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S3E~- PRESIDENT OEOHES.i: ”v -7j'S : JUears SELECTIVE- DRAFT Constituted 'Authority Should S«v Where Oae,ls Best Hi fed to Serve. ~Afmy Bill io Congress.* A'anhingtonr.'April 23. —As 0*** 1 step toward mit&fiiig opposition in C<oi-igr.csa \< the hdirijfM&tfAtinnV* ari}iy .plaQe. 1‘reeideiit Wilson today sent a loiter to ^Representative Helvering, of Kansas, explaining wlTtu is meant bv selective :*d r. f t and exVreeSing earnest hope that _ G*- hill drafted by t lie W-ar.iLepail.mejtl tr ouid be passed' .... . le.tt«■ —■ —. — * I Welcome the inquiry for your lot - ter of April 10, because I have realized, the truth.of what you say from my own .<4 .>_• observations; that what is meant to be *.tr: lerstood by thygolvclive draft is nftt generally* understood throughout the -st'.jntxw. , * ..Thejirocws illt|ie,.cjrafti* J .J think, iy. elearfy set'forth in the bill draft- BRITISH MISSION CAME TO AMERICA IN SECRET v.•--.rJi—*' •- ' ; Arrived Jt Halifax. Ba four Party Th* jH • to Vanctboro, M*., Where Americans ' «.V W’rrcorif) tf Them/* "AVasfiTi gtimT XVrVt'^:— \fith-ltie, Balfour party safely i'll Washington, tlv statp, department - has permitted p iblieation of the details of the. long trip by way of Halifax.-Vaiiti^bol'o. .Me., IVriliind arid ^yorchester, which was snrrotiiTded vs.it b secrecy and- precau tion's -never, before equaled in this CUUtU'V •. ;■> ' ’ 7" .... ..,,1 i,on s s u4e sKgtrt-. ly itway from England April. 11 ok fl TOO LATE FOR CUPJ ■- TC -HELP THEM NOW ARMY OF GERMANS ,< HOSPITAL SHIPS ARE ed by*the War Department And. wh eh i so earnestly hope that-Congre-s will qjc-ipt, but it is worth while, to state- tii 3 idirt which underlies the bill a' lit- —mure- fully..— —-— .-——— \ 1. t->ok occasion the oilier day in an ' V ; iress to the people of th'e country, to- : -ti -rhrt- out. the- in arty forms of patriotic *--eryice that were open to thi*ni and to «mp\a f s;,>ie, tlje fact tint the military part 61 (be service was by' no means ti.-t onljr part and perhaps, all tilings $ Oh side red. not the most vital part. 1 Oup object ig a m 'll-z«tion of all Win af \\| Clary Age Wirrled Slai? Wsr^Xan- noftBcap.- Army ^Service. War Depart* ' 'feeot's Order. Washington, April-Ht*—Mrn of mili tary age. who have married since % state of war against Germany was de clared will not escape military service, under"a War Department policy for- lually aniniuTicedAviday. The depart ment's statement follows. •‘The War* Department announces that all .mien married since the out* break of war.vyiH he fj,eat«tl.^»o^,-4be^ same basis as . unmarried men insofar as. their lntlitary obligations are eon- ceriled. Tt is desired that the-iitmodt’ publicity be given by the press to this arbnuunceineut.’’ r- .' \. —. -• The department was moved to take Sing the St. Juhn v tney this action in order that all men Should .understand exactly jsdiAt-jji.r*ontenvpiab ed in tlpr orgaiMzati in' of an army, to ti^ht.. (leirinanyr It was 'deairetl that there should, arrive no question- of slackers upon the score of marriages contracted sinde the out break of war fast erpiser protecTVd in the eyerv pos sibly way from Gerhfan spies who might have got put word to lurkitig Auibrnariru-i _thp v.ijagc' was unevent* fnl and the part/, arrived at Halifax F rid ay; C r’ went oil a special train to the little Canadian town oT5fc.Vdam> ju-st across the jplertiational bridge which. Werner HoruV. a former German officer, at tempted to bJovy lip. Meanwhile the American reception j .^ipnnittee sliiqted out of Wash4 j I il.e product\yi- and active forces of the iiattonaml tlvvir development to the 4 ilighest-poirit couperationawid -HJiri- «•: jy, and lheide« of the selectirwdraft is that those should be chosen for ser- vice in-the army .who can be most readily spared from the prosecution of the other activities wh\-A the country * • * > \ - w .. * must^ngage fn aud to which jt must deyofe a great deal of its N^est energy and capacity. The volunteer system does npt do Jjjiis.- When - men chose themselves they sometimes chooee without due re- vard to their other responsibilrties. When we come from the farms or fri ihe mines or from the factories or cen ters of business who ought not tp opme (rut ought to stand back of the armies in the field and see (hat they get every* t-liing That they need and that the people cf the country are sustained in Ttmneantime/ . ‘Tbe principle of the selective draft in short has at UlTtegTt this-idea^that there is a universal obligttiop to serve and that a public authority should chose those upon whom the obligation of military service shall rest and also iu a sense choose those who shall do the rest of the -nation’s work.—The- .bill if adopted will dp more, I believe, (hau ■any oth^ single instrumentali'y to ' cn*ate the impression of universal ser vice in the army find out of 4 and if properly adminstered will be a) great source of stimulation. ./ /. ^ r Those who feel tlr^twe' Are turning away altogether from the voluntary principle seem to ^toxib't that some «6<h) 000 men will be needed to fill the rHiiks of the regular army and the Nationnl Cruard and that a vt^ry g*iat iiehfttHndividual enthusiasm lies there wide open 7 The President ami -leaders in Con gress are confident of the ultimate en actment of the arm? bill without ma terial changes The figlit r pfpbably will begin in the Senate. . Chairirmn Chamr berlain. of the military committee sub mitted hia favorable report today. —; After calling atUmtiop to the fact last Sunday night under, the impression that the lb it ish had startrd two d|iyp ■eariiiT that-they did. With a live car special train standing with steam up at the station. the committee waited.ar.x-- ibnsly from Monday until Fridayrtfter- noon.'when the word came from Hali- tax which'sent theiYToli a night ride to the border. it . . At it o clock Saturday morning the part/ arriv»*d.at the little frontier town oJ.A'anceboro • .To these modest .surroundings the special traiii which had gone on to Me A-lams rfetiir+eed two hours later marrijige in any case was hastened in order that military duty inight be evadwd.— .i—. ATTEMPT MADE TH ROB SENATOR TILLMAN'S OFFICE No Valuab es Lost.. WuJhmifp ia tir ARE CLOSELY WATCHED ***** * Approximately 3,000 Res'dents of I nlted Sta'es Kept Under Strict Surveillance, have s* - •' Been Very AjtiUwnf /r^: - r ;W!tFih1rVglp|r A prib20 — App roximate Ty 3,(XX) German'residei.ts of the Fn t d States are under ..close surveillance. Department of -Justice (dlicals an- Fpjuhceci ioday, because of their activi- tiea in behalf ^f the G**rman Govern ment-befoise America's entry into—th# war..or because of their prn-Ge.rinun sy inpathirs. - ■ ’.. ;. jTh( 3 ..'department’s field, for’ev of in- SENT TO BOTTOM vesfrc'pTdrs*. now gr.oifn to foriniilable proportions, is keeping stwelosn a watch Tv/b More Tnrp do* d bv (it rn/anS'vVHlfi at -- Warning. Sfxly British -and F.ftet n * 0 rmans Los- Th Ir Uv, S; ■ >. . v“.... .; . ; ' v • •- *' ■. “^TiOndbu,;.A|trii JJ—The -British boR-- pital ship's • Donegal; and Laiifrirhci-, with many founded aboard, have been torpedoed without.warning They were sunk on April 17; (If tjiose on the Don egal twenty-nine Wounded "men and twelve of the crew are‘ihi-sing. The’ Fa n fra nee ca rrjed G ennan. $< Lund ed a s- weJl.as British. Of those-aboard Tune* teen' British and fifteen Germans are believed t > have perish* d. . . ll,ie chancellor of. the ex-<heqwer, itfion tlie small army <>f sosp♦#*+■<■ : 4hat it wmdd-be bptaible, ft is auT11oriTaitvPly4^Aii l ^fFw- B**imr f.aw; aftmmnced on stated, to arrest virtually every man . ,, .... . j,. under -uspiciou withi-u twenty^- fynr b 1,1 tbe House Oi.Coinnion^- tliat hours. . The r su-ip-ers arc located iVMJusxt* had recently beefa fiirther losses Vr t he Foil in. " ^ SrEr ■jn every stat«* oT the 1. nion To >’mt“.et the-derriands oi the in creasing watch upou these -individuHls, ttie dpjnrtment’s burcHii of investiga tion has been greatly - enlarged ^inee tl\e b*‘giniiing of hostilities with tier- many and re -ruitk are added daily to the staff. -In addition. the’fftkt.OiK! civil ian, employes on the government’s pay- roll—in 'all departments actively en- xrtt- Haged in^reporting iirfonfrHTiTTtr t<f.ttTe ' btiraaii. all sfu-riTTs aiid their, deputies throughout tlie country Attorney Gen eral Gregory said tonight, are coopcf- a^ing witlT the 4i*partmerit. — )rSr11 ish l.osi>ita ( Tidbp^ j ^riiicir would tbe#e ea 1 <-u 1 ati*ms.” n* publrThed siionT- Todaj’ the secretary Mr .Hoover’s opse issued a fetatenuuit ot April 17 the beating Eng laud’s eminent statesmen. As itdn-w across the bridge into the station,.assistant Secretary Long, Gen. Wood. Admixa! Fletcher and ,others mounted the rear of the observation car and disappeared inside to welcome. the commission- formally (b American soil. The various members of the com mission. including Mr. Hallo.ir him- feHrhava brought with* rtlem muciroT the atmosphere of quiet suffering and tbr that has sfllicted England 'diiriiig thVlast two and a half years. wen in the few hour* we have been ih the United States,” Mr. Balfour said, “w#' have been struck with the atmosphere of calm and peaceluluesa Djors of Room, Which Suffer from JmmyWork. Washington. April If).—In an -effort apparently to secure secrets of the United States government bearing ou the war. stltmidn. aii.attenTpt was nualGougress. now in session here. made some time last night to break in to the' offices ofy Senator Tillman, chairman ot th« senate committee on naval affairs. That the burgalry was the work of a German spy ou the hunt Tot naval information of value to his government is dot doubted by ife?pbii- sible officials and senators who learned the facts to day. The spy escaped. -The hcavYwiaftoginy irbbrs"~ornig! committee room were badly splintered * and damaged. The marks of the jim my used in prying the doors are plain ly discernible. So far as known the atteinp to obtain naval secrets was un- successTul. Nothing of value in a NATIONAL PROHIBITION ENDORSED BY THE D. A. fl. Washington, .April iXi.—Fians winch E of the niliniraltv -which said : .' t •'On the evening steamships Donegal and T,anfrance, while transporting wounded to British ports were torpedoed without warning. ' . ■' ~* | 4k. . . . T . . f- k Tiie Djiheiralfearr.ed slightly wounded cas<-s—a:l British. Of. tle*se twe'htv- pin# meiuas weJLus twelve of thecrX-w. afe missing and are. presumed to have been drowtifcl. *• — . v f •’The LanFrance, in addition to i>34 wounded Britich officers and men, car ried ll>7 woqnded German pAoners, a medical pers irmerof Hfty-twn and a ECONOMY IS OF MOS1 ' VI ! A ! 'MfORfANCE, Am rTa Must Cut Down Consuntpiioa tf' Foorfstu+f#, Mttov r Says. Supply Short lo All Couotrie*. . ■ f hnndnn, ' Apnt ^t'.—The first 'at • ■ #►- •• "v tno-t important duty of the American^ i v »| ie. to thei-r' altigp u to economize on foodstuffs. This is th# appeal of llerhert ('. Hoover., ehairnian of th# Am- rie“ii„'<Funmi.*>jen fo - Relief in B' lgiuin, and recejri'tiy appointed head, of the American foul tioard. ' ‘ H wq do not do it;” he declared to- dny to th# As«octnti r d 1‘repA w> stand a™ f^Mive Clianc- of lqsing the war., hreause <iiur alb*-* rsn not fight without food., Gur eiienvies are- *• vlculating that America will fail in this and our, alliea will need to give in. America can jip&efe -■ —: will enable members of the Daughters of the American-Revolution to cooper ate with the’ Cooped of National De fence during on? war with Germany will lie announced at the closing ses sion tomorrow of tin* twenty-sixth an- The Congress adopted resolutions en dorsing national prohibition during the war; urging prevention of_the dese cration of the American tlag and peti tioning all Slates to require full nat uralization before permitting aliens to vote. An additional. fo 000 was . paid towards liquidating (he debt, on Mem- otial Continental Had, leaving $10,000 yet du#i naval or military smie was obtained, wbicir'natuVallyl yrevaits. The United The office was left In Ofderlf condTtmTT n ognized by “a world in arms” as The — Vonly adequate and effectual” method of raising-an army, the report says the' bill provides through means of recruit ing the regular army and the National Guard for absorbing" more than 000,000 volunteers. ’ e • vr ^“Tbut happily” It says, “the bill Jaiiile establishing and placing the ua- tional denendeneft npnn ihealmost imi- versally api»roved ajstt'ft" of draft, at the same time accommodates itself .to euch volunteer spirit ” , ■k It says the opportunty for a vqlun- ~ tee.rarmv is greater than ever Hb^ore olb)rcd in one piece of legislation, ’ /''"*'*• rhe volunteer method has never proved ade({ iate audjeff«ctual for nat ional nee^at)4\«jl^imfijar • less so now,” thie repo.r^says':^.“Iliptnry shows that much to our deteriment we have 'begun mir w^rs with this inadequate ar d ineffectqal method and hkve .brought t hem'to a aucce8«*fu'li couc^u- >li by r»o?n to it g yrt?iu based. ■"€^Fpr*<pe' principal's. The vuUinteer inethol far\»d tfiis nation- in the uevo- , ifltiil.-. Hfrtf if r*<~ mi|y Lii i ~wii>rwi is 1 .Tiff .i)I'F»a that vdveTtis our inuppn d* ence Itrwi p*l us io' tl'.e war of IEIkl. . ^ " ' • -•' States fortunsMfely probably wilhnever experience thy. human losses, (that France for so long and ourselves dur- - N. » ing the past months have experienced “Nevertheless, I doubt if you can forsuee the fundamental changes the war will bring into your\nrdinary lire.* We in England look backVith aniaxe- ment at the vital changes (hiring our past *80 mouths of mobilization and imagine that many of the changes we . -*/*& N HHrTe-gone through, so galnfator^jon for ns will he reported here.'^’ Mr. Balfour, wliile unwilling to. spe culate ofi tvfiat form American partiei- pattonm the wat* inight take, said he had no doubt that America's i‘ffurt* wow’d astonish the world, pHrticju'laTfy Germany. He Jiidicated^ihat—tt-“was ,his opinion that if Germonv had f ire- seen fiow fully the United States wonrtd enter the struggle.siiV would not -have precipitated war between the two .coun tries. More and more it become evi dent-that the commission. aside from any techiiicaFaid it may render to this eiuiutTy, has come over Cor a general that the selective draft has been,rec--Add broad understanding bf the whole ‘.i.inifu.l — V.■■ *>n ii ,i itmiticftn - irnint n( viun • B-iihnnf ac It iis believed the attempt to make way with naval secrets was by some person ' who was well infornmt _coii- cerning-the CDiiimittee’s office a.id tlikt he was looking for specific documents. Senator Swanson, who acts aaehamnan the afisence of SenalorAflluiftn. said today nothing oi value had be«*n hussed and that, in fact, there was nothing there to be obtained which would Lc - - i * - . important to,a person seeking special ihfixrmatian. -i ' • Tlic act was comm tted some time m the night. - How the person responsi ble got into the building is* not known. The fact'* that the attempt-to break ini »the tJidnT bad been made was. dis covered, by the postman, this iporniug. The doors were -clpsed and was not broken. . \ ^ Col Higgins. sergeanGat-afmsi tKthe. senate, and the Capitol polic** force, at once began a searching inquiry. Fit .was learned the office had not. been distributed in, the early part of the evening. It was cleaned as usual early it.Ithe evening by the janitor’s force/ Tfic naval committee met today and tlie.re was lively interest expres-ej in is* Martha Berry, head of one of the sehoole in the mountain section of the South, aroused a patriotic demon stration by telling of a number of boys from her school who had enlisted in th# army and navy. " • Resolutions were adopted tonight Congress IcTenact legislation giving theypTvernmen*t control of fo d price* and urging all women to refrain from buying platinum jewelry.. distinguishedaa jt hospital wardly ’ ahip^-— ‘The distinctive markings of the other bad not,yet been removed. Both were provided with an escort for pro tection.” HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK. American point of view; without as yet having outlined a specific program in'its own mind, Ills thought probable therefore that the direction 'the conferences are to take will be given largely by President Wilson and Secretary J,ansing and. that the British delegates will gladly wel come whatever te^d is given them.' many have asked for directions for canning string beans that I deem TFwireUo have printed the recipe which has be#u tested and tound to be good. Beans. Canning in tin—Prepare by washing, stringing and breaking^ ' Blaneh in bag placed in boiling water ten minutes Immerse immediately in coldjiaity water (une tablespoon salt to one gallon of walfrr.) Pack in steri lized cans; add two teaspoons sugar salt mixture. (That is. two teaspoons nf *ugar->att mixture to number three iho/ loek iiAii.1 iSngar-Tgali— nu-x-ture co sists of twice as much sugar as salt) Cove with water warm or cold. (Be sure that c interns. does not touch top of can) cap. exhaust ten minutes; tip; boil one hour. , - ; ■. ■ To can in glass, usi intermittent process, boilipg one hour per dk? for three successive dajf-i 1 t»H t let any vegetables, grown in t tit* gardens go to waste. All tl e food rvations were made itf t.C.r_th ree_w.eeka..of cmtsultation- -wdC*. ^ ■ members^/il the British, Freneh aud Italian cabinets. He also investigated tlie food and shipping, situations ar.d plans for American cooperation.. The net re.- ilt lie arrive 1 at was that be. tween now and v the next harvest it ' would- require a supreme-effort by the * * American people. *: “I^feel it m'v dutl to finnkiTwir ” .Mr Hoover continued’ ‘that tin* food situation, is-on^ of the utmost gravity’ which, unless it is solved, may possibly result in the collapse of every tiling vte _ hold dear in civilization. . /_•' - i’jfhe" total stock of food today avail able in tlie allied world is simply not sufficient to last until September if America continues its present rate of consumption*; - • We are now face to faee#wilh the result of last year’s poor iiarvest, the diversion nf matif hower from agricul^ ture all over (he wntrld, the unavailing efforts of European, women lo plant available.fields fully, the isolation, of Russia, the sinking of food ships and many other causes. ;1 ~vEngland, France and Italy are re ducing consumption by drastic step#, but even with *all this reduction they crew of 123.^ Of these tin* followingAre inissing and. are presunaM' io have been drowuedjjrAao wounded British officers; eleven wounded British other ranks; one royal army medical corps staff; five of the crew ; five w mnded German officers and ten wounded Ger- inans nf other ranks. I ] " “One hundred and Hftv two wounded German prisoners were rescued by British patrol vessels at the emrninent risk of being themselves torpedoed. ' “Owing to the German practice of sinking hospital ships at sight and to the fact that distinctive marking and Ugh ting of such .vessels render- th«h»4must have from- ueduring th$> next more conspicuous, for submarines.' r it has become no longyr possible to dis tinguish our hospital ships in the cus- tomsry "manner. Oue of ships, therefore, though carrying wounded, was not in any wav out- BUBBLES FROM ROILING SPRINCS. three months more than twice as muc^ food as fve should have exported nor mally or than we can send if we con- these two-] Some^as usual, . " • “The only hope of providing the d#-^ Miss Jessie Fowke and Mr O. D Gantt were married Thursday after noon the nineth at 3 o’clock af the Irune of the bride.—AVhile it was a quiet - home wedding quite a crowd, friends *of th> popular young coupte were present. The house was tasteful ly decorated fur the occasion. The ceremony was performed by R**vN. H. Hay. Immediately after they left for Baldock where they took the afternoon train for Beaufort, Tfie bride is the oldest daughter of Mr and M r9 P- Fowke and the. groom is the youngest son of Cspt R. P Gantt,\ While no ii - vitationS.wjare issued they received a large number'of lovely presents. On Friday evening the closing exer cises of the school here 1 were held. The* stage was beautifully decorated with moss, wild flowers etc,, and in the een- ter w;as a fiarge picture of President Wilson^ The-chi!dren dld tliefr stums wellrfiid everything passed-oll with fleieney it by the elimination of waste and actual and rigorous self sacrifice on part of the amf neap people. “The bearest essentials the allies must have are, primarily, wheat and pork products, secondarily, meat, corn and beans. They need a mininum of 90,000,OQp bushels of wheat from North. America, fhon» than twice today's ap- the effort j to rob th# Office of secret ru th# worid, belongs to all the people flying Colors. V,. It failed the Confederates-in the Ciyil war and that”government tp its advan tage was quicker to: perceive, that fact than our own. It likewise failed the federal govcrjrjtus iU and volunteering, having practicilly ceased by the end of 15C2. was succeeded Uhe following year by the-first of th# j]raft acta., . It failed us la the Spanish-America'n war, for tlie fore# then'eawd forjwgs never obtained. ." / / j’- ; “To render il^ilitury s<*r\ ice to the • ■ V • 'r . nation is a higher) duty than tqteoir tribute to its financial- suppqrl^C Fun-' (lainer.Ull/ conaidered, 44.eri'forH t mil. , litar^ t-evvictHH th** 'highest du‘y of the , iiCitizeK at;*i ta in M l sens.* to h* re*/ HiL. ri as#-vo unteer offr'riug.’' '^t# teport vMtrei*-Trtrr"ttnF v g and documenta. ' ' ‘ For uiouLlis mi one has been permit- •f ' * ' * -• x v - ' ' •' '•’w ted to enter the bhildiug after night fall without a countersigned pass un less one of the houses w#s sitting when visitors' we re admitted to the gaHeri'e? . Neither hmijwfa*was in' sessliui*la;*h. night. ~ in the world and if x. the draft sj.-tein in a avruirgle “ wh'eh involves h'fei 1 !ii# r ‘as indeed-it may ours ’ ft points but her saenffee uf her flitlle- regular ariny and says she^waa .“shov* d td^’th*- hrink-of calamitry”. htul- chosf* the otiter system “in t|ie tace of an toil some of us west# food, we are steidiug If rum the oilier p-ople of tlie world, . ’ , ■» ' Mias Clifford Barratt. Home Demonstration Agent. i v MARTIN. Mr H 1.; Johnson went over to Au gusta last week «hi bu’sHiess.' ' ■ -^61 Mr V’ i Mi am Ttiomson, has purchas'ed a Doff autoin ihile. ’ ^ parent surplus on a normal export b*» aii. “There ir no ti.n# to rtorganir# the diete of Europe. , Tfo carry the allies over until the next harvest we moat retAicp our wheat consumption 36 per cent. o This means that every man. woman add child must forego one loaf of bread per week and eatf something else our less generally. “More than 70 per cent, of Am Lean homes already *,are places of thiifl, economy and a cleanNnlate. Iu the re maining 30 per cent, no* 'one csin deny that-there is profiigate extravagance and waste. Temperance in eiiteriain- ment, food and drink is .likely to-be- cum# no longor-4Hv ethical <]U,e«tion among this class, but a grim impresaion of-war. We. .must aDo plant every thing and everywhere it will grower i ext vejLT this time the* food problem will be absolutely >tnsolvabfe "and the world will lace absolute starvation. f. Mr R. L. Gantt, Miss S. E.(ianttand M.r Clarence Hay furnished tTie music with two viJlins and a zither. "After tne “Xercses Mr F. H. Gantt made a very interesting and instructive talkon Civic I’.cpafdness, andgave the lar.n- enUuts of good reaeon why they should go in heavy for food crops which it is ^h >p* d they Will heed. .WhisUing Rufu*, -v T 1 ' Mott Mrai K* .* Mrs N. 1), Eltis-made a busi ness trip tu Abgugta last week„/ Mri and Mrs F. A. Hodge. Messrs TruliKjk and Bronson % uf B**ec!;h IslaiUl ciny who *i >es jiot tiius mipedv tuiioclHinotored dnw;ii for.chunch Sunday aiid to a system bjsed |iii domisant natiuib' sp^nt.tb^ day with Mrs M, K; Furse^ • » al principal.” Oiiiy then, the report' • ~r~ : >ays, was aii eff^ctual.for.ee railed in^lT K. OF.p. MEMORIAL SERVICE. Great Uritaiii. 1 .. • >. . Th- 'hnoual Memorial service of the • . ? Bflfbwell i.odge 1 No, 16 Knights* of There will In* h bath*’ 1 ie psci ic at 1‘*thus, will be held at the Barnwell. I ^ l w IV n* Jkr lv» Iv ly Iv 'XJyJYJy tv* I’lea^XTiI H ill s'chobj Tims* .... . . , f p m« 1 Baptist church »»n Sunday, A'jjHI ; -' " \' ul Bamberg ;t id_Heur^Jbhneon"of 'Aiken ■l.ivire-i» »*-*. ir i VII ml ti '» t-WrO^- turAr-^xubjcctl dinner vvd,i Ttbc. pn>.'-v f. uf i |n* ,; *'«•#» ■ V. * / f«n tlu-b* uv'iit uf the 1 jHiiaotes^ltfit mBh" this, war to tofu t*' LV* leant 11,71 oiiu'cit/f' ]\ / * • v . . . * r.: - • * \ * * ' •* . X V- . •. J :it WILL 0, UPSHAW TO ; SPEAK AT WILIISTON ‘Special to The,Sentinel. Willistqo. April 24 —A treat Is in store for the lovers of good thought and high ideals when the Rev -\\\i 11 D Upshaw, prominent as a lecturer and edi'tbr, comes to Wiiliston on April 29 and.30th. -He i* the third in. the list of pronttnent speakers being brojglit.Jtti tha» to * u by the BaraiuiClass. He will speak to the~Baraca Clas* in thyir, cl^ss room ten «. m At*ril b and preach in the Btptist church at 11 ^hat afteTpooif at four o’clock V‘tfi will deliver'Hie s-rin.ui. , , Bj n.nUr of th# Cftan lecture at a M* n’s JVJeeting in Watson. of Bano*‘i the Bapti* 1>nu eh.—On Mffnd&yuve~ tier the ui-mbers hTth* lodge will meet nt. C s;!e" flail H,t 3 3 r i p, in, whence the r< Ind of the. Cemeiefics -Will be i-. id - ijirtg. at 8 3U o'clock lecture, in lo a J. he wilt-give hi- Jeim and H»4 flat” ufn; A chnrge at toe S* : hi>-4^AodtltVXi of 15 hi d 25 c-.c^wi 1 b:* rnad**-i4»r iJTis Sand dtp res beng fre necessity rigidly to ration .the Ameri can people tor. if democracy is of anv value as a spiritual and political faitlh the personal initiative and williugnesi to volunteer self-sacrifice of every member of th# greatest democracy in the world will be ample tu solve the problem. - «■ . t . % “Daring the.imet fortnigirt wr hgVi ' ■ with theitellabf^natinn of.tla*-American •" ambassadors in ^urope laid the grou<id work for/iitter-ailied cooperation in nandhng and transporting the vast food suppfies required frem America; one_ result jif which will tend to ame‘iuiA$«r the rise iu pturex. /.* “I have prof»osed a plan by which / die allies can consolidate under one hand the who!#-purchasing of staple foodstnffs from our market and not only will c impetitivi bidding be abol- n-Wd 1 by]" c< operation on our side we I pv e<r»t»t! irraiige a III *mTi arratige a proptr_ balauCe E***tween the rlgh ‘s gj pruiucers audVomaam- ers U Mr- ^-imm-.frr. r^tdrDfd “ VJiis week from Washington, where she attended th* national coti^e .t : on of ***ki | Daughters of thiimertcau k y . > ;aL, -r -V ution*