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AGIEEMENT IEAOHED' FOR ENLARGED ARMY 1ouse Committee Completes Its Bill for Increase of Reguiars Force to Mexiunt of 170,000 Fighting Men. Washington, March 2.-Final deci sion was reached by the house mili tary committee late today upon its bill for the increase yf the army and it will be reported unanimously to the house early, nekt week. In round fig ures the measure would authorize the formation of an army composed of regulars, National Guardsmen and federal volunteers with gt total peace strength of approximately 700,000 men. It provides for a maximum strength of 170,000 fighting trops for the reg ular army for -a minimum of '125,000 for the National Guard within five years and for orgapization of federal volunteers through an extension of tho summer training cimp idea. It is estimated that 100,000 men can be en rolled in the latter force. The bill retains provision for or ganization of industrial and technical reserves, and authorizes creation of a board of officers to control an indus trial mobilization in time of war or imminence of war. It also provides that manufacturers of war materials must give immediate preference to government orders in war time, or when there is danger of war, under heavy penalty for failure to (10 s0. While the minimum strength of the regular army remained at 1-0,000 a change was made before the final vote to fix the maximum of fighting troops at 170,000 bringing the total authoriz ed strength of the regular force, in cluding the hospital corps other non combatant troops to 190,00. Although all members of the com mittee wil sign the bill they do so under the reservation that they may support upon the floor of Ilie house / any amendment they desire. The senate military commi tee ex pects to vote finally, upon its army bill tomorrow, and it is possibie the first of the preparedness measures, urged by President Wilson will he placed before both houses of congre s Saturday. Arrangements to expedite their consideration already have been made. The house committee inserted only a general provision for a government plant to make nitric acid, leaving de tals to be worked out'later in an ap propriation measure. IN FIVE MINUTES! NO INDIGESTION, GAS OR SOUR, ACID STOMACH The moment "Pape's Diiapepsin" reach. CH the Stomachi alt distress goes, "Really does" put bad stomach in order-"really does" overcome indiges tion, dyspepsia, as, heartburn and sourness in live minutes-that---jusl It.h.lt--makes Paihpe's Dialhiasin the largest selling stomach regulator in the world. If what you cat fermients into stubborn lumps, you belch gas and eructate sour, undigested food and acid; head is dizzy and aehes' breath foul; tongue coated; your ins jdes filled with bile and indigestible 'aste, re mem111bet' the moment "'f'aps .3l Dipep sin"' comes in contact, w~i the stomui nch all such distress ~v 'lihes. It's truly astonishing-alni t marvelous, and the joy is its liar lessness. A large fifty-cent case of P'ae,'s Dia luePsib will give you a hundred dollars' worth of satisfaction or' your dlruiggist hands you your money hack. It's wvorth its weight in gold to men and wonmen wh'lo can't get their stomt achis regulated. It belongs in yourt home-should always be kept. handy in case of a sick, sour, upset stomach during the day 01' night. It's thle qhuickest, surest and most harmless stomach regulator in the world. Entertainmiient at Barksdale. There witll lie an entertainment at Barksdale school Frioday evening, MAarch 10, at eight o'clock, consisting of tableaux and songs, fog which a small admission fee will be charged. The ladlies of the School Improvement association will sell light refresh ments afterwards. Wood's Productive Seed Corns. Our Virginia-grown ,Seed Corns have an established reputation for superiority in productiveness and germ ina ting qualities. Wood's Descriptive Catalog teils about the best of prize-win ning and profit-nmaking varietic in both White and Y owCorn. Cotton Seed.f We offer the best and mosT Im proved varieties, grown In sections absolutely free from boil weevil. Our Catalog gives-prIces and Infor miation, and teils about the best of Southern Seeds, 100-DAY VELVET BUANS, Soja Beans, SUDAN GRASS, Dailis Grass and all Sarthums and Millets. Catalog mailed free on request. T.W.WOOD & SONS, SEEDSMEN,4 Richmond, V. Slpecal-White anod gold D~inner Sets, only $3.00 for the 30 pieces. d. Mi. & 10. H. Wilkes &. Co. WOMEN HAVE NEVER FAILED All History Shows Their Quickness to Respond When Duty Has Called Them. If Great Britain really needs any form of military porvice from her women, she has but to speak the word and millions of volunteers' will respond. Lord Kitchener could begin organizing a corps of amazons tomor row if ho chose to ask volunteers for such'service. The women of the lrit ist races, in the home isles and on this continent, have over boen ready to serve their country effectively In time of war. When Mr.'Lincoln was unwillingly drafting men into the army, women were volunteering for all sorts of service. At times then and sinco the number of such volun teers for hospital service has been embarrassingly large. The women of the Confederacy made amazing sac rifices to aid the ragged armies in the fild. Some of them took their lives in their haa s and acted as spies. Thousands and hundreds of thousands sewed and knitted and spun, and not a few actually worked it the cornfields and cottonflelds. The .need for such work was not so grave in the North, but. millions of women above Mason and Dixon's line woro ready to volunteer for any service that the government at Washington .might require of them. In all this, the women on both sides but imitated their great-grattnothers of the Revo lution. No modern war has been fought without the aid of women, and such women were always volunteers. Men sometimes have to be dragooned to serve their country, but thus far in human history the simple call to duty has been suflicient for the women of any nation.-Vogue. WONDERS OF GRAND CANYON No Other Spot on Earth 1 Believed to Possess the Same interesting Formations. lany people still living can remem her a thrill of Wonder and admiration that ran through the woril in reading of the. dlaring exploit of Major Powell in 1 *%t in navigating the rapids of the grat d ('anyon of Arizota in a small boat. It was his account of his trip more than anyIhing else up to that time that called the attention of the world to tho nagitlicence of that Wonderful gorge and to the brilliancy of the coloring on its rocks. The United States has recently pub lished a bullet in, No. 519, at report on the geology of a portion of the Grand Canyon by L. F. Npble. This gorge offers alt opporilquity of stidying the history of the fortation of our globe presented in no other spot ' now known. On the t )p are deposits of the Carhonife rous p'riod, antd below this strata, some of th(r of immense tlcktness, ranging down to the Cam brian period at the basR. in the (grand Canyon we come to the basic rocks of the earth, the granite and gneiss. This panorama is described as prob ably the most con.plete geological rec ord of the world revealed to the eyes of man. She Cured Him. Mrs. Bollo Armstrong Whitney. who is to dress manikins in all the late(st creations and have a regular daily foulsjon show at the Iludsoin theater, in speaikiing of econtotmy ini dress5 thte otheor (lay said: "I katow a mnt who was so stinigy he gtrmbled ever'y time his wife bought a ntow gowit. D~eter mined to cure hinm of this habit, his wife for One tmointh iiittyed away from the shuoping distrtict and thle stores, aitd succeeded in itot buying a sinigle ccint's wvorth of clothes. When tho n iext mtointh's billsi arrived the htusband ntoted thtere was a 'mmor'andhum for about thirty Turkisht bathts. HeI in quired if there was real ntecessity for, such a large nuntber of Turkish baths in one month. 'Certainly,' rep~lied tho wife. 'You (01(d me not to spend anty more moitey Ott clothes, attd "a 'Tutrkish bath is about the otnly place I can go and not wvear clothtes.' All of whtich proves that when a woman makes up her mtind shte wants that $30 stit, marked (hewn to $29.98, shte is going to schema until she owits it,'contrary notwithistand~ing."--Now York Trolo gram. British Museum Treasures Guarded. Accordiung to (the annualt teport pt'e sentted to parliamtent, special precau tiots htave beent taken to protect thte British mtuseumn collections in (lie event of raids b~y htostile aircraft. At an early stage of the war' a large ntum bor of (tho mtore portable objects of special vanluo '\"ro remttved to posi tions of greater security in safes or in strong roomts, themr places in (to ex htibition galler'ies being taken by ob jects of lesser valtte or by facsimiles. Additional me-asures, including the protection of certain objects which cattnot safely be removed, have been taken since the close of (te year to which the report relates. Bible Saved Him. How to cap~taint in te Cofdstreamr guardls was saved from death was told by Bishop Taylor Smith. Thto captain, ho said, w~as wounded, and the men who examuined himt fouind in his hip pocket a Ilible given him by his father, whlo hiad written in (the fly leaf from (lie ineitty-first Psaln: "Thou, ILord, atrt my refug~e. There 'shall no evil haplien unto thee." The 'shell had struick the Bible, cut thtrough th'o leather cover, had gone throught the pages as far as thte ninety-flrst Psalm, and had then cuit off at a tant gent, The dlootor said that but for the Bible the man wvould have-been killed. Hie had since gone back to the f'ront. DO NOT NEGLECT TOOLS Farmers Suffer Large Losses by Fall. ure to Care for Implements That Are Not in Use. The farmer who puts away his farr1 machinery without oiling and clean ing It is certain to lose in the dete rioration of the machinery many times what the time to caro for it would have been worth. Failure to take care of farm machinery is a source of largo loss to the American farmer annually. Most farmers realize that they would save money by taking good care of their machines, but neglect to do so, either through carelessness or in difference. The most important stop toward having efficient machinery is keeping; it in good repair. In spare time, each machino should be care fully inspected and all missing, broken or overworn parts noted. Write the names and numbers of missing parts on tags and fasten these tags to the machine. All machines should have a general inspection at least once a year. A rainy day in late fall is very good for this purpose. .Exposure to weather Injures both wooden and metal parts of machines and a machinery shed shou' I by all moans bo part of the farm equip ment. .Ivery machine should be clean ecl, oiled, and housed after it has been used. Painting aids greatly In improving the appearance and prolonging the life of iachines. It protects both wood and metal from the weather. Paint should be usd( freely when needed. One of the best paints for all farm in1iplemcits Is nmade with red lead and linseed oil. The Ise of good farm iiilements is increasiig rapidly in South Carolina and fiarniers owe it to themtselv es to be more careful of their tools. In the year that has gone. they have learned some imi rtant lessons in economy, but there is probably no more practi cal way in which a farmer can econo mi" than by taking the proimr care of heis farn implemen ts-repai ring theml, oiling them, housing -them, and painting them. Sil)NEY S. ITTiCi'Nilei:to, Agricultural Publiclst, Clemson Agricultural College. LOOK AT A CHILD'S TONGUE WHEN CROSS, VEVIRISI AND SICK Take no1 ebancee(s! 3dave poisonls 11ron11 Ihei' ail howels at, once. .\lothers can rest, easy after giving "Calilornia Syrup of Figs," because in a few hours all the clogged-u ty wasie, sour bile and fcrienting fdod gently mloves out of the bowels, and you have a well, playing child again. Children sii'ilily will not take the tiue firon pay to empty their Bowes, and they be coiir tightly packed, liver gets slug gish and stonlach disordered. \ihen (ross, feverish, restless,ee it longue is coated, then give ii Is deli cous "friuit laxative.' Chil 'en love i. and it cnn not. e' use i jury. Ne diflIerence' what ails 'ou r ittle one 1 i faii of cold, or ia $Or'e thrioat , (diar rhoia, sIioch-nehe I dI bieath, ire 11n011nberi, a gentle 'I :ide cleanisinig' shioiiid alwi~ays he tie first treatmieii g ivein. iFull diriectins for blaies, clii (dien of all ages and grownm-uipis areO iir'inted oin each bottle0. Iew b'0ie otf'ilI conerfeit. lig syru us. Ash your i druggist 1for a n0-cent. bot the of " aifoii IlIa $Syrup of Figs,'' theni look ('0riefull y aind see t hat it is n10iad by~ Itie "'Cailori'ja Rig Syrup QCiopan. Wle iake no( ainaliler size. i land bach wl thi ('onite(in lt any3 otiier fig syru'lph. SI'lIDiE FOtLL&MWS ATT1A(OK ON WIiFEi It. Lee ~Johnson iIlls Self at, Bet hune. P'lanms were .Made. ('aniden, Mlarch 2.--F'ollowing an at tackl upon01 his wife wi~th an axe, R1. Ie Johnison, '45 years of age, killed hiim1sel a':t lI ethu no this miorninig by shootinug himself itt thle head withi a shot gun. 'The i nju red wvoman has beeni un iconscioiis si nco Ithe attack amnd may03 not mecv'er. She has been1 carriied to a hospitai in Columbia. .11 lohnson has been1 simtfering front enneer~i anjl was in a desl:iondenit muod. I ie hadi~ c'ariefully made(1 his lahns tot' Si l'de, it. seems1, for' w ieni a neigh her1 (ii aledi at. hiis home while lhe was shiavinug t his 11n0orninig Jothnson told1 imi that. his ar'rival was tlimely, as le had lnt ended -t0 end his life wiheni lie had finished his shave, ie coni fiuled that he would (10 it later' in thle d1ay, bitt nO at tenitioni was0 iade~l to the threat. L a IerI ini the mor01ning hlis chi.'drlen we'(re senit on v'ariioug err'ands andl J1ohnn 1101secuIred a shielI for his sh ot g un. Coling to thle reai' of the hoiuse he eiii unart of ' lie hanleI frotm an1 axO and1( when Atlirs. Johnson wvent tol tile y'arid fr'omi the kItchen,. wvher'e she wa'is preparing (flnner, he., stuck het in the head( with thle axe. Johinsoni lm.. medi1 at ely turnued thie gun on himiiself,. iying ailmost. lnstaintly. 'lue shOt took ('ffect ini the head. Whleni f'oundi he had1( remoitvedt one slhoe and It- suposed0( to havi~e dlicar'ged the weailgon with his toe, 'Tere wvere no witi itsse$. .Johnsonif leaves one gri ,wp son a01(d fhtree ,.ollal Ii liird'n.nn- 'i'o utate. All the music of the world, and most of the fun of it, too, is yours the moment you place one of these instruments in your home. Club "B" te" as shw in abve ill i h 1a h 1.o Its tne voume i as tnishin an id stn (ialitu nusal .. C B " $ JON H. WILIAM Consistsio Hedurr o Columbia Grafonolas"FRecords(mahndnySruppkised. 'I'lle1-s f'voi eletison in 7aboube i1) ist rtn inclha Reords. Grad Oer Hous oe Buildien. GreMedumvillee Se.. C.of .I !l l'u yello tone ele her Crl engother I s utsh i)('l 1 te.ot. * * * ** * * ** )il. * Recrd lbum W (holingar 17f i~Onble Heotrs).ah -~ . .e mt i It te vo'lo i a ietonmp iet R endi te wolalg ue . 1 11 5 111 is CCLUB "B"i $50.5 ia U, Ilie ounestsonof M ~ $j f as and $:and Liivery a1woi weeks.en JOHN H.WILLIAM ( Hyeadqufaers fo olms raos Rords ad dauppt l, Mes Grd) Opr HueBulig renil,.C 1'1. J.letin i. 7 Do le t ofs (e rinch l Ictll- (ini Sluidrd(i ims fos 1it i i o w . le wan ed l. a Mediu l one last Messr (ar EWt. * . . 1 . ' . ' . . . e . . y . e . i. '. Ste d. a a (;learn ng I i p t o a n t Ii vinceon, a l arhe .- On eiy. Mte . l'lla (h i r , ( l . In d . morningm let at(or (:: clok,.\r. leon l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ C U avis,, th$ongs5ono9.r.P $9e s th eigr. 1ie a aut 111 t1 iel l of ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ h thPihatnncol.Tefuea at Prnetorhuchhoahihnea a Hmeraodurte s yr Rev.bi .ools D.od adSppis Gaeprtand Oea H. onneB idigy.*vil, .C palPaearrs, while the girls of th eiday t. e nt of i igh t n (un1ay wuth oIhlii elani \ at'C 1 r).iota id ea- Mise s M ar Hawe.ll of M tiinea Pa , t a ht