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MM BREAKS RELATIONS. DENOUNCES st'DMA III NE WAR? FARE CONDUCTED BY GERMANS. Siy* It Is Violation or Internat loan I Law, aa laid Down at lingo 1 06a vmtioii?Activities in Brasil. < ? i i * * i ' La par.. April 11.?The Bolivian gov? ernment in announcing its break with Germany haa denounced thq submarine warfare as a violation of International law. as laid down by the Hagee convention. BRAZIL MILITARY ACTIVE. - Expected That (Ountry Will BreaU With Austria Soon. Rio de Janeiro. April 14.?News papers report great activity In Bra allian military circles. It Is report ad that Brasil may soon break with Austria. ?np*4ifT wow, to win war.'* i<t Department of Agriculture Urge* Thrift Gardens for "Service as Real as That of The Soldier In the Field. ' St. Louis. April 11.?Today it was learned^ here that on last Saturday when the government crop report an? nounced a shortage of nfty million bushels In the winter wheat crop, and sent prices soaring in the exchanges Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman, of the Department of Agriculture that 1j fully Informed upon snd deeply inter? ested In the Thrift Garden work of the National "Clean up and Paint Up" Campaign Bureau wired the bureau here as follows: ".Without going beyond their door yards millions of American women and - children can render service to the nation right now as real as that rendered by the soldier on the field of battle, a million gardens planted In the cities, suburbs and country would mean the release of millions of pound* of foods to our allies, riant now. Get Into the gamo, and do your bit to win this war." , Th? nstlon-wlde campaign for "Thrift Gardens" was Inaugurated by the National "Clean up and Taint Up" ' Campaign Bureau, St. LOUIS, founded by Allen W. Clark, five years ago. Last year It organized campaign:. In 7,000 cities and towns. In whlcb garden work was tried with success by many communit.es. "Already this year," Mr. Clark says, "probably a halt million new gardens are assun ri our local gardens committees In sev? eral hundred cities; and the work hn - just started." LEVER SENDS SEED. Chamber of Commerce Has Garden Seed for Free Distribution. The Sumter Chamber of Com? merce received a pretty liberal sup? ply of garden seed from Congressman A. V. Lever for free distribution among worthy people who are not able to purchaso seed. Mr. Lever put himself to no little trouble hunting for seed among his colleagues as his quota of seed was exhausted. Mr. Lever writes also to Secreta-y Reardon that he has seen Senators E D. Smith and B. B. Tillman and they Inform him that the seed requested of those two officials have been sen*, to Sumter Chamber of Commerce The seed received today consist o peas, carrot, cucumbera, lettuce, tur? nips, radish, muskmellon, parsnip, tomatoes and corn, and arc five pa pers, assorted In each package. They will be distributed on the rcco:i mendatlon of membora of township committees and In the discretion o> the president and secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Lever writes that it hag been a great deal of ploasurc for him to serve his Sumter county COnsUtUanta and friends and that they must no hesitate to call on him for r .if assist snce he can posslblv render them. Senstor B. D. Smith also writes of the pleasure It afforded him to te euVe the seed he has sent to Sumtei. Senator Tillman has not yet written but he has sent s?. I e thfl same aoaOrdlng to Mr. Lever's letter. Fatrla. the new lntcrnation;il SSI with Mra. Vernon Chatte In th? Sti I lsr1 role, was commenced on Wodnc day at th? Ilex Theatre and a l.ir :? audience saw and seemed to th oughly enjoy the opening chapter at this great moving picture. Indn - tion* are, Judging from the start, the the picture will he a thriller BUr patting other movie serial hltho >c, gotten out. The closing scenes ol "Gloria's Romance/1 Bllltt Burl wern also shown on the day's i>- > gram, which was an unusually in' estlng one. To have n Fno benltby complex, or the iHsr must he active, the bos rerular und the blood pure. Is brouaht about by using Herb; It thnroinrhlv scours the liver, ste? ers snd bowels, puts the bodv In rendition and restores ?bat e a plhk and white complexion so n u h?*tred by ladles. Price liOc. So! : i ?Shaft* Drug Stor?.~Adv t. COTTON CONSUMPTION HEAVY. MOMS THAN HALF MILLION DALES USED DURING MARCH. U*<s Than l ive Million Rales of Col ton Now on (Hand, According to RciH>rt of Census Bureau. Washington, April 14.?Cotton con sumed during March was 002,000 run ning hales; and for the eight mouth.-? ending March 31st, 4,500,000 bale*, the census bureau announced. Co* ton on hand March 31st in consuming establishments is 2,048,000 hales; In public storage and compresses 2,900, 000 bales. Farmer?Enlist Now. Farmer, thou sun-kissed tiller of th: soil, King of all Industries, Prince of those who labor and toil. Controller of the world's destiny. Would st thou, of real service, be To thy country in this gigantic war? Would'st thou heed another's plea, And keep starvation from your neighbor's door? Would'st thou be the good Samaritan, and feed the starvelings this coming fall? Then, lend your ears, give attention, Hear the appeal, the earnest appeal from all. The human race. Sow plenty now, Before it is too late, sow plenty, Let not a furrow remain unploughel. A garden spot will produce food for many. If you can not grow some corn and potatoes for others. See to it that you have enough fo-' yourself, So that your bigger farmer brothers Can supply the needs of some one else. Remember, dear soldier brother of the held, Upon you rests a grave responsibil? ity; From the soil must come the yeld Of grain to supply tho hunger nee ? of humanity. Do your duty, fight your battle hard. Let not the enemy of the soil Defeat you In your purpose, and then retard And lessen the food supply of thos who toll. We, the men and women who work |;< the mills, And the factories the whole world through. The makers of guns, powder, am shells And clothing, too, are dependent Up? on you. The school children, the aged one? once our peers, The wounded men, who shall have returned from the battlefield, Mothers, of the now happy home t soon to be bathed In tears, Shall look to you for their share o the harvest yield. Your brother man, at the battle front, Face to face with the enemy's fatal blow, . Will not remain strong and stand the blunt Of the fight unless his food is sup plied by you. Others, too, in the lands across the sea, Are looking, helplessly looking, t< you; They, your b.others, beg for food; bag for added rhnrlty. Ol homy hand of the soil awa'cc arise, and do. Respond to the call of duty through humanity's appeal, The world is already short of food i The source of this must come fron the liehl Over which God has .^iven you to rule. Therefore, you must bear upon you: shouldet s, Not only the destiny of this great nation, Rut you must heir the burden of oth ers And thus, help to sa\e a wort;., remnant of people from all ore? ation. -'Midler of tho rustic chin Your nation calls you, the people of the World Call you; Enlist today as an intensivo fai'Uie; of the land, Fly Old Glory's colors, and t<> "Real Old (llory" he true ???II fl ' Painter, s. c. April u, lt|T. To Seize Gorman Ship*. I Rio de Janeiro, April 12.?The gov srrimsnt has derided to seise all . 1 man ships In Brazilian harbors. SWESIIILLE ORGANIZED. CHAIRMAN DABBS REPORTS LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING. People of Lower Section of Count) Planting Largely of Gardens and Grain Crops to Supply Demand for] Food Width Will be Made Later On. Chairman E. W. Dahns, of Good Will, chairman of tho Mayesville township committee, of the Sumter County Committee of Public Safety was the first chairman to report com? plete organisation of ? township to the Sumter Chamber of Commerce the first of this week, but Secretary Reardon was so busy with numerou; details of the organized efforts ti keep Sumter county in the lead of all Other counties in South Carolina, that he didn't have the time to report the Mayesville township organization t< the director of publicity, H. O. Osteen Chairman Dabbs reported that 8 very large meeting was held at Gooc Will last Monday, the biggest meet ng, he knows of, ever held in that section of Sumter county, and Mr Dabbs says that indications are that Mayesville township will produce enough food crops. God willing, and favorable seasons prevailing, to feed a considerable portion of this coun ty besides Mayesville township. He has appointed Messrs. R. 11 Gamble, J. A. Boy kin and J. H. Wil? son as additional members of the Mayesville township committee, three progressive and "live wiro" citizens who with other committeemen ol that township are doing fine work Mr. Dabbs says that the Clarend ? county public safety committee had adopted the plans outlined in th' :lrst circular issued by the Atlantc Conference on Public Safety, but that he gave them the circular con taining the Sumter county plans am advices which Clarendon count;, thought so much of they adopted, tv did the Atlanta Conference on recon? sideration, of methods, after hearing from Messrs. Dabbs, and President A C. Phelps of the Sumter Chamber o Commerce, who attended the Atlant Conference as delegates from Sumter Mr. Dabbs says further that al' through his township, particular^ east of Black River swamp, he ha boon astounded and gratified with th number of vegetable gardens am fields of grain being planted, as wel as being prepared for sweet potatoe: and other food crops. if every section of Sumter count: -Iocs as well as Mayesville townshi there will be plenty to eat in BURltet COUnty this coming summer and win ter, and indications are that even township is doing good work aloiv this line, but there could be groats interest manifested, as not a few peo' pie arc taking chances on being abb to buy foodstuffs cheap because o the expected supply in excess of th demand. And right here |s where trouble i going to come for those who ar taking any chances by not plantin their own food and feed stuffs, be cause the surplus is going to be i greater demand a few months late : ban a* pr< sent. But there are always a eertail number of people who will go oppo site to the opinions of the majority even In a case of life and death, o life sustaining proposition, like tin present impending food famine in tin South. NOBODY IS GAME WARDEN. Office Vacant, Says Judge DcVorc ii Decision* Columbia, April 12.?The office o the chief game warden of South Car ollna is vacant, according to a decre? handed down this morning by Judg< J. W, DeVore in the case of W. H Oihbes, against A. A. Richardson The case was argued before Judge DeVoro about two weeks ago. th( ontentlon of Mr, Oibbes being that he had been legally appointed am ? hat Mr, Richardson would not tun the office over to hin. Mr. Richard Ron's contention was Lhnt, aithougi his term of office had expired, a sue censor had not been legally appointed and that he could not, consistently With his bond, turn the books and money over to ;i man unless he wir shown that his appointment was le? gal. \ SAILORS TO WORK LAND. New Orleans, April 14.?Plans an underway for the firm land owned hj Ihe government near Immlgratloi stations to be worked by sailors fror ? in- ships recently seised. The gov crnmenl wonts the sailors to grow as much of their own fund as possible. Farmers snd others who live nt dls lance from .i dine store should ko< n tbe house ;i bottle of Ballard'j Snow Liniment, it mny '??? needed n aiy (Inn- for cuts, wounds, sores sprains or rheumatism, it is a pow prfnl Healing :m<l penetrating rem edy. Pries 2r,<*. r,0c odn $1.00 pc '>ott1c. gold by Slbert'S Drug Store. Advt. ESCAPED CONVICTS CAPTURED One Shot by Posse When lie Attempt? ed to Evade Them. Columbia, April 13.?A message was recived from the State farm in Sumter eounty today to the effect that four of the five convivcts who escaped on Monday, after overpowering a guard and taking his gun, had beon captured. It is supposed they were taken in the swamp?, near the farm. In effecting the capture the posse :ound it necessary to shoot one of the negroes, it was stated at the peni? tentiary this afternoon that the in formation was that his wounds were not serious and that it was not thought that it would be necessary to bring him to Columbia for treatment. The four convicts captured are Gus 'titter, Sam Jackson and Richard Jackson, sent to the penitentiary from Chartaston county, and Ray Williams from Greenville county. Raymond Hannah, from Charleston county, is till at large. The message to the penitentiary au? thorities here did not state which one of the negroes it was that had beer, shot. PATRIOTISM REIGNS AT HOME. First Duty to Raise Corn and Hogs for Home Consumption and Army. Washington, April 11.?In emergen? cies, it may he necessary for some pa? triots to unyoke the oxen and leave the plow standing in the furrow, but the lasting support of a nation re? quires efficient patriots to keep the plows going. The soil supports the ?orn; corn supports animals; corn and animals support an army; and 'armies fight on their bellies." Let us properly care for the goose that ays l! c golden egg. WhSU.Sr corn prices are high or ow, the farmer's profit depends on obtaining large acre yields. Large | icre yields reduce the expense of both I abor and land. It is remarkable that icre yields are increasing most rap? idly in the States southeast and the States north and west of the corn belt States. These increased acre yields are largely due to earlier and thicker planting of better seed corn. Unnec? essary losses from planting poor seed corn are diminishing as it become more fully realized that neither frosts nor droughts can exterminate good ac ?limated varieties if sulficient seed be aved from good crops to last until mother good crop is obtained. Good 3ecd corn will retain its powers of ;ermination and production for four or live years. Assurance of a Good Com Crop. In the central and southern States; :he scarcity of soil moisture in th' middle of the summer reduces the ' orn crop more than all other causes combined. The best assurance of a good corn crop is to get moisture into he soil in as large quantities and to as great depths as possible. To allow weeds, alfalfa, rye or oth? er plants to grow during the spring upon land to bo planted to corn is to invite failure of the corn crop. To allow the soil to become dry enough in the spring before plowing to break up in big clods is to invite failure of the corn crop. If the olow ing has been delayed until spring, the land should be disked before it has a chance to become too dry to plow. Disking is more rapid and should be lone before the plowing in order to keep the ground from becoming too dry. Deep plowing should not be done in the spring. If followed by drought, it causes the land to dry out to ^r-niter depths than would result from shallow plowing. One or More Later Plantings to Re? duce Loss from brought. The main corn planting is now com? pleted in the South. When this main Planting begins to form ears, the oc -urence of a drought will ruin the rop unless a good supply of moisture has be?n stored in the subsoil. To re luce the Chances of loss from drought, one or more later plantings should he made. Summer droughts are some? times broken in time to cause later olantings to yield well. Good seed corn should he in readiness to make these later plantings as promptly as possible Should droughts or floods in? jure the early plantings. CAN GET OIL FROM MEXICO. Statement Indicates < ariaii/a WIM Remain Neutral. Mexico City. April 13.?Official noti flcation was given tonight by Alberto J. Pani, minister of commerce and industries, that no restrictions would he placed on the export Of Mexican oil from the Tamplco fields. The statement of the minister Is general? ly taken here to indicate that Mexico will maintain neutrality in the present crisis. If yon cough all night you get no est nor does anyone else in the house Keep within reach a bottle of Bol? lard's Horehound Byrup. it is then jasy to stop the tinkling which causes the cough, whenever it appears. Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottlo. Sold by Bibert's Drug Store.?Advt. BODY OF MOORE FOUND. Eleven \rcar Old Boy Drowned in Stream Near Hartsville Home. Hartsville, April 13.?Following a diligent search of nearly two days, the body of 11 year old Carl Moore was located today at a point in Black creek lake near where his cap was found yesterday afternoon near the Prestwood crossing. The lad had been missing since Wednesday after? noon, and the supposition was that he was drowned. Scores of people kept on the watch, and the Boy Scouts of Hartsville made a long and careful search yesterday. Men with flashlights remained at the lake last night. The water in the lake was gradually let out today about 1:20 o'clock. The body was found after the water had receded about three feet. The accident is one of the sad lest that has ever happened here. The boy was a student in the Hartsville graded school and was a bright, ac? tive boy. His fa.her, Lewis Moore, bad forbidden him fishing alone or going in a boat by himself. A pecu? liar fondness for the sport carried him to his death. HIGH SCHOOL ORATORS COM? PETE. Annual Declamation Contest Held at Clinton. _. Clinton, April 13.?The State high school declamation contest held at the Presbyterian College of South Car? olina tonight was won by Carlisle Harly of Gray Court-Owings, his sub? ject being "Under the Southern Flag." Second place was awarded to David H. Hecklin of Spartanburg, who told of "The United States of Europe," while third award went to Henry Howard of Seneca with "The Flag of This Nation and Its Undying Anthem." All were awarded gold medals. Twenty-six representatives of South Carolina high schools appeared in the preliminary held this afternoon, ten of the number being selected to spea1; in the finals tonight. In addition to the three winners the following spoke: Harrison Edens, Pickens; Winfred Godwin, Rome; Carlisle Holler, New berry; Roderick Jackson, Bennetts rille; Nash Philpot, Laurens; Jeff Richardson, Simpsonville; Henry Thomas, Sumter. The declamation contest is held an? nually at the Presbyterian college and is open to the State. The judges were: H. L. Scaife, F P. McGowan, Dr. H. S. Cartledge, Prof. W. S. Woodson, Wilson M. Har? ris. WEI)C?EFIELD UNIT FORMED. Women of Wcdgeflcld Organize Red Cross Unit for Women's Service. The ladies of Wedgefield held a meeting April 11th at the auditorium of the high school of that stirring little town and decided to form a unit under the "National league for Wo? man's Service" and to make the pil? low ships asked for by the State chairman, Miss Evans. There are a few more enlisted than is required and a little later another unit will be formed. These ladies are the first to form a unit in the county outside of the city, and while they are listed as number 7, they should be known, too, as Unit number 1 in the county. There can be but one or? ganization in a county, so that while there may be as many units as the women care to form, there would be but one organization in Sumter town and county. The following are the officers and the list of members: Mesdames Hey ward Ramsey, Hampton Ramsey, J. R. Ramsey, J. H. Aycock, A. E. Aycock, M. O, Ay cock, Miss Bettie Aycock, Mesdames W. T. Brown, E. D. Boyett, R. J. Ball, R. Walker Brice, Harold Chan? dler, C. B. P.rohun, M. M. Mellette. J. B. Crouch, S. Weinberg, E. L. Bur ress, Rufus Burriss, E. W. Nettles, Misses Helena Weinberg; Minnie Jones, .lanet Thomas, Mary Hayns? worth, Naomi Batten, Annio Strange, Tlllie Brice, Ida Brice, Cornelia Brice, Marie Burriss, Myra Ramsey, Mary Celestia Parier, Mesdames Jno. Geddings, Cleo Troutman, M. L. Par? ier; Mrs. R. J. Ball, Iscador, Mrs. M. U Parier, Secretary and Treasurer. Rio do Janeiro, April IS.?It is of? ficially announced that the govern? ment has decided to arm Brazilian merchantmen which purpose to make voyages Into the German sub? marine zone. The ships, however, will bo provided with Instructions of a purely defensive character. It has been derided to seise for their own protection from damage Ger? man ships interned in Brazilian ports. A prudent mother is always or the watch for symptoms of worn s in her children. Paleness, lack of interest ?? okty, an t peevishness la the signal for White's Cream Vermifuge, a few doses of this excellent remedy pn? an end to the worms and the child ....0.1 act" naturally, Price 25c per bottle. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store.? Advt. COLORED SAFETY COMMTWtE. Meeting Held on Thursday ResOlta In Steps Being Taken by Citizens to Urge Members of Race to Grow Foodstuffs. According to the call of R< W. Westberry, who had been appointed by the Preparedness Committee of Sumter county to arouse and organ? ize the colored citizens to the needs of raising more feed?tuffs, a meeting was held Thursday afternoon in his of? fice for the purpose of organizing. R. W. Westberry stated the object of the meeting, urging upon the peo? ple the necessity of planting more foodstuffs to ward off the approaching hard times. Rev. Johnson Andrews and Dr. C. C. Jacobs made remarks indorsing what the R"*et speaker had N?d. Dr. Jacobs stressed the im? portance of all being careful in their remarks on the war situation Helpful remarks were made by W. T. Andrews, M. J. Frederick, Dr. C. W. Maxwell, Rev. L. H. David, Em? ma J. Wilson. A permanent organization was ef? fected with the following officers: President, R. W. Westberry; 1st vice president, W. T. Andrews; 2nd vice president, Rev. L. H. David; 3rd vice president, J. P. Sumter; township vice presidents: Hon. R. H. Richard? son, Wedgefield; C. W. Prince, Mayes? ville; Joe Frierson, Concord: C. F. Brogdon, Privateer; J. R. Mitchell. Manchester; Rev. G. B. Tillman, Shi loh; Harkless Gaines, Stateburg; T. B. Wright, Rafting Creek; S. Sey more Howard, Providence; secretary and treasurer, Dr. C. W. Maxwell. It was resolved that the proclama? tion of the governor calling for the planting of more grain be Tead In the churches, and that eevry min? ister preach to hts congrega? tion on next Sabbath the importance of such a step in the crisis which now threatens the country. A collection was taken to defray current expenses. This closed the meeting of the Food Safety Commit? tee, which will meet next in Andrews Hall, April 21. NOTICE. Under the Proclamation of -the president, dated April 6, 1917, it Is unlawful for Alien enemies to have in their possession the following ar? ticles: Any firearm, weapon, or implement 9f war or component part thereof. Ammunition, maxim or other silenc? er, bomb, or other explosive or mate? rial used in the manufacture of ex? plosives. Any air craft or wireless apparatus, or any form of signaling device. Or any form of cipher code, or any paper, document or book written or printed in cipher or in which there may be invisible writ? ing. Warning! Any citizen of a country now at war with, or hereafter entering into war with the United States ot Amer? ica who fails to surrender to the chief of police of this city all such articles mentioned above, within twenty-four hours after this notice has been post? ed, will be subject to summary arrest if such articles are found in his pos? session. All articles so surrendered will be receipted for and returned at the elose of the war. All seized will be confiscated by the Government of the United States. By order of the Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. J. R. SUMTER, April 13, 1917. Chief of Police. Germany Loses Faith. Amsterdam, April 12.?The Ger? man government is losing faith in Foreign Secretary Zimmermann'? the c.y that Japan may align herself with the central powers against the United States. This is indicated by an edi? torial today in the Berlin Lokal An? zeiger, an organ close to Wiihelm Streeas and which recently supported Dr. Zimmermann after the "Kaiser Mikado-Carranza" plot. "Lang" Jennings' Success. (From the Greenville News.) L. D. Jennings, of Sumter, ought to be glad that he was not elected United States senator in 1914, for the largest Sf of cotton ever made in Sumter took place Monday when he sold 1,400 b.i'?'R at 20 cents, the cotton grading slightly off middling. A check for $150,000 was received by Mr. Jen? nings, more than the total salary he would have been paid if he had been in the senate for three terms of six yet t^? each at $7,500 a year?in fact, in order for him to make that mon? ey as ? senator, he would have to serve twenty years. Private life tios its compensations. Some folks would rather have "Lang" Jennings'- money than Ed. Smith's job. Fad breath, bitter taste, dizziness and a general "no account" feeling is a sure sign of a torpid liver. Herbine is the medicine needed. It makes the liver active, vitalizes the blood, regu? lates the bowels and restores a fine feeling of energy <*nd cheerfulness. Price 50e. Sold bv Bibert'a Drug Store.?Advt.