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A?TAL SESSION I. 0. 11ED ME> German-American Brother Introdnces Highlj Patriotic Resolution?Sene ca >'ext Meeting Place. Aiken, April 10.?The twenty-eightn annual session of the Great council Improved Order of Red Men of Soutn Carolina, held here today, was fea tured by reports showing a steady growth during the year. At the puD lic meeting this morning, presided over by Hon. G. L. Toole, a cordial welcome was extended the visitor's. Great Incohonee T. J. Jeimes, 01 Atlanta, the head of the order in the nation, arrived during the morning and attended the entire session. The following resolutions, introduced by Sheriff Cannon G. Blease, of New berry, and Otto Klettner, of New berry, was adopted by a rising vote: j Whereas, the Improved Order of Red Men is a patriotic fraternal or der, purely American, its history the history of our liberty, peace-loving,j friendly and charitable; yet ever. ready to defend our lana ana pro serve our free institutions; and Whereas, our nation is passing: through a crisis, with many domestic! and foreign problems of grave im-j port, and has recently deemed it nec-j essary to defend the honor and liberty1 of her people to join in the great war which is raging in Europe ana upon the seas; therefore, be it j Resolved, That we hereby renew! and reaffirm our allegiance to ourj nation and assure those in authority j that the Red Men of South Carolina! are ready and willing to make what-1 ever sacrifices may be necessary" fn the defense of the lives and property] f American citizens, and of democ-1 racy, freedom and humanity, Mr. Kelttner, one of the authors] of the resolution, has several brothers i and other close relatives in the Ger -man army. He himself is German born, but has long been a citizen ot this country. In speaking of the res iution he said that ne nao u*o buud, irho -were ready to do their duty in! response to any call which might! come to them for the defense of the! AmericaA flag, even though they! should be pitted against their kitnj and kin upon the battlefield. Mr. j Xletner spoke eloquently but wiin, deep feeling and pathos and he was; enthusiastically applauded. I Mr. H. H. Blease, of Newberry,1 seconded the resolution in a patriotic speech. Former Governor Cole l,. j Blease introduced the following reso-j lutions, which were unanimously j adopted: Past Great Incohonees Ralph S. Gregory, of Indiana, and George EiJ Green, of New York, have passea to, the hunting grounds eternal since the : last meeting of this great council. <1 They were men who exemplified in1 their daily lives the great principles! of ou~ order. With distinguished abil-! ity, impeccable honesty, unswerving delity and unfaltering loyalty, they followed the high ideals which were their jruidmg stars, and in. the hign st position which the Red Men of the j nation could bestow,' they were! faithful vand true, reflecting honor] lipon the order which had honored! them. It is with sincere sorrow anal deepest sadness that we contemplate! at this time the great loss which wef *?n.ve sustained in being deprived otj their examples and ofgLbelr counsel. In the beautiful words of one ot them: "We shall enchrine the mem ory of the dead in the chalice 01 friendship, and, upon the broken cir cle at home, invoke that watchfui care of Him who doeth all things well" Resolved, first, That this greai j council expresses and tenders to tne j windows, tne orpxi &US auu iu% i . tives of the deceased brothers its pro-] fotnd sympathy, in their bereave-i ment and prays the blessings of the; Great Spirit may ^continuously be ana j abide with them in their loneliness j and sorrow. / Resolved, second. That as a marKj of our respect this great council arise j and stand-in silence for one minute. | Resolved, third, That a copy ot j * .. nnnrrnoco/l* I these resomuons, suiumj w6iW?vU, be sent to the families of each of our deceased brothers. Great Sachem Max. G. Bryant, or Rock Hill, presided. The election 01 officers resulted as follows: Max G. Bryant, Rock Hill, great prophet; Cannon G. Blease, Newberry, great sachem; D. W. Smoak, Greenville, great senior sagamore; R. N. Leon-j ard, Union, great junior sagamore; I R. I . Cromer, Union, great chief or! records. W. M. Allen, Greenville,; great keeper of wampum. Seneca was selected as the place or next meeting. Hon. G. L. Toole, of Aiken, was chosen as a member of the board or; trustees for the seven-year term. Otto Klettner, of .Xewberry, ana Max G. Bryant were elected great j representatives. Following an In-j spirizig address by tne great iucu honee the Red Men were taken for: an automobile ride over the city. j The Great Council of Pocahontas, the woman'8 branch of the order, also met here today, and their reports; made a fine showing. Cupid and the Telephone Girls. Columbia Record. There comes a time in the life of j every newspaper man when he feels j an arrestable impulse to "roast" the; telephone exchange. But telephone] operators are merely human after all,; and contracting matrimony is some thing from which they are not im mune. We understood that the local exchange has just had a bad wee*,1 indeed we had realized it, but that things are running smoothly again at last. The local exchange is well man aged and regulated, but cupid and w*r get on the line and hold the wire, sometimes. THE HERALD AST) XBW3, OHM THAR FOR OfSLY $1.W. f ST1YIXG TO HASTEN ARMY HILL PASSAGE Washington, April 17.?Determined efforts to hasten action in congres3 on the administration's war army bill <vith its selective draft provision were begun today by President Wilson and Secretary Baker. They take the posi tion that further delay will endanger the war plans against Germany. I The president discussed the situa , tion at length with Chairman Dent of ' the Virmcp milifarv r-nmmittee and lat er called in Representatives Mann and Lenroot, the Republican leaders of the house. Secretary Baker appeared twice before the liouee military com mittee, the second time at a night session. Opposition to the draft principle, particularly among house Democrats, I Tras taken up at the cabinet meeting 1 and afterwards it was indicated that the full influence of the administra tion would be concentrated on the I passage of the army measure. i The president is understood to be determined upon forcing opponents ! of the general staff's plan out into the' open, so that the counfry will Vi?\*o an onnortnnitv of iudsinET whether they are in the right Arguments of the opponents of se lective draft, based on the idea that the new army should be raised by a call for volunteers, are met In official quarters by directing attention to the fa-ct that the present plans of the war department aJtow for more than 700, 000 volunteers, enlisted for the term of the war. Representative Dent, who is an op ponent of conscription, went to the White House on his own initiative to tell of opposition to the staff dui. ne found the president fired in his posi tion. Afterwards Representatives Mann and Lenroot were called in so that Mr. Wilson might learn the posi tion of the Republicans. They were not in a position to state how their colleagues would vote. The senate committee voted favor ably today on the selective draft fea ture and will report the bill tomcr [ row with that feature retained. There was no roll call but three senators j were said to be opposed to this fe& ! ture. Two others opposed to the draft were absent. ! An opportunity will be given tbe i proponents of the volunteer system to vote on it in committee tomorrow on an amendment by Senator Mc Kellar authorizing the president to call for 500,000 volunteers".- This do&b " - i ^ -u;i. not cnange uie itm^oxise i|i..iuc ui?i j nor affect the selective draft feature but if adopted it would be in addition to the bill as it came from the wai department. The Tennessee senator said tonight he was not hopeful the provision would be approved. About the only change of import ance made in the bill by the commit tee was one which would specifically include persons engaged In agricul ture with those in other industries nrhrt arp tn he exempted from the se lective draft. ASKS LAW TO REGtXATE PRICE OF FOODS Washington, April IT.?Congress is asked immediately to enact legisla tion empowering the government to regulate food prices, and to exercise sncis other authority as the presi dent deems necessary to control tne production, distribution and market ing of food stuffs, to meet the war demands, in a comprehensive report completed tonight by Secretary or Agriculture Houston, and made ready for submission to congress tomor ru?. Bills to give the president, througn the department of agriculture, the sweeping pc^wers outlined will be in troduced at once by Senator Gore and Representative Lever, chairmen respectively of the senate and house committees of agriculture. The way will be cleared of all oD j stacles to permit their passage witn out delay. O ? ___ tlftnoMn oftor fhd PflhlTl OtXyl UUli y nuuotvu, U4S.U1 v??w J et meeting today, said it was, how i ever, the consensus of opinion among ; the president's advisers that it \vould be an unwise step at this time to create a commission to fix prices. "It would not be a wise step just now," Secretary HoGston stated, "to go further than to ask for power 10 regulate prices. The tentative plan ; for the formation of a commission to fix such prices has been abandoned. It is the purpose of government heads to be amply prepared for any emer gency and with full sanction of con ! gress, have the necessary machinery ready to be put in operation." | Appeal to Farmers . Administration officials pushing the ' nation-wide campaign for a greater | output of foodstuffs, continued their I ?~Aaooalflae onorcu ThpV Rent broadcast throughout the country to night 250,000 copies of the president's plea to farmers to increase production and cut food waste down to the lowest minimum. By the same mail there also were sent to farmers in all towns, villages and hamlets, persona; letters by Secretary Houston. These I letters implored the farmers to awak I en now to the nation's real need, and | a realization of the fact that upon j them rests final responsibility for the ! winning of the war against Germany. [ The farmers were told that millions j of people across the seas, as well I as our own. must rely largely on the products of American fields and ranges. From the grain-growing belts and from other important farming sec tions, thousands of quick responses poured into Secretary Houston's of | fice today, with pledges of patriotic j support in the move to enlarge the I nation's food supply. Secretary Urtiiafnn informed in scores of in stances of the difficulties that now confront the farmers in certain dis tricts, due to lack of funds to till increased acreage and serious short age of labor, immediately got In touch with other government branches to smooth out these obsta stacles. He promised the fullest cooi>eration by the government through the medium of the federal farm loan board and the federal em ployment service. From the field stations of the de partment of agriculture, and other branches coordinated with it in the campaign to recruit an army of farm volunteers, reports by the hundreds name in. eiviue every assurance that tli3 serious labor shortage that now exists soon will be overcome. Secre tary Houston was fully confident thai this phase of the food probiem would be solved. With the enlistment of the farm volunteers into a great force, ii is proposed that they shall be group ed into divisions and swung about the farming districts in such numbers a* necessary to meet seasonal condi tions. MISS IU>KI> LIKED BY HEK COLLEAGUES (By Gilson Gardner.) Washington, April 21.?The first woman congressman is generally 1 %xr "hfvr mpn pnlleaenes. Their attitude toward her may best to lik ened to that of a big family of boys to the one little sister. They all are anxious to do something for her ana in a kind brotherly way are over whelming her with attention. Miss Rankin is taking it all witli dignified composure. She has not been swept off her feet, nor is she austere or unfriendly. She evidently is of the mind that likes people, ana tn hpr AVf>n men are DeODle. ; Miss Rankin is a good type to serve ( as first woman congressman. She is | nice looking without being pretty or | beautiful. She wears good clothes gracefully, but could not be charged with being "dressy." She is thorough j ly womanly; does not suggest the I harrt-visne'fiH feminist of the cartoonb and at the same time she avoids any 1 suggestion of the flirtatious or coy. There is nothing of the purring puBsy about Jeanette. As to suffrage the, fact that she is in congress is the "best evidence that Miss Rankin is a good suffra gist. To obtain the ballot for woman is the one big thing to her. Other j issues 3he views rather broadly? ! perhaps typically. She is not slant minded nor an extremist. Her mirid is open and honest and she has evi I Hont f>rti]rn?P. to her convictions. j even though she may vote in tears, i Her vote against war was a good 1 illustration. She had expected 10 j vote for war. She had not given the matter much thought, but her broth : er, who was also her backer and ! campaign manager, had advised her j strongly to vote a "man's vote" on , the war issue. He assured her that j otherwise she would discredit herself ( and justify the charge tnat women ; were all alike and opposed to war iUI OCA 1 CCkOWiliJ. Miss Rankin heard all the debate on the war resolution. She planted herself in the senate when the de bate began and was there when the vote was taken. Then she did the same thing in the house. By mid nierht on the day the vote was taken she had about made up. her mind to vote against war, and she then re j tired to her room in the house of i fice building to have a final session ! with herself alone and behind locked I doors. It has been widely heralded that ; Miss Rankin sobbed when she deliv ; ered her vote; which is true. But it i is not generally knwn that a tele i gram announcing the death of a near j relative was delivered to her just be : fore the balloting and that there were ' ? e i: . otner causes ior ciuuuuu umu : mere contemplation of war. j That Miss Rankin is possessed of ! a large measure of that is amply eT | idenced by the breakfast which was I given in her honor the day of her ! arrival in Washington. This break fast was pulled off under the joint nf thp? (Women's nartv (ne> the Congressional Union) and the Na j tional Woman Suffrage association. ! and on her right was Miss Alice Paul | of the first organization, and on her j left >!rs. Carrie Oatt of the second i organization; and no scratches were i excnangea. Miss Rankin has had a lot of col J leagues to get acquainted with, j Every one of the 434 members of the ! house felt the "first day that it was ! his solemn duty to meet the member from ' Montana, and Representative John M. Evans of Missoula suddenly , found himself as "colleague from I Montana," a person of large and ! pleasant response 1; He is now ! almost as well . n in the hou3e as the body froi " na. Miss KanKm n uaiu juu. n . she pleases half tn suffragists she i will be pretty sure to offend the other i half. If ske pleases one political party she will offend the other. And every girl in her State and district who wants a job and can't get it will ; be quite sure that woman suffrage is a failure. Jo fnr all pTvnrl men ilUW AO tug cmiv 4.V* w.i to come to the aid of their country." J The best explanation we have heard 1 yet is that that "heavy bombardment" { off the New England coast may have ! bee^. & thunder storm. HAIR grows 28 inches loner says May Gilbert whose picture is shown here. Every one can have nice long hair by using EXELENTO POMADE which is a Hair Grower, not a kinky hair remover. It feeds the scalp and roots of hair, cleans dandnm ana stops falling hair at once, and after using sev eral times you can see the results. Try a box. Price 25c by mail on receipt of stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE^ Writ* For Particulars EXIUMTO MLOTCmC CO? KTLAKTK, SA f }I A l RI ( E COSTELLO FIRST SfREEX STAIi . Popular Idol in Consolidated* Gieat Sapor-Serial Photoplay Has Great Following. New York.?Maurice Ccstello, star ; ring in The Crimson Stain Mystery, , the sixteen episode super-serial pho ; toplay presented by Consolidated Film Corporation through the Metro Exchanges, is the first film actor to be designated as a star. ' For seven years Vitagraph's great est feature, Mr. Costello had a foliow ; ing which might well be envied "b> ; his rivals. His face is known where j ever films are in vogue. His great I popularity is attested by the corps i of secretaries which he employs to answer his mail. Every day brings | letters of admiration and good will j from ail parts of the world. i Long ago nicknamed ""Curly'' be ! cause of the dimple in his chin, i Mr. Costello is without a doubt film j dom's greatest attraction. His hold ; upon the hearts of the weaker sex j is plainly evident by the attendance j at the theatres where photoplays In I Vk ? ? o o^ATl'TI WUita xi kz oiaio aic ouvna? In "The Crimson Stain Mystery" (which will begin at the opera house Monday, May 7) Mr. Costello, inter preting the role of Harold Stanley, a newspaper reporter, has, what he believes, is the greatest role he has ever appeared in. RUB-MY-TISM?Antiseptic, Relieves Rheumatism, Sprains. Neuralgia etc. With the In St r ONSCIOUS of the universal ap] tacular fantasy. a "Mother Go v ? Dear old Mother Goose! The m; joy memory of age! The days of preparation for the 1 folks under the direction of the pla: Designers have produced an adec and a unique setting has also been ? "With the Mother Goose Lady Ii dren's favorite Mother Goose stories, The time?Childhood. The place The evening shades have fallen. ment to bid all "Good night!" As e: cargo and sails away to the "Land Now comes the Queen of Night, w of Brownies and Kewpies finally su< fio inyinf Tipnk hntfpd da nuiuico iut v^uuamv, Kw?- ? ? Goose music. In turn comes tlie Ride to Banbi King Cole, Little Boy Blue, Cinderel through every colorful scene the sco licking brood. The spectacle is offered In the he play, of making vivid to the children an hour at least, the minds of busy Chautauqua >'ews of Silver Street. | Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Stilwell and ! family motored to Little Mountain Sunday1 to visit his wife's parent**. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Long and Mr. Will Hendrix motored to Styx Sun day afternoon. Mrs. A. T. Wilson of Clinton is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. L. Leitzsey. Mr. D. J. Dehart of Newberry vis | Ited his son Sunday. Miss Rose Hamm of Newberry col | lege visited her parents Sunday. Mr. J. B. Leitzsey of Newberry col j lege visited hig parents Saturday and j Sunday. Mr. Claude Eerry of Columoia is visiting his parents. Virgil Stilwell. iinn aj ixrrmitO I rTTTfl Mtti. ULAIIURd LCIICn ! To Rtm-Down, Nervous Women j Louisville, Ky.?e'I was a nervosa : jsrreck, and in a weak, run-down con dition when a friend asked me to try ; VinoL I did so, and as a result I have j gained in health and strength. I think j A7:_ +l,ft lvwf i/iino in tVl > Wfirld I I V UlUi in U1C 17VOU WVU1V1UV ?? v.. ^ ... ! for a nervous, weak, run-down system i and for elderly people."?Mrs. W. C. ( Clayton, Louisville, Ky. ! Vinol, which contains beef and cod liver peptones, iron and manganese j * -1 1 I peptonates, ana giyceropu<jBpu?uco, , is guaranteed to overcome all run ! down, weak, devitalized conditions. | Gilder & Weeks, Druggists, New berry, S. G| Mother G ory Book Jeal of pageantry, the Kedpath Chautau< iwe Festival,'' in which local children wll vstic magic workoi* of childhood! The spectacle in each city instead of being ii rground worker. piate number of costumes which are at constructed. 1 Story Book Land" is a rhythmic, fanci characters and legends. ?Thp Rnrd^r Dreamland. The night has come. The children, scj Felids droop the silvery caraval "Sleep'' of Dreams." itb her troops of fairies frolicking, singinj cceed in opening the big Mother Goose b< me, followed by her scores of childrei ary Cross, the wonderful Blackbird Pie, la. Jack Horner, Miss Muffet, Tom th< i^inor lonorhinf nnaint but kindly old wi < V? 111 -1 >pe of centering community interest, of f< these imaginative but time tried and m4 grownups from daily care to fanciful Weeek in Newberry Amounts Duo. County Treasurer C. C. Scliumpert received the following notice front the sinking fund commission: In response to yours of the 16t!i X beg to advise that the following the amounts due this department ft? Newberry county: Court House loan, $38,701.73. Newberry No. 1 Township loan, %%. 0S3.46. " * ' " t-;_ 1 Ofiis _ .vienaennaii io>\nsnip iuan, 92. Roads and Bridges loan, $2,639.S6L Opinions from Folks Who Know For malarial headache, Granger * * '-A? vnllmr/u) M4T i-iiver .ttegmaiur eixuxciy icac??u **?j trouble.?J. Height, Wetumpka, Ala. Had heavy headache. Vomited twice to six times a day. Four doses: of Granger Liver Regulator made me well.?Loundas P. Brindley, Sorrier-* ville, Ala. ^ Mother had sick headache. Grander Liver Regulator did her more good, than all the medicine she had takeaj before.?Pearley Davis, Pacio, Ala. ? I never expect to be without it ire my home.?Jenie Usey, Gadsden, AfaJ It is a great saver of doctors' billsJ ?Louis N. Kent, Honoraville, Ala. i There is none better.?Dr. T. EL Cothram, Alexis, Ala. * J ATI HrriGPonsfa spII fJrane?er Liv^IT ! Regulator?25c, Try it. oose Lady Land <$> [juas are to present tb?s season & speo II participate. imagination tonic of maturity! T** rksome are gala times for the little once correct, colorful and fantastic, y iful narrative, introducing the chli impering bedward, pause but a mo casts anchor, takes on ks precious skipping and playing, until a myriad x>k. Presto! Out of its mystic leaves; tripping gayly to the tuneful Mother Jack and Jill, Little Bo Peep, Old ? Piper's Son, with many other*, and itch holds high carnival with her rol jstering and encouraging supervised >ritorious fictions and of diverting, for ;lds of beauty. May 8 to 16