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WILSON PLEAI>S FOR FOOD. President Kays It I? Necessary for Americans Fanners to Do liest. Washington, April 10.-In a let ter to the National Agricultural So ciety, meeting hero to-day to discuss mobilization of tho country's food resources, President Wilson declared it not only is tho duty of the United States to take adequate stops to feed Americans, hut, if possible, to an swer the ?'all foi' food of other na tions at war. The letter, read before tho convention, follows: "At tho present moment it is our plain duty to take adequate step? .that not only our own people be fed, but that wo may, if possible, an swer the call for food of other na tions now at war. "In this greatest ol' human needs T feel that the American farmer will do his part to tho utmost. "Ky planting and increasing his production in every way possible, every farmer will perform a labor of patriotism for which ho will bo rec ognised as a soldier of the commis sary, adding his share to the food supply of our people" Indian to the Fields. Muskogee, Okla., April IO. - Every Indian in Oklahoma under the guard ianship of the United Slates govern ment will be "drafted" Into the Uni ted States service as a fanner under instructions received to-day by Gare E. Parker, superintendent of the Five Civilized Tribes, from Cato Sells, Indian Comlmssionor. lt was said at the Indian ?fricos hero that more than ?10,000 restrict ed Indians would be placed upon farm work under government super vision by tho order. Mr. Parker is directed to "call far mers and loading Indians together immediately for an organized effort under your continuous supervision." Superintendent ls authorized to take tho older boys out of school for farm work. Enlisting I ndee Cupid's Banner. Chicago. April 10.-Cupid obtain ed moro enlistments in Chicago than any other recruiting office, 1,132 marrlago licenses being Issued to day. Tho day's business was the largest in the history of the county court. Throughout the day long lines of waiting bridegrooms (bronged the license office. Many rebuked tho young men, calling them "slackers." Orders wore issued to exclude from the corridors "runners" for county justices of tho pence, reported to have been soliciting business. Most of tho prospective Benedicts denied that tho call lo arms was re sponsible for their rush to matri mony. lu New York, Too. New York, April 10.-'During tho day 482 couples obtained marriage licenses and 147 were married by municipal officials, both figures es tablishing new records. Many of tho men openly admitted that they were hastening their marriages in tho hopo thal they Ynight evade military t--erv ice. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT (tits to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pilen in 6 to Udaya. The fitat application give* Hate and Keat. 50c. Florence I>a?ly Shot. Florence, April 11.--Mrs W. M. Mima was seriously injured by the disc ..irge of a pistol in tho hands of her husband, a well known barber of Florence, this morning. Minis says that ho was cleaning the pistol pre paratory to lending it to a friend who was going on guard duty for the At lantic Coast Line and it was acciden tally discharged In his hands, inflict ing tho wound. Mrs. Minis was car ried to the Infirmary, lt is not thought that tho wound is necessarily fatal. ALL CHILDREN LOVE "SYRUP OF FIGS" FOR LIVER AND BOWELS. Give it When Feverish, Cross, Bil ious, for Uml Breath or Sour Stomach. Look at the tongue, mother! If coated, it is a sure sign that your little one's stomach, liver and bow els need a gentle, thorough cleans ing ai one?', When peevish, cross, listless, pale, doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu rally, or is feverish, stomach sour, breath bad: has stomachache, sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of '.California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour hilo gently moves out of its little bowels without ?riping, and you have a well, playful child again. You needn't coax sick children to take this harmless "fruit laxative;" they love its delicious taste, ?nd lt always makes them feel splendid. Ask your druggist for a r>0-eent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs" which has directions for babies, chil dren of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on tho bottle. Beware of counterfoils sold here. To ho sure you get the genuine, ask to soe that it is made by "California Fig Syrup Company." Refuse any other kind with contempt.-Adv. OFFICERS NEEDED FOU ARMY. Civlllim Training Cani|w for Crow pcctlve Officer*! to Re Set lip. Washington, Ajiril IO.-Army building plans of the administration are to ho supplemented at oneo hy the establishment ?it many points throughout tho country of civilian training camps for officers. Tho great need or the war army to he raised will he properly equipped olliccrs, and to aid in meeting the demand the War Department has de cided to adopt tho Plattsburg Idea on ii nation-wide scale. Arrange ments for the camps are already ho ing made, and civilians desirous of Utting themselves for commissions in the olllcers' reserve co?ps may apply now to departmental commanders for assignment to thom. The number of camps to be set up will depend on the number of applications received. Course of Three Months. A course ot three months' vigor ous faining will bo given thc pros pective officers, who will be organized Into companies of large units, and go through all the drills and exer cises ol' enlisted men. supplemented by lecture courses as to tho duties of officers. Tho finalities displayed by mon un dergoing this training will deter mine whether they are suited to army life, and also tho rank in the reserve corps which they are quali fied to hold. Commissions will be Is sued at thc Conclusion of the train ing periods to those accepted, who will be assigned to units of the regu lar army, national guard or the first contingent of troop? to be raised un der the draft plan. The scheme is designed particular ly to meet the situation of civilians who h'avo had no military experi ence and who are too old to enter the second lieutenant grade of the reserve corps, but are otherwise qualified by education and capacity to becomo officers. Tho department, it was announced to-day, has suspended the regulation limiting new enlistment in the regu lar army of men not more than 35 years of age. This was made possi ble by the war declaration against Germany. Under existing law, men not more than -15 years of age could be accepted, but, to conform to the administration's army bill, the maxi mum age has now boen sot at forty years. Enlistment for Regular Anny. Tho present authorized strength of the regulars will soon be reached at the present rate of enlistment. In cluding all combatant and non-com batant troops and unassigned re cruits, this would moan a total of i;iS,000 enlisted mon. Until the President so directs, tho regiments cannot he brought up to war strength or additional regiments be organized. If ls apparent that the administration is not inclined lo take this step until Congress luis acted on the new army bill. An exception will be made in the case ol' regiments of negro troops, however, some ol' which already are over the authorized peace strength. They will be Ulled from waiting lists to full war-time strength. Recruit ing for other regiments also will be prosecuted vigorously. ;i is indicat ed, as the process of assembling, equipping .and assigning recruits takes some time, and it is exiiected Congress will have acted before any considerable number in excess of authorized strength may be ready to join their regiments. The question of supplies for the increasing numbers of recruits both for the regulars and national guard is a difficult one, and has been com plicated by failure of the deficiency and regular appropriation bills in the last Congress. Plenty of money will be provided in the near future, but., because of tho unusual demands upon skilled labor, it has been diffi cult to get. quick deliveries, and lt may bo sixty days before the groat volume ol' deliveries begins. Flinn Loan Money Soon. Columbia, April 12. As a stimu lus to the campaign launched in South Carolina for agricultural and economic preparedness, announce ment was made to-day that loans will he made at a very early dato by the Columbia Farm Loan Rank. F. .1. II. von Engelken, president of tho bank, is in hearty accord with thc move ment. Special effort will be made to make tho loans to farmers at the ear liest possiblo moment. It was made plain that the farmer who plants moro than cotton will stand a bettor chance under the system than tho one-crop man. "I am heartily in favor of tho movement for more food crops in South Carolina and 'se wlce for all' is a fine slogan in this emergency," said President von Engelken. . Alton R. Parker, former Demo cratic candidate for ?ho Presidency, says shoddy politicians are making capital ont of the nation's danger in leaving us unprepared for the emer gencies of war. Yow Haig asad My Hag J (By , [lbur D. Nesbit.) Your Fl < ali ! my Fla?, And : ow it flies to-day In yoi r I .ind und my land And I alf i world away! Rose-red fid blood-red Tho ? tripes forever gleam; Snow A' ti und Soul-White The * . H' forefathers' dream; Sky-blue and true blur, wrai stars to gleam aright The gloried guidon or i .e ('ay; a shelter through the night. Your "Fi?i and my Flag! To c v rv citar and Stripe The ? 'u ?3 beat, as hearts beat Ano !> ferr, shrilly pipe! Yotir Flag and my Flag A bi . -"ng in the sky; Your lr , and my hope It nu o? bid a He! Home land and far In ? : ..nd half the world around, Old <?lory hears our : . ! salute and ripples to the sound! Your Fl i and my Flag! And < n, how much it holds Your la: i and my land Seoul1 (within its folds! Your h, :. ! and my heart .B?Ut licker at the sight; Sun-kissed and wlnd-'tossed Red aiul/Blue and White The One Flag-the "Greai^Fla ;-the Flag for me and you Glorified all else besi^ -the Red and White and Blue! ..J V.??> i -From tho Editor and Publisher ?J? ?J* ?J? ?J? ?J. .J. ?J? ?J? rj. . . . \, ,f" .J? 4? " Ohl) GLORY." .{. ,?? 4. .?. ,J. 4, .T. .J, .j, .j. "j. ,{? Old Olary is our country's pri'de, Tho emblem of our nation. Ami hero in patriot hearts resiri Faith and veneration. Chorus Then here's to thee, our'Colors The Red. and White, and Dine! And here's to thee, America, To thee we'll e'er be true! All hail the hour that g^ve thee "birth Though dark lt may have wte?oed, For with thy advent, on th? earth Tho future brighter gleamed! A vision of Eternal Truth Did cause thee to appear; And ever glorious be thy youth Which planted freedom Iv?r?. Thou well hast earned >. ir confi dence, For thou wert born of sages; Thy meaning stands in evidence To all the coming ages. O Stars! set in a field of Blue, Your never fading splendor Shines hright o'er faithful sisters true, A radiance bright and tender. Thy folds wave wide o'er land and sea, A The rights of man defending; O then may peace be unto thee And glory never-ending! Ride calm upon tho troubled wave In humane intervention, For, seeking yet thy cause to save, Are knights of pure intention. A nation here on thee bestows A heart filled with devotion A heart that only courage knows, And t h rills with deep emo'tion. -Ruby Hickson. Westminster. R. F. I). 2. Fanners1 Mutuals Recognized. Washington. April 12.-There has been a question as to whether or not farmers' mutual Ure insurance poli cies would bo recognized by the Fed eral farm loan banks. To-day Congressmen F. H. Domi nick and A. F. Lever were advised by tlie Federal Farm Loan Board that the board has stated to all the land banks that "whore mutual Uro Insur ance companies are authorized by laws of the State and are understate supervision tlie policies of such com panies will be recognized by this board." As such companies are authorized by tho laws of South Carolina and aro under the supervision of the In surance Commissioner the farmers' mutuals of South Carolina will un doubtedly be recognized as well as old line companies. MANNING STRONG I?X>K FOOD. Governor Soys "There Will Bo Posi tive Want and Hunger." Pointing out that unless more food is produced in South Carolina that ".there will be positive want and hunger in South Carolina," Governor .Manning has signed a proclamation calling upon the ministers of the State to deliver sermons bearing on the situation. The proclamation fol lows: To the Ministers of All Denomina tions in South Carolina: In the cam paign which is being waged to encour age a far larger production of food crops in South Carolina than has ever 'been harvested before, the churches of our State should play no Inconspicuous part. Those 'who are conversant with the facts tell us that unless this campaign meets with abundant success, there will be posi tive want and hunger in South Caro lina hi the fall and winter months. It has ever been the mission of the church to minister to the needs of humanity-temporal and physical as well as spiritual needs-and In this emergency the churches have an op portunity to render a vast service in bringing this important, matter to the attention of all citizens. The churches will be quick to reocgnlze that their most intelligent service can be rendered in preventing, so far as possible, tho impending food short age rather than in walting to at tempt to relieve it arter the need 1ms arisen. The churches of our State have ever been in the forefront ol' social and moral reform. In tho present crisis they have an opportunity to ex tend the sphere o'/ their influence so ns to include economic and industrial reform as well. Tho'welfare and the happiness of tho people of our State are hound up In the correct solution of the problem, and the churches, lt is believed, will not he laggard In rec ognizing a duty whose proper dis charge will mean so much to thc citi zens of the State. To tho end that tho churches of South Carolina may act effectively, and as a unit in this vital matter, I hereby call upon tho preachers of the State to present the need for larger production of food to 'heir congrega fon from their pulpits. Thrift in tho home-a rigid domestic economy -should be emphasized as a moral duty on tho part of every citizen. The time ls short. Tho planting SOON TO CALL. HALF MILLION. Volunteers Will He Enrolled for Du- > ration of the Present War. Washington. April 12.-All men enlisting in t?ie regular army or the national guard lu the present einer- j geney were assured, in an announce- ! ment hy Secretary Baker to-day. ! that they would be kept In service j only tor tho period ot' tho war. Thc 1 action followed a conference be- . tween the Secretary and President | Wilson. I lu effect this places on a war time j volunteer basis all the men enlisted since the state of war was declared. lt makes available a total of 517, S68 places in the enlisted grades of the two services to mea who wish to serve for the war only. Mr, Baker stressed the fact that this action was contemplated when the administration bill was framed and was tn no way to be construed as a compromise plan, reached as a result of opposition to the draft fea ture of the 'bill. Stands hy War Mensure. In fact the Secretary pointed out that the net result of the application of the war enlistment plan would be to leave the nation without an army of any sort, regular or national guard, if the war lasted beyond the enlistment terms of men now in these services. The whole force would then be discharged and the administration apparently expects that a new peace time military pol icy, founded on universal service, will have been enacted by that time. lt has been emphasized that the ad ministration war army bill is only an emergency measure. . "I stand firmly and unalterably In support of that bill," Secretary Ba ker said, "without modification of its least detail." Forces I*roposed by Hill. Following is a tabulation by the department of the forces proposed to be organized In the bill so arranged as to show the exact number of vol unteers, to serve for the duration of the war only, for which provision is made in both the regular army and the national guard: Regular,- exclusive of Philippine scouts: At war strength, with all Incre ments added, 293,000. Present strength, 131,481; volunteers re quired, 161,519. National guard-including only units now organized-At war strength, 329,951; present strength, 123,605: volunteers required, 206, 349. Additional: To replace 150,000 officers and men withdrawn from above force as training personnel for first 500,000 selective conscript, 150,000. Total number of volunteers for war service only 51 7,868. In addition to these figures the I discharge from the regular army and national guard of men with depend- I ent relatives and for other causes will create additional vacancies, which will be filled by volunteers. Discharges at Knd of War. Under tho law the full enlistment requirement of six years in the na tional guard and seven years in the regular service, must be signed by all men taken into either service. The pending bill provides speeflically for duration of the war enlistment contracts, but this cannot be applied until Congress acts. To meet the Immediate situation the Secretary has directed that recruiting officers assure ' men accepted during the emergency that the contracts will not bc enforced against them, hut that they will be honorably discharged at the close of tho war. The door of promotion is wide open to any man qualified to hold a commission even up to the grade of general officer, for the places of the 45,000 officers alone to he withdrawn from the existing services of training purposes will be filled from thc offi cers' reserve corps, from the ranks, or from the many officers' training camps to be established. You Need a Spring Laxative. Dr. King's New Life Pills will re move the accumulated wastes of win ter from your Intestines, the burden of the blood. Cet that sluggish spring fever feeling out of your sys tem, brighten your eye, clear your complexion. Cet that vim and snap of good, purified, healthy blood. Dr. King's New Life Pills aro a non-grip ing laxative that aids nature's pro cess Try thom to-night. At all drug gists, 25c.-Adv. 1. season is nt hand. Whatever action is taken must be taken Immediately. I am, therefore, calling upon you lo devote nt least a part of the sermons which you will deliver Sunday lo a discussion of the issues presented herein, and to continue such series of talks on succeeding Sundays for as long a time as you deem advisable. I confidently rely on the churches of the State to be one of the strong est allies in the battle with a food shortage with all Its calamitous con scquonces to the State. The duty of the citizens should be made plain and Impressed upon them. ?8? NEUTRAL VESSELS SUNK. Norway Heaviest Sufferer, With I M) x Shine-IO American Slil|>?. German submarines have sunk during the war a grand total of 686 neutral vessels, including 10 Ameri can, and have attacked unsuccess fully 79 others, including 8 Ameri- ] can, according to an olllcial tabula tion given out at the State Depart ment in 'Washington on April 10th. Tho report was complete up to April ;t. Since the German war zone wont into effect on February l more than one-third of the vessels sunk have ? been neutral, and a large number of other neutral vessels have been ter rorized into staying in port. No estimate ls available of the number of lives lost on neutral ves sels, but it is known to have been large. Official reports show that about 250 Americans have been lost' on neutral and belligerent steamers together. The department state ment follows: "Information has boen received by the department that since the begin ning of the war. including April 3, a total of 08G neutral vessels have been sunk by German submarines, as follows: Norwegian .410 Swedish .Ill Dutch . 61 Greek. 50 Spanish . 33 American . 19 Peruvian. 1 Argentine. 1 "Neutral vessels attacked and es caped: Norwegian, 32; Swedish. 9; Danish, 5; Dutch, 13; Greek, 8; Spanish, 2; Argentine, 1; Brazil, 1; American, 8." THE CHESTER EXPLOSION. "Enemy Aliens" Held Rcpsonslble for iM-aths Over 100 Girls. Chester, Pa., April ll.-A state ment to-day by a high official of the Eddystone Munition Corporation placed the blame of yesterday's disas trous explosion, the -worst in the his tory of the State, on a disloyal em ployee, who is thought to have sacri ficed his life with the 116 known dead, most of -whom were girls and young women. This amazing development late to day spurred on the investigations of the catastrophe already under way by Federal, State, county, local officials and officers of the company. Numer ous suspects were rounded up here, in Philadelphia and Villa Nova, Pu., and in Camden, N. .1.. and in ea<.*h case the disposltloi . ? the prisoaem was placed in the hands ni agents of the Department of Justice .n Puila delphia. The arrests so far, how ever, have apparently furnished no tangible plot, If such was the case. The statement of the company's representative, who declined to per mit the use of his name, said the tragedy "was the result of a diaboli cal plot conceived in the degenerate brain of a demon in human guise," and that the triple explosion was due to a bomb manufactured from a shell by one of the employees. Be yond thia information the official re fused to disclose further details which would tend to more thorough ly clear the exact cause of the disas ter. CASTOR.A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears , - ^..n,.? Signature of (^O&XTeui/l^ Genna ny Stops American Scrvioe. Berlin, April ll.-Germany bas stopped all mail service, both direct and indirect, between this country and the United States. Telegraph service also has boen stopped. GIRIAS ! HAVE A MASS OF BEAUTIFUL HAIR, SOFT, GLOSSY, WAVY. 2A-Cenf Bottle Destroys Handrail and Doubles Beauty of Your Hair. Within len minutes after an appli cation of Dan der! ne you cannot find a singlo trace of dandruff or falling hair and your scalp will not itch, but what will please you most will be af ter a few weeks' use, when you ooo now hair, line and downy at first yes-but really now hair-growiag all over the scalp. A little Danderlne Immediately doubles the beauty of your hair. Ne difference how dull, faded, brittle and scraggy, just moisten a cloth with Danderlne and carefully draw it through your hair, taking o?e small strand at a time. The effect is amazing-your hair will be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an appear ance of abundance; an incomparti ble lustre, softness and luxuriance. ?et a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton'? Danderlne from any drug store or toilet counter, and prove that yow hair is as pretty and soft as any that it has been neglected or injured by careless treatment-that's ali yon surely? can have beautiful hair and lots of it if you will just try a lit tie Danderlne. Adv.