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J'T J. ?O - > ??4 <$> T | Society I ^ ?? - A A Delightful Rook Party. A charming social affair of the week was the afternoon party given on Friday by Mrs. James iMcIntosh complimentary to Mrs. Jas. H. Mcintosh of Columbia. Tin hnotacc' >ir.mo in .TlrviinrtarV ^ A'-C UVClVk?J "V LU AAA ? v. ?- ^ street was very attractively adorned, a rich profusion of sunflowers' and potted plants being used in all the rooms. In these pleasing surroundings some time was delightfully spent in social chat and playing rook. During the afternoon grape juice, ^ cream and cake was served. More than fifty guests were present on this oc T^^sion. Miss Matthews Entertains, A number of the younger society set enjoyed quite a delightful evening with Mrs. Margherita Matthews on Thursday last. Some time was very pleasantly spent in social chatting, dancing and playing : rook. During the evening deli^itful re freshments were served. About twenty couples were present. ? Comrades Club. Miss Pauline Gilder entertained the Comrades club most delightfully Saturday afternoon at her home in Boundary street. Some time was very pleasantly spent in playing bridge, after which Miss Gilder served a dainty ice course. Those present were: iMts. R. H. ,v "Wright Misses Sara and Agnes Houseal, Edith Bowers, Mazie Dominiek, Ruby Goggans and Mrs. George Balle of Laurens. -v';: . , ? * <*' A Lawn Party. Miss Mildred Abrams entertained ^ 1 ^ ^ 'CTiLL-u1 cengmruiiy ner cnarimug jpuutrc.suTOk, Miss Estelle Plunkett of Greenville, at a lawn party Tuesday evening. The * evening was spent in rook and progressive conversation, in whicfa' all took a lively part. Later a delicious ice course was served. Those who enjoyed Miss Abrams' hospitality were Nettie Setzler, Grace Wilbur, Marcus Glasgow, Rosabel Thompson, ivance ' Miller, Ernest Bicklev, Junius Long, Marie and Inez Wessinger, Clarence Wallace, John A. Wertz, Renna Reeder, Nancy Wertz and Ellerbe Wilson. * WHEN UMTED STATES ? ARMY USED CAMELS "Ship of the Desert*' Did Not Prove Successful Addition to America's Fighting Force. It is hard for thle 1915 winter tourist J in San Antonio, Texas, as he steps out * of the big modern hotel on ti:e main j ' * * ' : - i plaza, to imagine mat nisioric oiu pa- , J,,^-ade e-.er being inhabited by whiterobed 'ATabs rr,i squatting camels, j < says the Kansas C :* "tar. Cowboys and camels?it sounds _ilie & mcrt fantastic drama. ^ "If such a scene ever covered the main plaza in San Antonio, why didn't I O. Henry write about it?" asks the literary tourist. Well, wl:y didn't he? He had the history for it in the congressional reports and the army reports just before the civil war, and enough old-timers abound to give 0. Henry all the color he needed. ? ? i-i. n * _ Such a scene aia exist m can ah- . tonio in the summer of 1856, and continued for several years. O. Henry failed to commemorate it. So did Mark Twain. But an artist named Er hardt Blersch, sojourning in Texas that summer, left an obscure painting I "which in a way tells the story of the i \ 'TTmtArt St.a_t.es government's first and I ^nly venture into the use of camels as army transports on the Southwest-1 1 *rn frontier. The venture was put through conlMpress by Jefferson Davis, thtn a memI ber of the military commission, and I Jater seeretarv of war. Davis had w commanded troops in the Southwest in the Mexican war, and knew what it i was to march for days otv-er ary, barren | country in a scorching heat, with j nothing to drink but fcot, dry air, an<3 j nothing" to greet the eye except cactus j ^ and rattlesnakes. I The rapid development or caiiiorma j after the gold strike of '48 made necessary provision for the transportation of troops and supplies to the new country over a desert trail, which was j a task that set patriotism at a pre- i mium. Jefferson Davis finally asked i for ramels and congress finally au-! | thorized an expedition to tfne Orient to | buy them for the transportation of H troops and supplies across the Ameri- ' | can desert. E? The expedition brought back nearly j IBrmo animsl? "W h i f>7l were Ridded to from time to time in the next ^^leven years till the number grew to *one hundred and twenty-eight. They **Sf? Stationed at H Pwo, Tama, \ f -I ! Ariz.; San Antonic and other points on the frontier. Tie return trip across the ocean witn the camels is rrr-orded in amusing , detail by Lieut. D. ^rter, who was j in charge. Each an.inal was provided , I o ^nmnotom r-hailtfplir WLo WaS 1 11U Ul WUi^/WVM V ? ?? ~ v caretaker, interpreter and baggage: master in one. of the animals ' got seasick, and sc did the drivers, and both compla... . utterly of the arrangements. Tht . - - -Is wisned they | hadn't come, and t,~^?cd it by kick - j ing and biting pieces from various 011 ficers, wLo were nor to blame. After landing in Texas the came.s I did not improve perceptibly in their natures. Their particular aversion was j the army mules. E'.en the younger, inexperienced camels learned quickly to kill a mule with one blow of the frvrwt an/1 inrinlcpfj in that nas M1UU 4.VVV muu x . time frequently. Their taste for army j officers remained undiminished and tLe } chauffeurs got the blame every time! a captain lost some of his anatomy. The soldiers took to the camel with! reciprocal affection. In the first place, i they didn't like his looks, contending that t'.e soft faraway look in the cemel's eye indicated that his mind; was not on his business, but he was i j dreaming of his relatives back in tne j Sahara. Then the soldiers couldn't get ! used to the odor radiated by t)_e Ori| ental beasts?circuses not being in , vogue, and many of them said that Kipling was perfectly correct in his opinion that a camel smelled most : awfully vile. Kipling hadn't said it I iyet, but soldiers are farseeing and I knew he was going to say it. I Besides, the camel was no good to j ride, the soldiers agreed. Jtiis amonng, | rapid stride made them seas.fck, and j they wanted no animal wLich it took j ten minutes to awaken when the j Indians attacked them in the night. No I American had lived up to that period | who could tie a cargo on one of the ! seafaring beasts so it would 6tay on. The camel is not constructed flat on top. it is remembered, and only a cle. er Arab cJ*. auffeur could load one to .travel'any distance without losing the supplies. The" hlgli record in dead mules was made, it is said, by a camel in San Antonio whose name was Major. iMajor kicked sevtn valuable mules into eternity, and one day some soldiers, friend of the late mules, took Major off up on a high cliff and came back j and said lie had fallen off "accidenti ally.' ' No exhaustive probe was made I of Major's disappearance. With all their faults, the camels performed some valuable services for the country. They built some roads, and often carried supplies weighing 1,250 pounds great distances. A caravan loaded with supplies went into the city of Southerland Springs on one occassion, and the camels were watered at the town well. It was tf:e boast of the city that the well had.never gone dry. About half the camels took a drink and the well was dry. The disturbance caused by the remaining tnirsty camels set the population into a panic sucfe as usually follows the scape of a lion or a mouse. But the endless feud between the : i-amels and the soldiers soon convinced the government that railroads would do just as well. The rush to Califor nia was well over, and frontier troubles were well under coDtrol by the time the civil war broke out. Tf:e government withdrew the foreign camel agents and closed the foreign offices. By the time the civil war was over the camels had disappeared. So had the Arabs. Some of the camels died, and some were stolen. Others escaped to the desert, and even today a hoary wild camel, white with age, occasionally terrifies Sunday newspaper feature writers into writing something about it. Very likely the ones which didn't .go to the desert swamp back to Egypt. Both reports are authenticated in ti"- same degree. -V Erhardt Bersch's painting was adopted by a real estate agent as a letterhead some years later. In the foreground on the Presidio before the barracks the Arabs fixed the trappings I on the spongy-footed steeds. Nearby, a | stalwart American Indian and a gaudy i Mexican. Across to the left the old fort ol the Alamo rises, and soldiers J ride and march before it. .Entering the plaza from the north is a wagon train, full of early settlers making it overland to California. The Crnel Policeman. "That policeman is too consciene in ho a frflrriPTlfT " I WXSWlVj WW WV U. QV.- . | "What do you mean?" "He arrested the growth of a vine on Lis house when he found it climbing through a window."?Exchange. To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System [Take the Old Standard GROVE'S I TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know j what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives ont malaria, the jlro* builds up the system. 50 cents I Subscribe to Tb* SrsU anC Sew*. j Senrry Douglas Stephens. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer J\ Stephens of Silverstreet, This is the same baby w! ose cut we printed some time ago, but by some confusion of tongues or something else, we got not only the name of the baby wrong, but we had the parents wrong. It was not intentional, and our acknowledgments are made to tne young man. So we print 1-is picture again, so that the future historian may know that the correct name of tLe ' i winner of the highest mark in the i < better babies contest is Scurry Doug- j, las Stephens, son of Mr. and Mrs.1 Homer P. Stephens, and not the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. F. Stephens, as pub- | lished heretofore. CARD OF THANKS. Mr. W. G. Peterson, rural carrier on R. F. D. No. 1, requests TLe Herald and News to extend his personal thanks to all those who in any way gave their assistance to the work of onr) rttKArwkp imrtrr>vine* t!_e cauuiii^ C*JLLV4 X- - ? . 0 condition of his road. Only a man who travels over a road every day in the year can fully appreciate the value of having that road kept in good repair, and for that reason also everj little aid and Lelp given by any one is doubly appreciated by Mr. Peterson. He serves his people well and faith-' fullv and has done so for years, and it is a great pleasure and satisfaction to him to know that at least there are those who appreciate ti e service of a faithful carrier and are willing to show that appreciation by doing something to improve the road over which- he rides every day in the year except Sundav and legal holidays. i ! Mr. Rleasp In Race. Belton Journal. Ex-Governor^Cole; L. Blease of Co-: lumbia, stated while in Belton Saturday night, that he will be in t!:e race ' for governor in the campaign of 1916. Many of his friends were present and were delighted to hear their former ewprnnr make the above statement, j - I I Mr. Frank Farmer of MoHoaon was | at the depot on Monday afternoon to take the 3:20 train for Columbia. Some one stole his suit case, which knocked him out of his trip. It is to be hoped the tLief will be caught Free Refreshment Old Stingee wab entertaining a boy nooa ineua uue tvenmg at mo isauic j cottage. After a couple of hours of: dry talk, the old fellow said genially: "Would you like some refreshment? a cooling draught, say? George?" "Why, yes, I don't care if I do," said ; George, and fce passed his hand across j his mouth and brightened up wonderfully. "Good!" said old Stingee. "I'll just open this window. There's a fine sea breeze blowing!"?Detroit Free Press. Far Kemoved. Ella?Miss Antique says she wishes she could step to the phone and call up her i^appy college days. Bella?If she did she'd have to em-: ploy the long-distance 'phone.?Florida Times-Union. Couldn't Keep Up. Old Gentleman (to passenger in boat train)?Have you had a rough cross- ! ing, sir? Passenger?Yes; pitch and toss the. who'e way?and I lost every time.? The Tattler. In the Usual Way. "How are you goiftg to spend the summer?" "Kicking about tfce climate and the' food, as usual," replied Mr. Growchex* "although I have not decided what place I'll go to."?Washington Star. Flies do not breathe through their mouths, but through holes in their j bodies. Their eyes are made up of 4,- j A AA ? WA /> V?1 A + A /lO T VT7 I UUV lafjeta, ruca aic auic iu ui; t from sixty to seventy times their own weigfct. In Switzerland, on the demand of 50,000 voters, or of eight cantons, any law passed by the federal parliament must b4 submitted to the general body of the people for acceptance or ?ejection.1 - j ' BkKK OPERA Today, Tuesd World Film Cor ROBERT 1 ] "The Man Who By George Produced by Wm. A. Br. Five Price: 10c; chilc rvri ti Atlant Birming Chatts v Southe PREMIER CARRU Thursday, A From Columbia, Nev Greenville. " Ix-. O ? ? i i_,ve. rrosperuy o.jj i 11 Newberry 8.48 1 44 Chappells 9.26 i Excursion tickets will special train and regulai special train as mention* \ Excursion tickets will regular trains except Nei ed No. 38, to reach origii night Tuesday August 31 A RARE OPl To visit Atlanta the M< the historical City of Che the Pittsburg of the Sou SIX DAYS OF SIGHT-5 For futher information i W. E. McGEE, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. Columbia, S. C. V. 16 size 20 year case 7 jewel |ro.oo 16 size nickle case 7 jewel 5.50 12 size 20 year c And we have a large line of ladie Also a full line of Bracelet Watcl $35-oo. P. C. JEA Jewelers an< Repairing a Specialty. Subscribe to' News, $1.50 a f j HOUSE I \ j ay, August 24. 1 poration Presents WARWICK IN Found Himself" Broadhurst ady Picture Plays Inc in A .1.. Iren under 12, 5c DCIAM IX J. 1 ^ :a, Ga. ham and inooga IA rn Ry. SR OF THE SOUTH ug. 26, 1915 ffhprrv. Greenwood and ' """'J' . Chattanooga Atlanta Birmingham \ M *.$3-50 $6.00 M 3.50 6.00 M 3 25 5.75 be good going only on r trains to connect with id above. be good returning on all v York New Orleans Limitaal star ting point by midI, 1915. POKTUNl l Y! stropolis of the South and ittanooga and Birmingham ilh. Seeing and pleasure ?rmlv tn TiWpf. Acrent.s or; *fSfS.LJ WW O S. H. McLEAN, Dist. Pass. Agt. Columbia, S. C. "\ 12 size 20 year case 7 jewel $12.50 12 size 20 year case 15 jewel 15 00 ase 17 jewel $18.00 ?s watches at eauallv as low prices. les ranging in price from Jn.oc to lNS & CO., i Optometrists The Herald and r year. I hnf m -S (6 s* s a oJ' ?! ? o ^ ! Sr* N : o o V taJ sr m X fj w h *1 2 p? M Q_ S P .k S3 ^ a V ft M $ 0) D Q (D pj ** fa fh Vd to <3 &- <2 * 0 o ^ H S ri H