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MOBILIZING FARMERS FOR FOOD PRODUCTION Demonstration Forces Urged by Dr. j Long to lniiue/>e (ironing of; grains, Beans, potatoes and Live Stork. Oolu ntbia Record. The imperative necessity for plan/ ing every available area in food croi?si in South Carolina is emi\iasizt:u oj Prof. W. W. Long, bead of the United = States demonstration forces working in South Carolina in conjunction witn' Clemson college. "I b^ve been look-1 ing up the worlds supply of food stuffs and the situation, to speak frankly, is little less than alarming," says Dr. Long. "If we were to make; a failure in South Carolina this year: along with the balance of the coun try it would notN surprise me to see' bread stuffs as high as at any time during the Civil war, and likewise "with meats. As it is I am expecting! hogs to sell on the hoof for 18 or 2u cents." In a circular letter to demonstra tion agents in the State Dr. Long says: "The conditions, as being reported, of the food crops of the world, if not alrming, are serious. This is espe cially true when we realize that thej reserves will be exhausted at tne enu of this crop year. . "It is reported that the English wheat crop is exceedingly backward. The Dutch Crop is small. The French crop is very much lass than usual, and, what is most alarming, Argen tina will have lktle wheat or corn to export. The Australian wheat crop i? reported 50,000,000 bushels less, than last year's. The statement is J made that the English government j has contracted for the entire surplus! of this year's wheat crop of Canada.' Wheat in the winter growing State* j of our country ^as suffered much forj the want of moisture. Early ve& a-j bles in the Southern States have been c /V\ mine destroyed by rCCCIlL ii 1/U/irCO nearer home, the prospects for wheat! and oat crops in South Carolina are the most-discouraging in years. Thej season is very backward and, there-! lore, little gardening has been done ! in this State. Country Virtually at War. "The country is virtually in a State! of war and we have every reasorTts; expect that in a short time^thousands' of young men may be called from the | fields to arms. Therefore, it is nec-| essary to impress upon all classes of ! our people the urgent need of grow-i ing all vegetables for table use and J for canning purposes. ! "You should take this matter ap' not only with the farmers but with the officials and residents of cities and Tillages and brinp; about organi-i nations for the cultivation of vacant' lots in food crops. Chambers of com- ' snerce, women's clubs and every agency should be appealed to to as-; sist in this most important work. The; production of forage crops on large areas, particularly of velvet beans,1 sorghum grass, cowpeas and soy! beanSj is urgent. Tbe acreage in cum, should be greatly increased. Hogs TalnaJble. N "The greatest care should be taken j with spring pigs. Hogs are now sell-1 isig in the Northern markets at 15 3-4; cents a pound on foot; beef cattle) from 10 to 12 cents a pound on foot with every prospect of increasing. ??o rk?EtejSBl?iDotatoes should iiic aui v?t)v w_ be increased many foHS^Exery farm-i er should plant a crop olwall Irish > potatoes?the Lookout Mowtain va-i riaty If obtainable. "With the food supply of the world j in its present condition, re may be assured of a profitable demand for all j food crops. iWe owe it to ourselves' and our country to produce the nec-j ?ssary supplies for the family, and,' ia the event tnat war is aecmreu, iv?i ( tbe men who are performing their pa-! triotic duty. The indications are that tor the first time since the Civil war j we will be unable to purchase sup- j plies from foreign countries. There-! fare, it is imnerative that we pro-; duce them at home. This possibility: of shortage may bring some of our. #eople to actual suffering. "If you think wise have this artl-' We published in your local papers., Call your bankers, merchants and.! farmers in conference so that the: most powreful influences may be put1 in motion for the growing of neces-j <iarv fnnd ^rons for man and beast." J * HE CHOSE CHARLESTON Preferred it to Otber Com na&4s. New York, March 26.?Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood irae given the option of taking -command &i nouna v* Hawaii in preference to the new de partment of the Southeast, which he cfiose, according to the copy of the order transferring him, reoeived from Adjutant General MoCain and which was made public today at Gen. Wood's office. The order and Gen. Wood's reply follow: "Office or tne Aajtiiani vxeuciai, Washington, March 24, 1917. "Ma*. Gen. Wood: ''The president tag ordered the division of the present Eastern de partment into three parts and has designated Gen. Edwards to com-| mand the Northeastern department,; headquarters Boston; Gen. J. Frank-! lie Bell, Eastern department, neac quarters Governor's Island; South eaetern department, headquarters Charleston, S. . The secretary ol T*ar directs you be given your o; tl n as to taking the latter departrae or tie more important o*e at Mir twaii. "McCain.*' Gen. Wood'c reply beari yesterday's Aate: "Acknowledge receipt 01 your wur gram March 24 informing that East ern department is to be divided Into three parte and tendering me corn Man 4 at Charleston or command at IfaailA or Hawaii. I prefer Charlee ***** tm. mt / Wood." PROG RAX. Western Division Institute, Green wood, April 3-4. Tuesday. 10:00?Devotions, 11 Tim. 2:15. Mrs. B. H. DeMent. fram A hhAvillp W M. U.. Mrs. J. L. Harris. 10:1*5?One minute responses from! superintendents. 10: 3.j?President's message. 11:10?Bible Study?Beaucliamp's ' Outline, Mrs. J. R. Fizer. 11:50?Royal Ambassador Mission1 Study Demonstration. 12:45?In Memoriam?Mrs. C. E. i Watson, Mrs. W. J. Hatcher. { 1:00?Lunch. I 2:15?Method Classes: W. JYI. S.,| Mrs. Fizer; Sunbeams, Mrs. Hatche-r. i 3:15?Mission Study Class, Mrs. j Chapman. Method Classes: Y. W. A.,j "vT-o r*o\7ic. p A Mm Oa_rnenter. ! 4:lo?Visit to Orphanage. , , S: 00?Devotions, Dr. B. H. DeMent.1 Chorus. Exercise by children from Connie Maxwell Orphanage. iVocal solo. Address, Miss Janie Lide, Tens Chow, China. Male quartette. Presentation of Lula Whilden Mem orial, Mrs. Chapman. Offering. Anthem. 1Tai]na?i)ar ri v;uuvvruM^? ( 9:30?Mijssidn Study Class, Mrs. j Chapman, Sunbeam method, Mrs. i Hatcher. 10:30?W. M. S. Methods, Mrs. Fiz-< er; Y. W. A., Mrs. Davis; R. A., Mrs. j Carpenter. 11:30?Devotions, Jaines 1:15, Mrs. I E. J. Smith. j 11:40?Sunbeams "Brightening ths ! Corners," Mrs. Hatcher. 12:15?Gospel in song. Offering. j 12:25?Mission Work in South Car-j olina's Sand Hills, Mrs. W. H. Can-i n&da. 1:00?Lunch. 2:15?Devot ^ns, Romans 14:19, Mrs. It. w. uaruuw. j 2:30?"The House Beautiful." Mrs.' George E. Davis. ! 3:10?History of (Woman's Work In Abbeville association, Mrs. S. P. Brooks. ! 3:40?Excuses, Mrs. Fizer. 4:00?C'osing service, Mrs. Car-' penter. This is from the Baptist Courier: j Welcome. ''Abbeville Association extends aj cordial invitation to the missionary j societies of the Western Division to; attend the Western Division Institute. - - - --- - * ' ' | which will be neia at urwunv(.u,j April 3-4. All delegates will be giv-i en a hearty welcome. A program o?' unusual Interest has been prepared. A real live, 6ure enough missionary; will make an address. You cannot; afford to miss this meeting. Abbe-j ville Association is proud of the fact that ?he is to be hostess. The cor-: dial invitation includes you. Come j and join us. Get your share of en thusiasm and spiritual uplifht. Ruth Pinson, Press Reporter/'j "All delegates or visitors expecting to attend Western Division institute please send their names at once 'to Mrs. Annie Durst, Greenwood, S. C., i chairman of hospitality committee." j It is earnestly hoped that every J missionary organization in Reedy; Biver Association will send at least' one, if not more, representatives to j attend this institute. The delega tion is not limited and entertainment! is free. The superintendent will be! much disappointed if Reedy River Is] not well represented. The Lons, Sad Journey. When the army, of Northern Vir ginia had surrendered and the men paroled at Appomattox, Va.. April 9. 18S5, General McGowan addressed1 the remnants of his brigade, saying; thAv would keen together he would; march them in a body to South Caro lina, giving as the reason that they! could be better provided for as a; body than as individuals looking out: for themselves. I^ate in the afternoon of April 12tn; he marched the men a few miles from ' Appomattox, where they went inU>' bivouac for the night. On the morn ing following, Sims, of the Twelfth South Carolina; Young ? jore, of the Fourteenth South Carolina; Robt. H. | Land, of the Thirteenth South Caro-; lina, and B. F. Brown, of the First (j South Carolina, got together and de cided that they could fare better as individuals and parted from the marching column at the first road leading to their right. The four footed it all the wa yfrom Appomattox. Va., to their homes m South Carolina?Sims from York, Young Moore, from Laurens, Robert H. Land from Newberry and B. F. Brown from Charleston. Sims has not been heard from ?iiic? the war. Moore died aereral years ago. only last lueaaajr ouu '^Beii" Brown talked together for the [ast time about their memorable tramp from Appomattox.?Augusta Chronicle. HAIR grows 28 Inches lone sayaMay GiJbertwho*e picture is abowa nere. Every one can have nice Ions hair by usiag EXELENTO POMA0E which is a Hair Grower, oot a kinky hair rem err er. It feeds the scalp and roots of hair, cleans dandruff and stops hair at once. anA after using sev eral times you can see the result!- Try a box. Price 25c by toad ?a receipt of stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Write For Particular* jJ DCELENTC* MEZMCtME OO, ATLANTA* CJL Facts, >'ol Fiction. Jharleston American. "With reference to the war it if? a pretty s.n'e thing to believe nothinr rou hear now,"' says a contemporary md forthwith asserts me proDaoiuty w 3f a revolution in Germany. or course the ternts "superman," "Hoii- c: ?uzolJern," "system, that fails to con [rol the stomach" and other stock ra phrases are strewn throughout the a] discussion. This taking things for granted is c< what, wo have tried to warn auaiusi ? from time to time?the invention or fiction about other nations. We find, cc for instance, assurances of a "great friendship" the Japanese have for us everywhere in the daily press; we o :ire told even the Mexicans now love - us, and all this although, or, perhaps, because we know better. This is not; the wav to serve America first. We T want to know facts about our foes,: not fiction. Acquainted with facts, we will! know how to deal with them. But if Ii WG lHUUi^U III , wc iXi xz oui o tv | i, fall into grave blunders, even as the s French foolishly believed the German : c: people were unwilling to remain in tl the war, and were kept in solely by i; the kaiser. The French havt, paid q, dearly for the mistake. Russian and. 3: English armies have paid for their !o contempt and false estimate of the; ij Turk, who was pictured as commit-! ii ting suicide by aiding the doomed & Austrians and Germans. The Rum- '0 anian^ were pictured as heroes, pa- e triots, powerful enough to end the ii war by their more prowess. They g proved easy "victims. These wrong! a ideas, advertised systematically, have b duped neutrals until they awoke to!E realities. And thiB, perhaps, was the; f< main object, in order to iiuerest y in the cause of the entente, and to; a tempt them in, each, as it was por- i t! trayed by their seducers, to end the i conflict. c But if the United Stat** row en- E gages in war, cheap phrase* will not! 1?1 - - XL'a mnet Ko nrAnar- ! 0 Xieip Ufl IW mu. II t t"~r I ed, not only with arms, and ships, p and foodstuffs; but also in knowledge; I of our foe. To overestimate! him j p would be better than to underesti- J n mate him. To the truth, however,it the people who are going to fight are it entitled to. Every student of German politics, her forms of government and her people, surely knows that the Hohen-j^ zollern and superman stuff is all non- a sense. The kaiser, as a matter of I] " * -1-il J ?itl. +Vi n. . > 11 f Vl /-.ni _ ti fact, is nor ciouieu v>iui mo , ty his English enemies seek to con-' P vey. He is not above the German! b constitution any more than our presi- J 0 dent is above the American constitu- J s tion, and has in reality less power. He cannot declare war, nor could he,;t, for instance, arm merchant vessels j t and sen<J them across here to force a j ^ blockade, if for instance, this coun- a try had been blockaded by Japan, or England or any other nation. The 1 world well remembers how some n - - Jf ye&rs ago, when the Kaiser aenvercu a speech that did not suit the Reich stag, he was prohibited from making public speeches for over a year. The Socialists have ever refused to rise from their seats in honor of his en trance in the Reichstag. If they would refuse such honor to our pre3i dent in this country tney wuuiu muai. likely be exp-elled from congress. ^ Don't let us indulge in ignorance; about Germany and see a revolution' headed her "way. One is far more) likely to come in England, when the people are distraught by incompetent, government. The Germans are not at the end of their rope, and the kais er is not likely to abdicate. If we have to fight Germany let us realize that we are confronted by a foe that might remain on the field long after Europe has come to peace, and when Japan would still be able, consistent ' % ^ ly with her alliance, men to ueiy Germany. Let us trust in our strength and our unity and not in hopes of cal Does the average American kaovr the "mighty kaiser" is but the presi dent of many States, some of them kingdoms, some dukedoms, some re publics? His elimination would have less influence on the continuation ot the war, than that of King George, or Lloyd-George, or Poincare. Germany is united, by hunger, perhaps, but united solidly. Let us open our eyes to that fact. It believes all the war and all its woes come from England. The people cannot neip Kno^-mg uu?. i their hunger, at least, was caused by] the English illegal blockade, and they fight England in bitter^ retaliation. Krey would, perhaps, give anything, except victory over England, to re main our friends, now at least. These are facts which to know is necessary, i Tpa ttti 11 Vnnw hnw to Utrcaujsc ULl^i tv V. fight intelligently and to some pur pose. Knowing them, it Is necessary to prepare for the gigantic task of war with Germany. We must prepare for every eventuality. To indulge in fiction may spell disaster. Americana? are accustomed to look danger in tne face and not to indulge merely In scurrilous language. Let us leare that part of the war to Eofcland. Recommended by Doctor Cothram Dr. T. E. Cothram is a well-known pharmacist of Alexis, Ala. And when ne gets bilious or needs a purgative medicine, what do you suppose he does? Out of his whole big stocfc 01 J liver medicine he selects and uses 1 Granger Liver Regulator. He says "There is none better." That's a g pretty strong endorsement, don't you ] think, from a man who knows all j about the merits of the different medi- J rines on the market? Granger Liver j Regulator is purely vegetable, does not gripe nor irritate the delicate lin ing of the stomach and bowels and always gives quick and pleasant re- 1 suits* It is the best system purifier known. Tour druggist can supply 1 you?25c for large box. Accept & substitute* 111 . _ - * wtM, m ws Restored To Health By Vino! Camden, N. J.??,I bad a deep seated >ugh, was run-down, and my lungs were eak and sore. I had tried everything uggested without help. One eve ing I read almut Yinol and decided > try it. Soon I noticed an improve ment. I kept on taking it and today I n a well man. The soreness is all r lii?rre T A s\ n/*\"f V\ O \'Cl anv >u<?h and have pained fifteen poundx." -Frank TTillmax. We (guarantee Vino] for chronic mehs, colds and bronchitis and for ali pflk run-down rnmlitinne uiiuti- 6c Wet^s. Druggists, rs'ew erry, S. C. A.N ACT. o Provide Inquiry Into Origin ??t Fires. i Section ]. Inspector of Buildings to quire Into All Fires?Duty of ?nee Commissioner?Powers of In jector?Inspeetor Y,x Orticio.?Bo L nacted by tJie General Assembly ot C* ~ c U f V? An t^Alino TV* O t f hp J (y UL OVUIU v.ai Uiiau, xuuk vmv nspector of Buildings of ,every m orporated city or town in this State hall hold an inquiry into the origiu f every fire occurring within the mits of said city or town, and the nsurance Commissioner, either per onally or by a deputy, when in the pinion of the Insurance Commission r, it is desirable, shall make inquiry ito the origin of flres occurring out-! ide the limits of incorporated cities j nd towns to which his attention may | e called. The paid Inspector ot! Juildings shall have power to sena! Dr persons and papers, subpoena1 ,-itnessos and to compel attendance s are possessed by a Magistrate ot be 8tate. The Mayor, Chief of Fire )epartment or other municipal 0S1 er, may be ex officio Inspector of tuildingg. '' 2. Report to the Insnrance Com-' ilasioner.?That after making a com-; lete inquiry upon such fire, the said nspector of Buildings shall make re-, -ort in writing to the Insurance Com aissioner of tke State upon blanks o be furnished by the Insurance :omtuis&ioner, showing how, in his pinion, the said flre originated. 8. Fee Jfor Inquiry?From Whom )eriTed?PrOTiso.?That the Inspec or of Buildings shall be entitled to1 fee of three ($3.00) dollars for nnk Qg said inquiry, the said fee to be axed against the person owning the iroperiy i/umeu, n. mc ?m.o ?, y faulty construction or negligence; f owner, but in case the Inspector hall conclude that the fire -was due j o lack of proper care on the part ot he occupant of the house In \rhicn. he fire occurred, the fee shall bejiala: >y the occupant, except that upon; f&davit made that the occupant is m Qdigent circumstances, auu IS uuauic o pay the fee, it shall be paid by the municipality within whose limits the j Ire occurred, or if it be without tbe1 imits of the municipality, the fee j hall be paid by the Insurance Com- j aissioner, out of funds available for! his purpose: Provided, That wheu, he Are originated from accidental! auses, the fee shall be paid by the j n^mmiotririTipr Allt of fund*I iioui aiiv>c7 _ vailable for this purpow. 4. Procedure and Penalty tn Cases f Criminal Carelessness*?If tiie ofli-j er shall consider that the fire be; lue to criminal carelessness, the per-! on responsible for the same shall b? j ndlcted before a Magistrate for a j isdemeanor, and upon conviction orj he same, may be fined in a sum not txceeding fifty C$50.00) do-llare, or I mnrisonment for not more than ten! lays. 5. Proof" t TLere Municipality j ^afla to Inspector.?That ?in j rase the governing body of any muni-1 ?Via IT nr rpfiiHP tf> aDDOint i ;i?/?Lii<.jr ouau iiu4 yt . _ _ in officer to make the Investigation | ?quired, the Insurance Commission er shall make such appointment. 6. Penalty for Failure to Execute; Let?Insurance Commissioner Charg fWith Enforcement.?An officer so >npointodf after accepting such ap-j >ointment, failing to carry out tne >royisioas of this Act, shall be liable o a penalty of twenty-five ($25.00; j tollars, recoverable.before a Masto-I rate, and to dismissal from office. | t shall bfc the duty of the Insurance! Commissioner to enforce the provia ons of this Act. 7 Inconsistent AicU Repealed^? l!I Acta or parts of Acts in conflict vith tne provieious ui uuo .ereby repealed. 8. Immediately Effective.?1This Let shall take effect upon approval iy the Governor. Approved February 20th, 1917. TWICE PBOYEX. If you suffer backache, sleepless tights, tired, dull days and distress nff kidney disorders, don't experl nent. Read this twice-told lesu uony. It's Newberry evidence?doub y prorea. Mrs. J. B. Amick, 1120 Sumter St., <ewberry, says: "I had backache and >ains in my head. I was uizzy and lerrous and spots often floated be fore my eyes. I could tell by the iray my kidneys were acting that jomethin^ must be done. Doan'? ?!iney mis soon aaue wC ItCOl i :er in every way and my kidneys j >ecame normal." Over three years later Mra. Amid:; laid: "Whenever I hare a return of Sidney "trouble, due to a cold settling >n my kidneys, I use Doan's Kidney Pills and they give me prompt rs ief." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't limply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the flame that Wjs. Amick has twice publicly reoom J J miiKhto C*r\ Pmnt . i neziueu. ru?LCi*i*uiuuiu Buffalo, N. T. Proper Fiaeu. Penn State Froth. Chairman?A motiom {or a baiiQnet [a in order. Member?>1 more we la? it oae the a We. IF YOi: WANT TO KE HAPPY LISTEN TO YOUR HORSE'S PRAYER "To :hee, my master, I offer my prayer: "Feed me, water and care for me, and when the day's work is done, provide me with shelter, a clean, dry Ded and a stall wide enough for me :o lie down in comfort. Talk to me. Ycur voice often means as much to me as the reins. Pet me sometimes, that I may serve you the more gladiy .inirn ir?vr? vrni T)o not. ierk the reins, and do not whip me when going up hill. Never strike, heat, or kick me when I do not understand what you mean, but give me a chance to understand you. Watch me, and if I fail to do your bidding, see if something is not wrong with my har ness or feet. "Examine my teeth when I do not eat. I may have an ulcerated tooth and that, you know, is very painful. Do not tie my head in an unnatural position, or take away my best de fliflo onH mnsuinitoeH bv ICHBC ugaiaoi iiivo ? ? cutting off ray tail. "And finally, my dear master, when my useful strength is gone, do not turn me out to starve or freeze, or sell me to some cruel owner to be slowly tortured and starved to death, but do thou, my master, take my life In the kindest way, and your. God will reward you here and hereafter. You may not consider me Irreverent If I ask this in the name of Him who was boTn in a stable. Amen." In Memoriam. Maggie Lena, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Shealy, died March *3, 1917, after a short illness of pneumonia and was buried at St. Lukes the following day, ^service by the Rev. Cronk. Maggie Lena was four years and eight months old and leaves to mourn her departure a devoted father and mother and two brothers and one sis ter. Our precious little girl will no more be with her friends and loved ones here, we hope to meet her on the other shore beyond the river of death. All that loving hands and medical skill could do was done but God saw fit to transplant her to a brighter world. So, loved one?3, you do not weep as one who has no hope, for you know where to find her, for your loss Is her eternal gain. In our blindness we cannot under stand it, but God knows best, and at last, when all of life's lessons have been learned and we. too, have been called up higher we shall see and un derstand. Dear ones, your home Is sad and lonely since your precious m-Mo /*arHr!<r has heen called to her blest home in heaven. Now we part in tears, on earth to meet no more bait we hope to meet in a fairer land. May the Cod of all peace, comfort the bereaved ones and help them to say, "Thy will be done." A Friend Four IFhjte Meu Sent to the Gas?. A gentleman remarked that he saw a sad thing Monday "when four white men with stripes on were be ing carried to the chain gang in the upper part or me cuuut.y, uut ed they brought it upoii themsolve*. These men were on their way to serve sentences for soiling liquor. As it appears to us, it is a splen did object lesson, and these men are only getting what they richly de-, serve. There is no more reason why a white man should not be sent to the chain gang when he commits crime tn3.11 mer0 is ior scumug <* colored man. Indeed, we are Inclin ed to feel that the white blind tiger should have the preference In this matter. But we are for no distinc tions on account of race or previous condition in matters of this kind. The chain gang in the best medi cine that can be prescribed for the tiger. It is the tonic that will curw. if given in sufficient doses. Blind ti gers have had their sway, and their day in Green wood, and we are rather inclined to be put out of business.? Greenwood Journal. ' \? "Come on Ovor, See My Corn Fal Off!" "I Bat 2 Drops of 'Gets-Itf on Last Bight-flow Watch-" "3ee?all you have to do is to use your two fingers and lift the corn right off. That's the way 'G-ets-It' always works. You Just put on about 2 drops. Then the corn not only shrivels, but loosens from the toe, without affecting the surround ing flesh in the least. Why, it 'a al most a pleasure to hav? corns and 'Tlaat Was a Quick Funeral That Cora Had Wltk 'Geto-It'," ?*e how 'Gets-It' eets them off in a hurry and without the least pain, I can wear tight shoe?, dance and walk aa though I never had corns.1' 1 "Gets-It" make* the use of toe irrltatingr salves, bundling: bandages, tape, planters and other things not ?nly foolish, but unnecessary. Um this wonderful discovery, "Gets-It," for any soft or hard corn or canus. It is the now, simple, easy. quick way, and it never falls. Tou'll never have to cut a corn affain with knives or acissors. and run chances of bloo<l poison. Try **Oot?-It" toniffht. i MGets-It" Is sold everywhere. So bottle, or sent on receipt of price by U. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago, 111. Sold in dewberry and recommandaJ m tke world's teat corn ?ut f. f ARMY .MOYOEM | VERY ___? ! Believed That Scheme Easier to Mobilize Will Forces. (By P. H. MeGowan./ Washington, March 26.?The crea tion of two new departments of the army, one of which, the Southeastern, will have Us headquarters at Charles ton, as announced in press dispatcher ,oa? niorVit Tvna tndav bv armv men to be possibly the most importanr move yet made by the United State* government with regard to the opera tion and untilization of its mobij^ forces. With Tennessee. North Cari# iina, South Carolina. Georgia, Florida Alabama, and the coast defenses of both New Orleans and Galveston com posing the new Southeastern depart ! ments, and with Charleston as uie ; headquarters, it will be seen that j nothing short of the most drastic I kind of step lias been taken. j "This movement." it was stated at the war department, is so important that it should need no statement to | fl'cw clearly what is intended. As*, a matter of fact, even were it deemeti : advisable to say to what proportions | the new department of Charleston will i be built up and recruited, such facts * { at this time are not in our possession, ( as they are being worked out. How ! ever, when these details are ready it is hardly possible tnat tney win oe made public in as much as it would not be proper to indicate even in the most meagre way what the size of the new department will be or to what proportions it will grow. "However, with the States w-hich are to go into the new deparrmem cut off from the department of the East, it will be an easier matter -to nanaie doixi. nerwuci ucjjou ment of the East will be strictly what its name implies, while the new Southeastern department will be bet ter able to handle such military proo lems as may come before it from time to time." Asked to what extent Fort Moultrie and the coast artillery posts along the Atlantic seaboard in the new depart ment were to be recruited, the state ment was made that it would be hiph lv imDroner to make this information public at this time. "We do not know ho-* many w? are going to place at Fort Moultrie;'" it was stated, "and only the exigencies of the next few days will determine ] that matter." Asked further whether the head quarters of the new department being located at Charleston would not nec essarily mean that Fort Moultrie would be much enlarged with the sev eral hundreds or severai tnousanas or officers and men who will be sent there, it was said that this could be answered in the affirmative with out divulging any government se nrp&a t>ia addition of a larse colony of army officers and others to the post will without doubt create much enthu8sia8m because of the new citi zens it will take there within the nexi few days or weeks. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood will Im mediately proceed to Charleston, where he will assume direction ancr control of the new department anrl simultaneously therewith a vigorous campaign of recruiting will be made in the State composing this depart ment. When recruits are receiver they will then in all probability be sent from their homes directly to Charlestor, where they will become part of the fighting force of the Unit ed States. "Dad, Here's to Yon/' We happened in a home the other night, and over the parlor door sa* the legeud, worked in letters of red, "Wbat is Home Without a Mother." Across the room was another brief, "Go4 Bless Our Home." ^'ow, what's the matter with "God Bless Our Dad?" He gets up early, lights the fir*, boils an egg and wipes off the dew of the dawn with his boots, while many a mother is sleeping. He makes the weekly hand-out for the butcher, the grocer, tne eqiik man anu ua*ve; and his pile is badly worn before he has been home an hour. If there is noise during the night dad is kicked in the back and made rn downstairs to find the burglar and kill him. Mother darns the socks, but dad bought the socks in *he first place and the needles and the yarn after wards. Mother does up the fruit well, but dad bought it all, and Jars and sugar cost like the mischief. Dad buys the chickens for the Sun day dinner, carves ti:em himself and draws the neck from the ruins after everyone < else is served. "iWTiat Is Home Witnout a .Mower : Yea, that is all right; but wftat Is home without Father? One ohance to one it's a boarding house, father is under a slab and the landlady Is the widow. Dad, here's to you; you've got your faults and you may have lots of 'em, but you are all right, and we will miss you when you're gone/' ?AU.gU6ia ^uromcic. THM STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NBWRERRY, BY W. F. EWART, PROBATE JUDGE: WHHREAS, J. D. 'Wicker made suit to me to grant him Letters of Admin- a istration of the Estate and effects of H. Francis Cline. THESE AJRJE, THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said B Francis Cline, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry on the 17th day it April next, aft?r publication hereof, at 11 o'clock te the forenoon, to ahorw cause, if any they have, why the skid Administra tion should not be granted. QIYEN under my nana ana day of March, Anno Domini, 1917. W- P. SWART, P. J. N, C. wwrmjB jusm mm om.