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illarrnri ,OL. XXVIII. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1916. - V HUSHES NOMINATED ON THIRD BALLOT Way Was Cleared for Hughes When Other Candidates Witii drew. Fairbanks is Named as Candidate for Vice-Presi dent. Hughes Issues. Clear Cut Statement. ROOSEVELT NOMINATED BY PROGRESSIVE PARTY Roosevelt Tentatively Refuses, Await ing More Explicit Declaration . of Views on Vital issues by Hughes Before Final Decision.-Progres sives Name John M. Parker of Louisiana For Vice President. Chicago.-Charles E. Hughes and Theodore Roosevelt. both of New York, were nominated for President by the Republican and Progressive conventions at 12:49 and 12:47 o'clock Saturday. respectively, the Roosevelt nomination beating the Hughes nomi nation by exactly two minutes. Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana was nominated- for Vice President on the Republican ticket and John M. Parker of Louisiana on the Progres sive. The Hughes nomination was made on the third ballot of the con vention, the Roosevelt nomination by acclamation. Colonel Roosevelt sent a tentative declination of the nomination, with the understanding that it was to stand if Hughes turned out to be sound on the issues of Americanism and pre paredness, and that if Hughes turned out to be pactifistic, pussy-footed, or pro-German he would accept and make the race as the Progressive can didate. Justice Hughes broke all records by acceptingkhe nomination by telegraph, without waiting for a formal notifica tion by the regularly appointed com mittee, and declared his position not 1 only on the issues regarded by Col onel Roosevelt as the test issues, but I also on the other principal quesLions raised by the Republican platform. 1 For a long time a third telegram, this one from Mr. Fairbanks declining the Vice Presidential nomination, was an ticipated, because he already had sent a private one to that effect, but, in stead, he accepted over the telephone The Conference Committee scheme tailed because the Republicans would name no candidate. At the last minute, after every effort to induce them to do so had proved Ineffective, Colonel Roosevelt himself proposed union on Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. The two Conference Committees sc reported, but the Progressive Conven tion laid the telegram on the table and the Republicans paid no attention to it. The nominating ballot showed this count: Hughes 949 1-2; Roosevelt 18 1-2; Lodge 7; Du Pont 5; Weeks 3; La-j Follette 3; absent 1. Total 987. Although Frank H. Hitchcock let~ It be known that the Hughes men! wanted Burton for second place, Ohio withdrew Burton's name. leav lng the field to Mr. Fairbanks and former Secretary Burkett of Nebraska. Theo ballot for Vice President show-! ed this count: Fairbanks 863; Burkett 108; Borah 8; Burton 1; Johnson 1, absent, scat-! tering and not votIng 6. Total 987. Leaders Seen Satisfied. At 2:01 p. m. the convention ad journed. There were expressions of~ harmony frqm all the leaders and among the delegates. The delegations which on the final ballot had cast votes for others than Mr. Hughes made statements declaring their bo alty to the nominees. "Six months ago," said Chairman Hilles of the National Committee, "I said a nominee would be born in the convention, and he was." "I am very much pleased, of course," said Mr. Hitchcock. "It means a re united Republican party and victory In November." FavorIte Sons WIthdrew. When the convention began busi ness shortly before noon the with drawal of the favorite sons was an nounced one after another and the votes began flopping into the Hughes column in solid blocks so rapidly that the nomination plainly was assured before the roll call had gone five1 states- When It got to Colorado the drift was so apparent that a proposal to make it unanimous was made. but Chairman Harding ruled that the bal loting should take its regular course. Greeted By Yells.I Each addition to the Hughes col umn was greeted by yells of exulta tion from the rapidly accumulating Hughes delegates and steadily state by state the votes piled up until New Jersey carried it past the required 494 and the remainder was only a formality. In rapid succession as the vote went on Du Pont was withdrawn by' Del-' aware and his solid block was cast! tor Hughes; Illinois withdrew Sher man; Ohio withdrew Burton; Iowa withdrew Cummins; New York with drew Root; Massachusetts withdrewf Weeks. Practically all of these new votes were cast for Hughes, only a few remaining in compliment to the favorite sons who brought them. Not a Nation of Singers. In this country, though we have pro, hnced many fine voices, we have never itome a nation of singers. There are, .1 Is true, In most of the leading cities, shoral societies, but the singing of large groups of people is ecmparative Ly uncommon among us. Here is a1 amatter for regret, for among all large bodies of singers where there has been more or lees training the effect is beau iful and inspiring. In fact, there atg tow things in music more impressive than the singing of hundreds of CHARLES EVANS HUGHES. Burton Goes to Fairbanks. With the end of the balloting for the presidential nomination and the )fficial announcement the balloting or Vice President began. There were ;ome surprise when Governor Willis )f Ohio withdrew .Burton's name and st the whole block of Ohio votes for 'airbanks. After Chairman Harding had offi ally announced the nomination of 'arbanks. the usual resolutions. were passed. Chairman Hilles called a meeting of the new National commit tee for organization, and the conven ion adjourned. Notable Convention. The convention was notable in po tical history for many things. A nan who had steadfastly refused to eek the nomination had been chosen; ;t was the first Republican convention snce 1888 which had been forced to take more than one ballot to agree ipon a candidate. and it had been narked by a lack of riotous demon tration and nervous enthusiasm which hitherto had been a feature f such gatherings. It did not touch y of the existing records for sus ained demonstrations, but despite the fact that it was wholly and decid ily "unbossed;" it moved with a pre ision and quietness which had not een equalled since the McKinley con rention in Philadelphia. First Ballot. Ifughes 253 1-2, Root 103, Burton r7 1-2, Weeks 1)5. Dupont 12. Sherman 6, Fairbanks 74 1-2. Cunmmiiins 85. oosevelt 65. La Foilette 25, Brum )augh 29. Ford 32. Knox 36, Borah 2, illis 4, McCall 1, Taft 14. Not vot ng 2 1-2. Total 987. Second Galiot. Total-Hughes 323 1-2. Root 9S 1-2. urton 76 1-9 Weeks 79. Dupont 13. Sherman 65, Fairbar.3 SS 1-2. Cum nins S5, Roosevelt S1, LaFolette 25. umbaugh none, Knox 3f. Harding .Wanamaker 5, Wood 1, 31e~all 1, rVillis 1. Not votict 2. Total 987. Third Ballot. Hughes. 949 >-2; Roosevelt, 18 1-2; Lodge. 7; Dunont. 5; Weeks, 3; La Eollette, 3; absent, 1. Total 937. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. OOSEVELT DECLARES THAT HE IS OUT OF POLIT!CS. Oyster Bay. N. Y.-Theodore Roose ;elt reiterated that he i:: out of poli "I want to tell y9U nea'vsppe~jr me~n." esaid. -that it's no u::c- for youa to ome here to see me. I wili have othing to say. I will answe-r ::aqes ions. so liease d't ask me to. I n out of politics." If the former Presiden;t has~ any lans for the immediate fu. :re other han to ecu:tinuie his littrary v.1tr. he ins not made them pubi~c. A flood of telegrams has been re ,ived. It was aanou~nced that mast fthem approved his a1 o:: . de ing to become a can:didiate upon he Pogressive tiect. While Colonel Roosevelt wo i ot iscuss the question his i.:: inaes onsidered it altogether unlikei:y thret , would reconsi:r his ec::ditionali eftsal to head a third ticket. I IC ias ot :et mr.de it clear whezhor or ict e will supo:t the c-a::iidacy of dr. :u,bes. Industrial Training and Crime. It is a fact that a ver-y large per metage of the inmztes of prisons are adustrially untrained, anc unable to urn a living income honestly. In sing Sing the number of men who nay be thus classed has be~an various yestimated by those acquainted with moditions at from 75 to 90 per cent )fthe total population. In that fact .sthe cause of much crime, in tihe rmedying of that e- '.!-'n is to be mond the c:cm for it in a lare ntmf ber of cases.-Irom the Star of Hiope, RUSSIANS TAKE MORE PRISONERS CZAR'S ARMY TAKES TOTAL OF 106.000 OF ENEMY DURING ONE WEEK. 1 ALSO GUNS AND MUCH BOOTY General Techitshyn's Force Alone Took 18,000 Austrians.-Turks At tacks in Caucasus Repulsed With Enormous Losses. Petrograd. via London.-Continuing their offensive movement adds, over whelmed the Austrian troops, took prisoner 409 officers and 35,000 men, Gays the official statement issued here. The Russians also captured 30 guns and an enormous quantity of bo'ty. The army of General Techitskyn alone, operated in the direction of Czernowitz, Bukomina, the statements adds, overwhelmed the Austro-Hungar lans and took 18,000 prisoners. Since the present offensive was started one week ago, the Russians have taken about 108,000 prisoners. "Our offensive in Volhynia, Galicia and Bukowina, have obtained fresh successes. The enemy armies con tinue to suffer enormous losses in prisoners alone. "The fierce attacks or our troops are throwing into our hands thous ands upon thousands of prisoners and booty of all kinds, the exact estima tion of which is as yet impossible. "For instance, in a single sector on the enemy front we captured 21 searchlights, two convoys, 29 field kitchens, 47 trains of machine guns, 12,000 poods of barbedwire. (a pood is equivalent to 36 pounds) 1,000 con crete planks, 7,000,000 cubes of con crete, 10,000 pounds of coal, enormous depots of ammunition and quantities of arms and other material. "In another sector we captured 30, 000 rifle cartridges, 300 boxes of ma chine gun cartridges, 200 boxes of hand grenadtes, 1,000 rifles, four ma chine guns ,two range finders and a Norton portable pump for the extrac tion of drinking water. "The capture of such enormous war materials prepared by the enemy for various operations affords proof of how opportune was our coup. "The Turks in the Caucasus region repeated attacks on our positions in the Platana region but were repulsed with heavy losses, abandoning in front of our trenches hundreds of dead. In the direction of Gummes han we have occupied first line enemy trenches. In the direction of Diar bekr, we are advancing and have taken prisoners and captured boxes of ammunition." MSXICAN BANLEiTS RAID TWO RANCHES AND ESCAPE Troops of U. S. Cavalry Go to Scene Which Was Near ~Laredo-Take Two Prisoners. Laredo, Tex.-Fifteen Mexican ban dits attacked four employes on the IT. A. Coleman ranch at San Mauel, I40 miles northeast of Laredo, drove Ithe ranchmnen from tne corral and es caped with 83 horses. The same party, it is reported, raid ed the Johnson and Coleman ranch in the same vicinity and captured two American cowboys, George Conover and Arthur 31yers. who were taken as prisoners into MIexico. Conover and 3yers were released after being taken a short distance by the M1exicans and reached Laredo unharmed. A troop of cavalry has been sent to the scene. George R. Alexander, foreman of the Colen.an ranch, with three men. left the ranch at daybreak taking the. horses to a pasture. When 12 miles from the Rio Grande. they were sud denly attacked from the rear by Mex icans who evidently had been~ follow ig them. The ranchers were com p~elle:i to take to the brush abandon ing the horses, with which the bandits made rMi. Alexander rode to MIinera and re ported the incident to army officers here by telephone. Arrangements for the result immediately were begun. ferry steamer's crew. ENTIRE ITALIAN CABINET RESiGNS FOLLOW!NC CLASH London.-The Italian cabinet head ed by Premier Salandra, resigned. This action of the ministry resulted from the failure of the Italian cham ber of deputies to pass a vote of con fidence in the government after the presentation of the budget of the min istry of the interliur. A Rome dis pach received here by wireless telegraphy said the ministerial crisis would soon be ended. SUCCESSOR TO HUGHES NOT YET CONSIDERED. Washington.-President Wilson has not yet begun consideration of a suc- - cessor t~o Justice Hughes on the Su pree Court ben':h. Because of his recent survey of available lawyers prior to the appointment of Justice Brandies, it was said at the White House that the President could make up his bind quickly, but as the Supreme, Court has recessed until October it was thought likely he would not hurry Iin making a choice. Analyzing the Boy. How would a boy grow up if he ner had mud between his toes and a torn hat?" Mrs. Homer Hoch de mands to know. Many boys have mud not only all the way between their toes and a torn hat. but. also on top of the torn liat, and still they seem never to grow up-assCt Star Natural Deductien. "Mamma," (luerIed smal?l Edna first time she saw a raix~ticolored I;.: rot, "was that chickeni hatched frcrs STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE. City delivery of mail will be inaugu rated at Hatrsville July 1. Forty-one pupils received diplomas from the Women's College at Due West. Eugene N. Hart, aged 72, a Confed erate veteran of Columbia, died a few days ago. A class of 11! graduates were awarded diplomas at Clemson College last week. The Pritchard Mercantile Company of Charleston has been commissioned with a capital of $11,000 At a meeting in Spartanburg Mon day plans were laid for the organiza tion of a mutual insurance company.. Among the prime improvements made in Bowman lately has been the installation of an electric lighting plant. The Industrial Building & Loan As sociation of Georgetown was charter ed by the secretary of state, with a capital stock of $30,000. Cecil Jean Rogers, the three-year-old child of H. K. Rogers of Ebenezer. was struck by a train and killed with in a few feet of his { ome. Gov. R. I. Manning left Spartanburg for Columbia after having spent the greater part of two days in a whirl wind campaign of the upper part of the county. The United Commercial Travelers of the Carolinas closed their annual convention at Florence with the selec tion of Columbia as the meeting place for next year. Federal recognition as organized mi litia has been extended by the United States war department to the troop of cavalry at Charleston, known as the Charleston Light Dragoons. The sixth annual convention of the Tri-State Water and Light Associa tion of the Carolinas and Georgia will be held at the Isle of Palms June 21, 22 and 23, and indications are that the sessions will be largely attended. The annual encampment of the Nat ional Guard of South Carolina will continue for 15 days, according to W. W. Moore, adjutant general, who went to Washington for a conference with Secretary Baker relative to the prop erty shortage, Albert D. Oliphant, assistant secre tary of the state board of charities and corrections, spent one day in Lexing ton pursuing the dutie3 of his position. He said Lexington is building some of the best highways to be found in any county in the state. The time for the State Firemen's Association meeting to be held in Orangeburg is drawing close. This convention will be held in Orangeburg on June 20-21-22. The committees have everything in readiness for the con vention and the big tournament. The city council of Anderson has closed a contract for a triple combina tion fire automobile truck, to be deliv ered within 60 to 90 days. The pur chase price is $9,000. The manufac turers allowed Anderson $1,000 for two fire horses, one horse drawn hose wagon and a double set of harness. When the lower house of Congress passed the naval appropriation bill for the present session Sout!1 Carolina had fared well, both the navy yard at Charleston and the old naval station at Port Royal having received abund ant money to keep them going. The best thing for CharlestorP is the fact that $175.000 is voted ideepening the Cooper river at 's aproach to the navy yard. The , 4on by the house is the biggest thing that could possibly happen for Charleston for many a year. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. U. R. Brooks, clerk of the South Carolina supreme court, has gone to Newport News, where he will remain 'or about 10 days on his vacation. The largest crowd ever assembled : the Clemson campus witnessed the ~pectacular and impressive military exercises on Riggs field. Company A, commanded by Capt. D. K. Banks, was adjudged the best drilled and Col. Ralph Jones, the popular commandant, presented a handsome sword to Capt. Banks. In all the 40 years of the existence f the South Carolina Press associa tion there has been no meeting as suc essful as that which has just closed t York. nor have the members of the Palmetto fourth estate ever before ex perienced such spacious and whole hearted hospitality as that showered spon them by the people of York. Business was suspended and the men f affairs devoted all their time to the ntertainment of the newspaper men, a-hile the lovely women of the city graciously exerted themselves to In sure the success of the assembly. New Discovery of Value. A soft and silky fiber, known as malva blanca," has been discovered n Cuba. and is said to give consider able promise of being an ideal mate rial for sugar bags. The fibers will stand close weaving, will not shrink, and are stronger than hemp, it is stated.-Popular Mechanics. Sign of Unpopularity. "He is noted for his moral courage,' Dear me! Is he as unpopular as ali Anti-Tipping Act to be Enforced. Inspectors of the state department of agriculture will be instructed to strictly enforce the anti-tipping act which was passed by the 1915 session of the general assembly. No pro vision was made for the enforcement of the law. Recently members of the T. P. A. made complaint to A. E. Hill, solici tor, as to violations of the law. Solici tor Hill took the matter up with Com missioner Watson and also asked for an opinion from the attorney general as to the right of the inspectors to enforce the anti-tipping law. Acting upon the opinion of the attorney gen eral, Commissioner Watson stated that the law will be enforced. The following is the opinion of the attorney general, which was given upon request of Solicitor Hill: "I have received copy of your letter of May 30 to the Hon. E. J. Watson, com missioner of agriclZ4ture, commerce and industries, with reference to the enforcement of the anti-tipping law, passed by the general assembly in 1915, and, in reference thereto, I beg to say that the duties and authority imposed upon the above named com missioner are broad enough to justify him in requiring the inspectors em ployed by him to report and prosecute violations-of the above law. "While this duty is not specifically imposed upon the department of agri culture, commerce and industries, all law officers are charged with seeing to the enforcement of the laws and it would not be beyond the power of the commissioner to require the in spectors to look after this matter." Peeples Defines Weekly Pay Day Law. It was not contemplated, in the Opinion of Thomas H. Peeples, attor ney general, that the weekly pay day for corporations should be a movable feast; furthermore the payment o1 wages is for money earned during the preceding calendar week and not foi the seven days immediately' preceding the pay day. This opinion was rendered in April to Commissioner Watson and wat duplicated to the Pacolet Manufactur ing Company. - The letter in part fol lows: "It can not have been intended that the corporations shall pay wages of every seven days that the wages ma3 be earned, as the act requires a regu lar pay day once in every week, and not a movable pay day, according t< the time the employes may have actu ally worked. "I am, therefore, of the opinior that the proper construction of thi act requires the corporations to fix certain day in every week upor which day they will pay the wage: earned during the preceding calendal week. While it would be more con venient to the corporations- to have only four pay days during a period of 30 or 31 days, this would nt, in m3 opinion, meet the requirements of the statute." Right to Condemn City Waterworks Thos. H. Peeples, attorney general in an opinion just filed held that ac1 No. 220 gives the city of Greenville "authority to condemn waterworks with the pertinent reservoirs and pip lines situate without the city limits foi municipal purposes.." The opinioI was given upon request of Wilton H Earle, senator from Greenville county The opinion in full follows: "As requested in your letter of the 29th of May I have examined act No 220 to amend section 3015, volume 1 code of 1912, approved March 6, 1916 and am of the opinion that it givee the city of Greenville authority to con demn waterworks with the pertineni reservoirs and pipe lines situate with out the city limits for municipal pur poses. , "In this connection I will call youm attention to the cases of Murphy vs Kelley, 76 N. Y. 488, and Meaussler vs St. Louis, 205 Mo. 556, 103 S. W. 1034 "There is no doubt that such exer lse of the rightof eminent domals would be for a public purpose, and, in my opinion, this amendment to sec tion 3015 of the civil code is broad enough to authorize the exercise 01 the right of eminent domain by the municipal authorities. New Enterprises Authorized. A charter was issued to the South Atlantic Cotton Company of North Augusta, with a capital of $4,500. People's Bonded Warehouse of Clin ton was commissioned with a capital stock of from $6,000 to $10,000. An eleemosynary charter was issued to Aurorean Soterie of Charleston as a "musical, literary, social and chari table assocaltion." The Williams Company of Green ville has been commissioned with a capital stock of $500 to sell food pro ducts. The Quality Shop. Inc., of George town has been chartered by the secre tary of state, with a capital of $5,000. The W. R. Pritchard Company of Charleston has been commissioned. with a capital of $10,000. The Allendale Auto Repair Company of Allendale was chartered with a capital of $1,200. Leave Law Enforcement to Hyde. Announcement was made at the governor's office that the state con stables are to be withdrawn from the city of Charleston. The announce ment followed a conference in Char leston between Gov. Manning and Sheriff Martin and Mayor Tristram T. Hyde, when the question of enforcing the prohibition law was discussed. Several constables will be maintained in Charleston county and on the wa ter front. Gov. Manning was wvell pleased with the cordial reception he received while in Charleston. One at a Time. The modern tendency in all grades is toward the development and eleva tion of the individual as: a unit. It is he individual that counts in the busi ness world, which has to do solely with the unit. Does He Eat With His Left Ear? "Does amphioxus eat with his left ear?" was the point taken up by a learned professor before the American society of zoologists at their regular F RURAL COMMUNIY BUILDING _PLANNED di CONG. LEVER WILL CONDUCT EX. P PERIMENT SOMEWHERE IN h STATE THIS FALL. c d d DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA s Doings and Happenings That Mark O the Progress of South Carolina Peo- b ple, Gathered Around the State Capitol. h Columbia. r Special from Washington. - Con. p: -gressman Lever is planning to make e: an experiment in rural community building smewhere in South Carolina, it beginning this fall. The effort, while Y building a community spirit, will dem- ih onstrate the practical value for farm- s ers of the legislation for rural credits, u standardization of warehouse receipts, it and cotton standards in security com munity co-operation. A fine graderof- e cotton will be used, and Mr. Lever f( hopes to have the services of govern- v ment experts in getting the work si done. . His purpose is to make the work n permanent in the community, and it F may be several years before the re- 12 sults expected are attained. He ex tl pressed the belief that the commun- 8 ity he proposes will be an example n of value to the South as well as to his t4 own state, and his hope is that a model 1 rural community may be established, a with the people co-operating along all lines that make for progress and bet terment. He will choose some section where t the people are homogeneous, and call b a meeting. He will ask them for the b next year to prepare their land and E use the cottonseed under the direc- r tion of a demonstrator. It Is prob- P able that the upland long staple will e be used. a The community idea .,will develop along the following ines: The work a of the community with the cotton un- h der this plan pre-supposes a commun ity gin, which means a gin co-opera- e tively owned. It pre-supposes, too, community buying and mixing of fer tilizer. A soil survey expert will show e the needs of the soils and fertilizer will be used which applies especially t there. Community selling will be nec essary. Mr. Lever said that selling is a feature of agriculture that farmers 0 know less about than any other fea- d 'ture. 1 Mr. Lever entered in a criticism that has obtained in the South in which farmers sell to buyers without knowing the real value of their cot ton. "Four-fifths of the cotton of the b South is sold that way. The big a 'I buyers have given small owners of d stores in small towns the quotation d on which to purchase the staple. ~ These people are not fully acquainted ~ with the grades. The cotton growers are not and the result is that the price paid often is not what the farm ers should get-.t This leads to a small communIty1 warehouse, owned, controlled and operated by the community on the* safest basis. It dan be operated in conjunction with the Federal system. a Mr. Lever wants an expert cotton grader to stay with the people for a time to demonstrate the values of a ~their cotton to them. Not only by~ this method will much higher cotton* be put on the market for its realt value but they will be taught the va rious grades of cotton so they will know what they are selling when no expert is around. "That community will probably sell 1.000 bales," said Mr. Lecer, in fol lowing the outline of his plans. "We've got to have competition in buying cot-:c ton. There is practically no compe-c tition now. The thing to be done Ish to make a market day for buying si cotton and let the fact be advertised so the buyers can be on hand at a: a given time. Let us say that on a cer tan day we will sell 50 bales. That: will interest the mills, and they will feel .justified in sending a buyer on' the ground for the occaso. Let them advertise the quality of the cot- c ton, say that it grades up to middling fair, with a length of staple of oner and a quarter.' That, in substance, is Mr. Lever's Idea, for the beginning of the com munity work. 0 "If you can demonstrate to the farm er that he can make money by co operation in growing cotton you will have instliied In him a spirit of co- c operation and you can follow it out s in other agricultural activities and in Ifc community building., ti Mr. Lever in seeking the best ful- r fillment of community life in the rural 02 districts to which requires co-opera- w - K Shoe String Act Goes to Court. S The fight to have the "shoe string county' act declared unconstitutional:i was carried to the supreme court by attorneys representing the advocates of Catawba coun '. The act was passed by the legislature in 1912. Sev- I eral days ago Judge Ernest Moore, af ter a hearing'. rendered a decision 0 holding the act to be constitutional., The advocates of the new county ap pealed to thei supreme court. There c were many citizens from Rock Hill Iattending the hearing. y Ants' Nests. To destroy ants' nests near plants Ior flowers stick some sulphur matches into the ground, heads down. The ants will leave and thue plants be not at all injured.-McCall's Magazine. Her Choice. "The man who can drive with cne hand is the man for me." answeredl Edna gayly. "You're easily satisfied," th replied her friend Ruth. '-For my part, joi r[pre the man who aska me to nt RIENDSHIP THAT RINGS TRUE .ways a Condition That Requires Thorough Understanding and Complete Sympathy. Some acquaintances will never ripen to true friendship because the com on bond of union, the thorough un erstanding and the complete sym ithy are lacking. An acquaintance begun in child Dod will ripen Into friendship if the ildren develop mutual interest in a ymmon cause of study or pleasure. If Issimilar tastes and unlike impulses evelop the children will grow apart, nee each of us tends.toward certain nters of association. Money cannot buy us friends. It lten purchases apparent friendship, at when the wealth goes that which sed vs friendship vanishes also. Friendship must -be distinguished 4 -m that sentimental feeling which Is > common among young girls. This idiculous fascination, which ex resses itself in extravagant terms of adearment, is very fickle. As soon as It finds faults in one idol transfers its affection to another. outh has yet to learn that perfection i human nature does not exist. The msible man or woman does not set p an ideal of friendship so high that must be shattered. Friends influence us for good or vil. Unfortunately we cevn guide- the >rmation of our friendships only to a ery limited extent, either for our elves or for our children. Friendship springs up and grows aturally; it cannot be planted at will. bolish friendships are often formed 1 youth. It is useless to talk against iem, since young people always re ent criticism of their friends. We X ust simply tolerate them and trust the awakening of common sense to. rove all frivolous friendships salse ad unworthy.-Philadelphia Inquirer. 1 Odd Mail Service. A novel mail service 1i to be put in operation on the Magdalena river, i the Republic of Colombia, seasleds I aving been planned to ply between 1 ogota and the coast. By the water I )ute the Aistance between the two oints is more than 800 miles. It is 4 pected that it will be covered at an I verage speed of nearly forty miles 1 a hour. Tests were recently made a the Hudson river, near New York, c rith an oddly designed craft which I as been built especially for this serv e. It is a broad-beamed glider, quipped with a high-power motor, and I riven by two aerial propellers mount at the stern. It is capable of carry ig a number of passengers, and when < aded draws only five inches of wa- I ar. While traveling at Its maximum peed, however, the sled requires only ne inch of water, for It skims along 1 arely cutting the surface. Its slight raft is made necessary by the shal >wness of the river on which It is to perate. - Wire in Great Demand. Particularly for the transmission of 1 igh potential currents the steel lminum wire has been found most I esirable aften ten years' experience, uring which time, it is stated, two 1 ompanies alone are making use of I 0,000,000 pounds of conductor of this i aracter. The aluminum has great iciency, together with lightness, rhile the steel Imparts strength, so 4 eat t is possible to maintain reason- 1 bly long spans, which Is not so with 1 e conductor made alone of alumi- 1 um. The simplest form of the steel- I ~minum cable is that to which six I luminum strands are laid around a entral steel wire, all of the seven rands being of the same size. Larger reas usually have the single steel re replaced by a seven-wire steel ca, le of the same area, the ratio of steel I aluminum being the same In both 1 ises. "City Healthier Than Farm." "The sanitary conditions in the mers' homes of Massachusetts and ew York state are not what they ould be," Dr. Harvey W. Wiley de ared in an address before several idred farmers from all over the ate in Horticultural hall,. assembled 'r the Massachusetts state board of ;icultural's annual meeting. "In New York and Massachusetts irticularly, the city is a healthier ace to live than the country." Doctor ' riley said. "The cities of New York ' ed Massachusetts are taking better ie of their citizens than the coun y is, and I am inclined to believe at the unfavorable situation in the iral sections is due more to lack ofj nitary conveniences and appliances an it is to the effect of the climnate ! r of a deficient diet." Thieves Leave Sacred Records. j, All but three of the 75 talking-ma dne records of the Birdsboro High ~ :hool were stolen by a thief, who t red an entrance into the building, 1 red on a light and tried out all the 1 cords, it is believed. Thumb rearks j Sthe three left behind showed they 1 sre tested too. Th selections rejected were "Lead: indly Light," "Jesus, Lover of My e yul" and "Nearer, My God to Thee."t Most of the records stolen were rag-e e and marches.-Reading Dia.- c Ltch to Philadelphia North American. r C Old Hand at the Pump. 'I "I came In reply to your advertise- f ent for a young man to pump the C 'gan," said the applicant. "Have you had any experience In tat line?" asked the church organist. "Yea tet I have," replied the appli-v ut. "I worked for a milkman two uars." Cptimistic Thought. t The physkiani can:wt' eure the body tI bile the mind is i:n at ease p ____________________ti - ci Optimistic Thought fr Whatever the mind enjoins on Itself ta San object, it attains-.c Rids Plants of insects-.o A good way to get rid of insects inh e earth of a potted plant Is to pour 0] e it a glass of water to which a t ach of mustard has been added. Worn01ut? No doubt you are, you suffer from anyof the numerous ailments to which an womenaresub ject. Headache, back Sache, sideache, nervous- ; ness, tired feeling are some of the symp to..s, and must rid nof order feel well. Thousands of women, who have been beneftied bythis remedy, urge you TAKE C5 Mrs. Sylva-ia Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky., says 'Beforetaking Carduf, I was, at times, soweak I could hardly walk, and the pain in my back and head nearly killed me. After taking whee botles' or cardu , the pai s Asd Hott Hppalfd Now Uiee we seedid. Every suffering woan should try Carm wlestaboien - today. E- $ UST WANTED TO THAW eaptain ot American Vessel Atod Host to Half Doen Undersea., Germans In D1 ra ' So cold did the crew ofterni ubmarine become while sailing bet c osinteBli e hey rose to the surface, halted ;t1he: tmerican steamer Morena, bound fromn 3openhagen to Phfindelphia, andashe' ., )ermission to spend the afternoon: F aboard i 1 order to thaw out. Captain Vheeler, master of the Moreni, told - of the incident just before his vessel eft Philadelphia. About the middle of December rhen the steamer was battling against n urious gales-in the Baltic, the chief. officer noticed that they were being Ignaled by a submarine. The U-boat ame alongside and eight men came ~board the Moreni. Captain Wheeler upposed they wanted to examine the hip's papers, but they told him all hey desired was a few hours' release rom ..Aeir frigid quarters on the un Iersea vessel. Although heavily clad in forjgj ats,. the Germans-were,-blue from he cold. they said their craft had = >een under the toe nearly two days; enable to rise because of the drifting toes, and that it had become almost mpoesible to live in the submarine. [he plates that formed the sides of he boat, they said, were only haltan nich thick and the heating apparatus was inadequate. The steward of the Morenl glad ened the visitors 'with coffee and oth er hot drinks. They remained aboard itil nearly dark. -Then, after being ssured by Captain Wheeler that none ut Americans were on- the Moreni, hey went back into the submarine and soon disappeared under the foe. Scottish Ghost Story. The young Grenadier guardsman, ir George Houstoun-Boswall, who Is eported "msibelieved killed," Is ,wealthy Beikshire landowner nd .a scion of an ancient Scottish amily. A weird ghost story is asso fted with Allanhnk, the residene herited by him from~his ancestors, he extinct Stuart baronets. A11an ank remained empty for a number f years because It was haunted by ,n apparition known as "Pearlin ean," so called because she was a tovce in a continental convent when he first baronet, Sir Robert Stuart, ell in love with her. SirlRobert de erted her, and the girl flung herself inder the wheels of his carriage, and ras killed. When the faithless lover eturned to Allanbank he was hor' ified by visions of the girl. Seven anisters were called in to lay Pearlin Jean," lbut her spirit would ot rest. Teaching Cops PoIteness. Commissione Wood has a plan to emore the sulphur from the atmnos here, says the New York Times. He as just organized a squad of uni rmned professors of ethical culture, rith trafmc policemen. The commis loner has discovered that the cops in' Ler controversies with chauffeurs of en go a bit beyond the bounds of par. ar conversation. Instead of the po Leeman saying "--" to the chauf. eur, and the chauffeur replying in te manner, it is planned to have the lcemen say softly: "Pardon me, if ou will please turn that automobile f yours around and go west through hat other street, it will relieve me f considerable worry." And the hauffeur is expected to reply: "All ight, dear sir. You are absolutely orrect. I shall do as you suggest." 'o make it easier for them, the pro essors are conducting some of their lasses in garages and stables. Welding Platinum. A new process has been recently de sed In England for the welding of atinum contacts on springs, thus ef ting a saving in the amount of plati imn used. Essentially, the main fea ire of the process is the placing of a tin coating of copperplate on the atinum, which not only facilitates e task, but also reduces the welding rrent .necessary. An automatic weld g machine is used in the process. It kes a strip of platinum sheet or a mii of platinum wire, depending on hether a flat or pointed contact is de red, and deposits a piece of platinum the proper size on the spring and - >lds tn postion durng the weldng eration. The welded contact Is flat. nedor ponted by adie as itleaves-<