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School Consolidation Paid in This Community. Unfortunately, however, this com munity, which was embraced, in one school district, was about equally di vided by a branch whose black, sticky sediment and raging torrents at times were an insurmountable barrier to school children. It isn't necessary to speak of the inconvenience which this caused-of the dissatisfaction in school affairs-of how two school houses were finally built-one in the north end and one in the south end of the wrangles in the general school elections-of short terms and poor teachers, since the funds had to be divided; but it is a fact that the large community, in feeling, in sentiment, in singleness of purpose, was split. Bitter jealousies sprang up; neigh bors grew distant; bonds of friend ship, two generations old, were brok en. All this while, the children we dearly loved, for whom we toiled, and for whom we were ambitious, grew up in ignorance. It was wrong. We all knew it, but stubbornness is the key that has locked the schoolhouse door against many eager children who have gone through life mentally crip pled. ( 9 'A public meeting was called. Din ner was spread. Speakers of reputa tion were invited. The best ball play ers from each section of the district were pitted against a visiting team. Enthusiasm soared. All the yougsters were united in boosting the home team. They won. The victory made them all akin and paved the way for "a get-together" meeting of the older people. More than 500 words would be re quired to. tell all that happened. We now have five acres of ground, cen trally located, deeded to the district. A four-room house, painted white, stands near the public road. In a con venient corner of this little tract is a four-room "teacherage," which is now occupied by a splendid yo mg man teacher and his wife who assists him in the school. The children think they are the greatest people in the world. The three acres now, cleared afford employment to the teacher du ring vacation and splendid opportu nities for farm demonstrations in the teaching of agriculture. These teach ers are not looking for new positions. They are satisfied. They feel that they are a part of the community and that their interests are identified with it.-The Progressive Farmer. How is Your Complexion? A woman should grow more beau tiful as she grows older and she will with due regard to baths, diet and ex ercise, and, by keeping her liver and bowels in good working order.* If you are haggard and yellow, your eves, losing their lustre and"\vhites bbco"m ing yellowish, your flesh flabby, it may be due to indigestion . or to a sluggish liver. Chamberlain's Tubbits correct these disorders. Dragging to Improve Roads Must be Persistent. The main trouble about dragging roads is that we do not drag them enough. What's everybody's business is nobody's business. A rain-comes and the road is cut up. We drag it and improve it wonderfully, and the community is enthusiastic over good roads. Another rain cor -s, and somebody says, "What's the use?" so the road is left to remain in chuck holes and ditches. Probably we have no more rain for several weeks, and j we bounce over roads that a day's work would have smoothed. Persistent dragging will keep any Ordinary road in good shape, provided the road has been put in good condi tion with grader to begin witfi. Drag ging must be done after every rain, if good results are expected. The ground should be dry, but not so dry that is wit, tear up in clods. Continu ally dragging gradually elevates the center of the road, and keeps the sur face smooth, so that the water runs off. Usually, two rounds with a drag is all that is necessary. A home-made drag that does just as good work as the steel drag, can be made very easily. This drag is made box fashion, out of 2x12 plank. These plank are bolted together securely with long bolts, about 18 inches a part. The bottom'is left open, but the top is boxed over with plank stout e nough to bear the weight of two or three men. The front runner is faced with a piece of steel to protect the plank and to cut the dirt smoothly. The driver rides on the drag, and can change its position as desired, by shifting his weight from one end to the other.-The Progressive Farmer. Are You Happy? To be happy you must be well. If you are frequently trouped with con stipation and indigestion you cannot be altogether happy. Take Chamber lain's Tablets to correct these disor ders. They are prompt and effectual, easy and pleasant to take. What Each County Must Raise in Victory Loan. South Carolina will be expected to raise $24,948,000 in the Victory loan which canvass commenced on Mon !day. The State's quota in the Fourth Liberty loan was $32,425,000, or one 1 third in excess of the present quota. Five counties will be expected to raise amounts in excess of $1,000, 000 Charleston holds first place by a wide margin with a quota of $4,981, UoO. Richland stands next with $3, !507,000. To Greenville will be appor tioned $1,715,000; Spartanburg, $1, '358,800, and Anderson, $1,002,600. ?The following is the opportionment ? by counties as given out by C. H. 1 Gerald, secretary of the State Liberty 'Abbeville_ $ 225,000 ?Aiken_._ 307,500 ?Allendale_ 122,400 'Anderson_ 1,002,600 j Bamberg_ 283,800 Barnwell_1_ 183,850 j Beaufort_ 225,000 I Berkeley_ 172,500 ?Calhoun_ 186,000 (Charleston_ 4.891..400 Cherokee_ 293,000 Chester_ 348,100 Chesterfield_ 355,050 ! Clarendon_ 240,000 Colleton_ 148,000 'Darlington_ 487,450 (Dillon_._ 269,700 ! Dorchester_ ' 162,300 j Edgefield_r_ 2:J5.250 ?Fairfield_ 202,700 Florence __ -__ 745,650 Georgetown_ 227,000 Greenville_ 1,73.5.450 Greenwood_ __ __ 6?5.000 Hampton_ 195,000 1 Korry_ 187,500 .?Jasper_. 30,000 Kershaw_ 225,000 'Lacaster __ __ __ __ 303,550 ''Laurens_ __ 424,450 Lee._ 253,900 Lexington_ 310,800 Marlboro_ 447,250 McCormick_ 132,100 Newberry_._ 456,900 Oconee_ 295,500 Orangeburg __. 960,550 Pickens _^_ 294,400 Richland_. 3,507,400 Saluda_. 187.5C0 Spantanburg_ 1,358,800 Sumter __.__ 745,650 Union_ 286,050 Williamsburg_ 292,500 York_ 866,150 Total._ $24,948,000 SHE HAD FREQUENT AND SEVERE ATTACKS Mrs. Landreth Says She Was hardly Able to do Her Work GLADLY GIVES DETAILS Declares She Believes Tanlac Will Do As Much For Others As For Her. "Tanlac is a line medicine and it certainly did prove a fine tonic for me," declared Mrs. II. C. Landreth. of Blake Street., Greenville. "I suf fered from a bailly weakened, run down condition, and I was hardly able to do my housework. I was subject to frequent and severe headaches, and every tine one of these attacks came I would have io stay in b at least twenty-four hours, and I would hardly be able to do anything for two or three days. "My appetite had almost complete ly left me. I had. indigestion badly, land at times it would keep me from resting well at night. Really though, I could not sleep well at any time. "It has been about six months since I stopped taking Tanlac, and I took three bottles. Tanlac quickly broke up those spells of sick headache and have not had an attack since I began the remedy. My appetite was improved a great deal. My system was built up and my stomach was toned up so that my food agreed with me and I am not troubled with indi gestion now. The remedy also quieted my nerver, and I got so I could sleep well. "I certainly am glad to tell the public of Tanlac, for I believe it will do as much for others as it did for me. I am glad to recommend this medicine, for I consider it worthy of recommendation." Edjgefield, Penn and Holstein. Cold Spying, H. Ernest Quarles. Edgefield, R. F. D. No. 2, J. H. Reel. .Johnston, Johnston Drug Company. Modoc, G. C. McDaniel. Parksville, Robertson & Company. Plum Branch, J. W. Bracknell and Son. Plum Branch, R. F. D. No. 2, E. P. Winn and Bro. Trenton, G. W. Wise. Cures Old Soras, Other Remedies Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of how long standing, are cured by thi? wonderful, old reliable Dr Porter'* Antisepltc Healinc Oil. It relieves "aiB and Heals at the same tin\e. 2?c. 50c, %\JT CHANGE OF BLOOD By *LICE ROBERTS. ii nm limn HIIMM^ (Copyright, 191D, by the McClure Newspa per Syndicate.) A year of the proat war hail changed Walter Chambers-now Lieut. Walter Chambers-from a blue-blood to a red blood. Incidentally, it also changed the whole course of bis life. This was due, not to the mere gassing he suf fered at Foret Noir, but to a deep, subtle transformation of lils soul. He had seen life and death. He had be come a man. Yes, Chambers had red blood In his veins now. And the difficulty he met most often s'nce his return to his old life was In realizing that the old blue-blood of his stay-at-home friends had not changed Its color In the least. Of course they were nil very kind. They suffered a brief recital of a tale of his adventures-and then asked him If he had beard of the slump in the steel market. Jack Rogers, his oldest friend, patted him gently on the back and asked fer information about the style of evening dress'in Paris. Then old Raker lind offered him his former position at the bank. Of course he refused lt. He could not think of lt now. And, besides-there was that offer of Reard. He was telling Katherine about lt now. Katherine had always been re garded as his. There had been no en gagement-but engagements are mere conventions. I need not tell you that Katherine boasted of the size and num ber o? blue corpuscles In her blood. "And so," he was saying, "this offer of Reard looks pretty good to me. I could never work indoors again. The gas, you know, touched a couple of lubes in one of my lungs, so that-" "You never told me that, Walter." She seemed, alarmed. "Oh, it's nothing at all," he assured her. "But I've grown so used to being out of doors that I could never hear to po back to the bank and dictate those highly exciting letters-'Yours of the sfeenth received, and In answer would say . . .'" "There are lots of other things you could do." "No doubt! Rut Reard was with me across the pond, nnd wants me to go out to Dakota with him. He has a hip wheat farm out there. He wants me to go partners with him. Wants to run lt on a business basis. We were great pals In France." Ile glanced up. Katherine was lookr lng at him in horror. He arose and went over to her. He spoke doubtful ly: "Will you-er-will you come with me. Katherine?" "To a farm? Tn Dakota? Why, Wal ter! What are you thinking of? Leave all my friends-everything I am inter ested in-for a farm In Dakota? You know I could never live there!" Well, a year ago he would not have blamed her. And yet he could not help thinking of the women he had met in the past month-the nurses, and the war workers, who risked lifo, oven, not for love, but for an ideal. Why, there was Nance Richardson, who worked so near him at Thierry. He would nev er forget Nance. How different she^ was from Katherine. "And I. Katherine-I could never live here." He was frank. "Well?" That was all. except for the almost imperceptible raising of a deli cate ey eb mw. "All off. eh, Katherine?" "What do you moan? You need not bury yourself In the wilderness. You aro young and clever. There are many th Ines (hat you could do. Why, Jack says-" "Oh. Ifs Jack, is It?" "Well, yes." * "You never loved me, did you, Kath prine?" "I don't think ?o. Walter." Two weeks later the engagement of Katherine Leonard to John Ropers was announced in society circles. Shortly afterward Chambers swung off a train at a little station In the heart of the farm lands of the Dakotas. Beard's welcome was warm nnd hearty. The atmosphere of the coun try was bracing and energetic and virile'. This wns a man's country. Tb.ey drove swiftly over the rolling, snow-covered plain. Chambers threw back his shoulders and breathed deep ly for the sheer joy of lt. Life was worth livins there. Just as they ap proached the great farmhouse, after the long drive, Reard stopped his chat ter to say : "Remember Nance Richardson?" "Do I remember her? Will I ever for trot her! Why, she did more for our boys nt Thierry than-" Rut they were at the door now, and of a sudden there appeared, ao lt seemed to Chambers, a vision. "Welcome home, gentlemen!" It was Nance herself. "Wh-what? Say, Reard, ls Nance your-your-" "Yes, old man, she Is my sister. Discharged, like ourselves. Hnd an as sumed mime over there. Certain nrmy regulations, you know. They wouldn't let my sister go -over, so she merely shifted names." And Chambers smjled happily and leaped forward like a boy. He knew he was welcome Indeed. Ile knew Nance's blood wa? true red. Large Libraries. At lenst five libraries in the world contain over one million volumes, and these are the Biblioth?que Nationale In Paris, 'ho Rritish museum in Lon don, thc imperial library at IVtrngrad the Congressional library al Washing ton and the New York Public I! bm ry The following points are of vital interest to the people of this nation, and will be discussed ' in greater detail in separate advertisements appearing in this paper at intervals until the / start of the Victory Liberty Loan: tf 1. This nation-your country and mine-owes approximately $10,000,000,000 in unpaid war bills-for a Victory that we are now enjoying. 2. The nation must pay this debt-if it is to continue to exist as a nation among the nations of the world. ^ 3. There are only two ways that the nation can secure the money-by bonds and by taxes, 4. Taxes are already high and yet insufficient to meet our outstanding war obligations. 5. Therefore bonds must be sold. 6. Again, there are only two ways that several billions of dollars ot bonds can be sold-to the banks or to the people. 7. If they are placed with the banks, industry, commerce, your business will suffer. The banks would be unable to purchase several billion dollars of Liberty Bonds and con tinue to loan money in sufficient quantities and at a fair rate-to the business man. You cannot have your pudding and eat it, too, 8. It is, therefore, your business and my busi ness to prepare for the Victory Liberty Loan, that we may then invest as largely as each of us individually can-for America's welfare and for our own. VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE ^ This space contributed if u ? '" RU BEN STEIN A LARGE SHIPMENT OF GEORGETTE DRESSES One of the handsomest line of dresses we have ever carried arrived to-day. A shipment of Millinery lias just arrived. We carry a complete line of all kinds of ladies' waists and skirts. Everything in the line of Dry Goods, Shoes and Clothing.