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PASSES MANPOWER BILL ONLY TWO NEGATIVE VOTES ON NEW DRAFT LAW. Believed That Measure May lie Ready for Signature of President Late This M eek. Washington, Aug. 24.?The new maif power bill extending the selective draft to all men between the ages of 18 and 45 years was passed by the house tonight with only minor changes in the original draft of the war r department. On the first roll call only two negative votes were cast?by Representative London of New York, the Socialist, and Representative Gordon of Ohio, Democrat. The final vote was announced at 336 to 2. The? final vote was preceeded by three aays debate during which the chief contention was an amendment to defer the calling of youths from 1? to 20 years until older men had been summoned. A final effort was made by Chairman Dent today to place 18 year old boys in a deferred class, but a motion to recommit the bill to the military affairs committee with instructions to incorporate that amendment was lost 191 to 146. i Sent to Senate. tvio nnw to the senate. where leaders tonight predicted its passage early next week under a plan to substitute the house bill for the measure favorably reported by the military committee of that body and thus expedite its final enactment. Congressional leaders hope to send the measure to the president by the latter part of next week. The senate soon after convening unexpectedly abandoned plans for a vote today and adjourned until Monday. ' An attempt in the house to insert a work or fight amendment by which those exempted from service on occupational grounds would be required to remain at their civil tasks, failed 52 to 91. The amendment was directed against strikes and was characterized by officials of the American Federation of Labor as conscription of labor. . House Reverses Self. The house today reversed its action of yesterday in voting to include members of congress in the draft. By a rising vote of 89 to 143, it defeated an amendment by Representative Gregg, of Texas, which would make members of congress, State legislators and federal and State executive officials liable to draft. f An amendment by Representative S^tith, of New York, to exempt po lice officers in cities of more than 500,000 population and designed to relieve the situation in New York where a shortage of police officers is said to be threatened, was defeated^ An amendment by Representative I Treadway, of Massachusetts, which was adopted provides for the appointment of special ?xaminers in local conscription districts for the examination of men placed in deferred classification as means of further > combing the deferred classes for additional men for active service. Chairman Dent of the house military committee read a letter today -from Secretary Baker, in which the letter set forth his objections to the McKenzie amendment, which was defeated, which provided for delaying the call of youths from 18 to 20. Mr. .Baker said he believed the amendment would seriously impair the ability of the war departemnt to get the men in accordance with the military programme. Cost of a Loaf of Bread. (Explanation of Chart.) Since 1913 farmers have been rev ceiving for their wheat a gradually . increasing proportion of the price paid by the consumer for bread. The amount received by the wheat grower for his contribution to the average pound'has increased from less than 1 1-2 cents per loaf in 1913 to more than 3 1-2 cents early this year. 'The proportion to the whole price is shown by the relative length of the black columns of the chart. The middle portion of each column shows what the miller received for his milling cost and profit. This has been a somewhat variable factor, but is now at the minimum (6 per cent.) In this 6 per cent, however, is included the cost of the containers (bags, sacks, etc.) shown as dotted area which has increased very nearly in proportion to the price of bread itself. Bags now cost about 50 per cent, more than in 1913 and 1914. The shaded portion of the column represents the expense of distributing the flour, making it into bread and getting the loaf to the consumer. The chart shows that the farmer is now receiving a much larger share of the final price for his produce than in the ' past, and that considerable amount of "spread" has been taken out of other expenses. 11New Fall Goods! I Now on Hand 1 J T 4 ' f 4 T Ak V Come early and make your selec J I A !<> I V tions before the stock is picked over. I I A J' 9 V I now have a large stock of choice 4 a I V Furniture, Pianos, Organs, Sewing I I A B Machines, Buggies, Harness, Coffins I A v > and Caskets, all at rock-bottom pric- 4 A w es. Each day lessens the stock. All I A ^ new good sare higher than what I I A ^4* now have on hand. Take the ad- I A V vantage of these old prices gefore it i A t \ it too late. JL k I f f I f T I f TI i ^ r? a * * 1 K j| X I fr. UKAHA1VM v Y The Furniture .Vnr. Khrhardt, S. C. Cash or Credit. < / Help the Operators Serve You Better I Telephone subscribers are urged to call by number and not by name. . In a community of this size the operators cannot possibly remember the names of all subscribers; when you call by name you delay your service and hamper its efficiency. All telephones are known to the operators by numbers which are on the switchboard directly in front of them. The directory is your index to the switchboard and should be con-, suited before making a call. - - * 4 11 .1 . Call by number and neip tne operator serve you better. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE # AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY MM / WVttv Wk'tt. 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