Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TKE PEOPLE CONSTITUTE j THE G0VR3MENT WITH US' I Charleston American. It was rather a presumption; meeting held in Columbia Tuesday by j the so-called Stae Council of Defense, j It undertook to lecture those who * <- n-ifVi tVio r\rvlifiido /if tho Udl C (1/ UHi^i ?? 1111 tlig pVUVlVk? VI biUL V administration, and to denounce the^ as disloyal to the government of the "United States. These enlightened statesmen, consisting of such hlgal>rows as Mannings, seem to confuse the "administration" of government with the government itself. No doubt Governor Manning believes that he is the government, and not merely the governor of South Carolina. Fortunately he will become an ex-governor next year, but the government will go on forever. As to Mr. Co'Ker and tne otner indignant patriots who are about to start a campaign of education for war. they too, while all estimable and honorable men, are identified with the national administration, but are not, after all. the government of the TJnited States. Perhaps it might be well to give these learned propagandists a few primary lessons in what is government. to which citizens owe loyalty in this land of blessed liberty. ?We owe allegiance to our Institutions, not to mere transcient, accidental and easi-j Ivr /Hcnoncsihlo nprSftflS who "nin'' the ~ - t - - j government. Back of these institu-| ^ tions are the sovereign people, whose power founded and whose right in the language of the Declaration of Independence it is to "alter or baolish" them whenever in their srovereign judgment they deem it wise. These institutions which the people founded are "butted, bounded and surrounded on all sides by certain guarantees of liberty intended primarily to remove from the mere persons and administration of government the character of sacrosant. Not even George Washington, the first and greatest of ouj* Presidents?wliose name, as Jefferson said, is entitled to the "fairest page of faithful history,"' and who was president of the con-j / reation which framed the constitution and who, therefore, must be presumed to know something of what that doc-' irmect meant, imagined that he was j the government and that the sovei~' eign citizenry owed loyalty to him. j Lest the idea might grow tha we were a nation subject to men ana not institutions. he declined to allow himself | Better Farming nonco f?ii en unutn FnLL rcr v ? Bailroad Service is a Serious 1 Be Required to Accumulate ( Only Shall Be Shipped?J Fertilizers Can Be Handl Cars Ordinarily Used '? i * Farm Service Bur C. A. "V The world is hungry. To get more I Sood is an alarming problem. How can the farms produce more fcod when labor is so scarce? How can more acres be planted to Jood crops or how can more work be given the acres usually planted without more labor? Increase of labor is hardly to be expected, but there is one important means of help which the Southern larmei has been utilizing in the past ana th?t is Fertilizer. But this too is beset with difficulties. Fertilizer can increase production "without increasing labor except at iarvest time. The warring nations Appreciate this fact, and are giving all the encouragement they can to the use of fertilizers. The railroads can't do the business expected of them unless every freight car is loaded to full capacity. To load them to full capacity ' the fertilizer dealer must have enough trders in to make up a full car load before he can reasonably hope to get a shipment The earlier the carload rders are placed the. better chance, ?f course, of getting a shipment. Because of the shortage of equipment, the railroads should have as much More Wheat and O . \ Farm Service Bureau, Atlanta, Ga. The South will be expected to take tare of its share of wheat and oat production. Discouragement from the neater kill of the last season and la&or conditions make the task of keep&g up production no small one, but the country needs more of these crops if it is to take care of its allies. The prices which they are bringing, of course, do not discourage production. Even If the acreage cannot be in# creased the prices which the small grains are bringing justify the very feest seed bed preparation and the maximum use of fertilizer. Growing cereals, of course, do not require as much labor as growing corn And cotton, it is true, but corn and to ve elected lor a third term. in. } Europe, where kings and not people govern, the subjects owe loyalty to their sovereigns. Let us thank fortune that in his country we are the sovereigns ourselves. And as such we i i have the right to make, unmake, re- } | make, criticize, applaud, condemn. 1 | and in every manner whatsoever re- < ! view our laws and all things done ! by our servants in pursuance there- i j of. And when this right is destroyed.] 1 ' j.i fliorofnr instead of ! ' i U1U5C I esyuuoiuit iuv> vw f ? _ | having made the world safe for de- i ! mocracy will only have made Ameri- ] ca safe for autocracy. Does the State j: , Council of Defense wish to be included in that category. ] FRANK LEVER SOME LEADER. 1 j Wins Stubborn Fight for Administration in Conference Committee j < Washington, August 2.?Represen- ] taive Lever, chairman of the house i " ?? Hill. 1 ; cqnierees uu mc ivwu wu^.. ,. : emerged from {hat committee thisj 'afternoon worn and haggar:! in an-L , pearance, but with a smile on his face, j i He had won the great fight of this j 'season as between the senate an:! 1 i ' house. Sitting almost a day and night. 1 for a week he had cautiously and j shrewdly sized up the senate situation' and yesterday with the whip hand,| read the ultimatum to the senate. It' j< seemed as if he was playing a dang-j erous game, but his daring was vindi- j ] I cated today when the conferees met j ( again and on poll of the senate posi- j y | tion?Senator Smith of South Caroli- j , na. Smith of Georgia, Chamberlain,] j of Oregon (Democrat) and Senator i( j Warren of Wyoming (Republican) j ] I ""~ ?jcthat. sen-' i I UICI uuu - t . ate provision for the war committee, . ! which the president had denounced so i vigorously, should-go out. All other j provisions had been agreed upon. j ( : Thi was the climax and end or one' i of the most spectacular fights in the j history of congress. Photographers [ t stood outside to catch the pictures oi \ the men who are making histoy. xIt was a Democratc victory under the leadership of the Seventh District ( representative. He is receoving the! ( hearty congratulations both of the j senators and representatives where- ^ ever he goes tonight. ! Of peculiar interest to South Caro- < lina is the nitrate amendment. It was ? largely due to the quiet influence of * the house that caused them to agree j to join in the report favoring the proposition. r in the South I ITIUZERS EARLY t Problem?Fertilizer Dealers WiD )rders So That Full Carloads Railway Authorities, Say ed in Half Number of r ? A War Measure. s ?au, Atlanta, Ga. Whittle. time as possible to plan for moving tha fertilizer. Early orders will give them a knowledge of the number of cars j that will be needed. r Government Authorities Backing It The National Council of Defense has ^ ' sent out a bulletin on this very subject, J urging farmers to order their fall fer- t tilizers early so full carload shipments I might be made and the largest amount s of human food produced. ^ The United States Department cf j Agriculture through the States Re? a lations Service and Bureau of Soils; < and agricultural colleges and coun- t ty agents, are advising the same. b The railroads are very urgent about 0 the matter. The fertilizer manufac- ^ turers are offering to help the dealers and farmers as much as possible to overcome the transportation difficul- 0 ties. a Half Cars Can Be Saved i' | Railway authorities have statistics to show that half of the cars ordinari- D J faT>til?70ro Artnlrf IV USvU 1U1 uauiiug iciuuiivia Wiuu g do the business, if only they are loaded to their maximum capacity. Where a full car load can not be ? made up for one destination, then it t is to be filled with orders for neigh- e boring stations along a railroad. ^ t ats From the South * cotton will take their turn in every t; -n j a wen piiumeu lariu. The scant oat crop should be hus- h banded for seed this year. No oats t are as good for planting in the South o as those grown in the South, especially if they are grown in the region where they are to be planted. The same is true of wheat unless in a given sec- c tion the best variety for that section b has Lot yet been used. Good seed should be ordered early. Unless fertilizers are ordered early, so that dealers can ship only in full n carload lots it is quite probable that c farmers will be disappointed when f' seeding time comes. The railroads a will probably have more than they can ^ do even with full carload shipments. >. It is a national necessity to see that ... no fr^ijht car FT>ace is wasted. Ja VHITMJKE WILL HAVE 'g COTTON WAREHOUSE v nrat-. 4:h. ; t T. W. Coleman, a well known Whit- , nire farmer and banker and former resterday. It will be a 2.000 bale ca- 3 last night with his cousin, William j Coleman. , \ y Mr. Coleman said that a new Whit- , mire has arisen from the ashes of the . terrible conflagration which almost 1 wiped the business section off the map in May. 1916. The business J ( houses have been put back of brick Instead of wood, he remarked. He told of the splendid cotton ware-! houses for which dirt was broken ( vesterdya. It will be a 2,000 bale ca- . - pacitv structure ana win De luouau in every particular. ' j There ha9 been a 50 per cent in-' j urease in the corn acreage in Whit- j mire vicinity, Mr. Coleman said, and; probably a little more cotton has! seen planted this year than in 1916. j I ?i , RREENVILLE BOY OX RAMMED SHIP , I ' R. E. Allen on Ship Rammed and Sunk Ont From New York This Week?No One Drowned* Bnt Had Narrow Escape. 1 3;reenville Piedmont. j J R. E. Allen, son of Mr. and Mra.j. -T rxr Allan +Viia .hart aTl eX?! n. vv. rnicu, \jl v..; ? liting experience the first part of this | areeV when the ship "Saratoga" on; fvh ci. he sailed for France with the lospital corps was rammed' by another ship and sunk. No lives were lost as all had time get life belts.' Many, however, had narrow escapes, Foung Allen being one of this num-J ber. The boat which ran into the ship :>n which the Greenville boy sailed kvas a neutral ship, the "Panama." T.t s unknown, thougn it is thought that :he ramming of Allen's boat was en-' irely unintentional and was an uni avoidable accident. .1 When the boat was struck, the ;rowd on board remained calm and composed, each one securing a life; )elt and fastening it to his or her' . vaist. Allen, according to a message eceived here from him, was thrown >n the bow of the Panama skip. Oth- j iT '.nan a lew minor *jruiat?, uo was mhurt. The other passengers on the ship; vere rescued and the Panama boat ook them back to New York. Allen, who is a member of the base' lospital unit, number 8, New York,' frill remain in New York till more jquipment can be procured for his iompany when it will sail again for France. The courage and spirit of he young Americans in the unit are, indaunted and they still, hope to each France and be at work within he next three or four weeks. j ^m BOW IT IS DOSE. I This is how it is being done in ?Jew York and in every other city Vio-mlof nf tho #>fvlintr* ! ~ ~ ' I I "Take a deep breath." j" "Count one?two?three." ; "Take another deep breath." ! "Now cough." "Cough again." Taken in charge by a doctor, each' an is first required to answer three [uesticns: Have you found that 'our health and habits in any way inerfere with your success in civil life? >o you consider that you are naw ound and well? have you ever ieen under treatment in a hospital or sylum ? Next his w-^ght and height are aken and snoted. Then his chest measurement. Here's where the rder "Take a deep breath" is given, .''here then begins the examination f the lungs, the doctors tapping me iiest and back in half a dozen places nd applying the stethoscope. Th!:s 5 accompanied by the order "Count; -one?two?three," and many of tn e men examined yesterday had to count , half dozen times. i The heart examination is made ;enerally with the 6tethoscope and I hen the possible conscript is requlr- J d to run around the table, after; rhich the heart is again "listened. o." One man yesterday?a tall; i pare and thoroughly fit looking, oung fellow?made the trip about the able ten times by count. Three of the four doctors examined is heart. He had a slight leison, hey finally all agreed, but they reretted having to reject him. He had old them when he came in, though, hat he had lost a year in college beause of heart trouble' and a neryous reakdown. j The eye test "got" a considerable umber of those examined. This is lerely the reading test, with the ards placed at a distance of twenty ^et. Of a half dozen examined in bout an hour not one Tead down to tie fifth line of type correctly. One ig chap, so tanned that it was evl^r?t he liked swimming, seemed an lmost perfect specimen. Without Ins { [lasses, he said, he could see nothingf whatever on the cards; but tney vere merely white blurs. He seemed' o suffer acute pain while trying to seej vithout his glasses. After the eye test, the moutn, nostrils, and ears are examined. The tearing test is made with a distance twenty feet between the doctor and the "patient." The latter is required to revseat what the doctor says and the doctor gradually drops his voice until he is merely whispering. Most of the men examined did well in this | test. For the examination of the feet the men are required to hop the length of the room on one foot and back j again on the other. Their limbs, joints, scalp and skin are also examined. and altogether the examination is very complete, taking ?rom twenty :o fDrty minutes. Kindly Student. "How's your boy Josh getting along with his studies?" "Pleasantly," replied Farmer Corn:osssl. "He don't bother them none.' ?Washintgon Star. Daughter?My Herbert may not say nuch: he is a man who does. Father?Yes ? anybory he can.? ! 3altimore American. 5SESRSSB9S3! jjj I Overhead Valve Engine \ Fuel Consumption except BUY NOW AND Touring Car. Roadster.... I Touring Car Roadster Either of the following will sh A. P. Coleman, Chappe] Tie Jas. D. Qnattlebaum, Prosp Su gy ? YWHf 1 IS i We challenge any maker or retailer of men's suits to duplicate these splendid values at anywhere ne?\r the price we ask $15 Pros I FOR SALE! J I The "Fair Place" 132 1-2 acres 1 fivA anr! 8 I. WAJ.A * IV* T* MVA M. J W?1V? two miles from Prosperity. I y Also 55 acre tract "Young's ? / Grove" two mi!es from Prosperity, j | Frank R. Hunter I | Real Estate and Insurance | 4 vhich gives Maximum Power with^ Minimum** Weighs B | ionally low, Cantilever Springs, makes riding very easy > SAVE $85 UNTIL AUGUST 1st, 1917 | ( F. O. B. Factory, $550 F. O. B. Factory. $535 After August 1st, 1917 F. O. 3. Factory, $635 F. O. B. Factory^ $620 ow^ou this wonderful car: :1s, S. C. R. H. Anderson, Newberry, S. C : Setzier CompaHy, Pomaria, S. C.; or erity, S. C. Distributor for Newberry and Saluda Counties i Wonderful Value! link oi Getting Your Suit Made to !!ir Order from Suaranteed fool itings tor Only $15 to $20 MADE TO YOUR ORDER { IWjjM Order your suit now while the assort jm&k No Less than $15 No Mere !han ?20 / Dry Goods Co. perily, South Carolina , ? ?mri?rnr nr ? t it??i