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___ MA&uiiu, Snts+ VOL. XXXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1918. N.11 AMERICANS BADLY SMASH THE GERMANS FIRST LINE TRENCHES Uncle Sam's Soldiers Take the Initia tive in the Lorraine Sector and Make Three Very Savage Raids FIGHTING IN ALL THEATERS British Rout Turks in Palestine-Aus trian Attempt to Advance Balked by Italians-Raid on Naples American initiative has asserted it self on the Lorraine front in France. Three savage raids on the German lines have been made by the Ameri cans, who succeeded in reaching the second line of enemy trenches before ordered to return. During their stay in German-held territory they- de stroyed carefully-built defenses and picked up much war material. The American artillery ably assist ed the infantry in the operation. A heavy barrage fire was laid down in front of the advancing Americans and the Germans had fled before the wave of infantry reached the hostile posi tions. After the Americans had been in the German trenches for a few min utes ,the German barrage fire was loosed on them, but the American guns answered shot for shot and si lenced a number of batteries. The American artillerymen used gas shells with good effect. Near Toul the American heavy guns have .been in action. Fighting Spreads Three raids on the British lines been attempted by the Germans in the Armentieres sector, but the British in spite of a heavy fire from the enemy's heavy guns, repulsed the Teutons. The fighting has 'pread along the Flan del-s front, the Ypres and the Pass chendaele sectors figuring in the of ficial reports. The activities of the contending armies have spread far ther south, encounters near St. Quen tin being mentioned for the first time in recent weeks. Information from German prisoners was responsible for the dislocation of German plans for heavy attacks on the British southeast of Houtholst wood. On February 20, 28 and March 8 attacks were forestalled by a ter rific British artillery fire and ,while an enemy attack on March 9 was suc cessful to some degree, the British on Saturday succeeded in reestablishing their lines. The British forces operating in Pal estine have once more advanced north and northwer c of Jericho. They have taken positions to a depth of 3,000 yards over a front of twelve miles. The Turks fought stubbornly at vari ous points of vantage. The resignation of Leon ''rotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign minister, is ex plained by a report that he acted af ter a quarrel with Nikolai Lenine, the premier, who insisted that the Rus sian people agree to the disastrous peace of Brest-Litovsk, while Trotzky protested against submitting without a struggle. The only fighting reported in Russia is in the neighborhood of Kiev, Rasdjelnai, and along the Shmerinka-Odessa Railway, where the Germans claim to have scattered band sof Russians. On Italian Front There has been fighting on quite a large scale on the Italian front. In the mountain sector of the line, enemy attempts to advance have been check ed, while along the Piave river the Austrians were defeated in an attempt to launch pontoons for an attack on the Italian lines. The French have been in scattered encounters with the Germans at va rious point salong their part of the front, but nowhere has there been se rious fighting. The air squadrons have been busy of late. The most spectacular of these onerations was madle by the Teuton airmen who raided Naples, Italy. It may be that they started from theIr base on the eastern shores of the Ad riatic andl flewg over the sea and across Italy in their raid. British raiders have dropped large quantities of bombs on military points in Belgium wvhile the Allied airmen have been active in Italy. --o-- - P'ROF"ITEERINGIN SEED)S Government Will Act on Any Specific Information Washington, March 11.-Profiteer ing in seeds was charged by Secretary I lousto nandl Food Adnmin istrator lloover in a joint statement tonight, which said that prompt action in such cases would be taken whenever spe cific information was submitted. Many complaints of abnormally high prices are being received. "Without adequate dlistribution of seeds at reasonab lep prices there is dan ger that acreage will be lessened and that seed of poor quitlty will fre quently be used," the atatement said. "If such conditions are to develop, it would seriously Impair our national food propagandla." Dealers under federal license were warned that if they engagedl in such practice they Would be dealt with se verely. Tribute was paid to "patriotic' S tate associatlond of seed growers and the war service committee of the American Seed Grade Association for cooperation in preventing- excessive profits. AMERICA AND SPAIN - SIGN TREATY TERMS Pershizig Will Get Army Supplies and France Gets Credit from Don TREATY SIGNED IN MADRID America Agrees to Let Spain Have Cotton and Petroleum She Needs Washington, March 8.-Under the commercial agreeient between the United States and Spain, the formal signing of which in Madrid was an nounced today at the State Depart ment, not only will Gen. Pershing get the supplies from Spain which he de sires for his troops, but a .French credits in Spain is ararnged and the Spanish governnent permits free ex port to the Allies of pyrites, minerals and nanufactured wool. These and othe rdetails of the agreement, which becomes effective immediately, were made public to night by the war trade board. Besides the free export of pyrites, minerals I and wool, which the board described as a "concession of decided value to the Entente Powers." Spain wil also permit the export of various other conmodities to the extent that home requirements will permit. This is in addition to the specific licensing of the supplies i'equired by Gen. Persh ing, which are to include 200,000 blan kets and a large number of mules. Will Assist French While conducting teh negotiations' for this country, the American repre sentatives, the board's statement said, will be able "to materially assist the Freich Government in securing a large credit in Spain to finance pay ments for the supplies which the re public draws from Spanish sources." In return for supplies granted to this country and the Allies, the state. ment continued, "the United State:; assures to Spain its necessary sup plies of cotton and petroleum, the amount of the monthly export of these commodities being fixed in the agree ment at a figure which wil cover the genuine Spanish requirements, but bar the posibility of German agents n Spam secretly buying up and hoarding a stock of cotton against the time of the conclusion of peace." Other Supplies "Spain is granted other supplies," said the board, "to the extent that they can be spared after satisfying home requirements in the United States' associates in the war. As has already been stated, special conces sions have been maed in regard to lo comotives and railway material, which are required to increase the carrying capacity of the Spanish arilway sys tem, a measure of decided importance to America and its assistants which are drawing supplies from Spanish terirtory. As to Shipping Whether the agreement covers the broad question of Spanish shipping was not disclosed. Before issuing li ceases for fuel coal for Spanish ships the board has been requiring an Iagreement by the owners or charter parties ot return the vessels to the United States for cargoes. This was done recently in the cases of three ships at a Gulf port which were load ed with supplies for the Allies. The fSpanish consul refused to let the ships sail because he wanted them to go to Spain after discharging, but his or ders were withdrawn today after an nouncement of the signing of the agreement with Spain. o -- ''IIUNDER EAGLE APPEARS Ojibway ndians Say it Portends Won derful Iapepnings Fort William, Oat., March 8.-"The thunder eagle," sacred among the' Ojibway Indlians as perosnifying the spirit of the Maneto, supposed to have it sniest on the Sleeping Giant, 14,000 feet above Trhunider Bay, was seen deC picted in fire in fire in the brilliant display of the aurora borealis here alst night. The Ojibways say th ethunder eagle has not been seen for many years and that its ap~pearance portendls wvonder ful happenings in the world. The figure of the eagle traveeld swviftly southward over the bay accompanied by huge splashes of red and green fire which shot about it like meteors. A Duluth dispatch told of the appear anice of an eagle in the aurora borealis last night. ------- REVOLVING NITRATE FUND Byrnes Puts it in Urgent Deficiency Bill Washington, March 12.--Special: While the amendment to the agricul tural bill to make a revolving fund of the $10,000,000 for the purchase of ni.. trate for resale to farmers was being dip~cussedl, James Fi Byrnes, of Aiken, who is a member of the House appro priation committee, actually secured the adoption of an amendment to the urgent deficiency bill. providing this idlentical thing. The House 'recently passed the bill carrry ing the Byrnes amendment and the Senate -'greed to the amneradment this afternoon. There fore when the agricultural appropria tion bill comes up for final action the matter of the revolvipg fund will al. ready have been settled so that the nitrate money will be constantly at work for the farmers s oga h ,war lasta. soln'sti FELL ON ST Speech that Cost John L. McLaurin Seat in United States Senate One of the most striking thoughts in the last letter of Senator Banks is in reference to McLaurin's stand on ship subsidaries. In November, 1902, Senator McLaurin delivered an ad dress to the Southern Cotton Spin.ers, association in Atlanta, Ga., and in it, not only called attention to our lack of ships, but to what Germany was doing in this respect. "Great Britain is spending two million a year in mail subsidies in ex cess of her receipts. France, Japan and Germany are spending millions each year\and together they have driven the American merchant flag from the high seas. There are mil lions of American money invested in ships that run under the German and English flag, because this government is blind to the importance of ships. Remember that being under a foreign flag in case of war, these ships built with American money will be used against us. "This will strike the south a terrible blow when war does come, because our only money crop is cotton, and it is an export crop. These merchant ships become warships in time of war, and cannot be built here after ;.var comes. Look at Germany. Her kaiser is one of the ablest living men. All of his powers are bent to the pro motion of German interests, and the extension of German commerce, the employment of German labor and markets for German products. 'Made in Germany' is becoming a trade slogan the world over. "He is doing it by government sub sidies to ships and railroads, in Asia and South America and Africa. He is building up German shipyards and the subsidies are on the condition that the ships are built by German la bor in German yards. Both exports nd imports passing over German railways, ledve a part of the freight remitted to the ship delivering same to increase its earnings. In addition to this he has inaugurated a system of preferential rates to the German manufacturers from the railroad for goods exported into the competitive markets of the world. "This is really a bounty which en ables the German manufacturer to t dersell his English competitor in China or South America. "I want to see the American built ship, with its American crew under Old Glory, put in a position where it can carry American goods and sell them in competition with any coun try. "Until very recently commerce was not deemed a proper subject for gov ernmental consideration. There is no lirect department or commerce in any government except that of Ger -nany. The moving considerations prompting the settlement of the Chi BAKER NAILED AS "ORGANIZER OF VICTORY' Unless All Signs Fail Secretary Baker Has Reached France Just in Time to Become a Witness to Open ing pf Armageddon Paris, March 12.--Cheered by vast throngs and hailed by the French press as the "organizer of victory,"' Newton D. Baker, secretary of war of the United States, arrived in Paris to (lay. He was met by the "executor of victory," General Pershing. His first visits were to President Poincaire and Premier Clemenceau, the American commander-in-chief introducing him. After a brief stay in the capital the secretary will proceed to the front. HeI will make a thorough inspection of the American sectors and training camps, but will also see every other vital seg :Lent of the western battle line. Big Things Foreshiadowed The big guns of both sidles are tun ing up) to dirumfire. The weather is clearing up. F'rom the North Sea to the Swiss border there is a hustle and bustle foreshadowing big things. U~n less all signs fail, Mr. Blaker has ar rived just in time to witness the open ing of Armageddon.. As he stepped from the special trdiin t~hat brought him and his staff here from the French port where an Amer ican cruiser landed them yesterday, Seretary Baker wvas at once attacked by an army oif French newspaper men. His jovial smile, however, finally broke the barrage of rapid-fire ques t~ions hurled at him, and his captors :dispersed good humoredly when he an nouncedl he might have something to say later, but "nothing now." They unmderstoodl and appireciated the 'fin esse" of etiquette which promlptedi him to dlefer all public utterances until he had called upon the president and prime .minister of the country which he is visiting. At the station he was met by Gen erals Pershing, Bliss and Squier, Ad miral Wilson, representing the Amer ican navy, and representatives of the American embassy, as well as person al emissaries of President Poincaire andl the foreign office. Admiral M or eau and the mayors andl councillors of the municipality were members of the French reception committee at the port of landing yesterdlay. Mr. Baker was visibly impressed by the warmth of the welcome extendied hitn. Saluted as Organizer of Victory* There was a little incident at the station. Stepping toward the waiting automobile the secretary accidentally jostled a French laborer. - The two )NY GROUND nese trouble were commercial. The time will come when the best minds of every country will be called upon to adjust the complicated questions of foreign trade and the consular of ficers at the leading ports of com merce will equal ,in importance the diplomatic ambassadors." In connection with the extension of the south's foreign trade ,Senator Mc Laurin advocated an American mer chant marine. "Our weakness upon the sea is the one great langer that confroi, s the nhtion," said the senator. "If ships could be built in the United States as cheaply as they are under other flags, it would be unnecessary ror our gov ernment to do more than to offset the subsidies, bounties, naval reserves, retainers and other methods by which foreign governments attract capital into merchant ships built and manag ed by their own people. "We must not imagine that Ameri can capital is dependent upon nation al legislation in order to make ship owning pay. We have ample evidence of large American investments in foreign-built ships manned and ope rated by foreigners in our foreign trade. However much our people may have invested in foreign ships, they are unavailable under national law when at war as naval auxilia ries. "Another thing we should remem ber: These very ships and the men employed on board them may be turn ed against the United States in the event of our becoming involved in war with the nation whose flag they fly. "The object of externdlng govern ment aid to the upbuilding of our mer thant marine is to secure adequate protection for the nation upon the sea, and the mere fact that the in vestment has been made o4 ractive to American capital is an incmi.ent of the transaction. "We do not want to see the isth mian canal become merely a foreign highway of commerce," said the sena tor. "We do not want our millions expended merely to become a bounty to foreign shipping. It should be an American highway, and we should so develop our mercantile marine that with the opening of this great canal our own flag shall predominate at the mast head of a majority of the ships that it accommodates. "The south will be the immediate beneficiary of that waterway when it is constructed." In conclusion, Senator McLaurin said: "What we need in this country today is a non-sectional patriotism and statesmanship more devoted to the upbuilding of our country than the achievement of party success. Great national or business questions involving the glory of our public and the prosperity of our people should not be dwarfed into mere party ques tions." looked at each other for a moment, half surprised, half curious. Then the Frenchman, after the European fash ion, tipped his hat, with a slight bow. Mr. Baker, with wining c'urtesy, did likewise. There was something inspir ingly democratic about the whole scene, brief as it was, and a look at the crowd showed that the A merican cabinet member had maide a decided hit. Epitomizing the sentiment of the French press, Excelsior says: "S:cretary Baker comes to see with his own eyes the employment of the vast military effort of which he is the principal worker. "At the moment he touched the soil of France, we saluted this organizer of victory." FAl;M A[1MY TO IBE )I lTEI) 250.000 Young Men Will lBe Called to Man the "Third line" of the C'ount,y Wash ington,, March 11l.-A new army of at least 250,000) is to be raised to man the "third line'' defenflse of the United Stater. Boys between I16 ana~ 21 ye'ars~ are eligible. They will see satve .service this sprin gand summer on A merican farms. The Unitedl States employmn'nt ser vice, annouinced( today a campamign to begin March 18 to raise a "farm army." TIhe drive for recruits wvill lbe cond~ucted similarly to that recently made for shipyard volunteers. T1he members wvill belong to the Boys' Working reserve. Thel campaign will be conducted through state dIirectors. D)i rectors have been appointedl for all states ex cept Louisiana, South Carolina and Washington. Each state has been giv en a quota. The reserve is already strongly o)rganized( in the wvest. 11li nois, Kansas, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Indiana have enrolled large numbers of boys. Indiana has 5,000. T1he na tional enrollment to (late isi 75,000. Many states have prepared to train the army before it takes the field. Massachusetts and Pennsylvan ia, In - diana, Illinois, Wisconsin and other states have made a pplropriations or assigned tracts of Iland for training the recruits. A high standard wil Ibe maintained in selecting volunteers, it was said. Near beer andl temperance drinks coming within the designation of malt liquors are included in the Presidlent's ~proclamation limiting brewers of beer to 70 per cent of the amounts of grain and other food materials that were used last year. LIQUOR AMENDMENT ETS INTO COURT Mandamus Proceedings Will Be Held Before Judge Sease in Manning Next Monday Columbia, March 12.-Special: The amendment to the "gallon-a--month" law, requiring judges of probate to be reasonably satisfied that applicants for whiskey want the intoxicant for melicinal purposes, will be taken into the Supreme Court in a friendly ac tion to test its constitutionality. The action is being taken by a citi zen of Sumter county, who yesterday was refused a permit by Thomas E. Richardson, judge of probate for that county, on the theory that the act is unconstitutional in severa lrespects. Mir. Richardson announced that he would not issue any permits unless compelled to do so by the courts. The initial action will be an appli cation for a writ of mandamus to con pel the Sumter judge of probate to issue the permit. The hearing will be had before Judge Thomas S. Sease, of the Seventh judicial circuit, at cham ber at Manning next Friday or Satur day. Mr. Richardson will be repre sented by D. S. hlenderson, Esq., of the Aiken bar, and the petitioner by Thomas FT. Peeples, Atorney General. The Att icy General will represent the petiLaoner because the constitu tionality of an act passed by the Gen eral Assembly is being attacked. Whatever decision Judge Sense ren ders, the party deciled against will take an appeal. The amendment to the law, which is the nux of the complaint, reads as follows: The Amendment "Provided that in no case shall the probate judge issue such a permit un less he is satisfied of the truth of each statement contained in the affidavit herein required, nor shall such permit be issued by other than the probate judge personally, or by his regularly constituted clerk within the precincts of his office. Any violation of the pi o - vision of this act by the probate judge shall subject him to prosecution and penalties as for malfeasance or mis feasance in office." The following is the text of the complaint to be presented to Judge Sease: The Complaint "1. That he, the aforesaid petition er, is a citizen and taxpayer and resi dent of the county of Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, and as such is entitled to protection under the laws of said State. '2. That the General Assemb!y of this State, at its recent session, passed an act, which was approved on the 18th day of February, 1918, and be came of force according to law, on the 11th day of Miarch, 118, known as Act No. 190 of the 1918 session of the General Assembly, and entitled (set ting forth the title of the new quart a-month law), which said act of the General Assembly so approved and passed and of force as the statutory law of South Carolina, among other things provides in substance that any person, desiring to import any alco holic liquors under this act shall ap ply to the judge of probate of th' county in which he presides, and file with him an affidavit that he has not received any liquo" normit during the same calendar month, andt specifyin the amount and kind of alcoholic li quors desired, not exceeding one quart, and that he is not a minor, nor stolea of any institution of learning, and the office of the conunon carrier from which delivery is desired, the office of which is to be nearest the residene of the applicant, and that the same is desired for medicinal purposes, and upon the receipt. of such affidavit anl the paiymnt of a fee of ten cents the probate .iudge shall issue a permit un.1 der his handc and official seal to r.c eeilve such alcoholic liquors, and th a in no case shall the probate judbelh is such Perim)it unless he is 'sat i.-fied of, the truth of such statenmnt con taomed in the a ffidlavit required by the act adn ipresented to himi. "31. That on the eleventh day of Mar<-h, .1918, your pet itio ner, t--ig wvithin his rights as a cit izen and~ res iolent (of the ( county and State. afore Sa id, app l ied to Thonms IC. lt icha rd son, IEsq., jndge of the ourit. (of pro bate in and( for~ the couiity of Sumniter as a foresa id, at his office at. the court houise oft sa id county, anid filed wvit h himi and presenited to hinm anr a ffidav it sworn to by your petitionmer, settiig forth strictly and fully the require.. men ts of sa id act (If the (;enr~al IA seimbly, asking a permiit the reoin, uipon such ev ide(nce as was needed, to im.. portI a .quart (If whiskey or I alcohol i< hiquor io the State of South Caro .hna, and that your Petitioner tende'red to saidl judlge of probate the fee re quiredl by the act, to wit, the Suml (of I1) cents, wher-eupon said judge of pro.. bate after dute inquiry anod inovestiga tion into the facts concerning your lie.. titioner, and( the truth (If the a ffidlavit prIesentedl to himi), adodressedl to your lletitioner a letter a copy~ oif wvhich is as follows, toi wit: -"Sumter, S. C., March 11, 1918. "Dear Sir: You have this day ap.. lplied to me undler the act (If the Gen.. eralI A ssemnbly, a pproveod the eight eenth. day of Ilebruar-y, 1918, for a p~ermit to transpiort intoI the State one quart of whiskey, and you have filed an affidavit in this office reqluesting said permit and stating the facts. Un decr the terms of that act I am reqjuir edl before I could issue such permit to be satisfied of the truth of each state ment containedl in the affidlavit; and I ask to say that from your character andl my knowvledsre of you, nmd my SECRETARY McADOO UPBRAIDS THE BANKS OF THE COUNTRY In Announcing New Issue of Certifi' cates Secretary Reminds Them of Duty NEW ISSUE OF $500,000,00b Only One-half of the Banks of Coub try Subscribed to the Last. Issue Washingtom, March 11.--In an nouncing tonight another $500,000,000 issue of 1 1-2 per cent certificates of imdebtedness in preparation for the third liberty loan, Secretary McAdoo gave out figures showing that only one-half of th banks of the country subscribed for the last issue. Although the report was issued without critical commient it was iade plain that the banks had not com plied with the secretary's request of 3. month ago when the $3,000,0t00,0('' program of certificates was announc ed, that each bank set -.ai(le one per cent of its resources weekly for ten weeks to invest in certificates in order to insure a wide distribution of the temporary securities to ease the float ing of the next loan. Record Given Of the 28,000 banks-20,400 state institutions and 7,600 national banks -1.1,472 subscribed for the last issue, dated February 27th. To the issue of February 8, the first after the secr tary's request, 12,550 subscribed, and for the issue of .January 2, before the special certificate campaign was. started the number of subscribers was: 6,364. Most subscribers were banks. All of the issues were subscribed in full, however. The certificates offered tonight are to be dated March 20 and paymeta must be made between that (late at March 22 when subscripc0'on hooks close. 'T'hey are payable lune 18, with the same privilege of being called for payment before that on ten days' notice, as previous issues of the same nature have carried, and will be re ceived in payment of loan subscrip tions. They are free from ordinary taxes an dsubject only o 'state and inheritance income sur taxes and ex cess profits taxes. In addition, the in terest on $5,000 of the certificates held by any one person or company is free from income sur taxes. When these certificates are sub. scribed, $1,900,000,000 of certificates issued in anticipation of the third loan will be outstanding. The subscription goal which each Federal Reserve District will b. ex pected to reach on this issue is as follows: Hoston $33,000,000; New York $173,-. 000,000; Philadelphig $40,000,000; Cleveland $45,00,000; Richmond $18, 000,000; Atlanta $15,000,000; Chicage. $60,000,000; Minneapolis $15,000,000; Kansas City $25,000,000; Dallas $18, 000,000; and San Francisco $33,1000.. 000. ---0 F.% IlllD TO CROSS PI'A Rome, \arch1 1I.- -\ustrian troops which apparently w, miking'an at tempt to cross the r -Piave were prevented from (loin. . yesterday 1iy the Italian batteries which sunk rafts and boats ni the river opposite Pa. gare, the war office an ,ounced to las. HiltiT'lIJ if 8 181.1. (.1\113i{.Si Berlin, March 12.- - V1'ia I.ondov) . I'ambrai has been bombarded by lInm range British guns, aor Imdinl to to d~ay's a rmv headqu1ariter's rep'jort . Aev. eralI shots from) Hitish art illery oft th lhenaviest caliber fell in the town, the stat deent rep~orts5. personmal inq'uiri)s, I am statisfiel of the trulth of ('acdh staitemenet conitalined in) your ltter', but. never'theless lI5n d'oniscienit iously of the opinion that said aclt (ot the Genera:l z\''embly (41 varuious groIunds is onconst it ut innal, 1 decline, u nless com0Ipetlled b~y thew ('ourits, to detliver to youi~ a per'mit. to transpirt inlto the. State' thel quart of wislkey as you request , anit i i to all others who apply, unk-'ss 1 :1( comp lel led by the coulrt. toi change my ('ourse. I wish t o aIssure yoi of m n desire ini no4 way (t tfenid you, hut to obltaim anl mlv'st iaat ion) of' this matter. "Ver resp(51ectIive('ly youtirs, "' 'hos. l0. R icharid son, 'uIdge of PrIobalt~ e of Sumter' rou:n. t\., '\nt yourl tietit ioner'i further states lhat the said..iudge of pirobat e as aftoresaiid dochlinedI tod r(ce'ive'( thel fee oif I10 (cints priov'ide'd by Inaw i ad ah solutely' refused to issue the per'mit to1 yourI Ipetit ioner, w'hich your liet i tiolner' shows and1( cha rges he was (') it itled to (('' rcive as ai matter oIf right, and1( it is suibm ittedc to the court that sa id act ion of Jiudlge oif proba te is ar bitrary, ('(ontrary to the requiremen: of the a foresa id act. of the General A a ISeml) y of South Carolina. "Wherefore, lietitionerl prays tna. a writ of macndamiuis do issue out of this court, requiring and)1 com malnding the resp)ondent, Thomas F. Richardson, Eqjdeof the court of irlobate of Smrconty, to issue fort iwith, and to the petitioner herein, the permit to transport mltoi South Carolina the al coholhe liquors specified in the aff, (davit which wats presentedI to hgm, and for such other anld further relief as petitioner is ntitled o.