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Ii THE STC LO invites yo are all tha the newesi ready to sf WEEKLY WAR NEWS DIGEST Gen. Pershing Wants Nine Pair of Shoes a Year for Men Serving in France Gen. Pershing has requested ship ment of 18,590 pairs of shoes for each 25,00 men monthly, which is ap proximately nine pairs of shoes per man per year. This quantity is in excess of actual consumption and is being used to build up a reserve for all troops in France. When such a supply is accumulated, the quantity per man will be refused. The Quartermaster General's De partment now has on hand and due e'n outstanding contracts, 7,564,000 field shoes and 7,873,000 marching shoes. It will be necessary to secure more than a million additional shoes during the year. Food and Fuel Supplies Are Short in Many European Countries A Swiss commercial paper states that there is a great shortage in coal of all kinds, an insufficient supply of wood for fuel, and small reserves in oils and grease throughout Shvitzer land. Fresh eggs have disappeared from the market. Dry vegetables are Oeco~ning more scarce. A project to manufacture flour from potatoes had to he abandoned because sufficient A Newi DR Poplins, F1 Taffat< The Styles IPrices are the assortn Price THEI1 Phone 601. A Pretty li Prii semanz IRE NOW S] adies' Suits, ur inspection. t could be des numbers sho' rve you. Isem4 supplies of potatoes could not be se cured. In Holland coal and coke prices have been advanced. In American terms, the maximum price for anthra cite is about $22 a ton; coke, $10 a ton; coal briquets, $25 a ton. Distri bution is carefully regulated by cards, in specified quantities. The amount allowed, especially to residences, is much smaller than in peace times. New French food regulations for bid eating houses to serve or consume fresh or packed butter otherwise than in the preparation of food. Curdled or sour milk is prohibited as well as cream and specified kinds of cheese. The making of pastries, biscuits and confectionery is prohibited. Only in dining cars, canteens and railroad stations may fresh or condensed milk or cream be served after 9 in the morning, by itself or mixed with cof fee, tea or other piparation. No solid foods may be serv-ed between 9 and 11 in the morning and between 4:30 and 8:30 in the evening. When the price of a meal exceeds $1.20 the customer may be served with not more than two dishes with or without vegetables, or more than one small loaf of ordinary bread. The bread is limited to about 3 1-2 ounces. All grain wyhich may be used for making bread is reserved for human food. The amount of sugar consumed in 1917 in the United States was about 3 R1 ri'ivaI of U ESSY SKIR T ench Serge, aas and Mess are Beautifu Low. Come 1ent is big. ,$2.98,_$3.50, $6.00, $6.98, ne of Wash came in oes. 98c. to $3., Weinl4 IOWING TH Dresses, C We have jus [red in a Dress in. You won't in=Weint 88.3 pounds per capita, acording to! figures issued by the Department of Agriculture. The average anual con sumption for the five-year period ending in 1916 was 84.7 pounds per capita. There were about 1,500,000,000 pounds of commercial stocks of sugar on hand August 31, 1917, compared to 2,000,000,000 pounds on the same date in 1916. New York reported the larg. est stocks, followed in order by Cali fornia and Louisiana. Production of Rifles and Ammunition Meets All Requirements Rifle and cartridge production in the United States has developed in volume and in quality on a scale as suring the satisfactory equipment of the Army, according to a statement authorized by the Secretary of War. To achieve the rifle and ammuni tion production program the Govern ment has expended or has obligated itself to expend, during !0 months of war, $400,000,000 and 200 officers, 80,000 men, and 10,000 women have been engaged exclusively in the man-' ufacture of rifles and cartridges. Two government plants and three private ly owned plants are engaged n mak ing rifles and one Government plant and nine privately owned plants are' engaged in cartridge manufacture.. Ordnance experts in this country and in Eureise are in agre ,mnn that the n-to-Date Panamas, elines. .1, and the aow, while $4.98, $7.98. TORE, SUMTER, S. C. Skirts just 50. iergC IS SEASON'S oats, Skirts t received th< , Suit, Coat, S see anything erg Corn United States Army is being equipped with two of the best three r'fles ia the world Selective Stuvice Boards in Oklahcnat Serve Without Pay Of the M-1 members of loc-.. selec. tive-service boards in Okiih ia, 9'i per cent have served without pay. The cost per man c2..fied fo. ser vice in %)a.' ma was $1.57, less than in any other States, a).-ding to fiw u. s sade public by P_ 'ost Marshal General C' "der. The cost of opera.. tion of the selective-se-'i .e law ran hehe. I in Delaware, $10 per man. 'I he average cost per man certified throughout the United States was $4.93. Men at All Camps Receive Instruction in Gas Defense At each cantonment in the United States a school has been established where every officer and man receives instruction in gas defense. The American gas mask, similar to the British, is as mechanically perfect as the best experts have been able to produce. The face piece, with glass or celluloid eyepieces, Is connected by a flexible tube with a canister carried in a knapsack. The incoming breath comes through the canister, which is filed with several layers of chemicals which neutralize or render harmless the gas-laden air. Outgoing breath passes outside the face piece through a small valve. The student in gas defense soon learns to get his mask on in a hurry, six seconds being the standard time when the knapsack containing the mask is hanging at his chest in the "alert" position. After intensive training a gas attack is arranged. The class is put in trenches, and with out warning, clouds of smoke and chlorine are liberated by the instruc tors, masks are hurriedly put on, alarms sounded, and steeping men in dugouts aroused. When the attack ceases the trenches are cleared of gas, the air is tested, and permission is given to remove masks. Airplane Motors Tested In "Altitude Room" at Washington When the first Liberty motor was readly to be testedl it was taken to Pike's Peak that it might be studied while running under atmospheric con dlitions obtaining at high altitudes. This difficulty of bringing the motor to the mountain is now overcome at the Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards at Washington, by bringing the mountain to the motor. Airplane motors are now testedl at the Bureau of Standards in a labora tory wvhere various conditions corres ponding to high altitudes and low temperatures are securedl. The engine is placed in an air-tight concrete room provided among other things with re frigerator coils and a large pump to redluce the pressure of the air. By use of this apparatus motors may be oh. servedl under conditions similar to those at dlifferent altitudes, which might otherwvise be done only by ac tual airp~lane flights. Miscellaneous Items of Interest to the Worldl Plans of the American Library As-: sociation include the establishment of book and library service in Army and Navy hospitals in A merica and France. .Exports of corn to Canada for feed ing and manufacturing purposes have been limited to those varieties and grades which are not suitable for seed pu rposes. Divisional athletic directors who have received commissions wvill ac company their contingents to France, aecordling to the' War Department Commiission on Trinn 'Camp Ac tivities. Boxing instructors will not be sent with the troops, as at present the need for these men is considered greater on this sidle. Trhe Government is today the great est employer of labor in the United States, not considering railroad em ployees. In normal times approxi mately 400,000 civilians are employ.. ad, and in the last year the number has increased to 600,000. In compari son one steel corporation employs 100,000 men, and one ratilroad 250, D00. "Stars and Stripes," Is the name of the, weekly newspaper being publish ed in France for American troops, un Icr ,the direction of the intelligence ert 'n.,- Practically the entire paper is devoted to American news, Includ ing a daily radio report of about - 1,400 words supplied by the Commit tee on Public Information 'to the P~'enah Gonmment, )fllparn; 3. NEWEST 'I Sand Wais ase by expres: kirt or Waist. better anywhE pany. A new publication issued by the United States Health Service is the 250-page book, "Prevention of Dis ease and Care of the Sick," with a supplement on first sid work. The book has 200 illustrations, and covers subjectd relating to disease preven tion, cnre and tra~tment of sick per sons, ard emergen ,.v measuijj in tie tca' t-nt of acaiy'.-ntal injuries In an announco11wnt by the Food r dministration th2 cause for advance in rice p'rices is at'.ributed to the fact that r ost ri24 mills have be-.n run ning t( full cm t.y in ordo: to sup ply the demand for 1,000,000 bage for American and allied fighting fortes. As a result the normal supply for home consumption has been temporar ily reduced. Lower prices are fore calstedl. 0 FARMERS BOUND TO WIN The record of farmers last year, made in the face of obstacles, is ground for confidence on their part that with equal application and organ ization they can overcone the difficul ties this year, accordhag to Secretary Houston. Unquestionably there will be difficulties to surmount--difficul ties in respect to labor and in respect to fertilizers, both as to price and quantity. Prices of farm machinery also, with other things, have risen. In some respects the farm-labor situa tion may not be quite so difficult as last year, although it will continue to be especially acute in certain sec tions of the country. The cantonments have been built and there will not be a renewal of urgent demands in many sections for labor for such work. The draft regulations provide for the de-, ferred classification of skilled farm labor. The population of the country has increased somewhat within the past year. The Secretary of War has CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the _ Signature of JUST ARRIVED R ULES an We have ever had kind of a MULE or I have it We want you to c, Line of Buggiesa Saddles, Robes an Our many year's pie of Cla rendon coun guarantee of the qua D. M.Ba VJ.f 'HINGS IN Es, 3 and they They are re. Always asked Congress for power to furlough soldiers of the National Army for ag ricultural service if necessary. -0 KEEP UP BIG POTATO CROPS, SAY FEDERAL SPECIALISTS The normal acreage of Irish and sweet potatoes should be maintained in 1918 notwithstanding the large crops in 1917, the Department of Ag riculture believes. This is especially true in view of the necessity of re leasing more wheat for export. Pota toes, both Irish and sweet, are the most popular and most generally used of the perishable staple crops. The Department, through, its extension an. publication activities, is encour agig their greater use, especially the use of the Irish potato, as a par tial substitute for wheat in bread making. The yield per care can be made more certain by greater attention to the selection of disease-free potatoes O of good varieties, by treatment of seed potatoes immediately before planting, and by the use of sprays to prevent loss from blight. ASKS $6,000,000 TO BUY SEED The Secretary of Agriculture has asked Congress for an appropriation of $6,000,000 to enable the Depart ment of Agriculture to buy and sell seed to farmers at cost at a reasonable price. It is the purpose of the De partment, if the sum suggested is made available, to take immediate steps to secure, test, and store at least a portion of the supply of these seeds that will be needed for this sea son. The seed will be sold to farmers only for cash at a reasonable price and it is provided that the fund may be used as a revolving fund until the Sec retary of Agriculture determines that the emergency contemplated by the appropriation no longer exists. Under the circumstances it is believed that it will be possible to return to the Treasury the entire amount appropri ated or at least the greater portion of it. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days - Your druggist will refund money it PAZO BOIdnTMrale cure alny case of Itching, The first application gives 1Ease and 4eat. Si d HORSES! and no matter what IORSE you want, we ame in and see our Bigi id Wagons Bridles, d Blankets. of service to the peo ty should be sufficient lity of these articles.