Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(Copyright, ISIS, by the McClure Newspa per Syndicate.) Arthur Thorne had argued until he was tired of arguing. There was no use trying to talk sense into a man who hadn't any, he thought at last, as he gave up with one more effort "I tell you she ls young-just about twenty-one," he said hotly. "Because she is an actress you think she has to be old. There are some young ac tresses, aren't there?" Mervin Renton, his companion, was quite willing to admit that there were but tins one, he claimed, was not "You can't tcfll me,"* he argued, "This Dora Fraleigh will never see thirty-five again. Her hair is false, I'm willing to wager anything. Did you ever see curls like hers that were real? Everj> thing about her Ls false." Arthur knew If he stayed he would become angry. Mervin was Jealous that was what was the matter, he felt Without another word Arthur left the bath-house where tfeo conversation had been held and ma?^ for the beach. It was u glorious day and the guests of the hotel were making the best of the bathing weather. He caught sight of Dora almost immediately. Apparently she was searching for something in the water near the beach. "What have you lost?" he asked, as be waded toward her. "Oh, nothing," she answered a trifle confused. "Isnt the water fine?" After completely immersing himself and swimming aimlessly about for a few seconds, Arthur agreed that It was. ""Let's go out on the raft," he suggested, trot Dora seemed unwilling to leave the shallow place. This was surprising, for she had always seemed anxious to get all the fun possible. There was something troubling her. She even seemed unwilling to go on the beach for a sun beth, but finally agreed. 'There!" Arthur exclaimed, as he stretched out on the sand. "I thought I never would get away from that shallow part There were so many children there I didn't have a chance to talk with you." "You usually have lots af opportuni ties," Dora smiled. "What's this?" he asked, ns he picked up something his toes had been rub bing against in the sand. "Well, look whafs here! A false curl!" Sure enough it was. Dora took It from him eagerly, "I lost it !" she exclaimed, as she jumped to her feet "I was searching for lt out there. Wait until I go and tell auntie. Shell be delighted." She was off before Arthur could stop her. He looked after her with an ex clamation of dismay on his lips. To think that those beautiful curls of hers .were false. No wonder she hadn't talked much and had been confused. So Mervin had been right ! When Dora joined him again he was trying to smile, but found he couldn't. **What makes you so quiet?" she asked, after they had sat in silence for near ly five minutes. "Nothing very much," he replied to her question. "I was thinking that I was going home tomorrow." "Going home !" she echoed. "Why you said last week that you would be here all summer." "I have changed my mind," he an swered, but when he saw the pained look on Dora's face be wished he had thought up an excuse. The next morning Arthur's resolve to go home had not faltered. He wasn't going to stay there to be the laughing stock of the whole hotel when they found out about Dora's age. He was only twenty-one and most likely she was thirty, anyway. Nine years was too much diff?rence. Ile felt so uncomfortable over it he went to the station half an hour before the train was due to leave. His going away would leave the field open for Mervin. That was too much. He loft the train in a hurry and left word with the bag gage man to have his trunks sent back to the hotel. He couldn't be happy without Dora, even if she was eighty. He found Dora in a secluded "corner of the veranda. Her eyes were red and there were other traces of tears. "You haven't gone yet," she cried Joyfully, as she caught sieht of him. *T heard that you had gone without even saying good-by to me." "I came pretty nearly doing it, dear," he said, "but I couldn't go away and leave you here. When I go I want to take you with me.' I want to marry you." "If you wanted to marry me, why did you make me worry about your leaving so unexpectedly?"" she asked, trying not to smile. "Last night was the second night I have lost sleep by .worrying. The night before It was the thought of having lost auntie's best curl that-" "Auntie's curl?" he Interrupted. "Yes. the curl you found yesterday." "Oh!" Arthur groaned. "I thought that was your curl !" "Mine!" she laughed, "And I was oniy twenty a week ago!" "Thank goodness for that," he cried, "But why?" she asked, perplexed. She laughed for a long time after he told her. "But what difference would it have made if I was thirty-five?" she said. "None; but Tm glad you're only tranty," he replied. Real Test *He loves the very ground she walks ca." "Dcor no love lt well enough to plant M vegetable garden In it for her bene pr The draft will get the slackers and the idlers. It ls not economy that must be guarded against, but parsimony. A cat may look at a king, hut let lt keep away from the onion beds ! Progress cn the western front la measured by corpses, not by miles. Most consumers prefer a government food dictator to a trust food dictator. That haughty -cereal, wheat, should beware of the fate of other autocrub?. If they wait long enough the final cry for peace will be the death rattle. Let us remember the man on the bridge as well os tho man behind the gun. You can't serve your country by be ing stingy. Keep the wheels of Indus try moving. "Gennany short of change,* says a news headline. But the change ls like ly to come soon. Whatever else happens, this TO threatens to make ducks and drakes of the divine right of kings. The cost of meat ls winning more converts to vegetarianism than all the able arguments on the subject. Unfortunately, there aro also some people whom tho war Inspires not so much to do their bit as to get their bit In war time some people Invest In gems to protect their fortunes and oth ers In war bonds to protect their coun try. One admirable thing about a farm ls that about as many people as can crowd on it can make a living, If they all work. Some people are so forehanded that they are telling just what to do with the German submarines wo are going to capture. And isn't it grand to think that ev ery time we g<? to a moving picture show we are being patriotic by reason of the war tax ! One form of waste which should be particularly guarded against in war time' is the purchase of shoddy and generally inferior material. Germany will believe In the reality of American Inventive genius when the submarines that leave their home ports regularly fall to return. Is lt because people are getting over their surprise that the "O" has dropped out of the "aeroplane" and the thing has become a mere airplane? The Russian editors probably wouldn't be quite so jubilant over the new republic if they knew how hard they'll have to work on election day nights. Two hundred thousand pounds of movie films have been sent from here to South America. No wonder they cannot be persuaded that we are not their friends. Anybody who wants to be a real rival of Thomas A. Edison ls hereby advised to turn his attention to a U ffeat exterminator rather thau perpe tual motion. Wearing a flag on your collar may be all right, but how about the feelings nf the laundress who is obliged to throw the flag into a tub with a lot of soiled clothing? Germany's excuse for destroying ca thedrals and hospital ships is that thc allies are using them for military pur poses, which gives a bright sidelight on Junker methods. A number nf American farms are yawning for the husky football hero who time after time held back ll men dnlng their best to mix him up with the field's real ostnte. The unofficial civilian strategy ex pert who has spent almost three years winning battles on land has turned his genius to ending submarine activi ties with no loss of time. If everybody saves their meat scraps or eats them, as advised by the de partment of agriculture, that day will mark the passing of beef stew on the average popular price menu. One thousand two hundred ?-bonts a year is estimated to be Germany's nutput. and it is to be hoped that with the aid of the United States the allies will soon be able to make that their downput. Gradually the realization percolates that this is no vicarious war. Every man and woman will be doing his or her blt boffin- victory is secured. It it not a conflict to be watched from the side lines. If the man who lived to be one hun dred and three years old. although It was his habit to drink eight cups of coffee a day, had been educated 'n dietetics, he might have died early from ca ff oin poisoning. Thp man who says thorp will be so many potatoes raised this year that It will be Impossible to hire men enough to dig t^eni next fall seems to think that the amateur gardeners will raise all they think they wilL STRAIGHT ROWS PROVE BEST Give Most Attractive Appearance to Garden, and in the End Also Save Much Labor. I 'If the garden is made in straight rows and in beds of uniform size and 6hape it will not only present a more nttrnctlve appearance, thus adding to the gardener's pride tn his work, but it will be much easier to cultivate. This latter fact ls an Important item for consideration, as the average city resident ha a none too much time in which to cultivate his garden and the work must be done If results are to be obtained. Frequent ploding, as much work a9 possible with the hoe, and extermination of every weed that shows Its head above the ground-all these are necessary If the garden is to produce to the lirait of Its capac ity. To Insure that the rows will be per fectly straight all that ls necessary is a length of strong cord sufficient to reach from end to end of the garden's longest dimension. At each end of the cord fasten a stout stake abor; twa feet long and sharpened at one end so tbe stakes may easily be thrust Into the soil. In city and town gardens, where the space Is restricted, lt ls best to have the rows run the long way of the garden-north to south If poss!? ble-planting several kinds of similar ly grown vegetables, like green onions, carrots, radishes, etc, In the same row. If you plnnt such crops as beets, radishes and onions in beds these can be made four to six Inches high by digging narrow paths around the beds with a hoe and throwing the soil upon the beds. When the drainage of the garden is not good it ls well to grow cabbage, cauliflower and similar crops on small ridges thrown up with spade or hoe. Other crops, among them early peas and celery, should be planted In shal low trenches scooped out with a hoe. When these plants grow the soil is gradually worked back around the roots. Since hoeing most start early and sometimes when the soil becomes caked above the planted seeds it is necessary to break it a few quick growing radish seeds planted with other sorts will quickly 6pring up and show where the rows .are. BUILDING PLAN WORTH WHILE Neighborhood Always Best Where Proper Attention ls Paid to That Highly Important Detail. The average city allotment ls spoiled because little or no attention ls paid to architectural merit by the realtor. This is true because of the lack of appreciation of good lines in the for mation of a building plan .and its de tails of elevation. The situation cnn and will be saved when it is au appre ciated fact that the employment of ar chitectural ability raises the standard without increasing the cost, thus giv ing to the Investor an asset which ls dependable and sure of realization, both In actual value and desirability, because of stability and refinement ex pressed in the building. The neighborhood where street after street is sold out without building op erations being proceeded with or rigid enforcement of intelligent approval of building plans, is sure to be disap pointing because of the lack of unity in the heterogeneous expression of Ideas much of which ls so often very bad in execution. Some one has said that an ideal ls the fruinework of a fact. The aver age person endeavors to express his Ideal In home surroundings, hence lt becomes a business worthy of carefid study for the builder of houses to make thenr really homes. The best neighborhood In which to live and rear a family Is one where building activities are carefuly guarded and the homeseeker is assisted wisely and prudently In building his highest Ideal of home according to his means. Improving Architecture. The citizen who builds can do much to raise the general standard of our homes hy an understanding of a few of the true principles of architecture. The essentials are geometric planning, good proportions, symmetry and judi cious use of features of merely deco rative character. Where possible, the location of the house always should be planned in relation to the site with a view to giving the house a setting by the planting of proper shrubs and surroundings. The prospective builder can advan tageously study some of our leading architectural publications with a view to familiarizing himself with the best of various types of homes and with this knowledge he can do much to de mand a better class of domestic archi tecture. From a Novelty to a Necessity. The backyard garden was a novelty for most of us last year, and we took It up as a fad with faddish eagerness. We shall need the garden more than ever this year, and it behooves us to consider it as a military and business proposition, not to be entered into in a spirit of bucolic levity, but with se rious purpose and endless determina tion-Seattle Post-Intelligencer. CANDIDATES' COLUMN. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the House of Representa tives . from Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary election. S. T. WILLIAMS. We respectfully announce J. L. Mims as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic party and pledge him to sup port the nominees of same. CITIZENS. . To the citizens of Edgefield Coun ty, having served as one of your members of the House of Represen tatives for the past four years, I re alize that my experience better equips me for more efficient service so I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election and pledge myself to abide the reuslt of the Democratic primary. J. L. Walker. FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the office of probate Judge of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide the result of the primary election. W. T. Kinnaird. ,FOR AUDITOR. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the office of auditor of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide the result of the primary election. J. R. TIMMERMAN. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of County Treasurer of Edgefield county, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. JOE LAKE PRINCE. I hereby announce that lam a candi date for re-election to the office of treasurer of Edgefield county, pledging myself to abide the result of. the Dem ocratic primary. JAMES T. MIMS. FOR CORONER. I hereby announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the of fice of coroner of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide the re sult of tho Democratic primary elec tion. T. E. Byrd. For Magistrate. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of magis trate of the 7th magisterial district of Edgefield county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic party. J. E. BRYAN. I hereby announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the of fice of magistrate of the 6th district of Edgefield county and pledge my self to abide the result of the Dem ocratic primary. A. GILCHRIST. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of magis trate of the first magisterial district of Edgefield county and pledge my self to abide the result of the Dem ocratic Primary election. N. L. Brunson. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of magis trate of the second magisterial dis trict of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary election. Wallace W. Wise. For Congress. I hereby announce my candidacy for election to congress from the Second Congressional District, pledg ing to abide by the rules of the Democratic Party, and tb support the nominees thereof. T. G. CROFT. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for congress from the Second Congressional District and pledge my self to abide the result of the Demo cratic primary. N. G. EVANS. I am a candidate for Congress from the Second Congressional Dis trict, composing the counties of Sa luda, Edgefield, Aiken, Barnwell, Bamberg, Hampton, Jasper and Beau fort, subject to the present and fu ture rules and laws of the Democrat ic party. Platform-One Hundred per cent American. G. L. TOOLE, Aiken, S. C I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election to Congress, pledging myself to abide the rules and regu lations of the Democratic party, and to support the nominees thereof JAMES F. BYRNES. How To Give Quinine To Children; FEBRILINE is the trade-mark name Riven to an improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas? ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try j ?t the .'ext time you need Quinine for any pur pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The I name FEBRILIN'E is blown in bottle. 25 cents WHERE TO GO THIS SUMMER The "Land of the Sky'9 is Delightful at All Seasons The vast plateau, with a minimum altitude ot 2,000 feet above the sea level, amid a setting of beautiful mountains and giant peaks. Summer in this region is one of constant enjoyment and health ful diversion. LIVE OUTDOORS HIGHEST MOUNTAINS in Eastern North America Camp in Mount Michell Forest Reserve or Pisgah Forest Reserve GOLF TENNIS MOTORING MOUNTAIN CLIMBING HORSE-BACK RIDING CANOEING FISHING HUNTING NUMEROUS FAMOUS RESORTS EXCELLENT HOTELS CHARMING SOCIAL LIFE SUMMER CAMPS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS MANY NOTED RESORTS IN NORTH CAROLINA KENTUCKY INDIANA TENNESSEE GEORGIA VIRGINIA SOUTH CAROLINA FLORIDA ? ALABAMA ; MISSISSIPPI and LOUISIANA SEASHORE RESORTS CUMBERLAND ISLAND, GA. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. OCEAN VIEW, VA. OLD POINT COMFORT, VA, MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. ISLE OF PALMS, S. C. SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S. .C. TYBEE, GA. ST. SIMON'S ISLAND, GA. ATLANTIC BEACH, FLA. Reached by Convenient Service of Southern Ra^way System SUMMER EXCURSION RATES F. E. GIBSON, President LANSING B. LEE, Sec. and Treas. Government Necessities Are Great Buy now if you have to buy. Labor and material is scarce. Few saw mills are operating. Stocks are hard to get, and later you may not be able to procure what you want. Our stocks are full, we can serve you promptly-Lumber. Laths, Hoofing and Fine Mill Work. Woodard Lumber Co. Corner Robert and Dugas Streets AUGUSTA - - GEORGIA 'Phone - - 158 J -sr Buy War Saving Stamps until you can't see. Then see me. Geo. F. Minis, Optometrist. Edgefield, S. C. Now is the time to protect your crop from hail. I can place you in a good company. I can also prp tect your home with tornado insur ance. E. J. Norris. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. WU Surely S(oo That Couah. HARRIS' PRESSING CLUB I take this?means of letting the people know that I have re-opened my pressing club, and will appre ciate their patronage. I am better prepared than ever to clean and press all kinds of garments, both for ladies and gentlemen. All work guaranteed. Let me know when you have work and I will send for it and make prompt delivery. Wallace Harris Sheppard Building Down Stairs A. H. Corley, Surgeon Dentist Appointments at Trenton On Wednesdays. DR J.S. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3