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Red Cross Notes Annual Report of The Sumter Red Cross Chapter. The report of our Red Cross chapter Toad at the annual meeing last Tues day, shows improvement in every phase of war work taken up. Sumter can well be proud" of the success of its efforts during the past year. The report in detail follows: Mrs. H. C. Haynsworth, as chair man of the membership committee, reported 2,387 members. This in cludes all auxiliaries, white and col ored. Mr. R. Ii. Edmunds, as treasurer, made the following' report: RECEIPTS: Headquarters sales.$ 525.68 Membership fees . 2,443.75 Donations and enter * tainments . . 2,642.43 Tobacco sales .-. .. f. 1,068.09 labels for packages. 149.50 . First War Fund .. ? : 2,261.67 Second War. Fund. 10,852.88 Surgical Dressings *Dept 64.00 $20,008,00 EXPENDITURES: Expense act, salaries. .. $1,034.00 Expense act, war fund .. 204.52 Expense act miscel laneous_. 93.95 Sbpply act, hospital supplies, . surgical dressings materials .. .. 9,238.73 Xmas boxes. 102.64 Training class.t. 99.36 Stationery & Stamps. 128.98 -{ErobJems & Insignia.. .. 59.46 Halifax disaster.... 100.00 Kurses for Soldiers' wives ... 35.00 Freight & Dray.; .. .. 410.39 $11,507.03 Balance in bank . $8,500.97 $50,008.00 Second war fund sub scribed .._.$67,809.39 Collected .:. .. .. .. .. 14,606.26 Amount still due*..$23.203.13 Mrs. R. S. Hood, head of the wo man's- work, reported the following garments made in; her department: . 899 sweaters, 605 mufflers, 741 bod ?Jackets, 785 pajamas, 236 bed shirts, 45 wash cloths, 42 pairs wristlets, 681 pairs socks, 44 waterbag covers, 12 pillow clips. 233 comfort pillows, 33 napkins, 448 handkerchiefs, 2S0 com fort kits, 237 "sheets. Last year 506 Xmas boxes, the contents of which were furnished by this department were sent to the boys overseas. Fourteen cases of clothing were sent to the Belgians. The profit from the making of Ser ^vice Flags amounted to $106.95. Mrs. Hood wishes to thank all those who helped her, and those who so fcindlyrloaned the electric cutting ma chine, sewing machines, and electric fans. She also wishes to beg further assistance, as this department now has an allotment of 1,000 sweaters and 400 refugee garments, and also 500 sweaters that must be darned. The Surgical Dressings Department, with Mrs. W. D. Boykin at its head, was organized on April 1st 1918, and continued up until November 15th. The following- ladies were first to take the course offered them, which was taught'by Miss Clelia Smith: Standard Special?7-Mesdames W. D. Boykin, Ferd Xrevt A. C. Phelps, Nina Solomons, C. L. Stubbs, Sidney Stubbs, Alston Stubbs, Parier, Mieses Hassie Parrott Mabel Booth, Isadore Teich a Standard?Mesdames Henry Hill, I. C. Strauss, W. B. Burns, Abe Rytten berg, Chas. Schwartz, Misses Amie Teicher, Jennie McLeod, Claudia Fr? ser; Ida Boykin. Standard Classes taught by Miss Mabel Booth and Miss Hassie Parrott: -?Misses Julia Reynolds, Mary Hayns worth. Natalie Norman, Winnie Brun son. Kate Moses, Julia Schwerin, Mesdames I. A. Ryttenberg, Wm. Moran, T. D. McMahan, J. D. Graham, R. D.-Lee, L. H. Deas, Miss M. A. Booth. This department was given an al lotment every month, and deserves much credit for the work it has done. " Mrs. Boykin-reports the following allotments received and sent to At lanta at end of each month: April?1 case miscellaneous dress ings, 1,560 large cotton pads. May?574 large cotton pads. 4 30 split irrigation pads. June?1 case miscellaneous guaze dressings, 828 split irrigation pads. July?4,000 2x2 guaze sponges, 840 absorbent cotton pads. August?Special order of miscel laneous gauze dressings. September?Allotment of 512 split Irrigation pads was interrupted by special war work, then after being stopped by orders from headquarters, shipped 304 pads. October?1,000 contagious ward masks. Surgical supplies on hand No vember 15th: 1,70c yards, gauze. 8 bolts cotton Jflannel, 600 pounds absorbent bot tom 650 pounds non-absorbent cotton. 1' 1-2 rolls tar paper, 100 large bags. 50 small bags. 20 pounds kraft pa per (approximately). The Canteen was formally opened on May 14th. with Mrs. A. C. Phelps as chairman, and on that day served its first troop train with coffee, etc. The troop trains served since aggre gate about 150, transporting about 46,600 men, who were given refresh ments and cheer through this com mittee. In th?'service and work, the com mittee used approximately the fol lowing supplies: 8,045 sandwiches. 39,000 cigarettes. 946 watermelons. 100 pounds pea nuts. 10,000 bananas. 10 pounds to bacco, 40 gallons ice cream. 13.000 postcards, 1.660 pounds candy. 0 bushels peaches. 1.235 gallons iced tea. 5.525 apples. 360 cigars. 944 bottles Chero-Cola. 2.800 magazines Everything was given to the soldiers except coffee, of which 357 gallons were sold. Cash Receipts? $460.50 by Philharmonic Club, pro ceeds of vaudeville show $556.00 from play "As You Were." $177.68 from coffee sales. $591,83 from other donations. Expenditures $1,369.44. Balance in bank, $416.57. Not once did this committee have to call on the Red Cross for money, due, to the many donatiohs The committee desires especially to thank all those who contributed sup-] plies and money, and thinks it but! proper to mention the excellent ser yiees given by the Boston Candy | Kitchen. It wishes to express appre ciation for the use of the canteen building and the co-operation in the work given by the railroad officials, and also for the good work done by the Colored Auxiliary. The Civilian Relief Committee, or Home Service Department as it is known, has been organized just four months, under the supervision of Miss Antonia Gibson. During that time, however, much good has been done. Twenty-six families have been helped, one financially to the amount of $.}5. Thirty-four applications have been mad? for allotments and allow ances. Just a little more than a year ago, the faculty of the city schools or ganized the Junior Red Cross. The boys and girls were quick to respond, as the following report shows: The Washington school has had no regular organization, but the little folks have supported a French orphan by keeping "penny rays." This work is being continued under the leadership of Miss Florence Oben schain. The Hampton school, under Miss Ina McNally, organized a Red Cross society last January. Since then $121.75 has been collected; a French orphan is being supported, 100 tongue depressors have been given to Atlan ta headquarters; a Xmas box sent to soldiers overseas; squares for two afghans knitted by both boys and girls; boxes made for shipping sup plies; scrap books rru ? and sent to camps, and in the spring, flowers i wem regularly to the hospital at Camp j I Jackson. j The pupils at the Girls' High school I are well organized under Miss Ruth Harrington. They have sent flowers, plants, aWl jellies to Camp Jackson; knitted an afghan and made scrap books for hospials; ^knitted many garments for the local chapter; sent three boxes of clothing to the Bel gians; collected 300 volumes for camp libraries; donated old silver amount ing to $35; made and paid for ma terial for 175 garments for refugee relief, and are now finishing an al lotment of 40 property bags for hos pitals; collected $325 for the Blind Relief Fund, and have made the fol lowing'money donations: Children of America "Relief Fund_ .*. $35.00 A Belgian Hospital Relief Fund.'. 30.00 Armenian Relief Fund. 80.00 $145.00 The boys at the Calhoun School, under the .leadership of Miss E. H. Hepburn, are also doing good work. Miss Katherine Moses is now chair man of the entire Junior Red Cross Auxiliary. Mrs. R. K. Wilder, chairman of the Supply committee, reported as follows: Total amounts paid for: Outing.$2,063.20 Unbleached Homespun .. .. 324.3S j i Tape. 31.05 j i Buttons. 26.79 Thread. . . 13.15 Emblems ... .. . 6.51 Handkerchiefs for Xmas bxs 34.45 Cretonne and flannel. 32.20 Linen .. ... 283.93 Wool. 1 . 2,222.33 Sundries. 18.89 Total paid out.$5,056.88 Supplies on hand; 10 bolts ging ham 3980 yards outing, 120 dozen buttons. 40 pounds wool, 3 1-4 dozen soools thread, 300 emblems. FT me Service Department Fully Organ ized. The officers and new executive board of the Red Cross met Wednesday af ternon to discuss the home service work that is to be carried on in the future. Mr. R. L. Parkinson from At 'anta headquarters was present, and spoke of the good that can be accom plished by this branch of the Red Cross. As can be seen in the above report, this work has been carried on under the Civilian Relief Commit tee. The committee was most enthus iastic and has promised a full co operation with Mr. Parkinson, because now that actual fighting is over, the Home Service Department is consid ered of more importance than ever to the returning soldier and his family. It Should Have Been, On to Berlin! Manufacturers Record, Nov. 2S. Some weeks ago Secretary of the Navy Daniels in a public address said he had an engagement to march with the American troops into Berlin, but. unfortunately. Mr. Daniels' plar.s can not now be carried out. for the Amer ican troops wer?- stopped before they had a chance to get to Berlin. Major K. K. Huger, well known throughout the South, writing from St. Petersburg, Fla., on this point, says: "It looks as if the Kaiser and his gang of murderers are going to es cape punishment. The granting of a truce?armistice to Germany was a crime for which the world will, I fear, suffer for all time, if not for eterni ty." The Manufacturers Record is in thorough accord with this sentiment. We believe that for generations, pos sibly for centuries to come, the world iwill suffer ?because of the armistice granted to Germany, when one great issue before civilization was to make the criminals surrender uncondition- i ally and then for civilization to die- j t?te in Berlin the terms of their pun-| ishment. giving them no more right to talk back or to appeal to neurotic) sympathy of the flabby-h<-arted, weak-minded people than the black-1 est criminal has when convieP-d of an atrocious crime and condemned by j a judge and jury unto death. Delicate it. "Shall I sing Tost, s Good-by*? in-; quired the young man who tries hard j to be entertaining. , "I don't care whoso you usn," re plied Miss Cayenne. "And don't bother to sing. Just say it."?Wash ington Star. Answers an Easy One. "How did so many of the mpn who] are in training camps happen to get j influenza ?" "We give up." "ecause they were in the draft."?J Nashville Tennessean. 1 Congratulates People of South Carolina Secretary of Agriculture Sends Letter to Governor on Oc casion of Releasing State From Federal Cattle Tick Quarantine. I Washington, Dec. 11.?Congratula- j tions to the people of South Carolina. I on thoir achievement in eradicating the cattle fever tick to such an extent i that the federal quarantine against. the shipment of cattle from quaran tined areas was wholly lifted Decem-1 ber 1 are contained in a letter from Secretary of Agriculture D. F. Hous ton to Hon. Richard I. Manning, gov ernor of South Carolina. The secretary's letter follows: "The people of South Carolina, and especially of.the ten counties tr> be released on December 1 from the fed eral quarantine against the cattle fev er tick, are to be congratulated on their succes in eradicating this de structive insect enemy of the cattle industry in the South. This further action removes the quarantine restris ticns from the entire State. This is I important not only to your State but also to the entire country, especially! the tick infested portions, since it means a broad avenue of free terri tory to the Atlantic Ocean. In 1917, the State of Mississippi was released from quarantine, making the first strip of uninfested territory from the j interior to the Gulf. These achieve- | ments, coupled with the fact that in j both 1917 and 1918 all previous rec ords in amount of territory cleared of the tick have been broken, furnish ground for belief that, within a few I years, the parasite wiil be driven from j American soil. This will result in great benefit not only to southern live stock raising and general agriculture, but to the nation as a whole. For a considerable period, as I pointed out in a recent statement to the farmers and agricultural forces of America, the world will have need particularly of a larger supply than normal of live stock, and especially of fats. We should not fail, therefore, to adopt every feasible means of economically increasing our live stock products. As a part of our program, we should give due thought to the eradication and control of all animal diseases, one of the most destructive forms of whiqh is carried by the cattle fever tick. ' With cattle fever conquered and with troublesome quarantine restric tions .eliminated, nothtng should hamper the free interchange of live stock between the northern feeding regions arid the farms of South Car olina. The farmers of the State are now free to develop the dairy industry upon a plane of profitable production. They are ?also free to sell their beef :attle on their merits in competition with all other tick-free animals in stead of being required to dispose of them for what they will bring for im mediate slaughter. "To people of South Carolina be longs the fullest credit for their en ;erprise in providing dipping vats and :he necessary arsenical solutions, :heir persistence in dipping all their j.nimals regularly, and their determi lat.Ion to let nothing interfere with vork of eradcation. I hope that they vill be equally diligent in seeing j hat nothing is omitted to prevent)3 he reappearnce of the tick in the >ta te. "It has "been a pleasure and a >rivilege to cooperate with Clemson College and your other State and '-lo ?a1 agencies in this -important an?ji uccessful undertaking. "Respectfully, "D. F. Houston, "Secretary." j j c i KENTUCKY TOBACCO FARMERS. Unprecedented Prosperity Since Au tumn of 19.15. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 11.?Kentucky farmers who produce about thirty percent of the country's tobacco have j: jxperienced unprecedented prosperity |i since 1915' and this autumn were able to get nearly three times the pricp with which they would have!' be<m content at the beginning of the|j war. I j Eighty percent of the 250,000,000 It pounds of burley tobacco used in the : United States comes from Kentucky, j * In 1914 prices for all qualities of * leaf, lugs and trash averaged be- J ( tween ten and twelve cents a pound. x while the price for the heavy, dark ] export type of tobacco grown in the|e "black patch" of western KentuckyM climbed from six cents to sixteen cents. When the war began tobacco pro duction in European countries was virtually halted and there was a tre mendous drain on the big stocks of American tobacco in European ware houses. It was the demand made upon these reserve stocks that sent prices upward, rather than the over seas shipments, which were in reality!] smaller than those in times of peace, ji dealers say. As the big reserve "sup plies decreased. American exporters began buying in the American mar ket to replace the stocks when peace j; would bring adequate transportation j facilities. h The amount now held for export, L however, is not sufficient, in the ] opinion of big dealers, to replenish j] foreign stocks. They say that this j ^ condition, coupled with the desire ofjj domestic manufacturers to increase^ their stocks, will make competition j j keen for a y??ar. The Kaiser. h I The Kaiser bud six hundred years j of an ancestry that he worshipped: | six hundred years of the greatest in-, heritance ih.it ever came to a human', being. Like a gambler it was risked j. on tho throw of a dice, and ho lost.: and for the rest of his li!'e. if he j liv^s ever so long, be lives amidst por-> row, regret, and bitterness, deserted by the kings whom he h.rs 'hurl- 1 ; from thoir thrones, cursed by the peo ple who have suffered so much, an 1 cursed by his own people- Why? De c-use he did not win and bring them the loot which they hoped to share.? lion. Chauncey Depew. ? Letter From the Front i ? - Mr. F. B. Creech Writes of Ser vice in France and Bel gium. Dear Brunk: I am wondering how you people back home feel over the war being over. Everybody over here is feeling fine. The first two or three days af ter the armistice was signed, the French and Belgians had some time. They would march up and down the streets hollering, singing, sending up rockets and all kinds of things were pulled off. Of course, we Americans are more than glad it is over, but you can imagine how much more the French and Belgians appreciate what it means after having seen more than four years of it. Have been in Bel gium for about a month now and like the country and people very much. The people are more like Americans in every respect than the French are. Some parts of the coun try are very prety, but others are in awful shape. The worst looking bat tlefields I have seen at all are in Bel gium. We detrained near Ypres wh?n arriving in this country, and from that point to the detraining point and above the detraining point was the worst looking sight I ever expect to see. A single house could not be seen anywhere that had not been shelled and all the trees and un derbrush had been cut down. The fields were completely filled with holes, and largo banks were seen everywhere wrecked. When we de trained we had to hike for 22 kilos to our station?and through mud, rain and water. You have heard of the Flanders mud? Well, it is some mud, j believe me. When we reached ourj headquarters, which was in a small tosvn evacuated by the fleeing Huns just eight days before and which was all but demolished, we found that the fields surrounding it were full of dead Germans. Our Burial Officer put about sixty-five of them beneath the ?od and it's hard to tell how many mie.ht have been found. Of course, his job was not an easy one for some of 1 hem had been there for a week or more. Shortly after arrival, our Di vision made a drive and had great results. The Belgians were tickled to see American soldiers for none had been up here before, and in more than 3ne tow they hailed our boys as de live rers. Well, we have seen some service 3ince we landed, and I feel that the Division has been honored more than me time. To begin with, we came icrcss on the largest boat in the vorld, which was the Leviathan (formerly the German Veterland.) [t brought across about 13.000 sol liers. We had one destroyer to con voy us for about three days, two days ive traveled alone, and the sixth day "our destroyers joined us and brought as to shore; and we did not see a submarine. But that does not mean :hnt we were not expecting them, for m the last trip the ship made be fore she came very near being caught >n the return journey. It is so fast, iowever, that it. car outrun a U-boat. t"ou see it only took us seven days t? nake the trip. We landed in the )ort at Brest (can jou find it on the hap?) about 4:00 P. M., the seventh lay. The moon shone bright that tight, and the most beautiful scenery ! ever expect to see was as I looked tcross the water that night and saw he wave-washed shores of France. The next morning we debarked an^ nafched out to the camp, and wiii -ou believe me when I tell you that ve were quartered in barracks built try Napoleon, I know it is hard for ?nc to realize such a thing, but it s true nevertheless. We remained here two or three days and then tarted on the journey which has hot 'et ended, but the end ca? now . be eon, however. We have served on he Lorraine front, in the Argonne, he St. Mhiel, and our Division was lonored by being one of two Ameri :an division sent up here to help de iv< r the Belgians. You will see rem this that we have seen* sorm ervice. Everybody is proud of hav ng been with a division which has een so much active service and so nuch of the countries, although it tas been hard on all of us. No one an appreciate what it mean ? ,Je n dugouts and trenches wh?. . ?...e hells are falling thick and fast, ex ept those who have really experienc d it, and another thing that cannot ?e estimated justly except by exper fr.ee is to try to sleep in some little illage when those dastardly Huns ome over and bomb the entire town, -lore precautions have to be taken Q regard to the latter than any other me thing, for the Huns are great on inding out where troops are billeted .nd getting information about move nents, and as soon as they do, they ;et busy. And you are simply at his ncrcy when he begins to drop them, here being absolutely no protection .gainst them unless a dugout can be ound that is shell proof and I have 10t seen one yet that I thought was. have seen several aviators and talk d to them about the bombs that are is-.'d, and I believe that they are real y more afraid of them than any one Ise?they know what damage can be lone by one. I have seen a number >f the Huns brought down and it was ihvays a pretty sight to see them fall. : recall that on one occasion I saw me of them come over our lines and ;et two of our balloons on fire and one )f our observers was killed, and that ;on-of-a-gun had the nerve to start >aek the same way he came over, but ie did not get far, a shell from one of >ur guns cut him down. This is the first chance I have had o write you at length about what I lave seen and taken part in. Al hough my part has been small corn ered with the doughboys (their part las been the biggest of it all,) at the ;ame time I am very glad indeed for laving given Uncle Sam the best that rcas :in me in this the greatest of all ivars. Now, I am ready to go back lerne at any time. I have not for gotten how the old Statue of Liberty ooked as I sailed from an American >ort on June 23d. at the same time I ?shore" would like to see "her" igain. When through with this, pub ish it in the Item. It may be inter esting reading for some of my friends n the good old town. With very best wishes. I am, very sincerely. Fulton B. Creach. A. F. C. Ieadfiuarfrs 37th Division. American E. F.. A. P. O. 763. Hits the Mark. Husband?"It is a strange thing. >ut true, that the biggest fools have he most beautiful wives." "vVife?"Oh. you flatterer!"?Judge. Kept Ills Word. Harold?"I thoucht you made a resolution not to drink any more." Percy?"I did." Harold?"But you are drinking as much as ever." Percy?"Well that Isn't any more, is it?"?Pearson's Weekly. j Making Bonds Safe J Treasury Department Plans to Protect Bondholders From Loss or Theft of Bonds. Washington, Dec. L?To insure against loss or theft of Liberty Bonds, owners are being urged by the treas ury to have their coupon bonds reg istered, although the procedure re sults in a great amount of work and expense for the government, now that the number of bond owners runs above thirty millions. The registra tion can be arranged at most banks, and is done without cost to. the owner. After registration, if a bond is acci dentally lost, stolen or destroyed, the government will pay it at maturity just the same, and interest checks will be mailed to the bond owner twice a year without requiring him to go to the trouble of clipping cou pons and presenting them at a bank. "The fact that bonds of the First Liberty Loan or bonds of the Second Liberty Loan are converted into bonds bearing higher rate of interest does not affect the dates on which inter est is payable," explains a treasury announcement. Interest is paid on bonds of the first loan, regardless of whether they have been converted, on June 15, and De cember 16; on bonds of the second loan, May 15 and November 16; third loan, March 15 and September 16; Fourth loan, April 15 and October 15. The treasury also explains that owing to the mechanical difficulties of preparing millions of interest checks on registered bonds, coupon bonds will not be exchanged for registered bonds or registered bonds transferred on the books from the owner to an other, during a month before an in terest paying date of each particular loan. For example, exchanges or transfers can not be arranged for First Liberty Loan bonds between May 15 and June 16; and between No vember 15 and December 16. For the Second loan, these dates would be April 15 to May 16; and October 15 to November 16. For the Third loan, February 15 to March 16; and August 15 to September 16. For the Fourth loan, March 15 to April 16; and September 15 to October 16. This arrangement is explained ?/ the treasury as follows "During any period when the transfer books for any particular loan are closed no transfers of registered bonds of such loan or "nterchanges of registered and coupon bonds of such loan will be permitted, but if requests for transfer of any such registered bonds or interchanges of any such registered and coupon bonds are re ceive! during any such closed period, the requests will receive attention upon the reopening of the books. "The semi-annnual interest will be paid to the person in whose name bonds are registered as shown by the books of the treasury department on the date the books'close regardless of any disposition that may be made by the registered holder during the c-os ed period. If coupon bonds are pre . nted for exchange for registered bonds during such closed periods, the coupon next due should be de tached and collected in the usual manner. If registered bonds are presented for exchange for coupon bonds during such closed periods, in terest on such registered bonds will be paid m the usual manner, and the coupon bonds delivered upon such exchange after the reopening of the boks will have the coupon matur ing on the interest day for which the books were closed and prior coupon? detached." FOR WOUNDED AMERICANS. Y. M. C. A. in Paris Receives Collec tion of Money from Chile. Paris, Dec. 9.?Fifty three dollars, collected by a small group of engi neers employed by a copper company at Valparaiso, Chile, for wounded . nerican boys, ame all the way to headquarters of the Y. M. C. A. in Paris the other day, and this is what happened to it. E. C Carter, chief of the Y. M. C. A. overseas activities, gave the money to his secretary tell .ng her to spend every cent of it on - boys in a certain hospital who needed seme extra comforts. The secretary and two other girls, all in the uniform of the Y. M. C. A collected a lot of the latest news papers and magazines from home, bought up cigarettes, chewing gum, chocolate, jam and a basket full of fresh white grapes, and then, laden way beyond the limit of their ancient hack, drove to the big base hospital on the world-famous race track at Autcuil just outside Paris, once the home of sport and now the home of a thousand or more wounded Amer ican soldiers. Cigarettes were given to every man in four wards, also a box of matches. Then the three girls went into gas : ward, where boys are not all?1 u to- ' bacco in any form until the ga^ is en tirely out of their systems. Each of : these boys was given chewing gum, and some of them were so glad to get it that they actually cried. Others were not so far down with the ravages of the attack and sang out glad "Hur- J rays," but there wasn't a man in that ward whose day was not made easier by that package of gum. The grapes were taken into the medical 'ward, where fever patients ' with parched throats were relieved by 1 the cooling fruit. The jam was given to various nurses, for there was none too much of it and not nearly enough 1 for all the boys. The nurses take these little extras and hide them un der lock and key in their medicine chests. And now and then it is given to bed ridden patients whose appe tites, as well as their tired bodies. , need nursing. 1 Her Little Plan. - "I je you a good deal with young : Flubdub.' 1 ?Yes, auntie." < "I hope you are not going to mar- 1 ry a spendthrift." i "Oh. no. I don't think I'll marry t him. But it's nice going around with one."?Louisville Courier-Journal. d I The New Calomel a Perfect Success i _ Calotabs, the newly perfected cal j omel. is absolutely purified from all j of the unpleasant, sickening and dan [gerous qualities of the old-style calo j mel. The new Calotabs are rapidly ! taking the place of the old-style calo mel tablets, as they are much more [effective as a liver cleanser and sys tem purifier, yet are entirely free from all objectionable qualities. The new Calotabs are sold only In original, sealed packages; price, thirty-five rents. Your druggist rec ommends and guarantees them.? Advt Paxville News Items. \ Miss Helen Creecy, of Jordan, is the attracive guest at the home of her aunt, Mrs. M. B. Corbett, near town. Miss Pearl Broadway, who was call ed home from Winthrop College on account of the serious illness of her stepmother, Mrs. C. H. Broadway, has* returned to resume her studies. Mrs Broadway is now convalescing at the Tuomey Hospital. At a recent meeting of the Wo man's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church, the following officers were elected for the en suing year: President, Miss Jessie. Curtis; vice president, Miss Ethel Corbett; recording secretary, Mrs. J. W. Mims, Jr., corresponding secretary and treasurer, Mrs. T. -W. Gunter. Mrs. R. C. Reynolds was made lady manager of the junior society. The ladies are very proud of their work this year. In spite of the many va ried calls for money, the society has gone well "over the top." Mrs. C. K. Curtis, of Chesterfield, came a few days ago for a visit to Mrs. S. E. Curtis. Louis Weinberg left last week for work in Sumter at the Western Un ion Telegraph office. Miss Leila Corbett has resigned as postmaster at Paxville to accept a po sition as saleslady in the store of Mr. G. H. Curtis. Miss Ida Davis has charge of the office until her successor can be appointed. Mr. LeRoy Geddings has recently been discharged from Camp Jackson, and is glad to be at home again. The many friends of Miss Emily Broadway are glad to see her out again after a continued illness of in fluenza. Mr. G. H. Curtis has recently , had an eiectric lighting system installed in his residence. Miss Catherine McLaurin, of Sum ter, was a very welcome visitor in our town last week. ? Miss Jimmie Broadway, teacher in the g aded school is sick with in fluenza. Mrs. J. W. Mims, Jr., has charge of her grades until she can re turn. Rev. A. S. Lesley has been return ed to the Methodist church here to begin his third pastorate. He went to conference with an overfiwing treas ury, j iTj. CAPITAL AND LABOR. (Better Wages Means Better Health Among the Laboring Class. Chicago, Dec. 12.?Good wages generally mean good health, accord ing to Arthur E. Holder, member of the Federal Board of Vocational Edu cation. The higher the wage the better would be the health of the em ploye and the greater his output, he told the American Public Health As sociation today in an address in which he advocated an eight-hour day and increased wages. Mr. Holder proposed that the fed eral health agencies be concentrated Into one department with a secretary at its head and that the secretary should be a member of the president's cabinet. Panics, said Mr. Holder were brought about more by inequitable distribution of wealth than by any >ther cause. He quoted statistics to ?how that in 1850 the wage earner-ob tained 23 1-4 cents of every dollar's ?vorth of value he created, but that in 1910 he got only 16 1-2 cents. He idded: "Formerly when the laborer got 23 cents in wages for each dollar of his product, panics occurred about once n twenty years, as witness 1837, 1857, LS77. Since real wages shrunk to 16 :ent on the dollar, panics roll around more frequently as the record shows ?1884, 1894, 1907, 1914. . "Nothing influences our individual health more than severe changes in our economic life. During busy pe riods workers are literally rushed -to death. During panicky periods, the workers and employers spend a large part of their energy fretting their ives away. "Since the union cigarmakers adopted the eight-hour day in 1888, Jrom twelve to fifteen years have been added to the average life of the ci jarmakers," he added. "Similar ex periences have been recorded by oth *r organized wage earners. The work ers realize that health is their capital. To keep health or improve health means increased power to produce. The speaker then gave a labor pro gram of health and safety which in dueled, the following- provisions: "Continued agitation for a shorter work day to a maximum of eight hours for all manual toilers; demand for a higher minimum wage for all labor; release from work at least one full day in seven; elimination of the sweat-shop system; enforcement of rigid child labor laws; abolition of night work by women and minors; equal pay for equal work regardless ?f sex." Overseas Gasoline Demand. Since the signing of the armistice the overseas demand for motor trans port grade of gasoline has increased rather than diminished. The motor transport grade and the two aviation lualities are chief items in the over seas demand upon American supply sources. Aviation demands have greatly increased. Overseas demands is well as domestic requirements will lave a considerable bearing upon any lecision as to whether it is desirable to fix a standard of quality for do mestic motor gasoline. The fuel ad ninistration has for some time had ??dpr consideration the question of a tomestic standard. ( _