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NOTICE TO JURORS. inasmuch '?<? no jury cases will be tried at the May term, 191S, jurors drawn for said term need riot attend. Jno. . Goggans, 'Clerk of Court. LLOYD-GEORGE?*BE OF GOOD CHEER?WE ARE ALL RIGHT." London, May 4.?' Be of good cheer; we are all right," was the ringing message brought to the people of Britain by Premier Lloyd-George from the British army upon his arrival from the front. All soldiers of the allied armies, li* declared, are confident of winning and certain that the Germans will regret their costly offensive on the west front. Germany was credited bv the premier with serving the allies by hastening the influx of American troop? and the accomplishment of the lonj: desired unity in command. American soldiers were given high praise for their fighting qualities, courage and desire to have a part. Lloyd-George said: "I saw Generals Foch, Haig, Petain, Pershing and others of the higher command and found them all very confident. The regimental officers and soldiers also displayed confidence that was amazing. "The men at the front could not understand the wrangle in England on the assumption that they were being defeated. "Apart from the mishap of the first few days, which all recoenized they were confident of winning: and wers inflicting great losses upon the enemv when the enemy got any new ground. "The soldiers say: "We make them pay an enormous price !n their offensives. You can always buy land if prepared to pay the price but the A - ii-- r* .. ?*1,, COSl IU uie \jrertuciLib 15 gicawj increasing/ "They were all certain the Germans will soon be sorry thev committed themselves to these attacks even if regret has not already come to them." "What about Americans?" asked Dixie G Satfj Don't forget to * i 1 r out a DianK ror y< Summer Brotl Chaufe "An Integral i Defense in President Wilson Says: iiv i... : c il'Ul ' meeting people in the years of intimate and been effective messenge pretation of democrat needsx The work that not lost importance bee gained new opportunity 1/Dw/tAf//An^ v ?-C"4 ICOCUCIt4. iVIUi OlCU&fc "I have great confidenc pie want to do light, ar eminent, they will do r of the facts. "There is no place whe the government and to tauqna platform. The will be there, and, mon persons who can get it avenue." Secretary of War Baker 4'I am constantly facin; work dane b> the Chau ating and sustaining a s and in cairy'ng forwari which the government : attention of our people; as an olncer of the gove the importance of the k communication and exf work which you and yc contribution to our Nat Two years ago we mij k the Chautauqua, but Read the Week's Festal Then Buy Your Se Newberry, I The interviewer. i "A good number are already there.*' | said the premier. "Many more ar' j pouring in stead'ly this month, j "French soldiers who saw Amerij cans fighting in a battle lower dmvri : the line said the American soldier | were of first class fighting material and that they were full of courage | ;?nd resource and all keen for the | fray. i "The Germans have rendered ar ! least two great services to the allie:] J cause?they have accelerated the advent of the Americans and made unity in the command of the allied armies a reality. "French and British are fighting in close comradesh:p. Each has a full appreciation of the other. "The message T brine from t.h: j British army to the people at home M*: of good cheer. We are all | right." i mt i Teachers Re-elected. t At a meeting of the hoard of trns tees of the city schools recently th.teachers were all reelected for the next session, and are offered an increase in salary of $10 per month It is hoped that all of them will accept, that is if they expect to continue to teach school. Some of tfiem nia? i have other purposes for another yeahut where possible and the teacher is giving satisfaction we believe that it is hotter for a school not to have | many changes. <OTICE OF FINAL SETTLE?IEMI will malie a final settlement oi the estate of 1. H. Comptcn in the t. _ x _ i. | rrouaie ^uuri. ic.r .\ewueiij v-uumji S. C., on Tuesday the 4th day of June 11918, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and will immediately thereafter asl? for my discharge as executrix of said : estate. I .All persons holding claims against j said estate will present them duly attested on or before that date. Beulah A. Smith. Executrix. J May 6, 1918. am C*r\ml sfies call in and fill our requirements. tars Company suiquas *arfc of National War Times"? rom commanit}7 to community, friendly spirit engendered by understanding contact, have rs tor the delivery and mter:y's meanings and imperative the Chautauqua is doing has iause of war, but rather has es for service." Says: :e that a large majority of peoid, in their relations to the gov \YJLJCIJCVC:I put 111 pu^cjssnju re more good can be done to the cause than upon the Chaupeople who need information ? and more as the years go by, are availing themselves of that k/uyo. g the splendid results of the tauqna iu this country in creound patriotic public feeling, A the great national enterprises is necessarily bringing to the and I want you to know that :rnment I not oii-v appreciate ?cture platform as a means of >ansion, but also appreciate the >ur associates are doing as a ional cause." ^ht have done without UFA oannnf 1 f frvrl a \t T?^ vuaiuu t uv av # Program that is Coming ason Ticket at $2.50 May 17-24 'raiiscsMsT m 11 an env i i ! rr\r?r? a rmikj i ct d 4Tinw addpai c; TO PEOPLE TO CONSUME SURPLUS AND AVOID WASTE. Columbia. S. C.?In a letter sent out by William Elliott, Food Admin j istrator for South Carolina, to the re! tall grocers throughout the State, at j tertion is called to the big surplus in . | Irish potatoes, and the retailers are j urged to push their sales. The ap peal is made by the Food Adminisj tration to the people of the State that they eat more potatoes and consume i the big surplus during the next few j weeks in order that a tremendous waste may he avoided. There are in South Carolina at the present time 40,0'Hi hags of potatoes | in hands of fhe wholesalers and lu.OOo j hags in the hands of the retailers. It j is estimated by the Federal Food Administration that the surplus this year . | over normal times is 110,000.000 bush; els. The new crop will be coming in 1 n'oal.'f f A 11\ tilio CMlTTllllQ j III CI IV W UW QUU iw unc MVIA "It woul dbe a crying shame in this I time of food shortage for this surplus ! J in potatoes to go to waste," says Mr. ' j Elliott in his letter to the retailers. , i Farmers were last year urged to j plant big potato crops in order to re | lieve the food situation, and did so ;: patriotically, and at present prices, j says Mr. Elliott, Irish potatoes are not ! only the most plentiful food, but they I are the cheapest food that consumers i , can buy. Wholesalers at different points in . the State are selling potatoes at from one dollar to two dollars a bag less ' j than they <-ost them. 'WHOLE TEXAS COUNTY QUITS EATING WHEAT ' I [ Will U?e No More Wheat Flour Until After Next Harvest in Grimes I County, Texas. | -Cohraibia.<?The Food Administrai tion has received advices and assur; ance from the citizens of Grimes coun! ty, Texas, that no wheat flour will be used by them until the next harvest, i In Grimes county every day will be j a wheatless day until the next crop i comes in. I In the same fine spirit of patriotism with which the citizens of this Texas county refrain from eating wneat bread in order that the American soldiers of the Allies and the people of war-stricken Europe may oe rea, rnev have turned over to the government at cost one car of wheat fiour and will deliver others now in transit. These cars are being diverted to an Atlantic port for immediate shipment to the Allies. ! The food situation is still far from being satisfactory. The most urgent need now in Europe is for wheat. News dispatches received from Italy, Indicating that, a powerful offensive is about to be begun by the Austrians who have received great quantities of supplies from Russia, says that the Italians are in desperate need of food, and that only about one-third of the Italian army of 3,000,000 men Is being maintained on the battle line, the ofj ficial explanation being that there is insufficient food to provide for the remainder. HOW A RURAL SCHOOL IS FIGHTING THE KAISEft Whn!* Community Awakened to a | \7c- C~r;r-iousness by the Bethea r?ura! School. Columbia.?How effectively a rural school can fight the Kaiser and make its influence felt throughout a community, awakening the people to a war consciousness and to a sense of their responsibility in the present crisis, has been strikingly demonstrated by the Bethea schoolh in Aiken county, reports of which have been received by the Food Administration. Food production and .conservation have been so impressed upon the people of the Bethea community, through the medium of the school?the children carrvins the go?pe! home to their parents?and the night school, which Is attended by many adults, that in respo?>se ro the crying need of the allied world for food, sixty-one acres have been sown in wheat this spring as against only ten acres last year, j j This is only one of the several achievement of Bethea school in war . work. Bethea is a two-teacher school, : five miles west of Wagener. The ; young women who preside over the 1 school are Misses Mary Eva Kite and i Myrtle Burke: an3 they have, in add!-j , tion to their regular duties, devoied i time, effort and careful thought to helping the people of the community | to do their utmost in helping win the wa?. | ; A plot of land adjoining the school j ground has been secured for a Warj I Service uaraen. wnicn j* sivni BOj much attention as any other part of; . the school work. A Junior Red Cross! j organization has b^pn pprf^rtcd with : a membership of thirty-three?all, school children. All community work was directed to Red Cross work last1 fall at the beginning of the school j term, and practically every home in I the community has turned in some of j the two hundred and sixty-eight articles that have been finished. If there is fn the State another rural school that can glre a more practical example of the fighting spirit, the Tood Administration be ;g2*4 te ' hear of its achiereweat' i I Ul fltt HIGH: PICE 01 PMESl f Information For Dealers Who ? t t _ tl . r- i niu Appiy 10 ine rooa Administration. ! I -- i Columbia.?If there is in South Car- ' olina any community where prices of i Iriah potatoes have not <lecr??s<^. *o a level which places this food wilhin' ihe reach of all, by reason of the fact j that food dealers have not been able to secure potatoes at a wholesale pric? which will permit of selling them at lower retail prices, the Food Administration is in rw~><;itinn tn inform snrh I dealers where poiatoes can be secur- i ed at prices comparable with the sur- j plus stock in South Carolina at the present time. A letter or postal addressed to the Food Administration at Columbia will bring this information to anyone inquiring. Potatoes are the most plentiful and economical food that consumers cau buy at the present time. f SOUTH CAROLINA BOYS ARE HELPING FEED THE WORLD Splendid Work of Corn and Pig Club Boys Forms Big Contribution to Food Supply. Columbia.?The report of L. L. Baker. Supervising Agent of Boys' Club Work in South Carolina, recently made to Dr. W. W. Long. Director of Extension Work in this State, a copy ; of which has been received by the Food Administration, illustrates in a most forcible and convincing manner how farmer boys can. on their own responsibility, aid materially in the ! production and conservation of food at this critical time in the world's history when the crying demand of a hungry, fighting world is for more : and more food. At the same time, the , boys are earning money with which , to buy Liberty Bonds, thus helping in a double-barreled manner to help win j the war. Members of the Corn Club in South Carolina produced last year 26,813.21 ' bushels of corn at an average cost of j forty cents a bushel, the average yield i being fifty-three bushels to the acre. ! Figuring corn at $2.00 per bushel, which is conservative, the total net profit was $42,689.47. The total net profit resulting from the Boys' Pig j Club in the State was $13,998.01, The i total net profits of South Carolina ' farmer boys i:i these two projects for ( the year was ?56.6S7.48. There is an effort being made to i more than double the membership of j the Corn and Fig CftiDs during pres- i ent year. Last year there were 1056 ! boys enrolled In Corn Club Work, of j whom, however, only 501 reported; ' and 1,250 boys enrolled in Pig Clubs, j of whom only 856 reported. To assure the success of the Corn i and Pig Club work in South Carolina, j the co-operation, encouragement and l support of the public-spirited citizens j is necessary. For instance, last year j a number of bankers in different parts i of the State helped by offering prizes, i or>/i ,*n thic wav thousands of dollars' i i worth of pure bred pigs were brought i into the State, very materially adding j to the breeding stock of hogs. One i of the greatest difficulties has been | 1 encountered in supplying the boys 1 with pigs. This splendid work of the j i farmer boys of South Carolina has i ! formed a big contribution to the food | supply of the country, and it is a work which offers opportunity for many public-spirited people to lend their aid. There will be more Pig Club boys this year if the pigs to supply them are offered?or the money with which to buy pigs?and L. L. Baker. Supervising Agent of Boys' i Club Work, Bishopville, S. C., who is ' in charge of the work in this State, ' will be glad to hear from any one who | will aid the farmer boys in their effort j In greater production of food. Offers i addressed to the Chairman of ConJ servation of the Food Administration j i for South Carolina, Columbia, will be i forwarded to Mr. Baker. jWOULp BECOME CLAY ? - ?i?r- I 1 EATER TO LIUft I nc rvwiotn . | Secretary McAdoo Says It Doesn't Matter What Strange Foods People Eat Nowadays. j Columbia.?In the course of his adj dress, launching the third Liberty , ! Loan in South Carolina, William Mr- j | Adoo. Secretary of the Treasury, call- ! j ed attention in his Columbia speech ; to the great shortage of food, and said: \ j "The greatest thing needed is wheat. We are all eating strange ; bread? composed of elements which a j short time a.eo no American ever ! dreamed of. But what do*s it matter? , For my part. I'd become a clay-eater ! to lick the kaiser. Save food. Save , for our Allies. Yon won't pave Ttv,- ' less you economize Economize and you rot only save food, but you also save money which you ran put into ** T *'?T thus helD win , TflG ljineriy uuauo ??">? ? A the "war in two vrays." PLANT SWEET POTATOES. Columbia.?As one ' ay to assure a food surplv fo" next winter, the Unit- \ ed States Food Administration it !nf t!i* formers o? South Carolina to j plant /cenerouslr unsparingly of weet potatoes. SEfT KB | ID BE Hi I I Will Help Provide For a Hungry World During Coming ft ft ? i winter. | Columbia.?Th? sweet pota^ will | help in a large way to solve the profr- j lem of providing food?and, like the j Irish potato, a food that will largely j take the place of bread. In order that the best results may b? obtained, the following information on "Growing Sweet Potatoes in South Carolina" has been prepared by George P. Hoffman, extension horti eulturist of Clemson College, at the request of the Food Administration for South Carolina: Growing Sweet Potatoes in South Carolina. There are few crops so well adapted : to SoutSi Carolina conditions that can j be grown with equal success and profit j as can tLe sweet potato. This crop i oifers to the growers every advantage j that is ollered by other field or truck ' crops. Soil selection, preparation, fertilizing, carei'ul fitting and planting, and cultivating are the essentials of success in the growing of a. en. ;> of swea potatoes. Soil:?The sweet potato adapts it- j self to a great diversity of soil, but il j delights in and thrives best on a we.' ( drained sandy or clay loam soil underlaid with a clay tubsoll. Regardless of the apparent ideal physical condition of the soil, this crop must be rotated each year. Sweet potatoes may follow corn; cotton, small grain j and leguminous covsr crops. This J crop may be easily and effectively j worked into any well balanced three I year rotative system. Preparation of Soil:?The soil may j be thoroughly and deeply prepared by ! turning twice to a depth of 6 to 8 inches followed by cross discing. Crooked and irregular formed roots result from preparatory shallow prep-; aration of the soil. Therefore, deep | saa laurougu prtpanuun is *cry cs- i sential in the growing of marketableJ potatoes. Fertilizer*:?- Both Barnyard and j commercial fertilizers are recommend- j ed. but the former must be jiyliciously used. Under the present potash shortage conditions, that element of plant food most needed in excess, liberal ap- j plications of barnyard manure will be found to be very effective in supple menting this shortage, and correcting | the physical condition of the soil. The j fertility and physical condition of the 1 soil should determine the extent of; the applications, which should not be j In excess of the needs. Ordinarily,1 both commercial fertilizers and barnyard manures are applied in the drill, when the soil is being fitted for setting the plants, and as a side dresser.1 Fitting the Soil and Setting the Plants:?Preparatory to setting the plants, which should be from May 1st, to July 15th. lay off rows S1^ to 4 feet apart and apply the barnvard or com-' mercial fertilizers in the drill and i thoroughly mix with the soil. Plant- i ing beds of medium height, depending upon drainage, should be thrown up i and dragged down, and the plants or! vine-cuttings set 14 to 18 in*hes apart. Correcting the packed condition of ' the soil brought about through the' tmnsplanting process, immediately following the setting of the plants, the j water furrows should be harrowed orj otherwise shallow cultivated. For iate plantings, the one leaf. S ta! 10 inch vine cuttings are more desira- j ble than are ihe plants, this being es-: pecially true in the growing of seed i stock. Varieties:?Th* Nancy Hall, Port?; Rico, and Triumph are the leading! and most popular varieties grown in! this State. The Triumph is one of the j earliest varieties, and should be plant- j ed when potatoes are grown for eariy j market. Cultivation:?Frequent and shallow j a 1? nnti'1 1 cultivation snouia dc pidUlltCU Uiiu? J the vines have covered the ground, during which period the greatest of j care must be exercised in the turning j of the vines. At the first cultivation, | which consists of a careful hoeing and j siding with a broad furrow, a side i dressing of cottonseed meal should be applied, af the rate of one-half ton per acre, and thoroughly mixed with the soil. The Orangeburg sweep or heel bow and shovel will be found to be " tlnnr tVifo r>rnn very effective in cuiuvauu^ lu.? v.?ri The following record of expenditures and returns on an acre of sweet potatoes was furnished us by a grower in Richland county, South Carolina, during 1917 and 1918: Expenditures. Rental value of land $ 8.00 j Turning and harwjwing twice.. 4.00 ! Bedding ground 1.50 j Compost?10 loads at $100.... 10.00 Spreading compost 1.50 Plants?10.000 at $2.60 25.M Setting plants 2.25 Hoeing three times 3.00 Plowing and turning vines 4.25 r-ftttnnseffd meal. Vt ton at $48.. 24.M Applying cottonseed meal 1.50 Harvesting and storing 12.00 Total expenditure $87.00 Return?. 170 fcnibels No 1 potatoes tf $1.60 $412.04 30 bvshels cnils at $0.50 115.00 Total t?tnniB ...... $427.00 Pre ft* ji \ * * r * !: * * * * ^ * NUlOKiAL !>AV. * * * * :'f + $ * Ji: * * Memoral bay exercises will be hold in the o^er*/ honsc Kri^ov, j.?ay i II 1 ! nr u-Iiicti fJrt a srjit i)laco Dr. .John E. White. president of Wonir-.n's College of Anderson, "will ieliver an address to the veterans. Program of Exercises In Opera Foiise. Master of Ceremonies, Maj. J. F [. Caldwell. Music?''Dixie," by children or Confederacy. Prayer by Rev E. V. Babh. Scripture reading. Roll call of veterans who have filed within the ye?r. Hymn, ''How Firm a Foundation." Address by Dr. John E. White. Music?"America." Benediction. Ileroratfan Committers. Opera horse?Calvin Croz'.er 'laptor. Confederate Monument- .\lisses Mary Tim ion. Ke.ss Burton, Eliza eth JVivintcfc. Berrice Martin, Gertrude Rco'.'cr, P.osalyn Hipp, Agnes Chap rr.n: .we^srs u. it. annon, !j. k. iiaC"v?. H. \V. Sohumpert. W. C-. ?.f: yes. ^ilvin Croz'o'- Mcnrment? C;i!via Crozier Chanter. Kosemont Cemetery.?Mesdaiue* A. t p-own, 9. P. Anil. A. J. Bowiir\ H. II. Blease. 0. A. Bowman, Alms. Bruce, R. T. Caldwell, W. H. Carwile, J. R. Davidson, George Epps, Will Eddy, J. P. Fant, L. W. Floyd. P. C. Cayiard. T. H. Howell, E. R. Hipp, W. H. Hunt, J. H. Hunt, E. C. Jones, William Johnson, -George Tobnstons, T. L. Keitt, T. W. Keitt, T. B. Mayea, J. Y. McFall, James Mcintosh, H. L. Parr, W. G. Peterson.T. C. Pool. T. * J. Pope. C. .T. Purce:l, E. B. Seller, J. P. Shealy, M. L. Spearman, P. S. Scott, 0. L Schumpert, W. E. Wallace. T. H. West, J. D. Wheeler, J. Tr. Wicker, Welch Wilbur. R. D. Wright, Texana Cannon, Arthur Kibler: Misses M. L. Burton, Mamie Crooks, Cora Dominick, Nora Lons, Alir>o TTr?rn?hv Rprnirp Martin T-llf*?' McCaughrin, Fannie McCaughrin. Village graveyard?Mesdames J. .\I Kinard. C. H. Cannon, W. G. HonseaL, F. R. Hunter. J. B. Walton, Messrs. Henry Kinard, J. M. Kinard, K. H. Aull. 4c-" Johnstone eravevard.?Mesdames P. G. EHesor, 0. B. Mayer. Lalla Simmons. West. End cemetery.-Mi?? Geneva Thornton, Mesdames J. V. Jones, 3?. B. Clisby, B. L. Knight. Veterans' Dim*" 4 * nmitten Place and arrangement.?Mesdames. W. G. ITouseal, W. H. Hunt, P. G. Ellisor, J. P. Shealy, H. I-T. Please. v V Wright. J. H. WiVkft-, J. B. Mayes. Soliciting?Miss Fannie McCaughria Mesdames F. R. Hunter. 0. H. Cannon, W. H. Carwile, James Mclntosi, M.L. Spearman. Tnble linen flower.-.? Hffte-'i'.George Johnstone, linen: J. M Kinard. flowers; J. Y. McFall, P. E. 11? r> t tt "tr.,,,* r;^ DC'OU, -Hima Druve, 1. n. num. JII.-50CS Mary Burton. Lucy McCaughrin. Dishes.?Mesdames J. P. Fant. H. L. Parr. C. A. Bowman. A. J. Bowers, T. B. Mayes, Arthur Kibler, J. H. Wicker, Welch Wilbur. Silver.?Miss Cora Dominick. Mes ^ames J. H. West. William Johnson, A. C. Haltiwang^r, Misses Alice T-IAmohv "Rornir1*! "\Tartin M?ats.?Mesdames Tames MfTntos^, T. T. Pool. L. W. Floyd, Messrs F. R. /inter, T. Y. McFall. R. H. Wright Bread.?Mesdames W. H. Carwile, C. J. Purcell, 0. B. Mayer, J. L. Keitt, A. C. Haltfwanger. Coffee.?Mesdames R. T. Caldwell, J. D. Whaler, T H. Howell. J. B. Walton. W. H. Eddy. W. E. Wallace, P. 0. Gaillard, George Epps. C.ilces.?Mesdarr.es M. L. Spearman, S. B. Aull. 0. L. Schumpert, T. W. Keitt. E. B. Setzler, Lalla Simmons, Miss Mamie Crooks. Ice Cream.?Mesdames C. H. Cannon. J. R. Davidson. A. T. Brown. W. G. Peterson, Miss Xora Long. " Waitresses?Calvin Crozier Chapter. Memorial Services for Confederate Dead. Memorial services will be held at Rosemont cemetery Sunday afternoon. May 12, at 6 o'clock. These services will consist of a short tribute by Rev. E. D. Kerr, a hymn and a prayer. Alter which pver-?reen wreaths will b& placed on the craves of Confederate dead. Mrs. R. D Wright. President Drayton Rutherford Chap. ?Buy Another Bond*? THURSDAY j QtTZ MZAX. -Jtf-lT " '2' weatless mmm j i SSIUDBUEAaaAOXU. miim IAS7XC ?* BRLASC3A5T fOODt ' CD*OAINtKC "WHEAT I ^