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NUMBER OF MATTERS OF MINOR IMPORT*AMT; ACTED UPON. Extend* Time for Pool Rooms to UeO out of It listing? Refu t * Rebnto Water Claims?Reports Re? ceived from Various Departments. The regular .nesting of City Coun? cil was held last night with Coun? cilman Rowland and Mayor Jennings present A number of mattors 01 minor importance were transacted during the meeting. Council placed on record previous action by its members reducing the license en pool tables to $100 per an num for the first three months In 101T, In order to give the owners time in which, to dispose of the tables, af? ter which It would revert back to ? MO per table per annum. A license was given J. K. Esell to operate an Indoor baseball game, the license being set st 010 a year. The city clerk was directed to write the A. C. U authorities asking that they P*f back to the city the money paid the contractors for paving the approach to the ststlon, which was advanced the contractors by the citv. Reports wore received from the chief of police, librarian, for the city nurse, and from the superintendent of the fire department and orderod Hied. Ths ordinance regulating the lseuo of |75,OOn additional street pavement bonds passed second reading, as did another ordinance fixing a tax levy at three-fourths mill to create a sink? ing fund and retire the bonds at tha end of twenty years. Council confirmed previous action of Its members in naming Dr. 8. H. Edmunds and Mr. W. B. Upshur as , the city's representatives on the Al tamont Moses Memorial Fund Asso? ciation. Petitions were received to extend the paving on Oakland Avenue from Salem Avenue to Purdy street, and to pave tho sidewalks on Corbett street and to change the name of the street .to Park Avenue. Council. While anxious to have this work done, did not think that there would - he sufficient funds 1* t from the pav? ing bonds, after the work already mapped out had been d\>ne, to no the additional work requested. No ac? tio* was taken. Mr. J. K. Cross Well presented a let? ter from Mr. J. W. McKlevor in ref? erence to repairs which could be ado on a building at the corner of South Main and Bartlette streets own? ed by Mr. Crosswell, which hud been condemned by the city Are inspector. Council directed that the repairs stated In Mr. McKlever's letter be made, with the understanding that this would insure I .? safety of the building. I The librsry report for January showed twenty-eight new member!: with a toUl of 783 members; GIG books let out in January, making a total of tOtl. The report of Chief of Police Sum ter for Janua:y showed 80 arrests. 11 dismiss- d. on." not guilty, 4 transfer? red* to magistrate's cohrt. days 170 fines, 0379.0;, making a total or ? 051.00. Bids to supply the city with med? icine for charity cases were receive ' from Zenip's Pharmacy. Mitchell's Drug Store, Slberfs Drug Store ill ' DeEorme's Phoiiliscj). The contract for the rest of ru 7 was let to De liOrme's Pharmacy at 41 per cent. o.T the list price. Ths clerk reported that he had re? ceived several Inquires as to the pay ment of duen for sanitary sorvlce. when tho prim Isen visited wore Vi? ani. It was decided by Council that In case of vacancy for a whole quur ter the dues would not bo required, but otherwise the regular amounts would have to be paid. The superintendent of fire depart? ment's report showed fifty-two alarms of lire, four of them false. He stated that frequent false alarms came in from boxes 2ft and 25, and therefore n*w glasses had to be put In at these boaes often. The fire district had been Inspected each quarter and an inspec? tion of the entire city was belns mad at present. Where defects were found the owners of the promises were re? quired to remedy them. There hr.l been 03 building permits since Oc tober 10, 1010. 13 of these being for repairs and tne otb r twenty for m , buildings. 1 Capt Finn In his repo-t stated that there had been some trou? ble In getting this ordinance into op? eration, but that It was working bet? ter now. Several claims of water ovcrchar r ? by the city were taken up an 1 consid? ered, and all of them disallowed b Council. It was claimed In one \:\ ttanco that there must have been a mis-reading or the m? ter, which war responsible fo?? the excessive amoun* of water shown as consumed and it two other cases it was stated that the excess could h.^\e been remedied hru 'he meter been read quarterly, a: was the custom. Council did not i . tider it the city's place to show- cu r.omers the cause of excessive u | o Srsttr, nor did it consider that !? . incumbent upon tho city to read tr. meter every quarter, this being CO" sldered only a custom and n< t . ? eesstty. The matter of children skating o certain streets of the city was brought up by the mayor, but no action w: taken. The city clerk reported thai h%d received a rnply from Colu a; to tho "harglug of th.< watei 1 to landlords Instead of to tenants. Action on the matter was post pn mm. Chief Sumte;- reP'Ttcd that he 1. ! received a number of request* a. o? lections as to tho ago limit fix? d r children In running ears on M eet Ho stab d that tho a 1 ni ght he fixed at froi - 13 to II un ' certain conditions. Council dec ? ? I to allow (his age limit, where ? I dren under It xtood ths required ( I asetnatlon and satisfied the cbiof < I police that they were q laltfiod to I sore on the streets without I I endangering the lives of ethers The city man. Sjs ordinance be passed peon!bill > spilling ?f ka.*olij)| Of 1 erosone ort asphaltic and btthullthle pavetue< as It so seed rapid deterioration mayor stated that bo would r an ordinance carrying out this ? |p^^*1 tsars'? WR* MaASfsc Dhuler, isportja thai MAKES' STRONG ?OORESS. ; UQVOR TR AFI IC. National Prohibition, He Says, is the 1'ltlmate Aim of Flying Squadron? Mayor Jennings Legislator Lark Hark hone to Make Suite Bono l>ry_Music Is Delightful Feature. Former OOY. Frank E. Hanley oC Indiana Tuesday night made a strong address to a large audience in the Academy el Music. Oov. Hanley was scheduled to speak on prohibition and he told In forceful languago of the evils of the liquor traffic, and Ol the fight which was being put up by the Anti-Sal<>on League and the Fly? ing Squadron for national constitu? tional prohibition. Incidentally it might be said that it was, a represent? ative prohibition audience in attend? ance and many of the point*, brought out by the speakers were liberally a:> plauded. The meeting was presided over by Dr. J. H. Wttoon of St. James* Lu? theran church. At Its close a mo tlon was made that it was the sense of the meeting that the South Caroli? na rep* esentatives In congress be re? quested to do all in their powor t< make the Reed bone-dry amendment to the postal bill effective at once, and all In favor of the motion wore requested to stand. When those op? posed were called for there was one vote against the motion. The meeting was opened with a song by a male chorus, jiftcr which Dr. W. E. Thayer of the First Bap? tist church made a short prayer. A vocal solo by Miss Marie Rotholt:'., "How Beautiful Upon the Mountain:*'" was delightfully rendered a very pleasing feature of the musica1 part of the program. At the close o; Oov. Hanley's address envelopes were passed around and a collection ta? ken to aid in carrying on the work of tho "Flying Squadron." A Violin solo was rendered by Master William Truesdale. Mayor Jennings was presented by Dr. Wilson to introduce ^ho speaker of the evning, as "Sumters bone-dry mayor," a statement which eras greeted with applause. Mayor Jen? nings \n his remnrks stated that or.c of the things which was much needed at this time was men with more back? bone to'act according to their con? victions, and not as a matter of policy or politics. He said that if the mem? bers of tho legislature had had more backbone, a bone-dry measure would have been passed at the recent act-, slon of tho legislature, and not a quart-a-month act. The act, he said, would have gone Into effect Immedi? ately upon its being signed by th> governor, too. Instead of a delay of 60 days having been provided. He n Jferred to the fight which was being made on the Heed bone-dry amcr '. ment to the postal law, saying th it the Manor men were constantly try? ing to dofcat or defer prohibition Its Islation. Oov. Hanley's remarks Indicate:! the fight which had been wagtne for some time and was still being wagod relentlessly against the liquor tcaf ftc. Ho said that on his visit to South Carolina a year and a half ag<?, he had been asked by someone if he came from a dry State, and when bt said that he did not, the man told him to go back to his own State ami mako it dry before he went some? where else to try to make the BtatC dry. He said he believed the man was pretty near right and now h bore a greeting to dry South Carolina from dry Indiana, for since he was here last Indiana had voted out tho liquor evil. National com titutJoi.nl prohibition was the end sought by the Hying squadron, the speaker ntated. Already 2$ States had voted dry and 36 had to be prohibition, before the la 1 great'move could be accomplished In the Eastern States, New York, Mas? sachusetts. New Jersey, Pennsylvania. hi said the last etfOng fight would be made. During his remarks Gov\ Hanley showed the evil in death and disease which the liquor traffic WC I couslng. Tho makers of the constitu? tion, he ntated, had an opportunity I - refuse to recognize slavery when they formed the constitution of the United States, but they had failed at th? crucial moment. They bed sowed the wind and reaped the whirlwind in tho four years of civil war. They had another opportunity to make conetl tutional prohibition, but they had failed, and yearly and dally the American people were reaping the whirlwind from this wind which was sowed. Of the 5G0.00O deaths cv< . y year in the United States. CO per cent, were directly the result of tho liquor traffic; he showed that a gTCl ' majority of the insane, nearly all Ol the crime and thousands of deforme I ^nd mentally deficient children wer results of the Hquor evil. He said thai <>P to now the national govemmei * had always been, us it were, a p irtnei in the liquor traffic, becauee it had recognized it on a bualnOM bacia. H< referred to the part he had taken In the: tight in the past eight years, sey ing that he had com etv< d it to bo hi duty to give up other business . ' probable advancement to aid in til work of eradicating the traffic. H said that he had heard it ttatod on the floor of the house of repre at i lives and by an ex-president, that efforts to eradicate the whiskey . by national constitutionn 1 prohibition urn. futile and ul\e, unU h, eonnlder od this strictly a challenge of tl rights of American ein/ na In thanking Oov. Hanley for b remarks. Dr. Wlbmn stated tb * South Carolina had reduced the ?iuor traffic in this Ftato to a gallon, and now to ? quart-a-month, and tho time that Oov. Hanley i again, it would be entirely eltmlnni Columbia. IVb. fj._T)|C ftdu Ml farm loan bank is being Oi n cd as rapidly ei possible, j':-f ,;. F. J. n. von Rngelk< n has rel i from his home In Florida 1 probebl] several e <?? ki u foi loans ere made by the bank oj tu operly. the opera house fOOl was in r, ? | repair and he wne I net rue ted .?> euro net I mates on the work re ?tili ? .ml report nt fee next meeting o council starn REPLIES. SAYS THAT ST ATEM E X TS IX GOT EKXOirs MESSAGE AHE UN TKUE. Iticliarrison Kaya Thai His Monthly Reports to Comptroller General Will Show Expenses and Collec? tions of His Office und He is Heady fo?? Audit at Any Time. Columbia, Feb. 25.?"An untrue presentation of the facts" is the man? ner in which Col. Alfred A. Richard? son, chief game warden, characterizes the veto message of Governor Man? ning, "whereby he refused to accept the action of the general assembly," Placing election of chief game war-, den in the hands of the people and re? taining col. Richardson in office until the next general election. A "per? version of facts" and an "untrue statement" are among the other ex? pressions used by chief Warden Rich? ardson in replying to the governor's veto message. The statement was is? sued today. It is as follows: "In the veto mortage of the gov? ernor, whereby he refused to accept the action of the general assembly, he charged in his voluminous message affecting a bill placing my office in the hands of the people, that there had been corruption in connection with this office. My personal impulse is. to go into a detailed denial of these false charges. But since; the senate has by its action in endorsing the spirited defense made in my behalf 'hown a desire to carefully investi? gate a.' of the charges made against me and all those asoeiated with me, and has seemed to desire that public opinion be not written until a full in? vestigation has been made, I shall hold my peace. "I stand prepared at any time to al? low not only any state officer, but any individual who desires the privilege to examine the complete records of my t tl.ee from the time that I took charge of its nltalra until the present time. "As above stated, I do not care to go into all of the details In this mat ter. I feel compelled, however, to let ' tho people of South Carolina know ? that the part of the governor's mes I cage relative to the finances of this department is an untrue presentation of tho facts. Which statement can bo verified by my books, the state treas? urer's books and my itemized monthly reports to tho comptroller general. "The governor's message in part states "about $30,000 was collected by this department during the year of 1910, and about $6,000 has gone to the public BOhoOls." The $5,000 mentioned b ythe governor went to the public school! from the collection of 1915. On the very first page of my report to the governor and the general as? sembly it will be Shown that the schools received $10.592.50 from tho collections of 1916. You will therefore see that the governor's statement con? cerning tho schools is misleading. I Wish to further state that I have re? ceipts from ihe different county treas? urers of the state which will show that 1 have turned over to them the sum of $10,59 2.50 from the 1916 col? lections. "The governor's messnge further states that the limit for the traveling i expenses of chief game warden is $1, 000, and that on this item alone I spent $1464.16, This statement Is cor? rect. 1 did spend $201.56 over an ! above tho amount appropriated for my traveling expenses. The business of this department has grown enor? mously and it has neccssittaed more traveling for the chief game warden. 11 wi?h to state that I spent this 1 $264.56 upon opinion of the attorney general and that I had a perfect right to do so. I made no sccrec of so do? ing, but reported the samo in my statements to the comptroller gener? al. Just to show you, the necessity of such expenditures I quote the follow? ing: 'My December statement to the comptroller general \ ill show that I spent out of the game protection fund $134.40 and the state treasure's i books will show that, in December we collected $21,509.17. Is it not rea? sonable to presume that I did good . business by spending the above mon i tioned small amount to collect up ' such a large sum of money. "The governor's message says the 1 chief game warden 'has spent on this 1 item alone $1,204.56, plus mileage books $120, incidentals $184, automo? bile and boat hire $1,500.41.' This is another perversion of the true fa??s. and I will show right here that it is. "I make monthly sttaements to tbe comptroller general itemizing 'the j traveling expenses of chief , game I warden/ and I make another entirely different statement to the comptrol ! lcr general covering expenditures of the entire department throughout the state. Tho mileage books and the automobile and boat hire are shown ; on the last mentioned statement. The <?ne covers expenses of the entire de? partment and any one with common scse who will look at these state , meats could not possibly think that the above items were spent by the ! chief game warden for his own trav? eling expenses. The other amount of I $114, mentioned, by the governor as "incidentals,' is an untrue statement altogether, 1 have rever spent one cent since I haVe bee \ i'> office and marked it 'Incidentals.' Every dol? lar that has been spent by me has been disbursed by check and the stub shOWl what for. Furthermore, I have In my possession with endorsement of tho person to whom it was issued each check, "The Whole message If misleading from start to finish, but I do not care to go any further into it now, except i to say this that if a 'bold lobby' was pulled off Governor Manning and his friends worked Just as hard on one side as i and my friends did on the other ami because they did not havo any luck is not my fault "Since writing the above, Mr, L. A. Sear: on ,a certified public accountant, has gone through my expenditures and has found that the average amount paid the men working under me v ill fig 11 ? out to be $5;it.71 per month to the man." Tin? veto message of the governor was carried over by the senate for eom.ldera.tlon al the next session, Racine, Wis., Feb. 27.?It ll said 'h re that Codrlc D, Ivatta, who lost his life on the Lncoula, although born in gtagllAd, k/M Pj? American citizen, BELIEVED THAT IT WILL NOT BBS AFFECTED BY NATION? AL "BONE DHV" ACT. Not Exactly What Governor Wanted, Bi^t He Signed it as the Nearest He Could Get to His Ideas?-Iiiveil Sum , for Enforcing Law. (By Joe Sparks.) Columbia, Fob. 28.?The new "quart B month" law is exciting a rood deal of interest ?n South Cai olina and letters which are coming into Gov. Manning show that some who at first were opposed to the law think that, in the light of the "bone dry" act tacked on to the postofnee appropriation bill by .congress, it would have been worse, from ont .standpoint, if the legislature had not enacted the present law. Had the old gallon-a-month stood when the federal law went into effect this State would be absolutely "bone dry" As it is the quart a month law will stand, in the view of authorities, be? cause it is for medicinal purpose thus coming In the federal law. There is not a very good under? standing of just what the federal law allows In the way of importations of whiskey and wine for medicinal, sac , ramental, scientific purposes, but it is believed here that the South Caro? lina statute will not be disturbed by the federal ?,ct. The quart a month of whiskey allowed is for medicinal purposes, strictly, and only males over 21 years of age and women who are heads of families are permitted to get the quart after they go before the judge of probate and make af? fidavit that they need it for medicinal purposes, and obtain a permit on payment of a fee of ten cents. It is known that the quart a month did not meet tho ideas of the governor for in his message to the general as? sembly he favored reduction of the amount of whiskey, and wanted some beer and light wines. The medicinal attribution was not his idea, but was born in the committee of free con j ference between the senate and house which were trying to reconcile the bone dry sentiment of the house and the quart a month prescription bill of the senate. The main feathres of the new act in the opinion of the ' governor over the gallon a month are In the strengthening of the measures for its enforcement. The limiting to the heads of families will do away with the negro women nuisance of getting whiskey, for so great had . become this complaint that the negro min? isters of Columbia had petitioned tho t city council to take some steps to , remedy the situation. I It is felt that under tho new law 1 it will be almost impossible tor blind , tigers to get much, if any, whiskey. Under the old gallon a month statute j the timers could "rent" names and get a good stock of liquor and one i of the complaints in Columbia was J that this was done In many instances. Under the new law it is believed that j the "renting" of names will be nl ' most, if not quite, eliminated for it j will be easier for the officers of the J law to cheek up the records. Of course there is a widespread sentiment in South Carolina for ab? solute, iron, clad, bone dry prohlbi j tion rnd undoubtedly, if the present I quart a month act docs not almost bring this to pass, tho legislature at j its session In 1918 will veiy probably J enact a "bone dry" act. On the oth? er hand. If there Is too great a rc ? action against such stringent leglsla I tion and It does the cause of temper ! ancc harm, those who wont an allow I anco of light win< s and beer for bev? erages WlU be encouraged to seek changes to that end. Gov. Manning has been given a fund of $60,000 with which to enforce the prohibition laws and if the local county autohritles are unable or neg? lect to enforce the laws the governor I can send in constables to catch the I violators. The new law enforcement , fund is not limited to the mere en i forcement of the prohibition laws, but I is for all laws, a point which is of ; more than significance. 1 WOULD ARM COTTON TRADERS. Member of Congress to Introduce Amendment Making Special Provis? ion for Son th. Washington, Feb. 27.?It was learn? ed hero today that a prominent mem? ber of congress from the South is to offer an amendment to the bill au? thorizing the United States govern? ment to arm ships of commerce by proposing that this shall specially cover ships carrying cotton for ex , port trade. The name of the man who will make this fight is not yet public here but ho Is well known In the South and it is said that he will endeavor in the lntersts of the cotton grow? ers to insist that full Immunity be either given 1 y the central powers or made so by armed ships In order to protect cotton exports. This man believes it high time that something be done to insure right of way for the 1917 cotton crop which l must necessarily be tied up at our home ports or sunk if the present submarine warfare is continued. If this proposition is put through It will be a boom to cotton producers and Germany will then be in a posi j tion where she must either refrain j from sinking ships with cotton car? goes or take whatever comes to her j ships in the event they attack those I from this country. NEED CARS FOR FERTILIZERS. Washington, Feb. 27.---Representa? tives of Southern fertilizer interests told the car service commission of tho American Railway association today that ' doss the rule requiring return of foreign cars to owner roads is modified during the fertiliser moving period between March l und May l there will be a fertiliser shortage In the South. They proposed .i suspen? sion for 60 days of Ihe p< nalty im? post d by the railroad commission for empty car not routed back to the owner lines so thai Southern roads may use the cars of other roads now on their lines for moving ft -'tili/ors. The commission promised to confer with Officials of Southern roads and to take some action tu afford relief. ANALYZES RATING LAW. McMnster Explains Main Features of Insurance Act. Columbia, Feb. 25.?Insurance Com? missioner F. H. McMaster has issued the following as his analysis of the Rating Act of 1917: "In order that the rating act passed at the recent session of the general assembly may be understood its dif? ferences from the Laney-Odom aet in force heretofore are shown. The full details are not given but the salient points. ' . "The Laney-Odom act forbade fire insurance companies from 'entering into any compact or combination for j the purpos3 of governing Or contrcl I ling rates charged for fire insurance 1 on property in that State,' but per? mitted the companies to employ 'a common agent or agents to prepare and furnish maps and other data as to risks, and to supervise and advise of defective structures or suggest im? provements to lessen the lire hazard." The attorney general held that this permitted this common agent or j agents to furnish advisory rates, but the companies were not permitted to enter into compacts to enforce them. "The 1917 act provides that fire in? surance companies 'may individually or in cooperation with other compa? nies maintain or be members of a rating bureau. " 'A4 rating bureau may consist of I one or more insurers, and when con? sisting of two or more insurers shall admit to membership any fire insurer authorized to do business in this States . . . " 'Every fire insurance company shall in its annual application for li? cense specify each rating bureau making rates upon property located within this State, of which it is a member and during the year file written notice of any other rating bu? reaus of which it shall become a member." "No fire insurance company . . . and no rating bureau . .shall enter into or act upon any agreement with reference to the making, fixing or collecting of any rate for fire insur? ance upon property within this State" unless such agreement "be in writ? ing and prior to its taking effect a .copy thereof be filed with the insur? ance commissioner . . . "The insurance commissioner may after due notice and hearing, upon complaint or upon his own motion make an order disapproving any such agreement or any part of such agree? ment. . . . The action of the insur | ance commissioner in making or re I fusing to make any such order shall j be subject to summary review before a court of competent jurisdiction In this State." "Under the Laney-Odom act the in? surance commissioner had power "to review any rate charged for fire In? surance . . . for the purpose of de? termining whether the same is dis? criminatory or unjust . . . His find? ings or order shall in all cases be subject to summary court review." "Under the 1917 act the South Car? olina Insurance Commission, consist? ing of three members appointed by the governor, has power to determine whether a rate is "discriminatory. . or excessive or unreasonable." In ie spect to "excessive or unreasonable rates its determination must be based upon the resuKs of the business of stock fire insurance companies "dur? ing the five years next preceding the year in which the investigation is made." "Any action of the said com? mission shall be subject to summary review before a court of competent jurisdiction without prejudice to other party involved." ^'The Laney-Odom act contained a section which forbade agents giving rebates or premiums or discriminat? ing in methods of payments of pre? miums or in any other way between insurers of risks. This section is re? pealed and there is no similar section in the new law, so the agents and in? surers arc perfectly free to make their own terms one with the other. "Ihe 1917 act prohibits a fire insur? ance company from making any rate ?which discriminates unfairly between risks In the application of like charg? es and credits, or which discrim? inates unfairly between risks of es? sentially the same hazards, territor? ial classifications and having substan? tially the same degree of protection against fire.' "The relations between the compa? nies and their agents are regulated by section l? of the 1917 act, which provides: 'No fire insurance company or other insurer and no rating bureai shall require any agent or make any agreement with such agent whereby the said agent shall not write insur? ance in any company not a member of any rating bureau in this State, nor shall any company or companies enter into an agreement to refuse to write insurance through any agent or agents or broker who represents any ( ompaniee not members of any rating bureau now or hereafter to be estab? lished in the State.' "Under the 1917 act 'the insurant commissioner may address inquiries to any individual, association or bureau which is or has been engaged in mak? ing rates or estimates for rates for fire insurance on property in the State I in relation to the organization, main? tenance or operation or any other matter connected with its transactions and may require the filing of sched? ules, rates, forms, rules, regulations and such other information as may be required. * * * The insurance com? missioner shall have power to examine any such rating bureau as often as he deems It expedient to do so and shall do so not less than once every three years.' "Tho insurance commissioner has no present purpose of requiring the filing of rates and each company is perfectly free to make its own rates as it s<>es tit or to make them through a bureau under the regulations of the act." IN RACE FOR MAGISTRATE. Messrs. R. U. Rembert and L. S. Vlneon of Rembert are opposed in the race for magistrate of the seventh magisterial district, Sumter county, to take the place of T. P. Sanders, .lr.. deceased, and to succeed J. L. Oillis, who did not enter the race last ?Um? mer and has consistently remained out of it. The election will be held on March loth. Guard Your Children Against Bowel Trouble Many children at an early age I become constipated, and f-equcntly I serious consequences result. Not I being able to realize his own con ?:i;iun, a child's bowels should I* constantly watched, and a gentle laxative given when necessary.1 Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets arc especially well adapted to women and children. The Sisters of Christian Charity, ?3? Charles RL Luzerne, V?.., who attend many cases of sickness say of them: "Come time ago we began using Dr. Mlle-' Laxativs Tablets and find that we like thtm very much. 'f**ff action is excellent and we are grateful for I riving been made acquainted with them. Wo hare had good results 1? every ease srd tha Sisters are Tary much pleased." The form and flavor ol any medi? cine is very important, no matter who is to take it The taste and appearance are especially important ; when children are concerned. All parents know how hard it is to give the average child "medicine," even though the taste is partially dis? guised. In using Dr. Miles' Lax? ative Tablets, however, this diffi? culty is overcome. The shape of \ the tablets, their appearance and candy-like taste at once appeal to ' any child, with the result that they are taken without objection. The rich chocolate flavor end ' absence of other taste, mike Df. i Miles' Laxative Tablets the ideal remedy for children. " a If the first box faih to benefit, the price is returned. Ask your druggist. A box of 25 do?es costs only 25 cents. Never sold in bulk. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. Buying Feed for Dairy Cows. Clemson College, 8. C, Feb. 16.?? The amount of digestible protein, carbohydrates and fat contained in any commercial fcedstuffs is tho principal factor in fixing the value of that feedstuff. The figures given on the tag attached to a sack of feedstuff are not a reliable indi? cator of the real feed nutrients which an animal may obtain from this feed. These tags give the total content of protein, carbohydrates and fat, but do not tell what per? centage of each nutrient is digesti? ble. The buyer must get this infor? mation elsewhere in order to rightly compare the value of different feeds. As a general rule it is best to buy standard unmixed feeds and mix thorn to suit the animal to which they are fed. In order to do this a farmer should have some text s?oh as Henry's "Feeds and Fad? ing" for reference to \J^y^exX&r amount of nutrients in each feed. In buying mixed feeds he should obtain such as are made up of a mixture of standard feeds and the percentage of each feed used should be given. It is then an easy matter to determine the relative value of the feed. The effect of a feed on the di? gestiv? system of a cow is impor? tant. Constipating feeds such as cottonseed meal, hulls, stover and straw should always be combined with one or more laxative feed* such as wheat bran, silage, roots and legume hay. The amount of fertilizing con? stituents contained in a feed should also be considered. This factor de? termines the value of the manure resulting from the use of the feed. About 75 per cent, of the fertilizing constituents of feeds are returned to the soil in the manure. In other words if cottonseed meal is worth $30 a ton as a fertilizer, it may be fed to a dairy cow and the manure will contain $22.50 worth of ferti? lizing constituents. In addition to this the farmer has the dairy pro? ducts produced by the feed. BUYS NEW EQUIPMENT. Coast Lino Places? Orders for Twenty Engines. Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 27.?An or? der has been placed with a locomo? tive works by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad for more than half a million dollars worth of new equipment, it wras announced at the general offices of the company here today. Delivery is to be made in the early fall. The order includes seven Pacifies for pas? senger service; ten Mikados for haul? ing heavy freight tonnage and three shifters which will be placed in the larger yards. JURY RETURNS NO BILL. .V ">e\ ille Men C 2iargod With Lynch? ing Dismissed. Abbeville, Teb. 27.?Court of gen I oral sessions convened here Monday I with Judge Puerifoy presiding. The grand jury failed to find a true bill against the eight men charged with lynching the negro, Anthony Craw? ford, last October. Also the 18 men charged with riot on the streets of Abbeville. The men were dismissed. C. B. Thomas, charged with mur? der, was found not guilty. Mr. Thomas shot and killed H. C. Fields, a white tenant on his farm. The shooting oc? curred about two years ago. Thomas claimed self defense. Lire InsumiMV Companies Return. Columbia. Feb. 28.?Three more fire Insurance companies returned to South Carolina today, making a to? tal of 30 to resume operations after the passage of the several measures designed to relieve the unsettled con? ditions caused by the Lnncy-Odom act of the 1915 session.