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[[[. B**IIS?..O CLEAN ,[ I 1 11: : 1; I I; ' "'1 11 , I 1 1 ( i I r.i +i i :I l 1 : , l ; n ! t I J)1 \la t I I . Tolle. II (~1 It .iII \'I !it ll (11 r 111 - 1 ": ,~ ;. :,' 011 ,'; i, 1 k~ ~T7/I~ed~ "In a B3 at Sod~ p ../' " Ref rest *1~, / Ckeri AND BOY[1S MY 'A1V ff C.7om! ,}1tptad, Sluggish :1 1 _:I Il~l : ' 1 l ' ill y l 1 11 n I w t. you t .I I: . 1 I 'r nd , 1'111 liv' I III I 131 t la ttit ' 11 .11'l<, j n~ o;'n hl -aI3 i t i 2 re llv ! ult : i r 111h. I (I ls y1 a , I Ilv' r lT ' wlat '.:11 ItiI ou tyoi ':11 h'I liveI;- tt \v trk an1)( e".('an yout one's : t bit o :-: r i and i (ontt i,:n ' \t t' a in u bic i:, t!o :: yonu ll i n l n :ll ki t 1 ll :i 1 1 i n f iserbi:;l I.iver3 o wL II -Ol il II yo1 I ' (en ire1 1an 11' !'{l l' line fr I'l' ionlli hs. (+i\v ' It I h1t't1iblre'n, It i.: H ti irru les;doe n L I d h li ke I 1t its Ili; aanti to1,. "Ofe-Saver" afier shiopping n get your Chero-Cola ottle-Through a Straw" a Fountains and other iment Stands. verybody knows ito by its name W 11 11 l 11111 1i ii,1 11i /111 11e1!g apol e o MAW.o Iag CONSTANT WILMAKE YOU ST RONG CON STANT DE POSITS IN OUR BANK / j.WILL MAKE vOU 4R ICH 7 -- 00OYOU 2 WANT TO SGROW OLD AND FEEBLE AND BE WIT HOUT MONLrY IN TH E BAN K ? * .fine physique in his youth titution to fall back upon in n't be so liable to contract STRENGTH to fight it off, 0 YOUR MONEY. Build lTUTION for the years to 3nk YOUR Bank. al Bank of Laurens G. H. ROPER, Gashier DELICATE MONSTERS. How Warships Are Lined to Protect Them From Fire and Water. Although it Ciay look very st rong, a battleship is really at very delile n m10- h1 step. Its vital Itrts l t to be po- (t te etid by several coverin gs of a in te riatl chialy objtaineil fromu cocoannuts. t< is is t reven)t certan1 pnirtion s he- I iri' ; e , it w ill I o s :i 1 t h a t th e t e - f 4 t uls wouhli bI ~ it ingl a_ if thec p wder ; in a:,&iae eine 'eac thIntl. tI A r ei''. :ii tin . 1 iht :; ltie tirely clothed in a a iIt or I 'elwear Ita rt 14) 81 11 froIII r i i e a(totli e (lu i aide sal con a str it ( l ion of the oarilis aI secret- but it c I.- luiowln to be for11 the m1ost-4 parit eclluI- n i los:e, which is obhtainled trotn the fibrous bt r rl of the "oc'onnlut. - 'ellulose s ells wthn it touches salt 't wat~er. 'Therefore it' a hole should be r mlade ink the ship's side, say, by at shot 11 this cellulose <expands and Covers the e openin g, so pr~eventin~g .1n inr'ush of water. The cellu1lese is also treated to v Snuake it fireproof. Mineral woiol is at ntaterial used upoi h the latest type of hattleshi ;p. It looks li - like wool. but Is really (colpusel of ' Snowy threads of a sort of glass. The t m1en who aick minetral wool haive to i wear masks to prevent the needlelike f particles from beint; inhaled. It Is as I remarkable nonconductor of heat and is used to cover the refrigerators and I cold storage chamhers and also the ex- a pIuslve stores. The hollers and steam pipes of a dreadnaughtt have "Jackets" in order to f prevent waste of fuel. Sonetlimes these jackets are of mineral wool, somethnes wool and sometimes ordi nary blaJketlntg.--Pearson',. VALE OF KASHMIR. A Beautiful Spot With a Record of Natural Calamities. fleautlftil and unfort unttte Is the t wotierful vale ilof Kashtir, lying high atnong the i Ilnuahaiyats, ringedl with gi gal tle preaks, "clothed iln evegrecen litr and dleodtr, the light gr(en be'd of Jh laat strunig aineross its dni breast like a jatle neoklae, lshinttg with the ghost ly pink of leach and 1,111ui1 blissomis." Kasli anr has: al persistent rec r1.l of natural enininity. .lebhlunt overflows its hanks at inutervals anti sends destroy in-g Hloods that wipe out while districts. 'T'l:e gtlet peaks arotund the valley stir iow n at hi i their sleep of ages and shake the flats with mighty earth ima kes. Faninie and cholera kIll more thant the river and the tremltng miotmi tains. Fire frequently sweeps the flehls and titles. As one looks up itt the lulls on either side from the bled of ,ehlan it is seen that one slope Is covered with cool, (lark forest, while the other grows nothing but long grass. A spark in this grass starts the blaze. Among the Ilimalayas the air is biting cold and the Kashmiri carries a little charcoal brazier under his robe to warm ills body. These peripatetic furnaces start many a flate. With a history dotted with such ca lanuitots landmarks the people of Kash iir have acquired n pessimistic ex presslon and disposition. They are st perstitions. too, ascribing all manner of miraculous attributes and fairy inhabit ants to the noulntait springs.-Argo naut. Magio of a Century. An examination of Amerlcan elles a century ago priesenits many ciiriosities. In 18(K) not Newv York, but Phliladel I hiat, wais our1 hiargest (-ity-a pre-etni nonct(e it held uintiI 1830. A fter P'hiiin dlelihIn, Newv York, IbiIlimore itnd 110is ton, Charl reston, S. C2., wits thle largest Aimericann (-1ty. Ilutt I defy tay one to give Ithe natme oif the sixth hargest Aimerk-an town in 1S800. It was North ernt LibertIes. I low iumny Aimerceans todally ever heard of' titis met ropolls? Aln minthliunrhini resenreht dlscliises that it is now part of P hiblideliia. After Northie-t LIbertIels, olur biggest city wits Southiwark, Pa.; then ene Salem,* .\unsa. Such were (lie lihtiees a hii tided y-ears ago which eniter-ed in the com. lietit in lor- lrhunety. -Worl's Work. First Test of the Air Pump. Thle fh-st public test of thle air pump~ was ha 15-1, by 1i3Its inventor, Otto von Ouerleke, In the presenceo of Emperor Fer-dinandl of Gernmny 13. (Guerk-ke aiplliedI the etreftilly gr-oundl ed1ges o: mteta lie hiemiispheres, t wo feet ini (limieterl, to eat-i othier. A fter- ex hauist ing the itir by his iati artusie aittnedii~ ffteen horses to each hemni siihere. In vaIn dhi( thtey attemptt to separate thenm hecenuse of the enior miouts press5ure of the atmosphere. The experiment w~as a great sucecess. Turn About. She-I don't see wvhy you are always telling me of thte biscuits your miothter used to make. IIe-WVell, so far as that goes, I dlon't see why you are al ways telling mec about the dlollars your father used to make. - Richtmond TImes-DIspatch. ContradIctory. "Brevity is the soul of wit," observed the sage. "Maybe," replied the fool, "but I never feel very wvitty when I am shmort." --Milwaukee Sentinel. - Helping Nature. "You en't improve on nature." "That may be," saId the druggist, "but you'd be surprised at the amount of complexion dope we soll."--Detroit Frea Press. I , Explained. Visitor--Gracious, but your st-airs on them, my dear. It makes the steps so high.-4At, SELLING DEAD LETTERS. no Postoffice Custom That Teaches a Moral Losson. Twice a year in Washtington they Did a entrious auction. It is.enlled the ead letter sale, but InI reality It Is the I' of pnkii es that h-tvlie Ieent stt > Ihe atnI letter ofilice'e1nu0 140se of ie el('nt po-t:r ie or wroit., 1.i(tetio s. .\f tr vthe l( pnek~age have l'een he'.d nr a ce(rltatri h nelth (1f Ilian . i!! orderl to -ii ifl l' or bile.s il o t it y i ninlm tim' o, thy are sl( at public net i1,n. It isc ten at ritrnwre and at hle col -t ion. Most orfi the rtleles; are cheap uonneh1, allthonrh va:bltrIe thing.- aire o1 lackingi. Iht.1 who enn esti:mate the iteinsie vuln oOf som111' of Litose lost ifts-- Ihe ime d111 (1 st eriliee andt(] love oy Ir'lbespet ? fl lwnny lives were 1bbell of at happiiness that rightfully vingeilc to) item heentise of the send( r's (nre1!essness or ignornice! Is there 13.m a aotile Ilulrkiig some .11:re a6bIt this stratge auction? low many liv'ns are there today that old(flit possibility of gifts for other Ves. yet thr1oigh enrel ess or igno. 1100 or inliffetence are robbing both em1selves andt others and are care 'ssly tunkitng "dead letters" of gifts or IIlelh enger eyes and hearts are m gIlg? ''here Is no sale of these dead gifts. 'o one hans nn:; cbance at themu. 'They re doubly lust-lost to the I me wilo hould have used them and to the vorld that needs them. What at lit - iul waste of power and Joy-Baltimore LimeriCla. AFRICAN COCOA PORTERS. lead Loads and Barrel Rolling Feats of the Natives. I'nusual and interesting is the spec ne1e in the A 'tfrian (.old Coast country if the transpiort of cocoa, the imlk of lie inlan produce being carried by iortters Ito the railrontd. Somletlimes the( ondtlwiys :10 flr as thle eye call see- ilt 1110 long lidlo of (co1't hugs on tilt. lead1s of hibi ntIr(s of (mirters. 'Tils en1r0ryiln tIrI te has protluleb' at xtraout'' iviy tVo.w of' fee inh r ilia he wlblei hillerbiui of Ihe (old Coast \t ..\thi So, at hnylir su it 11(11nelal'ly lit e('Il ils front the r01ii 110111, o1 lief 1 h4ne e1 n lo 1 11i n Ill e st' t1i11 3I.X)) car 'lers. who envero the dilstance (o tit -all station at I'allro once mand freluent y t wi'e a 1day w11' t h a 10 pould hl.lf If Cocoa1. Nitny of the( n.tive fanners withh lirty miles (it Aera prefer to sel heir cocon at af higher price at the por >( emilIrknltion and so have create( .he interesting system of "barrel roll nig." In tlhe cocont season strong)' Lounld 1111(1 ponderous ensks are fillet with the henna and rolled to the se0 hoie. Traveling along the somewhat prinil AIve roads one meets at frequent Inter rals perspiring natIves struggling witi the barrel, which, filled with cocoa weighs con1siderably over a quarter o 'u ton. As a rule, three mnen roll twi nsks, one relieving the other. Occa sionally the loss. due to accidents, i considerable.--.Argonaut. Henley's Sufferings. In fifty-four years of his life-lie wa born in Slit-W. E. Ilenley, the writ Dr, never knew wha it day's perfec hiealth meant. Whe little more Ihal n boy hie was attneked by a disease wllc necessitated tile apiluIItatloll o one foot. lie was61 told iater b~y th loefors thant the sacr'llee04 of the otheo leg was11 necessar111y were 1he to l1ive. Tht famle of I ir. Lister hand rea1che4d I Jen ley, and(, Iben~ile4 14 nial nimost friendl less, lie deftrineii' to) tr I'3 'dinbur1 igl liii nn mary. T~it fher ho trav~eled1 th11r< elass in IhysinI sttft'riig such01 as1 fet have knolwn, and16 wheni he reachelt( lhe inilrmary1 3 1111 whlel possess4Ion amllottedl to ai fewv shtlllings. IlIs eor1 leg was11 sav ed. ie wa'3s andit remin~e, a ciplhle, lbut itther hopeless nor)1 hell der'I theOse coniltions11 sult~ggested to 1t0l er't Louis Stevenisoni the Iphysleal skete' of John11 Silver'. Halley's Achievements. Ildm unid11113 't4 IIle a a1very greni 1man1. ie was' not only3 the0 first to pr4 die6t 'orrctly the r14)ieturn'l of a com1el huit al so-b efor'e Newtoni had1 ann~houn<l ed hIs resu11ts4 to anty on1e-arrive1d a 11h4'conluiion thant fte attractIon r grav1'Ittion4)1 probab I~y va1rie'd Iiversel those and1( othe1r important neblevt men'1ts4 of his1 are well'I kniowni it seem1 to have1' been forgotten that4. IIalley (14 vised'( a method11( of deterininlg the ag~ of thue ocean1 from chemical deudl IndIfference. "*Which do you prefer, summer c whinter?" "I've 1no preferenlCe," replied M1 Glrowcher. "It Is just as depressin to mae whether I put in a large portlo of my time readIng about the hottet day ever or the coldest day ever." WashIngton Star. Heavy Hearte. Mr. Bacon-There, wvhat did 1 te you? This paper says t he airrag manl's heart weighs from ten to twelh ounces; tile average woman's frou eigt to ten. Mrs. Bacon-Of cours men's hearts welgh~ more. They at a good deal hflrder.-Yonkers State| man. Thorough Understanding. "I presume you understand an aul thoroughly?" "Thoroughly-that Is, I know whc it won't run there is something tU nlatter WIth it."'-Detroit Free Pres. Mr. Merchant: if You Anticipate Buying flour, get in touch with us over .long distance 'phones. Day 'phones 821 or 822; night 'phone 478. We pay all calls. If a man worth one Million Dollars called on you and you. knew it, he would get your attention at once. We represent several Million Dollars in flour Mills, and it will payyou to consider usbefore buying. We Represent the Following Mills: Hopkinsville Milling Co., Hopkinsville, Ky. Nashville Roller Mills, Nashville, Tenn. The Wright Milling Co., Bluefield, W. Va. Blumont Milling Co., Blumont, Va. Oxford Milling Co., Oxford, Ohio. Eldred Mill Co., Jackson, Mich. Cumberland Valley Milling Co., Nashville, Tennesee. D. A. Stickles & Son, Hagerstown, Md. Kelley Milling Co., Kansas City, Mo. Northwestern Mill & Elevator Co., Toledo, Ohio. Laurenceburg Roller Mills, Laurenceburg, Indiana. Palmetto Brokerage Co. Greenville, S. C. W. H. Moore, Mgr. Office 'Phones 821 and 822. Residence Phone 478. EXCURSION OVER Piedmont & Northern Ry. Johnson City, Tenn. TUESDAY, JULY 11TH, 1916 G. H. Mahon, Veteran Excursionist, In Charge Special Coaches For Colored People Via Spartanburg, S.C., anld the Picturesque route of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Ry., at the following low round-trip fares: A. M. Bate Leave Honea lhi.. ....6::3 3.50 Leave Greenwood .. ....6:00 $3.50 Leave Anderson .... .. ..6:25 .50~ -Leave Mhonis .Jet. .... ..6:17 3.54) Leave Oreenville .... ..9:00 2.75 0 I.'Lav D~onalds .... ..... 0:83 3.50 Leave Spartanbu:rg .. .. 10:30 2.50 Tickets wfll be good returning on all trains schedleld to leave Johunson: City before noon, Satu:rday, July, 15, 1916. r .TEN MILES UNDER GROUND-Between Marton and Johnson 'City, Tenn. g There are twenty-four tunnels hewn out of solid rock, several of them in 0 dIrect line, exenrsionists being able to look through two or more moun. ttains without difficulty. High peaks of mountains In every dlirection. FISHING-Good Fishing for Mountajn and Rainbow Trout and Black Bass in Linville River close at hand. 0 NATIONAJL SOLIERS JIOMJS-An opportunity to visit the National Soldliersf Home for Civil War Veterans. The finest plant of its -kind in: AmerIc'a, e costing Three Million (Dolars, one mile from eity on Sr. Rly. For further Information eaHi on any Agent of the Piedmont & Northern Railway Comipany, or w~rite the following representatives: .0 C. S. A LLEN, Lie. TIIEO, DeRON, nTraffic Manager, P. A N. Lies 1eneral, Slonthern Agent, C. CI., & 0. n reenvllle, S. C. Ryg~of S. C., Spartanburg, S. C. W. II. XA.O0N