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tumorous fjrpartmrnt A Wise Man.?"Do I believe in lawyers?" said the little man, bitterly, according to the London Tit-Itits. No, sir; I do not." "Why not?" asked his companion. "Because a lawyer never says right out what he means." retorted the small man. viciously. "'He twists things about so. Suppose he wanted to tell you that two and two make four; he'd begin: 'If by that particular arithmetic rule known as addition we desire to arrive at the sum of two added by two, we should find and I say this boldly, without fear of contradiction?I repeat, w'e should find by that particular arithmetical formula, hereinbefore mentioned?and sir, I take all responsibility for the statement I am about to make?that the sum of the two given added to the other would be four.' No, sir," finished the little man, coldly; "I do not believe in lawyers." Infant Logic.?Burglars broke into a Ravenna home a short time ago, and made a very successful clean-up. In the home were the mother and two grown daughters, together with a grandchild five years of age, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The burglar got valuable articles from each of the adults in the family and they spent the following day in feeling sorry for each other. They expressed this mutual sorrow and sympathy again and again, until finally the child remarked: "Well, I feel sorry for the burglar." "But why?" "Because he can never go to heaven." Well, isn't that the feeling one ought to have? It was told us as a funny story, but it seems to us to be a mighty fine example of infant logic. Just Like a Scot?The late Cy Warner, who deserted railway literature for a real railway job in Montreal, told this story not very long before his death: A Scotchman came upon an automobile overturned at a railway crossing. Beside it lay a man all smashed up. "Get a doctor," he moaned. "Did the train hit you," asked the Scotchman. "Yes, yes; get a doctor." "Has the claim agent been here yet?" "No, no; please get a doctor." "Move over, you," said the Scot, "till I He down beside you." He Was Tired^?Frank lives in Eastern avenue, says the Indianapolis News. A few days ago his companion, George, caught his clothing on a picket fence. He was held fast, his feet a foot or two from the ground. He pleaded with Frank to release him or to run for help, but Frank refused. "Why don't you go and help George?" his mother inquired from the front porch. "I'm just too tired." said Frank. "Yesterday I wanted him to 'shoo' my dog out of his yard, and he wouldn't do it, 'cause he said he was too tired. I'm just as tired as he was." Supreme Authority.?Two little girls had an altercation. Lucy had told Ellen what she called "a little fib." "A fib is the same thing as a story," explained Ellen, "and a story is the same thing as a lie." "No," argued Lucy, "it is not." "Yes it is," insisted Ellen; "because my father said so; and my father is a college professor, and he knows everything!" "I don't care if he is a professor," said Lucy. "My father is an estate agent, and he knows a lot more about lying than your father!" At the Top of the Stairs.?A woman from the south visiting New York for the first time was much agitated when, after being conveyed through the Hudson tube, she found herself in another subway. Rushing up to a knowingly loosing individual, sne asnea, in an agitated tone: "Sir, do please tell me, where is New York?" "Lady," said he with the utmost gravity, " it's right at the top of those stairs." Mercy Shown Client.?"We've won that suit of Thompson's against the railroad company," said the junior partner, according to the New York World. "What shall we charge him?" "Let me see," said the senior partner. "What was the amount of the damages?" "Twenty thousand dollars." "Make a bill out for nineteen thousand five hundred. He's entitled to something for giving us the case." Song Haunted Her.?At a party Miss Brown had sung "It's a Long Way to Tipperary," and for days after she was singing or humming it to herself. "It seems to haunt me," she said to a friend, who had also been at the party. "No wonder," said the friend, "look at the way you murdered it."?New York Sun. Forearmed.?"Why does the bride hate him?" "He's one of those practical jokers whom everybody hates. The bride asked him to come over and try some of her biscuits." "Did he go?" "Yes, and took a hammer and a cold chisel with him." Obliging Daughter.?"Papa," said the sweet girl affectionately, "you wouldn't like me to go away and leave you, would you?" "Indeed I would not, my dearest," said the wealthy father fondly. "I'm so glad," sighed the girl. "Now I'll marry Mr. Poorchap. He's willing to live here." The Ruse Worked.?"Why won't you buy something at my table?" demanded the girl at the charity fair. "Because," said the smooth tongued youth, "I buy only from homely girls. They have so much harder time making sales." And he worked this right down the line. The Limit.?"See, here waiter." exclaimed the indignant customer, "here's a piece of wood in my sausage." "Yes, sir," replied the waiter, "but I'm sure?er?" "Sure nothing! I don't mind eating the doe. hut I'll he hanged if I'm going to eat the kennel too." Inherited Trait.?"Your daughter is improving," Raid the music teacher, "but somehow when she gets to the scales I have to watch her pretty closely." "She's just like her father," said the mother; "you know, he made his money in the retail grocery business." 1 WLHuirMiK News Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING Dealing Mainly With Local Affair* of Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster and Chester. Gaffney Ledger, Aug. 24: Rev. Charles R. Turner, seven-year-old boy preacher, occupied the pulpit . of the First Baptist church Thursday and Friday evenings. Owing to the inclement weather, his congregations were comparatively small. The Rev. Charles displayed a wonderful knowledge of the Scriptures, with ability to interpret the various passages, preached impressive sermons. His father and mother travel with the young divine. It is reported that Hon. N. W. Hardin of Blacksburg, is considering entering the congressional race in the fifth district next year. Mr. Hardin has been in politics for a number of years and has represented Cherokee county in the state general assembly. The report that he will be in the congressional race is said to emanate irom reliable sources air. cr. m. Phifer, for twenty years a resident of Gaffney, and one of the most highly respected and honored citizens, died suddenly at his home on Limestone street Thursday evening at 7.30 o'clock, as a result of heart failure. He had just eaten his supper and gone into the bath room to clean his teeth when the fatal attack came. He had been slightly unwell since the preceding Sunday and had not been at his store since Tuesday, but he had been around the house as usual. Only a short time before supper he had been out in the yard working on his automobile. Mr. Phifer was 59 years of age. He is survived by his wife and one daughter Mrs. Rosa A. Jackson passed away at the home of her daughter, Mra L. V. Gaffney, Friday evening after an illness lasting more than three months. She was 63 years of age. Besides Mrs. Gaffney, she Is survived by a son, Murray T. Jackson, of Philadelphia, and a number of brothers and sisters. Chester Reporter, Aug. 23: Master Claude Coleman, the 12-year-old son of Mr. Ernest Coleman, of the Feasterville neighborhood, was kicked in the forehead by a mule Friday evening and severely injured, the calk of the animal's hoof indicting a deep and deadly wound. Dr. S. W. Pryor was called in Saturday morning, and performed an operation. At last accounts the boy was resting well, and had an excellent chance to recover.... At a special meeting of the county board of commissioners Friday, at which Mr. W. L. Abernathy, intendant of Fort Lawn, was present, Mr. H. F. Holiis was re-elected weigher at Fort Lawn Messrs. Erskine Betts and Tom McLure expect to leave for City Point, Va., Friday, to take positions in the powder works Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Brice, Dr. G. B. White. Mr. T. H. White. Mr. S. E. Wylie, Mr. J. M. Bell, Mrs. Rena W. Strong, Miss Esther Strong and perhaps others, expect to leave tomorrow for All Healing Springs conference The employees' outing over the C. & N.-W. railway yesterday was greatly enjoyed. About fifty left here on a special train at six o'clock in the morning and were joined at various points along the road by others of the railway's employees and friends. A splendid dinner was served the crowd at Edgemont. Gastonia Gazette, Aug. 24: The following party came up on the C. & N.-W. this morning to attend the convention at Linwood this week: Rev. M. T. Ellis of Doiaville, Ga.; Dr. B. G. Phillips, Dr. G. B. White, Mr. B. D. White and Miss Lizzie White of Chester, S. C.; Dr. E. C. Draffin and Mr. C. C. Sloan of Columbia: Miss Eloise Hardeman of Louisville, Ga.; Miss Gladys Patrick of White Oak. S. C.; Miss Myrtle Henry of Rodman, S. C.; Mr..P. A. Stroup of Clover, and Mr. A. K. Whitesides of Hickory Grove. Many others will come in this afternoon The following party left this morning for Scotland county on a two-weeks' fox hunt: Messrs. J. E and J. W. Falls. Billy Smart, Ralph Carson, J. H. HufTstutler, Carl Robinson and Roy Bradley. Messrs. W. M. Crawford and W. N. Davis will join them the latter part of the week At 4.30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Mr. Willie C. Pasour and Miss Corrie Moton were married, the ceremony being performed by Rev. E. S. Black, pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church, in the presence of a number of friends.. Ralph Whitesides, the 14-year-old son of Mr. and A AT - mis. a. in. vv miesiues, wu? qune painfully injured yesterday afternoon when the bicycle he was riding on West Main avenue, was struck by Mr. J. F. Johnson's automobile, throwing him very heavily to the ground. Fortunately no bones were broken, though he received a severe blow on the head, has a sprained foot and many painful bruises. * Lancaster News, Aug. 24: After a brave battle for life lasting for several years, Mr. H. E. Williams passed away at his home at Heath Springs on Tuesday, the 19th, at 12 o'clock m. Funeral services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. J. W. H. Dyches, in the Baptist church, assisted by the Rev. J. B. Weldon of the Methodist church, Friday morning at 10 o'clock, after which the remains were laid to rest in Salem cemetery. Mr. Williams was in his 36th year, was a member of the Baptist church, and a member of Barron Lodge. No. 261, A. F. M. He also belonged to the Junior and Woodman fraternities Rev. J. S. Dill, D. D? pastor of the First Baptist church of Gaffney, will assist the pastor in a meeting in the First Baptist church here, beginning October 11 Mrs. Maggie Bruce, aged 71 years, wife of Mr. W. B. Bruce, died at her home a few miles out from Heath Springs on Tuesday, the 17th inst., after an illness of several months. Interment took place on Wednesday afternoon at Salem cemetery, after funeral services had been held in the Baptist churgh by her pastor, the Rev. B. F. Carson, assisted by the Rev. J. B. Weldon and the Rev. J. W. H. Dyches The many friends of Master Tom Funderburk, and they are many, will be glad to learn that he is steadily recovering from fever, with which he has been ill for the past several weeks. ? Rock Hill Record, Aug. 23: Mr. O. S. Poe informs us that he is farming some, too, this year. Says he made 2,200 bushels of oats this year, and has seven wagons today hauling them to town. He also mode about a huif carload of wheat and is fixing to put in 50 more acres of alfalfa A swimming meet is being arranged between the Fort Mill aquatic team and the Rock Hill Y. M. C. A. aquatic team to take place during the last week in August Friends of Jas. A. Barber were glad to see him on the streets again today after having spent some time both at the Fennell infirmary and at his home on account of sickness. PREPARING FOR A SWEEP Kitchener's Great Army Concentrating for a Grand Campaign. When the loss of the transport steamship Royal Edward by submarine attack was announced by England a few days ago, with the further statement that possibly a thousand of I the soldiers who had embarked upon ' this transport were lost, it was inevit- : able that the British censors should permit some intimations to be made J public of a fact concerning which in ternationai nnanciers 01 acw ium have had for some time knowledge i confidentially imparted. One of the London newspapers, when commenting upon the loss of the Royal Edward, slated, on Wednesday of last week, that Great Britain is to be congratulated that this is the first occasion upon which it has been necessary to report disaster of this kind. When it is known, as it must soon be, that there have sailed from Great Britain more than 2,000,000 troops which have been safely landed then it will be understood how excellent has been the skill and capacity of the British navy in guarding and convoying its troops. Early last week information was furnished by one or two of the leading international financiers which not only serves to explain the use to which Great Britain is putting its stupendous loan made a few weeks ago, but also the necessity for Great Britain to provide facilities in the United States whereby her enormous obligations upon current accounts can be met. This information states, first, that in Flanders Great Britain had, early in July, an army of approximately 650,000 men. This army is distinguished in name and character from the army which Lord Kitchener has been occupied for more than a year in recruiting, drilling and equipping and making thoroughly effective for campaign service. By the first of July, Kitchener, working with a secrecy which was marvelous, in the view of men of finance, had recruited, drilled and thoroughly equipped an army which is known as Kitchener's army and which in numbers is approximately three million men. This enumeration does not include the British army of 650,000 men which is now in Flanders. These troops have been trans ported and are now being transported across the channel and many times in as great numbers as 30,000 men a day. This movement of troops has ( been accomplished not only with great ) secrecy, but also with absolute safe- < ty. The international financiers speak of it as possibly the finest and certainly the greatest record ever made of the movement by transports. Not even in Great Britain, excepting in govern- , ment circles and probably in some of the newspaper offices, has there been any knowledge of this stupendous . movement. It is spoken of here as the < army which Lord Kitchener had in j mind when he was reported to have said at the beginning of the war that 1 hostilities would not end until at least 18 months had passed. Of course, , there is no knowledge excepting that possessed by Kitchener himelf and his government of the disposition which 1 is to be made of these troops. But the inference is strong that so great , an army as that, if it be well equipped and possess munitions in plenty, will ' not remain idle. There are some hints i which lead to a suspicion that a great general movement may begin some time in September. That, however, ' would probably depend upon circumstances. To maintain an army of i this kind; not merely thoroughly , equipped, but with adequate supplies of food, will compel Great Britain to continue her purchases of food sup- 1 plies in the United States throughout | the fall. Doubtless it is with intent , to facilitate payments for these purchases, as well as payment for pur- : chases now under way that Great i Britain looks upon it as inevitable that ( some method be adopted?either a , great credit or the shipment of large amounts of gold and of securities?by ' means of which payments can be i made.?Holland's New York Letter. ODD INCIDENTS 1 News Items Out of the Ordinary Gath- 1 ered from Different Exchanges. < Georgia Garner, nine years old, of 1 Lake City, Fla., coughed up a small ' metal doll which she had swallowed ' three years ago. 1 W. H. Hilton, 65 years old, of Crane, ' Mo., has a peculiar affliction which prevents his speaking to persons near him. He can talk to animals or per- \ sons at a distance. < Cutting roses in her garden in , Temple, Texas, recently, Mrs. Ed. G. , Talley heard her baby cry in the j house. She started to run indoors, ( tripped over a lawn mower and fell. ( The scissors in her hand pierced her j heart, killing her Instantly. { Paul and Fred Goldsmith of Com- i mack, L. I., took refuge in a barn during a storm at Allentown, Pa. The 1 lightning struck a pillar against which j Paul was leaning, ran down it and j ripped the man's shirt entirely from 1 his body. Paul's body was scorched, 1 and Fred was knocked unconscious. < To celebrate their 86th birthday, Mrs. J. C. Barrett of Edmonston, and 1 Mrs. Nathan V. Brand of Leonards- < ville, N. Y., will be rocked In the presence of their puests in the old cradle in which they were rocked when babies. They claim to be the oldest twins in the state of New York. Sitting on the doorstep of her home, Mrs. Maddelena Balsina of Philadelphia, Pa., heard her baby utter a cry above her. She looked up to see the child in a window on the third floor lose its balance and fall. The mother sprang under the window in time to catch the child. Neither was Injured beyond a slight cut on the baby's lip. A. C. Kartell, police court reporter, at Topeka, Kan., had a tip that some persons had buried beer in their back yard. He obtained a grave digger's spade, and stealthily entered the yard. After much labor in what appeared to be a newly made grave, he dug up three chickens which the people that day had buried. When Coroner Dr. Walkinshaw of Wawarusa, Ind., performed an autopsy on a young woman following her mysterious death, he found that her left lung was no larger than a lemon; that her right lung was one-quarter normal size; that her heart was about onehalf normal size and that her liver was many times larger than it should have been, extending to her fourth rib and up into her shoulder. The woman was 21 years old, and died of poisoning of the intestines. Thoughtless?A young man, a clerk in a local department store according to The New York Sun. waited on a customer the other day and when the sale was completed the patron said to him: "I like the way you have waited on me. You are quick and obliging, and I consider you an unusually good salesman." The clerk was pleased, of course. "Thank you," he said: "then he added: "I have been at this counter four years and you are the first customer who ever gave me a kind word." We are very thoughtless people. Hdiswtlancous grading. IN DEFENSE OF COTTON W. G. P. Harding Think* Situation Hopeful. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 25.?W. P. G. Harding, of the Federal reserve board, told the Alabama Merchants' association here that the placing of cotton on the contraband list by the Allies did not create a desperate situation but rather one calling for intelligent leadership. He urged southern bankers to make concessions to finance the crop and predicted there would be international competition for the American crop, despite the fact that It was contraband. Mr. Harding handled, for the reserve board, the arrangements for the hundred million dollar cotton loan fund. He explained to the Alabama merchants, however, that he was not speaking for the Federal board, but was giving his personal views. "Germany," said Mr. Harding, "is as anxious to have cotton as the Allies are to prevent her. It is not inconceivable that there may be evidences before very long of international competition for possession of the south's great staple. It is at least a possibility that cotton will be purchased In large quantities for foreign account and stored in southern warehouses, to be shipped out as needed and as opportunities for shipment arise. "No one has ever accused the Germans of being lacking in far-sightedness. They are already looking forward to what will happen when peace is restored and that they will make a supreme effort to recover their lost trade with other nations cannot be doubted. It is reasonable to believe that they would look with complacency upon the absolute control of the cotton market by the mills of England and America, permitting them to secure their supplies of cotton at very low prices and defer their own purchases until after peace is made and take the chances of securing then their own stocks at much higher prices? Is It not reasonable to believe that they will arrange to buy cotton as the spinners of other nations buy it and can they not easily arrange to have their cotton purchases stored in this country for their account until they can transport it to their own shores?" Mr. Harding: said the south s welfare depends upon the marketing of cotton at fairly remunerative rates and southern bankers should, wherever possible, make liberal concessions in their usual rates on commodity loans. High interest, he pointed out, means forced sales. "Present conditions," he said, "fully justify low rates and southern bankers should be willing to forego temporary profits for the sake of security and solidity in the future. I am sure that the Federal reserve banks may be depended upon under their power of redicounting to co-operate to the fullest extent with the banks in taking care of the cotton crop and this assurance is, of course, not confined to cotton loans but extends to other staple commodities. "It is now a matter of public knowledge that the British government and its Allies have declared cotton an absolute contraband. By that it is understood that cotton will be subject to seizure, even when consigned to neutral countries, unless the shipment is made In accordance with the terms and limitations of the proclamation declaring it contraband. As the annual takings Df American cotton by Austria and Germany amount to about 3,000,000 bales, the attitude of Great Britain and her Allies has created much uncertainty in the cotton trade and great apprehension on the part of cotton producers in the south." Mr. Harding assumed that 22,500,000 bales represent the world's normal consumption. The visible supply now, he said, was 4,250,000 bales and an estimate of 12,000,000 bales for the present American crop could not be regarded as too low. He took 6,000,000 bales as a fair estimate for all other countries. His estimate for the next 12 months, including what is now In sight, thus totalled 22,500,000 bales, rhe declaration of contraband against cotton, he thought, would perhaps be more effective in keeping it out of Germany than were the orders in council, [f the world's cotton requirements by reason of the war were curtailed 3,100,000 bales for the coming season, he pointed out that would represent the imount that would usually go to Germany. The Federal reserve board, he said, las been advised by the department of igriculture's office of markets that the public, private and cotton mill warelouses in the cotton growing states in 1914 had an aggregate storage capacity >f 11,577,465 bales. "It is thought not at all unlikely," le said, "that before the present crop lomes to market there will be 5,000 warehouses of all classes in the south. Should this prove true, there will be storage capacity in the southern warelouses for not less than 12,500,000 sales of flat cotton, while the cotton mill warehouses will be able to take pare of 1,300,000 bales. Concensus of spinion of representatives of the Federal reserve banks of St. Louis, Richnond, Dallas. Atlanta and Kansas City, consulted by counsel for the Federal reserve board, seems to be that the lolder of negotiable warehouse receipts 8 protected from all claims of subsejuent lien holders and subsequent creditors the original owner of the :ommodity covered by the receipt. "In view of difficulties that may irise in satisfying distant lenders as o the validity under all conditions of warehouse receipts for cotton offered ;hem as collateral, it would seem that 'or the present, at least, loans on cotion must be first negotiated through ocal banks in the south. These banks lave now ample facilities which they lave never before enjoyed for redissounting the notes taken against such oans and it is for them more than for my other agency to determine the policy of the south in regard to the narketing the present cotton crop. The results of a gradual marketing of :he crop this season will be far more satisfactory than would be the case were 'he crop forced upon the market within a short period. "You have an opportunity of conterving the value of the south's great;st asset and upon you, southern bankers and merchants, rests the responsipility of the weal or woe of a great igricultural section perhaps for years. Leading financiers freely express the Tear that the sudden prosperity devel>ped In some sections along certain ines of industry will be followed bv i period of wild speculation and inlation. The banking reserves of this :ountry are considerably more than me billion dollars in excess of legal I equirements. Our gold holdings, over ( wo billion dollars, are larger than hose of any other two countries com- ' lined. Our trade balances are piling ip unpreeedentedly, probably amount- ( ng to a billion dollars during the last , ilx months of 1915. What better se urity could a southern bank ask than he obligation of a merchant or farm- < >r which he has been carrying on a , rop not yet existent, what better investment than to carry this obligation along for a few months If necessary, secured by the actual cotton properly warehoused and Insured and certain of a market? President Wilson, in a letter read by Mr. Harding, expressed confidence that banks in the agricultural regions, the south particularly, would content themselves with not exceeding two per cent above the rate they themselves pay on money for meeting the cotton problem, and said the cotton producers should exact what they have a right to expect from the banks. The president's letter, read as part of Mr. Harding's address, was in reply to a letter which had been handed the president in Washington by Mr. Harding during a conference at the White House last Monday. It follows: "My dear Mr. Harding: Thank you sincerely for your letter of August 22. It gives me Just the information I desired. "What interests me most is this: It is evident from what you.tell me that the country banks with whom the farmer and other producers directly deal, can get money at from four to four and one-half 'per cent and that the question whether the benefit of this advantageous rate is to be extended to the farmer is in their hands. It is Inconceivable to me that those who are responsible for dealing directly with the producers of the country should be willing to jeopardize the prosperity of the country itself by refusing to share with the producer the beneficial rates now obtainable for monev loans "I think that we can confidently expect that the banks in the cotton states and in the agricultural regions generally will content themselves with a rate not more than one or two per cent above the rate which they themselves pay. I hope that the facts which you have stated to me will become generally known among the producers of the country so that they may feel themselves free to exact of the banks with which they deal what they undoubtedly have a right to expect. Cordially and sincerely yours. "Woodrow Wilson." THE MEXICAN LEADERS An Intimate Sketch of the Three Mexican Chiefs. One morning in the early part of July, I visited General Carranza when he was a guest of Francisco Villa, in the latter's palace in Chihuahua, formerly the residence of the great land baron, Terrazas. Stepping into the great threshold of the mansion, and glancing through an open door at the extreme end of the room, i saw me presiueni ui i?ca?w sitting before his desk In a B. V. D. shirt, burying his face into a huge slice of watermelon, while the pink juice trickled down his long, white beard and dripped on his dusty patent leather shoes. I stood spell-bound, but a moment later one of his secretaries leaped from?I don't know where?and with a scream, closed the door between me and his chief. This done he turned to me. An Affair of State. "What can I do for the senor?" he asked nervously. "I wish to see President Carranza," I answered. "I am a newspaper man." "Ah!" he smiled. "Just one moment. The first chief is busy now with affairs of state, but it will not be long before you may be admitted into his presence." Commanding me to sit in a most gorgeous chair in the room, and bowing profusely, he disappeared from the room. Five minutes later he was inviting me into Carranza's private office. An entirely different scene confronted me. Carranza's desk was littered with papers. The watermelon had disappeared, and the big, egotistical first chief stood before me, attired in a new uniform of a screaming blue color. He stood up as I entered and offered me his hand. "I have been very busy today," he said in a deep, sonorous voice. "But I never refuse to see an intelligent newspaper man! Now, tell me, what papers you represent?" I told him. . "Ah! they are a great many, are they not?" "Si, senor," I replied. "Also the largest in every one of our great cities." He beamed on me as he stroked his beard. "I am greatly interested! I am greatly interested! I Am He Who? "Most of you American newspaper men have preferred to go to Francisco Villa for your news," he began, restroking his beard. "But Villa is only a subordinate of mine. I am the chief executive of this proud nation; I am Francisco Villa's commander; I am he who directs Francisco Villa's movements; I am the man who Initiated the revolution against Huerta; I am he whom God has chosen to remold the history and government of the wonderful republic. I am?" "How many children have you?" I interrupted. "I have brought several into this world. I will make them great figures in history, because they are sons of a man who will remold this great and wonderful country, I?" "How soon do you expect this revolution to be over?" I interrupted again. "I will soon give orders to my different commanders which, when they are obeyed, will annihilate the enemy. I will then take complete charge of the affairs of Mexico. I will fill the greatest position in Mexico. I will fill the greatest position in Mexico with a dignity unparalleled in history. I?" I forgot the rest of it, but that night in my dreams huge capital I's danced around me and a chorus of voices sang: "I! I! I! I!" Emiliano Zapata. When I was in Mexico City last December a confidential agent of the American government invited me to accompany him on a trip to Cuernavaca. General Emiliano Zapata's headquarters. Arriving at our hotel, Mr. Carothers demanded the best suite of rooms in the house. The clerk, struck by the importance of having two foreigners in his hotel, brushed aside the mozo, who carried our suit cases, and carried our baggage upstairs himself. "Why, there are no beds in this room and no furniture!" Mr. Carothers exclaimed. "I told you I wanted the best rooms in the house." "Oh! but these are the best rooms in the house," answered the amazed clerk. "Gen. Zapata confiscated all the rugs and sheets in the hotel so as to make clothes for his soldiers. You must sleep like we do?on the floor and use your coat for a pillow." "All right, then*' sighed Carothers. "Show us the bathroom." Zapata Needed the Water Pipes. "Oh! but there is no water in the bathrooms," exclaimed the clerk. "General Zapata has confiscated all the pipes so as to melt them into pennies, you must bathe in the fountain outside. You see there are no women hereabouts, so you can't object." We had scarcely bathed in the large, cool fountain in the patio, when an orderly arrived looking for me. "You will find General Zapata across the patio In that room." He pointed a short, black finger toward the place behind me. ' I entered a large, bare room. Rifles of every description were piled up in one corner of the sala. Near them stood huge sacks of metal disks. At ' least 100 ch&rs were placed around v this enormous room. I stood there * fully a minute before I noticed that v to my immediate right sat, what ap- 1 peared to me, a Zapatista soldier. He ^ was even smaller than the others I * had seen. He carefully examined the c gun in his hands, and apparently sat- 0 isfled that it was clean, laid it aside 8 and continued to stare at me. F 7 1. o...._ _ u/.t.k i: id uu/i m vtmiwmi His attention suddenly centered on 1 a $1.50 watch which I wore. 1 "What Is that?'* He grabbed my hand u In a vise-like grip. I pulled it away sharply. "That Is a reloj?a timepiece," I explained. "You He like a dog. All watches are big." I I held my wrist to his ear so he could listen to the ticking of the little a watch. A look of amazement came in- ^ to his eyes. "Carramba!" he exclaimed. "It Is so! What is it worth?" I wished to Impress him with my 1m- p portance, so I replied: "A hundred ^ dollars in gold." He held out his arm. "Put it on ^ me." j "Why, do you want to buy it?" I asked. For an answer he whistled shrilly. a Another soldier came into the room promptly. "Bring me $100 in gold coins," said my friend. "Hurry up." f The messenger promptly returned e with a large bag and handed it to my a friend. He counted twenty pieces of gold and handed them to me. t "I believe that's equivalent to a hundred of your money, is it not?" t I nodded, but my mouth was wide g open. t Just then my friend, General Ban deras, came into the room. s "Greatest Warrior of Age." A beatific expression of child-like ^ admiration came into his eyes as he . turned to my friend on the bench. * "Si! Si! My great General Bmiliano Zapata." Til miner tn ttia ho pnnHnnoH "Anrl my Amlgo, I will introduce to you the t greatest warrior of the age. Apostle c of the people of southern Mexico, and f Savior of the Mexican nation, my j General Don Emili&no Zapata!" 8 After I had gasped away my sur- < prise, and returned the general's hun- r dred dollars, saying that "I was only t joking," I resumed my somewhat t startling conversation with the fa- 1 mous half-naked Attlla of the south. { "Do you Intend to Join forces with 1 General Villa's army?" I asked. s "If Villa intends to play square c with me; otherwise I will crush him. What is your president's name?" he asked. c "Woodrow Wilson." c "Tell me," continued the inquisitive . Zapata, "can Senor Wilson order his enemies executed?" "Executed?" I gasped. "Of course not!" "He can't order people killed?" he exclaimed in amazement. "Well, what's he president for?" Francisco Villa. The first time I saw General Francisco Villa he was sitting on a flat car, which was attached to one of his troop trains then on its way to Chihuahua. He had just finished a meal of tortillas and chilli and was singing a song of his own brave deeds, which some Mexican poet had recently composed. The song was often interrupted when the general would pick his yellow teeth with a murderous looking knife, which he used for all purposes. I had heard so much about the banditgeneral that I instinctively approached the flat car with great caution- or maybe it was timidity?on my part. The song was stopped while the great northern leader glared at me. The pink silk shirt he wore stuck to his body on account of the heat; his face was unshaved, and remnants of his recent meal still decorated his mustache. I carried my camera in my hand. "Take My Picture." As I said before, I approached him with erreat tlmiditv nnii ntnrwt tremh. ling while he glowered at me from his seat on the flat car. His first words startled ma "Take my picture." The knife was laid aside as he threw out a huge * chest. "Yes. sir! Yes, sir!" I muttered, fumbling with my camera. "Yes, sir!" When I exhausted my supply of films I started to interview him by asking for his opinion of Huerta. The amount of profanity this query induced made me resolve never to ask that question again. Cautiously I attempted the second question. "What are your plans for the establishment of a government in Mexico?" He straightened up and squinted his eyes, flourishing his fist and pulled his mustache.'' "I am fighting for the poor people," he bellowed, as he struck his paw in my face. "The only thing I want is to take everything away from the rich people and give it to the poor." -'But can this present generation of uneducated classes run the great industries of Mexico?" I asked. A Second Napoleon. "Of course they will," he replied, with great emphasis. "My guns and cannon can do anything. Where there is force there is power; where there is power there is a government. I am the savior of Mexico. Even your companions, the other periodistas, call me the second Napoleon, so I have to save myself." He took out a small corn-husk cigarette and fumbled in his pockets for a match. I saw he couldn't find one, so I reached for an automatic pocket lighter in my bag. "Here, Senor General," I handed it to him, "is a gift from your humble servant. You will find it very useful." "Press that little button and you will find out," I replied. He turned the little nickel-plated box in his hands and examined it gingerly; then he pressed the button. True to its reputation, the tiny patent janrinc nnAnoH nnH crnvo fnrth o rrnn _ erous flame. I have never seen such a look of terror come into any man's face. He threw it from him with all his might, and in a choking voice called his guards and placed me under arrest. It took a lot of explaining and pesnola demonstration before the northern chief was satisfied that I did not intend to blow him up.?John W. Roberts, in the Sunday American. M WOMAN AND THE HOME a G :act, Fashion and Fancy Calculated to ti Interest York County Women. ti The Latest in Underwear. n Silk is the rage for underwear, and ^ Inen, let it be as tine as a spider's n treb, is not considered so desirable. n i'irst comes crepe de chine, then pussy u villow taffeta, and now a third silk f, s added?a china silk of good and y lurable weight. Crepe de chine and i ussy willow taffeta will, however, ^ ontinue to be used, the china silk j, inly adding one more fabric to the a liken array. This new china silk is g lartlcularly liked for night robes. It n 9 usually in white, the surface being j, oo glassy for the pale pinks and blues o appear sufficiently soft in color for * * * k A Few Helpful Hints. 8 Colored linens are so fashionable _ hat it is well to know that delicate ^ hades may be kept from fading by ising plenty of pulverized pure borax n the water in which they are washed nd rinsed. A weak solution of alum will revive he colors of a faded carpet after a ^ horough sweeping. A piece of lace or net stretched and iut under a hole in a lace curtain, * yhen pressed smooth with a warm c ron, will scarcely be visible. Clean your sewing machine frequenty if you would have good service. Ceroaene oil and absorbent cotton are dmlrable for the purpose. Follow with . good lubricator. Vegetable Marrow Jam. Pare, seed and dice the marrow, dace in a deep earthenware vessel; to ach. pound of fruit allow one lemon md one orange very thinly sliced, ? iprinkle over it in layers, three-quar- J ere of a pound of sugar to each pound if fruit and leave for two days. Strain he syrup and boll for half an hour, ikimming it well; put in the fruit and >oil till tender, then add a few blanch- ( >d and shredded almonds and a tea- j ipoonful of ground ginger to each e >ound; boil five minutes more and o )our into pots. This is a very good j 'breakfast Jam" and most useful for g 'open" tarts. 1, 8 Try this recipe, which is used by a " veil known York county lady. The 1 >everage Is called tea punch: One 2 luart boiling: water, four tablespoon- r uls tea, one cupful granulated sugar, " ulce of four lemons, one-half pint I Lpolllnarla Pour the boiling, water J >ver the tea, cover and leave for five ninutes, strain off and cool. Half fill he punch bowl with cracked Ice, add he sugar and strained juice of the ? emons, pour the tea over these, and, , is it goes to the table, add the apol- j lnaria Strew a handful of mint J iprays on the surface and serve at f mce. F a The military note continues to ? ievelop, and one now finds the E harming combination of army blue THREE-QUARTERS OF A CENTl IN THE TRAINING OF YOUNG A time-seasoned institution oft training of the intellect and the devel Christian influences. Situated in a o religious in life and atmosphere; ini Health conditions unexcelled. Buildings equipped and arranged in college work and administration. C youn g men. The Wylie H ome, a handi provides every modem dormitory equ acre campus; out-door sports and exert Literary and science courses of col degrees. Library of 10,000 volumes; School Government based upon an appei tuition to young ladies in Wylie Home. ^ dre"0 1 y FALSE ECC It is an old saying tl man," and quite true is th give quicker attention anc well dressed man than yo< careless of his clothes?esj stranger. Wouldn't YOU ed Stationery, Booklets, et< liable merchant, a banker c but YOU know that YOL notice the difference in the i that passes through your 1 ceive is written on a poor a cheap looking printed he possibly?put it down in y on a par with his stationery that way. Well, if this h OTHER FELLOW think tionery is of the cheap, shi the same kind of opinion form of HIM. What kind of stationer kind that leaves a bad taste attention by its very appe please? The better kind co more because it gets moreeither kind. If YOU want mand attention use the BE! COST. Use the kind that quirer Office. We insist o As Good As Your Money 1 isfied with the cheap, shodi course we do not expect to DO WANT YOUR ORDI in Quality at a FAIR PRI( A rubber stamp will others are satisfied with an printing office?but the Mi facturer who wants to creai other Merchant, Banker o with nothing but the BES1 L. M. GRISr JOB PRIf nd bluff, suggesting the Revolution, foing further .into the subject of colr, we find numerous summer maerinl having stripes of large dllensions and brilliant colorings, 'olor combination continues to be lore daring with each season, until ow there appears, in an exhibition of Itra-fashlonable clothing, a pale pink rock with a girdle of purple, and a ellow rose pinned upon the shoulder, "he description sounds unbearable, ut the purple, pink and yellow are ust the rlarht shades for the blendlnir nd fail to make the expected clash, luch a combination is not a safe thing or any but the expert to attempt, owever. Fire In Sumter Tuesday, destroyed everal shacks. A colored man was nocked down by falling rafters and everely hurt. 'Gets-lt" for Corns, SURE as Sunrise! Iny Corn, With "Gets-It" on It, Is an Absoluts "Goner!" Yes, it's the simplest thing in the forld to get rid of a corn?when you ise "Gets-It," the world's greatest orn-ridder. Really, it's almost a *7 - "Gets-It" Pats Your Feet In Clover. ileasure to have corns just to see hem come off with "Gets-It." It Just oosens the com from the true flesh, aaily, and then makes it come "clean >ff." 48 hours ends corns for keeps, t makes the use of tape, corn-squeexng bandages, irritating salves, knives, cissors, and razors really look ridicuoua Get rid of those corns quickly, urely, painlessly?Just easily?with Gets-It." For warts and bunions, too. t's the 20th century way. "Gets-It" is sold by all druggists, :5c a bottle, or Bent direct by ?. Lawence & Co., Chicago. DIRECTORY OF YORK COUNTY A DIRECTORY of the White Men if York county of voting age, together vlth the postofllce address and occu>ation of each, may be had at the lank of Clever, the Bank of Hickory Irove, the First Nationsl Bank of 8ha on, the People's National Bank of lock Hill, or from The Enquirer Office .t 25 cents a copy. This directory ontains more than 4,000 names, and is if especial service and value for comnercial purposes. Published by L. M. GRI8T8 80N8. JRY OF CONSISTBNT IDEAL9 MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN. ering superior advantages for the opment of character under aound luiet college town, educational and luences highly favorable to study. to afford the maximum of efficiency ollege Home accommodates seventy tome new building for young women, ipment and convenience. Twenty:ises. legiate standard; B. A. and M. A. Laboratories, Observatory, Fitting il to honor and self-respect Free Expenses for year about $200. r Catalogue ad- .. W '<JL I $ Ji \; j Vj' f i net Strong . | ? att, D. D?? | ^ratfSgE MSIDEKT, {W^BgBtBj WEST, S. C. HHl^ 1 j/VQMr lat "Clothes don't make the is saying?but YOU would I more consideration to the u would to the man who is )ecially if the wearer were a ? Yes. Well, Good Printdo not make a g6od, re>r other safe business man? J?unconsciously possibly? quality of the printed matter liands. If a letter YOU requality of paper and carries ading YOU?unconsciously our mind that the writer is r and YOU think of him just >e true then what does the of YOU when YOUR staoddy looking kind? Forms of YOU that YOU would y do YOU use? Is it the or the kind that commands arance?its Quality, if you sts a little more?it's worth ?but a red stamp will carry : YOUR stationery to cotnST?it will pay YOU for its Yuu win get at rue ujin all Our work being "Just Will Buy." If YOU are satdy kind of printing, then of i get your orders?But WE IR if YOU want the BEST :e satisfy some people, while lything that comes out of a erchant, Banker or Manute a good impression on the r Manufacturer is satisfied '?That's Our Kind. rs sons, ITERS