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?OTM IBWfl ENGINEER NOTIFIES THAT LAW WILL HE ENFORCED. Ho Autosmobile WU1 vbe Allowed to I Run on Public Highway After July Ptret Without lU-gl-tratton and LI is 13 1*9 cents Per Horsepower and $15.00 for Dealers for Each Make of Car Sold. In accordance with the act, approv ru rabruary 20th, 1917, creating a Mate Highway Department, every M ; of a motor vehicle and every ur In motor v< hi. U .s Is required to register with the State. Highway Imgiaeer on or before the first of July, 1917. The law provides that each owner of a motor vehicle and each dealer In motor vehicles shall make application to the State High way Engineer for registration and 11 cense. The State Highway Engineer will tarnish theso application M?nks on request. .The law further provides' that or after the first of July that any who drives a motor Vehicle *WL a* along or across any public road; or street, or highway in the State of South Carolina without securing reg? istration and license, shall be deemed gaily of a misdemeanor and shall be by a One of not more than |tf Or imprisonment for not more than It days for each and every of? The State Highway Engineer is nntlo"* to realster thewe motor ve nicies as fast as possible, and t onus* as little inconvenience to the public as is possible. However, there are about 10,000 ears in this State to tie registered, and to register this number of cars will take at least two months of time. As there are now Only about two and one-bait months between now and the Aret of July, and an no one will be allowed to drive a motor vehicle on the public highway* niter the hret of July unless duly li? censed and registered, the State High? way Bnglnear desires to urge every owner of a motor vehicle and every dealer in motor vehicles to make ap flieaUon for registration at once in order that hie office may be able to fioaujpWla the registration of motor v*tIdee by the first of July. s Tfss registration fees for owners of motor vehicles will he IS 1-tc per laatnspewer, baaed onA.UA. M. rat* Jm% Tne registration faee for dealers hV motor vehicles will be $11 for eaeh saEko of motor vehicle sold. It will aot oast any more to register a oar sow than It will to register the same aar during the last part of June. Ev? ery owner of a motor vehicle is urg ~Uy requested to write to the State Highway Engineer at once requesting application blank*. The registration and license fees paid to the State Highway" Engineer are in lieu of all other State, muni? cipal and county licenses for the en? tire year of 1117. J. Hoy Pennell, State Highway Engineer Redding Sweet Potatoes. Clemson College, April 4.?Th? sweet potato blooms under favorabh conditions, but produces no a -ed. It is propagated from the tuberous roots aal vine cuttings. Sweet potatoes may bo bedded the latter part of March or early April, according to tne advancement of the ueason or the latitude The roots are bedded on .> warm exposure se follows: The soil should be excavated four feet wide, four Inches deep and of sufficient length to receive the quantity to be; bedded. This excavation should be filled' with unfermented stable ma aura, over which soli should be spread to a depth of two inches. Place the tuber*, pressing each separately, us? ing only perfectly sound tubers, in? to the porous soil. Do not allow them to toucV each other, covering evenly to a depth of four Inches With porous soil. Mulch the soil with clean straw to prevent wash Ing or baking when watered. When the first plants begin to appear re? move the straw, and stir the soil lightly, sufficient to destroy gras* add Weed*. The bed should be wa? tered late In the afternoon. Sprinkle with a watering pot, going over twice In order to give time for the first sprfn kling to absorb. For further Information write the Kxtension Division, Clemson College, 8 f\ The slogan selected by the Spar tanburg Chamber of Commerce In its agricultural campaign Is a sentence from Provident Wilson's message: "Whosoever adds to the food supply this year will have performed a sub? stantial service both to his country and hi* community." The Entsrprlse Company, compos? ed of Messrs E. Murr Hall, J. J. Hren nan and W. P. Rivers, have offered ?0,000 cabbage plant? and Z5.000 po? tato slips for the poor of Sumter county. In order to encourage the rais? ing of foodstuffs. hb food mm CONGRESSMAN LEV El t WOULD HAVE GOVERNMENT TAKE DRASTIC STEP. Thinks That Nation*? Food Supply Would be Largely Increased by This Means?Advises Shutting* Down or Distilleries as One Method of Conserving Grain. Washington, April 11.---Granting of autocratic power to some branch of the government to deal with the food problem was proposed to Prosiden* Wilson today by Representative Lever of South Carolina, chairman of the house committee on agriculture. Mr. Lever said drasti steps would have to be taken to meet the serious world shortage of food supply if America is to feed her own people and aid in I providing for the wants of the entente! countries. He spoke of the shortage 67 farm labor, declaring it was a question ' of serious consideration Whether men for work on the farms should not be drafted just as the ad? ministration plans to conscript sol? diers tor the army. Among the possible ways of in? creasing the food supply suggested by Mr. Lever was to close down distil? leries using grain in the manufacture of whiskey and other intoxicants. Re said over 100,000,000 bushels of grain are used annually in this way. Following1 his letter to the National Agricultural society In which he ex tolled the American farmer as "a sol? dier of the commissary" President Wilson today summoned Congressman Lever to the White House for a con? ference . The president is understood to have before him numerous plans for sttm ulatlng agricultural activity during the war. Cabinet members believe the agri? culturists of the country will rank with members of the army and navy in the present war. To the farmers will fall the task of providing food stugs for the American fighting forces and civil population and of materially helping to feed the allies as well. The problem of supplying the allies with food?a gigantic one?is being worked out In practically every de? partment of the government. Mil? lions of acres of land not now under cultivation are to be put into use im? mediately, hundreds of ships are to be built to carry the foodstuffs into Europe. The fleets of the United States, France and England will co? operate In safeguarding the delivery of the precious supplies to entente ports. While these supplies ro forward to keep up tho strength of the allied fighters in the trenches, Amarlca Is to build up and train her manhood to relieve her fellow fighters and drive home the victory. FUNERAL HELD IN SUMTER. Body of D. W. Cunningham Laid to Rest This Afternoon. Florence, April 11.?The friends of Mr. D. W. Cunningham, of this city, will be shocked to learn that he was drowned today in McCottry's lake, on Tllack River near Kingstrse. The news was not received here until 4 o'clock this afternoon. It was stt.ted that Mr. Cunningham had gone fishing this morning and that later in the day Mr. Nesmlth. who happened to be passing, found his body in the lake lying in water not knee deep. It is thought that Mr. Cunningham was sit? ting on the bank of the l>ke and was stricken with apoplexy, falling for? ward into the water. He had gone to Williamsburg county to spend the day with his aged father. Mr. Cunning? ham leases a wife and fcur sons, the children ranging In age from seven to fifteen years. He was for several years manager of the Florence Dry Goods Company. He came to Flor? ence from Darlington. The body of D. W. Cunilngham ar? rived In Sumter this morning from Florence and this afternoon the fun? eral services were held from the res? idence of*Mr. E. P. Pitts on West Hampton avenue. The body was in? terred at the Sumter cemetery. Mr. Cunningham lived for a num? ber of years In Sumter as a young man, being engaged in business here. He has a large number of relatives and friends here, who deplore his sud''*n death. Kill Flics and Save Lives. Kill at once every fly you can iind und burn his body. Observers say that there are many reasons to believe there will bo more flies this ?eason than for,a number of years. The killing of Just ono fly NOW means thore will be billions and trillions less next summer. Clean up your own premises; see and Insist that your neighbors do likewise. Especially clean "out-of-the-way places," and every nook and cranny. Flies will not go where there is nothing to eat, and their principal diet is too filthy to mention. STRONG PROGRAM ARRANGED. ?VATS SUNDAY SCHOOL CON? VENTION TO BE HELD IN SPARTANBURG. May 1, 2 and 3 Are Days for Big Gathering of Interdenominational Workers ? Numerous Prominent Speakers to Address Gathering. Spaitanburg, April 11.?The pro? gram of the State Sunday School Con? vention, which is to be held in Spar tanburg, May 1, 2, 3, will be the strongest and most attractive pro? gram ever presented to the Sunday school workers of South Carolina, ac? cording to a statement from the pro? gram committee. The morning and evening sessions will be given to gen? eral addresses from some of the lead? ing Sunday School workers of the State and of the country. Among those on the program are John L. Alexander, Secondary Division Super? intendent, International Sunday School Association; Dr. Plato T. Durham, Dean Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Qa., Prof. E. O. Sellers, Director Sunday School Department, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago; Rev. A. W. Blackwood, pastor First Presbyterian Church, Columbia; Miss Myra Batch elder, General Secretary Birmingham Sunday School Association; Mrs. E. C. Cronk, Editor of Literature for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the South, Columbia; Dr. B. H. De Ment, pastor First Baptist Church, Greenwood; Prof. D. W. Daniel, pro? fessor of English, Clemson College; Dr. J. L. Mann, Superintendent of City Schools, GreenvJUe. , A special feature of the convention will be the training school for Sunday school workers each afternoon. From three to five o'clock each afternoon there will be a separate conference each for administrative, elementary, scondary ,and adult division worker*. The program committee has secured an expert for each of these divisions and it Is the plan to make all of these conferee "?es a real school of instruc? tion. In addition to these experts, there will be on the program fifty or more people In the State who have attained a notable success in their particular work. It is the purpose of the program committee to give in? spiration and expert help to every person that attends the convention. TWO RECRUITS. FROM SUMTER. Number of Applicants for Navy Ex? amined, But Only Two Pass Makes Five In All. Two recruits from Sumter were sent to Columbia Thursday for entrance into the navy. This makes five In all of the 21 men of Sumter county's quota for the navy. Sixteen mbre men still have to be secured from this county. Who comes next? The recruiting officers stationed here have been extremely active dur? ing the past two days and will con? tinue their activities during the next five days which they will be here. The examination is somewhat severe, as only good men are wanted in the navy. The army recruiting officer is also active. He has visited several of the 8urounding towns recently and Is stirring up interest in enlistment. The young men of Sumter may as well understand now that the time will come when they will be forced to serve, if they do not volunteer to ^oin the army or National Guard now. The compulsory service bill will be put through congress within the next week and it is generally thought that following Its passage active measures will at once be taken to in? crease the regular army and guard to their full strength, by conscription, if the men do not volunteer. Meatless Days Editor Sumter Dally Item: It Is now spring and summer is just over tho fence. It is a time-proven fact that we should eat less meat In tho summer. We are being warned by our nation in advance of the pos? sibility of forced meatless day In the near future on account of the un? precedented conditions which now confront us as a nation. Would It not bo wise and patriotic for us to establish meatless meals a week, say one or two out of a week? By so doing wo can not only show our patriotism in words, but accom? plish a great actual defense to our? selves and our country. (Signed) C. W. Maxwell, M. D. 10 Council St. City. LYONS IS NAMED CHAPLAIN. Columbia, April 11.?Gov. Manning has appointed the Rev. J. S. Lyons of Greenville as chaplain for the First regiment, National Guard of South Carolina, with the rank of first lieu? tenant. Mr. Lyons succeeds the Rev. R. C. Jeter of Alken, who died at San Antonio, Texas, having hecome ill while serving with his regiment at El Paso. HOOVER ACCEPTS POSITION. AS CHAIRMAN OF FOOD BOARD, HE S AYS AMERICA MUST REALIZE SITUATION. Would Conserve Food Products Now In Existence and Stresses Import? ance of Increasing Production? Is Looking into Food Conditions in Entente Countries Before Leaving for Home. London. April 11.?Herbert C. Hoover, head of the American com? mission i'or relief in Belgium, after consultation with his colleagues on the commission, has accepted the chairmanship offered him by the na? tional defense council of the new food board in the United States. Mr. He over expects to leave shortly for Ameiica. Meanwhile he has ini? tiated a wide inquiry in France, Eng? land and Italy regarding the existing food situation, having the cooperation of the various governments in this work. Mr. Hoover made the following statement to the Associated Press outlining his plans: I "I will at present continue as chair-' man of the Belgian relief commis I sion, but will return to tho United States shortly. "Beginning today, I am initiating a wide inquiry in France, England and I Italy in cooperation with govern I ment departments into the existing food Situation, the prospect of the I coming harvest, important necessities I and the methods of regulating food I control ?ls at present in operation I and their working results in allied I countries. One important feature of I ?.his inquiry will be methods used to I control p rices and for the elimination of speculation for Europe has been I a vast experimental laboratory in this I particular. The staff of the relief I commission which recently evacuated I Belgium have volunteered to under I take the details of this investigation. I They already have arrived in England land France for the work which I starts immediately and by virtue of I the complete data in the hands of [the various governments it should re I quire Ju?t a short time for the co I relation of all essential matters. I "The foremost duty of America to I ward her allies in this war is to see I that they are supplied with food. [Their women are in the fields, but production in their territories is bound to be much below normal. If fTtbey are to continue to fight a much I larger burden of the food supply I must resv. upon America. From the I necessities of the case we can put I but few soldiers in the field but every spadeful of earth turned by our farm J ers, every seed we plant, every ouncet I of waste we eliminate, is just as much a contribution to the joint cause as I that of a man in the trenches. I "We must increase our production I by every device of our able farming communities which the stimulating ad? vice and guidance our agricultural in? stitutions can invent, but beyond this we must stop waste in every scrap of I foodstuffs. We must even be pre J pared to deprive ourselves if neces? sary. J "If America will only eliminate j waste and extravagance in food it J will go far to help the whole problem. I Among Dur allies the women are I working us hard as the men. There j is no body of women in the world so capable of rising to an emergency as American women; nor is there any J problem no peculiarly capable of so? lution by them as the elimination of waste and extravagance. Much can ba done by the substitution of the J more abuidant commodities for those that our allies need most. 'For instance, every person in America who eats cornbread instead of wheat bread helps In the present wheat shortage, for tho English peo I pie have never learned how and have j not the equipment to make corn bread because they do not bake in the household at all and cornbread can not bo served from the baker. "It is obvious that our allies must have first call on our food surplus. If we are to divert our manpower and our womanpower to furnish foodstuffs to neutrals, they must be compelled to give some equivalent service to our allies. They can fur? nish shipping or commodities or man? ufactures which our allies need In re? turn for food from us. "Tho war probably will last an? other year and from the present cut look of the world's food supply we shall have all we can do, by the utmost elimination of waste and the utmost stimulation of product.on. to carry our allies through with their full fighting stamina." RIOTS l\ BULGARIA. London, April 11.?Rioting in sev? eral Bulgarian towns is reported, in a Router dispatch from French head quarters on the Macedonian front German cavalry is said to have charg? ed the rioters in Sofia, occasioning many casualties. In sonic cases, the ? Mspatch siiys, Bulgarian troops have taken sides with the manifestants. Additions to Safety Committee. The additional committee members have been appointed for Sumter county by request of State Commit? tee of Safety, their names being for? warded to Mr. D. R. Coker, at Harts ville, the head of the State committee: Rev. Wm. Haynsworth, Baptist; Dr. R. S. Truesdale, Methodist; Rev. J. P. Marion, Presbyterian; Rev. Dr. David Klein, Jewish Rabbi; Rev. J. B. Walker, Episcopalian; Rev. Fath? er X. A. Murphy, Catholic; Dr. J. H. Haynsworth, County Superintendent of Education; Miss Mary Lemmon, Home Demonstration Agent; Miss Nina Solomons, President of Civic League; Mrs. E. W. Dabbs, president of Home Demonstration Club; Mrs. H. M. Stuck cy, President of Charity league. Eveiything in the Building Line All Kinds of Feed BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc. EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE Phones 10 ? 631 Loyalty "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right." ?Lincoln. A State of War has been thrust sup on us. A united Nation in this sol? emn hour calmly faces the future with that confidence born of com? plete faith in American Ideals. The National Bank of Sumter stands united with every member of this community and County to cooperate in every way possible in resisting any attempt to abrogate American Freedom, Justice and Honor. Si The National Bank of Sumter. ? "V?P AM 7i AT/S v THE NEW WIRTHMOR WAISTS ARE HERE The New Wirthmor Waists are here? and there's value added to good value in every one of them. They just came in by fast express. The styles are delightfully pretty?new ?modish, distinctive?created just a few days ago by designers in constant touch with style evolution. Price $1.00 But Worthmore i rm hi ns i.