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fKMB iiBnim?'? ? wwoxs DOUBLE vt/ Planters Fertilizer has f ftji ill] You cannot afford to ; Wil l brands, when you can ge Trade-Mark, stamped c town for free advice, in |&|$ '1^ rect. But don't delay,v" W&zfk certainty of deliverie freight and trans jry. *jh? dering imperati #???* nlmblfi in Ravo lie 11111 ' RAYO LA *ve artistic in desig ment to any room, them as you would a don't have to remove ftjpl ney or shade. Easilj Kg|j||f Designed to give the bright, flickerless ligl h If your dealer doesn' write to our nearest b ^HH8 The use of Aladdin I guarantees best result I' stoves and heaters. I STANDARD OIL 4 ! (New Jerec B BALTIMORE. Washington, D. C. ( J Norfolk. V*. Chs . Richmond, Vt. C OBSERVANCE OF SABBATH DIRECTED BY PRESIDENT I: ? 'M 1 4.U Washington.?UDservance ui tue Sabbath by all men in military and naval service was directed by President Wilson in a statement issued . recently at the White House. All Sunday labor, he asked, be reduced to the measure of strict necessity. "The president, commander-inchief of the army and navy," said the statement, "following the reverent example of his predecessors, desires and enjoins the orderly observance of the Sabbath by the officers and men in 4he military anfi naval service of the United States. The importance for man and beast ef the prescribed weekly rest, the sacred rights of Christian soldiers and sailors ,a becoming deference to the best sentiment of a Christian people and a due regard for the Divine will demand that Sunday labor in the army and navy be reduced to trie measure of strictest necessity. "Such an observance of Sunday is dictated by the best traditions of our people and by the convictions of all who look to Divine providence of guidance and protection, and, in repeating in this order the language of President Lincoln, the president is confident that he is speaking alike demand for cotton is urgent. Wha ig problematical. But it is vit? iver make an extra effort to increa For many years, Planters Fertiliz hroughout the South. It enriches tt e food until maturity and improves getting less than one to two bales to S FERTILIZE! $ YOUR YIELO jroven its worth, over and over agair experiment with unknown, untriei :t the genuine, with the Giant Lizar >n each bag. See our agent in you formation and prices?or write us di -do it at once, for the present ur ;s?due to the heavy demand upo iportation facilities makes early 01 ve. ers Fertilizer & Phosphate Co. MANUFACTURERS eston, - South Carolina ' es Young pes Strong B^H|HB| light of the ?89|b?nw e long even- EmmSBDBI^Kr ileasant. Its m^HE|^U| on the eyes |s3SH^H9g j?play more jSBHj^ES ht HHBMB Mps. hH| n?an orna- IHnM You light BflnS| gas jet?you ^nB0H0^H| either chimr clean. maximum of HH fc have them. Security 021 s from lamps, COMPANY >harlott?, N. C. rleiton, W. Vf. ^ h?rl>?ton. 8.0. I to the hearts and to the conscience | of those under his authority." DIRECTOR GENERAL OF R. R. WILL ISSUE NO LIST OF "NONESSENTIAL PRODUCTS > { No list of nonessential farm prod! ucts to be denied transportation fa| cilities, has been prepared by the [ Director General of Railroads, and | the issuance of such an order is not j contemplated. It is believed that under the plan j now being formulated .it will be ! possible to provide adequate transi portation for farm products this : year. Farmers are instructed to i place orders for cars when needed j with local freight agents, as heretoi fore. The Department of Agriculture estimates that only one-third of the I marketable surplus of the potato crop had been moved by January 1, 1918. Last year's potato crop was the largest ever produced in the United States. According to information received in Washington, butter is selling in Berlin at $2.25 a pound, sugar at 56 cents a pound, ham and bacon at $2.11 a pound, and Ivory soap at five bars for $1.12. ~ t' DIVISION INSURANCE OFFICE. Camp Jackson, S. C. ' i The insurance campaign now be-; ing carried on at Camp Jackson, S. C., is gaining momentum and inter- j est each day. Strong spirit of riv- , ajry has spihing up among the dif- i ferent regiments in the division, and 1 the Insurance Officer expects to have an application for Government Insurance from almost every officer and enlisted man in the 81st Divis-' i ion at the clpse of the campaign,) FebViary 11th, .1918. Explanatory, .talks are being made every night at< the different Y. M. C. A. buildings and pverv effort is heinc made to bring to the attention of the officers! and enlisted men the many benefits j accruing from an insurance policy | with (he government. In addition' to the Y. M. C. A. talks by Lieut, j David H. Fuller, the Insurance Of-j ficer, and Sia corps of assistants, I each company has an officer who gives his entire time to thef men of; the company, urging and explaining po them the vital necessity of an In-' surance policy with the Government Each Saturday a bulletin board showing the relative standing of i each regiment in the division is shown at the Insurance Office and' last. Saturday the 31st. Field Artil-j lery led with 981 men out of a to-. tal strength of 1.008 men insured.l to the amount of $9,097,000.00. "Safety First," "Preparedness,"! "Patriotism," "Protection," "Protect ( yourself and the folks at Home,"! are the headings of a few of the! large posters in the 'quarters ofj the various regiments and on the] street cars and billboards at Columbia. The purpose of the campaign is to apprise every man of his opportunity to secure government insurance before February 12th. Governor T. W. Bickett, of North' Carolina accompanied by J. H. Pou, i one' of the leading lawyers of that j state, visited the eamp last week and made several speeches - urging the soldiers from North Carolina to take advantage of the government's spleftdid offer to protect their loved ones. The presence of these men at the camp, gave great impetus to the Campaign. Governor Bickett also wrote the following letter to the soldiers at Camp Jackson which presents a viv id idea of the Governor's foresightedness. Every friend and relative of a soldier should see to it that their influence is brought to bear upon every man in the service in the same manner that the Goveftior used to speak to thousands. As a great many men now at Camp Jackson, S. C., lurgely from this state, the Division Insurance j Officer is especially anxious that the people at home write or wire the soldiers to take an insurance policy with the Government. A letter from win Tiprhans do more to set IliVUIb Tf ? - w your son, brother or friend insured | before February 12th than any other agency that may be used in the campaign. Road construction and maintenance in the United States involve an annual expenditure of about $300,000,000. ' AMERICAN SUGAR SENT TO FRANCE _________ American Price Rigidly Regulated by United States Food Administration. CONSUMERS HERE PAY 9c. 8ugar Cost 35 Cents a Pound During Civil War?Refiners' Profits Now Curtailed.' 1 1 I I Sugar If selling today throughout America at from 8% to 6 cents a pound to the consumer, even though there Is a'world shortage which haa reduced this nation's sugar allotment to 70 per cent of normal Through the efforts of the United States food administration the sugar: market has been regulated as far as! A*? J ? mVAlAOfllAr I cne producer, reuuer nuu nuui^iv. Is concerned. The food administration has no power to regulate retail prices except by public opinion. Even though more than 85,000 tons of sugar have been shipped to France In the last four months the retail grocer's'sugar price Is around 8 to 8% cents. He should sell this sngar at 8% to 9 cents, the food administration believes, and asks the American housewife to pay no more than this amount Last August when the food administration was organized the price of sugar rose suddenly to 11 cents a pound. During the Civil War sugar cost the consumer 35 cents a pound. By regulation of the sugar market and reducing the price to 8% and 9 cents and keeping It from advancing to 20 cents the food administration has saved the American public at least $180,000,000 In four months, according to a statement maae oy aerueri quut? the other day. "It is our stern doty to feed the allies, to maintain their health and strength at any cost to ourselves," Mr. Hoover declared- "There has not been, nor will be as we see it, enough sugar for even their present meagre and depressing ration unless they send ships to remote markets for it If we In our greed and gluttony force them either to further reduce their ration or to send these ships we will have I done damage to oar abilities to win this war. "If we send the ships to Java for 250,000 tons of sugar next year t we will have necessitated the employment of eleven extra ships for one year. These 6hips?If used In ~ fnnnc?u/auld talks iiaiiapvi kinu ><v.r? 150,000 to 200,000 men to France." Reason for World Shortage. As Mr, Hoover pointed out, the United States, Canada and England were sugar Importing countries before j the war, while France and Italy were very nearly self supporting. The main ; sources of the world's sugar supply was Germany and neighboring powers, | the West Indies and the East Indies. German sugar Is no longer available, as It Is used entirely In Germany, which also absorbs sugar ol' surrounding countries. England can no longer buy 1,400,000( long tons of sugar each year from Germany. The French sugar ^roduc- ( tlon has dropped from 750,000 to 210,-1 000 tons. The Italian production has 1 fallen from 210,000 tons to 75,000 tons. Thus three countries were thrown ; upon East and West Indian sources for 1,925,000 tons annually to maintain their nonnal consumption. Because of the world's shipping shortage tne amea nauuus dihucu drawing on the West Indies for sugar; East Indian sugar took three times j the number of ships, since the dls-1 tance was three times as great Sud- j denly the west was called on to fur-! nlsh and did furnish 1,420,000 tons of, sugar to Europe when 300,000 tons a j year was the pre-war demand. The j allies had drawn from Java 400,000 i tons before the shipping situation be-| came acute "In spite of these shipments," Mr. I Hoover stated the other day, "the: English government In August reduced ! the household sugar ration to a basis'; of 24 pounds per annum per capita. And In September the French frovern-j ment reduced their household ration to 13 2-10 pouncls a year, or n bit over; 1 pound of sugar a month. Even this meagre ration conld not be filled by ; the French government It was found early In the fall. America was then ! asked for 100,000 tons of sugar find succeeded In sending 85,000 tons ny December 1. The French request wns granted because the American household consumption was then at least 55 pounds per person, and It was considered the duty of maintaining the French morale made our dcurse clear." \ Today the sugar situation may be summarized by stating that if 'America will reduce its (;ugar consumption 10 to 15 per cent, this ' nation will be able to send 200,000 more soldiers to France. Sugar today sells at seaboard refineries at $7.25 a hundred pounds, j The wholesale grocer hail agreed to limit his profit to 25 centii a hundred i plus freight, ana rne r??n ..., .supposed to take no more than 50 cents j a hundred pounds profit. This regulation was made by the food adminis-1 tration, which now asks tlie housewife to reduce sugar consumption as much ! as possible, using other sweeteners, ' and also reminds her thai she should ! pay no more than 0 cents a pound for sugar. Contrr! of Cane Refiners' Profits. "Immediately upon the establish- j went of the food administration," Mr. Hoover said, "an examination was ' made of the costs and profits of refining and It was finally determined that the spread between the cost of raw and the sale of refined cane sugar should be limited to $1.30 per hundred pounds. The pre-war differential had averaged about 85 cents and increased costs were found to have been imposed by the war In increased cost of refining, losses, cost of bags, labor, insurance, Interest and other things, rather more than cover the difference. After prolonged negotiations the refiners were placed under agreement establishing these limits on October 1, and anything over this amount to be agreed extortionate under the law. "In the course of these Investigations it was found by 'canvass of the Cuban producers that their sugar had, during the first nine months of the past year, sold for an average of about $4.24 per hundred f/ o. b. Cuba, to which duty and freight added to the refiners' cost amount to about $5.60 per hundred. The average sale price of granulated by various refineries, according to our investigation, was about $7.50 per hundred, or a differential of $1.84. "In reducing the differential to $1.30 there was a saving to the public of 54 cerits per hundred. Had such a differential been in use from the 1st of January, 1917. the public would have eaved In the first nine months of the year about $24,800,000." Next Year. With a view to more efficient organization of the trade In imported sugars next year two committees have been " 5 1 oHw?rtlofr?tlAn rormeu uy uic luuu auunu??v*mmv.. 1. A committee comprising representatives of all of the elements of American cane refining groups. The principal duty of this committee Is to divide the sugar Imports pro rata to their various capacities and see that absolute justice Is done to every refiner. . e 2. A committee comprising three representatives of the English, French and Italian governments; two representatives of the American refiners, with a member of the food administration. Only two of the committee have arrived from Europe, but they represent the allied governments. The duties of this committee are to determine the most economical sources from a transport point of view of a^l the allies to arrange transport at uniform rates, to distribute the foreign sugar between the United States and allies, subject to the approval of the American, English, French and Italian governmpnts. This committee, while holding strong views as to the price to be paid for Cuban sugar, has not had the final' voice. This voice has rested In the governments concerned, together with the Cuban government and I wish to state emphatically that all of the gentlemen concerned as good commercial, men have endeavored with the utmost patience and skill to secure a lower price, and their persistence has reduced Cuban demands by 15 cents per hundred. The price agreed upon is about $4.60 per hundred pounds, f. o. b. Cuba, or equal to about $6 duty paid V&to York. "This price should eventuate," Mr. Hoover said, "to about $7.30 per hundred for refined sugar from the refiners at seaboard points or should place sugar in the hands of the consumer at from 8%.to 9 cents per pound, depending upon locality and conditions of trade, or at from 1 to 2 cents below the j prices of August last and from onehalf to a cent per pound cheaper than today. "There Is now an elimination of speculation, extortionate profits, and rofinintr ninnp the American IU 111C ?vu.i.u0 people will save over $25,000,000 of the refining charges last year. A part of these savings goes to the Cuban, Hawaiian, Porto itlcan and Louslanian producer and part to the consum?\ "Appeals to prejudice against the food administration have been made because the Cuban price Is 34 cents above that of 1917. It is said in effect that the Cubans are at our mercy; that we could get sugar a cent lower. We made exhaustive study of the cost of producing sugar in Cuba last year through our own agents in Cuba, and we find It averages $3.39, while many producers are at a higher level. We found that an average profit" of at least a cent per pound was necessary in order to maintain and stimulate production or that a minimum price of $4.37 was necessary, ana even una j would stifle some producers. "The price ultinintelv agreed was 23 cents above these figures, or about oneflfth of a cent per pound to the American consumer, and more than this amount has been saved by our reduction in refiners' profits. If \ye wish to stifle production in, Cuba we could j take that course just at the time of all j times In our history when we want! production for ourselves and the al- J lies. Further than thnt, the state de- j partment will assure you that such a course would produce disturbances in Cuba and destroy even our present supplies, but beyond all these material j reasons is one of human Justice. This ] great country has no right by the! might of its position to strangle Cuba. ; "Therefore there is no imposition upon the American public. Charges have been made before this committee that Mr. Rolph endeavored to benefit the California refinery of which he was manager by this 34 cent increase in Cuban price. Mr. Rolph did not fix i the price. It does rais?! the price to I the Hawaiian farmer about that j amount. It does not raise the profit of j the California refinery, because their charge for refining is. like all other refiners. limited to $1.30 per hundred pounds, plus the freight differential on ihe established custom of the trade. UNITED STATES FOOD AOMINISTRATION S. CAROLINA ?-?? * William Elliott, Food AdminWmtor for South Sarolina has motived thefollowing telegram from Herbert Hoover, United States Food Administrator: ; \ "To prevent hoarding flour following president's proclamation suggest you enforce ruling reference tc quantity sales of flour outlined in our letter December 19th. The sale of flour, by retailers, millers or other dealers in^ towns and cities to individual consumers shall be in one- ' eighth to one fourth barrel quantity or less; in rural or foreign communities in*one-fourth to one half \ barrel quantity or less. Gross maximum profit for wholesalers in flour should not exceed from fifty to sev enty cents per barrel. Profit exact* ed by retail dealers in original mill package should not exceed from eighty cents to $1.20 per barrel, de- . pending upon character of service performed. Where retailers sell in amounts less than original mill package the gross profit should not exceed one cent per pound. Any profit in excess 0/ these or in excess of that obtained in pre-war times will be considered cause for investigation. Substitutes for wheat flour should be sold at not more than a reasonable advance ov& actual purchase price A-f flPAA/^O oaM >-ii VJ, JL/UX vivuiui gvvuu OVAUJ navuvuv *w gard to market or replacement v&lae / at time of such sale. The noon meal in Sooth Carolina should be the wheatless meal in each . > day in the week, according ,to a statement issued by William Elliot* Food Administrator. , i ;4-' Mr. Elliot reached this conclusion after a conference with Miss Edith ' T T> J_l. 1 J - ? iL. TT m '? />' u. x-arruit, neau ox ine nome &von< omics work o? Winthrop Collie, Home Demonstration forces and Food 'iAdminstiiation. The new regulations of the Food Administration' prescribe two wheatless days a week, Monday *nd Wednesday;-one meatless day a week, Tuesday; one porkless day a week* Saturday. No pork products to be consumed on Tuesdays, meatless ^ day. One meatless meal each day in the week and one wheatless meal each day in the weekT > <. TVip rwnnlA n-f tha afahi nrA ?r. pected to observe these days: as requested in the President's proelama- . tion and in the statement issued by Herbert Hoover, Federal Pood Ad? ' j ministrator. ; ' Copy of the new regulations hav? . f been sent to all the hotels and cafes in the State. There are more than one hundred )fv|| thousand homes registered as mem- . bers 'of the Food Administration in . , South Carolina. It is the dfesiite of the administration that every home join in the food censervation profIF ram. All homes who have not joined .. } ' ' snoiud write to tne r ooa Aaminwaw* tion, Arcade, Colombia, S. C., and secure one of-the pledge cards, win- \ . " ^ dow cards and kitchen cards. The Food Administration la making preparations for the distribution of the Home Supplemental Card in all homes of the State. This card contains the creed of the Food Ad- ' ministration!. Leaflets containing valuable information concerning-th? uses of Oatmeal and Cornmeal will also be distributed at the same time,. TRANSPORTS CARRY BOOKS TO TROOPS SERVING NOW IN FRANCE ___ The' overseas service of the Am- H encan Library Association is in op eration. Although space is extreme- I ly valuable aboard transports, they v :B have been provided with bookcasea JH holding collections of books which H are used as circulating libraries on -H the way over. The cases are empi tied at port of debarkation and the books sent to the men in the field. . '-I As a means of further increasing the supply of books among the overseas forces, the association plans to have each soldier carry a book in 1 * 1 '1 J-~ 1mVinn IB) nis Kit, 10 UC pui 111 unuwuvu - __ he reaches the other side. 9^ According to a report by the Am- H| erican consul at Geneva, Swiu live* stock quotations near the end of |H 1917 were: Oxen, each $230; bails $170; cows, $260; calved, $180; -hM young pigs, $14; sheep, $74; fat hogs, per pound, 32 cents. England has 60,000 women v<)lun tary hospital workers. j