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H BJOn thn So Jg> gStodeOttOh odds, "ss business spring to to .spring would of M I food to he supple the CO POSSlMC lent hold* wHh this too do to word wtthle certain March J7.?Driving for Ojfcd SOOth Of 8t. QuenUn, tho Btedonburg line, the m two of the four ratl tOod the city, while the sriCfcin roach of the Booth of lAFere, the all of the north of Ooucy and of* Coucy-le advanced in the I gossoons. the retire southeast of attache with report alae apeak? 'eetivtty on the Russian reciprocal firing inoiesencee on the QT VKLVrr BEAN. * Food to be Wanted. March J I.?Reports com war tees sources Indicate that Of the southern part of the ere net going to neglect e? the velvet bean thl> erhsUc jw the price of cotton, tt han proven a safe egg to carry | eeoMst. baa become a set ejtewietiOB i meng farmers. Corn end seilet beans are planted together sSed will again occupy considerable boll weevO territory ac reports ? Bot there le also a report that the *reive* bean Is being used In a waste erey. which has called forth a SBssssnent from tne farm service bu ?km to this effect: "Velvet bean*. 'Men moch for the building up o' -OSnsnsf Industry In the lower South. f> requires no argument for any Asflhtr to see clearly that the great Set profit from velvet beans will come fSOSS letting livestock harvest them Is the Held If it le profitable to grind them and shir to be fed elsewhere, how much profitable It is to let hogs and Settle do the harvesting- Likewise hew foolish to go to the expense of gntherfag beene, grinding and using Ostes for fertiliser when the llvestook neu do all this, and contribute even e '.Otter fertiliser in the form of ?tenure te> the land. But termers sjfctrald sis? not fall Into error In be He*'lug that land is to be ? enriched ft* staSt food even when pastured off. bee sot for the contribution of some nitrogen. It is. of course, Impossible to* Increase the emount of water In e heftle by pouring it from one into Whatever of animal prod Sold off of the velvet beaej Betel, by thet much Is the lend poorer. It til the beans are sold, then tho| FABBHUBIW STILL MILIT \NT. I named bit" | Greet of Ssdtrnge. London, March 17?Mm. Kmms Bne Penk hurst the militant euffra fette loader, has made another de nsnnd on Premier Uoyd-Oeorge for the immediate grant of suffrage. Mereh 17.?Denmark replied to the United Stetes' ifjjardtng the admission of merchantmen to ben ihn indleetiens are WOULD INCREASE RATES. HAlMt<>AI>S SEEK TO SECURE MORE MONEY FOR SERVICE. Claim That They Will Operate at n Lom Unless Demand la Complies! With?Will Not Affect PMMnf r Rates. Washington. March 27.?General advances in freight rates will he sought, probably within the next 10 drays, by railroads in every section of |ths United States. Preliminary steps (?wsvs taken today by virtually all rail ?cerned in an Informal con Hrlth the Interstate commerce Definite announcement was made that the advance asked for Eastern roads would be 15 per cent, on all commodities except on bituminous coal and coke. Reprssentati. os of Western lines in? dicated tha^ they too would ask for 15 per cant. Railroads of the Southwest sub mitted figures showing that Increases ranging between 18 and 11.4 per cent, were needed to meet additonal costs of operation already existing In the ease of five lines. Southern railroads will determine the percentage of in? crease desired at a conference hero BSXt Friday. No authority will be sought under present proceedings to increase pas? senger fares. Ir addition to the proceedings be? fore the interstate commerce com? mission concerning Interstate rates, spokesmen for the railroads let It be known that they are preparing to go before every State railroad and pub? lic utilities commission In the union to ask for authority to Increase their freight tariffs on intrastate traffic. But one dissenting voice was raised at today's conference. A. B. Helm, representing the public utilities com? mission of Kansas, cited figures to up? hold his contention that the railroad emergency was not ad pressing as it sad been depicted and that ne: in. oomee of the roads last year wer3 tre? mendously greater than the year be. fore. Telegraphic protests against the proposed Increases poured Into the of? fices of ttis commission all day. Com? missioner Clark announced that the "house was full of protests already.'; In the case of all railroads except those In the South, the request for amendment of the rules so as to per? mit a prompt general advance In rate? was baaed primarily on the ground ?hat the coat of labor, fusl, equipment ard supplies had risen to unexpected levels and that taxes also were much higher than last year. President Har neon of the Southern railway, speak lng for the Southern lines, declared the roads of his section wsrs pros? perous and would Continus to make money, even under preeent conditions, but that without an advance In rates "they could not grow.*' The prime need of Southern railroads, he said, wee capital and this could not be oh talned with earning capacity curtailed as under present conditions. B. F. Bush, receiver of the Mis? souri Pacific, told the commission that unless there was a general advance In freight rates there was but one al? ternative?government ownership. What the roade propose to do, rep rstsntatlvee of both the Eastern and western lines declared, is to file sup? plemental tariffs to all existing rates. Increasing them by a given percental'.-. In this way proceedings could be has? tened and the roads would not face a burden of $300.000 to $400,000 for printing new specific tariffs. U was admitted that in Individual instance* the nevr supplemental tariff might be discriminatory or unreason? able. In such eases. It was said, the roads would interpose no objection to having the discrimination or unrea? sonableness removed promptly by the commission. President Johnson of the Norfolk & Western emphasized the Importance of enabling the railrop-H to Improve ard prevent congestion. George Stuart Patterson, In an? nouncing that Eastern lines would seek an increase of 16 per cent., ex? cepted bituminous coal, coke and ore. The Increases sought on these com? modities, he said, would be 10 cent* a ton in the case of ore and coke and from 6 to 15 cents a ton in the QgSl of coal. No reference was' mado t ? anthracite und it was assumed that the 15 per cent, increase in freight would apply to that commodity. 8ome of the railroads, notably thd Southern and the Norfolk ft Western, have found the increased coal cost so onerous that they have taken prelimi? nary steps toward acquiring and oper? ating their own mines. Mr. Johnson said the Norfolk A Western reeently had bought two coal mines, Via ne? gotiating for a third and probably would lease others, so It could min" all its cost, The Southern railway, Mr. Harrison announced, was prepar? ing to mine Its own coal. CHINA RRCOGMIZES RUSSIA. Peking. March at.?China his recognised the new Russian govern ARMY MOVEMENT IMPORTANT. CREATION OF TWO NEW MlLI TAY DEPARTMENTS. Ildicvcd That New Scheme Will Make tt Easier to Mobilize Forces and Move Them to Points Ntetled. Washington. March 26.?The crea? tion of two new departments of the army, one of which, the Southeastern, will have its headquarters at Charles? ton, as announced in press dispatcher last night, was said today by army men to be possibly the most important move yet made by the United States government with regard to the opera? tion and utilization of its mobile forces. With Tennessee, North Caro? lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Alabama, and the coast defemes of both New Orleans and Galvcston com? posing the new Southeastern depart ments, and with Charleston as th~ headquarters, it Will he seen that nothing short of the most drastic kind' of step has been taken. TO GIVE FLYINfi MACHINE. Gift to Government Will Show Pa trtotlc Spirit of Citizens of Char? leston. Charleston. March 26.?As a dis? play of Its patriotic spirit, Charleston will give an $8,000 aeroplane to the United States government as an ex? pression from the citizens. Fred C Peters, collector of the port, is th. originator of the movement, which has strong and enthusiastic support am on all classes. The flying machine will be used for coast defense scouting. CREAMERY READY SOON. Early Pnrt of April May Sec Pinut at Orangebnrg Going in Full Swlmv. Orai geburg, March 26.?The indi? cations are that the Orangebun creamery will .be in full operation early in April. Most of the equip? ment has been received and the re? mainder ie expected in a short tine A feature will be the making a marketln: of Ice cream of the line quality. It is likely that the cream? ery will furnish soda fountains throughout the State. Some of the pure-bred milk cows which were ordered by farmers of'this community for the production ?>f cream for the creamery have rarrived. They are in tine condition and satis? factory in every particular. , News and Views of Pisgeh. Plsgah, March 26.?The rain last week Interfered with plowing, but with fair weather this week we will soon catch up. Young oats look well and the wheat is beginning to grow. Some have planted corn ami a lit? tle cotton seed has been planted. The peach trees look as if they will bring forth a crop. Gardens are late, but much atten? tion is being paid to them. So on the whole I hope our people will tide ovej the loss ef the oat crop and othor losses and our country will have an abundant harvest, but economy should be practiced whenever possible. The change of government in Rus? sia will hardly be permanent unless they wonderfully change from past years. France is wanting to go back to old conditions. It Is hoped this country will keep out of war with Germany. Washing? ton's fine advice under which this country remained at peace with th* world is being disregarded and nc doubt our peace as a nation will be a thing of the past. It Is a good thing to let other peoples business alone and attend to our own, and this Wi are not doing in many respects. Mr Wilson favors England in the war gl is plainly to be seen. Others diffc. from him. Old China is bristling up as if she is going to do something and will run at the stamp of a foot. Ja? pan is to be feared. A treacherous nation as she is should bo watched She is overcrowded and will tako the first excuse to go to war, so we had better prepare for home defense. Rev. Mr. Lyles preached on mis sions to a large congregation at Pis gah yesterday. Mrs. Lyles was pros ent and had a meeting with the la 'dies of the church. Miss Sadie Rogers is vlsting a' I Stateburg. Miss Carrie Raker spent tho week end with Miss Lula Gillis. Mr. J. E. I>uPro went to Cnmd- i last week on church business, his own business, social business and some public business. Four businesses 0t one trip. Carnden has some fine bus? iness men, but I havo never sc ?n finer than those of Sumter, especii?t ly the bankers. No wonder th*?> thrive and have lots of friends foi they are friends indeed to tho farm ers. Without their aid farmers con not well run their business. London, March 26.?When ,t?ho Bt Louis, the first American armed lino to enter the war zone, reachttl it Brltsh port Monrlay, the passen*' r said that j_i> submarines were sighted ELECT HIGHWAY COMMISSION. capt. J. k. PEXXKlih of bei/ton to asst. mi: duties as ex? ecutive officer. Stute Highway Commission Decides on Captain of Company a of Engl? neers to Lead in Road Work In State?Ofll?;es Will be Opened Im? mediately and Active Work BogOU. Columbia, March 27.?The State highway commission, in session in Columbia yesterday, elected J. R. Pennell of Belton State highway en? gineer at $3,0DO the year. Capt. Pen? nell Is a graduate in civil engineering of the University of South Carolina and commands Company A, South Carolina engineers, recently returned from the bordor. The election of assistant engineer, the secretary of Iii? commission and a stenographer will be taken up Int? er, these matter:) being left largely in the hands of the State engineer, i The commission spent the day dis? cussing in detail various matters nec? essary to putting the law into opera? tion. a A member of the commission said Ik night that possibly the most im? portant thing for the public to bear in mind at this time is that the own? ers of motor vehicles in the State of South Carolina may secure their li? cense tags or plates from the otllce of the State highway engineer after April 7. Cars operated in South Carolina after July 1 without State license tags will subject their owners to a fine of 525 for each appearance on a public highway. Cars owned out? side of South Carolina need not be registered In the State unless they re? main for more than 30 days. Mem? bers of the commission said it would be well that owners of cars apply as early as possible for their licens s in order to facilitate the organization of the department and to avoid con? gestion. Owners will apply direct 1*2 the office of the State engineer In Columbia for registration blanks. Mo? torcycles are included under the term "motor vehicles." The afternoon tiession was devoted to a discussion with Capt. Pennell of various phases of the work. Capt Pennell was in Columbia and joined the commissioners on being notified of his election as engineer. Capt. Pen nell was instructed to secure offices in Columbia, to advertise for bids foi license plates and to submit to the printers copy blanks and forms nec? essary to supply the office. Capt. Pennell hopes to have his of? fice open and read)' for business In the next few days. The first wo -k taken up will be that of securing datr. concerning the highways. He will want information as to the road mile? age, the amount of money spent on road improvement, the extent of im? proved roads, their location with ref? erence to what may be termed Stale highways, the character of soils and the presence If any of road buildinr materials. All such Information will be recorded in the office of the Stritc engineer as rapidly as it may be col lected. Interest in the matter of securing federal aid through the State high? way commission was indicated by the receipt of several letters from widely separated districts of the State, askin; for information as to how count ie* may proceed to receive the benefit! of money appropriated by the federn' government for the construction of roads in South Carolina. Georgetown McCormack and Spartanburg wer among the counties reeking such in formation. The commission adopted a resolu tion inviting E. J. Watson, commtfl sioner of agriculture, industries am' commerce, to appear before it at Its next meeting, to give the body tin benefit of his knowledge and expe*i once in the promotion of hlghwa'. work in South Carolina. Col. Wi t son was a pioneer in advocating ro>< Improvement. All members of the commissioi were present: Monroe Johnson, MMr ion, chairman; M. Goode Homes, TVi verslty of South Carolina; Robert '1 Thomas, the Citadel; Hale Houston Clemson college; C. O. Henron, Spar? tan burg. Commissioner Homes. ;it the board'* request, has prepared a digest of te? state highway laws, as follows: "The State highway department ii comprised of a State highway com mission and a State highway engl neer, the highway commission con? sisting of the senior professor of ci i! engineering of the Military College of South Carolina, at Charleston, B. (< Clemson Agricultural college, and the University of South Carolina, and two other members appointed by the gov ernor, The highway commissioner! and the State highway engineer are required to take and return th? oath prescribed by law for all State officers. "The state highway eommlsslor shall appoint a highway engine^*, skilled and experienced In road con? struction and maintenance, and the lcsiffn and constructtpji of highway bridges; the selection Sfly be baaed BELGIANS IN SLAVERY. APPEAL Ti> NEUTRAL WORLD BY BELGIAN WORKING. MEN. They Pace Starvation and Slavery as Result Of Hintal Treatment of Ger? mans?Country Swept (lean of Wealth and Provisions and Fae tortcs Looted. Washington, March 27.?Appeal from Belgian workmen for organiz? ed assistance by neutral governments and laboring classes in neutral coun? tries was made public today at the Belgian legation. It says a half mil? lion men have been kept in forced idleness and the Germans decreed that they "must either sign a contract to work in Germany or be taken there as slaves. As a result the whole of the working classes of Belgium are threatened with slavery, starvation or death." It says Germany has con? demned Belgium to pay a war levy already amounting to more than two hundred million dollars, has carried off a billion dollars worth of food? stuffs and merchandise, and has tak? en all raw products and machinery from the factories. on civil service examination. The highway engineer shall receive a sal? ary not exceeding $:i,000 per year, shall give bond In the sum of $5,000 and hold office at the pleasure of the State highway commission. "Upon the recommendation of the State highway commission, the State highway engineer may appoint two assistant engineers at salaries not ex? ceeding * 1,800 per year and expenses "The State highway commission may appoint a clerk, and stenogra? pher; said clerk shall serve ns secre? tary to the commission and shall be paid not more than $1,200 per year. "The State highway commission shall Instruct and assist and cooper? ate with county road authorities They shall determine by investiga? tion and experiment the types of roads and road materials best suited to the needs of South Carolina. They shall publish such information as may be helpful to road and bridge construction and maintenance in South Carolina. They shall nu ke an annual report to the general assem? bly. "Upon tho request of the proper county authorities, the State highway engineer shall furnish or cause to be furnished engineering assistance to counties as regards surveys, plans and estimates of cost for roads and bridges, and supervise the construc? tion of roads and bridges, and super? vise the maintenance of roads and bridges. H? shall keep complete rec? ords of all of the proceedings and work of his office and make reports on same to the State highway com? mission. "Each owner of a motor vehicle and each dealer in motor vehicles shall apply to the State highway en? gineer for proper blanks for making application for registration of said motor vehicles, the fee for registra? tion of motor vehicles being 25 cents per horsepower as rated by the So? ciety of Automobile Engineers. In the case of automobile dealers the fee is ?1E for each make of automobile for sale. "The State highway engineer, upon the filing of the properly filled in applications and the payment of the license fee for the remainder of the current year, shall regis? ter serially such motor vehicles and motor vehicle dealers and furnish such owner or dealer with a license plate or plates. The payment of stich fees to be in lieu of all other State, municipal, and county licenses. "Non resident owners whose cars are duly registered In their home State will not he required to register and pay the license fee in South Caro? lina unless they remain in Soui?? Carolina mo days or more. "Purchasers of new ears will have 10 days to register same. "All licenses expire on the Mist day of December following date of iss'io. "For the year U17 only one-half >f the annual license fees will h* re qulred, "Full license fees will be paid be? tween January t and March Ml three-fourths of the annual fees be? tween April 1 and Jun<< mo. one-half of the annual fi es between Julj 1 and September mo, one-fourth of the annual license fees between October I and December SI. "The State highway engineer shall register motor vehicles In accordance With rules and regulations as made ?nd promuglated by the state highway commission. "The State highway engineer shall transmit to clerks of the respective counties a list of names of owners ntd registration number of all motor vehicles registered and licensed in the respective counties. Clerks of ^otirt shall keep a copy of said list on file for public inspection. "The State highway engineer shall deposit all amounts derived from. registration and licensing of motor1 vehicles with State treasurer as a' TO PUSH FIGHT ON LIQUOR. 1)1 SY FORCES WILL PRESS C$mH STITFTIOXAL AMENDMENT. War Makes Suppression of Traffic More Important, According U> Chairman of Committee. Dallas, Texas, March 26.?EffortstO secure the adoption of a resolution a constitutional amendment proi for national prohibition will be pr< ed at the coming extraordinary sion of congress according to an rouncement tonight by Dr. J. A. ton of Dallas, chairman o;* the coi mission of 19 directing the camraii of the "dry" forces. Dr. Barton sued a call for a meeting of *be mission in Washington Wedn< night. Possibility of war with German! Dr. Barton indicated, will be mai the ground for renewal of the of the prohibitionists at the com! session with the hope of at least taining additional prohibition laws not the enactment of a nation-Widl measure. Suppression of the liquor traffic, am be urged as one of ihe most essentH features of preparedness, he said. Several other meetings of the "< forces will to held in Wash!ngt< fore congress convenes, Dr. said. SOCIALIST PREDICTS V Member of German Reichstag Germany Will Win War lot* Indemnity. Stockholm, March 27.?Dr. W. Seudekem, one of the best leaders of the majority Socb the German reichstag, In an in1 here with the Associated Pr< that whoever thought the subi campaign was to bring Engl starvation in six months was d< himself. He added that such was not necessary for German which he declared is certain, an indemnity. He said that many's food was sufficient to laat;Js*i til the war is over. COUNTY COMMENCEMENT DA**. Animal Exercises of the Negro SclttOOS of Sumter County. It is our pleasant duty to itiVttb, cur county superintendent, scj?u**jfc boards, and all who are interested fa the cause of education and social bot]* ferment, to attend our county com? mencement and field day exercises OO i Thursday night, March 29th at ||tt Pisgah A. M. E. church and the Held day, March 30th. The parade will start about o'clock a. in. :o the court ^>tj$(IO green, where we will be add by County Superintendent, jT^| Haynsworth, and Rev. Dr. B who has so kindly consented to us for which we are most gra The work: Educational StitcflOJ, plain sewing, fa my work and manual training models, will be on exhibiton at die Lincoln gr ided school fr*iioi 8:30 March 20th to 5 p. m. We have succe >ded in getting thO work graded, and if nothing prevents next year there will be a graduating class, having completed a three year' course. We especially invite all to in? spect the work. i,. Bragg Anthony, M. D. County Superriaor. New York, March 28.?The AmofU can freighter Manchuria and tjfo British liner Adriatic, the latter car? rying six American passengers, have arrived safely at English ports. Greenwood, March 28.?J. B. Mad dox has been arrested here charged with enticing negro labor to northern points. Much feeling is aroused among employers, who claim tt*at several hundred negroes left during the past few months. special highway fund. One-fifth of this fund shall be for the use of tho State highway commission Xlf BO much !>?' necessary) to be paid <H?1fc bv the State treasurer on the order of the State highway engineer. Four tifths of this fund shall be for road building and m;iintenanee in the coun? ties wherein it was collected and shall be. drawn <?ut by the treasurers Of tlie respective comities and placed to the credit of the road funds. "A tine of $25 for driving a motor vehicle after July 1, 1917 on, or along, or across any public road or street In South Carolina unless such U>Otor vehicle shall have been duly regis? tered and licensed. "The members of the Stabs high? way commission and the State high? way engineer shall be allowed ell necessary and actual expenses in con? nection with the proper conduct of their office. The assistant engineers and other field engineers shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses In the proper discharge of their duties when authorised by the State highway commission or State highway engineer. "Coordinates with act of congress for federal aid for road construction."