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lever on food control. South Carolina ' onsri^sman Tell* >Vnj KfU'ca! Lei9>;i.t!i?jc is Nece>>ar}. The following statement of the scope and general purposes of the Lever bill for food control is from Congressman Lever's speech in the House of Representatives opening de bate on this measure: Mr. Chairman, whether tne country realizes it or not, we are now engag ed in war with the most thoroughly organized and autocratic military na tion on the face of the earth. Her people are the most stubborn in thought, tenacious in purpose, re sourceful in methods ana lor genera tions have been schooled and trained with the one predominant thought of world dominance tnrougn indus trial and military provess. Their in dustries have been organized down to the minutest detail to fit into the military machine which is recognized to be the most efficient and capable and powerful ever brought together since the beginning of time. t>><x hptween German au tocracy and American democracy .will be determined in the end by the characterization and strength of the organization, which one can put against the other. A loose-jointed, unorganized democracy has no ghost of a chance in a contest with such ^an autocracy as is Germany. Organ ization is the only weapon with which organizations can be overcome. ? ? I? *-Ykr\ (fArm ic 11CO/4 VlCkTP 1/rgiUllXttllUU, as LUC ici ixi jo uuvu uv< v| means not only whipping into shape the man power of the nation, the money power of the nation, but as well every resource of tne nation which ipay be used in the contest. That a democracy can be organized has been demonstrated repeatedly in history. It is being demonstrated in a remarkable way at this very time in this country. In the short space of a few months the foundation of a great army has feeen laid, the expenditure of $7,000, ?00,000 has been authorized and the machinery for the mobilization of this stupendous sum is well under way. The enthusiastic reception by the American people of the liberty bonds, largely over-subscribing them, is the best test of, their willingness to get together as one in the prosecution of the task before them: order is being WOrKCQ OUl <JI CUdUb iu uic industry of the country; the railroads are rapidly developing plans to meet the strain upon them incident to the enlarged .\nd rather disorganised com merce of the nation; the federal re serve system, with its power to as 6emxjl_ <1.iefc.lv and at strategic points the financial resources of the nation, fortunai iy is already well-established and in oA _.c-?5on; oar munition facto ries arc highly ef&cient and our navy yards are, capable and ready. Indispensable as are these, they do not include all that is needed to win this war. Germany was ready with her great array, l?er navy, her industrial ma chinery, her State-controlled snip ping, her state-controlled transporta tion facilities, her closely coordinated banking system, her navy yards, her great Krupp's establishments and her warlike attitude of mind. All these she had, but within five days arter tke mobilization of her army on the French front her food and fuel be came a matter also of tne most rigid State control. In the light of events it is easy to understand the German Govern ment's solicitude in the past for ag "Kie-Yie-Yie! Get Ma 'fiefs-It1 Quick!" hv vivaw ^ 2 Drops Make Corn "Fall" Off! Tve joined the Never-Again Club. Never again will I use anything for corns but 'Gets-It.' Put 2 drops of 'Gets-It' on. and from that sec ond the corn begins to shrivel. ?0hf Don't Touch It! It's So Sore!" t:,? -?nH ft Will \<>vpr Be Sore! instead of swelling- up like a little white sponge. Then it loosens from your toe?-and. glory hallelujah! the corn comes off as though you'd take a glove off your hand!" Yes. "Gets-It" is the corn discov ery of the age. More "Gets-It" is sold by many times than any other corn remedy in existence. Try it and you'll know the reason why. It takes two seconds to aoply it. and it dries at once. That's all. Don't experiment?follow the experience' Of millions and use "Gets-It." "Gets-It" is sold everywhere, 25c a bottle, or sent on receipt of price by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, 111. world s best corn remedy by P. aiiii W. G. Aiayes. jptreurmooaj pire ?iJ8q^ex uj Piog riculture. She realized, as we mui j be made to realize, that the Nape leonic axiom that armies fight o j their bellies was true when utterec ; and is even more t:ue now. riungr ! armies do not win victories. Me; tiIia fi<rh+ must lap fprf Thnsp whi send their loved ones into the rank must likewise be fed. The suprem duty as well as the supreme necessit; of this hour is to feed our fight in; I j forces, the fighting forces of our al , lies, and adequately to provide neces ' saries at living prices for our owi I people and, as largely as we can, th' j civilian population of our allies. Agriculture becomes today the on I industry more important than al others. The American farmer neve occupied such a position of responsi bility. I do not doubt how he will mee it. It was the embattered farmer a Lexington that set the flames of revo lution and liberty going. (Applause. It \tes the heroic farmer ai King Ttf/tnntain fhat assured fhesft libertie we now enjoy, and for the preserva tion of which we are now fighting The American farmer today is no les a patriot, no less e-qual to the di3 charge of his responsibilities placei upon him than were his forebears a Lexington and Kings Mountain. H can and will furnish all food neces cary in this conflict. It is ou duty to see that those for whon tie worKs snau noi ue guugeu aa; robbed t>y heartless and unpatriotic intermediaries; it is our duty t< see that the results of his patriotic efforts shall not be made the foot ball of the gambler, the manipulator j the hoarder, the unconscionable foo( I speculator and cormorant. It is equal j ly our duty to see that the product : of his labor shall r?acn tne consume { without the waste necessarily inciden j to an uncontrolled and unorganizei | system of distribution. (Applause.) That some kind or food and fue control is necessary to their most effi ! cient mobilization is imperative thoughtful men every* here recog nize. 1 T ?iirvAm DTlt T*Q fl 1 iniUCUlftlPlJ UpUii WU\/ VAAV4 VWVV V I the United States into the war tin Secretary of Agriculture called a con ! ference at St. Louis of the agricultu j ral leaders of the nation, including the State agricultural officials, com I missioners, representatives of the ag ! ricultural colleges of each of th< ; States and representatives of mon than a hundred farm journals, witl a total circulation aggregating ap proximately 11,000,000. Later th< Secretary realizing ^he special impor tance of ascertaining the views of tbi executive heads of the great nationa ; farm organizations, invited them t< confer with him. There were repre sented the Grange, the Farmers' Un ion, the Gleaners am the Farmers i National Congress, i-ater tne Amer ican Society of Equity appeared be i fore the house commfttee on agrl ' culture. In general these agricultura ; leaders endorsed the proposals con : tained in the food products bill, whicl has already passed both houses o Congress, and the proposition con t tained in the bill which I now presen | for your consideration. The bill deals with foods, fuel an; j articles required for their production j It aims to facilitate and clear th< ] channels of distribution; to preven hnarriina:* to Drevent wilful destruc tion of necessaries in,order to enhance the price or restrict the supply there of; to eliminate injurious speculation to regulate exchanges and lx>ards o trade in order to prohibit undue flue tuation of prices, unjust market ma nipulation or unfair or misleadm; market quotations; to reduce wast market manipulator, the gambler, th completely to pronmit tne use or ce rca's in the manufacture of alcohol! | beverages, and to stimulate produc i tion by assuring the farmer a reason ! able profit guaranteed by me govern nient. and a iree and open market to his products, unrestricted by manlpu la t ion and uncontrolled by gamblini operations. (Applause.) We intern in this bill-to drive from .the estab listed agencies of distribution th Shy lock of commerce who would rol ipan who buys as cheaply as he ca: and sells as dearly as he may, th L-*J 1 1- ~ c il*ll TWml/l r<Y / kill > 1WK UL LWllllilCl nil wum i . the widow and the orphan or file) the pennies fromt the blind man upoi the street corner' with as much com , placency and unconcern as he wouli I evidence in ordering a meal at ; down-town restaurant. (Applause.) 1 shall not undertake to discuss th ! constitutionality of the bill. A ver; j thorough and able brief has been file' ' with the committee, with full cita | tions of the decisions of the Suprem ; Court, which, from a casual readin. j at the hands of a layman, seems t ! me to sustain the constitutionality o rhr? bill. I am going to rely for th presentation of that phase of the sub j ject upon my colleague up the com ; mittee, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr Overmyer), and my other colleague01 : the committee, the very distinguishes lawyer and able and growing younj statesman, the gentleman from Min } it ncsotn (Mr. Anderson), whose services >-jin the preparation of this bill have n been absolutely invaluable.- (Ap 1, plause.) y j The measure we propose is a war "1 : moocnro nurd ami cimr??P firtfi IS 0 predicated upon the idea of providing s for the national security and defense e by encouraging the production, con y, serving the supply and controlling ? the distribution of food products and - fuel, both for the uses of ourselves - and our allies. These are the ends 1 sought. ? . ? ? i -??_ i i . ? ? in attaining mese, -nr. uiiuiiuau, the bill establishes a governmental control of necessaries, which shall be j exercised and administrede by the President through voluntary arrange ! ment or agreement and in cooperation . with any agency or person. This is the most far-reaching and important provision of the bill, and upon it we confidently Tely for that sane and ade ' quale control necessary to the stabili zation of prices and for the satisfac -! tory and orderly distribution of ne ' cessaries. The administrative direct s ive authority is here conferred, with -! out which any real solution of the i; problem of food and fuel control is t impossible, and without which control e the same cha'js and confusion and - i waste and lost motion and manlpu i r j lation and sky-rocketing prices of a' the past few months will only be ex i aggerated and increased, both for our c selves and for those for whom we 5 fight. c j The power is conferred upon the - ^ president to require the fullest pub licity of the methods and practices of I, persons engaged in the importation, -.exportation, manufacture, storage or 3: distribution of necessaries as defined i ?I in this bill, by requiring such persons * . > " -- I 3 j 10 XIOICI 3.11 Uill tS VUiiCU, uiu)u0|^uuvu i license from the President to do busl J ness, and such buisness must be done 1 j under such methods as will provide - j for the highest efficiency in manufac e ture and the most equitable meth -, ods of distribution. The authority is j also conferred upon the President to j fix in lieu of any rate, charge or prac 3! tice of any license that is unjust or .| unreasonable or discriminatory, and . I unfair or wasteful, a rate which is j JUSL, TtXlSUiiclUiC, liuii'uiovi liujiiuiui j f I and fair o, economical. | Under this power we propose that j those who furnish the machinery j which links up the producer and the : consumer shall stand always during ! this war emergency in the full iight ! of publicity, upon the theofy that j darkness is the haven of the criminal arid his death. I am happy to I j believe that the great overwhelming 3: majority of the business men of this. _! country engaged in distribution of ne _ cessaries are not unwilling to allow ,?1 the light to be thrown upon their ! dealings, because I know that thev .; are as patriotic as any class of citl _! zens that we have. More than this, j|! am confident that the larger per _ cent of these men actually desire some ^! such regulation as here proposed as f' a protection to themselves against the _ I crooks found in every particular line II of business?that small fraction to be J found in every occupation. i Pa Knew. I "Pa." said little Willie Green, "wnat j is a sense of humor?" ] "A sense of humor, my son," re "jsponded Pa Green, "is that whicli ej makes you laugh when a tiling hap " j pens to make some one else, that '! would make you mad if it happened to fj you."?New York Herald. Airs. J. A. v_ox, oiAi derson, \V. Va., writes: "My daughter . . . suf fered terribly. She could not turn in bed ... the doctors gave her up, and. we brought her home to die. She had suffered so much at. .. time. Hav ing heard of Cardui, we got it for her." The Woman's Tonic "In a few days, she be gan to improve," Mrs. Ccx continues, "and had no trouble at.> . Cardui curcd her, and we sing its praises everywhere." We receive many thou sands of 'similar letters every year, tolling of the goodCardui has done for women who suffer fro.:i complaints so common to their sex. It should do you good, too. Try Cardui. E-77 WILL1AMST0N MAN HAI) NEARLY GIVEN IP HOI* McClelkin Tells of Very Hard Yea He Spent. ( 01 LD VT GO AT ALL. Is Back on Pay RolU Now and Work in? Steadily?Gives Detail. "I suffered from a very weak con dition and what I was told was threatened paralysis, but I took sever or eight bottles of Tanlace and I n in fine shape now;" declared J. L. Mc Clellan, of Williamston, S C., in s statement he save in endorsement o: , Tanlac. "I had becomc so v/eak J - couM not get about at all and for a I year I was in that condition. I hac no appetite, never felt well and goi ; no better to amount 1:0 anything evei 1 though I was under treatment, and 1 | had begun to think I never would gei back in good shape. I c 'But the Tanlac gave me fine re j suits and I'm much stronger nowanc j I'm working regularly at night, i j have a very fine appetite, too. S001 ! after I began taking Tanlac I begai to fatten up right along. I am giat to recommend Tanlac, for it got in< back on my feet and proved to b< ; just the medicine I needed." Tanlac, the master medicine is sol< by: Gilder & Y/oekn, Xewberry, S. C. Dr. W. 0. Holloway, Chappells, S. C. Little Mountain Drug Co., Littl< Mountain, S. C., The Setzler Company Pomaria, S. C., Prosperity Drug Co. Prosperity, S. C., Whitmire Pharm | acy, Whitmire, S. C.?Adv. SEE STRANGE SIGHTS IN AIR i v /i T?ol Ixoiasoirr", n# t;., revpie iruucss x><*? of Fire In Heayens?Strange Ap paration Was Followed by An Explosion and the Light Dis appeared. Goldsboro, N. C., June 22.?Golds boro citizens are very much wroughi CjA> i- ' HP|L - ZZ-JuJ-rrt BLACK K^W <3 I HE stre Tread from JV Six Fleei cars, daily write roaas in six wia< Sand, rock and gri freak of climate: ; Goodrich Tires thr miles of roughing ii The answer of tl test of the Test answer told in 30! weekly?is: The ONE founda resilient fabric tire THE B. F. Maker which Goodrich' sively d | up at present over the "air scare" J now prevalent here as -a result or i l j "strange sights'' different persons, r i have reported viewing in me skies,' i during the past few lliights. Last' t 1 night there was a smal. panic among c citizens, some of whom, preparing to i retire for the night. issued from: their homes clad only in their night, clothes, while others witnessed one' of the strangest sights ever seen In' the skies in the history of Goldsboro,j so it is alleged by .old inhabitants M .{ About 10 o'clock the heavens In J the northeast appeared suddenly to c! become a huge ball of fire and people [ i sitting on their porches at the time t i claim they could have easily read a1 j1 newspaper from the reflection cast upon the earth, this effect lasting for , i about 10 seconds, when as suddenly [. as it was seen to appear the appar t ent ball of fire began to descend to ward the earth and just before the light disappeared there was a loud' j j sharp report as though there had ^ j been an explosion in the clouds a few 2 i miles away and at this juncture the light disappeared altogether. I Ine explosion referred to wasj 3 heard all over the city and many peo- J pie here have formed the opinion that aeroplane have been flying over tfie city at night, some believing them to be enemy craft, and that the sirange light seen here last night was a re sult of searchlights Sa^eG down upon the city by some one of the m;j/>Viir>PQ SUimA TW?t"?nlA whrt xrlt. - j nessed the scene believe that the ap-11 pearance of the strange ball of fire followed by the apparent explosion was the result of an accident which ] j must have befallen the machine whicn j was flashing its searchlight and that j < it landed somewhere near Goldsboro, (< either badly damaged ' or a total I < wreck. Many citizens claim today that re cently they have seen black objects the tail of which had a dull red ap- 1 Wfeir A Written ? ^ it ingth and durability of Goodricl Tires are ground into the roads lain to California. fcs of Goodrich Test Cais, heavy the truth about Goodrich Tires sly different regions of our countr avel, anr? every MOLD, TTNBR are testing out Goodrich has ch ough millions of amongst tire mai t. tion of lasting,; give you lasting s is the UNIT ' value service. GOODRICH CO., Akron, C of the famous Silvertown Cord Tires won the 1L916 Racing Championship lis nation-wide Car Fleets?an 0,000 tire miles This is the TE: of Goodrich ElacI the* TESTED 1 of America. THEM. They in tfa,&*'Z,o7iy Rizj Tires are s in Newber pearance circle over the city be tween different hours of the night, while the appearance of last night's 'aircraft scene" has set the whole :own to talking and today ail Kinds >f rumors are rife. k'OUNG WOMAN CAUGHT WHEN CAR OVERTURNS nv win DAvn BHinCF V J JiliiiJ 1-Vf.ll/ WAi Columbia Record, 24th. Caught underneath an overturned lutomobile, five miles from Lex ngton on the Augusta road, Miss Margie Phillips of Hartwell, Ga., was esterday afternoon rescued by her >ister, Miss Grace Phillips, who es caped uninjured when the car skid led and turned turtle into a mill pond, rhe former Miss Phillips was brought .0 a local hospital, "where it was stat ed last night that she is resting very ivell, her chief injury being a dislo :ated collar bone. eacher at Newberry. With her sis Miss Grace Phillips is a school ter she was en route to her home at Hartwell when the accident occurred. The mishap took place shortly after 5 o'clock. It is likely that the two young women will resume their jour* neyv after two or three days. StancHngr by the Parson. Preacher: "Let every one in the congregation whd desires to go to the Better Land stand up." Almost everybody arose. Preacher: "Now let everyone who wants to go to the other place stand up." No one arose: After a minute or two a man in the JclUiv SCCcH, gui up auu actiu.. "I don't particularly want to go to :he other place, but I am willing to stand up rather than let the minister jo there alone."?Christian Advocate. THE HERALD AND NEWS ONE FEAR FOR ONLY $1.50. -.cross S ; ot our nation cars and light ; on the worst y. OKEN CURE, ampioned alone :ers. STED TRUTH z Safety Treads, IRES | i Where You See This Sign 5aj Goodrich Tires are Stocked B old exclu ry 1UVYCI