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Get the 1 ~~ {jix, NOTj SCHOOL TO OPEN , SEPTEMBER 13TH -i? i.1.* PU,, The next session 01 mc ^it.v Schools will begin on Monday, September 13th, at nine o'clock A. M. The board of trustees has thought 1 best to have all pupils above the second grade at the Mill School to at. tend the graded school at the graded school building. Teachers for the first and second grades will be placed at the mill school for the benefit of those children of these grades who may attend this school. Because of this assignment of pupils to the other buildings it has be- j come necessary to make a new assign | ment of teachers, therefore all pupils below the second grade at the graded school building will report to Miss Eunice Calhoun who will be in charge of this grade. This grade will be divided into two sections and will i attend accordingly. | Miss Epting will have charge of; the second grade as last year. Miss Robertson, the third grade, and Miss Britt, the fourth grade. Unless a change is required later, Miss Watson will assist in the third and fourth grades. Miss Edith Sullivan will teach the ' fifth grade, Miss Iona Smith the sixth ' grade, Miss Louise Sullivan the teventh and Miss Lillian Swetenberg will be assistant in the Grammar' * School Department. The High School teachers are:!" Misses Poole, Brown and Perrin. Miss j Clara Wham will have charge of thej "?*- j- -x ti,? 1 nrsi gracie at utc mui ovuwi. .?.?? teacher for the second grade at the MUI School will be elected later. Compulsory school attendance was voted in this district last June. This law requires that all pupils between j the ages of eight and fourteen years attend some school in the district during the school term and that all boys and girls between fourteen and sixteen years who cannot read and write intelligently also attend school. The Superintendent is requird by the law to report all pupils who do not attend regularly and the trustees are required to enforce the law. Also the law requires the County Superin tendent to see that the city teachers make all proper reports. The reader ^ can see that the law is very strict and it must be enforced. It is to be hoped that all parents t and guardians will | co-operate to avoid friction of any kind. After all it is the future welfare of the child and the State that the law is looking to. The prospects for a good year are ahead. R. B. CHEATHAM, Superintendent. When Elsie Goes Shopping. Elsie has been to th* cltv on her first shopping expedition, and at the first store had sorrowrully emptied the contents of her small purse. Coming home on the train, her father slyly slipped a bright penny into the empty purse, with an eye to making his v daughter's heart rejoice. Then behind the shelter of his paper he . watched his daughter until she chanced to open the pocketbook. I Deeply perplexed, the generous parent drew a sobbing little daughter into the shelter of his arms, until at length she howled heartbrokenjy: "Fy, oh, fy, didn't I pond it!" A Sugar Plant. An herb, called by the natives caa ehe, but botanically Eupatorium rebaudlanum, grows wild in Paraguay. It Is remarKable for its sweetness. Indeed, the native nam' mean? the "sugar plant." It grows along the border of the river Amambahi, and attains a height of on'y about five ' inches. The smallest bit of this plant when placed upon the tonpue produces ft surprisingly sweet savor, Vhich, it is said, lasts for hours. The saccha-! tine power is much greater than that cf sugar. Recent investigations indicate that the nectareous element in this plant closely resembles that of the licorice root. Historic Spot Saved. A bit of old London was saved from destruction recently when the London county council proposal for extending the tramway service from Aldgate along Mansell street and I around Trinity square, was rejected by the house of lords. It was one of London's oldest "inns," dating from Henry VIII?"the Crooked Billet"? that was saved from destruction. There is a tradition that Oliver Cromwell once lived at the "Crooked Billet," known in those dayB as "the little old house at the bottom of the u ~ . . ? t v =0 Mr. Dreen "EPHRAIM IS JOINED TO HIS IDOLS?LET HIM ALONE." T aaslincr Par?Pr_ l UHui u&auiiig * Abbeville, S. C. ( Dear Sir:? 5 We wish to make some inquiry as | to two individuals who were in this 1 place last Thursday. One was a f short stout man about forty-seven I years old, wore a palm beach suit, * which he called a "Roogheimer" or 1 something like that, wore glasses, and * an imitation panama hat; the other 1 was a wise-looking guy, with nose 1 glasses and he wore his pencil under 1 his hat band; he weighs about 165, J and evidently has seen better days. J He must be a college professor, or borne kind of a literary "infidelic," extinct now of course. Perhaps, if you are informed of * the performances of these individuals ^ you may be able better to advise who 1 they are. They arrived here on the * 11 o'clock train, and repaired to our J leading hotel, and at once inquired * the price of registering, "without meals or rooms"; the fat one stating that he never took anything for dinner except ice-water. In order to humor the joke the clerk informed them that the price would be twentyfive cents each; to this the Wise One objected, saying that he was in the. advertising business himself, and that I twenty-five cents per line was too much. The fat one seemed willing to pay the price, provided a guarantee was given that their names would.be published among the "arrivals," but when informed that only prominent people were generally "noticed" in this way, and when he could not be allowed to write "prominent" after his name on the register, the trade was called off. But the gentlemen did not leave. * They seemed very polite, though, 1 having taken their hats off as soon ^ as they entered the hotel lobby. k They took a seat near the main entrance, and for sometime annoyed the I guests of the hotel, by getting up and s introducing themselves to each per- t son who came in. If the fat one got, I to the person coming in first he j' would say, "Allow me to introduce you to the president of the large furniture emporium, Upper Main, Abbeville, S. C.; Uncle Jim, Vice Presi-, dent, Sam McCuen and Roy Power, j chauffeur and book-keeper; John j White, drayman; shake hands with | my friend, the writer." If the wise one spoke first he had a "spiel" about his circulation, and the large amount of advertising he was doing, stating "the population of Abbeville is 4625 when we are away; 60,000 when we are there." From the hotel the gentlemen went out into the business section. As * tney passed a large furniture estab- * lishment, a plain clothes officer, who 1 was watcning them, suggested to the Fat One that he was passing a large ^ furniture store. He didn't even look up, only exclaimed "Great falls of blue mud, it is nothing to compare with Upper Main, Abbeville, S. C.," and as he finished his companion chimed in with, "Pull for Abbeville, or Pull out." When the officer showed them his badge they seemed willing enough to j take the next train out of the city; | and they did so very quietly, except j that as the train pulled out the Wise' One stuck his head out of the window 1 and called to a 'passing automobilist, j "Cut It Out," while the fat gentle-'i man pallprl nn flip f>nnHnr?tnT- -for n ! ^ --- -1, sixth of a dozen lunches, buy now and ' pay later plan. We have concluded that these parties must be from around Abbeville, and that it would be well for their ; relatives to know something of their whereabouts. If you know who they j are, we believe it would be an act of kindness for you to advise them. Chief of Sanitary Dept., < Asheville, N. C. ; Some of our readers may know who the parties referred to are, and may know their relatives, if so, we should be glad to have them notified as to the whereabouts of these nav. ties. Barber's Story Record. During a Portland (Me.) barber's SO years in business he has had one workman who has served for 40 years. This -workman has kept a record of the number of times the employer tells his stories. One Jtory which he thinks his best one he has told 2,766 times, and says it gets better every time he tells it. ' azit?When He1 mwatwe feels u<e poin rO ADVANCE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH Encouraging manifestations of in:reasing interest in stock raising are ippearing in various parts of the ( 3outn at this time. The tremendous , mportance of building up a cattle inlustry in all portions of the South appears to be appreciated now to a greater extent than ever Deiore. Meet ngs of cattle* men's associations are jeing held, organizations are being jerfected to foster the growth of the :attle-raising industry, and individual , ittention is being given to the subject )y farmers, merchants and bankers , n various places throughout the 3outh. Mention was made not long ago of , ;he shipment of a trainload of cattlc :rom Kissimmee, Fla., to the stockyards at St. Louis, and further infor- , nation from Florida demonstrates ;hat a great interest is being taken in ;he raising of Herefords and other ligh-grade beef cattle, and the jrowth of the stock industry in that . - A state seems lo ue on a arm xuunuu* ;ion. In North Carolina much public inwest is being taken in improved and ixtended methods of stock raising, vhile in Mississippi and other States > >f the South the farmers, as well as nerchants and bankers, are recogniz ng the great value to the entire comnunity which this form of diversiied agriculture gives. There is no disposition to urge the ( :otton farmer to entirely abandon growing cotton and concentrate whol- ] v nn sfnclf misintr fho pnnfonfinn >eing that stock raising should go land in hand with other activities of ;he farm. Stock raising is a means i >f increasing individual independence, while at the same time stock aising by farmers in general would rastly increase the prosperity of the South as a whole. Significant recognition of the im>ortance of increasing attention to itock raising in the South is found in ;he meeting of the Southern Cattle Hen's Association at Birmingham ast week. There was a large attend- . lance of cattle men and others, in:luding bankers from Birmingham, St. Louis, Chicago and elsewhere. An nteresting feature of this meeting vas the proposition to organize a itockmen's bank with capital of $1,)00,000 to finance the cattle men of ;he South. The proposition was eniorsed by bankers from Chicago and ilsewhere, who recognize that the filancing of the cattle industry of the South is a factor of importance. The' mportance of knowing how to handle :attle, having neither too few nor too A. 1 J1 _ _ J ?. 1 nany 10 nanuie aavantageousiy, was jointed out, but the prime requisite in establishing bankable credit was de:lared to be honesty and integrity. 'A prospective borrower," as one ipeaker put it, "may have limited captal, his security may not afford all he margin that & first-class bank loan ihould have, but if his business and jersonal dealings have been above re>roach, he has gone a long way tovards establishing credit. If the >anker knows that the proposed borrower is diversifying his crops, is ceeping his soil rich, has his fences ind improvements in good repair, :arries insurance on his buildings, crows a large proportion of what lis family and labor eat, as well as lis animals, and has about him hogs ind chickens and milch cows, as tvell as beef cattle, he may be fairly sure that the loan risk is a good one." * Pleasing Oriental Custom. An oriental custom still in use is to perfume guestrooms with sweet odors, and when the guest arrives he is sprinkled with rose water. In olden times it used to be customary to follow up the sprinkling process with Incense rubbed on the hands and face. This ceremony is repeated at the departure of the guest. Perspiration Stains. Perspiration stains may be easily removed by a solution of oxalic acid and water. Use a proportion of one drop of oxalic acid to 20 drops of wa ter. sponge tne stains caretuny witn this and hang the dress to dry in the air. Great Discovery. "Why do you constantly spray your throat with that ill-smelling compound?" "Greatest discovery of the age, my boy. My wife never accuses me of drinking now."?Kansas City Journal. s All Loaded Do "5 -[^r^n A ' _? 1 ENGLAND IS YIELDKNG TO ( UNITED STATES' REQUEST Washington Aug. 30?Concessions in the enforcement against American commerce of the British order in coun cil were announced today as a result j of informal negotiations just ( completed by the foreign trade ad- s visers of tht state department. { The British ambassador, Sir Cecil ^ Spring-Rice, assured the trade ad- j visers that their informal representations in cases where the British orders have caused "undue hardships" j to American commerce will receive special consideration. The ambassador called at the state department personally to explain the uxtent of the British concessions, which are especially intended tor meet the growing complaint of Ameri j i:an importers thai; their Christmas trade is threatened by failure to obtain goods made in Germany and Aus tria for which they had contracted. Generally speaking, it is the intention of the British government to permit the passage through theblockade lines of goods for which the American importers have entered into contract with German and Austrian firms. Millions of Trade Released Heretofore it had been required that the money shall have actually been paid for the goods. Now it will be sufficient to show that they were regularly contracted for and that the American impo rter is really the person responsible for them and title rests with him .Goods valued at many millions of dollars have accumulated * at Rotterdam and await transporta- ^ tion to the United States. * ( CHIVALRY AS SHOWN IN THE PRESENT WAR 1 i " ] British Army Headquarters in France, Aug. 26?"Though it has been repeatedly stated that chivalry ' does not exist in this war," said a [ British aviator, "this does not apply 1 to the British and German aviation ] branches. Whether it is the ijidividu- J alism of our work and its novelty, or whatever it is that is responsible, something of the old spirit ol: knight- ' hood maintains among the riders of * the air. When a British aviator has ] to descend in the German lines whe * ther from engine trouble or because ^ his engine or his plane has been dam ' aged by &nti-air craft gun fire the next day the Germans report to us his name and whether he survived and if -so whether he is wounded. We always do the same. It has come to be a custom." ' , The reports are made in a manner worthy of airmen and they are the only communications that ever pass between the two foes which watch for heads to snipe at from their trenches. What is called a "message bag" is dropped over the British lines by a German or over the German lines by a British aviator?sometimes when he is in the midst of bursting shell from the anti-air craft guns. Long streamers are attached to the little cloth j bag. These as they pirouette down to the earth from a hieght of seven or eight thousand feet attract attention of soldiers in the neighborhood and they run out to get the, prizewhen it lands. Germans are so busy clipping the bushy beards of their numerous Russian prisoners, it is said, that the town of Solingen, famed for its cutlery works, after suffering sad de- ' pression at first as a result of the was, is now having a business boom. Arrest for Debt. e While Imprisonment for debt as It at one time existed in English and American law, by which a debtor mieht be arrested and imprisoned for mere liability to pay his creditor, no longer exists in the United States, the statutes of the majority of the states provide for the arrest of a'defendant in a civil action under certain conditions, such as fraud, or torts, or embez2lement otc. His Heart Failed Him. The young man had threatened suicide if she rejected him. And, although she did, he didn't. "Why didn't he?" was asked. "Said he'd given his heart to her." "What's that got to do with it?" "Oh, he didn't have the heart to kill himself." As It Was tri the Beginning. Once we were young, and now we ( are older, but never yet have we seen ( a man's wife going to his :'olks for ad- ( vice as to what she should buy.? " Galveston News. wn Too nnSrSi] fiiei xJA^LIA, germany fails to win l ? peace with russia (By Prof. Pares) St London, Aug. 30?In the past few aj lays the tension of Russia's position ^ las slackened perceptibly. Every- ge >ne has become more at ease. For my lelf, who has followed the military ^ md political position very closely, lU ro so far as to say that the crisis s past. From the time when the enemy be- Ca jan his great thrust in Southwest ai jalicia, I am quite certain he was sij liming simply at one thing. He bi vas trying to bring Russia to sepa- tii ate herself from her allies. If he th :ould not do that he could do nothng on the eastern side. is The idea of a conquest of Russia fo >r of forcing a peace on Russia was Ci always, from the start, ridiculous, pc Russia could never be compelled to se make peace; she could only be in- is iuced to desire it. For this object ar there was a perfectly clear program, jf which every detail soon became apparent. sc Of course, the Russian army had to ? se beaten and driven back with as th 1 !!-?. 1 X .1 nf many losses as possiDie, out aocve ?? ill, Russia was to be persuaded that Ci ler western allies could do nothing for her. Poland was to be won and then a liberal peace was to be offer3d Russia. ' ai of Know They Have Failed. er The Germans have had their sue- m :esses. They have made their shot; ar ;hey have failed and they know it is fr the turning point in the whole proc- to jss. * Ui To my mind the most important fact of the last week was the anlouncement made by M. Sazonoff in . Petrograd. ttl M. Sazonoff is a very quiet man and e(j lis simple straightforwardness is ta ino A-f fho orpuaf^Rf. rpnsnna fnr the ? mmense confidence which his coun- ja :ry places in him. His announcement __ n which he had not a word that could je dispensed with, amounted to this: That the German successes had seen accompanied by repeated negotiations for peace which Russia had refused unconditionally; whenever ihey were renewed they would be refused again. But this meant the colapse of all that Germany has been ^ playing for; military success was secondary. We are approaching the time when the Russian roads will break up. rhe country through which the Ger- _ mans will have to advance is at first E, a marshy plain, and later on a ^ plateau broken with innumerable iross guillies in which the grand army af Napoleon, in spite of the efforts ^ oi men and horses, left practically ^ ill of its comparatively light field ar- . tillery. Motor transit, one of the glories of fi( the advancing German army, here vi will be useless; not only it, but the or very heavy guns which will have to di be left behind. to Meanwhile, one thing is clear. I ,vas with the retreating Russian army sa from the Carpathians to the Russian m frontier, and its morale is not al- ar tered in the very slightest by the ter- re rible ordeal and artillery fire to which it was subjected day after day. P 1 PROLONG LIF: ! wars l # A Harmless Vegel | with no Injur t ^ * i mm mmmmmmmm i * DOES AWAY WITU t. g Grimsby's Liv-Vei j Recommended b; By Gross j ^ ^ 11. NITED STATES TO SET MEXICAN DEADLINE V Washington, Aug. 30?The United? ;ates plans to establish a "deadlin;J" ong the Mexican border. Practically ? e entire force that has been bbbs d at Texas City, with the exception.* : one regiment, which is to go ^ e Philippines, will be distributed ' ong the Rio Grande. " ' They will%e directed to put dowis: igandage with an iron hand. Mesa? in bandits who try to cross w?E?u ms in their hands will be killed on. ?ht. In addition an ironclad em? > irgo will be placed on all exports? ons to Mexico of munitions froms> ie United States. In other Words, tly Administratfoiga determined that the tactics whidk* reed Huerta out of power in Mexico s ity will be resorted to to put mb?>wer the Provisional President to Ite lected by the peace conference tfisfc.. to be gathered by the United States^' id leading South American repab? !8. Neither Carranza nor any oflerctional leader who does not reEfr? *11 t_ _ _1_1 -i A tm nue i/U uie piun wui De aoie to get: ms or supplies of any kind. AndE e State Department is taking pome the present time to see that all ?fT irranza's generals have this fact-; V, (pressed on them. By this means it is hoped that Ports of the "First Chief" to present: r solid front of opposition to any pivot ? : ending the Mexican revolution etEi? than recognition of his Goven*-ent will be rendered useless. The; my will enforce the embargo on tftg: ontier and the collectors of crams at the various ports of t&e nited States will prevent any xboktions being Bent by sea to any ?nsrit the recognized Government. Complete reports of the existing* ;uation in Northern Mexico and tt: e Texas border were to be present1 to secretarv Lansinc and Seem? ry Garrison by General Hugh. L. :ott, chief of staff of tfye army, ti?~ ly and tomorrow. ; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF ABBEVILLE v Probate Court * In the Matter of the Estate of Jas^ . E. Wakefield, Deceased Notice to Debtors and Creditors All persoijs indebted to said estate'ust settle without, delay^ and those?tiding claims against the estateust present them properly attesfied&f' J. Ernest Wakefield edmont, S. C. Administraftnrr.., STATE OF MRS. NANCY RICHEST otice of Settlement and ApplicscCiam. \ for Final Discharge Take notice that on the 30th <?ly : September, 1&15, I will render ac. lal account of my actions and, <fi?? gs as executor of the estate^f Mis... ancy Richey, deceased, in the.af? :e of Judge of Probate for Afifyr- lie County at 10 o'clock a. nr., ffrgTl i fhp snmp Hnv will srvnlv for n frrml?*> scharge of my trust as such exec?* . * "!* " ' r. A A All persons having demands agalhst' iid estate will present them for payment on or before that day; proven:- i id authenticated or be forever barid. C. V. Martin, Executor onalds, S. C. E BY USING T mix! ;able Compound f ious Effects. . . t lie USE of CALOMEL f P . f: r-JLax Sold ana y All Druggists ? e >