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COMBATING OLD AGE THEORIES EXPOUNDED BY PROFESSOR METCHNIKOFF. ( Russian Scientist, Amazingly Vigorous at Seventy Years of Age, Tells How Human Life May Bo Long Extended. ' i Professor Metchnikoff is attain dls rslng on beneficent bacilli. Their introduction into the system to destroy pernicious microbes will postpone old age indefinitely, he maim tains, with the result that no man need take a vacation to recuperate ; lost vitality. Metchnikoff at seventy works all the time with undiminished zest. The fountain of youth which Ponce de l^eon sought in 1513 in FlorI Ida he could have found at home in ; sour milk and natural sugar. For his years the Russian scientist Is amazingly vigorous. He has been getting back and keeping his youth /for 17 years. In a recent interview VMetchnikoff seems to have said nothing about exercise as an aid to health. His aim has been to prevent contamination of the blood by Intestinal poisons which clog the human machinery by contact as they spread to organs and arteries Presumably Metchnikoff takes the air regularly, but science IntnPootn him m 11 oil mr?r?r? I han atTirtft Perhaps It cun be inferred that he does not think the usual forms of exercise necessary if a proper microbe diet is practiced. The active agents Metchnik'ofT finds Vtn tho sugar of dates as well an in **%he lactic acid of prepared milk, llo eats nothing that is not cooked: even his fruit must be stewed. The sour milk he takes at his "first breakfast," which consists of vegetable bouillon and weak tea, besides the draft of bacilli. At lunch and dinner he eats a little meat, free of vegetables, and always compote of fruit. While other scientists of his age who do not follow his system falter at their work in the laboratory, Professor Metchnlkoff knows no fatigue, finishing each day fresh apd full of enthusiasm. Yet he comes of a short-lived family. He insists that his physical condition proves beyond challenge that the theory of beneficent bacilli is sound. ' Some of the physical culturlsts reach the same result by a system of bone twisting, muscle stretching and flushing the colon. One of them, Sanford Bennett, a well known business man of San Francisco, Is more vigori?nis and nimble at seventy-two than Professor Metchnlkoff Is at seventy. Mr. Bennett, who eats what he pleases, hnlftll tho mo thanr. HaKIII. ? ?MV MMHMV V?V>V/| J V* 1 VUU tatlng and wasting effects of Intestinal poisoning, but knowingly he does not consume certain kinds of bacilli to kill others. Wliile a successful experimenter on himself, he is not a scientist. At fifty Bennett was a bilious and tired-out business man rapidly growing old. Today he has a fresh complexion, sleeps soundly, moves about like a healthy man of forty, and can go through a day's bird shooting in the woods without fatigue. Assum ing that Profeseor Metchnikoff is right when lie says that the battle of bacilli in the human system can be decided in favor of the invaders introduced in natural sugar and sour milk, it might be worth while inquiring whether the bad bacilli are not killed by the methods of the unscientific San Francisco priest of youth in old age. although he makes no study at all of those foods that contain good bacilli. New Methods Kill Old Customs. One by one they go, the cabbies of the cities. In Chicago, for instance, only a handful remains of the oldtimers. As a vanishing race we salute them. jkWhen the taxi came to take away tjWeir livelihood, they scorned the new vehicle with a fine fervor and refused to acknowledge Its advantages or expediency. "No good can come av thim buzzin', bla/in', crazy contraptions!" they swore. Of course their income \ dwindled, but they sat tight, grimly maintaining their stand against the evils of fallen fortunes and speed mania. At the reports of auto brigandage and tax thieves they shook their grity heads solemnly and spat sagaciously. "What did I tell ye?" one asked triumphantly. "No good can come av thim murder machines!" ^From this reflection they take perpetual comfort. Meanwhile the cabby dozes on his aeat in the sunlight. Great Men ir< Disguise. ^ If a potentate or a famous ma:> were in your skin how would you face the probable assassin? We are told that the kaiser baa his special doubles, made up in his image and likeness, and dressed in understudies of his uniforms, so that the enemy may try his pow dor on the dog. They have adopted the method in England, i as when there were "two Uichmonds" in the field Rut somehow we all like b"st the splendid vanity of Nelson, 1 who insisted dn going into the light in full uniform and witty his orders on I PJ/a' breast. It was?for that reason I ?his last fight. Most of us in practice, perhaps would give a,way a few old suits for the assassin to pot at.? London Chronicle. i Even the Russians ore enftttgti t'\ handle Germany when given a f:iI: ' chance. t GRAIN STOCKS GROW; SUBMARINES LOSING London.?Premier Lloyd Geor;.{ speaking in the Hou.-?e ox' Commons this afternoon said that this time la t year the wheat in this country amounted to 0.4.^0.000 quarters and that now it is 8,500.000 quarters. Thr stock of oats and barley, he declare also was higher. Mr. Lloyd George said the acreug under cultivation showed an iacrea e of 1,000,000 acres. If the harves weather was good, the condition f icou supplies was very satisfactory. The premier added that there hud been an increase in the sugar res rv . "The government has come t > th conclusion/' Premier Lloyd Georg* said, "that with reasonable econ m there is no chance of starving E.ag land out. "The admiralty plans fo dealing with submarines have been in creasingly successful." The British premier said that ?h.r in the single month of April 500 OOo gross tons of shipping were lost through Teuton submarines. In July the tonnage lost went down to 320.000 gross tons. This month the e was a substantial improvement ovo that of July. The not losses since the commence ment of Germany's unrestricted sub marine warfare was under *250,00 tons a month. The premier said: "Germany now is barely able to hold her own, not even that." Shipbuilding. Premier Lloyd George said that :n the first six months of this year, th a new ton nacre built was 134.000 while in the last six months including purchases the new tonnage would b? 1, 124,000. The premier also said that a considerable addition had been made in the program of naval construction. With the cooperation of Arreric ?, the premier said, there would ho sufficient tonnage for all of 15)18 and if necessary 1919. Although ton nag.1 had decreased during the last year, ht added, more goods had been carried from overseas. There had been a considerable saving in bread consumption, the premier said, and owing to closed milling and food economy there bad been an addition to the v/heat stock of 10,000 quarters p r week. (A quarter is equivalent to 8 bushels.) ? The war will turn many a fortune into hands where fortune never went before; and the war may also turn fortunes out of hands where heretoI ? /? - tore loriune lm< always dwelt. The fortunes of war are uncertain, jusl as much so as the verdict of a petit jury. o To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stop# th< Cough and Headache and works off the Cold Druggists refund money if it fails to cure, E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 30c o COPY OF SUMMONS FOR RELIEF (Complaint Served.) Court of Common Pleas. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Horry County American Fertilising Company, a C < poration, Plaintiff, ?vs? J. R. Allsbrock, ami N. B. Allsbrook. individually and as partners trad ing under the firm name and style of Allsbrook Bros.; Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, a Corportion; McNair & Pearsall, a copart nership composed of one McNair and one Pearsall, whose given names or initials are unknown to plaintiff, but who are of Wilmington, North Carolina, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is here with served upon you, and to se?*ve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Conway, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive o: the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court f : the relief demanded in the complaint Dated August 13th, A. D. 1017, H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. To Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company; McNair & Pearsall, a copartnership composed of one McNai and one Pearsall Whose Giver Names are Unknown to Pluintif; Absent Defendants: TAKE NOTICE That the Complaint in the foregoing stated action and the Summons of which' the foregoing is a copy were filed in the office of the Cleric of the Court of Com mon Pleas in and for Horry County, ac Conway, S. C., on the lGth day of ; August A. 1917. W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.? C. .C. C P. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. ' THE HORSfHB&A ?II i i if || i u | 4 k j.^- ?jS p* r * Irt a !L ^ 1.*^^. C ^a, csj ' he Federal Reserve 3a? hirted resources of a thonsar established by Act of Cong farming and business intsref We are or embers of this : better than ever before, to th ? credit an.?, currency thej r*' d ;o protect them against It" you are not linked up v our depositors come in ar. help- you. PEOPLES <. ?'O?:'al ?*LS?.? /? ; t OmTlbVRY. A good man bu.> passed awav. JVlt. A .H. Johnson of Moultrie, Ga., died i on August (>th, 1917, better known in j Horry County as Little Armijah. H< .? as born in Horry County on Feb. Atli, 18o.'J, son of Capt. A. H. Johnson. Armijah was twice married first to Miss Mary Moore. To them three children wei*e born, Samuel, Eliza and Willie. His last wife was Miss Susah Barnhill. To them four \ children were born, Mamie, Bess, Monroe and Eunice. In early life he joined the Missionary Baptist church ' and was a faithful member 'tili ! death. Armijah was not only a mem1 ber of the church but a faithful work' er In the Vineyard of the Lord and ' Master. He was influential in estab' Imhing and helped to organize three churches in Georgia. First at Funnst.on, Ga., second at Remberton, Ga., 1 and last at Moultrie, Ga. Of th:s church he was a member at his death. Re was a faithful Sunday School worker. Believing in the motto of bringing up a child in the way it 1 should go. Armijah was a kind, loving and affectionate husband, father! and brother, and a Christian gentle man. The family chord is broken, The oldest member gone, I w? IfAW.lrtM L A..E/N ? ? ? ? ? . 10 ? v;i t>unuci un:ivuiuiiy -1 To his wife and children to come. >! ' \ es, beckoning to brothers and si.-1 ters, Watching for them to come, And live with him in Glory around the Celestial Throne. His Brother. ?J. Kelly Johnson. ! I{' merville, Ga. I Comprehensive plans for in>iri ?; the health of the men and officerof the new national army to he train ed for service in South Carolina are announced by Dr. James A. Hayne, State health officer. 0 SYLVA COLLEG SCKNERY A: A Christian school in the heart c I peaks, from five to six thousand fee : grounds. ^ Pure water and bracing i j tain climbing. A trip to the Chord j Mount Mitchell, the hiirhest mount u who desire it. COURSEf We prepare students for life and are offered in Pia r. >, Voice. Art, Ed ! Art. Bible, Sunday School, Teacher-1 j eight teachers. Fall term begins August 21, 1917. j 7-20-17?4t J. C.. INGRAM, i I FOLLLQW ! ! with Mc , WIOE TREAD A simple and effective device convert rolet (Four-Ninety) into the GO-in. st Ford owners using this atta< away with all steering t:ou der complete control either I ; Helps to keep wheels in alinemei md less gasoline. This attachment < ' Price for complete set, $15. If your dealer can't supply G1BEES MACHINERY G li e lunrnoru Im. Ui HRUcnooi) See them < CONWAY, LD, COWWAY, S. 0 j j IH m fev - > ^ ^ ^ f*K' a "' ;J. . ') vice hr Frmsrs i!cing Sy5tern, with mmid million dollars, has been to stand back o: ths >ts of ths countr:, i system which enables us, supply our farmers with / n^ed for producing crc.^s disorganized markets, vith this system as sue of 1 let us tell you how ;t ; NATIONAL BANK jnway, Souui Carouaa. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, lea'jas County, ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he .s senior partner of the firm of F. -J. Cheney & t )., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm svill pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured be the use of HALL'S CATARRH Y! rnieiMi' FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day o< December, A. D. 1HX6. A. W. GLEASON. (Seal.) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is. Jtak*^ internally and acts through the j Bloo<l on the Mucuous Surfaces o the System. Semi for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.?adv. o It is shown that Germany has been getting large supplies from Holland, Sweden and other small European neutrals where they have been importing largely from the United States and sending their own surplus to Germany at high prices. This will now stop since the embargo has been enforced by the United ! States. Times have already been hard in Germany and Austria; but they are nothing to compare to what they will be in a month or two from now. R,lm AVAUgllVUU JL/U1AI4 LIQUID FACE POWDER. The beauty secret of womenwho knowhow to take care of the com"/ l$-1 P^ex*on* Cannot be J VW detected. Heals Sunburn, stops Tan. Soothing, cooling, refreshing. //t'' b/P& Pink. White,. fto.e-fW. t / 75c. at'DrugifijU or by rr>3il direct Sample (either color) for 2c. Stamp. l^on Mfe. Co., 40 South Fifth St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. IATE iNSTITUTc .I) HEALTH >f the mountains. Great mo?uNAain '( hi.^h. can be swr from th > school nountain air. No malaria. Moun:ee Indian Reservation. A visit t ' tin in Eastern America, far thos: >f st:;dy. for entering any college. Courses lucation, Domestic Science, Dmneeti raining and Missions. A fatuity o' 1 ? ! "or catalogue, address jj 'rincipaJ, Sylva, N. C. i THE RUTS Master'3 ATTACHMENT ;ing a narrow gauge Ford or Chev;na*ud tread for Southern roads. , :hment say that it does bles. Your car will be unror country or city driving. it, easy on tiros, causes more powu tan be put on' in one hours' time r you, write direct to 0., Mfrs., Columbia/ S. C. LOCAL AGENT >n his Car flnirm APHTTV A w -mm a. m. A ? U?JL1 I !j HOW TO RECLAIM SOME SWAMP LAND This Country Will Need all the < Land That There is In It. There are tracts of wet land vary*r.g in urea from a few hu dtvd lu thousands of ai res in many States i 'lie humid regions. In almost ever;, ract there are usually a few ownTvho feel that these lands would be )i odu'ti ve if drained. Howove-, those owners generally constitute ? minority. As the lands m n\ tinvs an be drained economically on y a> ?r.e body, the first task confronting 1 cse desiring to drain is to enlist the into est of other owners. The easiest \ay to accomplish this is by informing all landowners of what has been complished by drainage in other sec ions. References to a few illustrates like the following will arouse ?te?*cst, Oppo it ion to Drainage Overcome. Ait area involving 200,000 acres re?fwt'y has been drained. Before drain age much of the land was heavily tim In ; >d and the greater portion swam]) i i so t.'int it was useless tor agriculture. Almose anywhere in the district. land could he bought for a fes ! do'lars an acre. Many of the land. I owners w ere bitterly opp >scd to | drainage, but this opposition was ! gradually overcome. Shortly aftet ! tin construction of the drains was I started, the owners began to notice benefits, and now those who opposed reclamation are among its strongest advocates. A recent letter received b\ the department from a landownei reads in part as follows: "Many thousands of acres have gone rapidly into cultivation, with population and production increasing amazingly. Many hundreds of houses and barns have been built per annum j for the past several years. Lands that were in swamps and timber :> few years ago have lately been producing 75 to 95 bushels of corn pel acre and this year $75 to $125 wortli of cotton per acre; and miles of good roads where were swamps and cutover timber. Certainly, our effoHs and expenditures have been justified beyond all expectations." Thus by drainage was swamp lard transformed into highly oroductiv | com, cotton, and alfalfa land. Example* of Profitable Drainage. A heavily timbered tract of 5..S0 | acres in Illinois was almost annual!; j overflowed by the Mississippi River. | The average value of the land wa $1 o per acre, including the timber After drainage was completed, land ccukl net be purchased for $150 pe i acre. The cost of drainage averager | about $16 per acre. While all the \ land is not yet cleared, in 1014 ovei 1.000 bushels of corn were harve*% I ed which was disposed of at TO cents i bushel. The value of the crop for chis one year more than paid the i cost of draining, and in 1915 a large! : crop was harvested than the year i preceding In Wisconsin a section of useless swamp was transformed by drainage j into some of the most valuable suga> beet land-; in the State. In another State lawlown *r in referring to a coi to in section of land said: "That was . the worst land we had; it was ** ! -wamp n which our cattle frequently ' mired and it could never be eu'tivatal. Now it is the host land we have I in this county and can not be bough'. ! for $150 per acre." Yields on Reclaimed Lands. Along the Illinois River were. 12,'2M acres which were overflowed every year and on which the water y.onnin-vl so long after the river receded that owners did not average more than 2 crops in 10 years. Thro thousand acre of the area formed a lake. Opposition to draining was b:*tor. When drainage was undertaken the average value of the land was $!<) por acre; during the pest yea s i'es were made at $125 per uci"\ while many owners have refused M.-O. A lan 1 owner state? that during good years he can harvest 4J 1 usho's of wheat and 2 tons of clover ha .* per acre in one year. During an average year 80 bushels of wheat or ~0 bushels of corn per acre are not u"usual. The 8,000 acres which form ed the lake now form the best corn '.end, yields of 90 bushels per acre bring not uncommon. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's. The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QTJININIt and IKON. It acts on the Liver. Drives ?*t Malaria, Bnriclie9 the Blood. fuad; . uilds uj> the Whole Systeih. 60 tints, e All Germany needs to overrin th^ world is a chance; but sha is not going to .get it. scVinr TO PUT MAN WHERE I HE CAN DO MOST I Army Officers Have Task of Placing Men Chosen by H Selective Draft | MUST BE TRAINED I AS SOLDIERS FIRST Process of Building Up Commissioned Personnel Already Under Way. Washington.?Army officers who will organize the National Army divisions face the task of making the best possible use of the men selected for military duty by the local boards. They will come from all walks and conditions of life. Among them will be highly trained individuals, specialists in particular lines .and efficient mechanics. It is the War Department's intention to get the maximum advantage for the nation out of each man's special qualifications. " To n! i -d\ Ihl- il!^ ' -> ' .... -lll'l 1 l|UI >t li-'lrS of al! drafted men will be nuuie oat v hen they reach the training canto iments. From these a preliminary classification can be made, subject to the primary necessities of organ zing a groat body of infantry for tioncli i duty. | (tight Man for Right Place. During the months of training at tho cantonments it will be possible for company commanders to form estimates of the character and special qualifications of their men. A process o' shifting and transfer undoubedly will ensue as individuals are sorted out. One man will be assigned to transport trains because of his knowledge of horses or motor trucks; another to hospital work because of his previous training; another to avia1 tion because he has worked with gas engines; another to the artillery because he shows special ability in that line. There is hardly a civil trade or occupation that has not its? counterpart in the army, from clerk to clergyman, and no effort will be spared to get the right man in the right place. Already officials are being besieged with requests from men already held for military duty for assignment I to particular arms of the service. Little can be done in that regard in advance of actual mobilization, but it is hoped that the wishes of many of the men can be met at the camps. Soldiery First. Presumably the first increments to reach camp will be organized as infantry companies. The basis of all military evolutions is the school of tlie soldier, and that must be taught first. After some weeks of elementary drill, engineer, artillery and other special units will commence. The piocess of selection bv special qualification will be applied to the greatest possible extent. At the same | time, the officers will begin to get a line on men who are likely candidates i* P i icr iuiniv commissions. Around the war department evidences of the* great army that is in the making are beginning to show. Numerous officers of the regular army already have been given wartime commissions in the national army. They are to be the staff officers of the new divisions. At the same time, officers just graduated from the training camps are being assigned to regiments of the new army. The whole process of building up the corn missioned personnel will be well undri way by the time the first 30 per r< nt of the draft * i forces starts for can: os. SHE Will FIGHT WITH IIS TO ENO A Pacific Port.?A new day among nations in which Japan and America di.'ll] fill. iiffl<-k I.ill . ... . w,?,vw vuc IIHIU im/(C i i 11 I tSWll have been exaggerated into mountains to bar our good relations," and "march together, work together and fight together as comrades" waft pledged here tonight by Viscount K. Irhii, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States. Heading a special mission, Viscount Ishii spoke for his Government at a dinner tendered to him by this municipality. The Viscount was presented by Gavin McNab, an attorney sent from Washington to arrange the reception of the mission, by the Governor of the State and the M lyor of tho city.