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4 Cop? (or Thi# D?p?r(nMl nwlltl kr tk? Ara?rlcaa Lesion N?m B?rvlc*.) ESSAY CONTEST IS NOW IN PROGRESS The third annual essay contest of Jf the American Legion began April 1 with the chosen subject, "Why 4Com muulam la a Menace to Americanism." This contest, conductcd by the Araerl | canlsm commission of the Legion, Is ?, held annually with a view of ehllstlng ?)> a majority of thought In the direction of some vital question facing America's 'citizenship. heretofore the contest has closed In the . fall, but In order to coincide the work with that of the school year Gar land W. Powell, director of the Le gion's Americanism commission, decld? ed to open the contest In the spring and close It with the completion of school terms. According te Mr. Powell, 800,000 i school children participated In the last contest held by the Legion, which took as Its lubject, "Why America Should Prohibit Immigration for Five Years." A previous contest conducted by the Legion enMsted efforts of 200,000 chil dren, who submitted essays on the sub ject "How the American Legion Can .Best Serve the Nation." Each of the subjects chosen reflects some phase of American Legion activ ity and the Legion view of such poli cies. The Legion believes that by > bringing the subject before the chil dren of the nation It can cause a dis cussion In many American homes that will be of vital Import to the welfare of America. Prizes aggregating $1,500 are award ed the winners. The best essayist re ceives $750 In cash, to be applied as a ?cholarshlp In any school, college or university he may designate. Second receives $500 and third $250, each for ?cholarshlps. The essays are chosen by elimination. Beginning with the county superintendent of schools In each county, who selects local Judges, the three most representative essays , are sent on to Judges designated by the . , fctate superintendents, superintendents Of public Instruction or school commls ?Ion. These Judges pass on. the three fe, beat essays submitted In the state. The winning essay from each state Is sent Into national competition, ? from which are chosen the three winners by s committee of Judges selected by the 1: Legion. .Posts frequently give medals . and awards to winners In their own ? counties, state departments of the Le gion provide medals for^ the, three ginning essayists there and the cash swards are made by the /national Judges. W- The co-operation of practically every W educational official In the country has been afforded the T>gIon since these |v^conte8ts have l>'*n Instituted. In ad dition, educational bodies ^Sd organl cations have accorded the Legion a great amount of help. Efforts have been made this ye&r through dfcme of the nation's largest fraternal bodies to concentrate the efforts of school chil dren In the contest. Winter Outing Club New Legion Enterpriee 5 A Winter Outtag club Is the latest enterprise of the American Legion and ? the Forty and Eight volture in Keen, ? N. H. Imagine, If . you can, the thrill 6 of a tenth-of-a-mlle slide far up on a I hillside, to the landing chute In the valley, many feet below. \ For a long time, the chamber of commerce In Keen had been endeavor ? lng to build up an Interest In winter aports, but without great success. Pre vious attempts to construct a tobog i gan slide had failed. But when the ?; Legion men took up the proposition, the busy ring of hammers of carpen ters was soon heard and the slide soon became a matter of fact. One of the Drat to make the trip down the long slide was Past National Commander / Owsley who got a perfectly godd thrill - shooting down the hillside through the pine-clad country. The slide was con ?">, atrucMd under direction of Prof. Oharles Proctor of Dartmouth .college, an expert. * Iowa Pott Plana to Render Civic Service &?., Tama, la., la but a small city, but the Legionnaires there, sensing a need ' for definite performance of some civic i duty, have hit on a fourfold plan Which they believe will bring their tows Into national promtnehoe. Y; The first undertaking of Tama Le gionnaire* will be to establish a fr*e dental clinic In the public achoola. Next, the post proposes the opening of * series of pliygrounda in the city. {the third move of the Legion men Will be to open s tourist park near take Cherry, a favored apot with an* tomoblllsts, and the last, but not the leaat Important to tite community will be safeguarding of the milk supply of ^ tho city, which cotMimmlty leaders de? clare will be of gi.eateet assistance. '' if ,!t II H??i?llll II. Ill , Department Headquarter ? In an effort to aectire department headquarters of ft* American Legion ? 1 for Columbia, Ho., mtich aid wa's given to the Legion men by the Commercial ob of that 'city, which undertook to Ide suitable quarters should the ?? be moved there. Estimate* of cost exceeded $2 500, which was mged for by tffco dub members, ?forty and eight AIDS LEGION POSTS ?> The Forty and Eight? the ^play ground" of the American Legion, Is proving a valuable adjunct to the pai* ent organisation In many Instances. Certain problems arise in Legion posts or departmental organlsatlons-that ths Legion may not always consistently handle. Then the Forty and Eight ?teps to bat and pinch-hits for the Le gion, usually successfully. This has been true of the organiza tion practically since Its formation by Joseph W. Breen, a Philadelphia!!, In 1921. Originally Intended to express the Jojousness Of the veteran, the so ciety has taken over many arduous duties to perform that the Legion has been unable to meet on account of Its more cumbersome organization. In recent months this has been seen In a national way. In addition to play ing a prominent part in the child wel fare program outlined by the Legion, Robert J. Murphy. the Forty and Eight la extending con tact for the national officers of the Le gion by personal visits to many sec tions that the organization leaden will be unable to reach during the year. Robert J. Murphy, chef cheraln de fer, or principal officer of the society, has had outlined for hltn a seven months' tour which takes him Into practically every' state. Murphy, with a Legion spirit born of association with organization affairs In Iowa, where Interest Is usually at flood tide, has responded cheerfully to the task end is meeting with a splendid recep tion wherever he has gone. Choosing as his subject "The Unpardonable 'Sin," which he says Is Just a way of telling the veterans that you' can't take nnythlng out of the Legion with out putting something in, the Forty and Eight head 1b speaking before large groups of Legionnaires. Following a trip through the Cen tral West, after national headquarters of the society had .been opened In In dianapolis, Murphy has been visiting 'Leglonnnlr&s on this extensive tour. He went Into -the South, covered ten ?tates thoroughly, and In addition to boosting his own organization was the center of touch real Legion activity. Next he Journeys to New England and will wind up his tour and term of of fice with a long trip through the West, ending at St. Paul, the convention city, In the fall. He has been closely associated with Legion affairs since his return from *ervlce. He organized a post In hie home town, Nora Springs, la., and served as county commander of , all posts there. He was named to the of fice In the Forty and Eight, and re ceived national recognition at San Francisco because- of his advancement of the society's alms. During the war Murphy served as an Instructor In the Officers' Training school at Camp Pike, Ark. He was discharged from service with the rank of a first lieutenant of Infantry. GtV0 a Town a Bad Nam* ? ? "Where do we light next, boss?" asked the ham-and-egg pug, who gen erally woke up kissing the canvas. "Kokomo," replied his manager. "Nuttlrt' doln', boss. Too many k. o.'s In dat place ter suit me." ? Ameri can Legion Weekly. Compliment * Veteran* Governor Austin peay of Ten nessee recently greeted National Commander John H. Qulnn of the American Legion with the statement that responsibility of the World war veterans on the field of battle won the war, and that present responsibilities of the American Legion will win Issues of that war in the forums of the people. ? He said : "As Uime foes on people will cease to forget those who com posed thlil mightiest army of all history. The people of this nation are not sufficiently grateful for theee services. * "In you, I recognise the po tential dtlsenshtp of our state. I want you to be Interested In problems of government and realise responsibilities of our clttsenshlp," S* This1"? Jr SECRETARY MALCOMB MILLER v GIVES FIGURED SHOWING DAMAGES. Columbia. Fires involving school property own ed by the state of South Carolina have resulted In damages approximating $50,000 during the first (our months of 1924, according to Malcomb J. Mil* ler, secretary of the . state sinking fund commission, which has charge of Insuring of public buildings. By comparison with the. same period of 1923, this amount shows an enor mous Increase over the losses of the past year, he declared. The total damages from fires to school buildings owned by the state during 1923 was $70,993.68, which included the loss In curred by the Cleveland school fire. However, the 1924 total Includes caused by a destructive fire at the University of South Carolina, In which the principal classroom was badly damaged. , During the past two years the state has lost approximately $30,000 through flret; of Incendiary origin, Mr. Miller said. It was very noticeable, he said, that when the insurance companies withdrew from the state several years ago and it was found impossible to in sure the schools that school fires drop ped to a minimum. "This clearly showed that at least 50 per cent of our school fires were of Incendiary origin," Mr. Miller ussert ed. Reasons given In the statistics In the sinking fund commission ofTlce for last year's fires included such causes as the following: ' Sparks on shingle roofs, cigarettes or matches thrown carelessly about, defective construc tion of buildings, und in the case of the Cleveland school tire a lamp over turning. Governor Issues Proclamation. A proclamation calling for the ob servance of Sunday, May 25, as Fam ily Religion day throughout the state and commanding the work of the South Carolina Sunday School association In promoting religious training and fam ily worship has been issued by Gov, Thomas Q. McLeod. The text of the proclamation Is as follows, In part. "Recognizing that moral and reli gious training in the home is the foundation of right living and good citizenship and Realizing also that In the stress of modern life there is a (tendency to neglect this important matter, I desire to express my cordial sympathy with the movement now be ing promoted by the South Carolina Sunday School association and other agencies tp give greater emphasis to family worship, the reading of the scriptures and religious training in the home; "Now, therefore, I invite as many of my fellow citizens as are like minded to join In the observance of Sunday, May 25, as Family Religion day, and 1 trust that our churches and Sunday schools, bo far as may be consistent wjth their programs, will on this day make special mention of these matters." According -to State Supt. Leon C. Palmer of the South Carolina Sunday School association, the association has organized a general movement to pro. mote family worship and religious training In th home and county, dis trict and township meetings will be held throughout the state In the in terest of this movement. These com munity metlngs are to be followed by local church and Sunday school cam paigns to enlist "every member in the observance of family worship and Scriptural reading In the home. The movement will culminate In Family Religion day, Sunday, May 25, on which day exery Sunday schol inter sted in this movement Is Invited to give It special attention in their pro gram. Annual Child Health Day. Taking advantage of the out-of-doors features of May Day the American Child Health association this year will Inaugurate an annual child hoalth day to coincide with May Day, according to Miss Ada N. Graham, chairman for South Carolina. Fourth Cerpe Leads Way. The Fourth corps area, of which South Carolina Is a part, Is leading the United States in applications for the Citizens Military Training camps this summer, and this state Is third In the area. A1U of which means that South Carolina's quota Is fast being filled. Records compiled showod that 72 per cent of this state's allotment had been finally acoepted while many more applications were waiting for a final chock. atatue of Hammond Is Loaned. Two niches In the wall of the stat? ?ca^itol, on the legislative floor, the main floor of the handsome building, nlchon that for yearA^vere empty, now hold statutes of two of Carolina's noble sons of days that are gone. One?' Is a replica of John C. Calhoun, by Ruckstul, placed during last year, and the other, just placed, is a bust of tha late Governor James Hi. Hammond. The bust of Governor Hammond was placed by Alex Salley, secretary of th* state historical commission. t s ' ' CO-OPS HOLD DISTRICT MEET ' 'U-'Ts.v ? { ? ? 1 H. 8. Caldwell Nominated F*r Rs k eleotlon aa Director, Without Any > Opposition. Cheater. ? A meeting of the dele gates of the Plfth district of the South Carolina Cooperative Cotton as sociation was held at the court house' In Chester, with delegates present' .from the various towns in the district. The meeting was held for the pur pose of electing a director from the dlstHct. H. B. Caldwell has held this position for the past year and the members of the association have been so well pleased with the excellent ser vices of Mr. Caldwell that he was nominated for re-elcteion without any opposition whatever. Mr. Caldwell is one of the most ac tive men in the South Carolina Co-op erative association and is spending much time and thought in furthering the Interests of the association. The various delegates attending the meeting were Berved dinner 'at the home of Mrs. Alice Klrkpatrlck, be ing guests of the Chester county asso ciated. A number of instructive and inter esting talks were made by various ' members of the association at the meeting. Chester county Is going right ahead In securing members and it is believed that by next fall at least half of the cotton raised in Chester county will go Into the association. Yawbannah Bridge to Be Completed. Georgetown. ? The Yawbannah Pee Dee bridge commission held an im portant conference with the state highway commission which was fruit ful of most satisfactory results to the bridge commission, whose members are: Hugh \V. {Eraser, chairman of Georgetown; W. H. Andrews of An drews, James Allan, Jr., of Charles ton, and Messrs. Spivey and Little of Conway, all of whom were present at the meeting in Columbia. It was found that the bridging of this river at Yawbannah ferry would entail an additional cost of $90,000 over the orglnal estimate, which gave to the outlook a most serious aspect. Upper State Students Receive Honors. Columbia. ? Upper state high school students monopolized honors in the various contests at the Universtly of South Carolina, taking first places In declaiming, expressoin and debating and breaking records In the track pre liminaries. The debating team from Easley. composed of Mlsa Lizzie Mae England and Remsen Bauknight, wpn the de bate by defeating the Klngstreo pair. Miss Mildred Cunningham of Oreer took first place in the expression con test at the Columbia high school. Crosby Steele, representing Rock Hill high school, carried off the decla mation! honors by defeating nine com petitors in the university chapel. Adams of Pickens, versatile track athlete, broke two state high school records In the field preliminaries. The High School League meeting closed with a banquet given in the university gymnasium. Reservations For 8ummer Courses. Celmson College. ? With the opening date of the 1924 summer school, June 9, still dearly two months off, several hundred reservations have already been made by teachers of South Caro lina and other states, who are planning to attend the summer school, says Dr. 1*\ H. H. Calhoun, dean, who is now busy completing the faculty list and working out other details preliminary to the opening of the summer session. Elimination Contests. Belton. ? The elimination contest in the O'Neal Oratorical association was held at the high school building and attended by a large and appreciative audience. In the readings Sadie Boyce won with the selection "An Even in Battle." Murrell Jones was given second place with "The Littlest Rebel." Ralph Cox, with the # declamation, '"frhe Curse of South Carolina," was given first place and Walter Kay was given secoiid place with "A' Eulogy to Woodrow Wilson." The above first honor contestants will represent the school In the semi-finals at Anderson May 9. Lay Cornerstone at Clemson. Clemson College. ? Bishop Collins Denny of Richmond, Va? made the principal address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new $50,000 Meth odist church here. Bishop Denney's address, on the subject of IdealJ in developing character, was a scholarly and impressive discourse and was en Joyed by a large audience of Clemson people and college students and vIb lto?s. The Rev. J. H. Holler, pastor o fthe local church, presided over the exercises, which consisted of selections by the Celmson College band, hymns 657 anfl 668, the address by Bishop Denny, the placing of articles In the cornestone, and the consecration ol the stone by Bishop Denny. Fleet of Truoks Leave Wllllston. Wllllston. ? A fleet of V11 Ford trucks equipped with Wllllston made dump bodies and cabs, manufactured by the Thompson Manufacturing company of Wllllston, driven through to Spartan burg, where they will be turned over to the state highway department by the Wllllston Motor company. This h a part of a 20 truck ordor landed by this concern In Columbia. Those truoks carried banners, "WlWston to flpartnnburg." "Made In WUllston." GRAIN MIXTURES FOR YOUNG DAIRY CALVES (Prepared by 'he United State* Department o t Agriculture.) Dairy calves In their second week will begin nibbling at grain, If any ll available, and by the time they are one month old will often eat a half pound a day. Young calves rellah wheat bran, which Is often used Id grain mixtures at the start. Corn haa a desirable effect upon cattle of all ages and Is available on most farms. It helps to make up for the fat re moved from skim milk. Experiments have shown that cracked corn la better thau ground corn for young calves. The United States Department of Ag riculture recommends that bran and cracked corn be made the basis of the feed mlxturo whenever possible. Ground oats Is a very jjood feed, but oats are not so generally grown ai corn and usually cost more per unit of feed than corn and bran. The depart ment recommends any of the following mixtures as Bultable for young calves : 1. Three part# cracked corn and one part wheat bran. 2. Three parts cracked com, one part wheat bran and one part ground oats. 8. Three parts cracked corn, one part wheat bran, one part ground oats and one part linseed meal. 4. Five parts cracked corn, one part wheat bran, one part ground oats and one part blood meal. 5. Oats, ground. Some time during the third month calves will probably be eating about three pounds of grain a day. When the grain Is fed with the separated milk It should never be mixed with the milk, and It Is questionable whether there Is any advantage In soaking or boiling. Improved-Sires Work Is Encouraged by Breeders "The Alabama beef cattle breeders | have sold all of their surplus bulls of breeding age," says K. O. Baker, ex tension market agent of that -state, who recently visited the United States De partment of Agriculture. Mr. Baker cites as one reason for this Increased demand for bulls the Influence of the co-operative show and sale of feeder cattle held In October at the Montgom ery Union Stock Yards, In co-opera tion with the state extension service. In this event nearly 1,200 head of cattle were sold at auction, many of them going to feedlot buyers repre senting adjoining and more northern states. Before the sale the cattle were ajl publicly graded for quality, size, sex, etc.. and demonstrations made to show the advantages of using pure bred bulls of good quality. Producers received from 2 to 3 cents per pound more for their cattle under this system than they could obtain by marketing them In ungraded lots to local buyers. Plans have been made t? continue this enterprise as a permanent annual event, and it is expected to provide a much-needed stimulus to beef cattle production in that section. Forage Crops in Summer Are of Big Importance A good many dairymen find that j when the summer months begin to Rhow up dry pastures, they also find It the easiest way to let the cows dry up, or nt least cut down the milk pro duction. It lfl during these months that It Is Important to keep a steady supply of milk, to meet a stead?v de mand from the marHptB. During May ?net early June, the cows are doing their best, while In July the milk sup ply falls off. Silage, legumes or hay feeds should be added to the scanty pastures In July and August. For that reason It Is well to be planning on the crops now, to keep an even feed supply on hand Ml summer. Some grain should be r ' ed to the supplementary feed thrr hout the summer. Alfalfa, clover, soy beans, cowpeas, sudan grass, sorghums, silage, field peas, etc., can be turned into reody cash by way of the milk route to very good advantage In this manner. Dairy Notes It takes longer to feed a scrub cow than It does to milk her. ? ? ? Ordinary shelled corn Is the best supplement to sklm-mllk for calves. ? * * One of the neglected opportunities in most dairies Is the currycomb. It pays to uso It ? ? ? Pure bred dairy cows do not guar antee success, not even pure bred cows from high-producing nncestry. ? ?v * Tuberculosis can be detected with a hjgli flegree of accurncy by the use of the tuberculin test. ? ? ? Th'ere Is no higher type of farming than that of keeping good dairy cows, selling the butterfat, and feeding the skim milk trt good hogs, calves and chickens. ? ? ? Kxceptlng the extra time for milk Ihfcf It requires no more labor to car< for a cow producing fl.000 pounds ol milk than It does to care for a scrub producing 4,000 ponnd*. v* How I Suffered with mjr Stomach and Ca tarrh of the Head" Took Four bottles of PE-RU-NA end dow cannot praise it enough Miss Emene A. Haberkorn, 2251 Gravois Ave., St. Louis, Mo., writes: "For over two years I was troubled with internal catarrh. I read a Pe-nu-na booklet and began taking the treatment. Tonguo cannot de^ribe how I suffered with my stomach and the catarrh in my head. I began to feel better as soon as I had used four bottles and no^f I cannot praise it enough. I new enjoy as good health as ever and would not think of doing without Pe-ru-na." Dr. Hartman's famous remedy has become the standby in thous ands of American homes for the relief of coughs, colds, catarrh and every catarrhal disease. Insist upon genuine Pe-ru-na and enjoy satisfaction. Tablets or liquid and sold every where. Finds Paper Worth ? 300,000 What Thomas McCarthy, age four teen, believed to he a worthless piece of paper that he kicked outside of the Detroit post otllee, turned out to be a draft for $!UX),(XX) on a New York bank. The hoy, thinking that the un stamped envelope was without value, placed It In Ids pocket, where It re mained until next morning, when his father discovered It and returned It to a Detroit bank. 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When I got to my Bister's I sent for some Black-Draught and took a big doHe. Next morning I felt fine and enjoyed my visit. My sister had never heard of Black Draught, so she began taking It and says It. Is all I said It wns. "After the 'flu' my sons complained of their Joints aching. They begun taking Black-Draught and think there Is nothing like It. They tiike It In broken doses every spring and are sel dom sick. "The other night my little grnndson had a cold, t gave him a small ?loso of Black-Draught for two or three nights and ho got all right. T can't nay enough for it. I feel It has snved me dollars and suffering besides." Sold everywhere. Try It. /tt-a-a-f-d v 'Haw*, oermroti,! Fir ^-mtktntioSoetikr-^^foqti OfJ Mr Ctocutr ? Won YnmtOoocalb HAVDErtSALCSCO. ? J?n mv cirv-MJ,