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??? i ii- rIN THE CARPATHIAN PASSES Wild Country Where Teuton and Slav Are 4 Present Struggling for Supremacy. A description of the High Tatra mountains, within whose shadows the titanic struggle between the Teutons tend the Slavs for control of * ... Ilurgaiy is being waged, has" beeii prepared by the National Geographic society. It is as follows: "Strongest of all the natural barriers that are opposed to the Russian advance upon their German and Hungarian enemies are the massive, crescent-shaped Hohe Tntra mountains, the central and the highest group of all the Carpathian system. These mountains, forming a gigantic wall of more than forty miles in 1 U .iTwl viinn n nd f tnnn aim uvtntxii nun: aim inn i u miles in width, lie almost due Bouth of Cracow and about due north of Budapest. The passes where tho Russians have been forcing their weeks of terrible mountain campaigning lie considerably to the eastward of the Hohc Tatra. "The llohe Tatra mountains are the highest in Hungary, rising in a number of peaks beyond 8,000 feet. The Franz Josef, or Gerlsford peak, the highest in the Carpathian system, attains an altitude of 8,737 feet. The mountain presents many impassable, high, sheer wall faces, and there is to be found among them some ??f tho wildest seenerv hevninl the Alps." ? _________________________ SLUMP IN PRICE OF LEAD Drop Last October Was the Lowest in Fifteen Years, Despite a Big Output. The price of lead, instead of being .v enhanced by the European conflict, actually slumped in October to the 'owest point reached in the last fifteen years, although 100,000 more tons of the refined metal was produced in 1914 than during the previous year, declares the advance statement just issued by the geological survey. The exports of lead from this country to Europe since the war iegan have not increased in proportion to the increase in exports of zinc and some other metals. The total production of refined lead from both domestic and foreign .... mo 100 -i l i orea whs o-i?,i?? snort ions, compared with 462,460 tons in 1913. The production of refined lead from domestic ores was 512,794 tons, an increase of 100 916 tons over the record figures reached in 1913. No domestic pig lead had ever been exported from the United States prior to 1914. Generally the price of lead in this country, owing to the tariff, exceeds the price abroad. Ifcad was consistently higher in Txindon in 1914 than in New York, and this, together with the scarcity of Mexican lead, caused the large exports of domestic lead. JITNEYS TO OUST TAX 18. The widely known jitney is out and about like the flowers of spring over this whole broad land. It may prosper or it may not, and time will tell; but there are one or two things to notice concerning 'the craze," as street railway people call it. The jitney's success is the taxicab's failure. The latter has never been much more than an instrument * of luxury, bluff, or crime in many of our cities (see the movies for proof). The taxieab people havo not given the service. Most folks help pay for paved streets; they like to ride thereon in motor ears, and the jitney gives them a chance as nothing else ever did. If it gives real service, it will last.?Collier's Weekly. FORCE OF HABIT. "That old miser haa very little to say." "Possibly he is afraid of spending his breath.'* 'MOTHER DEFINITION. Little liemuel?Say, paw, what is a bachelor maid ? Paw?She is the opposite of a spinster man, son. ? Indianapolis Star. WISDOM OF JOHNNY. Teacher?Johnny, what animal has the keenest sense of smell ? j Johnny?The skunk, sir. THE PROPER TERM. Omar?Is failure to support wife a misdemeanor in tfcaa RtaAn? , ilein*?Nx ifh ft Mm itamn?aft ml'*' BAD SIGN TO TAP ON WOODj Clergyman Expresses the Opinion : That Luck Signal Is Expressing Doubt In God. "Every time a person "taps on wood'' to counteract the seeming boastfuiness of having declared that he hasn't "had a sick day this year" or some such piece of good fortune,' l :- _.1 a.i L:- /'_/I tic it> luiiiiuiui^j iiiui ins v.?ou is nu bettor than those of the heathen, of ' an envious and quarrelsome disposition, who dislike to see human beings at all exuberant over their luck, according to the Rev. Charles Wood, who preached last night 011 "Temporary and Permanent Peace," at the Church of the Covenant He was exhorting the congregation to make I jieace with God and to believe in him as a kind Father. Speaking of peace in Europe, Doctor Wood said: "Humanity has needlessly lost faith in peace conferences, culture, and even Christianity in some cases, though it was only the lack of faith that allowed the breaking out of hostilities. Many wonder if war may not become a permanent condition in the world. This is palpably impos sible. It is impossible to reckon out the duration of the war by comparing statistics of natural resources of the countries engaged and their periods of exhaustion, but it is easy to see that war, being an abnormal condition, is bound to end in time, like a fire or plague. "However, pence will be nothing but an armed truce until humanitarian diplomats, if we can join those two words, come together with the idea of an entirely equable adjustment, and with a Christian spirit." ?Washington Post. SMOKE NUISANCE Evelyn?She separated from heT husband heeause he wouldn't give up smoking. . Tjoraine?heft him tinder a cloud,! i? it wore! 6AV/IUA TUC LI A I P ppn-r wn t n^u i 11 v. unur otn I In those times, when every little that can tie saved on the living expenses of the poor counts, I would suggest that the United States government coin a half-cent, which would he of great benefit to those who must count every cent of expenses. For instance, if one wished to buy a h^ilf-pound of coffee, at 2f> cents a pound, one would be obliged to pay Iff cents; with a half-cent piece in use there would be a saving of half a cent. There are many other things, too numerous to mention, that could be bought by poor people, especially fruit. One often sees apples and bananas sold two for one cent. If a poor person had a half-cent he could. Duv one, when lie <li<l not need two.? New York Times. MILD GLOATING. r ? . I "You have no anarchistic tendencies, 1 hope?" said the altruist. "None in particular," answered (he dusty pedestrian, "but sometimes I can't repress a chuckle when I hear the air escaping from a punctured automobile tire." REDUCING THE OVERHEAD. "1 see vpu have let your business manager go." "Yes, I didn't see the need of j him. I had to get the business. 1 What 1 got he was willing to manage." BROUGHT THEM HOME. ^ ?? Patience?I see they're back from their honeymoon trip. Patrice?So soon? "Yes, 1 guess his money gave out." WHAT HE WAS OUT FOR. Bill?Wasn't he ashamed to shoot .hat young deer ? JilJ?Why, no; he said he was out far the don. i * TRUE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE Certain Periods of Outdoor Recreation a Necessity for Healthful Existence. An inquirer, referring to an article in tile Bankers' Magazine relative to the health of banker?- in tbnn answered by Doctor Evans, the sci- I entific hygieniftt: "A bank man shdtlld hate an examination once a yea t to determine the condition of the kidneys, arte- j rics, heart and nerves. He should arrange 60 as to have a daily period for exercise in the open air. He cannot keep fit except by following a plan of maintaining fitness, since bank life is one to which the human animal does not automatically adjust itself." We are all interested in the bankers?that they keep in jocund health, for the general aspect of business takes its flavor from their physical health. Hut the remark applies quite as well to all our big business men whose work is entirely indoors in comfortable chairs, where the sedentary and unhealthy life is most attractive. The human animal cannot live its best sorting over notes and i inspecting ledgers. It needs out- | doors among the trees and on the banks of streams where the finnv 1 tribe dwells, (let out where the > smiles of the blue skies awaken the kidneys and the nerves to action.? Columbus Journal. PROOF public? SOON ENDED. "Wo never have prolonged arguments at our houec." "Lucky man ! I presume your wife does not argue." "Oh, yes; but she's so darned clever at it!" ? GREEN WAS VERDANT. "Green tells me that he has an automobile for sa'c." "i don't doubt it 1 sold him mm. i Iks other <k?jr * "Your frieud, the uetor, id a wonder." "What makes you think so?" "He admits that he isn't." SLIPPER "CAME BACK." Ilerc is a curious little war story that was related to me by its "hero." He is a British officer who is home from the fighting /rout, on a short leave, having injured one foot rather severely. Meanwhile lie is going about in "mufti" and is wearing a carpet slipper on his in jured foot. The other day while he was traveling clown from Hampstead to Wimpole street in a Ixuidon motor bus to see his surgeon, a woman opposite him in the vehicle leaned over and inquired how long he had been 1 hack from France. ('nnaideruhl v *nr- ! prised, and wofidering if he was eonfronted by a secress or a feminine Sherlock Holmes, he explained, and then asked how she knew that he was a soldier and had Ikm n in France. "It is quite simple, really," smiled the fair one. "You see, I made that slipper that you are wearing and aent it to the front!" AN APPROPRIATE NAME. In a school in a Jewish district of the city they were discussing a change of name for the school, and the tendency of the hoard of education to use names of illustrious men as an inspiration had been commented 011. A bright little fellow in the front seat raised his hand for recognition. ! "I think, Mr. f\." he said, "that we ought to call this the Lincoln school. There are so many Abrahams in it." : ; PLAYING SAFE. He?I swear my lore for you shall never grow less. She?Would you ? er ? mind swearing like that before a notary Will Sell 600,000 Fords. "The Ford Company manu' factured 300,000 cars this year," said Mr. A. J. Langford, manager of the Charlotte branch of the Ford Motor Co.V Tuesday.. "We figure on manufacturing nnrl R?*llincr KT1A Hflft I vvv, vvv UCAW * J CCII Mr. Henry Ford recently asked Mr. Hawkins, our general sales | manager, who by the way was a visitor here recently, how many cars he could sell next year and he replied that he could sell 750,000. Mr. Ford replied that he could not manufacture this number but he could turn out 600,000. This will be the number we will have io sell. It can be done and that easily. Only this month the Charlotte branch was compelled to cancel 1,600 orders for cars because we could not get the deliveries. The home office has cancelled over 100,000 orders. We could ' lave sold 450.000 cars this vp?r nstead of 300,000 if we could Have gotten the deliveries. This vill give you some idea of the enormity of the business." Cotton Growers Lost Millions. Four hundred million dollars in profits were made by the \meriean farmers, grain exporters and millers during the I irst year of the European war, the treasury department announced Tuesday. During this period, however, the cotton growers and shippers lost nearly $235,000,000. These are prominent features 1 )f the department's yearly report on exports of foodstuffs and cotton. The favorable trade balance of the United States for the week ending July 31, exceeded $25,000,000. POLITICAL GOSSIPS When one class of people has anything to Bay. It has become largely the custom to make a political Issue out of It insti ad of a friendly discus>lnn 1. ?- - 1 i 1 tu u in m iaw uuoe instead of a- newspaper and to argue It before a jury instead of to settle It in the higher courts of Common Sense. As a result, political agitators, political lawyers, political preachers and masculine women are powerful in politics and dissension, selfishness. Intolerance and hysterics run rampant in public affairs, for when the low, damp, murky atmosphere of misunderstanding envelops publlo thought it breeds political reptiles, vermin, bugs and lice which the pure air of truth and the sunshine of understanding will choke to death. We have too many self-appointed interpreters of industry who are incapable of grasping the fundamental : principles of business and who at best i can only translate gossip and add color to sensational stories. No business can stand upon error and might rules?right or wrong. No industry can thrive upon misunderstanding. ; for public opinion Is more powerful than a King's sword. When prejudice, suspicion and class hatred prevail, power gravitates into the hands of the weak, for demagogues thrive upon dissension and statesmen sicken upon strife. The remedy lies in eliminating the middleman?the political gossip?and , this result can be accomplished by the managers of business sitting around the table of industry and talking it over with the people. Interchange of information between Indus- | tries and the people is as necessary I to success in business as interchange 1 in commodities, for the people can j only rule when the public under- I stands. Away with political interpreters who summon evil spirits from their prison cells Hnd loose them to prey upon the welfare of the people in the name of "My Country." Gotcha?I ran into a burglar last night. Jake?HowM lie get away from you ? I Gotcha?He went through me.? ! Dartmouth Jack o' Lantern. AN EASY MARK. i>..i I -v vi|'i<ivm iiuiii muni DUl you | can't give me any reason why I should not enlist. Spouse?Well, I should miss you, dear, but the (lirinans couldn't.? London Mail. CLEVER YOUTH. Teacher?Remember, Johnny, that a stratum is a layer of anything. Now ean you name a stratum? Johnny?Yes, ina'am. An old hen ia a stratum, 'cause she's a layer of ? <r \ L "= " - TT r=3l =JI *' IBF= How R I Do Yon 1 u mi The Net Prem the Union Central Policies written in lows: For $1,000.0 Kind of Policy. Ajre jj Ordinary Life $14. 20-Payment Life I 22. 15-Payment Life 27. 10-Payment Life ' 37. * 5-Year Term _J 8. We write all f and rates are prop Ask for specimen ] Bailes & L LJ %=[\ =11 3 Ell VERY LOW RA1 Panama Pacifi SAN FRANCISCO Opened February 20th, Clo Panama-Califc SAN DIEGO, C Opened January 1st, 1915, C VIA Southern Premier Carrier Tickets on sale daily and lim Good Roinf? via one route and Stop-overs allowed. Fren ? Trip Far Columbia. S. C S82.4 Charleston, S. C. 85.1 Orangeburg, S. C 82.1 Sumter, S. C. 84.1 Camden, S. C 84.1 Aiken, S. C 79.1 Chester, S. C 82.9 Rock Hill, S. C._ 82.9 Spartanburg, S. C 81.5 Greenville, S. C 80.0 Green' *xl, S. C 79.2 Newb ry, S, C 81.1 P portionately low rates from ot tr> rates to Seattle, Wash.; Portlai n i y other western points. Pull information regarding the va f .lednles, etc., gladly furnished. J quest. Let us help you plan your Why pay tourist agencies, when c S. H. McLEAN, Division Pe W. H. Tayloe, P. T. M., H. F. Cary, Washington, D,C. Washingi BUILD While the bu anrl fViA coin unu iiiv oa v 1 If you contemplate the erectii barn, or outhouse, or the remo present buildings, DO IT NOW if you act at once, for you can now than you can possibly do i 30 or 60 days, we verily believe have passed. Labor will beer Building Material market is air know say that prices will be ba We will supply you at close figi nish you estimates on what you Take advantage of conditions Build Fort Mill I Phone ftuch 1 Pa fl 1 EBSHHHIHBHlBi ium charged by Life this year on ?} * 1914 is as folio Insurance. ? 20 Age 25 Age 30 Age 40 I I 38 $15.93 $18.32 $25.33 r * 39 24.09 26.58 33.30 33 29.35 32.30 40.05 46! 40.11 44.04 54.20 07 . 8.39 8.90 10.67 orms of policies, >ortionately low. policy at YOUR age. inlr- District Agents jIIIK., fort Mill, S. C. =3131 ir n?=1 rrc k t.tt i C.J ncuuui> l ic Exposition, >, CALIFORNIA. ?es December 4th, 1915' >rnia (Expos'n ALIFORNIA. t r loses December 31st 1915. Railway, of the South. lited 90 days for returning, returning via another. a 0c? ??j tu Partial. OrrjM 5 $104.24 5 106.86 5. 104.79 5. 105.66 4 106.05 5... 102.45 0 102.32 0. 102.32 0 101.00 0... 101.00 0 101.00 0. 102.81 her points. Also very low roundid. Ore.; Vancouver. B. 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