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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."
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"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 |
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"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
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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
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'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.
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"Liberty B
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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
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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
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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.