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SEVEN SHIPS OF 1730 TO>S ARE ADDED New York, Feb. 22.?Seven vessels with a total tonnage aggregating 17, 290 were reported by London and Paris today to have fallen prey to the V-boats in the barred zone. The largest ship reported lost to day was the Holt liner Perseus, of 6,728 tons. Three Chinese and one European member of the crew are missing. ? ' Berlin reported today the destruc tion by two submarines of 24 steam ers and 12 smaller ships. iA.; list of ? ~ raoaol a WQ c CI V6I1 In J.'iue U-Uai ui^u - the dispatch, the total tonnage of these aggregating 29,000 toannge. If the Celtic, which passengers on the Philadelphia arrived today re ported as having struck a mine, is a total loss, 520,904 tons are added to the U-boats havoc since February 1. Upon the figures given in the house of commons yesterday by Sir Edward Carson, first lord of the admiralty, it is possible today to compile a revis ed and more accurate list of losses in the barred zone. The figures giv en below do not, however, include any vessels reported lost by Berlin but not named. Sir Edward's total for the first 18 days of February?304,000 tons?was some 40.000 in excess ot the figures compiled on this side on the basis of losses reported by Lloyd's. Reported Thursday: By London: Perseus, British, 6,728 tons. John "Miles, British, 687 tons. Two killed, four hurt and rest mis sing. Oorso, British, 3,242 tons. Trawler Toownn, British, 132 tons Bj Paris: Ambon, Dutch, 3,o98 tons. Sigrid, Russian, 2,104 tons. Alice. Norwegian, 709 tons. Total: Seven ships; 17,290 tons. Previously reported: 146 ships; 357.438 tons. Grand total definitely reported to day: 155 ships; 374,719 tons. ALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS CLEARED BY COM3DTTEI No Moral Obliquity oh Their Part ^ CoflBoetaoB W!fh Peace Xote Leak. Washington, Feb. 22.?-Vindication of all public officials whose names *'ere brought into the investigation ol charges that tnere vas a ltruiv lu street on President Wilson's peaci note was voted unanimously todaj "by the house rules committee. Th? report, now virtually complete, Drob "** * - * " ? etioTlfl Saftir. P ^iy WllI DC pilt ill ui;ai onapv K/Mw. day after certain additional record? of New York brokers have been ex amined. It is understood the commits finds that Thomas W. Larson's sen sational charges were not substanti ated; that R. W. Boiling, brother-in law of the president, had nothing tc do with a '"leak" and that advance In formation concerning the note was furnished by brokers by J. Free Essary and W. W. Price, lo^al news paper men, who connected deduc tions with facts obtained in con versa tions with other reporters who ha' been told in confidence by Secretarj Lansing that a note was coming. In connection with violations o newspaper ethics, the report says. * subcommittee has been appointed tc confer with the standing committer of correspondents to determine wha changes shall be made in tte rulei regulating the admission to the con gressional press galleries. No recommendations are made bui the practice of selling short on th< New York stock exchange is said t< be criticised. F. A. Connolly, a loca broker, is censured for his "testimoro before the committee and E. F. Hut ton & Co. for failing to produce cop ies of all messages concerning thi note wmcn rectuutju 11s umtc. Glycerine was once a bvproduc of the soap making inchistrv. ttv disposal of which save the manufac turers some concern. Finds Cure for Epilepsy After Years of Suffering coming: every rew several doctors but sks. w e empioyeu they did her no good. About a year ago nr heard of Dr. Mile*' Nervine, and it certainly has proved a blessing: to our little girl. She is now apparently cured and is en Joying the best of health. It is over a year sine? " >^Wi'v "* ' r ?ti? na? naa a ^ * fit. We cannot *peak too highly of Dr. Mile?' Nervine." MRS. FRANK ANDBRSON. Coaafrey, Minn. Thousands of children in the United States who are suffering from attacks of epilepsy are a burden and sorrow to their parents, ho wo :Id give anything to restore health to the sufferers. Dr. Miles' Nervine is one of the best remedies known for this afniction. It has proven bcncficial in thousands of eases and tliose who have used it have the greatest faith in it. It is not u "cure-ail," but a reliable remedy : ,r nervous diseases. You need not hesitate to give it a trial. Sold by si! Druggists. If the firct bottle -foils to benefit your money i? returned. 9 WILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ir?L U ARLINGTON (iOKS ON RETIRED LIST I'liited States Inspector (iencrai Tr^nwtVrr^fi From Active Ser vice on Account of Age. '.Yashington. Feb. 20.?Brig. Gen. Krnest A. Garlington. inspector gen- > oral of the army, was transferred to the retired list today on account or a sc. His successor is Col. John B. Chamberlain of the inspector gen eral's department, nominated by Pres ident Wilson to the rank of brigadier1 ' * /* * ?"V *0 1 \ ai. , ., , 0 Gen. Ga *\ngton. who holds a coil gressiouc medal of honor for valor displayed x^dinan campaigns, has been in the inspector's department since 1895. He was appointed to the military academy from South Caro lina: commanded tb;i Qreely relief ex pedition in 1SS3 and took part in th?j capture of Santiago during the Spaa^ ish war, afterwards serving as inspec tor general of the Philippine division. , TWO AMKKICANS OX I VESSEL U-BOAT SO K i i Submarine Said to HaTe Shelled >or wefrian While Crew Was Abuu donlns Ship. Washington, Feb. 20.?Consul Frost j cabled the State Department toaay that two native Americans were aboard the Norwegian steamer Dai-1 .1 beatie when it was slink by shell fire j last Saturday. He said the steamer was unarmed and stepped her en- ^ gines at the first shot from the suu- c j marine, which continued to shell white. ' ! the crew was abandoning the ship.1 , ! The dispatch follows: I f "Norwegian steamship Dalbeatie, 8ly! ; tons. coal. Glasgow to Gibraltar, sunK 1 ( ;: 7 a. m. 17th by shell fire, thirty miles ? j off Fastnet. Carried neither gun nor i ( ; wireless. Stopped engines upon first j j shot, but was shelled without pause | while abandoning ship. No injuries, ^ t nf Qiri "U UliVl VI uivt, "Weather heavy, shoals, light wina. clear sky, boats rescued 1.30 a. m. ism after burning flares. Two native Americans, Frank Wood, John Guerra, of whom former is in j in hospital at Schull, acute bronchitis, j contracted prior to disaster, but as-! gravated by exposure. "Am mailing affidavit from master and Guerra." iXDIAXS BEAT CAROLINA Newberry Smothers University Boys f A IV If# Newberry, Feb. 19.?Newberry Col j lege overwhelmed the University oi i South Carolina basketball team Tier* i tonight. winning by the score of 71 to 19. Driver's men started with a rush and piled up point on top of point. The local were never in dan ger as the visitors secured but five field goals during the entire contest. Ropp,, Gaillard, Renken and Got schall played brilliant ball for New berry. while Bowen and Waring were, the Carolina stars. At the end of the first half the score f stood, Xewberry 39, Carolina 8. * Newberry "has but one more game ) srvhedrled this year, with. Carolina ai : Columbia, February 28. Should the Lu L therans repeat their victory over 1 Foster's men the State championship honors will be theirs for the third successive year, regardless of the out [ <v>me of any other games in the State. * Newberry has lost but one game thte j season, to Clemson Saturday. Clem j ~?n. it* closes^ competitor, has lo3i wo. bHii<r defeated by Carolina ana . j by Newberry. Should Clemson win the 51 remainder of its games and Newberry win from the Carolina would he but. second in The line-up: t&e Tigers the running. Newberry 71 Positions. Carolina 19 Tqvlor RF Bower. Dellram LF Talle\ Renken ... .Center Martin G-otsr.hall RO Sims Williams .. .. .IX} Waring Substitutions: Rodp for Taylor, i Gaillard for Renken. I | Referee: Tohnson (University ot i Michigan). ; "OLIYER TWIST* AT OPERA HOUSE THURSDAY i (Undoubtedly one of the most impor- , tani aramnc ouenugs evci piwcur ed to the photoplay public i3 the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Com pany's elaborate and faithfully adapta tion of Charles Dicken's immortal work, "Oliver Twist," with Marie Doro in the stellar role. It will be recalled that in the all-star revival of "Oliver Twist" during the Dickens Centenary, Marie Doro received praise from critics and public greater than j all the other members of the stellar j cast. It is therefore of interest to note that this beautiful and talented star will wear in the screen adaptation of this famous story the costumes -vrorn in the original stage production. The supporting cast consists of one of the most important gatherings of photoplay favorites ever assembled in a single production, and includes Ho bart Bosworth as Bill Sites, Tully -Marshall as Fagin, and Raymond Hat ton as the Artful Dodger. The Las ky company made exhaustive research -? rtAfo rs v\ /I In iu tut; pi eycii aciuu ui mc scio auu iu. the general aquiring of atmosphere for this important 'screen offering, and have reproduced the characters and the scenes of Dickens' master piece with remarkable fidelity and accuracy. Toronto discusses the propriety of establishing municipal stores as a weapon against the high cost of liv > E?\S OF rMON AT A DEMI ,r _ S lw Small (?rain Crop Badly Daniac-: ed?Gardens Killed?The Sick Improving. ;1 Prosperity. Feb. 21.?After a con-: 1 inuod of wet weather it seem* ' low that we are going to have son?^ : 'sunshine.'" If it wasn't for these ' lark gloomy days vo would hardly ippreciate mose 01 siuisuuie as wu - ihould. j * We hope to scp some nice weather ! low as the farmers are anxious to ,ret busy with their farm work. ; i 1 Oats are badly injured but not all1 j lead. In places enough remains airvt-J o leave. Wheat seems to be 0. K, 1 ? In the face of present prices o:'1 >ats and at this season it seems thai j * t would be risky business to bow < nany of the oats over. j 1 Ooru is high and prospects are that \ t will go higher which makes us w1 nuch more anxious to raise an otx*, -rop. viy*. I By the use of early feed patcnuhjj iuch as barley, amber cane, pop com,1 j !tc., will gTeatly help. ! { The gardens are also killed and ev- j svery gardner will get an even start t his time. ' i Mr. T. L. B. Epps wtio was sudden- ( y stricken down with a severe case ] >f pneumonia a week ago last Tuea- 1 lay, is improving some. ! i Mr. W. T. Enlow is steadily improv-, ng after a long illness. , j Mr. T. J. wnson wno nas Deen con Ined to his room with grippe rot* lome time is much improved. Colds are a general complaint on icco:mt of so mucli wet weatner, we suppose. Mrs. J. D. Baker and "Miss Elson )f near lWhitmire have been spending several days with Mrs. Bakers fatri ?r. Mr. T. L. B. Epps, on account or lis illness. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Franklin ana family, in Mr. Franklin's Maxwell md Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Wilson in ^ompany with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Km ird of Prosperity, in Mr. Kinard's rar, attended the burial oT Mrs. Jtto. , 2. Dehart at Trinity last Sunday at ierncon. i Mr. S. K. Franklin of near Bate> burg spent a portion of last week witn relatives in this section. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. T. Franklin also attended the burial of Mrs. Dehart last Sunday afternoon. ; Mr and Mrs. W W. Kinard of near Prosperity spent last Sunday at the home of Mr. a;;d Mrs. T. J. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Halfacre spent last Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Herman vVilson. ! Heads are in a bad condition, but a mixture of wind, sunshine and tht drag will soon improve them. People are realizing that the drat is a good road worker. MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE KILL SIGNED BY MAXMXU Columbia, Feb. 20.?Governor Man-; ning has signed the motor vehicle 11-: cense bill passed at this session oi t;?c ./ general assembly. The bill "will maKe it possible for the State to receive a considerable sum of federal aid. Th?j approval of the act by the governor outs it immediately into effect. The bill provides a graduate scaie cf taxes for automobiles and other self-propelled vehicles, "which is in lieu of all other State, city and county taxes. Attorney General Peeples to-1 day ruled, in a letter to State Treas-' urer Carter, that the taxes imposeci by towns and cities cannot now di? collected. Tho fnllnn-inv ic thp attnrnev 2en eral's letter: Hon. S. T. Carter, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sis: Answering your inquiry of this date I beg to advise that the actj creating the State highway commis-, sion took effect upon its approval by I the governor, and repealed the right, ot! municipalities to collect any licenses' or registration fees from owners of au tomobiles in this State. Such fees are now to -be paid to the State only xm-1 uer be<-~uuu if ui luc ttuutc dui. Yours truly. THOMAS H. PEEPLES, Attorney General. Piano Recital. Suminerland college presents Miss Kathleen Counts in her Junior piano j recital, assisted by Miss Annie Haig- ( ler, vocalist, and Miss Ozelia Har-!< [T.on, reader, at the Summerland cot- j lege auditorium, Monday evening, February 26, 1917. 8:00 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. Half Your Living , Without Money Cost:1 A right or wrong start in 1917 will j make or break most farmers In the i South. We are all facing a crisis, j This war in Europe puts things in ; such uncertainty that no man can foresee the future with any degree of clearness. The sure and certain increase in cotton acreage means lower cotton , prices next fall. Cost of all food and grain products is high, so high that i no one can afford to bu> and expect j trk nav nnt xnrffh r.ottOIL It's a time above all others to play safe; to produce all possible food, grain and forage supplies on your own acres; to cut down the store bill. A good piece of garden gronnd, rightly planted, rightly tended and kept planted the year round, can be made to pay half your living. It will save you more money than you made 011 the best five acres of cotton you ever grew! Hastings' 1917 Seed Book tells all - 1 -- ?I- <- 1-J-J ? ~,-r r.r. T ;;uuut me riguu muu uj. a. muucj cur ing garden and the vegetables to put in it It tells about the field crops a". Y/cll and shows you the clear road to real-farm prosperity. It's Free. Send for it today to H. G. HASTINGS CO., ? T'^nta. fia.-?Arivt fHK BOLL WEEVIL MAY (J.EK S. (. i> TWO , \EAllS AND N. (. l> FIVE | With a movement for 1016 uiipre- ; :-edented in its ex cent uio wn \.oeviii las now established itself along thb' shore o: the Atlantic from the mourn >f tiie Savannah river southward to! .lie Florida line, a instance oi soiiie j [_u miics. From the mouth of the; r-avannah rive.*, noith by northwest.! \.a rivur is the eastern limit of m-j estatien until Richmond county, Ga.l s reached, where the line turns more1 i :j the west, running diagonally across' iorth Georgia to Floyd county, whet e! t enters northeast Alabama. Two years ago, so far as is known, lot a uoii weevn had Deen t'ounu mj Georgia; today full four-nuns o: the! ;otton-piouucing area of the State 13 j niested. During the same pernxi1 Alabama has become entirely imesteu, is has a consider aoie portion of 'iea jessee, and neany all of the coitou producing areas of Arkansas ana Oklahoma. F'or some unknown reasou he weevil during the past two years las broken aJl records in the extent )f its migratory movement and new ireas invaded. If its rate for the nast wo years is kept up, two more years' arill find South Carolina wholly cov-J >red, and Ave years will suffice to: Dut the weevil all over North Caru ina and w-ell into the cotton-grow ng counties -of southwest Virginia. The outlook, while alarming, is by 10 means hopeless. Cotton has been ind is being produced at a profit un ler boll weevil conditions, but m nost cases the fight has not been an ?asy one. Farmers have failed ana nortgages have been foreclosed; mer-i :*hants and bankers have gone down! Deeause of crop failures and bad col lections. But there have always Deer, a fe* ] farmers who have succeeded in spite ! of the weevil, and the example ot these has been followed by other?, i with a gradual return to prosperoub conditions. Nearly all of Texas anal Louisiana are now in better condi- j ticn than before the weevil ccmc, and' the only regret they have is that a sound policy was not agreed on by farmers and business men in the be ginning, and then adhered to. in stead, there was much floundering about, one man advocating this and one that, without any sort of concert ed effort. Cotton will very probably continue to be the main cash crop of the South, despite the boll weevil, but it must be made purely a surplus crop, al ter all needed food and feed crops have been grown, along with an abun dance of winter and summer legumes to maintain and increase soil fertili ty. Following such a policy has put many weevil-ridden sections on their feet, and every thinking farmer and business man in newly invaded terri tory should aim at a similar policy in Ill's otvti section.?The Progressive Farmer. Speaks in Snmter. Sumter, Feb. 19.?Ths Rev. Walter I. He bert of Greenwood, presiding elder of the Cokesbury district, de livered a strong and elective address Sunday afternoon in the Y. M. C. A. lecture course. Mr. Herbert took for his subject "Daniel a Pattern of God liness" and showed how in his faith trnrt OA AArt fti'nf am! - .i^vkUAw yy as OV l^VJUOiOl-CiJC uiai c?cu my enemies knew that they could de pend upon his consistency in doing what he thought was ri^ht. Mr. Herbert was heard by a large and attentive audience. At the close of his talk there were a number of ex pressions from men present of the spiritual benefit which they had re ceived from his talk and the other lectures which they had heard. News of Excelsior. Excelsior, Feb. 22.?We have had a lot of rain in this section and tne farmers have done very little winter I plowing. The severe cold weather has injur ed the grain considerably in this sec tion. Some of the farmers will sow over when dry enough. All garden egetables are completely killed. After the roads dry up some It would be a good time to use the drag. Xothing will help the roads any more. Mr. R. B. Cook and family of St. Phillips section have been on a vir^It to his father's family, Mr. J. B. Cook. Our measle folks are all improving we are glad to say. 'Mr. Sammie Bedenbaugh of Saluda j county has been 011 a visit to Mr. E. M. Cork's family. Misses Tarsa and Chelsy Kibler: have been spending several days witft j Mr. H. S. B. Kibler's family of New- j berry. Some of our older people say tills ! will be a good year for fruit. Hope j it may be. Mr. P. S. Cook and little daughters,: l^izzis <tuu oaiitxx, vi ^uiu:jjui? spent Sunday with his brother, Mr.' Jas. P. Cook. j Mr. R. C. Counts' wife and children of Columbia have been on a visit to his father's family. Mr. A. M. CountB. The Rev. J. M. White will preach j in Excelsior school house next Sun-1 day night at 7 o'clock. Rev. White is! an interesting speaker and we hope j to see a large crowd out at the ser- j vices. The king: of Italy declares his great likine: for polenta, the Indian j meal porridge, which he eats as reg ularly ns the poorest peasant. He j al?o likes roast -chicken, siblets -with calves' hrain and artichokes. Vien-1 na schnitzel is a favorite dish of the emperor of Austria. .The em peror is also fond of calves' tongue CHARLESTON NAVY YARD MAY HAVE IJlti \iiiY DOCK Senate Committee, FinaJJ) Approving .tppropr.'ation Measure, Includes Taree-<iuarters ct Million for Tha? SiaJ'ii -For .More Submarines. Washington. Feb. 20. ?Final ap proval of Uie naval appropriation was voted by the senate naval commit tee v,itn the total raised to about $.'1)0,000.000 by adding S128.000.000 t<, the measure as it passed the house. Appropriations arc carried for the coming year's share of the great three 1 year building programme and there are various special pros'iamis. inci. : ing authorization for commandeering private ship building and munition plants in time of national peril. The emergency construction appro priation of $150,000,000 recommend ed by the senaie subcommittee wus veduced to $115,000 000 with a spe cific direction that $35 000.000 of this be expended for submarines. An amendment by Senator Poindexter was adopted directing that 40 of the additional submersibles should be coast vessels and 10 fleet submarines, half of each type to be built on the Pacific coast. The committee also added to tue house programme three coast guara cutters to cost $1,350,000; $772.00C for extension of the Washington navy yard and $750,000 for a dry dock a: ! Charleston, S. C. Provision is made for increasing trie class at the naval academy by 614 members, providing for appo'ntmoni of four instead of three midshipmen by each senator and representative. Hswsn Excursion Fares way System Fron Atlanta, ( Account International As? ets or. sale June 15, 16 and 17 \~UlUiIlUlcl, < Account Stite Teachers' l and Automobile Show; tickets final limit returning March 19, Macon, C Account The Chautauqua Conference for Education and i t7th to April 4th, inclusive wit ioth, 1917, M AJ new vsricaiis Account Laymen's Miss Presbyterian Church, tickets 01 final limit returning March 21, New Orleans Account Southern Baptist May 11 to 16 inclusive with fi I y 1 / . Xviuiii maj ut ^.aiwiuvvi ticket and paying fee of $i oo. Washington, Account Inauguration of tickets on sale March r, 2, 3, 4 iqij. Limit may be extended ticket and payment of fee of $ Wacliinortnn V V uuiam^ Account National Society, Revolution; tickets on sale Apr April 30th, 1917. Washington, A 1* Annuo! T? P111 erans and 22nd Annual Reunio: sale June 2nd to 7th inclusive v 21st, 1917; extension until July payment of fee of 50c. | Proportianately re Aints. Call on local age u?- c ur u.t for 100 from enlisted men inste::! ><* 2-") and for four from t;ie i'nil. p. due?*. The term at the naval academy wouf.i be reduced from four to three yean* for a period of five years. Other important increases approved includes $400,000 for a high powar radio stall mi m Puerto Rico; $600,tMfif for batteries for merchant auxiliaries. $4".(KG00 for amm.::.itiou for such auxiliaries, $3,000,000 t-r re serve material for the navy and 950.000 for engineering purposes. ifj. eluding radio installation on light Yc^ sels. SMITH MOTOR TMTK CO. TO OPES OK Kit 8 Mr. B. A. Hawkins, formerly of At lanta, Oa., district sales manager of the Smith Motor Truck Co., has de cided to locate in Charlotte and ha.-v opened an office at 209 Trust building Mr. Hawkins says that the sales or. this famous one ton truck have bew so large as almost to surpass beliet Their immense factory produces Smith Form A Truck every four min utes and a new factory which wiu double this capacity is nearing cooi pletion. Even the belligerent countries ar? wanting these wonderful trucks, saf^ Mr. Hawkins, as on yesterday he se cured an order for ten complete Smith Form A trucks which are tj be exported. The above is from the (/naricKte Xows of Sunday and will be re.id w:tlj i'Tp ost by the many Newberry friends of si:. Hawkins. RU^-MV-TISM?Antiseptic, KerfeTasF Rheumatism. Sprains. VjuraUia eti Champion ^4 High Grade Complete AKOLIXA AUTO CO. PHONE 172. ERKY, SOUTH CAROLINA /ia Southern Rail [l Newberry, S. C. la. $6.15 ociation of Rotary Clubs; tiek with final limit June 2s 1917. S. C. $1.65 Association ot boutn v^a^oiin.i on sale March 14, 15, 16 with 1917 Ja. $6.95 of the South and Southern industry; tickets on sale March rh final limit returning April , La. $20 90 ionary Movement, Southern i sale March n, 12, 13 with IQ17. s, La. $20.90 Convention; tickets on sale nal limit returning 'May 31, until June 15 by depositing D. C $15.55 President Woodrow Wilson, with final limit March ioth.. to April ioth by depositing i.co. D. C. $15.55 Daughters of the American II iotll to 15m wiin imai umiL D. C. $10.65 lion^United Confederate Vet q Sons of Veterans; tickets on irith final limit returning june ' 6th by depositing ticket and duced fares from other nts for further inforraa -EAN, D. P. A., Columbia,