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j CUPID'S NEW WEAPON" f i|: By LOIS CRAYTON. ij! ISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS^ 1 All day he had watched her on the trail as the horses wound around high. i rocky cliffs, across tracts of shale awl through deep valleys. Hedgeman. the leader, who knew the country well. went ahead; then came tne venturesome spirits, ready to take risks of j slides and places on narrow ledges, i where pieces of rock might have fallen | away sine, the last ranger passed on his lonely patrol. But the mountain ponies were sure- | footed?too sure-footed, for they went close to the edge sometimes. The ( horse the girl rode insisted on walking , as far away from the cliff as possible, j The man kept his eye on the girl. | Most of the time her left foot was dan- , gling over space, but sne gave uv sign that she was afraid. When night came they camped in a ' valley, and after supper most of the weary souls crawled into bed. A few still lingered, however, around the great fire. The man and the girl sat apart talking. I "You are not afraid of anything, are you?" he said. She laughed. "Goodness, yes?spi- ( ders and mice, measles and burglars." , MI doubt it!" "What did I do to make you think I was?brave?" "Most girls would have screamed or ( fainted when that horse went so close to the edge." * < "And I kept quiet That was oniy the instinct of self-preservation. 1 didn't want to scare him." "That Isn't true, I'm afraid. I insist j on giving you the palm of courage." "And I insist that I am as much of ; j a coward as anybody." I ( "What are you afraid of, then?" "I told you?burglars for one thing." ^ "And?" , "You for another." j "Me?" "Yes. Ton insist on dragging my failings out Into daylight and analyz-1 1 Ing them. 1 suppose you'll soon dis- j cover that I'm fond of vegetable soup 1 and hate to use semicolons, and that! 1 Incidentally these riding boots have j rubbed my stockings into tatters." "I'd forgotten. You must be dead tired." He got up instantly and helped j her to her feet. "Go to bed now and be fresh for new worlds tomorrow." 1 He pressed her hand warmly and f , was gone. j j They were together a great deal | , after that; they rode side by side when j possible, sat together at meals, and 1 had splendid campfire talks. He in- ; sisted on calling her brave as each day j brought new risks which she took without flinching. / The trip came to an end; the man took train for Seattle, the girl went i , east, and the party scattered in all ^ directions. The girl's family had not come home from Canada and she undertook the t opening of the townhouse. ; , She had long, quiet evenings alone1 . after busy days, and she lived over j her wonderful time in the mountains. There, were camera views to go over, i . some of the man. "He's so different j , from most men," she mused, "so big. He's been all over the world, he says. , I suppose he builds bridges and tun-1 , nels mountains and constructs dams and aqueducts, for he would never be | content to spend his time doing little , things." One evening, after looking through ( her travel book again, she decided to J / go to bed. Hulda. the cook, had gone , tn hor mnm nn thp third floor, nnd she was alone. She made a round of the rooms, fastened windows, snapping on locks and turning out lights. . j ' Then she returned to the library to ^ switch off the table light before going upstairs. ! And there stood a man with a black , mask over his face and an automatic ready for action. "Oh!" said the girl, standing quite still. ! "Keep quiet," said the intruder, "and I won't hurt you." And the girl kept very quiet; in .truth, she slipped in a heap to the floor, for she had fainted. "I'm a fool!" A man's voice was the first thing she heard when her senses came back. She was on a couch and Elulda was rubbing her face and hands. She thought she knew the voice. Tho rrirl cnt nr? "Trrn I" cho priori "Yes, I!" said the man grimly, the man with whom she had traveled over 300 miles of mountains. "And here I've been thinking you did big, wonderful things to help the world, and you're a?a?" "A burglar? No. I'm not really. Listen. I just got back from the West today?this evening?and I couldn't go to sleep until I had located your house. It trnc tnr> Intp tn enmp in hnf I inct wanted to know where you lived. When I was passing I saw a man working at the side window, so I got the corner policeman and we nabbed him. Then I thought of something, just a fool notion of mine to test your courage further, for I didn't believe you when you said you were afraid of burglars. You know what it was. I played burglar. Forgive me!" "And I played baby," she said, ashamed. 44Vnn oro oflnrohlo onH T Inro rA? AWU "I CI WW* U./.V, * IV JUU, , said the man. j "Then it's all right," sighed the girl happily, "but it's the first time I ever knew Cupid to use a gun." (Copyright. 1917, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) One machine has a capacity of cut-j '( ting a thousand celluloid combs a daj 1 1 ||| BROtlCHER'S SARCEII | By HAROLD BRONSON. ij: Broucher had a naturally unpleas- , ont tvnv r?f ovnrpssinp hlmsplf when ' *" ? I things didn't go to suit him and some foolish person once told hliu that he was delightfully, wickedly sarcastic, j That explained him. It is rather an awful thing when a man gets an Idea that he lias a gift for sarcasm. He Is particularly apt to cultivate It. Broucher became unpopular. He was not really such a bad sort of fel low. not even ill-tempered, but he developed a sort of carping habit of speech for the more frequent display of his gift and his associates naturally got down on him. It was in his loneliness that he be- j gan his wooing of Miss Bardexter. the meek and amiable little woman whose Qimble, white fingers rattled over the keys of the typewriter In the office. Mls$ Bardexter rather admired j Broucher's style of talk. Perhaps it j was she who originally complimented him on It. Anyway. Broucher got into the habit of lingering about her; desk and saying wickedly sarcastic things about the other men In the | office. The upshot of the thing was that he married her. But with the waning of the honeymoon It was different. If anything went a little crossways he usually! called attention to it. and of course' a young housekeeper Is not an old one, and things will go a little crossways at first. Then It was: "Dearest, I have observed with some pain that you are not sufficiently considerate of the feel- j Ings of the young lady who has so kindly consented to assist you In the care of the household. You must re-| member that girls In domestic service have their feelings." "Why, Courtney, dear! I am sure I have always tried?" "Yes. yes, I know. 1 don't think you meant to hurt her, but there is that poung man of hers and her girl friend nod her young man In the kitchen now. I know they are there because I hear them very plainly, Indeed. They have been there three nights handrunning now. and you have never once Invited them to use the parlor and the piano, so that they have been obliged to put up with the kitchen and a mouth organ. Don't you think it would be nice for you to go out and Invite them in. I'm afraid If I do it I shall be tactless." Mrs. Broucher would look at him timidly and hesitatingly, and he would sustain her look with an unpleasantly t)land smile. Then she would go out to the kitchen, and shortly after the sounds of revelry would cease. But Broucher was not dissatisfied when a letter fame announcing a visit from his mother-in-law whom he had never seen; he said he would be more than delighted. "You see. we bore each other so that any distraction Is welcome," he said with a smile, and patted his wife on her plump cheek. But Mrs. Bardexter arrived, bag and baggage, for a month's visit and then ?fhpro wns no trouble: she was a mighty sweet and easy-tempered svoman. But she seemed to take Broucher so seriously. When he came down a little late and observed that tie apprehended the consideration his tvife had shown In not waking him, as he liked to be late at the office, occasionally?It looked Independent? then did Mrs. Bardexter exclaim: "Well 1 I should think you would be afraid they might not like it" "You don't mean to say we have eggs, dear!" Broucher said a little later. "This Is indeed a surprise. Nice little change. Isn't It?" "Emmie said you had been having them so often lately that you were kind of sick of them," said Mrs. Barrln-o-tAT* In O Ctl mH fOnfi. UCAltl I1J U s?u> i' - "What did you put that roast In the oven for, ray own?" asked Broucber. "You have warmed it almost through, I believe, and It would have been so much nicer quite raw, to say nothing of the gas you must have used. Haven't you a little really raw meat?" Mrs. Birdexter got up from the table, went Oiit and came back with a nice liltle piece of raw beefsteak. "Oh, mamma," said Mrs. Broucber. "Courtney doesn't really like raw meat. He was just making fun. He likes it quite well done and I'm afraid It Is just a little bit undone." "Courtney, do you always mean what you don't say?" Inquired his mother-in-law. How could Broucher keep It up? Be couldn't. All this happened In the first week and Mrs. Bardexter's stay was prolonged to five more. People without any sense of humor are awfully trying, but there Is really no use in fighting against them. "Courtney," said Mrs. Bardexter. when she was leaving for her home in Grand Rapids, "when I first came I noticed that you talked very strangely, but you don't do It any more and I'm glad of it for Emmie's sake and yours. I kind of think you were joking, but jokes like that hurt some people's feelings. You can't make a real joke out of a grumble and a mean thing isn't any more pleasant because you say It with a smile. That's all I've got to say. Now, don't tell me that you're going to raise the lake level two inches with your tears for. mv fionnrtiire. because I shan't believe you." "1 would tell yon thnt," said Broucher, "but honestly, HI miss you. and I hope It won't be long before yoa come to visit us ngnln. And?I lleve you'vo done tne gocV j DEATH OF MR. CALHOUN. Mr. Edwin Calhoun, one of the oldest citizens of this city, died in North Carolina, Sunday afternoon, at 6:45 o'clock. Mr. Calhoun had! been in feeble health for several' years, and was in the mountains with his daughters spending the summer, when death came to him. The body was brought to Abbeville Monday, and funeral services were conducted at the Presbyterian church, of which he was a member, by his pastor, Rev. H. W. Fratt, on; Tuesday at 11:30 o'clock, after which the interment took place at Long Cane in the family burial plot. Mr. Calhoun was a life-long resident of the county. He was born at Willington, Jany. 21st, 1839. For many years he followed his life-work of a planter in the Monterey section, but some fifteen years ago he moved with his family to Abbeville, and here he has spent the rest of his life, a quiet, unassuming, but a respected and honored citizen. In early life Mr. Calhoun was married to Miss Sarah Smart Tilman, and they lived together for more than fifty years. The celebration of their golden wedding in 1910 was an event of much pleasure to them, their children, grand-children and mnnv fripnris. Mrs. Calhoun died the following year. Mr. Calhoun was a Confederate I soldier, being a member of Company] C, Sixth S. C. Cavalry. He was dangerously wounded while in action, from which wound he never entirely recovered. Mr. Calhoun was 78 at the time of his death. Notwithstanding his weak physical condition in the latter years of his life, he kept his memory as well as a young man. He was an interesting talker, and well v?rsed; in the happenings of the long-ago. He was born and reared in the reighborhood where George McDufF.e lived, and perhaps knew more about him than any man now living. He gave interesting accounts of his way of living and of his methods in politics. He is survived by the following children: John F. Calhoun, Misses Frances, Lalla, Eunice P. and Ivy; Calhoun, of this city, and Charles A.; Calhoun, of Darlington. Another: son, Arthur Calhoun, died only a few, months ago. His oldest daug;hter, I who was the wife of our townsman,! Mr. L. C. Haskell, also preceded him to the other country. The members of the family have the sympathy of a wide circle of relatives and friends in the ?reat bereavement which is theirs. Those attending the funeral from a distnace were: Mr. J. J. Calhoun, of Cartersville, Ga., Mr. W. S. Calhoun of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Calhoun of Darlington, Mr. John S. Calhoun of Alabama, Mrs. Arthuri Calhoun of Hendersonville, Mr. Cal-j houn Mays of Greenwood, Misses | Cary, Ida, and Rosa Calhoun of; Clemson. If wheat and oat seed are! high and they probably will be] it will pay to prepare your I ground well and fertilize well; and make all you can on three< or four or five acres.?Adv., Miss Georgia Edwards is here from Columbia spending thsi week withj her mother, Mrs. Janie Edwards, and' Miss Helen Edwards. The superintendent of the' South Carolina penitentiary j makes a contract for fertilizer: every year with the Andersoni Phosphate and Oil Co. Clemson College buys fertilizer1 from them every year. These, state institutions want the best and it seems they know where to get it.?Adv. Lieutenants Albert Morse, Owen CnnAj Pnnnftll CurAf ankam Wnllonn kJpccu, uanuii uwtutuwtig, it Harris left Tuesday for Camp Jackson in Columbia, where they will re-' port for duty today. 1 A good acreage in grainj well fertilized is the best solntion of the labor problem.?i Adv. HERE FROM ANNAPOLIS, ON SHORT VACATION John Murray Thornton, the young, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Thornton,' _ _;a.. j. - I ? ! is in trie city lu spenu u va<-acnju wicu his parents. Mr. Thornton is a midshipman in the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and this is his: first visit to Abbeville and our people are glad to have him here. VVVVVV^VVVVVVVV^! v V] V SEABOARD TRAIN V ^ SCHEDULES V. No. 17, South, leaves 5:00A.M.; No. 5, South, due 2:04 P.M.1 No. 11, South, due 3:04 A.M. No. 29, South, due 3:52 P.M., No. 6, North, due 6:03 P. M. i No. 12, North, due 1:42 A.M. No. 18, North, arrives 10:00 P.M. No. 30, North, due 12:34 P. M 1 RUSSIA IS ASSURED OF STRONG SUPPORT BY PRESIDENT WILSON President Sends Message to Council at Moscow, Expressing Confidence in Triumph of Democracy. Washington, Aug. 27.?President Wilson sent to the members of the national council assembly at Moscow today, assurances that this government is willing to extend "every material and moral assistance" to the government of Russia. The message addressed to the president of the national conference assembly, Moscow, reads: "I take the liberty to send to the members of the great council now meeting in Moscow the cordial greetings of their friend:3, the people of the TTniteH Stat.es. tn evnress their confidence in the ultimate triumph of ideals of democracy and self-government against all enemies within and without, and to give their renewed assurance of every material and moral assistance they can extend to the government of Russia in the promotion oJ: the common cause in which the two nations are unselfishly united." No official comment was made by government officials on Premier Kenensky's speech before the members of the council yesterday, but it was " made clear that the sentiments expressed by the Russian leader were heartily approved here and that his declarations indicating the firm manner in which he and his counsellors are prepared to deal with enemies of c the new government had aroused a greater confidence in the outcome of C their plans. f t Democracy for Russia Must Be' Maintained. J' Moscow, Aug. 27.?Russia will ^ maintain her democracy at all costs, j She intends to use the weapons of the old regime against those who ? would have the old autocracy over- 1 throw the new freedom. 1 nf +v,? vsx uuiDUiiiuiuj; aigiimv~aui.c: in tiic deliberation of the all-Russian con- 1 ference today was this emphatic de- jj claraticn by Premier Kerensky. He g insisted the new nation "was passing c through a -period of moral danger" v and warned enemies within that the government henceforth "would be . implacable in crushing wih blood and iron all attempts with armed force' ^ against the people's power." j?J "Those who once trembled before! 1 the government of autocrats now to-! a boldly march against the government, | with arms in hand," he continued. "But let them remember that our patience has its limits and that those j j who go beyond them will have to settle wit'h a government which will | * make them remember the time of' czarism." |v Makes Deep Impression. Kerensky's speech produced a deep ? impression. He concluded amid s cheers even of his political antagon- \ ists and today there was a percepti- v ble lessening in the Bolsheviki and: c reactionary opposition. The forces which will literally pass upon the Kerensky government are;'1 vastly mixed. There are bankers, j? rich land owners, conservatists, a!v sprinkling of reactionaries?even' i monarchists. Tie issue is tightly c drawn between J'ree and open democracy versus constricted reactionar- [ ism. Kerensky never faced such a task as his present one of coaxing support from such a group of ene-1, mies to the sweeping democracy he represents. Even the maximalists r today adjudged the conference anti-j revolutionary and not representative ' t of the peoples' will, in refusing par- i ticipation. Kerensky's supporters agreed to- ^ day the supreme test of the demo-'p cracy will come in the Moscow meeting. "If we yield to the conservatives ' and reactionaries now," said one of; the revolutionary newspapers todav. 'they will will deliver Russia to Nich- . olas or Wilhelm." !a Critical Situation. Speeches of cabinet members serv-'jj ed to emphasize Russia's present v critical situation. , Minister of Inter- Q I ** ior Prokopovitch reported actual g, scarcity of food in several provinces a and a dwindling supply even in such v cities as Petrograd and Moscow. ia Vice Premier Nekrasoff warned that Russia's finances were in grave10 shape. Against issuance of an aver-j<j age of 250,000,000 roubles ($125,-^ 000,000) yearly in 1914, 1915 and t] 1916. he reDorted an averaee month- u. 7 w L, ly issuance by the new government^ of 340,000,000 roubles ($420,000,-' 000.) Vast increases in wages had ^ been met. New governmental activi-!n ties consumed huge sums of money. :c Taxes were not producing as muchf. as expected. Nekrasoff urged high ^ taxes on war profits, as one means of 0 raising money. Has Faith in Amy. |v' Premier Kerensky reviewed troops t: at the Hippodrome yesterday and in v addressing them said he was convinc-j ed by the valor they were showing a that they would be able to drive back r< the enemy at the front and crush it r Columbia ( Headqi I J Fruits, Vegetables, Candy, anything to be found in an store. We especially invite you 1 cream parlor where you wi] teous attention, and are as anything in our line. Bear in mind that we deliv Columbia ( NEXT TO COURT HOUSE. GRAir The United States Govern >f $2.00 a bushel for wheat Tt. miffht, not, to he n vprv >tic farmer to raise wheat a armers are asked to increas his year. This also should Two dollar wheat means 1 or wheat and then pay the he dealers profit, your flour t takes six bushels of wheat >f you buy?millers and rai it, they won't work for noi esult is you can make your And besides it will pay a Fhere has been considerable m early stand of cotton, bu in early stand of cotton wh arly stand is going to be ex ve^vil strikes you and it is loes the early cotton is all ) ?oll weevil comes, it will be uly crop will not be very h une. It will be the early cc nighty nearly'guarantees a 11 your land at once and it re guaranteed $2.00 a bush Three acres of wheat and and that is well prepared t rick and make enough for y ear will leave some to sell. When you sow with a thr< dien you sow and you have )lant. We are not selling tr jeople here who do. You c( elling fertilizer, and the be n sacks; the best by test o vant?the best by test of r< lemand last spring nor the s he floors. It must be a pr< uch a demand for it. It isr roods, at least we have ben i vays did not add to the sales nherent virtue of the good: :reates the demand. We have it now fine ar )ecember first. If you can use it in bulk ost of the bags which is hi mown and the cost of the 1 nore than it has been heret( See us and get the best, he best. A great many pe? tself when sowing and will The Virginia farmers use owing and do not top dress rs make fine grain crops. We can supply you with ; ,refer. Come to see us. ANDERSON PHOSPI W. F. ny attempt at a counter revoluti General Korniloff, the commanc i-chief, arrived from Petrograd s fas greeted by great crowds. In ddress he said it was a source atisfaction to be able to tell rmy that Moscow was the wat rord for the welfare of the coun nd war to a victorious end. Sunday was devoted to conferei f the different groups of delegal 'Hp discussions dwelt princips rith the government's statemei lie reply to be made and the attiti 3 be taken at the coming gene leeting. The maximalists rencl tie conclusion that the conferei oes not represent the will of ation ?nd it is of anti-revolution; har. ct.er. They decided to derm rom the assembly a dictatorship le proletariat by the handing o f all power to the council of wo len's and soldiers' delegates ? oted to leave the hall if the maj< f should be unwilling to share th iewpoint. The internationalists insisted bolition of the death penalty i enunciation by the government ;s purpose to put down by fo / . ^andy Kitchen , larters For , Cigars, and Cigarettes, and in fact . up-to-date fruit and confectionary ' :o patronize our soda water and ice t 11 always receive prompt and cou^i sured of receiving only the best of er ice cream to any part of the city. ? - ' 2andy Kitchen DUAVr Eftf rnviib JUi t Ml ?? ?m i SOWING., / ' . ?^ ' V ;V ment guarantees a minimum price harvested in 1918. difficult matter to induce a patri- ^ t $2.00 a bushel. South Carolina je their wheat acreage 47 per cent . be easy to accomplish. high flour, for when you pay $2.00 millorc' tnll rnilrrkoH fnoicrVit anrl UlJlllVi tj I Wiii UU>U U1AU will cost you a pretty stiff price, to make the kind of Hour the most lroads and dealers have their proving and board themselves. The flour cheaper than you can buy it. ' man to sow wheat for the stubble. ' b trouble the last few years to get t there has been no trouble to get en it is planted after stubble. An ceedingly important when the boll going to strike you and when it fou will have to pick. When the s July crop or no crop. And your ieavy on cotton that comes up in itton that you will pick and stubble 1quick stand. You can't sow down is a good year to begin when you iel for your wheat. ; i three acres of oats to the plow on . ind well fertilized will turn the J our iarm neeas ana 11 11 is a goou ee disc grain drill you can fertilize about as safe a crop as you can iree disc grain drills but there are m get the grain drills?but we are st that is made; the very best put f result. And that is what you jsults. We could not supply the ipring of 1916. Sold out and swept .> jtty good fertilizer for there to be l't our winning ways that sells the reliably informed that our winning to speak of. It is just the natural 5 that makes the crops and that id d:y. See us for prices. Cash (unsacked) we can save you tne igher this year than we have ever abor of bagging it, which is also )fore. When it is all the same price, get ople will use 16 per cent acid by top dress in the spring if needed. \6 per cent acid, by itself when in the spring, and Virginia farm- i icid and mixed goods, just as you 4ATE AND OIL COMPANY, Farmer, Sec. on. the separatists' movements in Fin- , |er. land and Ukraine. The popular soind cialists urged maintenance of the an death penlty. At the meeting of of constitutional democrats, Prof. Paul , the MilukofF said no solution could be ch- reached except in line with the natry tional program, and that if Premier Kerensky did not put into execution nce the measures foreshadowed, the ruin [. of the country would be inevitable. The broad you get from the Hour von make from the wheat ,ral you grow is better and purer ied than any you get from the flour nce you buy. There is very little the appendicitis in sections of the 3ry country which produces its ind own corn and wheat and meat. And the re is a reason.?Adv. ver LEAVING FOR CAMP JACKSON rk in^ J. Robert Cochran returned to )ri" Canton, N. C., Tuesday after spende,r ing several days in the city with his home people. He will go on to on Waynesville from Canton,' where he ind will take charge of the Waynewood of Theatre in that city the 1st of Seprce tember. ?