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I The T1 J Comm; . k? = OUANE AGAIN COMES TO Rl CHANCE TO BECOME Synopsis.?Clay Wlmburn, a y land, meets pretty Daphne Kip, wt Clay In Wall street. After u whir <1ay buys an engagement ring c Daphne agrees to an early man I money-worried father what she r for the purpose she goes to New Y seau. Daphne's brother. Bayard, with his bride. Leila. Daphne a Bayard's flat. WMnburn introduce: New York life. Daphne meets Toi greatly1 attracted to her. Daphni penniless, except for his sulary. ] York unexpectedly. The three wc und the two younger women buy e to Bayard. Bayard is furious c ahead. Daphne. Indignant, declar tweaks her engagement with Clay. Daphne induces Reben, a theatric oot of his companies. CHAPTER X?Continued. Miss Kerable went forward t< IH.pbne and took her hand and pettet * and said: "I'm so glad to see you Tea roust meet my aunt, Mrs. Vinlng She won't object to your playing he: parts, I'm sure." Mrs. Vinlng, who had played al t oner of roles for half a century ?ifl was now established as a famou: ytfoyer of hateful old graudes dames pared Daphne her ready viuegar ant rfe<Me lo mother her. Mr. Reben had come down from hi: wfflce to make up his own mind. H< aailed with a kind of challenging cor tiality and murmured: "So our litth business woman is going to open tht bop. Well, all you've got to do 1; deliver the goods and I'll buy 'en at your own price." Batterson rapped on the kitcher ftahie that stood on the apron of th< tage nnder a naked bunch of Ugh: < ? glaring brilliance. "f'laces, please, for the entrance Ready? AH right, Eldon!" The noble matinee Idol put his ha *q the table, walked on, sat down 01 ? divan composed of two broker ofeairs and read an imagluary news paper. Batterson said: "Doorbell! Buzz-z.' A well-dressed young man, whon -Jb ?< ? no ulllol-ltr flTlt yjwic * CVV?UII.CVI u^ %uv V?MV?V ?? ? ter, walked across and opened ai aiuagmary door between two chairs Thw was the cue for Miss Keinble': famous "How do you do?" Everybody waited and watched fo fee newcomer to make her debut ii fee new world. Then was a silence 1>>pbne stood with heels screwed t< fee floor and tongue glued to the roo her mouth. ? right. Miss Kip," said Battersoi with ominous patience. "Come on ??ae on, please!" Another silence. then Paphm fesghed and choked. "I'm awfully stu *JL 1' ve forgotten the line." ISatierson gnashed his unlighted ci and growled: "Howjadol How jfcjo r "l>b, yes! Thank you. I'm s< Barry-** said Daphne, and walked oi ?k the wrong side of the chairs. everybody shuddered to realize tlia had entered through a solid wall miracle was ignored, but ther *? bo itrnorimr the peculiarly lneio IrSKit oote she struck when she bowei <u> the butler and stammered: are you?" A sigh went through the vast pre band and void of the empty theatei te*t?nct told even the echoes tha fKiphne did not belong and never coul AeWag. Batterson groaned, truglcallj "Not to the butler, please! Don' ?a> 'How are you?' to the butlei say 'How are you?" to anybodj fuease. Script says 'Howjudo?' Sa '^wjado?' to Mr. Eldon there. Sa Ikwrjado' to Mr. Eldon there." "*How do you do?" said Daphrn owiug to Eldon and speaking with jMllessness of a squeezed doll. Eldon rose, folded up his iniaginar piper. and came fonvurd with a pitj Sag desire to help her. He hoped thu "A* scared little Kip woman would wi 'dnrongh the same bitter trials to tb *a?e perilous and always endangere ?occes*. But he had a fear. He delivered her his line with b< *c*oleot gentleness, lie waited, the ?fi?e her her line with exquisite tae Sl-.e did not repeat it after him. Ii .til to her: "7>>a't be afraid; you're all right n* gave her the line again and si jorroted it after him. She leap* ttk-es to a speech several minutes fa on. He drew her back to the cut "Pardon me, but I think I have a lit ?*i*ore that." TU* rehearsal blundered on. It wi m* Daphne's fright that disturbs rest. It was her complete failui 1? suggest the character, or any cha '?*t Batter son found nothing i him. end Rebeu tasted thi *< ?t and ashes of disuppointmei m v -which theatrical managers ai familiar when they bite on tl t>- ad sea fruit of beauty without dr talent. CATERPILLARS CAUSE RASI Several Cases of Blood Poisoning R ported at Emergency Hospital of Salt Lake City. Xo less than four cases of blood pc wxtag and body rash caused by atmtent variety of caterpillar hat tV-ea reported to the emergency ho p*to5. says the Salt Lake Tribune. Mr *>ean R. Daynes of 870 South We Simple street, appealed to the cli ssflkiats for advice la regard to a ras lirteenth "* andment g immwmmwmmmmmmwwmmwwwwmmmmmmvwm ESCUE AS DAPHNE SEES HER f A STAR SLIPPING AWAY. t < oung New Yorker on a visit to Clovelose brother is in the same office with lwind courtship they become engaged. >n credit and returns to New York. iage, and after extracting from her egards as a sufficient sura of money ork with her mother to buy her troushas Just married and left for Europe lid her mother install themselves in s Daphne and her mother to luxurious m Duane, man-about-town. who seems i accidentally discovers that Clay is Baynard and his wife return to New men set out on a shopping excursion xpensive gowns, having them charged ?ver the expense, seeing hard times es she will eurn her own living and Through an Introduction by Dunne, ai magnate, to give her a position in Miss Kemble tried to help. She asked Daphne to step nslde and watch 5 while she went through the scene. But J she was so unnerved that she forgot i. her own lines and had to refer to the :. mnnusorlpt, while Eldon waited in r acute distress and Daphne, looking on. t said: "Oh, I see. I think I understand 1 it now." Then she forgot it all again , at the repetition. Somehow the re? hearsal was worried through to the i end and Batterson dismissed the com1 pauy with sarcastic thanks. Then he went to Reben to demand a substi- \ 3 tute. ? Daphne went home, dreading her f . fate but not knowing what the verdict J > was. She felt sure that It would be \ ? not guilty of dramatic ability. She i 5 was worn out with the exposure of her r , own faults and uncertain which she feared the more?to be dismissed or r j to be accepted. The latter meant un- c ? eudlug trials. t At the elevator she found Tom r Duane. He had Just telephoned up ? . to the apartment to ask If she were In. There was a welcome flntterv in his t frank delight. She asked him up. Tom i Dunne was electric with cheer. He i praised Daphne with inoffensive heart iness and Insisted on hearing the history of her progress. She gave the worst possible account of her stupldi Ity. He would h"y> *">? i- -^depreciation. i "Everything's got to begin," he said. . "Some of the greatest actors are bad i at rehearsal, and never get over It. Some of the greatest actresses always are at their worst on the first perforrar ance. You're bound to succeed. You 1 have beauty and charm and grace and '* magnetism no end. Don't worry. I'll f speak to Reben and make him restrain Batterson. We'll make a star of you j yet." There was a fine reassurance In that u word "we" In spite of Its pleasant tang of impudence. It gave her strength to go to the telephone and call up Reben. She came back in despair and collapsed on the divan. Tom Duane was at her side instantly. "You're 111! In heaven's name, whut can I do?" 3 His solicitude pleased her. She 3 smiled palely: "Mr. Reben told ine he was afruld I'd better give up the job. < * 1 : I 1 irsilll' He Gave Her ? Hand-Grip of Perfect 'd Good Fellowship. r. ?: lit* wns very polite and awfully sorry, ie but he suid he didn't think I was quite suited to the work. He said that later, is perhaps, there might be another >d ehance, but?oh?oh?oh!" :e She was crying with all her might. r. Gradually she realized that Dunne's hands were on her shoulders. He was to squeezing them as If to keep her from it sobbing herself to pieces. His face at was close to hers, and he was murre muring: ie "You poor little thing. You mustn't u- grieve. You've to fine and too beautiful f-?r su 'h work." Li that had broken out on her baby's back. Mrs. Daynes said she hud fouud e. an ordinary looking yellow caterpillar in her baby's clothing and discovered the rash later. She was advised to call in a physician immediately, il- "Caterpillars are the larvae of a a lepidopterous insect, not necessarily a ,-e butterfly, in the first stage of inetas morphosis," according to Webster. The s. larvae of such insects as the geomst etrid moth or the huwk moth are ty smooth and are not poisonous. The )U large yellow hulred oues have a pencil By I | [UPERT HUGHES II j ; Coprrt?hibf Huptr & Brothers 11 r | i?W W WWW WW* j She flung herself free. "No, no; I'm ' in Imbecile?I'm no good?that's all." j Those big hands were at her shoullers again. That soothing voice was nlnlsterlng courage and praise: "You are not no good. You shall j succeed! I'll make Itehen take you , >ack. I've helped Reben out when he j vas In trouble. I've lent hirn money ind I'll make him give you your j -hnnce. I promise that, on my word!" j She stared at him through her tears. ( They blurred him in dancing flashes >f light as If he were a sun god. She j aught his hands from her shoulders, >ut she had to hold them in hers. She | vas drowning, and she must cling to , vhatever arms stretched down to her. , 5he must not question whose they { vere till she wus safe again on the ] iolld earth. Duane was laughing now and pating her on the back as If she were a rlghtened culUL. ^.She felt -no?fight o rebuke his caresses. They were luch as a brother might give a sister, lis arm about her was that of a com ade, sustaining another in a battle. He was the only one in the world vho offered her courage and praise ind help in her need. Duane said, with a matter-of-fact >rlskness: "I'll call Reben up at once. S'o, I'll go see him." "Ritr von nnf me under such obllea Ions. I'm afraid?" "Never be afruid of an obligation." "I'm afruid I cuu never repay It." "Then you're one ahead. But you an repay uie und you will." "How?" "Let's wait and see. Goodby. Don't vorry." He gave her a hand-grip of perfect rood fellowship and went Into the hall. She followed him to tell him again low kind he was. As she was claspng his hand again Leila opened the loor with her latchkey. Now there was triple embarrassnen't. Tom Duune had paid ardent :ourt to Leila before she married Bnyird. Here he wus In Bayard's wife's lome, apparently flirting with Bayird's young sister. Leila felt all the outraged sentlnents of Jealousy and all the Indlgmtlon of a chaperon who has been clraimvented. Duane retreated In poor , irder. Daphne stammered an expla- ( mtion too brief and muddled to sufIce. Then she went to her room. J There her mother found her when , ;ha r>nmo in ltp^r?Daphne had only a. 3 alnt hope that Duane touTcT work his , nlracle twice, so she told her mother hat she had failed as an actress. She , old her bluntly: ] "Mamma, I've been fired." To her comfort her mother caught , ler to her ample bosom and said: "I'm ( ?lad of It I'm much obliged to who jver is to blame. Not but what you , :ould have succeeded If you had kept ( it it. But you're too good for such i wicked life. A person couldn't be on ictor without being Insincere and a , pretender, and my little girl Is too honest. So now you come along home , with me." "No. thank you, mamma." \f..o y in fro t h nroH hoTQAlf tftffplhpr I for u vigorous assuult when the tele- i phone rang and the maid brought word that a gent'man wished to speak with Miss Daphne. , It was Duane, and she braced herself for another blow. But his voice was clarion with success. "I've seen Reben. It's all right. He's promised to keep you on and give you 11 chance. He says for yon to report it the theater at sevendhlrty tonight." And now again Duphne was more afraid of her success, such as It was, than of her failure. But It was pleasant to carry the news to her mother and Leila. It disgusted them both. They were still trying to dissuade her from continuing on the downward path when a telegram from her father came for her mother: "Taking beaver arrive Grand Central tomorrow thra't meet mdTdfe. "WES." Bayard was late, as nsnal, and Leila's temper had Just begun to sim-. mer when the door was opened stealthily and a hand was thrust In. It proffered a small box of jeweler's size and waved It like a flag of truce. Leila rushed forward with a cry of fl??li?rht, seized the packer ana men the hand, and drew Bayard Into the room and into her arms. "Tills is your apology. I suppose," she said. "Yes, the apology for being late, and that's what made me late." Leila was enraptured. She adored gifts and she had the knack of inspiring them. The little square parcel provoked her curiosity. She opened It so excitedly that the contents fell to the floor. She swooped for them and brought up a platinum chain with a delicate plaque of tiny diamonds and pearls on a device of platinum. Leila ran to Mrs. Kip and Daphne, exclaiming: "Aren't they beautiful? Aren't they wonderful? Aren't they glorious?" Mrs. Kip and Daphne tried to keep the puce, but once more they could not forgot who It was that wus raining down gold on this greedy stranger. Their ularm was not diminished when Bavurd sa'd to Lei'a; I of hairs that look like horns and a faslcule of hairs that resembles a tall. It Is the sting from these hairs that poisons, as It is almost impossible for the insect to bite. No case of a caterpillar sting has proved fatal, so far as the officials of the Salt Lake hospitals know. Mothers were advised to keep their very young children off luwns and from beneath trees, unless some one was in attendance to watch them. George Williams, thirty-^lght years old. of 537 South West Temple, also r I I =4 ? You're not the only one who can 1 >pAc accounts. I started one for ' th<*" ^ j le took from his pocket a pale i Jr( ihure and said to Leila: "That alov we agreed on, you knov. ?" i fes, I know." i Well, Instead of paying It to you ] ik by week I decided to open a i )al k account for you; so I ran over to ' i bank at the lunch hour and made | t (eposlt to your credit?five hundred i lol ars!" i pHb fnrent her lewelrv for a mo* I neft in this new pride. She strutted i jbjnt with "mock hauteur, waving Mrs. i ftljj and Daphne aside and saying: EiJn't speak to me. I am a lady with t hflnk account." I jirs. Kip sighed in dreary earnest, 1 That's more than I ever was." I eila was poring over her bank book, i lje blank pages In which so ruuny druna i? tragedies and life histories could i )eJ codified in bald numerals. I ?r first question was ominous: "Do [ jave to go all the way down to 1 Br<ad street every time I wont to jrgtv out some money?" ? er first thought was already to at:ac: the integrity of her store. m Yo, dearest," said Bayard, "there s | n uptown branch, right around the ?0f ler. But I hope your visits there , be more for a put-In than tnkeJuV Every time I give you anything [ ^ant you to put some of It aside. Mu/'^e Borne day I'll want to borrow Sh< Found Batterson Quarreling With a Property Man Over the ResponsiI, lity for a Broken Vase. 301] ie of It for a while. Maybe you i save me from a crash some day. how, It will be a great help to me t0 j eel that I have a thrifty little wife a^ope. A man has to plunge a good his wlfeMWfl" jiSniy makes him or breaks him." ^Bayard spoke with unusual solemnity: "Old Ben Franklin said, 'A shilling earned and sixpence spent, a fortune. Sixpence earned and a shilling spept, bankruptcy'?or something like that. But Moses got ahead of him. Whfen he handed down the Ten Commandments he whispered an extra one to tye the private secret of the chosen people." "What was It?" said Leila with a minimum of interest. "Thou shalt not spend all thou earnest,? said Bayard. "It was?well, It wasi the Thirteenth Commandment, I guefs?a mighty unlucky one to break. Thel Jews have kept it pretty well. They've been the bankers of the world eve| while they were persecuted." Lflla shrugged her handsome shoulders and studied the gems. "Xiet's not talk about It tonight. Let*p dine somewhere and go to the theqter. I want to show off my new splehdor." "ilne!" said Bayard, trying to cast awajr his forebodings and lift himself by his own boot straps. "Get on your duds mother, you and Daphne." "I; can't go," said Daphne. "I've got to be at the fun-factory at half past seven and I've hardly time to eat anything." While Leila and Bayard and Mrs. Kip were putting on their festal robes DaphQe was euting alone a hasty meal brought up tardily from the restaurant. Before they were dressed she had to march out. io-tt'iaT'Tfre called her worfihrk clothes. The hallman ran to | COM ner U luxicuu, uui sue suuuu. utri head. Her humble twenty-five dollars a week would not Justify a chariot to and from the shop. Shp walked rapidly along Fiftyninth street, hut not rapidly enough to escape one or two murmurous gallants Sh* found Batterson quarreling with a prtperty man over the responsibility for a broken vase. He ignored her till at length she ventured to stammer: "FDre I am, Mr. Batterson." "Se I see. Well, sit down somewher i." Fir ding a seat was no easy task. Ever ' piece of furniture she selected becai ie at once the object of the scene shifter's attack and she had to take light. Me nbers of the company strolled in, paused at the mailbox and went to theirjvari?us cells. Evlntually Batterson found that all the company was on hund and in good healtl L He said to Daphne. "Everybody Is here and nobody sick, so you needi't stay after the curtain goes up." Bui she wanted to learn her trade, so sh* loitered about, feeling like an uninvited poor relation. The members of th? company came from their lairs, of Salt Lake, wns bitten on the thigh by a Caterpillar while In bed. Within an hoflr the poison had spread through his entire system and a rash had broke* out on his arms and back. He was treated at the emergency hospital,^bringing the caterpillar with him. Feeding the 8oldiere. Althpugb he would a great deal rather be taking part In cavalry raids, Capt. John C. Pegram. for 15 years at^^^^to the of the United looking odd and unreal In their patnt They seemed to be surprised that Dnphne was still In existence. Eldon gave her a curious smile of greeting. She heard the cull boy crying "Over- ; ture" about the corridors. She heard the orchestra playing "the king's : piece." Then it struck up a march that sounded remote and Irrelevant. There was a loud <?w-ish which she supposed to be the curtain going up. An actor and an actress in white flannels with tennis rackets under their arms linked hands and skipped inh the well j of light. They bandied repartee for ( a time. ' Eldon, speaking earnestly to Mrs. J Vinlng, suddenly began to laugh softly. He laughed louder und louder and then plunged into the light. A little later Eldon came iff the stage laughing. He dropped his laughter us he crossed the border ?.nd re sumed his anecdote. "As I was saying?" "But Mrs. Vining Interrupted: "There comes my cue. How are They tonight?" "Rather cold," said Eldon; "It's so hot." "The swine!" said Mrs. Vining. Then she shook out her skirts, straightened up and swept through the door like a dowager swan. One of the box lights began to sputter, and Batterson dashed round from the other wing to curse the man In charge. He ran Into Daphne, glared, and spoke harshly: "You needn't wait uuy longer." Daphne swallowed her pride and slunk out. CHAPTER XI. She woke early next morning. It was just six o'clock. She remembered that her father would be arriving in two hours. She decided that it would be a pleasant duty to surprise the poor, old, neglected codger by meeting hlra. At the Grand Central station Daphne found that she was nearly an hour too early for the train. It amused her to take her breakfast at the lunch counter, to clamber on the high stool and eat the dishes of haste?a cup of coffee and a ham sandwich. It was pleasant to wander about alone In this atmosphere of speed, the suburban trains, like feed pipes, spouting streams of workers, the out-bound trains drawing their passengers to faroff destinies as If by suction. At length it was time for the train. Daphne went to the rope barrier opposite the door of entry and waited In ambush for her father. At length she made out a rather shabby man carrying his own luggage. It was her father. He looked older and seedier than she remembered. He did not expect to be met. He was looking idly at the new station. He had not been to New York since it had been thrown open. She ran to him. He dropped his old suitcase on the toes of the man following niiir imwi i nun in i i milium I riff* fervor. He devoured her with his eyes and kissed her again and told her that she was prettier than ever. All about them there were little groups embracing and kissing. There was a wonderful business In reunions. When her father said, "I haven't had my breakfast; have you?" she lied affectionately, "No." "Let's have some breakfast together." "Fine," said Daphne. "We'll go to the Biltmore." "Kind of expensive, Isn't It?" he asked anxiously. "It's my treat," she said. This amused him enormously. "So you're going to treat, eh?" "Yep," she said. "Where did you get all the money?" "I'm a working lady now." He laughed again and shook his head over her. "What did you mean by saying you were a working lady?" said Wesley when they were seated at the table and breakfast was ordered. "Your mother wrote me something about having a little disagreement with you. She seemed to be right worried, so I thought I'd better run on to see if I couldn't sort of smooth things over. I'm glad you came to meet me. We can talk without interruption for once. Tell me all about It." She told him the whole story of her decision to Join the great social revolution that Is freeing women from the slavery of enslaving the men. Her peroration was her new watchwurd: "I don't want to take any more money from you." "Why, honey," he protested, "I love to give it to you. I only wish I had ten times as much. I couldn't dream of letting you work. You're too plrty. What's that young Wlmburn cub mean by letting you work?" "Oh, he's bitterly opposed to It, so I gave liira his ring." At last Daphne gets the chance that she has hoped for and at the same time has dreaded?the chance to gain a place that will give her the independence she seeks. What Daphne did with the great chance when it came is told in the next installment. (TO BK CONTINUED ? Real "Handy Man." A Tasmunlun Jack of all trade* claims that ho is a hairdresser, tobac* conist, cycle repairer, electrical certifloated engineer, certificated marine en gineer for the Derwent, organist and choirmaster, stencil cutter, fretworker, billiard hall keeper, proprietor circulating library, uud is manager of th? local town hall. States army. Is now putting In some very hard strokes in the way of commissary preparedness, so that If an army travels ou Its stomach, as it does, according to tradition, the United States forces will be able to go very far indeed. Cuptalu I'egrum has been detailed by the war department to represent the commissary department at the camps of the eastern and northeastern departments. He has been in New York for some time co-operating with the hotel nnd restaurant men who are enllstlug cooks for the new army. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SIIWSOIOOL Lesson IBv REV. P. B. KITZWATER. D. D. Teacher of English Bible In the Moodi Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copvrleht. 101U. by Western NeWH|?*|M?r I'nion. LESSON FOR MARCH 16 THE CITIES OF REFUGE. I LESSON TEXT?Joshua 20. GOLDEN TEXT?Blessed are th? mer clful: for they shall obtain mercy.?Mat | thew 5:7. | ADDITIONAL MATERIAL? Numoer | 35: Deuteronomy 19. PRIMARY TOPIC*?Protecting the un I fortunate. INTERMEDIATE TOPIC - Treat men of unintentional offenders. SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Our re sponalbillty toward offenders I. The Need of the Cities of Refufl' (2d :1 -.')). Justice everywhere cried "An ey for nn eye." "A tooth for a tooth, "Blood for Mood," ami the avenger o blond was charged with the duty o satisfying this rrv. While justice should not he allowed to miscarry i is most important thai there he mere shown. Sometimes Just men forget t he merciful. In order that the Innr cent he protected and mercy shown t the unfortunate and yet Justice h done the cities of refuge were nuthoi Ized. It was not a scheme b which tlie criminal wns screened fror justice, but a provision whereby th Innocent wns protected. II. Regulations Touching the Citie of Refuge (20:4-0). 1. The right of entrance not to h denied (v. 4). It was obligatory upo the rulers of the city to admit ii|>on d? maud the one who fl?d hither, pendin a trial which would disclose the fa< as to whether tlie crime had been li tentlonal or not. 2. The security ?<f the one who er tered the city (v. The rulers of th city did not dare to deliver the ma slayer to the avenger of blood for put ishtnent until a fair trial had bee given: neither could tie avenger eros over t!ie threshold of the city to tone a hair of the one who bad taken refug lo it. H. The right of fair trial (v. (I). Till provision of mercy r^nde it so ttin the refugee could be safe while can ful investigation was made as t whether he hat! killed "unwittingly or by wicked purpose. If it should b proved that the man was guilty ti murder lie was delivered over by tli authorities to the avenger of blood tha justice might he done. 4. The Innocent sla;;er must remai In the city (v. ti). liven though th trial should exonerate him from Inter tional killing, yet he must remain I the city In order to he saved. So gravis the act of taking u human life tlia Hiu Inlinei ni mil nlillgl II I be separated from his home an friends at least until the death of th high priest. This deprivation enforce the obligation to slrfeld life. III. The Appointment of the Citie of Refuge (20:7-9). 1. On the west side of Jordan (v. 7 (1) Kedesh in Nnphtrtll on the north (2) ^ihechem In Mt. Ephraim In th center; (3) Hebron in the south. 2. On the east side of Jordan (v. 8 (1) Golan In Bashau on the north I (2) Ramoth-Gllead In Gad In the cei I ter; (.3) Be/.er In Reuben in the soutl [ In this distribution there was a plat ' of safety accessible to all. These cit!< 1 were not only in reach, but good road : well marked, led to theut so that tl i refugee might reach a place of safe! \ before being overtaken (Dour. 19). I This beautifully illustrates the re ! uge which the sinner has In Chrlsi (1) It's necessity. Since by accldei or wicked purpose men did kill. In o der to be saved from the avenger the! cities of necessity were appointed. A have sinned and are exposed to tl wrath of God, therefore if any I saved a piuce of safety must be pr viitpii in Christ. (2) This provlslf wus by divine appointment. "Of hi are ye In Christ Jesus" (1 Cor. 1 :MG (.1) The cities were accessible to u They were so distributed th wherever the unfortunate clrcui j stance should occur the slayer con I flee to the city before being overtake j Christ Is not far off. The III hie sho\ : what great effort Cod makes to sa' | men. (4) The one who fled to the cl j was secure. The avenger did not da i cross over the threshold of the clt j Every one who Is In Christ Is secut I No one can lay anything to" the char; i of Cod's elect. (.") The fndivldu | must flee to the city. The manslay would he exposed to danger if he r itialned at home or outside of the clt The sinner, if' he would he saved, mu come to Christ. There is no place safety for those who remain awn The safety in Christ is even more vlr i than that In these cities. To him t j guilty can flee with the assurance j safety. A Prayer. O Lord, we pray thee that th would'st come to us, and help us the concent ration of our rlioiig! i upon thee, and the submission of i ! our desires to thee, to draw near ; thee. And may we find that t ; world's grip upon us lessens, and th our spirits are made buoyant and al i to rise towards thee by the help i the services in thy bote*' and the < ! vol Ions in our .'tomes, mrougn ,ie? ] Christ our Lord. Amen. Sin. I have no p.dletfre with the fooll j talk which would Mike sin nothing li I Imperfection and would preach tli J man needs nothing hut to have 1 deficiencies supplied, to have his r five goodness educated and hroup out. In order t<? he all that God wot have him he.?Phillips Itronk*. Blessed Peace. There is a blessed peace in lot lug for nothing "out our dally task, a ??nr portion of Christ's cross, betwe this day and the appointed time wh we shall fall asleep in htm.?Iilsh Wilberforee. The Only Riches. The only riches one possesses I whut one gives.?Martlalls. " PECULIAR ERROR ' IN PENSION BILL . D. W. M'LAUHIN OF COLUMBIA 18 1 CHAIRMAN AT SALARY OF ) * $2,000 PE RANNUM. COOPER CABLES TO HOOVER The Cotton Seed Industry From Fa^ H men Up, is Seriously Embarrassed Through Failure to 8ell Oil. 1 Columbia.?Governor Cooper signed - '.ne wnarion-Moore-Aiexanner om ro create a State pension commission, e Son after the governor had affixed hui signature to the act. members of the commission, one from each congreef sional district, named in the act. met f and eelcted D. W. McLaurin of Columbia chairman. A. salary of $2,00* I annually will be paid. It was discovered in signing the hill " that it appropriates $500,000 for the Confedeate vetexans. In the general ? appropriation bill this amount was fixed at $400,000, which figure the authorities say must prevail. This is y an excess of $100,000 over last year. II The 1919 pensions of the same amount ' as heretofore will be paid as tisual by the comptroller general and the ex8 cess will be distributed by the commission. who will handle all the pen- f e sion claims next year, n 4 Governor Cooper also sent a cnble,, glam to Herbert Hoover. United ."j States food administrator now in . Paris directing American aid to Eu- / ropean countries, to inquire what i?r- t v rangement can be made to create a * p market for cotton oi' In Europe. For- , n rner Governor Manning is now on his j was t0 France and w'll discuss . M nature of ere extreme embarrassment !s of the cot* or. <eed situ, tic n in Aiuer ica with Mr Hojver. 'flit, cablegr*i.i ;p reads: y "Entire cotton ? ! iudustrv from s farmers up se'lousty enuarrassei by ? failure to s,V' 0*1. Can voit not Immedlatelv ar-ani^ sates for foreign o consumotion? Konner Governor Me. v " ning will discusc ?lel.iM? w'th you la e person, but action in dec1 now." Attractive to Convalencenta. it The possibilities of Camp Jachson as an arm/ recuperation rump are aln most 'imitless ir< the opinion of many ?' men who have given the matter con! sirter?j,*!-?|| ii The camp is modern in''every ree snect. and practically all of the bwlldit ings are permanent -111 structure Tt j *?1 ms in uwn iiiii agffifim?Tri il flee, incinerator for burning refuse, e laundry and various othei equipment d and is complete in every respect Dr. James A. Hayne. State health >s officer, in speaking of the camp as a recuperation center for soldiers said. ). "I am of the ooinion that the camp i; would lend itself admirably to such le u??. The drainage at the c?mp is excellent. Owing to the nature of the ). soil, a ereat deal of the n'n soaks at i; once into the ground. The csmo has u- ahout the same e'ovifion as tha(^ "f h. ts* tS-ite unerculnsis Sc.r tlar'um: tho . e cl'msfe is eonable. Convalescents ?s could he nprm'tted U: cnicy the onts. nf door* throuchout rract'csllv the ente t're year, and men suffering from shell y shock as weM as tubercular patients would benefit thereby." f- . t: Salvage Bids Too Low. >* it Washington.?Senator Smith held a( r- conference with officials of the war* <e department relative to the salvaging 4 dl of the camps at Greenville and Sparie tanhurg. * jp With reference to Camp Sevier, he o- ascertained that the three bids rcceir- > >n ed for salvaging were lower than the ^ m government was willing to accept. ?). Hence new bids witl he called for and \ II. if these also are not sufficient, it Is ut not known what disposition will then n- be made of the camo. Id With reference to Camn Wad.swortb. n. the department is now considering a proposition made by the Snartanhurg ? T'ntU a v** I namDer (Jl *. umuiran. ? v.... ty ion is rendered on this proposal, ft re will not be known what disposition >' will be made of the matter. i* Coal Cart Go Down. "I Laurens.?Seven evil oars of an exei" tra freight train on th? Charleston Ik >e" Western Carolina Railroad fell >' through a trestle at Rryson at the st 10!) mile post, four milps north of of Laurens. The engine and five ears '>' passed over whpn the sixth car was 11' derailed and tumbled over into the ',e small ravine carrying six other cars down, together with nine spans of the trestle. The caboose was left hanging on fhc other end of the trestle It # is believed that one or two ho' ops nu | were caught in the wreck. I?> | lf* ! B>g Cut in Acreaoe. d!I I Walterboro?Colleton farmers are to ! going ?o reduc? their cotton acreage he I in toio ever 1P1S 46 per cent, accordat j ing te t'-e -"regatP of several hnn>le | dred nb-dg. compiled by F. W. Plshof <?r. These pledges were received Je- from practically every section of the us county and show great interest in the cotton acreage reduction. The meeti > ;n ovorv section of the conutv IHfO i:? WV... were largely attended and e*>fb?i*fass'> tlrallv for the proposed re' 'Ut xhe 21 meetings were nearly all .. aid. Iyt a fpw of them having speakers, lis 1!l' To Ship Via Port of Charleston. >',f j Charleston.?An interesting dis'''' pati-h was received at Southeastern headquarters from General Ooethal's office, to the effect that the -war department planned to ship throngh )k" Charleston from Raleigh to the Han<^ waiian Islands. 17.000 000 feet of lum**u her. Details are lacking, hot it is en bel'eved that this large movement ?P will be handled at the new port terminals. and this would mean the actual use of the big government piers for active shipping purpose*, '8 thus fulfilling their mission. . -Mid