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!" 1 ? . " ' T^"- ? ' "THK FOX FAMILY. ?'u ....I' -i.j ' / Animal l>over Write* lni?r**llngly ?t Reynard Mid HI# ll?MU. ihaw county fox hunters will I*. Tuterv?Te,I I.. lf.l? u vx foxes 1*bch i\ A. David ht?? writ ten for the Greenville New?: Years ago <>n the rather steep dope of a wooden liUUldO, un old cheatnut t ree had given up the struggle for ex loteiKt' Hud (Ict'ldtnl to tile. Time and storms of winter hud strip!**! the bark away and tlio almost imperishable wood had taken on the tUit of gray granite. and there It stood, an endur ing stnift, In memory of It* own pant gieuliicHH, The gravel had gradual^ washed away from under the twisted roots on the Hide away from the hill, and the roots formed a kind of a Med. opening nut on a small granny knoll ! surrounded hy a tangle of briers and , hardy ferns. As the shadows from, the opposite! Mil crossed I!??? little valley, and he- j gun to ereep slowly up toward the old) chestnut, ami, us tti** plaintive call of J sleepy partridges floated up from dls, taut stut?Me llehK a sharp pointed j nose followed hy a pair of inquisitive ap|*eared under Iho pro Joe ting. roots. Another pair "f questioning eyes and another sharp nose lined up hy the siil?- of Iho first : anotlier. and still an* other took shape in the darkness, and tin1 four children of Mrs. Fox had come out for their dally' romp and ex ercise. She was not with them, hut a careful scrutiny would have reveal* vd her a little further up the hill. tlat Irncd cut on a sunny ruck, with head hefween forepaws, lazily blinking at the jrloW 1)^ the west. She held a posi tion. where without moving her head n the slightest, she could overlook the den. and every trail that could possi bly lead to It. ?The ?*id?*? were-?*?Mtilr-rrl hH-b?yellow 'bundles of fur that seemed ?ralher to drl(ft from place b> phice than either !<? walk or mil. Kaeh little face was a wide n wake interrogation pointy as they ctimc out in the open and began to playfully slap each other, and roll over like s<? many kittens. 1 hough the natural awkwardness that goes with youth. betrayed itself in oecnslon n 1 ill-timed movement, most of their motions ueie iis graeefuily as running water. ' Mie little fellow found the wtni: of a Hjicekled hen. the hod ragged K<>u\onlr i?t' some forgot Mij fca.sl, and proceeded to have the lime of his life. I lie drugged it olV to one side in the L'i:i-<. and pretended to stalk it: flat en lil- fuzzy stomach, lie pulled liijn self towards it. with a motion so slow that it was almost i in percent i Me : then suddenly he springs in the air. and hnils his little hulk upon i'? the very embodiment of e\citI'llient ami greed. ? Mie ol' lifs Mother- has liccii hiding behind a Mm- h > f gra-s. with eves ?i-iow with. mischief. jump out and ruff i he .? w ho happens near eltoUlill. The) i h'f ?e their I Jt : <lis* appear M the ? ? 11 * r f the den: dart at iiiicn-ted niniiietils : spring high in tie air as if catching an in sect; and seem -o hr.infill of fun. and the gladness ?.f merely being alive that t hex must be-?lo";ng s. .met hing dif ferei.t every In the i n i ? I -1 of th.-ir wildest prank-, their mother ;,t? up suddenly, wrinkles her brow ?is in deep thought, and then as if h id just r< ineiiiberod sonic very '?nporta .; business, makes 1:. i* way CI.wi! V :?.???,' the children are ;?1M > ing Their x\ hMc demeanor in-tant'.y ? hate^.- ! t hex assume a;i air of eo illicit <? ! : in port a nee. a s t'ie\ i5ii i her ai- u: d : In I" ing. in all ; 1^- w <>rld that :he; .itc sin-,, know s e\?q*\thing. \V t ? lllot he: ! \ I..o-.? |?11sh here ;i lid ? l ore. ? s ;t is t ime to g.-. to hod. :111? I. T !:a ! Uli'lev , i r?'llIllst a nee .mi-! any of them come out before she returns. ? ?ne 'behind the other, tliev obedient'1)* disjtj?|n?jir in the Mack door way. Mil :is their mother drifts away the gafliering shad w s. four sharp iitrle neves and f<nr pair- <T little ? \. s ?! ;? r -i ;>?" 11 \ i !'??-*'. .| the ? I'.d scape, appear; squeezed eloaw jllMt inside of the tUUltcl, to sure that ahe haw m?Hy and trul gone. The eye* gradually fade away In (bd darkness, anil tin* j^in* of the speckled lu-n Is nil that remains to remind v"r .?r the playful g It III ho J O f rt f?W UlillUtttH Hgo. If one eoulfl folltMV their movements, they would Im- k4t?? in IiuHmu tile, treading die w IjmIIhk itaswage a* it vow* around the ancient taproot and then several yards straight Into the lilll Itself, un til they come to u level chamber ex cavated |ini)<r^th ti Imii!???! boulder. This Is llie MvIiik room of thin |mii tlcular fox household. With h celling of solid granite, unit a floor if tine, dry saitd, alul in one eorner a bed of dead gran* anil feather*, what more could young foxes ask? Hooii the four were curled up, an j uneven heap of heads, legs ami tluffy j tails, ytpd till fast asleep, their small hearts stilt going pit 11 pit I, front their' recent exercise. They may have ftt*en drcamtng of j tender, toothsome Held mice or the pleasant odor of freshly killed rabbit,, for an hour or two, when the patter1 of fur-Moled feet caused theni to tf|M?u j their eyea and t<> hold their breath, j ami their find her, wjio knows ull; things, was once more with them. ' Over her shoulder was Hum: a snow | white pullet, and front her mouth hung a regular fringe of limp little j Held mice. She had evidently been lit luck, "'"I a low self-satUtled growl escaped her us she cased herself of her burden. The children, now wide awake, are crowding eagerly around her': without asking grace, site turned to the pile | .of inlee. their tails neatly crossed, like1 the rail* at (be corner of a zig-zag , fence, xi? 11tey all could be picked up at once, and tossed one to each cub. : While they were stowing away, these1 -muiiII sppel lnett<, the mother >vasi busily engaged--ht?carving tho. fowl.J W11It not the least sign of hurry or; hunger, she deftly severed the wings; and legs, and placed a portion before j each waiting youngster. Her every i motion wAs one of well bred, 'easy' self-possession. In decorous silence I the meal progrescs, except now and. then an occasional cross between a | grown ami swallow as some little brother or sister forgets tln> difference] between meum and teuin. When ull have supped, ami scattered feathers and polished bones are all Miat remains of this midnight feast.: the children nwo more curl up in a ?hflpeless Jumble of legs. tails and 'tends, and. lulled by a feeling of com f"rt-able fnllnes?. Axiator Instructor Killed. Mlllcida. \. V., Allg. 'J. t\lpt. *<:iiI> 11 \. Ta.\lor. in command of the ?raining sectinn of tie aviation signal ci-.rps here, b-sj ^ i-,.Mitrf?l nf his air plane today and plunged MM) feel |o his death. Sergt. Thomas I'cll, who v* iw in the machine w ith hjjn, -tif f'Ti'd a broken jaw tnd Maternal in juries. I'he two a viator* had been flying but ;i short time when it was no li. -I'd siinioj bite.' ;i po;i rent t. \v?>nt wrong w .'h the m.n liiiM- and it dropped to ward the <.n:h. I'aptaiu Ta.vlor was ?!<'itd w hen taken front the wreckage. ('aptain Taylor had been in com nut ml ..f the instructors ami students about ;wi> months and was an expert 11 ie r lb- \v.ts married twi mouths a_ . ili- home h;i> in Stamford. < "..in (?ennauy An Accomplice. Washington. Aug. -I iermauy had niivM'ssi, i! of Austria'- ultimatum to Serbia fourteen hours before it was ? lolivored' at Hcjgrade, aeeording to po-itive iufonnat ion which has reach ed ottieiuls hen* and made public to da\ fur the first flpie. It states that former foreign Secretary Zimmerman admitted this when pressed closely as Cermany's knowledge of the action f her :?il\ which started the war. The H u m a n F actors ' . In Good Service There are three parties to every tele phone conversation?the party calling, the trained operator, and the party who answers. All three share alike the respon sibility for quick and accurate telephone service. The calling party should give the cor rcct number in a distinct voice, speak ing directly into the transmitter, and wait at the telephone until the party an swers or the operator reports. The called party should answer promptly. Patience on the part of the telephone user and the telephone operator is also es sential to good service. II ht'H u>n I (Itfh'T.c Smilr SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY J. A. HOUGH, MANAGER. ItHIU NK NKWS NOTKK. A (Ml? of Happening* Worn Our Kegular Correspondent, ". /. ?v y^ - V,*?. ?v^-. Methtine, 8. O., AufU*t 8.?Mr. John CftstOli <>f Columbia spent 1a?r Wed nesday with Mr*. J. A. Canton. Mr. ami Mrs. J. M. Olyburti and fiimilv sjK*iit SumlHy at (he home of Mr* Clylmrn'H -inter Mr*. <Jalloway In Lydla. Mr. ami Mix. I^eroy l>avldiHM ami moiim of <x??mden wefe 111 town Thurs day afternoon. Messrs. 1 louttlas Mayes ami Thorn well Clyhurn left Sunday night fur Columbia where tiny expert to secure l>osltions. ? Mr. ami Mrs, Krvln Caston apent one (lay of last week In town. Little John Stevens Davidson of Camden Is visiting h|s unele Mr. W. M. Stevens. Mr. L. T. Smith of Hlshopvllle was In town Saturday. Messrs. Amnions ynU Morrison of near McUee were the guests of Miss ^Vnnle Jennie Hobortson last Friday. Mrs. lliik'li Oliver left last week for AU'olu, S. C? to Jam her husband who has accepted ? position with tin telephone company there. Misses Ma reel 1 ne Ki** ridge, Mallnda Waul, and Annie Jennie Hohertson and Messrs. Lorlwx Travis and italph McCasklll motored to llartsvllle Sun day. Mr. Tom Hethune of I'avo, Oa., who has been K|H?ndliiK?the summer with relatives here, spent several days of last week wlih relatives In.Xdrth Car ollna. ltev. .1. M. Korbls attended tflie meet in# of the Defense Committee In Co lumbia last week. Mr, it mi Mrs, Mark IviitK of Neeee en mo ^Sunday afternoon to >"islt rela tive* In town. \ Mij^Joe Houuh, of Kershaw, w?< t:> town Sunday.?.? ? .Miss Stella liethiwio spoilt gfiVCral days .of lasf week with her sister Mr-.: FI. L. N'orwood in McBce. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Yarbronirh and children of llarlsviHe, S. C? eanie Sunday mornliu; to spend several day nith relatives in town. Mr. and Mrs. T.. 1>. Robertson vi ited In Mvltee last Saturday. Mr. Leoiiell Host, who has .been working in a drug store In Columbia for some time, eapie homi* on a vi-it Saturday afternoon. r Mes-vr*;. J. M. See^ars and Claren ? I* tie. who are working at tSie eauto:> inent near Columbia. ?|H*nt Sunday at home. Mrs. rattle White was ynlled .T-" >'<?i??tv i!i!l Monday on account of '.<? dealli of her mother. The Kershaw County Interdenomi national Sunday School Convention whii-h met in Betliiuie on the secoii'l ?tnd t'hird inst. was a decided sue (ess i:i everv respeet. 'Mr. Webb and ^'r- s. i\ Moore ?>f liinninjrham, A1 . rue -trite Tie Id workers, each ?ra\" - 'veral' instructive and ontertuiniu ? d 1 jo-se-*. Ani??nit die other ?pea.kei-i were the lJov-. T.awson. Vorhis. CJard 11?? v. :n 1 M'evvps. 15inhniore. Flet' her. "i'1 Trofor. ill ?.f whose speeches I've vci y helpful. The euhve:irion a*j .? wh>'io wm< w:' 11 atiendod. and ? ?r-usi-I t':e I!????; ?'ver held in Kor iw '.'inly. More than fifty dele ?>to ?>re<enf. and t^utrv^jne Sunday..scho'id- were represtrnted. The people of ftothuue on.joyed the moet inirs very lunoh. and were u''.:d to l:ave the eon\eution meet in their t<i\\ !!. .Mr*. .Jrssr Mi'C'A of No? spentj T'.lur- lay at tin* *hnnn> >>f lu?r aunt, i Mr*. .Inana Caston. Mrs. J. II. \\V*t wont t.? i ? imiltin ' i-t Wednesday to vi-it her 'i')i.liajld . wild wa* ill. Mi>* I0ll:i < In r? 1 hit i- hot* *i*ter. Mr*. Cilliam Clyhurn. Mi** Kiln Jlorton -pent S ni lay at Mir homo i?I" her ??.*:rt-i:t- ? ??:?r Ker shaw*. Mr*, Charlie .Ion*.* njul ?*!ii:?1 f??n <if I..inra*ter wvrp in town Tno-.lay. A Iar_-" parly ?>f I.an< a?-t< r jfcople in r>>wn on their wnv r<> I.Iir Sprinsr* wttrir ilii-y ;ire ?-,iinj'ins for the wook. Mr. W. 1!. I?/Tvi? t.v.k lii* ' y* nii<1 ?_'irl* Surnlay school chi-* !' ? Moth .n.;jvt < '-Jiinv't f'? Hi:.* S;irir_- :.i-f > T< ?i i - ?l:iy fur an aftornimns >m::: IJi'V. Mnphison. pn*tor f 'ho Y^in i ?ii'4??r Hroshyroria n < "1:11>vas in : I'uvn Tuesday. \ ' ':t la*t Monday t'Xi?!>ir._r i -iirpriso I party w;i* -.riven hy ;i few < f :'.i? yotum ! folk* <?f Hcthnno ot tlir limine .if Mi.?.* ; Stella Hcthnno. Mn*io. ?????"? . ???nl and i ilbinimi'lila). was f 11-|-.i-].??? 1 hy ? Hofhuno. and after a \:-r* pleasant fv. nthose prr*ciif ?<> in panted : Mr. Tom Hefhuno to fTi.? 'rain. on which he loft for hi* home hi Pjtvo. jifti-r siM-nWin;* m??*t . * rh?? snnv nii-r with relatives and t'ri< nds*' in | town. Mr*. Mobley of lhatli Springs, lui-* ' he. ti *p?>nrMt)ir several d.-n - with her -i?ter. Mrs. .T. r. Caskey i t town. Mr. Hill Latta of M-H-" was In t#?W!! Monday. ' v Wateroe Mill Village Notes. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Hoycc and \IT"t:i Smith of Columbia wore, w? *?k ??!:?! quests of Mr. and Mrs. Ohas. (''it i?iin.ic, ( Mi-- Mlnnio TpoYjdhig a few with her mother noar Kershaw. Mr-. Tom Sinclair of the Antloch ri? >:i ?|?eut last Friday with her . *i*ter Mrs. \V. T. VMnyer Mi*-?'- \". la an<l Minnie Hancock and Pr ?: 1 n r Marshall wore jyftok eil<L ' '.-iicv's of Mr. and Mrs? O. S. Rogers. Movsi?(. Sam Hohldav and Olen , Thiu'pon of Hrogden spent the week i otid with relatives In the village. I Mi** Sarah I,isuby of chesterfield] i* -pendinz a fow days with her dflntrh ! tor Mr". J >. T. Hauenrk. Mrs. Irene T>orlt.y of Columbia spent I j -cvoral days hist work with ^fr. and ( TKOtHIJ; IN OKLAHOMA, Draft Hmlntemt Reported in Heveral 6 C?uk1Im. There lut* Imvij aerioua trouble out Infant er?tral oklalMMua during th* jMtsi (0w day* on account of organised violent resistance of the selective draft. The number of resistors is not definite* l\ known ; but if in estimated at from ;><h> to iin tUa counties <?f Ponte toe, Seminole, okmulgee, Pittsburg, and Hughe*. Ah a rule they are said to'consist of tenant farmers, half breed tmmS Itt? negroes. Thin section of country involved in more or lew* barren ami billy, with numerous small patches of woods. The sheriff* of the counties raisced posses of citicena and went out after the resisters who were riding the country and creating diturbanee. Sev eral railroad bidges are said to have been Inirncd and q number of towns I have hcen Threatened. In clashes with ! the authorities on Friday and Satur day, Wallace Carglll, one of the lead* | ers was killed and a man named Hoggs ? was captured. .Many arrests were made. Sheriff Grail of Seminole coun ty, reported' dlirlng the day that, fho i larger hands had been broken up into J small parties and the situation was in i hand. Many shots had been exchanged. Further information yesterday was to jibe effect that a hundred or more of I the resisters bad been arrested: but ihere was still at leasr two large bands Lat large and it was expected that Phe .sheriff's posses would have to light them. The Associated Press explains J the trouble as follows; From fttate , mcuts taken from prisoners the uuou | Junius belief was sounded that the Up? ; rising had been timed too early, iu-eams of conquest, riches.aild lxnver have been implanted in the -minds of the ignorant tenilnt class by organiz i crs until t'Mey were led to believe that ft ! -how of force was all that was neccs :<ar.v to gain the promised fruits. Atti davits fn the hands of officers toll of - tbo innocent belief of the tenants that t-> ho drafted into the national army was to go to sure death. While this ro*#istuinee to service lias been the blnd ; M'g element holding together the scat tered elements of the uprising the dis contents which rendered the move ment possible had its beginning more than two years ago, it is said. Shortly after the outbreak of the war, when ? ?.ru n prices were low and transpor t-uien <ovts high, tenant cotton farm fi> asserted that if t'liev ran out of t ??"! and money they would get -it ,v fone. Since tli?r time agitators ?v ii.Ii pr 'iiiises of wealth and power :?avo worked continually in the vicin ity. <iii !:i;g a fertile i: round for their propaganda. Lately t!i?* meetings have j !>e.'ii belli as often as three times a | ?veejf. always in a scheduled spot In 1 t he WiimU, : _ I Mrs. W. T. l'layer. Mr. .John A. Fincher. of Kor*liaw, visited hi* parent- !a*t week. Mr. and Mr-. T.eo l.i-nby sii??1 Moss y*. ??-; ;n .-nit! FVidio l.i*nby of Ches let liel I ;irc visitors of Mrs. Hancock ;,-i l Mr. ami Mrs. Fincher tltis week. Mv*. 11;i11 it* <;!i:ttit ami Mrs. Rena 14* Lancaster spoilt several (lays wit11 Mr. ami Mr*. George Mnnn last Week. Mr. Wa'ter. one ?? f the Kt?r*haw <ilijir? 1 s i-f <! roenyiile came home Srtt nrilav ? t*? he with his father a few day- w!;o is very ill. Mrs. Annie Moore of Columbia spout Saturday ami Sunday in the village. I Mrs. Fl*a Twittv i* visiting her] si-tor Mr. .Foe West this week. j Mr. Kate Walters ami family of near Bethune *|>ont. Fund\y \\ith Mrs. Water'- parent* Mr. ami Mrs. I,. T. Raker. l.a-r Monday niirht Mr-'. Major Mnnn entertained her Sunday School class. Ice cream was served. nu hi-t Friday evening the Sun Roams wero tendered a reception by tin" Y. W. A. class at the Cluh House. After several Minis recitations and games refreshments wore served on the lawn. Next Fri 'ay liijjht ti e 10th begin ning at v '? !"fk there will he an ice cream ft--:,, a! at the cluh hou&e. The public- i* cordially invited. Hid i?i: ia-f Sunday the 5tli after a very brief illness little Henry, the 11 months i.id son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom I'avis. To the parents and other relative* .>f this little fellow we ox ;end profound sympathy. Intorrment was at Reaver Dam Church. Pr iching next Sunday as usual. Stockton News Notes. l'.o\ kin. S. C'., Aug. 7.?In*, and Mrs. I'.. 1\ Dylcs and son. of Laurens, spent a few days last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Workman. " Mis* Pearl Mahoney is visiting rel atives in Manning .this week. . m Mrs. 10. M. Workman ami Mrs. Geo. Amnions spout last Thursday at tlie home of/ Mrs. ,F.va Irhy at. the state Farm. Master Ralfrod Shirley, of Camden, was the guest at the home of his uncle, Mr. C. V. Galloway. Mrs. Susan Gardner, of Manning, visited her daughter. Mrs. R. F. Ma honey last week. Miss Lula Gillls. <.f Rom be rt. is spelidim: a few days with Miss Kate Turiter here. Mr. Arnold Workman ha* returned from a visit with friends in Laurens* Mrs. Rill Hawkins and Miss Ethel Watson, of Pisgnh. spent Tuesday at the lwmtfk ?.f Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Gardner. , Mrs. I',. F. Mahonew and mother children. I'enrle and Dallis spent Sun day at the State Farm. Mr. (ieorge Turner spent tin- week end with Dallis Mahoney. Graham Payne, rierk of Court of Greenwood county, died Sunday morn ing in nn Atlanta hospital after an operation for .1 pr*>ndioitis. ^ Vouni Aviator Killed. . j . New York, Auifr tl.?Henry Welti*, iu (gaining wi^i U??' tlulted sjatea tiylufc< <oVi?m Ht Huntington llay, Umg Inland, n**nr Here, wmh kilted ttnla.v by tf*e of- h*i? hyJ!ro*airpt(rtw when he tried to ?tart It t>y hand Upo& the failure of the >elf-8tarter,' Wellfe, wl)o wan twenty-four yeara ojd, wAJ* to ?i;?Co Immmi married next Saturday. He \vu? in tlie American naval foree which tv<?k poH?e*?lon of Vera tfrux. Hlajfcouie wa* In Brooklyn. ' ... ? '? 1- I _ ' . , Mutilate Their Kfedfaa. 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