JLM Jt+ *t? Jim mX+ fcta ' Jt+ ' ' 4*ta* v**-' ^^r* ^"ni . " . 4? PATERNALISM .J. ?g. (JONE MAD. .{. i OS^voyar Waahlntf?Jon, D. 0. i The late .Grover Cleveland gave (voice to a tremendous political truth twhen he declared that it 1a the duty of the people ,t?o support the govern? ment, not the duty of the- govern ment to support t'he people, in the Hirst seventy .years of our national existence thtait was the Idea that pre vailed in the administration of the Fedeial ^establishment, and it was that fact that prompted millions of mon ,to ?pring to arme and 'fight four years of bloody war to preserve the ?Union of tho'States. Had the eman cipation of the African slave been ithe sole question Involved In seces ision, not a gun would have been (fired in tho quarrel of 1861. . in earlier dn, ns Captain General, he scourged 'the people of the Nether 'I'ands In the sixteenth century. Sen ator Snioot proposes to take from Hie pockets of the American people annually ,$2,000,000,000. and thyey will never miss a cent of lt. He calls it a. sa les fax. Alva called lt the ?Alta Vila. (I spell my Spanish from memory.) i A'nd thus bur veterans of tho (World Wnr are to have a bonus cf Profits are found only in Healthy Livestock Old Reliable Mustang Liniment stops lossesby keeping stock healthy. SOOTHES while CURING No Alcohol - No Sting - No Tort ant Mustang Liniment is made of pure, healing oils. When rubbed freely into the hide, it penetrates muscle and tissue to the bone, thereby over coming the ills of cattle, hogs, sheep, mules, horses, etc. ?/y?jB Ju"a Leat?r, Jacksonville, Ga. *J**jrt> T,i used your Mexican Liniment on a cow of mino that was suffering from n caked udder. She was relieved In 1 day from suffering and completely cured in about 6 to 6 days." John H. Fisher, New Berne, N.C.-"Our delivery horse was so badly stove up in his fore leg and shoulder that we could not use him. fly using Mexican Mustang Liniment on him he was completely cured and re stored to the best of condition," PRICE* WITH 2Sc TRIAL BOTTLE * I\E?l-4 _p eolid brass "Put-and Take" TODDLL TOP. Latest craze-get one! Send 25 cento In stamps or coln for Trial Bottle (Household Size) Mustang Lin? Iment and get Todd lc Top. absoluttty fret. Lyon Mfg. Co., 41 So. Fifth St., B'klyn, N.Y. 25c-SOc-$ 1 .OO Sold by Drug and General Store* "Th? Good Old Standby Since 1848'* MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT (billions1'without coat to our favored | ?people, who are to eat the eake and have lt. fpf course, every true Amur leah ia the friend tof the .soldier Empathizes with Wm,"hoa?xs niin, (glories lix hun, is .anxiousv,that he shall have -the earth and the fatness (thereof. But thia bonus that it is (proposed -to bete tow on- him is far (more likely 'to prove a curse than a Iblesslng. Nobody knows what U Would COM. .The lowest estimate is \$2,0O0.,OO0,O00, and someplace lt at ($6,000,000,000. It means enormous (increase of taxation, already oner ous and odious, which means hard ship-Which, in ,turn, means unrest, which means more unemployment 'Which means another bonus. t,': lAifter our Civil War knavish dem iagogy, practiced by both parties and 'masquerading as the national grati tude, voted billions io the Federal Soldiers in the way of pensions, and .yeta quarter of a century after that I (war closed the average rebel was In as good a fix as #the average Yan Ox.ee. And t'o-day the descendant of the Confederate soldier is as pros perous as the descendant of tho .Federal soldier. Ono had his pen sion; the other took a Armer grip on self-reliance and Illustrated the text, "'He needs must -go that the devil drives." . ?Mr. Editor, -when our government 'dies it will not be the victim of stu v i Tidily in Congress, immense aa ls ? ?the store of folly Congress . keeps ? ?constantly in stock. The nation will j 'owe its death to the .moral coward tee of Congress, that would trans-j Ifornt and deform eveVy American (citizen with a .ballot into a Prne dorian such as once sold tho imper ial purple of 'Rome at public nuc itfon. i Tho American Empire, of which (Warren G. Harding ls President, is too moro like the 'American Republic Of .which Franklin Pierce-was Presi dent than ,wa's the Rome of which ?Nero was monster like the Rome of the Brutus who vanished .Tarquin. .If paternalism at Washington is not checked, there ls (going tb be a great ?smash. DYED HER STOCKINGS AND SKIRT TO MATCH. Every "(Diamond Dyes" package tells how to dye or tint any worn, faded garment or drapery a new, rich color that will not streak, spot, fade or run. Perfect home dyeing ls guar anteed with Diamond Dyes even If you have never dyed before. Just tell your druggist whether the material you wish to dye is wool or silk, or whether it ls linen, cotton or mixed goods. For fifty-one year?'millions of wont eil have been using "Diamond i byos*' to add years of wear to their I old. shabby waists, skirts, dressus, I coats, sweaters, stockings, draperies, hangings, everything!-adv. THE RULING PASSION. (New York, Evening Mall.) He owned a handsome touring car, To ride in lt was heaven; Hlo ran across some broken glass Bill $14.97. die took some friends out for a ride, 'Twas go'od to he alive The carburetor threw a flt Bill $20.75. IHo started on A Utile tour, The finest sort of fun. il-lo stopped too quick and stripped his gears Bill $90.51. 'Ho took his wife down-town to shop, To save carfare was great; He Jammed Into one lamp-post Bill $268. 'Ho spent lablout all that he had, And then In anguish cried: ?."I'll put a mortgage on the house And tnko just one moro ride." Truck and Auto Como to Grief. (Farm and Factory.) iA Ford truck driven by Bill Aus tin came into contact with a man hole in the streot on East End Mon day morning. There were sovoral workmen on tho truck at tho timo, but nono of thom was Injured. Tho samo projection came near wreck ing the car belonging to M. C. Long, Walhalla attorney, ono day recently. Tho transmission box was damaged and Mr. Long was unable to continuo his journey. -it0tf lol Deficient; Must Resign, Annapolis, Md., Feh.'9.-Ono hun dred and four midshipmen wore found deficient In their studies ns a result of tho semi-nnnunl examina tions at the naval academy, Just completed, and will bo oompelled to resign, lt was loamed to-?lay. Eighty eight of tho delinquents woro mem bers of tho "-plebe" or fourth class, 12 were In tho third class and four in Mie second class. Tho number of failures is about normal. Tho framowork of a ship resem bles Ute skoleton of a herring. Tho disenso of pellagra, caused from d?fleiont diet, is on tho in orease In tho Southern States. . .J* * 4? 4? 4? * 4"# * n? -i- . ^V>WHAT UECOMKS OF THE ?|. .g. LEAD PENCILS ? .J. .{?.?..$..{. 4* *2* *S* *i* *S* *i* *2* *$* .('Washington Letter.) ?Where de all the load pone ila come from, and where do they go? (Although almost everybody has one, many folks never buy one, but even so, more than 7 5 0,000,00 0 are man ufactured for use in tho United (States every year, using up many thousands of cords of wood. Hut, woods suitable for lead pen cils are becoming scarcer and many manufacturers are turning to paper exclusively. 'Red cedar and red Ju niper, says the American Forestry .Association, are the woods chiefly used In making lead pencils. A hunt .is on for other kinds of wood that will take the place of th?fce. In East Africa a kind of cedar has been found with which experiments aro being made. The production in tho United States is about 80,000 cases of pencil slats per year. From each case 100 gr OHS of pencils is mudo. This result's In about one billion pencils of American-grown cedar. Since one-fourth of this number is sent to foreign countries, that loaves 750,000,000 pencils for . tho home market, which means an averago of seven pehtells por person, figuring on the last census. A? far back as history goes, man has tried to make things to mark with and to set dh wu his thoughts. Tho Aztecs and tho Pharaoh? had crude marking devices. As early as 1750 Kalin, a Swedish naturalist, made experiments with American ce dar. In 1812 William Monroe made 500 pencils nt Concord and sold theta in Boston, but tho war stopped his plans. In 1861 Eherhard Faber bogan making pencils on a largo scale in this country." The graphite which makes the mark ls, of course, the Important part In the manufacture of the pen cil. Ceylon has furnished minc h of the graphite used in this country. Graphite is also found in Madagas car and in Mexico. Czechoslovak ia contains deposits of both the am phorous and crystallne graphite. In the United States the chief deposits are in Alabama, New York and in Pennsylvania, NAVY YARD WORKERS LAID OFF As Ono of First Effects of Lian?tn tlon of Armnmlemt Trea.ty. Washington, Fob. !).-Tho first ef fects ot' the armament conference on the employment situation were folio to-day, when several thousanti me chanlds and arbfticers in navy yards were temporarily laid off after Sec retary Denby had ordered suspended all ordnance work designed for na val vessels slated for "scrapping" under tho naval limitations treaty. Tile instruction's were issued in line with President Harding's order of yesterday Suspending work on the vessels un ti er construction affected by the treaty. The navy yards af fected are those at Washington and Philadelphia, Norfolk, Maro Island, (Cal.,) and possibly Boston. The ordnance plant at South Charleston, W. Va., was also effected similarly. While thede instructions were ho ing senJt out President Harding was receiving the report of the American arms delegation, together with the treaties growing out of the confer ence. After receiving these docu ments from Secretary Hughes, the President had the four delegates as luncheon guests at tho White (House. The President has not decided yet whether ho will deliver to the Sen ate the trea'tlds in person, lt waB said to-day. - , Says Farewell to Forcigujors. .Earlier In1 the day tho President received the farewells of the last of tho arms conference delegates, see ing In turn Admiral Baron Kato and Vico Foreign Minister llnnihara, of libe Japanese delegation; Johnkheer F. Beelaerts Von BInklnnd and John kheer W. II. DeiDeaufort, of tho Netherlands; Albert Sarraut, of tho French delegation, and the three Chinese delegates, Wellington Koo, minister to London, Chief Justice Wang, ' of tho Chineso Supreme Court, and Minister Szo, Chineso en voy to Washington. . Secretary Donby's suspension or der was made public to-day after 1,500 of the employees at tho Wash ington navy yard, upon reporting (for work, were given "temporary furloughs" without pay. Mosit of them wero mechanics. Capt. A. L. Willard, director of navy yards, es timated that nearly 4,000 civilian mechanics and artlflcors in navy yards would be laid off. Approxi mately six hundred each,lt was said, Would bo affocted at the New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk and Maro Tslan'd yards. Tn addition, it is ex pected that tho order will affect men employed on construction on tho battleships and battle cruisers In priva to yards. GOOD HEALTH OF CHILDREN f ROM RICH BLOOD ll KAI/rn, OTRBgGTH AND VIGOlt j BUILT UP BY GVDK'H PEPTO - MANGAN. You seo one child strong and ro ' bust, another child pale and thin. ! Onie eats practically. the same food ' and takos the same exercise as the , other. What ie the difference? Near ly always lt's a difference in tho ' quality of the blood. Tho strong child lins rich, red blood, and plenty of it. You love to see him eat so heartily. If your child Is thin and weak, give him Gudo's Pepton.Man gan to build up the blood and see the difference between a sickly, un happy childhood and a bouncing, ' healthy childhood, j Oet Ott do's Pepto-Mnngnn at your ! druggist 's. In liquid or tablet form. Be sure It's Hie genuine.-adv. IT IS UM.AYFUL TO CIRCULATE ; False Bvywi'is with Intent to Injure Alix Balking I nst Mu (.lon. ! Columbia, Fob. 9.-The act pi'o j'Mbltihg :in> person in tho State cir culating mise reports, with intent to injure any banking institution in South Carolina has'been a law si noe i Feb.3, ?when lt was approved by tlov ernor Cooper. The act carries a pen j alty of nom f 100 to $500 In lines' ' or invpi i.-onment of ono year, or both, in the discretion 0f the trial judge. j Tho South Carolina Bankers* As sociation will offer a liberal reward : for the conviction of any person ut tering or circulating such reports. "Thai any person Who shall false ly and wi Kully i and with intent to Injure," Bay? the aot, "circulate any report, or make any false statement as to tho i--tots or liabilities of any bank in .South Carolina, or to its sol vency or .* tilllty to meet Its* obliga tions, ?or as to Us soundness, or who a h it'll muk<> any other false state ment, cn Icu lated, to affect the credit ? or standing of jsaid bank, or to cast suspicion upon its solvency, sou nd 'noss or ability to weet its doposits or olney obligations in duo course, ?hall "Ifty'deemed guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall b Imagines nothing except I facts. That's what mndo our west keeping Ita feet on the ground. Subsoribe for The Courier. (Beat) ?CASH MILLS HAVE BEEX ?OLD. ?Forclv*sor will ?JMrt Hiern Running ' M' Once-.Paid $300,000. (Gaffney, Feb. 8.-The CaBh Cotton j (Milla, loca ted in thia city, completed j , about ono year ago, bivt never oper*-' J n?ed because of receivership pro ceedings, were sold at legal sale here Monday, belngjbtd in by CM. Smith, rpreBictent of the VMerctyaAts' and I ?Planters' National .Bank of Cuff noy, for $300,000. This was the mtrii I mum price as set by the court ina recen't wrder handed down by Judge ?John S. Wilson1 directing tb o ?salo. . iFolQowlng the conclusion of tho tonie Mr. Smith stated that he rep resented only himself In the trans notion and that he planned to begin operation of the textile plant within the Immediate futur/. The bid submitted by *he Gaffney banker Was the only ono completed, ^although two other prospective -pur chasers-(Alfred L. Moore, a well known cotton mill owner, and Lewis .W. Parker, a Sp.ir'tanb?rg attorney liad compiled with the court order >and had posted bonds of $10,OQO each, |but they fulled to complote their bids. . With E. H. Cash a's president, tho IC ash Ali ll organized about tw'o years ago, but owing to the purchase of .raw cotton when the market was fit the peak, it is said that the mill ?found itself tn? financial difficulties before .it wail ever ready lo operate, ! and when the plant was completed i .and thc machinery installed some Ott tho creditors applied to the court for a receiver, with the result that 'Dr. W. C. Heinrick, president of tho 'Musgrove ,Mill and .also of tho Lime stone Mill, was appointed to act In that capacity. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot roach the diseased portion of the ear. Catarrhal Deafness requires v conotltu tional treatment. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE) ls a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an In flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube ls Inflamed you have a rumbling: sound or Imperfect hearing, and when it ls entire ly closed Deafness Is the result. Unless the inflammation can be reduced, your hearing may be destroyed forever. HALI/B CATARRH MEDICINE sots through the blood on the mucous. sur faces of the system, thus reducing the in flammation and restoring normal condi tions. Circulars free. All Druggists. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. TO HK DI II Ll) TOXAWAY DAM. Will Ile SuitlcUnil Kl renell to With stand Any Flojod in Futuro. (Oreon'wood Piedmont.) Erection of a concrete dam ut Lake Toxaway to replace the one washed away in(1910 will be started between March 1 and April 1, ac cording to a representativo of the owners, who was here to-day, and who visited the Chamber of Com mence. Plans aro nOw being com pleted for the project, and call for a dam 55 feet high, 200 feet long, 50 feet thick at the base, ton feet thick at the top, and to cost around $150,000. Will Resist Floods. , The former dam was of dirt, and it is expected that the masonry used i in the new project will Insure pro- j tectlon1 against any future washing away of the land. The new dam will be of the same shape as the only ono In North Carolina to withstand the floods of 10-16. lt will require about, six months to complote the project, but work of niling tho lake will start as soon ns a small section is completed, and H is hoped to have the resort ready ior a formal opening on July 1, equal to tho attractions offered at tho mountain and lake resort pre vious to tho heavy (floods. Tho Tox away dam withstood ?tho main part of tho floods, ?nd gave way about 30 days after tho other washouts in this section. Tho highway from the 'Henderson county lino to tho Jackson county lino will puss tho resort, and lt te planned to have the highway cross tho Toxaway river on Uio top of tho dam by building a concrete bridge. Develop Waiter Pojivor. Engineers Interested In the resto ration of Lake Toxaway are also lmprossod with the undovolOped wa ter power In that section', and claim that tho ultimate ?end of tho restor ing of tho lake will mean that tho water power Will be utilized. Pro vision ls being mado In tho now dam for linking water out for power pur poses, lt ls asserted that tho total generation from Toxaway and Horse Pasturo rivers, Indian ?nd Boar Wallow crooks will be approximate ly 4 0,000 horse-power. iA Pall of 1,900 foot In a distanco of flvo miles will insure excellent generation, en gineers assert. It is declared that lt wjill require tho expenditure of at least $1,000,000 bo develop the wa ter powor. ? It ls said that a well-built chim ney, 100 foot high, will sway from throe to four Inches in a high wind without danger of fatting. " WRINKLED MOWAT " SUCCUMBS To Phcum<$ii?|-NOted Chippewa ls Said to H-Vvo lkKm ?8*. Ca BB Lake, Minii., Pol). 9.--(Fune ral arrangements were ?to ne com pleted to-day for Qa-13o-Ntoh-'Gown Won co, (Wrinkled Moat,) Chippewa Indian, said to havo been 137 years odd, who died on the floOr-of his cahln here yesterday . f pneumonia, contending to tho laot that a bed was no place ror ,a husky warrior to v^rr. ?por K>9 voao of his life he waB* mavrlod, having had eight wives. -Tho only survivor, however, is Tom Smith, step-son, at whose home he died. It Is declared to bo reasonably au thentic that the Indian Oa-Be-Nah iGewnWWonce iwas about 137 years old. The Unitod ?taten Bureau of in dian Affairs, the American ?conic ?nd Historic 'Preservation Society and various other historical socie ties that have intorosted themselves in this famous aboriglnee In faot, bad been led to accept the claim of .Ga-Be-JNah-JGewn-AVonce and his fel low Indians on the Minnesota reser-" vallon that, ho wa? tho "oldest living person in tho .world/' Ga-?lle-