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THE WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS INVESTIGATION Wby TTas Mr. Workman, Belonging to Btferm Party, >ot Admitted to Officers' Training ampl , ^Washington, May 24.?The war de partment has ordered an investigation Into the reasons why Neil W. Work man, law partner of Congressman Fred H. Dominick, at Newberry, S. C., was not admitted to the officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe af ter Capt. J. M. Graham, inspector for the South Carolina State militia and stauonea at ^oiumoia, naa iuiu iuili in person that he had passed all nec essary requirements. Yesterday the entire case was laid before Adjutant General H. P. McCain by Dr.. Domi nick. Gen. McCain was told by Mr. Dominick tftat m nis opinion iwr. i Workman had been discriminated | against by Capt. Graham and that in! &s much as Col. Slocum, in command1 at Fort Oglethorpe, had never recelv-j d ilr. Workman's application nori Deen aoie to nna any recora 01 case, that in his opinion Capt. Grah am had seen to it that it went no fsrther than his office. This belief Mr. Dominick told the adjutait gen eral, was based upon the fact that when he pressed Capt. Graham for a reason why Mr. Workman had been turned down, Capt. Graham replied under date of May 17: "It ?s regretted that no further information regarding (Workman can be furnished you." Mr. Dominick told the adjutant gen eral that Capt. Graham had been sta tioned at Columbia two or three years and of course, could not remain there without the sanction and cooperation of the present State administration. Gen. McCain said he would order an investigation that would go to the Tery bottom of the case and that the TtTAnl^ V\A nlAAOfl T*tV? lttBl/vusiuuiijr ni/uiu uc nu^t it should be. The telegrams teat passed in the matter give interesting sidelights on the present conscription embroglio in South Carolina and are as follows: .Asks for Information. "Washington, May 15, 1917. "Col. Herbert. J. Slocum, Fort Ogle thorpe, Ga. , "Neal W. Workmen of Newberry, South Carolina, stood examination of reserve corps and admission to train- j Ing camp, <JOiumDia, soutn uaroima, May 3, passing practically perfect ex amination. Capt. Graham informed him -that he would be accepted. On May 8, T^ired you urging his accept ance. On May 9, Workman's personal referenc^j-eturned to him indorsed, 'recommendations returned herewith as you were not accepted for training j camp.' Signed. J. M. Graham. Capt. j of Inf. Dol. Hit. Others whose ap plications filed same day that Work mail's dui recommenuaucms simaany returned have since been accepted. I can not understand discrimination as to Workman. He is over 30 years of age, has several years military train ing and will make a Class A officer, vastly better qualified than some ad mitted to my personal knowledge. Please investigate the matter fully and wire me. ffovernment rate co' lect. if Workman's application ever received at headquarters and the cause of rejection. If iny possible chance to admit him to camp at this time will personally appreciate your efforts. "Fred H. Dominick, "Member of Congress.*' \o Record at Fort Oglethorpe. "Training Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, ua., May it>, ryiv. *Fred H. Dominiek, Washington, D. C. "Xo record Xeal Workman's appli ..*tirvn here. Refer you to Capt. Graham. "Col. Slocum." Explanation Son^ht Fr*ni Graham. "Capt. J. M. Graham. Columbia. S. C. "Yesterday T wired Col. Herbert J. Slocum. Fort Oglethorpe. Ga., as fol lows: 'Xeal W. Workman of New berry, S. C., stood examination of re serve corps and admission to training camp. Columbia. S. C., May 3. passing practically perfect examination. Capt. tjranam lmoniieu nun mat ne wuum be accepted. On May 8, I wired you urging his acceptance. On May 8 Workman's personal references re turned to him indorsed "Recommen dations returned herwith as you were not accented for training camp. Sign ed, J. M. Graham. Capt. of Inf. Dol. Hit." Others whose applications filed same day as Workman's, but recom mendations similarly returned, have since been accepted. I can not under stand discrimination as to workman. H-e is over 30 years of age, has sever al years military training, and will make Class A officer, vastly better qualified than some admitted to my personal knowledge. Please investi gate matter fully and wire me, gov ernment rate collect, if Worman's ap plication ever received at headquar lers ana mt? cause ui icjwuuu. n any possible chance to admit him to camp at this time will personally ap preciate your efforts.' He replied this morning: 'No record Jseal Workman's application here. Refer you to Capt. &raham. Signed, Col. Slocum.' Kind ly wire me at Washington, govern ment rate collect, information in re gard to Workman's application. "Fred H. Dominick, "Member of Congress." An Explanation Urged. "Washington, May 16, 1917. "Capt. J. M. Graham, Columbia, S, C. "I wired you tnis morning in ref erence to Workman appointment. Have received no reply. Have heard of probable vacancy from South Car olina contingent at Fort Oglethorpe. Is it not possible to have !>Vbrkman j designated? r rt;u xi. "Member of Congress.'' (iraliam Finds >'o Kecord. "Columbia, May 16, 1917. '"Congressman Fred H. Dominick, Washington, D. C. "Reference your wire this* morning, cause of rejection of Neal Workman for training camp is not of record. "J. M. Graham." Graham Stands Pat "Columbia, S. C., May 17, 1917. "Congressman Fred H. Dominick, Washinton, D. C. "Reference your second wire yester day cause of rejection of Workman is I not of record. My power to recom mend ceased May 7. '*J. M. Graham." Graham frowded for Rfia&Om. "Washington, D. C., May 17, 1917. | ,4Capt. J. M- Graham, Columbia, S. C.; "Your wire in reference to Work- j man in which you say that cause of j rejection to training camp is not of ! record. Will you please advise me1 immediately where this record is and. whether or not such record does not' show cause of rejection. I am sufe-j mitting this entire matter to tne aa-j jutant general of the army, having already taken it up with him person-j ally and informally; and I want this! information. I want to l:now cause j of reaction, whether it iu of record j or not. "Fred PL Dominick, "Member of Congress." Dominick Calls on Sloerai. "Washington, D. C., May 17, 1917. "TaI TTor>wart T fllnr?iim. Fnrt flglp. thorpe, Ga. "Referring to Workman matter of' which I wired you on the loth, and; your reply on the 16th, I have wired1 Capt. Graham, Columbia, South Caro lina. He wired me that cause of re-1 jection of Neal Workman is not of record. Workman's application was filed in. proper form and passed prac-( i/iollv nnrfnrf r-.Vvi7cir>?> 1 -v a m i riM" rvn T tAVUilJ pVi *V\. b Q?VM? . notice by South Carolina papers that additional names are being called; from South Carolina. Please have1 status of Workman's application in-i vestigated by wire and admit him if possible. I hope that I shall be spared the delay incident to taking this matter up formally with the war; department. I have discussed it in-! formally with the adjutant general, j v "Fred H. Dominick, "Member of Congress.'7 Col. Slocum Knows Nothing. "Training Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., May 17, 1917. "Hon. Fred H. Dominick, Member Congress, 'Washington, D. C. "Acknowledge your telegram, May 17, reference Workman matter. There! is no record hereof (Workman's appli-l cation having been 1 eceived nor can it be found here. This may possibly] explain why he was not called. No to vrvn tatinp- ttop up in any way you may desire with th? war department. "Slocum, "Commanding." f apt..Graham Closes Issue. "Columbia, S. C., May 17, 1917. "Congressman Fred H. DominicK, Washington, D. C. "It is regretted that no further In formation regarding Workman can be' furnished you. "J. M. Graham." As Laid Before Department, "Hon, Henry P. McCain, the Adju-, tant: General. Washington. D. C. My! Dear General: I am handing you' herewith the record in the case of Neal W. 'Workman, who has made applica tion for admission to the training ( ! camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., on the I 30th of May, 1911 i "I understand that in South Caro-, ! lina there were several examination' | stations where applications might be' made directly to the examining offi I CCrS lur clUlJllSdiUil tu liic uajiiiii.^ j camp at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga., three of these being at Columbia, Green wood and Clemson college. Mr. Work man's application was made, and filed with Capt. .T. M. Graham, at Columbia, and he states to me that Capt. Grah am recommended him or said that he would recommend him. i "It will be discovered from the tele-! grams that Capt. Graham does not. deny the fact that he informed Mr. i Workman, at the time of the examina-j tion, that his application would be j accepted. "Col. Slocum's telegrams to me show that -there is no record at the camp of Mr. Workman's application being received nor can it be found at the camp. "Capt. Graham fails or refuses to | I give any luiuimauuu iu rega.ru iu cue status of the application of Mr. Work-j man in so far as he is concerned, as is shown by his replies to my telegrams, j "I would respectfully request from! the department information as to why, Mr. Workman's application was not: forwarded, by Capt. Graham to Fort! Oglethorpe, Ga., in regular course a3| | were tne applications 01 omer appn | cants filed and examined on the same day; and also, at the same time, the' ' cause of his rejection, if any, wheth-j er it is a matter of record or not. I would like to know also the status! and whereabouts of his application1 and the record of his examination at! the present time, and why his recom-| mendations were returned to him and! not filea along with his application1 ! with the commanding official, Col. Herbert J. Slocum, of Fort Ogle thorpe, Ga. "If there is any possible chance of( j JMr. 'Workman's admission to tne; training camp at this time, I wcaMj respectfully ask that proper ordcTo be issued. "Jt seems to me that this is a mat ter of importance, and I respectfully request a full investigation and se rious consideration, which its im portance deserves. ''Thanking you in advance and with kindest personal regards, I am, yery respectfully, "Fred H. Dominick." , ' ! I 4 ( APT. GRAHAM GIYE8 REASONS [ 1 OF WORKMAN FAILURE i Washington, May 26.?Representa- j r tive Krea H. Dominick of the Third [ 5 district has at last smoked out Capt.; J (jianam oi Columbia on the reasons j z why Neal Workman of Newberry, Mr. | i Dominick's iaw partner, was rejected I 1 for admission to the Fort Oglethorpe t training camp. Capt. Graham tele- * graphed Mr. Dominick that lie had no i record of the reason he was rejected < and when pressed for a further ex-, < planation he replied that he "was < sorry he could give no further infor- < mation." Then Mr. Dominick asked * the adjutant general of the army to I i conduct an investigation, which he i did, and when he got red hot on the1 < trail of the case, Gen. Wood's office I at Charleston asked Graham for an t immediate explanation. The letter of < the adiutant general savins that f "Workman was rejected for a physical l disability follows in part: * "The commanding general, south eastern department, was called on to ? make a special investigation and fur- \ nish a report by wire. The report has t been received and shows that Capt.| j Graham did not forward the exami- 1 nation record of Mr. Workman to Fort j Oglethorpe because of physical <disa-| bility. This is the reason why he J t was rejected. These papers are now j j at the headquarters, southeastern de-J j. partment, Charleston. j t "Mr. Workman is reported to weigh' g 155 pounds, with a height of only ? five feet eight inches and with a high c jttlse of 116." WATSOX SURYEY BRINGS GLOOM f ! Situation Serious, Both as to Supplies , of Essential Commodities on Hand i and As to Prices. ! ? Charleston American. Columbia, May 24.?An exhaustive ( survey of the food and reed conditions * in South Carolina, just completed by ] the department of agriculture, com- 1 merce and industries, made at the re-! <3uest of Gov. Manning, shows that * the situation is serious, both as to t supplies of essential commodities on ' hand and as to price. . 1 The survey represents an immense ^ amount of work by the department, 1 which was directly under the super-; vision of Commissioner E. J. Watson, j] and it is complete in every detail, j An alarming proportion of ;he stores examined reported no stock at i all of some of the most essential com-! modities, such as* corn, oats and mix- i \ ed feed. Twenty-five per cent, of the \ wheat acreage has been abandoned, ! , leaving only 17S.OOO acres to be har- \ vested, with a prospective yield of < 1,819,000 bushels, against 2.226,000 in, 1916. The stock on farms is exhaust- < ed. I i On March 1 the stock of corn on ] farms in the State was 13,100,000 j bushels, as against 17,904,000 at trie same date in 1916. At the same date, i of the home crop- of oats still on the ] farms, there were only 900,000 bush- j els, against 1,496,000 bushels the pre ceding year at the same date. The ] acreage in early cabbages is 4.100, ] ~ O OAA ??% 1A1 ^ nnlv > 5,505 tons of cotton seed remaining in] the hands of the cotton seed oil mills.: , Dring the year so far about a quar- ] ter of a million bushels were crushed. ] The oats crop this year will pertiaps j be the shortest in several years. , ] There is a total of about 54,000 tons of hay of last season's growth still on the farms. The reports from the trucking dis-! tricts on the coast are encouraging, \ though most of this food is shipped out of the State. About 500,000 bar-' rels of Irish potatoes will shortly be harvested in the Charleston district alone. In this district about 20,000. acres are planted to vegetables of tlie! various kinds. ! Gardens have been planted in this State this year as never before. What th< Surrey Shows. ''This survey merely brings out' facts to substantiate the general con-! ditions as to food and feed in the| State that this department has been for years pointing out and pleading with the people to cure. It shows our absolute dependence for food^ and feeds on the West and uninterrupted transportation from that section. It shows that we have for years not even been trying to feed ourselves and our animals, but have been buy ing food and feed in order to devote almost exclusive attention to cotton," says Col. Watson. "From a careful study of the re sults of the survej the following con-1 elusions seem inevitable: "1. That the commercial business j of the State in foods and feeds is; lareelv a hand-to-mouth business,; particularly in the cities; that stock j nn hand sufficient to last longer than! three weeks is rarely carried; that, contract purchases ahead are the ex-! ception rather than the rule; that in' the case of ordinary small groceries in cities stock sufficient to last for only a few days ahead is carried. "2. That stock on hand of all the ~ ^~ nf fnnrl and fppri nt Ullld UUllilUVUlW&VU \JM. *.V/VV? ?v ^ the time of the survey were not far j . below the normal amount carried at', this season of the year, except in the j 1 case of cured meats, particularly ba-! \ con, the supply of which is very: " short. ! t "3. That practically all of the, stocks, save about one-half of 1.0 per'j. cent, of all commodities, are imported,! . and. if transportation were interrupt-! ed the urban population would in a! g few days be practically helpless for g food and feed. ^ "4. That there is an alarming pro portion of the stores examined re-}^. porting no stock at all of some of the ! c most essential commodities, such as *" corn, oats and mixed feeds. . "~ TKof tVia i-vfirio citiiatinn ic mrtsf serious, being on some essential arti cles more than doubled as compared! to a year ago, on others very nearly doubled, and on a few most materially increased. In fact the cost of living in the towns and cities is almost dou bled and this is true of man and beast, as shown by the range of wholesale prices prevailing. This is not due to any action on the part of South Caron ina merchants, but is a conditon ivith its causes back in the principal narkets when the stock is bought. / rhat this increased cost of living is striking hard the wage earner of all tinds, the city and town salaried man ind about To per cent, of the farm ng population, in many instances Droduciner the condition of SDendinsr .he wage and salary before it is earn- j 3d and producing a condition that leither wage earner nor merchant :-an stand long, for there is as yet no corresponding or, in fact, any kind )f increase, generally, either in wages )r salaries; that this situation falls icutely upon the back of the 300,000 lrban population, particularly the 31, $45 people and their families employ ?d in the industries, including the >3.039 employes in the textiles and :heir families; that the condition is )ne that can only be relieved by some federal control of prices, and is one prevailing to such an extent that such iction should not be delayed. "6. That the facts produced are such as< to impress upon farmers, jankers and every other interest in ;his State the crying necessity for naming every acre possiDie 10 some sind of food or feed crop, even at this ate hour. *'7. That the amounts sent out of he State as presented herein for oods and feeds should awaken eve^y ;c*-u.x\ I r? uu u_LO.x\rjD luauo 1AJI pi a. 11 liii^ } o the uneconomic system that has jrown up in the State, and make him m active agent for the curing of the condition, if only for self interest. "The department has gone perhaps nore exhaustively into this investigat ion than you contemplated, or desir ;d, bu? taking the view that it was jest to ascertain the exact situation ts nearly as possible, much time and :nergy has been devoted to the work. "The individual reports, which were confidential in nature, are on file in his office, but should you desire them [ will be glad to file them as part of his report. "I believe that if the people of the State could understand thoroughly ;he conditons revealed by this sur rey, they would speedily undertake to iieir utmost such measures as would :ead to the putting, of the State on a iounder economic ^asis." BANNING NAMES STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE Charleston American. Columbia, May 24.?Gov. Manning :onight announced the appointment of :lie State council of defense, which will act for South Carolina in the na :ion-wide plans of the council of na ;ional defense. r 11 V* /\ O f ^ A ? All i n /~t A YV1 T\ n rt/3 A f i lie otaic u juinii is tumpuscu ui 24 members, of whom three, Messrs. Richards, Buckingham and Klettner, Delong to the reform faction. Follow ng is the council: D. R. Coker, chairman, Hartsville; W. M. Riggs, Clemson College; Miss 5. E. ^TcClintock, Otto Klettner, New jerry; J. E. Sirrine, Col. E. M. Blythe, I. W. Wassum, Greenville; William Elliott, Christie Benet, William Banks. Robert McDougall, John H. Reynolds, Columbia; Robert Lathan, J. Ross Hanahan, Charleston; A. F. McKis sick, Greenwood; John G. Richards. Liberty Hill; Eugene R. Buckingham. E'llenton; Horace L. Tilghman, Mar- < ion; John T. Stevens, Kershaw; Dr. F\ H. McLeod, Flox^ence; Rev. John E. White, Anderson; Bright Williamson, r\o rlinnrf aw ilVS'lliorM rin^frnv PVl O L/ai f i?i iiixaiu vjuuii , vuv -aw; Robert G. Hall. Abbeville. The governor tonight received a !eter from the militia bureau at Washi ngton discouraging the creation of idditional National Guard units until :hose in existence are recruited to *u 11 war strength, and stating .that 'the patriotic impulse to take advan-. ;ake of the full authority given by: :he law in attempts to raise new :roops constitutes somewhat of an mibarrassment for the reason that ;he units already in existence must irst be raised to maximuhi strength tnd there must be reserve battalions n orderto constitute the maintenance )f such organizations at effective " A?rl "in At* + A >*AAA1TTA 'ederal recognition any new units nust first be brought to the peace strength authorized for the regular irmy there must be adequate armory ind storage facilities, and the element >f permanency of location of the per sonnel.'' The letter, however, bears date )rior to publication of the press dis patches in regard to an additional -egiment for this State, and "the full luthority given by the law to raise lew troops" is specifically mentioned. BRAZIL TO LI>E FP WITH AMERICA Rio de Janeiro. May 24.?Brazil is apidly approaching a decision to the ittitude of the United States in the var. Only a few remaining steps leed to be taken for completion. Following the ?tand taken by Pres dent Braz and Foreign Minister Pe :anha, the congressional committee oday agreed that Brazil should align tself with the great northern repub ic. This adhesion, it was specifically jointed out, applies to the United | States only and must not be consid-j sred as approval of the program of Vi a Tn r-/-\r\ao -n ollioc The assumption of such a sianl has >een forecasted for the past two or hree days, not only in the utterances >f government officials. tmt also in irticles appearing in the mos: repre entative newspapers of the coantrv. Brazil's attitude is to be pitched up >n the same lofty plane as outlined >y President Wilson for the United Jtates. The foreign office today following he action of the congressional com nittee, sent telegrams to the chancel-J eries of the other South American epublics, explaining to them just i'hat this stand with the United >tates means. THE HERALD AND NEWS ONE 'EAR FOR ONLY $1.50. Bay ft liberty Bftkd We can can all of our surplus ! truits and vegetables this season,' prices are going to increase. THE HERALD AND NEWS ONE YEAR FOR *1.50. Better Farmin FOOD AS WELL A THE NA' South May Be Face to Face With I Is Not Grown by Farmers?Home Is Position o1 From the Farm In time of war the interests of the army come first Regular commerce must give way to troop trains, ammu nitions and army freight in general. At such times the wants of people can not be readily supplied. Forethinking people will, therefore, prepare against it. The Southern farmer is facing this ituation. What ought he to do? Railroads have been hauling mil lions of dollars' worth of food prod ucts to th? South each year. Recently there have been occasional "famines" in some of these articles because of the inability of the railroads to haul all they were offered. In fact, serious situations have been narrowly averted. What then might be the result of a car shortage more acute than has ever been experienced? How would Southern cities be fed? Where would the Southern farmer who raises only cotton, get food? Grave possibilities are, therefore, confronted. They are probabilities if immediate steps are not taken. jrsow can sucn a disaster De lore stalled? Only by the Southern farm er growing foodstuffs as well as cot ton. He can do it. It- is his duty to do it. It is his patriotic service. In doing this piece of work he will be one of the most useful units in the army of defense. At this time it is as important for the Southern farmer to enlist to pro duce food crops as it is for the young men of the South to enlist as soldiers. It will be easy to get men for the army. It should be easy to get men to raise farm crops. Let Southern farmers rally to the call. Let them become Home Guards by producing this sum mer such crops as oorn, cowpeas, sweet potatoes, beans, sorghum, pea nuts, soy beans, velvet beans and such garden crops as tomatoes, turnips, cabbage, onions, Irish potatoes ? by raising hogs, poultry ? by producing eggs, milk, butter ? by preserving berries, fruits, vegetables ? and do all this not only fc>r themselves, but produce enough to have some to sell. Efficiency and maximum crops are what the national leaders are calling for. This means making every lick aount to the utmost. It means good its cost WOili 1 Chew it after A A good cow is a most valuable as set to any farm. Are you doing any thing towards .making yours a better producer? | "Bay a Liberty Loan Bond Today.* ig in the South S COTTON HON ASKS OF DIXIE Disaster If Food As Wei! As Cotton Guards of Defense In Great Army, f the Farmer. i i Service Bureau. preparation, liberal fertilization, thoi* ough cultivation, and crop consent tion. Emergency Crops As a guide in meeting the crisis, which is now confronting the South, the Farm Service Bureau suggests the following, which of course, must be modified to suit local conditions: Those crops which can be used for food for man or beast, and which can be planted at once should be given im mediate attention. The acreage oj cotton per plow may be maintained, and all possible efforts should be put forth to increase the yield. Lint will bring a good price, and seed will prove valuable because of their oil. On & 25-acre tract, in ten or eleven acres) of cotton may be eiven each nlow. and! it is recommended that seven or acres be given to corn in whi should be planted peas, soy beans o velvet beans. The corn can be har vested, and the beans or peas given over to pasture or gathered for feed. At least two acres should be given to soy beans or cowpeas and sorghum for Lie*j uuc avic ivi 5ia^iu5| vug for sorghum syrup; one acre for sweet potatoes, and one for different kinds of vegetables. This will give a total of 25 acres, and represents only the crops for summer planting. Winter grains may be seeded immediately af ter some of these are harvested. Everything bearing upon large yields should be given emphasis. The land should be thoroughly prepared ; the best, known varieties used! th? right kind and liberal amounts of fer tilizer applied, and thorough cultivar tion given. This is of special importance over much of the South where the soils are lacking in soluble plant foods. Not less than 400 to 600 pounds of fertil izer should be used per acre on the crops suggested. On account of the car shortage and the farmers' inability to secure ample fertilizer to put under their crops at the time the land was being prepared, it Is recommendd that a liberal side application of fertilizer be used on all crops already planted. Increase of crop yields will come with increase in quan tity of fertilizer used. every meal