Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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y r The Chesterfield Advertiser 1*15 HIJSHKD KVKHY THURSDAY Subscription. $1.00 a year. 'ntered as second-class matter at tbe post office at Chesterfield, South Carolina. PAUL. II. HKARN Kditor and Publisher. SAVING THE CATTLE The Agricultural Department at Washington announces that all records have been broken in the cleaning out of cattle ticks. The last bul letin from the Department says: "With a broad wedge driven through the cattle-tick army right to the Gulf and with a new area of 65,520 square miles in nine States cleaned from tick to be freed from Federal quarantine, December 1 will be red-letter day for the cattle and dairying industry of the South." There is not much honor in this for those misguided farmers who were dynamiting the tick vats in Georgia and elsewhere. Governor C'atts, of Florida, issued proclamation appointing a day for the eradication of ticks in which he urges the people to continue their splendid support of the movement which has now been so well established, to eradicate the cattle fever ticks. German aliens are barred from the water front in New York. Guess they regard it as a great hardship, especially as it is said one German owns six saloons on the water front. There have been so many incendiary fires about New York harbor that suspicious looking Germans are required to keep away from that part of the city. Chance for Small Investor. The man with limited means?even the school boy or girl with a few pennies to spare now and then?who wants a safe and profitable investment which it the same time will help the country, finds his opportunity in tb new war savings certificate plan. During December, 1917, and January, 1918, war-savings sttimps will lie sold at $1.12 each, tit post offices, lanks, trust companies, and many business houses sirul f;ieti>ri,.n throughout the country. At the beginning of each succeeding month the re t of a stamp will increase 1 cent. All war-savings stamps issued during 11H 8 will mature January 1, 1when they will he redeemed at each. The difference between purchase price and the price at maturity lepresents the interest the Government will pay the holder, 4 per cent., compounded quarterly. The entire wealth and security of the United States is behind the warsavings certificates. No person may purchase at one time more than $100 worth, or hold at one time more than $1,UOO worth of these securities. Thrift stamps costing 2"> cents each, may he purchased from time to time and affixed to a thrift card, which is supplied without cost. These stamps will not hear interest, hut a thrift, curd when filled at a ......I . C O 1 lit. " I l i e - I'ini "I T lll?iy iff t'ArriclNKt'fl I'M an interest-bearing war-savings s! imp l>y turning tin- rani in and paystaep hy turning the card in and paying tin- diirerence between $1 and the current price of a war-savings stamp. With tIn* first war-saving stamp bought the purchaser will obtain without charge a war-savings crtifieate containing space for 20 of these stamps. if the 20 spaces are filled prior to January I, I01 K, the cost to the purchaser will have been $4.12 for cash stamp, or $H2.40 for the filled certificate, and on January 1, 192J, the government will redeem it at $100, giving the holder a net profit of $17.00 for the use of his money. Money derived from the war-savmeet the expenses of the war. The greater part of these funds will be expended within the United States. Weekly War No Newt From the Soldier Means That He is All Right. Although the failure to receive letters from men in the service it not pleasant to relatives and friends at home the adage "no news is good news" never was more true at pres, ent. The report of every casualty at home or abroad is immediately wired or cabled to officials at Washington, being relayed from there without loss of time to the emergency address of the soldier or sailor affected. n is also released at once tor publication in the newspaper. No news of casualties has or will be held up. No man in the service has received orders not to write home; he has been urged, on the contrary, to keep in touch with relatives and friends. The forces in France have at their disposal post cards giving general information in regard to health and the receipt of letters and parcels, which may be dispatched without payment of postage. Care is also taken to see that mail intended for soldiers and sailors reaches them promptly. Where the regimental and company designation of a soldier is not known it may be secured by application to The Adjutant General's Office, Washington, I). C. In one week 1,674 letters with insufficient addresses were received at this office. On 1,232 the addreses were completed and they were forwarded, 123 were returned to senders, 58 went to the dead-letter office because senders' addresses were not given, and the balance were held with the view that the addresses might be completed later. The Village Tailor Can Now See Service With Overseas Force# Men from 45 trades have opportunity to enlist in the army of skilled workmen being formed to go into France with the American fliers, and are promised experience as near fighting lines as airdromes can be built. Cobblers and tailors can leave their benches to make, stretch and repair wings; barbers are wanted to ply their trade near no m^n's land; cabinet makers and boat makers are needed for woodwork; coppersmiths will see that there are no leaky gasoline tanks. Instrument repairmen, vulcanizers, gas-works employees, rope riggers, cordage workers, automobile mechanics, and men from other trades are wanted for general work. Application for information regarding enlistment may he made to Maj. Eteever, list 1). Street NW., Washington, D. C. The jnotor section, carriage <1 ivision of the office of the chief of ordnance, will also need several thousand skilled men for its work. The section is intrusted with securing for the War Department such vehicles as four-wheel-drive trucks, caterpilar tractors, armored cars and tanks, and for maintenance and repair of this as well as artillery equipment. Men with experience as mechanics, machinists, blacksmiths, and storage battery experts are wanted. There in.- iuur uruiiance training camps where many of these men are sent to lit them for the grades of lirst-chu j sergeant ami ordnance sergeant. ! Many will later he placed in charge of 1 enlisted men. [ Anyone wishing to enlist should address Chief of Ordnance, motor section, carriage division, I /??-{ New York Avenue, Washington, I). C. Ideas of Inventors Correctly Applied Aid Navy Department Since war was declared the naval consulting hoard has received more than -10,000 surest ions, plans or models of ingenious devices for use l?y the Navy Department -more than two-thirds' of them concerning the nrohlem of comhatting the menace of he enemy submarines. All sugges " >i s receive careful attention, those f merit heing brought to the attention of the Secretary of the Navy. *ynue many proposals have been found to ho impractical, much valu ahlo aid has hcon given to various hranches of the war service. The Naval Consulting Board and the Navy Department have prepared for free distribution pamphlets giving general information to inventors that they may avoid misconceptions?one >f the most general heing that some niraoulous machine may be conceived >y the use of which the seas may at >nce he cleared of submarines. All Former Exemption* Canceled by New Selective Draft Rule* Under the new regulations every News Digest !| person registered for selective draft is restored to his original status, section 4 stating that all exemptions and discharges made prior to December 15 are revoked. The office of the Provost Marshal General declares it is imperative that every registrant know his "order number." Every person who registered or should have registered June 5 is charged with a knowledge of the selective service law and additional regulations, and failure to perform any duty so prescribed is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for one year and may result in the loss of valuable rights and privileges and in immediate induction into military service. Compressed Air Sends Missels Into German Trenches Many of the motars employed today on the allied fronts are of the compressed-air type, using a puff of air or gas instead of powder to throw the shell into German trenches. Present-day trench warfare has caused the penumatic cannon idea to be developed after it had been laid aside as impractical. Aside from being silent and inexpensive, the pneumatc mortar is readily manipulated. It is used at ranges of from ' 750 to 1,000 feet, and is said to be. exceedingly accurate. Wheatless and Meatless Days Are Now O.n.r.1 Tl u.? ? - ....UU(...UU> | the Nation > From coast to coast meat and wheat saving days are gaining in popularity. In New York a majority I of the restaurants are observing the ! days for the saving of these com- ] modities. The New York Stock Ex- j change Club has officially adopted ! two meatless and two wheatless days each week. In Wisconsin lf>() hotels in one month effected a saving of approxi- ! mately 17 per cent in meats and 14 lper cent, in wheat. All public eating houses in Colorado observe wheatless and meatless days. More than half of the <16 diningcar services of the country have pledged to have meatless and wheatless days. Exports of Sugar to Nation's Allies Causes Scarcity Here. Some sections of the United States are temporarily short of sugar because the nation is partially filling the needs of the allies and is supplying sugar for its troops in France. In 1017 the United States has exported over Id times as much as it had averaged in the three years pre- i ceding the war. The world's sugar crop for 15)1(5-' 17 was nearly 1,1)00,00 Ions less than j that of 1012-1II. A greater shortage, 1 however, affects the European allies j because their own production has , been greatly cut, and prior to the war Germany and Austria exported eac hyear approximately ',7 22,000 tons. In pre-war times Kngland received .r>4 per cent of her total sugar 5 supply from the Central Powers, which is now supplied from the Unit- | ed States sources. ! | While European allies are being j materially aidftd with sugar from the ' t United States, they are far from get- t ting more than their share at the ex- . pense of the cili/.en who once in a while may have to drink his coffee j unsweetened. The average consumption of sugar per capita in England before the war was more than 93 pounds a year. Now the maximum I limit is "2'i pounds, with some likli- I hood of that being unobtainable. ! In France the limit is 18 pounds per capita; in Italy 1'J pounds. The average consumption of sugar per capita in the United Sta'cs is atill about 00 pounds. War-Savings Certificates Offer New ' Red Cross Work Grows In Europe And the United States The Red Cross has Arranged to buy material for surgical dressings, hospital garments, and knitted articles, to be sold at substantially cost prices i to th" chapters throughout the country to be made up by the women of ' America. The cost will be $3,457,- 1 200. I I Tlw. ?W:i.l ' r? i I' .Linmii'ii ui i?iMKium, mous- 1 ands of whom are orphans, are objects of special care. Food and 1 clothing alone have been purchased by the Red Cross for the Belgians at a cost of $173,000. Many of the children in free Belgium are exposed to shell fire, and in order to save them asylums are being organized in Fiance and Switzerland, where they can be taken to safety. i 12 If you ^rvm rk -* ^ ~ ^win^ ill clliu S< And save trc expense both-pa Hursey! IgBBBSB g~- = TAKE YO j||jj|jSl THE PROG Realizing that this year, the next American farmer will be called up tion of the peoples of The Earth, \ readers to also receive The Progi ognize it as the South's leading e: doctrines of crop diversification servation. So important have these problei ident that he has issued an appea feed itself but have something mo friends across the Seas. As your patriotic duty equip yoi and guidance of this standard fai one dollar a year and may be har amount named below. Both Papei [1 To meet conditions arising from it.ulian reverses the Red Cross dislatched immediately from Paris sup>lies including 2,0U0 mattresses, Af <,000 blankets, and 10,000 pairs of ,.j locks. ep? conn A NERVOUS WRECK From Three Years' Suffering. Sayi |,^ Cardui Made Her Well M W2 Texas City, Tex.?In an interesting Rlntemcnt, Mrs.O. H. Schill, of thistown, siys: "For three years I suffered untold p^ony with my head. I was unable to jf J t'oanyofmy work. - "| j I iiict .1... .11 ?l .1?- I JUOI Wiiilll Vi IU OICCJJ an IIIC IIIIIC, BV/l r.nt was Hie only ease I could get, when I was asleep, i became a nervous wreck iust from th? awful suffering with my of ] cad. I was so nervous that the least noise would make me jump out of my bed. I had no energy, and was unable to do *'ni -r.y'uiing. My son, a young boy, had to |ro' do all my household duties. ur I was not able to do anything until I w>" laok Cardui. 1 took three bottles In all, lica and it surely cured me of those awful headaches. That has been three years ( ago, and I know the cure is permanent, for lor I have never had any headache since t)en taking Cardui. . . anH Nothing relieved me until ItookCardui. ,l,e It did wonders for me." . ?or Try Cardui for your troubles?made not from medicinal ingredients recommended S) in medical books as being of benefit in bo" female troubles, and 40 years of use has r,tu proven that the books are right. Begin MIL taking Cardui today. NC-I34 Ai * r r we us ?* -ttle at once >uble and * for rties Bros. UR HOME PAPER AND 1 ' 1 RESSIVE FARMER ^ * * and the next maybe, Ibe on to feed the major porve have arranged for our ressive Farmer. We reccponent of the now vital and farm products consis appeared to our Pres1 to the South to not only re for our sorely needing irself by using the advice rm weekly which sells for I with our paper for the rsjM.50 i ids Cure for Epilepsy ter Years of Suffering My daughter wan afflicted with optlo fits for throe years, the attacks ling every few weeks. We employed 3ral doctors but they did her no good. About A year ago w a heard of Dr. lilies' Nervine. I fpk gJvBjj and it certainly fa HJm h a a proved a jSftjSg*. JBU blessing to oW^^j mu* ",rl' ( tv V- ' I cured and is en^^Sj KorJ(V^\ f J'-ylng the best ^ VJMJf J of health. It Is r ^tV A t/ over a year sine* 1 She has had a fit. We cannot - ?P?*K ivo /.i?ni7 Or. MUm' Narvlne." Mitfl. FRANK ANPIRBON,' Coinfray, Minn. 'housands of children in the ited States who are suffering n attacks of epilepsy are a den and sorrow to their parents, ) would give anything to restore lth to the sufferers. Dr. Mile*' Nervin* >ne of the best remedies known this affliction. It has proven ^ eficial in thousands of cases * ! those who have used It have greatest faith in it. It is not cure-all," but a reliable remedy nervous disease*. You need hesitate to give it a trial. >14 by all Druggist*. If tha first :la falls ta banaflt yaur mansy I* rns4. a -ea MKOICAU CO.. Blkhart, In* ""'J