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a~couIdn,t beat Her.

Ellanora had been the negro maid at
Mrs. Hopson's for several years, and
left to get married, says the Delinea-
tor. She moved to another city and
nothing had been seen Of her for q
couple Of years, when n day she
called on her former mistress.
And SO you have q little son, Ella
nora?" said Mrs. Ro2son.
"Yes'um." smiled the woman. "A
nice little boy"
"And what did you name him?"
queried Mrs. Hopson.
We'll, we calls him Eggnogg," re-
piled the colored woman.
sEggnogg!" said the other. That's
a funny name for a boy"
well, y6 see, missus," explained
Ellanora, "det cullud woman what
lived mex doah to me named her. twins
Tom and Jerry, an l didn't want to be
outdone by her"
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Detecting Impurities IN Honey.

Biological tests Of money are de-
scribed by J. Thoni in the Schweizer.
ische Bienen.Zeitung. Such tests are
necessary for detecting artificial or
a~dulterated honey, when the natural
product is almost perfectly initiated
as to its physical and chemical prop
critics. -
Two tests are described In detail
the diastase reaction, based on the
fact that honey contains a diastatic
ferment secreted by the bee, which
in contact with soluble starch, is cap
able Of Transforming the latter into
sugar; and the precipitin reaction
based on the fact that honey contains
a special protein secreted by the bee
which, when inoculated into rabbits
causes the formation of antibodies in
the blood serum. These antibodies
when mixed with the honey under
examination, yield q precipitate, and
the quantity of this precipitate indi-
Gates the kind and amount of the
adulteration.
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HERE is AGo0D WAY.
TO GETaRlD OF PlMPLES

Battle your face for several minutes
with resinol soap and hot water, then
apply a little resinol ointment very
gently. Let this stay on ten minutes,
and wash of with resinol soap and
more hot water, finishing with a dash
Of cold water to close the pores. Do
this once OF twice q day, and you will
be astonished to find how quickly the
healing, antiseptic rssinol medication
soothes and cleanses the pores, re-
moves pimples and blackheads, and
leaves the complexion clear and vel
vety. AL druggists sell resinol soap
and resinol ointment.-Adv.
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Had 4 Familiar Sound.

It was just after spring cleaning.
She was reading in a low, thrilling
voice:
when the packing begins in earnest
it seems as though there could be 10
spot on the earth's surface unshak'
en-"
He reused himself from a somno-
lent attitude in an easy chair. :
"Who wrote that, Maria? He's been
through it, whoever he is. I wonder
who he married." ri
why, you great stupid" said she,
"It's Amundsen writing about the ice."
STRAY Stories.
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No Deaths From Rabies.

All lamentations against rabies,
which this year numbered 297 against
356 for the pervious year, were sue
cessful, as there were no deaths from
rabies during the year, according to
the annual report of F. Asbury Cow
ard, M. D., bacteriologist, State board
Of health. The record shows that one
patient a white girl s years old, died
during the first week Of treatment, but
the attending physician was unable to
obtain consent to an autopsy and
hence was uncertain Of the cause OF
death.
Many experiments were tried dur
ing the year with the quinine treat
ment and advertised curatives for
rabies, "but they were uniformly IN
successful" writes DR.. Coward. "Sc
the misty hopes of a, year ago have
faded before the bright light of prac'
tical experimentation, and rabies and
certain death still remain synony'
NOUS"
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TOMATO GROWERS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA EARNED $2s, 900
PROFIT DURING YEAR.
LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS
Review Of The Latest News Gathered
Around the State Capitol That VIII
Be Of Interest to Our Readers Over
South Carolina.
Columbia.

The total. profit Of all the South
| Carolina tomato club girls this year
was $4,000, according to figures an
nounced from the national department
of agriculture. More than 1000 young
girls were enlisted in the work in "a
counties.
Miss Edith L. Parrot, state agent
for the tomato club work, and Mrs
Dora Lee Walker, of Barnwell, recent
ly appointed assistant state agent, are
this week in Washington, attending a
conference Of the woman agents OF
the department Of agriculture in the
South. Fifteen states are represented
at the conference and the plans for
next year are being discussed:
| The tomato work is to be carried on
in 80 South Carolina counties next
year and it Is expected that more than
5000 girls will join the movement.
Concerning the work in South Caro-
lima, a report from the national de-
partment Of agriculture says:
"Pimentoes have proved a parttcu-
lar boon to certain counties in South
Carolina, as have figs in Mississippi.
Certain clubs which had been spe-
cializing on tomatoes decided that
there was q possibility in pimentoes,
which are not so generally grown and
which are canned in practically no
other parts of the country, the main
canned product here being imported
from Spain and Mexico. Since the
product of these young women has
been put on the market, requests have
come from As states for information
regarding the canning and culture OF
this valuable food product which the
American people in general do not
yet understand. 4
1.-The total profit of all the South
Carolina club girls for the past year
was over $4,000. Every agent who
assists the girls is a college graduate
who has received special domestic
science training. Home demonstration
work Is a feature, the motto being
DO n thing at a time There was.
for instance, Of homemade freless.
cooker campaign which lasted for
three days in one section and result
ed in a hundred homemade cookers
being put into use. A fy-trap cam
paign is to be next in order, and after
that q butter-making campaign"
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Report of Chief Of Engineers.

The report Of the chief OF engineers
to the secretary of war and harbor
improvement, which has just been
printed, says that the value Of the
business done by the Columbia
Georgetown boat line has increased
80 per cent during the current year.
The chief Of engineers reports that
$4,000 can be proitably expended
during the fiscal year ending June l.,
1916, for improvement Of the Conga-
rec river project. )
During the calendar year 1918 the
commerce amounted to 1881 short
tons, valued at $532,55S," reports the
chief of engineers in regard to the
Congaree river. 1T consisted of mis-
cellaneous merchandise handled by a
steamboat running between Colum-
bia and Georgetown. The value Of
the business has increased 30 per
cent during the year. The project
has had no effect ON the railroad
freight rates."
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living, let go Of the rubbish, tho use
less, the foolish, the silly; let 10 Of
the shams, the shoddy, the false; let
go Of the straining to keep up appear
ances, let go of the superficial, let
go of the vice that cripples, the false
thinking that demoralizes, and you
will be surprised to see how much
lighter and freer and truer you are to
run the race, and how much surer Of
the goal.
The American people do not know
how to let 60. We keeprour muscles
tense and our nerves UP to such a
pitch that it Is the hardest thing in
the world for us to drop things.
Why not resolve this coming year
that whatever you do or do not do,
you will not be haunted by skeletons.
that you will not cherish shadows?
Determine that you will have nothing
to do with discords, that every one of
them must get out Of your mind. No
matter how formidable or persistent,
wipe them out. Forget them Have
nothing to do with them. Do not let
the little enemies-worry and fear,
anxiety and regret-sap your energy,
for this is your capital for future
achievement.
Whatever Is disagreeable, whatever
i~rritates, nags, destroys your balance
OF mind, forget it-thrust 1t out. It
has nothing to do with you now. You
have better use for your time than
to waste It in regrets, In worry, IN
useless trifes. Make war upon de.
spondency, If you are subject to It,
Drive the blues" out Of your mind as
you would q thief out Of your house.
Shut the door, In the face Of all your
enemies and keep 1t shut. Do not
wait for cheerfulness to come to you.
Co after It; entertain 1t; never let
1t go.
If you have had an unfortunate OK;
periences forget It. If you have made
a failure, In your speech, your song,
you book your article; II you have
been placed in an embarrassing posi-.
ton; If you have fallen and hurt your.
self by q false step; If you have been
slandered and abused do not dwell
upon It. There is not q single redeem,
Ing feature in these memories; and
the presence Of their ghosts VIII rob
you Of many q happy hour. II You
have been indiscreet imprudent; II
your reputation has been injured SO
that you fear you car never redeem it
do not drag the hideous shadows, the
rafting skeletons about with you.
Rub them of the slate Of memory.
Forget them. Start with 8 clean slate
and spend all your energies in keeping
1t clean for the future, and you will be
surprised at the transformation in
your life and Its effect upon those
around you. s n
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~ Menda Pipes.

When the pipes are rnsted In spots
and unsafe to USE b applying strips
of wet asbestos paper on hot pipes
the paper will adhere closely ant
so seal the pipes. This has been
found a great economy, g the fur
mace pipes last q year longer without
repairing them than they otherwise
would. 3 I
II the kitchen range contains an
ugly crack, you may fill II with a ces
.ment made by beating one egg, to
which add sifted ashes and stove pol.
ish, until thick enough to spread.
Work the paste smooth over the top,
This will harden almost like iron and
will take a polish that will render the
break unnoticeable. Il rY{S y
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Race Yrack on Salt.

What is undoubtedly the most novel
motor race course in the world Is
found at Salduro, Utah, where natural
salt beds furnish the roadway. The
beds are on the line of the Western
Pacific railroad and are IS miles In
length and eight miles in width, fur
nishing a smooth, unbroken surface,
level as a table, and are from two to
twenty feet in depth. The salt Is
,cr~ystalized, SO per cent pure, and
white as snow. The surface is hare
and dry.-Kansas City Times.
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INDIGESTION, GAS
OR SICK STOMACH
Time it! Pape's Diapepsin ends
I, all Stomach misery in five
minutes.

I Do some foods you eat hit back
aste good, but work badly; ferment
to stubborn Jumps and cause a sick,
Iur, gassy stomach? Now, Mr.. or
rs. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Pape's
lbiapepsin digests everything, leaving
, nothing to sour and upset you. There
never was anything so safely quick, 80
certainly effective. No difference how
badly your stomach Is disordered you
will get happy relief in five inmates,
but what pleases you most is that 1t
strengthens and regulates your stom.
ach so you can eat your favorite foods
without fear.
You feel different as soon as "Pape's
Diapepsin' comes in contact with the
just vanishes-your
: stomach gets sweet. no gases, no belch-
ing, no quotations of undigested food.
Go now, make the best investment
you ever made by getting a large fifty
INT case of Pape's Diapepsin from any
You realize In five minutes how
IS it is to suffer from indiges-
lepsia OF bad stomach. Adv.
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Many Registrars Are Lacking.

After finding that magistrates could
not serve as local registrars Of vital
statistics, the state registrar, Jas. A.
Hayne, M. D., wrote to the clerk Of
court of each county asking him to
name a registrar for each township.
The clerks sent in these lists and let
tiers were written to those recon-.
mended, asking them to accept the po-
sition of local registrar. Many &C
cepted, but quite a number declined
and the latter were asked to nominate
someone to serve. Some Of these re-
quests were complied with.
"In spite of the fact" said DR..
Hayne, "that a great number Of
towns are without local registrars, it
is seemingly impossible to get any
one to take the place or to obtain
nominations. The city of George
town, for instance, has no registrar,
who would possibly be paid 5000 a
year"
Despite the continued cry of hard
times and nc money" he continued,
lit is astonishing to see how many
persons regard 25 cents, which is paid
for each birth or death certificate, as
too Insignificant a sum to be worthy
of consideration"
The last report shows % vacancies
in a like number Of townships and it
is requested that those interested in
seeing the vital statistics law put into
effect January supply the nedeed
names. The work, it is said, would
require not more than III days labor
in 81 in an ordinary town. In this
connection the state registrar wishes
to make it clear that the local regis
trar does not have to go to physi-
clans to get registrations of births
and deaths; that his duties are only
to copy the certificates sent him in
the books and forward the original
certificate to the state registrar.
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CLEAR YOUR SKIN
BY Daily Use Of cutIcura Soap and
Ointment. Trial Free.

You may rely on these fragrant
supercreamy emollients to care for
J your skin, scalp, hair and hands. Moth
ing better to clear the skin of pimples,
plotches, redness and roughness, the
tcalp of dandruff and itching and the
Slands of ehapping and soreness.
Sample each free by mail with 32-p.
Skin Book. Address postcard, Cuticura,
Dept. Y, Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv.
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Additional cIemency by Governor.

Additional CIemency by Governor.
J. w. Barrineau, white, convicted
| of larceny in Charleston county, June,
1913, and sentenced to three years in
the penitentiary. Paroled.
V. D. Mizzell, white, convicted OF
larceny in Charleston county, June,
1913, and sentenced to three years on
the public works of the county.
Paroled.
Willie Jenkins, colored, convicted
of larceny and burglary in Charleston
county in 1907, and sentenced to Is
years on the public works Of the
county. Pardoned.
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Only is Cases of Epidemic.

Only ,16 cases of epidemic cerebro-
spinal meningitis were reported to
the state board of health during the
past year, and in each instance a
thorough investigation of the case
was held. The germ OF the disease
and what conditions make it spread
are unsolved problems and so a strcit
quarantine is enforced. Cases we're
reported from the following counties:
Abbeville, one; Charleston, two; Cher
okee, FIVE; Greenwood, two; Marion,
one; Pickens, two; Richland, one;
SaIude, one, and Sp%artanburg, one.
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Foo SIqnals.

All the up-to-date light statniors
possess fog signals for warming
the mariner of the presence of rocks
and other dangers in foggy weather.
The larger ones are so powerful that
their blasts can be heard 25 to 30 miles
out at sea. Most of them are worked by
compressed air, a gas engine Of per.
haps. 20 or rs horsepower being;
brought into requisition for this pur'
pose. The siren is blown periodical
ly every 10, so or 80 seconds or so,
the actual blast lasting perhaps about
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two or three seconds. 1t means that
while the siren is running, in the case
of the larger apparatus, something
like 500 horsepower is being expend-
ed in the production Of sound.-Scien'
tifc American.
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PRINCIPALS for Naval Academy.

B. R. Tillman, United States sem
ator, and ]. F. Byrnes, congressman.
announce a competitive examination
to select two principals and alter
mates for appointment to the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
This examination will be held in Col
umbia in the office Of the state super
tendent of education, John E. Swear
ingen, January %. All applicants must
be between the ages of 16 and 20
years and must have been bona fde
residents of the state or district for
at least two years.
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Gray Horses Handicap.

The dark horses are the ones that go
to the wal. The only objection to the
gray horse is that to keep his coat
spick and span he needs twice as
much grooming as a dark horse. Cur
rying is not enough. He must have
soap and water mo end" as an Eng
lish groom would say.-Youth's Com
panion.
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Her Portrait.

The painstaking artist, anxious to
please, remarked to a prospective GUS
toner: q e
Il can paint you a portrait of your
wife which will be a speaking like
ness"
"H'm-couldn't you do 1t in what
they call still life developments Mag
azine.
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State Takes over TWO warehouses.

Two warehouses in Aiken were
taken over by the state through ]. l..
G. White, deputy cotton warehouse
commissioner of South Carolina. They
are the Cushman warehouse, Of
which Geddings Cushman will be man
ager and the CASTOR warehouse Of
which D. w: CASTOR, ST., will be man
ager. The two warehouses will hold
approximately 1000 bales Of cotton.
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az Ne ReAS
But Il cahnot uftdsfek
say DO: your ihother
to your mafryin mat
mo; and hare hot
lection to my dncthef Ip6
there you resHssstsA
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Not Eordotten.

Bix-You may depend upon it that
your friends won't forget you as long
as you have money.
Dix-That's right; especially If you
have borrowed it from them.-Boston.
Transcript,
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COLDS & LaGRIPPE

5 or 6 doses 666 will break any case
of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe;
1t acts on the liver better than Gallo
mel and does not grippe or sicken.
Price 25c-A6y.
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Chance of

why do you insist on moving ev-
cry year,"
by the time a year is up l know all
the tunes in the neighboring phono-
graphs by heart" .
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win Build Mail Road.

Contract for the construction of q.
portion Of the Aiken county post road
which will be built by the United
States government and the county Of
Aiken Jointly, has been awarded to
H. P. Dyches and 3. F. Holley Of
sAiken-that is, the contract Is award
ed subject to. the condition usually
made that the proper bond be made
for the faithful execution of the
work. -. ,-G I
Holley and Dyches were the lowest
bidders when the bids for the con-
struction of the road were opened
here last week, a large number OF
contractors from throughout the coun.
try submitting bids. Their bid was
approximately 81, 800. i
AS the contract involves about 49,
500 cubic yards of excavation and "a,
900 cubic yards of sand-clay sur.acT
ing, the work to continue for several
months-it is required that the road
be completed In six monts-the work
will give employment 70 a large mum.
Der OF laborers. !
The contract was awarded by the
United States department of agricul
ture. 49,. a.
The contract as awarded is for that
part of the government post road be-
tween Aiken and White Pond or to
the Barnwen county line, a distance
of about 10 miles. The road when
completed will extend from the Barn
we'll to the Edgefeld county lines,
through Aiken, a distance Of about
40 miles. Contract for the remainder
Of the road will be later awarded.
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Stop using calomel! It makes you
sick. Don't lose a days work: II YOU
feel lazy, sluggish, bilious or consti-
pated, listen to me!
Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis OF the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into Il, breaking
it up. This is when you feel that aw-
full nausea and cramping. II you feel
all knocked out" If your liver is tor
pid and bowels c~onstipated or you
have headache, dizziness, coated
tongue, If breath is bad OF stomach
sour just try IA spoonful Of harmless
Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go TO- any
drug store or dealer and get q 50rcent
bottle Of Dodson,s Liver Tone. Take q
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Y0uR wi DRTGHlsTalIIS
TTy Murine Eye Hsr3dys fns.
Il naif Ffss iissans
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It's the little things that count, but
don't lose sight of the fact that it's the
biggest fish that always get away.
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Grows With the Years.

Winthrop Grows With the Years.
Advance sheets from the annual re-
port of D. B. Johnson, president of
Winthrop College, Rock HILL have
been received in Columbia. The re-
port will be sent to the general assem-
bly, through the state department OF
education. DR.. Johnson says that the
usefulness Of the college hes been
broadened by an extension of the
work for the welfare Of the public at
large and the movement is bearing
fruit. -. b,
At the joint meetin gof the Confer
ence for Education in the South and
the Southern Educational Association,
held last April in Louisville, two OF
the most important demonstrations
were assigned to Winthrop College,
that of the model rural school ans
the model rural home.
An evidence of the growing reputtL
ton of Winthrop College and its In
creasing usefulness is the ever in
creasing demand for its graduates. or
last years graduating class, over II
procured positions before they receiV..
ed their diplomas. The Winthrop d.
'ploma is being accepted in lieu OF e1.
animation in states that are very
strict in the certifcation of teachers.
President Johnson says that, not
withstauding the greater enrolment
during the past season, the college
ran smoothly in every department and
there wasl no sacrifice anywhere OF
quality for quantity. ~
ut seems that in this small, sparse
ly settled state, with only a little
over 100000 white population, men,
women and children, there should be
no fear Of Winthrop college becoming
too big to do efficient, acceptable
work in the face Of all the facts and
the experience of other states" says
DR.. Johnson.
Winthrop College this year has it's
largest enrolment, there being 1872
students attending the institution.
There were 1,473 applications for adj
mission this year. There are now LOG
officers and teachers of the college.
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The New Torpedo.

he New Torpedo.
The torpedo equipped with net
cutter and with an effective radius Of
10,7oo yards, has beenapsrfected at the
navy torpedo station at Newport.
The best long range torpedo owned
bylany nation is one which is elective
at about three and onerhalt miles.
while the new United States torpedo
has an effective ranged i SIX miles:
Such q torpedo viii be OF incalcu-
liable advantage toSa sea-going subma.
rinle, or to3a fleet at q long distance
from shore, experts pointed out.
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important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
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Bears the

Signature pss51 sS Of NMzNzzem
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Hetcher's Castoria,