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CMAPT1R VIII. Ism?where Keet of Nsntuckst | The Sibylle ander stress of her powerful terblnea wee racing easily, reeling off her thirty knots with no seeming effort end scarcely % percep? tible Tlhretlon. There bed been a ?tiff breeee during the night, but It h. J died down at sunrise, and now, at ret on. the aea waa calm at the booom of a nun. The eon biased r*n tbe yacht's polished brasses. Intensifying the snowy whltenees of her gloesy paint, and turning to jewelled show ore the spray which fell away from her sharp prow and careeeed her long, sleek el dee. It waa wonderful weather for Ute October. On the nineteenth the temperature had risen to ninety In New York, breaking all records for that date; aad now, two days later, here at the meeting of sound and ocean, with Point Judith Just coming lato view over our port bow, and Block Island a blur abaft our starboard beam, we sat, Cameron and I. shaded by spread awnings, on the after-deck, aa though It were mid? summer. For he had been convinced by ray righteous untruth after re? peated and emphatic dinning, and had daily grown stronger; readily agree? ing a' length to a cruise along tbe coast, with Bar Harbor ss objective. "That le precisely whet T hsd the Sibylla built for," he told mo, when my suggestion found acceptance. "Did you ever notice the Inscription am the braes tablet or er the fireplace im the saloon? No? Well. It's this: HibylJe, whoa thou seeet me faynte, addreas thyselfe the gydo of my conv psayate.' "I found It la aa old book, published ta lift, a poetic Induction to The Mirror of Magistrates,' written by Tnoeaae Sackvllle. You can fancy how my application distorts the orig? inal Intention, hut Sackvllle isat likely to trouble mo error It" I rspsat this explanation mow main? ly to ladloatej the li a pro-red temper of the n?ii'. His mied was placid arses again, and with this rooorsred placidity had come a return of his qsiet hsjsaor. For my own part 1 was not altogether happy My de? light oeor my friend's i sou rosy, and Rveljra's pleasure thereat, was cur? dled by self-reproach regarding the instrument I had employed to bring it shout A Mo Is to me a raset con? temptible agent, aad to make use of one has boon always abhorrent. In tab tnetanoo I had salved my con? science In a measure with the old ex? cuse that the end justified the means, hut It wss only in a measure, and I was fsr from being ss happy ss I pretended. Moreover, I could not rid myself of sn uneasineee?s misery, Indeed, In which I was now without company? concerning the dsy and Its menace. I say "without company," for Camsr? on? of course, had quite dismissed the subject, sod Evelyn, who previously wss greatly perturbed, had seemed to put swsy sll spprohenslon directly she saw as ssfs aboard the yscbt. There hsd been some talk of her ac? companying us, but without signify? ing my real reason. I had msnaged to dleeusde her. For my disquietude there was cer? tainly no logical ground. I had tak? es) the precaution of having tbe Sibylla searched from masthead to keelson before sailing. The coal was esamlned as carefully as that of a bat tleehlp In time of war; every locker and cupboard was Inspected; even tbe ventilators were metsphorlcally turn? ed Inside out and tho record of ev? ery man of tbe crew was looked Into with vigorous scrutiny. So I could see no loophole unguarded. But the past wss an srgument which set logic at '??JIM If wjch things could be as Imat a had happened a month ago .11.? ron e dressing room, bow uiu> b i-jrth'T might tbe lnsxpllesble tarry* Of whit use were precau? tion? sgnlnst sn enemy who wirb sp psrsnt ease calmly defied sll natural lews? All the mom'ng my thoughts bad been runalug In this Una. Foolish though'< 'hey must seem to one who reads of th?ra; worthy only to be classed with tbe IdU. superstltloue fears of young girls ?.ad old women, and Ir.poeelble to a well balanced, eleerheadad man of twenty nlns>. It may ba that 1 was not well balanced and cl??a^-h*>?','*'^ **** *K<? se? quel would tend ratiMpr to a coutra/y conclusion. Cameron was still reading the Her sld. and I sat wltb a pslr of btuoou InrA st my eyee sweeping the waters for the trailing smoke of a liner or some obj?M I <?f l?e*sr Interest. Prssently th* silence wsa broken by my companion "I se*>." be began, dropping the pa? per to lils knsvs. "thai ChltM Is really Is earnest In SOf Mtioutsji ram pajfjn. Two Peking oflV-lsIs have died from th?) effects of a too hasty break? ing of tbe bsblt. Men do not din In tbe attempt ?o . mere paper re formt. Tho ordnest ort o wonderful old people, Clyde." 1 lowered my gl?ttet, all at onoo in? terested. ?You're been in China?" I asked. "No, I haven't." was hit answer. "I've always meant to go; hut when I I waa nearest, 111 news drew me home; and to 1 never got closer than Yoko? hama on one side, and Srlnagar, in Kashmir, on the other." "You've teen something of them In this country, 1 suppose?" "No, very little. I attended a din? ner oneo at which LI Hung Chang wat the rfueet of honor; and I've eaten chop suey In cne of those Chinese eating peaces tbey have In Chicago. That's about the extent of ray person? al Chinese experience. But I have alwaya been Interested In the country and lta people. I have read about everything that has been published on the subject By the way, did they ever find out who killed that boy of Murphy't?" | "Not yst," I antwered. 'They've had some of his own kind under sur? veillance, but no more arrests have been made." "Murphy was released?" "Yet." Mo took np hit paper again and onoo more I applied myself to tea gating, j Far away to the northeast I made out what appeared to me to be a tea going tug or pilot boat, steaming, I thought, with rather unusual speed for n veaael of her clatt. It waa not much of n discovery, but the watera bad been very barren that morning, especially for the last two hours, and Insignificant at thit object waa I felt In a manner rewarded for my vigil. Half an hour later ahe had slipped out of eight and I wat busy in an ef for to pick bar up again, when a cry f m the lookout forward directed my ? tendon to a floating tpeck possibly two miles or more dead ahead, and not more than a point off our course. "Come," I ssld to Cameron, "let's go up on the bridge and have a look!" I "And have our trouble for our pains?" he returned. Incredulously. "It's probably some bit of wreckage, a box or a cask." "Very well," I agreed, starting off alone. "Even a box or a cask la worth while as a variation." When on nearer approach the drift Ing object proved to be a fisherman's dory, with a man, either dead or un? conscious, plainly discernible In the bottom, I should hardly have been hu- i man bad I not experienced a degree ' of satisfaction over Cameron's failure aa a prophet That, however, was the least abiding of my sensations. In an 1 instant It bad given way to anxiety concerning the boat's occupant and interest In the businees-llke manner la which MacLeod, the stocky young executive officer of the Sibylla, was preparing to pick up our find. (TO BE CONTINUED) NEWS FROM O. C. L Cadet Edens the Winner of the Monthly Competitive Drill. Edgeneld, Dec. 18 ?The Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. of the South Caro? lina Co-Educational Institute gave a reception on Saturday evening which waa very much onjoyed by all present. The monthly competitive drill in the manual of arms was held In the r.udltorlum Tuesday. The medal for the best drilled recruit was won by Cadet Edens, M., of Smter. In the drill for the medal given to old stu? dents Cadet Dunbar of Daliell and Cadet Edens. C, of Sumter tied. Af? ter drilling for more than an hour It was decided to award a medal to each one. For the most improvement in pen? manship Miss May West of Edgefleld nnd Cadet Reese of Blshopville were awarded gold medals. Capt. P. P. Burns, a former profat sor of the S. C. C. I., but now of Howard College, Alabama, Ih here to attend the Sheppard-Lyon wedding. Miss Ruth Cain of Sumter was one of those on the honor roll in grade A for the past month. The college closed today for the holidays. Cured of LOer Complaint. "I was suffering with liver com? plain*." says Iva Smith of Point Blaalt, Texas, "and decided to try a 26c box of Chamberlain's Tablets. : and am happy to say that I am com? pletely cured and can recommend them to every one." For sale by all dealars.?Advt. TO CVT PRICKS OF BGGS, Philadelphia Housekeepers Plan Still Further lteilu?*tion. fnUsialphlSi Dec. It,?Another cut in the price of storage eggs was deeided upon by the Housekeepers leaftM hOft today and tomorrow and the product will be sold by Its mcm bora f? r IS seats s dosen, Ii wat deeided le hold a mass meeting early seai month to dtseuss co-operative ? .. t, rtfig i nd selling other necesstt isa How to Bankrupt the Doctors. \ prominent New York physician nays "if it were not for Iht thin StOCklngS and thin nob d sh<" s vein bv women the doctors would prob Mdv ?e bankrupt." When you con tr.irt I Sold do IM?! Will? f.-I It I" do v. i p inte Pneumonie but ir< * at once oh imberIain's Cough Remedy intended eeneclslly fei rougl and soldo nn? has Won ? wide reputation t?v its oufOt ??f these dlsessei It i most effectual ind It pl< isant snd safe to i ike, For mit by gjl de ilei i Advt SOME CHRISTMAS WINDOWS. Many of the Merchants of the City Dcvoratc F.luhorately for Holiday Season. As is usual at this tho Christmas season of the year, many of the mer? chant! of the City have gone to work to decorate their show windows most elaborately In holiday attire, present? ing n very attrac tive and enticing ap? pearance to the many shoppers of the city and those from off who come here to shop. In fact unless one walks leisurly along the street and takes full time to closely observe all of the wandows and compare them with show windows of other cities and towns of the size of Sumter, he or she will not know how much care is real? ly taken by the home merchants in making their windows attractive in order to catch the passing trade, not only at Christmas time, but through? out the year. Sumter merchants have always tak? en great care in this matter and con? sequently show windows in the city have repeatedly met with compliment? ary notice and remarks from strang? ers who have stopped to observe them In passing. Some of those mer? chants who this season have observed this custom and who have pretty windows as the result of their efforts along this line are: The D. J. Chandler Clothing Com? pany decorations are most elaborate. Green vines with red flowers twined around the wills of the windows and in the corners, with artistic light ef? fects at night comprise the scheme of decorations. In one window is Santa Claus watching the Christmas shoppers go by, and both windows huve a neat arrangement of clothing necessary to men and boys, and most freely purchased at Christmas time. L. W. Fol so m has his windows ar? ranged with a green tissue paper and holly effect that is very inviting to the eye of the passerby. Miss M. C, Jacobs' millinery store has holly and red In the scheme of dec? oration with a beautiful picture hat In the center, something that causes every woman to stop for a longer and better view when passing that way. Hearon's Pharmacy has used red and green paper and holly In its dec? orations and has used them with de? lightful effect. In the windows are displayed a line of Christmas candies and necessary and useful articles car? ried by a drug store. Shaw and McCollum Mercantile Company has used red paper and hoi ly and has presented a beautiful win? dow in which Christmas toys and articles of dry goods are placed on display. Mrs. Lula Atkinson Is another mil? linery store which has attractively decorated windows, red and holly be? ing the chief articles used in decor? ating. The four big windows of O Donnell A Company are elaborately decorated, the displays of goods being according to which department of the store is represented by the window. Red paper, holly and moss are used to form an artistic combination in nne window In which the display of the grocery department is fruits and nuts. Red paper, a Christmas bell and holly form a scheme of decor? ation for a second window in which is placed a display of lamps. A third window is decorated with red paper, moss and holly, while shoes are plac? ed on display for the customer to look at before entering the store to pur? chase. Red and green with moss form the combination in the scheme Of decoration for the window in the eh.thing department, where men's Cl thin? Is placed in display. The Sumter Dry Goods Company has a display of Christmas hells with a background of red and green pa? per, the window being most uniquely and effectively gotten up to catch the eye of those who are out buying their Christmas goods. Displays of toys and Christmas goods, as well as more necessary articles are displayed in the windows. Strauss' store has used red and white in Its Scheme Of decorations, these colors being used in festoons In the windows. Nuts and fruits are the Christmas dainties placed in tho win dews for the housewife to secure from the Well-knOWn "quality" store. DuRant Hardware company has In Its windows a number of XmSS bells and the season is appropriately re? membered by a Collection <?f Santa ciaus*. and Santa In his sleigh driv? ing his famous reindeer, .f. m. Chandler has used green and red paper to decorate hi* wlndowi tnd has i Choice display of men's ar? mies of ( b.thing and suits which Is apt to draw the attention Of those ex? pecting to purchase "f these articles it tills season. Bultman Bros Shoe store has used rm>ss mil holly ip one show window, making a verj putty efleot, while the other window is uniquely decor nted with an artificial enow storm Shoes make up the exhibit f<>r the Christmas shopper. LfClrand'i Jewelry store has a col? lection of red and green draperies hanging In festoons and prssentlng an attractive appearance. Sibert'a Drug store is also decorated with colored tissue paper draped across the store and attractive dis? plays of useful articles are placed in the windows for display. Levy <& Moses have very pretty Windows in their store. Colored streamers draped in tsateful style in the windows make up the scheme of decoration and a display of fruits, nuts and candies make a most tempt? ing combination to entice the atten? tion of the housewife. Schwartz Bros have no special Christmas decorations, but have a beautiful display of dresses, furs and other articles wanted by the ladies in one window, while in the other they have an assortment of toys, and nu? merous things which are useful and which may serve as Christmas pres? ents. A large number of other stores have very attractively arranged windows in which Christmas goods are displayed, toys and fireworks being especially noticeable, but have not decorated elaborately for the Christmas and holiday season. state's textile kstablish ments. Paying Help $2,000,000 More Than In 1911 Says Commissioner WstSOIL Columbia, Dec. 17.?"I am gratified that without the u.?e of extensive child labor the textiles are this year able to pay nearly $2,000,000 more to the employees in wages and show an increase in value of their annual pro? duce of over $2,500,000.00," says Com? missioner Watson in hui annual state? ment on the condition of the textile plants in South Carolina. He says: "The showing made by the textiles at the end of this year is indeed a handsome one and it is a significant one, for it shows a very substantial and material development of the in? dustry, and what is of more general concern perhaps, very much better conditions as to labor. The total spindleage is now 4,463,911 against 4, 322,264 last year, thifi being an in? crease of 141,646 during the year. There has also been an Increase of 1,582 blooms. The capital in cotton mills is now $83,769,646, which shows the very handsome increase of $4, 880,192. The value of the annual pro? duct of our textiles has now Jumped to $73,502,000, which is an increase over the proceeding year of $2,674,090. "Referring to the labor conditions, It is noteworthy that this year $1, 836,486 more money haa been paid for wages than during the past year. The only decrease In the amount of wages paid shown by any class of the labor Is In the classification applying to girls under 16 years of age, which In? dicates that their work in the mills has been irregular, that they have been taking longer rests and more fre? quently attending schools. The total average number of persons employed in the textiles in South Carolina is now 47,757, which is an increase of 2,168 over 1911. It is gratifying that the largest proportion of the increase in the number of persons actually employed is in males over 16 years of age; that increase being represented by 1,625. There ? ere more women over 16 years of age employed during the year 1912 than during the year 1911 by 1,012. "Considering the condition as to child labor, it is very gratifying that there are 468 less children employed in the textiles in this State today than a year ago, and all of them are now over 12 years of age. This has oc? curred notwithstanding the increase in the number of people employed. In 1909 there were 8,432 children under 16 years of age employed; In 1910 there were S.312; In 1911, 7,958, and In 1 912. 7,490. There has been dur? ing the year a decrease of 517 boys and the increase of girls has been only 49; that class of employment having been kept practically at a standstill. I might call attention to the fact that just three years ago in the year 1909 we had 726 under 12 years of age children at work in the textiles. The next year, 1910, that number had been reduced to 620. I^ast year the number had been further decreased to 4 to and only 169 of those being girls. Then the new law strik? ing out all of the old exemptions and making it Imposslbls for a child un d< r 12 years of age to work for any cause became effective, and this year there is not a single child under 12 years of age employed BS far as we are aide to And through Inspection, though there may be an occasional Case that has escaped the inspectors. it is of much gratification to me, not? withstanding the rapid growth and development ol the textile industry that In three years time uith the av? erage number of employed people steadily Increasing, v>o come to the end of t he \ ear 1912 a ith \ \ less children under 16 years of age at work than we had -it the beginning oi that period. I am gratified, too, that without the use of extensive child labor the textiles are tins year aide \< pa} nearly two million dollars mon to the employes In wages and show .in Increase In ths value of their an nual product of over |!,G00,000.M THE CITRUS TRI POLI ATA AS A HEDGE PLANT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. South Carolina Experiment station? Press Bulletin No. ?8. (By Senator 11. R. Tillman.) One familir.r with the topography of the state and character of the Roll in tipper South Carolina understands why the soli washes away so badly. It embraces fully one-third of the State. Portions of this are mu< h more hilly than the rest. On certain soils of a red kind, owine: to the freeilng and thawing in winter, the washing and denudation is much more marked. Any land in this region ffrows Bermuda gra^s admirably, and, even where the BOll is gone, if the land is broken deeply and a little stalle manure used, Bermuda soon sods it over. On land entirely devoid of soil, or extremely poor the best way to secure a Bermuda sod Is to sow rye and fertilize with commer? cial fertilizers. The plant grows with less humus than any of the grains and the roots will serve to give the Bermuda a foothold If the rye is grown and allowed to rot on the land. Once sodded and put in pasture it re? cuperates and its fertility Is restored very rapidly. The trouble with grow? ing cotton on such land, as has been too long the custom, Is that having lost its humus, it washes very badly and soon becomes sterilized or so poverty-stricker, that it will not grow anything profitably. When land has been pastured sev? eral years and the Bermuda sod be? comes set and grows all over It, an admirable crop of oats can be grown on it if commercial fertilizers are used in the drill when the oats are ^own and no Injury will result to the grass at all. Oats should be sown every third or fourth year in such soils. In fact it makes better pasture for plowing it up deep and turning the Bermuda roots under the land. Such farms can be made profitable by stock-raising without the necessity of growing cotton. Cotton as every? one knows requires hoeing, and hoeing Bermuda sod is costly and laborious. There are thousands and tens of thou? sands of acres of land In the Pied? mont or regions north of Columbia that are very badly gullied or washed. These soils have all the mineral ele? ments In ample quantity to grow fine Bermuda grass. All they need is to get this grass on them and use them as pastures alternating with oats as I have already Indicated. There are many thousands of acres of land originally very fertile and densely wooded which are now given over to poverty-stricken old field pine thick? ets, full of gullies, where the pines are puny and show none of the vigor usual with that type of trees. How to restore these now barren and useless acres to productive agriculture Is one of the problems which Clcmson Col? lege seeks to solve. On its own farm j at the college it is showing the pos? sibilities of recuperation coming from Bermuda sod on lands once gul- j lied and washed away. What can be done at the college, and has been done, can be done throughout tho Piedmont region of the State. I The only drawback to making land profitable for stock-raising is the lack of fences. Anyone familiar with the expense and trouble of keeping up wire fencing must welcome the hedge plant that will grow under favorable conditions and produce a fence in from six to ten years according to the way it is treated. Such a plant is the Cm us trifoliata or hardy lemon. I have known the value ot this plant for twenty years or more. Dr. C. U. Sheppard at Summerville and Mr. P. J. Berckmans of Augusta, Ga., have grown the hedge successfully for thirty years or more. I have on my planta? tion at Trenton more than half a mile of such a hedge, a photograph of which is sent with this article, and it makes a fence entirely impervious to stock of ail kinds. To use the old Saxon adage. It is "pig light, horse high and bull strong." I doubt very much Whether even an elephant would like to tackle It for the mil? lions of thorns are very strong and sharp, and the bush which becomes a small tree when neglected, has a very stiff stem and is not easily bent. The only enemy 1 know and the worst one to the citrus hedge is fire. If crab grass is allowed to grow and leaves to accumulate under and around the hedge and then fire gets In it, the plants will soon die for they i are very sensitive to tire. My experh nee with this hedge has been so satisfactory that I felt war? ranted in urging the farmers every? where in He ? ' "?........... ... the Pledmonl Section, to try it with? out hesitation if they want a living fence thai will not rot down and needs very little pruning to keep in order. The plants should be pruned any time between the ist of November and the 1st ol* March. One pruning a year is ail thai is n< cesaary, \ pair of lop? ping shears with handles 3 feel long 's the I est tool for this purposs. If the hi due is allowed to grow more than feet tail, then W ter'a tree Ipruner with handle 8 feel long is the mo*t convenient tool to use. Either one of these tools will cut a stem one Inch in diameter. The parts removed by trimming should be raked up and burned. If an ornamental hedge is desired, then it :s desirable to prune three or four times during the grow? ing season, using the ordinary hedge shears. In England where they have the hawthorns hedges there Is a mow? ing machine which runs by horse-pow? er and both cuts oft the top of the hedges and trims the sides. The ma? chine iH arranged so that the cutting knife can be elevated to cut the top of the hedge and then it can be run perpendicularly to cut the sides. There may be two machines required to do his work, but 1 have seosj the ma hcines at work cutting off tho t >ps and trimming the sides Whether it was the same machine or tWO Jiffer ent machines, I do not know. The main thing is to cut when the growth is young and succulent before it hardens. In planting this hedge on poor land, as much of it will be planted on that character of land, the farmers ought to plow out a strip four or five feet wide with a two-horse plow and ar? deep as they can make it. The last five furrows ought to be sub soiled and the water furrow raked out with a hoe down to the clay and e ditch made. If this is filled with stable manure, so much the better. If this cannot be had rich earth raked up from the woods or low places where it has been washed should he placed in the bottom of this ditch and thoroughly mixed with a liberal oua-.itity of equal parts of cotton used meal, and kainit. This ought to inruie a rapid growth. The plant lives very easily as it has a lax?e number of roots. It 'is important that it should be cultivated after it : begins to grow so as to keep down the weeds and grass. This ca?i be done easily by plo.ving and work'.ng th> same as a row of corn. After the hedge is started and be? gins to grow, if there are any miss? ing places, they ought to he re? planted the next winter and extra care taken V> get large strong plants t.- replant with. The hedge should be cut down to the ground the first winter after it is planted and becomes established so as to make It bunch out low and make a close fence. The proper distance for the plants to be placed is from 18 to 24 Inches, not wider. OfOUSTM.AS DISTRJBCTIOX FUNTD. $409.98 Collected for Purchase of Gifts for Needy of City. The total amount of the Christmas. fund to be used in the purchase and distribution of gifts for the needy of the city amounts *to $409.89, exclu? sive of the $240 annually contributed by the estate of the late Mrs. Ella Tourney, which makes the total . amount to $648.89. Besides this amount Schwartz Bros have offered, to give toys amounting to about $5 in cash. The collection for last year, includ? ing the Tourney fund amounted to* $600.84, so it will be seen that the col? lection of this year is nearly $50 more than it was for last year. The part of this fund not used in the distribution of gifts at this season of the year will, be dispensed during the year from time to time as a special committee appointed for the purpose sees fit to dispense it to needy causes. The donations to tl.e fund this year were as follows: Cash Collection.$148.39 O Donnell & Co. 25.00 Woodmen. 25.00 Elks. 25.00 Thomas Wilson. 25.00 Jenkins Auto Spec. Co .... 25.00 Claremont Lodge, 64 a. P. If. 10.00 Beulah Chapter 25, R. A. It. . 10.00 Bhrtner's club. . .. 10.00 Bsstern star. 10.00 Knigh.s of Pythias. 10.00 Fire Department. 10.00 Jr. Order Am. Mec. 10.00 Baraca Class Washington St. Baptist Church. 10.00 Baraca Class First Baptist Church. 10.00 Christian Church. 5.00 J. R. Llgon. 5.00 EC D. Barnett. 6.00 j if. Chandler. 10.00 Bp Worth League Methodist Church. 6.00 Sumter Light linfantry . . . . 5.00 Lyric Theatre. 5.00 A Friend. 5.00 A Friend. 1.00 A Friend.60 Total.$409.89 To this, if added Mrs Tourney . , . 240.CO Iftt.ll Bchwartl Bros, assortment toys about. 5.00 Coughing at Night. *Ono bad cough can keep the whole family awake at night. Phil. Bisorneau. sehnte'-. Ma b., says: Ml could not sleep on account of a had cough, and 1 was very weak 1 used Poley's liom y end Tar Compound, and soon the cough left and 1 slept s. undly ail night." Mbertli Drug Store. Advt.