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WILSON M TO FE President Calls Upon Every . Together to Make Natio Democracy in Worlt stuffs?CVjc Washington, April 1">.?President Wilson tonight in an address to hi-a fellow countrymen called upon every American citizen?man, woman ana child?to join together to make the nation a unit for the preservation of its ideals and for triumph of democ-j racy in the world war. "The supreme test of the nation naa come," says the address. "We must all speak, ac-t and serve together." The president urges all the people to concentrate their energies, prac tice economy, prove unselfishness and demonstrate efficiency. I He appealed to the farmers with j emphasis on nis woras ana p;irucu-1 larly to the farmers of the South, to I plant foodstuffs. The Southern farm-) ers, he said, "can show their patriot-: ism in no better or more convincing' way than by resisting the great temp -; tation of the present price of cotton and helping to feed the nations anu^ the peoples everywhere fighting for their liberties and our own.*' The address follows: I "My Fellow Countrymen: t4The entrance of our own beloved1 country into the grim and terrible w for democracy and human rights wliich has shaken the world creates i?1 Hfn onr p many proLueuis ui uau?>uai action which call for immediate con-! sideration and settlement that I hope you will permit me to address to you a few words of earnest counsel and appeal with regard to th.em. "We are rapidly putting our navy upon an effective war footing and are about to create and equip a greai army, but these are the simplest parts for the great task to which we have addressed ourselves. There is not a single selfish element, so far as I can see, in the cause we are fighting for. We are fighting for what we believe and wish to he the rights of mankind and for the future peace and security of the world. To do this great thing worthily and successfully we must de-! vote ourselves to the service without! regard to profit or material advantage and with an energy and Intelligence that will rise to the level of the enter-! prise1 itself. We must realize to the full how great the task is and howj many things, how many kinds and! elements of capacity and service and self sarifice it involves. , "These, then, are the things we' must do and do well, besides figliting ?the things without which mere fighting would he fruitless: . Must Supply Food. "We must supply abundant food fori ourselves and for our armies and our' seamen, not only but also for a large; part of- the nations with whom we j have now made common cause, iu> whose support and by whose side we! shall be fighting. <cWe must supply ships "by the hun dreds out of our ship yards to carry! to the. other side of the sea, subma-j rines or no submarines, what will eyery day be needed there, and abund ant materials out of our fields and our mines and our factories with which not only to clothe and equip our own forces on land and sea but also clothe and support. our people for whom the gallant fellows under , arms can no longer work; to help clothe and equip the armies w!tn which we are cooperating in Europe and to keep the looms and manufac tories there in raw materials; coal to keep the fires going in ships at sea ow/i ;? fVo fiirnno#*? rvf hundreds of factories across the sea; steel out of which to make armies and ammuni tion both here and there; rails for vrorn out railways hack of the fighting fronts; locomotives and rolling stock to take the place of those every day going to pieces; mules, horses, cattle, for labor and for military service; everything with which the people of England and France and Italy and "? Russia have usually supplied i selves but can not now afford Ch American Citizen, Men, Wot n Unit for Preservation of la d War?Especially Begs Farm xnce Now for South to Show i men. the materials or the machinery to make. j "It is evident to every thinking man ' that our industries, 011 the farms, in the ship yards, in the mines, in the | factories, must be made more prolific and more efficient than ever, and that' they must be more economically man-1 aged and better adapted to the partic- j 1 ular requirements of our task than; they have been, ai. what I want to: sav is that the mer. and the women j who devote their thought and their j energy to these things will be serving; the country and conducting the fighi' for peace and freedom just as truly i and just as effectively as the men on : the battlefield or in the trenches. The industrial forces of the country, men : and women alike, wiil be a great na-i tional. a greut industrial service army! and noble and honored host engaged,' in the service of the nation and the world, me emacui n icnuo anu aa.-1 viors of free men everywhere. Thous-i I ands, nay hundreds of thousands, of | men otherwise liable to military ser-j | vice will of right and of necessity be i j excused from that service and assign-} ! ed to the fundamental, sustaining work of the fields and factories and mines, and they will be as much part i of the great patriotic forces of the nation as the men under fire. Speaks to Farmers. j "T tnL-o tViA lihprtv thArftfore. of ad-' ' dressing these words to the farmers of the country and to all who work on' the farms: The supreme need of ourj own nation and of the nations with; which we are operating is an abun-j dance of supplies and especially of; foodstuffs. The importance of an ade-1 quate food supply, especially for the1 present war, is superlative. Withoui j abundant food, alike for the armies and the peoples now at war, the whole great enterprise upon which we have embarked will break down and fa*l. The world's food reserves :j.re lov\. Not only during tiie present eraer^ei-; cy but for some time after peace shall have come both our own people and a large proportion of the people or Europe must rely upon the harvest*; in America. Upon the farmers of thiv country, therefore, in large measure rests the fate of the war and the fate of the nations. May the nation not count upon them to omit no stap that will increase tne pruuuuuuu m men ; land or that will bring about r.lie most! effectual cooperation in the sal'? ana [ distribution of their products. The! time is short. It is of the most im-i perative importance that everything possible be done and done immedi-j ately to make sure of large harvests.' I call upon young men and old alike! and upon the ablebodied boys of the1 1 3 *- or?H n /"? " Iin/in riufv I IctliU to auu a^<- u.f/uu ?to turn in hosts to the farms and' make certain that no pains- and no: labor is lacking in this great matter. "I particularly appeal to the farm-! ers of the South to plant abundant' foodstuffs as well as cotton. They i can show their patriotism in no bet-! ter or more convincing way than by. ; resisting the great, temptation of the| present price of cotton and helping, i helping upon a great scale, to feed; { the nation and the peoples every-i i where who are fighting for their lib-) I erties and for our own. The variety ( of their crops will be the visible; measure of their comprehension of! ; their national duty. "The government of the United States and the governments of tha several States stand ready to cooper-1 ! ate?they will do everything possible ' to asist farmers in securing an ade-j quate supply of seed, an adequate j ; force of laborers when they are most1 j needed, at harvest time, and the. means of expediting shipments of I fertilizers and farm machinery &s well( ; as of the crops themselves when har ! vested. The course of trade shall be' 1 as unhampered as it is possible to; j make it and there shall be no unwar-j doming' on auiauqua i nen and Children, to Join fea/s *and Triumphs of ers to Plant Food Patriotism. o ranted manipulation of the nation'. food supply by those who handle il on its way to the consumer. This L our opportunity to demonstrate th( efficiency of a great democracy one we shall not fall short of it. This let me say to the middlemer of every sort whether they are hand ling our foodstuffs or our raw ma t-orioU of manufacture or the prou ucts Of our mills and factories: The eyes of the country will be especial ly upon you. This is your opportun ity for signal service, efficient and disinterested. The country expects you as it expects all others, to fore go unusual profits, to organize and expedite shipments of supplies of ev ery kind, but especially of food, witt an eye to the service you are ren dering and in the spirit of those whc enlist in the ranks, for their peopl? not for themselves. I shall confi dently expect you to deserre and wli the confidence of people of every sor and station. Railways Xean ]tfueh. '.'To the men who run the railway; of the country, wneiuer mc; managers or operative employees, le1 me aay that the railways are th< arteries of the nation's life and tha' upon them rests the immense re sponsi'Dility of seeing to it that thos< arteries suffer no obstruction of an] kind, no inefficiency or slackened power. To the merchant let me sug gest the motto 'small profits an< quick service' and to the ship build or the thought that the life of th< war depends upon him. The foot and the war supplies must be car ried across the seas, no matter hov many ships are sent to the bottom The places of those that go dowi must be supplied and supplied a once. To the miner let me say tha he stands where the farmer does the work of the world waits on him If he slackens or ians, <11 iUiCd aav statesmen are helpless. He also i> enlisted in the great sen-ice army The manufacturer does not need tc be told. I hopo, that the nation look; to him to speed and perfect everj process; and I want only to remlnc his employes that their service Is absolutely indispensable and is count ed on by every man who loves ? th< country and its liberties. "Let me suggest also, that everj one who creates or cultivates a gar den helps, and helps greatly, to solr< the problem of the feeding of the na tions: and that every housewife wlic practices strict economy puts hersei: in the ranks of those who serve th< nation. This is the time ror Americz to correct her unpardonable fault o wastefulness and extravagance. Le every man and eveTy woman assuin( the duty of careful, provident us an* expenditure as public duty, as a die tate of patriotism which no one nov can expect ever to be excused or for given for ignoring. "In the hope that this statement o ~ nofinn nr>>rt of thl me aeeue u: mc ^ __ . world in this hour of supreme crisi may stimulate those to whom it come; and remind all who need reminder of the solemn duties of a time such a the world' has never seen before, beg that all editors and publisher everywhere will give as prominen publication and as wide circulation a possible to this appeal. I venture t suggest also to all advertising agen 1 * ? cies mat mey wuuiu pwuaHo ~ a very substantial and timely servlc to the country if they would give i widespread repetition. And r hop that clergymen will not think th theme of it an unworthy or inappro priate subject of comment and hom: ly from their pulpits. "The supreme test of the nation ha come. "We must all speak, act an serve together! "Woodrow Wilson." Big' H/oialr in Mi BRAVE IWMIMrk. Charleston American, 14th. Fred is a new man in congress Nearly ail new men blow to the "dom inant sentiment." and many of the oid members never conquer the hab it. Congress is a "going body." It is only theoretically divided in point of tenure into entities of two-year tp.-m.-;. ; A friar \vp rail the "new C!ou ! gross" is in fact but in large bulk ' the old body with a few new mern : bers. We have always considered ; this one of the anomalies of our gov ern ment. In actual practice it is the ' destruction of the salutary princi : ].lc o: "rotation.'' There is no rota ; tiou. but perpetuation. \ Hence the new member comes into I congress as a sort of intruder, and Is 5. looked upon as such. He usually ^ goes through a hazing process, one of * the features of which is that he must ? bow i\ith due and proper ceremony t to the will of the holdovers. Let him | watch them, and follow their lead, Is t what is expected of him. If space permitted we could show how this J has grown to be a great evil, an'l j how, because of this, the theory that ,, underlies our popular branch of gov trruuieui ^iucii, it i;uujc;s c>ci\ l vy \j years from the people) is often de I feated. Instead of being governed by ^; the wishes of the people. a.s mani '; fested in changes of members, it is [ governed by the elder statesmen hold _ i ing over. The first congresses had t j no elder statesmen. Hence members j did the peoples will and "stood in y | jeopardy every hour" lest in not do , ing it they would be cast out. Now 'I congress lords it over the people rather than vice versa. Hence the LI danger. j But Fred Dominick went there un i der the ancient and constitutional j conception of tils duty. He came rresn 5 j Lrom the people. They had had two J; years to contemplate the danger of t i their country being dragged into war 3 i by jingoes and tories. He knew the t| people did not want war, and that - ! this sentiment arose out of their in s J stinctive knowledge that war was 1j unnecessary, persisted in in spite of 1 j two years of British propaganda. And i he had the courage to face the jeers i 1 and sneers of editors wh.o seem to have lost the address of recruiting 2! offices since the war began, althougn llearrviner anneals "to the boys" on " j their front pages, exhorting them to ' | enlist. We suggest that they reaa land follow their own advice, espeu 1! ially as they were crazy for the t portunity. Having voted according t to his conscientious belief of what his -| constituents wante-d, Mr. Donrinick : says, in an interview which we puo i lish today: * j "I have received 200 letters from my people approving my stand ana > only one from a voter from my who*e = State saying that I have made a mis > take. * * * it would have been easy 1 j to have voted me omer way, muca 5 easier than to have voted the way J ! did. But I think that I registered . the views of the people of my dis trict. I do not mean the newspapers i j and the 'upper class' of citizens, i -: mean the majority of the people? ;' that is the yeomanry, the working -' people and the folks who will have ) | to do the fighting, in this war. They t are with me, I have registered their i views, and 1 am satisfied. . ' "Rut nnn.f that war haa been de t j clared, I want it understood that i t am with my country. I will vote ana s do all in my power to defend the i honor of my country and to cooperate -; with my colleagues in congress to ? bring success to our flag. Of course, -; I do not propose to vote for every j thing that comes up regardless o.' f what is asked. For instance, I am a opposed to conscription, it is un 3 .American and was never intended 3 here. The volunteer soldier has B j fought and won victories that have 3; crowned us king of the Western '] Hemisphere, and I propose to stana j, | by him. Why change now? Whai 11 rights has any man when the govern 6, ment can simply conscript him? Tn? 0' European war was in progress for _| two years before conscription .waa r | resorted to by Great Britain, and the Q! protest was so great from the people wanf mon -n-Vifavnrprl if aild J til (X L U T J UIUU TT *-*\J - - ? , ' thrust it upon the people was forced 0t to resign. I don't believe the Amer Hj ican people will stand for it. It is i not right and it does not coincide ! with our system of government and lour ideals. I am opposed to it. but * [ I am for my country in all otliei things, and in opposing conscription I believe I am for my country first.' These are brave w.^rds. Perhaps &t Til HCTflll I H'TTfc ' VHllMOBPBgaaaCB 1 M ewutsrry j Dominick was right in saying his con ; st t;:erxt.> ?iid not want war and that it was his duty to so vote. Hut it v ; took nerve. His judgment seems to he vindicated not only by the letters 4 he has received, but by the very bill h for conscription, to which he is op- A posed. Does reluctance to rest re- C cruitment oi' our army upon the tra- t] ditional system of volunteers arise h from fear thai it would meet with dib- c mal failure?the be&t way of leaving F the question of peace or war to the A people? Let us consider certain n tacts. We are going to a quixotic ;< ...? ? ''Kiz-vt no'ainct rlio Gorman nPfin)??. p V\ <1 1 ? UUL U lilOb luu \j v* |'ww i' -?r *, but the German government." to do-; g liver that people from the joke of a ! "militarism." Yet according to the c testimony of many American writers n and the reports of the Associated i Press, ever since the war broke out j millions of young Germans stormed' the recruiting offices, shedding tears: when told "thev were not needed." j mitiinn u-orp declined for this reason the first year. This was tn the country of kaiserism. that did not 0 want war, and that was only forced a to fight by the domination of the 11 "military caste." In this countrjjf where war has not been forced upon ^ us by rulers, but by the irrepressible* a , insurgence of the people, our recruit- 0 ; ins offu-es are nearly as empty as our n ' churches, and we are ab .at to pass ^ laws dragging the supposedly clam-1 orous populace into the fight. Per haps Dominick was right. He was : at least brave. I . 'SITT. SWEARJXiEN ADDIiESSES j | TEACHEKS OF COUSTlI 8 j n P j The county teachers association c f held its last meeting at the court D house on last Saturday at 11 o'clock. t V/ M v v * V U wv/ |y 4 v V k, viw v w ? ? ^ . Field day, which will be held on; ^ | Friday. The parade will more from 1 p | the court house promptly at ten o'-|1 ' clock. All the contests for this day; g j will be held at the college beginning ? j at 11:30. Dinner will be served at ^ 1 o'clock. Dr. Kinard called atten- 0 ! tion to the various summer schools n that will be hem in tne aaaie emu i v i urged the teachers to attend. I e , The committee appointed to pre-; s [ pare resolutions on the death of >Ir. \ \, | Tate submitted the following, whicn; c ! were adopted by a rising vote: j Whereas, the Newberry County j ; Teachers association has profited j directly and indirectly by the en- j a ' abling ideas of :W&lliam Knox Tate.; j, i the great educator of the South, j j therefore be it resolved, j I 1, That this body of teachers re cord its sincere grief on the death ot South Carolina's first State super visor of rural schools; 2, That in his death South Caro lina has lost a great benefactor; 3, That each member of the asso ciation pledge himself to carry for | ward Mr. Tate's ideas, and therefore keep alive the work he began; I 4, That a copy of these resolutions j be sent to Mrs. Tate. I Mr. J. W. Thomson, professor of I T5Ptfft2T>?v at WinthroD college, wab present and was introduced to the i teachers. The address of the da> I was delivered by Mr. J. E. Sweariii i gen. State superintendent of educA ; tion. The address was full of prac : tical and helpful suggestions to the ; teachers. Out of a wide experience and full sympathy with his work, ii was easy for the speaker to hit upou the very things that the teachers, wished to hear about. A most inter esting part of the address was a dis cus. on of national and State aid to industrial and vocational education. The working of the Smith-Hughes bill, recently passed by congress, ap- j ; propriating $1,500,000 for this work. : was explained. On the conclusion ol | Mr. Swearingen's address the follow iug resolutions were passed: 1 Whereas, our country is now at | ' war with the imperial German gov- j ernment, and !! Whereas, all the resources of our : I people are needed for the support ot i our government, ;| Resolved, That we, the'teachers ot \ 1: Newberry county hereby pledge to j 'jour State and nation our cooperation, jand assistance wherever and when-1 ' I ever needed. l| After the association adjourned Mr. i ! vn-oonngron nnri Sunerintendent Barrel held a conference with the county i trustees, a large number of whom : were present. THE HERALD AND NEWS ONE ; , YEAR FOR ONLY $1.50. ^n&uiduqii ay 8th to 14 < >Ir;?;Ukn f the Reformation. 'I ho .second meeting oi' the New erry conference celebrating the anir'versary oi' I'.ie Reformation to be at P miuria Lutheran churcn .pril 2!*th. The paslor loci, Rev. S. . Ballentine. and Rev. L. P. Boland lie committee 0:1 public meetings ave announced that they have se ared the following speakers: Rev. K. Monroe for the morning, Re\. i. J. Bowers, 1). I)., for the after oon and Rev. J. W. Ilorine. D. D., ir an illustrated lecture in the ev i.-ing. Dinner will be served on the !onnds at the noon hour, special i:ii-iic is being prepared, ana a largt rowd it; expected from all of th* earby congregations. J. B. HARM AX, Publicity Comm Mr. Brj-an. jreenville News. Whether he shall ever r not?and there is s bility that he may be ominee in 1920?Mr, ver retain the respecj :an people who belj nd always has been ere in his positions) ian who does what igbt. He and Henn UWU iU AUlClUail JLLI3 real but ill-starred he presidency. Camp S Camp Styx, the State round in Lexington ine miles from Columbia laced in good condition for eption of the First and Second lents. It is practically certain thai Le two regiments will be called into 11 tJ bCI Mtc ucwi c wauj ixhjitz ays. Railway officials have mada reliminary surveys, preparatory to he running of a side track from, ityx station about one mile from the amp. This will greatly facilitate the , ^andling of the troops. In the event >f the formation of a third regi aent of the National Guard, tne rater supply will have to be enlarg d. The road from Columbia will al o be improved. Several telephone; ines are also to be constructed from Columbia. SOCIETY. In compliment to Miss May Kewk \ charming bride-elect. Miss Mary "ranees Poole gave a delightful lun heon Saturday. The living room. :nd dining room were decorated in rink and this color scheme was ef ectively carried out in the menu. Covers were laid for twelve and a ix course luncheon was served at loon. Miss Poole's guests were: hisses May and J.osie Reid, Blanch* Smith, Gladys Chappell, Kathryn. Vright, Rosalyn Hipp, Margaret Bur on, Kate Summer, Mary Wright, luby Goggans, and Gladys Keith of :happells. 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