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• ' ■ * SEN1IE REFUSES TO RATIET TREATY Washington, Nov. 19.—Failing after three attempts to ratify the peace treaty the senate late tonight laid it aside, ended the special ses sion and went home. All compromise efforts to bring ratification failed,' the three resolu tions of ratification all going down by overwhelming majorities. The Republican leaders apparently despairing of bringing two-thirds of the senate together for any sort of ratification, then put in a reso- Jution to declare the war at an end. Two or the three ratification Votes were taken on the resolution f drafted by the Republican majori ty, containing reservations which r T5eimr cratic senators in a letter earlier in the day would mean nullification of the treaty. On each of the votes most of the Democratic supporters of the treaty voted against ratifica tion. — The first vote on this resolution stood 39 to 55 against. On the sec ond vote, taken after several hours of parliamentary wrangling in which the Democrats made vain ef forts to win over some of the Re publican group of mild reservation- ists, 41 senators voted in the affirm ative and 51 in the negative. The third vote was on a straight out ratification without reservations which got only 38 votes to 53 op posing it. Only one Republican, Senator McCumber, of North Da kota, voted with the Democrats in <its support. Republican Leader Lodge ' de clared today’s voting constituted a final decision on the peace treaty unless President Wilson circum vented the senate rules by with drawing it and then submitting it again to the senate. In other,quar- ~ters there was some -difference opinion, but the general sentiment Helps Sick Women Cardid, the woman’s tonic, helped Mrs. Wil liam Eversole, of Hazel Patch, Ky. Read what she writes: "I had a general breaking-down of my health. I was in bed for weeks, unable to | get up. 1 had such a weakness and dizziness, ... and the pains were very severe. A friend told me I had tried every thing else, why not Cardui ?... 1 did, and soon saw it was helping me... After 12 bottles, 1 am strong and well." TAKE MAH The Woman’s Tonic Do you feel weak, diz zy, worn-out? Is your lack of good health caused from any of the com plaints so common to ' 1 women? Then why not give Cardui a trial? It should surely do f&r you what it has done for so many thousands of other women who suffered—it should help you back to health. Ask some lady friend 1 who has taken Cardui. She will tell you how it helped her. Try Cardui. AD Druggists seemed to be that there was only a slender chance that the treaty wmuld come up at the beginning of the •ftex^ session of eongress, begin ning next month. One effect of the senate’s failure to ratify the treaty will be the con- t.iima.tiQD. af various Wiir-timp laws and regulations at least until the new session opens. Among these is the wartime prohibition act. The resolution presented tonjght to declare a state of peace will come up at the beginning of the new ses sion nnd is expected to start anoth er stubborn fight. The administra tion is understood to bp opposed to such.a method of legally ending the war, and in the background, is a constitutional question as to wheth- r congress can do so by a resolu tion not requiring the President’s signature. It was suggested tonight among ir'senhtbrs fhaf Presfdefff Wilson might be asked during the recess to feel out the other powers as to their attitude on reservations with the idea of bringing the treaty to some sort of a ratification after congress reassembles. • 6 ©tjankfigitimg Sam IVaUtr Fvs I’M thankful for the glow and A grace And beauty of the Near, The greatness of the Commonplace^ The glory of the Here. I’m thankful for man's high emprise. His stalwart strength of soul. The long look of his skyward eyes That sights a far-off goal. And so I feel to thank and bless Both things unknown and un- derstooa— And thank the stubborn thankful* That maketh all things good. HARVEST FESTIVALS OF OLD Greeks and Romans Had Days of Thanksgiving for the Fruitful Gifts of the Earth. Greece, In the months of August and fleptqmher of each year. flitar ihft h»j»- vest had been gathered, celebrated the great feast known as the Eleuslnla, or the feast;to Demeter of robe. .Demeter, the great earth-moth er, was the goddess of cornfields and harvests. Her daughter, Persephone, while gathering flowers one day, was kidnaped by Pluto. Demeter searched for her long by land and sea, and at last learned that her lost daughter had been married to Pluto, the dark spec ter of the underworld, and that she was now his queen in the realm be low. But Persephone had eaten a pomegranate, seed and could remain with her mother only part of the year. This made Demeter angry, and she left the gods and made her dwelling upon the earth. She taught Celeus, king of Eleusis, agriculture, how to plow, sow and reap. This feast was one of the grandest of the Greek festivals. The Romans celebrated a harvest festival called the Cerealla. It took its name from Ceres, who was the Demeter of the Romans, and the feast was celebrated at some time In the month of October. Sacrifices of the best fruits and honey cakes were of fered up in the temple. Processions were made to the fields by men and women dressed In white and crowned with oak leaves and popples. Ceres was represented in a chariot drawn by dragons, her head crowned with a garland of corn ears, and holding a basket of poppies In her hand. This festival was a general holiday time. Coming down to a more modern time, we read of thanksgivings In Hol land and in England, the recollection of whose “harvest homes,” perhaps, inspired the Puritans to inaugurate the custom In this country. The first Thanksgiving on American soil, ac cording to the well, credited chronicler, Edward Winslow, was held In 1021, 10 months after the landing of the Pil grims, when, the crops being garnered, they felt spring up within their hearts a feeling of praise and thanksgiving. It lasted almost a week, and was par ticipated in by King Massasoit and 90 of his braves, who were feasted and entertained for three days, the new comers showing their guests their pro ficiency In arms, expertness in wres tling, etc. To show their prowess in turq, “the Indians went' out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed on the gov ernor and upon Captain Miles Standish nnd others,” a fine contribution to the feast. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County, ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he ie senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney A Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, thla 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, (Seal) Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh 'Medicine Is taken in ternally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send for testimonials, free. ' F. J. CHENEY k. CO . Toledo, O. i. Bold by all druggists, TBc. -— 7 ' E Haifa Wamllv Bill Washington, Nov. 19.—Prospects of a coal famine drew nearer to night with negotiations between op erators and miners apparently at a standstill. A sub-committee of the gdint waige scale committees was in ses sion three hours, but it was an- nounced afte? the meeting, that on ly the general situation was dis cussed and that the operators did not submit eounter proposals to the miners’ demands. The conference will continue tomorrow. ‘ ‘ No progress was made. The op erators submitted nq proposals. We are still in a receptive mood,” said John L. Lewis, acting president of caipe out of the hotel room, where tjie conference was held. ThfY operators’ committee remain ed in session an hour longer. At the end of that time, Thomas T. Brew ster, chairman of the operators' committee in the central committee active field, spoke optimistically, declaring that this was the tirst at- tempt at real negotiations since the miners and operators mpt at Buffa lo. Fqr that reason, he said, only general matters were discussed. began quitting work today follow ing notification by the mine super intendents of the various companies to the effect that the ‘‘check off” system had been abolished because the miners had abrogated their eon- ract by participating in the strike of November 1. The new strike is reported to be spreading through^ .put the New River district, where approximately 8,000 miners are em ployed in 130 mines. INFLUENZA starts with a Cold Kill the Cold. At th« sneeze taka . HILLS Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 19.-- The coal strike situation in the un ionized southern mining districts of West Virginia took on a more seri- were received from the New River coal fields showing that hundreds of miners had walked out, closing a number of mines which had been operated since the rescinding of the strike order. • t - -’According U> theTCpurr^The men" Cia-V.ard cold remedy for 80 yoars —in tablet form—safa. mire, so cpiates—break* up a cold in 24 hour*—relieves pip in 3 days. Mon*v back if it faila. The eem ine box has a Red top with Mr. HiH’e picture. At All Drmg Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 19.—Domestic consumers of coal in the South were put on a wartime basis tonight by orders issued by the coal committee of the Railroad Administration, limiting purchase of coal for home use to one ton to a household. The order followed that of two days ago cutting off manufacturers from purchases of coal and limiting an( ^ morc < oa ^ min cd, much more supplies to the first five classes af. stverc._^£estrictk>ns.• indicated by members of the com mittee that unless the soft coal strike situation improves shortly The fuel priority list, and it was necessary. Virn-nTT The Best Christmas PRESENT THE BEST PHONOtiRAPH w hfi £ £ £ £ r j No Needles to Change. We use Sapphire Bail- Points, guaranteed to be permanent. # Records guaranteed to play one thousand times. Big Stock Latest Music. O’Daniel £ Reid Clinton, S- C.