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- Victory Bread is to remain unchanged
in price.
The capture of Jericho in Southern
Palestine by the British has been
anounced by the War Office.
Boston is now threatened by a
street car strike.
A higher rate of interest will be
paid on the third lot of bonds. One
half of ^one per cent more will be
paid on latest issue than formerly.
An economic. agreement has been
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signed at Maaria wnereuy ueneiai
Pershing can get supplies of mules,
army blankets and other materials
for cotton oil and other commodities
sent from the United States.
McAdoo tells the railroad officials
and workmen that they should no
longer serve private interest but
should help win the war.
Indefinite control by the government
of the railroads was defeated
in the Senate by an overwhelming
majority.
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Documents and evidence in the
case of Bolo Pasha will be submitted
in the court of appeals which
will convene in about three weeks.
He was convicted of. treason by the
French courts.
In Orangeburg two colored children
who had meningitis belonged to
parents who were members of some
religious sect that did not believe in
treatment by the doctors so the
children did not have any medical
attention. A preacher from a neighboring
church was called in to pray
for them. He has been quarantined.
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vjne 01 tne cniniren js uuau iinu
the other is desperately ill.
William Elliott has unearthed
what he terms a "patent case" of
flour hoarding. The person in question
had fifty barrels. It is not
known yet what disposition will be
made of the flour as that information
has not been given out.
Eleven men have been entrapped
in a mine at Crystal Falls. Mich. The
cave-in is^said to be the worst in
the history of the mine. Three men
were rescued but all hopes for res
cuing the remaining eleven has
been given up.
The latest news from the Bolsheviki
was to the effect that a proclamation
cancelling the written acceptance
of the German peace terms
dsipatched to German headquarters
at Dvinsk. Orders have been issued
for the Russian ^rmy to defend their
country against the invaders.
An agreement is about to be
reached between the United States
and Norway. This was indicated
late Friday afternoon when the war
trade board decided to release the
Norwegian steamer Kim now lying
in an American port with a cargo of
oil cake for fodder purposes.
Affairs in Russia are in a sad
plight. Petrograd is declared to be
in state of siege by Lenine and Krylenko.
The disorganized army has
orders from the Bolsheviki to carry
out Guerilla Warfare against the
trv,?e
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Lillian Brown, a colored girl, is
to get $9,000 insurance from the
Government for the death of her
father, who served as private in the
368th Field Hospital. The girl lives
at Anderson, S. C.
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The hopes of the Prussians were
shattered by the workingmen of the
United States when they failed to
be bought or misled by the German
agents into a nation wide strike.
Attorney uenerai uregory s sister,
Miss Jane, got a job paying $80
a month because she has adopted
and is supporting three Belgian
children.
The shortage of food stuff in the
eastern part of the ^United States
will continue for sixty days says
Hoover. He says the congestion of
the railroads is responsible for the
shortage.
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Innsburck, a town in Switzerland,
was attacked by airmen and much
damage was done. The town was,
not protected against air raids and;
the people being unused to attacks!
were surprised and ran out into thei
streets and a great many were kill- j
ed.
Since last June the student avia-'
tors have flown 100,000 miles and,
only 51 deaths have resulted. The
death record as described by Baker j
is remarkable.
Senator Lewis of Illinois, com-:
j plimented Senator Smith of South
Carolina upon his unceasing effort
in regard to the railroad bill.
James W. Gerard, former Ambassador
to Germany, ha" been very
ill although he is now out ot dan-;
I ger. 1
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! Terry ivicuovern, uie wunu a iaui-|
J ous featherweight Champion, is dead
I He was sick only two days and died
at the King County Hospital in New
j York. His wife was with him and
j his son, who is 19 years oldx
J Germany was mistaken in heri
idea that the business men of America
would not stand behind the government.
Waddill Catchings, of,
New York, chairman of the warj
service committee of the United j
States Chamber of Commerce in j
i his talk before the session of the
J national service congress, said that i
I business men are giving their full
! support by word as well as deed.'
i They have supported the government
in levying high taxes the in- j
: come tax, the graduated excess tax-j
j es. They have seen the need of |
j price fixing and have given their
united support to it. Their sons'
have gone to the front and their fa-;
thers are seeking opportunities to
help serve.
SECOND EDITION OF THE
INDEX-DIGEST OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE ACT
AND AMENDMENTS
The second edition of the Index-j
Digest of the Federal Reserve Act is |
, now ready for distribution and is
; being sent to subscribers. The volj
unie contains 656 pages, and fur-,'
nishes a complete analysis of the
. Federal Reserve Act, as amended
I to date, including those provisions
j of other acts which affect the Fed-j
i oral Reserve System. Copies bound,
in paper are sold for $1.00 each, j
:nnd bound in burkrum for $1.25 j
; each. Subscriptions should be sent
j to the Federal Reserve Board direct.
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WHEN YOU WAKE ' |
I- UP DRINK GLASS
i OF HOT WATER !
I Wash the poisons and toxins from
system before putting more
food into stomach.
j- Says Inside-bathing makes anyone
look and feel clean,
sweet and refreshed.
Wash yourself oil the inside before
breakfast like you do.on the outside
i This is vastly more important because
! the skin pores do not absorb irapuri\
ties into the blood, causing illness,
i while the bowel pores do.
For every ounce of food and drink
taken into the stomach, nearly an i
ounce of waste material must be !
i carried out of the body. If this wasto j
material is not eliminated day by day 1
it quickly ferments and generates !
poisons, gases and toxins which are
; absorbed or i sucked into the blood
stream, through the lymph ducts which |
should suck only nourishment to sus- ;
: tain the body.
A splendid health measure is to
drink, bpforo breakfast each day, a
glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful
of limestone phosphate in_ it,
which is a harmless way to wash i
| these poisons, gases and toxins from ,
the stomach, liver, kidneys and ;
bowels; thus cleansing, sweetening j
and freshening the entire alimentary
canal befor putting more food into
the stomach.
A quarter pound of limestone phos- ;
pliate costs but very little at the drug j
store but is sufficient to make anyone ;
an enthusiast on inside-bathing. Men j
and women who are accustomed to ;
wake up with a dull, aching head or
have furred tongue, bad taste, nasty
breath, sallow complexion, others who j
have bilious attacks, acid stomach or I
constipation are assured of pro- \
nounced improvement in both health :
1 *nd appearance shortly. I
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M Cross To Enter
New Field Of Service In
ArmyCamps Of America
At the suggestion of Secretary of
War Baker, the American Red Cross
is about to enter a new field
of service in the 'army camps
of the United States, a field in
which they are already working in
Prance, the Bureau of Communication
between the men in the hospital and
their families at home. This will necessitate
building a Red Cross house
in every army camp in the country
and securing for each house a man
who will keep in personal touch with
every man who is admitted to the camp
hospital, as well as a sufficient stenographic
force to handle the letters dictated
by these men and to keep their
families constantly informed as to
their condition and progress.
Col. William Lawson Peel, General
manager of the Southern division, has
just received letters from W. R. Castle,
Jr., director of the Bureau of Communications,
and from Harry B. Wallace,
assistant director-general of military
relief, explaining Secretary Baker's
plan and asking for suggestions
as to men in this division who are
qualified for the positions of responniKiKtv
ot tVio /?ornrJo Prilnnol 'PppI
announced Thursd.ty at a meeting of
his bureau directors that the Southern
division would co-operate in every way
with the national organization and
that work would be begun at once to
assist in carrying out Secretary Baker's
plans.
The directors of the work in the Red
Cross houses will be under the authority
of the Red Cross Field Directors
in the various camps, who in
turn are under the supervision of Z.
Bennett Phelps, director of military
relief for the Southern division.
Secretary Baker says in his letter:,
"Since the American Red Cross
has already established in France, in
accordance with an army order, a service
to keep families in America in
personal' touch with their boys, ill
or wounded in the field, it is suggested
that this service be extended to
the camps in the United States. Amarican
Red Cross representatives at the
pnmne herp ae in TTYflncp wnirlfl hlVTA
access to daily lists of admissions and
evacuations from the hospitals, and,
so far as it is in accord with necessary
medical rules, would be allowed
to talk with sick men. They wotrfd
be expected to keep families constantly
informed as to the condition and
progress of the men in the hospitals,
to write letters for men unable to
write themselves, and in general to
fulfill that clause of the Red Cross
charter which designated the society
as "a medium of communication between
troops in the field and their
families at home."
Red Cross Worter Honored
By Nurses Association
Miss Jane Van De Vrede Nominated
Director For 1919-1920.
Miss Jane Van De Vrede, of Savannah,
director of the Bureau of Nursing,
Southern Division, American Red
Cross, has recently received word
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irom rnra. unanes u. nut&nuuu, v;uauman
of th? nominating committee of
the American Nurses Association, of
her nomination as director of the association
for the term of 1919-1920.
This is one ofr the highest honors
that can be given a meftiber of the
nursing profession and comes as a
recognition of Miss Van De Vrede's
splendid service. The nomination
will be confirmed at the association
convention the first week in May.
Appropriations For Relief Work
In France Announced By
Red Cross War Council
The Relief work of the American
Red Cross in France is already well
under way, and appropriations jfor
this work to the amount of $30,519,259.60
have been made by the Red
Cross War Council to cover the period
from the time when the United States
entered the war up to April 30, 1918.
Of this amount, $14,019,889.50 is for
military relief, under which head
comes everything pertaining to hospitals
and hospital supplies, canteen
service, and arrangements for the recreation
and comfort of the American
soldiers when off duty.
For civilian relief, including aid to
refugees, care and prevention of tuberculosis,
care of children, re-education
of mutilated and blind soldiers
and general relief work in six districts
of the devastated area, a total of $9,556,482.15
has been appropriated.
The bureau of supplies and other
administrative bureaus will receive
$3,359,541.75. Under this head come
all transportation facilities, the department
of engineering, the expenses
of 27 warehouses and insurance on
goods stored therein, as well as all
office expenses in France. ,
Under the head of miscellaneous
activities, for which $3,583,346.20 has
been appropriated, come such things
as relief of the families,of sick and
wounded French soldiers, all emergencies,
the American ambulance
fund, rood lor tne rrencn peopie, uie \
Red Cross health center and other
similar work.
In addition to this amount, an appropriation
of $7,063,649.12 has heen
made for the purchase in the United
States of supplies for shipment to
France.
Of this appropriation, only a very
small percentage goes for salaries as
more than 3-4 of the Red Cross workers
in France are volunteers, a great'
many of whom even pay their own
expenses. It has been estimated by
the "War Council that for every dollar
donated to the war fund, $1.02 la spent
In direct relief, the .02 being interest
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BIG MEETINGS AT GREENWOOD
AND SUMTER TO STIMULATE
FOOD PRODUCTION.
The State Council of Defense and
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Food Administrator held meetings
at Greenwod and Sumter Feb. 18
and 19th respectively, for the purpose
of discussing plans whereby
campaigns coul^ be carried on in
every county in the state urging
our farmers to put every available
acre of land in food stuff in 1918,
and to conserve all the food they
can. Members of the Council of
Defense, food administrators, farmers,
farm and home demonstration
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agents, and members of the Exterior
Division of Clemson and Winthrop
Colleges, were present. Addresses
were made by D. R. Coker, Chairman,
State Council of Defense; William
Elliott, State Food Administrator;
Clarence Poe, editor Progressive
Farmer; W. W. Long, Director of
Extension Department, Clemson
College, and Miss Edfth L. Parrott,
Head of Home Demonstration Department
at Winthrop College. All
of thesfc talks were inspirational and
very instructive and enjoyed by all
those present.
As stated above the purpose ol
these meetings was to discuss plans
whereby campaigns could be carried
on in every county of the state
for stimulating food production
These campaigns are to be planned
and conducted by the Council of Defense
and Food Administrator oi
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each county assisted by the Farm
and Home Demonstration agents
After these meetings in Greenwood
and Sumter the Council of Defense
and Food Administrator of eacl
county will call a meeting of the
farm and home demonstration
agents, business men and ministers
and arrange for the campaign and
appoint speakers. It is desired tc
have meetings in every part of the
county as possible so as to reach
the most farmers. In some of the
cities special garden campaigns are
to be conducted.
With the world facing food shortage
due to the millions of men that
havrt been drawn from the field oi
production to engage in the business
of destruction it is very Pieces
sary that these campaigns be hel<J
in every county in the state. America
is the storehouse now for food
for our allies and our soldiers. It
is ut) to the farmers of America t<
furnish the necessary food for oui
allies to win this war and stop the
suffering that has been going on foi
the last three and a half years. We
al) cannot fight in the trenches bu1
there is n work for us to perform
equally, as important and just as
patriotic as the work of the soldiers..
America today is shipping
three times as much food to the allies
as she did before war, for example,
500,000,000 lbs. of pork were
shipped before the war and 1,500,000,000
lbs. of pork and lard were
shipped in 1917. The south import:
large cuantities of food and foodstuff
from the north and west ever}
year; South Carolina alone imports
more than $100,000,000 worth oi
food from the North and West annually.'
The government is now onlj
asking the south to provide food foi
her people and foodstuff for her live~J-?1
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SIOCK III UIU'CX LllciWr uic ouipuu *wwv
produced in the North and West
might be shipped abroad. Seccretarj
McAdoo says that transportation
might be lacking in 1918 to ship
food and foodstuff to those states
and communities that do not provide
for themselves. Surely the
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south will not plunge in cotton this
year without providing ample food
and foodstuffs first; surely < the
South will not ask for food from the
North and West that should and will
go to feed the hungry people in Europe
and our soldiers that are .sacrificing
their lives that we might live
and breathe the atmosphere of freedom.
W. A. ROWELL,
County Agent.
"TWIN yJiEDS," NOTED COMEDY
TO BE AT OPERA HOUSE
Lauehter will reign supreme at
the Opera House on Friday, March
8th, when the hilarious comedy,
"Twin Beds", will have its first local
presentation. Salisbury Field and
Margaret Mayo, author of "Baby
Mine," are responsible for this clever
little play, which is guaranteed
to make your ribs tickle your sides
with laughter, and then some, while
A. S Stern and Company, the famous
New York producers, are responsible
for the production.
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News for til
CLEMSON MEN IN THE ARMY. CI
Clemson College, S. C., Feb. 23.?
The President and the Registrar of
Clemson College are making every iE
possible effort to secure a complete p<
list of Clemson men serving in the Ui
army and navy. The list -which has di
been compiled is still incomplete. M
The only way to make a complete S(
list is for the friends and relatives ai
of any Clemson man now in the ser- al
^ice to send his name, rank, and address
to J. C. Litlejohn, Registrar, fj
] Clemson Colege, S. C. s?
Within the next two or three
weeks the College will publish a C
booklet giving the namies and such ui
I other information as it has conI
cerning the Clemson men in the ser- a<
( vice. The authorities want tp have a]
the name of every Clemson man in
the service printed in this booklet ti
' / nnfoinino' nioiTKJnn'fl J?nwnr roll. tl
1 A large service flag 15 feet long is
now being made and will soon be ?
! displayed in the College chapel. Five
hundred,and thirteen stars are being
' sewed on the flag. As names are re
ceived additional staT3 will be added ^
Clemson is proud of the patriotic
1 services her students are giving.
There are eighteen members of the f
' present Senior Class in the training
' camps. Since last September* 46 ^
1 students have entered the army and
! navy. 1 ?
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Z1.I1 JT UUC ITMW nuvnir v* ? v?>w.#
1 man in the army or navy will con- ^
' fer a great favor by seeding his
> .* , f
' name in at once.
i SOUTH CAROLINA'S FARM F
PRODUCTS IN 1917 8
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Clemson College, S. G., Feb. 23? ^
' South Carolina's farm products al:
most doubled in value in 1917,
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reaching an estimated total of 5
rtrtn nnA ??TTriiU fltd
$<j8y,08 <,UUV, as cumpaicu mui uw
' total for 1916 of $199,632,000; and ^
' almost trebled the total for the cen- ^
aus year of 1909 of^ $141,982,090.
' Kansas crops totalled $399,844,0001
' and Wisconsin crops. $1,67,095,000. '
Thus it is evident that South Carov
lina has become one of the importi
s
' ant agricultural states.
Let every citizen do his best?his
1 very utmost?to exc&ed in 1918
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' the garden and crop ^production of
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PATRIOTISM AND THE *
r MILK SUPPLY
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"Dairy products have always been g
s recognized as necessary for children fc
and invalids. As our knowledge of f
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! tfteir nutritive vaiue increases, mcj g
i are becoming a more important n
part of the diet of all individuals.
' It is, of course, always essential to j,
i the welfare of a nation th^t the
j children be properly nourished and s
developed. This nourishment de- r
' pends largely on an adequate supply ^
' of milk. Naturally when our armies e
are in active service, large numbers c
1 of wounded soldiers will be brought
: home to be cared for. An additional t
' supply of milk will be necessary r
i then to take care of these people; r
? hence an increased production of j,
i market milk is important It is v
very evident, therefore, that it is ^
!j wholly out of the question, to at- e
i tempt to take care of the nation's
1 interests without maintaining an
\ adequate supply of dairy products."
' I?B. H. Rawl, in the Guernsey ^
1 Breeders Journal. ,? f
The education of the farmer upon 11
, his farm by working out probdems in *
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the field, and receiving the. answer I
in the crib or granary, is Iiko all *
education, a personal matter, and 0
each man must acquire it for himself.
This points to the small farm,
! personally worked as best for the 1
'man, for the land, foi- society, -and 1
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I for tne state.?nr., seaman n.. i
! Knapp. 1
A prosperous, intelligent ancf. contoned
rural population is the refore i
essential to our nat ional perpetuity, i
The world's experience has shown 1
that the best way to secure ' this is 1
to encouarge the -division of : ill the 1
lands into small farms, each owned
and operated by one family?Dr. <
Seamon A. K.nap^j. >
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flOP PRODUCTION IN
SOUTH CAROLINA'
Clemson1 College, S. Cj, Feb. 23^ *
i the matter of average production '
;r farm the following states 4trth?^
lion show a greater amount pro- j
wed per farm than South Carolina:
innesota, Iowa, Nebraska, < Kanwi,
juth Dakota, California- and Looiai- 1
la, making South Carolma;-the.8th 1
the states, of the uryon. ? ^
In the average- production - per
irm in the south, South Carolina-i?
icond, Louisiana is firsfc ,-v
In per capita production^ Sovth '
arolina is the sixth-states in
nion ana second' in- tne'ootmi, .
In the value of production *
:re South Carolinastands first- in
II the estimates of the union..
From the standpoint - of prodec- *
on on the basis of square inttefrtin '
e 3tate stands fourth in the nnien;
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RCHARD AND GARDEN
WORK TOR THIS WEEK"
Plant Irish potatoes}
It js not too late to place an-order* s
or fruit trees.
Keep the pruping shears at *work ';
ntil every fruit tree on the
rom the smallest to the lar^ast^ is 1
runed.
Pretty soon the leaf-4rads will bein
to show green and-1 the^floWef*'
uds to show pink, indicating- that ify
i too late to apply the- winter spray.
)o not let .this condition- find*
ruit trees unsprayed.- y
It will give annual flowers swh a*
letunia, vinca, verbena, and aeartet
age an early start' if the seed-am
danted in the hotbed now. All of i
hese plants can be easily trims*,
ilanted. _
Make a sowing in the hot-bed1 ofy
ne of the late varieties of'cabbage,
iuccession is a good variety foirtltir :
Wanting. Keep the plants growing
licely and tbey should be ready to
ransplant in the early part of April
t Make another planting of garden H
teas, using oiie of the. wrinkled
ieties. Th4 wrinkled type of pea is
(?ry much better iii quality than/ the
mvooth kinds and should be used
xc?pt in the" first sowing.
Irr pruning the terminal-branches
f a fruit tree ,always cut just above I
n oatsidc bud which* wilt tend to
lake the tree wide-spseadingrrather fl
han upright in form.r H
It is not -too early to inake the
irst planting of lettrtce in the open-M
round if it is "sowed on a protected B
order. One of the best varirttesH
or the spring crop w Hanson,
tands the hot weathdr better thin
lost varieties. H
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Uauimower bru diumcid gytv?w_
ilants should be set out now. Bothfl
f these vegetables require a coolfl
eason, and unless started early willH
iot do well as a spring crop.. Cab-fl
>age plants that were started InH
arly January should also be setH
ut now. hiH
Risk planting small amounts offl
he more hardy vegetables, such asH
nustard, kale, spinach, rape, cress,?
adish and beet. If they are kilTec^H
>y cold the loss wil 1 not be greati^|
whereas if uninjured much pleasiitilH
Till be derived from having theoH
Sow tomatoe seed 01 an euij
iety in the hot-bed before the eiu^J
if the month for the first crop.
rou do not have a bot-bed, use
ordinary shallow box, placing in
i layer of three or four inches
resh stable manure and over thi^|
ibout tw4> inches of soil.- Afte^M
Wanting, set the box in a sunny, wel^H
>rotected place. Cover at night an^H
>n cold, cloudy days.
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Food Administrator Hoover fore^m
:asts a food shortage in the east infl
nuch suffering while Director
\.doo says that the railways wi^fl
ivert the grave food troubles. Hj
Four soldiers are in prison noi^H
:or plotting to shoot all the ofllcei^H
it Camp Lewis as soon as they aiflH
ived in France, and plans had bee^H
aid whereby the whole 91st divisio^H
would be delivered to the Germaai^H
Two hundred aliens have been wee<^H
2d out of the rants of the 91 diyij^H
ion. Thii^y four were discharged.^!
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