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THE FIGHT. Synopsis.?With his grandfather, small Ramsey Mllholland Is watching the "Decxjratlon Day Parade" In the home town. The old gentleman, a veteran of the Civil war, endeavtrs to Impress the youngster with the significance of the great conflict, and many years afterward the boy was to remember his words with startling vividness. j In the schoolroom, a few years afterward. Ramsey is not distinguished for remarkable ability, though his pronounced dislikes are arithmetic. "Recitations" and German. In sharp contrast to Ram- | sey's back wariness Is the precocity of little Dora Yoeum, a young lady whom In his bitterness he denominates "Teacher's Pet." O =0 CHAPTER III.?Continued. Here was a serious affront, nt least fo Ramsey Milholland's way of thinking; for Ramsey, also now proved sensitive. He quieted his friends? "Shut up!"?and advanced toward Wesley. "You look here! Who you 1 callln' 'pups'?" "Everybody!" Wesley hotly re- ' fumed. "Everybody that goes around , mentionitig ladles' names on the pub- , lie streets are pups!" "They are. are they?" Ramsey as hotly demanded. "Well, you just look j here a minute: mv own father men-i tions my mother's name on the public streets whenever he wants to, anil y i Just try atllin' my father a pup, and you won't know what happened to you!" "What'll you do about ItT* "I'll put a new head on ycfc," said Ramsey, "That's what I'll do, because anybody that culls my father or mother a pui>?" "Oh, shut up! I wasn't talkin' about your ole futher and mother. I said everybody that mentioned Dora Yocuin'g name on the public streets was a pup. and I mean It! Everybody that mentions Dora Yocutn's name on the pul>?" "Dora Yocum!" said Ramsey. "I got ? perfect right to say it anywhere I want to. Dora Yocum, Dora Yocum. Dora Yocum !?" "All right then, you're a pup!" Ramsey charged upon him and received a suffocating blow full in the face, not from Mr. Bender's fist hut from the solid bundle of books at the end of the strap. Ramsey saw eight or ten objectives Instantly: there were Wesley Benders standing full length In j U'iuIOI. ! I li?* <111 uu I?'|I wi vuiri ?' * o?v,i A?* i dors, and more Wesley Benders zigzagged tint sidewise from still other Wesley Benders; nevertheless, he found one of these and it proved to he flesh. He engaged it wildly at fistintfTs: pounded ii upon the countenance and drove il away. Then he sat down upon the curbstone and. with Ids dizzy eyes shut, leaned forward for the better accommodation of ids ensanguined nose. Wesley laid retreated to the other side of the street, holding a grimy handkerchief to the midmost parts of his pallid face. "There, you ole d?n pup!" he shouted, in a voice which threatened a sob. "I guess that'll teach you to be careful how you mention Dora Yocunfs name on the public streets!" At this. Bamsey made a motion as ii to rise nod pursue, \\Hereupon Lesley fled, walling hark over his shoulder as lie ran, "You wait till I ketch you out alone on to* public streets at ! 111?" His voice was lost in an outburst of hooting from his former friends, who sympathetically surrounded the wounded Ramsey. Rut in a uiehsure. at least, the chivalrous fugitive had won his point. He was routed and outdone, yet what survived the day was a tumor, which became a sort of tenuous legend among those interested. There had been a fight over Dora Yocum. it appeared, and Ramsey Milliolland hyd attempted to maintain something derogatory to the lady, while Wesley defended her as a knightly youth should. The hoys, unmindful of proper gallantry. supported Ramsey on account \ of the \ui\ lie had persisted in lickin' ihe stuttiif out of Wesley Render after receiving that preliminary wallop from Wesl '"s blackjack bundle of hooks. The girl* pelted and championed Wesley; they talked outrageously of ids conqueror; fiercely declaring that he ought to he urtcMed: and for weeiis they maintained a new manner toward Mm. Thev kenl their facial exnres sloiis hostile. Inn iVrhaps this was more for one an<>> !n?r's benefit than for Uamsey's; iiimI several of/them wmit so far out of tln ii way to find even private opportuin for reproving him that ail alert might * have Stispeeled theill to ha'e Iteell less indignant than they seem hut not Itainsey. !I*? thought they all hated him. and *uhl he was glad < : I>oru was a non-partisan. Tin- little prig was so diligent at her books she gave never the slightest sign ot ?miiptvheiiding that there had Imvii a tight i i.out her. Having no real eogni/aiue of .Messrs. Itender and Milhollaml ex ept as impediments to the advanee of learning, she did n< i even look demure. CHAPTER IV. Willi Wesley Hender. Ktuusey win ? :i?:iin Upon l'si11- terms before I In- wilii r hail run il^ course; tin- two were neighbors iirnl. moreover, won* drawn together l?y a community of interests w lilch made their rooniiciliation u ue4 ?ly sjj?j IcMxKi^gton Illustrations by / , <? .nght.by DoublecLay, Page & Company. ceBslty. Ramsey played the guitar ntul Wesley played the mandolin. All ill feeling between them died with the first duet of spring, yet the tinkling they made had no charm to soothe the savage breast of Ramsey whenever the Teacher's I'et came into litu thmii'hts Hp diiv-dreamed a thou sand ways or putting her la her place, but was unable to carry out any of them, and had but a cobwebby satisfaction in Imagining discomfitures for her which remained Imaginary. "Just once!" he said to Fred Mitchell. "That's all I ask, just once. Just gimme one chance to show that girl what she really is. I guess if I ever get the chance she'll find out what's the matter with her, for once in her life, anyway." Thus It came to be talked about and understood and expected in Ramsey's circle, all male, that Dora Yocutn's day was coming. "You'll see!" said Ramsey. "The time'll come when that ole girl'll wish she'd moved out o' this town before she ever got appointed monitor of our class! Just you wait!" They waited, but conditions appeared' to remain unfavorable Indefinitely. Perhaps the great opportunity might have arrived if Ramsey had been able to achieve a startling importance in any of the "various divergent yet parallel lines of school endeavor"?one of the phrases by means of which teachers and principal clogged the minds of their unarmed auditors. I.ut though he was far from being the dumb driven beast of misfortune that lie seemed in the schoolroom, and, In fact, lived a double life, exhibiting in his out-of-school hours a remarkable example of "secondary personality"? a creature fearing nothing and capable of laughter; blue eyed, fairly robust, and anything but dumb?he was nevertheless without endowment or attainment great enough to get him distinction. He "tried for" the high-school eleven, and "tried for" the nine, but the experts were not long In eliminating him from either of these competitions, and lie had to content him "For Heaven's Sakes," Heinie Krusemeyer Demanded, "Can't You Shut , Up?" /'lianrl mr inctnnil nf rrottlncr ... cheered. He was by no mnnner of means athletic, or enough of anything else, to put Dora Yocum in her place, and so lie and the great opportunity were still waiting In May. at the end of the second year of high school, when the class, now the "10 A," reverted to an old fashion and decided to entertain Itself with a woodland pic-, nlc. They gathered upon the sandy hanks of a creek in the blue shade of big, patcliy-bnrked sycamores, with a dancing sky on top of everything and gold dust a twinkle over the water. Hither the napkin-covered baskets were brought front the wagons and assembled In the shade, where they appeared as an attractive Jlttle meadow of white naper.v, and gave both surprise and pleasure to com tit unities of ants and to other original settlers of the neighborhood. From this nucleus or headquarters of the picnic, various expeditions set forth tip and down the creek and through the woods that bordered it. Two envied boy fishermen established themselves upon a bank up-stream, witli hooks and lines thoughtfully brought with them, and poles which they fashioned from young saplings. They took mussels from the shallows. ;OLD LEGENDS C Really Poetical Beliefs Held by Primb tive People Concerning the Sun and Moon. There :?r?* many legends of the moon. I Almost every aneieiit people has its moon story, hilt that of the Kskimoi i* partiettlarly interesting and poetical. It tells how. long ago. before there were a sun and a moon in the heavens, a brother and sister lived alone in an igloo. One day the brother grievously ill-treated his beautiful sister, who became so enraged tlint, picking up a Hand tig brand, she chased hltu out J of the igloo and into the sky. And or halt, ami having gone to all this I trouble. (Inclined to share with friends I less energetic and provident tlie perquisites and pleasures secured to | themselves. Albert l'axton wtts one ' person j who proved his enterprise. Having vis- | ited the spot some days before, lie hud ! hired for his exclusive use throughout t'ne duration of the picnic an old row- j bout belonging to a shanty squatter; It was the only row boat within a mile or two and Albert had ills own uses for it. Albert \yas the class lover and, after first taking the three chaperon teachers "out for a row," an excursion concluded in about ten minutes, lie dis- 1 embarked them; Sadie Clews stepped I into the boat, a pocket camera In one hand, a tennis racket in the other; and the two spent the rest of the day, except for the luncheon Interval, solemnly drifting along the banks or grounded on a shoal. Now and then Albert would row a few strokes, and at almost any time when the populated shore glanced toward them, Sadie t would he seen photographing Albert, o or Albert would he seen photographlug Sadie, but the tennis racket re- f ntuined tin enigma. They were six- ^ teen, and had been "engaged" more than two years. r On tlie borders of the little meadow of baskets there had been deposited ^ two black shapes, which remained undisturbed throughout the day, a closed guitar case and a closed mandolin case, no doubt containing each its E proper instrument. So far as any use Q of these went they seemed to be of the t same leisure class to which Sadie's tennis racket belonged, for when one , of the teachers suggested music, the j, musicians proved shy. Wesley Bender said they hadn't learned to play anything much and, besides, he had a couple o' broken strings he didn't know as lie could tlx up; and Ramsey said lie guessed It seemed kind o' too hot to play much. Joining friends, they organized a contest in marksmanship, g the target being a floating can which ^ they assailed with pebbles; and after ^ that they "skipped" flat stones upon . the surface of the water, then went to Join a group gathered about Willis ' Barker and Heinie Krusemeyer. No flsh had been caught, a lack of , luck crossly attributed by the fishermen to the noise made by constant advice on the part of their attendant gallery. Messrs. Miihollnnd, Bender, and the other rock throwers came up shouting, and were ill received. "For heaven's sakes." Heinle Kruse- c mever demanded, "can't you shut up? c Here we just llrst got the girls to keep * their mouths shut a minute nnd I alfliost had a big pickerel or something , on*my hook, nnd here you got to up and yell so he chases himself away! f Why can't nobody show a little sense sometimes when they'd ought to? A flsh isn't goln', to bite when he can't even hear himself think! Anybody ought to know that much." But the new arrivals hooted. "Fish!" Ramsey vociferated. "I'll bet a hun; dred dollars there hasn't been even a tninny In this creek for the Inst sixty years!" "There is, too!" said Heinie, bitteri ly. "But I wouldn't be surprised there f wouldn't be no longer if you got to keep up this noise. If you'd shut up ' just a minute you could see yourself ( there's fish here." Ramsey leaned forth over the edge of the overhanging hank, a dirt precl- ' pice live feet above the water, and ' peered into the indeterminable depths below. The pool had been stirred, partly by the inexpert pokings of the 1 fishermen and partly by small clods : and bits of dirt dislodged from above , by the feet of the audience. The water. consequently, was hrn brownly I translucent and revealed ,Its secrets re- : ! luctar.tly: nevertheless certain dim lit- ' tie shapes had been observed to move within it, and were still there. Ramsey failed to see them at first. "Where's any ole fish?" he inquired, scornfully. "Look!" whispered the girl who stood nearest to Ramsey. She point- j i'd. "There's one. Right down there J by Willis* book. Don't you see him?" Ramsey was impressed enough to whisper. "Is there? I don't see him. I can't?" The girl enme closer to him and, flip better to show him, leaned out over the edge of the bank and, for safety In maintaining her balance, rested her left hand upon his shoulder while she pointed with her right. Thereupon something happened to Ramsey. This touch upon his shoulder was almost nothing, and he had never taken the slightest interest in Mllln Rust (to whom that small warm hand belonged), though she was the claSs beauty, and long established in the office. Now, nil at once, a peculiar and heretofore entirely unfamiliar sensation suddenly became important in the upper part of his chest. For a moment he held his breath, an involuntary action?he seemed t<? be standing in a shower of flowers. "Don't you see it, Ramsey?" Mllla whispered. "It's a great big one. Why. it must be as long as?as your shoe I Look!" Ramsey saw nothing but the thick round curl on Milln's shoulder. Thar curl was shot with dazzling fibers of sunshine, lie seemed to be tremlding. h . Il ' The old resentment rose? he'd 'show' that girl yet, some day." * r (TO BE CONTINUED.) lapaaDDDDal j )F THE ESKIMOS " .. r c ever since then she has heen chasing t him. She is the sun and lie the moon Since the first astrologer foretold t the future, and the first gypsy warned a of a "dark stranger." the full moon li at the Idrth of a female child lias heen a supposed to portend an unfortunate t career, t'pon those male children horn r at the .'nil of the moon a healthy, j c vigorous hod.v and longevity were lie- i stowed. Children of hotli sexes, horn a on the wane of the moon or on the t increase, would assuredly die young. ' o or if they did outlive expectations it d would he because they were guilty ? of some great crime. I o I i iWJMtfiSffi tFTER A HARD FIGHT SEN*" FINALLY PASSES INHERITANCE TAX LAW. AX PROBLEMS ARE DEBAII levenue Measure is Being Work Out Slowly, But is iJearly Complet ed?Many Amendments. t Columbia The senate passed the inneritar ax bill and sent it back to the hoi if representatives as attended in t enate, this being the first of the m evenue bills to get by the upi louse in two years. The vote cai .fter what may be termed a "w light,'' as opponents of the measi tarted off the night with an evidt letermination to prevent a vote. A fiilibuster was started and it lo< id as if it would be impossible to < ircome the opposition but the pro; lents of the measure wore down t pponents and the amendments beg o be adopted and the entire bill w ;iven final reading. The passage he measure ends a hard fight on I iart of a number of senators to sta iff the bill. Three important amendments w< .dopted by the senate. One was trike out the retroactive features is to make the law take effect wh ligned by the governor instead eaching back to 1921. With f imendment stricken out Sena ?hristensen said it tfowld be 1923 or anything was realized to any ent. Another amendment to inch lifts to colleges, schools and churcl md such institutions for the tax v nbled and gifts to these institutk ire exempt from the tax. Still another amendment w,as nake a gift or deed within two yei if a person's death taxable. This v iriginally ten years as proposed, I vas changed to two years. Anotl imendment ofTered by Senator H :ut the fees of probate judges in hi SeveAl other minor amendments w< idopted. Senator Moore's bill to amend I lighway law so as to allow Abbevi jounty to use the automobile licei und and the two mill tax money irdinary county purposes was rei ed to the judiciary committee uj notion of the senator from Abbevi Senator Miller's bill to require i renders of cotton, corn, tobacco >ther commodity to disclose the na )f the true owner thereof was pas: ind sent to the house as amended. 1 :ommittee on agriculture amended i neasure so as to make it read "ui equest'' and Senator Harrelson 'ered an amendment to exempt tob jo warehouses from the terms of I neasure. Both amendments were epted. Representative Bryson's bill imend the present law so as to juire the state flag to be displayed he "inside" instead of the "outsh )f schools and other state buildii vas advanced to a third reading wi Mit r>hif?rtinn Senator Miller's telephone nieasu t companion bill to the railroad cc nlsslon bill, was also advanced tt :hird reading with notices of gene imendments. This measure would i he telephone companies on the sa rnsis Jas they existed prior to i jrder of the railroad commission 1921. refusing to allow the compan o furnish interurba ntelepiione ? 8 .'ice without additional cost to a re ar subscriber. J. K. Hamblin s bill to require t< traph and telephone companies ;ransmit intrastate messages over l thortest routes was sent to third re ng without opposition as was 1 jene S. Blease's measure to prohi he exhibition of certain travel! ihows and carnivals in the state. 1 )ill would exclude all tented sho except circuses and carnivals showi it state and county fairs. The most extensive debate came he bill to require the agreement inly three-fourth of grand and pt urors in the trial of civil cases in I state, the bill being defeated by ote of 48 to 33. , Of special interest among the lai lumber of new bills introduced wei V bill, fathered by Representatli Jughes, Edgar A. Brown. Ellerbe a ^ukcingham, to abolish the presi lighway commission and create lighway department to be headed i highway commissioner and a me ire. of which Jesse S. Leopard is ) luthor to create a state bof if chiropractic cxamim-.rs. rne nr vay commission bill was referi o the ways and means committ chile the Leopard bill was sent to 1 :ommittee on medical affairs. The bill introduced last session i\ n. 7Jarris of Spartanburg to ine and prohibit the operation of pi lulls was committed to the ways a neans committee where amendmei vill be proposed to make it a rover iroducing measure, carrying a tax 100I rooms. Representative Claud X Sapp's 1 ? ljuuSmw to ii* o ,?r ? O coniorill HIV III (JIIIIULti'aa ?? *? O ui x tate with reference to dispensing oholic beverages for medlral p loses t<? thp laws of thp Unit states was tabled upon the motion he author. The three ways and means comtr pp revenup measured, the domes nd foreign corporation tax and t lydro-elpctric tax hills, which are si in the house calendar, upon the r ion of Representative Hushes of y ion. chairman of the ways and mea ommittee were set as special ord? mmediately after the third bills a re expected to come up for d??lK his time. The presence of a numT f other special orders on the cab lar. the pool room hill, the faithful i ;rn pension hill and others, may. he >ver. occasion some delay In rea< ng the reverse measure. .4 f The Kichland delegation bill, preventing public service corporations from denying service to a patron in case of dispute over charges demandSed and providing for the investigation of the true charges, was also among the number of measures agreed to on third read.ng without debate and sent to the senate. T-lis bill, which was thoroughly discussed in the house on - ecor.d rearing provides that in the \ event any dispute should arise between an individual consumer and any public service corporation or company over the amount of a bill for gas, water or electricity, the consumer may 1 If| appeal to the courts. The measure -U wouW also require the public service coiripany to continue its service unin- j terrupted to the consumer during the e investigation of the charge. The abolition of the present state highway commission and the substitu tion therefor of a highway commissioner with limited authority is tho lce purpose of a hill introduced in the lse house by Representatives E. T. Hughes he of Marlon, E. R. Ellerbe of Latta and 9W E. R. Buckingham of Ellenton. The )er bill was referred to the ways and ,n means committee on the motion of Mr. Hughes, chairman of the committee. ,re The measure Is expected to encoun;nt ter determined opposition once it roaches the floor of the house since jjj plaas are now being made to IntroQV. duce a bill to enlarge the present pQ. highway commission. he Considerable argument was also oc an casioned over the bill to require all ra8 persons, firms or corporations engaged ot in the business of canning, packing, ,he pickling, preserving, boxing or in any lVe way preparing any food for sale and shipment to stamp, brand and label ;re the package "South Carolina Product." t0 The bill, of which Representative B. P. Carey of Charleston is the author, ien would order the food inspector to regof ularly inspect these foodstuffs to guarIjjg antee the enforcement of the meastor urejje. The bill to require all railroads enex. tering the city of Columbia to ereci |(|e an "adequate" passenger station here les was recommitted to the committee on ,as railroads. The bill is fostered by the ms Richland delegation. The Barnwell delegation measure to to take the supervision of the expending ture of the moneys collected under (.as the two mill road levy from the hands )Ut of the state highway commission and ier to devolve this power upon the vaart rious county authorities, was fixed as alf a special order. ere The measure is one of the numerv ous bills aimed at the state highway the system carried over from last year and :n? it is expected to come up for debate IIIC 18e after the discussion of a general bill for to abolish the present state highway ;er. commission, which will soon be in)on troduced by Representatives Edgar A. He. Brown of 3arnwell and E. T. Hughes Marion. or The killing of the bill introduced me at the last sesion by Representative }e(j O'Rourke of Charleston, to repeal the "he act allowing appeals from the dethe cisions of city democratic executive )0n committees; the passage to third readof. ing of the Richland delegation bill to ac. prevent the use of milk bottles owned the and marked by one company or perac. son by any other person or company; the rejection of the measure to allow t0 members of the national guard comre. pensation of $3 per month after six on months' service and the introduction te1' of a bill to permit persons unavoidlgs ably out of the state on the day of ith- f?ny primary election to cast their ballot by mail were the features?if any j re features there were?of the otherwise )m" unproductive session. ) a Frequent requests from divers memraT bers for the passing over of various pU? hills, so delaying the ac*tion of the me house, incited some criticism during the the session. Speaker Atkinson of j in , Spartanburg pointing out to the mem jes bers that the house's only hope of ier. avoiding an extension of the session ?u. lay in the taking up and disposing of bills as they were reached on the calendar. Representatives R. B. Belser ? ? oi suinier ana j. w. uauiuwiu ui *? Winnsboro also voiced their opposi1 c tion of the evident program of procrastlnation. EJu* t* "The members of the house." Speak- i er Atkinson said, "should reflect that , it costs the state something to meet 0 here every day and should not delay ws the session by continually passing IDR over measures that might as well be disposed of when they are reached on , on the calendar." "The house/' Mr. Bel* ser thopght. "Is not making progress." while Mr. Hanahan in agreeing with Mr. Reiser also took various members a of the house to task for their too frequent absence from the sessions "&e After a long delay Mr. Wightman , re: moved to strike out the enacting 1 ,-es \vords and by a vote of If! to 16 the ! ,n(l bill was killed only to he revived ?nt again on motion of Senator Pearce a that the senate reconsider its vote , ^ and refer the measure to the juliciarv j &S" ,^e committee. This motion passed and j ir(j the bill was sent back to the judiciary j gh- committee. Many of the senators said ed the bill was along the right line, but j ee. too full of detail and cumbersome. | :he They'favored amendments, which are to be proposed. by de- Tbree New Charters. The Farmers Fertilizer company of j I Ciimtap tvna chai'torpfl hv thp SPOTC- i tary of state with a capital stock of , its $ift,000. Officers are H. J. Harhy. pres- ' iue ident and treasurer: H. W. Harhy vice- t on president. The Ross &. Daniel Insurance apen- ] >111 cy, incorporated, of Oaffnoy was char- j he tered with a capital stock of $.r? 000. | at- Officers are D. C. Ross, president: T. ur- n. Daniel, vice-president, ed A charter was issued to the Sum- i of ter Rrokerape company ?>f Sumter with a capital stock of jif?00 tic Crime Increase in State. ho Crime increased in South Carolina 1 till in 1921 40 per cent over 1920. accord- ; no- jnp to the annual crime statistics subla milled by Attorney General Wolf in ns his annual report. ?rs The total number of crimes for nd which indictments were broiieht by it" the 14 solicitors of the state in the ter circuit courts for 1921 was 2.719. The m- total number of indictments for 1920 Be- was 2.040. w- Of the total lumber of cases tripd "h- ' in circuit court last year. 2.604 do fendants were found puilty. YORK COMPLETES CITY HALL More Than Three Hundred Braved the Inclement Weather to Attend the Opening Exercises. York.?Justifiable pride in the handsome new structure, loyalty and devotion to the White Rose town and firm faith in its future were the dominating notes in the talks made at the formal opening exercises of York's completed city hall. More than 300 braved the inclement weather to attend the event, which was staged in the spacious auditorium on the second floor of the building. The assemblage was one thoroughly representative of the town and stirred by the occasion, the inspiring music and the Eloquence of the speakers, civic pride ran high. John R. Hart, town attorney, presiding over the exercises in the absence of Mayor E. A. Hall, who was sick, and the opening prayer was made by the Rev. J. L. Oates. The presentation of the building was then made by Mr. Hart and accepted in behalf of the citizens by Thomas F. McDow, both making appropriate talks, spiced with wit and humor. Short talks were made by Mrs. M. L. Carroll and W. B. Moore, J. O. Wardlaw, J. R. Lindsay and E. A. MontgomeiVA pleasing feature of the exercises was the musical program, solos being rendered by Miss Esther Ashe and Miss Elizabeth Wllborn and a violin solo by Miss Louise Oates. Miss Hare, - ? J? teacner 01 expression in uie ta; schools, captivated her audience with a recitation given with rare grace and skill. The new city hall is a two-story brick structure situated on a corner of East Liberty street, next to the Carolina & North Western station. It was erected at a cost, including furnishings, of approximately $22,000. On on the first floor Is a spacious lobby, municipal court room and offices for the mayor, treasurer and chief of police, as well as quarters for the fire department. On the second floor is an auditorium with a seating capacity of 500, with a stage and other equipment for the rendering of theatricals and other similar affairs. Narrow Escape For Autoists. Dillon.?B. T. Byers and Thad W. Hamer, two young business men, had a narrow escape from drowning at the Pee Dee ferry when their automobile in which they were returning home from Florence, ran backwards into Big Pee Dee river into about 20 feet of water. When the car was being driven out of the flat, it seems thatit struck the ferryman causing him to loose the chain which held the flat to the bank. When about half way up the steep embankment the driver tried to change gears. As he did so he lost control of the car, which went backwards against the flat. As the flat was not fastened the impact shoved it toward midstream and the car plunged into the water, the depth of which at this point is about 20 feet. It was with difficulty that the two young men cleared the car, as they were sitting on the front seat with the driver. Had they not been good swimmers they would have drowned. The negro chauffeur was drowned. Vote to Abolish County Solicitor. Greenville.?Following the passage by the Greenville Bar association of a resolution recommending to the Greenville delegation that the office of solicitor of the county court be abolished, W. E. Bowen, county solicitor. issued a statement declaring his belief that the action was "born of personal animosity," and pointed out that the bar's action, while purporting to be in the interest of saving money, would increase the salaries of the circuit solititor and county judge by an aggregate of $1,600. whereas the county solicitor's salary is only $1,500. The bar association recommends that the duties of the county solicitor be bandied ny me circuit suutuui, David Smoak. and that $600 be added to Mr. Smoak's salary for this reason and the salary of the county judge be increased from $2,500 to $3,500. Strychnine in Well. Orangeburg. ? Upon examination made of water taken from the well of the Rev. J. F. Player, a negro minister. chemists at the state colored college found traces of strichnine. Youth Ground Under Wheels. Columbia. ? While attempting to mount a wagon delivering wood into his yard here, -Leroy Adlcks, aged four years, was thrown under the vehicle and fatally injured, according to Coroner J. B. Scott, who investigated the dpath of the youth. Buncomb Harrison. the driver, said the coroner, was exonerated of blame. The youth lived only a few minutes. He lost his hand hold while attempting to ride the wagon as it was attempting to go into his yard. He was thrown beneath the wheels. Statistics on Women. Anderson.?Miss Jennlson of the women's bureau of Washington has been here gathering statistics in regard to the work of women *- this city and county. Miss Jennison came to this state early in the fall in answer to a call from the governor, and has been in the different parts of tho state since that time. The work of this bureau, which is under federal control, is to get statistics, present them to the governor of the state for action and make a report on the general condition to the bureau. nococia uiuci uiui?. Ratesburg.? Thieves forced an entrance into the IIope-DavisCook establishment and made way with the petty cash remaining in the register and some dry goods. The amount or goods removed has not been ascertained. hut is not thought to be very large. Entrance was gained hv forcing the ' hack door with an iron bar. It is a 1 double door and the iron was forced between the doors and one of them prized far enough out to admit th? thief or thieves. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SundaySchool ' Lesson' (By REV. P. B. FlTZWATfcK. D. D.. Teacher of English Bible lu the Moody Bible institute of Chicago.) Copyright, 1922, Western Newspaper Union. LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 5 ELIJAH TAKEN UP INTO HEAVEN LESSON TIJXT.?II Kings, 2:1-15. GOLDEN TEXT.?Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.?Rev. 2:10. REFERENCE MATERIAL?Mark 9:2-8; II Tim. 4:1-8. PRIMARY TOPIC?God Takes Elijah to Heaven. JUNIOR TOPIC?Elijah Taken Up Into Heaven. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC ?Jehovah's Champion Exalted. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC ?Divine Approval of Faithful Service. I. God Reveals to Elijah Hia Approaching Rapture (v 1). ' , It was made known to Elijah that he was to go to heaven by a whirlwind. There Is a striking correspond ence between Ills life and his homegoing. Much of his life was characterized with the rush of the storm, so God chose to take him home to himself In the whirlwind. As a reward for his faithfulness, God lifted the prophet over death into heaven. Elijah did not choose the time of his home-going, but was ready. II. Elijah's Closing Ministry (vt. 2-8). Knowing that the time of his homegoing was near, he did not change his manner or method of life, but thoughtfully and calmly pursued his customary duties. We should so consciously be in the will of God that when the time of our departure Is at hand we need not with feverish haste or distraction get things in readiness. Elijah's last days on earth were busy ones. 1. Visits the schools of the prophets (vv. 2-8). At the Lord's direction he went to give his farewell counsels to the young studen^ whom he had been i training and upon whom the future of the nation politically and religiously so largely depended. He made regulur rounds in visitation and instruction. Schools were located at Gllgal, Bethel and Jericho. His educational work shows him to have been not merely an iconoclast, but a statesman of a high order. 2. Trains Elisha to be his successor (vv. 2-8). There was a real friendship between Elijah and Elisha, though the one was old and the other young. Elisha cnme into the life of Elijah In the field when Elijah called him from the jjlow (I Kings 19:19-21). Elisha clung to hts master to the very Inst in spite of three urgent requests for him to remain behind. These tests were somewhat yke those of the Master with Peter (jonn zi:id-ii;. The great object was to get him ready to take up the work which Elijah was to lay down. The order of progress of the Journey Indicates, says Scofield, "the experience of every child cf God who enters into a vital experience of God's Best. That walk began at Gilgal. The typical significance of Gllgal cannot be mistaken by any reader of Joshua. Gllgal was the place where a redeemed people rolled away the reproach of Egypt (Josh. 5:1-11). "The next stage was Bethel?house of God?the place of vision, of spiritual Insight, for Bethel was the place where Jehovah gav^ Jacob the great ladder vision (Gen. 28:1-19). He must go on from Bethel to Jordan. Jordan stands for the New Testament tiuth, crucified with Christ. There, on the resurrection side of Jordan, the gift of power awaited the prophet." III. Elijah's Rapture (vv. 9-11). 1. Elisha's request of Elijah (v. 9). The walk of Elishn with Elijah from Gllgal to Jordan has prepared him for the final question of Elijah before his rapture. Elijah now knew that it was safe to allow Ellsha to choose for himself. Ellsha made a noble request - -did not ask for riches, honor or position. He supremely desired the qualifications which would enable him to worthily succeed Elijah. Curiously enough, however, Ellsha performed twice as many miracles as Elijah. 2. The condition of receiving was steadfastness and perseverance (v. 10). He must have faith In the In visible life In order to nave powet; ror public ministry. 3. Elijah's rapture (v. 11). It seems that he went to heaven In a chariot of fire enveloped by the whirlwind. Elijah underwent that change which nil believers shall experience at the appearing of Christ (I Cor. 15:51, 52). IV. The Spirit of Elijah Upon Elisha (vv. 12-15). 1. Ellsha's cry (v. 12). He cried after Elijah. "The chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" This shows the value of a godly man to his country. It Implies that Elijah * wns the true national defense. God- 1 llness and character are more Important than armies and navies. 2. Elisha uses the power (vv. 13, 14). He had faith to put the power to test. o n'i>? oiifit r\t r'lllnli on Kllshn (v. 15). Tliis was confirmed by the sons of the prophets. Help Cometh. , Every true life of failh has scenes in It when help comes?as It did to Elijah at the brook Cherlth?from an unexpected quarter. The raven lights at our feet with food, and the dry brook begins to sing again with water. I do not believe that there is such a thing in the universe as a neglected prayer ever breathed by docile, submissive faith. Emptied of self, I ani sure of being filled by Jesus.?Theodore I.. Cu.vler. Exhortation to Be Ready. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to he in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coining of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on tire, shall he dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heatl ?II Peter 3:11. LI.