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IM) WHITK FHiHT 0?? BOKDEK Not Itaro Riot hut Onlv Military (iuim*. itten Think They Have Plenty to Do Commissioned Personnel (iets Keal Vfork. i The -State. In Camp With the South Carolina | Troops in the El Paso P.itrol District J Adinininp- thf> Border. Aug, 31.?The | officers of the First regiment are working out theoretical war problems and a three hour and a half lesson every afternoon under Capt. Brabson, inspector-instructor, is followed by an! actual visit to the ground over which ! the troops would pass in case of actual warfare. v For the purpose of the propositon j it iq -assumed that the officers of the ! First comprise a battalion which is protecting the waterworks which supply El Paso with water and the reservoir where the water is stored. New Mexico and Texas are supposed to tie at war. The officers of the First rep- | resenting the Texans are known as, - the Brown army and the theoretical j force of New Mexico is known as the White army. The New Mexicans are j supposed to have thrown forward one company near Mount Franklin, which overlooks the South Carolina camp, and the enemy is working around 'to j attack the reservoir. A mythical J milkman reports having seen three; ccouts of the enemy who fled towards \ the reservoir. The Brown army is working out the problem of driving the White company out of the mountains and protectingi the reservoir ? "which is suposed to be the Object of their incursion. This is just one of the many lessons which the officers are studying. While all of the men here work hair! j the -work of the officers, of course, j is the heaviest and there is very lit-! tlie rest for themj They are enjoyng, the experience and are making use of. every occasion to become more pro-ficient. . New Lieutenants on Job, Four new second lieutenants have *been commissioned in the First regiment and assigned to companies. They came up from the ranks and j "won their commissions through com-1 petitve examinatons which were open j to all the enlisted men, it 'being thej policy of Col. Blythe and -Col. Springs t/> hold out to the enlisted men this c..ance of advancing if they show themselves proficient. The new lieu tenants are Robert L. Mears, sergeant' it Company A, the Butler Guards of; Greenville, and a graduate of the | Citadel, assigned to Company B. thej Palmetto Rifle-men, cf .Anierson: Claude G. Hammond, supply sergeant) in the headquarters company, a <grad- j uate o! the Citadel, assigned to Oom ptny 1 of Cheraw; Francis J. Beatty, ~ j first sergeant of Company I4i, Butler j Guards of Greenville, assigned to; Company K, commanded fry Capt. ) Henderson of Anderson; Philip C. Clayton, first sergeant of machine grun company of Anderson, assigned to the same company as second lieutenant. He is a graduate ofl S*. j John's, Annapolis. Private H. B. Crowson has been demoted to be a corporal in the ma" ctine gua company of the Second, and j Corporal H. iM. Phelps has been promoted to a sergeancy in the same company. Private Geddings H. Crawford is just completing a three days' deta.l on the kitchen in the machine gun company and has been dubbed the "scullery maid" by his comrades from Columbia because of his great aflapttablifcy in the kitchen. Hurt When Horse Falls. Sergeant Ralph Gossett of the "headquarters company of the First was thrown by a horse and consider ably bruised. After throwing Ser geant Gossett the horse described a' complete somersault. Fortunately doctors were obtained without del-ay j and Sergeant Gossett's bruises dress- j ed. A great many of the horses which; have -been brought in here for the j army are not saddle broke and som^i cf the So-ith Carolinians have been I given good exercise sticking to them, j Hcwever. the number of those thrown ! lias been cmall and they are having less trouble in this respect thon many of rhe ether regiments of other fifcates. Cant. R. .7. Ramer and Lieut. ^ A. Hudren? of the machine gun comnany of the First and Capt. E. F?. Cantey. Lieut. W. C. McGowan and1 Li^ t. Mazyck of the machine ?un rrip-any of the Second hav? been ingtr-.">fr>i "by an expert in conjunction "with, several officers of other machine i *- - " - T ! in handling ;ne lcwb *ujj ?i<,n Trfcicb the companies will "be eouintjed. 'Hrfs rfn wefsrVc 25 ".4 pnundo. r?* "iTt*? fire? 'r? th? minute. The magazine, -vnioh "works on top on a rotary disk, nolds j 4T si.oic. Ka.':.. in a en me .^iin com-j ]>any wil have six oi" these guns which are made by the Savage company, i '1 he non-commissioned officers were irstructed in the use of the gun tni? week and the entire enlisted strength will be made familiar with the gun as soon as the non-commis- i ioned have mastered it. On Saturday morning the entire j Pennsylvania division of 11.000 men ! "was reviewed at 7:30 o'clock by Maj. j Gen. Clement, its commander. The South Carolinians did not have an opportunity tv, witness the review as they were going on for drill at that hour. The regiments were inspected on Saturday in heavy marching order. Maj. T. B. Spratt gave his battalion, the Second of the First . regiment, a thorough inspector in field equipment and heavy marching order and they showed up well. 9JL m.ll TT1 uon i leu miii .uum, Capt. Justice of the Spartanburg company is in charge of the construction work of the First regiment and as such has charge of the Mexicans who helped to build the latrines and in the other civilian work done around the camp. iCiapt. Justice is aible to talk to the Mexicans, something which very few of the Palmetto boys can do. Be has not ben able to get very much out of them about the situation in Mexico for they all profess ignorance of the conditions there. At times they would be chat x1 TT.VI nn _ tcring among inemseives -uu l v? I | e-1 er they saw him coming they would shut up like clams and not another vord would they let slip. Many of the Mexican laborers ar<> said to live on the Mexican side cr? the river and come across on th* American side to- get work and then go back and spend the. night with their families. One of the Mexicans who has been working in the detail at the South Carolina camp is an exile from (Mexico. He was ia. follower of 'Villa and then accepted amnesty and joined Carranzu and a little latei joined another leader but the last - - : - i was shost lived and he biad to nee across the 'boundary to save his life. This is the case with a great many 1 of the Mexicans not only of the laboring class but of the well to do. They . are refugees from Mexico and have established their homes here until such time as order is restored land they can go back to their native clime. From Old to New. The other day a family of Mexicans passed by the South Carolina c&mp bound towards the New Mexico line. The front wagon was ?drawii * ? 1 ? it Ti'Dro ciivprp 1 DV IIV e uuu ys rruu m iv > ^ -? . , women and men and numerous children. The wasons attracted a number o* the solders and they were stopped and pictures were taken of the Mexiicans. In their jabbering way they ler it be known that they were treking westward but where bound no one fcund out. From the number along t they had not only the parents and al! the children but all the relations ami a great number of their friends. The First regiment is grubbing off tbc cactus and mesquite from grounl ir> behind the pumping station which Ko ncod fnr its narade ground. iii UV uwv\* 4 . _ T\e parades last week were held on the Fort Bliss parade ground but it . was thought best to 'have one close at hand. The Fort Bliss ground is already almost constantly in use by the regulars and the National Guards- , men encamped n that locality. Some of the Pennsylvanians brought one of their goats over the , ether day to call on the goat owned by the headquarters company of the ( First but his Palrretto goatship i.x , . ot like his kind from the Keystone State and immediately v\'ent to but- , ting him and did the jr^b so thoroughly * -* a en T%mm.r?tiv that the Peunsyl-VR CiX^A OV |J* nians r -ma"keel that the goat was just 1 ke all South Carolinia, would rather fight than do anything else. Lieut. Crawford of the Fort Mill . company finally "became convinced that C^pt. S. W. Parks was right ia j, spying his ribbit was an old cotton- j tail and not a jackrabbit and he turi:-! ed it over to the tendc* mercies of t Re'o, the bull do^ belonging to th-s . Fort Mill bavs. In a fev min ttes the j rabbit had disappeared into the bull; dog's stomach. Lieut. Crawfoid still} has hopes of getting in some manner j aiid by some ir.ears a jackrabbit tc i earn- back with him to South Carolina. J W. F. 'Caldwell. ' i ! When the World Is Full. The mean decennial rate of increase in the popu'aiicn of the world is S per cent, and :?t this rate the 2S.000.000 square miles comprising the fertile regions of the earth, which Ravenstein computed can only support 207 persons per square mile, will have their maximum oonulation of 5.994,000,000 per sons in tbe year 2072. This estimate j allows fourteen persons per square mCe' , in the IS.000,000 square miles of steppes 8nd deserts. I * I Over Of (auipiucii Shipments F TIip Values ii JL AAV T UINVV a? I Mr. M. W. H I in South Carolii I traveling salestr I quarter of a mil I We Want a li I Star Shoes. W at once. TUBERCULOSIS SHOULD QUICKLY BE REPORTED Can Be Cored in its Incipieney, ; iSavs the Prominent Authorities. j All authorities agree that tubercu- j losis can be cured in the majority o: ( cases if diagnosed in its incipiency j and the ndivdual who has this disease properly instructed ia the method of taking,' care of himself. There is no specific ' for the disease, although symptoms sometimes require medicine. Routine administration of medicine is useless. The best means we have of combating this disease is by a campjaign of education. By this campaign v;e prevent the self administration of nostrums containing usually either alcohol or opium. Alcohol is not only contraindicated, hut is about the worst drug that a person suffering from tu - " . , ? I berculosis can take. Opium toy aun-| ing the sensibilities of the patent is a J most insidious and dangerous drug j in this disease. It deceives the poor J sufferer into a belief that his disease | is being arrested, and for this reaso 11 millions of dollars have been made by J unscrupulous quacks and sellers of patent medicines. The only cure for the disease is rest in bed when there i* temperature, sleep in the open air, taking an excess of nourishing <ood, I such as milk, eggr meat, etc. Exercise 'prescribed by a competent physician, tand not too much exercise Careful attention to personal hygiene and the cure of intercurrent diseases which may accompany the tuberculo-j sis, such, as malaria. The State Board of Health wishes to desseminate the above knowledge. It wishes to be in touch, as far a3 possible, with every tubercular patient in the State; to send them instructions 30 that they may know how to take ' care of themselves and how they may prevent those with whom tliey come in contact from catching the disease. It also wishes to advise them that a course of treatment at a properly conducted sanatorium, which the State provides, will give them ip a practical manner a method for the cure of' '1 * 1 ? - ? o n rl Vir*\.V I CfllS QlS?<lae ill Liiciiio^i r uiau ?iw .. . to instruct others w>ho are afflicted, j We have an ideal sanitorium, where j the best of food and the best of medical attention is furnished for a nomi-1 ' f nal cost, and we want the public es- j pecially those who have tuberlosls to j know it, but we have no method of j reaching or even of knowing who ar? i suffering with this disease unless the ' attending physician reports same. MAKES MEAT TENDER Clemson Says Don't Eat Fowl Killed Same Day. Clemson College, S. C., Aug. 29.? ' Surprise is being expressed over the j statement from the Poultry Division i of Clemson College that poultry j should not foe eaten the same day it j is killed. The wife of a prominent farmer n Union county said she never ; heard of such a thing as killing a chicken the night before it is required for dinner, as she was in the TISKEaaSK: its for a Tw AA A w* m ? v rom Angust 1, $15,297 i White House. Shoes 1 oward, who repres la, has made the gt tan in this State, w lion dollars. ve merchant in eve rite Mr. Howard a MAKERS ST. J ha/bit of killing a chicken in the morning, preparing it for cooking and eatng T? within a few hours. This is all wrong according to Clemson College. The internal temperature of is n^arlv 1-07 degrees, and when the chicken is killed and eaten in a few hours it is impoossible for the animal heat or "chicken odor" to escape. Kill, cook; and eat a chicken as soon as possible and the meat will smell of the harn-yard. It is not fit for human consumption. Chickens should be killed at night; hung in a well-ventilated place until morning, then dipped in hot water to remove the feathers, and cleaned and i drawn just before they are placed on the stove. It is preferable to starve the chicken before killing, hut this is | not necessary when the chickens are j killed at night and eaten the next, ay. If they lare starved and there j in no food in the crop of intestines they will keep for two or three dayss if they are not opened. Killing a chicken the night before! eating makes the meat tender. It j allows the "chicken odor" to leave the carcass, and it improves the quality and flavor of the flesh. The best led chicken in the world will be unsavory and tough when eaten 'before | the animal heat leaves the body, whereas this same chicken if killed at least 15 to 20 hours before it goes on the table will be a delight to an epicure. ,JH\ > DAMSON EIGHT-HOUR BILL PASSED BY SENATE Eight-Hour Day for all Employees on Interstate fiallroads, and Com* mission to Investigate Effects on Roa<R Wiisfcington, Sept. 2.?The hous* till, which. will he known as the Adamson eight-hour law, was passed by the senate a few minutes after b j r 'clock this evening. It was not changed in amy particular. The voce v.xs 43 to 23. The Underwood amendment, empowering the interstate comn erce commission to fix wages: tand tlip hours of labor, was killed by a vote of 57 to 14. This action followed a day of debate, .;;:uch of which was conducted under circuristancts singularly dra j -L - 1 l-J 4. ? ^ ^ r ' u i uc. ix conciuueu iwu \\t;et\?> 01 &uo- , per.se, during which the nation hail been confronted1 with a strike order set to become operative on the great i railroads on September 4. The strike has oeen averted. The j biotherhood leaders announced tonight the order calling the men out 1 would be recalled as soon as the president shall have affixed his signa-: tvre to the bill. It is expected he will sign it at the White House tomorrow. What the Law Provides. The bill incorporated or' two of the six measures suggested by President Wilson to congress. It provides: ]. lAn eight-hour da,y for all employees engaged in operating trains or interstice railroads with the same pay as now given for ten hour's work and pro rata overtime. 2. A -commission to he appointed by President Wilson to investigate and rf port on the effects of the eight-hour -err-" ra-. elve Months 1915 to Augu Q 1 1 jVJ JL Urn JL JL Maxine and Bu Did It ;ents the Brown SI eatest record ever ith sales for this ye; :ry town to handle t Spartanburg. He LOUIS, U. S. A. I day as applied to railroads. The enrolled copy of the Adamson , ' -3 , n 1 /-M 1_ ^ c I cm was signeu <oiy opeaa.t:i- war*, v i tLe house at 6:10 o'clock. Six mln-1 r.tes L.iter, Senator Hughes, of New j Jersey, as president pro tempore o* the senate, affixed his signature. Sent to White House. A special messenger hurried to the White House, where Executive Olerk Fcrster was waiting to receive the j document. It was said there the measvre would be signed as soon as President Wilson returned from Shadow lawn tomorrow morning. | The department of justice decide 1 there was no legal prohibition agalns: signing bills on Sunday. TTi a horli nrvfl U'cr* 1 U.W 1/1 VtUVA I : WU. ftVMMVA I>J T( v> V preatly enthused over their victo /, bur declined -with discretion to mal;? a; y extended statements. Throughout the day they had watched and li'| tened to the proceedings from the ga*' Jeries. At times, Garretson. the vet-1 | oran leader of the conductors, wouM stride up and down the corridors of 'the gallery floor with the air of im j f?rtance and authority of a generr% ! observing a great battle. Warren S. j Stcne, of the locomcti/e engineers,1 ! and other leaders were constantly by, Jie side of the aged conductor. Much Feeline In Debate. Throughout the day there were fro quen.t outbreaks of passion, bitterness and politics. The galleries were filled with spectators who sat pa(tiently during the long discussion. While certain Republican senator: were opposing the hill and at times denouncing the attitude of the brotherhoods as a hold up, Elisha Lee, chairman of the national conference SEAS] ROUND TF FROM NE Summer Exc To Wrightsville Beach To Isle of Palms To Sullivan's Island To Mvrtle Beach To Norfolk mmmmmmmmmmtammmmmmammmmmmmmmmmammmammmmmmmmmmmmm Tickets on sale from Ma; sive, limited returning ur stf-p-over privileges. Schedules and further p nished upon aplication to Ticket Ag< ATLANTIC C The Standard Railr i Dllars" I Period J St 1, 1916 I ister Brown I ioe Company I made by any I it of nearly a 9 ^ r: joruwn s nvc : will see you | . i commission ofl railroad mian gers? smiled his approval. At ti.moc ProciHpnt "Wilson charged with. playiDg petty politics just before the election. The Republicans, with few exceptions denounced the measure in bitter terms. The Skirt Is Coming Down. The skirt has surely* gone up ashigh as it's going to^ and now it is coming down. The shoemakers know it, and it is a matter of business with them to know, too. They have taken taibout two inches off the tops of the new fall shoes. Ths new skirt s not coming way down, however. It will stop a'bout at the ankles The ten dency, too, is toward straight and narrower lines. But it will be a long way from the hobble. Women having 'been hobbled once are not likely to be hobit-led again. That's where the delights oJ freedom come in. By the way, Callct of Par:j was -mong the first of the sponsors for this longer skirt. The pert, flaring and bouffant skirt. v.ill still be worn; but it has lost its r< velty, and that was the best part it. Lots of women, however, thought its youthfulness the 'best part. Thee claimed that you couldn't tell the grandmother must submit It does when viewed from behind, by wearing it. But you see' the granddaughter doesn't care about this, if a new style seems more attractive, and the poor gran mother must submit. It does ses^n ias though youth and fashion ara always in league, quite forgetting that middle age and old age have asipra tions about being tastefully cloJfhe<VGrace IMia-rgaret Gould in the September Woman's Home Companion. H O R E UP FARES iWBERRY ursion Fares $10.5Q 7.35 : 7.35 Q AZ L.Z___~ 17.10 | y 13 to October 15, inclultil October 31. Liberal larticulars cheerfully fur- \ j T. S. LEFLER, jnt C. N. & L. R. R., Newberry, S. C. lOAST LINE, oad of the South.