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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-01
MOST IMPORTANT
MEETING PLANED
STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE TO
CONDUCT STATEWIDE CAM.
PAiGN AFTER MEETING.
DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA
ooings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress Of South Carolina Peo-
pie, Gathered Around tho state
Capital.
Columbia.


The program for the two-day health
institute. to be held at Columbia.
August 1 and August 2, by the state
council OF defense and the state board
or health. and which will be followed
oy a statewide campaign. has been
tentatively announced
The sessions of the health institute
will begin Thursday. afternoon
following the regular bi.month.
ly meeting OF the state council OF de-
Tense, which will be held that morn.
ing. ID. r. Coker, chairman of the de-
Tense council. will open the session
with an outline of the general health
situation. Mr.. Coker will explain the
plans and purpose of the council of
defense in launching the health cam.
paign in South Carolina at this time.
The National council OF defense has
repeatedly urged the state councils to
use every means possible to protect
and conserve the public health, as a
dehnite and very vital war measure.
This request is based upon the fact,
that healthy people enjoy great adyan-
tages over those who are not perfect
ly well; they cannot only fight better,
making more Efficient soldiers. but
they can produce more food. manufac-
ture more war supplies. and can back
up the fighting men stronger than peo-
pie who do not enjoy such advantages.
DR.. J. A. Hayne, secretary Of the
state board OF health, will follow Mr.
Coker. and will speak on the public
health laws OF the state. Public
Health Work In the Rural Districts"
will be discussed by Vance Brabham
The Thursday night session will be
given over to a discussion Of Child
Welfare" to be led by DR.. E. A. Hines.
Friday morning venereal diseases will
be discussed by Capt. c. ". Akin OF
the United States Public Health Ser
vice. and Lieut.. l.. A. Larremore, of
the War camp community service.
At the Friday afternoon session tu-
berculosis and malaria will be con.
s1dered, the discussions to be led by
DR.. Ernest Cooper of Columbia and
DR.. VIM. Eggieston OF Hartsville, re.
spectively. Friday night will be given
over to discussion of fly borne dis.
eases - typhoid and dysentery - by
Capt. Friench Simpson OF the United
States Public Health Service.
These discussions will be heard by
a large number of physicians, social
workers. speakers and campaigners
who will attend the institute and who
will then go out for a campaign
throughout the state. The women's
hfvfainn ne ka Iafo
have 30 delegates in attendance. Fifty
negroes will attend in order that they
may carry the message back home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
MISSOURI LEADS M. v.
Kansas Aggics, However. Are Due to
Climb Above Third Place.

Lawrence, Kan, Feb. 4.-The Mis-
souri, Tigers took the lead in the Mis-
souri, Valley conference basketball
race last week, altho they had
"gameless' week. The two-game Sc
ries between the Kansas schols in the
Missouri Valley conference placed the
Tigers in the lead when the K U.
team staged a fine comeback by win
ming the second game after being hu-
INFLATED to the tune of So to % in
the first performance. Splitting the
series left Missouri as the leaders.
with Kansas good second and the
Kansas AggieS in third place.
Among the other contenders for the
conference title is Nebraska, who can
not be figured out of the running, for
the Cornhuskers have yet to play their
first conference game. This first game
will come Wednesday, when the men
of Coach Stewart will go to St Louis
10 meet the Pikers of Washington uni
verSity. On their return from the one
game the Cornhuskers will stop in Co
lumbia for two games If reports of
tine poor prospects in Lincoln are true
the Nebraskans may be out of the run
ming before their next conference
games with Kansas, February Is
and 16-
The Kansas Aggies. at present in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
ITALY GREETS HEROES
Youthful Brigade Given Ovation Upon
Return From Battle.

Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy Sunday, Feb. 3.-(By the As
ISOLATED Press. 1.-The Sassari brigade
of young Sardinians which distin-
guished itself by cutting its way up
the Col di Rosso late Tuesday. came
out of the trenches today.
1t was an event which stirred the
neighboring country and the peas
antry, with children and babies, came
from fifty miles around to see the
young heroes. The city was gay with
flags, the walls were covered with
posters, Hail, Sassari heroes" and
children carried flowers to strew along
the route of their march. The bri-
gade marched twenty miles from its
trenches and it was an inspiring sight
as the boyish looking soldiers came
down the road. Their helmets and
uniforms were still splashed with the
mud of the big fight, but they
marched proudly and appeared happy
over the enthusiastic tribute
Brigadier General Ferrigo, COM
mander of the brigade, marched at the
head with group of wounded officers
with heads bandaged and arms in
sings. Then came the machine gun
section and the long ranks of sturdy
youths. One regiment was COM
handed by n major who took the
place of the colonel who was killed in
Tuesdays fighting. n squadron of
airplaneS lowered overhead, scatter
ing confetti on the victors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
COMEDY OF LYRICS
You're in Love- Will Be at Grand
Tuesday, February IL.

A musial comedy. said to be dainty
and exquisite. entitled You're in
Love-" is to hold forth at the Grand
Opera house Tuesday night, Febru
any IL.
The piece comes under the direction
of Arthur Hammerstein, to whom the
atergoers are indebted for 1.-The Fire
fly High Jinks" and ''Katinka," and
is from the pens of the same librettists
and composers who aided in making
the three named the delightful sue
cesses that they are. In this new
work, Harbach is credited with the
book and lyrics, and Friml with the
musical end thereof.
In the cast provided are noticed the
names of Enda Pendleton, Marguer-
ite Strasselle, Alice johnson. Ralph
Whitehead, Billy Cotton, Raymond
Crane, w. H. White. Harry t. Hanlin,
MaXson and Brown and Gertrude
Lawrence. while the chorus consists
of thirty stage beauties, each of whom
have ambition and are starting at the
bottom of the ladder of fame, with
the viewpoint of making for them
selves both reputation and a name,
and each aside from their natural pull
chritudiEal gifts possesses both voice
and niInble feet. which add charm
ingly to the rendition of the twenty
odd song numbers and the numerous
terpsichorean gyrations that help
make up the two hours and a half of
sparkling fun-frolic which are said to
abound in this delicious Hammer
Steinian production
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
is CHOKED TO DEATH
Cracker Crr1mb Fatal to j. L. Fry's
o-Ycar-OId Son.

Late Saturday afternoon the 2-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Fry
choked to death on cracker crumb
at the home of his parents west of
the city. The child was brought to
Topeka and every effort was made to
save him. He was taken to the fire
station and the pulmotor was put to
work in an unavailing effort to re-
store life.
1t seems that the younGster was
eating a cracker when a crumb lodged
in his windpipe. The parents exhaust
ed all known methods of dislodging
the crumb and then wrapped the
child in a blanket and came to Topeka
in an automobile. They stopped at
st. Francis hospital first but there was
no physician there at the time so they
went to the fire station and the pull
motor. The child was dead before
Topeka was reached. The body was
taken to Shellabarger's undertaking
eSta bliShment. Funeral arrangements
will be announced later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
BOOM w. w. DENNIS0N
Hutchinson G. 4. II. Post Wants To-
pckan Elected Dept Commander.

Joe Hooker post No. II at Hutchin-
son, has started a boom for w. w.
Denf1fson, of Topeka, for department
commander OF the G. A. r. The boom
came in a resolution adopted at
meeting of the post this week. The
Hutchinson organization urged the
Topekan to enter the race and urged
delegates to the next annual meeting
of the c.. A. r. to support his can
didacy.
At present Dennison is assistant de-
partment commander of the G. A. r.
of Kansas. He has been officially
connected with the department for a
number of years. is well known and
popular among the veterans of the
state. In the resolutions the Hutch
inson post said in part:
I'VE. the officers and members of
this post, do hereby express our pref
erence for a comrade for department
commander and in harmony and in
furtherance of this resolution, favor
the election of our comrade, now as
sistant adjutant general of Kansas G..
A. r.. w. w. Dennison for department
commander We know him to be
thoroly competent and a genuine COM
rade of the G. A. r., and we hereby
request him to become a candidate for
department commander and solicit the
support of the representatives and
delegates of the department to support
him -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
LABOR AND LOYALTY
Demonstration Week to Be Big Affair
in Topeka.

Fina. arrangements will be COM
pleted tonight for Labor and Loyalty
week. at the meeting of the commit
tee of fifteen appointed by the Topeka
Industrial council. The meeting will
be in Labor hall at AIS Kansas avenue.
1t is expected that the meeting tonight
Will result in the final choosing of a
place to hold the mass meeting. 1t
had been thought that the meeting
would be held at the auditorium on
the night of February II, but it was
discovered that the Elks had engaged
the auditorium for that night. The
choice is now the Chamber of Com
merce if the mass meeting is held on
the night of the 18th and the audi
torium if postponed until February 1 8.
The Labor and Loyalty week" cele-
bration from February 10 to Is is not
to be a local affair entirely, for the
same celebration is to be observed all
over the United States. The event is
fostered by the American Alliance for
Labor and Democracy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
HOW H. C. L. CLIMBS
Cornmeal Leads All-13O Per Cent In
crcase-Lard 112, Flour 90.

Washington, Feb. Ats costing
the American people today just so per
cent more to eat than it did in August,
1914, when the great war broke out. 10
Retail prices on foodstuffs most
generally consumed in this country
show the following increases on De-
cember 81, 1917. over August 1, 1914
Potatoes, 60 per cent; flour, 80 per
cent; cornmea1, 100 per cent; sugar,
20 per cent; lard, 112 per cent; pork
chops, AZ per cent; bacon, IA per cent;
ham. SO per cent; eggs, SS per cent;
round steak, 1 per scent; butter, As
per cent; milk, AZ per cent; sirloin
steak. 16 per cent; rib roast, 90 per
cent; hens, 80 per cent
Wholesale Increase 80 Per Cent.
Wholesale prices generally have in
creased 10 per cent during the period.
The greatest gain in these is found in
farm products, which have risen 95
per cent, with metal and metal prod
ucts a close second, showing an in
crease of IS per cent. Clothing was
106 per cent higher on December L,
wholesale.
Lumber and building materials have
risen 38 per cent, and drugs and chem
icals 100 per cent fuel and lighting
went up "a per cent during that
period.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
Topeka IN LEAD
This City Ahead of All in Thrift
Stamp Sales.
Chance for Child To Take In
terest in War.

Topeka starts Thrift week today
financially well in advance of the
other cities in the Kansas City district.
Topeka is nearly 1000 sales of the
$4.12 baby bonds ahead of its nearest
competitor, Kansas City, Kan, and is
only about 5000 behind Kansas City,
Kan. in the sale of the 25-cent thrift
stamp This score gives Topeka honor
place on the list of Kansas postofficeS
with an advantage of about $1,000.
This advantage is from the sales at
the pOstoffice alone and does not take
into consideration the stamps sold by
the various business houses and finan-
cial institutions and the school chill
dren in the city. Altogether Topeka
has bought more than 100000 worth
of the stamps.
What and Why.
What is a thrift stamp and why"
No need to answer that question
any more. The smallest child in the
schools of Topeka can answer it and
pile reason on reason why everyone
should buy and buy and keep on buy
ing the savings certificates of Uncle
Sam. Nor 90 the school children stop
at giving reasons-they practice what
they preach. Candy and gum and pic
ture show money is carefully boarded
until quarter is saved and then some
bright morning a starry eyed young
says, Another thrift stamp for my
card. teacher"
THE school children of the city
have taken this thrift stamp move
ment to their hearts, said Charles S.
Elliott this morning. land practically
every child in the schools of the city is
the proud possessor of a thrift card.
1t is great training for the children,
too, for it trains them in the ways of
thrift and saving when they are form
ing their foundation for life"
Postmaster w. o. Rigby stated this
morning that the Topeka postoffiec is
we'll in the lead among the postoffices
of the. Kansas Cnty district. Topeka
has to its credit up to February l no
less than 103,989 worth of the stamps
sold. In the last four days of Janu-
airy more stamps were sold in Topeka
than during the ten days previous.
Perhaps this was on account of The
one cent raise in the price of the baby
bonds that went into effect Friday.
Baby bonds or war savings certificates
are worth S4.13 this month as against
$4.12 in January; they will be worth
$4.14 in March.
RankS, building and loan companies,
and all of the agents engaged in the
selling of the thrift stamps and the
baby bonds report large sales of the
stamps every day. In some cases the
supply obtainable is all too little to
meet the demand.
Take the child for an example.
find out what he is doing, and go thou
and do likewise in this matter of the
thrift stamps" That is the motto of
the men in charge of the campaign in
Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
CAR SHORTAGE WORSE
Cattle Starvc in Pens Awaiting Ship
ment-71 w. Va. Mines Close.

Madison, Wis, Feb. with hun
dreds OF cattle starving in shipping
pens, Wisconsin stockmen will lose
thousands of dollars if the car short
age IS not remedied immediately, ac-
cording to complaints reaching the
state railroad commission today. The
feed supply is also very low.
Shut Down seventy-one Mines
Washington, Feb. 4.-Complete shut
down OF seventy-one West Virginia
coal mines was reported TODAY nv E,ueI
Administrator Lawson of West Vir-
glnla- This means a loss of about
$1,000 tons for the day. Lack of
empty cars at the mines was given as
the cause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
HOG SELLS FOR S21O
Kansas Breeder Gives Proceeds to His
Rcd Cross Society.

Phillipsburg, Kan, Feb. 4.-Henry
Raymaker, of Prairie View, donated
fine male hog, Red Line, sired by the
Raymaker $500 herd boar, to that
local chapter of the Red Cross. The
chapter sold this hog Saturday and
realized the sum of $40. The Phil
Hpsburg Boosters are now the owner
and Will sell this fine, animal again
for the benefit of the local Red Cross
chapter at this place.
Raymaker is one of the big red hog
breeders of Kansas and the hog do
mated carries the best blood lines of
the hog world
1t is expected that the hog donated
Will make the Red Cross of Phillips
county at least $1,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
TRY 1T ONCE MORE
Wichita Intcrurban Co. Applies Again
for Permission to Sell Stock.

Application for approval of a mil
lion dollar bond issue and a million
dollar stock issue has been filed with
the public utilities ommission by the
Wichita & Walnut Valley Interurban
Co. Sometime ago a permit was
granted allowing the company to do
business. but request for permits
sion to issue and sell stock was denied
Under the application filed today
the interurban company will sell a
million dollars worth of bonds 1t
will then give the purchasers a stock
bonus equal to the amount of bonds
purchased. AS soon as the first sec
ton of the line is completed. the
company desires to sell a second mil
lion dollars worth of bonds and issue
a second million dollars worth of
stock. The application has been filed,
but date for the hearing has not
been determined.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
WON'T TRAIN LONG
Second Draft Men Will See
Service Soon.
Much Less Time Needed To
Make Them Soldiers.

Camp Funston, Kan, Feb 4.-Men
of the first two or three contingents
of the second draft will remain here
in camp u much shorter time than has
been devoted to the training of the
first draft
Shortage of equipment and clothing
in November at the time when it was
intended originally that the men
should come to Camp Funston, read
iusted the system of mobilization.
The men of the first draft have
been thru a winter of strenuous train
ing, but to offset this have had the
opportunity of winning the chevrons
of the noncommissioned ranks, and
few have been admitted to the third
officers training camp.
The second draft men have been
permitted to remain at their homes
brt to offset this is the disadvantage
of finding the organization of the S9th
division practically complete when
they come here, and the chances OF
winning clievrons much smaller.
Will Get Quick Service.
On the other hand, the second
drafts training period will be far
shorter than that of the first, and they
will have the enthusiasm of soldiers
who can see immediate chance for
service.
Indications are they will mobilize
here in lots of $500, spend two weeks,
more or less, in the detention camp
while cultures are being taken and
service records made out, then will be
;~similated by the organized units of
the seth division and put into the
ranks alongside experienced men.
Three such lots of $500 will fill the
S9th DIVISION and by the time the
third lot has gone thru the detention
camp the first lot will have had a
month or more of training in their
new squads.
First Draft Men Over Soon.
With the skeleton organization of
the seth division complete in every
way, technical places filled and all Sc
lections for responsible places filled,
the length of time required to fit the
second draft men into the inches OF
the squads will be very short. In the
infantrymen units the company organ
izations need only men drilled in
squad movements and bayonet drills,
and in a few weeks of intensive train
ing there is no question but that the
second draft can fill these vacancies
With the pressure of the remainder
of the second draft coming behind the
divisions now training. men at Camp
Funston are convinced they will be
taken overseas for service probab bly,
within two months after the first
contingent of the second draft arrives
at the detention camp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
TO BURY JOHN [. WE'D.
Roosevelt Invited to Be a Pail Bearer
at His Funeral.

Arlington, Mass. Feb. 4.-Former
President Roosevelt has been invited
to be pail bearer at the funeral of
John L. Sullivan. A reply to the wired
invitation has not yet been received.
Already four names are on the list
OF pail bearers. They are Mayor Cur
ley of Boston: Captain James P. Sui
Ivan, of the city hall avenue police
station; City Councillor Mcdonald and
Clarence Rowley. the dead mans at
torney for years.
Interment will be at Calvary Gem
etery Wednesday. following a funeral
mass at st. Paufs church, Roxbury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
ST. MARYS DEFEATS REDS
ORourkc Quintet Will Play the OF
tawa Team Tonight.

St Marys, Kan, Feb. 4.-The Hask-
ell Indian five ran into some stiff op-
position here Saturday afternoon and
lost to Coach O'Rourke's five 80 to
%. McLemore with 16 of the Red
skins points looked best for Haskell.
For St Mary's Kirke and Magner
shared the limeiight
This was the first game that Coach
ORourke has had his five regulars in
action and they showed to great ad-
vantage. Coach O'Rourke is bending
all his efforts toward winning the
Ottawa game tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
KAISER GIVES AWARDS
Special Decoration for U-Boat Crews
and Navy Chiefs.

Amsterdam, Feb. 4.-Emperor Will
liam created a special decoration for
U-boat crews on the anniversary of
the Inauguration of ruthless warfare
as recognition for meritorious work
during the war"
The Vossische Zeitung says the
decoration is available for officers and
crews after three voyages
The emperor also has conferred the
order of pour lie merite on Admiral
Won Holtzendorff, head of the naval
general staff, and Admiral Scher, COM
mander of the German battle fleet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
MICHIGAN TOWN LEADS
Charlotte First in U. S. to Report 100
Per Cent Sale of Thrift Stamps.

Detroit, Feb. Announcement
was made here today thru the national
war savings committee that Charlotte,
Mich, is the first city in the United
States to report a 100 per cent sale of
thrift stamps and war savings certi-
ficates. Every man, woman and child
residing in Charlotte has at least one
stamp, it was announced.
Charlotte's population is about 5000.
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of length of service, and one of the
few honor graduates of the officers
training school.
After having given up his law prac-
tice at Horton twice at his countryS
call. he has now to begin all over
again. His partner in the law firm of
Thompson & Bender is now in France
with the U. S. Marine band he organ
lied at HoltOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
Food for Fans
BY GEO. e. PHAIR-
tCopyrfght-)

The Embittered Grocer.
One time his smile was sweet to see,
His voice was rich with honey:
he was as sugared as could be
When rakfng in your money.
The eandied smile upon his brow
Has long since got the hook.
And if you ask for sugar now
You get a sour look
We have tried unsuccessfully for an hour
even if we did find it we couldn't get any
sugar to rhyme it with. So what's the
use?
Competition for the. worlds ice skating
championship is just one fall after another.
There is growing suspicion that the cash
customer is the real fall guy.
Baseball season will open April 16. Now
is the time to buy portable oil stove.
Speaking of Names.
Since it's as scarce as jewelry,
Why don't they call it fuelry?
Fight between Harry .Greb and Zulu Kid
cold weather. Must have been a hot bat
tie!
A historian tells US that one Abner Dou-
bleday of Cooperstown, N. Y, originated
baseball. We can't vouch for the. truth of
the foregoing statement, but we know
that one Charles Ebbetts of Brooklyn, N.
Y. is largely responsible for double
When Benny Kauff joins the army he
wearing less than six suits of clothes per
diem.
One of the startling revelations of the
war is that Dick Rudolph is young enough
to be drafted. Maybe it was playing with
the Braves that made him look old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04
Switzerland Mobilizes.

Zurich. Feb. 4.-The Twelfth infan-
try brigade, two sections of Alpine
guides and Alsing companies have
been ordered modified Wednesday to
reinforce the frontier guard, it was
officially announced today. The order
is the result of internal and exter-
nal conditions it was explained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-04

ttir6- rlece, arc due to stay there but
a short while. Coach Clevenger has
a squad sthat will compare favorably
with any il the valley this year. Cap
tain Van Tine, ]. B. and G. W. Kinds
and Clark constitute in themselves a
good team, with Whedon at center to
help spill the ball in the Basket.
The standing of the teams today is
as follows: