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?wl ?atarday ?BT? Ii? rtmuxaiJQ COMPANY ?UMTBR iL a tVit pm annum? l* sdvssc?. IUI H?? IM ftrst Insertion.9l.0<* Subsequent Insertion.*? Pf?M tot three oooath*, ot wtD ** ***** *| reduced rate*, laalcation* ?hich ?ut artvat* isteresta will b* charged * ** edvortlstMista OtstaarM* ead trtbwte* of r?#p?Ci far. tW kmmvm* Watebma* wa* found? ed BS UM and Um Tm eoatbron In MC* flee Walnfc*naw aa4 Boathron ?mm mm the combined otroalaOoa aad ef Um eld papers, edvertlalng BS tut XOfMR TO SBUBaX IUH- ? nemember that we want to retain yon a* a subscriber and haps to receive renewal ho that tho paper may be aent without mterruptlon. Been aad ?very subacrlber I* aakod te oaamlne the label on hi* paper aad not* the dato pcaatad 'hereon. which Indi? ana** the date to which aub ba* been paid. K ibl* number of sub eaplre during the pre?at month ? principally than* who subscribed during ts* subscription contest thut wa* conducted last March and April?and while we hope to retain each and every one us a paid In advance subscriber, it ta lot our Intention to continue tho paper to anyone m not order the paper Jsmed for another year send us $1.(9 to pay for it. If yon want tho paper contin Bod do not delay In sending in ? yean* order and money for ro newal. for on April 1st we shall cntUng off expired sub. Iptblone without further no HOME. seven month* of service in the illaatioa camp at Styx and on the berlar la the vicinity of El Paso. Tasa*. tho Fumter Light Infantry (Cosas* ny L, Second regiment) is at hams again. The home-coming of our soldiers has been eagerly anticipated aad the warmth of the welcome that they received Is the sincerest proof that the homo folks have missed them While they bars been gone end that wo are all glad to have them home famtsr la proud of Company U a military organisation that has u hvs tery back of it covering a period of aedre theo three-quarters of a cen tsvy. and In which ths grandfathers aad fathsrs of the present members served their country with a pa? triotic devotion that carried them to tho front when the cull to arms was Sounded in the time of need, tfumter sent to the Mexican war Company A. of tho Palmetto regiment and this company was tne first detachment of American troops to enter the City of Mexico when that city was captured as the culminating event of the vi< - tortous campaign of the American army under Oen. Scott. Humter sent her company to Virginia with the first regiment that went from this I State In the War Between the States, sa our company was in the buttle of Bull Bun and bravely withstood the first baptism of Are under the battle flag of the Confederacy. Sumter sent her company in the servlco of the government when the call came for troops in ths war with Spain in is**, and again last June, when th? t came for troops to go to the Texas border, the company was ready and for seven months our soldiers have been at the post of duty, undergolni ths arduous training that has fitted them to serve the country efficiently, as well ss bravely und patriotically, if the fates should decree thut the Unit? ed States shall be plunrrod Into war Our soldier boys left home as mil ' they havo returned trained ai 1 hard ened soldiers fit and ready to t; their place at the side of regulars and to give ft good account of themn< I whenever the call shall come. To tin ordinary tlss of love and affection that bind this community to our companv hss been added the pride end confi? dence tbst comes of the know!. <1 | that the men who compose It, rank and file, are fit and efficient, and that the sacrifice* of time and energy th.it they have made In the service of tin* country has been worth while. Th* service on ths l>order has given this country a body of trained ttMHdf] thst would be ths backbone of any volunteer army that may be culled Into service if the need for a great army should arise in the near future, e ? * The United States is preparing to go Into war and the nation is not prepar? ed to fight. This lamentable lack ol preparedness is due to precepts and Influence of William Jennings Bryan and his followers who havo laborer In season and out of season for the past three years to discourago and de-eat every effort of foresighted and clear thinking public men to arouse the Amorlcan people to the necessity of getting ready as a nation to me?1 an emergency. They have preached universal peace to a world that it rent and torn by the most relent? less and cruel war history has ever recorded. They have talked of an ap? peal to humanity, brotherly love and the force of public opinion as the only means that the great American nation should use to end the world war and have so beclouded the issue that the people as a whole have been confused and havo continued to dwell In a fools paradise amid the turnu.ii and strife that is devastating Europe, believing that America j would some how escape all the evils that other na? tions are suffering. Mr. Bryan and similar minded pacifists have added a greater folly to the lesser by tolling the people that there was no need for preparation, no need for a greater army and a greater navy and a great? er store of Implements of war, for, said they, if the United States ever is attacked, a thing scarcely within the realm of possibility, on account of the greatness, wealtli and potential war making strength of this country, the people would rise as one man. an army of ten million men would be created over night that would defend the country against any and all foe that might rise up against us. This vicicus and insidious falacy peremeat ed the country to a greater degree that Is appreciated and congress, tak? ing the cue, has refused to enact jfcwt for the creation of an army and navy of adequate else properly equipped and thoroughly trained. The country la going Into war unready, untrained and only partly equipped. The coun? try will have to make preparation-' for war after the war starts. Tbo only things we have are millions of men, an abundance of money and tiv material out of which the weapons for defense may be fabricated. We shall pay dearly for the three year that have been wasted, but If the peo pie will now wake up and force con? gress to do its duty, so long neglected the country will be saved from an overwhelming disaster. DUTCH OPPOSE ARMED SHI I's Holland Intimates American Arme ; Merchantmen W1U be Barred. London, March 21.?A dispatch t< Uedter's Telegram Company from Am sterdam says: "It Is understod that the Dut government has Intimated that It It not prepared to allow armed Ameri? can merchantmen In Dutch harbor According to the view In well inform? ed circles, the Dutch reply to rep? resentations arising out of the Brit? ish steamer Princess Melita case will be unsatisfactory from the enten" standpoint." The steamer Princess Melita nrrlv ed at the Hook of Holland March but being armed was ordered to de? part forthwith, according to a Londoi dispatch, quoting the Dutch naval de partment as authority. The steams sailed but returned next morning an I was permuted to disembark a sich prisoner and take on drinking water A later dispatch from London snid the British government would ins' I on defensive armed ships being per raltted to enter Dutch ports. M'COKMICK BONOS SOLD. Big Sum W811 Soon be Available for Good Roads In New County. McCormlck. March It?At H meeting held on March tl the good roads commission, consisting of J. J Dorn, chairman, T. A. Dowlln, W. D Morrah, Albert Gibei t and J. H. fcfrOB county supervisor, elected T. M. ROSS as attorney and J. B. Kennedy as sec rctary. The second meeting of tho commia ?ton was held March -0, at which time the bonds, amounting to $116.000 i were sold to Hanchett Bond comp my of Chicago. 111., for $175.955 and ac? crued interest, the Interest being per cent, seml-annually. DeHVOlles are to be made as fi o\>h: $50,000 Immediately. $40,001 60 days. $40,000 in 90 days and $45, H in IM days. Services of an expet fenced englneei in highway construction work will 1 ? obtained, and work on the road begun at once. Major W. B. l^e and Mr. Joeeph Palmer, of this city, who have so < flclently done the engineering wo i for the laying of the $100,001 p ? mcnt and sidewalks In Sumt? r. l secured the engineering work In Par llngton for the laying of $10,000 I $7r?,000 worth of street paving. TO mm GISOLEHE RULES. NEW STATE STANDARD TAKES EFFECT JlTNE 1. Changes Should Yield Higher Grade and at Lower Cost Commissioner Watson Says. Columbia. March 21.?Made neces^ saiy by the much changed conditions In the petroleum industry, on June 1, a change in the specifications for gas* oline In this State, and consequently a A .v standard for gasoline, is to be effective. The change will consider? ably lower the present very high standard, but still give to the people a higher grade of gasoline than Is supplied in any State in the Union. It should also result in an annual saving on prices to the consumers ' o about $120,000 The new specifications call for not more than 16 per cent residue at 150 C, with distillation and flash test re? quirements the same as heretofore and fixes the dry point at not more than 200 degrees C. Heretofore the residue was 8.0 per cent, and there was no dry point specification. Commissioner Watson in speaking of the change said: "Heretofore our requirements forced the retiners to ship only a high grade light gasoline specially distilled for this market. Under the new standard all straight run first grade gasoline, about toe same quality furnished the United States navy, will be admitted." Speaking of the gasoline situation, the commissioner said: "Under tho requirements hereto? fore wo have been securing to the people the highest grade of gasoline furnished in America. For more than a year, however the supply situation in tho petroleum industry has been becoming more and more acute with each week, and four months ago i: became obvious that the supply of th* grade we were requiring could not be maintained. This has been due to the enormous increaso in consumption of all grades of gasoline with no cor? responding Increase in production For months we have been making the. most exhaustive study of the situa tion in the effort to reach speclfica tions that would insure continuity of supply, and at. the same time, give this* State the highest quality sold in the United States. The standard 1 have finally adopted, effective June 1. will accomplish this dur purpose, and In prices paid ought to save to th. consumers about $120,000 a year. "This State now has about $20,00 0, 000 worth of motor driven vehicle*, including pleasure cars, trucks, trac? tors, motorcycles, etc. The annual consumption of gasoline is about $9, 700,000 worth, there being close o^. to If,000,000 gallons consumed. li? the State there are independent job? bing companies selling In the aggre^, gate about 2,000,000 gallons a year The situation as to short supply had become so acuto that the companie.v were about to be put out of business as the large refineries could no longer take care of their own business and furnish them also. For these reason It became necessary to broaden tho scope of the source of supply, and hence the action I have taken. Of course, the general public will not be, able to discern the difference in the old and the new standard material, a? under the new specifications there wir be furnished a quality of gasoline su? perior to any found on the open mar? ket anywhere in tho country, abiv.M the same quality as is now furnished for export. The dry point require meat will keep out all heavy nil mixtures." VICTORIES FOR SUBMARINES, Berlin Tells of Destruction of Boat at Sen. Eerlin, Monday, Match 19 (by Wire less to Sayville).?An official com? munication issued by the German ad? miralty reports that German sub? marines have destroyed an addition.'.1 116,000 gross tons of shipping in th British channel, in the Atlantic ocean and in the North sea. The statement says: "According to detailed reports or hand from submarines, among th ships sunk were the following: Britis; armed steamer, Connnught, 2,Cf$ tons; armed British throe masted ves? sel of 1,200 tons; British sailing ships Adelaide (180 tons). Maclean, AbaJ.l Cazclle and Utopia; the British flslj infi- steamers Redcap and Orasla, 3 129 tons; tho (Beck steamer TheS doros Pangalos, 2.888 tons; the Nor? wegian steamers Stecras, Dagvangej Bus Fastenaes and Thede Farfelurt and tho Norwegian sailing shf; Hermes." Rreartey Going t?? North Carolina, Columbia, March 20.?Prof. H. C. Urearley, instructor in English 111 the University of BoUth Carolina, has resigned to accept n similar position a"t the North Carolna College at Ra? , h igh. The man fond of exercise is ne Is ble to believe that beating rugs \*M (reise. PRESIDENT OF WOHLD CHRIS? TIAN ENDEAVOR UNION BRINGS INSPIRING MESSAGE, rounder of Movement Is Client off South Carolina Members?Mrs. Clark also Presets! at Meeting Held hi First Presbyterian Church at Columbia. Columbia. March 21.?-Christi * < Endeavorers from all sections o Bouth Carolina gathered in Columbia last night to hear tho Rev. Francis K. Clarke, D. D.. president of the world union and founder of the great inter? denominational soc iety. Dr. Clark , who was severely ill th's winter, has 1 been in Florida recuperating, as the guest of the Southern Endeavoreis He and Mrs. Clark are on their way North, and en route Dr. Clark is ma1 ing four addresses. Columbia for? tunately secured one of these dates. Dcfore launching into his main ad? dress, Dr. Clark paused to pay tribute to two South Carolinians and to the progressive Endeavor work of th<- ? First Presbyterian church, Columbia He said that bis last visit to this State was in attendance upon a State Endeavor meeting at Union. There, he said, he met Allan Nicholson of Union, at that time State president and he said that ever since then Mr. Nicholson's life has been an example to him; for a man with so many dis? abilities to keep up such a Wonderful work. Dr. Clark next referred to Wyatt A. Taylor, a young Columbian, who is held secretary for Christi;;n Endeavor in the South. "I congratu? late you upon sending out this spier, did young fellow to do such a nobl Christian work,' he said. Dr. Claris then spoke of the Christian Endeavor organization in the First Presbyterian church where the societies ran in steps taking a child from the cradle to manhood and womanhood. He s;. I< he would tell Endeavorers of other States and lands of this method. The fundamental idea of Christian Endeavor is the religious idea, Dr. Clark emphasized. The word "Chris? tian," he said, was the most signifi? cant and important. "Lot's never lose sight of the fact that the reli? gious idea must be the fundamental of all endeavor." The distinguished minister and lead- 1 er discussed some of the predom'me c- j ing features of the Christian Endeavo; movement. He spoke of fellowship of denominations; the interdenomin;! tional scope of the society; the loyal? ly to one's own church, at the same time fellowship with others. Dr. Clark has traveled around the world several times. Tho union of which ho Is world president has ex? tended to every land and dime and into more than four score denomina? tions. Dr. Clark last night took his auditors with him in a flying trip about the globe, telling the Endeavor? ers that wherever they might go they would lind members of the band. K< related personal experience of his j trips, and paid a special tribute to tho j people of Japan and China. Touching on the recent revolt in Russia, Dr. Clark characterized it a* the momentous event of a century The year 1917, he said, would go down in history as one of the most im? portant of all history. The wonder? ful change of Russia almost in a single hour was described as alone enough to make 1917 one of the mo-j mentoua of all years. Velvet Deans Demming Popular. Clem son College? March 19.?Re? ports reaching the Extension Division from the County Demonstration agents in each county in the State ln dicate that there will be a record planting of velvet beans this year in all parts of the State. Velvet beana have been chief reliance of farmers in Alabama since the arrival of the boll wevll and it begins to look like they will play a similar part in this State. The popularity of the velvet beans may be traced to the many uses to which they may be put. This crop is used for seed production, green ma? nuring, hay, pasture for cattle and hogs, and in some cases for allege. It is not practical for silage, how? ever, unless mixed with corn or sorghum. Farmers Interested in planting velvet beans for the first time will do well to write the Ex? tension Division, Clemson Cotlcg ? s. c, for Information as to the be t v: rieties and their cultivation. Waste Land Along the Fence Rows, Few farmers stop to think how much land Is taken up by the fences. The feme Itself takes lltth room, but it is Impossible to grow anything for several feet on both sides of the fenco. The depart no it of agriculture reports thai the or? dinary rail fence* occupies ;i strip over twelve feet wide. About ? > <> feet of such a fence takes up n sere of land, Hedges take up little more than Ine rnII fence, 1 ? width varying according lo i i width of the hedge roM New York, March 11,?HrniyMoi* genthau of the American Jewish relief committee announced todm that $10,000,000 must he raised In the United Sttaea hy June 1 if the 1,000,. 000 Jews in the eastern war zone aroj to ho saved from starvation, ItSSS meetings are to he held in the princi? pal cities in every Htate, it was an? nounced. (.overnor Murmln* H-tnrfi^ Columbia, Mauli 1\, ;.M. y ?. nlng reittfritd this bf(#rhof>ti f>?.r #/' trip to New Y??rk Mid Wa??hlnerton, tti said patriotism was running h ? i In tlm North and everybody WbTM ready for war with flermany. Bon ?< men fell to fel rldli and n I faII ;?? gel i*?? *?i. RATIONAL BANK A Problem For The School Boy. Who Can Solve It? A twrdvd-vom-old hoy not far from yon. *yn teraatlcoHy eevee 9VOO a tnonth nod deposit* it, in the snvlngn Uepertmoiil of u i? nil at 4 per cent I nie ret I compounded qtiermi i/< Wow much will im be worth when he is teprfyoiM? Ninety Ave per cent of t h" succe?nfui husi neee nun of today solved thi* problem. Thry learned troin boynood to save Kystematically. We take special Internet in accounns of hoys ami girls, utaJ have a book for vou. Bring your dollar and get it and let ttS help yoti up Fortune'! ladder. The National Bank Of Soutb Carolina C. G. ROWLAND, Prts. H. L. HcCOY, Atit Ctahltr. F. L M v.J'.f, Cashier. EARLE ROWl.AN 1. At&t. Cath'r ^>?e^oeoe^ooeoe-oo>oooooooeeoeeo?ooe>?ooeeeee?eee?ee To The Planters of Sumter County e^e>^d^ We want you to call up^a us before you buy your Ferlilizers this season. We can and will save you money. Fertilizer materials are higher propor? tionately than mixed goods. It will pay you ko talk it over [with [us be? fore you buy.? Respectfully, HARBY & CO., Inc., SUMTER, S. C. Money comes to a few through ac? cident and to some by inheritance, but to the vast majority only throu (h industry and thrift. The earning power of man is impor? tant, but even nnre so is his ability to save. Wealth is estimated not by what one makes, but by whit one keeps. Regular deposits in a Savings Ac? count in this Institution soon build a substantial sum. The National Bank of Sumter. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA j.n.m.i ? * ' ???> "a."*1 1 ? "? ".? ,f" " 1 "??*^^^'? Lumber, Linie, Cement, BUILDING MA i EKIAL GENERALI*** AND FEED OF MX KINDS SOOTH & McLEOD. >4Uv? m;* to r.> >tn ShelM LembH A Supp'y Co. lie'. Rpperoon'e Old Sin ?\*' Opp. Court Houeo i Vl llMlilN? AT ONE ri.At F,