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17 PATIENTS DIE I IN HOSPITAL FIRE < One-Story Structure State Hospital For the Insane Demolished. i Columbia, May 29.?Seventeen pa- jj tients of the South Carolina State j Hospital for the Insane lost their lives ? in a fire which destroyed the ward oc- t cupied by idiots and mental defectives n at 3 o'clock this morning:. Two other p patients are reported in a critical con- * dition. Fifteen bodies were removed ' from the ruins and two others died * during the day. The dead and seriously injured all are from South Carolina. The list of dead follows: 1 J. W. Brock, Seneca. b Willie Boyter, Moore. \ Jake Bell, Aiken. S II. H. Free, Blackwell. J. E. Greer, Greer. h J. R. Green, Spartanburg. ' Rufus Hewitt, Avnor. 1 L. M. Lewie, Cpnway. H. D. Newton, Winnsboro. ' e Albert McSwain. Vaucluse. a John Owensey, Greenville. r E. L. Stillman, Williamston. o J. C. Todd, Charleston. v Walter White; Plum Branch. k T. H. Wells, Mt. Carmel. 11 Thomas W. Baker, Marion. 1 The injured follow: f J. B. Timmerman, Kersy. g Henry Lamb, Ridgeland. a Hector Ijogan, Brookland. ? The casualty list was given out by j J. Blakeley Scott, coroner for Rich- o land County, who is conducting the official investigation. 11 f _ e i.i ?t- -> * ji-j r niccn 01 muse wno are cieau uieti in the burned building and Thomas W. * Baker succumbed in the infirmary this # morning at 8:45 o'clock. J. B. Tim- 0 mermann and Henry Lamb are not ex- c pected to survive, but Hector Logan $ may recover, unless complications set in. Two other patients received triv- to ial burns. T The dead are so charred, stated Dr. . P C. Fred Williams, superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane, this j morning, that they can not be identi- B fied. However, all those who lost their lives are known, he stated, but they I can not be differentiated, except, possibly, in two cases. ' Pathetic Incident. One of the pathetic things in con- ^ nection with the tragedy was the tendency of the patients, after they had a been gotten safelv from the burning c structure, to rush "back into the flames, f It is believed that the majority of the b inmates were successfully rescued, but the asylum authorities are certain that a number of them rushed back * into the building to tbeir deaths. It ^ is know*n that one of the patients did this. Thn doarl and iniured are not retru lar patients at the State llosnital for the Insane, but were placed there for institutional treatment. They are all from South Carolina. The ward where they were confined was one of the older structures of the asylum, easily accessible to every part of the grounds. The patients were sleeping in an open ward, and, it was thought, in case of fire they easily could be gotten out. These patients need the greatest care, as they had the mental growth of children of very tender years, and their minutest want had to be looked after by attendants. They were to have been placed in the School for the Feeble-Minded when it had been constructed. The dead and injured are between l<r> and (10 years of age. The fire was discovered at 2:50 o'clock this morning by J. H. Altman, ^ the nurse in charge of the ward. Mr. j Altman smelled something like the odor of burning cloth. He thought [ that one of the patients might have set fire to his bedclothes in some manner, and h? made the round of the building without being able to ascer- 1 tain the cause of the smell. He looked ( into the clothes room of the w*ard, and , everything there appeared to he alright, he declared. Just then, however, he said that the heavens lit ur> hist as if there was an explosion, and the whole roof of the building was enveloped in flames. He gave the alarm and the fire department was immediately summoned. There seems to be a sort of vague feeling in the atmosphere that the U-boat is not starving England as rapidly as it should?Chattanooga News. No. 666 ThU is prescription prepsrsd especially j for MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER. ! Five or six doses will break any ease, and ! '* if taken then ss a toalc the Fever will not I rthuro. It acta on the liver better than 1 Calootal and does not <|ripe or sicken. 2Se / 10W FARMER BOYS1 IAN FIGHT KAISER IRYAN W' LL1NGH AM, STATE 1 PRIZE WINNER IN BOYS' CORN ( CLUB CONTESTS FOR 19W, SETS THE PACE. Columbia.?What one boy can do, . nother can do. There should be an American boy to match every German ! ioy in producing food to feed the ar- | nies fighting at the front and the famlies of the soldiers left at home. In ( lermany the boys are working. On he farms in America, from which so " nany men have gone to take their f daces In the fighting line, there is a v ;reat opportunity for patriotic service k or the farm boys not yet old enough h o fight with a gun. Their weapons a re the plow and the hoe. Bryan Willingham, of Winnsboro, f 'airfield cunty. first State prize win- | >er In the Boys' Corn Club contest for j ^ 917. has set the pace for the farmer oys of South Carolina. What Bryan I s Villingham has done, other boys In louth Carolina can do. h Bryan is seventeen years of age. He t .as been a member of the Corn Club or several years. He has on more a han one occasion won In his county ' h ontest. In 1915 he won a scholarship n o a short course In agriculture offer- q d by Clemson College. In 191(T he s ttended the short course, when he j eceived valuable scientific knowledge f soils, plants and cultural methods, irhich. coupled with his practical 1 ;nowledge. he has applied to his farm- h ng operations with marked success, a le has learned well the lmport&nca f deou and thorough nronnmf Irtn I\t ? ? .?r I ha seed-bed, the value of humus In j he soil, and of good and well-selected < eed. lie has learned the value of ommercial fertilizers and how to ap>}j them for best results; the value * < frequent and shallow cultivation, <id the lnjurlQus effect of pulling the lades or fodder from the corn. With these Important principles rell fixed in his mind, he started out rlth the determination of succeeding, s ad he did so, producing 1K7.S bushels \ if corn on one acre at a cost of 17.6 n ents per bushel. His net profit was t 287.75. This being the best record made >y any member of the Boys' Corn f Hub in South Carolina in 1917, Bryan 1 Vllllngham was declared State cham- 8 4on for that year, and won as prizes i , gold medal offered by Hon A. F. r ..ever and an International No. 4, 6- p hovel pivot axle Riding Cultivator, \, alue $70, offered br the International f larvester Company., of Columbia. The past achievements of this oung farmer have fired htm with a 0 et&rmlnation to do even greater 1 hlngs. He will continue In the olub ,e cork In 1918, after which K Is his ! f lurpose to attend Clemson College b .nd take the complete agricultural v ourse to fit himself for sucoessful arming, which he proposes to make ;( lis life work. Bryan WHllngham's achievement : hould prove an inspiration to the ;' armer boys of South Carolina. o -ARMER3 URGED TO P PLANT LATE CORN c v Columbia.?After grain te harvested, f every available acre of good land a Lhould be planted in late corn, nays g he Food Administration. The Con- { lervation and Production IXvision of lie Food Administration has secured, j or the benefit of those who will plant s ate corn, export advice. | P Cora can be successfully grown, ae- u cording to Clemson College expert*, 'rom Columbia to the coant when 1 >lented by the middle of June. There 1 a yet time, therefore, if corn ia plant- i a >d after the grain crop is harvested, | ' e add largely to the corn acreage in j South Carolina, which is greatly desir- I able. Only good land should be planted v n late com, however. The poorer ? and can be made to produce food by | planting cow pees and peanuts, Ft is stated that it will probably net !>e wise to plant corn after grain In :he Piedmont section, because of the ^ shorter season. For grain lands in this section, cow peas, soy beans and c peanuts ars recommended. f > v MO REASON FOR HIGH PRICES ON WHEAT SUBSTITUTES Celumbia>?The Food Admdnistrae lion has seat out a warning to cerp millers snd te wholesale and retail j Jealars In corn, barley and oats pred- , acts mat at tne present prices or tnese (rains cornmeal and oatmeal should be selling at least twenty per cent' below the price of wheat flour and that corn flour and barley flour should be selling at least ten per cent below wheat flour. The high levels ruling In grains as a result of car shortages and storm weather last winter hare new fallen materially with much greater freedom sf transportation and the stocks accumulated by manufacturers and traders at the prices ruling then should have been liquidated by this time, In the view ef the Food Administration The malntenanoe of higher price levels by millers and wholesalers will require Justification to the State and Weal administrators, and although retailors are net under control, wholesalers will he Instructed te ceaae dealing wtth retailers whe can not Jmatlfy their prteea en the heats of the ceet of their geode 1ECLAHES HE FOUND TANLAO WONDERFUI I Can't Find Words to Express M; Praise of It" S CHARLESTON MAIS tetired Farmer Declares Numbe Number of Ills Kept Him Feeling Badly for Long Time . qffl N.. shrde tlaoetaoishrdlshrdd< "I can and do recommend Tanla. ecause of the way it helped me. Tan ;ic is a wonderful medicine, and annot find words to express nn iraise of it," declared C .L. Carter f 71 Bay St., Charleston, a retire, armer. "For seven years I suffere< nth stomach trouble, indigestion aw idney trouble. During that time ind the best treatment I could go nd even went to the hospital, with ut getting permanent relief. I suf ered from a number of minor ill tha lways kept me feeling badly, and icliove I had gall stones. My mo.s erious trouble was convulsions, am t times I would be unconscious foi lours. I have had these attacks or he street. "My men urged me to take Tanlae nd I took it, though then I did 1101 lave much faith in it or any othei nedicine. But I can now say thai "anlac is wonderful. I have taker even bottles and I feel as well as ever did. I have not had one ol hose convulsions since I started tak ng Tanlae. I feel like a new man iave lots of strength and energy and m not troubled at all." For sale by Palmetto Drug Co. Jnion; Buffalo Drug Co., Buffalo; K ). Bailey, Carlisle; B. G. Wilburn & ?on, Cross Keys; Jonesville Drug Co. lonesville; Lockhart Mills Store, ^ockhart; R. J. Fowler, Monarch. LEFUSES TO GIVE CORRECT TIME Til Vf OA //*? v>iir?^v?, An., iuuy ^\yurrupondence of the Associated Press)? Vatch repairing in Chicago has lore than doubled as the result ol he telephone company's refusal to ;ive the correct time of day to subcribers on and after May 1, accordng to jewelry houses and department tore heads here. The order also has ncreased considerably the sale ol lew watches and alarm clocks t( iersons, who hitherto have depended argely on the telephon^^compaij or the time of day. ? According to the manager of on< f the largest department stores ii he city, the watch repairing by hii stablishment increased more thai ifty per cent almost before the ordei ecame effective, and the sale o: matches especially the cheaper kind nd alarm clocks leaped forward rap Uy. Figures compiled by telephone ex ierts showed that more than 250,00( iersons in Chicago called the operat r daily and asked "the correct time lease." Repeal of the time honoTet ustom telephone experts declared /as due to the burdens imposed upor acilities of the company by the war nd several other causes. Children ome of whom were unable to tell th? ime, it is said, were the chief of enders, while others wishing t* hoW that they could use the tele hone always demonstrated by ask ng for the "correct time." " nvigoratlng to the Pale and Sickly 'he Old Standard general strengthening tonic IROVli'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out 1 alar ia. enriches the blood, and builds up the avsem. A true tonic. Fcr adults and children. 50t The two mules recently mentionet i the government's casualty report /ere probnbly trying to ki^k goa ver the new Hindenburg lino. :or Indigestion, Constipation 01 Biliousness lust try one 50-cent bottle of LAX-POJ VITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digeathr* -axative pleasant* to take. Made and ecommended to the public by Paris Medline Co., manufacturers of Laxative Bromc iuinine and Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic itexsm Railroad Men These men know from experience that Sloan's Liniment will take the stiffness t>ut of joints and the soreness out of muscles?And it's so convenient) No rubbing required. It quickly penetrates and brings relief. Easy to apply and cleaner than mussy plasters or ointments. Always have a bottle in the house for rheumatic aches, lama back, sprains and strains. Generous sized bottles at all druggists. 25c.. 50c.. $1.00. loan's prices not increased, 25c 60c $1 ONE REASON WHY JAI'AN DID NOT OVERRUN SIBERIA Tokio, April 2K.?Correspondence of the Associated Press).?One of the >' reasons which may have exerted considerable influence in restraining Japan from taking military action to [ prevent the Germans from over-running Siberia, was the extremely scr:r ous food problem here. The price of rice has risen by leaps and bounds, and all other staple food stuffs have followed closely. This is in part ex1 plicable as due to increased cost of c transportation and to the abnormally - dry and cold winter which seriously I cut down the supply of green vegeta' I hies, but it is generally understood .;that increased cost of living in Japan I is due to profiteering. I Against any attempt on the part of ' the government to stop this the great ' Seiyukai party seems to stand firm. f Ti. 1 _ t? ? * * ... it nas us DacKinp m large capitalistic interests which are definitely opposed " to any government mobilization of industry or even food supplies. In the ' large profits that are being made, the t labor class, to a considerable extent, ' have shared and are able to commnno r a higher rate of earning which en1 abled them to live. Hut the very large middle class suffered during the lat? ter pai't of the winter. 1 The food problem now seems capable of amelioration through the ir1f port of rice from Siam and lljvnia, 1 but this would cease when once tin | government had use for its ships for military purposes. This check on marine transportation constitutes the ?e-' ond weighty reason. It would affect. ' not only the common people, on the side of their food, but w'ould also put > a definite stop the business prosper ity. r OLD FALSE TEETH W A N T E D - DONT MATTER I V BROKEN We pay up to 15 dollars per set. Also cash for Old Gold, Silver and broken , Jewelry. Check sent by return mail. Goods held 10 days for sender's approval of our offer. Mazer's Tooth ~ Specialty. Dept. A, 2007 S. 5th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 18-6t-pd-w. I ? CRIME INCREASING ' IN GERMANY London, April 19.?(Correspondence ' of the Associated Press).?Crime | continues to increase alarmingly in all parts of Germany, according to ' German newspapers accounts. At s: conference recently held in Berlin to B discuss "public insecurity," it was stated that most of the burglaries and other crimes are committed at night 1 between Friday and Monday. J Statistics given of the payments on account of burglaries had increased P from $400,000 in 1914 to $1,100,000 in 1910 and to about $5,000,000 in 1917. ' Compensation for stolen goods amounting to nearly $15,000,000 was paid by the Prussian railways in 1917. . as compared with a total of $1,050,000 in 1914. Owing to the constant thefts of food | in Berlin, an official order has been issued that no corn or flour is to be | moved through the streets after dark. The theft of letters is reported to ' be more and more common. One night ' 19 letter-boxes in Charlottenburg were broken open and the letters were j destroyed after the postage stamps had been removed. Owing to the frequent thefts of letters at the town of Mittenwalde, the ? postmaster laid a trap for the thief, ' with the result, according to the German papers, that his ow'n wife has 1 - - been sent to prison for six months. j WINTHROP COLLEGE mi SCHOLARSHIP AND 1 ENTRANCE EXAMINATION * As The examination for the award ofi"n ' vacant scholarships in Winthropj^, College and for the admisson of new * students will be held at the County ,m j Court House on Friday, July f?, at 9 101 . A. M., and also on Saturday, July 6, __ > at 9 A. M., for those who wish to j , make up by examinations additional units required for full admission to the Freshman Class of this institu- ^ tion. The examination on Saturday,!' July fi, will be used only for making" admission units. The scholarships ^ will be awarded upon the examinetion hod on Friday, July .r>. Applicants must not be less than sixteen . j years of aj?e. When scholarships are llw, vacant after July 5 they will be jo awarded to those making the high- ^ est average at this examination, pro- ^ vided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for j)()( scholarships should write to President Johnson for scholarship examination blanks. These blanks, prop- ftn( erly filled out by the applicant, should cofl be filed with President Johnson by July 1st. str Scholarships are worth $100 and j ^ free tuition. The next session will rer open September 18, 1918. For further information and catalogue, al- arr dress President D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill S. C. 20-6t. the Plies Cured In 6 to 14 Days Yonr diuiflit will refund money II FAIO OUI OINTMHNT falls to cure any care of Itching, tie Blind. hleedlngor Protruding Pilea in6tol4daya. I The Aral application give a Kaac and Beat. 90c. OD! ItKFOKK Vol' START TO I AROUND AM) SKK I S, AM) YO THE RIGHT STUFF AT THE Rl< TERIAES. WK KNOW THAT IKJ \VK CANT AFFORD TO GIVE RIGHT STI FF AT THE RIGHT 1 Bailey Builder P*1 1 1 M|p. Luzianr g ~j~q anybody 1^??^ the fla | Luzianr c^jL^-^Tw> ' hot bev< J I cokkw. . . lips, you ^Reiiv loNrtort* '"porters&ROA4U*4 What y f A <^r-? ^sss^P question "When It Pom EET1NGS TO RE IIELI) FOR COMMl'NITY CLl'BS I ? At the cotton conference hcM in I lumbia on May 14th, a special com- j i ttee was appointee, to perieei plan i the formation of (Community Mar- I.I bintr Clubs and County Mar hetin; sociations throughout South Caro- .N a. The members of that committee 't in the ollice of State Warehouse < mmissioner on Monday afternoon ? il arranged for meetings stt several inty seats. p Below are the names of the places :mons mark skin wiiitk. soft, clkar f t ike this beauty lotion for a few . cents and see for yourself t rVhat Kirl or woman hasn't heard ' r lemon juice to remove eompcxion mishes; to whiten the skin and to ^ njr out the rose, the freshness and hidden beauty? Hut lemon juice J1 ne is acid, therefore irritating, and s way. Strain through a line cloth | i juice of two fresh lemons into a -tie containing about three ounces ? orchard white, then shake well and 1 l have a whole quarter pint of skin i complexion lotion at about the s t one usually pays for a small jar ^ ordinary cold cream. Be sure to 11 ain the lemon juice so no pulp pets ^ 0 the bottle, then this lotion will ^ nain pure and fresh for months, len applied daily to the face, neck, ns and hands it should help to aeh, clear, smoothen and beautify 1 skin. \ny druggist will supply three ices of orchard white at very litcost and the grocer has the lemi. tl lLI). UOOO KIM KM). CUM K i: Wll.l. I IM) TH AT \YK II W K HIT IMIICK IN lll'II.DIMi M \iNESTY IS Til K HKST I'UI.K Y. vol ANYTHING HI 1 III K ['RICE. a s supply Uo. one 06 ' the DayRiqht a Cup or Two y? LuzianneA -AND -EGGS and a cup f steaming, stimulating le. What better start could 7 have for the day's work f sanitary, air-tight tin locks vor in! Buy a can of le today. u don't agree it's the best ^rage that ever passed your ir grocer will give you back ou paid for it, and ask no is. So, there. NRcoffee rs, It Rei&ns" t which and the dates on which these leelinjrs will he hold. ?uP'tor. .June 10; Darlington, .June J; Manninir, June 12; Chesterfield, une ! ": Marnwell, June 17; Ramberp; une 1s:* Ihminton, June 1 ; V.derr?n. June 27; (Ireenwood, June 2Q. 'ewherry, June 20. These meetings will he held in Mm minty courthouse at 11 o'clock a. ni. 1' the dates named. OM*?r J*i?es end other meetings will o nrovided later. Cn'trei farmers and al' others who re interested in the establishment^ of state-wide svstem for marketing doton and cotton seed, are urged to atep.d these meetings. The purposes of he South Carolina Cotton Marketing tr<?ani*/ation w?ll he fullv discussed nd every farmer will he given an onlortunity to enroll his name as a nemher of this State organization, 'ertain interests, inimical to those of roducers, are exerting every pos ile influence to induce the trovern lent to ft\ the price of the 101 *< cron. hat is, to fix the nrire before the cf-on as been produced and before the fbst f production has been ascertained: ence the farmers of the State shrpild ssociate themselves together, ^nd h-mld there be any price-fixinpr. tteir oiee and their influence should be %elt n fixinp a reasonable and a just frire or a crop produced by their Jwn ands. Dr. Virgil R. HawkiiL DENTIST | OPFR'.K UPSTAIRS IN f|n:nn C -?> rOSTER BUII.DINC UI1IUII, O. T