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OWNERS TO RESUME
CONTROL OF ROADS
THE GOVERNMENT GUAR ANTEE3
AMPLE REVENUE FOR FIRST
8IX MONTHS OPERATION.
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HOUSE VOTED 203 10 159
Representative Kltchln Attack rd tye
Labor 8ection as Leaving Sottic* \
ment of Disputes to the Unions.
Washington. ? The railroad bill, pro
Tiding for private ownership and op
eration of rail carriers under broad
federal supervision, was passed by
the house, 203 to 169. The measure
goes to the Benate but it will not be
taken up there until the regular ses
sion in December.
A majority of the democratic mem
bers opposed the bill, after their fail
ure to eliminate the provision for gov
ernment guarantee of revenues of the
carriers for the first six months of re
newed private operation.
Representative Slmms, Tennessee,
ranking democratic member of the
house interstate commerce commit
tee that framed the measure, led the
fight on the guaranty, declaring it a
"subsidy." A motion to eliminate it
was defeated, 200 to 166, on substan
tially a political division.
The house re-afflrmed. 253 to 112,
its stand on the labor sections, provid
ing only for the voluntary concilia
tion of labor disputes.
Representative Kitchen, North Car
olina, former democratic leader, at
tacked the labor section as leaving
the settlement of disputes largely
with the railway unions. He declar
ed "the brotherhoods could nullify the
provision 10' days after passage of the
bill by refusing to appoint represen
tatives" to the boards created to set
tle controversies,
Preceding the final "show-down" by
separate " roll calls, the house Bpent
the day in considering numerous ex
tensions of the powers of the Inter
state commerce commission. Its last
Important act was to "place" thA com
mission rfinr control of all capital Is
sues of the roads.
CHICAGO JURIST DEC-LA RES
LIQUOR LAW CONSTITUTIONAL
Chicago, '-f* Tbe," llqt^dr *"4ntefest4
wbre given another setback when
Judge (Jeorge A. Carpenter handed
down a decision In the United StateB
district cbiirt wlilch held that the
wartime prohibition act and the Vol
stead enforcement act were constitu
tional. Judge Carpenter announced
that Louis Fltslumrjr, of Peora, ,JU?
had eoncurred Ifj the decision.
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STATE OF KANSAS TAKES
OVER COAL PROPERTIES
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Topeka, Kas: ? The large coal min
ing properties of Crawford and Chero
kee counties passed Into the control
of the state of Kansas when the state
supreme court Issued orders and nam
ed receivers for the properties. The
action following: the filing of quo war
ranto proceedings by Attorney Gen
eral Richard Ifopkins to bring about
the receivership.
MANUFACTURING PLANTS MAY |
BE FORCED TO CLOSE DOWN
Atlanta^ ? Orders limiting deliveries
of coal In the southern region of the
railroad admnlstratlon to thet first five
classes on the fuel priority list, which
does not include manufacturers, were
issued at headquarters here. The ac
tion on Its Pace means the closing
down of cotton mills and manufactur
ing plants of almost all descriptions
as soon as their present supplies are
nsed up. These supplies generally
are understood to be scanty.
Curtailment elf coal consumntfon
?was made necessary, the statement
said, because "ooal prod\ictlon Is still
below the absolute requirements of
the 'first five classes of consumers."
SENATE ACTION D18CUSSED
IN CONFERENCE CIRCLE8
Parks. ? The news of the adoption
by the United States senate of ten
reservations to the German peac<>
treaty was received with great Interest
ihn peace oonference circles. The
point apparently being most discussed
by the delegates In general Is as to
whether the senate will ultimately In
sist upon the Reservations being form
ally approved by the other govern
ment*. The French government la not
prepared to give Its formal approval.
IN WEST VIRGINIA ONLY DO
ALL MINER8 RETURN TO WORK
Ohtoago. ? While operators and
union leaders had predicted reJjump
tlon of mining on n large scale In the
bituminous ooal flolds of the country
where more than 400,000 miners have
been on iitrlke for sixteen days, only
In Virginia were both sides con
fident tllat 'VII the men" would ho
? Ibeo.k at work the day. '
In the other fields the men showed
a disposition to A wait further results
of A* conference At Washington ..
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PRESIDENT VETOES
I. G. G. RATE BILL
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GOVERNMENT WOULD LOSE ALL
POWERS WHICH NOW ARE OF
URGENT NECESSITY.
WILL NOT' PASS OVER VETO
Chairman Cummin# of Interstate Com
merce Commission Says No Effort
to Overrldo Veto la Likely.
Washington. ? President Wilson has
vetoed the bill restoring to the Inter
state commerce commission Its pre
war rate-making power.
The President's veto message will
bo transmitted to the senate in which
the bill originated.
"This bill," said the President's mea
mage, "deprives the government of the
United 8tates,' while still charged with
the exclusive responsibility for oper
ating the railroads during federal
control, of any power to make change
In any lntra-state rates, fftyje. charge,
classification, regulation or practice
without having first secured the ap
proval of the proper state regulating
tribunals, whereaB under the federal
control act, as originally enacted, the
government of the United States has
the same power to determine the intra
state matters as it had to determine
similar matters of an interstate char
acter."
Chairman Cummins of the inter
state commerce committee, author o*
Ihe bill, said it was not likely that any
attempt would be made to pass the
measure over the President's veto as
the rate-making powers of the com
mission would he restored when the
roads were returned to private opera
tion January 1...
THE GARY 8TEEL MILLS ARE
NOW WORKING ON FULL TIME.
Gary, Ind. ? Steel mills at Gary were
running at normal capacity for the
first time sinc<? the strike of steel
mill workers was called, mill officials
announced. Seven hundred more
strikers returned to work and the
twelfth blast furnace was put into op
eration with a full complement of
men.
NATION-WIDE ATHLETIC
< LEAGUE FOR THE LEGION.
Chicago. ? The American legion has
launched plans for a nation-wide ath
.etlc league to be composed of legion
men and which will include every
branch of sport known. Under pres
ent plans the nation will be divided
Into eight tones
WHOLE MEXICAN SITUATION
DISCU88ED BY THE CABINET.
Washington. ? The whole Mexican,
situation, including the arrest of Wil
liam O. Jenkins, American consular
agent at Pufcbla, and oil legislation
was discussed hy President Wilson's
cabinet. But If any decision was
reached It was not made known.
RAILROAD BROTHERHOOD
CH I EFS END CONFERENCE.
Cleveland, Ohl6. ? Chiefs of the fout
railroad brotherhoods closed a two
day conference here. The last day'*
session was devoted largely to thf
consideration of the offer of Directoi
Oonoral Uines for time and a half fo.
slow freight employees.
COMPROMISE MOVES TO 8 AVE
THE LIFE OF PEACE TREATY,
Waahlngtfln.-^-Compromlse moves te
rescue the peace treaty from a threat
ened deadlock made nuch progresi
that Its friends declared it had mor?
than an even chance for life.
flo far as it had taken definite form
the compromise program pointed to
.ward acceptance of the reservation*
of the foreign relations committer
without the requirement that thej
must be assented to affirmatively bj
the other pow?rs.
THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
WILL BE PUT IN FORCE
Paris. ? Ttegnrdless of the Amerlc.nr
government's attitude, the peace trea
ty of Versailles will be put into force
according to the prevalent view hor?
following receipt of the report thai
President Wilson might withdraw
treaty from the United States senate
Whatever happens, the feeling It
French circles la, tfoat France cannot
meej thp ' Qernan plenipotentiary
again and K.?ee,n opinion Is that Italj
and Vlfeat "D'rftaln have a like feeling
6,000,000 .CV PIES OF THE , t
^RESS DE, PARIS PRINTED
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Parls^ ? All record* for dally news
paper ovulation wore vbfoken . vhrn
six million copies of.tbe Preshe d*
Paris were distributed. <Copy was cen
trnllsted at the office of th*. Petit Par
fslen. where proof-readers and mak*
up men were kept busy and where, th*
?tereotypers prepared the plates. Th<
presses of the Petit Parlalen proylm
Inadequate, plate* were sent to th?
offices of th* Matfh,Vournal Fetti
Journal. . ..
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PEACE
PRACTICALLY DfflD
LODGE RESOLUTION TOG$"li*BW
WITH RESERVATION 3 W^8
DECISIVELY REJECTED.
LEFT TO ANOTHER SESSlOK
Failing After Three Attempt* t? Get <
Together Sortate End* Speoial
? ion and Member* Go Homi,
Washington ? Failing after thr^e at
tempts to ratify the poace treaty; tho
senate laid it aside, ended the special
session and went home. ,
All compromise efforts to bring1 rati
fication failed, the three resolution qf
ratification all going down by over
whelming majorities. The Republi
can leaders, apparently despairing of
bringing two-thirds of the senate to
gether for any sort of ratification, then
put in a resolution to declare the war
at an end.
T wx3 of the three ratification tote*
were taken on the resolution drafted
by the Republican majority, confin
ing reservations which President Wil
son had told Democratic senator* ,;in a
letter earlier in the day would mean
nullification of tho treaty. On each of
the votes moat of the Democratic
suporters of the treaty voted against
ratification.
Republican Leader Lodge declared
the voting constituted a final decision
on the peace treaty unless President
Wilson circumvented the enate rules
by withdrawing It and ?hen submit
ting it again to the sen^'e. In other
quarters there was some difference of
opinion, but the general sentiment
seemed to be that there was only a
slender chance that the treaty would
come up at the beginning of the next
session of congress
One effect of the senates failure to
ratify the treaty will be the continua
tion of various wartime laws and reg
ulations at least until the new ses
sion opens. Among these Is the war
time prohibition act.
HOU8E ALSO ADJOURNS AND
MANY MEMBERS HAVE GONE
Washington. ? 'Six monthR <o thJe
day aftej- congress convened In spe
cial session, the house formally ad
}0 uttied after reoelvinfc word' from
President WllRon that he did not ob
ject to this action. The adjournment
resolution was adopted by a vote of
55 to 6.
NO TRUTH IN REPORT
SAYS GOVERNOR HARDING
Washington. ? Governor Harding of
the federal reserve board set at rest
rumors that federal reserve banks
were preparing to withdraw credit to
cotton planters. In a telegram to
the cotton committee of the National
Farmers' Union, at Meniphla* he said
there had been no change In policy
an to loans by reserve or members
banks on cotton as security.
OPERATORS BLAMED FOR
LOSS IN COAL PRODUCTION
Washington. ? Rofusal of the coal
operators to re-employ striking miners
unless they renounced their union
momberirtilp, as charged by the men. Is
causing a low In coal production, the
house was told by Representative Den
Ison, Republican. Illinois.
"I hope tho department of Justice
will enforce the law against tho opern
tors as It did against the miner."' said
he.
ONE TON COAL IS ALLOWED
TO SOUTHERN HOU8EHOLD8
Atlanta, Oa. ? 'Domestic consumers
of coal In the f*outh were put on a
war-time basis by orders issued by
the coal committee of the southern re
gional comtnltteo of the railroad ad
ministration limiting purchases of
coal for home use to one ton to a
household.
STEPS TOWARDS ADJOURNMENT
ARE TAKEN BY THE HOUSE
Washington.? Tho house took final
steps toward adjournment, six mOhthr
after It met In special session. A
committee composed of Republlcsn
liOadbr Mondell, Minority Leader
(Mark, and ReprosentHtlve Towne/r, re
publican, Iowa, were appointed (o in
form the Presldrtnt that the house was
ready to adojurn.
Passage of a resolution permitting
the s?n*t* to ndjourn was accom
plished.
URUGUAYAN SECTION APPROVES
OF INTERNATIONAL GOLD FUND
Montevideo.? Subject to ratification
by legislature, the Uruguayan section
o flnternatlonal high commission has
,approv*d In general of the </ohven
,tlon proposed 'by centra) comrftlttee
at Washington for an international
gold fund to regulate exchange be
tween part- American countries. Two
modifications ere suggested, on* re
lating to form of. the agre*men| and
the* other oaks a* understand lug us
to kind of gold coin to be deposited.
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6UGH1S
HOPES OF "WETS"
WAIJ TIME PROHIBITION WILL
CONTINUE IN EFFECT TILL
PEACE 18 DECLARED.
RUMORS
SET AT BEST
No Christmas Liquor Unless Buprsm#
Court Declares the "Dry" Law
Is Unconstitutional.
Washington. ? While the supreme
court was hoaring argument on the
validity of the war-time prohibition
act, word went out from the white
house that President Wilson would
not rescind the "dry" act until peace
formally had been declared.
This was expected to set at rest
the ever recurring rumors that the
"dry" ban would be lifted by the
president Irrespective of early ratifi
cation of the treaty of Versailles.
Failure of the senate to act on the
treaty at the extraordinary session
was regarded by many administra
tion officials as precluding the ending
of the technical state of war much
before the constitutional prohibition
amendment became effective next
January 18.
Should such prove the case, the
only possibility of a "wet" Christmas
would be for the supreme court to
declare the war-time act unconstitu
tional.
The right of Congress to prohibit J
the manufacture and sale of intoxi- j
oating liquors was sharply attacked |
and vigorously defended during the j
rguments.
Solicitor General King and William j
L. Frierson, assistant attorney gen
eral for the government, argued that j
a state of war atill existed and that
It was congress* interest to provide j
war-time prohfbltlon until the peaco j
treaty was ratified.
PALMER ON VERGE OF
A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Washington ? 'Attorney General Pal
mer was reported on the verge of a
nervous breakdown and under orders
from his physician to gef away from
work and take all the rest he needs.
Mr. Palmer's physician has told
him. It was said at the department of
fustlce. that "unless ho quit work for
more than a week he would not be re
sponsible for t.he consequence."
GUARDSMEN 8U RFEITED WITH
MILITARY ACTIVITIES
Washington. ? National guardsmen
t-eoently discharged from federal ser
vices "are surfeited with military ac
tivities,' 'according to the annual re
port of Major General Jesse McT. Car
ter, chief of the militia bureau, issued
here and summarrizfog reports from
various departments. Those who serv
ed In France "not only decline to
enter the national guard but by their
talk disincline others to do so." re
ports from the southeastern depart
ment said.
WAR-TIME COAL RATIONING
EFFECTIVE IN NORTHWEST
j
Chicago? Chicago and the North
western railroad region were placed
on a virtual wartime rationing of coal.
Coal officials Instructed retailers {o
refuse to make deliveries to persons
with at least one week's supply on
hand. Generally the coal situation
had not Improved and the tension In
some districts was tighter.
INJUNCTION 18 I6SUED
AGAINST COAL MINERS
Denver. ? A restraining order pre
venting the strike of Colorado coal
miners was issued here by District
Judge PVank J. Morley.
George 0? Johnson, district presl
dent, H. C. Stewart, secretary, and
other officials are restrained from
putting tho strike Into effect.
TWENTY PER CENT INCRF.A8E
18 OFFERED COAL MINERS
Washington. ? An Increase in wages
of IB per cent per ton and 20 por cent
over existing day scale, to become ef
fective Immediately tho bituminous
coal miners return to work, was offer
ed by the operators at mooting o!
wage scale committees In tho central
competitive field.
Thomas T. nrowstor. chairman of
.the operators' wago scale committee,
said the operators had proposed the
existing working conditions.
ONLY ONE OF OUR PROMINENT
OFFICIALS TO STAY IN PARIS
Paris.? Joseph C. Grew, secretory ol
tho Amorlcan delegation to the peace
conference, probably will bo tho only
prominent official of the delegation re
malnlng In Paris aftor Frank L. Polk.
Henry White and General Tasker H
Bliss, the American delegates, nail for
. the United States on board tho trans
port America, December r> or 6.
The Hotel de Orillon, official head*
quarter*, wilt be retained for only s
short time.
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BAD OUTLOOK FOR
COTTON OIL MILLS
^UEL FAMINE BEGINNING TO
PROVE EMBARRA68ING TO
COTTON SEED CRU8HER3.
APPEAL MADE TO GOVERNOR
President of Crusher* Association
Says Serious Loss Is Imminent and
Advance in Price sf Fats.
Hartsville.? ? Fuel shortage In South
Carolina Is beginning to prove em
barrassing to cotton seed crushers in
South Carolina. J. J. L?awson of
HartBville, president of the South
Carolina Cottonseed Crushers Asso
ciation, sent a telegram to Governor
Cooper, emphasising thut many of the
mills have a supply of fuel for only a
few days more. Mr. Dawtoti urged
the governor to appeal to I)r. Gar
field. federal fuel administrator In
Washington, and in compliance with
Mr .Lawton's request, Governor Coop
er sent a telegram to Dr. Garfield
asking that immediate relief be pro
vided.
Dr. Daw-ton says delay In the crush
ing of the seed may cause serious loss
to the crushers in spoiled seed. He
also says that It Is likely to advance
the price of fats to $1 a pound. There
is great depreciation in the seed, fol
lowing heating.
Greenville. ? Should the coal supply I
be cut off from the cotton mills of \
Greenville county and this section for i
five or six weeks, the majority of the
mills would be forced to close down. !
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Union. ? Willoughby Byron Mathis, j
of this city, died at the base hospital |
at Camp Sevier, Greenville and wa?
[ buried here. He enlisted in the am y j
and was In the thickest of the fight J
last winter.
Columbia. ? Malcolm J Miller, sec
retary of the sinking fund commission,
has Just Issued an Insurance policy
for $27,750 to protect 23 public school
buildings in Richland county. This
provides adequate insurance for all
buildings not protected.
Camden. ? The contract for the con
struction bf 2.2 miles of road from
Camden to the river bridge has been
let, according to Capt. J. Roy Pennell,
state highway engineer, who has re
cently vistted Camden. The road iri
to be of gravel and will cost $20,349.
Spartanburg. ? The Spartanburg
chamber of commerce through Frank
Evans, superintendent of the city
schools, will Invite the State Teach
ers' Association to hold Its 1920 ses
sions In Spartanburg. The Invitation
will be extended at the meeting to bo
held In Columbia.
York. ? W. A. Painter, white, who
has been In Jail for tho past ten days
on the charge of attempted crimlaal
assault, has been released following
application for habeas corpus before
Justice R. C. Watts of the state su
preme court, who held that the charge
was not borne out by the testimony
taken at a preliminary hearing before
a magistrate here.
Greenwood. ? Dr. Wlllson announces
that there will not be held an official
meeting of the Dander girls attending
the State Teachers' Association. The
same officers will serve for another
term. While many Dander girls arc
teaching every week appeals come t
the college lo help supply the deart
of teachers throughout the state
niacksburg.? After a continuous ser
vice of f>4 years in the ministry of the
Methodist Rplscopal church, South,
the Rev. J. B. Traywlck, at his own
request, w'as placed on the supnran
nuated list at the conference held re
cently In Greenwood
8evier Claims Adjusted.
Greenville. ? All awards concerning
damages to land and to timber at
Camp Sevier hnvo been acted upon by
the war department board of apprais
ers, according to a telegram received
here by W. O Slrrlne, attorney for
the chamber of commerce This Infor
matlon will be of interest to owners of
lands at Camp Sevier who have been
awaiting patiently settlement of
clalibs against the government two
ye>ars ago. The matter has been be
fore the Washington authorities for
more than a year.
Meet Death In Auto.
St. George- ^Aeton A. Hill and T,ee
M. Bridge lost their lives when the
automobile In which they were riding
plunged from the bridge spanning tlr?
Mdlsto river between Colleton end
Dorchester counties.
noth young men were well and fsv
orbaly known In St. Oeorgo . Mr
Bridge was employed as a salesman In
the general mercantile estXbllshmen'
of JT. W. Whetaell and Mr. Hill wap
manager of the *tore of I>, M. Heaton
The former was about 33 years of af
#hll? Mr. Mill was about 21 years old
HAIR FALLING? HERE
IS WHERE IT SHOWS
Don't worry! Let "Danderlno" tav?
your hair and doublo
its beauty.
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To stop falling luilr at onoo and rid
the scnlp of every particle of dandruff,
got a small bottle of delightful "I>an
derine" at any drug or toilet counter
for a few cents, pour a little in your
hand and rub It Into the scalp. After
several applications the hair usually
stops coming out and you can't 11 nd any
dandruff. Your hair will grow strong,
thick and long and appear soft, glossy
and twice as beautiful and abundant.
Try It !? Adv.
The Easy Way Out.
W. C\ Hullitt. an "'Xpert <>n foreign
affairs, was talking about tin- bol
sheviks.
"The boisbi'vik 1 ? ? r\ ? 1 ? ? r??." lie said,
j "are in a had way. They will pmhn
i bly iibandoii the bolshevik vr: 1 1 1 1 1 > short
ly. but tirsi they will smash lip every
j tiling.
"It will be like the case nf the two
boys who wore sent out to buy a
| pitcher of milk." Mr. I till 1 1 1 1 cmifiii
ued. "The boys hel|?>d themselves to
the milk t'reely on the way home; then
i 'i the last minute their cminige failed
them.
! " '( Josh,' said the lirst buy, 'we've
drunk too much of it ! What shall we
do, Joe?'
" "That's easy.' said .loe, 'We'll drop
the pitcher.' "
WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT
Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Womens' complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pnin in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp
oms of kidney (rouble.
Don't delay starling treatment. Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physician's pre
cription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get a medium or large Bite bottle im
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer A. Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. ? Adv.
An Oversupply.
The help problem bothers them in
the Orient also, but In a different way.
A gentleman who bad returned from
India remarked : "The worst thing
about the plaee is the nuisance of nu
merous servants. Why, when I was
:t I lloggly wallah I bad four servants
to look after my ,,!pe alone."
"Four snrvant o attend to your
pipe?"
"Yes. The first one brought It to
me ; the second tilled it ; the third
'it It?"
"'And tin* fourth?"
"Oh, be smoked It. I never could
abide tobacco in any form, you know."
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
l>y local applications as they cannot reach
tlie diseased portion of the ear. There ts
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that 1b by a constitutional remedy.
MAM/8 CATAUIUI MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous burfaces
of the Hystem. Catarrhal Deafness Is
i Aimed by an Inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube Is Inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and
when It ts entirely dosed, Deafness Hh the
result. Unless the Inflammation can be re
duced and tills tube restored to Its nor
mal condition, hearing may bo destroyed
forever. Mnny rnses of Deafness are
caused by Caterr-h, which l? on Inflamed
condition of the Mucous Surfaces
ON K HUNDRED DOM, ARB for any
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by IIAM/B CATARRH
MEDICINE.
All Druggists 7fic. Circulars frea.
y. J. Cheney A. Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Reasons for Corduroy.
Klghi-ycar-obl John had been sent
along with his young aunt to buy a
l>a Ir of blue serge school troutjers. The
sidesman showed them several differ
ent pairs, bill none seemed to stilt
John. Finally while the salesman was
bunting for some others, .lulin took
occasion to say to his aunt . "Oh,
auntie, please ask him to show us
somo corduroys. The principal at.
our school hav? a brand new paddle."
flora fCyo?, Hloofl flhot Watr?ry
Btlck? Fly**, all promptly with night*
ly application** of Tloinnn Ky<? Hstlnftm. Adv.
Fettered.
Mrs. Nexdoor * How do you manage
iO keep your cook so long? You've
tiad her two weeks
Mrs. Skeeiner ? - 1 gave her some of
those stylish narrow skirts to wear ill
the kitchen and she won't be able to
walk a block from the house till
they're worn out.
"What fools these mortals he" If
'A fool and his money are noon
irted." !,i