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PER$H1>? TO TAKE FLAG OF .AMERICA TO FRAStE Will Command Division of Regulars for Immediate Service Abroad. Roosevelt's Plan Meets Small Faror. Washington, May 18?President "Wilson tonight ordered that a divisioa of regular troops, commanded by Maj. I Gen. John J. Pershing, be sent to! France at the earliest practicable,' date. | This is the answer of America to! Prance's Dlea that the Stars ana' Stripes be carried to the fighting' front without delay to hearten the soldiers battling there with concrete evidence that a powerful ally has come to their support against Cfer man aggression. Announcement of the order follow ed signing of the selective draft war army bill by the president, and tn?? issuance of a statement that under advice of military experts on bom sides of the water the president cou?? not employ volunteers or avail bim self of the "fine vigor and enthusi asm" of Former President Roosevelt tor the expedition. 1 lMinri/lflo tfVr SIT* 11T Jt 'd/TUiy id w mvj mm timate force of approximately 2,000, t&0 meD to back up the first troops to go to the front. When the bur had been signed, the president affixed his name to a proclamation calling upon all men in the country between the ages of 21 and 30, inclusive, to * *? 1V??ts\y mdt+arv cpr register meaita?ca w* j ~? ice on June 5 next The proclama tion ?ets in motion immediate ma chinery that will enroll and sift to 10,000,000 men and pave the way for the selection of the first 500.UO0 young, efficient soldiers without crij> fling the industries or commerce or the nation or bringing hardship on those at home. To Call National Guard. Even before the bill was signed, the war department announced that the full strength of the National Guard would be drafted into the United StateR army beginning June 15 and concluding August 5. Orders to frring the regiments to full war strength, immediately accompanied the notification sent to all governors. A minimum of 329.000 fighting men will be brought to the colors uncser those orders, supplementing the 293, Better Farmin Permanent Influence Of F< Feeding the Plant the Real Purpose Soil Sec* "In recent years soil fertility has come to be look ed upon in a new light. Soils are no longer spoken of as being rich simply because chemical analysis shows that they contain a b u n d a n c e of plant food. Much of J. N. HARPER, this plant food Agronomist may be locked up so that plants can not get at it. To be available plant food must be in soluble form; that is, it must dissolve in the soil water and chansre into iust tiie form that the plant can use for ltfi growth," says Professor Harper. "In fact," he continues, "a chemical analysis may show that a soil has lit tle total food content, but that little may often have plant food in a more available form than the richer soil, And, as a consequence, will produce greater yields. "Most of the soils of the South have been formed from granite rocks which . have decayed or crumbled into parti cles. Soils derived from granites con tain considerable sand. Such soils are found very extensively in the re gion east of the Mississippi river. "Can these sandy loam soils of the South be made to produce abundant vn V/^O "The answer is Tea.' Proof is pro Tided from the experience of thou sands of farmers. They won through proper farm management and fertili sation. Many farmers of the South are today getting a bale of cotton tJ the acre where they once got only one third of a bale. They are producing from 50 to 75 bushels of corn on the same land which a few years ago pro duced only 15 to 20 bushels. "What is the secret of their ?uo oess? "Is it in the change In the methods or cultivation: mere nas oeen cou iderable improvement in this respect. "Has it been due to deeper plowing? This has been a help. "Is it due to crop rotation? The right kind of rotation is beneficial. "What then is the grea: reason? It is this, the plants have been fed bet ter ami they have responded with bet ter yields. In other words, it cam? bout through proper fertilization. "A successful Southern farmer, whom the writer knows well, is now o ha 1a r\f r>r\ttr\rt +n tho a/ipo pi V/UUV1U5 ? WU?W Vi. VV%VVU vw wv* V on land which twenty-five ^ears ago was producing only one-third of a bale. He has constantly grown cotton on this land. Yet in spite of this, be has increased yields. "*"W : ' . : ' , is&y" WUO regulars who -will be mder arms? by June 15. | It is from thees forces that the iir.su 1 arms to join Gen. Pershing at the; l'ront will be drawn, to be followed within a few months by recurring. waves from the selective draft armies, the first GOO,000 of whom will be moK ilized September 1. Following is the text of the ter*? announcement of the war department; as to Gen. Pershing's expedition: 4nni. : ^ ? ~ ~ ^I i lie prtvbiueuL lias uirecitru uu ua-i peditionary of approximately one di-j vision of troops under command o*; Gen. John J. Pershing to proceed to! France as early a date as parcticaD:*.! Gen. Pershing and staff will precede the troops abroad. " "It is requested that no details or speculation with regard to mobiiiza-; r.i?n cf this command, dates of depai ru.re or other items be carried by the press'Other than official bullet'ns' given out by the war department rc lanne tnereto." Gfci: Persi^irg has been in Wasn-' in?:on some "days. He was personally! .jjiumoned by Secretary Baker from the Southern department which wav under his command until tonight's or- j tier was issuer. Has Framed Plans. The man who led the expedition! into Mexico with such judgment ana j skill as to win for him the complete : confidence of the president and ut%! advisers, has worked hard on plan3 ! for the expedition to France. He has r been in daily conference; with Secre-' tary Baker. Maj. Gen. Bliss, acting chief of staff, with department offi cials cooperating in the preparation of the forces he will lead against tne' ; Germans and also with Lieut. Gen.: Bridges, head of the military section _ of the British mission and a veteran j of the battlefields of France. Nothing that either French or Brlt-j I ish officers have been able to furnish! j In the way of information has beenj lacking and there'is every indication that the regular forces which will compose the expeditionary division; are being selected with greatest can*. No inkling of the plans for tna? division have been allowed to leaxj j out. It is known, however, that or-' j ders have already gone forward to i rtfflyiQrn r\? f-ricrrnat?t anH Innf PY- , \7UXWA O UL WA 4VU jUUQ?MVMv 4 ^ ? rj perienee notifying them to prepare for foreign service. The war in Europe has developed, many new phases of battle not he*-.*-} ; tofore known in military science. Ar-, i tillery has decided the fate of many' j battles and every army has doublet* ' and trebled its guns, both in size anc* : numoer. ror ttua reasuu it j thought likely the expeditionary! j forces would include a disproportion-1 | ate number of artillery troops and De I backed by a solid wall of guns wneu it comes to grips with the enemy. j The number of men in the expedl-; tionary force has not been discloses' A division at war strength, however, totals more than 25,000 men of all arms and the "approximate" divia*6n ! of the war departments statement' j probably will exceed that figure. Won His Second Star. ! Gen. Pershing, Republican in poll-; i tics, was a brigadier general when he | led the forces into Mexico in pursuit ? \ ig in the South urtilizers On Southern Soils j Developing the Resources of the sndary ' ,/j "How has he done it?" was asked, i "It has been the practice of this I farmer to put on his land the amount i of fertilizer that he could purchase J with the proceeds of the sale of his j cotton seed from this same iaccL Of i course, tnis iarmer coum uaive &;u?tU his cotton more economically had he grown it in rotation with other crops. Loss Through Leaching "Sandy soils naturally erode and leach readily. Phosphoric acid does not leach away but remains in the top twelve inches of soil till it is used by the plant.' Potash will wash out of sandy soils to a limited extent, but w|th clay soils it is practically all available. The nitrates, on the other nana, cannot. ions u? iciwucu soil. It is soluble in water "5nd there fore leaches out with every heavy rain. j Winter Cover Crops Help "When a field is left bare through | the winter months, sometimes mora than 40 pounds 01 nitrogen is leached ii'Uii! <111 acre. 11 Will UAivc uvv i>vuuu* of cottonseed meai per acre 10 replace i this loss oi nitrogen. If the fanner; plants a cover crop such as rye, crim-' son clover or bur clover, ihe greater portion of this nitrogen will be re ?r?H Ko/'/iniu avajlabie for thd! LAlJUCU. <vuu succeeding crop." TO MAKE COTTON FRUIT BETTER; I j J. C. Pridmore, Agronomist Inquiry?"My cotton produces plen-; ty of weed, but fruits pooriy. What fertilizer would correct this? j From the knowledge of plant nutri tion as it is understood at the prea-1 ent time, it appears that you have a! soil containing a fairly good supply j of nitrogen, but deficient in phosphoric acid and potash. The element nitro gen is considered largely with the de velopment of vegetative parts of the plants, such as the stalk, stems and leaves. The phosphoric acid is res pan sit>le to a large extent for tne develop ment of the fruit, and the hastening ol I the maturity of the plant Potash gives general tone and vigor to the plant, and improves the quality of the fruit. The use of fertilizer will supply these plant food elements, and enable one; to overcome these apparent soil dell-; ciencies. A material analyzing from 1 per j cent to 2 per cent nitrogen, 10 per ; cent to 12 per cent phosphoric acid,1 and 1 per cent to 2 per cent potash,] could be used profitably in such cases.! Apply at the rate of three or fourj hundred pounds per acre oeiore tne ( crop is planted, so that the plant can ; get full benefit of the material early; in its grohrtti especial^ under fcoU weevil ?onditJDM. of the bandit Villa. His work at that' time won for him selection by hlsj brother genera] officers a3 a major genera] and the choice was heartily indorsed by the war department ana President Wilson himself. i In his explanation of his reasons' of his not availing himself of trie soealled Roosevelt amendment to trie army bill. Mr. Wilson, has broug!u out sharply the points made again?*1 that amendment by army officers, re gardless of their personal . politic^. leanings or their regard for Mr. Rc-osevelt himself. Many officers wno are warm admirers of the former president have unhesitatingly con demned his proposal to raise a vol unteer army corps or division on th? around that it would drain the regu lar service o? men vitally needed tcv train the millions that must be wHsr-i ped into fighting trim in aH too bn?r a time. ; The list of officers Mr. Rooseve!t; rmalrprt tn tAkp. with him has heen thei subject of much speculation and com ment. Because of the old association in Spanish war days between Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and Mr. Roose velt, it has been regarded that Gen. Wood was the former presiednt's se lection for supreme command of the force. Under the plans of the war depart-' ment, Gen. Wood, by reason of his great experience in mobilization prob lems, his unfailing energy and en thusiasm has been assigned the hard est task of any general officer. He v;il! direct as commander of Southeastern department me moum zation and training of 12 divisions, or more than 300 000 men, among; whom without question will be those wno will be first selected to follow Gen. j Pershing's forces to Prance. i FRANCIS BEATTY RETURNED FROM FRAME TALJlS Greenville News. "The Germans are a stiff proposi-j tion," asserted Frances J. Beatty, one of Greenville's most popular youtj, men, who returned Wednesday after noon from three months of service as ymbulance driver on French battle fields. "The loss of life among tiie allies is simpiy asujuuu.mg, <uuu, Al though they make occasional long ad vances they pay dearly for thedr terri tory with human lives." I .Mr. Beatty left the land of the Mar- j selleise several weeks ago to c?b#: home and retain his position as nn?% lieutenant in the First South Caro* . lina regiment. He spent only a rew! hours here Wednesday night and yes terday morning, leaving early in the afternoon ror uoiumuia wnere uo wui take up the matter of reinstatement! with tne State officials. Mr. Beatty gave an interesting ac-1 count of his experiences on the iront, j and especially during the battle o*! Viriinn nurirnr this hlKtorif*. charet*. it W VlUUt ' - ? - lie stated, lie was on duty 12 mne? liom the city of Verdun and was ao:e to witness {nuch of the deathiy slaughter. "The loss of life is enor-, mous," he said,N "and the allies are paying dearly for what little land they gain. The Germans have a perfccir* trained army of men whose strength is in efficiency rather thafti In courage. "The Eastern front is constantly being reinforced,'' he said, "by LUC LrUiIb|>UI LctLi^Xi Ui uuu^jj from the ^ Western front, where Russia has become excessively inag gressive and is doing very little fight ing. England and France have all available men upon the front, having reached the minimum and maximum age nmua. "The American flap's entrance into the fray,'* he continued, "is generous ly welcomed and also very much need ed. I expect to be in France agam within a year as -a member of the United States army." As soon as uns country aeciarea war on Germany, Mr. Beatfey imme 'Uately secured his discharge from the ambulance corps and sailed to join bis own ranks. He was on duty at El Paso during the Mexican uprising, leaving ror trance immediately aner that mobilization was disbanded. Mr. Beatty was asked concern?^ hit? personal experiences. "Well, all I can say," he said? with :? Httlf* tri'i < .? the delicate French dialect which has grown into his, speech, "I had a good time from star*' to finish." "Did you have'any remarkable- ex-! perience?" was further propounded him. in hopes of securing some taio of dauntless bravery. "Well." he replied, "about the mosc remarkable thing that happened to rre and could happen to any one go ing through the perils I did, was' that I didn't gel shot.*' "Tn r.ny ohlonne gas,'' "NTo, but it was very accidental that I avoided it. for I came very near to it a number of times." TTa admitted that the strueele with Germany is a death grap-ple. and that only the concentrated efforts of her many opponents can safely combat the destructive and victorious war fare which she is urging. Just what loss the opponents are experiencing in the way of killed and wounded he was uninformed, but this much was certain, he said, their Eastern front is barricaded against anything but an almost supernatural attack. , "I'm glad to get back with the boys." said Frances, "but T hope to be in France within a year engaged In! VinH nf dntv and T know the1 American troops will do what they; plan to carry out." Don't sell lumber to any one until you first write us for prices on both' long and short leaf pine. We al-1 ways pay highest prices the mar- j ket affords. Shipments to unem-! bargoed points ana advance pay ments wnen siock is loaaea. Attrac tive orders always to place. Oldj established business. Phone, wire; or write us. Will also make go:>dj contract proposition. LeRoy 8.| Davidson & Co., Box 2SG. Camden,! WILSOX (\Vf LS 3TAXIIOOD TO PATRIOTIC SERVICE i (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) sitied for service in the place to whicnl it shall best serve the general good to call him. \'6n> Vfan in USiitArii -1 V M u IU JULJ5IV1J# "The significance of this can not t>e overstated. It is a new thing in our; history, a landmark in our progress.! It is a new* manner of accepting and sitaliing our duty to give ourselves: with ttmiip-htfiil rfpvntinn tn thp rnm moil purpose of using all. It is in : ? sense a conscription of the unwilling; it is rather, selection from a nation which has roluteered in masse, rt is no more a choosing of those who shall march with the colors than it is a selection of those who shall servo an equally necessary and devoted purpose in the industries that lie hind the battle line. "The day here named is the time upon wuicu au siicu: yrtraeui uiem selves for assignment to their tasxs. It is for that reason destined to remembered as .one of the most con spicuous moments in our history. It is nothing less than the day upou which the manhood of the country shall steD forward in one solid ranA in defense of the ideals to which this; nation is consecrated. It is import- j ant to those ideals no less than to the pride of this generation in manifest ing its devotion to them, that there be no gaps in the ranks. "It is essential that the day be ap proached in thoughtful apprehension of its significance and that we accord to it the honor and the meaning that it deserves. Our industrial need pre scnoes mat u dc nui luaue a. ca! holiday, but the stern sacriuce that is before us urges that it be car ried in all our hearts as a great cay of patriotic devotioD and obligation when the duty shall lie upon every man, whether he is himself to be reg iSiei eu yr uui, see lu al iuai <.uo name of every male person of the des ienated ages Is written on these l!si3 of honor. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the city of Washlngron this ''Sth day of May, in the year or our Lord, 1917, and of the independ ence of the United States of America the 141st. "By the president: "KODerL i^an^in^, 'Secretary of State. urDuniicMCOc ntniuuoiiLoo AND BLUES: Symptoms of Mcire Serious | Sickness* Washington Park, LI.? "I am the , momer 01 iour cmiureu ouu usvo bui fered with female trouble, backache, nervous spells and the blues. My chil dren's loud talking and romping would make me so nervous I could just tear everything* to pieces and I would ache all over and feel so sick that I would not want anyone to talk to me at times. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills re stored me to health and I want to thank you for the good they have done me. I have had quite a bit of trouble and worry but it does not affect my youth ful looks. My friends say * Why do you look so young and well ?' I owe it all A'-- T ?^ ^Tnorllos " i to cue juytuo * ?w"vu*? ; ?Mrs. Robt. Stopiel^ Sage Avenue, j Washington Park, Illinois. | If you have any symptom about which I you would like to know write to the ! Ljrdia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for helpful advice given free of charge. * reituui ru?siujuuc3? The farmers of this part of Geor gia are interesting themselves in the peanut industry as it has been tried out in Alabama, in territory which suffered horribly from the ravages of the boll weevil. The raising of peanuts is saia to De a saving crop for the farmer and it enables him to get ready cash at about the same time as cotton ma U-railized, and at a splendid profit. The people of Alabama, when they were hit by the weevil took to peanuts. The farmers raised many tens and the demand for the oil was sufficient for the establishment of peanut mills, where the product was readily taken at prices ranging from sixty to eighty dollars per ton. This gave the faremr a good profit, and permitted him to experiment with cotton in a manner that will insure his going into it in a way that will permit profits. In sections where twenty thou sand bales of cotton w^re hereto mai'lvffl/l Arms h a n HI i n <r r?nt: ton for export and sale state that the crop has dwindled to one-fourth snd, sometimes, lower than that from what it was before the wee vil. A man with a one-horse farm gets not enough from his cotton to make his feed, much less pay his living expenses and any debts or, expenses incurred on the farm. i With only a small amount of cot-i ton as an experiment he is able to plant peanuts and raise hogs In quantities sufficient to make a profit similar to that he received from cotton at twelve and a half cents. We hope that this section is going to awaken to the possibilities of the peanut industry, and hog-raising aid .tba t -ii> ^ha--comin-? -s^ittcp -ttfcere?. won't be devastation and destruction ; ( of financial credits by reason of cot- i ; ton alone.?Thomasvillc* Times Kn-^ : terprise. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BILL A Rift STKP FORWARD 1 In the curent Farm and Fireside i John Snure makes the following com- < ment on the bill providing for voca- i i tional education that has just been ? passed* by congress: j ] "The bill has been one of the big j things of the session of congress end-; j ing March 4th," he says. "It wa3 , passed by the senate last summer and ] by the house in January. It is the cin^lo nioPD <->f arl n o 1 ?-o?v vuuvanuuai < legislation the Federal Government! ^ has ever enacted. The next few years will tell whether it is to realize the , cAycvuniuug ui its advocates. une j powerful supporter of such training; has been the American Federation of! Labor. Various agricultural organt- j zations have been back of it, also or- j ganizations of manufacturers. j . "What does the vocational educa- j ' tion measure provide? It provides for I f Vt Ck cryn r\0 a? J ' biuuuug ui rnuuc^ iiuui nit; iea eral treasury to the States for stimu Excursion Fares V Wav Svstfim frnm Spartanburg, ui ixiusit: resuvai, Carolina Firemen's Tournament 18. final limit June 2, 1917. New Orleans, Account Southern Baptist Co: 11-16 with final limit May 31, 1 June 15 by paying fee of $1.00. Washington, ] Account 27th Annual Reun erans tickets on sale June 2nd t< Extension until July 6th paymei Lake Junaluska a N. c.: Account Chautauqua Period, ers' Conference, Board of Missi< on sale July 15, 16, 17, 21, 2?, : io, ii, 12, 13, 17^ 18 and 19, lit sale. St. Louis, IV Account United Editorial Ass r3? : *5 with final limit May : Rock Hill, S Account Winthrop College Si June 18, 19, 22, July 4, 5, 6, fr Nashville. Tc Account 12th Annual Scssio (colored) tickets on sale June i 21, 1917 Dallas. Te: Account General Assembly c tickets on sale May 12, 14 and 1 Nashville. Tf Account Pea body College Sue Jnne n, 12, 13. 14. 21, 22, Jul> days from date of sale. Charlottesville. Account vSummer School Uni\ sale June 17 to 25, final limit i? Atlanta, ( Account international assock on sale June 15.. 16 and 17, limi Black Mountain I $5.1 Account Various Keiigious As 31, June i, ii, 12, 13, 21, 22, 2 27, 30, August 1, 6, 10, 14, 17,, of sale. Birmingham, Account General Assembly Sc tickets on sale May 14 to 17, fir Athens, G Account Summer School Uni\ 3?. July I, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 3 from date of sale. Proportianately red points. Call on local agen tion or address S. H. McLE S. C. lating vocational education in agri culture and in the trades, industries, and domestic arts. The bill uses the term 'agricultural education.' But this includes education for the farm home is well as for the farm itself. "The government, starting with aa appropriation ot cio.se to $z,uuu,w* will before long be giving over $7,000, 000 every year to aid in vocational education In the next ten years the sovernment will !?ave given over $50, )00,000 foi this purpose. Under the plan the mon^y paid out by the go? ernmeni is to ue aniueu auiuug tue States. And for each dollar received from tl.p ?,ovMi>meiic the State is to spend an equal amount for the same par,'rtso. besides meeting all cost of bai'dlngs, a<iu:i men:, ?;nd mainten ance.' Jl>'K DEALER?I pay the highest prices for scrap iron, metals, rxb ber, waste material, burlap, bass, ft<\, wholesale and retalL R, Sarlin, 929 Friend St.. Phone 156. 5-lS-tr'. Velvet Bems?We can fill your orders promptly Also have some German millet seed. Summer Bros. Co. 5-18-2t. ia Southern Rail Newberry, S. C. <fc 2 45 Shrine Meeting and South , tickets on sale May 14 to La. $20.90 nvptif-ir.n tirkpts on sale Mav 917- C?n be extended until D. C. $10.65 ion United Confederate Vet J oui wim ijuai limxt j uuc ^x. at of fee of 50c. 1 \TT II no waynesviue, $5.45 Sunday School Board, Work :>ns, Hpworth League, tickets ?3, 24, 25, August 2, 3, 5, nited 17 days from date of lO. %6Z.Zi> ociation, tickets on sale May 23. x9r7 i. C. $3.65 .tmmer School, tickets o*i sale nal limit August 6, 1917. inn. $13.80 u Sunday School Congress, 1, 12 and 13, final limit June t. $41.70 >f the Presbyterian Church, 5, final limit June 8, 1917. ;nn. $13.80 tim?r School, tickets on sale r 20, 21, 26. final limit 15 , Va. $16.50 rersity of Virginia, tickets on ; days from date of sale. la. $6.15 ition of Rotary Clubs, tickets t June 25, 1917. lidgecrest, N. C. 10 semblies, tickets on sale May 7, 28, July 5, 6, 13, 19, 20, final limit 17 days from date Ala. $14.55 * rnthern Presbyterian Church, lal limit June 1, 1917. ia. $3.95 ^ersity, tickets on sale June ?, with final limit 15 days uced fares from other ts for further informa ^AN, D. P. A., Columbia,