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ONE WAY TO MAKE DECISION It Certainly Differ* Widely From Modern Method of All-Round Snap Judgment. My practice has always been, and I heartily recommend it, no matter how long or how carefully 1 ever have been chewing the cud of reflection, never to adopt a final determination trithout shutting myeelf up in a foom'fnt an hour cr two, and then, with all tho might and intellectual force which I was capable of etcir- i ing, digging down into the very depths and remotest crannies of the problem, until the process had evolved-clear and distinct in my mind's eye w conclusion as sharp and cleanly cut as the facets of a diamond. Nor, when once this conclusion waS arrived at, have I ever allowed myself to reconsider the matter, unless some new element affecting the question, hitherto unnoticed .1 I _1 l.i l_ _ 1* ? 1 . iiiiu iiiiHiiowii, shod id i)c discmscu; ; for if ono is weak enough to get into (he habit of going hack on one's decision, the chances are that your faculties, heing no longer so alert a." when you originally took the matter into consideration, some one fnetor in the case acquires, according to the transitory mood or temper of your mind at that particular moment, a predominance and an importance which does not belong to it, and in | this way you are led into a change of opinion which in all probability | turns out to be a wrong one.?Ixird DutTerin. PROVERBS OF THE JAPANESE Are as Quaint and Intereating as Their Works of Art That Charm All People. It has been said that the Japanese are as apt and unique in thoir proverbs as they are in their works of art. What, for example, could he more appropriate to men in certain desperate circumstances ti?an this: "Man may shout when he can no longer swim?" "While the tongue works the brain sleeps," is another snying of the Japanese, which expresses their contempt for loquacious persons. The Japanese are quick at repartee; their wit is keen and tempered, and they can often administer a perfect snub in brief, terse form. In illustration of this there may he cited the following instance: There was being tried in a court a case involving the possession and ownership of a piece of property. The litigants were brothers. The holder, who was clearly not the rightful owner, had assaulted and ejected his brother and was protesting his right to defend his claim. The examining magistrate listened very patiently to him until he closed with the words, "Even u cur may bark at his own gate," Then the magistrate said: "Even a eur respects his own kin." PARISIAN EASTER EGGS. Three years ago the city of Paris presented the czar with a wonderful Easter egg. It was inerusted with precious stones and rested on a cushion of the finest silk. The egg was surmounted by a golden crown, in which was an almost invisible hutton. When the button was pressed the egg flew open and revealed a charming portrait of the czarina. PURE MEANNESS. "He thinks women should propose." "But what difference il mat* to him, ho is already married?'' "Perhaps it can be accounted for on the principle that 'misery love* company.'" IT8 TROUBLE. "The infant industry .lames started seemed to languish." "Yes; it appeared to have infant paralysis." CAUSE AND EFFECT. "Mrs. Duhwaifce seems to think the suffrage rally was a big success." "I shouldn't wonder. She was the best-dressed woman there." HORTICULTURAL NOTE. "1 see Philip is going in for intensive gardening." "You don't say!" "Yep. Raising a mustache." ? NEGLECTED EDUCATION. "What makes you assert that Rliuka is not refined?" "Why, he* thinks ail automobiles ?b?U slits*?Philadelphia Udfit \ ... - . . |V- rrtr -r - -.msw ttsti BUKOWINA LAND OF REFUGE Exiled Gods and People Sought Its Fastnesses When Crowded Out of Ancient Homes. The following statement concerning the province of Bukowiua, the neighbor of Galicia in the Auatro-Hungarian empire, which has besn figuring in the war news recently, was prepared by the National Geographical society: Legend has it that the old gods are in exile in Bukowina. However true this may he in the case of the gods, it is true in the case of the peoples of Bukowina that most 01 them went there in exile. They are the Ruthenian and Roumanian tribes who were rrowded out in the hitter (struggles through which Europe came to its present apportionment. They, like their neighbors, the exiled gods, lead lean existences in the small, mountainous forest land which lies on the outskirts of everything. Bukowina is an Austrian crownland, with the rank of a duchy, with a few small cities and a population of pome 800,000. It presents an unobstructed frontier to the Russians, while it is cut off from the Austro1 Bulgarian empire by the Carpathian mountains. Its chief citv, Czernowitz, is just across from the Russian frontier. Broken spur ranges from the Carpathians further isolate much of Rukowina from its neighboring Galicia. It is most easy of acocss to Russia and to Roum&nia. The first natural difficulties which the Russians met were the interior mountain ranges, covered with forests and tangled with underbrush. The crownland has an area of 4,031 square miles, and lies almost wholly in the Carpathian belt. Its climate is severe, and its soils, except in the Inrcrcr vallevs. are not verv i, y J productive. There is little mineral production nnd no industry besides brewing, distilling and milling. DISTINGUISHED "So yours was the class of '9i? ?" "Yes. It waa a distinguished class, too." "In what way?" "There waa nobody in it whom we oalled Fatty." AN ARMED PEACE. "I haven't heard Nexdore and his wife quarreling for several days." "No; they're not on speaking terms just now."?Boston Evening Transcript. THE BACHELOR'S BUTT-IN. "(letting married is like beginning a beautiful story." "Yes, but one which cannot possibly have a happy ending." THAT 8UFFICED. "The doctor says 1 must get away I ' i or my nerves." " Did he see your tongue ?" "No, but he heard my wife's." ODD HARMONY. "Sleeping in the open air is no longer experimental." "Yet, strange to say, it is both tried and tentative." ACCOUNTINQ FOR IT. "I wonder why barbers are generally such sociable men." "I suppose it is because they find it so easy to scrape an acquaintance." AND RICE GETS PUFFED UP. Bix?Scientists claim now that vegetables have feelings, emotions. Dix?That's right. We frequently *m> cabbages with swelled heads." NEW YORK GObF COUR8ES. I There are 110 golf courses within the New York, or what ia known as th - moiropoliUn, district. These can i take aara of 50,000 golf ore with eaaa. AN ORDINANCE To Provide for the Creation of the Office of Inspector of Buildings; to Provide Rules for the Construction of, Buildings; to Provide for the Con-: struction of Flues and Other Safety Regulations Within the Fire Limits; to Provide Punishment for the Violation of the Same and for Other Pur- ; poses. Be it ordained by the Mfcyor and Aldermen of the Totvn of Fort Mill, ar.d by authority of the same: Section 1. That the Chief of the Fire Deportment of tho Town of Fort Mill, S. C., shali be e::-officio Inspector of Buildings with power to appoint a dep-. uty or deputies. Sec. 2. When any person shall be desirous of erecting, repairing, changing, or altering any building, or structure, within the corporate limits of the town of Fort Mill, he shall make application at the office of the Inspector of Buildings for a permit for that purpose and shaM furnish said Inspector with a written statement of the proposed location, dimensions, and manner of construction of the proposed building, buildings, or structures and the material to be used, and with plans and specfieations of the proposed building, buildings, or structure, which shall be delivered to said Insneetnr of Rnitdinrra and remain in his custody u sufficient length of time to allow the necessary examination to be made of same and, if required by the Inspector of Build- ] ings, a copy of said plans and specifications shall be filed in the office of the said Inspector of Buildings. After which, if it shall appear to the Inspector of Buildings that the laws and ordifiances of the town of Fort Mill, S. C., have been complied with, he shall issue the permit asked for. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, cor|>oration, > or company to proceed to construct, al- ; tor or repair any building, buildings, or j structure within the said limits of the | town of Fort Mill without such permit. Sec. M. It shall be the duty of the j Inspector of Buildings to visit from time to time any building that is in the ourse of construction, addition, or re>air to see that the work is being done j jnder the rules set forth in this and all >ther ordinances in effect in the town >f Fort Mill affecting the construction, lddition, or repair to buildings or structures and he is hereby empowered to itop any work of construction or repair vhich is in violation ol' the ordinances of the town of Fort Mill, under the penalty hereinafter provided for such viocion. Sec. 4. No person, firm, corporation >r company shall erect or cause to he r?cieu wiinin me lire iimus 01 me i 'own of Fort Mill as now established >y ordinance or hereafter may be established by ordin; nee, any building or iny addition to a building the outer A-alls of whirl, ate not composed entirely of brick, stone, concrete blocks, nortar an' shall be covered with slate, rin, copper, zinc, iron or other equally .ire proof rooting. Nor shall any p?r on, firm, corporation or company make .ir.y addition, repair, or improvement o any building within the satu fire Units unless the same be in accordance vith the rules laid down herein coverng the erection of new buildings. S? c. 5. The height for stories for all given thicknesses ol walls must not exceed in the clear the dimensions shown 11 tt.e toilowing table: Basement, 11 feet; First story, 18 iet; Second story. 15 fret; Ihird story, 18 feet; Fourth story, Vi. feet, and 11 f? et a clear average height of upper wiury. ate. 6. In accordance with the foregoing provisions, all walls for business buildings shall be of the thickness designa'ed in the following table: Height Thickness of Wails in In. 1 Sto 2Sto 3 Sto 1 Sto 1 story Bldg 13 2 " " 17 13 3 " " 17 17 13 4 " " 22 17 17 13 j Parapet wals to rise not less than 18 j inches above roof and to be not less than 13 inches thick; girders and beams 'o rest on edges of metal, stone or brick. isec. 7 The term "Business Buildups" shall embrace all buildings used irincipally for business purposes and ncludes among others hotels, theatres, ird ? thee buildings and ail bui'dings ised <?r intended to be used exclusively t'or purposes of mercantile business or storage of goods. St c. 8. A basement story of any tuilding is defined as a Story whose loor is 12 inches or more below the sidewalk, and whose height does not xceetl 11 feet in the clear. All such .tories that exceed 12 feet in height hall he considered as first t-tories. Sec. 9. The height of all buildings or the purpose of this ordinance shall be taken from the grade of the sidewalk to a point half way from the w??, w> mi iii^ticist |;ai i. ui mr hum. Sic. 10. Whenever it in sought to j increase the height of any building beyond the height for which the original j permit was granted, the thickness of | Mie walls thereof shall also be increased i to conform to the thicknesses pre- j scribed in the preceding table. Sec. 11. Any party wall now existing that shall have been built con- i fotmable to the requirements of any law regulating the construction of such walls, and in force at the time of such construction, if sound and in good condition, may be used in the construction ot uny adjoining building; provided howr ever that no brick work shall be placed on such wall to give additional height to the wall unless the thickness of the additional wall and the thickness of the old wall in each story shall at least equal the thickness required for division walls. This section shall apply 111 nn (T9 w nt*it* 11 la ucBiriHi \u add additional height to any business building. In case of outside walls of any 1 business building being built against the walls of any old building (not being a party*wall) the new wall shall be of the same thickness required for outside walls in such building. Sec. 12. Business buildings, having Hat roofs, shall have their side and rear walls carried up 18 inches above the roof; division or party wall, 24 inches above, forming fire-walls not less than 13 inches thick; to have copings of incombustible materials. Front walls may terminate flush with the upper surface of sheering roof. Sec. 13. From and after the passage of this ordinance it shall l*c unlawful for any person or |>ersona to erect in or near any building any chimney or fire- . place whether for heatii^, ventilating,' or other purpose, or to remodel or I reconstruct any chimney, flue or fire- I place in any building, unless such chimney, flue or fireplace shall be erected in accordance with the following rules: Rule I. Chimneys?All main chimneys in . frame buildings for fireplaces or furnaces shall be well and securely built ; from the ground up and through the j building to a point at least 5 feet above flat roof and 2 feet above ridge Of peak roof of such building; the walls of chimneys shall be of stone or brick, at least 8 inc^s in thickness (if fireplace is of stone, same must be 12 inches thick) j and, beginning with foundation, such brick or Stone shall be laid in cement j mortar up to the first floor, and thence above to a point where chimney protrudes through the roof of building, the brick or stone work may be laid in good lime or fire clay mortar, and brick j work carefully bonded or anchored! together or properly capped; and from and above the roof to top of chimney 1 the brick or stone work shall be laid in cement mortar. All joints shall be1 struck smooth on inside except when lined with burnt clay or terra cotta pipe. When two or more separate' flues are provided in chimney, tne di- J vision walls between flues may be only , 4 inches in thickness. No flue shall be 1 built of tile, terra cotta, hollow cement i blocks, brick-on-edee. or metal, nor shall any flue be started or built upon any floor or beam of wood. Rule 2. Trimmer Arches?All fireplaces and chimney breasts shall have trimmer arches to support hearths, the arches to be made of brick, stone, burnt clay, or concrete and in length to be no less than the width of the chimney breast, the width to be not less than 20 inches measured from face of the chimney breast. All hearths shall be composed , of incombustible material. Rule 3. Chimneys and flues in brick buildings are required to be built under the same rules as those prescribed above for frame buildings except that the walls of buildings when not less than 13 inches in thickness, may form part of chimneys or flues. Rule 4. At the completion of any chimney or ! flue they shall be properly cleaned, j rubbish removed, and flues left smooth inside before using. Rule 5. All flues which shall be dangerous in any manner whatever shall be repaired and made safe, or else removed. Rule 6. The inspector of Buildings shall examine and inspect such chimneys or flues hereafter erected, remodeled, or altered. Rule 7. The Inspector of Buildings shall issue , to the owner, architect, or builder of each new, remodeled, or altered chimney or flue a certificate stating that the said chimney or flue has been inspected and found to be in accordance with the regulations nerein prescrioeu. Rule 8 The owner, architect, or builder shall upon receipt of the certificate referred to in Rule 6 pay to the Inspector of j Buildings a fee of 25 cents for each | certificate so issued. The maximum fee to be charged for the inspection | of nnv one building having four or more flues shall be one dollar ($1.00) Rule b. For the faithful and full performance of his duties as herein prescribed, the Inspector of Buildings shall receive as ; full compensation for his services all 1 fees collected by him. Rule 10. It shall be the duty of each owner, architect, or builder to notify the Inspector of Buildings when work on uny new chimney or flue or repairs or alteration to an old chimney or flue has started, and should the said owner, architect or builder fail to notify the Inspector of Buildings until after its/ completion, repair, or alteration, then the said Inspector of Buildings is authorized to collect double the amount of the fee provided in Rule 7 above. Rule 11. Any person or persons, whether owner, builder, or mechanic who shall violate any of the rules of this section shall be deemed guiltv of a misdemeanor and shall be nned not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned not more than 30 days. Fifty per cent, of anv fine so collected shall be paid to the Inspector of Buildings when charges of violation are made at the instigation of said Inspentor of Buildings. Sec. 14. No opening or doorway shall be cut through a party wall of a brick building without a permit from the Inspector and every such doorway or j opening shall have top, bottom, and' sides of stone, brick or iron and shall be closed by two sets of standard metal covered doors separated by the thickness of the wall and hung to rabbetted iron frames or to iron hinges in brick j or stone rabbets; doors not to exceed j ten feet in height by eight feet in width, and every opening other than a doorway shall be protected in a manner satisfactory to the Inspector. Sec. 15. The weather covering of all roofs within the fire limits erected or re-covered shall be of incombustible material. Sec. 16. No bay window or other structure shall be placed on any building so as to project over any public way or square without the permission of the Town Council. Sec. 17. Glass in all skylights, if not wired glass in metal frames, shall be protected by screens made of No. 10 or heavier wire with meshes not exceeding one-half inches; such screen to be secured to the sash and kept at least 4 inches above the sash. Sec. IK. All roofs shall be so con structrd as to be reached by a scuttle not less than 20 by 30 inches in size, the frame and cover of same to be covered by incombsstible Materials, or be reached by an iron ladder secured to the outside of an outside wall. (This Section to apply only to business buildings. ) Sec. 19. The owner or other party having an interest in any building, staging, or other structure which shall be unsafe so as to endanger life, shall immediately upon notice received from the Inspector of Buildings cause the same to be made safe and secure or taken down* and when public safety requires immediate action, the Inspector may enter upon the premises with such assistance as may be necessary and cause the said structure to be secured or taken down withont delay at the expense of the owner or party interested in same. Sec. 20. Floors under all stoves shall be protected by a covering: of incombustible material. Stoves shall be kept at least 20 inches, and smoke pipes at least 12 inches from woodwork. Sec. 21. All the officers appointed under this ordinance or any future amendments to the same shall so far as may be necessary for the proper performance of their duties have the right to enter any building or premises of the town of Fort Mill. Sec. 22. If any chimney, tlue, or heating apparatuses on any premises in the town of Fort Mill shall, in the opinion of the Inspector of Buildings, endanger the premises, the Inspector shall at once notify the owner or agent of the owner. If such owner or agent shall fail within 48 hours after the service of said notice to make such chimney, flue, or heating apparatus safe, he shall be liable to a fine as prescribed in this ordinance. Sec. 23. The Inspector of Buildings is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to regulate and determine the placing of electric wires or other appliances for electric light, heat or power in the town of Fort Mill and to cause all such wires and appliances to be so placed, constructed and guarded as not to cause fire or accidents, endangering life or property. Sec. 24. All electric construction, all materials, and all appliances used in vvuiirv.uuii wiiii i'lccinc wotk and tne i operation of ail electric apparatus with- | in the town of Fort Mill shall conform to the rules and requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters for the installation of wiring and apparatus for electrical purposes as they are now establised or may hereafter be amended; and the said rules and regulations are hereby approved and adopted as a part of this ordinance. Sec. 25. Every person, firm or corEoration desiring to engage in the usiness of electrical construction and of the installation of wiring and electric apparatus for electric light, heat, or power in the town of Fort Mill shall, before doing so, obtain a license therefor the fee for which shall be five dollars ($5.00) which shall be paid into the treasury of the town before such license shall be issued, and no license shall be issued to any person, tirm, or corporation until he, they, or it shall fully satisfy the Mayor and Inspector of Buildings of their ability to properly construct electrical work in accordance with the rules and regulations referred to in section 23 of this ordinance. The said license shall run only through the current year in which it is issued. Sec. 2G. Once in every three months the Inspector or his deputy shall make a personal inspection of every building within the tire limits, and shall espe ciully inspect the basement and garret, and he shall make such other inspections as shall be required by the Insurance Commissioner and shall report to the Town Council and the Insurance Commissioner any defects found by him in any building upon a blank furnished him by the Insurance Commissioner. The said Inspector shall notify the owner or occupant of buildings of any defects and notify them to correct the same within a reasonable time. Sec. 27. At least once in each year the Inspector or his deputy shall make a general inspection of all the buildings within the corporate limits and ascertain if the provisions of this ordinance are complied with, and the local Inspector alone, or with the Insurance commissioner or his deputy, shall at I all times have the right to enter any dwelling, store, or other building and premises to inspect the same, without molestation from any one. It shall be the duty of the local Inspector to notify the owner and occupant of all premises of all defects found in this general CALOMEL DYNAKIT MAKES YOU JIC! "Dodsw s Liver Tent" Starts Your Liver Better That Calomel and You Don't Lose a Day's Work Liven up your sluggish livert Feel fine and cheerful; make your work a pleasure; be vigorous and full of ambition. But take no nasty, dangerous calomel l>eeAum> it makes you sick and you may lose a day's work. Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel crashes into sour bile like dynamite, break inir it un. That's when you foci that awful nausea ami cramping. Listen to me! If you want to enjoy* the nicest, fjeiitlest liver and liowel cleansing you ever experienced just take a spoonful' of harmless Dodaon's Liver Loans on Cotton at 6 per cent i^ast year the First National Bank loaned money to EVERY farmer who offered warehouse receipts for cotton as security, and by means of these loans hundreds of bales of cotton were stored and sold later at higher prices which put thousands of dollars in the pockets of our farmer customers. We do not advise the farmers to store their cotton this year nor do we advise them to sell at the present prices. This is a matter which should be decided by each individual farmer according to his needs and circumstances. We are prepared however to make loans, secured by warehouse receipts for cotton, to those farmers who may wish to hold their cottcn at Six Per Cent Interest. I * i First National Bank, * V: 5 inspection and see that they are properly corrected. Sec. 28. The Inspector shall report before the 15th of February in each year the number and dates of regular annual and quarterly inspections during the year ending the 31st day of December previously upon blanks furnished by the Commissioner of Insurance, and furnish such other information and other reports as shall be called for by the Insurance Commissioner. "a Sec. 29. The term "floor area" used in this section shall tnean the entire floor space between exterior walls and tire walls. In every building hereafter ^ erected, except in private dwellings, " each floor area above the first shall be provided with at least two means of egress remote from each other, one of which shall be an enclosed stairway or outside iron fire escape, or a doorway leading through a fire wall to another floor area separately provided with adequate stairs or other independent means of escape. Such doorways serving as an emergency exit in a hre wall shall ho protected by an automatic and CpI f.plncinrr fi *?n ? ' --A' ~ - -4* .... . (i.v. uuui. m> |)uruu[l Ol any floor area shall be more than 100 feet from a place of ogress. Elevators shall not be considered as a means of egress as specified in this section. Except in dwellings, no stairway shall b/? less than 44 inches wide, and the total width of exit doorways leading therefrom shall at least be equal to the total width of the stairways which they serve. The total width of stairways, interior and exterior, provided for the occupancy of each floor and those above shall be not less than 44 inches for the first 50 persons, and 12 inches for each additional 50 persons to be accommodated thereby. The stair treads shall be not less than inches wide and the risers not more than 7J inches high. Windows in such required stairways are prohibited. Every school, hospital and theatre over one story high shall i - ..* i?? ? ? ??. icu?l two stairways constructed entirely of incombustible materials, located remote from each other and continuous from the grade line to the topmost story, or outside iron fire escapes of approved design. All exit doors in schools, hospitals, theatres, and other places of public assemblage shall open outwards. Sec. 30. Ashes shall be removed in metal vessels and, unless moved by city drays, shall be stowed in brick, stone, or metal receptacle or removed by owner to a place not less than fifteen feet from any wooden building or fence. Oily rags or waste shall be kept in closed metai vessels and shall be removed from buildings daily. Unslaked lime shall not be left exposed to the weather in or near a ouilding. Stoves or ranges shall not be nearer to unprotected wood work than two feet and the floors under them shall be pro- ^ tected by metal or sand box. v Sec. 31. The construction of any or ail buildings not provided for in this ordinance shall be in accord with the construction required by some recognized authority approved by the Insurance Commissioner. Sec. 32. Any person, firm, association, or corporation, their ugents, employees, or servants, convicted of the violation of any of the provisions of ^. this ordinance shall he fined not more than one hundred dollars ($l(N?.0O) or imprisoned not more than 30 days for each offense unless another penalty is ^ specifically provided for. Sec. 33. All ordinances or narts of ordinances inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby expressly repealed. Done and ratified in Council assembled this 2nd day of November, 1915. H. E. PATTERSON, Attest: Mayor. C. b. Link, Clerk. ES YOUR LIVERr ( AND SALIVATES . Tone tonight. 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We are in position ^ to offer special inducements to early comers, giving you the best possible material, at prices that defy competition. 4 Fort Mill Lumber Company, PhJv.ie No. 72.