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i IS8TOP Sglil-WKElPL^ l. m obist's sons. Pnbiithen. j % 4amitS JpfiTspagct;: jfor tin Jrontotion of ft*political,?oqi?1, S0rl?nItutat and Commercial Jntmsti of j ^ ESTABLISHED 1855. YQRKVILLR. W. P., FRIDAY, MARCHT2(X1914r ~ XO. 23. r ???? ? - | SEVEN 1 ... BALE J BY EARL DE lp | Copyright, 1913 by the Bobbs-M CHAPTER XIV. A Falsehood Under the Palms. ^ "Well, it seems he'd bought a ticket for that loud colored country where I met him and come down there to forget. T could buy the ticket,' he said, 'as soon as I learned how to pronounce the name of this town. But I can't forget. I've tried. It's hopeless!' And he sat there looking like a man whose best friend had died 4 owing him money. I won't go into his emotions. Mr. Bland, up at the inn, is suffering that at the present moment, I'm told. They are unimportant; I'll hurry on to the lie. I simply >. say he was sorrowful, and it seemed '? o crimo what with the sun so bright and the sea so blue and the world so full of a number of things. Yes. it certainly was a crime, and I decided he had to be cheered up at any cost. How? I thought awhile, gazing up at the sky, and then it came W to me?the lie?the great, glorious lie?and I told it." The hermit looked in defiance round the listening circle. " 'You are chock full of sorrow ^ now,' I said to McMann, 'but it won't last long." He shook his head. 'Nonsense,' 1 told him. 'Look at me. Do you see me doing a heart bowed down act under the palms?' And he couldn't, the lie unfolding: itself in such splendor to me. "You?* he asked. 'Me,' I said. 'Ten years ago I was where you are today. A woman had spoken to me as Mabel?or Marie?or what was 117?spoae 10 you. "I could set* 1 had the boy interested. I unfolded my story as it occur^ red to me at the moment. 'Yes,' said I, "ten years ago I saw her first. Dancing as a butterfly dances from flower to flower, dancing on the stage?a fairy sprite?I loved her, worshiped _ her. It could never be. There in the ^ dark of the wings she told me so. And she shed a tear?a sweet tear of sorrow at parting. " 'I went to my room,' I told McMann, 'with a lot of time tables and steamship books?bright red books; the color came off on my eager hands. ^ I picked out a country and sailed away. Like you, I thought I could never be happy, never even smile again. Look at me.' iaaItq^ t criious mv facp radi ated bliss. The idea was so lovely. t He was impressed?I could see it. Tm supremely happy.' I told him. *1 am my own master. I wander where 1 will. No woman tells me my hour of going out or my hour for coming in. I wander. For company T have her picture?as I saw her last ?with twinkling feet that never t touched earth. As the spirit moves I go. You can move the memory of a woman in a flash, my boy. but it takes two months to get the real article started, and then, like as not. she's forgot everything of importance. Ever % thought of that? You should. You're going to be as happy as I am. Study me. Reflect.' 1 waved my carpet slippered feet toward the palms. I had certainly made an impression on Alexander McMann. "As we walked back over the sands and grass grown streets to the hotel his heart got away from that cupid's lunch counter, and he was almost cheerful. I was gay to the last, but as I parted from him my own heart sank. I knew 1 had to go back to her and that she would probably give me a scolding about the carpet slippers. I A parted from McMann with a last word of cheer. Then I went to the ship? to her, my wife. That was the lie, you understand. She traveled everywhere with me. She never trusted me. "We were due to sail that night, lind I was glad, for I worried some over what I had done. Suppose my wife and Alexander McMann should meet. An estimable woman, but Br large, determined, but little suggesting the butterfly of the footlights I married long before. We had a bad session over the carpet slippers. The boat was ready to sail when McMann came aboard. He carried a bag, and his face shone. " 'She's sent for me," he said. 'Marie wants me. I got a letter from my brother. I'll blow into Kansas like a cyclone and claim her." "I was paralyzed. At that minute a large black figure appeared on deck, ii bonded for me. 'Jack.' it says. you've sat up long enough. Go below now.' "McMann'a face was terrible. I saw it was all up. 'I lied. McMann,' I explained. "'The idea just came to me. it fascinated me, and I lied. She did turn me down?there in the wings. And she shed that tear I spoke of too. W But when I was looking over the railroad folders she sent for me. I went? on the wings of love. It was two blocks, but I went on the wings of love. We've been married twenty years. Forgive me, McMann.' "McMann turned around. He picked up the bag. I asked where he was going. 'Ashore,' he said, 'to think. 1 may go back to Kansas Pity?I may. But I'll just think a bit first.' And he climbed into the ship's boat. I never saw him again.' The hermit paused and gazed dreamily into space. "That," he said, "was my one great lie. my masterpiece. A year afterward I came up here on the mountain to be a hermit." "As a result of it?" asked Miss Norton. "Yes," answered Mr. Peters, "I told the story to a friend. I thought he was a friend. So he was. but married. My wife got to hear of it. 'So you denied my existence?' she said. 'As a joke," I told her. 'The joke's on jM. you,' she says. That was the end. She went her way. and I went mine. I'd just unanimously gone her way so long I was a little dazed at first with my freedom. After fighting for a living alone for a time T came up here. It's cheap. I get the solitude T need KEYS TO ) (PATE ... RR BIGGERS } lerrill Company. ^ for my book. Not long ago I heard I could go back to her If I apologized." "Stick to your guns," advised Mr. Max. Miss Norton rose and stood before Mr. Peters. She fixed him with her eyes?eyes into which no man could gaze and go his way unmoved. "Just one tiny day," she pleaded. Mr. Peters sighed. He rose. "I'm a fool," he said. "I can't help it. I'll take chances on another day, though nobody knows where it'll lead." "Brooklyn, maybe," whispered Lou Max to Magee in much horror. The hermit donned his coat, attended to a few household duties and led the delegation outside. Dolefully he locked the door of his shack. The four started down the mountain. "Back to Baldpate with our cook," said Mr. Magee into the girl's ear. "I know now how Caesar felt when he rode through Rome with his ex-foes festooned about his chariot wheels." Mr. Max again chose the rear, triumphantly escorting Mr. Peters. As Mr. Magee and the girl swung into the lead the former was moved to recur to the topic he had handled so amateurishly a short time before. "I'll mane you neueve me yei. uc said. She did not turn her head. "The moment we reach the inn." he * went on, "I shall come to you with , GQvsJ'O l "It will be a $200,000 story." the package of money in my hand. Then you'll believe I want to help you. Tell me you'll believe then." "Very likely I shall," answered the girl without interest. "If you really do intend to give me that money no one must know about it." "No one shall know," he answered, "but you and me.' They walked on in silence. Then shyly the girl turned her head. Oh, most assuredly she was desirable. Clumsy as had been his declaration , Mr. Magee resolved to stick to it through eternity. "Im sorry I spoke as I did, she said. , "Will you forgive me?" "Forigve you?" he cried. "Why, , I"? "And now," she interrupted, "let us talk of other things?or snips ana shoes and sealing wax"? , "All the topics in the world," he replied, "can lead to but one with me"? "Ships?" asked the girl. "For honeymoons," he suggested. "Shoes?" ( "In some circles of society I believe they are Hung at bridal parties." "And sealing wax?" "On the license, isn't it?" he queried. They were then at the great front door of Baldpate inn. Inside, before the office fire. Miss Thornhill read a magazine in the indolent fashion so much affected at Baldpate inn during the heated term, while the mayor of Reuton chatted amiably with the ponderously coy Mrs. Norton. Into this circle burst the envoys to the hermitage. Hushed, energetic, snowflaked. "Hail to the chef who in triumph advances!" cried Mr. Magee. Myra Thornhill laid down her magazine and fixed her great black eyes upon the radiant girl in corduroy. "And was the walk in the morning air," she asked, "all you expected?" "All and much more," laughed Miss Norton, mischievously regarding the man who had babbled to her of love on thp mountain. "Bv the way, enjoy Mr. Peters while you can. He's back for just one day." "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow the cook leaves, as the fellow says." supplemented Mr. Max. removing his overcoat. "How about quick lunch, Peters?" inquired Magee. "Out of what I'd like to know," put in Mrs. Norton. "Not a thing in the house to eat. Just like a man." "You didn't look in the right place, ma'am." replied Mr. Peters, with relish. "I got supplies for a couple of days in the kitchen." "Well, what's the sense in hiding 'em?" the large lady inquired. "It aint hiding?it's system," explained Mr. Peters. "Something women don't understand." He came close to Mr. Magee and whispered low, "You didn't warn me there was another of 'em." "The last, on my word of honor," Magee told him. "The last," sneered Mr. Peters. "There isn't any last up here." And with a sidelong glance at the new Eve in his mountain Eden he turned away to the kitchen. ' Now," whispered Magee to Miss Norton. "I'll get you that package. I'll prove that it was for you I fought und bled the mayor of Reuton. Watch for our chance. When I see you again I'll have it in my pocket." "You mustn't fail me," she replied. "It means so much." Mr. Magee started for the stairs. Between him and them loomed suddenly the great bulk of Mr. Cargan. His hard menacing eyes looked full into Magee's. "I want to speak to you, young fellow," he remarked. "I'm flattered," said Magee, "that you find my company so enchanting. In ten minutes I'll be ready for another interview." "You're ready now," answered the mayor, "even if you didn't know it. I've been trying to dope you out, and I think I've got you. I've seen your kind before. Every few months one of 'em breezes into Reuton, spends a whole day talking to a few rats I've had to exterminate from politics and then flies back to New York with a ten page story of my vicious career all ready for the linotypes. Yes, sir, I got you. You write sweet things for the magazines." "Think so?" inquired Magee. "Know it,'* returned the mayor heartily. "So you're out after old Jim Cargan's scalp again, are you? I thought that now, seeing stories on the corruption of the courts is so plentiful, you'd let the same of the city halls alone for awhile. But? well, I guess I'm what you guys call good copy. Big, brutal, uneducated, picturesque?you see I read them stories myself. How long will the American public stand being ruled by a man like this, when it might be authorizt ?~ \rlA crlnimj cr^t lift |?i rnj wuj o nun niu co iv gci next to the good things? That's the dope, ain't it?the old dope of the reform gang, the ballyhoo of the bunch that can't let the existing order stand? Don't worry. I ain't going to get started on the gang. But I want to talk to you seriously?like a father. There was a young fellow like you once"? "Like me?" "Exactly. He was out working on long hours and short pay for the reform gang, and he happened to get hold of something that a man 1 knew ?a man high up in public office? wanted and wanted bad. The young fellow was going to get $200 for the article he was writing. My friend offered him $20,000 to call it off. What'd the young fellow do?" "Wrote the article, of course," said Magee. "Now?now," reproved Cargan. "That remark don't fit In with the estimate I've made of you. I think you're a smart boy. Don't disappoint me. This young fellow I speak of?he was smart, all right. He thought it over, Magee. the same as you're going to do. 'You're on,' says this lad and added five figures to his roll as easy- as we'd add a nickel. He had brains, that guy." "And no conscience." commented Magee. "Conscience," said Mr. Cargan, "ain't worth much except as an excuse for a man that hasn't made good to give his wife. How much did you say you was going to get for this article?" 1a/v1/a/1 ulm AAAllir (n 4 Via a?ii. mafirr iuui\cu iihh vvuuj m mv eye. "If it's ever written," he said, "it will be a $200,000 story," "There ain't anything like that in it for you," replied the mayor. "Think over what I've told you." "I'm afraid." smiled Magee. "I'm too busy to think." He again crossed the office floor to the stairway. Before the flre sat the girl of the station, her big eyes upon him pleadingly. With a reassuring smile in her direction, he darted up the stairs. "And now," he thought as he closed and locked the door of No. 7 behind him, "for the swag. So Cargan would Rive $20,000 for that little package. I don't blame him." He knelt by the fireplace and dug up the brick under which lay the package so dear to many hearts on Bald pate mountain. "I might have known," he muttered. For the money was gone. He dug up several of the bricks and rummaged about beneath them. No use. The fat little bundle of bills had flown. Only an ugly hole gaped up at him. (To be Continued.) HONEST SERVICE Remarks By an Editor Who Appreciates His Work. The newspaper game affords a rich study in human nature. When a subscriber comes in to discontinue his subscription, he usually utters the words: "Stop my paper," in a deep theatrical tone of voice, freighted with gloom, as a judge pronounces a life sentence. And when 1 fail to show signs of poignant, frantic grief, a look of mingled incredulity and shock appears on his face. The explanation lies in the fact that lio Hnwi nnt n n<ip>r?t u lift m v viewnnint. Possibly a dozen persons discontinued their paper last year. At least four times that number of new subscribers were added to the list. Subscribers come and go. No editor can please everybody. God can't do it. He makes his rain to fall on one man's corn that needs it. and another man cusses because his oats arp not in. I would be glaci to have the Tribune enter every home within fifteen miles of Fountain Inn, provided it was warmly welcomed there. But I do not want one single copy to enter a home where it is not appreciated. I have no desire to cast pearls. And I feel rather the same way about business. If a man has absolute confidence in my integrity, I want his business. If he has the least suspicion that I am untruthful or dishonest, I do not want his patronage or his friendship. Real service is based on mutual respect, and no man can do his best work merely for money. I love my work. I put the best that is in me into it. I would not sell myself to a grudging paymaster nor to a thankless patron. If you don't like the Tribune, it's probably because you are not very bright. But you may find consolation in the fact that there's no law compelling you to read it.?Fountain Inn Tribune. FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS As Traced In Early Files of The Yorkvllle Enquirer NEKS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY Bringing Up Records of the Past and Giving the Younger Readers of Today a Pretty Comprehensive Knowledge'of the Things that Most Concerned Generations that Have Gone Before. The first -Installment of the notes appearing under this heading was published in our issue of November 14. 1913. The notes are being prepared by the editor as time and opportunity permit. Their purpose is to bring Into review the events of the past for the pleasure and satisfaction of the older people and for the entertainment and instruction of the present generation. Having commenced with the year 1856. it is the desire of the editor to present from the records, a truthful and accurate picture of conditions as I they existed immediately preceedlng the Civil war. Thl9 will be followed by a review of the war period, Including the names of York county soldiers who went io the war singly and In companies, and then will follow the events of the re-constructlon period and the doings of the Ku-Klux. All along the editor will keep In mind Incidents of personal interest, marriages and deaths of well known people, weather events and general happenings out of the ordinary. In the meantime persons who may desire further Information about matters that may have been only briefly mentioned are Invited to call at the office of the editor and examine the original records. THIRTY-FOURTH INSTALLMENT Thursday Morning, March 8, 1860.? Married?On the 1st instant, by 'Rev. R. A. Ross, Mr. Wm. H. Lindsay and Miss Mary R., eldest daughter of John M., and Margaret Firison, all of this district. * ? ?r . Public Meeting.?In pursuance of the notice heretofore given, a portion of the citizens of York district met in the court house today for the purpose of appointing delegates to the convention to meet in Columbia on the 16th of April next, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the Democratic National convention to meet at Charleston on the 23d of April next. On motion of Maj. A. B. Springs, Col. VV. C. Beatty was called to the chair and J. B. Jackson, Esq., was requested to act as secretary. On taking the chair Col. Beatty addressed the meeting in an able and patriotic manner, heartily approving of the call for the convention, and the appointment of delegates on the part of the district to attend said convention; and a willingness on his part to take counsel with the Democratic party as to the best means of securing our common interests. On motion of A. B. Springs the following preamble and resolutions were offered: Whereas, we believe our interests as well as a respectful consideration for those whose social and political rights are destined with our own, makes it proper that this state should be fully represented in the Charleston convention, which assembles on the 23d of April next for the purpose of nominating candidates for the presidency and vice presidency of the United States. Therefore, Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting do appoint a committee of five to nominate delegates to represent the district of York ir. the convention of the state at Coluir.ibia on the 16th of April next to unite and assist in selecting those who shall represent the state in the Charleston convention. Resolved, That the chairman is hereby authorized to fill up any vacancy in the delegation which may occur, prior to the meeting of the said convention. Maj. A. B. Springs and A. S. Wallace, Esq., addressed the meeting in favor of the resolutions; after which they were put to the meeting and unanimously adopted. On motion, a committee consisting of G. W. Williams, Esq., A. A. McKenzie, Rev. R. A. Ross, Robert Whitesides and J. L. M. Adams, Esq., was appointed hv the chairman to nolninate ten delegates to attend said convention. The committee retired and after a short absence recommended the appointment of the following delegates: A. B. Springs, Sam'l Ralney, Sr., A. H. Farr, Dr. R. T. Allison, Maj. A. H. McKenzie, S. A. Anthony, W. P. Thomasson, Dr. J. B. Withers, G. W. Williams, Esq., and Col. J. W. Rawlinson. On motion of W. I. Clawson, it was resolved that the proceedings of the meeting be published in the papers of the district. On motion the meeting then adjourned. W. C. Beatty, Chairman. J. B. Jackson, Secretary. March 5, 1860. Thursday, March 15, 1860.?Married ?On the 8th instant at the residence of the bride's father in Gaston county, N. C? by James Quinn, Esq., Mr. J. D. Quinn and Miss Annette Bradley. By Wm. McGill, Esq., at his residence, on the 8th instant, Mr. James Neely and Sarah Robinson, all of this district. On the 1st of March at the residence of M. C. Heath, Esq., in Lancaster district, S. C., by Rev. Mr. Brown, Mr. T. P. Heath of Charlotte, N. C., and Miss Iiouisa Stewart of York district, S. C. * In noticing the appearance of the first volume of Logan's History of South Carolina, this item of local interest is reproduced about: Sally Whitaker and the Panther.? The usual cry of the panther, when prowling in the woods was exceeding melancholy, and so nearly resembling the distressed wail of an infant, as to be sometimes mistaken for that of a child lost in the forest, even by those accustomed to his habits. It is related of a Miss Sallie Whitaker, of whose heroism and romantic wanderings on the singular mountain in York district that still bears her name, we found some traditions that on one occasion when strolling alone on the mountain, she caught, as she imagined, the sound of a child's cry in the distance: all of her sympathies were easily aroused, and quickening her pace in the direction whence it came, she found it grew rapidly and more distinct till, at last, it seemed to proceed from a cavern near at hand; she pressed forward with increasing eagerness and drawing aside the intervening grass and bushes discovered? not a child?but face to face with her a large American lion. It is not related how she extracted herself from the dilemma; but the assertion may be ventured that the panther scampered off as fast as his legs could carry him, while Sally Whltaker neither fainted on the 8pot nor ran in the opposite direction. Thursday, March 23.?Card to the Public.?Whereas persons interested in diverting our North Carolina customera from bringing their trade to this market as usual, have circulated vague and injurious misconstructions of the law passed by our state legislature against itinerant salesmen, liquor peddlers, agents and drummers, and have succeeded in exciting the fears of persons wishing to carry on legitimate traffic; in order that all such misapnrohcnolnnu mo v Wo romrtvoH nnH rnr. dialiy inviting the visits of our North Carolina friends, we the undersigned, hereby agree to indemnify any citizens of North Carolina from the effects of said law, in selling in this market the following and similar articles, to-wit: Cotton, wheat, corn, rye, oats, flour, meal, potatoes, iron, bacon, etc. M. Jenkins, Intendant, A. I. Barron, Warden, W. C. Creps, Warden, Adams, McCorkle & Co., W. D. and J. C. Miller, J. U. Zurcher, L. Bloomberg & Co., I^oui8 Smith, M. Jones, P. H. Simril. G. It. Ratchford & Co., A lllonm P. Protfnn niiinuu oc uia^uu, I. D. Wltherspoon, James B. Smith, Richard Hare, E. M. Klrkpatrick, S. Sadler, W. A. Moore & Co., Adlckes, Byers & Co., John L>. Miller, S. J. Kuykendal, Logan & Meacham, Darwin & Jefferya, Carroll, Clark & Co., Daniel O'Leary, J. B. Withers. W. E. Rose, R. '3. McCaw. * Ctyi the 14th of this month Stephens and Hazlett, the laat of the Harper's Ferry insurrectionists, were executed at Charlestown, Va. The town was thronged with persons to witness the scene. The condemned men were cheerful to the last. Their ooaieswere forwarded to Marcus Spring, South Amboy, N. J. Both were Spiritualists and both declined the services of the ministry on the occasion. Thursday, March 29.?It gives us pleasure to state that a gas company was organized In our town last week by the election of John H. Adams, Esq., present; and Messrs. F. H. Slmril, J. R. Bratton, H. F. Adickes, S. R. Moore, J. W. Avery and R. S. Moore, directors. The company had entered into an arrangement with Msssrs. Waterhouse & Rowe at a cost of $16,000 to complete the work and furnish the necessary apparatus. The buildings, which are to be fireproof, will be erec;ed near the jail, together with a gasometer capable of handling 10,000 feet of gas. There are to be two miles of pipe, extending from the railroad de]iot to the military academy, and from the works toward the Independent courch, until the distance is made. The work will be commenced about the last of May and completed probably before the first of August. Our enterprising townsmen who have inaugurated the movement deserve and no doubt will have the thanks of the entire community. To the Public.?At a meeting of the trustees which compose the body corporate of the Yorkville station of the M. E. church, South, the following preamble and resolutions was unanimously dopted: Whereas, the present enclosure of the graveyard of the M. E. church in YorKvme is neariy nuea up. Resolved. That all persons are forbidden to bury their dead there, except those who already have relatives buried In said graveyard. James Jefferys, Chairman. P. B. Darwin, Secretary. (To be Continued.) THE GREAT SHIP TEXAS Most Powerful Sea Fighter Afloat Turned Over to Government. Ready for "fight or frolic," the superdreadnought Texas, most powerful battleship afloat, left the yards of her builders, the Newport News Shipbuilding company, last week for the Norfolk navy yard, there to be turned over to Rear Admiral Usher, commandant of the Norfolk station. The vessel's officers and crew had been assembled so that she was ready to be placed officially in commission immediately after being turned over by the builders. The dreadnought was launched almost two years ago. The Texas carries as its principal fltrVitino- onninmcnt a batterv of ten 14 inch guns, being: the first warship in the world to be equipped with guns of such large calibre, and in addition has in its main battery twenty-one 5-inch guns. Since the 14-inch guns were placed on the Texas a Japanese battleship has been equipped with similar sized ones, although 13.5-inch guns are the largest which have yet been placed, on any British dreadnought. The big guns on the Texas are arranged in five turrets all on a central line from stem to stern and are so placed that they can be fired over each other. In length the fighter is 573 feet with a beam 95 feet 2 1-2 inches so that in passing through the Panama canal locks she would have almost 15 feet to spare. Although her designed speed was 21 knots, in her trial off the Maine coast last October she did her fastest mile in 22.2S knots. She has a displacement of 27,000 tons, a horsepower of 35,000 and draws 28 feet 6 inches. Her armor belt is 11 inches thick and she has twin screw vertical, triple expansion engines. The contract price of the vessel for hull and machinery was J5.830.000; but with armament added i the total cos': was swelled by several i millions. A sister ship, the New York, i is rapidly approaching completion at I the New York navy yard. i Miscellaneous Reading. SEEDS MUST BE PURE Law Now Requires State Inspection and Analysis. The following act passed at the last session of the general assembly is of especial and particular interest to all who are engaged in planting of any kind: "Section 1. That sections 471 to 479, inclusive, of the code of 1912, volume 2 be stricken out and the following sections, to be known and designated as sections 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478 and 479, be Inserted in lieu thereof: "Sec. 471. No agricultural see<i. as defined In section 470, shall be sold or offered for sale or distribution within the state which contain in greater num her than 20 to 1,000 of the seeds under examination, the seeds of such noxious weeds as clover dodder, field dodder, white mustard, wild oats and such other weeds as may be designated in the regulations promulgated by the state department of agriculture. Where the seed of the weeds so designated are presented in fewer numbers than 20 to 1,000 of the seed being examined, a statement shall be so made on the label attached to the package naming the weed seeds present therein. "Sec. 472. The seeds of such weed* as sheep sorrel, green and yellow foxtail i yellow trefoil, chickweed and other such weeds as may be prescribed in the regulations adopted by the commissioner of agriculture and stated in circulars, shall be classed as impurities in agricultural seed. When such impurities or any of them are present in quantity exceeding 2 per cent of said agricultural seeds, the approximate a# aoaK aholl Ka nlolnlv ^Uiuagc VTA. CtAVII Ultutl UV stated on the bag attached as specified in section 470. "Sec. 473. Sand, dirt, sticks, broken seeds, other seeds than those mentioned in the foregoing sections, or any other foreign matter, shall be considered as impurities when mixed with agricultural seeds sold, offered or exposed for sale in this state for seeding purposes. When such impurities arc present in seeds exceeding the standard fixed in the regulations of the state department of agriculture, the name and approximate of each shall be stated on the label as specified in section 470. "Sec. 474. The commissioner of agriculture is hereby empowered to prescribe regulations designating when seeds shall- be considered mixed or adulterated or mlsbranded apd a germinating power standard. "Sec. 475. The provisions of sections 470 to 479. Inclusive, shall not be construed as applying to: (1) Any persor growing, possessing for sale or selling seeds for food purposes only. (2) Persons selling seeds containing impurities except as defined in the regulations, providing such seeds are sold tc merchants to be recleaned before exposing for sale upon the general market. (3) Seed that is In store for the purpose of recleaning and which Is not possessed, sold or offered for sale for seed purposes. (4) The sale of seed that is grown, sold and delivered by any farmer on his own premises for seeding by the purchaser himself, unless the purchaser of said seed obtains from the seller at the time of the sale thereof a certificate that the said seed is supplied to the purchaser subject to the provisions of sections 470 to 479 inclusive. (C) Mixtures of seeds for lawn purposes, except that the sale of such mixtures is sold subject to restrictions and regulations made therefor by the department of agriculture. AID nnrnAoo f\t this OCU. t I U. 1 WI kite w* v<?*? act seed shall be deemed pure when It compiles with the foregoing: provisions and contains no communicable disease. "Sec. 477. The enforcement of the provisions of sections 470 to 478, Inclusive, is hereby placed under the direction of the commissioner of agriculture of South Carolina, and he is hereby empowered to appoint such inspectors and assistants, who may be inspectors, chemists, analysts, under the commercial feedstufTs act, as may be necessary to execute Its provlsons. All examinations of seeds shall be made at the state feedstufTs laboratory under the supervision of the chief chemist thereof, and as far as possible from the funds provided by section 478, upon the approval of the commissioner of n?wUuUiii>A on m morno unH t nHll fltriPfl the expenses of the examination shall be paid by the state. "Sec. 478. It shall be the duty of the inspectors and assistants to collect samples of agricultural seeds in the open market and forward same to the state feedstulTs laboratory, where they shall be examined and analyzed in conformity with the provisions of sections 470 to 479, inclusive, and the standards fixed by the regulations provided for herein. The inspectors and assistants are vested with all necessary powers for the proper execution of the duties, and to note all violations of any provisions of the said sections, and to bring action in the proper court or tribunal for prosecution of such violations when directed so by the commissioner of agriculture. The results of all tests of seeds made by the laboratory shall be published in bulletins of the department of agriculture, together with the names and postoffice addresses of the persons, firms or corporations from whom all samples tested were obtained. For the purpose of sections 470 to 479, inclusive, a sample of agricultural seed shall consist of not more than four nor less than two ounces of the seed to be examined. That for the pur pose of derraying tne expenses connected with the inspection and analysis of agricultural seed, each and every importer, seedman, person, firm or corporation, before selling or offering or exposing in this state any of the agricultural seeds specified in sections 470 to 479, inclusive, shall obtain from the commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries a license, upon registration of the seeds they wish to sell; that a license fee of $25 per annum shall be paid annually to the com- 1 missioner by all seedmen or others doing a regular commercial seed business; a license fee of $2.50 annually by all retail dealers in mercantile establishments selling agricultural seed shall be paid to the commissioner; a license fee of $10 per annum, by all 1 proprietors of seed farms, and a licen of $1 per annum by individuals wl J Bell seed to others when their business amounts to at least $500 per annum in gross receipts. The said commissioner Is hereby empowered to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of sections 470 to 479, inclusive. The commissioner may, by written order, suspend the sale of seed, not duly registered, and when seed are found to be in violation of the provisions of the sections herein enumerated he may suspend sale, and seize and confiscate the goods through his duly authorized agents. That there is hereby appropriated for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the said sections a sum not exceeding the amount of fees and fines collected, and moneys or proceeds derived from the seizure and sale of agricultural seeds under their provisions. Such expenses, shall be paid by warrant of the comptroller general upon itemized bills approved by the commissioner of agriculture, who shall pay into the state treasury monthly all fees collected under the provisions of the said sections 470 to 479, inclusive, to constitute a special fund for the purposes herein specified. "8ec. 479. Whoever violates any provisions named in sections 470 to 479, inclusive, or who shall attempt to interfere with the inspectors or assistants in the discharge of the duties named herein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic tlon, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 or more than $50 for each and every offense. "Sec. 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. "Sec. 3. This act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the governor." 8AINT PATRICK'8 DAY Birthday of Ireland's Patron 8aint Celebrated Last Tuesday. "For he's the patron of the Emerald Isle." The old Irish song from which the above verse is quoted, was sung in many countries last Tuesday. It was the birthday of Saint Patriclus, who according to any Irishman, was the greatest man who ever lived. There were monster celebrations in many of the largest cities of the United States in honor of the occasion, and many were the blta of shamrock pinned upon coat lapels. In Ireland Saint Patrick's day is a much more important epoch than Christmaa It compares with the 4th of July in the United States. Every Irish man, woman and child array themselves in gala attire and give the day over to bonfires, parades, feasting and drinking. In every town and hamlet, the celebration takes place and rich and poor, high and low all join together in. celebrating the memory of the saint. According to tradition Saint Patrick was born 1,531 years ago. The place of his birth is a matter of dispute. Most students say that he was born in France. When a very small boy he was sold into slavery in Ireland. He managed to escape, however, crossed over into France- and in that country acquired an education. Some years afterward he returned to the "Ould Sod" as a missionary and spent the rest of his life there, establishing schools and monasteries, heal ing the sick ana ministering to me pagan Irishmen. Many are the legends In regard to the saint. All Irishmen avow that It was he who drove all the snakes out of Ireland. Whether this is a nfyth or not is a question; but it is a fact that there is not a reptile in the whole island. There is another legend that Saint Patrick once had a personal encounter with the devil, conquered him and drove his satanic majesty out of the country, forbidding him ever to return. Although this may have happened and satan might have stayed off of the isle during the lifetime of his conqueror. he evidently had no scruples about coming back after his death, and has since been as thoroughly at home there as any where else. The time of his death or the burying place of the idol of Ireland is not known, but he still lives in every Irish heart and from the time they are bom until they die, little Irish children hear many wonderful and interesting tales of the life and work of the good Saint Patriclua THE CARE OF BOOK8 Twenty-one Suggestions Governing Their Intelligent Care. The following rules on how to care intelligently for books are taken from the Baltimore News: Never hold a book near the fire. Never drop a book upon the floor. Never turn leaves with the thumb. Never lean or rest upon an open book. Never turn down the corners of leaves. v?ve>r tonoh a book with damp or soiled hands. Always place a large book upon a table before opening it. Always turn leaves from the top with the middle or forefinger. Never pull a book from a shelf by the binding at the top, but by the back. Never touch a book with a damp cloth or with a sponge in any form. Never place another book or anything else upon the leaves of an open book. Never rub dust from books, but brush it off with a soft, dry cloth or duster. Never close a book with a pencil, a pad of paper, or anything else between thejeaves. Never open a book further than to bring both sides of the cover into the same plane. Always keep any neatly bound bor- ' rowed book covered with paper while in your possession. Never attempt to dry a dook, accidentally wet, by a fire, but mop off the moisture with a soft, dry cloth. Never write upon paper laid upon the leaves of an open book, as the pencil or pen point will either scratch or cut the book leaves. 1 Never lend a borrowed book, but re- ' turn it as soon as you are through ] with it, that the owner may not be de- \ prived of its use. < Never cut the leaves of a book or 1 magazine with a sharp knife, as the ( edge is sure to run into the print, nor t with the finger, but with a paper cut- 1 ter or ordinary table knife. >tv in Guinea there is a tree which I yields a peculiar kind of fruit?a huge fruit resembling in size a cannon ball <1 and which makes a tremendous noise 1 when it pops. ? FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT Senator Borah 8aya It Ought to b? Repealed. After a vigorous defense of woman suffrage in the senate last Tuesday, Senator Borah, of Idaho, shocked suffrage advocates on the floor and in the galleries by declaring It was Impractical and Impossible for women to obtain the vote by constitutional amendment. He predicted that after years of vain endeavor woman would renew their abandoned request before the people of the states. "You will never carry the required 36 states for a constitutional woman suffrage amendment," said the senator, "until you repeal the fifteenth, amendment." Asserting that the fifteenth amendment, giving the negro the right to vote, was a blunder in the first place and now a dead letter, not being enforced in a single state, Senator Borah asked whether advocates of the woman suffrage amendment now pending for a moment supposed southern states would add 2,000,000 to the list of those vhom they must disfranchise. "Violation of law is a bad thing," he added. "It is demoralising to the negro race to place In the constitution the form of rights that we do not mean Ia ana thov aha 11 onlnv " The fifteenth amendment, the senator declared, was a blunder, engendered In a spirit of retaliation, with the result that after the first blush of satisfaction, the north had connived at the south's violations of it The amendment infringed upon state's rights and might furnish a precedent for an amendment declaring the rl^ht to hold real estate or attend school should not be denied to race or color. "I have no desire," explained the senator, "to bestow the franchise on the 10,000 Japanese on the Pacific slope or yield up to the Federal government the control of the school questions of the Pacific coast" Answering a question by Senator Thomas, Senator Borah said he was in favor of repealing the fifteenth amend ment if woman suffrage could be obtained in no other way. The Idaho senator and Senator Vardaman engaged in a tilt over the progress of the negro race. CI -a Ta?a. rpk/v^a. ..Mil Daltt. OVIULlUiD lxtlic, A I1VIUCM3 ?UU X V?Udexter spoke for the amendment No vote was taken and the resolution will come up again tomorrow. AH! HERE IT 18! Wireless Telephone Makee Voice Audible for 25 Miles. A mysterious voice that has been wafted on wireless waves over the waters between here and Maine for the last two weeks was found yesterday to ha*e been that of Irving Vermllya, Marconi operator aboard the steamship Northland, which plies between here and Portland. He has invented a wireless telephone which he says will easily carry his voice in audible tones 26 miles, and that the apparatus costs only 9100. When the Northland docked at the foot of Murray street yesterday after noon, Vermilya, who is only 24 years old, was found in the vessel's wireless house carefully hiding his telephone apparatus preparatory to going to his home in Mount Vernon, for dinner. He explained that he had telephoned his wife while coming up the sound a short time previously that he would be home. "On all our last trips," he said, "I have sent the captain's messages to the regular shore stations by telephone. The other day, when passing Vineyard Sound Light Vessel, I relayed a call to a revenue cutter, that a schooner was ashore on Handkerchief ShoaL" Wireless operators of vessels along the coast have been puzzled beyond measure by a voice coming from space. Love messages, business talks and music have reached their ears. Even amateurs ashore have caught the voice, 'l ne young operator anu me 01flcers of the Northland have had much amusement. Several days ago the operator at the Sea date station nearly dropped out of his chair when, instead of a series of dots and dashes, a voice came out of his receiver: "Northland will dock at 4 p. m." The operator looked about to see if ?ny one was playing a trick. Finding himself alone he flashed a call to repeat the message. Back came the distinct reply: "Just thought you might be lonely and I would say 'hello.'" Vermilya told how he had telephoned to his wife. Wireless operators on ships in nearby waters, as well as those on board vessels in port who happened to have their receivers to their ears shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon may have heard a voice saying: "Hello, dear! Are you snowed in? U wasn't as rough over Nantucket Shoals this morning as we expected, ^ave something good for dinner. Will oe home at 6 o'clock." If the thoughts of many operators had been tabulated they probably would have been something like this: "There's that voice again! Wonder where It comes from?" Vermllya would not divulge the workings of his telephone, but he said it was a "simple thing." "But I've had a lot of fun with It," he added. "I can easily send my voice 25 miles. Once when the Northland was in Portland I began singing into the transmitter and after I stopped I picked up a call from the operator of the Calvin Austin, at Eastport, 150 miles away. He asked me to sing some more. He did not know who I was or where my voice came from. "I don't always talk or sing. Sometimes I switch on a phonograph and play opera airs. Once in a while 1 send out a story or a joke through the fog and mist. On our last trip to Portland I had the phonograph working. After I'd shut it off an amateur operator on shore wirelessed: "'Play it again; mother wants to hear it.'"?New York World. ? The wealth passed to the next feneration by prominent New York inanclers who have died since Jantary 1, 1913. amounts to more than (1,000,000,000 as estimated by the itate comptroller's office a few days igo. The comptroller has begun an ?xact compilation following the death ast week of George W. Vanderbilt, Seorge Westlnghouse and John L. L'adwallader. It is estimated that in he year ending l.ist September the :otal amount of revenue collected by :he state from the inheritance tax imounted to nearly $13,000,000. Never jefore in the history of the country it Is said, have so many wealthy men died n so short a period. The list includes I. Plerpont Morgan, Anthony N. Brady, Benjamin Altman, Henry M. Flagler ind Charles E. Appleby.