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ftetfeino Germ^ at Cebl^ Wat . f?r that S'epper Cams Next ; sunplits were getting rathsr IT^aiSerl?m'; irmyWljkr-, noved across the Rhine at The population waa eating black bread which was nothing it traif mash, ^eiri?g papier a.-5d goin? virtually unwashed, i&?d:ho*oap. " ^ 1 J^'imo? notMng the Ger woh't do for a piece of Ameri Th* washwomen w?i darn i holes hi the dosghhoy'* i end ma trovers, scrub his ins, an^ would stand guard in his if assured they will be rewarded Soap ion soap ^^yi^ior?tie pi^?ct. It looks ii^Vsoap and makes a rich Mpanhut it isn^&a*. 1 do 5?c werj.v 3T<m ml&fit as efeave with tike foam *t?Sthxg leer *s ihat soap: Hating no ^ Ifctf W it; ft *? p^^fe%i?tt ,j>er7\ A par^oji'wh^ h^ al |*^S::;p?i4fcl.i?|^t Jive lit little it^prolaa^^w?uj? be the Spied'In aa "iron ratio**' go-withejat pepper three years and v3?i*H to Wade that ft is the staff iifld pepper are to the Germans pa to-lP-M ??m::??r gom* .gftSsr*vaf * W the American :deu?0boya. Wfc3yptef~& in ffAD NOT FOSGOTTEN "faiTe Wh y She Low* Has Had Grudf* Againct ?t J?&r#/%*i^ .. and nest ? man in 2vew Tork theatrical was introduced to Mary Pick ien'tly.' As they shook hands he f?f i?d tefd: ; :" dear Jaffas Pickford, I hat? to melet yon for a lojag time, a pleasure; I assure yen." i^/Mr.^ftWftrdT' replied ?$ti& movie setres?, ^mt I must say { far isca* fi-arV tery he aaked. twenty y?rs agn, wlie*n yon "hk^ftb IMeat-CSrV in j. ^?i?r?e^k^bm to >e tt* 3B?' moi&ef ~o?ered my .Writes. gggMS* little Glad^ra Smith Wen. T?u [ looked :Wover and toid me to fro borne ' - ?Bdwash my bands.** 'V? v"2S*V>*a!w replied the horrified Hll iferd. :-I cooldB't ha^ said that" "Bat yoii ?d?* persisted 3?ss Rck SsfipRt rttfd ^r^^^-^reti?*t ^fe^HtBey were7 chappeU ~*x^ n^aairy r^^me%fe J<& oht I took a . dislike :^-y^;J^M;gime/ - : -\;' - -:> * *2on di?t' iii&v <*#q***a?>W&x^ <*g0fmade lie go hcinw and *a>ajrt^ my hands, aarrway, and I detested soap -*& Vier te gmWday*?: i^'^'I^ I ie^f said Mr.JBBfard, as he arrsD^ed Ms ^tbhnaira.--Ba totodm Herald. - Expfalnad. ' Sba waa weeping hitter tears late h?; afSrknaoi^ tea. my dearr -she said to her only friead, *1 don't ^^ wmU l tAaH de. Ted and I hare c ?*% beei?, xif*te!etf atsrman^ ^ m sp!93da every evening at his ? -^gTeli. ddnft worry, darling?* aaid ^tSatai?iej. --Percy* jnit t&e same. - *itnt"I shall never acold Mm again for "spending so much time at his cirak** .,. ?'Why notr r^. *WeIL Ja , niffet a burglar got into ^ the house and my husband knocked senseless with a poker. r>e i Wverai"? -men speak of him aa a< - - ejrpert J ? has evidently been ah /eaargency." rT?fcue Case. rescued t^jearjr?fl--d6wii &*> a^a^nf ?^r, ^f*? n?lttofef practlcai is a^neir res ^er WbM the fire ladder is agai&sf s burning buUding it carries 'with it a wire cable attaehed ta ? steel cage. like an eleVator with out a shaft the cage hanits from fts galley ai the tap sf tfcre ladder, within aaay readi af ti^ windows. It is few ?d 1ft tu??ng cable drum on tlte ^*1?? trnea: below, and wifl carry f?dr ^fiaaiMtgera ;saiaiy.--P?puIar Mechan ic* Magazine. - Bright Rupert Ti? lesson was on the rabbit **".**? rabbit has lent ears, far on its body, and a tail, nt>t*Sm| tox*p&k at; "thongh,** the master informed the *? ?'?'?" * -v^ie next day he wanted to see what tiey knew about it : *iK?w^ then, Rupert** he barked to a particularly bright youth, **teli me something about the rabbit." "The rabbit has a tail,** said Ru pert, eyeing his silent fellows trium pfaantly, **but It mustn't talk about it" JustS*. She was teaching' the word "ele ment" to a sixth grade. She had told t?es) Its meaning?the sabstances of which a thing I? composed?and then Lad illustrated her definition by saying that the elements of th* earth were Water and soil. - ^Hien ah^ asked tAem to writ* sen tences containing the word.' And t&* w tto.e? ??r/ wrote:' * "star, is one of the olamnts of Cl^MS HOmFOB SEORSIAN .Savannah Newspaper Asserts That if the Sewing Machine. j The centenary of the birth of Elf?? Howe, ?ielmodest Yankee Who in vent ed the sewing machine, took place on ?June 9. JFhere was no extended of servance of the day, observes Hart ford Courant, yet it Was Howe who took a food ?etl of the* drudgery out of the Ilves er l?fllions of American women. He "also increased the power of his fellow nien to produce garments and other material that formerly! needed the pa?enV handwork of indi-"'! vitiuals. v: . j . ;^fcf it fs rateresting to observe, in cf?necfion" wi& the anniversary, tfc?t the !.^yannah #ews undertakes the . rather h?jgeleas' &sk oftrying to con vince ifc r^ders*that It was ?bt\Howe, but a Georgian, Rranei? B. Gould5ng, who constructed ait^d Operated the mist tfewing machine. This paper says "ttat tais mtftfr* Preal^teTia^ preach er"! &^.m&Vkty county; married a ?'??v?^^!^th?i-6e^v#bTif on *W, s^Mgfmltcn^f m order that he ^mighf save ;ialr ;tttf4 much hard "JW?rk. V"Ane^ngJ'th|s''."yras.Tqng- before jHowe patented hfs machine, and il?? .that' (guiding never patentedr itf s, titey try to show his motlVfk Were purely ^altruistic and not commercial. 5 .It all sonnds good, Jbut it will take i considerable * "sj^ce?? the? ^Georgia newspapei^ to ^nvince tibe world that ^SonlSing tales ' the \Srf$L MONKEY CHAIN CALLED MYTH Recent Travelers in Sooth America '. Explain ^re&aW OrVjffn of' Story s Once implicitly Beljevei ; .... An interesting artide ^b^^ Prof. E. W. ^Gudgef, ia a-.re|^xt:iisfeue'of Natural .History, -dS&ls Jw^-ibe time-honored story O? whicn ^Boat ??of us were broagbt up:flxa*^uutii ^^oerican mon* \ areti thfc naWfr-oi^cressing ?llfga t?r^ififeste? str^aWby 1?fcmg tfeefr: tails anrd ^ ^JiSr?:a'lr>Wbriiage. PlctrStf? of^thii feif once ?gured ^s> . teniivei/ In ffiir school" gebfcraphles, .anff Professor Gudger reproduced', such r? picture ?oni a 'Fourth reader j>ub sished as late as 1897. The story was n'rst told, a? far tar know*; by the Jes uit priest Fadre Jose * Acosta in a ; work ptftffisfieff la 1589. Severaf later i writers l?fe1 re^tfeu the tale. TBe first person to dispute its veracity was fB?>?% :Hu?D?l?t.: ; JtexjentTy explor or Jl^^cricc Wheti they aren tion iM^^?'?^^*^^ sfceptJ- i cism.-~jjfiBty tm*.?t<m&i?. rCf>errie :?T.tie ?meri-; can laaw of Natural History, who: J ;fiave done^W much ''Traveling and col lecting in .South America, have sug g?st*n to ttoftmr "G??&fSi^iktiih ble origin- Jfbr jfccft tales: They think that the story ef the *4nonkey bridge** has come about through observation of a jjrocessibn of monkeys crqseinjg;: a rayine,? stream on a pendent liana. T-Seientioc American. Why American* Losft Contract | , ??p^nr^ ^ *' Kinds ?lr"et. tkf? failuffe of an Amer ican^ m^anl^turer to ;obtaia a con tract for; &?fflotiyes^ brause nis Ba* ropeaa competitors made a more care ful atwJj of Qrfnese peculiarit^eai,, writes Lynn W. Meekios In the Scien tific American. "One locomotive was ordered frona each "df ^the competing cofis^an^ks. I, In-e*ery reap>ct'Jaiite one tfce American product wag unmistas:> ibly snperior. '^weye>; ^t kad been paintad black before shipment from 'the wori!s? aV^ ^e^ay across tie Pacifie M became more or less rusted.' 1 ' -Its aj4?ra^^ffeeforW was -tir and hkd been touched % by the manu if?m^. Boin ^ yffir colors mixeltt P you want tff *aeHr|^#-tli^fM; Saaa^^* ^ v^"- ": ' 1 I ? ? ? ? ' .' N* Flattery Intenaetf. :?S* that a ^?Ttralt of year gra?d naotber when she was yoffitgr askeii ?be^ airlrwafd visitor. "H?w it resea -y^iilsi .Ugletcin r * **NbV. ^ou-ohl^ ;sa> that tt :?tter me.* 'Grandma was Quite s beatify, and ererybo^ &M)ti&t I-^f?en^ I mali? lao pretens^* of that ?M ft'assure yon/ Miss;^gietbnV.' claimed the ;A. ^flattery is far from my thoughts. The family re semblince fa: striking. Tte often I known cases like tbat The?-were two ?isters I Imew wben I was a boy. They were wonderfuily ai?ce, ?ke that portrait's' like yo?, a'n(f yet one of them Was' as ^eaU?rni ?s a ?oet*e | dream, and the bther was oYeanfni-^ j ?ftttis/r m?n/aeiwitAi't-at all-n>r, ! rather, she was lacking m that?that j ittractrve o^ialrty, you kttow, that con- I wtttotesH-what a lovely frame this jw.! trait has, eh Edinburgh ScoUman. j India Again Importing. I AH restriction* on tfee* importation ! Int? T?o*ia of a^y American ma?Uf*c I tare* ^^preiltf^wlth the ercejpflon of 5g"o1d tM6\ silver coin or bullion and coca'lfie, bare '$een removed, impor tation of cocaine and allied drugs is forbidden at all times except under a license granted by the chief cus toms officer at the place of import The importation of gold and sliver coin and MtSten is restricted in that the government of Ijdle reserves t!te j right t? p%r*Bft?e aff lmportati?w cf ^_ -v ?' . ?:? .?<? ?'. Neglecting Oppertultltiea. "They say the peach crop is unu sually i?e this year.** TThea what are so many fellows do i&i asaatzatf '?tat ttwrt at ?nat?t r HELD PASTORATE IN OHiO Old Church Reedres Teff ?f the Work of President Wilson's Maternal . Grandfather. The coming of Thomas Wood row, 'naiernaf gr&n?fatlver of President j Wilson, to^?hi? to preach, is noted briefly to tie records of tlie Chilll cothe presb^ery. At a m3etihg held at Si&tmi&hhtg September 12; 1837, ^hom^W^?reWi a member of the Congregational 0nl?n df'?hgl?hd.*4 re quested7 to be received. His case was referred to a coiamittee. At the next j meet^g CFf tire j^esbyfery; held a t Rip. j ley In He was accepted and im- j t medkteiy^ re^etreiJ * calffrom the church at ChiHicotbe; which, being ac oepted, he waa histatted the first Fri day in J^eT?oer?f tint year. ? The next entry of Interfest in the history' referrm|: to Mr. "Mr.: Wood row is in t$$ fecords of ihe presby tery field ifi ^e^ 'Oak in ? 1?47, fo the effect tbaihe^Bse of fhealth" he !ha$ resigned his pastorate with the chureh at C&iHicothe and ^he relation waa dissolved. Hier died at-hi* home near <^nn?us W April, 1377. - "*vlt was $H grandfather's church and his bid' home m, ba^isi% jEJng^ that President Wilston visited tbi nrst _S*fn day he was m ^glaiof lait December, fie jraa bor^ at'^afsia^^tito ,'5n its*, en^cated at Glasgow university, idid mission^: work m the Orkneys, settled Sea the pastor of die ^depend ent church of ^arHsieV ?rm? to Ameri ca in 18&, leee&ng first a* Bro?fcvlire, I Can. It was' from that place that, he went fo CT&licothef ' - ???f. ?;. PRETTY TRIBUTE TO YANKS I.Wafsh Girl fintfiuimttis Over the Y Good ^Hties of the Boys - ? Fighting ja France/ v Testimony to the onal tries of some of th^-imWiean' troops &1 Fraace: ii igiTen fcy~ % W? member of tlfe wom ^anJl auxiliary army eorp? in a letter rro4ieT-: home fblfc at XJ?rdin*; Wales. ;She;;sa^r- . ;':; " ; ' "" * ^e^are stationed inside an Ameri can camp to a huge old French cav alry batTaeks; Wo arc doing clerical work with hundreds and hundreds of Americans in the Central Records of fice. Jf?? ^ssl with the whole Ameri can aroy retorfe and, excepting the ?w?,*-wafee?ses, etc., an we old 460 .gVftt >rey really the 'waicV of "the ^^erfcin ^s^&??hary f?r&. > ;^*';W^:&e work, W love the| lftie> are a^endid fellows; We have etsnTor^blf r^^ recreation room and bocke? and ?r* as happy as p6s ^slblev And now we are getthig up: a zgrshd *revu*called *ftie Battle of Bourgas.* I am to be "a French girl. The efiorui is one of the best and the music truly American. I'm afraid your music over there when we come beck won't have enough *pep' in it Honestly, the hoys can, play. Bven "those wno-nre doing; scavenger werk In the camp can play the violin and piano.*" - - ?-??? . . ' 1 ?Nnjy #111! Dresa. ; - WiD the! reinrned soldiers who. are said ^^^i^ii^i^^^i- evening anit* be strong enough to overthrow the black tradition established by Lord Lytteat v*eiry ;few. perhaps, of . those who forfifr ^ears -nave' meekly bowed to tof tradition, have fcnown Its' origin* says the.X^ndeh Cbronkre. Until the publication of ''Peiha.m'" coats wofn for evening dress were of different j colors, chiefly brown, green or blue, but the twvelisf makes one of his fe male characterrtefi'the hero a blue ,coat does not writ his " complexion; ?Ton.^Iol* rl?rt^fir W?tk^-sie says, "which ^is ^ great compliment, for people Brest b*^ rery distinguished in ':ifp?raW to^.d? so.* A^ f^with all men^ ^ose to take the^compu%ient to themselvek- f ' ? ? . ? ..-??i-v- ? \ . Some Doubt About It One of dur good housekeepers know? she 4f4? -io ^ar::f^ n^Ic; bh^ when she W %8tlmg 'aromitl'-"',her' pots and pahs: aT^'atriShhing*in*f%im1ilhg-' out ft'ea' tow%r-sifec"cann6i ;*tons^rtf'finm ?hiint'i"^'*^^-of he?cfeaning-ap 'joy? ^ISfew there is "alS0;a tittle neigh ji^vJ^''V!^j^8^8%nder her window./ Once,;w?ie ttfe.^roeess of scrubbing ^aa g&fe^von aoo^e; "the little fellow looked;'^.'id the window with a f?ce alt pheferret! '? and serious,' a* if some ^uelti^;i%Pn?en ttbimlmg him Jlor -^n^awhSe.^--- '] :'r * "Welt, To^by, what's the matter V In QUired the' notfsekeeper. : ; A long'pauSe-Mthen. "Please ma'am is^ yoti ^sMg^r?to^ahapo^ l^ews. Loaded Cigars. AroTj^d the hotels of San Francisco patrons are,warned to be on the look out for ?le old trick of the, loaded j cigar. Some inventive genius has put | out one that contains fireworks ^and! when it begins to shoot the air is | filled with -set pieces representing] men oh horseback, French trenches.! and the retreat of the Huns. W. H.j Hart finimcier and investor of Helena,! Mont, avers that these things are! true and that he Saw a parade of won-1 derfnl pictures when- a friend slipped him one of the cigars in the lobby -of the Palace last week. He says that cigar produced the entire battle of Chateau-Thierry before he conld j smother ft?Oregonian. fntcmprehen6ibiUty. ?There** some misunderstanding about bdlshevlsts.** "They tfiscuss their nffalrs largely in tlie c<)?tdifucnlt language on earth; nussian. and illiterate Russian at thai Mliuadersuadlgg is inevitable." led to rescue by dream Tug Captain's Confidents !n Vision He Had Proved'Fortunata for Two Fishermen. : Guided by a dream, Capt Adam Patsoehn of a Lake Michiganr tug found two men who bad been-drifting about helpless in a braten motor | launch for four days. The rescue was jusf in time to save the men's lives, tof the feet of one were frozen and the other's hands were frostbitten and I they were exhausted^ from cold and hunger. Captain Paczocha haci his dream while taking a nap at his home In Mil waukee" one afternoon. When he awoke he described to hi9 family how" he had seen a launch drifting about helpless in the storm-swept lake and how he had swung his boat alongside and saved two men. "I'm going to find them," said the captaiaj after telling of the dream vi sion: \ - *? j He* set out fne nett morning and by midafternoon* "he bad located the I launch. The two men n the launch Were George ?ostigah and Joseph Bud sieez, Jones Island flsheimen who* had j inet wilh misfortune while out hauling in their nets; Driven al out by a sud den storm {hat arose on the lake they sought to make shore tntil the gaso line engine iff the lam j eh gave-out. Their they drifted about helpless. ilid'rewued' men's ibr.it rechest was for cigarettes. They htd been unable to smoke "for four daysi: because their matches had become wot' I MPORTANT DATtE IN HAWAII Modern History of Islands May Be Said to Have Begun on Oc tober 2Z, t8?9. The one hundredth innfverasry of the departure of the nrsTmissToharles "from" the _?nlted 'State? to th* Sand wich islands, as they wf-re* then known, will be celebrated at HbnoTuld, Octo ber 23. On that ?ate hi the year 1819, the brig Thaddens, Captain Hunneweil, sailed from Boston for Hawaii. The vessel anchored at ?Eailua, Kona, Island of Hawaii, Afril 5,1820, and the missionaries landed tlv.it day to begin their work of dvHizing the natives and converting them to Christianity. Those whor arrived i? Hawaii on the Thadde ns were Asa- Thurstcn- and Hitman ' Ringham, ordained missionaries, with their wives; \f Banl# Chamberlain, Thomas: Holmes, Samuel jitney, JSamu el Buggies, Ellsha Loomls and ;fnur H?walians~-fionolii, -Hopu and jkanul?who had received some-educa fioff at Cornwall Institute; and- Qeorge Hnmofcumo, son of Kanmuall. the king .of the Island of Kaual. The Hswail ?ns had been taken to the United States in trading vessels. Traders and whalers had been visiting Honolulu for some years before the arrival of the missionaries, but it is from the latter event that the modern history of Ha waii dates; Wonderful Slot Machine. _Most people are ftimfll?r with the machines which sell chocolate and chewing gum. An Interesting develop ment in this field is a large apparatus that dispenses bottled beverages, sand wiches and chewing irum. Its cooling chamber has space for the. accommo dation of 96 bottles, ^hile a.precool ing compartiueut, m which hottles are chilled by immersion In the water that grains from the ice, has an equal ca pacity. In order to encourage patrons te* return empty , bottles to the ma j Shine a stick of gem Is discharged ; when k bottte ir pla<?2d in the receiver ! provided for It A counterfeit detec i for rejects spurious coins. A complete record" of all transactions fs kept by a sales-registering mechasisinv The only attentionthe machine Tea^ires Is that involved tn^sfockmr ahU Ictng lt Untasted Emergency Ration. , . A corre^ndentv writing from the front before thefitting came to: an end, said that- the''emergency ration i supplied1 to our soldiers still remained a mystery to them. FeW'fndeed have even tasted this scientific life-saver of which the army boards arfc-so I proud. It looks like ground oatmeal; nut" It Is said to be the last wordln tfoncen trated calories and protein. It con tains1 the juices and sustaining parts of all meats and vegetables known to man, with ailttle gluten thrown In. Most sol diers have not^dared to taste it A court martial threatens anyone who eats the emergency ration unnecessarily, and almost never, so they say', did any sol dier find it necessary. Hot meals from rolling kitchens were virtually always to be had.?Youth's Compan ion. Farm Products by Parcel Post [Wilmington, De!., is to receive farm products by parcel pest truck service. The service' between that city and Salisbury, Md., began recently, two large army trucks bearing eggs, but ter, fish, oysters, crabs, berries and such direct from land or sea to the consumer. Stops are made at every town along the route which can claim a post office. Provision has also been made for acceptance of paf*el post material for tfeW York, transfers to be made at Chester; and through truck service from Wilmington to Philadel t phia will be established. A Little Learning. "Do yon subscribe to the theory that a little learning Is t. dangerous thing?' 1 "Yes," replied Gadspur. "I thougm ,' 1 knew enough about my automobile [ to take It apart and put It together j again; &ut this bill of $134.17 from r { eepalc shop proves that I didn't'*?Bir I a?ajgham Age-Barajj. _ ._ Much Building in Sumter Fifty-Two Permits Issued May, Much Money Spent m There has been much building activ rty in Sumter in the past few months but the statement-from JMr. D. J. Mc Kiever that the $90,000 mark was passed in the month of May is sur prising to those that are not in close touch with the construction work in Sumter. It is another proof of Sum tre's. progressiveness that the people are not waiting for lower prices when there is no sight of them, but are go ing ahead and doing business now. A total of 52 permits were issued during the month and they are as follows: J. W. Cox, X. Magnolia street, new cabinet shop, $1,000. Sumter Machinery Co., E. Mary St, new auto repair shop, $1,500. C. B. Preacher, 16 B landing street, remodeling residence, ?250. Annie Davis. 321 Manning avenue,] remodeling residence, $200. M. H. Flaum, 311 W. CaIhoun street j remodeling residence, $71. Ceo, D. Shore, Cotincil street, re- j modeling negro tenant house. $75. Geo. D. Shore Bradford street, re modeling n<*gro-tenant house, $150. S. Wi Wingate, 3S Edward street, new bungalow. $3,500. R. H. Witherspoon, 313 Church St., remodeling residence, $500. J. it Watts, 24 Wright street, shingling residence, $250. Minnie Wright, foot End Street, shingling house, $150. Dr. E. S. Booth, 3.13 W. Hampton avenue, new bungalow, $.6,500. Cecil Wilson, 23 Broad street, pri vate a?to garage. $250. - Bartow Walsh, 16 Kendrick street, private auto garage, $50. Mrs. E. D. Brunson, 29 S. Washing ton street, reiftodeling residence, $250 Ralph Hill 44 Wright St, remodel ing" residence, $1,000, . Friday Kersh?w, 1113 Manning ave nue, new negro restaurant, 1300. H. L Scarborough, 425 X. Main St, remodeling residence, $200.. ? DuRant Hardware Co., 11-13 X. Main street, remodeling store, $15,000. Ralph Hill, 2 CaldwelL street, new brick store, $12,000. . Leyy & Moses, 12 South Main street, private ?uto garage, $125. Xeill O'Donnell, 20 S. Main street remodeling brick warehouse, $300. E. W. .McCallum, 110 S.; Blaiiding street, wiring house for lights,-$55. J. C. Priolean, 10 2 S. Washington street, private auto garage, $80. Ross J. Kennedy,' 106 KenMrick street, wiring house for lights, $40. Cephus Ford, 228 Manning avenue, remodeling negro restaurant, $40. Geo> M^~ Foxworth, 28 Park avenue, wiring house for lights, $30. Singer Sewing Machine Co., 35 S. Main street, remodeling inside store,-. $75. Joseph Palmer, 405 W. Hampton avenue, remodeling residence, $600;. H. C. ITaynsworth, X. ' Magnolia* ^street, private auto garage, $150. W. D. Boykin, 109 S. Snmte'r street, new tin roof on residence* $SO0. . C. G. Rowland, corner Liberty & j Council street, new brick garage, $10; [000. . ?" '* l> Mark Reynolds, 302 W. Calhoun street, rehiodeling residence, $300-. Dr. Burk Watson, Wright street, new bungalow, $4,000. Rebecca Taylor, 102 Williams street, remodeling residence, $100. Total. $9-2.165. ^ D. J. McKIEVER, "City Building Inspector. No Reciprocity. After the guests at their party bad gone. Mrs. Mirably said to her hus band: "What on earth did you mean, John, by telling the Smiths that my humor was positlve/but not negative?" J. S. Jero, 239 Manning avenue, re-i ul meant," said Mr. Mimhiy, ?'that you modeling residence, $75. could make a joke, but couldn't take i Ev W. McCallum, 305 S. Salem ave-?*one!" - nue. shingling residence, $150. E. W. McCallum, 127 Broad street, j shingling residence, $150 ... j ...... ... R. R. Oder,. 502 W. Liberty street,! new gasoline fiilling station, $3,500. G.. C. Warren. 421 W. Hampton , avenue, remodeling residence, $2,000. j Mrs. Annie Muller; 3-1 Haynsworth street, shingling residence, $40. x Edwin Boyle, 10 Park avenuer re modeling residence, $1,000. Mrs. Andrena Moses, 212 X. Main street, remodeling residence, $3,500. J. W. Jackson, W. Calhoun street, new bungalow, $7,000. J. D. Harper, 140 S. Main street, new briek store, $10,000. G. C. Cooper, 201 Broad street, re-.-f modeling residence, $1,000. * Mrs. Alston J. Stubbs, 246 Church' street, remodeling residence, $2,500. J. D. Wilder, 17 S. Magnolia street, auto shed, $25. Moses Green, 14 Church street, re modeling barn, $40. D. James Winn. 213 X. Purdy street, remodeling residence, $40. Mrs. Mary Warren, 13 Warren street remodeling residence, $50. ? ?? Ralph Hill, 44 Wright street, pri vate auto garage, $1,000. Chinese Made First Bread? % . It is said that the- Chinese were the first bread makers, and 'they made bread from wheat and rice as early, ?s 1998 B. C. Probably the first bread made from yeast was bated In ^Eng land in about 1634. Aerated breadV whieh rises from carbonic acid gas injected into the dough, became some what common in 1857; but tpract4cally all bread, bakery-made or home-made, owes its leavening to yeast or baking powder- ^ Fox Squlrrtl's f^sts. In the South, &stead of living In the hollow trees, the fox squirrels build big nests h> the tops -ci -the pine "and other trees, usualry of- Spanish moss, says the American Forestry Magazine. In' these they sleep, also' carrying to j them the pine cones7. In the hardwood ' forests of the North, dry leaves t?te the place of the Spanish moss; and a conspicuous nest is built with m ?t-M? trance bole at the side. Subdivide aM Sell' a&ilu^oxi QUICK RESULTS are assured by our Modern Auction Mathods. CfTY LOTS arid ?tr??&. BAN PROPERTIES will sell now. The Pathfinder gives full particulars?it may-be. worth hundreds of dollars to you. Write for it TODAY. ATLANTIC COAST EALTY CO. "The Name That Justtees Yo^ Cbhfiaence*1' Offices: PETERSBt^G/VA. or GREENVILLE, N. 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