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781,000 HKLI) 11Y (IKHM.WS. Increase of Over Hundred Thousand Since Knd of 1014. Berlin, March 7.? Items given out today by the Overseas News agency included: "Members of the Prussian Diet, who have been visiting prisoners' camps, have received information that at present there are 781.000 war prisoners interned in Germany, an increase since the end of 1014 of more than 100.000. ? "A Constantinople dispatch gives a report frfom Bagdad that Turkish au\ ance iruups u<xv c tuauc ouwcooful attack 00 Chalie, southward of Korna, at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, thirtv, eight miles northwest of Basra. A number of British prisoners are said to have been taken and the British suffered heavy losses in killed and wounded. "The last of the booty left by the fleeing Russians in the battle of the Mazurian Lakes has been brought into Berlin. It includes 2.000 wagons of all varieties." Advices from Sofia say that Servia ?\ln%%n ? A 1 1\? T1 i O t A O 1/J<llia IU aiuauia auu iu wuvance to the Adriatic. It is stated the Servians have already crossed the Albanian border. Resolutions for Our Fanners. 0 1. I shall start trying to have rich land?-realizing that fertile soil is the basis of all agricultural wealth, , I I resolve that my lands shall be stopped from washing away, that I , shall grow winter and summrt* le- ( gumes to add to my soil fertility and . to avoid heavy fertilizer bills, and . that I shall carefully save every , pound of barnyard manure. 2. I shall try to live at home.? , Knowing that the individual or the . community that depends on buying bread and meat and feed from sec- , tions that cannot grow these pro- ( aucts as cneapiy as we can, win never mean more than soil poverty and j human poverty, 1 mean henceforth to make my farm a self-sustaining ^ farm, with a good living for my family and myself as its primary business. 3. I shall be a cooperative farmer.'? Buying and selling constitute an important element in making the farm profitable, and that these may be done most effectively and economically. I pledge myself to make an effort to cooperate with my neighbors in buying and selling in quantities so that merchants vmay give us better rates, and in grading and marketing farm product^ so as to get better prices, but also in buying and using improved machinery and! , in getting better sires for improving our livestock. 4. I shall work for school and neighborhood progress.?Understand- j ing that there can be no power with-; out knowledge, no material or moral j progress without adequate training, I mean to do my part toward having a local school as neighborhood centre for community development and enlightenment. To do this I realize the necessity for suitable buildings and grounds, for good teachers, and for such consolidation and rearrange* ment of districts as is necessary to furnish adequate support not onlyit for a strong school, but for all the j L agencies a richer community life, j ^ For the attainment or these I pledge my untiring efforts. 5. I shall aim at a joyous exist-; c ence for the whole family.?Our i b farm must be a home, rather than a's \ mere place to live, and in order that 0 mother's work may be lightened and b made more joyous, in order that ourj 1 boys and girls may learn to know e and cleave to the wholesomeness of j n life in the country. I resolve to equip j b our home with all the labor-saving j 1: improvements possible, to see that: 0 there is an abundance of healthful * reading matter, and to encourage v neighborhood games, athletic con- v tests and social intercourse!" n 6. I shall keep at it.?And final- a ly. knowing that success in these 1b things can only come after persist-,s ent and untiring effort. 1 hereby en-I 11 list for life as a worker in making c m^' farm and my community as good 1 as the best?places that shall be r sweet to live in and good to know.? 1 The Progressive Farmer. E ? c Effective If Inelegant. t The average country printer gets ^ some queer "copy" both for the news- t paper and for the job department of c his business. We are no exception j to the rule, and have jabbed on the e *??%#} o n'O t' in " io pl/otc'' I ii'C ClllU *4ICU a T1 ? T 1X4 JUvnvvv I j for future reference some strange j and terrible manuscript. Lately we e received an order to print some "No- 5 tices to Trespassers," which should 8 be effective if there he any virtue in > 6uch warning. The copy for these t notices .was as follows: NOTICE. "Trespassers will be persekuted to the exten of 2 mean mungrel dogs wich aint never been overly soshibil l with strangers and 1 duddelp barl ( shot gun which aint loaded with no sofv pillars. Dam if 1 aint tire of 1 this helraisin on my property."? < From the Salem. N. .J. Sunbeam. ] DKATH TOLL FROM MIXK ??!. Kstimateri Twenty .More Dead Lie \ Beneath Debris. Hinton. \V. Ya.. March 7.? The recovery of 11 bodies today brought -I the death toll of tlie Lavland mines n to ! :. it is estimated 20 more dead h are buried beneath slate falls and t debris. 1< All of the 4 7 men rescued vester- ii day after having lived four days and n four nights without food and drink j; were reported to be in good physical p condition and all are expected to re- t cover. t Joy and sadness intermingled to- E day in the miners' homes on the side c of Quinriimont mountain. Here a 7 husband, a brother or son had re- h turned after all hope had been given up. Nearby a wife, sister or mother o mourned. h A coroner's jury was empanelled a at Thurmond late today and several ii bodies were viewed, but a full in- t quisition into the disaster will not n begin until all bodies have been re- o covered. s h Cancer Not a Blood Disease v e Cancer causes thousands of pre- u ventable deaths because people do tl not seek surgical treatment in time, J even after they know they have the disease. Surgeons with practices so extensive that their reports furnish a reliable guide have shown that cancer patients even after discovering some suspicious symptoms 'wait on the average a whole year before they seek treatment. To control the disease with our present knowlege the > first thing to do is to eliminate this fatal delay. To do this is necessary to understand why patients are so loath to seek examination. A misapprehension which constitutes one reason for reluctance to consult a physician in time, is the notion which still prevails that cancer is a constitutional disease caused by some poison in the blood. Those who hold this mistaken opinion commonly believe that the disease is hereditary and in a vague way they "think there must be some taint handed down from one generation to another which causes cancer to flourish in ;eertain families. Such misapprehension combined with the notion which has long prevailed that cancer ;s incurable and that it is of no use :o try to have anything done for it, iccouiits for the extraordinary delay >f the sufferer in seeking relief in some cases. A* further probablef ;ause is the fact that cancer in the sarly stages Is relatively painless. \lan.va surgeon has wished that can:er in its early manifestations might rause the sufferer half as much trou)le as the toothache, in which case he patient would surely be driven to eek relief in time. Cancer is at first l local growth and not a general dis- re tase of the system. This fact is te if the utmost importance, since it w tolds out the high hope of cure if at he malignant growth is removed beore it has time to spread te other ed arts of the body. Cancer appears ye n other places because small parti- hi les or cells are carried away from to he first site and start new growths be lsewhere. The great hope of cure pr herefore lies in removing cancer en- th irely from^the system oetore it nas rw. . chance to spread from its first footold. Sc The reason why so many people w< ame to believe that cancer was a ?r lood disease is because it was ob- re erved to come again in the same or ^ ther parts of the body after having een appearently cut out. It was na- ^ ural to assume that when the disase kept coming back in this man- re ,er there must be some taint in the lood. The trouble was that in earier times cancer was not really cut m ut. Surgeons then did the best se hey knew how. but without the ad- su antage of modern methods they rere unable successfully to extermi- ^ iate the disease even in its incipient nd local stage. This was principally A] ecausethey did not operate extenively enough. The microscope has Aj tow shown us the paths by which A] ancer cells start their invasion of he body and modern surgeons are jn epeatedly successful in removing he disease once for all. Cancer is gt lot a blood disease, and there is no Aj onclusive evidence that it is herediary. Many efforts have been made F( o show that the disease is transmited from one generation to another ir that at least a certain susceptibilty to cancer is thus passed on. The >vidence on this point, however, renains insufficient. On the other land, there is much statistical and ixperimental evidence to show that leredity plays a very small part, if sp my, in the development of cancer.? tli American Medical Association Bullein. G; kl Tlie Wise Virgin. "Why did you send your sweetheart to the wilds of Africa to hunt iiamonds?" ^ In "Two reasons; he might come jack with a fortune or he might not of ;ome back at all."?Philadelphia te Evening Ledger. \ ' pi \ vorx<; soiTKi: max shot. V. S. Jones, Jr., Dies From Wounds. ("limax to hi Feeling. Sumter, .March 6.?W. S. Jones. r., was "fatally wounded late last JWs* light on Liberty street near the eart of the town when he was shot fr/JW wice bv Bogar^tT. Trippett. one billet taking effect in the leg and one 11 the abdomen. 7riPl)ett was ini~ nediately arrested and lodged in ail and Jones was taken to the hosital, where he died this afternoon, f jr3 he intestines being perforated by he bullet in more than ten places. loth are young men and are well onnected and well known in town. 'he shooting caused a sensation and as been much discussed today. ffyN} Several different stories are told * f the shooting, but there seems to ave been few eyewitnesses. It is gfyt llesed that there has been ill feel ng between the two men for some ime and this came to a climax last fy ight when Trippett called Jones out f the side door of a pool room and ww% hot him. Trippett at once gave imself up to an officer and Jones as placed in an automobile and tak n to the hospital. Today Trippett JhftW a$-released on bond of $1,000 and he guarantee of his return in case ones' wounds resulted in his death. Knocking. ^ Simeon Stubbs was a knocker; Wasn't a thing about town Wuth Simeon's old willow rocker? Alius a-runnin' it down Growed on him?growed to a hohit Do you suggest what you would, | Out come his hammer; with he would grab it? I 0yrg Knocked when the knockin' was i Town held a rousin' mass meetin' 'Bout^a? well, I fergit what; Don'tf matter. It sure got a beatin'; Was it wuth tryin' or not! '(fx? Now, that's all right; a discussion' Clears up a subject a heap; | Simeon Stubbs, though, with clap-1 per a-rushin". Knocked as if hammers wuz Old Peter Smith then unlimbered,; Got on his feet an' says he: j "Knock away, Sim; the shebang. is well timbered, But?take this hint off 'me; | Latch string's a-danglin'?one, ir you must, kuook?uiuugu m knockin' there's danger | Come on in; knock like a friend!" Centenary of Trousers. One hundred years ago Napoleon * turned from Elba, the battle of Warloo was fought?and trousers ere introduced into polite society jVlu# -the capitals of western Europe. | When powdered wigs disappear- syfi !, save from the craniums of law;rs in Vourt, and the wearing of gh hats became general (the hisrians of fashion say) it - quickly tcame obvious' that some approiate change must also be made at e other end of the male figure, zi^jnee breeches and silk stockings did >t correspond with the stovepipes, ? the reformers set themselves to ark to devise nether garments con- JW# uous with the new headpieces. The ? suit was pantaloons as we know iStJ And the duke of Wellington had e moral courage to don the strange ings in London before they were mjt garded >here as strictly en regie. The centenary of trousers should commemorated by American men 1915 with such ceremonious obrvances as may De deemed most itable.?Boston Globe. Old Uncle Ned Bostonesed. lere was a venerable colored individual ad his cognomen was Uncle Edid he existed many centuries ago; jjff id there was no capillary substance on the summit of his cranium, the location where the capillary substance used to vegetate, ispend the musical instruments, ad place the agricultural imple- mw+ ments in a recumbent position, jr there is no more manual labor for poor ancient Uncle Edward feKC scause he has departed to that bourne from which no colored Christian traveler ever returns. ?New York Sun. tfW* Too Much Moutlu "The only trouble with my ieech," said the remorseful man, "is at I didn't know when to stop." "It's worse than that," replied Mr. rowcher. "The trouble is you don't low when nqt to begin."?Washing-j At Hest. Mr. Mauley?"Well, my dear, I've wl Ufd inctirori fr?r S 000 " I ^ ^ Mrs. Mauley?"How very sensible JhiN? you! Now I shan't have to keep lling you to be so careful every ace you go."?The Pathfinder. COMPLETE! - \ 35T i Is a large word but is the j| \ only one that will convey to 8 vnn indwKafwpmpflnwKpn % ~ we say we have the "best i? stock in this section. In fact p . if there is anything in the 8 " v _ Stationery Line you want, gj come here, for we have it. /? While down town we want | :. uti i. the ladies to come to our p ADCMINirS VI L11111 Uj of New and Up-to-Date Boxed Stationery ?| that we are now showing. This paper jg? has those new shaped envelopes that are ^ I so popular now. 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