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FACTS OF MOST IMPORTANCE | Those Which Tell Best About Past j and Future States of Object, Asserts Ruskin. It ought further to be observed respecting truths in general, that those are always most valuable which are inost historical, that is, which tell us most about the past aiid future states j of the object to which they belong, j in a for instance, it is more ira* | portant to give the appearance of energy and elasticity in the limbs which is indicative of growth and life, than any particular character of leaf or texture of bough. It is more important j fool thot tlio nnnpr* I tUili v* c C1IVUIU 1UUW V**V |'V. I most sprays are creeping higher and j higher into the sky, and be impressed with the current of life and motion , which is animating every fibre than J that we should know the exact pitch | of relief with which those fibre*? are j thrown out against the sky. For the j first truths tell us tales about the tree, about what it has been, and will be, while the last are characteristic of It only in Its present state, and are In no way talkative about themTallrativo nrp nlwnvS vmore interesting and more important I than silent ones. So, again, the lines j In a crag which mark its stratification, and how It iias been washed and rounded by water, or twisted and drawn out In fire, are more important, because they tell more than the stains of the lichens, which change year by year, ana me acciaeni&i nssures or front or decomposition; not but that both of these . are historical, but historical in a less rtstinct manner, and for shorter periods.?Husk in. GAVE TITLE TO RED CROSS Indianapolis Man Found Pleasure in Putting His Contribution on Business Basis. He was a little old man, clad in tlie garb of a workingman. He stood back Annf A/\m 4 r*#Am*%rt 4-4 Ar> k/vnfK > ^ 11VIU IJLIC V.A1UCCU lull/1 lXJcX UV^LU QV the Union station and waited until the Red Cross women had checked the baggage of a group of men just back j from overseas. Then he eased up to J . * th desk and thrusting his arm quickly i ' forward, laid a $20 bill in the hand of j one of . the attendants. "Take $16.90 out of that," the old man said in a whisper. "What for.?" the canteener asked. .\ "It's my tithe," he answered. "Take i $16.90 out of it* I must be going." j "May I ask you who you are and i why you give your money In this j warV "r* * i "It doesn't matter who I am. I am j Just me. The money I'm giving is my j tithe to the Red Cross and it makes ' me happy to give it. It really is $16.93, ! but you won't want to bother with pennies*" | The eanteener gave him his change and placed the money in the donation box under the counter. He disappeared i In the crowd in* the Union station. A few minutes later another eanteener arrived. She was told of the incident * 1? A.U : "les, ne comes reguiany eacu uivmu and leaves his tltlie," she said, "but he won't, t^l who he Is. He seems to : enjoy giving to the Red Cross in this Quiet way and always wears a smile of satisfaction after he has done It. pel 4 seems so happy when he turns to walk away."?Indianapolis News. Enormous Sea-Going Raft. \\<hile log rafts are by no means new, thQ huge raft recently construed at Hanaranda, Sweden, and used to ship a large number of logs to Copenhagen, Denmark, is worthy , of passing mention. The great raft measures 387 feet j long, 55*A feet wide, 10 feet above the ! waterline and 16^ feet below. The raft took six months to build , and contains as much wood as four j big steamers. It is held together by < an ingenious system of steel cables and wires, and is capable of carrying I a large amount of material. The crew I consists of seven men. ?^ :l Japanese Trade With Panama. A Japaneise consulate has been established in Panama city. This is the outcome of growing commercial relations between Japan and the republic :>f Panama. Although there are few i Japanese residents in Panama, the prospects for trade between the two rountries are excellent. Japan is now , exporting canned goods, boxes, furni- I mre, skins, willow baskets, figured j aiats, grass goods, earthen wares, silk ; and cotton ^goods and many other :hings to that country, the total value )f which amounted to' $13,684,000 in the year 1017, but there were practically no imports. A New Star. Martha, the 5-year-old daughter of VV. M. Hedrick, court reporter under Fudge Louis B. Ewbank, of the Marlon Circuit court, listened attentively to ier older sister's argument to be taken ?> see the second instalment of "The Cannibals," and also Catherine's em- ! "ihaslzing of the fact that Douglas \ Fairbanks was an additional attrac-ion. After a slight pause, Martha beaded: "And papa, won't you please ake me to see Judge Ewbanks, too?" . ?Indianapolis News. Jerusalem Free From Mosquitoes. ' Jerusalem has boon fr^cd from the iinsquito pest, it is announced by the Zionist organization, through the efforts of an?American sanitarian, Louis \-uitor, who is a member of the Ameri :tn Zionist medical unit which is now >;?erating in Palestine. The city is iow practically rid of these carriers of y ;>hOtJ n.id malaria. During Mr. Oancampaign 350 cisterns were penalized and put in sanitary condition. RUDDY LOCKS AND COURAGE Observation of English Writer Is That the Two Are Generally Found T ogether. "Ginsrer for pluck" is an old saying which would seem to be continued in the bestowal of military decorations for bravery, observes London An swers. "It was in the ruined square of demolished Ypres last Christinas eve," writes a British officer, "that I was first impressed by the large number of red-haired men who were receiving the military medal. "Since that afternoon I have noted the complexion of every officer and man wearing a military decoration, and the impression made at Ypres has been strengthened in consequence. There must be something in the old saying, for wherever soldiers are gathered together there is a redhaired, beribboned man in the midst of them. "Take our most famous fighting diwfowii-.?tho inv!rt/?ihU> Kifrv-tirsf. This YIOIWU" Ittc 1 >MV*V.V ? .. %4, _ is composed almost entirely of Hiprliland troops, and the Highlanders are nearly all full-blooded blonds. Of course there are dark-haired heroes in plenty, hut nevertheless red hair and pluck would seem to be synonymous Red hair is common among our most daring airmen, and although I cannot say how many holders of the Victoria cross sport ruddy locks I am prepared 11?* Al n lopira nup. to wager uiui iue^ mu u centage. "Scientists say that red hair Is caused by a large proportion of iron to the system, and certainly 'carrots and freckles' have been worn by men of iron while doing the work of men Id the devil's own war/ FROM COFFIN TO KITCHEN Plate Placed on Casket That Held Body of Louis XIV Found Doing Duty as Frying Pan. At the Cluny museum in Paris Is a very interesting relic. One day a few years ago the curator of the museum happened to visit a small restaurant in the suburbs of Saint Denis, In which the same room served as a dining room and kitchen. While he was waiting to be served the curator was attracted by a * frying pan of unusual appearance that nung upon the wall. He took it down, carefully removed some of the soot with which it was covered, and made out part of an inscription. What he found interested him ?o much that he bought the old pan. When it was cleaned it was found to bear the arms of France and Navarre, surrounded by the chain of St Louis and the cord of the Order of Saint Esprit, and this inscription as well. "Here lies the magnificent TTintr Tenuis XIV,, King of & 11UVV) ? Franc? and Navarre. Requiescat In pace." It was the plate that had been fastened to the coffin of Louis XIV. When the burial vaults of the royal family In the cathedral at Saint Denis were rifled by the populace in 1798 it had been wrenched from the coffin, fitted with a handle, and turned into a frying Dan. The handle has been re moved. The Warning. He was nineteen years old and she was just sixteen. For a long time they had been fcavlng their money to get married. When they together had acquired $100 they decided that they had reached the opportune time. So into Sullivan and to the courthouse for ~'1 1i?anco th^v hied. Hit? UtXUCU UVWav As they ascended the steps of- that building they met a motley crew coming down the stairtvay?a discontented-looking husband, a still more discontented-looking wife and five dilapidated, dirty children. The boy stopped, turned to stare at the girl .and found that she was staring at him. Suddenly she laughed and tucking her hand into his arm turned him around bo that his back was toward the entrance of the building. "Let's go back home, Fred, and wait until we've saved another hundred dollars," she advised.?Indianapolis News. Piecing Out Wool Supply. All the wool grown In the world every year, if made only Into clothing for people living outside the tropics, and not into horse blankets, carpets, etc., would provide fourteen ounces nai-cnn That Is enough to make pci one lightweight pair of bathing trunks extending from the waist to the knees. "Then, uncle," asked Rollo, "where does the rest of the wool we wear come from? Our coats and overcoats and blankets and woolen stockings?" 'That," replied his uncle, "is reworked wool, or shoddy." "But surely, uncle," exclaimed the boy, "we do not wear shoddy, do we?" "No," said the honest uncle, "you and I do not, but everybody else does."?The Little Jour nal. 0 " ? ? Paying War Debts. N There is no uniform rule of action regarding the payment of war debts. Some war debts have been entirely paid off, and others have been greatly reduced. In 179,*>, following the. Revolutionary war, the public debt of the United States was $S0,352,684. It was reduced year by year until 3S12, when it was $45,203,737. During the war of 1S19 it increased until 1816, when it was $127,S34,933. Then followed a long period of steady yearly reduction till in 1835 it stood at the nominal figure of $37,512, with"much more than that balance in tfce treasury. Circumstances brought a long period of growth in the public debt till 1868, following the Civil war, It was $2,773,236,173. r j FORCED TO OBSERVE SABBATH Church Attendance, Until Comparatively Recent Times, Was Compulsory in Great Britain. Numerous laws in this country, Can Hda and Great Britain forbid various j acts of work and play on Sunday, but | not since the lapse of the "blue laws" J of colonial days have Americans been forced by legislation to go to church on the Sabbath, an exchange says, In England, however, it was not until the middle of the last century, during the reign of Queen Victoria, that all penalties for nonattendance at religious services were abolished. Some unusual incidents attended the enforcement of r^ciilntinnQ r?? rriniln rlv mmit the | Hebrews. j They were not released from the proj visions of the law until 1871 and multij tudes of them were prosecuted for inj sisting upon observing their own Sab'hath. In the thirteenth century, it is recorded, a Jew of Tewkesbury fell into a sewer on a Saturday. Although olmAot cuKiniifnrarl ha ivitnlrt rwit normit CUIiiUOW 11^ VVUJXA UVV ^V4??>>% himself to be drawn out, believing that to do so would be to violate the sanctity of the holy day. On the following morning he was quite ready to be removed from his perilous plight, but the authorities, out of reverence for the Christian Sabbath, would not permit the unfortunate man to be rescued until after sunrise on Monday, when be was found to be dead. As late as 1880 there were persons In English prisons whose only | crime was refusal to attend divine service. One of them was a young man who had been convicted at the instigation of his own mother, who appeared against him. In 1817 Sir Montague Burgoyne was huled into court to explain why he had neglected his religious duties. Rigid Sunday observance in England began during the reign of Edgar, in the tenth century, when the Sabbath day was ordained to be kept holy from three o'clock on Saturday afternoon until sunrise on Monday. The most innocent actions were condemned, and death was the extreme penalty for continued violation of the law. About three centuries ago parliament passed a law imposing a fine of one shilling for remaining away from nhniv?h nn Snnrtnv. iinlpss some cood excuse was forthcoming. This act re niained in effect until comparatively recent times, and inability or unwillingness to pay the fine resulted in a prison sentence* Films to Replace Books. I Motion pictures will take the place of textbooks in schools and colleges, according to Thomas A. Edison, in an interview recently. "The only textbooks needed will be for the teacher's own use," declares the inventor of the motion picture camera. "A great film library of educational and industrial subjects should be built up In Washington. Then these films could be issued on the rental system to all institutions In the United States, even to the most remote rural schoolhouses, and the system could be so operated that it^would pay its own way." Asserting: that "anything which can be taught to the ear can be taught better to the eye," Mr. Edison continued: "The moving object on the screen, the closest possible approximation to reality, is almost the same as bringing 1 that object itself before the child or j taking the child to that object. Film teaching will be done without any books whatsoever. The only textbooks needed will be for the teacher's own "use. The films- will serve as guide , posts to these teacher instruction books, not the books as .guides to the films." By making "every class room and every assembly hall a movie show, 100 per cent attendance" will be assured, Mr. Edison says. "Why, you i won't be able to keep boys and giris j away from school then." i i I Mnekrat I ftp#' | The feed of the muskrat consists of ! grasses, apples, bark of trees, water j plants, carrots, turnips, cabbage and j corn, and crayfish. I Although millions of these browncolored rats are trapped each year for their fur, the number does not seem to decrease. When the fur is made into clothing it is called Russian mink or Baltic seal. One of the ways of trapping the muskrat is set a trap three or four inches below the surface of water in a pUice where he has been in the habil of leaving the water. In this way he will step into the trap as he undertakes to'leave the water. Still anothi ? tn r?lono tho trnn inst helow CI ? ilj 10 IV V.4V the entrance into his home. Some trappers use applet or turnips as bait. The home quarters is usually quite [ a large cavity and contains much grass ! and sticks. During the first tv.'o or three weeks of the life of the young the mother wuskrat does not leave the home but depends upon the male tc furnish.the feed supply. Restoring Devastated France. The French government has already made arrangements for bringing back iato cultivation the desolated ^nd war i torn areas from which the., enemy has been driven*. The dense ix^uikit-j'on ol France makes prompt agricultural res toration necessary to relieve the foot situation. Preference will be giyentc farmers who originally lived in the jo vaded regions. A Cinch. "That's a peach lie's with," said s skater on (lie Charles, "but I guesf ! they're married." , "Wb?" makes you think so?" , j "1 just heard him asking lu r if sh< was ever going to iearn lo ?u <>i) hei own skates."?Boston Irani crioC. I I A HO ! llsl \T Ill I 11 "II j ; fej 4 S 3 'UUH WMII ui??na i &sl| -l;4l a 8 /fvj/3A ?. rmwibwwkwh? I A GAI J\ Chal || . As soon ] jjjii Hot Spot (o I |B|| to a Chalm< 111! the cylinde] i U translated ir I that nature But to g Hot Spot is and it does I If HI II [ oee tnis lliif wonder whj till 11 every day th | -^| the last thin ^p|| want to sit t ijjjjfi Six mor li|I that the Ch W if great cars of ||y^Re ! KINKY i ^ HAIR fKnleoto MedicJneCo., ^ Atlanta. Ga. Gentlemen: Before ' i*ed ^rJMMtoQbtniiw short, coono sad nappy, but bow it h&a grown to 83 InchM lone, ud if *o soft and silky that I can do it op say way I want to. I amtendinr you my piciare to show yoa how pretty Kzelento ha? mad* It SilJ.TT! EESD. i I I Don't let some fake "Kink Remover fool J J you. Yoa really can't rtxaigrhten your hair ( I untS it is nice and Ions. That's what I EXELENTO POMADE | J i I does, removes Dandruff, feeds tnetuxrcsoi | the hair, and makes it grow ton?, soft and J silky. After osinsr a few times youcan tell i the difference, and after a little while it I will be so pretty and Ion* that yon can fix / it up to suit yon. If Exelento don't do as ; i we claim, we will give your money back. ) Price 25c by mail on receipt of stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. & Write for particulars. DOCTORS USD REMEDY . j FOR COLD'S A>D FLU ; ? i ,. Calotabs, the >'ew Nausealess Calo-1 ! mel, Cuts Short Colds and Prevents j Flu by Keeping Liver Active. i I ! 'Physicians have learned from ex: perience, dun'ng the epidemic of in-! ; .fluenza, that one of the most import- i i ant factors m the prevention of flu; [ and pneumonia is to keep the liver: )-jactive -so. mat the digestive organs: ^may be in perfect working oider and! the system thereby enabled to throw; 1 -'oc ' "n'hnnl- i-npQ thrnqt<5 and VP- I iojj. CUIUS, OU 1 ^ bu.i'ufww, ? , sist serious complication. For this1 > i : purpose they have fcund that the new nauseales calomel, called Calotabs, is j far riore effective even than the old j style calomel, which was formerly the; universal favorite, as Calotafcs do not | J T SPOT Chi >er Cries for ^LON of gas goes a long ways ii mers. For the great engine cable car wrings every last bit o as it leaves the carbureter the neof two magnificent devices cc brs) and there it is "cracked up" does this gas become that on rs and the spark plugs touch it nmediately almost every single put into gas. ;et the 'ury ' pis to the cylindi no easy matter. it Ram's-horn was designed to ( 'he task well. . ' \ device and you'll never forget 1 it wasn't done years ago. But t ling known cs a pin, remember gs the human mind devised. k at this Chalmers car of toda; >ehind the wheel. One ride you'll want one. iths later, you, too, will say llmers is really one of the few the world. )LINA AUT< Newberry, S. C. \ weaken nor salivate the patient, nor interfere with the appetite and di- j gestion. At the first sign of a cold or sore throat, doctors recommend one Calotab at bed time with' a swallow of water,?that's all. No salts, no nau-! sea, nor the slightest interference with your diet, pleasure, or work. Next morning you wake up feeling fine, your liver is active, and your ap-! petite is keen for a good breakfast. | "GVit. wnni. Osi 1 ntnh<5 ?re solfl ! 1' VI J WUl J/* WVVV-V** WW? - ? , only in original sealed packages, price , 35 cents. All druggists recommend j and guarantee Calotabs. Remember, | your money back if you are not gladj you bought Calotabs. NOTICE. Acting under an order of Probate Court for Newberry county the undersigned will sell at auction, to the highest bidder, on Wednesday, April 2nd, 1919, at 10:30 o'clock, a. m. at Chappel-Ls, S. C.. the following: 5 shares capital stock in Reid Co, Chappells, St C. 1 sihare capital stock Farmers bank Chappells, S. C. 1 Piedmont Syndicate certificate, 2 mules. " . \ 1 buggy. Same being the personal property of Geo. T. Reid, deceased. W. A. McSwain, 3-14 2t Adm.1 BACK ON THE JOB THANKS TO DRECO. I Anderson, S. C., Man Was Forced to Lay Off on Account of Backache and Kidney Trouble.?Well A grain. "I had to lay off from my work on account of the pains over ray kidneys and in ray legs. My stomach war also in bad shape, and gave mucn trouble by swelling up with sour gas, and I frequently had swimming in 1 t A " .1 ilmers j|H Gas lib:! J ilpf M ft-# m Afc III k IflfiMii ?i m Wh^S?** H ,' i a Hot Spot? j | lp|jj| C in this re- I |E|| .t_^^ f n/\?;or /\nf i n m - ^Hl 1 LSVS>TV1 V/UV EECSH 99 1 gas hits the jj^BB > *v\ tv*r* /\n 1 XT if r^jPr yjixiy pOi'Y. ce it reaches j||BRff: bit of power M he common ^ ^3' j ^ , was one of l| Iffer ir nnrl vnn'll I (\ ^Quality First J: ?ps j ^ ^ 3 CO. j l J i the head, but Dreco, the new medicine, has stopped ail my troubles, and I'm now able to work regular a.%B.in, and I give all the credit to this good medicine;" said T, E. Mullinax of U St.,' Anderson, S. C. mi na^nl/i o y*Q na0/^:l0?clT I liUUSatlUS VI j/cujjii; aiv uvwuvw~v suffering from disorders of the stomach, blood, liver, bowels and kidneys.. Relief is within reach of ail. Many* A have found deliverance from their suffering through the use of Dre^LW the great herbal system tonic, whica. is compounded from Nature's own remedies?roots, herbs, barks and berries, which are necessary to the health That. i?i whv it regenerate? . * the blood, overcomes rheumatism^-J^ eliminates catarrh; puts the stomach H| in good condition and relieves constipation. Dreco is widely sold throughout the^^| country and is highly recommended^^ in Newberry by Gilder and Weeks. Pale A tnuaren ^ ? J i Made over to your Mking, I with rosy cheeks, hearty appetites, vigorous digestiory and robust health. Give them a glass of j this delicious digestant with meals. AIa I vulvar rtic | PURE DIGESTIVE ,AROMATfCS WITH V SHIVAR MINERAL WATER AND G!KGER^ Nothing like it for building rich blood and solid flesh. At all grocers and druggists?satisfaction or your money back on first dozen. on A ?itorintop^ ku tllP /*p]a^ JJUllICU aiiu guaiauavu w; vuv w*v brated Shivar Mineral Spring, Shelton, S. C. If your regular dealer cannot supply you telephone J. W. KTBLER CO., Vj Distributors far Newberry.