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1 I And, ee misfortune would have lt. 1 must needs catch my heel on the edge of one of the treads, and go sprawling on my hands and knees; while a poignant pain shooting cruelly through my ankle told me that a sprain was added to my mishap. For a minute I lay as I had fallen, prone and motionless; and In that space 1 realised the foolhardlnesa of my whole course of action. My very Intrepidity had contributed to disaster. Instead of accomplishing a capture 1 had cast myself, disabled. Into the mesh of the enemy. The Inky darkness snd profound si tones of the piece augmented, ot course, my apprehension. In rain 1 strained my eyes to distinguish an ob* ' Ject, my earn to detect a sound, yet 1 knew that the uncanny creature I had followed must be cloea to me; lurking, possibly, with raised or pointed weapon to mete out my fate once he made sure of my position. The minute?It could hardly hare more, though, as I think of It, It ad Infinitely prolonged?ended in a sound above and behind me. Very softly, carefully, some one was closing the cellar doors. Stealthily muffled though It was, the faint creaking of the hinges shattered the spell which held me. and In spite of my tortured ankle, I managed to gain my feet But ay now the silence reigned once again and in the engulfing blackness I lost all sense of direction. The suspenso of the moment was anendurable. To atand there waiting, ' mot knowing when or from what quar ter I should be set upon, was nervous torment so hideous that In sheer des peration I plucked my match box from my pocket, drew forth a match and ?track It to a blase. As It flared forth, he shadows In disorderly, if porary, retreat, I made quick chlng survey of my dungeon. To any amassment I was apparently quite alone. Relieved, In a treasure at least, I employee? another match and still an? other, hobbling painfully about the grimy, low-ceiled basement. In diligent Inspection. My first thought was that Johnson was In hiding, snd having lo? cated me by my own lighted matches, wslted now only an opportunity to throw himself upon me from behind. But I very toon discovered that be had fled. Evidently he had retraced his steps up the rude ladder to the street, closing the doors sfter him to ?heck my further pursuit. The place Into which I had follow, d hl*n was evidently a Chinese candy manufactory snd cake bakery. To the right of the entrance w ?re rows of shelves contslnlng Jars of w l.at 1 recognized aa sweetmeats peculiar to the celestial. In a large bowl on a rough table or counter was the gran" lated flour with which these confec t'ons are Invsriably powdered, and h?re, too, wt re boxes of round, Jurr.hle llke cakes. 1 saw now that the space apon which 1 had fallen was so re gtMgegd that I wondered how It was possible for my quarry to have -cach? ed the steps snd re ascended without touching mo or at least acquainting me with his movement. And 1 mar? veled, too, that twitting my ankle as I did. I had not plunged at a slant and strack my bead upon one or gay of the crowding 'shies and boxes with which the cramped basement wag fur My third ma'ch disclosed a narrow door In the broad partition at the rear, snd fancying that perhaps the e'uslve Peter Johnson had escaped by that means while I was getth?g to my feet, I lost no time In seeking to Investigate what was b. youd. 1 was somewhut sur? prised to find the door unfastened. Once open, It revealed a smaller end n"*re crowded room, warm snd fetid, Imo Which were packed no less than half a dosen bsrre'is of mw and cook? ed peanuts, arranged about a low stove oc which a peanut filled caul? dron was slowly steaming. Curiously interesting as all this would have been under ordinary cir? cumstances. I experienced only a sur? prised relief, for with my Injured an? kle I was In SC fettig to rope w hh even the wsakest adversary. Inde? d, now that this easement was afford i me. my sprain suddenly asserted Itgs If with renewed exacerbation, iharg twinges of pain shooting to my kn?? and demanding instant relief In front of the low stjve I had no? ticed a stool, ,'nd for 'his I groped with the esgern^ss of the drowning man sfter a straw. To my Joy I laid hands upon It. snd drawing It nearer ssnk down wttg a sigh of ratification ?romparable only to that with which a Msrathon victor drops to earth gft< : a gejtlf I ontested rsce. Graduallv. now that my Vtlgtl vgl removed, the psln lessened, and a sense of comfort ensued Content ment enfolded ? Vhtoh, if I I hot of It a' all. I attributed. I gSJgfJC S I< the reaction from the agony which I had lust been suffering. I rSgMalhel thinking that I would rest a few mln utes and then tun? my departure m1 had entered, for I realized that cellai doors arc fastened only from within, and that there could, therefore, be no impediment to my going when I ( hone. I distinctly recall that I was COIV ?clous of a certain strange Incongruity of situation, but could hardly coin pro hend In Just what the incongruity con? sisted. T kiK?w only that 1 felt plena em ly warm and drowsy; and m? ?prained ankle hac1 ceased altogethsi ! to pain or annoy. And then. I was sailing in an opal boat in mldoceau, and Peter Johnson, in oilskins, eat at the helm, with a saturnine leer on his face, and tugged at brief Intervals, always longer and stronger, upon what seemed to be th< sheet, which had become wrapped around my throat and cheat and which, by degrees, was crushing my Windpipe and lunga. so that my breath came only In sharp, shuddering, aching , gaspa. CHAPTER XV. Amyl Pearls. Who will deny thut a sturdy physique is a valuable asset? Had 11 not been for a deep chest, a powerful pair of lungs, a heart without a flaw and an underlying vitality such as li possessed by but a small minority in these degenerate times, I must cer? tainly have succumbed. For, as 1 learned later, 1 had inhaled enough carbon monoxide gas to have killed the average man of my age, twk< over. The stove on which the caul? dron of peanuts steamed was a char coal furnace, and the tiny space within that back room was impregnated with the heavy poisoned fumes to a dis? tance of four feet and more above the floor. Flitting on a low stool, bent for? ward over my sprained ankle, which for relief I had raised and rested across my other knee, I had come In contact with the deadly gas, breathing It without suspicion, until drowsiness Intervened and stupor, insensibility, and eventually coma followed. It is customary, I understand, to em* ploy rigorous treatment in such cases to effect resuscitation. If I am to be? lieve what I have been told of my con ditiou when discovered, 1 was very far on the way to dissolution. I was, In fact, moribund, and in the eyes of those who carried me from the cellnr to an urper room I was already dead. It Is perhaps neediest to add that no steps were taken to revive me. Even had I been regarded as still living I doubt that I should have received any other treatment. Providence, however, favored sat. I ' was thrown Into a bunk under one of the few open windows of Chinatown, and a door left ajar, by accident, prob? ably, drew across me a current of com? paratively pure oxygen. Thus Invited, nature reasserted Itself, and respira? tion, which had been temporarily suspended, gradually resumed its of? fice. With dawning consciousness cp.me acute discomfort. My head and bock ached nigh unbearably, and my ankle, swollen to twice its normal size, shot pains to my thigh. My tongue seemed too large for my mouth and my throat vag raw. Later, memory started a train of questions and eurmUes. A half light admitted through the open window gave unsatisfactory answer au to time and place. It might be dawn, midday or evening. I might still be In the same building Into the basement of which I had plunged after the so called Peter Johnsm, or l might be miles away. Yet of one fact I was assured. It was no longer night. Day had come again and eight hours at Uast must have passed since I stood killing time on the sidewalk In front of the restaurant In which I was to have m< t Yup Sing. And, as my mind chared, there rushed in upon me a recollection of Evelyn's apprehension and of my promise to reassure her not latir than eleven o'clock. Suffering as 1 was, I hyslcally, I know r.y mental distress at thought of how she must have waited with growing solicitude hour after hour for that Sipected ringing of the telephone bell; how, Indeed, she must, even now, be distraught, cot by uncertainty, but by the conviction that som?? ill?aom* serious 111?had befal? len me, was more poignant. In my engern? ns to relieve at oneo this unrest which I knew to be hers I would have risen, but my ttfOBgth was not tonal to the lost, My muscles refused to obey my will and I lay su? pine, Inert, poweilcss. 1 would havo learned the lima, but to seek my watch, which I fondly fancied was still In my pocket, seemed such an enormous exertion that 1 reluctantly gave over the idea. To breathe, to draw air into niv lungs and expel it, was prodigious labor, wearying me, it appeared, to exhaustion; though with every inhalation lucidity of thought and. I SUppoaa, physical foree i| wall, were being Imperceptibly augmented. After a time I found myself listen? ing Intently for sounds that mir.ht prove Informntory, while with head slightly turned I made scrupulous In? ventory of the room In Which I was i ribbed It was a cramped, confined place, unplustered, and furnished with four rough board bunks, one of v hieb 1 OCCUpled. The other three were empty; hut In the scant passageway aetwaei my renting place and thai op? posite was a stool, nnfl upon the stool the plpa snd other paraphernalia pe? culiar to opium smoking. Then, \. t> slowly, I bars cams to m? a realization of the vulpine Canning Of thes?? orientals Info whose hands I had fnllen. I was to be found here, dead, not from Inhalation of foul air in an 111 Ventilat.(1 ?.Dar, which might rx <lte suspicion and provoka inquiry, hu? from Oral Indulgence in opium, to Which I had probably been addicted f ?r >ears, unknown even t<^ rny closest friends, For lbs "hop fiend" there is Bmall sympathy, no matter what "Tils | position, and my family would hesl- ! t?te, therefore, to prosecute, prefer- ,' ring to avoid unpleasant publicity. Yes; it was very clear they had thought me dead, and so had left me , here unwatched and unattended with 1 the evidence of my mode of passing 1 theatrically displayed beside me. It only remained now for some employe or visitor to discover me and give the alarm. I had about reached this conclusion, after a long and desperately trying effort at logical reasoning, when my straining ears detected the sound of footsteps in the passage. The door of the den was slightly ajar and I lay well tn sight of any passer-by who should glance through the narrow opening. Whether to feign death, or boldly make known my recovered conscious? ness, was for just a moment a ques? tion. But before my sluggish brain \ could decide, choice was snatched from me. The footsteps paused, and ' simultaneously, it seemed, the door i swung farther Inward, disclosing, not the pig-tailed, greasy-bloused Mongol Ian I had expected, but a white wom? an, tall and shapely, with hair of Iron gray and the very kindliest eyes that ever I looked into. I made as If to speak, but my swol? len tongue refused to perform its office, and something that may best be described as a gurgle was the re? sult. With that she came to my side, and for a little regarded me silently. I felt that seeing the pipe and the little peanut-oll lamp, she must draw , the natural inference, and, though there was no reproach in her look, I wished, If possible, to correct that false Impression. I therefore made effort to gesture denial, employing a glance to Indicate the objects and a very feeble side movement of the head to express repudiation. It Is possible that she understood, but I question that she believed. I have no recollection that she spoke a ' single word to me, and yet, when she was gone, I felt that she would sure- ' ly return to my rescue. And I was not misled. I suppose this partial re lief to my anxiety resulted in a slack? ening of mental effort on my part, for I must confess that what followed is very vague In my memory. I know j only that she was accompanied by two men, one white and one yellow, ' who carried me down a narrow flight of stairs, out onto the street and into a waiting cab. I cannot recall that I spoke, but I learned afterward that I had mumbled the word "Loyalton," and thither she accompanied me. There a physician came, one whom I had never seen before; and I was dosed with aromatic spirits of am? monia and made to breathe oxygen through a funnel, by a white-clad nurse, who also, at intervals, painted my ankle with iodine, and, whenever , I attempted to speak, domineered me in a gentle and perfectly ladylike manner to silence. i With regard to sending word to Evelyn Gray son, however, I was In? sistent; and though she had refused absolutely to gratify my curiosity In other respects, she set my mind at rest on ihis point by Informing nie tha? Miss Qrayton had called up the Loy \ on by telephone several times and bad Urn Informed of my condl tion ftvg minutes after my arrival at my chambers. I There were times during the week which followed when I was nigh unto death; and when, finally, after ten days l wai pronounced convalescent, 1 it was with the added well-worn phrase that my recovery was "noth? ing short, or u miracle." it war en the eleventh day thai 1 was first permitted to see and talk with Evelyn. My mother bad called daily, sit ing in silence beside my bed, hut no other visitor In all that, to me, seemingly endless period, had been sdml led to my room. My curiosity **ai by low very keen to learn what bad developed in the Interval regarding the Cameron mys? tery. Had be, by chance, been heard from? What had the det? ctlve agency reported concerning Phlletui Mur? phy? And what, l wished to know most of all, had Yup Sing discovered? I was in a dr< BBlng gown, pillowed and footttooled In a great leather chair gwaltlng my visitors?for Mrs. Lancaster came with Evelyn?when their names were announced. I sup? pose I looked ill?though, save for g grievous weakness, I was feeling lit enough?for Evelyn's smile as she en tend merged instantly into an e-x presslon of mingled anxiety and sym? pathy. I know that with her coming 1 awoke to the truth that my desire for information was a far lest moving factor than my craving for sight of her and fur the music of her voice, and my only regret was that the un? derstanding between us had not reached the stage of acknowledged betrothal; which, I make basic to add, was certainly n? fault of mine. Weak as I was my arms ached to ft Id her in a reassuring embrace; yet must I content myself with a mere fe rve nt hand-elasp and an oral decla? ration that I was by no means so le? hie as I appeared. Nev< rtheless l was delighted to see that she gave small e\ denco of the strain she had been under. Sa\" lor a slight additional pallor she was still the same wholesome-looking, thor? oughly-poised ^irl of a fori night ago. And my admiration for b< r took on an added measure because of this renew? ed evidence of her sterling courage. "And you promised me to be dis? creet!" she reproached! h*T smile re? turning, her hand still in mine. "I did not foresee iu< h provocation to Indiscretion," I pleaded, with un attempted gayety of tone that must have seemed Incongruous. "To have hi i n discreel under I be circum? stance! would have Involved a repeti? tion of the one m'stake for whb n you blamed me. You don't know, of course, why I jumped down a ladder Into a pitch-black cellar, do you?" "I know you were? in pursuit of some one?a pickpocket, they say, who had taken your watch." "Do they say that?" I asked, inter? ested. "That is what Miss Clement learn? ed." "Miss Clement?" I queried. "Who is Miss Clement?" "Oh, I forgot that you don't know. Miss Clement is the missionary who found you in the?is It 'hop joint' they call it?" "The lady with the kind eyes?" At my designation her face bright- , ened responsively. "You rememoer her, then!" she cried, delightedly. "Hasn't she kind eyes? And she doesn't belie them, either. She's just the dearest, most self-sacrificing creature 1 ever knew." For the moment we had both for? gotten Mrs. Lancaster, and when I would have apologized I found that \ my nurse had carried her off Into the next room and was interestedly show? ing her some framed photographs of the Siena cathedral. "And Miss Clement learned that I pursued a pickpocket?" I went on, when Evelyn had drawn a chair near me and sat down. "A very clever explanation to account for the disap? pearance ci my watch, but not the true one. As a matter of fact, the person I followed was a miscreant of a deeper dye. When I last saw him, previous to this encounter, he was known as Peter Johnson." Wide-eyed, the girl s'ared at me for an instant. I i u BE CONTINUED) Escaped After Fifteen Years. *\v P. Broyles made a successful escape after fifteen years of suffering from kidney and bladder troubles. Foley Kidney Pills released him and will do just the same for others. He says: " They cured a most severe backache with painful bladder irreg? ularities, and they do all you claim for them." Refuse substitutes. Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. We hope that Mr. Worthington will make an even more worthy-ton of Bumter than it is?Florence Times. Hints for Housekeepeis. ?Keep Foley's Honey and Tar Com? pound always ??n hand, and you can quickly head off a cold by its prompt use. It contains no opiates, heals and Soothes the Inflamed air passages, stop? the cough, and may save a big doctor's hill. in the yellow pack age, Sibert's i?rug store.?Advt. <)\ TO MONROE, N. C. South Carolina Western Begins Work On Extension to Monroe, Through the South Carolina West? ern railroad, the new r?>ad running out from McBee t<> Hartsville and Florence and from Hartsville to Sum ter, the Seaboard has secured control of the C. M. & C, railroad, running from McBee to Jefferson. Work has already been started, we are told, on the strengthening of the road and the overhauling and putting in order of the engines, and it is said that work has been started on the extension of the road from Jefferson to .Monroe, X. C.?Cheraw Chronicle chronic Constipation Cured. "Five years ago I had the worst case of chronic constipation I ever .<new of and Chamberlain's Tablets cured me," writes 8, F. Fish, Brook? lyn, Mich. For sal.- by all dealers. ?Advt. Mrs. Siedl, wit.- of Mr. A. V. Snell Secretary of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, in Oklahoma tu ?.lose up their home, previous to her com? ing here about the first of February. On going to Bumter Mr. and Mrs. Snell rented their home in the West furnished, thinking they would return there, i ut since it is decided that Mr. Snell remain in south Carolina, tie home is to P.- closed. M:s. Snell has many relatives in this part of tin country, being connected with the Whaleys, Baileys, and other promi? nent families on BdlstO Island.? < h?rtesten Post. Cliamlierlaln's t ough Remedy. This remedy has no superior for c- ughs ami colds, It is pi- sant to take, it contains no opium or other narcotic, it always cures. For sale by all dealers Advt. FRANK < II W< I To S \X USE >. INKS. ig Ii?, to Pilol Farrell's Club for Three ears, Chicago, Jan. 8. ? Frank Chance, the former Chicago National League team's manager, today was signed to manage tin- \> w York American League Club at a salary and Interest which amounts t.. 1120,ooo for th< three years, for which he contracted the largest amount ever paid i has. hall player, t >f this sum .<7.'i. 000 is salary and the remainder tin estimated value <t ?< p> r cent of th< n< l earnings of the club. IViglitful Polar Winds bloa with terrific force at the fai north and piny havoc with the skin causing red, rough or sore chapped hands and lips, that need Rucklen'i Arnica Salve to heal them it make; the skin .'"it and smooth l'nrlvale? for cold sores als., burns, boils, s?rci ub ? : s, cut bruises and piles i ml; 25c at Slbei l'i I >rug Stor< Advt. EXTENSION OF PARCEL POST. HITCHCOCK V.OCLD VPPLY IT TO THIRD CLASS MATI Kit. Descriptive Tugs or Printed Mutter Ma) Be Inclosed xv ? 11 * Packugc* For N? u Sert lee. Washington, Jan. ?.?It is likely, in the judgment of authorities of the pcstofHce, to be only a short time until books and other printed matter now handled as third class matter at 8 cents a pound, wdl be mad' ma liable as parcel post matter. Steps, it became known today, already have be* n taken to have congress to amend the postal act to cover this feature. In line with this Postmaster Gener? al HltchCOCk decided today that send? ers of parcel post packages contain? ing merchandise might enclose mat? te, descriptive of the contents with? out affecting their classification. His order Is an amendment to existing parcel post regulations, which pro? vide thai the inclusion in a package Of any printed matter makes it third el ass. in rendering his decision the post? master general held that the object of the parcel post law was to en courage the mailing of greater quan? tities of fourth class matter. It was shown to lorn that much of the mer? chandise s(-nt by the parcel post re? quired descriptive tags or labels and in his decision he held that such printed matter came within the term "for purpose s of description" used in the law. STATEMENT. Of Bartow Walsh ami \V. s. Jones, Chairmen of Committee for Distri? bution of Christmas Fund. To amount received from: Collection at meeting.148.39 Christian Church. 5.00 J. R. Ligon. 5.00 Epworth class, 1st Methodist Church. 5.00 Eastern Star. 10.00 Baraca Class, Washington St. Baptist Church. 10.00 Jenkins Auto Spec. Co. 25.00 The Elks. 25.00 .Mrs. R. i>. Graham. l.oo A. M. Broughton. .25 William Broughton. .25 Herbert Parrott. L.OO Junius Parrott. 1.00 Baraca Class, 1st Baptist Ch. 10.00 Fire Department. 10.00 W. W. Rees. Congregation Slnal. 10.00 Thomas Wilson. 25.00 Beulah Chapter, lL A. M. lO.o.? Knights of Pythias. 10.0'? O'DonneII ft Co. 25.00 H, 1?. Barnett. 5.00 shrinei s* Club. 10.00 Woodmen. 25.00 Sumter Light Infantry. 5.00 Jr. Order Am. Mec. 5.00 J. C. Cooper. 1.00 11. j. McLaurln, Jr. ?Tames Shaw. 1.00 Claremont Lodge 64, a. P. M. 10.00 Lyric Theatre. 5.00 J. W. McKetver. 1.00 T. W. McCollum. LOO I City Council, from Tourney Ba? tate. 240.00 1651.89 Exp< ml. d.6500.69 I talance.$ 151.20 Paid Out. Cash to: Mrs. Bell. 2.00 Alms "House. 5.00 Miss Gibson, for sick child. . . . 5.00 1?. J! Chandler Clo. Co. 6.00 Ladies Committees, toys, cloth? ing, etc.11.*. 1 Cash to: Sumter Gro. Co for groceries . 26.50 W. H. Vat es. 23.25 v. 11. 1-helps. 33.30 Moses * Ire n. 26.35 \. .\. Strauss ft Co.? . . 2:1.2"? ! Le y ft Mos? s. 28. l "? Cuttlno ?v McKnlght. 20.75 j ? ? Donnell ft Co. 26.25 Ducker ft Bultman. 27.7". 1?. J. Auid for wood. 23.25 C. \V. Smith & Co. team.. .. !.<"? Boston Candy Kitchen, for fruit. .". 7.7" .1 P Commander, wood., .. 16.25 Crosswell A Co. 1 ii"?* crackers. . 4.50 Geo, i". Bp person, coal. 7.75 s i r 1111? r Dry Goods Co., order M Iss Gibson. 2.15 Mrs. Hlnson. 3.00 I'. \. Lynam. .75 Total.$500.61? '!*.. 1 he Public: Having been appointed 1 ?5 Die Sunday School miss meeting, to tribute this fund "For Christma??," we have discharged our trust ind render herewith u full statement. Tl meeting \\ hh h appoint! ? us, 1 b> 1 ? - olutlon 1 pro> kilns foi 1 he n ppo m ment of a comm Ittee oi ? in hi i?> the ministers and Kunda> School stieprin tendents, log? t lt< r w 11 h Cit) Co >n< 1 to take ' harge of am surplus, \\i ? n 1 ?. 1:. .w Walsh, \\. h Jones ( ?(?MM I IK 1 AI. OltC.AXIZ 1TIOX \\ IDI.M.I? SCOPE or CSE* FULNESS. Xol mm eh a Stiliiulunl for Growth of Population ? Co-ordinate the Force* of i'ities Into Co-operative i bit. Coltrobla, S. C.?Lucius K. Wilson, kn v i5 as "the foremost chamber of commerce man In Arne iea,' has pre* pared the following article on the work ?'i commercial organisations showing the necessity for co-oper? ation : Th?* tre nendous spread of chamber of comm- ice organizations?of city promotion eiforts?is one of the great* eat pheromena of the present day. Fifteen years ago the fingers of one hand would have been sufficient to number the organisations of this sort In the United States that were well financed, thoroughly established, and making progress, A reasonably cor? rect list of the associations in exist? ence about August I, 1912, showed 4,"00 of these. Figured in percentage, the growth has been stupendous. If the calculation is based on the dollars annually expended the increase is still more startling. Seventy-live Ameri? can cities spend an aggregate of about $3,000,000 annually in self-promotion. Chanibevs of commerce have done more?much more?than merely stira* I ulate grow th in population for the home town. The scope of their or j ganized efforts has spreaJ, year by year, until these associations are tre? mendous ethical forces in a thousand business communities. Men are social animals and the chamber of commerce offered the only non-partisan, non sectarian body in which business method's. merchandising ideas and ^ commei i al ideas could be brocaded. The organisations developed into clearing uouse for business thought. Fnext i cted things always happen when men are brought into public conferen? e. The "power of publicity" is a miuhty thing. When business men met in chamber of commerce sessions and expressed opinions con? cerning commercial practices in lines other than their own they unanimous? ly demanded the observance of a high standard of ethics by the "other fel? low." It Is a good tiling for a com? munity when any group of men defi? nitely v dee a standard of business practices of cltisenshlp to be applied t?> others If the hardware merchants can refc rm the drygoods dealers, or the grocers point a better road to the bankers of the town it is worth while. The great public always profits from the light no matter who trims the candle. Out of much meeting together, men harn tb<- "Art of Co-operation." A Democrat y can not exist unless men know s mething of it. The best part of a political campaign is not the elec? tion ncr the successful candidate, but the re ex of the team work on the people The chamber of commerce brought co-operation into the business Held. Until It came business men re? garded competitors as enemies and sought by secret means their destruc? tion. Mankind's attention was fasten? ed up* n those points wherein one's -. ltish gain might be lessened by an I other*: activity. The thought of the busin? ss w orld was c oncerned with ! destru tive differences Instead of con j structP ?? likenesses in lines of trade, j The chamber of commerce In ! Ameri < have been great teachers that I change l the slant of the business I mind. Through organizations the consciousness of the constructive community opportunities have come to cities and towns. Individual com? mercial problems have been Solved . nmi sse. Transportation charges, freight classifications and contentions with rallroai? have been adjusted for en? tire communities at one time. Efforts to enlarge a city's trade territory by both wholesale and retail merchants have been successfully made by or? ganized co-operation. Business theory and practices have been Improved and enricheC by the ex? hange of Ideas among men who are no longer afraid to talk a ith competitors, Thn ugh the same medium, men have learned to join together to da* velop agriculture, not because they were I rmers, but because the pros? perity of the farmer meant collater? al pr< sperity for them. They have eneon raged schools, not because they needed education, but because an In* udligeni community is the only satis? factory place for business. They have found that enterprise is a state of mind md Is susceptible to <-uiti vnt Ion, Th< Toadening of community spirit is dt?- id to be a more potent force m tb? next l" years than ever before. Men a learning to th nix In larger unit- The individual is multiplying his et! i n< v The emphasis of tin presen' is on men of constructive thougi . iirriagc Llcenc*' Itccord \ n rrlag< license h is been lseue< to st< i ben Uoyd and Va rlc tfelsoi