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rwo NEGRO OFFICERS j WILL RE TRAINED At Fort Des Moines?Will < Command Troops of Own Race Only. Preparations for the selection of . tl c 4;:0 negroes to be sent from this , department in Charleston to tlie officers' training camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, have been made with , the irreatest rapidity by Lieut. E. B. < Garey, who is in charge of training ; camp affairs during the absence of j Maj. Dorcy. The telegram containing information reganling the camp ami directing department officers to , s loot candidates was received one j <1; y and selection of local examining ^ officers and other matters of detail . Lad been completed, and hundreds of J ^ bulletins containing the necessary in- , l\ : uiatieu regarding admission to the ] ca.mp were being Tun off and dis- ] tribv.ted for public information. Command Only Negro Troops. Applicants designated to attend the | camp must pay their expenses thereto. but will bo reimbursed bv the r ' * in comment on arriving. 'The gov( eminent will furnish uniforms, epuipiv.e: t, subsistence and me lical attention. just as in the case of the white can ps, and at the close will pa\ transportation back home to those not wanted. Officers as high as maj( rs may he turned out by this camp, according to Lieut. Garcv, but will , 1 positively be used to command only : negro troops. He stated it to be at c least reasonable to suppose that the g< vemment will select the same ratio ?f negroes as of whites from the < total number registered. .">2 Men From South Carolina. Divisions of the 420 allowed this < d< part went among the several States < > rr.prising it has been made on the , basis of the relative sizes of theh literate negro population, South Carolina receiving under this plan 52 appointments. The examining officer for this State will be Capt. James M Graham, U. S. Infantry, who should be addressed in care of the ad;utant general, Columbia. Several military posts are also designated at v h;ch applicants may present themselves, the only one in this State being Fort Moultrie. The camp, attendance at which will to limited to 1,250 negroes, will be under the control of the department commander of the Central Department, with headquarters at Chicago. ; (V the to till number, 250 will be selected non-commissioned officers of the negro regiments of the regular army, who will be on detached service status while attending camp, while the remaining 1,00b will be civilians enlisted for the training prei< e. or members of negro units of the National Guard, who, if their units ai-o not in the federal sendee, will be discharged for that purpose. Tito non-commissioned officers desicnated In attend will ronort at tin camp on June 5, and the others <>n|| .Julie la. The course of instructionJ< % Ui commence June K, Him to Apply. It is desired that men who attend ' this camp shall he of the lv'ghcst standing among the colored citizens of each State. They should have a college education or its equivalent,' end if practicable, be between 30 and 44 years of age, and physically fit for field service. Decision in every crse, as to the applicants, must be i*fached by June 9. It is desired that all who wish to attend this camp -hall submit their applications and U.ke the required examination at as <; rly a date as is practicable. ApI icarus should apply for examinur.i'n in tlie following form: 4^:0 Date II Commanding General, .Southcastern D(-partmo;;t, Charlestdon, S. C. Sir: I have the honor to apply for permission to attend the Military Training Camp, at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, to be established June 15, 1917. 1 have served years in (1) | J have pursued a regular course of instruction for years in (2) .... ( fA \ If yuf M.M */V4 ? V/ UI4M WVI T ill V ? ? *?* National Guard or regular army, .submit papers. (b) Letters of recommendation must accompany this application. After having filled the the form out propariy, and having sucu-reu the necessary letters of recommen<lati< n, the applicant should present hims df with these papers before the examining office)* of his State, or else at the nearest designated military post, for examination. Transportation to ex STATE ITEM8I1 OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH || CAROLINA PEOPLE Willard Robinson, private in Com-, puny F, Spartanburg, \vh? was seri-i >usly injured when struck by a train j last week, is making progress to-1 tvard recovery. Thomes Laval Bailey of Marion, a j senior academic student at the Uni-j irersity of South Carolina, has been given a junior fellowship in psyehol- ! jgv at Clark university. i Plans for the listing of South Carolina's manpower for the war with I llprniiinv under the selective service i act of congress art? rapidly develop-j ing. Gov. Manning: wired Gov. Harris of! Georgia requesting fhat Kdward L. Plane he apprehended and held by the Savannah authorities pending th arrival of requisition papers. Plane, he telegram informed Gov. Harris' was charged with violation of the immigrant agent laws of South Carolina. T,4e Spartanburg Canning company j las been organized for the purpose! if coojieratiug with Spartanburg itizens in the production und savinj jf vegetables and loud crops. A new army recruiting district batmen croutei in Sout Carolina with .he central station at Aiken. The Grand Lodge of South Carolina. Knights of Pythias, in annua', session directed its treasurer to pur ha.-e S2.o00 worth of Liberty boiuG. 1 ' i Only a small per cent of the men of South Carolina will reach the fir- : ing- lino in the great war, but every men, women and child in the State ! can do his bit for the cause. o FERTILIZE OR FAIL 41 350 Bags 7 per cent tankage S 600 Bags 7 per cent C S Meal 425 Bags Guano 100 Bags 16 per cent acid 300 Bags Nitrate Soda (expected May 3rd.) 500 Bags Grits 300 Bags Corn 15.000 Lbs. Lard <> We need to make the big' I gest crop ever. It will take fertilizer, grit and sweat to. do it. "Grit brings home the bacon. No sweat, no sweet no grit, no glory." PALMETTO GROCERY CO. j Cooper Mullins o The Spanish government's note to Germany concerning the attack by a German submarine on the Spanish steamer Patricio recalls that a num ber of note* of protest previously addressed to the German government remain unanswered. amination points must be paid by the applicant. Applications will be graded A. 1? and C, and if exceptionally worthy, should be graded double or triple A. Fertil BUY DIRECT FROM FAC1 MAN'S PROFIT. SEE Ml SAVE YOI non Uf L uCiii ii. i LORIS, THE HORRY HI WHAT OTHER PAT We Wish So. If war could just be won as easily as in the "movies!"?Evening Dost. Surest Thing You Know. My son, when pikers knock you Cheer up! You're going some; Don't let them peeve or block you. They wouldn't knock a bum. ?Daily Record. Rusted the Adder. The vounir man who ouerates the adding machine in The Herald office busted it the other night trying to add up the number of u-boats that had been sunk.?Dillon Herald. It Was. If Russia gets out of the way, why shouldn't Austria get out, too? Wasn't it the "Slav peril" that caused her to go in ? ? News and Courier. Which Tag. A fighter?a producer?a slacker Which tag shall your neighbor hang onto you ??Georgetown Times. Serious Situation. No reflecting person can fail t< ; oali"'.e the smdonaio. s of the prosea? situation?a situation tlmt wr- foreupon us. but none the less difficult >n that account.? Home and Farm. Dad State of Affairs. We are at war. We want officers. We want men. We want guns. We want ammunition. We want equipment. We want ships. We want food. We want everything and have darned little of anything.?Georgetown TimesLike Is. The outcome of the muddle in Russia seems to be about as certain as the usual politicald campaign in | South Carolina.?Evening Post. Don't He Fooled. Don't bo misled by the prospect oi lb) cents cotton. At present prices of t*? odstuffs 20 cents cotton will be worth about 10 certs to the southern farmer,?Dillon Herald. WK . ' jjr " / . y v : . I /i 'v<v ' f A Romantic I Society Serial ^ of Adventure, Patriotism and Preparedness. SPatfia tThf (Jcrial r/ujxvmr 7WM<dr?/. JUjtKnc** teaman to Jmsricw fhAtuf h INTERNATIONAL I * -QItUmJ tj PATHE 1' .... " o To Cure a Cold In One Day Take I.AXATICT! jiRONTO Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. ! K. VV. GROVIi'S signature on each box. ?5c izers! rORY AND SAVE MIDDLE ! BEFORE BUYING. I CAN J MONEY. larriwiek mm mm ?i i m* amy - s.c. / I A ERALD, CONWAY, S. C m ARE SAYING | Small Indeed. | Some men are so s^all they would ^ have to use a step ladder to look a r mouse in the eye.? (Quoted.) t 1 National Industry. j A generation before Mirabeulu \ a Frenchman, looked around him and f said: "War is the national industry ^ ot Prussia."?The State. c ???? Ever So. When Yankee ingenuity perfects c that aiuidote 'he German u-boats will : find themselves in a "sea of I i troubles."?Record. i War Taxes. The war taxes are not only a - i sure as death, but more imminent to ( ?!?.. o'i'oat majority.?Evening Post. : t \ Good Way. Why docs not some kindly int?n-. tinned submarine commander bob uj) ' >n the Atlantic coast and let the ex- ^ p.oimenters try that new invention ' ei hi< craft.??Copied. Deserved It. George Washington married ; i I 1 1 I widow, and was soon alter known a.-I the "rather of His Country."?Winthrop News. o COPY SIMMONS FOR RF.LIEE ! I I (Complaint Served.) [STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Horry. Court of Common Pleas. The M. B. Thompson Company, a Corporation, Plaintiff vs. James Orissett, otherwise know,, a:Jim Orissett, Nancy Lewis, .Julia i Ann King-, and Lmma Gore, l)e- , fondants. TO THK DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to 1 serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Conway, S. C., within twenty days after the service here of, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the timo aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated January 9th, A. D. 1917. W. L. BRYAN, (L. S.) C. C. C. P. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Atoorney. To James Grissctt, otherwise knowi as Jiir. Grissett and Julia Ant King, Absent Defendants: Take notice that the Complaint i> the foregoing stated action and tin Summons of which the foregoing i copy were filed in the office ? the Clerk of the Court of f'omirw Pleas, at Conway. South Carolina. ? die 10th day of .January A D.. 191 H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorne\. W. L. BRYAN, (1.. S.) G. C. C. P. o Get legal blanks at this o'Yire. y Reasons! L 1^1 Why you should use M Cardui, the woman's ^B tonic, for your troubles, L ^ W | have been shown in B^ thousands o! letters from ^B actual users of this mcdi- L ^ W I cine, who speak from M personal experience. If ^B the results obtained by L ^ L 1 other women for so many B^ ^ years have been so uni- IB ^B formly good, why not Ll give Cardui a trial? Take rARniH V11A1I/ VI Tfce Woman's Tonic Mrs. Mary J. Irvin, of C'lllen, Va., writes: 1^ j ^8 "About 11 years ago, I ^1 suffered untold misery with female trouble, bearing-down pains, headm ache, numbness .... 1 would go for three weeks ^1 almost bent double . . . My husband went to Dr. i A.ter taking about two wl botilos 1 began going I *1 around and when I took Nfc three bottles I could do ^ all my work/' E-80 I FOREIGN ITEMS E ___________ I GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY REAPING Protest to Germany against the de-j ention of American citizens was nude by the state department today g hroug-h the Spanish government. Phe department has received positive nformation that the Americans are >eing held in Germany and has asked or a full and definite statement o? he imperial government's attitude cnceming their departure. A Copenhagen dispatch to the K:<hange Telegraph company says that j iinee the beginning of the war Dennark has lokt 150 ships through i submarines or mines. U Four members of the Russian com- J's nission to the United States, coming j* which was announced some tinu igo, have arrived safely in tins coun <* >> .. ? f Hudson Maxim has announced thai It 10 has invented and perfected a do g rice which will make ships immune e tom the dangers of the submarine, j n American cotton manufacturers t fathered last week to appoint a wai j e "ommitteo for cooperation with tin t overnnient told by Foreign Score t :ary 1 in 1 four, he; d of the liritish wa ,i nission, that adhesion of the United L Stales to the allied cause made i* j t \b.olutoly certain that military an- \ ocracy would-not he able to east aT uitions of the earth into the same t, mold. I r ??" " I A practical method of national sor-1 \ nee whcrhby famous fiotball and . asehall players, physical instructors' iml athletes generally -can aid tho|. government with their special ski!.'' i md knowledge has been provided ^ through the committee on training ::\Mp activities, recently appointed by l Secretary Baker. I > With Bulle court firmly in their ' possession, the British troops arc givl ing the Germans no chance for rest ^ Far reaching plot to overthrow the pi escnt government of Costa Rica, of which President Federico Tinoco is the head has been uncovered. Having provider! for fighting fore-' ' es in the war by passing the army j draft bill and the measure increasing , ttv. navy and marine crops, congress new concentrates its attention upon!; the problems of raising money to j keep fighting forces in the field and , j regulating the food supply America M must furnish both for herself and j i her allies*. 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Smith (used very little) 1 No. 5 Oliver NO. 10 Remington Visible ! No. 5 Royal I ' Blind Pox 1 Blind Smith Premier All of these machines have I <nd are guaranteed to be in fir: Vill sell on monthly payments, < or cash. Write me your needs. R. G. SCARl SUMTER, SOU Deal L. C. Smith & Bros. ; IOLD CRITICISM IN THE REICHSTAG 1 \ ocialist Deputy Charges the Qtiesiiunable Methods try Raising War Loans. Amsterdam.?In the budget de- ' ate in the Reichstag on Wednesday, >epuiy vogtnern, socialist, attacked be government for questionable lethotls in propagating the war loan, le saiii that soldiers had been forced i subscribe and that similar pivsure had been jexerted 011 cooeperaive societies. Herr Vogtheili added that th'jjseurity of the investment and the rati f interest had been rendered doubtul by an article in The Tage Zei- | ung, which said: "Assurances by the overnment can only be given in the ypectation of a large war indemdty." The deputy asked for an assurance hat the interest would not be reluced. In reply, the finance minisec protested against Herr VogIh ni's statement and assured Jiim hat subscribers would !><? safe.o^Bl'dd. He expressed his conviction that lie subscriptions of the soldiers were , 'oluntary. Dep\ity Colin, Socialist, s: id that dl military writers had counted, ( ven icfore the war, on a starvation cam>aign by Great Hritain and that it vas, therefore, hypocritical t(> act as f Germany was surprised by those artics. Tlie pre sident here called )eputy Cohn to order, vjt the depity continued: "Granted that Kngand did proclaim a war of starvaion, right must remain right. Ke'ore the war I never Imagined that I -ve should be driven to war hv Gor nuny's fault." Amid a violent uproar, Deputy L\>hn was again called to order'.' o liad Cough? Feverish? Grippy? 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