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Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

One thousand two hundred U-boats
a year is estimated to be Germany's
output, and it is to be hoped that Wlth
the aid of the allies will soon be able
to make that their 'downput.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

Our brief experience with war has
already cured more hollow chests
than thousands of pool tables could
cure in million wears.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

Them an who says there will be so
many potatoes raised thisy ear that
1t will be impossible to hire men en-
eugh to. dg them newt fall seems to
think that the amateur gardeners will
raise all they think they will. ,--..
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

Another thing the girls ought to
remember: Half the Young men
who fail to marry feel that they can.
not afford the luxury of a wife who
knows how to do nothing and is u1a-
willing to help.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
S09OO.O0O bushels

Increase ........ s0.900,000 bushels
OF these cereals our shipments of
the prime breadstuffs in the fiscal year
1917-1S to Allied destinations were :
Wheat 100000 bushels and Of rye
100000 bushels, a total Of 144,900,-
600 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1867 were :
Wheat 135,1O0,O00 bushels and rye
100000 bushels, a total Of 137, 100000
bushels. In addition some 100000
bushels of 1917 wheat are now in port
for Allied destinations or en- route
thereto. The total shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest of
wheat will be therefore. about 141,000,-
600 bushels, or a total of 154,900,000
bushels Of prime breadstuffs. In ad-
dition to this we have shipped some
100000 bushels to neutrals depend
ent upon US, and we have received
some imports from other quarters.
"This accomplishment Of our people
In this matter stands out even more
clearly if we bear in mind that we had
available in the fiscal year 1867
from net carry-over and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
2OO,O00,0o0 bushels of wheat which we
were able to export that year without
trenching on our home loaf" Mr..
Hoover said. "This last year, however,
owing to the large failure of the 1917
wheat crop, we had available from net
carry-over and production and imports
only just about our normal consump-
ton. Therefore our wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent ap-
proximately savings from our own
wheat bread.
"These figures, however, do not fully
convey the volume Of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. De-
spite the magnificent effort of our agri-
cultural population in planting a much
increased acreage in 1917, not only was
there q very large failure in wheat,
but also the corn failed to mature prop
erly, and our corn is cur dominant crop.
II am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote in
concluding his report, "that all the
millions of our people, agricultural as
we'll as urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel a very
definite satisfaction that in year Of
universal food shortages in the north.
ern hemisphere all of those people
joined together against Germany have
come through into sight of the coming
harvest not only with wealth and
strength fully maintained, but with
only temporary periods of hardship.
1T is difficult to distinguish between
various sections Of our people-the
homes, public eating places, food
trades, urban or agricultural popula-
tions-in assessing credit for these re-
suits, but no one will deny the domi-
nant part Of the American women"
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

England is going on crus2de
against the food specalator.He is or
of the worst traitors with whom ma.
tioDs have 10 deal.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
editors

The Russian editors probably
wouldn't be quite so jubilant over the
new republic if they knew how haro
they'll have to work on Seleetionday
&aights. sf
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

Wearing a flag on your collar may
be all right, but how about the feel
ings of the laundress who is oblidged
to throw the flag into a tub with a lot
Of soiled clothing?
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
REWARD OFFERED-LOST.

:. LOST-One gold cuff button with
old English letter wv engraved on
it, on last Sunday afternoon in or
near Lexington. Finder please return
to Preston Freshley, Irmo, S. c., and
receive reward.
44c.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

And isn't itg rand to think that ev-
cry time we go to q moving picture
show we are being patriotic by reason
Of thew ar tax.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

A number of American farms are
yawning for the husky football nero
who time after time held back II men
doing their best to mix him up with
the fields real estate.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

If everybody saves their meat
scraps or eats them, as advised by the
depatrment of agriculture, that day
will mark the passing of beef stew on
the average popular price menu:
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
WE SERVE THE PUBLIC.

Everything in drugs and medicines,
we have them. Ask Rice, he knows
about it, twenty years experience.
q. HARMON DRUG co.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
OUR saved FOOD
FED THE ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes PreSi-
Gent America Conserved 141,-
100000 Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN.
Meat and Fat Shipments Increased by
e44,6oo,ooo Pounds.

Conservation measures applied oy
the American people enabled the Unit
ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our own forces overseas 141,-
600, coo bushels Of wheat and SA,6O0,-
600 bounds of meat during the past
year, valued in all at $1,400, ,00O, COO
This was accomplished in the face OF
serious food shortage in this country,
be-. Es the wholeheartedness and
pai SIN with which the American
pec.. nave met the food crisis a"road.s
Food Administrator Hoover, in a let
ter to President Wilson, explains how
the situation was met The voluntary
conservation program fostered by the
Food Administration enabled the piling
up Of the millions Of bushels Of wheat
during l917-18 and the shipment OF
meat during 1917-18.
The total value of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to s1,4OO,OOO,0o0, all this food being
bought through or In collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures are all based on official reports
and represent food exports for the
harvest year that closed June 30, 1918.
The shipments Of meats and fats
(including meat products, dairy prod
uets, vegetable oils, etc., to Allied des-
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal. year 1916-17.. 2, ,166, SOC, 900 lbs.
Fiscal year 1917-18. q. IS, OIL, 100000 lbs.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
1ttpd.

FOR SALE-Chevrolet Touring
Car driven 5000 miles in good con-
dition IT, sliding stering wheel, bum
per, 1918 Modle, 100000.
J. H. Habenicht,
1713 Main ST.,
Columbia, S. c..
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

Germany will believe in the reality
Of American inventive genius when
the submarines that leave their home
ports regularly fail to return.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

FOR SALE-A few so to 80 lbs IL
months old O. 1. c. male pigs 3-4 pure
of my champion 2 years old 75s
pounds registered O. 1. c. boar for
$1,000 and S24.00.
F. P. RISTER,
1tpd. Chaplin, S. G.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

Unfortunately, there are also some
people whom the war inspires not so
much to do their bit as to get their
bit.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

A hoaraer - q man who 10 more IN
esrested in gssaag hss bite than Ha Efsssj
Mg Asg M
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

Germany short Of change" says a
news neaonne. But thec 1oc IS nAe
ly TO come soon.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

NOne admirable thing about a farm
is that about as many people as can
crowd on it can make living, if they
all work.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
horse,

FOR SALE-One good horse,
sound and we'll conditioned. a real
bargain. Apply to ". O. kaminer'
R. F. D.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

WANTED-Good second hand SOW
mill and engine at once, write.
}. Hoy WeSSinSer,
1tpa. Lexington. ,. /.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
FOR SALE

Pure bred, big type, Poland
China pigs from 8 to IA weeks
old. Price from $3.50 to $1,000.
L. Magnus Shealy,
-3tp Peak, S. G.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

FOR SALE-About so acres Of fine
short leaf timber, miles from Chapin
L C SHEALY,
1tpd. CHAPLIN
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
Subscription Price; per Year; Sis
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Make all communications to Lex.
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Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

WANTED-A cclored boy about L
ears old @ gooG worker. and none
.thcr need apply.
DRAFTS HOTEL.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

WANTED want to rent a good
gray land horse farm.
NJ. L FRYE.
Asp Gilbert Rt 3
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

LOST-A black and tan hound
bitch about / wear old Answers to the
name of Flora. Liberal reward will
be paid for return or information as
to whereabouts.
B. G. MATTHIAS
3tpd8-21. Lexington Rt. 4.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
COWS FOR SALE

COWS FOR SALE.
: o1 " 10: . goor ,icA COWS
with ,.,u.g calves. bctil ILL., .;.lchers.
J. S. ADDI.
tip. Lexington Rt. ).
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

! 4, CLIFTON M. D SPECIALIST
In diseases of the eye, ear nose and
-hroat in Saluda on Monday and in
}atesburg Tuesday with DR. Mitchell
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 2S, 1918.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
..... $4,000, 900 lbs.

increase .sss.sss... O11,ooo'ooo 49,
Our slaughterable animals at the be-
ginning of the last fiscal year were not
appreciably larger than the year be-
fore and particularly in hogs: they
were probably less. The increase ip
shipments is due to conservation and
the extra weight Of animals added by
our farmers.
The full effect Of these efforts began
to bear their best results in the last
half of the fiscal year, when the ex-
ports to the Allies were 2,133, 10OOO
pounds, as against 1896, 100000 pounds
in the same period of the year before.
This compares with an average Of
sO1, 100000 pounds of total exports for
the same half years in the three-year
pre-war period. ~> =:
In cereals and cereal products re
duced to terms Of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1867. .25s, 900, 900 bushels
Fiscal year 1918. $40, 100000 bushels
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

FOR SALE bay horse weighing
100 pounds. Gente and will work
anywhere.
S: B. Kyzer
Lexington route 2.
2tpd.-8-14.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28

2tpd.-8-14.
The Tomahawk., 1918-01-24

swimmer. With one hand Macdonald
caught hold of the edge Of the boat.
The other clutched the rescued man
by the hair of his head.
"Look out. You're drowning him. ~
the mate warned.
"Am II" Macdonald glanced with
mild interest at the head that had
been..until that moment submerged.
"Shows how absent-minded man gets.
was thinking about how he tried to
drown me, I expect"
They dragged the miner aboard.
"Go ahead. I'll swim down." Mac
donald ordered.
"Better come aboard" advised the
mate.
mo. I'm all right"
The Scotsman pushed himself back
from the boat and fell into an easy
stroke. Nevertheless, there was power
in it, for he reached the Hannah be-
fore the rescued miner had been
helped to the deck.
A dozen passengers, crowded on the
lower deck, pushed forward eagerly
to see. Among them was Selfridge, his
shirt and collar torn loose at the
neck and his immaculate checked suit
dusty and disheveled. He was wearing
a pair of up to date Oxford pumps.
Macdonald shook himself like New
foundland dog. He looked around
with sardonic amusement, grin on
his swollen and disfigured face.
"Quite pleasant welcome home" ne
said ironically. his cold eyes fixed on
q face that looked as If it might have
been kicked by a healthy mule. "Eh,
Trelawneyf"
The Cornishman glared at him. and
turned away with low. savage oath.
Are you hurt, Mr.. Macdonaldf'
asked the captain.
"Hurt! Not at all, captain. I cut
myself while was shaving this morn
ing-just q scratch" was the ironic
answer.
"There's been some dirty work going
on. I'll see the men are punished, SIR"
"Forget 1t, captain. I'll attend to
that little matter" His jaunty, almost
insolent glance made the half-circle
again. "Sorry you were too late for
the party, gentlemen-most OF you.
see three or four Of you who were
among those present. It was q strict
" exclusive affair. And now, II you
don't mind, I'll say good night"
He turned on his heel, went up the
stairway to the deck above and dis
appeared into his staterOom.
The Tomahawk., 1918-01-24

drowned Northrup after he had saved
him."
Elliot was again following with his
eyes the Tilt of the girls movements.
Apparently he had not heard what the
officer said.
With a grin the purser opened an
other attack. Don't blame you q bit,
Mr.. Elliot. She's the prettiest colleen
that ever sailed from Dublin bay"
''WhO is she?"
"The name on the books is Sheba
O'Neill."
"From Dublin, you say?"
"Oh, If you want to be literal, her
baggage says Drogheda. Ireland 10
Ireland to me-"
"Where is she bound for2"
"Kusiak."
The young woman passed them With
q little nod of morning greeting to the
The Tomahawk., 1918-01-24

-
axed, the Man Went 20 the Floor.
light. You'd a thought 1t weighed
about two pounds. That amt all, e.
Their. Mac used his brains. Guess what
was in that grip"
1.-THE usual thing, I suppose"
you've got another guess-packed
in among his socks and underwear was
about twenty pounds Of ore samples.
The purser told me. 1t was that quartz
that put Trelawney to sleep 20 thor
ough that he'd just begun to wake up
when passed q minute ago."
The young man turned his eyes
again upon the big Canadian Scots
man. He was talking with Mrs. NAL
lory, who was leaning back luxuri-
ously in q steamer chair she had
brought aboard at st. Michaers. It
would have been hard to conceive {,
contrast greater than the one between
this pampered heiress Of the ages and
the modern business berserk who
looked down into her mocsing eyes
He was the embodiment Of the doni-
nant male-eficient to the last fncf II
his straight IL feet What he wanted
The Tomahawk., 1918-01-24
CHAPTER u.
The Girl From Droohsda.

NV OuV0ssVOos
Gordon Elliot was too much Of a
night owl to be an early riser, but next
morning he was awakened by the
tramp Of hurried feet along the deck
to the accompaniment Of brusque or
ders, together with frequent angry
putting and snorting Of the boat.
From the culver Of the walls he
guessed that the Hannah <vas stuck on
q sandbar. The mates language gave
backing to his surmise.
Elliot tried to settle back to sleep,
but after two or three ineffectual ef'
forts gave 1t up. He rose and did one
or two setting-up exercises to timber
his Joints. The first Of these flashed
the signal to his brain that he was stiff
and sore. This brought to mind the
fight on the hurricane deck, and he
smiled. It hurt every time he twiched
q muscle.
The young man stepped to the look
ing glass. Both eyes were BACKED, his
lip had been cut, and there was a
purple veal we'll up on his left cheek.
He stopped himself from grinning only
Just In time to save another twinge Of
pain.
"Some party while It lasted. I never
saw more willing mixers. Everybody
seemed anxious to sit In except Mr..
Wally Selfridge." he explained to his
reflection. but Macdonald IL the
class. He's there with both right and
left. That uppercut Of his 10 vicious.
Don't ever get In the way Of It. Cor
don Elliot"
He bathed, dressed and went on
deck.
Early though he was, one passen-
ger at least was up before him. The
young woman he had noticed last eve
ming with the magazine was doing Q
constitutional.
Irish he guessed her when the deep
blue eyes rested on his for an instant
% she passed, and fortified his conjec-
ture BY the coloring Of the clear
skinned face and the marks Of the Gel.
tic race delicately stamped upon It.
The purser came out Of his room and
Joined Elliot. He smiled at sight Of
the young mans face. "Your maps
4 little out Of plumb this morning, sir,"
he ventured. -
But you ought to see the other fel-
low" came back Gordon boyishly.
awe seen him-several Of him. Eve
got to give 1t to you and Mr.. Macdon-
AID. You know how to hit"
ooh, I'm not In his class"
Gordon Elliot meant what he said.
He vas himself an athlete, had played
for three years left tackle on his col
leRe eleven. More than one critic had
picked him for the All-America team.
But after all he was product Of train
Ing and of the gymnasiums. Macdon.
aid was what nature and q long line
Of fighting Highland ancestors had
made him.
The parser chuckled. He's god
q, Mac - TAsy ~ he liked 70 hovs
The Tomahawk., 1918-01-24
The Rail Gave Way.

! nc 00u SOVS way
purser. Fine and dainty though 80
was, Miss O'Neill gave an impressioo
Of radiant strength.
"What is she going to do I'm KusiakT
Again the purser grinned. "What -
they all do-the good-looking onesT
"Get married, you mean"
"Surest thing you know. Girls con-
ing up ask me what to bring by waS
Of outfit. I used to make out a long
list. Now I tell them to bring clothes
enough for six weeks and their favor
tie wedding march,"
lis this girl engagedT'
"Can't prove it by me-" said the OF
f1cer lightly. "But she'll never get out
Of Alaska a spinster-not that girl.
She may be going In to teach, or to run
a millinery store, or to keep books Tor
a trading company. She'll stay %
bring up Riddles Of her own. They an
do"
Three children came up the stair.
way, caught sight Of Miss ONeill, ana
raced pell-mell across the deck to her.
The young woman's face was trans.
formed. It was bubbling with tender
ness, with gay and happy laughter.
Flinging her arms wide, she waited for
them. With incoherent cries Of de-
light, they flung themselves upon her.
The two Oldest were girls. The
youngest was fat, cuddly little boy
with dimples in his soft cheeks.
II dwessed myself, Aunt Sheba.
Didn't i, Gwen?"
Sheba stopped and held him of 10
admire. "All by yourself-just think
Of that"
I'VE helped just the teeniest bit o.
the buttons" confessed Janet, the old
est Of the small family.
"And I tied his Shoes" added Gwen
dolen, "after he had laced them"
Gwendolen snuggled close to AisD
ONeill. you always smell % sweet
and clean and violety, Aunt Sheba,"
she whispered in confidence.
"You're spelling me, Gwen" laughed
the young woman. you've kissed the
blarney stone. It's good thing you're
leaving the boat today"
Miss Gwen had one more confidence
to make In the ear Of her friend. Il
wish you'd come too and be our new
mamma" she begged.
A shell-pink tinge crept into the
milky skin of the Irish girl. She was
less sure Of herself, more easily en-
barrassed, than the average American
Of her age and sex.
Are your things gathered ready 1oe
packing, Janet?" she asked quietly.
The Tomahawk., 1918-01-24
lows. None of that rough stuff goes,"
ordered the mate sharply.

ordered the mate Sharply.
The big Cornishman who had been
tossed aside crouched for spring. he
launched himself forward with the
awkward force Of bear. The suit
case described whirling arc Of cir
Gle with the arm of its owner as q ra-
dius. The bag and the head Of the
miner came into swift impact. Like a
bullock which had been poleaxed. the
man went to the floor. Returned over
with q groan and lay still.
The new passenger looked across
the huge, sprawling body at the group
Of miners facing him. They glared In
savage hate. All they needed was a
leader to send them driving at him
with the force of an avalanche. The
man at whom they ragged did not give
an inch. He leaned forward slightly,
his weight resting on the balls of his
feet, alert to the finger tips.
'.Next," he tainted.
Then, the mate got busy. He hustled
his steved0res forward in front of the
miners and shook his fist in their faces
as he stormed up and down. If they
wanted trouble, by Jove! it was wait
ing for 'em, he swore in apoplectic
fury. The Hannah was river boat
and not dive Of wharf rats!
The man with the suitcase did not
wait to hear out his TRADE. He fol-
lowed the purser to his stateroom,
dropped his baggage beside the berth.
and Joined the Kusiak group on the
upper deck.
They greeted him eagerly, little
effusively, as If they were anxious to
prove themselves on good terms with
him.
"What was the matter?" asked Self
ridge. "How did the trouble start?"
The big man shrugged his shoulders.
1T didn't start. Some of the outfit
thought they were looking for row.
but they baked on the job when IRE
lawney got his"
Gordon, as he watched from a little
distance, corrected earlier Impressions.
This man had passed the thirties. he
had the thick neck and solid trunk of
middle life, but he carried himself SO
superhly that his whole bearing denied
that years could touch his splendid
physique.
Strong had stepped to the wharf
to talk with an old acquaintance, but
when the boat threw out a warning
signal he made hurried goodby and
came on board. He rejoined Elliot.
"Well, what d'you think Of him1
Was I rightT'
The young man had already guessed
who this imperious stranger was. II
never saw anybody get away with q
hard job AZ easily as he did that one.
You could sec with half an eye that
those fellows meant fight. They were
all primed for it-and he bluffed them
out"
"Bluffed them-huh! I was where
could see just what happened. Colby
Macdonald wasn't even looking at TIE
lawney, but you bet he saw him start.
That suitcase travelled like streak Of
The Tomahawk., 1918-01-24

inexhausible mine Of stories, which
William Macleod
peoped it, not with
all their
selfexed to the Wilderness
the contest for which the quai
cation is energy the future of Alaska.
The Tomahawk., 1918-01-24

Elliott obtains an introduction
70 Miss 0'NeilI and while the
boat 10 taking On freight they
90 for q stroll and have On
amazing adventure together
The Tomahawk., 1918-01-24
CTo BE !CoNTINUEDJ
Caste In Khaki.

Caste In Khaki.
Nayme Gas two officers pass withoul
q glance)-Gee, Cert, some army mes
are 'ntirely blind to the female sex.
Gert-Sure. 1 guess they must b.
long to that reserve corps-Judge.
The Tomahawk., 1918-01-24
ouid Pro Quo.

Here's a theori:,t declares hex.
think like human bsisSs."
Il don't doubt they .hiak NE ~
hsman beings VIE eoeklo No 49,