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fr _______ SENT MANY MEN - TO TRAINING CAMP STATE FURNISHED OVER FIFTY THOUSAND. COST PER MAN LOW A % Local Boards Report Records Are Orated Ready for Shipment to * ' Capital?Closing Up Work. * South Carolina sent 54,284 men to ? J-.-:?-. ovtonfUnsr wmp U UI 111^ liic PUi V/AtVU^iUQ I from April 2, 1917, to December 31, 1918, according to figures given out in the second annual report of the provost marshal general. Of this total, the national army received 44,059 men. The enlistments lp the army totalled 6,505; enlistments in the navy totalled 3,675; enfistments in marine corps, 58. The total registration for South Carolina was 307,350. The registration total was divided as follows: Jane, 1917, registration 131,643 June and August, 1918, reg' ? istration 13,059 September, 1918, registration. 162,698 ' ( Total 307,350 The selective service cost per man Inducted throughout the United States was $7.90. The cost in South Carolina was $5.98. The cost in North Carolina was $7.34; in Georgia, $7 .27; in Tennessee, $7.27; in Pennsylvania, $7.92; and in Dela1 / ware, $10.94. The total cost for 86uth Carolina up to September 1, 131* wm S244.208.12. The number of desertions in ?^ South Carolina totalled 5,698. Of this number, 4,589 ^were negroes with 1,243 whites. By deserters is feasant those who failed to respond to . nptices and orders provided 'for by ? * ^ the selective service regulations. A large number of those counted above as "deserters" have already removed the charge of desertion. The national average of desertions was 4.65 hundredths per cent. In 8outh Carolina the average was 3.94 hundredths per cent. The total number of deserters reported from Florida amounted to 10,142; Georgia, 13,468, and North Carolina, 6,112. %. V - AU of the 56 boards in the State "* have notified State headquarters that their records are crated and ready for shipment. The boards v have been very active in this work, and South Carolina is one of the .first . States to finish the work. It is probf able that the records will be shipped |v shortly to Washignton. According to the second annual re^ort of the provost marshal general, which has. recently been issued, 8ovth Carolina took a high rank axxiong her sister States. The report shows that the Laur.; - ens county board sent more men to than anv other board in this State, the number 1,467. The board A of the city of Columbia was second I: with 1,410. N HONORED FOR BRAVERY, i ?? Brooklyn Man Is Awarded Croix do Guerre by Commander of Polish Forces ||p Paris, Dec. 11.?"For heroic and un> r tiring work for the soldiers .while under lire," Stanley Modra, of 2123 Caton avenue, Brooklyn, a Y. M. C. A. ecretary, has just received the Croix 6 de Guerre from General Haller, commander-in-chief of the Polish army, and has been mentioned in the official citations. He is the third Y. M. C. A. man thus honored for conspicuous bravery. Modra has been with the Polish forces continuously since his arrival Iln France five months ago, and has given many notable exhibitions of gallantry and fidelity to duty. During the 2r' last days of the hostilities he served ' with the First division in the Vosges, in charge of a hut in a narrow valley between the first and second line trenches. From this hut he made trip after trip, carrying supplies to the men H, at the most advanced posts, and was under fire repeatedly. When the fighting was at its heaviest Modra and the men associated with in Y work continued their minisL trations to the soldiers, serving cocoa* * rrrVion tho mpn wprfl in nosition WTOl TUVii v?.v ?- r v .to receive them, and cigarettes. This C service contributed much to the high morale of The troops and won not only the praise of the officers but the lasting gratitude of the men. f DR. R. 0: FLYNN AST WORKER Well Known Minister Leaves Pulpit to Take Up Work -Overseas A?io<n+o no Tnn ...?Dr. Richard 'AUCUAtUy w?? - - - Orme Flinn, pastor of the North Avenue Presbyterian church, is going to France for the Y. M. C. A. Dr. Flinn, who is one of the best w known ministers in the Southeast, and who has a host of friends throughout this section of the country, will be engaged in special educational work, and ^ m will likely be overseas for some tima j. / f, . - ^ * DUTCH PKOPHET TALKS. I Thinks Weather Will be Mild With 1 Disagreeable Spells in March. To the Editor of The State: Indications for comparatively mild weather for the remainder of the winter are in evidence. One of the indications is the cloudy, foggy conditions which succeeded the mild and beautiful period which preceded the present period of precipitation. Aside from any "ground hog" superstition socalled, it is a notable fact that midwinter which the month of February ushers in decides one way or the other the degree of tern- ~ perature which will prevail in great * measure until spring. / The weekly period of January 9, \ 16, and 23 were accompanied with rain VPt tha navt naiMa/1 To n ii o rir ! , ? v~v **v"* j/v? 1VU) OUUUUl J a 30,lwas clear and mild, but indicting that at another turn of the cycle, the weather would be cloudy with rain before the next period, February 6, to be followed without a doubt bj fair weather and mild temperature. The Dutch Weather Prophet in his system designates a "cycle" as embracing the half of the week?sometimes three days; at other times four days. So it will be seen that in order to bring about the indications for mild weather for the immediate future, it rained on the same day of the week for three successive weeks, then a cycle of four days intervened and the rain came again at the opportune time to prove the rule. The Dutch Weather Prophet has been asked if he thinks the weather in the spring will be cold enough to rotorH nroTiorotiA?o t-vI***** 4 WW** u IV1 LUllUU y ICLLl t ing. The outlook in this respect for unfavorable weather is not a matter so much of temperature as precipitation, which bids fair to retard soil preparation the coming spring. In making the above inquiry an editorial friend suggested that if cold weather should prevail at cotton planting time, it would help to carry the price to 35 cents. The remedy for a higher price is in the hands of the farmer. <He must cut the acreage one-third while he is holding the present crop. The world will then realize that he is in earnest. . The Dutch Weather Prophet be- ' lieves that a cotton famine will prevail during the period embraced in [ the years 1914-21. If the acreage ? be cut one-third, it will contribute 5 to such an occurrence. The successive short crops of 1915-18 will be duplicated during the full seven-year period. Tlie atmosphere of the earth has been strangely effected by planetary phenomena which these planecasts have outlined as causing a paucity in the fertility of all rainfall especially since 1917, which has been especially unfavorable to the maximum production of fiber crops, of which cotton is chief throughout the world. I shall withhold my prediction of the size of the next cotton crop until the planting season is under way. In order that no misinterpretation be placed upon my forecast for comparatively mild winter weather from this date forward, it may be expected that in March disagreeable periods as to wind and temperature will occur. * DUTCH WEATHER PROPHET. i>I ? Big Still in Heart of City. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 14.? What is declared to be the largest private distillery ever found in the United States was unearthed in the basement of the Altmore apartment house here today by the police and tho alleged operator and owner of the apartment, H. Kelho Hailey, prominent club man and business man, was placed under arrest, along with three negroes, alleged to be assisting him. The distillery was discovered by accident, City Detectives Burk, Paradiso and Gillespie having been at the time chasing a negro charged with housebreaking, who sought refuge in a socret passage to the basement of the apartment. One apparatus of 100-gallon capacity daily was in full operation, they said, while arrangements were being maae to place four more stills at work, which would havo turned out a total of 8,000 gallons a day. Hailey was discovered working on a new copper worm in one of the many apartments under tho building, the detectives report, and great quantities of corn in various stages of fermentation for making whiskey were found. The fumes and smoke were carried above the building by pipes and a blow pipe was found in the room where the still was. The equipment was new, but older apparatus which had been discarded in order to secure greater capacity was found in the place. Hailey gave bond for his appearance in local and federal courts. All the fellows who want price-fixing stopped need to do is to stop it and the thign is done?just like that. Automobile batteries recharged by )elco-Light at Brickie's Garage, adv. BUY- 1 WAR SAVINGS STAMPS CONSTANTLY ; ' I his Space Patriotically Donated By! 3iero=ColaBottlingCo. Bamberg, S. C. I Women! Ill Here Is a message to f&IVl suffering women, from [I 1 Mrs, W. T. Price, of IB Public, Ky.: "I suf- H I fered with painful...", H she writes. "I got down |H I with a weakness in my a |y back and limbs...I BII felt helpless and die- B || couraged.. .1 had about B II given up hopes of ever B IB being well again, when B IB a friend insisted I Take CARDUI The Woman's Tonic I began Cardoi. In ||H|| < III short while I saw a ||B|| llll n&r^ difference... ||||| llll I grew stronger right ||| ! || along, and it cured me. ||B|| M Ui I am stouter than I IN Vj 8 B bave been in years." B I I I If you suffer, you can B I I B appreciate what it | B I I means to be strong and I I I I welL Thousands of wo- H | I, M men give' Cardui the F7 k y | credit for their good |g| B | health. It should help B up Heis I b: JOHN to r wives ai CLGee! France there's land lik< Now a date w his favo 5 (2) ROYS' FERTIl My life's work h< to the improvem( Crops and Soils. F. S. F. S. ROYSTER Norfolk, Va. Baltimore, Md. Toh - N. C. Columbia, S. C. Sparta: Macon, Ga. Columbus, ( BackAeaiiv less Him! NY is marching victoriously home nillions of proud American parents, id sweethearts. but he's glad to be back again, and fish tins have their charms, but no place like home, and there's no e the little old U. S. A. for the old job back again?now fur nth the dearest of all girls?now for rite refreshment?a cool bottle of ggiyyuia LIZER 4 % :is been devoted mt of Southern R OYSTER. s \ . : GUANO ca sdo, 0. Tarboro, N. C. Charlotte, nburg, S. C. Atlanta, 6a. xa. Montgomery, Ala. vrS ri ^ 'i*. U 11 QUI lib \\ UTHRU A) \\\\ STRAW y - ~ ?JL.. o7 jfell ia/jy/VA' fthero-Colai Pure, Wholesome and Refreshing