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BK Having decide< just what it will I morning and cor continuing for Q1 One Dol The stock corn either in high or to $1350 per yar Hand Bags, and Collars, and mar Ladder, a large I Rememl THEODORE ROOSEVELT ONLY LIVING E1X-PRESIDENT In relinquishing the responsibih ties of publie life in Washington Mr. Rloosevelt enjoys for the timie being the distinction of being the only liv irg ex-president of the United States. This exelusi--e honor was fo.r sever al years enjioyed by Mr. Cleveland, and following hi- dleh, we. cur there was n'o x.Le ' W'on1 uRiS solitary mantle could fall until Presi dent Roosevelt on Tharsday last re signed the executive hbeen to Mr. *It isquite aomml.fenltary upon the wearing effort of American pubi:e life under modern conditions that Mr. Roosevelt should be thus alone in wearing .the ex,presidentfal honors. Especial.ly is this so in view of the brief tenure of service which com pletes an administration. Perhp the explanation ma.y be found in .the feverish whirlpool of ex citement whilch chaacaterizes the life of the present day. It 'was quite different in the first hal1f century of the republic. Washington, it is true, died within two years after vacating the presi dential chai'r, and Polk within three moiths, but John Adams lingered 23 years; Thomas Jefferson and John Tyler each 17 years; James Madison 'end Johin Quinecy Adams eai0h 19 years; James Monroe and James .Buchanan each six years; Mar tin Van Buren and Millard Fillmore each 21 years; Andrew Jackson eight years, and Franklin Pierce 12 years. William Henry Harrison and Zach ay Taylor were the two ante beilumn presidents who died in office; and since then the chief magistrates who *have died in harness, eaeh the victim f 'assassination, are Abraham Lin hi.James A. Garfield and William eKnley. Of the post bellum president, An eJohnson survived six years; Ulsses S. Giiant and Benjamin Har rison each eight years; Rutherford B. Hayes, 11 years; Chester A. Arthur, nyear, and Grover Cleveland ten It -wini thus be seen that among the st beliam presidents the life span abeen much shorter than among ante belhun presidents. Bat Mr. Roosevelt is not only in e prime of life, but in the enjoyment vigorous healthl, and he bid; fair to ive for many years to come. Nor he apt to lag superfluous onl the ag-A tlanta Georgian. di to move to Flor >ring. We will he itinuing for one I ne honr. This sa liar Will TI sists of SHOES, 1\ low cuts. A larg d. A large line o many other gooc iy other things in looking Glass, CC )er, This Corner CONSElRVING HUMAN LIFT. Hygienic Reforms WouldI Extend Its Length Fifteen Years. Boston Herald. Prof. Irving Fisher, of Yale, -in a report suibmitted to the conservation commission, deolares that the average length of ihuman life in America can be extended fifteen years by the adop Ition of Hygienic reforms already known and entirely practicable. Rea lizing that this is a commercial age, and that the economic aspect of great -movements is most effective ini compelling attention, Prof. Fisher ihas brought this fact to 'the consideration of the assocjition of Life Insurance Presidents. Practical and profitable fire insurance management has seen the importance of preventing fires as well as of insuring property owners ~against loss from fire. Through .bhe preventive measures of fire insur ance companies the risk from fire in some classes of property has been re duced 70 per cent. General fire risk has been largely reduced. Fire in suance companies are co-operating in preventive work, educating the public and inEividaal property hold-. ers in ways for avoiding fire losses. A laboratory is maintained for' the purpose of expert investigation into fire-resisting materialls and devices and preventive methods. In employ ers' liability insurance, Prof. Fisher ponts out, the recognized policy is to prevent losses, as well as to provide means of indemnification. Accident insurance compa nies have aided in securing legislation to require great er safeguards against injury. If pre vention of fire losses is the legitimate province of fire insuranc c.ompanies, and the prevention of accidents is reognized as profitable employment for accident -insurance concerns, Prof. Fisher reaches the logical conclusion Ithat the life insurance companies of the country should have an active in terest in every means for adding to t.he length of hutman life. One life insurance company pays out annually $800,000 on seeoant of deaths -from tuberculoeis. But ex perts agree that tuberculosis is 75 per cent preventable. Pneumonia is considered 45 'per cent preventable, typhiod fever 85 per cent preventable and diphtheria 70 per cent. Im provement in general hygienic condi tions is iengthen>ing life in Europe at th ryatIenof seventeen years in a en tuy nPrussia a maximum increase Sofmtwnty.=even years has been THE -ida, we will close ave two sales eac mour, and one in :le lasts until the Be Nor hian FivE qen's coarse anc e and up-to-date f NOTIONS, co' Is in the line of r ithe Men's line. >unters, Show Ca Sale Stai Main and J shown. In Massachusetts the increase is but fourteen years. Prof. Fisher estimates that by the general guaran tee of pure air, pure water and pure milk, eight years could be added to the average length of life. Neg\York statistics, recently quoted- in the fler aid, show a reduction of the death rate to 16.5, the lowest on record, due to the efficient work of the municipal healbh department and allied efforts of private enterprises. If preventa ble seeidents were avoided, nine tenths of a year would be added to the average 'length of human life. The appeal to the life insurance in terests is not more pertinent than would ~be the presentation of the eonomic espect of hygiene to the public interest. Human life is the greatest of .the nation's resources. But the American people, as a whole, hold it -cheaply. The waste of life by unnecessary disease and aceiden t is enormous. The supply seems inei haustible. Consequently waste con tinaes .largely unchecked. Philanr thropic effort in ehealth improvement has accomplished much for American ites. But sometimes philanthropy lags. Consideration of the economic value of health to a community is worth while. If the annual destrue tion of produetive power eaa~ be re deced one-third each year, there is a material sa'ving for the common wealth. If the average period of pro dctivity'in human Ilife can be length.. ened one-third, there is a development of natural resources which cannot be equalled in any other field of conser vation. The Courage of the Losing Fighter. "I know *a woman who writes,'' says Lilliian, in 'the March Circle Maga zine. "She 'writes gaily, blithely, helpfully. Thousands regard her as the apotheosis of easy success and envy Iher position and the happiness which must accomnpany here supre macy. Yet I happen to know that the one she lov-es best on earth is dying a lingering death of an illness which neither money nor human skill may even subdue the pain thereof.. "She is both nur.se and breadwin ner, and doing the work of two is rob bing 'her of health a.nd strength, yet not one complaint ever passes her lips With her back against the wall she fights her losing fight, which, though won each day, yet loses, loses to her all that shec loves best. Sueh coursie as is in her little slender frame ai'd blazes from her daantless eyes! Tet her scs-ve though she dailv IOPM PUB i out our $10,000 :h day, one comn the afternoon 04 entire stock is S< th More a is Her I fine, Ladies' cos a line of DRESS C ~isisting of Bed iotions. MEN'S Also all the stort ses, and many oi -ts Nextlf We1Kibben A wins her losing fight-bings teai's to my eyes. ''The woman who serubs for me, earning 'her dollar and a half a day on her knees, is kneeling, not only t;o her work, but before an altar whereon lies the crippled child 'he adores. He can never grow up-she must know this in her heart, even though we taik of what he will do when he grows strong and well-he is failing daily. an'd her eyes know tha~t truth though her lips still speak brave lies. He will live, he is eating better, his li.ps have more color, his eyes are brighter ! Yet .as she lifts him in her arms at night she feels that his little frame is daily growing lighter and his feeble clutch on life is nighitly growing looser. She talks to me-this poor mnother! this brave, losing fighter !-of the time when he will 'walk, well knowing that the first step his poor little crippled feet will take will be in an'other world. Oh, the poor sous on this earth who lyou are not fighting your battle of life against hopeless disease or a near.. fight blindly against the ever-dancing, grimly stalking Dea'th! '' You who are suecessful in that by approaching death; you -whose wage- is equ.i to your necessities; yo:l who lay by a little each month for a raiy-day fund, or you who count your wealth by millions, will you not give the right hand of fellowship, share your sympathy or in some mannier heer the 'heart of some proud, cour ageous, .siientJlipped, losing fighter of your acquain'tance'!-rip the hand of some man struggling with increas ing expense and dwindling wage? write a note of gratitude to some one whose work has inspired you'! -"Best of all, won't you pause long enough each day to bestow a helpful thought on the great and noble army of losing fighters in this world '' I Roosevelt. 'Marchwinds blowing all wiAd And whirlin<r he%.Lm t'r.ngh blue pools spin. Sinne of the sun, and a romping child Plies -a red kit:e on a hill The boy-god's hair is streaming He tugs at the string And .th'e vast landscape dreaming Beats up the heaven a wing The young gods of Greece IKnew not such ecstasie You boy, I feel your eager American blood. Sweep a .reddened flood Glorying through my heart You boy, I see in you the American naion stock ofa genera rencing at eleve >mmencing at ti >ld regardless of To Us in e.. trse and fine, wi OO0DS which reti Spreads, Towels CLOTHING, Hat a fixtures, consisi her things neede 'riday, M to. streets. The Boy-Land of the Earth Set by the seas apart And lauglhirng over priaries in his mirth For iamerica is youth, joy, glory ex ultatanon! 0 biggest Boy, We will fo'rget your faults fare they not racy of youth?) And let our American joy Skim off the les of the Soul and drink of the truth, Why must we to the living Be unforgiving Of faults? Why wait till Death exalts? For this man uncommon In that he was so 'human So liwe us-variable as human we.ath er Vast with our wide-horizon 'd soil Merely eighty millions put -together In one prank-dream-joy-jubila ton-toil! To Mothirehood he was a Mother To Brotherhood a Brother He was us all-spirit and heart and limb He could not exhaust his power-he could not tires Our passions fought in him, our dreams took fire In im, our laughter woke in him! Brother-boy, yet you were common! No genius added God to the frail hu man! Therefore you turned to youir Soul, and called on Power Th Power that connects with every Soul By stress of divine sweat hour by hour You made the inner Mightiness un roll You drew strength to your flesh, your heart, And by undreamable pain Became all that any man may be, The Superhuman in common human it.v! And now you are America's hope: for you Proved what common man may do. --From a Poem in The Circle. Night on Bald Mountain. On a lonely night Alex. Benton, of Fort Edward, N. Y., elimbed -Bald Mountain to the home of a neighbor, tortured by Asthma, bent on curing him with Dr. King's New Discovery, that had cured himself of asthma. This wonderful medicine soon reliev ed and quickly cured his neighbor. Later it cured his son's wife of a sever lng trouble Millions believe VLE I mercandise at n o'clock in the iree o'clock, and what it brings. Florida iich you can get tils at from 5c. ,Ladies' Waists, ~s, Pants, Shirts, ing of a Rolling d in a store. arch 19. S., its the greatest Throat and Lung ure on Earth. Coughs, Colds, Group, Hemorrhages and Sore Lungs are surely cured by it. Best for Hay Fever, Grip and Whooping Cough. 50c. and $1.00.. Trial bottle free. uaranteed by W. E. Pelham & Son, ewberry, S. C. MICROBES IN THE SCALP. The Latest Explanation is That Mic robes Cause Baldness. Professor Unna, of Hamberg, Germany, and Dr. Sabourand, of Par is, France, share the honor of having discovered the hair microbe. Baldness is not caused through a few weeks' work of t.hese hair mic robes, but is the result of conditions brought about 'by their presence. Bald ness may not occur until years after the microbes -began work, but it is certain to come sooner or later. The microbes 'cut off the blood sup ply. They feed on tihe fatty matter about the root of thbe hair, t.hrough which the blood is absorbed. Finally the fatty matter is wholly consum ed, .the food supply of the hair is gone and it starves and finally dies. Resorcin is one of the most effee-s tiv germ destroyers ;. Beta Napthol is both germicidal and antiseptic; Pilo arpin, though not a dye, restores natural color to hair when loss of eolor was caused by disease. These euratives properly mixed with alcohol as a stimulant, perfect a remedy un equalled for ,euring scalp and hair troubles. We want everyone who has any scalp or h'air trouble to try Rexall "93' Hair Tonic, which contains all these ingredients. If it does not' grow hair on your bald head, stop your hair from fa.l'ling out; cure you of dandruff ; make your hair thick, silky, luxuriant; if it does not give you com plete satisfaction in every particular, retrn the empty bottle to us, and we shall return every penny you paid us for it, without question or formality. Of course, you understand that when we say that Rexall "93'' Hair Tonic will grow 'hair on bald heads, we do not refer to cases where the roots are entirely dead, the pores of the scalp closed, and thbe head has the shiny appearance of a billard ball. n ases like this, there is no hope. In all other ceases of baldness Rexall "93' Hair Tonic will positively grow hir, or cost the user nothing. Two sizes, 50c. and $1.00. Gilder & Weeks, Dru.gists Newherry. S. C.