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n Seven Keys TO Baldpate m EAtLJDCRR BKGEIS CHAPTER XVIII. ' Tsbls Talk. EWALLT tbe attitude of the her mit suggested Uut the dinner was ready "1 guess you might as well gat down." bo remarked. "It's all fix ?d. what there la to fli Tola place iool need ? cook. It neoda a com mis an 17 department" Peters." reproved Ms gee. "That's hardly courteous to our guests.** "Living ahme on the mountain," re pood ths boroi It from tbe dining room , "you get to na?? '??ich a high re lor too truth you can't pot cour first You want to. but you bare net lbs beert" Too winter guests took their places gg the table and too second December tinner at Bald pats Inn got under way. test net so genially as on the previous gigs* did it progress. On the faces of those about him Mr. Ms gee noted wor? ry and suspicion; sow and again men seiag cold ayes were turned upon him; evidently first in the thoughts of those si table was a little package rich In tree sure, and evidently first In the thoughts of most of thorn, as the prob abas bolder of that package, was Mr. Mageo himself. Several times be looked op to find M sx's catlike eyes open him, sinister and cruel behind the Incongruous gold rimmed glasses; several times ho sow Hay den's eyes, hostile and angry, ?eck bis face. They were desperate: tbey would atop at nothing; Mr. Magos felt that as tbe drama drew to its close tbey asw him find him a Ions between them and their foaien dealras. ??Before 1 cams oj here to be s her? mit, r. marked Cargan contempora neoti*ir rvith the removal of the soup, ??which l may say in passing I ain't b**n ?bis to bo with any success ow lug to rbg popularity of tbe sport on atefclpste mountain, there was never ggf cssdles os) the table where 1 sis sir. I loft them to the people up tbe s venue? to Mr. Hay dsn and bis that Hko to work In dim surround ?1 **ae always strong for a bright Hght on my food. What I'm afraid of li that I'll got tbs habit up bore und WfJf bo wanting Charlie to sat out a silver candelabrum with my lager Chad lea'd be quite an Innovation at Charlier. wouldn't they. Lour Too swell for Charlie's." comment si Mr. Hai. "Except after closing soars I'vs seen 'em In use there then, but tbe Ides wasn't glory and decora - *i hops yon don't dielike the can dies, Mr. Cargan." remarked Miss Nor tos. "Tbey add such s lot to the ro ssssee of the affair, don't you think? I'm terribly thrilled by all this. The tattling of tbe windows, and the flick? ering light two lines of a poem keep raentna through my bead: "My lord be follow** after one WOO wnls pered In hts ear? las weeping at tbe csaeln? and the wind Si ell I hear. "I don't know who tbe lord waa nor wast bo followed-per hspe tbs aev eats key. But tbe weoplng candles and tbe wind seem so romautlc?and SO like Baldpate tun tonight" "If 1 bad a daughter your age." com mooted Cargan. not unkindly, "she'd be at home reading Laura Jena Llbbey by tbe fire, and not cbuslng after ro? mance on a mountain " 'Toat would be best for her, I'm sore." replied the girl sweetly. "For then she wouldn't be likely to find out things snout bor father that would prove disquieting." "Dearie!" cried Mrs. Norton. No one else spoke, but sll looked st the S^yor. lit* waa busily engaged with his food Smiling his amusement. Mr. Msgee sought to direct the < on versa tk>o Id to lese personal channels. "We hear so much about romance, especially since It widely advertised death." be said "And to every man 1 over met It meant something differ? ent. Mr. Cargun, apeaklng us a broad ?laded man of tbe world what does romance in eon to you?" The mayor rau his fingers through bis graying bulr and considered se rtooaly "Romance." be reflected. "Well. I ain't much on tbe tslk out of books. But here's what I see when you say that word to me It's the night Im?fore election, snd I'm standing In tbe front window of the little room on Msln street where the hoys enn always find me. I*own the atfSSt I hear the snarl and rumble of hands, nnd pretty soon 1 see tbe yellow flicker of torches, like the flicker of that Candle, and the tab? bing of onnnora a.ad then the boys march by-oll the bsys! pat Dotmrty and Hob Larsen und Mutt Sanders all the boys! And when they ?et to say window they wnv? their hut* snd Cheer, .lust 11 fat old man In that win sow. but they'll go to the pavement with any guy tbst knocka him Tbey grs loysl. Tbey sre for me. And so fVv mar^h r?r <.*oo??*.f und singing - sfl |hg boys hast me to see and haar. Well, the t -tbat*s rogsancs to "Yes. sir!" cried the msyor. "lknow I've got tbem. All tie reformers In the world can't spoil li? thrill then. They're mine. I guess old Napoleon knew that thrill. I guess he was the greatest romancer the world ever knew. When he marched over the mountains with his starring bunch and looked back and saw them In rags and suffering?for him?well, I reckon old Nsp was as close to romance then as any man ever gets." "I wonder." answered Mr. Magee. It came to him suddenly that In each person's definition of this intangible thing might He exposed something of both cbsrscter and celling. At the far end of the table Mrs. Norton's lined, tired face met his gase. To her he put his question. (To be Continued.) MOWS FHOM WEDtiF.FIELD. I War sit list ton Overshadows Interest In Politics? Personal and Local Items. Wedgefleld. Aug. 14.?Polities bad begun to take on some life around here. bxxT since the outbreak of war In Europe we can not bear so much. We bear so much of tbo country not being represented In the county delegation. One can read the enrolment now and see that It is an easy matter for the country to elect one or more. If they care to. Men In politics are human as we all are. and make mistakes some? times, but deliver us from the strad dler. Messrs. Harold Chandler, R. C. Bur- ( ress, W. H. Ramsey, A. E. Aycock, Jr., II. A. Weinberg and M. M. Weinberg attended the merchants jubilee In Co lumbla this week. Messrs. Sam Weinberg and E. L. Burrcss are at the northern markets purchasing their fall stock. Mr. J. C. Thomas haa returned home after a pleasant visit to rela? tives in Wilmington. N. C. ! Dr. Daniels of Columbia college and Rev. Walter Herbert, who are visiting the Methodist churches In ' order to raise three hundred thousand dollars for the three schools under ' the control of the Methodist Episcopal Conference In this State, held services ', In the Methodist church here last night. 1 Mrs. R. L. Wright and daughters, Mrs. C. Breeland and Miss Sudie ' Wright, left oh yesterday to visit rel? atives In Birmingham, Ala. After a pleasant visit to Cumden 1 and other places Miss Janette Thom? as has returned home. Mrs. R. L. Harvln and daughters, 1 Misses Minnie and Thelma of Branch ville spent the past week-end here with friends. Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Ramsey left for 1 Laurens a few days ago to spend ' some time with relatives there. Messrs. J. J. Ueddings and Alex Norrls attended the Woodmen of the World picnic at Pocalla Springs yes? terday. Misses Heltens and Rose Weinberg are visiting helatlves in Charleston. Messrs. L. H. Thomas and A. E. ' Aycock, Jr., will leave tomorrow for 1 Myrtle Beach. LAMES KXPRESS THANKS. i I ommittcos of Civic League Who Ah? | Misted In Dedication of Playground, j The ladies of the Civic League wlHh to express their than Km to all ol those who so kindly and generous? ly helped to make the occasion of the opening of the playgrounds a suc? cess. The ladies In charge of re? freshments were Mesdames. W. L. llrunson. Douglas China, D. C. Shaw, and Mrs. T. B. Reynolds and da Ugh* ter. Tboso on general arrange? ments: Mrs. 1. A. llyttenherg. Mrs. A. M liogtn, Mrs. N. M. Solomons, Mis Ariui?la Moses. In charge of the may hole dance and games: Miss Afcnes . Ulebardson, Miss Jessie Moise. Special thanks are due Mr. I. A. KyttenberK for loan of Vletrola. Mr. Bird of the Wreck Store for special stand. Mr. Douglas China for help in arrange sac nts ami sift of 'umber.j to the city for much assistance with tbo work and to The Item for apace In its columns. The Ibd of contrlbu .* ,.m received are as follows: Siblin? swing. Douglas China Joggle Hoard?Mrs 1?. I >. Mots*. Two drinking fountains?The City 70 t ents cash. Mr. J, P. Booth saw that ion chil? dren had |ce cream end lemonade, and was a Veritable Santa Cluus on that occasion. Any further contributions In cash or amusement pieces will be gladly received. One lit 11? ? boy announced OH the grounds, that he was anxious to have an acting bar put up, and would be willing to put In II cents and get up a fund for that purpose among the small boys who were Inter? ested, v lib h seems a very good scheme. It would make them feel that they were part owners of the outfit and assume some of the re? sponsibility of the earo of the grounds. I'imhI Stuff* Cheaper. Chicago, Aug. 17 ?Cattle, ten ^ents lower] w?heat half rani decline FINDS IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO AltOl'SF. ENTHUSIASM. Smiitcr Man Scores Heavily In Popil lar Fuvor In Comvay as Do Smith and Pollock?Hlcasc Explains Lmcison Pardon. Con way, Aug. 11.? In the light of recent political history, llorry coun? ty was not Its former self today when, without a word of cautions warning, i It gave the chief executive the coolest i reception of the entire campaign. Pos? sibly after ull there Is something more In a name than vowels and conso? nants, llorry being the "independent republic." When the governor was introduced to the 1,800 or 2,000 voters who had come here todi.y to hear the quar? tette of senatorial candidates there was not a ripple of applause to greet him as ho advanced to the front of the stage. Talk as he would, the crowd refused to swing, and It was not until near hte conclusion'of his speech that he had wrenched his limited follow? ing from its lethargic mooring and swept it to the customary pitch of ccotacy. On the other hand, the anti-admtn lstratlon sentiment was the most pos? itive that has yet been encountered. Partisans of opposite factions kept up a rattling exchange of acrid re? torts with the governor, theso getting the full benefit of the chief executive's caustic replies. One of these was de? nounced as a liar and challenged to come up town ufter the speaking for settlement, lie was urged not to stand buck on the fact th.it the man drop ? ping the glove was governor. This was all the more surprising when viewed in the light of t recent political history of llorry county. Two years ago i lorry gave the governor the larg< st majority in the Pee Dee, he carrying this county by 602. Four years before it was in the same col? umn by u majority of 447. Yesterday at Marion, where the governor's fol? lowing was by no means in predomi? nance, the governor in a moment of Irritation boasted that the loss of Ma? rion county was of no consequence, as he would get enough in llorry to blot Marion off the map. There was another striking depart lift in the meeting when the governor read the reasons for the pardon of J. Allen Kmcrson of Anderson coun? ty for the murder of Tom Drake. The reasons assigned were those set forth In the governor's pardon document. This, the governor explained, was not In answer to anything that had been said on the stand, neither was it to be construed in this connection. It was ilone to comply with the suggestion Of friends, the chief * executive ex r/uuntd. The only other feature of the meet? ing was the caustic arraignment of the governor as "the pretended pro? tector of woman's vlrtuo" by L. D. Jennings, who pictures tho governor as always on the side of the despoil* rrs of women and young girls, as exemplified by the Klchey and Hiller? sen rases. No other utterance of the campaign has so seized interest of the voters of the Vfcrloui counties as this verbal picture?drawn day by day?til the governor as the professed friend af those who WOUld destroy woman? hood. The meeting today was held in a grove, with approximately 2,000 per? sons in attendance. Sheriff J. A. Lewis presided. ANOTHF.lt PLAGUE VICTIM. XegresM Dies at New Orleans, Bring? ing the Ll.st of Deaths to Seven. New Orleans, La.. Aug. 16.?With the death here tonight of Mary Hoop? er, a negroes, the number of bubonic plague victims was brought to seven. The woman was the 19th person to contract tho contagion since its ap? pearance here on June -7. Sim be? came ill two days ugo and died a lew hours ;?fter federal health authorities today had announced that a dtgnosls had confirmed her malady ss plague. She was IQ years old and lived at 1906 , Hlenvllle street. Two Infected rats were reported today by federal health authorities. Itodenl cases of plague1 now number ,r?7. AN KXCTTINU HAMS MATCH. Moses Defeats Dunne in the First Hound of Play. Moses deefated Dunne In a three set match on (be Y. M. <\ A. courl Huturday afternoon, the sets being 3-0; 0-2; .r>-7 Tin- match was one of the cbiHest und im?.si Interesting played up t.. this time und afforded much Interest fur the large number of S|ieetutors present. Haynsworth defeated Hurst 0-0; ?;-:!. Other games scheduled r?a this af? ternoon in the first round are those between Harb: ami Levi ami Chandler and Robertson, Both inntehes tire ex? pected io be clogs it mi Interesting, ones. STATE BANKS TO ORGANIZE. 'IX) REAP BENEFIT OF EMER? GENCY CURRENCY IN THIS WAY. Forty-one of Fifty-throe National Banks of State Represented at Mooting In Columbia?Uoodwyn Rhctt Spooks. Columbia, Aug. 15.?A national cur? rency association for South Carolina v. ill be organized by the national banks of this State here on Wednes? day next. At a preliminary confer? ence held here today at the Jefferson Hotel there were represented forty one of the llfty-threc national hanks in this State. It was the unanimous vote of the banks actually represented that it was beat and proper to organ? ize the State association, which would secure the benefits of the Vrocland Aldrich "emergency currency." The meeting was called by W. A. Clark, who presided as temporary and permanent chairman. 13. F. Leaphart was made temporary secre? tary. The federal treasury department requires that certain formal resolu? tions must lirst be adopted by the respective boards of directors before banks can join the currency associa? tion, and while many of the banks had adopted these resolutions others did not and it was decided that time would be saved by all banks to he represented at the meeting: to be held in Columbia on Wednesday, the 1 Ith, with the proper credentials and repre? sentation. Most of the eleven hanks that were not represented have indi? cated that they will join the associa? tion. Three of the four national benki In Charleston were represented at to? day's meeting. R. Goodwyn Rhett, of Charleston who came directly to the meeting from Washington, where he had been call? ed, and where he had seen the treas? ury oJlicials, was called upon for ti statement. He said that while the treasury department was anxious and willing to do all it could, that it was t made pdlain that tho department wanted such State currency associa? tions formed and prepared to issiu "emergency currency" under govern? ment regulations, ami that those who showed that they would help them? selves in this way would be given what help the government had to lend. The government is not inclined to stretch the crop-moving fund, but prefers to see the States organize and avail themselves of the Vreeland-Al drlch currency. There were a number of progres? sive State banks represented at to? day's meeting. It was, however, de? cided that in view of the Feder; 1 tax of 10 per cent on Issues by Stale banks that the time was not propi? tious for State hanks to avail them? selves of the emergency currency. An effort is now being made In Washing? ton to repeal this 10 per cent tax when applied to State banks that havi joined the reserve system, and when the repeal of the tax is had the State hanks can join the system. The State Association Will he or? ganized on Wednesday, more than enough banks at today's preliminary having signified the purpose of join? ing. All the plans for the meeting to? day were made by a local committee consisting of Messrs. Gilbert M. Ber? ry. J. Pope Mathews and B. F. I?. Leaphart. The conference was alto? gether harmonious and significant of the realization of the importance of the banks of the State to prov ide suffi? cient funds with which to hold and move the cotton crop. I Told You So. The manufacturers of Coca-Cola, the popular soda fountain beverage, have had an excellent chance in re? cent years to taunt the public with the old g:ibe, "1 told you so." When the! product was lirst put on the market the manufacturer frankly told the public its composition and explained j that it was composed of syrup (sugar) \ caramel and caffeine with fruit flavors. it seems, however .that some people preferred to believe the slanderous re? ports rather than the actual tacts: and as slanders travel last they soon came to the attention of the govern? ment. In order to ascertain the exuet character of the product, the govern? ment seized a shipment of Coca-Cola at Chahttanooga, Tenn., and brought ti suit against the company in the federal court. Expert scientists were! summoned from all parts of the coun? try and labored on the case tor neurl> four weeks at u coat to the govern? ment Which has been estimated Hi f. pproxlmntch 11 00.000.00. It was another case of the "moun? tain laboring and bringing forth ;< mouse." They found the suaai' and the caramel and the caffeine and tiu fruit llavorlngH. That's all. Advt. Malaria or Chills & Fever Prescription No. 666 is prepered especially lor MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER. Five or six dotes will break sny ess*, snd if tsken then si s tonic the Fever will not return. It sent on the liver better then Calomel and Ars^m nnl <rm. n* ?S*?^??? "A Dime Buys Either" But there are Twenty Full Ounces of pure, strong Solid Concentrated Lye in Mendleson's big can. You get only sixteen ounces in the cans others sell you for a dime, and many of them are inferior in quality to Mendleson's. In Powdered Lye, Mendleson sells you six? teen ounces for a dime against the twelve ounces in some other dime cans. One-Fourth More Lye?Same Old Price Every can warranted full strength. No tillers. So adulterants. Just pure, Concentrated Lye?That's all. Three cans solid Lyc lor a quarter. Mendleson's Lye MOST ECONOMICAL A big leader for soap making. The big Twenty-Ounce Can saponifies eight pounds of grease, making the best hard or soft soap you ever used. That beats the best record of any other ten cent can. Mendleson's Can gives full directions for making the best soap. Try Mendleson's Lye for other things?for cleaning, for scouring, for getting the grease out of sinks and drains, for driving away dirt and disease germs, for disinfecting, for treating hogs and caring for poultry. Just one can proves that for every use there's nothing so good as MENDLESON'S LYE PURE MD STRONG Get a fourth more of the beet Lye for a dime at any of the following dealers: WHOLESALE DEALERS: ('rosswell &('o., Sumtcr, S. C. Union Brokerage Co.. Sumtcr, 8. C. RETAIL DEALERS: Levi Bros., Sumtor: W. S. Hrogdon, Hrogdon: .1. W. Spencer, Mayesville, S. (\; .1. V Hoykin, Providence, R. F. D. No. 1; J. R. Kirkley. Uemhcrt, S. C., K. F. I>. 5; .).,). Chewning. Oswego, S. C. R. F. D. I; W. I). Hancock, Elliott. S. C: Tindtl ftCutUno, Tindal T. E. Hodge, Tindal; Willie Shaw Co., Sumtcr, R. F. I).5;J. M..lack son. Tourney; W. I>. F rasier, Oswego, R. F. 1>. I; S.A. 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