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ESTABLISHED 185? SIXTY SIXTH YEAR EICHTEEN DIVISIONS THE U-BOAT PROBLEM 1)0 YOU K-NOtt' pVs that can.U. 1 reheated ut com Don't Throw P't . . ...... J ■ ,w ' , • ' *’ . /. V". 1 7 .... *. ■ a . -IT . r! ■ -- ► ■ • . vSi .1. . J VOL. LXVI. BARNWELL, S. 0.. THIKDAY, WAY jr Formation ConltnipaaS Total of 541,OM Officers and Me,a. 7o4a*r«aso Gsard-art Rcfnlar Army Washington, May 4.-The full strength of the first war army org&xiz'd under the selective draft bill will by f8,536 officers and 528,659 enlisted meiTVmak j:,g up 18 war atrengthyhvi-i n c miphde in every arui and supplum nf d by It] tegimdute of heavyjfiefd iirti lery equip* *i«‘d wiifrlatge calibre howuvf^rrr Virtually livery ^detail of plans of tb is in e ■. y r^n iigT jeti i»i j* hi ngT and pr-7 gauizing this force has been carefully worked out by the war departme nt and the selection Of the men- will begin -as e« on as the draft measure becomes a -Haver-Conforveauf-Lkc&ejaate aud house hope to agree upon disputed •featurea morn»w so ns to-Send the bill to tire . president for his signature early next week. ‘ ~ , - - v A revised liat_of officers’ training tcimip districts issued today by the del jartmlent indicates that the divisions of the first half million new fighting n.en will be formed as follows: ^irst Diyision—Tioops from all. New T. igland States. Second —“New York Congressional S' strict> l to 20 (including Long Island, New York city,and a strip nurtli uf the -cry..) • • . ££ £ " rhird—Ue:naind.er of New Vork State and ‘Pennsylvania Congressional Dis- Tr cfs 1 la.~ttriA'.i'r 1u'. j|, 25- F.mrth'Di-i net — Remainder of Penn- ..sylvania Mate including Philadelphia h il PiU.-hiirg - , . Fif-h — N *w Jersey, D •iaware, M.iry- jai.id,‘Virginia and District of-Colum- 1 ^ rvr ^ ~ ' n. % , . ■ j. ^ j • it hn*g^pafP or tIie 0760,000,000 estimated foocFAyaste in thif. countryMs good fpod •which is allowed, to getlnto garbage paiteVjnd kitchen'sinks. i-.wiiH "CTtin loods -Id niiikl 'l-ulltlilMi; AiVil* .iiuun-hi nd That t*vH*v spoonful of tt/ft-ovur *-ravv.can !),’ ,11 >(‘d iif soups dishes*. . ~.or. ■ tt.s....tinvorij>g f<>r. L hQ■ ttrid on y6l: know— 's ' : ' j XT • .... ■ . %. If ;• •• , ; .• : j . -<| V # S Tliat everv bit of uiu aton cea’dlxtm4re tired to tliu ke-n soups*,*,' "SLOWS, OK i3';| \ i(‘S V v- . . / T . ' . *? Th :tt stale bread can be used a- for .uian\: ait rats live meat. , l)ot 7 Tliat every ounce of slyhimu^d milk or \\4role rnii^ contains ' valuable nourishmentjl-^e evisy drop o # f iiuik-jtcrclriiik oix|o; add noufishment tcr ci^eals, soups, saue'^ ttnd o(ber v foo(Js. ^ If you do not want miik to sour, keep it eooL yJcan, and covered continually. ' Remember, too. that -ouF milk, buttermilk, and sour cPeam are vnluabh in cookery, <o do not wa.-te-anv, wbur milk artd huUe'rmilk raii lye .used \vith'”soda in making hot breads, 'oT -ouT*T.t!4k'ran be turned easily- into 'yotta^e Cream, , ' . ' *>'-•* •* . -a. .V, eivam ehrrse orndabber. .Sour-cream is a tmod shortening: hi making cakes mut eonkies ami .-ii>eriil • for salad dres>ini: aiid gravies for meat. , . 'riiat evt i v iVit-of-in'eai. and fisii can be eomln.ned with cereals ■ _ *; ' * r L ;.:„,.X \ - [M . '. 1 or vem tal'le>.foT making nn ;ik-raki-s, meat or fikli mfes/'and ««* ' —~ *■ 1 • i 'on, and to add flavor and food value to make' dishes? That every bit of clean fat . trimmed' from.meat and e\ vspobntul of drippings and every bit of grease that, rhes .wlien meai *is boiled'can he clarified, if need lie.' and is. valuable -in cdokefy"‘Don't fatten your garbage .pail at the expense of your bank account, * ... ‘ •-•. ^ That wiren meat Is hoUed, tne -water dissolves out some valu able food and jlavoning_ ihateria 1! Save such water For soup or for use in stews or gravies, or for cooking vegetables. Save and keep soup stpek. Kvefy professional cook knoWs'that lieep- ing a soup or stock jiot is (*s<entiai/ec61iDmy. 1)0 YOU KNOW-- T h a t \ a! u a !• 1 ( v t'<> oi 1. a n (1 ) I a v or i n g • gt#=*i n t o, 11 ^e w a ter! i n w 1 itch 4rice and many vegetables are Cooked? Use'such water foj* soup making if ir lias aib.agret‘able flavor. Doidt-fiour ..nourishment down the »4Yvet Xk'liat careless paring or^poiatoCs dt- fruits <jft.eij wastes 111 ie*hsa8 20-)K‘r. cent of thyir. foot I, material? * ;Y — "That Vhg outside leaves of lettuce apd the tops.of manv vege tal ies make desirable cooked ‘ 1 g'r< *e n s ’' o r^e \ eu salads? K.ighth—oiitu ami West Virginj^. Ninth—Indiauli and Ki'ntucky.]' “Tenth—Illinois'. _ . , 7 ICleyenth — Michigan and Wisconsin, twelfth—Arkansas^ Mississippi and I, luisiana. ' • ■ ^Jhirt^nth^inupanta f^w> North and South Dakota and Nebraska. h'tturtetMrtb — Missouri-, Kansas and Colorado. v a—Ftfyeendt—Oklahoma and Tews:— • • *• Sixteenth—Montana, Idaho,' Wash* ouituu, iiTigoim iJalifornia. Nevada, “('Lah. tv'yoining. Arizona and New K t J ' , ».)■■ Mexico, ' In addition there will be two .sepa rate cavalry divisions wliieii.,probably .will be situated in the Southwest, near *the Metican border. •\ g Ofiieers of the Cavajry divnions will ■Y^ie tYaihed'at all the 1 d-utti/ew’ train- inc aamps wldch will open witliiii a lew - days w-iili-"4" UOQ prospective oltieers A , .X . ' •* under training. : *. lvseh infantry division will con-ist of niuB full regiments of infantry, three fagimerits of artillery, one regmient of 'Cavalry, one regiment of engineers:, ' V.ue division hospital and four eamp \ snfi/maries. The total strength of the 16 rrill be- H>.()22 officers and- 43V 792 men. The two qavalry; diyisiUiis com bined will have 1,211 officers and 32 o62 ligating men. including niotinted en gineers and horse artillery units, and eaah will abo .have its divihimal hos pital and camp infirmaries. The proportion of coast artillery troops to be provided out of the first' . 500 (Km will be 666^ officers and 20,000 jneu with requisite medical troops. . Supplementing these .tactical units ' will be the 16 regiments of heavy field artillery. 6trength*768 officers and 21,- fUt men ; eight aero squailrons, qr. oife 716# squadrdii'to each twli-uew infantry division’s,eight balluoii companies; ten field hospitals.; ten ambulance com panies ;'22.fiel l bakeries ; six telephone battalions ; 16 pack companies ; six 'aiiv^ • innriTtion train's-and six supply trains. 0 In preparation Yi.r the enormous task of training this great army, Thb exist- tio.ual Guard is being brought to full war strength, fhe regulars, when. aiT five additional increments provided for in the national defense act have b« eu" addedv.will total -11.233- officers and 293 0U0 men oJ all arms,—--—- rpun the president's approval of the ’bill, the tir*t increment will tu. the regulars!. As soon as pos- aiblevahereATler tlie remaining inere- meTit wilt be adilwQo tli^ regulars' As ado a as possible ^hereafter Ihe rein'aiu- itiji increments \vi ] lie ereat«j(J, existiitg regiment* beingbVided Hiid.exputp^ed to form the new, unit*. To Be aii Efficient Home Manager You Must Know Your Job Make it yourbuMUOs?..*' to ktiotv wlmt foodiy and how. miiyl) food your family needs to be .-.efficient. Leant ltowTo make the most of tlie foods vou buv. - . ' •' d * . . ' - . . - • f ^ */ . ’’X. *, , x. \ ^ Write to-day. to the U. S 5J Department of Agriculture, Washington. D. 0., or to yotir State agricultural college for ..bulletins ^ ■' . ^ m i ■■ ' -■ i^v«i . • . • * •• H b ^ telling you aljotrtrt^e nat ure and tisgs of fyods and. how to feed- youj; fani'iiy economic ally, and gel the greatest nourishment imt-»f 'food tliat comes into your home. ^ ' • "*• ;; ^ ':.'c^ 1 r " ~ *. r ? — —~ CbalrHM* of Naval Onnsultlnr Bo rd <.-,** I>e\icc fits Stotftf Practical Te (if. Plao» . Seal to VNathloylon New York, May 6.-W. L. SaundeVa.X^ chitirmah of thr* naval coneuiting b >ard, announced here today that the b.irud had forwarded to Watbibgiou ' . plans for dealing with the submarine **. P'.oniony, which, it was believedfhad ’ soi viyi the problem sneij- - ~ Ur Saunders, who ha* been chairman (jf 'the naval t^utSollmg board abont inimifll*. ^(TpiJieiue'u'ted his 'an- nooNyemant by saying .that while the submarine problem cannot be. conafd- * ered ln r«*a^iy to halt* been destroyed, nevertheless numeroia experiments had beeQ. madtK^long the Atlantic coast nqtlr highly encdiFraging results-, which leibtlie^board'to feei/confiileut' that a suceessftfLsolntion had. bee,u reached. ''it looks as though t)ie submarine problem has be eh-. solv Mr Saun ders said.. •* not only Yu theory\but on thh*strength of practical Vests Op the Atlantic coast." - Mr ^aunders added that 500 Tnrei tion^for.U-boat aoppression has be*«N submitted for consideration of the board and exp rlments with many of them justified, he believed, the asser- ttoH that ;» plan had been found by which the submarine peril could be. - eliminated, Mr naunders was unwilling to go mttrfutther tfptsiii nf rtnr bovrds ei'i peri me fits, all data on the subject hav ing been forwarded to Washington, but he said the public had the right to informed of tlie progress made tows nullifying The depredations of/the Clyrman undersea craft. Mr Saunders in talking to a/group of newspaper men emphasiZ^iUthat inas much as he was not disclosing details, of the naval board’s recommendations, to the government, tire atatement# he made were not ’military Information and would be of Hoi informative value to the UeYman government. It i« m the /board’* opinion that to S o pc i ucc eWl uUy with the ' submarine - probU»m/7TH r 'Sift'ifnders said, aggres sive warfare must-be carried on iu the Tetie THRIFT I N YOU R TI O M E KE SAYING, IIATIIE li THAN t- j* K N l> I X i; . YoL'It K O 0 I A I. STANDARD of first and second lieutenants in the army. More than a thousand youths in civil life already have applied for examination for second lieutenant and TirifuT witlbe selected froiii the of!icer^ training camps. , . ~ To provide- general - nfli 'ors to com mand the IS divisional training,camps, tliat number of army colonels may be examined. As there exists already one vacancy iu’thv grade uf brigadier gen eral. If.r.ew general officers most be app rinted soon and the army bill pro vides that tlie president may.select these men from any source. In any event the—preiept, general officers of wide««xp?rie:;ce probably will be st‘l- ected, as far as possible, to. conmiand diviaioual campi. - T - Tlie full strength of the National Guard units now existing will be 9,817 officers and 329,954 meii. giving a total regular aud National Guard force to be whipped into shape before, the uew army is called at 21,1)80 officers and 622 954 men. New units tnast be.creat- ed, however, to fill out tactical organi sations and prdbnblf-tim total t)(- tleis first force will exceed 700,000 active troops, backed by about 250.0O0 more in the regimcntul recruivba.ttaliony From this force will be formed, 18 divisions corresponding -to the'^irgan- ization df ilie tirst new army. From it also early in September will be drawn some 2O0d3QO qffieers and non-convmis- who will Cruistitute the S «’hj.cb*the new ilrmy will ARMY BILL RIFTS MAY PROVE WIDE sinned officer framework on "• *!i»ininm Villa Sim,miuji me I'AIBV* / , , tmrr.i:ul.r ..,t.hl.,h,nent „,j n. y *• .hmK'd, T;).? will^with tlw - 4 1. ...... 1.., nL, i .>r ii/i 9 w/a 4 l> i. » ... 2. Coofereeg hrClash. Unafrie Ip. RecoacUe D.f- fereacys as to Ate Limits aad Roose velt Volunteers. Wash i ng ton. M ay N 7.—Con foie iq&S'OfC the wararmy In I l r i n a lour hour dis cussion today failed to reconcile the difTerences lieiwecn the brtl as it passed the two houses and adjourned until tomorrow. A- decid'd difference of opinion arose over the ?e.nat<‘ amend ment which .would permit Uol. U-ioae- velt to take' an expi^litmiiary force to France and aides* Lt r Dgmootlied but the bill may have to go back to tlie two- houses foFturtber action.’ Uther .points of differepee included the prohibition amendmeui-4-nagrt>,»d by men The senate* bill fixes th? limits between 21 and 27 and the house J^Lmieu 21 aud iw. . .' Although there was talk of a coin- promfsc by whiibi the senate wouTdget FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ’ NEAR BLACKYILLE. the senate and the age limits of subject to the selective draft: the J ltoosevelt volunteer amendment r. H 0. Richardson of Co umbia Initially Killed NbeoTrain and Car Collide. Remains Taken to Colombia., A fatal N aut')ipubilrf nyciJetTi' occured at a railroad crossing on the Uarnwell- Biackville road about four iniies out of BLckyvll-^Xueiiday alternoon when, automobile driven by : B. O lUicbardson of Columbia collided with tli<^ north-, buuml Southern pasaenger traiu No. 5t . Mr.' Hichardsun was the only occupant of the car'aml was instantly killed, the car was entirely demolished. The bot)y was placed aboard the train and carried to Hlaekville. wlo re it waa prepared for burial, and taken to Columbia Wednesday morning. , Mr lliciiardson wu- a travelling sale- majju, representing the Dupre company of,-Columbia, lie left Blaekviile Tuesl. Thty afternoon for Barnwell in his auto mobile. It is presumed that he had the DON’T HOARD FOOD STUFF ' SAYS DAVID B. COOKER Columbia, S. C. May 7 — David B. C iker, Chairman of the State I’repared- aes* Comm mission, in a 'statement' is^ JCOL side curt tins to his car up and did not Year the noise uf the approaching traiu. Mr. Richardson was 26 yea iraqtd, aud td m mtlis old daughter, and the house the age limits a? fixed Is survived by lu* wife aftd a seven in its bill, it was said? there-was noth- ing r tangible in- today’s conference to Tnake this appear more than a sibility. \- ' All of the sen ste conferees are clou- age sued today, discourages the idea of hoardiug food in South'Carolina. lie a^Fs-that this' practice should tie dis couraged iq every way possible. He issued the following abatement to the file of the *iate: < attention of our Commission Jias neeri>a;i?d to the fiat that a few of our People ar>M^ierJing foodstuff*. We know of a few igftaqce* where-cit;- zens have bquglit sutficient>ta^les such as flour, oorn meal e.tc . to la^t-them for six months dr more. This practic? should be .discouraged in every way possible.. By such means the food stringency is made more acute, prices are artiUdaily advanced, and of course the poor .4re made 4o-ttifferr ‘■The great inlerem and enthusiastic ico-qpeiatluu*nmnUTniieiT ill oveT tTu*' state* leads the Civic Freparednej- Com minion to believe tliat the carp- T- This Tnctuded, in the board’s belief, he declared, naval vinced that th" Youse maximom ABREE ON THE ARMY APPROPRAITION BILL is too high hml Ivou-ld be loaffi*to- give ^’ashlfi'gtqn. May' 3 —Senate and in on this p’>int|r-a4though- tlvey ill are i House conferees agreed ti)in~ght on the anxious to sifppfoH the geffon of tin; j army appropriation bill carrying about senate ami re(aiii>the Roosevelt amend- >y add officers to Tie Selected from the training -emnW-.-the instructors ol tlie first army. aiitToTUtheir efficiency rests the whole military fabric that is to be built up. [ — In'gcneral the plan will jbe to pro vide a-regular army < tficer to com- mind each mew regiment,;.with an .adequate number ot regular or National Guard officers,of experience to carry nn.erticiently tjie adininistrhtive duties and to supervise instruction'. . \ During the interval between 1 the re- o rga : i z t ri dii' a u d the ca I lilt g pu t of -the new -ariny the regniar and National Guard, divisions will lie »»• work idnlereHS-wi-reopjiosvd tirtti** vbl ifiAecr] m.e «iri peinmtnrg all ineihb *rs to. be S«!Jl tr:tlifihg in0 4o ThemTliSu]* ^ MJ ‘ t'dt the senate lljelf, by a lar,)H; a.-sigm;d to duty in ^Vash,ngt:><uder; Already orders ?Unni?'iTfiig rflicer,s nl tli^xTegi)Uf jioryic^ for «ix:tw-iiiafi u f f -rr at, prA'-paiAcd. aiU Iilcg ill graila iiiti. me nt. ><. ■ > RetH-eseiitaTiye. l'eut^*and si^v^ra other house coufer?ej \Vere amopj^the leading 'projniHofts ('u^^e. volim.teer systein as agaiiist the selective drail when- Ihe hill passed .Hie house and they have insisted ip cunferelJce »ttiat the house having turned down the roduiucer provision, they cannot., miw, *r,tiiini* rr T* 11 the duty ut, pr"t»r*ting » a . .1 .. '..Lai. pirptm au<l private prs*pgrty. The goiHi- majidl^f etffh-traiigog district Iiriih- t h is $280,otx) (WO f»7r the support of the reg ular establishment for the fiscal year eliding in June 1918. and oh the; 111111 •- academy bill. ■ Tomorrow they wnrrtajte'up-tfTe war army draft bill, with thetuqie of retu'ra'D g it jilt- final action beforeTtvceiid of lift* week ^ "Vhe only serious L^et er.ence betvfeen the >njnferee? on th? T^ipropriation measure^va-__ofer a- Senate^ftmend- support it in eoiifejretic? Jby accepting" titimt authorizlng^an increase in ' rtie the R f >ose\e:t ainendiuerit. Ttie’sluiate.j'army general stalT, frTHi fifty torntne y- *■ - ' ‘ J , - j— I rrtV'. * • ' , , ryone and pe* operations in the North SeiT with de stroy era, sutunariue chasers, airplaaes", net* and mines, coordinated with de vice* to destroy kuomarines, which the board has experimented with and ap proved, Mr HatiriderMsaid the plan suggested to the goverimicijj involved the ynaai- bility of land" operations. Without committing himself definitely uu this point, the scheme he indioattd includ ed a military offensive agajmt the Kiel canal, which would call fur the trans portation and landing of au army against the important German w<ter- } waft. Gorman naval concentration points generally would -be objective pqtiifs iu the auggested j tint method of naval and, land operations. The plan submitted to the govern ment Mr Saunders asserted, was not based upon “theory, sketches or de signs,’’ but upon actual; tests,'which have' proved encouraging. ~ The use of electricity is iuv lved iin- tantly in the whole idea of an of- feuarG The navkl operations would, under the plan, be directed toward bjttlin'g 7 up the North sea ai^cllectively as acked the Engl alW oaign for increased, production, will r?sqh in ,very largely relieving thre- fond*tirtr^*hprtage in South Carolina by early faf|>^lCren now. thousands of families are geDmg^ a large part of their ID ing Trorii tlieiF^gifcrdens. and, w’lHte bf roc, tstull i is the- exc Mr Saunders alluded to the norf gateway to tlie'North sex as Germany’s hornet's nest/or *'rat hole" for sutmrk- rtnes. and said this “nest" must be bhiSkaded and penetrated and its F-boat inmates dettroyed and German naval basek also dealt with effHctively. i'h« Naval 'Consulting Board'belie ved icitlieieiitly i.n what had bred- 10H * in stead .uf the rule. “We do 111)4■ 1I1 i/ik there*ls occasion^ fqjt anyone t.i becqm? panicky.. FJaeh citizen ^hquld buy and use as little "fTTod as possible. Food hoarding and food speculation under present coridi Trdus are agAinPt.lhe public interest.’' 8i»;y\W)|! «rt*<et j cm d’V rX«)l f t lie e(>mm a l IL? The results of thiaYxpausi m wjll.b<* 7 ^ iL^urtmen '• tc create .5 161 vdCFiL^cs iii the fcqpj-- ITicuteif. ’ ■ ■ ) i < ■■■ • I . k . - T' -J '7y tl^r* . .'.••* • X . ' W'>f4i fHHlur *‘Th«*J / - iiler of Ihe' Uub-] f \">de. 11-iSPrbrl 1 Ih.; R).>eVi*I t'liwi-•irj * -J ir- - r ni? ut. — >? . - '-. l*i - mi-'u‘mi—i*-*- x*{ p ’ted icli *♦*4- s-'canip is Hm.¥ 1 iini jYf«^l-rrrr cr.iHfr-rf^- dc'sj iifjFirf■4iPS(5*‘*-.tin i I^P-aud cquuupr r-rttr - Xist.iijr |aw oiij'y iulf tiiestalT'can a^gned In^e. The) hpjTse conferee* j **' id .lliev^r** 1 drati>rff-features su-far and members are not predicting the .outcohic on dis puted p lints, which' Include the diff erence in the agef limijs -jf Then subj»'dt to the selective' draft provision. Htmate amemimeiit w*hich w.rnfd per-' mit Ct»U R(i isevek t'i r^ise four inL.in- t ry divisiyintvfor service in France; and lf)t* -ectiou TJfoti'ddtil-grDiF sa!^mtlTjUip army posrs. ~j : take tin* bil. micktfeFTiist rucuoat. w*»cttqTr'~7witn .a-f»f<Trr>n IJld !U* ITI-t'M-b Vn.iy- il U!!.*;', * lir - 1 Mif the e ne.fgeii- y . . c - ■'clnoi "wal ii-hdtSL^a. mreptrp-n lu eijsi'-aif- tlie !■ ejttj igb ireat Uritain has bh lugltsh vhBmtU er»sl and plaiiried, he Eaid, to feel justi- 4ed io-ntrtifyHig the people that the >uLunarme fear, might be allayed. Theyitoject trow before the g ivern- ment euufiThe jrarried riot “within a reasonably shorr time.'-Mtr-sald. WILL GEJ $100 A MOI DURINC TRAINING \ • - . Washingtpnc -May-3 —Special; On the . recohvmendatiou , 6f St^ejeta^y Baker the conferees on the anqy appropriation Tull today inserted in that measure a tiVOYiiMou. to" pHy* $IdC-a month during', jierjyds in^gtitfon to allowance for j dL-c'Jssi-n otStia* >Va** ht ' . f Friday" fctgumg/ • 3 '• $ * fdia' su-bsistciiee" Hiid jiii ( ifurms to men des- 1 quoted for-training as ofiicers iu the ■iTm y '1'ii a im‘n HTii iV’sCnee j liu n vereF, p» :uv:ii , pr>inni|e..t in such gra le as Trt7y7V0f ^Var nja? Thtik taai i' rhvtud of the train log tt*rm v - il HI >1*1 I* 1 HI ./mHIWT vsX^Z-'-