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* # • T > -r THE PEOPLE, BARNWELL, S C. \ WTfl FINGERS! CORNS LIFT CUT } • Prcezone is rr.agic! Corns 4nJ - * /-• calluses lilt rig’^t of:— e . _ r . ^ ’ . Doesn’t hurt a.bit IMMEIEH wk and bowvlifl Fretful, crfimt 1 MRS. WINSLOW'S ■ SYRUP BY RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT _-*v OosrflffhV mt. Nr Do«4. Mm4 * Oea»Mir. ISA A few cents buys a tiny bottle of the magic Freezone at any drug store. Apply a few drops of Freezone upon a tender, aching corn or a callus. In stantly that troublesome corn or callu* stops hurting, then shortly you lift It out, root and all, without any pain, soreness or Irritation. These little bot- tl»*s of Freezone contain Just enough to rid the feet of every hard^ corn, soft <*oni, i'orn between fhe toes and f he calluses on bottom of feet. So easy! SY>"simple.'. Why wait? \.Vo humbug! Just Like a Woman. A young American soldier, who was married Just before sailing, was so flnsl with pHtriotisM that be wa* eer* lain he would have tin op|Mtrtunity to d»i '-oiiietbitig heroic Itefore the war cm til** to au end. He mentioned'this in a letter to wtfey, and told her he hoped to bring her the t'rolx de tluerre from France. Hut the ynutliful pMtrlot r.*cel\e<] this reply from hi* lielter half: “It’s *«» sweet of \oti. denr. to offer to bring ms (be ('noi «|e tluerre >oU metitbuieil. but if Ifs Just the sMIUe fo you. I'd ratllt r have a* hsf frmu Phr1« !*• Important to Mothora Kxainlue carefully every bottle of <’ASTORIA, that famous old remedy for infants and childreu, and see that ft K?ars the Signature o?i v ms In Use for Over 30 Years. - C hildren Crv for Fletcher’s Castoria Sensible Girl. Maud I haven’r heard you practlc- It g on the piano since you got en- |p)eed. # Edith—No, I’m practicing on , the aH''• range now.—Boston Evening Tran script. Cuticura for Pimply Faces. To remove pimples and blackheads smear them with Uotlenra Ointment. Wash off in five minutes with Outl- cura Soap and hot water. Once clear keep your skin clear by using them for dally toilet purposes. Don't fall to In clude Cuticura Talcum.—Adv. . Practical Estimate, “Did you say Wiggins N o good los> er?” “Yes.”, “Why even .when his luck i« worst he never losen more than two cr three dollars.” “That’s what I 'all a good loser.” ^ Free speech Is no excuse for talking too much. “ * .. CHAPTER XVII—Continued. —17— “No, I should say they’re not,” Aunty Roae observed with grimness, “Far Dorn It It’s-a fact! I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. Holding hands in there like a pair of— Well, do you know what It means, Carolyn May?” ‘That they love each other,” the child said boldly. “AndTm so glad for them!” “So am I,” declared the woman, still in a whisper. “But it means changes here. Things won’t be the same for long. I know ‘Joseph Stagg for what he Is.” ^ . “What Is he. Aunty Rose?” asked Carolyn May in some trepidation, for the housekeeper seemed to be' much moved. ’ . ' “He’s a very determined man. Once he gets set in a way, he carries every thing before him. Mandy I’arlow is going to be made Mrs. Joseph Stagg so quick that it!ll astonish her. Now, you believe me, Carolyn May.” “Oh!” was the little girl’s comment ‘•There’ll be changes here very sud den. Two’s company, three’s a crowd,’ Carolyn May. Never was a truer auy- ing. Those two will want Just cr / ' h cuher—and nobody else. , “Well, Carolyn May, if you’ve fin ished your supiM>r, we’d better go up to bed. It’s long past your bedtime.” “Yea, Aunty Rose,” smu! the little girl in muffled voice. Aunty Rose did not notice that Caro lyn May did not venture to the door of the sitting room to bid either Unde Jue or Mis* Amanda good-night. The child followed the woman up-dair* with faltering steps, and in the unlighted bednsnu that bad t»eeo Hannah Stage’s eyes only tor each ^ther—thoughts only for each other. / ' Even a child could see something of this. The absorption of /the two made Aunty Rose’s remarks eery impressive to Carolyn May. % >, A week of this followed^—a weekTn which the trouble in Carolyn May’* heart and bratli seethed until It be came unbearable. She was convinced that |her<» would soon be no room for her In the big house. She watched Aunty Rq.se park her own trunk, and the old lady looked very glum, indeed. She beard whispers of an Immediate marriage, here in the house, with Mr. Driggs as the officiating clergyman was, when the train came along Caro lyn May, i!fter seeing Prince put Into the baggage car, cllmbedjaboard with the help of a brakemAn. “Of course. If he howls awfully,” aho^ told the baggageman, who gave her a check without question, “I shall have to go in that car and sit with him.” There were not many people in the car. They steamed away from Sun rise Cove and Carolyn May dabbled her eyes with her handkerchief and told herself *o be hrav* The stations were s long way apart and the conductor did not come through for some tlire. Wt<»n he did oi>en the door and coa^e into the car > POLAND BONE OF CONTENTION I AND IMMEDIATE SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE DISCUSSION. VIEWS ME WIDELY OIVERGEN! Lloyd George Fears Denstionizstion ^ of 8o/Msny Germane Would Cause Another War. Paris.—When the council of great powers met it was in an atmosphere of considerable apprehension over Bol and. whi«*h is the chief sttbjeid ^ 't ; * cuaskm. This is not on account of Poland itself but because of differences which have arisen affecting^the funda mental question of nationality, tc which President Wilaon has given bii strong approval and also his thir* IMlafeatf sail to make the sto digeat load. liotaa, aascotka, or other harmful mcredteots. v At k Baths . atfir ■“ J •JF Carolyn May studied things out for Carolyn May started up with a glad herself. •. Being ». child, her -conclu-J cry. It was the very conductor who teenth “point” which railed for an in- sions were-not always wise ones. • . , * ' * ' ‘ ~ J ‘ *- She felU-that she inlghh-.be a stum bling block tp the comp^Me happiness of Unde Joe apd Amanda Parlow. Unde They might have to set aside ttyeir own • |u»r. desires because of her,.^he. felt vague- “Where ly that this must not f ‘ ! ' “I can go home,” she repeated o.vef and over to herself." ‘ V . , York had been so kind to her on the trip up from New York. The railroad man knew her at once and shook hands most heartily with going, .Carolyn “Heme” was stiirdn the New city apartment house where sl»e had. lived so happily before that day-when are you May?” he asked. “All the way with you, air,” she .ro- plied. “To New York?" *• ♦‘Yes, sir. I’m going home again." » “Then I’ll see later,” he said, her father and mother had gone aboard 'without asking-for her ticket, the .Hl-fated Duuruven. - * ; Tl\e condurtoY rememhere<l the little Their i*muplete loss out of the little . girl, very ( well, rf!(lu>ugh he did not girl's life hud never become ‘fixed in .'remeulher all the derails of her story. her mind. It had never seemed a surety —not even after he»* talk* with the sailor, Benjamin Hardy. Friday afternoon the little £trl went to the churchyard and made neat'{be three little graves and th+ one loifg one on the plot which belonged to Aunty Rose lie wnu very kirnMo her and brought her satisfying news about Prince In the baggage car. The hrakemau was nice, too,' and brought her water to drink in a paper cup. At last the long stretches of streets >U fizbt angles with the tracks ap- dependent Polish sfaXe__with access to f he sea. This last cause lias introduced an » * ' - issue on fhjch there is a wide diverg em eof view;*. A committee undei* thi chairmanship of Jules Cambon. with Sir William Tyrell as the British mem !»er-and Dr. Roberf . Ix>rHd as the American, has reported the plan giv ing Poland this access to the sea by moans of aT^cbrndor” #»0 miles, wide running across east Prussia. But the . effect wf- this concession is to place { about I iVAO.OOO Germans within the J new Poland and to detarh the eastern- j most part of Prussia from Germany. Premier f.loyd George has taken the view that this denationalization of a 1 ’urge body of Germans would cause such discontent as would be likely to bring on another war aud It is under stood that President Wilson also ia Goof, Eczema, Him, etc. Right Is your own home and at trWagcott, you caa cn|oy the benefit nf heating sulphur baths. ^ Hancock Sulphur Compound MUllrc 1UWBI OHpOO rem<dy ■WLPHUR pwpti nuks Ks «m MMt cSkadsw hstk; «m it as a Mtoa aash parts; and take It latsnalty. 50c m*d $1 the bottle at yoar itrasaiifo. V he cast eapi •end kto name and the price In stan we will mo4 yoa a bottle direcL HANCOCK UQU1D SULPHUk COMPAMT OUfhmr CtmfmnJ QM> —< stf Jtk—M mm tsaS Mb WiTSSm«U * . In a wav la Use* In the to affected Save This “Ad” IHraet From Hnnafnctnrer %m Wan ear njRS — Handtoma. larea Hud eon Seal Stelae genuine) beautifully Hnad. two yard* loof. very aide, tiuft winter and aapaing summer ^;e.mso. null to match. SIO. New Tate Cky. N. V. KeunoMiy^ She nhMel-) Wltfc eittr-lf antlstie.1 - W^ithjhe Dro | ^ ^ ^ Horsos »ars that evening, too, apsrtinent Koumts. This could be noth- posal. COMB SAGE TEA IN HAIR TO DARKEN IT —— - - ■ s tt*a Grundmother'e Recipe to koap her Lacks Dark, Gioeay. Beautiful. The old time mixture of Hags Tea and Sulphur for darkening gray | streaked and faded hair la grand mother** recipe, and folka are again a«ifig It to keep thglr hair a good, evt-n color, which I* quite sensible, at we are living In an age when a youth ful appearance la of the greatest ad vantage. Nowadays, though, we don’t hare the troublesome task of gathering the ange and the massy mixing at home. All drug stores sell the res dr-to us# product. Improved by the addition of other Ingredieot*. called “Wyeth’s Bag# and Rulphur Footpound." It la very popular be.«auae nobodv can discover It has been applied. Simply mnltteo yoor comb or a soft brush with It and draw this through your hair, taking ona snip'll strand at a time; hy morning the gray hntr dtaappeftra. hut what de. lights the ladles with Wyeth’s Hsge and Rulphur rompotind. U that. He sides beautifully darkening the hair after a few applications. It also pro duces that soft lustre and appearance of abundance which la so attrartlvu. —A<lv. v Not Ua. Au old ruan, rich in this worlds goods, who had accumulated ninety- glx years of age to his credit, went to a fortune teller to see whnt the future held for him. “Sir.’’ said the soothsayer, as she grasped his pitlin and looked Into Its wrinkled myeterles, “I predict for you a long life.” Then she added, as he in his exuberance of Joy hauded her « yellowback of large denomination, “with plenty of money.” Now who would gainsay that each bad received ihe \\urth yf the old mans money? hurst into tears when she kissed' Aunty Rose good ing but ^few Vork ettj*. Her papa had she knelt at Aunty Rime’s knee and nl*ht at bedtime. Unde Joe was down ; told her brng that there was no at the Barlows'. He and Mr. Barlow other city tike it IJ* the world, actually smoked their pipes together She knew One *nd Tweu- in harmony on the cottage porch. ty*flftb atreet and its *^evate«l station. Aunty Rose was usually an early j That waa not where she iLid boarded riser; but the first person up at The , the train going north, when Price Fornera on that Saturday morning was had placed her In the conductor f cere, Carolyn May. She was dressed a full but It waa nearer her old home—‘f.Hat boar before the household was usuelly i she knew. So she told the brakema/ 1 astir. she wanted to get oat there and he She came downstairs very softly. | arranged to hava Prince released, carrying the heavy ’bag she had brought with her the day she had first murmured her usual petitions. “Do bless Uncle Joe and Miss Amanda, now they’re so happy." was a phrase that might have thrilled Aunty Rose at another time. Bat she was so deep in her own thoughts that ahe heard what Carolyn May said per- fiuictortlj. With her customary klaa, she left the little girl aod went downstairs. Carolya May had seen so much excite ment during the day that she might have been expected to sleep at once, and that soundly. Rut It was not so. The little girt lay with wide-open eyes, her imagination at work. “Two’s company, three's a crowd.” Bhe took that trite any Ing. ia which Auuty Hose had expressed her ewu feelings, to herself. If Uncle Joe and Miss Amanda were going to be mar ried. (hey wwuld not want anybody else around ? Of course not! - "And what will become of me?” thoughr~F*#elya May chokingly. All the “emptiness” of the last few months swept over the soul of the lit tle child*in a wave that her natural cheerfulness could not withstand. Her anchorage in the love of Uncle Joe and Miss Amanda waa swept away. The heart of the little child swelled. Her eye* overflowed. She sobbed her self to sleep, the plllojv muffling the sound*, more forlorn than ever be fore since she had come to The Cor uers. The little.girl alighted aad got dog without misadventure. Bhe waa down on the atreet level before the train continued on Its journey down town. ^ At the Grand'Central terminal the conductor waa met with a telegram sent from Sunrise Cove by a certain frantic hardware dealer ami that tele gram told him something about Caro lyn May of which he had not thought to ask. OFFICES OF POSTAL SYSTEM ARE REMOVED BY BURLESON Washington — Differences bet wee a the manateni-nt of the Postal Tele traph d.Cobh* Co., and Postmaster General Burleson culminated In an or der by the postmaster general -am marily relieving the chief officer*, di re.'tor* aad owners of the Postal com> iwufy .from all duties in coanortioa with governfheat operation of their system An *naC«t* r ement hy the poetoffiee I# part Beat aava that the order moving MesaYd Mackay Took aad tteegon from tb< • pert non of tha Pootal companv’s •hne* under govern- meat control was pocoo Mmty by the fact that alace Nhe post office <l»pertment refused to grstis com pensation asked for hjL-JhBfik these tar ksspisg S •vsrhssud tr uk« h ursto <fry. Whls w* they art •» cstrh sold snd «#t sick L'mg heh ska ettrsete rsrsna. cm*m Mrh sod mmmm. nhh e fttewsrt Mschtat Oefrfyrgrmw* hrfssss <m» srrtvsL Write lor csisku. dyflvmngga tamgaafL DID SMILE ON OCCASIONS Indian Ceuld Ret a*, hut Only When He Fett He had lamed the Right, aa It Were. i Her# u * story teM at a dinner party if a Red Cewne o Acta I who haa Juet returned from France: The grandson of Hitting Rail, the famous Indian chief, waa aa InterenNag convalescent In Base Hospital Ne 4B He had enlisted la the early days ef the war. had gone over the tog and worked havoc among the fore he was wounded dodoni oarli CHAPTER XIX. The Horn* of Carolyn May. It was some distance from the rail road station to the block on which Carolyn May Cameron had lived all her life until she had gone to stay with Unde Joe HUgg. The child knew she could not take the car. for the con ductor would not let Prince ride. Bhe started with the dog on his lea*h. for he wa* not muzzled. - The bag bet-auie heavy very soon, bat she staggered along with It uncomplain- ^jfflciaU havs refused or failed >o TrlesTTn vain te gR low out the Instructions of tha tfepn^*' out ef him la ment In the management of tha prop Nyhlle the other men la the ward erttes aad failed to put into operation oromptly the wage srheduls and tha sight hour day; and In various ways endaavprad to embarrass and discredit the government operation of the wtrea. NUMBER OF RETURNED TROOPg EXCEED ONE HALF MILLION Washington.—The total auraber of member* of the American expedition ary force* returned to the United CHAPTER XVIII. Tha Jsumsy. li was certainly a fact that Amanda Fartow immediately^ usurped some power in the household of the Stagg homestead. Bhe ordered Joseph Btagg not to go down to hia store that next day. And ha did not! Nor could he attend to business for several days thereafter* He was too stiff an 1 lame and his burns were too painful Chet Gormley came up each day for lustmctioQs aud was exceediugly full of business. A man would have to be very exacting indeed to find fault with the interest the boy displayed iu run ning the store just as his employer de sired it to be riw. “I tell you what It is, Car’lyn,” Chet- drawled, in confidence. ‘Tm mighty sorry Mr. Btagg got hurt like he did. But lemme tell you, it's just giviu’ me . the chance of my life! “Why, maw says that Mr. Stagg and Mias Mandy Parlow’ll git married for sure now!” "Oh, yes,” sigtied the little girl. “They’ll be married.” “Well, when folks git married they alius go off on a trip. Course, they will. And me—I’ll be runnin’ the busi ness all by myself. It’U be great! Mr. Stagg will see jest het^f much value I be to him. Why, it’ll'be the makin’ of me!” cried the optimistic youth. Yes, Carolyn May heard it on all sides. Everybody was. talking about the affair of Uucle Joe and Miss Amanda. Every time she saw her uncle and Jfcer “pretty lady” together tfie observ ant child could net but notice that they w ere utterly wrapped up in each other. Miss Amanda could not go past the easy chair in which the hardware deal er was euthrsued without touching him. He. ns hold as a hoy, would seize her hand and kiss It Luxe, a inighUL. »JL lo*ly. Her. (JUh.-w-1-.i .ptH-.rtyy,, ^ui>. lu. p.-.d th. b«|( nilljm. wltli the hag aud the dog. gave peopla mark Th# w«r <l#parfm#nf so hits' ’*Gh*om. v Gu* " becaaoe aa never crack*« • The R«*<J Fro*** representative la (he hospital b^"^* mtereeted, tried hla hand at -<-$<***•« "P" **»• Gift* of clgarrtF** -tt< * received, but wltho^ 1 • preset on. “Don’t you ever smile .* of the Indian one day. au ^ or **• time Sitting Bull's grands*.' 0 '“Sure,” he replied. “Whet,* ® Racbe!’ N The Brakeman Waa Nice, Too, and Brought Hor Wator In a Paper Cup. come to The Corner*. She had her purse lu her pocket, with all her money in it and she had in the bag most of tier necessary possessions. She washed her face and bands. Her hair was already combed and neatly braided. From the pantry she secured some bread and butter, and, with this in her hand, unlocked the porch door and went out. Prince got up. yawning, and shook himself. She sat on the steps to eat the bread and butter, di viding it with Prince. “This is such a beautiful place, Pi1ncey,’ v she whispered to the mon grel. “We are going to miss it dread fully, I s’pose. But then— YYell, we’ll have the park. Only you can’t run so free there.” Prince w hined. Carolyn May got up and shook the crumbs from her lap.. Then she unchained the dog and picked up her bag. Prince pranced about bet*, glad to get his morning run. The littje girl and the dog went ouA of the* gate and started along the road toward Sunrise Cove. The houses had all been asleep at The Corners. So was the” Parlow cot tage when she trudged by. She wmiild have liked to see Miss Amanda, to nonneed the actual figure March M was *00.0:14. including 27.040 officer*. 2.14C nurse*. 3.683 civilian* and 441.- 741 men of the array. 13.»00 navy per sonnel and. 4.474 marines. The strengh of the expeditionary forcea March 20 was 1.470.676. DREADED SEVEN-YEAR LOCUST HAS APPEARED IN VIRGINIA who noticed her the Impresalon that Carolyn May had been away, perhaps, for a “fresh-air” vacation, and waa now coming home, brown and weary, to her expectant family. But Carolyn May knew that ahe wag coming home to au empty apartment— to rooms that echoed with her moth er’s voice and In which lingered only memories of her father’s cheery spirit Yet it was the only home, she felt, that was left for her. 1 She could not blame Uncle Joe and Miss Amanda for forgetting her. Auuty Rose had been quite disturbed, too, since the forest* fire. She had given the little girl uo hint that pro vision would be made for her future. Wearily, Carolyn May traveled through the Harlem streets, shifting the bug from bund to hand, Princa pacing sedately by her side. j conditions “We’re getting near home now, Prin- eey,”' she told him again and nguiu. Thus she tried to keep her heart up. She caipe-torthe corner near which she j ^ had lived «o long and Prince suddenly 1 Paris.-/The proclamation of the sniffed at the screened door of a shop. * npw Hung man government invites “Of course, poor fellow! That’s the Father's Definition. “Pa. what In a family Jar?" “A vessel of wrath, my son."—I ton Transcript. It la wrong to sorrow without lug. Richmond. V* -*- Reports received hy State uuthoritie* from Spottsvlvania county indicate that many of the sev- en-yepr locust* which are reported as due to sweep that section of the State this year, have been plowed up by farmery The situation has reached s stage where the agricultural depart ment at lyashington has detailed en- tomc.]oei*t)r to that section to studv TO FORM ARMED ALLIANCE AGAINST THE ARISTOCRACY butcher's,” Carolyn May said. Bhe bought a peony afternoon pa per on a news stand and then went into the shop and got a nickel’s worth of bones and scraps for the dog. The kiss her. Just once. But she must not ( >ip r fc know her, for he was think of that! It brought such a “gulpy” feeling into her throat. Nobody saw Carolyn May and Prince until she reached'Main’street. Then the sun had risen and a few early per sons were astir; but nobody appeared who knew the child or who cared any thing about her. a new man. - (TO BE CONTINUED.; That Strict Confidence. We were listening (and who wouldn’t?) to two women talking at each other on a Fifth avenue bus in the more or less busy city of Gotham, At the railroad station nobody spoke and iu so doing we heard one of the ■workmen and peasants of Bohe mia. Rumania. ^Serbia and Croatia to form an armed alliance against the aristocracy, landowners and dynasties. It requests also that the workmen of Austria and Germany follow the lead of Hungary in breaking off relations witir~thft Paris peace conference. Th^ are requested to rally with the Mos- cow government SECRETARY DANIELS HAS REACHED PORT OF BREST to her, for she bought no ticket. She was not exactly clear in-her mind about tickets, anyway. She had found the conductor on the train coming up from New York a kind and pleasant man and she decided to do all her wirt ton.. master paradoxes. One woman said to the other: “Why. she told me In strictest confidence only the ether day—”—New York Sun. ”* Will It Return te IU Owner? •pirtL had caught them up and kwept ’ Had ahe attempted to Upy A JJcfcef; C tnygptflXLjrlliW YiU. theta away out of themaelve*—out of of the afatloo agent undoubtedly he' prevent an umbrtflla from b«t££ hlovr their old selves, at lean. They had would hate made *ome lagc'cy. Aa It (uMde *uL • Brent.—The American transport Le- viathon. with Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on board, arrived in Bretit. Secretary Daniels was re ceived by the American naval attache. Admiral Moreau, maritime prefect, jnd Rear Admiral Alexander S. Hai- Hl»ad. U. S. .V, district commander at Jtm»t. AiMaihraeui of moriae* w*4h he secretary. who want to the prafeo ' * turn. Delicious Mixture ofWheat £ Barley I5r health value, sound nourish ment and a sweet nut-like flavor impos sible in a pro duct made of wheat alone, eat.