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* EDITORIAL NEED FOR FIRING 8QUAO. It mu*t hnv# ocrnrreil to a (rrrat many pwple. In ronillng the ncwapapor accounts of the lenient methods sdopt- ed by the government authorities In denting with fhd spy question. Hint tlia plying of tills trade by n German or German sympathizer Is far safer than service In the army of the Kaiser. The most serloua penalty Imposed so far has been against an ofTloer of the United States army who volufv tarily announced that he could not dc Justice to himself or his men hi lead ing them against his relatives and friends fighting on the German side. A man who Is convicted of being q leader In the spy plots ngairwt Ameri can lives and prni>erty Is given a prison sentence less than that usually meted out to nn ‘ embezzling rlerk. Other men, engaged In subterranean efforts which might result In the kill ing of more American boys than rnubJ be accomplished by an entire German regiment, are pleasantly Interned In quarters where they ore provided with creature comfyrjs ^nknow^i to the young men who are upholding fha Stars and Stripes la No Man a I^nnd. ^ The reaaon for yjls state of affairs la hfWTto Appreciate. The country Jj a* war and war Is not a "civil” matter. A man who conspires to place a bomb In an American troop-fhlp or a vessel carrying much needed «u*>pfbw to our anil's Is warring against this country as much (even more, we l»elleve) as the private or officer tn the German ranks who ta evjxmed to Arueclrso bullets Why, then, should we treat these vipers as offssntem against the cltll law? I^t ■ order out the flrlnf •*4 wad 1 UNGARTH’S JOB By VINCENT 0. PERRY. rCoyyrjglu, 191M, by the Met luru .Newsya- per Syndicate) It was one of the quietest seaside resorts In existence and Murray Luu- garth fully realized this, as he sat on i the beach and stretched, lazily. The place was almost deserted of male, but there were plenty of ladles, old and young. There jyus no consolation for Murray In that,, though, for he had ! made a grave mistake, his first week, by writing a story about the Indecent bathing suits and hoop-skirls. It IhutU? a great story, but after that It was all the more difficult to get news, and for a time Murray took It to heart, but then he met June Thompson, the onl£ girl who really counted, and she Was not long In showing him that the opln- ‘ Ion of the others didn’t count with her. As Murray sat on the beach, hoping i something would happen to make a short news Item at least, he heard a llglit step behind him and Jurned to meet the laughing -gaze of June. | "Oh, you look so doleful!” she laugh ed. “ijmllo," Murray, smile t U yon ‘ knew how u frown ifl-becoinvs y^u, r*r would never let those wrinkles s»ay in • forehead for an Instant. What is the trouble?" MBHVBT FOOD mo H FOOD ADMINISTRATION APPEALS TO PEOPLE TO CONSUME SUR PLUS AND AVOID WASTE. a i ' i Columbia, S. C.—In a letter sent out by William Elliott, Food Admirt- istrator for South Carolina, to the re tail grocers throughout the State, at tention is called to the big surplus In Irish potatoes, and the retailers are urged to push their sales. The • ap peal is made by the Food ,Adminis tration to the people of the State that they eat more potatoes and consume the big surplus during the next fe\r weekg in order that a tremendocs waste may be avoided. There are in South Carolina at the present time 40,000 bags of potatoes in hands of the wholesalers and 10.000 bags in the hands of the retallera. It “is estftnated by tbe Federal Food Ad ministration that the surplus this year over normal times in 110.000.000 buih- els. The new crop will be coming In In a few weeks to add to this nurplus, "It woul dbe a crying shame in this time of food shortage for thin nurpiuh In potathen to go to waste," nays Mr. n|jjille as he confessed . Elliott In his letter to the retailers. the grave outlook. "LM 1 h nee If we can’t make a story," Farmers were last year u: ged to plant big potato crops in order to re- she kuggented. nn she spread nut her { Hove the food situation, and did bo TRUE CITlZENtHI* Hoc* •• *0 dislike te srimtt tl, there •fill exists • distinct apathy toward tW war oa the part af a great man? people ta various parta of tha ewwatry, The rwaana far this la eeea dew par than mae<ituMowal pa iflawi ar prw4jwe man lam baaed a pea esptatwabta Mood er mental aaanrlatWoa The fart it altheagh w« did aot real las N a*'ll rerwatty. tha average Htlaew eg thia raaatry hat mm had mattUed la him real reapeaWhmty ta and ta hha g*»» tha damwreattr idea fa America and the altrapaimeal aarare af ear Perm m«wi fetal dtaappaarawea af rta appro nattea hy tha ladividaal af wha (ha Tha chaafiag af thia aemdtfSea ta tag the railed B’e'ee today wwtaida af wtaaiaf tha war ft taevdewe a rwm pSeva readfammeat awd rwrimttamg wf ear asevhoda af rlrkr laatrwrima Thia w<Wt meat atari II the arhwola af tha U»wew* grade liaay mea whw have had the ad van* age ef rwitegtate Its •trwrlkm ta pntlttrai erwoom i a ad e*ee the taAaeace ef the dlecwaaSnn «*f three amttera la high arhwol dat«altag aodetlea. apprertate the prehiem It mwe* He r> ineinheeed. however, that hv far the greeter am ferity ef bo* a whn later meke ep the rtftarwey of f>e ne (Vow Vewva achaal after paaetng through aaly tha avewt etemeaary The National Rererltp Lee gee oe- gewlied at the atari af the war aa a praparedaaaa proganda a ad aww derot Mg Its entire efforts m the awakening af the people ta a reatlaattaa of tha mrwalnga af tha war tad the menace of defeat, has undertaken a nation* wide campaign oa thia qoeatloc of trwa dtlaenahlp which la worthy of atten tion and aapport It haa foliated the co-operation of atate. county and city supertntendeats of achoola In all [atrta of the country to make dally Instruc tion on the war part of actual school tuition The laague haa also obtained the release to It on full pay by the Hoards of Trustee# of a numlwr of the largest colleges and unlveraltlea lit the country of a corps of professor* who nre to constitute a “National Patriotic Education Faculty" to carry on this work in the broader field. These men will create a sort of peripatetic uni versity, Journeying personally Into all pnrts of tbe country to spread this thought of the necessity of awakening the dtlienshlp of the country to re sponsibility In Its government. More power to the National Security League apd may the nation quickly realize tha importance of ita workl UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING VOTES 176 Congressmen and 42 Sena tors Are Recorded for Meas ure by Security League. Tha National Security League a»- nognees today that It haa recorded la favor of universal military training 176 members of the Houae of Repre- aentalives and 42 members of the Sem ite. The figures In the canvass whtca the league has been conducting >1*4 170 In the House of Represents!I>we and 43 in the Senate In Its last an- noun cement. These figures wars re duced hy the retirement from Congress of three New York reprsnsptatteae skirt end sat down beside him. They put their beads together and planned for Dearly half an hour, stopping now > and then to Indulge in u laugh. With a last word id instruction site left him and started out toward the chick. Murray h*oked after her longingly. Ileuteos! He ct»uldo t aw ini well enough to rvarue unyuoe I What a dough bead he hod been I The thought paralysed him for the tmwmeot. but hw recovered sufficiently to Jump to hie feet end rare after Juo*. Hbe wee Dot Id aAght. but he knew she would wait fur him before Mm fell off (he dock into the water, as they hod srranged. The piuu wnuid have to §o now end with M the story, Wneut there someone sine who rooM roorue her—oohody hw could trust. Whet If ahw fell lo ut hie eppcwoch. before he hod an sppenunity lo earn her not tnt The! was esnrttf whet A jnee e poop ne he unw her I (hw deck the minnte he heee In There one only one thing In do. did N. hoi ho far get thot no he M«t fretwy fow the agot whe gone down far the third dhne. He cwnidnT eoggwrt her hmg he knew, hot tt oae hotter to die with her then Mao without her. Bemechiug one (hem ng- fifhni one tl f Jena coed him. "1 thought you rwoM ewti then thbh~ ahe pnnied. fur so allowed A great deal of water lo moke the reeroe feohetlc. ^Too’re fagged uol hot I con ewtm well enough to keep u* b»*th ap ' Murray woe able tn help a Utile, hot June wee a rrmerhahie swimmer end ollllhg hood* helped them when they ree« bed the deck. A crowd hod ref lected lu thot brief time end I person Murray e ryes Ht on w put hi• foot ou firm ground woe Mc Nulty, e reporter for the Tribune, the rival sheet. ~l>na‘t any anything about thia, Mac," be was able to gasp. # , "Leave It to me." was Mac e answer. ' The next morning (he Tribune had a full account jof IL .'there wue nothing lo do hut go bora# and thro get out of the city as soon as be fould^ He mould have to ode f uoe before he left—be | owed it to her. With bead lo the air he made his way to the Thompson summer cottage. I June was there to welcome him. Her father hasn't going to deny her that privilege at any rate. "Oh. Murray, Isn't It terrible," were | her first word*. ‘The Tribune write-up was the true one, though." ‘True! Who said It was true?" "Why—” Murray begun, hut a step behind him and a warning glance caused him to stop and face a stout man. It whs June’s father. He had not seen the Tribune, that was appar ent by his smile, Murray felt. "This is Mr. Langarth, daddy," June smiled her sweetest. "So this is the brave young man who saved your life, dear," Mr. Thomp son said, as he grasped Murray's hand. "But you have seen the write-up In the Tribune?" Murray asked, doubt fully. "Yes, and I think it’s one of the worst pieces of spite work I have ever seen. Nobody will believe It." Tm afraid they.will, sir. I think It will mean I have lost my position." "Never mind, Murray," June said us she linked his arm with her, "daddy Is the managing editor of a much big ger paper than either the Journal or Tribune, and he Is going to give you t g«*Hl position, aren’t you. daddy?" "But—" Murray began. “June and I hare talked It over, and she will tell you all about IL" patriotically, and at present prices, say! Mr. Elliott. Irish potatoes aro not onl> the most plentiful food, but they are the cheapest food that consumers can Huy. Wholesaler* at different points fn the mate are selling pots toe* at from one dollar to two dollar* a hag lose than they cost them NOV/ A RURAL SCHOOL IS FIGHTING THE KAIfiEH WHOLE TEXAfi COUNTY QUITE CATINO WHEAT WIN Use Ne Meee Wheel Fleur Until After Neat Harvest In Qrwneu Ceutf. Temne. Ostemhlev Thu FWd Admtwletrw- tluu hue received ad views end aeeur ear* from the rttkuuue ef Octmuu cwwe ty# Tuuuu. thu« he wheel finer will he eeed b? them eetii the unit harvest ta Onmee cneety every dev win he a wbeetieaa day eetU the neat ere# cemss te le the asms See spirit ef petnet*— with which the rtNsnee ef this Tvaea it? -•fra a f?*« a* »• *hn*’ 1 le erder thei the Amertree eel ef the Attlee eed the penpie ef weretrtrbee fie reps me? he lad. they here t ere ad ever te the geveremeet ei rest see re# ef wheel Auer eed wilt deliver ethers new le traesh These «ere ere heieg diverted le aa Atlantic pert fer Immediate shipmeel le the Attaa The feed elfeeflee le etltt far ffem heieg aelieferteey The meet erpest eeed eew le Berepe le fer wheel News dlepetrbee received from Italy ladlreiieg that a penerfal offensive to sheet te he begun hy the A entries a whe here received treat peeatttles ef eeypllee from fieoele eeva thet the ft ei tana ere fta deaperate need af feed, eed thet eety sheet see third ef the If el lea army ef t fifidfifid m#e to heieg meiatetned ee the hettle lieu, the ef Uriel einleaetlee heieg thet there to teeefftcieet feed le provide fer the remainder H *we 11 one Fleh hy TerthUfhL Torchlight finhlpg off the Walklhl Mwwe la a nightly feature Hawaiian ned Jt thet fffilMML At fifiHi ef u wh*we tl Whele Community Awakened te S War Ceneeleweneee hy the Bethea Rural School. Columbia.—How effectively a rural school ran fight the Kaiser and makv ita Influence felt throughout a roman nlty. awakening the people to a war consciousness and to a sense of their responsibility In the present crisis, has been strikingly demonstrated hy the Bethea schoolh In Aiken county reports of which have been receivid by the Food Administration. Food production and conservation have been so impressed upon the peo ple of the Bethea community, through the medium of the school—the chil dren carrying the gospel home to their parents—and the night school, which is* attended by many adults, that in response to the crying need of the allied world for food, sixty-one acres have been sown in wheat this spring as against only ten acres last year. This Is only one of the several achievement of Bethea school la war work. Bethea Is a two-teacher school, flvs «miles west of Wagener. The young women who preside over the school are Misses Mary Eva Htte and Myrtle Burke; and they have, in add! tlon to their regular duties, deveted time, effort and careful thought to { helping the people of the community i to do their utmoat la helping win the ^ wag. A plot ef land ad Joining tha school greuad haa been secured for a War | Service Garden, which la given as mach attention as any other part ef j the school wort. A Jnnler Rod Cross organisation haa been perfected with a membership of thirty-three—ell | school rkHdreu Ail l tost (an hi the hefiaalug of the school term had prertleettyoeery Emm ta By DARWIN f. KINGSLEY President' New Yore Life Insurance Co* 'HY do you save to build a home? It ta us ually cheaper to pay rent Why do you plan to give your children a good education? Will you get any money- dividends from that? Why do you pay fire insurance premiums and' life insurance premiums? 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