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Y.? ?" SHOULD KEEP ON ACHIEVING Good Work Demands Continuous provement in Every Line of Human Activity. The other day a famous author wa.? telling me how he felt when his firsi story was accepted. He said that with in a few minutes the thought flashy across his mind that he could not stoj ?but must go on. One good stor.) must be followed by another and an other and another?else his reputatior would die and he would be humiliated He said that the feeling was not ex nctly comfortable?that the prospee was in a way sticcop? ful," he said, "is not easy. The sue cessful man advertises to the worlc that he can do certain things well? and he must go on making good 01 back off the map. It's a great sensa tion, a great experience?worth almosl anything?but it isn't a snap." It- tho con-to or in hnsinpss. KflVS a writer in the American Magazine The salesman who sets a high mari has to go right out and beat that mark or suffer by comparison with his own record. He can't sit down in s rocking chair and devote the rest oi his life to receiving congratulations. Have you ever sat in a restauranl and compared your job with that of a waiter? Try it some time. No mattei what your work is I am sure you will see the point if you watch the waitei and think how exactly his job typifies yours. Take, for example, my jobthat of an editor. An editor's job is -L'? 1" il * " mnifM VTo KoC tsacuy iiis.tr uiui ui a )yaucu to go and get something good and bring it in. And after he has brought it In he has to go right out and get something more and bring that in. The minute he sits down or stops to talk unnecessarily with the guests, he ceases to give as good service as before. Then the guests who praised him a moment' ago begin to growl. And so, almost immediately, he has turned from a good servant into a poor one. This fits any line of human activity. A continuous performance is what ia wanted. Nothing else counts. JUDICIAL SYSTEMS ARE OLD WranrlM Over Riahts and VIV> I ?? i -W w Wrongs From Time They Began to Live Together. The concrete beginning of a systemIzed judiciary, writes Lewis M. Hoses in Case and Comment, are as old as the tribal relation.- Men quarreled about rights and wrongs as soon as they began to live together as a community, and the chief of the tribe, or the "elders," judged between claimants. Indeed, at the earliest beginnings of _ historv we find in Egypt a judicial system, including a reviewing power and remarkably developed ideas / of administrative justice. Judicial officers in their epitaphs rest their claim to immortality upon having judged impartially, never oppressing the weak and humble, and their merciful regard for the fatherless and the widow. In the Code of Hammurabi of Babylon were embodied many of the essential principles of modern justice which were transmitted to European peoples - ? * ? i J , through tne conquests or Aiexanuer and the Romans. These form the primal basis of the Roman civil law cf our English ancestors, derived through the early tribes of northern Europe. Even old Homer (66 B. C.) gives us a suggestive picture of the modern system of court trials, as the Odyssey: "What time the judge forsakes the noisy bar To take repast, and stills the wordy war." * v v Good Wages Necessary. Proper remuneration of labor and well-being of the individual must be recognized as elements of sound business management, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The age has passed when the yearly dividend paid to stockholders is accepted by the public as . the sole cause for the existence of an industry. Neither are we justified in passing judgment on the quality of industrial administration, or on the practicability of any system of factory operation solely on the basis of whether such administration or system will insure a permanent or increasing degree of financial profit to the owner. We have to consider the human side of all industrial activity, not alone in its relation to the segregated community and the public at large. Self-Confldence Wins. Have you ever felt the chagrin of knowing that you have failed in an enterprise, whether this may have been "\ a mere incident of business or an entire career, purely through lack of selfconfidence? mi a? - ^ 1 ?tmm. ~4 jliiuusuiius ujl uieu uave jltiiitru iu just that way, writes Hugo Masters in Physical Culture. Self-confidence is a factor in success of such importance that the man with moderate ability, but plenty of confidence, will succeed where the man of far greater ability, coupled with a lack of confidence, will fail. This ha^ been proven probably a few billion times in the history of human affairs. . . What Will the Harvest Be? Few Americans are aware that they live in a country inclosed in a circle of mines and nets, writes Niksah; yet such is the case. Since the declaration of war the navy department has been sowing the waterways and harbors of the country with means of destruction. In harbors nets designed to catch F'*i>marines are the chief reliance, while in rivers the channels tre . planted with mines, (A 4 5 SLOW TRAVEL IN MANCHURIA j . Better Progress l? Made in Winter Than in Summer by Antiquated Methods. 3! Although it is much easier to renr-h t Manchuria now than it was ten or fif. teen years ngo, th?> man who would \ travel in the interior of this primitive ) part of China, as soon as he leaves tho j few railroads must rely upon means . that were standard a century ago. i If it is winter he will rattle over the frozen mud in a cart drawn by three . horses. At night he will stop at an inn ; t where he must supply his own bed and . a lar^p nnrt of his own food, unless hn . is willing to be satisfied with a little j boiled corn. The walls of his room . will be of paper and eyes will peer at . him through holes hastily punched for . the purpose. In the morning his drlvl er will awaken him before daylight and start him on another long day of jolts 5 and freezing. _ ; In the summer travel is easier and : pleasanter, but also much slower. A [ boat may be taken upon one of the . rivers. It will cra>vl along between l pleasantly shaded banks and green ? fields, every little while coming to rest upon a sandbar, so that progress is un. believably slow, even going down stream. Against the current the boat . is laboriously poled and dragged with [ , heavy ropes. By these means the traveler may . penetrate into a region where change . is unknown and the priniciples of Con- | , fuclus still rule. He will meet natives . who have never seen a watch or a rail, road train, although they nominally belong to one of the oldest civilizations; he will see the squalor and dirt 1 , and disease that go with ignorance. ' The fact will be forcibly brought [ home to him that modern progress 1 i travels over good roads. i I CONFUSING CITY OF CAGNES , I ' Tourists Find It Advantageous to Learn to Distinguish From Similar ' Name?Cannes. i ' American and English visitors to the Riviera soon come to know Cagnes by~ I name, according to Harper's Magazine. It is a challenge to their ability to pro- I I nounce French?a challenge that must be accepted, if you are in the region 1 of Grasse or Nice or Antibes. Two ! distinct tramway lines and several 1 . roads lead from Grasse to Cannes and L Cagnes. Unless you are very careful ' you may find yourself upon the wrong 1 [ route. Once on the Cagnes tramway, 1 ; or well engaged npon the road to ] . Casmes. when you had meant to go to Cannes, the mistake takes hours to re- ! . trleve. ' At Nice chauffeurs and cochers love 1 ' to cheat you by the confusion of these 1 t two names. You bargain for the long ' ; trip to Cannes, and are attracted by t the reasonable price quoted. In a 1 very short time you are at Cagnes. The s vehicle* stons. Imnossible to rectify 1 your mispronunciation without a sub- 1 stantial increase of the original sum of the bargain. Antibes is between * Cagnes and Cannes. Cagnes is nearer, 1 and It is always to Cannes that you ! want to go. Spell the name or write : it on a piece of paper if you are to be { sure that you will be taken west in- : stead of east. t * i Drum Major Necessary. j Indispensable is the drum major of i , a rural brass band, and the envy of the small boy is he as well. This functionary is about as serviceable as a figurehead on a battleship, writes Zira . in Cartoons Magazine, yet his duties , , are beyond estimation in keeping the 1 tubas and trombones from stumbling f into mud puddles and guiding the al- \ ' leged musicians past refreshment em- " poriums. His success rests on the errant of his ability to twirl the stick over three-story buildings and catch it 1 behind his back on its descent. He is [ to the band what the monkey is to a hnnd-orsran. All eyes are upon him 1 while the ears feast on the music. Big r city bands often roan* about the streets ' unescorted by a drum major and feel : not at all discommoded by his absence, [ but a country band would not deem J itself fit to be seen on parade without ; this distinguished appendage. c World's Greatest Weavers. i 1 The ancient Indians of Peru are now f rpp-nrriprl ?s the world's firreatest weav ers. This noteworthy revelation in the history of textile art Is the result of the critical examination of many rich N and beautiful tapestries and other fab- c rics executed by the gifted ancient In- j dian population of Peru. Though buried three centuries or more in the t sandy desert after being made with j primitive handlooras and other weav- ^ ing implements, these wonderful fab- f rics are now found to be superior to t>.o~e turned out by the automatic j? -? ? j. mi, ^ !ooms or tne great mms 01 ioaay. mt; nrimitive Peruvian handloora consisted of two sticks, one at the top and one f at the bottom. J \ Catherine Long on Blessing. I Catherine, who lives in the same t town with numerous relatives, was wont to remember them all separately in her prayer each nigM. A few nights ago she was especially tired and sleepy f i ana wnen sne Degan iu aiuuiciaio . them, evidently the task looked hard, . for she ended up with "and bless ev- j v. .. '.,ody In the telephone book." Wife Failed to Keep Her Word. < Iloyle?Doyle is suing his wife for rPMf?h nf nrninise. ! Boyle?For breach of promise? 1 Iley!^-Yes; she promised to divorce \ him, but now she has backed out!?- ( ?, Town Topic#. f FATAL DESERT OF KARA-KUM ! ? V 1 L ! I I Heat Reaching 163 Degrees Is Hurled ' Into One's Face Like Sheet of Fire. When the caravans in olden days went up from Samarcand and Bokhara < to Mery for silks and carpets, or car- , ried spices for Europe to the Caspian ports, some of them occasionally wan- < dered off into the desert of Kara-Kum, | and few of those ever returned. This , desert, which is smaller but more ter- ; rible than Sahara, came to be known , as "the tomb of caravans." i If you were to venture into the < desert of Kara-Kum you would travel ( by camel. At first you would pass , through a land of scrubby bushes and of nftftn npnr n WPlI SllITOlinded < by a tiny native village at the bottom j of a dimple in the desert. And here j yon would feel your first touch of the , desert heat?a heat that reaches 163 , degrees in the sun and is hurled into your face by the wind like a veritable , sheet of flame. ( In the comparative cool of evening ( j ou would push on into the desert ( proper. Presently from the top of a , slight elevation you would see it reach- } iug before you?a petrified storm at 1 sea, an ocean of sand. There is ( nothing but sand, and it is tossed by a ceaseless wind into billows miles , long that creep forward perhaps a i foot a year, burying everything in ' their path. The wind tears banners , of flying sand from their crests as you ' look, releasing cascades that go rumbling into the burning hollows. The path across this desert is ( marked only by bits of bone and stick, occasionally by a human skull. It is ( paciiv lnst- in the dark, and it is the thread which connects one shallow, t muddy well with another. Many have lost it and they are still in the desert ' of Kara-Kum. ( i rOOMBS UTTERS ONE ERROR ' ( Noted for Accuracy, Famous Publicist Makes Mistake in Georgia Cor> | stitutional Convention. In the Georgia constitutional contention of 1877 so usually accurate a publicist as General Robert Toombs uttered a singular error. He was con tending in a speech for enough courts ^ (n Georgia to assure speedy justice md at one point in the debate he said : "I only desire to say one word. Six hundred and fifty years ago our rude ancestors met upon a plain at Runni- ; uede and established a great system )f judiciary in one line of bad Latin, j rhey made King John say, 4We will j sell to none, we will deny to none, we svill delay to none, right and justice, ma mncf mflVp ns manv courts as ?1111 V UiUCV AMM?W ? v ire necessary to carry out those grand utterances." i Actually there Is no "plain" at Run- 1 1 limede, as those who have visited the \ listoric locality know. Anciently there res a running-mede, or meadow, on , :he Middlesex shore of the Thames, i tvhere races were pulled off. Possibly :he doughty barons held some mass ; neeting in the meadow, but history fnct thnt the Mama Chart*, was signed on an island off shore, nearer j ; he Surrey bank, and which has ever j since been known as Charter island. ! ; [n London in 1909 there was a sale of ; he island and the wonder was -voiced j | n the public press why the govern- j nent did not purchase it and erect ' ipon it some suitable memorial. Device to Save Worry. ] A "worry-saving" device that is be- i , ng installed in many of the apartment j louses here, says the Pittsburgh Dis- ; , mtch, is a slot macnine arrangement ; ( ntended to eliminate computation and ! ] lispute regarding the monthly bill for j . elephone service. I The machine is built on the principle , )f the public pay station slot tele- | )hone, but is handier in size. It can I ie purchased outright at comparative- j , y little cost, or leased at reasonable j , ates. It does away with all bills and I j nakes complaints of overcharge impos- j ;ible. In the event that a tenant has , ( lot the proper change to insert in the ; ? -t 1? ?i . ;lot, he may insert Drass cnecus, wjuiv.u j ire supplied with the machine. j ] When the coin box is opened by the j :ollector the tenant is called on to re- j ieera these brass checks. The device j s making a hit with landlords and tenmts. Many Great Men Die Young. The question is often asked, what Is < neant by "the prime of life." It is i lifficult to say; people differ so much. ] Lfncf crrpflf- men have died comparative y young. Alexander the Great died at ] hirty-two, having conquered practical- i y the whole world of his day; Julius i Caesar was dead at fifty-five. Napole- < >n died at fifty-two, Oliver Cromwell ] it fifty-nine, Shakespeare at fifty-two, j Charles Dickens at fifty-eight. Nearly ,? ill the men who made "the French Rev- ] lution were dead before they were ] ifty; many of them before they were orty. Robespierre was only thirty-six vhen he died, Desmoulins thirty-four, fVi?r-fi-.firo and Mirabeau for .'UUKUi U141 tj utv, ? . y-two. j Colorado Was Not Red. 1 It was Williair'p first trip to Color- t<lo. Everyone was marveling at the ? .vonderful scenery but the little chap, 1 * of if oil "Whflt's < VflO SCflllfU liuuuicu <11. ii r?e matter, don't you like the moun- ! a ins?" asked his mother. "Oh, yes," ] eplied the boy, "but ou my map Col >rado is red." < Mostly Talk. ''Getting up betimes and enjoying he eari3* morning is delightful these i lays" "5 ei>-; I often talk about doing it." 1 RAISE FIVE VICE PRESIDENTS ' l ! Fyler, Fillmore, Johnson, Arthur and Roosevelt Succeeded on Death of the President. : T-lf - -1 0. _ - r i.1. _ rive vice presiueins ol tut1 uuueu ; States have on the death of tne presl- j lent succeeded to the higher office. ! t rhe first president to die while in ofGce i tvas William Henry Harrison, grand- j father of Benjamin Harrison of Inliana. His death occurred April 4, 1841, just one month after his inaugur- ! aUn TV ~ T?U ? rri-1. [tliuu. A1J.C Vltc picsiurill, OUilll AJICl, rlien at his country home in Virginia, ! was officially notified of the event and ->n reaching Washington, at cnce took i the oath of office as president. As this was the first case of the kind there was much discussion for a time ! in and out of congress as to Tyler's proper title?that is, whether he wa3 , "vice president of the United States acting as president" or president. It ivas finally conceded on- all sides that the language of the Constitution Is clear that on the death of the presl- j dent in office the vice president becomes, In name as in fact, president.! The framers of the Constitution did not leave the door open for trouble that might arise regarding the legality of acts done by an "acting president." On the death of Presideni: Zachary j Taylor, July 9, 1850, Vice President Millard Fillmore succeeded to the pres- j idency and was at a later ds.te an un- j successful candidate for election to the j' office. Andrew Johnson, the third vice i presideni: to succeed to the higher of-I Rce, tool: the oath April 15, 1865, the j rlay after the assassination of Presi- j 3ent Lincoln. President Garfield was : shot July 2, 1881, died the following September 19, and was immediately j r*/\ Aof ah A i ?ULV.CCUCU If J T IvC 1 ICOlUCUt 'UUCOl'^1 XX. | Arthur. Vice President Roosevelt sue- j needed President McKinley, who died | September 14, 1901, and was the only j one of live vice presidents thus sue- j deeding to the office who was subsequently elected to it. i SING TO SETTLE QUARRELS; ITcI/iiviAe Ul n\/A Sa^iiliar Manmnp A# uorxmivg i h * v ? vvmmhi muniivi w Adjusting Their Grievances?Enemy Must Listen. The Eskimos, who live in the Icebound. barren Northland, have a way of settling quarrels which seems very strange and amusing to those who live In a land of policemen and courts of Justice. There, when quarrels arise, | Khp mnn whn hn<? a eTievflnpp writes a I song in which' he tells the wrongs that j have been done him. When this has j been composed to his satisfaction, he Invites his enemy to come and hear him sing it. This the enemy must do, and he brings with him all his relatives and many of his friends, while the singer also has gathered his friends and relatives for the occasion, which Is considered something of a general entertainment by the people of the vil- j !age in which the men live. Then, while other men of the village j rxmnd madly on huge drums, the song | of wrongs is begun. When it is finished, If v the audience expresses approval. the singer is considered to have won and to have a just cause of complaint. But if dissatisfaction Is expressed, that is considered sufficient punishment. After the song everyone dances and the party breaks up in sjreat good humor. Do Big Jobs First. The more you ponder difficulties the harder they seem. So the thin;? is to j get them off the slate as soon as possi-j ble. You get them off by going after j them. Just cast np the work of the j flay. Estimate the toil in each prob- j [em. Tackle the hardest one before! you are tired. That may not be ac-j cording to precedent, but it's according ! to good generalship. As soon as yon ; get that off the list tackle the next j f-V>i'nrr ir? imnrtrtnnpp IvPPn fh<? WOrk ' soing and you're bound to win vie- j tories over sell' and the job you face. \ Soon there won't be any real problems ; to annoy you. It will just be a matter of attacking things in the best order. Fou have gone a long way toward mastery when you have learned to do big things first.?Grit. j / ? Icelanders as Emigrants. ; It is claimed for the Icelandic settlers that they have played no small part in the progress and prosperity of the province of Manitoba, Canada, and It is asserted that the s^)ry of the for- j eign population of Winnipeg must necessarily begin with the Icelander. He has set the pace for all the incoming races. He is the illustration par excel-1 tence of how a pfeople of ambition and industry can master difficulties, triumph over prejudice, and attain their aesired place in the commercial, the political, the intellectual and. social life of a hustling and growing city in n ctroniro lnnrl Outside the citv It is I aot unusual to find Icelanders with farms of 1,000 acres. Bessy Lacks 'Preciatiori. Stephen called to see the new Jer-1 ?ey calf, so he was taken out to the j pasture where it was. The week-old J calf was at one end of the lot looking j through the bars, while the mot her, old j Bess, was as far the opposite side as j rrnrrincr infr* cr*fl Pfi A 'ftPT* ! MIC LUU1U iuiu W^/UVVi AAA vwa. | waiting some time for a display of j iffection between mother and daughter i Stephen looked up with a puzzled ex- ! jression and said: "What's the matter i .vitli that cow, uncle? Don't she 'pre- J :iate that calf?" - I otunning. "Oh. EfTie, your new gown and hat ire {.'turning!" "Yes. All'red hasn't recovered yet j Li'onj toe siiocK, the bill gave him." FOR A TONIC IRO\ CAN'T HE BEAT Concentrated Form of Natural Iron Cheaper, Stronger, Cn^xcelled Acid Iron M>_ieral. All Druggist Have It | "I found such quick relief from taking Acid Iron Mineral (natural iron) for rheumatism, and chronic indigestion I want to urge mon* people to take iron instead of other rem- j edies when needing a tonic and some- j thing that will build them up," said 1 J C Shelton, of Roanoke, Va. I "f was wejk had a sour stomach, j bc.d appetite, and suffered most of | all the time. I needed ? tonic badly, i and when I started taking Acid Jron Mineral I found the remedy I needed," continued Mr. Shelton, who lives at 502 12th St., X. Wj. Acid Iron Mineral is highly concentrated medicinal iron testing over 10 degrees specific gravity and a few drops in a glass of water makes an unexcelled medicine for the blood, digestion, and appetite. It is sold by druggists in six and twelve ounce botties under the Ferrodine Chemical Corp, trademark, which guarantees; strength and efficiency. Be sure you j get the genuine. Get a bottle. It !3 eneaper and better for you. Acid Iron Mineral is sold by P. E. Way and other good druggist throughout the stete. - ?Ht?tttHU* 1 2 Used 40 Years | | Die Woman's Tonic f ? Sold Everywhere ? ' I'HHJ tliilKALiiJ A.ND NEWS Qffl f EAR FOR ONLY 11.50. Soldiers A Bible, Steel Mirror Soldiers Kit - < Folder for your Fath< or Sweetheart's Ph Tooth Brush Tooth Paste Brush and Comb Wrist Watch,' Bo Fountain Pen, Cuff L Knives and many oth Come and see my li for the War. Mayes' Be The House^of a^l f $ 1 An Ambition an ( } r-^rr-ry -1- <iM 1A i | ticnccosw uic ouuuiaiv. * of the Soctbem Railway: thefrowt F K the upbuilding of the other, a 2 I* ' /I 1 ? The Southern Railway asks so ferrc I C J accorded to others. i The ambition of th? Southern Rail? f J nni-.y of interest that is bora of co-open f , the railroads; to see perfected that fair an< / ment of railroads which invites the < V ace.icics; to realize that liberality of trt to obraia the additional capital needed for j j enlarged facilities incident to the dema I, I service; and, finally? rTo take it9 niche in tnc oocy ponn other ztcat in tastrics. wiih no more, bo righn and cqu il opportunities. 11 S?utlieni ^ervi rScutl^a^ai] / | "I'll Show You Mow Corns Peel Off!" Ever Peel a Banana Skin? That's It! "I should worry about those corns I ?I just put some *Gets-It' on." Corns used to pester the world into a frenzy, enduring pain, digging, slicing toes, tinkering with plasters ' Geta-It" Puts Your Feet In Clove* ?It Ends Corns Quickly. and tape, trying to fix a corn so it wouldn't hurt. But now no one in ?he world "should worry," because the moment you put "Gets-It" on, it means the end of a corn. There is nothing in the world like "Gets-It"?nothing as sure and certain?nothing that you can count on to take off a corn or callus every time, and without danger. The corn never grew that "Gets-It" will not get; It nc;. ^r irritates the flesh, never makes your toe sore. Just two drops of "Gets-It" and presto! the corn-pain vanishes. Shortly you can peel the corn right off with your finger and there you are? corn-free and happy with the toe as smooth and corn-free as your palm. Never happened before, did it? Guess not. Get a bottle of "Gets-It" today A from any drug- score, ycu need pay no more than 25c, or iient on receipt of price by E. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago, 111. Sold in Newberry and recommended as the world's best corn remedy by P. E. Way, W. G. Mayes and Newberry Drug Co. [ Saves Doctor's Bills < r J ^ 7 Instead of calomel and other violent purga*l tires, which are dangerous aa well as nauseating, I It is better to use a reliable medicine like j Granger Liver Regulator 'Under date of Oct 27.1916. J.W. Ala.^R. FJxSsfoJ j ten**'^G*1 * * * MIa? *?lwy8keep SHli it in my house and would not ba with-] ISS& 9 iswu?6!K^3i oit it" 4 j?I?K S3 Sold by dmc-l 55*8?lffl rsts,28c?b?x. Refuse *U snbsti-1 Gran(?r Medicine Co., CluritanoAgt, T?Mk f t ! _ Necessities 50c - $1.50 ir and Mother oto - - $1.00 - - - 10c lCc 50c to|$2.50 x Paper, Tablets, inks, Collar Buttons, er articles. ine, before you leave >ok Store housand Things i \ a d a Record: p entical with the need* ! j b and success of one means ' | / re?no tgedtl privileee hoc j t/ 777 Company Is to see thai < Irion between the public and i frank policy in tbe manare- j roafidence of jrovemmental \ atment which will enable it J tbe acquisition of better ana A ad for increased and better ./ I c of th? Sooth alongside of J it with equal liberties, equal *s the South." I way System 1