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THE NEWS AND HERALD wVol. LXX-No 96 WNSO .S.C. THURSDAY, APRI 26, 1917.Etbihd14 PPAREDNESS CAMPAIGN CLOSEDI TUESDAY NIGHT MEETINGS HELD IN EVERY SECTION OF COUNTY All Indications Point to the Plant ing of a Tremendous Crop of Food and Feed Stuffs. From all sides there is heard state ments of satisfaction over the outcome of the whirlwind campaign for civic preparedness that has just been held in this county. Enthusiasm over the matter of preparing to meet the food shortage has risen by leaps and bounds and it is safe to say that the people of the county are more thoroughly aroused over the situation than ever before in the history of the county. Beginning last Friday night speak s have been sent into all parts of le county and to both races to talk to them along the line of food shortage and place.bef(,re them the plans laid out by the cour-.i committee for the purpose of meeting this shortage with home raised food.- From every meeting point has come reports of record breaking crowds and there was every indication at each of these places that the people are more intensely interested in the matter of increasing their food crops than-ever before in the history of the county. The speakers have urged the increas ing food for man and feed for stock at the earliest possible date this summer. Gardens have been stressed and es pecially those garden crops that the sum will cure so that they may be saved for winter use. On the other hand the point has been stressed that our people waste at lea$ twenty five per cent of the fdod' stafs that they use and they. have beer urged to pre serve-food as well as raise more food. The crowds that have greeted the speakers have been most interested listeners and have shown -by. their questions and*ords-of--approval that the plans made by the county committee in the matter of what crops to plant will be.followed by- almost aR of' the farmers of the county. In many of these sections committees have been appointed to co-operate with the peoDle in carrying into execution the plans suggested at these meetings. Taken sllin-ill these ig, no. question bt:tbat the campaign bas beenmostsuccesfuk FINGER-NAIL SEETCHES OF THE MEN WHO RUN TEE U. S. WAVY Washington, April 24.-"What has come to him, he has won by hard work always," This is what the Nav'y Department thinks of Admiral William Shepherd Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, Pres ident of the General Board of the Navy, and the'obne man, above all others, upon 'whom rests the success or failure of the fleet When Congress recently wrote into the law that Admiral Benson's orders ''were to be considered as emanating from the Secretary of the Navy and have full force and effect as such," it showed what it thought of him. The Chief of Operations is truly a Southern Gentleman. He was born on a small plantation in the heart of Geor gia in 1855, and has carried with him throughout his brilliant career the best traditions of the old South. Tall, spare, with a most courtly bear ing and a full white mustache, much like his predecessor Admiral Dewey, the Ad miracl presents the most distinguished acearance. His rise has been metoric dr -ing the past few years. sfis first cruise as captain of a bat tieship was in 1913, when he piloted Navy Yard, where he did "his bit" with the Utah to the fleet pennant. He then assumed command of the Philadelphia such "great labor and excellence," as to be called to Washington in 1915', when a man was sought to create and take charge of the new vital office of Naval Operations. Admiral Benson is not a man given to epigrams, especially those of the first person. "I" seldom falls from his lips. 'lf be can be induced to admit his ser vices in Washington have met with "fair success" the Admiral will immediately impress it upon you that it is solely ow ing to "the loyalty and co-operation" of his associates. This is what his brother officers say of the present ranking officer of the U. S. Navy. This is the happy warrior. This is he Whom every man in arms YEIERANS OF SIXIfS FIRM ON CONSCRIPTION ANNUAL REUNION HELD IN , CHESTER Remnant of Grey Clad Host! Pledge Their Loyalty to Their Country. Chester, April 25.-The annual reun ion of the South Carolina division, Unit ed Confederate Veterans, which has been ia session in Chester for two days, clos ed tonight, when the curtain descende, upon the brilliant reunion ball. The reunion was said to have been one of the most remarkable from every standpoint ever staged in South Caro lina. The programme was the most elaborate and the speakers and enter tainments were of the very highest or der. Today's programme opened at 9:30 o'clock in the auditorium of the city hall with a musical programme of South ern airs and national selections. An address was delivered by Miss Mildred Rutherford, of Athens, Ga., up on the great work that she is doing i. compiling an accurate 'history of the War Between the Sections. She was formerly historian of the United Daught ers of 'the Confederacy. She possesses .a wonderful mind and her address to day was a historical masterpiece.. Many o: the prominent veterans said that she gave mo;e accurate facts than they had read in histories and articles in the past ten years. Her work is in the line of getting together data, from Northerh as well as Southern sources, so that the truth of the Whr Between the Sections will go down to posterity. She is said to be accomplishing a monu mental task in a truly wonderful way that will be of lasting credit to the South. She is a capital speaker, pos sessing a magnetism that held her large audience for over an hour. She used no manuscript, quoting piles of figures from memory that fairly startled the peo ple. .Tho. following .officers were re-elete for 'the ensuing year: B. H. Teague of Aiken, miajor general commanding the South Carolina division; Gen. W. A. Clark of Columbia, commander of the First brigade; while Gen. C. A. Reed of Anderson was again ehosen to command Ithe Second brigade. The following pension board was re elected: Capt. W. H. Edwards of Chester (Xgtto%. . Sawyer of Columbia;Cap-L D; R.lFenniken ot.olumbia,. CoL R. J.' Morris and Dr. Willia-m Weston of -Co lumba Two important resolutions were pass ed, as follows: fResolved, That the ison of a -deeased futher shall have the right to take the father's place as a full member of the United Confederate Veteran caanp. "Resolved, That we request the Uni ted Daughters of the Confederacy to al low the desceudant, male or 'female, to wear the eross of honor of a .deceased Confederate -soldier, provided the nam a of the original owner is distinctly mark ed upon if." The South Carolina division today voted to support George P. Harrison of Opelika, Ala., at the Washington re union in Washington in June for re election as general commanding the Uni ted Confederate Veterans. The annual memorial exercises par took of a very solemn and imprressive na ture. It was to the Confederate dead. Many noble and beautiful tribntes were paid to the devoted women of the Con federacy. The veterans voted thanks to the people of Chester for their unbounded hospitality, and to the press of the State. The following noteworthy resolution idorsing President Wilson's seleetiveI draft system was introduced by Gen. W. A. Clark of Columbia. and was un animously adopted by the veterans: "Whereas, our country has become involved in a war now being waged among the leading nations of Europe which for its magnitude is without par allel in the history of the world and which for its atrocious cruelties is vio lative of the rules of civilized warfare: a war in which the militarism of Ccer many-the remnant of medevial ages-1 threatene to deprive the people of their, eivil and political freedom.i "And whereas it now * omes all true Americans to rally to our flag with a cordial enthusiastic support. "Now therefore be it resolved by thei South Carolina division, United Confed rate Veterans in annual reunion assem-< bled. That we pledge our loyalty to our country and to our flag; and in token of this pledge we hold ourselves sub- 1 ect to our country's call and ready, at the command of the president, to render such service as may in our power lie. "Resolved further, That we hereby < declare our confidence in our president and in our congress and pledge our cor dial mmnport to all meaure which may 1 DICTATORSHIP OVER FOOD SUPPLY OF WORL THIS MAY BECOME PART 0 GREAT WAR CAMPAIGN Indications Are This Action Wi Result, from Conference N c/srj Session. Washington, ' 26.-That son American, probZ Terbert C. Hoov r Secretary Wii. '- vill within ti next few months beto he food dicta or of the world, is i. d from tl development of the int C: 'onal -x conference in progress he More and more are thL onferen proceedings chrystalizing a monument campaign to feed the allies. Shippii and finance are considered as comps atively collateral, though vital. Washington, April 26.-The result the first Congressionally authoriz pTobe into prices of foods conducted he reported today, is that there is "i just ground for such high prices of mai of the products as are demanded." The probers recommend the urge need of organizing comprehensive ma keting machinery and which would brii the producing and consuming commm ties into trading relations with ea other. The conditions unearthed, here, mi ht a criterion of what tie federal tra commission may find in its nation-wi investigation. The probers found tb the reports of the food shortage we misleading, that the prices in mai cities were unusually high, the poor I ing forced to resort to the stricte economy to provide food. The sale of ordinary cuts of .me appears to have been discontinued a the consumers are exercising more fr gality than ever before, this being prc en by the decrease in the garbage o kections. The shipments of foodstuffs has be held up abnormally -and, consequent the supply has been abnormally depl4 ed. The element of food speculation b been a.potent factor in. the- increas prices. The shipments of food to the belli erents has not affected the price of I tatoes, eggs and onions, but the pri< o; these products have soared with t prices of other foods. The committee conducting the pro recommended the establishments of i nicipal wholesale markets, that the p3 ily-.brought-together, cutting out.soi of the' middleanen. Washingt6n, April 2.--For the pi pose of aiding the farmers of the nati ii meeting the food situation, the g< ernment today took steps to throw hwndred million dollars ino the brea Secretary McAdoo announced that all the postal savings deposits would made immediately available for loans farmers. Salesmen Lend a Hand in Northwes Minneapolis, April 26.-Three thoi and salesmen are preaching bigger crc to the farmers of the Northwest tods Resolved to take every possible step spur the thousands of farmers in t vast Northwest to produce the maximi crop, all salesmen with headquarters Minneapolis are talking big acreage a bigger crops everywhere they go. Ma: deal directly with farmers and will es ry the call of agricultural mobilizati direct to the soil. Wholesale firms are behind this mo and are urging their country trade work for bigger crops. Railroads throu, every agency are advertising the ne of increased production. Posters w be displayed on fences. barns and si; posts throughout the northwest callia on farmers to work for 'large crops. ROOT WIILGO TO AID> OF THE RUSSIAI Washington, April 26.-Elihu Root ha cepted the chairmanship of the Ame ican commission to Russia. The Ameci ran workers will assist the Russians levelopment of their resources and, lesired, in the reorganization of the governent. M adopted for the prosecution of tI var and approve the selective draft syl :em as may be best calculated to inui speedy and successful termination; 5 vhich righteousness shall prevail, ar 'pon which a peace may be establishe suring future generations immnunit gainst such cruelties and the horroi t uncivilized war'are in which i ights of humanity shall be vindicate nd the principles oZ democracy tr imph over the tyranny of royalty. "And to this end we pledge our live: mr fortunes and our sacred honor. "Resolved further, That the adjutar i this division be directed to tram nit a copy of these resolutions to t' resident of the United States and t OPPOSITION 0 SELEC 0 TIVE DRAFI DWINDLING F HOUSE AGREES TO VOTE ON B BILL FRIDAY ii Now Seems Certain Draft Bill 1 Will Pass---Stevenson Urged to' Get Into Line. e Wdhington, April 26.-The Hous. !r agreed to vote on the selective conscrip- oy ie tih-n bill tomorrow. It seemed certai t- it would pass. The debate ends this e afternoon. bi r I Washington, April 26.-Congress to .e day resumed. its struggle with the se al Icetive conscription bill. Representa- I tive Gardner took a poll and found that r- much of the opposition had vanished w and the supporters of the measure are confident the bill will be passed by a safe majority. No vote, however, is ex- s A pected in either house today. i re re o Fort 'Mill, April 26.-The directors of st y the Fort Mill Chamber of Commerce I have directed a telegram to the Hon- a at W. F. Stevenson urging him to sup- t1 r. port the plans of the administration es ig pecially as regards the matter of selec- i [i tive conscription, stating as their opin- Ic. , ion that sentiment here is practically unanimous in favor of the measure. A le Champ Clark Opposes. fe le Washington, April 24.-Champ Clark at bitterly opposed conscription today. He 01 re told a delegation from the National Se y carity League that he would never vote e- for conscription and that such a bill at would never pass. The war department is trying to bull at doze the comtry into approving, Mr. id Clark -said. "I am in favor of. letting G u- the flower .and youth of the country vol- f, v- unteer before fastening the disgrace of e4 >l- conscription upon them." a] en RUSSIA FIRM FOR ly CONTINUANCE OF WAR a t-. -- a as London, April 23.-The Daily Expresa I ed Petrograd -correspondent- contributes an I interview he has had with A. F. Kerensky Y g- minister ,f justice in the new Russian ti 0- government, whom he called the Lloyd k es George of Russia. While insisting Rus he sia would only wage a defensive war and countenance no annexations, M. Ker be ensky emphasized the fact that greater il u- enthusiasm existed in Russia today than el 0- ever before for a defensive war. Even ne the Lithuanians, Poles, Little Russians , a"d Finns, who had no war- zeAl under-, .the autocratic regime, wereio* preWr- t4 ir- edto defend their country to the utmost e On said the minister. v- "If President Wilson was expressing a the will of his people and not merely h- making a democratic move," said M. Of Kerensky, "I am in complete sympathy e be with the war aims he suggests as being 0 to most compatible with an enduring P peace."a While not objecting to the principle - of compensation, especially in its appli 5cation to Poland and Belgium, M. Ker PS ensky declared that he was directly op I Y- posed to exactions for any purpose what toever. he The correspondent remarks on this * 'm question of reparation that M. Kerensky 9 R is not in agreement with some of his col- C r leagues. Asked about the Russian at- r< ' titude toward the British people, M. b .r- Kerensky said the entry of the United o States into war after the overthrow of t] the autocracy had given the United t4 ve States a popularity such as the British to had rarelyy enjoyed. b The minister of justice painted a grave g ed ,picture of the state of affairs under the a diautocracy, HeI saidl a Gecrman spring of-a fensive under the old regimne would have B i meant defeat. Asked about the insist - ent call of the Socialists for peace, M. Kerenskv said:"f S "Foreign observers fail to understand st that the call for peace was greater under ei the old regime, but owing to the policy sof darkness, it never appeared on the oi surface. Now, with freedom of speech, it appears in the full light of day to he attract attention but to receive little M ir strength." Rome, April 25.-The pope has been - informed by the papal nuncios in the d e Teutonic countries that the general te - strikes in Germany and Austria-Hun- t -e gary closely approximate the scope of OU a revolution. d According to reports in Vatican circles A d the nuncios assert their belief that a d y general revolt to back the demands of tr s the people for peace might develop. nl d WOULD NOT D)ENY THE . PEOPLE RIGHT TO th CRITICISE OFFICIAL,S an Washington. April 26.-President Wil- thi t son declared that while he approved the pa espionage bill, he was utterly opposed On e to any censorship which would deny to othe people their indisputable right to ci REMENDOUS LOSSES SUFFERED BY TEUTONS RITISH ATTACK PARTIALLY CHECKED BY GERMANS all of Living Soldiers Used to Check British---Loss of Life Terrible. London, April 26.-A complete repulse the massed counter attack by tnl% rman forces against the new British sitions around Gavrelle was announced General Haig in his report to the war partment today. Germany is now suffaring the most ap Iling losses of the entire war. To the north of the Scarpe river, ere the British fought ahead almost inches in the face of a great mass of rmans, the carnage was greater than ffered by the enemy anywhere dur g the conflict. Dispatches state that the Germans, alizing that no trench works could and against the leveling fire of the -itish artillery, are seeking to make wall of living beings stand against e British. Considering the ferocity of the fight g, the British losses are exceedingly w, it is stated. With the British Armies in France, pril 26.-One -single British post de nding just a part of the Guillemont rm emerged victorious today from one the fiercest of the countless scattered tions, marking the day as one replete ith bitter fighting, by killing off every an of their German assailants. Paris, April 26.-Two tremendous erman attacks along a mile and a half ont to the west of Cerny, were repuis with heavy'losses to the enemy, it is inounced. The Allies Failed. Amsterdam, April 24.-The heaviest. :tacks of the Entente forces have failed ,ording to a. Berlin report. Major :oraht, critic, writing in the Berlin ages. Zeitung, says. the Germans. have telded at certain points along the line, is being in keeping with the plan to ep the fighting line moving. French Hold Positions. Paris, April 24.-The French are hold .g the positions wrested from the en ny last week, despite all' the German >unterattacks. The offiial statement says the num I of German sasaults were designed shake he 'grip of the'French, but fail 1. Several scattering. actions are re >rted. London, April 24.-General Haig gain. I more ground in the resumed British Tensive today. He reported further rogress to the cast of Moncy le Preux ad Roeux. and also gained the South apaum-Cambrai road. On a wide front, cast of Epheny the ritish reached the St. Quentin canal nd captured the villages of Villers, ouch and Beaucamp. This was the greatest gain yet a.chiev I in ghe thrust against the Cambrai-St entmn line. General Haig's report irtly mentioned that his forces had ~ached St. Quentin canal inu the neigh >rhood of Venrhuille. Meantime there is no dimunition of e power in the attack on the Germane >the east of Monchy lePreux. Amisterdamn, April 25.-The new anti .-ernment socialist party precipitated Iumultuous disturbance at yesterday's eting of the reichstag, according to erlin dispatches. Socialit Ledlebours charged that the ~ovrnment was responsible for the od crisis and demanded that the reich ag discuss the situation and the gov nment's mnal-administrationl. Today, Wednesday, amidst a tempest is debate the resolution was rejected. A later report declared the reietag i adjourned not to meet again until London, April 25.-German propagan is centering in Russia to such an ex ait that apprehension is evidenced ever e necessity for immediately stamping t the German influences. It is reported that an organized anti nerican demonstration occurred Sun y before the American embassy at Pe >grad, and an attack threatened by a mber of socialist radicals. Richmond. April 2.5.-The governor of Fea.1a reserve bank today issued appeal to the state banks and trust npanies to co-operate more fully with Richmond institution and do their rt in the mobilization of the nation's a.ncial resources.4 Te said Congress had created a ma ne to meet all emergencies, "but we .laikerm in making use of it." 11 AMERICAN GUNNERS SINK GERMAN SUBMARINE? SHIP'S OWNERS NOT NOTIFIED OF SUCH RESULT Mongolia's Captain Describes Encounter---Says Subma rine Was Sunk. New York, April 2.-The Interna tional Mercantile Marine Company has received no report regarding the sinking of a submarine by the gun crew on its freighter, the Mongolia. The command er of the vessel merely cabled that he had arrived safely in port. London Skeptical. London, April 26.-Considerable skep ticism is manifest here as to the ability of observers to detect a hit of a subma rine a thousand yards distant, as report ed by the captain of the Monogliia in re perting the sinking of a submarine by gun fire. Americans here hope that the sinking may be confirmed. London. April 25.-Captain Rice of the American steamship Mongolia which has arrived at a British port told the Associated Press today that the Mon golia had fired the first. gun of the war for the United States and sunk a Ger man: submarine;,~ Tie periscope was sighted 'dead ahead on the last afternoon of the voy age. The captain gave the order for full speed ahead with the intention of ramming the submarine. The periscope disappeared- and a few minutes later reappeared on the ship's broadside. The gunners, fired, hitting the periscope squarely and throwing up a mountain of water. Captain Rice outlined the incident with modesty, but could not quite wn ceal the pride he felt in the ac:ievement of his ship. He paid a high tribute to the'gunners, and especially to the man ner in which they were handled by the officer who directed the firing of the.tell ing shot. "For five das aid nghts,.sat - Rice, "I had not had my clothes off- and we kept a big force of lookouts on duty all the time. It was 5:20 in the after noon of the 19th that we sighted the submarine. The officer commanding the gunners was with me on the bridge where in fact we had been most of the time throughout the voyage. There was a haze over the sea at the time. We had just taken a sounding for we were getting near shallow water and we were looking at the land when the first mate cried: 'There's a submarine off the port bow.' "The submarine was elose to us, too close, in fact, for her purposes and she was submerging again in order to ma neuver in a better position for torpedo ing us, when we sighted her. We saw the periscope go down and the swirl of the water. I quickly ordered a man at the wheel to put it to .starboard, and we swung the nose of the ship toward the spot where the submarine had been seen. "We were going at full speed ahead 'and two minutes after we first sighted the U-boat it emerged again about 1, 000 yards off. Its intention probably. had been to catch us broadside on, but. when it appeared we had the stern gum trained full on it. "The lieutenant gave the command and the big guns boomed. We saw the periscope shattered and the shell and the submarine disappeared. "I assure you we did not stop to re connoitre after the incident, but steam ed away at full speed, for it was not improbable that there was another sub marine about. The one I got undoubt edly had been lying on the bottom at this spot waiting for the ship and, came up> when it heard our propellers. I immedi ately sent a wireless message statings that a submarine had been seerr. "That's about all the story, exceptings this: "The governors had named the guns on board the Mongolia, and the one which got the submarine was called Theodore Roosevelt; so Teddy fired the first gun of the war after a1l? Captain Rice recalled that he came from Allston, Mass., and that the en ounter with the submarine occurred : the day when the Bay State was elebrating the anniversary of the bat ble of Lexington. &ERICAN SAILORS GET NEWS "BY UNITED) PRSS Washington, April 24.-American sea nen hereafter will get their news "By Jited Press." Each night at 10 o'clock, the big Ar ington radio flashes out to sea the news f the day-war stories, domestic news, aseball scores "boiled down" by the tavy censor, from the United Press leas d wire re-ort. Every ship has orders to "listen in" .t 10 o'clock and copy the "pony re iorts" as sent out by the censor.