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We Reoair Busfgv 2 and Automobile Tops! also Harness, Saddles and Suit f Cases ^iH ^hb mmmmM Bring Them In Newberry Hdw. Co. j Excursion Rates VIA Southern Railway Account Christmas Holidays The Southern Railway announces very low round trip fares, account of the Christmas holidays, tickets to be sold December 17th to 25th, inclusive, with final limit returning to reach original starting point prior to midnight, January 1U, iylb. For detailed information, apply to local agents, or communicate with S. H. McLEAN, Dist. Pass. Agent Columbia, S. C. ' I. Wllinll^ WIIIHII?HBBDB?ill Christmas and New Year I Excursion Fares j Between all points on the Atlantic Coast Line and points on connecting lines. Tickets on sale December 17th, 18th, 23rd* 24th and 25th, limited returning until midnight of Janaury 10th, 1916. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad The Standard Railroad of the South For ticket and Pullman reservation and any desired information, address T. C. White, Gen'l Pass. Agt., Wilmington, N. C. ! ! SOTICE OF AXNUAL MEETING To Drive Out Malaria Of County Board of Commissioners. And Build Up The System j Notice is hereby siven that the annual meeting of the county board of what you are taking, as the formula is j . . ~ xr v. * printed on every label, showine it is; commissioners for Newberry county Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form.; will be held in the office of the county The Quinine drives out malaria, the supervisor on Thursday, January 6, builds up the system. 50 cents KMP ' i|. \ IV j.o. i The law requires that all persona Cd Jfl 5^8" holding demands of any kind against t>i ^ the county, not previously presented to Will c?n*e Rheumatism, Neuthe board, will file the same, properly Headaches, Cramps, Co!k itemized and sworn to, with the clerk Sprains,.Bruises,1Cues, Burns, Olc thereof on or before the first day of Sores, Tetter, Ring-W orrn." 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LAXAJr 1*1AjJ4?N1> J{KAN 1> PILLS, for 25 TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary fp years known as Ecst, Safest. Always Re1iabl? Quinine and does not cause nervousness not .1--^ QftJ D QY fUfirfiKTC Pi'PDVli'yrDr riaging in head. Remember the full name and * ~U-l- ^i brtLuUUOr.VtKi^RlKf loDk -or the signature E. V. GVl VE. 25c. NAVJ YARDS GET I i LARGE CONTRACTS: ! ? i TO Bl'ILD BATTLESHIPS NOS. 43; AND 44. Daniels Awards Jobs to New York and j .Hare Island \ayal Establishments Because Cheaper. Washington, Dec. 9.?Secretary Dan-! ; iels announced today that contracts I ! for the construction of battleships No. j | 43 and Xo. 44, authorized by the last j ! Annirroco It a H hoon QWQrHPli t f) fllP XeW i v_.oo, nw-u Kr\*\si.k t* ?? ^ ~ v. York and Mare Island navy yards, respectively, their bids being: New York $7,690,925, Mare Island $7,413,156. The decision to build the ships in the government yards was reached at ! a conference between President Wilson and Secretary Daniels. All bids submitted by private con<->* ^ /\ ?-> A n A fVirt one t fivo/1 hv PAtl. ! VJCI lis CAUCCUCU LUC HTJV "J v-v. , gress for construction- of the vessels. The secretary announced that he would ask congress to authorize the ! equipment of the navy yard at Phila-! delphia for battleship construction at j a cost of approximately $1,000,000 in order to be better prepared for the increased building programme contemplated in the administration defense plans. Keels of battleships Xo. 43 and No. 44, iMr. Daniels said, could be laid in August or September of next year. - - - ... . . V , 'The battleship Calitornia, now cruna-1 ing at the New York yard, will be off j the ways by that time. The Mare Island estimate included ' several hundred thousand dollars for | enlarging stocks to take a 32,000-ton j shin. Material for this work will be I purchased immediately and contracts for the structural steel of both ships probably will be awarded tomorrow. In submitting its estimates, the New York yard proposed to build either a turbine driven ship or one equipped with the combined steam and electrical machinery first authorized for a heavy warship when tfn's system was decided upon for the California. The Mare Island yard estimated only on a turbine driven ship. Secretary Daniels said a decisiou would be reached later as to whether the electric drive system should be in stalled on one or both of the new j ships. Estimates for electric drive j were lower than those of the straight j turbine type. Secretary Daniels said his reason for having the ships bui't in navy yards had been explained to the chairmen of the senate and house naval committees The last battleship constructed by the navy, he haid, had cost $7,200,000 for hull and machinery, but increased torpedo defenses in the new ships would j mean an additional cost of $150,000 to $175,000. Congress set the limit of cost for each ship at ^7,800,000 and j the secretary said that while the de-1 partment would not hold itself to the estimate submitted by the New York and Mare Island yards, there was a wide margin between those figures and the congressional limit. The ships will require 68,422,220 pounds of structural steel and bids recently received from steel companies show that it can be obtained at less than the cost estimated -biy the navy varris Armor nlate Drices are un changed from last year. Assurances have been received that there will be no delay in the delivery of any material. Mr. Daniels expects both ships to be completed within 34 months. popui^^mNics AiAGAZINB ' 300 ARTICLES-300 ILLUSTRATIONS! ]7"EEP informed of the World's Progress in Engineering, Mechanics and Invention. For Father and Son and All the Family. It appeals t to all classes?Old and Young?Men and Women. It is the Favorite Magazine in thousands of homes throughout the world. Our Foreign Correspondents are constantly on the watch for things new and interesting and it is Written So You Can Understand It The Shop Notes Department (20 Pages) contains Practical Hints for 8nop Work and easy ways for the layman to do things around the Home. Amateur Mechanics (17 Pages) for the Boys and Girls who like to make things, tells how to make Wireless and Telegraph Outfits, Engines, Boats, Snowshoes, Jewelry. Beed Furniture, etc. Contains instructions for the Mechanic, Camper and Sportsman. $1.50 PER YEAR ? single buriu, iac Order from year newsdealer or direct from the pubtt-ilter. Sample copy will be sont on requeat. POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE 6 No. Michigan Avenue. CHICAGO No, ?6S Thia ia a prescription prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS &. FEVER. ii-? rtr r.rv rir?o#?Q txt-tII hr/??lr oriTr flTlf! ! * ? ?J if ts'ken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. it acts on the liver better I1 ar. Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. #5* WET GUNCOTTON. l/lore Stable Than Dry and Explodes Only From a Severe Shock. Owing to its high percentage of nitrogen oxide, guncotton when exposed to j air in a dry state rapidly absorbs oxy- j gen from the air and becomes very ; dangerous, exploding spontaneously or 1 from slight shock. Dry guneotton in ; unconGned mass merely burns with a flash like gunpowder, only much more rapidly; it does not exert explosive effect unless confined, as in a shell. In its dry state guneotton is seldom used for primers and detonators, as it is too unstable and will.explode with a slight j shock or blow. . The guneotton carried aboard war vessels and submarines for the explosive charge of torpedoes is always wet guneotton. kept in air tight containers to prevent evaporation of mois ITT 4 ^ U ~ lure. \v t'i guucouou am ue e.vt?uueu only by a severe shock; bence primers or detonators of some more powerful explosive are necessary, these exploding on impact of the torpedo against a ship's side and in turn exploding the guncotton in the war head. Fifty to 100 pounds is the usual charge of a torpedo. Ordinarily safe if properly stowed away from heat and kept moist, guncotton becomes dangerous from liability to spontaneous explosion when a slight excess of acid is present, and I constant and regular tests for acidity are part of the duties of ordnance officers of war vessels and ammunition depots. Guncotton giving a bigh acid test is promptly condemned and either j destroyed or reworked and washed.?! American Druggist. LAW OLD AND NEW. A Cynical View of Past Methods and Those of the Present. Law. more especially criminal law, has usually been an occult science. It is still the practice in Burma, we be- j lieve, to give two disputants candles of the same size, to be lighted at the same time. The one whose candle burns longest gets judgment against the other. Less than 100 years ago a defendant in an English criminal trial appealed to the ordeal of battle, and the court was more or less surprised to find that rhe ancient law on which be relied had never been repealed. Determining a man's guilt or innocence by his ability to walk on bot plowshares or carry a hot iron or drink a poisonous decoction or by throwing him bound into water has been practiced for ages among many ? *? * t a peoples. Tne medieval metuuu <jj. jetting accused and accuser fight it out with weapons was common over Eu-1 rope. Our modest ancestors confessed their Inability to find the merits of the cause and so relegated the whole affair to the intervention of supernatural agencies. The main difference is thar we are less modest. Instead of the ordeal of battle or the old key and Bible test or the "sieve witch." we have the defendant play a game of trip the court. If he can catch the judge putting down an "i" dot over an "e" he wins and is pronounced innocent?Sat? urday Evening Post Snuff and a Crook. Robert Pinkerton once told a story of his father, the founder of the detective agency, which illustrates the elder Pinkerton's caution. A noted criminal was detained in Pinkerton's Chicago office. The elder Pinkerton left the room and when he returned took the precaution of holding a revolver in front of him ready for use. He saw the criminal standing by the door with a snuffbox he had picked up from Pinkerton's desk in his hand. "This is good snuff." affably remarked the crook as he took a sniff. "For the eyes or the nose.' " asnea Pinkertou. who knew that the crook had intended to blind him in an effort to escape. "Well." remarked the criminal, "I'm sorry to say that the nose gets it this time." Flexibility of English. English is not only, as Richard Jefferies asserted, the most expressive and flexible of tongues, but also, in Swinburne's oDinion. the most musical He proclaimed the lines? Music that gentlier on the spirit lies Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes to be unmatched for melody in any language. And few would venture to contradict such a master of music and tongues. But surely French ranks next on the roll of languages. For clearness of dicticji it is unrivaled, and, thanks to its abundance of vowels (close on one for every consonant), it flows rhythmically from the tongue. An Odd Apology. This is the classic apology of a celebrated statesman of the last generation: "Mr. Speaker, in the heat of debate I stated that the right honorable gentleman opposite was a aisnonesi and unprincipled adventurer. I have now, in a calmer moment, to state that I am sorry for It" One Lesson Learned. "In this practice to become a soldier your first lesson must be of prompt and unquestioning obedience to your superior officer." "That's all right, captain; I'm married. What's the next lesson?"?Baltimore American. ? i P- l_ . *T" [ ne UICS ramiiy i ree. "What a lot of men get jobs on the : strength of their ancestry!" "Yes. A good family tree has pro . dueed many a plum!"?New York Telegraph. Must Offer Pai \ Fall Ch United States' Note to Asuti Point That They Must L C/v/o #11 RO/wm I 11 viv un Washington, Oec. 9.?The note which the United States has sent to Austria -on the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona was based, it was learned tonight, primarily upon the (virtual admission of the Austria-Hungarian admiralty in its official statement that the ship was torpedoed before all the passengers lhad been removed to a place of safety. It also was stated that the position of the United States as outlined in its communication asking reparation for American lives lost and assurances that such acts would not be repeated is that no matter whether a merchantman stops upon the firing of a warning shot by a warship or after a pursuit, all the passengers must be removed before the vessel is sunk. | The text of the note was not made public tonight, as it had been indicated it would be. Officials of the state de! partment refused to discuss the com muni cat. ion in any way, uev/umug even to admit that it had been sent. It was said that the failure to give out the note for publication was due to the fact tha^ the state department had not been advised of its arrival at Vienna. Austrian in Conference. Baron Erich Zweidenek, charge o! the Austro-Hungarian embassy, called upon Counsellor Polk of the state department late today, remaining with him for nearly an hour. Neither Mr. Polk ncr the charge would reveal the deiails of their discussion. Information concerning the principal factor considered in the framing | of the- American note was obtained after it had been said at the state dej partment that no reply to the list of I inquiries recently submitted to the Vienna foreign office through Ambasj sador Penfield had been received. The | admissions of the Austrian admiralty | were contained in an official statement issued on. November 14 which, after giving the Austrian version of the case of the Ancona, continued as I follows: "The submarine allowed 45 minutes MERCHANT SAYS SHADOW OVER HOME IS LIFTED L I REMARKABLE RECOYERY MADE BY MRS. D. G. FREE. Terrible Ailment of Columbia Woman Quickly Relieved by Wonderful Tanlac. ! A home made happy, a life given renewed strength and relief from suffering which had continued six years and had reduced her health to that almost of an invalid?that is the astonishing J results Mrs. D. G. Free of Columbia obtained from Tanlac, according to the statement of her husband, who is pro prietor of the D. G. Free Furniture company, 1430 Assembly street. "I have spent at least $1,000 to secure relief for her, but Tanlac is the only medicine which has given her relief," said Mr. Free. "I sometimes believe Tanlac is the medicine the Lord i sent her," added the grateful husband. I shall always be glad to recommend Tanlac, for it is a wonderful medicine. "My wife suffered terribly with in digestion, and for six years she was supposed to be threatened with dropsy of the stomach, which caused her constantly increasing suffering. She had no appetite and was confined to her bed three-fourths of the time. She employed servants to do her housework. When she began taking Tanlac Mrs. Free was a physical and nervous wreck, and was steadily becoming worse, despite all medical science seemed able to do for her. I was spending an average of $50 per month for medical services for her. "We finally came to the conclusion that her case was beyond relief. I was in a desperate frame of mind. Seeing Tanlac so extensively recommended, we decided to try it, and the immedia'e result for her was wonderful. "After she had taken two bottles the servants were discharged, and Mrs. Free began doing her housework, something she had not done in ye.irs. Her appetite is good now, and she oats anything she wants. She is gaining rapidly in weight, and her pallor has been replaced by a rosy colci*. She bears little resemblance to herself as she was a month ago, and she is in fino Rnirits. "It is almost unbelievable that any medicine could have brought such wonderful results, but Tanlac surely has done so in the case of Mrs. Free, and it can not be praised too highly, j sengers ance to Escape ria-Hungary Said to Make ie Removed to Place of ter is Torpedoed. lor the passengers and crew to abandon the steamer on board of which panic reigned, but only a small number of boats were lowered and these were occupied principally by the crew. a pat nnmbpr of boats. Drobably sufc* ficient to save all the passengers, remained unoccupied. "Alter a period of 50 minutes, and as another steamer was approaching, the submarine submerged and torpedoed the Ancona, which sank after an additional 45 minutes." Blamed the Crew, The statements concluded with the assertion that if any of the passengers lost their lives it was the fault of the ? "* * J Z. X?3 J A, _ crew, because ine steamer tneu w cape after receiving orders to stop and then the crew saved themselveL and not the passengers. This statement was accepted here as an admission that many passengers were aboard when the Ancona received hed death blow. Much evidence along this line has been obtained in depositions obtained by consular agents from American citizens. One of these depositions states positively that the more seriously injured passengers were left aboard at the last moment to be carried down with the ship. iWhile the United States has insisted heretofore that vessels carrying noncombatants should not be sunk without warning, this is the first case which, it is said, has developed ths view of the government as to what time is considered ample for the purpose of removing passengers, beyond the general statement that all passengers should be given a place of safety, as provided in the declaration of London. The position of the United States is iinrtprs+Aori to be that while no specific time can be settled upon which would be applicable in all cases, it is evident sufficient time was not allowed in this instance. The Ancona is considered an extreme case, it being admitted by all sources of information that a panic prevailed aboard the ship. She is now taking her third bottle." Tanlac, the premier preparation, is sold at Gilder & (Weeks, Newberry; Prosperity Drug Co., Prosperity; Little Mountain Drug Co., Little Mountain, Price: $1 per bottle. SAFEGUARDING ROYALTY. ? Precautions In Olden Days When an English Monarch Was III. The British law retains some pecollar provisions with reference to the "illness of the king." These provisions are mere survivals in the present settled order of government, but there was a time when the king's incapacity afforded opportunity to aspirants to fV>i.nnn tn ohnptan hia fla*' of A min IUC IU1UUC IV OUVt UAW MV imum risk of detection. Accordingly certain wise precautions were matters of law. In his "Institutes" Coke says. "If the King be taken sick there ought to be a warrant issue from the Privy Council, addressed to certain physi cians and surgeons, authorizing then to administer to the Royal patient po tiones. syrupos. laxitavas. medicinas etc.; still, none of these should be giv en except by consent and advice ol the Councils and they ought to set down in writing everything done and administered, and they should com pound all drugs themselves and not entrust their preparation to any apothecary." Coke thus wrote of precedent in 1G10. and today the law is practically as he found it. alrhough now the privy council simply bears reports of the progress of the king's malady and leaves actual treatment entirely to the physicians in direct charge of the case. ?Pearson's Weekly. Going Out of Business?After fifty inHro KnRir;As? in town of J'CCUi O avurv Prosperity, S. C., we are going to retire. We have good mamy unpaid accounts and notes due us and we want our friends and customers to settle up before the first of January, 1916. We are willing to make a most liberal settlement. Accounts unsettled by January 1st, 1916, go into h^nds of our attorney, and if not paid go into judgment. Anyone having claims against us we want them presented for payment. Moseley Bros. ' 12-19-2t Notice?I have a store house and dwelling house for rent cheap at Harmon, S. C., in No. 6 township and on rural route No. 1 out of Kinard,s S. C., and can give parties possession on January 2, 1916. Parties wishing to rent apply to J. J. Amick, Chappells, S. C. 12-7-ltw2t f ] "t