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|TheMj [Illustrated by IRWIN MYE1 * * * * ^ ', '- 1 L | | THE DAUNTED POOL. Syopsls. ?. Dr. John Mlchelson. ^ i Just beginning his career, becomes ' i resident physician and companion I of Homer Sidney at Hartley house. Mr. Sidney Is an American, a semi- 1 Invalid, old and rich and very desirous ta live. Mrs. Sidney Is a Spanish woman, dignified and retlcent. Jed, the butler, acts like a 1 privileged member of the family. 1 Hartley house Is a fine old isolated < country place, with a murder story. , A. "haiintoft nnnl M nn/1 mnnv urntoh. dogs, and an atmosphere of mystery. The "haunted pool" Is where . Richard Dobson, son of a fbrmer owner of Hartley house, had killed ' his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed begins operatiohs by locking the doctor In his room the very llrst night. Doctor John Axes his door so he can't be locked in. He meets I so be 1, daughter of the house, and falls In love at first sight. In the night he finds the butler drunk and: holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist. He interferes. Mrs. Sidney makes light of it. John buys a revolver. John overhears Jed telling Mrs. Sidney he will have his way. In reply she says she will not hesitate to kill him. Mrs. Sidney asks John to consent to the announcement of ills engagement to Isohel. The young people consent to the makobelleve engagement. Later they j find it is to head off Jed. who would marry lsobel. Jed tries to kill John, but the mntter Is i smoothed over. John, though "en- \ gaged' to lsobel, conceals his love. Mr. Sidney visits a nearby prison and has Dobson. the murderer, j pointed out. Queer stories of the 1 "haunted pool" are told. - ? , CHAPTER V?Continued. I 6 N j "And toll sad stories of the deaths < of kings," said Jed, drawing his chair i nearer to the lire and spreading out ( tils hands before it.. He was drinking ] more rationally now, sipping his wine instead of gulping it. He had arrived \ at his desired state and wished to i maintain it. I Mr. Sidney seemed to feel a com- j fortable glow as Jed drank. There i was no doubt that by suggestion he i obtained physical sensations of stirnu- ] Intion and joviality. "If we had a ghost," said Mr. Sidney, "it would walk on such a n.ght." i The wind made an extraordinary at- i tack upon the windows as he spofce i and sucked a soughing sound from the chimney. i "Tell the doctor the story of the i pool," Mr. Sidney said to Jed. "We i are in me coiuiorrnuie were wo 11 stnte. H,ef s have *ur legend. D% you want to add a shiver 'to your conteutment, doctor?" he naked. ? ' "I want to hear the story," I said. [ '.'So do I, once again," said-Mr. &fd- i ^Thls^^once belonged,, to'a fara^1 * lly named Dobson," aaldJed. ft vtas a very old family?for American families," said Mr. Sidney. "Came over In 1040," said Jed. "English Puritans from Hollnnd," said Mr. Sidney. "Go ahead, Jed. I sha'n't Interrupt." "After the capture of New Amsterdam from the Dutch by the English, the Dohsons came down from the north and bought this manor-house from the Dutch family that had It. Then the Dohsons lived here in a simple fashion.' "They renamed it Hartley house for their father, who was Hartley Dobson. That's its name now." "I don't want to break In itnnecessnrlly," I said, "but where do you get your information, Jed?" "It's all in records in the library," he answered, "and If I am going to tell the story I want a fair chance. . . . A lot of generations of Dobsons lived here. There was always a Dobson family In the house, and the property came down to the generation that inad(T this story. There were two boys in that familv H hnlf ci>ntnr? n rrn the sons of James and Henrietta Dobson. "Henrietta Dobson died when her son Richard was nine years old and tier other son Henry was seven years old. James Dobsori died two years later, and the boys were pnrentless. This family was an argument against fumilies." * "Tlint's one of the heterodox notions I have instilled in an innocent mind." said Mr. Sidney. "Jed, you must not repeat phrnses in your narratives. You finrrot things and try to pass them as observations." "You'll hnve him surly In a moment," I suggested, "and then where is the story?" "I never knew him surly," said Mr. Sidney, "and he could not be !n his genial wine." Jed showed the flicker of a malignant glance in my direction and went on with Ids story evenly and good-naturedly. "I don't pretend to hnve nil the details or to understand it," he said; "'but from what I lenrn, Richard Dobson, the elder brother, was strong and htMltol Wnnmr ni\Kon?* .......... ........ 1.UIIOOH, IIIU }l)llllgtr brother, was frail and sensitive. I guess they hated each other from the cradle. "Dick, when he was four and Henry ] wan two, found ways of tormenting his i youngvr brother. The best thing Henry ever had from Richard was contempt." "I have known families of that na- i ture," said Mr. Sidney. "Our conventions teach us to regard a family tie i ns a sacrament. In many cases it Is i only an odious obligation lending to tragedy." ' "Dick knew nil of Henry's weakness- | os," Jed continued. "Sometimes he i would torture him physically, by twist- i Ing his wrist or rollitig him over on ] the ground when young girls were ? around. Sometimes he would torture i him without laying hands on him. "Dick was a thick-headed brute, but i he bad a genius for cruelty. When < their parents died and the boys ap- t /' v ' * ' " J ... i i'4 '}'' -''V" ' ' '*V; irsteryof By CLIFFORD B . ""^1 prouched their majority, Henry whs almost an Imbecile for fear of Dick. "Dick wanted then to get his inheritance and go out lnt^ the world, but the estate wus left in trust until both boys were of age. Dick came of age and was obliged to walrtwo years for Henry." 1 was astonished by the succinct and philosophical brevity of this ignorant mnn's narrative. Mr. Sidney was at euse In his chair with bis eyes closed and a placid expression of pleasure on Ins face. Jed was active In gesticulation as he talked. That was the effect of the wine. The wind continued to pull at the chimney and scold in the corners. "Jed has read a great deal to me," said Mr. Sidney without opening his eyes. "I think he has become theatric." ?? ?~a _ A -A- ? I <? vii, sum leu, m snurieii h siory, when Dick, being twenty-one, found Hint he had to wit It two more years for Henry, he became more brutal thnn ever. In some way or other, the night of the murder the two brothers happened to meet In a tavern in a village not far front Hartley house. Henry ilid not want to go home with bis lirother, but they both got -drunk and they started to walk home together. "No one has been able to do much more thnn guess at what took place, but It wns known that Richard was a lirute and that Henry was scared of Itlin hut wns not a coward.- They must liuve had a violent quarrel. "There was a cottage near the pool. The only person In It at the time was n little girl, whose parents were not at home. She was awakened by cries ami swearing She said that she heard i?ne man say: 'They'll find you dead In the morning." Then she heard sounds nf a struggle and wns scared and hid her head under the bedclothes. "When her parents cnine home she lokl them what she hail heard, nnd they went out with a Inntern to the place from which the noise came. They found parts of Henry's clothing. The next day Richard was found, ten miles l\ way, still drunk. He confessed that he had killed his brother In a drunken rnge. "Afterwnrd he said that he hadn't, hut he admitted that there had been a quarrel. It wns a most celebrated trial. Richard was convicted, though the stnte could not nrortiwo nnv In. duhitable physical evidence of Henry's dentil. The contention over this evidence made the case noted. "RlcWhrd Dobson is in the penltentiury at Alwlck now. Henry's ghost is what is supposed to come back to the pool." The wind howled outside, and the fire burned cheerfully. As a romnntlttJWH810,7 lacked antiquity. A 'good ghost story would not hove any human element In It a prisoner In a nearby penitentiary. It wns too common a savor of the present. "But Stevenson would have liked the story," said Mr. Sidney. "It has so much hate in it. I'robahly it Is because I live here where this tale of hate has its scene that I enjoy 'The Muster of Ballantrae* so much." V. CHAPTER VL When I said good-night to Mr. Sidney and Jed I did not go to my room. A little alcoholic stimulant to one unaccustomed to it will break down routine. I went to the library to select a book and take It to my room. The Ore in the library was hnrning cheerfully. The wind had a clear sweep at the windows. To a slightly exhilarated perception the circumstances were al iurlhgly comiorrni?ie. I found n good (took, but lost the Inclination to go to my room. I sat down In n comfortable chair, having turned off all the ltghtR except that of the ?t the Edge of the Pool a Man Was Revealed In the Moonlight. reading Ininp. Tlie library was large, and when the reading lamp alone was lighted there were deep shadows and the room was largely In darkness. I read for a while and then fell asleep. I had no Intention of doing that, but drowsiness caine Irresistibly and I was gone before I could force myself to go to bed. It was ftvo o'clock wKen I awoke. The wind had died down. I felt restless and uneasy, not being accustomed to falling asleep In this fashion. The sensation of waking up and having perceptions struggle to establish not [>nly location but Identity was unpleasant. I started then for bet| hut stopped at the main door of ftie house an my way. I went to look to the fastenings and founa that Jed, whose i ? / ' . Hartley] S. RAYMOND ^ .V , - : <*, duty It was to close the house, had tor-' gotten to lock nudAmr the door. I It was this Incident of seeing the I chain hanging dosvn and of going to 1 the door that suggested a cure for my unpleasant restlessness nfter the nap 1 in the library. I opened the door and went outside for a walk. J The moon^ In Its last quarter was i rising In u cloud-tilled sky. 'There was I light one Instant and then dark. I ex- < k pected the dogs to join me, but none came. A chllll??lii?e nrr??u? within mo tn trn clown by the way towurd the haunted j pool. It wnfHhe moral taunt of a suggested cowardice. I thought of the place and of all 1 had been told of It; and the instinctive apprehension, per- | ceptlble as I stood on the steps to the entriyiee, provoked the challenge. , It seemed Imperative. It would have , been a moral retrent to go back Into , the house, as would have been sensible, lock the door and go to bed. That seemed like backing down in the face of an Inviting dunger. These challenges are inconsequential, but they , seem Important to character. I did not huve the real moral courage, which was to turn my back on the invitation and go Indoors. I went down the steps to prove to myself my confidence in myself?thereby disproving it. As I neared the pool, the moon went behind a cloud. I came to a clump of bushes. The moon came from behind its cover. There was a gentle Hood of returning light. I was in, or rather behind, a screen of trees and brush. The pool was fifty feet away. At the edge of the pool a man was revealed in the moonlight. He leaned on a stick.* The moon went behind another cloud, and the figure on the bank became indistinct. It almost disappeared. I stood si ill, with apprehensive shudders working up and down my spine. The phenomenon was outrageous nnd unbelievable. The moonlight flashed out ngaki for an Instant. I saw the j figure again but persuaded or tried to ! ' persuade myself that I did not see It, to say to myself that It was a bush twisted Into extravagant shape by my imagination. The moon went under a great dark cloud. I made a moral and physical retreat. I did not run. Thnt would have been an honest confession and expression of desire. I wns hypocritical nnd walked, but my moral defeat was complete. There was a man at the haunted pool. I had seem him and something had deterred me from speaking to him, finding out who he was orKvhy he was there. >., ... ..... ? * A really violent change came Into our lives. A suggestion that Mr. Sidney go to the South for the winter was acted upon, and within a month I wns ; separated from the place and people so important In my affections. Doctor Brownell had l>een called to Hart' ley house by Mr. Sidney's discouraging condition. Our invalid had overtaxed himself the evening he displayed such activity in his room, such unusual strength and agility. The following morning he was almost In collapse. I was alarmed and telephoned i Doctor Brownell, who came out at once. | "You will see his will pull him \ through," he sapl. "If It were not for that, I should be alarmed. He .s very low." /'I blame myself for permitting the . unusual exertion," I said. "My judgment was deluded, I think, by my happiness at seeing him so strong. I?e really seemed strong. It did not seem fictitious or unnatural." Doctor Brownell said that the phenomenon 'was not new In his expert ence with Mr. Sidney's case. "I have had It six years," he said, "and tills is the sixth time he has gone from unexplained and ijpnaturul strength to extreme and dangerous weakness/ And always fn the'fall? I nuini-w iiitc nnoui this time. Kach time I havxe seen his will nssert Itself and ' : strengthen him in ills exhaustion." 1 The day I culled Doctor Brownell 1 had been too concerned and alarmed to pay much attention to anyone but I j Mr. Sidney and did not observe until i .toward evening that Jed was malignantly unfriendly again in his attitude I toward me. Finally he made It appnr, ent by a bit of vicious Insolence. 1 I had determined never again to take j hold of that nettle gingerly but to I clutch It. ' "What do you mean by that?" I iasked. "There is a plague of officlousness about here, or has been since you came." he said. "You locked the front door last night some time, didn't you?" '"I found it open this morning, and after I had walked about the grounds for a while I came In and threw fhe bolt," I told hlui. lie seemed unplensnntly astonished ?Jolted and disturbed. "You were abroad last night!" he exclaimed. "You had locked me In, I know." I said, "?or thought you had. I found, my door bolted when 1 went back to my room. 1 wasn't In It when yon halted It," I added. "I was asleep In the library. When I awakened I went outside for a moment. The door .vns unfastened. I 'bolted it when 1 came In." Jed was more disturbed, and he showed It. "Where did you pro?" he as^ed. "I walked around," I said, "down by the river." Ills discomposure became acute. He looked sick. "Where were the dogs?" I asked.- "1 didn't see any." He tried to smile. "They .were with me," he said. "1 : was out, and you locked me out. That's j % 1 (" ' ">' . 1 ;1 ' I' rifht by Gmorgm H. Doraa Ca A ' C<: 000006*0000000**0** * *0 000^| JW why I have been so Indignant. I came hack and found I had tp break into the house. I was In a hurry. You wouldn't, have liked It yourself." AI don't like It myself. I don't like 1 being locked In ray room. HI not have it. I. thought I nad given you to understand that it would not he tolerated. I do not want to annoy the family by complaints, but I will not endure that." "Well, you can see the occasion for I It. You were loose last night, and i your conscientious offlclousness made i trouble. I knew your type, the moment [ set eyes on you. I said here's a trouble-making person with a duty. You show It. Of course, you had to holt that door. You could not assume thnt It was open for a purpose. No thought of'unybody that might be outside! I knew you. That's why we're safe only when you are locked In your room." - "Well, I'll not have It," I Insisted, "and you can understand that. It Is , flat. Why <lo you have to run around the grounds at night?" "Do you have to be judge of my habits? If you do, it niny satisfy you to know that I frequently have many "Do You Have to Be Judge of My Habits?" duties to perform, for Mr. Sidney In T ?- ??-l- .1-1-1- ,i 11IC M. IICl|Ut?Ull^ UriUK IUU IUUC'11 wine. I frequently walk around the grounds to clear my head and be able to do what is neetMh by Mr. Sidney." My .a. conclusion. "Were yon at the pool last night?" I asked. "Yes," he said. He was very ugly. "You seem to be a Paul Pry," he said. "You ought to be manacled." . I was not interested In Jed. I was thinking of my figure at the pool. As | embodied In Jed It did not fascinate | me. "It might have been in Montevideo." (TO BE CONTINUED.) ALL BOW TO-SUPERSTITION At Least, Few of the Fair Sex Have Not a Firm Belief in Marriage Charms. In the great Cave of the Winds, In Colorado, a plnce visited each year by scores of tourists, In one cornet the visitor Is always impressed by a curious thing that looks like a mat tress and that turns out, on closer acquaintance, to be an immense pile of hairpins, combs, barettes and balkornaments. It seems that there Is a superstition afoot that every widow and unmarried woman who leaves a hairpin or hair ornament there will be married within the year and, though most of the women who visit the cave laugh at the story and look very incredulous, not a few surreptitiously shake out an invisible or two before leaving, "Just for luck." Nor is tills the only mute testimony to the ever-feminine credulity and belief in marriage charms. At Ilatnona's Wedding Place. also out West, is a well. the botton^ of which gleams bright with countless pennies and other coins, left there by passing visitors who were told that tossing n coin down the well would bring them each a husband within a year. So the pennies accumulated, and already there Is a small fortune lying at the bottom of Ilatuonn's well. * Nor Is tills superstition of travelers the only evidence In the case. One has only to see the young girls (and some of the old), waiting to catch tlie bride's bouquet at a 'wedding In order to be the next bride, to know tlint they are all rendy to test >ut any husband-getting charm. And one may look In vain for the single girl brave enough to take the "last piece" of coke or candy on the plnte and thus run the risk of becoming an "old maid.".?Philadelphia Record. It It Time. "Hatpins to match the color of the eyes are to be very fashionable thin year," according to a trade journal. This should be good news to those street car travelers who object to having green hntplns stuck In their blue eyes.?Punch London. Nearly All Water. Mushrooms generally consist of 00 per cent water, hut the renialnliV 10 per cent Is more nutritious that} LtVtd. / k COLBY NOTIFIES 1 SECRETARY DOVE NOTICE OF RATIFICATION OF 8UFPRAGE AMENDMENT HAS Q?EN RECEIVED HERE r DOVE GETS ANOTHER NOTICE Certificate of Nomination of Candidates Harding and Coolege is Filed with Secretary of State Columbia. W. Banks Dove, secretary of state, has received from Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state of the United States certification of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which amendment bestows upon women the right to vote. After reciting the names of the states whose legislatures have ratified the amen<|ftent, the communlcaf inn flfiv ft thnt t hnao ctotoa pnnatltnto three-fourths of the states in the United States. The certificates concludes: "Be It known that I; Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state of the United States, by virtue and in pursuance of section 205 of the revised statutes of the United States, do hereby certify that the amendment aforesaid has become valid to all intents and purposes as a part of tte constitution "of the United States." W. Banks Dove, secretary of state, has received a letter from Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican national convention, which contains certification of the nomination of candidates of the Republican party for president and vice president by the Republican national convention. "This certificate" says the letter, "is sent you to comply with the law requiring such certificates to be filed." The certificates are signed by Henry Cabot Lodge and Lafayette B. Gleason, They Rest in Arlington Washington. (Special).?One officer and 4G enlisted men who died overseas were buried "with full military honors in Arlington national cemetery. The dead included: Privates Robert Brown, McCall, 8. C., Robert E. Parnell. Lamar, S. C., and Ossie Gray, Pendleton. S. C. State Buys Cement Cheaper State highway officials have made an-arrangement with the Powell Fuel company whereby this company is to furnish cement to the highway department at 75 cents a barrell less than the present market price. The cement from the Powell company is to be used by the state highway commission and any counties that have road or bridge projects under way. Female Notaries Appointed A" number of commissions as notaries public have been issued to women at the order o Governor Cooper within the past few days. Among them are Eunice Owens Williams. Allendale; Mrs. Harriett T. Donelan, Columbia; Mrs. Lucyle S. Dargan. Greenville; Mrs. Louise Long McEachern, Union; Lena M. Llnoberger. Camden; Anna McCants Beaty, Greenville; Julia David Charles, Greenville. For Scientific Marketing The first steps to bring about an organization for the scientific marketing of the farmer.s cotton graders antl buyers at the Jefferson hotel. W. W. Long, director of extension service at Clemson college, presided and In a few plain words stated the object of the meeting and made a preliminary talk to the newly appointed graders. Peoples Makes Announcement Thomas H. Peebles, former attorney general, expects to be a candidate for governor in the Democratic primary in 1922. Mr. Peebles is practicing law In Columbia, having opened his office since his honorable discharge from military service. He is a native of Barnwell and is well know throughout the state, having numbers of friends, who will doubtless give him energetic support in his candidacy. Fine Report from Furman "Furman university has brighter prospects for the coming year Jthan at any other time in its history," said Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, president rf that institution. Dr. McGlothlin fs in Columbia attending the conference of secretaries and paid workers of the -state Y. M. C. A.. which is being held at the Presbyterian seminary. Dr. McGlothlin savs that the indications are that there will bo the largest attendance yet recorded, the enrollment probably reaching 350 s$udents* Maintenance Agreements Signed. Maintenance agreements are being signed up betweer. county officials and the state highway department Just as fast us details can be worked out. Several such agreements have been entered into lately. In Georgetown no roadS were ready for maintenance, but the commission turned back to the county $2,865.04 from the 80 per cent motor vehicle license, which, began agreement ol county and department, is to be used In constructing part of the road from Georgetown to Andrews. Orphans Filling SHoa Boys at the Epworth orphanage are nusy as nees nuing up me sun. rne lev. T. C. O'Dell, superintendent ot the orphanage, sayo that they will have about 75 tons of silage and thai the corn and other crops are good. Contracts for the new Dantzlei building will be let within a shorl time and work begun Immediately or 1t, the Rev. Mr. O'Dell says. The boys In the printing office are getting out a quantity of literature tc send out in regard to the orphanag' work day, which comes October 9. Governor Honor* Requisition Despite a strong and appealing ef fort to dissuade him from his course, requisition from Governor Blckett, of North Carolina for the return to Anson county, North Carolina, of W. D. Mayfleld, a prominent planter of Bamberg county, and James Breeden and Henry B. Sandifer, other farmers of Bamberg, was honored by Governor 'Cooper and the papers sent So Governor Blckett: for service. ' The three men are alleged to have forcibly kidnaped two negroes, James Jones and Eugene Stromas, from their homes In Anson county on the night of July 22, and to have taken them handcuffed into South Caraolina. In granting the requisition Governor Cooper tcave out the following statement: ' "I have given this matter very careful consideration and,have delayed action longer probably than I should. A great many people of this state have urgod me to refuse the requisition for various reasons. I am a public official, obligated to execute the law. I cannot adopt a course which is contrary to the clear mandates of the law. The law in this case is clear and my duty therefore, equally clear. I cannot be* lieve that the consequences whicit to some citizens of this state seem clear will follow in this case, but whatever the consequences may be I could not iwfvse to honor the requisition, viewing the case as I do." Women Teachers May Vote The question -of teachers voting seems to be the subject of much dis, cussion. Mrs. Fred S. Munsell, president of the State National League of Womeii Voters, says that she has looked up the matter and would like to give the information to the teachers of the state that if they have lived in this state for six months and can comply with the other rules and regulations they are entiled to vote in anv county that they happen to be in at the time of voting. Of Interest to C? 6. Vs. The monthly meeting of Camp Hampton. U. C. V. No. 389 was held in the president's office of the Carolina National bank. Lieut. Commander D. W. McLaurin presided. Meeting was opened with prayer by Commander W. A. Clark. The minutes ol the last meeting were read and confirmed. Comrade Cardwell informed the camp that the railroad ticket to the general reunion in Houston, Texas, would be $23.63 for the round trip, pullman, lower berth $25.96; upper berth, $20.24 extra. He said that a Pullman sleeper would leave Columbia October 4 at 7. a. m. and advised that reservations be made as soon as possible. The reunion will be held uciober 6. 7 and 8. State to Take Over Roade Several additional agreoments have been reached between state highway officials and county authorties in reference to taking over roads in the state system for maintenance. The commission announced that agreements had been reached in several counties for the taking over of roadB for strte maintenance. In Greenwood 25.2 miles have been taken over, the larger portion of this mileage being from Greenwood to Ware Shoals and the other wtretch of seven miles from Ninety-Si* to Greenwood. Eight mile? have been taken over i in Aiken county. Decision in W. O. W. Case Woodmen of the World in South Carolina and all parts of America arc interested in a recent decision of the the sovereign camp was sustained ana commended in the insurance rate case. Members of the order opposed the new rates and the federal eq^rt dismissed the complaint. In a brief summary the court says: "The members of this society, being both insurer and insured, own the duty to the crpani/ation to make it actuiriitti'./ sciid to the evl that all its present and future obligations snau De promptly met. me rignt to jdo this can not be questioned unless the plan contemplates operating the society for profit or discriminates against some of its members or both. Fugures riven out by the Woodmen insurance department show that the organization paid out $10,000,000 during the epidemic of influenza and $3.000.000 in war losses. The order has a membership of over 900,000. Clemson is Planning Tour The extension department of Clem<son college is planning a tour of the etate to give Instruction to the farmers on sweet potato housing to take place between September 18 and October "4. For this purpose the railroads are furnishing a demonstration ,car which will be equipped with a model sweet potato house, various types of crates, posters, bulletins charts and lantern slides, which will stop at various railway stations. The tour will begin at Columbia and end at Rock Hill. Keep Health Certificates Teachers In the public schools of South Carolina who have been phystcally examined and found to be free of contagious diseases should keep the certificates which the examining physician signs. Dr. James A. Haynes. stato health officer, says. It will be remembered that the last legislature 'passed an act which inquires that teachers in the. public schools be examined to ascertain whether or not they have open or active infectious stages of tuberculosis or any other contagious disease. Visit of Home Demonstrator Miss Christine N. South, state home demonstration agent, was in Columbia with Mrs. N M. Davis, state home demonstration agent from Virginia, who is spending a week in South Carolina. She is studying methods of organization and other phases of the homo t demonstration work being carried on 1 in South Carolina. Mrs. Davis is not a stranger in * '.South Carolina, having held the posi> tion of private secretary to Dr. D. B. > Johnson, president of Winthrop collage some years aao. \ IMPROVED \ l ROADS ; t 4 NOVEL ROAD-MAKING DEVICE Southerner Hae Patented an Unuaual Drag. Which la Said to Bo Quite Effective. For removing inequalities from dirt highways, a southern inventor has devised and* patented an unusual mad drag, which Is declared to be very effective. The forward part of the eootrivance includes three transversa beams, fastened-together with two lateral timbers. In the first two crosspieces are set spikes, the points of which protrude from the wood, while the front side of the third beam is faced with metal. The rear portion The Sp?Ked Forward Part of the Draa Loosens the Road Soil, and the Following Rear Portion Packs It to a 8mooth Surface, Thus Finishing the Surface in One Operation. of the device, which la attached to the front section with chains, consist* of two side timbers, n&iled to four heavy planks, with their forward edges turned upward and lapped. When the appliance Is pulled over a road, the earth is loosened l?y the spikes, then smoothed and packed by the remainder of the machine, thus finishing the surface in one operation. ?Popular Mechanics Magazine. NUMBER ALL ENGLISH ROADS Properly Organized and Uniform Sy?> tem of Sign Posting to Be Used in Great Britain. The national road scheme will be ready by the autumn. ? The scheme consists of the classification of all main and secondary roads in Great Britain, together with a properly organized and uniform system of.sign posting. Roads will bear distinctive numbers, so that the traveler need only ascertain the official number of the road, say, from Norwich to Birmingham, to be able to travel from one town to the other without a map. The experiments conducted under Instructions of the ministry of transport to determine the most suitable material for a uniform road dressing, havo been successful, and a standard surface. has been practically selected. For the Tpresent this surface will be ap- - ^ plied only to the arterial, and not ts , the se^ndary, roads. By January 1 the new national roatf scheme will be In readiness to be pnt Into Immediate operation.?Daily Mail London. LARGER CAPACITY OF ROADS Must Be Doubled to Meet Augmenting Requirements of Transportation _ Next Year. We are confronted with the problem of increasing the capacity of our highways. This must be doubled to meet the augmenting requirements of the nest year or two. Engineers are wondering along what line this Increase shall he provided. One suggestion is to double the width of the roads and increase first cost and maintenance 100 per cent. The most reasonable one is to provide a road of sufficient strength to carry vehicles of 100 per cent greater capacity for a given width of road, as the first cost of these strengthened roads would be only 10 to 20 per cent greater per mile than that of present inadequate highways, says u writer In an exchange. In view of the fact that 60 per cent increase in hauling capacity gives a reduction of 16 per cent In transportation costs, the latter seems the wisest thing to do. ATTENTION TO EARTH ROADS Clean Out Ditches and True Up Crown by Use of Light Grader?Four Horses Needed. The majority of earth roads have been previously grnded and It Is necessary to clean out the ditches and true up the crown of the roaid by the use of the light grader two or three times a season. This work requires four horses. Haul With Less Cost. Not only can a greater quantity of products be hauled to market with less horse power on better highways, but there also will he a greater suving of wenr and tear on the vehicles which carry the goods# Encourage Producers. The national system of transportation and distribution is so essentia! that every possible facility must be provided to encourage producers of farm communities and merchandise to increase production. Best Eggs for Market. If possible only nonfertiie eggs should he produced for market; fertile eggs deteriorate rapidly and ara thn nonoo n# mttnK 1 i uv vuu oc */i uiuv.il i uajv, ?? ,, * Care for Egg*. Kjtks should he cared for carefnliy. Provide plenty of nests and keep them filled with clean nesting material. Destroy All Weeds. Kill off the weeds. Late rains har* I made them grow rapidly.