Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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a VILLA PUNNING TO I ATTACK AMERICANS I I PROBABLY NOW FAR SOUTH ] | "'We May Have Some Excitement Soon," is Observation . of Gen. Funston. San Antonia, Sept. 5.?The possibility that Francisco Villa is m.tk- ; tag his way to the northeast with tie intention of attacking; C'en. Per-J shing's expedionary force, was considered at Gen. Funston'- headquarters tonight. ( Gen. Funston said he had receiv- , ed a telegram from Gen. Bell at El Paso containing the gist of a report ( from Gen. Gonzales in Juarez, in | M' L i oil K " J " "IVII mu lauci ruiiiu uifi. till* 11 *finite location of Villa's force in the Sanat Clara Canyon. Gen. Gonzales said ho had dispatched troops to ? nRage Villa. ( Not Improbable. Says I'tin-don. Granted that Gen. Gonzales" inf r- , rnation is true. Gen. Funston said he yegarded it as not at ail improbable that Villa was planning to engr.ge ^ the Americans, probably at some jmint where they are not great in strength. "We may have some excitement soon." he observed. The Santa Clara Canyon is so far south of the southernmost Amen' s can detachment that there is plenty of time to get ready for Villa's rom:nt 'f he really is seeking combat. The Mexican consulate here has 1 received from Mexico City a dispatch which says that on Col. Maxi- 1 Toano Fernesi. a "legalista" leadei, captured in the I.acuna district and ( executed, was found a documenet slated August 26. lit 16. signed by Vrancisco Villa as "General in ' Chief." in which Villa .appointed Fernesi commander "of all the ' chiefs who operate in the T.aguna district." i sol TH CAIIOMN \ MOVES IT. f Clentson College. S. C.. Se.pt. 8. - 1 In the census year, more than twothirds of the total crop values in South Carolina were produced bv (otton alone, and her bill for imported food supplies was $95,000.000. The same year her cotton and <?etton seed were worth $96.380,onn 1 or just a little more than h?-r pan , *?y and farm supply hill. For long years the State has beep buy ng staple food supplies with cotton money; but in 1910 the per 1 capita farm wealth of her countty ( population was only $337. against $99 5 in the United States, $s^9 in Oklahoma and $3,539 in lows both eif wh'ch nro frwirl t.rnilil^inn <5i il.>. with surpluses to market nl>r..a1. ? A Twenty-seven Million lin'mi-p. j Hut last year was epoch makir-? ( in South Carolina. Ke ^nt reports j of the Federal Agricultural Department show that the State has giin?c-d $5,574,000 in livestock and $21.- ' ^>48.000 in food crops sinco ?1 ?? on sus year?a total gain of $27 000,MOrt in five years. On January 1, 1010. the farners / owr^d 1 4.000 more milch cows and r other e.ittle than in lain, nearlj a LO.oao more horses and mules, an 1 e 252.000 m">re swine. The six-year increases in food re->- we?*e as follows: Hay and for j age 00 ooo tons or 54 per cent: potatoes, 2.600.000 bushels or 51 per \ t; ;.*S. 4 2'* " hushe's n 7-1 t- \tn i t C.?C 000 hnshels or ,i a ent; wheat. 2.11S?,00O bushels or 6 82 percent. ^ It is a great record. South Caro \a ;.s ^ >ne a lone way toward- / est:?bt !-*h: r g t s<-!f-fe?-d;ng system.VV. R. Watsoa. j.; CANDIDATE HCCillKS f'V - FACED A WILSON CROWD A 'Louisville. Sept. 5.?Candidate Charles E. Hughes arrived here this ji morning at 8 o'clock front Nashville Tern., where last night lie was ral- s lied by a' good naturod crowd which cneereo rresiflent Wilson wh^ncvpr \\ the Republican candidate made attach a. \ The brief rear platform address n lanned for this place was abandoned. Mr. Hughes left here after a n 30-minute stay, going to Lexlng- r fcon. t< Give Your Li v \ Take a time tried and proven r&nc ; hreness, Biliousness, Jaundifco^ Ki Blood, Pimples, Indigestion./li su Dr. Thacher's Uver Ttar Liver mad Kidaay are jamr keil frieadi vhM MflecUi they beco?t jomr aoit dmage ihpahd yam ikeaU iii wjjfstely take this gr f \ T METM/iC gave CAUSES MOTHER WO NDER Mrs. Knowles Thinks Tanlac Gave Daughter Almost Unbelievable Aid. A TREATED FOR PELLAGRA Says Mrs. Benson Ate Only a Few Bites During a Day. ranrliiiikn Wot? V ??.U. "I do not see how any medicine could do as much for any one as lanlac did for my daughter," said Mrs. L. Knowles, of 118 Sumter St.. i Columbia, in a statement giving high endorsement to Tanlac. Mrs. Knowles referred to the case of Mrs. Bessie Benton, who lives at her mother's home. The relief Tanlac gave Mrs. Benton was remarkable, Mrs. Knowles said. Her statement, describing Mrs. Benton's ailments and the results Tanlac gave her follows; "My daughter, Mrs. Bessie BonIon. suffered from what was s?id :o be a severe case of pellagra. She vas treated by specialists here, and ad taken pellagra treatments, but he got no better while doing so. ?he did not eat anything at all. and do not see how she lived, sue ate :o little. Her stomach was in very' :ul shape, and many a day she did >ot eat over three or four bites dur ng the day. "She was run down terribly, had 10 strength and felt badly all the ime. Her head hurt her all the itr.e, and she was never easy, her end ached so much. Her nerves vere so bad that you could see her hake. "We read about Tanlac, and she lecided to buy it. And Tanlac aid ;er a wonderful amount of good. ;he has more life and energy now bar. she has had in years. She has good appetite, eats a great deci nd seems to have no trouble with w-r stomach. She says she does not re as quickly now, and she wor?\.s 11 day. hut. before she took Tania" >he was so weak she could hardly lo anything. "She has gained some weight ind looks a great deal better. She loes not complain of headaches lately. There is no medicine like ranlac she thinks. "I am glad to recommen'l Tanlae. tnd so is she. for she told me she ntended writing a testimonial and tending it to the State agent. I <now it is fine, for I know what it 'id for Bessie. I do not see how my medicine could do so much for iny one as Tanlao did for her." Tanlae. the master medicine. Is old exclusively by J. F. Mackey. Lancaster; Peoples Drug & Grocer" 'o.. Heath Springs; C. O. Floyd. Cershaw.?Adv. 'MTV TO KX.IOY IjOTAL TAI.IlVr l?l. XV Members of Unity Improvement Association will play "The fount:' doctor." a comedy drama in four icts at the school house Saturday vening, beginning at p. m. The following cast of characters Mil take part: "homas Britton, M. 1).. the Village Doctor Bon Dees Toward Wayne, in love with DoBy Moffatt Mailman sciu're Ferguson. the sheriff Crawford Steele' lam Birch, proprietor of the hotel Bright McCain! ebedlah Hunn, who hangs around ._ Hoyt Crenshaw !ri, That's All Marion Helm*! ten Shaw, the stage driver Ira Mailman' gnes Gilbert. shadowed by fate .... Miss Adelaide Nelson oily Britton, the Doctor's sistor A fin \tcr<iin usan Pinner, his housekeeper Miss Ada Steele Irs. Birch, Sam's wife I Miss Ruby Steele nna Belle Unestead. with aspirations . . Miss Lena McCain Unity String band will furnish tuaie. Admission 10 and 15 cents verybody cordially invited to at nd. era Chance idy for Liver Complaints, Costidney Troubles/ Impure or Bad Iferint from these take and Blood Syrup i^tf jraa keep then ia food coaditioa. bat rdw caeauas. #Ii yam ara klou ar aoaeat preparatioa ?50c aad $1?all daaiara. mk HE LANCASTER NEWS FI (.OVEHNMKNT TO BUILD I N POTASH PLANT| The government may attempt to L get potash from kelp, a seaweed rich n in potash. Farm and Fiieside says: n "An item has been written into g the agricultural appropriation bill giving $175,000 to build an experimental plant somewhere on the o Pacific Coast to treat the giant kelp.'(* a seaweed nich in potash. When dreid properly it contains about 16 per|s cent potash. Some private concerns are already producing potash from' k it. and a few years ago there was some hope among optimists that this \ supply could be made to reduce the' price that the German syndicate 0 charges for its potash. "There is not so much optimism, q in view of experience; but, nevertheless. if German supplies are shut oliip much longer a considerable part of our normal needs will likely be'o supplied from kelp, and from the aiunite deposits in Utah, which pro-' dure 10 to 12 per cent of potash oni 1. O I'D KAA.1 f.1 .1 .11 I, ,(1, ... .1 - .1 AH I J ua?v uctn luuuu uiuvii niuic cArirn- | stve than was formerly supposed, and:0 are beginning to be worked. | f< "Alone with the matter of fer-!p tllizers we may also consider tlie'L probi'ble future of different crops, jd J*ine marked by a considerable sagji< in the price of wheat, and a good v many people are asking advice as to 5 the outlook for another year, do- a siring to regulate their planting, acreage accordingly?provided they hko the advice." HALF AN K(K1 A l)AV. a Clemson College. S. C., Sept. 8.? v Do you eat half an egg a day? If r not, you are not getting your share. J ^ There are enough eggs produced in | f the United States to allow every r citizen half an egg for breakfast daily. Some one else might get your * half egg sometimes, but that isn't the only reason for the egg shortage. There's another cause, and j here it is. When the cockerels are., allowed to run with the hens during 1 the laving season, the fertile eggs,' I 1 do not keep well, and large numbers of them spoil during the hot weath-j ' er. Poor packing of eggs for ship-' \ient also occasions enormous los-; sos. Just think of the <-gg produeeis of South Carolina tosing something'< like three-quarterect of a millionN dollars annually, due to bad methods < of producing and handling eggs. j. Vet that's just about what happens.] l! the farmer will keep the nests * clean; provide one neat for everyM four liens: gather the eggs twicoj< daily; keep the eggs In a cool, dryu room or cellar; market the eggs at{. least twice a week in carefully| racked cartons. and sell, kill, or' (online all male birds as soon as the hatchlp: saeson is over, h" ear. soon rut down this !o?s to sueh an extent that every person in South Carolina ran have their "half an ocr a day." 1 '.tui UUItf Comes Clear Off!" "GET8-IT" Loosens Your Corn* i Right Off, It's the Modern Corn Wonder ? Never Fails. "It'* hard to believe anything could wet like that In Ketting a corn off. "Why, I Just lifted that corn riaht off with my fintrer nail. 'GETS-IT* la certainly wonderful!" Yes. "GETSIT" i* the most wonderful corn-cure "!,?? i ur 3 .iii - ..v Tronaerifl, in? WAV "GKT3 - IT* J Makes All Coras Go Quick." | V ever known berause you npn't have . to fool and puller around wth your e corns, harnesd them up with baa- J d&fres or try/to dig them oat. e. "GETS-IT" ,is a liquid. You put on ! a few drops. In a few seconds. It , dries. It's painless. Put your stock- J In* on right over It. Put on your . regular shc#s. You won't limp or 1 have a corn "twist" in your face. The corn, callue or wart, will loosen from <1 vour toe?tiff It comes. Olory hallelu- \ )ah! "GETS-IT" is the bluest ?ell- <j 1n|f com remedy In the world When you trv It. vou know why. A "GETS-TT" Is sold and rerom- *<i mended by druggists everywhere. 25o ^1 & bottle, or sent on rerelpt of price ? by EJ. Letwrence A Co.. Chicago. 111. J sold in Lancaster an<l recom- Jl mended as the world's boot corn * remedy by Lancaster Pharmacy and ^ J. F. Mackey Co. J ? t MONEY TO LOAN / 3 I am now pr>|?areA4ii|netotiale loans J of money on bipyoved rotton farms <j in Lancaster cenniy in sums of S.'tOO, *a and iivward* iil 7 per rent interest, C repayable in suitable inslallinrnts.in / periods of fivd. seven or ten years. ^5 H. K. WYI.IK, <? Atfornry ai Law ^ ilDAY, SEPT. 8, 1916. ;iNE S. C. PRESIDENTIAL. ELECTORS ARE NAMED Columbia. Sept. 5.?The State democratic executive committee leeting in Columbia today elec -d ine presidential electors from outh Carolina. The -following were elected: State at large, S. R. Mollichunp f Orangeburg and S. C. Carter of hotter. First district, John R. Dingle of u mmerton. Second district, W. A. Byrd of UftttllttlU. Third district. Henry L. Parr of ew berry. Fourth district, R. W. Hamilton f Jonesville. ' Fifth district, W. S. Hall of affney. Sixth district, W. L. Kennedy of lenheim. Seventh district, Joe Sparks or olumbia. If you ?lt in a cool draft when ou are heated and get a stiff necl:^ r lame hack, you will be looking or something that will ease the Aln. Fix your mind on BAiL-1 jARD'S SNO^V LINIMENT and1 on't be talked\out of it because It s the best paftt relieving liniment ou can get a'nywhere. Price 2 5c, | Or and $l.y6 per bottle. Sold by < .11 dealers In medicine.?Adv. / IORDF.R COMMISSION ' TO MEKT TOMORROW New York. Sept. 5.?The Mexican ind American joint commission chich will undertake to settle border lifflculties, left today on the Mavlower for New London. There the irst conference will be held tomorow. Whenever Yoa Need wQetteral Toole Take Grave's The Old Standardyforove's Tasteless -Hill Tonic i9 equjnly valuable as a General Tonic l>euf\isc it contains the well known tonic nfoffertiesof QUININE jtid IRON. It afasotithe Liver, Drives jut Malaria, Bjfriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. I TRAD l E itvATOP > MAN PAYS IT TO | THE FARMER THE. MERCHANT PAYS IT TO THE CARPENTER THE POWE rONSIDER the power of ^ magic. It circulates, and puts people to work i away to the out-ot-town hi us. It is out of commtssii never see it again. Let i remember that our best in "Keep Lancat -IMM -i-MiirnCTT' ? r - ^ ?I" 35 * / ^ == 'ft KZHZMUntHXIM H You Need a Tonic B There are times in every woman's life when she ^-*2 needs a tonic to help her over the hard places. L-J DM When that time comes to you, you know what tonic B?8 to take?Cardui, the woman's tonic. Cardui is com- fTl mjm posed of purely vegetable ingredients, which act gently, yet surely, on the weakened womanly organs, ^ and helps build them back to strength and health, M It has benefited thousands and thousands of weak, BOB ailing women in its past half century of wonderful L _ J pj success, and It will do the satne for you. Kjl You can't make a mistake in taking I CARDUI | P8| \ The Woman's Tonic pi fifl \ Miss Amefla Wilson, R. F. D. No. 4, Alma, Ark., Bfifl says: "I thUnc Cardul is ths greatest medicine on earth, pi for wonm Before 1 began to take Cardui, I was Bfifl KM so \tapa and nervous, and had such awful dizzy PBI LJ spellrand a poor appetite. Now I feel as well and |Bfl asJfropg as I ever did. and can eat most anything " flU| Bdgin taking Cardul today. Sold by all dealers. Wk/ Has Helped Thousands. Ml FARMERS' MUTUALS If you Are not insured, now is a good time to insure. After the wAt spell/the roof of the house will be dry and may burn frOm ayfepark and fires frequently occur from ^ Lightning. \ / w n./k. BONF.Y. AGENT YOKIv - - MIFTII CAROLINA / , ? I Send The News Your Job Printing. E AT NOME | in i ? mi i I THE FARMER THE MERCHANT DEPOSITS IT IN RECEIVES IT FROM ? THE BANK ^ ^ TME^ANK i | THE CARPENTER THE GROCER X SPENDS IT AT THE RETURNS IT TO I GROCERY THE Ramk R OF A TEN DOLLAR BILL | a Ten Dollar Bill when it ts spent at home. It is like X It pays off a hundred obligations. It creates business ? in our community. Bat the ten dollar bill that is sent X ouse does nothing for our town. It becomes dead to ? on forever as far as our town is concerned. We X is, then, give power to the money we spend. Let us X vestment is that power-money that we spend at home. % iter Dollars in Lancaster." |