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Seven Keys ? T\ TO Baldpate BtBJt B1GGEK5 Mr. ifagee. on the landing, wbisper ed Into but companion? ear. Ml think "Cleer oof ho enacted. down end greet our guest*He ber grasp hie arm suddenly an ch In fenr, but be snook off ber eojt.eVebeneirty descended to the belew. evening, gentlemen/' be seid "Welcome to Bs Id pete. Please .lon't attempt to explain. W#re re1 np on explanations now. To* Mate the fifth ley, of course." 'awe big man advanced threateningly. Mr. Manne se n that his face was very rets um Jamnt mry thick, but bis month a ante little cupel's bow that might we* ha?e adorned a dainty baby in ton-park. ?*g*Vly are you?" bellowed toe mayor of Tteutou In a tone meant to be cow a "I forgot" replied Mr. Magee easily. * Bland, who am I today V The .mayor pointed dramatically to Unfein*. Mf give yoo fifteen minutes," be roar ed, "to peek op and get out 1 don't want you Bern. Understand?" 1% CergRu's aide came the Blinking figure of Lud Max. His f* ce was the withered yellow of nn old lemon. '"Clear out" he gnarled "ety no meens," replied Magee. "1 wachere first Pot me cat, will yon? Wejl. perhaps, after a fight Bnt I'd behack In en hour, and with me what? ever pohW tinner Asquewan Faun ownn to." %% saw that the opposing force wav? ered et this. want no trouble, gentlemen," he went on. "Bellere me, 1 shall be hap? py to have your company to dinner. Your command that 1 withdraw la Ui timed, not to say IU natu red and Im? polite. Let us all forget it" The mayor of Reuton turned away, anl his dog slid Into the shadows. fert 1 your promise to Btay to dieterT* went on Magee. No answer from the trio lo the dusk. "81 glves consent," be added gaily le ran up the stairs. At tue top of second flight be met the girl, nod eyes, he thought, sboue in the MM ?Ob. I'm so glad," she whispered. *?Ulsd uf what /" asked Magee. "That you ars not or. tbelr side," she answered. Mr. Magee paused st the door of No. 7. *1 should say not" be remarked. "Whatever It's all about t should say not Put on your prettiest gown, my lady. I've Invited the mayor to din f One summer evening In dim dead days gone by an Inexperienced head waiter at Baldpate Inn bad attempted td eeet Mrs. J. Sanderson Clark of Httsburgh at the same table with the t/nassomlug Smiths of Tiffin, O. The remerks of Mrs Clark, who wbb at the time busily engaged In try it g to found s first family, lingered long in the memory of those who heard them. So long. In fsct thst Miss Norton, standing with Mr. Magee in the hotel See awaiting the aigual from Peters it dinner was ready, could repeat them almost verbatim. Mr. Magee cast A humorous look sbout. "Lucky the manners and customs of the summer folks aren't carried over lato the winter." he said. "Imagine a Mrs. Clark asked to sit at table with the mayor of Ben ton and his pictur? esque bot somewhat soiled friend. Mr. Mat 1 hope the dinner la a huge sue cess." wghe girl laughed ? * n*rv?"??<r?A of a bnft soe remarked. "Don t worry. The hei mit aud hta tiua won't fall you." Together They strolled to n window. The snow had begun to fall again, and the lights of the little hamlet below showed but dimly through the white blur. "I want you to kuow," said the girl, "that 1 trust you uow. And wheu the time cornea, as it will soon?toulght?I am going to aalt you to help me." She stopped and looked very serious? ly Into Mr. Ma gee's face. "I'm mighty glad." be answered In a low tone. "From the moment 1 saw you weeping In the station I've want? ed to be of help to you. The station ageut advise*! me not to interfere. He said to become Involved with a weep? ing woman meant trouble. The fool. As though any trouble"? "He was right." put in the girl; "it probably will mean trouble." "An though any storm." finished Mr. Magee, "would uot be w^h the rain? bow of your smile at the end." "A very fancy figure/' laughed she. "But storms aren't nice." "There are a few of us," replied Ma? gee, "who can be merry through the worst of them becauao of the rainbow to come." For answer she flattened her finely modeled nose iuto shapeleasness against the cold pane. What Mr. Magee flippantly termed bis dinner party was aeated at laat. and there began a meal destined to linger long In the memories of those who partook of it Puxsled beyond words, the boat took stock of bis guests. Opposite him. at the foot of the table, be could see the lined tired face of Mrs. Norton, dased. uncompre? hending, a little frightened. At his right the great red acreage of Cargan's face held defiance and some amuse? ment; beside it sneered the cruel face of Mai; beyond that Mr. Bland a coun? tenance told a story of worry and im? potent anger. And on Mr. Mogee's left aat the professor, bearded, specta? cled, calm, aeemlugly undisturbed by this queer flurry of eveuts, beeide the fair girl of the station, who trusted Magee at last. In the first few mo? menta of silence Mr. Mngee compared bar delicate features with the coarse, knowing face of the woman at the ta? ble's foot and Inwardly answered "No." Without the genial complement of talk the dinner began. Mr. Peters ap? peared with another variety of big can? ned soup, whereupon the alienee was broken by the gastronomic endeavors of Mr. Max and the mayor. Mr. Ma? gee was reflecting that conversation must be encouraged, when Cargan sud? denly spoke. "I lope I ain't putting yon folks out none." be remarked, with obvious aar- 1 cssm. Mlt ain't my habit to drop in |( uiieYpected like tbla. But business"? "We're delighted. I'm sure." said Mr.11 Magee politely. "I suppose you want to know why 11 I'm here." the mayor went on. "Well" -be hesitated-"it's like tbla" "Dear Mr. Cargan." Magee broke In. "spare us. 1 pray, and spare yourself. We have bad explanations until we are weary. We have decided to drop them altogether and just to take it for granted that, lu the words of the eong. we're here because we're here." "All right" replied Cargan. evidently relieved. "That suits me. I'm tired explaining anyhow. There's a bunch of reformers rose up lately in lieu ton. Maybe you're beard about 'em. A lovely t joch. A white necktie and a half portion of brains apiece. They say they're going to do for me ot the next election." Mr. Mux laughed harshly from the vicinity of his soup. "They wrote the first joke book, them people." be said. "Well." went ou Cargan, "there ain't nobody to insignificant and piffling that people won't listen to 'em wheu they attack a man lu public life. So I've bad to reply to thla comic opera bunch, and. aa 1 say. I'm about wore out ex? plaining. I've hod to explain that 1 never stole the tovn 1 used to live In In Indiana and that I didn't stick op my father with o knife. It gets mo? notonous. So I'm much obliged to you for passing the explanations up. We won't bother you long, me and Lou. I got a .'ttle buslneaa here, and then we'll mo v along. We'll clear out about 9 o'clock." "No," protested Magee. "So soon? We most make It pleasant for you while you stay. I always hate boats who talk about their servants. 1 hare a friend who bores me to death be? cause be baa a Jap butler be believes waa at Mukden. But 1 think 1 am justified in calling your attention to ours. Mr. Peters, the hermit of Bald pate mountain. Cooking ia merely hia avocation. He la writing a book." "That guy?" remarked Cirgan, In? credulous. "What do you know about tbatr asked Mr. Bland. "It certainly will get a lot of hot advertising if It ever appeara. It's meant to prove that all the trouble In the world has been caus? ed by woman." The mavor considered. (To he Continued.) More than llt,f#i young trees aro befosj Set out his Spring on national forests in ITtah and southern Idaho, and tho BOanoa is reported mm particul? arly favorable to their BUOCOSaful growth. Mensen Lee Paeetiall of Richmond and C, F. Whltted of North Carolina, owner and proprietor of tho Clare* BJSSfti Hotel, respectively, were in town \cMtenluy and today, The Imperial Hotel was hotighl by the Poaehalla, bnl they have not yH given out in r it Will b? nsnd. LOST FKiHT FOR FRANK. Hespoato KfTort Will be Made In Mo? tion Tomorrow for New Trial. Atlanta, June 4.?The last and probably the most desperately eon tested fight on behalf of Leo M. Frank will come Into the supreme court tomorrow when arguments will be heard on the motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that Frank was denied his constitutional rights by being absent when the verdict was rendered. In case Judge Hill renders an unfavorable decision two motions then remain for review by the State Supreme Court, one to set aside the verdict and the other is an extraor? dinary motion fo a new trial. Flies. Killing flies is of little permanent benefit. So long as there Is abund? ant food for them in the shape of putrescible dirt, and breeding places in the shape of manure, garbage, etc., nature will see to It that a sufficient supply are on hand to clean up af? ter careless humans. Theoretically one pair of flies which have escaped the swatter could in a season become the ancestors to enough to give even New York or Chicago its customary swarm. The only remedy for the fly pest is to remove the breeding places, as it is the only remedy for the mos? quito pest. When our stagnant ponds are all drained, and all the city fret from decaying garbage and manure, then we may hope for a llyless town Municipal Journal. Forest Notes. There is a considerable amount ot yew in California, and makers of bow* are seeking material there for arch? ery sets. Forest botanists recognize only one cypress in the United States. It: range extends from Delaware south? ward around the coast into Texas and up the Mississippi valley to Illinoh> and Indiana. It is one of the few crone-bearing trees which drop their leaves in winter. The heartwood 01 cypress is noted for its decay-resistant properties. The Chinese national conservation bureau is considering reforestation at the headwaters of the Yellow River. The government report shows that this will ameliorate the torrents and ?ause a more regular flow from th< low denuded uplands. It is acknowl? edged, however, that this reforesta? tion may not have an appreciable ef? fect within the lifetime of the pres ant generation. Angora goats have been used with profit to keep fire lines clear of in? flammable vegetation on national for? ests in California. Last year the fire loss or. the Ca? nadian timber reserves was the smallest ever known, only one-fiftieth of one per cent of the area being burned over. Armstrong lake, within the Bear tooth national forest, Montana, is said to rival the famed Lake Louise of the Canadian Rockies. It lies at an ele vatlon of 7,000 feet surrounded b> towering mountains. A good road which can be traveled in half a da> by automobile connects it with the railroad at Billings. A rustic hotel has recently been completed, and and many trails make the surround? ing region accessible. The South in the Saddle. (From a catalogue of new dance rec-1 ords.) "All Aboard for Dixieland." "When the Midnight Choo-Choo leaves for Alabam'." "Virginia." "Waiting for the Robert E. Leo." "There's a Qlrl In the Heart of Maryland." MOn the Mississippi." "Trail of the Lonesome Fine." "I'm doing Back to Memphis, Tenn. - "Dixieland." "Cotton." "Soulhern Roses." "Down in Chattanooga." "Celebration Day in Tennessee." ?The State. The city of Taioma. Washington, has entered int?> a cooperative agree? ment with the forest service for the protection of the source of Its water supply, the watershed of the (Been river, which lies within the Ruinier national forest. The two agencies working together will protect this stream from the results of forest ?le? st ruction by tho or by other agen? cies. Manufacturers havo found that reil alder from the Pacific coast is a suit? able material for clothespins. Aider makes a white, smooth, springy pin. As a result of this fact, a clothespin factory, said to be the tirst on the I'a elflc const, may lie established at Port is n<< ' ir??w>o. Y. M. C. A. TEAMS PUT UP GOOD EXHIBITION OF BASEBALL. Sumter B?ys do Fine Work In Tlielr Opening (lame?Fast Fielding Marked Game of Wednesday Even? ing?Several Star Plays? During Oaane Pitchers Did Well?Ground Bad. The llrst baseball game of the sea? son for the Bumter Y. M. C. A. team was played on Wednesday afternoon at the local grounds with the Y. M. C. A. team from Columbia and was an excellent exhibition of baseball, al? though it resulted in a victory of 4 to 1 for the visiting team. There were comparatively lew errors on either side and the majority of these could be excused because of the poor condition of the ground, especially be? tween the home and first bases and around the pitcher's box and in the vicinity of the short stop. The Co? lumbia team got four hits from Park? er, two of them being for two bases. The Bumter team lacked ability to hit the hall, but managed to get three hits from Duncan. The game was featured by fast fielding, several catches little less than startling having been made on both sides. In the first inning Hayns? worth caught a flay from Sutherland, after a long run, which looked like It was good for two bases at least. Chandler made a beautiful running catch of what looked like a hit by stabbing t with his right hand. 10 dens in return caught a fly in the same way, barely being able to reach It with his right hand. Mulloy in left field caught a long tilt over his head by a good run backwards and a high leap. Parker pitched a good game for the Bumttr boys, striking out six men and giving only one* base on balls. Duncan gave four bases on balls and struck out two men. He .ilso made several wild pitches. In the frst inning by a scratch hit Mazyck tr ade llrst base and scored on two wild throws by Schuyler and Nash. In the sixth the Sumter team made one run. Haynsworth secured a base on balls, was advanced to sec? ond by another base on balls and got home on ('handler's hit. ? In the seventh Columbia made one more run and in the eighth Mazyck scored his second tally and Edens also scored. In batting Bultman was the star, having secured two two-base hits, while Mazyck secured the other two hits for his team. For Sumter the team played well together and for the most part gave the pitcher excel? lent support. Dunne's catching was remarkablj good and Kortjohn's playing at second was nice work. Haynsworth starred in the field. The gam 2 was marred somewhat by protests against decisions by the umpire, which the spectators seem? ed to think were decidedly wrong. The attendance was not near what it was expected to be %or what it should have been considering class of baseball which was put up. The team needs the support of their home town people and there should be a good attendance when they play at home. The line up was: Sumter, Havns worth, of; Hurst, ss; Chandler, F., rf; Schuyler, 3b; Nash lb; Chandler, J., Marrimon, If; Kortjohn, 2b; Dunne, c; Parker, p. Columbia, Mazyck, cf; Edens, 2b; Hurley, lb; Hornsby, 3b; Sutherland, ss; Barkadale, rf; Bultman, c; Muller, If; Duncan, p. Umpire, Alva Green. Clarendon County News. Manning Times. Mrs. W. Jasper Turbevllle of Tur bevllle, was operated on for appen? dicitis at .he Tourney hospital last Saturday, r nd the reports from that institution are very encouraging. nee Died at .he Tourney Hospital in Sumter Sunday, Mr. Ezra P. Ged? dings aged about 69 years. The de? ceased was a splendid type of citizen, modest but always ready to perform any duty which would benefit his community. He served on the board of county commissioners a number of years ago, and was considered one of the aafeat men In that department. The funeral took place at Calvary Monday. e e e Died at bis home near Midway, last Thursday. Mr. George Boss, aged about BO years. The service took place at Midway church Friday. Work of laying the brick on the second block of Liberty street has been commenced and la proceeding rapidly. The llrst block to be com? pleted will be opened tor traffic in tli* next day or two, as soon as the expansion joints arc put in. Results from western white pine plantations three seasons or more I old show an average of s*7 per cent success. <>n average white pine soil I planting ? an be conducted for fr? i In tli pnr acre. TUB FARM LOAN RILL. Most of the opposition Comes from1 Money Lenders. The large insurance companies which have many millions of dollars, in loans on farm lands in the middle west are terribly exercised over the farm loans bill now pending in con? gress. The officials of the companies are hurrying about the country, seek? ing a footing to make a stubborn light to delay the passage of the bill as long as possible with a vague hope of defeating it. It will take from the insurance and loan companies the cream of their safest and most profit? able investments, officials of the com? panies say. An official of one of the eastern companies was investigating condi? tions in Kansas recently. His company has more than five million dollars in farm loans in Kansas. Many of the loans are coming due and applications for renewals are for a short time only, in many instances the official admit? ted. He wanted to know the reason and he found it. Many farmers in Kan? sas and other States who have mort? gages held by eastern insurance com? panies on their land hope that within another year the bill will pass con giess and that they can obtain lower interest rate and better terms. The official of the insurance com? pany admitted the large companies would not permit the ground to slip* from under them without stubborn resistance. First, he divulged, an ef? fort would bo made to delay the bill in congress. The Democratic caucus already has decided to delay the bill until the next term of congress. In the meantime all the insurance com? panies and all the farm loan com? panies, with the great financial in? terests behind them, will marshal their forces to obtain further delay and consummate the defeat of the bill if they can. That was made plain from the casual talk with the in? surance officials. "What is the sentiment among the farmers in your State for the farm loan bill?" is the question that is be? ing asked the thousands of agents in all parts of the United States by the large companies. Invariably the answer has been that sentiment is so strong the tide cannot be turned. And the additional information is given that the farmers have faith in President Wilson's abili? ty to push through the bill, and that they haven't even a suspicion that President Wilson will permit the bill to be long delayed or "Jokers" inject? ed into it. But that kind of information is not putting a crimp in the effort the in? surance companies will make to stem the tide of semimcnt among the farmers for the bill, the insurance company officials admitted. It only makes it necessary to spread a little more poison and the delay of ihe measure In congress will afford just that opportunity. Be prepared to spill your idle sym? pathy for the poorly distressed insur? ance companies with only millions to lend. Here Is the most effective argu? ment those who make large farm loans offer against the hill: "Farm loans furnish an absolutely safe means of investment for the mil? lions of dollars the insurance com? panies handle of the policy holders' money,' the insurance company offi? cials said. "The millions of policy holders are interested in seeing the safe channels of Investment maintain? ed. We lent millions on Kansas land in the last fow years and never lost a dollar. The same is true of other States in the middle west. The rate of interest is less than the money could be obtained elsewhere. The millions of the big insurance com? panies have been poured into the farming sections of the country to develop that side of the American in? dustrial life, with marvelously benefi? cial results. "Why should the man who must borrow money to buy a farm favor the farm loan bill? The moment :t passes congress there will be a large demand created for farm lands?far greater than ever before in this coun? try. People who want to get away from the grind of city life, the class of men who have been renters and the small farm owner who wants more fand will seek to take advantage of] the new law to obtain loans from the government to buy land on long time payments at a lower rate of interest than now prevails. The result will be the price of land will go sky high?so high the little fellow can never get out from under the "burden. It is true the rate of interest will be lower after the pas sago of the bill ami the terms of pav be a little more liberal but boost in the prices of the lid only the large land ? would like to sell. It will ient to the one gallus fel ') nts to borrow and buy. estate speculator and the I state owner would reap a 1 ul how about the little fel I rows and must pay ?'? I ?xrt.T* ? the Insurance of ficials to be sunVieut argument why there should bi a public uprising against the passage of the bill. "Land values are so high now in ?erne sections a poor man can't afford to make the attempt to buy," the in? surance official added. "Just watch the prices go jumping when the Mil passes?if it ever passes." The prospects of the passage of the bill are so strong *he insurance men admitted the companies now are con? sidering other lines of investment. "But there is no loan so safe as a good farm loan,"' he said. "That is the reason we ar^ so much exercised over the passage J,f the bill. It will hurt and hurt mighty bad." Failed to Specify. Governor Blease is quoted as say? ing in his speech at Whitmires In Xewberry county Saturday, that the recent revision oi the constitution of the Democracy of South Carolina was an attempt to deprive the poor white man of his vote. It is hard to be? lieve the governor made such a state? ment, for that statement is an in? sult to the intelligence of the poor white man. The poor white man has little or no rooney, otherwise he would not be a boor white man, but whoever picks him out for a fool will find himseit badly mistaken. Governor Blease. did not, apparent? ly go into detail?. He made a charge and let it go at that. Therein he was wise, for it is impossible to show wherein the new constitution makes an attempt to deprive the poor white man of a vote. Take the changes made by the new onstitution and an? alyze them and try and discover wherein they ever. ?,quint at depriving the poor white man of a vote. 1. The old club rolls were abolish? ed and new ones ordered. Does that deprive the poor white man of a vote? In GrUetlvUtS county we know such a change u as necessary. The last county convention was absolute proof of the need of a change. The city, with less than a fifth of the voting strength of the county, con? trolled the convention because of over-representations through un purged club rolls. Did not the old constitution rob somebody of a vote when it permitted such unfair club rolls? The class Blease refers to as "poor white men" had not a ghost of a show in that convention. They ought to rejoice that under the new constitution such ft convention will be impossible. 2. Hereafter delegates to county conventions will be chosen by clubs on the basis of iheir actual voting strength as shown by the poll list in the first priman. of the preceding election year and not on the basis of unpurged or padded club rolls. Does this menace the poor white man? If so, how? 3. If a man can write, he must put his own name on the new club roll, with his residence, <tc. so he can be identified. If he cannot write, the secretary will do it for him. Where? in does this menace the vote of the poor white man? Under the old rules the secretary put his name on the club roll and under the new will continue to do so, if the poor white man cannot write. 4. Under the new rules, a man must vote in the precinct in which he lives and join the nearest club. Is that unjust to the poor white man? Does it threaten to take away his vote? If BO, how? G. Under the new rules a man eannot vote in the primary unless he has lived in the Estate two years, instead of one, as was the require? ments under the old rules. How many poor white men move into this State? There Coes not seem to be any room to doubt that that rule will hit those in easy circumstances a harder blow than it will the poor white man. There ire lots of com [morcial travelers, lor instance, who will not be able to vote in the pri? mary this year because) they have not been in the State two years. I/et each poor white man who reads this article sec if he can lind even one poor white man who will not be able to vote because of raising the State residence requirement to two years from one. 6. Under the new rules the dub rolls have to be closed long enough before the prim?r to permit such study of them as \ ill detect duplica? tions, wrong enrollments; etc. No honest poor white man objects to this provision to protect his vote from being killed by that of a man not entitled to vote. Governor Blease will rind it hard to specify wherein the new rules work my special hardship upon the poor white man or tend to deprive him of his vote. The poor white man who does his own thinking will have no desire for sympathy because of the new rules for he is perfectly able to reason out that they are fair rules ami make for more honest CtUU meet? ings, conventions and primaries.? Greenville Piedmont. The barn of Mr. W. P. Baskin, who lives several miles above Hreiot, was blown down on hs^l Friday during 'he Wlf df,*rk**rn.