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e-" I Caution! C on All AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIA- , , TION CONDEMNS ALCOHOL AS M DANGEROUS DRUG OF NO MEDICINAL VALUE-BAD FOR KIDNEYS, NERVES AND BRAIN. ( 1 Law Requires All Patent Medicines Containing Alcohol to be so Labeled. 1 1 Read carefully all patent medicine ] labels to see if they contain alcohol. ] The law requires that all medicines 1 containing alcohol must he so label- i ed for the protection of the public, i thus classing alcohol as other dan- 1 gerous, harmful and habit-forming ; drugs. j' The American Medical associa- i < tion, composed of the foremost men in the medical profession, came out 1 with the statement in their recent i meeting that alcohol is of no value : in medicine, either as a drug or a 1 stimulant. A recent investigation < conducted in the Bellevue hospital, ; New York, disclosed the fact that of i 25H alcoholic patients examined, sixty-eight per cent,more than half, : began to drink before twenty-one South Best Place for Training Camps. ( Washington, July 18:?In a statement Sunday night commending the War Department's policy of locating most of the troop training camps in the South, Major Gen Gorgas, surgeon general of the army, declared such an arrangement would have a great influence for good health and hence for military efficiency. "I am strongly in favor of sites in the South for training camps because \ of health advantage to the men," j |i I Open Saturday Evenings What Doe * C It does NOT such miserliness tries. Nor does goods?because 1 cost, when meas so, if there ever is now. If ther< f n hi i \t tli p hpst o\ %J\S VIJ tliv V* l?lif | fcip/y J The $20 to $2 Of course we have o quality, good style, good f things you want and must Come in and look over the we can show you the best \ Other jittrac S. MAI Carefully Ri Patent Med rears of age. As a result physicians ill over the country refuse to pre- : <eril>e alcohol under any condition, i As has l>een shown, many acquire . :he alcohol habit before attaining maturity. There are many ways in which this habit has been acquired, 1 but perhaps the commonest form has been through the medium of a patent medicine containing a great , percentage of this deadly poison. Beef, wine and iron, for instance, is usually given to those convalescing j from a severe illness. This is a fa-' corite preparation given to children j' ind has probably done more to develop the alcohol habit than the average person imagines. Iron, of course, is the greatest 1 blood purifier and strengthener known; on the other hand, alcohol is perhaps the deadliest poison to the tissue of the human system. It! counteracts the efficiency of the iron and makes the condition worse. A : sick person would be far better off if given just the plain beef. The rea-' son for the fallacy that beef, wine j and iron is efficient is that the alco-1 said Gen Gorgas, "The outstanding fact is that men trained in the South will have weather conditions permitting their being out of doors practically all of every day. In certain regions. wisely chosen, for our National Guard camps, rain is scarce, in the winter?when the heaviest training will be done?and at night soldiers here will sleep in quarters where there is free air circulation. "There is. of course, a military advantage involved beyond the fun Until 10 ( s "Economy 1 mean the hoarding would paralyze the c 3 it mean buying th the better the qualit ured by the period c was a time when qui 3 ever was a time wh othes he can afford, t] n i .1 liotnes are coi . every day, and the longer you need the more youjw JB less variety you will haw Sit _ < a!_ _ _i /year irom now?uie cum pricesjfrom 25 to 50 per are today&So why wait? ^ You bow ho< you can spend. We'll gi for your money whate> And every dollar you spe self in longer wear. Our . - - . - * t test 01 uiiie?jcuiuoo i make?the best that m< find all tbeir finest mod worth having. These an clothes?Economy?they !5 Clothes are a "Hap Price and Big Value thers for less; others for more. But it, good workmanship. These are have?and it is genuine economy to s] attractive models we are offering at t values in town. tiue Values at $75, $t iCUS, Kil ead Labels iicines. hoi it contains imparts a feeling of stimulation and quickens the heart notion,a temporary condition lasting as long as the alcohol affects the senses. That is why one must use such preparations continuously, so that the artificial stimulation may be kept up. The result often brings on a case of alcoholism. T* u.miU l>o mnrci lninpfiwnl in XI ? UV4UI uv ii<v/iv wv?v..v*v.. ... such cases to use a natural iron preparation free from the dangers of alcohol or other habit-forming drugs. For those who may he weak, anaemic, run down or suffering from stomach, kidney or bladder trouble, or poor,impoverished blood, an iron tonic of known purity is exceptional. Note?This is the first of a series of articles on Health Preservation, prepared under the direction of the Ferrodine Chemical Corp of Roanoke, Va. Following articles will appear regularly in this paper. Read them carefully for your health's sake.?Adv damental gain of having soldiers physically fit for their work. It is obvious that men in training should have the maximum hours per day and days per week for drill and exercise. The few weeks of summer weather, which soldiers in the South may en? * - CP A. L.. counter, will De more man onset vy the long autumn and mild winter during which the troops will undergo the larger part of their training." Is your subscription paid up? )ther Evenings Until 6 I HSan? : of money, for :ountry's induse lowest-priced y, the lower the if service. And ility counted, it ?"? V* /Ml /vVtl" ena man uugnu hat time is now. ning higher you wait to buy what ill have to pay, and the e to choose from. A nces are you will find cent more than they w much ye you ample return rer that sum may be. nd here will repay itclothes have stood the tros. & Co.'s famous >ney can buy. You'll ela here?And they're ; cloths that are real wear and they satisfy. py Medium" in I ; $20 and $25 buys good the big essentials?the pend enough to get them hese reasonable prices? 18 and Tip ' igstree, S .G. I American Women No Slackers. V These are days when we may well feel proud of our American girls and women. The fields of France for countless miles are this moment being cultivated by the French women with never a man to assist. That American women would as promptly. resolutely, and effectively take up the same burden, did the same necessity exist here, there is not the slightest doubt. The voice of the scoffer at the suffragette is hushed in admiration at what the women are doing in the demands of the crucial moment. Both in crowded cities and by the isolated farm side the American girl and woman without regard to wealth or social distinction is employing every spare moment in Red Cross work. Without any brass bands to call a crowd they flocked to the training places to learn and to do, nor has their interest and enthusiasm waned; on the contrary it has steadily grown. The subscription to the Liberty Loan affords another opportunity to show of what stuff the patriotism of the American woman is made. In countless shops, stores, factories, and offices, girls receiving only a few dollars per week, and too often responsible for the support of widowed mothers and younger brothers < 1 11 J t_ ana sisters, loyany maae ineir suoscription for a bond, when to do so meant actual sacrifice and even privation for 50 weeks. But no one hears them complain of this, and their only expressed regret is their inability to take a larger amount. These are days when the American man and boy has greater occasion than any time in the past half century to revere, love, and honor his mother, sister, and sweetheart.?H H Windsor, in the August Popular Medianics Magazine. ITaincr Yniip Timp. Time is only a measure of ambition. The alotted expectancy of life is three score and ten years. This is a period, a space; and in this sense all men are equal. Yet how different is the value of this alotted time to different men. Successful men use time for what it is worth; the failures place no commercial value on time. Successful men divide their time so that every hour brings them returns. Business, recreation, rest and education, each has its certain time and that time is used for that particular purpose. To auch men time is money, for money is the logical return for the use of time properly expended. Not a minute is wasted. The time devoted to recreation, rest and education is valued because it makes men physically and mentally able to get the most out of the time strictly devoted to business. The man who givess all of his time to business is a failure because his health won't stand it, and when health is lost time is of no commercial value. So the expression "time is money" does not mean that every ?i?i u l- u..?: minute snouiu ut* giveu tu uuoiuc?, but that the time given to business will bring more money because of the added efficiency possessed by any man who sensibly divides his time between business, recreation, rest and education. To such men all time is money. Food for Humanitarian Use Only. Following the official announcement of a food embargo the government has notified the Dutch, Swedish -- 1 TN 1. iL.l ana uanisn governments uun mey must establish effective agencies to limit the sale and distribution of their exports into Germany to humanitarian uses?that is, necessities solely for the nourishment of women and children. There probably will be exceptions to the embargo regulations humanely essential to the well being of the suffering women and children of Germany. These would take the form of exemptions covering dairy products designed for the use of innocent victims of the war and coal for the relief of the people of neutral nations which they cannot secure from Germany. These conditions, imposed by Great Britain as well as the United States, are said to have been agreed upon by the interested countries. _ Crop Prospects in South'Carolina. It would he difficult to find a wider contrast than that which exist between the conditions which obtain in Eastern South Carolina today as compared with those which were general throughout that section a year ago at this time. Then the great storm of July, 1916, had just swept the State, leaving desolatian in its wake. There were wide areas in which crops were completely destroyed; and the rains which followed were so torrential that the season was well spent before those who had the seed and the thrift could do much in the way of planting other crops to take the place of| those which had been ruined. Not all famers suffered alike, of course. Many made half a crop or better. But there were hundreds who jproduced practically nothing. In parts of Williamsburg, Florence, Clarendon, Marion, Georgetown^ and Darlington counties there were lands which did not yield a bale'of cotton to fifteen acres. No better testimonial tojthe possibilities of this section could be had than the manner in which the people have pulled through this distressful period. For many of them|the past twelve months have been very hard ones, but they lived them out somehow, and kept going. Now they see davlicrht strain. The tnhaccn markets are in full swing and the prices are the best the planters have ever received. Throughout the section which was storm-swept last summer hundreds of thousands of dollars will be disbursed for tobacco in the next few weeks. It is probable that if things go as well as they now promise numbers of small farmers will pay themselves out of debt with their tobacco money alone. Yet tobacco in South Carolina is still only a side crop. There are few farmers to whom it represents more than an incident of their farming operations. Cotton continues to be their main reliance and probably thia ctato nf oflPoiro anil naraiaf until biiiu gwuwv w* t*iLs*i* o TV 111 pvioigv uuwu the boll weevil forces a change. It is well this year that they could plant cotton, for the world will need all they can produce, and while the crop is backward and is certain to be short, the prices should indeed make it a highly profitable one; the more so in that more pople in South Carolina are producing the bulk of their own foodstuffs than ever did so before. If the promise of the fields is fulfilled the people of the Palmetto State will come nearer to war takes a definitely defensive turn and the enemy returns to the assault with new vigor and assurance. No other country is so susceptable to psychological manipulation as Germany, but there are limits to the German capacity for unquestioned belief, and it has been evident from the German press that those limits have been reached. As the economic and military pressure increases, popular unrest will increase, regardless of political palliatives adopted by the kaiser and his advisers. Germany is already beaten in this war so far as the original objects of the conflict are concerned, and the German people are beginning to realize it. When they thoroughly understand it, peace will not be far distant.?New York World. Mr Howie Commended. ComDtroller General Carlton W Sawyer, assisted by Auditing Clerk R L Osborne, carefully checked the records and accounts of retiring County Treasurer R F Howie on Tuesday last, finding the affairs of the office to be correct and all records well and carefully kept. Mr Sawyer spoke highly of ex-Treasurer Howie's efficiency and integrity during his twelve years of tenure, and stated that he was gratified to find such cordial relations existing between the retiring and the incoming treasurers.?Darlington News and Press CS*a CITADEL, The Military College of South Carolina. Announced as "Distinguished Military College" by U. S. War Department. Full courses in Civil Engineering. English and Modern Languages. Confers B S and C E degrees. A scholarship worth $300 a year is vacant from Williamsburg county and will be filled by competitive examination at the countyseat August 10, 1917. For necessary information and blanks, apply to l6-28-4t COL O. J. BOND, The Citadel Charleston, S. C. . '>? The German Crisis. Out of the conflctinj? and incon elusive reports in regard to the German crisis one fact stands forth clearly and distinctly. The imperial government is now on the defensive at home and is compelled to deal in concrete fashion with the growing dissatisfaction of the German people. The nomination of an official scapegoat in the person of the chancellor or Dr Zimmerman or Helfferich, or the adoption of electoral reforms, can surely have only a temporary effect, for no power exists by which the German government can give to the German people the one thing that is necessary to reestablish the former solidarity. Victory alone can do that, and victory is no longer possible. The present state of the German mind marks the first stage of German defeat. Hitherto the kaiser's states L?..~ U _11 men imvc ueen auie tu answer an questions with the simple formula, "Look at the map." The Germans ha\e been looking at the map month in and month out as they tightened their belts and adapted themselves to new privations, but the map no longer carries the inspiration to sacrifice. What the German people are beginning to perceive is that their government has been multiplying the number of enemies without giving them anything in return for the increasing odds against them. The submarine campaign has not produced the results that were promised. After five months Epgland is as far from starvation as ; ever. Five months ago the German government was assuring its people I that victory through ruthless submarine warfare was so inevitable that Germany could well afford to drive the United State9 into the war in order to obtain a free hand at sea. The submarine has failed to accomplish the results that were so eagerly expected, all the military, financial and economic resources of the United States have been thrown into the scale on the side of, the allies, Russia has been rehabilitated in a 1 ; military way, France and Great Britain have drawn a new inspira tion from American support, discontent in Austria-Hungary has steadily increased and the Geman government's pledges of victory have gone to protest. The temper of the people is reflected in the morale of the army, which is fighting with little of its former vigor and elan, as recent results on both the Eastern and Western fronts show So long as a decisive German victory seemed probable or possible, the German troops hesitated at no sacrifice, but that spirit grows weaker and weaker. A whole peo pie cannot be indefinitely deceived as to the prospects of victory in war. While the German troops were winning success after success the German people were capable of believing anything that their rulers told them, but it is different when the the ideal of living at home this winter than they have done since the invention of the cotton gin changed the whole complexion of our agri culture. The outlook now in South Carolina is for a prosperous aututan. Of course the harvests are still some time ahead and there is no telling what may happen in the meanwhile, but the present outlook certainly does not warrant pessimism. If the people will continue to exercise a wise conservation of their resources, working for all they are worth to produce as much as possible, wasting meantime as little as possible, they should be able to make splendid headway toward preparing themselves for withstanding the long hard strain of the war when it comes in real earnest.?Charleston News and Courier. Sell your tobacco in Kingstree to the gentlemen that know the tobacco business. Four warehouses here. Do not forget to see us before you buy your furniture. We have the most complete lines of House Furnishings ever stored here. Remember, we guarantee quality and prices. Kingstree Furniture Co, 7-12-tf Next Door to Postoffice. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It atopo the Conch and Headache and work* off the Cold. Drnrciata refund money if it fail* to core. r". - > t ' - '