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IMANY AMENDMENTS TO ARMY BILL CARRY IORE' PAY FOR' MEN *ROVISION F 0 R VOLUNTEER SYSTEM TH,4ROWN OUT HOUSE 313 TO 109. ISENATE IS FOR ROOSEVELT St.quer Restrictions included in Amend. ments.-No Bounty to Be Paid For Enlistment, and No Person Shall be Allowed to Furnish a Substitute. Washington. - Ioth Senate and 'rilouse adopted an amendment just be "tore the final roll calls which would a ~<greatly increase the pay of enlisted men during the war. The House pro -vision would make their pay $30 a "Month and that approved by the Sen 4te would fix it at $29 a month. The <present pay is only $15. In the House at the last moment, Ohairman Fitzgerald, of the. Appro ipriations Committee, objected vigor 'ously to the appropriation of $3,000, (100,000 carried in the bill for the ex "pense of the new army, and the sec . 'tion finally was eliminated entirely. Mr. Fitzgerald declared that to place *'kthis vast sum in the hands of the :Secretary of War would make of Con .gress a "mere automaton," and prom ised that if the section was voted down -the committee would provide funds .promptly in a separate measu:e. Among the amendments adopted in ,the Senate was one which would per tmit Colonel Roosevelt to recruit a ,volunteer force for service in France. .A similar proposal had been rejec'.ed (by the House. Speaker Clark, Demo '-cratic Leader Kitchin and Chairman Dent, of the Military Committee. who ihad favored the volunteer system, all voted for the draft bill on the final 'roll call. Republican Leader Mann -also was recorded in the affirmative, :as was Miss Rankin, who previously 4had voted- with the volunteer adva eates. Test in Senate. The Administration won its fight for 'the military draft in the Senate when .an amendment authorizing a call for (400,000 volunteers was rejected by a -vote of 69 to 18. The vote was as tfollows: For the volunteer amendments: Democrats: Gore, Hardwick, Kirby, McKellar, Reed, Thomas, Trammell .and Vardaman-8. Republicans: Borah, Cummins. Cur ti,, Fall, Gallinger, .Gronna, Johnson, 'California; LaFollette, Norris, Sher uman-10. Against the volunteer amendments: Beckham, Broussard, Bankhead, Back. ham, Broussard, Chamberlain, Culbuer -son, Fletcher, Gerry, Hillis, Hustings, .James, Johnson, South Dakota; Jones, Wew Mexico; King, Lewis, Martin, TMayers, Overman, Owen, Phelan, Pitt -man, Pomerene, Ranadell, Robinson, :Saulsbury, Shafroth,Sheppard, Shields, Miimmons, Smith, Arizona; Smith, Geo rgia; SmIth, Maryland; Smith. South 'Carolina; Stone, Swanson, Thompson, Underwood, Walsh, Williams, WVal vcott-'40. Republicans: Brady, Brandegee, 'Calder Colt, Dillingham, Fernald, WPrance, Frelinghuysen, Hale, Hard dng, Jones, Washington; Kellogg, Ken :you, Knox, Lodge, McCumber, Mc Lean, Nelson, New, Page, Penrose, 1Poindexter, Smoot, Sterling, Suther 'dand, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, After the McKellar amendment had 'ibeeni rejected, Senator Trammell re "opened, the draft question by offering a amendment proposing to substi tute the volunteer system throughout 1the bill. It was rejected by an over wheiming roar of "noes," In. the House there was no roll call. 'The long fight came to a close early Sn the afternoon when Representative IRshn, of California, moved to strike tot the volunteer provision written in. 'to the bill by hte House Military Com-. onittee. As the result of the voting became apparent, the members of the :gallertes broke in-to cheers, while speaker Clark, Chairman~ Dent of the Military Qommittee, Chairman Pad. cgett, of the Naval Committee, and 'other Derdocr'ats, who had fought the administration's iplan, sat silently In1 'their seats. Democratic Leader Kitchin, whe had expected to vote against con, ~scription, responde~d to the call for a quorum just before, but was not present for the vote on the amend. -unent. Miss Rankin, of Montana, voted wIth the volunteer advocates. Throughout the remainder of the 'House debate pro-volunteer members frequently reopened discussion of their proposal, the climax conoing wher1 Speaker Clark declared he might drive e'ut of his district some of those whc 'bad urged that he vote for conscrip "A lot of old skunkers all over the entry who think that nobody is go 'u g ter be .forced into this war excepi yefrom nineteen to twenty-five,' I the speaker said, "and that their mis ersbe, cowardly hides will be safe 'bave been sending telegrams here. &Uew them, I know every man ii anyditrct hoha teegapedme ae I know who is at the bottom o It, end I an' take a double-barrelO4 BRITISH COMMISSIONER LAYS WRTATH ON WASHINGTON'S TOMB ...... .. ........ 5 M out to... ............... op1 ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR. shotgun and run out of my district every man who sent me a telegram to vote for conscription. and If school doesn't keep too long I will run a few Would Send Teddy. Senator Harding's amendment to the army bill designed to permit Col onel Roosevelt to raise four infantry divisions to go to the European bat tle front was adopted by the Senate 56 -to 31. Many Democrats voted for the amendment. The announcement as adopted does not specifically mention Col. Roose velt, but its purpose has been well un derstood and its author referred to the fact that it would permit the form er president to raise -troops to go to Europe. It was not discussed at length. Senators Ashurst, Broussard, Groe, Hardwick, Hollis, Husting, Johnson, South Dakota; Kirby, McKellar, My ers, Owen, Pomerene, Ransdell, Reed, Robinson, Saulsbury, Thompson, Var daman and Williams, Democrats, sup ported the amendment. Senators Brady, Gronna, LaFollette and War ren, Republicans, voted against it. Farmers Exempt. Among more important amend ments adopted in the House was one empowering the president to exempt from .the draft, in his discretion, per sons engaged in. agricultural work. Another would require each state to furnish a quota of men apportioned according to population, and still an other provides that "no bounty shall be paid to induce any person to en list," and that "no person liable to military servdoe shall hereafter be permitted or allowed to furnish *a substitute for such service." In the Senate there was a long de bate over proposal to prohibit the sale or possession of intoxicating liquors during the war. Several amendments were adopted. including one to make it unlawful to sell or' give liquor to officers or men in uniform or to memu bers of Congress or other officials, and then the Senate reversed itself and adopted a substitute simply forbidding the sale of liquor to soldiers In uni form, and giving the president wide discretionary authority to make other prohibition regulations. An amendment by Senator Curtis stipulating that men subject to draft who voluntarily present themselves hhall be recorded as volunteers, was accepted by Chairman Chamberlain, and went into the bill, Another long debate was evoked over amendments by Senators Thomas and Lainollette to exempt from con script-ion those having "conscientious" object-ions to military service. Both were defeated without a roll call, and the bill's exemption proposal left un changed. "FARM AND ARM" IS BATTLE CRY OF ROOSEVELT Chicago.-"Farm and Arm!" With this battle cry, Theodore Roosevelt entered Chicago and in two stirring speeches urged that every energy of the entire nation be directed toward Imaking the potential might of the Uni ted States felt in the war against Ger many, and he demanded that not an hour be lost in dispatching troops to the trenches. His first, speech was mandeat aluncheon at noon; his sec ond at a mass meeting in the Im mense amphitheater at the stock yards, He advocated universal training as a permanient policy; lhe advocated con scription, but lhe pleaded that lie should be allowed to recruit a division for immediate service with the Allies. He was roundly applauded when lhe urged that, during the war, the use of grain for the manufacture of alco i'olic beverages be prohlsbited. "I want 'to get Americans into the trenches of France at the earliest pos sible moment to show our Allies that we are as ready as they to shed our blood .for t-he cause of democracy. I'd go as a second lieutenant," said Col. Roosevelt. "I'm willing to go in the train of any competent officer who may be selected. TIo get the ,dlvi. 'ionb there is the 'thing." On his arrival Mr. Roosevelt was given a reception reutniscent of the 1days wha he was eSIdent. SOUTH CAROLINA PLAYS ITS PART PALMETTO STATE IS WELL REP RESENTED IN CIRCLES WHICH MANAGE WAR. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina People, Gathered Around the State Capital. Special from Washington. - That South Carolina is to both fight and finance the war to a very large extent is becoming evident to those who keep track of such affairs. Both in the fighting line of the army and the navy and in the agricul tural trenches behind the lines will be found South Carolinians manning the plow, the money bag, and the death-dealing "tanks." It must be understood that a war is fought not only with guns and power, with shrapnel and "tanks," but also with food resources and the very present available dollar. Heading the agricultural resources of the country are I). F: Houston, formerly of South Carolina, and now secretary of agriculture of the Unitev States, and Asbury F. Lever, chair man of the house committee on agri culture. In addition to these are Sen ator E. D. Smith, himself a practical farmer, a member of the same com mittee of the senate, D. S. Murphy of the bureau of markets of the de partment of agriculture, and a mem her of the committe from that depart ment co-operating with the national advisory council in its efforts to assist the administration in its present trouble. Asked to give some idea of what he thought the people of South Carolina should do to meet present conditions, Congressman Lever said that it should hardly be necessary to say that every inch of available ground should be planted this year with food crops. "Not only from my own experience, but also from the position I occupy as chairman of the house committee an agriculture," Mr. Lever continued, "I am firmly convinced that if there was ever a time in the history of our country when every inch of ground should be utilized and planted in food crops that time is now at hand. It is quite apparent that we are going to be called upon not only to feed our own country of a hundred million people, but that in addition to this we are going to supply a very large amount of our products to the allies. "I am unable to say to what ex tent prices will locally go, but from present indications they will be so high that it behooves every man in the United States to go to work earn estly to plant all the ground he can get in things we must consume. I do not car-e to touch upon the cotton situ ation at this time, but wish to say that not only should wve plant liber ally of food crops but that we should, at the same time, conser-ve our sup plies. "I am the last one in the wvorld to cry hard times or any thing of that kind, but we must economize and con serve our food supplies if we are to properly meet the demands which will soon be upon01 us and tax us to the limit." Turn fr-om the agricultural aspect of the war to the navy side of the matter, South Carolina finds Senator B. R. Tillman heading the important senate committee on naval affairs, the committee which must finally pass upon naval legislation in ever-y phase. After the many different problems; have been worked out by offiefals of the navy department and have gone to the secretary and by him have been transmitted to congress, they find their way to the senate naval affairs committee for final revision'. South Carolina also has Samuel Mc Gowan, paymaster general, and his, place is a beehive of life and industry. As the head of the pay crops, it is the duty of this South Carolina naval of ficer to supervise all purchases for the navy, from blotting paper to coal oil, food supplies of all kinds, uni forms and clothing for the jackies and in fact everything that money can buy. Peilagra Expert to Attend. Joseph Goldberger, M. D., the well known specialist in pellagra, has been dletailed by the United States public hlealth service to attend the fifth an nual convention of theo Southwestern Sanitary association, to be held May o andl 10 in Greenville. Several Co. lumbias are charter members. The secretary is Dr. C. 10. Smith of Green ville."1 New Enterprise. Authorized. A commission was issued to the Capital Lumber company of Columbia, the capital stock of which is to be $10,000. The company will engage in the general business of buying and selling timber and timber lands, buy ing, cutting, bartering, trading and selling timber, lumber and wood and other building material, both whole gale and retail. A charter was issued by the secre tary of state to the Laurens Coca Cola Betting company, with a capi tel stoek of $12,000. Hayne Confers With General Blue. James A. Hayne, M. D., secretary of the state board of health, went to New York Saturday to meet with the committee of six, who will confer with Surgeon General Rupert Blue, relative to designating a national san itation policy under war conditions. The conference will In effect federal ize the state boards of health. The boards will revert to their former policy of state or local Interest upon the termination of the war, but the nationwide plan to unify the interes!s and conform the efforts of the state boards will do much to standarize the plans of the various state units and will mean the elimination of much 3onflict o' Policy. The members of the committee are imong the foremost public healt i ex perts in the United States. Ii. M. Biggs, chairman, is a resident of New York and has just returned from [Prance, where he went to study the prevalence of tuberculosis and meth. >ds to stay the plague under war con litions. J. S. Fulton of Maryland is another with nationwkle reputation ,or his progressive ideas as to the ,onservation of the public health and :ontrol of infectious diseases. Re aiaining members are: S. G. Dixon, Pennsylvania; W. A. Sawyer, Cali fornia, and C. St. Clair Drake, Illi nois. The conferences were to be held ,t the Willard hotel in New York, be ginning April 30. In addition to the colse co-operation of the state and provincial boards with the public health exigencies dur Ing the war, plans and regulations would be given immediate and nation wide dispatch. It is probable also that supervision of production of medical supplies will be Incorporated in the plan, along with the supervision of the health of workers in industrial plants and the taking of a census of the medical, surgical, hospital and nursing resources. First Undergoes Inspection. Monday at Camp Moore was devot ed to the annual state inspection of the First South Carolina infantry by arrangement between the camp com mander, Col. P. K. McCully, Jr., and the adjutant general, W. W. Moore. The government property in the hands of the regiment was chocked and the strength and general fitness was as certained. Inspection of the coast artillery corps, comprising headquarters at Greenville and companies at Green ville, Spartanburg, Gaffney, Jonesville and Greenwood, will begin May 1 at Greenwood. Marshall F. Sanders has been ree ommended by the governor for a sec ond lieutenancy in the Fifth com pany of coast artillery, Greenwood. Want Food on State Farm. The following telegram was receiv e dby the South Carolina preparednest commission from the Sumter count3 committee of public safety:4 "Th Sumter county public safety commit tee, realizing the importance of the food situation, as outlfned in your splendid address to our people, be lieve that great good can be accom plished along these lines by the man agement of the state farms not allow ing cotton to be planted on land con trolled by the state and if any cotton has been1 planted the gravity of the situation is such that we believe it would be wise to plow up all cotton and plant the land in corn and other food crnops Iinmmedi1 ately."~ Medical Commission Named. Gov. Manning appointed ten mem hers of the medical prep~aredlness conm mittee. which will be0 associated wvith the council of national defense. The personnel of the committee IR: Rob ert S. Cathcart, chairman, Charleston.; J. A. Mood, Sumter; F. Hi. McLeon. Florence; Edgar A. Hines, secretary, Seneca; LeGrand Guerry, Columbia; Curran B. Earle, Greenville; Charles W. Killock, Charleston; Lane Mulally, Charleston; W., W. Fennell, Rock Hill, and J. Laflruce Ward, Columbia. Students Favor Liquor Measure. A telegram to President Wilson and the South Carolina delegation in con gress was sent by a committee from the studond body of the University of South Carolina, advocating the abolition of the liquor traffic as an emergency war measure. The resolu tion authorizing this telegram met wvith the unanimous supp~ort of the students. A similar resolution adopt ed by the congergation of the First Baptist chmurch of Columbia had been sent previously to the president, Speaker Clark and Congressman Lever. Lieutenants Are Recommended. Smyth Blake of Company C and William S. Hart of Company E, both in the First infantry, have been rec ommended by Goy. Manning for ap poinment as second lieutenants, Na tional Guard of South Carolina. The lieutenant colonel of the regiment has not yet been2 ap~pointed. Col. McCully said nothing as to when headquarters for the regiment would be opened in Columbia. The physical examinations have practielly been completed. Pederalize Work of Health. The state medical association has agreed to the federalization of the ac tivities of the state board of health during the war period. This decision was reached at the convention in Spartanburg. James A. Hayne, M. D., state health officer, goes to Washing ton on April 29 for a conference with the surgeon-general of the public health service. All states will be ask ed to join the movement. During war it is planned to have the activities of the health boards directed by the fed eral officers. GREAT REUNION IS HELD AT CHESTEF CONPEDERATE VETERANS OF SOUTH CAROLINA BRILLIANT LY ENTERTAINED. ABLE SPEECHES ARE HEARD Hundreds of Visitors Attend.-Great Parade is Headed By Governor Manning. Chester.-The South Carolina Con federate reunion was held here with about 800 old soldiers in attendance. The city was decorated in profusion with Stars and Bars and Stars and Stripes, emblems of a most animated and genuine patriotism. Besides Vet orans, Sons, Daughters and Dames were here in large numbers. A de lightful feature of the reunion was the spirit of Americanism of the Confed orate Veterans, expressing willingness to do their part in supporting Prest dent Wilson in the light for the free. dom of the world. The regular business session open. ed with Capt. W. H. Edwards, com mander of the Walker-Gaston Camp at Chester, presided. Eloquent words of welcome were heard from Mayor Vance Davidson, for this city, and Col. Arthur L. Gaston, for the Sons. The response was by Col. J. H. Wharton. Laurens. S. C., and Haddon Johnson, of Aiken. Maj.-Gen. B. H. Teague, of Aiken, commanding the South Carolina D1i. vision, United Confederate Veterans, took charge at this juncture, proceed ing with the business of the conven tion. Col. J. Rice Smith, of Augusta, Ga., a native Virginian and a member of Stuart's Calvary and a resident of Georgia, and a favorite with Veter ans. was introduced as the orator of the occasion. It was a magnificent speech. The large audience was rought to tears and laughter, as sen timents of patriotism flowed from his lips. His experiences during war, the Re. construction period, Ku Klux days and the campaign of 1876. made his ad dress of great historic value. The Daughters of the Confederac: I gave a brilliant reception to veteran and visitors in the parlors and bal room of the Commercial Club, whici far eclipsed anything ever seen her at previous reunions. General Teagu presented Governor Manning and h made one of the best speeches eve heard here. He came out vigorousi. for President Wilson's selective draf bill and went into detail on the pre paredness question. A chorus of 150 trained voices fron the Graded School and citizens o Chester sang m6st beautifully ohj songs of '61 and '65. After the read ing of a poem, "American Flag," by Mr's. D)r. WV. W. Wallace, the exercises closed by singing "Star Spangled Ban iner." Fully 2.000 voices wvere heard in the great climax. The business of the convention was c'oncludled and the reunion closed. The parade was a big feature. GJover-. nor Manning, accompanied by lh staff, leading a long line of Veterans, Sons andl D~aughters. This is the thir'd time wvithin twenty years that Chester has entertained the veterans, andI visItors have ilocked here in crowds to enjoy the well knowns hospitality of South Carolina. Fully 4,500 visitors have been reg. istered, and the Chamber of Com merce ha's handledl the situation in a most creditable way, not one hitchl occurring to mar the plbeasuire of any one. Abbeville Plants Much Corn. Abbeville. -- Information from all sides of 'hie county indicate a much larger planting of corn and other food crops than heretofore. Cotton is being rapiglly planted and in some sections is already up to a stand. Abbovlille county Is still without a county agent, Why this is so no one hero seems~ to know. This year. of all yoard, it needs an agent to work up diversifica tion. Patriotic Meeting at Dillon. Dillon.--Five hundred citizens from every part of Dilloni county gathered at the court house for a patriotic r'ally for food production. This meet im; came as a direct result of thes r'ecet sp~eaking tours held at the nmany points in D)illon county and as a result of a cooperative effort by the citizenus andi business meon of Dillon who adverti ed the meeting as a patriotIc rally for food production. This county had al ready been stirred up on the subject of food production. Kinard Wins First Place. Columbia.--Speaking on "The Sub lection of the "Philippine." before the eitthusiastic audience gathered in the Unlyossity to witness the oratorical contest of the South Carolina Highu Schqoi Oratorical and Athletic asso elation, Karl Kinard Won first place by vanquishing ten able opponents, captured the Will IEvans medal and earned for the Greenwood school the right to hold for a year the trophy cup awarded by the Wiesepaps Man ufacturing company to the school whose orator wins arat place. In the Promotion of Health It is Imperative that you keep THE STOMACH NORMAL THE BOWELS REGULAR AND THE LIVER ACTIVE ToThatEnud-Try HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters WANTED Colored Laborers and Track men as section hands; also Pattern Makers, Molders and Carpenter.. Bricklayers experienced on either fire brick or red brick construction. Steady work. Good wages. Apply in person to BETHLEHEM STEEL CO.,Sparrows P.lat, MI. KODAKS & SUPPLIES We also do highest class of finishing. Prices and Catalogue upon reques S. Galeski Optical Co., Richnoud, Va. IPARKERS AND SHIPPERS NOTICE | aWrie $ foratonl). e Y0T O.,Wbuiesle minima lon KODAKSaV!NG All roll films developed 10c. PrIntselto b1et". Prompt attention to mail order.. R. 0. BERNAU, Greensboro, N. 0. THE SMALILETBI' b mlustotod. t i po of sta . UkeC NEW QUARTIER LATIN HERE Greenwich Village In New York Be. comes Bohemian Capital of World as Result of War. The Eiropeai war has left the fa Inou1s Latin quarter of Paris almost do serted; and it temporary paralysis lies, allso, uponl the art boliemilns of Munich, London In ltome. In default of con petition, New York's "Greenwich Vil lage" hatls thus Suddenly becolie the 1new bohemlant (nlital of the world, Charles Phelps Cushing writes in Car I toois Magazine. 1 We inclose "Greenwich village" in e quotation marks out of deference to a the older villagers. who, for the most a part, are respectable Tammany Hall r Irish-Anericans aiul Gerinan-Amert Scans, plain Amerleans an1d American r Italins-all, or nearly all, resigned to malaiking their living by pretty much the sam111e miiethods as the masses do anywhere else: "The bulk of the neigh hoohitod," declares so reliable ti au thority as the director of G1-reenvich house (conMnuity center), "Is made p of1 he conservatIve Arnerlenn ii ork in 'iniSS-t he clerk, the factory3 work er, fte lonigshioremiani, the oflce' rlen o The Greenlwich village of' old ''-is na faous100 for its diIgnit Iy tad quiet. ns the "'vilhtg" (of' todauy Ia noted f'or !' m Sain revels." TIhe Greenwich or a .-. .i idr'd ye'ar s aigo wasl aI rutral retren'~it two tuls nior'th of New~ Yor'k city.,a nild was a st rontghld of faision and1( resp~ect - ilit11y. Numetrlenl1ly, ft' conservut tives are .vet well In the majority, bult fte lime)lght of plulility ini recent t ies lhas bee'n t runed only -on t he Hohiemainu~s. 8S) "Gr ieeniwich Village'" hais comei. iito io for the v'ery reverse of' all that it onnti ai 1 generartion hack. Did Cieo Use Her Needle? *Cuastomier (in rug shiop)--You are' positive that this is 1an dantique? Sa lesman-P-loslitive, madam n! WVhy, thIs rug is known to havie bleen In the home' of (Cleotra i. Culstonie'r-Wh'at aire those tour lit tite holes?" Salesmian-HI'mn-t is known, too, m ooni, that the rug wats in her sew ting roomi, and flint is where the ReW. Inag mtnchine' Stood. The Only Benefit. "What id y113ou gain in your dteal . with Smith?'" "Anl unbounded respect for Sith's butsI iness nhi11ity." .an2swet* to the Ilealtti ina cfhanQ of table d'n