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WHAT CAUSED HER SURPRISE Would Almost Seem That This Woman Had Idea Sailors Never Washed Their Uniforms. The waiting room of thc Lons Island railroad side of the Pennsylvania ter minal was not even crowded the other afternoon when four fashionably gowned women, two of them carrying large knitting bags, entered from the train platform. The woman who was burdened with the largest bag immedi ately led the way toward a bench where an American seaman in the uni form of the navy sat reading a book. Without warning the women took seats on either side of him and besieged him with questions. "I am so interested in you sailor boys," said the leader emphasizing the oO. "We're so interested," corrected the youngest of the four. "My," said the third and apparently next youngest, "you've been in the navy four years. I can tell it by the stripes on your sleeves. Have you been to sea much?" The man grinned. "Quite a bit," he answered. Then followed c volley of questions that would have bewildered an oracle. The seaman was asked about the coast of Africa and the cost of tobacco, the climate in Brazil and the storms on the Atlantic. Finally the owner of the largest and heaviest knitting bag made herself heard above the others. "Ain't you a third-class gunner?" she asked. "Uh-huh," was the answer. "And do you tell me that you've been in the navy for four years?" was the next question. "Uh-huh." said the seaman. "Four long years," she commented, "and my, how clean your uniform is." The seaman when last seen was a passenger on a train. He was holding his head.-New York Times. Airplane of the Future. We have no logical right to think that our flying machines of today are more than the crudest caricatures of tbe airplanes of the future, says a writer in the Scientific American. We engineers are a little apt to become so engrossed in our Immediate difficulties of design that we da not see further ahead than is suggested by our own ideas and make predictions for th? future that only follow along the lines of progress that we' can clearly see. The writer has often been asked if he thinks that flying will even become an ordinary means of travel. His answer is that he does not think, but that ho knows it will become so. Ten years ago to attempt to fly from place to place was considered suicide: five years ago it was an adventure: today to many of us it is a very ordinary affair. A few years more and we shall laugh to think of the airplanes of which we are now so proud. We shall shudder at the risks we ran and we shall travel with comfort, speed and safety. Everybody is Hooverizing. "How things have chained!" said the man as they left the Joneses, where they had been playing cards. "Yes, indeedy," answered his wife. "There was a time, and that not sc very long ago. when it would have been bad form to talk of the cost of the food set before you. But now the person who can give you pleasant-tast ing food at the least cost is the per son most looked up to." "Not only that," said the husband, "but people who won't economize are looked on as something too cheap for words. You heard what they said to night about the Blanks, who are 'sick and tired of Hooverizing?' I tell you this country is waking up. We have got to feel and act alike these days." "Well. I should hope so," said the wife. "I'd like to know where we would be if the boys over there got 'sick and tired of fighting for us.' The Blanks, indeed!" England's Birds Are Hungry. In the gardens where no bird-table attracts its feathered pensioners the silent absence of bird-life is almost oppressive; but the birds did not de part before necessity compelled. Some times grim fate stalked in the thin shrubbery whence now and again the household cat has emerged : but more often your garden birds have migrated afield because they had exhausted the possibilities of their homo. See down the length of the garden wall a foot wide space had been absolutely cleared of dead leaves by blackbird and thrush, who had tossed them to one side in their search for wintering insect life. Look closer and you will see that prob ing bills have worked a little crevice ell the way .between the earth ami the wall. See, every square inch of un covered frozen 'ground is dusty from the innumerate pecks of hungry lit tle beaks.-London Times. Sees Whale as Popular Food. But the whale has overcome the pre judice against him, dating, no doubt, frem the day Jonah first told his story. Admiral Peary is heart and soul for the whale. He siys : "There will be an intense practical advantage to this movement if we can ever get the American people to substitute whale meat for beef, mutton and pork. It can be kept indefinitely in tin cans the way they are now putting it up for the market. There have long been such canneries on the coast of Labrador, and there used to be some on the New foundland coast, but the Newfoundland canneries have gone out of business, being unable to compete with the Labrador plants, which get the whales at less cost." Honor Roll of States That Have Ratified Federal Prohibi tion Amendment and . Date of Ratification. 1. Mississippi, January 8. 2 Virginia, January 10. 3 Kentucky, January 14. 4 South Carolina, January 23. 5. North Dakota, January 25. 6. Maryland, February 13. 7. Montana, February 19. 8. Texas, March 4. ' 9. Delaware, March 18. 10. South Dakota, March* 20. 11. Massachusetts. Prohibition States and Territo ries and Date of Going Into Effect. Maine (Con.) __ _.' __ __1S51 Kansas (Con.)_1880 North Dakota (Con.)_1SS9 Oklahoma (Con.)_1907 Georgia (Stat.)___1908 North Carolina (Stat.) __ __1909 Mississippi (Stat.) __ __ __1909 Tennessee (Stat.) _._1909 West Virginia (Con.)_1914 Alabama (Stat.) __ ._ __ __1915 Arizona (Con,)__. __ __1915 Virginia (Stat.)_1916 Colorado (Con.) __ __ _. __1916 Oregon Con.) __ __ __ __ __1916 Washington (Stat.)_'_.1916 Arkansas (Stat.)_1916 Iowa (Stat.)_1916 Idaho (Con.)_1916 South Carolina (Stat.)_1916 Nebraska (Con.) __ __ __1917 South Dakota (Con.)_1917 | Utah (Stat.)_1917 District of Columbia (Stat.) __1917 Alaska (Stat.)___1918 Indiana (Stat.)_..April, 191S Michigan (Con.) _ _ April 30, 19IS New Hampshire (Stat.) May 1, 19IS Montana (Con.) _. Dec. 31, 191S New Mexico (Con:) __ Oct. 1, 1918 Texas (Stat.) __ ..June 27, 1918 Porto Rico _. __ ..March 2, 1918 Canal Zone States Having Temperance Day in Public Schools. Alabama, Tennessee, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, North Dakota, Mis souri, South Dakota, South Carolina. The Flag Salute. ."I pledge allegiance to my flag | and to the republic for which it stands-one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." State and Senatorial Campaign Meetings. The following is the schedule for State and Senatorial campaign meet ings as arranged by the State execu tive committee : Senatorial Campaign. Winnsboro, Tuesday, June IS. Chester, Wednesday, June 19. York, Thursday, June 20. Lancaster, Friday, . June 21. Camden, Saturday, June 22. Chesterfield, Tuesday, June 25. Bennettsville. Wednesday, June 6. Darlington, Thursday June 27 Bishopville, Friday, June 28. Sumter, Saturday, June 29. St. Matthews, Monday, July 1. Orangeb: rg, Tuesday, July 2. St. George, Wednesday, July 3. Columbia, Thursday, July 4. Manning, Monday, July 15. Dillon, Tuesday, July 16. Florence, Wednesday, July 17. Conway, Thursday, July 18. Marion, Friday, July 19. Kingstree, Saturday, July 20. Georgetown, Monday, July 22. Monck's Corner, Tuesday, July 23. Charleston, Wednesday, July 24. Walterboro, Thursday, July 25. Ridgeland, Friday, July 26. Beaufort, Saturday, July 27. Hampton, Monday, July 29. Barnwell, Tuesday, July 30. Bamberg, Wednesday, July 31. Aiken, Thursday, August 1. Edgefield, Friday, August 2. Saluda, Saturday, August 3. Lexington, Tuesday, August 6. Newberry, Wednesday August 7. Laurens, Thursday, August 8. Greenwood, Friday, August 9. Abbeville, Saturday, August 10. McCormick, Tuesday, Auggust 13. Anderson, Wednesday, August 14. Walhalla, Thursday, August 15. Pickens, Friday, August 16. Greenville, Saturday, August 17. Union, Wednesday, August 21. Gaffney, Thursday, August 22. Spartanburg, Friday, August 23. State Campaign. Barnwell, Tuesday, June 18. Hampton, Wednesday, June 19. Beaufort, Thursday, June 20. Ridgeland, Friday, June 21. Walterboro, Saturday, June 22 Bamberg, Tuesday, June 25. Aiken, Wednesday, June 26. Edgefield, Thursday, June 27. Saluda, Friday, June 28. Lexington, Saturday, June 29. Newberry, Tuesday, July 2. Laurens, Wednesday, July 3. Greenwood, Thursday, July 4. McCormick, Friday, July 5. Abbeville, Saturday, July 6. Anderson, Monday, July 15. Walhalla, Tuesday, July 16 Pickens, Wednesday, July 17. Greenville, Thursday, July 18. Unionv Friday, July 19. Spartanburg, Saturday, July 20. Gaffney, Tuesday, July 23. York, Wednesday, July 24. Lancaster, Thursday, July 25. Chester, Friday July 26. Winnsboro, Saturday, July 27. Camden, Tuesday, July 30. Chesterfield, Wednesday-, July 31 Bennettsville, Thursday, August 1. Darlington, August, 2. > Bishopville, Saturday, August 3. Sumter, Tuesday, August 6. Dillon, Wednesday, August 7 Conway, Thursday, August 8. Marion, Friday, August 9. Florence, Saturday, August, 10. Manning, Tuesday, August 13. Kingstree, Wednesday, August 14. Georgetown, Thursday, August 15 Monck's Corner, Friday, August 16. Charleston, Saturday, August 17. St. George, Tuesday, August 20. Orar.geburg, Wednesday, August 21. St. Matthews, Thursday, August 22.' Columbia, Friday, August 23. A Toast. A young Kentuckian, formerly a resident of Washington, now a gun ner's mate in the United States Navy writes these verses. Here's to the Blue of the wind-swept North, When we meet on the fields of France; May the spirit of Grant be with you all As the sons of the North advance. And here's to the gray of the sun kissed South, When we meet on the fields of France; May the spirit of Lee be with you all As thc sons of the South adyanc?. And here's to the Blue and the Gray as one, -1 When we meet on the fields of France; May the spirit of God be with us all As the sons of the Flag advance. --Exchange. The United States government has prohibited the sale or use of alcohol ic liquors on the Island of Guam after July 1. Why you should use Cardui, the woman's tonic, for your troubles, have been shown in thousands of letters from actual users of this medi cine, who speak ' from personal experience. If the results obtained by other women for so many years have been so uni formly good, why not give Cardui a trial? Take The Woman's Tonic Mrs. Mary J. Irvin, of Cullen, Va., writes: "About ll years ago, I suffered untold misery with female trouble, bear ing-down pains, head ache, numbness ... I would go for three weeks almost bent double ... My husband went to Dr. - for Cardui . . . After taking about two bottles I began going around and when I took three bottles I could do all my work." FIRE INSURANCE -F o r This World ONLY J. T. HARLING OFFICE OVER Bank of Edgefield, S. C. LOST-On Friday an Automobile tire, 34x4 between Edgefield and Gaines, or between Gaines and B. A. Hunters. Tire was on rack. Reward if returned to G. McG. Smith, Green wood, S. C. Br* Er$s im Biscwenr V.LI * THE COUGH. CURES THE LUNGS. 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