Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A .Story of (lie ICctnliitlou b> Helle Douglas PhkHt. , As I Hit in tin- bright sunny window of a winter morning there falls upon ray eurs the clear ringing of the church hellH. their dear mellow tones seeming to say, "Come along! come along!" This Is Sunday ami there la Services in the different churches; but ub I urn one of the ahutlns with a painful Illness I cannot accept the golden invitation from the sliver longued bells us they call the world to the home of God for worship, ho I Will have to content myself with lis tening to their ringing and while I mU3o upon their solemn sweetness my mind goes buck to the long, long ago when our forefathers came tu this country, braving dangers, fierce and Wild, to prepare a v/ay by which they and their descendants might enjoy ? peaceful religion with the open Bible for their guide. ' While listening to the cull of the bolls, the thought suggests itself why not write something about some of these brave people so that the vonnfer , ?neration:) might learn a little nt their lives who labored, suffered un>< died that wo might live In a land full from the hardships that hud driven them here, bo with the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian Church bells Bending out their uppeal o'er the Wintry air I am going to undertake to wrlta a story. In so doing I Bliall pass away some of the lonely moments and which I hope sumo few will find Interesting. m (3en. Hodges of Culpepper and Iii? young wife, who wub I'hocliu Doug Ins of Richmond. Vu., emigrated to South Carolina prior to the Re/olu tlonary Wur and net tied where the town of Hodges now stands. They $?ro the first Bettlers of that vicinity, having bought u tract vjf land, a |mr tlon of the English grant to Salvador. This tract comprized one-fourth of the lands of Abbeville County, and for a great many years was known as ''The Jew's Lando.i' ;'v At that time the lands of the coun try wore covered In. virgin forest growth. The woods w sra the home of .Wild animals and well fllylcd with ganio of ovary description, while the streams abounded in fish of all kinds. Gen. Hodges, with his contemporar ies, the QilllamB, Caihouns and Cald " ills, were strong .Whigs and were ively engaged in war againBt the lans. They were influential citizens wore noted for their intrepidity id daring services during the In and Revolutionary wars. It Was t this time my story begins:. Gen. Hodges had obtained leave of kbsenco from his command to visit lila family, whom he had not' soon In several weekh. The fort had been left In command of Oen. Qllllsm. While io Indians bad been giving quite a \\ of trouble things had quieted down and It was at this Juueturu that Gen. H?riges had decided to visit ills family. Going to th" army stable lie saddled his horse, placing Home car tridge in hi? pocket, with a warm handshake from Oen. Gillium he wan ready for his homeward trip. He mounted his steed and with one wild leap horse and rider disappeared around a bend in the road. For a while the horse kept Geii. Hedges busy, lie reared und plunged and was all the rider could do to keep In the sad dle. At lust the animal settled down into n swift gallop, t'en. 1 lodges' gray eyes smiled pleasantly as he adjusted himself in his sent und thought of his far away loved tines. It will not he long before I shall be with them," though! Ihn OeiHTuI u? he rode :'.'orig the dreary path. Two figures had hcurd the hurry of hoofs oxer this lone country, swlft-fotted ly they had followed the sound and discovered the horsemun as he sped by their pluee of cronceulment. As he crossed u small stream he did not see the lurking ligures as they follow ed him. At last the cheerful lights of homegleamed through the foliage. A call whistle familiar to the Hodges family brought four euger, expectant faces to the doorway. Soon husband and wile w??rc in loving embrai e. "Dut what Is that!" An arrow with deadly aim came whizzing thru the air fol lowed by another. (Jen. Hodges fell lend at the feet of those who were dearer to hint than* life itself. Dismayed and frightened the women lied Into the house. As they did, there lloated o'er the air the wild yell of the savage, Indian:*. On they came. Oh! what an uwful minute to the four un protected women us they watched the snake-llkn motions us they wriggled llong the grass. The women burred tho doors und grubbed for their guns; Dut what were four helpless women to a bund of savage Indians' Outside tin* Hodges home were painted figures brandishing their tomahawks und screaming like fury. H?tt ling tho door down Mrs. Hodges und the daughters were boon overpowered by the cruel brutes. Euch one was bound, baud mil foot und the exuberant savages began their wild wur dance. Dorothy j lodges, the youngest daughter, was a i;lrl of wondrous beauty, and the chief, who wuh with Iiis murderous gang, became infatuutcd with Dorothy's wonderful beauty. Going up to whore the wan fast hound, he proposed to her "that if she became IiIb wife he would Bave lier life." What an awful hour, it was to tho doomed girl. Her brain worked fast and as she looked about the room she saw her mother and two sisters hound hand and foot, she thought that by accepting tht> chiefs offer there might bo snme chance for her to escape entirely. Out y 42 l-2c yard wide ^standard Percale. (Clearance Price. 7 3?4c Yard. EXTRA SPECIAL FOR 8AT?IRDAY AND MON DAY, Feb. OUi and Kth, wo will sell yard wide good quality Bleaching, It) yards for .. .. Jk ff\ 49c Best.ioc Heavy Outing Flannel alt colors Clearance Price. 7c Yard. D. LEISHMAN & BROS. GREAT SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE NOW GOING ON / ap ffl J1.50 Long . cloths, 12 j yard a to piece, I Clearance Price, : 89c WE URGE YOU TO COME AND SEE THE GOODS WITH THE ACTUAL PRICES MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES, THEN YOU WILL REALIZE HOW BIO THE BARGAINS ARE. ii.50 Extra Large Heavy nod Spreads, Clearance \Prlce. $1.39 Entire Fall & Winter Stock Must Be Sold Qfc[ick ^$1.25 and $1.50 18.60 Boys' $4.50 and $5.00 $3.50 Men's Men's Work and ' Brand Now Boys' Balkan and CT n a \>antfl Dress Pants. Norfolk Suits Nor?olk Suits. rinb 1'rwaa *\j Clearance .Price. Clearance Price. Clearance Price. Clearance Pflce. 85c pair $1.95 $2.95 $1.95 pait pi Blankets #' grey, tan White $1.00 Seamless Bed Sheets, size 81x90?Clearanco Prlco 59c 18x36 Huck Towels S 8c each Per Doxen 90c Ladles' Silk Hose 15c LadIob' ico Lisle Hobo 9 c 20c Turkish Bath Towels \4c each Per. Dozen $1.50 .Men's 10c Hoso 5c Men's 15c Hose 9c 81x30 Beat 50c Pure BlcacheJ Sheet 33 See Large Circular For Price uctions on Every Line We Handle. FLEISHMAN & BRQ Up-to-Date Dept. Store. Anderson, S. C. Kid?' Die torches were being lighter preparatory i<> burning the bouse. What v.-.is tin; poor lovely creature to do? No help at hand save a painted sav age who was demanding the holiest and sweetest thing a woman could give a woman'h wonderful love. Here In the hands of the murderers of her father, in the presence of his lifeless body lied with mother and sisters in a houst which was soon t<> be consumed in fi?mes, could one dream or air. thing worse? Her only rescue from the im per Slug doom was to swear that she would ever love, cherish and obey and keep in sickness and in health a na tural enemy and the murder of her father, mother ami two sisters, if only her brothers might come, but they were tin away, not dreaming of a wrecked and ruined home. The exul Ulori of the demoniac fields over the grief and heart-rending exclamations of these defenseless and distressed creatures was beyond description. Ik it any womb r that Dorothy, more h?uutifu! thai: the ret, when forced to a choice, reluctantly consented to be (be wife of the Indian chief and was loojcned from the cords which bound her limbs to be more firmly bound, soul and body by a solemn oath to the leader of these vile assas sins. The chief removed Dorothy from the dwelling, whilst the torch was ap plied to the house in which mother and slstt rs perished hi her presence, while the war dance and the song kept up the fluldish carnival. Lovely Dorothy Hollges was per haps the most unhappy and unwilling bride upon whom the genial sunlight of South Carolina has ever fallen. That night when one of her brothers returned home, as he ibought all that met his eye was a pile of ashes, which gazed upon the ruins In speechless horror. His bereaved sister was marching many miles away a captive and the bride of an Indian chief who' had given them so much trouble in times before. The September day was drawing to a close. The last lingering rays of an early autumn sun lingered caressing ly over the mountuln crest as though loath to depart. As evening came on and twilight began to full the birds in the valley below seemed to sing in softer, sweeter potes their good-bye song to the dying day. The (lowers on the mountain side closed their petal* and hung their drooping head's aB If weary. All nature seemed only wait ing for the sun to sink out of sight and the sweet repose of a night's rest. Nothing could exceed the varied beauty of this wild mountain scenery. The girl standing on the cliff gazed in awe ns she watched the setting sun and the mngulllcent panorama nature had spread out before her. Hazing over the hills where the sun had just sunk out of sight. Dorothy's face as sumed u sad, wistful expression. Then her features became white and drawn. As she stood and looked her lovely blue eyes became almost black and'her lingers pressed cruelly Int^h'er flesh. Two yeara had elapsed F,*lce Dorothy had been taken captif and ns the pale of civilization JailVanced the In dinns were pushcrVfnrther and farther away till now Dc/othy is far, far from homo and lovcdf* ones. The only rieasure life had for the captive girl Jna, after the days' work waB done, yj silently slip away to the cliff and rylze across the hills and val leys to v/here home was once to her. To her>dner nature the wooing of the Indian chief and his manners was as"r>DpulBU-e as, the hawks to the dove. No/ wonder hor hitherto happy heart gjtvo way to gloomy forebodings. Doro tmy made a beautiful picture as she 'stood upon the mountuln side. Clad In Indian dress with dark curia blowing over her fair, white brow. "Two years and no signs of relief," sobbed the girl. Can it he that God has forsaken mo? Day after day I've come to this mountain and.prayed that some means or escape might be near at hand. Ah! how I regret I did not perish with mother and BiBters." Returning to the enmp. Dorothy would sob herself to sleep. Hope which always springs eternal In the human brenst, did not desert her and she began to again anticipate that something might occur to relieve the dark cloud which hovered over her soul. She knew not how nor what, but she felt that a kind Providence, who had promised to "hear those who cry unto Htm" would correct the present doom that rested like a pall upon her. In the meantime, however, her hus bnnd loved her with a devotion not characteristic of the Indian. The chief was proud of his "pale face wife." His lovo for her and his association with her had a wonderfully roflnlng Influ ence over tho red man. In an Indian wigwam on a pallet lay Dorothy, her faco was white and hercurla In n dishevelled mass. There was a look of helplessness as if life, hope and energy had been crushed out and nothing remained but apathy and indifference to tho future. Dorothy for many days had hovered betwixt life and death. Returning conscious ness had found her thus. Ab she looked about her attention wns at tracted by a feeble cry and there be side her lay n small bundle and In it was her Infant boy. If the chief had been kind, now since the birth of their infant, hlB affection was warmer than ever. With returning strength Dorothy loved her child as only mother can love. Away from tho association of a white person It seemed that hor whole soul concentrated In hor babe. The years rolled on and tho Indian continued to bo as kind as one of his nature could bo and Dorothy almost ! became reconciled to her fate. The war was over. The chief re turning home one evening surprised Dorothy by telling her that she might visit her people it she could And them.. With a prayer in her heart and Joy and gladness in her face, she made ready for the trip. The Indian chief accompanied by Dorothy and their child set out on their Journey. When thoy came to the borders of South Carolina,: as far as it was safe for him to corner they pledged their faith to each other, made arrangements when he should met her at the- same place, they separated. Little did either think that it was their final separation. Dorothy's relatives had heard no tid ings of her since her capture, years ~?V??iW' {' igo. ll<t brouu rs and friends mourn ! her as dead. Lk!h ?me afternoon 11 ion? woman with a small child walked into the lit tle village of Cokesbtiry. As if led by Instinct she went straight into lier b fher'a borne. Imagine the surprise tt the family when It was known that Dorothy Hodges bad come back from the dead as tho it were. Her brothers gave a great feast in honor of her return. Everyone, far and near, was invited, and for days and weeks, Dorothy was kept busy telling of her life among the uavage Indians. Once more in the home of her family, she became the prey ot a thousand conflicting emotions, until at last when the time arrived for her return, she yielded to the Intercession of her friends and remained with them. As time passed on she regained her beauty and attractiveness. A wealthy gentleman, visiting in her brother's home, fell in love with her and after listening to her thrilling history, he asked for her hand in marriage. The little Indian,grew up into quite a I undsomc man, inheriting much of w<?ll educated and at the age of 20 he expressed a de.ilre to go in search of his fattier of whom he had been told. Heeding the call of the wild, he left for tin? Indian Territory. He never re turned and from him nothing was ever afterwards heard. The action of Hie boy was proof that "blood will tell." DELAY VOTE ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE Third Proposed Amendment to Constitution Already Before Arkansas Legislature. (Hy AiKOcintrd Prem.) LITTLE ROCK Ark., Feb., 3.?Sub mission of woman su if rage to the voters of Arkansas at the next general election was delayed today when a pel it ion proposing an amend ment to the initiative and referendum amendr ment to the constitution was filed with the secretary of state. Tin? petition today makes the third proposed constitutional amendment tiled for submission to the voters at the next general election. Under the constitution of the State only three such measures can he submitted to any one election. The suffrage amendment cannot therefore he submitted for two years. A resolution recommending that it be submitted und passed the sonnte. SPKNT SIXTY Y KARS IN. r?iiyCATIQN WORK Miss Ileberra S. Albergottl of Orange burg Dead After Lung and .Use ful Curecr. ORANOEBURG, Feb., 2.?Misa'.. Re becca S. Albergottl died at the home of lier brother-in-law, T. A. Jeffords, Sr., lust night abdut midnight after an illness of many months. Miss Al bergottl leaves an enviable record as a school teacher, her educational work extending over a perlpd.of more than three score years. She began teaching in the Memminger school in Charleston when she was quite young. She afterwards conducted for many years a private school ' In Orange burg. When the graded schools were established here, she was elected as a teacher therein, which position she held until two years ago, when she resigned on account of feeble health. The newB of the death of Miss Al bergottl will be received with sadness by her numerous former pupils, who reside in all sections of this State. Miss Alhergotti was a consistent member of the Methodist church. The funeral services will be held tomor row afternoon at 4 o'clock at " St. Paul's Methodist church. Burial will take place at Sunnyslde cemetery. Three Brown. PORT JEFFERSON. N. Y.. Feb. 2.? Three of the crew of the steam suc tion dredge Eastern were drowned, a fourth' drifted away oa a raft, ' and seven others floated for six hours in the icy waters of the Long Island Sound today after the dredge had. been overturned by a gale and blown to pieces by a boiler explosion. Tonight the man on the raft still was miss ing. A New World's Record. CHICAGO, Feb.. 3.?Oscar Egg. Switzerland, and Francesco Vorrl, Italy, won the six-day bicycle toco ending here tonight with 65 points, covering a distance of 2.804 milles and 8 laps beating the world's record set In New York last year of 2,791 miles and 9 laps. BAD COLD? TAKE CASCARETS FOR BOWELS TONIGHT No headache, constipation, bad cold or sour stomach by morning. Get a 10 cent box. . - Sick headache, biliousness, coated tongue, head and nose clogged \ up with a cold?always trace this to torpid liver; delayed, fermenting food in tho bowels or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous mattet* clogged in the in testine.-!, instead of being cast out of the system'is re-absorbed Into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue it causes con gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick ening headache Ca8carets immediately cleanse the stomach, remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases, take the' excess bile from the liver and carry out all the constlpatod waste matter and pois ons In the bowels. A Cascaret tonight will stffvl? straighten you out by morning. They work while you . sleep?a 10 cent box from your druggist means your/head clear, stomach'sweet and your liver and bowels regular for months. 4 MORE GASES ARE WIPED FROM DOCKET FOUR CASES TRIED YESTER DAY ALL RESULTING IN ACQUITTALS TWO BY JURIES Verdicts of Not Guilty Were Di rected in Two Cases by the Court. Four cases were dispos?e, of yes terday in the court of general sessions, 2!! of then; resulting in the defendants being acquitted of the charges on which they were indicted. In two ol the eases the; presiding Judge directed the verdicts and in the other two cases verdicts of acquittal were re turned by Juries. Upon the reconvening of court at 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning the cose of E. Truman Welborne, indicted for murder, was taken up. The pros ecution was represented by Solicitor K. 1?. Smith, while ?onham, Watktnn and Allen appeared for the defendant. When the State had presented Its case counsel for the defense moved that a verdict of acquittal bo directed by the court.* The motion was sustuined and the jury instructed to write a verdict of not guilty. The second case taken up was that against Oscar Sargeant, indicted for honnebrcaktng. After hearing the testimony the Jury retur-.ed a verdict of not guilty. Sargeant was charged with having set fire to a store at Pel zer Ir order that the insurance on the property might he collected. The store in question was the property of Frank and Qus SlmnvonB, who were indicted on similar charges. The cane against the boys was nol prossed. however, when the jury acquitted Ser geant. The third case called for trial was that against Roosevelt Robinson, in dicted for assault with intent to ravish. When the prosecution had presented its case, counsel for the de fendant moved that a verdict of "not guilty" he directed by the court. The motion was upheld, over the vigorous protest of t*1 solicitor, however, and the jury ir cted t~ deliver a ver die' ,-. Robinson, a young r eated several weeks ago v of having attacked a young v>. rl in West End as she was on he . iy to work In the An derson Mills. The fourth nnd last case called for trial yesterday was that against Pleas Agnew and Jim Davis, negroes, indict bi for housebrcaklng and larceny. Af ter hearing the testimony In Die case the Jury returned a verdict of "not guilty." The negroes were charged with having broken into a ?jrn crib, on the plantation of a farraer living several miles south of Anderson, and stealing a quantity of corn. MRS. IL II. BRICK DEAD Preminent'Due West Woman Dies In Sanitarium at Charlotte. DUE WEST, Feb. 3.?Tv?re. R. H. Brlce died Tuesday evening in the Charlotte sanitarium after an illness of only a few days. She was rushed to Charlotte for an operation for ap pendicitis, about ten days ago and af ter reaching the sanitarium it was discovered she had complication of trouble, with a touch of pneumonia. It was found best not to operate at once for appendicitis and she had since been Improving, it was thought. Mrs. Brice is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Kennedy of this place and has always boon one of the most pop ular young ladies of the town. About one year and a half ago, she mar ried Dr. R. H. Brlce, who has been a resident of Due West since childhood. They had such a happy future ahead of them and her numerous' friends will feel her loss very deeply. She has always been an active worker in the church and community life and has filled a large place in the town. Dr. Brice was at one time a resident of Anderson, balng associated with tho late 'Paul 'Barr in the latter's drug business. Patterson^happeller. Married last evening by the Rev. S. W. Danncr, pastor of Bethel MethodiBt church, at the parsonage. Mr. R. M. Chappelier and Miss Saille Patterson. Mrs. Chappelier Is the daughter c.t Mr. M. M. Patterson, and an attractive young woman who numbers her friends by the score. Mr. Chappelier conducts a barber shop at he Ander son Mills and'Is a popular and ener getic young man. New National Ranks. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.?Nineteen new national banks with capital ag gregating $737,000 were authorised to begin business during January, tho comptroller of the currency reported today.' On January 31. 7,603 national banks were doing business with cap ital at ^1,07 1.959,175 and outstanding cln.nation of $982,206,133.. j_I..'? I ? Fear Steamer Is.Lost. LONDON, Feb., 3.?(3:10 a. - m.)? Fears .are expresed \ in Copenhagen, says a dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph company; that the Danish steamship Marnellsjorg, from Pen Ra cola December 15, and. Norfolk De cember 23. for Copenhagen, has.b'jen lost by striking mines. The Morse 11s borg Is a vessel of 1,776 tons, whh a crew of 25. Contracts for Locomotive. CHICAGO. Feb^ 2.?Contracts for i5 of largest type locomotives from fe. Lima, Ohio, corporal'.on were 6lgned (today by the Illinois Central. The total value of the crdnr Is *so:c than $1,000,000. and will mnlte wcvk ' for from 3.000 to 4,000 mci. FOK OUI F, FALLING Hl OB ITCHY SCALP-25 GENT DIDEflE Girls! Girls! Save your hair! Make it grow luxuriant and beautiful. If you care for heavy hair, that glistens with beauty and Is radiant with life; has an incomparable soft ness and is Huffy and lustrous, try Dunderlne. Just one application doubles the beauty of your hair, besides it Im mediately dissolves every particle of dandruff; you can not have nice heavy, healthy hair If you have dandruff. This destructive scurf robs the hair of its lustre, 't's strength and its very life, and if not overcome It produces a feverishness and itching of the scalp; the hair roots famish, loosen and die; then the hair falla out fast. If your hair has been neglected and is thin, faded, dry. scraggy or too oily, get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderlne at any drug store or toilet counter; apply a little as directed and ten minutes after you will say this was the best investment you ever made. We sincerely believe, regardless of everything else advertised, that if you des'iro soft, lustrous, beautiful hair and lots of it?no dandruff?no itctiing scalp and. no more falling hair?you must use Knowlton's Dan derlne. If eventually?why not now? ADOPT SCHEDULE FOR 1915 PLAYING Annual Schedule Meeting of American League Being Held s in New York. NEW YORK. Feb. 3.?For five hours today Ran Johnson, president, and the baseball club owners of the Amer ican league were in executive session here at the league's annual schedule meeting. At the close of the meeting the only aHirmative action announced was the adoption of the 1915 playing schedule, which was made public. While the session was in progress, President Harrow and several Inter national league owners conferred, but none of them was admitted to the American league meeting. The major league was expected to take some definite action today In reference to the removal of the draft rule from the class AA league clubs of the National Association.v Johnson's secretary an nounced this had been discussed and it was unanimously agreed to leave the question in Johnson's hands and that he probably would take it . up within n few days. No change was made In the player list of 25 now in force in the American league, al though at the December meeting of tho National league that body reduced the number from 25 to 21 players. Although tiicre were rumors that some American league clubs would offer players to the New York Ameri cans to add to the playing strength of the Yankees, no mention was made of such Intention, uccording to tho statements of club representatives present. Colonel Jacob Ruppcrt, Jr., and Captain T. L. Huston, who re cently purchased the Yankees, were elected members of the league. 1,279 German Jurists Killed. DERNE. Switzerland, Feb. 2.?(via Paris, 5:30 p. m.)?Official statements givfen out in Berlin today say 1,279 German Jurists have been killed in the war. The total is made up of six professors, 27"? judges, 240 lawyers, 334 assessors and 424 barristers Augustus Moorehead of Sandy Springs was a visitor in the city yes terday. LOVE AND A FELLOW-FEELSNG I am the man to fix your teeth so you can cat the pie that I put In tho Piedmont Belt. I make plates at $6.50 I make gold crowns at$4.00 Silver fillings, 50c and up. Gold fillings $1.00 and up Painless Extracting 40}c. I make a specialty ot treating Pyorrhea,--?TveolarlB ot the gums and all crown and bridge work and regulating mal formed teeth. All work guaranteed first-class. s. G. BRUCE DENTIST BREAK IN GERMAN COTTON PRICES WASHINGTON, Feb.. 3.?The break in German cotton prices from 19 1-2 cents to 16 1-2 cents a pound is due, American Ambassador Gerard stated in a dispatch today, to arrival of cot ton steamers at Bremen, opening of the port of Rotterdam, slackening of demand from spinnera on ucc.unt of freer offerings and anticipated decline in prices, and sale of captured cotton stocks from Lodz and Antwerp. Cotton mills in Germany are run ning three quarters capacity, and us ing 150,000 bales a month, Commer cial Attache Thompson at Rotterdam reported. "This amount is apparently provided by ships arriving and afloat," he stated. "Cottafa prices are de clining. Shippers are cautioned against expecting continuation ot present high prices. They should go slow about chartering ships, at the present inflated charges." Riots Over Bread Prices. SASSARI. Italy, Feb. 3.?(10:45 a. m.)?Riots growing out of the agita tion over the high price of bread are assuming a graver character. Crowds today went about streets sacking' stores. ' Strong reinforcements of trocpB have been called out to main tain order. NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS On January 1 st. you resolved to turn over several new leaves, didn't you? NOW, you are resolved to Pave the Streets So far??o good, b-u-t what about **A IN TING POULTRY IN THE SOUTH What Can Be Accomplished Proven By Results in Tennessee, b MORFjISTOWN, Tenn, 7eb. 4.? The opportunities for' building up the poultry industry throughout the South are well illustrated in what has been accomplished in the territory sur rounding Morristown, Tenu., from Which. 1,350 miles of eggs were ship ped during 1914. The records of Southern Railway Company show a total of 325. solid cars shipped during the year. Those contained a total of 130,000 cases or 46.800,000 eggs. Adding the ?-Uipments made In mixed cars auu by express and parcel post, it is'estimated that the total production from the Morris town district exceeded 50,000,000 eggs worth at the average retail price, more than f1,250,000. ^ .If laid end to end in a straight line those eggs would cover a distance of OS0 miles, or the distance from .Mor ris town 'to the Panama 'Canal. One hundred and seventyVfjlve cars of live poultry, 53 cars of dressed fowls and a largo number of small lots, sent by freight and express -were shipped during, the year, Do total of solid cars of poultry and eggs being 553. The total, -value of poultry pro ducts shipped from , the district dur ing 1914 Is well worth over tho $2.t 000,000 record of 1913. . Two Men Burned to Death. KANE, Pa., Feb. 8-?Ten woodsmen were burped to death- and five ser iously, injured in a fire early today which destroyed the sleeping house of the Ticneata Chemical Company at Mayburg/ JJoreat county. This house was heated by gas and It it?? believed Increased pressure caused an explos ion which fired the building; "' \'V' ' : ' -, :--u , ' ;-,' e.- - ; .'.V; . ' :-</-. ' We can improve that home, or tenant house ypu rent out, and the ex: pense is very small; NOW is THE TIME to paint! v What about it???? GUEST PIT CO. Phone 48, Earle Street. "Guest Sells the Best." J. JML McCownY Grocery GOOD THINGS TO B?T Oranges... .... ..ibc, 20 and zoo Apples., por peck.......ego Haislna. 1 lbs..,..2Bc jjttta per lb... iW...J8o ffaoanaa . ....15and 20e Cranberries . ... ... ..1O0 qt Prunes, 2 lbs.26c Citron, per. lb..'200 National .Biscuit ?o.'e Fruit Cake at per pound..50c . J.M.McCOWN Phono ira. 22.