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? *T4o*Vt lowtdor hev my .folks a ooa eerthV with no McBriare." Aaoo Bewey eaoke again. Tory qui? etly: "aUH date*! know no more about that MM than I did. Job." *Bbw ioee ye know thetr The bvtl oat fiercely and swiftly, i bay bist forward, hie eyee eagerly above bit high cheek-bones abonth atlff in a snarl of aaa "sjow does ye know?' I know who did." bis name!'' The shrill de alxnoet a shriek. Job's face bad become ashen ?BBnlos wore twitching. Aneo laet a bawd en bio shoulder, bat the boy Jerked away and again confronted bat older, /walla bin voice broke from bat Ha? brio* excees of paeeion. 'Tell erne ale Baabe. By 3od. bo Monge tar Ml" ' "Ho. 1 ajal gota/ to toll ye bta name >is| ret, Mb" Aaae calmly ?naounood. "Be aint gs fheee parts now. He's left IM saoaatalae, an it wonldnt do ye emitter-he comae back m teU ya aD ye waata to know, aa' I wont try tor basier ye, bat ye mast let the ebgateen stay over there at the aebooL tmwaa heart's set on it, an' it wouldn't awteJWtoewoakber heart." ' the boy stood trembttag la wrath beat IndecaaVm. finally hie voice c* me dabaoairy. TO dona give mo yore basal onoo batore thet as toon of ye psaawed fb/d ten me?an' ye lied tor *ihBsje Havey shook his bead with an. I Anew Havey s kaasod paWtaoa. lea, I dbtnt Be to ye, ton. I wasn't gave ?B after ha left. I atnt nearer Hod to no maiL A km* s?eefce fan on the room, the open window coxae the oail of a quail .in come distant , After a while the boy raised head land nodded. TU give ye Iflttal* ba said. rham eja tit the room Juaatta rote no Way to thank yon. Mr. ?aid wttho tooth of dlfiV a. 1 boat believe that two wrongs ame> oae rJaat 1 doot believe w*lcea wnT oaT* law *y Taw sees.' Bat 1 do baUora yon are and I know that you're a ? I Bert," he anawered think ye're just tryin' to aa^aak tree in a flower pot, an' it %a -eVdbe. I thmk that all ye O 4rfe breed discontent?en' In I lilM discontent la dangerous 1 amt Binderin' your scaool aa t low to. TeU find oat tor your that it's a failure an' quit at your ? behest." Nit ?haot quit," ehe assured him. but eg* time ehe smiled as nhe said ft 1 am going ahead, and In the end 1 aai going to undermine the regime of fefjs aad Illiteracy; that is. I and ethers Mho mo. But can't we fight the ill oat aa if it wars a clean game? 1*1 WO be friendly adversaries? Yoh/ve been Tory gejeroue, and I've a bigoted Uttle fnol, but cant you me end be friends?" etejltblonul and hie face hard Xand slowly he shook bis voles waa very grave and aajaneipt^siiiiing,, though aithout die I'm afraid It's a Uttle too slowly drew bade the hand extended and her cheek? It waa tan first time life that ehe bad mide an un proffer of friendship?and It rebuffed, t" aha murmured to a dased voice la which waa no anger lied. "Then there's noth to say, except to tkank you s aeedat hvre no lneaslneer my tryin to binder ye," he aa her slowly. 1 aint your ene an' I ain't your friend. I'm just I don't havn no faitb i "Don't you feel that changes muai earner the questioned a little timidly They have come everywhere else." ' Tney will come." His voice agalz foaa vehemently. "But they'll be made my way?our way, not yours. Thes< bale sha'n't always be a reproach U the State of Kentucky. They're goln to be her pride some day." "That's all!" exclaimed the girl Staging at him a glanc of absolute ad miration, n dont car ho does it, s< kmg as it'a done right iou ve got t< see sooner or later that we'ro worklni to the same end. You may sot be m friend. but I'm going to be yours." "I'm obleeged to ye." He spok' gravely and, turning on his heel lei the room by the back door. As chanoe would ha/e it, Younj Milt rode by her place the next day She knew he would come back th? way, and that afternoon, as hi feat Urning, she intercepted him b yond the turn of the road. With th< foreign courtesy learned abroad, h? lilted hie bat and dismounted. Juan its had always rather liket Young Milt The clear fearloisness o hig eyee gave him a certain attractive mm, end Me Yeee had to rar escaped the clouding Tell of sullennets which she to often nt. At ?rat aha was a little confused as to how to approach the subject, and the boy rolled a cigarette as he stood respectfully waiting. "Hilt," she said at last, "please dont misunderstand me. It'e not bocause I want lo, but I've got to ask you to give me a promise. Ton see, I need your help." At tbat the half smile left the boy's lips aid a half frown came to his eyes. "I reckon I know what ye mean," he said. "Young Jeb, he's asked ye ter warn mo off. Why don't Jeb carry his own messages?" I "Milt," she gravely reminded him, [ resting, her hand for a moment on his coatsleeve, "it's more serious than that Jeb ordered me to send his sis? ter back to the cabin. You are hav? ing an education. 1 want her to have one. She has the right to lt. I love her very dearly, Milt, and if you are a friend you won't rob her of her chance " * - The boy's eyes flashed. "An* ye're goin' ter send her back thar ter dwell amongst them rasorback hawgi an' houn'-dawgs an' fleas?" he I demanded spiritedly. iZ That depends on yon. Jeb is the head of his family, 1 cant keep her without his consent 1 had to promise him that you shouldn't visit her." For a moment the heir to the Mo? Briar leadership stood twisting the toe of his heavy boot in the dust and ap? parently contemplating the little rings it stamped out Then he raised his eyes and contemplatively studied the crests of ridges softening with the coming of sunset At last he inquired, "What hes Dawn got ter aayr ?'Dawn hasnt said mach," Juanita faltered, remembering the girl's tirade, then she confessed: "You see, Milt. Jost now Dawn la thinking of hersolf aa a Havey and of yon aa a McBriar. All I ask is that yon wont try to see her while she's here at the school hot at all events, until things are dif? ferent" The boy was wrestling with youth's un will in traces to be coerced. "An' let Dawn think that her brother sheered me off?" he questioned at last with a note of rising defiance. Dawn shan't think that She shall know that you have acted with * gen? tleman's generosity. Milt-?and because I've aakei you to do It** "Hain't I good enough ter keep com pany with Fletch McNash's gal?" The lad waa already persuaded, but his stubbornness flred this parting shot. "It's not a question of that Milt and yon know it" declared Juanlta. "It's just that one of your people killod one of his. 'Pat yourself in Job's place." Still tor a while the boy stood there scowling down at the ground, but at mat he raised his face and nodded. "It's a bargain, ma'am, but mind I only says 1 won't see her hyar. Some day I'll make Jeb pay far it" Ha mounted and rode away while the lasy, hasy sweetness of the smoky mists hung splendidly to the ridges and the sunset flamed at his/back. Juanlta never knew what details of the Incident came to Old Milt's ears, but when next the head of the house passed her on the road he spoke with a diminished cordiality, and when ehe stopped him he commented: "1 hear ye're a-rmnin* a Havey school over thar slow. Little Milt tells me ye warned him offen yore place." I She tried to explain, and though ee I pretended to accept all she said in I good humor, she knew In her heart! I she had made a powerful and bitter I enemy. I One afternoon Anse Havey, wander I teg through the timber on his own I side of the ridge, came upon a lone. I hunter, and when he drew near it I proved to be young Milt McBriar. "Mornin. MJlt," said Havey. "I dldnt I know ye ever went huntin' over here." I The boy, who in feud etiquette was a I trespasser, met the scrutiny with a I level glance. I 1 waa a-gunntn' for boomers," he I said, using the local phrase for red I squirrels of the hills. "I reckon 1 I hain't hardly got no lloenso ter go gun I nin' dh yore land." I Anse Havey aat down on a log and I looked up at the boy steadily. At last I he said gravely: "Hunt aa much aa ye like, Milt only I be heedful not to start no Area." Milt nodded and turned to go, but I the older man called him back. "I want to have a word with ye, I Milt" he said soberly. "I ain't never I heard that neither the McBriars nor I the Haveyh countenanced lettin' flra I to dwelltn'-houses, have you?" "1 dont know what ye means," re I sponded the boy, and the gase that I passed between them was that of two I men who can look direct Into any eye. I "I lowed it would astonish ye," went I on Anse. "Back of the new school I house that's still full of shavln's an' I loose timber there's a little stretch of I dry woods that comes right down to I the back door. Somebody has done I laid a trail of shavln's an' leaves In I the brush there an' soaked 'em with I coal oil. Some feller alma to burn I down that sohoolhouse tonight" I "Did ye tell Miss Holland?" demand I ed Milt in a voice of deep anxiety. I "No, I ain't named it to her." Bad I anse said with seeming indifference I in bis face, at which the lad's blood I boiled. I "Does ye aim ter set hyar an' let her I place git burnt up?" he snapped out I wrathfully. "Because if ye does, I I don't" I Anse Havt y laughed. I "Well, no," he replied; "I didn't aim I to do that." I Suddenly he rose. I "What 1 did aim to do. Milt, was I this: I aimed to go down there tonight I with, enough tellers lo handle either the Uro orwhocvoe aurrji-lV^l earned to oeo who was doin' a triok like that. Will you go with met" "Me?" echoed Milt in Mtonlahment This Idea of the two factions acting in consort was a decided innovation. It might be a trap. Suddenly the boy de? manded: "Why don't ye ask pap?" MI don't ask your pap nothing." In Havey's 'reply was a quick and trucu? lent snap that rarely came Into hie voice. "I'm askln' you, an' you can take my proposition or leave it That house-burner Is goln' to die. tt he's one of my people I want to know It. If he's one of your people you ought to teal the fame way. Will you go with nibt" The boy considered the proposal for a time in silence. Dawn would be In danger! At teat ha amid gravely: "Hit aounds like a fair proposition. I'll go along with ye. an' meantime I'll keep my own counsel." (TO BS CONTINUED.) THE PREPAREDNESS *1GHT. President Wilson Win Give Entire At? tention to Congressional Situation. Washington, Jani 10.?President Wilson will in a few days concentrate his attention on the preparedness fight, leaving the international situation to Secretary Lansing. He has arranged conferences with congressional lead? ers. The president Is admittedly alarmed over the opposition to his preparedness program that is develop? ing In congress. CHINESE EMPEROR TO BE CROWNED. Tokio. Jan. 10.?The Japanese gov-. ernment has been notified that Yuan^ Shi Kai will be crowned as Chinese emperor early In February. The antU monarchist revolt is spreading, four more provinces rebelling. Rebels have captured several towns near Hong Kong. Missionaries are being recall? ed from the interior. _ SWAT THE STUMPS. -^- ' Clemson Collage. Dec. 21".?-There is mo better time to get rid of the stumps in your fields than during the winter months, say the agricul? tural authorities at Clemson College, who urge that farmers give this mat? ter their attention. So long as stumps remain in the field, one will not be able to use the im? proved machinery that he should use. He will continually have to be lifting the plows and driving the binder and other machinery around so that he can get by. whereas if the stumps were removed, one could, go straight ahead without trouble. Stumps also occupy land that could be used for crops if the stumps were removed. * There are several ways of getting rid of stumps. If you or your neighbors have not a stump puller and you do not feel able to buy one, you may use dynamite. Or, if you do not care to use either of these methods, you can dig them up. By all means, clear the land of stumps now so that you can crop it early next spring. Billy Sunday on Preparedness. There may be doubts about Billy. Sunday's theological manners, and. some persons even question his finan? cial methods, but there Is no doubt whatever that he belongs absolutely and without condition or mental res? ervation of any kind to the most Ag? gressive branch of the church mill-! tant. He is stirring up Trontbh, N. j J., Just now, and Is letting Trenton] know with picturesque frankness what he thinks about everything. To thej saintly pacificators who think it a deadly sin for a nation to hit back we commend his reply to a Trenton in? quirer who asked him during one of the meetings Sunday if he was lor preparedness. "Am I for preparedness? Huh! You bet your sweet life! I believe in the biggest gun and the biggest bat? tleship and the biggest torpedo that can spit 250 pounds of guncotton and turn a battleship into a bunch of junk. Yes, I believe In preparedness with a big P, and I'm not a Democrat, eith? er!" he yelled. But the biggest hit was when he pointed to one of the vivid American flags draped from a pine post and cried: "In these days either be American or ?all to Europe?one of the two!" This has not much to do with re? ligion as ordinarily taught, we ad? mit, but it is fine Americanism, if not unexceptionable orthodoxy. We think the government might do a wise thing to hire Billy Sunday to preach up na? tional preparedness. lie Is a born tighter, and he talks fight so fascinat? ingly that even such a peace-lover as Mr. Hryan would be almost sure to hit the war trail under his mlnlstrn tlonn.?Haltlmore Sun. Vllllstas Surrender. WuHhtngton, Jan. 10.?Admiral. WlnslOW, commanding the Paoiflcl fleet, has notified the navy department! that 3,000 Indians and Vllllstas have surrendered to the Cnrran/a forces at, I Esperansa. MAY^YXLLE FEW* JWiOT^R. Woodmen Camp Re-elects Officers? School Busy Again?'Farmers Will Ix-ave off Tobacco?Lumber Mills Doing Good Business?Church Ser? vices?Personal Items. Mayesville, Jan. 7.?Oakland camp, No. 277, W. O. W., recently elected and installed the following: officers for the ensuing year: H. V. Boyce, P. P. C, H. M. Webster, C. C, J. M. Keels, A. L., H. Li. Thomas, banker; J. L?. Cooper, Clerk; L. E. Keels, E., F. J. Baw, W., W. T. Cooper, S., W. M. WIIk^, W. H. Hudson, J. W. Spencer, Trustees. This camp is stronger to jday than ever beore both numerically and financially and the new year promises to be a banner one for the craft here. The Mayesville school resumed its exercises on Monday with an unusual? ly good after holiday attendance and the teachers and scholars have set? tled dowp for still more efficient work during the coming months. Chief of Police Thomas is still af? ter the "tigers.' and other violators of the laws and makes arrests almost daily, or, rather, nightly. A neat sum hi lines and forfeited bonds has been received by the town since the present chief entered office. The town authori? ties are making good Improvements on the streets and giving other evidences that al' of the members are "on the job." The farmers are getting ready for another year's crop and all are busy again in the fields. From all reports, about the same acreage will be plant? ed again in cotton and another large grain crop will be sowed. It is not probable that a large acreage will be put In tobacco In this section as last season's yields were poor anl the prices low and most of those who planted the weed are not over enthus? iastic on,the cultivation of this crop. The regular services of the Meth? odist church will be held on next Sun? day afternoon at 4 o'clock by the pas? tor, the Rev. J. P. Inabinet, who was returned by conference for another year's work much to the delight, of his congregation and the town peo? ple generally. ? ' ^1 - . The lumber industry appears to be flourishing again in this section and quite a large quantity of timber is be? ing, shipped from here daily from the yarlous mills in the community. The getting out of poplar logs has been go? ing op for sometime and large ship? ments of this valuable , timber .are sent away nearly every day. There la quite an epidemic of j grip and.oolds in town at present as ap? pear* to be the case nearly every? where else but most of the affected ones are reported to be convalescing. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bland left on Wednesday night for an extended trip to Florida and other points. Mrs. J. Rembert Mayes has gone on a visit to many points in Florida ac? companied by friends from Sumter. Mrs. W. P. Nesbltt and son, Willie, of Piedmont are visiting the former's mother, Mrs. 6. J. Grant. Mrs. E. O. Spencer and little son have, returned from Charleston where they spent the holidays with the former's parents. Mrs. James Heape, of Florence, is spending sometime with relatives here. W. L. Currie and family, who have been residents of this town for the past two years, have moved to their new home in the country on the Mayesville-Sumter road. , All of the college students nave re? turned to their work at the various institutions of learning. MAJ. MOORE RETIRES. i Ends Service of Twenty-five Years in National Guard. York, Jan. 7.?After 25 years' con? tinuous service in the National Guard I of South Carolina, MaJ. W. B. Moore of York, major of the First Infantry, South Carolina National Guard, today forwarded his resignation to Gov. Richard I. Manning, commander in j chief of the National Guard. The res? ignation went through the hands of (Col. E. M. Blythe of Greenville. In his letter of resignation MaJ. Moore I says: MI find It necessary, owing to other pressing engagements, to ten? der herewith my resignation. "The law provides for retiring an officer after ten years of service with a commission one grade up, which would entitle me to a commission of lieutenant colonel. I prefer, however, and request, that I be retired with the same rank as in service, 'that is, ma? jor." MaJ. Moore has long been recogniz? ed as one of the . most competent and efficient officers of the National Guard and both officers and private? of the entire First infantry will learn with deep regret of his decision t?> resign. I WANTED AT ONCE?To got Into communication with party owning saw mill in position to cut long and short leaf pine, and make quick shipments. Please state In reply whether in position to plane same. ddrcNH "Lumber," fare Watchman and Southron, Sumter, S. C. BOY DIES, WM I6CBSED. P&YSIOIAN STOPPED TO RENDER AID ON WAY TO OTHER PA? TIENT. Union, S. C, Jan. ?Following the death of a patient, Dr. Theodore Maddox, a Union physician, was Wed? nesday arrested and immediately re? leased on bail charged with man? slaughter. The warrant was sworn out by the father of Hulie Studdard, a lad of 15 years, residing in a mill vil? lage here. Studdard was accidentally shot by Oliver Austin, a boy of his own age, while they were hunting Sat? urday afternooon. Dr. Maddox was summoned to at? tend the injured youth. He applied "first aid" and left at an urgent call from another patient to whom he was going when called to the wounded boy. Two hours later, having answer? ed the other call, the physician re? turned and amputated the leg. The boy died soon after the operation. The father claimed loss of blood was the direct cause of death, and that lack of prompt attention resulted in death. The physician says that he respond? ed to the call even when already hur? rying to another patient, and that he did all that could be done at the time; to hsve operated before the patient had rallied from the shock would have meant almost certain death. The verdict of the coroner's Jury was that, the lad came to his death "by misfor? tune accidentally." In Tlie Police Court. Frank Willis, vagrancy, dismissed for lack of prosecution. D. D. Dudley, drunk and cursing, forfeited bond of $26. -.? I ' I ... ?? ? '..V RUPTURE EXPERT HERE, . Weil Known to Leading Physicians Who Indorse His Methods. 1W. B. Seeley, the noted rupture spe? cialist of Philadelphia, is sending his personal representative to Sumter for one day only to minister to the needs of the ruptured public, thoroughly equipped and prepared to deal with the most difficult cases. Interested parties can consult him free at the Hotel Olaremont,; Tuesday, January 25, 1916. Seeley's Spermatic Shields Truss, as used and approved by the U. S. gov? ernment and the Czar of Russia, will retain any case of rupture perfectly, affording immediate relief and close the opening in a short time on the average case. It produces results without surgery or harmful injections. ! No leg straps to irritate and soil. No binding of hips. Clean and dur? able. Examination and advice free. Personal references on request. Cut out and keep for reference. Home of? fice, 1027 Walnut street, Philadelphia. ?Advt F > i AUCTION SALE. Hagood, S. C. Will sell at public auction on January 20th, at 11 o'clock the personal estate of Miss Emma A. Saunders: 7 hundred bushels of corn, 2 hundred bushels of oats, 600 hun? dred bushels of peas, 1,300 bales of hay, 40 bushels of wheat, 6 tons best planting seed, 8 mules, 5 calves. Farming implements, consisting of reaper and binder, mowing machine, wagons and other equipment. MRS. HARRIET R. EBERHARDT. Executor. Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOD, 8ttcce*?ori to B*eth 8hul?r Lumber Ac Supp y Co. Goo. Epporoort'o Old Stcvnd Opp. Court Hons* Getting it on the market just at the season when nearly every farmer needs money to push forward his harvesting makes it a very desirable crop, and know? ing that the fanners of this section are always "on the job" we have put in a large stock of . ? -. . v ?v mJ v. / SEE US FOR PRICES O'DONNELL 0 CO., Inc.