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- - 1. ; <& AT THE OPERA HOUSE. <$> "In the Heart of a Fool." I One of the most spectacular scenes ever portrayed on the screen is in-j corporated in Allan Dwan's latest S * independent production, "In the; I Hear, of a Fool," presented by the j I Mayflower Photoplay corporation j g through the First National and coni-|| ing to the opera house Tuesday. ? The scene depicts a terrific explos- j | ion and fire in a coal mine. As rec- 8 orded in -the Dwan production, the 8 scene represents a blazing inferno of 8 falling timber, dense clouds of smoke 8 and frenzied, fear maddened men 8 trappfed in the pitch black darkness! I of the mine and blindly stumbling j ? toward the "lifts." | William Allen Wftite, famois 11 American journalist and author of'j the book upon whichl "In the Heart j I of a Fool" is based, wajs present dur-11 ing the filming of the scene. So af-!l fected was he .by the realism of the j I "disaster" and the risk incurred by j B the actors that he expressed sincere j 5 regret for having written this epi-! B sode in nis original story. | "In the Heart of a Fool" is one 8 of the most elaborate and dramatic ' productions of the year. Big in ! I them?, conception and staging, it! | lays bare the heart of a man who ; I * "blasphemes his God and ruthlessly j| violates the sanctity of a woman's j ? love. It is interpreted by an excep-! I tionally prominent cast of photoplay! I luminaries including Mary Thur- I man, James Kirkwood, Philo Mac (j Cullough, Anna Q. Nilsson, John: Barton, Ward Crane, Percy Chal-1 lange; Arthur Hoyt, Kate Toncray and Maryland Moore. - : "Food for Scandal." Everybody loves a scandal?ex?o.r\f fhnaa immediatelv concerned. Folk may not approve of gossip^-but k they usually listen! A mean little story is easier to start going than a drive for charity funds, and it gains; more * ijndiyid^d attention before it finishes than a home run by the local team. Everybody is interested, you ?$t, though many are too polite to cheer. Well, Maybelle's floral kisses; started this particular scandal going, ] though goodness knows the poor girl j w^s innocent of any evil intentions.!^ If you like to laugh till your sidesj ache this weather, don't miss "Food1 ^ for Scandal," starring . beautiful Wanda Hawley, which comes to opera house Wednesday. ? "The Kick in High Life.*' The explosion of eggs which have! been laid by hens fed on gunpowder i is not unknown in trick motion pic-' I ture photography, but the versatile ! ^ Henry Lehrman has sprung a few j. new ones, including the blowing up j" of live mice, in his latest First Na-1 v tional comedy, "The Kick in High: ^ Life," which will be shown at the! opera house jwecmesaay. now ne does it,' Mr. Lehrman will not ex* i IT plain, pointing out that he can notlg ^ afford t$ give away the secrets of his ^ profession which have won him fame j as a director of "different" comedies.! Described as a man of human under- i0 J standing and keen wit, he has made rapid strides away from the stereo- j, typed comedy by not only attempting. to give his pictures a riotous plot, but: by making the impossible seem pos- ;1( sible. Hence the explosive eggs and p; mice. : ! " " i "Help Ycror.elf." \S C| Some folk acquire so much money that they don't know what to do with ^ themselves] Looking for excitement becomes the most important thing in j their lives. What a chance for the S( professional promoter of fads! Tired of futurists, slumming expeditions,1 a crystal gazing and the "shimmy," j ^ Aunt Carmen became interested in a 11 new brand of sociology and dragged 0 Emily Ray in with her. Oh, what a * riot of fun! In "Help Yourself," * Samuel Goldwyn presents Madge Kennedy in a screamingly funny farce of f&us and follies, as indulged ^ iri Viio?h j ? 4" "J ???*? ? . ( ? I. 1 MOVEMENT ROR NEW COMPANY * CAPTAIN TOOLE MAKES START iS i it Capt. N. C. Toole, who had charge a of the last military company in this j city, has been active lately in his j % movement to inaugurate another! company here. To this end he has d been visiting at the office of the ad- lj jutant general in Columbia with the h result that Adjutant General Moore has made an engagement to be in d * . Newberry next Friday to attend a J n meeting called by Captain TooJe forje 8 o'colck in the court house, when it i g is hoped to organize a company in; the National guard of South Carolina, j" This is a highly important move and ! n we hope the young men will respond j in larere numbers at the meeting. ;e Every city should have these regular- r ly organized companies. / ? o One way to remove paint is to sit ? > down on it suddenly and then get up s r irg&iii. ii [ * I I 1 TKar A nrHOU; * store section to I basis. Yo H never been Coat Suits etc., to go gain banne :0X HAD TROUBLE WITH NEWSPAPER : i larly Path Found as Owner Was j. I Rorgh. i j ( By Herbert Corey. 1 Columbus, Sept.?If Paul M. Sorg ( ad really .backed James M. Cox when le latter bought the Dayton Even- ] lg News there would be a different < ;ory to tell. Sorg had a barrel that; 1 ras wide and deep. He was fond of ] ox, who had come as near making j im a congressional sudcess whiilo ( jrving as his secretary as could hu- j -| lanly be expected of any man. But! ] org did not back Cox. He helped him j ] uy the paper?and then Cox leaped |, ff the dock to sink or swim on his j ^ wn account. j j "How much of a bankroll^ did he ! ave?" I asked a man who knew; im intimately during that period, j ^ "Not quite enough to meet the pay j ( >11 each week," said he. Nevertheless, Cox always met the i t ay roll. Sometimes he compromised j j ith his employees on Saturday by I ^ iving them a part of their pay and ^ sttling for the rest during the next! 'eek. . This course was not favored < y the proprietor, however. It made ; j ie following Saturday's strain too , wsvo TVip worker in The News ; J ho was willing to take an order on j n advertising dry goods store was, | -elcome at this time. Paper bills,!' lk bills, rent bills, every other sort j f bill, showered on him. The News i ras printed in a building that looked ' s though in its best days it might ave been used as a dust warehouse* ' ?! 'or all that Cox was cocky. Any one rho deserved a licking got as much f a licking as Cox could give him. ( "Many's the time I've loaned Cox ( 10 to $15 to help him make up the ! aturday pay sheet," said one friend. So did many of his other acquaint- ^ nces.,; ; < One day the head of a rest cure I ^ ound Cox waiting in his front office, ; ^ "The doctor tells me I've broken i , | J own nervously, saiu lu.\, ucjcticu-1 ( "He says that I must stay out I ere for three weeks." (, He stayed for two, and then one | ay he disappeared. The rest cure I: lan was perturbed. He telephoned; verywhere. Late that afternoon Cox 1 ot him on the wire. "It's Jimmy Cox talking," said he.;, t ra toil vnn that I'm ! I JUvw TV CIJ11V. VK ? v %i w- ,ot coming back." "But?" the vest cure man stutter- , d. "But?but?but you -'.re in a seious nervous condition." "I was in a serious nervous con[ition," said Jimmy Cox. "Take it rom me. I was in a darn sight mow erious neryous condition than you But I fcavt J??t kturd #f l/Vl VJL SANDS of' ; the past v, throw off the 1* ^lll lrWMA7 tk; U all FkllUW till i "double cros , Coats, Dres i at a big reduc :r was first un BBBRmaEnoD BBBmm a place where I can borrow the pay ^ S roll and my nerves are 0. K. again." I In spite of this daily battle against the bill collector he had something pertinent and pungent to say 0 Df every matter of interest to the j " town. 'He did not conduct his paper i ti on the theory that the editor with S the smile wins. He smiled, but he c likewise, growled. He fought a pow- P >rful financial crowd from Boston I ti ;hat had tried to put through a deal j le thought inimical to Dayton's best j b nterests, and they sued him and se- u :ured a judgment, for $425,000 on a :.he grounds of criminal libel. He b nerely hit them harder. The sheriff! c. evied on the paper and closed his i a ioors. The opposition paper whooped j p :hrough the streets with these head- j o .ines: ! a l "The News Suspended." j ii But inside The News office Cox i u kvas hard at work with his force. The ; 0 ioors were locked so that no one : P :ou!d pet in, but the type was being ! d ;et^ editorials were .being rewritten j fi ;o carry more punch, and the pronrie- ^O' :or was at the telephone desk talking | w ;o friends. Eventually he managed J a: :o find enough to go on his bond for j f< ?850,000?the sum required under ! g :he laws of Ohio?and The News ap-1 o: seared just in time to sooil the other | it - paper's story, incidentally, no on? u. cnows, precisely the whereabouts of w ?roup Ccx fought. It has disap- ti >eared from the financial firmament, a' "He was the hardest worker I have Jr' 2v*er known," said an old employee. J 'And he made every one else work, I b :oo. He had no patience with a man ir vvho shriked his job." b He had learned how to work while n >n that Jacksonburg farm and in the , ^ office of the Middletown paper. He ?et type, read proof, hustled for ads, ?" jrrote editorials, collected bills, 0 fought off creditors, and still found ri tdme to be kindly. No one ever charged. him with being a scintillant j litterateur, although he knew how to ; T pack an immense amount of meaning j in a few words. But he watched i 0: everything on the paper. j 01 aT ?/\wltr rsnnn I b " X was repruv^u uy ou.\. wmj . said S. E. Kiser, who oncc worked ' tl for him. "Then some one had let an j ill written and ill spelled letter get j11 into the paper. Cox was angry all | P the way through. ' ie: " 'Step the press and kill that.' he : .V ordered; "'Then have some one re- i write it. Never laugh at any one who j ^ has^ failed to get an education. Be ; t.1 sorry for him.' " ^ ? ri Great Stupidity. b Morris Year Book. I She?I consider, John, that sheep j fi are the stupidest creatures living. G He, absent mindedly?Yes, {> my I C U'ttfc. | J i ' > -i/.; congratulat reek. We yoke of high is store and y ca?4" KAI*P h CVU 1AV1 VI * i t ises, Separal tion. Make i furled and wl m. i A, re. ? TUDEBAKER CARS 13V! AT REDUCED PRICES ir ' I a In announcing a reduction of $125 p n the StudebakerASpecial Six tour- j c ig cars and roadsters and a reduc- s' ion of $200 on the Studebaker Big tl ix touring car anc^ the Special Six t: oupe and sedan Mr. A. ft. Erskine, t< resident of the Stpfdebaker corpora- a on made the following statement: d "The Studebaker business has been uilt up during the past '68 years pon the policy of large production nd small percentage of profit. We I elieve that the recent and rapid de-1 ^ line in prices of many commodities i nH raiv materials Dresaee lower i rices for those not yet reduced, and Vi f course, manufactured products of 1 11 kinds, which are highly desirable j S! production is to be sustained and i nemployment avoided this winter.!^ 'ur plants have operated at full ca- j u acity all year, and are doing so to- j ? ay, and we now have on hand un-1 1Y lied orders for over G,000 cars. This j ^ ver sold condition has 'been constant |t( ith us ever since the war ended, j P nd our production, sales and profits j 11 >r the first nine months of this year j reatly exceed totals for the full year f ri f 1019. Nevertheless, wc believer^ is highly. desirable that lowering f prices should be encouraged, and a e are, therefore, anticipating at this me our ability to purchase materials t lower figures during the coming s1 ear, to improve labor efficiency, and ^ ) increase. our present volume of usmess, ail witn xne enecu 01 iuwcilg the production cost of automo- ^ iles. Existing wage rates will be n laintained at all Studebaker plants, 18 hich at preient are employing 15,00 people. The capital and surplus 0 P this corporation are now $75,000,00, and its sales are running: at the ite of |100,000,000 per annum." e: mm 8t P. H. E. Derrick. si he State. St. Matthews, Oct. 2.?The death f the Rev. P. H. E. Derrick, which _v spurred at Gaffney on yesterday rought sadness to many hearts in ^ lis community. Mr. Derrick was a native of Lexlgton county and was well and hapiiy known by the people of the west- ^ rn sec-tic:. jf the county. He was 64 ears of age, and had been serving in ^ le Lutheran ministry fcr .*'6 years. ': te was a faithful minister of the vpe of former days and always took is work seriously. Mr. Derrick mar- ^ ied Miss Ellen B. Geiger, who was orn and reared near St. Matthews. r< He is survived by his widow and 0 3ur children: Mrs. S. B. Vassey of laffnev, Miss Elizabeth Derrick of Columbia city schools, Miss Emma iriift ft?rr??k ?f lu*?bi* *i? UiM ffl 1 ions were are the i prices and g< ou all know P W\ te Skirts, W; * _i_ 1 L., no mis lane uu iere it still wa 8BBBDBDBBflBB83BHHHBIBBHIDBBBBMBEHSB3Q? fawnrdt np-rrirk. a student at Sum-1T lerland college. About four years | go Mr. Derrick suffered a stroke of aralysis from which he partially reovered. About one year ago he ^ uffered a second stroke and from 0 tiat time his life gently ebbed un- S( il death quietly took him away yes- y srday. The remains were interred ^ t Sandy Run Lutheran cemetery to- a ay at 11 o'clock. 0 USSIANS RESUME ' . t( TRADE WITH ITALY ? ^ s< O' agreement Reached for Exchange j Between Litvinoff and Institute of Cooperators. Mos cow, Sept. 2.?An agreement as been concluded bv Litvinoff, as- a stant commissioner for foreign afairs of the Russian government, and ^ le Italian institute of Cooperators, ? warnKorehin nf OVPI* 1.- ^ mcil naa a. 111<<<11WX.*. L. ? 00,000, by which four steamers with C( ledicaments shall be sent from Italy ^ ) Russia, and Russia has dispatched 0 ) Italy 6,000,000 poods of (36.07 0 ounds each) of bred stuffs, accord- ^ iff to reports here. In addition, Italy must deliver ag- ? icultural implements, surgical in- ^ :ruments, saws and telegraph and ^ ?lephone material. An order has ^ Iso been placed for narrow guage r< jcomotives. It is proposed to establish regular ? :eamer traffic between Odessa a^d ^ aples, the trip taking 15 days. In a lis operation, it is stated, all ele- n ?i b lents of gain have Deen excuiueu. , he steamers delivering the medica-1 ^ tents to Odessa belong to the Ital- w in Union of Sailors, and were pur-1 c< hased on money paid .by the ship | ivners to the sailors during the ^ ;rike. a: The union has placed these steamrs at the disposal of the Italian in- t< ;itute for delivery of goods exclu- ^ vely to Russia. The Italian Insti- ^ ate of Cooperators proposes to open ! ranches in Moscow, Odessa and j ^ ,eval. The representative of the j kalian cooperators will be Signor! ondoni, a Socialist member of the :alian parliament. ^ The first consignment of grain re- i eived at Naples from Odessa early lis month was reported to be in such . condition of putrefaction that a f irge portion of it had to be con- js emned. P | p A Hot Sign. : d; [orris Year Book. j C| A sign in a Charlotte restaurant ai ;ads: "Ask for one lump of sugar m nly. Stir like hell; we don't mind a: le noise." i? e^ Most family skeletons refuse to si >wr hi Mi* ?l?s*t. n VI 1 AU1 received first store 3 back to a dimnaugh. lists, Furs, S it come when ves in triumpl WO SCENES IN THE LIFE | V OF FRANCIS SCOTT KEY v ________ << No song of American origin is so s idely sung, so truly loved, as the a ne that has become our national a >ng, "The Star Sangledp Banner." fc Wherever our flag goes, there is it tl eard. Men have marched to danger nd death to its strains, the hearts f great multitudes have been stirred r ) patriotic fervor by its melody; on S ur men of war, in the camps of our jldiers, in the school rooms where * ur children are being taught, in the S +Vto -frrmt.ipr there I c Jiici^y laum vu uixv 4.*.v..v.w. ; is heard. t Its story is so familier that we can p Imost see ' the scene, as Francis cott Key, the young lawyer and at le time volunteer soldier, stands on j r; le deck of the English man of war. j P n a little flag of truce boat he has ? sme down the Chesapeake Bay to j0 le hostile fleet, seeking the release j11 f a friend, a prisoner. It is an in- ^ pportune moment for arrival; all is h nsflp ariri confusion on shipboard, v or Fort McHenry, the defense of j F altimore, is to be attacked, hence n le refusal of the commander for ey's return and the anxious day h irough which Key listened to the ti )ar of the cannon, mingled with the h larp rattle of musketry from the s reen hills of the shore and watched F le fluttering flag above the fort; fi n anxious day followed by a long ight of suspense, the darkness I: 1 -1-1 roken only wnen uie uum l/o uuvvu j ieir fiery curves across the sky; j I aiting with heart and eyes for the j Dining of dawn, questioning would le token be of victory or defeat, hen came the first morning light, F ad through its dimness, across the )ssing water, Key read the answer > his fond, -proud hope?the flag 1 as there!?a pride of gladness that len and there leaped into words: ? say, have you seen by the dawn's jy early light What so fondiy we hailed at the 5 twilight's last gleaming, /hose broad stripes and bright stars g through the perilious fight 0 O'er the ramparts we watched were f, so gallantly streaming? c lir And this brings us to the seeo;id j ifeiie in his life. It is some 20 ! 0 ears later; peace has taken the j lace of war; instead of the busy j sck of :t battle ship it is a quiet j nk Thp roar of the cannon ; y. iaiv.ii , 4V4 tid shriek of the shell, there is the J T msie of hymn, the voice of prayer; iul the object that holds his eye is V Dt a token of earthly pride, how;er pure, but a whitely draped table )read .v/ith the bread and wine, T ratals tf * ? _ A~ ?jv: . ' . , ;V *1 ; TEC ULJ by this in this i' " AM pre-war ' i ?ou have 4 :V^ * ..?, ^111 Iweaters, * j the bars-:v k ,$ * . . O ' , ; *>?" Vhat follows ifi best told in the rords of the minister then preseht: I stood within the railing, at thfc ide of the communion table, and had dministered the sacred elements to II if aoamoH w>ifi desired to nar 11 f ?U ake of them. Just then^ however, as hough previously restrained by proouild humility, a stranger approachd the altar, knelt all alone, and so eceived the holy memorials of our aviour's suffering and death. I rust the service was one of true aith, and that the result wasj one of reat peace and comfort, 'fhe last ommunicant was the same person, he distinguished poet, the accom lished lawyer and orator, the. modest !hristian, Francis S. Key." The two scenes are complementary ather than contrasting; besides the atriotic song we put the hymn of aith, and when we recall the author f "The Star-Spangled Banner," let ; be as one who loved his country nth a truer devotion in that his eart was lifted to a better country, rhich is a heavenly. The name of Vancis Scott Key will be held in a ation's remembrance. But Key was not only a patriot, e was a Christian; to the same God o whose trust he had commended is country he had commended himelf. In some of the hymnals of the 'rotestant Episcopal church may be ound a hymn of his beginning: f life's pleasures charm thee, Give them not thy heart, It.. ,est the gitt ensnare uiee From thy God to part. His favor seek, His promise speak, 'ix here thy hope's foundatitn; Serve Him, and He Will ever be 'he Rock of thy Salvation. ?Ela Thomas, in Christian Work. The Bloody Man. lorris Year Book. A noted temperance lecturer was eing shown over the city. "That residence," volunteers the uide, "was built by the owner out f the blood, the aches, and groans of is fellow men; out of the grief of rying children, and the woe of wail}g women." f k V ? ? i.np T c aa??o Cdlnnn Lrppnpv I C3, V??J 1 ??WW M. 9M4N/NSA* ??vvrw7 f course." "Oh, no, a dentist." ' ' i Wa* From Due West. [orris Year Book. here was a young man from Due West, fho loved a young lady with zest; So hard did he press her To make her say, "Yes, sir," hat he broke three cigars in hi$ y??t. -a. . -. :