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RIP VAN WINKLE GUARD SALVAGED Bucks Wait Two Months for Relief That Hasn't Come Yet. The following clipping was sent us by S. F. Sherard, who is with the American Expeditionery Forces in France, stating that he had seen the two guards: "Veteran heroes of the guard roster who know the satisfaction of challenging the last relief after a two-on-and-four-off will appreciate the feelings of Private wuiiam Johnson and Herbert Spoerke, who walked their post for just two months waiting for a relief that never came and were finally salvaged by a detachment of Pioneers. Both men were casuals who had ? been shot into the 23rd Infantry and suffered its troubles and triumphs from St. Mihiel to the Argonne, where they were finally put on guard over excess baggage left behind when the doughboys started on their victorious drive through the woods. The pair were posted in a building near the town of Exermont and ordered " ' ? *? 1.42 4. to wait for the return 01 tneir oumu But the outfit never returned?it kept on going?and Johnson and ' Spoerke stuck to their post while days turned into weeks and weeks into months. They saw troops going in and coming out along the road across the hill, but they saw no relief. And then, when the armistice was signed, they saw no one at all. For awhile they took turns holding up passing trucks for a spare ration, but it was a long way to the high road, and soon that ceased to be a source of supply. With one man on fmard the other forasred brought back his trophies and divid ed them with his pal. Finally, on December 14, a detachment of the 805th Pioneers, found, among the discarded packs, bedding rolls and equipment, two lonely and hairy doughboys quite ready to be ' salvaged and turned over to the cook and barber for external and internal repairs. They are now recuperating and rubbing smooth chins." , I STATE DAIRYMEN TO ORGANIZE Clemson College, March 6.?The dJnrymen of this state have called a meeting to be held in Columbia at the Jefferson hotel at 10 A. M., March 11, for the purpose of organ' izing a South Carolina Dairy Associ ation. All dairymen in the state, both those interested in the production and those, interested in the manufacture of dairy products, are urged to attend and help in this forward move. Dairying in South Carolina has made notable progress in the last year or so, says Thos. W. Moseley Extension Dairy Husbandman, and the organization of a live State Dairy ? Association will do more than any other one thing to establish the in dlistrv and nilf. if. in ifa nrnnoT liorli ? r ? r*vrv* "b" before th$ pepole. VISITING AMONG FRIENDS. Mrs .C. F. Marshall, of Atlanta spent several days last week with Mrs. C. S. Jones. As Miss Mabe Jones, she has visited here before and had many admirers and friends who were glad to have her come again and who were glad to see her h?jndsome young son. CHURCH SOCIETY. The Ladies' Society of the Associ ate Reformed Presbyterian Church met with Miss Lily Clark Thursday afternoon at four o'lock. The meeting was pleasant for all the ladies in attendance. Hot chocolate and bonbons were served at the close of the meeting. THE GOVERNOR IN GREENWOOD Governor Robert A. Cooper will attend the Men's Convention which will be held in the First Baptist church March 18th and 19th and will preside at the session Wednesday nfternoon. About 400 delegates are expected. CITY GARAGE Official Ever eady Service Station FreeT esting ?Courteous Service nnd Guaranteed Repair* on all standard makes of Storage Batteries. I % jPURfc BRED POULTRY I i | What Ciemscn's Poultry Divsicn is Doing. Clemson College. ? Improvements 1 j are being constantly made in the poul j try plant operated by the Division of ' Poultry Husbandry of Clemson Col" J lege. The main object in establishing ,1 this plant was to enable the students j taking the poultry course at the Colli lege to study and handle typical spccimens in the popular breeds of poul' try, and also to supply breeding stock | of high quality to the farmers of the State and to others who wish to imi prove the breed of chickens kept at home. I The following breeds are reprssejtti ed: Barred Plymcith Rocks, in which i both the cockerel-bred and pullet-bred lines of breeding are being carriod on separately; Single Comb Rhode Island ' Reds, White Wyandottes, Single Comb , Buff Orpingtons, Dark Cornish (Indian Game), Black Lungshans and Single Pnmh Whitfi Lrsrhorns. Every specimen in these breeding 1 pens has been personally selected, and ! many State Champions, blue ribbon winners, and fowls of exceptional merit can be found therein. For example, the cock heading the first pen of Rhode Island Reds is a brother of the State Champion Male; the cock at the head of the Barred Plymouth Rock pen for producing exhibition cockerels came from Judge Cosh in New Jersey at a large outlay; the dark Cornish pen contains females thai were never beaten in the shows of South Carolina. For four years Clemson College I bred the Tom Barron strain of heavy , laying Single Comb White Leghorns. The stock and eggs of this strain have ; been distributed over the State and ' the females are certainly heavy egg producers. However, there is one obi jection to this strain of White Leghorns and that is their unfitness for exhibition purposes. Since every other ! breed of poultry kept at the College i is of the highest quality) the Tom Barron White Leghorns with their big combs, high tails and -sometimes 1 brassy plumage looked entirely out of 1 place. j This year a breeding pen of the best exhibition strain of Single Comb White Leghorns has just been obtained from the leading breeder of Illinois. The male won second at the recent Chicago Show in a class of nirar throa hnnrlrer] L.fiSrhornS. Wllile the females are of the same high quality. As many chicks as possible will be reared from this pen so that j the fiock of "W^ite Leghorns will ho built up.to its former number. While it is not the intention of the Division of Poultry Husbandry to j grow stock for sale or to sell eggs for hatching, it frequently happens that fine breeding and exhibition birds can* be obtained and also a few sittings of eggs from some of these high class breeding pens. That the farmers and ; breeders of the State are availing ' themselves of this opportunity to ob, tain the besttbreeding stock and eggs is shown by the fact that the demand far exceeds the supply. Further information can be obtained from the Division of Poultry Husi t ,7Prtnncinn Corvicp fllemSOTl uanui j, UAV^uoivu wv* . .vwy ~ | College, S. C. PRESERVE EGGS. i Water Glass Keeps Them at Two Cents Per Dozen. j Clemson College.?The preservation i of eggs in a solution of water glass ! is increasing in popularity every year. It is unquestionably a successful method of keeping fresh eggs from spring until the winter months. The process is very simple and no loss can be sustained if the eggs are placed in the solution the day they are laid and the solution is pure and suitable for the purpose. Unless a good grade of water glass for preserving eggs can be obtained I from the local druggist, it is preferable to order the liquid direct from the manufacturers. One gallon of the j "E" brand used will make sufficient preserving solution to cover from fifty I to eighty dozen eggs. A gallon can , shipped by prepaid Parcel Post costs i - littio mnrp lhan SI.00. The expense i of the solution is, therefore, less than [ 2c per dozen tggs. Wooden kegs, tubs or pails, store i crocks, galvanized iron cans, or u::y I other convenient vessels will serve j the purpose. It is important to line? the vessel covercfl tightly to prevent | the preserving solutisn drying down ! and exposing the eggs. At least two tenches of solution should be above the , fop laye*- of eggs. The vessels containing the eggs should be kept undi.r the house or in a cool place in suml mer, and in the pantry in-cold weather. It has been found, however, that! even if the solution froze solid the ! eggs were not injured in ar.y way. The | name nf tho maniifacturer of water j ' glass and further information can be j obtained from the Extension Service j , of Clemson College. I j i ! Do not wait when insects are found i ; doing damage to crops of any kind, j Start control measures at once. If 1 control measures ate not known, see i your County Demonstration Agent or I write to the Division of Entomology, j j Clemson College. The best results are | j secured by prevention. The deeper yon cultivate your brain the better the soil of your farm will produce. Fall field-selected seed;corn will outfield spring crib-3elected seed corn. PART OF 30TH DIVISION WILL DISEMBARK ^T CHARLESTON ( North Carolina Unit of Thirtieth ^ Sails?113th Field Artillery to Land at Newport News? j I Will Be Paraded in Raleigh. J Washington, March 10.?Depar- I ture for home of the 113th field artillery, the Thirtieth division, was \ reported today to the War Department. This is among the first units! I of the Thirtieth to return. It wasj comprised originally of the old first j ( North Carolina artillery and a part I of the fist North Carolina infantry. The 113th field artillery wiH be I disembarked at Newport News, it was learned officially. The regiment will j be transferred by train to Raleigh, N. C., where it will be paraded, more than 1,000 of its members being p from North Carolina. It will then be sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., for! j .i ?u:i:?I It is still the intention of the War, j Department to disembark as large a! portion of the _Cth division as can g be handled at Charleston, S. C., but, I it was said today, the facilities there' j ar.d at Camp Jackson have not beenj completed. : q BURGLARY. fl The tailoring shop of Ed. Guillard I was entered one night last week and I i considerable quantity of clothing! stolen. Sheriff Burts got on track of g the .criminals and arrested them in I Honea Path. They are negroes by.B the name of Chiles. Most of the I clothing, which belonged to custom- !R ers of the shop, has been recovered. S LIST OF COMMITTEES. * To Secure Signers to Pledge To Re ft duce the Cotton Acreage For 1919. ' ? J. S. Stark has appointed the fol-[fl lowing, shown below, as members of, a committee from the various school districts to get the pledge, adopted at the meeting last Friday, signed by! r.ll the farmers of the county. Those appointed were: Corner, No. 1.?W. S. Manning, E. C. Meschine, J. H. Carlisle. Tlidpe, No 2?S. S. Boles, R. S. Clink-:H scales, J. W. McCalla. J gj Lowndesville, No. 3?W. L. Kennedy, A. M. Bonds, W. L. Bowman. * Rocky River, No. 4?John T Baskin, J. A. Hall, J. T. McAllister. Ford, No. 5?S. A. Speed. \ Sextus?W. M. Castleman, L. T. Loftis, J. H. Bonds. . Latimer?C. G. McAllister, Geo. Tucker, H. T. Storey. Monterey?F. E. Patterson, 0. M.; i | I \yi =? 1 dill \i \-La i * i a i" W Ay ; ( ' Hjifr-sa I : MimHIBBIIBlllllll Lanier, J. M. Bell. Calhoun Falls?F. B. Milford, Monroe Burriss, J. M. Boyd, ''latwoods?R. S. Bowie, W. W. Black, J. D. McGaw. Jethia?N. S. Cason, R. H. Beauford, W. T. Langley. , lock Springs?J. R. Sheffield, W. M. Jamieson, M. J. Ashley. lay?Robt. B. Bowen, C. W. Norris, J. T. Cooley. Vinona?J. W. Dodson, J M. Smith, D. S. Kenndey. lall?W. J. Cann, W. H. McKie, J. M. Nelson 'ana?W. E. Corley, J. M. Anderson, ^ebanon?J. S. Gibert, S. T. Ramey, Charley B. Evans. )onalds?J. A. Tribble, C. H. Dod-j son, W. R. Dunn. 'ineville?S. 0. Botts, E R. Miller, I. A. Cannon. fermillion?J. P. Smith, S. 0. Fant. j 'onville?J. H. Ferguson, S A. Coch-j ran, V. D Murchison. Eureka?J. C. Morrow. T. H. Med lock. Sroadmouth?R. A. Coleman, G. L. j Burts, J. H. Shaw. Imithville?R. R. Tolbert, G. R. Tol-j bert, R. B. Jones 'romised Land?J A. Fell, 'T. P. Thomson. Central?W. A. Hannah, G. A. HanLOANS NEVER B UntiL} \ \ which to out your ? that are STANDS kind m< Standard STANDARD B! Otto Bristow, Se i.i<i?iiii<itiiiiiiimiiitiitiiiiiiritiiiiiii!i]iiiiiiiirtiiMtrf9iitniiiiitiminiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiniiiiii!!i!iiiiiiiiiitllil Pick th clothes \ of them \]^\ Make ujc J / Suit that y / ever on the J And dor ^0/. times like than a hors your mon( truth teller This stoi with their every buye we doubt ^ tution in th truth and t Schloss Br< PARK nah, T. S. Palmer. i Hagan?Brown Bowie, W. J. HcKee, H. W. Nickles Parks Creek?A. iCl. Milford, J. Kay Carwile, Ellis Bros. Keowee?J. R. Pruitt, W. D. Thomas J. C. Burton. Due West?S. M. Watt, J. N. Nance, T. S. Ellis. Campbell?J. A. Campbell, S. M. Beaty, W. B. Mann. Antreville?W. D. Bell, J. T. Erwin, E. L, Bell, S. J. Wakefield. Union?W W. Wilson, Moffatt Ellis, R. L. Young. Sunny Slope?E. A. Blanchett, H. J. Taylor, C. H. Pennell. Cold Springs?W. B. Uldrick, J. M. Winn, J. L. McCombs. Long Cane?R. H. Stevenson, J. R. j Lomax, T. H. Botts. Sharon?J. B. Wilson, R. W. KnoxJ J. A. Williams. Bethel?F. J. Sutherland, Allen Ra-| mey, W. J. E. Scott. Abbeville?W. H. Long, Dewitt Hall,!' R. S. Link, W. P. Wham. |1 Warrenton?F. W. Wilson, A. B. ' Rnslpr. H M_ Mnnrlv Reid?Roy Gilmer, 0. S. Cochran, ' J. B. Price. j 1 Brownlee?W. E. Williams, R. R.;1 Price, Clyde Sharp. It is hoped by those having charge THAT AR DUE fou have built up a fui j.1 ~ repay mem, pi u v iucu y u part of the contract, are 1 proving so popular. Tha U*D'S PLAN. Loans ly be obtained now. I's Plan. UILDING & LOAN cretary. " J.\ e store an _._ni win lane c< iselves? ) your mind in buying a i ou'll have to depend mor s man you make your chec t't forget that in reconstr these, you can get stung se can trot if the firm yoi 3y to isn't a dyed in the re is meeting new corn old fashioned policy of .1 . J n i r tne utmost ior nis mont iwfully if there's anothei e city that will give you so ailoring as is expressed ir )s. and Styleplus Spring S :er & re] I11JMB1IIIIII of the work that those appointed will get together and arrange the territory for each to canvass and that this will be done at once. It is understood that where a tenant will not agree to not plant over 12 acres to the plow that the agreement as to the landowner accceptin& two-thirds of his rent in cotton will not hold *ood.^ It is expected, however, that Doth landowner and tenant will sign the pledge. It is desired that all farmers, white and colored, sign the agreement. Chairman Stark desires ;he committees to "get busy" at once *et the pledges signed and returned to him. The following is the pledge as idopted: ^ State of South Carolina, , County of Abbeville. No. Acres Planted in 1918 Will plant in 1919 I hereby pledge myself to plant not jver 12 acres in cotton per plow, for ;he year 1919, and also agree to accept from my renters two-thirds of ny rent in cotton and one-third of :he other crops raised by the tenants on my farm, and also pledge myself., to raise foodstuffs for man and beast sufficient to run the farm. Signed id with u carry the kind it is the ?I I Try the 9| *s B IASSOCTION 11 bbeville, S. C. II iiiiiiniiiiiiini I d the 11 ire 11 S I 1 SI HI spring l? e than || ik to. M uction H faster jj i hand jj 5 wool n m 8B litions . |j^H giving J|^H >y and ||^H 1 insti- ||^H i much l these f|^H uits at si^^M