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rWEABYQFROUFINE Eternal Protect Ajahst Sams ness of Thinjs. Act of Man Who Died Rather Thai Submit to the Wearisome Common piaceness of Life Causes Jntert i esting Comment. A newspaper item' reports the sui cide of a man who declared that h was tired <?f everlastingly lacing hi shoes and then unlaqng them again Petty enough the act appears in th< grist of the day's news, but the repor of it (be it fact or fiction) lingers ii the mind till against a larger back t ..J, ... i f., 1-o r?i grouuu oi iiiiit- ti u.Hv. w. significance, even to find a place be side immortal acts of legend and fa k miliar attitudes of art. Here was i man who found the master knot of hi: , fate in his shoe lacings. Was he ; fool or a hero? Alexander has fanu : for an act which as a symbol inigh I have much the same significance, : : 7 resolute blow of the sword througl ? the Gordian knot, which disposes o ' the difficulty without solving the prob ' lein. For himself the suicide had dis missed routine with a suave gestun and with superb finality, but he leave: .1,. T mUOKlIlU ill lilt? iliumvic UL uuvvuvi agonizingly entangled in shoe lacings . the serpent routine, huge, insensate /unrelaxing. In its grip man writhe: forever, hopeless of escape. To this group the suicide waves a jaunty fare well?"Thj? best of luck to you," h< says. "Fqj out of it, anyway V* * Whatever our scorn for him, w< i' must admit that he voices unmistak ably the eternal human protest agains routine; that it is really only in th< suavity of his gesture and the suprenu finality of the rejection that he goe beyond tlie rest of us. The feelin; that commanded his act is nearly th< most universal of human impulses We all rebel bitterly^h* the days wiiei ' heaven lies about us, and the latei / shades of the prison house are nothing more than the creeping paralysis o hopeless submission. Only those of u. whn hflvp trndilon the mill SO lOIU -' that we are almost irreclaimably sub dued to what we work in prefer, ii W such times as these when we have th< | choice, counters and ledgers t< J trenches and barbed wire. The la< who with a whoop of joy flings behinc him his columns of figures or vault the counter in his eagerness ' to rusl into powon gas and machine-gun fire though his gesture is one of braver: Mtbor than cnnritv Is thflt nf Alni Breek, rather than of Bean Brumrael makes bis rejection of routine no wbi less final) than does the hem of- th< newspaper item. And he is not th< ^ one in a million who makes the Na ^ tional army.?Robert P. Utter in Har per's Magazine. Geological Survey a War-Map Printer The contribution* to the war of th< map engraving and printing plant o: the United States geological survey r department of the interior, has no been limited to the reproduction o the surveys executed by the topograph ic engineers, but has included the re printing of hydrographic and Britisl admiralty charts in large numbers foi the navy department and of varioui military maps of French and Belgiai areas for the war department. Motor truck route maps and airplane rout< ^ maps have also ,been compiled an< printed for the use of the army, a: well as special charts and maps f?>: use at instruction camps, ad inu-r esting use of this specially equipi>e< printing plant has been the regular is sue of camouflage charts for the navy The regular geologic map work ha given place ^during the period of th war to tliepe exigency calls for colo printing for^inilitary purposes. ; DpaniMtinn These twelve-year-old twins are ii the seventh grade of a Terre Haut | school! Both have paper routes ant with the proceeds from them buy thei own clothes and Thrift stamps. I takes self-denial often to buy th stamps, but still they always buy ev ery Monday morning. When the bond sale began recentl; their teacher taught them the song: -For your boy and my boy. and all th V boys out there. Let's get togetner ior me u. ?. a. am \ do our share. She noticed that Clinton and Fre< ~ did not sing with enthusiasm and wor dered. But at noon she learned th reason. , Clinton brought her a crump ?- led five-dollar bill. "It's for a bond fo Fred and me," he explained. "It wil ' keep us humping to pay it out, bu TioVn (lrrtin' tA /Ifv It CA (t'a n<in cine thn TT V/ I v fakK/lll IV VIV < V w:nv VUU va*v? bond song and not feel like slacker y when we're doing it?Indiaoapoli News. I "* "Industrious Youth." An industrious youngster has beei busy at Palo Alto, Cal., during th past season with a war garden. It i about 70 feet square. On that patel of ground he planted a variety of gar den truck, cared for it all summer Ion; and did the selling. He realized some thing like $100, which he invested ii Liberty bonds and War Saving stamps. Besides this lie stored awa; in the cellar a fair quantity of squasl and other vegetables for winter use The youngster is Rev. K. J. <*il!espit retired, eighty-throe years old. He Changed the Subject. "Miss Wombat, do you think tw can live as cheaply as one?" "I have never given the matter an thought. When I jrer married I expec to make the money fl>\"?Louisviil Courier- Journal. * | N JL ) mm I . ! w^^amtam p i ^mmm^^^SK^ammSmammmmmmmmmrm3xs> { m 11 ' Ob i j g| / '*[[}'?:(J - j ?^ ^??S&^V^- V-? i km >~-?-. - '-* --^ i! 'm i % j ! A car ; |j re ? fl the v< I, produ< cf d~llzr3 in etc., before ? Therefore beyond ^ny 11/^4' s 1 And aftei - every part n fago, hand-la No' tools ' '|j| elaborate?1( ?' i 1 . This was H! sistently folic jj| now on the : ; jjl It is the 11 ill ' economy?u j j! J A'car ma ' o Ar\llor oxrpr | j| ' |l| CA - im\ frJ r ?- ? J i ~Tr "-"-mmmmwm~ a ai.? _ ? ? ~t. ? Aim?n<tcn uc uoincu r We pity trie colleague who at pres ent has to edit the Almanach de Gotha 1 the directory of all courts. The nexi i- edition, which, by the way, had almosi \ been ready for the printer when th< s great tumbling of thrones happener e and therefore will have to be radicallj r revised and will look very different W< cannot imagine that the good peoph who used to place the bible of aris i tocracy and the court directory on th< a | most conspicuous shelf gt their book e j case will ever again have the desire t< 2 Inqtfire "who is who?" r No fewer than 278 names belonglnj t to former reigning princes will b< e missed. And those are of the rulinj families of Germany eicluslvely; no to mention the Turks, the Greeks, tin Bulgarians, etc. The new almanach which no longer will have to speak ii cringing humility of the Hohenrollem the Wittelsbachs of Bavaria, the Zaeh 3 ringers of Baden, the Coburgs and thi j Schaumberg-Lippes is a list of wa gains. Of course, it does not compen e sate entirely for all the sacrifice: h which hundreds of thousands of bettei r men had to suffer before these 27i i highnesses of divine right were per - J* *. mltted to Decome ordinary muruiis ^ but It is, nevertheless, one fruit of om s victory. And the house-cleaning stil s goes "on.?German Democracy Bulle tin. Speaking of Rumors. According to an Amsterdam dt? a patch it is persistently being ry? mored that the kaiser is losing his ' mind. Amsterdam might further startle the world by announcing a per * sistent rumor that there is a war or in Europe. n Or another rumor that Christmas s ( dav w?.ll come on December 2."> this v i k j year. I Or a persistent rumor ui;h ?;un i? 4* I wet. a i NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT 0 I will make a final settlement o the estate of Jas. T. (M-eCullongh n v the Probate Conrt for -Newberry * Courtv. S. 0., on Wednesday, the 30tl e day cf April, 1919, at 20 o'clock ii II jl jj Maxwell? of Assured Reli liability cf every Maxwell i: )lume produced. One mo 3tion involves the investmer special machinery, plants, i single car is produced. ~ 0~- - A ), the basic design must be question?before this specia r production starts absolute mst hp assured to orevent c ? ? ^ ? - - Mr bor?things we can't afford are too expensive?no pre 3 assure this result ,our original plan and it hs >wed in producing the 300,01 roads of the world. reason why of Maxwell niformity. L<jle right to begin with save t after you buy it Mtrt milufrrtalltm Ut* milti *nltirm iROLINA AUTC NEWBERRY, S. C. . ? / CTmiiiiiiiwiiuiifflgrgnnrirT : .<' iiii'i!;riiiPiMiiHiiriiiiiiiiHiiwiiTOMi flaMMF* r ' SEl?g|| EATING ONLIf BREAD 1 AND SO WEAK HI i STAND, ffAS * j "Sometimes I got so bad that actually I Just couldn't eat a thing except bread and butter and sometimes I got I so meak I could hardly stand and I I then, when I would try to sleep, I t would just toss from side to side and i eouia not rest. This, said V. L. Briggs, carpenter, 1 of 1320 Blanding street, Columbia, ' was his condition just a short time i ago. r "It started with indigestion ard stomach trouble about three years. 3 ago," Mr? Briggs explained. "I didnt J have a chance to res up and tak it _ ^asy, so I kept getting a little worse ;t all the time. Of course, I took medir cines, and a good many of them, too. I but not one of them acted trigh for " me or would build me up. "Finally I got in the condition where my stomach was so bad that J . could not dare to eat good, nourish. Ting food. I was down to bread and 5 butter and that would not keep up my) strength. I was bound to get so weak I could hardly get around. "iMy nerves got affected and then came the rouble about sleep. : "XoW." declared Mr. Briggs, "I a?u , the forenoon and will immediately ! thereafter ask for my discharge as administrator of said estate. ' L. B. Schr.mpert. j Xewb^rry, s. C., March 2Cth, 1910. i >OTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. i I will make a final settlement of A the estate of Ann M. Cason in the J j lability \ | 3 assured by j* ; del quantity J it of millions || | laboratories, | right?right H il pnntnmfint ? Bjj 8 accuracy in ' ,' | % lelays, wast- | , Sa m cautions too j is been con- jj? 30 Maxwells tCl Bi " BE reliability? { B V HI s you many j m I p i HM ?co 1 IIBIIIIIUIMI JIWTWWWilWlllllWIllillBBIMIII'IIIIJILIIUllillllWIIlil1 ? ?I AND BUTTER E COULD HARDLY THIS COLUMBIA M I eating anything that I like for fo] (first time in two years. I sleep gooc at night and with the good digestion land the good rest I have alreadj gained eight pounds. "This new Peplax is the medicine that has helped me. I heard so mucl tHJUUX It aim acpt i cuuiu^ tuv ? vvi/jlmo mentations of Columbia people until I was satisfied Peplax ought to hel[ me. I began to get relief right awaj and now I am a new man." "Now, with the cost of living goin? up and up, every one of us needs a!] his strength and earning capacity and only the best of health can give us that." With the mecanics and worker* everywhere and with the women it the homes, every cent counts. Hundreds of workers will be interested in Mr;. Briggs' statement. Peplax, the famous Nature medicine, can now be obtained 'in New berry. It is specially recommended at these leading drug store: P. E TlTo tr VowH?rrv T)ni^ fV> W. G IT WJ 9 n wv* A J m *?p ? - , J - - - Mayes, Gilder & Weeks. Beplax is sold in Prosperity by the Prosperity Drug Co., and by the leading drug, gists everywhere. 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