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p immorais ?tpartumtt. Couldn't Take His Cook.?"No, sir!" stormed, the purse-proud parent. "I will never, never consent to your marrying my daughter" "But, sir?" "But me no 'buts,'" thundered the irate father. "I have spoken." ' A- look of defiance lighted up the young man's 'somewhat crestfallen countenance. "Very good, sir," he said. 'If you will not agree, then I must enforce my demand. I am considered a . hardworking, good-looking young fellow, and yet you turn ray application dc|\yji." "I do." said the rich man. "Then, sir, I will go away and make loye to your cook, propose to her?in a week we will elope?" The rich man turned purple, then paled? "Havemercy!" he gasped, in trembling accents. "Such conduct is inhuman. My cook is a jewel. I would not part with her 'for millions. You can ha,\*e my daughter, young man, but my cook?never!" Her Secret.?"I met a real womanly woman at dinner the other night," remarked Northly. "^That's net anything particularly remarkable is it?" rejoined his companion. "During her conversation," smiled . the other, "I mentioned that a woman can't keep a secret, you know. " 'Civi T'm nnt an sure.' retorted the jn: ? v"'1 " ? ' lady, a bit peeved. 'I've kept my age a. secret ever s>nce I was twentythree.' " 'Yes;' I replied jestingly, 'but one of these days you'll simply have to tell it.' " "'Well,' she said with considerable severity, 'I think when a woman has kept a secret for nineteen years she comes pretty near knowing how to "keep it.'" Some Liar.?The conversation had changed frcm one thing to another, finishing up with high buildings. The American thought he had them all beaten when he said there was a building in New York so high that it /took a person at least twenty-four hours to get to the top. "Sure,"' said Pat, "there's a little building: I was working on some time ago in good ould Dublin, when one Saturday morning about 11 o'clock I dropped my hammer from the top, and sure and begorra, when I went to work on Monday morning the thing hit me on top the head!" Bringing Up Father!?The profiteer and his wife were in the first flush of their prosperity,-.and they had taken rooms at one of the most expensive , hotels in London. Next morning he saw in front of him a silver sugar basin containing Uimriu nf white snaar. He was on the point of helping himself when his wife whispered. "Don't use yer fingers; use the tongs. Ain't you got no sense?" 4 Orl rite!" he retorted as he complied with the admonition. "Hut 'ow was I to knew the bloomin' stuff was 'ot ?" Rcvired Version.?Little Susie had been attending Sunday school for some time so Uncle Jack asked what she had learned. "I learned jus' lots," she replied vaguely. "Hut tell me something." urged Uncle Jack. "What's the biggest thing you learned?" ? "Well, God made the country in six days," she began solemnly, "then he made Adam out of dust an' he took aribbon out of his side pocket and made Eve out of that!" . o . A Coctly Interruption.?A man with an impediment in his speech went into a store where second-hand auto FOXES HAVE HOLES Build Their Underground Homes With Greatest Care. In Logan's history of the upper country of South Carolina, written by John H. Logan. A. M? of Greenwood, and published in 1S59, says the Charleston NeWs and Courier, an exceedingly interesting account is given of the manner in'which the red fox in the up-country then .constructed . its home in the open sedge fields.' H.e says: ' "But the den formed by this animal is the most curious part of its history: it is perhaps the most remarkable object connected at this time with all the natural history of the upper country. When ready to perform this important work it is usual for two or three of them to unite, and having selected the spot that pleases them? wUinVi is o-onpmilv' nt the edsre of an old field, and as convenient to water as possible?they set to work with all their force tunneling- out the earth, and shaping their course as they go down at a considerable angle to the horizon. The dirt, as they push it out, js heaped up at the mouth of the hole, and becomes, after a while, quite a mound, sometimes . several feet in height. "After they have delved in this manner, usually for more than thirtyfive or forty feet sometimes ninety or a hundred, they cease to tunnel, and begin the less laborious work o.f constructing their dormitories or sleeping rooms. These they arrange with singular art. excavating them in receding galleries, so that, if we were to view the bottom of the burrow, even from the front, it would appear at first sight to be entirely empty. r-t ..fmnnt A oc;t 1 r\ firl fflT Hint" one of the company whose lot it is to occupy the basement story, is elevated like a step some distance above the main floor, and on this his bed of 'eaves and straw is carefully prepared. At the same distance away, and .lirectly back of it, the second room is constructed and there the second fox fixes his bed; and if there is sti'l mother in the company a third dormitory is excavated in the same manner, in relation to the second, and a similar bed made upon it. "It is obvious that several important advantages are gained by this ingenious arrangement. It affords them at all times a dry, warm berth; it- onnhioe thnm nn nnv pmerconcv requiring it, to run all out together with the greatest ease to themselves, through their long tunnel: but^chiefly. in case of sudden invasion, from an enemy; their galleries serve as so nany admirably constructed citadels, 'nto which they can retreat in suc ession. with a powerful advantage, at the narrow entrance to each, over the boldest and most dangerous intruder. A. den, similar to the one just de-* scribed, was recently laid open on the bank of Long-Cane, by several nunt?rs on that stream. It cost them a hard day's work. "That security, when pressed by their enemies, is the principal aim. in Planning their burrows after this "ashion is confirmed by the fact that they not infrequently, after boring the first tunnel and forming their bedrooms, construct a second one from the back of the last dormitory an equal distance to ihe surface of the jrouiul with the first; thus securing '.n the last extremity a safe retreat in at least one direction. Tn this case, the whole den extends through some sixty or a hundred feet. Where can ho lnvers nf nntiire find a more heail tiful illustration of the cunning and agacit.v of brute animals?" It would be interesting to know whether the red fox has changed its habits in this respect in the upper part of the state. THE LOWLY PEANUT More Than 100 Varieties of Products Are Obtained From It. More than 100 varieties of products from peanuts, ranging from the purest of milks for the sick-room, mothers md infants, to ink useful for writing and sketching have been discovered by George \V. Carver, negro professor of Tuskagoe Institute. He showed them to the ways and means commit'ee in Washington, recently, and delivered a discourse of them that was fieeted with applause from the members and spectators?the tirst demonstration of the sort that the tariff hearings have known. Chairman Fordney told him he had made a valuable contribution to science and Representative Garner (Dem. Tex.) a member for eighteen years, declared the negro had made the most wonderful exhibition he had n*er known to ho presented the committee. Is Son of Former Slaves. Professor Carver is 5:2 years old. j irul the son of ex-slaves. He was I born in Pisroond. Mo., and his education began at the age of 15 years. His high school training was received in Minneapolis. He is a graduate of Iowa Agricultural college, with ^he degrees of A. It. and A. M.. and was a Undent for six years of former Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. He has declined degrees of I). I), and Ph. P. He is now head of the research and experiment .station of Tuskageo. Mis discoveries exhibited include ten kinds of milk, live kinds of punches berry. lemon, orange; blackberry and plum: salted peanuts: two grades of Hour: two grades of meal: five breakfast foods: new flavorings for ice ream, cakes, gingerbread, cookies and various confections: chocolate coated peanuts: peanut candy bars: rrystulizcil peanuts; three '""relishes': ninewood stains, ranging from malachite gieen to fumed golden oak: black ink: f;14 o powd"r and face cream: Worcester rnure; four kinds of stork foods, including a- hay composition made from the vine; ground hay with pea mobiles were soiu ?nu on.,.p.,,., front of a car, he said: "H-h-how m-m-inijch is th-this one?" ' I'll let you make me an offer," the dealer told him. "I'll g-ir-give you f-f-f-f?" 'Four hundred? I'll take it," interrupted the dealer. "G-g-g-ood!" said the stutterer. "I j was tr-trying to say f-f-f-five hun- I drcd." Incfficaciouc.?"Did you ever try electricity for your rheumatism," Uncle Buck?" asked-the schoolmaster. "Yape!" replied old Buckley Raggett, of Straddle Ridge, Arkansas. "I've been struck by ordinary lightning twice, and drunk right smart of this yttr bone-dry linker they call white lightning, but all any of it done was to make me prance for the time being. Never really halpcd my rheumatism none in the long run." Ccrnforting Statictics. ? She was looking through her mother's magazine when she said: "From trie muhihh.^ t,..,... dear. ] see that every third baby born in the world is a Chinese." The fond father, who was buried in the pages of the evening: paper, peered over the top long- enough to reply: i "Thank heaven, this is our first." It All Depends.?Ethel was surveying herself in the mirror with satisfaction. "I wonder how many men will be inisernbh; when I tnaiaw?" she mused. "That all depends on how many men yon intend to marry," rejoined her elder brother. Mittske Somewhere.?".Ma, did you ever hear a rabbit bark?" "Babbits don't bark, dear." "Thai's funny! My story-book says that rabbits eat cabbage and bark."? Wichita Beacon. nut cake; and a sweet food with Chinaberry added as a tonic, and various kinds of oils. Experiments With Potato. "NYlii'e .he did not go into other investigations he has made, he stated, thnt thus far ho has discovered seventeen products that can he made from sweet potatoes. "Products from peanuts already discovered will go far ahead. I have not shown you onehalf the peanut pi-oducts. My work with them has just begun." lie said the flavoring extract obtained from the peanut could be used as a base for any number of flavors, and he mentioned strawberries, lemon and vanilla, in addition to those be showed the committee. ? Professor Carver appeared under the nnsnipps nf the United Peanut Asso ciation of America, which is asking for a protective duty against peanut3. WORLD WAR ECHOES Short Paragraphs Having to Do With Military Matters. ? Royal titles no longer exist in Germany. ? There are 24,520 civil war veterans on the government pension roll. ? The average tax burden per capita per annum in France is now 420 francs. ? With the cessation of activities on all war fronts, Russia is now left | without a war. ? The cost of rations for one man * for a day in the United States army, is 50.4 cents. V ' ? Enlistments in the United States navy have now, been increased in length to four years. ? The expenses of the American commission during its two years' j work aboard amounted to $1,651,191.00. ? Only 1,600 American soldiers killed in the world war remain unknown, { which is 2.C per cent, of our dead. | ? The United States army has 1,173 aviators, every one of them pilots I ! 1U. _ C 11.. T"> 1 f t ... ! wearing' ine Kings ul uie n. :u. .-v. ui bettor. ? Because the land is so badly torn up by shell fire many villages in the Verdun region of France will never be reconstructed. ?The Y. II. C. A. has now no fewer Ihnn G15 American men and women engaged in various forms of welfare service In European countries. ? Evergreen Post of the American ! Legion, in Baltimore, Md., is com- j posed exclusively of veterans who lost their sight in the World war. ' ? lln 1013 the German arm^cost 1,035 j marks ($271.50) per man, officers in- i eluded. Today each soldier costs the government 50 marks. ? Electrical engineering 'is being taught by the United States vocational c.--lififil? in r.TI ilis.nlilfil former sol diers and engineering of all kinds to 2.3S7. -^In Europe fortune.", are being made from a machine for stamping nails out of the barbed wire left on the battle fields of Belgium and France. ? All persons in the merchant marine service who performed deeds of valor during the AVorld War are to he decorated with a special medal of merit by the United States govern- , ment. ? Because they claimed exemption from military service during the war on the plea that they were aliens more than twenty young men wortdenied final citizenship papers in New York city. ? In the United States army thirtytwo persons were sentenced to death by court-martial during the Jast fiscal year but in no case was the sentence carried into effect. Only nine ; of the cases were for military offenses. ? The British army now numbers 310.500; French 794,000; Italian, 300.000: Japanese. 37?,000. The British army is estimated at 428,000. Under the Versailles treaty the standing army of Germany will be limited to 150.000. ? The time due for the voluntary surrender of weapons having expired, the German disarmament commission has ordered beginning of the military search of every house' in Germany for rifles, revolvers, machine guns or similar weapons ? Within the past six months Germany has delivered to France and Belgium a total of 30,000 horses, 125,000 sheep, 00,000 cattle, including 30,-' 000 in calf/ FRANCE KEEN FOR WAR Journalist Finds Nation Expecting Conflict With Rt^sia. France expects a new war this spring, writes Edwin W. Ihillinger to. the Washington Herald Armies totalling between 2.000.000 and 3,000,000' men will be thrown ilXiilllM l/LIICl lil * ?**?? i ?* v ?. .4. Dolslievik Russia, 011 the one h;in?l. ! and Rumania, Poland mul other out- : post stales on the other, accord in:; to i-'rench military experts. Despite denial of Kiimnni.a diplomats, persons close to the Quai i d'Orsay told me before 1 left I'avis that Rumania was "taking; every military precaution." (Jen. l'ilsndski is expected in Pa ids as soon as his health permits to coil[suit memhers of the French general staff. Roland promised Prance important economic concessions, notably oil, in I exchange for aiti ayainst Russia last j year. France will keep Roland in a i position to make pood "those pledges. ; France wi'l help Roland, not with men. hut with war inatei ials and lirains. Roland's man power is placed j at i.ono.ooo. Rjunania's effectives total liftO.fino. land its arfny is far superior to that j of Roland in equipment and training. I ?The total value of automobiles and accessories exported from the United j States in 1020 will amount to at least I $:{(:r>:ooo,ooo. TRICKS ARE DISCOVERED Germans Are Attempting to Secrete Airplane Parts. The duplicity the Germans employ in secreting: airplane equipment in violation of the treaty of Versailles is frequently giving rise to amusing incidents, according to reports reaching official quarters in Paris. The latest cf these occurred In one of Ihe Hugo S.tinnes's Berlin factories, where interallied control officers .agreed to inspect the three lower floors of a six story building in the morning and the other three floors after luncheon. / * All went well until one of the French officers during the afternoon returned to the second flood for a notebook he had dropped there. To his surprise he found the employes of the place during the luncheon hour had transferred there sixty, complete motors from the upper rooms. Gen. Nol'ett, head cf the control commission, has reported a case of a German school mistress who fell under suspicion by the control experts. Although she protested that she did not know an airplane part from a pretzel, forty magnetos were discovered under her kitchen table. When officers tried to open what was supposed to be ac child's bedroom this patriotic frau ( dramatically placed, herself in front l On All Hi j V/ll A mJLJL A A A . MEN'S, WOMEN'S, ] This is the biggest cut on High Grade High J men, Boys and Girls, puts the retail price considerably below tli quoted today. The tn ufacturers, if" any, ha" prices of Shoes more 1 a pair?but that is a n is up to ybu to buy y< and buy fhem RIGIT ! - - Shoe stocks arc some is quite likely that 1 leather, quality and si tirelv satisfactory to \ Ij b c worth, yonr \vl liie t< 3 Shoe stocks over, and ) Shoes wp.arc offering ! day's styles and of tl have been buying at 1 If you need a pair of Shoe this Store, is certainly | SHOES J 1 M. S VwMiWIIIBMIB ! | Engraved* ( y We have taken the i = Engi'aving houses in Amci S o i n ' t /"? 11 - = rurnisn Jiiigravca uauir E Wedding Invitations, An =j fine Stationery at fair pvi< | your needs in this line?C< = in quality. | KLIM MILK? ^ For your coffee or tea?it is the ~ stitutes for miik to be had?A linos 2 "'Bossy." Much better than the coi | MACKORELL DS 2 - H. R. MACKOR g NEAR THE CC . I . I , ? .. Melrose Flour |; i Tt was loripf ago decided by the best [ housekeepers in these parts that MEL- | ROSE FLOUR is the VERY BEST to i be had. We believe this to be the cor- | rect decision, and believe you will lind j this out if you will try MELROSE. Let' us send you a sack fur trial. OTHER GOOD THINGS TO EAT? | To he sure you will find a complete j assortment of most other good things i to eat at this store. We are constantly j receiving fresh Groceries and can sup- j ply your table with the best to he had. j Try us for Dried Beans and Peas of! various Kinds: Onions, Potatoes. Bot- j tied Pick It"-.. Canned Meats. Canned Tomatoes. Peas, and Corn, Maccaroni and the host grade of Cheese. Lt t us supply your needs. sheeek & quinn I WE SELL SHOES AND THEY ARE GOOD SHOES, TOO : i The P.oslonian, the Selz and the Lion ! Brand for men. and Hogue and Mont- 1 gomory Shoes for Ladies. Better see! us for SI J DBS. Also see us for OVERALLS. WORK . SI UMTS and IIEA.VV UNDERWEAR. j wagons and buggies We sell the well known and time- | tried White Hickory Wairons and tlie i Blount and High Point Buggies?bet- j u-r wagons and buggies arc not sold hereabouts. Also we sell Wagon and; Buggy Harness. W!rip~ and -Lap Robes, j TO BE SURE WE SELL Flour, Meal, Sweet Feed, Mill Feed,1 Mice Flour and Appier Seed Oats. We have BROWN SUOAti. j. f: carroll of the door, swearing by all Dcutscliland':; soda they would enter the room only over her dead body. S'ne is still I alive, however, but the control officers found fifty complete helices, a score of magnetos and numerous altitude bar- ( ometric appliances. _ ^ Net the least striking feature of : this case arose a few days later when ( the woman demanded damages to the ? amount of 200,000 marks for violation t of the privacy of her domicile, bat ?" Gen. Xollet personally Interpreted the treaty's clauses for the German judges c and the case was dropped. 1 MUST QUIT GIGGLING Judge Repetto Debars Girls Who Use j Powder and Rouge. v Giggling girls who* powder and ; rouge have been debarred from jury j duty by Judge Louis Repetto, of the i District Court in Atlantic City, N. J. Instructions to his bailiff, posted In the court room today, set down that women juries shall contain: "No busy wives of working men. "No mothers of small children. "No admixture of men. "No immature women who giggle, rouge and powder, but do not think." ? Governor Coolidge, vice presidentelect, favors the consolidation of all New England railroads in one system cent Off gh Shoes BOYS' AND GIELS ; that we have made Shoes'for Men, Wo and this reduction of our Shoes. very j c wholesale costs as j Lit" 11 is, but few manvc reduced the cost . ! thail 75 cts. to $2.00 latter for them. It Diir high shoes here P NOW. True, our what broken, but it we can fit you in a :.ylc that will be enrou. At least it will 3 come and look our remember that the are now goods, to ic kind that people .his store for years, is Now is your time and the place. Coming? FR0UP SHOES 'I "" >} ^ards, Etc. 1 igcncy-of one of the best | ica and are prepared to r lg and Business Cards, 5 iiouncemcnt CaYds and | 2es. Call and see us for 5 )rrcct in Style?the best |r best of all milk products or sub- E t it equals the real article from 5 idensed article. Try a can. Z wr rcxMDhWJ i iuu juvim m\ i * ELL, Manager * ~ (URT HOUSE S R. C\ Brcckinarton F. L. IZlnnant V/. M. Brown Palmetto Monument Co. YORK, - - S. C. MONUMENTAL WORK. e Ail litigation and controversy over the name of the Palmetto Monument ; Company having been settled in favor j of the owners above named, they take pleasure in offering-the services of the Company in Monumental Work of every description, giving especial attention to the erection of Headstones, Monuments and the like. The Palmetto Monument Company is prepared to-furnish anything desired in marble and granite at reasonable rates and on short notice. It will furnish and erect jobs anywhere the customer may desire. See us for Designs, Estimates, etc. Respectfully, PALMETTO MONUMENT CO. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND PATIENCE BY; ' HAVING YOUR CAR WORK DONE AT THE Peoples Garage Wo Specialize on BUICK, HUDSON, STUDEBAKER \ AND ANDERSON CARS.; You will find ns nt LITE'S OLD; STA'XD?norbrsft tire street from-.the i t'ity .Market. Reasonable Charges, Prompt Service j and Work Guaranteed. B. J. DEVOS, Manager, QUICK JUSTICE Man Arrested, Tried and Convicted In Lees Than Two Hours. Tho record In Vjuiclc trials after a :rime was committed was broken Wednesday when a negro, who stol^ :hickens three miles from Valdosta, 5a., was arrested, brought to town, trraigned, convicted and turned over .0 the county chain-gang in one hour md forty-five minutes. A telephone message to the sheriff's )ffice asked that ah officer be excused rom court to go to. the scene. 1 Kirkoatr | Com mm \ | her6 you can i | THE SIGHT PEH | Everything that we have | marked 5 DOWN TO THE | , PRICE LEVEL| Right along with the New 5 receiving. f \ LOOK THESE I I Yard-wide SHEETING-..... APRON GINGHAMS 1 DRESS GINGHAMS 32-inch DRESS GINGHA GINGHAMS that were 50 DRESS GINGHAMS tha and 75 Cts.?Now ? Good PAJAMA CHECKS Good CAMBRIC ..... r~< i ~r AAT/^( /-<T AfTlTT = U-OOCl lAALNU- UJUU-LXl : i | EXTRA S: = One- lot of Silk Dresses?j | styles?wc will offer this 1 [ KIRkPATRIC 2 Sells It For Less s ' < ' Do It No If you are so mnpli as nitu: e, House Furnishing, Coverings, \vc just want 'that RIGHT HOW is on ever had to buy anything: need. Our stock is very comj for us?and if a custome having a half formed idea a given article of fumitur take it from us that they buying. ' You arc familiar with sell. And this with the pi . for the "Cash" usually m< And too, we have rca' the first of the year at t' sales we have been malcin Our Prices Are V/ha Suppose you come aroi York Fi jjj I OIL MILL PR0DUC1 ' Sec us for a good cx( V?Tc have nice bright 0? GINNERIES ASE | THAN THEY HA"1 | We can handle 125 balei k charge is GO CENTS per ! ROLLER MILL-- . ? Grinds Wheat, Corn ai ; Feed, Chicken Feed, H ? Hay, Flour-, and Corn 0 money. | DEALERS IN COAL AND YORKVilLE DITTO k When he arived he fo/md a negro with a gun levelled on another negro, who was holding two chickens in his hand. The negro with the gu~ explained to the' officer that he nad' caught the other negro in the act." The prisoner and two witnesses got in the car with the deputy and Vent to the 'court house, where the court was in session and ready to take lip the case.. The. negro whose name is Thomas was tried by a jury,,the jur- " ors remaining out after getting their \ verdict to smoke cigarettes, and it all tcok one hour and forty-five minutes. ick-Belk 1 . , * |v a ? H??jr | BUY GOODS AT 0 | JES- J 1 3 carried over \vc Have = NEW, LOW- . ( 1 Goods that we are now | - ' v '3' ' -PRICES OVER Z . |; - i_ J 7jCts. | ..7 Cts. and 10'Cts. = , 10 Cts. I MS, nice plaids... 18 Cts. ? Cts.?Now .25 Cts.- 1 t liave been 68 Cts.". ' 5 . 1 135 Cts. I v ' J - 14 Cts{ 1 V 121-2 Cts. 1 121-2 Cts. ? < ; PECIAL 1 g'ood Material and good = ' . .vcek?At I ??HALF PRICE S" ;k-belkco. i : Sells It Fcr Less - 2 ?w! thinking of buying FurStoves, Ranges or Floor to whisper in your car c of the best' times you in this line that you may Unfn?mncf ino r>nmr>lf>tr> I /AVIV 111VWI" WVU v w r' comes into our place that he or she would buy. c "if the price is right," seldom go away without the qualities of goods wc f dees that we are naming 2ans a sale right quick. lly been surprised since he number of furniture St Is Doing the Trick. .ind and take a look over. irniture Co. i BRfWSUI&WMSWttBIMMaMWk rs -: i! ihangc of Meal for Seed. ! j Hulls/." j| IN BETTER SHAPE ]| 7E EVER BEEN. 1 s in 12 hours, and the | Hundred pounds of lint. | >^1 fliTc TTInnr T-Tocr 5 lorsc and Mule Feed, Oats, c Meal. Try us and save S ICE* I N OIL COMPANY | -- a i! V. . fiV