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To their amazement he broke down
numbering like a mammoth child.
We'll, what are you crying about?
said Jackson, utterly nonplussed.
Because I'm happy" said the con
Trajectory Higgins. "Therell be 9th
ers to cry outside. You don't know
what it means to us-it saves Dull
homes and families, too, maybe" With
that and still intently b%lubbering, he
left them.
Can you beat that?" asked Broad
way, turning back to Josie. Hes a
nice, cheerful little fellow! Id like to
be around him a whole lott"
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SYNOPSIS.

Jackson Jones, nicknamed broadway,
because of his continual glorifcation or
New York's great t~horoughfare, is am.
tous to get away from his home town OF
Jonesville. Abner Jones, his uncle, IS
very angry because Broadway. refuses 70
settle down and take a place In the gum
factory in which he succeeded TO ms
fathers interest. Judge S y IN IN
bis father is at his disposal. Broadway
makes record time in heading for MS
favorite street II. New YORK; VIII ms
New York FRIEND. Sobert wallace, Broad
gance on the White Way. Four years
pass and Broadway suddenly discovers
that he is not only broke. but heavily IN
debt. He applies to his uncle TOT a loan
and receives a package Of hewin gum
with the advice to chew it and forget MS
troubles. He quietly seeks work without
success. Broadway gives what IS IN
York friends. and before it is over be-
comes engaged to Mrs. Gerard, and an
Client widow, wealthy and very giddy
Wallace expostulates with the aged nlrt
and her youthful fence. but fails to bet
way is broke and offers him a position
with his fathers advertising firm. but II
is declined. Wallace takes charge OF
Broadway's affairs. adv receives
Uncle Abner in Europe. Broadway Is his
sole heir. Peter Pembroke OF the Con-
solidated Chewing Gum company olers
broadway s1.2cO,o0o for his gum plant n
Broadway agrees to sell. Wallace takes
the affair in hand and insists that Broad
way hold off for a bigger price and PUSHES
him to Jonesville to consult Judge Spots
wood. who was Uncle Abner's attorney.
broadway finds his boyhood playmate.
Josie Richards. in charge of the plant
and falls in love with her. Wallace Is
smitten with Judge Spotswood,s daugh-
ter. Clara. Josie points out to oad
49, 49,, ,a1i-~ Aha r1ont RI the tr1Sf he
will ruin he town built by his ancestors
and throw 700 employees out of work.
Broadway decides that he will not sell.
Wallace receives an offer Of sl.0OO.OW from
the trust and is amazed when Broadway
turns it down. Broadway explains the
situation as set forth by Josie and Wal
lace agrees that 1t is Broadway's duty
to stick by the town n his employees.
He authorizes an announcement to his
worried employees that the plant Will not
be sold.
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fruit and vegetables are so cheap that
they are not sold in fixed quantities.
You merely pay a quarter a week and
this gets you all the fruit and vegeta-
bles for your household needs.
This Englishman's nearest neigh
bors were an American family who had
been living in Antioch for several
years. They had all the comforts OF
life and their expenses were less
than 5000 a year.
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Necessity a Stern Driver.

There Is no stimulus to tumultuous
action like strong human desire Ne
cessity, too, drives men on relent
lessly; but desire. which amounts to q
passion, drives faster and harder and
more intensely. 1t has been excep'
tional stimulus that has produced tho
marvels of the hour. 1t Is exceptional
and self-generated stimulus that meu
need in this day and hour to keep uE
with the demands Of the time.
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CHAPTER IX.-continued.

CHHf Elk
Eyes; he's stopping at the Grand
hotel"
when did he get here?"
Last evening"
Have you seen him.
Eyes"
It was plain enough that Higgins
most vivid suspicious were aroused.
He looked at her accusingly. His voice
was even louder than it had been. He
: got here last evening, Ell? Then that
settles it," He went to her desk and
leaned across it as If indicting her.
HE came here with that trust fellow.
didn't he?"
Now she, in turn, was really sur
prised. What trust fellow?"
Pembroke; one of the head men OF
the Consolidated"
None but a fool could have doubted
her amazement and her worry as she
{. rose and walked closer to him. lis
Pembroke here IN town."
oh" he sneered. you didn't know
that, eh?"
81 certainly did not"
He did not quite believe her, yet
took a certain pleasure in imparting
the distressing news to her, on the
chance that she was truthful and had
not before heard 1t. well, he's here.
Several Of the men saw him and recog-
nized him. I suppose he's here with
Jones to close us out. Is that it,"
81 don't know any more about it
than you do, Higgins"
This did not impress or interest him.
"You say the young fellows stopping
at the Grand?"
YES"
well, nobody here knows anything
about it."
II believe he registered under an
other name" She could have bitten
off her tongue for letting this slip out.
Instantly the man assumed that this
confirmed his most unfavorable prog
~nostications. "Ah, ha! Well, what did
hs do that for?"
How should 1 know"
WELL" he shouted, 81 guess I do!
IT'S because he is a sneak! He knows
it's a rotten thing he's doing and he's
afraid of the consequences" He strobe
up and down the Dol in deep and
heavy thought. "The men are not In
a very good temper, and, you mark my
words, theren be the devil to pay
around here before this days over un-
less we get some satisfaction and find
out exactly what he intends to do"
Josie looked at him with cold and
angry eyes. For an instant she had
been frightened. She had got the bet.
ter Of her fear now. and in her voice
were both contempt and warning. 81
wouldn't talk like that, if l were you,
Higgins!"
He approached her threateningly
"Oh, you're on their side, are you? !
thought SOL"
Again he went close to her, almost
as If he meant to do her some VIC
lence. His face was black with rage.
Il never did believe in you. l told
the men this morning. For all we
know, you've been working for the in.
terests of the trust all the time!"
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that is supposed to be due to their an
cestors' association with an Irish regi.
ment Quartered in the island.
Safety In Submarines,

A new life-saving device was tried
out at Spezie, Italy, when a turret in
vented by Capt. Virginia Cavallini, for
fixing on submarines, was experiment
ed with. Should the submarine sink
to the bottom from any cause, tina
sailors can take refuge in the turret
which, by an ingenious mechanism, II
then detaced from the vessel ane
rises to the surface. The EXPERIMENT.
are said to have given conclusive PROOF
of the practicability of the invention.
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| Her Wratn was DOllluS ueICeiy ho"'
and she showed the stuff Of which she
vas made. She went closer still to
Higgins, never wavering; giving back
no inch, although he lowered above
her, shaking with wrath, and worked
his clenching fingers ominously.
That will be about enough now.
Higgins; you get out of this office"
I'D like to see anybody try to put
me out till I'm ready to go!" he shout
ed.
To his amazement and to hers, 1t
now developed that they had had a lis
tener. An unexcited voice spoke from
one side.
Good morning, Miss Richards"
She whirled, recognizing instantly
the tones. Good morning, Mr.. Jones"
Higgins stood there speeches., gaz-
ing at the newcomer with dropping
Jaw. jackson waited not a second aft
er he had greeted Josie, but marched
I'D to the %belligerent foreman and
stood facing him, small but deter,
mined. not six inches from the power
full, red-shirted figure.
Instantly the foreman's manner
changed. From the bully he became
the fawner. "Oh, hello, Mr.. Jones!
didn't know you were in town."
Eyes, you did," said Jackson slowly,
coldly; Miss Richards just told you.
I've been standing out there listening
to what you had to say. l remember
YOU, Higgins. The only good thing
remember Of you was that you were
funny when you had cramps in the
swimming hole. You always were a
crouch and forever nosing in other
peoples affairs. Now, I Want to tell
you something. TINS plant belongs to
me, and it's nobody's business wheth-
er I keep 1t, or sell 1t, or give it away.
Do you understand"
"Well," said Higgins, half in apology,
half DULY, 'the men asked me to come
here and get the information"
They didn't ask you to come here
and insult this girl, did they? Now.
i IL put SOu Oul VI luc OluSCy anu tnAS"
you out of the plant, and drive you out
of the town if I hear any more red-ire
talk out of you.
He paused, and Higgins stood, quite
humbled.
1.-The trust isn't going to buy this
plant" Broadway continued, while not
only Higgins, but Josie, gazed at him
intently, gratefully, startled by the
overwhelmingly good news, "for the
simple reason that it isn't for sale, and
you can go and tell the men said So"
Higgins now was much abashed.
I'm sorry 1 was hasty, Mr.. Jones. l
didn't mean to lose my temper"
you don't want to lose your job, do
you?"
mo, sir"
Then go on; get out of here"
Eyes, sir" The big workman turned
to Josie. IT hope you'll forgive me,
Miss Richards. I know I've got a rot
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were quite correct, the surname be.
ing by no means a common one, but
the younger man had not been in In
Ola, nor had he a father in England.
The real o was in the hotel, how
ever, and had arrived the night be-
fore, like his namesake. Even the
registration clerks had not imagined
it necessary to anticipate a coinci-
dence when they directed the father
to the visitors room.
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fire VIII Not Stop Business.

H. J.. Gregg, Of the Hammond Gregg
Company Of Columbia, dealers in cot.
ton bagging, said that the fire which
destroyed the warehouse of the ,irm
on B%landing street recently would not
interfere with its business at all, as
new quarters would be taken immed.
lately and all orders would be filled,
The stock of second hand cotton bag
ging in the warehouse was a total
loss. The building and its contents
were valued at between $1,000 and
$4,000. They were insured.
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Canning Club Directress Busy.

Miss Dorothy Napier, directgess Of
the girls canning clubs in Richland
county, working under the direction
Of the United States department of
agriculture, Winthrop College and the
Columbia chamber Of commerce, has
been at ner desk in the office of the
chamber about a month and a half.
During this time she has covered the
county, enrolled 112 girls in II clubs,
and Richland now has more ambitious
girls in her canning clubs than any
other county in the state. Several new
clubs have been organized
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ten disposition, but my hearts in the
right place."
Il understand" said Josie, who had
known him all her life.
I'll tell the men what you said, Mr..
JONES'" he said to his employer-that
employer who had, in the past, en-
ployed NO n more important than a
butler, a chauffeur, a Jap cook, or, tenn
porarily, a waiter OF a bellboy. 1t gave
Broadway quite a little shock. Gosh!
What a relief 1t will be to them all!
It's made a different man out Of me al.
ready"
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National Guard Gets Orders.

General orders for the m~anoeuvres
of the Ninth division Of the National
Guard we're received recently at the
office Of the adjutant general from
headquarters, eastern department, q.
8. A., Governors Island, New York.
1.-The camp will be in the vicinity of
Charleston, s. c." said the general
order. This Is the first official an
nouncement to be- received in South
Carolina.
According to the order the ma
noeuvre campaige will probably be
held some time between Aug. s and 20.
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Charleston Custom House Report.

The value of imports and exports at
Charleston for the month of March,
according to data compiled at the us
ON house, was s~1,288,193. OF this
amonnt $72S,3O9 was imports and
1863 1884 the value Of exports. AS
compared with the value Of imports
and exports for the corresponding
month Of last year, this hows an in
crease in the total of s191,122 in IA
vor Of this year. The exports Of the
month just closed show an increase
Of imports for the corresponding
month Of last year and this year g
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Want Bank Branch For Columbia.

It. Is believed that Columbia will
have a practically unanimous indorse-
ment from the banks in South Caro-
lima when it makes its application for
a branch bank under the federal re-
serve system. The reserve bank or
g%anization committee announced that
it had divided the continental United
States into II banking districts and
selected ~ cities for federal reserve
banks under the new currency law.
South Carolina was placed in district
5 with Richmond as the location Of
the reserve bank Of the district.
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Do Not Want Dispensary.

On the petition Of J.. w. Cooner
and W. D. Bates, Judge George E.
Prince recently issued an order In
Columbia requiring the Lexington
county dispensary board to show
cause why 1T should not be perman-
emily enjoined from establishing q
~dispensary in Batesburg.
The order was made r%eturnable be-
fore Judge J. w. DeVore in Edgefeld
on April 81. The plaintiffs were rep
resented by Senator II. W. Crouch Of
Saluda and J. Fraser Lyon of Co
iumbia.
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Tate Speaks on States Needs
Some of the most pressing problems
in South Carolina were presented q
few days ago in an address by Prof.
William Knox Tate, state supervisor
Of rural elementary schools, IN Column
bia. The problems were discussed
from the viewpoint Of Constructive
Christianity" and how, by appHca-
ton Of the basic principles OF Chris
tianity, these state questions could? be
solved and eventually ~eradicated.
Christian education was the remedy
submitted for many Of the evils that
exist.
The problems in South Carolina
that MI. Tate made especial refereneo
to were those of land ownership; hit
erancy, health, liquor, attitude towards
criminals and measures OF relief OF
the State Hospital for the Insane,
In speaking Of land and home OWL
ership, Mr.. Tate quoted statistics
showing that So per cent of the farm
ers in South Carolina rented the land,
that they titled. He called attention
to the nomadic characteristics OF such
people, and, as a corollary, how diff
fcult 1t was to instill In them a last
ing patriotism. He urged his hear
ers to invest in land in the state. I'm
this problem of ownership" he said,
"is bound up lawlessness and DO,
litical questions, and by educating the
people up to desire and practicable
ity Of constructive work in many other
lines.n i9G
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Columbia Leads For Branch Bank.

Columbia Leads For Branch Bank.
Columbia has an excellent chance
Of securing one of the branch banks
in the regional system Of the fifth
district. in which the federal reserve
bank will be located at Richmond.
Already the committee appointed by.
the Columbia Clearing House associa-
ton has assurances from about S0per
cent of the national banks in South
Carolina that Columbia is their choice
for the location of the branch reserve
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s.cretarv I.sues charters.

Secretary tssues Charters.
The secretary Of state has issued 9
commission to the Farmers Ware
house company Of Olanta, with a cap
ttal Of $4,000. The petitioners are 8.
J. Tomlinson, 8. w. Young and R. p.
Smith. (:
Butler.Sallinger company OF Flor
ence has been chartered by the secre.
tary Of state, with a capital stock OF
$4,000, to do a wholesale and retail
hay and grain business. The off,
cers are: B. W. Bethea, president, and
E. D. sallenger, secretary and treas.
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viii Attend MIL Meeting.

VIII Attend MIL Meeting.
South Carolina mill men have been
notified that the annual meeting Of
the American Cotton Manufacturer
association In New York city, which
was to have been held May rs and ~,
will be held April II and 20 at the
WaldortAstoria. The change was
made because a number Of members
wished to attend on the same trip the
meeting of the National Association
of Cotton Manufacturers and the tex
tile machinery exhibition, both OF
which will be held in Boston during
the two days following the New York
convention. =,
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Going to Plant Trees This Spring?
Try This Way.

an easy time to make growth we usu-
ally find a healthy, vigorous tree.
When blasting is used to. make
holes the subsoil is wrecked to such
an extent, so as to make it very easy
for the finest hair root to take hold.
Besides this the explosion under the
topsoil caused the subsoil to be made
porous to an extent of Is feet each
way from the hole and about five feet
deep. The cracking of the subsoil
helps the young tree to grow besides
giving the hair roots chance, it also
gives up moisture. This can be read
lily seen, as the more anything is
made porous the more moisture it
can absorb. Where as if it had not
been made porous it could not absorb
nor give up any moisture. The more
moisture any land absorbs the more
it can give up.
In order to use dynamite, bore
holes three feet deep and just where
each tree is to be planted. Good
dynamite to use is half stick of 20
per cent red cross dynamite Prime
both ends of the cartridge before it
is cut in two. To load a bore hole,
let the dynamite into the hole hold
ing onto the fuse and use a broom
handle to shove it down. When the
charge is at the bottom pour little
fine earth on top of it and lamp with
broom handle gently. Keep this up
until the hole is completely filed.
To ignite the fuse use salty matches.
| Strike a match on the box and insert
it into the powder hole of the fuse
before the sulphur is entirely burnt
away. There will be no earth flying,
of course it is advisable to get away
from the blast after it is ignited.
However a whole row can be fired
without stopping. Trees planted IN
holes blasted by dynamite will grow.
r. A. KUHN,
Williamsville, N. Y.
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price, the consumption of eggs, real
genuine fresh eggs, would increase
tenfold and with the increased con-
sumption the law of supply and de-
mand would assert so that the pro
Queer would receive higher and
more satisfactory price and steady
demand for his product Of fresh eggs.
We little fellows get on our house
tops and shout dishonesty among the
trust magnates and the money
changers. Let us look to ourselves
and scrutinize our own deeds before
proclaiming the faults of others.
Why ship eggs to our customers un-
less we are positive they are absolute
ly fresh? Why keep eggs several
weeks waiting for rise in price?
Why not be honest and square and
build up a reputation for fair dealing
that will follow us through life and
live beyond the grave?
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HOW TO INCREASE THE CONSUME.
TON OF EGGS.

1t is a fact that twice or three
times as many eggs would be con-
sumed by the people of this country
il their freshness could be guaran-
teed. Restaurants and hotels and
boarding houses throughout our cities
and villages would serve more eggs
could they but assure their customers
OF their eggs. So often are we fooled
at breakfast, dinner and supper when
we order eggs cooked in one form or
another that we finally get SO disgust
ed eating stale eggs, sailed or lined
eggs, that We order something else
and do without one of the most
profitable and nourishing foods of
mankind.
Who is to blame for this unpardon-
able sin? The fault lies heavily upon
the shoulders of the egg PRODUCERS
Why not sell nothing but fresh eggs
and mark every egg the day it was
laid? Guarantee to your customers
fresh eggs. Put him in position to
guarantee your eggs to his customers,
and likewise his customers, to the
people who eat eggs. A chain of con-
tidence is thus established between
the original producer and the ulti-
mate consumer
What would be the result? | claim
that all over this broad land Of ours
filled with its hearty people who long
for food that nourishes and builds
up, easy to digest and reasonable in
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his spring Will Se0 Iudhy Gl0oo
planted. Whether they will grow de-
ponds on several things. Their con-
dition on arriving at their destina-
ton; the care with which they were
handled, and the way they were
planted. have seen trees in country
freight Offices that we're there over
two weeks waiting to be called for.
There is perhaps nothing, beside i'm
proper planting, that will reduce the
chances of growth of a young tree,
than to allow that tree to dry out be-
fore planting, In freight offices, at
the time nursery stock is being ship
ped, they usually have the stoves 60
ing during the day time. Many of
these Offices are also used for wait
ing room for passengers so it is
necessary that they be heated.
The trees that are allowed to remain
in such place for a week or two
when planted a certain per cent die.
The cause is easily seen. During the
day they were heated and during the
night when the fire goes out they al
most freeze. Trees receive enough
hard usage during transit without ex-
posing them to such conditions as
stated above. While in way we are
not responsible for their care during
transit we can however give them
proper care on arrival and at planting
time. Give the young trees a good
bed for their root system. A way
that is very popular and one that has
given good results to all that tried it
and one that gave the best results to
the writer is the use of dynamite
when making the holes.
One hardly needs to stretch his
imagination to understand why the
use of dynamite is far superior for
making the holes than by doing it
the old way. You can imagine what
a wreck Is made of everything in the
neighborhood of an explosion of any
kind. Just imagine such a wreck
under the topsoil. The wreck is SO
complete that even the earth insects,
worms and germs are destroyed.
When using spade the only earth
that is loosened is the earth actually
thrown out. The surrounding earth
is hard, the root system has a hard
time penetrating it in order to make
growth. Where the root system has
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If every man producing and every
man handling eggs on commission
were honest the public would get
fresh eggs. Let us overcome this
evil by beginning at home. By being
honest inspire honesty in those with
whom we deal. That is the way to
teach right living. Live it yourself.
"A. e. Symonds, in Successful Farm
ing.
The report of the secretary of the
Winlock Cooperative Creamery Com
pany shows that the year 1913 was the
most successful one in the history of
that institution. During the year
Isl, 5O2 pounds of butter were made,
which brought in receipts amounting
to SAT, 876. 49, The average price paid
for butterfat was more than 81 3.8
cents per pound. The average cost
of manufacturing was a trif1e over
two cents per pound. -WinIock News.