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SOLI*! Si Its IH$PI5iJ.TEI> Hi WOMEN WRITERS J>isc&!in?late Letters to Jlen in Ann} Ouup$ Vause Anxiety and Do >o (iood. riV> the Editor of The State. I read yesterday in tlie Charleston iSvening Post a very appropriate article by Dorothy Dix. reproving th* writers of letters of lamentation M sold-iers in camps of instruction. Such letters, as she says, telling of the va1 cajit c-hair at home and of the desolation. weeping and sleeplessness cl the women writers have the effect ol grieving and dispiriting tne men wno need all of their energies for the duties before them. Of course, it is eome relief to the people to pour out their miseries to others, and I presume that the most of such writers mean no harm, but enly yield to a natural rieak propensity. But grief is prbverbially selfish and as little as the female letter-writers may be aware of it, they, by th*ir wailing,, obtain a little temporary relief at tne expense of those to whom they write and at the expense of their country and its most righteous and vital cause. The article also quotes an officer of a training camp as to the depressing effect of such "sob-letters." as Dorot&y E>ix calls them, on the young mej in camp. They only do harm. Ti "was a common remark in Lee's army hi the winter or ist>4-t>o, mat naraij anv soldiers deserted except those who were plied with tales of suffering at home. These grieving ladies may get what solace they can by telling their troubles to third persons; "but, as to the soldiers, they ought to follow Montaigne's teaching that vre communicate our joys to others tut keep cr sorrows to ourselves. .And there is too lnu'-h talk, all about, of the chances 'or exemption from service,of the hardships and dangers of war, of the awful distances across the ocean, of the hard) times women and children will have at home * and other serious things. There is no sense in this. Certain persons rausi \ ' ' (stand, etAIiAIIi a ui mi ia EASY AND* KILLS LICE, TICKS, FLEAS, ft RINGWORM, SCRATCHES, GERMS AND DRI NON-IRRITATING* EFF .j THE I DI ASK FOR FRI III! I 'j "More Courteo and B< "Jones, I like that p ways being ready to ta phone calls from you. ''If there is anything in the course of a bus> office boy or girl call and then ask me to \\ minutes, as the case m known telephone calle me. "I believe it is the man who is c.ailino- t< o soon as his party answ "We should never ing friends or business tating anyone we call "It is not only more business practice, to b , party answers, but I be : SAVES TIME." SOUTHERN BELL I AND TELEGRAPH I go to the front, v.hetiier we or they l il wish it or not, and it is our duty to! help them go bravely and cheerfully and endeavor to keep them strong and I hearty while there. Whoevei disj courages the soldier by causing him i onviot.. onH nnnpnessarilv Is ictll AiCiji auu wu v%...? v almost as much his enemv in fact? , i | whatever the purpose?as the German "j who shoots at him. J. F. J. Caldwell. ' i Newberrv. l! j A Hint to Contributors. State Editorial. The State points to the letter of Maj. J. F. J. Caldwell, which it prints 1 this morning as a model. j First, it is a model in its content, j It pointedly sets forth a timely, pracj tical and useful suggestion. Every j person writing to an American soldier ! or sailor should take this letter to. | heart. j Second, the letter is a model in form j It is not too long. It wastes no words. It says what the writer means ana; j stops. In expression it is correct and i scholarly. ! The State is not saving this by way ( of throwing a bouquet to Maj. CaldJ well, whose literary attainments do ( not require praise at its hands. TheState is merely using the letter as a; text from4which to preach a short ser1 mon to many other correspondents. Were half a dozen such letters, so: 'terse ana pithy and full of common! '! sense, received by The State each day, i : | its readableness v?-oul-d be smartly en' j hanced. ; I j AFTER THE ft. W. P. i :; Correspondent Says He Has 3Iisse?l. ; . Fire This Time, j | To The Editor of The State. 11 Let me suggest that you discontinue : j publishing tiie uutcn m--earner rro-; [fphet's predictions. I have never had :' wsy confidence in them myself, hut ' * i they miuht be misleading to some since , ' you from time to time give publicity i to same. In your issue of June IS you published under flaming headlines! ' I i BBKaHBWBBMBMBHMBPaWBgaODBeqBC* I???ape? ' , Sve"5Stock^^^ | SAFE TO USE. i KITES. CURES MANGE, SCAB, ! ETC. DESTROYS DISEASE VES AWAY FMES. ECTIVE. INEXPENSIVE. EAL DIP uu. WEEKS CO.- ! ;E BOOKLETS. ??? i ^ ~ I j us? etter Business" I i iractice of yours of allk when I answer telei i I that does irritate me T day, it is to have some me to the telephone rait one, two or five av be, until some un r is readv to talk with * responsibility of the d be ready to talk as ers. i take a chance on losby unnecessarily irriI L ? ' : courteous, and better old the line until the :lieve in the long run it I 1 1 ELEPHONE i'j?% l: COMPANY Ck^iy !! ' , f ? $75?# U '* 9 % I f r|A I Experf^ Oucratora. Eftjt *'riuts 3 I Jfl* I from Yonr He^ziiver. q ' { 9 I I| 3 Prompt dilirery Orb/a rocuveu )> -- i j | I a t fr>re 9 *> m filled s - .3 Xr.il i.* } j SI trial rci! and wc will Ft-ad V>a no(iw k g 1 V of prico f<T r'iats ar.<i f ee ?*n'irrre- | I M 1 I tn^tit particul v?. Hrovrnie Pr:r.ly, :c. | ' f a I Cy''?paivr \ ' / 11 GLOBE OPTICAL COMPANY I i I I Largest Ko^.ak Fini^lnc Laboratory l i II in t\o State V | II C eemrillc, S. C. * I I the following; "Not much cotton will be raised?cool summer nights cut down cropc. no summer this year, etc.. cool wave will prevail July 12 to 17 *" Thp writAr i? 1(\ vpr?rs nIH and it has been seldom i? ever that he has felt hotter weather than we have had since the 12th inst., notwithstanding the fact the Dutch Weather Prophet predicted a cool wave this date. He will have to pick his flint and try again. J. W. Smith. Latta, July 16. The Riffht of Weather Prophecy. State JJiUiiial. As the politicians are in the habit of saying on the hustings, "We are prophet," but it is our bounden duty ?? A A rv*?AT>V> a+ O enCkrCTAV) IU UCiCIIU <X ]J L Is J-XV^JLLl ccoj neither a prophet nor the son of a Therefore, \ with alacrity The Sta{e leaps to the rescue and defense of the Dutch Weather Prophet whose exile from the columns of The State is ruthlessly demanded by a correspondent this morning. iinifls that the risht of prophecy in all men born free and equal is inalienable and inseparable from their enjoyment of life, liberty and happiness. All men may, in this generation, be divided into two classes, propehts and non-prophets, and it is The State's unshakable opinion, if we may paraphrase a popular maxim, that one prophet is about as good as another, if not a little better. Where is the man, (or woman), ? ~ i-rtnl whn WilllUUL U. IJI VljucliKs ouui i\uv _ to venture an opinion in conversation as to whether or not it will rain, or whether or not a tire will last for another thousand miles without a. blow-out? The principal objection to the Dutcn prophet that could be raised is that he has succeeded in accumulating a little more halo than the common i nf r?rrvnhf?ts and. therefore, is ai I Ull \JL IJLKS?S*.A\* a little of its radiance be reflected through the newspaper's columns and it profit by it, why complain? In this! material age it is the business of ev-j ery prophet to stand on his own legs and , soon or late, if it appears that tho nntoh Weather Prophet have not. a leg to stand or, he will fall down and then 'there will be none so poor to do him reverence. Come to think of it, mankind may be divided into three classes instead of two and the third is composed of the official - weather observers of the United States. They make no pretense to prophecy. They "forecast." The inferences that they draw may hv onv man who is intelii Ht* iiiauc vj iai._. ... gent and industrious enough to study the facts recorded by the thermometer ;>nd the barometer and transmitted by the telegraph. They are a downtrodden bunch of people. So indeed are nearly all people confined by the rules of their craft to dealing with bone-dry facts in a dry time.-Forsooth. though the rains pour and the tempests beat it is the hard fate of the weather man's fafcts to remain waterprfoof. dry and arid. Hence, or.iV a few people read them, the vast majority of the thirsty turning to the prophets for refreshment. We do not mind saying that the Dutch Weather Prophet is a soimd, solid and sincere-man and therefore. The State places as much faith in him I 1 * ^ rv/\ 1 AP 0 Af S ! as 11 (lOeS 111 lilt; ?nuit: stuwi ui -uui i century prophets together. We are; confident that he never misled any onej intentionally and our correspondent should bear in mind that it is an ea ^ ~ i r\f atrayr- mnn'o or?n r?a t ion i EfXll/iai t ui ^?wj -J j that he be misled from t'nv to tlmej ar.ywry. i Were tneer no school of the pro-j l)hets. there would be no .-ehooi of I rt\| erieiK-e, there would 1-? ni i-ni-j vanity adversity, fro^i which the, eonchisior is unescapable that we owe) it to t.he Dutch Weather'Prophet ihatj w,j are not all i/jnoramus-'-.q. | INDORSES D. TV. P. If is Prophecy Panned Out at Cross Hill This Time. i To the Editor of The State: i I have just read the suggestion of( T. W. Smith of Latta with regard to j the Dutch Weather Prophet. I am * 1 1 fit A I ?JHfl you IKIVtJ U>JU*n'ltu uir jjf wi-Miv , for mr>r>v of ns have remarked that; fop has hit it this time s;?re. Xever' experienced ?o much cool weather at. nisrht. ?eems to me, anrl the coo1; weather ha? retarded the growth of cotton more than want of moisture, 1 think. The plant is very small here, for the middle of July. We had a good rain today, first in many veelcs. I W. T. AUSTIN. Cross Hill, July 18. THE SOUL OF .4 SKYSCRAPER. (By Xobie Foster Hoggson, President, Hodgson Brothers, Builders.) The creation of a great building is a j fascinating spectacle; still, that -s | only a thing of the moment and of no | really great significance in the larger ! aspects of ots existence. The romance | of a skyscraper is by no means con; fined to the melodramatic stagine3s | of its erection. At that time the j structure is merely being prepared for j its future career. Tt is receiving its | first breath of life I The soul of a new building lies dor ! mant until the warmth of human ten I ! ancy awakens it. First it acquires in j dividuality, then it attains character, j and grows to express its soul. Skvi scrapers differ in individuality and | character to the same extent that peoI pie differ. If it has a great glorious ! soul, a pleasing, warm personality, it will attract to itself people who j have the same characteristics. Suc| cess Is assured the edifice of high character because it will'house tenants of standing and worth. A. building is kno^n by the tenants it keeps. In a skyscraper with a soul, i cnhsfnntial banking institution on the j ground floor, and fine large. generous office rooms above, is sonified the prosepritv of the hour. Activity permeates the atmosphere ol the entire structure; it is reflected i i in the briskness ot tne men who hum v f : in and ?ut of its doors, and even in i the smart wide-awake appearance of j the elevator runners. The, buildin? j is playing its part in the game of life, j The air is vibrant, tense and exciting; {'tile very moment means much, and ! the full value of each of the sixty | seconds is being realized. i Some skyscrapers, however, are a.-; I grouchy and touchy as an old man i v.lth the gout; others are pathetic | their senility and seem to call fir I j the hand of fate to remove them from \ j the ranks. They insist querulously j i that they have served their time and I ! demand release. Tu these structures j i tTiat have outlived their usefulness, j ! one finds tenatnts also of the passing j I order, themselves failing *as the build-j | ing. There is a musty cdor and y j spirit of dccay: it is a repressed j jgloomy atraqsphere.. Wh;.\ wonders j could be worked by a liberal flooding S i of fresh air and sunshine into the1 i dark corners! I A rubber tired world is found in J I i the'skyscraper specialized to physi-j . cians. One is constrained to walk on tip-toes and speak in low tones. The elevators sem to be equipped with Maxim Silencers. It is a building 1 ** - - -- - '? --- -> t-.oo/-.ofni rpfnofp in THR! 7 S ci Hit V in ui pLa^-vi. c** ? a sphere of terrific noises. It has a j mission to perform, and is calm and I sure in its own mastery. 1 Many great buildings being erected now-a-davs are monuments; monuments to great commercial institn-! tions,*. monuments to individuals, j [whose ideals of cinc and personal! f " 1 t!"? n vv rl n fn 11 p\-_ | 1 oricle unci realization aau mn . j :>ression :n e erection or skyscrapers, j ! Too often, however, these buildings) are monuments only, because they j are lacking in soul, and lacking in j soul they are failures. They are fail-; ures from both utilitarian and aesthe-i | tic standopints. Lacking in soul theyi j really never live and they never at-! " - - ? i I tract tenants to tneir ujurs. 1 A successful skyscraper is a triumph 1 of art because the restrictions imposed! by the practical demands,. and physi-j cal limitations, force the will to great-; er creative power. More often than not. however these restrictions are j J ' isrnc altosethfei* or are hurdled, il ! . -' I | with whc excuse that the artistic mma j | cannot be burdened with onerous de- j 1 tails. i i I The soul -i building does not lie j in its o~". ;< features of architecture ! t nnr vet in r * cost. A structure, ho'v-ij ever impos vr -'ay be lacking in son I i and th(freb; Vo :i mere monument injj fact as wo!' :,a name. j| The creation of a successful sky-j i scraper calls for minds of the highest | order. Welded into the structure must! j Pays 25c a l^osith for Perfect Health For 15 years. E. A. Little. 35e.?err.?r, J! J Ala. haa paid 2oc a month to keep in per- I i j feet health. liead what ho says: | "I desire tr> add my endorsement of Graueer Liv.-r j ; j Henilator. I have not um*1 any other medicine for ji i fifteen years, I know it is the best for all liver jj coniflaintc. and will caro any casoof indigestivn' i; known. When I firs: commenced to ta'rto y< ur j| Granscr Liv<>r Uej-nla'. r the Fei'ram-Patton I)rQgCo, j | was buying it by tiic d"7en. Kow I am PjIu they l?uy J! it by the gro-s. I a..; oeo b"X each moatb Znd , would not bo without it for anything." ?ranger 1 Liver ! i Regulator ij \ ; 1 is strictly vegetable, non-alcoholic prepa- I j I | s ration, an;! is i.ly recommended Hyr r;J j I Ij headache, indigestion, biliousness a::d all ij -j ij stomach and liver complaints. Yourdrug- r K J ] fr". t (.: isupply you?2".z a be j | Craa<2er J!e<!:cice Co., CbaiUaooia, Venn. jj jj i i be the ideals atod wishes of the owner, the artistry of the designer, the features of finance and service, ani the neds of the prospective occupant. I'nity of effort and of purpose is a necessity. The responsibility is a sin gle one; it cannot be delegated either in part or in its entirety. It demands the skillful and sympathetic understanding of an organization whose inspiration is keyed to the highest point by the gratifying results of years of sucessfti effort. How Could It Be? *>- - a - - V -? T Firsi omce uoy?woiunei uum lookin' at the office wot fired you last week? Trying to git took back? Second Office Boy?Naw; I jes' dropped roun' to see of they wuz still in bizness! ''?Pittsburgh Post. ' -- bhf ' "- '^. ^M^BH fSMKHHHr V ^ * ' Save Yo 4T^ t can your i c t { r^iX SL^-i =w -> U -A .v. ^ s * 1 , ft I high cost Ot ? ? . Fruit Jars, l?nKK*a**C _I#*1 & Vt f*7 JL ?Jy ?WJ? Ice Tea Tun Tumblers anc . Mayes' B< ~ri r T T * _ ? _ i ne nouse ui a. I Ground Limesto: Your Fer! We have been made over this section for a Lii finely ground and this m I It releases the potash anc cor: eets the acidity and p makes the soil, very muc | makes it easy to get an | corn and grain by p itting | condition. jj Order r.riy* * * r it j /kiiderson m I Oil Co: I Anderso I W. F. FARM! | Wanted! Wan I Men and half grown boys I fcers, mechanics, laborers, i wages, FREE HOUSE REf* IN CASH, Railroad Fare Week. Write or come lo j COLUMBIA CLj I Columbi ? THIS STATE FAR g ABOVE ITS QUOTA | Qualities 750 for ramp at (>?Iethori>e With 2.")0 Allotment. Washington, July ??<).?Special? North and South Carolina bas quotas /-if 97Q onH ?*o?nor*tivplv in d_ I XJ1 *J I ' 'V * vv v< ? v*^ , i*i ti?v ai~ I lotments for the Sixth district tor tn? 1 second series of officers' reserves I | training camps. Tennessee making up : the rest of the district's quota of 996. ! But South Carolina qualified the same j number of men in the physical exam- j i ination of North Carolina. Each state | qualified 750, a heavy overplus. Ten- J nessee qualified 1,000. kgi The quotas of the camps may be inI creased on account of the abundance J of good material. K. F. M. ? ag'iaB*g5 iffiHBMB InlHnSraHMoOHfisBttHnBHBH ur Fruit! J i reduce the J nnpor J 11 Jar Tops, Jar T* iy Tumblers, ibiers, Water I Pitchers. . Dok Store f Thousand Things , T*7?T< r% 1 M tie Will Keduce g ? :ilizer Bill. 1 the distributing agents' f I nestone that is unusually akes it quickly available. 1 plant food in the soil, I | >uiverizes the hard snots. 1 1 h more - productive and | m early stand of cotton, I thw soil in first class I -Prices Right. i tosphate and | i mpany im iR, Secretary. |1H ited! Wanted! I j (white or colored) carpen;tc. Steady work, good JT PAY kOM WFRKI Y I i Refunded If Work One I see us. \Y COMPANY I ia, S. C. J i