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|i"K"[ :: =Br=?= i | Mary Roberts Rinehart IIIIMIimHIMMHMM ^Copyright, by McClur* Publications, loo) Dr. Max Wilson pays a heavy penalty for his faithlessness to Sidney. Car lotta Harrison's influence once again shows its character. Sidney is deeply involved?and the whole hard truth about K. LeMoyne comes out. CHAPTER XX.?Continued. ?16? When Joe suddenly nnnouticed his Inclination to go out into the country after all, I.e Moyne suspected a ruse to get rid of him, nnd Insisted on going along. Joe consented grudgingly. "Car's at Bailey's garage," he said sullenly. "I don't know when I'll get hack." "That won't matter." K.'s tone was Cheerful. "I'm not slooninc unvhnvv " That passed unnoticed until they were on the highroad, with the cur running smoothly between yellowing fields of wheat. Then : "So you've got It too!" he said. "We're a line pair of fools. We'd both be better off If I sent the car over a bank." He gave the wheel a reckless twist, end Le Moyne called him to time ifternly. They hnd supper nt the White Springs hotel?not on the terrace, but in the little room where Carlotta and Wilson had taken their first meal together. Joe submitted with had grace, hut the meal cheered and steadied him. K. found hlni more amenable to reason, and, gaining his confidence, learned of his desire to leave the city. "I'm stuck here," he said. "I'm the only one, and mother yells blue murder when I talk about it. 1 want to go to Cuba. My uncle owns a farm down there." "I'erhaps I can talk your mother over. I've beeu there." Joe was all Interest. His dilated pupils becume more normal, his restless hands grew quiet. K.'s even voice, the picture he drew of life on the isluud, the stillness of the little hotel in its midweek dullness, seemed to quiet the boy's tortured nerves. He was nearer ...to peace than he had been for tuany days. But he smoked incessuntly, lighting one cigarette from another. At ten o'clock he left K. and went for the car. He paused for a moment, rnther sheepishly, by K.'s chair. 'Tin feeling a lot better," he tfnld. "I haven't got the bund around my head. You talk to mother." That was the lust K. saw of Joe Drummond until the next duy. CHAPTER XXI. Carlotta had set the hour for meeting Wilson at nine, when the late dus c of summer hod fallen; and she met him then, smiling, a faintly perfumed white figure, slim and young, with a thrill in her voice that wus only hulf assumed. "It's very late," he complained. "Surely you are not going to be back at ten." "I have special permission to be out late." "Good!" And then, recollecting their new situation: "We have a lot to talk over. It will take time." At the White Springs hotel they stopped to till the gasoline tank of the car. Joe Drummond saw Wilson there, in the sheet-iron gurage alongside of the road. The Wilson car was In the shadow. It did not occur to Joe that the white figure in the car was not Sidney. lie went rather white, ami stepped out of the 7-one of light. The influence of Le Moyne wus still on hiiu, however, and he went on auletlx with whut he was doing. But his hands shook as he filled the radiator. He hnd been an ass; Le Moyne was right. He'd get away?to Cuba If he could? and start over again. He would forget the. Street and let It forget him. The men in the garage were talking "To Schwltter's. of course," one of them grumbled. "That was Wilson, the surgeon In town. He used to come here. Now he goes on to Schwltter's. I'retty girl he bad with hltn." So Max Wilson was taking Sidney to Schwltter's, making her the butt of garage talk ! The smiles of the men were evil. Joe's hands grew cold, hi* head hot. A red mist spread between him and the line of electric lights. He knew Schwltter's, and he knew Wilson. When K., growing uneasy, came out Into the yard, he wus in time to Roe Joe run his ear into the rond and turn It viciously toward Schwltter's. Curlottn's nearness wus having Its calculated effect on Max Wilson. Ills spirits rose as the engine, marking perfect time, carried them along the quiet roads. Partly It was reaction?relief that she should be so reasonable, ro com plalnunt?and a sort of liollday spirit after the day's hard work. Oddly enough, and not so Irrational us may appear, Sidney formed a part of the .evening's happiness?thnt she loved him; thnt, bnek In the lecture room, eyes nnd even ndnd on the lecturer, her heart was with him. So. with Sidney the basis of his happiness. he made the most of his evening's freedom, lie sang a little In his clear tenor?even, once when they had slowed down at a crossing, bent over audaciously nnd kissed C^rlotta's hand in the full glare of a passing train. "How reckless of you I" "1 like to bu reckless," he replied. His boyishness annoyed Carlotta. wot She did not want the situation to get gon out of hand. Moreover, what was so A i real for her was only too plainly a pul ! lark for him. She began to doubt her girl power. for i The hopelessness of her situation Th< : was dawning ou her. Even when the tim touch of her beside hlin and the soil- A j tude of the country rouds got In his doc : blood, nnd he bent toward her, she lnt< ! found no encouragement in his words: " "1 am mad about you tonight." inai She took her courage In her hands: are "Then why give me up for someone " j else?" rigl "That's?different." J "Why Is It different? I am a worn- top an. I?I love you. Max. No one else son j will ever cnre as I do." sav j "You are in love with the Larab!"|buc "That was a trick. I am sorry, floe ! Max. I don't care for anyone else In 1 tlie world. If you let me go I'll want por to die." rev Then, as he was silent: etlj "If you'll marry me, I'll be true to ; ed you all my life. 1 swear It. There C will be nobody else, ever." ten The sense, If not the words, of what hen j lie had sworn to Sidney that Sunday out I ..... .nwini uiiut'i > lie irees, on mis very | road! Swift shame overtook hltn, thnt I lie should he here, thnt he had allowed Carlotta to remain In Ignorance of how I I i things really stood between them. inei "I'm sorry, Carlotta. It's Impossible. ! I'm engaged to murry someone else." i 'M'(' "Sidney I'nge?"?almost a whisper. I rcfi "Y es." lie was ashamed at the way she : took the news. If she had stormed or Wl wept, he would have known what to \ sur do. Ihit she sat still, not speuklng. j ami "You must have expected It, sooner ha\ or later." Still she made no reply. He thought '1 ! she might faint, and looked at her the anxiously. Her profile, indistinct be- so side him, looked white and drawn. But tru Carlotta was not fainting. She wns " making a desperate plan. If their es- snh capade became known. It would end '1 j things between Sidney and him. She bra , was sure of thnt. She needed time to think It out. It must become known ! sto< without any apparent move on her jfs part. If, for Instance, she became 111, j and was away from the hospital all ver night, that might answer. The thing yu, would be investigated, and who knew? The car turned In at Schwltter's sj,j, road and drew up before the house. The narrow porch was tilled with small tables, above which hung rows of elec- Lc trie lights inclosed In '"innese paper i j lanterns. Midweek, which had found 'j I the White Springs hotel almost desert- |>()( i ed. saw Seliwltters' crowded tables set cj0( ! out under the trees. Seeing the crowd. wjt Wilson drove directly to the yard and , tjor j parked his machine. i mo, "No need of running nny risk." he mo ' explained to the still tigure beside him. out I "We can walk hack and take a table under the trees, away from those In- tlie i fernal lanterns." to ] j She reeled u little us he helped her out. Uie "Not sick, are you?" wo, "I'm dizzy. I'm all right." u?j She looked white, lie felt a stab strl of pity for her. She leuned rather roo heavily on hliu as they walked towurd Uud the house. The fulnt perfume that C had almost tntoxlcuted him. earlier, m0i vaguely irrltuted him now. gur At the rear of the house she shook tliu off his urm and preceded him around bre the building. She chose the end of the ope porch as the place In which to drop, q 1 and went down like a stone. stul There was a moderate excitement. sm< The visitors at Schwltter's were too Tin much engrossed with themselves to be | to much Interested. She opened her eyes j Ed almost as soon as she fell?to forestall J sah any tests: she was shrewd enough to tha J know tlint Wilson would detect her an<l I malingering very quickly?and begged to to be taken Into the house. h "I feel very 111." she said, and her Tin white face bore her out. tak Schwltter and Wilson carried her me< in and up the stairs to one of the P'"1 rooms. The little man was twittering I,os with anxiety. He had ti horror of V ' Ing , wit <T ! to 1 -r'- i i "I Am Mad About You Tonight." 011 rep knockout drops ami t>10 police. They WO\ laid her on the bed, her hat beside ? her; and Wilson, stripping down the long sleeve of her glove, felt her pulse. i "There's a doctor In the next town," ?? said Schwltter. "1 sent for him n *nn while ago?my wife's not very well." Ho' "I'm a doctor." rlsr "Is It unything serious?" "Nothing serious." WM, He elosjll tll?? linlllnil Ihn ? v roil lleved flgur- of the landlord, and, go- " Ing hark to Carlottn, stood looking hen down at her. noil "What <lld you mean by doing that? || You were no more faint than I am." ami She closed her eyes. we: "I don't remember. Everything went ihei black. The lanterns?" thai He crossed the room deliberately and went out, closing the door behind I him. He saw at once where he stood? ;|io In what danger. If she Insisted that ;,er she was ill and unable to go hack, i.-r there would he ? . fuss. The story . ,n, lid come out. Everything would be e. Schwttter'8, of all places! it the foot of the stairs, Schwltter led hhnself together. After all, the was only III. There was nothing the police. He looked at his wutch. 5 doctor ought to be there by this e. mother car. Perhaps It was the tor. A young mau edged his way > the hall and confronted him. Two people just arrived here. A n and a woman?In white. Where they?" Upstairs?first bedroom to the tit. oe went up the staircase. At the , on the Inndlng, he confronted Wll. He fired at him without a word? 7 hliu fling up his arniB and fall k, striking first the wall, then the r. 'lie buzz of conversation on the ch suddenly ceased. Joe put his olver In his pocket and went qulr down the stnlrs. The crowd partto let him through. 'arlotta, crouched In her room. Using, not daring to open the door, rd the sound of u car as It swung into the road. CHAPTER XXII. t was the Lumb who received the ?sage about Wilson; and becnuse was not very keen at the best, and ause the news wus so startling, he used to credit Ills ears. Who Is this at the 'phone?" Le Moyue's my name. Get Dr. Ed Ison at once. Doctor Wilson, the goon, has been shot," came slowly I distinctly. "Get the stuff here and e a room ready. Get the operating 111 ready, too." 'he Lamb wukened then, and roused house. He waft Incoherent, rnther. that Doctor Ed only learned the tli when he got to the hospital. Who bus been shot? 1 thought you 1?" 'lie Lamb turned pale nt that, and ced himself. I'm sorry?I thought you underbid. I believe it's not?uot serious. Doctor Mux. sir." >octor Kil, who was heavy and not y young, sat down 011 an oftlce chair, t of sheer habit he had brought the He put it down on the tloor ben 111ni, and moistened Ills lips. Is he living?" Oh, yes, sir. 1 gathered that Mr. Moyne did not think it serious." ie lied, and Doctor Ed knew lie lied, 'he Lamb stood by the door, and ;tor Ed sat and waited. The oflice L'k said half after three. The bag h the dog collar In It was on the >r. He thought of many things, but stly of the promise be had made his 1 lier. Cold beads of sweat stood on his forehead. I think 1 hear them now, sir," said Lamb, and stood back respectfully let him pass out of the door. Si 1*1, it 1 uliicul ?- ?1.~ ? oiujcu in nit* iuuiu uuring consultation. No one scorned to uler why she was there, or to pay ' attention to hor. The stalt was cken. They moved back to make m for Doctor Ed beside the bed. i then closed In again, arlotta waited, her hand over her nth to keep herself from screaming, ely they wouldn't let him die like t! When she saw the phalanx nk up and realized they would uot rate, she ran from the room, 'he stuff went hopelessly down the irs to the smoking room, and deed. It was all they could do. ? night assistant sent coffee down them, und they drank it. Doctor stayed in his brother's room, and J to his mother, under his breath, t he'd tried to do his best by Max, 1 that from now on It would be up her. I. had brought the Injured man In. ? country doctor, on the way In. hud en It for granted that K. was a (Ileal man like himself, and hnd red his hypodermic case at his dlsal. Vhen he missed him?In the smokroom, that was?he asked for him. I don't see the chap who came in h us," he said. "Clever fellow. Like (now his name. 'he staff did not know. I. sat alone on a bench In the hall, wondered who would tell Sidney; hoped they would be very gentle h her. He did not want to go home I Iimivp h**r tn whnt ?lin mltrh* hm?o "nee. There wns a chance she would for him. He wanted to be near, that case. The night watchman jt by twice and stared at him. At t he asked K. to mind tlie door untie got some coffee. One of the staff's been hurt." he ilained. "If I don't get some cofnow. I won't get any." I. promised to watch the door. , desperate tiling had occurred to lotto. Somehow, she had not ught of It before. Now she woned how she could have failed to ik of It. She went to the stuff and fronted them. They were men of rage, only declining to undertake lit they considered hopeless work. i one man among them who might e done the thing with nny chance success lay stricken. Not one nng them but would have given of best?only his best was not good nigh. It would he the Kdwardes operai, wouldn't It?" demanded Carlotta. 'he staff was bewildered. There re po rules to cover such conduct the purt of a nurse. One of them lied rather heavily: "If any. It jld be the Kdwardes operation." Would Doctor Kdwardes himself able to do anything?" 'his was going a little far. Possibly. One chnnce in a thoud, perhaps. Hut Kdwurdes Is dead. iv did tills tiling happen, Miss liar?n?" lie Ignored Ids question. Her face < ghastly, save for the trace of Re; her eyes were red-rlnimed. Doctor Kdwurdes Is sitting on a cli in the hall outside!" she anneed. ler voice rang out. K. heard her I raised Ids head. His attitude was iry, resigned. The thing had come, ii ! He was to take np tiie old burThe girl had told. ? *???? meter I'd had sent for Sidney. She light it was another operation, and spirit was just a little weary. But eourage was Indomitable. She ?(l I- -r shoes on her tired foct, and I Y.ntlied her face In cold water to foosa herself. The night watchmnn was In the hall, lie was fond of Sidney; she always smiled ut him; and. on hla morning j rounds nt six o'clock to wuken the nurses, her voice was always amiable. So she found him In the hall, holding a cnp of tepid coffee. He was old and bleary, unmistakably dirty, too?but he had divined Sidney's romance. "Coffee I For me?" She was astonished. "Get It down." So she finished It, not without anxiety that she might be needed. But daddy's attentions were for few, and not to be lightly received. "Can you stand a piece of bad news?" Strangely, her first thought was of K. "There has been an accident. Doctor Wilson?" "Which one?" "Doctor Max?has been hurt. It ain't much, but I guess you'd like to know It." "Where Is he?" "Downstairs. In seventeen." Kit kIio wont rinwn nlnnw to tho room where Doctor Ed sat In a chair, with his untidy bag beside him on the floor, and Ills eyes fixed on a straight figure on the bed. When he saw Sidney, he got up and put his arms around her. His eyes told her the truth before he told her anything. She hardly listened to what he Mild. Thd fuct was all thnt concerned her?for suddenly Sidney's sinnll world, which had ! always sedately revolved in one dlrecj tlon, began to move the other wny. The door opened, and the staff came In. But where before they had moved heavily, with dropped heads, now they came quickly, ns men with u purpose. There was a tall man In a white coat with them. He ordered them about He Fired at Him Without a Word like children, and they hastened to do his will. The heaviness, of inuctivlty lifted. The room buzzed. The nurses stood by, while the staff did nurses' work. It was the Lamb, after all, who brought the news to Sidney. The new activity had caught Doctor Ed, and she was ulone now, her fnce burled against the back of a chair. "There'll be something doing now. Mls's Page," he offered. "What are they going to do?" "(Jolng after the bullet. Do you know who's going to do It?" i His voice echoed the subdued ex| citement of the room?excitement und . new hope. (TO BE CONTINUED.) FROM EMERIC TO AMERICA This Country's Name Can Be Traced to Hungarian Prince Who Lived In the Eleventh Century. The transformations that take place in u name, as It passes through dlffer: ent languages, can only be accounted ! for by carelessness in transmission. One would scarcely expect the name of ' Einerlc, the name of a pious IlungeI rlun prince of the eleventh century, who wus made a saint, to take the ; form of Amerigo in Italian, and of Amory and Emery in English. The I name in Herman, but little changed I from the nrlirtnul in Rnimupixh 'n.i_ obscure Hungarian saint lias been ?t person of consequence In this world, for from his name has come that of this great continent. In the fifteenth : century. In the Ttaliun form of Amerigo, it wuh bestowed upon an Italian navlgutor surnamed Vespucci, and thU continent, by a still further mutilation of the name, came to be known as l America. When King Stephen of Hun! gary was choosing n name for his son ; lie could scarcely have Imagined that ! the name chosen was to be the parent of the word America, aud that poor old Christopher Columbus wus thereby to lie despoiled of a recognition that Is far from being compensated for by the term Columbia. November 4 la St. Kmerlc's feast duy. Largest Bank's Deposits. A compillatlon of deposit accounts In the world's largest bunks at the end of 1015 shows tluit the Imperial bank of ltussla stands tlrst, the bank of Kngiund second, the London City aud Midland third. Lloyd's bunk of Londoa ' fourth, the Deutsche hank of Berlin fifth, the Imperial hank of Germany, sixth, the London county and Westminster seventh, the National City hank of New York eighth and tha bank of France ninth. Too Much Prosperity. There is ever u certain languor at* tending the fullness of prosperity. When the heart has no more to wish It yawns over its possessions and the energy of the soul goes out like a flume that has no more to devour.?Young. Talent of 8ucceee. The talent of success Is nothing more than doing what you can do well; and doing well whatever you do; without a thought of fama?lx>ngfet? [ low. BOARD TO MOBOUZE STATES RESOURCES CHAIRMAN COKER I8SUE8 PROCLAMATION EXPLAINING FOOD 8UPPLY OUTLOOK. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina People, Gathered Around the 8tate Capital. Columbia. Production and conservation of food is ureed In an addr&as to the neonle of South Carolina by David R. Coker, | chairman of the civic preparedness I commission. The proclamation follows: Whereas, the national government and our state government realize that an ample supply of foodstuffs, both for this country and for those other countries who are likewise at war with the imperial German government. is necessary for the successful prosecution of military operations. They also realize that the available food supplies of the world are entirely inadequate and that the successful prosecution of this war is menaced by said foo dshortage. They have, therefore. called upon the people of South Carolina to discontinue as far as pos| sible. their draft? upon the already j heavily depleted national food reserves by the production at home of every [ possible poun dof food for man and beaat. In order that the people of South | Carolina may be advised of the na| tional peril caused by food shortage, | and that effective steps may be taken . in this state for food production and , conservation, the governor of South j Carolina has constituted a commission known as the commission for I civic preparedness for war. He has | charged this commission with awaken| ing our people to the necessity of uniI ted and patriotic action in the face of 1 national peril. Some Food Facts. That the people may be properly in; formed and induced to take the nee| essary co-operative action, the followi ing facts are recited: 1 The available supplies of foodstuffs are at the lowest in all food-producing countries that they have been for over 50 years. Prices of most foodstuffs ha.ve about ! doubled during the past two or three years. The government crop report fore| casts a wheat crop which will be short | of American consumption. [ The reserve supplies of meats are far below normal. A nation at war requires more food than a nation at peace. t France, England, Belgium and Italy are short of food and are largely dependent on American imports, and, unless some means is found of supplying them, they can not continue to fight effectively. The South is importing from the West and North $600,000,000 to $700,000,000 worth of foodstuffs annually, and is thus a tremendous drain on the nation's food resources and. consequently. is now a menace to the nation's safety. Under such conditions, the price of cotton will fall, but the price of foodstuffs will advance still further (un! less regulated by law). The raising of foodstuffs in the South Is accompanied by an improvement of the soil, as legumes are unii versally used in a food crop rotation. This enables cotton and other crops to be more cheaply raised the follow; ing year. The programme for increased food! stuffs Is identical with the programme j for preparation for the boll weevil, and i an increase of the acreage to foodj stuffe and of the production of live [ stock would be necessary if the : world were at peace. Farn) laborers are leaving the state ! in great numbers. Cotton requires more i labor than any other crop. Foodstuffs ! and live stock can be produced with I much less labor. j If the state and nation do their ! duty in the production of foodstuffs (as we confidently believe they will), (he next cotton crop will ppobably ! bring a fair price, and we do not wish j the imprsslon to go abroad that this I commission advocates a wholesale | at>andonmcnt of the cotton acreage ! planned. We do. however, moot i strenuously urge every farmer in I South Carolina to produce ample provisions for his family and laborers I and a surplus for r.ale. We urge upon the town people the planting of waste I lands and back yards to garden truck. ! We urge every man. woman and child in the state not to waste food. Food waste under present conditions is criminal. A pound of cotton at 20 cents will actually buy less foodstuffs now than normally. A campaign for food production and conservation will be waged in every county in the state. Practical plans for effectively meeting the situation will be presented. We call upon the people of South Carolina?black and white, old and young?to enlist as one man in order that this great state may stand forth conspicuous in national service, solidly supporting our great and good prosiuen* in mis nour 01 national peril. Richardton-Gibbes Caae Goes Higher: The offire of chief game warden for South Carolina wan decided vacant by Judge J. W. DeVore in a decree handed down last week. The questions argued recently before his honor in the Richland county court room were whether A. A. Richardson or W. H. Glbbes was entitled to hold the position or was there any lawful claimant. The statutory action in lieu of quo warranto proceedings put the whole matter before the court. It Is known that an appeal will be taken to the supreme court. "Service for All" Is Slogan. j "Service for All!" This slogan was iC adopted at a conference between mem- ||J bers of the South Carolina commis- > sion for civic preparedness for war I and the auxiliary committee ^recently I named by Gov. Manning. L The machinery for arousing the people of the state to the absolute* necessity for economic and agrlcultural preparedness was set in motion and definite plans Were made for carrying the message of preparation to every person in South Carolina. It was a kind of round table conference at which the problems confronting the state were considered freely and P frankly. D. R. Coker. of Hartsville, chairman of the commission, presided and presented a general scheme for the organization of the state. Joe Fe Sparks of Columbia was elected secre- I tary to the commission. It was decided to open headquarters in Columbia from which the campaign for agricultural preparedness will he waged. j It was decided to hold meetings In every county in South Carolina, at which members of the auxiliary com- ^ mittee will discuss the situation and urge upon the farmers co-operation to meet the unusual demands that must , 1 ,, ... ... - i?i necessarily 101low me beginning oi war. Gov. Manning was asked to appoint a special committee of negroes, who will be asked to carry out among their ^ race the same general plans which have been mapped out. The negroes ^ will he asked to co-operate in the move for preparing South Carolina In the present emergency. ^ William Banks, president, was re- rc quested to call a meeting of the South ! w Carolina I'ress Association, to be held ! a} in Columbia when a state-wide pub- j sj liclty committee will be organized to 1 rf further the plans of the preparedness | V| commission in every section of the ! n( state. The appeal by the commission is universal. The members realize that i jr to win the war universal service must \ ij( prevail- The farmer, the business man. the banker, the laborer and men I from every class of citizenship must 1 j,, join In the campaign. m ! t\ Must Register Motor Cars. ' ii Kvery motor vehicle in South Caro- ai Una must be registered with the state tl highway engineer before July 1, ac- ; m cording to th recent law passed by . the general assembly. The highway j commission desiring to call this to the p attention of all car owners has issued w the following slef explanatory ontice: i tl "In accordance with the act. ap- n proved February 20. 1017. creating C] 1 a state highway department, every b owner of a motor vehicle and every ' n dealer in motor vehicles is required tf to register with the state highway engineer on or before the first of July, j| 1017. The law provides that each 0 owner of a motor vehicle and each j tl dealer in motor vehicles shall make t> application to the state highway engi- ' v neer for registration and license. The j tl state highway engineer will furnish v those application blanks on request. tl "The law further provides that on and after July 1 that any person who p drives an unlicensed 'motor vehicle b on, or along, or across any public road, p or street, or highway in the State of South Carolina, shall be deemed guil- j II ty of a misdemeanor and shall be pun- j ished by a fine of not more than $25 ^ I ui iui|;iiauiiuiciu iui uui UiUi C L11U.II 1U I days for each and every offense. "The state highway engineer is ' t| j anxious to register these motor ve- j c hides as fast as possible and to cause , 0 as little inconvenience to the public i B ; as is possible. However, there are ! ^ I about 30,000 cars in this state to be n registered and to register this number I , of cars will take at least two months ; a of time. As there are now only about j two and one-half months between now i 0 and the first of July and as no one ' j will be allowed to drive a motor ve- , j, hide on the public highways after the ! P first of July unless duly licensed and I registered, the state highway engineer a desires to urge every owner of a mo- r tor vehicle and every dealer in motor j g vehicles to make application for regis- | j I (ration at once in order that his office : \ may be able to complete the registra- [ v ! tion of motor vehicles' by the first : (, ' of July. | v j "The registration fees for owners p of motor vehicles will be 12 l-2c per t] I horsepower, based on A- L. A. M. rat- j n j ing. The registration fees for deal- { f. i ers in motor vehides will be $15 for , t] each make of mototr vehicle sold. It j w I will not cost any more to register a j e l c ar now than it will to register the J same car (luring the last part of June. I Kvery owner of a motor vehicle is urg; ently requested to write to the state t., ! highway engineer at once requesting j g application blanks. j "The registration and license fees p . pad to the Htate highway engineer ri ' are in lieu of all other state, munid- j, ! i>al and countv licenses for the entire v. j year of 1917 " | ri ! Governor Manning Member. j ? Gov. Manning has accepted appoint- t| I ment on the national committee for tj I the change of the inaugural data. It j, I Is proposed to change the date from w i March 4 to fourth Tuesday In April. i 1 j To Recruit National Guard. One thousand men are needed at once to bring the National Guard of South Carolina tip to peace strength g Raising of this increment was author- t, ized by the department of the east. p W. W. Moore, the adjutant genaral. C( received the following telegram from $ the department: r( "War department authorises re- a cruitment National Guard organize n tions to maximum peace strength reg it ular army. We have informed com- t) manding officers of those in federal e service-" F Plant Vegetables Around Capitol. The state grounds commision. bv way of doing its hit in the foodstuffs campaign, will lay out in vegetable beds vacant areas in the western half f, of the capitol park, the produce to be ,. given to the Associated Chahrities for a distribution. Tort ions to be so used are those unshaded and in which only j, grass grows. George Baldwin, the a landscape gardener, will donate most (j of the seed and plants required and ?| will supervise the work. Mr. Raid- 0 win. as a native of ftngland. is a keen v student of the food problem. 7,000,000,000 WAR OAN PASSES HOUSE )T A VOTE WA8 RECORDED AGAINST THE BIG REVENUE AUTHORIZATION. EBATE WAS ON HIGH PLANE irmer War Opponents nanded Record Roll Call. ? A dments Confine Loana to Nation* at War With Germany. Washington.?With a total absence partisanship the House, by a vote 389 to 0, passed the Seven Billion jllar bill to finance the prosecution the war against Germany, including loan of $3,000,000,000 to the Allies, epresentative Meyer London, Socialt, of New York, who has conscienjus scruples against war and approbations for war, answered "present" hen his name was called. Owing to general pairs and absenes only 389 votes were recorded for ie bill, but both Democratic Leader itchin and Republican Leader Mann inounced that all of their members ould have voted affirmatively if they ad been present. The formality of a >11 call would have been dispensed ith if several members who voted ?ainst the war resolution had not insted upon having the opportunity of cording themselves in favor of proIding money to carry on hostilities ow that the nation is at war. The bill authorizes $5,000,000,000 i bonds, of which $3,000,000,000 will e loaned to Entente countries, and >e issuance of Treasury cerificates >r $2,000,000,000 ultimately to be met y increased taxation. Passage of the easure never was in doubt during the vo days it was under consideration i the House, and favorable action by i) overwhelming vote is assured in ie Senate, where it was taken up londay. It probably will be signed y the President this week. Chairman Simmons of the Senate inance Committee took up the bill ith his committee Monday, and since iere is no opposition to it. expects to [ port It to the Senate at once. Leadrs expect to keep it the unfinished uslness until passed. There will be 0 great opposition on the floor, allough there may he some debate. The bill was not materially amended 1 the House, except for the inclusion f language specifically directing that iie loans to foreign Governments shall e made during, and not after, the ,-ar and that the securities bought by his Government with proceeds of the ast loan shall be the securities of naions fighting Germany. Other amendments adopted would rohlbit thi aala ftMha ??i onds at less than par and permit the urchase of foreign bonds "at par." INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO ASSEMBLE IN FEW DAYS. Inited States Officials Plan For Coming of Commissioners. Washington.?With the assembly of he most momentous international onfeernce ever held in this country nly a few days distant, officials of everal executive department sof the iovernment devoted themselves to [taking final preparations for grretlng he distinguished men Great Britain nd France are sending here to disuss war problems. State Department ffieials directly responsible for the etails of the arrangements, conferred a an effort to have no marke of courtsy lacking. Those familiar with official etiquet broad say that the sending to this ountry of men like British Foreign iecretary Balfour. French Minister of ustice and former Premier Rene 'Iviani and General Joffre Is almost rithout precedent. Not only does the rip here require much more very aluable time than the various Euroean war conferences, but It submits tie high officials to real dangers from lines and submarines, experienced in rossing to the continent. It is known tiat the present trip was taken only .'1th the deepest foreboding quickned by memories of the loss of Lord [itchener. Committee of Welcome. The preliminary committee of welome, consisting of Third Assistant ecretarv Long, representing the State lepartment; Rear Admiral Frank P. 'letcher and Commander D. F. Sellers, ^presenting the Navy and Col. Robert !. L. Michie. Lieut. Col. Spencer Cosy and Capt. John G. Quekemeyer. reppsenting the Army, is ready to leave jt the port of arrival at a moment'* otice. The committee will welcome tie commissioners. A formal receplon will greet them here, in which the ighest officials of the Government ill participate. AX SUGGESTIONS TO RAISE WAR REVENUE. Washington. ? Administration sugpc(inn< ait to nnatt'hlp nt?ur unitrnoo nt ixation through which to raise aproximtely one-half of the estimated oht of the first year of the war. or 1.807.250,000, were submitted by Secetary Mi-Adoo to the Senate Finance nd the House Ways and Means Com littees. The other half of the cost i to be provided by $2,000,000,000 of ae bonds authorized by the war revnue bill passed by the House. RANK ROCKEFELLER VICTIM OF PARALYSIS. Cleveland. O. ? Frank Roskefeller. 2. youngest brother of John I). Rockepller, died in his apartments in a loal hotel from a stroke of paralysis ml a blood elot on the brain as a reult of a relapse he sustained follow lg an intestinal operation a month go. He became seriously ill on Mon ay last and had been unconscious luce Friday. He is survived by a wodw and three daughters. The funeral fill be held here Tuesdav.