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??<M MITT MM A /YOVfUZAT/O/Y 0/ w7i?/y/?af/?j?/rAf/D i f/OVEUZED 3Y W/L ccwy*/cyrr ay * c 7 SYNOPSIS. Harry Rwlfton Is oxpoctlnjf a visit from his flancve, Lucy Meddors. a Quakeress whom ho mot In tho country. His uuto crashes Into another machine containing a beautiful woman ami a German count. The woman's hat Is ruined and Harry escapes. His sister. Caroline, arrives at Ids homo to play hostess. Socrates l'rtmmer, cousin of Lucy's, arrives with a hat Intended as a present for Lucy. Harry Is trailed to ids home by tho Count and Mrs. Gen. HIhecs. who demand* her hat, a duplicate of which slie says has been dellvcroc! nl Itnrrv*? house Hhe is ffi In greut fear lost her husband hear of her escapade. I.ucy Medders and her father arrive and the count Is hidden In one room and Mrs. Ittnzcs In another. Harry Ik forced to do soino fancy lying u keep I.ucy from discovering tin.' I,r,'s!'."i,l'' of thi' woman. The milliner. 1 >?Pl,"? 1 1 flngton, who proves to bo an old flam* c r Harry's, arrives to trace Bic missing '' plicate hat and more complications ensue. Daphne Is hustled Into the'roomi < eupled by the Count. The lattet, yi'th whom Daphne had flirted Jit one time, demands the return of a Hn>,' ho had elvfti hi*r on that occasion. She tells him that She gave the ring to (.enoral Blazes As the Count "lso given Mrs. Blazes a duplicate of the . ...g he becomes somewhat excited. Daphne leaves the room and seeks refuge In tho one occupied by Mrs. Blazes. Mr. Meddor discovers the Count, who Is Introduced us Harry's Geriiihii tutor. General Blazes arrives and accuses Harry of concealing his wife. Daphne steps out and the general Is dutnfounded. I.ucy gives way to tears. The Count takes ?he blame for the whole affair upon himself, but the verdict Is reserved until Harry can vindicate himself. CHAPTER X?(Continued.) "My boy," ho was saying, "I couldn't help coming back to assuro you that I am deeply sorry." "Say no more about It, General," Harry begged. "But, Harry," the General asked, confidentially, "how did that little lllrt happen to he In that room?" "Well," Harry explained, "that was a little affair concerning her and Count von Fltz. I don't feel at liberty to go Into details?but It's Just a flirtation, you might say." "She's a charmer, all right enough, Harry, my boy!" the G? neral said. "Ah! If my wife only knew?If she ever found out how I have flirted with some of these dashing damsels!" Mrs. Blazes, from the safety of her window, listened Intently. "What?" Harry asked. "You flirt, General?" "I'm deep, Harry, devilish deep! I say nothing, but I saw a lot of wood. Don't worry about any little flirtations of your own. Como to me for advice If VAii nnn#l If II v?ll HCtU II. I-|? 1*1 } UUI1) 111119k ?wv? his wild oats, you know." "Yes." Harry agreed, "but tho wild oats you sow tho night before don't make good breakfast food the morn lng after." "Well, anyway," the General said "we understand each other. No more hard feelings?" "Not a bit. Not a bit," Harry rcas surcd him. The General waved his hand cordially as he strode down tc the htreot. Mrs. Blazes watched him db >?ipear In the dusk, nodding her htrt. significantly. "Wild oats, eh?" she said. "Fllrta tions, eh? Wait until 1 get home!" She leaned out of the window and called to Harry. He glanced up at her and smiled wearily. "How in the world am I to get out of here?" she asked, petulantly. "I think I'll have that run as a pnz zle in the Sunday papers," Harry an swered, grimly. "I'll say this, though: When you do get out you needn't bt too punctilious about making youi party call." "This is no lime for joking?" "It's the only time I've got. You've put. me In a pretty mess." "I'm just as sorry as I can be, Mr Swifton. But look at the muddle 1 an In." "Oh, I've F"rn worse muddles thui this," Harry answers, easily. "And I'm simply starving to death,' she said, hungrily. "I'm going to slij) some sandwiches In there for you. If the blockade doesn't lift pretty soon. Meantime keep away from that window as niuctl as possible. Some one may happen ti see you and I'm out of explanations.' Mrs. Blazes drew back a bit from the window.and asked: "Have you heard anything of m> hat?" Harry sank down on n lawn bencli with a weary air. "Whero have I heard of hats?" he said. "I've ordered a hat for you Daphne, the daffy daffodil. Is making one for you. She'll have it hero be fore long." "That's dear of you!" Mrs. Blaze: smiled, appreciatively. "How do you know what it costs?' he asked, grimly. Mrs. Blazes clasped her hands mel odrnmntically and went on: "And I'm so worried about my hua band!" "You sire? You ought to be," Harry told her. "And he's worried about you -and I'm worried about both ol you. Shut the window, and let nit think " She closed her window, and he re Bum? d his meditations. "Sometimes," he muttered, "it's against a fellow to be innocent, could have straightened tills out it two minutes if 1 had been guilty." The front door opened, and Luc3 appeared. She glanced down at Harrj and smiled. "May 1 come out with thee awhile?' she asked, "it is so peaceful out her< ?everything seemeth so calm." "This is the headquarters for peact and calm," Harry observed, pleasant )y, rising. Lucy came down the stops and ..n the lawn seat while llarrj b atM-d over the table beside her, look ing down at li r. "\ 11," Lucy asked, "what can the< say ?" "I can't say :u hing yet." he an swered. "I can on!> k you to trusl me until I can m n e\ : thin "Itut surely tluu ran \plain ev ry tbt:..- now." "No. Not yet. I don't ,nd? r '.am it ir.\ If yet." 1 . > s faco changed, and llarr] \ ent on: "I. tor, I'll tell you everything, can't now, Lney, becauso some on< else is Involved." 3L mf J r rflfPlAY BY orro/MUMBAO/ Q/J/? a /Yf<53/rs7f I'T enw her," Lucy said, coldly. "I dou't mean that way. Lucy," he protested. "What you aaw may have n iioiMilifir Irtok? * "Indeed. bIio had!" Lucy asserted. "Hut you inuBt remember that often , there Is an unsuspected skeleton In the closet." Harry continued, manfully. Lucy pursed her Hps scornfully. "Skeleton. Indeed!" she said. "That skeleton weigheth at least a hundred and thirty pounds!" Harry laughed nervously, and pleaded: "Now, listen. Lucy. Won't you take my word that everything is all right, so far us 1 am concerned?" "I might take thy word, but thee cannot explain so easily to Cousin Socrates nor to father." "Cousin Socrates has boon In the ' attic writing sonnets about you all evening, and 1 have talked with your ) father, bless his good old heart! Ho J believes In me. and he is willing to trust me." "So do I believe In thee, Harry?but ! thee cannot know how sorry I am that this hai happened. I regret it." With an earnest effort to turn her ? mind to a lighter view of things, Harry asked: "So you regret it?" "I do?very, very much." "Then, if you regret It very, very much, I'll forgive you this time," he laughed, seating himself and taking her hand. She took her hand away quickly and Jumped to her feet In Indignation. "How can thee jest at such a moment?" she cried. He rose and followed her. "I shouldn't have Jested," he Bald, humbly. "Lucy, you aro not a city girl?and I'm glad of It?but you are apt to Judge things too much on appearances." Lucy turned and looked nt him with a pathetic seriousness in her eyes. "Until this morning. Harry," sh? said, "I wanted to ho a city girl. 1 thought the little town where I have lived was a pitiful place." "But It had you In It," Harry reminded her, gently. "I ant beginning to understand," Lucy said, "that here appearances i miEiinnnH i H m A**** \ "My 3oy," the General Said, "I sure You That I > are everything?hut there Isn't any everything. In the country, there Is everything?and that takes the deceit from the appearances." "Why, you're a genulno little philosopher," Harry said. "We have the blue sky In the day: , time hack there," Lucy continued, "and here thee have clouds and smoke. ! There we have the stars at night, . here thee have electric signs. There we get up at sunrise and the little birds sing us u welcome from the t trees, but here? " 1 "Here the tolks stay up until sun1 rise and eat the llttlo birds before that," llnrry finished for her. "You ' don't want a city home, then, Lucy?" J ' "1 want a homo where the heart j does not have to be bidden," she told j him. I > "And so do I. I want a real home. : with the 1 est little girl in the world I * as my wife." There was no mistaking his mean' ing. Lucy looked at him for half a r minute, then said: "When thee Lave explained, Harry," CHAPTER XI. i Fifteen minutes inter Count von Fitz I randomly crept beneath the window and whistled. Mrs. Itln/.cs did not an wer. Ho wisiled louder. Still no an1 s wer. i n yc i ai" trnpi>, jm fjind." no said. "Cl.cpr ma 1 y not replying." ' I i." -ioh < lioei wiis in store for Mm. Mrs. l'.l<i7os noiselessly opened I | 'ho window and whispered: ej j "Sli! Ho careful! Did you get my hat?" "Not yet," the Count told her. "D?7 baff to make him. 1 vouldn't trust dot Da Me voman. I vent to anudder bat place. Der name Is T'erese-' "Hut they won't know tho Uiodel." Mrs. Mazes feared. "I eggsplain him perfectly. I tell her a shape like a smashed balloon, yellow on der outside inlt u garden of red puppies." "Red pypples, you silly man!" "Puppies or popples?dey look chust us bad to me from now on." "You'd best go rlgrnt back and stay thero until it is finished," Mrs. Hlar.es suggested. "No. 1 told dem to sent It here, so I make sure I get it." "That's good," she said, with a tone ot relief. "Now you coino right oud und von yw .i' I?iiwmi?W?I. ^ j ^ ^ ^ I V "Well," Lucy Asked, "What Can They 8ay?" der hat comes I giff it to you, und avay you go." "Conn* out?" she asked sarcastically. "Am 1 an aeroplane?" "Llssen. Make a rope yet, und 1 pull you oud." "An idea!" she exclaimed with delight. "I'll tear up the rheets and things In here, tie them tcgWher In a rope, and let myself down." "Splendid! 1 go und vatch tor dct messencher mlt der hat." The Count strolled away, while she closed her window. pi A young couple came walking slow- ! ly through the flower garden. It was Pigeon and Carolyn. The twilight j spell had lieen cast upon them. Arm si In arm, silently they strolled until p< they neared the bench. hi Suddenly Pigeon said: ^ "Let's sit down here. I've got to _ see Harry through his racket, you E know"?evidently continuing a conversation whicli had lapsed some mo- M ments before?"but after that?" Couldn't Help Coming Back to As\m Deeply Sorry." He looked down Into Carolyn's eyes. "Alter that?" she nokoH u?ftiv It; - ....... ... ..., For Carolyn had all a woman's lntul- 01 tion, in spite of her young years, and she diagnosed the symptoms of an appronching proposal. She did not In- al tend to accept him, hut no woman will nl allow a proposal to get away from her. 1 Proposals to a woman are as the 'c scalps the Indian brave ties to his war sl belt. m "After that." said Pigeon, beginning < to sit down. "I can look after my own affairs. And I?" An ominous, ripping sound came. Mrs. Itla7.es was beginning to make ; a her rope, but the young couple, ol' P( course, knew nothing of that. Pigeon f. straightenod up with a Jerk and tried ? to look unconscious. He did not know jf what had given away Carolyn tried n to smooth over his embarrassment b." j n saying: i t, <TO UK CONTl N't'l'lV) Time Itr Eggs to Hatch. The eggs of the pigeon are hatched (, In two weeks, those of the fowl la I three, those of the duck In four, those j of the geeso In live, and those of the ostrich In seven weeks Molded by Accident. In all our reasoning concerning men wo must lay it down as a maxim that * mo I'rontrr pnrt are mold- il by acci* dent.?liobert Hali. a Penrl", Prom the Conch. P. :n.? \ .y vnlunblo pearls nr n>> fnlne! from tho common con. h ol c Flor'dn. Occasional specimens have f 6ol<! for ft 1,000. c ( I / t ?___ "Liberty Bell" Shape | v ^% tfiiiWiwfiSJgS^' > wKiK^ l'liotogruph by Hummel. (rum Underwood & Underwood. rHIS piquante and patriotic article The shape of the hat clearly reBemof headwear in both comfortable hies that of the historic liberty bell, and becoming It is the first of The material Is a rich brown plush, the fall fashions to reach these and the willow plume Is white above, lores from France, where it was es- shading off Into a hue matching that scially designed for the "Les Helles of the body of the hat. It is one of lies Amerlcanes." J the season's favorites. AG FOR DRESSES OR HATS! SHOES FOR LONG TRAMPS lakes for Comfort In Traveling, and Highly Important Part of Equipment Also Preserves the Articles When a Girl Contemplates Enclosed. "Roughing It." A schemo which a girl will find a Girls who have had little experience reat comfort In any place where she in outdoor life often do some foolish a? insufficient closet space Is a bag things when they begin to try this \ hnlfi hnr Tint r\ r hnr r\ rnaa In frnunK fr*rw ?' ? *- ^ - * * * * . ?? ...... ~. ..... ... ....... u. viijuyiueuu une way in wnicn ir It Is well to take one or more of many of them Interfere with their own lese bags, and in a camp they are al- comfort Is by going on a tramp with lost Indispensable. A girl can very the wrong kind of shoes, ulckly make all she wants of them. A girl who has played tennis and nd If she wants to economize space found the soft, rubber soled shoes ley can be made of silkollne, which comfortable will think that they will lids up into the smallest kind of a surely help her to enjoy a tramp; but ackage. Is light In weight and very In- they are tho last thing to wear forr a xpenslve. long walk, as these girls have found For a hat, make a bag three-quar- to their cost. They come home with ?rs of a yard deep and half a yard their feet aching and the calves of the lde. with a drawing string at the top. legs tired out from the lack of the 'lie bag Is hung up by this string and spring that Is given by heels. Walktie hat is kept free from dust and out ing with a fiat, heelless shoes on a f the way. This measurement is for rough road Is extremely trying, and lint of ordinary size; if your hat Is one can feel every stone through the n unusually large one the bag must ?oft rubber soles. e larger. Quite as bad as the tennis shoes are For a dress the bag should be about | low shoes with thin soles and high ve Inches longer than the dress It- j heels. ri iiese tire tne reet ana may elf. the width being a little more than sprain the ankles. The only Rhoes nough to slide the dress in easily. , that are really satisfactory for "roughVheti camping It is best to put one's ing it" are strong high shoes with raveling dress and hat Into these thick soles. The strongest ankles need ags and leave them there, for they support in rough walking, and it Is re seldom wanted until one is ready i often wet in the woods. The girl who o leave. In making tho bags for camp- has once tried the two ways of tramj)ok there are some advantages In us- Ing will never again be persuaded to ir cretonne In. toad of silkollne. He- wear low or thin shoes. ir so much thicker. It keeps out the nmpness better, and It Is often damp SIMPLE AND ATTRACTIVE nough in a tent to have a rather dis strous effect on a hat. f'n Paris Bridesmaid Gowns. 'AS? A shepherdess effect was shown la >ur bridesmaid gowns recently 7 ^ jrned out by Paris makers. The tin- \ * \ /" ' 1 erslips were of a thin white silk trimled with scattered wreaths, about the 'V Ize of a saucer, of tiny pink roses. ? vv iver these fell tunics of pale blue IS J biffon. which mellowed the llowers A .B mil tney were the dimmest blush. Hjj ij/ ^ \ lie broad hats were wreathed with Wj / A V t]|3?5j|f .* j \ le posies held by a vast butterfly or W // 4. . V\u'V? I lin white lace, and there were small It yi'if!/ nets of the buds on the blue slip- ra l\KrimffffV s;Ji// Parisian Ivory Sets. Parisian ivory Is the name given to \vSBff kHkI/ nported celluloid and In the rich, /Ay | IxSTf eamy material are seen any number W ,i j' bL1'J 1 lovely conveniences for the dress- ' Jl > w ig table, tllovo stretchers, powder This simple waist Is of marquisett*. id rouge boxes, pin trays and hand or voile trimmed with a beautiful lace lrrors are some of the dainty trifles, or embroidery and fastening at the ho same articles In domestic cellu- side with buttons and loops. iid often show the rich cream and The sleeves, cut In one piece with ich lit tings are more used In sum- the body of the waist, are trimmed to ler than those of silver. ' correspond. Coming Season's Furs. Suit Coats. The most popular furs for next win Suit jackets for autumn and winter sr, bid fair to be. seal, pony caracul, will remain close fitting about the ud lor those who can afford it. of hips and hold to the straight line nurse, sable. Fox and oppossum are torin. At present there Is no arbllvored for neckpieces. Moleskin, al- trary decree regarding the length, lost as prohibitive in price as sable. Models considerably shorter than the i gaining popularity in Europe. Er- L't> inch length, and somewhat longer line and chinchilla are always in de also, are among the new models. But land for dressy garments, and with the length mentioned is a happy me lie craze for I lack. Persian lamb is dium. The feeling Is that with the ap dvancing even more in fashion Ein proaeh of winter the tendenrv nin k, ngs. however, will come In delicate to lengthen the jacket, with perhaps s hades of violet, yellow, coral and revision to the short effects again li ream. the spring. In muffs lul scarfs, a rich look iir long haired fur is used. As to Hunter Green. (hether the coats will ho long or: (K? , , , y . As tno season advances the vogue hort. opim ; dllf r, and mil-.uly must , . <, .... ? , , . * , , f n-i i :,)t cine; aid gieen noticeable for some lecide ior h, elf The long coat ex- !; ?mhs p;(St npiM.ars to be on the de. rosso- lux .:> and elegance. The (.,;no< h a f, more hovt . - it -.ch more smart, and pU,u,lnK tono. ,,elnp subt,Ituted. vhlle not so rich looking, is also not's,aifa of hli:i(er greea 8atin arc io expensive * draped an ind the crowns of outing l:.(ts of I rama ant' peanut braid and Youi ; girls have foulard, pongee, gracefully looped at one side. Scarfs ind shantui Irocks will haby Irish I 0f striped and checked silk, such as >n \citlse lac- hands or in all-over may be found at the neckwear shops, or yoke and underslc-.es. The gir- are also utilized as drapery for outlie or sash is important. | i,lg hats. % FROM ALL OVER THE 8TATg A Column of 8omo of the Lotoot Now* That Haa Boon Gotten Together by the Editor. Charleston.?Declaration of intea* tlon to become citizens of the United States have beer filed In the United States District Court by Oezer Roth and Burnett Schawrts, both natives of Hungary. Laurens?Judge O. O. Thompson was elected colonel of the Laurens county regiment, United Confederate veterans, to succeed the late Col. Robert N. Cunningham. Judge Thomp? son received the unanimous vote of the three camps in the county. Brookland. ? After waiting about three years, work was begun on Brookland's new school building this week, and Is oeing rushed with all possible speed. The lot flniflly select* ed is one of the prettiest in town, and was given by John O. Guignard. Camden.?A party consisting of Bradford Knapp of the department of agriculture, Ira B. Williams, Gov. Biease and E. J. Watson will come to Camden for the purpose of lecturing i to the farmers of Kershaw county. Mr. Eve and E. A. Brown, local farm der:onstration agent, have arranged to hold the meeting at the c^nrt house. Elloree. ? Cotton is opening very rapidly on account of the excessive hot and dry weather, and the indications are that there will be a lot of It put on the market very soon. While the Indications are that there will be a full crop made in this section, the crop is rapidly deteriorating, and many of the farmers say the weed Is loosing a great deal of its fruit. Lancaster.?A contract was let here for a bridge over Lynches creek, near Kershaw. There were a number of bidders, each bidding on a different type of bridge. The C. W. Requsth Company was the successful bidder, the price being in neighborhood of >4,000 for an all-over concrete structure, arch type with 70-foot pan and 18-foot roadway. Columbia.?The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Palmetto Construction company of Columbia, with a capital stock of $126,000. The petitioners seeking a charter are: John J. Seibels, B. P. Taylor, and Hugh T. Seibels. The company proposes to do a general real estate ; business and will buy, hold, sell and manage real estate. The company will also negotiate loans. Charleston.?Secretary McKeand, of the Chamber of Commerce, is asking the several commercial bodies to appoint delegates who shall form a general committee, which will have i cnarge 01 me matter 01 taxing the Charleston views which will form part of the moving pictures with which It is planned to advertise South Carolina and her progressive cities in the state advertising campaign soon to be launched. Greenville.?Greenville is facing an ice famine, the most serious in the history of the city. The piston rod of the big engine sni.pped in twain, necessitating the shutting down of the plant for an indefinite period. Chicago is the nearest point from which a new piston rod can be secured and it is by no means certain that one can be had within the next week or ten days. The management of the ice mill fears that the desired rod will have to be first manufactured. I Columbia.?Chartered: Moffatt 13. I DuPre Company, Columbia. To do a wholesale fruit and produce business, and handle goods and provisions on a commission basis. Capital stock, 110,000. Officers are: MafTatt R. DuPre, president: George T. McGregor, secretary and treasurer. Commissioned: The Epperson Motton Company, Sumter. To buy and sell automobiles, supplies, etc. Capital stock *>?,000. Petitioners are: George F. Epperson and T. B. Jenkins. Elloree.?Edward W. Holman, county commissioner of Calhoun county, a thrifty farmer residing about five miles north of here, holds the championship of that county, as far as con he learned, in having produced more on cne acre of land than any other farmer. Mr. Holman planted early in ; the year one acre of sugar peas, which netted him $153.75. He sowed pea vine hay on this same acre, which netted ! him $20. and has since irathprpri ih^ hay planted the land In cotton and now states that he will easily get t;OQ pounds of lint cotton from the same Florence.?For the first time in the history of the Seaboard Air Line, a regular passenger train was run over the new road, bringing a number ol passengers to Florence. The train was met by hacks, and It looked a9 though the running of passenger trains over the road was an old thing. Columbia.?Insurance Commissioner McMaster will leave for Minneapolis, Minn., to attend the annual convention of the national Association of Insurance Commissioners. All state officials are out of the city with the exception of Commissioner Watson and State Treasurer Jennings. Spartanburg?Before adjourning the South Carolina Association of the Deaf, in Convention at Cedar Springs, adopted resolutions condemning Governor Aldrich, of Nebraska, because it was said he had directed that only the oral system of communication among the deaf be taught in the state schools. Statesburg.?The annual meeting ol the Sumter Agricultural society on the grounds of the General Sumter Momortal academy was very well though not very largely attended and the > usual play that goes with this work firtrtll- ottonrlo/1 T Vl lo VAO* - * i ? *\r% HI n IIIK v4 ? mo / v cii it war i the basball and picnie Camp Perry. Ohio.?Members of the South Carolina team are well and in fine shape for shooting. Practice shooting at rapid-fire constituted the work of the learn. On the whole the work is fairly satisfactory, although work has just begun. Columbia. A property loss of sey. 1 eral thousand dollars was caused by jdburst and wind storm which | -truck the community near Bookmans ' on the Southern railway, about 14 miles above Columbia. Tho Southern ra'lway track was damaged for son distance and a passenger train was slightly delayed. ^? -1 '9 TATE FAR MERE' UNION MAE1 j JUST ISSUED VERY INTEREST (NO ANNOUNCEMENT. fl THE COMMITTEE IS NAMES Wm ^ If ArranfMwnU Art #>rfwUd EM V Building Will Probably bo EtmM V In Columbia?Will bo Largest War* - house In tho South. I Columbia. ? Coincident with the I move started to enoourage -the far- I men of the South to hold their cotton fl tor a better price, the South Carollnn I State Farmers' union has decided upon B the erection of a cotton warehouse to H cost from $200,000 to $500,000. Thin B will be one of the largest cotton ware- I houses in the South and will very probably be located in Columbia. B The following announcement wan I made by J. Whitner Reid, secretary B and treasurer of the state union: "In accordance with a resolution adopted by the South Carolina State fl Fanners' union at the nunc flag held in Columbia July $5-27, 1211. B steps have been taken to oiganlna the Farmers' Union Warehouse company of South Carolina. "H. T. Morrison of McCllnanrlB* B B. F. Keller of Cameron, B. Harris of Pendleton, Alfred Aldrlch of BarnwtO, members of the c.janisatlon commit- B tee appointed at the state union meet* B ing, met in the office of the secretary of the state farmers' union and made B formal application to the secretary at B state for commission to act as a board. B of corporators. B "The capital stock of this corpora- B tion will be $200,000, with the priri- B lege of increasing to $500,000, with B shares at the par value of $10 each. B "The purpose of the corporation Is B to do a general warehouse business, B including the storing and dealing In B cotton and other farm products. B "An active campaign will soon be B commenced in each county B Have Endorsed Sweartngen's Act. B Statesburg.?At the annual meeting B of the Sumter Agricultral society, B held on the groundB of the Gen. Bumter Memorial academy, the following- B resolutions were adopted: "Resolved, That we put on record B our commendation of the action ot H State Superintendent of Education J. B E. Swearingen in his protest against the recent school book adoption of H the state board of education and H pledge ourselves to do all In our H power to make his protest effective fl in the exposure of the wrong done B and in the avoidance of the burdens fl it would entail upon the patrons of fl the rural schools. fl "Resolved, That It is our trust and B earnest hope that this firm, faithful fl and fearless discharge of official duty fl by our state superintendent oil educa- fl tion will act as a salutary restraint fl upon all officials, under temptation to do wrong in the future and will In- fl spire our people to the task of seeing B that only trustworthy men are placed B in our public offices hereafter." B To Fight Sumter Bond Issue. B Sumter.?The opponents of the I $150,000 bond issue, in the recent I ; election held in Sumter County in the | ' interest of good roads, engaged Ex Judge R. O. Purdy to take their light I against issuing the bonds before the H j state board of convassers. Mr. Purdy I turned over papers protesting the elec- I tion to the clerk to the commissioners I of state elections, E. F. Miller, to be 9 sent to Columbia, together with the official papers in the election. Engine Used to New Purpose. Florence.?Joe Commander, an enterprising young farmer of this section. created an excitement all his own by bringing into town a train load of watermelons drawn by a gasoline traction engine. Five large wagons were drawn from his plantation, three miles from town, to the depot, where the melons were loaded. The curious looking train was photographed. Abbeville.?There is no truth In the report of Judge J. C. Klugh resigning. He is in very feeble health, but does not contemplate resigning. Tracts of Land For Colonization. Columbia.?D. W. McLaurin, state land agent, has received an inquiry from a large Chicago development 1 company for a tract of lowland, 60.00# ' or 70,000 acres, which can be had at a reasonable price and Is susceptible of drainage by gravity, without pump! ing. The land is wanted for colonization purporses. A similar letter waa received recently from another Chicago firm. Those who have large tracts of land for sale will be put In touch with the prospective buyers by writ: In* to Mr. McLaurin. Prepare* Plans and Specification*. Greenville.?The park and tree commission of Greenville has engaged the services of Harlan P. Kelsey of Salem, Mass., one of the most noted landscape architects of the world, to prepare plans and specifications and supervise the deevlopment of a system of general parking for this city. The commission has under consideration the braking of the banks of Heedy ri' or and the construction of a boulevard skirting the banks cf Richland creek from the city park site to the confluence of that stream. Wires Interfere With Building*. Woodruff.?Several of the property owners on west Pilgram avenue have ceased building on account of the heavy charged wires, running from Grady's mill to Gaston shoals on Broad river, being in the way of the oofs of houses now going up. They a ? asking that the Southern Power cjmpany change their line and carry 1; down Pilgram avenue to the new rtreet recently opened on Pilgram Heights, and from thence go to Grady's i mill. The distance will only be. about 200 feet more.