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REGULAR ARMY OF 143,000. Rill Provides for Federalized Nation- q al Guard. Washington, Feb. 2 6.?The house military committee agreed today up- t on the general terms of a bill it ex- t pects to get berore tne nouse m tea t yk t days providing for a regular army ; with an authorized peace strength of ^ 143,000 men; a federalized National Guard which would reach a fixed min- q imum strength of 424,000 in five years; adequate reserve systems for both of these forces, and organizac tion of civilian training camps, with % wide discretion reposed in the war department as to the terms of enlist- n ment, training and government. Members of both the house and n *** senate military committees frankly v admitted today that they had doubts u r whether a requisite force could be en- ? listed in the National Guard, even unt der the proposed federal pay and . regulation provision, and a growing s v tendency to provide for a federal 11 ... <1 army reserve in addition to tfte regu-1 lar army and federalized National ? Guard was manifest in both committees. Members said they favored a a practical test of the possibility of forming a federal volunteer army in 0 peace times on lines somewhat simi- a lar to the continental army plan. The * apparent intention to abandon the continental project wholly was one f of the.causes leading up to the resig- a * nation of Secretary Garrison. Training Camps. The senate committee has agreed tentatively to a plan under which ? training camps would be authorized s in every congressional district where * sufficient men volunteered for train- * ing under an obligation for war ser- 11 vice. The maximum force to be thus e i n raised in any district would be a bat- E italion, or substantially the same num- 1] e. ^ ber as proposed for the first year of * fc the Garrison continental army plan. * I L The camps wrould be under command t of full complements of regular army P officers. I ^ This tentative plan is in addition the regular army and the federaliz- j I Kd National Guard proposals, and is intended to reach men who would not be benefited in either of <these services e Representative Kahn, who has adL. vocated an extension of the business r men's camps to all classes of citizens p who would not enlist in the regulars D or the National Guard, said today j that with 30,000 men already enroll- D ed for extensive military training this ^ summer, without Government aid, he y had received assurances that fully that ttha h 100,000 would be available next year q under his plan. t As a Compromise. ^ .The house committee arrived at its regular army figures today as a com- ^ promise after suggestions of a peace strength of 220,000, 180,000 and ^ 150,000 had been voted down by nar- a rowing margin. A non-partisan vote finally fixed upon 137,000, or 2,000 more than recommended by the war department, with a provision de- C signed to allow a percentage of overenlistment in order to maintain that . strength at all times. With this pro$ vision the total strength authorized t would be 143,000. To provide of- c ficers to carry out work of instruction p ^ at schools, among militia regiments c and for other special duties, 1,000 t additional men in the commissioned c t personnel was agreed upon, as p against an increase of 786, as pro- t posed by the war department. n r" The increases over the department o figures would be in field and coast ar- z tillery, the former being doubled c ' over its present strength. A total of a twelve regiments or 108 batteries is fi contemplated. The coast artillery ij would be increased to a point where c regulars to man all mine and torpe- a v do defences and one-half the guns in c fixed fortifications would be available i< with an additional complement to 4 man the proposed mobile guns to be t ad^ed. As to National Guard. c The bill also provides that a Xa- e /tional Guard officer from each organization be detailed to attend the 3 regular army service schools, receiv- c ing the pay of his rank in the tegu- B lar army while on such duty. It con- t. * T_x._ XT XT ^ t templates aumunzing uiw prw:ucui to draft the guard into the federal 0 service at any time he deems best, c without waiting specific authority of congress, and would remove all re- ^ ^ strictions on use of the force out- r side the country. I ^ Several members of the house v K committee are in sympathy with the ^ W senate committee's proposal for the ^ F regular army, which contemplates as f tentatively agreed upon a complete reorganization and a peace strength of 175,000 men. In the same way, it is said, members of the senate I committee are willing to accept the ii i judgment of the house body on the I scheme to federalize the National P Guard.' 3 j< The house committee will hear ^ army officers Monday in connection ^ -oHth ti-tA cnhpnipi for srovernment co- b operation in establishing plants for i the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen s k at available water power sites. The i: I total product of these plants would t I * AX APPRECIATION. lie Golden Age of Poetry in America. "There is no more hopeful sign of he advancement of a new age of aristic appreciation in this country han the recent genuine renaissance i native ana vigorous poetry, oiaz[ig new trails for itself in realism, antasy, form and method, says the .'entury. "The best of this work is based upn the craftsman's knowledge of his raft and his clear-sighted study of he poetic 'old masters,' though the lodern poet shows his individuality a two distinct ways. He is either a lerciless and challenging realist or reaves new and gorgeous patterns :pon the loom of fancy, rejecting old ioetic phrase, the age-long-pigeonoled 'fit expression' for a given heme shaping out of the flexible, lang-accreted language of the day a ew poetic diction full of pith and brimmed with nimbler meanings up.' 'hus, mixed metaphorically, some 3ea may be given of his enthusiastic nd hearty modern method. "Already in America the new vigor >f its poets has produced four books * lnocf cnnnoccful in ovnorimpnt in , L I CAO 1/ QUVV/^OOlUl 111 A A. *** W ** v y . ense in individuality, and a nucleus or further enterprising poetry of the uture. These are: 'Sword Blades .nd Poppy Seed,' by Amy Lowell; North of Boston,' by Robert Frost; The Congo,' by Vachel Linsay, and The Spoon River Anthology,' by Ed;ar Lee Masters. The writer believes incerely that work as daring and disinctive as this is more a product of he modern spirit in America?far nore?than a mere imitation of modrn English or European forms and ciethods, though something be owng to the latter. There is an inoxication about the way our conemporary poets fling themselves ino a dauntless quest for self-exiression. LIGON TAKES CHARGE. becomes Postmaster at Orangeburg on March 1. Dr. A. C. Ligon, the newly appointd postmaster for Orangeburg, will ike charge of the postoffice on March It has been 17 years since the ostoffice has had a Democrat as postl~)r TJsrnn will succeed Allie ). Webster, who has served as postmaster 17 years. The record made >y the retiring postmaster is an eniable one, but Dr. Ligon is young nd energetic, and is determined to :eep the local postoffice to the fronts "he new postmaster is familiar with he postoffice work and states that it s his intention to enlarge the. postiffice in every way possible for the lenefit of its patrons and to the upiuilding of Orangeburg. There will >e no changes made in the force of ssistants now employed. GRAVES OF COXFEDERATES. commissioner Reports on Progress of Work Under His Department.' Washington, Feb. 25.?Progress in he work of marking the graves of Confederate soldiers who died while Prisoners of war was reported to ongress today by Samuel E. Lewis, he government commissioner in harge of the plan. Mr. Lewis rented that the work remaining to >e done is the replacing of approxi [lately 596 old headstones by new >nes, marking the graves of 372 citiens from the Confederate States, ompletion of the existing registers ,nd preparation of a comprehensive inal report to congress and the pubic generally of the magnitude and haracter of the work and the extent nd manner in which it has been acomplished. The report says there 3 an unexpended balance of $40,56, which is sufficient to continue he work the coming year. "The number of deaths and burials >f prisoners of war held by the Unitd States authorities, the report adds, 3 authentically reported to have been 0,716, of which number the graves f 3,515 are reported as lying at nilitary stations and localities withn the area of the seceded States, ''here are reported to be 9,300 prismers of war lying in the national emeteries. The original records, ncl.uding registers and plats of urial in cemeteries, have been in nost cases lost or are inaccessible. )ata has been obtained by personal isits of the commission to AlexanTT??,wl/Mn nrv/1 Vonrnnrt Vowc I Li'ia, namy luu aiiu .icimjuh ^ fa.; Charleston, Morris Island, Beauort and Hilton Head, S. C., and Saannah and Fort Pulaski, Ga." The florin obtained its name from Florence, where it was first struck ti the 13th century. The new bridge across the Tiber t Rome, having a span of 328 feet, 5 the longest re-inforced concrete rch in the world. >e available for powder manufacture n war time. A provision will be inerted in the general bill after hearng providing for government aid in he project as a war measure. DOUAUMONTTAKEN. On? of Fortifications of Verdun Now j in Teuton Hands, Says Berlin. I Berlin, Feb. 26., via London.?It! is officially announced that Fort Douaumont, one of the fortifications of: Verdun, was taken by storm vesteri day afternoon and is now firmly held , u\ tuc uci inana. The German war office also an- j nounced the capture of the hills southwest of the village of Louvemont and the fortified positions to the east thereof. The statement follows: "Western front: On the night of February 25 an advance by a British detachment east of Armetiers was repulsed. "In the Champagne the French made an attack south of the St. Marie-a-Py position which we captured on February 12. They succeeded in penetrating our first line trenches over a width of about 250 yards. "East of the Meuse considerable advances were made on the battle front in the presence of the king-emperor. Our brave troops gained possession of the hills southwest of the village of Louvemont and the group of fortified positions situated to the east thereof. In the fierce rush forward Brandenburg regiments pushed on as far as the village and armored fort of Douamont, which they carried by storm. "In the plain of the Woevre the enemy's resistance broke down along the entire front as far as the neighborhood of Marphoville (Marche viner) to tne soutn 01 me national high road from Paris. "The capture of the village of Champneuville, reported yesterday, was based on an erroneous report. "Eastern theatre: Apart from successful engagements, participated in by our vanguards, there is nothing to report. "Balkan theatre: The situation is unchanged." Resistance Broken. The German statement indicates a development of the attack along a wide front to the south and east of the region north of Verdun, along which pressure has hitherto been exerted. The road from Paris to Metz referred to runs through Verdun, passing slightly to the southeast. It is along the front that the Germans are now attacking, as distinct from the section to the north of Verdun. Verdun is thus being assailed simultaneously from the northeast, east and southeast. Apparently the Germans are developing an attack similar to that employed frequently* % ? ? , with marked success, against the Russian fortified positions in the campaign of last summer. Their tactics were to bend back the Russian lines on both sides of the selected point of attack and compel evacuation of the fortress itself. BELGIAN ART. An Appreciation of a Noted Belgian Sculptor. , In a corner of the atelier of Godefroid Devreese, at Brussels, is a group of figures that, in certain aspects, is perhaps the most significant of the Belgian scluptor's work, writes Brand Whitlock in Scribner's. The statement is, to be sure, hesitant, and hedged about by many saving qualifications, since it is by no means the most important work that has come from the artist's hands, nor does it represent him in the plentitude of his powers. But, the question of its j intrinsic interest and artistic value, wholly apart, it is significant as showing the point from which the scluptor I set out on his long and honorable career. For it is youth, it is joy, it is?Flanders. The mass is formed by a huge tun surmounted by a Flemish piper, and at his feet, round and round, circle the peasants to whom he is piping the "Bocrendans." It depicts a living scene that has characterized the Flemish kermesse for centuries, and it shows, with Flemish abandon, that life the Flemish folk have to unstrainedly live, down through the centuries. It is, in many of its moods, a life of free, whole-hearted gayety, impossible to any other northern race; it is as objective, it not as graceful, as that of the Greeks, and as joyous, though doubtless not so uninterruptedly joy ous, as we like to think that of the French or the Italians. It is to be sure, a joy wholly material, fiddling frolic, the life that Jordaens and Steen and Teni^rs had such evident gusto in repro ing. The "Boerendans" of M. Devereese is of their genre, and he is, originally himself, of their line, in direct descent. * "Ain't It tlie Trnili?" The sphinx has eyes, but it cannot? "See!" cried the children. "Has ears, but it cannot?" "Hear!" they responded. "Has a mouth, but cannot?" "Eat," said the chorus. "Has a nose, but cannot?" "Wipe it!" thundered the class. Read the Herald, $1.50 per year. i "Cured" | ft Mrs. Jay McGee, of Steph- I Ej enville, Texas, writes: ' For & nine (9) years. I suffered with A 9 womanly trouble. I had ter- g 9 riblc headaches, and pains in gt m my back, etc. It seemed as if K 9% I would die, I suffered so. At ? 9 last, I decided to try Cardui, ft] [| the woman's tonic, and it 3 % helped me right away. The 91 ^9 full treatment not only helped yA Kl me, but it cured me." m |J _ TAKE J if The Woman's Tonic il Cardui helps women in time V] of greatest need, because it 9 contains ingredients which act 0J specifically, yet gently, on the weakened womanly organs. Si So, if you feel discouraged, KM blue, out-of-sortsr unable to El do your household work, on account of your condition, stop Al wt worrying and give Cardui a VI E trial. It has helped thousands XI of women,?why not you? wl W Try Cardui. E-71 W LZau Gut Your Store Bill Down One Half Tens of thousands of farmers as well ai town and city folks cut down tneir stor< bills one-half last year and saved monei in spite of generally short crops and re duced wages. Absolutely millions of dollars wer< saved and countless families lived bettei than ever before in the face of the cottoi crisis and general business depression. How were these burdensome store bill cut down? By the real money-savinf power of good home gardens, righth planted and kept planted and tendec through the season. Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue tells hov to cut store bills down; tells about gar den and farm seeds of kinds and a qua! ity that cannot be bought from your mer chant or druggist. It's full of garden an< farm information. It's free if yon as! for it. Write for it now. H. G. HASTING! CO., Atlanta, Ga.?(Advt.) TAX NOTICE. The treasurer's office will be ope] for the collection of State, count} school and all other taxes from thi 15th day of October, 1915 until th 15th day of March, 1916 inclusive. From the first day of Januar} 1916, until the 31st day of January 1916, a penalty of one per cent, wil be added to all unpaid taxes. Fron the 1st day of February, 1916, ; penalty of 2 per cent, will be adde< to all unpaid taxes. From the Is day of March, 1916, until the 15tl day of March, 1S16, a penalty of ' per cent, will be added to all unpaii taxes. THE LEVY. For State purposes 7 mill For county purposes '..4 1-2 mill Constitutional school tax 3 mill Total 14 1-2 mill: SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Bamberg, No. 14 9 mill Binnakers, No. 12 3 mill Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mill Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mill: Colston, No. 18 4 mill: Denmark, No. 21 6 1-2 mill: Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mill Fishpond, No. 5 2 mill: Govan, No. 11 4 mill: Hutto, No.. 6 2 mill: Hampton, No. 3 2 mill; Heyward, No. 24 2 mill: Hopewell, No. 1 3 mill: Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 4 mill: Lees, No. 23 4 mill: Midway, No. 2 2 mill: Oak Grove, No. 20 2 mill: Olar, No. 8 9 mill: St. John's, No. 10 2 mill: Salem, No. 9 4 mill: Three Mile, No. 4 2 mill: All persons between the ages o twenty-one and sixty years of age except Confederate soldiers and sail ors, who are exempt at 50 years o: age, are liable to a poll tax of on< dollar. Capitation dog tax 50 cents. All persons who were 21 years o] age on or before the 1st day of Jannary, 1915, are liable to a poll ta? of one dollar, and all who have noi made returns to the Auditor, are requested to do so on or before th* 1st of January, 1916. I will receive the commutatior -1 A A / (J> A A A \ Pr*nr-r roau iax ui iwu uunaio nvn the 15th day of October. 1915, unti' the 1st dav of March, 1916. G. A. JENNINGS, Treasurer Bamberg County. RILEY & COPELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life Accident INSURANCE Office in J. T). Copeland's Store BAMBERG. S. C. [ Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of how long, standing, are curtd by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Pain and Heals at the same time. 25c, 50c. $1.00 | J Sample Bo i I The Biggest sh 1 sample box c I have received time arrived t I Values up to < box, we sell notl 40c per box. < early. Our sa not stay long. i Herald Bo \ ( ?2. 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