Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SOUTH / of Ik i Build* I Kingstree, % 7 ^ Ijdsllbl pW^J ri. / ' "ST? m fS; ?A ! can save the boys iyj ediocrity and trans- %%jr ders of men. And JJ t the world needs at /jr, rican people at- I, s one per cent S , of the leaders m pjdjj 1 life. The nine- w fija d people supply (JJ jjfw )f the country's jjf f?fj ?men who will I lit?that is the I order. And the J t source of sup- 'J hristianity and VJ ~ \jj euucauuii. t i tanship; the Christian college Is , a vital factor in the developer,said James J. Hill. it of the M. E. Church, South, will give him the chance he is he plane of mediocrity and give le. It will equip the nation's a of schools and colleges, and 5m thoroughly Christian. 00,000 Christian Education vill be raised between 28th and June 5th r contribution now to the pastor any M. E. Church, South space donated to the cause of Christian Edtso srs Supply Co "The Best Place to Buy" < - J c. \ \ \\ r v v <r $ *-? J rv 9 * &tion lj| mpany I I South Carolina FAMOUS OLD CITY I | Geneva Figures Prominently M Pages of History. I Record* Show Brave Fight for Intn pendence Long Maintained Agalnak ' Powerful, Unscrupulous Neighbors. | Geneva, the seat of the League of Nations, witnessed some fierce fighting Id the days when the duke of Savoy sought to destroy its lndepen*ence with the aid of a contingent of Spanish troops. These mercenaries tried to rtuh the defenses at dead of night, but though some of them managed to get Into Geneva, not one of them manage* to get out again. Those who were not killed In action were afterward beheaded. They still preserve at Geneva scaling ladders captured from the Spaniards on that memorable night, together with the caldron out of which a Genevan housewife, who had risen early to prepare her husband's breakfast, poured a deluge of scalding souf on to the heads of the enemy troop*. Another relic preserved at Geneva recalls the little band of exiles who worked together there at the translation of the Scriptures, known as the Geneva Bible. On the eve of their departure for England they went in a body to the city fathers, who gave them, as the records show, "honorable license to depart, together with a testimonial of the satisfaction we have had la them, and an exhortation to act la the'r turn toward foreigners as we have acted toward them." Then they all wrote their signatures in the "Livre des Anglais," or Book of the Engliah, which is carefully treasured te the Geneva archives. Though Geneva for some hundred! of years has been a sovereign republic, much of the architectural beauty of the modern town is directly due to the generosity of a one-time reigning prince, Charles II, duke of BrunswickWolfenbuttel. The duke, who was born In 1807, succeeded at an early ape to the throne, and governed so arbitrarily and cruelly that his subjects appealed to the German diet, which, after some negotiation deposed him and placed his younger brother on the throne. After this Duke Charles, who was vetr wealthy, wandered about Europe, making Paris his headquarters. On the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war, In 1870, he finally settled at Geneva, where he died In 1873. He had been an exlie from his own land for more than thirty years, and If he ever had had any affection for. It, it had perished during that time; so he constituted the city of Geneva his heir. His will was disputed by hla brother and successor, Duke William, who demanded the family jewels and other treasure. Before the case came into the courts the duke agreed to compromise, and the city came in for a legacy worth about four million dollars. This sum. or a considerable portion of It, ha* been spent in beautifying the town, building the quays and the elaborate Brunswick monument. Mark Twain as a Typist Mark Twain appears to have been the first distinguished author to purchase a typewriter, and a letter typed hv him to W. D. llowells on Decern ber 9, 1874?the very day the machine reached hint?is still extant. "I den't know," he tells him, "whether I am going to make this typewriting machine go or not; that last word was intended for n-not; hut I guess I shall make some sort of a success of it before 1 run it very* long. I am so thick-fingered that E miss the keys. You needn't answer this. I am only practicing to get three ? another slip-up there; only practicing to get the hang of the thing. I notice I miss fire?get in a good many unnecessary letters and punctuation marks. I am simply using yoa for a target to bang at. Blame my cats, but this thing requires a genio* In order to work it just right." Profiteers Forced to Build. Switzerland has found a new uae for war profits. The Swiss who, reaped an excess profit during the war can get an abatement of taxes if he will Invest his surplus in residential housing under official regulation. The regulation guards against unsightly and insanitary building. It also restricts rentals to yield only a fair return on the investment. If the wax profiteer does not care to put his easy money into this useful channel of public sen-ice at a fair return, the state takes a large part of It from him and Itself subsidizes the building of home* REGISTRATION NOTICE The office the Supervisor of Registration mil be open on the 1st Monday in each month for the pur pose of registering any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a residem of the State for two years, and ol the county one year, and of the poll: precinct in which the elector offers to vote four months before the day of elction, and shall have paid, six months before, any poll tax then due and payable, and whc can both read and write any sectiox to him by the Supervisors of Registration, or who can show that he owns, and has paid all taxes collectible on during the present year, property in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or ore. P. E. CI. * RKSON, Clerk of Board.