Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?r?? rviiwwum the sun with WRIG Vision for a moment beyond the trackless From Arctic ice. ti beneath the Souther From towns tucked i the busy river's mou WR1GLEY5 is there! There, because mei comfort an/1 rafraei WHIIWI M1I? Ml in its continued use. Because of its benefits \and because ^The Flavor Just What Did He Mean? **I hove read that tin* moat danger- I u thing a girl can do Is to throw j her anns around a man In case the hoat upsets." "Uh," said the man. ' "Pertiups ro. This hont Is perfectly wfc. however."?Louisville Courier- j 1?11 Mil. Important to Mother* , Kxamiue carefully every bottle of CASTOU1A, that famous old remedy for infants and children, und see that It la Uae for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria You can't nlwnys tell by 11 tnnn's nc- . Hons whether he Is it fool or n genius. 1 It Cost the Ai @ I TL? If IliCdd lUdU IV for Packer's F The Meat Bill large items i u bud i bi Br, . v 8 less than 10 cent R goes to the packet |8 In converting ? meat and getting i & the retail dealer, th a complex and essi Ithe maximum of e The above staten Swift & Compar and Federal ( Swift & Company's to (Meat and by-products) . Swift & Company's to Profit per pound U. S. Meat Consumption f i. M^^j?*? **j^ i m those far off ports ; seas? 3 the torrid lands n Cross? n the mountains, to ith-^ [ 1 find Zg? "nent ^ ^ Jgg|pS Truth and Poetry. "Why do you -object to spring poets?" "They're such unreliable weather prophets!" How's 1 his ? We offer (100.00 for any cuse of catarr* that cannot be cured by HALL'. CATARHH MED1CINK. HALL'S CATARHH MEDll . la taken Internally and acta through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Sold by druggists for over forty years. Price 75c. Testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio. Scarcity of cyanide is restricting the production of silver, particularly in Mexico. A guilty conscience may need no ue cuser, but it usually has one. rerage Family ? V ?\ wmv m Jc Per Week ffl Vofit in 1917. | is one of the | n the family i it | s per week of it S in profits. 8 live stock into S t into the hands of 3 e packer performs B| ential service with Ul sfficiency. [lent is based on M| iy's 1917 figures K| Census data: gjl tal output - m 5,570,000,000 Pounds g tal Profit - S $34,650,000.00 || $.0062 9 unds per person per year . $1.05 per person per year rsons $4.72 per family per year 1K1J >f interesting and 0 sent on request. W : fit Company, M b, Chicago, Illinois TO &. Company jsjl U. S. A. . iffij ' apnwr?-' STATE DOES WELL 1 WAR PROGRAM SOUTH CAROLINA'S EFFORT TO PRESS WAR PREPARATION PROGRAM REVIEWED BY GOV. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina People, Gathered Around the State Capital. Columbia. In a letter to George Creel, head of the bureau of public information in Washington. Governor Manning emphasizes that South Carolina is doing her full share in the war preparation program. Mr. Creel caled on the South Carolina executive for information relative to the response in South Carolina to the different Liberty loans. Red Cross and other war activity ramnaign, the number of men volunteering in the different branches of service and a statement as to workUie of the selective draft in this State. Governor Manning emphasized that subscriptions to Liberty bonds. Y. M. C. A.. Red Cross and other activities were in excess of the State's apportionment and that the people had responded willingly to the selective service program. The letter by Governor Manning reads: For information concerning the firs', second and third questions you submit I would refer you to the army and navy departments. "In regard to your fourth question I will say that the war department has made so many changes in the National Guard of South Carolina that there are no records here to show the gains since the declaration of war and the only available statistics are now in the office of the provost marshal general. At Head cf List. "South Carolina was the first State in this division to come up to its full quota in the membership campaign for the Red Cross. Iler membership before the recent campaign was 25.115. The membership she secured by the drive 24.144 and her total mem Dersmp now is 49.259. "In regard to South Carolina's subscription to the Liberty loan, her allotment was $12,000,000 and her subscription was $18,862,300. "South Carolina's allotment for war work. Y. M. C. A., was $200,000 and her subscription was $209,019.93. "Public sentiment has steadily grown to the realization of the seriousness of the war. and I am justified in saying more and more that the safety of our institutions and the safety of our freedom and rights is at stake, and that it must be fought out to a victorious conclusion, with a guarantee of lasting peace." Information Wanted. The letter from Mr. Creel read: "Mv Dear Governor: "The President has asked me to check up on the various States with regard to war progress and general conditions with respect to public sentiment. May I ask that you turn this letter over to some authoritative person, directing him to collect the information as soon as possible? I shall appreciate it as a great favor. "1. Number of volunteers for recu lar army. "2. Number of volunteers for navy. "3. Number of volunteers for marine corps. "4 Prasent enlisted strength of he National Guard, showing gain since the decoration of war. *6. Subscriptions to the two Liberty loans. "6. Red Csoss contributions. "7. Statement with regard to th? operation of the selective service law. "8. A short statement as to tlie public sentiment with relation <to the war." Canal Ownership Up. Governor Manning has signed the act, passed the recent session of the general assembly, empowering the state canal commission to continue its investigation into the ownership of the Columbia canal. By the provisions of the act. the commission is empowered to summons before it such person or persons as the commlssiou may deem proper and to require such person or persons to answer upon oath any and all questions they may deem relevant to the investigation. Power is also granted to require the production of any and all books, papers or other documents, in determining the various ramifications of the canal property. New Enterprises Chartered. The National Printing and Stamp Company of Marion was commission0(1. Publioat'on of newspapers and a general stamp and stationery business Is contemplated The proposed capital stock is $? 500 The petitioners are .T *1. Angel and I. K. Angel, hoth cf Marion. The Planters' Warehouse of Nichols wns commissioned with a proposed capital stock of $15,000. The comoanv proposes to buy and sell tobacco Petitioners are J R Battle. II. I, Ay Ms and M W Battle. The Thomas I.lve Stock Company of Manning was chartered with a capital stock of $-10,000. Officers are: K. * . i nomas. president .ana ti. m. i nomas. secretary and treasurer. The Riverview Cemetery. Inc.. of Charleston was chartered with a capital stock of $50,000. Officers are: John McCrady. president; Henry Cheves. Jr. vice-president and treasurer. and 0. A. Bamberg, secretary. The Riverside Cemetery Association of Dillon was commissioned with a nroposed capital stock of $2,000 Petitioners are: A. P. Bethea. J. R. Re:an and A. B. Jordaa. ;"*"*rwsy-7^f-.v \j7> > * K a- - Delegates Are Named. Tbe following is the list of del\>gates appointed by Governor Manning to the sixth annual meeting of the United States Good Roads Association. which meets in Little Rock from April 15 to 19. inclusive: W. A. Stevenson. Abbeville; E. B. Gunter. Aiken; J. Mack King. Anderson; L. F. McMillan, Bamberg; B. H. Dyches. Barnwell; J. B. Walker. Beaufort; Lewis W. Hill. Ridgeville; W. J. Wise. St. Matthews; William P. Cantwell, Charleston; J. M. Jen Kins, uairney; B. G. Anderson. Chester; E. R. Knight. Chesterfield; J. E. Kelly. Manning; B. R. Ulmer. Walterboro; W. C. Gandy. Darlington; W C. Easterllng. Dillon; C. E. Kiser. St. George; R. N. Broadwater. Edgefield; D. R. Coleman. Jr.. Winnsboro; A. L. Ervln. Florence; M. L. Bethune. Georgetown; W. H. Willimon. Greenville; J. B. McCombs. Greenwood; B. H. Tuten. Hampton; A. C. Murrell. Conway; J. E. Gill. Rldgeland; W. C. West. Camden: J- C. Cook. Lancaster; H. B. Humbert. Laurens; C. T. Evans, Bishopville; C. E. Corley. Lexington; C. C. Rogers. Marlon; J. H,- Lewis. Bennettsville; J. H. Lyon. McCcrmiek; J. C. Sample. Newberry; \V. C. Foster. James B. Craig. Pickens; Andrew Patterson, Jr.. Columbia; O. W. Langford. Saluda; W. H. Broom. Spartanburg; L. E. White, Sumter; J. P Jeter. Union; J. R. Hammett, Kingstree; C. W. Boyd. York; A. C. Summers. Columbia; H. McCreight. Columbia; F. H. Murray# Columbia; MaJ. R. Q. Thomas. Charleston; Prof. Hale Houston. Celmson. College; Prof. A. C Carson. Columbia: C. O Hearon. Snartanburg; Thomas W. Cothran. Greenville; T. K. Foster, Union; A. C. Kennedy. Union; J. T. Bradley. Union; J. B. Bodenbaugh. Union; E. W. Stone. Union; G. P. Goodshall. Union; J. A. Hertz. Charleston; T. Allen Legare, Charleston; Frank E. Towles, Meggett; Milliam K. McDowell. Charleston: W. C. Hawey, Charleston; C. O. Goodwin. Travellers' Rest; John D. Wood. Greer; J. W. Norwood. Greenville: T Ke'th Legare. Columbia; John F. Weekly. Ulmers; A. W. Knight. Bamberg: J. A. Banks. St. Matthews; A. V. Snell. Charleston; II. H. Abrams. Newberrv; George T. Little. Camden; T. A. Scarborough. Orangeburg; James H. Hennegnn. St. Matthews; P. W. Sullivan. Ilonen Path; J. II. Ooanel. Swi'z.er; Alva Quy. Lowrvvllle; F. H. Hyatt. Columbia; J. J Fretwell. Anderson; LaCoste Evans. Haitsville; Joseph A. Perry. Orangeburg; Williams O Slrrine. Greenville; John D. Harris. Greenville; E. H. He Camp. CJaiTney. Offers Many Prises. The South Carolina Council of Defense has received notice that the national committee of patriotic societies. Union Trust building. Washington. D. C., has ofTered a $r>0 Lloerty bonA to the secondary school student (high school or private srtioolt who shall write the best essay on the subject: "Winning the War With Liberty Bonds." The Council of Defense hopes that the school teachers of this state will stimulate interest among their pupils in the third Liberty loan and feels that one good way to do it would bo to rail attention to this conte>5 The conditions of the contest are as follows: 1. Each essay shall be limited to 600 words. 2. There must be at least ten contestants in each competing school. 2. Only the best essay from each school is to be submitted to the national committee. 4. In each competinR school a campaign for the sale of Liberty bonds to students, faculty, family and friends ni'ast be carried on. 5. Principals must notify the national committee on or before April 10 that their schools are to compete. Essays must be submitted to the national committee not later than May 1. Two More Canneries. L. S. Wolfe, farm demonstration aRent, of OranReburg. announced that two more co-operative canneries have been organized in Orangeburg county. This makes three for the county. One is located at Elloree. one at North and the other at Holly Hill. Last year there were only three co-operative canneries in the State and the first one of these to be organized was at Klloree. This lannery was a success from every standpoint and those interested are planning to make th's season better than last. The other I two canneries began operation this year under favorable circumstances, all having acreage enough to supply them already pledged. Farmers of these sections are planting heavily of tomatoes and It is expected that before long this county will be recognized as a tomato canning center. Large Castor Bean Acreage. Ninety-two acres of castor beans will be planted In Orangeburg county, it Is learned. These beans ure to be used for making lubricating oil for the Liberty motors, but contracts for t!iis number of acres have already be?n signed. The Lincoln Leasing Company of Charleston was chartered, the cap;'a! stock be'ng $.100 Officers are: Ashmead F. Prlngle. president and treasurer; Fi nest M. Prlngle, vice president; William P. Cornell, secretary. The Merchant's Orooory Company of Helton chartered with a capital of $1.1.000 C. F Cox Is president and ! treasurer; W. J. Moorehead. vice i president; and W. A Williams, seere tary. i The Piedmont Orocery Company o' ' Spartanburg made application for at. i increase of capital stock Appeal Had Good Effect. The appeal to the people of Soitt) Carolina to use more Irish potatoet instead of wheat. Is having its effect There has been a tremendous demand lur i'irii iwiBiiirn, miiii in? rnsnonsi has been exceptionally Rood stlmulaf ed by the patriotic appeal, and th< reisonableness at which Irish pota toes are beinR sold. I.aryc quantities of Irish potatoei have been sold in Charleston. Coluin b<a. SnartanbiirR and other markets at three cents per pound, which is t baais of 40 cents per peck. DANGER! ISSELI \ Calomel Salivates! It Ma -Liver Tone Acts Men, W< Every druggist here, yes! yoi everybody's druggist has noticed off in the sale of calomel. Th same reason. Dodson's Liver Tc place. "Calomel is damgerous and peop Dodson's Liver Tone is safe and suits," said a prominent local dru Liver Tone is personally guara J... A I r m ? ? mi u^im. n. targe iamuv-sjzea dc fcjv cents and if you find it doesn of dangerous, salivating calomel y ask for your money back. Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleas: lv vegetable remedy, harmless t and adults. Take a spoonful at ni| feeling no sick headache, b Sympathy. "Did tin' old gcwtlcman encourage you when you asked the hund of his daughter in marriage?" "Wefl. In one way he encouraged me," replied the suitor, thoughtfully. "I judged from what he said that no1 objections would be offered so far as he was concerned." "What did he say?" "'Poor devil!'"?Birmingham AgeIternld. ALMOST I BLIND FROM DIZZINESS This Virginia Lady Tells of Constant Suffering From Dreadful Backaches, Permanently Relieved by Cardui. Norton, Vn.?Mrs. E. S. Clouse, of this place, writes: "In about 1001 I seemed to get In bad health, I had been married about n year ... I called In Dr. , of . who treated me . . . and gave me medicine, which didn't do me any good. I suffered agony for about 4 months and felt I must ^ave some relief, for I was so bad iff that I was really unable to be up out of bed during all that time. I could hardly walk, every step was painful and a drag. I would he almost blind from dizziness. I'd have dreadful backaches that never ceased, and severe pains ... I read of Cardui In the Birthday Almanac and friends urged me to tnke It ... I used one bottle with such beneficial results that 1 gained hope of recovery. After the use of 2 or 8 bottles, I felt so much better that I was able to get up and go about my work. My Improvement was steady and after about the 3rd or 4th bottle, I was entirely cured and the cure has been permanent . . . For the past seven years I have had perfect health and my work has been a pleasure." Try Cardul, the woman's tonic, for your troubles. It Is safe reliable and of proven merit. All druggists.?Adv Burdened Down. "Oreat Scott ! Does your wife make you do all the marketing downtown7" "No. I'm Just trying to carry home the soap and the coffee and the tenpenny nails and the garden hose and the dried beef that we don't need that I had to buy in order to get the pound of sugar that we absolutely Imd to have." BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP Why use ordinary cough remedies, when Boschee's German Syrup ha*, been used so successfully for fifty-one years In all parts of the United States for coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the throat, especially lung troubles. It gives the patient n good night's rest, free from coughing, with eusy expectoration In the morning, gives uuture a chance to soothe the Inflamed parts, throw off the disease, helping the patient to regain his health. Made in America and sold for more than half a century.?Adv. The Reason. "Are they really going to try to float that stock on the market?" "Oh, no; it wouldn't hold water." h-lmply Hashy Skins Quickly soothed and healed by Cuttcura often when all else falls. The Soap to cleanse ami purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal. For free samples address, "Cutleura, Dept. X, Boston." At druggist* and by mall. Soap 2f?, Ointment 2.r? and CO.?Adv. When a girl begin* to boss a young j man lie might Just as well begin to save to buy furniture. To keep clean and healthy take Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate liver, bowels and stomach.?Aflv. I Once in a while a woman gets so angry at Iter husband that she refuses to talk hnek. t You never can know how superior lo other | preparations Dr. Perry's "Dead Shot" Is until you have tried It once. A sin ale dosr I olsana out Worms or Tapeworm. Adv. Occasionally the first to promise h reform is the Inst to arc-opt it. vvv vnk DOM SOI kes You Sick and You Lose < Better Than Calomel and I )men, Children?Read Gua lr druggist and sour stomach or < a great falling- Tone doesn't grip ey all give . the day like calomel. >ne is taking its Take a dose o! you will feel sic le know it, while lose a clay's work gives better re- Dodson's Live ggist. Dodson's You'll know it nteed by every wake up with yo >ttle costs but a bowels clean, brc; 't take the place You will feel che' ou have only to for a hard day's v You can eat a int-tasting, pure- of salivating your 0 both children Get a bottle of ght and wake up on mv guarantee, iliousness, ague, nastv, dangerous < Didn't G?it It. As a result of a baby having been left on his front porch a few clays ago, s Homer I>. Basset, druggist at SH>4 Mas- 1 sachusetts avenue, leas been the brunt V of many attempted jokes. Two young > women of the neighborhood entered his store the other day, and hoping to have J 1 a little fun, smiled and said to Mr. Bassett: "Well, how's pop?" ' "Five cents a hot He," was Mr. Has- 1 set's reply, after which the girls gave , ' hp.?Indianapolis N?*vs. LEMONS WHITEN i I TUP MMDI cvinw MIL UUITII LLAIUI1 ; ANY WOMAN CAN MAKE UP THIS CREAMY BEAUTY LOTION FOR A FEW CENTS. . The Juice of two fresh lemons strained Into a bottle containing three ounces of orchurd white makes u whole quarter pint of the most remarkable lemon skin beautlfler ut about the cost one must pay for a small Jur of the ordinary cold creams. Cure should be taken to strutn the lemon juice through a tine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for 1 months. Every womun knows that lemon Juice Is used to blench a darkened skin and remove such blemishes ns freckles, sallowness und tan and Is the ideal skin softener, whitener und beautlfler. Just try It! Get three ounces of orchurd white at any drug store and two lemons from the grocer und make up a quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant lemon lotion and massage It daily into the fnce, neck, arms and hands.? Atlv. A Sheep in Every Home! Italse a sheep for its tail. Sheep of I the old Africander fat-tail variety carj ry tails weighing from four to six | ! pounds. The 1 Mitch Boer farmers have I j for several generations used this fat In | i piaee or iiuttor. 14 is now being ox I I ; port I'd to Hughim!. Perhaps our Now | ] Ktigltind fanners might start iu raising j fut-tallod sheop. Textile World Journal. FRECKLES; Now U tka Tim to Got Rid of Theae Ugly Spoti i J There's no longer the slightest niril ol i fee 1 InK ashamed of your freckles. ua th? proaorlptlon othlne?double atrrnnili?la guar- i anteed to remove theae homely apota. I Simply get an ounce of othlne?double " ; atrength?from your drugglat. and apply a I little of It night and morning and you ahould i aoon Bee that even the worst frecklea have begun to dlaappear. while the lighter on. a have vanlahed entirely. It la arldom thnt / more than one ounce la needed to completely I | clear the akin and gain a beautiful clear I | complexion. I Be aure to aak for the double atrength oth- ' Ine. aa thla la aold under guarantee of money back If It falla to remove freckles-?Adv. NVImt a delightful old world this j } would be If fussy js'ople would only j : lose their tempers for good! \ inn SOI For MALARIA, CHILLS and FEVER, f CHRONIC CO 13 A CRIME AQ/ Stop it or you never can keep well. If mouth, coated tongue, perhaps headach deranges the whole system, produces dy j is no better remedy for these disorder I Try them just once and be eternally ? Dr. Tutt's i Put? a 1 //il\ \ Stop to all J Iw(i rTr !)^i C1J \-a\' wS^f Ve?/ Aprevent* othei \<<N\ //P/ i-?po5fd.' 54) rent* bottle*. All good tl ^Sx^2-?5//^ Spohn Medical Co., ?* mill mi i -4 .- v'* ^ * "* mKj . -' nun umtL i D NOW jj a Day's Work?Dodson's Is Harmless for rantee! :logged bowels. Dodson's Liver e or cause inconvenience all next f calomel tonight and tomorrow k. weal* and nauseated. Don't j r Tone is real liver medicine, next morning because you will ur head clear, your liver active, ith sweet and stomach regulated. erflll and full of vicrnr nti<1 roulu ? - - -*,v* " X MV'.T . ork. invthing afterwards without risk self or your children. Dodson's Liver Tone and try it You'll never again put a dose of :alomel into your stomach.?Adv. Energy in Swat, Too. The public has to be educated to iwnt tbe tly. but when it comes to the nosquito. no urging is necessary?it is aneed without mercy.- Salem (N. .1.) Sunbeam. >KIN ERUPTIONS ON THE FACE ire unsightly and ntar the nppenruuee >f many a woman whose face would >e otherwise attractive. There is no iced for this. Just get a box of Tet;erine and use it regularly and you will >e surprised how quickly pimpley, ilotclies, itchy patches, etc., disappear md how soft and clour the skin be nines. Nothing hotter for eczema uml other skin troubles than Tetterine. Sold hy druggists or mailed for 50o. by Shuptrlne Co., Savannah, Gu.?Adv. If you ean'l do a kind net with a :o?iel grace, do it anyway. Keep Yourself Fit You can't afford to be Hid up with sore, aching kidneys in these tiava of high prices. Some occupations bring kidney troubles; almost any work makes weak kidneys worse. If you feel tired all the time, and suffer with lame tiack, sharp pains, dizzv spells, headaches and disordered kidney action, use D.inn's Kidney Tills. It may save an attack of rheumatism, dropsy, or height's disease. Doan'a have helped thousands hack to health. A North Carolina Case C. H. Rogers. 299 Llndaay St., Kelduvilln, N. C.. suya: "X had kidney *i tTm trouble for yeura. My kidneys acted to freely it. I and the secretions were discolored and painful IW'ff / in passage. I bad aw- /r\ fill backaches with pains through my kidneys and I felt miser- 1 B able. Nothing did me any good until I took I loan's Kidney Pills. Tlicy restored me to?y-^WBHEf good health and nome-?T time later. I passed an4!K examination for Insurance." Get Dotn't at Any Store. 60c a Bos DOAN'S ??."** i FOSTER-MILBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y. CONSTIPATION CURED RIGHT to drags, medicines.oils or appllanoes of any kind. Ho dieting, massage, or water cures, but so article >f dally use and trifling cost, prepared In a certain ay which anyone can do at hoiue. I cured myself tf tor 'Ati Yearn of *ufT?rlnj and want **o?? -"?- ? mow about IU Bend tteT(coin) for full pnru'culars. FRANCES E. MORSS. 1315 W. York Aft., Spok?e, Wuk npnpCY TREATMENT. Otaee qolek relief. Tl arllVTwl Boon rrmofil swelling and abort W T11 aafti Never heard of Its aqual for dropayw E JKTrf It Trial treatment aant PRll. by itoalL AJwnutoOA. THOMAS *. GREEN LA* M 1Mb, Baa 20. OttATS WORTH. U. S .a KODAKS & SUPPUES timira We alao do highest class of finishing. -JslTV- 1>rlces an<* Catalogue upon raijueatJ S. GaUsId Optical Co.. Richmond, Va. IftV DC ANC (Mammoth Tallow for Reed.) 3C I DC.A11J Freight prepaid apr point In he south, small or large lota to-dar M B bushel. LL.LKN HMH1> OOMFANY, Afden, North Carol I na N. N. U.. CHARLOTTE, NO. 14--1918. iimnsi .iLT?Hnc ' LD FOR SO YEARS. ILSO A riNE GENERAL STRENGTHENNG TONIC. Sold by All Drug Store*. UCTIMTHW > mini HI Hill IINST NATURE you wake with a bad taste in the e. your liver ia torpid. A torpid liver sprpsia, costiveness and piles. There . than DR. TUTTS LIVER PILLS, convinced. For sale by all drugg.sts. Liver Pills 1 Distemper 'RE5 THE SICK ] a having the disease no matter how 1 and |l a bottle, Kl and SIO a dosea 1 rugglsts and turf goods houses. I Manufacturers, Goshen, In<L,U S.A. !