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? TWO OFHGIAL MARKS j ONLY FOR TROOPS i Government May Bar the i Wearing of Other Emblems ; SERVICE CHEVRONS OF THREE COLORS Ribbons Indicate Distinguished Special Service in Army. Washington. ? Returning' sol Vers may he prohibited from wearing some of tlie strange devices that appear on the uniforms of men from the front. They are unofficials. And, added to the official devices,: they cause a confusion s<> great that I not even army men are able to teli : what they all mean. Thero arc two principal classifies - ; tions of ribbons and chevrons'? i those of the world war and those of prevoius wars. Many decorations worn by men in the regular army, I articutfarly officers, signify they j scrvea in tne spaniMi-Antoi-icun or some other wi\r. This article deals only with the new decorations growing" out of the world war. Of these then* are two kinds: ribbons and chevrons. I Judge of Valor. The ribbon is worn by those fortunate few who have won the distinguished service medal. The cross is awarded for valor in battle; the medal fc*r distinguished service of any kind. The owner of each is en-; titled to wear a little narrow red, white and blue ribbon on his breast if he wants to leave his decorations home. There arc also 'ribbons for the French and British war crosses. The chevron, however, is much more common, and before long every soldier in the anny will wear some sort of chevron aside from that indicating his rank. Chevrons are of four kinds: Rank chevrons, wound chevrons, service chevrons and discharge chevrons. All the V-shaped. Rank chevrons have been worn by non-commissioned officers in the army from time immemorial, but the wound, service and discharge chevrons are new with this war. Tlin viinl.' oci'ftMa I'm I the elbow on the left sleeve with the point up. A lance corporal has one bar, a corporal two bars, and a sergeant. throe bars. The wound chevron is of gold, and is worn, point down, on the right sleeve between the v* nst and the elbow. Each side of the V is two inches long and 1-4 of an inch wide. Otic chevron is worn for each wound received, but if the wearer has bfi-en wounded more than once at the same time, he is allowed but one cltevroon. Soldiers who wore gassed are also entitled to wear the wound chevron. Service -Chevrons. Service chevrons are of three kinds, and all aie worn on the left sleeve between the wrist and the elbow, with the points down. They are the same in size and shape as Unwound chevrons. v A gold chevron indicates the wearer has served six months at the front. An additional chevron is worn for each additional six months of sc.r vice. A sky-blue chevron indicates the wearor has served less than sixmonths at the front. A silver chevron indicates the wearer has served six months out.. _J - i.1 1.1 i . i ..1*1 siue xne uiivjxei 01 operations, which means in the United States. An additionaf chevron is worn for each add'tioul six months of service. Discharge chevrons are worn by enlisted men to show that they Ivave been honorably discharged from the service. The discharge chevron is red, and is worn, point up, midway between the elbow and the shoulder of the left. Both officers and enlisted men wear service chevrons. The new service chevrons have tak c r. the place of the service ribbons worn by veterans of our other w/uv on their left breasts. In addition to these officially au thorized chevrons and ribbons, dozens of decorations of all sort.; arc hnin^. o /irn It ?nv t\C ' !e \ i7i:j|i? xr v/1 11 i;ty ? o wi vm * a petitionary force to indicate the division to wh'h they belong. The First division, for instance wear., a ji;j,u e 1 on the left shoulder; th Kail.bow eivi. ion wears a circle. t!r STATE ITEMS| OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE During tho year iOiS a total number 12,788 persons were assisted by the Travelers' Aid in Columbia. The recent decline in the cotton market has aroused much comment I y the farmers of this section. Every branch and department of the Field Artillery Replacement Depot is to be mustered out of the serviace at Camp Jackson. Legislation, constructive in character and comprehensive in scope, was outlined by R. A. Cooper of Laurens, who took the oath of office as governor of South Carolina last week. Through efforts of Congressman Lever, a tent unit consisting of 40 tents completely equipped, has been secured from the war department for use at the South Carolina State Sanitarium. There arrived at Camp Jackson last week 92 soldiers from Camp Merritt, N. J. These men landed in this country a few days ago from overseas. The Governor's suggestion that .lie scholarships in State institutions be abolished and that thcr be substitutcd for it an arrangement where by public money can be lent to deserving students seeking to enter the State colleges is well worthy of conloeration says The State. R. Goodwyn Rhett of Charleston has just written a strong letter to S< nator K. 1). Smith advising him that there is great interest in rou ! building in South Carolina at tiv> piesent time and asking him to taie up with the government officials tlv matter of securing lower railroa 1 rates on road building material to points where work is being done. BI7UHHRHV9JH OARING SURGERY DONE IN STORM Two clays out of Brest, on Jan. 0 Corpl. E. O. Williams of Airlic, N. C., Battery C, 56th Coast Artillorv was stricken with appendicitis, aboard the armored cruiser South Dakota, which docked in Hoboker., N. Y. His condition was so critica 1 that an operation was decided on, ! though the vessel was being- battere : by a storm that smashed the upper bridge, injured seven men in the pi lot house and flung many sick an.* wounded from their bunks. Capt. J. M. Luby stopped the war ship. Corpl. Williams was placed o\: an operating table. Lieut. Command or C. 1. Wood, Ship's Surgeon, and Major B. F. Cressman, surgeon of an aero squadron aboard, were lashed to either side of the table as they started to operate. j "lime ana again the cruiser rolled and rocked in seas that sometimes broke forty feet high. Frequently th'c surgeons were in danger of cutting themselves with their instruments or injuring the patient. At each lurch of the ship, the surgeon? and attendants braced themselves Then, as the cruiser for a few momints regained her poise, they resumed the operation. At the end of forty-five minutes the operation completed, Corpl. Williams was rushed to the sick bay. By morning he had begun to improve I When the South Dakota docked h( was reported to be fretting because I he could not walk ashore. However i he was carried in an ambulance tc Si.. Marv's llosnilai. Hohoken. H b condition last night was good. S'-cond a star and Indian head, ,fhf 77th division a Statute of Liberty , ami the other divisions have similar mark.; of identification. These are not official, being worn merely to show the pride of the men in their organization, and the War j Department may prohibit the weari ing of them in this country. i 'he lulnire That Does Not Affect tho Head i Hcc. of its tonic and laxative effect, I.AXA* i 'JVK HRUMO UUININF. is Lritcr than ordinary . iiinine and does not cau?*e nervousness not nsrinfj in head Remember the full wtncnr.d I , for the .4 UOttiro el li. W. GUOVK. 30c. / THE HOBBY HRBl J*lace Of Fet In Southert Farmer-Banker Discusses Real Vaiue Experience, Observation and i to Vital Southern Problem?I Bright Williamson, Agriculture Is Iho bed rock and foundation upon -which every other industry must stand or fall. All the people prosper or fail to prosper according to the abundance of the harvest of the soil, and upon agriculture depends the prosperity and happiness (of the world. Better methods of agriculture in elude the use of modern implements, modern cultivation and soil improvement. This brings us directly to the importance of the fertilizer industry as a means of improving our soils. Fertilizers are absolutely essential in order to increase the fertility of the soil. They have a direct effect upon agricultural production and through the products of agriculture a direct effect upon all other industries. Anything which contributes to an increase in our agricultural producI , ions, contributes to the welfare, coinfort and prosperity of our people as a whole; and this brings us directly to the consideration of the importance of tlie fertilizer industry in relation to other lines of business. Fertilizers Necessary in South The very nature of our soil, climate I and rainfall makes it impossible to farm successfully without regularly feeding our crops from artilicial sources with at least two of the several principal elements entering into the composition and development of plant life. Without fori ill ~r ? ? ? * v ? UIUVII IN | Ilu> best producing cotton lands in the South would become unproductive and tanning would bo unprofitable. In many states, except in a low localities, soil is no more capable of producing without bor.-.g fertilized than stock is capable of performing work without being fed. Our lands must be fed just as we feed the stock that work them or they will become too poor to even pay the cost and expense of cultivation. Transformed Sections Large sections of land in various parts of the South Atlantic States, forty or fifty years ago. required four or five acres to produce one bale of cotton, which now, bv intelligent farming, made possible by the use of fertilizers. yield one bale to each acre, or the equivalent, of other crops. Poverty stricken sections of one or two generations ago have been transformOil inln imniiWuiL. .. rwl r. W iiuyuivuo unu [Ji v;.ii7riuil? VUU1* inanities. Our ability to rebuild and make our lands more fertile has enabled people to live and settle in i;iore desirable communities, and to enjoy advantages of better markets, schools, churches and social conditions. Betler rural conditions have made the ' back to the farm" movement not only a possibility, but a reality. Prosperity Due to Fertilizers Whatever may be the direct benefit, it is obvious from a study of the situation that the present prosperity and greater population in South Carolina is due more largely to the use of commercial fertilizers than to any other cause, because in South Carolina fertilizers are absolutely necessary to profitable agriculture, upon which most of our business and other industries depend. Had it no; been for the use of commercial fertilizers South Caro lina could not be considered an agri cultural state. Taking into consideration the cosl of fertilizers, statistics will boar oul the statement that the once worn oul urnon oni nam niLunu oumicn A BETTER CITIZEN Tuskcgee, Ala.? fn discussing bofore the 28th annual Tuskogee negro 1 conference the question of the negro > and South after the war, Emmet J, ' Scott, special assistant to the secre tary of war in matters affecting the interests of negro soldiers, sought to - allay and dissipate the spirit of uns rest and apprehepsion regarding the . return of discharged negro soldiers which, he said, seemed to prevail ir the South. "The fear over the negro's home, coming is, in my opinion, withoul - foundation," said Dr. Scott. "Thous ' ands of them volunteered for nava . and military service regardless oi s the selective soiviee law, and the> 1 will return no loss anxious to per, foi m their full duties as citizens. > "They will return both physicalh > and inontaiiy benefitted by reason ui military training and experience and - with a broader vision and apprccia ' tion of American citizenship, as we'd ? as with new ideas of what liberty am ' freedom (not license) really mean." "The negro soldier's conduct overseas has won for him the come.nidation and gratitude of the greatest governments on earth," said Scott, "and as homeward he turns his face, his resolve for better ed/.euish p i even more firmly fixe 1. II * -ill rd, I am sure, seek to jeopardize or im pair the honor and fam" his race h.'i . on in this war by any thoughtless or unmanly word or deed. On th< LT.D. CONWAY, 8. 0. "tilizet s i Agricultur of Feriiiizers Ott; of niu Years 9>Study?Timely Topic Relating Extracts From an Address. , Darlington, S. C. and abandoned Holds of South Caro-: Una yield a greater profit per acre than the richer river lands, once the pride of the Southern cotton planter, or than the more fertile lands of Texas. Land Values Increased This statement is reflected in the fact*that these same lands in parts of South Carolina are selling freely for more than $100.00 per acre. I have been dealing with the effect of the fertilizer industry and the use of fertilizers on agriculture, because, as I have said, the effects on business generally must result from the effect on agriculture, and it is obvious that they must be innumerable. The fertilizer business in the South is one of the most important, and concerns our prosperity more directly than any other industry, and in its effects no other industry so ramifies into other business or has a greater effect on the industries and business generally. Helps Railroads and Manufacturers Perhaps among the industries which are more particularly and directly benefited by the use of commercial fertilizers are the railroads and common carriers, which first bring fertilizers to the farmers, and in return transport the increased products of the farm to the ends of the earth; and [ finally when these products are sold, for a third time, the railroads are called upon to bring to the farmer his : supplies of foreign and domestic prod| uct s. i The use of fertilizer has made more I spindles in the South, more oil mills, more live stock, more people and more i commerce. The tobacco crop and our trucking industry, requiring intensive fertilization and plant food, would be practically unknown to us. Ships bring raw material from foreign shores in greater quantities and in return carry a way more cotton and grain. Cheapens Cost of Producing Crops The commercial business is affected in even greater proportion than the* farmer himself, and there is no farmer in the South who is not benefited by the judicious use of commercial fertilizer. Largo crops give to the people a greater supply at a lower cost of production anil at a lower price to the consumer, while on the other hand small crops not only increase the cost of production, but may increase in even greater proportion the price to the consumer. When harvests are abundant the consumer and producer alike share in the increased prosperity. Other means of cheapening the cost of production can be used profitably only on a very large or on a very small *cale, but fertilizers can be applied with practically the same success to the smallest as well as the largest undertaking from the individual plant in the flower pot to the thousand acre cotton field. It was my pleasure some years ago to know many more manufacturers and dealers in fertilizers than 1 know i at present, but I wish to testify to the high character and intelligence of those with whom I became associated. The proper use of commercial fertil izer by the farmer is obviously of vital importance to the fertilizer industry i as well as to the farmer, and it is a t matter that should receive thought and L careful consideration at all times b> t those who promote the industry. contrary, he will be anrious to renew and strengthen the friendly relations that he left behind, confident that a spirit of justice abides in the land | to which he is returning. "Rightly required to be law-abid.ing himself, he confidently expects that law and order will prevail, that lynchings and all forms of mob violence which h.uve driven so many of his race from the South, will be stamped out by duly constituted authority and that every man, regardless of color, who has fought and served under the starry banner or who has been loyal to that emblem ' of liberty and justice, will be granted that recognition to which all true Americans are entitled." , The policy of the war department in the demobilization of the negro j soldier, said Dr. Scott, is to discharge them gradually from time to time in proportion to the white soldiers discharged as rapidly as economic and other conditions make it i wise to return so large a number of men to civilian life. 1 o TRESPASS NOTICE. I Al! peivons are hereby given no' lice and warned not to trespass on my land either cutting or carrying any thing oil' without leave. Sam Q. Floyd. Tabor, N. C., ? 1 -1 G-l9-4t. O1 No Worms in a Healthy Child Ail children troubled with worms hnvc nn un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a j ::ile, there is more or less stomach disturbance. 1 .ROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly or iwoor threo weeks will enrich the blood, hnrovc the digestion, and act as a General Strcngiheninrt Tonic to the whole system. Nature will t hen ire .v off or dispel the worms, end the Child will be 1:1 it-rfeet health. Pleasant *o take. 60c per bottlu I FOREIGN ITEMS 11 GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING Germany, Austria. Bulgaria ami Turkey can not bo admitted to the league of nations at the present. ^ Debate on the administration bill ap propriating $100,000,000 for food relief in Europe an.l the Near Ease covered a wide range in the senate last week. The American Rod Cross will be- , gin immedaitcly the work of providing relief for Russian prisoners in Germany t Federal farm loan bonds may now | ^ be bought from each of the 12 land banks under a new treasury policy | j."tiered by Secretary Glass. One of the principal causes which conrtibutcd towards the rupture of Bulgaria with Germany was the , treatment by the latter of the Dobrudja question, which robbed Bulgaria of the prospect of attaining her national aspirations. Everybody seems ready to "strafe" the former Kaiser of Germany. ( Even the Germans would, apparently, be glad to punish him themselves, or see him punished by the Allied nations. It is reported that there have been ooi inter revol ut ionary demonstrations led by officers at Budapest, The homeward flow of American fighting units which had the opportunity to distinguish themselves in iction will begin. o ADVISES COTTON MAY BE EXPORTED Orangeburg.? Col. J. H. ClafTy, icsident of the South Carolina State armors' Union, authorizes the pubioation of the following cablegram roecired from President Woodrow >Vilson from Paris: "Cotton may now be exported to i'l neutral countries in amounts adequate for their needs. Further exports to or for account of enemy countries raise important questions cf policy which are the subject of attentive consideration by associated :.Vf?rnr ion! ? " ? JERMANS HCPT^ TO EXERT INFLUENCE Washington. ? Testifying before the senate committee, investigating e) man propaganda, Archibald Ste renson of the military intelligence bureau, said today that representatives of the Bolshevik movement alK ady have organzied Soviets in the industrial centers of this country and that their plans contemplate eventual seizure of the government. Mr. Stevenson also *aid evidence xists that Germans in the United itates have begun a post war propaganda wth ,h view to exerting an in 'iuence which would make the peace .. rms imposed on Germany less onrous. He called the committee's attention to a recent editorial in the New York Statts Zeitung, which he said endeavored to convey the idea hat American soldiers overseas had come to regard the Germans in a light other than that of enemies. Leaders of the Bolshevik movement in this country, Mr. Stevenson testified, included John Reed, who, he said, was the consul general at New York for the Russian soviet . government, and Albert Rhys WilI i:? ^ r vr \r r? i " nanus ui i>?;w i oi k. ocnoois lor the teaching of the Bolshevik doctrine to children have been established by the local organization, the witness said, and lectures sent out. He told the committee that Hutchins Hapgood of New York was one of the lecturers and that Leonard I). Abbott also of New York was head of the school for the teaching of radicalism. Money for the Bolshevik propagan dit work, Mr. Stevnson asserted, was sent from Russia. "The element that is furthering m'! i on! i in# tiio p]pty*.cv.v. that is fighting American soldiers in Russia," said the witness. "They can be said to ho the same for Rood and Williams are their representatives in this country.' Asked by Senator Overman for a remedy for Bolshovikism, Mr. Stevenson said he would recommend deportation of alien agitators, punishment under a law specifically drawn ( for that purpose of Americans who advocated revolution, barring from j the country the ultra radical units ! and a counter propaganda of education. In reply to a question from Sena EVER SALIVATED BY I CALOMEL? HORRIBLE! ~ Calomel is quicksilver and actjji like dynamite on 1 your liver. J Calomel loses you a day! You know y ,vhat calomel is. It's mercury; quicic- | jilvor. Calomel is dangerous. It crashes into sour bile like dynamite, J* cramping and sickening you. Calomel | attacks the bones and should never be put into your system. J When you feel bilious, sluggish, i constipated and all knocked out,and 1 believe you need a dose of dangWous I calomel just remember that your^ rlruggist sells for a few cents a large * bottle of Dodson's I iver Tone, which & is entirely vegetable and pleasant to a take and is a perfect substitute fop? i-alomel. It is guaranteed to start' J your liver without stirring you up inside, and can not salivate. Don't take calomel! It makes you } sick the next day; it loses you a day's work. Dodson's Liver Tone straighW-4 ens you right up and you feel 5roat. Give it to the children because it is perfectly harmless and doesn't gripe. ?adv. o REV. C. P. BULLOCK. A Year in Heaven. Written one year after death by * i his loving wife and granddaughter, Clara, at Clarendon?Alt. Sinai Baptist church. A year in Heaven of sinless rest, with Christ his Lord supremely blest; ] where pain and tears for ever cease, where all abide in perfect peace. Behold him upon his throne, * thence smiling on his as his own, hp joins in song sung only there, sweel, sacred sonnets free from care. m Oh, glorious thought to he thiw meet, and prostrate to fall at Jesus feet. To sing my Lord to the 1 come, to dwell with thee, in this, my home. To loved ones he will never return, though for this boon fond hearts may* yearn; but bye and bye we will enter there, the bliss of Heaven with his to share. Deai* Charlie, we hope to meet thee where nartincr will Vie nn mnrA_ I know that you will come for mp when my work on earth is done, ani I long to see thy sweet smiling fa*V I know it will look so natural to sr those sweet smiles again. When A do, I can say, farewell to children and loved ones, and to this vain world. Written by His Loving Companion and granddaughter, Clara. o HAVE YOU A BAD BACK? If you have, the Statement of this Conway Resident Will Interest You. Does your back ache, night and day; Hinder work; destroy your rest? Does it stab you through and through When you stoop or lift or bend? Then your kidneys may b0 weak, unen oacKacne is the clue. Just to give you further proof, The kidney action may be wrong. If attention is not paid Mor* distress* will soon appear. Headaches, dizzy speels and nerves, Uric acid and its ills vsy r Make the burden worse and worse. Liniments and plasters can't I Reach the inward cause at all; Help the kidneys?use the pills Conway folks have tried and proved. What they say you can believe. Ilead this Conway woman's account. See her, ask her, if you doubU Mrs. J. M. Duscnbury, says*. 'I had ii symptoms of kidney trouble and m# back was sore and lame. I was tired and languid and my nerves were a\' 'unstrung. My kidneys acted v irrngu la>ly and I was in misery. IJfasomething would have to be do!! " .1 I got Doan's Kidney Pills. I)oS?.b [entirely cured me of the complaint. ?. Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same th:#J Mrs. Dusenbury had. Foster-Milbur* f Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. i tor Overman as to whether fc^oderic C. Howe, commissioner of immigration in New York held radical views, the witness said ho believed Mr. I Howe's opinions were "some what j radical." \J j Investigation of the Statts Zeitung, Mr. Stevenson said, showed that the i paper received $i 5,000 from Dr. Bg?7v nard Dcrnburg, the Herman propa- % gandist. after the iii111?ig 1,1 i"c j European war. A deposition by j George von Scknl, taken by the New York attorney general, he declared, | showed that in December, 1914, or t ^ January, 1915, a cable mossago-yvas sent to the Merlin foreign office Jsnying that the Statts Zcitung had to j have approximately $500,900 "if it | does not fall into the hands of people :jjj who are against Germany." The an- 4 swer to the message, he asserted, v/as that the embassy hero would be authorized to pay the money "if I necessary." |