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WILLIAM FOX FILM PRODUCTIONS THEDA BARA'S LIFE TRIUMPH V . .* , ^ ? . Supreme, beyond dispute. Superbly solitary in conceded pre-eminence. Imitation preposterous and futile. "CARMEN" ?? ? ' \ The theme, the j?a&e< the. wonder of a dazzled moving picture world, Everywhere received with spontaneous acclamation and rapturous applause. Gorgeously Gigantic Gem A masterpiece of photoplay accomplishment. The pro duct of time, thought, lavish expenditure and accumu lated experience heretofore never unionized and con centrated. Directed and Contrived by RAOUL A. WALSH LKWIN W. PAHKKK HKAD. Wan Most Prominent Cotton .Mill Mhii in South Carolina. < Jreenville. S. April 11.? ;l<0wls Ward law Parker, former president and largest st<>ckholder of tho Parker Cot 1(H) Mills I'n., which controls sixteen ??f the la rues t mills In South Carolina, died here early today." The death of Lewis \V. Parker comes n<i no surprise to his friends in Co lumbia. II Is a snd coincidence that his passing was on the very day that the stockholders of the Parker mills were to meet to consider the sale of the group of mills In Columbia ami vicinity known as the Hampton mills. Mr. Parker began his career in life as a teacher in the public schools of Columbia, and his associations in this city were such that he had many close friends here. In the last few years Mr. Parker had suffered reverses in fortune. i>ut as he was but little over ?"?<) years of age it was confidently be lieved by his friends over tho country I hat he would retrieve his |H>sltiou, Nut lie never had the opj>ortunlty, as the dread malady which finally took The Majestic Theatre Thursday, April 20th 10 c ENTS AND 20 CENTS h i in away manifested Itself soon after his other misfortune* came ui?on hiiu. Lewis NV. I'arker was horn In Ahhe vllle In lN(lf>. His father was William Henry Parker, one of the most dis tinguished Jurists in the state, and a man who took an artlve interest In the affairs of thestate, being a mem ber of the legl^immv^when he was approaching SO years of age. Mr. Par ker's mother was Taiela <?. Wardlaw, daughter of the great judge, D. li. Wardlaw. who had so much to do with shaping the eharaeter and destiny of the state. 1 Mr. Parker graduated from tin- South Carolina university In 1S85 with the deans' of bachelor of arts, after hav ing been prepared for college In the celebrated village schools of Ills home town. He married Miss Margaret Smith, daughter of Austin Smith, of Itlchmond. Va., June (?, IHO.'i. After teaching for three years In Columbia and studying law, Mr. Par ker went to (Jreenvllle to begin the practice of his profession, which he continued for 10 years, with remark able success, being associated with H. J. Haynesworth and other lawyers of distinction. His remarkable capacity Prince Albert will show you the real road to smoke-joy! * Copyright \ ft A bf P. J. Kr) nolll* I olmt'cciCo PRINCE ALBERT was made to create tobacco content where it never existed before ! It per mits men to smoke alt they want without getting a sore tongue, without any comeback but real tobacco enjoyment ! The patented process by which Prince Albert is made (and controlled exclusively by us) fixes that ? and cuts out bite and parch! Fringe Albert the national joy smoke comes right to your taste fair and square ! And it will do for you what it has done for thousands of men ? make pipe or cigarette smoking the cheerful est of your pleasures I What we tell you about Prince Albert is a fact that will prove out to your satisfaction just as quickly as you lay in a stock and fire-up ! R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.. Wiotf?o-S?k?. N.C. Princ # Albert i'? fo ?ti*rvuiA?r? tobacco it told in toppy red bag*, Sci tidy r?</ tint, 10c; handtom ? pound and half-poand tin humidor* ? and ? in that cla**y pound cryatal-iflait humiaor with ?j?onjr?-mo?'?f?n?r top that hmmpt thm tobacco in *ach finm than* ? alutay * I 0. tb? rtTirM iHrflf All tlirr^ ?l? will re?J: "Pr*c*? f?t? ?<d J0?k, 1907." w kick kat thf mki plptt wk?r? on# W*r? I for IiuhIimvsh brought blm to tilt' front him I he was elected president and tress tir?*r of tli* Victor Ummfactiirtng com I silly of tJn-er. and also the head of u banklug Institution iif that plait*. AwhtM by Thomas I*, 1'arker, a couslu, Mr. l'urkcr iiriuiulzeil tin; Mom [. auhau mills and lM*eante the treasurer and nianaKt'K It wan while making a great success in that work that he was chorteii to reorganise tin* Whales Mills In Columbia, which had passed through a disastrous crisis, A mini her of other manufacturing plants were added to thoneiV organisation, known a s tin* Parker mills, and tin* gigantic* undertaking of tlnauclug a numhfer of bankrupt pro|K;.rtji'H was onterw] upon by Mr. Parker and Ids associates. Mr. Parker wast one of the found ers of" the American Home Fire In surance Company, an officer of the Southeastern Life Insurance Company, a member of numerous prominent so clal clubs, Including the Poinsett. Urecuvlllc; tlu? Maryland, the New York, and the Columbia. He hail been president of the American Cotton Man- 1 u fact u rers' A ssocla t Ion . He Is survived by his wife and four children. Mr. Parker appeared before tHingres slonal committees ^several times on matters relating to Interstate com merce and also other Issues, one of his latest being against the free tolls provision of the Panama ('anal net. ? Colombia Record, KLLISON NOW KDITOK. IWomw Head of The Lancaster Aenii Weekly News. Ijaucaster, April S? At a meeting here Friday of the stockholders of the Lancaster Publishing company, held In the office of It. K. Wylle, for the pur pose of electing an editor and manager of the Lancaster News, Luther Ellison, of Lancaster, was unanimously elected to that (KKslttou and will take charge of the Office Monday morning. Mr. Kllison. for the past IS months secre tory of the local Chamber of Com merce, resigned the position about .'10 days ago, the resignation to take effect today. In leaving the Chamber of Com merce to accept bis new position Mr. Kllison carries with hhn the good will and support of not only all the people of this place, but of the whole county as well, whom he has served with un flagging energy and fidelity during his successful administration as head of the town's splendid Hoard of Trade, which at a meeting a few days ago of that body, hnanhnously voted him a resolution of thanks. Mr, Kllison, It Is believed, is peou Uarly lltted and well qualified for the dutes of editor and manager of the I^ancaster newspai>er, and it Is an easy pmllctlon that he will be equally as successful in this line of work as he was as head of the Chamber of Com merce. Mr. Kllison succeeds Miss Juaulta Wylle of this place who re signed several weeks ago on account of her health. CONVERSE IN MORSE CODE Thomas, A. Edison #nd His Assistant, Millar R. Hutchinson, Hava a Par- ? feet Und?ratandlng. I Thomas A Ediaon'a friends, who know how doaf the Inventor really Is, wondered hi the success with which he presided when the new naval con suiting byard mot In Washington lust fall. As a matter of fact, says the Now York Hun, Mr Edison fooled ev ery member of that distinguished body of in i' m , mt-ludtng President Wilton aud Secretary of Jt.ho Navy Daniels;, ho hoard little that waa said, but he presided successfully because hia as sistant. Mr. Miller It. Hutohison. kOpt him' Informed of everything by means ef a telegraphing finger tip that touched Mr. Edison's knee under the table. A few yeara ago Mr. Hutchison fell a victim to the whooping cough and loat hia voice temporarily. Mr. Edl son suggested to Mr. Hutchison that he learn the Morae code. He did so, aud the two men communicated with each other by tapping the dota and dashes With their fingers. And so, when the Inventor went to Waahlngton to preside over the dee tlnlea of the new board, he took Mr. ! Hutchison with him, and posted him at his right hand. Mr. Hutchison tapped to Mr. Edison everything that waa said, sometimes verbatim and sometimes boiled down Into fewer words. He was able to fend. Morae messages to Mr. Hkll son at the rate of thirty words a minute, and. as the speeches were delivered in a more or less deliberate fashion, he waa able to keep up with almost every sentence of every addreaa. Mr. Edison and his aasiatant also work the Morae code with their eye lids. With them a quick wink means a dot and a long wink means a dash, and thoy talk to each other in this way when they wish to convey a mes sage of a private nature when they are surrounded by other persons and are too far apart for the flnger-tap ping method. ? Youth's Companion. CITY IS IN DEBT TO FARMER When Bill Has Been Paid Living Will Be Cheaper, Is the Opinion of Experts. The high cost pf living and the con tinued dissatisfaction of workmen with the wages paid by large industrial es tablishments, two problems that have perplexed manufacturers, educators und public officials in all parts of the country, can be remedied by a realiza tion on the part of the city people of the obligations they are under to those who spend their lives in the country, "working" the soil for the essentials of life. This is the advice brought to this city by the four-state conference on country life, at its first important ses sion here, the Philadelphia Bulletin believes. Those taking part In the conference maintain that the cities have become self-centered and selfiBh, and have allowed themselves to for get that they are dependent upon the rural communities for food. The result of this attitude, they claim, is that by far the largest amount of public money and the great est part of the intelligence of the country have been devoted to the de velopment of the thickly populated sections and the country places and farms have been neglected and prac tically forgotten. Now, through the Conference, the farmers are demand ing what they consider their rights. What they want immediately are: A thoroughly reorganized rural school system, good roads, improved facilities for marketing their products, better transportation facilities and higher sal aried teachers, who are qualified to be community leaders. If these advan tages are granted, the farmers say, ru ral people will bo made healthier and happier, and the cost of food prod ucts will be ho materially reduced that much of the discontent and dissatis faction among the working classes will be eliminated. Up North, of Course. An Indianapolis salesman, while in a crowd of "drummers" who were wait ing on a train in a little Texas town on the Fort Wayne & Denver line, tells the following story: "As in most small Texas towns, the station, as far as the waiting room is concerned, gonsists of an abbreviated platform and that is all. A genuine 'norther' was on that day and all of us had our coats buttoned in a vain endeavor to keep out the chill. While huddled together, we saw a small darky como up on the platform. For clothes ho had on a pair of pants and a shirt, but a very dark line between the two suggested that the boy had outgrown his clothes. He braved splintors while dancing a jig to keep warm, And, much to our surprise, after he had quit dancing, he rushed up to us, held out his arms and said, in a most dramatic tono: "Oh, cold wind, whore were you last July?" Carbonic Acid for Wounds. Military surgeons it is stated ore taking advantage of the pain-stilling and disinfecting properties of carbonic acid in the treatment of wounds by utilizing an effervescent powder which is now belsg prepared. This is com posed of 10 parts Bodium bicarbonate, 3 parts tartaric acid, and 18 y&i to sugar. The ingredients are thorough ly mixed and then crushed to about the fineness of granulated sugar. The substance is applied freely to the sur face of p wound, the moisture of which causcs it to effervesce and liberate car bonic Bcid. I oi I > IIIMSKLF (aOOD-IIYK. Greenville Aviator IIimI Thrilling Rx-< perlenre in Mexico. A T. Willis, of Mgon's drug ?toro, Spartanburg. has received a letter front tils hrothpr, Lieut, Robert II Willis, it Greenville count} noy, dated "some where" III Mexico, In which Mr. Willis ??/ describes h burrowing experience in it pnowaUtirui whll%? in. au aeroplane tly 1 1 ik tli rough tin* air at a great rate of wjieed. Ueut. WIIIIh wan one of the 'two aviators who were recently lost in the wIUIh of Mexico, ami while out on a scout I iik trip for the United States army. Mr. NVlllls' aeroplane Kot out of order aud it was some time before he got It In order and found his way hack to civilisation. The let ter was duted "somewhere" in Mexico, April 'J, and Is marked o. k. hy the 1 1 lilted States censor. All letters and communications from the Mexican bor der are now censored by the linlted States war department before they can be miilled. Interesting excerpts from the letter follow : "Since writing home I had a vory hat-rowing experience in a rain and snowstorm, while flying un der very low clouds through a moun tain jstss. My goggles fogged on the Inside and I was so busy in the rough air that I couldn't wipe them, so that I was whirling along at 75 miles i>er hour unable to see a tiling and with the rain ai^d snow almost taking my breath." "That is one time 1 really kissed myself good-bye. Th? several experiences of the members of the squadron on this trip Would beat 'Nick Darter* and other thrilling reading." Another excerpt from Lieut. Willis' says: "I sliall try to get home next summer if we are out of this meaa in time, but I am afraid we're In for a long si>ell of It." ? .Greenville News. Plant Corn For Silos Now. Clemson College, April 12. ? Judging by the number of Inquiries reaching the Extension Division at Clemson Col lege. there Is greater Interest in the construction of silos this year than In any previous year. Seventy-three sllosT were built In the state in 1015. Present indications are that tills number will be doubled in 1910. A large number of the silos built, this year will be of concrete. The farmers are. learning that this is the cheapest silo In the long run. A common mistake among the stock men who have built silo# In this state in past years has been failure to plant sufficient corn to All the silos. . . Oiit of the seventy-three silos built last year, not more than a dozen were en tirely tilled the first year. Farmers contemplating the construction of a silo should begin now to plant corn with which to till the silo. Corn and sorghum are the best silage crops and sorghum should be used only where sufficient corn cannot' be provided. Any farmer who will write to the Extension Division. Clemson College, can get a bulletin giving directions for planting, working and cutting corn and other crops for the silo and a full bill of materials and building instructions for a concrete or stave silo. E. B. Wheeler, of Marlon ^ j 1 1 ? i u ?i h i * i naval ?t<I to AmhtJ Sharp lit I'ttrls, Pruucr. Youug vv ts only & yiMtrn old. wuh fura,^ atudent at the uaval academy &t ^ nnpolK Md., l??t had t<? abandon j ?>ll JMVOUltf. .of hi* ??v,. ^ He HiH'imnl the l*arln aiHx.iin^ through C-owsreHHiuan. ItaKsdfck.. Tn Mammoth Ycllo Soja Bean promise* to be one of the un profitable crop* for southern fan*. 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