Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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h Thedford’s^ Black-Draught, Says Kentucky Lady, Is Excellent For Breaking Up a . . . Cold. (Copyright, hy \tY«*»*rn N^wsunp^r t’nlfn ) Why this American Grandmother Gets Passport lesson for may 25. ' i his lived kero many years, suy&: "I ose Black-Draught as a laxntlvcj It Is splendid for breaking up oqjds. j irhve used It fora bail void and tightness in the chest. One cup of good warm tea made from Black-Draught I found most helpful,' It makes the liver act and * fives almost fnstarn relief: This spring iny little daughter began ■ having chills, the hard, shaking kind.- After the chills her fever would rise and her head would ache. We are a good ways from the doctor.'so I Just began giving her good d<>ses of Black- Draught and It cured her. She is in good health, has a good color, and her appetite Is all right. So of course we consider Black-Draught as unsurpassed for a family medicine." Don’t wait until you have headache sick stomach. Indigestion, or other dis- ■ agreeable symptoms, but take an occa sional dose of Black-Draught to help keep your system free from poison, yonr body In good health. Made from purely vegetable Ingredi ents. Black-Draught acts in a gentle, natural way. and has no bad after effects. It may .be safely taken by joung and old. Try Thedford’s Black-'Draught.—Adv. W -' ,i 4-5. ' f* ■ ’ • ’ • wh ! I U7 ASl11\(JTON - The state dejlTurtnieirt Is still sitting mrjhri piissport lid, a iand *tifc; American wjh<> goes overseas these days irfusf have-real business Jlutj Mrs. Adeline IVngpor. a little old v. uman' »>f Bellatre, O',-is going to Friniec. Her story,- at first mibelieyedf --*»'•\ ha vest I gated!j»n>] ftmnrrTo be . 6 a trjie in Avery particular.* ~ r ~' r ~r ), Si-3 <^ v , When tin* ur.r broke out Mrs. AVUigncr's -oiit- .son Joined* tin* French REPENTANCE. Jonah 3:1-10;. Luke 13: V , \ ■ . .■iiid t>e- I, kssVi N“"rtrxT& i-A; A eta 2:37; 8X ' f;Ml.Di:.N TKXT Repent ye, liev<- the (jospel.— Mark T:T3. : ■ ADJilTiOXAl MATKKlA1/—Isaiah 1:10- 20; Luke .3:1.-14; Acta 17:30, 31. 2 Cor. 7:3-11; 2 Peter 3:3. • ' vjl •' army ns a private injheOlio Hundred (Slid *T*oH-y'-elgIith Infantry regiment! His wife and two children were in Bel gium and saw their village full into the hands of the Hermans. The husband was killed in action on,the Somme, and his widow com mitted a crAjne. .She gave a French soldier a drink of water. She and her son were hustled "off to tj»e village square where a dozen or more villagers ‘Were awaiting death. „ Hhastly limrmr actuated one of pie Herman officers when lie saw tlie widow and her hoy, a youth of twelve. He bunded the youngster a rifle and explained to him that both he and his mother would, he saved -fioin punish ment If he killed-one of the helpless villagers before them. He tlir.tst tin* rifle Into the, hoy’s hands. “When 1 com# three," he explained, “you fire—and you kill." Then he counted. - - - A shot rang out. The boy had wheeled about nhd fired at the hulking form In gray The Herman officer was dead. In an Instant the lat+er’s com panions had killed both the mother and son. The baby girl, then six months gld, was not held culpable .by the Hermans and she escaped. The grandmother today thinks neighbors have cared for her and she wants the child. • She will ajso.search for three graves Is It any wonder that the atute.department granted a passport to th'a grandmother? Furtive. JUNIOR TO Lire veh Repent'. INTBUMKBiATK From Sin to HotJ SENIOR ANJ) A DUET TOPIC—T h « Nature'and Fruit of Repentance r ASTORIA ia a harmless substitute)' for CaatoF Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant It contains neither )pium, Morphine hor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guar* ante®. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverish ness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. •*: ./ . The Kind You Have Always Bought, and Which has been in use for over SO years, has bome the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and “Just-aa-Good” are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infanta and Children—Experience against Experiment. > Genuine Cantoris always bears ttie-signature of mmmmmmmmmamm -The Pewpte of _NJji$- ~ 1 -T 0-P I C — Turning Tuition Will Be Free. . ' ..... A ■ . . "Site says < slie\s going to give sing ing lessons." “She’d-have to. . No- body'd ever pTry" t TR r r~!’or them.” At Half Rates. Several years ago, when l wus dep uty recorder of an Illinois county. I witnessed the wedding of a prosperous young’farmer. . r ’I lie eeretnoiiy’ was fierfoniP'd by TfiW " county JuVTl*s*. whose customary fee whs $2; however, in cases where the bridegroom happened to !»*» well-to-do,, the old judge .ipade no charge, leafing the size of the fee up to him. arid. In such Ipstanees; usually received a $5 or $10 hill. So In this ease, when asked It 1 -« fee, the Judge said, “Well. I always leave that to the bridegroom." So the young man handed hint a sealed envelope and departed with hi® bride. After the couple were well on their way home the judge, .feeling sure of having received.* good-sized fee, care fully tore open the envelope. It con tained a neatly folded $1 bill.—Chi cago Tribune. — In i Way. "Dick tells me he h is g ine Into the movies." “So he has. He's bought a big furniture van." The nearest approach to a ball-bear 1ng watch Is the sign where It Is oc casionally kept In storage. Th* iwrfativ# profv-rtt*** »f Wrt*hc» ta-1l«a IMIts »r>- *h<* s-e-irsl r-*uTt -of th*lr tonic action H<*nee they ar» th-* ql-**) Spring medicine —®dv . - - Farmers Want Soldier Sons, ami* Want Them Now T DK farmers of the countryare up In nrms over the refusal of the war tie part meat to release from tie* army camps thousands of soldiers desperately needed to plant the crop$ tills spring. Senators and representatives have been ini’minted with .nppenKTur relief from ■the n^fiinltuml serf tons-in wbirti rhr- shortnge of farm labor is so acute a* to threaten a diminution of foo»| crop, and tin* secret a ryptf war is being Im»io horded by the xHttv-*m**n Altogi-litf^ a 'howdiiuji between the fanners and the war department appear imminent. In a vigorous letter to Acting Sec retary of War t’rowelI. Representative Frank I,. Smith ;>.* Illinois-has voiced tlie demands <*f tin* farmers and their lack of cnmprehcnslop of a demobiMzu- tlon system ".men ieteases itiousands of in**t» without Jobs whom the govern ment is expending hundreds of thousands of dollars to aid Iti procuring employment, while retaining in the service thousands of farm hands clamoring to he discharged In order to return to the Jobs welting for them. 1 hi* war department hat contended’that only ItidisiHMisahle soldiers were being retained In the service and that the war emergency Is not ended. Ofl'imal utterances have broadly Intimated tbuL us a tnrge army is .still necessary to back up the president In forcing the‘enemy to conclude n satisfactory |n>hiv, It Is little short of unpatriotic If not disloyal to demand discharges so tinnier, ous us to weaken our forees under arms. i ’ — 1 he farmers retort that the force® would not be weakened if men returned from overseas without Jo|»s in sight .were assigned to an$>y rumps to-replies* the farm hands. Each case Is a desperately urgent case at this time, because If a farm is not planted soon It must lie idle. ' S "Plus War Tax” Now in Shopkeepers’ Vocabulary v- Sometimes an As it Is pasted. eye la not as black «pd Ll N war tax has been added to the vocabulary of the sales pers-m In Avoid Trouble a< Teething Time by giving baby WINSLOW'S SYRUP lb Uun' w4 CkUni’t (UaiU-'jr By ‘'causmg the stomach to digest food as it should, keeping the bowels open and by giving baby less food, the first teeth never cause trouble. Contains no harmful ingredient® —formula onevery bottle. Use it and note how easy and comfort able baby is when teeth come. At mil dmgfittt. STAR RUBBER CO., Inc. Non-Skid f Ribbed Security Cord Type Tread T read AITO TIKKS ^ ** Ol'ARANTKEl) 5.00'' MtLHS List Sul* tilt*.' #•!* S!i* 1'ilc*. I'rlc* .Sir.* Pr.c* t *ri*. •* 30x3 f i ' * ||7 i' <r->v S0x^ V* lt.it 16.IV 33x4 It l 3?x5«-M<4 itp s 31x4 i-36 65 XY6.Y 35x1 H 35 65 ,1S M New ljtl» fr»«h tlr*x In urttflnal wr;dj> p*r» •- riatly numb-rnl and t.ortatwr*'! 'n *vVry r**p*ct tin- tlr* A;>r * tiich 'he flvtl tl«t prlc-- hn n,'»n up ' r tbl« Wr »tvr>d “rurk of our rtar ante* of 5,Mf-w4«x. Our policy <>a «d juxttnrntp I* broad. Ubrrftl and Invari ably aatlafactory ■' Term a. C. O. D WITH PRIVILEGE OF EXAMINATION* or »a . 4uc*iti*nt WE PRE^PVT E\PRi:s- CRAROE9 W’HEN AM'M’NY !N K ACCOM Pa NIBS OftDKR - Writ- at onc» .HTA'I RI ITBER CO.. INC. |«J7th Ft. and Br«adwsr. Nrw V ork fit' and nFiifth wui'lics. ‘women an<J mlstf.es" garments.-^.^il’he Id per lunt luxury fax to help j defray the expenses of the recent excursion to Europe v\ent into effecfl May l. Lingerie alone is exempt' from J he levy. Based on the miiiiiiium taxable | values, milady's outfit on a summer day will represent a tax of $.*>..’to on a $.VI wardrobe,- not Including -Jewelry, as she will be seen Sundays.-holidijv®, and matinee da; s. In brief, it w ill cost a woman 10 per cent more to dress, tip with the luxury tax plastered on. And .‘I per cent more to "make up.” The .T per cent tax is placed on toilet soaps, perfumes, essences, ex- traets, toilet waiters, cosmetics, hair oils, jHHnftdcs^ hair dressings, hair n*>^ot;atlvcs, tooth dentifrices, aromatic caclmus, and pedroleufu products. /■ _ ftro weartTTg apparel tnic strt rtsoft -silk-st^'k mg**- -ov**c-?- shoes for which $J0 or more is paid: bats, .<L">; pettitmms and waists, $lo; paianias, S's^and tin' acct'ssories include fans, $1 ; utir-tsols, .<1. ami vanity ca-os, $25. There is a 10 per cent tax on things to Wear made of fur. hide, or pelt:—‘Franks selling jit $.'.(> come under the tax. As to hats, the government seems to realize the neressity of a good bat for a’woman. Men are taxed for their tnjtfinery on anything liver $5,, while women may spend as high ns $fo wirluyitl being hit. Toilet articles, however, are~ta\ed 1 cent for each 25 cents op^fruction thensof. 7 Fersons with deformed feet, whose shoes have to he made e^iecitillv for them, mav go over the $10 rnarJPAvlthtmt penalty. { As a matter of fil'd, tbp^tux is sq small thatjjwhile In the’aggregate it will m.-aa fiiuch to the gmernment, it will not burden the Individual verv IteaivBr: 1 ' — ‘ •'"'X ■* * * . - ■ / J— Million Hatties Needed; Uncle Sam Quits Building 0 I. The Repentance of the People of Nineveh (.’IH-10). Tiie following ‘ steps are noted In their eon.verslou: 1. Hearing the Word of the Lord (ry. 1-4). The Lord cojumanded Jonah to go to Nineveh, a great and wicked city, and there “preach the preaching" that he bade him. Jonah’s runaway experi ence (see chapters 1, 2) w as such .that he was willing to obey Hod. His chastisement was severe, but by God’® grille he was- now ready-to execuTe the 'commission: “Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh according- to the word of the Lord* (v. So great was the Jcity of Nineveh that It required three days to compass It; that is. to visit Its very centers of .activity.* i Jonah, ’com ing from Palestine, doubtless entered the city from the south; and durirtg an entire day golni front center jo (-en ter cried, “Vet forty day* and Nineveh shall he overthrown” (v. 4"): Since the king's palace seem> to have been in the strttth part'of rtrr "ctn 'Jofialfs Tiic^sage~ynmrTountt tre wirr nrtinn. If every preaelier would preach what H»*d bids him there would he more 1 cities turning to Hod. 2. Believing Hod (v. 5). They not only believed H ",! would vlxit judgtliollt Upon them, hut ttcliexed In i'umI, and put th^ir tftM in him for tnerev and salvation. 5. Hcpcnte<l (vv, M»). Their penitence wn< shown in (1) priM'laiining a fast and putting on sat'k- rloth (vv. 5-7). The>e marks of hu miliation were shown by all, from tin* king on his throne to tin* most humble man. (2) Cried mightily t(» Hod (v. n). In the midst of their huuullatiJvn they cried with intensity* to Hod. (A) Turned from their evil ways (v. S). The final test of-.pentfeftee is turning from sin : It is hating sin badly enough to <puit it. 4. Accepted by Hod (v. fo). When the Nincvites turned from their evils b • H«m1 refraine<l from executing doom upon them. It averted Jiidgtiietrrr Ho<i Is unchangeable. His. holy nature is unalterably opposed to sin. Whet) then repent . t£om_ their sins his wri^li la turned aside. This is what is uieuift hy H»mI repenting. / II. The Necesaity of Repentance (I.like 1.4:1-5), _ Repentance is necessary on the part of all. since all are (Fintiers. “The wages of sin Is dejf'th" (Rom. t»:2."). While Him! is uocltecahly oppos«s| to sin he is inrtnjteiy grae*lou4. His holy nature compels him to cause judgment to fall tifMUi those who will imp turn from /tlieir sins to serve him. TL\- tnee Is-Hot merely a matrm- of cge. hilt of absolute mafssi tv v it on** would escape the'w rat-p"of Hod. Authorities' differ us to whether a poker room should be classed as an ante room or drawing room. Rely On Cuticura For Skin Troubles All drugfflita i Soap 23, 01 ntmont 25 A 60. Talcum 26. Sample each free of "Catltara. Dep*. B. Be*toa " ' There is nothing" more idiotic than the smile of a pretty girl—when di rected toward some other fellow. -When a man begins to discuss 'mat rimony with a widow the result U usually.a tie. WHEN BUYING ASPIRIN ALWAYS SAY "BAYER” Ask for “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin’* in a Bayer package—marked with “BaYP.it Cross.’’ * Don’t buy Aspirin tablets in a pill box.- Insist on getting the Bayer puck- age with the safety “Bayer Cross" on both package and on tablets. No other w’uy T - " r ” —you muat »®y “Bayer."—NVver u*k - for merely Aspirin tablets. Th** name “Bayer" means you are getting the genuine “Bayer Tablets *f Aspirin." proven safe hy millions of people. Beware of cpunterfeiT*! Only re cently a Brooklyn manuffceturer was sent to the penitentiary for flooding the country with talcum- powder tab lets, which he'"claimed to he Aspirin. In the Bayer package are proper di rections and .the dose for Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Kheu- * mutism. LutuJiugo. ’ Sciatica, Cold*, f irippe, Influ*mzal-Colds,' Neuritis and pjffi generally. - , “Bay**r Tablets of Asi»irin." Ameri can made and owned, are sold in vest > f % pocket boxes of 12 tablets, which cost only a few cents, also in bottles of 24 and bottle* of l'NVp-also capsules. Aspirin is the tra'Jj* mark of Bayer Manufacture of M moacetlcaclilestet, of SalLcyHcaehl. . . \ Danger in Abbreviation. Even the KcluM»l nurse has h**r ftin. In a talk before the central philan thropic council the ofher day. Miss Helen R. Stewart, of tin 1 hoard of health -trrM~of ~o~ne~ little boy who, after he had been examined by the nurse, went to the teacher In tears, complaining that the nurse culled bin) names. When the tearlier expressed her surprise, the boy sought to prove his case by "handing her the card tin* nurse had^given to him as her rccofd of the r examination. “Look at that!" he cried. "Poor nut/’ read the card. “Poor nutrition," explained th** teacher, fhrrrlty srendlngihe (diild away with a better opinion of the nurse.— | Dalit® News. * c : ♦- -. Information Needs Confirmation. /“old I»ors*},v Dudgeon prid**’* him self nti knowing wlit'ri' tin* conflagra tion is as soon as he hears tin* fire- hell ring." related the landlord of the Petunia tavern. “By tin* time half n 'dozen whangs have ehang-d In* has scrabbled Into u garment or two and Is out on hli front porch, hollering t« the p**<*ple running by just where h7 know* the tire is." “lie should !»*• of cotistdernhle as- 'i-’amv to tin* volunteer firemen and others in sending them in tin* proper direction,” <•lament,*d the interest***! gtn*st, “Eli-yahl He would h** If he didn’t rune tiun*s out of ten know it wrong.” Kansas City Star.—- Vop Tirpitz a Pauper. . ' The Tribune d«* Hnneve Is inf«»rmed that Hrajid Admiral von Tirpitz is staying at Wlldegg. Switzerland, as the guest of LieutVCohmel Will**, son o^ the, former < r ommand**r-in-chief_*»f the^Swiss army. ‘Tirpitz lias lost all his fortune. His si*i is ® clerk in it hank at Zurich, and his daughter is a governessrht-a Zurich family. Repentance is the only door o( esenne , To avdfd paying tin* Herman .war married three or four times is ‘led to NK niiUop ne\y hpip-esj)«d apiiijtnvnis are needed ihronghoYif the ciiuhtry. _ tli*> < lep.ii ri me in of-labor Vst-itniH‘‘s. The war caused such a slnckeinn,g of U-the-!»u*hl.;.ug itidimlry in everything exc**pt whr es's(*n»ials that the demand for homes is how the 'greatest in t lit.* h s- tor.v of the country.': R**lnnis have )*e**tv *o<*oiv*‘<l fr**m sev«*eaf iom*tr**<L*> lorjilfties and in r*r»*ry one of them. * \ friua perdition. It is not a question of how great a sinjt»*r on.** is that *1**- tKrmities the n****d for-repcntaiice. since Hod cannot look' upon evil: “For thou ! --aXL-uilquirur Aye® than jfo^'ehold evil, j and canst not look upon iniquity” (Huh. l-l.’t). \n one can **v«’*r see him In "e:icc Ulllyss he tUI IlS fCOtl) hi* >il|S. ) <!"d command* men to repent (Act* 17:30).* f III. The Blessed Rest Its of Repen tance (Acts 2 :.'l7.:iS). c, 1. Remission of sins. Remit means t<r send away. Th*** one who repents Is rid forever of his sins, for he is a new man in Christ. 2. Hitt of flit* Uol.v Spirit. When one I s rcgeneruleii he not on I v Is rid of his sins, hut -Xlod t the Holy spirit, takes up his alxahx in him. He is hfs teacher, guide ami defender. Tfte.se blessed results ought to prove one to repent. The goodness of Hod ought to provoke men to pvnirenee. tax of 1913 Tirpitz invested hU~Lu0ney in Itulian securities, wifti the result that he is now penniless. What a patriot! Qiossing Over thle Fact®. 1 *Pa. w hnt is-fi •'tiptrcTTTtsai r * "I'll h.iv«r to explain that by 5 giving von an example, son." t “Ye® I»’' a “Th** dictionary says n euphemism is ‘a tigur* 1 *>f ■q>ee<*h by which a word ■»r phrase more agreeable or less offen sive i- substi11jff for on** more ac curately «‘\pr*‘>~i ve-of wlutf-ls meant,’ as in tin* ease of the society reporter who states that a widow who has been the altar 'by a wealthy old codger who never had the slightest notion of get ting married until he faqed the pegach- er,"—Ilirumigliam Age Herald. .k. li^h --c building under -wav at one** ©niULlItaic c«'pt ■ a", few w Imt*; houses‘’were built by tin* government for war iiem|.s>a slant; 'age-uLJftmsjng is n'portcd . New \’ork ci-iy shows tin* greatest n*'e*T of holts “trig. Khcltpjr for 75.1HN) faniflies- heiiTg m-edeil. In Philadelphia 25.<H>i nr»* needed. I\\4rolt*"s figure is.30.tMto. i Efforts are~^n*ing niatle by tin* de‘- if!irtin*‘iit to get fliis vast amount *»f To a-Tsist Iri homo 'huildifig the_ln'h**r department plans to the nex* congress to cstnttlMi a system (\f 'home loan hanks to | Wl)I Ifihney tor building homes, Just as the farirT jfiaxi Tranks now I»iu» piouex i T on lands. ’ -- * . • •“'71 -. . - . , j*.. ■ — 1 A tentative draft nfl n bill provides that the hpme loan hanks shall he formed out of th.* now private home, loan: ami building Rssociainms' - i On the other hitttil. kou^s-tif artistic appearance and g***xl tuaterlal, having ; | every .ynveti'epce, rah he built at e*s*ts which have prev»Hed during and Fh*ce | th«_w«r. f**r amounts Varying from $2.ntNi to $5,t««t each. This, lu^s l H -n j proved hjr t.h® l’«tt«**| Stati-s HousIng rorporatlon. which built during'the w ir i j ui®uy th*\Hs«nd ®u« h htmar®. It w<*rk was Interrupted by tin* armirftlce. ami If j I® BOW .*ng:tged io rlbalng out a flUO.UUU.UUU business short nmiee. Uullke K.igI'an<L"TtrrH'nlti‘T| _ ^J rwcon®irurjoo isttfurc. ^You Cannot Lose. To have is to use, not to hoard. “He that gaveth htfc life-shall lose it." That il (he reason For sperTding" yours,-Lf—. th** fact that you cannot lose yvlipt you reajjv have; th** fact that spirit ual quantities are re'iiLquantitfesTThat the best in us.-is b«*tter and stronger than Tlie worst, if we 'believe in it; that,*to the eye of faith. Satan—like lightning, is. forever falling from the heaven of tilings 111aJL endure.—W. H. Blake. .* ... 1 f— * Influence of the Bible. Hold fast to the Bible. It Is the sheet-anchor -uf^juxir lih.*rties; wrfte Its precept's ntryntrr hearts, and prnc tlee them In your liv**s. To the !n- fiuenee *»f Hiis hook we are indebted for tin* progress-made'In civilization, and to this we must hw»k as our guide In the future.—U. S. Grant. Boil Postum as long as you please, and you will extract* only healthful; goodness. You’ll get no caffeine — the coffee-drug—for there's none in > Postum. —^ : ^ i.. The Original it*t4N government will not build any boua^v . God la Lov®. t “Lore !•£ not love which Afteraf ion Ao.li” The unchangeable 1a Lore, and *Tov e~' Tv' Cb® indiani^ibTe.^Sr Ood Is Lore. / in fact, should he boiled fully 15 min- *■ utes, and if desired the pot can be kept going from meal to meal, adding tnore Postum and water for the new ' service. Postum is the favorite of large numbers of former coffee-drinkers and can be secured from grocers everywhere. - , ' ’ ' ’ • • -> * ** Two Sizes, usually sold at 15c ind 25c, • V • » • . ... a.*' - \ 1 ■ •„ ' . ; i ■A Delicious, Invigorating — and Healthful Drink UTL t a Reason” t.. <r. V tft —i- ...m'». -a ..