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TETERANS TO GET PENSIONAT ONCE COMPTROLLER GENERAL CARL. TON W. SAWYER ISSUES COMPI LATION. DISPATCHES FROM COLMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina Peo pie, Gathered Around the State Capital. Columbia. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918. The total amount of pensions issued by the State government to Confeder ate veterans and ttheir widows duringl the year 1918 will be $282,648, accord ing to figures compiled by Comptroller General Carlton W. Sawyer. The num ber of pensioners is 7,897, of whom 3,162 are ex-Confederates and 4,735 widows of soldiers. The roll of 1913 has been lecreasel by 490, and on account of this de crease and the refund of pensions no, called for last year, the two lower classes, C No. 2 and C No. 4, number ing 6,756, will receive $32 apiece, as against $30 in 1917. The distribution by classes is as follows: Class A, 189, ($69) $18,144; Class B, 109, ($72) $7,848; Class C, No. 1, 512 ($48) $24.576; Class C, No. 2, 2,352, ($32) $75,264; Class C, No. 3, 331, ($48) $15,888; Class C No. 4, 4,404, ($32) $140,923; total $282,618. The distribution of the fund by counties follows: Abbeville ....................$ 3963 Aiken .......................11,688 Anderson ..16,712 Bamberg ................... 2.385 Barnwell ................... 5,264 Beaufort . .... 960 Berkeley ................... 3.392 Calhoun .......... 960 Charleston ...................9,560 Cherokee ....................6,456 Chester .................... 4,992 Chesterfield................ 7,848 Clarendon ................ 4.104 Colleton .....................9,016 Darlington ...................5,92 Dillon ......................3,880 Dorchester ............... 4,192 Edgefield .... ........ 3,512 Fairfield .....................3,456 Florence .....................7,752 Florence .....................7,752 Georgetown............. 2,896 Greenville ..................15,544 Greenwood................. 3,976 Hampton .................... 4,46 Ilorry ...... ... 9,256 Jasper ......................1,520 1iorshw .....................4.325 Lancaster .,2 nieitr...................9,0 Laurens ................ 9.020 Lexington 2,0 Leeo..i..................... 3,06 Lerington.. ................. 81,63 LMcrloro.................... 2.872 NeMa r .....................,24 Ocue.......................8961 Ornebr................3.9 Picen~..................... 9,23 Ricllad.....................9,560 Salud........................,450 Spartnb ................ 4.~992 Sumte.......................4.104 Unin.......................9,40 Wiliambur...................5,928 York........................7,472 * Total....................28,752 cnnital soc ..of ..2,000....l 9,256on em b ing ........... I.. . 1.520. Micsonedc .................d 2.pita M ai. F . ...................ton,. .; NewCahrry of.............. Th,112ul Ocnye il .... l(~...... ..... .... feriliin ranufaburig busins...... 7.8 Spartanburg................ wit.9a Thelamettourg Farm..... 3u.,928 Testocetar $1,00 tae offihrsbied the lon new entrpriss:. pTheo Farm, Merchantsankg fNawas comspoerwitth to pnrposed icapital stock fro25,$0,0he etton-25 bothw oftrpartanhrTed. an The PNatinarl Priin and Stam Company. of Gergon was com-o issconemplatdhe proposed capital stock of $25,00. the petitioners ren J. F-. Ausgels and lmi.ngeon, bot C.; J.~ Plnters, Waeh.conasd and NoR. Sprar.was cocdvh arteredpwith capital stock of $5,.000. the omr Thyos Syet beray and l tbaco Petitioneddon areidBae E. A. MAr Going After the Tick. Systematic effort to clear the ten remaining counties in the State under quarantine because of cattle tick will begin soon under the supervision of Dr. W. K. Lewis, represonting the de partment of agriculture, and approxi mately 100 field agents. By the first of next December Dr. Lewis plans to have the ten remaining counties clear ed when the entire State Is to be re leased. The counties are In the coastal region, extending from the North Carolina line to the Savannah river. They are: Horry, Georgetown, Williamsburg, Berkeley,, Charleston, Dorchester, Colleton, Hampton, Jas per and Beaufort. Section 2 of the act under which the work is being directed reads: That the State veterinarian or any live stock inspector appointed by him is hereby authorized to give written notice to any person, firm or corpora. tion owning, possessing or controlling any live stock which may be found infested or infected with, or exposed to, the carrier or carrier of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases, or any barns, sheds, yards or fields which are capable of conveying the said infection or contagion, to disin feet the same, or have the same disin fected within five days from the serv ice of such notice; and if any person, firm or corporation shall refuse or neglect for five days from the service of such notice to disinfect such ani mals, live stock or premises in the manner and method and at such times that such written notice may specify, the said person, firm or corporation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and. upon conviction thereof, shall be ha 1)10 to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, or by 'nprisonment for not less than ten nor more than 30 days in the county jail or upon the public works of the county in which such offense occurs, provided, how ever, that there shall be no conviction, fine or imprisonment imposed 'upon any person under this section unless it Shall appear that all necessary medi cines, or disinfectants siall have' een furnished or offetrer ,e of charge and without any cost whatever to the owner or controller of the live stock or property at the same time or pre vious to the giving of the written no tice. A Meat Substitute. The dairy division of the United States department of agriculture, Vlin throp College, and Clemson College, I co-operating, have appointed Miss I Elizabeth F. Forney as agent in dairy ing to work with the home demonstra tion forces throughout the State. The making of cottage cheese from skim milk is a war measure stressed by the department at this time nad Miss Forney will give her whole at tention to this phase of the work. The slogan of this cottage cheese campaign is "Let a pound of cottage cheese re lease a pound of meat." " The State is fortunate in having Miss Forney as the agent in dairying. Miss Forney is a Winthrop graduate and has been county home demonstra tion agent in Anderson for several years. For the past few weeks she as been at the dairy laboratories of the department of agriculture in WVashington for- intensive study in the making and use of cottage cheese Plant War Gardens. In planting wvar gar-dens, the advice of lierbert Hoover, United Statets Food1 Administrator. is: "Plant what you will be able to use, not what you think you may be able to sell." There has probably never been a time since the South was blockaded during the War Between the Sections when it has been so vitally necessary for- the people of South Carolina to concern themselves about the ques tion of food supp~lies, not only that the soldiers fighting in Europe and1( the Allied soldiers and peoples may he fed, but, because of the unsatisfactory food situation, that they may not suf fer at home. Food pr-oduction doi ig the coming sumnmer~ andl fall calls on people in cities andl towns as well as upon the Ifaimer for their ver-y heet efforts, and every one who has waste land ar-oundl the home or space in tne back yar-d should1( ask himself: "Will the fact of my planting a gar den help win the wvar?" Trhrec can be but one answer to this gluestion, and no space that is avail able sh ould 1)0 left to stand 1(110. It is the patriotic duty of every worthy American citizen, says the Food Ad ministration, to lend a hellaing hand in the production and conservation of food for the nation and for the present imperathve needls. The vegetable gar den, 1h0 it large or small, since it is one of the leading sources of food supply, is of first rank and of indes pensable value in the present crisis. President Wilson said1 last yeop "Let me suggest, also, that every one who creates or cultivates a garden helps greatly to solve the problem of feeding the nations,." The Lincoln Leasing Company of Charleston was chartered, the' capital stock being $500. Officers are: Ash miead F. Pringle, president nad treas urer; llrnest M. Pringl% vice-pr-esi dent; William P. Cornell, secretary. The Mer-chant's Grocery Company of Belton chartered wilth a capital of $16,000. C. F. Cox is president and treasurer; W. J. Mooreheadl, vice president; andl W. A. Williams, secre tary. The PiedImont Grocery Company of Spartanburg made application for an IVINNSBORO YOUTH GETS FIRST PRIZE STANDS AT HEAD OF LIST IN STATE CORN CLUB CONTESTS. A GOLO MEDAL FROM LEVER Fairfield County Boy Raised 157 Bush eia to Acre-York and Colleton Counties Rank Next. Bryan Willingham of Winnsboro was declared the winner of the first prize in the boys' corn club contest in South Carolina. The Fairfield county boy produced last year 157.8 bushels of corn on one acre of ground. James W. Draffin of Leslie, York county, won second place, his yield being 119.5 bushels. Third place was taken by Hallum Smith of Smoak, Colleton county, whc produced 106.2 bushels. Announcement of the winners in the contest has been somewhat delayed b} the loss of certain records. which ne cessitated the collection of duplicates Prize winners in the pig club contest will be decided within the imneliat( future. Young Willingham produced his co-r at an actual cost of 17.6 cents per bushel. His prizes will be a gold medal by Congressman A. F. Lever, and an International Harvester Com. pany No. 4. six shovel, pivot axle, rid Ing cultivator, valued at $70. Estimated cost of Draffin's corn was 25.5 cents per hushel. H1e will receive a beautiful gold watch, the gift of the Mixson Seed Company of Charleston. Smith's corn cost 35.6 cents per bushel. A check for $25 will be the reward, this being the gift of the I. C -Tastings' Seed Company of Atlanta, Ga. During the year more than 1,000 boys were enrolled in the corn clubs of the different counties of the State. Fewer than one-half of the boys com plied with the rules and regulations of the club. The 501 reporting raised 26,813 bushels of corn, valued at $10, 936. The average yield was 53 bush els per acre and the average cost 40.? cents per bushel. The report of L. L. Baker, director of the clubs, to V. W. Long, director of extension work at Clemson College, follow: "I beg leave to submit herewitl my annual report on boys' corn clul work in South Carolina, for the year 1917. It shows that clubs were or ganized in 36 of the 45 counties of the State. We failed to secure organiza tions in Abbeville. Berkeley, Beaufort, E1dgefield, Corgetown, Creenv Calhoun. Kershaw and Laurens, for the reason that the first six counties were without county agents, and in the latter three we failed to secure the co-operation of the county agents. "Tn the .'W6 counties organized, wve se cured an enrollment of 1,.056 boys. Re por'ts were received from 32 of the 36 counties organized. Count ie~s failing to report were: Bamberg. H ampt on, Lanca ster- anmd Oconee. Five hundmlred andl one boys compllet ed reports ini these 32 counties, these being 47 per Icent of the total enrollment. The 501 boys reporting produtcedl 26,81 3.20 bushels of corn at a total cost of $10. 936.95. thtus averaging 53 bushels per acre, at an avei-age cost of 40.7c per bushel. Deliver Mai by Truck. Columbia.-The South Carolina Mail Delivery Company, w ith headquarters in Charleston, to operate a motor mail service between Columbia and Char leston, was commissioned b~y W. Banks Dove, secretary of state. The p~rop~os 0(1 capital stock is $50,000. Petitioners are W. 0. O'Hagan. H. Lee Harvey, John C. Slattery and D. A. Brocking toni, all of Charleston. The nature of the corporation as set forth in the petition is "to (10 a trans portaltion business, especially in the transportIation of mail, from Charles leston to Columbia, and other points and in general to do all things neces. sary, pertinent or conducive to the suce cossful conduct of such a business." Young Seamen Study. Columbia.--Edward Mobley Wood ward, now enlisted in the United States navy, is in Columbia on a 30. dlay furlough. For several weeks he will be coached by Col. A. Rt. flanks for entrance into the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. This is in accordance with a recent ruling by the serotary of the navy that 100 sail ors be permitted to enter the academy on passing the required examnation. A large number of sailors will take the examination. Sell Lemon Trees. Columbia.-Sam J. Derrick, of Swan sea, has entered the South Carolina market. with a new commodity. He h,.s a tree for sale and it isn't a fam ily tree either. He is o'ering an eight year old, ever-bearing lemon tree to the public at a reasonable price and he has samples of the fruit to convince the most doubt ful of prospective pur chasers. Hie brouight one of the lemons to Columbia. Tlhis was one of aver age size, which weighed one and one~ half pounds. The tree is now in full bloom, with a number of little. lomnn THE STANDARD OF GASOLINE Lowered For The State By Dr. A . C. Summers, Commissioner of Agri culture and Commerce. Columbia.-The standard of gaso line to be sold in South Carolina was lowered by Dr. A. C. Summers, state commissioner of agriculture, com morce and industries. The new stand ard takes effect at once and will pre vail during,the continuance of the war. When peace is declared the old stand ard will maintain, stated the commis sioner. The commissioner said that the need of the government for high grade gas oline is impelling, and, as South Caro lina's standard is the highest of any of the states, ho thought that it should be lowered in order that the govern ment, in its hour of need, should have the first call. Also the state's orders for the lower grade could be more easi ly filled than if the highest standard remained operative. "In view of conserving all gasolne possible for aeroplanes for the allies and in co-operation with the federal fuel administration." said the commiis s.oner in a St at eme1Pnt givein out, "it has become nedcs:ary as a war mens ure to mahe the fol lowing standards for gasoline in South a('rolina to take effect April 1, 1i 9 1: Not less th an twenty per ctent ot at hund-r.'d ten C, not. less than forty p" r cent off at hin dlred thirty C, not l 's than sixty -ive per celt off at hit ad red liffy (', not more Ihan thirt yper cent resilue at hundred fifty C and dry point not more than two hundred and twetnty C." Rhett Resigns as President. Charleston.-Next month, at the an nual meeting of the ('haii her of ('om nerce of the United States, at (hi .ago, R. Goodwyn Rhe:t, of ('harlest on. will relinquish the office of president uf this great business organization, af. or more than two years of succes aful administration. During his t wo terms, momentous events have stirred the antion and placed before the nat ional (ham)er problems of a magnitude lit tle anticipated, but he has throughout all of the big events proved a great teadher of a great body and under his direction the national chamber has served the nation well. his duties as president have taken \l r. lthett over the country on several tours and have made a heavy demand upon his time, but. he has given his energies and thought to its big needs cheerfully and sfficiently. Ils second term will have run 14 months instead of 12, as the annual meeting was deferred to next month. According to custom, a new president will be elected. Makes Big Hauls. Columbia.-T. J. Smynl, chief state constable, has presented his quarterly report to Governor Alanning, in which It Is shown that 48 illiclt stills have been ca pured since Jan uary 1, rang ing in caacit y from live ;o 100) gallons. "We have destroyed 1,11.I gallons of still beer, 88 ferment ers aund hi gallons of blockade whiskey'' I )uri ng thle monthI of' Ala rch 41i quarits of whiskey were captutred, lie-s mntin~ii ig to $1 .2t00 andi senttenc'' amnoutting to 11 month[s imp osed. Tlhe mtonthI's toll ot herw~'is'. wasa 20) illicit stIlls, 60 fermentemrs, 97 gal lon:s of at i!l beer and 35 gallons oif blockadle whis5 key. The dist iimht ott of t he st ills captur'ed in Anarcht was: Amtielrson 3, Alken 2, Sitlud a 2, Lexsin gton 7, ('al houn 1, and Orangebutrg 3 J. L. Poppenhlim inre'portd o'lsome good ret urns in Chai)rles otn as follows: four trucks, 19 hand bags, 195 quarts of whiskey, ando four bot ls of beer. Pamplico Gets Patriotic. Pamplico.-A blowv for liberty and demiocracy was struick when 2,000 citi zens of Patmiplico antd adljoinin g coin munities arose and c withI cli nched fists pledged themciselvyes to wvork uineensintg hy tintil Ameirica shtall be succesful In thue war. It was the voic'e of thle coast count ry ispeakl(ing. Tlhe demon-. striationu camne after it series .of ale adhdresses (on the war issumes. VTe mass mlee tig was5 he ld in the Inteet of the Red ('ross, Libert y loan and war savings campa jtiign s. It was a trumly Amerirlan iimass me(eting. Stat ementsa by thie spieatkers deniouinIrg disloyalty In every formi were favorably received b~y the audt~ieniCe. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. Senator SmIth anniountced todlay that he hadl appoin ted IL. II. Wanna makert, .,. of Orangebunrg, ais clerk of the committee on interstate comn mnerce. FollowIng its asucceasful camnpaign for $1 25.000, wvaged here (luring the week of March 11-l16, (the Y. WV. C. A. has aninounicedl the purchase of prop. erty on George street, acdiiing its presenut sIte, whIch wvill give a site for the newv build1ing a block In dept)1h an'h afford room for large athletic grounds Similar &isturns Iidcte the eec Hetreafter, the bodies of all enlted men of the TIhirt enth Division, Camp Sevier, Greenville, who die wit hin the borders of (lie Unitedc States wIll be shipped to their places of Interment Camp Jackson ('ontains some good landscape artists from the various decor-atiotis which one sees otn the several streets of the town. 'Thle gate. ways are arched and decorat "d with entwined twIgs and the small limbt of streets, showing painstaking and1 tedlotis work on the part of somebody Mnnv of thensengateway oeoantn VITAL CHARGES IN DRAFT IS URGED PROPOSAL WOULD PUT POOL. ROOM LOAI+ERS AND GAM BLERS TO WORK. BY A NEW CLASSIFICATION Plan Submitted by Provost General Crowder's Office nad the De partment of Labor. Washington.-Drastic modifications of the draft classification lists which would affect in one way or another the status of everyone of the millions of registered men is proposed in a plan submitted to President WVilson by of dais of the provost marshal general's office and the department of labor. While the primary purpose of the new program is the "purifieation'' of the second, third and fourth classes of registrants who are not engaged in any productive industry, attention also would be given to lower sect ions of ('lass 1 and the effect, its framers be Ii eve would be to solve the nation's labor problem and largely increase the output of the iecessities of litif. The proposal would utilize the draft machinery for putting industrial siackers to work. Every registered man who has been granted deferred Sclassidetation would he given to under stand that suc1h dief errent is not a legal right, but a privilege and that if unfair advantage is taken of that privilege, it will be su inma ril y re voked. It is proposed to make a most care ful survey of the lower sections of I ('lass 1 and of other classes to iden tify those m1en who are idlers or who are gaining their living through un (esirable or "harmful" pursuits. Un der the latter head, officials suggest might bo list ed gamblers, bookmakers for races, poolroom touts and others. T"ormal notificattion would be served upon these men that, unless within a specified time they obtain employ ment in some useful industry, they would have their classilied status ('hanged so as to send them into mill tary service immediately. The plan is not designed to inter fere in the slightest with the so-call ed non-essential indusrt ies. These may be affected to some slight degree, but officials say such injury would be offset many times over by resulting national good to be obtained from the augmented labor supply and the great ly increased production of essentials. Administration officials who have participated In the preparation of the plan declaro that the next step would ho to obtain authority for the indlus trial classification of the man power o fthe country up to the age of 50 years. GERMANS HURL MASSED DIVISION AGAINST ALLIES In a bat tle of ut most fury, the (Ger mians hav-e been hurling mnassedl divi sions against the liritishi and lFreinchi Ilines from far nor'thI of Al bert to0 a shoirt d istnc n3(0Iorth of M outdidler'. Prbal thr has not been a mortie sanginlary hat1 tle foughit since the beginning of t he Tooutonic off'ensivie Ma rch 21 t han th1 iis, wh i ch has for is objectIve the divintg of a wedge bet ween thle flrit ish antd ["rench ar mies, the ('uilting of thbe Paris-Amiens rai .Iroad soulth of Ai ens and11 lie ('aplture of that ('ity. hut, In splite of the piower of thle att ark and the desperateneliss of the Ifighting, thle cnt ente alliled Ilegions have stood firm oveir thle most of t hejir Ifront. At only13 two pioint s have t hey been forced to give gr-ounid. and Ithose senm, on the m1 1, to lie on lyi minoi suIlccss es whIien cominparied wvithI lie sacrfice of lives which t hey have ('ost. Just to thle sou thIwest oif AlIbert , the !itIishi ha v withdraInowni a short d Is lance, and thle F-rench have giveni uip the village of ('astel, wvest of Moreuil,. whichl has bieen thle st orm (cnr1ci of thle Germ'i~an assaitils for thle last few days. Al this polint the Teutons are within three miles of the Paris Amilens r'oad. GERMANS TAKE BIT OF TERRITORY FROM BRITISH THard fighting was proceedhing niorthi and south of Albert as the result of a heavy attat'k by the Germans on the lBritishi lines along a front of 9,000 yards het ween Aveluy and Dernan court. According to the latest re ports, the Germans had succeeded In getting a foothold on a small trianigu lar bit of territory, just southwest of Albert, which brought the attlacking troops close to the Ahbert-Amliins rail .way, FIRE IN GOVERNMENT BUILlDING IN WASHINGTON 'Washington.--~ire of iiuknown ori gin destroyed the upper floor of al building near thle great state, war and 'iavy building, occupied by the navy hiireau of construiiIon and repair and lhe camouflage sect ion. Some supplies tnd papers were biurned bul the damti 'go Is said to lie insignifiant. No one was In the buildng wvhen the fire start 'd, except a watchman, So far as h11lv e rnpd there is no suspicion CORNS LIFT OUT! COSTS FEW CENTS Drops of magic! Doesn't hurt one bit! Drop a ittle Freezone on a touchy corn, instantly that corn stops hurt ing, then you lift it off with the fingers. No pain! Try it! III i I Why wait? Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of Freezone for a few ' cents, sufficient to rid your feet of every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and calluses, without soreness or irritation. Freezone is the much talked of discovery of the Cincinnati genius. One Great Truth. "I supp hiose youi climinl thint you will leatv. ollice poorer than yoru entered it?" "l'in t utk:ing any statemient about tintm. But I cnn It Irut lfully say that thei' eiin1pign delee my 1 hnk roll conidiejrilably."-Kiusis C'ity Journil. A single Tenuo of )r. 1'erry's "Dend Shot" will expel Worms or Tnpeworm. No second diose or after purgative neceasnry. Tonoa up the stomach anti Bowels. Adv. The .child who cries for rake uiny live to cry for blreiiI. Building-up for the Spring Attack at the Front is a good deal like putting the body In condition for an invasion of the germs of grip, pneumonia or "Spring fever" here at home. At this time of the year most people suffer from a condition often called ( Spring Fever. They feel tired, worn out, before the day is half Ihru. They may have frequent headaches and sometimes "pimply" 01r pale skin and white lips. The reason for this is that during the wintertime, shut up witi iii doors, eating too much meat and too little green vegetablies, one heaps fuel into the syste) whilch is not burned up and the cliinkes remain to poison Ilie system'n-n eloggiig ut of the circu Itiol--with Ierit ive liver l kidneys. Timet. to u yur hou.e in order. Forn on in~vlgorin'ilg tonic which will clar'ify the blood, put new life in the biody, sparikle to lhe e'yPs, 11n11 a wleso(me)it sk in, niothing (loe's s0 well as ai glyreie huerb extract mande from GIohltan Sal root, Blood andl Ston~o rooit, Oreg'n' grape) root andic WilId (Cherriy hark'l. TPhis can he had1( in con v'enienit, irady-to4-uIse tablet fore.n at all dru'ig stores, sixty cents, and has been sold for the prast fifty years a' s Dru. lI'l'r'e's Golen'i Medlical Dlscoveiry. By rea'lson of the nerves't' feedIng on the blood, when the blood is pure the ner'Ives feel the effect, and neural'lgia or othe ni'ierve'~t pin s disaippearil because such'l pain1 is thle cry of thle starved niei'ves for food. Wh'len ru ffeing from bnckin'he, frequent or scanty urine, i'heumnnt14'i III p ins'hee or therei', or thatn ('(nstan tii Ired feelIng, thle sImple way to ov('(erome' theseC d1irder5 s lrely to ohin in ri . I 'Ieree's Anuie from your druggIst. In tablets, sIxty cents. Both Quality: And Quantify Try Yager's Liniment, the great external remedy for rheumatism, neuralgia, seIattica, sp~rains, chest pamns, backache, cuts and bruises, This liniment has wonder ful curative powers, pene trates instantly, and gives prompt relief from p ain. It is the most economical liniment to buy, for the large 35 coat bottle contains more than the usual So cent bottle of liniment. 35c Per Bottle AT ALL -~- DEALERs (MM"P BROS. & CO,.. iWA'MORF. MD.