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tumorous department Diplomacy.-?Smith and Jones looked much alike and are frequently mistaken for each other, says the St. lxtuis Post-Dispatch. One day Smith was in a certain big hotel and went in the dining room for dinner. The negro waiter busily brushed off the crumbs and said: "Why, how is you, Mr. Jones?how is you? I's glad to see you. I hasn't seen you since I waited on your table when you all used to have a little srame upstairs." "I am afraid you are mistaken," said Smith very quickly. "My name isn't Jones. You have the wrong man." "'Nuff said; 'nuff said," smiled the negro, with much bowing and scraping. "Ah knows all right when to keep mah mouf shet. Ah knows all right, Mr. Jonea" Had His Suspicions,?While Comiskey was in England with the worldtouring baseballists, he and several friends were conducted through an ancient cathedral by a typical British guide and caretaker. "Behind the altar," he said, "lies Richard 11. In the churchyard outside lies Mary Queen of Scots. And who," halting above an unmarked daggering in the stone floor and addressing Comiakey?"who do you think, sir, is a-lying 'ere on his spot?" "Well," answered the Chicago magnate, "1 don't know for sure, but 1 have my suspiciona"?Judge. Something New,?The alfalfa delegate was paying his first visit to a city of any size. Standing along the sidewalk, he chanced to see a sprinkling cart coming down the street, and no sooner had he set eyes on the thing than he began to laugh like the boy at a minstrel show. "Say, old pal!" he remarked hilariously, punching a cop in the ribs, "don't that just beat all?" "Don't what beat all?" responded the wondering cop. "What's the Joke?" "Just look at that reuer on inai wa^on!" replied the alfalfa party, pointing to the sprinkler. "That denied chump won't have a drop of water left by the time he gets home." Reason For It.?Two Irishmen were digging a hole for drainage. One was over six feet in height, and the other not much over live feet. The foreman came along presently to see how the work was progressing, and noticed that one of them was doing more work than the other. So he called down to the big fellow below in the trench: "Look here, Pat, how is it that little Mickey Dugan, who is only about half as big as you, is doing twice as much work?" Glancing down at the diminitive Mickey, Pat replied: "And why shouldn't he? Ain't he nearer to it?" Dumat'i Pedigree.?Old Dumas was just as little ashamed of the colored blood in his veins as was his son, says the Baltimore American. A troublesome man was boring him about his origin. "Your father, Mr. Dumas, was the offspring of a white Frenchman) and a negress." "Yes monsieur." "Your grandfather and grandmother on the mother's side must have been coal black." "Oui, monsieur." "And your great-grandfather, Mr. Dumas?" "He was a monkey, monsieur. My pedigree begins where yours end." ate sympathy with nature's most incarnate aspirations among the skytopping mountains and the dim aisles of the horiaon-topped forests, my good man?" "Oh, yes," responded the apparent backwoodsman, "and I am also frequently drawn into an exultation of rapt soulfulness and beatific incandescent infinity of abstract contiguity when my horse stumblea" "Indeed," said the young lady, much surprised. "I had no idea that the lower classes felt like that." Why It Was,?Six-year-old returned from hia first day at Sunday school very proud that he had learned the song that the children sang, as they marched in to the assembly room. "What was the song?'" asked the fond parent of orthodox persuasion. "Onward, Christian Science!" Pr*ttv Soft.?"Seems to me that the lawyers have It easy in life." "Why so?" "The rest of us have to surmount our own obstacles. But if a lawyer strikes one he applies to some judge and has it set aside." How He Escaped.?Payton?How have you escaped being operated upon? Parker?Well, the doctors haven't fancied me poor enough for experimentation or rich enough for a desirable subject.?Life. An Example.?"Now, Tommy," said the teacher, "you may give an ex| ample of a coincidence." I "Why, er?" said Tommy, with K some hesitation. "Why?me fadder and I mudder was both married on de same | day " _ A Big Order.?Old Lady?Would you ' , give me one of them things you regulate the heat of the room with? Druggist?A thermometer, you mean? Old Lady?Yes. and set it at 65; that's what the doctor said to keep the room at. Plastered.?As he crawled out of the wreck of his auto a solicitous friend asked: "Are you covered?" "Yes," he said, sadly, "with mud, blood, chargin and insurance. Is that enough?" Had Some Experience.?"My crossexamination didn't seem to worry you "" ok ? aai A tVi.'x famniic louri/Pr to t hp witness after the trial. "Have you had any previous experience?" \"Just a little." replied the witness sarcastically. "I have six children." No Wonder.?"Young Mrs. Wombat doesn't seem to know what to do for her baby." 1 "Well, you can't wonder. No book i of instructions came with him."? I Judge. A Fooled Himself.?She?You vowed it would be your aim to make my life one long dream of happiness. And to think that I believed you! He?That's nothing. I believed it r\ myself at the time! \ I PALMETTO GLEANINGS Current Event* and Happening* Throughout South Carolina. Mra Sallle J. Wolfe has been appointed postmaster at Osceola, in Lancaster county. Two new rural free delivery routes will be operated from Landrum, Spartanburg county, after March 1, 1916. The state board of claims has been called by Comptroller General Sawyer to meet in the comptroller general's office on December 21. I An attempt was made to wreck the I Carolina Special near Branchville Monday night by placing an iron bar in a switch. The special was delayed about 15 minutes while trainmen removed the bar. The Methodist church at Timmonsville, valued at $12,000, was destroyed by fire Monday night, the flre being caused by defective heating apparatus. The building was insured for $7,000. Maj. T. T. Hyde was elected mayor of Charleston in the general election in that city Tuesday without opposition. Mayor Hyde will enter upon the duties of his office next week. He will serve four years. William Johnson and Lee Barnett are in jail at Spartanburg, charged with arson, it being alleged that they attempted to burn their way out of the calaboose at Cowpens several days ago. McCormick county has come into being, voters in the territory which will be embraced by the new county having, on Tuesday, by a vote of about 4 to 1, decided upon its formation. The new county embraces portions of Abbeville, Greenwood and Edgefield counties. Fire in Spartanburg on Monday night, destroyed property valued at more than $30,000. One store was completely gutted and several other stores and offices were more or less seriously damaged by the flames. The origin of the fire is unknown. Only 14 Spartanburg county citi zens -ave paia a siaie income tax this year as compared with 42 last year. The county auditor has written Governor Manning asking that a list of the Federal income tax payers of that county be furnished him in order that he may require all of them to also pay a state Income tax. Chas. D. Jones was nominated for mayor of Lancaster in a primary election Tuesday, defeating his opponent, John T. Green, by a vote of 168 to 90. Out of 14 candidates for aldermen, only two, E. M. Croxton and J. H. Wltherspoon were elected. A. J. Gregory, J. F. Moore, L. C. Laxenby, J. D. Wylle, Hazel Ferguson, P. M. La than and W. R. Thomson will have to go into a second primary. Pat Love, a white man, was shot and instantly killed by Scott Hutto, also white, last Saturday night at Pelion, Lexington county. From the testimony given at the coroner's inquest, Hutto had remonstrated with negroes on his place about shooting near his house. As he made ready to take his departure from a negro house, Love appeared and said, "I have got you where I want you," wherepon Hutto fired, killing Love instantly. The coroner's Jury returned a verdict stating that Love came to his death at the hands of Hutto and that Hutto was justified in taking his life. Hutto is in jail despite the finding of the coroner's Jury. R. O. Jones, a liquor salesman of Savannah, Ga., has been indicted by the Beaufort county grand jury, charged with attempting to bribe Pat Wall, a member of the Beaufort county dispensary board, to use his influence with the board to have them buy their liquor supplies from houses represented by Jones. Mr. Wall went before the grand Jury and exhibited $56 which he said had been given him by Jones with the understanding that he would do what he could to place the dispensary board's orders with Myer, Pitts & Co., of Baltimore, Md., a concern represented by Jones. A bench warrant has been issued for Jones and the governor of Georgia will be asked to honor a requisition for his return to Beaufort. Representative Lever called at the state department this week, says a Washington dispatch of December 14, to the Anderson Daily Mail, and urged upon Secretary Lansing and Counsellor Polk the importance of having every effort made through diplomatic channels to enable this country to receive sufficient potash for agricultural purposes during the next crop year. Beginning last summer, Mr. Lever has repeatedly urged the vital importance of the potash situation upon Secretary of Agriculture Houston, because he realizes that In some sections of the south it is impossible to grow a full crop of cotton without potash, and this is particularly true of the sand-belt districts. Mr. Lever suggested to Secretary Lansing and Mr. Polk the advisability of the creation of some kind of joint commission composed of representatives of the several countries most directly interested, which commission should be authorized to work out the details of a plan by which Germany might ship potash to this country and at the same time be assured by this country that such potash would not be used in the manufacture of munitions of war. Mr. Lever said he was not at liberty to disclose what had been said to him, beyond the bare statement that he found those in authority at the state department "fully alive to the importance of the situation." GENERAL NEWS NOTES Items of Interest Gathered from All Around the World. Milwaukee, Wis., newspapers have dropped the use of hyphens when using the words German-Americans. The Florida state armory, formerly a monastery of the Spanish Francescans and a St. Augustine landmark, was destroyed by fire Monday. A bill to prohibit the carrying of passengers on ships laden with war munitions, has been introduced in the United States senate. General Carrunxa has issued an order nullifying! "all acts, contracts and concessions" of the Huerta government in Mexico. Pennsylvania, New York and the New England states had their first heavy snow stonn of the season Monday. A German dispatch says that approximately 37,000 men have been lost by the French and British in the Macedonian territory. The Norwegian steamship Mesna, from Rotterdam, arrived in Philadelphia Monday with a large cargo, including 109 cases of dolls, soldiers, bears, Noah's arks and other toys. King George of England, who was severely injured by being thrown from a horse on October 28, has so far recovered as to be able to resume work within certain limitations. According to a dispatch from Berlin, German and Austro-Hungarian submarines have up to December 13, sunk a total of 508 ships belonging to the Allies, with a total tonnage of 917,819 tons. The trustees of Tuskegee institute, have adopted resolutions to iry iu raise a fund of $2,000,000 for a Booker T. Washington memorial endowment for Tuskegee. The negroes of the country are to be asked to raise $250,000 of the endowment fund. Dealers estimate that ice skaters of New York and vicinity will this season spend $2,600,000 for ice skates, costumes, etc., to enjoy the sport, and that there will be at least 200,000 people who will engage in the pastime this winter. B. F. Dimmitt, a druggist of Rochesport, Mo., at the outbreak of the European war, invested in 10,000 ounces of quinine at 14 cents an ounce. He now has a profit of $23,600, and the drug continues to go upward. The supreme court of the United States has rendered a decision upholding the constitutionality of the law barring the importation of films showing prize fights. The question was raised in a suit arising over the exclusion of the Willard-Johnson fight films. According to the report of the commissioner of internal revenue, submitted to congress, less liquor was drunk during the fiscal year ending June 30, than during the year previous. The decrease in taxes on distilled spirits, beor ar.d fermented liquors, was over $22,000,000, and cigars, etc., decreased more than $2,000,000. Receipts from other sources totaled $415,681,023.86, the largest in the history of the country. The American International corporation, backed by the National City bank of New York, has been formed with $50,000,000 capital and will esstablish steamship lines to various Smith Amoriran nnrtn in th<> intprpst of the foreign trade of the United States. The corporation has acquired by purchase, seven large steamers. Federal authorities in New York have come into possession of the books and other evidence relative to the activities of an organization known as Labors' National Peace council. These papers, it is alleged, show the council was promoted by David Lamar, known as the "Wolf of Wall street,'' and that the money necessary was furnished by Franz von Rinteln, a German agent, now in the Tower of London. The secretary of the council, Louis Straube, has become a voluntary witness for the government. Indictments of several persons, nationally prominent, are expected within a few days. UNDERTAKER BY NATURE Sexton Beetle a Wonderfully Interesting Insect. Suppose a husky dltchdigger were given the job of burying the body of an elephant or a rhinocercs, using no tools other than his hands. He might spend the best years of his life trying, and, incidentally, might wear off his fingers, and even his arms, in the vain effort to g?ve the huge body burial. Now, suppose we give our dltchdigger all the shovels, spades, nlnL'ovno hnoo o rt H whnol ho rrnwq hp | woods ana corn-neias, wnicn giowea in the light of one of those marvelous sunsets which are the beauty of Kent and Surrey. His noble forehead and fine features seemed to be lit up with . pleasure as I entered the room. I "He waived his hand toward the i window as he pointed out the scene | beyond, while in the other hand he held an open Bible, which he was studying. " 'What are you reading now?' I asked, as I seated myself by his bedside. "'Hebrews,' he answered; 'still Hebrews. "The Royal Book," I call it. Isn't it grand?' "Then placing his finger on certain passages, he commented on them. i Queries Taken as Religion. "I made some allusions to the | strong opinions expressed by many persons on the history of creation, its grandeur, and then their treatment of the earlier chapters of the book of Genesis. "He seemed greatly distressed, his I rAi Powder sly Pure < the most i healthful food I PHOSPHATE | 1 "VVW .f ..vv.ww.. w?w could ask for, and even then It would likely be weeks before the peanutloving, old friend of our circus days, would cease to cumber the landscape. Now there is a small insect, known as the sexton beetle, who in a few hours, can accomplish a task, in proportion to his size, equally as great, or, even greater, than that of the man and the elephant They call him the sexton, from a strange habit he has of burying the body of small birds, or small animals. He is only about an inch long, and is a very cheerful appearing little fellow, brisk in his movement, and, always in the biggest kind of a hurry. He wears a sweater of black and orange, rather an inappropriate garb for one of his calling. Where he stays when out of a job, no one knows. He never loafs?is never seen just hanging around, in that aimless sort of a way, so common with many of his beetle cousins. When not at work he disappears?just simply fades out of sight, until a hurry call comes in, and presto! Here he is!'' If you want to see a sexton beetle right bad, all you have to do is to throw a dead mouse or a mole out in the garden. You won't have long to wait, for, in an incredibly short time he arrives. Bustling around, business liba onH q 1 opf Vi o n'o 1 Ir o arming f V~? body a few times, touching it here and there with his feelers, as if measuring the job before him. Having satisfied himself as to the character of the proposition he is to tackle, he disappears under the body and, at once begins work. Called by some unknown system of wireless, his two or three assistants, shortly arrive, one by one, and without delay work themselves out of sight, beneath the carcass of the mouse. They do not dig a hole, as one might suppose, tumble the body in and then cover with earth. Their method is more original, and effective. They work themselves under Rtf Baking Absolue Insures t delicious and: NO ALUM-NO the object to be interred, and throw 1 upon its side the soil that was be neath it. This is done equally under < all parts of the body, so, little by little it slowly sinks, and finally, like a < stage ghost, disappears below the lev- i el. With this much accomplished it < is un easy matter to draw the piled i up soil, around the edges, over the i body, pat it smoothly down, scatter a few bits of grass and trash around, I and one would hardly know the sur- ' face had Deen aisturoea. ine sexion beetle is no scavenger. He does not practice his chosen profession merely < to get objects out of sight, or for any sanitary reasons whatever. It Is the ( call of the maternal instinct, the instinct that tells him that young bee- i ties of his kind, can't live and prosper without the shelter of just such a : home as he prepares. His only object in putting snugly , underground, the body of the little , mouse, is to keep it in Just the right , condition, until the hungry little , grubs hatch out and demand their favorite food. As soon as the mouse , has been tucked away out of sight and the mother beetles have deposit- ( ed their eggs in the carcass, the burial squad disappears, fully satislied with the work they have done. M. Gleditsch, who made a careful , study of the habits of this interesting , little "worker in clay," says, that, "in a space of fifty days, four beetles in- , terred four frogs, three small birds, two fishes, one mole, two grasshop- , pers, besides several pieces of beef liver."?C. A. David in the Greenville News. DARWIN AND CHRISTIANITY Lady Hope Says Great Scientist Was | a Believer. Lady Hope, a British woman of title, well known in religious circles for her lifelong activity In Christian work, has been spending considerable time in this country, attending the Billy Sunday meetings, the Northfield con- i ferences, and other similar gather- i ings. To a prayer meeting in Northfield she told a remarkable story concerning her personal experiences with Charles Darwin that is so at variance with the popular conception of the great naturalist's religious beliefs that Lady Hope was asked to write down her story for the WatchmanExaminer. According to the recollection of Lady Hope, Darwin in his later years was a devoted Bible student and an outspoken believer in Christ. Darwin, it will be remembered, set out to study for holy orders in the Church of England and completed his course in Cambridge university. His mind was of a scientific bent, how- j ever, and he welcomed the opportunity to go on The Beagle to the South Seas, where he spent five years pursuing his investigations and gathering the scientific data on which his subsequent revolutionary works were based. i During the two years which elapsed between the return of The Beagle i and his marriage he pondered the i subject of religion seriously, so that to use his own words, "Disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but it was at last complete." That he never felt prepared to have his po sition on religion quoted in controversy upon the general subject is clear from the following extract from one biography: "His attitude was that of the tolerant, unaggressive agnostic, sympathizing with and helping in the social and charitable influences of the Eng- 1 lish church in his parish. He was 1 evidently most unwilling that his I opinions on religious matters should I influence others, holding, as his son, Francis Darwin, says, 'That a man ought not to publish on a subject to . which he has not given special and continuous thought" Lady Hope's Story. What Darwin thought toward the close of his life is thus reported by Lady Hope, in her written statement: "It was one of those glorious autumn afternoons that we sometimes enjoy in England, when I was asked to go in and sit with the well-known Professor Charles Darwin. He was almost bedridden for some months before he died. I used to feel when I saw him that his fine presence would make a grand picture for our Royal Academy, but never did I think so more strongly than on this particular occasion. "He was sitting up in bed, wearing a soft embroidered dressing-gown of rather a rich purple shade. "Propped up by pillows he was gazing out on a far-reaching scene of lingers twitched nervously, and a look Dl agony came over his face as he jaid: " 1 was a young man with unformed ideas. 1 threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all the time over everything; und to my astonishment, the ideas took like wildtire. People made a religion of them.' "Then he paused, and after a few more sentences on 'the holiness of Uod,' and 'the grandeur of this Book,' looking at the Bible, which he was nolaing tenderly all the time, he suddenly said: '1 have a summer-house in the garden which holds about thirty people. It is over there,' pointing through the open window. 'I want you very much to speak there. I know you read the Bible in the villages. Tomorrow afternoon 1 should like the servants on the place, some tenants, and a few of the neighbors here to gather there. Will you speak to them?' " 'What shall 1 speak about?' 1 asked. " 'Jesus Christ,' he replied in a clear, emphatic voice, adding in a lower tone, 'and his salvation. Is not that the best theme? And then 1 want you to sing some hymns with them, you lead on your small instrument, do you not?' "The wonderful look of brightness and animation on his face as he said this I shall never forget, for he j added: " 'If you take the meeting at 3 o'clock the window will be open, and you will know that I am joining in with the singing." "How I wish I could have made a picture of the fine old man and his beautiful surroundings on that memorable day!" Huxley, Too, Sought Faith. Professor Huxley, the most celebrated champion of Darwin's theory of natural selection, has commonly been rated among the opponents of Christianity. Not long ago, Rev. Dr. Cornelius Woelfkin, a well known Baptist clergyman of New York city, told a company of Philadelphia minister a story concerning Huxley's interview with a well-known Christian layman. He asked the Christian worker to tell him all about his religious experiences and belief. The man demurred, for he said he was no controversialist or learned theologian. Professor Huxley protested that he wanted only the man's own story. So they talked intimately, the man telling simply what Jesus unnst meant 10 nun. as mey utineu Professor Huxley arose and walked up and down the veranda, stopping from time to time to ask keen questions of his friend. At last he confronted the man, and in a voice filled with emotion, declared, "I would give my right arm if I were able to believe as you do, and to have your experience." After Borne further words to the effect that his scientific life had Incapacitated him for simple faith. 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B R E IS THE STA The above proverb is ages old. bi J v. _^ AW* me day ueiore mc uisi icnun o< every man who believes that Brej his Bread is made of the BEST a that you are getting the BEST FL Firm whose name appears below, STICKELL Ask for either of these Brands?e STICK ELL'S MAGNOLIA CHAMPION Your neighbors will praise Your give Her STICKELI/S FIAHJ FOR SALE BY FERGUSON & 1 WHAT Do YOU 71110 Is THE Important Quei I IlIiJ prepared than ever to I you don't find what you want in and we will be glad to sell you. WE SUGGEST WE SU FOR FATHER: FOR MOT A Chifforobe Sewing Tabl Leather Chair Music Cabin* Costumer Library Tabl Smoking Set Writing Deal Book Case Tea Table Cellarette. Art Square. WE will he triad to onote YO W. G. REID & M FOR GIFTS I ,-Bonbons. I ALLY'S HUYLER'S I OWNEY'S, NUN X ALLY'8?ARE AND BONBONS ON THE THE 1015 XMA8 LINES ? PRETTIER THAN I HAD BEFORE 1ARLY SO THAT YOU WILL BE KIND YOU WANT AND QUANUAIJTY AND FRESHNESS ARE LK MAKERS. ind PIPES OKES, IS MORE ACCEPTABLE _ ^ GARS OR A GOOD PIPE. OUR 4 THE BUST TO BE HAD?WE E BRAND?IF NOT, WE CERIAT WILL PLEASE HIM?THE s OWN FOR THEIR QUALITY? I nI LES UP TO THE HIGHEST DE- B NG SMOKERS?YOU WILL BE B P YOU BUY HERE. B -FRENCH BRIERS, CALABASH- B RICED TO PLEASE. . Jg LJG STORE J IES 1 , SANK, AND THEIR ATTEN INTEREST DEPARTMENT, T IONEY EARNS A SAFE ST RATE lold and Personal Bills by OUR jMM which promotes ECONOMY, and ' bills paid, In the shape of Can- w ^ tieerfully given and every courtesy lis method, NOW, as the Old Tear 1th this Practical and Up-to-Date ONAL BANK ^ a O. O. E. WILKIN 8, President, e Safe Tb*n Sorry" SMOAK-BROWN CO. HORSES, MULES. VEHICLES. THAT NEW BUGGY That Tou intend to t>uy this fall? Why not take a look at the TYSON A JONES before you decide on the kind. The TTSON A JONES Buggies have ~1 been sold on this market for years, and they have always measured right ^ up to the Highest Standard of Qual- ^ lty for the price. They look well and M wear well in use. They are built of V beet materials and we sell them at the Lowest Prices possible for a Buggy of like grade. TES, we believe you will And it to TOUR Interest to see U8 before Tou buy a Buggy. You'll like the good points of the TTSON A JONES If you'll look it over. We'll be glad to show TOU. Come around. SMOAK-BROWN COMPANY ira.... L FOR HOLIDAY GIFT SHOPi USE THE TIME TO GOOD AD- " GH?LET US HELP YOU WITH ? RAOTICAL GIFTS FOR EVERYF VALUE BECAUSE THEY ARE P FOR SHOW?BUT TO GIVE 1 iOUT THESE ^ ire" Line $2.50 to $10.00 Salt Is?All Sizes $2.50 to $4.00 $4, $5 and $? $8.50 to $5.00 $8.50 to $12.50 es?Leather and Felt?Black $1.00 and $1.25 Pair lies $8.00 to $4.00 Pair ea there?All Sizes $1.50 to $$.00 zee?All Leathers $2.00 to $5.00 tors. Scarfs, Shawls, Toques, Avlllday Boxes?Silk, Fibertex and id Children?Three and Six Pairs >0 to $8.00 the Box. kwcar for Both Ladles and GenPrices. and Gentlemen?A beautiful line .? / ^ TROUP | 1 I A D .\ f[ FF OF LIU] at it is as true TODAT, as it was Ud it, and being true, it is up to ad is the Staff of Life, to see that nd PUREST FLOUR. To be sure ?OUR, order your supply from the and specify that YOU WANT 'S FLOURS ither will please You? 4 QUEEN fc-V, MAGNOLIA ? Wife's Good Bread, if You will RS to make Her Bread of. if OUNGBLOOD - - * Want for XMAS? ;tion right now. We are better fill your wants in our line, and if your own town, drop ns a line < GGEST WE SUGGEST HER: FOR THE CHILDREN: le A Victrola | ti 1 Bicycle I# Velocipede k Automobile ^ Doll Cart Wheel Barrowa. U Prices. SON, Rock Hill ^