MM I IN'. \T i LI.MSON Demolish ahon \gciits \hcutly I??' elate PrtMuit S*'-nIoii i Im - Mos l'li.lllnld? Not lli-loses not year." Mr. (iossett Mid, "In lex l it is entirely possible that thOM communities that have tin abundant wood supply availalde may be denied an> coal next winter, especially as t .;? have the entire spring ami sum? mer to prepare for the winter by lay? ing in ? large reserve stock of wood." Miller- Certificates. Millers' certificates for farmers to ?se showing that the farmer has had ground substitutes for wheat Hour, in order to buy Hour from I retailer, un? der the new ruling of the Food Ad? ministration, can be secured from Mr. msigned and will bo forwarded to the v. If department promptly. A. C PHSLPft I moiling Agent, U. S. Public Service I a s< rve. Red Cross Notes. The Southern Division of tho Amer u .n Rod Cross has been ashed to fur nnh lit phonograph records in good OOBditlai out of a lot of 1,101 that I, i i.een requested by Major Perkins lor the amusement of the American soldiers In France. Tin? roqtftMl came to Colonel Wil? lis ni LnWnOn Pool, division manager, from the National headquarters with tli ? further request that they should be sent to the Red Cross clearing Iniuse In New Yoik as soon us pos Mit le. \ii\one who has phonograph re? 01 11 th it tin y would like to give for th ? us, of the American soldiers will please send tlu in at their earliest c. ivcnicnee to the Southern Divison Wiiehiiiise at 2'- James St., Atlanta, C.8. \ telegram has Just been received from Washington by the I'.ureau of Junior Membership of the Southern Division, American Rod CrOOO, sshing that the school minorities have thi? ll hOOl ehlldron Of the Southern Di? vision compete in drafting a I'd word ago interpreting the good Will Ol Ui< American oehoo] children to Um school ehlldron Of the Virgin Islands. TlM l??st message rOOOlVOd will be foi warded from Washington as a rep r. . ntation of the friendly feeling of the children here for those in our in.vest territorial acquisition, All misssgoi must be in Washington by Psbrunry 16th, tddrossod in care of the Junior Rod CrOSS Organization. if the Food Administrator gets in beilnd till the inorchsntO, I Hall ril '.viol as wholesal". b > hcvo < h.n ? I mere than tw. l n rfiii. for Migai th? re will be manv a one in the sime tot so Um South (Carolina n holoi l< who is reported as having effected .. I PTOm lot by paying over to Mn Ue 1 Cross the huiu of $4G0, MITTFXS IX Fl? \Xt'L\ Truck Drivers Make OIOVCS Of I'out Tails. With Hi" Am? riciii Army in Prance, Jan. l (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?American army truck drivers have found ;l use for the ?trips of heavy khaki cloth out from I the bottoms Of soldiers' overcoas. One of the drivers discovered that Huttens of extraordinary Warmth could be made from the cloth and now nearly every driver of a motor truck or automobile is Wearing a pair or has determined to make him? self some the first time he has a spare ten minutes. Many units of the army in France discovered that the regulation ove; COatS wore too long When first they donned them. The bottoms, becom? ing soaked with rain or caked with mud, Hopped about he legs of the men and made the garment a bur? den. Some soldiers discarded their overcoats whenever it was possible for them to and many colds or other ailments resulted. Then one entire division?a newly landed organization of former Nation? al Guardsmen?suddenly appeared with coats that reached to the knee or an inch above it. The old long coats were exchanged by their own? ers for the new ones in response to an order signed by the general com? manding. About the same time sol? diers in other divisions cut their couts off themselves or had them trimmed dosm, Some men who were among the Ilrst division to enter the trench SS clipped the objectionable bottoms with knives. In a trench an overcoat that strikes the ankles, drags in the mud and wa? ter and is nearly as bad as no coat at all. The practice of cutting off [overcoats now has become general through the /one of the American army and a garment of the length Usually seen in the United States rap? idly is coming to be regarded as a sort of curiosity over here. All this shearing, of course, left as many strips of cloth as short coats. There was nothing to do with tin1 pieces. Many a boot was polished with khaki. An army motor truck driver leads a cold life. For many hours a day he sits exposed on the front of his machine, often spinning along at a rate that would cause an epidemic of heart disease in the traffic squad of any American police department. The drivers manage to keep fairly com? fortable sometimes wearing three suits of heavy woolen underclothes. Their chief complaint has been that they could not keep their hands warm and many have been known to stop their machines in the road and toast their lingers at the exhaust pipe. Then a driver with a pair of scissors, needle, thread and a good imagina? tion cut four shapes from an over? coat bottom, sewed them together in pain and found that by wearing the mittens over the regulation knit? ted gloves his hands rc ma nie l warm even In the coldest weather. overcoat bottoms arc in demand now. ITlli: ON HAMPTON AVENUES. One Residence Burned Last Night and Two Others Damaged, The lire department was called out j 1 last night about 7,30 o'clock by an alarm sent in from the corner of j J West Hampton and Salem Avenue.' When the truck reac hed the scene the ' two Story residence occupied by Mr. I Holmes and ltev. Miller wa in Maines, the entire second lloor then being abl?se, There was delay In getting a stream on the fire and before the fire could be gotten under control the house was practically a total loss and ' the houses on either side had also caught and been considerably dam? aged, ltev. Miller who occupied the second Uoor of the house that was de? stroyed lost almost all of his furni? ture and household effects. Mr. Holmes who occupied the first lloor was fortunately able to save much of his furniture by the assistance of neighbors who came to his assistance as soon as the fire was discovered. The adjacent house occupied by Mr. Nance, on the first lloor, and Mrs. Bracy, on ' the second was considerably dam? aged, but was finally extinguished, while the house on the other side, oc? cupied by Mr. L, W. MeLemore, was 'damaged to a less degree. The house in which the fire originated was the property of Miss Emma Schwartz, the other two are owned by Schwartz Bros, The fire when discovered was burn? ing between the ceiling of the sec? ond story and the roof. Its origin Is not known. STRIKE AT GRANITEVILLE. ' Dissatisfaction Over Wages Causes Walk Out. Aiken, Feb. 14.?The mills of the Qranltevllle Manufacturing Company at Qranltevllle, in the Horse Creek j Valley, Aiken county, are closed and ;the machinery idle, while between 500 to 600 operatives, men and women, are on strike demanding subtsantially a 20 per cent, increase in wages. _\_ London, Feb. IT.?Great Quantities of arms and ammunition bound for I Finland have been seized in the har | bor of Stockholm, according to the Social Demokraten of Stockholm. sun* CARPENTERS STRIKE, Number of Now York Striken Incrent ? od to About I 'din* Hundred und Fifty. New York, Feb. 14.?The number or ship carpenters on strike for high? er Wages in two yards on Btaten Is? land, where ships for tho United States government are Under con? struction, Increased today to about 450 and representatives of the men .said tho strike would assume greater proportions within 24 hours unless the government intervenes. According to reports received by A. E. Wilkie, as? sistant director of the Emergency Fleet Corporation here, the men who are now getting $4.80 for eight hours' work are demanding an Increased Kale with extra pay for overtime Mid Sunday. The men claim they are en? titled to $0.60. GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL. Women May Now Practice LOW? ?State income Tax Law Repeal? ed. Columbia, Feb. 15.?Gov. Manning today signed the act admitting women to practice of law in South Carolina. He also signed the hill repealing tho State income tax law. TRADE PROCLAMATION ISSUFl). President Places All Foreign Trade I nder License System. Washington, Feb. 1."..?By a new proclamation today President Wilson placed 'ill exports to all countries un? der license by the war trade board af? ter tomorrow. The proclamation also applies the license system to all im? ports, thus placing the entire foreign commerce of the country under the system. It is one of the steps adopt? ed for redm ing ocean carriage of non essentials, to reiease ships for the transportation of troops and war ma? terials. I Atlantic Port, Feb. 15.?An Ameri? can passenger ship bound for Cuba, which left yesterday, returned today with a large hole above the star? board waterllne amidships, she was in collision after midnight with an i n known steamer in a dense fog, whose j fate was not .?irned. Washington, Feb. 15.?More than j half the great number of shipyard workers needed to carry out the country's merchant marine progi; m have been secured in the first half of the first week of the nation-wide cam? paign by the United States Public Ser? vice Reserve. This is shown by in? complete returns to William E Hall, ? director of the reserve. I NEGOTIATIONS WITH KOUMAMA. I?< i iiii Xcwspnj Print Report That Peace Confer mos Will be Held. Amsterdam) Feb. 15.?Rerlin news? papers of Thursday evening intimate that peace negotiations with Ron man is are about to be opened. The report ?says that although no official an? nouncement hat been issued, it may assumed th; t the Roumanian ne? gotiators w ill first discuss the prolong? ation of tin- or ilstlce. They have ar? rived at the place agreed upon. Many Bodies Recovered. Montreal, Peil. 15.?With f01 ty-onc chaired bodies of babies recovered from the ruins of west, wing of Grey Nunnery, which was swept by lire last night, workmen today searched for other possible .ictims. Officials are unable to give the exact number of missing, but it is estimated that the probable loss of life is fifty to one hundred. The ire was caused by de? fective wiring. More bodies vvhich were recovered this morning raised the death toll to flfty-tWO. Nearly one thousand crip? pled men, women, wounded soldiers and young ba'^'es were enabled to escape through the valiant efforts of the nuns. Ex-Sheriff Muldrow Dead. Bishopville, Feb. 14.?Robert E. Muldrow, ex-sheriff of Dee county and a well-known and highly respected citizen, died at che home of his fath? er-in-law, Mr. G, H. Reid, today at 12 o'clock, after being in declining health for several months. He was sheriff of Lee County for twelve years and made an excellent officer. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and WftS forty-nine years old. He leaves a wh'ow and one son, Rob? ert E. Muldrow Jr. Trie funeral will take place at tl e Presbyterian church tomorrow. London, Feb. 15.?Germany has re? solved to renev," military activities against Northern Russia. This de? cision is said tc have been reached at a conference at imperial headquar? ters, special dispatches from Holland say. The invasion of great Russia, it is added, will continue, at any rate, until Petrograd has been occupied by the Germans." Paris, Feb. 15,?French troops last night penetrate I the German lines northeast of Courcy on the Aisne front and returned with a number of prisoner's. (OfToial.) Dr. R. S. Truesdale has returned from Durham, \\ C, where he has jbeen holding a i eeting at Trinity Col I lege. You a Patriotic Farmer! You will make every acre produce its ut? most in food crops, cotton and tobacco, all greatly needed by our country. You will best serve your country and yourself by fertilizing each acre liberally with FERTILIZERS }Q RED STEER 0 BRAND "ITPAYS TO USE THEM" There is a national car and labor shortage. Delay is dangerous. ER TODAY Manufactured by SWIFT & CO. FERTILIZER WORKS [swifts ERTILIZERS ATLANTA, GA. CHARLOTTE, N.C. Factories: Atlanta, Albany, LaGrange, Moultrie, Savannah, Ga WILMINGTON and GREENSBORO, N. C.9 CHESTER and COLUMBIA, S. C. ASK YOUR DEALER OR WRITE IK