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FIRST REGIMENT I SAFELY Iff CAMP i Conditions in Cantonment at ?1 Paso Little Different From Those at Styx, The State. In Camp at Fort Bliss, near El Paso, Texas, Aug. 12.?The First South. Carolina regiment of infantry under command of Col. E. M. Blythe reached the border yesterday and went into camp on the mesa seven miles out of El Paso and something over a mile beyond Fort Bliss. The j mAfi nut to work at once clear-1 lug the camp site of mesquite, sage brush and cactus and within a short ' ?pace of time the'brush had all been j cut away and the t?nts pitched. The first section of the regiment reached E! Paso about 10 o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning and were taken out to the camp site by a switch engine. They commenced immediately to make camp. The second section under >Maj. Spratt arrived about two ihours after the first and tile third section under Col. Blythej reached camp between 5 and 6 o'clocK. United States regulars and National Guardsmen from all parts of the country are encamped in and around El Paso. It being estimated that there are 35,000 now encamped here and 25,000 more are expected within the next few days. The El Paso district is a part of the Southern department under command of Maj. Gen. ? -irw^oLrinV TTHmaton. Hills or ^fountains. El Paso is set at the foot of somej ftigh Sills, mountains, some call them. "The hills are absolute# bare of vegelatioi resembling somewhat the sand <dunes on the coast. The absence of trees is the most notable feature of this country and that with the sage brush, cactus^ mesquite, and alkali dust, givfcs "omething of the idea of ?~v~ * n.* Q Aimn aitft the South ^U ?L1U\X vt v*? y _?_ _ _ Cai lina boys have. The range of hills encircling El Paso continue up beyond where the X metto boys are located. The high range of bare hills to the west make a picturesiuc background for the camp. From this range of ihills down ivtJie Rio Grange the country is aevol and the camp c.te i3 therefore admirably located. Tlie pi>ys stcoH tha four days' trip well and detrained in good spirits and in fine health. They 7 *? glad *o set on the border and set zo work putting up their tents without any delay and with buoyant spirits. Wattr hues lad already been run into- the camp. The latrines had ah'e.uiy ')eoa i<nd off and details under Capt. Tu.stice set to work this morning building tae latrines, the lumber and all materials for the work having been placed on the ground prior to the arrivil i*r t".:e troops. Te sanitation and health condition^ of the camp are all that could be desired. The site is well selected. Only One Difference. The camp site is a good deal like that at Styx except for the lack of j shade. Of course rain is almost an unknown quanity in this country end for that reason there will be more dust but even here the Palmetto bpys are ahead for the railroad keeps off ^ ?fr?AAnc the dust from tne reuusji V dULlCb | "who are encamped just across tha track. Col. W. K. Wright, the commander of the brigade composed of the two outh Carolina regiments and the regiment from Florida, was on the u'Ji^.n the First reached camp, j -Col. Wright greeted Col. BIythe cordially and they together went over the camp and saw that everything was done properly. Gapt. Young, Col. "Wright's adjutant, gave Capt. Mahon, Co 1. Blythe's adjutant, information about the details which had been attended to and which were to be done. Col. Wright is in command of the Twenty-third infantry of the regular army, and ranks high in the service. It is considered a splendid thing that lie will command the brigade. v \Vpt Jeter got the first mail this morning and distrioutea it in Mail should be addressed to the company to which, the men addressed belong. First South Carolina infantry, El Paso, Texas. Arrangements have t>een made to ihave the mail promptly delivered in the camp. 2Cot Bad Weather. Xtoe weather here so far lias been ideal The higest temperature yesterday was 92 and the lowest last nigiht was 71. There is very little huin the air ihere which makes it much cooler than in South Carolina j at the same temperature. Last night was a good introduction for the men 011 the border. The moon was shining bright and the air was balmy. It was necessary to crawl under blankets before day this morning. j Capt. R. . Heyward's company, the Smyth Rifles of Pelzer, did guard duty last night The machine gun^ company under Capt. Ramer went on | guard this afternoon. Rations were issued to the men today, they having subsisted on travel rations during the trip out here. And rhp farp on the trin was solendid, everybody even looking better when the trip was finished than when they entrained at Styx. The men spent today putting the camp into shape and straightening up things after the long ride from South Carolina. They are glad to be here and already have the appearance of veterans. SA11 along the route where the different sections stopped the peo pie, and* especialy the girls, complimented the Palmetto boys on their fine appearance and the way in which they conducted themselves. There were several places- wihere - the trains stopped and the men were given greetings by the people but at no place was there the slightest disorder or even any suggestive remarki. Col. Blythe and the officers and men of the First are making a fine record for ?1~ fflflantintr TlAT tiiyuu cno a mvmv. oil the Palmetto State. The First arrived in camp, with 1,006 enlisted men and 49 officers. Six enlisted men and two officers.are absent and will join the regiment later. Camp Already Clean. The camp was as clean as a whistle this afternoon. The mesquites, cactus and sage brush had all been cut and collected and hauled off in trucks. There have been some horned toads and sand lizards seen in camp but nothing worse so far. Lieut. Col. J. B. Allison or the second South Carolina was a visitor in camp today. Col. Allison is ta native of York, a graduate of the Citadel ard was with the Sixth infantry whe:?. !he was named by Gov. Manning as lieutenant colonel of the Seconl South Carolina. Gen. Bell, who is in command of the El Paso district, was a visitor in the First regiment camp this morning. Very few of the men recognized him, but he walked over the cam? and took in the general situation. The Pennsylvania troops, 12,000 strong, are encamped just across the railroad from the South Carolina tioops. A great many of them have come over and extended greetings to the Palmetto 'boys. They are a fine body of troops and comprise a division under their own major general. The South Carolinians are encamped in a triangle formed by two railro3ds. They are about seven miles from El Paso and beginning at 1 o'clock each afternoon shuttle trains qrft run to and from EI Paso every hour for a round trip of 25 cents. W. F. Caldwell. Just Like a Woman. "I hute 'to be contradicted/ she said. "Then I won't coni tradict you," he returned. "You don't love me," she asserted. "I don't," he admitted. "You are a .hateful thing!" she i. cried. "I am," he replied. "I believe yo<u are trying to tease me,'' she said. "I am." "And you do not love me." "I don't/' "Well," she said at last. "I do hats a man who's weak enough, to be led by a woman."?Washington Post. I Colds || should be "nipped in the I nji Pyl bud*', for if allowed to run j/u| Wjflunchecked, serious results TV] MM may follow. Numerous uLi I | leases of consumption, pneu- j|K I Imonia, and other fatal dis- II I | leases, can be ^aced back to II I I a cold. At the first sign of a 11 Ill cold, protect yourself by I I thoroughly cleansing your [ system with a few doses of THEDFORD'S BLACKDRAUGHT - - 1 llBluie oia nriicUMc, icgnouw ||ii II liver ponder. Ill} Mr. Chas. A." Raglaad, o? 111 ||j| Madison Heights, Vsl, sayi; I!l| ||3| "I have bees using Thed- |||| Mil ford's Black-Draught for Ijuj jlistomach troubles, indiges-n!| tion. and colds, and find ittoMJM AI be the very best medicine 1 i/V| Ml ever used. It makes aa old 1/j man feel like a young one." In 0| Insist on Thedford's, the Qj original and genuine. E-67 Mfl i TRIP TO BORDER WAS INTERESTING Carolina Privates Seemed to Hutc Things Their Own Hay With Texas Belles. The State. Tn f/?mn in the El Paso Patrol Dis ? trict on the Texas Border, Aug. 15.? There have been many interesting things for the South Carolina soldier.; to see on the trip from Camp Moore below Columbia to El Paso, Texas But no part of the journey furnished as many surprises as the long ride of 820 miles across the great Lone Star State. * j* The First regiment enierea xexaa at Texarkana, a splendid city about the size of Anderson, which lies hail" in Texas and half in Arkansas. There the farming country is good and the girls iare pretty. Dallas and Fort Worth are big towns, modem and progressive, and both over 100,000 inhabitants. From Fort Worth on through the State over the Texas & Pacific railway *he country is roll; .g an1 near hi Pa?o ountainous Mesauite. oage brush r.nd stubble make up the ;e?'ration and the j.rincipal industry is ^att.le. Great herds were seen. One railroad man said that the Hereford was the best beef cattle. At sever ti places fine herds or Hereford were passed. The pnairie dogs, jack rabbits and the old familiar South Carolina rabbits were seen in large numbers in the western part of the State. The Mexicans live in large numbers all along the way and increase as the border is reached. All the laborers are Mexicans and they are very much * - A - ** V* /\nm lll?6 tH6 piciures OI i/UeiLL aoxvYTjuL a** . the movies. Friday morning the train J passed a typical Western town with its frame dwelling and old time saloon pictured in all stories ot West ern life. The guardsmen hiave seen cowboys, ranchmen and all the characters of the West. Just beyond Van Haren. about 13 miles from the border, the boys sighted on the left of the railroad a Texas ranger r.ith his outfit These intre* pid watchmen are the terrors of | Mexicans and have done fine duty in! i guarding the border. I At Sweetwater, which is on th"! edge of the long monotonous alkali j district, the men detrained for a few minutes' exercise and the band serenaded the inhabitants who had ??'thered at the station. The people ai ialong the route were very friendK and the girls appeared to be "struck" cn the Palmetto privates. They wouldn't have much to do with tin officers but "made up" at once with tte men and there was much exchanging of addresses and promises of cor? ? * il. - - respondence. Like tne men 01 tue sw the South Carolina. boys found sweethearts in every town, and especially i-i every Texan town. And they ar-*> well worth knowing?good lookin and attractive in every way. The elevation toward the border gradually increased until at Allamor; ii-. is 4,555 feet above the sea level. One interesting sight at this point was the little Mexicans. Several j families live in houses very much like I negro tenements and the inmates evi-j ccntly do not ha<*c much use footer. i Prom Allamore the road descends somewhat. At Cerro Gorao trie xraia i switched over to the Southern PacifL I and followed that line into El Paso. | For some distance out of B1 PasD,1 the train ran close by the Rio Grande | close enough to hurl a roek\into Mexico. The train passed through several encampments of soldiers who are guarding the border. Most of them were National Guardsmen from Wv-ffhor-n states. Alkali dust covered and colored everything and everybody long before the border -was reached. I fWl F. Caldwell. I I lANDERSON SECTION ESCAPES ANY LOSS River in That Vicinity Rises Only Three Feet, as if for Heavy Shower. I The State. Anderson, Aug. 14.?High water on the Seneca river as a result of tin breaking of the Lake Toxaway daaa did not do any damage in this vicinity. The owners of Portman Skoals power plant drained the pond above the dam and prepared for iheavy waters. The river rose only three feet. which is nothing more than tihe result that comes from a heavy rain -up the watershed. The power plant has been operating all day long and carrying full capacity. Large quanti ties of timber and trees, which ha.l been pulled up by the roots and debris have been floating down the river. All extra forces have been recalled from the power dam and water is receding. NOTICE OF ELECTION IN WHEELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. SI. Whereas, one-third of the resident electors and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of twenty-one years, n tne wneeianu school district No. 31 of the County of Newberry, State of South Carolina, have filed a petition with the County Board of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting that an election be held in said School District on the question of levying an additional epe?ial tax of two (2) mills to be collecton all the taxable property within the said School District. -Vnw. therefore, we tne undersUni ed, composing the County Board of Education for Newberry County, State of South Carolina, do hereby order the Board of Trustees of the Wheeland School District No. 31, to hold ao- election on the said question or levying an additional special tax of two (2) mills to be collected on the property located in the said School District, which said election shall be held at the Wheeland school house in said School District No. 31, on Saturday, the 26th day of August, 1916, at which said election the polls shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 4 p. m The members of the Board of Tru3 tees of said School district snail act as managers of said election. Only suoh electors as reside in said School District and return real or personal property for taxation, a?d who exMbit their tax receipts aui registration certificates as required In general elections, shall be allowed to vote. Electors favoring the levy of suoh tax shall cast a ballot containing the word "Yes" written or printed thereon, and each elector opposed ! to such levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "No" written or printed thereon. j Given under oar hands and seal ; this the 5th day of August, 1916. Chas. P. Barre, 0. B, Cannon. Ben M. Selzter, Members pf Count* Board of Education. i BARBECUES BARBECUE?We will give a first class barbecue at Mt. Pleasant church on August 19, for the benefit of the Pomaria Methodist Parsonage. -All the candidates are special iy invited 10 come a.uu apecun., ao tliey did not get to speak on campaign dijy here. We will be glad to hear all of them speak. Come one, Come all ami help a good cause. td. / Whv Swear. Dear? Use 'Gets-It' for Corns!" It's the New Plan?Simple?Sure as Fate?Applied in a Few Seconds. "Why. John, I never knew you to use such language. I've told you several times it's no use to try those bandages, salves, tapes, plasters and contraptions for corns. Here's some 'Gets-It,' it's just wonderful how easy, 'clear and clean' it makes any corn mFTT > W Hesitate? Use Sure MGets-It** for ThoM Coin** and Save If cur Life and IourW?l comes ngnt oif. Takes but a few seclonds to apply. It dries at once. Put your sock on right over it?there's nothing to stick or roll up, form a bundle of your toe, or press on the ccrn. It's painless, simple as rolling j off a log. Now put away those knives j razors and scissors, use 'Gets-It' and you'll have a sweeter disposition and i no more corns and caluses." | "Gets-It" is sold by druggists every| where, 25c a bottle, or send direct by i E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, 111. Sold ] in Newberry and recommended as the world's best com remedy by Gilder & ! Weeks, W. G. Mayec and P. E. Way. i ? ID UT1VC VUi inaia m And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know What you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine ^nd Iron in a tasteless form The Quniine drives out malaiia, th Iroi builds up tiie system. 50 ceL.o , J i <i> ? 3> County Campaign Schedule, 4 Keitt's Grove, Friday, August 18th. Little Mountain, Tuesday, August 22nd'. dewberry (West End). Saturday, August 26th. The meeting at 'WMtmire will begin at 2 p. m. The meeting at West End wil begin at 8 p. m. All other meetings will begin at 10:30 a. m,. ... Frank R. Hunter. B. B. LeKzsey, Chairman. . Secretary. # $1 $> CAJfPAIGK 8CHEBCXE * & <t> $><$><?<$><$><$<3>^?<?$>^?$<$<&$ Camden, Friday, August 18. Lancaster, Saturday, August 19. Union, Tuesday, August 2?. Gaffney, Wednesday, August 23/ York, Thursday, August 24. Chester, Friday, August 25. Wlnnsboro, Saturday, August 26. The Other Plotum "A cosy picture, efa; A man lolling j in an easy chair and his beautiful wife leaning over him to light is ci; :r." "You haven't seen the companion picture to it, have you?" "Why, no." "It's the same man savagely chew ing the end of his cigar and writing a check."?Minneapolis News. WANTED?Teacher wanted for Central school. Term begins the 15 of October. Salary $40 per month. Apply to any one of the undersigned. L. A. Shealy, Pomaria. J. D. Koon, Pomaria. G. W. Seybt, Pomaria. Trustees. Annual Mountaii EXCU1 AUGUST VI ! Charleston and Wes way Co To Spring and M North Carolina, S< Tennessee. Final Limit Septei For Tickets, etc., call on Tick ern: Ge SEAS] ROUND TO FROM NE Summer Exci To Wrightsville Beach To Isle of Palms To Sullivan's Island To Myrtle Beach To Norfolk _ m*-i-- J- 4?-, Mo, TICKeiS UI1 salt; lium ivxaj sive, limited returning un stf-p-over privileges. Schedules and further p nished upon aplication to Ticket Ag? 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"I knew, sir," said the boy, tbat's why I chose it I don't like oranges.' jsasasr Gall Stones, Cancer and Ulcers of the Stomacn and Intestines, iAjuto-Into?lcation, Yellow Jaundice, Appendicitis and other fatal ailments result {root Q+nrruHh Trouble Thousands of StOGB ach Sufferers owe their co> lete recovery to Mayr's Wonderful Remdftjr. Unlike any other for Stomach Ailments. For sale by Gilder & Weeks and druggists everywhere. i and Seashore RSION 23, 1916 A itern Carolina Railmpany. ountain Kesorts in juth Carolina and nber 8th. :et Agent or address EST WILLIAMS, meral Passenger Agent. i HORE - n n :ir f AKUd WBERRY j iirsion Fares j $10.50 7.35 : 7.35 9.45 17.10 j 15 to October 15, inclafil Or>fnhpr St. Tiiheral I wwwivw* articulars cheerfully furT. S. LEFLER, mt C. N. & L. R. R, Newberry, S. C. OAST LINE, w I oad of the South.