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ROY DIM a oj 1 mifii//eafl?js/ra/to i MOVEL/ZED3Y W/L. capya/cyrr ay *.i 7 8YNOPSI8. Harry Rwlfton Is expecting a visit from his fiancee, l.ucy M?ddorii, a Quakerest whom ho met In tho country. His uutc crushes Into another machine containing u beautiful woman and a (ierman count The wuman'a hat le ruined and Marry escapes. Mis sister, Caroline. arrives al his home to play hostess. Socrates 1'rlmrner. cousin of Lucy's, arrives with a hat Intended as a present for Lucy. Marry Is trailed to his home by the Count and Mrs. (Jen. Blazes. who demands hei (g hat, a duplicate of which she says ha? . been delivered at Marry's house. Hhe Is fiji III (treat fear lest her husband hear ol her escapade. Lucy Mudders and hoi father arrive and the count Is hidden tr one room and Mrs. Blazes In another. Marry Is forced to do some fancy lying t< keep Lucy from discovering the presence of the woman. The milliner. Daphne Durfltigton. who proves to he an old llame 01 Marry's. arrives to trace tho missing du plicate hat anil more complications ensue. Daphne Is hustled Into the room or copied by the Count. The latter, wltl wlioni Daphne had flirted at ono time demands the return of a rinit he had glvt-ii her on that o< caslon. She tells lilni that she gave the ring to General Blazes. As the Count had also given Mrs. Blazes a duplleate of the ring he heeomos somewhat cxelted. Daphne leaves the room and seeks refuge In the one occupied by Mrs. lllazes. Mr. Medder discovers the Count, who Is Introduced as Marty's Merman tutor. General Blazes arrives and accuses Marry of concealing his wife. Daphne steps out and the general Is dutnfounded. Lucy gives way to tears. The Count takes the blame for the whole affair upon himself, but the verdict Is reserved until Marry can vindicate himself. CHAPTER X?(Continued.) "My boy," ho was Baying, "I couldn't help coming back to assuro you that I am deeply sorry." "Say no more about It. General," Harry beggod. "liut, Harry," the General asked, confidentially, "how did that little flirt happen to be In that room?" "Well," Harry explained, "that was a little affair concerning her and Count von Fitz. 1 don't feel at liberty to go Into details?but It's Just a flirtation, you might say." one s a cnarmer, ftii rignt enoiiRD, Harry, my boy!" the General said. "Ah! If my wife only knew?If she ever found out how 1 have flirted with some of these dashing damsels!" Mrs. Iilazes, from the safety of her window, listened Intently. "What?" Harry aslced. "You flirt. General ?" "I'm deep, Harry, devilish deep! 1 say nothing, but I fhw a lot of wood. Don't worry about any llUJe lllrtatlons of your own. Com? to me for advice If you need It. Everybody must sow his wild oats, you know." "Yes," Harry agreed, "but tho wild oats you sow the night before don't make good breakfast food tho morning after." "Well, anyway," the General said, "we understand each other. No more hard feelings?" "Not a bit. Not a hit," Harry reassured him. The General waved his hand cordially as lie strode down to the street. Mrs. Diazes watched him dif "?pear In the dusk, nodding her lit a , significantly. "Wild oats, eh?" she said. "Flirtations, eh? Walt until 1 get home!" Sho 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. "1 think I'll have that run as a puzzle in 'lie Sunday papers," Harry answered, grimly. "I'll say this, though: When you do get out you needn't be f(H> ll!Hlf?HHnno olionf ? .. . - HUUUI iliaiMI<g VUUI party call." "This is no time for joking?" "It's tin- only time I've got. You've put me In a pretty mess." "I'm just as sorry as 1 can he, Mr. Swifton. Hut look at the mud,lie I am In." "(1h. I've s'-cn worse muddles than this." Harry answers, easily. "And I'm simply starving to death," she said, hungrily. "I'm going to slip some sandwiches in there for you. if the blockade doesn't lift pretty soon. Meantime, keep away from that window as much as possible. Some one may happen to see you and I'm out of explanations." Mrs. Hlazes drew back a bit from th<* window, and asked: "Have you heard anything of my hat?" Harry sank down on n lawn bench with a weary air. "Where 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 before long." "That's dear of you!" Mrs. Hlazes smiled, appreciatively. "How do you know what it costs?" he asked, grimly. Mrs. Hlazes clasped her hands melodramatically and went on: "And I'm so worried about my hus band!" "You are? You ought to he," Harry told her. "And he's worried about you?and I'm worried about both of you. Shut the window, and let nie think." She closed her window, and he resumed his meilitntmnu "Sometimes," he muttered, "it's apainst a fellow to bo innocent 1 could have straightened this out in two minutes if 1 had been guilty." The front door opened, and Lucy appeared. She glanced down at Harry and smiled. "May 1 come out with then awhile?" she asked. "It is so peaceful out her? --everything secmoth so calm." "This is the headquarters for peace and calm," llarry observed, pleasantly, rising. Lucy earn? down the steps and a on the lawn seat while llarry lour i over the table beside her, looking down at h r. "Well," Lucy a ked, "what can theo say?" "1 can't say nn> thing yet." ho answrred. "1 can <>r > : k >< "i to trust me tintia I can e\ a r; tiling." "L it sureh the. i in e\ rythl: now ">* Mot yet. 1 >'< n :i !<" tanil It ti i If yet," l i s face changed, and Harry \ ent on: "Liter, I'll ten you everything. 1 can't now, Lucy, becauso some one else is Involved." at mi? a c THt PLAY BY orro H/UJfffBACH 3///? D. /Y?<53/r s-7<>? x/r?j?/r "i raw her," Lucy said, coldly. "I don't mean that way, Lucy," he i protested. "What you saw may have [ a peculiar look? " : "Indeed, sh? had!" Lucy asserted. ; "Hut you must remember that often there Is an unsuspected skeleton In the closet," Harry continued, manful iy. Lucy pursed her lips scornfully. , "Skeleton, indeed!" she said. "That ! skeleton welgheth at least a hundred and thirty pounds!" 1 Harry laughed nervously, and > pleaded: [ "Now, listen. Lucy. Won't you take r 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 : i Socrates nor to father." 1 "Cousin Socrates has been In the ! i attic writing sonnets about you all evening, and I have talked with your I father, bless his good old heart! He j believes In me, and he is willing to trust me." "So do I believe In thee, Harry?but I thee cannot know how sorry I am that this has happened. I regret it." With an earnest effort to turn her ? mind to a lighter view of things, Harry asked: "So you regret It?" 1 "I do?very, very much." i "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 cnn thee jest at such a moment?" she cried. He rose and followed her. "1 shouldn't have jested," he said, 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 at him with a pathetic seriousness In her eyes. "Until this morning, Harry," she said, "I wanted to be a city girl. I thought the lltt'e town where I have lived was a pit 1 fu 1 place." "But It had you In it," Harry re- i minded her, gently. ItwAi ifx iu uMuursuuiu, | : Lucy said, "that here appearances | | A "My 3oy," the General Said, "I sure You That I A are everything?but there Isn't any i everything. In the country, there Is everything?and that takes the deceit from the appearances." "Why, you're a genuine little pliilos! opher," Harry said. "We have tlio blue sky in the daytime back there," laicy continued. . "and here thee have clouds and smoke. ! There we have the stars at night, 1 here thee have electric signs. There j We get up at sunrise and the little birds sing us a welcome from the trees, but here?" "Here the folks stay up until sunrise and eat the littlo birds before that," Harry finished for her. "You , don't want a city home, then, Lucy?" | "1 want a home whore the heart I does not have to be hidden," she told j | him. I "And so do I 1 want a roal lioine. ! t with the lost little Kill in the world | F as my wife." There was no mistaking liis meaning. Jnicy looked at him for half a minute, then said: "When thee have explained, Harry." i t CHAPTER XI. ( Fifteen minutes lat r Count v. n Fit/. ; raulioti. ly i rept beneath the window j iiii d whistled. Mrs It lazes did not an . vver. Ho wistlod louder. Still no an v swer. t "Ii you are pone. I'm glad." he said. ;. "Cheer me 1 y not replying." I no ueh rheer was in store for ! itn. Mrs. It laze* noiselessly opened i the window anil whispered: ? "Sis! H? careful! l>id you get my 1 hat?" i t "Not yet," the Count told her. "D?y haff to make blm. I vouldn't trust dot Battle voman. I vent to anudder hat plate. Der name la T'erwe " "Hut they won't know the model," Mrs. Blazes feared. "I eggsplaln hhn perfectly. 1 tell her a shape like a smashed balloon, yellow on der outside mlt u garden of red puppies." "Red popples, you silly man!" "Puppies or popples?dey look chust as bad to me from now on." "You'd best go rlgnt back and stay there until it Is llnlshed," Mrs. Bla7.es suggested. "No. I told dem to sent It here, so I make sure I get it." "That's good." she said, with a tone of relief. "Now you como right oud und vcn gam r mwiiimi >i t ttjm I ' I I 'Well," Lucy Asked, "What Can They Say?" der hat conies I glff It to you, und avay you go." "Come out?" she asked sarcastically. "Am 1 an aeroplune?" "Lissen. Make a rope yet, und 1 pull you oud." "An Idea!" she exclaimed with de- | light. "I'll tear up the rheets and things In here, tie them togWher in ; a rope, and let myself down." "Splendid! I go und vatch 1\ar der niessencher mit der hat." The Count strolled away, while she closed her window. A young couple camo walking slowly through the flower garden. It was Pigeon nnd Carolyn. The twilight spell had been cast upon them. Arm In arm. silently they strolled until they neared the bench. Suddenly Pigeon said: "Let's sit down here. I've got to Eee Harry through Ills racket, you know"?evidently continuing a conversation which had lapsed some moments before?"but after that?" Couldn't Help Coming Back to As m Deeply Sorry." He looked down Into Carolyn's eyes. "After that?" she asked, softly. For Carolyn had nil a woman's lntulion, in spite of her young years, and she diagnosed the symptoms of an apmooching proposal. She did not lnend to accept him, but no woman will illow a proposal to get away from her. roposatls to a woman are as iho ealps the Indian brave ties to his war >elt. "After that." said Pigeon, beginning o sit down, "I can look after my own iffairs. And I?" An ominous, ripping sound came, drs. TUar.es was beginning to make i tor rope, but the young couple, of ourse, knew nothing of that. Pigeon straightened up with a jerk and tried j o look unconscious. He did not know vhnt had given away. Carolyn tried o smooth over his embarrassment by nying: (TO I(K CONTINUED.) Time f6r Eggs to Hatch. The eggs of the pigeon are ha'cbed n t>vo weeks, those of the fowl In hree, those of the duck Ir. four, those >f the goi so in five, and those of the >strich In seven weeks Molded by Accident. In nil our reasoning concerning men must lay It down as a maxim that ho greater part are molded l>> accllent. l obert Hall. Pearls From the Conch. Feme v tv valuable pearls arc chained from the common conch of 'lor'da. -Occasional specimens him old for $1,000. 1 / "Liberty B I * ?? I'liotOKrupli by liuinmcl, fro T^^hHIS piquante <tnd patriotic article I of headwear 111 both comfortable I and becoming It is the first of the fall fashions to reach those shores from France, where it was especially designed for the "Les Belles biles Amerlcanes." BAG FOR DRESSES OR HATS Makes for Comfort In Traveling, and miso preserves tne Articles Enclosed. A scheme which a girl will find a groat comfort in any place where she hae insufficient closet space Is a bag to hold her hat or her dress. In traveling It is well to take one or more of these bags, and In a camp they are almost indispensable. A girl can very quickly make nil she wants of them, and if she wants to economize space they can be made of silkoline, which folds up into the smalhst kind of a package. Is light in weight and very inexpensive. For a hat, make a bag three-quarters of a yard deep and half a yard wide, with a drawing string at the top. The bag is hung up by this string and the hat is kept free from dust and out of the way. This measurement is for a hat of ordinary size; if your hat is an unusually large one the bag must be larger. For a dress the bag should be about five Inches longer than the dress itself. the width being a little more than enough to slide the dress in easily. When camping it is best to put one's traveling dress and hat into these hags and leave them there, for they are seldom wanted until one is ready to leave. In making tho bags for camping there are some advantages in using cretonne instead of silkoline. Doing so much thicker, it keeps out the dampness better, and it Is often damp enough in a tent to have a rather dis astrous effect on a hat. Paris Bridesmaid Gowns. A shepherdess effect was shown la tuui ui nit- biiiuiu gowns recently turned out by Paris makers. The underslips were of a thin white silk trimmed with scattered wreaths, about the si/.e of a saucer, of tiny pink roses. Over these fell tunics of pale blue chiffon, which mellowed uie flowers until they were the dimmest blush. The broad hats were wreathed with the posies held by a vast butterfly of thin white lace, and there were small knots of the buds on the blue slippers. Parisian Ivory Sets. Parisian ivory is the uame given to Imported celluloid and In the rich, creamy material are seen any number of lovely conveniences for the dressing table. Olovo stretchers, powder and rouge boxes, pin trays and hand mirrors are some of the dainty trifles. The same articles in domestic celluloid often show the rich cream and such littings are more used in summer than those of silver. Coming Season's Furs. The most popular furs for next winter, bid fair to be. seal, pony caracul, and for those who can afford it, of course, sable. Fox and oppossum are favored for neckpieces. Moleskin, almost as prohibitive in price as sable, is gaining popularity in ICurope. Krmine and chinchilla are always in demand for dressy garments, and with the craze for black, Persian lamb is advancing even more in fashion. Linings, however, will come in delicate shades of violet, yellow, coral and cream. In muffs and scarfs, a rich look lug-long haii<d fur is used. As to whether the coats will be long or short, opinions differ, and milady must decide for herself. The long coat expresses luxury and elegance. The short coat is much more smart, and while not so rich looking, io also not s?> expensive. z Young girls have foulard, pongee, and shantung I rocks with baby Irish on \ enlse lace as l ands or in all-over for yoke and undersleeves. The girdle or sash is important. tell" Shape . V. x-V ^|Mr jHwKKfl^ttfln|^Hrhi>' > Sir* >in Underwood & Underwood. The shape of the hat clearly resembles that of the historic liberty bell. The material Is a rich brown plush, and the willow plume Is white above, shading olT Into a hue matching that of the body of the hat. It Is one of the season's favorites. SHOES FOR LONG TRAMPS Highly Important Part of Equipment When a Girl Contemplates "Roughing It." Girls who have had little experience In outdoor life often do some foolish thlnira whan thai- >>? ?<- ?? ? w, -- ?-WM vuv/ L/C5111 tu l-l J L111 ?3 form of enjoyment. One way In which many of them Interfere with their own comfort is by going on a tramp with the wrong kind of shoes. A girl who has played tennis and found the soft, rubber soled shoes comfortable will think that they will Burely help her to enjoy a tramp; but they are the last thing to wear for a long walk, as these girls have found to their cost. They come home with their feet aching and the calves of the legs tired out from the lack of the spring that is given by heels. Walking with a flat, heelless shoes on a rough road is extremely trying, and one can feel every stone through the soft rubber soles. Quite as bad as the tennis shoes are low shoes with thin soles and high heeis. These tire the ieet and may sprain the ankles. The only shoes that are really satisfactory for "roughing it" are strong high shoes with thick soles. The strongest ankles need 1 support in rough walking, and it is , often wet in the woods. The girl who has once tried the two ways of tramjv ing will never again be persuaded to I wear low or thin shoes. SIMPLE AND ATTRACTIVE i y WW This simple waist is of marquisett*. or voile trimmed with a beautiful lace or embroidery and fastening at the side with buttons nnd loops. The sleeves, cut in one piece with the body of the waist, are trimmed to ' correspond. Suit Coats. Suit Jackets for autumn and winter will remain close titting about the hips and hold to the straight line lorm. At present there is no arbl um; uiiret) regarding the length. Models considerably shorter than the 26-inch length, and somewhat longer also, are among the new models. But the length mentioned is a happy medium The feeling is that with the ap proach of winter the tendency will he to lengthen the Jacket, with perhaps fl revision to the short effects again it the spring. Hunter Green. As the season advances the vogue [or emerald green noticeable for some months past appears to he on the de clinc, hunter gre?n. a softer, more ph it ; tone, being substituted. Scar ; of hunter green satin are Imped around the crowns of outing hats of I nama and peanut braid and gracefully looped at one side. Scarls ' of striped and checked silk, such as may be found at the neckwear shops, are also utilized as drapery for out ^ ieg hats. ~ FROM ALL OVER THE 8W? r A Column of Some of tho LatMt Now* That Haa Been Gotten Together by the Editor. Charleston.?Declaration of inte?< tlon to become citizens of the United States have been filed In the United States District Court by Oeser Roth and Burnett Schawrts, both natives of ' Hungary. Laurens?Judge O. G. Thompson was elected colonel of the Laurens ' county regiment, United Confederate veterans, to succeed the late Col. Robert N. Cunningham. Judge Thompson received the tmrus 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 being rushed with all f possible speed. The lot flnaflly select- 0 ed is one of the prettiest In town, and ' was given by John Q. Guignard. Camden.?A party consisting of ' Bradford Knapp of the department of ' agriculture, Ira B. Williams, Gov. ' Mease and E. J. Watson will come to Camden for the purpose of lecturing ' < to the farmers of Kershaw county. Mr. Eve and E. A. Brown, local farm do- 1 r.c<nstration agent, have arranged to G hold the meeting at the c^iirt house. Elloree. ? Cotton is opening very f rapidly on account of the excessive j hot and dry weathei, and the indica- ( tions are that there will be a lot of f 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 1st { here for a bridge over Lynches creek, c near Kershaw. There were a number f of bidders, each bidding on a different t type of bridge. The C. W. Requsth c Company was the successful bidder, the price being in neighborhood of t >4,000 for an all-over concrete Btruc- j ture, arch type with 70-foot pan and e 18-foot roadway. Columbia.?The secretary of state t has issued a commission to the Pal- i met'o Construction company of Co- < lumbia, with a capital stock of $125,000. The petitioners seeking a char- c ter are: John J. Seibels, B. F. Taylor, and Hugh T. Seibels. The company proposes to do a general real eBtate business and will buy, hold, Bell and c I manago real estate. The company h will also negotiate loans. t Charleston.?Secretary McKeand, of r j the Chamber of Commerce, is asking the several commercial bodies to ap? ? point delegates who shall form a gen- ^ eral committee, which will hav? ^ charge of the matter of taking the V Charleston views which will form part t of the moving pictures with which It F is planned to advertise South Carolina p and her progressive cities in the state ' advertising campaign soon to be a launched. ^ Greenville.?Greenville is facing an 1 ice famine, the most serious in the history of the city. The piston rod of a the big engine sm.pped in twain, ue- ^ cessitating the shutting down of the t plant for an iaueunite period. Chicago u is the nearest point from which a new ^ ! piston rod can be secured and it is 1 by no means certain that one can be i t had within the next week or ten days. , The management of the ice mill fears I that the desired rod will have to be first manufactured. Columbia.?Chartered: Moffatt 3. ; : DuPre Company, Colunibia. To do a ( wholesale fruit and produce business, j j ! and handle goods and provisions on 1 a commission basis. Capital stock, j $10,000. Officers are: MalYatt B. Du- 1 j Pre. president; George T. McGregor, ( secretary and treasurer. Commis- t siotied: The Epperson Motton Com- ! panv. Sumter. To buy and sell automobiles, supplies, etc. Capital stock < 4>~,000. Petitioners are: George F Epperson and T. B. Jenkins. Elloree.?Edward W. Holman, coun ty commissioner of Calhoun county, a t thrifty farmer residing about five t miles north of here, holds the Cham- t pionship of that county, as far as con * he learned, in having produced more t | on cne acre of land than any other v farmer. Mr. Holman planted early ia r the year one acre of sugar peas, which t netted him $153.75. He sowed pea vine 1 hay on this same acre, which netted ' him $30, and has since gathered th3 I hay planted the land in cotton and r now states that he will easily get t>00 I | pounds of lint cotton from the same i Florence.?For the lirst time in the history of the Seaboard Air Line, a regular passenger train was run over the new road, bringing r. number of 1 passengers to Florence. The train 1 was met by hacks, and it looked a9 < though the running of passenger < trains over the road was an old thing, i 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 Jennines. 1 Spartanburg?Before adjourning the South Carolina Association of the Deaf, in Convention at Cedar Springs, adopted resolutions condemning Gov- r , ernor Aldrlc.h, of Nebraska, because it s was said he had directed that only the J I oral system of communication among s the deaf be taught in the state schools, t Statesburg?The annual meeting of P the Sumter Agricultural society on the o grounds of the General Sumter Me- c , morial academy was very well though t not very largely attended and the r ? usual play that goes with this work v i flnely attended. This year it was c i the basball and picnic c 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 team. On the whole the < work is fairly satisfactory, although 1 work has just begun. < Columbia A property loss of several thousand dollars was caused by a cloudburst and wind storm which ' struck the community near Bookmans < on the Southern railway, about 14 1 miles above Columbia. The South- i em railway track was damaged for 1 some distance and a passenger train was slightly delayed. STATE FARMERS' UNION HAN* J JUST iS8UEO VERY INTEREST- | INQ ANNOUNCEMENT. THE COMMITTEE It NAMES It Arrangements Are Ferfeeted IM Building Will Probmbly be CmM In Columbia?Will bo Largest Wanhouse in the South. Columbia. ? Coincident With ?W uoTo started to encourage the fhr? tiers of the South to bold their cotton, or a better price, the South Carolina Jtate Farmers' union has decided upon JM he erection of a cotton warehouse to 2 :ost from $200,000 to $500,000. Thin will be one of the largest cotton ware- I nouses In the South and will very probably be looated In Columbia. The following announcement wan nade by J. Whitner Reid. secretary ind treasurer of the state union: "In accordance with a resolution idcpted by the South Carolina 8tate farmers' union at the sumting Leld In Columbia July 25-27, 1211. teps have been taken to organiae the 'aimers' Union Warehouse ncuapanj f South Carolina "H. T. Morrison of McCU?fti1ll% i. F. Keller of Cameron, B. Harris of ^ndleton, Alfred Aldrlch of Barnwell, nembers of the organisation commitee appointed at the state union meetng, met In the office of the secretary >f the state farmers' union and made oimal application to the secretary at itate for commission to act as a board if corporators. "The capital stock of this corporaIon will be $200,000, with the privlege of increasing to $600,000, with ihares at the par value of $10 each. "The purpose of the corporation is o do a general warehouse business, ncluding the storing and dealing In :otton and other farm products. "An active campaign will soon be :ommenced in each county Have Endorsed Swearingen's Act, Statesburg.?At the annual meeting ?f the Sumter Agricultral society. ield on the grounds of the Gen. Suraer Memorial academy, the following e8olutlons were adopted: "Resolved, That we put on record ur commendation of the action of itate Superintendent of Education J. I. Swearingen in his protest against be recent school book adoption of he state board of education and ledge ourselves to do all in our ower to make his protest effective n the exposure of the wrong done nd in the avoidance of the burdens t would entail upon the patrons of he rural schools. "Resolved, That It is our trust and arnest hope that this firm, faithful nd fearless discharge of official duty iy our state superintendent of educAion will act as a salutary restraint pon all officials, under temptation to o wrong in the future and will inpire our people to the task of seeing hat only trustworthy men are placed n our public offices hereafter." To Fight Sumter Bond issue. Sumter.?The opponents of the 1150,000 bond issue, in the recent Section held in Sumter County in the nterest of good roads, engaged Ex- I Judge R. O. Purdv to take their fieht 1 igainst issuing the bonds before the state board of convassers. Mr. Purdy urned over papers protesting the elecion to the clerk to the commissioners >f state elections, E. F. Miller, to be tent to Columbia, together with the official papers in the election. Engine Used to New Purpose. Florence.?Joe Commander, an enerprising young farmer of this secion. created an excitement all his own >y bringing 4nto town a train load of watermelons drawn by a gasoline raction engine. Five large wagons were drawn from his plantation, three niles from town, to the depot, where he melons were loaded. TLe curiona ooking train was photographed. Abbeville.?There is no trnth in the eport of Judge J. C. Klugh resigning, fe is in very feeble health, but does tot contemplate resigning. Tracts of Land For Colonization. Columbia.?D. W. McLaurin, state and agent, has received an inquiry rom a lai .re Chicago development ;ompany for a tract of lowland, 60.00# >r 70,000 acres, which can be had at i reasonable price and is susceptible of drainage by gravity, without pumping. The land is wanted for colonization purporses. A similar letter w&a received recently from another Cbicago firm. Those who have large tracts of land for sale will be put In touch with the prospective buyers by writing to Mr. McLaurin. Prepares Plans and Speciflcationa. Greenville.?The park and tree comnlssioB of Greenville has engaged the lervices of Harlan P. Kelsey of Salem, rtass., one of the most noted land cape architects of the world, to pretare plans and specifications and sa>ervise the deevlopment of a system f general parking for this city. The ommission has \inder consideration he braking of the banks of Reedy lver and the construction of a bouleard skirting the banks of Richland reek from the city park site to th? onfluence of that stream. Wires Interfere With Buildings. Woodruff.?Several of the property owners on west Pilgram avenue hare leased building on account of the heavy charged wireB. running from Qrady'i mill to Gaston shoals on Broad river, being in the way of the oofs of houses now going up. They s e asking that the Southern Power Ujmpnny change their line and carry i; down Pilgram avenue to the new itreet recently opened on Pllgrmm heights, and from thence go to Grady's mill. The di tance will only be about 200 feet more.