Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^tumorous Jcpartmrut. Getting a Line on Him.?He was a new customer from the country, and he had given a fairly large order. The courteous old senior partner was conducting him over the establishment. A desk telephone interested him as much as anything. He had never seen anything of the sort before. "It is a great convenience to us," explained the senior partner. "You see, I can communicate with all our departments without moving from my seat here." "My, that's wonderful!" said Giles. "Can I try it for myself?" "Certainly." The visitor got himself switched on to the packing-room. "Have the goods of Mr. Giles, of Murbury, been sent off yet?" he inquired. Back came the answer: "No; we haven't packed 'em yet. We're waiting for a telegram from nis town; ne iooks uko a suppery customer." No Airs About Hor.?"Airs!" exclaimed the proud mother, and shook her head vigorously. "My Elsie, for all her learning, hasn't any more airs, so to speak, than her poor old dad." "Then she won't turn up her nose at her old friends?" queried the visitor. "La, no!" "How refreshing! Most girls who go through college nowadays will hardly look at you after they're graduated." "Well, they ain't like my Elsie, that's all I can say," retorted Elsie's ma. "She's become a carniverous reader, of course, and she frequently Importunates music. But stuck up? my Elsie? Not a bit. She's unanimous to everybody, has a most infantile vocabulary, and, what's more, never keeps a caller waiting while she dresses up. No, she just runs down. nom ae piume, as sne is. Undischarged.?The pastor of a certain fashionable church in New York never neglects an opportunity to express disapproval of the extravagant use of cosmetics by the members of his congregation. On one occasion he was present at a social function when some one remarked to him, "there are the three Van Alten girls." "Are they married?" asked the divine. "Yes; but it seems odd when one considers that they have good looks, wealth and position. It certainly is strange they don't go off." "I quite agree with you." said the minister. "All three use enough powder" Observant Willie.?"Be observant, my son," said Willie's father. "Culti * - .1 1?v.:* l?? a?A n.ill Vttt.tr llitr nauii ui occuig auu jvu t* < * be a successful man." "Yes," added his uncle. "Don't go through the world blindly. Learn to use your eyes." "Little boys who are observing know a great deal more than those who are not," his aunt put in. Willie took this advice to heart. Next day he informed his mother that he had been observing things. "Uncle's got a bottle of whisky hidden in his trunk," he said; "Aunt Jane's got an extra set of teeth in her drawer, and father's got a pack of cards behind the books in his desk!" "The little sneak;" exclaimed the members of the family indicated. A Milk Shortage.?While traveling through Alabama a young salesman was one day forced to dine at a farmhouse. Not being very well satisfied with his meal of cornbread and bacon, he asked if he might have a glass of milk. "No," replied his host. "Ah don't reckon you'll find any milk around here since the dog died." "Since the dog died!" echoed the stranger. "What's that got to do with it?" "Why," replied the farmer: "who do you-all reckon's goin' to so and fetch the cow?" Try It, Brothers.?Two men were talking of the hard times. "Does your wife ever grieve because she threw over a wealthy man in order to marry you?" queried Hall. "Well, she started to once," was the reply, "but I cured her of it without delay." "I wish you would tell me how," said Hall. "I started right in grieving with her," replied the other, "and I grieved harder and longer than she did.'" The Doctor's Share.?Admiral Dewey on being complimented on his superb health, smiled and said: "I attribute my good condition to plenty of exercise and no banquets. One-third of what we eat, you know, I'lmuics us iu iite. 'in that case," said his friend, jestingly, "what becomes of the other two-thirds?" "Oh." said the admiral, "that enables the doctor to live." Dark Emptiness.?Aunt Iaza's former mistress was talking to her one morning when suddenly she discovered a little pickaninny standing shyly behind his mother's skirts. "Is that you little boy, Aunt Lizy?" she asked. "Yes, miss; dat's Paescription." "Goodness. What a funny name, auntie, for a child! How in the world did you happen to call him that?" "Ah, simply calls him dat becuz Ah has sech hahd wuk gettin' him tilled." The Missing Chink.?"My dear," said Mr. Closefist's better half, "I think 1 had better see the doctor about my hearing." "Nonsense," retorted the tight one, "your hearing is as acute as ever. What put that idea into your head?" "Well," was the response, "they say thai money tains, out 1 naven i heard it say a thing for months." "You ought to be ashamed of yourself." said Briggs, "but I suppose you are not." "Of course I am not," said Mrs. Briggs serenely. "I only did it on Johnny's account. I wanted him to have a good time, and he did it. You have no idea how kind all the men were to him." Nothing New.?Apropos of certain fresh revelations of corruption in the realms of high finance, Thomas \V. Lawson said at a dinner in Boston: "Columbus found out that the world was round. But surely lots of investors before him ipust have found out that it was anything but square."? Philadelphia Ledger. AN OFF M MEETING. (Continued from Page One). month's school term and hoped to see the time when every South Carolina boy and girl could go to school seven months out of each year. He did not believe in compulsory education until the boys and girls had a chance 'to attend school. Compulsion would not be necessary. The speaker said if elected governor. he would advocate a demonstration farm school for each county, because future prosperity of the state depended upon agricultural development. Five years from now the state will be up against the boll weevil proposition. Scientific farming is the only way to meet the weevil, and the speaker thought Clemson college should begin sending out experts to combat with the threatening pest. In conclusion Mr. Cooper said that if elected he would have no friends to reward and no enemies to punish, but would be the governor of all the people and would work for the interests of all. He received much applause. Df/vf IMinLeralec. Chairman Beamguard introduced as the next speaker. Professor John G. Clinkscales of Spartanburg, who had pleasant recollections of former visits to York county. Mr. Clinkscales said he had entered the gubernatorial race at nobody's suggestion save his own. He had not even consulted his wife. The speaker confined his remarks wholly to educational topics, pointing out the educational needs of South Carolina. He kept the audience In a good humor by his witty repartee, and his comeback to those who at various intervals voiced their approval of his declarations was. "my friend, I want to take you around with me and help me make this race." Prof. Clinkscales said there were more than 39,000 South Carolina boys and girls who were denied the privileges of the school room each year, and he declared that no man had a right to deny his children this privilege. He said he was the champion of the neglected boys and girls of the state and declared that there were lots of parents who were not Interested in education enough to force their children to go to school. The law he said prohibits any child under 12 years of age working in the mills. All children should at least be kept in school until they attained that age. By way of illustration of the point he told the following personal incident: He had found a group of small boys using a swing in his yard in Spartanburg one afternoon, and after assurin the youngsters they were welcome, engaged them in conversation. Before the boys left he asked them the question, "Why are you not in school ?" The largest boy in the group squirted yellow tobacco juice between his teeth and replied: "By God, mister, we don't hafter." Such boys and girls as these have no conception of the value of an education. Prof. Clinkscales said he was born in the country and remarked that he could even yet plough a straighter furrow than a great many of his hearers. However, he was not born "between the plow handles," and had left the farm for an easier job. He had stolen apples and water-melons and had been a real farmer boy. He said he had turned the attention of the whole state to education as it had never been done before. He said he ravored tne aDonsnment of the state farm. The convicts should be put to work on the roads. Referring to various lime deposits in the state. Mr. Clinkscales said the cost of lime was a big expense to the farmers and he thought these natural lime deposits in Aiken, Cherokee and other counties should be developed by means of convict labor. Is there a York county farmer who can't spare his boy off the farm three months in the year? asked Prof. Clinkscales in advocating a three months' compulsory education law. "If there is. I want his picture to take home to my baby." He said there was opposition to such a law because it would mean education of the negro as well as the white child. Yet the negro is educating his children without compulsion. If things go on for fifteen years as they are now. there will be more negroes qualified to vote in South Carolina than there are white men. And if you hear anybody saying that I want to put the children in the schools nine months in the year, just tell 'em Clinkscales would like to have it that way, but knows it is impossible now. in concluding nis spcecn nt- ouiu uc had no enemies and would be the governor of every man?black and white. He was applauded. Lowndes J. Browning. The last candidate for governor to address the large crowd was Hon. L. J. Browning of Union, who said it was hard for a practical farmer like himself to hold his own in speech making against distinguished lawyers and teachers such as his opponents were. Practically the whole of Mr. Browning's address was a denunciation of the present system of taxation and a plea for the establishment of a system of rural credits. The speaker said there were a num- , ber of grave questions now confronting the state, the tax question being 1 one of the most important of all. i Taxes are not collected properly and by the present system of taxation it is almost left to a man's conscience as , to how much taxes he shall pay. You don't catch the bond-holder who has thousands in bonds and other securities locked up in his safe; but , you do catch the man who has his ! property in such a position that it can be readily assessed. The personal property system of taxation which is now on the statute books is unsatisfactory. A graduated income tax system would be much more satisfactory. Mr. Browning devoted some little j time to a discussion of a system of rural credits which would allow a man to borrow money from the state ! ?.n lontr limn lniins therehv civinir 1 the poor man a chance to buy a home instead of living all his life as a renter. If a man is given a chance to own a I home he will become a fixture and will settle down and worship God according to the promptings of his con- | science. ' Mr. Browning declared rural cred- i its to be practical, and asserted that | the state was sadly in need of white land owners. In advocating a central board of control for the fourteen state institu- i lions he said the idea was not origi- , rial with him. He was sure, however, that such a board would be more economical than the present plan and would mean the saving of thousands i of dollars to the state. Governor Blease had advocated the establishment of such a board several years ago, and the governor he ! said, had gotten the idea from the ; great Democratic governor of < ?hio. . Judson Harmon. Mr. Browning scored the elimina- 1 tion proposition and asserted that under no circumstances would he enter such a conference. He said he was the candidate of no clique or faction and that he had only made one promise to an individual. That was to his wife, he having promised her that if elected governor he would quite chewing tobacco. Mr. Drowning was well received. M. C. Willis. The next speaker introduced to the audience was M. C. Willis of York- i ville. candidate for adjutant and inspector general. <>n behalf of some of the other candidates. Mr. Willis expressed their regrets at not being able to be present. Adjutant General i Moore was detained on account of official business and Messrs. C. I). Fortner and John <!. Richards had 1 business in Columbia. Mr. Irby was i absent attending a meeting of the , Laurens county Democratic executive conimittee. Mr. Willis said he would make no ' speech, lie had hoped his opponent. 1 General Moore would be present. chairman Reamguard adjourned flic meeting for an hour for dinner, ' following Capt. Willis' announcement. W. I. Witherspoon. , Of Yorkville. candidate for railroad commissioner, announced his candidacy and brielly outlined his platform. He said he was not a speaker and if good speaking was a requisite for the office he was seeking, then he was not the man for the job. He said he was telling the people of Filbert the same thing he said all over , the state, merely that his name was Witherspoon and he was from York- ' ville, and he was proud of both. I Andrew J. Bethea. 1 Mr. Andrew Bethea, code commis- , sioner of South Carolina, and a can- j didate for lieutenant governor, re- , gretted the absence of his three opponents. He urged the extension of 1 the Clemson college work for the I benefit of the farmers. The speaker gave some little time to explanation of the tax question, urging reform. Fundamentals of good 1 citizenship, he thought, should be I taught in the public schools. Mr. Be- , thea spoke about fifteen minutes. W. F. Stevenson. Hon. W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw, . candidate for congress, was the last onoul/or at f hp J Mr. Stevenson's remarks were very i much along the same lines as his ad- ) dress at the congressional campaign . meeting in Yorkville. Referring to the absence of Mr. Kinley, which he very much regretted, Mr. i Stevenson called attention to the fact , that the Moon postofflce appropriation bill, on account of which his opponent ' went to Washington just before the < Yorkville meeting, has not yet been re- j ported to the house. , The speaker told of the "fertilizer . trust," which the farmers were up 1 against. Mr. Stevenson concluded < his address about 3.15, and the meet- | ing then adjourned. The large crowd had plenty of ways to amuse themselves, numerous side ' shows, the merry-go-round and the i refreshment stands being very busy. A balloon ascension and a descent . in a parachute was a feature of the day. The crowd began to disperse about 5 o'clock. AMERICAN BISONS INCREASING Number of Yellowstone Park Buffalo Still on Increase. "Buffalo are increasing in the Yellowstone national park at a remarkable rate compared with a few years ago," observed H. F. Jaynes, a Gardner, Mont., business man. "Four or five years ago there were not more than forty or fifty in the park; today there is a herd of more than 200 and they are continuing to multiply satisfactorily. There is not much danger, as once feared, that the buffalo is going to become extinct. The park buffalo are in a manner becoming domesticated. A man on horseback can ride among the animals without fear, but, of course, it would be dangerous to go among them on foot, just as it is dangerous to go into a herd of steers on foot. The buffalo and steer look upon a man on a horse as another animal. "It is the same with the bear and other animals in the national park; they are becoming used to civilization, while at the same time enjoying in a large measure their natural environments. Nobody pays any attention to the bear. They will not attack a person if left alone, but if annoyed, especially in the case of the she-bear with cubs, the person bothering the animal is likely to be knocked down. "For some reason the black-tail deer have migrated from the park in large numbers. Probably 500 of these animals left the Yellowstone in the last year or two and the hunters in the adjoining rwnintrv h?fl a fine time killintr them. The porcupines have the same habit | of leaving the park on occasions, only f they return after a few months outside. ( The deer didn't come back because the 1 hunters killed them. t "Poaching in the park is practically c unknown. The last case of poaching t that 1 remember was in 1886, and I 3 happened to be present when the t poacher was arrested. In those days c the only thing that could be done was r to send the poacher out of the park; \ but now there is a law which makes f poaching punishable by imprisonment, s "It is a mistake to believe that more f foreigners visit the park than Americans," added Mr. Jaynes. "Last year, i there were about 25,000 tourists and c they were mostly Americans. Our a people have a high appreciation of the 1 wonders of their own country, though a i musi say mere is a nuiaoie uosence i of wealthy persons who go through the r park."?Washington Post. a <j SNAKES ARE NATURE FAKERS r t Sportsman Scared Out of His Wits by <] Harmless Reptile. t Curtis E. Spicer of Laurel, Del., a ]{ well-known business man, had the n surprise of his life today. While t walking through a swamp with sever- t ul sportsmen as companions, he heard h a soltnd that strangely resembled the rattling of a rattlesnake. t As this species of poisonous reptile r is unknown in Delaware. Spicer and his jj friends were startled more. They ^ were armed with clubs and guns, and, j going into the undergrowth they final- s ly uriearineu a oiacs snaae measur- ^ ing exactly six feet nine inches in s length. It was coiled and ready to spring. h With difficulty the snake was killed, p An examination failed to reveal any t rattles. The reptile was thereupon cut open, and, to the surprise of the ii sportsmen, they discovered two sleigh c bells and a metal harness buckle. It e was the actual jingling of the sleigh t bells against the buckle that sounded h like the deadly warning of a rattler. t The snake had swallowed the arti- e cles. In order to prove the truth of e their find to a credulous public, the s lien took the remains of the snake and v the sleigh bells and the buckle to Laurel, where they were shown to a c large number of persons.?Wilming- 1 ton, Del., dispatch to Cincinnati Enluirer. 0 i o Why Not Do as We Please??Am I h not a free man? Why can't 1 do as I v please in matters of food and drink? a Why can't 1 regulate my own diet, t seeing it concerns only myself? Well, r you can, if you wish. You can, if you K are a member of one of the many so- s called "Liberal Leagues," or things of v that sort, which hold that the highest :i right of man is to guzzle and gorge seven days in the week, and that human liberty is in its most imminent j peril when a man can't drink all the u beer he can hold whenever he wants 1 it and in any place where he hap- h pens to be. Hut you can't "do as you ii please"?not you?simply because you a are a Christian. That's all. No one s fan be a Christian so long as he wants r to do as he pleases. That's enough for you to know. Kven Jesus Christ, your 1 blessed Master, the great Head of the v Church, didn't "do as he pleased." a He surrendered his liberty, just as any t Christian must do. "I seek not mine 7 awn will, but the will of him that sent d me." In the great renunciation in 1: [Jethsemane. praying that the cup of a bitterness might be removed, be prays, h "Not my will but thine be done."? f< Uohert J. Hurdette, I). I)., in Sunday tl School Times. w iUiSfcUanfous Reading. LAST 0 THE SEMINOLES Remnant of Once Powerful Tribe Continue in Everglades. Many people in the Northern States, says a Miami, Fla., letter, are unaware that there dwells in the fastnesses of the Florida Everglades one of the most interesting and picturesque bands of American aborigines in the United States, known as the Seminole Indians, who are now as separate and distinct from the white race as when Columbus tirst held mass on the shores of Cuba, rhese are the remnants of the one-tim nighty nation of Seminoles, who defied the United States government for more than half a century and persistently refused colonization. While the numerous wars and forced ^migrations have reduced their numbers to a few hundred, their mode of living, dispositions and customs are in many respects the same as when the haughty De Soto sailed into Tampa Bay in 1539. The Seminoles live to themselves, ivoiding contact with the white race is much as possible, and seldom, if ?ver, talking whites into their conttlence, and on account of the almost iniccessible nature of the country in which they live, little is known of their ntimate home life. Unlike the Indians )t the west, they have persistently refused any assistance from the government, saying in response to offers for :heir support, "We only wish to be let ilone." They have no written language, yet ;hey are familiar with the traditions ind history of the tribe. The events of :he seven years' war are still vivid in :heir campfire memories, and the little -vr? o rn fQucrht frnm InfnnPV til K4 JJ JiUUOVO UIC iUU^IIh *? W*tS ? ivoid any semblance of intimacy with :he race who, through the violation of :he most sacred rule of warfare, "the lag of truce," cautured and imprisoned for life their matchless warrior ihieftain, Osceola, and his brave staff. The tribe are taught that the whites ire lacking in honor, or in the Seminole anguage holowagus (no good). The present Florida Indians are the lescendants of that invincible tribe tvho were never completely conquered, [n the year 1859 there were said to be >nly 112 Seminoles left in Florida, but luring the long period of peace with th vhite race their numbers have increas?d, until there are now between 500 and 500. These are divided into four bands, he Miamis, the Okeechobees, the Talalassees and the Big Cypress. These lands have not been governed by any 'great chief for about ten years, as vas formerly their custom, but each jand has its leader, whose duty it is to ireside at councils for administration >f the unwritten laws of the Seminole ribe that from time immemorial have )een handed down from generation to generation. Many of the Seminole braves are ypes of physical excellence. Their naive dress consists of a tunic of vari>us bright gaudy colors, with which juckskin leggins and moccasins are sometimes worn. The squaws wear a long, full skirt, vhich effectually hides their bare feet, vith a long-sleeved waist. They are rery well behaved, modest and shy, ind it is considered improper for as nuch as their feet or ankles to be exjosed to view, although their waist and skirts do not meet by 6 or 8 inches, this liscrepancy being only partly covered >y a shawl-like attachment or collar to he waist. Their dress is even gayer colored and more guady than that or he men, having wide stripes of red, 'ellow, blue and white encircling both he waist and skirt, with great strings if bright colored beads around the ieck, making an appearance that vould do credit to a masquerade of ancy dress affair. They show no delire to copy the styles of their paleaced sisters. The Seminoles are kind to their famlies, fond of and devoted to their chilIren, are pure in morals and honest .mong themselves and with the whites, i rhey do most of their trading in Miimi and Fort Lauderdale. In these daces are certain stores which they nake headquarters for all purchases nd sale of their furs and other pro- 1 lucts. They are very suspicious of the i notives and designs of white men, and he few who are able to speak and un- i lerstand English have been taught by i heir chiefs "Estahadkee, Kolowagus l exeojus" (white man no good; lie too I auch). And it is very reluctantly that | hey give information as to the loca- < ion of their ci.mps, hunting grounds or t lome life. It is believed by many white people hat the Seminoles have some secret emedy which is a sure cure for the 1 lite of a rattlesnake. Tom Tigerdeer 1 ieing asked one day, "What does an ndian do when bitten by a rattle- ' nake?" promptly replied with a twin- ' ;le in his beadlike eyes, "He take a bis 1 leep." They are said to be good traders, i laving their price on each article and s >ersistently refusing to sell for less < han their original price. s Sofka, the principal diet of the Sent- | noles, is prepared by the squaws. It < (insists of meats and vegetables boil- ! d together in a large kettle, and 3 hickened with grits or corn meal. It i s usually eaten by the family and visi- t ors from the kettle in which it is cook d. with a single large wooden spoon, * ach taking his or her turn, a single ) poonful often supplying two or three 1 k'ith a mouthful. i Year by year we see the Seminole rowded further and further back into he Everglades. The government has ug great canals from Lake Okeechobee to the coast draining this section f the Everglades, and the Indians iave been compelled to move on toward the big cypress swamps, and it ppears that even the almost impenerable Everglades, the original and ightful homes o fthe Seminoles, are raduall.v passing from their possesion. Soon the legends will l?e all that kill be left of this most picturesque of 11 the tribes of American Indians. How to Roll an Umbrella.?I hinted ust now that few men can roll up an imbrella nicely. Here is the method was taught. It is not very pretty, at it is effective. You begin by fold- , ng up a sheet of newspaper to form , little pad; otherwise you are apt to ( poll your wall paper. Now for the t est. , Hold your umbrella horizontally. , lold the pad of paper against the | tall, press the end of the umbrella ( gainst the paper and the handle of , he umbrella against your own body. k 'his leaves the hands free for the t elieate task of rolling up the umbrel- ^ ?. Find the button. Hring the fold ( itli the button on it to your left, and j t it hang down. Then pull out each ( old and pass it over the first. Throw , he lot loosely around the umbrella t ithout disturbing the creases of the t folds. Grip the tops of the ribs with the right hand. Put your left hand around the other end and wind the umbrella through the left hand with a screwing motion. Do not let go of the tops of the ribs of the umbrella. When you have to move the hand slide it around. If you let go you will find that the ribs get out of place and then the folds of the umbrella will follow suit. When the umbrella is rolled up grip it tightly until you have fastened it. If you fail in that detail you will get an unsightly bulge in the center of the umbrella.?London Globe. THE HUMAN EYE Not One is Perfect and Most of Us are ! Troubled by Strain of Some Kind. ( Measurements of human eyes demonstrate that there is probably no such thing in the world as an absolutely perfect eye. That would be a miracle which Nature with all her infinite ingenuity has never performed. No hu- ] man face among all the world's 1,600 j million may be held perfect, either artistically or physiologically. To the | owner of the fuee this is relatively an ; unimportant matter, but to the owner i of a pair of eyes an error of one three- i hundredths of an inch in the curvature or dimensions of the eyeballs may i make their all important function ah- i normal, resulting in eye strain with its j attendant physical ills. The eye responds to the slightest l physical force in the world, that is, i light waves which are hundreds of < millions of times more infinitesimal i than sound waves. The eyes are the i hardest worked of all organs, and the safety and existence of human lives i frequently depend directly on their I accurate working. The harmful re- < suits of eye strain, never wholly absent throughout life, may begin very early in childhood, even in the second i year. 1 Many little children, for instance, i are constantly tearing men eiumes, hurting their fee* and legs, stumbling i and falling, because their eyes are so faulty that their estimates of the size, i location and nature of objects are not correctly made. Adults who have been blind and are suddenly given good vision, require years to learn to see with accuracy or safety in action. Probably 6 per cent of children are left-handed, left-eyedness causing left handedness. From 6 to 10 years of age many children show an incomprehensible "nervousness," twitching of the hands and face, fickle appetite and various disorders, all usually due to eye strain. Yet almost all of these cases of eye i strain can be relieved, and should bo relieved in early childhood. The importance of correcting this condition ( early in the child's school years, and he Influence on the child must be ap- j parent to every parent ana leacner.? Pittsburg Gazette. Higher Than the Birds.?When Heinrich Oelerich drove his biplane to a height of 24,600 feet near L>eipsic recently, he was beating the birds at their own game. Humboldt saw the condor flying at a supposed height of 23,000 feet; this great bird, which nests and roosts above the 10,000-foot level, might equal or surpass Oelerich's feat, but probably no bird of his own Germany could do it. When Gay-Lussac in 1850 threw out carrier pigeons at heights above 20,000 feet, those tireless travelers dropped heavily toward a dense air. The altitude limit for birdmen must nearly have been reached by Herr Oelerich, only five and a half years after Wilbur Wright held the world record at 360 feet. Glasher's balloon ascension of 29,000 feet may be accepted, but he was unconscious at that height, and an aeroplane pilot on the wing does not care to be unconscious. When Tissendier in 1875 rose to 27,850 feet he brought down his two companions dead in his basket. No mountain climber has ever reached 25,000 feet. Whympers experiments show that above 18,000 feet no training or experience pre- , vents the slightest exertion from being painfully difficult. While Herr Oelerich was performing his perilous exploit twenty French aviators were celebrating Bastile Day ' near Paris by hying four abreast past f a. reviewing post as neatly spaced as cavalry chargers. These two developments of a single day show how swiftly ( the control of the aeroplane is being perfected. Control of aviators is now 1 nuite as pressing a problem.?Higher ( than the Birds. - - - 1 Man and Starched Collar. r The papers report that a league has 1 peen formed to "emancipate man from i he starched collar." 1 Nonsense! Man does not need any 8 such emancipation, except on some ' extra hot days in summer, and then 1 fie emancipates himself. ( There is more moral support, more 8 re-enforcement of character, in a 1 starched collar than can be had in any ^ >ther form for the same money. The . starched collar is the badge of Eurojean civilization. Asia never developed it. Neither did Africa. The Chinese have had civilization for 1,000 rears, but no starched collar. Where s their civilization now? It has gone i) the laundry. The Hindoos are kind to animals ind a thoughtful people, but they lave never taken to starched collars. IVhere are they now? Trying to land n British Columbia, trying to stay in South Africa, and being shooed away >y collar wearers. The Persians are on the run. The (apanese, the liveliest people in Asia, vhen they accepted western civiliza;lon, accepted starched collars with loth hands. The American negroes ,vear the tallest and stiffest collars to je had. There is hope for them. The starched collar is the palladium if respectability. It is the token of victory over self. Talk about abolshing it is all bosh. Abolish trousers if necessary; nations have become ?**<! ? t uMtKnut tKom hut to tho ollar and stick to the starch.?Life. GENERAL NEWS NOTES Reports show that Pennsylvania coal niners last year, produced 265,306,139 ihort tons of coal, valued at the mines it $383,220,933. The anthracite mines if the state employ 175,745 men, and he hitummous mines emplov 172.196 nen Five trains of eight coaches ach, were required to transport a Philadelphia political club to Atlantic Pity, N. J., Monday, for its annual uting. The party included 3,931 persons.... A severe hail and wind storm lid thousands of dollars damage to crowing crops in Mercer and Trenton ounties, N. J., Monday evening.. .The Iritish Union oil company, capitali/. d at $30,000,000 has acquired control f about one-fourth of the oil production of California Leading securiies on the New York stock exchange have dropped from 5 to 20 points on account of the European war scare. Wheat at Chicago has Increased about 10 cents a bushel A Paris correspondent quoting an unnamed "highest inside authority," says that "the big war," involving the countries in the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance, will come within the next ten days The Austrian government, through its consuls, has issued a call to all Austrians and Hungarians in the United States to return to the fatherland, for war service. It is estimated that there are at least 200,000 Austro-Hungarians in this country, who are subject to war service at home Mrs. Isabella Lara, aged 76, the "Hetty Green of South America," with an income of $;>00 a minute, is visiting New York A cloud-burst did 1300,000 damage in the vicinity of Telluride, Col., Monday The apple crop of Arkansas and Missouri, for 1914, is estimated at 3,315 carloads. Good Resolutions. 1. I will not permit myself to speak ivhile angry; and I will not make a hitter retort to another person who speaks to me in anger. 2. I will neither gossip about the Failings of another nor will I permit tny other person to speak such gossip to me. Gossip will die when it cannot find a listener. 3. I will respect weakness and defer to it on the street car, in the department store iind in the home, whether it be displayed by man or woman. 4. I will always express gratitude For any favor or service rendered to me. If prevented from doing it on the spot, then I will seek an early oppor tunny to give utterance to it in tne most gracious way within my power. 5. I will not fail to express sympathy with another's sorrow, nor to give hearty utterance to my appreciation of good works by another, whether the party be friendly to me or not. 6. I will not discuss other people's ailments or misfortunes. They shall be one of the subjects on which I am silent. 7. I will look on the bright side of the circumstances of my daily life, and T ? ? ( 1 1 caaU n j. ? in acciv tu tai i) a liicci iui iatc and speak hopefully to all whom I meet. 8. I will neither eat nor drink what I know will detract from my ability to do my best work. 9. I will speak and act truthfully, living with sincerity toward God and man. 10. I will strive to be always prepared for the very best that can happen to me. I will seek to be ready to seize the highest opportunity, to do the noblest work, to rise to the loftiest place which God and my abilities permit.?Our Monthly. The Color of Army Horses.?The color line is being drawn by the army in the purchase of horses. It has not been drawn in favor of white or light colored horses, but against them, and in favor of sorrels, bays and even blacks. Because of their visibility white and gray horses are not consid^,wl fsxt. mnnnta Tn ihn Held they are marks for sharpshooters, and on this account the quartermaster corps has stopped purchasing light colored horses. Officers are permitted to purchase gray horses if they eare to take the chances of being shot in the event that they are on the firing line. But the inspector general's lepartment has condemned the genjral use of gray horses in the army, rhis, however, does not prevent many af the officers of the army from riding gray horses, and they have refusid to draw the color line. Some of the members of the generxl stuff are advocating the issuance of i general order prohibiting the use of J ?ray or light colored horses in the irmy, as they claim that even with a i 'ew officers on light colored mounts, he enemy will be able to locate a J t'Kiiut'iiL "I (1 tuiii|iait^ ? IIU-II niiftiii ? )e on scout duty. The question wheth- < r a gray horse is ofiicially regarded , is a suitable mount for an officer has ' )een the subject of lively controversy it at least one army post.?Army and <avy Journal. Nothing for Educated Man. "Sorry," said Gilford briefly, "but I laven't a thing that is suitable for an 'ducated man." "Who," asked the Brown graduate, , 'said anything about a job for an edu- i :ated man? I want a job for a man." j Gifford didn't take much stock in ( hat talk. He had seen prettily tailor- ] d young men try grimy jobs before. ! 3ut he is willing to take a chance. So 1 le put that young man at work in the j ailroad yards, where cinders and cal- 5 uses and raw inflections abound. Then le forgot about the young man. Next imc he heard of him the Brown grad" j ito ,t.no ., f Clif ord is convinced that he is on his way ip. He has accomplished a feat that | lifford is convinced is the hardest of i ill for the college man?he has forgoten to keep his clothes clean.?Philalelphia Public Ledger. A Big Clean YORKB YOl BEGINNING FRI1 Don't Miss This Opporl Money will go further t Must Go. Cost Will f $3,000.00. Therefore seasonable merchandise The First 50 La O'clock, the 7i with a 42-piece ..The Yor Red Cedar Shingles We have on hand NOW 100,000 RED CEDAR SHINGLES? Received direct from the State of Washington. RED CEDAR Shingles are recognized as being the very next BEST thing to Slate for a roof?are preferred by some. While these RED CEDAR Shingles last. Our Price is $4.50 PER THOUSAND. About the same price as the Best Pine Shingles sell for. These RED CEDAR Shingles are worth more, but our price is $4.50 per thousand. If you want the BEST, place your order with us QUICK. See Us for Everything In Lumber and Builders' Hardware, as well as for Paints, Oils, Etc. J. J. KELLER & CO. You May Never be Hurt In a railroad accident, on street cars, automobile or steamboat, or lose your life in a burning dwelling, hotel, theatre, store or barn, or while riding in your own or somebody else's buggy, or by being struck or run over by any.conveyance or vehicle, and you may never have typhoid fever, pneumonia, appendicitis, diphtheria, scarlet fever, smallpox, yellow fever, varioloid, spinal menengetis, hydrophobia or any of about 65 other diseases covered by the "Reliance Limited Accident and Health Policy," issued by the New England Casualty Co., but if you should, and had no policy, you would feel like kicking yourself, because of your short sightedness in failing to Invest ten bucks for one year's insurance. It is the most liberal accident and health policy ever issued for an annual premium of $10.00. Ask for particulars. Merely thinking about taking one will not avail in case you wait until after the accident or the sickness develops. SAM M. GRIST. Regarding the M nmim nnt lYlUllUlllClll The Monument Is the sole product of man which Is expected to exist, without change or repair, for all time?beyond the memory that we cherish in our hearts, which is only as long as the span of life. It may help to form a record, but it is erected as a tribute of love to those who have passed "to that bourne from whence no traveler ever returns." As such, let it be a thing of beauty, not dark and somber, but bright and cheerful; not typifying earthly sorrow, but symbolizing undying love. And as architecture is brought to us from the past by the tombs of the ancients, so let us pass on to those in our steps, some worthy expression of our conception of beauty. PALMETTO MONUMENT CO. JOS. G. SASSI, Prop. Plione 211 Yorkvllle. S. C. REAL ESTATE LOOK! Now Isn't Tills a Nice Selection? The J. K. Hope Place: 70 acres, near Tirzah, on Rock Hill and Clay Hill and Yorkville and Fort Mill roads. 5-room dwelling; large barn; 2 tenant houses and other buildings; 2 wells? one at house and other at barn. Adjoins T. M. Gates, F. E. Smith and Mrs. Glenn. This is something nice. See ME QUICK. The E. T. Carson Place: 185 acres; 8-room dwelling; 3-room tenant house; large barn; crib, etc. Plenty of wood. Adjoins W. R. Carroll and others. Now is vour time to see me. Two Tracts?One 63 acres and the other 60 acres?about 6 miles from Yorkville on McConnellsville-Chester road. First tract has 4-room dwelling; barn, crib and cotton house. Oth er tract has one tenant house. Each tract watered by spring and branch. Plenty of timber. Good, strong land, mid the price is right. Better see me. Town Property; My offerings here are very attractive. Can suit you either in a dwelling or a beautiful lot in ilmost any part of Town on which to erect one. Let me show you. Geo. W. Williams REAL ESTATE BROKER. Farm Hardware Now that Spring weather has ar- 1 ived and farm work is on, you will probably need more or less Farm hardware ? Plow Shapes, Stocks, Handles, Plow Lines, Hames, Trace Chains, Horse Collars, Mule and Horse Shoes, Nails. Hoes, Shovels, etc. 3ee us for what you may need. We ] have what you want and can interest I fou in prices. If you need a Port- l ible Forge for blacksmith work, just see us. Give your Mules, Horses, Cattle, Pigs and Poultry Pratt's Poultry Powders. If you want the very best Flour? ry a sack of MELROSE?it always pleases particular people. Yorkville Banking & Mer. Co. -Up and Clet ARGAIN ElKVILLE - - - - S. < )AY, AUGUST 7, tunity to visit a Clean-Uj ban it ever did before, le No Object, on accoui we place before you a e at unusually Low Pri idies Who Enter the th of August, will Dinner Set, FREE. k Bargain UNLESS THE BLOOD IS PURE you can't expect to have a '.lealthy, energetic body or a clear, cheerful mind. ^ When the blood is poisoned or impoverished. indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, rheumatism, scrofula, and a host of other ills bring bad health and unhap- ^ plncss. Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy quickly purities the blood, aids it to resume its work of carrying life and ene- Sp ergy to every part of the body; tones up the system, and drives away disease and misery. Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy is u vegetable compound scientifically H prepared from purest ingredients; and wR?? has been used successfully for 40 years. Your dealer should have it. If he hasn't, send his name and J1 to the manufacturers for a large bottle. Remedy Sales Corporation, Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. Joe Person's Wash should be used in connection with the Remedy for the cure of sores and the relief of inflamed and congested surfaces. It is es pecially valuable for women, and should always be used for ulcerations. REGISTRATION NOTICE Office of County Board of Regiatration. Yorkville, S. C.. July 14, 1914. NOTICE Is hereby given that in pursuance of law, the County ^ Board of Registration will be at the ^ places named below, on the dates named, for the purpose of issuing certificates to those entitled to register, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the board: Yorkville, Monday, August 3. Clover, Tuesday, August 4. Fort Mill, Wednesday, August 6. Rock Hill, Thursday, August 6. Anmiof ? A ouaiiui, r iiuaj, nuf,uoi i. All persons entitled under the law to register, or who may desire to have their certificates renewed or changed from one place to another should meet us In accordance with the foregoing appointments. R. M. WALLACE, ft Chm'n. County Board of Registration. 56 t 4t In Your Reach No matter where you live, the BANK OF CLOVER is In easy reach of you. Uncle Sam's mail will quick- M ly bring your deposits to us and we will promptly acknowledge a receipt ^ of any funds you may send us. A large part of the Banking Business of the country is done by means of Uncle Sam's mall service. If you cannot A conveniently deposit here in person, send us your deposits by mail. We want your business, large or small, and will give you as good service as you can possibly get from any Bank anywhere. If you have idle funds put them in this Bank for Safe Keeping and for Profit The Bank of Clover, M. L. Smith, Pres. J. A. Page, Cash. CLOVER, S. O. FOR SALE 136 Acres?The Wells Place, the property of R. N. Plaxco, a very fine farm. High state of cultivation. 4 I have had many inquiries about the County Home Lands?First Tract: 90 acres, on Rock Hill road; also 137 acres loin J. L. Moss. I must sell this land At Once. .If You want it, ?ee Me at Once?It is a good money maker. County Home Farm?90 Acres, Joining T. L. Carroll, $25.00 Acre. 140 Acres?Joining R. R. Love, J. L. ? Moss and others. Magnificent bottom land in this tract. See me. J jfc Cottage Home?Of W. C. Miller, on w Charlotte road, near Ancona Mill. 300 Acres?Property of D. A. Whlsonant, joins J. W. Qulnn and others Price $16.00 40 Acres?Property of John Barnett. v joining farm of J. R. Connolly and Wm. Harrison Est lands. 100 Acres?Known as the Dorster place, about 1 1-2 miles from Philadelphia church and school. If sold during February, I will take the small sum of $20.00 an acre for it. 409 Acres?Near Lowryville, $25.00 per acre. I desire to say to my rrienas mat i have property that I can cut up in 0 small tracts and sell on long terms. The Quinn estate land?On King's Mt. road, adjoining Frank Riddle's Neil place and others, am willing to cut this into smaller farms to suit the purchaser. The residence of the late Dr. J. B. Allison, Joining the new Presbyterian Manse. Can be cut Into two beautiful building lots. The property of Dr. Mack White on King's Mountain Street, also 2 dwellings, property of Quinn Wallace, et al, on Kinr's Mountain Street. This property will be sold quickly and if you want it, see me. I have for sale three of the Finest Farms In York county, and they are very cheap at the price; to wit: The John Black?Henry Massey f homestead. J 000 Acres?The R. M. Anderson Farm. " 410 Acres?Of the S. M. Jones-Ware Farm, about 4 miles from Rock Hill. Also 18 acres, and a nice cottage, Koii iitl/nllv lnr-atoH within thft Inoor- m porate limits of Yorkville. Read my ' list of Farms arid send me some offers. Two Good Houses?On King's Mountain Street. J. C. WILBORN MONEY TO LOAN ON YORK COUNTY FARMS. ^ Extra Long Term, If Desired. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Fort Mill - S. C. 60 t. f. 4t ? TlTCID Ill-VIII JU(t HOUSE . c. FOR 14 DAYS 1 p Sale at which Your I ah c . r.-j All oummer uuuus it of having to raise i n opportunity to buy ces. Come and See. i Store at 8.30 be presented n . dee it. i House.. ' HHBMHMHHBHMmia