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Upbuilding of Town and Village Upbuilds the Race. SALVATION OF THE COUNTRY. It Depends Upon Checking the Tend ency of the People to Gather In Congested Centers?How the Mail Order System Kills Rural Life. From an editorial article by George H. Maxwell In Maxwell's Talisman the following pertinent extracts are taken: There are many country merchants ?who see their trade gradually slipping away from them, leaving the country town and going to the great cities by the channel of the ins.il order trade. There are many country editors who see the prosperity of their towns de pleted and circulation and advertising income reduced for the same reason. There are very few, however, who realize that their problem'Is a national one and that it is wrapped up in and a part of the great fundamental ques tion whether this nation shall be per petuated or shall be destroyed by the physical degeneration of humanity, the social unrest, industrial discontent, moral and political corruption and class hatred bred in the city slums and ten ements and certain to culminate in anarchistic crimes, riotous mobs and all destroying social upheavals as the result of 6ome long continued period of industrial * and commercial depres sion. The fact Is that the upbuilding of the country town and suburban vll Jage/' as an antidote and safeguard against the poisouous social, moral, physical and political consequences of herding millions of our working peo ple together in the unnatural congested life of the tenements Is the one great ?questieu that rises above all others in imiKHtanee as a problem that this na tion must solve. Unless it does solve it it will suffer death from human de generacy?the fate of so many nations and civilizations that have risen in the past only to be destroyed. Ours will be likewise destroyed unless we take heed in time. The danger arises from the conges tion of population in cities and from nothing else. The solution lies in checking the fur ther growth of cities at the homes of industrial workers and scattering those homes into aud among suburban home croft villages and in country towns and rural settlenieuts. To do that trade and industry must l>e decentralised, industries of all kinds must be established in the sub urbs of the cities or iu the towns in stead of in the congested centers. That *> something that requires uu organized ?campnlgu, but first it requires a cur rent of right thought in the minds of the people. It requires that everything should he ?done rhut can be doue to hold in the ?exlstiug towns aud villages the trade that now naturally centers there. Any part of it, small or large, that is di verted to any of the huge central mail order cencerns in the big cities and thereby taken away from the locality where it originates and belongs is an influence that promotes Just to that ?extent the growth of the evil that is ?eating at the heart of our national life. Whatever is Deeded to supply the needs ?of every household in every rural com munity should be sold over the counter of a local store and not through the postofficeand the mail trade. Then 'comes the question of the growth of towns and villages. There is where the country editors and mer chants can help tuemselves. XJuce get it into the minds of the whole Amer ican people that the salvation of the nation depends ou the upbuilding of the country towns and suburban vil lages?get the idea planted and deeply rooted so it will grow itself?and a thousand influences will enter the field and enlist for this great campaign for rural and country town and village development to cheek the overgrowth Of cities, with all its resultant evils. It cannot all be done at once. The first thing is to get public thought ac tively aroused and turned into right channels. There must be a complete common conception in the minds of millions of people of this new national ideal. Then there must be united, con certed and vigorous action to realize that ideal. The facts and arguments to support it must he disseminated through a great educational campaign)' entirely separate and apart from poli tics. The Card Advertisement. "One excellent way to keep a town's attractions and advantages before the outsi le world," remarked a citizen of a thriving western town, "is the use of the card advertisement. No. I don't mean the big card in the street cars carrying display type notices. I am not talking particularly of street car lowus anyhow. I mean the card used by some persons I kuow, including my self. It is just a little smaller than the business envelopes used. On this card is printed an epitome of the town's attractions, fhe main points be ing brought out boldly. A half tune picture of the business center, if It lends itself well to illustration, is a good feature. You can use both sides of the card for matter booming your town. Put one or two of these cards In every letter you write. You will be Hurprised to loam how many inquiries you will receive in a short time. I consider this a tine way to keep a town before the people outside. If every citizen would .do likewise the card advertisement would be a great thlug for the town." The little attacks of stomach trouble and stomach disorders will undoubtedly lead to chronic dyspep sia unless you take something for a sufficient time to strengthen the stomach and give it a chnace to get well. If you take Kodol in the be ginning the bad attacks of Dyspep sia will be avoided but if you allow these jittle attacks to go unheeded it will take Kodol a longer time to put your stomach in good condition again. Get a bottle of Kodol today. Sold by A. C Dukes, M. D., A. C Doyle & Co. ENGLISH SIDEBOARDS. Lovers of Old Furniture Searching For Sheraton Designs. There is a great fancy just now among lovers of old furniture for Eng lish sideboards of eighteenth century designs. The main tenaency of the sideboard in the late eighteenth century is toward greater storage room. Sheraton adopted the form of Elepplewbite's sideboard, but* introduced many small innovations. For iustance. be seldom introduced the perfectly straight, un broken front, as Hepplewhite fre quently did. The front was more fre quently serpentine or oval. He was also the originator cf the hollow fronted sideboard, which he recom mended for artistic reasons, as taking off the appearance of great length, and I_??J EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SIDEBOARD WITH WINK CELLAR BELOW. for practical reasons, as "if the side board be near the entering door the hollow front will sometimes secure the butler from the jostles of the other servants." The butler could also reach across the sideboard more easily. The long, slender, tapering legs, like his chair legs, were often set into a rosette at the top. The bare appear ance of the sideboard top. without any decoration or finish, did not please him, and be elaborated the device, probably borrowed from Robert Adam's de signs, of adding a rail with One brass scroll work, often with candelabra at tached, from which fluted silk or other curtains could be suspended, thus giving a touch of color and light to the whole. This rail, Sheraton writes, was used to "set large dishes against and to support a couple of candle or lamp branches in the middle, which when lighted gave a very brilliant ef fect to the silverware." One of the Il lustrations shows the rail with its two graceful candle branches and with a wine cooler below. The cellaret sideboard and the side board plentifully supplied with draw ers, which were novelties In Hepple white's time, became highly elaborate under Sheraton. The cellaret side board was provided with a partitioned place for bottles of wine. In large cir cular sideboards he tells us the left hand drawer has sometimes been fitted up as a plate warmer, having a rack In the middle to stick the plates in, and lined with strong tin all rouud and on ENGLISH EMPIRE SIDEBOARD. the uuderside of the sideboard top to prevent the heat from injuring it. In "spacious" dining rooms the side boards are often without drawers of any sort, but with an oruamental brass rail, and pedestals with vases at each end, which produce, in his favorite phrase, a "grand effect." Sideboards for humbler apartments were some times made without either drawers or pedestals, but bad generally a wine cooler boopecl with brass to stand un der them, and they were nearly always without the rail at the back. These wine coolers were often ha the form of a sarcophagus, "an imitation of the figure of ancient stone coltins. Some of them have covers; some are with out." Sheraton gives one design sup ported by dolphins, whose heads form the foot, while the tails curve upward. Another is supported by lions' paws and is ornamented with lions' heads, lie advises rings at each end so the servants may easily lift them about. Kitchen Libraries. "Have a little library in your kitch en,*' advises an Englishwoman. "1 al ways encourage my servants to read as much as possible in their leisure moments, for I have always found that a little light literature brings a pleas ant sense of relief to the mind after the daily worries inseparable from looking after n house. A supply of en tertaining books of fiction in every kitchen would do much to counteract the tendency to mental infirmities of those engaged in household work con sequent upon the inevitable mouotouy of their duties." An American woman who has had much trouble with incom petent servants retorted on bearing of the Briton's plans. "If 1 started such a library in my kitchen the first vol ume would be 'How to Cook.' " Boss of Her Own Kitchen. ? Mrs. James S. Sherman Is noted for her thrifty ways and for the excel lence of her preserves and jellies. Her bread is famous, and many a novice I? domestic mysteries has obtained her method of mixing from the wife of the vice presidential candidate. Mrs. Sherman owns to having the health food bobby. She Is an expert in de tecting adulteration. The storekeeper of TJtica or Washington is brave in deed if he attempts to work doctored food on the wife of the Honorable Jim. The Best Pills Ever Sold. "After doctoring 15 years for chronic indigestion, and spending over two hundred dollars, nothing has done me as much good as Dr. King's New Life Pills. I consider them the best pills ever sold:" writes B. F. Ayscue, of Ingleside, N. C. Sold under guarantee at Dr. J. G. Wannamaker, Mfg. Co., drug store. 25 c. Women frequently jump at con clusions that are anything but alarm No. 246.?Divided Flowers. A male child and ground wheat. An' animal and a forest. A boy's name and a pen. A dairy product aud a small recep tacle. Roosters and a toilet implement Confectionery and a bunch. A red berry and a kind of wine. To wed and a metal. An animal and to slide. A kitchen utensil and a letter. No. 247.?Sea Serpent Purzle. The South American sea captain who came to port the other day with the description of a sea serpent which fol lowed the ship for days like a friendly dog says that at night the monster curled itself into a ball and, sleeping peacefully, rolled In the wake of the vessel. Here Is Captain Fibb's faithful sketch of the sea serpent, and he claims that If you will cut the figure into two pieces of the same shape and size they will fit together to form a perfect ball and thus prove that the captain is no nature fakir. No. 248.?Beheadings and Curtailings. 1. Doubly behead a railroad station and leave a small cooking vessel. 2. Doubly behead the human chest and leave one of the four points of the com pass. 3. Behead a number of sea going vessels and leave a domestic grain. 1. Curtail a paper model from which garments are designed and leave the sound of little children's feet 2. Cur tail an ornamental feather worn on wo men's hats and leave a small fruit. 3. Doubly curtail a fireplace utensil and leave a hundredweight No. 249.?Curtailments. Curtail a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck and leave a blemish; a species of earthenware and leave a part of the face; a plant common to Scot land and leave high temperature; a great Grecian poet and leave a dwell ing: a joiner's tool and leave a project; a mythological damsel, said to sing with great sweetness and leave a^fa ther: truth and leave to walk or move fast: an open passage through the wood and leave pleased; a nymph of para dise, so called by the Mohammedans, and leave a portion of time; a sudden niotiou and leave a heavenly body. The curtailed letters in order spell the name of the man who construct ed the first mercurial thermometer.? Youth's Companion. No. 250.?Charades. 1. T first my steed and speed away To greet the sun at break of day. My trusty second begins and ends Each man's estate and often lends A final part In time and pease. My third the peoplo trust with gold, A source of wealth, and yet I'm told It sometimes falls, though often then Through one who cheats his fellow men. And of my whole? Beware of all "Who justly by that name you call. II. My second went to the side of my first And stayed through the whole for thu air. There were croquet and swinging And bathing and singing And chatting with maidens fair. Riddlemeree. Why is a fly taller than most men? Because it stands six feet without shoes or stockings. What part of a tree is the most no lite? The bough (bow). What is the difference between a wo man aud an umbrella? The umbrella can be shut. Key to the Puzzler. No. 23S.-Rebus: There were three jolly Welshmen, And 1 have heard them say That they would go a-hunting Upon fcJt. David's day. No. 2119.?Transposition: Hares, hears, share. No. 240.?Charade: Ya-cat-i-on, vaca tion. No. 241.?Hidden Rivers In the Unit ed States: 1. Ohio, 2. Delaware. 3. Hudson. -1. James. No.242.?Five Syncopations: 1. Rouse, rose. 2. Cleaver, clever. 3. Float, flat. 4. Unfit, unit. 5. Vital, vial. No. 243-The Grain Problem: This problem is solved by a single equation with an unknown quantity. Let us call the price of a barrel of wheat "in days of yore" X. Then a barrel of rye was worth one-half of X. Wheat increases $1, so the price today is X plus SI, and the up to date price for rye one-half of X plus 73 cents. It was stated that to day eleven barrels of wheat are worth twenty of rye, so we may express it as follows: Twenty times oue-half X olus 75 cents equals eleveu times X plus $1. From which it Is determined the plus value of X as $4, the price of wheat in the days of yore. No. 244.?Hidden Proverb: Where there is smoke there is fire. No. 245.?A diamond: n RAG HI3B0 BAGPIPE URIAH j APE E Served as coffee, the new coffee substitute known to grocer's every where as Dr. Shoop's Health C. (fee, will trick even a coffee expert. Not a grain of real coffee in it either. Pure healthful toasted grains, malt, nuts, etc., have been so cleverly blended as to give a wonderfully satisfying coffee taste and flavor. And it is "made in a minute", too. No tedious 20 to 30 minutes boil ing. A. L. Dukes. What satisfaction is a secret sor row that no one knows about?. i__a? rY IN THE COUNTRY. Suggestions For Making Farms and . F;l;ruI Homos Attractive. Financial lirvumsranees arc often itch :h:U the farmer cannot adorn his w ill: esjicunive bouses, barns and ?i.r?-,is Itui this lack of means should ii.! discourage the average man. for 'here Is no reason why bis home : bouid not be beautiful. There are !;i?:lch v.'hvre we see these improve ments, yet thpre may bo an element of iieauiy lucking to those who love beau ty for beauty's :<ake. Cleanliness. g-?nd Lisle and a certain amount of pride must l e seen <?r lieuuty will be i.-.::i;ig Thure is a lack of taste and management in some country homes to be deplored. V.'c see co.mtry homes, one after an other, almost entirely without dowers. Sometimes wo judge it is because the women do not have time to care for them, but more often we believe It is because of the lack of love for flowers that they are missing, says Mrs. E. V Gordon of Lfttnur county. Tex., in the Farm and Ranch. Every home should have its flowers. One should take lime to care for a few at least. It re quires very little time to plant and enre for a hardy flower, and that flow er will afford pleasure and beauty for many days In the year. Flowers ap peal to our liner taste, and in the cul tivation of them we become more re fined. The front yard should have good walks and well arranged flower beds, aud these should be kept clear of weeds aud grass If possible. The back yard should never be neglected. It is just as Important a factor, if not more so, in the everyday life of the home maker as the front yard. All weeds and rubbish should be removed and trees and flowers of value planted. It has been our lot to be thrown into some communities where the average farmer greatly neglected the appear ance of his farm and seemed to be pos sessed with a don't care disposition and to be endowed with very poor ideas of refinement. There is so much left undone which could be done with profit and added comfort. Our farms would be much more attractive if all fence rows, orchards and back lots- were kept clear of weeds and grass. Gates and barn doors should be well made and hinged, not propped. Fence wires where they are loose at every other post should be stapled up. These are small things, but they mar the beauty of the farm. Our farms are often destitute of trees. This should not be. There is time wasted unthougbtfully which could be used in putting out trees around yards, lots, fences and in pastures. "In all labor there is profit" THE DRUG STORE is the one. place on earth where it is unsafe to look for "Bargains." If you are satisfied with getting the worth of your money, the best Medicine it is possible to compound from the highest grade drugSj vd the services of an experienced Pharma cist you will send your Doctor's Prescription to J. G. Wannamaker M'fg. Co. PIKE'S Special bargains for the week = = 2,000 yds beautiful gingham dress good, 10c quality at 5c very thing for school children, ee our 10c chambreys 61-4 New lot of 5c calicoes, light, navy and red 5c. 25 doz. aprons worth 35 and 50cc choice at 25. Children's half hose in black, white and tan at 10c Good handkerchiefs at 2 1-2 each. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of While Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is especially recommended for children, it is, of course, just as good for adults. Children like to take it because it tastes nearly as good as maple sugar. Its laxative principle drives the cold from the system by a gentle, natural, yet copi ous action of the bowels. Sold by A. C. Dukes. M. D.. A. C. Doyle & Co. = ? - J '?*' i mmmw f CASTOR! A The Kind Yon Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over SO years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per ?fflil ,rfh>/. sonal supervision since its infancy* . '^w** Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are hut Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment What is CASTOR IA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare* goric, Drops and Soothing1 Syrups* It is Pleasant. 16 contains neither Opium, Morphine nor othw? Narcotfc substance* Its age is its guarantee* It destroys Worms * and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic* It relieves Teething* Troubles, cores Constipation end Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Tie Kind Ton toe Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THt OtNTWR eOUMNT, TV MURRAY ?TUST. NtW YOUR CITY. I STERLING SILVERWARE Did yon know t ;ior-? qnn place before yo*1 o* dependable goods in "rlin^ Silverware? We do not toncn ?? vthing that we are not glad to ?"""??" tee?and handle ** the output of the uj??w makers. Now, it ought to e th a good deal to you this. You need never hv^i about the probable quality c* Thing in this line if yon <"rue ~e for it?because we a*?u:u< U re* sponsibility, aw* i ~**lvely guarantee oar Sten. ie 'Vv.?r? ware. There may be su' i it as Silverware uncertiirti??' br* you couldn't Ret tl er j, ce. matter how badly yoa wanted them. H. Spahr & Son* 46 W. Russell, Street. ORANGEBURG, 8. O. 3. STOKES S ALLEY. Attorney at Law. No. 11 Barton Building, Law 3-2 7-3 m Bonge, Orangeburg, 8. OL A man feels awfull yrich when he's got a few dollars his wife doesn't know about. J. Stokes Salle; Wm. V. Izlar. Fire Insurance. IZLAR & SALLEY We represent the The Home Insurance Co. Liverpool and London and Globe German American Continental Northern Assurance Phoenix and Georgia Home. I The Strongest Combination in the I State. DOING BUSINESS FOR YOUR HEALTH. That's one of the tilings we are doing business for, and of course incidentally, to get a living. In buying our drugs.&c we get those which are pure and patent, even though they often cost us extra.We buy them for restoring health?yours and all our customers.' Yon may not be able to judge the quality of drugs, but our long experience en' ables us to discriminate. Trust us when you need medicine and your confi dence -will never be mis* placed. A. Calhoun Doyk & Co. "THE POPULAR DRUG STORE." Rheumatism I have found rv tried and tested cure lor Rheu matism! Not (/remedy that will straighten tha distorted limbs of chronic cripples, nor tum boar growths back to flesh again. That is impossible. But I can uow surely kill tha pains and pangs of this deplorable disease. In Germany?wjth a Chemist in the City of Darmstadt?I found the last ingredient with which Dr. Snoop's Rheumatic Remedy was made b perfected, dependable prescription. Without that last ingredient, I successfully treated many, many cases of Rheumatism; but now, at last, it un> formly cures all curable cases of this heretofore much dreaded disease. Those sand-like granular wastes, found in Rheumatic Blood, seem to dissolve and pass away under the action of this remedy as freely as does sugar w'.*>n added to pure water. And then, when dissoHc-i, these poisonous waste* freely pass from the system, and the cause of Rheumatism is gone forever. There is now no real need?no actual excuse to suffer longer with out help. Wo sell, and in confidence recommend ????????????? DO YOU KNOW? Do you know why our store is growing more popular each day? It is because we make a special study of the wants of obb customers and save them from 10 per cent to 20 per cent om every bill they buy from us. We have a full stock of fresh anal stylish Spring goods at prices that are sure to please. Give as a call and we will do you good. THE ORANGEBURG MIL LINERT PARLOR is now located at our store and Mrs. George Fairey and Mrs. ] Angie Wilson can supply you in fine Millinery at prices cheaper thun the very cheapest. Seeing is believing. Come and let as show yon. Foreman-Rickenbaker Co. ?mmmmmm Plain Talks on Fertilizers How to Get the Greatest Possible Yield per Acre Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy DR. J. G. WANNAMAKER. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup CONTAINS HONEY AND TAR Relieves Colds by working them out of Lb. a system through & copious and Wealthy action of the bowels. Relieves Coughs by cleansing thtj mucous membranes of the throat, ehtss and bronchial tubes. "As pleasant to the taste as Maple Sugar" Children Like It For BACKACHE?WEAK KIDNEYS Trj DtWItt's Kldnaj and Bladder PUli?Sure and Sit. Sold by a. C Dukes, M. D., and A. C. Doyle & Co. It is a well-known scientific fact that in order to produce the very greatest possible yield from any soil it must contain an actual excess over and above all demands that can possibly be made on it by the plants. . Many formers will feed their Stockas much nourishing food as they can possibly assimi late, yet will starve their crops on the mistaken notion that they are "economizing" on fer tilizer. The experiences of farmers, government experts, and agricultur alists every where confirm the fact that plants, like ani mals, need the fullest possible amount of nour ishment that they can obtain if they are to be developed to the utmost. The economy in fertilizers is not in the amount used but in the ratio of quality to cost. Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers are the best in the world for the least money. More than one million tons were sold to Southern farm ers last year; and every year the demand be comes greater. The best results in producing corn, the good old stand-by crop of the South, follow the application of 200 to 30.0 pounds of the right fertilizer. Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers will greatly "in crease your yields per acre" of corn or any other crop, even on poor land?and the most wonderful results are produced through its use on good land. Write today to the nearest office of the Vir ginia-Carolina Chemical Com pany for a copy of their latest Year Book or Almanac, alarge 130-page book of the most valu able and unpre judiced informa tion for planters and farmers. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. Richmond, Va. Durham. N. Norfolk, Va. / Charleston, S. C. Columbia, S. C. - Baltimore Md., j Atlanta Ga f ~~f Columbus, Ga. S.ivann;th Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Memphis, Term, Shxcveport, La. j Summer complaints and other Kodol whenever you fool that you serious ailments commou in hot need it. That is the only time you weather can be traced to the sto- need to take Kodol. Just when you much nine times out of ten. Keep need it: then you will not be trou the stomach in good order right now hied with sour stomach, belching, by keeping a bottle of Kodol handy ^;is on the stomach, bloating, dys in the house all the time, but es-.pepsia and indigestion. Sold by penally during this month. Take'a. C. Dukes, - \D., a. C. Doyle & Co?