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ARMIES OF 14 B11 APPRO These are the Figures that wil 1be Submitted to the Forthcoming Con. feresee on Limitation of Armament. 'Washington, Oct. 2.-Active armies of the fouriteen most important na tions of the world today Include ap proximately six million men, accord ing to figures obtained here and re garded as reasonably correct. (With the Inclusion of land armaments in the agenda of the fortlconing conference on limitation of armaments, these are the figures with which It is expected the assembled commissioners will have to deal. While China stands first among the nations in this summary of soldiers The next time you buy calomel ask for alotaLs The purified and refined calomel tablets that are nausealess, safe and sure. Medicinal virtues retain ed and improved. Sold only in sealed packages. Price 35c. THE "OLD RELIA TH EDFORD'S White Haired Alabama Lady Says and Go But The "Old Reliab Came ani Dutton, Ala.-In recommending Thed ford's Black-Draught to her friends and neighbors here, Mrs. T. P. Parkd, a well known Jackson County lady, said: "I am getting up in years; my head is pretty white. I have seen medicines and reme dies come and go but the old reliable camne and stayed. I am talking of Black Draught, a liver medicine we have used for years-one that can be depended up on and one that will do the work. "Black-Draught will relieve indIgestion and constIpation if taken right, and I know for I tried It. It is the best thing I have ever found for the~ full, uncomfortable When a Cow I \OULD your WVthey coul you give them a ration that lets t without robbing Pur Cow 4 supplies the elements that are I ing in pasture. It furnishes digestible protein and mineral pt ~tr that is absolutely necessary continued milk production.3 own records will prove that it j to feed Cow Chow on pasture. Your cows need you for a frier now. Se. that they are fed p erly. It will show up in the Sold only In Checkerboard Bag J. C. SHEI L.auren: 1 NATIONS ACH SIX MILLION actually under arms, about September 1 last,'being credited with 1,370,000 ac tivo troops, France is far ahead among the nations not distressed -by civil strife, In the number of men with the colors. The French army strength 4s placa at 1,034,000 men, the British em pire rtanding next with 740,500 and Germany last with 100,000. The Uni ted States stands thirteenth with 149, 500 men in the regular army, exceed Ing only Gormany, while Italy has 350,000 and Japan 300,000 active troops. Figures for other powers includo Russia 538,000; Poland 450,000; Greece 255,000; Spaln. 253,000; switzerland 170,000; Turkey 152,000; and Czecho Slovakia 150,000. In considering problems connected with attempted reduction of armed forces ashore, it is to be assumed, however that the Washington con ferces will of necessity take into con sideratlon many other factors than the forces actually under arms In com puting the army strength of any ac Lion for purposes of discussion. Ite serve systems, the extent of which re serves have been organized for quick mobilization vnd the degree of train ing they have received all twould be reviewed by technical experts. In many countries some form of universal military service obli'gation rests upon the entire male ipopulation. Japan, Italy, France, Greece, Szecho-'Slovakia, Poland, Switzerland and Spain all have in force such laws while among -Brit ish colonies South Africa, Now Zea land and Austria have similar enact ments. By these factors the relative figures take on an even -wider discrepancy than the national army strength is viewed from the standpoint of active armies alone. France, for instance, is estimated to have beyond hr million men in arms, 4,270,d00 reservists, the majority of them highly trained as a result of war ex'perience and the BLE" BLACK-DRAUGHT She Has Seen Medicines Come le" Thedford's Black-Draught I Stayed. feeling after meals. Sour stomach and sick headache can be relieved by taking Black-Draught. It aids digestion, also ssists the liver In throwing off impuri ties. I am glad to recommend Black Draught, and do, to my friends and neighbors." Thedford's Black-Draught is a stand ard household remedy with a record of over seventy years of successful use. Every one occasionally needs something to help cleanse the system of Impftrities. Try Black-Draught. Insist upon Thed.. ford's, the genuIne. At all druggists. (3.19 leeds a Friend "Flies, Flies, Flies! These pesky beasts are driving me crazy! I'm all jumpy and hot and neroous. ft's harder for me to make- milk now than it was in winter and I don't ge nearly as good feed." c;s say this if 1/speak? Or do :froperly balanced m~rriake milk their bodies ? 'Ina Chow ack t he , .. .. nlat-g. for PUR our pai0M L& CO. ,S.Ce whole body included in a highly or ganized reservo system that will keep the nations' .trained fighting personnel at that point. Italy's 350,000 lghting troops are 'backed by 4,627,000 re serves in an equal state of prepared ness and Japan's 300,000 by another army of 1,845,000 trained and equipped to take the field on short notice. The United States has at present nothing in the way of onganized re serves behind the regular arriy ex cept the national guard, -the movement for organizatiQn of a voluntary re serve having Just been started. Still another angle of the army re duction problem 'which may come try at the conference is the proportion of active and organized reserve person nel to the man power of the nation, the aVailablo number of males of fighting age in the population. In France, Italy and some other countries, vir tually every male 'lit for army service already eittier is in the active army or has a defiiite place in the organized aind trained reserve. One thing clearly established by Lhesie army 1iiAures, military exiperts said, was that the United States alone limong the victor nations in the war, seems to have completely demobilized. yhe regular army today is little stronger in numbers than it was be rore the mobilization in 1917. The in tional guard, (lue to reorganization af ter the war, is actually weaker. DESTROY COTTON STALKS NOW Itost Importiant Single Step In Any Fight Against Boll Weevil. Clemson College, Oct. 3.-The early fall destruction of cotton stalks is Lhe most important single step in any right against the cotton boll weevil. So says Prof. A.'F. Conradi, entomnolo gist, who adds that it has been shown time and again in practice and by ex periments that the most favorable conditions for the boll weevil to pass the winter successfully are found in those 'fields in which the cotton stalks, together with grass, weeds, fallen leaves and other refuse are left un disturbed until nearly time to plant the following season. On such fields the greatest number of weevils will survive, and every farmer should ask himself the question, "Will I permit my farm to be a winter hotel for the pest?" In other words, will the farmer choose to destroy the weevil this faii or have the weevil destroy his cotton next season? The earlier the stalks are destroyed the fewer wevils will survive the winter. In infested fields it is common to find weevils at the rate of five thousand to twenty-five thousand per acre at the time of first frost. It is a well known fact that the tweevils developing late in the fall are the ones most likely to survive the winter, as they are not worn out by long fli-ghts and the rearing of the young as are the older weevils. For this reason, development of weevils In late fall must -be prevented as the first step in making the next cotton crop. Therefore, twe should start now a cleaning canmpaign such as South Carolina has never -before 'witnessed. The boll wveevil is a pest with a ter' rible amount of 'fight, and to nmeet this situation our farmers must dlevelop) the best lIghting spirit of wvhich they are capable. Early stalk dlestruction and1 clean farming with cover crops, constItute the most' powverful gun that can be used against the iest at this time. Whatever method of cleaning is em ployed, one thinig is certain: the weevil's wInter hotels must he de stroyed. In the words of G;eneral Neville before Verdun, "IThey shall not pass." A31EIC(AN IEUION ASSI'31ES BI(G TIASh Wlli findertake JobI of (Carrinig fom ,900,000) Idle Ex-Servic leeni. Indi1 ana polls, 'Seipt. 30.- --I lie task of earling for thle P00,000 u nmployed ex - 5ervi('e men or the ('ountiiry will he taken over by tihe A meric'an Leg-'ion, it was announci sed today at a special usn emlloymen t conf'er~ence at I ."5ion hei6 uar~ltil ers herie. The' Oi coferene, wichel waVclled(~Ii(( by Commandel~hr .Johna C'. i';mior, was attended by natilonal afl('ers and miemblers or a commiIittee wh~iich hand beeun appoiniited( to inhvest i gate u nemp loymentI a mong miemb ers of the I eglon, I)ata gathe red by t he commitI0 tee an p resenited at the meet - lng shiowedi that app~:roxi mat ely 900, 000 veteranis were' oult or wvork two weeks ago. it was shon that 21 .6 per centI of the ex -serivice men are unemployed and that those employed had ~'exeen'ed an average (it-n wages of 32.3 per cent since the wvar. The 'findings of the Legion's inves tigating commitc was saidl to have p~rompted -today's action. President hlarding was notilled of the decCIion and instructions for. tak ing care of the jobless World XWar veterans were Rent to the 11,000 le gion Iposts. The instructions to the posts asked that every effort be made to secure employment "for ouur bud dies and see that they have fpod and shelter. Read' "The Oriole" 'by Booth Tark ington. .beginning in this issue. It isn't a question of buying good clothes, but of buying clothes that stay good. Clothes Individually -Tailored by Ed V. Price & Co. Coll I Co., ZC1Eet amV cannot possibly be equalled in value by clothes manufactured by the thousand. The initial cost is no greater---the ultimate cost is less. Be measured now--- delivery when you want it. Wells Clardy Company Laurens, S. C. "A Good Place to Trade" .SEED WHEAT AT COST $25.00 Prize For Best Yield In order to encourage the growth of wheat, which we believe is necessary in the fight against the boll weevil, we have bought a solid carload of high grade seed wheat which we propose to sell to farmers at ac tual cost---$2.00 per bushel. To further stimulate interest in wheat growing we offer a cash prize of $25.00 to the Laurens county farmer growing the most wheat on one acre of ground this season. It is not necessary to buy the wheat from us to en ter the contest nor to enter the contest to buy the wheat. We want to see Laurens county farmers grow enough wheat to feed themselves. COME IN AND GIVE US YOUR ORDER WHEAT ARRIVES THIS WEEK JOHN A. FRANKS