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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"?
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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.
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CO-OPS HOLD DISTRICT MEET
' 'U-'Ts.v ? {
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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.
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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.
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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.
Indignation sometimes does good ?
used sparingly; but not so much as
calm calculation.
Menuiae
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22EEJ
Say "Bayer"- Insist!
For Pain Headache
Neuralgia Rheumatism
Lumbago Colds
Accept only a
Bayer packaga
whichconlains proven directions
Handy "I^yer" boxes of 12 tablets
Also bottle# of 24 and 100 ? Druggists
Arplrln li the trade mark of Barer Manu
facture of Monoacotlcacldeiter of BaUcyUcaclA
NEVER WITHOUT
BUCK-DRAUGHT
West Virginia Lady Uses It for
Headache and Sour Stomach
??"Nothing Like It,"
She Says.
Hurricane, W. Va. ? Mrs. Ida Chaney,
who lives on her fruitful farm not far
from Big Hurricane creek, near here,
made the following statement not long
ago :
"My sons and I have used Black
Draught for a number of years and
we are never without It. I use It for
headacho and sour stomach. When I
eat something that sours, Just a pinch
of Black-Draught sets me straight.
"Not long ago I went to visit my
sister In Ohio. I took a severe head
ache on the train. 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.
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