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IJZXAIlf) sjllHKI N ll\l.|F\\. Halifax Again In (.msp of U y Wind From Sot tlK-a.Hi. Hearts or Hm\t< Worker* Almost CYushcd b> Purv ?f Storm Checking Relief Work. Halifax. N. 8.. Dec. 10.-?A roarim; nhtsard, (he third to strike this sore? ly afflicted city vtnee the blast fro*.. ? I exploding munitions steamer mad 000 persons homeless four days eg ?. burst fiom the northeast late to Katrin? with all the fury tor ? I .v h these northern winter storms i noted. It all but crushed th i. it* of the brave bund of woikttf ucgllng against ovcrwhelmlm: h to alleviate suffering. >r a while the contingents of the . adian Army stationed here toil" I ? /godly nmld the Ice shrouded rul the unn- rVSTSd dead, but when wind veered suddenly to the sout!< and blew with redoubled fore soldiers were obliged to wlth - ?w. 4%UK? bearing hospital supt lies ml i >d to the numerous relief station i PI stormbonnd. The crippled liahl . tg system broke down again, leaving the city In darkness. Murial partien w ho had volunteered thwir service* when the med?eal au? nties announced that the recover? ed dead must be disposed of at one", were driven to cover. From the do? nated area of two and a hah ? ire miles, hundreds of men and Women patiently weeking their de id e Up their tcsk. Kelief trains bringing workers and piies reached the city In the height Of the bll/.card but those so ? gor to he p fau ul themselves help ? ?s and knew m.t which way ro tura the confu.-tion of the storm, the un btOd cltv and the wreck of fumillo" d marks. In tents, bs i racks, private homes .1 public buildings the homeless h ?ve been given shelter. Keport s fltSSJ the S.U00 wounded stated that them at least the storm brought no added dunger, so well hod tin?> a provided for. :io serious Is the problem Ot hons ?ind feeding those already in the sfty that a strict emt),irr.? was fcSStted tonight against tho admission of all persons not connected with relief or mstruetl' n work. Military guards e detailed to stop nowcome *s at Truro. A mom.: the Hrst to feel this c,agent hut necessary step were ?v Americans who were halted at tip John. ; w The citizens and the authorities generally recognize that Hw ?nultitudB of visitors who have heen Hocking in ance railway communication was re? established, ure moved by the best of intentions. The city appreciate* their generous desire to help. but there simply is no accommodation for their.. In a community of t>;,.mjo inhabitants, 11,0041 ha\e been made suddenly hemettas. These must first be provid ? l for, as well as the army of work? men needed to clear away the debris and rebuild the city. CUTAIX SAVKS DIVISION PftM Mag*) stick and Two Revolvers to Dispose of Haled 11 uns. British Army Headquarters in I ranee, Dec. 10 (by tho Associated I'ress. >??A staff captain is mentioned in the orders of the day issued by lhe general UOUlBIOIIdinS ? certain 1 lit sh divisM.?n on the Cambrai fron', as follows: i "Vy his heroic conduct he saved the whole brigade, if not the division." This little note hides the story of the remarkable bravery displayed by thiv captain under the stimulus of hutrod aroused by tho crippling of his \ baby girl by a Gorman air raid on England. During the attack near MurooJng on November ao, stogie handed and armed only with u heavy stick, he attacked end killed or dis-1 period a group of Germans who wer1 in poeeeealon of an ammunition dump near his headquarters south of Mar coir,, He. then collected a small and h< ten geaeous force and pushed on to hen Rue Vertes, where. In des? perate hand-to-hand lighting, he ef? fectually cleared tho place of Ger? mans. He himself, armed with two revolvers, shot down eight German <n;ii bine gunners and held the posi? tion: until relief arrived, Other thril.' ing incidents are told of British com? manders in desperate situation goln Personally among the tuen in the front I nes to cheer them. In ore c;c * a colonel, nlready blinded, was lei antOBg his men by an orderly. German Bread Captured. ? I i.ris, Nov. 1.?Slices of bica I found on board the Zeppelin brought down at Bournonne-les-Balns wer ? shown at a meeting of the Academy of Agriculture. Home were grey in color, and covered with lard, these were for tho men on bosrd. The offi? cers had bread much whiter and honey to spread on it. The officers' bread contained ten percent of Jav i rice which, it was stated must have reached Germany through Holland. Bone Valley BRAND 3l*j Per Cent Phosphoric Acid Guaranteed. BONK VALLEY PHosphaTF. WHEN prop? ERLY USED, WILL GREATLY INCREASE TI1K PRODUCTION of FARM PRODUCTS. phos? PHATE ALONE III not A COMPLETE FER? TILISER it DOBS NOT CONTAIN ammonia or POTASH. lit it does contain a high l BRCENTAQE OF PHOSPHORIC acid. which ? oni OK Tin: THREE ESSENTIAL plant rooua IT MOULD be USED n connec tion WITH SOMETHING that WILL SUPPLY amnm-ma and potash, ' cover CROPS OF k'BLVET BEANS, soi BEANS, COWPBAS, CLOV? er OR any of th B LEOt'MlN< ?cs chops PLOWSID into THE BOIL WILL SUPPLY A IENT AMOI \t OF ammonia and i>i>t A8H, IN 'PilK ABSENCE OF COVER CROPS, use COTTON SEED MEAL TANKAGE OR STABLE I \ n RE on Mick LAND or LANDS WELL? riLlRO with HUMUS (daeaylm organic rnntter) PHOSPHATE ALONE IS SUFFICIENT. \n average crop of velvet Brans will pply PER ACRE APPROXIMATELY IM POUNDS OF amm<?n'l\ AND :>? POUNDS of povv-n Tins is EQUAL to MORE POTASH \M? NEARLY POURTIMEEAS MUCH ammonia as is SUPPLIED IN a Ton of COMMERCIAL FERTILISER of THE USUAL FORMULAE' COMMONLY KNOWN as 1*1 I at Till' PRESENT MARKET price < 11? 17 > of FERTILISEH MATERIAL a CROP OF . i i.vkt BBANI PLOWED in is WORTH in NITROOKN APPROXIMATELY |St,00 and in POTASSIUM ABOUT $14.01 or a TOTAL of ItO.OO in INCREASEIJ FERTILITY, DUE TO THE PLOW i NO UNDBB of a CROP of THESE 'lans t<? s\> NOTHING of the VALUE OF THE HUMUS IDLED TO THE land. BUT am? MONIA and POTASH ALONE is NOT a com IJ5TI FERTILIZE ii *H08PHOR?S or PHOS PHOH1C \< id, as it IS COMMONLY known. i h ESHRNTIALTn PLANT li i i ? this ELEMENT tan RE si Pl'LlBO from a NUMBER OF SOURCES; a ton of II pbb cknt acid PHOflPRATE will SUPPLY 1*0 POUNDS OF PHOSPHORIC amd cost of APPROXI k i ELY lit 0 \ ton Ol || per cknt BONE MEAL WILL SUPPLY II 10 POUNDS of PHOS? PHORIC ACID v D \t a CQST of APPROXI? MATELY 116.00. a ton OF bone VALLEY PHOSPHATl: will supply 6H> POUNDS OF PHOSPHORIC \< id at a COST of $!?.<?o de? LIVERED. \\ Rl I I KOR Ml I k.\ 11 RK Havby & Co., Inc., TiT I) stribu'ors fi#i Mist- rn South Carolina. CHARLESTON'S WATER PRO NT. ! _ Secretory of Stute Grants lYipetual Charter ia Charleston Terminal Com pun,v. Charleston, Dee, If.*?The charier 1 or the Charleston Terminal Company, Charleston, was renewed perpetually yesterduy afternoon hy W. Banks Dove, secretary Of State, after a hear (ing at his ollice between the reprcson Ilathes of the, terminal and the repre , at ntative of the city Of Charleston. ' who opposed the extension of the company's charter. The company was chartered in iRSi under the name of the Bast Shore Terminal Company, but through liti? gation In the federal court it becaim the Charleston Terminal company. The Original charter expires on De ?'-ember 39 of this year. Claud N. gappi assistant attorney general, and \V. H. Townsend appeared for the [secretory of stato; p. a. Wlllcox, as? sistant general counsel of the Atlantic Coast Une Railroad, and Julian Mitchell, an attorney of Charleston, 'represented the terminal company and W. Turner Logan, city corporation at torney of Charleston, appeared for the city of Charleston, the Charleston Chamber of Commerce and the Mer? chants' Retail Association of that cii;. Mr. Logan presented the opposi? tions which the city of Charleston wished considered in the matter and he said that the terminal company had virtually controlled the industrial growth of Charleston and had allowed the waterfront to go into wreck and ruin and had ignored the pleading of the city and civic organizations askin? ir. to improve its property. Messrs. Willcox and Mitchell explained tha, the terminal company was under ? mortgage and that B 1om8 of consider able amount of money through liti? gation would ensue should the renew al of the charter be refused. Assist ant Attorney Townsend voiced the ve" bal opinion that as the office of secre? tary of State was of ministerial countenance there remained no other discretion under the statutes than to renew the charter as requested. The attorneys for the secretary of Stab, consoled the attorney for the city of Charleston with the explanation that If the property rights of his city were being jeopardized the citv could insti? tute quo warranto proceedings in the SOUrtS against the terminal company and could do so under the name of th? State with a representative of the State appearing for the city. CAUSE OF SUGAR SHORTAGE. More Than Oik; Hundred Thousand Pounds Carried to "Stills'' in Geor? gia. Atlanta. Dec. 11.?Investigation Into the causes for the sugar shortage from which Atlanta has Buffered for levoral weeks has brought to light an inusual angle to the situation, ac ,'crding to announcement there to light by Mnj. D. F. McClatchy, exe? cutive secretary of the Georgia food idminiatration. In tracing unusually arge sales by sina'l merchants in the icighborhood of Dawsonville and Ireenvllle, in the northern part of the stnte. it was discovered by food ad? ministration representatives tha' docked* distillers in that section had luring the past 60 days bought more ban 100,000 pounds of sugar for us* In making contraband whiskey. Ten thousand pounds was recovered h one lot.and the investigation had led to the seisure of several OOntrabandI whiskey outfits by revenue otfieers, it j was stated. -??? REGULAR ARMY GROWS. Unprecedented Proportions Reached in Recruiting. Washington, pee. H.?Regular irmy recruiting increased yesterday 10 unprecedented proportions, a total 6,540 men being accepted through ?> it the country, Pennsylvania leading with His. The rush Is due i" the de*iro of men oi draft age to enter the service voi untarlly before December IB, after which date they no longer can enter - volunteers. DISASTER FOR KAISER. Hest ruction <?r Chemical Work* Proves Severe Blow. London, i >oc i l Germany suffer' sd a disaster comparable with S very terlous military defeat In the explo ?ion last month which destroyed the Griesheim chemical works near Frankfort on the Main, one of the greatest munitions factories In the world, according to n statement ts sufd today by the press bureau it i sai i to be Impossible to reconstltutt the work during the war. The destruetlon of the ilrlesheln works by an explosion on Novembet 91 was reported 111 a Zurich dispatch The Germans are said to be trylni to fores ? decisive battle In the wei That Is a purpose in which the Allies should not \h> unwilling to aceommoi duto them.?News unu Courier, I WHITER JOINS ARTILLERY. I Crantland Rico ISfclistl in Toimess sc Regiment Now Training at Camp j Scvier. Greenville, Dee. 10.?Grantland lllce, Well known sports writer, who I recently enlisted r.s a private in thoj one Hundred und Fifteenth Field Artillery, reported for duty today at headquarters of his regiment, which is a part of the Thirtieth Division in < training at < amp Sevier. He passed the physical examination at the dlvis i lonal base hospital i>ut has not yet I been assigned to a company. The One Hundred and Fifteenth Field Ar? tillery is a former National Guard regiment from Tennessee, Rice's na? tive State. ATLANTA SOCIETY EVENT. ' llojru* Army OlHccr Courts and Mar? ! rics Society Girl In Quick Time. ! X(w York, Dec. 10.?Warren G. j'jrcy, " Kcrgeant In the United States army, who is alleged to have posed us "Lieut. William Alwyn Jennings" and to have married a young woman prominent in soeial circles in Atlanta, Was arrested when he arrived here today with his bride on la Clyde line steamship. Agents of the department of justice who made the arrest said Grey was wanted in Atlanta on a Charge of having passed worthless (hecks amounting to $f?U0. Grey was held in 95,000 bail pending removal 'to Atlanta after a hearing before a United States commissioner. It is said that Sergeant Grey ob? tained lenve of absence from a train? ing camp in Alabama and that in At i lanta he represented himself as a son o! James K. Jennings, vice president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation ; and as a nephew of William Jennings Bryan. "Lieut. Jennings" gained (quick access to Atlanta's society, the federal agents said, and after a brief courtship was married at All Saints' Church here. COURT UPHOLDS LIQUOR. North Carolina Statute Held to Be Good. Washington, Dec. 10',?Constitution ality of the North Carolina liquor law requiring railroads and express com? panies to keep for public Inspection records showing liquor shipments re-1 ceived in the Stute was today upheld 1 by the supreme court. The Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, which was convicted of vio? lating the act, contended the law wus unconstitutional, alleging it was an attempt on the part of the State to regulate interstate commerce and con? flicted with the interstate commerce act prohibiting the disclosing of In? formation regarding consignees. The State supreme court denied the -aintention, declaring it was merely S pollco regulation necessitated to make effective power given the Rtutos by the federal government. Justice Van Devcnter dissented. RECALLED TO SERVICE. Well Known Retired Naval Officers In Active Service. Washington,'Dec, D?.?Among some 00 retired navy officers recalled for hity today are many of the best Known commanders of recent years. Hear Admirals Wir.slcw. Hadger. Howard. Osterhaus ami Fcatty, all Of whom commanded iieets, are among ?he number, as is ('apt. Templln Ai. Potts, who was the storm center of a raging controversy when he was ?plucked" under the old system In 1?JI3. Nearly HO resigned olllcers have returned to the service also. The retired officers* who have re? ported for duty. Include twenty-two roar admirals, eighteen commodores and thirty-four captains, nearly all of whom had prominent commands of fighting ships in the Spanish war or since. IIURLESON REPLIES TO SAM I'LL GOMPERS. Postmaster General Issues Btatemym Quoting From RCDOM Oil Question ' of Employees. Washington, Dec, 1*0. Postmaster lenernl Burlcspn Issued a statement tonighl in reply to Samuel Gbmpers' attack upon his recommendation thai congress deprive postal employees oi the light to organise for other than social and mutual welfare purpos and to affiliate with the American Federation Of Lahor. He quoted para? graphs from his report pointing to the difference between employees working for private interests ana those working for the government, whose officers are merely executing the will of the people and added: "The issue is not whether the gov? ernment wtnkers should have th 1 right to maintain organization bit whether it |S wise that they should af nilate with an outside organization and use the strike and boycott SS H lust rwuuit to enforce their demands. NEED OF MKDK Ali EXAMINA? TION. Over ao Per Cent. or Population Diseased Declares Tuberculosis As? sociation in Calling tor National llenltli inventory. ??.Sixty per cent of those called to the new United States army have been rejected by the army doctors for physical unlltness," said the National Association for the Study and Pre? vention of Tuberculosis in designating December 6th as National Medical K.\ am (nation Day. "Of the l.TOO men. women and children recently given a general examination in Framingham, Moss., 8 2 per cent were found to be suffering from various- disease condi? tions. Most of these defects wero these which early discovery and treat? ment would prevent from becoming serious trouble or a cause of early death." These facts are urged by the Nat? ional Association as reasons for plac? ing greater emphasis than over on Medieanl Examination Day. The National Association, in cooper? ation with other organizations, is ad-' vr.ee ting an annual medical examina? tion for every person, sick or well,! Anti-tuberculosis Associations, state I and local boards of health, women's clubs and other societies are cooperat? ing to interest everyone possible in the subject of at least one medical examination a year to prepare to re? ceive those who cannot afford to pay a physician. The compulsory examination of 10.000,000 of our citizens for army draft purposes has given a new im? petus to the annual medical examina? tion idea and particularly to the anti tuberculosis phase of the movement. For tuberculosis alone from 1 per? cent, to 6 per cent, of these men are being rejected, which means a sharp revision upward of previous expert estimates of the prevalence of the disease. On this basis at least 200, 000 of these men will be found to be tuberculous. Most of these cases, the experts declare, wfould never have developed had the preliminary symp-] toms been discovered and treated in time. These results, it is pointed out, clearly indicate the wisdom of ex? tending the periodic examination to all citizens. The examination at Framingham is an intensive experiment in connec? tion with the three year demonstra? tion In community tuberculosis con? trol, being carried on by the Nation? al Association. Among the 1,700 per? sons examined there last spring, 71 previously unsuspected cases of tu? berculosis were discovered. Of all the 1,377 cases of sickness found 84 per cent, were entirely preventable when taken in time. The majority of thes? people supposed themselves perfectly well. JAPAN ESS-: IX Rt'SSlA. Said to Be in C? ntrol of VuM Quan? tities or Suppi at Vladivostok. Washington, ) ec. 10.?Unconfirmed reports that Japanese troops are in control of the g .>at quantities of sup? plies piled up ai Vladivostok for the Russian government created no sur? prise at the Rti te department today wheer official a-e under the impres? sion that small numbers of Japanese troops have been there for some time. It is said that there are now piled up at Vladivostok more supplie* than the trans Siberian railroad in j its present state ?ould move in many months. Before the Bclsheviki got into con? trol American railroad men had been dispatched to take charge of the sit? uation and moAe the much needed ?supplies to the Russian army. Th-? (concern now is to see that the sup? plies do not faU into hostile hands. j REAL POOR CONSERVATION. Synopsis of Exports Crom Home Demon ? ration Clubs. I The women's nd girls' home dem? onstration and anning and tomato clubs of Sumte;- county put up pre? serves, vegetable s of various kinds during the year 1917, up to a few weeks ago, one hundred and three thousand five hundred quarts, and this does not im hide many thousands of quarts of good things to eat put up by girls and women who are not members of any regular clubs of which it is impossible to estimate, of course. The reports f/om the different clubs by the ladies who took the trouble tfo ascertain the amount each club mem? ber put up are at follows: Concord Clubs . 14,000 Providence ClubB.. IS,000 Bethel Clubs. 11,000 j Dalzell Clubs ., . ?,200 Wedgefleld Clube. 7,100 8hiloh Clubs. 5.OQ0 Stateburg Clubs. 5,300 Oswego Clubs . . 4,500 Trinity Clubs. 3,800 Hagood Clubs. 4,200 Rembert Clubs. 3*000 Salem Clubs. 2,800 Graham Clubs. 8,000 j Janie Prescott of Concord, put up 1,4 00 quarts. Ethel Ardis, of Dalsell? put up 841 quarts, and Neva Green, of Shiloh, put up 700 quarts. POSTOFFICE APPROPRIATION RILL. Committee Aeks for Three Hundred and Thirty Millions, Washington, Dec. IL?The debate on the postoflP:* appropriation bill began in the hoose today. The meas? ure carries sn agirregnte of three hun Sumtet City 20,000 I dred and thirty three millions. .i.?.t**^ttit*><**,*<>ifiiTiminiiitni Eveiything In the Building Line All Kinds o! Feed i ???mmm BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc. - EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE| j I Phonesi 10 ? 631 The National Bank Of South Carolina Of Sumt.r Resources over $ .600,000.00. This Bank owes its growth to the loyal support and heart y cooperation of its 2500 patrons. A bank is a COMMT NITY INTER KST. Its mission is SKUY1CE. Its life is the Loyal t\ of its Patrons. Wo appreciate your nisiuess and are better prepared than ever before to serve you. C 0. ROWLAND. PrtiWent. F. E. HJNKANT Cttfcler ?eeeeeeeeee^eeeeeee< A i The Itank. You will eventually Bauk with The First National Bank of Sumter. ('APITAL H00.0O?.0U Surplus and ProtiU fearoedj>150,000 NEILL O 1X)NN.;LL, President O. L> YATES. Cashier. ,y ??^-??^eeeeeeeeeeeeee^eeeeeee?e?eee<eete?MMAtflj