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i \ < A One Minute Bu?ne?e Romance l||j? There was once a young man named L. S. Starrett, a farmer, who lives up in Maine. He liked things mechanical, and he invented a washing machine, a butter worker, and a meat chopper?all of them devices closely associated with his work on the farm. But this field did not sat- . isfy nim, and being restless and creative of mind, he was continually looking about for a chance to experiment. He saw, for instance, that the carpenter's square in use at that time was a /^rn/ln iViinnr nnrl minrVtf Ka iyio/f a viuuc iJULiLIg, auu tuigui mane a great deal more useful. 1 Now it took something of an imagination to see any unusual ' opportunities in such a hum- j drum thing as a square. It is men's imaginations that find opportunities in the everv-day \ things about us. Imagination is a wonderful quality to cultivate. * Out of thai combination square < invented by this young farmer has grown a great industry, known far and wide. Many ' other tools followed the square < and the plant covers acres of ground in Massachusetts.?Ex. Tax N The Tax Books will be open fc 15th October until 31st day of Deo Tax levy for State Ordinary County felk r^Anof ifiiti/vtnol OAVIAO! vvuouiuuvuai aviivfui County Roads Total levy 1 Special L t Cheraw Graded School 9 Marburg M Orange Hill | Pat's Branch > Pee Dee M Stafford J rhpraw Parker Pine Grove * * Shiloh . Snow Hill : Rubv Vaughan Womble Hill White Oak ? Black Creek Cross Roads Center Mt. Croghan P New HoDe Wexford Winzo Zion. Mt. Croghan (Outside) Buffalo Dudley Five Forks Man gum Pageland Plains Center Grove Friendship Jefferson Long Branch Jefferson 'Outside) Green Hill Middendorf McBee Sandy Run Union Alieator (Out8ide) Bay Springs Bear Creek Bethesda Juniper Patrick Cat Pond Lewis Ousley Pa1nr?ot*/\ jk %?m uivilV Wallace Stoer Pen For Back Indebtedness and E) School: Chesterfield School Disli m ills, and Rub3% 5 mills. Cheraw Township, special 1 tor, 7 mills for Road Bonds. All unpaid taxes will be subject I nuary, two per cent for Febuary A fter March 31st executions will t Sept 15,1915. : - njy-V -V>v:T^L-x jiV-. * Dr. R. L. McManu#' DENTIST Pageland. S. C.' Jefferson Wednesday Ruby Thursday Mt. Croghan Friday Remainder of time at Pageland. Office in Bank Building v When you see that head remember that I sell the :hoicest meats for the right price. I am ready to serve you again. All my old customers and many new ones are invited to call and get something for the table. 1 shall collect each Monday. as has been the custom af Mr. Smith R. E RICHARDSON [oticc. ?r the collection of taxes from ember 1915. 7 mills 7 1-2 mills 3 mills 1-2 mills 18 mills oca! Bonds 3 mills 4 mills 3 8 4 3 4 21-2 Jh- M 4 4 i " 4 3 ? " 5 4 i r 412 1 2 . 4 4 5 " 6 4 3 ? 4 7 " 4 c 2 2 2 z 3 r 2 3 6 " 5 4 5 " 3 5 " 4 4 2 - " 4 3 " 5 8 " 4 12 4 8 2 (4 " 2 z 3 3 4 2 3 7 3 3 * 5 ctending School Terms, Special rict, 2 1 2 mills; Mt. Croghan, 5 evy of 2 mills for Roads; Aligra to a penaltv of one per cent for and seven ner roni - ? r?m wui ivi luuivili >e written for all unpaid taxes. V. A. DOUGLASS County Treasurer. The H&Jd War. Some years ago Ihe newspapers of a Vermont city reported the death of a Mr, Bailey, one of the best-known and mostrespected citizens in the town. He had not achieved eminence, but he was a lawyer widely known for his honesty and abil ity, had held the office of state railway commissioner for three years, and was president of ore of the local banks at the time of his death. The notable thing about bis career was that he had reached an honorable position in life in the face of difficulties that most men would have thought insurmountable. Wayne Bailey was the son of a poor Vermont farmer. In his youth he met with a terrible accident that caused the loss of both hands and an eye. Many of the neighbors predicted that he would become a "town charge," but they did not take into account the young man's pluck and determination. He learned to write by attaching a pen to a rubber band at his wrist, studied law, and was admitted to the bar when he was thirty-four. That he rose steadily in public esteem, won the confidence of his clients, and accumulated a competence for himself we have already said.' No doubt Wayne Bailey often felt the serious handicap of his crippled condition, but the chances are that without it he never would have risen into public notice at all. Difficulties in a life are a good deal like ob structions in the bed of a flowing stream, if the stream is slender and feeble, the flow may be stopped altogether, leaving the channel below bare and stony; but if the current is strong * A ?1 if. . I 1* . ii uveniows me ODSirucuon, ana earns force by being lifted to a higher level. Obstructions and difficulties count for less than the current pressure or character pressure behind them. i The^yftunsr paan who tajkd dpprecatingly of his unfavorable circumstances is preparing his, hearers for the feport of his failure, and the report is pretty sure to follow. A timid spirit trembles, even in bullet proof armor, while the brave heart wins battles with the stones that others stumble over.?Youth's Companion. "It Can Be Done." "Patience and perseverance will accomplish all things," was a favorite saying of an 0I4 miller. He made this remark on the train one day on the way to market, when a pompous indi vidual in the corner turned to him crossly and said: "Nonsense, sir. I can tell you a great many things which neither patience nor perseverance can accomplish." "Perhaps you can," said the miller, "but I have never vet found one thing." "Well, then, I'll tell you one. Will patience and perseverance ever enable you to carry water in a sieve?" "Certainly." 4 "1 would like to know how?" "Simply by waiting patiently fr? r tlio Iiritnf ^ .W. tuv OIIIVI IV IIVL7X. Poor Kid. Through the busy downtown streets a ml wart policeman led a little child by the hand. A motherly looking woman paused before them for amo ment. Then, in a sudden burst of sympathy, she bent over the child and kissed her. "Poor lamb! She looks so cold and starved-like; and she hasn't been washed for a week. Some folks cannot be trusted with children, wicked, cruel things they are. Where did you find the child, policeman?" "Find the child woman?" snorted the policeman angrily. "I didn't find her at all. She's my own kid."?Philadelphia Public Ledger. I I ANITA FINDS A WAY I v % v ? $ S : : By DOROTHY BLACKMORE. s ?: VtV/i ??VmV?V?W?V#V?VAV?V?V?V?V/ "But my father's bnglness has been absolutely ruined by the war," protested Anita Morgan. "I must help in some way or other." "You?help!" laughed her chum, Helen Bennett. "It's so funny!" They were nearing the theater for which Helen had tickets, and Helen, beginning to realize that her friend was in earnest, could find no reply. "I can't even make doughnuts for a woman's exchange. I'm not a good mender; I'm not a stenographer. I have no profession, no work of any kind to turn to, and yet I am determined to do something to help with the family expenses, if it's only adding a few dollars a week. I have brains and common sense and I know I can find something." "I'm afraid it will be hard. Nita," said Helen, serious for the first time. She was beginning to realize that she, too, would be helpless when it came to earning money. As they sat in the theater Anita watched the ushers running up and down the aisles busily seating the guests in the theater. They were earning their living?those girls. That was not skilled work?even she, Anita Morgan, could do that. She was accustomed to late hours; she was quick and active and she had a good appearance. The following day she went to the management of a theater and found employment at once as an UBher. She did not speak of her work to anyone, but she saw many of her friends in the theater. At the end of a fortnight not a person had recognized her in her bonnet and with her curls and quaint costume. In fact, it seemed to V*ar n a I# ? *?*-4- **? uoi am 11 luo uoutua UllgUl UB BC many wooden dolls for all the atten tion paid them by the audience. And for this Anita was very thankful. She became a mystery among hei former acquaintances. And Anlts rather enjoyed being a mystery She gave them no satisfaction?no1 even Helen, her chum. At the theater she had many odd and amusing experiences, but the most interesting people to her were the newspaper men and women whe frequented the theater, both in fronl and behind the footlights, searchinc for stories, for news, for plots and situations they could turn into space for which they received dollars. Anita had begun to have a broac Sympathy with anyone who was try | ihg to earn honest dollars. In hei former mode of life she had giver ^age-earners and wage-earning little thought. naCerbftitR heeanaA of 1i?r <^t and sympathy, she made man] . friends. She was pleasant, cheerful earnest and approachable. And abou a metropolitan theater everyone em ployed Is not approachable, she hat been told more than once, when shi had been of service in securing ai Interview with a star or with folki on and off the stage. "If I get this interview with Mme Lurachez," a young newspaper max fold her one afternoon, "and land it won't you break your rule and com< ; to lunch with me, just so that I cax tell VOU how much T a nnroploto mm tips?" Anita shook her head, smiling "No?I'd like to, but I mustn't be gin," she said. "You'd not be 'beginning* anything would you?" Anita did not answer. It was be tween the acts at a matinee perform ance and she was not busy. "Would you?" the young man per sisted. "Think?is it fair, the attl tude you've taken toward me? Yoi won't tell me who you are, where yoi live, anything about you. You won'i let me call on you; you won't com< out with me. What am I to dn?" h? asked. Anita was beginning to blush, foi she liked the young newspaper mar better than she had ever admitted t< herBelf. "I'm an usher in the Sphere thea tor, and you may see. me at any per formance," she 6aid, laughingly. "Consolation?isn't it?" Roger Mor row asked. "I Jon't believe I'll trj to get that interview. If you won! accept a favor from me I'm hanget if I'll accept any from you." Anita looked at him In surprise "And your career?your pride in youi ability to secure difficult interviewf for your paper?" she asked. The man turned away. "I don't care anyimng about my career. Whal good is it, if in its pursuit vou meet a buily girl, a girl you?well. Sec here, I'm going to tell you all aboul it here and now, if you won't prom ise to come to lunch with me to morrow. Shall I?" he asked, facing her and searching her face. Anita looked at him for a moment and saw that he was terribly in earn est. "I will?but you may not tel! me anything until you have come tc my house to meet my mother anc] father which you may do any after noon but Wednesday and Saturday,' she said. "And you are?" "I'll tell you tomorrow at lunch,' she interrupted. "Sh?the curtaln'i going up." "It is?for a fact," said Roger, tak Inr her hand for a !?/? ?? > <?mm 0 mm auvmOUb' A 111 tomorrow?then?" he said. And Anita let him see the cladnesa In her eyes at the prospect. (Copyrlvht, 19IK, by the MeClure Newspaper Syndicate.) ! ????????h?? I I Thai We thank you lor yo i . .1 1 | during the past year and to continue to do busines shall endeavor to serve > heretofore. Mangur COMP : i KING C< Is on Iris throne j Is circulating 1 The time to g< the time to sa money is in cii 11SI> fn M>f it nnh it. No better i than to deposit the bank* The experien< proved the ad bankfaccount. A AM jlt4t AM ? - II cuiiuiliuil U1 U1U! bank account ai . toehold their cot l> own condition. ' Begin now. B posits tothelBan as hundreds. ol done already. m w?-? ? I tit BANK (It Auditors 1 The Auditors' office will he opt \ sonal property from January Jst 191 i All male citizens between the 1 deemed Taxable polls, except those j causes are incapable of earning a sn TM * - " 'x i ne Law requires 5U per cent |i r ertv subject to taxes and not returni J the 20th of February 1916 I will be in the Auditor's office - and 81: Feb., 5, 7,10,11, 12, 14, 15, " the following places on the daies n Patrick Jan. 10 from 11 to 3 PI f o'clock. G L Cedar Creek Church Jan. 11 1 fri-vrv. 1 1 7 i VIII A A IV t/ V l/IUl/CVi lM lohn C. Wallaces* Jan. 12 from 11 to 3 o'clock. I) Cashes' Jan. 13 from 11 to 2 o'clock. P) Grants Mill Jan. 14 from 9 to 12 o'clock. R Westfield Creek Jan. 15 from 10 to 12 o'clock. m Cross Roads Jan. 17 from 11 to 3 o'clock. . Jefferson Jan. 18 and 19 to 12 o'clock. Catarrh Jan. 19 from 1 to 4 M T W. EDDINS, C i YOU - cultivate your crops to make them grow, but money in 1 the bank grows without effort on he > your part. Start a saving account T' . now. THBBANK OF J PAGE- W LAND. I nks I ur liberal patronage | I may we be allowed | ;s with you as we | rou even better than I Lfl n| n Drug I 'AW I rail JL | )TTON again. Money freely. et money and ive is when rculation. No ess you save way to save regularly in tn loci# foil vi mast tail vantage of a Compare the se who had a > id were able ^ ton with your * V * ; - ^ /* * * ring your dele of Pageland t others have PAGELAND ??:? ?? een ? Notice. ?ned for the assessment of Per6 to February 20th 1916. ages of 21 and 60 years are who are maimed or for oilier ipport. enallv addtd to taxes on propyl for assessment on or before Jan., 1, J, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 29, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, and at anied: lains Jan. 2" from 9 to 12 uess Jan. 21 froin 11:30 to 2:30 o'clock. t. Croghan Jan. 24 from 11 to 4 o'clock. udley Jan. 23 from 1 to 4 o'clock. igeland Jan. 26 and 27 to 12 o'clock. ubv Jan. 28 from 11 to 3 o'clock. iddendorf Feb. 1 from 11 to 3 o'clock. ngelus Feb. 2 from 11 to 3 o'clock. cBee Feb. 5 and 4. Iiernw Feb. 8 and 9. 'ounty Auditor Monuments It will pay you to see me jfore you buy a Monument or ombstone of any kind, if you ant to save money, G. R. KNIGHT.