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tumorous flrpartment No Dog? On Train.?Soon after th train had started. the conductor, i collecting Mm fares. noticed a sma white dot?, with a hushy tail and brigli black eyes, costly sitting on a seat b* side a young lady. She was quit pretty hut the conductor's duty wa plain. Trn very sorry, madam." he sai with unusual suavity, "hut it's attain! tiie rules to have dotes in the passer ger cars." "Oh! dear! is that so?" replied ti \onnte lady, looking beseechingly froi her hrown eyes. "What sliall i do? can't throw him away. He's a preset for my aunt." "Throw hltn away! By no mean miss! We'll put him in the hatetent car. and he'll lie just as happy as ti rohins in spring." ? ?...??i,ut mv nice white dog i your dirty old liititKaKC our?" "I'm sorry miss, but the rules i tills company must Is- on forced. II shall have my overcoat to lie on, an the hrakoman will give him onickei and milk every time he opens h mouth." "I just know somebody will stei him," she objected. Hut the conductor was firm, an called out to the hrakeman. who wi carrying a signal tint?. "Here, Mike, put this dog in the ha? KiiKi' ttar, and tell them to take the hei ol care of hirn." The hrakeman picked up the dot; : carefully as if it were a baby. Thet was a sudden twitching of the faclt muscles, and he hastily said to tli conductor: "Here, you Just hold him a minut till I put this flair away." <?ut of the car door he went, an held on to the brake wheel, shakin like a man with ague. The conductor laid his hands on tli dog, and then? "Why?wh-why?this is a worstr dog!" he gasped. "Yes, sir," replied the little nils: demurely; "didn't you know that?" "No. miss. I am sorry to say I didn know that." lie dropped the dog and hega shouting: "Tickets! Show your tick . ts!" -New York World. .* ?> When the KMKvry mun hml take his order and gone, Mrs. I'lnsi-n said t her husband: "Mr. Samlsi-lh-r has a pleasant laci hasn't he?" "It is always llm case," Mr. llirise replied. "What is always the case?" "Whrni'Vcr you see a man like thi you run gamble that his wife is sum dried up litt!? weazel with a sour face "??li, I don't know." "I i Is a fact." "\V< II. I can t< ll you another thing "What Is that?" "Whenever you see a pleasant llttl woman you can het your lust hutto she is tied up to some grouch of man." "Think so?" "Yes, I do. so there!" "Then I am thankful for one thing "What is that?" "That there arc still left on the eart n few couples that are per feet I matched like you and I." "Henry, you" are a wonier."?3 udg ' Story of a Major.? The followir story Is being toltl about a Iirookly N. Y.. major now In camp: Soon after his promotion he wj looking at the gold leaf on his shou dors somewhat quizzically. "You si It's something like this," he e: plained. "Some years ago when was a tlrst lieutenant a friend mine asked me what were the fuw Hons of tiie various ranks and I to him that a tlrst lieutenant is supposi to know everything and do ever; tiling, a captain is supposed to kno everything and do everything and major is supposed to know notliii and do nothing." "The friend heard about my pri motion and I received a telegra from him which read: 'You ought make a tine major."?Puck. Plain Scotch. ? Two Scotchtm staying at a third rate hotel discover* that the washstand in their hedroo was minus soap. After they had rur the hell, an attendant appeared at: asked their wishes. "Sen* up, lad-a we tilt sape, quick! exclaimed one of the Caledonians. The attendant promptly withdrew muttering: "They ain't French nor ficrman, n? yet Spanish. What can they want?' The Scot liecjune angry. "Man" he thundered, "can ye no ui deratand plain Scotch!" The attendant promptly withdre and returned with a bottle and tw glasses.?Puck. A Quick Night.?A train load of new ly drafted men reached their canton ment late in the afternoon. By til time they had passed through th receiving station and the hands of th doctors it was nearly midnight. Sev eral of them were awakened at foti o'clock the following morning to as slst the cooks in prewiring breakfas As one well-built sleepy drafted ma got to his feet, he stretched and yawn od: "It doesn't lilKC long to spenu night In the a rnt y."? Kvery I >ody' Magazine. Where Science Fails.?A woman o intellectual tastes t'ound It ditlleult t remember all the facta she eollectet She therefore secured the services c a professor of one of the beat mentor systems. Scarcely had the professo taken his departure after a success!'! first lesson, when a loud double knoc was heard at the front door. "Who was that, Mary?** the lad Inquired of the servant. "Oh. if you please, ma'am," sai Mary, "It was the memory man: h forgot his umbrella!"?Pittsburg Chronicle- Dispatch. Just a Little Strategy?"What la i that makes you find so much faul with your stenographer?" "Well, she's the best stenograph? I ever had. and I don't want to los her. So I've got to shout around little so as to convey the imprcoslo to any stenographer scouts that sh wouldn't suit the government."Washlngton Star. Considerate Husband.?Mrs. Exe"So you've got a gown after oil. thought you said you couldn't affor one this fall." Mrs. Wye?"So I did: but my hus band had a streak of luck recently. H broke his leg the next day after takini out an accident policy that pays $5 a week."?Boston Transcript DEEDS OF AMERICAN FIGHTERS. I i Daring Exploits of Soldiers and Sea- 1 ?. men Over There. 1 n Philip Wnyn in Philadelphia ledger. J II Will the stalwarts of the new Na it ttonal Army uphold the- splendid battle * traditions of this Kcpuhlic? ' Have the American soldiers in the i? making today the same resourceful- j ness, the same grit and the same in- f d dornitable courage which made the it names of Sti phen liecatur, John I'aul i- Jones, Israel i'litnain, "Mad" Anthony Wayne, Ulysses 'Irani anil J'hil Sheri e dun known around the world? "> Wdl the legions of the United ' States go "over the top" with the oldit time Yankee rush when 'leneral Derailing gives the command, or rather s. are the Huns correct in their diagno[e sis of our case?that we are Iduffers. o that our morale is a flimsy as |>apcr and tliat our new National Army will n surge helplessly against Germany's "lion wall of supermen." and fall f >' helplessly hack in defeat? !' To the doubters and to the proid German propagandists who are workr* ing with might and main to aid to 's the ranks of the doubters, I point to the records of the hundreds of Aineri- | d can boys who have been busy almost since the beginning of the world war, 'd burnishing anew tin- battle traditions ,s of tile I'nited States. These lads of t'nole Sam's domain ( '' did not wait for the I'nited States "d to knock the chip from the shoulder of the Hun before they wailed in and ,s did their all. Swept along by that im- j petuosity which has been a characterd istic of the American since the Huston l<f tea party, they jumped in with both feet anil contributed their brains, *' bodies and courage to the cause of I civilization. 1 d What red-blooded American cannot i ^ feel a thrill at the story of William ' I'eter Jones (no relation to John I'aul, ' except in spirit)? i Jones was known among his asso- i d elates in Harlem as "Hig Hill," because I lie was six feet three inches without : iiis siloes. "Hig Hill' was a good-na tured as a hound pup, luit under tliis i * sunny exterior sliiniliered a temper like a bull, l-'ew persons bad ever " probed deep enough to I'caeli it, but " the few that did never eared to repeat the performanee, for the way "Hig ' Hill" carried on was awful, n "Hig Hill" got into the hig war as i o ipiiekly as in- was able to borrow car far?* for Toronto, **;?n., whore ho on- I listed in a t'sinadian regiment. Iti-ncli- i ing the front-line trenches, the Aiikt- < n iean st'lirhtl as his "buddy" one James i MeAllister, a Canadian, small of stat- < ure l>ut stout of heart, line afternoon a it shell exploded in the Canadian trench, ' ie and James McAllister "went west," i " his liead being all stove in. I "Kig Kill" gazed dtinihly at the l mangled body of his friend. Suddenly I " the Canadians in the sector were i startled hy a torritic roar, and they I lo mixed with something like awe wlien ' n they saw "Kig Kill" swinging Ids great < a arms uhout his head. Iiis eyes blazing with rage. The American grabbed an 1 armful of hand grenades, and before < his companions could stop him lie i " was "over the top" and racing like a < madman across No Man's bind to- I h ward the Koche trenches. The Huns ly saw the bulky hulk of humanity hurt- I ling toward them, but they were so '*' dumfoundcd by the specfncle"* they" seemed to have been suddenly stricken with paralysis ami did not tiro a shot. n- He fore the Teutons know what was coming of. "Hit? Kill" was down among ,s them. hurling hoinhs to tho right and th<> loft. A dozen or ntoro 11 tins orumplod up as tho bombs exploded. K* Tho llochos til mod a machine gun on ' tho gigantic Yank, but before they ?' could spray him with shot "Hig Hill" landed a bomb in their midst, and tho gunners were wiped out. "Hig Hill" 'd grabbed tho machine gun, turned it back along tho trench anil riddled w several more Hermans with their own a bullets. Then covering tho survivors with the gun tho powder-stained Yank from Harlem bellowed "March." The Itoches couldn't understand Knglish. m but they understood what he meant. lo and they marched to the Canadian lines with "Hig Hill" stalking grimly behind them. "Hig Hill" was decm orated with the Croix do Guerre and d the Legion of Honor medal. His feat m is still the talk of the Canadian eonig tingent. id The unblemished character of American courage is exemplified in the !" career of Kiffln Itoekwell, a twentyfour-year-old American tlier, who rev. cently gave up his life lighting in franco. i >r Hock well was a member of the ; American escadrille. and a few weeks after his arrival in France lie showed )- the kind of stuff Americans are made i of. On this occasion lie was making w a little tour in the air over the French 1 o lines. He was about to skim back to I his hangar when he saw a Hoelie machine about tiOO meters under him and I a little inside the French lines. s i. Itoekwell immediately reduced his ' o motor and dived for the enemy. The i ip latter saw that trouble was on the t e way anil started to scoot home. The ! . Hoche machine had a pilot and a gun- < ir ner and carried two rapid-tire guns, ' . one facing the front and one in the t. rear that turned on a pivot so it could i n be tired in any direction. I The Hoche gunner immediately opened tire on the American. Hock- t a well's machine was hit. but he didn't s pay any attention to that, for his I lighting blood was up. He swooped for the enemy until he got within I if twenty-live or thirty meters from his t o machine. Then Kockwell tired five I. quick shots and swerved his airplane if to the right to keep from having a * y collision. As the American swept by | r the enemy he had the satisfaction of I il seeing the Roche gunner fall hack k dead on the pilot; the machine gun which the gunner had operated fell y from its position and pointed straight up into the sky: the Roche pilot went d litnp. as if he had been badly wounded, e The Hurt aircraft careened dangerIt ously and then dived vertically toward the ground with a lot of smoke coming from the rear. It landed, a flaming it wreck, just Itehind the Herman lines. It For this exploit Rockwell was proposed for the Medaille Militaire. On r another occasion Rockwell attacked e a Roche machine at 3,000 meters high a and killed the observer with the first ? shot. Then the American's machine e gun jammed, and while he was fixing _ it he followed the Hun plane down to 1,300 meters. At that altitude he succeeded in repairing his gun. He rid died the Roche with bullets and soon I the enemy craft fell crashing into the d German trenches. Air Exploits. At this juncture two other Roche e fliers appeared on the scene and atg tacked the nervy American flier at 0 close range. It was two against one. t but Rockwell did not flinch. Like a' tornet he maneuvered here and there, f nfllcting stinging punishment. The t doches soon tired of playing with Are I tnd returned to their lines. Later this < ?rave American l>oy was killed in t ierial com hat over Rodern, in Alsace, i in<l army orders have this to say of t urn: : "Kiffin Vates Rockwell, an American i [jilot. who ceaselessly won the admira- < tion of his chiefs, and his comrades try his sang froid, his courage and his 1 daring. Killed in the course of an I ierial com I rat, September i'3. 191C." ' Have American fighters the re- i sourcefulness of old? Jim N'orcross of Denver, Col., a i member of the French flying squad- < ron, was scouting iilteen miles track of tin- Roche lines when engine trouble i obliged him to alight in the enemy's t country. He repaired the engine without being olisorved. but discovered to his dismay be had not enough gasoline i lo get I>ack to his hangar. It was a < desperate situation, but N'orcross. j being an American, had confidence ' I hat somehow he would squirm out < ut tire difficulty. He hid his machine 1 in a (dumb of woods and. armed with < a copper container, started foraging I for gasoline. Outside a farmhouse he < round an auiomorme, and n? nan jum completed borrowing the container full uf precious gasoline when a car lull i?f Herman oflicers whizzed around a ' I .end in the road. Xoreross jumped Ihroiigh an open window in the farm* house, ran upstairs and hid under a ' l?ed. Ity the sounds the American ' soon concluded that he had hutted into ' the vet y thick of a Herman staff head- 1 l ua iters. Out of a German Trap. There was nothing in the world for ( him to do hut remain under the bed intil things i|itieted down. In about , in lioiir two Hun officers, dusty from I ravel and dog-tired from the stress of t !>attie, lumbered into the room, and f titer many Herman curses and much j Imbibing from a suspicious-looking { hot tie tumbled into bed with grunts , ind groans of weariness. They were | Iuickl\ fast asleep, their snores sound- t Ing like a Kretich barrage tire. "Well, I'll be gosh-dinged!" muttered , N'orcross; "this is some mess." I lie crept from under the bed and. j dinging tightly to the container, he soltly opened the door and reached the lop of the stairway, only to run plump , mill :i l.'ll ?icriuail oniccr ill" The I Inn 1*1 loose a wolfish grunt and liis big. watcr.x l>lin eyes threatened In pop IYiiiii his Cat face. Down came I Ik- riiiilaini-r on tin- top of his hi-ad i ikI tlK- Ti-nton crashed hack ward ilown llii- stairway. Itut thn-i- or four II tins had nisln-d into tin- lower hallway and with fierce cries tlu-y ..started up ttn stairs. Norcross dealt with lltetn in a typical breezy American fashion. From the top of the stairs In- leaped in their midst, dealing Mows to the rigid and the left with his container. There was a cork fastened securely in the top. so that not a drop uf the precious gasoline was spilled. The tinman officers went down as if I hey had been felled with an ax. Nori-ross darted out of the house and sprinted to the hioing place of his aircraft. He replenished the exhausted tank and a few minutes later was J.000 feel aloft, heading for the French lines, which he reached in safety. The exploit of William J. Clark, of 73/-w""Y"drtf~ch*Iet tUrii-V cdp'tafn ana * commander of the naval gun crew of | the steamship Silver Shell, recently on the high seas gives a not Iter Indi- ( ration of what our nu-n are made of. , Clark is an enlisted man, who has seen nearly twelve years of service In tlie navy and has won promotions Improved capacity. Recently by Ids ( lira very and resource nc muuc a ucm in the kaiser's submarine warfare by ; bringing about the sinking of an under* , sea craft. For his work he won spe- , rial praise from Secretary of the Navy | Daniels. "Submarine off the port bow!" was tlie hail that startled the crew of the Silver Shell on a morning not long , ago. At a distance of 7,000 yards Clark | saw a submarine; the U-boat displayed no Hag and was approaching the mer- | chant ship at great speed. The gunners ( of the Silver Shell were alert at their | posts. < "Fire!" cried Clark; the Silver | Shell's guns barked, but the shot fell ( short of the mark. The U-boat replied , with a six-inch gun, but the marks- | manship was poor, the shell falling | 100 yards to the starboard of the ( American vessel. < The course of the Silver Shell was < due west and the vessel shot ahead i it increased speed. The submarine t followed, keeping up a rapid fire. I Clark stood with his gunners, en- .< ouraging them with his fine ardor. < "We are going to give those Bochos c hell!" he yelled. "Hip the steel into ; the blackguards and do it fast, boys." The gunners worked with a will, t tiring more than twenty-five shots in t i battle that lasted nearly two hours. 1 rwo submarines fired more than thirty I ihots, including some shrapnel toward t the end, which exploded astern of the 2 Silver Shell, but too high to do any s latnage. The American naval gunners t ,vhooped with joy when the last two ihells fired by them hit the submarine r n the forward part. A few seconds t liter the Hoc he U-boat went down t tow upward at an angle of about c 'orty-tive degrees. s Secretary Daniels Is now considering a iroinotion for Clark. i "For his work he deserves the very 1 >est that can be done for him," de- s lared the secretary. An Ambulance Driver's "Stunt." Hats off. you loyal Americans, to tamuel L. Shober, Jr.. of Philndcl- " >hia, attached to the American amtulance service in France. This young Phik.delphinn, bred in 1 he shadow of Independence Hall, was ' laving a night off recently from his r irduous and extremely dangerous duty ^ is an ambulance driver on the battle- 1 ront. Hut he had become so attached 11 o his job of hiking the wounded off x he field under fire that he just had o hang around and watch his plucky ' ontrades work. 1 Stars gleamed frostily in a dark- * due dome: the boom of big guns (i ihook the soil, and ever and anon, as * he novelists would say, the shell- ^ locked landscape was Illuminated by " aricolored star shells which the Huns ^ ent up from their trenches to frus- ^ rate designs of French raiding par- * ies. I Shober was watching wounded being 11 ifted into ambulances which were c larked near by. Suddenly there was a erriffc explosion. Shober gazed uprnrd and became tense when he ob- f erved a whole flock of Boche aircraft t ust overhead. The Hun aviators fl re re serving the cause of humanity iy dropping bombs upon the am- a >u lances. o "The dirty dogs!" growled Shober, a . ,v>V .v - _-*i .. jr. ? ?r ind as he ?poke his lithe young body ihot forward, and a second later he >ounded into the driver's seat of one >f the ambulances which was filled with wounded. With liomhs buistng all about him. and with machine runs spraying his near vicinity Sam *hoi?er turned on the juice and the imbulance shot forward with ItH previous load. One of the ILocho aircraft followed the nervy American, sending down i?omb after bomb, and doing his Lest to riddle the umbulancc with machinegun bullets. Sam set his teeth like an American fullback bucking an opponents' line for a touchdown and tucked n the speed. Sain acted without ceremony when i French officer stood in the path of the machine with its Needing cargo. "IJet the hell out of the road!" he , yelled, si nil I ill' oinccr leapeu aside as , if h?* hail been propelled by electricity. , Sam outdistanced the lioche airciaft iind arrived safely at a Held hospital ( ivitli his load of wounded. Curiously j i*nouKh. it was thi* same French officer j whom Sam ordered to "set the hell j nut of the road" that recommended . that the young American be decorated \ with the Croix de Guerre. , BAKER WITH THE ARMY 1 I secretary of War is Seeing Things in ; France. fin Hoard Secretary Maker's Sped- 1 il Train in France, Saturday, March ' A.?(My the Associated Press)?New- 1 on l>. Maker, the American secretary 1 it war is making iiniiortant decisions f n France upon such ituestions as in lis judgment require immediate ae- { U" irufhi.i'intr Lr nntvlnilirt' lor utuiv use upon many aspects of the Vmcrican army, but problems pressing or a settlement he solves on the s|wt. Thus loilay in the headquarters of me of the American aviation centers, Secretary Haker inquired if ull of the lost of aviators sent first from Vmerica wore first to complete their raining in France and if ull of them tad been commissioned. The chief if the aviation fold the secretary Unit ill of them had not yet, because of 'cusons which lie explained had not lad a chance to take their tlnal trailing. The secretary went into the subect. He directed at the conclusion if the inquiry, with <!eneral i'crdiing's approval, that aviators so doayed should have their commissions, vlien they were ready for them, dat d a day ahead of those issued in \merica to men who had entered the service later, because these men hud i right to their priority. When the secretary's train came ino the aviation region, the sky was larkly overcast and the clouds were if a blue gray color, which the aviation observers say constitutes the litest background for seeing air vork. Many tnono|Hilanes and Idulnnes awaited the secretary's ar ival upon the field; then with a rush >ne after another took the all until oward tin- end of the morning, a hunired muchines were in flight and very machine was driven by an Vmerican. individaul aviators practiced maneuvers used in combat, such is reversing the direction of the flight >y turning edgewise upon oqp wing, ir spinning in nose dives. Tl^'n there vcre evolutions In flotilla J^mution of fives," after that in 8^ffofons*oT" fifteen. I "With all those machines in the i nir," remarked a French oillcer, "we | see no more than a tenth of what I America has in this one school. You < will soon have no more need for | French instruction. We have shown | everything we know and your young | men have taken to the art with ; astonishing facility, as well as audacity, nerve and resource. The | danger and diilicuities fascinate and j Inspire them. I think it must lie what j you call the sporting spirit." I "Yes," said one of Mr. linker's | party, "so many of these men are i direct from our colleges and unlversl- | ties. They are football and baseball j players." ' Secretary Haker discussed with vn- | rious of the aviators themselves the < difference between the machines. He < drought to the subject much knowl- i dge of detail and interest. He spent hours talking with the men and ex- t imining with them the types of ma- I hines, some of which he saw for the I Urol llmo Thi. nlntilnc- Innltlcnl of t the morning's air training was u ombat and the escape of one plane >vhon attacked. The secretary watched with intense Interest. He then visited the machine shops and seting-up shops and the storage buildngs. He had explained to him the ichool organizations which include ight classes each with a separate amp. Sharp sporting rivalries exist unong them. The party left with the conviction hat America's aviation elTort is already a powerful one; that It com>lnes the best to be found in the "ranch and British service in addition o developments, and that an organl:ntion has been created capable of ichooling finely tempered air bataltons. The aviation school in question has cached 27 per cent of its expected tflciency. Graduating classes are urned out with steady regularity because of the speed with which the itudents reach the level of competent ilrmen. But this depends, of course, ipon the amount of flying, which has >een uncommonly abundant this pring. _ j AIRPLANES IN TEXAS \ s >o Common Now that People No Longer Notice. No longer, writes a Dallas, Texas., orrespondent, is it necessary for peo>le to journey to some fair or cartival to see birdmen perform "stunts." Vlth the coming of thousands of aviaors to the several training camps for irmy flyers, airplanes have become ery commonplace In Texas. A half dozen big machines hoverng over a Texas town no longer struct attention. Texans haVe come o regard the army flyers with their lives, loops, nose spins and similar eats as very ordinary. In the rural listricts the frequent cross country lights from Dallas to Fort Worth, yichita Falls, Waco. Houston and '.an Antonio, no longer send the t mrnyard flock hurrying to cover. ? Uven the chickens have come to look ( ipon the aviators and their big ma- a hlnes as everyday visitors. Several machines were badly ? lamaged by the curious crowds last t all when the advance guard of gvia- v ors began to make crass country 1 lights. t y Today aviators alight at will nod, a side from possibly a few Wsscrby r playing children, attract It tie, if a ny attention. T ' b X r.r Every aviation field has its official t ester. This tester is the Individual vho makes the first flight with every ' lew machine. Once he climbs into < he air with a new machine he be- ' fins a series of "stunts," calculated : 0 try out the planes that are to be I ised by the flying cadets. First he i vill make a dozen loops, then a nose | ipin. coming out to do a sudden dive, hen a wide loop and finish with a urn on the wing. "These tests," remarked the tester. 1 lieutenant at one of the fields near Dallas, "put an extraordinary strain jpon every part of the machine. If it comes out all right, I put my O. K. on it and it's ready for use. If it loesn't they will soon get another fester and instructor." Every day dozens of huge shipping li.illlu.l In Ih,. TaV;i a [ion (it-Ms. Every Held has its assembling plant where expert mechanics carefully uucratc the many [tarts and in a few days a new airplane is rolled into the Held. Every nch of the Irish-linen covered wings s gone over for any defects. Wires ind connecting rods are perked and submitted to a heavy weight. The steering mechanism is examined, the motor started and trained ears listen : > its hum. If this preliminary test ihows everything to he ship-shape, [he long brown craft with the red, >vhite and blue stripes on the rudder s trundled further into the held the ester mounts the seat, fastens the several straps that hold him in, and tails away. Loops, dives, nose and Mil spinning ire just ordinary hying for the tester. l*he machine stands on end, on its lose, Ilys 011 the side, turns over and teeps on living, executes spirals and rlides. Hies upside down?in fact docs everything but "sit up and beg." The big tests 011 ull parts of the nachine comes when a "turn on the iving" is executed, when th - machine s suddenly tilted to one side or the itlier and if there is anything faulty with the machine it comes to light, liotli hands, both feet, anil the whole lead is needed in "stunt" Hying and he failure of anyone of these to act ???..?. tno.in tlw. r.ml of tlw? .....I.. .... . ... ? ? stunt" ami the liyer xs well. To execute a nose ami tail spill, several thousand feet up, the motor s idle ami the machine Is "out of ontrol" of the aviator. To riKht the machine he must speed up his engine iml use both hands and feet in setting his planes and steering gear. *kill and coolheadedness are required to regain control of the machine, 'ontidenee is another thing required to make a successful liyer. "It can bo cultivated," said the lieutenant tester. Machines from the Texas fields take to the air daily in face of winds blowing thirty-live and forty miles an hour. Few of the accidents which have occurred were due to windy L'ouditions, instructors claim. Aviators refrain from Hying over Texas towns where there arc particularly tall buildings. PLANT POTATOES. This Crop Will Be In Tremendous Demand This Year. There never has been any doubt as "success of YalAing feweet "| tatoes l.i South Carolina. It is practically a sure crop and in view of the labor situation It is one of the very best crops that can he planted. Kvery sweet potato that is grown in this state Is growing to help in the food fight to win the war. In addition potatoes In the present market conditions are i wonderfully profitable crop. At the request of tin* chairman of the food production campaign in tills state, I'rof. (ieo. I'. Hoffman, of Clemson, has prepared a series of articles In connection with the planting and gathering of seed potatoes which will be published from time to time. The Immediate urgency is in securing seed stock for the satisfactory planting, fhe real shortage of seed potatoes is [perhaps not realized, and those inter sted in the planting of seed potatoes chould at once arrange to get their iced. Prof. Hoffman has this to say: "With an increase of nearly three limes the normal selling price cornDined with a wanton loss of more han 75 per cent of South Carolina's sweet potato crop of the past season, t is obvious that the necessary seed 'or planting this year's crop will he 'ar insufficient. Therefore, it is imperative that plant dealers and planters make Immediate provision for supplying their needs. Disease-free seed should lie bedded as soon as possible. This shortage may be supplemented by a large per cent, through arly planting of small areas from vhlch later plantings may be made py use of vine cuttings. "The Nancy Hall and I'orto Rico ire the h'nding and most popular va ietles in this state, but these varieles not being available no time hould be lost in obtaining diseasoree seed or plants of other varieties. Svery effort should be made for the planting of a sufficient area to supply pome consumption with a surplus for 3T0P CORN AGONY IN FOUR SECONDS lTse "Gets-It"?S<e Conw Peel Off! The relief that "Gets-It" gives from orn-pains?the way it makes corns ind calluses peel off painlessly in one jlece?is one of the wonders of the world. The woman in the home, the ihopper, the dancer, the foot traveler. "Get Me "GeteJe EbKm Qatck! k E? Cora Mlfl Pel? HMeheeCorao Pool Rickt Offl" ^ l^B|| he man in the office, the clerk in the tore, the worker in the shop, havo tolay, in this great discovery, "Gets-It." he one sure, quick relief from all corn md callus pains?the one sure, painess remover that makes corns come iff as easily as you would pee! a balana. It takes two seconds to apdy "Gets-It;" it dries at once. Then ralk with painless jqy. even with ight shoes. You know your corn; will oosen from your toe?peel It offrwith our fingers. Try it, corn sufferers, nd you'll smile! "Gets-It" is sold at all druggists you need pay no more than 25 cents bottle), or sent on receipt of price y E. Lawrence * Co., Chicago, IU. I I U:3. XjJ he local market. The planters of South Carolina have >een asked to increase by sixty per rent the crop of last year, which was '.600,000 bushels produced on >0.000 teres. This necessary increase may k- easily obtained by the planting as ? minimum of one-half acre, per ;>!ow. ARE YOUR HENS LAI If not try Dr. Hess'; a-cea?Price! 25 Cts. We guarantee it to g Money Refunded. Fair < J. E. Brison, Prop. CITY F "TI1K SEKVICK Every poutu fan IBs? hulls swell to twice the 1 pound of AAOI ni in COTTC HUI LINT also doubles after being ea cent roughage, the original not 1 Yi pounds. Therefore, a pound of Buck as far as a' pound of otcT "s you only have to feed give the same food value i hulls. Other At Buckeye Hulls cost much less per ton than old style hulls. Buckeye Hulls allow better assimilation of other food. Mr. Ben Faulk, Dothan, Ala., prefers Buckeye Hulls to < like them as well, they are < cows, and they go farther, two sacks oj the old style. To secure the best results and to de?< thoroughly twelve hourt before wetting them down night and morning this cannot be done, wet down at l< feed the hulls dry, use only half as n Book of Mixt Gives the right formula for everj South. Tells how much to feed I tening, for work. Describes Bucl using them properly. Send for yi Dept. k The Buckeye i Atlanta Birmingham Crrt A agutta Charlotte Jack | $2.00 TWO DOLLAI = Yorkville Cotton Oil Co | For Several Hi 1 MUST BE SHELLED 1 Bring In the i | BAGS WANTED. ? We Want AM the Good, Clean z Second-hand Gunny Sacks 5 that we can get during the - Next Thirty Days, that will " hold 100 Pounds or Over. Bags Must be Whole and Sound; = but neat patching not objec tionable. { Y0RKV1LLE COTTi i pANT] inziAMfK V/ old L? of pep and I ^KweeA The flan ' yf^v &9 the aromeS f h>jiirMe? Better ru ! tfaoTLoa. I don't like b I grocer will i j paid fix it I "When It how might) j - - HE I "From eight to ten thousand plants will be needed for planting one acre, or eight to ten bushels of seed stoek. Small |>otatoes are equally as good and will furnish a greater nuntU-r of plants |H-r given uuantitv than will the larger roots. therefore, planters are advised to use the smaller potatoes." riNG? and Clark's Poultry Pan;ive Satisfaction or Your a tough, is it not! * PHARMACY Clover, S. C. : I)HUG STOKK" { goes much iher A POUND of ?% old style bhulls co-ir 'J tains about 34' ' pound of real roue ha Re and about Impound J J il- r> of lint. After being eaten, the old style weight, or V/2 pounds. A MAM *EYF INSEEO V LLS V LESS ten but as they are 100 per pound becomes 2 pounds? eye Hulls goes a third again tyle hulls. In other words, pound of Buckeye Hulls to 33 a full pound of old style Ivantages No trash or dust. Sacked?easy to handle. They mix well with other forage. They take less space in the barn. old style hulls because cows cheaper, they agree with the one sack lasting as long as slop the eiuilafe odor, wet the halls feeding. It is easy to do this by for the next feeding. If at any time rast thirty minutes. If you prefer to juch by bulk as of old style hulls. id Feeds Free ' combination of feeds used in the for maintenance, for milk, for fatccye Hulls and gives directions for >ur copy to the nearest mill. Cotton Oil Co. Dept. K nwood Little Rock Memphit ton Macon Selma RS FOR CORN $2.00 f mpany Is In the Market 1 mdred Bushels. 1 AND GOOD QUALITY 1 Corn At Once. e FEBRUARY f GINNING? | Our Ginnery will con- | tinue in operation | during February. e ON OIL COMPANY j en It Pours, j It Reigns ] roa juat taste that cup of good ixianne Coffee? Steaming hot to give you a whole dayful POST la wonderfully good and -get it??oh, ma hooey I n quick and get a bright, dean one while it's there. If you every bit of it?then your give you bade every cent you Try Luzianne today and ass > good it ia. j 'vt''.. (' ' 1 '..a. -1 ii-i. ' j FOR YOUR TABLE You can depend on us to supply your table with the BEST in Fancy and Family Groceries. If it Isn't good we haven't got it. See us for? NANCY HAUL POTATOKS. CABBAGE. ONIONS. SW'KKT PICKLES?In Hulk. SOUR PICKLES?in Bulk. OKIKD APPLES, EVAPORATED APPLES. PRUNES. DRIED FIGS. AUNT JEMIMA PANCAKE FLOl'll N. O. M< 'LASSES. VELVA SYRl'P. SEED IRISH POTATOES. We have BLISS and IRISH COBBLER Seed Irish Potatoes. We don't plant in the moon: but if you do. the moon will be "right" next week. See us for >our Seed. SHEHEH & QUINN Stoves and Ranges tfc ll'OT \V A VT hi attire*** In our Customer* an?l Friends, at least to those who anticipate buying a? COOK STOVE or COOKING RANGE? 1X? IT NONV. These articles are steadily advancing?they'll certainly be higher within 30 to 60 days than they are now. We have a good selection of Ranges and Stoves In stock und you can probably save money by HLIVINO QUICK. HEATERSYES. we have quite a stock of Heating Stoves, for Wood und for Coal, und It is a fact that a Stove is more economical tliun an open fire-place or grate. M. L. FORD l.lcenseil Undertakers ami Kmlialmers CLOVEH. 8. C. Composition Roofing ? THAT OUTHOUSE, Barn or other building on your premises that Is In need of a New Roof, can be cheaply cuvcrcd and thoroughly protected with a First-Class COMPOSITION ROOF. We have that kind?First-Class In Quality?in One, Two und Three Ply grades. This Composition Rooting Is an ideal rooting material for outbuildings it lasts well. Is easily put on and iln expense is much less than tin or even good shingles. The time to upply a new roof is before it rains. You remember the Arkansaw Traveler? LUMBER. ETC. When you need anything in I.UM HKK or l.li.MliKK I'KimUlTS, remember US. We always carry a line of almost everything In Hough, and Pressed 1.umber of all kinds as well .?s Shingles. Laths. Lime. Cement, m Paints, oils. VarnlshPs, Stains, ete. JNO. R. LOGAN C. IX Ms AN MOOltK, Manager. MILL PEOPLE'S STORE CHARLOTTE STREET YORK, 8. C. TltADi: WITH US? YOU'LL SAVK MONIA This Store is selling the OLD SIZK. Kull Cake SOAP, and (SOLD DUST Let Us Supply You. OOO CAUHAOK PLANTS A-VjVW will be here Saturday or Monday, Sure. We'll sell QAX immi m twalHi You'll find tliat we sell lots of things ut lamer l?rl(w tJian other Stores, tflvo Us u |)urt of your huHlness. MILL PEOPLES STORE A. 0. DORSETT, Manager. "GARDENING TIME SKK UK FOIt YOUIt 8KKD. I have the I). M. FKKKY lino of seeds, whioli arc reliable uml dependable. All aorta. Huy Onion Sets Now. I have them? Peck, $1.00; Postpaid, Peck, $1.25. GROCERY STOCK COMPLETE. It Is always complete. You can always llnd something good to cat here. For your dinner. I have Cabbage, Turnips, Potatoes, Beans. TURN YOUR FARM PRODUCTS INTO MONEY NOW? 1 pay $2.25 to $3.50 a bushel for your I'eas; $2.00 for Corn Seed. Better see ine at once. Some decline In I'ea market?may go lower. The above prices are good for two weeks only. J. D. HOPE SHARON 8. C. Look Before Yoa Leap It Is rarely the case that a widow and her children are provided with the protection against poverty, suffering, drudgery and ignorance because the husband and father Insured his life for an adequate amount to protect those things that he did not do so solely becuuse an ugent for the company In which he insured almost literally forced him to. In other words, comparatively few, not over one out of twenty, take tho Initiative and take out their first policy without being urged to do so by an agent, and that is why all schemes to eliminate agents have proved dismal failures, and will continue to do so. It Is also true that nine persons out of ten buy insurance from the agent who first solicits them, without investigating to find out whether or not his claim that he is offering the "best policy in the best company" is <-orrecL and the agent of another company, who carried insurance on his own life in the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company knew that he was not seriously interfering with his own chances of getting business for tho company he wps representing, when ho said: "If t) average business man realized how far superior it was to ALL other companies the Mutual Benefit could sell all the insurance it wanted to without a sales force," (agents.) If you buy Insurance for the benefit of yourself and dependents, and not to help an agent, you can get the maximum benefits byjoining the 12,000 citizens of South Carolina who carry $20,000,000 of the $000,0o0,000 insurance in force today in the Mutual Benefit. Consult your own best interest by Investigating. SAM M. GRIST All Kinds of Good Insurance. For Wheatless Days IF IT IS a problem for you to decide what to eat on "Wheatless Days," let this Store help you?We can. We have MINCE MEAT, SWEET POTATOES. CABBAGE. PINK AND NAVY BEANS, BUTTER BEANS. BLACK EYED PEAS, MACKEREL. CANNED SHAD. PREMIER DRESSING, SOUR AND SWEET PICKLES. EVAPORATED APPLES. M? EVAPORATED PEACHES, ^ EVAPORATED APRICOTS. PRUNES. ORANGES. BANANAS. APPLES. Ajid lots of other food things for your table. Just see us or phone S4. W E.FERGUSON ^ v..