University of South Carolina Libraries
Mr*. G, H, CampbmQ Have You Indigestion? How's Your Blood? PsrHaps This May Interest You Atlanta, Ga. ? "I had been suffering fe good while with indigestion, also very frequently with shortness of breath; and my blood was undoubtedly in very bad condition. I was losing weight and getting weak and thin. My aunt recommended Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and I had taken only a little when my health began to improve. I too* three bottles, according to directions, and by this time I was relieved of all those ailments. Therefore I can. cheerfully recommend Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery." ? Mrs. G. JI. Campbell. *685 Woodward Ave. If you need a building-up tonic for Stomach or blood, obtain Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery from your druggist, in tablet? or liquid, or write Dr. Pierce, President Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y., for free medical advice. Green's August Flower The remedy with a record of fifty-seven years of surpassing excellence. All who suffer with nervous dyspepsia, sour stom ach. constipation, indigestion, torpid liver, dlulness, headaches, comlng-up of food, wind on stomach, palpitation and other Indications of digestive disorder, will find GREEN'S AUGUST Flower an effective and efficient remedy. For flfty-sevenyesrs this medicine hss been successfully used in millions of households all over tha civil ized world. Because of its merit and pop ularity GREEN'S AUGUST Flower can be found today wherever medicines are sold. 30 and 90 cent bottles. HEAIS RUNNING SORES "I foel It my duty to writ? you a let ter of thanka for your wonderful Pe terson's Ointment. I had a running ?ore on ray left leg for one year. I began to use Peterson's Ointment three weeks t(o and now tt Is healed." ? A. C. GU brath, 703 Reed St., Erie, Pa. For years I have been selling: through druggists a large box of PETERSON'S OINTMENT for 85 cents. The healing [power In this ointment is marvelous iBcieraa goes In a few diys. Old sores heal up like magic; piles that other remedies do not seem to even relieve Art speedily oonquered. Pimples and [nasty blackheads disappear In a week and the distress of chafing goes In a !few minutes. Mall orders filled. Peter* '?or Ointment Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. Have you RHEUMATISM Lumbago or Gout? Tik?RHlUKAO!DRtOT?BiOTittiN?M and drtv* lb* poison from th? 171 Mm. "uiducin 01 tu imos rim luviiTia 01 th octmdi" At All UratRlfU J m. B1O7 k So?, Wfcol???U Diitrifcator* Btltoor*, Md. ? Lost in the Fog Children lout In London fogfl have furnished the basis for many a story. Temporary separation from home and friends Is, however, merely one of the minor tragedies shrouded In the murk, health statisticians have found. Ito cently It was discovered that the death rate from bronchitis and pneumonia Increased sharply during the week following extra heavy fogs. Large quantities of unburnt coal from chim neys of factories and private resi dences, held In the atmosphere by the fog, are blamed for lowering the Indi vidual resistance to the disease germs, and so boosting the death rate. Hall's Catarrh Medicine ?Ldo,"h"w! rid your system of Catarrh or Deafness caused by Catarrh. to ifrmggbH /W ?m 40 yen P. J. CHENEY fit CO., Toledo, Ohio A sa?? and soothing ^rcmtdjr for coti, ^ burns, or (kin trou ble. Protects, r? li?VM*ndheili.T*k? i nt ? rn al 1 y for coughs and ion throats. Vaseline MtWAMtwft. mrtOLRUM J ILLY Chintumth Mfg. Co.,Con*M. Ststa 8t? New York P A N T fl Naw York manufacturer Mil* pant a dlraot io consumer. Beat khaki panta, ll.SS and l.ll. Mara money. Whan ordering m?n?r? width and length of old panta. PHILIP POX A CO , 11 K. 1 4th New York City Ktwbjr OMoka ? Hpaolal, aalaotad atock. Ilhoda Island Hade, |16 par JOO; Whlta Leghorn* and Anoonaa. Ill; mixed lota. 111. Ordar now Beeoh Haven H*t?herlea, Washington, O* HOUSE APPROVES OOOO ROADS OILL SOUTH CAROLINA FAVORS "PAY AS YOU GO" PLAN FOR HIGH WAYS. SOME AMENDMENTS ARE MADE Large Volume of Other Business l? Transacted Durlnfl Several Sessions. Columbia. The house of representatives spent an entire evening debating the "pay aB-you-go" highway bill. Various amendments were ofTered regarding roads to be paved. The vote of the house favored the bill. The house, at midnight, after an all I day debate, passed by a vote of T?7 to 45 the "pay-as-you-go" plan for state highways. The bill outlines a system of county to county highways financed by a tax on gasoline of 3 ! centB and Increased license fees on | automobiles. Practically the entire time of the house was taken up with debate on the "pay-as-you-go" state highway Will, a measure providing for a three-cent gasoline tax and an Increase of n hundred per cent in automobile llcen sob, the entire proceeds to go to road construction. The first Indication o victory for the measure came when the house by a vote of G4 to 47 refused to strike out the enacting words. During the morning debate Rep resentatives Sawyer, of Georgetown; Horton, of Jasper; Heyward, of Beau fort; Smith, of Colleton; McKay, of Dillon, and J. Swlnton Whaley, of Charleston, spoke for the measure while Representatives W. L. Gray, of i Laurens, and Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, opopsed It. j The debate was resumed at the ' night session. | The senate passed the absentee vot ' ers bill, and sent It with several i amendments back to the house. If I the house approves the amendments i the measure will then go to the gover nor for his signature. I The bill originated In* the house , It provides for persons absent from ' their precincts on election daya to vote by mall. j The education committee bill, to ap propriate funds for a six months school term In all public schools was passed by the senate by a vote of 34 j to 5 and sent to the house. I Representative S. B. King, of Greenl j wood .Introduced a bill providing for a central state bank. The committee on eduction In the house Introduced & hill providing for j state aid for schools in non-Boctarlan ' orphanages. In duplicate has already ! passed the senate. I The bill by Senator Hart, to pro I vide for continuance o fthe present j legislative canal commission to accept ; proposals for settlement was passed by the house. Representative W. D. Barnett, of Richland, ofTered hXx amendment which was passed, providing that nothing In terfere with the present litigation or to prohibit the taking of further act i Ion on behalf of the state. I The bill by Representative A. A I Gerald, of Richland, to prohibit mu nlclpalltles from imposing more than j one license on automobiles used for transfer was given a favorable report by the Benato finance committee This bill would allow transfers to do a ' city or inter-urban business on one license from a municipality. The bill haB already passed the house. i The bill by Representative Jennings, I from taxation IB per cent of the capl tal and surplus of state banks when these are invested In certain securi ties, so as to Include the bonds of land loan banks, was Bent to the Benate. I The committee on roads, bridges and j ferries mado an unfavorable report j on the bill by Representative W. T i Holland, of Florecne. requiring 11 vehicles to use lights on the public highways at night. New Bills Introduced. Following are new bills tlnroduced in the senate: | By Senator Bonham, Grfionvllle, to give the governing boards of colleges discretionary powers as to "(Ireek letter" fraternities. | By Senator Cooper, of Lee, to pro vide for the growing of forosts on wasto lands By Senator A. H. Williams, of Flor ! ,ence, to onable cities and towns to pass ordinances regulating and re strlotlng the height, number and slue of buildings, as well as their locaflon. This Is known as the zoning law measure. Railroads Hold to Tarm* of Act. 1 Reductions of 12 per cent under the j>rosent scale of Intrastate freight rates on fertilizers, recently ordered by the state^rallroad commission, wfll not be put Into effect by the carriers until March IB. according to ntate ments made to the commission by J W. Periin, assistant freight traffic manager of tho Atlantic Coast I^lne, and T. T. Maaslngale, assistant gen eral freight agent of the Seaboard Air Iilno. j The commission's order, requiring | flat nut of 12 nor cent. Ptmn to Inspeot Expense Account. ' Provision for the inspection of ac counts presented against the Btat* of South Carolina prior to the lssuaace of warrauts therefor Is made In a bill passed by the senate, the bill be ing Introduced by Se.-iator VVightmaa of Saluda. The motion to strike out the enacting words, made by bofh f^enator Moore of Abbeville and Sena tor Hart of York, was lost by a vote of 10 yeas to 22 nays. The bill strikes at the validity of claims made for various expenses especially ..raveling expenses, and ex cited considerable debate. Jt provides that there Bhall be created in the of fice of the comptroller general a posi ?ton to be known as "Inspector of ac counts." who Is to receive a salary of $2,500 annually and necessary traveling expenses. The duty of this Inspector shall be "to review and in spect all accounts for which the comp troller general is required to draw hta ?warrant." He 1j to pass upon all items appearing In accounts present ed to the comptroller general as to their necessity or Justification as well as to their legality, and, if need be, this Inspector is "to question said per son presenting said accounts and to pass Judgment thereon, his said find ings to be the basis for Issuance of the warrant." Where violations of the law governing the disbursements of appropriations are found or where evident extravagance is found in an account, the inspector is authorized to deduct from the account presented so much as may seem Just and where fraudulent or misleading entries are J found in such accounts, the Inspector is to report to the attorney generl for legal disposition. This Inspector, at the request of the Btate bank ex aminer, may serve with the assistant to the bank examiner In the regular audit of state Institutions and has authority to reject items considered I illegal or unwarranted. The bill pro vides that refunds adjudged to be j just shall be a lien against the sal l ary of the agont whose account Was 1 been impropertly approved, and if the ! agent be no longer In the service, the I refund shall be made from the salary I of the officer approving the account. Would Authorize Survey of State. A survey of all lands of the ^tate I by the state tax commission for the j purpose of discovering property now illegally escaping taxation is proposed , In a bill introduced in the house of representatives by Joseph R. Brysoq of Greenville. The measure, which was referred to by the ways and means committee provides for the platting of every par cel of land In the state by the com mission, the expenses of the survey to be defrayed by money from unpaid back taxes for 1923 due on land not on the tax books. The bill provides that "air county, township and school districts "and mu nicipal boundary lines and all roads I railroads and streams (except small branches) shall be shown" on the pro posed plat and that the plat may be "based upon data furnished by other plans and deeds, supplemented by such Burveys as may be necessary or advislable. This plat, the bill declares "shall be presumably but not conclu sively correct." Any inaccuracies or injustices placed in the plat, the bill adds, may be corrected by Bult, agree ment, survey or otherwise, and the tax commission can authorize addl tlons to or alternations in the plat from time to time as it deems neces sary. The plat is to be prepared in such subdivisions as are convenient for binding, the bill specifies, and prints from the original are to be filed with the auditors and registrars of mense conveyance of cferks of court of each county. Governor Approves Measure, Dog taxes may be paid until March 15 without penalty, Gov. Thomas G. Mcl^eod having signed the resolution of the general assembly extending the time for the payment of taxes on dogs until that date. The joint resolution wAs itnroduced by Senator; J^lan Johnstono of Mew berry, passing both houses of the gen eral assembly with little opposition. The Richland county bill to revoke the charter of the town of Booker Washington Heights, near Columbia, was also among the number of meas ures signed by the governor, and is according now the law of the state. Another Richland measure, also signed, was the act amending the Co lumbia hospital regulations so as to eliminate the requirement that one member of the hospital board of direc- J tors be a physician. An ant to empower the Rock Hill high school district to Issue $76,000 in bonds for school purposes was also approved and signed. Among the number of acts before the governor and awaiting his signa ture is the measure, Introduced by Edgar Ilrown of Barnwell to provide for "absentee voting." Meeting Program Being Distributed. The program for the 38th annual meeting of the South Carolina Teach ers' association i? now off the press and is being distributed. Tho conven tion Is to bo held In Columbia March 13. 14 and lfi. Indications point to tho best attend ed convention In the history of tho association with, according to a mem ber of the department of education, probably 3.000 or 4,000 Palmetto teach ers In Columbia. Among the spoakers to take part In the program are: Josephus Dante'*. / PEACH GROWERS ! DRAW CONTRACT PLAN IS TO PUT INDUSTRY ON FIRM BASIS IN NEAR FUTURE. WILL MEET NEXT IN MARCH Organization la to Have Benefit of Shipping Point, Inspection . Service. Columbia. ? Steps looking to the placing of the peach growing Industry in South Carolina upon a firm bus! ness basis were taken at a meeting at the Jefferson hotel of the committee on contracts and bylaws, which com mittee was appointed at a meeting of the South Carolina Peach Growers' ts sociation held several weeks ago. The Peach Growers' association was or ganized about two years ago but has not been functioning actively owlhg to the fact that no very great quan tity of "peaches has been grown for shipment heretofore. Now. however there are 600.000 peach trees planted in South Carolina. aiiu while all of these will not be old enough to bear this Reason, they will come in In a few years and the association is muk ing preparations to care for their yield so that the growers and the buverp may alike be benefited. At the meeting a fjrm cf contract was drawn up and a set of \ ylawa was also compiled. Plans were made for having the contract form printed and to have these forms sent oi}t to the poach growers for signatures. A num ber of meetings are to be held In the near future In the peach growing sec tions of the state and tUe contract fully explained and M&rch 5 a state wide meeting Is to be held in Colum bia at which time officers will be elect ed. the policy of the association decid ed upon and other business transact ed. At this meeting in March T. B. Young, president of the Sweet Potato Growers' association, will talk on the marketing of perishable crops and A H. Ward, district agent of the farm demonstration forces, with headquart ers In Florence, will discuss coopera tive marketing. It was announced that a shipping point inspection service for the peach growers of the state had been obtain ed. This service, similar to that given to potato shipments, is of great ad vantage to both the buyer and seller. It means that at the shipping point the crates of peaches as they are load ed In the cars will be passed upon by an Inspector, who gives a certificate of government inspection, and the product is often sold upon this certi ficate. Medical Meeting Cornea to Cloae. Greenville. ? following a two day session here, during which between 30 and 40 medical papers were read and diRcussed, the 26th convention, of the Tri-State Medical association attend ed by medical men from all^jiarts of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, was brought to a cloae. Of fleers for the next year were elected at a business meeting held In the afternoon and Richmond, Va., was se lected as the next place of meeting Between 130 and laO p'hyslclans representing the profession .in the three states attended the conclave The convention program was devoted strictly to professional and business matters and was not featured by so | clal entertainments of a formal na ture. A feature of the convention was an address on "Modlclne Educa tion," by Dr. H. W. Chase, president o fthe University of North Carolina. At the business sosslon the follow lng officers were elected: president Dr. F. M. McLeod of Florence; vice president. Dr. Garnett Nelson, Rich mond, Va. ; Dr. N. C. Lawrence of Winston-Salem for North Carolina and Dr. E. W. Carpenter of Greenville for South Carolina, while James K Hall of Richmond was ro-electcd sec retary and treasurer. The executive council went Into ses sion shortly before tho business meet lng and made tho following recom mendatlons, which were reported to the meeting of the association and adopted. That the number of papers put on the program at tho following meetings of the association bo limited to 30 In a load of 40. which Is tho present number placed on tho program foi reading and discussion. That any person having his name placed on tho program to read a paper and failing to be present, be barred from having his name placed again on the program for a period of two years. Two Neflroea Dead By Electrocution Newberry. ? Will Gary, about 25, and Wesley Abrams. exactly 23, both no gro truck drivers for tho Nowberry Cotton mill, wore killed while engag od In getting tho truck out of the gar age on Dray ion street One of them drew the dropllghf down to nee If the truck had oil enou and wan Instantly elctrocuted. ThKOther grab >ed him In an effort to Kelp ana he vas also Instantly killed Two white men who entered the rige Immediately following the trax : ertv were severely shocked. STATE LIONS HOLD MEETING ! Orangot urg Attorney Elected Gover? j nor; Other Officials Are Named at Gathering. I Columbia. ? Officers for the 32nd division of the Lions club, embrac ! |ng all of South Carolina, were elect ed at a called meeting of representa tives of the district at the Masonic ! temple. The election was equivalent to the completion of the Lions' organ ization In the state, as the club has not had a full coterie of officers hitherto due to the fact that a dis trict can be formed only with a mini mum of ten clubs and the teuth club j has only recently been admitted into | the organization. I John 3. Bowman. Orangeburg attor ney, was elected district governor to succeed Judge M. L. Bonham. Judge ! Bonham found It necessary to give up his position as he found other duties pressing and called the meeting In or der that a successor might be elected, j A. M. Traywlck of Spartanburg was elected vice governor .and Oeorge E. j Burlier, secretary of the Carv-Barber ^ Printing company here, was made sec- ( 1 retary. Both of these offices for the district were created at the meeting. The gathering was an enthusiastic one, delegates coming from all parts of the state to Join in the singing of the Lion songs and in the making of plans for the national convention In June. The setting of the time for the next district meeting was left to the governor of the district. The Lions plan to gather otice a year In Febru ary prior to time of the national con vention. Charles Lindsay of Spartan burg invited the club to hold Its next annual meeting at Spartanburg. The visiting delegates were enter tained by members of the local or ganization. A short meeting was held . by Columbia Lions prior to the dis trict meeting. The Rev. It. A. Lapslev, Jr. .pastor of the First Presbyterian church, gave the invocation. After (he local club meeting the Lions of South Carolina Joined in the singing of se? eral rollicking songs. Judge Bonham made the opening address, to which | Mr. Traywlck responded. The Lions ! were urged to get ready for the na tional convention at Omaha, Neb., ^n j June. After the business meeting a de lightful supper was served to the vis iting guests by members of the club. Pleasing violin solos were rendered by ; J. C. Duttonhoefer. accompanied by ! Perry Teeple on the piano. Laurens Aflrees Upon Police. Laurens. ? The I^aurens county del egation to the general assembly has agreed upon the personnel of the ru | ral police force for the next two years | and the names of the men selected will be recommended to the governor ' for appointment. Two officers of the | force hold over for anpther year. I while five are to be named this month. I Four out of the five to be appointed, ' as recommended by the delegation j are present members of the county rural system, as follows- Columbus ' L. Owens. Claude L. Owings, A. I Boyd and S. M. Thompson. M. B Chandler, former chief of police of Greenwood Rnd captain of the guard at the state penitentiary for a Una? under the present administration, has boon indorsed for appointment on the force to succeed Thomas B. Abrams of Clinton. Mr. Chandler is now living at the old Chandler home place near Mountvllle. The cost of maintaining the rural police department is about $10,000. Cheater Obtaina Toy Factory. Chester.? The campaign for a toy manufacturing Industry which will represent an expenditure from the j start of $120,000, of which $40,000 I will be local stock and $80,000 out of i town stock, has gono over the top triumphantly and the Northern pro ' moters have been wired of the success of the campaign, according to Howard ' B. Branch, secretary of the Chester ' chamber of commerce. ? The industry will use soft woods mainly and make doll furniture and wheel goods, the machinery, however, will be adaptable to the manufacture of ordinary fur niture, bo that if the occasion arises the machinery can be put to turning , oxi t this class of goods. There Is an abundance of the kind | of wood Ibe plant will need within a few miles of Chester Plenty of j electric current, more satisfactory con j dltions among labor and the abund i ance of raw material nearby are the factors that gave Cheater this new Industry, which It Is believed will ultimately show evidences of splen did expansion. Representation of the board of directorn will be'dlvlded with local capital having more than Its proportionate representation. The plant will employ about f>0 or more em ployees from the start with a maxi mum of 250 when full capacity Is at tained. Good Spirits Prevail Among Farmers. York.? Despite the recent decline j In the price of cotton. York farmers j aro In excellent spirits as they pre j pare to plant their crops this spring and are hoping for another prosper ous year. Twelve month? ago muny were gloom v because of the boll weevil menace, which hung over the ' c iinty last year like a dark cloud. Though the weevil did considerable damage. the loss from hi i activities was f ir lo5*s than had been expected. O't a consequence of which York fnvw *rs have recovered from their fright Nasal Catarrh Is a Dirty, Filthy Disease That continual dripping of ca tarrhal mucus from the head down Into the stomach finally poisons the whole body, a condition known a* aystcmio catarrh. For more than fifty year* Pe-ru na has held an envia ble record for re sults in the treat ment of all C* - tarrhal cooditkoa. Sold Erwywhtn Tabhts or Liquid Horses and Mules can be kept on their feet ond work ing if owners give "SPOHN'S" for Distemper, Influenza, Shipping Fever. Coughs and Colds. Cheapest ana sureat means of escaping tnese dis ease*. Occasional doses work won der*. Give "SPOHN'S" for Dog Distemper. Used for thirty years. 60 cents and $1.20 at drug stores. Shave With Cuticura Soap The New Way Without Mug The Reason "Weil, weil, Uncie lleck I" suluted , the able editor of tlu? Tumllnvllle j Torch of Liberty and Tocsin of the ; Times. "How does It happen that we , bo seldom see you In town nowadays?" "Well, I'll tell you," replied the vet j eran. "My eyesight has got so thun dering poor, yur of late, that I kaln't ; skurcely see to dodge the fellers I'm ! owing or them that has been making j talk about shooting me." Roman Kye Ttnlnnm li *n nnttiinptlc olnt . mtnt. Hence tho medication h(>als by pans* tratlng the Inflamed eye nurfacei. Adv. Arctic Flowers All the flowers of the Arctic re gions, of which there are 7G2 varieties, are either white or yellow. Mothers, Do This? When the Children Cough, Rub Mueterole on Throat* and Chettt No telling how soon the symptoms may develop into croup, or worse. And then'a when you're glad you have a jar of Musterole at hand to give prompt relief. It does not blister. As first aid, Musterole is excellent. Thousands of mothers know It. You should keep a jar ready for instant use. It is the.remedy for adults, too. Re lieves sore throat, bronchitis, tonsillitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheu matism, lumbago, pains and aches of back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, chilblains, frosted feet and colds of the chest (it may prevent pneumonia). To Mother* t Musterole is now mad* in milder form for babies and small children. Ask for Children's Musterole. 35c and 65c, jars and tubes. B*tt?r than a muttard plattmr Money back without question If HUNT'S HAT.VJt f?IU Id th? trffttmfnt of ITCH, ItC/.KMA, RINOWORM .TRTTRIt or other Itohlnff Mkln <ll?eftnen. Prloa TBo mi firiiKjflntw. or dlreet fr> m II. Ilehifli KMldM C# .ttiirwM.fML BARKER'S HAIR DAIJSAM RmnoTMfonaroff fttoptflatlrPalllac R?*tor?* Color and D**nlf to Grtf and F?rf?l Hat) i>X>. and (1 00 al r-MircWH. OlKoi Clicm. v*' KB. I'ntcUoyUf, W. T. HINDERCORN8 WwmoriMi ?Vim? Oil |on??>?, *tA., ?top* all |>?ln, ?n?tir?? comfort to tb? ln-t. iiMkl walklnr *?>?, IIW. |.jr tnml or ait biu|p (i?ta. Illikvx ( tiamloai \Vnrk?, r?t"hi>iru?. N. T PltKHII TKHTRI) HRKIW ? ? pnck??r?l fin t> Kl(lii>r (In* i>r or v<>|f)Mnbl?. HulW n??<t In nil ntnountii nn<1 nil klmta. P"IOW?? plant fr?? with orrtor n mount 1 rjj (o $1.00 I'anny p'nntn, 36o do? iiri?pnl<l All plant* It ?Aaron Caah. RWATT * SON. Vlona, Arte.