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sY t C?w^ntsj^Xluii i ihiu-i ' FaSh W? ??* j Thereby PtoiuoK'v ? Qieeifulnes* Aiig* neither Otiii/io.N *j(. Mtaefai No ; a . . ^ ric I I; & i,. _ *** Mbrtj JSw rWfWj hi.yhryrrxni A he/pful Homed}' for (iwisii^/ilion and Diarrhoea. , and Feverishness nml r loss 6f Sleep j result 5ii^ <liercfro(H'in?nfency. j r '< ?' fJ I ? ,v j fAC-SiraiJc Si^natui^ of & >5 ? The (teNTAua Com paw. h ? v jyj ? Exact Copy of Wrapper. forliffanta and Children. Mathers Know Ihat Genuine Castoria 'Always Bears the of For Over fM? OINTAUH BOMPANV NCW von* OITV ... ^ FACK8 IIKFKAT 4$I*g|jg . ?- f.i , to Make. Iiii Q. Rlc The State has received the following m John Q. Richards for gyblicatiou : the Democracy of South Carolina: e result of the first Democratfe unary .ban beeij deelaT?cJ, and I am feated. I take this meamm of ex iik to my friends throughout. South rofina my frincere Appreciation of their nfidence in urn and the support which ey gave me for the governorship of fur state. I made is bfft I -'could a 11 nly. clean campaign upon the issues I conceived them, and having done f l am facing the result as a> true )N?ocrat and without eoroplaiut. I all, in the future as lu the past, give y hearty support to our government, th state and national and shall do II in my power for the proijl&tton of he beat interests of our state and for. he happiness Of her people I am a Reform Democrat, having ?united with this wing of our. party in 1800. I stand for 'the principles onun iatod in the platforni of tbnt faction li.f our party today, and ifliall always found working with those who have for their purpose the tfroteCtion of the right* of *the. .masses, and so secure for your people the. on trammeled, the God given right to control the government. V.;vf;- -Very truly yours, . .Jolm G. Richards. Kitted on Track. ; Liberty, S, O., Sept. 9.-*-Miss Loeile Davis was killed and Miss Bernice Pa ran n and Phases fttillwell were In jured late yesterday when they were struck by Southern Kajlway passenger train as^ they were watching a passing freight, " ; i / M. V. Richards Dead. Washington, Sept. 9.? M. V. Rich ards, agricultural commissioner for the Southern railway for many years, and widely known in railroad circles, in the south, died last night at Atlantic ty, rN, J., it became known here today, Mr. Richards had been ill for many months He suffered from a nervous breakdown several years ago from which he never fully recovered. . Mr. Richards was born ^in Prince ton, 111., 59 years ago. :* ?.<??? ' '-v J.,:. *???.: ? "W ? 1. ' "Frank S. Michel, superintendent of the Southern Power Co. plant at Char lotte choked to death while eating a steak at a dinner given by a party of friends. Special Notice ' I'm . "yy>' Installation and Moving Charges Postmaster General's Order No. 1931. __ For the benefit of the public I wish to quote the ostmaster General's or<|pr No. 1931, as follows: ^ ? Pwij!? to the necessity of conserving labor and ma terial and to eliminate a cost which is now borfte by tne permanent user of the telephone, a readiness ^erve or installation charge will be made on and after ^eptember 1, 1918, for all new installations, also a narge for all changes in location of telephones. "W Installation charges to be as followsit . . Where the rate is $2.00 a month or less $5.00. , . Where the rate is more than $2.00 but not exceed ing $4.00 a month $10.00. Where the rate is more than $4.00 a month 15.60. The more charge to the subscriber will be the ac tual cost of the labor and material necessary for wak wg the change. The installation charges are to be collected in ad vance along with the first months rental when the con tract is signed. . ' You will please be governed by the above and come Prepared, to meet these rates when ^making application for telephone service. * Bell Telephone and Tele graph Company. HOUGH, Manager SOUTHEASTERN SOLDIER PLEASES KING AT ROYALTY PANCAKE FEAST IN LONDON Y. M. C. A. EAGLE HUT King Qeorge aid Queen Miff Haw bow American corn-cakes war* made gnd also sampled them. Not only that, but they saw how American fighter* conquer the delioacy. Here you see royalty emerging from their first encounter with the favorite American breakfast delight. It would al most seem they war* viewing the Marines and Suitors as though wondering if this is the food on which they grow ao husky. i ' King Ueorge missed the beat pari of the recent pancake treat at Lon don Eagle Hut? ha didn't turn 'em personally. Everyone else Is doing it now, putting an extra edge on their appetites by manipulating the flipper. The she Y. M. O. A. cake-bakers were on the verge of prostration after serving 6.124 American soldiers 'and sailors wlth ^taicakes in-tbo-flret fif teen days'- rush <on this pet edible, When a hut secretary had a happy' thought. He Induced the pancake Hands not only to bake their own, but . also- to demonstrate with the batter and turner for their hungry buddies. The Idea went big, specially as the "Y" retails fwd man's sise cakes with appropriate, maple eyrvp both for sixpence. A Tennessee boy made * big hit with King Qeorge when the latter Strode into the room where the royalty was assembled. ' r ??? v"" .. . . * "They tell me the king is here/* restarted the. Tennesseean, "and 1 want to shake hands with the head of this beautiful country." The king gave the Tennessee boy a hearty handshake and Inquired aa to the state In America from which he oame. * GEORGIA MAN GASSED AT FRONT ' . " (By Delayed Cable from Chateau Thierry front wlt^ Amerionp ForOee i? rranoe.)? The Rer. Daniel R. Kennedy, Jr., formerly of SarO&ab.CHL, ? Red Triangle worker, baa been -given honorary mention for baring dia splendid Moioeit and brarery when ^aaied in a "Y" hut during a^ German attack In France. Ho Is now recovering and bat written haok from the front! 1 guess no one ia afraid to pay the price if neceaaary.w MILLIONS OF SOLDIERS SWARM Y.M.C. A. HUTS Annual Report of Southeastern De. partment Reveals 3M66>9BO Boys In Camps Crowded Buildings (By L. Porter Moore.) Atlanta, Qa., August 25.? An attend ance of nearly twenty times the pop ulation of Atlanta swarmed happily In Y. M. C. A. ' huts in the seven states of the Southeastern camps dur ing the fiscal year July l, 1917. to July 1, 1818, according to the annual re port just Issued here. In other words, soldiers In the South eastern cantonments to the number of 38,866,980 men wrote letters' In the "Y" army and navy huts, rerf6 litera ture there and joined in the religious services and entertainments held In the Red Triangle buildings which dot military reservations in Georgia; Ala bama, Tennessee, the Oarolinas, Mis sissippi and Florida. It is easy to Imagine the mountains of atationery the Y. M. C. A. provided J In the camps of the Southeast wheq it is stated that soldiers wrote 82, 889,002 letters in the "Y" huts. The Bed Triangle workers also made out $2,468,744 worth of money orders for the soldiers, most of the amount be ing sent $>ome to relatives. KSucatlenal Work Featured The "Y" also provided 4,006 educa tlonal lectures with -a. soldier attend ance of 1,291,241 ^ The educational claases of varloua kinds aggregated 64,818 ' and the attendance was 978, 046. Books circulated by the Y. M. C. A. numbered 764,710 and educational clubs formed among the men were 649. Physical activities when figured In statistics amounted to an amaslng Amount. It la estimated 2,682,860 par ticipated in the various physical ac tivities suck as baseball, 1rack and field meets. babdbWi; gt*r ~ < / rrr-T H The spectators, the majority of them seldiers, at these physical activttiee, are estimated for -the year at 6,646, 916. The resume of religious activities shows that 2,464.461 persons attended 16,46a religious meetings under "Y" auSpioee in the Southeast, that SlJSf Bible claases wefre formed among the soldiery With attendances ranging at 996,946, that 229,282 Scriptures Were distributed, that "Y" workers hfcd 167, 619 personal Christian interviews with soldi?, that the .boys made 49,099 Christian decisions and that 72^99 signed the religions war. roll. lto attendanoe at the seelal events of the t. M. C. A. waa phenomenal during the year 9*719,669 atttndfuf MM ant*r?*inme?ts. The atteftfitno* at tte T smvIo shows waa oattaNrte* pi 4k QMtt for ?J*t per twmmum. THREE WAR MEDALS RES1VWED0N"Y"HER0 Red Triangle Worker Wounded by Hun Machins Qun at Soissons, Toul and Chateau Thlsrry New York, August 26.? Flat on his back in the Waldorf' Astoria hotel, W. A. Roberts, who has been awarded three French war medals for bravery in the fighting tones, is enjoying a Well-earned rest, and Is talking freely of almost anything but why the French government showered honors upon him. Mr. Roberts, a Y. M. C. A. worker in France, had bestowed upon him the ! Croix de Guerre, the badge of the l^egion of Honor, and the Medal Mlll taire. He won them all in three months. 'V Roberts was assistant auditor of the Michigan Central railroad before he waiselected to be auditor of disburse I ment h for thex Y. flf . C. A. in France, and to handle more than a quarter of a million dollars a day. He left for overseas service February 12, was wounded by a Hun machine gun at soissons, rescued a "Y" secretary amid a hall0 of bullets in the Toul sector and was touched up by German marks manship again at Chateau Thierry. Y.M.C.A.NEEDSMEN IN SOUTHERN CAMPS * ; While Red Triangle Continues to Call for Cfverseaa Worker#, 1,000 Are Wanted for Home 8ervlce I Atlanta, Ga.. August 25. ? Men en dowed with the element of leadership are needed by the Army and Navy Y, M. C. A. to serve ill the camps Of the Southeast. m Dr. W. W. Alexander, general re cruiting secretary for the War Per BOnnel Board of the Y. M. C. A. War Work Council, declares, that there is a" pressing need for home service, and that this affords a splendid opportun ity to the man of middle age who la not able to go abroad under the Red Triangle. ? ? ,:.V '* "The Y. M. C. A. needa men for; overseas service, of course, but the hrfiie camp* must not be forgotten/^ ekptelrfed Dr. Alexander. "Flnoni HOW on until the ire*- o? -the ymt-~ the southeast Must recruit 1,000 men tar.. the home caatps. This means that each state 'will be etll'd upon to for nielk 8 men per meftiii par state to serve the doldltrs In camps such as Oetdeii, JTackson, Wheeler and the others. The constant growth of the VTtrt cantonments and^the - growta# demand for the T. **0. A. Wl makes it necessary *o reernlt T westers for this side.- J Repair Ship Mytttrlou*. Tlib manufacturo of a large p>ul 0 1 machinery to replace anything broken Is almost 'Impossible la the limited space of the battleship's machine shops. But wondrous font* are per formed in tlx* repair ships that nc Company fleets on stations remote from (lOCk facilities, states it Hfttlih war correspondent. v The repair ship I* n hiiBP floaHfttf smithy- uml machine shop packed with everything that the wit of man can concentrate Into the space for treat 1 ii it wounded battleships. Theft hIiIjkm employ some of the best artificer# from our naval dockyards and are scattered in every quarter In which the British fleet Is stationed remote from <1ock faculties. The BovK| has nothing like . them and It has been stated that no Inquisitive Roche has ever been allowed to Intrude his noSe aboard one to Investigate its mysteries *ind take the Information tok his em ployers of how the strange feata per formed by the repair Ship <ire effected. The repair ship ts the abode of ?eer*ts. Rides Well at Ninety. Ave. Jockeys, no mutter what their age, are generally referred to by those not closely lii touch with racing "the boy on So-and-So," but a stable "lad" ?tm going wqll at ninety-five la cer tainly hard to heat. There is one, as shown by the following clipping from the London Sportsman of recent date: "One of the brightest and moat aleut, of the Minis* riding horsf* monad the paddock , at Windsor prior to tKeip races was old Kaulkncr, the grandfa ther of the steeplechase Jdckey of that name, lie Is ninety- tWo years olil. Ills memory Is of the heat ajud blB hearing. Ho lias been connecled with horses all his life and many a tale of tho turf lie can tell." ? ? ftaHer-tayente Fire Csoap*. One of the boys aboard our navy's fleet has Invented a fire escape which is similar to the rope ladders used aboard ships. His principal. qbject was to provide a collapsible fire ea? cape which coUld be cpmpuctly and conveniently arranged at the window of a dwelling. It consist^ of ? . eon telher'hlngcd to the sill tri such a manner that by opting fhe window and folding the container on Its hinge the metal ladder may be unfolded, and dropped. When this operation Is gone through, a means Is automat ically provided whereby the ladder Is held at a distance from the walls of the building. The. advantage of such ttrecautton is Obvious. ^ Journalistic Dilettante. ? "What's the matter with the city editor T Tw<* members of the staff are holding him and he loolfs as ll he were about to have a fit." "It's the fault of that wealthy 'cub* reporter hired last week. The c. e. told him to cover a Red Cross meeting this afternoon and he said It would Interfere with hi* game ot goH.w~ Birmingham Age-Herald. ? Extravagance of Economy, "There's one form of extravagance ril tolerate." "What is It?" . "I don't care how much money my wife spends for thrift stamps." Uta"*, ?amin? your eye. and fit you up With Pair of JEWELERS and OPTICIANS'^ IgjlMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA | Tli.ANSI'OKT TOKi'tfOOKl) ' ' All of I ???' -\MiO Sohlh-i v Vlioaul Hfe |M>rtwl ltl'MUnl ? r, : >V . Wii^lnMK'"". Hi'lrt. 11. Now* of tin i.u ihmMiik t.f thi; llHtixh lVt> with Aittt'i'lortn (roops ot? boiml hi ilu* \v?r koiio S?'|ii?>iul?? r tl whs fiyrii in tb? . pi-opli' today, Hi-st . through Ihi' ll>ltl*h uifmirriity '?ltft thrti - later through the ;HavjrfVi(Mirtni^liti All of the nohlltM'H woi-?> rftuHiwI by accom 1 ? : ? 1 1 > ? 1 1 K ll<-l I o.MT* : till' slrnilUT itsrlt' Wgfc bCAchod mill thf submarine i* ho ii.'\t>ii to have luvn Nccountfd' f<>i-. ?OfllClaj* lu'iv view the result of the Mtaik .moro uh an Allied huccoh* than Uh u dUafttm-. The fact that the ntDifti or \vii>- ti>r|??HjowJ whon ||e W*8 ??nih-ii voting li? ov*ft?k<' tho, convoyed IT opt of ti'?*?#portH after overcoming engiuc trouble which had forced her to lag eonvhuMnl officers tlutt submarine wm uui ii i Ir is v(ill are fearful of attacking troop ships lp convoy,- Ami t.h? lw mill ^compll'tolv HllCCOKNful R? .si>tmii?' n'n'l<'iv?| bj tin- ilentroy*rM W?i* taken lis all mlili i Inuul OVl<l*U0O Ihiit thi) ronvoylp* sy*tem in* voguo In pra< lietlllv pelfeH. ' ? DR. R. E. STEVENSON 1 MM 1ST Crocker Building . . Canttlcn, S. C\ Collins Brothers . Undertakers for Colored People ' Telepkope 41 714 W, D?K?lb St. A <>?ky Shoe ' on ? "Leaky" Day 1 , * - ; ' % * % What can toe more annoying? And II 's dangerous, too.7f But, oh! Be easily remedied. - Jpgt utep tnio nly chop and have them made water-tight, and go on your way 'rejoicing. v : C. C. WHITAKE* i. ? v ? 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