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tumorous department Pe??emi?tic.?Timothy McNlty was boss of a section of a Southern railway which included several tunnels. Timothy had as his guest Barney Mahoney, a new arrival from Ireland, and together they were making an inspection of the road one morning. As they neared one of the tunnels they were greeted with the piercing whistle of the limited, and stepped aside until it had passed. Barney stood in openmouthed wonder as the fast tra'.n neared, passed and entered the tunnel at the rate of 50 miles an hour. "Ain't that foine?" said Timothy, as the last car finally disappeared. "Talk about yer wonderful inventions! Where'll yer find anything ter bate that?" Barney was awestruck, and it was some moments before he could adequately express his thoughts. "Via THmnthv 'tis fnine." said he finally, "but I was Just thinkin' what a turrible thing 'twould be if it should miss th' hole!"?Harper's Magazine. Meeting the Opposition.?A member of the Democratic national committee tells of an "old-timer" who, during the last campaign, took the stump in Iowa. It does not appear whether he gathered many converts to the party creed or not, but he certainly added to the humor of the situation. On one occasion, when a vast crowd had gathered to hear him hold forth, he addressed them this wise: "Fellow citizens, our opponents are resorting to every form of dishonesty, deception and underhand trickery to corrupt the voters. But, fellow citizens, we warn them"?and here his voice shook the rafters?"we warn them, fellow citizens, that that is a game that two can play at!"?New York Times. A Logical Objection.?F. I. Fletcher, at a dinner of advertising men at the Ritz Carlton in New York, said: "There is only one logical objection to advertising, and that is the one offered by Joe Doolittle of the Cinnaminson Scimitar. " 'Joe, why don't you advertise?' said the editor of the Cinnaminson Scimitar. " 'Because I'm agin" advertisin,' Joe answered firmly. "'But why, Joe, are you against it?' said the editor. " 'It don't leave a man no time,' said Joa 'I advertised wunst in '90, and the consequence wuz, I didn't have time to go flshin' by crinus, till ater McKlnley's second election in 1900."' Youthful Pessimists?Young James was obviously disturbed by the almost incessant yells which his baby brother had been indulging in for the past few minutes. "What is the baby crying for?" asked a kind-faced, motherly woman, bending over the carriage. "Oh I dunno; he's alw'ys cryin.' I never came acrawst any one wot looks upon the dark side o' things as he does," rejoined James, with a frown.?Harper's Magazine. His Choice.?An old Scotchman was threatened with blindness if he did not give up drinking. "Now, McTavish," said the doctor, "it's like this: You've either got to stop the whisky or lose your eyesight ?and you must choose." "Ah, weel, doctor," said McTavish, "I'm an auld man noo, an' I was thinkin' I ha'e seen aboot everything worth seein'." He Was Neutral.?An Irishman went into a well known Boston restaurant a short time ago to get his lunch. Among other things, he ordered some cold meat; and the waiter?when he served the meal?inquired: "Will you have the French or German mustard, sir?" "Neither," was the Irishman's reply, "I'm neutral, just give me the horseradish." In Trouble Either Way.?"Yes," said the Fairy Prince, "you may have whatever you want for a Christmas present." "I will choose." said the Fortunate D^roAn "nitKop o u'ifa fir on o ii tnmn bile." "How foolish!" exclaimed the Fairy Prince. "Why do you not select something that you can manage?"?Ex. Right There With a Substitute.? We gazed pityingly on the listless drug store clerk, leaning against the soda counter. "Haven't you any ambition?" we queried kindly and all that. "No," he replied, with brightening intelligence; "but I have something just as good."?Philadelphia Ledger. Her Feelings Hurt.?"What's the matter with your old cat? She looks disconsolate these days." "Pap hurt her feelings dreadfully. Brung home a mouse trap last week. I told him not to do it. Cats has got their feelings same as anybody else." ?Louisville Courier-Journal. Quite Different.?Mrs. Crahshaw? What do you think of my lovely new mufT? Crabshaw?Umph! What a fuss you'd make if you were asked to carry a package half that size home from the store. Suspicion Well Grounded.?Barman?Strikes me there's one o' these bloomin' German spies in the smokeroom, sir. 'E's bragging about bein' a Scotchman, and the whisky I took 'im a quarter of an hour ago 'e ain't even touched yet!?Tit-Bits. The Greater Vanity.?I sometimes wonder, Mr. Highbrow, if there is anything vainer than voii authors about the things you write? Highbrow?There is, madam: our efforts to sell them.?London Opinion. lil I-J A UlIiL VonL.t WOUIC1 Mgree ?mn oricrm?? n.? ?I see someone proposes a war on mothers-in-law. Crimsonbeak?That fellow will no doubt come to the conclusion that Sherman was rifjht.?Yonkers' Statesman. Heaven Is Small.?First Boy?My father's been everywhere. Second Boy?Has he been to heaven? First Boy?Well, no. But he's been to every place of more than five thousand population.?Life. Theory Quite Plausible.?"What a poPshed talker Jobson is." "Isn't he? I suppose that's the reason he slips up on so many of his arguments."?Boston Transcript. Miscellaneous Reading. EIGHT MONTHS OF WAR Sees the End of the Old Rules of Warfare. The laws or precedents of civilized warfare began to give way in the month of March, the eighth of the great European conflict. Reprisals in their deadliest form were instituted and the bitterness between the na Itions was lniensinea. In retaliation for the allies' blockade of Germany, the German submarines began sinking the merchantmen of enemy countries, without warning, drowning non-combatant crews and passengers irrespective of sex, with the declaration, "You starve our noncombatants, we will drown yours." Asserting the Russians had burned German towns, the Germans destroyed towns and villages of sore stricken Poland by wholesala There were tights without quarter in the Carpathians, aerial bombardments of French and Belgian towns, entailing much loss of life to non-combatants. This strangling of German trade and German submarine activity as a sequel, the progress of the attack on the Dardanelles, the fall of Permysl, followed by the beginning of the battle of the Carpathians, which has for its object the Russian invasion of the plains of Hungary; and the almost spontaneous uprising in England agaist the liquor traffic were the principal developments of the four weeks. Operations in Caucasus. Secondary in interest were the deadlock on the western battle front, where the armies await the spring, and the arrival of Britain's new army, the Russian operations in Caucasus and Persia, the incident of the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, which crept into Newport News, creating another diplomatic complication for the United States. The allies' answer to the declaration of a German maritime zone of danger around the British Isles ana the northern coast of France came on March 2, when France and England by a Joint note in council decreed that all the world must cease directly or indirectly to trade with Germany. They reserved the right to seize all ships under any flag which might be conveying a cargo for Germany, Austria or Turkey, no matter to what neutral country this cargo was consigned. Legally, it was not a blockade, according to international law. In effect, it was, and joint protests were formulated by the United States, the Scandinavian countries and Holland. The protests have availed nothing. On the following day Germany offered to modify her danger zone decree if the United States could persuade England to permit cargoes of food to go into the country. This failed. Diplomatic negotiations are still pending. Germany's answer came in the last week of the month, when the passenger steamer Falaba, bound for the west coast of Africa, was sunk, followed quickly by the Aguila, the loss of life in the two abips being 112 passengers and crew. March 30, saw the sinking of the Emma, a French ship, with her crew, and on March 31, the Seven Seas was sunk, thirty non-combatants losing their lives. The United States was again involved when it was discovered that one of the passengers on the Falaba was Deon Chester Thrasher, American by birth, a civil engineer on his way to the Gold Coast. Reprisals to Continue. There was every indication as the month ended that the reprisal of drowning and starvation would continue on a larger scale. Progress in the Dardanelles by the allied fleets was not so swift as it was thought it would be when the bombardment was begun in the latter part of February. The forts proved stronger than was believed, the artillerymen showed the result of teaching by German officers and the forts were just a little stronger than had been estimated. There is no doubt that the principal forts at the entrance to the straits were either destroyed or crippled, but further on the success was not so great. It was realized on March 17, when the British cruiser Amethyst tried to dash trough the mine fields that it was not a target practice. The cruiser came back hit hard, with twentyeight of her men dead and thirty injured. Three days later the British admiralty announced that the British battleships Irresistable and Ocean and the French battleship Bouvet had been sunk with great loss of life. The Inflexible, the flagship of Admiral Carden, and the Gaulois, were crippled. There was great encouragement when the Russian Black sea fleet appeared at the mouth of the Bosporus; signalizing her advent by bombarding Turkish coal supplies in villages nearby. Reports of landing forces which should go overland to Constantinople, were frequent but were not confirmed. It was reported in the last days of the month that France would send an army of 100,000 to help out. The battle of the Carpathians was accepted at the outset as one of the decisive actions of the war, so proclaimed by military observers of the allied nations and conceded by the Austrians. It will decide whether the millions of Russian soldiers can sweep over the mountains and into the plains of Hungary to Budapest, perhaps even to Vienna itself. The strong Russian offensive where the day's routine is the taking of precipitous heights was made possible by the fall of Premysl. Held out Four Months. The strongly fortified city fell, after a heroic defence of four months, on March 23, and 119,000 soldiers, eight generals, 5,000 officers and a vast amount of ammunition and stores fell into the hands of the victors. In addition, the fall of the city released for other operations a greater part of the 160.000 men in the investing army. A part of these were turned at once into the Carpathians, where the battle line was formed, beginning at Dukla pass and extending south of Uzok pass. The drive is toward the valleys down the Ondava and Laborez rivers and the railways. The Austrians. re-inforced by the Germans, have fought every step, but they have retired until the Russians at the northern end of their line are over the Hungarian frontier. The failure of the Russian siege of Ossowiec in northern Poland and the check north of Przasnysz have caused a lull in that section of the eastern front. One diversion was a raid by a Russian force on the East Prussian town of Memel on the Baltic. It was only a dash, quickly over and unimportant. In Bukowlna, the Aus trians, aided by the high water of the rivers, have kept the Russians from recovering ground* lost in the latter part of FebruaryExcept for the capture of Neuve Chapelle on March 11, the western battle front has seen nothing important. The allies are marking time. Attacks and counter attacks succeed each other day in and day out. They are waiting for spring for the new British army and new artillery. The Russians are carrying the Turkish troops through the Caucasus and in Persia. The most important economic development of the war was that raised by the sudden crusade against the liquor traffic in England. It bids fair to sweep the country. David LloydxhanAaiim nt pYPheaufir. \JVUI 5CI Viiaiiv^uvi V* ~ B , hinted to some labor unions on March 1, that if they were not careful the liquor traffic would be suspended during the war. On March 29, the chancellor wrote a letter declaring that he believed liquor to be more deadly than the Germans and the Austrians. On the following day King George announced that he would banish alcoholic beverages from his household during the war. Lord Kitchener, Lord Brassey and a host of notable men followed the king's example. As the month ended the kingdom was afire with the new crusade. VISITED THE AFRICAN PIGMIES Chapin Spends Six Years in the Wilds of Africa. James Chapin of the Congo expedition of the Museum of Natural History, has returned to New York, after six years spent in the wilds of Africa, Despite seemingly well-authenticated rumors in the last few years that the members of the expedition had been lost or killed, he reported that they had enjoyed the best of health and that the expedition had been a great success, more than 30,000 specimens having been obtained. They obtained three okapi, which was the special object of their search. "We were lucky enough to get three perfect specimens of the okapi," Mr. Chapin said, "two full-grown and one about half grown. The little one is the only one that I saw alive and the group will be the first that ever has been set up in this country. The okapi is a distant relative of the giraffe, only that his neck is shorter. The males have the same horns as the giraffe and both males and females have stripes on their legs like zebras. Herbert Lang, who was In charge of the expeaiuon, was pamcuiuriy picn?:u at our luck. "We started for the Congo Free states on May 8, 1909, Intending to be gone a year. After we got into the work this time was lengthened to two years, then to three, and finally we decided to stay until we had finished what we set out to do. "We landed at Stanleyville, which is about 1,200 miles inland up the Congo, and then made our first hike which landed us at Avakubi after 23 days. Mr. Lang and I walked, as we did for the rest of our stay there, and it is probably due to this constant exercise that we were able to retain our health although the other white men in the Congo thought it wonderful that we could live there for six years without serious sickness. "Avakubi and Medje, both Belgian posts, were our headquarters for a year, and it was here that we obtained the small okapi. This is a forest country and owing to the lack of underbrush was fairly easy to travel through. The Belgian government assisted us in every way. The officials would get porters for us and the government ended by contributing 31,300 towards the expenses of the expedition. "One of the most curious of the bird specimens we collected was a species of great hornbill. We also have several nests of this bird. The male hornbill, when the season arrives for the female to lay her eggs and raise a family, entices his mate into a hollow tree, as high above the ground as possible, and then walls her in with mud. She is imprisoned in this cell for from six weeks to two months, and is allowed to break her way out when the young are ready to fly. All this time the male brings her food, many times a day, which he passes in to her through a small hole which he leaves for the purpose when he walls her up. Her food consists of insects and fruit, which he often has to chew small enough to pass through the hole. "Another peculiar bird was a crowned eagle, that seemed to live exclusively on monkeys. He is similar to the American eagle, except that he has very large, strong feather feet, with great talons. We have specimens of this bird and also several of its nests, which are huge. There was also a chocolate colored hawk, which lived on bats. It would appear just about dusk and catch the bats on the wing. Weaver birds, which are about the size of the New York sparrow, build hanging nests, sometimes as many as 200 in one tree, which they enter at the bottom. "In tho Ttnrl uro> wopo in tho nicrmv country, and saw many of these people and found them an assistance in our work. They are great hunters, and usually attach themselves to some tribe composed of farmers, so that they can trade the spoils of their hunt for vegetables. They are great hunters of caterpillars and white ants. These they catch and after drying them use them in trade with the other natives who are just as keen for them as they are. The caterpillar month is September, and then the pigmies are in clover. They roam the forests until they find a tree that is stripped by the caterpillar, and they camp there until they gather all they can carry. They catch the white ants, which are not very large, by setting leaf traps near their hills. "One of the most peculiar things we found in the forest country was the 'wireless telephone* used by the natives. I was ahle to get two of the great wooden drums they use. This is a wonderfully efficient system, and is not like the Morse or any that we use. The natives make noises with the drums, which will carry 10 miles and which resembles the sounds of words in their own language. It is more like a wireless telephone than anvthiner else. "A steamer sank on the river several days apo and within two days of its loss we had heard ail about it, even to its name, the Ville de Brupes. It took the survivors of the wreck several weeks to reach where we were, but the native 'wireless' transmitted the news in 48 hours. "We were told that the natives around Medje were cannibals not so lonp apo, and that there were still isolated cases of cannibalism. This latter we were unable to verify, and I personally don't think that It 1b so. c Medje was the scene of the tragic 1 death of Thornto.i, an American, who, i in 1903, went there to establish the t post. The natives killed and ate him. t Shortly before we arrived there they r told me that when the local judge was 1 leaving the post with a native murderer, who was being taken away to c another post for execution, the friends \ of the slain man attacked the party a and tried to get him. They said they s could not understand why the mur- r derer was being removed, and asked a 'Why should the judge take food c away from us?' t I " A m/\?Kor ofnrv that thPV tnl/1 lift I ? was about a chief that came in to g trade. The trading was Interrupted by a the discovery of a man tied to a tree, a who said that he was a slave belong- a ing to the chief, and had been tied p there to wait until the caravan start- t ed home, and then he was to be v killed for food. These stories may be b true, but we saw nothing that Justl- r fled our believing them. a "When the war began we received fl word by runners who brought dls- p patches to the Belgian posts. They a ran night and day and traveled from t Stanleyville to Avakubi, which had q taken us 23 days, in just about five. u I saw no hostilities In the Congo." || When Mr. Chapln went out to the > Congo he was 19 years old and a junior at Columbia, He brings back with him about one-quarter of the specimens collected, and Mr. Lang S will bring the rest in about a month. In the collection are specimens of the okapi, the giant eland, the squaremouthed rhinoceros, antelopes, great jj and small, bufTalo, and thousands of j, other animals, snakes, birds and in- b verterbates. p ' ' h HOW TO MIX FLOUR A Department of Agriculture Furnishes a Valuable Information. v That the American housewife is v herself quite capable of doing all the p flour mixing desirable, is the com men - ^ tary of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Vrooman on the mooted mixed q flour question. He says further that j, the American housewife could materi- b ally reduce the cost of living if she n were to get the flour mixing habit t "There are some thirty substitutes p that can be mixed with wheat flour ^ in making bread," he said in a state- b ment issued in Washington recently. "Many of these are more nutritious f than wheat flour; some of them are p cheaper than wheat flour, and of these, b two or three, at least are commercially p obtainable almost anywhere. b "Potatoes, corn flour, and rice (in c certain sections) can be used with h profit in mixture with wheat flour in c making yeast bread. With wheat s flour as dear as it is now, the careful j. housewife stands to effect quite a u saving by using one of these products a to eke out her wheat flour. Ex peri- 8 ments have shown that the substitutes q can be used successfully in the pro- j] portion of one part to three parts of c wheat flour. At least three-fourths e of the mixture must be good wheat c flour. t "Potatoes have a certain advantage e in this regard, since potato bread can r be made without going to the trouble y to get the commercial potato meal, j Plain mashed potatoes, four parts of c mashed potatoes to three parts of v wheat flour, will serve the purpose e quite well. If the dry potato meal or j, flakes is used, the ratio should be y, one part of potato to three parts of flour. Boiled rice can be used in e much the same way as mashed pota- y toes, care being taken to allow for y the water in the rice to use about 0 three times as much in bulk as would y be used of the rice flour. t "In making potato bread the sponge c should be used, and just enough wa- y ter to serve to mix the yeast with the g potato, since the sponge becomes j very soft after partial fermentation. ^ The remainder of the flour is worked r in afterwards, care being taken to c make an extra stiff dough, which should be raised till quite light. This c bread is much moister than bread r made of straight wheat flour. I "Corn flour, which should cost y about two-thirds the price of wheat j flour, may be mixed with wheat flour j direct, one part of corn flour to three y parts of wheat flour. Use the mix ture just as though it were wheat y flour?and mix It yourself. r "It should be remembered that the y addition of starchy materials, such as c potatoes, rice or corn starch (which a is sometimes used to adulterate wheat f flour in baking) tends to make a loaf j less rich in protein and hence less ^ nutritious than the straight wheat j flour. The addition of corn flour r makes little, if any, change in the t nutritive value of the bread, but s makes it cheaper. s "There are other flour substitutes, 6 such as soybean meal and pea flour, which serve to add greatly to the nu- g tritive value of the loaf when mixed r with wheat flour. These products, un- c fortunately, cannot be recommended ^ in the present emergency, since they t are not as yet common articles of r commerce in this country. s "In this connection it should be said that a great saving could be ef- r fected if the housewife would emulate a the professional baker and buy low \ grade wheat flours. There are flours | on the market, quite as good for r home baking as the fancy patent ?] flours, which cost in bulk from 25 to t 40 per cent less than the fancy { grades. Such are the so-called "sec- ( ond clear" and "low grade" flours, a which are graded lower than parents merely because they are darker, not t because they are any less nutritious ( or less palatable. In fact the darker color may be evidence that the flour is more nutritious than white flour. "Boston brown bread may be mentioned as a good and very popular medium for the profitable use of flour substitutes. It is made of equal parts of corn meal, rye meal and graham flour and is a very nutritious bread. "There are various ways of making over bread itself so as to effect a considerable saving. Thus stale bread, crusts, crumbs, etc., can be worked into palatable products such as bread pancakes, bread crumb biscuit and bread crumb cookies. "The nub of the mixed flour question hangs on who does the mixing. If the housewife does the mixing she gets the saving entailed; if the baker or the wholesaler does it, he is very apt to get the saving as additional profit. Food Supply of Germany.?Germany is not starving and will not starve if this year's crop turn out fairly well. The German government is naturally complaining to us about the blockade the allies have declared to shorten her supplies and these complaints naturally create the impression that the people are short on food. Meat and fish are plentiful. Large stocks )f dried codfish from Norway are of'ered for sale in Berlin at the retail )rice of ten cents a pound, and potaoes are worth seventy-four cents a >ushel. Hogs are so plentiful that a nillion of them have been sent into Belgium to be fattened. While restrictions have been placed m the consumption of bread and vheat flour the allowance of bread is imple and exceeds the average conumption of American families. Each nan, woman and child in Berlin gets l bread ticket authorizing the purhase of two kiligrams, or four and wo-fifth pounds avoirdupois each veek. This is the equivalent of five ind one-half loaves of bread of the hort-weight variety sold in New' York .3 a pound loaf. This would give the .verage family of five persons four full rounds of bread a day1 which is more hat most of us consume In the most wasteful city on earth. This war i read is appetizing, wholesome and lutrltious, and advices from Berlin 1 tate that' the populace is well satisied with it. The only cause for comilalnt regarding food in Berlin is the bsence of the various fancy cakes, , tiscuits and gingerbread for which . lerman bakeries are so famoua The se of wheat flour to make fancy de- , Icacles of this class are forbidden.? Tew York Commercial. WHAT 13 LLOYD'S? iketch of English Corporation Al- < most as Strong as the Government. 1 "Lloyd's" is about as stable an instiution as the Bank of England in Britjh estimation. In fact, it is almost as irttmately connected with the financial usiness of the United Kingdom, as is he "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" 1 erself, says the Providence Journal, ind Lloyd's, which is ready to insure verything, from the British fleets gainst danger from the air or the /ater to a London baby against the whooping cough, is more in evidence han ever since the beginning of this reat war. Al at Lloyd's is a colloquialism freiUently heard in England when one nquires from another, "How are you?" ut its true meaning is a mystery to , tiany people. It originated at Lloyd's he great institution at the rear of the loyal exchange, which "Punch" once escribed as a place where "an ill wind ilows nobody good." Edward Lloyd, believed to be the nnnHor nnrt Jinmp-ei vine endfather Of his famous institution, kept a coffee louse on Tower street in the latte* iart of the seventeenth century, which ecame a favorite resort of persons onnected with shipping. About 1692, ie removed his establishment to the orner of Abchurch lane and Lombard treet, where it was liberally patronsed by the shipping community, who sed it as a rendezvous for the transition of daily business. Sales of vesels were advertised in the London 1 lazette, with the information that the nventorle8 could be seen at Lloyd's 1 offee house. In 1696, Lloyd establlshd a tri-weekly paper, devoted to 1 ommerce and shipping, giving it the itle of Lloyd's News. But after an xistence of not quite six months the i taper was suspended because of a rifling offence to the government, i Jews letters, however, furnishing There are some 650 underwriting nembers of Lloyd's. They appoint ibout 100 agents, who write for them n different syndicates, the latter takng up risks in blocks. All insurance nust be effected through a broker. The deposits and guarantees provided >y the underwriting members of the :orporation as security for their unlerwriting liabilities are said to tmount to ?7,000,000 sterling. In 1834, Lloyd's Register was instiufed. It has become a bulky volume, :ontaining full details of British ships, heir classification, carrying capacity, rngines and ownership, and giving the lame of the commander. The Regiser is brought up to date each week, ind the committee responsible for the jublication is composed of shipowners ind merchants in the great British leaports. The committee has a surveyor in all the principal ports of the vorld. The men, however, responsible 'or Lloyd's Register are a separate >ody from the great insurance cor>oration known as "Lloyd's," which is virtually a business club. As the underwriters in the early lays at Lloyd's desired to know the ;onclltlon or snips Derore enecnng an nsurance of the vessels or their carjoes, they engaged captains to inipect the ships. If a vessel was sound n hull it was placed In Class A. If satisfactory in equipment, which in he bygone days of wooden sailing ,'essels included sails and ropes, it vas classed Al. Since iron and steel mperseded wood in the construction if vessels a different classification las become necessary, and "100 Al" s the highest class for well construct?d and equipped steamships. Second lass vessels are designated at "90 VI," and ships with a good hull, but lot efficient equipment, figure in Class V. I HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE Item* of Interest From All Sections o! South Carolina. Darlington has voted bonds in th< sum of $50,000 to be used in erecting a second school building. A petition is being circulated in th< town of Greenwood, calling for ar election on the question of compulsorj education. Three cars loaded with cotton caught on fire in Sumter Sundaj morning. The loss is estimated ai about $4,000. E. W. Watson & Son of Bradley Greenwood county, have filed a petitior in voluntary bankruptcy. Liiabllltiei are given as $78,248, and assets ai $69,078. The state board of education, in session Tuesday, elected Isaac C. Porchei superintendent of education for Berkflniintv or>H S T Tlerrirk miner Intendent of Newberry county. Shortly after evening service In the Lutheran church of Sumter begar Sunday night, the electric lights ir the church went out. The service! were concluded in darkness. Dr. J. Kler G. Fraser, for nearlj thirteen years pastor of the Seconc Presbyterian church of Charleston has resigned his charge, the resignation to take effect June 1. President Wilson on Tuesday, gave J. W. Thurmond of Edgefield, a recesi appointment as United States distrld attorney for the new western Federa court district of South Carolina. A prize fight scheduled to be held a< the Flag Athletic club in Charlestoi Tuesday night, was prevented bj Sheriff Martin of Charleston county upon orders of Governor Manning. The fifth annual music festival o: the Choral Art society of Coker college, was held at Hartsville, thli week. Numbers of music lovers fron all parts of South Carolina attendee the festival. Congressman Joseph T. Johnson o Spartanburg, will take the oath of of flee as judge of the recently create* Federal court for the western dlstric of South Carolina before Judge H. A M. Smith, on April 20. Official notice of the sinking of th? steamer Greenbrier, on April 2, in th< North sea, by contact with a mine, haj reached the Federal government. Thi Greenbrier carried cotton fron Charleston to Bremen, Germany. A proposition to issue 1200,000 ii bonds to be used in road construe tion, was defeated by Union count] ommercial and snipping- intelligence, fere regularly issued to the frequent- i rs of Lloyd's establishment, -.vhlch l iad already become the recognized leadquarters of shipping people. In 1726 Lloyd's News was resuncitad In an improved form, under the itle of Lloyd's List and Lloyd's cofee house became the headquarters f maritime business, including mariIme insurance. Lloyd's List Is now he official publication of the great orporation known as Lloyd's. Since 836, it has been published with the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, but t Is intended to issue it as a distinct laily paper, with the latest movenents of shipping and with commercial information. Illicit wagering and gambling poli ? J - ? ..a + TAA :ies were lssueu uuuui nw, anu uic nore respectable frequenters of Joyd's coffee house finally transerred their headquarters to Pope's iead alley, which they called New -.loyd's, but after four years they esablished a new home at the Royal fxchange. The directors of Lloyd's, rnmbly styled "the committee for nanaging the affairs of the coffee louse," exerted a far-reaching sway >ver British commerce in those days, ind were acknowledged by the government as the head of a powerful nstitution. Prime ministers had to ;ecp on good terms with Lloyd's; re>orts of important events usually eached the coffee house before geting to Westminster and Whitehall, to that the committee of Lloyd's astumed toward the government the poiltion of a power in the state. On May 25, 1871, royal assent was jiven to an act incorporating the nembers of the establishment or so:iety formerly held at Lloyd's coffee louse, the Royal exchange, in the city >f London, "for the effecting of narine insurance, and generally known is Llovd's. and for other purposes." voters at tne pons Tuesday, rne von for the bonds was 624 and the vot< against was 834. Not more than hal the voters in the county voted on th< matter. Clinton L. Shealy, a prominent merchant and farmer and a membei of the Lexington county grand jury committed suicide at his store Tues' day, by shooting himself in the breas with a shotgun. Ill health and flnanclal reverses are said to have beer the cause of his act. The D. N. Smith Department storei at St. Matthews, were entered bj thieves Sunday night, and a numbei of articles of merchandise were stolen During the month of March, $20,748.55 worth of beer and whisky was sole at the Orangeburg county dispensaries. The postofflce at Honea Path, ir Anderson county, was robbed Monday night, about $2,000 in stamps and cast being secured. It is believed that th< robbery was the work of professions cracksmen since ?he windows in th< building were not shattered by the explosion and there was little nols< made. There is no clue to the identitj of the robbera The hearing in the case of Edwan M. Livingston, charged with perjury enrolling on the books for the muni cipal primary election for the city o Charleston, ward 12, club 1, as resid !ng at 106 Cannon street, when it 1; alleged in the warrant that he wa at no time a resident of 106 Cannoi street, has been Indefinitely postpon ed. Marshal P. DeBruhl, state cod< commissioner, died Tuesday, at th' home of his niece in Columbia. H was about 60 years of age, and a na tive of Abbeville. He served thre terms as assistant attorney genera under J. Fraser Lyon, and was electei code commissioner to succeed A. J Bethea by the last session of the gen eral assembly. Mr. DeBruhl leave; one son and one daughter. The South Carolina Press associa tion will hold its annual meeting a Chick Springs, June 28. 29 and 30 Among those who will be invited t< make addresses are John L. McLaurlr W. P. G. Harding, member of th< Federal reserve board; Rev. J. D. Craii of Greenville county; Governor R. ] Manning; Rev. Plato Durham of At lanta, and Gen. M. L. Bonham of An derson. Governor Manning has appointee Dr. George F. Sargent, superintenden of the state hospital for the insane t< i Try "GETS-IT," It's Magic for Corns! New, Simple, Common-Seme Way You will never know how' reall; easy It is to get rid of a corn, unti you have tried "GETS-IT." Nothlni like it has ever been produced. I takes less time to apply It than it doei to read this. It will dumbfound you Kai-yil Cora-pain* in Every Nerve! Um "GETS4T;" It "Gete" Every Cora Surely, Quickly! especially if you have tried everythlnj else for corns. Two drops applied it a few seconds?that's all. The cori shrivels, then comes right off, painless ly, without fussing or trouble. If yoi have ever made a fat bundle out o your toe with bandages; used thick compressing cotton-rings; corn-pull ing salves; corn-teasing plasterswell. you'll appreciate the different when you use "GETS-IT." Your cornagony will vanish. Cutting and goug lug- with knives, razors, files and scissors and the danger of blood poisor are done away with. Try "GETS-IT* tonight for any corn, callus, w:.rt 01 bunion. Never fails. "GETS-IT" is sold by druggists everywhere, 25c a bottle, or sent direct by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago. succeed Dr. T. J. Strait of Lancaster. The appointment is effective May 10. f Dr. Sargent, who is 36 years old, is a graduate of tb? College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. ~ Since 1907, he has been assistant ' physician at the Sheppard and Enoch Piatt hospital for the insane in MaryJ land. ! The number of bales of cotton shipped from Charleston for foreign trade during March was 68,000 bales, accord' ing to figures made public at the custom house in Charleston last week. ^ The total value of the exports last month was far greater than for the . same month of last year. The total i value of the products exported from ) Charleston during the month was $3,t 255,634.08. The figures for the same month of 1914 were 8559,984.80. r She Had to Bo.?Ethel used to play . a good deal In Sunday school, relates . the Pittsburgh Post, but one day she had been so good that the teacher said , "Ethel, my dear, you have been a t very good girl today." I "Yeth'm," responded Ethel. "I could not help It. I dot a stiff neck." YOUR OWN BROTHER WOl CHANGING TO A .. TRAVEL SLIF THESE MERCHANTS GIVE , PLUS A MILE IN TRAVEL THE THOMSON CO.? t DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, > SHIEDER DRUG STORE' DRUGS, MEDICINES, CAND1 S. L. STEELE? GROCERIES, FRUITS, WHIT YORKVILLE HARDWAR1 3 SHELF AND HEAVY HARE i LYRIC THEATRE? 1 MOVING PICTURES?AS G< TRAVEL SLIPS ; FIRST NATIONAL S IT'S NOT WHAT WE : Our FRIENDS I A Mrs. W. F. JAMES, No. 32 1 1 I that she has been using: LUZIANN Y in. her home. Likes it ABOVE A] ' T FLAVOR, and the SAVING IN M r I goes as far as TWO Pounds of oi r y Cup Quality. ; l SAVE YOUR LU2 ' I IF YOU want the nice PRESENT i REILY-TAYLOR CO., at New Or i I LOGUE. | | LUZ1ANNE Is In ? | Rebuilt Tyi \ STANDARD TYPEWR the uniform price of $100.00 E 8 sometimes they can be bought had it a week it is "second hai price you paid if you wanted enced Typewriter salesman cs e about the little devices that 1 machine has?point out its co bon, back spacer, tabulating d< that his machine is the only or ,1 ?that is exactly what he is i reasons why you pay $100 foi asked to pay this price in ord( keting the machine?and of cc 8 imate and cart of the business - " ? * Aside from the pride you m; model" typewriter with all th 1 any more REAL TYPEWR have had you bought a REBl Machine will not write any h g any easier or anv plainer than 1 to doughnuts that it won't 1 This being TRUE do you th New machine at $100.00, whe built Typewriter of exactly tl saving of from $35.00 to $50.0 a are flush with the coin of th< t generous to the Typewriter I 5 Builders and pay them the $ic is perfectly all right and furth ness. But if you are buying 2 let us urge you to investigat< before you buy. Tell us wha ! to make you a price and ther Look these prices over?The) ?. saving you will make in buyii \ PRICES ARE VERY LOWl Remington No. 6, Blind Wi 3 Remington No. 10, Visible ^ Smith Premier No. 2, Blind Smith Premier No. 10, Visil Oliver No. 2, Visible Writei I m:..? UUVWi 11U. V lOiUlt TVUWU Royal Standards No. 5, Visi Monarch No. 2, Visible Wri Underwood No. 4, Visible V Underwood No. 5, Visible \ L. C. Smith No. 2, Visible \ L. C. Smith No. 5, Visible \ A TYPEWRITER IN YOU] Will prove its value in 1 learn to use it and the knowle years?your wife can use it fr age?A Smith Premier No. 2, advantages to the beginner, I use of a "shift key" for Capital ? is a single keyboard, blind wri 1 visible writer?all of these ma ] reach (see prices above) and i nrire r\( P?hni1t Marhinfc : ?? ? r Builders' Number?the higher the price?Express Charges, u THINK THE MATTER OV See if you do not think a Ty worth the price?and then see L. M. GRIST'S S Yorkvill 1 REAL ESTATE LOOK! Now Isn't This a Nice Selec- J tion? W The J. K. Hope Place: 70 acres, near Tlrzah, on Rock Hill and Clay Hill and Yorkville and Fort Mill roads. 5-room dwelling; large barn; 2 tenant housed and other buildings; 2 wells? one at house and other at barn. AdJoins T. M. Oates, F. E. Smith and v Mrs. Glenn. This Is something nice. See ME QUICK. The E. T. Carson Place: 186 acres; 8-room dwelling; 3-room tenant house; large barn; crib, etc. Plenty of wood. Adjoins W. R. Carroll and others. Now is your time to see me. Two Tracts?One 63 acres and the other 60 acres?about 6 miles from Yorkvllle on McConnellsvllle-Chester road. First tract has 4-room dwelling; barn, crib and cotton house. Other tract has one tenant house. Each tract watered by spring and branch. Plenty of timber. Good, strong land, and the price is right. Better see me. Town Property: My offerings here are very attractive. Can suit you eith- ? er in a dwelling or a beautiful lot In X almost any part of Town on which to erect one. Let me show you. Geo. W. Williams REAL E8TATE BROKER $ [JLDNT BLAMF YOU FOR ?MERCHANT.. YOU THE BEST NOTIONS, CLOTHING, SHOES. ES, MAGAZINES, PAINTS, OILS, 4 rE HOUSE COFFEE, TEAS, ETC. I S CO.? WARE, KITCHEN WARE, ETC. X)D AS CAN BE SEEN?COME. 1 REDEEMED AT BANK Of Yorkville four Money At Home, i CAROLINA CUSTOM-MADE HAR 9LES, Etc., at FACTORY PRICES. A rder Will Prove Our Assertion. X Hideo and Tallow at Highest Prices. V ?ur Wants and Your Offerings. ? LSE W. MARTIN I X>LUMBIA - - 8. C. ? imiiMiaimiiniiiimniiiiil SAY THAT COUNTS J Ipeak FOR US. 1 larrls St., Anderson, S. C., states I ^ E COFFEE for nearly Five Years A LL OTHERS because of its FINE A ONEY. A Pound of LUZIANNE I dlnary coffee, and gives Perfect I UANNE COUPONS 3 *S they entitle you to. Write the J leans, for a PREMIUM CATA- J i Class By ITSELF, j LW.T ? ?JC1 KMH t )ewritersITERS practically all sell at ;ach?That's the "list price"? : for less?and when you have * nd" and you could not get the to sell. Of course the experiin come along and tell you all . lis machine has that no other nveniences?its two color ribivice, etc., and make you think le to buy. That's his business paid to do?that's one of the r a new Typewriter?You are ;r to help pay the cost of mar>urse that is all perfectly legiti. But where do you come in? ay have in the "very newest e "newest kinks," you haven't ITER value than you would JILT MACHINE. The New larder, any faster, any better, a REBUILT, and it's dollars ook any better to your eye. ink it good business to buy a # n you can buy a Factory Rele same make and model at a 0 or more? Of course, if you 1 realm, and want to be real salesman and the Typewriter f >o anyway, why of course that ermore it is none of our busit Typewriter for business use, i the FACTORY REBUILT t you want?We will be glad i you can decide for yourself. r will give you an idea of the ig a REBUILT MACHINE: riter $19 to $21 Writer $42 to $55 Writer $18 to $20 >le Writer $27 to $42 ? : $22 to $25 $27 to $38 ble Writer $42 to $45 iter $32 to $46 Vriter $38 to $57.50 j|| Vriter $41 to $65 Vriter $32 to $45 Vriter $48 to $55 RHOME? nany ways?the children can dge will be of value in later equently and to good advantwith double keyboard, has its >ecause it doesn't require the letters?the Remington No. 6 iter and the Oliver No. 2, is a ichines are easily within your will give entire satisfaction, s is governed by the Serial or the Serial Number the higher sually about $1.50?are extra. rER | 'pewriter in your home will be us. ^ IONS, Printers, e, S. C.