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Washington. Feb. 2.?Cnsettled
weather during- the tirst part of the'
week with rain probably on Wednes?
day and again at end of week is fore?
cast for the South Atlantic States next
week. Temperature changes will be
unimportant.
The \\ hent less Meal.
The noon meal in South Carolina
should be the wheutless meal in each
day In the week, according to u state?
ment Issued hj WtWsjg Elliott, Food
Admlntstr&tcr
Mr. Klliott reached this conchi
after a conference with Misa Edith
I I'arrott. head of the Home Eco?
nomics work of Winthrop College,
Home Demonstration forces and Food
Administration.
The new regulations of the Pood
Administration prescribe two wheat
I?sm days a week. Monday and Wed
nesday; one meatless day a STOOk,
Tuesday; one porkleSS day a week,
Saturday. No pork products to be
consumed on T h. meatless; da'
(me meatless meal each day In the
week and one wheatles* meul ouch
day In the week.
The people of the State are expect?
ed to observe these days as return?
ed in the president's proclamation
and In the statement issued by Her?
bert Hoover, Federal Food Adminis?
trator.
Copy of the new regulations have
been sent to all the hotels and cafes
In the State.
There are more than one hundred
thousand hon es reglsteied as tnasn
eer* of the Food Administration 111
Kouth^ Carolin i. It is the desire of
the Administration that every horn *
Join ln\he food consecution pro?
gram. AhWhomes who have not
joined, should write to the Food Ad?
ministration. Arcade, Columbia, and
secure one of the pledge cards, win?
dow cards and kitchen cards.
The Food Administration is eas?
ing preparations for the distribution
of the Home Supplemental Card in all
homes of the State. This card con
tSsjge) the creed of the Food Adminis?
tration. Leaflets containing valuable
tsJiptTuation concerning the use of oat?
meal and cornmeal will also be dis?
tributed at the same time.
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The l*rkx? of Hour.
William Elliott. Food Administrator
for South Carolina has received the
. odowing telegram from Herbert
Hoover. Fnlted States Food Adminis?
trate.!
"To prevent hoarding Hour follow?
ing president's proclamation suggest
>ou enforce ruling reference to quan?
tity sales of flour outlined in our let?
ter December l?th. The sale of Hour
by retailers, millers or other dealers
in towns and cities to individual con?
sumers shall be in one-eighth to one
fourth barrel quantity or less; In ru?
ral or foreign communities In one
fourth to one-half barrel quantity or
less. Oross maximum profit for
wholesalers in Tour should not excee l
from fifty to sc vent v rents per har?
ts). Piotit exact.-d !>. retail ?leal?
ers In Ol initial mill package should
not exceed from eight to $i.2'>
per barrel, depending upon < h.-i o t. if
of service performed. Where retail?
ers sell In amounts les* than original
mill package the gross profit should
not exceed one cent per pound. An>
proAt In excess of these or In excess
"f that obtained in pr? -war tunes
will Im? considered cause for an Inves
tirutlon. Substitutes for wheat Hour
should be sold at not more than a reu
sonable advance over actual pur?
chase price of particular goods ?ohl
Without regard to iwnket or replace
raent value at time of su? h sale.
(swiTner n Kreeptlon P<t*t|?oiird.
On account of the epidemic of men
ingltls. the reception which was to
have been held by Oov. and Mrs
Manning tomorrow nh.ht has beet
postponed.
The Pourd of Health of Cotembtl
has ordeied the closing of all the
etrrs. schools, churches and place
of amusement, until further notice,
and the postponement of all rocop
tlons and parties which are seh- dul
ed for the next few weeks.
The "Ughtless Night" may be the
excuse for the revival of the old
eong. "We Won't Co Home Till Morn
lug." ? Atlanta Constitution
Foun U-BOAT CHASERS.
Plans Made to Turn Out Maximum
Number lit llw Shortest Time.
Washington, lab, i.?Production
plan? for the navy's now unti-submu
rino craft contemplate the ilelivery o'
u finished hoat every day when the
cycle of production is- complete. The
iiist vessel has already been started
in the fabricating shops at the Kord
Motor Company plant at Detroit.
Cans rucrion will go by stages. To
turn out a boat u day after the lapse
of seveial months requites that a
boat a day be started. Materials that
go into construction are fed into one
end of the plant as rapidly as it i:
planned 'to produce the completed
Pioduct at ttic other. The whole num
bei of boats contracted for will be
under production simultaneously at
MM sta;?e.
The design was worked out to re- I
luce to a minimum the necessity of!
shaping plates. There are many flai
ItU'fftOM to the vessel and on that ac
count bent and curved plates having
been avoided wherever possible.
The power will be furnished by
geared turbines and since stability and
reliability .was sought rather than I
freak performance no effort has been '
'tl'do beyond a safe and con- J
native speed estimate.
The boats w ill all be fabricated atj
the Ford plant, progressing by stages
Until they are launched at Detroit.
They will measure 200 feet and dis?
place about 300 tons.
No attempt has been made to Rive
the design the rellnements of navv
craft built in peace times. They will
be rough, hewn into shape In the in
t?"iCBt of speed
Military charact ?rtotloi of the de?
sign have not been disclosed.
raiuioah bill rkmbted.
l a PXdsMM and < iiimnins Oppose Ad
ministration Measure.
Washington, Feb. 4.Tb?-The admin?
istration railroad bill, as agreed up?
on by the senate Interstate commerce
committee, waa formally reported to
the senate today. Minority reports
will he made by LaFollette and Cum?
min*.
lVru liuys American Slwxn,
American shoe manufacturers now
control the market in Peru and in all
probability will continue to do so af?
ter the war, says a report on the
subject issued today by the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce, de
partmsnt of commerce.
Peru has just emerged from a pe?
riod of prolonged economic depres?
sion and is now reaping the benellt oi
the era of high prices in the metal
and food products brought on by the
war. Fvery branch of the agricul?
tural and mining industries has been
correspondingly benefited, and In thiH
connection it is interesting to nop
that in ISM 5 the value of the agricul?
tural products exported was more
than $13,000,000, or nearly 27 per
cent, greater than the value of the
mineral products exported. The pro?
duction of sugar nas increased enor?
mously.
Tho present prosperity will increase
Peru's importance as a market fo1
American Roods, for shoes as well as
other producta savs Special AgOAt
Herman O. llroek. author of the gov?
ernment's report. It is a market tha
should receive as careful attention u
our own war needs will permit. Our
indebtedness for such essential pro
ducts as copper and sugar should b<
paid at least in part by manufacture 1
goods needed in Peru, and It is the
part of wisdom to so conduct our
present business as to leave us in an
advantageous position when tho war
la over.
i
AUK YOIT KIIKUMATIC?
Many Pangs That Fteeg for Khcumn
lim an- Itenlly eMM to Weak Kid
neys.
Is It rheumatism 1
Not every pain Is.
Weak kidneys let uric acid collect
Uric acid causes many queer pains
In the high It's s< leiten;
In the hack, lumhauo;
In the nerves, neutrttls.
'?out. gravel, dropsy are uric trou?
bles
When you guepoet the kidneys use
Doaa'l Kidney Pllll
Th< h .rue-recommended remedy.
Sumter testimony is the *?est proof
Head 11 lie I unter man's story :
J. A. Whhtemore, it Marby A*e.,
sa\s: "My kidneys were badly
disordered and my l ack ached I
also suffered from rheumntle pain
In my Mgsbg, The kidney ICG ret Inn ?
panned too freely. Krlen I < re< .<m
mended Dmn's Kid iey and I IP*
Home st neuron n Phai macy
did me a syorld <?f j...?m\
Price lie., at ail dealers Don*
simply ask for i kidney remedy i
i1 ia'1 Kidney Pill? llu m m< i1 i
Mr Wh111emore had PWtei 111'
Co., Buffalo, n v. ...
FEEDING SEED IS VIOLATING
Written Content Must be Through
Administrator.
William Elliott food administra?
tor, has IgJUOd the following state?
ment:
"Reports' have reached this office
that farmers in sections of the State
are feeding? seed to cattle, and in
Doms instances using- seed for fer?
tilizers. Such a policy on the part of
any producer is shortsighted when
the prevailing price for cotton seed is
obtainable and results in an econom?
ic, loss as well as destroying valuable
food for man and beast.
"The food administration would
like to see this- wasteful practice elim?
inated. Ilule 4 of the special rules of
the United States food administra?
tion prohibits th i use of cotton seed
for feed or fertilizers without the
written consent of the State food ad?
ministrator. It is probable that few
farmers who are thus practicing this
wasteful method realize the loss both
to themselves and to their fellow man
! ( suiting- in tho utilization of cot ?
ton seed in this manner.
?'America is the greatest food
Storehouse of the world today, and
WO must all practice the Strictest
kind of economy. There must be no
waste of the essential food products
The oil which is extracted from the
cotton seed is a food product."
DKl l ISII CASFALTV MST.
Loss Esist Week Lowest in Many
Months.
iKindon, Feb. 4.?The Drltish cas?
ualties during the past week totalled
6.3.r.?!. This is the lowest mark for
many months and compares with 8,
">ss for the previous week.
The news from Russia would be
more interesting if it were not al?
ways contradicted the next day.?
Charleston News and Courier.
BAIvI.P RJDCALfJSD DV comaht
TEE.
' Secretary of War cross Rtaunlncd
Tuesday.
Washington, Feb. 8??-While sena?
tors prepared speeches- for delivery
next week in support of measures to
establish a war cabinet and create a
munitions director, the senate mili?
tary Committee today arranged to
i recall Secretary Baker Tuesday for
cross-examination regarding his state?
ment before the committee last Mon?
day on achievements of the war de
' pertment.
Senator Hitchcock, Democratic
i member of the military committee,
plans to address the senate Monday
in support of the hills and is expect?
ed to reply to Mr. Baker. He and
others who are supporting the legisla?
tion which President Wikan is active?
ly oposing are preparing to sharply
cross examine the secretary Tuesday.
Another speech in support of the
war legislation is planned by Sena?
tor Wadsworth of New York, a Re
i publican member of the military com?
mittee. Administration spokesmen in
the senate are ready to reply both to
Senators Hitchcock and Wadsworth
and also are contident of preventing
consideration of the measures in the
senate by holding them in the commit?
tee. With a vacancy on the commit?
tee, due to the death of Senator
Brady of Idaho, the members are now
said to be evenly divided on the bills,
With the dispute over the war bill?
reaching the senate floor, the military
committee plans to close its inquiry
aa quickly as possible.
Howard Coffin, chairman of the
aircraft hoard, testifying before the
committee today in executive session,
urged a centralized war control.
Mr. Coffin told the committee the
productive capacity of the country
could not be developed fully unles.?
government purchases were put into
the hands of a central agency with
full powers. A definite program of
ptsel ifj war orders, he said, has not
been formed and industry consequent-1
iy is Buffering*'
A national policy respecting pur?
chasing, Mr. CoMin said, must be in?
stituted immediately or bIss general'
confusion will result An agency*
built along the lines of a ministry
of munitions could convert existing
plants into war manufacturing plants-'
without upsetting indusry, Mr. Cof?
fin Bald, while continued placing of
indiscriminate orders by the various j
departments threatened to bring ;x
state of chaos.
There ought to be some way to
sa\e a part of the hundred:; of thou?
sands of tons of paper that are being
wasted in Washington. Each depart?
ment of ths government is maintain?
ing a big publicity bureau with a full
corps of editors, and the amount of
stuff each one is turning out is simply
appalling. And 1here is something
badly out of joint with this whole (
business. These publicity bureaus j
may edit and print without limit; but]
a?'ter all their editing and printing,
much of it of doubtful value at best,
is absolutely valueless unless it gets
tc the public, and about the only way
it has of getting to the public is
through newspapers edited and pub?
lished at private expense. These news?
papers cannot afford to reproduce all
this junk, or any considerable part of
i*. for to do so would be to sacrifice
those qualities that give them value to
the public from which '.hey derive
their living. There is room for the
saving of millions of dollars in the
publicity bureaus at Washington and
those millions of dollars should be
saved.?Yorkville Enquirer.
The willingness of the railroads to
hand over their property to govern?
ment operation suggests that they
might enjoy seeing the various rail?
road brotherhoods deal with the gov?
ernment instead of mere mortals like
railroad officials.?Quitman Free
Press.
BRITISH HAID TRENOTES.
Only Minor Engagement llcportc<l on
tlu> id itlsh I ron!.
London, Feb. U -"A party of our
troops i tided enemy trenches I -
of Hairg: court last night," says to?
day's ol!. ial announcement. "Enemy
artillery rai active Inline; the night
in the ) eighborhood of L<ine ? id
northeatl of Garrelle."
.JlEATLEss MONDAY OBSERVED.
I _
t oiifereiu c Held Tcalay to Consider
Revoking Order.
Wash in ftOft, Feb. 4.?Heatles,
Monday i i being observed for the
third ttffU today, but I! may be aban?
doned by the fuel administration as
the result of a conference of State
administr tors here today, called by
Federal Administrator Garfield.
mii]yrns notice for i918
I will attend in person or by deputy
at the fo -wing named places and on
the dates ,;iven, for the purpose of re?
ceiving tax returns for the fiscal year
beginning January 1st, 1918. Re?
turns of Reel Estate, Personal Prop?
erty, Polls Roads and Dogs should be
made. The office will be open to re?
ceive returns from January 1st to
February :0th;,?
Tindals, Tuesday, Jan. 8.
Privatee % Wednesday, Jan. 9.
Lot! Sid ng, Thursday, Jan. 10.
Wedgeihld, Friday, Jan. 11.
Claremo it, Tuesday, Jan. 15.
Ilagcod, Wednesday, Jan. It.
Rembertii. Thursday, Jan. 17.
Dalrell, Friday, Jan. 18.
Brogdon Tuesday, Jan. 22.
MayesvlUe, Wednesday, Jan. 23.
Oswego, Thursday. Jan. 24.
Pleasant Grove, Tuesday, .Tan. 2.4.
Shi loh, Wednesday, Jan. 30.
Norwood CrOSi Roads, Thursday,
Jan. 31.
R. E. WILDER.
County Auditor.
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