the right floor. "Well, now, whot do you know about that!" exclaimed the woman as she trundled her way out of the car. "Sure, this is the first elyvator I ever saw that would go back without stop Dins:." 4 ( short a time before, when first he had encountered him in New York city. "When I fell for your rush football jusiness methods yesterday and igreed to sell," said Broadway, his /oice assuming an extraordinary sing song, to his friends unusual, to him self astonishing, to Pembroke discon certing, and, in later years, a cele brated thing, "I wasn't aware of the low, contemptible tricks to which your company had stooped In order to put my poor old uncle out of business." Sis voice thrilled with feeling when le used those touching words "my joor old uncle." His "poor .Md uncle" A'ould have been emphatically sur irised had he been there to hear that :hrill. "I didn't k-n-o-w it was the result of :he business blows you'd dealt him .nai sent mm to uib g-r-a-v-e. \i eun endeavoring, by means of hyphens, to Indicate the lingering, scathing em phasis which Broadway, this day sat jrated in the soul of oratory, was giv ng now to certain words.) "I didn't Ic-n-o-w It was the purpose of the con cern with which I was dealing to throw out of work hundreds of men :hat owed to that thing I was selling Lheir very means of livelihood, food for their babies, education for their growing sons and d-a-u-g-h-t-e-r-s." Even Wallace looked at him amazed, rhe tremolo, the emphasis, the feeling which Broadway was putting into this extraordinary line of talk to the trust igent were all new and beautiful to him. "Lots of things I didn't know yester day, Mr. Pembroke," said the young man in conclusion, "but I've found :hem out since then, and that is why I've broken my word." Pembroke's impassiveness was ruf fled; there was not the slightest doubt Df that. un josie s iace mere was a luun ui idmiratlon which was balm to Broad way's soul; the judge had listened with a mouth continually opening wider; Wallace was frankly triumph ant. , / "You rtitfn't think that I could talk ?at way, did you?" asked Broadway >f his adversary. Then, to Wallace: 'How was it?" "Great!" "Greal?" said Jackson. "It was wonderful! . I never knew It was in me." Ho was completely satisfied with Broadway Jones. He whirled igaln on Pembroke. "Go on, say sorae :hing else." But Pembroke kept a stony silence. "Tell you wbat 111 do," cried Broad way, "111 talk you for a thousand dol ars a side." Pembroke scorned this proposition. Plainly he was not a sport "Then I im to understand the price is?" "Th* salesman will state the price, ['in th? owner." "I <:on't consider any commercial :rade-rnark worth a million and a half >f dolars," Pembroke said with em >hasK "Neither do I," said Wallace cbeer ully. "Still," said Pembroke slowly and ;oldly, "even in businen we sotoe iraes desire to satisfy our pride. It ias always been the ajnbition of our sompany to control this output. For en years we have tried to absorb it nto the Consolidated without success. have communicated with my people n Ohio, and, while we feel and know he price to be highly exorbitant, we lave decided tp take it over. I am >repared to buy." "Well, we are not prepared to sell," laid Wallace slowly and emphatically. "What! I've agreed to your own "I heard everything you said."! "I don't quite gather your meaning." "No; and you're not going to gather >ur chewing-gum either. We're not ;oing to sell. We're going to fight. Ifou haven't a tottering old man to leal with pow, but a young man?full )f fire and fight, of energy and ambi .ion! Look!" Bob himBelf knew this tp have been i fine flight. He pointed with a ges ;ure full of drama at Broadway, who lid the best he could to meet the situ ition with an attitude which might lave broken Pembroke's gravity had le been less absorbed and incensed. "We have an article which, on its )wn merits, has stood up under almost mpossible competition," Wallace con inued in a tone of triumph. "Wo lave the goods to deliver, and we're ;oing to fight and beat you at your >wn game. We're going to make you ake your own medicine, Mr. Pembroke. iVe're going to make you compete with is. We're going to advertise as no ar icle was ever advertised before. iVe're going to post and plaster from mo onH of thA rnnntrv to the nthpr. JVe're going to snow you under, that's vhat we're going to' do, and we're in a josition to do it." Broadway was as proud of Wallace is he had been of himself. "What do 'ou think of that?" he asked the itartled Pembroke. Pembroke smiled. He had a well rained face. He also was an egotist, >oth for himself and for his company. 'We spend a million dollars annually n advertising, Mr. Wilson." "No you don't," said Wallace .romptly. "I know what you spend >etter than you do yourself. And my lame is not 'Mr. Wilson,' and I'm not GROWING CHILD NEEDS REST According to Eminent Authority, Hours of Study Should Be Restricted With Much Care. As soon as the child begins to grow 1 apidly all intellectual exertion should )e checked. Such is the theory which Dr. C. Mercier, the famous English au .hority on children, expresses in an irticle In tne l^onaon juancei. i^spe- \ :ially when there is any family tend- . jncy to nervous or mental disorder, i apidly growing children should be withdrawn from school altogether un- < il the period of rapid growth is over. ! Mercier does not think that intellec-; : ual work at high pressure is harmful j: ,o either boys or girls as long as food, j ; sleep and bodily exercise are suffi-' i :ient; but he is sure that pressure of ntellectual work in those who are growing rapidly should never be per-' j nitted; and if growth be proceeding rery rapidly all intellectual work. should be put aside. Doctor Mercier insists that it is j scarcely" possible to give growing chil- j iren too much to eat, and it should j < Mr. Jcu.es* secretary?* He pulled 11 I card out of his pocket. "Here'i mi? | name and here's my business." 1 Pembroke took the card, looked at it, and was really affected. As far as he was capable of showing real uneasi ness he showed it then. I "You mean the Empire Advertising company is behind this business?" The Empire Advertising company, it must be remembered, was the largest, in the world. Wallace had not thought of that. He had not meant to say the Empire was ' actually behind Jones' Pepsin gum. But jk?w that Pepibroke had suggested it, it seemed to him to be a good idea, ( and, without taking into consideration the important fact that his father, nol himself, was president of the Empire Advertising company, he took the plunge. "That's just what I mean, and weV? going to do five times as much adver tising as yt>u ever did, and at one * 4-U si '? c lentil iuq ludu "Then my people do no more bust' ness with the Empire." "All right," Wallace jfcsitlvelj sneered, "then let's see how much out door advertising you get this side oi the Rocky mountains." Pembroke rose. He was not happy but he did his level best to hide hit worry. "Very well, I'll take the 11:40 bacl "I Think You Can Catch Him If YoU Hurry." < to New York. Come, John." He turned, ( then, to Broadway, and spoke omtt ously. "You mark my word, Mr. Jone6 , you'll be glad to do business with ?1 * before another year has passed." "All right," Broadway answered "come around and see me in abouf twelve months. I may want to bqf ! your company." "Come, John," said Pembroke with out answering. "Say, John, take down that last on*/ j I said," Broadway called after him. *5 t thought it was a corker." ] The judge ro&e from the chair iH , which he had been sitting in a sort <ft ( joyous trance. "I'd give ten years ct? , mv life rather than have missed that'1, , Josie, who, as spellbound, had beeJ: watching from the side, sighed ha^ pily: ''It was all wonderful!" Wallace smiled at her. "Have tttl stenographer make carbon copies all that Pembroke said?the entire con versation. We may need them." "Incriminating, nearly every wort of it," the judge agreed. "Didn't I tell you I'd scare the lift out of him?" Wallace asked in boaoV ful tones. . "Did you?" said Broadway. "I wasnl so bad myself, was I?" , I The Judge grinned at him In coi* i mendatlon. Then: "I'll tell Hlggiu# I that Pembroke has gone about h'4 1 business. PerhapB they'll raise anotJV i er cheer., It will make them all fee: ] just a little better?if they could fe*C i any better/ He'll spread the news k ; a jiffy." ? : "Well, what did you think of It!' ] Wallace asked of Jackson. "Hor*1 i about it, now that it'? all over?" < Broadway was a little dubious. "It'? ] a good plot, but how ar? we going 1-.? play It?" he inquired, reverting to thr> atrical slang of that street he har ' loved and lost so much on. (TO BE CONTINUED.) 1 PUnhanta and "* heir Youna. I 1 Very little Is knou\i of the breedlift> e habits of elephants or their mann^ i of caring for their young. A gent>* j man whom we became very well V < quainted while on the Mount KenP? l trip, was not a professional elepha*^ J hunter, nevertheless he had killed si* ( eral elephants on Kilimanjaro. Onr'i ? by mistake he shot and wounded i cow elephant that ran some distant' before falling. On overtaking her b* found that she had fallen in a knetf*" t ing position. A little calf was pinne'. 'c under her knee by a leg that was dri?" ^ en deep into the soft earth. A cloar ? examination of the route over whio' f the old elephant had passed failed K j reveal any of the little one's tracks' t This, together with the fact that tb^ calf was not hitherto seen and the v v culiar manner in which it lay, migW ^ be taken as proof that the mother w^f ( carrying it in her trunk, or perhaj* j, resting it on her tusks, with her trui'f c holding it in position.?Outing. always be borne in mind that the c&> bohydrates?starch, sugar and fat? 3 are raainlv fuel that Is hurnt nn it r producing muscular movement, an-? that the proteins are the main element-" ^ in the formation of tissue. Cdns# y quently, it is a mistake to restrict th meat ration of children. Alfonso Incognito. When Alfonso XIII. of Spain recen1. ly paid a visit to Paris he made hiy b journey from first to last strictly in- ^ cognito. A Parisian paper describe^ the success with which this incognito 51' the royal visitor was maintained He was received incognito at the rail road station of Rambouillet by a squad ron of curiassiers, by the prefect o; ^ police and by the mayor; the city wa? ' rtecorated incognito with flags and th* y inhabitants acclaimed him incognitf king of Spain. As he wore a hunting a cap with which It would have beei difficult to salute the enthusiastic pop ulace who welcomed him, he main 0 tained his grateful incognito by joui ncying from the station to the chateat. ' where he was received by a barehe^i s( ed incognito. I S NAMED CHAMPION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ORATORIAL CONTEST. S STUDENT OF WOFFORD -ehr of Furman Takes Second and Smith of Marion Captures Third. Columbia.?In one of the most ipirited contests of oratory helcl in 3outh Carolina, the contestants of the iecond state high school oratorical ind track meet met in the chapel of :he University of South Carolina a Jew nights ago and there fought to a Inishe tae battle begun in the after ioo, when the contestants had been :ut down from 29 to 8. Of these eight :hree were given the distinctions of ;he meet. Medals were awarded tne :wo leaders and to the third honorable nention was given. The Judges, who jrere Acting President Moore of the miversity, Alva Lumpkin and the Rev. R. B. Grinnan, selected as the dinner of first place A. L. Wardlaw )f the Wofford Fitting school, whose subject was, "Napoleon the Little." Second honor went to Raynor Lebr of Furman Pitting school, whose subject was, "The Defense of Hofer." Honor ible mention was made of Delette Smith of Marion high school, whose subject was, "Oratory." Horse Show is Creditable. Columbia?"A very creditable show, [t was <well worth Beeing. All that was lacking was the attendance." This opinion of the flrpt annual show of the Columbia Horse Show association was expressed by J. Miller Ward of Paris, Ky., who has judged the entries. The last ribbon was iwarded a few days ago and the show ilosed that night with a ball at the Jefferson hotel. . < The skies were murky on the^last lay, but what was lacking In the weather was more than made up by Che spirited performances in the ring. "A fine ring of horses," said the ludge of the entries in the combina tion classes, three gaits. "Those horses would make a good show in Kentucky," he said of the champion 3addle horses, three gaits. Are Ready to Serve. Georgetown.?The Georgetown Ri lla nimrria nro nrAnar?v1 for AVAnt.11n.lt ;ies in Mexico. They hold themselves eady to respond to the call of their country.; This was emphasized at a called meeting of the company, held ecently at the armory for the espe cial purpose of putting the command )n record in the matter of the Mexi can situation. The sentiment of the command Is summed up in this tele bram to which Capt L. B. Steele dis patched to Col. J. E. Cogswell, com nandant of the Third regiment, at Charleston: "Relative to Mexican iltuaiion, my company is at your ser vice." Homing Pigeon Race. Columbia.?The Columbia Homing pigeon club will hold a 100-mile race from Concord, N. C., May 10. A num ber of | men fyave already signified their Intention of racing their birds and the prospects are that there will be about 150 birds in the race. This will be the first race of the season ind will be followed by other races, most notably the 500-mlle race from Lancaster, Pa. The national rules arill apply. Among those who will inter their birds are Edward Ehrlch, P. D. Kendall, M. D., and others. J New Town Incorporated. Columbia.?Aynor in Horry county las been commissioned as a muni :ipal corporation. The town is on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad in the sastern section of Horry county. In ts proposed incorporate limits 112 >eople live. The petitioners for a charter for Aynor are: John T. Shel ey, G. Edwards, H. B. Johnson, W. A. 3enton, S. J. Lewis, E. A. Jordan, T. } Cook, H. C. Dawsey, E. M. Graham md J. W. Dawsey. Club Rally at Manning. Manning.?The corn club boys and .he tomato club girls of Clarendon :ounty had a joint rally here recently vhich proved to be a highly creditable ind very enjoyable affair. The firpt eature was a parade, in which ap >eared an elaborately decorated float >earlng specimens of corn, fruit, veg itables and a canning outfit, together trith two tomato club girls with vhite caps and aprons. This float was ollowed by more than a score and a ialf of girls and half as many corn ilub boys, all marching two and two. Freight Rate Hearing. Columbia.?On account of the ab ence of two officials of the Southern ailway, the railroad commission post loned its hearing on the freight rate ituation in South Carolina for one lay. B. F. McLeod of Charleston, ice president of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce and president if the South Carolina Freight Rate rfsociation, were in Columbia for the learing, with Chprles Kimmick, man ger of the Charleston freight rate iureau and M. D. Warren, clerk of the lureau. Contract for Army Dredges. Charleston.?The Charleston navy ard has won the contract for the onslruction of the army dredge reighton for the Savannah division f the United States engineering ser ice, a telegram to this effect and uthorizing the authorities here to art work on the craft b^ing received rom Col. William C. Langfitt, corps f engineers, U. S. A., in charge of le Savannah division. The Charles an navy yard's estimate for the con duction of the dredge was $40,012. rhe winning is gratifying. E SUPERVISORS AND COMMISSION r. **3 V.S1 ERS FORM ASSOCIATION FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT. , E. J. WATSON IS PRESIDENT Semi.Annual 'Meetings to Be Held First In Columbia Next .October. Columbia.?South Carolina Road Builders' association was organized at a meeting of county supervisors and road commissioners held in city coun cil chamber. Eight counties were represented at the organization meet ing and the officers ezpeot to enlist a membership of 300 officials, from every county in the state. The main object of the association is to dissemi nate information concerning road building and maintenance. The next! meeting will be held in Columbia in October. E. J. Watson, commissioner of ag riculture, was elected president of the association. P. M. Pitts, supervisor of Sumter county, was elected vice president ,and W. C. Thomas, clerk of the Richland county road com missioners, was elected secretary. It is planned by the association to bold semi-annual meetings In Colum bia. The rooms of the state depart ment of agriculture were offered for the use of the association. Members of the executive commit tee are: > T. J. McBride, Florence; T. J. Cun ningham, Chester; C. E. Corley, Lex ington; Andrew Patterson, Jr., Rich land; and J. B. McCombs, Greenville. E. J. Watson, W. C. Thomas and four county supervisors to be named by the president were appointed as mem bers of a committee to prepare the : Wi by-laws. Following were among those pres ent at the meeting: Andrew Patter son, Jr., supervisor of Richland coun ty; C. E. Corley, supervisor of Lex ington county; T. J. Cunningham, su pervisor, and W. C. Brown, one of the county cominssionera, Chester county; John Stauhes, supervisor, Aiken county; T. J. Bolin, supervisor Orangeburg county; D. R. Coleman, supervisor Fairfield county; T. J. Mc- , Bride, supervisor, C. W.y DuBose, John G. Woodbury, A. W. Rogers, county commissioners, Florence county; P. M. Pitts, supervisor Sumter county. Following report by the? committee on organization wan adopted: "1. That the supervisors and com missioners of South Caro'ina organ ize themselves into a permanent body to be known as the "South Carolina Road Builders' association.' "2. That the officers shall be a president, vice president, secretary QTirl tranaiirar nnft ATftp.UtlVfi 'm . " V m i'wM M . mittee composed of five to seven. "3. Thalj the association meet twice a year. One meeting to be held dur ing the legislature. The other to he named by tte president "4. That Col. E. J. Watson be elect1 ed president" i Crowds Attend Horse 8how. Greenwood.?Close to 1,000 people witnessed the first day of Greenwood's first horse show and the event wa? an assured success. Some magnifi cent animals were shown. Dr. C. L Fleming of Terre Haute, Ind., is the judge. J. N. Klrven of Darlington was first'in three events with Tidal Wave in the model olass and also in the fine harness class, while Lawson carried off first in the single road ster class. Alex Cagle'8 Mcllltara "won first in ladies' saddle horse and then witli mate won first as family pair. George D. Shore's Autocrat won fiTst as five i i galted saddle horse, Hartzog-Ha good Company's Mabel won first In runabout class and Little's Watch ful won first as a three-galted combi nation horse. L. Anderson of Green- < wood was first on combination colt foal of 1913. ' Visitors were here from Green ville, Spartanburg, Laurens, Sumter, Darlington, Augusta, Asheville asnd 1 Columbia. Bailey Battalion Returns. Greenwood.?The cadet battalion of the Bailey Military Institute has re turned to the city after an absence of eight days spent in encampment on mnnntaln and Caesar's Head. Regular work has been resumed at the institute. The batallions, under the command of Lieut. Geo. C. Bowen, left the city Monday morning on a special train over the Piedmont & Northern lines. Short stops were made at Hodges, Donalds, Honea Path, Belton and Williamston and a ? public drill was given at each town. 200 Sailors Leave For Vera Cruz. Charleston.?Anchoring off the bar ?t Port Royal at 5:45 o'clock the cruis 3T Tacoma, which left the Charleston navy yard at 11:20 a. m., after having stopped over here en route from Bos ton to Mexican waters for propeller and engine repairs, took on board some 200 men from the Port Royal disciplinary barracks and put off be tween 75 and 100 bluejackets, who will be picked up by the armored cruiser Washington, which left New York a few days ago for Vera Cruz. Cameron Votes School Tax Limit. Cameron.?The electorate of the school district here placed their school in the van of the schools of Calhoun county by voting the maxi mum limit for school maintenance. For the past number of years this school has had a special levy of 6 mills, but the citizenship realized that to increase the efficiency increased funds were needed. Without a dis senting vote the election was carried. The community seems well pleased with the manner of the progress of the school. Camerons leads the state.