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FAIRFIELD.

Fairfield, July 31.-Mrs. Efie
Russell and children, also Mrs. Fan
ME McCaslan, spent Friday after
noon with Mrs. ]. A. Young and
family.
Mr. James Long spent Saturday
night with his sister, Mrs. R. M. Wi
ley at Lethe.
Messrs j. A. Young and Charlie
Qansby went to Abbeville one day
last week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Long dined
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Young Sab
bath. They also called at the home
of Mr.. j. A. Young.
Mrs. LYDIA FAINT and Miss Willie
Holcomb of Anderson, has been visit
ing relatives around Troy for the
past week.
Misses Alma and Kate Creswell
from near Mccormick, spent Tues
day night and Wednesday with their
aunts, Mrs. Matte Bowen and Misses
Creswell.
Mrs. T. A. Talbert and son, Ansel,
called at the home Of Mr.. Joe Young
Friday.
Little Gladys Bowen has been sick
for the past week. We hope she will
soon be well again. =:
Mrs. E. C. Young called at the
home of Mrs. J. w. Young one day
last week. ~
We wish to thank Mr. J. G. Dansby
most gratefully for the nice water
melon he sent US last week.
Mrs. L. o. Beauford and children,
of Bethia, spent Friday night with
Mrs. John McCaslan.
Miss Annie Lee Talbert has ap-
piled for Fairfield school again.
Mr.. Warren Mcdaniel, candidate
for Sheriff, was in through this Sec
ton Friday.
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Would W. I'd Buy = aDeozen E o.
Bottles IF He Could
ANDERSON COUNTY FARMER
TELLS OF SUFFERING IN HIS
~. E~r FAMILY.

"After making AMIDST every pos
sible effort to find relief from their
ills and failing in every instance, my
wife and my son, Charlie, were
given really wonderful relief by just
q few doses of Tanlac," declared Mr..
w. o. King, a farmer living between
Anderson and Pendleton. His ad-
dress is Pendleton, R. F. D:
Mr.. King came into Evans Phar-
macy, at Anderson, to buy a bottle
of Tanlac, and while there told the
Tanlac representative of the great
value of this wonderful remedy had
been to his family. 81 wish I had
the money to buy a dozen bottles
this afternoon" he declared, "for
I need to take Tanlac myself, but
this is the tight money time for the
farmer and will have to buy Tanlac
now only for those who need 1t
worst"
Continuing, Mr.. King said: "My
wife suffered from a generally run
down condition, complicated with
other peculiar troubles and a very
bad case of Indigestion. She had
been in ill health a long time before
she began taking Tanlac, and once
paid out $75 for medical services
for her, and she did not get as much
benefit then as she did from her first
bottle of Tanlac, which cost just one
dollar.
"She had no energy and felt badly
all the time. She was not able,
hardly, to do anything around the
house, and was under doctor for q
solid year, but got no better. She
now has taken two (2) bottles Of
Tanlac land it has proven in her case
! the best medicine in the world. Her
sirens 9Th has increased a great deal
and her appetite is better than it has
been in years. Nothing she eats
causes her indigestion now. She
sure is pleased with the results. 1t
is just wonderful the way he has i'm
proved. . .....
my boy, Charlie, suffered one
whole year with very peculiar and
distressing trouble, which about q
dozen doses of Tanlac broke up. All
last summer he could not work over
half a day. He would get 50 weak
he would have to stop for the day.
This summer he was not any better.
Charles appetite would be good un-
til he got to the table, but then he
would become sick. Often at night
his breath would almost leave him.
He lost lot of weight and strength.
I had taken him to a dozen doctors,
but he got no better. It was said
he had nervous Indigestion.
"I am certainly glad to tell you
these things for use in your adver-
tising, for it may show some poor
sufferers the way to regain their
health. hope my words may help
some who suffer, and you bet can't
say too much for Tanlac."
Tanlac, the master medicine, is
sold exclusively by P. B. Speed, Alb.
beville; ]. II. Bell & Sons, Due West;
Cooley & Speer, Lowndesyille; J. ".
Morrah G. Son, Mount Carmel; R.
M. Fuller & Co., Mccormick; Gown
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$4,000 for roadwork, but after in
vestigation the Commission found
that $32,500 had been collected. An
investigation of the accounts Of an
other wealthy county reporting $s,-
200 collected revealed a total collec-
tion Of $4,000. The discrepancies
were not due to an intention to hide
the amount of the funds but merely
to lack Of good accounting. Even
greater confusion was found in the
methods of the townships. AS good
accounting is essential for the sue
cessful administration Of any kind Of
business, it seems desirable for state
and local official to join in developing
method which will be accurate and
comprehensive. ,y-, ~ 1
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ed his resignation, giving as rea-
son, that the war in Europe among
christian nations was proof to him
that christianity was untrue, and
the pulpit robbed of its message.
Well, 80 mote it be! But it is for
one to resign with so short a knowl-
edge of history and so short a per-
spective of life! .
Listen, Belgium sowed tares years
ago in the Congo. Did you ever hear
the story of Leopold, the Belgium
king g-King Albert's predecessor
and the Congo? How the Belgian
army invaded the Congo, whipped
down the struggling natives, terrified
them by mutilating their men and
outraging their women, cutting off
their toes and ears, and laughing at
their writhing? Have you learned
how it was all done that the rubber
of the Congo might make the treas
ury of the Belgian King rich?
Germany, Austria, Russia.
Are these nations free from sowing
you ever read of the heartless dis
memberment of Poland by these
three powers? How they went in
with sword and gun and beat the
proud Polanders to their knees and to
death, committing every known
atrocity and outrage on the people,
and finally dividing up the domain
between the three powers? Have
you ever read the cry of protest in
Ann S. Stephens "The Polish Boy?
Frederick of Germany, suggested the
ghastly. outrage on the millions of
polanders-suggested it for the
wealth of the little kingdom, and
with ruthless heartlesspess the work
was finished at the sacrifice of rivers
of blood and tears and slain lives.
France, England, Germany.
Here England is involved. Have
these three nations jointly sowed to
the winds of evil in the past? Have
you ever read of how these three
sat in the councils in Europe and di-
vided Africa, deciding on territorial
limits, and then sent armies there to
slaughter the natives who resisted
this taking of their lands and max
ing them and their families captives
to foreign powers? History said,
"The natives fought heroically
against their subjection." But in
vain! What could they do with
clubs and arrows against weapons of
Europeans armies? They sank down
under foreign domination and lost
all-lost it with sacrifice of lives and
with sufferings beyond computation.
Surely the nations now involved
in war forgot God in their council
plans! What was the result? France
went wild with love for pleasure.
Paris became the worlds fashion
center. Everything from Turkish
trousers and slit skirts for women to
fashionable club life for men flew
from Paris. Paris became intoxi-
Gated with the God of pleasure.
England went crazed in pursuit of
wealth. In the commercial world
one bright star cleaned in her frma-
ment: All the world for England's
commerce. With ferocious and as
tute intent she pushed on and on and
on, crowding out rivals, infringing
on rights of others, and adding
dreadnaughts to her navy. Germany
went insane over militarism. Eng
lands dominancy in commerce must
be checked by military superiority.
England's greed for world commerce
and control, must be checked by
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GUESSING AT ROAD COSTS.

There are 50 many conflicting
statements regarding the cost Of
roadwork that the desirability Of a
comprehensive method of highway
accounting is evident, in order that
taxpayers may not be misled con-
cerning the total expense Of such
work. The Iowa State Highway
Commission has had considerable
difficulty in finding out what the
counties in that state have been
spending, because Of this failure to
have complete system Of accounts.
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& Leroy, Wilmington; J. T. Black.
Calhoun Falls. Price 81 per bottle
straight.-Adv. -. ......, =,
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BORN

At Abbeville, July %, 1916, to
Mr.. and Mrs. A. K. brennan, a
daughter, Willie Catherine.
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RIaadinn hv Ro,.,ahot.

That all diseases can be cured BY.
bleeding is still firmly believed by sew
era1 savage tribes and especially by
the Papuan negroes. When enc OF
their physicians becomes convinced
that it is necessary to bleed a patient
he goes several feet in front Of him.
and then, drawing his bow he hts a
sharp pointed arrow to it and after
careful aim, FIRES the arrow into the
vein which he desires to open. The
arrow, it is said. invariably goes
straight to the mark, and the thorn or
splinter of glass with which it f. tip
ped does the work as successfully as 81
lancet. Moreover, the patients never
show the slightest fear, since they are
convinced that from the moment the
arrows pierce their veins they WILDE
gin to recover.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
STOCK MARKET,

New York, Jan. 14.-Opening-Re-
Tcoveries from yesterdays late decline
were scored at the openeing Of today's
market, American Smelling and Mex
lean Petroleum rising 1-2 and ga
points, respectively, from final prices
of that session. There were gains also
of two to five points in shares of the
special classes, particularly American
Coal products, Industrial Alcohol, In
ternatonal Nickel, Agricultural Chem
ical, Crucib1e steel and American To-
bacco. Bethlehem Steel rose 10 to
44o, but United states Steel made only
a. small fractional gain. Other re-
cognized leaders showed minor
Noon-During the dull first hour
the market was diverted by further
activity in manipu1ative specialties
but heaviness again ensued when SELL
ing Of Mexican stocEss notably Smelt-
ing ana Petroleum was resumed War
shares like Crucible Steel and Bald
win Locomotive also denoted pressure
or liquidation. and United States Steel
fell back half a point from its rise
to 85N The only constructive fea-
ture Of the morning was the further
activity in Mercantile Marine issues
preferred shares rising 2A to So9s
and the An per cent certificates 70
to s9A, both new records. Prices
hardened again at midday. BONDS
were irregular.
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Ferns demanded another try at
Matty, and, while the latter did not
relish the job, he had to consent. The
meeting for the title was staged in
Toronto in May, 1901. and after a
hard contest the Rube won by a
knockout in the tenth round, and be-
came the undisputeds champion of the
welterweight division. He then
fought Frank Erne at Fort Erie, and
put the Buffalo boy to sleep in the
ninth chapter. Toward the close of
1901 Ferns fought Joe Wa1cott at Fort
Erie, and was knocked out and de-
prived OF his title in the fifth round.
After that the Rube did most of
hiss fighting in the West. He was de-
feated lin twenty rounds by Tommy
Tracey, the Australian, in Portland,
Ore, and lost to Matty Matthews in
Pittsburgh. In 100 he fought Matty
again at Fort Erie, and won in nine
teen rounds. He continued in the
ring for several years. and in 1905
lost to Billy Rhodes in three rounds
at Kansas City.
I After his ring days were over the
RUDE in name became a. ffrube" in
reality, for he settled down on
farm and became an honest, hard
working tiIlerZ of the soil. Although
often subject Of ridicu1e, Ferns was
a better Fighter and a. better man than
many of his critics.
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EKHNRYHYRYE Y EYRSRNENHSE
THE FISTIC KNIGHT
OF THE ROAD


On q Summer day some twenty
years ago a man plodded along the
ties of a, certain railroad in Penn
sy1vania. Doubtless there were a
number of men hoefing it along that
road on that particular day, for the
trainmen of that line had the repu-
ton of being death on 'boes'', and
rot many of the weary WiIlies got
free transportation. 49,
But this parti cuIar fellow interests
us strangely. He is of the height
called medium, and probably weighs
less than $50 pounds on the hoof,
but he gives one the impression of
bigness. He has the normal number
OF arms, legs and features, but they
don't seem to have been put together
just right, and the tout ensemble, as
"a Frenchnan would say, was decid-
eoly gawky and awkward. His
clothes fitted his Iank form "too
SOON and, taken by and large, he
looked like a backwoods: farm hand
who was out hunting a. job. This
impression was heightened by the
bundle which he carried over his
shoulder and by his shamb1ing gait
If you could have examined the
contents of that bundle, however, you
W ould have had the surprise of your
young life. Instead of the patched.
soveralls'' and "other'' shirt which
you would have expected to find.
Of tight boxing gloves and a, cheap
outfit of the toys affected by pugi-
lists while practicing their profess
s1on.~
IN one of the pockets of the wan
derer were a number of soi1ed and
cheaply printed professional cards,
which bore the name of Jim Ferns.
And in another pocket repoSed a neat
little roll of bills Of various denom-
nations, and not little OF the Jing-
ling coin of Uncle Sans realm. Jin's
financial resources were quite suffi-
cient to enable him to ride first class
on any of the trains that rushed past
him on that Summer day, but Jim
didn't propose to give up any of his
money to soulless corporations. He
liked to walk. and. by heck, he pro-
posed to walk.
Although he looked a. hayseed of
the most pronounced. variety, and
wouldn't have required much make
up to pass muster Os the "rube" In
a rural melodra1na, it is highly prob
able that Jim didn't know whether
potatoes grew on bushes or on trees
He was born in Pittsburgh, where tho
atmosphere, such as there is, is far
from buco1ic, and the greateH part
of his youth had been spent in towns,
and in wandering from one city tor
another.
At the particular period of which
we write Ferns was about twenty
two years old. From his boyhood he
had been a fighter, and the cock of
the walk in the neighborhoods in
which he lived. When he had clean
ed up his own locality, he started out
to see the world and paid his way
with his good two fists
Chortles of glee usually greeted
JiTn's debut in the sporting circles of
any town he favored with a visit.
The idea that the ungain1y, awkward
over-grown boy could fight in the
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DYEsTUFF PROBLEMS
HEARD BY CONGRESS

+ WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Hearings in
connection with the dyestuffs prob
lens were begun today by the House
wa1s and means committee. Repre-
sentattves of manufacturing industries
affected by the scarcity of dyesuffs
were on hand, ready to be heard on
Representative Hills bill which would
impose practically prohtbttve tariff
duties on dyes and dyestuffs.
Among those here to testify were
Col, John p Wood OF Philadelphia,
president Of the National Association
of Wooden Manufacturers; Albert
Greene Duncan, OF Boston, president
of thes National Association of Cotton
Manufacturers. and q committee from
the American Chemical Society.
Many of the textile manufacturers
In manufacturing states were repre-
scented. ss.ss,
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EnaIand,s Great Seal.

The great seal of England is says
the London Chronicle, a more e1abo-
rate article than most people imagine
It costs about So, 800 to make it, and it
consists Of two heavy silver plates in
one of which is cut the die Tor the
front of the seal and in the other that
for the back. When the seal is to be
affixed to a document a lump OF wax
is softened in hot water and cooled in
cold water, after which it is placed be-
tween the two plates and pressed. It
comes out in the shape of a, disk, with
an Impression on each side.
Formerly there was an Official attach
ed to the seal who was quite as proud
OF his Office as the lord chanceToF was
OF his. That was "Chamwax,' . whose
sole business was to melt the wax ana
to take the impressions OF the great
seal as often as required The writer
remembers the last, of the ''Cha 9vVax-
es.' rosy checked old gentleman who
lived long to enjoy the pension that
grateful country granted him for his
important services. Those services ara,
now performed by an unnamed suboC-
dinate In the chancellorg Office.
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ring seemed preposterous. :, Jim was
persistent, however, and usually got
4 a match. And it was usually a sur
/ prise party for the spectators. In
the ring he seemed q different man.
and shed much of his hayseedish APP
| ties were fought with skin-tight
gloves, and Jim proved himself a g1ut-
ton for punishment and able to in
fhct lot of it.
| Jinn's idea of training was 20 walk
to a city where he was matched for
a fight. when time would permit, even
| if the distance ran into the hundreds
| of miles He often slept in the open,
when the weather would permit, and
ate at farnhouses. Often he In
weighed husky rural lads into putting
on the gloves with him.. and these i'm
pjromptu bouts constituted his work.
cuts. BY this plan Ferns had no
training camp or STARRING partner ex-
penses. \
It was not until. 1897 that Ferns,
that Ferns, who by that time was
usually known as "Rube'', acquired
year he fought 'tScaldy Bt11'' Quinn,
the coIored we1terweight, who had
fought some of the best men in the
business, and defeated MIN. That
gave Jina's stock quite a. boost Dur
ing 1897 he took part in nearly a
hundred bouts, nearly all of them
with tight gloves.
The following year the gawky as
pirant to pugilistic honors hoofed it
to Buffalo in the hope of getting a
whack at Frank Erne, who was then
coming to the front in the Hghtw ght
division. The RUDE was disappointed,
and he had to be content with the
small fry until in 1899 he got a
match with Bobby DObbs, the color
ed lightweight, and bested him in
twenty rounds.
Rube's arrival in the HmeIight
came with startling suddeness. The
f1stic knight of the road was not tax
en- very seriously as a contender for
the, welterweight crown until a Jan
uary day in 1900, when he fought
the veteran Mysterious Billy Smith in
Euffalo. Greatly to the surprise of
tho fans, the Rube put up great
fight against the champion, and In
the twenty-first round won the deci-
sion on foul.
/, From the beginning of his fighting
days the Rube's greatest pleasure
was to see his name in print, but the
sport scribes refused to take him seri-
ously. Ferns tick1ed their funny
bones, and most of the stuff printed
about him was of a facetious nature.
Jhe victory over Smith changed all
that, and the Rube's scrap book be-
gan to grow fat with appreciative no
tees of his scrapping ability.
: Ferns claimed the welterweigtt IL
tie after the Smith fight, but Matty
Matthews; a New York boy who was
as eccentric in his way as RUDE was
in his, also set up in the title-claimtng
business. Matty was about the loud
est dresser who ever displayed his
manly form on Broadway, and
strange contrast to the RUDE. They
mingled the first time in September,
1900, at Detroit, and Ferns was the
victor In a. return match in the
same city the following month, Matty
turned the tables, and for time
basked in the championship lime
light, - .e.ss;,.. T..
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Weather Forecast

New Haven, JAN 14-Fore-
cast: Fair tonight and Saturday,
colder tonight.
Connecticut: Fair and colder
tonight, Saturday fair and con-
timed cold. Moderate northwest
winds.
Pleasant weather prevails this
morning in all districts east of the
Rocky Mountains. A disturbance
which is central over Nevada is
causing cloudy and rainy weather
ON the Pacific coast. San Fran
cisco reported 1.S4 inches of rain
during the last "a hours. The
principal features shown by the
map this morning is the severe
cold wave which prevails in all
districts east Of the Rocky Noun
tains. Freezing. temperatures ex-
tend as far south as the gulf and
zero temperatures extend as far
south as Oklahoma and as far
east as Vermont. The lowest
temperature reported was So de-
grees below zero at White River,
Can.
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EIASONIG GRAND LODGE
TO CONVENE ON FEB. 2

Hartford. Jan 14-The 12Sth annual
communication Of the Grand Lodge of
Connecticut, F.. & A. M, will be held
IN Masonic Temple, this city, Wednes-
day and Thursday, Feb 2 and 8. The
meeting of the Masonic Charity Foun-
sdatioR of Connecticut which has
charge of the Masonic Home at wal
Engford, will be held on the evening
Of Feb. 2. The Grand lodge dinner
win take place here the night before
the meeting of the grand lodge.
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Same. but Different.

Visitor : Are old stegbaueE and
Schattlfebner still carrying on that
everlasting lawsuit of theirs about the
boundary? Nattve-Not those two any
longer, but their lawyers are. Visitor.
How's that2 Native-Oh, the farm be-
longs to them now.-Meggendo
Blaetter.
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DAVID w. O,GONNOR
FILES PETITION IN
BANKRUPTCY COURT

Creditors of David w. O'Connor
have filed a petition in the United
States court in Hartford asking that
he be thrown into bankruptcy. They
say he has assets of 81, 900 and Habi1i-
ties of $4,000. The petitioning
creditors are Berkshire Mills Co,
Gates Wagon Co., and Standard Oil
Co. O'Connor is in business at. As
Crescent avenue.
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Innaon,a Great Einn-

The great fire OF London In 1853
started in house on Pudding lane ana
ended at Piecrust alley. Thirteen thou
sand two hundred houses were burnad
including eighty-nine churches.
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The True Enthuslaat.

Does your motorcar give-you-1a0Jicl
trouble?"
enthusiastically. IT should say &c did,
Why. repairing that car when 1k gets
out of order is about the only real fun
Iget out of life. Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14

The Bridgeport Shoe Co., SO Wall
street, are showing some wonderful
shoe values in all the leading makes
Think of having the opportunity to
buy such prominent shoes as Elmer
son, Wright, Slater, Barry. Ralston,
Strong and GARFIELD and many others
at from $3.50 to $3.50, which is less
than half price in most cases. A
special lot of Emerson shoes received
this morning will be. sold at a remark
ably low figure while they last. Come
in and look them over-Adv
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HlahIv Rated.

She-she died worth S25, 900 and LETT
her husband SIS. He-WeU, some huGa
bands are zone man in a thousand7-
hers was one in i've thousand
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OZANAN BASKETBALL
TEAMS PLAY TONIGHT

The Ozanam basketball teams will
play this evening at st. Joseph's hall.
Team 1 win oppose Team and Team
2 will play Team 4: All the members
of the team are requested to, meet
at the. club rooms at 1880.
The Athletic committee is arrang-
ing to have four more teams in the
league starting next week. They will
play two nights a week, Monday and
Friday.
One of the club teams Will play the
St Augustine five next week.
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"A Good Rre.k

The Shopper Gin china shop to- sale8s
manl-You don't break these sets,
presume. The SaIesman-RO'm. but
our errand boy dess sometimes.