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VOL. XXVIII. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1916. NO.27 nISOnERS Mori 61YALLIE~ ^R.;ICH AND FRENCH CONTINUI GREAT SOMME-ANCRE DRIVE. REPORT STEADY ADVANCE Continue Efforts Around Verdun--Il tensity of the Great_ Battle Does No Diminish Any During Sunday. London.-All through the night ani Sunday the great British and Frencl cffensive which began Saturday morn ing in the Somme and Ancre sector continued with intensity. Both Britis] and French War Offices report I steady advance at certain points, bu speak also of the formidable Germal restztance. Flicourt, an Important town, three miles East of Albert, has fallen to thi SBrit:h arms, while the French have t:cn Gurla, which lies to the South east. The fighting at the souther erd of the British line, where it is Ii ca.ntact with the French, is of the fiercest nature tremendous artillerl actions preceding all infantary at tacks. The French have taken 6,000 pris oners. according to the latest esti mates, while the British, though re porting the capture of 3,500 later de clared that the estimates were tot low. 'Owi-g to the nature of the bat tie, it is n.t doubted that the casual ties are very high. Notwithstanding the terrific offen sive against them in the Somme Rive region. the Germans have not ceased in their effort around Verdun. Thel have bombarded several of the Ver dun sectors and have launched infan try attacks against the French trench es. While Berlin declares that the Fre-nch attacks against the famoz T'. amont work were repulsed by cur tains of fire the French War Offici announces that this strategic positioi has been re-captured by the Frenc forces and is held by them. Referring to the Anglo-French driv the Germans official statement say: that at several points of the firs line trenches along the Somme th enemy forces gained success and wer able to advance. A German divisio in this sector had to be withdrawn. BANDITS DRIVE HORSES FROM BORDER RANCH Troops Face Each Other Across Rivei and Sentries Exchange Shots. San Antonio, Tex.-Captain Lero3 Eltinge with two troops of the Eight Cavalry searched the country on the Mexican side of the river opposit Fort'Hancock. Texas, for bandits who fled back into Mexico., after raidini the American side. It was reported he bad returned to the American side of the river, having lost 'the trail of thi raiders. The best information obtainable in dicated there were eight Mexicans ix the raiding party which drove off few headl of horses and cattle from a ranch 54 miles southeast of El Paso. Lieutenant tardy with only part of one troop fiollowed their trail toa -point where it ended at the river, and Captain Eltinge, several hours latei arrived with two troops from El Pas( to make an investigation and to con sinue the pursuit it he cornsidered it ad 'visable. fle was instructed not to pre cipitate a clash with Mexican troop: if it could be avoided. All reports received nat Gen. Fun ston's headquarters indicated nothina more exciting along the internationa line than the exchanging of shots be tween sentries at Nogales. *Apparent ly no early offensive by the concen trated forces of the Mexicans in fron of General Pershing's positions wa: contemplated. All officers commanding tlhe troopi along the L.700 miles of border arn cautioned to avoid clashes with th1 Mexican troops that face them, bu the recurrence of such incidents a that at Nogales has caused staff offi cers to fear that something may hap pen at any time that may serve at the basis for further complicating the situation. FORTIFICATIONS BILL BIGGEST EVER VOTEI Washington.-Approval of a con forence report on the biggest fortifica tions appropriation bill ever sent t the White House was voted by th house and senate. It carries $25,748 050 in casla appropriations and $13 800.000 for authorized contracts. Th senate added $4,SS84.050 to the hous, total, largely increasing items for ri serve ammunition. OBREGON STRENGTHENS HIS ARMY ALONG BORDEI San Antonio, Texas.-While tha war department was moving Into th< frontier thousands of the Nationa Guardsmen. General Obregon, Carrar za's minister of war, was engaged il strengthening the border army. Mi nor changes were directed by him il his armies that now are quartered i: force in almost all northern cities, e3 cept a few that lie under the Amerj van guns. at-cording to informationl a Fort Sam Houston. Songs Develop National Spirit. It seems strange that the world ha not done more with singing, that il with popular singing. In this regar we are far behind some of the othe nations, for example, the German They have many choral societies, which they sing songs of the fathe land, and do much to develop the n tional spirit. Teaspoon Not to Be Trusted. The teaspoon is unreliable as a means of measuring a dose. It va gles from sixty to ninety mtp1ima. CONGRESS ANXIOUS TO COMPLETE WORK q al Financial Preparedness Pro gram Includes Half a Billion 1 for Neutral Defense. House a Takes Up Work on Revenue * Bill. 11 ARMY AND NAVY BILLS PRINCIPLE IN SENATE t k ndlcations Are That Senate Will t Largely Accept Proposed Increases. T L -Dispose of Agricultural Bill Soon. V Washington.-Congress is preparing 3 to complete its program of financial a i preparedness with every indication s L that appropriations this session will q t aggregate considerably more than a t2 billion and a half dollars, at last half p a billion of which will be for national si defense. According to estimates based on figures compiled y Chairman Fitz gerald, of the House Appropriations Committee, and Increases put into pending measures by senate commit tees, the grand appropriation total may reach $1,650,000.000 exceeding by more than $500,000,000 the record of C any previous congress. Last -week Representative Fitzger ald submitted a statement to the ai House showing that the gynd total a for the present Congress based on bills t< passed and pending. would reach near- ii ly $1,500,000,000. Since then the Sen- v: ate Naval Committee has added near- ci ly $50,000,000 to the naval bill, and si the military committee has increased al the $182,000,000 army appropriation O measure by approximately $100,000,-. u; 000. fC Army and Navy Lead. o0 The principal appropriation meas- al ures awaiting senate consideration ei are the army and navy bills. As amended in committee they carry h, $282,000,000 and $315,826,843, respec- ja tively, and together with the fortifica- a: tions bill, which has passed both si houses, would appropriate for national A defense more than $622,000,000. There si is every indication that the senate le will accept the major part of the pro- d, posed army and navy increases but 16 conferences probably will pare some si of them down. io The senate plans to take up the w naval bill as soon as the agricultural a1 bill is out of the way probably within p' I a few days. The big building pro- e3 gram for 1917 and the provision for a three-year construction policy pxpb- L ably will mean a debate of several weeks. Meantime the army bill will come from committee and an effort may be made to pass it as soon as it S i is ready, setting aside the naval bill temporarily. Ready For Revenue Bill. With its work on appropriations nearing completion the House is M ready to take up the $210,000,000 rev-. enue bill just introduced. After it isA passed the house will be marking0 time waiting for the senate to catch up. Besides several of the big sup ply measures, the senate has the ship ping bill, the child labor bill, the $2,-h 000000 militia relief measure. conser-c vation measures, the immigration bill 0 Kand many minor matters to dispose of. P If there is to be an adjournment g in time for the political campaign. tl Congress leaders believe some of the measures of the President's legislative e program must be .sacrinced, probably the immigrationi and conservation measures. INCREASED PROGRAM NAVY IS APPROVED Committee Recommends Four Dread- ' naughts, Four Battleships and 10 P ii Capital Ships. Washington.--Forma~l approval ofC Sthe increased navy building program recommended by the senate naval c committee in amending the annual ap- s -propriation bill passed by the house e Is given in a statement issued by Sec- 0 retary Daniels. -A The committee, besides framing aA program calling for four dreadnaughts and four battle cruisers next year Instead of five battle cruisers, only, as provided by the house-Wrote into the f bill provision for completing within Ithree yea~rs the genemal board's plan -to add 16 capital ships before 1922. "It marks a radic'dly new policy in the enlargement and increase of the Snavy," said Mr. Daniels' statement. r "It is the first bill -that has incorpor ~ted a continuing p~licy in the build Iing of fighting ships. In his annual message to Congress last December SPresident Wilson placed emphasis upon the need of adopting a continu Ing policy." In a report to the senate on the three I year, five hundred million dollar navy building program benastor Swanson for tihe naval committee, laid stres on its recommendation that the navy general board plans be hastened to ? -completion. "lt seemed to the committee." s.ays th Idreport, "that the program for' five iyears proposed by the general board is not suffiolent to bring the naval -force of the United States to the po -sition which they ought to hold it Iamong the navies of the world at an F early enough period. The commnittee, c Failure Because of Poverty. Whenever a man succeeds in spite of poverty we recognize the wondcr it Sand eagerly give it acclaim. But the y failures resulting from poverty we i. pass over. Indeed, they are so com- | mon as to be almost uninteresting. |la W e speak of them by the bulk, in the Iy bC I the Wake of Great War. A great war leaves the country with til hre armies-an army of cripples, a.. army of mourners and an army c4 t ierercre, reduced the me covered i r the program from five to three 1 ears. the committee being convinced last the soonr we could get an ade iate navy the better as the navy must [ways be our first line of defense and ,e have two great coasts to defend." The building program includes uilding of 157 ships prior to July 1, 319, 66 of them to be begun as soon s practicable, including eight capital lips. Of reorganization of the na al militia, the report says: "The committee realized that It as very important that the naval mi tia should be put on an equal basis 4 ith the National Guard. Unless this ,as done, the naval militia, which is ow an important part of our naval es iblishment, instead of increasing i ould be lessened, as more Induce. < tent would be given to enter the Na. I onal Guard than the naval miltia. . 'he committee recommends legislation I 'hich puts the naval militia upon I uality with the National Guard. "It also imposes upon the naval ilitia the same requirements in re pect to drill and services that are re fired for the National Guard. and! F iey are subject to the call of the! resident in case of emergency of war. mitar to the National Guard." t 'L[DGE SERVICE TO CARRANZA GOVFRNMENT. itizens in Various Parts of Mexico Offer to Enlist for. War. it Mexico City.-Telegrams declaring hesion to the Carranza Government ad offering contingents of from 200 > 2,000 men each, continue to pour tto the Central Government from E arious parts of the republic while ac unts of popular mass meetings and peches against invasion are crowding 1 the telegraph lines. At Tuxtepec. f axaca, the manifestants, after a pop- , lar meeting at which orators spoke >r war, crowded into the telegraph 'ice and offered the services of all ble-bodied men of the town to Gen ral Carranza. r Meetings of students have been i eld in Puebla, Queretaro, Quadalar t Lra, Guadaloupe, Hidalgo, Morelia, t ad many other points at which adhe ion to the government was pledged c s an offset to these warlike demon-' rations, Mexican women, under the t adership of Senarita Hermila Galin- E o, editor of the newspaper, La Mujer a [oderna, (The Modern Woman), are f apporting the Women's Peace Party t New York and have corresponded ith Margaret Laue of New York in t a effort to aid in bringing about a t eaeful solution of the difficulties r isting between the two nations. t c ANSING ASKS HOUSE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS. ecretary Wants $300,000 at Once to I Get Americans Out of Mexico. r The Appropriations Committee of f te House faces another phase of the t :exican trouble. Secretary Lansing r lled for an additional $300,000 to get s mericans out of Mexico. In' a mem -undum dated June 2S accompany g the estimate he said: t "The conditions are such at the* C esent time that, in my opinion, it is ghly desirable that every American C tizen should leave Mexico at the rlest practicable woment. The ap- l ropriation made heretofore by Con- I ress for assisting Americans in leav- I ig Mexico is exhausted, and I urge 1 at the amount above mentioned be 1 ipedited as much as possible." i ELL OF MEXICANS FIRING ON OUR SOLDIERS,.1I Galveston, Texas.-Two American ilors from the scout cruiser Salem ere wounded during a clash with I med Mexicans at Tampico, accord ig to passengers arriving on the olvin liner Dade from Vera Cruz. hey received their informatior. from assengers on the Ward liner Mont ey, bound from Tampico to Vera The Monterey's passengers said. ac rding to the Dade arrivals, that two nall boats from the Salem approach-f I the Tampico jetties and were fired! a by Mexicans from the shore. The mericans returned the fire. Two mericans were slightly injured, they id, although it could not be learned bet~her any Meicans had been hit. MAK [V[ERY [lIO RT 10 PR[V[NT 00N[[ICT sakes It Plain That He Will Not Countenance Conflict Un til There is No Other Alterna tie For Settling Troubles. ILLNG TO SACRIFICE POLITICAL FORTUNES etermined to Carry Out His Convic- i tions as to What Is Just Course toi Pursue-Thousands, He Said, Ap pealng to Him to Maintain Peace. New York.-President WVilson made plain in his speech at the New York I ress Club banquet that lhe will notj untenance a war with Mtexico until 1 Not a Nation of Singers. In this country, though we have pro. iced many fine voices, we have never |come a nation of singers. There are, Is true, in most of the leading cities, iral societies, but the singing of rge groups of people is ccomparative uncommon among us. Here is a atter for regret, for among all !arge >dies of singers where there has bee'n ore or less training the effect is beau El and inspiring. In fact, there aro w things in music more impressive an the singing of hundreds of here is no other alternative for set. ling the border troubles. Again he declr'ed that he was eady to sacrifice I., own political for unes in order to carry out his con ictions as to what would be the just ourse to pursue in the situation. Bainbridge Colby, who placed The >dore Roosevelt in nomination for the >residency at the Progressive Con rention at Chicago, paid President Vilson high tribute in an address, but id not declare unqualifiedly that he vould support him in the coming :ampaign, as it was reported he would to. In his address President Wilson aid: "I realize that I have done a very mprudent thing; I have come to ad ress this thoughtful company of men vithout any preparation whatever. * But gentlemen, as a matter of act, I have been absorbed by the esponsibilities which have been so requently referred to here tonight, nd that pre-occupation has made it mpossible for me to forecast even vhat you would like to hear me talk Lbout. * -* Mr. Colby said some hing that was among the few things had forecast to say myself. He said hat there are some things which it s really useless to debate, because hey go as a matter of course. "Of course, it is our duty to pre marc this nation to take care of its Lonor and of its institutions. Why de ate any part of that, except the de all, except the plan itself, which is .lways debatable? "Of course, Qt is the duty of the overnment which it will never over ook to defend the territory and peo le of this country. It goes without aying that it is the duty of the Ad ainistration to have constantly in aind with the utmost sensitiveness very point of national honor. "But gentlemen, after you have aid and accepted these obvious things our program of action is still to be rmed. When will you act, and how ill you act? "The easiest thing is to strike. The Brutal thing is the impulsive thim. o man has to think before he takcs .ggressive action but before a man eally conserves the honor by realiz ng the ideals of the nation, he has o think exactly what he will do and ow he will do it. "Do you think the glory of Ameri a would be enhanced by a war of on-uest in Mexico? Do you think hat any action of violence by a pow rful nation like this against a weak nd destructive neighbor would re ect distinction upon the annals of he United States? "Do you think that it is our duty carry self-defense to a point of dic ation into the affairs of another peo le? The ideals of America are writ en plain upon every page of Ameri an history. "And I want you to know how fully realize whose servant I am. I do ot own the Government of the Unit d States, even for the time being. have no right in the use of it to ex ress my own passions. I have no ight to express my own ambitions Dr the deevlopment of America if hose ambitions are not coincident ,ith the ambitions of the nation It "And I have constantly to remind 2yself that I am not the servant of those who wish to enhance the value f their Mexican investments, that I m the servant of the rank and file f the people of the United States. I get a great many letters, my fel w citizens, from important and in ential men in this country, but I et a great many other letters. I get atters from unknown men. from hum l women, from people whose names ae never been heard and never will e recorded and there is but one rayer in all of these l.etters 'Mr. 'resident, do not allow anybody to ersuade you that the people of this ountry want war with anybody.' " got off a train yesterday and as was bidding bood-bye to the engi ieer, he said In an undertone, 'Mr. President, keep out of Mexico.' And f one man has said that to me a housand have said it to me as I ive moved about the country. "If I had opportunity to engage hem further in conversation they say of course. we know that you cannot overn the circumstan'ces of the case titogether, and it may be necessary, )ut for God's sake, do not do it unless t s necessary.' I am for the time being the spokes nan of such people, gentlemen. I rve nt read history without observ ng that the greatest forces in the vorld and the only permanent forces Lre the moral forces. * * "Force will not accomplish any hing that is permanent I venture to ayy, in the great struggle which is oing on on the other side of the sea. rhe permanent things will be accom >dished afterward when the opinion if mankind is brought to bear upon he issues, and the only thing that villl hold the world steady is this ane silent, insistent, all-powerful pinion of mankind. "Force can sometimes hold things teady until opinion has time to form. ut no force that was ever exerted ex ept in response to that opinion .was er a conquering and predominant " think the sentence in American Listory that I myself am proudest of s that in the introductory sentences >f the Declaration of Independence t-here the writers say that a due re pct for the opinion of mankind de nands that they state the reasons for vhhatthey are about to do. I venture o say that a decent respect for the pinions of- mankind demanded that hose who started the present Euro Cut This Out. Each year come many questions re arring the care and culture of swee' >ea but for terseness nothing couN surpass the brief statement made b3 i very successful grower in England -Tench deeply, manure liberally lant thinly, stake quickly, water early mdd dispod promptly." Optimistic Thought. There is sometimes more tc:: eardd from the physician than to-~ pean war soulm have stated their reasons ,but they did not pay any heed to the opinion of mankind and the reckoning will come when the settlement comes. "So, gentlemen. I am willing no matter what my personal fortunes may be to play for the verdict of man kind. Personally, It will be a matter of indifference to me what the verdict on the seventh of November is provid ed I feel any degree of confidence that when a latter jury sits I shall get their judgment in my favor. Not < my favor, personally-what difference does that make? but in my favor as an honest and conscientious spokes man of a great national convention. "There are some gentlemen who are under the delusion that the power of a nation comes from the top. It does b not. It comes from the bottom." TO SUPPRESS NEWS OF TROOP MOVEMENTS Washingtoh-Secretary Baker an nounced that orders have been sent to all department army commanders to suppress all news concerning troop movements. The order follows: "In view of the movements en route to the Texas bor der or in Texas might result in some malicious act that might seriously hamper these movements and also might result in unneceysnry loss of life among the troops, it is directed that all concerned be instructed to the effect that no information as to movements of troops is to be given to representatives of the press or any individuals other than the officials of the railroads concerned or the repre sentatives of the American Railway association located at the various de partment headquarters and mobiliza tion and concentration points." The department also announced that National Guard organizations which start for the border without full complements of field transporta tion will be supplied by Gen. Funston upon reaching the border. MEXICANS SEIZE MUCH GOLD AND SILVER BULLION Washington.-The state department was officially advised that gold and 4 silver bullion belonging to Americans I and seized by local Mexican authori ties at Manzanillo totaled nearly.$500,- t 000. The seizures were reported to 1 have begun before the Carrizal inci dent. A protest already has been made to Gen. Carranza. Reports 'of continued seizures ,in various parts of Mexico reached the < department during the day. In most E cases the property has been left be- < hind by Americans fleeing from the c country. There has been no indica tion that the local authorities acted I on instructions from Mexico City, but 4 no reply has been received ito the rep resentations made several days ago to Gen. Carranza. First Troops at Border. ( San Antonio, Tex.-The First Illi nois infantry, Col. Sanborne command ing, arrived at Fort Sam Houston and < went into camp. The Seventh New 1 York regiment also passed through i San Antonio en route to stations in a the Brownsrille district. Other New York regiments. including the Seven- I ty-firt, are expected shortly. What a Library Is For. Librarian Wheeler of the Reubeni McMillan institution says too manyi persons look upon a library In the( wrong- light. "Think of it as a great< many books scattered about the city. and don't consider it merely a build-< ing," he says. This Is good advice,.] well expressed. But a small percent age of us appreciate the library or ( take advantage of its opportunities. I A stranger in a city who has not ac-I cess to clubs finds two places always I open to him--the public library andc the saloons. If he Is the right kind of man he seeks out the former. He gets education and recreation there. To see the hundreds assembled in the reading rooms of a public library in one of the large cities of the West where therei are many transients is an education 1 in the use of the library. It can be made .iust as useful to a man at home. Dont look upon It as a mere place with four walls outside and furnIsh- ~ Ings inside. A person who would con- r sider a theater only as a place where f there is a stage and a collection of ~ seats would be considered foolish. Yet I thats the view often taken of the li' brary that invites your company.-- ~ Youngstown Telegram. Swords for British Soldiers. Sword manufacturers are very busy, and in Sheffield, England, they use the j old method of hand forging which pro duces a more satisfactory blade, t though at a slower rate, than where machinery Is employed. Now, how- ~ ever, says a Manchester newspaper. c a Sheffield firm of engineers has com pleted an installation of plant for rolling cavalry swords, the first ma- t chinery of its kind in the city. Before the war government factories were equipped with this class of machinery,. and the copying of the design for use by manufacturers of swords has now been permitted. b Has Twins Three Times. Mrs. Frank E. Walter, wife of a local cement contractor, has presented t to her husband twins, both boys, and there are nowy six twin boys in thea family. Two, Paul and Joseph. are three years old and the next two, Leon and Carl. eighteen months old. That twins should be born into a family three times consecutively in ssuch a brief space o-f time is consid ered remarkable. The family now con sists of twelve children. Sheep as Weather Prophets. Shepherds say that the wool of the sheep furtiishes an excellent indica.. t( tion of weather changes. When it is ti crisp there will be no rain; when it al ss limp ano feels very soft to the touch astorm is imminenit. Neutrality for Him. c< Prisoner ton being asked, "What q say you. 'Guilty' or 'Not guilty?'")-u Me Lud, 1 (cave it to the learned 0 counsels to fight it out between *cm. t STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE. Gov., Manning was busy at Camp [oore with the troops and did not at end the political campaign meeting ,t Abbeville. The movement of the cantaloupe rop from South Carolina to Northern markets has begun. Heavy ship ments are being made from Cave, :line, Blackville.- Barnwell and ;pringfield. Rumors at Camp Styx says, and the tory is interesting if true, that in the vent of a call for volunteers, Col. W. V. Lewis of York, formerly command r of the First regiment, will be in ited to form a volunteer regiment. The Boy Scouts of Union have wir d Gov. Manning saying that they old themselves In readiness to serve i any capacity needed by the state or he nation. The telegram was signed y troop leader Sarratat T. Hames. The, proposed sale of the Hampton roup of cotton mills by the Parker otton Mills Company to Lockwood, -reene & Co., for $2,555,000 was indefi itely postponed by action of Associ te Justice Watts of the state su reme court in issuing an order of persedeas. The Conway city council has called special election to be held Tuesday, uly 25, on the question of 'voting oupen bonds of the town of Conway o the amount not exceeding $40,000, ayable within 40 years with the priv ege of redemption 20 years after the ate of issue. Two bath houses have just been onstructed by the Orr Cotton Mills a Anderson for the employees of that orporation. Each is equipped with ve shower baths, ample rest and waiting rooms and adequate J>ilet acilities. One is for the men and the other for the women. When the conferees on the sundry vil bill met the item of $6,000 for he enlargement of the Orangeburg ish hatchery, which the senate put in he bill at the request of Senator'Tim an, was knocked out, the conferees n the part of the house not being illing to agree to it. Adjutant General Moore having ommissioned J. M. Johnson, a civil ngineer of Marion, to organize a ompany of engineers which is much esired by the United States govern ment, Mr. Johnson has had printed the ollowing circular and is giving them Listribution: "Men wanted for com iany engineers, National Guard." The contract for the construction of he manual arts school building of the Tester public schools was let to a onstruction company of Columbia. he contract calls for the completion f the structure by October 1. This uilding will be a handsome and com odious one, two stories in height, rith a basement, and will be of red iressed brick. The brick will be put gether with dark mortar. It will *Ost $10.000.. Among the newspaper men at Camp ityx, not in their professional capac ties but as soldiers, are: Robert E.I onales of The State, machine gun mpaly, Second regiment; John Elli 'tt Puckett of The State, Troop A, alvary (Charleston Light Dragoons); ~loyd Littlejohn of the Charleston ews and Courier, Troop A, ca?sary sergeant); H. A. Boggs of the Char ston Evening Post, Washington ight Infantry, Second regiment; Clef ent I4111 of the Anderson Intelligen er, machine gun company, First regi The Orangeburg Packing company as been organized with a capital of 200,000, of which amount $178,000 has een subscribed. The plant will be cated in or near the city of Orange urg. The officers of the Orangeburg 'acking company are: Perry M. moak, president; Mortimer 0. Dant ler, vice-president; John .W. Stro ian. secretary and treasurer. The >owing hoard of active directors was lected: James M. Green. Robert .ide, W. Laurie Mosley, J. Stokes alley, Perry M. Wannamaker and r Jacob G. Wannamaker. OUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. Columbia will celebrate a "Hayvest ubilee" this fall. E. J. Watson. secretary of agricul ire, commerce and industries, is pre aring for general distribution a cir lar of information, relative to unty fairs to be held in South Car ina this fall. Mr. Watson Is mall ig letters into all counties, urging iat dates- for county fairs be filed 'ith him at once, along with the. ames of the pres:dent and secretary each fair. There are over 16,000 railway em. Ioyees in South Carolina, 500 of them sing engineers.1 Representative Lever made a fight the house to increase the fgund for inting farmers' bulletins and asked at $50000 be appro,priated for this ork in order that the department of rriculture might properly distribute rem. He met with strong oppos~tion 'am Representative Fiitzgerald of New rk. chairman of the appropriations] the house to increase the fund fori mmniiee. but Mr. Lever was succe-.:s Ll and the matter wvas carried Rain Unequally Distributed. The heaviest rains occur in equa rial regions, and the smallest quanti es fall in the desert districts of Asia id Africa. Why We Count in Ten~s. Because we have ten fingers wc nt il tens; therefore, for ease and1 ickness of reckoning all our meas-d eenets should be in tens. Then, in d -er to reckon, we should only have t use the very simple method which z larn when we study decimals. r CLOWNS AND CUPID R By LOUISE OLIVER. Miss Lynda looked furtively at her c niece in the pew beside her, then side ways across the aisle to where the Langleys sat. Billy was there with, his father, and the fact that his clear young tenor voice was as silent dur ing the singing of the hymn as Sara's k own sweet soprano confirmed her sus picions of two days' standing. There had been a quarrel. "Bless their hearts," she sympa- b thized, with her thoughts miles away from the song. "I wonder what the trouble is." And her eyes, roving b away from her book as though in search of the cause, found it. h There he was-the stranger-in a pew just ahead to the right. "Humph!" concluded Miss Lynda .t with Involuntary contempt, "I'll bet r that circus agent who has been here a week and walked home with Sara the other night is to blame for the whole thing. She is a goose! I'll bet, too, that he won't walk home with her h after the sermon, either, if I can help , it. Not if I am in as good health as I am this minute, he won't!" The hymn closed and the sermon began. Miss Lynda heard none of it. a Her thoughts were busy. "There will S have to be something done," she kept h saying to herself. "Poor things!" she sighed, and glanced again at Sara. Her thoughts continued: "Of course h talking to them will do about as much good as trying to put out a fire with gasoline, they are both so touchy. But e there ought to be some way! The circus Is Tuesday and Billy was to take her, but he won't now. I believe g I have the faint glimmering of a plan! f Yes, I have-the very thing!" And that afternoon she called Bil ly's father on the 'phone. After Lang ley concluded with: "It's bad business for young men to lose their heads and leave town, isn't it, Lynda? You and I know that, don't we?" "Yes, indeed, *e should, Henry," 1 she answered. "Now don't forget In structions." On Tuesday, at luncheon, Miss Lyn- 1 da said casually over a forkful of salad, "I think I'll go up to Potter's C and exchange those gloves before cir cus time." e "All right," agreed Sara, languidly. t "I'll go with you." Now this was exactly what Miss Lynda did not want. But she diplo- e matically waited a moment before an swering: "I thought maybe you wouldn't mind taking those booties I've just finished over to the new Mar tin baby. I'd do it only it's the other direction." "Certainly I'll go, auntie, but we'll never get seats together unless we meet somewhere." "I've thought of that. Tickets are on sale at Lynn's bookstore and I'll d stop in and get our two together. I can leave yours for you." At lunch Mr. Henry Langley said to his moody son over a chop: "Billy, I can't get away until the last second, c so on my way downtown I'll stop at Lynn's and get the tickets and leave one for you with--your name on it." "Very well, dad." A little clever juggling of tickets be tween the two older people and the c estranged lovers found themselves to gether. The procession was starting around h the ring with a blare of trumpets and a band. The look of indignation on Sara's face and the amazement and k perplexity on Billy's were instantly h arrested. Primal instincts were oblit-. erated in the niagical parade beforeb them, a glittering pageant of fairest magnifc'ent royalty, gorgeous Orfen-t tals, races of five colors, animals of all countries, with trappings right out, of the "Arabian Nights" and music l calculated to lure the genii of Aladdin a right into the big tent. Billy watched and munched. Sara. giving herself up to the delights of the h biggest show on earth. forgot her neighbor and gazed intently at the spectacle. The romp in the rings be gan, and heads were turning like knobs on pivots trying to see every hing at once. Bears rode bicycles, lephants had a ball game, ponies were living pictures, Chinamen spun r~ by their hair, equestrians did stunts' m ind acrobats risked their lives. b1 Then came the clowns, a whole dos en of them, with their ridiculous j it reys, baby buggies, airships and pa-,d :rol wagons. Billy let out a snort of:c lee and Sara tittered. Another threw m rubber rock on an invisible string in d :heir direction, and as they both si lodged they bumped heads. The mis ite retreated after coming within a root of them. Sara screamed andb :hen laughed .hysterically. She felta hat she would go crazy if she :ouldn't say something to somebody. c What was that? Billy was slapping f is knee and declaring that something as "rich." Evidently he was feeling m he same way, when he was babbling .o himself-.t What silly geese they had been to t iuarrel, and what a gay, funny world ta t was after all. Along came a steam roller which -an over rubes. Sara began to giggle rgain and Billy looked sidewise. Their! ayes met in a rapture of merriment.m "Is-isn't it silly?" laughed Sara, 'eaching for her handkerchief. Billy :aught the hand and gave it a surrep- dc :itious squeeze. "Best thing I ever ce aw!" he agreed enthusiastically. "I as just wondering if we couldn't aunt up our agent friend and get him ni front of that roller!" with a grin. Lt'5 forget him!" proposed Sara. e Copyright, 15. by the McClure Newspa- e per syndicate.) Feminine Fancies. Nothing so Dores a bright woman ar :o nave a man tutor her on science or y oiitics-ana nothing so flatters a d-1 iP be ar Unreasonable. . jPr Muh wife am de most puhsistent idy ever seed in all muh bawn ays sah!" complained Brother Ram iddy. "Why, looky: We been mar'd tree yeahs now, and she's still ain' as ie to buy her a new hat!"-Kansasa. iity Star.I iLAD TO BE OF USE ICH WOMAN REALLY WANTED TO HELP HER NEIGHBOR. ffer Touched Victim of Accident More Than All the Condolences and Offers of Assistance She, in a Measure, Expected. It was Sunday morning. Pa Jen ins, wearing a kitchen apron, shirt eeves rolled up and his arms cov red to the elbow with flour, stood at ie kitchen table trying to make read. Ma sat nearby and directed ie operation. "To think I had to go and slip and reak that arm on -a Saturday," be Loaned ma, gazing disapprovingly at er bandaged right arm, "and leave us ithout any fresh baking for Sunday" "Well, your little ,.. .lliam Is ort Le job," cheerfully c .ah pa. "S'long's ve got any muscle -:e'll have bread." Ce kneaded with added energy. "You must not work It as hard as lat," declared ma. "Now cut it into. feces and make loaves and then it'll ave to rise again. No-not like that. hat won't make a nice-shaped loaf." "What's shape if it's good to eat?" iquired pa. "You just stop worrying, La. Everything's going to be all right' ad you'd better lie down. a while. oon's I get this dough stuff off my ands I'll make the beds." "I do hope nobody'll come in today," issed ma, thinking of the undusted ouse and her inability to provide re -es-.ments. Pa meant well and was Lone than willing to "do his durned st," but of course he couldn't do sings right. And company came! Word had one abroad that Ma Jenkins. had auf ,red an accident, so everybody called -all the neighbors and club women. ad members of the Ladie' Aid, and ie minister's wife and mother-In LW. Some brought flowers and others rought such substantials as healthy'"' >oking veal loaf, two beautiful loaves f homemade whole wheat bread, a S ouple of pans 6f home-baked rolls, a uge loaf of white bread, a plateful of iscious looking currant jelly tarts, lasses of jelly and jars of fruit and ookles galore. Besides the Sowers nd the "eats" all brought condol nces and thrilling tales of accidents hat had happened in other families, elated with much painful detail. Finally the callers had all depart$ icept one middle-aged, plainly owned woman whose limousine was rating for her. She was a member f ma's church-a wealthy woman, rho seldom had anything to say and rho, rumor said, had started life in ery poor circumstances. She had brought neither flowers nor-7 ake, and while others talked she sat lent, looking her sympathy for ma. hen they were alone-pa had gone own cellar to attend to the furnace ie began to speak, hesitatingly, as If . was diffcult to find words to ex ress -her feeings. "I didn't know there'd be so many allers, right away," said the rich oman. "And I didn't think of bring tg anything-like the rest did. - 'm tther slow thinking about tbines that - ay. But I did think that I might >e in and 'fix up' your house. 'I'm yod at that." "Now that's kind of you," .answered a, "but pa's awful handy around the ause."' "But a man isn't like a woman to'do tings," answered the caller, "and I sow how a woman feels about her ause. Now there's the kitchen floor. ouldn't I scrub that for you. Let me a of some use." "I was simply dumfounded," said ma >pa, afterward. "Bu't she really eant it. And she's going to send one her maids over tomorrow to stay as ng as we need her. Now who'd think woman as rich as that would want scrub my kitchen floor for me?" "Even money can't keep a good art down," sententiously stated pa. ay, that was a dinged good batch bread I turned out, all-right-all-right, >w wasn't it?"-Philadelphia Bulle Measuring Human Energy. The servant of the future will be compensed not for the time con Emed in performing a household task, it according to the human energy quired, if the studies now under way the home economics division of the partment of agrictilture are suc ssful. These studies are made by eans of a calorimeter, which Is a uble-walled chamber, in which the .bject for study is securely sealed up. rery exertion made by the person side of the calorimeter increases the dily heat which Is registered in cal ic units. Even the process of breath g consumes from 15,000 to 20,000 loic units in a day. A woman do g some light work such as dishwash g may register 25,000. Heavier work my increase the consumption of en gy to 60,000 or 70,000, according to e individual. In this way the actual :ount of "work" required for any k can be accurately measured. Dodging. "If I had my way," said the positive man, "I'd make every unmarried in pay a special tax." 'What would be the use?" rejoined .ss Cayenne. "Any man who can dge matrimony would surely suc ed in dodging his tax." Exercise. Visitor-Do you give your dog any ercise? Dwner-Yes, he goes for a tramp ery day. New Cause for Worry An Indiana man claims to have in. ted a photographic machine that 11 take an object at a distance ol o miles, on a dark night. There will no escaping the snapshot fiend -- ed with that frightful camera. ovidence Journe.. Daily Thought. [ife never seems so c'lear and ensY when the heart is beating '' the sight of some generous, sci kring Aee.-George Eliot.