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M?<KDII KflTfDMH A /YOKfZ/ZMT/O/Y a JVOV?L/Z?/? cos>y#/cjir tsv nv. i 9 8YNOPSI8. Harry Bwlfton Is expectlnK a visit froit ftls fiancee. L.ucy Mcdders, a Quakercs: whom he met In the country. Ills uutc crashes Into unother machine containing a beautiful woman and a German count The woman's hat Is ruined and Harry escapes. Ills sister, Caroline, arrives ai his home to play liou'iia. Socrates Primmer, cousin of iAicy^a, arrives with ?i hut Intended as u present for Hucy. Ilur ry la trailed to his homo by the Count und Mrs. Gen. Brazes. who demands hoi hat. a duplicate of which she says has been delivered at Harry's house. She Is in great fear lost her husband hear ol her escapade. Lucy Medders and hei father arrive and the count la hidden Ir one room and Mra. Blazes In another Harry Is forced to do some fancy lying t< keep Lucy from discovering tho presenc* of the woman. The milliner. Daphne Daf flngton, who proves to be an old llame o' Harry's, arrives to trace the missing du plicate hat and more complications en sue. Daphne Is hustled Into the room oe cupled by the Count. The latter, witl whom Daphn t had tllrted ut one time demands the return of a ring ho ha< given her on that occasion. She tells hln that she gave the ring to General Blazes As the Count bad also given Mrs. Blaze n duplicate of the ring Tie becomes some what excited. Daphne leaves the roorr and seeks refuge In the one occupied bj Mrs. Blazes. Mr. Medder discovers tin Count, who Is introduced as Harry's Ger man tutor. General Blazes arrives an< accuses Harry of concealing his wife Daphne steps out and the general h dumfounded. I.ucy gives way to tears The Count takes the blame for tho whoh afTnlr upon himself, but the verdict Is reserved until Harry can vindicate himself General Blazes admits to Harry that he has lllrted with Daphne, and Mrs Blazes overhears the talk. Mrs. Blazes attempts to escape with the nhl of the Count unci the latter Is mistaken for a burglar. Th? duplicate hat arrives and Harry solves that mess. CHAPTER XIII. A short while later Harry left hlf ffuestr, gathered about tho piano, sing 1rilr mill Mllifktlv ulintHwl milal/lo Tlir Count made an excuse and left the room also. Harry went immediately to the front of the house and threw t pebble against Mrs. Minxes' window. "Sst!" he cautioned, as she ap peared. "Oh, dear! I'm distracted!" sh< said almost hysterically. "How do you think I feel?" he asked "Listen. I've got the hat. 1 put it ti my sister's room, until 1 get a chanc< to give It to you." "Why can't 1 have it right away?" she asked. "Some one would see mo getting 1 to you. We can't take a chance General Mlazcs Is In there with tin rest?don't you hear him singing?" "Oh, yes. it is such a blessing tha the dear old fellow can forget hi troubles." "He'll remember them scon enough.' Around the corner of the housi came Count von Fritz, laboriously cai rying a long ladder that he had found "My gracious!" Harry said. "You'r not such a fool after all. Here! I'I help you." "Now you see." said the Count. "V ged her oud." With Infinite pains, and as much s' lence as they could command, the raised the ladder and adjusted I against the window sill. Mrs. Mlaze watched the proceeding eagerly. "Am 1 to come down on that?" sh inquired. "No," Harry answered, with tho sai casm the occasion required. "We ar Kuum io iruiu a morutng glory vln on this." "Smarty!" slio sniffed at hln "That's just liho a man!" "He careful, and 1 r quiet. Got on on tho ladder and creep down," Harr told her. Mrs. Illa/es stepped on a chair an planted herself on the window sll She was just swinging a neatly sho foot over to the ladder when llarr hissed: "Get lack! For the love of Mike pet hack!" She fairly fell hack into the roon and as she did so Harry and th Count dropped their ladder to th ground among the shrubbery am dashed around the corner. The irrepressible Carolyn ha corae to the front steps, adorned in i splendid hat of yellow straw, wreathe! with gorgeous red popples. Ilehint her came Pigeon Williams, his eye drinking in the beauties of the gtr and the hat. "Sav," he remarked, "that's a pearl of a hat. Where'd you get it?" "I found it in my room," she raid "Harry must have meant It as a sut prise for mo. Now I'm going to sut prise him when ho finds out I've foum it. Let's stroll in the garden." Nothing loath, the enamored Plgeoi accepted the invitation. Harry am the Count peeped around the corner o the homo, with grimaces of wrath am despair. "Nev>r mind," Harry whispered "We've till got a h t up our sleeves. General nin/.es etimo from the doot bidding the others good night. "Tell Harry I'm sorry I had to hut ry off." he said. "My wife will surel; l>e at homo by this time, worryin; herself slek over my absence." As he descended the steps Paphn PnfYington, breathless, came up th walk In her hand she carried a ha box containing tho hut she had rushe to completion as a favor to Harrj That worthy and Count von Fit nudged each other as they saw th general and tho little milliner moel "General!" said Daphne, droppln the box and clasping her hands. "Daphne!" exclaimed the Genera The window above opened slowly an Mrs Diazes peeped out upon the tat loan. "So!" the General said, Mtterlj "Flirting. were you! And with tha scrub of a Dutch count!" "Loafer vat ho iss!" mumbled th Count, and Harry clapped his han over the Count's mouth In fear of bt lug dlseovered. "Any woman." said the Genern sternly to Daphne, "ought to b ashamed of being seen with him." Dnphne looked about her for som way of escape. Hut the General wcr. on: , "And this rlna; yon pave me! HI ring! His ring that ho?Didn't h glvo you this very ring'" "No." Daphne answered, nervousl "He didn't give It to ine, General. H ?he wished It on." ." I f" !IL (?f wm> * r r/1CPJLAY BY orrv/f/uji?fiBAOt 3U/? O. /Y?i53/7~ "Well! I'll bet you the scoundrel doesn't wish It on any other woman!** The General tore the offending ring J from his Anger and throw It away. It > rolled directly to the Count, who ' grasped It fervently and whispered to ' Harry: ' "For diss I forglf him all der rest!" k Harry kicked him. as a gentle slg[ nal for silence. "1 suppose," the General accused ! her, "you aro hack hero looking for r him, eh?" j Lucy opened the door and looked out, evidently wondering where Harry J might have gone. She thought he - would be waiting for her on the lawn f ? nencn. seeing tne General and Daphne ( Bho drew back, but she heard his qucs- i tion about the hat, and Daphne's an- ! swi>r. "No," Daphne snld. "I brought this hat for Harry Swlfton." Lucy silently came down tho steps and stood In the shadows. "What?" the General naked. "Is he getting up a hat trust? He must think a lot of that little flnncee of his." "Oh," Daphno explained carelessly, "It Isn't for her. He told mo It was for another womau." Daphno passed the Goncral, first picking up tho hat box, and tripped up the steps and through tho open doorway. The General walked away, shaking with laughter and chuckling: "Harry Is up to his old tricks." Harry, from his place of conceali rnent, was about to rush forth and speak to Lucy, but this time the ! Count restrained him. Lucy stood and t sighed: f "Oh, Harry!" i Primmer appeared, still lugging his hat box. He almost fell down the - steps, at seeing Lucy alone at last. "My time has arrived!" he said, ec* statically. "My poor, poor Lucy! I have tried so hard to see you alone. Here! Let mo present you this slight i token of my affection?this hut! Wear 5 it for my sake!" Ho was surprised by the eagerness with which Lucy seized the box from his hands. t "A hat! Yes!" she exclaimed. "Give It to me. Yes. I will wear it!" 0 Primmer was about to burst forth into rapturous words, when she said: t "Nay! Do not speak to me! Leave 3 me. 1 beg!" and rushed into the house. Primmer followed her In, bewllder" ment holding him dumb for once, e Daphne came out of the door, sayr Ing: "Wr.ll ' oil 1 - ? " v,*? 4 ??v j "3 ??? vi iti.J e i p? ' 11 ii bbc?i ' I , II ? "So! the General S. here. I can't find any one who will listen to me at all." ! Harry came from his hiding place and said: 11 "Did you want to see me?" "Yes. Here's your hat. Now, let's r have our supper, Harry." ^ "It's no use. Daphne," he told her. "1 can't accept your kind invitation. You're a couple of years late with it. I'll pay you any price for tho hat, ' but?" Daphne came down to him and looked at him with amazement. y "You don't mean that, Harry, do K i you?" she said. "Why, don't talk about the cost of the hat. It's the 0 dinner 1 want." 0 Lucy again came to the door. She 1 wanted to find Carolyn and t<dl her J that she was going homo. Now she ' saw Harry and the milliner. Daphne z refused to lie convinced by Harry's ? shaking of his head, and said: "To think of you treating me like K that! After all I've done for you." "Yes, Miss Daphington, 1 know," ' Harry replied, soberly. rt "Oh, Harry! How can you be so cold and cruel?" Daphne asked. "No," Harry said, decisively. "That's ' all off the slnte now. I'm engaged to * he mnrrled to the dearest little girl in the world, and all this Huffing busl p neas la out for good." d "la that so?" Daphne whipped out. angrily. "Suppose alio know about that other woman who is hiding in il your room!" o Luoy gasped, and clutched her hands together, e "For heaven's sake, don't talk so it loud'" llarrv begged. "Of course General Diazes is a good Is friend of yours," Daphne sneered, le but he might not relish it to hear that his wife"? y i "Stop right there!" Harry ordered, it 1 "Don't pretend that you don't know 1 I am perfectly Innocent in this whole J thing. You knew how I accidentally ran over her hat this morning. You know that you, yourself, sent to this house u duplicate of that hat, and that 1 never met the woman before in my life. And you cuine here to see her and that was how you happened to be in that room with her. And you know that everything I have done, and all the lies 1 have told, and all the suspicion* I have endured, have been because of my honest effort to protect her good name." "Still, appearances are against you," Daphne argued. Lucy smiled with Joy, however. Amos Medders strolled out and saw Lucy. "Daughter," he uald, "art thou not ? ... i -l ? m x t i i j o't uimiu vi catcmng cuiu . Harry and Daphne turned, almost guiltily. "Why, bless my soul!" Harry said. "I didn't Bee you folks come out." "I Just come," Lucy told him. "And what art thee getting, Hurry?" "He's buying a bat," Daphne Bald. "What? Another hat?" Mcdders asked. "Oh?er?yes, certainly," Harry replied. "And for Lucy?" "If you will lot me give It to her, sir." "What? Two? Why, Harry, my boy, thee art extravagant." "Two?" Lucy asked. "I wanted you to have your choice. Lucy," Harry said. Daphne maliciously opened the box j Waiting Until the Coast was Clear Count von Fitz Came From Hi9 Hiding Place. and placed the hnt on Lucy's head. From her window Mrs. Diazes watched the proceeding In abject despair. "Thank you, Miss Daphington," Harry said, taking control of the situation. "I'll let you hear from me tomorrow." "Good evening all," Daphne said, sweetly, and left. Mr. Medders, Harry and Lucy went in, but Lucy kept Harry back far .1 v ' " ? IgHP sl^iip* 1 \ -i ,' It ! V Jj \ / V ) aid. "FlirtingWere You?" onouRli to squeeze his arm and tell him ho was a dour. CHAPTER XIV. Waiting until tho roast was olear. Count von Fitz came from his hiding place and discreetly lifted the ladder. "Walt a minute," ho said to himself. Quietly ho went into the house, and as quietly reappeared in a few mom< nts, carrying the hat box which Lucy had taken from Primmer, and which : had left in the hallway. "Ural - In dor head beats cash in tier pool, t," lie moralized. He wedged the hatbox under his arm and eraw'ed up the ladder to the window. Tapping gently upon it, he almost fell off the ladder when Mrs. ! Blazes swung it open. "Be eareful, vomnn!" he urged. "If . I fall off diss ladder on diss hat you I stay in diss house for life." (TO UK CONTINUKD.) The Passion Play. Tho now world-famous "Passion Play" at Oberammergau Is said to ! have had Its origin, about 1S33, In tho deep contrition of mind born of a ! great pestilence. Certain survivors of the plague resolved that ever after ward, at stated intervals, they would celehrato the "Passion of Christ" as a token of their reverential gratitude Beginning on a small scale, tho play gradually grew In importance until it Is now known all over tho world, having visitors from pretty nearly every civilized country on earth. While Oberamtnergau Is still, and will probably remain, the center of the Institution, Bnsslon plnys are beginning to he established In the surrounding regions, notably in Switzerland. His One Merit. A very stubborn man Is oftss wrong, but seldom dishonest. I "Chimney Copyrlpht. I'ndtrwooU & Underwood. N. FICKLE fashion has again made a right-about-face. Last year, feminine head wear was all breadth, this year It Is height; very broad brims were the vogue In 1910, exceedingly narrow brims the vogue In 1911. Milliners have reverted ?.o 1860 models for their confections for FOR WHITE SUMMER DRESSES i Louis XV. Jaquette In shot blue and black taffetas, with plain white linen collar. White linen hat with bows of the taffetas. CLOAKINGS FOR THE FALL' Ratine Cloths Are Certain to Be Much Used by All the Fashionable Costumers. A great deal of interest Is expressed In ratine cloths for fall. There seems no question that they will be considerably used by all of the best houses. The now idea Is. of course, the double faced finish, and beautiful lines in two colors reversible, or in plain colors r4 with plaid back are being shown. Colors in cloaklngs are both dark and dull. In double faced materials we see such combinations as navy blue and dark red, two shades of Havana brown, sage green, and beige, dull blue and mode, navy and taupe, Bordeaux red and Oxford gray, olive green and khaki. The newest ratine cloths are lightweight and thiu also. The llrst of these cloths brought out last year were much heavier, and were found to be clumsy, and, therefore, were not a great success. This season's offerings are much thinner, and are, therefore, expected to please. Diagonal and bouclo weaves are both being shown in ratine novelties, i PAY ATTENTION TO THE ARMS' Easy to Dress Them Becomingly So as to Overcome Any Natural Defects. Thin arms are very easily dressed becomingly, though there have been women In the world who had every device of the toilet at their bock and call and yet failed to understand the needs of their meagre arms. A celebrated actress and well known society woman was one of these, and even the surpassing loveliness of her face could not make up for the ugliness of the arms she was forever showing off In short sleeves. However, estimates of beauty have changed somewhat, and with the pres ent formless lines striven for In clothes match-like arms ore no longer a bar to good looks. Tfut they must bo dressed becomingly?In long sleeves gathered over the arms or In the shape of loose bishop pufTs ending In a long hand ruffle. The closer sleeve should have a pointed bottom covering the back of the hand If this member Is also too thin or otherwise unlovely, but where the bishop sleeve | W$RTS Pot" Hat : \ \ e 1 I mi si< WIHB^BI I / II j^SBa|ESBBB^^^ / // th jp^aygjaBBMWl / // hi ;lp^<^?!iyBpBB|^W \\ an f ) df fJ be trl S^ipfc f r< RJftsr Ml 01 lfl ai the coming autumn, as this picture, showing a hat of a typical kind, goes to prove. The hat Is of silk beaver, trimmed " with a broad velvet band and a tall ?* plume of uncurled ostrich. They come *>< in several colors, black, brown, grey, tv golden and so on. e' ___ vl These diagonal efTects are in both b( one and two tone colorings, often a lighter shade, such as blue or llor- ^ deaus illuminates the background, while the boucle knots are in black. These materials are called "velours de laine" as well as "ratine." P: Cushion Brown suede leather Is the covering of a very convenient pillow for the weary or delicate traveler. This par- ^ tlcular small article appeals as the n most convenient of Its kind. It Is i about ten by fourteen Inches, and Is ! covered smoothly on one side with j ci suede leather and on the other side ! g with a noverlaopine piece of the i ?. suede, which forms a flat pocket. Into ai which a handkerchief or time table a may be slipped. There Is a small : p leather handle along the side of the n pillow, so that in the hand it looks al- (j most like a brown suede bag. A nautical pillow has a heavy bind- i n ing cord loosely inserted through g loops in practically the same manner 0 that sails or flags are attached or suspended aboard ship. It is made of smoke blue linen and worked In three P shades of different colors. Service- 1 able boat cushions are also made of c bright-colored ticking. h ' F Here and There. The veils that are put on perfect- ^ lj* loose and that flow all around are ^ very popular. E Bordered foulards being shown In c the silk departments are more beau- n tlful than ever. Many girls are making their com- 6 blnation skirts and corset covers of s white wash silks. j J The new trimming ribbons are j] striped, plaided, bordered, brocaded, | v etc., and are lovely. 1 r Delicately colored buttons In soft 0 blues, pinks and purples will be used -j vu silks and chiffons. { For girls plaids will not bo as , ^uch favored as stripes and checks j with material trimming. : j. ' r Dyeing Hint. If you are going to dye any mate- ^ rial at home, dissolve a pinch of bicarbonate of soda In the water In r which you mix the dye. This will prevent the color from _ crocking and will Insure Its covering * the material evenly. If you cannot buy the shade you wish, it can easily be mixed. For In- c stance, mix blue with pink to make ! ' violet, a little yellow with green to make moss color, black with ocru for yellow smoke, etc. I lie sure to rinse the material very well with cold water before hanging to ilry after dyeing. Press while damp. Is used the material of the bodice must be thick enough to hide the outlines of the arm. for otherwise there will be an unpleasant X-ray effect when the light pierces the thin texture. Fall Handbags. The plain, sturdy leather shopping bac is entirolv out of ?? ? ?? ' - J ??. HU?, nu l?r j as fashion is concerned. Most handbags are frivolous affairs that look as though meant for ornament and | not for use, but there is really a good ' , deal of room inside these graceful bags. The long cord handles which may be hung from the shoulder nre ( the favorite sort, but for shopping j and knockabout use Bhorter leather t handles seem moro appropriate. Metal Fringes. e Metal fringes aro being much em- ^ ployed on evening dresses. These * are made from bullion corda, and are j in both the bright gold and silver and c In the darker antique met?l3. Retail- ; era unquestionably will have a big c call throughout the fall and winter s season for fringe* la similar effect* j .. ' .V , " ^ : M??MwwwwwMWM?WM?aswMMaasaaMSMSaaai ROM THE PALMETTO STATE M Latest Now* of State-Wide Inter, t That Has Boon Carefully Con. densed by the editor. Benson.-?The hurricane of the past w days has done great dadiage to e farmers of this section. McColl.?Jerry Moore may well look his laurels. Mr. Harvey Wright bibited an sar of corn 12 Inches In ngth. Mr. Felix Stanton, a planter 3m the Red Bluff section, brought McColl a cornstalk measuring 16 et and 2 1-4 Inches In length. Columbia.?With the eomlng In September only a few weeks roil n of vacation time and the opa^ g of the colleges is near at hand. In e various Columbia Institutions that anges incident to each new sea. jn are being announced and things e being put in shape for the begiqQg of tho fall term. Rock Hill.?The franchise voted by e citizens of Rock Hill to the Carols Traction Company in the election l A lltniuf 111 li'io Kaon Kw . 1?UB wvvu uvvvy^vu V/ essrs. J. M. Cherry, a# president} id Jas. S. White, as secretary, un> r date of August 23 and work vylll gin on the construction of the ?16o[c Btreet railway within thirty days 3m acceptance as required. Columbia.?As a result of the Instigations by departmental chen}is, who have found and appear to i still finding dangerous corn xscijd i the market throughout the etate; ders withholding large quantities of >rn meal from sale have been issued id will be served at once by inspeors of the state departments of agculture, commerce and industries. St. Matthews.?A serious jail do^ itory came near being effected, hree negroes occupying the ground >od succeeded in breaking the locty > their cell and a lock to an .interediat? door. They had begun work i the outside and last door when ieir knocking aroused a white prialer, who gave the alarm. The sber' was immediately upon the scene id broke up the plans. Charleston.?With the finding of te body of Mrs. M- Goodson and of le baby, Mary Richter, the victims ! the Wappoo mill tragedy, have all Jen recovered. These were the only vo bodies which had not been recovaed, and with their finding the five ictims of the washing of the Cassidy sme into the Ashley river have all ?en found, and will be given burl&L Bumter.?All records at this place >r the sale of new cotton during the lonth of August were broken hare lis season, when 591 bales were lid up to the present time. The rice has ranged from 11.45 to 11.85 snts a pound up to the present time. 3 bales were sold on the local maret. Most of the cotton 1b being shiped off as fast as it is sold, although small quantity of it is being stored i the cotton warehouse. St. Matthews.?If the postofilce re eipts are an Index to the town's rowth, St. Matthews Is progressing . t o o wne?Ut?QQ?v* pUCC sstlv rtytiMlij ad substantially. A fire, some years go, which destroyed much valuable roperty, including a part of the posh Woe records, precludes an Lnvestlgaon prior to 1905. but since that time ae receipts for six consecutive years re as follows: 1905, $2,481.21; 1906, 2,601.14; 1907; $3,019.86; 1908, $3.32; 1909, $3,269.55; 1910, $4,086.78. Elloree.?The Elloree high and raded school will open September 1 with the following teachers in harge: Prof. Walker S. Whitaker of lewberry as Superintendent, Miss 'annie Holoway of Newberry, Miss ennje Williams of Edgefield, Miss lae Patterson of Veronia, Vn., Miss '.ate Fair and Miss Ida Lee Parler of llloree. as assistants. This able orps of teachers comes highly recomlended. Chester.?The Workman's club, a ocial organization, was raided by a quad of police headed by Chief of 'olice Snnders. About 25 gallons of iquor and a small amount of beer rere seized and confiscated. Warants were issued for the officers of f the club: W. H. Newbold. L. E. 'eniple, J. G. Howze, J. J. Williams, lube Burris, Joe lluey, J W. Bankend, Tracy Walsh, W. H. James and . R. Gardner. The negro porter, Joe lampton, was also placed upder arest. Aiken.?At an enthusiastic meeting eld at Robinson Pond, near Aiken, a nt v t a Ko lrnAtifn oa *K/v A ll?/v*? * " v w uo niiwnn u r> IIIC ninru ."V^icultural Club was formally organzed, Mr. 13. F. Holley acting as temlorary chairnian. with the Hon, R. L. lunter as secretary. Columbia.?At the meeting of the tounty commissioners for Richland ounty the resignation of W. F. Keley as public cotton weigher at Coumbia was accepted and 11. McGowan lolmes elected to fill the vacancy. Mr. Celly resigned because there seems o be some doubt as to the constituionality of the act. A quantity of cotton was ready to >e picked, but the severity of the vind caused a lot of it to fall upon the tround, which will sprout, and consequently be a total loss. Yoiuig corn vith the fodder on it, is lying flat Charleston.?Arthur R. Young, Esq., ias been named by District Attorney Cochran to succeed Mr. Drayton F. flastie as assistant United States die:rict attorney, Mr. Haetie having resigned from that position. Mr. Young sill qualify for the duties of the office. He is eminently fitted for the position and his selection by Mr. Cochran will give general satisfy ctlon. Eau Claire.?A mayor snd six aldermen will he elected by the town 5f Eau Claire at an election, to he >eld September 12. L. T. Wilds la he present mayor of Eau Claire. Columbia.?An alternative sentence >f $100 fine, has been granted by Qor>rnor Please In commuting the senenco of John L. A8be, convtctcd In November, 1010, before Judge Moore, n the York County Courts, of breach >f trust with fraudulent intent. Ashe vas sentenced to six months' impris>r.*nent. The commutation snakes the lentence $100 fine or six months' lmiriaonment. THE PROBLEM IE PACINE IBAMV :V ?' ' ' ' *'^*5 Th? PMmont Emotion Shoo 14 EmNM . ' ^ I Ago Drought* ho PtooMft * porlonoo of Chorlotto J* CHo< Tin I Shallow Wollo Havo Pailod Intii4p wtuiu ma.?i u?r? is mm vmmwm Mai shown in water supply pub Umm throughout the eta to. PeoglSt rywhare hare expressed their l|> predstkm of the newspaper arfidse upon artesian wells and Dr. W. M. | T*itc1haU* ** *** geologist. hen ! celved a number of inquiries on the ml subject. Among these were inquiriee from W. R- Eve, JrH secretary of the Camden chamber of ?mjr>Mfoe; WL X Etheredge of LreeavUI* <T. L. Whsfestone of North, C. G. dsleenbsig sC North, William Jenkins ofiffhiteOsk. R. J. Hamer, Jr., of Hamer sag tasa from M. S. Spigeuer of Columbia fen regard to places In Orangeburg iML Saluda counties. In some of (fans cases Dr. Twitchell advised sgstsef deep wells as the geological stxueture of the region involved is snh that the chances of success are tdf slight to justify the necessary sspas diture. In some other cases, moat of which were along the border of the sand bill region. Dr. Twitchell thought that a good supply of pure water could probably be obtained at moderate depths, but it was unlikely that the wells would flow above the surface. The recent long drought suggests a number of things along this line, fen certain parts of the state the shallow surface wells have failed more or less completely. At many of these places all the time the people were being inconvenienced because of scarcity of water a seam of good pure water has been moving slowly along a few feet below the level of the shallow wells. At Springfield, Orange uurg county, mo people nave awakened to this condition of affairs and. as a result ten or twelve new wellm have been drilled there recently which strike water at from 75 to 115 fee*, thus relieving the anxiety the failurw of the shallow wells caused. In ? general way it may be stated that la a. belt running more or less parallel to and from 25 to 30 miles east of a lias connecting Augusta, Columbia, Camden and Cheraw approximately similar results may be expected. Jury Commission Draws Jurors The jury commissioners met and drew the following to serve as Jurors for the first week of the general sessions court: J. B. Hyler, L. Butler Faliaw, Jasper D. Price, J. Willis Shealy, Eugene W. Hook, J. Frank Smith. Julian B. Shealv. Junius B. Roberts, John P. Able, G. Levi Risk. Emanuel P. Shealy, H. Ward Shealy, Willie F. Roof. J. Ansel Caughman, G. Jacob Wlngard. D. L. Gunter. Willie P. Mack, D. A. Moore, Fred L. Corley, L. Kelt Spires. Melton S. Furtickv C L Epetlng ,C L. Jones, George S? Long, Charlie B. Dowling, John C. Lindler, Jeff C. Shirley, Flem T. Bibb. J. Charlie Henry, A. Perry Jumper, G. Curtis Shealy. Irenus W. Warner, ! Job A. Kaminer, Sim D. McCartha, Lee J. Furtick and Peter B. Motks. The docket is heavy, many of ths cases being of considerable importance. Judge R. Withers Memmlngwr of Charleston will Dreaide. ,i Text-Book Contract in Effect. Columbia.?The text-book contract a*a??? aBaa* m I ? ntui iuiu mcv i. luert! iihf ueen considerable delay because of the different positions taken by the state board of education and many of the book companies with reference to the exchange price list. The contract requires that the exchange price schedule be carried in the back of every text-book. The book companies interpreted the contract one way and the board of education another. Several hundred thousand books have been received by R. L. Bryan, the state distributor, selected by thecounty depositories as soon as possible. The contract is for five years. Solid Car Load From Farm. Woodruff.?A solid carload of products raised on a South Carolina farm is something of a novelty In this section. as rare as a carload of Western agricultural products is ordfnarj. But B. M. Lanford, one of the progressive farmers and substantial citisens who ts of this community, ie the first to Inaugurate a new and better era in this respect. B. M. Lanford & Co. of this city received a carload of agrlcultnrat i products, conBfnsting of oat. wheat fluor, molasses, lard, hay and other things. I , Cotton Selling at Lexington. i Lexington.?More than two hundred naies or new cotton nave neen sold on thin market within the last few days, which goes to show that Lexington is one of the beBt cottcii markets in this section of the state. Lexington has two cotton buyers thlw season?W. P. Roof and J. S. Howell ?and the bidding is lively. The Lexington Ginnery is running on full time despite the fact, that the rainy weather of the last few days has checked picking to a large degree. The fields are white everywhere. Shot Guest For A Burffer. Florence.?A serious accident WW mired at Timmonsrille. Mrs. Jultak Oakley was spending the night at ths home of her friends, Mr. and Mrs. George Evans. Hnsfng occasion ttr rise during tha night she walked, quietly so as not to disturb the famUf.* The moving abort, however, roused. Mr. Davis' 8 yesrrtd son. who mistook her for a burglar and getting his sbobgun he fired st the person moving la the dark. The load took effect in tha> abdomen. ? ?-?