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REFORM ('031WITTEE FITS WAii DEFAKTMKNT WISE Show I p the Great Injustice Done t? the Country in This Crisis by South Carolina's Political Military Governor. Charleston American. Washington, 4Iay 17.?Asking thai the war department keep partisan pol itics out of the administration of the military conscription law in aouui Carolina and declaring that the re form party in ?the Palmetto State, true to the tradition and history of the State was ready to do their part, a committee representing the reform ers, today appeared before Hon. W. Ingraham, assistant secretary of var, and acting secretary in Mr. Baker's absence, and Brig. Gen. Enoch v H. Crowder, judge advocate and pro vost marshal in charge of the con scription. In the party were Former Gov. * Please. Eugene R. Buckingham. W. A. Stuckey and James P. Carey, Jr.. of the committee of the reform fac tion. They were accompanied to the vt man T Qirrjtnr TT !~J Smith, Congressmen Nicholls, Domi rick and Stevenson. During the hear ing Congressman Ragsdale came in and remained until the meeting closed. They presented resolutions adopted at the mass meeting held at Columbia last Monday. War Department Will Be Just. Gov. Blease stated tonight that the 'meeting was very satisfactory; that the committee had come here to lay "before the war department the condi tions that exist in South Carolina and that he was satisfied the war depart ment would se- the justice in his M />1 ? U rt Vl A*%.A/1 f V\ A T* 1 r? i f A f iduoc duu lucll lie uujjcu ujc visit ui jfcimself and the other gentlemen of his committee would be the means of eliminating partisan politics from the operation of the conscription law. Gov. Blease also stated that he was opposed to this war and ha-d he been a meuiuci vi. cuiigiess iie wuuiu ud>c "voted against it and the conscription. However, war having been declared \<y the legally constituted authorities and regardless of his previous posi tion Jn this matter, he now declared that'"we all should stand shoulder to shoulder and present ourselves a unit against the common enemy and. that this principle should actuate all true Americans." Favors Asked. Gov. Blease in his speech said: <fWe ?,re here as a committee asking no favors and expecting none. Neither tire we here to say anything in con demnation of any person or persons, but merely for the purpose of present ing to you some facts which we think "Virtn 1 ^ Ka lm ftrrn a fVkie (liinortTYIOTlf Oi^Aiiu UC ivuvnu cv waio tmviAvt And I will read to you the following preamble* and resolution which was adopted by 250 of the good, honest citizens of my state, representing every county of the State and in con tention assembled at Columbia." Gov.' Blease then read ttie certificate from the secretary and chairman of the meeting, the resolutions passed at the meeting, and the report of the meet- , ing as carried in The Charleston 4 American on Tuesday morning last. Gov. Blease continued: "I wish to be 1 air to the department. I never con ?eal anything and always state my 7>osjti0n open and above board. It hasv fceen represented that my faction of the Democratic party In soutn Caro lina was strongly anti-Wilson. I did Dot support Mr. Wilson for the Dem ocratic nomination, and on the con trary I was opposed to him. but after }>e received the nomination our faction South Carolina supported him loy ally and as proof of this fact I pre sent to you that at the general elec tion in South Carolina in 1912. I re ceived something over 44,000 votes, -Mr. Wilson received 4S.SOO votes. Now i Euumu .vir. oecreuir*. uiai iue mcm *>ers of ray own faction did not go to the polls and vote for Wilson and e* the same time scratch my name off their tickets. And as he received 4,800 votes more than I did, it shows conclusively that we stood by him as the Democratic nominee." Reformers Parotic. ^ ?? m/NAr./* ? In a nfnf A/) f Viof f A O Vt AW \JU V. Dicasc diau aiaitu luai. lu siuvn j thai his faction was doing its duty; If the record was examined it would be found that in both the First and! Second South Carolina regiments that: were at El Paso. Texas, last August, j fce received a majority of their vote3 i>>r governor as against Gov. Man-, * their commander in charge. j * t?.?N 5 Ifc r?f fiftV IjlftASli. Atlantic ( Th#? Stantlard Rail SPECIAL OCCASIONS; 1 June Ticket and Passenger Agents and C As information we wish to a lionsT have been booked up to date finrinp- the month of Tune: Laundry Association of the Carolii Independent Order of Red Men of North Carolina Bankers Afsociatii Hardware Association cf Ncrth an Southern Textile Association N.C. Baptist Chautauqua, or Assei We take pleasure in advising And mmors to the contrary, that \\ season as in former years; that thj trictions whatsoever as to allurainal "Lumina" will be open to the pu improvements have been made in h( and in many respects the beach sea lhan heretofore. W.J. CRAIG, Passenger Traffic Mana i Congressman Nicholls stated that the i.vo factions in South Carolina were | practically equally divided as was ! shown by the vote in the recent gov ernor's race. That in justice to both J factions lie believed that the board of j exemption which is to be appointed by I the president should consist of good I men from each faction as equally di ' vided as possible. That without in j sinuating that eitheir faction would not deal honestly with exemption, this ; board should be above suspicion and: : when a man's name was presented for exemption regardless of the fac tion wmcn lie oeiong ue sjjuiuu icei that he had representation on the board and that, unless this was done, there would te dissatisfaction on the part of a great many people who would think that they were not ex empted for political reasons. Mr. Xic&olis statea mat tms was a very j important board and that South Caro i lina wanted to go into this war as a unit and that if it was to go in as a unit all the people had a right to rep : resentation as to the choice of the i troops. Non-factional Board. Representative Stevenson of the f II III district. saw uiau no a^i with Mr. Nicholls that these hoards should be non-factional and that both sides should have representation. He said that he was satisfied that all of t)j 3 people of Si ith Carolina ? were willing to do their share in this ' war and that partianship should be kept out of it as much as possible. He said that the appointment or the ex emption board was one of far reach ing importance. Rep esentatlve Ragsdale followed practically along the same lines. Representative Dominick said to the assistant secretary that he knew both factions in South Carolina and that he had carried the burden of both ( to some extent. That his connection i with Former Gov. Blease as his law partner had siven him a full insight to tlie workings and doings o? that ; faction and of course being in the position he had become to a large ex tent familiar with the actions and do ings of the other faction. He was to day suffering to some extent from what he considered partiality shown by the Manning faction, and gave as ori inctnnrp the recent treatment of ^.his law partner, Neil W. Workman, who had been denied admission to the training camp and which matter he I had formally brought before the war department That he did not believe there should be any partisanship shown in this matter and that in fact the way to keep politics out of the ex emption boards was to -pUt politics into them by recognizing all factions. | a morfoan's Ttenorts Trne. The war department officials asked where the refo: m party got their in formation that Gov. Manning had been naming only his friends on the con scription board and Gov. Blease saicT that the reformers read a dispatch in The American sent from Washing-1 +nn VkTr Thp American's correspondent and that before acting at Columbia' they had investigated the standing of The American correspondent and. found that he was not only a member J of the press galleries, but a member; of the standing committee in charge' of the galleries. The war department1 did not deny the story that had been :_1-J #vtif Vt c? \TTacVnnP'tntl ; prmitfu seni. uuv uj .. ?. correspondent nor call it in question.' Gen. Crowder called the committee' into his office after the joint hearing and said that the conscription boards ; had only ministerial powers and that: every care would be exercised in nam ing the country exemption and appeal boards for the federal districts. SHERIFFS SALE. By virtue of an execution issued ? ? 1 Cll. ? _ I to me in tiie case or urumiey-onciip Hardware company against W. S. Cook Mercantile Company, I have lev ied upon the following property ot the debtor and I will sell it at public auction in front of the court house at Newberry, S. C., on salesday in June, 191*7, within the legal hours of sale, for cash: Five oak bedsteads, three oak cup boards. six oak bureaus, one iron bed stead, 11 secdnd hand washstands, one bureau^ and one wagon. Cannon G. Blease. s Sheriff Newberry County. May 15th* 1917. Subscribe to The Herald and News. Coastline road of the South kVrightsville Beach, N. C. 1917 Connections: dvise that the following conven-i i to be held at Wriehtsville Beach i I i las June i ith-i2th; Xortli Carolina " 13tii-15tli j an >y 19th-21.sc; d South Carolina... igth-21st " 22nd-23rcl nbly " 27th-29th| further, notwithstanding the report I rrightsville Beach will be open this j government has not made any res-! ting the beach; that the- hotels and blic as heretofore; that material ; )tel accommodations and attractions,: son promises to be more attractive; T.C. WHITE, ger. Gtxjeral passenge Agent CARS OF GRAIN BRING RELIEF. After Much Loss Has Been Caused by "Home-Bound** Iluling of Ameri can Railway Association. ! Charleston American. | Columbia, May 17.?Cars of grain j bought months ago, 'A'hich have Tor ! some time been tied up in the eleva | tors of the West, began rolling into : Columbia and other South Carolina ' ? .u;- ?~ _ _ af _ i ciutse Luis i.uui.unig <ts a. iccuu ui j forts on the part of Commissioner of I Agriculture E. J. Watson, who took j the matter up with the council of na : tional defense through Congressman A. Frank Lever, chairman of the ag ; ricultural committee of the national ( house of representatives. j Following a ruling fcy tiie American ; Railway association requiring all cars , to be loaded "home bound," merchants in Columbia and elsewhere through out the State, because of lack of rail road facilities, were unable to secure corn and other grain bought in the West several months ago at the then I market price, and were forced to pur j chase at the present pr:ce :n order to supply the trade. In the case of one big milling company, corn had been bought at 9S cents per bushel a con sideraDie wnne smce, dui me com , pany was being forced to pay pres- j ent high prices on account of inabil 1' ity to secure shipments from Western elevators. The ruling of the Ameri ' fan "Railway association meant in ef* '' feet that all freight ears were held on the lines of the roads owning theni and Southern merchants were cut oft from shipments beyond the lines of road on which they were located, ex cept such supplies as they might ITe able to purchase -as were in transit from the producers to the elevators. A condition resulted which accentuat ed an already very serious sit jation. TV* a nf An o nf t Vi o 1 11^ ^01U\/Ub VI VilV/ Wi. mv miQv milling companies of the state gave Commissioner T/?tson in a letter the result of his observations on a recent tour of the West. i "I have just returned from a trip out 'West," he said, "visiting several of the grain centres and thought it rnignt oe 01 some interest to yuu tu know what information I gathered in regard to preesnt high prices for food products. ; Demoralized ^ndition. "Together with tha natural causes, some advance in this product, from the information I received, as well aa tVio ovnoriotipo arp bavino- in trr ing to operate our business, I am in- ( clined to think that ;he present high prices are due to some extent to the completely demoralized condition of our railroads. They seem to be j able to handle the business given \ them, and, coupled with this condition ; the American Railway association has ( seen fit to put into effect a ruling , which requires thr.t all cars must be; loaded home bound. Such ruling be-' ing so unusual in the course of past . transportation experience uiai 11 iias , in a way completely changed bu3i-' ' ness conditions. | "Elevators of the West are loaded, j and have been for months, and it is a i common experience with the shortage cf cars so serious that they have not been able to move an.y of their stored ( products lor weexs, auu in suuie in stances for months. I was told that there was a very large elevator that had not been able to load a- car at this place for two months. "This rule, after careful considera tion, you will realize affects the cotton KaH AwnU r\Y*xr 1TA>Mr enriAltDlv AVDn UC1L IClilCV/lJ * VJL J OVi iVUOlJ. V? ?'UI more so than any other part of this ' country. If we are to expect to get any cars from the West oar railroads must supply their empties, and as the < percentage of products moving West- f ward is so small in proportion to the J enormous quantities that are expected to be moved this way, if this railroad rule is enforced, then our facilities for f i securing this food product are ex-' tremely limited. This statement ap-j plies even if L ere was not a shortage ] of cars. The result of same has forced ( the traders to abondon their slocks they have contracted for In elevators | and bonded warehouses and buy from * any source possible to keep their bus-! iness r existence, unintentionally j holding back products that they have ^ no earthly use for except in the reg- ^ ular channels of their business. Getting Worse. , "We have been hoping for some im-;_ provement in the railroads, but it seems now that it is getting worse.' While the officials of the. railroads' might have found this ruling neces-j s?ry to keep going, nevertheless there is not a siiaciow or a aouDt out wnai such ruling is causing to some extent the present high prices for grain. "The situation is such that traders' are now not interested .. in buying! stocks in' warehouses in these grain i centres. They are resorting to buying, only loaded cars, and such cars that are permitted to be routed their way.: In the trading circles this is such an unusual circumstance that 'it in itself is enough to cause wild market con ditions. i "The government is expected to take some steps toward conserving the food supplies of this country for the public welfare, and it seems to me that the fixing of prices, either mini mum or maximum, is not going to re lieve the situation as much as a sys tematic service 011 the part of the railroads." Watson on the Job. Commissioner "Watson v/rote Con gressman Lover, inclosing the letter, and stating that tlie milling company ci'footed .iad informed him Hit-1 it had in the elevators with tied up condi tions all the corn it needed, bought some months ago at 9S cents a bushel,' but was being forced to buy loaded cars at present high prices to keep his business going. < "Of course." said Col. Y/atson. "the matter is one for federal handling the commission on car scrvice of the and I am, therefore, taking the liber ty of calling it tc /our attention.'' Ifeyer Bnsy. Commissioner Watson today rece! ed the following copy of a letter from council of national defense to Con gressman Lever: "Washington, May 14. "Hon. Asbury F. Lever, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture. House Representatives, Washington, D. C. "Dear Sir: Your letter of May 5. inclosing correspondence from Com missioner Watson . . . relative to car shortage ir that territory, address ed to council of national defense, has been referred to the commission on car service for attention. The car shortage is still a serious matter, but the action or the commis si! n on car service has given some reliel where purchases were made ahead. The general food situation, however, is cminous both as to supply and as to soaring prices. " Ve note the principal cause for complaint is with respect to the car service rules restricting the use of box cars. Effective as of May 1, these rules were changed to permit the application suggested. "We trust this will afford such re lief as will permit shipments to be made within a reasonable time, con sidering general short car supply J thioughout the country. "Commission on Car Service.'' j ! $>v <S>? SOME PERT PARAGRAPHS. < > <" > $ Greenville News. 3" $> ^ <$><$><?> ^ The Wild West has not entirely dis-, appeared. The following social note1 is from th i Kingman, Ariz., Mineral Wealth: "The dance given by the cowboys at Hardyville last Saturday nigiit was one of the most sociable affairs ever given in that section. | Curley Waters of the Breon & Lam- j bert outfit was shot in the leg by; Texas Magee, but the wound was! slight and it was not likely that the! matter w:.ll come to the attention of I the sheriff's office.'4 i If the proposed food -lic'a;(.r fjr j i.ue uniieii cai1 n. -n^., n?v. u no cost of flour he will stand a good chance of being the next president. I Former Gov. Albert Waller Gilchrist! of Florida asserts that "the most in-! famous traitors in the country are' the speculators who are plunging! bayonets into the stomachs of the1 loyal ones at home." This native Sooth Carolinian certainly talks like1 one. ! ! Another social item from New J Mexico, Albuquerque Journal: "The Swine Breeders' associtaion of East ern New Mexico will hold its annual meeting in Artesia beginning March 5. The evening will be taken up with Uiic cull 11 u <a 1 nv/? uau4ugt. Editor Hiott of the Pickens Sentinel! woke up feeling mean the other I morning and this is what he dashed; Dff: "It is estimated that there are! 1.300 gas plants in this country, not! ncluding the Columbia State." Seven billion dollars a year is wast-j Jd in American kitchens and a goodj leal of this in the South is due to the senseless custom of feeding not onlyj )ne's own family but the cook's as ft-ell. Evansville Journal-News: "Mr3. ; Smma is in (V^nsboro visiting iier; >cn, Willion Crash." Wouldn't be strange if they did a little knocking. ; I Tn -these days of food economy, no, editor should eat over five pieces op 'riend chicken and two saucers of strawberries at a single meal. t ! Daily Headline: "Coast artillery vill be called out soon." I # Wonder if the Greenville men at i ^rrt Oglethorpe endorse Sherman's ieflnition of war? ? i John Frederick ETans? Fho P.tate. Cameron, May 17.?John Frederick Evans, one of the oldest citizens or Cameron, died yesterday afternoon 3e was in his 67th year. Mr. Evans : ::ad lived in this community well nign ill of his life, and had always been a i Finds Cure for Epilepsy After Years of Suffering "My daughter was afflicted with epileptic fits for three years, the atiaclrr coming every few weeks. Wo on:;!,,y several doctors but they did her :: > A )w it a yea^r ago w a heard of Dr. Miles1 NVrvfrse. and it certainly has proved a blessing1 to our little girl. Sho is n /* w ft * t?.*? *, * ' ' y I I v -'J V'rfj " ~ ' ' I i t cured and i: i J- joy.:;-,- She b< ?t j I }-i l:\jf / heait:. it :.-} 1 <\\ V ,/ over a veil" sip.-e i ' \ ' v V /' i i- ' i i y \ \ * she h'is h;.*d a. | fit. We nnot f s>ea?c tyj o-../ Dr. iffles* Nervine." ilRS. FRANK .\NDRRKON. Co>:*uYey, M)nn. i Thousands of children in the United Slates who are suffering . from attacks of epilepsy are a . burden and sorrow to tlieir parents, j who would give anything to restore j health to the sufferers. Dr. Miles' Nervine is one of the best remedies known J for this affliction. it has proven j beneficial in thousands of cases j and those who have used it have ' * It ^ ?t-? ?4? Tf ? r> ri nf LUC ttftCSL IdiLll iil it. XL lO uv>k a "cure-all," but a reliable remedy for nervous diseases. You need not hesitate i.o give it a trial. Sold by afl Druggists. If the first bottle fails to benefit your money is returned. * MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, In* 1 rower in the influence for the mora; ' ! uplift of the community. Pie was mar ried in early life to Miss Lizzie S.! Lantzler, whose death occured about | two years ago. , Besides many sorrowing friends and ! j grandchildren, he leaves eight cMl . r* . V. (A.*#* UIUU, as iUlIUV>i. ^ U<X1 iCS '.1 . CiVdUS, : Camden; .Mrs. Vennie E. Wimberiy, Cameron; R. W. Evans, Cameron: Mrs., W. L). Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., i j Airs. W. H. Zeigler, Newberry; C. F. ! Evans, Cameron; Miss Edith and Ir ving D. Evans, Si:mter. The funeral j was conducted this afternoon at .Jericho Methodist church, by his pas , tor, the Rev. J. K. Inabinet. Sfeht?I'riitcd States iuthorities Taking Steps to Insure Against Shortage of Hunris. 'Washington. May 17.?Organization TO SUPPLY LABOR NEEDED OX FAR1IS ?? National Government Syst^ta Now in of a national' government system of supplying labor for the country's farms this summer probably will be completed by the agricultural and labor departments within two weeks, and in a short time thereafter the government expects to be enrolling I have just copies of Pal I also have Pali i i r ? ana aon i rorgei i Zinnia, Coieus ai Mayes' Be I The House of a T ? FINEPRltEFi H. F. BACHMAN & COMPA: in New York says the indications price for the next two years at le; all the cotton you can on the lane price is good. These fine prices \\ a profitable crop at present prices fitable on account of the high pri too scarce and the spring was too much, but you can increase your tiller and bv side d-essin'g libe cheapest way to increase-your cro than any commodity a farmer us* dressing cotton and corn pays be because the growing crop gets it ficent high gra^e fertilizer, heavi! quick action as the business of th this goods at $41.00 per ton at Ai ped away from Anderson. One sa r>r tc annlipH fn tlip arrp of rr yield of your crop more than $10 that sidi dressing pays better on < But it should be applied early, ] cotton. We don't advocate the use of t tfie cotton growing so long 11 wn Applied at any time between Ma> pay better than any fetiiizcr you i Feed it and nuise it a^d 111; feed > our mule more than on feed your crop as often as it need because it is better fed. You and ' every head of stock?horses, mu adverse conditions better if well : But be sure to feed your crop t Your cotton \vi:l make a better ? "turn out'' at the gin, as it n.1 t':e seed will pay for the fertilize you that 1.300 pounds of seed cot wi'l turn out as heavy a bale as 1 side dressed. There is more lint to the seed. 15tli. Labor is too scarce and th your acreage, but you can increa? fertilizer. It should be rich in n quick action is needed- Side dre It will pay from $2.50 to $4.00 fo Anderson Phoi \ Comj W. F. FARME hundreds of thousands of men, wo men and boys for farm work. The plan, outlined today by W. J. Spillman. chief of the agricultural de nartment's office of farm manage ment, calls for the cooperation of all State food organizations. In each State the governor will name a board to direct the work, the beards to name county agents and they in turn com munity agents. Community agents will register per sons who can give a part of their L-imimnr tn farm lahor. and I IjLL L1IIO OUUiiliVi vv ?. ? ~ 9 Tv iil register also the ordinary surplus of farm labor. The community agents will report to county agents any surplus of Tabor or labor needs, and county agents will report in turn to State boards. If a labor surplus or shortage exists in ?i State, the boards will report to ijr? agriculture department and the labor department will assist in attaining the proper distribution. Railroada will aid by giving low transportation rates to laborers. Two hundred and fifty thousncr* posters will be sent throughout the country soon c^niug uu pviawno iu tu roll for farm labor. The depart ments behind the plan believe cities and villages can supply a great deal of labor for short periods. C MUSIC received 150 triotic Music. riotic t5ox raper, he Ferns, Palms, id Salvia Plants. >ok Store liolisand Things I OR COTTON NfY. COTTON MERCHANTS, i aie cotton will sell for a fine ast, so you will want to make 1 vou have in cotton while tt?e 'ill not last always. Corn is also ; and may become m^re pro ce of all foodstuffs. Labo* is late to increase your acreage crop by increas;ng your fer rallv and that is by far the p. Fertilizer has advanced less is and fertilizer used in side :tter than any fertilizer used all. We are making a magni ly charged with soda to give is crop requireth haste. We sell adeisou and $41.50 when ship ck of this costing you $4.10 )tton will increase the money an acre and good farmers say corn than it does 011 anything. [iut laici man j?iic i^iu v_?u bis goods too late as it keeps 1 not mature and open in time. / 25 and June 15th an<f it will ise. You only make one crop a ike a good one-it pays. You ice during the crop season, Is it. It stands dry weather, the hands on your place, and les, hogs and cows will stand fed. Your crop will too. he second time by June 15th. staple. You will get a better takes more lint to the seed and r. Kxperionced ginners will tell ton that has been side dressed .500 pounds that has not been But apply not lacer than June e reason too late to increase ?e your crop by increasing your itrogen for quick action. And ss liberally and apply early, r every dollar it costs. sphate & Oil