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Destroy Disease Carriers. . During the next few months there should be war waged on the many in sects which are such enemies to the human family. Among the most harm ful we find the housefly, mosquito and flea, while others less important are the stable fly, lice and ticks. Every insect has four stages in its life. First the female deposits the eggs, these are hatched into the larva which eats and then grows into the pupa which in turn becomes the adult. It is very interesting indeed to watch a fly from the time the eggs are hatched into the yoong larva uutil they become adults, but we all realize that though they are pretty little creatures, they are the most harmful insects we have. The Fly and Typhoid. The fly carries typhoid fever, gener ally speaking. It loves filth and for this reason we should begin now to destroy its breeding places. Flies breed in the lot or other places where filth is allowed to accumulate. In the warm , season of the year the adult female lays about a hundred eggs in some filth; in less .than a day these eggs hatch into larvae or maggots, which which feed on filth they are in until they become the pupa, then the adult fly. In less than ten days the eggs go through all changes" and become very harmful insects. The thing then to do is to destroy their breeding places. Each week the barnyard lot should be . cleaned and the rakings put into a fly proof bin. This will destroy all the young pupa. Then, too, the fly can carry consump tion from one person to another. They have a pair of legs, each equipped with two claws and a pair of pads between them. These, like the legs, are cover ed with stiff hairs, which-will very easily pick up anything they touch. Suppose a consumptive was not careful and should expectorate upon the side walk. The fly will crawl over this, then into some kitchen and over the food, leaving behind it a trail of the disease germs to be eaten by some oth er person. To prove that this is true, you might take a handful of ^flour to some filthy place where the flies are and sprinkle it on them and in less than a half day you will find some in your dining room. Great care should betaken with the body wastes, espe cially of those who have any conta gious disease. But as long as man lives there will be some flies, so the next thing to do after you have destroyed their breeding places is to screen. This will prevent many flies from getting into the .house and then if fly paper is used and a home-made fly killer, they can very easily be controlled. Mosquitoes an Enemy. Mosquitoes are the next worst enemy to our health, as they carry the much dreaded disease malaria. Every year many dollars are spent for the cure of chills and fever, when with a little pre caution all this could be avoided. Be sides the suffering it leaves the body in ' a very weakened condition. Thus the importance of the old adage, 1 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of . cure." The mosquito breeds in water: old ~. cans may catch enough water from a single rain to hatch hundreds of mos quitoes. The eggs are deposited in this warm water, and in a day the larvae or wigglers appear. The wiggler contin ues to eat for dear life until it becomes a pupa and inside of this the adult mos quito develops. It then flies up from the water to bite some person sick of malaria. These germs are sucked up through the proboscis and carried into the stomach, where they cause knots and multiply greatly. After two weeks these germs pass into the salivary glands. The mosquito then injects these germs into the person it bites and oth ers have dengue fever. Pestroy Breeding places. All breeding places of the mosquito should be destroyed. Old cans should have holes punched in them, rain bar rels and cisterns should be covered. All necessary pools and standing water should be covered with a thin film of oil, as the young larvae and pupa must have air and this oil will exclude it, causing their death. The stable fly was once thought to carry infantile paralysis, as it can suck blood. Fleas living on rats which have plague are said to carry the disease to others and to people: Ticks are very harmful to cattle and man. Lice are other harmful insects, but many pf them can be found in Texas. They live in filth, such as a filthy body. So to prevent suffering we must make jvar on the insects which carry disease, and the best way to do this is to de stroy their breeding places. Now is the time to get busy. -Farm and Ranch. Relieves Rheumatic Pains. < 4<I am subject to rheumatism and when I have a spell of it one or two applications of Chemberlain's Lini ment relieves the pain and makes rest and sleep possible. I would not think of doing without it," writes Mrs. C. Owsley, Moberly, Mo. We will clean your Ford motor and . jput in fresh oil for $1.25. YONCE & MOONEY. A Double Love Story By MOLLIE MATHER. (Copyright.) It had taken Tessie a long time to save twenty-five dollars, and the sum seemed more than twice this amount to her. . Twenty-five dollars. Tessie -thought, should be enough to buy the finest coat, and she was in need of a coat. Indeed, the thin little suit which had been her last year's pur chase was all insufficient against win try winds, and neither indoors nor out did poor Tessie know the luxury of. warmth. So the girl was now alone in the world, alone that is,, except for Fred erick. Frederick hoped to marry her when his salary should be raised, and it was especially because of Freder ick that Tessie longed for the tau coat with the fur collar. Frederick ad mired this coat in the store window, when he and Tessie lingered on their walks. Fcederick would buy her a coat like that some day, he said, and she would "look like a- princess" in it. . Tessie wished to look like a princess now, that her lover might be proud of her: so painstakingly and self-sacri flclng?.v she saved the twenty-five dol lars. There was no price tag on the cloak in the window, and Tessie knew many discouraging fears, but on the night of the biting snow storm she turned resolutely into the store ; she must have some kind of coat at once, even if her hope was to be destroyed. The desired coat had become to her almost an obsession, she gloried in dreams of its lining. And when the radiator in her upper bedroom re mained as cold as her own hands. Tes sie would draw the old woolen shawl about her shoulders and think of that warm fur collar. She felt strangely abashed as she entered the carpeted cloak department in the presence of the stately modish young woman who seemed almost pityingly to await her demands. Tessie's faded little snit glared out its shabbiness in all that grandeur of newness. Courageously, she approached one of the attendant young women. "I would like," she said frankly, "to see a tan cloak with a fur collar, I can only pay twenty five dollars." The young woman continued her work of assorting cloaks; "We have .nothing like that for $25.00," she answered brusquely. "But there was a coat in the win dow-" Tessie began, she could not so easily dispose of her hope. With a shake of her head, the young woman moved on to a more promising cus tomer. Then, as Tessie stood hesitat ing and dejected, a second young wom an came around the display table. The dress she wore was black and simply mada, her soft brown hair waved naturally over her ears, she had the same calmly superior manner of the others, which had inspired Tessie with uncomfortable awe. But the face of this young woman who accosted her with a pleasant question, was pale and tired. Tessie thought, and her dark eyes showed sympathetic Inter est. Quickly Tessie responded to that Interest. "Perhaps," she suggested, "you might be abie to find a warm tan coat for me, with a fur collar like the one in the window. I can only pay twenty-five dollars. You see, I have saved-that much." "But twenty-five dollars ls a good deal for a coat, Jsn't it?" "Sometimes," the pale faced young woman answered gently; "twenty-five dollars is a good deal. If you will sit down for a few moments I will see about the coat in the window." , The sparkles came back again to Tessie's eyes, the kindly voice was so reassuring. And presently the young woman returned with a man bearing tlie coveted cloak on his arm, and when the man found that the cloak fitted perfectly Tessie's slight figure, he carried it away only long enough to fold It in a square box, and the purchase was made for twenty-five! dollars. As Tessie was lovingly bear ing her burden toward the elevator she turned with a sudden impulse back to the young woman of the sym pathetic eyes. rf/1.? .Tm so grateful to you," Tessie said, "for taking the trouble." The tiredness of the young woman's face seemed to vanish in her smile. "It has beer^ a pleasure to be able to do it for you," she said. Then as Tessie went happily on her way to "look like a princess" for Frederick, tlie young woman slipped back into a dressing room strewn with fur trimmed dresses, and here she regained the hat which she had left there when she tried the dresses on, and when she emerged again out into the cloak room, a big man gravely faced her. "And so, Marlon," he said, "this ls really you whom I meet for the first time tonight. As you came to the as sistance of that shabby little creature I sat waiting for you just behind the mirror. I had called at your home and they said* I should find you here. So I heard all that passed, and realized that you were playing the part of a clerk just long enough to give to that little girl her heart's desire. Dearest, you must kjiow that I have long wanted to ask a question, but you seemed so satisfied in your life of good fortune, that I wondered if love might find a pince. Today you have shown me a heart tender in its love for oth ers." Tlie young woman laughed as she slipped her hand through the big man's arm. "I huye heard." she said, "that a woman may not always wear her heart noon her sleeve." PRESENTS MANY AND VARIED Gifts to British Bride Include Furs, Diamonds and Other Articles of Immense Value. In England when a daughter of the nobility is married her wedding pres ents ate costly as well as varied. The following list of gifts is clipped from the London Times notice of the ap proaching marriage of Mr. Cecil Brassey and Hon. Ivy Spencer. A beaver fur coat from the Vis count Churchill to his daughter and a diamond and pearl penduut from the bridegroom ; a gold cigarette case from her sister, Hon. Ursula Spencer ; a dia mond tiara from Lady Violet Brassey; an old antique bpwl and spoon from the duke and duchess of Baccleuch ; a feather fan from Viscountess North cliffe; a diamond brooch from the duchess of Marlborough; a glass-top table from the speaker and Mrs. I James Lowther; a pair of silver can dlesticks from Hon. Lancelot and Mrs. Lowther ; ? pair of silver entree dishes from Hon. Victor Spencer; a Chi-? nese bag from Lady Sarah Wilson; a large silver tray from the earl of Lons dale; a ruby and diamond brooch from_ the maharajah of Cooch Behar; ?* : feather from the duke of Marlbor ough; a pearl and diamond brooch from Sir Ernest Cassel ; a set of des sert knives and forks from Mrs. Vic tor Spencer; two silver baskets from Lord and Lady Ludlow ; a dessert serv ice from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Brassey, and a pair of silver salvers from Mr. Edwin Brassey. A number of wedding presents re ceived by the bridegroom include a silver kettle from the duke and duch ess of Northumberland and a silver inkstand from the employees at Ape thorpe hall. FREED FROM TURKISH YOKE Chaldeans Promised a Measure of In dependence Under the Guiding I Hand of France. The American army officer, chosen by the Chaldeans to present their ap peal for independence to the council of allied premiers, reports that he has been unable to get a hearing for that ancient people. They made some at- ? tempt during the peace conference to , obtain consideration, having heard that "self determination" was to be a guiding principle in the settlement of the world's affairs. Those at Ver sailles who had some familiarity with Biblical history may have recalled the ,ChaIdeans, of course, but they failed to make an impression on minds sur- ' charged with acute problems of twen tieth-century statesmanship. The Chaldeans, or ?abylonians, how ever, may count on being netter off J than has been their lot for many cen- '' furies. They will get some benefit -1 from the new' era. Residing hi norths j ern Mesopotamia, which France how . will control-the southern region be ing confided to Great Britain-they will be freed from their old oppres- ; sors, the Turks, and the French gov- 1 eminent has indicated a purpose to give them a measure of autonomy. The Chaldeans were once a warlike people, capable of demanding what they de sired. More than 1,000,000 of them are ' now said to be dwelling In the region 1 that will be redeemed from Turkey. What the Public Wants. Theatrical Manager-Well ! What ? do you want? . Playwright-Sir, I've written a . play. "Everybody's doing that. Get outr "It has a bathtub In It-" 'Tes? Have a chair." "And a bedroom-" "Here's a cigar." "And a young girl and a minister." "Have a couple of cigars." "In tlie third act-the big one the minister is stricken with remorse." "With what?" "With remorse. He regrets his weakness." "Sorry, young man, but that kind of play doesn't go. I'm busy." fl forgot to tell you that the min tster is already married to another woman." . . " ." "Here's all the money I've got for advance royalty."-Life. Not Absolutely Washed. ' Py cheri ey is a hard-hearted man. The spirit of Christmas never enters | his body; and, indeed, if he has any particularly unpleasant intelligence to 1 convey, he generally manages to save 1 lt up for Christmas -time. 1 . ^ His wife, however, is different, and last Christmas entered the dining room 1 with a troubled look. ] "Oh, John," she said, "Mary Just swallowed a shilling! What shall we do?" Mary, let it be said, occupies the position of maid-of-all-work In the ' Pycherley household. t < "Do?" repeated the master of the house. "Well, I suppose we'd better let ,her keep it. She would have ex pected a Christmas box, anyhow." London Tit-Bits. ? v . . The Tip-Hunter's Guide. Speaking of tips and tipping, a New : York bellhop not long ago formulated 1 a set of rules, a few of which we give ? below : Don't waste time on "big bugs." ? Shower attention on women ; If they , tip at all, they tip liberally. Don't persecute tightwads; shame them with faultless service. Play the honeymooners hard ; newly- . wed men like to make a splurge be- I fore their brides. ' Don't act ugly^when a guest departs without Lipping you. Have a heart I i Perhapti the office cleaned him outr Boston Transcript. SOOR STOMACH INDIGESTION thecford's Black-Draught Highlj Recommended by a Tennessee Grocer for Troubles Re salting from Torpid Liver. East Nashville, Tenn.- The effie lency of Thedford's Black-Draught, the genuine, herb, liver medicine, is vouched for by Mr. W. N. Parsons, n grocer of this city. "It ls wlthoul doubt the best liver medicine, and 1 don't believe I could get along without it I take it for sour stomach, head ache, bad liver, indigestion, and all other troubles that are the result ol a torpid liver. *T have known and used it for years .and can and do highly recommend Ii to every one. I won't go to bed with out it in the house.. It will do all ii claims to do. I can't say enough foi it" Many other men and women through out the country have found Black Draught just as Mr Parsons describe! .-valuable in regulating the liver te its normal functions, and in cleansing ?hs bowels of impurities. Thedford's Black-Draught liver med! cine is the original and only genuine Accent no Imitations or substitutes Always ask for Thedford's. E. s Abbeville-Greenwood Mu tual Insurance Asso ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $8,875.360 WRITE OR CALL on the under signed for any information you may desiri* about our plan of insurance. We insure your property against destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM, or LIGHT NING and do so cheaper than any Com pany in existence. Remember, we are prepared to prove to you that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of insurance ?mown. f-Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick, Edgefield, Laurens, Saluda, Rich land, Lexington, Calhoun and Spar tanburg. The'officers are: Gen. J. Fraser Lyon, President, Columbia, S. C.; J. R. Blake, Gen. Agent, Secretary and Treasurer, 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, Dodges, S. C. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. J Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. C. W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S. C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, General Agent. Greenwood, S. C. January 1, 1921. Lombard Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works and Mill Supply House AUGUSTA GEORGIA Cotton Oil, Gin, Saw, Grist, Cane, Shingle Mill, Machinery Supplies and iepairs, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, grate Bars, Pumps, Pipe, Valves and Attings, Injectors, Belting, Packing ?ose, etc Cast every day. GASOLINE AND KEROSENE ENGINES Pumping, Wood Sawln? and Feed grinding Outfits. NOTICE. On the night of October 19-20th, 1920,the vault of The Bank of Tren ton, S. C., was burglarized and the following Certificates of stock cov ering stock owned in the Trenton Fertilizer Company, was stolen and the public is, hereby warned, not to accept any of these Certificates as application, has been made for du plicates. Number 16 dated October 1. 1919, issued to Mrs. Emma Hord for 8 shares. Number'15 dated September 29, 1919, issued to Walter W. Wise for 5 shares. s TRENTON FERTILIZER CO. I Sound Insurance Prudent men keep their property and their lives insured. It is good, sound business to do so, but in order to get returns from insurance there must be a corresponding loss of property or life. A savings account at our bank is also an insur ance, one of tbe very best, one in which you do not have to die to win. A savings account carefully han dled grows steadily until it-soon becomes your stead fast friend, always subject to your command. The Bank of Trenton, S. C. All checks drawn on The Bank of Trenton can be cleared free of ex change through the Federal Reserve Bank. WEDDING GIFTS Diamond Ring or Lavalli?re Birth Stone, Friendship or Dinner Ring Brooches, Bar Pins, a String of Pearls Bracelet Watch, a Toilet Set or Individual Artieles Silver Table Ware, Cut Glass. Anniversary or Chime Clock' 9 Make'the young couple happy with jewelry-a set of shining silver or elegant cut glass that will add joy to their lives and beauty to the new home-Such articles are now on display in our store. The Guarantee Jewelry Co. POPULAR PRICE JEWELERS 974 Broad St. AUGUSTA, GA. Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairers SHOE REPAIRING Dig up the shoes, That you could use, i If they were put in shape. Our lightning stitch, Is.one from which Nd le?ther can escape. Come in and see, The shoes that we. Can straighten strong and true.' . Tans made black, We leave no crack, And oki ones look like new. Avail, yourself of our parcel post service. Shoes sent to us by mail this morning are repaired and returned the same day by prepaid parcel post. GIVE US A TRIAL. JOHNSTON ELECTRIC SHOE SHOP JOHNSTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 98c. SPECIALS 98c. ARE NOW OFFERING WONDERFUL VALUES -IN ' MEN'S SHIRTS, TIES AND HALF HOSE $1.50 Buster Brown's Silk Half Hose, in black, QQp blue, brown and white-SPECIAL... VOL. $1.50 Percale Shirts in a nice assortment of QQ/> stripes-SPECIAL. VOL. $1.50 and $1.25 Silk Ties, in beautiful stripes. QQp ' dots and figures-SPECIAL_. VOL. Extra Heavy Blue Chambrey Shirts- QSp SPECIAL.- VOL. CAN YOU AFFORD TO PASS THESE UP? A. J. DAY, LEADING STORE Trenton, S. C. Phone No. 5 ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Feeds Gloria Flour and Dan Patch Horse Feed Our Leaders Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED g/S* See our representative, C. E. May. /