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eralU citD Bern fetered at the Postolfice at New r i?, S. C., as 2nd class matter. ? FT NULL. EDITOR. Friday, April 27, 1917. VOLUNTEER system. We do not think much of a volun-i teei* system for an emergency like that which now confronts the coun try. The selective conscription idea is the best. Of course it is all right to arrange so volunteers may enter, the regular or the National Guard t"ho normrl nf thp War. ' There is. nothing objectionable to that, and besides it has Its advan tage in that it furnishes the oppor tunity for all who desire to serve.! But this system, or rather lack of sys tem, which permits and encourages all kinds of political and other ad venturers to undertake the whooping up of volunteers in order to get com missions for themselves, we dont like. As a rule such adventurers are not fit for command, and they are In capable of giving the best service. The effect too is demoralizing. If this war is right, and it is, then it is ? ? > ti <-} qaIaa+ivo r-ntl. UUU^ 5 W Ai y aiiu oviww? ? v scription is the right way to raise the man power.?Yorkville Enquirer. j At first we were not in favor of se lective or any other kind of con scription. but the more we have thought of it the more we are con vinced that it is the proper method of raising the man power to fight'this war. It is claimed that a volunteer army is the most efficient and that men who volunteer to th? service will make better soldiers. iaat may be true to a certain extent, and was true of the civil war. And yet there was conscription on both' sides In that great conflict. But times have changed, and then this is a different kind of a conflict. A majority of those who have volunteered couldn't tell you why they enlisted, or for what they are expected to fight, ex cent that their country had called ana /they had answered the call, and really after the state of war has ibeen declared that is reason suffi cient to the patriot. But there is another reason why we think that selective conscription is the proper method in this war. In4 a government that furnishes equality of opportunity it is right that it should exact equality of service. And then it puts every one on the same footing. The loud talking patriots as well as the real patriots who ex emplify their patriotism by their deeds rather than by their mouths, are placed on an equality, and the government selects, those who are really the best suited for the service desired, whether it be on the battle field or in any other part of the ser vice. The rich and the poor, and the learned and the unlearned. Or as some one else has expressed it: "Under the voluntary system in time of war, the serviceable manhood of the nation is divided into two parts: "There are the patriotic young men who volunteer to go to the front, and if need be, die in order that the nation may live; and there are the slackers who are perfectly willing to sacrifice, the other fellows on the al tar of patriotism. "That is not a democratic arrange ment. "A democracy which offers equali ty of opportunity has a right to ex act in return equality of service." And then as the Enquirer says it will give more system in the forma tion of the army and get rid of the political adventurer. There may be provisions in the - ... * * present Din Deiore cuugress mai, -would make it objectionable. We are talking about the principle. HOW ABOUT IT, MR. LEYER? The strongest and most convincing argument that could be presented to the farmer to induce him to raise more food stuffs is to assure him that there will be a cash market for wh&r le may grow, and that he will get noinA fr\f it Tho mooHny LUC Uldl IVCI puvc iui 11. a uv uvv.?c held on Tuesday afternoon of the men of the town was unanimous m this view, and we hope that a new commercial body will take shape at the meeting called for next Tuesday, and that through this organized body arrangements may be made for a sys tem of marketing. It seems to us that as the govern ment is making all this cry to raise food stuff that it would provide a sys tem of marketing in each county, and let it be known before planting time is over that provision would be made to -ake all the food that the farmer would grow and pay him the market price for it. It seems to us that we have heard Congressman Lever as -chairman of the agricultural committee in con gress make speeches about a system of marketing. How about it, Mr. Lev er? Is not this 'the time above all others for the government to take steps to take over and preserve ana conserve the food supply? Why not gei busy ana get your government system organized now? The govern ment will need food for the men and lor the horses, and why not let the ' farmer know that he can-have a mar-1 ket for the food when he grows It? That would he worth all your talk, about preparedness, and do more to stimulate the growing of it than anything else. You are agreeing to take all the ships and all the powder and the guns. They will not be worth, much unless you have something to1 feed your men. Even if the farmer j should grow the food unless there is] pome vav to care for it DroDerly it can not be saved. We hope Col. Dickert is correct tbat our boys will not. have to go' across the seas and fight in the. trenches. And we have a similar' opinion that in some way the war will >>e brought to a close before we cab ' *4 get ready for that, and before our men are needed to go. The great need now of the allies with whom we' have joined, is for food and munitions.' They have the men and what they; want from us at present is to furnish; them with something to feed the men,! and with which to kill the Teutons. It is awful to contemplate, now isn't; it? For a Chri&tain and a civilized world to put all its wits and its re sources to the murdering one an-1 other. But there is a Providence in it all. The people and the -nations have strayed off after false gods, ana this war is necessary to bring them back to riglit thinking and right liv ing and to the seryice of the one God.' Somehow recently there has been more gnsi 10 me uiiu man couju handle, and frequently we have had J to carry over from one issue to the next a lot of stuff that should have been printed, but we just could not handle it. There is more doing in the local field, and then we try to give some of the war news and the State news, and yet while we are: setting more type than usual we can' not find space for it as promply as we would like. And then the ad vertising has been good, thanks, but the price is still too cheap in com parison with other things. Wte mention this to say that on1 page two of this paper will be found several items 01 iocai cot uiu?. ; we had for the last issue, but as we felt some of it would keep we held it over and print it today. In fact, to get the news which we print you must read every page of the paper, j ? I It pays to advertise?in The Her ald and News. On Monday we put a little ad In the paer stating that we had lost the lelt hand glove of ft ' pair of auto glovea. On Tuesday morning -we found the missing glove ?in the car. "We would not like to see the coun-; try go wild on the subject of com-, pulsory military service. We do not; think it is in accord with a democ-1 , racy. One of the crimes we find ' against Germany is her militarism. a pnrtmulsorv military service would create that very thing in this coun try. I "So government that has habitually; to use force against the majority of ^ its adult citizens?as all governments * having compulsory military service must do?is anything lHie a pure de mocracy. This sudden and Insistent outcry for compulsion is a demand that we nut limitations upon our . democracy; an advertisement of lack of' faith4 in the common people; a false confession that we have been unable to make our government such as to command unhesitating allegi ance." \ . 4 I Gov. Manning has issued an address to the people urging them to write to the congressmen and tell them ( that they are in favor of conscripttve 1 draft. He says in accepting conecrip tive draft we accept the co'icluslon of military experts. *Th&t is not the reason we favor the" principle or : selective conscription. If we arev called upon to write our congressmen to vote for conscription simply be-i cause it is the conclusion of military! experts then what use is there to have any congressmen up there. Why not ; let them come home and turn the whole business over to the experts, j That would be accepting the doctrine: i of militarism, the very thing as we understand it we are called upon to | fight in order to put dow*. Would I it be democracy to turn "the whole business over to tfcv president and the cabinet and the experts. We are t fighting Germany so that we may xa. i tend democracy to all the world. i It is just like a few men meeting and passing resolutions and sending ? to the congressm&i as the expression j of the people of a community, a coun ty or a State. The few men who get i up the resolutions may be very far; from representing the views of the people. : In the matter of selective conscrip tion the great mass of the people really do not know exactly what is j proposed in the bill and they would' simply be makin? fools of themselves ' ~ -J~~ toloirranh nv wrtfp' IU SIS. uu?u auu ?. to congressmen that they favored a ' bill the provisions of which they were ignorant. We may net favor the pres-i ent hill. We do not know Its pro-j 1 visions. The principle of conscri'p-; j tion we endorse, because we believe { j where there is equality of opoprtunityj i there should also be the right to call , fr*r of service. If that is i socialism then to that extent we are i a socialist. But we are Just as will-j < ing to trust our congressmen as we are to trust the -nulitary experts. I j The Newberry resolutions have ' been placed in the Congressional Rec ord. It is stated- that the resolutions indicate that the .people of Newberry 'stand by President Wilson and the ? 9 ? ^ A Air V* Q VQ t IT? I congress in iue swuu lucj u?t& v en. If that means that the people favored war it may be misleading. It it means that the people of Newberry are now behind the government then! it is correct. As a matter of fact very i few people knew what the resolu-i tions contained. And the resolutions may have expressed their views and, i then again they may not. It takes, 1 /-mK* q fom nArmiP tn write and pas9 resolutions. It takes a lot of men to fight a war. To say that the people were unanimous for a declaration of war is a mistake. To say that now! war is on the people of this -county I stand unanimously with their govern- j ment and their flag is correct. The, only point is that we do not want! a misunderstanding on either posl-j tion. that we were unanimous for war. or that now war is on we are not; supporting the president and the gov-: erament. And we want to emphasize' 11 ** '* *V. ??? /%T\nrvcoH I cue liiCl Liid L LUU6C v? UU f to war are just as true patriots and; Just as ready to defend the govern-! meat as those who were clamoring; for war. The record will sul>staQ-! ife&e mimt me say. ' ? the "FIRST'' on mm: guard duty Dr. r. C. Cathcart, of Charleston, Chairman of State Commission oi jieajcai rrepttrtMtiie&s. i Columbia, April 24.?'The movement of the units of the First South C-aru-J lina regiment to different parts or' the State for guard duty is expect- j ed to begin tomorrow. Company K,* one of the-Anderson companies, com-j manded by Capt. Henderson, will, probably be the first to leave camp,1 going in the northeastern part of tne State. It is not deemed advisable by the. military authorities that the par ticular destination of the units be puo i;oVi^ mhor rnmnflnif>* will follow shortly. It is understood that the four com panies comprising the Second batai lian will be held for guard duty m the vicinity of Columbia and terri tory nearby. These are companies E. Union; F, Spartanburg; G. Fort Mill, and H, Rock Hill. Governor Manning tonight at the suggestion of the advisory committee of the council of national defense, appointed the following physicians a.i a Siate commission on medical pre paredness: L>rs. R. S. Cathcart, Charleston, chairman: E. A. Hines, Seneca, sec retary; J. A. Mood, Sumter; F. H. McLeod, Florence; Legrand Guerry, Columbia; Cullen B. Earle, Green ville; C. W. Kollock, Charleston; W. W. xTennell, Rock Hill; J. La Bruce Ward, Columbia. That no definite decision has been reached as to the location of the army, cantonment in this section^ is gather ed from a letter received by the Co lumbia corespondent of The Charles ton American from a gentleman in Washington, whose official position in the national capital' puts him' in close touch with matters of this "kind. There have been a number of ru mors persistently circulated that Co lumbia had been definitely decided upon foi^one of the cantonments. Other rumors had it that a military trainnig camp was to be located here. In regard to the cantonment proposi tion, the gentleman a-bove referred to states that both Greenville and Spar tanburg have been promised an in-, speotion before final decision. i "I am in receipt of your letter," h? says, "and amy sorry that I cannot give you any information relative to the cantonment. The whole matter coama hp nn in the air. All that I can tell you is that the war depart ment has permitted to give Greenvihe and Spartanburg an inspection before deciding where the cantonment shall. be located." Qnalitication for Enlistment The qualifications for enlistment m the national gjard organization not in the federal service are modified for time of war only so far as to waive educational requirements, ' according to a letter of instructions from tne military bureau at Washington re ceived by Adjutant General Moore to day. The acceptance of applicants is authorized so far as -educational qualifications are concerned, if they can speak the English language. / The bulletin from the militia du-: reau is as follows: : | "From: The Chief, militia bureau. : "To: The adjutants genral of all States, Territory of Hawaii and tne District of Colombia. "Subject: Enlistment, National guardsmen in time of war. " , >r j "1. The provisions of circular No. 21, militia 'bureau, 1916, in respect to qualifications for enlistment in tfte national guard not in federal service, are modified for the time of war only so as to waive the educational re quirements and to authorize the ac ceptance of applicants, provided they can speak the English language. "2. Attention is invited to the fact that original enlistments in the na finnoi en a tv* a rp limited to annlicants between the ages of IS and 45 years. Consent of parents or guardians lb'( not required between the ages of Is , and 21 years, and such consent is not1 effective to authorize the enlistment of the national guard of any person under 18 years of age. "WILLIAM A. MANN, "Brigadier General. General Staff."; Home Gnards Will Guard. It is probable that within the next several days the units of the First, regiment, South Carolina infantry,; now at Camp Moore, will have been scattered over the State for the per-j formance of the guard duty to whicn j they have been assigned. Railroad' trestles and transportation facilities; generally, as well as telephone ana [ telegraph facilities, power plants ana J other classes of property which are of particular importance at this time! will be safeguarded. In genera] j terms, the object will be to afford aa complete protection as possible against any "interference with postal,! commercial and military channels i and instrumentalities of the United States in the St?te." The orders em-f bracing the particular assignments uHli not he divulsed. In regard to the publication of information along: this line the adjutant general's office' today wired the editor of a Union; newspaper: "Replying to your letter, there! would be nothing in the regulations' prohibiting the publication of the en-| listed roll of Johnson Rifles, Company E. Union. As to the location for guard duty, the department comman-jj der directs secrecy and would advise "| that this be not puDiisnea. i<x>r yourn information, the press has instruojj tions along this line laid down by the* government. Signetf "MOORE." "The Adjutant General."' The first movement of the units de-i tailed to guard duty is expected to ( be made very shortly. It fs probable j that two companies may be held here; for patrol duty in the vicinity of thej C?rJyiLCLl Lit;. The State inspection of the First regiment has been entirely completed by Adjutant General Moore, assisted j by Assistant Adjutant General Frost, I inspector-instructor, and Major GlenJ Sfee - An .oellent showing was made by the regi ment, both as to personnel, property accountability, general fitness and other matters. The inspection was thorough. FHOM REV. JOHN LAHE IN CASTDJf CHIXa 1 i The Baptist Courier Contains a Letter to Dr. Cody From the Key. John Lake of Which the Following is a Part: ' i I was at the opening of the en larged house of worship of one of tiie five Baptist churches in this great city of two million people?enlarged with the needed help, of $l,00u, which I had helped to raise, as u part of the Judson fund. How J wish every man and women wno gave me a subscription for that worthy object could have sat with us that day, and seen that building, decorated as only Chinese can de corate for a happy occasion; ana only a congregation just out from the thraldom of heathenism can sing; and heard the addresses ana the prayers, and the words of thank3 and thanksgiving for your gifts: Had it been possible to let you givers hpp fhiH and spp it before vou srave. think how much more you would have given, and how much larger church home would have t>een given to those faithful, struggling Chris tians, and how. many more peopie would have been able to sit and hear the gospel that day, and every weefc since! Two churches in South Carolina? dear old South Carolina?my State! ?gave $500 each to me'for a similar building at Shiu Hing (SHIU HIXGj, the former capital of this great province (State). One of these was Bush River church. In Newberry county, just across the river from my: native county of Edgefield. I haa j never been to Bush River till I went! there during this furlough (if that Judson fund whirlwind campaign the Board planned for us could be called a furlough). My going to thai noble old countrv church that Sun-, day morning had not been announc ed. Brother Lansdell had planned to have me preach and present the Jua-. son fund at another place, but the' plans had to be changed at the elev-: enth hour. The noble, self-sacrlflc- j ing pastor, whose salary was badly j in arrears, met me at the nearest sta-i ticn and took me in his buggy to the church. It had rained; the congrega-; tion was .small; the price of cotton; was low; the church was in debt, ana seemed discouraged. I preached to' that little congregation, in my grand-' father's native county; I told ttf? people of the work in China, and, to the dismay of all?I could see it,! though all received me most .'kindly, i I asked them to give $500 for the: building of a church in Shiu Hing; City. Bless their hearts, they gave me. cash and pledges, ?n00.2:>! Dr. J Cody, invite those, hard working, selt sacrificing men and women, and .that young school teacher who gave $75, j to#come and let us show them Busrij River's other church house, on thiaj side of the world; and let me ftiter-J pret while its members, who gave: with equal liberality, out of a pov \ 1 T(i.e"1\Y with ro was n burn f Get-rich Schei1 He kept money in the . Bank Do you know, you Do you know that money that comes easy, ( i ne vine mai jjtov oak which grows slowly 1 Plant a little mone credit grow* Pu We pay 4 per cent The Nation B. C. MATTHEWS, T. K President .. -*** erty tliat Newberry county never dreamed of, tell with shining eyes or their gratitude, of the new oppor tunities, of their hopes and plans for the future of their church. WAR COMMISSIONERS OF FRANCE ARRIVE Fortress Monroe, Va., April 24.?; France's war commissioners to the United States reached Hampton Roads today and tki!ight they are bound up; Chesapeake Bay for Washington on' board the Presidential Mayflower. The mission, of which "Rene Vivi-! ani? vice-premier and minister of jub-1 tice is the official head, and Marshal | .Tnffrp a member, brinzs no written instructions i'rom the French govern-' ment, the ministry having decided to give its members unlimited powers to' negotiate wi:h the United States on all subjects, military, naval and finan-j cial. It is prepared to discuss the sending of an American expedition-1 ary force to France. Marshal Joffre: and other militarv members will m dicate to the American officials witn whom they are to confer, several* im portant- military reasons which they; consider renders the sending of sucn; a force advisable. The most impor-; tant of these reasons is found in the! moral effect to be had from the pres-. ence of American troops and tne florr j->r> tVl a ho 111 0"fi ol fl <5 nf ! J\LL?*Zl C. 11 lie. \J LL V*A\s WU(.V*VMV>v?v ? - | France. The French idea of in American; expedition calls for a fighting force; supported by auxiliary services, such; as railway staffs, railway material,' base repair shops, telegraph and tele-1 phone lines, automobile transport and a strong aviation section. The' French government is ready to offer' whatever may be considered neces-l sarv tn assist in sea ODerations. in-! eluding the use of naval purposes of any or all ports in France. The min istry of marine has worked out for submission to the American govern ment a comprehensive .plan for over seas transports for both army and navy purposes and for the provision ing of the civil population. Financially France needs loans or $100.000.000 monthly to be spent in( the United States. Detailed official in-! formation on this subject will be' submitted to the American govern-! ment at the conferences to be held in Washington. Mr. Viviani as official head of the; commission during his stay here' gave the following statements to a: staff correspondent of the Associated! Press, who accompanied the ipissionj from Frances "Every American will understand: that, in deference, to the illustrious. president of the United States whom' I am going to see very soon, I re-| serve first word for him. I will have! occasion to see you again and tell the( American nation, through you, in aj more conmlete manner, the emotions, with which the representatives of i France great in the name of their' country, the first democracy of tne< world, with which Franee shares the same ideals. , ., : -j 7* (Signed) "VIVIANI." j The mission will, place itself at. the disposal of the president during the entire Deriod of its visit to this coun try. If he desires its members to re-! -quick' aes. his III! w" ^ ng man, that most gamblers I any "Get-Rich-Quick" schei aOES easy? /s up over night is easily blow but surely withstands the stor y in the bank now and waU t YOUR mc*^ey in OUR banl : interest. i n 1 t lai tianK or JOHNSTONE, H. T. CANN Cashier Asst/C; smber Federal Reserve Systei ! - main in Washington for continuous conference, they will do so. They have received invitations to visit many cities in the east and west, however and they may make several trips, providing they are not needed IJU YY itSsUiUg luu aji tiic Lime. FKOJI ONE SOURCE ONLY BID SCOTT KECEIYE AID TYife Says After Many Disappoint ments, He Has Met Success, DETAILS INTERESTING. Investment of Six Dollars Brought Greenville Man Great Ketnms. 'The only medicine that ever help ed my husband is Tanlac, and when he began taking it he had been in bad health for about twenty-flve years and had been doctoring himself all the time," said Mrs. M. S. Scott, or 204 Church St., Sampson, Greenville, in a statement she gave March 22nd. "My husband suffered irom Kidney, liver and stomach trouble, and fte had spells of stomach trouble so painful that he would aimost go wild, and he had headaches so bad he could hardly stand them. His kidney trou ble was very bad and his whole sys tem was out of order and weakened. "These spells of stomach trouble started like an attack of colic and the pain spread over his back and hips. He had spells of kidney colic, too. the doctors told him. "Mr. Scott took six bottles of Tan lac, taking the last about eight months ago. He doesn't have these spells now, and he has had only one since he started taking Tanlac ana that was the lightest he ever had since they became set ere. He doesn't suffer with indigestion now, either, and the Tanlac gave him a great ap petite. He was relieved of those ter ? I V. 1 /%V? Art n*Vii aVi <*f? /V^ rtlwAat r 1U1C IJC<tU<lCiiC3 )l U1V.11 UDCU IU ailUVSk drive him crazy. He will tell any- - body that Tanlac did him as 'mucn good as all the other medicines he took put together." Tanlac, the master medicine is sold by: Gilder & iWeeks, Newberry, S. C? Dr. W. 0. Holloway, Chappells, S. C., Lit tle Mountain Drug Co., Little Moun tain, S. C., The Setzler Company, Po maria, S. C., Prosperity Drug Co., Prosperity, S. C.f Whitmire Pharm acy, wnumire, a. V/. CALLS UPO> WOMEN TO COXSERTE FCO Houston Urges Thfcm to Take Ste For Household Activities, Washington, April 25.-r-Secret Houston today asked the editors some 50 women's publications to c to Washington Monday for a con ence ozr food conservation. He try to enlist their aid in the agri turai; department's campaign household economics. Through magazines and the daily newspap the department's teach tlie country's to cat consumption to dards. - SuDacrtbe to The Herald \ ME POOR? ne is a "gamble" and n down while the sturdy ms. Ji the balance to jour ON, 'W. W. CROMER / 4*