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^rVKat is a Failure? What is a failure? It's only a spur To the man who received it right, And it makes the spirit within him stir To go in once more and fight. If you never have failed, it is an even guess You never have won a high success. ? E. Vance Cook GOOD ROADS IN NORTHWEST Washington State Alive to tha Im portance of Having Service able Highways. Tha northwest la alive to tha valua at food roads. In a recent lsaua of the Seattle (Wash.) Intelligencer tha statement la made that before tha summer la over Seattle and Tacoma will ba connected by a first-class ma cadamized highway. In King county, of which Seattle is the scat, there will ba $320,000 available, including state aid, for road improvement this year. Much of this will be spent on a trunk line destined to connect Seat tle and Everett. Prom Everett to Tacoma an improved road is a mat tar of the near future. This road work la part of a general plan to build a trunk line from the northern to the southern boundary of Washington, which In turn will become part of a highway from the Oreat Lakes to the ocean, through tha northern tier of state, and this will connect with an other trunk line from British Columbia down the coast to Mexico?a dream of that wide-awake country that It certain to be realised In the next faw years. TRY FERRO-CEMENT ROADS Experiments With This Substance In France Have Been Highly Successful. Terro-c^ment" roads are being ex? perlmented with In France. The sub stance is made of cement mixed with straw. To make a slab or block ol ferro-cement, a mans of iron-straw is I placed in the mold, and there is poured I over It cement sufficiently fluid to penetrate into all the interstices of the iron and completely cover it. When the whole has set, tha core of Iron thus i.uluiately incorporated gives to the block a great resistance to break age and to traction, at the same time furnishing elasticity to compression which enables it to stand superficial shocks. A brick of ferro-cement 1 3-5 Inches thick has supported during crushing tests, a pressure of about 65 tons to the square inch. In breakage tests, the resistance was quadruple '.hat of ordinary cement. Resistance to wear was no less remarkable. ELECTRIC MULES FOR PANAMA Railroad to Be Built Along Panama for Drawing Ships From Ocean te Ocean. Tha first shipment of steel has been tnade from New York for building a jnlque electric railway along the Pan ima canal for drawing great ships 'rom ocean to ocean. The enormous volume of shipping across the IsthtDUt A-ill be drawn on the ancient towpath ?ystem. so that it will be unnecessary 'or steamers to proceed under their own steam In place of the mules, on this curious towpath. powerful electric locomotives will draw the largest ships smoothly and swiftly across the continent A steamer of, say 20.000 '? tons, whkh the canal will readily accommodate, la obviously a very heavy burden and the electric loco motives will brt geared to the tracks by a middle rail In the form of a rack. The canal commission has ad- < vertlsed for 2.000.000 pounds of steel ties, slots and covers and 1.300,000 pounds of steel channels. This rack railway will be built by tho commls aion. and will be in working order in less than two years, in time tor tha opening of the canal. Silvar-Eyed Beefsteak. The London cop calls his half-pen- , ny herring his sllved-eyed beefsteak, and there are hundreds cooking every minute In London town where one la eaten here. Any time of the year a big part of this city would profit by eating fish for a spell Instead of beef. With no open air exercise beef Is m heap harder than fish for tha body to get rid of, because there Is a good deal -more water in flsk thaa la beef or pork, fish are fat or lean. E*\ sal men, herring are mor*^ tV.o 2re per >oent. grease. Hall'yOI seM mackerel ?are two to five e-r cent fat: cod. whiting, haddock even lesa thaa two per cent.?Nev. York Press. Go to J. C. Burns & Co. big depart ment store. Red Iron Racket sells name goods for leas money. J. C. B?ros A Co IN POPLINETTE. A design of this kind, lle-de-vtn poplinette is chosen; a band of black satin with pointed ends is taken round at about the knees on skirt, which is Just eased Into tho waist band. The Magyar bodice has a wide open front, showing a laco vest; black satlu buttons are sewn on the cloth; the -overs and cuffs are also of satin. Materials required: Four yards pop lnetto forty Inches wide, one yard iatin twenty inches wide, one-quarter >ard lace. Beautiful Beads. Such beadwork as the buyers have brought back with them from the other side has never before beea seen jn trimming counters, according to the New York Sun. The beads include many metallic efieets with all the rich, i deep colors of the American Indians and the characteristic combinations of Roumania and Bulgaria, but they also come in the daintiest and loveliest evening blends, that remind one of the tintb of rare paintings. There are filet grounds studded with gold and silver beads and with pearls. In fact, in the gold r.nd silver bands and jeweled ef Tects the variety is wonderful. And :he tunics and waist garnishments are, .? re in the same wide choice of beau itul bead and Jewel combinations, aften with gold and silver <;?oth ein broh'Cred with bead? r.nd tinsel. Risked Life for Comrades. A story of wonderful heroism in the rescue of the stokehold staff of the destroyer Kangaroo after an explosion of a steam pipe was related a few days ago at the inquest at Haslar Hospital. Hants, Kr.gland. on the two men who were killed?Chief Stoker Henry Hutfled. and First Class Stoker Ernest William Fryer. Members of the crew, the commander Included, descended with towels round their headt nto the inferno of steam to en dearer to rescue the sufferers, but Hut field and Fryer had been killed in stantaneously from asphyxia by the scalding steam. The pipe that burst was a bent branch pipe, which had been straightened out by the pressure of the steam When It Went Wrong. "He told her that ha would gladly die for her." "The same old bluff. Did it catch Herr "No. 8ha toid hin abe would glad ly let him." In Proof. "Jtpeon is one of the moat neighbor ly persons I ever saw." "Is that ao?" "Yes. He seema determined, sooner >r later, to borrow everytlhng 1 poe tess." No other place like Red Iron Racket in Laurens. J. C Burns ?V Co. MbirvrviLLE sews. Mountville, July 8.?Mr. S. N. Crisp | and Miss Ella John Lloyd surprised n number of their friends lust Wednes day evening when they went to Cross Hill and there, at the home of the of ficiating minister, Hcv. .1. A. Martin, were joined in the bonds of holy wed lock. They were accompnnled by sev eral of their immediate relatives and friends, who witnessed the marriage ceremony. Mr. Crisp la a son Mr. and Mrs. William R. Crisp and one of our successful young merchants. Miss Doyd is the youngest daughter of Mr. J. Lawrence Boyd. a leading farmer and merchant near White Plains. The happy young couple have the best wishes of many friends in their new relation of life. As had already been announced last Thursday. Independance Day was cel ebrated here with a big barbecue giv en by the members of the Methodist church. A good dinner had been well prepared and a large crowd of men, women, and children were In attend ance. Hon. J. T. Johnson, the speak er of the day, failed to come, but a number of county candidates were present, privately seeking the unbias ed suffrages of the dear and liberty lov ing people. Every one was in a good humor and the occasion was one of much social pleasure. The net profits from the dinner and other refresh ments were about $50. In the after noon two games of ball were played between Mountville and Waterloo. In the first contest the game easily went to the local team by a score of 11 to 1. In the second bout the visitors won by a score of 7 to 4. Mountville: Watts and Culbertson end Thornton. Waterloo: Pinson and Simmons and Culbertaon. The heavy rains of last week have kept the farmers from their work some time and grass In some places is mak ing trouble. Mr. Tom Bonham, the soap man and noted violinist, gave us a few hours call laat Friday. His musical members are still nimble and In his hands the bow and finger board become musical ly talking apparatuses. p. o. receipts incre.ysim;. Healthy Growth in Trade at Uncle Sam's Place of Business. As an indication of the steady growth of Laurens can be noted the increase in postal receipts within the past year and also within the past few months. During the year end ing June 30th. Uncle Sam's business here showed an increase of $6r>6.9"> over the receipts of last year. During the past quarter ending June 30th. the receipts increased from $2,240.42 during the same quarter last year to $2,730.03 this year, which is quite a handsome Increase. Business is picking up with Uncle Sam in every department except the savings bank and It is said that business is "kinder dull" there. Cashier Jack McCravy forgot several months ago that he was a bank cashier and hasn't thought about it since. Carloads of Plate Glas*. Speaking of carload shipments of | merchandise awhile ago, what do you think of a carload shipment of plate glass? Messrs Wllkes & Co., has just received one of those same things to be used in the front of their handsome new store building, while another car load came for Mr. Gibbon Traynham's building some time ago. While a car load of plate glass sounds like a whole pile of glass, as a matter of fact the Wllkes car consisted of only four pieces, but they are whales. Two of them measure 13 1-2 by S feet while (two others measure 10 1-2 by 8 feet, i The pieces were so large that it re quired the space of an entire flat car to hole; them with their necessary braces. These are the largest plate glasses ever seen in this section. During the summer months mothers i of young children should watch for ? any unnatural looseness of the bow j els. When given prompt attention at , this time serious trouble may be avoid ed. Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy can always be depended upon. For sale by all deal ers. Hoping for the Beat. "Now that we are married," said the pretty chorus girl, "what do you propose to do?" "Why." replied tha son of the mil lionaire. "I think we had better keep tt secret until I can get a good chance to break the news to the governor when be is in a pleasant mood." "But how long is tt likely to be be fore he gets Into that kind of a mood?" "It's hard to tell. The ato-k mar ket Is bad. but let us hope tor the best. He may win a dollar or two at poker some night before the week is I onded ." Buy It now. Cbamberlaii.'s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is al most certain to be needed before the summer is over. Buy it now and bei p. spared for such an emergency. For ? sale by all dealers. . THE LANDING OF Christopher Columbus Great Scenic Production of the Moving Picture World to be Shown Here. A Magnificent presentation of the Arrival of Christopher Columbus upon the Shores of North America. The most expensive, the most Wonderful Graphic and the most Elaborate Film ever made, At The Moving Picture Show Thursday, July 18th. Show to Begin at 1 o'clock. As this is a Picture of such Great Historical Interest, it is hoped that the Men, Women and Children (especially the children) of the entire county will take advantage of it. Come in the Afternoon and Avoid the Rush. The Coming of Columbus was produced by the Selig Polyscope Co. and on tailed an outlay of over $50.000.00 in money, and three years of time. It is acknowledged to bo the most expensive, the mose elaborate and most wonderful graphic moving picture film ever made. The vital events in the life and discoveries of Christopher Columbus, who gave a new world to civilization, are reproduced with historic exactness in vivid, all enthralling scenes. To depict with perfect photographic exactness the great events of history is an achievement to be numbered among the most mar velous of up-to-date science. In these remarkable pictures Columbus and his followers live, and breathe, and move. He pleads his cause at the court of Isa bella. In the aeeourtivment of an admiral of Spain he stands upon the quarter deck of the Santa Maria and leads his Meet of three caravels across the unknown sea. He quells a mutiny in mid-ocean. He lands on the new world. He returns to the court of Spain amid the enthusiastic pomp and glory of that day. He re plies to a drunken courtier at the banquet at Barcelona, in which we see the famous egg incident. We see him again in the new world amid the people he had discovered, and finally we see him, dejected, broken in spirit, being taken back to Spain in irons to answer to false charges which have been preferred against him. The Columbus of these wonderful pictures is alive. It is as if a camera had gone back, by some occult power, to the long forgotten ages and there had visualized scenes forever departed. The making of these pictures occupied three years of time, the most of which was spent in gathering data concerning the life of Columbus, in order to secure historical exactness in even,' detail. William X. Selig. President of the Selig Polyscope Co.. spent a fortune to make this production a never-to-be-equaled masterpiece. lie sent a committee of scholars to Spain. Here they spent months gathering data. They secured the original log-book of Columbus and the person al memoi r of Diego. Columbus' son. By signing a bond for $10.000.00 Mr. Selig was able to bring these back to this country. From these authentic sources of information, and aided by the Spanish government Mr. Selig was able to build this picture in exact counterpart of the real events. The ships of Columbus depicted in the pictures are the original caravels pre sented to this country by the Spanish government. Mr. Selig signed a $100. 000.00 bond for the safe return of each of these vessels.' They were then repoint ed. reeaulked. out-fitted with now sails and made seaworthy, before being used. The cost of producing these pictures was over $50.000.00 and over three hun dred and fifty people are seen in the east. Never before have any of the great picture industries expended such a sum on a single picture, to be weighed and judged by critical spectators as to its educational worth, historical value, dra matic charm, and spectacular magnificence. Perhaps the greatest endorsement which has ever been given any artistic achievement along these lines, and certainly the highest honor thai can be paid a moving picture manufacturer, has been accorded to this masterpiece and to Mr. W. X. Si>lig. its maker. His Holiness. Pope Pius X. was presented with a set of the ''Columbus'' films by Mr. Selig and after inspcting them carefully, the Pope was so pleased with Mr. Selig's gift and what he had accomplished, that he sent by Father Tonello, his personal blessings and praise, and in recognition of the greal opooll which this picture is predicted to mark in motion pioture production, the Holy Father sent to Mr. Selig a silver medal of beautiful design, bearing his likeness. Feeling that even this was inadequate to express his full appreciation and desir ing to award this "wizard of picture production" even further, he had a beau tiful, much treasured ceramic, or art plaque, re moved from its place in the Vat ican and sent to Mr. Selig. Cardinal Gibbons and many other high church officials have viewed the pic tures and they are unanimous in their praise of same. At private exhibitions the films have been shown to many of the country's greatest educators, critics artists and historians and so far no one has denied that the Selig Polyscope Co. have produced a picture that it will be hard, if possible, to even equal. The Knights of Columbus of Chicago were of great aid to the Selig Polvseope Co. in securing the original Columbus caravels, which were used in the produc tion and in preparing the historical data from which the scenario was written The Chicago Historical Society also were of great assistance in this respect. Prices Always the Same, 5c. and lOcts D. R. LAVENDER, Manager. Laurens, South Carolina