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)a<M/$ ?Eveixitvg fairy Tale, THE KITTEM8. . "Me-ow, mt'-ow," said the kitten whose name was Tag. "Me-ow,me-ow," said the kitten whose name was Spot.;, "How did you get that name?" asked Tag. "Well, meow," Haid Spot, "you see, I belong to tho cook. And, as you seo, too, for you have eyes lu your kitten head I no tice, I am not much bigger than a spot. "Now, the cook ls so huge that I _ _ , tsuiipiy look like a Funny Pair. mt? 'blt of ft 8pot beside the cook. The cook and I, they say, arc a funny pair. "The cook, as you know, is a mau cook, and one of bis two feet ls sov cral times larger than all of mel "That may be a curious sentonce, Tag, but it ls my kitten way of talk ing. I'm not very big and not very wise. "But I needn't bother about such things, as I am so well looked after. When people see the cook nnd then take a look at rae they don't see how I can escape being stepped on by the cook without his noticing it. "But I am not afraid, for I know he ia looking out for me, and that he would not step on me for anything. "Of course no one thinks he would step on me except by mistake, but I know he will not make any mistake of that sort. I know, me-ow, me-ow." "But," said Tag, "your name Isn't so very sensible, for there are big spots as well as little spots." "A spot usually Isn't so big," said Spot. "But no matter. Names mean so mt io. I have such fun, too. I go tn the coal bin and get my little white nose so dirty. "Then the cook apologizes for me, for I don't know how to very well. Ha says: 'Please excuse the kitten for being dirty, as he has1 just been In the coal bin, which he likes as a play ground.' "But he lets me go tn the coal bin, for he knows I like lt. He says I'm a cunning little brown and white kit ten." "So you are,'* said Tag. "Of course," Tag continued, 'Tm a little kitten, too, but I am of greenish grayish color. Oh, there are lots of kittens just like I nm and lots of cats, too. "But no matter, for I think lt ls s good cat ?dyle." "Fine," sahl Spot. "There's a little black kitten In this house, too. Let's get him to come and talk to us." "But no sooner had they said this than along came a little black kitten. "Here I am," sahl the black kitten. "One of my friends was 111, and I was playing with him. Yes, I tensed him by playing and making believe to bite with my little sharp teeth. "And my friend who wns 111 had boys and gh'ls sluging songs for him. And he sang, too. And I joined In the ohorns with a 'Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow.' "Ah, how they all did sing. Both the boys and the girls. Mnrllo led the singing and Mich ael sang, too-and oh, all of the rest sang. They have fine voices, and they sing with so much swing and melody and bennty." "How fine you talk," said tho other kittens. "Truo," sn ld the black kitten, "but I have some very fine friends." "Well, I belong to Mnrllo, I'm pretty fine, too," said Tag. "And M a r 11 o "All Sat Toaaxhsr.* sent n friend of his to come nnd see me," said Spot. "And I've Just been listening to bim sing," said the black kitten. "Yes, we're nice kittens, but we've nice girls and boya In this bouse-fine ones, Indeed, so we most bo nice kit tens." "Now, let us sing a little kitten song." "So the kittens all sat togotber, and they sang this song: "Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow, this la the kit tens' song. "Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow, lt will not be very long. "Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow, lots of fun, "Me-ow, mo-ow, me-ow, not of dun. "Me-ow, me-ow, take a nap, "Me-ow, mo-ow, me-ow, often In a good, soft lap. "Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow, we're patted, yee, Indeed, "Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow, and us they real ly need, "Me-ow. me-ow, me-ow, for we go about the bouse, "Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow, and catch avery little moline. "Thin ts the kittens' sonar. "You see, lt was not lea?." And then the kittens purred until they went to sleop to dream of mlos .nd milk and petting snd warmth I we havo euoh from morn till me-ow, sometimes we .J. WHICH ? A ?I* ?J? -fr ?J? ?J? rj? *l? ?J? ?|? ?J? ?J. ?I* ?I? ?J? (D. W Iliott in Easley Progress.) Two boys, born of the same per ente, brought up by th? same godly mother, attended the same Sunday school, her rd the same preacher preach, educated at the same school, left home together and both of them hired to tho same merchant in a nearby town to dork for him in his store. The older of the two joined the church and attended Sunday school regularly, never touched liquor, was very attentive to his du ties. Tho younger hoy was by far the moro talented, he made friends fast er, ho pieased his customers bettor at first, but be never attended Sun day school, he seldom attended the services at the church, and occasion ally you could smell whiskey upon his breath. He ran with the wild boys around town. The merchant could not soe how ho could dress so well and go in such stylo on the sal ary he paid him, and tho frequent uso of whiskey began to tell on bim in neglecting his duties in the store. So at the first of the second year the merchant told the young man that his'services were no longer needed. And, from bad to worse he went, and soon became a loafor on the streets, breaking his father's and mother's hearts, disgracing their good name, losing his own character, his health, his mind, and, worse than all else, his soul. The other boy continued his attendance at church. Ho was at the store late and early. Before the second year had passed he became a partner In the store and had married tho merchant's daughter. Why the' difference in these two boys? Just because one wanted to bo a man and a Christian and tho other did not. Young mon, you have your choice. Which wBl you take as your example to follow? Where to Find a Good Wife. The great evangelist, Sam Jones, once said that when he wanted a good time, when he was a worldly young man, he went to tho dance, but when ho decided to get a wife he went to the prayer meeting. The Hon. Will H. Hayos, Postmas ter General, was asked by a reporter how he happened to meet his wife, and where did you meet ber? His answer was, "At a Wednesday night prayer meeting, at Crawfordsvillo, Ind., sitting next to her father." MO?oWSIWND For Expectant Mothers DSED BY THREE GENERATIONS Barra roa BOOKLET oa MOTUIRHOOD Ma TIM BAST, ran BBAONILO a tau LATO*. Cc, Dirt. 8>D. ATLANTA, SA. Mob Lynches Negro. Texarkana, Texas, March 16. Brownie Tuttle, colored, charged with assault on an aged white wo man near Hopo, Ark., early yester day, was taken from the Hope city Jail early to-night by a mob of 300 persons and hanged at a spot about 50 feet from the Jail. Posses searched the woods all af ternoon between Hope and Washing ton, Ark., seeking the negro. The woman, who lived at Hnttles vlllo, Ark., was on her way to the homo of hor daughter a few miles out of that town. A pair of faded brown overalls, freshly bloodstained, found In Tuttle's home, was declar ed by the mob to compljto the iden tification of tho negro. "I Got Real Mad when I Loit My Setting Hen," write* Mrs. Hanna; N.J. "When I went II to our barn and found my best setter dead T not r:al mad. One package ol Rat Snap killed six big rats. Poultry raisers should uso Rat-Snap." Comes In cakes, no mixing. No smell from dead rats. Three sizes. Prices. 35c, 65c. $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Barton's Drug Store, Whit miro-Marett Hardware Co. Heavy Loss for Edisto Lumber Co. Branchville, March 17.-The Ed isto River Lumber Co, located at Embreo, four miles west of bore, sustained a heavy loss last night at ahout'lO o'clock, tho sawmill depart ment, supply house and repair shops being totally dostroyed by fire. The loss ls oxpoctod to run Into several hundred thousand dollars. Tho In surance carried on tho plant ls not known. Tho company had a largo quantity of material on hand, but all of this, with tho planing depart ment, was saved. Tho oldest police matron In tho United States, in point of service, ls Mrs. Fannie Hines, who has served in that capacMy. with tho Detroit police department, for over a quar ter of a century. Great Britain plans a groat hydro electric plant In the Severn river, to utilizo tho power of the tides. Parafin wax, under pressure of 150 tons to the square inch, becomes more rigid than soft steel. V IN THE SPRING TAKE GUDE'S PEPTO MANGAN! Restores tho Quality of Blood luid Drives Out Impurities-Builds Up tho Red Corpuscles. IMPROVES THE COMPLEXION. A standby Among Physicians for 30 Yours-In Tablets as Woll US Liquid Form. You notice complexions in tho spring. People who havo plenty of rich, red blood have lips a deep, rosy red, oyos-bright and clear. Good complexions are based on the solid foundation of good blood, with plen ty of red corpuscles. When blood becomes clogged with impurities, when tho rod corpuscles are not ab sorbing enough oxygen from the lungs and distributing it to the cells throughout the body, good complex ions fado. Not only that, but you feel tired and exhausted all the time. Your shoulders droop and you lounge around against anything handy. You lack energy because your blood is weak and thin-not enough red cor puscles. People call lt "Spring Fever." Call it what you will, it is bad blood. It weakens powers of resistance. If you feel that way you should take that exceptionally good blood tonic, "Glide's'Pepto-Mangan, for a while, lt will make rich, red blood. For thirty years lt has been a stand by among physicians. It will help you to build up this spring. All that comes from having good blood with plenty of red corpuscles will come to you. When you go to your druggist's bo sure to get the genuine Gudo's Pep to-Mangan with the name "Gude's Pepto-Mangan" on the package. Tt is sold In both liquid and tablet form. Both have the same medicinal value.-Adv. Body of Baby Found in Well. McCormick, S. C., March 16.-A j white baby boy, with a wire fastened around its neck, was found suspend ed in a well on a lot about two blocks from the depot hero to-day by some boys. No clue as to tho party or parties leaving the baby has "been found. The body was well formed and was suspended about five feet below the level of the ground. It ts evident that the baby was left short ly after it was born. The verdict of I the coroner's jury wa? that it came to its death at the hands of parties unknown and in a manner unknown. To Stop a Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALING HONEY, a cough medicine which stops the cough by healing the inflamed and irritated tissues. A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Croup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES' HEALING HONEY. The salve should bo rubbed on the chest and throat of children suffering from a Cold or Croup. Tho healing effect of Hayes' Healing Honey in side the throat combined with the healing effect of Grove's O-Pen-Trate Salva through tho pora? of the s?i? soon ?iups a cough. Both remedies are packed in one carton and tho cost of the combined treatment is 35c. Just ask your druggist for HAYES' HEALING HONEY. Quick ('all for tho Hereafter. Here is a recipe for making a "Lumber-yard Custard": Take tw cups of saw dust, four spoonsful of knot-holes, ono quart of pine shavings, two "chips off tho old block," ono pint "pine rozzum," two cups of gratod hickory bark and three pints wood alcohol. Mix and stir thoroughly with a hand-stick, set In a cool place at tho foot of tho bod until it simmers in August, go and soo your undertakor, your law yer and appoint an administrator, kiss your v/ifo good-bye, cuss out your mother-in-law, shoot tho dog, then, after eating two slices of the custard aforementioned, prepare'for tho greet beyond and meet 'your friends en t*ho ouija board. Or, if you '.".on't want to die a natrual death, why, just call In a doctor. "No; the people sho buys things from do that."-Ladles' Homo Jour nal. MRat4nnp Kills 4ft RAU" Writ?? Irria N?tWod. Peansyhraaia Ha says : "After usia* on*> larra Mfaffk wa counted 4M dead tata." RAT-SNAP Ulla 'am, drleo up tho carcass, and leave* no smell. Casu and doa*a won't touch lt. Comas in eonvenkn aiMc?k??:norabdaf; with othar food. Oat a pack*** today. Three rfsaa: 85A for kitchen cr cellar; Mo for chicken hoots or corn crib: SI.? for Barton's Drug Store, Whitmlre-Mnrott Hardware Co. -* . . Undor a pressure of 90 tons to the square inch wator can bo compressed 20 por cont in volume. ? NAVAL TROPHIES OP THE WAR. Navy Re?oives War-Craft- Yankee Tars Aboard Some of Hie Ex-Kaiser's Ships. As a sincere acknowledgment of the paramount value of the American navy's part In tho World War, and its signal performance In "guarding the road to Franco," the Allied Peace Council allotted to our sea, forces eleven German fighting craft, rang ing from dreadnaught to submarines. Witjh the American flag at the peak, and. according to customs of war, flying high above the conquered Ger man-,vwival ensign, these surrendered ships entered New York harbor. All Amerlcan crews were dispatched to Europe to bring home these great trophies. , . These ar? th? first real prises of war that have been won by the navy in our times. In tho Spanish-Ameri can war the Spanish armored cruiser "Marie Teresa" surrendered af tho battle of Santiago, but was lost at sea, and other than a few small gun boats captured at Manila Bay and in Cuban waters, tho navy had no real big prizes from tho war with Spain. The treaty of poace ended once for all the Gorman navy. Only the treachery of the German admiral robbed the Allied navies of the best of the surrendered ships, for so woll had the Gormans dono their work that the new battle cruiser "Hinden burg" could not be salvaged. Among' tho ships beached and saved was, the new scout-crulsor "Frankfurt,"wn.ich has since been allotted to the Amer ican navy and is now under our flag. Damaged by the grounding at tho Orkneys, the turbine machinery of this ship was not In working order and the Transport "Hancock" towed the German vessel across the Atlan tic. But the really big prize of our spoils of war is the dreadnaught "Ost Friesland," a handsome and comparatively modern battleship of 22,??? tons, armored with twelve 12-inch guns and a powerful second ary battery. Both the "Frankfort" and the "Ost Friesland" bore the brunt of battle and were in at the melee at Jutland. The big ship, was struck by a British torpedo, but, due to the clever way tho Germans have employed sub-dividing their hulls, the vessel managed to limp into port. The "Frankfurt" also came through the action practically scot-free, being hit only four times and sustaining , but few casualties. Throe German destroyers wore al so allotted to our nnvy Of these tho G-102 had an Interesting career. Built originally by Schlchau for Ar gentino, as the St. Louis, the Ger mans at tho outbreak of the war ap propriated her and her four sisters. This extremely fast craft took part in the North Sea potions and was one of the vessels scuttled at Scapa Flow. The other two destroyers wero also salvaged at the Orkneys, and are, as far as the machinery is con cerned, in a disabled condition. They were towed in by the American mine sweepers Rail, Red-Wing and Fal con. Six German XJ-hoats have also been delivered to us, and are now in tho navy yards under examination and study by our experts. These ves sels will undoubtedly be placed in first-class condition, and compara tive tests will bo made to determine tho relative value of the ships built by Germany and those constructed by our own experts. I/ocal Notes from New Hope. New Hope," March 16.-Special: Our farmers have their land about ready ior planting, and they havo certainly been enjoying and utiliz ing this Ano weather. Mr. and Mrs. J. Abbott, of Liberty, and Henry Elrod, of Purman Uni versity, 'Greenville^ were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. El rod Sunday. Tho many friends of Carl Brown are sorry to learn of his being con fined to his bed with pneumonia. We hope for his ?peedy recovery. Miss Jessie King is on a visit to Atlanta for a while. Mrs. E. L. Stone and son, of thc Bounty Land section, were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff D. Tollison. Mrs. Morgan ls spending soveral weeks at the home of her son, Joe Morgan. Miss Hazel Tollison entertained quito a number of yoting people at her home at a party last Saturday night, in honor of her brother, Ern est Tollison, who bas recently return ed home from tho army, having boon IP Uncle Sam's sorvlco for the past six years. Miss Pearl White, who ls teaching at tho West Union school, spent the past week-end with her parents. Paul Miller made a business trip to Anderson last Saturday. Mrs. E. P. Wood had services at hor home last Sunday afternoon by her pastor, Rev. M. J. Stansell. A largo crowd was present and several old-time songs woro sung suitable for the occasion. Mrs. Wood has boen confined to her rom for several months. Her son, Hobo Wood, is also quite sick, hoing in the hospital at Greenville. The many friends of both wish for thom early restoration to health. Olor Kelley and family, of Liberty, and Bennie Roy Kelley visited at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. John A, Kel ley recently. Mr. and Mrs. It. B. Becknell and family were recent visitors In tho home of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Moore, near Return. I Luther Volrath visited In Bickens j a few days ago. Lift Off with Fingers Doesn't hurt a blt! Drop a little "Froozono" on an aching corn, in stantly that corn stops hurting, then shortly you lift it right off with flngors. Truly! Your druggist solis a tiny bottle of "Froozono" for a few cents, sufficient to remove evory hard corn, soft corn or corn between the toos, and the calluses, without soroness or irrita tion.-adv. "But I don't like this cold boiled mutton you've served me," the new boarder objected peevsihly. "Doesn't one have any choleo here?" "Certainly," the landlady re sponded. "You have the choice of eating that or leaving it alone," The plain Quaker hat originated In the 17th century. Hts Choice. Littlo Uiver Ixicul Items. Littlo River, March 15.-Special: The health bf this community ls fairly good at present, except for a few bad colds. The farmers of our section are still enjoying the pretty fair weather and they aro making a good begin ning towards preparing the land for the crops. There ls quito a differ ence from what lt was a year ago. Mrs. Mattlo Pike and father, E. A. Perry, of Salem, were recent visitors at P. N. Bryson'8. J. S. Cantrell, of Keoweo Rivor, was visiting his father, L. R. Can trell, tho past week. ? Rev. Holcombe filled his regular appointment at Shieltzer school house Inst Sunday. There was a large at tendance, and I am sure that every ono was well repaid for being pres ent. Joe Burgess, of Jocessoe, was vis iting relatives and friends In this section tho past week. Mrs. Sarah Mooro, of Doono's Creek, was mingling among relatives and friends in this section recently. Dr. S. S. Meronoy was called to visit the littlo child of A. V. Gallo way recently. Wo hope that the lit tle ono will soon bo entirely well again. Not Even a "Comber." A man sat tn a fashionable coif feur's shop with his little daughter while his wife was having a marcel wave put In her hair. Stroking her father's gleaming head, the child suddonly piped: "No waves for you, daddy. You're all beach." DANDRUFF GOES! HAIR STOPS FALLING! Immediately after using "Dander ine" you cannot find any dandruff or falling hair, but what pleases you most it that your hair seems twice as abundant; so thick, glossy and just radiant with life and beauty. Get a 3 5-cont bottle now. Haro lots of long, heavy, beautiful hair.-adv.