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SEES GOOD IN THE TEA CUP Doctor Eliot, Aged Educator, Goes on Record as Having Faith In That j j Moderate Stimulant ' Dr. Charles W. Eliot now in his eighty-sixth year, confesses to a devi ation from the strict rule of abstemi ousness which cannot but cause con cern in the inner circles of moral re form, says the New York World. Though he has always indulged In "stimulants like tea, coffee and al cohol," and in tobacco not at all for more than half a century, he yet finds a certain virtue in tea drinking. "1 have used tea most," he says, "because lt seems to me to facilitate the men tal effort of writing and speaking." If the venerable ex-president of Harvard university had merely said that he derived some dletic benefit from tea, no exception would be taken to the statement. It is his frank ad mission that he uses tea as a stimu lant and finds that lt helps his dental processes which will be challenged. Can there be good In any stimulant? Can the willful excitation of the mind by any kind of brew be other than immoral in its essential nature? All simon-pure reformers of the drink evil will feel sure that the use of tea has drugged Doctor Eliot's intellect and robbed lt of its highest productivity. But what the world has lost in that particular will count as nothing to the self-revelation that this distin guished champion of temperance is not 100 per cent perfect In his pro hibition views. NEW ROUTES OF NEAR EAST Railroad Lines Will Be Materially Ex tended as the Result of Oper ations of the Great War. The military operations bf the war gave a materifel boost to railroad de velopment In the near East, says Lew is Heck, in Asia. After their success ful campaign at the end of 1917, the British extended their track line from Egypt to Palestine, connecting at Ramleh near Jerusalem. The line then went on to Haifa, which the British are planning to make their great'port In the East and the principal terminus on the Mediterranean for a new short line railroad to Bagdad and India, con necting Egypt and the African posses sions with India. The war gave the Bagdad railway extensions in Cilicia, northern Syria and Mesopotamia British prisoners of war furnishing much of the labor. The tunnels through the Taurus mountains were completed. Trains now run from Con stantinople through Aleppo to Nisbln. At the eastern terminus of the line Bagdad-trains run northward as far as Tekrit. Between NIsbin and Tekrit ls an unfinished section of a few hun dred miles. Before the war, trains did not run at night on this line, but . this was changed by stern necessity. When ndrmal traffic conditions are-re established, the journey from Constan tinople to Eagdad and on to the Per sian Gulf can be made in a few days. Shakespeare Farm to Be Sold. Among the numerous landed prop erties which are coming into market during the next few months Is one of more than ordinary interest, namely, the Grendon Underwood estate, Buck inghamshire, says the London Tele graph. This belongs to Mrs. Pigott, a member of a family resident in the dis trict for centuries, who has decided to sell. This village has many historical and literary associations, which chiefly center round its westerly portion, where stands the old Elizabethan hab itation now known as Shakespeare farm. It was here, when the house was a wayside hostelry, then named the jOld Shippe. that Shakespeare, it is affirmed, used to stay when journey ing to and from Stratford-on-Avon. Find New Fertilizer. An Important addition to the fer tilizer suppl? of the United States ls to be made. About 2,500.000 acres of lands in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Montana, containing valuable phosphate depos its have been divided into areas not exceeding 2,500 each, according to tlie Journal of Industrial and Engi neering Chemistry. For years these lands have been awaiting congressional legislation In regard to the leasing of phosphate de posits In public lands. Regulations in this connection have, now been ap proved by Secretary of the Interior Payne. Applications for leases are to be filed with the local land office for transmission to the secretary of the interior.-Chemical Round Table. Peanut Production. Alabama is the leading state In peanut production, with 6,840,000 bush els to her credit in 1919, while five other states produced from 3,400.000 bushels to 5,500,000 bushels each. The total production of peanuts in the United States last year was 33, 363,000 bushels, having a cash value of $80,000,000. Last winter the aver age price paid for peanuts was $2.40 per bushel. Trucks Grow In Favor. There were 953,093 trucks in use at the end of the year 1919, as compared with approximately 700.000 for the preceding year. This is a gain of 27 per cent, 16 per cent greater than the Increase shown by passenger cars. Only eighteen states make compila tions of truck registration. New York leads with others following in this or der: Jll'r.ols, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Cali fornia Iowa and Texas. Nerad? with 700 is at the foot of the list DISEASES CARRIED BY DOGS Animal Should Be Handled in Such Way as Best to Further Welfare \ of the Community. , Many diseases of man and domestic animals are carried by dogs. Every body, of course, knows that the dog ls responsible for rabies, but lt is not so generally known that the dog is equally responsible for other fatal diseases. Among them may be men tioned hydatid and gid in man and stock, tapewornjfcjn man and especial ly In children,^?ingue worm In man and stock, "measles" in sheep, eysti cercosis of the liver in stock. Some of these parasites depend so absolute ly on dogs as carriers that they would become extinct if dogs were not avail able as hosts. Dogs.probably play a part, also, in the spread of diseases due to fungi, such as ringworm and favus, and they certainly play ? part in the spread of diseases that may be carried by fleas and ticks. The United, States department of agriculture, while recognizing the dog as a useful domestic animal, insists There Are Three Kinds of Dogs The Ownerless Dog, the Other Per son's Dog and Your Own Dog. that care must be taken to minimize the danger of diseases spread by them. In a general way, say the specialists of the department, there are three kinds of dogs-the ownerless dog, the other person's dog, and your own dog. The stray dog which recognizes no owner, they say, does not fit into the modern scheme of civilization and must be eliminated. A dog that is allowed by the owner to wander at large will have substantially the same habits of life, the same sort of food! and be practically as dangerous as the ownerless dog. You have the right to Insist, they point out, ' that such dogs keep off your premises. Your own dog should be handled in such a way as best to further the welfare of the dog and the community. He should be kept in restraint and not allowed the full freedom of the house or even of the outside premises. He should not be allowed to be fami liar with people, and especially with children. The dog should be kept free from external parasites by fre quent baths and, if necessary? other appropriate measures, and should be freed from Internal parasites by suit able measures and kept free by ade quate attention to his food. He should only be allowed to leave the yard or the kernels in company with some person, and wherever conditions call for it should be kept in leash. When away from home the dog should be muzzled with a reliable metal muzzle, not with a strap muzzle that would be cruel to the dog if tight enough to be effective and which is usually so loose as merely to give a false sense of security, since it permits the dog to bite. -: PURE-BRED SIRES SAVE CASH Texas Breeder Finds Best ls Cheapest Whether With Cattle, Hogs or Other Animals. "We have been in the cattle busi ness for more than 35 years and have always kept the best pure-bred sires we could buy." With this remark In a letter to thc federal bureau of animal industry, C. H. Faires, a Texan, applied for en rollment in the "Better Sires-Better Stock" campaign. "We have always tried to teach thc people to use pure-bred sires of all kinds of stock," he added, "bur mot to is the 'best Is the cheapest' of any thing we raise whether it be cattle, horses, mules, sheep, poultry or dogs. We have found this paid as well with dogs as with everything else."-United States Department of Agriculture. CATTLE SHRINK IN TRANSIT Owner Loses Considerable by Not Taking Proper* Precautions In Shipping J-lve Stock. Investigations by the Colorado agri cultural college are beginning to show that shrinkage of live stock when shipped to market can be greatly re duced. The most important thing is a comfortable car and not much crowd ing. The next thing is to have the animals well fed and contented when they are loaded and until they are sold at the terminal market. In other words, plenty of feed and water and comfortable quarters are most impor tant "Some farmers," says R. W. Clark, live stock specialist for that Institu tion, "chip regularly with little or no shrinkage, while others at all times have enormous shrinkage." Abbeville-Greenwood Mu tual Insurance Asso ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $8,875.360 WRITE OR CALL on the under signed for any information yon maj desire about our plan of insurance We insure your property againsl destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT NLNG and do so cheaper than any Com? pany in existence. Remember, we are prepared tc prove to you that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of insurance known. Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor mick, Edgefield, Laurens, Saluda, Richland, Lexington, Calhoun and Spartanburg. The officers are: Gen. J. Frasei Lyon, President, Columbia S. C.. J. R. Blake. Gen. Agent, Secty. and Treas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A. 0. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C. A W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. J. Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. C. The "Stick Up People who carry mom are the ones who keep the ' You know the fellow jug the dark corners of a stick up your hands whil pockets. If you keep you paid your bills by check, ; a receipt, but you could ali man, because he wouldn't 1 your check book, which wo The Bank of1 All checks drawn on The Bank of 1 change through the Federal Resen H. C. Viele < 222 Jackson AUGUST Diamonds, Watche Gorham' Repairing of Wati - ~--------T We Can Give Yoi on Mill Work am Large stock of Rough and ? Immediate Woodward QUALITY Comer Roberts and Du Attention ! Oil Mil Do not forget that we carry a lat Lubricators. Also two or three Leather Belt and Genuine Gand: Packing and Boiler Tubes. Columbia Sup 823 West Gervais St., WY C. Bates, Batesburg, S .C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, GEN. AGT. Greenwood, S. C. ' January 1, 1920. i J. D. HOLSTEIN Successor to Penn & Holstein Prescription Druggist Pure Drugs and Chemicals Our prices are reasonable. Our 75 years of service to the people insure efficiency and We Solicit Your Continued Patronage t J J. H. CANTELOU Attorney at Law .j i i T Will Practice in All Courts. Office Over Store of REYNOLDS & PADGETT Telephone No 103. \ Man 3y around on their person 'stick-up" men in business. rs we mean, the ones who night and order you to le they go through your r funds at the bank and poa would not only have so laugh at the "stick-up" ind anything on you but uld be of no value to him. Trenton, S. C. ["renton can be cleared free of ex re Bank. & Company (8th) Street % GA. )S and Silverware s Silver shes and Jewelry i Prompt Service 1 Interior Finish ressed Lumber on hand for Delivery. Lumber Co. -SERVICE gas Sts., Augusta, Ga, Us and Ginneries .ge stock of Injectors, Oil Cape, ) high grades of Rubber Belt, 7 Belt; Pipe, Valves, Fittings, ply Company Columbia, S. C. I Spend Your August Vacation 1 * -IN v "THE LAND OF THE SKY" - AND - "THE SAPPHIRE COUNTRY" -OF Western North Carolina A THROUGH SLEEPING CAR BETWEEN AUGUSTA AND ASHEVILLE-SEMI-WEEKLY Leaves Augusta Tuesdays and Fridays Leaves Asheville Wednesdays and Sundays -VIA Southern Railway System READ DOWN READ UP 7:05 p. m. Lv. Augusta Ar. 10:40 a. m. 8:05 p. m. Lv._EDGEFIELD_Ar. 9:45 a. m. 8:35 p. m, Lv. Trenton Ar. 9:20 a.m. 5:15 a. m. Ar. Tryon Lv. 10:10 p. m. 5:50 a. m. Ar. . Saluda * 'Lv. 9:40 p. ra. 6:30 a. m. Ar. Henderjon?ille . Lv.* 9:05 p. m. 7:30 a. m. Ar. ASHEVILLE Lv. 8:00 p.m. Connects for Lake Toxaway Branch, Brevard, etc., at Hendprsonville. - Connects for Waynesville, Black Mountain, etc., at Asheville. Summer Tourist Tickets Now on Sale To the Ideal Vacation Resorts of Western North Carolina-The Land of the Sky. Golf, Horseback Riding, Mountain Climbing, Tennis, Boating, Fishing. Ask for Southern Railway Summer Resort Folder. For Fares and other convenient Train Service, apply to or Phone, G. W. CARTER, DPA., J. A. TOWNSEND, Augusta, Ga. Edgefield, S. C. You Can Now Buy Your FLOUR, MEAL AND . FINE FEED .FROM THE Edgefield FlourMill E. S. JOHNSON Opposite Southern Railway Depot Edgefield, S. C. THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. Capital and Surplus Profits - - - $190,000.00 Total Resources Over.$800,000.00 SAFETY AND SERVICE IS WHAT WE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC Open your account with us for the year 1920. Invest your savings in one of our Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit. Lock boxes for rent in which to keep your valuable pa pers, etc. All business matters referred to us pleasantly ,and carefully handled. We Solicit Your Business. ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. ? Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in ? Corn, Oats, Hay and all j Kinds of Seeds t Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. Distributors of Marathon Tires and Tubes. None better, but our price is less YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED ?0f See our representative, C. E. May.