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! IN ARMY CAMPS I ! War Department Prepares Plans to Enforce the Most Rigid Economy. ! j . i SOME USE .FOR EVERYTHING Effect of New Plan Is to Turn Into' 3-arge Profit What Hitherto Has i Seen a Very Considerable Expense. ' "Washington.?The war department Gtas taken elaborate and comprelien precautions to prevent waste in ! Ejtae army cantonments, which will soon j oaifain more than 2,000,000 men, and tiie embarkation camps. In the tSeediiiz of the men waste will be mini ooaed through the fact that the food ' be prepared under the direction j *-9ff Eicss cooks, who will be trained by j ^j^scdai courses in army cooking; schools. The officers' training camps have not t&eaa. under the control of the war <Je- r apartment so far as the food supplies I zaape concerned, and the waste in those j <susps has been due to the lack of management in the handling food. A committee representing the department and the United States * - -M 1! !I1 _ 1 ~ ~ in i dom aamimsiruuuu wiu tusu assioi, m ^Sealing with problems of eliminating' ^sraste. Yfee food administration has re-j ?ived from the secretary of war aQ' -saMoancement of a thorough-going rptaxi for conserving all the waste fiaa-1 - Serial of the National army camps,' ^rtech will result in salvaging many . thousands of dollars. Collecting the Waste. . ! ' Tfce army's first Consideration in Itpfanning this work has been the sani-' rtasry and hygienic problem. At each 1 ?aBtthmment the wastes will be collect-sed and transported to a single "trans- j :Cer station" under the direction of the - sanitary inspector. Through the use ' sit tfee two-can system, wastes will be ~Sightly enclosed throughout their col-' ? Section. Sterilized cans will be sub-; .stitsted for the filled cans at the the nuisance of disagreeable( -^ dors and danger from flies being re-; - iaced to a minimum. Every step in ! nf rpclnmntlon and utiliza- ! ' 5k? is carefully safeguarded and. is' -sender the absolute direction of a san- j. dfcsry force, each contractor being placed under heavy bonds. j At the transfer station, the wastes' : turned over to a contractor, who j "ariH remove them to a point at least I >Unee miles distant from the reserva-j, .liott. There the wastes will be com- , i.-piffieiy sorted. Bottles will be ster- i and sold for commercial use. Tin 1 <-?aas will be baled and the solder, tin! 1 ; aa& iron reclaimed. Paper, which is ! -esfiarated about five tons per day, will i ' * > * T> ? ? K/\ Irnnf oonorota ! OSLieii. cuues wm wc o^uiuw ( -siaad ground for fertilizer. The hides *;j?f diead animals will be removed and i ?tfee carcasses "reduced" for grease and , tforffilzer. , ?5? chief items of waste will be the ;gaxfctge and the manure. It is esti-*aa9?ed that there are 1,200 animals at f - cantonment, producing 120 tons <af aiaxmre per day. At the date of ; report the manure from 11 can- j -jSoannents had been sold for $240,900 j -auwaually. .Bifl Saving Through Garbage. - " . I 'The greatest element of saving is' through the garbage. This has been for an annual price of $440,--3&L57. The garbage from 13 of the f r -^raiitonments will be used for feeding j swine. It is estimated on the basis of experiments conducted at the Chillicantonment, that the garbage from 10 to 15 men will feed one and enable it to add to its weight pound per day. At this rate, the .^garbage from these 13 cantonments .produce 1S,9SC,000 pounds of pork j year. rfVEaen not used for feeding, the gar-1 f v Aa??e win &e "reduced," that is, cooked i ? * 21 *4-Ka rrmnco PY- I At. Silgu atiiuytri a i ui c, mc "ranted,, and the remainder ground and :< -tseS vior f ertitizer or feeds. the method of incineration for- : aaerly in use, not only would all these "valuable waste materials have been v^festroyed, but it would have cost apBsrcodmately $700,000 for the installation of incinerator plants and an annual charge of approximately $595,000 t'X*sr their operation. When we add to saving tfee amount annually re. ^Tvived by the government from these xratgres, the net saving the first year sszaoiints to $1,707,840. The effect of this new plan, theretrae?, is not only to conserve large ?3?antities of valuable food wastes, fer- j uaizers, etc., but to turn into a large | ^xt)?t what has hitherto been a very! -<etmslderable expense. j I Germans Deceive Chinese. rjiew York.?German propagandists i .jEgit .the Chinese from knowing the 5 ssxth; about the war for more than a . *ear, said Dr. J. Preston Maxwell, head , ft the Yungchun Hospital of the Eng- j .:fek Presbyterian church, Amoy. "They were told that Paris had fall-1 ? ' ^ 1 3 he said, "and that iungianu uuu ( invaded by a great army which : ii&d London in its grasp. "The climax was the announcement > * 3f the German peace terms. Over r^lght the walls of many places were ^ iLacarded with these terms printed in Chinese characters. They were cer- j .-.ainly wonderful terms with Germany ; KLAW k EKLAXiEJi'S "BES ilViC _ I .\t The ('oSuml)ia Theatre, Columbia, s. v. Spectacular magnificence, draniat'c splendor and religious ezstasey are the most notable concomitants Of Klaw & Srlanger's massive production of "Ben iiur", which will be the offering at tlie Columbia Tneatre. Columbia, S. C.. Oct. 26-27. During the seventeen years whicri have passed since the orginial production cf this noble drama, its owners have not only kept it up to its orig'nal grandeur but have elaborated and developed the possibilities of the production each season until today it stands unrivaled in beauty of estaulishmenr. unsurpassed in dramatic significance and power. Dealing with the earthly life of Jesus, the most important period in history, "Ben Hur" shows the woriQ at its most wonderful point ]n mangnificence and wealth, for Rome ruled the world and Caesar -Augustus - - ?' ' v& A rwi rrV^f lAcf rQQ 1 TY1 was eiuperur UJ. iuc 111151111501 the earth had known. Into this time of display and pomp came the lowly Xazarene, the Chrst for whom the nation had longed and it is this personality of Jesus that, permeating the frabic of the Wallace-Young drama, makes it a sermon as well as a drama of tremendous significance. The chariot race will be the most effective reality ever seen in a theatre, either in this country or abroad. Its development into an actuality may be considered the triumph of stagecraft. In this incident twenty horses and five chariots will be shown apparently racing at break-neck speed, the animals galloping with all their might. Every vital interest described by General Wallace in liis book will be seen when the play is presented in Columbia. This will be the greatest represent tation of "Ben Hur" ever given on tour. To present the marvelous spectacle no less than 250 people are re-! quired. A special popular feature of this engagement will be the popular, ? fwNrn npnti? Scale oi priuys, idiigiiig uviu uv w^_ to $2.00. | Patrons of "Ben Hur" are earnestly requested by the management to be in their seats 'promptly at eight o'clock' in the ^evening and two o'clock in the afternoon, as the curtain will rise promptly at these hours on the mar-.: velously beautiful tableau, "T&e Star of Bethlehem," which requires the en-1 tire auditorium to be darkened, and .1 will b impossible to seat late-comers until after the prelude is over.. j A matinee will be given on Satur-1 day. - -- - * ' Mail orders, wnen accompameu uy a remittance with an enclosed self- j addressed stamped envelope for return' will be filled on receipt. all' 'IB ] VU AP Your Boy at I , FAIR WEEK, 0 J Football Games ^ I earns at Fair G day and Saturda Carolina-Clemson M1LITAR\ MINSTREL Of | Cavalry Drilling ?u ? F| FREE ACTS > watmmmammtmm i il Good Horse Racim """ ; Splendid Exhibit and Agriculti 111 iliT==T j DON'T '.VAIT?Xow is the time to bu> your seed oats and we have then. The Purcell Company. 10-9-lt. WHEN YOU ARE READY to buy your Appier or Texas Red Rust Proof r>?.don't fail to get our prices. T:;a Purcell Company. 10-9-lt. mtiLJ s. r. inshmxce rojnnssiox AFTER DELAY IS AITOIXTKD i Columbia, Oct. 19.?Governor Man; iiiiig has at last appointed the South Carolina Insurance Commission, provided for under the act of 1917, which i required that the commission shouM I be named within ninety days aftar^th* approval of the act. Gov^ Manning approved the act on February 13. so fhat the ninety days expired during the middle of May. In direct violation of the terms of the act, however, no appointments were made until today. The commission as named today is | composed as follows: | B. Hart Moss, of Orangeburg, chairman, appointed for the one-vear term. T? B. Stackhouse, of Columbia, secretary, appointed for the two-year . term. l\'. Foster McKissick, of Greenwood, appointed for the three-year term. The oommission is importnat, with large powers in passing upon fire in! surance rates which may be promul! gated. The act of 1917, "to provide for fho malfinc nf firo ineitriinr'D rfltps hv individual, associations, bureaus or fire insurers," provides, with reference to the powers and duties of the commission: "Section 14j. The insurance commis, sioner upon his own motion, or upon I written complaint, shall have the ! power to refer any rate fixed by any ( individual, oureau or insurer, to a (_um_ mission of three provided for in this act | whether or not same is discriminatory. If the said commission shall conclude after careful and diligent inquiry, and a full hearing and investigation, that | the same is discriminatory, they shall order the discrimination removed and require the individual rate-maker, bureau or insurer to promulgate a rate which is not discriminatory. In the event of final determination, any overcharge made by an insurer during the pendency of such proceedings shall be immediately refunded to the person entitled thereto. If at any time it shall U^yCcll. LU llic tuuiiuicciuii 11^1 ^>it ?" ^ vided for, that rates charged for Are insurance in this state are excessive or unreasonable in that the results o? the business of stock fire insurance companies in this state during the five '3) years next preceding the year in which the investigation is made, as indicated by the official annual statements of the insurance companies made under oath to the insurance commissioner, show an aggregate underwriting profit in excess of a reason EZZZJlll llj? SIT TV CAIP iiii inm Camp Jackson I n CTOBER 22-26 I Between Soldier j rounds Wednes- ' V- I er i 1 Classic Thursday. jj I GROUNDS EACH NIGHT I a Daily Feature \ND MIDWAY g Again This Year S :s of Live Stock PvArl ii ai JL AUUUViOt p?, Isil . ^ able amount, then the said commis- : i , ? . ...... . , . i . 11; 11 i j U v c*l0 c'l lO ol JOr <? j > general reuuetion in rales which wilii i . ' ' ! i\ 'j l..c -.nue:-writing profit to t ; ! reasonable amount. Any reduction!* i ordered by said commission shall be ! I applied to such class or classes of' ri.;ks as the companies or rating b.i-! ; reau or bureaus may elect. In de-1 ! ! | termining the question oi' a reasonab'ej | underwriting profit under this aci. tiio ! I I j commission, as a protec tion to policy- j ! holders, shall ?ive proper and reason.! i i i able consideration to conflagration lia-! ; bilit.ies, both within and without this \ J state." Any action of the said commis. j j sion shall be subject to summary re-' : view 'before a court of competent jur- ( | isdiction, without prejudice to either ( | i-artv involved. | "Section 15. Within ninety (90; ' days after the approval of this act , the governor shall appoint three (3) j citizens of this state, to be known as j , the South Carolina Insurance Commis-1 i 1 ' sion. One of the members of sal') I commission to be recommended by | i the insurance commission and one to ( . be recommended by the rating bureau' ! having the largest membership among j j the: companies authorized- to transact! business in this state at the time the j appointment is made. The members i first appointed shall serve for terms \ I , of one, two and three years, respec ! tivelv Their successors shall be api pointed in the same manner as the j original appointees and shall serve for terms of three years each, so that' . one member shall be appointed each j I year for a term of three years. They shall be required to perform the ser.j : vices provided in this act, and shall j ! v. :j xi? ?x ? ? I j ue paiu tneir actual expenses wnne | performing the duties required underj ' this act, a per diem of five ($5) per' d!ay, for not more than twenty (20) days in any calendar year, out of the annual department license fees, upon vouchers to which itemized statements shall be attached, "rendered to the comptroller general, who shall there- i upon draw his warrant upon the state treasurer, who shall pay the same out j of the annual department license fee.? of the insurance department. A chair-1 man and a secretary shall be designated by the governor, each of whom shall serve as such during his term as a member of the commission. Tnr* i commission shall meet at the call of j the chairman but shall not hold mor? i than si^x meetings in any calendar year, except when called into extraordinary session by the governor, who | The Stanc I C< I The Standard Wi half a millien dollars \ and dollars, and no de Its managers are one of the strongest b It keeps its custoi with The Factory Insi of ihe strongest insur; 1 .I" II It has warehouse! IS more than one million I a single bale. Its receipts are wi I secures the lowest info j rating of any warehoi It delivers to the : | puts'in the warehouse I It is the only war farmer can store his c row money on the rec the North. It is the only com at several different lo< Newberry and Anders It was the first w I" money for farmers on year secured money f No charges are mai s authorized to c-all tire commission ti ! reet whenever in his judgment th?? 1 i !>i:blic good demands such meetings.".' ( "After ( V every \ mear I Ir / ryfW I KPAPPeo J MPaUHBDSinOBUBMBHI lard Wareh 5LUMBIA, S. C arehouse Company has a vith liquid assets of more sbts. bonded for one hundred 1 onding companies. ners' cotton insured at irance Associations, com] mce companies, having c ?62,757,000.0c J for its customers in th< bales of cotton witkout ?11 established in all the n srest rates as it has the 1 ise company in the South farmer the identical kale > n*i/l iioe nai/ov nermiffpr ' UilVI 11UO 11V T VI V/i xmvvvv ehouse operating in the S otton, whether one bale < eipt at a low rate of inte pany in the South that O] :ations?Columbia, Oran. >on, thus serving a larger arehouse system to sec i their cotton, as it did so or them at five per cent. ie for selling *he cotton < Avoid chilly rooms in the morning :y u-ing Cole's Hot Blast Heaters. rhey prevent colds and sickness. 4 n'.-un v >- ip** ". ran?? m ? The goody that is J beneficial to teeth and stomach is best for children. Wrigley's is Helpful to 2(1 asss. (t massages and strengthens \ the gums, n keeps teeth ^ \ clean and / breath sweet, i aias hvvkuw I and digestion. ^ I The Flavor **asts ouse Co. j [RST1' j ssets of more than j than fifty thous thousand dollars in its market value 1 posed of thirty-five ombined assets of I 1 i IS ; past eight years 9 the loss to them of g noney centers and a | lighest commercial I i of cotton which he 8 l 1 a substitution. 11 outh in which any >r more, and borrest from banks in I 4*/%^ TIT M/%1^ JN < ? A ^ ! [jci aico wciiciiuuaca geburg, Greenwood I number of farmers. I lire six per cent, in 1909, and last IS II of its customers. j jj ^