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Starting The Fire "They brought the coal this afternoon, Harry," Mrs. Newsom announced as her husband sat down at the dinner table and she placed the steak before him. "Good!" ejaculated Newsom. "I'll bnlld a furnace fire tonight. Kitty. "We're starting it earlier thiB year than we did last." "Later," Mrs. Newsom said, as she seated herself opposite him. "La6t year we built our first furnace fire on Oct. 18. I remembor the date perfectly; it was the day I entertained the card club and Mrs. Warren couldn't come. Her sister was ill and Mrs. Warren remained at home to I take care of the children, much to my | relief; she is ;t very fussy woman and you know how a furnace lire makes such an odor when it's started?" Newsom nodded his head as he cut into the steak. "I don't remember all that, of course, but I do remember that we started the furnace later, about the 2Sth, I think." "How ridiculous of you to insist upon that, Harry, when I've just told ^ou when we did start it!" Mrs. Newsom rejoined, her cheeks flushing. "1 say we started the furnace on Oct. 18." "I've not ttih slightest objection to your saying that, my dear, becauso you evidently believe it, provided you grant, me tliep rivilego of saying that we started the fire on Oct. 28." "You're exasperating, Harry," Mrs. Newsom exclaimed, rising to her feet. "I'll get my diary and settle the matter onee for all." She rushed out of the room. Newsom cailled after her: "I'll get the coal bill; that will settle it." At tho ?nd of several minutes Mrs. Newsom appeared in the library, where her husband was searching through a letter file. "Harry, you've hidden my diary so I can't convince you of your mistake," n..TT ncuuBcu nun. w iiat nnve you done with it?" "I haven't seen your diary. What have you done with the coal bills?" "They're somewher* in the file. You can look for them while I'm eating my dinner; I don't propose to dine on cold steak and potatoes after I had the trouble of making them hot. simply becnuse you're obstinate." Mrs. Newsom swept out of the room, only to return the next instant, declaring with visible elation: "Now. I'm certain we did start the fire on , the 18th, because the day after that and he ?w?pt the coal dust off the walk." "Wonderful memory you have." Newsom declared, shutting the file in disgust. "How do you happen to ro* member that Oct. 10 was the day the man put up the storm windows and swept ofT the coal dust?" "Peoause that was the day after we started the furnace fire on the 18th," Mrs. Newsom answered, triumphantly. "Now. are you convinced? And. speaking of memories, you destroyed last year's recipted coal bills when we cleaned house, so it's hardly worth your while looking further for them." "I'm not convinced," Newsom shouted, springing to his feet. He dropped the file in his flurry and scattered the contents, which did not add to his amiability. "Rut there must be some way of convincing you. Yes. come to think of it. I made a note on the direction card that hangs beside the furnace. Now. I'll show you." "You never mentioned before that you made a note on the card when we started the furnace," Mrs. Newsome said, suspiciously. In the dining room tbye encountered Mrs. Newsom's young sister, who exclaimed: "What's the matter? Why aren't you eating your dinner? I ran over to borrow the evening paper for mother; dad forgot to bring one." "Rhoda." Mrs. Newsom cried, desperately, "do you remember what day we started our furnace last year? Wasn't it the day I entertained the card club and you helped me sorva?" "No. indeed," said her sister. "The women nearly froze that day sitting around in their thin dresses." was the unexpected answer. "It was the next day. I remember perfectly, because you had to keep an appointment at the tailor's and you were afraid to leave a fresh fire unwatclied." "I?I?well?" Mrs. Newsom stopped and a reminiscent look crept into her eyes. "But that was the day the man put on the storm windows, nnd I can't recall that I went to the tailor's. Still?wait a minute. I'll telephone mother. She always remembers everything." Mrs. Newsom rushed to the telephone find Newsom made his escui>e downstairs. The next moment Mrs. Newsom exclaimed, the receiver to kft enr: "The 10th? sure? The day you brought ? baby over and the ilfit was Bolovely and warm? You're quite positive?" Mrs. Newsom flew downstairs and breathlessly confronted her husband as he lighted the gas in the basement. "We are both wrong," she said. "It was Oct. 10. Mother remembers." in silence Newsom consulted th? card. "Wo started the fr.rnaee fire last year on Oct. 20?exactly one roar today," he announced. "Come on, Kitty I'm ravenou^" Was Too Original "Good evening," said the young man In fervent tones, as the young woman on whom he was calling entered the room, "I just thought that I'd drop in and ask you to marry me." "I will not!" declared the young woman after she had caught her breath. "Why, Arthur Lewis! The idea! What do you mean by?" "I thought so," said the young man, resignedly, sitting down and staring at the polish on his shoes. "There isn't a girl on earth who is mentally advanced enough to appreciate common sense or admire novelty. They all want the same thing in the same way at the same time! I suppose if I led you into a dim corner and held your hand and gazed into your eyes with an cA|n\:i5Diuii %ji t trmui ion una adoring worship, anu ad said, 'Madeline, my heart's darling! Listen! I 1-lov-ov-e you!' you would have fallen on my neck?" "I don't understand you!" interrupted the young woman, breathing rai>idly. "I don't understand you at all! I don't see why you should assume that I'm in the least anxious to marry you." "I don't," explained the young man. "I wouldn't he so rude and conceited. I merely assumed that you would marry me if I asked you?and I've asked you, and you say you won't. "I must admit," went on the young man. "that I am both surprised and pained. I feel that you have been leading me on all this time just to amuse yourself, and I must say that I didn't think you were that kind. I?" "I don't think you are very nice," declared the young woman, "to come here and call me names and act as though I were to blame about something! I'm not in the habit of believing that every man who calls on me wants to marry me, and?" "Now, Madeline!" interrupted the young man decisively, "that sounds very pretty and ladylike and no doubt you think it is so, but it isn't. In the bottom of your heart you know that when a man calls three times on a girl she begins sizing him up as a possiuie nusDanu, ana ir she thinks he won't do, she gets rid of him. She has a headache when he calls, or she has another engagement when he asks her out, or she forgetB appointments with him. You've not done a solitary one of th$se tricks! You've let me come and acted glad to see me?and j^jJj^J^H^j^iigementa ?dth era to go places with me, and you've | cooked Indigestible things in the chafing dish at weird hours and urged them upon me, and otherwise given me to understand that you didn't exactly hate me. Naturally, from all this I deducted?" "I don't understand you at all!" flared the young woman. "I think you are acting perfectly horrid, and you ought to apologize!" "Oh, of couise," said the young man. "I know if I had wanted to be ' dishonest with myself and you I could i have wrung tears out of my eyes and ! murmured things about not being' worthy and not daring to reach so far above me and called you an angel; ?but really, you know, it's six o! one and half a dozen of the other, and we'd make a good married couple, j However, you must admit, Madeline, that you get an edge on your tempei occasionally?just as you have now,! for instance. Still, I can handle that.' You could do far worse than marry fne. Do you love any one else?" "No!" said the young woman, "nut that doesn't mean that I care two straws about such a conceited individ ual as yourself!" "You should," he persisted. "You can't deny that you've been fond of me up to this moment. What's wrong al!! of a sudden?" "You are!" she told him. "TotaJly!**; "Strange," murmured the young j man. "Say, I bet what you're mad I about is the way I did It?Isn't it?" I "I never heard of such a proposal," she informed him. "You might have been offering to sell me a hook or ask | ing for a contribution to something! ; Any girl would say no!" "Well," said the young man with a sigh, getting up, "it's too had, and I'm awfully disappointed. I won't both er you any longer?" "There's no need to hurry," said the young woman. "What's the use of staying?" he aBked, bitterly. "I've got a broken heart, and you don't love me, and?" "I?I never said that," murmured the young woman. She looked away "It's just as I said," the young man told her two hours lator when affaire were permanently settled. "Girls in sist on all the artistic finish on these little affairs. I was too abrupt!" Many Uses for New Invention. The microphone, In a modified form, | la being used successfully by a French Inventor to find springs of water, and they have been located aa far as# fifty feet underground. It is expected that the instrument will be of much valuo to miners, prospectors and others in similar occupations, as well as in locating victims of mine accidents. A tube Is thrust Into the ground a few feet and the Improved microphone attached to the upper end, when noise made by flowing or fftlling water is plainly beard. TO HOLI) PRODUCT AT ( EIGHT CENT BASIS] . i Cotton Congress Committee Approves McAdoo's Plan to Save Situation. | Washington, Aug. 28. ?Secretary I McAdoo's plan to accept as a basis J for currency notes secured by ware- j house receipts for cotton, tobacco and J naval stores at 75 per cent of their] face value was approved tonight in a report by the special committee ap-, pointed by the conference of representative planters, bankers, manufacturers and dealers held here August 24 and 25. x | The committee recohipiended thai I every effort be made to assist pro-I ducers in holding their cotton for ? price that will minimize their lose; until the channels of foreign trad( are reopened. Eight cents a pounr was suggested as a fair* basis foi loans on coton. The report, which was submitter to Secretary McAdoo, follows: Approves of Plan. "1. That the committee entirely ap prove of and congratulate you on thr announcement made by you yester day afternoon that notes secured bj warehouse receipts for cotton and to bacco and naval stores, and having not more than four months to rung will be accepted as a basis for thJ issue of currency to the members <>| the national currency associations al 7~> per cent of the face value of saiil notes. "2. That it is the sense of the com mittce that cotton, tobacco and nava stores should be marketed as deliberately as possible until they can again be exported in normal quantity and! that when properly conditioned., should be warehoused with responsible concerns, that they should be pro-' tected against weather damage and property insured against loss or damage by fire. "3. That warehouse receipts for those commodities are proper collateral for loans by banks, and should be accepted with such limitations as to margin, inspection and valuation as conservative bankers may each in their discretion see fit to impose. is Will Last For Years. "4. That the average market vrj^ir of middling cotton for the pastflM years has been in excess of 12 per pound, that the committee formed that the cost of pTc^^^H cotton averages throughout th^^^^K ed States about 9 1-2 cents H that it is a rule of econom>jK^^^^H production of staple commojf^^^^H decrease if they continue less than the cost of prod^^^^^^H a reasonable profit. not deteriorate when pr housed, and is as good H picked when thci the restorcjfl^^^^^H^^J condition consumption/A^^H^^^^^^H committee thercf^^^^H^^^^^H effort assist the producOTL^^^^^^^^^^^E ton a price as the reopei^HHHH^^m^^H. (r/'ennr ->r*tn <*' kSmlTt^^Vross^Ke^^^^L dAwn iiiaue ujmii o ifuo.fr f,-ur . per pound for middling less such mar' pin as the lender shall consider necessary will afford reasonable protection to bankers and will preatly facilit "* the financinp of our most import export crop in the present emerpc W. The Eipht-cent Basis. ^or "5. That in suppestinp 8 cents pound for middlinp cotton as a b'led for loans, it is pot the purpose of ancommittee to convey the idea t that fipure represents in their opinen the intrinsic value of cotton, but l'j0 it is sufficient in their judpment meet the requirements of the site tion, and enable the farmer to mark'f his cotton in an orderly ami eleliheiate manner. "<!. That in case of tobacco and naval stores the committee is informed that when these commodities art properly conditioned, stored and in* sured, they are practically non-perishable, and that the committee therefore recommends that warehouse receipts for tobacco and naval stores b< accepted as security for loans on ? basis that has due reference to theii market value less such allowance as the lenders shall consider reasonable in view of the present suspension ol the export demand. Would Accept Notes. > "7. Your committee recommends that notes havinp not lonper thai four months to run, when secured bj ^proper warehouse receipts for the aforesaid eommoelities, properly insured, be accepted for rediscount by the feeleral reserve banks when orpani/.eel. and that they also be approved by the national currency associations as security for additional cir cuiauon 10 me nauonai names unaei the provisions of the Aldrich-Vree. land act, as amended hy the fedora reserve act. "8. That a subcommittee be ap< pointed by you for the purpose ol conferring with the trade and th< banking interests with a view of cart rying into effect the recommendations, herein made." t Don't Be Mothered With Couching.. Stop it with Foley's Honey and Tai? Compound. It spreads a soothing healing coating as it glides down ths. throat, and tickling, hoarseness, ant nervous hacking, are quickly healed Children love it?tastes good and nc opiates. A man in Texas walked It miles to a drug store to get a bottle. Best you can buy for croup and bronchial coughs. Try it. A Question. 3 Here is a question for the farmer! to answer: Will it he best to selj 7,000,000 bales of cotton at 14 cents| or sell 14,000,000 bales at 7 cents??j Pickens Sentinel. < A Lame Back?Kidney Trouble t Causes It. ! /\nti it win ^ive you t-ven worse v. not cheeked. Mrs. H. T. Straynjrefi Gainesville, Ga., was fairly down or her hack with kidney trouble and in" flamed bladder. She says: "I toole Foley Kidney Pills and now my bad? is stronger than in years, and botl kidney and bladder troubles are enl tirely ^one."* For sale by all dealers I t I i To the White Democratic Voters of South Carolina. II We have just asscd through one of the most strenuous campaigns ever known in South Carolina. The nominee for the most important office, that of governor, has not, as yet, been seel ted. The final decision in this race jwi I he made Tuesday, September 8th, | when you will be called upon to deI cici e by your ballot between John (J. Ri hards of Kershaw county, and Ri hard I. Manning of Sumter. The indications are that Mr. Manning will be nominated by a splendid > i majority and will be our next cover- j nor, provided the friends of good government do not become over-confident and careless in the matter. We must work every minute from now until the votes are counted and Mr. Manning is declared the nominee. Do not relax your efforts just as victory is within our grasp. Let us see how large a majority we can give him and the cause which he reiiresonts. .Messrs. Clinkscales and M. I.. Smith have already tendered their support and services to Mr. Manning, and it is expected that Messrs Cooper ' and C. A. Smith will do the same a^ /soon as the State executive eommitI tee oflicially declares the results. If (the supporters of these candidate will not rally to the support of Mr. Manning and nut forth their hest efforts in his behalf, he will roll up one of the greatest majorities ever known in this State, and will make a governor of whom all South Carolinians will he proud. Mr. Manning will use his hest efforts io build up our state in every : way that is hest for our people. He /will hold himself above factionalism, and will know no class or faction, hut will be the friend of all the people. The next two years will he critical times with the farmers of South Carolina, and it is necessary that a sound |' and experienced business man and i farmer he placed at the head of our f government, especially at this time. I, Mr. Manning is just exactly the com(bination needed. lie is a business man of the highest type and recogniz'??d ability. lie has been a farmer practically all his life, lie owns? large ' farms in Sumter and Barnwell counties, and gives them his personal attention at all times. Mr. Manning has promised, if elected, to support every measure that will benefit the farmers. He also pledges himself to the enforcement of all laws, including those i against race track gambling and blind 1 tigers. He will be the governor of all the people, and will be a credit and honor to our state. \ The people in Mr. Manning's home 1 county, Sumter, where he is known g best, gave him a majority of more 0 than four hundred over all opponents, (yvhile his onponent received less than Bne-third of the total vote cast in his ^ome county, Kershaw. What does Ivlhis mean? I"1 Get busy men and keep busy until 1 . -r-_ i-.i i ii? D:..U Wne votes are cuumcu aim nun. ixnurd T. Manning is made governor of !guth Carolina, the state we love sc Wrs. l7. j forget pa?t differe.%xs and -V iVi i nNa strong fight for South H*' v^" w'" do this, and get your neighbor to do the same, Mr I Manning will be nominated and elect lied by a splendid majority. I Respectfully, I o. K. LaRoque. I Marion, S. ('., August 29, 1914. I IT Mr ST BR TRUE. I Union Readers Must Come to Thu I Conclusion. It is i "t the telling of a single cas< I in Union, hut a number of citizen testify. Endorsement by people yoi Blknow l> ars the stamp of truth. Th I followim is one of the public state I' nu-nts made in this locality ahou I Hoans Kidney I 'ills: A. ''handlers, T"> Cage Ave., Un I ion, S 1 says: "I began to suffe II from kidney trouble about five yeai ago. fhe pain was mostly in m I left kidney and side. 1 hail* a too fn 1 quent desire to pass the kidney sec.c ti.m- and the flow was scanty and <ii; H t res sing. When 1 heard of I loan HI Kidney Pills, I got a supply from tl HI Palmetto Drug Co. A few boxes r Hi moved the trouble. It is a plcasu H | for me to recommend Doan's Kidnt Hj Pills. 1 consider this remedy a mo H reliable one for kidney trouble." H Price 50c, at all dealers. Dor HI simply ash for a kidney remedy H Doan's Kidney Pills ihe same th Hi Mi. Chambers had. h'oster-.Milbu H j ('<>., Props., Buffalo, N. V. H I FEDERAL DEPOSIT I SURETY IS CIV I I Columbia and (Ireenville Banks It Bonds?Statement is Issued. II Federal depository bonds in tl | sum of $3(5(5,000 have been issued i I the Ciuaranty Trust company, Coin hia, and the People's hank, (Jreenvil [ hy the National Surety company .sew York. All announcement issued l?y l,e< ] ard Drammann, vice president of t , surety company, comments as folio ; on the writing; of these honds: , "The fact that the United Stai j treasury has sent an impressive^;hs j of its $34,000,000 crop-moving; < i posits to South Carolina hanks shoi be taken as a reassuring; indicati that South Carolina's natural agr cultural wealth this year is so grn that government aid is needed to lu die it. ( II "It is a mistake to think that . II ealities which ask for United Sta fl treasury funds for crop-moving; p jfjfl poses are not prosperous. The r 19 significance, in many cases, is tl 19 the locality'} potential prosperity 19 very g;reat. The United States tre 99 ury would not send Iarg;e deposits 0 banks in unproductive communit e In borrowing; money to market " | , crops this year, the prosperous Am " ican farmer is merely doing; what d prosperous American manufactu r has done almost annually for mi e years. He is using; every honest av k i able form of credit he can comnt: - so as to turn out as larg;e a prod ? :ui? Tl,,. . | an uic. a nv ^vmw. & J ; * 5 INSURE T ! FIRE Y AUTOMOBILE X 1UKI\AUU X PLATE GLASS A BURGLARY ACCIDENT HEALTH f EMPLOYERS' V BONDS v > "Ask the IVIan Who ins X V SEE, PHONE OR | E. M. GA At The Union Han UNION, S. - -,^A A^A | Just Rec *.A FRESH SHIPMENT OF 1 ? FINE CAN v VNunnally's, Mary Garden V Queen Victoria, Vote *t4 And Cr i We Give Tickets to t. V ; ?TRADE WITI ; and get votes for the 5 i X given at the Ail Imilhous di V V THE REXALL S *: 1 wrights viTle;? ?beach? 1 gl AND RETURN , S7.50-G00D 10 DAYS-ST.50 1 EVERY THURSDAY . ba viU. & G. S. RAILROAD M AND i ? 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