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f)rp*rtmrnt Horn# Stuff.?"I wonder if we could ^ start a lit tie game tonight?" "I don't know. Why don't you call up Arthur, Charlie and lioh? Tell 'em 1 to come over here.' Scene changes. Arthur's phone c rings. Wife answers. 1 "Yes, he's upstairs. I'll call him: r just a minute. Arthur, you're wanted a on the phone." I Arthur tak?-? the phone; gets an a earful and replies. "Just a minute. I'll ? see how I stand." t "You don't mind, Nell, if I go over c to I'hit's tonight, do you? He wants t me to make up a pinochle game. I'll he i back early." !i "You don't mind, do you? What do | you care whether I mind or not. You j would go anyway. If you think more t of them than you do of your own v home, go." and Arthur goes. a Scene changes again. Charlie's j phono rings and his I>ohs answers it. v Charlie pulls almost the same stuff as ^ Arthur, but note the difference in ? methods on the part of wives. ( "No, I don't mind, but I wish you ^ would watch the children for about five minutes. I have to go to the ^ tore." Charlie didn't think it was going to be that easy, says sure and reports . back to the home wreckers he'll be there, but the missus has to go to the ^ store for about five minutes. She goes to her sister's and never r comes back, at least not in time for s Charlie to play. Third scene. Hob's phone rings. 1 Same preliminaries as two preceding ^ chapters, but as each wife has a dlf- ' feivnt system, note her plan of strate- I ?>' "If you're not home at 10.30 I'll be v over after you." v "Now. listen. sweetheart, what's ' the sense of you doing that; when I >l tell you we'll ?|ult at 10.30 we will, c Why don't you go to bed and get a Ij good night's rest?" f "Do you think I'm going to be a li 11)1)1 itnu mil} ill ?IIHV jvu >? . .......... , every night in the week? How ilo I r know you so where you say you are? , I should say I won't go to- bed." "Now. swi-etheart, I'll tell you what I'll do: I'll meet you Saturday afternoon und we'll get our luneh and take In a matinee. Won't that be line'.'" And Hob gets out. Bark in I'hll's home a half hour later. "I wonder what's keeping Charlie?" Call him up Arthur?" "Not me. His wife's onto me. You call him Bob." Bob does and Charlie's answer Is , somewhat like this ' When she comes in ? ? ? ? She'll never get a chance to do a trick like this again . "Sorry you ain't join us, old man, got a nice vacant chair with a pretty pile of chips in front of it waiting for you." Tlie four mourners then pull that stuff about "I am boss in my house and what I say goes" and the loudest of the lot is Bob.?Inter Nos. No Need for Further Waiting.?"So your boy Mike has gone to the war?" "And sure he has that." "They've had a great battle over thorn I'm hearing. | c "It's the gospel truth." Jc ? "Ho V6u 'hfegRT abSut iVT , "Sure and I did. Didn't Mlko tell It to me on & postal?" t "What did he say?" "Sure he said: One day General ( l'ershing came out of his tent and v says, says he, 'Is Mike lirndy here?' and Mike says, 'I am." and he says, says he. 'I?et the battle go on!"'? New York World. Question of Money?A week after old i Bobbin deported this land for one of heavenly bliss, or?or?well, heavenly bltss'll do?his devoted spouse came fi Into the otttce of the insurance agent to claim the money. 1 "I'm awfully sorry, madam, to hear of your loss," said the sympathetic 2 clerk. "That's always the way with men." sighed Mrs. Bobbin. "Always grudging v a poor woman the chance of getting a bit of money these hard times."? $ Kansas City Star. Prsfsrsd t Razor.?The ferocious- J looking sergeant-major was inspecting a squad of young recruits. Causing In front of one, a spinner, he said: "Have you shaved with a glnss this morning?" "No, sir," came the prompt reply. ^ "Then why the dickens didn't you?" ' said the irate sergeant-major. "Because, personally. I think a razor ^ fetches the hairs off better than a a glass." won the cool reply."?wasn- ' lngton Star. J . 0 , Y All Alike.?The magistrate observed v to the defendant: "You seem to haw r committed a grave assault on com- -j plainant just because he differed from v you In an argument." n "There was no help for It, your j honor." said the offender. "The man is > a perfect Idiot." (| "Well, you must pay a fine of $10 h and the costs, and in future you should try to understand that Idiots } are human beings, the same as you and me."?Life. 8 Flying Houses.?A father ruefully t gazed on his last dollar. ? "Money has wings, and house rents P V make It fly," he bemoaned. I "Yes." said his 15-year old son: c "and some houses have wings, for 1 have seen many a house fly." I "You're smarter than your old dad, maybe, my son. but I always thought that no part of a house except the ,, chimney flue."?Ohio State Journal. Tims to Spsak?Ethel?I'm afraid that bell means another caller. Fred (Imploringly) ? You know h know there Is such a thing as your i! not being &t home. Ethel (suggestively) ? Yes. and * there is such a thing as my being en- ' gaged.?Judge. _ ii To Savs Eggs-pons*.?Scout (to a grocer)?How much are eggs? Grocer?Fifty cents a dozen. Scout?How much are cracked A * t] eggs? Grocer?Ten cents a dosen. ? Scout?Crack me a couple of dozen. 1 ?Boys' Life. 11 . m r Ksy Whiz.?Judge?Name? a Prisoner?Smith. tl J udgv?Occupation ? Prisoner?Locksmith. c Judjre?Officer, lock Smith up.? > Boys' Life. N .?. q AT Son* of a ISM summer girl: n Dress Dress Dress h Will the police stand for less? tl / MESSAGE FROM McLAURIN Ian Who Knows Analysis of Econo mic Situation. Sditor of The Yorkvilie Enqulr.-r. Yorkville, S. C. >ear Sir:Since a recent drop of about H ents a pound in the prices quoted 01 he New York Cotton Exchange I an eceivlng daily more letters than I cai mswer requesting opinion and advice take this method of replying to sami us 1 think the matter is of sufficien nterest to warrant publication. Cot on cannot be considered in this trea rlsis, except in the relation it bear o war. England in the beginnini indertook to do "business as usual ml found tliat it was impossible. \V< iave found that war means tinancia ?rosperity and not poverty as predict d in 1914. We must realize that th< ear can only be won by a constan idvance in wages and prices of pro lucts. Consumption increases amonj rage earners instead of diminishing atbor and its products are divertei aeh day from the "business as usual hannels to meet war purposes. W< lave laid too much stress on men noney in the prosecution of the war The government is not able to spent he money we have already paid ii rom sales of bonds, war stamps ant neome taxes. What we need is tin reduction of cotton, wheat, corn, iron oal and steel. Money by itself can tot win the war, it is only useful ti timulate the production of the mater at and supplies. Another thing thi norale of the people must be kept up "his is only possible with prosperity 'ut the price of cotton to the cost o reduction, and no Cerman arm; ould inllict such a blow on the moral f our people. 1 regard the presen var situation as the most serious sinci he battle on the Marne. Th'ft debacli n Kussia gives (lerniaJiy not tJnly aces* to food, but has enabled lier ti ring at least a million veteran trt'op rom the Eastern front. 1'ric tlxf'ni las driven the gamblers almost en tiro y out of wheat and stocks, they an iow turning to cotton. The price o otton depends largely upon the ability f the farmer to borrow on it, pay hli ebts and market gradually. I believi hat there is u concerted attempt be ag made through the New York Kx hunge to establish a low level o: trices for the 19 IS crop. They cart ery little about the remnant of the iresent crop, they arc after blggei hings. It is easy for a coterie 01 peculators to sell millions of bales ol olton on tho exchange between themelves and make outside settlements "hese fake prices, mark futures dowr n the board. The banker who has cot' on loans sees the market report ant alls the loans. This forces spot cot' on on the market at constantly delining prices. The government esiblishcd minimum prices on stock: ml bonds in IS 15. It has done so 01: fheat and if this speculation in coton is not checked, it will do gu on coton. I think the government shoulc lake it illegal to sell futures on an) xchunge at less than 30 cents s ound. The fluctuations should be rom 30 cents up not 30 cents down Vre should not turn a bale loose al fas than 30 cents. Cotton was 13 1-2 ents In the summer of 1914 and 3( 4nls UQW. is nat mam hM. .H/ta .3 1-2 cents was then. Cotton good ire too high in proportion to spot cot on. It is the manufacturers, not th< dnnters who arc making excess pro Its. Look at the contrast with pre var conditions: Cotton Domestic* July 15, 1914. The prices are first for July, 1914 ind then for Muy 5, 1918: Standard 27-inch dress gingham l-4c; 25c. Standard 4-yard sheeting, 6c; 23c Ten-quarter pepperrill sheeting, 20c 12 l-2c. \Vm. Anderson Ivanhoe gingham 0 l-2c; 32 l-2c. Wm. Simpson standard prints 6c 2 l-2c. A. C. A. bed ticking. 10 l-2c; 3S l-2c Cotton blankets, special size am velglit, 75c; $2.25. Child's ribl ed stockings, per dozen 5c; $2.25. The above prices arc Just a fev a ken at random. Tho prices g< hrough the whole catalogue of Item nanu'ictured out of cotton. Now let' ako the price of raw cotton July 15th 014 and May 5th, 1918. Middling cot on was selling at small interior point; ust before the war was declared a 3 1-2 cents a pound. May cotton oi lay 5th. 1018 was quoted on Nev fork Kxchange ct 25 1-4 cents. Lool ,t comparison between raw cotton an< nanufactured products. Cotton oi lay 5th, 1918 Is hardly 90 per cen ilgher than on July 15th, 1919 pre ;ar prices; tho manufactured product un from 300 to 400 per cent higher 'here should be a bank in connectloi rith the state warehouse to hand! lothlng but agricultural paper. Thi federal Keserve Bank and the bf] few York banks, would look to thi ristitution to say when loans shouli ie called and take advice from it, In tend of speculative interest. Mr larding of the Federal Reserve Boan nd Mr. McAdoo are our rr iance am ome steps should be taken to enlls heir aid, as was done in 1915. If w< tabilize credits based on cotton, thi irice of spots will take care of itself t is not cotton prices, but cottoi red Its that controls. Respectfully, John L. Mcl-aurln nenneiisvuie, aiay ?, i?io. BLUE DEVILS OF FRANCE itriking Pen Picture of Famoui Wei Known Fighters. A striking pen picture of the "Blu< Devils" of France, some of whon ave just arrived in America, li i given in a communication to thi rational Geographic society fron larriet Chalmers Adams, the note< raveler and war correspondent > art of Mrs. Adams's communicatioi s issued by the society In the form o war geography bulletin, as follows "Gerbeviller. the ba.o skeleton of j own in the Toul sector, where th< imericans are holding their share o he western battle line, is the Pompei f France. Pompeii was wrecked b; he might of God: this town by hu nan hate. To reach the most spectra uins I saw in all France we crossec bridge which will dome in history he one neld by the 75 chasseurs. "We haw an especial Interest in th< hasseura. for they have been trainng our American boys at the front io soldiers of France are as picturesue as these sun-burnt, flery-eyec ten of the Alpine and Pyrenear eights, who haw left the stain ol nelr loyal blood on every frontlet 1 they have touched. The Germans call them the 'blue devils', and say they can run faster than the chamois, but it is the Boche who runs when they come his way. They are a merry, care-free lot. I heard a story of one who lired in a kneeling position in1) stead of lying flat on the ground, i When asked by a fellow soldier why n he was so foolhardy, he explained i that he had a bottle of wine in hit !. pocket and it had no cork, e "During the battle of Lorraine, 75 t chasseurs were posted at the bridge . which leads to (Jerbeviller. As the t German column hove in sight they s tore up the pavement, threw breastg works across the bridge, and stationed their machine guns. This was in the early morning. At four that afternoon j a lone chasseur fired the last round ol . ammunition and slipped away to join e his companions. 51 of whom had surt vivod. For eight hours 75 Frenchmen _ had held otT taJoMo <!ermans! 5 "Angered into fury by the machine guns, which had held them so long at I hay, the Prussians entered the town, .. Mrini? ?n<l burning every house they B passed. Like many French towns, e tjerbeviller was huilt on one long main street, with lanes leading from it. j Only stark walls stand, oil was poured into the cellars to make more of a ^ Maze. If the people remained in the house, so much the better. "The refugees have crept hack. On a mangled wall I saw the sign: 'Cafe of the Kuins.' A girl in black was placing a bunch of wild (lowers before the broken image of the Virgin on the L' wall of w hat was once a church. Only one building in the town stands?the ' humble little hospice which shelter? ' Sister Julie, one of the great heroines ^ of France. s "We rang the doorbell and a Sister * of Mercy ushered us into a narrow L" hallway, and then into a little sitting B room with oilcloth on the tat le, and a few stiff-hacked chairs. There was 0 a battered organ and an ancient chest s and two pictures of religious subject? s on the wall. 1 can see every detail 7 even now. for this was the setting ol the woman who defied the whole (5er' 'man army. >' Y'Xhe s;'t upright in her chair with s harm's crossed?a short, plump woman ; past\ *?0, with bright hazel eyes, rosy eheeM*. and a tlrm mouth. Sister Julie wlyjsov name before she was Mother f Su|>eriok" was Madame Anielie Itigard, ; has a mbft authoritative air. Beneath ; the capo of her Mack habit gleam? r the erosit of the Legion of Honor, f pinned tlpere by the president of the f republic. Who with many other dignl . tarics, maV'e a pilgrimage iu int.- mniote villain to decorate this old woi man. } "Sister J ill ie speaks rapidly, with an I occasional (testuro. She told us of the . "5 chasscu rs?how the first to he . wounded w ere brought to her house . She took of! the ammunition belts ami , sent them back by a nun to the , bridge. Wh en the houses across the street were fired, she went out to a Gorman officer and said, 'Don't you I dare burn nyN' house. I am caring foi . the woundeif- If you spare my house and the pei'iple in it, 1 will care foi your wounded, too.* "And sht' kept her word. Sh< mothered tihe homeless population ' The stories/ she told us made me sick | with horro^-" ' TWO DOWN EIGHT - British Airmen Win in Air Fighl e Against Heavy Odds. The last few days of fine weathei . have given our flying men anothei chance, says a dispatch from thi British front, and, as the officio I communiques have shown, they mud< good use of it. German aviators tnk, en prisoner lately say they now art having great difficulty in replacing thi , personnel of their air force, having . lost some 700 pilots and observers since beginning the offensive March , 21. f?ne reconnaissance fight alom cost the enemy 130 men. . They speak with great ndmiratior of icrmsn aviators, out. iriiueuie m? , compliments by declaring that our maj chinos arc better than theirs, all ol which is evidence that their morale ; is badly shaken. It is reported that Lieutenant vor v Itichthhofen, a brother of the famous jj llier recently killed, who was said ti s have succeeded to the command of the s "flying circus," has had his skull fractured by a fall from his machine and I will be unable to fly ngain. An extraordinary example of the . superior morale and fighting quality of our flying men is given by an incident which occurred three days ago when two of our two-seater fighting , mac hines fell in with a patrch of sever German scouts and immediately gavt battle. While the fight was on twe other enemy patrols of about equal strength hove in sight. H They Joined in until twenty 01 ' twenty-one German machines were en1 gaged against two of the British mae chines. The tight went on for half ar B hour, during which our men actually ? shot down eight enemy machines and 8 sent down five others out of control ' of the machines certainly shot down " four broke into flames in the air and ' four were seen to go straight to earth * Our two men only broke off the * fight when all their ammunition waf * exhausted, and then out of twenty ot 8 so Germans originally engaged only 0 seven were left in the air. The following day -these same twe t machines again fell in with a pnrty of the enemy, of whom they shot down i. one sent three more down out of control. So the total bag of these two machines in two days was nine machines I destroyed and apparently an equal number driven down. e Another case occurred on April 6, when one British machine gave flghl 9 to five Germans, consisting of foui triplanes and one scout, and shot j down two triplanes and came home I safely. ^ In other ways the Koyal Air Force 1 is also doing splendidly. The co-opf oration of airplanes with artillery and . infantry has been magniflcient in all x kinds of weather. The enormous amount of bombing of enemy troops, t railways billets, transports, batteriei I and the like has done much damage, ' as well as harassing the troops along roads and in trenches with machinej gun fire from low-down fights. 1 BELGIUM'S DEATH RATE Equals an Epidemic, Due to Priva? tions and Lack of Food. The existing death rate In Belgium . is as high as at ^he time of the most - terrible epidemics and ~ greater than I that on the battlefield, due to the ext tremities to which German occupation f has reduced the country. In addition, r at least one Belgian is executed daily t by the German authorititr accord to a statement by the Belgian legati , at Washington, which follows: Not taking into account the los en the field of battle, Belgium has s i fered heavily in its civilian populat through the invasion and occupat uf its territory by the Germans. "During the invasibn of August-S* I tember, 1914, we know the number t victims to be well over G.oou. For following provinces we have apprc i mate estimates: Namur, more tl , 1,800; Luxembourg, about 1,2 Liege, more than 1,000: Brabs >y7: Hainaut, about 300." Among the deportees the morta. [ resulting from privations & tre > ment and underfeeding exceeds larg ? * -I ,vn i i the normal percentage 01 ! Some, too, have met death on the I i tlefleld, where the Hermans fori them to do auxiliary work, i "The electrified wire which ma the Belgians prisoners in their o . country accounts for a great numbei victims, especially among young p pie who try to escape in order to J the army or among couriers who to smuggle news in or out ot Heigh In less than a year, between Augt 1916, and July, 1917, 160 persons 1 la-en electrocuted. Since then average number of victims has , creased owing to the strengthening the guards and the putting up of r t wires. "The death penalty pronounced j the Herman military courts for crlr , of patriotism levies a heavy toll on , population. It is estimated that ei day one Belgian at least suffers supreme |?eiialty. i "Through lack of physical stren i many people become unable to re slight Illness, which, under nori . conditions, would not prove fatal. , to the'bad effect of unsuitable sub , lutes. It will suffice to recall diseases contracted by the deport , through the use of raw rutabagas i the paralysis of brain and the spe< , kind of Jaundice provoked by the of seeds as a substitute lor col > berries. ?"The situation in 1918 can o grow worse, since it is undeniable t the physical standard of the natioi lowering dangerously and that the . fects of the German occupation on , health of the people will make th? selves felt for a long time after war." i 1 * 1 i JUSTICE FOR THE FARMER! They Need To Be Organized L Other Interest*. Moth the Republican and the Per era tic party organization lead might as well maSie up their minds i accept the leagues of farmers i ! workers and producers gencn forming throughout the country , already strong factors in natio I |iolitics and as factors that bid I > to grow to lie the strongest influe in the politics of the nation. i The fanners have at last come l understand that the politicians hi treated their pleas for Justice > contempt, simply because those pi were the pleas of individuals and of a compact organization, united ? a common purpose and in a comr . resolve to haw justice from tl ; public servants, or to put men in tl places who will give them justice AUie farmers know jta^that tl "weaKnels"TiaS" been tion. . And knowing this, they are ' ganizing with an enthusiasm and rapidity which are truly remarka r It is needless to say that the Hej p iKipers are in fullest sympathy v ? the purposes of the fanners. No cl 1 of men are more absolutely vital 5 the life and to prosperity of the 1 i.in no r-insH of men Derform tl s obligation to the nation and do tl ' duty to tho nation with more la > ami with loss reward than these r ' who till the farms and sow and r ' the crops and provide for all the i s of us the food upon which our li depend. i It is easy enough for poetically i clined Journalists and orators to | ture the bliss of a farmer's life. T nobody knows better than the fari s what tommyrot that poetic stuff li The average farmer lives a h i life, and his family lives a hard I ) Thousands and thousands of fai ? ers and their families practically w s the whole year round for a li more than clothes to wear and enoi I to eat and u place to sleep. Every farmer nnd his family s' ; port a city man and his family. A r as a rule, the city man and his fnn work less and live better and In , more advantages and more pleasu ; than do the farmer and the farm i family. Now, the farmer Is not an uni > man. He does not want the wt I earth. Hut he does want to have, i he has the right to have, a better 1 a pleasant or living for himself i . his family than he and his fumily r . have. And the trusts and the midt i men ?Cnd the politicians have flni r taught the farmer the way to I a better living for himself and family. The farmer has discovered that I way to get that better living is abolish the exploiters and the pa . sites who live fat at his expense. ( He has discovered that his . ploiters haw been enabled to ch , and to despoil him because they w cunning enough to control electi , and to put in otflce senators and r p resentatlves and members of st ( legislatures and judges to prol trusts and monopolies and middles in their enjoyable task of prey upon the farmer who produces the ( tion's food, and upon the wage-ea I ers who must have their share that food. And so the fanners, having lear 't this lesson, are going to put their fonnation to practical use. They are going to unite tl , strength to the strength of the wa earners. ; And between them they are goinf put men in office from top to botl I who will be the willing and act I and obedient servants, not of tri ( and corporations and plutocrats i consumers of the nation and of | farmers and of the wage-earnersthe masses instead of the classes ' We bid the farmers Godspeed their work of organization; The Hearst papers, covering whole breadth of the nation with tl immense circulation, are at the s vice of the farmers. We want to t them. We believe that their purpe are right- purposes, t We are absolutely confident t the farmers can attain their Just i . rightful purposes If they contli their work of organization?If tl stick together as one man and if tl let nothing shake their firm reso tlon to win.?New York American, V ' lng CONCRETE AND STEEL. on, Great Weight Placet Ships at Disadses vantage. uf- Ferro-concrete ships have serious Ion disadvantages, not least of which is ion their great weight. T. J. Guerite. councillor of the French board of ep- trade, states that a thickness of at ot least three inches wil. be found necthe essary for the sides and bottoms of all except the very smallest craft and he tan quotes the figures of the leading 00: British ship-building firms to show t11** that in displacement steel-concrete ships exceed steel ships of the same liti iIao/1 U'itl t mirpt'lni, A?, nuAltv 111.. 'IU iat" per rent "for 1,000 tons. 25.8 per cent e'* for 2,000 tons, ami 11.8 per cent for 6,000 tons. The saving of steel does not reach the t>0 per cent claimed by some designers, though it does some, times exceed 50 or 55 per cent. There kes is, moreover, no waste in construction ( unit in ordinary steel ship building eo_ about 10 i>er cent is lost in cutting ojn plats, angles, rivet holes, a.id so on. try Machinery anil parts are calculated at ni 5 i>er cent more than for steel ships. Jat From British and French experience tad wlth sma" vessels, it is concluded that tht. the time required to complete the in_ ferro-concrete hull would range from 0f about a month and a half for a cargo iew vessel of a dead weight of 1,000 tons to four months ; nd a half for one of by 6,000 tons, three to five weeks of the nes period being allowed for the maturing the of the concrete. The cost of the ferroich concrete hull is estimated, on a prethe war basis, at 70 per cent of the steel hull of like capacity, gth ' ' ?ist MENU OF THE PULLMANS nal Inventive Cooks are Hard Put to Tempt the Appetites. the wi-rtr (nunc in nit j uiiiMuu ees smoker when an alert gentleman md wearing a silk skullcap came in, nodL.jaX <led, and asked solicitously: "Arc you use Perfectly uncomfortable?" Tee "Perfectly," we replied. "The train is dirty, the service is bad, and the nly food in the diner is atrocious. Howhat ever. I don't complain. Any one who , i8 travels these days who doesn't have ef_ to is looking for trouble." the The a'crt gentleman beamed, and m- rublied his hands together. "I am glad the to hear you say so," he remarked, and, turning back his coat, he disclosed a badge hearing the words, "Disoourag, er of Travel." "Ah," said we, "it was you who re ^ moved the fresh towels from the wash room and shut off the watef." He smiled "affirmatively. "And these little piles of dirt and burnt matches in ^ej8 the corners?Is that your work too?" "Yes," said he, "those are property matches." "But tell me," we said, "how do you US manage to get such a dead smell in 'ah- Pullman at night''" "Gas," he replied. "Perfectly harmnet* less, but perfectly unpleasant. As for the food in the diner, that is what Mr. McAdoo calls Iron ration. Did ith you notice corn muffins?" "A triumph," said we. "Nothing onH ... . . more unappetizing was ever concoctnot in He chuckled. "A little recipe of my non , own. teir . "Well, how does it work?" we asked lelr . . .... "The trains continue to be crowded. . "Yes," he sighed. "No matter whal f<n -th , i ln?l?rtq rtn tMV?lin^ We have removed two coaches froir this train, but it is carrying as many ble P?rsonH ,,s usual." He rose. "I musi irst 800 to co"ee for luncheon. I an nth 0XPer'menting with a combination 01 I dried acorns and alfalfa. x to "Don't trifle with your luck," we adna_ vised. "The mess this morning was Upj incomparable. You can't improve or tieir ()0r He grinned and vanished.?Chicagc non Tribune. Greatest Telescope in the World.? What is said to be the linest telesives cope mirror in the world and tin j second largest has been siiippcd fron . _ the workshop of Dr. John A. Brasheal at Pittsburgh, Va., to the Dominior astronomicnl observatory in Victoria Tier Kan. The mirror is 73 inches In di^ ^ ameter, 12 inches thick at the edge ami ... Is pierced centrally by a hole 1 1-s life. ,, f inrm'n in uuuiiru , " This mirror is not quite perfect. Dr, Dmshear snys. The greatest error In * the work is onr-four hundred thoussnndth of an inch. The largo piece of glass which ill upnd, ?? "? . act quickly ave ir,!S 'Do the right thing at the riKht time, pi's Act quickly >n time of danger. In time of kidney danger, Doan'f . . KJdney Fills are most effective. Plenty of York evidence of theii lole worth. ?nd Mrs. S. T. Knloe, Lockmore Mill, ind York, says: "Several years ago I suffered with kidney trouble and I had slight pains through my kidneys. Be,ow fore long, the pains got pretty severe lie- and my head ached and I had nervous jj|y spells. At times. I would be dizzy and little black specks would come before K me. In fact, my whole system was his run down and it seemed, I couldn't gel enough sleep. I read a recommendath(, tion for Doan'sSidney Fills and 1 bought a few boxes of them. I am to gl.nl to any that Doan's cured me comra pletely of all that trouble." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simex_ ply ask for a kidney remedy?gel Doan's Kidney Pills?the same thai ieat Mrs. Enloe had. Foster-Milburn Co|( ere Mfgrs.. Buffalo, X. Y. ons ? *? lire c nn- ^ 88SSW8P^ "of SSiSSwT* Buy Them And Help Win Tlie War rt. TOE SALE 1VEETWHEEI E SPRING GOODS ?nd th0 FLOWER POTS? All stzes of Pots?Prices very low. VTTDOR PORCH SHADES? in All sixes. . Insure privacy. REFRIGERATORS? the . All sixes and prices. ,eir LINOLEUM? Matting Ruga. Grass Ruga?Correct , Floor Coverings?Priced right lelp ^ OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT? Our Stock Is complete and all hat NEW goods of the best quality, and llul not Seconds, such as are sold by most stores. Buy Quality and not aue Price. My gee Us Car Yonr Wants?We Caa Save hey Yon Real Money. ,u YORK FURNITURE CO. Its tinish<-?l state weighs 2-1-4 tons. arrived in Pittsburgh in 1910 from |i H'-lginm. two weeks before the dec- e lamtion of war. u Dr. llmshear made the largest telescope mirror ever turned out. It is a 100-inch mirror and is in alteration ii in the observatory at Wilson, Oal. * GENERAL NEWS NOTES. r Record of Current Happenings Col* 1 lected from Various Sources. . All building records went by the board Thursday, w lien a 230 by 30foot structure, complete with electric f lielitinir. U*itbrooms, tiled doors and sewer connection, was completed in five hours. Ii was the last oi 05 j buildings constituting a Federal l?ase , hospital on Stati n Island. N. Y. The entire i?*i buildings wen- completed in , 90 days. They accommodate 3,eo.i v beds. The war department announced on r Thursday that there were 1J deaths in <i aviation accidents at llyinir fields in this country in the period from April # lT? to May S. The fatalities occurred s at tiie following rti-lds: Carlstorm ? tii id. Mineola. I.. I.. 1". McCook field, j Da J ton. J; I'ost tield. Kort Sill. Okla.. ' 1: I lock well tield. San Dii>i;o, Cal., 1; Scott Held, llelleville. 111., 1. Camp Taiaft-rro. Kort Worth, Texas. 3. and Will hi r WrlKht Held, KairH.-ld. O. 1. l-'our Anierican-l'iiilt suliinarines were blown up l?y the Russians lie- . lore they retreated from Haniro. the southwestern extremity of Finland, tin- Itritish admiralty iinnouneeil last Thursday. The shore batteries at I la into were dismantled or blown up. Seven Itritish submarines whieli were \ in Finnish waters were in the com- j Idneil and White flunrd forces swept thiouuh Finland, were destroyed b\ order of the admiralty, and not one fell into the enemy's hands, the .statement says. Thirteen Italian destroyers on the niirht of Max 12. attached and sunk an Austrian transport off the |>ort of Durazzo while she was proceeding; under heavy convoy. Word of this second jrallant exploit of the Italian naval forces was reeeivid at tile Italian etiiliassv at Washington, Friday. "Altiloiiuh our boats had been discovered by the enemy searchlights and immediately tired upon from all directions." says the otlicial dispatch. fw&a] mistmos sumps mvoir tms vkitid 8tatej jovlkmeht v Buy Them And Help Win The War FOR SALZ EVERYWHERE BAGS WE NEED SOME MORE CLEAN SECOND HAND BAGS, THAT WILL t CONTAIN 100 FOUNDS OR OVER. NO OBJECTION TO NEAT PATCH" TNC. ' 1 WE ARE GIVING FIRST-CLASS r SERVICE IN THE GRINDING OF I EITHER CORN OR WHEAT. ( YOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED. f Yorkville Cotton Oil Co. : CANE SEED , Wc have SUGAR DRIP, ORANGE nn<l EARLY AMBER CANE SEED. If You are a wise farmer you will sow a considerable quantity of these Cane - Seeds for Roughness and for Syrup , making. You'll need the feed and you can sell the Molasses that you do not need for your own personal use. Buy i Your Seed nt Once?Supplies are not ovcr-uhuiulaiit. ' FEEDSTUFF*? After you have tried all other feeds for dairy cows, if you want the feed I that will produce the milk and butter, , feed your cows SPARTAN DAIRT GRAINS?the Perfect Balanced Feed for Dairy Cows. Feed your Horses and Work stock i PURINA Feed. It Roes further and stocks eat It up cleaner. See us. FERGUSON & YOUNGBLOOD NEWPERF1 Be Patri ' Save coal i Cook Sto\ inexpensrv and ashes perfect co< flame of tl , curately ac 3,000,000; fortable an American Why not f Made in U and oven. Ask your d< Heater. Use Aladdi W if VSh M Worfuneton, 0 m Norfolk, v.. \ A they "iicfifdhi in sinking the transiort an<l badly damaged one of the ncmy di-stroym. aftcr which our mils returned safely to their base." War Savings Stamps.?A War S.1Vrips Certificate stamp is not a Tin tit tamp. A War Savings Certificate stamp osts M.l'i this month. A War Sat inps certificate has oont for ilO stamps. A certificate full of stamps posts >3.:'ii this month. It is worth #|?M? unitary l. 1923. Tt-n certificates full ol stamps oust >82 this month. fortifloatos liiltf of II.Oiiil faoo value. They can !* Registered at the ostottlce, ami if >ou lose them >ou an still pet your money. You ran pvt them cashed in at ny time before maturity. If you tin?l on must do so. with interest. These stamps l?-nr Inteivst at the ?w?* ?>onl ?><imilOIIIliti'il uartorly. Th<> government wants t?? raise J.rtiMl.ltOn.iKirt |>v the sale of these tamps during 191S. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. S. BRICE Attorney At Law. Prompt Attention to all Legal tusiness of Whatever Nature. Of lice Opposite Oourtltouse. MONET TO LOAN "JN good real estate security at 7 * per cent interest. 2. t.f. J. A. MARION. Attorney. 4 [otic and Com and wood by using a New Pi re and keroeene oil?always a e. Escape the work and dirt o and soot Have a cool kite! oking of all kinds?for the cl le New Perfection can be insta 1 justed?like gas?and it stays New Perfections are keeping ki id saving coal, money and lal women. or you? 2-3-4 burner die* with or withoi jaler about the New Perfection Ke n Security Oil?Always available, ARD OIL CO. (NEW Baltimore, Mi I. C Richmond, Va. Qi Chadottc, N. C Ox FARM MORTGAGE LOANS "WOTS under $300 or over $10,000 each. Interest rate: 6 per cont. I or 7 per cent, depending on amount and time wanted, and borrower's urgency. 3 to 10 years offered. O. E. SPENVER, Attotney. * The Bank of Clover CLOVER. ' 8. C. EVERY BUSINESS DAY THIS HANK IS HEKE TO SERVE VOL*. That's cur business und our pleasure?Serving >thor People? giving thoni the very best of Banking Serviie from the smallest detail on up to your raott important tlunneial proposition. DFI'OSIT YOI'It MOXKY llF.KF. I' will be SAFK, and being on deposit here will help you to protect yourself against careless spending?the dribMing away of money as money will dribble away when you carry It In your pocket. And then another servioo that this Hank will render you Is that it will keep a close account of your funds?At least Once in Kaeh Month You will know Just what you have paid out by ('hecks and how much you have to your Credit, and then too the Hank Way Is the Correct l?u?inoss Wty. Come and see L's. / JAS. A. PAGE. Cashier. OUR ACCURACY QUALITY SERVICE (IIYK YOlT "WELL FITTED GLASSES" T. A. W. ELMGREN OPTOMETRIST end OPTICIAN 1207 Hsmpton St., Columbia, South Csrolina myI* s the great war- v me sweetmeat. I ? the benefit* the J Pleasure, the economy of a 5c package of , U/RIGLEV'S | i ?has made It the fa- | vorlte "sweet ration** of the Allied armies, i ?send it to your friend, i at the front: i i i f ? * ?. i ?it's the handiest. i longest-lasting re- i freshment be can i carry. I HEW IT AFTER . 4 EUERV MEAL Jjj&I 7Iavor Lasts Sp 4 I / W ajfl \ fortable erfection Oil | vailable and j f coal, wood j Ken and do lean, intense ntly and ac- I put tchens com?r for other it cabinet top \ rosene Water inexpensive. JERSEY) |CT| ^ srlestoo. W. Vs. KB ariestoo. S. C. ** OWTYOt sam / A ; . .-v."; jt ; ;