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pRUBENCI ^ tW . (Copyright, by the Bobba-Merrill C* pany.) Miss Fairy has her first beau. She flouts the twins and they prepare to even the score in a ruthless and unforgettable manner. Mr. Starr, a w.'dower Methodist minister, co-lies to Mount Mark, la., to take charge of the congregation. He has five daughters. Prudence, the eldest, l>a/vno Iw*iioq nnrl llinthorc Carol and Lark, the twins, end Constance, the "baby." The newcomers stir the curiosity of all Mount Mark, and the Ladies' Aid society loses no time in petting acquainted, asking myriad questions and offering advice that Isn't wanted. Prudence, who is nineteen, has her hands full with the mischievous twins and Connie. They have just engineered a raid on a neighboring apple orchard. As the actual culprit. Connie is taking punishment without telling on tho ! twins. CHAPTER IV.?Continued. That was the end of supper, one attempted to eat another bl After the older girls had gone Into I sitting room, Carol and Lark wi about their work with stricken fac They asked if they might speak Constance, but Prudence went in w them to say good night to her. 1 twins broke down and cried as tt saw the pitiful little figure with 1 wan and lear-stained face. They tlir their arras around her passionate . and kissed her many times. But th ^ went to bed without saying anythh f It was a sorry night for the twii V / The next morning they set off school, with no chance for anythi but a brief good morning with Com "?given in the presence of Pruden f Half-way down the parsonage wa Carol said: "Oh, wait a inlnute, Lark. I left i notebook on the table." And Ls walked slowly while Carol went ru ?ncr ?,nr>lr Sho fniiml Prudence in 1 kitchen, and whispered: "Here?here's a note, Pruden Don't read it until after I've gone school?at ten o'clock you may read Will you promise?" Prudence laughed a little, but s promised, and laid the note carefu away to wait the appointed hour tts perusal. As the clock struck i she went to the mantle and took down. This is what Curol had w ten: Oh. Prudence, do please forgive me, i don't, jiunish Connie any more. You * punish me any way you like, and I'll glad of it. It was all my fault. I mj her go and get the apples for me. an ate them. Connie didn't eat one of th< fihe said stolen apples would not ta very good. It was all my fault, and so sorry. A ? T)?n,lnnoA wao/I Kit? Knr foon err Ad I 1 UUIUV.C 4 Villi lllio uvi &WVV 54 very stern. Carol's fault! At tl moment l'rmlence heard someone r ning through the hall, and thrust note hastily into her dress. It v Lark, and she flung herself wildly on Prudence, sobbing bitterly. "What is the matter, Lark?" s cried, really frightened. "Are 2 sick ?" "Heartsick, that's all," wailed 7^a "I told the teacher I was sick a could come home, hut I'm not. < Prudence, I know you'll despise 1 abominate me all the rest of your 1 and everybody will, aud I deserve For I stole those apples myself." Prudence was surprised and puzzl She drew the note from her poc and gave it to Lark. "Carol gave that before she wont to school," i explained. "liead it, and tell me w you are driving at. I think you both crazy. Or maybe you are j trying to shield poor Connie." Lark read Carol's note, and gasp and?burst out laughing! The shni the bitter weeping, aud nervousm had rendered her hysterical, and n she laughed and cried until Prudei was alarmed again. In time, however. Lark was able explain. "We both did it." she gasp "the Skull and Crossbones. And both told the truth about it." Prudence laughed. Put when : fhomrht of loyal little Connie, sobb nil through the long ni^tit, the to canie to her eyes again. She w quickly to the telephone and culled the school building next door to parsonage. Jumps Into the Soup Pot. Pittsburgh, Pa.?When Jasper Co< negro, waiter in the Hotel Newell, request of the chef opened a b marked "fresh eels" and saw seve lurge and angry black snakes, w fangs bared, glide out on the floor promptly jumped In the big soup p which fortunately was flllei with luke-warm mixture. In three seconds after the first sna made his appearance, Jasper was i only human being left lu the cook* and he was speechless from fear. -'May I speak ro Constance Starr,! lnsrcai ~? Mr. lilies?" she asked. "It is very Im- ! the Ei ~ portant. This is Prudence, her sis- 1 trustei (or." Anil when Connie came to the "We telephone, she cried: "Oh, you blessed Now, little child, why didn't you tell me? for tl I Will you forgive 1110, Connie? You're brisklj ^ a dear, sweet, pood little darling, jflL that's what you are." nantly V "Oh, Prudence!" That was all Con- ^hiuk nie mid, but something in her voice tjlis p ^ made Prudence hang up the receiver Let p{ ^ quickly, and cry bitterly! I That noon Prudence pronounced all ' ' judgment on the sinners, but her eyes f twinkled, for Carol and Lark had j or scolded each other roundly for giving a ,ea t things away! g "Connie should have refused to obey UIm.a , 5 you," she said gently, holding Connie ^ in her arms. "But she has been pun)* ished more than enough. But you 1 twins! In the first place, I right now "a? W abolish the Skull and Crossbones for- ;Sa jS' ||j ever and ever. And you cannot play n ^ ^ ill in the barn again for a month. And ^a 3 you must go over to the Averys this ~ H afternoon and tell them about it, and I pay for the apples. And you must " 'ie send all of your spending money for srae^e' m- the next month to that woman who is snjelle gathering up things for the bad little i nhilili-iin In the rpform school?that S^e will help you remember .what happens "No. to boys and girls who get in the habit don't 1 of taking things on the spur of the mo- The ment!" door t The twins accepted all of this gra- "A i ciously, except that which referred to strong confessing their sin to their neighbors. This That did hurt! The twins were so su- grave-: " perior, and admirable! They couldn't to the bear to ruin their reputations. But "We ! I'rudence stood firm, in spite of their perfee I weeping and wailing. And that after- soberly noon two shame-faced sorry girls "Wh crept meekly in at the Avery's door to "We make their peace. must t "But about the Skull and Crossbones, if you it's mostly punishment for me, Prue," "Wh said Connie regretfully, "for the twins "We have been in it ever since we came to give il Mount Mark, and I never got In at all 1 or so." And I wanted them to call me Lady "It's a Magdalena Featheringale." And Con- ?j j nle sighed. think later ] CHAPTER V. ?just ? It woi Lessons in Etiquette. like tl Connie was lying fiat on her back ^arc near the register. The twins were sit- have 1 J ting on the tloor near her, hearing each other conjugate Latin verbs. And Prudence, with her darning basket, was earnestly trying to get three pairs of wearable stockings out of eleven hosiery remnants. So Fairy found them j-0 as she came in, radiant and glowing. lte "Glorious day," she said, glancing th(^ Impartially at her sisters. "Just glo;nt rious! Connie, you should be out of jfc ,es> doors this minute, by all means. Twins, *j' t0* aren't you grown up enough to sit on ajffll ith chairs, or won't your footies reach the fifS .jj0 floor??Babble, Eugene Babler, you C iey know?is coming to spend the evening. p"L|jj ho 1'ruut,uce- IKfiKJ ew The whole family came to attention j vz^ ajy at this. Jlimjl] "ey "Oh, goody 1" cried Connie. "Let's If ig make taffy." | III I QS>" "Yes," agreed Carol with enthusi-1 I' I asm?Carol was always enthusiastic np on the subject of something to eat. i I | "Yes, and what else shall we have?" ce "You will likely have pleasant ' I jjj* dreams, Carol," was the cool retort. ' "You twins and Connie will not put jjy in appearance at all. Prue will serve ^ ir{. the refreshments, and will eat with us. fg* ^ Babbie and I shall spend the evening ^^ in the front room." i "The front room?" echoed Prudence. I ce "This room is much cheerier, and H|=i j more homelike." sSSi "Well, Babbie isn't a member of the family, you know," said Fairy. >he "You are doing your best," sniffed protty illy Carol. j,ists j for "Now you girls must understand 1Ie j ten right off that tilings are different here vou it from what they were at Exminster. j(Ut V( rit. The proper tiling is to receive callers miss n privately, without the family en masse ^'lie lnd sitting by and superintending. That's was j, can etiquette, you know. And one must ,uaje he always serve refreshments. More eti- i?ru(jei quette. Men are such greedy animals, vou aE em. j they do not care to go places where }u,]p y ste j the eats aren't forthcoming." The 1 m ; "Men! Are you referring to this away> ,ew Babbling creature now?" interposed ..^e c hat jCaro1- ish. V un.! "Ouch!" said Lark. ThpJ the "But won't it be rather?poky?just tjlejr ( v-as sitting in the front room by yourselves snp.H,( up. all evening?" asked Prudence doubt- room fully, ignoring the offended twins. jnt0 ^ she "?h- 1 dare s?y 11 wiU- But u's head o ou the proper thing to do," said Fairy ?ge ! complacently. . . r> ! "Wouldnt' it be more fun to have f,.?c K r j We ^ ^ Tithe sriris in for a little while?" per- ... A * . *? i, i - "I ?aUDH 0^ sistou Prudence. ir?d "Oh, it might?but it wouldn't be' enje iro. the proper thing at nil. College men do 1)ehin(i jt. not care to be entertained by babies." 1 "No," snapped Lark, "the wisdom of to ed, babies is too deep for these?these? it,? k?t these men in embryo." absent me Tlds was so exquisitely said that stor8 she Lark was quite restored to amiability bat by it. "In embryo" had been added to ure her vocabulary that very day in the I ust biology class. And Carol said "Ouch!" I with such whole-souled admiration I in9 ed, that Lark's spirit soared among the I Pla :ne, clouds. She had scored! L.? >ss, "And what shall we serve them?" ow urged Prudence. "I suppose it would j ice hardly do to?pop corn, would it?" "No, indeed. This is the first time, The to and we must do something extra. Bab- lea wt ed, bie'is all the rage at school, and the in Bos we girls are frantic with jealousy because ' lngton I have cut everybody else out." death die "Do you like him. Fairy? Don't you pure ) ing think he's tiresome? lie talks so finest ars much, it seems to me." to any ent "To be sure I like him. He's great him v up fun. He's always joking and never the V the has a sensible thought, am. bates rison study. The only reason he came here Natloi I it took the police half an hour l<> ble, lo > ! t. t 1 I it r>k, I clear out tlte snaaes win< u mum un:.. ieiui>u on sent to the hotel us a Joke. When for do ,,x fished from the soup pot, Jasper rill vowed "dein wrigglers suttingly dun 'pj10 Uli ?lve me ti scare." of the he from t ut, Owl Puts Out the Lights. by con a Imrhum. N. C.?A few nights ago, Whc about P:HO o'clock, the electric lights Intor, t ke of Morganton, N. C., began flickering the gi he and finally went out. It was later dls- The II *ry covered that a ' little Insignificant when screech owl was the cause of the trou- autoni 1 of g<>lng to a .ig coU-ge la T QSt is because h ? fa. her It i [ L 11, we'll serve oyster stew then, will you twins run downtown lie oysters?" asked* Prudence il o? Us?" demanded Lark, Indigand ungrummutlcally. "Do you we can carry home oysters for Fl abbllng young prince? Not sol dry go after the oysters!" yes, twinnles, I think you'll go, :ht. Itun along, und be quick." a few seconds the twins gazed ch other studiously. Neither n Without a word, they went U rs to prepare for their errand. y whispered softly going through per hall. D, ins! You must hurry!" This ' -? 1?.. tK<i ruuence hi uie uuuum ui. mw And the twins set off quite hurTheir first call was at the market. piht of oysters," said Lark an I re n he brought thera to her, she bo d them suspiciously. Then Carol fn d. ; th ve you got any rotten ones?" i se yraanded. Jm I i " he answered, laughing. "We au teep that kind." 1 ex twins sighed and hurried next j 0 the grocer's. W nickel's worth of pepper??the R( est you have." , 3, 1 was quickly settled?and the si< faced twins betook themselves Ai corner drug store. | an ?we want something with a W tly awful smell," Lark explained B< ?. I ed at kind of a smell?" ' an don't care what kind, but it Ei ie like something rotten or dead, Gr have it." I 1; at do you want it for?" I an want to put it in a room to mi t a horrible smell for an hour Li ' Lark winked at him solemnly. Be i joke," she further elucidated, po see." His eyes twinkled. "I Hi I can fix you up." A moment he handed her a small bottle, ad sprinkle this over the carpet. Hi l't do any harm and it smells 2 lunder. It rests a quarter." cli .1 <'T rcn'll bO '* 11U?> UUUi X OU|?|/UOC T? t mm | to take it," she said, "but it's ?f i Nickel's Worth of Pepper." expensive. I hate to have drug- Hf jet such a lot of money." Sii laughed aloud. "I hate to have ar: t a good licking tomorrow, too? Se iu'11 get it just the same, or I ' ' ly guess." de n the twins arrived home Fairy ! co list cutting the candy she had "It's delicious," she said to Li ice. "Here's a nice dishful for Rf id the girls. Pitch In twins, and so ourselves. It's very nice." Jii twins waved her haughtily of "No, thank you," they said. Li ouldu't eat that candy with rel- La Ve are unworthy." ; H< i they went upstairs, but not to ta: ?\vu room at once. Instead they to 1 noiselessly Into the front bed- to and a little later Carol came out 1 ie hall and stood listening at the to if the stairs, as though on guard, Rf sure and leave quite a few tie 'S in, Lark," she whispered once, vant It to hang together until w ; gets here." &1< t was all. Presently Lark mi i'd, and their own door closed 80 I them. , er a good thing father has to go SF trustees' meeting tonight, isn't or sked Carol. And Lark agreed, Af ly. She was tMnkiug of the oy? Af j Si I bo Be )o you think that Fairy, know- f,? the twins, will thwart their n to embarrass her? . (TO BE CONTINUED.) I"1 High Honor Deserved. F. father of the lifeboat in Amet* m is James Francis, who was born tf >ton in 1801. lie died in Wash- ol in 1S93. Three years before hla congress voted him a medal of i 8t ;old, said to be the largest and | re ever given by this government j ti Individual. It was presented to j rJ vith appropnnte ceremonies at J j, I'hitc House by President liar- ^ and is now exhibition th* ml museum Washing" 8t sing its life as a forfeit for at- N ng to light on an insulator and prlvlng Morgiuiton of lights for 01 live hours. bird was shown on the streets ai town. Its wings were scorched ip to tip and its body wus burned itaet with tlx* live wire. n the owl alighted on the Insu- P tlie current was started racing to ound and the Insulator burst. ^ tie wire was burned In two, and It fell the current was cut off atically at the switching station. ? at HMD : JIOPTS NEWBOOKSj J 3EE SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS ARE J SELECTED.?UMFORMITY AND i ECOh OMY. C ISPATCHES FIOM COLUMBIAj aings and Happen ngs That Mark the 1 Progress of Soul i Carolina People, Gathered Around the State Capital. CoJumbla. / ' The state board of education after ] i executive sesshn of several days cently announcet the school text- ' ok adoption. Th i textbooks for the 1 se public schools were selected for 1 e next five yeari. The executive 1 ssion was precede I by a public hear- 1 S of two day^* en publishers and 1 thors wei^P'jjfT^enTan opportunity to 1 plain their work4 The following books were displaced: i heeler's Primer; 1 Wheeler's First 1 jader; Heart of O^k Readers, books 1 4 and 5; Standard English Clas- 1 :s, sixth and seventh grades; Milne's 1 ithmetics, books 1, 2 and 3; Teller 1 ri Brown's Business Methods: i hite's Making of South Carolina; >ttsford's Ancient History (not offerby publishers); Myers* Medieval id Modern History; Montgomery's lglish History; Buchier's English ammar; Brooks1-Composition, book Scribner's Classics; Bailey's Boty; Tarr's Physical Georgraphy; Huin Physiology; Gfldersleeve-Lodge's itin Grammar; Augsburg's Drawing; irry's Writing; Pearson's Prose Comisition?Caesar, -Cicero, Vergil; jnt's Spelling, paA 2 and Complete, The following 4ew books were opted to take the place of the above: iliburton's Primer; Hill's Readers, 1, and 3; Elson's, grades, 6 to 8, inasive; Smith's Modern Arithmetic, oks 1 and 2; Van Tuyl's Essentials Business Arithmetic; Oliphant's story of South Carolina; West's An;nt World; West's Modern World; jrn and Noble's First Year in Engh; Lewis and Hosic's Practical Engh; Pease's General Science; Smalllod's Practical Biology; Bennett's itin Grammar; Bennett's Mastery of ords?Arnold, Caesar, Cicero, Virgil, d Composition, part one. The following old?books were reopted: Wheeler's Second Reader; epping Stones Readers, books 1, 2 d 3; Hill's Readers, 4 and 5; White's iginner's American History; Thompn's United States history; Witherenard English, boots 1 and 2; Wool's Handbook of Composition; Setz '8 Advanced Syntax; Hunt's Proessive Spelling, look 1; Payne's mmon Words; momas' .Spelling anks; Collar anl^?aniels' First tin Book;^lea54fl^^gd;. Applied Draw^m^^^B^Caldwell's imer of Hyg!sn^^PBroie-CaldweH's imer of Sanitation and Physology; I lury's Georgraphy. books 1 and 2; Vinson's Commercial Georgraphy; 1 iggar's Agriculture; Wells' Algebra, oks 1, 2 and combined; Wells' Plane . sometry; Wells' Solid Geometery; ( ells Geometerey, oombined; Walk's Civics, South Carolina, United . ates and combined; Minis and' .yne's Southern Prose and Poetry; | J ooks' Story of Cotton: Snyder's: elections from the Old Testament; ill's Half-hours in Southern History; mms' Yemassee; Wheeler's Diction-' les (revised editions); Riverside! ries of Required Classics. The following new books were ad-' d to meet the requirements of the j urse of study. Fulton's Southern Life in Southern terature; Stevenson's Country Life ?ader; Webb's Bird Book; Hutchim's The Child's Diy ;Rosser's Uncle n, The Fire Chief; Wright's Stories i American Progress; Morris' Home fe in All Lands, three volumes; The inier Book; Fof the Children's iur, books 1 and 2, first supplemenry; The Child's World Readers, 1 5. inclusive; Riverside Readers, 8, inclusive; HaHburton's Readers, | to 5, inclusive; Howe's Readers, 6 8, inclusive; Howell's Primer and J >adera, 1 and 2; Art Literature saders, 3, 4 and 5;_Ihe Little Folks | amber Books; Robbins and Prow ork and Play in Language; Dalsish's Grammatical Aanalvsis; Comjnity Civics, McCarthy; Stephen-j n's American History; Hunt's Mod-1 n Word Book; Ckew's High School ' ieller; Field Lore for Young Farm-1 s, Grimes; Elementary Principles of I friculture, Ferguson and Lewis; j 1 jriculture, Benson and Betts; Farm i lies, Conradi; Barton-Naipier, three. < oks on agriculture; Austin's Do- < estic Science, bocks 1 and 2; Text J >ok of Cooking, Greer; Fuller's 1 >urse in _ftewing; j ' inch Work, Muucie Normal In.stl-1 1 te; Black and Dafis' Physics; Cook's ? isurance Rates Gtuse Trouble. Underwriters ar? being advised by H. McMaster, state insurance com- ' issioner, to ignork letters of Instruc- 1 on being sent oui by the South Car- | lina rating and inspection bureau, r. McMaster. holds that under the atute no representative of the bu;an has authority to issue instruc- < onr. to agents to pake, fix or collect ites. Insurance Companies are also ?relict in that only one company has led with the commissioner a copy of le agreement, asj required oy the atute. - * ArJ OrantfiH. A charter was issued for the Whildi A Mace Drug < Jompany of Marion, he capital stock is $10,00. Officers re: C. B. Whildt n, president, and L. [. Mace, secretary and treasurer. A commission wis issued for the harleston Transfiir company, the proosed capital stocl: of which is $20,000. etltioners are A R. Rugheimer and , Henry Stubs. A commission i ras also issued for le Greeleyville Mule company of reeleyville. Th? proposed capital Lock is from $10,(0 to $20,000. Chemistry; Principles of Far: ounts. Dexell; Lyon's Booklet "airbanks" Home Geography slew Charde nil's French Gra Francais et Sa Patrie. Talbo md Ford Spanish (New Edition nentary Spanish; American R foynes Wosalhoeft German Gra foynes German Reader; Cot / oral Music, books 1, 2 and 5 ] light Reader in Latin; Keitt's Istry of Farm Practice; Black E Chester's Panama and the Canal Farm Loan Bank Growing. The volume of business now transacted by the federal farn Is Increasing in such proportioi ine-half of the 14th floor of tl metto bank has been leased to tional office accommodations. 1 tire 13th floof is now occupied irganization, which is proving luate for the rapidly developin less. Applications for loans, apprt Ing $30,000,000 have been re E. J. H. vonEngleken, presiden Eighteen field men are kept i ush in appraising the value and offered in collateral and i 4UA AllAfAot uvcsiigaiiuu as iu uic tuaiati eliabillty of the aepplicant. South Carolina has shown th eady response to the oppo which the federal bank offere 'armers. Farm loan associatlo being organized in regular d: Ion over North Carolina, Soutl ina, Georgia and Florida, itates are served by the Co bank. Twelve of these hav? chartered in South Carolina, tt Seorgia, two in Florida and North Carolina. As soon as the zations are formed and the a :ions for loans they submit a proved, the associations are chi in dthe loans they ask imme S9ued. Applications for $1.000,i oans have been received from issociations which have Just chartered and the loans will Jb( mmediately. \uto License Tags Exhausted. Owing to delays in freight nepts, the supply of state auto icense plates for 1917 is ?xh md it will be several days sther shipments are received lie factory. To enable automobile owners lave applied for license to cr. o use their mahcines. the stati way engineer is issuing tempora nits, which are to be tacked lash board of the car. These p ire not to be recognized by < :ounty officials as genuine, unles ire properly filled out and sig nk by Chas. S. Manning, se< )f the state highway commlsslc ess an automobile, therefore, he state license plate for 1917, )f these permits, it is to be cons is not registered by the statt way engineer. The state highv jineer has registered 26,200 ma md estimates that there at leas :o 10,000 not yet registered. Th imit expires on Saturday nighl 1917. | > Mew Equipment for Guard. W. W. Moore, adjutant g who is in New York, has just jurchases of equipment for tl tonal Guard slightly In excess )00. This new equipment is bel :ured for the men who are just ng the service and includes olh ihirts, olive drab breeches, ha *ords, shoes and canvas legging shoes were purchased in Colum 2ol. John D. Prost, assistant a< md inspector general, the shoes nought direct from a represe >f a big New York shoe house iquipment is: 2,000 pa-irs shoes i pair; $8,500; 1.000 pairs c eggins. $1 each, $1,000; 1.46' lrab shirts. $3.75, $5,501.25; 1,5 on olive drab breeches, $2.25 13.375; 1.000 Infantry hat cords, 1,500 hats, $1,375 each, $2,062.5' Ml Meats Sell High. Beef cattle are still very sea South Carolina markets. Th trass fed cattle available bring :edentedly high prices, figures r 'rom 6 to 8 and 9 cents a pound -logs are oniy sugnuy more pn Those being offered are well cor ;d and bring generally 10 and 1! i pound. Dressed meats are selling tigher, Incident to the Increase ;f both cattle and feeds and th :lty of livestock. Must Register All Autos. Several thousand automobllei >e kept in the garages until i icense is secured. The law pr< 'or the state registration wer ;ffect July 1 and owners of nu ire subject to a fine for open notor car without n license. Th llghway department reported tl TOO automobiles and other mo licles had been registered unci tew law. Tobacco Markets Open Soon. Tobacco markets in South C will be opened July 12. Repo that crops this year are exce< good and profitable margins s pected to obtain. In anticipation of the heav keting season, inquiry has ber of Col. E. J. Watson if the w stemming wnion is usuany ui women and children, comes the province of the labor laws state. His Interpretation is th? application is correct and he advised tobacco dealers. Peas Bring High Prices. In the markets of the state cc are selling over an exceedlngl scale. The crop last year wa short and the scarcity of feeds j high cost of grain are causing usually large acreage to be this season. In some places t! tatlons run as high as $3.50 a Little cottonseed meal is alsc sold and prices are at much vs Figures are from $40 to $47 Corn continues to sell aroun bushel and oats from 75 cents i & bushel. -? BEAUFORT MEETII mmar; IS DELIGHTS EOITOI mmar; igdon's Howe's S0UTH CAROLINA PRESS ASS Ohem* leauty; ATION HOLDS ANNUAL COh L VENTI?N. i H CONSIDER IMPORTANT W( is that le Pal* r addl- Speakers Touch Upon Important V ^he en-1 . . Facing Newspapers.?Large by the : inade-1 Attendance. g busi Beaufort.?Quaint and hospit )ximat-' Beaufort, the metropolis of the ceived. trucking section unfolded its arms t, said, received wholeheartedly more on the *00 members of the South Can of the Press Association. The hospit naklng began when a commfttee from er and c*y met the editors at Allendale ; provided an excellent and deligl e most luncheon on the special train, rtunlty day for the edltora' convention d the begun with a business session v ns are many matters were discussed. A Istribu* tr,otIc note run through all of the 1 Caro-' cussion3 and practically all of which 8peakers touched on the impoi lumbia i wrok tfiat lies before the editor ; been connoction with the war plans ol nation. iree in six in David R. Coker, chairman of nr?ran- state defense council, was preve ipplica- from attendinK aQd seta messag ire ap- w^ich he heartily thanked the n irtered PaPera for the,r support of the (liately camPa,Kn recently conducted in 000 in state- P?lnted out that the the 23 ' wor^ "ea ahead and that the sut been many movements will depefti made ' the co"?Peratlon of the newspapei the state. The association heard an intere: and instructive address on the servation of man power by Mrs. A ship- j Rerabert, field agent for the i m?bHe board of health. She stressed the iausted ^ eS9jty for a campaign of educatic before prevent tuberculosis and thanked 1 from editors for their assitsance in seci the establishment of the state ti , who culosis sanitarium. The associi mtinue pase(j a resolution unanimously p a high- jUg support to the work of Mrs. 1 ryPcr" bert. p? * 6 The South Carolina Press ass ' 9 tlon, after a spirited debate, tabl is they resolutIon a vcte of 23 t0 12 fi ned in *ng bone ^ry Prohlhltion by conf . as a war measure, iretary ,n un- The following officers were el( carries toT the year: J- L- Mims of Edge or one Advertiser, president; A. B. Jordt ddered the Dillon Herald, first vice i ! high- dent; H. G. Osteen of the SU ray en- Item- second vlco president; chines Sparks of The State, secretary; ] it 8,000 Davles of the Barnwell People, t e time urer; 1116 Re,r- w- Jacobs of t jun0 ton, chaplain. i The following were nafaed ox executive committee: RJon M sick of the Greenville News, L. fall Cheatham of the Edgefield C eneral, icle and Allison Lee of the Lai ; made Advertiser. be Na- Admiral F. S. Beatty of Charh of $20,- was the guest of the association, ng pro- delivered a strong address to the i enter- bers of the association in favor of re drab I quate support for the Red Cross ts, hat j The editors visited the naval t ;s. The ! ing school at Port Royal, the tri] ib<a by ing made by steamer. Jjutant I A resolution was adopted callini ? being on the members of congress to ntatlve their best effort in kepeing dowr !. The cost of white paper, i, $4.25 ; William Banks, retiring presi anvass read his annual report in whicl ! olive reviewed matters affecting the r 00 cot- paper business during the past ; each. He called attention to the serious $90.54; of the news print situation. 0. ! Mrs. Walter E. Duncan of A spoke and made a strong plea foi co-operation of the press in stam out illiteracy in South Carolina. Lrcfl In came as the representative of 6 ew State Women's Federation of C unpre- ftn(j wag warmjy greeted by the anslnB tor,. ^gross. W. G. Gilliam, presenting u navy recruiting service, thanked " t ?"* editors for their help in the cami - cents gecure men for navy The next meeting place will much pjcke(j ^,y tjje executive commltt ;d cost e scar- Bigger Ships at Charleston. Charleston.?Instead of biddini K ftflft ton atpol ahlna aa wa.a thought would be the class desii 3 must Valk & Murdock Company, after i state cent Interview with Gen. Goetha jvidlng Washington, head or the shij it into board, have learned that vessel icliines 7,000 or 8,000 tonnage will be iting a and therefore they are going tc e state In bids for the larger type, thei ;iat 28.- ' rangements here being ample to tor ve- care of the heavier ships. ' ler the chief engineer is now in the N looking over shipyards. Insurance for Employees, arolina Fort Mill.?Col. Leroy Springs rts are | insured the lives of all the emplc Bdingly i in his two cotton mills here unde: ire ex- group plan offered by some of great life insurance companies. A y mar- four hundred people here are be i made ed under this provision to the e: pork of i oi eacn, me premiums oeing one by by the employer. The certificates withi? tain a handsome photograph of of the Springs and provide for incre it such benefits from year to year of has so tinuous service until the air reaches $500 after six years. Troops Encamp at Greenville w peas Columbia.?The two infantry ly hVgh men(S 0f thQ Somh Carolina nat is very ind ^ guard will be stationel at the pioj an un- divisional camp at Greenville. S planted 11 was announced by Maj. C. E. he quo- h?urne, chief of stafT to Maj. bushel. Wood, commander of the Bouthoa ) being department of the army. The Firsl triance. iment now stationed at Columbia a ton. proceed to Greenville as soon a: d {2 a oamp site there is ready, and the to $1.25 ond regiment when it is called service next month. JG IfffQMnONAL IS SDMSdlOOL ?. Lesson . (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of |. the 8unday School Course in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright, 19X7, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR JULY 8 IRK- AHAZ, THE FAITHLESS KING. LESSON TEXT?II Chron. 28:1-6, 20:27. JorW GOLDEN TEXT?Without faith it la Impossible to please him.?Heb. 11:6. LESSON TEXT?II Chron. 30:1-13. Ahaz reigned sixteen years from ubout 739 to 723 B. C., over the klng>al)]e dora of Judah, Its capital being In Jerunew salem. The kingdom was nearlng Its an(j end, and was destroyed within a few than years after the death of Aliaz. Ills >lnia character presents many Interesting allty Questions for discussion; the character of his relen. the weulth and prosperity IUO ? r _ an(j of his futher and grandfather, the deitful veIopment of his character from the The home wherein he originated, why a nawa8 tlon can be successful and not be rlghtrhen eous or virtuous, that Is, outwardly pa- successful, and the application of those dis- questions to our present-day political the and commercial lives. -tant ' Ahaz, the Ruler, (vv. 1-5). The 8 jn character of Almz Is not to be udmlred. > the Plfl.V(?d ft prominent and evil part In the history of the Kingdom of Judah. tlie We find his name recorded among the nted Syrian inscriptions of the year 732 B. e In *'ie Hebrew historian huviag ewa dropped the prefix "Jeho" from his food name* ^he ful1 narae Indicates that | he had "grasped Jehovah," yet he wus real : untrue to his name. The historian says i "he did not that which was right In the i on ' s'K,lt of the Lord-" This puts It mildly, rg of but Indeed few of the kings of Judah did otherwise, and he patterned his conduct not after the good model of his sting father, but the thoroughly bad conduct con" of the kings of the northern nation, nnJe Israel. He was but twenty years of state nge when he took the throne, but had nec" J already entered upon a course of action n t0 opposed to that of his father and tfl0 grandfather In that he Imitated the irin& ways of the kings of Israel and caused lber- to be circulated throughout the land itlon the image of Baal. He was rich and ledg- prosperous, outwardly, and his klng*em" dora was well organized. He had a navy, and we are told that the condioda tlon of the kingdom was of a prospered a lty not kiiown since the days of Soloivor mon. His name was spread abroud, tress but what a significant verse Is II Chron. 26:15. jcted H. Ahaz Ruined. The choice lay (field before him of following In the steps of in of bis grandfather Uzziah and his father >resl- J#ham (II Chron. 1:10). He chose to ? ^? .lofw finil nnnnlv (lisohpved him and inter ucaj ? * ? joe was disloyal to his God and his counB. P. try. walking in the ways of the kings reas- ot Israel, (v. 2), burn^^N children In Clin- the lire, after the aly ^(tions of the heathen, (v. 3), motfe molten Images the ?' Baa1, *v- 2^> and 8P^ad that wor- ? cKis- shlp Into the h,Rl1 l^acfs on the hills WJ and under every green tree (v. 4),~^^|H^HH . made sacrilegious use of the temple's n" treasury, and was dishonest as well as n8 profane. He trusted Baalim more than ^ m he trusted God. jston in Ahaz Rebuked. God did not al- , He low him to pursue his course of action nem- without protest. When the children of atl0" good men go wrong, there is no measuring the extent of depravity to which rain- they will sink. Nevertheless, God was P b?" opposed and tried to save the young man and the nation. God used the & up- ]j|nR 0f Syria as one agency for rehukus? ing this mad young man. He carried I the away great multitudes captive, one hundred and twenty thousand in one dent, day (v> Q)( an{| "two hundred thouII he sand women, sons and daughters" iews* (v. 8) at another date. Ahaz himself year. was fliied with terror at the great cainess inndty that overtook him. (Isa. 7:2.) While he received temporary help (II .Iken Kings 10: 9,10), he received ultimately ' the ruin from the king of Assyria, for he iplngf became a vassal and was summoned She to Damascus to pay homage to that the king, as appears from the account II )lubs Kings 10:7-9, and also from the Assy?dl rian Inscription, above referred to. Other enemies also attacked hinj? the Edomltes from the southeast carried the away captives, and the Philistines iftign from the southwest invaded the cities of the low plains, south of Judah, and 1 he tookrposscsslon of them (vv. 17-19) and ee. the urmy of the Assyrian, which Ahaz led to rob and profane the temple and its treasures in order to buy them off % on (v. 22-24), completed the ruin of his first nation. Ahaz was forced to pay a pied, heavf tribute to the Assyrian king a re- (v. 21), and got no help for his outIs at lay. He put his trust In an arm of >plng flesh Instead of In the mighty arm of Is of God, which brought upon him the used curse that always comes to those who ?* .?. i? ?,0r> /Top i7 .R fii. There Is * put j uuai iu iuhu \?v. . r ar- i n blessing which nhvays awaits those take"1 who trust In Jehovah (Jer. 17:7, 8). rhelr The wise man turns to God not In the orth, time of his distress but at all times. | Instead of sacrificing to the God who I saved his father and who would save i him, Ahnz sacrificed to the god "which ha9 ! smote him." His defiance knew no >yees bounds (v. 24). He seemed to have r the dabbled In every known form of false the j worship, thereby "provoking to anger .bout j the Lord God of his fathers" (II Kings nefit- 23:11, 12). God Is long-suffering to [tent those who wander from him, but there paid comes an end to his patience (II Peter con- , 3:9, 10). Col. j IV. The Reverse Picture. There sased Iire several problems to be solved as con- j u'e v'ow this picture, for It Is a story tount ! refll Hfe. not only of the early times but ts being repented even today and J in this country. (1) Men will reap that which they sow. une cunuui sow . wild outs and reap the fruits of righteousness. (2) Jehovah places rightional i eousnPSg above security or prosperity. ?osed (3) God's purposes are for the uplift J. C., | and the making of the nation and the Kil- j Individual better. God never does evil Gen. that good may coine out of It. A lovBteru Ing father nuist exercise disolpiine, tnd t reg- let us not be mistaken. > will i the Blind and Destructive. Sec- Envy is blind, and has no other qual? Into but that ot detracting from virtue* ?Livy.