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MJR SATURDAY AFTERNOON FEB. 22,1919 COCOTONE Ha|S IS A DELIGHTFULLY PERFUMED DRESSING 'For promoting the growth of the hair and makes harsh, stubborn hair soft silky. It removes dandruff and stops falling Ttair at once, and makes kinky or stubborn hair straight, luxuriant and beautiful. Do not accept imitations or substi tutes. Large boxes mailed 25c. The Cocotone Co., Atlanta, Ga For sale by F. U. Lake Drug Co.,Florence; Darlington Drug Co., Darlington. l WP - IN MEMORY OF OUR LOVED ONES LET US ASSIST YOU in selecting whatever is best suited for your lot. A visit to our plant located at 101 North Irby street will show you a complete line of the latest and best in memorial work. All prices. Work guaranteed. IF YOU CANNOT CALL, DROP US A CARD AND \VK WILL GLADLY * SUBMIT TO YOU A COMPLKTK - LINK OF THE LATEST DESIGNS FLORENCE MARSLE WORKS The house may be as magnificent as can be made, the grounds as extensive as you please, but if the funiture is not well chosen it never resembles a home. There is a certain atmosphere of contentment about furnish ings properly so'ec’.td and placed that creates me real nome, re gardless of exterior surroundings. Come to Us for Jlomebuilding FurniNre everything in house furnishings at W. M. WATERS LOWEST PRICES FOR THE QUALITY PIANOS VICTROLAS Your home is not complete without a good piano. We handle only the best makes Kranich & Bach \ Steinway Shonninger Stodard Ivers & Pond Huntington Aeolian Player Pianos Florence, & C. ILLITERACY AMAZES ARMY AUTHORITIES i ' INDICATIONS FROM DRAFT THAT ONE-FOURTH OF MALE POPU ' LATION CANNOT READ OR WRITE. Stfuth Carolina Down As Worst Percentage There 49 5 Against 16.6 in New York, with its Large For eign Element. Washing!on, Fob. 22—Striking fig ures dealing with illiteracy have been supplied to the Department of the In lerior by the Surgeon General’s Office of the At my in connection with the -- y - >— v.-- ., mu- consideialion of the Smith-Bankhead £ ia, o English, 18t>, or 25.8 per cent., Americanization bill which has just olass; illiiterate, non English, 48 1 een introduced in Congress provid- or I* er CPn L, Beta class. Total 71!), ing for cooperation between the Feder of ‘ v,, “ n, ‘ v al Bureau of Education and the States Sheridan 55,165 11,985 21.7 Sherman 64,408 26,938 41.8 Taylor 53,336 10,672 20.0 Travis 77,555 17,403 22.4 Upton 61,559 14,486 23.5 ,W ads worth 67,704 113,442 19.9 Wheeler 32,988 10,411 31.6 Total 1,552,256 386,196 24.9 What New Yorx Showed. The Surgeon General’s records show ..he proportions classed literate and ill- 1 Rotate for 2,338 cases from New York City in draft 851 examined at Camp Upton. .American born literate, fair, 1.383 cases, 85.4 per cent. Alpha class, iii- erat.e, poor, 212 cases, 13.1 per cenr., Bt< a class: illiterate, English, 24, or 1.5 per cent., Bata claims; illiterate, non- English, none. Total l.t’lf of which 14 per cent, Beta cia3». Foreign-born literate, fair, 23 or 32 per cent., Alpha class; IHerate, poor. 25i; or o'l.G per ce«.., Beta clasts iliit- iii Dureuu ui jviufjancii ana me oiuips c in bringing the English language and Literate, fair 1,613, or 69 ' tizenship to native illiterates and -^ ; Pba. class; literate, poc non-E’tglish speaking perrons. The last prior indication as to illi- teracy in this country was ithe census ^ of 1910 which showed 8,500,000 im» ^ whom 08 per cent, were Bo a class, lotal both American and foreign. per cent., . poor 408, or 20 per cent., Beta class; illiterate, non- English, 4S, or 2 per cere... Beta class. Total, 2,oJS, of whom 31 per cent, were "eta class. migrants and native illiterate per- * n Vi? e ( * ra ft on New York State on sens over »ten years of age, of whom -5. 1918, there were 8,965 men ex 5,500.000 were una ble to read and an i in ’id, of whom 1,484 tv ere classed as write English. The basis of the cen Illiterate, oc 16.6 per cent. On July 5, siis reports was the ability of'the in- a flraft of 961 men were examin- dividual to write his own njinie and 1° Sc, ’J-h Carolina of whom 487 were his .wn opinion as to whether ho Mterate, a percentage of 49.5 illiteracy could speak English. The ^ures "’bile on July 24 a draft of 4,692 men ju i released to the Interior llepart examined in Minnesota showed 676 ill; seem to indicate that cn^-four of the terate, or 14,2 per cent. Commenting mem by the War Department would on these examinations, one of the re adult males in the United States are Ports m the Surgeon General’s office HD erate in any language. The ire ports indicate that the educated for eign-bom have been quick English. says: ‘‘Tlie figures are most significant in to learn "Sht of the fact that the drafted men from New York State include manv Pile War Department’s records r °reigners. in spite of that fac, the show that 24.9per cenl of thedraft .mny examined by that Department’s agents were unable to. lead and under stand a newspaper or write letters home. Of 1,552,256 examined 386,196 were illiterate or unable to read and write English sufficiently to take the simple test “Alpha,’ and had to be classed as 'Betta.'’. The Surgeon General’s figures wens compiled on account of 'the need for gtvlng exam inations for normal intelligence and the necessity, in that connection, fo» the draftees to read simple questions. The standards for determining the ali’tty of recruits o take these tests varied in different camps. The whcdier the man could read a newspa per ■ r write letters to Ids family. Record of Negroes Good One of thhe surprising features of be data compiled by tne Surgeon Gen era!’!; staff is tlhe general indication that the percentage of negor illiteracy in some States is smaller than tha of the whites while another is the fact the fnretgn-born who are educa- jed in 'heir own language can also read ‘ English. It had been generally assum ed i hat it would be easy to communi cate with foreign born residents whe do n", speak English by means'of their own language, but it now appears that inr -t of those who cannot read and wr> e our language and cannot write i at all. The obtaining of information on illU- eracy oy the Section of Psychology of ! the Surgeon GeneraUs office was only jincidealia! lo determining which intelli gene? examination should be given to the men examined. It was fodnd essen jiial io develop one kind of pyschologi- ! eai examination for those who could not read and write English, another for .those wiio could read and write English I and then ic evolve procedures for sea rating these grouns. I'or the psychological examination ot the draft two types of group examina^ iDons were used: Examination Alpha, which demands a reading knowledge of English, and examination Be a, which is especially planned for foreign and ii- literate groups. The men reporting for eramination were first divided into an “Alpha ’ group and a “Beta” group. The usual basis of separation was ability to read and understand new* papers and wriie letters home.” In a number of camps, however, an educa tional qualification was added, and in a tew camps an educational qualification aione was used. In the table given below there is ir. dicated for 28 stations in which exten mvg examination was carried on’., both « b mil S ° n Which a man was consid ered illiterate and the number and per cent, of in men examined whom it was found necessary - rend to the Beta examination for i 1? erate.s. The extent of illiterate was found to b* olkm largely dependent upon the pro portion of negrees in the group "T 1 ]’' of illiteracy amogn the Rafted men s a striking fact,” says the data, furnished to the Interior Do Si r "’'To- •? t iS 0tvl0l,s wit hout s 1 , «lefui te measure of illiteracy ami a uniform standard for the separa t , l ; n : )f Blcl 'P s - an y flailed statements tre nnposible :it is em.aljy obvious hot these measures, Lhough rough and vanud. do indicate general conditions ot serious public concern ” percentage (16.6) 'seems to be very small when compared with the percent age of illiteracy, found among the men reporting from Soujth Carolina, in fact, the percentage tor the latter group were found to be so high as to make us doubt the accuracy of ttjie data. A check was therefore made “The records of all South Carolina men m one company were analyzed with the result that of Une 177 men in he company 109, or 61.6 per cent, were illiterate. It seems from this check that the percentage of illiteracy (49.3 per cent.) for the whole group from S °U h Carolina is probably correct Such a. percentage of illiteracy as is found among thhe men from South 'arolina is starting. “Among Virginia negroes reporting at Camp Lee, Va., in the Fall of 1917, [ ’he percert age of iliiteracy was 40 per cent. The conclusion is that the pro blem of iliiteracy among South Or, o- Mna, drafted men is a most serious one.” WILSON REMAINS ONLY SHORT TIME Washington, Feb. 22,—President Wilson, arriving in Boston Monday will splend only one week in the Unit ed States before embarking March 5 to return to Paris. In anticipation of a crowded week with a cabinet meeting, a conference with the foreign relations commit tees of congress, the signing of bills, attention to various domestic prob lems and perhaps an address to con gress on the proposed league of na lions, White House officials are arran ging the business of the executive of! flees So that not a singie minute will! be lost. Mr. Wilson will get down to \ business as soon as he sets foot In! Boston, where Secretary Tumulty j went might with a mass of docii | ments demanding immediate atten 1 tlon. After speaking in Boston Monday afternoon, the president will return to the capitol, arriving here Tuesday morning and going direct to his desk in the White House. Tuesday is the -egular meeting of the cabinet and ’his will put him in touch with any nending business, though he hail been so constantly in communication with officials here by cable that it >s not expected the meeting will be unduly protracted. Wednesday night members of the senate and house foreign relations committees will attend a dinner at the White House to hear the presi dent explain the various articles of •he constitution of the league of r.a lions. Iris considered certain in oiTi cial circles here that the dinner will be followed by an address to con gress, but at the executive offices to day it was said no word on the sun 'eet had been received from Mr. Wilson. Nomination of an attorney general to succeed Thomas W. ‘ Gregory, — concern " whose resignation becomes effective The figures covering the period from March is one of tl,e important Anil 27, 1918, tr. the dose of the ex piece3 of business to come' before the mining o! the drafted men are- president. He also will have to sign ,*K V TMJ'ill'j)'f. TH! % ?« 1 (■ i/ * < Station Uowie Cody fusteh iDevens Dix Dodge Funst.m Gordon Grant Greene Greeoleaf Hancock Humphrej Jackson Kearney Lee Lewis Logan Meade Pike Sevier No Exam. to Beta Beta 27.464 5,497 20.0 23,482 5,003 18.8 54,354 IO.CiM 18.4 50,031 11,370 22.7 67,768 19,768 29.2 69,927 22,701 32.5 75,678 21,907 29.0 63,648 16,119 25.3 83,229 24,218 29.1 27,807 10,516 •37.8 56,097 992 17.8 44,423 12,714 28.6 s 13 v 98l 1,957 14.0 98,996 19,587 19.8 18,921 2,931 15.5 82,441 23,104 28.0 75,319 10,209 13.0 19,984 3,679 18.4 65,700 21,069 32.1 75,948 21,891 28.8 24,139 6,567 27.2 on Sales on Investment Isn’t this a reasonable profit? It is what Swift & Company earned in 1918. 2 cents on each dollar of sales—only a fraction of a cent per pound—was too small to have any noticeable effect on prices. 11% on investment (capital and surplus) means only fair returns to the 25,000 shareholders; they received 8% dividends in 1918. The 1918 earpings of Swift & Company w r ere equivalent to a profit of only $212 on Sales of $12,000 Would you be content with that margin of profit in your business? This and many other interesting and instructive facts are shown in our 1919 Year Book, which will be sent on request. Address Swift & Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois. The figures quoted in this advertisement are certified by Arthur Young & Company, Certified Public Accountants, Chicago, 111. Swift & Company, U. S. A Florence Local Branch, 56 Barrington St. W. B. Tyson, Manager Do Your Buying Now ! Just received a car of pecky cypress the ideal fencing, ready to put up, cut in four, five and six feet lengths. We also have solid car shipments of flooring, ceiling, novelty and square edge siding, and farm ing. If you wish any special stock, hardwood, flooring etc., we can handle your order through Manufacturers. O. V. KING LUMBER CO. Phone 571-J CITATION NOTICE numerous bills, including the revenue bill. Labor unrest also will be brought to his attention though it is ■ onsidered doubtful whether the pres ident will be able to attend a confer ence of governors in New York, be ing arranged by the department of labor ta consider unemplayment. Announcement that the president wcttld remain in this country only one week led some members of con gross to say they believe no extra ses sion would be called until after Mr. Wilson concludes his work in Europe Senate advisers of the President will "rge that congress be summoned about May 15. Despite stormy weather encounter >d by the George Washington in the ’ast two days, President Wilson has not been prevented from keeping in touch with affairs here, as the execu <lve offices received several wireless messages from bis today. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Florence By H. A. BRUNSON, Probate Judge WHEREAS, Miry Williams hath made suit to me, to grant unto het Letters of Administration of the tes tate of and effects of Martha Wilson. THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Martha Wilson, deceased, that the> be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate to be held at Ftor ence, S. (’., on Feb. 20 1919 next af ter publication thereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon to show cause, of any they have, why the said Admin istration should not be granted. GIVEN under my Hand, this 5th day of Feb., Anno Domini, 1919. H. A. BRUNSON Judge of Probate CHICHESTER S PILLb THK DIAMOND II RAX'D. A ilwiylXcliaUt (Ladle.! A.k your Druiul.t Tor . Chl-«JuM-terto Diamond Brand/ Fill* la Bed »nd Oold mcullteS boxa, sexled »ith Blue Rit.bjfu OND BRAND FIl „ yoon known ts aest, Snfnt, A! wiy* RetlaM# SOLD BY MttJGGISIS EVERYWHtR£ WHY NOT PAINT YOUR OWN CAR? You can do so for a few dollars with EF- FECTO AUTO ENAMEL. Use EFFECTO top and seat dressing. Makes them look like new and wear longer. McCOWN HDW. CO. 9 S. Dargan St., Phone 321