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(Washington Post ) That the readers of the Post may have the benefit of a concise and brief statement as to the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal we give In this article some data that cannot fall to be useful to the public. Tho Suez Canal la owned hy a stock company with shares of capital stock numbering 37*9,24 1. Since 1875 the British government has been the owner of 170,000 of these shares, for which lt paid $19,855, 320. Through Its holding of these shares the British government exer cises a controlling interest in the Suez Canal. Tho canal cost about $1 27.000. 000; is 103 miles long, about 28 feet deep, and it takes 17 hours for vessels to traverse lt. During the year 1910 the Suez Canal was traversed by -I.o:iS vessels with a total net tonnage of 16,581, 898, and the toll charges were $1.30 per net ton for vessels with cargo, 82 cents per ton for vessels in ballast, and $1.93 for each passen ;er over 12 years of age. The total receipts of the canal company for the year amounted to I2J5.168.400, the cost of onerntlon and maintenance to $3.857,402. Pay ments for fixed charges, and in retir ed canital obligations, aggregated $0.072,00?. The company's not profits wee $15,908,4 19, allowing the payment of a dividend of 3 1 per cent on the canal company's shares. The outstanding capital obliga tions amounted to $92.484.54 4 at the close of the year 1910. The Panama Canal ls owned by the people of the United States. It is estimated that it' will cost them*, when completed, approximate ly $375,000,000. It will be 54 miles In length, 41 feet dee)), and lt will take about 12 hours for vessels to pass from ocean to ocean. To pay for this canal the United States government has issued Eighty-four million six hundred and thirty-one thousand nine hun dred and eighty dollars in its bonds bearing Interest at rate of 2 per cent lier annum. Fifty million dollars In bonds bearing the rate of 3 per cent per annum. The cost of the canal in excess of the amount received from the sales of these bonds has been paid from cash in the United states Treasury. A traffic expert report made to President Taft estimated that 10. 500,000 net tonnage would pass through the canal In 1915, of which the coastwise trade was considered as furnishing 1.100,000 tons. The rate of toll as established b) Presi dent Taft is to be $1.20 per net ton. or. In other words. 10 cents per net ton less than the Suez rate. Our coastwise tradp being free un der existing law (since repealed), would me.i np on by our government u about s 11,300,000 fror the trid? ?< i . .brough under Coll?. The costs of nail tennnce and o pe lt.should m those at Suez, and this, being approximately $4,000,000, would leave more than $7.000,000 to apply to Interes1 charges, or about 2 per cent on thd entire investment. No one doubts that each succeed ing year will witness far greater ton nages passing through the canal, largely Increasing the receipts, and it is regarded as assured that before 1920 the earnings of the Panama Canal will be not only caring for .all interests and fixed charges, but re paying to this government in annual Installments tho sums advanced in its construction. England's Interest hi Canals. The construction of the Suez Canal was stubbornly opposed by Oreat Bri tain, on account of expected competi tion with Mediterranean countries in tho Oriental trade. Before the canal was opened tho Mediterranean was a c?osed sea, and all the commerce with the Far East was carried on under the dags of England and Holland, l^ord Palmerston fought De Lesseps, and induced Said Pasha to withdraw 20,000 laborers from the canal and set them to work raising cotton, which then was unobtainable from the United States on account of the Civil War. This move checkmated De Lesseps and greatly delayed con struction of tho canal. In 1 807, in spite or all drawbacks, De Lesseps sent the first steamer through the canal-and it was a ll ri tish steamer! England saw the advantages of the canal by this time, and Disraeli set to work to secure ?control of the great waterway. The poverty and debts of Ismail Pasha gave Disraeli his opportunity. He had forced the kh?dive to buy RH ni el o 111 shares in the canal company to give Egypt a certain control in the management, and later, in 1875, Dis raeli bought these shares In behalf of longland, lt was tho masterstroke of his career, and the incident fur nishes the keynote of the drama which has recently attracted such wido and favorable attention. To the credit of England it must be said that at nearly all stages of Its history lt has had devoted and far seeing statesmen at tho head of Its foreign affairs. They concentrate their efforts toward securing the wel fare Of England, leaving other coun tries to do the same thing for them selves. British statesmen rightly en deavor to obtain advantages for Brit ish commerce everywhere 1 in thc World. They know what they want and are tireless in their efforts to secure it. The spirit O' fair play that ani mates Englishmen enables them to look with approval Upon the endeav ors of other governments to secure themselves in their rights, even If in securing them they deny advantages to England which she would be glad to seize upon. If tho United States should volun tarily surrender to England a share in the management and control of the Panania Canal. Ihr- tight little is land governjnenl would accent the gift with alacrity and make the most of the advantage. Rut If ?he United States should stand firm for its own EXHIBITS AT THE STATE FAIR. ({?'solutions Governing State Fair Ex hibits for South Carolina. Your committee on exhibits at the State Fair begs leave to make the following report: We recommend First. That all products exhibited by demonstration agents shall be of 1914 production, and shall be pro duced in their respective counties. Second. That nothing shall be ex hibited except farm and garden pro ducts, animal and vegetable pro ducts grown on the farm or products manufactured Of such materials on the farm by individual farmers or their families. Needle and fane; work, however, not Included. (iNo live stock. ) Third. That each county agent shall be allowed equal cold storage capacity in the space allotted. This capacity to be determined and the agent inotlfled acceptingly pv 1nP State agent. No limit. however, shall be placed on the amount of such cold storage products for any county, provided the expense of n'A such storage products in excop of al lotted space uhall be paid hy other than the demonstration authorities. Fourth. That each agent will be permitted to utilize only the booth space allotted to him in the exhibits building, and each county shall have equal space in the exhibits building, such space to be named by the State agent as early as practicable. Fifth. We respectfully recommend that these exhibits be judged, if pos sible, by a competent judge from out side the State, and by one judge only. Sixth. If photographs are used in such exhibits they shall be only those made In 1014. Adopted by the county demonstra tion agents February 14, l!M4. Appro/cd: W. W. Long, State Agent and Supt. of Extension. (Other county papers please copy) Wt EX OUT OF SORTS START YOUR LIVER WORKING X?> Mattel- What Ails You, Dodson's Liver Tone is Usually a Hip Help in (jetting Well Avoid Calomel. Nine times out of ten, when you are ill or out of sorts, your liver is out of order and getting it in order again will make you , feel better. When your liver is sluggish and tor pid and you are constipated and bil ious, lt ls impossible to feel well. There was a time when a great number of people took calomel wien BO troubled. But this ls not true to-day. lt has become widely known that calomel often has bad after effects and is even dangerous to many. The use of Dodson's Liver Tone Instead of calomel has spread wonderfully because lt has proved so beneficial in so many households. H. M. Barton and Norman Com pany recommend and guarantee Dod son's Liver Tone Instead of calomel and guarantee to refund purchase price (50c.) to you instantly, with out question. If you are not perfectly pleased with the way In which it re Heves you from constipation,N sick headache,, biliousness, etc. It "livens the liver" and is a pleasant-tasting, vegetable liquid, easy to take and causes no pain, no gripe, no bad re sults, no change from your regular duties and habits. To test Dodson's Liver Tone is a sensible matter because you get your money back if you are not sat istle l. adv. Police Kills Pistol Toter. Pelham. Ca., April 12.-Chief of Police I). C. Campbell killed .lohn Harrell on the street- of Pelham this afternoon. Seeing Harrell with his hand on his gun. Chief Campbell ordered him to take his hand olT. but, instead of doing as ordered, he drew his gun, whereupon Campbell drew his, aid shooting began, about 12 or 15 shots being fired. Harrell was hit three times, the last time in the temple, and fell dead. Chief Campbell was hit once in the thigh. Policeman Maire, coming to the assistance of his chief, was hit in the shoulder, and C. T. Pullen, a citizen, was hit lu the foot. Harre:' was a well-to-do farmer, living about seven miles from Pel ham. He leaves a wife and several I children. The affra.s is said to have been the | result of a personal feud. Check Your April Cough. Thawing frost and April rains chill you to the very marrow, you catch cold. Head and lungs stuffed. You are feverish, cough continually and feel miserable. You need Dr. King's New Discovery. It soothes Inflamed and irritated throat and lungs, stops cough, your head clears up, fever leaves, and you feel flue. J. T. Da vis, of Stickney Corner, Me., was cured of a dreadful cough after doc tor's treatment and all ot lier reme dies failed. Relief or money back. Pleasant-children like lt. (Jet a bottle to-day. 50c. and $1, at your druggist. Bucklen's Arnica Salve for all sores. adv. The Grand Lodge K. of P. Chester. April 14.-The dates for the meeting of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of South Caro lina, which will meet here this year, an Tuesday and Wednesday. May 2G and 27. The occasion promises to be a great one for Pythlanism in this State. An .'lab?rate program is ho ing arranged and many prominent speakers from a distance will be here to spe.ik. When run-down with kidney trou ble, backache, rheumatism or blad der weakness, turn quickly for help to Foley Kidiiey Pills. You cannot take them into your system without having good results. Chas. N. Fox, Himrod, N. Y., says: "Foley Kidney Fills have done me more good than $150 worth of medicine." They give you good results. Hell's drug stoic, Walhalla. adv. rights, English statesmen would be tho first to acknowledge that such a course was right and in accordance with Hie best traditions of the Anglo Saxon race. HONOR ROLLS. 4. 'I',I"I,,I||I"IMI"I"I"!"I"I||I"1'I"I"I"I||I| Following Is the honor roll of Fair Play High School for the sixth month: (The pupils whose names appear on this roll have made an av erage of 90 or more on examination and have not fallen below 98 on de portment) : Tenth (Lade None. Ninth tirade-Frank Marett. Mar ion Compton. Eighth Crade -John Johnson, De witt Glenn. SevqQth Grade Catha Davis, Clayborn Davis, Wade Marett. Sixth tirade--Mildred Heller, Lu cile King. Fifth Grade-Hoyt Wooten. Fourth Grade -Koderick Heller, Land ru m Hanvey, Kima Brook. Third Grade .Mariner Thompson, Claire Heller, Joe Davis. Second Grade-Jimmie Hanvey, CecU Isbell. Lester Woods, Birdie Wood, Arrie Wood, Talsie Wilburn. Lush Patrick. Kate Pullen, Wyatt dubbs, Vlrgel Davis, J. C. Brock. Norris Richardson. First Grade-Rubie Cobb, Lucy Bruce, Wallace Bruce, Jimmie Wood, Eva Wood, Ida Hays, Johnnie Hays, Roy Davis. Jesse Nixon, C. H. Callaham, Hubert Davis. Kate Davis. Bub Klug, Mattie Nixon, Leland Wiggins, J. B. Wiggins, Sam Wil burn, Clarine Wooten, Walter Rich ardson. G. C. Ryder. Principal. Foley Kldnej Pills Successful for Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble. Positive in action for backache, weak back, rheumatism, kidney and bladder troubles P. J, Boyd, Ogle. Texas, writes: "After taking two bottles of Foley Kidney Pills, my rheumatism and kidney trouble are completely gone." Safe and effect ive. Bell's drug store. adv. Won't Revise Districts. Washington, April ll.-Secretary McAdoo told New Jersey representa tives who protested against the In clusion of Hudson county In the Phil adelphia regional reserve bank dis trict instead of the New York dis trict, that the organization commit tee has no Intent'on of revising the list of twelve districts and cities re cently announced. Protests may he heard by the com mittee, but the only hope to those who asked changes is in the Federal reserve hoard, yet to be appointed by the President. Clears Complexion-Remove- Skin Blemishes. Why go through life embarrassed and disfigured with pimples, erup tions, blackheads, red rough skin, or suffering the tortures of eczema, itch, tetter, salt rheum? Just ask your drurglst for Dr. Hobson's Eczema jtntinent. Follow the simple sug gest.ons and your ?skin worries are over. Mild, soothing, effective Ex cellent for hinter (?.?ul delicto, fon der skil . . ! lg Al W typ helps. Relief r money back, 500, at your 1 adv. ?Expr?s* Zone Sy<i< ni. Colt?mbia, Api ii 14.-The South ern Express Company Is asking the Railroad Commission for permission to establish the new zone system tn South Carolina. The zone system has been authorized hy the Inter state Commerce Commission and' has been adopted hy 38 States. The final bearing on tho question will be held June .'I. The express company will file a comparative statement of rates, showing the effect of the zone sys tem, with the commission before May l?. A copy of the rates will be filed with the rate bureau In Charleston and Greenville. ABB RR VF TO BE PAROLED ? Prisoners in California Said to Be "Pliable" After One Year. San Francisco, April 13.-By a de cision Saturday of thc Stat? Supreme Court, Abraham Reuf, formel politi cal boss of San Francisco, who ls serving 14 years for bribery, be comes eligible for immediate parole. The decision, however, although making it mandatory that his appli cation he considered by the State Hoard of Frison Directors, in no way directs them to grant it. A persistent campaign in behalf of Reuf has been waged by Freemoni Older, managing editor of the San Francisco Bulletin, who was one of the foremost among those to expose Reuf and press his prosecution. Al though only one of many indicted in connection with graft in'San Fran cisco, Abe Reuf alone was convicted, and lt lias since been argued In his behalf that to keep him in Jail, while his alleged associates walk free.- ls an injustice. Reuf already has serv ed a little more than three years. The court held to-day that a pris onere becomes eligible for parole af ter serving one year. This makes eligible .lohn J. McNamara, former secretary of the International Broth erhood of Hridge and Structural Iron Workers, convicted In Los Angeles of an attempt to dynamite the plant of the Llewellyn Iron Works. His brother, .lames B. McNamara, who wrecked the l*os Angeles Times building, with a loss of 21 lives, was serieticed to San Quentin for life . and ls not eligible for parole. State of Ohio, city of Toledo, Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he ls senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said flrr? will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use A Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscrib ed In my presence, this 6th day of December. A. D. 1886. (Seal.) A. W. Gleason. tp NotafY Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken In ternally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 7 Fie. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. adv. To Survivors of Camp Norton. A meeting of all surviving mem bers of Camp Norton, U. C. V., is hereby called to be held at the Court House in Walhalla on Saturday, April 25th, at ll o'clock a. m. The pur pose of the meeting is the election of delegates to the Confederate Vete rans' Reunion at Jacksonville. Fla., to bb held In May. .' g onville. Fla. April i3. -In di eui ; barging rbis Florida Fruit 1 ,i! :'i upany. R. J. Bolles a.ii*. J. L.'BUIIngsley, its ofljeers, with fraud ulent use of the malls, was dismissed bv United States Commissioner Bren nen here to-day. It was held that no fraud or intention of fraud was shown In the promotion sale of 180, 000 acres of Florida everglades. An other charge o? using the mails to promote a lottery ls pending against the defendants ?it Kansas City. Fed eral authorities here said this will be prosecuted vigorously. Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep ii from themselves. J. W. Holleman. Adit. Camp Norton. Everglades Case Bisinissed. What is Womai Bea A Xl) THK BASIS OF ll KU HEALTH AND VIGOR LIES IN THE CAREFUL REGULATION OF THK HOWKLS. If woman's beauty depended upon cosmetics, every woman would be a picture of loveliness. Hut beauty lies deeper than that. lt Hes in health. In the majority of cases the basis of health, and the cause of sick ness can be traced to the action of the bowels. The headaches, the lassitude, the sallow skin and the lusterless eyes are usually due to constipation. So many things that women do habitu ally conduce to this trouble. They do not eat carefully, they ent indiges tible foods because the foods are served daintily and they do not exer cise enough. Bul whatever tho par ticular cause may he it is important that the condition should be cor rected. An Ideal remedy for women, and ona-espoelally suited to their delicate requirements, is Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which thousands of women endorse highly, among them Mrs. C. S. Vance, of 511 S. Ray street. New Castle, Pa. At times she had spells of Indigestion so severe that she thought she would die. Syrup Pep sin regulated her stomach and bow els, and she attributes her excellent health to-day to this remedy. All the family can use Dr. Cald well's Syrup Pepsin, for thousands of mothers give lt to babies and chil dren. It ls also admirably suited to the requirements of elderly people, in fact to all who by reason of age or infirmity cannot stand harsh salts. FIRST CALL TO DEMOCRATS. Organization of Clubs Should Take Place on Apiil 25 oh. To the Democrats of Oconee County: You are hereby notified to meet nt your respective precincts on the fourth Saturday In April, 1914. You must elect a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer; also delegates to the County Conven tion, which will meet at Walhalla Court. House at ll o'clock on the first Monday In May. Each club will elect one delegate for each 25 members and one dele gate for a majority fraction thereof, and one Executive Committeeman. Any locality wishing to organize a new club can do so. Jas: M. Moss, Chairman. Walhalla, S. C., April 7, 1914. Spring Laxative and Blood Cleanser. Flush out tho accumulated waste and poisons of the winter months; cleanse your stomach, liver and kld ioys of all Impurities. Take Dr. i.'mg's New Life Pills; nothing bet tor for purifying the blood. Mild, . n-gr i pin g laxative. Cures const i . .tion; makes you feel fine. Take no. other. 25c. at your druggist. 'iiCklen's Arnica Salve for all hurts'. adv. SOO Operatives Out. Union, April 1G.-Fight hundred persons were thrown out of employ ment by a strike of the weavers at the Cuf?alo Cotton Mills, near boro. The weavers give ns the cause of the Strike an alleged reduction in their wages. Officials of the mill deny that there has been any reduction. It is thought an agreement will be reach ed within a few days. n's luty but Health MRS. C. S. VANCE. cathartics, pills or purgatives, These should always bo avoided, for at best (heir effect is only for that day. while i< genuine remedy like Syrup Pepsin nets mildly but permanently. lt can be conveniently obtained at any drug store at fifty cents or one dollar a bottle. Resulta nre always guaranteed or money will be refund ed. You will lind lt gentle In action, pleasant in taste, and free from grip ing, and Its tonic properties have a distinct value to women. It ls the most widely used lnxativo-tonlc in Amorlca to-day and thousands oT families are now never without it. ^ Families wishing to try a free sample bottle can obtain lt postpaid by addressing Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 419 Washington Street. Monticello. 111. A postal card with your name and address on it will do. Heavy Rebel Casualties. Juarez, Moxlco, April lf>.-The rebel wounded during the six days' battle at San Pedrns De Las Colo nias, east of Torre?n, is placed at r>,000 in an official report of Cen. Villa to Cen. Carranza, in which the combined forces of the Federals, said to have numbered 12,000 to ir>,ooo were defeated by ten or twelve thou sand j bels. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Of the surviving Indians in this country, 74,825-more than a quar ter of the whole number llvo In Okla homa. Soven other trnns-Mtsslsslppi States have more than 10,000 In dians apiece. MOLLYCODDLE LAXATIVES Can Not and Do Not Touch the Liver They may clear out the intestinal tract, but do not relievo tho dainiucd-up bllo. Yearn ago May Apple Hoot (culled Po dophylliu) wan a laut-rosort bilo starter. It griped fearfully, but brought out tho bilo. Po<lo)>byllin with tho gripo taken out ie now to bo had under tho name r Lost! During tho past year, by thou sr ni,"? of smokers? all inclination for arty tobacco but STAG. A significant fact is Stag's in stan, appeal to old smoker?-men who had long settled down to something elso. These wise old critics arr per haps the most enthusiastic of all. Convenient Packages: The Handy Half Size 5-Cent Tin, the Full-Size 10-Cent Tin, the Pound and Half-Pound Tin Humidors and the Pound Glass Humidor. SJAQ =M Acs For Pipe and Cigarette "EVER-LASTING-LY GOOD P. Lorillard Co. - Est. I760