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W"K"P: o L f ^HHF W ii Br ii, B Mary Roberts Rinchart ?j * 4 r W?????, , r V y W ^Copyright, by McClure Publication*. Inc.) F CHAPTER XXIII?Continued. r ' ?18? g "Do you have to walk as fast as this?" \ "I said I was in a hurry. Once a o week I get off a little early to go to o the hospital. The Rosenfeld boy?" The monstrous injustice of the thing " overcame her. Palmer and she walk- S Ing about, and the boy lying on his hot ^ bed ! She choked. u '? ? V "wear "He worries about .his mother. If b you could give her some money, It would help." A "Money! I paid his board for two 1 nionrhs In the hospital." 8 When she did acknowledge this generoslty?amounting to forty-eight dollars?his irritation grew. Her silence 8 was an accusation. She was too calm In his preseuce, too cold. Where It had pleased his pride to think that he 11 had given her up, he found that the 11 shoe was on the other foot. At the entrance to a side street she n stopped. "I turn off here." "May I come and see you sometime?" f "No. please." "That's flat. Is It?" "It is, Palmer." 0 He swung around savagely and left (1 her. The next day he drew over a thousand dollars from the bank. A good a many of his debts he wanted to pay '' in cash; there was no use putting 11 checks through, with Incriminating Indorsements. Also, he liked the Idea ^ of carrying a roll of money around. u The big fellows at the clubs always had a wad and peeled off bills like skin off an onion. He took a couple or " drinks to celebrate his approaching Immunity from debt. ... ? At nine o'clock that night he found v Grace. She had moved to a clieap apartment which she shared with two v other girls from the store. The others v were out. It was his lucky day, surely. His drunkenness was of the mind, d mostly. His muscles were well con- 11 trolled. The lines from his nose to the corners of his mouth were slightly ac- ^ centuated, his eyes open a trifle wider '' than usual. That and a slight pale- 11 ness of the nostrils were the only evl- c dences of his condition. But Grace M knew the signs. "You can't come in." "Of course I'm coming, in." 11 She retreated before him, her eyes A ' i M la his ' . f* nP* to be as quick with a blow as with ^ a caress. But, having gained his point, 8 he was amiable. ? "Get your things on and come out. a We can take in a roof-garden." u "I've told you I'm not doing chat sort of thing." He was less steady than he bad been, The heat of the little flat brought more 11 blood to his head. He wavered',as he stood Just inside the door. "You must go back to your wlfe.'\^ h "She doesn't want me. She's In lovd 11 with a fellow at the house." "Palmer, hush!" "I only want to take you out for a a good time. I've got money. Look here.'" (| He drew out a roll of bills and showed it to her. Her eyes opened 11 wide. She had never known him to 1 have much money. ^ "Lots more where that comes from." * A new look Hashed into her eyes, not cupidity, but purpose. She was instantly cunning. ^ "Aren't you going to give me some of that?" v "What for?" "I want It for Johnny Rosenfeld." He thrust It back Into his pocket, but Ids hand retained its grasp of It. "That's it," he complained. "Don't lemme be happy for a minute! Throw it all up to me!" "You give me that for the Itoseufeld boy. and I'll go out with you." "If I give you all that, I won't have any money to go out with!" Hut his eyes were wuvering. She j could see victory. "Take off enough for the evening." But he drew himself up. "It's my lucky day." he said thickly. "Plenty more where this came from. I>o anything for you. Give it to the little devil. I?" He yawned. His head dropped back on his chair; he propped his sagging legs on a stool. She knew him?knew that he would sleep almost all night. She would have , to make up sometime to ten me otner I tflrls; but no matter?she eould attend j to that later. She paused, in pinning on her hat. j to count the bills. She had never had : a thousand dollars in her hands before. I CHAPTER XXIV. K. spent all of the evening of that ; day with Wilson. He was not to go for I ' Joe until eleven o'clock. The injured man's vitality was standing him in good stead. He had asked for Sidney and she was tit his bedside. Doctor Hd hud goue. K. found Sidney in the room, not sit- ? ting, but standing by the window. The sick titan was dozing. One sitaded light f burred In a far corner. She turned 1 slowly and met his eyes. It seemed to 1 K. that she looked at him as if site had never really seen him before, and he wa. right. Readjustments are always x difhcult. ' Sidney was trying to reconcile the Iv. she had known .to well with this new ' K.. no longer obscure, although still shabby, whose height had suddenly be- t conic presence, whose quiet was the ~ Miiet of infinite power. ] <! She was suddenly shy of him, as he stoul looking down at her. He saw 'I he gleam of her engagement ring on her anger. It seemed almost defiant. : I .\s : n.ii-i, v)ie ]t1 I ineaiil by wearing it V*. -'hi;-! low l'i bei lover. | i' They did not speak beyond their xeetiug, until he had gone over the ecord. Then: "We can't talk here, want to talk to you, K." m He led the way into the corridor. It vtis very dim. Far away was the night st mrse's desk, with its lamp, its annuncl- I'' itor, its pile of records. The passage fa loor reflected the light on glistening ?oards. pi "I have been thinking until I am al- ht aost crazy, K. And now I know how st t happened. It was Joe.' ht "The principal thiug is, not how it si mppened, but that he is going to get hi veil, Sidney." She stood looking down, twisting her to ing around her finger. nr "Is Joe in any danger?" "We are going to get him away to- ht light. He wants to go to Cuba. He'll <$, :et off safely, I think." I0 "We are going to get hltn away! y{ :ou are. you mean. You shoulder all ur troubles, K., as if they were your fj wu." w, "I?" He was genuinely surprised. jn Oh. I see. You mean?hut ray part in ei etting Joe off is practically nothing, ui is a matter of fact, Schwitter has put tu p the money. My total capital in the rorld, after paying for the machine ^ oday, is seven dollars." hi "You. of course." said she. "You jj nd Max and save him?don't look like si| hat! You did. didn't you? And you lt et Joe away, borrowing money to send im." ot He looked uncomfortable, almost ^ uilty. d "When I look back and remember ow all these months I've been talk- ^ ng about service, and you said noth- ,.j ng at all. and all the time you were t)( Ivlng what I preached?I'm so shamed. K." He would not allow that. It dls- dj ressed him. She saw that, and tried n smile. re "When does Joe go?" jj "Tonight. I'm to take him across the jc ountry to the railroad. I was wonlering?" , "Yes?" "I'd better explain first. Then if you re willing to send him a line,' T think t would help. He saw a girl in white a the car and thought it was you, of aj ourse. Carlotta was taken ill. And he Ichwitter and?and Wilson took her st pstairs to a room." "Do you believe that, K.?" th "I do. He saw Max coming out and nr lisunderstood. He fired at him then." vc "He did it for me. I feel very guilty, fr l., as if it all comes back to me. I'll it' rite to him, of course. Poor Joe!" th He watched her go down the hall to- sii a iu. -i-Ui. ?rrv,Ka 'ttiu nit* infill nurses uf3&, x new iic . ent back into the quiet room. In He stood by the bedside, looking own. Wilson was breathing quietly; is color was coming up, as he rallied he rora the shock. In K.'s mind now was th list one thought?to bring him through W( or Sidney, and then to go away. He 0li light follow Joe to Cuba. There were no lmnees there. He could do sanitation I't ork, or he might try the canal. ch The Street would go on working out :s own salvation. He would have to fiink of something for the Rosenfelds. wi nd he was worried about Christine, a lut-therc-again,-perhaps, it-would be ou etter if he went away. Christine's th tory would have to work itself out. lis hands were tied. "I'd better get sti way from here," he told himself sav- ju gely. Li Someone entered the room. He fo bought it was Sidney and turned with be light in his eyes that was only for Jji er. It was Curlotta. es She was not in uniform. She wore a ark skirt and white waist and her ev igh heels tupped as she crossed the oom. She came directly to him. th "He is better, isn't he?" J'He is rallying. Of course it will be bi day or two before we are quite sure." hi She stood looking down at Wilson's uiet figure. sl "I guess you know I've been crazy tli bout him." she said quietly. "Well, to hat's all over. He never really cared |)( or me. I played his game and I?lost. ju 've been expelled from the school." rc Quite suddenly she dropped on her j u :nees beside the bed, and put her tr heek close to the sleeping man's hand. b( Vhen after a moment she rose, she iras controlled aguln, calm, very white. S11 She turned toward the door. But K. w ould not let her go like that. Her ?, ^^^ ^ Plenty More Where This Came From." lie** frightened him. It was too calm, s, no controlled, lie followed Iter across he room. la "What are your plans?" "I haven't uuy. I'm about through at vith my truiniug, but I've lost my liploma." Ik "I don't like to see you going away at ike this." in She avoided his eyes, but his kindly w one did whut neither the Head nor the < la xecutive committee had done that i lay. It shook her control. , ti "What does it matter to you? You pi Inn't owe me anything." "I'erit.ips not. One way and another ai 've known you a long time." "You never knew anything very to ,'K'd." I t'1 "I'll tell you where I live, and?" "I know where you live." "Will you come to see me there? We ay be able to think- of something." "What is there to think of? This ory will followj me wherever I go! re tried twice for a diploma and lied. What's the use?" But In the end he prevailed on her to omise not to leave the city until she id seen hlirf again. It was not until le had goi>e, a straight figure with lunted eyefc, that he reflected whlmcally that once again he had defeated s own plans for flight. Sidney brought her letter to Joe back K. She was flushed with the. effort id with a new excitement. "The most remarkable thing has ippened. What a day this has beenl jmebody has sent Johnny Rosenfeld a t of money. The ward nurse wants >u to come back.*' The ward had settled for the night, tie well-ordered beds of the daytime ere chaotic now, torn apart by tossg figures. The night wus hot and an J ectric fan hummed in a far corner, nder its sporadic breezes, as it rned, the ward was trying to sleep. Johnny Rosenfeld was not asleep. a incredible thing hud happened to rn. A fortune lay under his pillow, e wus sure It was there, for ever ace it curue his hot huud had clutched lie was quite sure that somehow or her K. had had a hand in it. When ( disclaimed It, the boy was bewll red. "It'll buy the old lady what she ants for the house, anyhow," he said, iut I hope nobody's took up a collec>n for tue. I don't want no charity." "Maybe Mr. Howe sent it." "You can bet your last match he dn't." In some unknown wuy the news hud, ached the ward that Johnny's friend, r. Le Moyne, was a great surgeon, ihnny had rejected it scornfully. But the story had seized on his inginntion. "Say, Mr. Le Moyne." "Yes, Jack." He called him "Jack." The boy liked It savored of man to man. After I, he was a man, or almost. Hadn't ! driven a car? Didn't he have a ate license? "They say that you're a surgeon; at you operated on Doctor Wilson id saved his life. They say that u're the king pin where you came om." He eyed K. wistfully. "I know s a lie, but if It's true? Don't you ink you could do something for me, r?" When K. did not reply at once, he unched Into an explanation. "I've been lying here a good while. I dn't say much because I knew I'd ive to take a chance. Either I'd pull rough or I wouldn't, and the odds ere?well, I didn t say much. I he d lady's had a lot of trouble. But ?w, with this under my pillow for her, re got a right to ask. I'll take a ance, if you will.""It's only a chance, Jack." "I know that. But He here and itch these soaks off the street Old, lot of them, and gettln' well to go t ahd starve, aud? Mr. Le Moyne, ey can walk, und I can't" K. drew a long breath. He had urted, and now he must go on. Faith himself or no faith, he must go on. fe, that had loosed its hold on him r a time, had found him again. "I'll go over you carefully tomorrow, ick. I'll tell you your chances hontly." "I liuve a thousand dollars. Whater you charge?" "I'll take it out of my board bill in e new house!" At four o'clock that morning K. got ick from seeing Joe off. The trip id been without accident. Over Sidney's letter Joe had shed a lamefaced tear or two. And during le night ride, with K. pushing the car > the utmost, he had felt that the >y, in keeping his hand in his pocket, id kept it on the letter. When the ?ad was smooth and stretched ahead, gray-white line into the night, he ied to talk a little couruge into the >y'8 sick heart. "You'll see new people, new life," he dd. "In a month from now you'll onder why you ever hung around the treet. I have a feeling that you're >ing io make good down there." And once, when the tltue for parting as very neur? "No matter what happens, keep on lieving in yourself. I lost my faith myself once. It was pretty close to 11." Joe's response showed his entire selflgrossment. "If he dies, I'm a murderer." "He's not going to die," said K. outly. At four o'clock in the morning he ft the car at the garage and walked ound to the little house. He had id no sleep for forty-flve hours; Ills res were sunken in his head; the skin rer his temples looked drawn and hite. His clothes were wrinkled; the ft hat he habitually wore was white ith the dust of the road. As he opened the hull door, Christine irred in the room beyond. She came it fully dressed. "Iv., are you sick?" "Mather tired. Why In the world en't you in bed?" "Calmer has just come home In n rrible rage. He says he's been robbed ' a thousand dollars." "Where?" . ( hristine shrugged her shoulders. "JI. <!<> '? 11 know, or says he doesn't, in glad of it. He set ins thoroughly ighteii'vl. It may be a lesson." In the dim hall light he realized thut >r face wus strained and set. She oked on the verge of hysteria. 'Toor little woinun," he said. 'Tin >rry, (Christine." The tender words broke down the st barrier of her self-control. "Oh. K.! Take nie away. Take ine ,vay! I can't stand it any longer." She held her arms out to him, and cause lie was v< r.v tired and lonely, id because more than anything else i the world just then he needed a oinau's arms, he drew her to him and Id her close, his cheek to her hair, "l'oor girl!" he said. "I'oor Chrisno! Surely there must he some hupness for us somewhere." Hut the next moment he let her go ' id slopped back. "I'm sorry." Characteristically he , ink tin- blame "I shouldn't have done , lilt- v- <1 kl l>o.' <t is Willi uie," i "Will it always ??e Sidney?" "I'm afraid it will always he &iiuey." I CHAPTER XXV. ' Johnny Itosenfeld was (lead. All of , | K.'s skill had not sufficed to save him j I The operation had heen a marvel, bul the boy's long-sapped strength failed at the last. K., set pf face, stayed with him to the end. The boy did not know ^ he was going. He roused from the coma and smiled up at Le Moyne. "I've got a hunch that I can move my right foot," fie said. "Look and see." K. lifted the light covering. f "You're right, old man. It's moving." I "Brake foot, clutch foot," said Johnny, and closed his eyes again. K. had forbidden the white screens, that outward C symbol of death. Time enough for them later. So the ward had no suspicion, nor had the boy. The ward passed In review. It wns Sunday, and from the chapel far below come the ' h "Poor Girl!" He Said. "Poor Chria- ! tine!" faint singing of a hymn. When Johnny a spoke again he did not open his eyes. 1 "You're some operator, Mr. Le Moyne. t I'll put in a word for you whenever I 1 get a chance." t "Yes, put In a word for me," said K. c huskily. i He felt that Johnny would be a good mediator?that whatever he, K., had f done of omission or commission, ( Johnny's voice before the Tribunal E would count. f Johnny was close on the edge of his t long sleep by that time, and very com- j fortable. It was K. who, seeing bo | would no longer notice, ordered the ( screens to be s<fctfMknd the bed, K. j who drew the cot mgr. smooth and , folded the boy's hands over his breast. t The nurse stood by uncertainly. "How very young he Is! Was It au j accident?" f "It was the result of a man's damn- ( able folly," said K. grimly. "Somebody always pays." And so Johnny Rosenfeld paid. The Immediate result of his death ' was that K., who had gained some of 1 his faith in himself on seeing Wilson ' on the way to recovery, was beset by ' his old doubts. And now came a ques- ' Hon that demanded Immediate answer. 3 Wilson would be out of commission for ( several months, probably. He was 1 gaining, but slowly. And he wanted K. ' to tuke over his work. (TO BE CONTINUED.) I MOST POTENT OF WEAPONS 1 i Nothing Devised by Humanity Is Able to Stand Against the Assault of Laughter. 1 In "The Mysterious Stranger"?the Just-published posthumous book by Mark Twain?that authority on humor | declared that most men possess only , "a mongrel perception of humor." He elaborates his Idea by saying: , "The multitude see the comic side of a I thousand low-grade and trivial things I ( ?brood Incongruities mainly; gro tesquerles, absurdities, evokers of the i horse laugh. The 10.000 high-grade ' /./.mlniillflao ,i*htnh In tha lrnrlH t are sealed from their full vision. "Will a day come when the rac? will detect the funnlness of these Juvenilities and laugh at them?and by laughing at them destroy them? For your race, In Its poverty, has unquestionably one really effective yea)*00? i laughter. "Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution?these can lift at a colossal humbug?push It a ll*tle? weaken It a little, century by century; j but only laughter can blow It to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand." J Peculiar Disease of the Teeth. The Colorado Dental aoclety has two of Its members engaged In the Investigation of a mysterious malady of the teeth known, for the want of a better name, as "mottled teeth," which occurs in this country lu a number of districts, principally In the southwestern portion of the United States. II has been noted In a somewhat more violent form In Italy, 15 yeurs ago. It manifests Itself In children and per gists through life, and Is often so disfiguring that the victims resort to artificial crowning. It Is a defect of the enamel-forming substance, and It is j suspected that the cause Is due to I some element In the drinking water, j which It luis been Impossible to defl- I nllely determine. ? * No Wondar. "I'll say one tiling for the apartment house we live in. No one ever has any reason to complain uhout lack of heat." "You must have a very unusual sort of landlord." "uh, it Isn't the landlord's fault. The janitor has a brother in the coal business." In Cuba tobacco is planted, crown wild harvested in days M SCHOOLS ARE MILT BT STATE AID UNDS AVAILABLE FOR YEAR ARE DISTR. -JTED. ? MANY IMPROVEMENTS SHOWN. ' 1ISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA )olngs and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina People, Gathered Around the State Capital. The state department of education as completed the examination, approval and payment of applications or state building aid. This policy /as intiated by the act of 1910. The ;rowth of the last seven years has irougnt aaequaie, muueru ntuuui lulldings to at least half of the school listrlcts of the state. The law provides that any district upplylng one-half the cost of a new chool houses may be given one-fourth if the cost from the county building und and one-fourth from the state milding fund, up to a total maximum expenditure from all three sources ol il.200. Any district supplying $600, either from taxation or from subscrlpIon, receives $300 from the county md $300 from the state. If two oi nore school houses are consolidated, *r if two or more schools districts are :onsolidated, the county may give a tonus of $50 and the state a bonus ol 150. Only one school house In any me district may be aided in any one rear. Building plans must be approv d by the state board of education ind the remodeling of old school louses is not accepted by state and :ounty officers as a basis for extra iid. The improvement in school house irchitecture can not escape the notice if every traveler. Nearly every town (radically every hamlet and scoree if country communities now possese veil constructed, well equipped, well urnished, well lighted school build ngs, many of them surrounded by igrlcultural plots and possessing [itchens for girls and work shops foi toys. The consolidated school is rap dly supplanting the one room, one eacher school house, and the erectior if a building with only one class roon s now the exception. * The state department of educatioi icknowledges with pleasure its in lebtedness to Prof. R. E. Lee of Clem ion College for his co-operation it mpplylng free of charge blue printi ~ Turn aHltlnnn nf Prof -U UUOIOCO. X nv? VU?V<WMW w_ l<ee'8 building bulletin have alread: >een exhausted, making necessary th< hird revised edition which will" b< published during the summer. Th< erection of so many new building! iccounts, In a large measure, for thi leavy increase In enrollment, the In creased number of teachers, the longe ichool term, and the gratifying growtl )f rural graded schools. The figures by counties follow: Abbeville, $400; Aiken, $300; An lerson, $4,350; Bamberg, $250; Berkc ley, $800; Calhoun, $650; Chestei $1,070; Chesterfield, $5,750; Clarer Ion, $100; Colleton. $650; Darlington (500; Dillon, $1,550; Dorchester, $300 Edgefield, $900; Fairfield, $350; Floi ance, $2,150; Greenville, $3,400; Greer wood, $650; Hampton, $700; Horrj (1,562; Kershaw, $700; Lancaster, $1 482; Laurens, $1,600; Lee. $750; Lej ington, $7,850; Marion, $900; New berry, $700; Oconee, $600; Orang< burg, $1,737; Pickens, $900; Richlant (570; Salda, $350; Spartanburg, $2,050 Sumter. $300; Union. 2,000; Williami burg, $1,086; York, $500. Thirt] seven counties, $44,397. Governor Appeals For 1,000. "South Carolinians now have the! last chance to become officers in th armed forces of the United States t be raised under the selective dral Bystem," said Gov. Manning. "The officers' training camp at For Oglethorpe. Ga? will open May 1' though the lists will close May ! Thi9 camp will train 2,500 men, wh Rhnuld come from South Carolina North Carolina and Georgia, and want to see South Carolina represen ed by at least 1.000 applicants. "In case the camp at Fort Ogh thorpe is not attended by 2,500 me from these three southern sates It i certain that the excess of applicant for such training camps in the nort and east will be used to fill the def ciency in our camp. Unless our youn men act and act promptly the! chances to become officers will be nu lifted for many months to come; 1 the meantime these same young me may be called to the colors under th provisions of the selective draft, an Instead of serving as officers they wl serve in the status of enlisted men. New Enterprises Authorized. A commission was Issued to th Capital Lumber company of C^lumbh the capital stock of which is\to b $10,000. The company will ecffcig in the general business of buying selling timber and timber lands, bu; ing, cutting, bartering, trading an selling timber, lumber and wood other building material, noin w?v/.sale and retail. A charter was issued by tha seen tary of state to the Laureils Coc Cola Botting company, with a cap tal stock of $12,000. A charter was granted by the He< retary of state to the Santne mills c Orangeburg. Capital stock of thi enterprise is $225,000. The mill wi "manufacture yarns, goods of cottoi linen and wool, and other textile sul stances." "finish and market th same." and do other business inciden to cotton manufacturing. The Darlington Real Kstate and Fei tilizer company of Darlit gton, cap talized at $10,000, was chattered. Th company will ileal in real estate an fertilizers and operate farms. \ clt"rfer W9S issued til? pepsl-Col Bottling company of Darlii e on. Organizing "Feed Yourself" Clubs. Statewide effort is being made in the cotton mill communities of South Carolina to organize "Feed Yourself" clubs. A special program to facilitate the movement has been prepared by George D. Brown. Jr.. state mill school supervisor, and is being widely distributed by the state department of education. Special appeal is made by Mr. Brown to the teachers in the mill schools to mobilize the children in the mill villages into hoe brigades. "The child who plants a vegetable garden, raises a pig or a dozen chickens or a few bushels of potatoes, will be considered a soldier no less than the grown up man, who wears a uniform." The program consists of talks by school trustees, teachers or other invited speakers, the reading of the governor's proclamation of war. the singing of patriotic airs by the children and recitations by pupils. Instructions as to organization of "Feed Yourself" clubs are: "Enlist successful gardeners or farmers as lieutenants, who shall pass i their knowledge gained from exper, ience on to captains and volunteers. "Enlist the teachers, ministers, or other persons willing to give super vision in gardening as volunteer captains. "Enlist the children as volunteer i gardeners. They are to plant their ; back yards and waste lands according i to the Instructions of the captains, i "Arrangements suitable to each ' community should be made by which . captains can be given instructions in gardening. Those who Join are urged ' to plant cabbage, tomatoes, beans, ' peas, sweet potatoes, butter beans and i corn. Most of these vegetables can ' be saved without canning." | In making the appeal directly to L the teachers as the leaders among the mill people, Mr. Browns says: "In this time of great national strain to meet the emergency of war j preparation, there is work for all to ^ do. The world is facing a great food t scarcity, such as it has not known for years. South Carolina must become self sustaining in food products 1 or our people will suffer. "An army must be raised among the ' mill children of South Carolina. This ( army is not an army of fighters, but an I army of feeders. The boys and girls enlisted will not carry guns and dig p trenches; they will carry hoes and r plant vegetables. They will not de! stroy; they will produce. The child who plants a vegetable garden, raises { a pig or a dozen chickens, or a few t bushels of potatoes, will be considered t a soldier no less than the grown up man who wears a uniform. Each boy and girl must be made to feel that he 1 or she has a part in our national program for war. j "I am asking you to find out from j the mill authorities what their plans > are for home gardens. Ask the farm j demonstration agent, tomato club ? 1 workers and members of the civic pre~ | paredness committee of your county 9 ! to arrange an evenings enugnienmem B tor your patrons. In your visits among 9 people spread the gospel of prepared* _ ness with the hoe." r '? l Camp is Pitched In Columbia. Headquarters of the First South Carolina infantry have been moved to the state fair grounds, Columbia. . During the week the greater part of . the regiment was distributed about the state for guard duty, so that Styx [ is no longer a tented city. Two hundred and sl:?,ty41ve men are at present at the fair grounds? h two infantry companies, headquarters r company, supply company, Banitary | detachment, machine gun detachment and Col. McCully and staff. u Every Important transportation line j. in the state is guarded.^ Col. McCully, [ whose headquarters will be here, will .' be on the road a large part of the time, for he will inspect each unit fm once a month. MaJ. J. E. Poore and his sanitary detachment will be ready to care for the health of the men. If necessary a hospital will be established in Cor lumbia in the woman's building on 6 the fair grounds. 0 The headquarters will be used as a central recruiting depot. Recruits will be accepted wherever units are located. They will be sent to Columbia from there and then returned to their command. 0 Hayne Confers With General Blue. 1 James A. Hayne, M. D., secretary of the state board of health, went to New York Saturday to meet with 3* the committee of six, who will confer n ! with Surgeon General Rupert Blue, 9 relative to designating a national san8 itation policy under war conditions. h The conference will in efTect federal' ize the state boards of health. The 6 boards will revert to their former r policy of state or local interest upon the termination of the war, but the n nationwide plan to unify the Interests n and conform the efforts of the state ? , boards will do much to standarize <1 the plans of the various state units 11 and will mean the elimination of much conflict of policy. Students Favor Liquor Measure. ? A telegram to President Wilson and the South Carolina delegation in con 0 gress was sent by a committee from e the studend body of the University J of South Carolina, advocating the f-1 abolition of the liquor traffic as an 1 emergency war measure. The resolu* J tion authorizing this telegram met ?* with the unanimous support of the students. A similar resolution adopt| ?d by the congergation of the First a ! Baptist church of Columbia had been i-1 sent previously to the president, Speaker Clark and Congressman Lever >f Medical Commission Named. s Gov. Manning appointed ten memi bers of the medical preparedness commiftpp. which will be associated with >-1 ? e ; the council of national defense. The it personnel of the committee is: Rouort S. Cathcart, chairman, Charleston; r- J. A. Mood. Sumter; F. H. McLeon, i- Florence; Edgar A. Hines, secretary, e Seneca; LeGrand Guerry, Columbia; d Curran B. Earle, Greenville; Charles W. Killock, Charleston; Lane Mulallv. a Charleston; W. W. Fennell. Rock Hill, and J. LaBruce Ward, Columbia. GREAT REUNION 15 HELD 111 CHESTER I CONFEDERATE VETERANS OF 80UTH CAROLINA BRILLIANTLY ENTERTAINED. ABLE SPEECHES K NEW Hundreds of Visitors Attend.?Great Parade is Headed By Governor Manning. Chester.?The South Carolina Confederate reunion was held here with about 800 old soldiers in attendance. The city was decorated in profusion with Stars and Bars and Stars and Stripes, emblems pf a most animated and genuine patriotism. Besides Veterans, Sons, Daughters and Dames were here in large numbers. A delightful feature of the reunion was the Spirit of Americanism of the Confederate Veterans, expressing willingness to do their part in supporting President Wilson in the flght for the freedom of the world. The regular business session opened with Capt. W. /H. Edwards, commander of the Walker-Gaston Camp at Chester, presided. Eloquent words of welcome were neara irom Mayor Vance Davidson, for this city, and Col. Arthur L. Gaston, for the Sons. The response was by Col. J. H. Wharton, Laurens. S. C., and Haddon Johnson, of Aiken. MaJ.-Gen. B. H. Teague, of Aiken, commanding the South Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans, took charge at this Juncture, proceeding with the business of the convention. Col. J. Rice Smith, of Augusta, Ga? a native Virginian and a member of Stuart's Calvary and a resident of Georgia, and a favorite with Veterans, was Introduced as the orator of the occasion. It was a magnificent speech. The large audience was rought to tears and laughter, as sentiments of patriotism flowed from his lips. His experiences during war, the Reconstruction period, Ku Klux days and the campaign of 1876, made his address of great historic value. The Daughters of the Confederacy gave a brilliant reception to veterans and visitors in the parlors and ball room 6t the Commercial Club, which far eclipsed anything ever seen here at previous reunions. General Teague presented Governor Manning and he made one of the best speeches ever heard here. He came out vigorously for President Wilson's selective draft bill .and went ihto detail on the preparedness ^question. A chorus of 15,0 trained ^SeTfronT the Graded School and citizens of Chester sang most beautifully old songs of '61 and '65. After the reading of a ooem, "American Flag," by Mrs. Dr. W. W. Wallace, the exercises closed by singing "Star Spangled Banner." Fully 2,000 voices were heard in the great climax. The business of the convention was concluded and the reunion closed. The parade was a big feature. Governor Manning, accompanied by his staff, leading a long line of Veterans, Sons and Daughters. This is the third time within twenty years that Chester has entertained the veterans, and visitors have flocked here in crowds to enjoy the well known hospitality of South Carolina. Fully 4,500 visitors have been registered, and the Chamber of Commerce has handled the situation in a most creditable way, not one hitch occurring to mar the pleasure of any one. Abbeville Plants Much Corn. Abbeville. ? Information from all sides of the county Indicate a much larger planting of corn and other food crops than heretofore. Cotton is being rapidly planted and in some sections is already up to a stand. Abbeville county is still without a county agent. Why this is so no one here seems to know. This year, of all years, it needs an agent to work up diversification. Patriotic Meeting at Dillon. Dillon.?Five hundred citizens from every part of Dillon county gathered at the court house for a patriotic rally for food production. This meeting came as a direct result of the recent speaking tours held at the many points in Dillon county and as a result of a co-operative effort by the citizens and business men of Dillon who advertisj ed the meeting as a patriotic rally for food production. This county had already been stirred up on the subject of food production. Kinard Wins First Place. Columbia.?Speaking on "The Sublection of the "Philippines" before the enthusiastic audience gathered in the University to witness the oratorical contest of the South Carolina High School Oratorical and Athletic association, Karl Kinard won first place by vanquishing ten able opponents, captured the Will Evans medal and earned for the Greenwood school the right to hold for a year the trophy cup awarded by the Wiesepape Manufacturing company to the school whose orator wins first place. Kill ftl,,.. r-.lntli Abbeville.?Foster Barnwell, treasurer and manager, and A. S. Thomas, ^ superintendent of the Abbeville cotton mills, donated to the Daughters of ~ i the American Revolution unit' of the r i Abbeville division of the ^National y j League for Woman's Service, all of the cloth required to make the pillow / cases promised by that uuit. This / generosity comes as a free will offer- M Ing and the members c the' organize- / tion are enthusiastic in rheir apprecia* / i tion of the thoughtfulnes* that prompt- m I ed it. M J L / I