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PROTECTION Gives Real SATISFACTION Is your BUSINESS protected in a substantial way? The right kind of a Life Policy gives you and Yours' the only sure protection. . Southeastern Life GREENVILLE, SOUTH L. A. McDowell, Agent .\J?n. .1. I!. !?. Ilr&naoa ?? ii<) Mr. ami! Mis. .1 .? 'It . Itmun.Mi au<l s??>n Of Iaigoff. | riavr returned homo after u few days v'rsit ?it Kersltjtw nt Uw lioroo of Wf# T. <\ KIHrh-r. OUCHED BY SERVICE FLAG Youngster on Brink of Disgrace Re solved to Be Worthy of Emblem Displayed in His Honor. ? t "Why I In* service flag?" Ik an old f>westlon. I?ut from one of our middle Wrsl towns coraes a new answer. ' A wealthy fu nil ly in an Indiana I town had a son, who had never done i anything lo reflect honor on his fain- j i ly ? a family which was proud of its ! ffflrnoiis aneeslry. 1 1 1 ? didn't enll#t this war trvoke out, and then ? irlfel lo evade (he draft, but was com pelled to go in ? rtyent call. He eti tcr?*d n training 4*11 inp it few inilert ifrmr t* W home town. Ilnlcs and a regular life- were hard Tor hi'm. Kmnrtlng tinder' n well deserved reproof, he one night decided to desert. lie slipped away from the ! ?'amj> and. under cove?\ of darkness. I made his way 'to his home in order to ! yv t his* civilian clothes and better ef- ! 3fo<t hi< escape. ; Just as he was ready to oscale the j /rent, veranda Of his home Ih? noticed j the service llag in one of the house's ijreat front windows. There it was ? In the most conspicuous place thej bowse afforded- -n great -ilk Hit;; with ' its one blue star, i j "It's for me." the hoy thought. Through his mind pas'sed the mem ?or v ? ?f his lite- -a failure in winning any of the honors hi- family had ?wanted for hiei. No college diploma. n.*t i'\ en aftiigh school ?one. had lie re <'?'ivc<i ? nothing except thi"- one star in this Hag had he e\er let his people claim ;<s his < ont ribut ion ^o the family famous name. lie turned back toward the sidewalk; "They'll uet to keep that honor." he tol?l himself. "I'll make It bigger, too," un<l he ? clipped hack j to . cuuip. elated to And that his absence had not been j discovered. Tube and Tire Welding Owing: t<> Liu- jfieat in ( roast' i n pricos of auto tires and tubes it will be benefic ial to you to brinx youi old tires and tubus to nic for re pairs. If lhe\ art' v.urth rt - piannjr i will svpaii tlirm and Ku:irant?'?' tin* part l<> nut-wcar the n si of t h <? lire. .My method is entirely new a nt! reliable. ! will also bu,. your eld liiv.> and tubes w hie) yiiu h:i\c dix'.ird^M as iu n k Ver.\ re.xpeet I ully. .J. D. HUCKABEE SOUTH MAIN ST. Mjw Ada Phelps ami *he Mittse* Muckiici' ?> | ?'i 1 1 Saturday in Oolumhiii. UNITED THOUGH FAR APART Ceremony Known ?? "Handechoen" Recognized Under the Dutch Law as Legal Form of Marriage. Not so very long ago a lJoer in Pre toria was married to a girl in Amster dam. Holland, tin* ccredtotty constitut ing what the I >?it<-li <-ii 1 1 Immlschoen. or gloye marriage. In spite of the fact that a distance of 6,000 miles lay between the bride In the Netherlands and the bridegroom in the Transvaal they were just as ef fectively married under the Dutch law as If both bad been present In the same church, The bridegroom soul to his friend, or best man, iu Amsterdam a power of attorney to represent him as hla proxy at the ceremony, and at the same time forwarded his glove. Which at the proper moment, when the two were made one, watf held by both the bride and the proxy. The wedding was duly registered at Amsterdam and a^ Pretoria, where the bridegroom Med an affidavit with the proper mag istrate. This curious form of marriage is a purely I Milch institution, the custom having originated, it 1* said. In the okl tlnirs ,it" I Mitch-Bata vinn rule. It Is, however, a dead letter In the Trans vaal since i b<* Knglish took over that colony. Thirsty? Use Belt to Get Drink. When Oliver Herford comes in a babbling brook and wants a drink, he does not, throw himself prone on the mud and try to get water on she vacuum-cleaner principle adopted by the cow. nor does he use his Panama on ihe (fiinglia Dhin principle. He might use a straw or a drinking cup. if he could ever remerher to carry fftotn with him. A hundred things hc'-mlght do. If he could think of them. But what really happens? Oliver takes off bi*< belt ami-winds it up mm tightly as he can. The colls are wrap ped around one another so that a cone is built up. That forms a cup with n hole iu the bottom. Oliver uses a tlijgPr as u stopper for the hole, and proceeds to* <llp up his drink in the fashion set long ago by the flr<t civ ilized man.- Popular Science Monthly. Month of Harvest Moon. Aside from the autumnal equinox, September each year is marked by an other astronomical event of considera ble Interest, namely, the so-called bar \e*f ti.onn. it being the fult moon near ??st the autumnal equinow The harv est rnooa rises at nearly the same time for several successive evenings in-> stead <>t ne:ir|\ an hour later from nifht to nsv'hi as i*? usually the cn?*e, and it is from this continuous run of ?? rtght in ym". light nights thnr rhi? moon is said to derive its name, farm i a- :i rub* faking Advantage of the ? ?xtr.i lishf to gather in their late sum mer ? Top* and store them awav for tlx winter. . ' ? ? PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Margaret Taylor spent tho wvek eud at Winthivp (\>1J<?kv with friertds. Mr. and Mrs. Wj|| Stuart of l'hila* delphia were week-end guests of Mr. and Mix John Lindnay, Mr*. Orr, ,of HeiMieriMnvilit,. i* tb?j guest of her'?liiUKhter M^a. Jolui t'larl.e on LaFayette avenue. ? *;*?"' ' ? ** ?,*. ?? . . ? . . . . ? - ' ? Sir*. I Itontiok and daughter* Miwcs Angus tii, Klizabeth aud A spent several day* in Columbia this week. .Mis* Mabel Jackson. of Henderson ville. N. C.. was the Kuest of Mioses (lonhie and .Jennie Clarke during the past week. Mi". John tJaUworth.v. of Loudon. Fugland. a well Knglish author, Wft'S" il fCttOKt of .Mr. and- Mrs. ? Ralph Elite last week. ' . Mrs. Hobert Teatii and Mis> Mat tie Team of Sumter were here Wedredny t<> attend tho horse show and to visit n la fives and friends. Mrs. Alexander and daughter. Mis* Hlauclire Alexander of St. Augustine, Fhi.. arc visiting Mrs. T. J. Kirfclnnd and Mrs. lion ry -Savage Mr*. C. IV F,xum of Sumter i' the guest <>f Mrs. ? Lawrence' At Kirkland. Mrs. Hxum is pleasantly^ rpmrntbr red hero as Miss Lula Cooke Ijoykiu.. Mrs. J. I,. Hrasington who has been in Rielnnond. Va.. during ? he winter was a visitor here this week! She leave- hero for Columbia and Charles toa. " Friends of Jaek Watkius of <V?uipany "M" are glad to have him back in Cam den after set'Viee abroad in the army. He arrived about ten day- ago ftoni overseas. Mrs. .I. F. Covington of Itennettsvillo was tho gue*t this week f 1W grand mother Mrs. M. K. Sowoll. Mrs. Cov iriflon a* Miss Hath Hoi lev has ti num ber of friends in Camden where she. once 'uuglit in the < traded School. Mls> Netty - MiHer who hav fascii at seliool in Charleston for the. . past few 1 1 1 o n t h > i< visiting her grandmother Mis. A. < '. Auerum. Sin- will leave next week for Princeton. X. J. to r?#urue her studio* at thi- movable -<-hool. ltuU> of lx>st Child Found. < hattanooga. Tenn.. March 26 ? News has been received hero from Newport. Term., that the bod.\ of Abraham Lin odn Katnsoy three-year-old boy 'who l>e ftitne lost in the Smoky Mountain* March 11. had lux-n found in a hollow log in a dense forest about three niilrs from his 1 h<?'n- The tad had attempted to f -dlow lii- ??!?? Nt- t" iiMiiury st.">re anil "it !>?? i 1 1 ic turned baek t<?ok the wrong fork '.?< tin- p'lid and disappeared. A seart'h had h.-i-ri kepi up by u?-igblK?rs for mpny \iv- and nights it is supposed the boy."" | '? ???nii'm wearied from bis wanderings I and with night coming on. erawled into t'.i. lu.lifW 1<>^. and either died from I ? \ ha 1 1- 1 ii <t himgei We Lend Money to Farmers at Five and One-Half Per Cent Interest M security of first mortgages of improved farm lands for long terms. ml: m Wateree National Farm Loan Association IN, President dent Trc??. W. R GARDNER i E. L. WOOTEN S Director. K. T. ESTRIDCE ) apply to any one of the above named. Building CEMENT. Materials LIME, LATH. CRMKNT, SIDING, n. ; fcy CEILING. PLASTER. SHINGLES, FLOORING. MOULDINGS. FIRE CLAY, FERE BRICK, ROUGH LUMBER, ROOFING PAPER, isl " ' Feed HAY, COUN. OATS, g. u HULLS. otlltlS , TANKAGE, ! MIDDLINGS. kick FLOUR, WHEAT |{ RAN. SUG A It FEED. I .MEAT SCRAP, CHICKEN FEED. OYSTER SHELL. SEED OATS YNb UYE, . COTTON SEED MEAL BOOTH & McLEOD, (Inc.) omitted Sumter, S. C. ATTRACTING W1DR ATTENTION Much Sparc (ilvru To Cotton Aeie:?ge I C 4 * 1 1 1 1 I ion Movement . -,'U + Columbia. MtilX'b IM. That the ?-t?l - ton acreage reductibn movement m at tracting wide attention is attested by the spa<H' thai is bciuK Riven to the movement hy the papers in t'he North, i Ka>? ami West and in t|?c New Huglnnd -tut ??>-.. Nearly all of= these |ta)H*r* are discussing the movement in their edi torial columns and arc ulno carrying Jo.uk news st<*ries about it. The acreage reduction movement and its invisibilities ar?* also being freely discussed in the lettcr?< sent out by Ci if cotton Anns of N cm, York. Saturday mornings New York Journal I of Commerce carried a long article, on lit-' front page from Columbia giving a <*oji\ in full of the rclejjrani sent for mer jroveruor Manning of the South Car olina Cotton Association giving a re view of> the acreage reduction movement and the 'i>row>rtions it has assumed. I The New York Times in its i$sue : .if Saturday also devoted over a column to ttie movement and also carried the full text of the telegram .to Governor .Wanning from the South Carolina Cot j ton Association and an interview with [ the Governor. The interview with the l former Governor follows; I ' "Former Governor Richard I. 'Man* j ning of South Carolina! who sails for ; I'aris this inoruiug Ln the interest of | the League to Knfyrcc Peace. endeavor-' : ed last night to clarify the situation 1 with regard to the grower's side of ' cotton production, about which he vaid i i > , j_lji_t_i_m ! he hu<l f 0iind niuch misconception In I* the HNmtv < Hivi'i'iior Manning explained that he would take iH> "IK* phuM> of the ?dtUB tioft with Mr, I I<H?v??r when |w icach^ I'nris, hihI endeavor to pefBUade MW Hoover to use some of fhe revolving fuud of *1(MMXHMK)0 appropriated just before < 'ongress adjourned in order that cotton* seed oil uiifeht K" toward replenishing thi' t,li:iiru i-sho<l supply of tuts in Euro pean iNjunt ries. ThiHi the mi rpl lis -seed now in the hands of fanners would in turn g<r into food instead of being turn eft into fertiliser. That there is uo basis for the skepti ; ci*m he found amoug cotton goods inau ' ufuetiners over the .determination of the South to curtail radically the acreage devoted to cotton was the point he most stu'iiglv einphu-sized. He said that, with tin- aid of the . hankVrs. the S.>uth is prepared to hold on to it?> cotton until it cau sell it at a reaMOHutfle profit, ami that there is every evidence there will 1h- no need to *acrifice t h?* product pend ing the \<\>ming of the Europeun trade revival and the demand that the bare "helves abroad be filled. tHe pointed out thut there have l?eei? short crops- for four yeaiv. that 'exporta tion is reviving slowly ? the Government t'S-thuatjng that it will reach O,?i00,000 bales by the end of August, the<; close if the cotton year ? and said the pres ent plan* for reduced acreage coming ? u piVn thi-s a<"eumulated shortage cannot! help but force cotton users' ' to pay al fair price for it. Mr. Te<ldy delxmch tfho Ls working with the Hardaway Construction Co., iw | in town thi> w ??<?&. HOLDERS OF LIBERTY BOND! ' ? . i 'W, are advised to hold them. If i must sell, deal only with respq slble bunker*. We Buy end Sell. LIBERTY BONDi All lawea and Denomination! Write us If interested. TRUST COMPANY IF GEN?| Member Federal Reeerve Sr?tea ATLANTA. OA. Collins Brother Undertakers for Colored ' ? ? * ' ' ' ; .>'?! Telephone 41 714 W. Drill DR. R. E. STEVENSOK DEMIST Crocker liuildin^ Canvlrji, S. C. Is your farm I- >4 - - tw4 i scarce and high? o . ?; fP.Cz Why not * ?' ? ? , - " ? r*V *? ? .? same size crop on smaller acreage ' " \ . ? . ? - : - -L-k -? WITH -K m 'ju - - ? >:-a ; ? ' j ? ' - "? ''}$}? ..+i' Jr&i^ifX it tyizax. ? TRADE HAAK motsTfiivo. : ? t- ? = ?r ' vv r* -'."/a ? -4?M . ~ "* V ORDER NOW AND AVOID DISAPROINTMEffT, Tsv - ? r ' i'AHf V> ' Sll -Jig ...? /jh F. S. ROYSTER GUANO . ? ? - ' .* irv'ftr Norfolk, Va. Baltimore, Md. Toledo. 0. Tarboro, N. C. 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