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M M I. S. Mi Uli ?II. tUnt Wilson Takes Steps to Prepare Nation in Event of War. fitjMftl I eonard Wood Placed in Command of South aastxro Division With Headquarters at Charleston?First Acfltffc ft to Protect American Industries Wood to South Carolina. Wneeington, March 35.?Division United 8tates Into six instead existing four military depart wms announced today by the dipertment. The two now do? ts are ths Southeastern, com tho States In the old South, the Northeastern, comprising th ? ehSjWmd States. MaJ. Con. Loon Wood Is transferred ?"rom com Of the Department of the East Southeastern department with UOrters at Charleston. S. C. - March 15.?President took steps today to place tho do a war footing. ?Btlttive order he dlrocted that be recruited without delay II authorised war strength 0 enlisted men. taken in Si w*th emergency naval con on already ordered this means president hae exercised the ttm|t of his Isgal powets as com >r#ia chief to prepare the navy for won Ibr tbw army, the president direct dd that two new military departments j SO greeted In the Atlantic coast region. Jwtm order means that the task of or ^.^abdng whatever army congress may 'authorise will be divided among six 4oportmental commanders Instead of ??|bejr In the Interest of speed and ef jssfehcy xln> mobilization. The third iS*S# wee to assume an a national duty Mho tost of protecting American In wsalrlee; from domestic disorders in ClbO event of hostilities. Vor this pur \\\ toll Infantry regiments, two te battalions and one separat" of the National Guard were Jnto the federal rorvice gwt s? national police in important Supplementing these troop snt of Pennsylvania guard and n?pup los of Georgia Infantry on heosa.from the. border lor mos ?wore ordered retain-in the service. president's orders wero made PS-Corse official statements is byyhoth departments. No expln ss ejgeompanled them except th enent that reorganisation of the depsrtments effective May 1 to facilitate derontrn? of eommand. Fttlowtng le the executive orde ? the navy up to war strength kmhf efetee of the authority vo. nit eSe president by the act of con ''%SSeh dSSgest 29. 19 M. entitles 'Ar. Visit $fcmlgSOJ appropr hit i<ms for tin |?f**V service for the fiscal ye:ir end fegPsse-sje, 1917. and for other pur SrOSoV hV*S hereby directed that th' Ptthorlseil enlisted strength of th WkWf bo" Increase.t to sT.ooo. (Signed r "Woodrow Wilson " flit aeey must enroll immediate!* ^OMNPlOSlmnrely in.Ofti) rn?r\ to rear' ptfb required strength. Secretary Pan vlels SSJpoiseiented it tonight with per SeejgJ teles/rams to newspaper editor Oil Overt the eountry urging them to ?Id jho eUfqrtment In every way In to obtain the men. The Wjm* department statement fol ?1 geefli.ats decentralisation o ghe United States is di? late* six military departments ie of the four now existing. The Organization becomes efferti May 1. 1917. and comprise the fol sewing: {.? ?*A-?Nor4t eastern department, t" embrace the State, of M line. N>v. .M^mpshtee. Vermont, M. ssit. hit rfs Rhode (elend and Connecticut. Head quarters* *t Boston. ? ' ^pptern department, to em? brace the .States of New York, New Jerery. ^Pennsylvania. Dclawnr llfarylanji OOd Virginia. West Virginia District^*/ Columl la and the cana! Hone and..the Island of Puerto l!,r With th#j .islands and keys nd iaei thereto.i,. Headquarters at Governor : r **C?Southeastern deparfment, rV embrace ths States ef Tennessee North jBerollna. South Carolin i Georgia^ Florida, Alabama ;iinf Mi slppl. with coast defenses of New < leans aotl the coast defences of fin! veeton. Headquarters at Charleston. 8. C m *T>? Centnil department, to em brace tgw States of Kentucky. <>b sMehlgsu. Indiana. Illinois. \\ ??<?<?? s n. Minnesota. North i. a Dakota, rlow.i, Missouri. Kansas. N'p breeko. * "Wyoming snd Colorado Headquarters at Chicago. '??? Southsm department to ? hrore tUs State* of l^osisisnn (esce > the coneO-defer ess nt New Orlen Texao (except the coast defnses a Gnlveston), Arkansas, Oklahoma, Now Mexico and Arizona. Headquarters I at Fort Bam Houston, Tex. "F?Western department, to cm brace the States of Washington, Ore gon, Idaho. Montana, California, Ne? vada, Utah and the territory of Alas? ka. Headquarters at San Francisco. "MaJ. Qen. Leonard Wood will com? mand the Southeastern department and MaJ. Gen. J. Franklin Bell will I ommand the Eastern department MaJ. Qen. Hunter Liggett will com? mand the Western department and Ihig. Oen. Clarence R. Edwards will command the Northeastern depart? ment. Brig. Gen. Edward H. Plummer will command the troops in the Pan? ama canal zone. Other department commanders will remain as at pres? ent." Congress must determine the sys? tem under which an army is to be raised. Today's action provides more elastic machinery found necessary as a result of the recent border mo? bilization, for the enrolling and train? ing of a great army, whether raised as volunteers, by conscription or through a universal service bill. The object of tho creation of the new departments of the Northeast and Southeast was to distribute among three central commanders the work of mobilization in the States most thickly populated and from Which the greatest number of soldiers must come. The present Eastern depart? ment directed the mobilization of ap? proximately 80 per cent, of tho 150, 000 guardsmen sent to the border. With 400.000 men, the maximum authorized strength of the National Guard in addition to whatever volun? teers might be summoned, the task would be too groat for a single de ? artmental organization because or the vastness of tho supply problems involved. Instructions to National Guard of? ficers Issued more than a month mm to cover any future mobilization-, rbowed plainly that the war depart? ment had learned its lesson and pro pi sod to decentralize Its mobilization i piot'lems as far as possible. Depait n.ental commanders completely will srpcrvlHe the assembling of State troops in their districts hereafter and v .11 take over the task of recruiting. The transfer of Gen. Wood from the Eastern to the South*?Stern de 1 . rtment caused considerable specu? lation among ermy officers. No ex? planation was giv< n and Secretary Baker declined to comment. Th E i tern department, even as It will bo after the new organization goes into effect. Is regarded as the most Important of the six because of its great economic development. As n general rule that department falls to the command of the senior major v neral of the army available for glich duty. On. Wood is tho ranking officer of Ms. grade, Gen. Pell, who now take command of the Eastern department I eing his immediate Junior. In some . rters it was supr^rsted that th new Southeastern department might prove to be the centre of interes should the present International situ etion develop need for military operr tlons to the South. Indications tonight were that th administration planned to await no ' an by congress before further war? like preparations arc ordered. Presi? dent Wilson has authority to direct that tho regular army be brought up to full war strength at once, and also to call out the remainder of the Na? tional Guard and the naval militia. In designating State troops to b< called out it is apparent that The wai department has carefully surveye ? '.ie belt' of private enterprises \vhi< might lie aanalled in event of domes 1 ti^ disturbances. The number o I oops from each S'ate summoned I d Itf bears a direct relation to tlv Ipyntdn, munition plant! and Oth< Indngtry in that state which may need ilitarv protection. The president, following his com fcronces with Gov. McCall of MMNH chUMCtts, Friday night and yesterda i itb Secretary Bnker reached the eon elusion that as the federal gOVerfl ml is responsible for the altuntlo . i h create* the dancer of intern ?IlMorders it also should assume th< burden of providing adequate prot tlon. Under tho policy b< has : < ? thred upon and put Into exeeutio ?. r . State aind no private manulnctu< I l?c cull ?') upon to bear the %\ ? mo of military police work. Com ?i win t-e none i it m undereto ? I . . \ ped ite' espionage legislation i. j connection with this phase of the situ ! ation. At the navy department it was learned that congress also would be requested to authorize an increase be? yond the 87,000 war strength limit for enlisted personnel now set. The or? ganization of great fleets of submarine chasers will make necessary the en? listments of many thousand more men than planned for when the present act was framed. Every lighting ship now in the service or soon to be com? peted could be manned with the 87, , 000. The order to recruit to war strength was signed by President Wilson yes? terday when he and Mrs. Wilson call (I at Secretary Daniels' office. It was not made public, however, until de? tails for carrying it into effect had heen arranged. The recruiting ser? vice has been running recently with redoubled energy and accomplishing good results. The president found it necessary to take further measures to conserve his own time for official conferences In connection with the present national emergency. He directed that here? after only conferences of the most pressing nature be arranged for him. Tomorrow he will see Charles J. Vo picka, United States minister to Ttou mania, Bulgaria and Servia and later in the week will confer with senat< and house leaders prior to the con? vening of the special session of con? gress a week from tqmorrow. The war department has nearly completed preparation of its appro? priation budget to be sent to the capi tol on the day congress meets. DAVIS* BIRTHPLACE REMEM? BERED. Native Spot of Southern Confederacy** Only President to Be Marked With Monument. Fairvlew, Ky., March 2.1.?The birthplace of Jefferson Davis on a f;.rm near here is to be marked by a great limestone obelisk, according to plans which Confederate veterans are ' now trying to bring to completion. A tract of 22 .acres rear Fairvicw, which originally formed a part of the Cam upon which Jefferson Davis wan boiD Was acquired several years ago 1 y Col. A. S. Cunningham of Nash? ville, Term., publisher of The Con federnte Veteran, and Gen. Bennett H. Young, who wo3; four times elocteil commander in chief of the United " nfedcratc Veterans. Thoy raised .? out $20,000, converting the tract into the Jefferson Davis park, and it is upon a summit of this park that it Is proposed to erect the monument. 0 n. <leorge W. LittlefU Id of Austin. '. *:is, announced that he will guar- | anted an amount sufficient to insure the completion of the project if others would assume a fair share, and Gen. ,i i tan s. Carr of Durham, n. c, has agreed to assume a further large share of the expense, in the meantime B campaign for further funds is in pi ogress, and designs for the moivi li.ent have been prepared with the in tention of beginning work on the foundation this spring. The monument will be an obelisk Of limestone and concrete 351 feel high, the tallest with the exception of the Washington monument of any other shaft of the kind in the world. The base will be 4 3 feet square with a mom IS feet square in the Interior f< r the storing of relies. It is plannet": to have the shaft completed some time early in the coming autumn n-nti 11? dedicate it October 22. 1917. The site of the monument is only loo miles, as the crow Hies, from the : ito of the Impressive memorial hall < i eetcd near Hodgenville, Ky., over the cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born. ? Lancaster, March 25.?H. E. Carnes was shot and killed by Pant Hunter here thi3 afternoon. Carnes is sii.i to have entered Hunter's yard and at? tempted to enter the house when or? dered away by Hunter. On his re i sal to do SO Hunter is said to have fired a load from a shotgun. Carnes lived only eight minutes. Hunte was placed in Jail. Doth men arc well known. Carnes was formerly jaile: while Hunter once serve 1 as a rural policeman. Carnes leaven :?. wife and large family. Hunter Is unmarried. Washington, March 23.?Ambassa? dor Francis has reported that the new Russian government has remove all educational restrictions regard In* the .lews on both schools and col? leges. Guatemala City, March 18.?Th< I Quetemelian government has handed ' r<? the German minster a protest rgainst the recent note on submarine warfare, Parle, March 14.?By nuthorlty ol the cabinet, the minister of com Tierce has Issued a decree prohibiting . 11 Imports, except such as may l> i ideally authorized by the govern lit upon application. A license to m:\rry has been issued . ? Green Bimmens, and Nancy Row ... J, We-dgcheld. f SPANISH D1SCOVKK PLOT. Germans Have Elaborate Organim tion in Spain for Supplying Kubma riues. Madria, Maren 24.?The Spanish authorities have unearthed an elabor ate organization in Spain by which the cordon of German submarines stretching around the Spanish and Portuguese coasts are furnished with supplies and provisions by small floats anchored outside the Spanish terri? torial waters and regularly refilled. Four arrests became known before the censorship closed down and cut off reports. The German submarine cordon is said to extend from the Mediterranean to the Baltic. NO SAFETY ZONK. American Steamer Was Torpedoed in Region Said to be Safe by Ger? mans. Amsterdam, March 18.?The Ban delsblad says only six Americans are among those saved from the Ameri? can steamer Healdton, adding that the unreliability of German assurances re? garding the safe zone is shown by re? ports of the crew of the Healdton and tho crews of fishing boat; that for safety's sake the Healdton took tho northern route. On Wednesday a German submarine without fully emerging fired two torpedoes. Two boats got away but the third con? taining twenty-one men capsized and nearly all were drowned. The sub? marine left without trying to help. There were thirteen Americans on the Healdton. The Captain Escaped. London, March 2:i.?Captain Chris? topher of the Healdton was among the survivors, according to a Reuter dis? patch from The Hague. BISHOP RONDTIIALER'S LEC? TURE. - Moravian Leader Makes Magnificent Address as Final Number of Scries. The address of Bishop Ed wand Rondthaler of Winston-Salem, N. C. head of the Moravian church of the South, was a fitting climax to the so rie:; of lectures which have been giv? en during the year on Sunday after? noon at the Hex Theatre under Y. M C. A. auspices. There was a large crowd present for the occasion and all seemed much impressed and pleased with the remarks of the ven? erable bishop. I'ishop Rondthaler spoke of the nensonallty of Christ. He describe-1, him as different from the pictures made by the painters, but as a man Of personal beauty and strength, : man with..the glow of health upon his face, a beauteous smile and 0 glance of sympathy for humanity, o vigor in his movements, of great phy? sical bravery and of greater moral courage. He was the perfect man. and the Bishop urged upon his hearers to practice as far as possible the vir? tues, which had been practiced b: their Lord and Master. Bishop Rondthaler praised Sumte, for its central local and easy access and egress in any direction. At the close of his address, he met many of the members of his congregation saying that it was always a pleasure to him to know personally those to whom he spoke. During his stay in the city Bishm Rondthaler was the guest of Mr. T H. Siddall and family. TO BUY WATERWORKS' PLANT. Charleston Electors Decide on Pur? chase by Majority of Over Fifteen Hundred Votes. Charleston, March 22.?By a vote of 1,718 to 122 the electors of the city of Charleston today decided on the city's purchase of the property of the Charleston Light & Water company for the price of $1,300,000 and also authorized an additional bond issue of $140,000 for necessary improvements and extensions of the waterworks sys? tem here. J. Ross Hanahan, Julius H. Jahns and Leland Moore were elected com? missioners of public works, to serv? without salary. PLANTING VELVET BEANS. Orangebvrg, March 22.?As a re? sult of tho efforts of County agent Wolfe and other means which have been taken to impress upon the fann? er the great value of velvet bean; both as a land builder and feed crop, between 6,000 and 8,000 acres will be devoted to that crop this year. This is quite a stride from last year, whoa the total velvet bean acreage In this county was only about 2,000 acres Already eighteen tons of beans haw been ordered by various farmers through the county agent for nso as B< ed and feed. Apply a cotton cloth wet with Bol? lard's Snow Liniment to all wounds. ? UtS, burns, sores or blisters, and noh ts wonderTul healing power. I*, is prompt nnd very effective. Trice 2?C .".<>.. and VI.00 per bottle. So'd by Sibert'a Dvug Store.?Advt. POLICEMAN RUNS AMUCK. Ormsby BlAHdillf; Makes Assault on S. L. Krasnoff in Recorder's Court Room. Policeman Ormsby Blanding today made an assault on S. L. Krasnoff, the proprietor of the Battery, a local dry goods and clothing store, during the progress of a case in the Recorder's court room, following a request by Mr. Krasnoff that Officer Blanding be discharged from the force for con? duct unbecoming an officer. No one was seriously injured in the melee which followed the assault, Chief Sumfer expelled Blanding from the court room in short order. It seems that on Saturday some difference arose between B. Komo row, a merchant on South Main street, and a negro as to the changing of a five dollar bill and payment for a pair of trousers. Officer Blanding was sent to the scene to settle the dif? ference, which he did, according to the statements made in the Recorder's Court, by threatening and cursing Komorow, when the latter refused to give the negro back the money. Komorow was arrested and was tried in the Recorder's Court today on the charge of disorderly conduct, being discharged on his giving the negro book the money claimed. Following the termination of the case Mr. Kras? noff, who had. been acting in the case as Komorow's adviser, asked Chief J. R. Sumter that Mr. Blanding be dis? charged from the force for conduct unbecoming an officer. Blanding immediately raised a stick he had in his hand and struck at Krasnoff, striking him on the arm which the latter had thrown up to prevent the blow landing on his head. Had it not been for an electric light cord which caught the stick, it is probable that serious injury would have been inflicted by the blow. Blanding then made a charge upon others in the court room and Chief Sumter caught him, preventing him from drawing his pistol. Chief Sum? ter was dragged out of the court room through the lobby into the yard back of the building before Blanding was finally subdued by the other officers present. His gun was then taken away from him and Chief Sumter at once discharged him from the police force. Recorder Harby also placed a charge of contempt of court against the offending officer. It is probable that the additional charge of assau'* and battery will be made by S. L. Krasnoff. BUI AUDIENCE HEARS CARROLL. The Rev. Richard Carroll of Co (umbia made a strong address Sun? day afternoon at the court house, a large part of his audience being white people who had gathered to lu-ar the celebrated negro preacher. The speaker made his usual practical talk, which proved of interest to both the white and colored persons in his audience. He stated that he had not come prepared to talk about negro migra? tion to the north, but he had h;ard since his arrival in the city that this matter was being agitated here among the colored citizens, and he therefore had decided to talk about the problem. The speaker urged the negroes to remain in the South, saying that it was the best place for them and they could get along with the white people hero better than anywhere else. He told of colored churches which had been practically deserted by the mi? grations of the negroes. He said that the colored women made the best ser? vants in the home, and the whites would find they could never get the satisfaction from white foreign ser? vants which they got from colored servants. He urged the white people to be just to the colored ones, point? ing out that they were mutually de? pendent upon each other. At the close of his talk he took up a collection for Morris College, some? thing over $100 being pledged by the whites present and a general collec? tion being taken up among the color? ed people. Last night he again made a strong address at Morris College, under whose auspices he was brought to the city. Berlin, March 28.?The Overseas News Agency has announced that the entente loss in warships totals todate eight hundred and fifty thousand tons. Hcrbine cures constipation and re-establishes regular bowel move? ment!. Price BOc. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. When a man dreams it is of the discomfiture of his enemy and the generous treatment lie accords bin beaten foe. Take Hcrbine for indigestion. It relieves the pain in a few minutes and forces the fermented matter which causes the misery into the bowel Where it is expelled. Price lOc, Sold I by Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. TO MFET AT RURAL. SCHOOLS. 1*11111 ic Health and Home Demonstra? tion Work to Be Discussed at Oe uego, Bethel, Hagoori and Trinity. The following circular letter has been mailed out to a great many men and women of the communities named below for public health and domestic science meetings next week by Misses Mary Lemmon and Minn'.e Jones, domestic and home demon? stration agents of this county. Dr. J. H. Haynsworth, county superintend? ent of education; Mr. A. C. Phelps, president of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce; Mr. J. Frank Williams, farm demonstration agent, and Man? aging Secretary E. L Roardon will take turns in accompanying Dr. Riser and the demonstration agents at the meetings : Dr. L. A. Riser, epidemiologist, and director of community units, of the State Board of Health, will spend four days in this county with the home demonstration and domestic sci? ence agents next week. We will hold public health meetings . in the evnh.gs, and domestic science and home demonstration classes, with Dr. Riser attending each meeting and class, as per schedule outlined below. Dr. Riser will deliver comprehen? sive and interesting illustrated lec? tures of interest to men and women, boys and girls, and where possible, day and night, will use his stereoptl con slides for illustrative purposes, at class meetings and at night. The connection between domestic science, and sanitary science, togeth? er with other important phases of personal and public hygiene will be fully covered by Dr. Riser's lectures. Will you kindly do your best to have your community well represent? ed by the patrons and pupils of the community schools, clubs and cilixons generally, young and old, at each meeting in your section. Kindly ask teachers and ministers to announce these meetings, and get pupils to in? form their parents. Tuesday, March 27?Oswego, 8:00 p. m. Wednesday, March 2S?Bethel School 3:30 p. m.; Wedgefleld school 8 p. m. Thursday, March 29?Hagood school 12 o'clock noon; Rembert school 8 p. m. Friday, March 30th?Trinity school 10 a. m.; Pleasant Grove school, 11 a. m.; Shiloh school 8 p. m. Cordially yours, MARY LEMMON, Home Demonstration Agent. MINNIE JONES, Assistant Demonstration Agent for Sumter County. Tho Labor and Crop Acreage. Clemson College, S. C, March 21.? The scarcity of labor this year will no doubt cause many farmers con? siderable trouble later in the season, unless they begin now and so plan their crops and other work so that it can be readily handled during the growing season. In summer when the grass gets to growing fast, especially during periods of continued rains, the crops suffer considerably, unless there are enough hands to clean the fields of the grass and weeds. In planting this spring, every farmer should give this matter considerable thought, for if there is a rather large acreage planted, with less hands than are needed, there will likely be trouble when the summer rains begin. By all means every farmer should so plan his crops, and other work, so that the labor will not have too many things to do at one time. The work should be arranged so that it can be done in some system, and not irregularly. In many sections there is a scarcity of farm labor now, and this should cause all farmers to think about the rush which comes later in the sea? son. The number of acres planted should be limited by the available labor in sight. When the harvest time comes there will be more trou? ble to gather the crops If one has planted too much. The wise farm? ers should give this careful thought and plan his years work accordingly. A good treatment for a cold settled on the lungs Is a Herrick's Red Pep? per Porous Plaster applied to the chest to draw out inflammation, and Bollard's Herc*?ound Syrup to re? lax tir"'; :.e.-.s. i ou r?t the two rom edlea for the price of one oy buying the dollar size Horehonnd Syrup; there is a porous plaster free with each bottle. Sold by Sibert's Drug More.?Advt. Mr. P. G. Bowman today pur? chased from Schwartz Brothers 612 bah's of cotton, which they have had In Storage since the fall of 1914. Th? price paid was 19 certs flat for the round lot. The total cash involved in the transaction thus exceeding $5t,000. A pain in the side or back that patches you when you straighten up <alls for a rubbing application of Ballard's Snow Liniment. It relaxes the contracted muscles and permits ordinary bodily motion without suf? fering or Inconvenience. Price 2?c, ?0c nnd $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Siberfs Drug Store,?Advt?