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TOLU3LE L1Y., XOIBEE 37. 3EWBEHKY, S. i *0?DSTITFS RISE AS COTTON FULLS Pointing out the intimate relation tetween the prices of foodstuffs and of cotton recently, with cottonralling *nd food products advancing, D. K. Coker rhairman nf the South Caro lina commission for civic prepared ness, has issued another appeal to the farmers of South. Carolina to plant moi% food crops. Says the appeal: "The South Carolina commission for civic preparedness wishes to call the attention of the farmers to the fact that foodstuffs have recently continued their steady and rapid ad vance, and that cotton has recenrry declined. "Many supply merchants are fur , nishing practically nothing except foodstuffs to their customers and ary goods merchants are beginning to re port a severe diminution in the vol ume of their trade. "Large government war orders are temporarily supporting the cotton and cotton goods market, but the re duction of the dry goods trade must ^ eventually have its effect. We are confronted also with the serious probability that a continuation of the rapid sinking of vessels by German submarines will leave no ocean ton Tiapp available for carrvin? cotton this fall, as every available ship ma7 and probably will be needed to carrj * foodstuffs and munitions to the allies. "No one can accurately predict tne future but we suggest that the all cotton farmer consider'the situation in which he will find hiaiself thia fall should foodstuffs remain at 1am ine prices and cotton decline serious ly from present prices. "It is becoming more and more evident that the production and con densation of foodstuffs and their transportation to England and France are the problems upon whose solution the war will principally depend. * "The men, women and children 01 v this nation who are aiding in these matters are rendering just the ser vice which is required of them this emergency. ""What shall w? say of those wlic will not heed the S. 0. S. call or 0*1 president? "David R. Coker, "Chairman South Carolina Commis sion for Civic Preparedness foi War." . LOYE OF HIS KIND ALL HE HAP TO LEAY? \ Justice Walter Lloyd Smith, pre siding over the third department ol the appellate divsion of the su preme court, read, at a recent meet ing of the New York University la* school alumni association, the follow ing very interesting and remarkable document, the last will ana testament of Charles 'Lounsbury, who died In the Cook county asylum at Dunning 111.: "I, Charles Lounsbury, being o! sound mind and disposing memory, do hereby make and publish this, my last will and testament, in order as justly as may be to distribute my in terest in the world among succeea Ni<? mark "That part of my interest which -is known in law and recognized Id the sheep-bound volumes as my property, being insonsiderable and ol no account, I make no disposal of in this my will. "My right to live, being but a life estate, is not at my disposal, bui these things excepted all else in the world I now proceed to devise ana bequeath? "Item: I give to good fathers and mothers, in trust for their children, all good little words of praise ana encouragement, u.uu an quamt names and endearments, and I charge said parents to use them justly ana generously, as the needs of their chil dren may require. "Item: I leave to children inclu sively, but'only for the term of their childhood, all and every, the flowers of the fields, and the blossoms of the woods, with the right to play among them freely according to the customs of children, warning them at the same time against thistles and thorns. And I devise to children the banks of the brooks, and the golden sands beneath the waters thereof, and the odors of the willows that dip therein, and the white clouds that float high over the giant ticos. And I leave the chil dren the long, long days to be merry in, in a thousand ways, and the night and the moon and the train of the Milky Way to wonder at, but subject nevertheless to the rights hereinaf ter given to lovers. "Item: I device to boys jointly all the useful idle fields and commons where ball may be played; all pleas ant water where one may swim; all snowclad hills where one may coast, and all streams and ponds where one *-^ay fish, or where, when grim win ter comes, one may skate; to have and to noia me same lor tne penou of their boyhood. lAnd all meadows with the clover blossoms and butter flies thereof, the woods and their ap purtenances, the squirrels and birds and echoes and strange noises, ana all distant places which may be visit ed, together with the adventures there found. And I give to said boys ch his own place at the flresiao at s^Sht, with all pictures \that may THE CHAUTAUQUA STILL 15 THE I/EAD | j | The Redpath chautauquah con-; tinues to hold its firm place in the' heart of Newberry. Everything is' "Chautauqua," "chautauqua."' Ana? . tv?ck inHifatinna arp if thp war famine , i or other dire calamity don't knock; i it up, which we hope they won't, next! year there will have to be a bigger i , tent in Newberry. Since the last is ; sue of The Herald and News there ! have been several very interesting programs to add to those already! noted. j We did not have the opportunity ot. hearing on Thursday afternoon( press, ! day) the lecture by Mr. B. F. Mc- [ j Donald of Newark, Ohio, on "Moon-; ' shine."' Some who heard it say It was fine. Of course it was, otherwise' it could not have a place in the chau lauqua programs, .dux. we ueaiu tue i oratorio artists Thursday night. The! 1 members of the company are Myrtle: Thdrnburgh, soprano; Nevada Van: Der Veer, contralto; Reed Miller,I tenor, and Frederick Wheeler, bari-j tone. It was fine quartette singing! and each solo was also of superior,1 i quality. .Newoerry people were j mostly interested in Reed Miller, i . he is a native South Carolinian ana1 "known to many personally in New-! berry. If the entire audience did no:. enjoy the rare treat an overwhelming j majority did. The next attraction witnessed by j ! The Herald and News representative j was the concert Friday night by tne| 1 celebrated Sala Trio, who favored the! ' audience with choice selections of! Spanish music. They are cultivates musicians. During the evening had the pleasure of seeing and hear ing Fraulein Marie Mayer of Oberam mergau. She captivated her audience1 by her charming reference to ouri | country and our flag, which she loves L as she lov?3 her own. Then there | was the gifted and versatile Princess j WatahwAso in her real Indian sonsrs. legends and dances. This was easily among'the best attractions of the happy season. Princess Watahwaso won the hearts of all, from the may-i or'down to the reporter. i The attraction Saturday afternoon | and night was the famous Gilbert and Sullivan Opera company. One of the | largest crowds of the season packed j the tent at night and witnessed 'The Mikado." There may have been two ! or perhaps three of that audience i who were not In harmonious accord j with the whole in intense enjoyment . i of the beautiful and entertaining, and ; at times highly amusing prsentatlon. . It certainly took well and the peoprw .; of Newberry pronounced each mem-. - i ber of the troupe to be star in his and . her line. ' Monday was another press day, ; keeping The Herald and News ^nen L away from the afternoon show and ? we go to press before the night per ! formance. ' | This afternoon and tonight New I j berry will have the lifetime oppor ! tunity of hearing the great Creatore 1; and his great hand. Go early or yon ' j will not get a seat. ; TEN MILLION MEN IN BRA IT LOUTS ' i Washington, May 12.?Ten million men in the United States will he sub ject to the selective conscription on : July 1, within the ages agreed upon ' j ia the conference report on the war ! j army bill, Director Rogers of the cen 1 sus bureau announced today. This number of men between the ages of 21 and 50. innlusivft. ret>resents very -I nearly 10 per cent, of the total es j timated population of between 10#, 'j 000,000 and 104,000.00 on July 1, !| 1917. Of these conscription eligibies the bureau estimates Alabama will have 209,900, Arkansas 156,600, Flor ida 95,300, Georgia 255,400, Kentucky 202,200, Louisiana 171.0W), Maryla\i - 121/500, Mississippi 175,1?0, North j Carolina 194,400, South Carolina 137, i! 000, Tennessee 195,080, Texas 420,200, Virginia 186,400. be seen in the burning wood, to en i joy without let or hindrance and with uut ttiij iiiuuuiuiauw ui vaic, "Item: To lovers, I devise their imaginary world, with whatever they | may need; as the stars of the sky; the red roses by the wall; the bloom of the hawthorn; the sweet strains of music, and aught else by which they may desire to figure to eacn t other the lastingness and beauty of j their love. I "Item: To young men jointly, ij ! devise and bequeath all boisterous, ; inspiring aports of rivalry, and I give I | to them the disdain of weakness and j undaunted confidence in their own j strength, though they are- rude; i ! give them the power to make lasrt | ing friendships, and of possessing j companions, and to them exclusively j I give all merry songs and brave j choruses, to sing witn lusiy voices. "Item: And to those who are 110 I longer children, or youths, or lovers, I leave memory and bequeath to them the volumes of the poems of Burna and SMkespeare and of other poets, if the~e he others, to the end that they ir*y live over the old days a?a!n. freely and fully, without tithe or domination. * PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS FROM PROSPERITY TO>V> Prosperity, May 14.?Prof. Gilbert Voigt of Newberry college spent the week-end with his sister, Mrs. C. ). Shealy. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Buzhardt of \'MVhArrv vfsitp/5 \Tr T. L. Shpalv tile latter part of lact week. Mrs. A. E. Tinsley, after a month's stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Langford, has returned to her home in Spartanburg. Prof. John Taylor, who has been j sick for some time in Austin. Texas, ! reached home Sunday. Mr. A. H. Hawkins has gone to j Florence to inspect the reformatory ; for white boys. Mrs. Julian Price has returnee: | from Saluda, accompanied home Dy j her cousin. Miss Vera Parrott. Mr. Byrd Gibson is visiting in 3a luda. Mr. C. S. Patrick, Dr. and Mrs. ?. A. Hunt returned to Saluda Sunday,' after a visit to relatives ana friends.,; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil 'Wyche of Spar-; tanburg spent last week with Dr. ana Mrs. C. T. Wyclie. Rev. and Mrs. George S. Bearaen: : have moved to Saluda, where Mr. Bearden has accepted the pastorate of the Lutheran church. I . Mrs. Virgil Kohn has returned from ; thp fnliimhia hnsniffll Mrs. Mark Bedenbaugh was oper ated on at the Columbia hospital last' Friday and is reported doing nicely. Misses Anna, Julia and Clio Har mon spent the week-end in Newber ry with the Misses Amick. Mrs. T. L. Wheeler, after spending a week with her daughter, Mrs. J. 1.1 Bedenbaugh, has returned to her home near Excelsior. The Memorial Droeram was well : rendered on Friday. Dr. James P.j Kinand made a most excellentf talk j to a large and. appreciative audience, j After the meeting the Daughters with [ wreaths and the school childrefl with ! United States flags marched to the cemetery where the graves of the veterans were decorated. i Mrs. J. B. Stockman is in Columbia having her tonsils removed. Miss Bess Bowers is home from Florence and Bishopville. ! j Miss Lucile Counts of Pomaria is j spending the week with Miss Grace! Burton Reagin. Messrs. Elmer Long, Leslie Sing-! ley and Willie M. Lester left Sunday for Fort Oglethorpe to enter the ot-j ficers' reserve corps. Mesdames Browne and Quattie baum gave a joint reception to their music pupils at the school building Friday afternoon. Ice cream was served. Miss Sudella Shealy is visiting 1? oua ; t t irieuus ill vi wu w uuu. one nui. turn home in a few days. Old Town Letter. TV>?? T? irl ctc* Snrin cr ar>hr\nl Bosqinn A. UV/ iViUJjV w 1916 and 1917 was brought to the close of a most successful term 011 Friday, having been taught by .Miss; Azile Maybin as principal and so ably assi&ted by Miss Lilly Johnson. On Friday evening the closing exercises u. die ociiooi were held, consisting or songs, dialogues and two excellent' drills, a special favorKe * as the pan tomime of a "Bunch of Daisies." Miss Ruby Feilers being the only graduate J it Hi rrru* .-.V.; 1 I ieau a wen wriueu essav. u c v-mi dren reflected much credit on their I teachers and themselves. A Victroia I furnished by Air. LeRoy Salter or ! Xewbefry added greatly to the even-' ! ing's enjoyment. Quit-e a number of people enjoyed! | the school picnic in Mr. H. T. Fellers'; | pasture on Saturday. In the morning; the clouds were heavy, indicating rain for sure, but as the day wore on the sun came out and a very pleas ant day was spent. A large audience was charmingly1 entertained on Saturday evening at! the school house by Misses Ad-deliej Fellers, Azile Maybin and Elsie Pitta,! Messrs. Ryon Matthews, E. N. Living-1 ston aad James Werts, Johnnie San-j ders, acting as the various charac- < ters in an excellent play, "The Noble! Outcast" They all proved them-j selves to be talented and well tram-i ed. Several persons expressed them-| selves as being surprised at so mucn i local talent being among us. Miss I Mildred Abrams recited two selec- j tions between acts which were great-1 ly enjoyed. Mr. Paul McElree of Morristown, | Misses Loree and LfOuise Smith of I Greenwood, Misses Ida Fellers and j Mildred Abrams of dewberry spent the week-end at Mr. H. T. Fellers'. Miss Beatrice Livingston ol Po maria viaited Miss Elsie Pitts. j Mr. Davis of Ninety-Six came down ; I fo* the play Saturday evening, visit ing his friend, Mr. E. N. Livingston. Miss Lilly Johnson left for her home in Nesmith on Sunday, stopping over for a few days with Miss Ethel Seybt in Pomaria. Miss Maybin will visit friends near New-berry before going to her home in Richburg. We are sorry to see these young ladies! leave our midst. They have mace'1 many friends during their stay here and we wish for them a pleasant va-, cation. FOOD { ONTROL BILL DOES nifi\ I Iirjrj t > I", U. l i ni.Mf r>i i ijijui j > an ii Washington. May 11.?On the heel3 of the announcement that plans are being laid by President Wilson and experts of food production for the naming of a food dictator, Senator Gore late today introduced in the sen ate the administration's lirst food con trol bill. The bill, designed to bring an in in the nroduction of food and to conserve the present supply, has been worked on by administration offi cials ever since the beginning of the war with Germany. wido nowers are given the depart ment of agriculture. They include: First, a national survey of food on hand and in prospect to be conducted by the department of agriculture. Second, the fixing o standard grades and classification of foodstuffs espec ially wheat and corn flour, to be done by the war department of agriculture. Third, to give the secretary of agri culture power to promulgate regula tions suspending the pure food laws so a3 to permit the mixing of wheat, corn and other cereaLs in making flour. Fourth, drastic punishment for per sons or corporations conviciea ol at tempts to hoard or corner any food supply of the nation. Fifth, appropriating $1,500,000 for carrying out the provisions of the measure. Authority for the government to regulate prices, uisuiuuuuu auu o?.v^x age of foodstuffs which the adminis tration will seek was not contained in the measure. These provisions will be introduced in the form of a sep arate measure. COLORE DPEOPLE HOLD PREPAREDNESS MEETING On Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock -T W. Butler called a meeting of col ored people at Elisha church. Meet ing was called to order by H. B. But ler, opened with prayer by John Rob erson, after which J. W. Butler read the proclamation issued to thevpeople of South Carolina by the national government and the State govern ment on preparedness for the war; after which a motion by B. L. Samuel that we would respond was adopted. There were white gentlemen pres i ent. - Mr. O. iW1. Long was called on. I He gave an interesting talk ? drying | the people to raise all the foodsturr | they coulld. Mr. G. P. Boulware g? e an interesting talk on the condition I of the time. Each of these talks was j highly appreciated by all the peopr*. I Other talks were made by colored j citizens, after which the forming or clubs was agreed upon as follows: Club on Corn?J. W. Butler, John Williams, J. R. Nelson. Club on Peas?H. B. Butler. Club on Cane?W. H. Floyd, Clin ton Jefferson, Willie Butler. Club on Peanuts?Sam Tribble, Willie Moore, ?j. i. nuju. Club on Cabbages?Nancy Tribble, 1 Ida Floyd, M. E. Butler. Club on Tomatoes?M. A. Lindsay, M. S. Williams, Lila Moore. Club on Cattle?B. L. Samuel. Club on Potatoes?J. R. Butler, F. L. Lindsay, H. B. Butler, Jr., L. Sin gleton, B. L. Samuel, Jr. J. R. Butler,'Sec. COLORED CITIZENS TRTN7TY HOLD PREPAKEli^ tss jitiiiiiim i On Thursday at 4 o'clock a large ' crowd of colored people met at Trin ity A. M. E. church, about seven miles west of NeWberry, to receive instructions for preparation of the ovioic Thp Rev. T. C. Croker, VUUllllg lOiO. pastor of Smyrna church, was the first speaker. He made a timely ad dress, the necessity of raising more foodstuffs. Valuable information was given on canning beans and -raising chickens. In his closing remarks ne said: "Let the white and colored peo ple stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of the greatest crisis the world has ever witnessed." The Rev. W. R. Bougnight was the next speaker, who spoke on high cost of living and high cost of food and manv other valuable things. He said that the United States -wag the smokehouse of the world. A short talk was made by Mr. Hendrix, a citi zen of that section. Addresses were also made by Sam Nance, United States farm agent, colored, and U. S. Gallman, colored school supervisor. Talks were made also by J. S. Smith and Jim Boozer, leaders of the local nrpnaredness campaign. It is believ ed that this meeting will mean much to the people of that section and they are preparing to raise foodstuffs as never before. Another meeting is ex pected soon. Death of An Elderly Lady. Mrs. Louisa Frances Koon died at her home near Peak on Thursday morning and was buried at the fam ily graveyard Friday morning at 10 o'clock, P. F. Baxler & Son, funeral directors, jvirs. jyuuii ***? oo /?..? old. Death of dn Infant The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Stribble of Mollohon died Thurs day night and was buried Friday evening at 6 o'clock at Rosemontj cemetery, service by the Rev. JV. R. j Boukzight. ' I ii E COL LECTIO NS OF A PICNIC FORTY-FOCR YEARS AGO i ' The abundant rain of Monday re-' call-s a similar condition of the weatn er which occurred in Newberry forty - "M1HJ o crr\ f n-QO tho firstf Til Am 1.UU1 J M" O X L, >1 uo u> ? ? uay in May, 1873, that the Newberry ' Female Academy had set for its an- < | nual picnic. The clouds on Monday j looked ominous and foreboding for the : next day was one of pleasure to the large number of young women wiiose tutelage was presided over so faith : fully by the late Capt. A. P. Pifer. j Tuesday morning the clouds rolled | up from a never-ending stream from J the southeastern horizon. The wa ! gons and the baskets and the girls? not least important in fhe programme, i er can testify as to girls of those : days who are now matrons of New- j berry?all had been assembled at the academy, prepared to make the trip [ to Mendenliail's mill on Bush river.' But no sooner than the time had ar rived for the trip than the rain De i gan to descend. One series of cloud3 ! would roll by. the sun would dawn i out in. dazzling splendor and hope j would be kindled in the hearts of the I young men?plenty of them had been j invited?and the girls, when bigger and bigger clouds with an ever-in j creasing downpour of rain would I emerge from the horizon. ! The writer had been invited to be I one of the party. He had no sisters going to school, but?well, a "boy would have a poor showing at a pic | nic with no sister if he did not have ; some other boy's sister to look at even if he ventured no further?yet he could not go, for it was publlca- ? trion day in the Herald office. He had a good point of observation?for ' clouds, girls, wagons, baskets, from j the rear window of the Herald office, i which was then located in the sec | oad story of the wooden Dunaing j which after the fire of March, 1877, gave place to the Mower building at ; I the corner of Main and College (Ad-/ ams) streets. The front of the Academv building (now the residence of Mr. Jos. Mann) seemed like a beehive of activity, as the girls and young men would swarm in and out of the building .*s the showers would descend and cease. It was evident as the day sd^* along, that it would be impossible to hold the nicnic. and it had to be post poned. So with the exception of the first week in May, 1S91, the rainfall for similar periods has never been ex j ceeded since 1873. The rainfall here in Columbia last Monday was 2.06 VaUVi nw V? n a U Konn OA I IIIUIIC3. ^ClUULCl uao iW ov w U j in May during similar period?. In j May 1891, the centennial anniversary ! of Columbia was celebrated and all who participated in the celebration will well remember tne muddy condi tion of Main street for the military ! parade. ' The above recollections are intro | ductcry to a personal incident which , o.?.nrrred :'n the Herald offi-ce. The i writer wrs an apprentice and haa ! Lee:: the printer's devil about four 1 months. The late Thomas F. Grene j ker was tue editor and proprietor ot ! ine tieraia ana ae vraa iiiaftmg a. iauu able effort to get a scoop on his neign bor of The Progressive Age as to the outcome of the picnic. A~ picnic In those days was a?well, it was a pic nic?none of your three-couples af fairs, but it presented all the people I from pater familias on down to the J two-year old. Everybody went?was j exepcted to go and take along hamp ! ers of fried chicken and pies and ] snch things. The H. C. L. was not j ' in it?nobody cared anything about | anybody or anything -with snch "In trimmings" in those hal-cyon days. The hour for going to press was imminent?12 o'clock noon. Capt. Pifer wasn't a weather prophet even if the writer had been one of his most adorable pupils before he left the j boys in the fall of 1869 and decided I Vy r\ r\ fVva r> o OWC/im Cif tTl Q VoW- ! ' ' ' ucwmc utu?^v/^uv/ v*. wmv * | berry girls. He had a strenuous; time trying to control -the girls from taking the risk of the clouds and hold- i ing the picnic at all hazards. At last the venerable editor?he was not so old then, but he always appeared venerable to the printers' j boy?decided on the cast which he would give to the Herald's account: of the rncnic. It was a desperate, I case. He seized the first scrap of i ! paper at hand and dashed off?no, he didn't do it that way; it was not! modern days then in country print-j ing offices. He just took from his1 desk on the right hand side of the room next to the passage way which 1 separated tne neraia omce irom uie j adjoining building?I can see yhfan ' now at the desk by the window open- , ling on the passage way?an envel-; ope whi-ch had come with a letter through the mail and carefully, with ' the most painstaking care wrote an imaginary account of the discussion' going on at the assembly of students; at the academy, whether or not the picnic should be held. He said a' "chairman'' presided. wnen ne naa nnmnea tne toiuposi- : tion of the item for the printer, he J handed it to the foreman, the late J. i ! H. M. Kinard. The foreman's face1 took on a look puzzling between hnm-j < or and anxiety. He was preparing i the type foms for the,press.-an<i.Md J ! no time to put the picnic item in'type himself. He had one Journeyman i ** / \ ,V GOOD 0>E OX THE EDITOK OF THE HERALD AND SEWS Our local reporter always alert to say something good about Newberry people, or to copy anythmg good ttiat is said by any of our cotemporariea of Newberry people, copied a few is sues back a very nice notice apout a piano rectial at the Columbia college by Miss Julia M. Daniel, and went on to say that she was a daugnter of Dr. W W. Daniel, who is well and favorably remembered in Newberry, and further to say that she is a neica of the editor of The Herald and News. That was all very nice, -out In due course a copy of The Herald and News was sent to the sister of the eu.ior, -vira. v\. to. i/amci, auu a. j.g?* days ago we received a latter from Mrs. Daniel from which we are going to make a few extracts. The story was all right and was true in the main, and we do not re gret that it was printed, hut it seems that there are two Miss Julia Daniels, ? -3 4o Hio mnai/viari i<a dJLiU ILLU VJ11C yyj.lv/ 10 vuv, u the daughter of the Rev. Dr. J. W. Daniel, a "brother of Dr. ?W. W. Daniel, but he is also well ana ravorably kno**n in Newberry and a graduate of Newberry college, but his daughter 13 not a neice of the editor. Our sister writes that she very much appreciates our good intentions (you know what they say about good intentions) giving "prominent and favorable notice to a /ecital you thought was given by my Julia. But there are two Julias and Julia M. js a daughter of J. Walter Daniel. She graduates In June. My Julia Is just a freshman and like her sister does not take kindly to the 'accom plishments' offered in a girls' school. I tried ail tne 'extras vn rvuuc \ttjh lie i3 her older daughter); she spe cialized in English. I tried art and music on Julia; she ha3 dropped both. But she has done B. A. and B. 9. work this year which grves her two extra studies in science and I don't think her average has ianen De.ow 90. The English teacher sent me two of her compositions last week that he thought clever; the one on "Queer People" was specially interesting to me. So you may feel a pride in your neice just the same though she does no 'star' on the stage." Then she goes on to talk about the war. Her only boy who is eligible, just like our boy, has gone to join the army and not waited to be con scripted, and of course she is sad, nf rnnrse -we are sad. and yet we can't help feeling just a little proud of our boy, and now that our nephew has gone, we feel proud of him. The? do not float and display flags and rhout and hurrah, but they do things. It is in the blood and they can't fceip it. The same as to the girls. .They dklu't take to the frills and flounces, but took to tiie are sub stantial, and we are proud of them, ft is 'r. fhr> hlooi. and they cant heir* it. Just the same we are prouct ot them. And now lr mere are iiiuso who do not like to see this' they may just skip it over and not read it. We notice- that the big Wowers hereabuot in regard to the war and the dnty of every one to answer the call of his country are still hollering, though maybe not quite so loud, and they have not yet heard the call of their country. Possibly the conscript or icer will be an expert on ears and can help to remedy the aereci m hearing. ard of Thanks. T take this method of returning thanks to neighbors and friends f">r their great kindness showi to us m the last illness and death pf our lit tle daughter, Lily May. ?<1 to our er?od uhvsician. Dr. ?. H. Moor<*. for his faithful and untiring ministra tions to the little one. May tne good Lord bless them all. Mr. and Mrs. 'WVJD. Cromer. A Small Fire. rtru- tt-qtif in Mnndnv nff 1 Ut: arc aictim n vuu iu ernocn at 4 o'clock and the depart ment responded promptly. The auto mobiles went to the fire In full force and at high speed hut every one gave them the right of way. It was a negro house on the railroad in Grar eltown. (full-fledged compositor) besides him self and two apprentices. The fore man passed the "copy'' around, first to the journeyman, then to the ap prentices. My turn was last All the others expressed their inability to read it. When I finished its com position it measured three inches in small type (leaded minion). In man uscript it about filled one-half of the flap of a six-inch envelope. I kept tnat envelope as a treasureu ujtjuj ento of my apprentice days as well as the most remarkably small piec? of "copy" I have seen up to that time or that I have ever seen since which when put in type filled up so much space in the paper. The envelope in^t -m m-ovine: in 1889 to the hXse in which I lived when I mov ed^ to Columbia. The present editor of TUb pp-r-^n ?-p* Newg will find the Picnic Vn^'n^tnro in the Herald of the tyijSt T^J^y in <2873. ^V'Tiiam P. Houseal. Columbia, ITay 9.