Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ * ’ . .> ^ ~ This U Better Thaa laxatives Oim NR Tablet Cach Ki^ht IVr A Weak Will Carrac^ Yc-r Constipation and Mafco ^n^y g|^ L tfonWtar Poor digestion and assimilation mean a poorly nourished body and low vitality. Poor elimination means oloj-rged bowels, fermentation, putri- faction and tho formation of poisonous Ka^ea which are absorbed b£ the blood and carried through tho body. Tin result is weakness, headaches, diuuiuess, coated tonaruo, inactive liver, hills ".s nttac.hs. Iocs of energy, nerv- ourr.cco, poor cppctlto, impoverished blood, cullo-rr co-'r-leulon, pimples, skin disease, and olden times serious 111- ncos. Ordinary laxatives, purges and ca thartics—salm, olis, calomel and the like—may relievo O r a few hours, but real, lasting benellt can only come through use of medicine that tones end strengthens the digestive os Y/ell as the eliminative organs. Oct a 23c box of Nature s Remedy (Nit Tablets) and take one tablet each night for a week. Belief will follow the very first dose, but a few days will elapse before you feel and realize tho fullest benefit When you get straightened out and feel Just right again you need not take medicine every day—an occasional NR Tablet .will then keep _your system in good coiaffii&h ar.a fou" tHir your beat. Remember, keeping well is car.icr and cheaper than getting well. Nature's Eciret'y (NR Tablets) are sold, guaranteed and recommended by your druggiet. > r . MOTHER MEET TO NOT MUCH HOPE ENTERTAINED OP A SETTLEMENT UNLE^ " STRIKE IS CALLED OFF. LEWIS LABORS UNDER STRAW Operators Must Change Stone-Wall At titude and Indicate Willingness to Frame Another Agreement. Youngs Pharmacy FOUR MORE STILLS GAPTUREO United States, State, and County ’Of ficers Join In ExtSnsive Raids In Aiken firing Court Week. Alkln.—Pour stills, with a combin ed capacity of 80 gallons, were seixed and destroyed by revenue and state officers In Aiken county a few days ago. Two white men were arrested and a mule and wagon seixed. The men were taken before the United Statee commissioner in Aiken for a Helps lick Women Cardiff, the woman's tonic, helped Mrs. Wil liam Eversole, of Hazel Patch, Ky. Read what the writes: “I had t general breaking-down of my health. I was In bed for weeks, unable to get up. 1 had such a weakness and dizziness, ... and the pains were very severe. A friend told me ! had tried every- thing else, why not Ctfdui?... I did, and soon saw it was helping me.... After 12 bottles, 1 am strong and well." TAKE Washington.—Failing after an i\\- lay conference to atert a strike ^ of nearly half a million bituminous coal miners, called for the very eve of winter, Secretary of Lehor Wilson in cited miners and operators to send - 4ieir _ full scale ^gjEnjpittee to Wash ington when another effort to bring ibout peace will be made. Both sides accepted the invitation. Phis did not offer any great hope, however, for representatives of the op erators stood firm in their determina tion not to negotiate any demand for a six-hour day, and not to deal with tue unions unless the strike, set for November 1, was called off. John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica, whose word probably would swing the unions one way or the other, showed that he was laboring tinder a terrible strain when he left the three-cornered meeting. Speaking to a group of reporters, he laid he had told Secretary Wilson that the 32 members of his wage scale committee would be here to meet an equal number from the other side, but that it would be useless to reconvene the joint inter-state wage conference "unless the operators changed their stone-Aall attitude," and indicated a willingnes# to frame another agree ment. URGE ADVERTISERS TO SUPPORT PUBLISHERS. New York. — Resolutions recom mending that the advertisers through out the country pledge their suifport to the publishers here who have de clined to grant the demands of the striking workers in the printing trades were adopted at a meeting oi the board of directors of the audit bu reau of circulation. The organization UU vCX 112901 B, BU VtJI LIB* ing agents and publishers of newspa pers and periodicals in the United States and Canada. Two hundred and fifty employing printers met and reaffirmed their de cision to hold out against the strik ers. LESS THAN 15,000 U. 3. SOLDIERS NOW IN FRANCE. preliminary examination. The four stills were in a cluster, and when the first had been‘located little difficulty was met with in find ing the others. One still was of 50 gallons capacity, two of 20 gallons and a fourth of 10 gallons. About 50 gallons of beer were destroyed. The operation of the stills had hardly got ten under way when the officers ar rived and they were not all working to capacity. ' The officers were In Aiken attend ing court and made the raid early one morning before court" had 'convened. INQUIRY AT ACADEMY. Washington, Oct 9.—Alleged hazing at the United States naval academy, said to have caused the recent at tempts at suicide by Midshipmen Phillip H. Seltzer of Lebanon, Pa., And Henry ii. Wetfiersline, will be investi- gated at once with a recommendation of dismissal for any persons found guilty. Rear Admlral-A. H. Scales, su perintendent of the academy; today in formed Secretary Daniels. In bin report to the secretary, in which he declared he twas opposed-to any form of hazing “no matter how mild,” Rear Admiral Scales transmlt- ted two statements Atom Midshipman Seltzer. Admitting that he had been "hazed a little," Seltzer denied, how ever, that this had caused his attempt at suicide which he said was due to “discouragement . and worry” over studies. The hazing he received, he said, was not "regj hazing" but "Just running" which consisted of a certain • * ye formula of questions put to him by upper classmen. ■■ Owing to Me eonditimrfioilowliig irts" attempted suicide no statement has yet been obtained from Midshipman Wethersline, the report said. The Woman’s Tonic Do you feel weak, diz zy, worn-out? Is your lack of good health* from any of the com plaints so common to women? Then why not give Cardiff a trial? It should surely do for you what it has done for so many thousands of other women who suffered—it should help you back to health. Ask some lady friend who has taken Cardui. She will tell you how it helped her. Try Cardui. AD Druggists !.« You Do More Work, You are more ambitious and you get more enjoyment out of everything when your blood is in good condition. Impurities in the blood have a very depressing effect on the system, causing weakness, laziness, nervousness and sickness. OROVE*S TASTELESS Chill TONIC restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying • and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, sqp how it brings color to the cheeks and h*w it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. 8 ROVE’S TASTELESS Chill TONIC not a patent medicine, it is simply IRON and QUININE suspended in Syrup. So pleasant even children like it. The blood needs Quinine to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it These reliable tonic prop erties never fail to drive out impurities in the blood. The Strength-Creating Power of GROVE’S TASTELESS ChiU TONIC has made it the favorite tonic in thousands of homes. Iff we than thirty-five years ago. folks would ride a long distance to get GROVERS TASTELESS Chill TONIC when a member of. their family had Malaria or needed a body-building, strength-giving tonic. • The formula is just the same to day. and you can get it from any drag Me per bottle. * Gaffney.—A large amount of cotton is being marketed daily in Gaffney and although the crop is short, owing to the good price whicn is being real ized for the staple renters and crop pers for the most part will be able to meet all of their obligations and have something left. Clemson College. — Attention of South Carolina farmers is called by the extension service of Clemson col lege to the sale of Berkshire hogs at Orangeburg, Tuesday, October 21. This is a consignment sale made up by the Berkshire breeders of the state and is the first co-operative sale of this breed ever held in South Caro lina. Paris.—The actual number of Amer ican troops now in France is less than 15,000 and is rapidly diminishing. General W. D. Connor commanding the American troops in France, said. Within a month, he stated, virtually all of the soldiers will be gone, as the task of repatriating the German pris oners Is now completed. AVIATOR IS KILLED WHEN PLANE FALLS AT ST. PAUL. St. Paul.—Lieut. Cameron Wright. In charge-of the landing field here for the transcontinental air racers, was instantly killed when an airplane in which he was rifling as apassenger went into a taij spin and dropped 200 feet. NEW YORK WILL BE PUT BACK ON WAR-TIME RATION BASIS. New York.—Arthur Williams, fed eral food administrator for New York, was perfecting plans to pRce the city on a sugar rationing basis similar to that during the war. Increased use of sugar for ‘'■soft” drinks resulting from the enforce ment of prohibition and the shortage in receipts of raw sugar resulting from the strike of longshoremen, which virtually stopped shipping, were blamed by Mr. Williams for what he termed the most serious sugar short age since 1917. v INNOCENT PARTY TO DIVORCE MAY REMARRY IN THE CHURCH Detroit, Mich.—Through action of the laymen of the Protestant Episco pal church in the 1916 general con vention. sustained by both clerical and lay delegates, the innocent party to a divorce may be rewedded in the church. Amendment of the canons .to prevent remarriage by an Episcopal priest of a person who has a divorced husband or wife living, by many of the clergy and y few of the laymen was defeated. Bamberg.—H. W. Moody, chief of police of Bamberg, shot and instantly killed Kirk Antley, a former negro soldier. Apparently under the influ ence of liquor, Antley made himself particularly obnoxious to many peo ple here and is said to have threat ened any one who undertook to arrest him. Columbia.—Reports from tobacco markets in South Carolina, compiled by the state department of agricul ture, show that nearly ( 12,000,000 pounds of tobacco were sold by pro ducers in the Pee Dee section in Sep tember. The average price receired was 18.6 cents, bringing in a total revenue of neatly $2,250,000. Gaffney.—Certain dealers in Gaff ney, in the commodity known as gas oline have recently cut the pride, of the fluid, and it is likely that a price war in this very essential material will result. This of course is gratify ing to the consumer, and he is stand ing by hoping that the matter will go far enough for him to be able to get It at a price which he considers reas onable. Greenwood.—A recent census shows that 70 new residences have been built in Greenwood since the first of Jan uary, this year. The average cost was $350,000 for residences in Oreen- wood thus far this year and there are a number of new ones in prospect now for the remaining three months of the year. Sumter.—The Sumter county cham her of commerce, learning that B. F. McLeod, state manager of the South Carolina Cotton association, had said that headquarters of the association might be moved from Columbia, wired him as follows: "Sumter will heartily welcome head quarters of the South Carolina Cot ton association and we will secure suitable offices for you. Forlence.—The jury in the case of the state against Lillian and Rebecca Meyers, charge 1 with the murder of their father, Sylbert Myers, returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, with recommendation to mercy. Judge Mauldin sentenced the two negro girls, who are aged about 14 and 16 years of age, respectively, to two years at such labor as they could per form In the lorence county jail. Advance of Boll Weevil. Florence.'—The boll weevil has ad vanced to a line ten miles south of the city of Florence. A scouting par ty consisting of J. A. Burley of the state crop pest commission, E. S. Tucker of Delta laboratory and Ward McLendon, county agent, made the discovery. They took three lines out of Florence, veering always fo the south and funnel the weevil on the farms of many farmers. The jest is reported plentiful between Frorence and Lake City and in the Olanta and TImmonsville sections. LEWIS AND SEC’Y. WILSON CONFERRING ON COAL STRIKE Washington.—John L. Lfiwis, presi dent of the United Mine Workers of America, and Thomas T. Brewster, representing the coal operators, went into conference with Secretary of Lo- bor Wilson, who had invited them here In an effort to avert the threat ened atrlke of bituminous coal miners on November 1. . The first sdpsion waa expected > c« attune several hours \ Trustees Plan Extension. Spartanburg. —^ If the governing body of Converse college 1 have not misjudged the soul of this cotnmu- nlty, the service of that institution will be largely extended and we shall flave In Spartanburg a university for women. They have outlined a plan which should commend itself to the judgment and liberal gifts, of all who are Interested in education. To carry out the plans of the trustees, the sun^ of $500,005 will be needed, and of this amount the , people of Spartanburg wiU be asked to subscribe $200,003. . v \ Db**?*! *11 n. - *. }• "k 1,' i" • 1 , „ I, 4. :t: i • * jiijii :mmu t -Mi;*‘it rtfeg 18 cents a package Smokers realize that the value is in the cigarettes and do not expect premiums or coupons ! Camels are sold everywhere in ectentMcelly sealed pack ages of 30 cigarettes: or ten packages (.900 cigarettes) in e glassine-paper-corervd carton. We strongly recommend this carton for the home or office supply or when you travel CIGARETTE If you want to know what fare and unusual enjoyment Camels provide smoke them in comparison with any cigarette in the world at any pr^ce! C 'AMELS are a cigarette revelation any, t way you consider them! Take quality, or refreshing fiavoV and fragrance; or, that wonderful mellow-mild-smoothness you never before got in a cigarette smoke! Yet Camels are so full-bodied and so full-of- satisfaction you marvel that so much de light could be put into a cigarette! Camels expert blend of choice Turkish and choice Domestic tobaccos makes them so irresistibly appetizing! And, the blend explains why it is possible for you to smoke Camels liberally without tiring your taste! You will pre fer Camels to either kind of tobacco smoked straight! You’ll realize pretty quick, too, that among the many reasons you smoke Camels is their freedom from any unpleasant ciga- retty aftertaste or unpleasant cigaretty odor! % Once you know Camels you won't take much stock in premiums, coupons or gifts! You’ll prefer Camel quality! I “v/ R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem, N. C niiftiii:: :i-rr ip ill I Just Received A Car Load of THORNHILL - WAGONS W E HAVE just received a shipment of a car load of Thornhill Wagons —the wagon made in the heart of the hardwood region of tough highland oak and hickory. These are the long wear wagons with many patented features. Made with the old standard track. Not the lowest priced Wagons but the best and in the end the cheapest* * ^ [6U . Nl D > v • \ FARMERS MERCANTILE COMPANY , Clinton, S.C.