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TANKS WONDERFUL * !i FIGHTNIG MACHINES I fc \ British Army Headquarters in j France, Nov. 22.?The impression t which existed in the minds of mai.y soldiers that the British tanks were freaks of little value as instruments of war is being wiped out on account ^ of the achievements of the great army of these mighty engines which, on Tuesday morning, broke through the main Hindenburg line and carried the war miles into enemy territory. The work which the tanks did that day and have been doing since is one of the most striking features of the war. It cannot be said that they arc I alone responsible for the tremendous! vietnrv won liu Jim Ili-iti.i. ? -j iui infantry, artillery and cavalry all have ' played their part. Nevertheless, the tanks drove the entering wedge, with-1' out which this triumph probably j ( would have been impossble. Through Barbed Wire. I In a few hours they lo'*o to shreds i lines of barbed wire, the demolition i of which by a concentration or' artil- < lery would have required many days. 1 ! Furthermore, their employment made i possible the arrangement of the sej|jk . cret attack, which would have been out of question had the artillery been xW brought into play. The tanks have demonstrated fully their power of saving the lives of ( men ana in conserving ammunition. The casualties among the infantry 1 which followed the tanks into action ! ilf you Come in and And save t expem both i H .? T Hursej > Tax I Notice is hereby given that the tax of taxes from October lf>th to Dec. 31 The levy is as follows: State Ordinary county Constitutional school Roads fatf Total Social taxes as follows: Cheraw Graded school, local . . . Cheraw Graded School bonds . . Cheraw Township Road Bonds . . . Jefferson Township Road Bonds . Alligator Township Road Bonds . Special, Local and Bonds ir 2, 3, 4, 6, 34 1 17 57 A o 1, 19,' 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 35, 51, 12, 14, 81, 32, 30, 40, 45 46, 48. * 13 5, 8, 15, 16, 23, 30, 33, 49 10, 26, 44, 50 38 11 18 9, 28 39 : 43 29 Poll tax between 21 and 60 ; I at the aame time. \ Cou | . October 9th, 1917. vere exceedingly light. The corres>ondent has heard that two ba?.talons, for instance, had only one caslalty each, and that another suffered oss of only three men. Tits is alnost unprecedented in an attack ??l luch magnitude Casualties Li?ht. The casualties among the crews of he tanks were very light on the opsning day, which is tne only one f ?r vhich reports have thus far been revived. It is impossible to state hoy nany tanks were in action, but there J verc several hundred, ami out of all iiu men wno wit,', rorwaruct in ;nern t appears that less than twenty were tilled and less than 100 wounded. Vlany of these casualties wore due to he fact that men left the tanks to perform their work in the open, where they came under the fire of snipers. The performance of the tanks was the more remarkable because there ivas only a short time to prepare for their use. Some of the tanks had never been in an engagement before md the crews lacked actual fighting experience. Moreover, it was necessary to train the infantry to co-operite with them. ?? - - ? Dearest Hetty?While bathing at Atlantic City during the summer I was bitten on the toe by a shark. Ever since then have been sick. How ilo you account for it? MAME. Dear Mame?Probably you have toe-mame poisoning. ? Pennsylvania State Froth. ????? owe us settle at once rouble and se for 3arties r Bros. Notice : books will be open for the payment st, inclusive. 8V6 Mills C ft " .1 1 ? 1 19 Mills 5 Mills 4 2 44 f> " 7 i School District* Not.? 2 3 44 .62 4 44 5 44 6 Mi " 7 8 44 9 10 44 11 12 44 12 % 44 13 1*KS years and income taxes are payable J. A. WELSH, nty Treasurer, Chesterfield County. Ik NEW METHOD OF SELECTING MEN FOR NATIONAL ARMY Every man who is registered for the draft will soon have an opportunity of telling the military authoritiesof the nation all about his private affairs. The Government has prepared an elaborate questionaire, which will be sent to registered men about December 15, designed to make possible the distribution of these men into five general classes arranged in tinorder in which they will be summoned for service. The first draft was necessarily a hit or miss affair, in which the question of exemption wasdecided for each individual by local draft boards. Many were taken into the army who would have been of greater service to the nation had they remained in civil life. But tinsecond draft will be based on a carefully gathered mass of information which will make infinitely easier the task of the draft boards. The qucstionaire is divided into twelve sections. The first, which must be answered in full by all registered men, asks information as to the name, address, age, parentage, schooling and occupation of the person to whom it is sent. The second section inquires into the; registrant's physical fitness. This schedule enables registrants to make a claim for exemption on grounds of health, tho no one, of course, will be taken into the army without a physical examination. Sections three to eight inclusive make it possible to claim exemption on such grounds as holding a federal office, being a minister of the irnsnn] /ir ofn/l?nf ? ? wi UIVIIIIIJ, Uelllg already in the army or navy, .being an alien or being a stale or municipal official, a custom house clerk, an artificer in an armory or navy yard, a pilot or a mariner. Exempi tions on some of these grounds are not absolute, but, if allowed, (hey ! postpone the time when the registrant will be summoned for service. Section nine is for the member of a religious sect which has conscientious | scruples against war. Section ten, which goes into much detail, permits the registrant to specify the persons dependent upon his earned incornt and to offer proof of this dependency Sections eleven and twelve, the m'osl elaborate of all, deal with* industria and agricultural occupation in ordei that it may be possible to determini how "essential" to the war necessities of the nation is the work of the re gistrant. Every registered man, ev en if he was exempted by the draf tribunals last summer, must rcturr the questionaire sent him within s week of the time he receives it, witl every query which concern him full] and accurately answered. Because of the difficulty whicf imany person of slight education, 01 unused to filling out detailed printet form, may experience in complying with the requirements of the Govern ment, President Wilsifh has asked "men of legal profession to offei themselves as associate members of .he legal advisory board to be provided in 'each community for (he pur lose of lldvisi nir rn?iol?n?i? ?' 'L-: - .v^iovmiiio vi men rights and obligations and of assisting them in the preparation of theii answers." So if anyone finds any difficulty in understanding the <iuestionaire, he can find a lawyer to tell him, without charge, just how he should answer. This is the first war work which lawyers, as a profession, have had a chance to perform the nation. THE HONORS OF ATROCITY The Sultan of Turkey has graciously conferred on the (Jerman Kaiser the diamond star of the Iftichar Ort dcr, Turkey's highest war decoration, j and the Kaiser has decorated the I Sultan with the star and chain of the Hohenzollern Order with diamonds. J honors and is honored by the hero of | the Belgian and Lusitaniu murder : honors and it honore dbv the hem <if ! Armenian massacres. No one will , question the deserving of (he honors or the respective fitness of the mutual honors and recipients. But to the intelligence and con, science of the world a liberty loan button, showing that an American citizen has done his or her part in support of our government, is a vastly more honorable decoration than the diamond orders of the Sultan and me Kaiser. It signifies only a simple patriotic duty done; hut the diamond orders stand for colossal infamy and murder. First Flea Been on a vacation? Second Flea?Nope, been on a tramp.?Lehigh Burr. IFIELD SELECTION | I OF SEED CORN EXPERIMENTS AND PRACTICE PROVE METHOD TO BE BETTER. GREATER YIELD 15 THE RESULT 3roduction of Grain Increased Seven to Ten Bushels an Acre. To make the best showing possible it next year's corn harvest South Carolina farmers should take the first step this full, advises the farm crops men of Olemson College. It must be '.tfken in the field by selecting good seed. Don't wait to select the seed from the crib. It's an uncertain method?very uncertain. A good season ind a good soil properly treated go 1 long way to make a big corn crop but the quality of tho seed planted is I one of the most imnortant factor* nnn that Is entirely within tho control of the farmer. Weather conditions may or may not be good, so with the natural conditions of the soil, in some degree dependent upon the character of the season; proper soil preparation and subsequent cultivations will be somewhat dependent upon the labor supply; but good seed in abundance can always be had only for a little extra effort. The other farmer's seed corn may be scarce, and high priced. This will force many growers to plant seed of inferior quality which results In a poor stand and unthrifty plants. Farmer Knows What He's Getting. Experiments have shown time and again that home-grown seed usually is . the best seed to he had. Practical exi perienee has proved that field select; ed seed, if properly stored, always Is better than crib-selected seed. Field . selection makes it possible for Mie farmer to compare the individual plants and make his selection from those producing the most grain. Tt j is true that he can select good-looking ^ ears from the crib, but he does not ' know whether they are produced by r high-yielding plants or low-yielding u plants, by early plants or late plants, s No definite idea whatsoever can be . had of the previous productivity of the seed. If properly performed the ^ yield of corn Is usually increased from ! seven to ten bushels an acre by field 1 I | selection, sometimes it's more. 1 ! What the South Carolina farmer 1 wants next year is the greatest ' | amount of grain possible to the acre. j All the directions for selecting seed i corn In the field may be sumnvd up r logemor in one good rule: Select oars 1 from plants that yield more urn in r than surrounding plants grown under . 1 the same conditions. | 1 How to Go About It. i Sling a sack over the shoulders and [, walk down the rows, plucking those .'ears which are considered desirable? ..ears borne on vigorous plants growing . under average conditions and which have readied maturity. Also, it is , host to select those ears having irooping tips and borne at a height of ' about three and a half feet. The ears d'uuld then be stored in a dry place I where they will be free from insectr ( ind rodents. ! KEPT HER AWAKE The Terrible Pains in Back and Sides. Cardui Gave Relief. ; ? Marksville, La.?.Mrs. Alice Johnson, | of this place, writes: "l or one year I l sufiereil with an awful misery in my back i and sides My left side was hurting me ; all the time. The misery was something i awful. I could not do anything, not even sleep at night. It kept me awake most of the i night ... I took different medicines, but nothing did me any good or relieved me until i took Cardui. . . I 1 was not able to do any of my work for one year and I got worse all the time, was confined to my bed off and on. I got , so bad with my back that when I stooped i dow n 1 was not ab'.c to straighten up . again ... I decided I would try Cardui j . . . 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Light ',|g Business Man Praises Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy Successful Merchant After Investigation Found a Remedy That Restored His Health. "This Is Thanksgiving ('ay In ths | state of Pennsylvania, nt'd I want IJ tdc\ote a pa't '<f It in wrltinr a letter to you. On the 21th d.iy of Noveml.?r. 10, I was stricken with heart trouble. My f:?-!ly phys'-l-in called it AliX.ua Pectoris. 1 h.d from one to ftvn attacks in 24 ' hums, In the latter part of I**-ember, 1910. 1 wrote to the Miles Medical Co., for Information concerning my ease. and in re; ly 1 received a very kind and Instructive letter, whir-It I handed to my family doctor, i tnl he to:<| me to use your Remelli* hi connection with t lie medicine In j-"--e me, so I <Jld. I used tive bottles of Dr. Miles' Heart Kemmly and seven 1 utiles of Dr. Miles' Nervine. I w. s * . 'tied to the house for iil>Ot:l four m< ntl s. The action of mv heart is n . .v. and has born normal fur t'. * last sk months. 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