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or obamsxkb op POUftS oct ne w "f6 bjb km* Cotnty to for Mm and ?a Pwolpn, chairman of ths Committee of Public out tho following lot the secretary of the to each mom Rshtyj s%nasxtttoo, of 'this committee areJ tho secretary to take nottos of tho ton township tho oevnty II a. m. neat *a tarda/, .^MQhfJBbor of Oosrftaerce Of tho fOSSXtST County Com ?agnUe* Its fat y. P? Moch Mo boon sold and tho \ ?rowlng of ' food been scorn* Is still to be fto absolutely no question rtty ?f the food situation, kow wilt l?Ht st tooVy bHnf ?lot pods folly home to tho osuttealsrty to those poo l bio to afford It. rig n for preparedness, ? II engaged, there is yodtasoot n* onough attention paid to the groat question ofj ly and cor serration, both In ehon and In tho barn, and the of waote in beth places, 'not a food eapert, I have not tali phaso of tho situation. 1 holl?vs that ovary one should. Htta of our nation, study this of a bnlaiieod ration for hu as will as for our ani? mation) ? government lias rdotng iOnahlorahio work educat aatrata ah n? this lino. but| ft* that little attention hast pass to this teats re of practical' W atic people. I snVwettiai yon this letter to lav msn tho above 01 you and to ask sst In your work throughout your township and throughout tho county, yon endeavor lo impress upon the >lh* front necessity of practicing ?hoot eeoooiiy and preventing Of food stuffs for man'and 1 also want to take this occasion to thank you on behatr of tho people for tho splendid work yon are doing as n memssc of this committee, and to ash that there Should be> no let up In your otforta in nil linos of service. lOtnemhoi tho next mooting, 1 , May 9, at It a. m. at thai Chamber >f commerce and bf alt means hare tho complete *ur< voy of yoot township so that same can bo reported to the general com? et oar next mooting, and re you can command my ser vleea at any time. With boot wish* 1. Tours very sincerely, A. C FHELPS, Chairman, flumter Coun'y Committee of Public Safety. A Ait* SUPERVISORS TO JOIN. Convicts be Used County Da mis to FootU Columbia. May v?Oov. Manning baa addressed the following letter to tno county ?upcrvWors: "It has boon suggested that It would ao doubt add very much to the sup? ply of foodstuffs In the county super? visors would discontinue as much as possible thslr road work for the nezt two of three weelrs and use their teams snd convict Isbor In the plant? ing of food crops, '?specially In those counties where there are lands belong? ing to the county, which lands. In many instances, sre probably not In cultivation, snd whore they sre culti? vated are probably not producing s full crop. **t would urss that you sdopt this plan ss far aa practicable." NEW? f KNHORMIICP ESTABLISHED Preefclcnf Wilson bOme* Executive Or? dre to Cat Off News from Enemy. Wsshlngton. Mas- 1.?An executive order signed by President Wilson pro? viding for s censorship on new* Hent out of the United States snd over tele graph snd telephone lines Into Mex? ico has been mads public. The order hi ehVetlve rm mediately to prevent In? formation of value retting to the enemy. MANY ENLIST IN A It MY. New nigh Record for Day Set. Washington, May t.? Another high record for regular army recruiting w established yesterday when l,tl7 men were accepted. Illinois, el ready holding a record eclipsed her previous figures by en ratline **# atom Indiana come ss end with ff t and Pennsylvania third FIRST CHIEF SWORN IN AS CON aTITTUTIONAL PRES IDENT. Congratulated far isUhsf??n>ir Ffcetch Country** Hefltorh to Constltu Mexico ?City, * May 1.?Venustlano Carrunsss late, today took the oath of office as the first constitutional pres? ident of Mexico since tha assassina? tion jgf Francisco Madero on Feb? ruary II, lilt, hacked by a majority of nearly 800,000 votes riven him by the Mexican people at the March elections. President Carranxa drove from the national palace to the chamber of deputies and swore to up? hold the new constitution. President Carranxa lef t the presi? dential gate at the palace at 6 o'clock In an open carriage. Seated beside him was a en. Obregon, minister of War in the provisional cablnst and the man who more than any other Is credited with enabling the president to weather the storms of the last four years. The carriage was escorted by the survivors of the' signers of the plan of Guadeloupe, which formed the basis of the revolutionary scheme. The streets ware lined by double ranks of soldiers who presented arms aa the carriage passed. At the chamber of deputies President Car? ranxa waa received by a committee of congressmen Who led him to the rostrum, where the president of the chamber administered the oath. The ceremony waa extremely simple, con? sisting of the reading of the oath and Gen. Carranxa'a reply, "I swear It." The president then returned to the palace. There United States Am? bassador Fletcher, as ranking mem? ber of the diplomatic corps, offered the president the congratulations of foreign nations on Mexico's return to constitutional government. MEN FROM ROCKINGHAM MISS? ING. Three Men Drowned When Ship Sunk and One Bout Loud, Missing. London, May 3.?Three men were drowned when a German submarine aank the American armed steamer Rocklngham, according to the survi? vors. No word has been received of the thirteen men missing in one o^| the ship's life boats. j Beware of the House Fly! As a practical method of prepared? ness, the dlseaae carrying house fly must be eliminated. American mili? tary records show that it causes more deaths than ths enemy. The fly haa no equal as a germ car? rier; t as many as five hundred mil? lion germs have been found In and upon a single fly. It Is definitely known that the fly is the carrier of the germs of typhoid fever snd It is widely believed that It is also the carrier of other diseases, such aa intsstinal troubles of Infants, and possibly of infantile r aralysis. Do not wait until these insects in? crease enormously, and become a greater danger and nuisance, begin a personal fly campaign now. Kill all files breeding In April, May and June and the remainder of the year will be practically free of them. Flies may be destroyed by syste? matic swatting; have several swatters In the house, snd swat every fly as it gains entrance, and before it. has had a chance to deposit germs upon our foods by crawling upon them. Be especially careful in keeping files out of the kitchen and dining room and the nursery?they do more harm there than elsewhere in the home. Screen against files. In putting up screens use a sixteenth mesh wire, so that mosquitoes and other small In ?ects may be likewise kept out of the house. Flies may be poisoned by using one of the fly drivers upon the market, or with formaldehyde of sodium sallcy late. Both of these may be obtained without great expense from the drug? gist. Ths United States government says that these two last named are the best fly poisons. They are not a poison to children. They are convenient to handle. Their dilutions are simple. They have no objectionable odors. They attract flies. ? They kill files. Make solutions of them as follows: Add three teuspoonfuls of formalin to a pint of water, and place It around In several eaucers. Renew the solu? tion every day or two. Dlenplve three teaspoonfuls of so? dium salltcylate In a pint of water, snd distribute In several dishes. Don't forget? That while swatting, poisoning and other methods useful In destroying mature flies will lessen the number of them. It Is essential if all of them are to be gotten rid of that their breeding places must be deetroyed. Flies breed In filth and refuse of sll kinds In about ten days. See that de not accumulate. ?the* de sm. RINTEIiEN SOUGHT TO EMBROIL JAPAN AND MEXICO. Buclianan, a Former Member of Coogrees Said to .Hare Attempted to Seduce Federation of Labor. New York, May 2.?Plans of Capt Frans Rintelen of the German navy to embroil this country in war with Mexico and Japan and Ineffectual ef? forts of Former Representative Frank Buchanan to enlist the support of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, In a project to prevent the manufacture and transportation of munitions in this country were brought out in the conspiracy trial of f.hese two men and six others here today. The defend? ants are charged with fomenting strikes designed to disrupt the entente allies' munitions trade in this country through the activities of Labor's Na? tional Peace council, of which Buch? anan was first president. Mr. Gompers testified he advised Mr. Buchanan ihat his plans were foolhardy; that they were in conflict with the Interests of labor as repre? sented by the American Federation of Labor and that he warned Buchanan against association with Herman Schultels and Henry B. Martin. Theae men are defendants and were mem? bers of Labor's National Peace coun? cil. The testimony as to Rintelen's ac? tivities was given by John C. Ham? mond, an advertising agent, who said that Rintelen engaged him to carry on a pro-German publicity campaign. Rintelen proposed to spend $26,000 for this purpose, he said, but spent only $7,600, becoming discouraged as to the success of his plans to arouse sentiment In favor of the German cause after the sinking of the Lusi tana. Mr. Hammond said he gave up his work for Rintelen when he learned thar. he was doing all in his power to bring on war between the United States and Mexico and that Rintelen believed it was only a matter of time before German diplomacy would em? broil this country in war with Japan. Rintelen's purpose, he testified he was told, waa to bring on strikes so as to break up the munition traffic. Rintelen described troubles In Mex? ico which he expected Huerta, former, dictator of Mexico, to stir up.v aa hip trump card, Hammond said. The wit? ness declared he called the activities of Rintelen to the attention of the government. i DO NOT HOARD FOOD. Chairman Coker of State Prepared- , ncss Committee Says Practice* Should be Discouraged. Columbia, May 2.?David R. Coker. chairman of the State Preparedness Commission, in a statement issued today, discourages the Idea of hoard? ing food in South Carolina. He says that this practice should be discourag? ed in every way possible. He Issued the following statement to the people of the State: "The attention of our commission has been called to the fact that a few of our people are hoarding foodstuffs. We know of a few Instances where citizens have bought sufficient staples such as flour, corn meal, etc., to last them for six months or more. This practice should be discouraged in ev? ery way possible. By such means the food stringency Is made more acute, prices are artificially advanced, and of course, the poor are made to suffer. "The great Interest and enthusias? tic co-operation manifested all over the State leads the Civic Prepared? ness Commission to believe that the campaign for increased production will result In very largely relieving the foodstuffs shortage In South Carolina by early fall. Even now thousands of families are getting a large part of their living from their gardens, and waste of foodstuffs is the exception instead of the rule. "We do not think there Is occa? sion for anyone to become panicky, Each citizen should buy and use as little food as possible. Food hoard? ing and food speculation under pres? ent conditions are against the public Interest." DESPERATE CONDITIONS IN BEL GIUM. Herbert C. Hoover Says Death Rate Has Tripled. New York. May 3.?Herbert C. Hoover arrived today from England. He said he would go to Washington Immediately to become the head of the country's food board. He said the submarine menace had rendered the food situation in Belgium and northern France desperate. He alsq snhl that adult deaths In the indue) trial regionn had tripled durin'? Marek nnd April. The children a fed tlrst. If you would make a profit frofn dairying, raise your cow feed. P Ifwtf M'AJDOO ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR INITIAL OFFERING OF WAR BONDS. Will be Ottered for Public Subscrtp. tkm?Three and One-half Per Cent. Interest, Free From All Taxation Except that on Inheritances; Washington, May 2.?Secretary Mc Adoo announced tonight that the first offering of bonds authorized under the war finance law would be a $2, 000.000,000 "Liberty loan" issue, open to popular subscription at par, and that subscriptions would be received till June 15 next. The bonds will be dated July 1 and will be ready for delivery on that date. Although many organizations in ad? dition to the banks oi the country will be utilized In floating the bonds, the 12 federal reserve banks will be desig? nated as central agencies in their re? spective districts, receiving subscrip? tions, delivering the bonds and caring for other details. Interest on the bonds will be pay? able seml-annually on January 1 and July 1. Details as to their denomi? nations have not yet been prescribed, but the lowest denomination, it was announced, will be so small as to place the bonds within reach of every Investor. Among the agencies which Will be authorized to accept subscriptions, Mr. McAdbo designated banks, trust companies, private bankers, bond houses, postofAcas, express companies, department stores, newspapers and other "volunteers who have come for? ward In great numbers." The secre? tary will organize a woman's commit? tee to assist in ths work of obtaining subscriptions and distributing the Is? sue. A largo oversubscription, Mr. Mc Adoo announced, appears likely. " 1 >'ti in*.* SAYS HANG THEM. Senator Thomas Suggests Treatment for Food Speculators. Washington. May 2.?The food, sit? uation precipitated another lively dis? cussion in the senate today during which Senator Thomas reiterated his opinion that high prices could be cured by a liberal hanging of food speculators on handy lamp posts and Senator Williams suggested that the "German corruption fund" might have figured in creating a food scare that resulted in soaring prices. Senators from farming States denied that there is any real shortage of sta? ple, foods in thO United States. Sena? tor John Sharp Williams declared that there had been a hysteria throughout the country, and that the cause of high prices was largely psychological. He said he believed the German corruption fund recently unearthed in a federal court In Now York may have been responsible for the hysteria. Word should go out straight from the senate, Senator Williams said, that there is no shortage of food. Senators Nelson and McCumber agreed that there is no reason to fear a shortage. The attack on the speculators was led by Senators Thomas and Borah. The Colorado Senator declared they were the real enemies of the na? tion, expressed the hope that con? gress would not adjourn without leg? islation that would remedy the evil, and said the lamp post Is the thing to cure such suspicion. Before the de? bate turned to other things Senator Thomas introduced an amendment to the espionage bill, empowering the president by proclamation to suspend during the war the operation of boards of trade and chambers of com? merce whicb deal in futures. He had it sent to the table for later consider? ation. Senator Borah predicted a world famine if the war lasts two years and if extraordinary and sustained ef? forts are not made here to meet the food problem. He attacked the pack ers, declaring they made enormous profits and favored conscription of food and government possession of the packing companies. Food spec? ulation, he said, would not be ended] ?atil the ^peculators "are put In str'pes behind the bars." Senator McCumber said the na? tion should have a wheat surplus this year of more than 200,000,000 bush? els after feeding itself and providing Tor seeding. THE SUBMARINE PROBLEM. Main Interest of British Mission Is to Find Means to Remove Menace. Washington. May 3.?The subma? rine menace and ways to combat it by increased shipping restrictions on non-essential exports to Europe and the naval cooperation of the United States Is the main interest of the British mission here. It became known that the British do not regard the situation in any sense as fatal, however, S^EflOrrIN REICHSTAG.' President Wilson Will Find Germany Too Tough to Chew, Says Speaker Amsterdam, May 2 via London).? The German reichtitag resumed its session today. The president1 of the chamber, Dr. Johannes Kaempf, in bis opening address, speaking of the entry of the United States into the war, said a new and mighty opponent had joined the ranks of Germany's enemies. President Wilson in a mes? sage to congress on April 2, he de? clared, said he was waging war against the Germans in the interest of man- ! kind and on the ground of justice. President Wilson, Dr. Kaempf con? tinued, had lost his sight in making, this assertion since he had not stirred a finger to hinder England when Eng? land announced her war of starvation against Germany, a war in violation of all human and international rights1; President Wilson had lost his sight when he rejected the German propo? sal to secure the lives of Americans ion American vessels in certain routes, which carried no contraband, and by this rejection exposed his own com? patriots to danger and death, j "President Wilson." said Dr. I Kaempf. "represents the German peo? ple as without will of their own and is having been driven into the war toy a group of ambitious people, but he tells nothing of the long years of encirclement and machinations against them; nothing of the enemies' recent- ; ly strongly expressed will to destroy Germany. j "The German people rose in Au? gust, 1914. as one mun and still fight today to defend their freedom, in? dependence and life. President Wil? son says he has no quarrel with the German people, for whom he only en? tertains sympathy and friendship. "President Wilson " desired by his message to sow discord In. Germany. As president of the German relch stag, which is elected on the freest franchise in the world, I declare that this effort will come to naught; that it will have no Influence on the com? mon sense of our people and that President Wilson will bite granite." This remark evoked thunderous c p plause. j "With our truest heart's blood we established the German kaiser dorn, and with our truest heart's blood we shall fight for the kaiser and the em? pire. (Renewed applause.) "If all signs are not misleading the decisive point of he world war is approaching. We see our death defy? ing troops withstanding the enemy's assaults. Our u-boats will show Eng? land how Germans can avenge her ne? farious starvation war. We proved recently our financial strength by a sixth wer loan." There was a fresh outburst of ap? plause as Dr. Kaemp r concluded and the chamber then proceeded to the second reading of the budget. THE LIMA BEAN. A Profitable Food Crop for Man? Beast and Soil. Clemson College, May 2.?Few of us realize South Carolina's yearly im? portation of the common lima or but? ter bean, which will grow and pro? duce to perfection in all sections of the State. In this crop, we readily recognize the three "F's" of success? ful and productive agriculture?-food for man, feed for domestic animal, and fertility for the soil; all of which are dependent one upon the other and of equal importance. On the eve of the present crisis, the farmers of the South could resort to no second? ary food crop that offers a more prom? ising outlook, us the crop is easily grown, produces well, and furnishes wholesome food for both man an< beast. This crop should occupy a place In every home garden, being used both in the fresh and the dry stages, and the present outlook in the shortage of food supply should be convincing of the needs of more ex? tensive plantings of this valuable food crop. Not unlike other crops of this family, the lima bean does well and produces to perfection on any well prepared garden or field soil; the requisites being the same as that of other; beans. Like other beans, we have two' types?the bush, or dwarf, and the running, or pole. For extensive plantings, the bush type is most de? sirable, being planted in rows 3 feet apart and 8 to 10 inchee In the drill and covered to a depth of 2 or 3 Inches. For further Information address the Extension Division, Clemson Col? lege. S. C. Is your place distinctive? Has it certain characters that mark it from other houses along the road? How often in giving directions for finding a place along the road we locate a farm by certain objects about the place, such as evergreen hedge, a row of ornamental trees, an un painted house, a dilapidated barn, or a well kept yard arvd well painted house* Pays 25c a Month for Perfect Health For 15 yeara, E. A. Littk. B?M AJa. hu Mid.26c * mouth to keapta feet health. ft?*d wh*t he a?r?: "t dttirt to add mjr ??dnrt*???at of flrtfw UNr R?rnl*u>r. 1 b?*t t?.->t u*?J My otL w w??Wm for MUM VMM. I k*ew H it '.fc#bMlfor?UttMr compUiou. ?nd will oar* any <??? of todifMltoa Imown. WMa I firtt cmfcmmtati to tokt 'towr Gnnrtr LWtr lUfnlttor ?Im Pep ?m- HMom Drag 0&, wm buying II by iht down. Morf lau toM tWy bwy it by tbt (ro*i. I mm OM k t Wktb Bkoft?i M4 would ao?to wta?to H for MytMf." Granger fa itrictly v??et*bl?, nan-*V . ration, and ia highly roooramwuded: I! stomach and Hfat eoretVtaTnfa. Your dnn w ^?i?t canaupply yea?sac ? boa? p USE YOUR COUNTY AGENT. Farmer Who Keeps ia Touch With Expert Can Get Many Binds of Ser? vice from (Him. . Clemson College, May 2.?Do you keep in touch with your county dem? onstration agent? If you are a farm? er and do not. you are neglecting a big opportunity. The airent is em? ployed by the United States govern? ment and Clemson College to help you with your farm problems and there are numerous ways in which an agent can be of great assistance to any farmer. If you do not know who your agent is, find out at once and And out also where he has his headquar? ters and how he is to be reached. Thsre are emergencies in Which it is worth a great deal to know how to get in touch with the county agent. The county agent is a very busy man. He has his lines of work mapped out and spends most of his timo carrying out this problem. Box he is always ready to drop whatever he is doing and answer any farmer's emergency call. Ho knows what to do to check outbreaks of contagious stock diseases and to stop the spread of plant diseases and the ravages of inect pests; and when fever he finds a problem that he cannot solve, ho knows where to get the solution in the shortest possible time. President's Message to Governors. Washington, May 2.?"I have no homily to deliver to you," said Presi? dent Wilson, in addressing the con? ference of governors, f because I know you are as intensely intejssrtlft . as I am in drawing all ou? efforts and energies together in a common ac? tion. My function has not of recent days been to give advice, but to got things coordinated so that there wilt not be any, or at any rate, too much, lost motion, and so that things should not be done twice by .different bodies or done in conflict. "It is for that reason that I par? ticularly welcome a conference such as this you are holding, which win acquaint you with exactly the task as it is conceived here in Washington and with the ways In which co? operation can be best organised. For, after all, the task is comparatively simple. / "The means of accomplishing the task are very complicated, because we must draw many pieces of ma? chinery together and we must see that they act as a common object. The function, therefore, today, Is the very present function of saying how much obliged to you I am for having come here and associated yourself with us in the great task of making good whit the nation has promised to do?that go to the defense of vindication of the rights of people everywhere to live as they have a right to live under the very principles of our own na? tion. "It is a thing that one does not dare to talk about because a certain passion comes into one's thought and one's feelings as one thinks of the na? ture of the task, the ideal nature of it, of the opportunity that America has now to show to all the world what it means to have been a democracy for 145 years and to mean every bit of the creed which we have so long professed. And In this i: think it ought to be easy to act and delightful to cooperate." RAILWAY SUPPLIES FOR ALLIES. Entire Output of Country X.. Be Shipped to Europe. Washington, May 3.?In addressing the National Defense Council of Gov? ernors and state Representatives. Daniel Wtllard, forecast the curtail? ment of pasenger train service and the shipment of this country's satire output of rolling stock and rails to the elites. Representative Nlcholls wants to organise another regiment In this State, it would be much better be All up the companies already formed firs* before other regiments are to ma* a. There are many companies in both the first and second regiments which now hick numbers of men of tilling 1 their ranka to the required strength*