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8CHKIWUK i v, For National <?nard and Anny Divisions. I*' Training workj l mno'tne Wmi P^lOuard ami uational army( vvl11 Ui' ******** L for ?lut> abroad Ih ha*ed on K.'*#* ?Hir*? *'f ,ht' u*OHt 1,1 [kind of work in tllt? open, va r?h i*hCu??^ I?> American and LodJoer* |,x**rt* 1,1 n,od" ' /.?> To insure uniformity of ?irW* Uirou>ctMM.t tin- flit I re tinny, Siwuinwmlfr* have Ihhjii urged tin* Nflunhilf announced _ |(V fill IliM't" I <loSfl.\ V, au*H is laid u|k?ii the ueoqo Bight training, trench raiding, ?iiiir treiK'li building and opera* H"o/ all kinds which may be called ?nJk,(??j coiulmt will bo duplicated ? uil tin' ni^ht bourn. To give the ramito their Wednesday and' Erdny afttTiKx?n^ will be freo, ex ? In th?J cuAe ?>f backward indi E,tsor units Target pructice runs E^h tbf entire course and the Kjules onn fnr forty boura' train* ? week. Eptfcally the entire aixteen weeks B be (Ifvotdi (" training Individuals, Los and companies. Brigade, di ?otiai and evfii regimental exercises ? iwerwd for a later period. Since ? platoon, commanded by a lieu ten* I is tlie aetual flgbtfaig unit in E& (uttles. the new regulations fix I?Dsiiiiiity ?f the lieutenants of ? company for trainlug of less than Kpuiy units. requirement Is made that of fs ho present w ith their eomfnanUs ill drills and regularity in carrying itralnlnR schedules is insisted uj>on. "be Mure program with graphic 11 t rations will show all that three ire of war have brought of gas at i. of honiMng and of bayonet work. M aid instruments hold a high place f wounded Mild if rs today niUHt de I largely u|m?ii themselves for first tmi'iit. Arrived Safely in Italy. Jjlr. l? (' Slmw received a cable aai today, dated this morning, at a ft in Italy fr. in liis son Krvin, say It "Safe. Weil." This means that tin sliHiv. wliu is a member <?f tlit? fiirrkii. A> i.Hi,?n Corps, sent abroad "iii;d<*i?- hi- training, has arrived hi- destination.?Sumter Notice. Tin r.innciN s?MTet Association will ?<-t with thi- Pine (irove I^x-al on o^ir-l.tv.- i '?it,.|?t.|-?KM h.?-A41 ?locals v ?l,|i)i.v!,,i i,, vend delegates. Any KrJiiU-r .-f ;i l_rt? which lias failed to pep !i|? is iiM-i-tings can consider ?!.' i-.Mti-s and attend this W 1* Soweil <*"?unty Secretary. DNJIHT TO TIIK PRICKS Report H?y? Publisher* Far* Serious I>lMMiU*r I'itIras Relieved. I Washington, (K-t. 7.?A report rec ! oinuiendlng government o|x*ratlon of j the print 1 taper ami pulp Industrie* during (lie war and arraigning what It calls the defiant attitude of print paiH?r producers was tiled imlay l?\ the senate i?rlntIi>k committee. It will await uctlon at the December scs slon. v The reiM?rt says the federal trade commission's tingling* "show beyond any question that the print pai<er In jdUHtry, In its greed fur excessive prof Its, lm? lm|s>sed a most unjust harden uii the American press which faces a serious disaster if relief can not speedily be had from the oppressive pricey now exacted for print pai**r. It add* that the commission, in itsj recent Investigation, exhaustc<l every resource at Its command to obtain re-' lief for the publishers, hut has Ikh-u aide to Ret only a small measure of relief, "owing to the defiant attitude assumed by the principal prtslucers of print paiM?r and lack of authority of the commission to enforce Its (Indiums as to a fair ami reasonable price." ; Under a resolution introduced by .Senator Smith (Arizona) and reported by the committee for passage, the trade commission would Is' eui|>ower ed to control the production and dis tribution of print paper and mechanl-1 cal and chemical pulp in the United States. All print paper and pulp l mills and agencies would be oi>erated oil government account and their pro-' ducts j>ooled In the commission's hands during the war emergency and equi- , tably distributed at a price leased on i production and distribution cost plus! a fair prolit i>cr ton to be determined by the commission. Mistake Costs Two Lives. Washington, <>ct. S.?Vice Admiral Sims cabled to the Navy Department today that an American patrol vessel, 011 duty at night in the war zone, had fired on an Italian submarine which failed to answer recognition signals, killing one otlleer and one enlisted man. Secretary Daniels at once sent a message to the Italian ministry of ma rine, expresing the deepest regret over the unfortunate occurrence and ten dering bis and the American naw's sympathy for the loss of life. .lames Caldwell, an operative in the! Newberry cotton .mills, was crushed to death one day Inst w?s?k. No one was near him at the time and it is supposed?hr?been me?entangled?i??a? pulley. This is the first fatal acci j dent ill this mill since its establish j ment forty Years ago. The tiger is not mentioned in the 1 >ible and was unknown in Greece be fore the time of Alexander the Creat. TIIKKK CKNT8 PONTAOK Appllr* to Mil letters mul Kimt CI?hs .Mutter Kxiept Drop LrttWH. Washington, .V?1MhIIw1 In Htructions to ^Hmtnm?trr? on tin' In creased letters mall i'htI'm whlch !?*' come effect I vi> November J under t^e terms of the war tax lit 11, won' ant \ today by Postmaster Oenerul Hurlwon. They do not apply to mail to most foreign countrii'M for which rates are tlxi>d by International treaties, but they do apply to all domestic mail, ami im?K*r that claaaitlcutlou in included mail to t'unadu, \lcxioo, Culm. Tana am, thu United Status postal a^cncy at Shanghai, and all iM?rsons in the mti , itary service of the I'nlted states in Kurope. TIh* Post office Department issued these instructions: Postmasters shall, on and after No veml>er *2, s<?e that |K?stage is imld at the rate of three ivnts an ounce or fraction thereof on letters anil other' first-class mutter except drop letters.' All drop letters, that Is letters mailed for delivery from the otflcg at which Ikkstixl, Including those for delivery by city, rural, or other carrier of such otllce, are required to have i>ostage paid on them at the rate of two cents an ouiuv or fraetion thereof. Postal cards are required to be prepaid two i cents and therefore, the one-cent ik>k | tal cards must have a one-cent postuge^ stamp affixed to them In addition to one-cent stamp impressed on such cards. Post cards (private mailing cards) bearing written messages must have two cents postage prepaid on them. World's ItiggeHt Corn Crop. Washington, Oct; 8.?Despite an es timated loss of 37,(KX),(XX) bushels dur ing September, the country's corn crop still will 1k> the greatest in Its his tory. Latest figures issued by the De partment of Agriculture today show the crop will be 3.210.71)5,0<X) bushels, and also despite an estimated loss of !MMX),000 bushels during the month the spring wheat erofp will exceed last year's. Other crops approach bumper records. Mr. .1. It. Catoe Is a man who be lieves in doing one thing at a time, and one only. lie enjoys a discus sion of the war and other topics with his fellow townsman, and not infrequently docs. lie caine across the street for a little chat when the customers at his store are not very numerous. < >ne morning last week lie was reel in in tr in a Ford in frpnt of the hardware store and taking an active part in the discussion of events. pa<t and present, when he saw I levy Sowell enter his store, presumably u. purchase something. He called ro him "Iley! 'Como out of there. Can't you find it somewhere else?"?Page laud Journal. SKKIOI'S ACCIDENT TO G1KI, Juaiiit* HPitlrr Sralpcd in ller Kittli fr's Cotioii (jlii. I Juanita Hegler iti-yvMi* old daughter of W. H. licgier, who is a resident of the Antioch ntvtion of (his county. met with a aerious and proluihh it tula I aivhlent In her fathers 11. \iiss Hen ler wax carrying her father hi* keys, nnd while she wa? on her way up In the g^n she noticed a licit had nili? |x'd fmin tin* shafting. and was trying to replace the belting on the pulley, when her hair hum caught in the iv solving maehiucr>. She was complete ly nealjH'il l>csldfH helng otherwise hrulacd. Little MIns Keller pieked up her scalp and keys. that she had drop jhhI before the accident in trying to replace the helling. and carried her scalp ami keys up the stairs where her father wax She was taken on the next train to KVnncll lnilrmar> in Rock Hill, and very little hope is given her. Miss lieKler certainly did have nerve, for when she was In I^ineaster waiting on the train, she was not u? norved at all. and had her scalp wrap ped in a piece of pai>er. taking it to Itock Hill with her to the Infirmary, hoping that she might have the skin grafted to the scalp so that It may grow hark Miss Heeler Is an exceed ingly hrijibi and Industrious nirl and the accident is grea1l.\ deplored hy all. ? Lancaster News. When Will the War Knd? For the inquisitive folks who fre yuently |>cxter others with that ag?sl hrimidiom "When will the war end?" the following |kH'in is reprinted from the ('haItauooga Times: "AlkHolntf knowledge have I none. Hut my aunt's washerwoman's sou Heard a policeman on his heal Say to a laborer on the street That h>' had a letter just last week. Written In the liiveat Greek, From a Chinese coolie in Timhuctoo, Who said the niggers in Cuba knew Of a eoloml man in Texas town Who g<>1 it straight from a circus clown ; That a man from Klondykc heard the . news From a gang of South American .lews About somclMidy in Itorneo, Who heard of a man who claimed to know < >f a swell society dame Whose sisfer-in law w ill undertake To prove that her seventh husband's sifter's noire. stated In a printed piece That '?In1 has a son who has a friend Wlio knows when the war is going end." When you buy a ranee that has proved itself to be the best, your mon ey has been well invested. The Mil je-iie demonstrator will, during the week commencing October 1show- you why the Majestic is the l?est. and why it actually saves you money. Munis & I'.arrelt. Correct School Apportionment The fo Mowing is the correct apportionment of the School Funds for Kershaw County for the School Year 1916-1917, ending June 30, 1917: n ^ c ? -t /< m?1 n a> & ? ~ s: ' . 2. g ST cL ?j ? H ? x gw ! ? * * ?? - , > - * I H M H 2 2 cs H Cc H C6 x g ? 2 c- c v y ^ cc ~ , co cp cc o ? k I >-3 kh -.. -?? c4jc?(c >. o ' *2 2- ^ co 5 ? x? 5 y - ?, B 00 c 3? 2 S ~ o C I a> cr <n r* sr w $ s ?g ? . ^ g. ^ I ^ ~ B ~ Ui - W Sri - W W 2 2 2- i - ^ 2. 2 5 ? 3 ??* c c f5 ?? r a r/i o : ? I'auwU'n 1 ? 'lovolniul '2 ? iuinberry 3 ?'assatt 4 ?Vnrral 5 Tmm>d 0 ?VlilH'.V 7 West villi' 8 Piedmont 0 LiJxTty Illll 10 Trinity 11 I'lftiM'y 12 :: <"s 13 BufTalo 14 Providence 15 Pine drove 10 Itidgeside 17 Beaver Dam 18 I >oKnlh 19 I'edar ('reek 20 Indian Ford -21 Bethune -22 <iate's Hill 23 Mr. Pingah 24 Oakland -2B Sand Hill 26 Hanging Rock 27 > )akridgc ~ 28 I/Ugoff .29 Thome Hill 30 Ned't* Creek 31 Savannah .32 I.ockhart 33 Shamrock 34 Antiooh 35 Mt. i^ion 36 Flat Rock . 37 rv?noord 38 ('re went -30 ?Kershaw 40 <'*antey 41 PWsant Cirove 42 ?Stoneboro 46 * Bethel 47 Contingent Fnml ..792.38 [. 4.01 ......5.88 ..583.80 ..264.12 ....89.04 ~2,061.45j-40.83.-7,406.98! ..1,130.151. .54.20 .1,766.07 ? 64.35 .11.86 52.57J....67.50.... 226.05 ....4.79 ....13.98 -~.S5.27 .269.90 1 8.38 ...99.48 .173.58 ....18.02 ....79.83 r ..329.18 ....21.85 I..467.12 1 92 ...64.11 ...35.37 ....42.23 ....81.74 ....90.99 ....97.00 ..115.64 .110.20 ...45.23 ..101.01 ...41.22 ..201.01 35.00 .111.40 .100.00 ....73.401....13.51 .7.03 ....34.37 132.00 . 105.00 ... 77.55 .254.10 . 635.25 .227.70 . 303.00 . 499.95 . 156.7 . 313.50 ... 66.00 , 837.35 . 70.95 245.85 387.75 .51.15 156.75 ~578.20| ..174.20 ... 517.35 ..240.78 ....22.02 5.00 .2.40 4.35 ..260.12 .206.60 ..107.96 -408^49 ..138.66 j 01 ! 2.51 1.00 ...34.52 ..420.88 ...15.80 ...46.23 ...51.37 .53.60 .. 59.0.) ...34.37 .17.37 ....68.50 74.83 132.00 . 209.55 . 207.90 . 171.90 ... 89.10 . 138.60 .... 244.20 333.30 ....48 02!.... 184.80 ....18.721.... 123.75 ....35.301 67.05 ...54 09 .._ 201.30 ...48.101.... 275.55 ...23.4^! 211.20 ....35.38 .45.00 .56.48 ..19.15 ....3.82 ....9.79 ..18.29 .17.09 ..42.59 -22.91 ..18.07 .8.32 ..17.80 ...1.50 ..40.06 ....7.50 .12.30 12.00 ....1.30 ...5.47 ..20.22 ..10.80 ..10.34 ?7.43 ?4.40 ?5.30 ?4.90 ..13.0* ..12.00 ..'.9.00 ...0.401 ...1.89 .17.72 ...0.80 ..3.43 ...9.97 .10.00 140.85 158.40 549.451 21.05 ...08.23j.... 101.70' ...2.891 .31.20 .41.22 .53.02 ...17.75 151.80 . ..7.78 .. 77.55?1.50 158.45 i.12.72 108.90 4.97 7<M |. 000.00!.. 250.00). 500.50 4 089.57 200.00 |? 100.00 .. 250.00 .. 125.00 .. 425.00 . 100.00 .. 200.00 .. 200.00 .. 300.00 .. 200.00 .. 100.00 .... 50.00 ...125.00 . 130.00 I.. 200.00 I .200.00 '.... 70.00 .. 14)1.00 .. 405.00 ..100.00) .. 250.00 . 240.00 .. 100.00 .. 100.00 .. 100.00 . 200.00 .. 100.00 .. 100.00 .. 200.00 .... 90.00 250.00 .. 390.00 ... 85.00 .. 35.00 . 325.00 . 300.00 309.35 .... 35.00 .... 30.00 .... 50.00 100.00 .. 50.00 500.00 .. 66.00 225.00 100.00 55.00 109.36 "35.00 225.00 300.00 40a42 ...5.00 10.00 .10.00 900.00 14,097.2o 112,050.39 ,.4,008.15 !..3,737.91 ....170.03 104.05 ..1,019.21 !. .1,013.98 .... 345.2G I ... 341.56 ....545.51 ,....540.45 ....888.20 L. 305.00 ..1,703.00'( ..1,505.95 ..1,233.47 1.1,208.85 ..1,190.47 I .1,070.00 ..1,150.82 j .1,121.00 . 2,430.23 I..2,521.59 ....020.04 .... 787.20 .... 745.42 .... 078.00 ....540.40 !.... 309.09 ..1,220.47 ! ..1,365.40 ....388.45 !.... 382.00 ..1,494.80 1-1.156.86 ,.1,150.G7 1. 973.40 ....275.29 !.... 249.80 .... 354.08 ..3,418.39 .... 671.83 .... 082.59 .... 000.95 k.... 505.77 .... 519.09 .... 740.04 ..1,442.6<) ... 332.08 .3,200.10 214.10 010.00 1,440.80 .. 330.24 0.58 5.23 3.71 5.00 .... 23.20 .. 147.71 ....24.02 .. 120.47 .... 29.22 .. 00.82 171.31 1.45 .. 338.01 , 177.21 ... 25.49 ... 22.00 . 158.23 . 457.73 .... 72.59 .. 003.45| 3.50 .. 509.95 .... 400.90 .... 404.42 ..1,100,00 013.77 512.62 066.26 306.79 .... 058.54 |....057,70| 84 .... 5-1.91 856.17 ... 458.30 .827.64 . 434.15 . 55.82 .. 32.79 276.22 342.60 242.40 171.39 .. 68.30 ....862,41 .... 810.50 ... 385.57 I ... 345.75 ... 296.34 .... 869.90 1,125.56 1,367.11 .1,324.67 .... 222,77 .1,641.90 ... 258.42 490.42 .... 275.25 .... H41.39 .... 847.94 .1,230.00 .... 423.95 .... 190.75 .1,299.78 ... 218.10 .... 490.42 .... 39.82 .... 21.09 .... 28.51 ? 277.62 ..137.11 .. 900.72 ..... 32.02 ..342.12 .... 40.32 1'otal ..jt002.90[3t493^|13,27t>.4fi;583.<>7,1^785Jar3J17J7 l8tg31.00|l,9Q4?78rft2S 00(SC.921^3 ) 49.600.7416.712.90 IOHtrirffl markod thna (?) am Joint District*. Tho following havo outatamlinK claims: Blaney, No. 12. $9136; 3 CTh No. 13, $167.16;. IMno Grovr No. 16, $ 138.93; .Ned'a Creek, No. 31. $T>4.25. Totol outKtandii ? clolniu' *4r,i 7i' MeKfCNZIE, County Superintendent of Education for Kershaw County. CI KITS IS C0M1NU (irMlfNl show On Kurlli WUI Soon Exhibit in Ttilw Vicinity. ' Oin-e a Kill ii tho glad tidings tti't1 he 111H spread broadcast lolling of (lio coining of Itanium & Ilalley's clmw Tl|0 greatest show oil earth. it is an noil need, will positively lie exhibited within eas> tiaveliiiK distance this season ami. as usual, a large |?ercont 1 age of tiu* population will declare 11 I holiday to visit Ilu? show. Tlie IiIk cirrus will exhibit in Co ! luiuhia oil Oct. 2-4. it is promised that nothluK to coin-I pare with the present Ilaruum A; I hi i Icy |H>rfornirtiuv Iiuh ever before, Ihhmi seen under canvas. Now and i novel frtiiuivti luivo been liuixtftori! from abroad and a program of events, ' thrilling, educational and M-reemlitgly , fuiiliy, will occupy every instant in ; three rings, four HtfttfOH, the riggings] above ami the hipptxlrouie surround j lii?; for lnoro than three hours. There is a now and gorgeous pageant TAX NOTICE Otlice of Treasurer Kershaw t o Cn union, S. Sept. 124, 1017. Nothv is hereby given that tho books will Ih> open for tho collecting State County, ami School Taxi's from Octo ber 15th, 1017, to March 1Mb, 101S. A penalty of 1 per cent, will he ujlded to all taxes unpaid January 1st. 11)1 SI U per (H'lit. February 1st, 101S, and r> |kt <x;nt. March l.r?th, 101H. The rate per centum for Kershaw Countv is as follows : Mills State Taxes S 1 12 County taxes Special Taxes ltoad taxes School taxes ?* Total -- The following School Districts have K|M>clal levies: School District No. 1 ???? ?? School District No. 12 4 School District No. .'1 - School District No. -4 1 School District No. J School- District No. 0 - N .School District No. 7 School District No. S School District No. 1' School District No. 10 .. School District No. 11 [? School District No. VJ 7 School District No. K1 I School District No. 14 <*l School District No. 15 ?'l School District No. 16 - *1 School Dlsjrict No. 17 School District No. IS 'I School District No. 10 1 School District No. '20 4 School District No. 121 ~ School District No. 1212 7 School District No. *j;? H School District No. 124 ... 4 School District N<?. 12o 4 Si'hool District No. 120 4 School District No. 'J7 0 School District No. 12 s ?"? School District No. 120 4 School District No. ,'{o 4 School District No. ,'M 0 SFITThTT DtsTTtct Ntt ^ ~ 4 School District No. ."..'I 4 School District No. .'II N School District No. .'If* S School District No. :i(i 4 School District No. !17 12 School District No. .',.s . 5 School District No. JJ0 S(4ioo| District No. I" 11 Sch<Mil Dlstrict No. ) 1 I St'hool District No. i'J ?? ScIiimiI District No. It! N School District No. 47 4 The poll tax is $1.00. All ahle-hodied male |K'rsons from the ago of twenty-one (121 i to sixty (OOi \ears. hotli inclusive, except res lilents of incorporated towns of the county shall pay $12.00 as a road tax. except ministers of the gospel actual ly in charge of a congregation, teach ers employed in public schools, school trustees, and |>orsoils permanently dis abled in the military service of this State, and iiersons who served in the late war lietweon the States, and all persons actually employed in the quar antine service of tills State and all residents who may l>e attending school or college at the time when said road tax shall iKH'oine due. Persons claim ing disabilities must present certifi cates from two reputable physicians of this county. All Information as to taxes will ho furnished upon application. D. M. MoCASKILL, County Treasurer. I entitled "Aladdin and 11)h Wonderful I l*amp" iu wlllch nearly 1,400 iiersonw and one thou Hand animals api>ear In ; magnificent costume* rivaling the dr?a? : if the |*eopU? of the faiUOON "Arabian ' Nights" story. This will lw followed | b> a host of acts In all twirls of the great enclosure. There will he sixty ; clowns, ii irrc?t(ly iml reused mauagerle ' of wild and untamed animals, four ureal herds of elephants, several cara van* of camels and many reewitly Utru hahy animals. The freo street, tirade, which will start from the circus lot at 10 tiVloek on the morning of rtreuH day, In en tirely different from ajjyhtlng of the kind ever shown before. It will l>c three inilrs In length ami (hero will l>e hands on foot, on horseback, and riding on top of wHKoim of rod ami gold. There will ls? six IumkIs In all and they will be assisted by throe steam callUtiK'H ami an electric piano. With tht? largest tent la the history of all circuses, the liarnum A Halley circus promises this seanon to make good attain Its boasi that it is tin* tJreatest Sliow on ICarth. Five rail road trains comprising HO railroad cars, will be nsjulred to transport its imra IH'iiialla, and more than 750 horses will be us?h1 to transfer Its wagons from the railroad yards to the show lot. adv. W e Can Suggest Nothing better for these cool, crisp morning" than a breakfast of hot Buc k wheat Cakes and syrup. We have Buckwheat Flour Maple Syrup Pure Porto Rico Molasses New Orleans Molasses Georgia Cane Syrup. Telephone 2 LANG'S HIGH GRADE GROCERY WE WANT YOUR Barber Business Shave Hair Cut Electrical MaHH&ge Hand .Massage (ilover'n and all Oil Shampoos riain Shampoo EUREKA BARBER SHOP I. B. ENGLISH, Prop. BUY HARDWARE HERE IT IS DEPENDABLE IT IS REASONABLE Now just a few, words. We have any thing you uwant in hardware. We have it right here in stock. We are not shoving up our prices to unreason able heights, as some houses are do ing. But we are keeping them down where you can afford to buy anything you need. We repeat, our hardware is dependable, and it is reasonable. We never do less, and no house can do more. Pearce-Young Hardware Co.