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<?. M'DUFFY HAMPTON | SON OF FAMOUS GENERAL Columbia, May 3.?The funeral ot J Air. George McDuffie Hampton, for-' mer railroad commissioner of South' Carolina. and son of the late Gen. AVade Hampton, who died last night, in the 59th year of his age, will be ft W uexu lomorrow munnuo. ad vices will be at the residence, 1816 Senate street, at 11 o'clock, follow ed by interment in Trinity church-: yard, where Mr. Hampton will rest y the side of his wife and his dis- j inguished father, an equestrian stat-1 ue of whom adorns the State capiioi, grounds just across the street. The following pallbearers will act: ! Honorary B. L. Abney, John G. Richards, Frank W. Shealy, B. L. I t u fin'ons "Rifbarn 1 Vttug.Ul.f_l an, Ul . JLJ. i~r. wn. - -... Singleton, F. H. Weston, Wilis Jones, Christoplier Fitzsimmons, Dr. F. W. P. Butler. Active?'Pope Matthews, Alex R. Taylor, H. Warren Richardson, G. Duncan Bellinger, G. P. Logan. G. T. Pressly, W. H. Townsend, J. P. Darby. Mr. Hampton had been ill only sinc& Tuesday night, and had been in the hospital only a few hours when the end came. Tn artriifirm tr? his three daughters? % Mrs. Perronneau Brown, of Lynch- j burg, Va., and Misses Mary Singleton! Hampton and Eloise Urquhart Hamp-1 ton, of .Columbia?lie is survived by ! v a brother, Alfred Hampton, of Wash- j ington, assistant commissioner of im- I migration, and a sister, who is the! wife of Judge John R. Tucker, United'; State judge at Nome. Alaska. Mr. Hampton was born at the old i Hamrjton nlaee. near this city. His mother was a sister of Senator George I McDuffie, famous in the annals of this State. After his graduation at the University of Virginia, he engaged in tivil engineering and other business* j I until 1911, when he assumed the du- j ties of railroad commissioner, to which position he had been elected in the' summer of 1910. His term as railroad commissioner expired in Jan uary. Mrs. Hampton preceded him to the 1 grave only a few months ago. 3SS18E ALIENS ARE IN COUXTY JAIL Columbia, May 3.?A citizen ot 'Germany and a citizen of Austria who !have been adjudged lunatics and fit -subjects for insane hospitals, by th' probate courts of Richland and Ches 01. nrinntiAa art* hf>iner held in t&ei county jails of these two counties, respectively, as a result of the break ing off of diplomatic relations be tween this country and Germany ana Austria, followed by the war. The] Trerman subject is in the Richlanat Jail and the Austrian in the Chester j jail, where they were found by a' member of the staff of the State board of charities and corrections, who recently inspected both these jails. Prior to the severance of relations with Germany and Austria, the pro bate courts in each of the tvo coun ter. Tintifipd Oovernor Manning. as required by law, that they had a-a-, judged these foreign citizens insane. Governor Manning, under the statute made and provided in such cases, re ferred the matter to Robert Lansing, secretary of state, with the request I Distinguisiiea spa J Coming Here ANTON! BEFORE Antonio Sala. the disting the fourth day of the Red path c be already possessed a reputatio famous masters of the cello. Sen or Sal A rl 6ru><n onH octohHchwl 9 0?r at mauiiuf a4iv> vcw*ui*v?v-u m. musical circles even as a very younj; m tills instrument. With him on this Chantanqua tour in America from Barcelona. Spain, wh tion as a violinist, being often compar ilar rank: Arthus Fram win b$ the accompan oncert aftists- and is already- wide cf . . 'rVVr-i'Ta* that he take the matter up with the ambassadors of Germany and Aus tria. Acting upon the request of Secre tary Lansing, Count von Bernstorfr sent me Case OL UIU vjrtuuiau iuuai-io to the German consul at Atlanta for investigation in the meantime, pass ports were tendered the German am bassador and all the German consulai agents, leaving the case in the Rich land jail undetermined. The case ol the Austrian in the Chester jail wa* also left unsettled because of t.:e withdrawal of the Austrian ambassa dor. ' The state board of charities ana corrections took up today with the sTSte hospital for the insane the mat-; ter of making temporary provision for caring at tne nospitai ior uiesc two foreigners, both of whom might possibly improve under treatment. The state hospital has asked Attorney General Peeples for an opinion as to whether or not it could receive the, unfortunates, in view of the fact that the breaking of diplomatic relations' with their countries makes it impos-j sible to carry out the law in reference' to the handling of their cases. LETER INTRODUCES BILL TO FIX PRICES Would Empower President to Hold Doyra Cost of Xeeessaries of Life. Washington, May 3.?Absolute aii-i thority to regulate in its discretion the production, distribution and prices' of food and other necessaries during, the war was asked of congress today; by the administration. In a sweeping bill introduced with' the administration s approval uy Chairman Lever of the house agricm-' tural committee, it is proposed to em- j power the president to take these1 measures whenever in his opinion' the national emergency shall require.' To Fix Prices. j To fix maximum and minimum' prices for food, clothing, fuel and oth-J er necessities, and the articles re- j quired for their production: To prescribe regulations to govern! tha Droduction of these commodities j and if necessary to requisition the | producing factories, mines or other: establishments; To compel holders of necessities to release them in amounts insuring1 equitable distribution; j To regulate exchanges in ^uch a I u-nir as to eliminate market manipu-j lation; To compel railroads to give prefer ence to the movement of necessities; i To levy such importation duties as : he finds necessary to prevent exces-j sive "dumping" of foreign products;' and To impose limitations or prohibi-i tions upon the use of grain in thej manuiacture 01 uquor. Standard Food Grades. In addition the Secretary of Agri- i culture would be empowered to es-1 tablish standard food grades, to li- j cense and control the manafacture, j storage and distribution of foods, to: prescribe the per centage of flour to! be milled from wheat and to regn-j late the mixing of wheat flour with! other flour in the making of bread' and other foods. "Mr T.pvpr flpp.larpd there was noth-! nish Cellist Chautauqua Week ? iiiamri O SALA. nished cellist, who is to appear here on hautauqua, ..rrived on American shores n which might well be enrled by other a was royal court cellist to King Alfon wide fame as an artist among European " ? an? a# fhn fa.rr' msefprs of alii IXC A3 VUC VI i V 1 will be Salvador Sala. recently arrived ere he too earned for himself a repnta ed to Knbelik and other artists of sim ist He has assisted many of the lead ly known for his ability. . hk mate business activities because "it1 is hoped that the mere conferring of the more extreme new powers will be sufficient without it becoming nec essary to exercise them." It is known that officials hold the same view. Supplemental Measure. The bill is supplemental to the ad ministration food measure introduced in the house earlier in the week, pro viding for a survey of the country's; food resources and cor. erring certain ' powers to prevent food speculation.1 This, measure was ordered favorably | reported from the agricultural com-! mittee today after the committee had reduced the appropriation carried from $25,000,000 to approximately -$20,000,000 and had eliminated a sec tion authorizing t"he secretary of ag riculture to order the immediate saie of any food in such condition that unless promptly disposed 01 n wm become unfit for use. The section will be incorporated in a coming third measure which is to confer broad powers on the council of na tional defense. Mr. Lever expects to get botb of 1116 DlliS Up xor ctuuuii m tiic uuuow next week. For Period of War. "The new bill," said Mr. Lever, i "deals with all the necessaries of life, including foods, feeds, shoes, cloth ing, fuel and articles required for their production. The measure is in tended only to meet the present emer gency. It is limited to the periods of the war and a sufficient time there after for readjustment. It is based on the war clauses of the constitu A - J ~ K1 n. trVinnf tlli? llUll ciliU 19 dpplicauic unuuguvui. country, irrespective of State lines. "The purposes are to stimulate production, to reduce waste, to clear the channels of distribution, to pre vent hoarding, to assure fair prices, to eliminate injurious speculation, to prohibit evil practices on exchanges and to protect the public against ex tortion. To Prevent Holding. "Power is granted to compel hold ers to disgorge and put on the market necessaries held by them in excebs of the amounts reasonably neded to supply their legitimate individual or Fanin'romprits for a reason UUBJUcoa i \,vj uii _ a6le time. The president may regu-1 late exchanges, including their prac tices, Quotations and the like, so as to avoid their employment as instru-! mentalities to effect unjust markei; manipulations, injurious speculation; and undue enhancement of prices. | "The nresident is empowered to fix' minimum prices, assuring fair and just returns to producers or owners, whenever in an emergency he finds such action essential in order to en courage greater production. In such case the government will guarantee producers of necessaries within the United States, who act in reliance upon the guarantee, that they will receive not less than the minimum: price prescribed for their products, j 1110 Dill 2.1SU L'UUldillS an axiti- ^ dumping clause. This vests power In, the president to find what rates olj duty on the importation of necessa-1 ries, for which minimum prices have been prescribed, are required to pre- j vent fiooding of the American market! with such excessive importations ab! to defeat the practical operation or j the minimum price plan. When he determines these rates, by force of the statute itself, they go into im mediate effect. "Whenever the president shall finci that an emergency exists requiring such action he is also empowered to fix maximum prices of necessaries, it essential, in ordgr to prevent extor tion. If a maximum price for any i. 1 nnne-art yyaa "ha OQtP hi lsh Pf? . yari/cumr uctcooai .? , it is made unlawful therefore to deal in the article at a higher price." HOOTER BACK FROM EUROPE Saytf U-boat Menace Makes Food Sit uation Grave. New York, May 3.?Herbert C. Hoo ver arrived from England today on am American ship and ?aid he would [ proceed at once to Washington to as-| sume his new position as head of ine country's food board. Another passenger on the same ves sel was the Right Rev. C. ft. Brent, Bishop of the Philippines, who preached in St. Paul's Cathedral In London in the presence of King George and Queen .Mary on "Ameri can Day." Mr. Hoover said the U-boat menace has made the food situation in Bel gium and Northern France one "of ex treme gravity, the mortality among adults in the industrial districts hav ing multiplied by thiee during March and April. He said he would go im mediately to Washington. "Like every good American, I have come over to do my share," Mr. Hoo ver said. "My new duty is too big a tn rh'qoiiSR at this time." Mr. Hoover was met by Baron Car tier, Belgium minister to the 'United States, who said he came from Wash ington to* express his "thanks and reverence" for the Belgian relief com mission's accomplishments in his country. "The food situation in Belgium and Northern France requires every effort we can make," said Mr. Hoover, wno does not intend to relinquish his po sition as head of the Belgian commis sion. "At present it is one of ex treme gravity on account of the U boat menace which has increased alarmingly during the past eight weeks. Wheat and corn are needed badly and also pork and beef. The commission by March 1 had strug gled to its feet again after receiv ing the knockout blow of the sub marine decree of February 1. Since vtotoVi i wo Vinvp lost five loaded boats, but in March and April sixty | thousand tons of foodstuffs -were j landed. But this 60,000 was 220,000' tons less than we actually requested.I Because of the shortage the mortali-1 ty in industrial districts multiplied | by three. The children, however, did j not suffer. They are always looked i after first. ! "At this time we Jhaye only thirty, boats. We tfeed Seventy." VIGOROUS WAR OX CENSORSHIP MEASURE "Washington, ?May 3.?The Eght against the censorship provisions of the Webb-Gregory espionage blii rag ed furiously in the house to-Jay. At the same time it wa3 uncier nre mini a different angle in r.i-e senate where the embargo provisions were subject ed to attack on the ground of Its con stitutionality. Representative Kahn, of California, led the attack on the censorship sec tion of the house. "The so-called censorship feature or this bill appears to be predicated upon the theory that the press u to be treated as an enemy .) : the coun try," was Kahn's first assertion. Only last week he was leading the admin istration's fight for the passage of the selective draft bill. "In all matters affecting the inter est of the United States and its peo ple, I believe that tiie newspapers are not only painstakingly' consistent in their patriotic obligations, but that they would be the first agency to ex pose treacnery m any :ynn uu ui j part of any person." Representative Kahn declared tha; | the section in question placed mem ' bers of the newspaper profession In exactly the same category with the conspirators, marplots, enemy agents 1 and spies. j With Spies. I "For my part," Kahn concluded, "1 ' would rather the newspapers should be permitted to censor themselves, i : am quite sure they can be trusted to do so with less injury to the interests nf the neoole than mi^ht result from the attempt of the government to re j strict their discussions. j "It is entirely inconceivable ?*2t j the president who has frequent ' ly advocated 'pitless publicity' in the ' discussion of government affairs; who ! not long ago ardently declared that | the government should be restored to j the control of the people; who on ; more than one occasion has proclaim 1 ed 'the open door policy' in the ad ; ministration of the affairs of New J"*"*" on/1 f>\o foAc.m 1 trnvprnmpriT 1 should have any sympathy with or i give his support to the promotion of l legislation designed to accomplish re j suits diametrically opposite." j Speaker Clark today aligned him ! self with the opponents of censorship. He announced hi? intention to sup port the Graham amendment to the esnionaee bill whereby the objection able section shall be eliminated alto gether. Constitution. "I believe the press censorship sec-; tion of this bill is a flat violation ofj the constitution." the speaker an-j nounced. "I believe the words of the constitution guaranteeing free speech and a free Dress are the most im portant words in the entire document, bar none." Mr. Clark expressed the belief that after the regulations which the Mil provides hat? been promulgated by the president the actual execution of the functions would he delegated to ''30m e 8 by 10 subordinate whose adminis tration of the regulations would be rir?+Mppr short of an outrage.'* Representative M<Oormick. of Tlli rmic rsffprpd an amendment which. while authorizing the president to create a censorship limited its oper ation to certain oarticularized mat ters. It obMeated the president to define such act? of militarv informa tion as should be non-punishablf. Mr. froker Remains, Greenwood Journal, 3rd. At a called meeting of the South Carolina Presbytery held here Tues day afternoon, Rev. Mr. Croker, pas tnr nf three Presbyterian churches in Xewberry county, was not dismisssd to the Piedmont Presbytery which. had called him as evangelist. Dele-| gations from the three Newberry) churches appeared and protested! against Mr. Croker's removal. Sine# beginning his pastorate in Newberry county, Mr. Croker has built two new churches and is greatly beloved by his congregations. Constipation, if Neglected, Causes Serious Illness Constipation, if neglected, leads to almost innumerable complica tions affecting the genera! health. Many cases o: typhoid lever, appendicitis a n c other severe dis eases arc trace able to prolonged clogging of the bowels. Reganl t h e effects o i constipation, C. E. Ayers, 6 Sabin St., Montpelier, Vt., says: "I was afflicted with constipation and biliousness for years, and at times became so bad I would become unconscious. I have been found in that condition many times. Physicians did not seem to be able to do me any good. I vrould become weak and for days at a time could do no wonc. Not long ago I got a box of Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets, and after using them found I had never tried anything that acted in such a mild and effective manner. I believe I have at last found the remedy that nits my case." Thousands of people are sufferers from habitual constipation and while possibly realizing something I of the danger of this condition, yet I Deglect too long to employ proper j curative measures unti-1 serious ill | ness often results. The adviee of all physicians is, "keep your bowels lean," and it's good advice. Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets are | sold by all druggists, at 25 cents a I box containing 25 doses. If not I found satisfactory, your money it ! returned. ? j MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, InC [ HOOT-WEEVIL ATTACKS FLORIDA SWEET POTATO The discovery by the University/ of Florida Experiment Station of the oc currence of the sweet potato crop tl* ijovll in rl *? cono rotnrl c ig&Tii 111 tui WiVi^ijr ?i,^u ovv/ tions of Florida has caused much con cern. This pest, working in some sections of the Gulf States, destroys nearly the whole sweet potato crop year al ter year. The best remedial meas ures devised do not insure more than a part of the crop. A general spread PEAS \ I am now in a posi all the cow peae in tl at the Scott Building barber shop for the 1 ceive and pay for th variety of sound and per bushel delivered your surplus peas to H. 0. 1 r No Puncfur Think of 15,001 without a punctu] tional, but the ore owners who have subs treacherous and expei agents for ESSENKAY, we i service that positively assui ESSENKAY absolutely slow leaks?doubles ,the li relieves your mind of all i from the constant drawback: you nothing to invtstigaU. A Call Write for free boot > T ADVANCE SALE Of For Big Re Chautauc Cti 7 DAYS OF Bit (deluding the Great C at A COMPANY In the Light Opei 0< In arranging to inaugurate local committee bought 1,000 SEASON TICKETS After the opening day no se than $3.00. For the single admissions t see the official programs. Season tickets are nontransf4 family. The name of some meml in ink apon every season ticket as a protection to the owner in c Children's tickets admit chii inclusive:- All cttldrelT'are aSia of the pest in Florida would endan ger the production of one of the most important food crops of the State. So serious does this menace ap pear that the plant board has listed | the sweet potato boll weevil as an "especially injurious" insect and has instructed Wilmon Newell, plant com missioner. to determine how wide { spread the pest has already become | and ascertain what quarantine meas j ures can be employed to prevent ita j spread within the State. Suoscribe to Tile Herald and Neva VANTED tion to take care of le county*and5will be in rpaf nf Tavlnr'* lext 2 weeks to re era. Will take any clean peas at|$2.50 in strong bags. Br in <5 me and save monev. LONG Chamoion Hi^h Grade Complete jtomobile- ? CAROLINA AUTO CO. PHONE 172. EWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA re Ran 15,000 on ESSENKAY es ? No "Blowouts" 3 miles from one set of casings re or "blowout"! This is not excep linary experience of thousands of ear tituted ESSENKAY Tire Filler for the nsive inner air tubes. As exclusive nstall it in your tires and give you personal es you freedom from tire troubles of any kind. 7 prevents punctures, '^blowouts" or fe of your casings?cuts expense in balf? arorry?maJ?es motoring a real pleasure free 5 of the old-style inner air VJx way. It costs Tlrt ' WiU Convince You! ^ - ?,* let txpiaining oar Ten Days Free 'lial Proposition. ?AY PRODUCTS CO. W. Graud Avenue Chicago, 111/ J ; SEASON TICKETS | - 1 <1 ;dpath j iua Week | 3? 31 i ATTRACTIONS \ reatore and His Band, id OF THIRTY ra "The Mikado" 3o tMs Cliantauqna this year tlie x * These ticketsOill % spld while *th yAIast , at $2.50 each.T ^ ' t ! ason tickets can be had for less * o the respective entertainments arable except within the owner's jer of the family must be written This provision is made primarily &se the ticket should be lost dren aged six to fourteen years rttM t#ttesofc!dr?tfV woft free. i i <s 4 i t t t 4ir