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Thursday, March 2, 1916.
Hlfey
The legislature did not. refund to
Gov. Manning the $3,000 he spent
out of his own pocket to pay the sal*
ary of Superintendent C. P. Williams.
fi:. , It was not asked to do so. The politicians
who are opposed to the governor
tried, of course, to make political
capital out of the governor's action
in paying the superintendent
$6,000 a year. In fact they try to
make capital out of everything he
does. The governor was not playing
politics when he agreed to pay Dr.
Williams this increased salary. It
was anything but good politics; but
?he was trying to improve the condi
tions at the State Hospital, and this,
it is generally agreed, he accomplished.
For political or other reasons?
it is unnecessary to discuss the reasons?the
State Hospital had gotten
into a pretty bad condition, to state
it mildly. .Something had to be done.
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It was a question for the governor to
decide as he saw it. As he saw the
matter, the employment of Dr. Wil;
liams, even at double the salary that
- had been paid, would go a considerv
tirair fowaril rompdvinf the exist
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* ing conditions. The governor doubtless
gave no consideration to the
*: political consequence of raising
the salary; for considering the
matter from a political aspect, it
was not a popular thing to do. As
to whether or not the governor was
. correct in employing Dr. Williams,'
conditions speak for themselves.!
The legislature was so impressed with
what it saw, on the visit to the State
Hospital, that the governor was unanimously
endorsed, and the salary
was, before the end of the seasop, definitely
fixed at what the governor had
paid Dr. Williams, thus vindicating in
every respect the chief executive's action.
Had Governor Manitfng requested
the refund of the $3,000?
practically a year's salary in the governor's
chair?the general assembly
would, without doubt, have refunded
It cheerfully. We have never heard
of another governor who wras so interested
in the welfare of the poor
unfortunates in its asylums as to
actually pay out in hard cash a year's
eoiorv in ?n effort. either honest or
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otherwise, to better the conditions in
such public institutions,
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tt&r Saved.
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A good story of Belgian espionage
i6 attributed to Brand Whitlock, the
Belgian minister, says the Philadel1
phia Piblic Ledger.
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On the street cars of Brussels,
v so the story runs, the Bruxellois are
very careful to say nothing against
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their conquerors, for Brussels
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swarms with German spies, as the
citizens know to their cost.
But one day in a street car a
Bruxellois was imprudent. He nodded
to ward a wagonload of pigs that
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was driving past, ana saiu uu mc y,a?
in general, with a laugh:
"It's queer they don't put the German
uniform on those porkers."
The #words were hardly out of his
mouth^when a hand was laid on his
shoulder and a stern voice said:
"I arrest you. Conductor, stop the
car!"
Captor and captive got off together.
The spy hurried his charge
up one street and down another, and
halted fine ly before a large cafe.
"Fool that you are!" he hissed.
"Imprudent fool that you are, do you
want to he shot? There were three
German spies to my certain knowledge
on that car and if I hadn't arrested
you they would have done so.
I'm not a spy myself. I did what I
did in order to save your own life.
If you'll stand me a drink we'll call
it square." j
CHANCE TO RECOVER.
Byrnes Puts Through Bill Restoring
to Docket Thousands of Claims.
Washington, Feb. 24.?Represen
tative Jtsyrnes toaay successiuny piloted
through the house the bill restoring
to the court of claims docket
the several thousand cases dismissed
last summer and giving to the court
: jurisdiction to render final judgment
in those cases. The bill gives the
right to claimants having claims arising
out of use and occupation of property.
The bill also gives to churches
and organizations having claims for
use and occupation of property the
right to file their claim within two
years after the passage of the act and
authorizes the court to render judgment.
It passed the house and has
been referred to the judiciary committee
of the senate, where it stands
a good chance of passing.
Mr. Byrnes also had the house enter
upon consideration of, his bill,
which would give to persons claiming
an interest in the so-called cotton
claims in the treasury an opportunity
to go into court and bring suit to
recover. Under this bill it would not
be necessary .to prove loyalty to the
United States government and conse
quently it meets with considerable
opposition. Its consideration will be
resumed on next Wednesday.
Curiosities of Names and Places.
This morning, as I was coming into
town on the elevated train, I noticed
on the face of the passenger
sitting opposite an amused expression,
which evidently had its cause
somewhere in the pages of his newspaper,
says the Philadelphia Evening
Ledger. The look of amusement
spread itself quickly and pleasantly
all over the man's broad and steadily j
widening 'countenance. Surely he
was going to his work in the right
mood. But the contagion of his good
humor had immediate effect.
The smile was by no means content
with remaining a smile, and
speedily developed into \ chuckle,
which drew simultaneously a smile
and a glance from his neighbor in i
the same seat. The chuckle con- i
tinued, and likewise the neighbor's <
! interest. The party of the first part i
pointed out the cause of it all and "
the other found the place in hrs own
paper. Then the two laughed to- :
gether and?as the rhetoricians say?
were friends. When I reached my !
station I bought a copy of the paper
j which they had been reading, and
remembering that the item I sought '
was on the page which contained the ]
taxicab advertisement I quickly satisfied
my curiosity. This is what I !
found (under the heading, "Name of 1
this Town Has Dual Pronunciation"): 1
A conductor and brakeman on a
Montana railroad differ as to the
proper pronunciation of the name
Eurelia. Passengers are often star|
tied at this station to hear the con- 1
ductor yell: 1
"You're a liar! You're a liar!"
And then from the brakeman at (
the other end of the car: .
"You really are! You really are!" ^
Was I disappointed? Not a bit of j
it, though I had heard the story years ^
and years before./ Here was proof ^
conclusive that no story is so old that ^
it isn't new to somebody. .
There is no place name so poor that
it hasn't a story to tell. Pronuncia- T
tion is sometimes the source of inter- ^
est?or one of the sources?for every
name has a variety of associations, (
etymological, historical and other- ,
wise, besides still other fascinating
qualities. !
, Out in Gallia county, Ohio, is a
town named Gallipolis. It owes some ]
of its present fame, which isn't yet .
of very large proportions, to a name .
familiar to readers of the war news. (
Gallipoli, as everybody knows, has
the accent on the second syllable. .
The people.of the little Ohio town
can't get used to it. They have been
accustomed from childhood to saying
"Galli-Police," with the accent on
the first and last syllables, especially
the last. Gallia county was settled
by the French about 1788. The
French gave it the name the Romans
gave to the old country, and drew on
jLatin and Greek for the name- of
their county seat. It is stated that
there are 17 places in this country
the names of which contain the
Greek "polis," the word for "city."
They are Indianapolis, Minneapolis,
Annapolis, Copperopolis, Demopolis,
Kanopolis, Cosmopolis, Metropolis,
Opolis and Gallipolis. There's an
Indianapolis in Oklahoma as well as
in Indiana; a Minneapolis in Minnesota,
another in Kansas and a third
in North Carolina; while Annapolis
is found in Maryland, California, Illinois,
Missouri and Ohio.
Some place-names are manufactured
for descriptive purposes, as "Philadelphia"
is Greek for "City of
Brotherly Love" and "Cynwyd" is
Welsh for "Thou art first." "St.
Petersburg," or "Petrograd," is a
perpetual reminder of the romance
of the founding of the city, and the
mere mention of the name "Rome"
speaks volumes. The street names
of London are a treasury of historical
lore. The "C'ty of a Thousand
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CLOSE CALL FOR FOUR.
Car Turns Over, Spanning Ditch, and
Occupants Crawl Out.
Orangeburg, February 23.?When
the brand new touring car of Wil-I
liam B. King struck a pig in the road
just below the city early tonight, the
machine turned completely over and
the occupants had almost a miraculous
escape from at least serious injury.
The only thing that kept them
from being pinned under the car was
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ine lac-i uiai n ich auuso a uiau,
which allowed sufficient space for the
passengers to crawl out. In the car
at the time of the mishap were Mr.
and Mrs. King, their son, Maxwell,
and Curtis Gardner. They were uninjured
beyond a severe shaking up
and some scratches. The automobile
was pretty badly damaged.
Mr. King had just purchased the
car in this city today and was taking
it to his home on the Rowesville
road several miles below the city.
Young Gardner, a demonstrator, was
along to instruct Mr. King in the
management of the machine. Mr.
King failed to see the pig in the road
in time to keep the car from striking
it.
Xo Significance in Dreams.
One reads some very silly articles
upon the subject of recurrence of
dreams that it is necessary to repeat
that our dreams are nothing more
than a continuation of the state previous
to sleep when we lie with no
bodily or mental occupation beyond
following out whatever train or
thought happens to have been suggested.
Two common dream experiences
frequently recurring are those of the
sensation of flying and of the uneasy
impression of being about in public in
insufficient attire. The first is caused
by the physical fact that we are, at
the moment without noticeable Dres
sure actually suspended in space; the
second by the equally physical fact
that few people in these days go to
bed in their boots.
It is beyond question that dreams
are started or suggested, not only by
these personal hints, but by external
events, usually a noise.?London Observer.
Gates" has still its Newgate, the fifth
portal in the original Roman wall of
London and the scene of the executions;
it has its Canonsgate, its Billingsgate,
and, one might think, the
whole thousand. Mount street is so
called because Oliver's Mount, a point
in the fortification lines built around
London by Oliver CromwelL's meif,
3tood beside the highway in those
times. Golden square gets its name
from an inn called "The Gelding,"
which formerly stood in the neighborhood.
The square was first called
Gelding square, but the people didn't
tike it and changed the name by
usage. Pall Mall was the scene of
many a game of pall mall. So it goes
with the other names?Covent Garden,
Westminister, Temple Bar, Piccadilly
Circus?all having interestng
origins and associations. Charles
[I kept an aviary in the locality now
known as Birdcage Walk, and the
keeper of the aviary, Edward Storey,
lived hard-by in a neighborhood
which is known today as Storey's
Grate.
Place-names, too, are a record of
nigrations. In New England the people
of Connecticut and Massachusetts
moved in large companies up the
Connecticut and settled in Vermont.
The towns of Windsor, Weathersfield
md Hartsford, closely grouped in
Vermont, were settled by people from
the closely grouped Connecticut
towms of the same names. Barre,
Vermont, was settled by people from
Barre and Holden in Massachusetts.
Originally it was called Wildersburg.
In an old record appears the followng
remark: "The name of the township
has ever sounded uncouthly to
the inhabitants and settlers, and is
also disagreeable on account of its
length." In trying to decide on another
name the people disagreed, the
Holden contingent strongly favoring
the name of the Massachusetts town
from which they had come and another
party favoring "Barre." The
Barre men chose a champion and the
Holden men a champion, and the
match was pulled off on the common.
The Barre wrestler came off victorious,
and the name of the town was
thus determined.
Place-names are useful not only to
antiquarians and historians, but also
to vaudevillians. There's some deep
reason in the psychology of vaudeville
why "Oshkosh" is expected to
bring a laugh. In Philadelphia
"Camden" or "West Chester" is supposed
to be funny, and in New York
"Yonkers" and "Newark" are de
pended on for a laugh.
The names of the months and the
days of the week are a history of the
calendar. They take us back to the
quarrel between Julius Caesar and j
Augustus as to the number of days
Augustus could have in his month
and to
Woden, God of Saxons,
From whence comes wenesaay, tnat
is Wodensday.
THE TWO-QUART MEASURE.
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Will Reconie Law Twenty Days After
Signing.
Columbia, Feb. 23.?The bill limiting
the importation of intoxicants for
personal use to two quarts of whiskey
or five dozen bottles of beer per
month will become law twenty days
after it is signed by Governor Manning.
The bill has not yet received
the signature of the governor, and
it is understood that he will take it
up for consideration on his return
from New York the latter part of this
week. Therefore, it will be at least
around March 25 before this law becomes
effective and in the meantime
every person can order thern a gallon
per month.
Carrying the Law.
Very few of our lawyers carry the
green bags which were once a badge
of that profession, according to the
Baltimore American.
"I think the sight of such a bag
once kept Joseph H. Choate from
doming to Philadelphia to make a
speech," Mr. Conlen said.
Mr. Conlen and another lawyer had
gone to'New York to invite the exembassador
to England to deliver an
address in Philadelphia. Mr. Conlen's
companion carried a green bag,
which he laid upon Mr. Choate's table,
evidently to the great lawyer's
annoyance.
"What do you carry in that
thing?" he asked.
"I have some law books," the
young Philadelphia attorney replied.
"When I was a young lawyer," Mr.
Choate said rather coldly, 'I was
taught to carry my law in my head."
And the invitation was declined.
Setting Things Right.
One of the staff of our writers last
week made us say that Jim Farris
was blown up while kindling the
morning fire with kerosene. It was
the worst bobble this paper ever
made. Not that Jim took any exceptions
to the item; in fact, he rather
felt proud of it; but his wife was
peeved. She said that in all the
years that she had lived with Jim that
he had not got up once and built fire,
and even if he was her husband she
was not going to let him get away
with glory that belonged to her. The
kerosene explosion incident did not
take place in their home at all. It
was at the John Farris home, and
John was the one who was singed.?
Exchange.
Husband and Wife Both
Saved From Suffering
I wish to tell you the good results
myself and husband received from Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root. About eleven
years ago I had a severe attack of
La Grippe and was confined to my
bed about eight weeks under the doctor's
care. He pronounced my case
kidney trouble ,and rheumatism and
not receiving the results from the
doctor's treatment I should have received,
I decided to try Swamp-Root.
After taking several bottles of
Swamp-Root I was able to get up and
attend to my work. About a year
later my husband was affected with a
severe attack of kidney trouble and
doctored for some time with the doctors
and received no benefit. Knowing
of the good I had received, he decided
to try Swamp-Root. His condition
was such that he was confined
to his bed and words cannot tell how
he suffered, but after taking SwampRoot
he was relieved so he could go
on with his work without pain. I
wish to heartily recommend SwampRoot
to all persons afflicted with kidney
and bladder troubles and you
may publish this letter if you wish.
Yours truly,
MRS. A. E. BRIGGS,
Eldred, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed to before me,
this 25th day of May, 1912.
IRA MCCARTHY, Notary Public.
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
. the estate of Richard Morris, deceased,
will file the same, duly item|
ized and verified, with the undersignj
ed executors, on or before the 31st
of March, 1$16, and failing to file
same on or before said date will be
barred; and all persons indebted to
said estate will make payment to
' said executors.
AMELIUS F. MORRIS,
JULIUS W. MORRIS,
Feb. 21, 1916. Executors.
FINAL DISCHARGE.
Notice is hereby given that I, G.
Frank Bamberg, Executor of the estate
of Shady S. Broughton, deceased,
will on Saturday, March 4th, 1916, at
ten o'clock, a. m., make application
before G. P. Harmon, Judge of Prohate,
at his office at Bamberg, S. C.,
for a final discharge as executor of
the said estate of Shady S. Broughton.
* G. FRANK BAMBERG,
Executor.
Bamberg, S. C., Jan. 27th, 1916.
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