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Report of Com Report of County Supervisor on claims accruing subsequent to Jan-/ i?ary 1, 1917, paid in June, 1917: ] 34!; Jno. C. Goggans, salary..$ 22.90 j 350 C. G. Blease, salary 116.66; 351 W. M. Dorroh, salary 75.00 \ 35:- C. C. Schumpert, salary.. 41.66 3?? J. B. Halfacre, salary 41.66 354 C. P. Barre, salary 75.00 355 F. M. Lindsay, salary 25.00 356 T. R. Campbell, salary... 40.00 357 J. C. Sample, salary 100.00 358 L. C. Livingstone, salary. 12.50 359 S. J. Cromer, salary 12.50 ^ 3W H. C. Holloway, salary.. 41.661 3f?i AV. S. Melton, salary 75.00 ! .-?/?. r\ T m 1 ..1.... r: A A jL?. j. layiur, taiaiy io.w 36? W. J. Miller, chaingang.. 40.00 3G4 B. F. Sample, chaingang.. 35.00 3G5 J. G. Miller, chaingang.. 40.00 3CC E. B. Abrams, chaingang.* 35.00 3t>7 J. B. Mize, chaingang 35.00 36S J. Sid Smith, chaingang.. 40.00 369 J. Sid Smith, chaingang.. 2.30 37li C. G. Johnson, roads and bridges 2.73 37J S. P. McCrackin, board of assessors .* 6.00 37,2 F. A. Graham, board of assesors 6.00 \ 373 Herald and News Co., printing, etc 10.00 374 T. P. Richardson, roads bridges 32.00 375 M. J. Smith, county home o2.00 S. B. & T. Co., county home 3.00 377 Johnson-McCrackin Co., county home 1.20 378 Dr. P. E. Way 8.10 379 J. A. Burton, county home 15.21 320 Summer Bros. Co. county home 25.17 381 W.1 A. Neal & Son, roads and bridges 16.4# *38- John Hawkins, ferry 20.01 38tf H. L. Shealy, roads and bridges 7.60 -981 Micc Annip T, Siiher. ferrv 14.00 385 H. L. Parr, roads and | bridges 50.00 386 David Henderson, ferry 12.50 > 387 B. I. Hodge, chaingang... 3.00 \ 3SS Johnson - McCrackin Co., chaingang 241.82, G. V. Boozer, chaingang.. 52.451 -? tti nr 19 i 3?0 Air. i". Ej. way, ^iutiugau^ . ^391 Swmmer Bros. Co., chaingstng 37.7G Atlanta Tent & Awning chaingang 206.35 393 The Purcell Co., chaingang.. 462.93 j *39<? H. W. Schumpert, Supt. public buildings * 29.29 3S0 J. C. Sample, Co. Sup. office expenses 38 W. .F Swart, office supplies * 22.0S : C397 S. B. T. & T. Co., office expenses 24.00,' ^9S Mayes Book & Variety Store, office supplies .50 j 39? B. F. Melton, repairs ipuolic buildings ; 7.25 400 The State Co., printing, etc 33.56 -402 Observer Printing Co., printing, etc 7.25 402 Dr. P, E. Way, office supplies 3.53 40J C. 'P. Barre, office supplies 11.30 J *#01 H. L. Boulware, board of assessors 8.70. 405 Geo. P. Hunter, board of assessors 6.80 ' ^406 G. McD. Sligh, board of assessors 8.30 407 Jofc H. Ringer, board of j 400 assessors ? 4C8 W. E. Wallace, board of assessors 6.00; 109 L. S. Long, board of assessors 6.00 -410 R. G. Smith, board of assessors 6.00 411 Z. H. Suber, board of assessors i 6.00 412 R. H. Maybin, board of assessors 4.00 . -ais c, C. Schumpert, court ... 476.15 j 414 J. C. Sample, Co. Sup., office expenses 5.05. 4-o C. C. Schumpert, Co. Treas, court( coroner) 4.00 416 B. R. Weyth. office expenses 7.50; 417 C. G. Blease, dieting 88.40 41$ C. G. Blease, expense 65.21 419 W. F. Ewart, lunacy 40.0D 420 Dr. F. K. Shealy, lunacy.. 5.00 421 Dr. T. B. Woods, lunacy.. 5.00 42. J. H. Sumer & Co., con tingent (R. P. uniforms) 90.00 ( 423 Mack Davenport, ferry... 5.05j -3S4 J. C. Sample, Co. Sup. lunacy 5.05 ^2o T. P. Richardson, roads and bridges 420.30 Q26 J. L. Ruff, board of assessors 6.01 427 D. B. Cook, board of assessors 6.00 42$ Jno. C. Goggans, salary... 22.90j 429 C. Q. Blease, salary 116.66 430 W. M. Dorroh, salary 75.00 i 431 C. C. Schumpert, salary 41.6S; 432 J. B. Halfacre, salary ... 41.68j 43? C. P. Barre, salary 75.GO, 434 P. M. Lindsay, salary ... 25.00 -435 T. R. Campbell, salary..., 40.0v, nty Supervisor 4o6 J. C. Sample, salary 100.00 j S. J. Cromer, salary 12.59 4SS L. C. Livingstone, salary, 12.50 439 H. C. Hoiloway, salary... 41.681 440 W. S. Melton, salary 75.00 i 441 D. J. Taylor, salary o.OO | 442 C. iW. Douglas, magistrates ' c~ salary ,, ? .w 443 C. K. Alewinei magistrates salary 12.50 444 R. W. Glymph, magistrates salary 12.50 ! 445 R. M. Aughtry, magistrates salary 62.50 j j 446 Hix Connor, magistrates i salary 12.50 i 447 J. H. Dorrob, magistrates salary 12.50. i 44$ W. P. Allen, magistrates salary 15.00! 443 B. B. Hair, magistrates salary * 50.00 ( 450 J. B. Lathan, magistrates salary 15.00 45j P. B. Ellesor, magistrates salary . .? 12.50 45?.. H. H. Ruff, magistrates salary 15.00 I 453 J. T. Kinard, magistrates I salary ...^. ...T 15.00j 454 H. D. Havird, constables J salary and fees 100.95 45J A. G. Leitzsey, constables ' salary i 12.5#; 450 J. N. Gilliam, constables salary 12.50 457 J. G. Holder, constables salary ; 62.50 ! 458 H. R. Brooks, constable salary 12.50, 459 A. C. Mills, constbles sal! ary and fees 15.90 I 460 Eunice Allen, constables salary 15.09 461 Keister Hair, constables salary and fees 52.00 462 E. A. Wheeler, constables salary 15.09 At* w p Richardson, con- _ stables salary 12.50 464 M. H. Wicker, constables salary 15.fl 465 J. H. Koon, constables salary 15.00, 46$ J. A. Enlow, pension 12.501 467 Jno. F. Cromer, pension 12.#0 463 H. W. Bowles, pensioner.. 4.dt! 46I? J. Pres. Kinard, pensions 4.M 470 D. P. Ward, pensions 12.00 471 Jno. W. Gilliam, pensions 12.00 471* Jn. R. McCollum, pension 12.00 47$ J. B. Chambers, pension.. 12.00 474 W. W. Willingham, pension 12.00 475 D. M. Cromer, pension 12.00 476 H. M. Barger, pension 12.00. 4^7 T. W. McCullough, pension 12.00 J <0 AA ' 473 M. M. Dicfcert, pension... ia.vj, 479 Miss Nannie Owdom, pauper 6.?# 480 Miss Betty Singley, pauper 6.00 4S1 Mrs. 'Alice White, pauper 6.00 482 Mrs. Lucinda Livingstone pauper .. 6.00 4So W. W. Bishop, pouper i.00 484 Mrs. Sarah Holt, pauper.. .0d 485 Mrs. Margaret Troutman pauper ... 6.00 48C Mrs. Catherime Shealy pauper 6.0*) j 487 David Henderson, ferry.. 12.50J 488 "W. J. Miller, chaingang.. 40.00 j 48& B. F. Sample, chaingang 35.00 j 40-j J. G. Miller, chaingang.. 40.00! 431 E. B. Abrams, chaingang. 35.00; 49? J. Y. Floyd, roads and bridges 7.00! 493 J. B. Mize, chaingang 35.00 j 41#1 J. Sid Smith, chaingang.. 40.00; 495 M. J. Smith, county home 54.00; a (in iW f QiiHor fprrv 7.00 1?M# "T , VJ. MU I ^ 497 J. C. Sample, Co. Sup.... 2.33 498 J. G. Miller, chaingang... 4.75 49!> R. M. Aughtry, roads and * bridges 13.25 5C0 T. P. Richardson, roads and bridges 24.00 1 KIM TLIVo Marv *R TCvflTlS. OOI1 %J\J X 1U1 o. aUW.1 ^ -W. ? ? ? ?, tingent (rest room) 25.00 502 C. C.. Schumpert, County treasurer, court 196.35 5C2 C. C. Schumpert, County treasurer, court (coroner).. .50 504 Dr. W. E. Lake, county physician 3.09 5.J"- Dr. F. D. Mower, county physician .. . 4.00 506 The PurceU Co., county home 259.01 507 The Newberry Hardware n ^ 4-,, Vir\m o 1 40 V.U., v;uuutj uvuiv J 50S Lominack & Reighley, county home 6.30 50:) Summer Bros. Co., county home S3.5S 510 Johnson - McCrackin Co., county home 1.00 i 511 Johnson - McCrackin Co., chaingang 449.96 512 G. V. Boozer, chaingang.. 37.50 513 The Purcell Co., chaingang 701.83 514 Summer Bros. Co., chaingang 10.64 515 H. W. Schumpert, Supt., public buildings 21.09 51'J Newberry Hardware Co., public buildings 4.45 517 International Sheriff, printing, etc 29.00 518 Jno. . Goggan^, Qlerk, office supplies 22.3'*; 51 ^ Chas. P. Barre. office supplies 40 5':0 C. G. Biease, expense 53.11; 521 C. G. Biease. dieting 101.60 I Dr. J. M. Sease, lunacy ... 5.00 i 523 Dr. F. D. Mower, lunacy and postmortem 30.00 5.'i W. F. Ewart, lunacy 20.00 52S Dr. J. M. Sease, post mortem 5.00 520 E. T. Mayer, Com. tax 25.83 527 P. W. Counts, Com. tax.. 57.50 528 E. W. Werts, board of assessors 6.00 52y S. W. Derrick, board of assessors 6.00 Report of County Supervisor on cl? paid in June, 1917. 1603 The Exchange Bank of Xewberr 1604 L. C. Pitts, roads and bridges . 1605 The Shunk Plow Co., roads and 1606 W. T. Buford, chaingang 1607 Tlie Butt-Joint Nestable Culvert 1 1608 W. P. Counts, Com. tax H. C. HOLOWAY, Clerk, Etc. J. C. Statement showing exact financia year 1916 as It appeared at the end of Items. 1 Salaries coupty officers 2 Magistrates, constables and fees.. 3 County home, paupers, pensioners 4 Roads, bridges, ferries 5 Chaingang 6 Repairs public buildings 7 Books, stationery, printing O WUUUgClll CAPCU3CD UUU dUyyil public buildings and Co. offic< 9 County physicians 10 County board of education 11 Courts 12 County board of assessors, etc 13 Sheriff, dieting and incidentals.. 14 Post mortems and lunatics 15 Insurance 16 Interest 17 Contingent and miscellaneous ... 18 Commutation tax H. C. HOLOWAY, Clerk, Etc. J. C. approved: J Statement showing exact fioancia year 1917 as it appeared at the end of Items. 1 Salaries county officers 2 County borne, pampers, peasioaers. 3 Roads, bridge*, ferries 4 CXiaingang 5 Repairs public buikliags 6 Books, stationery, printing 7 Contingent expenses and supp public buildings and Co. offices 5 Board of Equalization, etc 9 County board of education 10 Court expenses 11 Sheriff, dieting and other incident 12 Post mortems and lunatics 13 Interest on loans I..;. 14 Commutation tax 15 Contingent and miscellaneous 16 Salaries rural police H. C. HOLOWAY, Clerk, Etc. J. C. Approved: J APPBOYES &TEF8 TAKEIT IJT STATE' Dr. J. A. B. Seberer, Former Presidest of Newberry College, In CoUnfeia *a War Work. The State. After a series of conferences with Gov. Manning and local members of the State council of defense during the past two days, I>r. J. A. B. Scherer, j formerly president of Newberry col-1 lege, and pastor of St. Andrew's Lu-J theran church of Charleston, now pres-1 ident of the Throop Polytechnic insti- j tute, Pasadena, Cal., but for the period! of the war a member of the council of! national defense, was yesterday ready j to approve heartily the patriotic work:; that has been done in South Carolina to put the State on a war footing, and j help in the plan of national defense, j Dr. Scherer was particularly enthu-1 siastic over the work done by the wo- j man's organizations, and by the State council of defense, headed by David R. j Coker of Hartsville. Dr. Scherer volunteered for war service soon after the president's declar-' ation and was made a member of the' section on cooperation between Stale and national council of defense. After ' some time spent in conferences in' Washington Dr. Scherer wc.s sent on! a tour of the States to hold confer-' pnrv-s with the State councils of de-! I fense, and with the governors of th3 States to correlate the work that the j national body is doing. South Oaro- j lina, where he is well known as one of the leaders of the Lutheran church' in the South, is the first State visited I by Dr. Scherer; on Monday he will go to Georgia to begin a series or cou-j ferences similar to those held here.' Dr. Scherer spent several days earlier | in the weei: in smaller towns of the State, particularly in Newberry in conference with Dr. George B. Cromer.; Pleased With Work. "I have been greatly gratified with the work of civic and agricultural pre- j paredness which has gone forward ia; South Carolina, especiallly the work j \V. T. Gibson, board of as- j sessors 6.30 L. \V. Floyd. board of as! se-ssors 10.00 522 C. S. Suber, board of assessors 9.20 ~A?, J. W. Wilson, board of assessors 8.50 r,C4 A. P. Coleman, board of assessors 9.SO 52j Dr. J. H. Moore, lunacy.. 5.00 5i't> D. T. B. Woods, lunacy.. 5.00; 5? 7 Herald and News Co., printing 26.75 j H C. HOLLOWAY,, Clerk, Etc. J C. SAMPLE, County Supervisor.'. i KBBBwnnnnRiMEanDBnnaBBcminmM ! lims accrue?s prior to Januarv 1, 7917 j I y, roads and bridges $ 4.95 j 5.7$ bridges 10.00] 4.8S ] Co , interest 85.93 j 11.25! i SAMPLE, County Supervisor. 1 condition of appropriations for the the month of June, 1917: Appropriated. Approved. Balance. ...$ 8, 65.00 $11,365.60 ... 2,500.00 3,474.06 ... 3,000.00 3,801.11 ... 10,000 00 13.309.96 ... 7,500.00 15.413.20 750.00 291.20 $ 458.80 750.00 1,258.20 es es.. 2,000.00 2,616.47 200.00 155.00 45.00 .... 45.00 90.95 I 2,500 '2,325.45 174.55! 450.00 353.60 06.40 .... 1,800.00 2.6JM.S2 400.00 620.64 \ 450.00 325.80 124.20 2,000.00 1,282.23 717.77 2,500.043 1,235.95 1,264.05 2,604.00 2,822.$8 . SAMPLE, County Supervisor. r. B. HALFACRE, County Auditor. 1 condition of appropriations for the the month of June, 1917. Appropriated. Approved. Beiance .. $10,500.0# $5,W8.36 $ 5,4HM ... 2,900.W 1.&S4.36 1,IW.64 ... 2,9*3.41 1, ... 7,5W.O? $,973.27 52S.73 " aa/> aa il -| jflLO Z Q I 750.W 255.41 494.59 >liea 1,280.00 83.84 1,1& .20 450.00 262.6# 1S7.40 50.00 50.?01 ... 2^650.00 1,562.55 1.W7.45 als 1,80O.O? 832.08 97<J.92 600.0? . 237.6? 112.40 ... 2,000.00 1,179.4$ 820.54 ... 3,530.00 38.58 2,441.42 .. 2,500.00 . 1,231.52 1,218.43 ... 1,800.00 900.00 900.00 SAMPLE, County Supervisor. . B. HALF AC RE, County Auditor. I doneby the State Council of defease, David R. Coker, chairman," said Dr. Scherer. "I am a member of the section on cooperation "vrith the States of the national council of defense. \ This section is to be a clearing house: c nvnAmannao an/1 fr IAS f?f I LU1 IUC CA^Ui uuu WVV4 . .www ?. all of the State councils of defense of: the 48 States. These todies are to be' kept connected and the ideas of one ! i passed on to the others, so that the, section is not only to- give assistance! directly but to be an office to receive good news and distribute it, and in so doing to impress certain activities that it desires to emphasize." i These activities are at present, in order, first, the work of the section; itself, and its efforts to bring about j * f cooperation Dei ween uie oun.es, w study established councils, and bring; them into cooperation, and organize other bodies that may be needed. Second, food conservation. This section of the council Is now presided oven by Herbert Hoover, ant ie at-; tended to in- the States largely by women's committees. "I was grafc-j ified on reaching the State to I?arn of the conference of women last week i in Rock Hill, and the zeal with which' they discussed food oonserratioa," said Dr. Scherer. Third, to speed Hp and direct agrizMilturo intn ,nrnrw>r channels, to ?re vent waste, and to render such assist- ! ance as possible through, the national department of agriculture. j Fourth, to find out where State coun-; cile have organized labor committees, ' and to organize them if they hare not been organized. South Carolina ha3 already organized &uch a committee,' l and Dr. Severer said that tie was glad to find it broadly representative, -which was what the national council desired.' i The national council desired at the present time especially to discover w'haf'htir thp npw federal chi!4 labor; 1-aw has or will cause a labor shortage, ' and to ascertain whether there io1 < room for a boys' working reserve, branches of wkich are being organized L J throughout the nation. This work is being done under the direction of National Supervisior William E. Hall. i Fifth, to impress the lessons of the section 011 commercial economy, of which Albert Shaw, formerly editor of "System," is president. "Mr. Shaw,", said Dr. Scherer, "has a cork-screw like mind which bores in a mass of facts and comes out with unusual dis! cGveries." One of the most notaDle of thtse led to the destruction of the j abuse of the "bread return." It is the practice of bakers in many places to give grocers and other retailers the option of returning all the bread that i:3 not sold, similar to the now I abandoned custom of newspapers ol giving news dealers the same option in regard to newspapers. The bread re-! turenc is turned into food for stociv,' and Is largelywaster. By elimenating nn A nT*ti oti/1 i n o i of i r* /y morol r Hit? 1/1 cau i tiui 11, anu luoionus, invi t ? ! that retailers calculate more closely; Mr. Snaw has saved, it is estimated,! 4 per cent of the wheat crop for the labt year. Another valuable plan for; economy evolved by Mr. Shaw is that: to prevent delivery of small parcels! by mercantile concerns; this will save almost 40 per cent of their operating expenses and will release 100,000 men for military service. The plan is to' establish a central bureau of delivery,' with one delivery a day, and to reduce' ^1*1^ ? ^ ?V111 aK r\ e* !i'a1 A Kt? AY\ AA 11T?0 O* I Luis as luuui <xo yuojiuic uj cuwuiun'i ing pirchasers to carry small parcels' them.elves, and to look on parcel so' carri<id as a badge of honor rather than a subject of embarrassment. j Sixth, the organization of the "Fourj Minute Men." A battery of speakers; is to be organized in every community,1 which is large enough, to make four! minute speeches in moving picture! theatres, on subjects the national gov- j eminent will decide to hare propagate ed al various times. The information' - - ? 11 t _ I will oe iurnisnea m uie suo-. terse form in which it is desired given to the audiences in the theatres by committees from the national council. CAMOUFLAGE, American artists who longed ?or eome work, more active thaa painting pastors hare fcegun to find it. They are forming a Uiited States wing of 2 the "Camoiiflage." | Tt ie watericHis word is descriptive of a huge French department of art- i f?I trickery, a department to whieh only the most skilled painters and col- j or authorities can belong. It has saved no one knows how many lives, how many cannon, how many car-j loads of man and gun food. Its mem- j bershiD has been depleted time and again by death, bat always the loyaJ artiiits of France have filled up the ranks again and kept the rery ae j cessary work going. "The Camouflage" is a corps of; pairters who go about with pamt and i>rus;h, concealing all the military j equ:.pment and (activities possible. They perform these miracles by clever piecee of olor execution, painting whcle railroad trains so that from an arifi.tor'e situation far above they look I like grassy fields or dirt roads and are distinguishable. Another part of their work 4s to conceal cannon by tangling painted canvas above theai. | Horses and men have beep literally painted out of real landscape. Snipers creeping into the thickets to pick, oft' enemies receive an elaborate coat of facial and clothing paint which j mates them blend almost completely j with the scenery. When a sniper is cicaching in a shaded nook he is paint. r>nlnrfl sr> that the sun VU iU IdUWM&VVl VWAV. w light and shadows conceal him by similarity. Long stretches of road have been j imitated on wide strips of screen and; placed in position during the night, j so that when the German aviators j looked down in the morning they were ' able to report to their artillery that1 nothing was passing down this muchtraveled path. At that very time, how- ; ever, underneath this strip of can-j var, which lied so amiauly about its r.t.-.tn rt* rnar.tiritv hunHr<v?Q nf French; Ota LU VJl 1UMV W4 ? ? ? - ?^ _ cannon were rumbling to the front, | comfortable in the assurance that the airmen above them were 3earchiag for th ?m elsewhere. ?? XO MEETING OF AU?UB#5 SOCIETY | J Columbia. July 17.?Some interesting' I derelopments are looked for here to-, morrow in connection with the pro-j loisre-d fight car the office of chief: ? . 1 ^ ri .5 + Vl/-? r\I-/K30Tl f /"I P >1 /I - WiirUCU CLU'-l LiX O 2.yf k_r w *-1. w V-. lu.'k between the governor and the, Aidubcn society of South Carolina; resulting in the office remaining rac:int since the early part of March, j President E. C. L Adams, of the society, lias returned from the north, j ard says there will be no meeting of C.j sccicty tomorrow. ot^r. fiovo Hem i\\ thp renuest i OUUIC Lt.ll uuj o u.f,v, " v 1 | 0'' Governor Manning, Vice President C-. W. Barron, acting in the absence from the state of President Adams, "ordered" that a meeting be held torr.( rrow for tiie purpose o! recommen-] fling some one to the governor tor appdutment to the office of chief game warden. He instructed the secretary t'? call the meeting. The secretary replied to him that the membership roll was locked up in President AcUms' safe, to which he did not have the combination, and that until President Adams returned he could not call the meeting, as the by-laws required ten days' notice in writing to each member. President Adams said today that "there would be no meeting of the Audubon society on July 18th, for tha reason that the members throughout the state have not been notified in ac ccrdance with the constitution am bj'-laws, and any action taken at any si c-h meeting would be useless anl illegal." What procedure will be taken at the hour set for the meeting tomorrow by the contending Richardson and antiRichardson faction is not known, fur ther than that the Richardson faction rill contend that no legal meeting can be held. The situation, already intricate and involved, will probably be more complicated after tomorrow's happenirga. BARBECUE AT POXARIA FRIDAY, JULY 27 There will be a barbecue at Pomaria on Friday, July 27, for the benefit' of the St. Paul parsonage. It will be ~ * Al A~ n/%r?__ given oy me imee uuiigicgauvuo wustituting the charge?St. f'auls, Bachman Chapei, St. Phillips. It will ? be one of the best cues of the season. Watch for the program to be issued later. J. WALTER RICHARDSON, Chairman Committee. MOTHER'S LOAD THE HEAVIEST Among women, at least during the ' earlier progress of the war, and if it be not unduly prolonged, it will be the mothers who will suffer most. Already there is hardly a church in which some mother's heart has not been torn in the conflict betwee* lore of country and lore for her firstborn. And where there is one today there will be a hundred tomorrow. ^ It is easy to preach enlistment, wheaV, one to ?0 sons of eligible military f "t it is quite a different matter. - * * V K/v 1 wLea tieri is a son oia eauugu tu w; called to the colors. W? witnessed re-/ cently a father, in speaking before a^ company of people, overcome for the moment with emotion as he thought K of his only son, already at Fon Sheridan. But real as was" this father's sacrifice for bis country, it could not ia tie nature of the case be qaite so great as that of the mother. No one but a mother can ever know the cost of irotherhood. It is to her an open book of memory. We some- . how take for granted that motherhood is foreordained to self-surrender; that self-sacrifice is realy her metier; and that, for this very reason, slue will play her part well. That mothers are to give up their sons is a matter of course, and matters of course elicit neither comment nor com- 1 mendation. " The motherhood of America will pay its share of the war, just as Canadian mothers have done, in silent suffering. People who really are making sacrifices do not talk much about sacrificing. They are too busy doing the thing itself: It is relatively easy for a young man to enlist, even though he lieves almost certain death, if he believes that he is giving his life for liberty of his country. It is infinitely harder for the mother to give up her son; she would rather face death herself, if by so doing she could render her country the same service and save his life. And this would -be only 'oimtine- what in some real measure * Vi/v^v4-o she has already done, "when, in bringing him into the world, she had entered without fear into that strange borderland of suffering out of whose mingled joy and pain there came forth her first-born hope. It will not be long before every one of us in one way or another will be bearing our share of the burdens of the most direful conflict ever witnessed in modern civilization. But the fiscal load will not compare with what the motherhood of the nation will have to bear.?Baptist Standard. A Gentle Hint "It's going to be war to the knife," declarde the suburban man who wa,3 fesding fcis chickens. /I "What now?'' asked his friend. "Why, Blinks sent me e. box of axle-grease and advised me to use it on my lawn mower.'' "Yes?" "Well, I sent it back and told him to use it on his daughter's voice."? Pittsburg Post. Ab Exception. "You can't learn any sort of business properly by mail." "How about postoffi.ce work?"? Boston Transcript.