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TO Baldpate ?f EA1LIDERR BIGGUtS "HaaJly " The word was at least 00 degrees below the temperature of the card room *Tse. really. I won't ask yon to be but I'm telling the truth. I went .>! lave yea I* he er led desperately. to the place where I bad fatuously bid the ?>o**?*?under a brick of my flre pteeet It was tone." How teftlbly unfortunate " "Tea. lent ttr Mr. Ma gee rejoiced that she took so calm a view of It "TTuoy searched the room, of course, and they found .a money. They're em top now, but I'm going"? He slopped, for be had seen her face. She?takln? a calm view of It? No, Indeed. Billy Magee saw that she was furiously, wildly angry. He remem bemd slwsys haying written it down that beautiful women were even more beautiful in anger. How, be wonder eat bad he fallen Into that error7 "Pleeae do net bore me." aha said through her teeth, "with any further recital of what you 'are going* to do. fee seem to have a fatal facility In that Una Your record of accomplish moat Is pathetically weak. And-oh. what s fool I've been! I believed. ?ren after last night 1 believed " **! know." he said helplessly, "you're tarttbly dlasppolnted. sod I don't blsme yoa. But you will find out thst you've done ma an Injustice. I'm going"? "One thing." said she, smiling a ?mile thst could have cut glass, "yon are going to do. 1 know tbat you won't fell this time, because I shall peveonally aee you through with It You're going to stop making a fool of saat" 'Tell me." pleaded Billy Magee. "tell ma who you are?what tbls Is all about Can't you see I'm wotklog In the dark? You mnst" gsae threw open tbe Card room door. "An English officer." she remarked stepping out Into tbe other taught tbe admiral tbe game? at toast, so be raid. It added so much romance to It In tbe ayea of tbe rock lag vhalr fleet. Can't you see?India? the hot eon?the Kipling local color?a efeaC. tau tied, handsome men eternal? ly playing solitaire on tbe porch of tbe barracks? Has tbe barracks a porchT* Reused, humllhited. baffled, Mr. Ma? tes felt bis cheeks burn. "We shall see what we shall see." he muttered. "Why coin tbe Inevitable Into a bromide ?" she asked Mr. Magee Joined the group by the flee. Never before In bis life bed be been so determined on anything as be waa new that tbe package of money eboQiaV return to bis keeping. But howl * flow trace through tbls mare of humans the present bolder of tbat precious bundle of collateral? He looked at Mr Mux, sneering his lern ok colored sneer st tho mayor's side; st tbe mayor himself, nonebalant as the admiral being photographed; at Bland author of the Arabella fiction, sprawling st ease before the fire; at the tawdry Mrs. Norton and at Myra Tbomhill. who had by her pleading the night before made him ridiculous. Who of these hsd the money now? Who but Cnrgan and Mai, their faces serene, their eyes eagerly on *he prep ? ration* for lunch, thelt plans for earing Bsldpate Inn no dooJt already made? And then Mr. Mngee snw coming do ve tho stairs another neuro -one he had forgot-Professor Thadden?* Hol ton. He of tbe mysterious dialogue by the sanei door On the professor's forehead wss s surprising red scratch. iB(j his eyes, no louger hidden by tre flouble convex lenses, stood revested s washed out gray In tbe light of noon. "A inoet unfortunate Hccideut," ex? plained tbe old lusn. "Most distress? ing. I have broken my glasses. 1 am almost blind without them." "How'd It huppen, Doc?" asked Mr Cargnn ensllr. "I came Into unexpected Juxtaposi tlon with an open door," returned Pro? fessor Holton. "Stupid of me, but I'm ?lwsys doing It. Iteally, tbe agility displayed by doors In getting in my patb Is surprising." "You sod Mr. Max can sympathize with each other." said Magee. "1 thought for a moment your Injuries might bsre been received in tbe same cause." "Don't worry, Doc." Mr. Bland sooth? ed htm, "we'll all keep a weather eye out for reporters thst want to connect you up with tbe peroxide blonds." (To be Continued.) Plsgmh News and Views. Plsgah, July 15.?The dry weathor and winds uro playing havoc with the corn. Unless we get rain this week the crop will be short. Cotton is do? ing very well so far, and is now re? ceiving its last working. I Dev. T. L. Cole is carrying on a meeting this week rt Mlzpah church. Rev. B. K. Truluck is oldlng him. Next week he will hold one at Pluguh church. Rev. J. W. Truluck is expecting I to aid him. Mr. Len White was here this week. He has many friends here who are I always glad to see him. Mrs. T. M. Rogers Is visiting her] sick mother in Columbia. Ellison Durant Smith voted for Judge Haskell In 1890, thereby en? dorsing his independent candidacy. Hampton, Manning and Earle voted for Tlllman, the regular nominee. "An Independent is worse thun a radical,' so said Wade Hampton. If the papers quote him correctly. (Can Mr. DuPre establish the truth of this charge? If it be true that Senator Smith voted for Haskell In 1890, it Is passing strange that the charge was not made against him when he was a candidate for the leg? islature a few years later, when fac? tionalism and bitterness was rife in Sumter county. If Mr. DuPro's mem? ory is good he recollects that Mr. Smith was elected at the head of the ticket, receiving the largest majority ever given, up to that time, to a can? didate for the house of representa? tives. We have never heard that Mr. DuPre or others of those who op? posed Mr. Smith* made the charge against him during that campaign.? Ed.) Mr. L. D. Jennings has a poor opin? ion of the people of tho State, if he ex? pects them to believe his assertion that Qov. Bleaso won't get more than 10 per cent of the vote cast. If he will try again may be he will say something after awhile thut the peo? ple will accept Coca Cola Habit, a Gohst. We have all heard of ghosts, but none of us have ever seen one. It's) tho same way with coca cola "fiends,' you can hear j bout them but you might search for them until doom's) day and you would never And one. Physicians who have treated hundreds! of thousands of drug-habit cases, In? cluding opium, morphine, cocaine, al? cohol, etc., nay that they have never| seen a case where the uue of Coca Cola has so fastened Itself upon the Individual as to constitute a habit in the true sense of the word. Al? though millions of glasses of Coca Cola are drunk every year, no Coca t'ola fiends have ever made themselves visible at the doors of the sanitariums for the treatment of drug habits. The Coca-Cola habit is analogous to the beefateak habit end to the straw? berry habit and tho ice cream habit. People drink ('oca-Cola first because they see it advertised and thereafter! because it tastes good and refreshes] their minds and bodies. They drink It when they can get it and content? edly do without ft when they can't get It. If you had ever witnessed the ravings of a real drug fiend when deprived of his dr.jg, if you had ever observed the agony he suffers, you would never arT.iln he so unfair as to] mention Coca-Cole in tho same breath with the "habit-forming" drugs.?Advt. BIG i:.\( I RSION Crom Mulllns and idtermediate Point* to Charleston. S. C, Thursday, ?fuly 'J:trd via A tin nth Const Line Hall road. Train leaves Smter nt 1.41 n. tn Hound trip $l.r??. The most delight? ful, convenient an?! satisfactory ex? cursion ever devised. Separate cars for white and color? ed passengers. W. .1. Craig. Passenger Truffle Man? ager; T. ('. White. Hcncrul Passenger Agent; T. II Knight. Adverting Dis? tributor. Wilmington, n. c The first open ? ??tton boll has been IfqpertS4 and thf firs' lole Is due aboul I August 1st to 7th. Court's Dectetou Clarifies Pure Food Law, On June 13, 1!?\< the United States Circuit Court cf Apicals, sitting at Cincinnati in the Sixt?< Federal Dis? trict, handed down a decision con-j firming the judgment of the Lower Court in the Coca Cola OMO. This case was originally brought before Judge Sanford of the District Court of the United States for the Kastern District of Tennessee on M uch IS, 1911 and wus tried ut great length be? fore a jury at Chattanooga, Tcnn. A score of scientists, including the most eminent chemists, phr .-mucologists And physicians of America, testified as expert witnesses. At the conclu? sion of the trial the government with? drew all of the charges expect two and on these two the Court instructed the Jury to return r. verdict in favor of the Coca Cola Company. The caso wao then appealed, and the recent decision of the Circuit Court of Aprcea'.s at Cincinnati, con? firming the judgment of tho Lower Court, sustains the c'.alm of the Coca Cola Company, that Its product Is neither adulterated nor misbranded within the meaning of the Pure Food Act. The following quotation from tho jfflclal court rejord will prove inter? esting alike to the manufacturers and consumers of food products as it gives a clear exposition of one of the most important sections ofthe Pure Food law, and also defines the character of Coca Cola, the popular soda fountain leverage. It reads as follows: "There lb a middle view, which is sufficient for the purposes of this case and which will recognize the com? posite meaning of "added deleterious" rather than the sepurate meaning of each word. This view is that in using the word "added" with reference to a possibly deleterious food ingredient, congress had in mind an addition above and beyond the quantity in which such ingredient was normally found in usual and customary articles of food, and that no such ingredient should be considered as "added" if it was present only in the quantity In which it existed in these common ar? ticles of food with which every member of congress was familiar, and which had generally been thought wholesome. For example: Creosote and other products of destructive wood distillation are, Independently considered, injurious, but they have always been present in smoked hams. Can the addition of the same preser? vatives to the same extent to the same meat be something that congress intended to prohibit? Tho boric aei?, found in apples ,is a preservative. If certain apples which are to be pre? served are not up to the maximum in this element, did congress intend to forbid supplying the deficiency by the same element from another source? Acetic acid may, of course, be inju? rious, but if, by its use, an artificial vinegar is made which is chemically and In every way equivalent to the natural vinegar familiar to the mem? bers of congress in muny compounds, would they have thought of It as a deleterious addition? No example is so clear us the very one here involv? ed. Every member of congress had been familiar, from childhood, with tea and coffee; perhaps most of them drank it. The average cup of coffee contains more than two grams of caf? feine; tho average cup of tea, one and onc-hulf grains. A glass of Coca Cola, as consu:.ied, contains one and one-fifth grains of caffeine Tho chemical qualities and the physiologi? cal effects of the caffeine which is in the tea or coffee und of tho caffeine which is in the Coca Cola are pre? cisely the same. We ure quite con? vinced that the use in an artificial beverage of a certain element which had been one of its characteristic ele? ments for many years, and when such use was In a less proportion than the same element was known to make up in different natural beverages than In universal use and generally thought wholeHome?that such an element so employed could not have been wdthln the meaning of congress when it chose the words "added deleterious ingre? dient." FIOAST OF CHICKEN SPREAD. Young Men of St. I'aul Give Delight? ful Supper. Summerton. July 19.?One of the most enjoyable events of the season was a chicken supper, given last Wed? nesday evening by the boys of St. Puul. After the crowd arrived a chicken course was served, followed by ice cream and cake. Just before the guests departed frozen water melons were pa seid around and areetly enjoyed. Everyone declared himself to have had a most delightful time, ami it i.s certain that no one Wtnt away hungry. Mrs. M. W. Gordon has returned after a short visit to her parents. Mr. Bennie Bprott Is visiting Mr. Bennle Broadway. Mr. and Mrs W. W. Williams and their daughter. MlsH Marie, left Wed? nesday for a trip to the North WAS ONI! OF BRIDESMAIDS. Number of Unests Here for Cooper Hose Marriage. Miss Carrie Younglner of Columbia was one of the bride's maids in the Cooper-Hose wedding Wednesday nlghl Mi Uraee Baptist Churehi her name being Inadvertently omitted from Ihe Hat of bridesmaids given In the story of the marriage In Thurs? day's item. There were several out-of-town guests here for Ihe wedding, among them being Mr. W. s Cooper ?>f Or angeluirg; Mr. and Mrs <;. c Cooper, of Si Mall hews, brothers of the bride; Mrs. Hrown of Marlon and I Miss Mamie Hook of Kustovcr. Candidates' Cards. Announcements of candidates will be printed in this column until the close of the campaign for $5. No cards accepted on credit. For Congress. I hereby announce myself as a can? didate for the nomination as Con? gressman from the 7th Congressional District and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic pri? mary. A. F. LEVER. The Senate. I am a candidate for re-election to the State senate from Sumter Coun? ty in accordance with, and subject to the rules of the Democratic party. JOHN H. CLIFTON. I hereby announce that I am a can? didate for election to the State Sen? ate from Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. R. D. EPFS. House of Representatives. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for the House of Representa? tives, subject to the rules of the Dem? ocratic party. D. D. MOISE. Believing that my four years ex? perience and my study of the State's affairs have put me in a position for effective service, I am a candidate for re-election to the House of Repre? sentatives, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. R. B. BELSER. I am a candidate for the House of Representatives from Sumter Count) subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. A. K. SANDERS. For Supervisor. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the office of County Super? visor subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. W. S. THOMPSON. I i.m a candidate for re-election to the office of County Supervisor, sub? ject to the rules of the Democratic party. P. M. PITTS, Supervisor. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for the office of Supervisor for Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. L. E. WHITE. County Superintendent of Education. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for re-election to the otllce ot County Superintendent of Education of Sumter County and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Demo? cratic primary. J. H. HAYNSWORTH. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the office of County Super? intendent of Education for Sumtet County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. S. D. CAIN. For Coroner. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for Coroner of Sumter county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. S. W. RAPPIBLD. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the otlice of Coroner of Sumter County subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. WILLIAM J. SEALE. For Magistrate. I hereby announco myself a candi? date for reelection to the magistrate's olilce, Ith district, Sumter county. J. A. HODGE. WHAT TIME? A good time right now, before you go away on your vacation to have your watch cleaned and re? paired by our expert workman. Or if it's a bit of brokon Jewelry, bring it here, mid have It lived right, by an expert. W. A. Thompson, JEW FL Fit AND OPTICIAN. "8. A II." Stamps Given. Geo H. Hurst, Undertaker and Embalmer, Prompt Mtentlon to Day or Night Calla, AT I. D. Cralu Old ttantf, *.N. Main Phoftet Sfohtwi Aff Your Dime Can Duy And one fourth more than it has ever bought before. Other cans give you only sixteen ounces of the Solid Lye for your dime. In POWDERED Lye, Mendleson's can gives you six? teen ounces for a dime, against the twelve that some others give you. Mendleson's is pure Lye, without fillers or adulterants. It goes farther, docs more, lasts longer than any other Lye. Every can warranted full strength. Three cans for a quarter. Mondleson's Twenty ?Ounce ('an beats the best records of other dime cans in soap making. It saponifies eight pounds of grease, and givea vow the best hard or soft soap you ever uaud. Every can gives lull directions for gotting best results. MENDLESON'S LYE MOST ECONOMICAL One of the handiest articles for household or farm. Cheapest and be.'st cleanser and disinfectant. Leaves floors sweet-smelling. Drives away dirt and grease; kills disease germs, fine for cleaning kitchen furni? ture. Remedy ami conditioner for uogfl and useful in the care of poultry. A use for it every day. Cef better value for your dime by buying the Twenty-Ounce Can of Mendleson's Concentrated Lyc at any of the following dealers: WHOLESALE DEALERS: CrOttwell JtCo., Sumter, S. C. In ion Brokerage Co., Sumter, S. C. RETAIL DEALERS: I>evi Hros., Sumter; W. S. Brogdon, Brogdon: J. W. Spencer, Mayesville, S. C; J. V Boykin. Providence, R. F. D. No. 1; I. R. Kirkley, Remhert, S. C, K. F. D, 5; J. J. Chewning, Oswego. S. C, It. F. l>. I; W. D. Hancock, Elliott, 3. C; Tindal ,t Cuttino, Tindal; T. E. Hodge, Tindal; Willie Shaw Co., Sumter, R. F. |).5;J. M. .lack son, Tourney; W. I>. F rasier, Oswego, R. F. 1>. 1; s. A Harvin. Sum? ter, R. F. |>. 2; P. B. Harvin, Sumter, R. F. D.2;(iillespie ft Huges, ( laremont, S. C. Our Lady Patrons Will find that in tho arrangement of our NEW HOME we have nuitle special provision* for their comfort. In addition to a cozy corner of the lobby, provided with writing tables and comfortable seats, we have a special ivst room tor the ladies, and we cordially invite them to make use of It. The First National Bank OF SUMTER The Peoples Bank CAPITAL $100,000.00 We pay interest in savings depart? ment at the rate of 4 per cent from day of deposit. We pay 5 per cent on time certificates of deposit. Come in and Let Us Talk the Matter Over With You 1905 1914 The Bank of South Carolina SUCCESSOR TO THE FARMERS* BANK (& TR.UST CO. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $350,900.00. Our ability increases each year. In every depart? ment of banking we arc prepared to make good. C. G. Rowland, Prest. G. L. Warren, Cashier