Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, 8. 0. PROBLEMS IN NOMENCLATURE WHICH WAR RISK BUREAU HAS TO A - Difficulties the Bdroau - Experie ice§~in Answering Letters and - Maintaining the Correct Addresses of Demobilized Mea-^ r^Tfemviniaress wa* given as Northd« In thejpios nnd wnssturnod over to one of the cleverest ««earehers. Since* the Many Become Transients and Others Give Only Frag mentary Information. Washington.-—Ecce homo] Behold - the Imreau -frolh iti' army camp, and the man!- . . ■=*“ ■— — “Get me this man’s name so that I ■can report definitely on the status of fils Insurance.” That, together with a slip hearing the .memo, “James Hall, (3.721,505) McCall,. South Carolina. Beneficiaries: Mrs. Ella Stalks (wife), Mrs. Fannie Stalks'fmother),” was handed to a file searcher In the bureau of war risk in- *u ranee. The man’s name was given as Hall, -while those of his wife and his mother were given ns Stalks. Patently, something was wrong somexVhere. Just what was wrong, however, was not so evident. To find out wiint and where the error was, was J the job. “Finding the error somebody else made is always the Job of the war risk Index file searchers, and It’s a tough job lf_ they fall to get at the bottom of It. Going Into the Index files section where arc.listed the names of nearly five million men \yho were-inducted Into military service.uhe young wom an made ^complete Inventory of nlf ended as- follows: > _ “Respectfully, “Private Divls Spruce, —V. - Hastings, Pa.” record card as Andrew ThtTn- Gin Anyone 7 Know?. Ty REV, W. W. KETCHUM - PjrffWf r f the F.vehjug Classes, Moody Bible lnetituto. Chicago THE JOY OF MOTHERHOOD Came to thi» Woman after SS 1 * Taking Lydia E. Pinkham’i kata* slie. assumed. In view of the fa<$ that there were many Indians listed from that state, that his must .be an Indian name. She immediately added ,, J t K y.T.7 Ti h .V* lnR!r ’ n ,,,, , . , * Jinto you .that bellev&^on the name of the I hunder to his name and found the Json .of jSo4t-"ttiST^y# may know that y* ROOFS GIVEN MORE THOUGHT v Good der, in less than three minutes after - l ie T ve u on r A!’® n , a r me ’ ot the Son of Go ’ 3 Miss Blue Sweater’ was t assigned to the letter with Instructions to secure -the man’s policy number that certain Information requested as to the stand ing of his insurance might be furnish ed him. , •*- - ■ . The name of .Pi.vis Spruce could not he found in the files. Then came the time for imagination nnd deduction. No matter, how the name was split to make .some other plausible name, the tiles could not produce results. -Finally the young woman decided- to-fHhlgass a letter to the man nt lut ings, Pa., requesting him to furbish in formation about himself. ]n dugTime the letter was returned to the bureau as unclaimed. This’did nof put an end to the search by nny^ means. Imagination and deduction again were brought into the case, and a further study of the original letterrlwns made. - ~ Divis Sj>r«tsi\ Spruce Division. Of course! The -Hpruce Division! The Spruce division was a part of, the American army. Miss Blue Sweater secured*a roster she had been ask,ed to lend her aid. Carelessness.or .unavoidable haste in writing up Insurance applications on the-Form 1-B. by which a man enter ing the service requests or disclaims government allowance to dependents, and failure to include complete identi fying information In a lette/vOf in quiry. constitute the. largest single ■cause in the bureau’s delay-in nnswer- ing' mail: " * AayUetter addressed to the bureau Vm any matter pertaining to ^service man should-contain his name in full— first, last, and middle; it should state his rank and organization at the time “Form 1-B” was filed, or at the time insurance application was made;' his present home address and former ad dress If the address has been changed; the first, middle and last-name of his i beneficiary, and present and former | address, If_ the address, has been changed. 4 - The names of the nearly five mil lion men >yho'were inducted under the selective dra/I, and those who have I Joimsl up since the armistice, are, on cnrdsMn filing cabinets, whiMi. placed one after the other. \vm»44 make a 4me 4 more than five miles long. , * Just - what cnmplicati/«ns may nrDe have eternal life; ^ven unto you that be lieve on the nar “ “ I John &113 R. V. — Can anyone know In this life whether or not, he is eternally saved? This certainly is an important thing' to know, if it can lie known. •The Bible, the theme of which* is "salvation,-— gives tUU*. information. If anyofie, de^lr- Jjn K. to know Proper Care Bestowed on Them Has Been Found to Pay in More ■— - - Ways Than One. In course of* the clean-up and paint* ap movement, which produced good re sults in many towns and cities, repairs of all sorts were brought about. The householder who looked over his prop erty In—the spring, frith a-view of merely removing rubbish from back yards and alleys, found that there was much to be done, and as a result of recent experiences In wffr~«A»nomle8 has been inclined’to study methods of saving. One of the Interesting features of the “paint-up” activities has been un- whether - he Tin giufil egre In rhooslpg colors. Since ! / Vegetable Compound to eternally v e d, will go to the Bi ble, It will tell him, for it speaks in unmistakable terms. First of all, the Bible states plain- 1 ment of labor. Hoofs ly that all people of whatever race nlzed as lmprtHa when there Is failure to include thl of the Spruce division from Urn war department and searched through the '''* p '*0 ing data, may he imagined nearly 40.000 names frtr n man who from tU * fbct-tfcnt a comparison shows ! that the repetition Tif niimes In the Hv*sl at Hastings, I'a. In this she was rewarded. The41st sbmvoil only-one tn’an from that town* He vViis' Herman Miller. With this In formal Ion tin* young woman had no difficulty In lindim: the card of Her bies of the bureau is far greater than the repetition of names carried In curd Indexes of commercial companies. Many Bear Same Name. Fifty-three thousand Two hundred Girl Sleuths Searching Caid I rid ox Files. and in thanking III tie admitted he laid forgot- :ti his name to tin* letter. Searchers From All Sections. Girls ^rom every part of the coun try :ire rpqiltivi il as searchers. If a complex case erlues Involving a man’s • Identification, nnd his home * Is In Maine, a girl from that *tnte Is a«sign«Ml to run down tie* mystery and-she near ly always d»*cs. Should *|he state lie California, a#girl lmillfie from the “Coast” si«mi has the correct data-care- fully listed In the files. There ar*t Innnmerahle “wonderful” rcrtses under ifivestlgatlon every day. I but these jdrls are not unlike tlie he roes from France who never exploit the “wonderful” tilings they them- sclvet did hi Hns of duty. I Handwriting experts are employed man Mn3TT.-fTfc.Uiy ngimter 1.877.155 H were-ce-lled into active mill- serial* nnmher m..f H’.-tings. «**T service. TTTe SitiUTTa were not I’a. *. This man was furnished the In- f, ’ r numerically. Coming up to fonmttion he deslr.sl, and in thanking / lu ‘ »-*»nM.lernb|e figure of The 'he bureau he admitted lie had forgot- i ® >,rmvn fnTO-ily with 4^,000 |s next. t«n to sign his name to the letter. M,rTV ,hnn *•••’ !•■♦»• r- Inquiring jmbout Insurance route from men who 1 either fall to give their Identifying or their aildre Tn thou- the thousands of men suruumed Hall. Among them uU there was not one who came ffrtm-Mct’all. South Carolina, nor to determine the identity of many stfc- yet one who had a wife or jnother natures, since every conceivable form whose name even remotely resembled of handwriting roaches the bureau, the “Stalks” given as the name of the Often the body of a letter will he per- two beneficiaries. Calls for Nimble Wst., This, clearly, was a ca^e for the use of that specially ntiiHde wit and Hire deductive faculty which has character ized much of the work* hf the.,search* ers of tin* index files, and given them a process of procedure- _whlch might be used' to add a leaf to the book of the Burnses, the I’inkertons and the Flynns. “Well,” remarked the girl charged with producing the needed Informa tion. “this jptm may he ‘Stalk,’ since that Is the nanu>-given for his wife ami mother,” t ■ 'But search through the “Stalks” broughtTwthlng to Identify the case. “Still,” she persisted, nnd they al ways do persist, —these girls. “His name must be some kind of a ‘Stalk.’ but what kind? Corn stalks, bean stalks, and enhbage stalks are the only kind of stalks I know anything about st> Til just look them up.” And sure enough, it turned out that his name was “some kind of a Stalk.” Cabbage stalks, in fact, nnd his index card was duly changed to rend: “James Cnbbngestalks, (3,721.505) MeCall, South Carolina; beneficiaries, Mrs. Elia Cabbagestalks (wife). Mrs. Fannie- Cnhhagestalks (mother).” “You see that girl wearing the blue sweater over there,” said one young woman. The girl of the blue sweater appear ed so young she might have just left school. She .was searching some in dex cards, her fingers rapidly running XYdTnrone to another. With each flap : of the card she had taken a mental note of the inscription therebn. but to the. observer she was making a speed record tn touching every card in the file drawer. Suddenly—Bang!. The drawer ,was closed. She moved a foot to the right, began another Marathon in card move ments, selected one. made a notation on a slip of paper she curried, placed the card among the others, closed the drawer, and walked toward the man who Is in charge of the file section. This and as a dote been_ under Investigating for some days. . • The “Divis Mystery- . | tfy it from the man's original signa the title of this strange case might rare. , * _ he the “Dfvto mystery” with Vila Bine A clever piece of deduction ru that ••eater at the detective heroine, v | tn the case of Andrew Good ef A typew ritten letter was received by Deketa. HU name coaid nat he number sands of cjfv 4 >< they gl\v their address, hut due to the fact that there are oth ers with similar names who live In the same city, nnd have moved this Infor mation Is of little value to the girl s» archers. Actual figures show! that more than half the soldiers, sailors nnd marines have imfrecl since leaving the service. Few forwarded a notrCe «»f a change of address. This left 'the bureau with only the name of the man for record, but through It* system of tracing men. Iprge numbers have been loented by the girl sleuths nnd their correct nd- drosses have been listed. Many amazing discoveries have been made In names, and the ^number of ways they can be spelled. One young woman has tabulated 49 ways, so far discovered to spell Aloyslus. Another has.specialized In the spell ing of Ignntz. She has found 18 wayrf to' speJI this name. Still another has found that John can he spelled 24 ways. To Rartholdt Otto Aabel,- (policy •number 3.203,838) of Mlnden, Neb., be longs the distinction of having his name the first' In all the card Index files. The lasp can! in the file hears the name of Wladyslaus Char 1 e&^Zyxes, p<>1 Icy uumher T.802.6S9) Of 4tM Maury street, Rome, N. Y. . Constant combing Is necessary to keep the tiles qp to date. Checking Names of Soldier Survivors. fectlyJU?gible. hut the signature will prove to be one of those nonforgeable Jumbles of pen strokes which are the delight and pet hobby of then writer and the_ despair of every hopeful render. Silent letters in names must always he taken into consideration. The name -of Hiynack Is a good example where the silent letter Is the key letter for searching, but at the same time it is particularly dead In pronunciation. This name 4p proriouncetLLynark, and in the hurry of writing, oftein names are misspelled, when on the surface they appear very simple and correct. Foreign, names nra often typed hte correctly because the soldier nt the time of making" application Tor Insur ance may have been unfamiliar with English and made a mistake In re peating the spelling to the army or navy clerk. This Is a great source of worty to searchers. — •-^’Nsmes Spelled Many Ways. J Frequently ope man’s name may be spelled tn four or five ways. If rela- Georgian Too Tired to _ Crank Up His Auto Atlanta, Ga.—And now the laziest man! Lawson Collier, an autolst, was coming Into Atlanta, when he overtook an old car stopped by 4he roadside. The occupants were in animated’conversation. Thinking he might be of assist ance. Collier stopped and asked .if he could help. “You might pull us down the road a-'piece to start my auto,” said the tired-looking own^ff Collier hacked up. pulled out a piece of rope, and pulloij the auto about 50 -yards, and then asked what the trouble was. ^10h, nothing at all.” Said his neighbor. “I Just didn’t want to take the trouble to crank It.” U. S. LOSES 4,480 CAPTURED i: - V Eighth Army Division Makes Low Rec ord With Only One Man Captured. ^ Washington. D. C.—A rechecklng by the war department of the figures up to June 3 shows the total* number of Americans captured by the enemy In France was 4.480, of whom 316 were pantomime was quickly enacted. |^ nP rranre wns OI It turned out It broucht to tW *** parent * someone interested ; officers. The Twenty-eighth division remarkable case whieh had ,a h ** welfare ,n< l w,rM about his Insur- was the heaviest loser with IS olfi- or class are lost. This message of the Rible Is resent ed by many, but why should we resent knowing the truth about outwelves, especially since God. who tells ujj we are lost, also telfS ps that he ha<? (hade provision whereby we may be saved? Is It not better that we know our actual condition than to go on in Ig norance of It? If we know’ *ve are lost, and also - know Uiere Is sAlvatton for the .lost, then we uiuy. be Paved If we desire. If for a single moment ych doubt that nil men are lost, I would ask you to. read the third chapter, of Romans, and find out Just what God sf.ysj* the actual condition of all men. The teach ing of tills chapter In RomchM. ,u4iich Is.gonfirmed l»y other portions *»f the Word of God, gives, the plain, un- varnlshi’d truth concerning this matter. It should »-tIr us to the very deptlm of our beings, and would leave j|* In ho|H>- l«*ss despair If G«m1 did not nt once tell us .that he has graciously provided. In the Lord Jesus ()hrlst r salvation f ( »r all men. und that they mar* lie saves I if they will take Christ as Itfpir Savior. In the next place the Blhle makes n dear distinction between |>eople who have taken Christ by faith as their Savior and those who have not done so. It says of those who hnve fnllod to make Christ their Savior that because of this failure, since they are afflicted with sin, they shall perish. Whnt could be plainer concerning this than the statement of our Lord himself, spoken to those who hnve not settled this mo mentous question. “Unless* ye repent ye Rhnll nil likewise perish;" or this one, “He that betteveth not the Son shall not see life, but the wruth of God nhideth on him.” You see, the Bible does not leave anyone, who has not taken the Lord Jasus Christ as his personal Savior, In doubt for a moment as to whether or not he Is saved, hut plainly tells him that .he Is lost. Now what does the Blhle say of that person who has by faith accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior? Does It tay of Jilin that he is eternally snved r: «x ( ^ >eR leave him tn doubt? Logically. If the ryie who has not tak en Christ as his Savior Is eternally lost, then conversely It Is true that the one who haS teketr Cbrlst as his Savior Is eternally suvett.“_But does the Bible teach this, anlTdoes It as plainly give "the .believer in the Lord Jesus Christ the assurance of his sal- 1/ vatlon, as It gives the unbeliever the assurance that he Is lost? It certain ly seems reasonable that If one who falls to accept Christ as his Savior can know he is eternally lest, the one who accepts Christ as his Savior should he able to know he is eternally i saved. This Is precisely what our text j says the believer may know: “These things have I written unto you-*-that ye may know,” not hope, nor feel, hut “know that ye have eternal life.” j Numerous passages In the Word of j God substantiate this teaching, and It Is <mly because we have hearts of un belief that we ever doubt -it. It Is so jeonderful, and It seems too good to be true, that God^ should eternally save those who accept Christ as their per- | sonal Savior. But it Is true just the same, for God has said it, ami he can not lie. / It Is a marvel of God’s grace that the believer In the Lord Jesus’Christ at-once has eternal life (John 3:16); that he parses at once from death unto life, and that he shall not come Into judgment (John 5:24). God who saves has promised to finish the job, and has made.provlsion to do so. It Is 1 not for us. If we really Imve appropri ated Christ as our Savior, to doubt that God will faithfully finish our sAl- votlon; but as PaJ tells the Phlllppl- ans (I’hll. 1:6), so should we he con fident of this very thing, ‘UU&t he which hath begun a good wot;k in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ” the ending of the -war a wide scale of colors Is again offered, and more atten tion t+ian at any previous time has' been paid to general effect, according to reports received by the own-your- own-home section. Information and etf- fleatlon service, UpRed ^States depict* ve been recog- in the color schemes, ” arUstity results being ob tained by the tjse* of paint in harmoniz ing or contrasting hues. 0 As a matter of conservation In the clean-up and pnlnt-up campaigns the repair of roofs has been studied and various methods have been employed to prevent the expense and labor <>f J replacing wooden shingles. Prepara tions of usphult are now commonly employed, for they have the advan tage of recotuhiendiiig themsel\£s to fire, insurance companies und they are Inexpensive. In severnF rRffi fhe slo gan. “Suve the old wooden- shingles” has been Incorporated with the regu lar paint-up and Clean-np wutchwords. Ellensburg:, Wash.—** After l __ married I was not well for a long time and a good deal of the time waa not able .to go about Our greatest desire was to have a child in ourtSoine and one day mv husband came back from town with a bottle of Lydl*~E. Pink* ham’s Vegetable Compound 1 and wanted me to try it It brought relief from my troubles. I improved in health so I .-could do my housework; we now have a little one, aU of which I owe to Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound.”— Mrs. O. S. Johnson, R. No. 8, Ellensburg, Wash. There are women everywhere who long for children in their homes yet art denied this hapoiness on account of some functional disorder which in most cases would readily yield to Lydia E.. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Such women should not give up hope until they have given this wonderful medicine a trial, and for special advice write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lyiin, Mass. The result of 40 yean experience is at your service.* Fresh Meat. “At last the wolf Is at the door.” “Well, coax him In and we’ll eat j him.”— ! Bo«toff"Evenlpg i Transcript. For and action Dr P**ry*§ **D#»d Shot” has no ^ul. On* do** only will clt*n out Worm* or Tapeworm. Adv. Going to Be Married. My husband and I went to a strange to«n 4 to he married, arid after we got off -the car we usked a man the way to the courthouse. He told us where to turn after so many blocks and we j started out and arrived nt the Jail. MADE ATTRACTIVE BY VINES «' if i„ »a. married, too?—Chl- ‘ ; eago Tribune. How Rapid-Growing Plants Will Hide Bare Appearance Of Garden ~ - Flower Box. A flower box with the nlde covered by vines present* an attractive uppear- ance. 8lk'h a box la easily made 6y During i n.- Indes In the side of the hot. and planting vines a ln the dirt In side of these holes, taking care to leave the foliage all on the outside Important to Mothara Examine carefully every bottle of . CA8TOKIA. that famous old remedy 1 for Infants and children, and see that It Bears the Signature of In Use for Over 30 Years. < Children Cry for Fletcher’s Caatoria Warming Up. “Well, senator, are you, feeling- the I public pulse these days?” ****—*~ • “I don’t have to exert myself to do that," replied Senator Twobble." *Tm Hwamiietl with telegrams from my cou- 1 stltuents every day and Judging from the way most of those messages read J the public's pulse Is considerably ac- ' celeruted."—Birmingham Age-Herald. while setting the roots deep Into the soli. If planted with Vinca or Wander ing Jew vines, whjch grow very rapid ly, the box will be entirely hidden in a very short time.—Popular Mechanics Magazine. • Strwaw Wit Satan* th* H**t of Bettor Than th* Weak Old p*opl* who *ro f**bl* nod 70s p*op»* who nr* w**k. win b* *tr*«ath*n*4 and enabled to so through the depreealns heat of eummer bj taking Grove’* ft*>e— ohlll tool*. It porta** *od enrich** th* bl**d *nd build* ap th* whol* eyetem. Too c** •oon f**l It* Strengthening, Inrtgorntts* ■er*ct. ioc- Pride of the Home Owner. “That little place yonder, in the blossoms, where trees wave welcome —that’s my home.” r It Is the true home maker—the real home lover—who says that, coming froal the day's tasks, with of home ownership And that is the pride that’s felt by ^ Iora ground Gian) Apricot Tree. On the Muir fruit ranch, between Van Nuys and Lankersblm, Is the largest apricot tree In the world, In the opinion of J. W. Grimes, a well- known figure In the fruit Industry, who Inspected the arboreal giant last week, the Los Angeles Times said recently. It Is thirty-five yenrs-uld. The tree, measured by Mr. Grimes and G. A. Huffnker, was found to be half Inches in rtrrnm- ference at a point two and a half feet It Is twenty five American Shoes in China. American shoes are In high favor among all classes of Chinese. The av erage native, however, Is unable to secure them because of the high prices, and Is obliged to content himself with cloth footgear, nr with very poor-imi tations of the Amerlcnn-style of shoes. Leather shoes are only for the Wealthy. Practically all of the high- grade leather imported Into China for use In shoes comes frott\ the United State* while the lasts are made In Japan and are copies of staple Ameri can styles. Church Must Ba Democratic. An undemocratic church In a demo- Girl searchers must determine which 1 sixth next with 19 officers and 438 cr#tlc *** *■ aD anachronism, and no Is the correct spelling and then ver- men. Tb» one u-atter how ancient her liL.-ag. «.r well man captured- . ” Of the divisions earliest tn line, the First lost no officer! and 153 the Second ffiv^too Av* 153 men.' established her historic position, unless she U Inrtoee and sympathetic touch with those great world movements she U doomed to defeat and to spiritual A Question. “After all. there 1s no place like Peeweecuddyhurnp!” appreciatively said the landlord of the tavern, who aras distended with local pride. "Probably not,” replied a disgruntled nut wily frni T y»tjr kg to a-ork to Improve It—have clean streets, a detent lighting systea.. acquire other laxnrtus and arfrearttlM , —until It resembles a modevu aad pen | on 1m. gfon In California and has made a spe cial study of apricots. Their Class. “Harry bought his bride .a beautl* ful set of moonstones on their wedding trip.” “Jhen I should call them honey- the thousapd owners of the homes of f fp t high. Mr. Grimes Is said to have city streets, ftr the little home places visited almost every..fruit-growing re that help brighten city borders where a greener world begins, remarks the Atlanta Constitution. — - It’s the pride of proprietorship- life’s happiness summed up In a brief sentence; “That’s my home!” Business _ enterprise builds cities, but It builds them around homes. “A city of homes” is the phrase that awakens Interest everywhere: And the age of ownership Is coming to be the wonder of the time, with youth looking providently to the future— planning for It, working for It, with all youth’s hope and strength! The humblest shelter may hold hap piness enough If the one who walks the way that leads to It can say. In the heart’s pride: "That’s my home!” moonstones. U COULD NOT SLEEP] Nr. Schlensner in Misery From Kidney Complaint Doan’s Gave Complete Relief. “Heavy work brought on my kidney complaint,” says Wm. Schleuaner, 6408 Suburban Ave., WelUton, Mo. “One morning when shoeing a horse I was taken with a sudden pain in my back and fell flat on the floor. If I had been hit with a trip ham mer, I couldn’t have suf fered more. I stayed in the house for five weeks and the pain was wearing the life out of me. At times, I couldn’t get a wink of sleep because of the misery and I had to J et up every few moments 6 pase the secretions that were highly colored, of foal odor, filled with sandy sediment and terribly scalding. My bladder felt as though it were afire. The pain brought stupor and a reeling sensation in my head; the torture of it cannot be described. If I got onto my feet I couldn't walk but felt dizsy and aU In a flutter and even thing would tun black. My bead ached bo it seemed aa though my eye* were being dialed oqt. t started using Doan's fiditef rfllf and I was sooa rid of all tbs trouble.“ Subscribed end sworn to before C. H. COOOEBHALL. .Votary rubmr DOAN'S