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PfflBElElEcStil ri 1S!M.CK WILL BE ACCEPTED, ALTHOUGH REGISTERED, IF QUALIFIED ALONG CERTAIN LiM3. BOOKS FOR CUR FIGHTERS KMore Than Half a Million Already Furnished ' Soldiers and Sailors by American Library Association? What the Hat Cord Denotes. trom Committtee on Public Information.) jfcyashingtoii.?Men qualified along f*in lines, although registered unll?he selective-service law, may be ' ^'iSBted into the land division of the Corps, which is in need of men H|raK?l i Khe following duties: ffl^H^^Riauffeurs, motorcycle drivers, and engine repairmen for duty infield telegraph battalions; telegraph^ffiHfers, both wire and radio; telephone pff^r nien, including switchboard operators, SmT telephone repairmen, and men skilled in testing and repairing telephone lines: telephone and telegraph linellgJP men; photographers, still and moving; homing-pigeon men; radio men who W are familiar with installing radio apparatus; men qualified as cooks, ~ clerks, stenographers, blacksmiths, ]:f meteorologists, cobblers, cable men, etc. ? Mpn indnotpd for tliis division, un less otherwise requested by the chief | signal officer of the army, are sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. v More than half a million hooks already have heen furnished soldiers and |W sailors in training camps and in France by the American Library Association |pp War Service, and the flow is steadily ' increasing, according to the director I of this work. I A campaign for funds inaugurated ;; by the association last autumn netted I more than $1,500,000 and real results 8 in the tangible shape of books and comfortable libraries are being felt by the soldiers and sailors. The CarneI gie corporation gave $320,000 for the | erection of camp libraries. Nearly | all camps now have libraries and in the others the buildings are in course TTin roodinof rnnm? Vi WUOU UV.UVU. JL iiv ivuvuu0 * v each accommodate 250 men. For the men in France the association has organized distributing stations at all points of embarkation, where books are Assorted for shipment abroad. Soon every soldier who steps on a transport will carry a book with him, which he and his companions will read on the way across, after which it will be forwarded to the men back of the trenches. No attempt will be made Tihrnrips in FrnnCP. but the association will have representa[ , tives there to supervise the work of distribution. Just as the sleeve chevrons and bars, stars and eagles on the shoul[ der proclaims ranking officers, the hat rcord denotes the branch of service each private has entered. T rrr> rvn O/XJ ! - I UiUC dlgmuco ixiiciui.1. jr , <?vtu let, artillery: yellow, cavalry; buff, quartermasters corps; scarlet and white, engineers* corps; orange and white, signal corps; scarlet and black, ordnance; black and white, field clerk; maroon, medical corps; black and gold, ^ officers; silver and black, adjutant general's clerk; green, instructor home guards; green and white, home guards. These cords are worn only on service hats. Cadet aviators wear as hat bands inch and a half white ribbons and on <K>at collars insignia representing the aviation branch of the- Signal corps, propeller blades. There were 1.428,650 enlisted men and 110,805 officers in the United States army at the opening of 1918, more than one and a half times as large as any force ever before mobilized by this nation, according to a statement by Secretary of War Baker. ? J Du*ng the war with Spain the array of the United States at its maximum strength aggregated 272,000 men and officers. The army in the field and in training now is practically six times 1 as great as tie maximum number uny. <ler arms in the Spanish-American war. About 45.000 officers were commissioned from civil life in the two series of training camps, nearly eight times sts many as the number of officers in the regular army April 1, 1917. i Postmasters are directed not to accept for shipment to members of expeditionary forces packages conwin. *ng matches, cigar lighters, or solidified alcohol, including th<* preparation call- j ed "Sterno" or canned heat. It is not deemed safe to admit *hese articles to mails for foreign countries or for United States naval vessels, including marines on shore iu other countries. Contractors working on orders for the navy are required to provide watchmen and devices to protect their plants and property and the work in progress against espionage, acts of war and of enemy aliens. Upon request they must report the citizenship, -country of birth, or alle? status of all ^employees. A second v v's }>*? hold at Porto Pi , start'ng February 1. The attendance of 400 w?11 be selected ifrom citizens and residents of Porrx) HIoo. i ? . w -* The committee on. public informnl'oa L ^ made the following translation of aa article appearing in the lJivwer Buerger-Zeirung: "A soldier's wife who had gathered wood in the common forest of Waldkireh, near Freiburg in Breisgau, was sentenced for the offense in the following terms : "'Mrs. Clara Gamer, on June 13. 1017, has removed from the common forest of WaMkirch. See. I 23, oiu fagot of dry fir twigs of the valin- of 1<> pfenning. In punishment thereof she sentenced to n t\:v? of 1 mark and one day's imprisonment.' "The husband of the culprit has been for vo:i!s ?it the front, she her soli has four small children to support .in the diivst poverty. Similar reports of punishment should he reported in greater numbers. Our bureauc-iey understands how to employ this period of shortage of wood and coal on ;i large scale for the benelit of the treasury." In a bulletin on the employment of women in the storage and warehousing depots of t lie United States army is the following: "The census of 1010 reported that of every 100 men and hoys ten years of age and over, only 19 were not gainfully employed. Tlil.s .group of 19 included old men not able to work, children too young to work, the sick and handicapped, and men in schools and colleges. "Assuming that 500,000 of the number called by the selective-service law have had some form of gainful employment, we may estimate that one out of every CO men in the industries and professions of the country has been called into military service,- while another in every 00 lias voluntarily join ed the forces of the army or navy. Thus, about 3 per cent of the gainfully employed men have been taken out of their occupations." The largest shoe factories in Italy have started manufacturing the national standard shoes, using leather supplied by the ministry of industry, commJ.jlmr TUa stsinrtfl rrl tvnes were established by the central shoe committee in Rome, but every factory is making little modifications, according to its means and system of manufacturing. The government is organizing systems of sale of shoes to the public. They provide for the opening of stores In the principal Italian cities, ro engaged exclusively in the sale of national shoes and to be controlled by the government authorities. It is likely that buyers will have to obtain cards. The private shoe stores will be supplied with an adequate number of shoes and will be granted a reasonable commission. The army and navy commission on training camp activities, in addition to the work heing done in army camps and cantonments, now has its representatives in every training station of the navy and at every place where enlisted men are preparing for sea service. There are SO clnhs for sailors at camps and in adjacent cities. There are reading and writing rooms, assembly halls, and some of the cities have arrangements-for athletics, swimming nnnlc nnd fvmnn-silims. Til <llf> 18 l/V'/4,,? - camps there are given each week 02 entertainments ranging from professional performances, lectures, and exhibitions, to club nighty and weekly dances. More than 60,000 books hav> been furnished ships and stations by the American Library association. The Y. M. C. A. has 42 buildings and tents in the various camps. According to the bureau of labor statistics of the department of labor, in the year from November 15. 101f>, to November 15, 1017, prices of food as a whole advanced 23 per cent. Potatoes tha nritv firtiVlp thnt shnws 51 dpflltip in prvice. Cornmeal advanced 87 per cenj; bacon, 02 per cent; pork chops. 48 per cent: beans, 39 per cent; salmon, 38 per cent; milk, 33 per cent; and lard, 27 per cent. Food as a whole was 48 per cent higher on November 15, 1917, than on November 15, 1913, and 46 per cent higher than on November 15, 1914. During this four-year period cornmeal advanced 127 per cent; flour, 100 per cent; lard, 104 per cent; bacon, 77 per cent; sugar, 75 per cent; find potatoes, *t % **a?. AAnf Va o r?*-?Ck in I pel tru l. 11V CLX tiV.1V UVVltUVU iLt price. Examination of the records of 10.000 men passed for military service by local boards and then rejected by camp gnrgeons show that nearly 22 per cent of the final rejections were caused by defective eyes. Teeth were responsible for S.nO per rent: hernia, 7.47 per rent; ear, 5.04 per cent; heart disease, 5.87 per cent; tuberculosis, 5.37 per cent. Attempts to evade military duty "by deception regarding physical condition were very few. The year of 1917 established new high production records for corn, oats, rye, white and sweet potatoes, tobacco, beans, and onions. Arrangements have been made for some relaxation of the restrictions on the export of foodstuffs to Cnba, whose people are greatly dependent upon the United States for their food KnrmlT. Amoncr the exnorts which mav be licensed in limited quantities are condensed milk, butter and cheese, pork products, beef and beef products, and dried fruits. The 16 cantonments hnilt for tho frrtiinJnc of soldfers cost $134,000,000, v-Tfprofit" to contractors of 2X3 TEACHERS Ti MEET IN MARCH .. Strong Programs Being Arranged?Accommodations for Them Now Being Made. Columbia.?The next meeting of the Siate Teachers' Association wiil be held Maj*ch 14-16, inclu ? ?:n U* ?s:ve. i ne general ses^iuns win uc held in the Columbia theater ani the department meetings will be he Id in the high school building and other adjacent rooms. Strong programs are benig arrange d by President J. P. Kinard and each of the department superintendents Special emphasis will be given the subject of the schools' meeting the needs of the changed conditions ic every phase of life. There will be three general meetings of the associa tion. Thursday evening a prominent speaker will address the meeting and on Friday evening the Dramatic Clut of Columbia will present a play. This will be under the direction of Dr f I ...... u TTnt'vorottu rtf Qnn f h \\ d.UL'IIU^JC kUC "i ? V^l 041/ vri Carolina. Saturday morning will b given over to a business meeting. Both the Chamber of Commerce and the Y. M. C. A- are now arranging a list of hotels, boarding houses, pri vate homes for the entertainment o1 the teachers. Those in charge of loca] V arrangements m i.,orumuia, ussuie ai. who come of a ccmfortflble place tc stay. Columbia ;has a number of new restaurants and it is certain that com fortable accommodations can be had A list of hotels and rooms will be sent out about the m ddle of February Following are the officers: Jcs. P Kinard, president, Kock Hill; R. C Burts, secretary, Rock Hill; W. E Black, treasurer, Lexington; D. T Kinard, Dillon, and Mrs- E. E. Wat kins, Columbia, vice-president. De partment presidents are as follows: , College and secondary schools, H. X ? 3-- rmrMn t n-ri rl on r>o ^Jliyuei , Ol-'ai ia.1 Uil i f, , BUrH-iui^uuvuv, Patterson Wardlaw, Columbia; pri marv teachers. Miss M.'Vi/ed Tilling liast, Eastover; grammar grade teach ers, Miss Annie S. Workman, Laurens; school improvement association, Miss Madeline Spigener, Columbia; teachers of English, W. Thomson Brown, Rocli Hill; home economics, Miss Mary Mc Gowan, Rock Hill; industrial teachers and public school principals, W. S Wertz, Columbia; county superintend ents, R. S. Rogers, Dillon; language teachers, Miss Susie Brunson, Darling ton; kindergarten, Miss Adele Mina han, Charleston; tea'-hers of pedagogy Patterson Wardlaw, Columbia; School Peace League. D. B. Johnson, Roci Hill; rural teachers, Miss Charlotte Wienges. I Soldier Found Dead in Room. Spartanburg.?A coroner's inquesl failed to clear up the my&tery suv rounding the death of First Lieut Dean H. Buchanan -of Camp Wad* worth, who was found dead in his roort in a hotel in this city with his brain penetrated by a pistor bullet. Lieu tenant Buchanan's home was at Grovii City, Pa. He was in the Officers' Re' serve Corps and came here a few days ago from Camp Gordon, Atlanta, be ing assigned to one of the machine gun battalions now being organized ic the provisional training brigade ?.1 Camp Wadsworth. He registered at the Hotel Brooklyn Monday, occupied his room last night tVi^o mrtrnintr ar>f1 before noon. A new pistol loaded with one cartridge discharged was found iir the room. The theory of suicide is ?.d vanced as the only on? which seems tc lit the facts. As so far learned, no oils was in the room with the body. How ever, there was a letter to his mother Mrs. .Alice C. Buchanan, apparently just written and indicating a happj frame of mind. May Locate Big Plant at Charleston, Columbia.?Information received is ~ * tJrtMww Tav/? will * 10 CJ 17 ?> np.trilif CiXdL JL1C1I1 J J-'UIU >? IU H.U.V within the next few days for an inspection of Southern ports for a suitable site for the large shipbuilding plant, to be erected somewhere in the South- This information was sent tc Andrew J. Bethea from Charleston, who has suggested the State's big seaport as a most desirable location foi the contemplated enterprfse. Eat at least one meatless meal a day. Eat more fish, cheese, eggs, poultry, and save beef, pork, and mutton foi our fighters. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS, The O.ctngebufg Packing Company began the actual slaughter of hogs on January 28. Already enough hogs liavr been contracted for to run the plant during that week. The plant will be in complete operation by Fehraurv. The United States government experts + oc? ipcnapfni'd A? d?>dlgJLlC:U, L U yxciUL U\7 w meats will report for duty not later than February 1. John Hagood of South Carolina, has been nominated by the President ~.o be a colonel of the Coast Artillery Corps. John J. Earle, a leading lawyer of Columbia, has volunteered his services to the Red Cross and will leave New York soon for France. The Rev. Oliver J. Hart, a native of York and now assistant rector of St. Michael's Church, Charleston, has /-Joi-m fnr oTomntinn fr~>m t-hf3 wcii vcu V/iaxai iui vaviuj/v*v/.. army draft, although he is not liable to call, being an ordained minister of the gospel. He is ready to serve his country, r/hen summoned, and as a matter of fv'' hn.> an appli. p.ficn 0:1 file for appointment ci~ anry c!?.?> I an SLASRS IN 1J76 j LIE USE OF 1311 Echoes of America's Struggle for Liberty Seen in County RecorcJs in Maryland. i i ': Echoes of the Americans' struggle | i fo:- liberty in 17TG have been found by !: war department officials in their search of the records of Ilarfords county, Maryland, in connection with perfecting title to the new army prov in? ground. A detached document in L the clerk's tiles, dated 1776, sets forth 'the names of fifteen citizens of the J n gion who refused to sign a declara* ii jn of independence said to have been 1 among the first moves in tiiat direction 5 i by the American colonists. The rea'' sons given in refusing to sign present a vivid picture of the perturbed state of mind of the colonists. The docu' i ment reads: ' | "Benjamin T. Hargrove refuses to ', sign through religious principles. ; i "William Wilson, son of John, re' i fuses to sign through religious prin^ I ciples. t j "Benjamin Harboard refuses to sign through religious principles. ?! "Michael Boser don't sign by rea11 5;on he signed before. i! "Thomas Gilbert don't sign by rea> i son he don't choose. r i "Thomas West don't sign by ren son it is a mystery to him. "Fhilip Cummins don't sign by rea5! son he don't understand the matter. | "John Ward don't sign by reason ; the corgress don't sign and by rea ! son he thinks that if the English ! gain the day then the congress and J the great people will turn th6 scale 'land say the commonality of people 'I forced them to stand in opposition to j the English. | "John Cla^k don't sign by no rea j son he can give. '; "Ephraim Arnold don't sign for fear ' i it would fetch him into a scrape. 1 "Isaac Penrose don't sign for reaj son he don't choose to fight- for Iib_! erty and never will. j "Benjamin Fleetwood refuses to sign. He says he will go In a vessel, will not fight by land. ; "Samuel Gallion says if he should S sign ne may ieicn 011 miuseii uiai uc , cannot go through. "Richard Spenc- vs he cannot ? write or read f u iai not sign any paper." : OBEYS SIGN "KEEP OUT" j Rookie Learning First Lesson in Obedience Returns With Message. A "green rookie" at Camp Funston, I;! Kan., has been impressed time and . j time again with the fact that a private 1 of the National army has to reraenij ber a thousand and one "do's" and j "don't's." ! Recently he was given an order to ; deliver at a certain office. He returned with the message undelivered, j When asked the reason he replied: "On the side of the building in big 1 letters, is Trivater-Keep Out!' Guess ; I can read what's what for me." KAISER WELL GUARDED All rniRA *A API Allllfl j UN IKICS IU BtLUlUR! ij ? 1 Extreme Precautions Taken in Traveling?Even Own Troops ! Disarmed. i How closely the German emperor Is r j guarded when he travels through Belr gium is told as follows by a corresmndent of the London Daily Chronicle. who several times has witnessed the kaiser's arrival. ; "Whenever'the passage of the impe;! ri&l train is to take place the fact is . not known to the chief railway office i nnHl the enmp flnv 5ind to his SUbOI'di ' J ****-?*"*? V*4V " ' ;' nates not until a quarter of an hour . before the arrival. In the station the ' I > lines are all kept free. ,! "All workmen on this occasion. ! whether Belgian or German, were dis ! patched outside, and access to the sta tion was forbidden. This applied to i all passengers as well. The military | guards occuping parts of the station , and the environs were ordered to leave their posts and pile their arms. The | only persons allowed on the platform j were the station master, his employees , f appointed to work the signals and th<? ! military chief. There was no guard - of honor, no manifestation whatever. i ] "This clearing of the station takes i piace at every station through which trnin ttocsoq whiph it rloPS nt the i maximum regulation speed. At Brus, sels the detraining took place opposite i the Place Rogier, which is a military ' post sin?*e the occupation. "During the presence of the kaiser j the officials always display the utmost i | nervousness, in fear of anything taki ing place, and they always breathe a . sigh of relief when their master has !, gone. The fact that even the military i! are obliged to retire and pile their . i arms seems to suggest a distrust of his j own army." t 1 ? ?s> t' <?> Go back to the simple life, be <?> . ^ contented with simple food, sim- i? 1 <*> x < > , *l> pie pleasures, simple clothes. i % Work hard, pray hard, play *? <? hard. 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