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PLAN iD UHUAN1Lk SCHOOL DISTRIOTS COMMUNITY CENTEFLS ESSENTIAL WAR ONGANiZATIONS - AP PROVED BY WILSON. DISPATCHES FROM COI.MBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina Peo pie, Gathered Around the State Capital. Columbia. The *important work being done by the State and County Councils of De -ense is more or less familiar to the people of South Carolina. In forming these councils the government had in view the welding together of the en tire people into a homogenous mass, the promotion of a better understand. lug, sympathy and unity of purpose and the safeguarding of the national interests through the agency of the sovereign people. It is evident from a bulletin recently published by th< Bureau of Education that the wort hitherto done by the councils will be vastly extended. President Wilson has nindorsed the proposed extension of the council' functions and council officials here heartily approve of the plan and rec ommend it ot the consideration of their constituency as a movemen which should receive the support o all patriots in every walk of life. The community center idea is t< make every school district a litth democracy and a community councr for national service and of ever: schoolhouse a community capitol. Th three most urgent needs of the times it is poitnted out, is to mobilize intel ligence, food and money. But thi people, all the people, even in the re motest corners of the land, must bi mobilized first. They must be arouse and informed so that each individua may play his part in this struggle in telligently and creditably. Organiza tion alone will enable them to do this and in order to perfect an organiza tion they must come together. For this purpose the schoolhouse h specially fitted Secure Certificates to Buy Sugar. Blank application forms on whici to apply for sugar distribution certifi cates have been mailed to all retal grocers, public eating places and bak era by the federal food administratior for South Carolina at Columbia. Ap plicants for sugar distribution cert ifl cates must fill out the blank applica tion forms sent to them and returr them, as directed on the form to the food administration at Columbia Retail dealers in sugar, public eat ing place3, including hotels, boarding houses and restaurants which serve te many as 25 peaple a day; and licensed bakers who have not received blant. app~llication forms on which to appiy for sugar (list ribut ion cert ifl eat es should wvrite to the food adlministra tion at Columnbia for themn. State ment "Eh0" 'uppllicat ion forms have been mailed to' retail dealers in sugar; statement "C'' apli~~cation forms tc ng places, including boara and statement "D" forms bakers. nu cases the application t be filled out by the man ua e nwho need them. Some Recent Appointments. Governor Manning made the follow ing appointments: J. R. Parker of Aikon county, as commissioner of state and county elec tions, vice S. H-. Hankenson, resigned. James McBride of Florence county as commissioner of state and county elections, vice J. L. Barringer, re signed. B. M. D. Livingston or Prosperity, Newberrv county, as supervisor of en, vice George H. Robert ned. Flagler of Cadies, Williams ly, as supervisor of registra H. J. McFadden, resigned. J. -M. Halford of Blackville, Barn well county, as superintendent of reg istration, vice J. J. Rlay, dleceased. Club Enrollment Lagging. Dispatches from the various coun ties ,indlicate that enrollment for the -rimary is lagging throughout the state. In some counties not more than 5 per cent of the voters are en rolled and in many instances not more .'an 10 or 12, per cent. Seome counties -ive evidence of organized effort to impress upon the voters the necessity of enrolling to qualify to cast their aallots in the approaching primary. A complete registration of all the r!eetors of the state is also necessary this year. U. S. Aids Bridge Building. At the regular meeting of the state highway commission additional fed eral aid projects were approved. The largest sum involved being for aid ini the construction of a bridge over * Thickety Creek on the National High way in Cherokee county, carrying an appropriation of $20,000. The com mIssion allowed McCormick county federal aid amounting to $11,201.99, and approved surveys in Greenwood and Edgefield counties to determine the location of the Dilxie highway passing through those countiea. Uovernor Manning has appointed Christie Benet, prominent attorney of. Columbia and close personal friend ant political adviser of the governor, to be the successor to the late United States Senator B. R. Tillman. In that he vacancy extends through ayprcxi mately eight months and as an ap pointee by the governor could hold but six months, Mr. Benet will go before the people and ask for the short term nomination. Mr. Benet announced that he would go in the primary im mediately after the appointment had been made. In making the appoint mont Governor Manning said: "My responsibility in appointing Senator Tillman's succesor impresses me deeply. "The occasion calls for a man of full physical and mental vigor, who can present to the people of our state the grave issues of the war and he supreme necessity taht every sac rifice should be made, who can gale or the government the full support of our citizens, and who knows and can explain the colossal task that con fronts President Wilson and his as sistants. I have appointed one whose sterling Americanism is undoubted, who is familiar with the plans and the needs of' the administration, and who will stand four square and un dismayed in support of the war and successful and forcible conclusion of it. "I have appointed Christie Benet of Columbia. He had his papers prepar ed to enlist in the army, and had no tified the proper military officers to 'hat effect, but I am justified in ap pointing him by the Paluable work he can do." Many Doctors Velunteer. In response to th ecall for volun Leers in the medical profession, many are writing to the state board of health expressing their desire to go into service or. telling that they are already in service. South Carolina lacks 150 medical men to fill the quota asked. Men over 55 years of age who wish a answer their country's call are phy ically disqualified for active service, but can do their patriotic duty by join ing volunteer rescrVe- BedlTn,..For in .ormation regarding this branch --uj. . plicants may get in touch with the committee, of which Dr. T. G. Sim mons of Charleston is chairman. The other members of the committee are: i)rs. Hines, Neuffer, Mood and Brat ton. This comittee decides whether those who volunter are entitled to the Insignia given by the war department to this corps. Some Recent Charters. The Gents' Outfitting Company of Andrews has been chartered by W. Banks Dove, secretary of state, with .i capital stock of $2,000. The officers of the corporation are G. 11. Hanks, president, and W. T. Croft, secretary and treasurer, both of Andrews. The Pamplico Warehouse Company of Pamplico has been chartered with capital stock of $10,000. Tho offi cers are A. A. Munn, president; H. F. 1)argan, vice president, and 13. D. Bar .man, sec'retary and ti-easurer. An increase in capital stock from $125,000 to $150,000 has been granted the Spartanbiurg 11lot01 Corporation by3 the secretary of state. The Commnunit y Cannery of Char leston has been chtarter-ed with a cap ital stock of $1,000. Tihe officers of tihe cannery are Mr-s. H. L. Bleck, . president; Mrs. Joh~n e. Tiedenman, vice-presidlent ; Mr. Isaac Marks, sec retary and treasur-er-. One Year for Pro-German Editor. Information was r-eceivedl in Colum bia that tile judgment of the federal court in South Carolina in the case of Albert Orth hadl been affirmed and that Orth will now go to the federal Penitentiary in Atlanta for a term of one year for aidling aand abetting a German prisoner to escape. Tile case attracted unusual attention. Orth was editor of the Staits-Zeitung, a German paper published in Charles ton. Knobloch and another Ger-man pr1isoner named Fay, escaped from the federal penitentiary, where thley had been sent for conspiracy to sinik American vessels. Kfoblochl after- es caping appealed to Or-th for assist ance. This was denied, but Knobloch was directed by Orth to two men who donted $20. Semi-Annual Inspection. Recent semi-annual inspections by the stamte board of charities and co rections revealed that "encouraging progress is being madec, especially at he -South Carolina Industrial School.. the State Hospital for the Insane anid the state penitentiary. The human un fortunate in t'hese institutions is be lng increasingly considered. The phiy sical plants are being improved. Crops are good in the three institu 'ions mentionod as well as at the state reformator-y for negro boys and at the state farm.' Beware of Bogus Solicitors. An impor-tant phase of the work of the State Council of Defense, and one of the duties with which the council is charged, is the investigation of all agencies soliciting funds for war re 'f, except, of course, the regularly constituted governmental agencies suich as the Red Cross. When inves tigation hais been made and agencies soliciting funds have been fountd to he absolutely legitimate and their --uises worthy, they are as a matter -f course, given an 0. K. by the de 'ennse cmmnil FROM TH AMPS ONE HUNDRED GERMAN PRISON. ERS ASSIGNED TO CAMP JACK. SON FOR FARM WORK. QUICK WORK BY SURGE&S More Than Two Thousand Men Are Exai*lned in One Day and Finger Prints Taken. Camp Jackson. The Camp Jackson surgeons have completed the examination of tht 15,000 selectmen sent to the camp at the last of the June drive. .This gives the camp doctors a record of over 2,000 men examined a day. All of these men in addition to the regular examination have had their identifi cation cards made out and their fin ger prints taken all done by the exam ining officers. They were all vacci nated and given their first "shot" of the typhoid treatment. One hundred prisoners of war were scheduled to arrive at Camp Jackson to be assigned to farm duty. It was not announced whether the men were interned prisoners or men sent from overseas, but it is supposed that they are alien enemies sent to the camp from the war prison barracks at Fort McPherson, Ga., as a similar number of such prisoners are to be sent to Camp Sevier from that point. T. C. Waite of Atlanta has arrived in Camp and will assume charge of the Home Service work at Camp Jackson when Mr. Brooks leaves for 'Spartanburg. Mr. Waite comes to Columbia from Camp Gordon where he had been engaged in camp Red Cross work. Vhile no official announcement has been made it is generally reported that Camp Jackson is to be enlarged so that a total of 90,000 troops can be cared for. -..'e number of men engaged in ath letics at "- .kson last week broke all previous ree Between 28,000 and 30,000 men were a active in some form of ath!ettcs de spite the fact that the only period open to athletic work is just after sup. per. - The sharp crack of the U. S. three inch field piece and the heavy boom of the four point seven on the Camp Jackson artillery range are now min gled with the staccat to report of the t'rench 75. For over two weeks now the artillerymen stationed at, the camp have been getting regular prac cite with this masterpiece of field ord. nance so that they are now practical ly as familiar with it as with their old training pieces. For unlike the four point sevens the 75's are actual ly used over seas. Camp Sevier A 200-acre farn is Camp Sovier's latest a cqu isitlion . UTndier- the direc tion of the reclamation depart ment, a tract,of landi~ near- Looke's station. juht outside thle camp reser-vation, is now being 1)u1 undler cullt ivation and a variety of crops, including beans, po tatoes, onions, corn, peas, and similar truck are bieing planted over large ar-eas. The harvest, wvhich is expect ed to be a record-breaker will afford many articles for the soldiers' daily mess. Major D). H. Cotter, formerly assist ant to the depot quarter-master at At lanta, has ar-rived at Camp Sevier to assume the (dut ies of camp quarter master, succeeding Major 10. A. Brown, who has left on a leave of ab sence and is not expectedl to return Camp Wadsworth. rTe Spartanburg chamber of com merce executed to the United States gover-nment a lease on the t~ract of landl emibracing the lavouac camps and~ the artillery range. The tract consists of 15,000 acres andl the an nual rental to be paid by the govern ment will be app~roximately $30,000. The lease provides that the govern ment may have a right to renew same from year to year until one year after the conclusion of the Present war. The lease is dated from June 30, 1918, to July 1, 1919. Registration to be Enforced. Ora ngeburg. -Special efforts are now being made by the government to enorce registration. The IUited States commissioner at Orangeburg is busily pr-epar'ing warrants for the ar rest of probably 40 defendants who have failed to register in Orangeburg, C'alnoun, Bharnwell and Aiken coun ties. 'rho officers of the various coun ties of South Carolina and citizens generally are expected to report to the district attorneys or the nerrest United States commissIoner violation of this or other United States laws. Roast Beef Once a Week. Columbia-Roast beef can be served In public eating places only otie, day a week. Deef stead has almost dis ap~peared. M~ost hotels and restaurants throughout the state have marked beef steak off the menus, and while, under the regulations, beef steak can be servedl for one meal on one (lay 'i week, the food administration looks vlt h favor upon those public eating places wvhich have eliminatedi becf ~teak entirely from their bills of farec 'intil there is no longer any dange: 'hat t-hero will not ba enough beef. _J ?TM~ Decide That a Charge of Half Cent Per Poun L1 Be Extortion. Columbia.-The county f istrators held a meeting N'early every county in the ;WATER, D. represented. The sugar, vie in the Mc Flour situations were discussa0-) In regard to the sugar situa Newsp main matter for consideration requirement that all grocers restaurants and bakers in tLi must file a statement with th rood Administrator through the administrator and get their aug tificates without which no sug: be secured. The new milling rules were di ed. It was decided that the fat can sell their wheat to anyone choose,( but that only a cc amount of wheat flour could be for them and their servants. Also farmers can not sell their flour ext under tihe same restrictions as the tail merchant. The wheat thresh are considered under the same rui as the farmers. Concerning the ice situation it wt shown that the shortage was greatl affected by the needs of the ammunm lion plants for ammonia which is es ential to Ice manufacture. The plants in Columbia are turning out 190,000 'ons of ice daily, of which 75,000 go to "amp Jackson. Out. of the remaining 115,000 tons Columbia supplies a good ,leal of the neighboring country with 'cc, thus leaving for the immediate reeds of the city about half as much : there is call for. In regard to the nrice, it was stated that as a general rule one-half cent a pound and 40 cents a hundred was a sufficient price 'ad any over that amount would be an exorbitant price. Bishop Guerry's Request Granted. Columbia.-At a meeting of the standing committee of the diocese July 4, at which were present l)r. John Kershaw, the Rev. S. Carey Beckwith, the Rev. W. H1. K. Peudleton, the Rev. A. S. Thomas, the Rev. A. R. Mitchell, the Rev. J. C Bissell, 11 P. Duvall and J Nelson Frierson the following reso lutions were adopted: "Whereas, the bishop of the diocese has volunteered his services to go to ,j ce as a special preacher to hte men of tli American expeditionary force, under the auspices t' , C. A. for a period of six months, and has been accepted as such, and, "Whereas, he has presentbd to this committee a request that it shall give its consent to his absence from the diocese for the said period of six months, according to the provisions of Canon 13, section 1, of this church, that he may perform the du ties for which he has offered him. self. "Therefore, "Resolved, That this committee hereby accedes to the bishop's re, qtuest and gives its consent to his ab sence from the diocese for the space of six months from August, 1918, or such other time as lhe may elect to leave. "Resolved. That this committee, in the name of the diocese, dlesires to g'v-e exprossion to its appreciation of he high and patriotic sense of (lit y cin the part of the bishop in t hus of. !'erintg for th is insiinig ser~vice, and bids himi a heaty God-speedl. Need Cement to Complete Work. Rock iliil.-T. WV. Boyd, county su pervisor, stared that the chaingang has put down about 1.200 yards of the c-onireteo road bet ween Rtock H ill and the Catawba River. lHe fears, how evr, that the work iv ill be held up now because of lack of cement, which is difficult to get and the supply is very uncertain. If the cement can bet obtained thle road will be c'onmplet ed at an early date and the county will 1'ave five miles of the beat road to he found anywhere. flort.i are being made to secure from the government priority rship ments4 of cemntt so the wvork can prIo ceod. The .work on the road startedl at the new county bridge across the ri-er and is progressitig toward Rock t!ill. One mile of the road nearest tho river' is of macadam, the concrete roadway starting at the point the ma cadiam stop~s. Large Compost Contracts. Columbia.-Thie Powell Fuel Comi. panty is prepaoring to) deliver large conitracts of compost from army camps in thI e state. Recently the output from Camp Sevier vias added to that from Camp Wadsworth and Camp Jackson and the total amount to be sold is sover'al thousands tdina a month from each of the army camps. S'ince the (ontracts were awarded to the Powell Fuel Company, mlore than 1,000 cars have been distributed. I'arl M. Kami nor has boon engaged as sales man agor. Cut Off Lights One Minute. Chester-At a meeting of city coun -il it was ordered that beginning at sece the mayor instructlihe p~ublic ighting company to "ut out inciandles ent lights at 9:30t o'clo(-k ca(-h night ':tr the space of one minute and that me same be done unt il the end( of t hr war. Tihe proclamation states: "Out >hject in doing this is to remind our *izens oif thte t errible weir that. omt 01un1try amnd thieir a llIes ar-e waleging' 'ross tile sea and for the untold suf - ng and hardstil mt nposed upor Drop Freezone on a touchy corn, then lift that corn D.. off with fingers wdy per r t t P. In ou cll dis low I. Pra) 1. In plilan is a f for hi Can of genera to say. lng God of God So ad(re ing to be . "h? ldren. privihe1, 2. Fraternal God has more than children are bound up togethq. Lure and interests. Even in our . eret prayer we slould ad(1(ress him as Our Father, which is a recognition of the interests of others, alongside of ours. II. The Right Attitude In Prayer (Luke 11 :2). 1. Reverent adoration. As Children we have c'ertanI priv ileges, and yet holy reverence becomes us. We should hallow his name; we should adore him as the eternal God. 2. Loyalty. Whien prayingf to God wve should comie wv ih thie si itl of 1loyalty whlh cries (3ut I"Th y kingdom3 come."' Wh'e sholdl ha~ve no( will of1 (3ur3 ownI re(gard'(ing the0 ruile of G'3d. We should let himi direct1 u5 in all things. lil. The Right Spirit (Lulke 11 :3-8) 1. D ependent Faljithl-"Gi ve' 1us (our We'8142 shoub'l realize that21 not only wha:lt we' 1m3ve, but1 lIfe it sellf is oursP to) ('n3joy bee'4nuse (of h1im, anud that1 hie 1s ale to do(1 for us5 exreed in1gly 1abun1 d1a1tly3 ab ove all1 t 113we as 2.k orI tink. our dIebts" (v. 9). that1IV we have811 sied, and1( (ry unto( 1h1im for' forgiveness. O)ur heat is should1 h beho 50il'Id withI love forI otIhers~ that we will forgive thoseX who s1inned( agnaiest u3s 2s Oecd is willing to for give u1s. 3. I1(o11ness and1( Caut ion---"Lend1 us not into( temuptatlon" (v. 4). Beeause we are God's children and realizIn~g thle d1eprav'ity of our natures, and2( 1the 'onIsi' u(ent t~indo~ey to rirac iee th132 wlehl'I dIspleases him l, we~ should shrinuk from that1 wh~ich, if In dliged inl, w1old dishIounor him13. 4. Intercessory (vv. 5, 0). Th'Ie nu121n who aisked for bread did( not1 ask for himllCf, bult for ai friend. Prayer w ich~i pleases'. God andl( gets results i.s 15Importunate1121, pe(rseveres unI till the0 obIject 1s 2(hlieved. IV. Encouragement to Pray (Luke 11 :9-12). 1. God's promuise (vv. 9, 10). TJrue prar3 '1 cannuot falil of an an.. Awer', bucaus~e (God deflulitely promhises thait ever01y 0one that2 ask(eth receiveth, he( tat seekcethI findeth1, atnd to him that1 knocketh it shlil heC opened. 2. The exiample of an earthly fa th'er (vv. 11-13). No father will give a stone to his son1 who asiketh for bread, or a serpent Instend ot a fish1, nior a scorpion In stead( of an egg. God( Is infinitely mor31e willIng to ans~wer' the prayers (If his children than ealrly pa22rents ii:'e' to give good gifts to their cIl. V. The True Goal of All Prayer Go w i. gift, is himsel f in the( personi of'12. 1i llol1 Spirit. All those wh~o jrice Ii(( lie prinici ples whlich .Jesus. 'auight in2 this 1mod(1l prayer sh.'ll he ltessed witl the13 gift (If t he 1101) Spir t. God's heat itto a.. Price IR 1 2 bee visit the nd it too. who ince tern ces ire on 3d if ) of its kind in the say ilit fore to Christianize knoeud at the in. -; anything we know mIssion to spe nk. I can't do bett er. Vutlk o,. of her room and atp ironeh astsay that told you." t. Camp Norn wtlk'd ii way andi t iit n ' lye throngh th'e intony of knocking. ''Tint is eilter, Norn, ntuch better. No' what was it you wished to tell ine." "Oht, sor, it's mii ghly sorry I atm to disturbi ye, bt I Ithouttght y'd like to know flhat thle hotuse Is on fIre."' Not Militarized Yet. "V'Weper idtiing inlttitg n wooded rtoad."' the maj~ior r'elated. "I snw miy the lttnds'etje. 'IThat I pleams(ed me. I said t. tmuyself, I' 1 t's get I Iing (ibservatnt, T'll imake a damtn good Sohclier' of imr yet.' Th'len It occurr~edlI t m' to c!heck up (oi thle I'net s. $So I iiskedl himi whtt hte wais Ithinkinig abtout. "'ie toited tup to the festoons of mnistle'toe thliat dranped the rond nnd grinnted. " '(olly,' hte sighetd, 'If I only had ii littile .I lary hetre In nit old-fatsh itited (outryt 3 humgg~y.'" Balance. as between PosTUjM and other table beverages is in favor of'the Wholesomne, ffeal::httaI drink. POSTUM is all this and more. It's most delicious. Besides there's no waste, and these are days when one should Save. Try POSTU~J1