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m j iirfc Beachcroft Path on Pickett Mountain. r?"^i)10 bill before congress to cre j ute the Mount Desert National I park upon Mount Desert Is - land. Maine, Imr called sfte lal 'attention to one of the most dls inguished senile places In the court ry. Already it is n national reserva lon, President Wilson having pro (aimed it i lu* Sleur de Monts National nontnijpnf t\v<? years ago. The move nt^ to promote it 'to national park io(id marks the appreciation of New England and the country- genially re* tilting from the i>ublic attention de oted to this spot in consequence of he president's act. Sieur de Monts is th^ only spot on Jie Atlantic coast where sea i^nd moun ;ain meet. Also it is typical in the wst sense of the mngnltlcence ht the Jeclduous forests of the ?Cast; these ire not elsewhere represented In the Mtiomil scenic group. Mount Des >rt will be the only oatlonul park j ?st of. the Mississippi. ? Many thousand# of persons who do ? Dot Identify this splendid group of sea- j |irt mountains under its present title )t Sienr de Monts will place it at moo unritr the title proposed for the latlonal park, as the granite heights tfhlch rise behind Bar Harbor and the )ther resorts of Mount Desert Island. The rounded summits of more than a lozen l??\v mountains and the beautiful akos which nestle fit their feet are ?closed in the reservation. Nowhere lse may the pleasures of seashore and tx-k-hnund coast be combined with hose of a wild mountainous wilder tess. ^ Favorite" Summer Retort. [ For nmny yeaijjp^ these piountalns kive lured sutnm?^ visitors into their fastnesses. Their- splendid forests of Mtk, fyne, hemlock, chestnutj beech, maple ami other well-known trees of the Appalachian range, tin* perfection of their native, jdiruhs, the luxuriance of fhelr wild flowers, the charm of their wild valleys atitf lakes, anil the Stlrriiflg vieivs of Island-dotted sea from their slopes nurl summits bring visitors hack again summer after sum mer. All of these mountains were In private possession ; summer estates were shutting out large areas from public use. That is why a group of public-spirited men undertook a dozen years ago to acquire the ^fountains and present them to the nation. Some gave their estates, others gave money to buy holdings which could not tie got by gift. The Mount Desert National park, when congress yius creates It, wift#tnnd also for the fine generosity nnil public spirit of New England. Older Than thp Rockies. Summer visitors always are inter ? ested in the extreme age of these I mountains. They, are granite of the ! Archean age. They stood there, doubt less far loftier and perhaps Serratfed, before the now loftier Rockies and the Sierra Nevada even emerged from the prehistoric sea. These summits have been vou^iled in the intervening many millions of years by the frosts and the rains and the ginnt Ice sheets wliich ' descended time and again from the north. The record of the glaciers may 1m read still upon their slopes. The mountains are <*ntlrely sur rounded by "fine automobile foiyJs along the shore which connect the seaside resorts. But in many pluces the cliffs "spring straight from the ocean, whose waves lash and corrode their,, granite feet. A greater variety of Rensuttons ^ay be had from this combination of sea and mountain than is offered by any Western national park, however large and majestic. * . View From Dry Mountain. fighting With 8mok?.. Kmok?' In n valuable weapon iu this it is <'xtcnslveiy used on both Mes to musk military und naval move nts. an?l elaborate tneans bttve to**1? l<>vot<><i to throw up clouds of sinoke. \ v*ry (Ml n esting IISM* of : BTnokC i* de jTtbM t u us in Sol entTfic American: ^urlnj: a poisonous gas attack amoke * employe! wurd o ft the fames; Be considerably heavier than the P?'' ??f smoke causes the danger ?* famos to pas* 'over trenehes\and *Kont* -nd to dissipate themseltea 11 the luL'iicr regions." ? ? ^ - ? ? y Fane and Flaga. "I K4-o a Trxtys inventor has patent ? *ri attachment for a* wing machine* >wav?- a fan as a person la sewing," rtnai-kci the lady. ."Well," rcplirii friend huvbund, who *n "tilUlng a strong nail in lieu of ^ttfptoder button. ? "I know a man r"? would watfo a fvw^tlowai. flags If a party would do a little sewlag." U ? >' ' :'MWrMl? Hunt Make Solder Having Little Tin. Owing to the scarcity of tin in Ger many, efforts have been made to pro duce a solder containing ndne of that metal. What Is pronounced an excel lent substitute wax made from 80 per cent lead, plus cadmium and tin, but If COtrttf Trotbc used in sealing fOQ?l_ caus because the lead, in cop tact Tvlth adds in fruits, produces salts that are poisonous. More recently, It is said, a nonpolsonoiiH solder has bcVn ob tained by combining bismuth itttf cnd> tnlum, -both of which metals are found In Germany, with ?her metals not re vealed. ? Popular Mechanics Magazine. War Emergency Course* *t Hampton. The wnr department baa signed a contract ulfh Hnmpto'n institute for the training In emergency courses of 245 colored soMier*. Thhj tralntag will l?c in machine work, blacksmith Ing, horse shoeing, auto repairing, -true* ?ft auto driving, pipe fitting wheel wrlght I ng. carpentry and electri cal work. ' . " ? , ' ? ? ?' ? ? - - v - - I.I ION IN <11 \lil>SIO\ 'I blobs There Is No Quest Ion Th#t t'oltuu '? '% . Acreage Will UN1 iFiouj \\ .?.lncsdu.\ ,'*^Xcws and t'onrjer. Mr. I# I. < Jniou, of l.ngoft". ex-pre^i denF ?f the N\ilHl) Carolina Mve Ht*?ck A -.'rtiuii.tu. is in Charleston on a b.u*l in ** tup. lie vvji- iieen tyr a ? *-|> ???? ? ? v?st? i-4lrt\ . ami he wa? enthusiastic over tip munjcii al si.uk juirds, He *n,vs ,lh?t this is -H good ityove in I l)v rig* i d'rco ttbii, ? With the coming i?f the boll weevil >nr r.tiiMtis uimI iamih.dd.-r*. jic M(dt have got to take a broader view *>f ?>Uf agricultural situation. It bgfl hf?4u In all tin- State* South ami \Vet>t of ns that live stork is absolutely in dispensable in isnnbatiug the ravages of tlii> im'nI. Tin* " Hrst step ban tilwa.vs been to > \it\o a plenty of fUul and feedstuffs for for mail and beast in order that the pop ulation may li v?? at home. '4*he next step has invariably been an (gt?rns pro duction of hog* nnd^cattle ami it is most ??Vsl table to have some place, flVCtl a* "The" municipal stock yards of (%irl??ton Kil l.- the farmer, Mip?d|i)y -the Hnmll fanner can iind u ready *alc at prevail ing prices for his live stock'. In many cases the small farmer wlJo has only a few head of hogs or cattle is unable to ship them to distant, market*. Again there in .the large farmer who ilesins to buy steers for Ming pnr jmseA. This municipal stock market, if properly managed, and * have ho doubt < it will be. will become not only attrac tive t?? foreign buyers but. it will also !;: t th<> small lecal breeder, and the bin biveiler In tomb with one another, tJiere l L b,v saving both' the amount of work inn) lti-i thno. t'harh t<)U and vicinity hav'o a HUM bi t' .if tat m?' trucking fartftl which >Ih># V -arl.v f)?n( lyrgv number of ?'**t t !?? iu mtVr to k?4 ihhu M iv to keep their truck ?arm-* in m high state of productivity. One nf;Ahe chief reasons why many men do lint *eil caitli' i vri'y ,<var i* ) iccnn.su <>!* I l??s r inability to got tt??* foedeis at nearby j>oint*. I heli^ve that eventual ly this tdock yard will draw cattle aiul hoga not ??nly from the immediate vi cinity, but from \V ostein North Carolina ?and Kust^ IYiiiivmnw. ,\lr. tiuiou further said: "One of the greatest crops to combat the b<dl weevil is the velvet bean. In thin day aud (iltte (if the liiitfll emit of living, hog ing and grafting oft the green crop has proVen the moxt coouomical and satis factory way of utilising the v?^^f bean, in thin- State velvet beans have yielded a profit of exceeding $20 an acre from the beans alone after the com crop wa* harvested. Furthermore it is an in disputable fact that the quickest way to enrich the soil is to graze or ho* oft the crop that tgrows ou the luud," As t<? f*?t U<>i* acreage reductlou he said that he thought that unquestionably the acreage would be cut from ?K> to fftt per cent. He has- travel?*! over a large portion of the State and the big farmers arc reducing about >V) per cent, while the smaller ones are reauetug from 20 .'k). The farmers at last have eotno to realise that the last thirty years final I crops of cotton have invariably solfl at m profit ami the big crops at n very large Iok*. Iu .1014, in round numbers, w f produced 10.000,000 bales of cotton. Tlx- ftggre#atc Cotton and seed' sold for Mum thing \\\? tf7'.l<HMMM). lu HM7 \n? p at. miii ! I I .(HHUKkl I'al. .'I < >m luji whhb # na?,M in th*? aggregate for $ I ,SlHMMKUkM?, showing a li?'t gajli for ihe small ol*H? of oyer a biJHoi: dollar* for .YlHKUMM) IfXM bllw of ? ?* ? t loii , <'i^iidi,v to general ouliU'H* l}u) war )i.ni abMui*l> uoUifaif i" <jk> with o?t v>;i I'ltiiiK nbovi- J iO tents in IHIT ?ud U>IS, Tln> reu?oijk why cotton ?old, above (it) eent* witK bi'cttoMf we made four slitM i i Ttijis and luul tilt' world bv?n a( i> i.. a ml tin- piuvhasiiiK \?ow ? r hern j ? H tftj and bad 1 ? ?? i in 11 iiy and Artstria been ahle to get their quota of eottou, it i< bard to >11 y w liat rot ton would be selling; l??r today. (Yrluiniy at unheard! of liKiirev If tho rrop of 1HII? i* kejrt belmv bulex Mifr bank deisisits In the m\l tWQ years' will / show an in erease to svK'h an extent that tho South will . be able it) the future to ftuauce it* own crops. It is indisputable that the fnttoil fanner a m.l labor that lm? ?oue to make cottUfl has been tin1 poorest paid labor in t b?* l'niled States, and inn- the selling of cotton, the mop means no more nor lew than the marketing Of our labor and tin- exploiting of our soils, and . If > the prices obtained are not remunerative we eanuot hope to have our nil are of the nations prosperity re il*'?-t *hI in our bank deposits. nor can we expect t*? have good roads, good srhools and an edueated people. 'v;%' 4 " J , -r^'Z ra"-1 ??- ; ; "I"" 11 ^ , 1 11 w^r 111 all 'L',-t7>Y merehaut ships wer?; sunl* b,v enemy net ion and au additional 670 ftahiug vessels, making a total of 0,045 w>: east adrift. Menftau i Xoaiuen who lost their lives ip iution total H.7tH?. Mr*. Campbell C??vlrtni. \l,ii i. ( t ii . <J;i . Mnich 17 Mrs. S'iioiHl V. >Caiu|%'II wim ? <?n vi?-u*\l hy (i jui\ t . i >? i k ii t ut ? ? i . n ! i > i" ,\l<u ,i<u i( i !..i .-ne t , an inmate ??f tho "l%dpipt>ini nal^Jinitu" for ?>i-|diaus which Mrs. < "illilldi.il l olitlin tr.l in jir hen* until iv <H>utly, Ii was testified !?>? other child* ..n 1 1 urn tin- in^i u in inn ilmt (he w omnia fuj-Ced I In III |o )l(. Id the f? M 1 1 \IMI v?I?l Kit I aguiitKt, ii hot grate hk puui^liinout . for a cluMi*li ftiisilntl. There six other indictments charg ing < m?'lt.\ tu children pending agftluat M is. Campbell and six somewhat similar indictment* iiKainst li f? i* husband, (), O. ( 'am phcl I. In the trial mi the first indiitiuent, I lint ..t enii'll) to tho Florence child, today. it took tin* juror* aliuut 10 min utes' to bring i" ?? verdict, Sentenco vviU ho panned tomorrow. The charge is u misdemeanor, the inaxiunuu sin t'pitif being I 'J inonths in jail or *lx months wild a line of $1 ? ? ? ?- ? ?- : * Death of Colored Man. Henry W. 1 1 rooks a young man about lf({ vcai's of fifte (liMl of pnuutiionia al the home of lit* father, Wesley BiHVoks, " in Kfrkwood Friday evening March 14th He was bo I'D ami reared in . < 'iinnlen and comlueiell himself ill such a way as to haw had the very highest iet?pcct of, a)l who kuewhdm. Ilo wan connected with the best of our ecdored families. At the time of his death lav. "wan in tin* graduating class of dentistry at Moharry Medical School, Nashville, Teiin, % His l ii ii im ill service wits conducted at. Alt. Moriah Hunt ist Churcl^ Sunday at - p. in. at which timetwo of his class mate* from Clnfliu University bore tes timony of his Christian life as a stu dent and the Clatlin (poirtett sang a ver.\ tohohing soiig^ A large crowd attended the KCrviee thus showing their last respect to his memory. Contributed. > . ' . ? ? < ? ? ' ' ?? . . THE CAPACITY TO HOLD? THE DETERMINATION TO DO ? ? ? .* ' ? . t i . DAY FOR THE ALLIES. VICTORY IN WAR TORY BY MOLDING OUR FRIEND? COTTON. < ' - 'I/ s j ' V <?' - . I '. A"' ' , - x. ! - V y , ? v I v. - . SPECULATORS AND ALIENS HAVE -^AKEN ADVANTAGE OF UNSETTLED "V CONDITIONS AND SUCCEEDED IN ..CREATING A CONDITION THAT thppat^c THE FUTURE HAPPINESS OF OUR WIVES. OUR CHILDREN AND THOSE WHO POL A"E" * ? A WHO WOULD NOT R.SE T0"S ch? Wa &2f? 3 ^^rrr - JtXi LENGE." % BR; GOD KNOWS WE HAVE NO DESIRE TO ^RRAY ONE CLASS OR SECTIO n < AGAINST ANOTHER, ?UT THE TRUTH STANDS OUT COLD !^D CLEAR SAW THAT THEY HAD TO ROB US NOW OR NEVER. FOR IT WAS #?r IS TRUE THAT IF TH? SOUTH RETAINS CONTROL OF COTTON THIS YEAR WE SHALL BE FREE AND' FREE FOREVER. ? 1 SHALL OUR WOMEN TOIL AND OUR CHILDREN' GROW OP IN POVERTY MERELY BECAU& WE FAIL IN OUR DUTY? ?' . * . ? ' ' IF* / * / WE ARE EASILY MASTERS OF OUR DESTINY IN THIS CRISIS AND CAN PROSPER WHILE ASSERTING OUR MANHOOD AND OUft RIGHTS. . i z-\r- - ? s. 'i'.j;:- r '*? ; ? NO INTELLIGENT MAN WHO LOVES HIS FAMILY, HIS SECTION AND POS TERITY WILL DO OTHER THAN FOLLOW AND SEE THAT Hl$ NEIGHBOR ' FOL LOWS. I . . THE INFALLABLE PLAN HOLD ALL COTTON AND REDUCE ACREAGE ONE-THIRD F. M. WOOTEN, Chairman. rw5ssp ? ; ~xr Join jour local Association and tend C. A- ZAuLii&i ^ Carruon, Jr., Camden, S. C., a contribution to further the cause 1 IU?| U1? cause.