Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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w THE EVERYD Battles are not all f shell. The most vital an against die debilitating ten ness. For nearly five de< has been a definite help f battles against weak in blood-forming prop strength-supporting qua Let Soott's Emulslot Scott &Bown< EASY TO GET IN JAIL ~ BUT HARD TO GET OUT ? Attorney General Gregory Refuses to Help South Carolinian Locked Up. . x Washington. ? A mild sensation v.as created here when Attorney Gen eral Gregory informed Congressman Stevenson of South Carolina that net only would he not intercede in 1 "behalf of a number of well known ?<?uth Carolinians who are incarcerated in the Baltimore jail charged with attempting to ship intoxicating liquors in inetrstate transportation, thus violating the federal bone dry law, but that he would ask Judge Rose of Baltimore to make the fines lieieaftcr six months instead of four in the Monumental City jail. For some time Mr. Stevenson and other well known public men have been troubled by requests from friends to have their terms of imprisonment reduced from four months to two months for bringing liquor out of Baltimore in the direction of South Carolina, there being no financial alternative. It is now ~ four months in jail or nothing. Mr. Stevenson usked the attorney general to see if he*could not induce Judge Rose to make the term in jail two months, 'nstead of making it / tv o, it will hereafter probably be six months. The method in operation at the | Baltimore railroad station is said to . work so that an unsuspecting victim with his trunk full of liquor goes to the station to take his train. He Ktons n round to rhorV Vmtrcrnrm r ~ ? " points to it and says, "That's mincJ' Then the federal officers step up and say, "That trunk may he yours, hut you are mine. Just come along and j tell the court about it." There is nothing to do hut come as the evidence is conclusive. Mr. Stevenson has also had his secretary, A. E. .Hutchinson, working on the Baltimore end of the matter and the latter when asked what success he was having said, "All T have to say is, the Baltimore jail is easy to get into but hard to ?et out of." SOLDIERS INRUSSIA - ENJOY GOOD HEALTH Washington.?Total deaths among the American expeditionary forces in Northern Russia to January 4 were given as six officers and 120 nu^D. in ? cablegram received at the . v ar department today from Col. James A. Ruggles, American mili-1 Y * Wc still have on hand a nic< Mules. Also have in this v< buggies. Come and get yo all picked. Jenkin, Tabor, AY BATTLE ought with cannon and e the everyday battles j dencies that invite weak:ades MUISION to millions in the trying ness. Scott's is as rich erties and as powerful in Jities now as of yore, n help you win your battles. r, Btoomfleld, N.J* ih tary attache with Ambassador Francis at Archangel. Colonel Ruggles said the equipment of the troops was complete, the health of the troops excellent and the morale very good. Food conditions were described as very good, the greatest defect being lack of fresh vegetables. The casualties were given as follows: Killed in action and died of wounds, three officers and 57 men. Died of disease, two officers an 1 63 men. Accidentally killed, four enlisted men. Drowned, one officer and two men 'Missing in action, 16 enlisted men. Wounded in action, 151). Accidentally wounded, 15. sevenrTddIfs ? war areunsolveb London?Nicholas Romanoff's fate remains a mystery that may never be solved. Latest investigators fail to prove' or disyrove a report that he was killed and his body burned at Ekat erinburg. Some bones fohnd near there cannot be identified. If ho was killed nobody knows who kilted him or what became of the assassins. What Became of Prinzip's Pistol? j Six other great mysteries develop ed during the world war. Lifting of censorships has not brought the answers. What became of the pistol with which Gavrio Prinzip shot Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, June 23, 1914, the shot that started the world war that has cost probably 24,000,000 lives in war, disease and famine ? That pistol was part of the evidence against Prinzip at his trial. Nobody knows what has become of this priceless relic, deserving preservation in a museum. Did William Hohenzollem's spies promote the plot to have Prinzip kill Franz Ferdinand ? This charge was made in London more than two years ago. William hated Franz, in whom he saw u man v/ho would not be a willing vassal. William wanted war. His spies were busy in Bosnia. What easier than to 1 11 i .1 .1 i_ i. n iiuvu muni aiu uie fiinzip pioi : This may remain one of the dark unsolved mysteries of the war. Sea Mystery of Cyclops Unsolved. What became of the United States collier Cyclops? Secrtary Daniels of the United States navy marks it down as one of the unsolved mysteries of the sea. The Cyclops left Barbadoes on March 4, 1018, with a cargo of manganese, and was commanded by George Worley, a German whose name originally was Wichman, an 1 e selection of Horses and 'eek a car load of Virginia ur choice before they are s Bros. N. C. THE HOBBY HEBAL1 who had sold his property In Nor-' folk, Va., before sailing on that last I voyage, from which the Cyclops never returned. Mrs. Worley clings to the belief that her husband is alive. Did Germans sink or seize the Cyclops, or was it lost or wrecked in a storm and its survivors marooned on some desert island? No one can answer. Kitchener Legend Finds Believers. Did Gen. Horatio Herbert Kitchener escape alive from the sinking of the British Warship Hampshire when it was torpedoed, June 5, 1916, by a German submarine off west Orkney islands? Survivors say Kitchener was on deck just before the ship sank. His body was not recovered with those of his staff. His sister refused to believe him dead. She claimed to have evidence that he was alive and on a mysterious misRion in Russia. Since the Russian revolution, noth ing has come out of Russia to verify this story. But there still are believers in the Kitchener legend. How did Alexander Kerensky escape out of Russia in 1917 ? Did he go disguised as a sack of potatoes ? Or did sympathizers hide him and smuggle him out of the country? Ho got to London n 1918, but never would tell, in full, the story of his escape. It is still a my*stery. How did Gavrio Prinzip, assassin of Franz Ferdinand, die? Was he beaten to death in prison ? Or did ho die of starvation or disease ? There is no light on these questions. Wanted?Another Sherlock IIol1 r^es. ? o TAX RETURNS. For Fiscal Year 1919. The County Auditor of Horry County will attend the following places at times specified below for the purpose of taking returns for the fiscal year 1919, of all poll tax payers, also o?. a11 personal property owned January 1st, 1919. All able bodied male persons between the ages of 21 and GO years capable of earning a support, shall be deemed taxable polls. Executors and administrators are required to make their returns. Failure to make returns within the time specified subjects the delinquent to a penalty of HO per cent. Bayboro?Monday, January 6th, from 10 to 12. Rehoboth?Monday, January 6th, from 2 to 4. Mt. Pisgah?Tuesday, January 7th, from 9 to 11. Hinsons Store?Tuesday January 7th. from 1 to 4. Stevens X Roads?Wednesday, Janvary 8th, from 10 to 12. Stroud's Store?Wednesday, January 8th, from 2 to 4. Floyds School House ? Thursday, January 9th, from 10 to 3. Spring Branch?Friday, January 10th, from 9 to 12. Grassy Bay?Friday January 10th, from 3 to 4. Green Sea?Saturday, January 11th from 9 to 12. Hammond?Monday, January T3tn, from 11 to 12. Daisy?Monday, January 13th, frcm 2 to 4. Nathan Bellamy's Store?Tuesday, January 14th, from 10 to 12. Longs?Tuesday, x January 14th, from 2 to 4. Brooksvillo?Wednesday, January 15th, from 9 to 11. Little River?Wednesday, January 15th, from 1 to 3. Warn pee?Thursday, January 16th, from 9 to 12. Hand ? Thursday, January 16th, from 2 to 2:30. Cool Spring ? Monday, January 20th, from 1 to 3. Galivants Ferry?Tuesday, January 21st, from 9 to 3. Dog Bluff?Wednesday, January 22nd, from 10 to 11. Jordanville?Wednesday, January | 22nd, from. 1 to 3. Cooper's Store?Thuisday, January 23rd, from 11 to 12. Stalvey?Thursday, January 23rd, from 2 to 4. Burgess?Friday, January 24th, from 9 to 12. Fowler's School Ilousc?Tuesday, January 28th, from 9 to 11. Loris?Tuesday, January 28th, from 1 to 4. San ford?Wednesday, January 29lh from 9 to 11. Adrian?w?*% "isday, January, 29th,| n.... 1 i . o iiiii i to ?>. Aynor?Friday, January 31st, between trains. The balance of the time at the Auditor's Office in Conway. Please remember the time for making returns expires on February 20th. N. C. Adams, County Auditor. ? cr The American steadier Yuna, with j a cargo of sugar from San Domingo' tor New York was totally wrecked on Mouchoir Bank near Bahama Fri- j day. P, OONWAY, B. 0. TO HELP MAKE SOUTH FEED ITSELF In addition to furnishing valuable instruction the boys' clubs in the Southern States provide a valuable means of increasing food production. Unorganized, the boys probably would have done little to hejp the South feed itself; but through the clubs they have been taught the principles of farming, and many of them for the first time have taken an interest in raising crops or stocks, and have been started on the right road to successful farming. The boys' agricultural clubs in the South are carried on by State, district, and county agents cooperating with school officials and business men. The number of boys enrolled in 1917 was 115,74C, classified by clubs as follows: Corn, 40,394; potato, 3,441; cotton, 5,297; grain sorghum, 2,126; peanut, 3,157; calf, 2,968; p'g, 31,375; poultry, 11,633; and miscellaneous, 4,087. The enrollment has been greatly increased in 1918, and it is expected that in addition to the regular enrollment there will be an emergency enrollment of 400,000 club members. Many farm boys undei the age of 18 arc being instituted by club agents and county agents in doing a man's work on the farm. The emergency enrollment is an effort to get hold of all boys who are taking on the added burdens of the war time and to give them credit for their extra o rd i n a ry e flY> r t s. The average yield of corn raised by the members of the boys' club^ throughout the 15 Southern States was 47.97 bushels per acre. There were 110 boys who made more than 100 bushels per aero, and some good records were made by boys in other farm crops. Farm makers' clubs for negro children were organized during the year in several of the States. Much work has been done every year in these States among the negroes, but the work was greatly enlarged during the past year. Pig clubs conducted in cooperation with the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Tlnnnvf nmnf r\f Agriculture sire popular. Thousands of pur-brod pigs have been distributed among the boys with excellent results. Pure-bred hogs are becoming well distributed throughout every part of the South. Short, practical courses in agriculture for club boys are held in each county, where all the club members attend and receive instruction. In addition to the short courses held in the counties one is also held at the agricultural college where the prize winners are brought for a week or two weeks' instruction. The boys' j clubs are stimulating farm boys to enter the agricultural colleges to continue their agricultural training. In one State in 1917, 218 club boys enorcd the agricultural college. A NEW AND EFFECTIVE CLUB SONG. Clcmson College, S. G.?Mr. Josph J. Murray, Assistant Boys' Club Agent, has composed the following club song for the use of the boys' clubs of South Carolina, sung to the tune of "Keep the Homo Fires Burning." It makes a very attractive working slogan for the boys. It is already becoming* noivnlor nmmwr O l_ f f-) l,,< boys and clubs of the State. Keep the Club Work Growing. Tune: "Keep the Homefires Burning." There are Club Boys on the hillside, hillside, There wore Club hoys on the plain, And the Country found them ready At, the call for meat and grain? hot no one forgot their service, As the Club Boys pass along, i For although the war is over, * They are singing still this song:? Chorus. "Keep the home-cow milking," And the Club-corn silking, Tell the idle boys and girls We work for home; , There's a Club-pig growing, While the grain we're sowing, Boost the club work day and night, Till we live at Home. ?Jos. J. Murray. o A Tonic Laxative that will remove the bile from th* Llvir and cleanse the System THOROUGHLY without Hrlpin# or disturbing the stomach is truly a Perfect Laxative. LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN 19 the name of a Rellablo and Perfect Laxative j which buod relieves sick neadacne, Dizziness, Indigestion, Stomach Trouble, Ga9 and Piles can,xi by a Torpid Liver and Constipation. Always use a Rcliablo Laxative la the treatment of Colds, Grip and Influenza. LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN Is o Liquid Digestive Tonic Laxative excellent In its effect on the System, both as a tonic and as a laxative. It is just as good for Children as for Adults. Pleasant to take. Children liko it. 60c. Made and recommended to the public by Paris , Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mc.? manufacturers ot ' (irove's Tft&tcicta chili Tonic. SAW TEUTON FLEET AS IT SURRENDERED Sailor Aboard San Francisco Writes Father, Describing The Great Spectacle Bangor, Me?Steven R. Hall writes to his father, John M. Hall of South Brewer, a description of the surrendered Gonna.i fleet. He writes: U. S. S. San Francisco, Portland, England, Dec. 7, 1918 Dear Father: Hello, dad! Well, the censorship is off all letters and I can tell you just where I am and just what I'm doing. Just now we*re in a port, in the South of England on the Channel, where we can go ashore and enjoy life for a few days, but we expected to reach the coast of the States by New Year's. This is the first port this ship has been in since the war started where an American sailor can step up to a bar and get his drinks without expecting to bo arrested for* getting liquor. The boys j are making the most of it and all the |<4pubs" are doing a rushing business, j The whiskey, ale and beer are weak war quality, but they have some fin 1 ! brandy and port wine. We came here from the northeast part of Scotland, up in Moray Firth, and came around north of Scotland and down through ti e Irish Sea and Sc. George's Channel, an ! up the 'English Channel to this place, Our I whole force steamed in column through the big English naval rendezvous, Scapa Flow, where the British Grand Fleet is at Anchor and :il 1 thn vjUiric tnl/iin <?">? *lw? ?, ... m |/u vifciw. vy\TI 1 I V'lll III' Germans. Wo went right through them and within fifty yards of the noscxs of the surrendered German ships as they lay at anchor. There were fifty German destroyers, ten battle cruisers, a do?:en battleships and twenty-five of Germany's best cruisers. 1 That fleet was the Kaiser's pride, but you should have seen it as we did. Not a flag flying, and only enough men on board to keep the steam up and the pipes from freezing, and to stand guard and anchor watch. The very smoke coming from their stacks hung down over the. water like a scared dog's tail and as though it were ashamed. They -i: ,1 -i-: L- ' ;tuc ojncuum Miips, DUl Illiy SclllOl man with just one look could tell you 1 what condition they were in. Thej every one needed paint and small repairs?patches and new rigging an i blocks; in fact, they looked poverty stricken for all the little things that make life livable to a sailor on shipboard. IThe German Admiral that first came to England to arrange for the sui render of the German l icet passed by five of the latest and biggest United States battleships, and he said: "4If we had those five ships in our fleet we wouldn't have hid jn Kiel and Heligoland those four years." That captured German fleet was I one of the greatest sights I ever saw ! in my life and it is something to be | always remembered. We passed i through the British Grand Fleet too. J and they have some of the biggest j and finest ships in the world. As we I passed them, every one of them J manned the rail with their full n-rows and gave us three cheers as :i | starter for the first lap of our homeward bound voyage. But after all I've seen, I'll buck the United S'nte.s Navy against any of them any time. 'MO,WO GERMANS" STILL UNDER ARMS Lodon.?There may be 500,000 German soldiers still under arms, according to estimates of military ex i ports of the British army. The sitp.jation in Germany is very uncertain, however, and it may be the men sti'l with the German colors may numbei far above the estimate. i j Should Premier Kbert maintain | the upper hand in Germany the men i still held in the army would be feared, it is believed, on the other hand it is pointed out a Bolshevist triump.i in Germany would result in a serious situation. m ANSWER PROMPTLY. I n v. ommon courtesy, and the duty that we owe to each other, demands that we answer a letter that is written to us by another; just as much as we would return any other form of greeting. But there are many people who will receive letter after letter and go on forever waiting to see the writer before they will use the mail to answer it. Break up this habit of neglect by getting stationery and answering the letters that come to you in the mail promptly. ' mm ARMYPLANSTO WAIT FOR NEXT C0N6RESS lAito HmmawIhwiamA Daanmam! ?*oi ucjjai iiiiciu iicvi ^onr tion Bill Will Be Postponed - ~~ * * MILITARY COMMITTEE IN FAVOR OF DELAY Secretary of War and Chief of Staff Approve Chairman j Dent's Suggestion. Washington. ? The house military committee practically reached an airrcomont ~ w ^wiuireucu witn Secretary Baker and General March, chief of staff, to postpone the war departmcnt reorganization bill until the nt xt session of congress and with it a large part of the prospective debate over the future military policy of the country. A suggestion by Chairman Dent that a legislative I rider on the army appropriation bill continuing the existing war organization of the department and the regular army for another year, be substituted for the reorganization measure met with the approval of Mr. Baker and apparently with that of a majority of the committee members. The proposal giew out of a conference at which Secretary Baker and the chief of staff explained to the committee the reorganization measure framed by the department, providing for a* regular army of 500.000 men to be raised by voluntary enlistment on a flat three year basis. The bill also would have made permanent the absolute control over all branches of the army now exercised by the chief of staff as a war time necessity. Chairman Dent said it would be impossible to get such a bill through j Congress in the six weeks rnwnlnlno lol" the sc ssion. Committco members agreed with him, pointing out that i the war department bill on its face ! appeared to be a military policy measure, which abandoned the theory of universal military obligation. Mr. Baker insisted that this was not the . ease; that no attempt to fix the nak 1 lion's policy as to a peace time army p was involved, but agreed that the substitution of continuing authority I appeared to he the wisest course, in - view of the uneei taintics of the situation abroad and lack of time for . full discussion in congress. The exact form rider is to be sut-died out by the general staff. It , ( probably will leave the strength of , Jthc force to presidential order with^ i in limits and subject to appropria[jtien limitations. The committee will lake up at once hearings on the reg | ular appropriation bill, which pvo, i vides as drawn for 500,000 men. I Secretary Baker would iiuaw 11 v/ [declaration in regard to the universal [military sei*vice surges'.ions, saying [that he would submit no proposal of I that nature until the obligations of 11ho nation could be gauged. Later Peprest ntative Sanford sought, to obtain General March's views on this cpicst ion, 'The question of universal training is a question of national policy," said Gen. ral March. "It is the duty of the general staff to submit recom Jnicndalion3 to the secretary of war [when they are called for. If they do not get by the secretary they are stoppi d." CEBESCOTWB HiJSI mm RUINS Paris.?The Cabinet decided to-day j that German war prisoners hence"orth : houM be employed in reconstruction \vo>'k in the liberated districts. The measures adonted r?rn ........ f? vule that a minimum of 200,000 will ho working in the devastated regions by March 20. o The Strong Withstand the Winter Cold Better Than the Weak You must have Health, Strength and Enuuiuutu iv ii^ui vviuo, unp unu iiiiiuvii^a. When your blood is not in a healthy condition and does not circulate'properly, your system is unable to withstand the Winter cold. OROVE'S TASTEI ESS Chill TONIC Fortifies the System Against Colds, Grip and Influenza by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. It contains the well-known tonic properties of Quinine and Iron in a form acceptable to the most delicate stomach, and is pleasant to take. You can soon feel UaCtKAnHkl. * * " -* ' ? ? w MucMgiuciuiig, invigorating n?nect. ooc. o J. Krcd Grant, of Murrclls Inlot, \va< in Conway last week on business. t