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sswtf! MONEY SIDE OF THE WAR[ When International Credit "Went to Pot," So to Speak, Overnight. In the August American Magazine a well-known American banker 'writes an article entitled "The Money Side of the War," in which he reveals many surprising facts. In the course of his article he tells as follows how international credit "went to pot1' overnight : I "On July 27, 1914, in the midst of the crash of security values on our stock exchange, $12,000,000 of our Igold was exported. The next, day 'Austria declared war nu Serbia and in the ten days thereafter we sent :$45,000,000 more gold out of this country. The war became general, tlreat Britain and most of the eonitinental countries declared moratoria. That meant internationally that these nations stopped paying their debts, but they could ask the other fellow to pay what he owed them. America, which did not declare any moratorium, thus became the target for everything. We were the only people that declared themselves ready to pay cash. "Sterling exchange continued to rise, and at one time soon after the outbreak of the war touched $7. This meant that, whereas ordinarily 'it costs us $4.8G5, we will say, to buy the equivalent of what ?1 will buy, it then cost us $7. And if we owed ?1,000 in London and bad to pay it at once, it cost us $7,000 to do it, instead of, as ordinarily, $L865. Kven at that it was almost impossible to get any amount of exchange. Our vaunted international credit system, built up over a scries of generations. 'went to pot* overnight. lOcean transportation was violently disarranged. It was impossible to get bottoms wherein to ship; and the rates for marine and war insnmnr-n run so high that manufacturers could no longer nfTord to ship." 1 IMPERATIVE NEED FOR SISAL Not a Soda Fountain Gas. but the Stuff Necessary to Maks Binder Twine. If the United States had not sent several warships to l'rogreso, Yucatan, to force the free exportation of sisal, which had hcon forbidden by Carranzn, the American farmers would now be in terrible straits. Sisal hemp is used to make the hinder twine for harvesting wheat and the farmers will need a lot of it this year for the bumper crop. Sisal is also grown in .lava. East Africa, the Bahamas and the Hawaiian islands, but little has been exported from those places since the war began. It was therefore necessary that ('arranzu's prohibition ho brushed aside and that the free exportation of sisal be allowed. As scon as this began the exports for June, 1915, jumped to 123,350 bales as compared with 80,208 bales for the same 'month in 1911. In June, 1914, sisal was bought Tor 20 cents (Mexican) per kilo, a kilo being about 2 1-5 j>ounds, while in Juno, It) 15, the price paid for sisal was 101 cents (Mexican) per kilo. The tremendous increase in price is due to the hoary demand for it, which is inreasod by the fact that it is impossible to import from Europe products that might replace sisal in making binding twine. AN UNDERSTUDY. "I'm glad my husband got a motor car." "You enjoy the rides, eh?" "Yes, and the car gets a lot of the blame that used to come my way." SEEING FATHER. "Young man, is there any insanity n your family?" "Why?or?yea. Pin crazy about your daughter/'?London Opinion. I GETTING AWAY FROM BIZ. "1 know one follow who never mentions the weather." | "Who is ho?" t' "A meteorologist." GENEROUS. "Yon are n married man, tell me 'how to win a wife." | "You don't need to win one, you may have mine." PREPAREDNESS. 1 Business Man?I shall spend my vacation in training for soldiering. His Wife?I shall put in the time [in training to spend a pension ' ' V"* "T SEES WEALTH IN THE LAND I ? Chinese Philosopher, Chang Chien, Is ' Called the Ben Franklin of That Land. The Benjamin Franklin of China, the sage philosopher of the celestial land, is Chang Chien, the modern minister of agriculture and commerce whose one idea is to put his country on a sound economic nnd 1 social basis by improving the land. ( .Mr. unang was born sixty-two voars ago. His father was a wealthy land owner of Haimen, a country 1 town in Kiagsu province, near the i month of the Yangtze river, a great cotton-producing district. As a hoy he saw the horrors of the Taiping rebellion, which stirred him to help ' his country to better things. I In the old regime the gateway to success in political life lay In sehol- ' arship, and Chang passed the high- i est in his province and became notp<l s in China for his learning. Hut he < did not bury himself in hooks. On I (he contrary, he devoted all his energy to founding and maintaining < elementary, agricultural and techni- < cal schools, as well as charitable in- < stitutions. Furthermore, he was re- ' sponsible for increased production in ' his province both of crops and facto- I ries. Land reclamation, fish hatch- > cries and the improvement of waterways were also on his program. , A PESSIMIST R?^PlPBi8 ' "I don't believe one knows what true happiness is till one marries." , "And then he has given it up forever." MISLED. "Why did you accept him, anyway ?" "Because he proposed to me in the handsomest automobile 1 ever saw." , "1 don't see what that had to do with it." "It had a great deal. 1 thought the car was his/' DOMESTIC TILT. "Why do you persist in propping your feet up on the veranda railing?" asked Mrs. Cobbles. "L guess it's just my contrary nature," answered Mr. Cobbles. "The veranda railing is one thing you have never been able to put where 1 can't find it." AN OLD STORY. "1 believe the world is getting . worse instead of better. Look at what happened to the cathedral of Reims." "Tut, tut, man! The world is no 1 worse than it used to be. Look at what happened to King Solomon's temple." THE REASON. "Candidates for qtlice in Home 1 wore white robes to show their politieal purity." "Then 'tis no wonder Koine howled." I AN OUNCE OF INVENTION. Knicker?They are trying to improve our navy. Hoc!.or?Yes, an ounce of inven tion is worth a pound of cure. A MERE TRIFLE. She?I'm worrying about my new bathing costume. lie?That's little enough to worry about. OVERDUE. "Queer summer, isn't it?" "Yep. The *ifl-it-hot-enough-foryou fiend' is about six weeks overdue already." SMALL AMOUNT. Mre. Meyser?Could you give me a little money, my dear? . Mr. Meyser?Certainly, my dear! About bow little? j 1 v. "<Kiv IUST HOW TO CURE A COLD All Depends, Some Physicians Declare, on How the Patient Aoqulred the Complaint. The proper treatment of a cold, according to many physicians, de GRAIN DOCKS AT ANTWERP Plan Contemplates Concentration of All City's Business of That Particular Description. The "dock of the concentration" at Antwt ;> was, by the action of the city authorities just prior to tlie declaration of war, to have been a reality in 101G. The plan, conceived ten years ago, is to concentrate at one great dock all the grain barges which serve as warehouses and the floating elevators which furnish the business to Antwerp's 300 grain houses. Those elevators, with eight new ones voted last year, are twelve in number and are owned by the municipality. They are pneumatic, with a lift of 100 feet, and one cares for a cargo of 5,000 tons in about three days, wjiieh formerly detained a vessel ihere for fourteen days when hand labor was employed. While hostilities may perhaps set the work hack another decade, hope may be derived by Antwerp and other stricken cities by rememl>ering how calamity often has a most stimulating ef* feet upon industry?as in such cases as San Francisco, Baltimore, etc.? Scientific American. IMPROVEMENT. "That man doesn't tell the truth half the time." "Well," replied Senator Sorghum; "he must he reforming. A liftv per cent veracity average is pretty high for him." THE NATURAL INFERENCE. "it is said that a great many illicit distilleries have been found in Kussiu since the sale of vodka was prohibited." "What do you infer from that?" "Kven an imperial ukase cannot take the edge olT a national thirst." ITS NAME. "This collection of clippings is a history of prize lights." "1 know; that is why it is a scrap book." ITS EXTENT. "I)o you like the marble bust sent you among your other ornaments?" "Oh, it's head and shoulders over the rest of them." USELESS TROUBLE. "Don't dignify that accusation with a reply." "I dare say a reply in this cuso wouldn't answer." ITS SORT. "I hear .Tiggs has locomotor ataxia." "Is that one of the uewest makes J" pends in some degree upon the way the person has taken the cold, It is necessary to go back to the beginning of the illness?to begin where the cold began. For instance, if one catches cold bv getting the feet cold, say by going out with thin shoes, and getting wet and chilled, it is not the cold but the long chilling that does the harm. The best measure is to take a hot foot bath. The cold got in through th?* feet, so it should be driven out through the feet. If one gets cold by exposing the back of the neck to a draft, resulting in a lame back, soreness, cold and ditTness in the neck, then hot applications should be made to the bock of the neck. If the cold is the result of general exposure and a lowering of the general bodily temperature then a een ^ral hot huth is good. This should >c taken at night. Drink a oduple if glasses of hot water, get into the (lot hath and stay there about half in hour. Have the hath hot enough to set up perspiration. It may he as hot as ine likes in the beginning, but when perspiration begins, lower the temperature to about 100 degrees, and keep it there for aliout half an hour more. Then lower it to about 95 decrees and stay in the hath another tiour. One may safely remain in the hath two hours if suffering with a. really had cold. Drink some more water at the dose of the hath and go to lied. It is well to drink just as mueh water is one can. . ,t ? SEEMED FATHER OF WORMS' [ Small Wonder That Little One Was Surprised at Size of Big Blacksnake. * Wecta is a little girl who lives in 1 that part of Ijouisville at once and comprehensively denominated the ! West end. Her real name, of course, is Rita; but this is too much for her I playmates, and their version of it has , ' been taken by her and their elders until now they have to stop and think who is meant when this appel- | lation is used. ; rj Ordinarily, her communication, if ! not yea, yea, and nay, nay, is as acceptable in the sight of good folk as that of any six-year-old; but lasl week an incident occurred which startled her out of her accustomed | decorum. She had been taken to ! the country for a visit and aceom; panied one of the men to the big [ barn, where, in the course of his [7 labors, he uncovered a huge blacksnake that had hidden under a pile i | of hoards. After it has been dispatched and the excitement was all over, Weeta, r: viewing the remains, ejaculated: "Gosh! What a worm !" ?Louisville Times. A DIG g He?Yes, I was going abroad, but I?aw?changed my mind, you know. She?Well, I do hope you get a better one in the change. DON'T MONKEY WITH THE PAINT. Bacon?I sec in the course of one year more than f>,000 persons were identified by their finger prints in the London police court. Egbert?Which goes to prove that when a man sees the ''Fresh l'aint" sign he wNints to take the sign's word for it. AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE. "You realize that you are but a 6orvajit of the jK?ople." "Not exactly," replied Senator I Sorghum. "I can't help feeling that I have a lot more respect for the people than many servants have for their employers." TENTATIVE OFFER. "Could 1 interest you in a little scheme to make you rich?" asked the suave caller. "You might," answered the busy person at the desk, "ff you would pay me the first dividend in advance." MARCH OF CIVILIZATION. "Science is wonderful 1" "Yes, I just read of a new gun which can' send a projectile even ? through a Bible carried over a man's heart." TOO NARROW. Mrs. Knicker?l'oor man, here is a penny. Weary Willie?No, thanks, mum. I don't approve of charitable foundations. NATURAL SEQUENCE. "The witness seemed to have his wits scattered." "I suppose that is why he couldn't collect himself." THE WORST. "What is the most difficult disease you have to contend with?" asked < the student. "Imagination," replied the do tor. ITS KIND. "Messenger hoys have no dress uniform, have they?" "No; theirs is striclly a fatigue uniform." A DRAWBACK. "Jiggers boasts that he can marry any woman he pleases." i "ihtt-haps hn can, but he pleaaat m few." JL . mAv i mkm ? * How N i JL/\i J. \J\JL 1 The Net Premi . the Union Central Policies written in lows: For $1,000.0 Kind of Policy. Aj?e ; Ordinary Life $14.; 20-Payment Life 22. 15-Payment Life 27.; 10-Payment Life 37. 5-Year Term 8J 1 We write all f< and rates are prop Ask for specimen \ Bailes & L =11 Si 1 Ell VERY LOW RAT Panama Pacifi SAN FRANCISCO Opened February 20th, Cloi Panama-Califo SAN DIEGO, C Opened January 1st, 1915, CI VIA J Premier Carrier Tickets on sale daily ami lirr Good going via one route and i Stop-overs allowed. From Round Trip Fare Columbia, S. C $82.4? Charleston, S. C. 85.1? Orangeburg, S. C. 82.1? Sumter, S. C 84.lt Camden, S. C. . 84.14 Aiken. S. C 79.If Chester, S. C. 82.91 Rock Hill, S. C 82.91 Spartanburg, S. ('. 81.5C Greenville, S. C . 80.0C Green' rod, S. C. ... 79.2( New! ry, S, C 81.It P portionately low rates from ott tr: rates to Seattle, Wash.; Portlan n i j other western points. l ull information regarding the vai i lednlos, etc., gladly furnished. A quest. Let us help you plan your Why pay tourist agencies, when oi S. H. McLEAN, Division Pai W. II. Tayloe, P. T. M.. H. F. Gary, Washington, D.C. Washingt BUILD While the bui and the savii If you contemplate the erectic barn, or outhouse, or the remoe present buildings, DO IT NOW if you act at once, for you can now than you can possibly do it 30 or 60 days, we verily believe have passed. Labor will becoi Building Material market is aire know say that prices wilLbe bac We will supply you at close figu nish you estimates on what youi Take advantage of conditions Build Fort Mill L Phone Pay? ' J jl ium charged by | Life this year on % 1914 is as fol- | , O Insurance. *1 20 Age 25 Age 30 Age 40 38 $15.93 $18.32 $25.33 : 1 39 24.09 26.58 33.30 I 33 29.35 32.30 40.05 f 46 40.11 44.04 54.20 07 8.39 8.90 10.67 I LI < ? g Dims of policies, 1 ortionately low. Dolicy at YOUR age. ? District Agents lnti, Fort Mill, S. C. SB I IE 11=1 _______ i ES ACCOUNT 4 c Exposition, , CALIFORNIA. ies December 4th, 1915* -i >rnia 'Expos n A L1FORNIA. loses December 31st 1915. Railway, C?iL yji mc ouulu. ited 90 days for returning1, returning via another. i Ore way in PwtUnd, 0re(M > $104.24 106.85 i 104.79 ? 105.66 I 105.05 i 102.45 102.82 102.82 >. 101.00 L. i 101.00 > - 101.00 102.81 ler points. ^.Iso very low roundd, Ore.; Vancouver, B. C , and ions routes, points of interest, lso descriptive literature upon trip. jr services are free? Addressis. Apt., Columbia. S. C. G.P.A., W. E. McGee, A.G.P.A on,I).C. Columbia, S. C. NOW ilding's good ng is great. ?n of a new home, tenement, leling or repairing of your . You will be the winner do the work cheaper right a little later. If you wait the golden opportunity will w l : ? i * ? * * me ni^ner, me ljumDer and :ady firmer, and people who :k to normal in a short while, res and will cheerfully fur- * work will require, and Now. .umber Co. s 72.