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f ^& New Year Dreamer* ??www wwi A woman fell asleep, one New Year's eve, and dreamed a strango dream. And when she woke, she told a neigh bor about lt, In some such words as these : "I thought I was In a strange coun try," she said, "which belonged to us all. Thero was no king. And I thought that In that country shoes were ready-made, not fashioned clumsily of leathers, as we fashion them now, and that the flax was all spun for us, and the flour all ground. .1 thought that the very cows were milked without-our aid, aud that wo lived in cities with clean pavements between clean, bright houses, and that milk and meat and bread and eggs were brought to our doors, day after day. I thought that there was some? thing called gas, that made our cook ing clean and quick, and things called cars that carried us safely from place to place. . V?d In my dream we were all taught, taught to read and even to write, as only the scribes do now, and that we rend books, books about ?trange things and wonderful places ,and saw pictures-tho greatest In the world!-and that wo could hear music whenever we chose. And there were wise doctors to keep us well, and to give us magic sleep lu our pain. , "But best of all," she said, In a low tone still tinged, with thc radiance of her dream, "best of all, was that the children were safe. Thero were no nobles to seize our girls for their own pleusure, and to send our boys like cattle Into tho wars. No man could kill unother, and even women were of value, and children were beloved. It seemed to me a world of peace, and sunshine and safety 1" "You dreamed of heaven 1" said tho listener, her Incredulous laughter changed to wistful awe. The other sighed and shook her head. "No," sho sold sadly, "for In that I country they were all mad I" "Mad?" caine the astonished echo, j "Well, better our hardships than such a stute. Better the village well that poisons our children and the tax that holds our men in bondage, omi tho pes tilences that sweep us I Better the dark houses, and the smoking coal fires, tho heats of summer and the freezing winters, better even the agony and terror of bearing, unhelped. But tell, how were they mad?" "They do not see tho sunshine, they do not hear the music, and they do ' not taste their freedom," said the i dreamer. "Their thoughts aro chained to ll'ttlovthlugs- the stitches In a skirt, the chopped nuts that must go Into a dish they cook, the shape of a chair*. They long for Idleness-who have nothing to dol They long for pleas ure, who live in a world that might be heaven I They look at this one envi? eusly because she can come and go to another city at will and at that one enviously because her picture ls print ed In the books they read. Theysweep because they must buy flax spun on their side of the ocean rather than that which comes to them in ships, and they weep because the papers they have pasted on the walls of their rooms are too green or too blue!" "Mad-quite mad!" agreed the neighbor, struck. "Did they live long ago?' "No, their time has not yet come," the dreaming woman nnswered. "They will not live for another thousand years. They will spring from us, who live and work and die without the touch of fine linen on our bodies, or the help of a single hand with the planting and roasting and spinning and brewing, tho benrlng and rearing. We are their mothers, who will never read a book or write a letter, or enter a playhouse. Let us make them a New Year's wish, that their eyes may be opened and that they may see I" They knelt down together.-Kath leen Morris In Pictorial Review. Resolutions Each Dey. At each New Year tide lt ls common to make new resolutions, but In tho true life of the individual each day is the beginning of a Now Year if ho will only make lt so.-William George Jor dan. Sentenced to Die, Two Kill Solves. v Gallup', New Mexico, Dec. 18. Marlu Cuevas and Sllvario Silva, sen tenced to ne hanged on December 21, for murder, committed suicide In tho county jail here to-day by .hanging themselves. RUB OUT PAIN with good oil liniment. That's the surest way to atop them. t The best rubbing liniment is ?j ?Good for the Ailm?nts of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Qood for your own A ches. Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Burns, Etc. i 25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers. COUNTERFEITING 18 CHARGED Against Several reoplo Arr^?led nt Capital of H ta to. Columbia, Doc. 19.-Rufus Shan- j Don and bis wife, Mattie, white peo-, pie of prominent connection in Rich land county, and Wm; Waddell, alias Wirtmore, also white, have been ar rested by secret service operatives, working In' connection with county officers, and charged with counter feiting and having in their possession dies or molds designed for\he man ufacture of rtioney or coins of the United States. Mattie Shannon and Waddell are being held In the Richland couuty Jail, the former under bond.of $1, 000 and the latter under bond of $2,000. Rufus Shannon ^confined to a bed in the Columbia Hospital, where he was taken on December 9," after suffering an Injury in a street car accident on the cantonment line, near Hampton's Creek. His bond is * 3,000. Rufus Shannon and bia wife were, arrested last Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Shannon at her home, Fifth street, Olympia Mill. The warrant charging Rufus Shannon with coun terfeltlng'was Berved upon him In the hospita?. Waddell was arrested Mon day afternoon In' tho mill village. It was known to newspaper men as early as Saturday night that the Shannons bad been arrested and charged with counterfeiting-, but the government authorities asked that the story be held up till one whom they termed "the man higher up" might be arrested. It ls understood that Waddell ls this man. Wm. Cooper, Deputy U. S. Mar shal, served the warrant. He, in company with secret service opera tives, a rural policeman and other county ofllcers, went to the Shannon ..??onie Saturday afternoon, armed with a search warrant. So carefully did they approach the house that a man supposed to have been acting as a "lookout" was surprised by one of he detectives and ordered him to make no alarm. The detective then entered the house, where he found a dice game in operation. Ile watched tho. participants for several seconds before his presence was known, then the men were arrested by county of ici?is on a charge of gambling. Mattie Shannon was arrested and, according to th? return from the i euroli warrant, the following articles were found in the house: "Twenty six counterfeit nickels in various stages of completion, six counterfeit dollarSj in various stages of comple tion, one |)aper bag containing pow der similar to plaster paris, one sheet sand paper, one small hunk of metal, pieces of plaster parts, hardened and resembling molds, and various small piece8,of metal appearing to have been molded." It is understood that tho Shannon bouse has been under the surveil lance of officers for some time. How ever, it was not until recently that lt was suspected that the house was connected with the manufacture of counterfeit money. Rufus Shannon was formerly con nected with tho police department of the city of Columbia. He is about 35 or 4 0 years of age. Waddell is about 45 years of age. So far as could be learned he is little known In this locality. When seen at tho hospital this morning Shannon re fused to make a statement, other than to say that he would vindicate himself and wife., Although some of the alleged counterfeit money was found in the Shannon home is very crude the grenier portion was skilfully manu factured. lt ls evident that the buf falo nickels were considerably more difficult to handle than the old-fash ioned nickles, as the former were not sufficiently well shaped to pass with out detection. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the. Signature of IT. S. Warriors Watch Tank. Camp Upton, Yap Hank, N. Y., Dec. 19.- -A British tank, supported by a platoon of infantry, -was tho cen* 'tor of a realistic mimic battle singed >n tho grent natural amphitheater of ibo National Army cantonment here to-day, while 10,000 soldiers looked on from tho slopes of tho surrounding hills. Across the wide Strotch over which a trench system had been con structed, tho huge steel-shelled en gine of war crept, spanning trenches, wallowlng^up steep Inclines and crushing big frees on its climb up the slopes, while a storm of bullets from its port machine guns raked tho trenches. ^ Harriers and obstacles of every description, Including stumps ?nd huge banks of earth wore in the path of the tank, but it crushed Its way through everything and dug tho slippery snow to its objective FIGURING ON WrtFVT CROP. Condltiois Givo Government Concent . UH to Ultimnto Results. Wushington, Dec. 19.-Govern ment plans for a billion-bushel wheat crop next year to help the United States feed its allies have received a setback. It was disclosed to-day by the December crop report of the De partment of Agriculture that while winter wheat whs planted on tho largest acreage ever sown to-' that cereal Its condition on December 1 was the lowest on record for that date. A winter crop of 540,000 bushels was forecast by the Bureau of Crop Estimates. The actual production will be greater or less than that quantity, according as conditions hereafter better or worse than aver age. An area of more than 47,000,000 bores was the mark sot by the gov ernment for farmers to plant to win ter wheat this fall, but the December canvass -shows that 42,170,000 acres were sown. The farmers did their best, but conditions were against them. Dry Weather. Tho very dry weather in most of the winter wheat heltg was a large drawback, while late harvest of otli?r crops and shortage of farm help were contributing causes for the fail ure. Should the winter wheat crop ma ture to 040,000,900 bushels, as fore cast to-day. it would be the third largest on record, befog exceeded only by the crops of 1914 and 1915. C?o vern ment officials had figured on having winter wheat production reach 07 2,000,000 bushels, but to day's forecast indicates that it will fall 132,000,000 bushels short of that figure. Indications are that rye production will be 25,000,000 bush els larger than last year's record crop. Spring Wheat. Already steps arc*being taken for a large increase in the acreage of the spring crop to be planted next spring. Council of National Defense and Department of Agriculture offi cials have conferred and will adopt measures to insure an adequate la bor supply for planting operations, ample supply of seed wheat and help for tiio harvests. The largest spring wheat crop heretofore was In 1915 when 351,854,000 bushels were bar vested from 19,161,000 acres. Acrengo by States. Acreage of winter wheat, with tho percentage of increase over last year in Southern States, follow: Virginia-463,000 acres, 10%. North Carolina-1,179,000 acres; 15%. South Carolina-270,000 acres; 20%. Georgia-428,000 acres; 9%. Tennessee-840,000 acres; 5%. Alabama-144,000 acres; 20%. Mississippi-86,000 acres; 100%. Texas-1,622,000 acres; decrease of 6%. Oklahoma-3,264,000 acres; de crease of 4 %. Arkansas-288,000 acres; Increase of Sl%. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's. The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic ls 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. CO cents. Robert Scott Dead. (Farm and Factory, 20th.) Robert Scott, of Greenville county, died on Sunday, December 16, at tho ripe old age of 87 years. Mr. Scott came from County Antrim, Ireland, with his parents 69 years ago- and settled in Dunklin township, Green ville county, where he has lived ever since. Mr, Scott had been a consist ent member.of tl?e Baptist church for about 50 years, and had always lived an honorable, Christian life. Mr. Scott entered tho service of tho Confederacy when quite a young man and served during thc entire period of the war, and when peaco was declared returned to his homo and family and assisted In rebuild ing the country, which was destroyed by I he war. .lie leaves a large family and num erous friends to . mourn his death. Mrs. J. Frank Alexander, of Seneca, ia a 'daughter of the deceased. Spanish Steamer Sunk. Paris, Nov. 19.-Tho torpedoing by a submarine of tho Spanish steamer Noviembre, 3,654 tons gross, is reported in a dispatch from Bair ritz to the Excelsior, quoting ad I vices received there from Bilbos. . Thirty of tho crew have been landed. j They say tho ship was torpedoed without warning at night and that thoy wero all thrown Into the sea. After swimming about for an hour they were picked up by French pa trol ships, which put the submarine to flTght. Km, BRITISH KU IS OPTIMISTIC. Sees Helter Results on the Water for ; the Future. New York, boc. 19.-Arthur Pol len, British naval oxpert, who has sailed for Europe after spending six months In the United States, gave to tho Associated Press a statement In which ho said that the campaign of the allied navies against the subma rine has at last resulted in keeping the world's ship tonnage from show ing a monthly decrease, or will soon do so. Mr. Poll?n gives credit for this success to the change In ?he chief command carried out by the British-admiralty last ?-pring and thc participation of tho American navy. Allies Building Ships. Mr. Pollen pointed out that six months ago the German submarines were causing a net attrition in the world's tonnage at the rate of nearly 25 per cent annually. While the present rate of attrition is difficult to estimate, it appeared th?t last month Great Britain launched ns much ton nage as she lost; the hrst ship laid down by the United States slnco tho war has been launched, and, within tho next twelve months a substantial pottion of tho 6,000,000 tons p?o-j vlded for In this country will un doubtedly be afloat. Great Britain's shipbuilding program will similarly ' increase month hy month, and more over the campaign of the nilled na vies against the submarine will grow in value week by week, be said. ' "The significance of this to the fortnnosvof war does not have to be pointed out," -Mr. Pollen continued. "It means that Germany's flank at tack on allied communications has failed and that there is no reason why ultimately the full military power of Great Britain, Franco and* Italy, and more Important of all, of the United States, should now be felt in the western theater of war. This 1B a tremendous result." Speaking of the change in the chief command in the British admiralty Mr. Pollen said: "In bringing about this new or- ! der of things at Whitehall, the re- ! formers wore undoubtedly assisted, first, by the fact that an extremely affective, well equipped and bril liantly commanded contingent of American destroyers was already at work In a very Important area of tho theater of war, and next by the Brit ish government waking up to the tr\jth yiat the belligerency of Amer ip ^TOCant not only the co-operation or"-a' very gallant and enterprising allyT but the domestication, so to speak, of a new and extremely intel ligent critic." U. 8< N??val Officers liaised. Mr.^Pollen mentioned the consul tations with the British admiralty of "three distinguished and resourceful American naval officers," Admirals Sims, Mayo and Benson. Through these men, "American professional knowledge," he said, "has gained a first-hand experience of the reality of war and has been able to contrib ute an impersonal and impartial judgment upon the character of the operations to be pursued and of the methods i of command under which they should be carried opt. ! cannot doubt for a moment tliat much of the Improved efficiency of the counter-campaign ls due to this intellectual stimulus." Mr. Pollen 'paid tribute to Secre tary Daniels, praising wbat^he de scribed as the Secretary s policy of obtaining loyal team work by allow ing the forces under his orders to be directed "In strictly professional matters according to the Judgment and advice of tho singularly able and efficient officers that, so to speak, form his council of war." Adverting to"the recent North Sen raid by German forces, Mr. Pollen said: "The only remarkable thing about such incidents is not their occasional occurrence, but their rarity. Were tho British or the Amorican navy tn the position of the German navy, I fancy they would be far more fre quent." --^mm. - Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Your druggist ?flit refund money lt PAZO OINT M it NT (?Hg to cure any case of Itching, mind, nteedlngorProtntdtng Pitea In 6to Hdays. The first application gives l?ase and Rest. 50c . Old Snuff Boxes Coming Out. London, Nov. 28.-Snuff boxes arc said to. bo coming brfck Into fashion, I ut with the difference that they now C?htft?ti sugar instead of snuff. The sugar rationing ls expected to make* it necessary for visitors* to carry around their own sugar and the old tightly filling snuff boxes of sil ver, enamel, and inlaid wood are be ing brought td light for this purposo. Officers Return from French Front. An Atlantic Port, Dec. 20.-Major I Gen. Hugh L. Scott, who will be aa 1 signed as chief Instruction officer of the ncW national army, returned to day from Europe on an American steamship, after being nt the front in ' France studying tho conditions thoro. A number of American officers ar ' rived with him. Are Youl Affairs Have you provided for household-not their prescr needs in the future, when tl depend on ? Have you thi absence there would be wit sufficient income to provide life? * \ If you have not, you that among the numers pol The Pacific Insurance there is at least one within suit your case, ^Tou can ri us to explain these liberal p J. W. DICKSjDN, State i B, H. DEASON, District J REFER] The Bank of Walhalla, Mr. O. C. Lyles, - - - GufYney Silk Mill to Start Vp. Gaffney, Doc. 20.-Gnffney's new est enterprise is a silk mill which will soon be operating boro. Tho capi tal for tho business has been assured and a suitable building has boon se lected. W. O. Jenkins, who has large experience in the manufacture of silks, will bc at tho head of tho ojn terp\ise. He has spent some time In lanada studying the operations of pille mills in t lie" Dominion and the Knowledge lie obtained will bo valu able to him here. He will commence with the operation of '10 looms, but later nopes to increase the number. Power to operate the plant will be obtained from the power plants on Broad river, though steam will nec essarily be used/ in the slasher room. It is probable that the plant will be lu pperation within the noxt GO days. . Health About Gone Many thousands ol women suffering from womanly trouble, have been benefited by the use of Cardui, the woman's tonic, according to letters we receive, similar to this one from Mrs. Z. V. Spell, otHayne, N.C. "I could not stand on my feet, and just suffered terribly," she says. "As my suf fering was so great,' and he had tried other reme dies, Dr.-had us f;et Cardal. . ? I began inproving, and it cured me. 1 know, and my doctor knows, what Car dul did for me, for my nerves and health were about gone." TAKE The Woman's Tonic She writes further* 4rt am in splendid health ... can do my work. I feel I owe it to Cardui, for I was in dreadful condition." If you arc nervous, run down and weak, or suffer from headache, backache, etc., every month, try .Cardui. Thousands of women praise this medi cine for Ute good it has done them, and many physicians who have used Cardui successfully with their women patients, for years, endorse this medi cine. Think what it means to be In splendid health, like Mrs. Spell. Oive Cardui a trial. All Druggists J72 Secure? 1 thc members of your own it needs only, but for their hey may not have you to ngs so fixed that in your bout question a certain and them with the comforts of will find on investigation icy forms of Mutual Life Company e your reach that will exactly dake no mistake in allowing olicies in detail. Vgent, - - Anderson, S. C? \gent, - - Greenville, C. ENCES: - - - - Walhalla, S, C. - - West Union, S. C. ft ? MAXY V KHSMIiS UKI NH BUILT. Secretary Daniels Tolls Something itt Naval Prt'lMliIlt tolls. Washington, Doc. rO,-A recital by Secretary Dan lois of how tho navy preparet] for war by adding several hundred ships to tho fleet and lot ting contracts for hundreds of others Including dreadnoughts, battlo cruis ers, destroyers ?ind auxiliarles and an explanation of the operation 'of tho navy supply department by Rear Admiral McGowan, paymaster gene ral, marked tho opening to-day of tho liiquiryXby a House sub-commlt tco Into tho navy's war activities. "Wo havo 4 24 ships in course of construction," Secretary Daniels said. "That doe? not include submarino chasers, of which wo -are building 350 and doOB not include the. small craft. Tho chasers will bo In service by early spring/' Included In the 4 24 ships, ho said, were battle cruis ers, battleships, scout cruisers, de stroyers, fuel ships, gunboats, hos pital ships, ammunition 3hips, sea going tugs, mine sweepers and sub marinos. Secretary Daniels said tho navy now had more tima 1,000 ships in commission, as against 3 00 two years ago, and an enlisted personnel of 280,000 officers and men, compared with 64,680 men and 4,376 officers when America declared war. Henrietta, Okla., women are work ing in a coal mine. NOTICE TO DEBTORS ANO CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Estate of Mrs. Lucinda Alexander, deceased, are hereby notified to make pay ment to tho undersigned, and ail persons having claims against said estate will present the?, same, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law, or be barred. A. C. SMITH. ' Administrator of mo Estate of Mrs. Lucinda Alexander, deceased. PfcC fi, li)rr._49r,5tj _ NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Es tate of T. J. HANNON, Sr., de ceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all persons having claims against said estate will present tho same, duly at tested, within the time, prescribed by law<fr be barred. . M. M. HUNTER, Administrator of tho Estate of T. J, Hannon, Sr., deceased. Dec. '., 110 7._49-52 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. _ . I All persons indebted to the Estate of Miss Lillie J. Crooks, deceased, are?, hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all persons having claims against said Estate will present the same, duly attested/ within the time prescribed by law or bo banod. C. 0, MILLER, Administrator oL the Estate of Miss Lillie".). Crooks, deceased Dec. 12* 1917. ( 50-1 NOTICE OF FIN Ali SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. / Notice is horebyglven that the un dersigned will make application to V. P. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, In the State of South Carolina, at his office ?at Walhalla Court Houso, on Wednesday, the 16th day of January, 1913, at ll o'clock In the forenoon,vor as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to mako Anal settlement of tho estate of Mids Lillie J. Crooks, de? ceased, and obtain final dischargo as Administrator of said estate. O. C. MILLER, Administrator ot the Estate of Mis? lilllie J. Crooks, deceased. Doc. J.2, 1917. 60-1