Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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P. sjf : I am Sincere! Sti I Guarantee D< listen to me! Calomel si< dav'a wnrlr T# K*l? m ? -- w??aw M Vtu headachy read Liven op your sluggish liver t . Feel Aoe and cheerful; make your work a pleasure; be vigorous and full of ambition. But take uo nasty, dangerous calomel, because It makes you sick and yon may lose a day's work. Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver, which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel crashes Into sour bile like dynamite, breaklog It up. That's when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. Listen to me! If you want to enjoy the nicest, gentlest liver find bowel cleansing you ever experienced. Just take a spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone tonight. Your druggist or dealer sells you a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone for u few cents under my j Land of Skeletons. Carl Emil Jumk, the millionaire dye dealer of Chicago, said on his return from n trip through Germany: "The Germans are starving. A fat man Is ns rare In Germany toduy us a?well, as u side of bacon or real tobacco. "Germany Is today a baud of living skeletons. In a Hamburg restuurant one afternoon n skeleton opposite tne sat eutlng an egg-substitute omelette nboi.t the size of a half-dollar. "I looked at the poor fellow with u pitying glance and said: " Can such rations nourish you?' " 'Well,' said he. In a dismal voice, 'they keep skin and bone together.'" BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP Why use ordinary cough remedies, when Boschee's German Syrup has - been used so successfully fo- flfty-ont years in all parts of the United States for coughs, bronchitis, colds settled In the throat, especially lung troubles. It gives the patient a good night's rest, free from coughing, with easy expectoration In the morning, gives nature a chance' to soothe the Inflamed parts, throw off the disease, helping the patient to regain his health. Mude In America aud Id for more than half a century.?Adv. New Idea. "How queerly pedestrians wulk nowadays." "Yes; you see, the auto honk has iinturnlly brought in the goose step." Wright'# Indian Vt(?ubl? Pill# art simply a pood, old-fashioned medicine for regulating the atomich. liver and bowela. Get a koi and try them. Adv. A golden mlrrqr makes a homely girl's face n thing of beauty. Save the Calves! Slawg ABORTION Oat si Tow wm Herd and Keep II Oat! Apply treatment yourself. Small expense. Write for free booklet on Abortion, "Questions and Anawera". lltate number of rattla In herd. V. Dull Aabtrlt Vef. Ca 100 QraaA Ataaaa. Uaakaaba Wit KODAKS & SUPPLIES rlW K'*? <3? claaa of Bnlshlng. IJUlpL Priors and Catalogue upon request. , S. Galtdki Optical Ca.. Richmond. Va. I , JUNE PINK EARLINA TOMATO PLANTS BLOD por 100? parcel pott. Too!01 Impmvtd Oulfain wed, OH per btubel. L. B. Toole, til. i Muoon, Ut I LIKE B YOU kno brings o pungent fla\ there's nothi better. But y< it raw. IT'S T So we toast ti used in LUCK A VilV^O IV/i CAatll ?to bring out th : ^ Dp Calomel! odson's Liver Tone jkens and you may lose a ous, constipated or my guarantee. personal money-back guarantee thai each spoonful will clean your sluggish liver better than a dose of nasty calomel and that it won't m>iia ?*??? oi?i? Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medicine. You'll know It next morning, because you will wake up feeling line, your liver will be working; headache and dizziness gone; stomach will be sweet and bowels regular. Dodson's Liver Tone Is entirely vegetable, therefore harmless unci can not salivate. Give It to your children. Millions of people ure using I>odBon's Liver Tone Instead of dangerous calomel now. Your druggist will tell y that the sale of calomel Is utmost stopped entirely here.?Adv. And There Was Hla Wife. An Inexperienced speaker was prefacing his address with apologies to Ids audience for the erudeness of his prospective remarks. "To be u good speaker," said he. "a man should he In constant practice, lie should appear before audiences fre quentiy. lie should learn tu talk with perfect freedom. I don't have a chance to do this. I spend my evenings at home." Everybody In the uudlence looked around at his wife, who, unfortunately for him. hud come to hear the address. LEMONS DO MAKE THE SKIN WHITE i MOW TO MAKE A CREAMY LEMON BEAUTY LOTION AT HOME FOR A FEW CENTS. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply you with three ounres of orchard white for a few cents. Squeeze the Juice of two fresh lemons Into a bottle, then put In the orchard white and shake well. This makes a quurter pint of the very best lemon skin whltener and complexIon beautltler known. Mussuge this fra- i grant, creamy lotion dally Into the face, I neck, arms and hands and Just see how freckles, tan, sallowness, redness and roughness dlsnnneuc and how smooth I soft and white the slcln becomes. Yes! j It Is harmless, and the beautiful results will surprise you.?Adv. Married Life. As u girl pictures It: A novel, m rocking chair and a box of candy. As It really is: A washtub, a cook stove and a sewing machine.?Louisville Courier-Journal. Old People Who Are Feeble and w ?i5KiUdr*n. Vho-Are "<! Weak Wonld be arratly benefited by theOenerul Strrnrthot UKOVM rt TA8TKI.KSS chill rONIO. It parlflea and enrlcbea the blood and bnlldaup the whole ayatem. A General Strvnatb?ln? Tonic for AdnlU and Children. flOc. Abuse is doubly plentiful when wit Is used as a convenience. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the urlginnl little liver pills put up 40 years j hgt>. They regulate liver and bowels. Ad. We shall liuve all eternity to rest In. IAC0N w how cooking iut all the rich ror of bacon? ing that tastes Dii wouldn't like f' OASTED Y I \e Burley tobacco Y STRIKE CigaY the same reason le rich, solid flavor. GOVERNOR SIGNS I REFORMATORY ACT, LEAVES REFORMATORY FOR NS * ORO ROYS WITHOUT AN APPROPRIATION. I JAMISON IS MADE CHAIRMAN Wayward Girl Inatitution, Industrial 8chool and Nagro Refidmatory Under One Head. Governor Manning signed the act, paused at the reaent session of the general assembly, creating the State Board of Corectional Administration, which will have direct supervision over the new reformatory for wayward white girls, the reformatory for negro boys and the South Carolina Industrial School at Florence. Immediate- 4 ly thereafter the governor named the I members of this board. Those appoint- J ed were: B. O. Clary. Gaffney. one year; J. A. Mood, Sumter, two years; j K. M. Matthews. Florence, three years; ? W. E. Wilbur. Charleston, four years. 2 and Df. A. T. Jamison, Greenwood, five years. Dr. Jamison was made chair- 1 man of the board. I The governor's action followed a joint meeting of the State Board of Charities and Corrections, the board of the Industrial school, directors of I the state penitentiary and regents of i the State Hospital for the Insane, wtfich decided to place the institution U-Uv.?. -.1 wiwl. A AA n?lu An m uu i ue acre tract of land across Broad River in . Richland county, where the reforms-! lory for negro boys is stationed A tract of about 475 acres for the negro reformatory and 593 acres for the industrial school for girls was transferred from the control of the state penitentiary by deed, the latter institution reserving timber and pasturage rights. Plans for the permanent location of the school for the feeble-minded were not determined, as the probabilities "re. if a sufficient supply of water can j be secured, the institution will be nluc- | ed at the 2,400 acre tract at Slate Park. The act signed by the governor . holds in ofTice the members of the I board of the Industrial. School at Flor- ' enee until their terms of office have j expired. Governor Manning said that some of the members')* terms had expired. and the others resigned. He then appointed the State Board of Correctional Administration. Three of he members of the industrial board ?Dr. Jamison, Dr. Matthews and Dr. Clary?were appointed on the correctional board. The signing of the act by the gov ci uvi inainn me i piuriiiaiorjf ror 116gro boys without an appropriation "Inasmuch an there is no approprltion for the negro reformatory which lias just been transferred to the State ? Board of Correctional Admiuistra tion." Governor Manning said, ''.he board will borrow money for its main- <] tenance. which will be refunded out o of the revenue accruing from the farm t of the reformatory " t ii Banks Have Much Money. R Columbia.?In a statement of the v condition of 335 state banks by Q K. 11 LaRoque. state bank examiner, enor- t nious increases in the banking re- 1< sources of the state are shown. The cail was issued March 4th. v The total resources of the rtaje <3 banks have increased $33,000 *)00 or approximately 40 per cent in one year, the call showing morethan $117,000,000 total resources as compared with V $84,000,000 one year ago. ' Checking deposits have iucreased 1 nearly 100 per cent and savings deosits have Increased nearly 25 per 1 ent. Loans have increased 28 per 1 cnt and investments in bonds and ? stocks have increased nearly 100 per cent. Bills payable and rediscounts have decreased 37 per cent Amount e of ca9h on hand and in banks has in- * creased nearly 80 per cent. The increase in surplus and profits is but 5 1-4 per cent of the capital stock paid n in. More Men at Sevier('imp Sevier, Greenville.?One thou- e eanil selectmen from Camp Dodge, Iowa, arrived at Camp Sevier and were attached half to the One Hundred ! and Eighteenth Infantry. Klve hundred men from Camp Dodge arrived ! for the One Hundred and Eighteenth. They are natives of Minnesota. Iowa and Wisconsin The men are In ex- j oollent condition but have had little 'raining With the arrival of this ? on- ! 'ngent, movement of selectmen to fill the division was completed. 4.200 i ;n aM having arrived Killed In Auto Accident. Newberry.?An automobile accident In which Miss Mattie Gardner. 19 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. C. Gardner, a farmer and contractor of Lydia section. Darlington county, lost her life, the 14-year-old granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs Gardner had her fore- i arm fractured and collarbone broken and a man whose name could not b" ' ascertained, was se:iously hurt, occurrO(l OI1 f ho Wwharrv T nra ?.? highway three miles north of Newberry. Goes Beyond Quota. Lamar.?If there be any who think that the enemy could find aid and comfor in or around I.amar. they would have been disappointed at a meeting held there when, after an address by Solicitor J. Monroe Spears. $25 000 was subscribed to make the third Liberty Loan drive a success, and this amount came in $200 and $200 subscriptions, ntactlcally all from farmers from the countryside. The amount expected from I.amar school district and the five school districts adjoining was $$0.000. in*., WOMAN WORKS 15 HOOPS A OAY Marvelous Story of Woman's Change from Weakness to Strength br Taking Druggist's Advice. P?ro, I?L-M I nfhnd from a & pheanMBt with bfkict? and dnggiaf down j>alna oo ^Moediy that at times could not be on f my fttt and It Ad I not teem as though ^ 4BSI could stand it. I HI rl triad different Hi 11 \ aa^^medidnss without any benefit and H rseveral doctora . 5tfcajB I m told cie nothing but an operation m Mwould do me any WM good. My drug^HV n told me of /^ F4(W/ Lydia EL Pinkf Hi ill} ham's Vegetable \ /n mlf Compound. I took V A It with the result \t?V V V that I am now well \ v\ \ ~^l and strong. I get ip in the morning at four o'clock, do me lousework, then go to a factory and work ill day, come home and get supper and feel good. I don't know how many of ny friends I have told what Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has lone for me. "?Mrs. Anna Metewano, I (6 West 10th St, Peru, Ind. Women who suffer from any such allnents should not fail to try this famous oot and herb remedy, Lydia EL Pinktarn's Vegetable Compound. Bilious? Take NR Tonight Nature's Remedy Is Setter and Safer Thee Calomel. Cleans Out Syetem Without Origins. Steps Slok Headache. Guaranteed Btllous attacks. constipation, sick headaches, eto.. are In the great majority of cases due to digestive trouble and no reasonable person con expect to obtain real or laatlng benefit until ; the cause Is corrected. Nature's Remedy (MB Tablets) Is a vegetable compound that acta on the stomach, liver, bowels and kldneysL the purpose being to bring about ( healthy and harmonious action of all the organs of digestion and elimination. It acts promptly and thoroughly, ret so mildly and gently that there Is never the slightest griping or discomfort. But that Is not alL Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets) have a benefl cimi tried upon the entire body. By Improving the process of d 1? est Ion and assimilation, tho nourlshm int la derived from food, the blood qua Itjr la enriched, vitality la Increased ax I the whole system strengthened. Once you get your body In this splendid condition, you need not taka medicine every day?Just take an NA Tablet occasionally when Indigestion, biliousness and constipation threatens, and you can alwaya feel your best. Remember keeping well la easier and Cheaper than getting well. Oet a I6o box of Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets) and try It. It la sold, guaranteed and recommended by your druggist. She Knew What She Meant. Spring is the time women plan new Iresses. They plan new dresses at ther times of the year, of course, but hey do an unusual lot of pinnnlng he spring. A certain worthy Washington wornn, I aut told, was getting some new pring dresses for her daughter. We till call her Mrs. Smith. She is a nost worthy lady, but not given to dieionary research. Slie ought to have Doked up the word "pendant." The dressmaker asked her how she ranted the neck of her daughter's Iresses cut. "Do you want them 'V-neck' or ound?" asked the dressmaker. "Make thein V, make them V," re- 1 died Mrs. Smith. "Her futher is go- j ng to buy her a pendulum."?Washingon Stur. The only way to thluk a lot of your riends is to do a lot to be worthy f thein. (ienerully the world doesn't pause to xatnlne a rutin's tracks after he gets here. Many a peruaslve woman lias made dumb waiter answer. Matrimony Is an optical institute for ho blind. M " s. A \ m J ^ | HB *9flv ijL lflHIB. i W I When Coffee Disagrees ! There's atwqys a safe and pleasant cup to take its place iINST/INT I DOSTl TM j is now used regI ularty by thousands 1 of former coffee 9 drinkers who live : I better and feel 1 I better because 1 J of the change. I \ "There's a Reason" Jlr [ 2ND OMR APPORTIONMENTS Draft Will Begin April Z9 and Will Laat far Final Day*? Call 1.97S. Apportionment for the various local boards of the State for the mobilization of selectmen this month was issued by Capt. R. B. Carwile, in charge of the selective service regulations. The movement is to begin April 26 and will continue through a five-day period. The total number of men ailed from the State will be 1.971. of which 458 Are whites and 1.515 negroes. The apportionment by local boards follows: White. Negroes. Abbeville 7 22 Aiken 14 45 Anderson No. 1 8 29 Anderson No. 2 7 23 Anderson No. 3 6 19 Bamberg 6 21 Barnwell 12 40 Beaufort ..; 5 17 Berkeley 5 17 Calhoun 5 18 Charleston County ... 8 27 Charleston No. 1 8 26 Charleston No. 2 .... 13 44 Cherokee 7 24 Chester 9 30 Chesterfield 9 28 Clarendon 10 32 Colleton 8 21 Darlington 11 31 Dillon 7 22 Dorcheaten 5 II Edgefield 7 2Fairfield 7 22 Florence 14 46 Georgetown 6 11 Greenville No. 1 5 1ft Greenville No. 2 14 47 Greenville No. 3 6 20 Grenwood 10 32 Hampton 6 20 Horry 8 28 Jasper 3 I Kershaw 8 28 Lancaster 7 26 Laurens 12 39 Lee 7 2' Lexington 10 3: McCormick 5 15 Marlon 6 2! Marlboro 9 2? Newberry 9 31 Oconee 8 2E Orangeburg No. 1.... 11 31 Orangeburg No. 2.... 7 2i Pickens 8 25 City of Columbia 14 46 Richland 9 3' Saluda 6 2u Spartanburg No. 1.... 11 35 Spartanburg No. 2.... 9 21 Spartanburg No. 3 6 2l Sumter 8 37 Union 8 28 Will'amsburg 9 3? York No. 1 6 2l VaeW V/? O 1 ? I VI i\ ilU. ? I C*& rotaln 458 1,511 Accounted for ?even Boches. 'Dr. J. H David. Dillon, S. C. "I feel that I should immediately convey to you an excerpt from a let 1 ter Just received from my son. Daniel C. Roper. Jr.. whom I infer from the letter was in the same trenches and near your son when he was killed. 1 My son states: " 'You would be surprised to see ths number of men killed over here thru their own carelessness and reckless ness. Just the other day a friend of mine was killal in this way. You will J be proud to know of another esse of a South Carolinian, son of Dr David, i near Dillon, South Carolina, who met a different death ?a glorious one-?it was necessary. He was overwhelm-^ ed by tlv* Boche, but he had a pile of human flesh in front of him. He fought like a tiger, accounted for seven Boches with his pistol and then was fighting with an empty rifle when struck from behind. My friend was a Citadel man and a fine officer.' , "This is a splendid encomium and < the record should greatly sustain you < in the loss It is a wonderful thing o have contributed such a son to tlie defense of Christian civilization. While expressing my sympathy for you in 'he loss of this relationship. I con gratulate you and the state on having reared such a Bon. Such instances should he brought to the attention of the American people as they will in spire and unify our people in this war "Sincerely yours. "Daniel C- Roper " \ SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS Prior to the calling of men Into i service under the second draft, the j South Carolina State Council of De- 1 fense is arranging for meeting for i drafted men which it Is expected will he of great benefit to them, and re lieve them, in a large measu-e, of many difficulties which have hereto I fore been encountered. Senator Smtih in a statement given out declared that any attempt, to At the price of cotton would meet with strong opposition. i Col. W. H. Simons, a native South j Carolinian and a Citadel graduate was found dead In his room in an Atlanta hotel. The death of Private St. Clair Sutton of the Thirty-first Company. Fort Warren. Boston Harbor, which occurred in a room at Hotel Plaza in Boston. Mass.. created considerable in terest in Chester. sn'J to be his home I He npoarentlv died from gas poison ' Ing. The room in which ho wa.-. '?av log was ablnze and it ifli?*ed as if the Are was started in bed by cigarettes Clip the Coupons from Liberty Bonds! Edward John Scruggs, an enlisted man stationed at the remount depot. Camp Sevier. Greenville, and a former resident of Greenville, killed himself at the home of his parents in Greenville by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. No motive was to be found for the deed. Scruggs had been acting a little queerly for some days before. The First Presbyterian Church of Columbia has bought $2,000 worth of Liberty Bonds. The Red Men. meeting at Columbia, presented the base hospital at Camp Jackson with an ambulance. IP -Give If fo me. please* Granddaddy.** -Why Bobby* if ? you wait a bit for It you'll have it i to enjoy (oneer!" Jf "Poo-pool That's l| no argument with * WRIGLEY5 C 'cause !hg flavor I lasts, anywayI" ' ?After every Move Right Up. "You luiveu't enlisted, son." "No. but I'm stiindli.g buck of Unrip Snnt." I ? "Don't stand t?w> far bnek, buddy." I I said the older man encouragingly.? ! Louisville Courier-Journal. p( DON'T DtLAY TREATMENT 2 FOR PILE TROUBLES F. Too often sufferers from piles regard their cases lightly until they get to o C serious stage. Neglect leuds to doctor'soperations and costly hospital bills? ? unless an effective treatment Is adraln lstered In time. B Eagle Pile Remedy will remove youi I piles, fissures uud fistula troubles b> fl a simple Internal home treatment. Sue I cessful In thousands of cases and tlx I saver of many thousands of dollars and J untold pains, Eagle.Pile Remedy will I give you quick and permanent relief. | It Is an Internal treatment correcting I conditions which cause plies. The only 1 treatment of Its kind. | vtuvi u UUA 1.1 UIU JUUl UI U^K SI lO | day. Price $1.00. Or ask us to scad you B a descriptive booklet. It Is Free. Reod 1 Distributing Company, makers, 140 ^ Godwin St.. Paterson. N*. J.?Adv. Right There. Mother?"Professor, Is '.ny Ron a 1 deep student?" Professor?"None j deeper, ma'am; he's alHoys at the hot- 1 i torn." 1 $100 Rewa/d, $100 | Catarrh la a local disease greatly Influ- "~ enced by constitutional conditions. It therefore requires constitutional traat- I ment. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINK v Is takan Internally and acts through tha Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Bye- . tem. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE j T destroys the foundation of the disease. ? gives the patient strength by Improving j 11 the general health and assists nature In doing tta work. flOO.OO for any case of c Catarrh that HALL'S CATARRH L. MEDICINE falls to cure. Druggists 75c. Testimonials free. mm F. j. Cheney 3k Co., Toledo, Ohio. ra It Ih a good thln^ to ask ourselves ? i r?nce in n while whether or not we ire useful citizens. Rending is to the mind what exer- ? pise Is to the body.?Addison. mai nnucTii VVIIV I II IS HUMANITY'S G1 !t ii always a terror to old people and a me: human being, young or old. It is the fo than almost any of NATURE'S DANGE allowed to go unheeded. At the very fir* TLirl'S LIVER PILLS which for 72 year most prevalent of all disorders. For sale b Br. Tuffs I tffiWISW ift/ ?iniLlLlIC CULT . You can prevent tl /L / A ^ \ j-\ through your atahl* i ISI- ( flan 119I * when you begin tli 1(/Il4 \Z^Jl^l ?I*0?IJI'f? 1? anfe to u V-A' Mm /#?/ 11 prevents all dlaten; at uny age are "expi \d?^A v^.k"/ goods houses and mai rOy and II a bottle; $5 a SVOII.N MUD1CAL BP, it ===== appetite. digestion. M SEWER AND >ULVERT PIPE or Sewers. Culverts. Drains. We anufacture all sizes up to 48" in ameter, also Farm Drain Tile, ree Literature on Farm Drainage r the asking. iRAY CONCRETE CO. Thomasvilte. N. C. Howet you RHEUMATISM Lumbago or Gout? Take RHRDMACIDRto remove the ranee and drive the poison from the system "iMKtasiiD* 01 tub isaioa rtis auiiaiTisa on rmw ovniomAt All UrnfiUU Jas. Bail/ h Sea, WheUsaU Distrikatera Absolutely Nothing Better than. Cuticura for Baby's Tender Skin Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c. EGGS-POULTRY tr> the largeet handler* of Bug* end Poultry In the Month. WHAT HAVE VOU TO SHIFT he highest market prion guaranteed with qnlek stoma. Olve ut a trial. Hefereneee, Ut National lank, Hlobmond, Va. ? WOODSON-CRAIG CO. lemmUaion Merchaata, RICHMOND. VA. ill All Flies! THo?EJP# Md anywhere. Delay F ly Killer ettraote and kttla n \, ornamental,i-onreolent ami oheap. loto somcrs. i?o dc KAta avc., Brooklyn. n. y. IITIAli rAllUN REATEST FOE nace at aome time or another to every rerunner of more ilU and suffering R SIGNALS and should never be it indication of constipation get DR. has been successfully used for this y druggists and dealers everywhere. .iver Pills <-v SOLO POR 80 YEARS TTlm^ For MALARIA* UITI lVV CHILLS and FEVER AI*o Pin* Genera /Il\.i 1I \>-i Stranjthoniuj Tonio. SOLD IT ALL DkUG S70tSL DISTEMPER lis loathsome disease from running *nd cure all the colts sufterlng with e treatment. No matter how young, se on any colt. It Is wonderful how i|>ers. no mntter how colts or horses ;>sed." All good druggists and turf autneturers sell SPOIIN'S at 50 cent* .nd $10 a dozen. CO.* Mfrs., tioakrn, lad., U. 8. A.