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1 PENSION GHOST WALKING. Measure Appropriating $45,000,000 Worries Democrats. Washington, May 17.?Just how the Democrats in the house are to avoid considering the Anderson $45,000,000 pension bill is just now one of the interesting situations here. Temporarily the bill is sidetrackV.11+ ie Ki-kiinrl fn hflh lin RSTain ^Uj UUl ilf io WUliU VV W V ? ?.r ? every two weeks, until the Democrats are eventually forced to take some action. Ostensibly the house adjourned .over until Tuesday because it had little to do, and its committees wanted to work, i , In reality, adjournment was taken to sidestep the Anderson pension bill, which stands at the head of the cal*?y # ^ endar to discharge committees. This calendar is in order the first and third Mondays in each month. The second and fourth Mondays are presumed to be District of Columbia days. Under the rules therefore, the $45,000,000 pension bill would have "been called up Monday. The Democrats are out for an economy record. They don't relish the idea of putting $45,000,000 on the wrong side of the ledger, even though one of their own number has introduced the bill and then moved to discharge the committee on pensions from its further consideration, thus throwing it into the house proper for action, v The Republicans are enjoying the situation immensely. Nearly all of them are ready to "vote $45,000,000 additional in pensions of the Union veterans. Some . of the Northern Democrats must also pV; vote that way, if the bill is ever put upon passage, or else some of these Northern Democrats will never return to congress. The Southern Democrats, of ,?,r?iiT?;/a hoiiovtt the TTriinn veterans I>^.- VVUi OVy W4AV f \/ v?w ? are drawing enough money as it is. They are unqualifiedly opposed to the Anderson bill, and will sidestep N-. it as long as possible. If it is called up, finally, they will do all they caD 4 to down it. It is not seen how the Democrats 1 can "adjourn over" every first and third Monday. But if the house is 1 ever in session upon ''such a day, ' Representative Anderson will be on f hand to call up his pension bill. 1 - It develops that there is great rip * valry between Representative Anderson and Representative Sherwood, ] V. both Ohio Democrats, regarding pen- : ? sion legislation. Each member has a i j|V" large old soldier constituency. Mr. iy Sherwood also has ii* a bill to in- < |||\. crease the pension rolls, but for the ] W% time Mr. Anderson seems to have the i ;J :. advantage, because he has moved to ; ? / discharge the invalid pensions com- , ^^!;mittee. ] The pension increase has given i many an economical Democrat a j night mare. The Democrats have , lopped off something like $11,000,&V 000 in revenue by the passage of the !pp... y t free list bill. A revision of the wool ,schedule means a further cut into the revenue till. Now, if the Anderi son bill passes, calling for appropriation of something like $45,000,000 not counted upon by the Democratic mathematicians, the house majority ;will start off to economize with $70,000,000 on the wrong side of the big financial ledger. MARRIED OX A WAGER. Later Southern Lawyer Realized Mistake and Left for Europe. Married as the result of a wager, Frank S. Cannon, of Greenville, Miss., has started on a two years' trip to Europe. While he is gone his bride, who was Miss Raye Hill, of Memphis, |p::' will bring an action for divorce at his own request, charging desertion. Cannon is city attorney for Greenville. With Percy Andrews, of Jackie, son, Miss., and R. H. Wildeberger, of Clarkesdale, Miss., he was at a hotel in Memphis, Tenn., one night & v when one of the men remarked to &>v" - -- I Cannon that he ought to find a nice girl and get married. "I will get married right away," replied Cannon. "There is a pretty girl over there. I think I'll marry ' her, if she will have me." "I will bet $100 she won't," inter- ' posed a member of the party. Cannon declared the bet was on. 1 Approaching the young woman in a deferential manner, Cannon ex- ' plained that a bet of $100 had been ; made that the young woman would not marry him. He explained the wager and asked the young woman | . what she was going to do about it. She replied that a girl could not tell what she would do until she was asked. Cannon asked and the girl said "yes." There was a wedding. The next day, however, Cannon saw the foolishness of his step, and the others did the same. ?^ Starts Much Trouble. If all people knew that neglect of constipation would result in severe indigestion, yellow jaundice or virulent liver trouble they would soon take Dr. King's New Life Pills, and end it. It's the only safe way. Best rivsnpnsia. I lur UlilUUOUCOOj iivuuuuuv, ?? t ~.r J chills and debility. 25c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. ? YEGGMEX IX MOTOR CARS. One Hundred Country Banks Robbed Since Last Fall. Since last October 100 country banks in Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska have been robbed. In each instance from $1,000 to $7,000 was taken and practically the same prorednrp was followed in everv case. says an Abilene, Kan., correspondent. In the three States named are approximately 2,500 banks, 2,000 of them in little towns and villages with practically no police protection. This is the usual program in the cases reported: Along after midnight the residents are aroused by two or three explosions. Those daring enough to venture on the streets see an automobile standing in front of the bank and two men with guns giving orders to stand back. Inside are their companions, filling sacks with money from the safe. Having gathered all the money possible the burglars enter the machine, fire a few intimidating shots and go racing out of town. , Then comes the gathering of a posse, the cranking up of cars and a desperate attempt to follow and capture the robbers. In no instance has there been a capture. Governors have issued proclamations, legislatures and bankers' associations have increased rewards for the robbers dead or alive, but the robberies continue. At one time it was asserted that the rendezvous of the burglars was in Nebraska, where in a county near the line the officers were too intimidated or too venal to arrest the gang. Some outside officers went there and made arrests; but the prisoners proved an alibi and the mystery is as deep as ever. Sometimes several weeks go by without a robbery, then there will be two or three in a single night. The automobile is blamed for much of this crime. Said an officer who had been in two pursuing parties, both unsuccessful in securing even a trace of the yeggmen: "Before the coming of the motor car we could overhead this class of criminals. They went on horseback and there was little difficulty in covering the country by telephone and heading them off. "Now the country is alive with parties making cross-State runs and no more attention is paid to a strange car than to a freight train. With a high powered car it is easy __ il. J-i 4.? 1 nr? Jn me prairie ruaua iu v,wci aw miles in three hours. Then with a change of outer clothing to give the appearance of tourists the robbers can motor leisurely through the most populous cities and put up at the first-class hotels without arous ing suspicion. "It is practically impossible for the pursuers to follow them because the route taken is unknown and the rapid progress of the robbers puts ; them out of reach." 1 The unprotected nature of the country bank is a temptation to the reggmen of the prairies. Generally it is in a little frame building on a 1 lark street. It is easy to enter and the safes are small. There are few strong vaults and the banks are left 1 inwatched through the night.# The town constable may be abroad c>ut what can he do in the face of a 1 veil armed company of intruders? ' More than likely he is down at the railroad station swapping yarns with :he night operator and he is not worrying about anything more serious ! ;han the possibility of a hobo's catch:ng a ride on the blind baggage. The ihances are that he knows nothing ( nore of the doings at the bank than : loes the cashier sleeping soundly a ] juarter of a mile away until it is ] :oo late. SPLINTER IN HIS FINGER. < \ Boy's pread of a Little Pain Costs i Him His Life. 1 After a twenty-four hours' fight to l save him from death by lockjaw, s Harry Soberhieck, eleven years old ? of Park place and Grafton avenue, . Woodhaven, L. I., died Saturday at St. Mary's Hospital, Jamaica. Last < Friday week, while playing, the boy 1 caught his hand on a rough board, 1 and a splinter half an inch long pene- ) trated a finger. He did not tell his parents of the injury because he i thought it would be more painful to 1 have the splinter extracted than to i leave it in nis nnger. ivionaay ue was seized with convulsions and was < hurried to the hospital in an ambulance. News for Mother. A series of revival services was being held in a western city, and placards giving notice of the services were posted in conspicuous places. One day the following notice was posted: "Hell: Its Location and Absolute Certainty. Thos. Jones, baritone soloist, will sing, 'Tell Mother I'll Be There.' Lipplncott's. VOICE HEARD 2,000 MILES. Phone Connection Between New York and Denver. For the first time in the history of mankind the human voice carried 2,000 miles direct when New York found Denver over the long distancetelephone wires on Wednesday. A group of Manhattan newspaper men in a downtown skyscraper talked to another group in the Colorado city, picked up Omaha on the way and also gossiped with Chicago. A "phantom" telephone, connected with four copper wires the thickness of a lead pencil, brought the cities ??*11. am A #*11 OO rvAAnl A lugtuitr, duu ILL an Lt u wcic exchanging messages by telephone and telegraph at once over these four wires. The Remedy and Its Application. God has provided the remedy; it is only efficacious when applied. To look to Jesus means to believe that he is your saviour. "Who is he that overcometh the world but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God." To believe in one is to have confidence in him. Christ by his example has shown us how to live, and, if need be, how to die. He has taken away the sting from death, by proving to us there is a life beyond the grave. This earthly life is but a preparation for a greater life. How important then that we live in the fear of God. "As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his ways and live; turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways, for why will 1 ye die?" He also says: "If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die." 1 By following the crowd people are often led astray; possibly under better conditions they would not have done these wicked things. The tempter has caught them in his snare. Just here, let me remind you : that none of us are so good, that the evil one cannot lead us into wrong 1 paths. When we find out our mis- < take, if we are wise, we will confess : it and ask forgiveness which is sure to be readily granted. The only way to be restored into God's favor and to have the sun of righteousness shine on you with healing in his wings is L ? " " nn J motro POot 1111 t irtll Tt 1 tU U w u ixp auu i \zui/xvut/4VU. v takes great courage to confess you have done wrong, but that is the only course for a wise person. Then just think! you can again feel the 1 pleasures of a clear conscience, and you can look the whole world in the face. This do, and you will live; neglect it, and you die. "To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart." ] The men began the good work of ] easing their consciences, and now < the women are following suit. It is a wholesome sign and I am glad to ? see the people getting in a peniten- ? tial mood; this is opening the way for a revival of righteousness (doing right) which we sorely need. There is great spiritual dearth throughout the land. You have lusted after the ; vanities and pleasures of this world; ] God has given you your requests but has sent leanness into your souls. 1 Let us leave off following these j strange Gods and turn to the true ] God, the maker of the heavens and the earth, and you, if we would be ; happy. Remember you can't follow ( worldly pleasures and God at the , same time. He demands our undi- vided love. Professing Christians ] who try to do this are bringing the < church into disrepute. They^are do- , ing more harm than an avowed ene- \ my. Religions was not designed to i make our pleasures less. When we , fear God we need fear nothing else . ?this is pleasure in a higher form. Hhristians are sad only when they ] see what terrible mistakes people < are making in following after world- i ly pleasures, because the end of these , things is death. God who made the ; beautiful flowers, and singing birds, , surely did not mean that his children i should go mourning all their days. ks our minister aptly expressed it, i we are getting out of the basement ( of the house into the upper stories, i where the air is purer, the vision i broader. This is happiness in a \ higher form. 1 Nature has been giving me another lesson. On my way to the i vegetable garden which is situated ' near a creek, and where to my mind, i nature has centered all the beauties s of the place, consequently leading us < into not only an appreciative but a j reflective mood, I came across several ] hills of volunteer peanuts, looking so ] measly, so scrawny, and so plainly in ; need of help that my garden hoe ] at once came from my shoulder, ] and I began to try to relieve them. But the ground proved to be like flint Being on the edge of the well-cultivated plot, they had missed the plow. They seemed just about to give up the struggle for existence. By persevering I gradually got the hard soil loosened up. When I finished it seemed to WASHINGTON STIRRED UP. Blackball Row Excites the Metropolitan Club. Washington, May 17.?The resignations of two members of the board of governors and the secretary of the Metropolitan club in the city made known to-day following a speech by President Taft last night in which he denounced "small-headed men," who in clubs attempt to manifest their greatness by blackballing men of prominence proposed for membership, have stirred official and social Washington to the core. President Taft, who is a member of the exclusive Metropolitan club, was represented several weeks ago to have felt some resentment over the exclusion from the organization of several newly elected congressmen and senators, proposed for memship by some of the most influential men in the club. Among the men excluded was one of whom the president was said to be particularly fond. Taft Revived Flurry. The flurry caused by the club's action at that time had practically died down when President Taft last night, in an address at the Jewish temple, revived the subject by saying he had had friends?Gentiles? kept out of clubs "by people who were not worthy to button their shoes." This was followed by the announcement to-day that Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, of the bureau of insular affairs, an intimate friend of President Taft; Lieut. Col. Chas. McCawley, of the marine corps, formerly a white house aide, and Capt. T. M. Potts, of the navy, had resigned their official positions with the Metropolitan club. Gen. Edwards and Capt. Potts were members of the board of governors, and Col. McCawley was secretary of the club. Wished to Quit at Once. All three of these officers had asked that their resignations take effect at once, but Capt. Potts and Col. McCawley later agreed to serve until next October on account of the difficulty of filling their places at this time of year. Gen. Edwards, however, insisted that his resignation should be accepted immediately. It is said the resignations of Messrs. Edwards, McCawley and Potts undoubtedly means that in the future no officer in the active service of the army, navy or marine corps will hold office in the Metropolitan club. Friction created by the exclusion of senators, representatives and other men of prominence in official life from the club has been more or less frequent, and it is believed has not worked to the best interest of the various branches of the military service. me the plants looked grateful, and held up their heads more proudly, as if saying, "now we can grow." I went on happier for the incident, avawoi'oa o r* A rrif V> 5U Uilger 1U1 CUC CACiV/loc auu nuu , i renewed faith in the maker of all things. The flinty soil reminded me of people's hearts. How selfish and hard they do get! We are told that in the latter days people are to have hearts of stone, hearts that cannot feel. We are also told that God can take away these stony hearts and give them hearts of flesh, if they ask him. Under the Mosaic law (obey and you live, disobey and you die) their case would be hopeless, but a means of escape has been provided. "Christ has died to make every promise in the Bible worth its face value." Surely God is love when he could give up his only son to die for sinful men. Do you realize that by your actions you are not only consenting to his death, but your are actually crucifying him afresh? Spirtually. you are in bad shape, like the boy who has disobeyed and eaten green plums and is all doubled up with cramps, you must have help ->r vou will die. Only the Great Physician can cure sin. His blood :an make, you clean again, even whiter than snow. Suppose you had not bathed your body in years, what a dreadful coniition you would be in! Spiritually pou are in the same shape. Wake up, before it is too late! I am sent io offer you life, if you reject it, then :he wages of sin is death. There were two thieves crucified cvith Christ, one was saved, one lost. Why? Because one was rebellious, :he other repentant. With death staring him in the face, he acknowledged his punishment to be just, but frk rompmhpr him when ISKCU Vlli ikJt LV A he came into bis kingdom. Christ replied: "To-day thou shalt be with me in paradise." Very simple is* it not? "A broken and a contrite heart he will not despise." Ye prodigal sons, why feed on the husks that the swine eat when there is plenty in your Father's house? Arise, go to him and tell him you have sinned and done wickedly in his sight, and that you are no more worthy to be called his son?a royal welcome awaits you. PRO BONO PUBLICO. ' "MONEY IN THE BANK" 1 ^ It's a sort of a passport to a man's reliability in the busi* 8 ness world?it commands the respect and confidence of the busi- I ness men of any community. Start an account to-day. 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