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VOLUME LIT., NUMBER 53 A'EWiiERRS, v <? FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1917. TWCK i tfTEfc, IL41 A T2U3
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President Tells of Nation's ,
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Business Interests, Exp
Washington, July 11.?President
Wilson appealed to the country's
business interests tonight to put aside
1 every selfish consideration and to give
'^Hjjeir aid to the nation as freely as
i t hose who go out to offer their lives
on the battlefield.
In a statemenC addressed to the
cnai <merators and manufacturers he
gave assurances that just prices will
be paid by the government and the
pu-blic during the war, but warned
t&at no attempt to extort unusual
profits will be tolerated.
L "Your patriotism," sajd the presiw
stent's appeal, "is of the same selfLdgjiying
stuff as the patriotism of the
* men dead and maimed on the fields
of France, or it is no patriotism at
XI
all. Let us never speax, uicu, uk.
.profits and patriotism in the same'
I sentence. j
"I shall expect every man who is j
not a slacker to be at my side through- j
out this great enterprise. In it no!
man caai win honor who thinks o! j
kimself." j
One Price for All.
The president declared there must j
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be but one price for the government
and for the public. He expressed confidence
that business generally will
be found loyal to the last degree, and
that the problem of war time prices,
* which he declared will "mean victory j
or defeat/' -will be solved rightly
through patriotic cooperation.
In unmeasured terms, however, Mr.j
^ Wilson condemned the ship owners of
the country for maintaining a schedule
of ocean freight rates which has t
placed "almost insuperable obstacles'J
in the path of the government.
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"The fact is,' ne aswneu, mav
those who have fixed war freight rates
have taken the most effective means
in their power 10 defeat , the armies
engaged against Germany." '
- Coal production and other industries
for whose products the government
has negotiated price agreements
are not taken up in detail by the president,
his-appeal dealing only with the
s general principles involved in the de*
.nrmnation Of war prices.
I K: follows in part:
?P^ Will Determine Prices,
W "The government is about to attempt
f to determine the prices at which it
will ask you henceforth to furnish
^various supplies which are necessary
W fbr the prosecution of the war and
J various materials wMch will be needi
?d in the industries by ^hich the war
must be sustained. We shall of course
try to -determine justly and to the best
i advantage of the nation as a whole;
but justice is easier to speak of than
I to arrive at. * * I take the liberty
of stating very candidly my own
j views of the situation and of the
principles which should guide both
A J ~ mvnare
the government aim tut; liiiuc V/ n aw Kf J
and manufacturers of the country In
I t?is difficult, matter.
"A just price must,, of course, be
v paid for everything the government
buys. By a just price I mean a price
\ which will sustain the industries coni
cerned in a high state of efficiency,
J>rcviste a living for those who conBHuct
them, enable them to pay good!
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Hhages, and maK possiuie uie
Hons of their enterprises which will
[HLm time to time become necessary
f tBS^ stupendous undertakings of this
^Breat war develop. They are neces^Bary
ior riie maintenance and develHhpment
of industry- and the mainteWk^nce
and development o: industry are
iJKecessary for the great task we have
V "But I trust we shall not surround
Hr.r.e matter with a mist of sentiment.
jHFacts are our masters row. <We ought
Haot to put the acceptance of such
Borices on the ground of patriotism
^ Patriotism has nothing to do with
^ profits in a case like this. Patriotism
||Mnd profits ought never in the presKt
circumstances to be mentioned toMgether.
Most Back Fighting Men.
? "Patriotism leaves profits out of the
ess Men
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1 I heir Loyalty
Demands. Must Determine
s Stirring Summons to
lains Pnrpose of Move.
question. 11 Jiese days of our su-j
preme trip' vnen we are sending bun-:
dreds 01 t ^^nas ox uur ^uuus
across the sea9 to serve a great cause,
no true man who stays behind to work
for them and sustain them by his labor
will ask himself what he is per
sonally going to make out of that la
bor. No true patriot will permit himself
to take toll of their heroism in
money or seek to grow rich by the
shedding of their blood. He will give
as freely and with as unstinted selfsacrifice
as they. When they are giving
their lives will he not give at
least his money?
"I hear it insisted that more than
a just price, more than a price'that
will sustain our industries, must be
paid; that it is necessary to pay very
liberal and unusual profits in order
to 'stimulate' production; that nothing
but pecuniary rewards will do it?
rewards paid in money, not in the
mere liberation of the world. I take
it for granted that those who argue
thus do aot stop to think what this
means. Do they mean that you must
be paid, must be bribed, to make your
contribution, a contribution that>co3ts
you neither a drop of blood nor a tear,
when the -whole world is in travail and
men everywhere depend upon and
call to you to bring them out of
bondage and make the world a fit
place to live in again amidst peace
and justice? Do they mean you will
exact a price, drive a bargain, with
the men who are enduring the agony
of this war on the battlefield, in the
trenches, amidst the lurking dangers
of the 9ea, or with the bereaved women
and the pitiful children, before you
will come forward to your duty and
give some part of your life, in eaiy
peaceful fashion, for the things we
are fighting for, the things we have
pledged our fortunes, our lives, our
sacred honor to vindicate and defend
?liberty and justice?
Will Answer Right.
"Of course you will not. It is inconceivable.
Your patriotism is of
il-- JAnvinor -afiifT thft D&
me tiituuc acii-ucuj ?- -? x _
triotism of the men dead or maimed
on the field of France or else it is no
patriotism at all. Let ns never speak
then, of profits and of patriotism in
the same sentence. Let us do sound
business, but not in the midst of a
mist. Many a grievous burden of tax"
? ?thic nation in
aiiOIl Will !UC iaiu VII t,u.u ?
this generation and in the next to pay
for this war. Let us see to it thai for
every dollar that is taken from the
people's pockets it shall be possible to
obtain a dollar's worth of the sound
stuff they need.
"Let me turn for a moment toXhe
ship owners of the United States and
the other ocean carriers whose example
they have followed and ask
'" il tttVI O + n'hataplA'S
tn em 11 111 a t/dHLc h uuc
what insuperable obstacles, they have
been patting in thie way of the successful
prosecution of this war by the
ocean freight rates they have been
exacting? They are doing everything
that high freight charges can do to
make the war a failure, to make it impossible.
I do not say they realize
this or intend it. The thing has happened
naturally enough, because the
commercial processes which we are
nTveraJc in ordinary
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times have without sufficient thought
been continued into a period where
they have no proper place. I am not
questioning motives. I am merely
stating a fact and stating it in order
that attenton may be fixed upon it.
"The fact is that those who have
fixed war freight rates have taken the
most effective means in their power
to defeat the armies engaged against
Germany. When they realize th.'3, we
mav t talce it. for granted, count upon
them to reconsider the whole matter.;
It is high time. Their extra hazards
are covered by war risk insurance.
Looks for Response.
"I know, and you know what response
to thb great challenge of duty
and of. opportunity the nation will exi
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NKWBKRKY COUNTY \
IWSCIL OF DEFENSE
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The Newberry County Council of;
i Defense met in the office of Farm.
Demonstration Agent Mills. Thursday,!
the !-th, and effected the following or?
i
^anization: '
Chairman. Dr. G. Y. Hunter.
Vice Chairman. Jno. M. Kinard.
Secretary, T. M. Mills.
The county council of defense con|
sists of one member from each town-'
I ship as follows:
I Jno. M. Kinard, No. 1.
i Dr. W. C. Brown, No. 2.
L. S. Henderson, No. 3. |
Z. H. Suber, No. 4.
! Dr. J. Wm. Folk, No. 5.
| Dr. T. H. Pope, No. 6.
| A. P. Coleman, No. 7.
i W. L. Buzhardt, No. 8.
< T. M. Mills, No. 9.
W. B. Boinest, No. 10.
H. H. Ruff. No. 11.
. Motion by Jno. M. Kinard that each ;
. member of the Council organize Ii?s
respective township not later than |
one week from today, appointing not>
i
less than 10 members for each town- !
ship?carried.
Motion by T. M. Mills that-tfe cov-'
er the county during July and An-|
f i
gust with a series of scnooi nous*?
meetings, to be designated by each
township council of defense, at such
places and dates as they may deem I
best?carried.
j It was suggested that the council
from each township have their meet!
ing place and dates mapped out and
: report &t next meeting.
Moved and carried to meet again
! at court house, Tuesday, July 24th,
at 10:20 a. m..
i T. M. MILLS, Sec. j
Newberrv County Council of Defense.;
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Rank Injustice.
! "Now, my son," said the conscien!
tious father, "tell me wny r punished
you."
"That's it," blubbered the boy in- j
j dignantly. "First you pounded the|
! life out of me, an' now you don't know i
what you done it for."?Chicago Re-!
, cord-Herald.
! i
1 pect of you and I 'know what response i
you will make. Those who do noL
respond in the spirit of tnose who
have gone to give th'eir lives for us
on hloody fields far away, may safely
i be left to be dealt with by opinion
I and the law?for the law must, of
! course. command these things. I am'
i pealing with the matter thus public-'
ly and frankly in order that in all our!
; thinking and in all our dealings with!
i one another we may move in a perfectly
clear air of understanding,
i ''And there is something more that
I we must add to our thinking. The public
is now as much a part of the gov:
ernment as are the army and navy |
, themselves; the whole people m <tu
| their activities are now mobilized and
in service for the accomplishment of
j the nation's task in this war; it is in j
! such circumstances impossibly justly I
to distinguish between industrial pur
chases made by the government and
| industrial purchase made by the man!
agers of individual industries o? the
j countries, all the industries that con.
tribute to its life assist to sustain our
! in the field and on the sea. We
I JV1 wu v?w
\&ast make the prices to the public the
i same as the prices to the government,
i Prices mean the same thing every|
where now; they mean the efficiency
i or the inefficiency of the nation. They
! mean victory Or defeat. They mean
I that America will win her place once
i for all among the foremost free nations
of the world, or that ehe will!
! sink to defeat and become a second j
j rate power alike in thought and in
action. This is a day of her reckoning:
and every man amongst us must
i personally face that reckoning along'
! with her.
I "The case needs no arguing. I as-j
j sume that I am only expressing your !
I own .thought?-what must be in tne |
mind of every true man when lie
faces the tragedy and the solemn
j g7ory of the present war for the
! emancipation of mankind. I summon!
j you to a great duty, a great privilege, j
a shining dignity and distinction. I;
j shall expect every man who is not a
! slacker to ibe at my side throughout;
this great enterprise. In it no man'
?-nrTirk fhinkq of him-'
<j<m wiu jjvuvi " ,
self." I
><5> 3> C*y <?<?><$ <? <$>
V <$
<* FOOD AD.V1MSTRATIOX $
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<$><?> <$'<$> 3' 3> <$> <& & <$> & <& <t> '??'
The food economics v/liich Herbert
C. Hoover of the Food Administration
desires to suggest to the American
people were officially promulgated today.
They constitute three cardinal principles
of the Food Campaign and are
set forth in clear type on & small
card in terms so difinite and concise
that all will know exactly what andj
bow to save.
This Food Adminstration Card will |
soon hang in every American kitchen!
and its directions followed with scrup-'
ulous care by the home makers of the1
land. Already the appeal has met'
o francrAiis rPQnrmsp Th-? infor-;
W I til <X i4
ination is at hand that a million Food
pledges have- already been signed, j
A reading of the card which is print-1
ed in full below, shows that to follow'
its suggestions entails no real liard-|
ships. The rules are concise and sim-,
pie. Less wheat, meat, milk, fats, su-;
gar and fuel. More fruit, vegetables,'
foods that are not. suitable to be sent'
to camps or firing lines. No limiting
the food of growing children; not
eating by anyone of more food than is
needed. Buying food that is grown
clise to the home.
Is-any of this hard?
? I
United States Food Administration,
Win the war by tivirg your own
daily service.
SAVE THE WHEAT?One wheatless
meal a day. Use corn, oatmeal, rye
" 1? *?? J ? -J "An mJiaof hr^alf.
or Daney di w*u <tuu uuu-nuvav ?
fast foods. Order bread twenty-four
hours in advance so your baker will
not bake beyond his needs. Cut the
loaf on the table and only as required.
Use stale brend for cooking, toast, etc.
Er.t less cake ar.d rastry.
Our wheat harvest is far below normal.
If each percon weekly saves one
pound of whate flour that meat? 150,
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000,000 more ousneus in wueat wj
Allies to mix in their bread. This w^rll
help them to save DEMOCRACY.
SAVE THE MEAT?Reef, mutton or!
pork not more than oixie a day. Use
freely vegetables and fish. At the
meat meal serve smaller portions, and
stews instead of steaks. Make madedislies
of all left-overs. Do this and
there will be meat enough for everyone
o nrice.
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We are today killing the dairy cows !
and female calves as the result of j
high prices. Therefore eat ler,3 and I
I
eat no young meat. If v.re save an
ounce of reat each day per persoi), we j
will have additional supply equal tt,:
2,200,000 cattle. |
SAVE THE MILK?The children j
must have milk. Use every drop, j
Use buttermilk and sour milk forj
cooking and making cottage cuecw. |
Use less cream.
SAVE THE FATS?Wo arc the"
world's greatest fat eaters. Fat is
- - - - - !
food. Butter is essential ior xne,
growth and health of children. Use;
I
butter on the table as usual but not in
cooking. Other fats are as good. Reduce
use of fried foods. Soap contains
fats. Do not waste it. Make your
own washing soap at home out of.
the saved fats.
IUs>e one-third ounce less per day j
of animal fat and 375,000 tons will
be saved yearly.
SAVE THE SUGAR?Srgar is scarwp
iisp todav throe times as
I
much per person as our Allies. So j
there may be eniugh for all at reason- j
able price. Use less candy and sweet,
drinks. Do not stint s'ljcar in putting
up fruit and jam?. They will save
butter. j
tc in Amari.'-a saves one
11 CI J"V/AA*7 lli.
our.ce of sugar <!aily, it moans 1,100,000
tons for the year.
SAVE THE FUEI^--Coal comes'
from a distance and our railways arej
overburdened hauling war material, j
Help relieve them 'Ly 'burning fewer;
files. Use wood when \*cu can get it. j
USE THE PERISHABLE FOODS? j
Fruits and vegetables we have in j
abundance. As a nation we eat too
little garden stuffs. Double their use
ond improve your -lealth. Store po-j
tatoes and other roots properly and!
they vnll keep.. Be^in now to can or
Vy all surplus garden products.
USE TX)CAL SUPPLIES?Patronize
your local producer. Distance means j
money. Buy .perishable food frcm tlie
Postpone Drau
For /
Census Officials Change Figu
riifinrtc?TVuru Thirds nf f
MIIIVIIV A WW m w* v
Population of Eat
!
Washington, July 11.?Postponement
until next week of the drawing of
numbers of men who will be called
for examination for the National army '
seemed probable today when it became
evident that States are not complet-j
ing organization of their district ex-j
emption boards as rapidly as war de-j
partment officials had hoped. Only 21!
States have reported their organiza-i
tion'complete. The drawing will noi!
be made until lists for the country!
are complete.
A socalled revised census estimate j
for the entire country, compiled on the.
basis of the draft registration, will be!
i
used for determining apportionments.1
Each city, county or State must fur-'
nish two-thirds of 1 per cent of its.
paper poulation, according to the new.
estimates, which were made for the.
purpose of equalizing the draft rather j
than to represent accurate population:
totals.
Thus New York city, with an esti-l
mated population of 6,504,185, must
give 43,382 of the 687,000 young men'
x? t- ~ nn tVia firet /Iraff A ^itv :
IU ue cancu uu wc utoii v. p
with 25,000 population would be re-;
quired to give 166 men. These appor- j
tionraents would be subject to slight
allowances for alien enemies, for raen
who have volunteered and for other
causes.
The population estimates, far from
attempting to show actual population,
simply are improvised figures reaciied
by considering the number of registrants
in each sub-division as 9.32
per cent, of the population since the
total number registered, 9,659,382, was
9.32 per cent, of the total estimated
population, 103,635,300.
Regarded as Fair.
The process resulted in large dum-1
my {population showings for,cities with
war industries where there has been
a recent Inflow of workmen without
their families. Since the figures are
hocnn thp number of men available
for military service, however, officials'
neighborhood nearest you- and thus
s?.ve transportation.
General Rules.
Buy less, serve smaller portions. j
Pi-each the "Gospel cf the Clean I
"'late.** *
Don't eat a fourth meal.
Don't limit the plrdn food of growing
children.
Watch out for wastes in the
community.
Full garbage pails in America mean
empty dinner pails in America and
Europe.
If the mere fortunate of our people
will avoid waste and eat no mare than
they need, the high c/jst of living problem
of the less fortunate will be j
solved.
HERBERT HOOVER,
lUnited States Food Commissioner.]
Bitten by a Snake.
A spread adder bit one of Mr.
Bachman Cromer's little sons on the
ankle last Sunday and the leg became
very much swollen and painful. It
would have been very serious but for
the presence of mind of the boy'jjtwo
brothers who were with him. They!
cut a cross mark into the snakes bite j
i
and took turns a*. sucKing tne oiwu,
while they sent word to their father.]
The boys were a good distance from !
home. When Mr. Cromer reached
them he brought his son to town and
Dr. Jno. B. Setzler dressed the w>ound.
The little fellow is getting along all
right.
COUNTY CHANCES
FOR SCHOLARSHIP
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Twenty-three Vacancies ta Sonth
Carolina for University?Examination
on Jnly 13.
Competitive examinations for nor
r TTrnversitV Of I
ixuii scuuiiii oaipo cvf w ? w
South Carolina will be held in the fol-!
lov/'ng counties, under the direct ton
of the county superintendent cf edu-l
ling
National Army
res to Meet Apparent Conine
Per Cent, of Paper
:h Unit Needed.
consider the estimates fair as base3
for apportionment.
Pleas for exemption of any man need
not be made by him, but may be entered
by a wife, other dependent, employer
or any other third person, the
provost marshal general's office explained
in a statement.
It also was explained that any registered
man absent from his homa
district need not return for physical ex
amination but may be ordered by his
home board to be examined elsewhere.
Figures for States.
The dummy population estimates by
States Include the following: Alabama
1,946,536; Florida, 925,641; Georgia
2,4SG,544; Kentucky 2,024,353; Louisville
l.'d88,S62; Mississippi 1,501,345;
Xorth Carolina 2,146,266; South Caro
lira 1,384,203; Tennessee 2,024,893;
Texas 4,397,097; Virginia 1,951,521;
West Virginia 1,350,907.
Estimates for Southern cities include:
Birmingham 212,436: Mobile
49,249; Montgomery 40,773; Little
Rock 57,135; Jacksonville 102,285;
Tampa 60,408; Macon 52,639; Sayan- '
naJ? 50,279; Atlanta 206,159; Augusta
52,232; Louisville 216,448; New Or- _
leans and parish 365,755; Shreveport
41,030; Winston-Salem, N. C-, 55,1$1;
Charlotte 48,509; Charleston -63,5*9}
Columbia 42.221; Nashville 113,115;
Chaitanooga 74,174; Knoxville 76/760;
Memphis 158,509; San Antonio 135,348;
Dallas 160,805; El Paso 100,773;'
r.aivMtnn 53.552; Houston 132,157;
Fort Worth 87,543; Austin 33,906;. Petersburg
37,049; Newport News 41,373;
Norfolk 106,159; Portsmouth 36,642;
Richmond 172,178; Roanoke 47,854.'
_;.;V " ?
Estimates for other large cities:
New York (including Bronx, Kings,
New York, Queens and Richmondcounties)
6,504,885, Chicago 3,639,957;
Philadelphia 2,060,021; Detroit 1,521,942;
Cleveland .1,125,440; Boston 828,573;
St. Louis 861,524. .
cation, Friday, July 13: Abbeville,
a am D 6 r g, mur u, t?ci ?
leston, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield,
Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester,
Florence. Horry, Jasper, Lee, Marlboro,
Newberry. Orangeburg, Pwjkens,
Saluda, Sumter, Union and York.
These scholarships entitle the holders
to four years at the 'University ot
South Carolina paying tution and part
of the other expenses involved. A
certain part of the work must be in
the department of education, but in
other respects it is not different from
the usual academic course. The
degree conferred is that of A. B. The
papers will be examined by members
of the scholarship committee of the
university.
Forty Dollars for Concealed Weapon*
A.ho:it six weeks ago a negro was
seen with a concealed weapon on
Mr. W. I. Herbert's plaoe. Mr. E. N.
Foy saw the man and the pistol and
reported the fact to Mr. Herbert, wfro
phoned Sheriff Ble&se about the matter.
The sheriff sent Policeman Taylor,
but the negro was not located,
as Mr. Foy did not know the man
and Mr. Herbert had not see* Mm
Seeing the account in the newspapers
Mr. J. A. Foy, father of young Foy
who had seen the negro, worked up
evidence against Sam Bobo and sent
word to the authorities here. Officers
Havird and Taylor went to the place
last Monday and arrested the man,
' ' - ' - a*- - <2
who turned out xo De ine one mot. imported
toy Foy. He was brought in
and carried before Magistrate Douglas.
He pleaded guilty to the charge
and was sentenced to pay $40 or eery?
30 days. The fine was paid.
Members of the Woman's Service
League of Newberry are b'!sy cutting
and making pillow cases for the Red
! Voss work.