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ALMOST WILLING TO GIVE UP Gap Johnson Is Beginning to Fear He Never Will Really Understand Women. "Women is funny folks, 'most any 'Way you take 'em," philosophically admitted Mr. Gap Johnson of Iliimpus liidge. "The oldest man in America can't tell what a lady will do next, and if he could, she wouldn't do it. Day before yesterday while we was : setting around the dinner table wife "slapped a few of the children into ' shape and then sorter casually asked {-me if I knowed what day it was. " 'Why, Wednesday or Thursday, I 1 reckon;' says I. 'I hain't paid much : attention lately, but it's some'rs along -there.' "'It is Tuesday, the 10th,' says she, r kind o' sternly. 'Do you know what happened 13 years ago today?' w 'Hum, now! L'ez see,' says I. Oh, ,yes!?that was the day a tree fell on me and busted me up considerable. I forgot?' v "'No, it wasn't!' she snapped. 'We "-\rere married 15 years aero today.' "'Is that so?' says I. "Well, I fcnowed something happened to me, but I softer disrecollected what. Aw-hum! I? "And then I'll be switched Jf wife 'didn't rise up like a queen and sling mighty nigh every dish on the place at my head?dishes that cost me good money, too! The longer I live with women, the less I know about 'em!"? Judge. ICELAND PROUD OF CULTURE - tittle Nation, Long Isolated From the Rest of the World, Has Maintained us opiriLUdi t_nc. There are few nations that can point to a brighter record of culture than this little nation of one hundred thousand people (Iceland), practically Isolated on their arctic island for nearly one thousand years. Why did "they not revert to barbarism, as has 't>een the fate of many white groups -out of touch with outside civilization? ? There is but one answer: The Promethean flame which kindled the genius of the old, now nameless, monks?the saga authors?has never died in Iceland. It could not die so long as the sagas lived, firing the spiritual life - of the nation. Each period of national prosperity since the saga age has seen a revival - of literary activity. Now Iceland is ; more prosperous in a material' way than ever in its history, and behold there is a pen scratching in every cot~$age; there is a poet apostrophizing -Hwery waterfall, dedicating the summer crop of poppies and daffodils, and ^charming, or at least trying to charm, the innumerable host of fays and light selves, trolls and water sprites and ; ^<<landvaettir" which have endowed the bleak hills and mountains of Iceland " with an immortal soul.?From the Dial. Fewer Works of Art Imported. According to a compilation by the National City bank, the value of art works imported in 1918 is about $11,^WO.OOO, as against $23,600,000 in 1917 '- end $35,000,000 in 1914. In automobiles the value in 1918 ""Was about $50,000, against nearly $2,* v 000,000 in 1913 and more than $2,000,vnrtrt 1- 1A10 otUUa fhn n? nm(ra volna "VW 112 1(71>, Willie (.lie urcia^c * aiuv per machine imported in 1918 was less than one-half that before the war. Decorated chinaware imported in 1918 'was about $3,500,000 in value, against $8,000,000 in 1914. Almost the same ratio was shown in decreases of precious -stones and jewel importations. Americans Should Eat Fish. Americans are deficient as fish eaters, compared with inhabitants of foreign countries. Less than two pounds :per head is the yearly consumption of -salt and smoked fish in this country. STor the winter's supply, salt fish can l>e laid in and, pound for pound, furnish much more nutriment than fresh fish. This is because curing extracts a. large part of the \iater, and what is . -left is nearly all solid food.?People's -Home Journal. f" Had No Occasion to Say it. A little girl was invited to a friend's house for dinner and before leaving -her mother warned her to say "please." * ^tfcank you," and "no, thank you." When the little girl returned she was asked if she said please and thank .you and she said yes. Then her mother asked: "Did you say no,, thank you, when they passed something you did L WOUlt ''No, mother, I didn't, because they didn't pass anything I didn't want." Avenues of Honor. "^Phe city of Cleveland has adopted " a novel plan for honoring its soldier * dead. For each Cleveland soldier that loses his life in this war a victory oak will be planted along one of the boule ards, and each of the oaks will be -named for a soldier. This will consti^tate a beautiful and enduring memorwith a practical as well as a sen* "Omental value. Other cities may find - ft vcfesirable to follow Cleveland's ex* couple.?Springfield (Mass.) Union. The Attraction. Slacker?What is there about a uni3brm that attracts a girl? ?Girl?Nothing. It's what the uni form is about that attracts her. A ' xeal man, you know. Loose Soil Dries Rapidly. Soil heaped up around plants has a higher average temperature than the level ground, hut it becomes colder In the night, as it dries more rapidly. k Letter From Dixon Alewlne. France, Nov. 12, 1918. Dear Father and All:? Will write you all a few lines this beautiful day. I am feeling fi;:e after having such a long trip across the ocean. I e: joyed the trip very well; was sea sick about half of the time. so you can imagire how I felt. Wo didn't have a-y trouble at all on our trip, but we were caught in a storm it lasted one day and right. We are rot doing ? thidg now but lying around?go out on hikes for exercise. If all reports are true I don't think we will be over here very long. Things a~e very diffcre t over here from what they are over there. You can understand but very little the people -say. You know how crazy I j am about candy; I bought some the j first dny I was over here, but oh, my! I couldn't eat it, for it tasted just l?I:e tobacco and you k^ow I don't care anything abort tohacco. The weather is getting very col(< over here. The gronrd was frozen last night, and row it is some muddy since it has thawed. Hope you all are through gathering the crop. l o! vou won't have to work in the cold. I' think about you all so often when 11 am out and get cold fingers. Although J I have woolen gloves and clothes it is j hard for me to keep warm. We are j i r ot allowed to have ary fire where i 1 > we are now, and don't have a light ? A ~^? fa-rrr y? n rHo c in tVlP i I CAV/CJLJt (I *? v M u *v ,j Aii v? | building. There are some sights to see; over here. All the French people j wear wooden, shoes except a few. j I Very seldom you see a two horse j wagon, all of them are two wheeled i carts; look something like the trash wagon: in town as we call them. All the houses are built of mud and rock. I haven't seen a wooden building, only the ones that the Americans havo j built. The people don't plant ;butj a few things around here, all I have seen is cabbage and turnips, but they i " n?A,, oil lioro certainly are nne. uuc?s yuu ?u ??,. ~. gotten my label I sent to put on myj Christmas box, but if you haven't 11 don't want you all to worry. For it! will be all right if I don't get a box; for I am petting plentv to eat a.ny| way. The Red Cross l??d*es gave if to me. ?.-d that is why I sent it to you. Well I will cTose for this time as I have a very poor ^lace write Hoping to hear from you a1! soor From your soldier son and brother. Dixon. - J - * *?* *1 ? I Letter irom La^KMira akhujc. Brest, France, Nov. 19. Dear Mother:? " Will write you a few li^es tonight to let you hear from me. I am doius( flne ?ow; hope you all the same j Am sending this letter wth a friend to mail for me in the U. S. Mother, we had a very .narrow escape when we came over here. Two subs attacked us and one torpedo just missed our ship just about six feet it was some exciting \time Tor a while. It was 6:30 in. the morning?was a very heavy fog, and we didn't see one of the subs at all. But believe me we saw the torpedo and it fired at us.' We were then in. sight of land?we didn't have any more trouble on that; trip. We had only two destroyers with us. 2n chasers a,"d severqi o+.ho-' j different class ships. We landed here j ?? Brp?t the 5th day of August, and j w* are still here. But don't know how ''v?: we -^oll st.?v here. The now is that we will leave before j PhrMmas. hone th?t is true, but tha i - 1- U*s4-4 ' weather over nere now is mu?;u ucuu tha.V it has been ' since we have been over here, r see some of the most, pitiful siehts over here any Q"3 could see. All the girls! certainly are pretty, but ?y\ the voi\r?g men you see are in uniform. We sure do ; have gome ." ice times over here. Any 1 one that drinks ca-i. get all the booze j they wa.-t. and when we heard thei war was over it. '"'re was a bunch of drunk mem. The bells were ringing, whistles blowing and you could see some people shooting sky rockets a."d using the Dig tiasn ngius. it wasj the most beautiful sight we had ever ; seen, and believe me we will .never forget it either. We didn't fire any ! guns but the French did. i Well, mother, <;uess this will be a ' happy Christmas for you all. I hope i so any way. Hope Dixon can be home i with you all. I think maybe I can get to come home for a few days : when I get back to the States. I j wanted to go to Paris, but I o.n going j to try and save a little money now, j so I can spend it when, I get back tc - * ? i " II the gOOd Old U. S. A. Ail ius r ictiuu girls we have seen want to com* back with us, but I don't think I will bring one back with me. We are going to give several hujidred little French children their dinner Thanks.giv?l ir.g day. I know we will have some time. Our captain lef: today for England, and from th^rc he will go to Germany. Some gay we are goin^ .00. by the way of the Keel Canal. But we hear so much until we don t know what to delieve. I hope we will go down and around T ;rkey and 2ta'*y becarse I want to see some of t'ne r world while I am c^ti aero, so I cs-n tell you all about it wh? i i c;.-;r.c he me. Mother I wish you all wotfM tell me | ir.cre about the hoim affairs. How] is Dad getting alo,'? working all the J land? Has he arv negroes work-i ing for him? Guess -he i:e\v school | has opened long before now, hope i it will be a success. Well mother I feel like I could write ail night to! you, but guess I had better stop for, this time. Hoping to hear Irom you! all real soon. With lot.s of love to; all and a good .night kiss for you. j From your sailor son, Lang for;!. ~~ . i Letter from Willie Wicker. France, Nov. 24, 191S. | Bear Mother:? How are you? Fine I hope. I amj | well doin<r finei I arrived at; Brest after a 13-day trip across the! pond. I have gone many miles from! there. I am not far from Bordeaux j It is warmer here than it was at Brest. It is abort the Fame climate j here it is at home. It was very cold ' at Brest and I was glad we traveled! south. We are about 40 miles from | Spain. I have seen some fire sights *n| this historic old coup try. we aT? having a fine time viewing the sights : I am glad I got to take the tn'p overj here to see this historic country. This . is the\ richest soil I ever saw. I certainly enjoyed my trip across j the pond. I guess you have heard the! good peace news? Do not send me \ any box: I hope to be home by Christ-! mas. We are expectig to leave anvj time for the States. \ iDo not worry about me for I am j getting plenty to eat, a good place to( sleep and nothing to do. I any sure | 1 will be home to start a farm. I hope j1 j j ?ill 4- * 11 1 i you Hre uuuig liiitr a.i;u win, uu i j o-et back to my dear old home o^ce j more and can sit down and eat Wiuii: you all once more. Don't forget mo: for I long to be bar*, homt wfrh you ! all again. When v j sr-i* this letter. 1 expec: to be on my way home for we are coming home as fast as they let us. j1 Not necessary to answer. Fijom your son, Willie Wicker. NOTICE. I wiil sell on Monday, January K, I j ? *1 f!1 A 4-Vtst ??o1ac< AIA'TOH I 1 ailCi lliC uiaoici 9 vu | (11 100) acres of land outside of cityh limits but in free school district.!! bounded on the north by the Columbia I read, east by Harrington- 'St., soutn j < and west by lands formerly of E. M. j< Lane, deceased. , % t ' Terms one-third cash; balance in j one and two years in equal payments; with mote and mortgage of land, with j. interjest from day of sale at 8 perj^ cent. Purchaser to pay for papers stamps and recording same. Colin L. Graham, Pomaria, S. C. | Lavallieres, bracelet Watches. Cameo ? T}?AArt>ioe Ror Pine Diamnnd Rings i Ul WV/11V/U, .A. 4UW, ... | Pink Sapphire 'Rings, 'Pearl Rings at. I Cooper's Jewelry Store. Make your | selection now before they are pick-j ed over. . 12-6 tf j WANTED?A cottage; or four or five! rooms. Desirable location and garden. Possession wanted as soon as ca?i be given. Address Father, care He/aid and News. Ptf j fiufi cures FTT10US ever. if HOW THIN PEOPLE OBTAIN A PLUMP STRONG ROBUST BODY.j "Before I took tonoline people use'1 j to call me 'skinny,' but now my namej is changed. -My whole body is stout. j Have gained 15 lbs. and am gaining! yet. I look like a new man," declared F. P. Smith, Pittsburg, Pa., who had just finished the tonoline treatment. Would you, too, like to quickly put from 10 to 30 lbs. of good, solid, "staythere" flesh, fat and muscular tissue between your skin and bones? Don't say it can't be done. Try it. | Let us send you free a -"0c package of * J it A fnr lonoime ctHU piuvc ? ii a u IV tail uu you. Newberry Drug Co., is dispensing a great deal of tonoline. More than half a million thin men and women have gladly made this test and that tonoline does succeed, doe? make thin folks fat even where ail else has failed, is best proved by the tremendous business we have done. No drastic diet, flesh creams, massage, oils or emulsions, but a simple, harmless home treatment. Cut out the coupon and send for this free package to. day. Take tonoline with your meals anl watch it work. This test wiil tell the story. ?50c BOX FREE? Free Tonollne Coupon. This coupon, with. 10c in silver to help pay postage, packing, etc., j and to show good faith entitles holder to one 50c package of Tonoline free. Address the American * Proprietary Co., Boston. Mass. 1 SPECIAL ELECTION I> WHEELAM) SCHOOL DISTRICT >0. 31. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA [ County of Newberry. ! Whereas, one-third of the resident free-holders and a. like proportion of flits roe i tl a t r\f tlio u rra 2J years in the Wheeland school district Xo. 31, the county of Xewberry. State of South Carolna, have filed '*. petition with the county hoard of education of Newberry County, South Carolina, petitioning and requestii;.^ that an election be held in the said school district on the question ji levying an additional special tax ol" two (2) mills on the taxable property within the said school district. Now, therefore, we the undersigned composing the county board of education for Newberry county. State of South Carolna, do hereby order the board of trustees of the Wheeland school district No. 31, to hold an eleo_ tion on the said question of levying an additinoal special tax of two (2) mills to be collected on the property located within the said school district. which said election shall be held at the Wheeland school house in the said school district No. 31, on Monday, the 30th day of December, 1918, at which said election the polls shall be opened at 7 a. m., and closed at 4 p. m. The members of the board of trustees of the said school distrct shall act as managers of the said election. Only such electors as reside in the said school district and return real or personal property for taxation, and j who exihit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required ?n general elections, shall be allowed to vote. Electors favoring the levy of. such a tax shall cast a ballot containing the word "Yes" written or printed thereon, and each elector opposed to such levy 'shall cast a ballot containing the word "Xo" written or printed thereon. Given under our hands and seal this, the 16th day of December, 1918. C. M. Wilson, (L. S ) , 0. B. Cannon, * J. M. Bedenbaugh. Courty Board of Education, Newber ? /> 1J ry county, soum Carolina. ESTATE NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that I will make a final settlement o* the personal estate of Fred Bishop, deceased, on Thursday, December 19th, 1918, at 11 s'clock a. m., in the office of the Probate Judge for Newberry county, and immediately thereafter apply for a discharge as Administrator of said jstate. John P. Counts, Administrator of the personal estate of Fred Bishop, deceased LUMBER?Any one wanting lumber j see me. Can furnish any size. J. I C. Sample. Newberry, S. u. li-zztr fififi curfs by removing the cause. J ' **" lf v I " |II11111 HI and the able Perl warmth Sturdily odorless. Aladdin See the ] STAT j < | , | I Washington. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry. Whereas, one-third of the resident free-holders ar.d a like proportion of the resident electors of the age of twenty-one years in the Fair view! Kf?hnnl district Xo 18. thft countv of! Newberry. State of South Carolina, j have filed a petition with the county | board of education of Xewberry coun-j ty. South Carolina, petitioning and re-; questing that an election be he'd in the said school district on the question of levying an additonal special | tax of four (4) mills on the taxablej property w'thin the said school (lis ; trict. Now, therefore, we tbe undersigned I ' composing the county board of educa-1 tion for Newberry county, State of. f South Carolina, do hereby order th?1 board of trustees of the Fair view ( school district No. 18, to hold an election on the said question of leying an addtional special tax of four (4) mills / to be collected on the property located i within the said school district, which ?-aid election shall be held at the Fair, view school house in the said school ; district No. 18. on. Saturday, the 2Stb 1 dny cf D^'omber, 1918. at which said.( election the polls shall be opened at 7 a. m.. and closed at 4 p. m. The members of the board of trustees of the said school district shall | act as maragers of the said election Only such electors as reside 111 thoj ?aid school district and return real j or personal property for taxation, and' who exhibit their taxes and registration certificates as required in genera! elections, shall be allowed to vote. Electors favoring the levy of such tax 14 shall cast a ballot containing the word ! "Yes" written or printed thereon, and < each elector opposed to such levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "No" written or' printed thereon. Given under our hads and seals this the 7th day of December. 1918. C. M. Wilson. (L. S ) 0. B. Cannon. ( J. M. Bedenbaugh. 1 Coi^tv Bo*rd of Education, Xewberry ? County. South Carolina. j_ . i ? ELECTION OF OFFICERS BY TOWN COUNCIL. < On December 30th the Council will elect for 1919: j One chief of police $90 per month Four policemen $70 per month One sfreet overseer $75 per month; One clerk and treas..$85 per monthly Mail applications to [ J. \V. Chapman, 12-17 4t Clerk & Treas. ]" BRIDGE TO LET. 1 i I will be at Dyson bridge Friday, j December 27, 1918, at 11 o'clock a. m.J to let contract to build approach to j Dyson bridge. Plans may be had by; calling on the undersgned. j 1 ' J C. 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I, or an authorized agent, will bo at the following places named below tor the purpose of taking tax returns 3f personal property for the fiscal rear, 1919: Whitmire, Tuesday. Jan 7. Glenn-Lowry, Wednesday. Jan. 8th. Kinaras, Thursday, Jan. 9 th Longshores. Frid?v, Jr.n. 10rh. 4 Chappells, Monday, Jen. 13th. P. X. Eoozer's, Tuesday, Jan. lUh "Silverstreet, Wednesday, Jan. 15th. St. Luke's, Thursday, Jan 16th. O'Neall, Friday, Jan. 17th. Prosperity, Monday and Tuesday, Fan. 20th and 21st. T.ittlo "VTniintflin Wprtrtpsriav .TflP. !2ncL Jolly Street, Thursday, Jan. 23rd. Pomaria, Friday, Jan. 24th. Glymphville, Tuesday,' Jan. 28th. r J. L. Crooks, Wednesday, Jan. 29trf Maybinton, Thursday, Jan. 30th. And in the Auditor's office. inj>i$fw-1 >ourt house until February 20, aftei* ivhich date 50 per cent penalty will be idded. The law requires a tax on all notes md mortgages and money; also income tax on incomes of over $2,500. There is a capitation tax on all dogs )f fifty cents. All male persons between the ages >f 21 and 60 are liable to pay a poll :ax of $1.00 unless otherwise exempt All persons owning property in "ore than one school district will m rsouired to make returns in each d&nct, as the tax books will be made jp school districts instead of townihips in 1919. Be careful to state whether yon lave bought or sold real estate durng the year 1918. J. B. FALFACRE. County Auditor 666 cures Headaches, Biliousnes*, osr nf Annetite. or that tired aching eeling, due to Malaria or Colds. Fin?, ronic. wsw*z35ja^jjt \ H ill S 1 ? I ass! C 1 llii mm "m le port- m flowing j SECURITY Oil 111 less. standard ! * t . OtCOMBVNV okeless, " II1 ?N 11111