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Soldiers Ove Serve For 3 Fewer Men < Genera' Pershing Tells Y. M. C. of A. E. F., Which Cuts in This Atlanta, Ga., Jan....?The offer oi General Pershing to release officers and men of the A. E. F. from military duty in order that their services might be utilized by the Y. M. C. A. resulted in the recruiting of a large aumber of soldiers for "Y" work, and ^ naturally resulted in a decrease in the number of men being sent from this country overseas. TTr> tmtil the time General Pe iiing's ^^-\Offer was made, the Y. M. C."A. had done extensive recruiting for the pur pose of sending a large number oi workers overseas. But when it was learned that workers could be secured in France?men well fitted for the work because of their familiarity with conditions?the services of many met in the United States were not needed While many candidates for service rs?as were disappointed over the come, the Y. M. C. A. could noi A n ntViormisp CJ-PTtPral Per K? WitVJi If AW* w? _ told. thA "Y" tQ tits iinv sol ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPLIES SENT BY I M. 0. A. t % Cost of Sweets and Smokes for One Month Reaches Staggering Fig ure?Armistice Didn't End Smoking on Any Front New York, Jan. ...?Almost ?4,000,worth of smokes, sweets, sporting r- goods, chewing g-jm and other commodities was shipped to Prance during the month of November by the Army and Navy Y. M. C. Ai, for the use of the American Expeditionary Forces. Jl statement to this effect has just * ' - N 1 VoHnnol War men issucu vj un> .. ? Council and tends to demonstrate that the demand for supplies of this character has not been reduced by the fact i that hostilities have ceased. - In exact figures the value of the supplies shipped to Prance was $3^495,908 and each month's quota will approximate this total until the forces -Overseas have been materially reduced l>y demobilization. The demand for tobacco, cigars and Cigarettes has not diminished since the armistice was signed, as witness the fact that $1,351,000 of the total amount went for the purchase of the weed in some form. In the shipments were 464,911 pounds of tobacco, "lOtt n1irnrf*ttp.c and ftft.'fflO ci ?&r8. As for confectionery, there were 213,800 pounds of hard candy, 175,918 pounds of chocolates and 329,280 pack. ages of oough drops, not to mention 537,600 tins of jams and 6,541,300 pounds of sugar. The chewing gum oonignments totaled 6,100,000 packages ?enough to load every slot machine la the United States. Y. M. C. A.SECRETARY HONORED FOR BRAVERY \ Brooklyn Man Is Awarded Croix dc Guerre by Commander of Polish Forces A. I 1 Paris, Dec. 11.?"For heroic and im tiring work for the soldiers while un der fire," Stanley Modra, of 2123 Ca ton avenue, Brooklyn, a Y. M. C. A secretary, has just received the Crois de Guerre from General Haller, com mander-in-chief of the Polish army and has been mentioned in the^ offl ?TJo 1C tbp. third V M Uai VXMkCAWUU. ?W ?v. C. A. man thus honored for conspicu oos bravery. Modra has been with the Polisl forces continuously since his arriva in France five months ago, and hai given many notable exhibitions of gal lantry and fidelity to duty. During th< last days of the hostilities he serve* -with the First division in the Vosges In charge of a hut in a narrow valle; "between the first and second lim trenches. Prom this hut he made tri] after trip, carrying supplies to tne me] at the most advanced posts, and wa under fire repeatedly. r When the fighting was at its heav: ~ est Modra and the men associated wit] him in Y work continued their minis trations to the soldiers, serving cocoa cakes, when the men were in positioi to receive them, and cigarettes. Thi service contributed much to the nig morale of the troops and won not onl the praise of the officers but the lasi ing gratitude of the men. DR. R. 0. FLYNH i AS "Y" WORKEI ?*/?tt known Minister Leaves Puipit 1 Take Up Work Overseas Atlanta, Ga., Jan. ...?Dr. Richai Orme Flinn, pastor of the North At [ sue Presbyterian chnrch, is going t France for the Y. M. C. A. Dr. Flinn, who is one of the be: known ministers rr the Southeast, an who has a host of friends throughoi this section of the ootttry, will be e: L gaged in special edaoational work, ar Will likely be overceas for seme dm u. rseas To L* r. M. a A.; I Go From U. S. J % ___ " \ A. to "Take Their Pick" From Men Dov/n Recruiting Program Ml ; Country ;j ? ! diers it wanted and as many as It | wanted, and by so doing the Associa I tion has saved a great deal of monej 9 ; that would have been spent in trana B porting the workers to France. Th< j ' soldiers in France know the work o> | the Y. M. C. A. almost as well as | t their own, and those who have beei 1 i so far selected are making excellen 9 workers. a t t>?a y \t a. A., however, will no f 1 discontinue the sending of men tc jj France. Now and then men who an ' ' especially qualified for the work over } seas will be used, only they will b? j I fewer In number. i Dr. W. W. Alexander, director o j i personnel for the Southeastern depart | i ment, i*>ints out that the generous ot j . fer of General Pershing is only an 5 other indication of the high esteen ! ) which is held for the Y. M. C. A j I by the United States government am 1 - by the leader of the American Exp^ J - dilinaaxy Fqtcaa SWEET CHOCOLATE ! < rinr I UAKHItUJJNUtK MKt f Chocolate Furnished by Y. M. C. A. f Arrives Just When It si Is Needed j With the American Armies in ? ! France, Jan. ...?Praising the men of J Company D, 109th Machine Gun Bat- | talion, 2Sth Division, Howard R. Keis- 3 ter, a Y. M. C. A. man of Dunnellon, ? | Fla., tells how, when without food, | they sent the sweet chocolate which j& he secured for them to an isolated pla- | | toon, which was under severe fire, 3 j acress the Vesle river at Fismes. It was during the heavy fighting Sj eastward from Chateau Thierry, that | the men of the 109th Machine Gun Bat- I talion got ahead o? their supplies, and I the sweet chocolate which the Y. M.- I C. A. managed to get to them, was | specially welcome. | The battalion reached the Vesle riv- | er on its advance. There the German line held. Men were thrown across the river by various units to keep in contact with the enemy. There was terrific fighting all along the line. A platoon of Company D was . hurried over to help in holding the narrow strip that had been taken at great cost j by the American soldiers. It was sur- : I rounded on three sides by the Boche, J who tried every means in his power ! to dislodge them,?gas, shells, machine # gun fire and snipers. It was a difficult ? matter to get food over to them for men with supplies had to cross the river which was exposed and under heavy fire. * FIGHTING PARSON GETS WAR CROSS John Clifford Wearing Y. M. C. A. 11 (J Uniform, Proves Himself Real Hero I V Z a New York, Jan. ...?There have .. many war heroes, but there is certainly no more conspicuously heroic figure than John H. Clifford, Baptist minis- a ter in time of peace, but real fighter o ixi time of war, who has boon awarded a . the Croix de Guerre for extraordinary f . heroism in action. a John Clifford, as a Y. M. C. A. v ' worker, braved the red wrath of war. He has been in the firing zone as . much as the hardiest infantryman and * was decorated for a most unusual ex, ploit. He was one of three men who d j braved incessant enemy shell fire T . while reselling Col. Albertus W. Catlin. _ ! o 5 ' I . commanding officer of the Sixth regi- r 5 raent of Marines. The trio carried the , j colonel to safety on a stretcher. ; Mr. Clifford went over the top many f j times and came near being killed on T E several occasions. He is fifty-one f years old and was born at Oxford, Eng? land, and has preached the gospel in s many parts of the world. When given a chance to serve with the Y. M. C. A. [ in France, he knew that it was a l pr>nri thinsr. and hp iiimnpd at it I I PERSHING SENDS MOTT NEW YEAR GREETINGS _______ I i Paris, Dec. 26.?Marly times during the past year General Pershing has taken occasion to commend the work of the Y. M. C. A. for the soldiers of the A. E. F. and to express his I keenest appreciation for the mans j good deeds done by the MT" in this| country. On Christmas Day the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces sent the following cablegram to Dr 1( John R. 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I am now cured of' mon ! the attack and highly recommend and j Doapi's Kidney Pills." You The above statement was given peai I March 4, 1908. and on March 12, 1913, j bate j Mr. Rivers said: "I am still a friend j day, of Doan's Kidney Pills. They surelv; afte are the best kidney remedy on the j in t market. I have had no trouble since ( any using this remedy and I advise any- istr< one suffering with kidney complaint Gi to give Doan's a trial." of J 60c at all dealers. Foster-Milburu; Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N Y. I HQ^ [Aak your newrcdeaier. H? can tell: i POPULAR MEGHAN with its four hundred pictures and four him and better than ever. Our correspondei I mntinnallv on the watch for new and ii I POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE IS F< Ask them to show you a copy or send 20c for t j scription $2.00 to all parts of Che United States POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE, 6 N. I I UARY OF THE IY WILL LOVE I HBHi SB AHl ETTY" and "CANA Ith Street Theatre, omedy, Haun es and Beaut: id SOc PLUS WAF AT GILDER A NEW COUNTY. State* I lendale, Jan. 15.?Returns here tot indicate that the County of Alale was created today by a pracly unanimous vote of residents of sections of Barnwell and Hampton tties which are to be cut off for formation of the new county. it of a total vote of 473 only nine 1 registered against the proposiIn the Barnwell district there j 436 in favor of the new county nine against. In the Hampton sec-1 the 28 votes were all for the > ity. | i 6 cures Malaria Fever. 8-5 tf tfon for Letters of Administration 1 2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j uouniy 01 i\e\VDerry. YV. F. Ewart, Prbate Judge: hereas, John Young made suit to to orant him Letters of Adminisv ^ a ion of the estate and effects of ^ ;y Young. o lese are. therefore, to cite and ad-! i v ish all and singular the Kindred * Creditors of the said Patsy ng, deceased, that they be and ap' before me, in the court of prot. to be held at Newberry on Tues the 2Sth day of January, nex' ! ^ r publication hereof, at 11 o'clock | :he forenoon, to show cause, it i i o they have, yhy the said adminition should not be granted. iven under my hand this 6th day anuary, A. D. 1919. W. P. Evvart, J. P. N. C. [%? YOuisEE ? | " foo th? correct aorwer.] I r< lies MAGAZINE f ?!red articles each month, is bigger s] its in all parts of the world are iteresting things for our readers. Ml SALE BY ALL NEWSDEALERS h he latest issue, postpaid. 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Pomaria, Friday, Jan. 24th. Glymphville, Tuesday, Jan. 28th J. L. Crooks, Wednesday. Jan. 2.9th May bin ton, Thursday, Jan. 30th. And in the Auditor's office in the ourt house until February 20, after rhich date 50 per cent penalty will be dded. The law requires a tax on all note* nd mortgages and money; also in ome tax on incomes of over $2,500 v There is a capitation tax on all do?* f fifty cents. All male persons between the agef 21 and 60 are liable to pay a p<*n ix of $1.00 unless otherwise exemp' A11 persons owning property ft* lore than one school district will squired to make returns in each dfv ict, as the tax books will be made .?*? y school districts instead of towr hips in 1919. Be careful to state whether yo-t ave bought or sold real estate dur. ag the year 1918. J. B. HALFACRE. County Aud'tor