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OPERATION OF NEW DRAFT LAW Official Instructions Concerning the Raising of Military Forces Determined On. POLLING PLACES TO BE USED .All Persons Within the Age Limits Prescribed by the Law Must Pre. sent Themselves There-Gover. nors of States at Head of Registration Work. Washington.-With the object of .stimulating publicity to the work of 'raising the military forces called for under the army draft law the war de partment has issued the following in structions, which will govern the work: There was a time in the coun try's history when military enumerators, backed by bayo nets, went out among the people to take a compulsory service census. Today, under the prin. ciple of universal liability to service, the execution of the law is put into the hands of the people. The approval of the new national army bill and the president's proclama tion thereunder have been coincident. All per-sons within the age limits pre scrihed are reiuired to present them selves for registration at the customary voting places in tihe voting precincts in which they have their permanent homes, on a day which the president will announce. Tile governor of each state is the chief of registration therein. The ma chinery of registration in each county is in charge of the sheriff, the county clerk, and the county physlcian, act ing ex oflilclo, unless a different board shall be announced by the governor. In cities containing populations of . more 111111 30.000, the registrallon will be tnder the control of the nrayor and se lected boards of registration. In order that the dIsignated county and city -ofliclals, and the people generally, can get ,I clear understanding of the con sis methods the following brief out lIIe is given: Tie sheriffs, or other deslgnated olfi cials. immediately upon receiving no tiee from the governor, shall appoint registrars for each voting precinet. Apportionment of Registrars. Tie proportion of registrars shall be one for each 170 persons to he regis tered. E.n'el age to be registered will rempise ablout I per cent of the popu a in. - It'. fotr instance, all Men betwedn' n12ieteeIl aiid twenty-five years of age, Silusive, Itre to be registered. the reg Ist ra r wouldl Ilave to enroll about 7 per cent of the precinct pouillitioll. It is desirablle to acceplt tile services of competent volunteer registrars to serve wIthout compllensation. All reg 1st rars muist he sw~ornl. The votinig place Inl each precinct must he' prepared for registration. Full printed inlstrutctions covering every de tall oif registrattion will he ini the hanids of sheiffs andic ma11yor on tile fifth day after the presidecnt's proclamation. Cities of Over 30,000 Population. The may3or of a city containing more than 30.000 inhabitants, or the officials deislgnlatedl by the governor therein, shlml. with approval of the governor, apploint for each wanrd or convenient tminor subdivision coini ning about 30, 000 people one registration board, and shall designate one officer of each hojard to perform duties sImilar to il ise implosed on the sheriff, as here tofore outlined. If the mayor desires, he may ap~point a central board to co ordlinate tile work of minor boards. Duties of County Clerks, and of Clerks of Cities of Over 30,000 People. On the fifth day after tile president has issued his proclamation, clerks of enunilties aind cities of over 30,000 must seelre a supply of blanks and copies of the registration regulations from the shieriff or from tile mayor. Absen tees and tile sick wvill apply to such clerk~s to have their registration cards filled out. In no case shall such per sons he given registration certificates. They are to be instructed by the clerk that tile burden is on them to see to it that the cards reach the registrars of their home precincts by registration .me day. Absentees and the Sick. Persons absent from their home counties may be registered by mall. If so absent, a man should go to tile clerk of tile county where he may be staying, on the sixth clay after the date of the president's proclamation. If he is In a city of over 80,000 population, the city clerk is the official to whom to apply. The absentee will be told how to reg ister, but he must mail his card in time to reach his precinct by registra tion day. Persons too sick to present them selves for registration must send a comlpetent person to tihe county or city clerk on the six th day after the is suing of the proclametion. The clerk wvill give Instructions for registration. Colleges, Universities, '-omes and Oth er institutione. Officials of educational, charitable amnd other institutions should apply for instructions to the county or city clerk on the sixth day after tile date of the proclamation for instructions as to a convenient method of registration. Tlin wardens of jails, penitentiaries, and reformatories should apply to the county or city clerk for instructions on the sixth day. Five days after the date of the pres ident's proclamation <!omplete regula tions will be in the hands of all sheriffs and of the officials of cities of over 30,000 population. The president is authorized to call upon all public officers to assist in the execution of the law. The plan is, however, to rely on the people for the proper execution of the law. It is ex pected that patriotic citizens will offer their services free as registrars. Such services will be gratefully acknowl edged. Volunteers for this service should communicate immediately with the proper oticial. BANKS ASKED TO CO-OPERATE Secretary Authorizes Financial insti. tutions to Receive Subscriptions for the Bond Offerings. Washington.-Secretary McAdoo tele graphed the entire list of 27,513 nation al and state banks and trust companies in the United States, authorizing them to receive subscriptions for the $2,000, 000,000 bond offering, enlisting their co-operation, and requesting them to telegraph a rough estimate of the amount of bonds each would take for itself and its patrons. "You can render an invaluable serv ice to your country," Mr. McAdoo told the banks, "by receiving subscriptions and co-operating with the federal re serve bank in your district." Loan Subscriptions Pour in. To nil clearing house associations in the country Mr. McAdoo sent a tele grain Inhch he said: "The amount of the initial loan has been determined by the needs of the government and not arbitrarily. The enthusiastic and patriotic co-operation of the banks and bankers of the coun try will guarantee the success of the undertaking." The result of the first announcement of the loan has been a deluge of sub scriptions, aggregating many millions. Most of these came in by wire to the treasury. Virtually every large city and every state in the Union was rep. resented. Lend $100,000,000 to italy. Negotiations continued today with representatives of the nations to which the United States is extending credit. Count di Cellere, the Italian amniassador, received the full amount of the first $100,000,000 loan made by this government to Italy. Subscriptions to the second offering of treasury certificates were received during the day by the federal reserve banks. Indicationw are that the secre tary will call for the proceeds within a week, possibly a .few days. The $100,000,000 loan to France will be turned over to Ambassador Jusser and, in whole or part, within a day or so. MAY CENTER IN WASHINGTON Probability That One Committee Will Purchase All Supplies Needed by the Allied Countries. Washlngton.-Creation of a central pu rchasinag commnittce in Washington for all supiplies bought in the United States for- the allied governments w~as forecast here by Sir- liardnman Lever, financial expert of the British war mission. The comiiIttee will supplant J. P. AMorgan & Co. Discussing the world financial situa tion, the British exp~ert expressed the apintion that Germany will be practical ly bankrup~t in the credit markets after- the war. "Our enemies," he said, "for all their b~oasted elliciency, have never had the courage to face their financial prob lems, with thte result that wh'len the war is over they will be hard put to it.", The Teutonic governments having pyramnided one internal loan upon an oQther, he explained. their- interest charges would b~e so great that he be lieved they would either have to repu (hate a large part of their debt or face inabtility to buy the enor-mous quanti ties of material they would need for reconstruction. The allies, he add~ed,. had paid their way in the war "hy the str-aightfor wardl andl natural means, b~y pouring out their gold, by selling enormous masses of Amer-icain securities, b~y rais ing loans." As a result, he predicted that the end of the war- wouldl find the allies in god shape' financially, despite their enormous permianent debtS. Agree on Paying Men in Training. Washington.-Conferees on tihe army bill agreed on a provision to pay $100 a month to men in training camps seeking to qualify as mnembe~rs of the officers' reserve corps. Although the full allotted quota of 40,000 men probably will be enrolled in the officers' training camps when they open May 15, there still is "plenty of ioom fo'- men of the right qualities," the war department announced. In a statement saying that each of the sixteen camps seemed assured of its full allotment of 2,500 applicants for commissions, the department ap pealed for farther recruits among men of proved ability. Chicago to Furnish Chaser. Chicago.-This city is now mobil izing its naval resources. Acting under orders from the navy department, Capt. W. A. Moffett, commandant of the Great Lakes naval training station, began rounding up hundreds of small powver boats preparatory to equipping them as submarine chasers. Captain Moffett expects to rush them "to the seaboard" na apidly as possible. WANT TO ENROLL CORN CLUB BOYS L. L. BAKER WRITES COUNTY AGENTS URGING THEM TO IN CREASE ACREAGE. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina People, Gathered Around the State Capital. Boys' corn clubs in South Carolina, 3,000 members strong, will do their part to help win the war. L. L. Bak er of Bishopville, director of the work, is calling on the boys of the farms to join the movement, Mr. Baker advises that the people are thoroughly aroused to the need of more food, and have responded to the call of the pre paredness commission. Mr. Baker has addressed the follow ing letter to all county agents under his jurisdiction: "The time has come for every boy in this country to 'do his bit' in pro. ducing food and supplies to help meet the pressing needs of the country. There is no danger of over-produc tion, as there is a food shortage throughout the world. Won't you take immediate steps to increase your en rollment of boys in the corn and pig clubs of your county? "I know you are anxious to get a large percentage of reports at the close of the season, but it is your duty first to strive diligent to get every boy possible between the ages of 10 and 18 years to enlist in the groat service of growing food for home con sumption and to meet the needs of the world. If you find boys who will join the clubs, but who cannot be closely supervised, you will enroll them as cooperators and keel) their names on a separate list if need be. I adivse that boys belonging to the corn club be induced to increase their acreage wherever practicable. This could be done without interfering with the contest in which they are engaged. Say a boy planting three or five acres could pick his best acre for his con test. He should be encouraged to plant cow peas, soy beans, velvet beans or peanuts in his corn. "Again, every boy belonging to the bcorn club should be induced to join the pig club, and every boy belonging to the pig club should be encouraged to become a member of the corn club and should be induced to grow feed for his pig or pigs. By all means don't restrict your enrollment in either of the clubs, and keep the lists open until the season is well advanced, and you can send in the names to this of flee from time to time, as the boys enroll. Any extra effort you may put forth to these ends will be greatly ap preciated, and you will thereby be rendering a very great service to the country." State Aids Many Schools. The state department of education has completed the examination, ap proval and payment of appllications for state building aid. This policy was intiatedl by the act of 1910. The growth of the last seveni years has brought adequate, modern school buildings to at least half of the school districts of the state. The law provides that any district suppllying one-half the cost of a new school houses may be giveni one-four-th of the cost from the county building fund and one-fourth from the state building fund, up to a total maximum expenditure from all three sources of $1,200. Any district supplying $600. either from taxation or from subscrip tion,- receives $300 from the county and $300 fr-om the state. If two or more school houses are consolidated, or if two or more schools distr-icts arec consolidated, the county may give a bonus of $50 and the state a bonus of $50. Only one school house in any one district may be aided in any one year. Building plans must be approv ed by the state board of education. The improvement in school -house architecture can not escape the notice of every traveler. Nearly every town, practically every hamlet and scores of country communities now possess well constructed, well equipped, well furnished, well lighted school build ings, many of them~ surrounded by agricultural plots and possessing kitchens for girls and work shops for boys. The consolidated school is rap idly supplanting the one room, one teacher school house, and the erection of a building with only one class room is now the exception. The state department of education acknowledges with pleasure its in debtedness to Prof. RI. E. Lee of Clem son College for his co-operation in lupplying tree of charge blue prints to trustees. Federal Experts Give Assistance. Two federal engineers spent a day in the office of the South Carolina highway commission, consulting with the state highway engineer, Capt. J. RIoy Pennell, and advIsing as to the organization of the work. J. T. Bul len of Montgomery, district engineer, (discussed with Capt. Pennol'. letails of federal aid. A. L. Luedke of Wash ington, helped with matters of or-gani ;ation. Messrs. Biullen hnd luedke aire from the office of public roads, nited States department of agricul .ure. Organizing "Feod Yourself" Clubs. Statewide effort is being made in the otton mill communities of South Car >lina to organize "Feed Yourself" Clubs. A special program to facUl Late the movement has been prepared by George D. Brown, Jr., state mill chool superyisor, and is being widely listributed by tlie state department of 3ducation. Special appeal is made by ,dr. Brown to the teachers in the mill ichools to mobilize the children in the ill villages into hoe brigades. "The ,hild who plants a vegetable garden, 'aises a pig or a dozen chickens or a ew bushels'of potatoes, will be con idered a soldier no less than the crown up man, who wears a uniform." The program consists of talks by ichool trustees, teachers or other in ited speakers, the reading of the gov 3rnor's proclamation of war, the sing ng of patriotic airs by the children ind recitations by pupils. Instruc .ions as to organization of "Feed Your elt" clubs are: "Enlist successful gardeners or larmers as lieutenants, who shall pass their knowledge gained from exper ence on to captains and volunteers. "Enlist the teachers, ministers, or 3ther persons willing to give super vision in gardening as volunteer cap. tains. "Enlist the children as volunteer gardeners. They are to plant their back yards and waste lands according to the instructions of the captains. "Arrangements suitable to each community should be made by which captains can be given instructions in gardening. Those who join are urged to plant cabbage, tomatoes, beans, peas, sweet potatoes, butter beans and i corn. Most of these vegetables can be saved without canning." In making the appeal directly to the teachers as the leaders among the mill people, Mr. Browns says: "In this time of great national strain to meet the emergency of war preparation, there is work for all to do. The world is facing a great food scarcity, such as it has not known for years. South Carolina must be come self sustaining in food products or our people will suffer. "An army must be raised among the mill children of South Carolina. This army is not an army of fighters, but an army of feeders. The boys and girls enlisted will not carry guns and dig trenches; they will carry hoes and plant vegetables. They will not de stroy; they will produce. The child who plants a vegetable garden, raises a pig or a dozen chickens, or a few bushels of potatoes, will be considered a soldier no less than the grown up man who wears a uniform. Each boy and girl must be made to feel that he or she has a part in our national pro gram for war. "I am asking you to find out from the mill authorities what their plans are for home gardens. Ask the farni demonstration agent, tomato club workers andl members of the 'lvic pro paredness committee of your county to arrange an evening's enlightenment for your patrons. In your visits among people spread the gospel of prepared ness with the hoe." Camp is Pitched in Columbia. H-eadqcuarters of the First South Carolina infantry have been moved to the state falir grounds, Columbia. D~uring the wveek the greater part of the regiment was dlistributedl about the state for guard dluty, so that Styx is no longer a tented city. Two hundlred and sir~tyiv-e men are at present at the fair grounds two infantry comp~lanies, headquarters company, supply company, sanitary detachment, machine gun dletachment and)( Col. McCully and staff. Every important transportation line in the state is guarded. (Cil. McCully, whose headquar-ter's will be here, will he on the road a large part of the time, for he will inspect each unit once a nmonth. Students Favor Liquor Measure. A tele'gramP to Presidecnt WVilson and the Sout h C'arolina delegation in con gress was sent by a committee from the studend body of the U~niver'sity of South Carolina, advocating the abolition of the liquor traffic as an emergency wanr measure. The resolu tion authorizing this telegram met with the unaim aous sup~port of the students. A similar resolution adlopt ed by the congergation of the First Hapti1st church of Columbia had been sent previoulsly to the piresident, Speaker ('lark and Congressman Lever. Expert Gives Aid in Chesterfield. ' There will be a great increase in food crops in Chesterfleld county," said E. Walker D~uvall of Cheraw, who was among the visitors in Columbia. lIe saidl that the civic preparedness campaign had been very effective. The conservation of the food produc ed this year is one of the big prob loens to be decided. To meet this sit uation the Cheraw Chamber of Coin mnerce will engage an expert for two months to teach the people the best methods of canning and drying fruit and vegetables, New Enterprises Authorized. The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Sifly Vehicle com pany of Orangeburg with a capital stock of $10,000, The petitienrs are: John F. Silly and H. B. Gardner. A commission has been issued to the (lile' TBay Lumber company of Rlicks in this state with a caplital stock of $25.000, The petitioners are: J. E. Justice, WV. R. Hicks and C. V. McCreight. The company will (10 a general lumber businemts. A charter was issued the Pepsi-Cola Bottling comnany of Darlingtor. GREAT TEXTILE STRUCTURE Contract Is Let For Erection of Big Southern Textile Exposition Build ing at. Greenville. Greenville.-The contract for the erection of the Southern Textile Ex position building in Greenville was awarded Saturday afternoon to the Fiske-Carter Construction comp'any of this city at a cost between $85,000 and $90,000. The building, equipment and land will represent an outlay of ap proximately $135,000 and the plans call for a three story structure with an auditourium and gallery on the second floor having a seating . capacity of 3,200. The contract was lot with the pro viso that the building be completed, if possible, by November 1. It is the plans of the association to hold the second biennial Southern textile ex position in its "new home" next No vember. The directors also hope to have the structure finished in time to open it with some celebrated singer and perhaps efforts will be made to secure either John McCormick or Enrico Caruso. The contractors have agreed to utilize every energy and all available equipment so as to complete the build. ing as rapidly as pdssible. Work was commenced Monday on clearing the site on West Washington street, op posite the Piedmont & Northern rail way terminal, preparatory to the grad ing and excavations for the founda tions of the building. The houses that now occupy the site will be removed to some other location. The lot has a frontage of 106 fee-t on West Washington street and ex tends back to a depth of 344 feat. The dimensions of the exposition building will be 106 feet by 200 feet, providing for a court both in front and in the rear of the hall. The stockholders of the Greenville Textile Exposition, Inc., have been called to meet in Greenville May 31. The company is capitalized at $75, 000 and stock in the enterprise is held not only by cotton manufacturers. textile representatives, but hy -Ather citizens throughout the New England states and the Southeast. Much of the stock is also held by Greenville business men. Would Enroll Supervisors. Gov. Manning has addressed the following letter to the county super visors: "It has been suggested that it would no doubt add very mnch to the sup ply of foodstuffs if the county super visors would discontinue as much as possible their road work for the next two or three weeks and use their teams and convict labor in the plant ing of food crops, especially in those counties where there are lands belong ing to the county, which lands. in many instances, are probably not in cultivation, and where they are culti vated are probably not producing a full crop. "I would urge that you adopt this plan as far as practicable." Bigger Crops For Clarendon, Manning.-Excellent progress is be. ing madle wvith this year's crops in Clarendonm county. A much larger acreage than usual bas been piantod in corn, nearly all of which is up to a good stand and munch of it has been wvorked over. Cotton is also coming up well and a large proportion of it has been worked over the first time. Most of the farmers have their tobac co set out andl it promises weli. The small grain crop), especially oats, will be shor't, having been killed by the never-e winter- freeze. Some farmers who planted again after the fre'eze will harvest fairly good crops. B3esides the regular- crops nearly every one has given extra attention thuis year to pre paring gardens and wvill also have po tota and cane patches to assist in mak ing supplies at home. McD. Hampton ls Dead. Columbia.-George Mcluffie IHamp ton, son of the late Gen. Wade 1iamp ton and for one term a member of the South Carolina railroad commission, (lied at the Baptist hospital, after a brief illness. He was 58 years old. having been born at the old1 1lampton home on the Camden road in 1859. Mr. Hampton had been sick only a few days. SOUTIH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. At Little river bridge on the Sea board Air Line railway, sovan miles south of Abbeville, the muitary guard exchanged shots with two or three men they saw on the tracks near the bridge. No one was hit, but seeral shots were fired by both sides. Miss Nellie Uristow, president of the Civic Improvement league at F1lor, enco, has interested a number of chil dren in the matter of gardens in the city andl she hopes to have a number of entries in a short while. Ernest S. Dreher, superir~tendeunt of the Columbia public schools, has reported to the board of school com missioners that the experiment in military training at the high school has so far been satisfactory, Fire ab~out mdnight destroyed a small barn Oin the premises of the Pioneer hot-il at Blishopville an'l along with it two grown negreos, a man and woman. The man was por ter at the hotel and slept in this barn. After- the fire was put out a mattres4 which was burning was pulled aside and revealed the bodies of the mani mnr wmann Self Protection is a matter -that shQuld concern everyone sub ject to spells of HEARTBURN INDIGESTION BILIOUSNESS OR MALARIA. You can help -yourself very materially with the asiistance -of HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters Men and Women Women as well as men are made miser. bble by kidney and bladder trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swam p-Root, the great kidney medicine, Is highly recommended by thou sands. Swamp-Root stands the highest for the reason that so many people say it has roved to be just the remedy needed in thousands of even the -most distressing Dases. At druggists in 500 and $1.00 sizes. You may receive a sample size bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcel Post, also a pam phlet telling you about it. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Bingham ton, N. 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Th'lose who won't 'foregh their flowers are planltitng carrots iiE W&hite sand in latrge. boxes in their celinrs or tInlusedl roomis, and mutstaird, i ereas, parsley, and other herbs are being grown ill kitchlen wIn dlows or in shlelteredl laIces In thle areas. . . mportant to Mothers EdxutfIne carefully every bottle ot CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that It Bears the ',. - a.smsssU Signature of In Use for Overia ears. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria . .Unhampered. "How Is your gardlen getting along?" "All right. I haven't Interfered with It yet." Don't jud(ge at womnan by the comn pany shie'ts ('omlpell to keep. S Granulated Eyelids, O r& Eyes inflamed by exo. sure to Sun, Dust and Wn yey lRmdNo Sarting st Eye Comfort. At Druggists or by mail 50c per Bottle. Main. f~ye Salve in Tubes 25c. For Book et lb. Eye ?REE ask Muriua Eye Redyrs~ En_. Chic.g.