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SUPPLIES WILL i WIN THE WAR; j DON'T WASTE'EM < Keynote of the British Troops at the Front Mow. J IT S59N MOST BE 01$ ( } During the Construction Period the ! British Army Was Lavishly Equip- 1 ped and Little Attention Was Paid ! to Waste at Spigot?Now a Salvage j Department is Literally Saving Thousands of Pounds a Day. < i Over in the American lines there is i a sort of a standing order?never re- <t duced to printed form, but wholly in t effect nevertheless?which runs about 1 as follows: . 1 "Get the goods. Never mind what i they cost. Get the goods." 1 1 1 JL-U/v it was pernaps mevnuLut: muw tuc ? circumstances. A small American i force reached France almost literally > without a spare undershirt to its col- < lective back. There were shortages of < blankets and food and overcoats and t huts and gun siings and pack saddles, t It had been gathered in a hurry when ] the United States hurriedly deter- t mined to go to war, writes Herbert 3 Corey, with the British armies in the ^ field, to the Chicago News. t Because the men had not been prop- 1 erly equipped or clothed on our own side of the water?because they did not bring food sufficient to their needs j ?because so many things were needed t at once?the element of economy gave t way to the element of haste. j t Huts at "Brown Stone" Prices. j f We paid and we are paying through x thp nnsp for our lack of foresight and t provision. Therefore one hears stories of French workmen being hired to build huts for our men at salaries whi?h' would make the old-fashioned Pitts-1 burgh rolling mill boss?the sort who j used to drive to work each morning in : his own car?envy the French carpen-; ter. One hears of huts which have j been run up at brown stone prices., One hears of a hotel rented at four or ; five times its normal rental in times j of peace. Even the French people, | who are getting the money, are kick- | ing about it. They say the Americans i are spoiling the market for them. "It is the war price," I said in resig- j nation the other day when I had been stung to a blue welt. "Mais, non," objected the French friend who accompanied me. "It is the j price Americain." j c All this, as has been said, is inevitable, because we did not take that stitch in time of which the proverb tells. It is perhaps also inevitable that the officers of our oW regular j * army, which had been notoriously j " starved in times of peace and who are I now luxuriating in unlimited funds, j 1 should develop a Coal Oil Johnny hab-! 4 it o2 mind. But the time will come j i when economy must be considered. It c might be well for some of our staff to 1 make a careful, even a prayerful, | 1 study of the British system for pre-; 1 venting waste. t j 1 It Grew Slowly But Surely. Mind you, the British system did dot 1 spring to life over night. No army in j 1 the field hj^ been so lavishly equipped i | as that of Great Britain. lis men are j 1 given of the best, from bacon to saddle ] 11 ? ^ T\??r nor. I 1 iearners, j-suriu^ mc ^uaouuvuvu , iod, when all energies were bent to the j ^ creation of an effective ariny in the | field, little heed was paid to the waste j 1 at the spigoi. Some of the early camps j * were littered with half-worn-out equip- j raent of various sorts. Guns and lira- 1 bers and old shoes and what not, hav-' ing worked through their period of j | greatest effectiveness, were cast aside. ] I think it is but fair that emphasis j should again be put upon the fact that | this was an inevitable complement of ' a period of hurried army building. But1 when that army was once built and in j ' % - --* * J.I ^ ' running oraer me oraeny unusu mmu . rebelled against the wanton extrara- j gance to be seen on every hand. A salvage department was not a part o? the original organization, because no one had thought of it. It is justifying its existence today by a saving of literally thousands of pounds a day. The American people?and the American staff?should realize that this promises to be a long ana an euur-t mously costly war for us. There is no reason why we should not prepare in advance for the army economies which will ultimately be necessary. Old Rifles Made as Good as Nov/. There ar.e certain details of the British salvage system which I may not put on pap-?r. I may not tell, for example, how many hundreds of thousands of rifles have been made over, so that they are practically as good as new. I am permitted to tell the general working of the plan. From my observation of the German military economies in 1915?it was the German who first realized the need for saving behind the lines?I am confident that the British system of today Is quite as efficient as that of the Germans ever was. That is paying a high compliment, for the German need of economy has always been far greater than that of the British. The salvage system really begins its work in "no man's land." After every push the "no man's land" of yesterday Is incorporated in the British lines. Then ii is cleaned. Old boots and dented helmets and broken rifles are ratliered up. "Dud:> shells are explod- f J d usually, because they are a con- * ;tant danger, and us a matter of economy it rarely pays to unload them.' Emptied shells and shell fragments are sent back to be molted down." Brass powder cases are dispi .ched to the J -ear to be cleaned and refilled. The >dds and ends of a battlefield are gathered up. All are sent to a salvage lepot at one or tne oases. , i Work of Salvage Grows Fast. In tlie particular salvage depot 5 vhich I have been privileged to exam- \ ne many people are employed. There 1 ire hundreds of French men and worn- ' ill and some German prisoners and l >ome Chinese and a sufficient number 1 )f expert British workmen who have 1 )een taken from the fighting line to j je placed where they can be more ; lseful. v A few months ago, compara- 1 ively, it was housed in a single shed. j Sow it grows almost while you watch ' * 1 u The most impressive feature of the i establishment is precisely the feature 1 .vhich I may only hint at, for it en- 1 tbles one-faincly to comprehend the ] ^amic character of the business en- ] w?j i-Mil! \v*iiiv Tn }i sinsrif* nonth, for example, unserviceable 1 iiorseslioes by the hundreds of tons vere assorted and sent to England to ] )e reforged. Block tin weighing sev- i ?ral hundred pounds was recovered 1 :'roin unserviceable utensils. Hundred- i veiglits of rusty horseshoe nails were ' cleaned and made fit for issue. Thou- 1 >ands of mess tins which had been [ : hrown away were retinned so that ; 2 1 i fnivllhr tlmn PVPr. i -UVJ ait. 1XLV1U11J WVVWVA V*.VAU v J hundreds of thousands of pairs of i >oots were cleaned, oiled and repaired, i fens of thousands of German pistols | vere put in condition. Other tens of i housands of water bottles were made i ike new. Making Over Old Boots. The net result is the practical elim- j nation of waste. When Mr. Atkins at; :he front needs new boots now he j urns in his old ones and, if he is for.- j unate, gets nice, well-broken in, com- \ 'ortable old ones that have been tixed j T-? 1 1-" +,1. | ^ ip? XL 11^ IS UUiUUv lie ia iuilcu ake new ones. If he goes to the hos- 1 )ltal his old boots and his old clothes * ire sent to the salvage works to be ( ;leaned and repaired. The army joke s that the army head is of a standard { ;ize. so that the army helmet is presumed to fit all comers. But the vounded man's helmet is cleaned before it is reissued, lest the original >wner send on a scalp disease to the ater wearer. Gas masks are cleaned )efore reissue for the same reason. Hundreds of French girls are em )loyed in the boot shop. Here two or i bree experts are seated in front of a nountain of old boots matching them n pairs. They go on by a sort of an indless chain to the inspectors, who { lecide upon the repairs to be made. Ln enormous double bench is occupied >y girls who tear the old soles off by uachinery. They are washed, new >oles stitched or nailed on, they are lipped in an oil vat, and then trees ire inserted to keep them in shape. 1 shoe does not stop moving from one ;nd of the shop until it goes to the storehouse ut the Other. Here is a loft where old tents are nsneeted and either repaired or con lemned. Next to it army wagons ami unmunition limbers are being made >ver. Leather and web equipment is ictually better than new when it has >een through the shop, because it is nore pliable. Waste paper is baled. So that finally one gets to the engine 'oom, where the chief marvel of all s in being. The big boilers that furlish power for a factory fed entirely >y the old shoes and other absolutely mitilizable waste of the works. One lad never suspected tli^t an old shoe s as good as steam coal in u tire box. But' it is. "Vn rlnn?it " T snH f-hprrilv. for I am i humorous soul at times; "you save he nails from these okl shoes.*' T The joke fell flat. They do save the t lails. Each d*iy the ashes are sifted. r Duchess Mentioned for Red Cross Work ? "T i ^ f '" I Mary, duchess of Hamilton, was "mentioned for her devoted work in the Auxiliary hospital" into which her f Suffolk home, Easton Park. Wickham c Market, was transformed. She has c pi veil up all her social duties to de-j t *?>te ner entire naif* u> uu* in-u tfw ? <vork, i?nd she is one of tlio roost cner- ( Selic and most 1'aiiliful workers tlwre s is. I l eraii TAKE CGCTGR'S FUCE Scholarships Offered in Many Colleges to Enable Women to Study Medicine.' Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury has endowed i scholarship in medicine for a college girl, under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth B. Thelberg of Vassar college. This action was the result or a taiK :>y Doctor Thelberg before the National Council of Women in Washington. The lack of doctors owing to the lumber of hospital units sent abroad md the importance of training women to aid particularly in public work formed the subject of the address. 'The shortage in the medical service ivl" b? fir...-: worsen sooner or later," she said, '"and the members of the council will encourage the establishment of scholarships for women in nodical schools and the medical department of colleges. ''There is no rnr.re important health tvork than furnishing young women ivho are anxious to enter the medical profession the wherewithal to do it," the statement made by Doctor Tliel:)org. "Scholarships have been offered n many colleges. .More are needed. trained medical women are doing wonderful war work. Three hundred md twenty woman dentists are serving >oldiers in the training camps and aidng hundreds of soldiers with defec:ive teeth to enter the army. The immediate and prospective need for tvoman doctors is overwhelming, and college girls who want the opportunity jf becoming doctors should be provided with funds." Particular emphasis was also laid )y Doctor Thelberg upon the need of :uberculosis hospitals in every county. 'Our job must be to look over our own garden wall," she said to the Women's Council. "Has your county an adejuate hospital for tubercular patients? ^Vhen tubercular soldiers begin comng home, as they are now doing in Canida, will your county be able to take ;are of its quota?" i :? r->: earner riyeuns useu / by ihe French Army j \ ? "' / V1- |v ? I ^ I A poilu and his pets, carrier pigeons, rhich have, become indispensible to he warring armies as means of comnunication. ZERO HAS NO TERRORS lINWinter Bathers Dispcrt Themselves at Conev Island. One of the most interesting attracions New York is able to offer its winer gnests is the bathing parties at ?oney islanu and other neighboring each resorts. Recently, wfien the merury stood at 10 beiow zero, twelve len and throe women, dressed in reguation bathing costumes, appeared on he Coney island shore for awhile, and hen, to the Amazement of fur-clad pectators, dived into the frigid waters nd swam out in the direction of the 2ebergs. JPANISH TO OUST GERMAN 'upils in Public Schools Refuse to Study Enemy Language. Spanish will succeed German in American schools, according to Frof. ". Moreno-Lacalie of the United States Javal academy at Annapolis, Md. "We are cut off from Germany," he aid, "but are drawn into closer conact with Spanish-speaking countries. Ipanish is of practical importance to Lmericans. Many German professors re learning to teach Spanish rather han give up teaching. Pupils are re- j using to study German." Lures Men, Then Slashes Throats. San Francisco police are searching or a fiend whom they believe makes l practice of luring young men to seiluded spots, then slashing their hroats. It is believed that the man siio killed Aloert Purtell and Timothy 1 Jracc In a hotel is the same one whp icriously cut the throai: of Stanley j )ixen, a month previous. | Aali-iitiMiliiii U ID IPPLI IG BBSS. ENFORCED FOOD CONSERVATION! IN RESTAURANT PLANNED BY j ADMINISTRATION. IS G"AT? UZ3 SiiiBLHS Allies Need 75 to 00 Million Bushels of vvr.eai ana wr.r.t ruccz ^xpoms Doubled?America to Export Or.iy Covings. i j Y,Tashington.?Enforced food conser ; vation in restaurants and extension of, anti-hcarding regulations to make them apply to the household are included in the plans of the food, administration for creating a larger export surplus of food for the allies. This was revealed in a statement by Fctyl Administrator Hoover, getting forth that the allies are in need of an additional 75.000.d00 to 90,000.000 bushels of wheat and that they have aske l America to double meat exports. Only by 'further saving, Mr. Hoover declared. can the food be shipped. There is no need for rationing in America, in Mr. Hoover's"'opinion, and with the supplementary regulations there will be no shortages. To Export Only Savings. "We cannot and will not export more than our savings, for our own people must also be fed." said th? statement. "The allies have reduced the bread ration to their people sharply the last few days and if this lowered ration is to be maintained we must save more than hitherto. "Every grain of fwheat and evert ounce of flour and bread saved now is exactly tliat amount suppnea tc some mar., woman and child amon^ the allies. "We are asking the American people to *-irther reduce their consumption of wheat products and use other foodstuffs. It is one of the vital issue? in running the war that we must maintain the health and strength an.*' morale of their men, women and children over the winter. Further Program of Saving. "Our 4S state food administrators have been in session in Washington the' last few days devising with us a further program o? saving which we will announce in a few days, in which we count with confidence on public support. "We are goin gto ask the millions of devoted women who support the food administration to see that our new proposals are carried out on every side. "Legislation is being considered by Mr. Lever xnd Senator Pomerene for presentation to Congress for some further extension of the President's powers to enforce conservation in manufacturing trades and in public eating places. Although the majority have co-operated willingly and effectively there is a minority which patriotic appeals do not seem to reach. With such regulation there will be no shortages and equal justice to all. There is no need of rationing in A mno J9 A. JkXAJ.V^.. 1VU. | ONE KILLED AND SEVERAL *| J INJURED AT CAMP WHEELER. y , Serious Property Damage By Tornado In South. . I Macon, Ga.?A tornado, followed by pn-flnf r? nnrYl l Tnnn Cl LUii Cliuai ldill, uu nr a uyuii Macon and vicinity, killing one man and injuring several others and doinr; serious property damage in the city i and at Camp Wheeler, near here. All i communication with the camp was cut off shortly after the storm broke, but telephone communication reestablished revealed that the greatest damage done there was from the rain, which ; had flooded many of the hospital tents, J 16 of which were blown down. It was estimated that 150 patients were in the tents but early reports from the camp said there were no injuries. The collapse of the corral of the 122nd infantry caused the only death reported, that of Private Harris, of Atlanta. i After the tornado passed over th?; camp, its course turned in the direction of the rity. It hurUd 14 freight cars on the Macon. Dublin & Savannah railroad, on a siding near the camp, from the tracks and passed over .1 X 1 ,1. tins inc i eiurai i^n^y [icti i\, huh irn.t, mv, race track and baseball grandstands and demolished a building in which were quartered wild animals belonging to a circus. Seme of the beats werp crushed under the debris while others escaped but were captured by showmen. Fires broke out in several sections of the city during the storm. NASHVILLE, TENN., GETS $50,000,000 POWDER PLANT. i Washington.?A government powder) plant to cost $60,000,000 and to employ j about 15,000 men is to be established by the war department near Nashville, i Tenn. Major General Crozier, chief of, the ordnance bureau, announced the selection of a site at Hadley's bend on the Cumberland river, about 12 miles from N*:?fiville. Construction will bo started immediately. A number of th6se plants are to be established. j opera house Sat. Night Feb. 2 The Event of the asca I NOW FOR SOME FUNf WblrSy Girlie Show fh Razzie-Daizzle of Fun? a\ WubJca^l Frsr.clng Girls i^23TiSS|ro2fl 1 9 f> H U LA H U LA fl |WW DANCERS ( HAZEL CARUS, GoidenVoiced Caiiforr.ia Nightingale *wvi n: ^ ?f-cpLE v <^0!,5Csmi ^ V cO=> j & G i R LS ^ wr*:*" T^n.? rifT j TiWPVC r.ft 7C ?> Cl nn : rarvtiO ov to (x >?i.vv I Fins War Tax I at Gilder & Weeks j NOW SALE OF HIS A I, ESTATE BY EXECUTORY of ED YV. K HIPP Deed. We, the undersigned Executors of Edw. R. Hipp, deceased, will sell at public outcry at the court house in the Town of Newberry in the County o? Newberry, in the State of S. C., within the legal hours of sale on Feburary 4th, 3318, the same being salesjlay, to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situate in said Town of Newberry, viz: Two lots situate m tnat rart or saici lown of Newberry, known as Gravel Town, each fronting 75?2-12 feet on Pla:r Street and each containing 5865 sqr feet more or ]ess-these lots being numbers 2 and -3. Also lots numebrs 1, 2, and 3, fronting on Eleanor Street. Lots numbers 4, 6, and 7 fronting A 4- T a! rMimKiirc U11 ct MA IUUI diivj . ana ljksl iiuinuci S fronting on Holloway Street. Each lot to be sold separately. All of the above lots are shown on plats made by F. W. Higgin's Surveyor. recorded in the Clerk of Courts office at Newberry, S. C., in Plat Eook E at pages 341 and 343. Also a lot and store house therein Xo. 904, Main Street, now occupied by J B. .tones. Purchaser to pay for paper and revenue stajnps. if.> TT? TT.V? 77,rf?%; xinry ri niuji, dai.ua< John C. Hipp. Executor. PENSION NOTICE. I will be in the office of the auditor every Saturday during January for the purpose of receiving applications for pensions. Y\ . Lr. Pension Commissioner. /AMES I>. NAXCE x f A3iP I*. ('. V, \ _ , Will meet in the court house the ? . . ^ ~ . . J. first Monday in Feburarv at Yi o cioc* noon. Memters are requested to pay treir dues. By order of the comrnaander, J. F. J. Caldwell. M. M. Buford, Adjuant. NOTICE. On and after January 1st, 1818, all persons sending or bringing papers for record will please let the recording fees accompany the same. Respectfully, JNO. C. GOGGANS, 12-21-tf Clerk of Court. .1 ? ? r / ! An Ambition ai J f 'pHE needs of the South are : u J of the Southern Railway: the ?ro f i the upbuilding of the other. ^ Y) ' The Southern P.aiiway asks no fa / V. 2 accorded to others. \k i The ambition of the Southern Ra / { nr.ity of interest that is fctorn of co-op< f - the raii roads; to see perfected that fair : / ?e:it of railroads which invites the V . aeer.cies; to realize that liberality of i V/ to obtain the additional capital needed f /eniarcca xacuiuco iuuu^ ? ???vicc; and, finally To take its nicbc in tlx: body po .* incf^^c vtth na more. elder ?rcai iuuu*.iv?i ? { riytits and equal opporraniticj. "Tbe Souths ?*?? 5 *J __ , ^ 2 r?CUwie/rn s&ai .! MOTM'E OF J\ IIY IIH.UVI\G i Xni' e i.s hertby given that 'A'e tli? -n 'e^imed j"ry commissioners for l Vewberry county, S. C.. will at the ! 'e k of court's office for Newberry ! o r.ty, S C , at 9 o'clock a. m.. FebI'arv 1st. 1918. openly and publicly r * 1 e names of thirty-six (361 merf ' o sli:n <o~ve as petit jurors at the - t of com mop rleas for Newberry which v ill convene at N<yvj tv . onrt house, February 18th, j nnd continue for one week. i 'anrary 21. 19IS. f C. C. Schumpert, ]. B. Haifacre. i Ino. C. Goggans, Tnry Commissioners for Newberry County, S. C. * i i At the request o: the Postmaster ! General the I'nite l States Civil Seri ! 1 vice Commission has announced axs. i examination to be held at Newberry, !S. C. on F.?burary 6 1918 for the' po. ..j.: c. postmaster at Prosperity, j S. C. This officfi has arnaal com-* i pensation of $1?C0.? i To bf eligible for this examination an applicant must be a cfzen of ther ! L'nfted States. must a ti'a'Iy reside within the dilivery of th^ office and have so resided at the time the pre e~t vacancy occurred. , Aprlicants must have reached their i hvt rint th^ir sivtv-fiffclk. | birthday on the date of the exaraina; tion. . , , r j Application Form 204 and Cull i information concerning the requirej ments of the examination may fce ! secure'1 from tne postmastter at the ! place of vacancy or from the Civil j Service Commission, Washington, D. i C. Applications should be properly 1 executed and filed with the CommissiI on at Washington, D. C., in time to arrange for the examination of the applicant. \. I ' < "% I ,i? " TAX RETURNS FOB 1918 ______ y><p?r > v 1 ! I or an authorized agent will be at . | the following places named below? \ i for the purpose of takiif^ tax returns - of both real and personal property for fiscal year 1918. V / *' .: 2 And in the Auditors of3ce in the Courthouse until Feb. thevfOth after which date 50 per cent penalty will, be aaded. The law requires a tax car all notes mortgages and moneys, aT- ~ I i so Income tax on incomes over $2=, 500. ? There is a captation tnx on all dogs' of fifty cents. All male persons betyeen the ages 21 and ?0 are liable to pay a poT? tax of $1.00 unless otherwise exemptAll persons owning property in mo~e t^an one School District will. a) b<> required to make returns for eaclr DistnV-t, ss the Tax Books will be made up by School Di?tricts instead | of Townships in 191S. J. B. Halface, County Auditor. ; i i * Avoid Danpiw Drags . Don't dose yourself with poisonous I drugs that destroy tlie delicate lining I of the stomach and the intestinal I i tract, when you can stimulate_yacr I } sluggish liver by C2:n? Granger Liver- I ' Regulator! Thb standard medicines I j contains no poisonous ealomeL It I ! contains no injurious alcohol. It does i not cause unpleasant fifter ?Sects. A I dose or so will scon relieve sick head; ache, indigestion, constipation, de- I | pression, languor and all otner ail- I [ ments caused py a torpid liver. Gran- 1 ; ger Liver Regulator is composed en- 9 | tircly cf selected roots, barks and" I | herbs of special medicinal value. It. I ! may be freely taken fcv any member . g j of the family. Just try a few doses, I , qpp for vourself what a splendid ! medicine this is and how thorolv it. j cleanses the system of impurities. fj J Price, 25c a box. Sold bv all druggists. Demand Granger Liver Regulator and. ! accept no substitute. I ???ii? ii?i mm mm wi id a Record i V> | identical with the needs I | Evth and success of one means 1 1 J j$j{ vors?no special privilege not , 1/ 1 ilway Company h to see that . ration between the public and ind frank poiicy in the manage- ? confidence of fevtrn mental C treatment which will enable it or the acquisition of becrer an* /| aand for increased and better y I H tide of the S^tt alongside o* J but with equal liberties, eqysl yes the South." jy 1 - ,m- I Li way* System? 1