Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?^t4Hty90^ eT?e^^seV .MM ? M ? ? U l)<Nll tar Early f* Week. Atlantic mud Ka?t Gulf Probably frequent showers af ths week, the Isttsr half 0?s4er flrat part of the week, below seasonal normal C3?ARAKTEE PRICE. Cnkm Leader Also Thinks lake Steps to Worth. Texas. April 17.?In s to Thoenas P. Gore, cbah? nen of the senate committee on agrl laltnre. Henry N. Pope, president of he Asset Istlos of ?Ute Farmers' Un? at Presidents, today suggested that It government guarantee a profitable tfjkm on all staple farm products os He meet deal table method of en _ sra raging increased production. Mr. 'fAseea telegram follows: "The best ??ejr fOTgjwsra nent to encourage pro ^deeflM Is to iollow the example of 1 Oreat Britain 4 nd guarantee a profit? able price for ell staple products. This would take on; the fesr of a stag? nated market vhich experience has ' taught ths farriers to dread far mote than crop shortage. The greatest stimulant to u rlcultural growth is a satisfactory market. The next bent thing government can do to encourage an Increase n production is to sec that the farmer can secure en abun? dant supply <f fertiliser at a reason eble price. By the intelligent use of fertilisers production een be increased almost ons-thlrd without a material seer es ae In labor. Rest assured that the American 1 armer? will do ther art la this hour of national peril, both behind the plow and the rifle. "Henry N. Pope. "President Association of State Farm? ers' Union Presidents." TO PROTECT FARM. Representative Stevenson Proposes Amendment to Army BUI and H?pen fisr Desalt. Washington. April 29.?Congress? man W. F. Stevenson, who yesterdav offered an amendment to the army bill In the hon*e which would imine leaving the farm and cotton mill labor In such shapo that it would not be demoralised by being called to war, aald today thot although this amend? ment had been defeated he was stl'l trying to get one merely as to farm labor exemption* and would continue hie efforts until the bill had been entirely completed. His nr?t an endment is as foiows: ? Provided that In registering those who are llablo for army service thopo who sre not engaged In any useful oc runation at least four days In each week, shall be kept In one class to themselves and drawings shall nr*t bo made from *ntd rinn* and not more than 20 per cent, of the laborer* of war sge nhnll be drawn from onv ore farm or from any ono textile factory." Mr*. Cornelia Humes* l>ead. Manning. April 2??Mr*. Cornelia B?rge**, widow of the late Harmon Burgees, died at 3:20 o'clock thai morning at the home of her son-in law, C. N. ftp: ott, in this plnce, after a brief lllnes* from apoplexy. Hbe eras an excellent wom?n and a devout member of the Metbodl*t chun It. She wa* a native of Clarendon counts . ? ? - frig u dnxiRhter of tb" late W. .1. C?m tey. She I* survived by four daugh< tera. Mr*. C. N Hprotfl ?>f Meaning. Mrs. W H. riurtiMlde of Lykesland, Mrs. 11. F. De*Ohntnp* of Mnyesvttle, and Mrs ft. T. Harvln of Mannlnrr, and by ono son. W. J. Burgess of Davte station. The funeral sorvb?<? will take place at 11 o'clock to?>id row morning and the burial will he in ? ??? Home Demonstration Work MARY LEMMON, Demonstrator. MINNIE JONES, Assistant. Mm, Oin> Dm Walker, assistant Ma|a agent of Boat * Demonstretion waWr. gave, the acbool children of ?rtrflty, Sbtloh ai*t Pleasant Grove tallowing untquo method for pro? 04?, vis: Take a bora six holes in, .low of holes six section of the ttoope. Make a ham yard fertiliser ebtL place 8 inches depth of this* oh ttie bottom of the el, plant the Irish potatoes 4 as apart on finis had. Cover them fjfamtm have grown 4 inches ?cover the plants with tho leaving only the bads ap above the soil, water, watch waH for the-plant to grow <i again before applying another t Of soil. Continue this appll l Of soil after each growth of * th*^ eaxji| the plants have growr oni glj ifss iaw of the barrel. Rem em bor 'U e>a%ar them each day. When the bufhee die the potatoes are ma? tured. The barrel can then be rolled under the house or a shelter where they keep Indefinitely. st Is not too late to use this meth? od for pleating Irish potatoes now. They may he planted as late as Jut) for a fall crop. This scheme seemed very fascinat? ing to the boys and girls and they are Intent upon availing themselves of this opportunity to produce In each flour barrel 1 1-2 bushels and in each sugar barrel 2 1-2 bushels. MART UCMMON, MINNIE JONES, County Home Demonstration Agents. POUCKMAN KILLS MAP DOfi. Dog Had Bitten Many Other Dogs ] Yesterday Afternoon and Tills Morning. Policeman Watts this morning shot and killed, a supposedly rabid dot* about 2 o'clock In front of the Hotel Sumter, where the dog was acting strangely, and after It had bitten sev? eral other dogs. Yesterday afternoon the dog wa* noticed going along the streets from house to house and Jumping on every dog it saw. After it had bitten sev? eral dogs, a number of men followed it out to the edge of town where they shot it. but only wounded It and the dog escaped in the bushes. loi? ter In the afternoon th? dog was geeri again going about biting other dogs and this morning Burgess Bultman saw it while on way to school, his at? tention being attracted by Its biting another dog. Ho recognized it as the dog which had been shot at yesterday and st once Informed a policeman, who after following It for some time concluded that It was rabid and shol It. The dog was a yellowish brown, with a white ring around Its neck, of medium size and with rather bushy hair. RECRUITS FOR ARMY. Recruiting Officer Peterson Again in City to Enlist Men. Corporal F. J. Peterson, O. S. I., U In tho city this week tor the purpose of securing recruits for che army, and those who will be liable for duty un? der the selective draft system pro vlded for in the new army bill, that was passed by both houses of conii ? I on Saturday, now have the last op? portunity to enlist hi the army vo' .u trlly. Under tho present call for vol? unteer recruits to 1111 tho ranks of the regular army to Its full strength Sum? ter county Is expected to furnish 7C recruits, and thus far only a few have offered themselves. When the new law is put into effect Sumter county will be called on to furnish not only 70 mon. but a much larger numbe and there will be no question al out It?the men who are liable for Ihls ('uty will be called by name und they will be forced to serve in the ormy or navy whether they want i< do so or not. Therefore young i lea above tho age of 21 who are phys!< al? ly sound and fit and not legally exempt may as well enlist now as to wait to be drafted. The quotas of recru ts expected from the several counties in? cluded In same district as Sumter arc hs follows: Alken, 84; Calhoun, 34; Clarendon 64: Fetrfleld, :.v. Kershaw, 51; Lee. 50; Lexmgtoa, ?;??. Newberry, 70; Or* aageeurg, U2i Htchland, no; Saiuda 121 gsimter, to; Total, 820, The recruiting oflloer for the navj wiwi in the city today and will remain here until about noon tomorrow, HI headquarters are at the Postoffb ? where he oar be found by those wh want to enlist or who desire into t | tion. if you are liable to ho called for service In the army or navy U\> not enlist now. The navy has Imme dtate nerd for the services of unni: ' thousand young men. OFFICERS' GAMP TRAINING WILL BE BEGUN ON MAY 14. War Deportment Ovcrwldcmed With. I Applications lor Places in New Schools by Those Seek bag Entrance. Washington. April 28.?Overwhelm? ed with applications for admission to the officers* training camps the war | I department announced today the post ? ponement of the opening of the camps I for one week "in order to enable a more careful selection to bo made of the limited number thut^con ho ac? commodated." The camps wero to have beep open? ed May 8 to all applicants, but under the new ruling the list of citizens to be admitted will be published on Mi at date instead, those named being re? quired to report for duty not later than May 14. The department issued this state? ment: "Reports from all over tbe country indicate that applications fot admis slons In the training camps' for on? cers are being received in numbers far in cxcer.s of expectations. On* tbis account and in order to enable s more | careful selection to be made of the limited number that can be accommo? dated, the, war department has found it necessary to delay the opening of} these camps one week. "The final list of citizens who are t be admitted will be published on Ma 8 or as soon before that time as pra tlcoble. Those who are selected wV be notified and will be expected report at the camps as soon as pos-{ le after notice is received and tr event later than May 14, "All reserve officers of tafa^ry, cavalry, field artillery and 6t>ne*'u*-j tirtery will be ordered lr: > active* steiv vlce at once, to report to training camps as may be designated by de? partment commanders. They are'ex? pected to arrive lit these camps "not later than May 8. Enlisted moti from the regular army who hold appoint? ments in thp reserve officers* cSrp* will be discharged from their preeeni enlistments on the day that they are ordered to training camps." LOST ONLY SIX U-BOATS. Von Cure!! Says Germany Has 3fore Than Replaced This Number. Amsterdam, April 28 (via London.) ?According to the account gheeni by r.ho Berlin Tageblatt of the statement regarding submarine warfare made to the Reichstag main committee by Vb< Admiral von Capelle, minister of the navy, the Germans in the first two months of unrestricted submarine operations lost only six u-boats, a number which in the 3ame period v/ns surpassed several times by new con? struction. The minister gave Information re? garding the number of submarines under construction or ready to be commissioned, showing a considerable increase. The minister expressed the opinion that the day was not far off when Great Britain must declare her readiness to enter into peace nego? tiations. BIG APPROPRIATION CONFIRM El>. Favorably Reported by ITouso Appro print Ion Committee for Army and Navy Needs. Washington, April 30.?Appropria? tions of $2,699,000.000 to meet urgent deficiencies in the army and navy in eluded in the bill of the house ap propriationi committee were favorab? ly reported. This is $700,000,000 for the army and navy recommended. PEACE PROPOSAL TO RFSM.V Special Gat man Mission Sent to New Democracy. Gothenburg, Sweden, April 21 (via London).'?The Copenhagen corre? spondent of The Tidnigent telegraphs that he has learned from a depend? able source that M. Borgjerg, editor )f The Social Demokraten of Cope 1 hagen, is currying a German peace proposal to Russia. The proposal, tbo correspondent alleges, was formu? lated by the German Socialist uta? 'orlty group after a conference be? tween Phillip Beheldemnnn and im< perlal Chancellor von Bethmann llollweg. Bonders. he says, has .lust sue Quoded* in obtaining permission to en? ter Russia after a fortlnghfs effort. The annual complaints about p liLr into the public roads are bjeini made, Will the people never ro thai they are destroying their oroperty and thai by plowing ur o.ids they are contributing large! Ward higher taxes? ilir.e ow ??> ti i 1 GOVERNOR APPEALS TO MEN. CALLS FOR 1,000 ENLISTMENTS IN TRAINING CAMP. New Army to Bo Organized by Unit? ed States Will Need Experienced omcersr?Need is for Quick AcUon Now. Columbia, April 30.?"South Car? olinians now have their last chance to become officers in the armed forces of the United States to be raised un? der the selective draft system," said Gov. Manning yesterday. "The officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga., will open May 14, though the lists will close Ma> 8. This camp will train 2,500 men who should come from South Caro? lina, North Carolina and Georgia, and I want to see South Carolina repre? sented by at least 1,000 applicants. "In case the camp at Fort Ogle? thorpe is not attended by 2,600 men from these three Southern States It is certain that the excess of appli? cants for such training camps in the North and East will he used to fill the deficiency in our pamp. Unless our young men act and act promptly their chances to become officers wil be nullified for many months to come; in the meantime these same young men may be called to the colors under the provisions of the se leptlve draft, and Instead of serving as officers they will serve in the status of enlisted men. I "If South Carolinians dp not be? come candidates for commissions then our troops will bo command od by Northerners and Easterners, who took advantages of opportunities similar to those now offered South Carolinians. "Applications should be sent to Capt. Ji M, Graham, U. S. A., Co? lombia. Information can be obtain? ed from I. F. Belser, Columbia; Thomas Wragg, Blaekvillc; Capt. It. A. Jones, Cleiheon; Lieut. 13. B. Garey. Charleston and Lieut George. Bowen, Greenwood. "The most essential requirements for candidates for commissions are education and ability to handle men. Candidates must be between 20 years and nine months and under 44 years of sge. 'i - "When the time comes* to select officers, they will be ehoaen from these vho have had experience and not from inexperienced, citizens who have only offered their services. Tho present is a time for work and op? portunity and I would rJike to sco South Carolina in the graft place.' Applicants are urged to' appear in person. ... . GERMANS SHIRKEU DUTY. Ton Bernstorffs Opinion of Germans Who Came to America. Washington, April 30.?Count von Bernstorff, the former German am? bassador, spoke disparagingly of Ger? mans in the United States before the war, saying they ran away from the, Fatherland to escape military service, were "outlaws," he did not care t:> talk about them, and did not care what they thought or wanted, accord? ing to a statement of Senator Pheicri, of California, in commenting on th^ army war bill. Ho said von Bern? storffs opinion was and is today tint of official Germany. Senator Phelan said that von Bernstorffs statement wns made to him in 1913 at Munich when Phelan tried, through von Bcrnstorff to get a German exhibit nt the Panama exposition. TANK STEAMER SUBMARINED. American OH Steamer Vacuum Sunk by U-boat Although Armed. London. April 30.?The American oil tank steamer Vacuum was sunk Saturday by n German submarine while enroute to the United State?. The chief mate and seventeen men, including three American naval gun? nets have landed. The boat contain? ing the captain, tho remainder of I be crew, a naval lieutenant, and nine naval gunners are missing. Had Drew of Thirty-Four. New York, April 10.?The Vacuum, commanded by Capt. B. 8. Harris, of New York, left here on March 3<>th for Dirkenhead, England. Bhe car ried a crew of thirty-four, including fifteen Americans. Washington, April 30.?The federal reserve board has recommended to I Secretary McAdoo that the funds un ! der the seven billion war finance law I i><> obtained gradually by offering to I banks blocks of treasury certificates I overv two wocks, t?? bo retired later I i with bonds. Washington, April BO.?Assurances have been received by the federal re serve board from scores of Slate banks .and trust compjaniea through* out the country that tiny will enter) the federal reserve system upon thfl passage of the amendments now be? fore congress broadening ths scope o! the law. GREAT BATTLE RAGES. -U RESULT OP STRUGGLE AT AR? RAS STILL IN DOUBT. Von llindcnburg Throwing Fresh Troops by Tens of Thousands Against British Lines in Vain as They Continue to Advance Foot by Foot?French Hammering St. Quen tiu Line With Ueavy Artillery. London, April 30.?The battle oft Arras still rages, with the issue in doubt. For six days torrents of blood have flowed and the armies of Great Britain and Germany still struggle for maatery in a titanic con? flict which baffles superlatives. Ten. of thousands of German reserves have been hurled in vain against the Brit? ish, who foot by foot continue their advance. Violent artillery fighting is in pro? gress south of St. Quentin in which the French poured a destructive fire on tho German defenses, it is an? nounced. However momentous may be the results of the bloody struggle on the' French front they are insufficient to hold the attention of tho Gt'man peo? ple who are facing a great general strike that may shake the founda? tions of the entire country. On the eve of May Day a majority of the So? cialists are supporting the govern? ment's efforts to cajole or fr ghtcn the workers from striking. Even the radical minority seem frightened at possible results of the agitation they I have fostered. SUMTF.R STUDENTS ELECTED. Miss Minnie DeLorme Vice President Student Government Association at Winthrop. It will be of much interest to the people of Sumter to know that the following young ladles hold offices in tho Student Government Association of Winthrop College: Miss Minnie DeLorme, vice president; Miss Maida McKaln, secretary and treasurer; Miss Virginia Thomas, Junior class representative. -r LAND BANK OFFICERS. Washington. April 29.?In addition to the appointment of B. S. Josey, as [ a Columbia land bank appraiser, matte public yesterday, the following have i been announced: W. H. Glenn, Anderson; A. C. Bradham, Manning; J. A. Shanklin, Columbia and S. B. McLaughlin, Charlotte. ^'ffiggwSU FOOD BILL MO?. CHAIRMAN LEV EH PR?SENT? AP? MIXISTRATION BlUt IX HOCSE. It is Comprehensive Measure D^SM^0* to Stimulate Prod action and late Distribution <.f Food Stuff} Separate Bill to llegulate Liquog; Business. e ? fl^ Waehington, April 30.?Chairman Lever of the agricultural committee today introduced the administration food bills. They are designed to stim? ulate production to prevent hoarding to make for an equitable distribution, to suspend the law p:-^vbiting mixing of (lour, and will contain provisions to prevent conflict witfr anti-trust and interstate commerce laws. They do not cover price fixini: or. control of the use of grain for distilling liquors. A bill will be introduced later to COT er these matters. \ Brazil Declares Her Neutrality Puenos Aires, Apri' 28.?Brasil has issued a proclamation of neutrality during the war between the Unked States and Germany. LOOK HERE FOR IT. Many a Sumtcr ltauditr Will be Inter? ested. When people read ibout the cures made by a medicine endorsed from far away, is it surprising thut they wonder if the statements are true? But when they read of cases right here at home, posit ive proof is "With? in their reach, for close investiga*.i m is an easy matter. Read this 8umter endorsement of Doan s Kidney Pil'.s: W. M. Folsom, proprietor dry goods store, Main Street, says: "My back ached nearly all of the time and when I made a quick move sharp pains started through me. Af? ter sitting down for awhile, I had to 11X1 myself up. The kidney secretions were highly colored and contained sediment. Doan's Kidney Pils relieved the backache and pains and I could rest much better." (State? ment given March IT, 1908.) , On Jai.uury 11, 191!? Mr. Folsom seid: "The benefit Doan's Kidney Pills brought me has lasted." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get posn's Ki3ney PlUs?*4he i same that Mr. Foisom has tw wi publicly rec? ommended. FQBter-Mllburn ^Jjo., Props., Buffalo, X, Y. ^s~^ ~ < 4^ IEvei ything in the Building Line All Kinds of Feed i - 1 BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc. EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE Phonos 10 ? 631 ? Have You Planted ( * I That Garden Yet? Owing to the high price of all foodstuffs everyone that can* should have a garaen. Looking after it will benefit you physically and as all food is going up rapidly, the finan? cial end will be an important consideration. Not only that but you will be doing your "bit" for your coun? try. Everyone who raises foodstuffs is fighting for his country?a nation's strength is reckoned by its ability to live on its own resources. The National Bank of Sumter.