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era? and Am Busiered at the Postoliicc <a New *>/, S. C., as 2nd class matter. *. H. AULL, EDITOR. Tuesday, May 1, 1917. It is strange to us how some of the little newspapers in this State know ?o well just what the people want and what the people are thinking about. And how they talk about the congressmen who do not agree with every little detail that the "war ex pens ium& auuuiu uc uuuc. tow terrible it is that these little congressmen should have an opinion of their own on any subject. If the newspapers are correct we can see no reason for congress remaining in session. Just pass an amnibus bill and turn the whole business over to the "experts" and let them run it to suit themselves. That is about what most of the newspapers are clam oring for. And yet we were of the opinion that our excuse for being in .this war is to give democracy to the v world. The talk about growing iooa siuus is ali right, but if there should be a bumper crop the question is. what are we going to do with it in this section. Some of it cannot be pre served unless some provision is made to take care of it. We have not been accustomed to having a big crop in this section of the country and unless we make some arrangement to take care of it when it is made it will be TVip ?nvflrnment Is 1CU tiookvu. 0 ? . ? urging the farmer to grow food stuffs. What is the government doing to take care of the part of the food fitcffs that it will want to feed the army. We can't get rid of the idea that providing a market is a very important part of the question. We have not heard of o:g man boll weevil for some time. 'Wonder what lias Decome 01 mm. auu wc *,? der" who was such a successful farm er after she became a widow and when the boll weevil visited her sec tion of the country. Really if the boll weevil has played such hayoc In that section of 'the cotton belt over which he has gene will not those farmers devote large acres to iooa stuffs, and then-would it not be well for the farmers of South Carolina not tu forget to plant some cotton, and while they are doing that grow a fuffidency of food stuffs to run the farm. But by all means plant with the purpose of growing a sufficient ^ vnnr nun farm. That is ?v* _ a good rule at any time. Then plant a little more. Congressman Stevenson gives as one reason for opposing the conscrip tion bill before congress that it is not right to place the burden of the j ~ ?V.r> -noti/rn 11 nrni thp voiinH ueieuac v/i i.aav, uwbxvAA ? ? ? men between the ages of 19 and 2b, and1 there is force in the position. Then there are those who think that the age should be 21 to 45 the age limit for service in army. 'We think that is right. The burden should not be placed upon the boya of the country nor npon any class, but there should be equality of ser vice. That is our main reason for be ing in favor of the conscription idea, that it would not select men for th service from any class, but would place all upon an equal footing and demand service from all who are li able to service, and especially to reach some of those who ha\^ bee? eo loud in their clamorings for war, They are rather slow in offering their services. Mr. Byrnes says the conscript act or bill proposed divides the people into two classes, congressmen and conscripts. Under the -.institution every man over 25 is eligible to con gress and under the conscript bill every man under 25 is subject to con scription. Well, Mr. Jimmie. amenn the bill and increase the conscript age up to 45. There are some fellows hereabout who would be terribly difti appointed if they couM not get to go into the service, especially If you cut them olf by law. Thev riot r is ing to the enlistment headquarters, but they talk mightily. Admiral De Chair of the British navy says he is not so sure that the merchantman Mongolia bagged thai submarine. And he does not think that any German submarines have been on our side of the creek. They have to have-*bases for supplies and therefore can not go so far away from home unless they had a supply base. We intended to say at the time that ve believed inat Judge Devore had reached about the proper conclusion when he said that neither Richardson ASVKao won o liacrol nfnpor anfl now comes the supreme court .antf confirms the opinion and says there Is no game warden of the State. Our non-partisan governor would not ap point Richardson because Richardson is not a supporter of Manning, though he was recommended by the Audu bon society which recommendation Is necessary unaer me suttuitr iu vuc appointment. Rather than accept the recommendation of the society the governor in his patriotism wil] let the game laws go to the dickens, He tried to get the law changed, Then he defied the law. Then the supreme court sat upon him again. And if the Audubon Society sticks to its recommendation the office will remain vacant until the legislature meets. We hope that our merchants and hankers and business men have read the statement of Mr. D. R. Coker that it is the duty of these men to provide the markets for the produce they are advising the farmers to grow. That is what we said at the meeting of the Press association in Columbia some two weeks ago, and it is the best and moat, cop.Yinsisg, asgpste&t. that, yoa i can take to the farmer, that you will assure him of a market for his pro . duce. Every one knows that there ; has been difficufty in marketing corn I and oats and other produce even at ; any price for the cash, and certain i lv the farmers have never been able to get the market price in cash for ' produce of. this kind, and that is one | reason they have grown cotton as i the money crop. And they will con tinue to do so unless some provision i is. made for a proper market. Mr. Coker says that the president and the secretary of agriculture never would have advised the farmer to CrrAW the food unless there would be a provision for the market. And yet the president and Mr. Houston have never said anything about a market. Something has been said about a maximum and minimum price but so far as we have seen there has been nothing said about a market. That IS llLipi^riCLiil. it is IUC iJail, \JL LJJ-V; I business men of the towns to provide a market. " ! ?? ; J i , I want to put myseif in a position, ( not to say go to the front, but come i to the front." These are the words! of Col. Roosevelt in a speech in Chl raco the. other day. That is the right ] kind of talk. The senate has given permission for him to raise a regi ment but the house refused. We can see no objection to giving him the authority to go aiiead and raise his regiment and go at once to the firing Hwa if vm on And we believe he will raise the regiment. 1 ? i J We notice that the Associated Press account of the vote on the conscrlp-| tion bill gives only Dominick from South Carolina as voting against it. { And some of the papers in the head- 1 lines say tbat Dominick is the only j : South Carolina member who\ voted ap-afnst conscriotion. That must be a?mistake because surely Byrnes and Nicholls and Stevenson could not have made the speeches they did and . wrote the letters they did and then I vote for conscription. A special in , the News and Courier says that Lev-; er. Whaley and Ragsdale are the only /~* fVlot VrttO/1 ' i>oul.Li i^aiuiiua ujcuiuci c i.uub vbv?.l for conscription. And we take it that l that is correct. Mr. Lever put in an > amendment that farmers are to be ex- ! ? empt from conscription. That will' i be an inducement to many to go Mt. farming, no doubt. k " _ And Gov. Manning didn't know that . Fred Dominick had been elected to congress from the third district. Well, one so busy running the federal gov-: ernment and urging the passage of all the war measures and writing the president and the secretary of war am issuing procuimauuua iu laimoio and so on and so forth is not expect ed to keep up "with the members ot congress from his State. We notice that the allies want only five hundred million dollars a mourn tic? QTt r\ that nraetically every 41 VU1 Cto ? cent of it is to be spent in the United States for munitions and supplies and food stuffs. That will mean a whole lot of money to the manufac turers and should mean a whole lot to the pr<5ducer but unfortunately as a rule the money made out of food stuffs is generally made by the mid dle man and the speculator. The truth of the matter is we are of the opinion that speculation just '* - the now nas a w umo ivi. l<-> u.w ?? high prices of food stuffs. There ara people getting immensely rich on the rise in prices of wheat and flour and corn and other food products. The man who grows them lias not made any fortune. And in all our urging him to grow the food we should as sure him of a fair price for it and not permit the non-producer to sit in his office and make millions out of the labor of the farmer. That's the way we feel about it. "We are not a believer in so much government con trol but these are extraordinary times and the preservation of the nation la at stake and it is not right that a few men should be permitted to take advantage of the condition of the masses. The Columbia Record calls upon the Audubon society to recommend JVIr. Wade Hampton Gibbes for ap pointment as game warden since the supreme court has decided that neith er .Mr. Richardson nor Mr. Gibbes can claim a legal right to the office. Why , nnnn the nevernor to appoint Mr. Richardson who has been recom-i mended by the society? Just as much J reason for the one as the otlier. The; best thing to be done is for the so- j ciety to recommend some other man than either Richardson or Gibbes and not let so important an office as this; go vacant. And an office that is not j only self-sustainng but also is a pro tection to the game of the State. We are not going to promise or even to suggest any more that we will attend any meeting on Saturday. It is almost impossible for us to leave town on Saturday. As we understand the order of the government it is that the location ot the troops in the State i9 not to oe published in the newspapers though we notice that\3ome of the papers are publishing the facts. That is a pretty straightforward and plain letter of Fred Dominick to Mr. Walter Hazard. And ditto as to the letter of Mr. Byrnes to Gov. Man ning. These congressmen should' know more about their duty than those of us away down here and we honor them for voting as their con science may dictate r "^ardless of + na ^D-mor+c'' n- v one else >T juax cuv/ I may say. >, President Wilson says fc.e expects to be criticised and does not object J to it. ! We sincerely trust that congress : will keep the "experts" of the war 1, department from sending our boys 'across the seas to fight in the j trenches, but we are very much afraid M tkat! tikfee Wr coiatfcfcftSte lflMfc 1 1 come over here will not only take our money and our guns and our rations but will want to take our boys also. As we understand the situation til* men over there are plentiful but pow der and bullets and rations are the things that are scarce. The conscript bill as passea oy doiu houses of congress provides that the minimum age shall be 21 years for service. The house wants the maxi mum age 40 years and the senate made it '11. Ine two houses will together by conference committees We are inclined to the house plan. irn l? PTTPTTFn AT CAPITAL CJTY The State. Headquarters of the First South Carolina infantry were moved to the -n-*- ?mmw]o r'rkliimhia vaster Iclil 5 A VUUUO, VVkU4MV*M> ? ? day afternoon. During the day the' greater part of the regiment was dis^ iributed about the State for guara duty, so that last night Styx was no longer a tented city. Two hundred and sixty-five men ire at present at the fair grounds? Lwo infantry companies, headquarters company, supply company, sanitary ietachment, machine gun detachment ind Col. McCully and staff. By tomorrow morning every im nortant transportation line in the State will be guarded. Col. McCuliy, whose headquarters will be here, wiii be on the road a large part of the, Lime, for he will inspect each unu :>nce a month. Maj. J. E. Poore and his sanitary detachment will be ready to care for the health of the men. If necessary a hospital will be established in Co lumbia in the woman's building on lae LclH giuuuug. The headquarters will be used as ft central recruiting depot. Recruits will be accepted wherever units are located. They will be sent to Co lumbia from there and then returnea to their command. FOOD MEASURES BROAD IS SCOPE Washington, April 28.?The admin istration's food control bills were not completed in time for introduction to day in the house, and will be offered Monday. Chairman Lever of the agri cultural committee said today they would incorporate all of Secretary Houston's suggestions for government supervision of production and distri bution and would empower some gov o erotirv fi Y mAXimUm aU<] Ci UAAAV/UIC Ci^ V/m vj vv a&m -.?? . minimum prices in an emergency. Copyright; 1917 JHitUeU. Attn & f? You Can Buy # ? en bfioes at $1 iu <p < Shirts 50c to' $3.50 Neckwear at 25c to $1 Underwear at 25c to $1 t Susts at $10 to $25 here as well as elsewhere. The question is?where else can you buy t'uch good looking, long-service Shoes, OUlW'o OlIU WO, Neckwear, Underwear, Suits, for the same money you can here? For example?a Michaels Stern Suit at $15.00 Copeland Bros. fcic-s-. i. .-.. . PLENTY OF PAPER FOR PUBLISHERS Washington, April 28.?>An adequate supply of news print was predicted by j I the Federal Trade Commission today 1 in announcing that Lord Northcliffe, f the English publisher, probably would turn over to the American Newspa per Publishers' Association the entire output of his big Newfoundland paper mills. i In addition the 66,000 tons of paper produced annually by the Northclifte , mills, it ia said, will break the print j paper market and assure small puu lishers an adequate supply at lower prices. It was said there is little doubt thai i Lord Northcliffe will let the paper ! come to the United States and that arrangements win ue maae \win iats Canadian government for lifting us export embargo. At present Cana da prohibits paper from leaving that country in ships because of the need of bottoms for transporting supplies to Europe. Lord Xorthcliffe's nills consequently are closed. : Suggestions that the United States. Dt: peiiuiuL?u lo uikc uie pruuucuuu of the Xorthcliffe plants were made by the trade commission some weeks ago to the British publishers who ac i cepted, it was said, on condition that the paper go to small publishers. The commission agreed to this. The arrangement with Lord North cliffe, it is said, probably will make it k unnecessary to carry out a plan foi paper''distribution by the trade com 1 missioD, proposed by paper manufao-; turers some months ago. A Further Chance Dr. Crimm will remain in his Newberry Office until next Sat urday evening, positively no longer. If you want EXPERT, reliable eye examination and nrnivrlv (t1qccc.c of mnst r* r j ?? reasonable prices, don't fail to see Dr. Crimra. Office over Mr. Jim Burton's Real Estate Office. Opposite Herald and News bldg. aunt;*; vu j-uiu Notice is hereby girem that we, the , undersigned Jury Commissioners for ' Newberry County, S. C., will at the office of Jthe Clerk of Court for New , berry County at Nine O'clock A. 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