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Cotnty to
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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*