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THE RISE OF HOOVER. From Barefoot Roy Food Expert is Xow Modern Joseph. Who is Hoover? Who is the man in w%ose hands such unlimited pow- ! er has been placed? Is he capable.! will he wisely administer his dictatorship, so as best to conserve our i supplies or food, and assure the people provisions at reasonable prices, and ret work no injustice to the far-! mer and producer? What manner of I man' is he? Herbert Hoover is 42 years young.; I say young advisedly, because he isj the youngest looking man for his! age. in America. He' has a boyish j looking face, until you look in his, eyes, then you know that you are dealing with a man. He has broad shoulders, which he carries very erectly, and moves with the certain- j x ty d? a pendulum. There is no lost! motion in his carriage. He acts with' as much Drecision as if he were gear- j ed to a machine. His clean shaven, round face and strictly business-like cut clothes make him look like an American drummer. There is one big difference, however, between the two. Hoover lacks the drummer's conciliating smile and his ready fund of anecdote. Hoover doesn't talk. vHe may have a tongue, but you will know him for some time before you find him out. He will let you do the talking, and you won't talk comfort\ ably, either, while he is looking at you, as his piercing black eyes look right through you. You feel as if he were reading your very soul. His big, broad shoulders and massive chin impress you that you are in the presence of a virile man, a masterful . man, a man with whom you can take no liberties and en whom you can practice no deception. Paradoxically as it may seem,! while he is a masterful man, accus-i tomed to be obeyed, and almost autocratic in the use of his authority, u. . ----yet he is withal very .democratic. I remember seeing him one day walking down the streets of a small Belgian village eating cheese and crackers. I stopped him to ask a question and he continued nibbling at his improvised cheese sandwich as he talked. A week later he was conversing on equal terms with a British cabinet minister. Shams and hollow pretense and formalities are of no consequence to him; results are the things that count. ? Duty is paramount with him. He is seemingly cold, but it is not for lack of a kindly heart; in his doctrine there are other ehings more important than wasting time in social intercourse. Life to him has a definite . goal, and it requires every ounce of ' Ms strength, every moment of his time, to attain it. He has the utmost contempt for the social butterxrrr%c? ty> n A r\ f a ti'ari* '' "5 o Vll-O xi j . ;uau nao uiauc iu II Ui iv, m uiu belief. Carlyle's "accomplish" is his motto. , '.f As a barefoot boy in Iowa, he determined to make his mark in tfie world and become a famous mining engineer. In this he was influenced by tbe stories published about that time of the remarkable successes of John Hays Hammond. He is quoted as saying: "I determined to be like him, and take wonderful trips all over the world and open new mines, and make a fortune." His simple Qudfcer parents regarded him as being too worldly in his aspirations, and looked askant at his ambitious plans. ' He entered Leland Stanford university the possessor of a very limited bank roll. Regardless of the fact that he had to give up two days of the week to his work, he succeeded in phssing his examinations "cum laude," and graduated as a mining engineer. After serving on^e year in the geological survey, he took his young bride and went to western Australia on a mining expedition. His work there attracted attention, and he was appointed as chief engineer of the Chinese Exploration company, and was busily engaged in opening mines in China at the beginning of the Boxer revolution. So successfully did he manage the affairs of the company that the Chinese government appointed him as chief engineer of the imperial bureau of mines. While in China, he supervised the erection of the (Shang Wong Tong docks. His success in China attracted the attention of the great mining company of Berwick, Borney & Co., of England, who employed him at a large salary to supervise their mininff torafta in fhino Australia i *"!?> VCta ill Miiu **v*wv* He dS4 his work so well that they decided that they meeded his services in London as consulting engineer, and took him into partnership. He is now a director is wore than 50 successful aM paying mines, located in every ooutinent apon the globe. He has more thai 50.000 employes, and x an o*tf>ut if mon then $100,000,000 of oro yearly. A reraarkable rise in 22 years, from laundryraan to one of thw principal wiling directors in the ^o?M. * Hoover says: "What we desire to do is to administer our food supp lies-so as to beet fe?d America and / ' - r TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF. Edgefield Fanner Cuts His Tliroat and May Die. __ ! Edgefield, July 19.?Edward P. Arthur, a well known and prominent' I farmer living three miles east of here, i attempted to commit suicide this i morning by cutting his tliroat with a knife, the jugular vein having been severed half in two. He was near the house at the time the wound wasj inflicted and was seen by his wife, j who went to his assistance and stay-1 ed the flow of blood by stuffing the; wound with cotton. Physicians were! summoned and all possible medical i aid was rendered. He now lies be-! tween life and death with a slight chance for recovery. For several days Mr. Arthur has! i j been in a depressed mental condition,! expressing to friends the apprehen-j sion that he and Jiis family would I l starve. Some time ago his crop was: injured by a hail storm, over which I he brooded; this and financial worI ry led to a derangement of his mind, it is believed. LIKELY DOUBLE TRAGEDY. Two Gaffney Men in Hospital After Shooting Each Other. . Gaffney, July 19.?A deplorable shooting affray occurred in Gaffney last night when C. D. Owens and George Bradley shot each other, fatally, it is thought. Bradley married Owens's daughter yesterday morning at Rutherfordton, N. C., and returned to Gaffney last night. OwI ens went to Bradley's home, and, according to Bradley's statement, told him that he had come for his daughter and he would get her or die, and began shooting at close range, using a .32 calibre revolver, which he emptied, putting live snots into crauley's body. Bradley then went into his house, returning with a shot gun, which he fired into the body of Owens. Both men are at the hospital undergoing operations, and it is impossible for the physicians to say whether or not either will recover. Both are mill operatives and are men of good reputation. our allies. This can be largely carried out through the coordination and regulation of the existing legitimate distributive agencies of the producers, distributers and consumers. There must be organization of the community for voluntary conservation of foodstuffs. There must be a recignized authority responsible for the regulation of our necessities. I! conceive that the essence of ail warj administrations falls under two phases. First, a single centralized responsibility, and second, the delegation of ttiis responsibility 'to decentralized administrative organs. The task in front of us is great; not only m*st -America be fed, but so must her armies, together with the armies of our allies and their civilian population Neither England nor France produces its full supply of grain, even in ordinary times." A complete plan by which housewives can reduce food consumption in their homes will shortly be sent out. Hoover outlines his plan as follows: "As required by the president, we ask every' woman in the United States engaged in the personal control of food, to register for actual | membership in the food administration, thus entering directly into the) national service. We shall late? on ask various classes of men, likewise j engaged in food preparatibn and dis-| tribution, to volunteer. i "We must enter a period or sacrifice for our country, and for democracy. Many must go into battle but many can only remain at home. The world's food supply is short, and rnnnv must suffer. We have the ma jor burden of feeding the whole world. Food must be managed and transported in our own country, and to our allies, in such a way as to get the most out of it. Those who remain at home can also help and can 'fight by helping the fighters fight, and can serve by saving.' Since food will decide the war, each American woman can do real national service by prptecting the food of .the nation. Ninety per cent, of American food consumption passes through the hands of our women. In no other field do small things when multiplied by our hundred million people count for so much. A single pound of bread saved weekly for' each penson will increase our surplus of wheat Ift0.ft00.000 bushels, and an average saving of two cents c^t each meal every day for each perspn wil save $2,000,000,000 here atinuaMy. The proper assurance of food to our allies will not only emcourage them, but it will also maintaii them in war." Behind the greatest work in lood conservation ever undertaken is one of America's most capable sons, Herbert Clark Hoover, master mining engineer, and at present supercargo, chief steward aad chef extraordinary to the world.?William H. Crawford in Leslie's. MASTER'S SALE. Pursuant to a decretal order directed to me out of the Court of Common Pleas for tsamberg County in the case of Standard Serial Building & Loan Association, plaintiff, vs. .Mary McKenzie, et al., defendants, I, the undersigned Judge of Probate for Bamberg County, will offer for sale to the highest bidder in front of the Court House door at Bamberg, S. C\. during the legal hours of sale, on .Monday, August <>th. lb 17. the same being salesday in said month,the following described tract or percel of land: DESCRIPTION* "All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with all' improvements thereon, situate in the town of Ehrhardt. S. C.. County and State aforesaid, measuring fifty feet front on Broadway, ana naving a uepui ui i\\u hundred and ten feet, bounded West by Broadway street, East by lot of J. C. Kinard. North by lot of Jacob Ehrhardt, and South by lot of T. D. j Jones." This is a resale of the said property at the risk of the former purchas- j er. Terms of sale: .'Cash, purchaser to pay for papers. J. J. BRABHAM, JR., Judge of Probate and Master for Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., July 10, 1917. R. P. BELLINGER ATTORNEY AT LAW MONEY TO LOAN. Office Over Bamberg Banking Co. General Practice NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION. Notice is hereby given than upon' the writen petition of more than onethird of the resident electors and a like proportion of the resident free holders of Ehrhardt school district* !No. 22, of Bamberg county, S. C., at ?U~ ?G o 1 vnn rr- o n Trill tile <Xge U L ~ X jcais, uu biy,v>.iuu I. ... b? held in the town- of Ehrhardt, S. | C., on Saturday, July 28th, 1917, for the purpose of levying a special tax of four mills on all real and personal property in Ehrhardt school district No. 22. Only such electors as .return real or personal property for taxation, are residents of Ehrhardt school district No. 22, and exhibit their tax receipts and registration eertificates shall be allowed to vote. Electors favoring the levy of four mills special tax will cast a ballot containing the^word "YES," printed or written thereon, and electors opposed to the levying of the four mills special tax will cast a ballot with the word "NO," printed or written thereon. The polls will be opened at 7 a. m., and closed at 4 n. m. G. B. Kinara, A. F. Henderson, and J. D. Dannellv are appointed managers to conduct said election. R. W. D. ROWELL, O n ^AVPTV.T.n O. VJ, 1 X' 1UU1/, J. H. A. CARTER, County Board of Education. 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