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14 Tribute to His Dog ^ Bdgar Howard, Lieut-Gov0l Nebraska.) iJC" u, dead! Ho was a dour in flimal kingdom, but a tall mau j jttrjbutoa of kindness and loy-1 He never spoke about his own Hi but be showed thom in his , jiy life. I wish I might know who gave the deadly poison dog. I have uo desire to carry to him, but rather a desire to him a gentler and a better man jnting for him a word-picture >r liix and his sufferings. For days under skillful treatment veterinary and the uursiijjf of. who loved him, Bix fought athe effects of the drug, never lining, never showing resentrewarding every effort in his with a wag of his tail, or with pr ess ion of thanks from his eye. In the last effort of his > dragged himself to my feet, his drooping muzzle and laid my hand, as oft I've seen a epose a weary head "on'moth lee. Thus he died, and in the ijlaze upon his intelligent eyes I thought I read u mesf forgiveness for the whipping e him one day, when anger ivcn from my head that fair of renson which should direct lings of men, if not of dogs, never been able to accept the igs of those ancients who held t death-time the souls of men omen sometimes are transferee bodies of birds and dogs, I could accept ; that view<?I then believe that one day there pon the earth a rare and radiul within the body of the genoman ever sent into the world to brighten and bless mankind with her, good presence; and that when she died the death of the body the! godu transferred her soul to the body of my Bix, ao good he was, and kind. But I can't believe such things, and all that is left for me now is to give to Bix in my memory-garden a place among the roses, with a promise and & pledge to make my own life among men reflect somewhat the lessons in loyalty and kindness acquired by contact wtih my dog. And so, good Bix, good-bye! A fight in Koscoe Cole's filling station near Gaffney, Wednesday morning about 1 a. m? resulted in the death <6f L. H. Lane, .% years old, and Walter Cole, 28, is in a serious condition in n city hospital. Cane's death resulted from three pistol wounds and three wounds from a shot gun. Cole was shot in the abdomen with a pistol, and in his arm by a shot gun. #Jim Cromer was charged by a coroner's jury with the killing, and Grady Spencer, alleged to have participated in the battle, was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. Both are held in the Cherokee county jail. Spencer and Lane according to evidence at the inquest, entered Cole's filling station cursing and with pistols drawn. Walter Cole drew a gun and the shooting started. Lane after being shot staggered out, and Cromer is alleged to have shot him three times with a double barreled shot gun. Governor Parnell of Arkansas, has declined to call a special session of the state legislature to deal with the drought situation, as suggested at a meeting of the Arkansas county judges association. , - - i WHITE SLAVES OF BLACK ? CHIEF FOUND IN AFRICA . _____ _ t Traveler Finds Race pf Serfs In Kala. harl Desert; Contented With Lot. r Johannesburg. South Africa.?An as- 1 founding story of white men and wouj- ' on, slaves of a black chief in the heart ,s of Africa, recently brought to the <. notice of the government by a trav- . eler, has been corroborated by travelers who have returned from the \ Kalahari desert. j Although these whites, it has been ascertained, have been living in bond* age for generations, the fact of their ' captivity and enslavement has by the 1 merest chance reached the ears of ' civilization. A terrltic storm necessitated a trav- i eler halting ut a village in the Kal- I ahari desert. lie was hospitably en- j tertained by a chief, who astonished ( him by summoning to minister to his wants a number of hnlf-clothed, miserable looking whites of both sexes. The chief, who happened to have been educated at un English university, described them as his serfs. He had, he said, inherited them from his purents. He uppeared uncertain as to how long his tribe had owned them, but told a circumstantial story which indicated thq{ they were the descendants of a band of early Dutch pioneers who had treked into the Kalahari. Disaster had overtaken them in the shape of disease, lions and bu.shmen. They were captured by a wandering tribe nnd became their property. Not the least interesting feature of this strange tale of darkest Africa is that the exiles rerused to intermarry with the natives, the truveler said : i "I endeavored to speak with as many of them as I was able and' discovered these wldte slaves to be mostly half-wits or of the lowest possible intelligence. No doubt extensive inbreeding had been responsible for their poor mentality. They boaBted that they had never married blacks." Barbarians' Weapons Covered With Gold London.?The American gangster, with his expensive machine guns, is a comparative piker alongside the fierce, barbaric tribes of 1300 years ago, in expensive weapons, at least. An exhibition of "Art in the Dark Ages,'.* here reveals the savages used gold lavishly in their weapons. One chieftain used a spur of solid gold weighing more than 13 ounces, highly decorative gold-mounted daggers, an iron spearhead, with a band of red cloissonpe enamel on a gold base above the mouth, and wore a gold collnr of six curved almost oblong plates embossed with scenes and figures. Neither was his horse neglected. It was provided with a set of gold trappings with gold "rivets. These relics were removed from a tomb of a Lombard chieftain who led his warriors across the Danube in 580 abd began the conquest of Italy. Proving That One Can Be Too Nice to a Cop Tokyo.?There's auch a thing as be 1- lng too polite, as seven Tokyo fisher! men have found to their sorrow. The seven had been in the habit of gambling In the back of a truck which took" them to the central fish market early each morning. The other day the driver of the truck was stopped for speeding and the fishermen were sure tha% their illegal activities had been observed. The policeman had failed to observe them, ho\lbver, and ordered the truck driver to proceed. In their relief .the gamblers arose and bowed several times to the officer. Now, even in Japan, a traffic cop isn't showered with politeness, and this par tlculnr officer, growing suspicious, commandeered a taxi nnd followed the truck, overtaking It Jn time to cutch the gamblers red-handed. Sliding Trousers Win Popularity on Rainier Longmire, Wash.?Coasting on spe dally prepared trousers down the snowy slopes of Mount Rainier is popular this spring. There is no need to pull heavy toboggans up hill. Loosefitting canvas pantaloons are given several coats of hot paraffin, then liberally waxed. Wearing these over the ! ordinary clothing th$ devotee of slidlng becomes a sndWworm impervious to cold and moisture. W . . Lion Hangs Solf Gunnison, Utah.?A mountain lion, escaped from a cage after capture near here, accidentally killed himself ! a short while after his dash for free 1 dom. A chain, trailing fronj his neck, caught on the limb of a tree as the big cat jumped, and the animal hung, suspended in the air until strangulation stopped his frantic efforts to free' " himself. jfe In The Cacao | Country Of Brazil Washington, I). C.?"In the mouth t a crocodile-infested nver wo an- 1 hored our seaplane <uid went ashore i the palm-fringed little town of Iheos, Brazil," writes Frederick impich, National Geographic Soeity correspondent with the seaplane arty which is surveying routes from \ Washington to liuumis Aires. "II-1 eos lives on chocolate beans, or caao. One-seventh of the world's crop novo* from here, and five men marine the giant industry. "Hiding in u gasoline s(>eed car, kith the railway manager, we rat- I led out over the 50-mile toy lino rhich wanders into the jungle. "From the forest whizzed a sting* ng hug and bit our driver on the lose. 'If we weren*t here he would irobably take u crocodile tooth from lis pocket and rub his nose with it', aid our host. 'That is the popular ! ure here for snake bites, and other joisons.' We passed a new-made fravu, with Powers on it. A man tilled by a crocodile had just been juried. / . J "Dogs are the crocodiles' favorite lish. When a village dog ventures lear the river bank at night and aarks, the crocodiles gather. "In the state of Hahia are about ?0,000,000 cocoa trees; this fruit has been grown here for about 150 years, and the tiny railway serves the heart of the great cocoa region. It handles more tons of freight per mile than any other line in South America. "leaving the coastal plain and entering the foothills, one sees the cacao plantations. We walked in? shaded groves. Among bigger, protecting trees the small cacao trees are planted, thus sheltered from sun and wind. I twisted off a green fruit, broke it open and tasted whitish seeds; the flavor was like watermelon. Barefoot men and women | split the pods, empty the seeds on a j wide platform, and tread them freoj of pulp ??nd pith. They call this 'Dancing the Cacao.' "The seeds are dried by stirring them in a big flat bin. A wide roof, set on wheels, is at hand, to be hastily hauled over the bin if it rains. Turning a dark brown when dried, and tasting plainly of unsweetened chocolate when ripe, the beans are packed in bags and sent to Europe and the United States. In 30 years Bahia's export has risen frmo 150,000 to 1,200,000 bags a year. Brazil her self drinks very little chocolate?but much coffeet "Near a station named 'Lava Fes,' or 'Wash Your Feet,' we stopped to watch a long file of umbrella ants. Kac'h carried a leaf, as if it were an umbrella. Many ants were up in a tree, biting off bits of leaf and dropping them to other ants waiting on the ground. This line of marching ants is often a mile or more long. The ants cany the leaves to their uii?la*pround home, and store them. On the leaves a fungus forms, and this the insects eat. "Under a shed nearby we saw four men, with machetes, scraping a wild pig they had shot. "Farther up the line we crossed a small stream running among cafao-covered hills. Long chutes made of boards ran down the hillsides to the water's edge. Down these chutes natives were sliding fresh cacao beans, which emptied into waiting dugout canoes. Although cacao has i been grown here for so long, the ! methods of harvesting it are still primitive, for labor is cheap. "White men find life here hard, because of so many insects, and malaria. Bugs are a plague. I slaw a horned tumble-bug more. than seven inches long?larger than many kinds of birds. And there were snails that must have weighed half a pound, and there was the fer de lance, and other bad snakes. " 'For dyas I see only native workmen,' an English superintendent told me. 'The natives' language is quickly learned?they use only ala>ut 400 words, a blond </f Portugese, Indian and African ywrds imported by slaves.' " B. Y. P. U. Social f A delightful social was given by the members of the II. Y. P. U. of thb First Baptist church Thursday night at the old parsonage in honor of the several members who are leaving to attend college and to resume their school work. Numerous games and contests were enjoyed. 1 Quite a number of visitors- were present. Marshall Robbins, of Johnston-? county, N. C., on Tuesday shot his vfife to death, ran his son off at the point of a shotgun, set Are to his home and four tobacco barns and then committed suicide. A family quarrel was the cause of the tragedy. I WHAT BYRNES' Neighbors Think of Him ' ' I In the Spartanburg* feity ward in which James. F. Byrnes resides he received, in the first primary, 897 votes against 91 cast for Senator Blease. j In Aiken city, where Mr. Byrnes- for j merly resided, he received 992 votes against 176 for Senator Blease. j These Figures Are Convincing Byrnes has conducted a clean and j clear-out campaign, confining himself to 9 ..... . the issues, and has made Constructive Suggestions For Agricultural Relief in the i ; ( . Present Crisis He possesses the experience and the proven ability in Congress to successfully j carry out1 his program as outlined and his 1 highest ambition is service to the state | and nation. Byrnes is profoundly grateful to the People for the magnificent support received by him in the first primary, and urges a full vote in the second primary next Tuesday. If the people turn out and express themselves at the ballot box? Byrnes Will Be Elected i * v Hear James F. Byrnes in His Radio Speech Monday Night, Sept. 8, at 8 o'clock From WBT, CHarlotte. |-i . .. - ttttlMMtM III mill lit tt J ;; Askt Old Warthipt Be Used for Hornet t J | Loudon.?ICuatiu e MiU-?, uot- ^ < > ed MoriMI worker. 1? preparing 4 * ' | ? Qieuaure which tie will put { \ o before the purllujoH'Ut I? Itiro < 1 the Brltlah hattlcuhlpa which " < > mu?t he dlscurded under the < > ' dlaurinaineut agreement luto ,< ' houaehoaU for alum dweller*. < ? e ' I The Hrltlnh admiralty object# < J> * * that It would not b?* dignified. * [ V o oh + + ? c BggM?BgagggL .. - . .ML-i11 J .J ? Depositing Your Money in Bank Adds to Business Life * , \ ^ J Depositing in the bank is a duty you owe yourself and the community at large, for it is money in circulation that enables business * life to go forward. i Loan and Savings Bank CAPITAL $100,000.00 ' ^ fa*. ==? , I I A Savings Account Will Do It? LONG YEARS of hard work?consistent, systematic saving and at last, as the fruit of his providence, the wise man retires to epjoy his declining years in comfort. THERE IS ONE sure way to enjoy this comfort. Hard work alone will not do it; you must save?and save systematically. ! Open a Savings account with our ".bank I today and make it a habit to deposit a cer- j j tain amount every week. The first National Bank Camden, South Carolina < .... ,**'* * ... ... . . | j - - . ' ' *L-i; ^