Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? NEWS IN Pithiness is the Pride of the Popu- i lar Writer. A Wise Reader Can 1 Furnish His Own Frills. i . i STATE SKETCHES. The casualty lists of the second half of the week mention the following South Carolina soldiers: Killed in action: Lieut. D. T. Monroe, Marion; Sergeant William Hender- , son, Converse; Private Luther Fields, Easley; Private Jos. Pinck- , ney, Yemassee; Private Peter Wash- < ington, Charleston. Died of wounds: < Private Marshall King, Iva; Wound- ' ed severely: Private Charles Mann, 1 Greenville; Wounded, degree unaer- ? termined, Lieut. David Holliday, < Marion. Davidson College has qualified for government military training. The president of the college received a ' telegram frorp the war department Friday announcing that a military 1 unit would be established there this ' fall. ?_1 South Carolina's first bale of new : cotton crop, 1918, was sold on the J Barnwell market Frdiay by H. W. Sanders to J. A. Porter for 31 cents per pound. This bale was shipped by express to E. F. A. Wieters of ' Charleston. It was the second earliest bale produced in Barnwell ' County. Cotton on light lands in this - county is opening prematurely on account of heavy rains, rust and shedding. Fire breaking out about 2 o'clock Friday morning completely destroyed the Piedmont & Northern passenger station at Paris and nearly a dozen small stores, including a restaurant, barber shop and a moving picture theater. The damage is es! txmated at $25,000 and only a small - amount of insurance was carried. J. A. Brown, a young man of Greenville, has won a signal honor in the aviation service. He just graduated from Princeton Ground . School as the highest ranking cadet \ officer in the school, being commander of the senior cadet squadv ton. He ia the son of a Baptist minv later and a graduate of Furman University. 1 ^ The oldest college in the state ;; lias become co-educational. V At a meeting of the board of trus tees of the College of Charleston aeia saiuraay aiternoon, resolutions J were passed by which, after ratifi N cation by the city council of Charleston, the courses of the college will be open to women. 1 NATIONAL NEWS ITEMS. { , The official weather forecaster of Atlanta says that people's imagina- ' tion is making the weather hotter 1 > than it really is. True or not, scat- I tered rains over the United States are breaking up the high tempera- ' tore. Manufacturers of pleasure auto .* - mobiles must engage in 100 per cent war work by January 1, the war industries board Friday informed the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. - The letter pointed out that nothing could be promised in the way of materials or labor and that it was I thought for the best interests of the; manufacturers to engage in warj "work exclusively if they wanted their J business i kept going and their or-j ganizations preserved " United States Stockyards and i Meat Companies are now within the( realm of possibility. Government acquisition and control of all the principal stock yards, cold storage plants and warehouses and both refrigerator and cattle cars ? lias been recommended to the president of the federal trade commission * to destroy a monpoly which it declares Swift & Co., Armour & Co., 'T / Morris & Co., Wilson & Co., vInc., ' and the Cudahy Packing company ?xercise not only over the meat industry of the country bat other j;, necessary food supplies. Despite the constant expansion of America's war program, the next " f''. ' * 1 ' * ' - . v / * ^ i .. army appropriation bill, while heavy, will not be as large as the $14,000,000,000 measure recently passed by Congress, Secretary of War Baker allowed it to become known Thursday afternoon, upon his return from a Western trip. Georgia is losing confidence in her judges. The senate Friday morning passed a bill to prevent the judge of any court in the state from directly expressing his approval or disapproval in open court of the verdict of any jury in any case tried before him. The bill provides for disqualification of the judge in case jf such action. A gain of 1,481 in the number of women employed on the eastern lines of the Pennsylvania railroad ivas made during June, it was announced Friday. At the end of June 8,354 women were at work in various capacities. In addition, more than a thousand are employed in the general offices at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. INTERNATIONAL ITEMS. More than 17,000 prisoners and 200 guns had been captured by the allies in the Somme drive up to noor Friday General Kikuzo Otani, one of Jap an's most distinguished soldiers, hai been chosen to command the Japan ese section and will be the ranking officer of the American and alliei expedition in Siberia. American Consul Pools, at Mosco\ has informed the state departmen that Lenine, the Bolshevik premiei recently declared before a gatherini of soviets in Moscow that a state o war existed between the Russia government and the entente allies. The last year 131,075 cases o sickness were reported in the Arner can forces, of which only 923 diet accord in c to fijrures Dublished b the Stars and Stripes. The expeditionary force lost 2.3 per cent of its aggregate workin time through illness. About one-thir of the sickness was due to communi \ cable diseases of which mumps wa the principal ailment. Nineteen pe cent of the cases were pneumonia. Lieut. Roosevelt's grave was fount Wednesday by an American aviator On a wooden cross at the head of i grave at the edge of a wood al Chamery, east of Fere-en-Tardenois is this inscription: "Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, buried by the Germans." The establishment of a new government in Northern Russia was officially reported to the State Department by Ambassador Francis Thursday. The government, upon which the allies are building high hopes for a rejuvenated Russia in the fight against German, was set up August 2 by a constitutional assembly representing the six districts oi Vologda, Novgorod, Kazan, Samara, Arch-angel and Viatka. Influenza?"Spanish 'flu", as it if called?is spreading through Eu rope. In London alone there hav< been more than 600 deaths from th* disease in less than two months. Perhaps the greatest toll, if re ports are to be believed, is beinj taken by the epidemic in Austria also victim of cholera and disease! arising from malnutrition. Spanisl "flu" in its symptoms is much lik< what the Americans call grippe. gu it is more severe and ofter fatal. The German Press is rebellinj against official deception with re gard to the war, according to a dis patch from Switzerland Friday. "I is scandalous," the Muencher Pos is credited with saying, "to see i person like Prince Henry, of Prus siu, giving me merman people a pic ture of the situation which in n< way corresponds to the reality. Ger mans are not going to let them selves be exhorted like children Singular silence on everyhting whict bears on the military situation is noticeable in the German newspa pers and news agencies. C . > . , One of the most peculiar* acci dents of the war was reported Fri day. Greenville Keogh, of Rochelle, N Y., an aviator attached to the Frenc! squadron, narrowly escaped deatf and a French captain observer wa killed when a bird broke the propelle and caused his machine to fall 2,00 feet on the French front. The peculiar accident occurre while Keogh was banking his plan As the propeller broke the machin fell sideways. Unable to right it o choose a landing place, Keogh crash ' into a rocky field. The French caj tain observer was killed when he fe ! from the machine and his head eras? ed against a boulder. Keogh received only external ir : juries of a minor nature. "NO CALAMITY IN COTTON IF WE DO NOT LOSE OUR HEADS More Concerned, Mr. Ousley Sayt About Gathering Crop Than Disposing of it?Sugugests Way to Take Care of Possible Surplus, u Speaking on the cotton situatio before the Farmers' Congress s College Staion, Tex., July 29, Clai ence Ousley, Assistant Secretary c Agriculture, said that as he sees th situation "no calamity impends : we do not lose our heads," and thi [ he is "more concerned about th , gathering of the crop than abov , disposing of it." He offered a solution, even there is & surplus of from 3 to . million bales, and says: 3 "If every farmer who raises 1 . bales of cotton will put 2 in tl * warehouse and sell the remainder I i installments from month to mon throughout the winter and sprii instead of forcing it all on the ma v ket at one time, the difficulty in ev< t its worat aspects will disappear." , He thinks that if there is a surpl g of cotton this year it must be absor f ed by reduced production next yei n Furthermore, he points out that t! government did not ask for so lar) a crop and in all fairness this fa f must be recognized, the crop havii i- been produced because the Southe '? growers refused to heed the warnii y of agricultujral leaders and ecoi omists. 7 Nevertheless, Mr. Ousley poin g out, the Government is prepared d do whatever it can to help avert har - ship, though its ability in this dire 8 tion is limited, even though t exe r cises its war powers to the utmost. must be remembered, he caution that no even the Government of tl * United States, with all its power can make two bales of cotton 1 1 idnto a place where there is but rooi ^ for one. By the aid of Governmei ' (agjMncK)2B, by judicious marketing by withdolding par tof the crop fc latre development, by adjustment c next year's acreage, the South ca con^e out whole and with profit. . IN THE SOUTH i The following suggestions ai i from the Office of Extension Wor i in the South, United States Depar i ment of Agriculture: > Experiments conducted by the Bi reau of Entomology for seven ' | years, show quite definitely that laf , j season applications of poison in tfc ; from of calcium arsenate or oth< j forms of lead arsenate give a pr< ' nounced degree of boll weevil coi * trol and a material increase in tl 5 yield of cotton. The poison in tt - - * *? J? i- 1:~J ? :j torm 01 nne puwuer is uppueu as dust spray. Many details regardin number and method of application r and time of day and period < | growth when applications should t * made, remain to be more definite! i determined by further experiment - The results of all experiment t however, seem to indicate that fro: three to five applications at the ra1 of about 5 pounds per acre made j ?: weekly periods beginning late j July will give the best results. Froi - about 4 p. m. until 9 a. m seems 1 t be the most favorable period of tl t day in which to make the applici i tion. Apparently moisture is in - portant in securing any consuderi - ble degree of mortality from the a] ) plication of the poison. This discovery materially extern the period for fighting the weevi . Under the method usually employe I of picking weevils and squares an s continuous cultivation, efforts to coi - trol hte weevil necessarily ende from- July 16 to Apgust 1. The r< . . - ? ' - - . - ? _ IS L- i -J m ' suits of the experiments made by the Bureau ^of Entomology tend to show that the most profitable time j. for applying the poison would be k from that time on. Whether the control given by this poisoning will g make it unnecessary to conduct the usual fight against overwintered r q weevil by picking up and destroying the early infested squares is not yet j certian. Tht probability is, however, that a combination of the two methods will prove most effective. r 130,000 REGISTRANTS IN l" DRAFT CALL FOR AUGUST )- __ 11 Washington, Aug. 9.?Provost i- Marshal General Crowder today issued a call for 100,000 white regisl trants for general military service for entrainment August 26 to 30, and a call for 30,207 colored registrants for entrainment August 22 m tp 24. The quotas by states follow: Whites: Alabama, 850, Camp Gordon; Arizona, 300, Camp Pike; ' Arkansas, 1,700, Camp Pike. Florida, 1,300, Camp Jackson; Georgia, 2,750, Camp Gordon; Kentucky, 3350, Camp Taylor; New n York, 6,400, Camp Gordon; North Carolina, 4,500, Camp Jackson; n iv n if -t i a a r\ t r_| ooutn Carolina, i,iuu, tamp ?jacn,f son. ? I? RIVAL OF BIG KRUPP WORKS IS PLANNED it ie . , ^ Lathe To Be Uaed Is So Long Allowance Is Made for Curvature of .? the Earth. 4 Washington, Aug. 9.?A monstei heavy gun plant and reclamatior q equipment base, costing from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 and com )y parable to the Krupp Works at Es ^ sen, Germany, is to be built ii France for the American Expedition ary forces, the War Department an nounced otday. The plant, when finished will relin< ug and realign heavy railroad guns , which will save several times the val b- 1 ue of the guns themselves. ir. ^ The principal equipment will b a monster lathe, 500 feet long, or a bout the length of the Washingtoi monument, or the batleship Nortl Dakotand will be the largest in ex istence. Its length will be so great announces the War Department tha a" in drawing the plans allowances ha< to be made for the curvaturue of th te earth in order to keep the alignment The machine tools alone for th plant wil cost from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000, and the monster lath ir~ with bare equipment will cost ap ^ proximately $7,000,000. is, i(\ ; ERSKI Eighty-Sec i r t\ . I " Loans :e\ tej ?r 1 1 >-[ UflU - Scholarships n, f-? >f ror ?e! Worthy m J Applicants m to :e v _ ; ERSK .1. d DUE WE fruit trees you expect to buy. W. A. ROWELL, Co. Agent. 8-6-2 weeks. HAVE DM 111 AND LOOK YOUNG J Nobody can! Tell when yon .Darken Gray, Faded Hair with Sage Tea. A* Grandmother kept her hair beautifully darkened, glossy and attractive with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur. Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked appearance, this simple mixture was applied with wonderful effect By asking at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound," you will get a large bottle of this old-time recipe. Improved by the addition of other ingredients, all ready to use, at very little coet This j simple mixture can be depended upon to restore natural color and beauty to the hair. A well-known downtown druggist says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound now because it darkens so naturally 'and evenly that nobody can tell it has been applied? it's so easy to use, too. You simply dampen a comb or soft brush and draw it through your hair, taking one strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears; after another application or tw^ it is restored to its natural color and looks glossy, soft and beautiful. This oreoaration is a. - era ueaw uiem uut u? muuey wnei they can prevent it. /My salarj - comes from the government, hence don't cost you a cent Be sure yoi e call on your county agent when yoi - go to buy your fruit trees. Below i I am quoting prices of the differen b fruit trtes. Apple trees, 12 l-2c to 15c a piece * Peach trees, 10c to 13c a piece. ^ Pear trees, 20c to 26c a piece. Cherry trees, 20c to 25c. a piece. Plum trees, 20c to 25c apiece. Pecan trees, 50c to 75c a piece. e o It is my intention to have a whea e campaign about the third week o: - August At these meetings I hop< to get your orders for all seed an< [mr r a 11It IU :ond Year Begins Se| X Military Instrud Governmen Courses in Scier guages, Hit Philosophy Medical Co > A College to D< well as Inte Total Expenses $201.50, Room, Ele< Heat, Tuiti Board at A< J For Infom INE CO! fc* - V - . . ?. . * ? ...... delightful toilet requisite. It la not4n-j B tended for the cure, mitigation or pre- B ventlon of disease. B SALTS FINE FOR I : mmm I Wi tat too much meat, which elof* H Kidney t, then Back hurts tad B i Bladder bother* you. S 1? 99 Most folks forget that the kidneys, In i like the bowels, get sluggish and clogged H j and need a flushing occasionally, else we Bfl have backache ana dull misery in the H ' kidney region, severe headaohet, rbes l ma tic twinges, torpid lirer, acid stomach, I . ?x -11 I f . UMpMSUflM MM Nl NTH vi imnwi w Til orders. Too simply must keep your kidneys H i active tod dean, and the moment you EH feel an aehe or pain in the kidney |H 1 reeioa, prt about four ouncea of Jad |H , Suit from any good drag store here, H| t take a tableepoonful in a glass of water EH before breakfast for a few days and. BE your kidneys will thai act fine. This B> famous salts is made from the acid of BB grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and is harmless to fiush clogged EH kidneys and stimulate them to normal EM activity. It also neutralises the aeids M ka the urine so it no longer Imtatee, M thus tading bladder disorder* Jad Salts ie harmless; inexpensives MB makes a delightful effervescent lithia* fl Mtcr drink which everybody should take t bow and then to keep their kidneys clean, f ttms avoiding serious complications. W A well-known local druggist *ays be^H 3 bells lots of Jad Baits to folks who belierir HB I In overcoming kidnfZ teffttblfi while ILiaMM inly trouble, ' MB LLEGE I ptember 18 H tion under the U. S. jfiH I ice, Literature, Lan- HH itory, Mathematics, Bb and Pedagogy. Pre- HH urse Given. |H| jvelop Character as 9H illect. H Last Year Were H| including Board, Jfljj ctric Light, Steam HB on, and All Fees. |HB ctual Cost. HH nation Address jSjflfli t err I j Li Li VI Li S . CAR. SEED AND FRUIT TREES WITH COUNTY AGENT I wish to call to your attention that this fall will see more oats, rye and wheat sown than ever before. We should now begin to place our order for seed, as you fully realize how congested the railroads are at the present time. Then, you fully realize what it means to sow oats (especially) in late fall?winter killed. You should begin now to plan where you expect to sow oats and do your best to get them in the latter part of September or early October. What is the use to sow oats in November and let them be killed by the cold winter?waste of time and money. Below, I am quoting prices of grain, clover, alfalfa, tftc. Wheat $3.15 per bushel. Oats $1.05 per bushel Rye $3.05 per bushel Clover (crimson) $0.15c per lb. Alfalfa |$0.21c per lb. Vetch ?$0.18 l-2c per lb. These are prices for immediate acceptance. Fruit Treea. Are you planning to put out an orchard this fall, if so, don't be deceived and buy your trees from the agent that comes to see you. Last year some farmers were deceived and gave from two to three times as much for trees than they really cost. One man told me personally 1 that he bought so many trees foi $8.00, when I could have saved him * $4.00 on the same trees. Where does - that extra $4.00 go, to the tree 1 agent of course. There is noth ing that goes into my pocket wher - I order for you. Strange it seem! to me that some people will let oth a L..1 it.._ i. _1