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mm mm GKN. PKRHJIING DKMIGN.VTOD TO COMMAND FIRST OVKR SKAS ARMY. Regular Army OfBeer With Distill gtatatKMl Record Ctionen to Fill Post Thai Out. HiMH'vclt Zealously MtHlgtlC Washington. tfaV) 18.?President Wilson tonight ordered that u divison of regular troo|?s. commanded by AlaJ. Qen. John J. Pershing. be sent to France at the earliest practicable eats. This Is the answer of America to Prance's pleu that the Stars and Stripes be carried to the fighting front without delay to hearten the soldiers battling there with concrete evidence that a powerful ally has come to their support against Ger? man aggression. Announcement of the order follow? ed signing of the selective, draft war army bill by the president und the Issuance of a statement that under advice of military experts on both aides of the water t ie president could sot employ volunteers or avail him? self of the "fine v gor and enthusi? asm" of Former Piesldent Kooscvelt for the expedition. The army law provides for an ul? timate force of approximately 2,000, 000 men to back up the first troops to go to the front. When the bill had been signed, the president affixed his nume to a proclamation calling upon all men In the country between the ages of 21 and, 30, Inclusive, to register themselves for military ser? vice en June 6 next. The proclama? tion sets In motion immediate ma? chinery that will enroll and sift lf.000.O0O men and pave the way for the selection of the first 600,000 young, efficient soldiers wPhout crip? pling the Industrie? or commerce of the nation or bringing hardship on those at home. v Kven before the bill was signed, the war department announced that the full strength of the National Guard would be drafted Into the United States army beginning June ? and concluding August 6. Orders t ? bring the regimen.? to full war strength Immediately accompanied the notification sent to all governors* A minimum of 129,000 fighting men will be brought to the colors under those crders. supplementing the 29,?. 000 regulars a ho will be under arms h> June 16. It is from theeo forces that the first armies to Join Gen. Pershing at the front will be drawn, to be followed within a tew months by recurring waves from the selective draft armies, the first 600,000 of whom will be mob? ilised September 1. Following Is the text of the terse announcement of the war department as to Gen. pershing's expedition. The president has directed un ex? pedition of approximately one di? vision of troops under command of Gen. John J. Pershing to proceed to France at us early a date as practica? ble. Gen. Pershing and staff will pre? cede the troops abroad. "It Is requested that no details or speculation with regard to mobiliza? tion of this command, dates of de? parture or other items bo carried by the press other than official bulletins given out by the war department re? lating thereto." Gen. Perching bus been in Wash? ington sums duyn. He was personally summoned by Secretary Baker from tiit Southern d?*purtment which was under his command until tonight's or der was Issued. The man who led the expedition Into Mexico with such judgment and ' as to win for him the complete conftdrnre of the president and his advisers, has worked bard on plans for the expedition to France. Ho bus been in dully conference w.ith Secre? tary Baker. MaJ. Gen. Bliss, acting chief of staff, with department officials osoparatlns. in the preparation of the force* he will lead against the Ger? mans end uImo with Lieut. Gen. tlrldgoe, head of the military section of the ttrktfcah intuition und a veteran of the battlefields of France. Nothing that either French or Brit Ish officers have been able to furnfeli In the way of Information has been lacking and there is every Indication that the reguUr forces which will compose the expnditioimry division ar# being selected with greatest < bjmj No Inkling of the plans for that division hum been ullcwed to leuk out. It Is known, however, that or? ders have already gone forward to officers of tried Judgment and long ex? perience notifying them to prepare f... foreign service. The war In Kurope has developed I many new phases of buttle not here? tofore known In military science. Ar? tillery h.iH decided the fate of muny battles and every army has doubled and trebled Its guns, both In size und number. For this reason it was thought likely the expeditionary forcer would Include a disproportionate number of artillery troops and be I hnckod by 4 "'did Will of guns when It conies to grip" with the enemy. The number of men in the expedi? tionary force has not been disclosed. A division at war strength, however, totals more than 25,01)0 men of all arms and the "approximate" division of the war department's statement probably will exceed that figure. Gen. Pershing, Republican In poll tics, was a brigadier general when ho led the forces into Mexico In pursuit of the bandit Villu. IIJs work at that time won for him selection by his brother general ofliccrs as a major general and tho choice was heartily indorsed by the war department and President Wilson himself. In his explanation of his reasons of his not availing himself of the socallcd Roosevelt amendment to the army bill, Mr. Wilson has brought out sharply the points made against that amendment by army officers, re? gardless of their personal political leanings or their regard for Mr. Roosevelt himself. Many officers who are warm admirers of the former president have unhesitatingly con? demned his proposal to raise a vol? unteer army corps or division on the ground that it would drain the regu- j lar service of men vitally needed to train the millions that must be whip? ped into fighting trim in all too brief a time. The list of officers Mr. Roosevelt desired to take with him has been the subject of much speculation and com? ment. Pecauso of the old association in Spanish war days between Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and Mr. Roose? velt, it has been regarded that Gen. Wood was the former president's se? lection for supreme command of the force. Under the plans of the war depart? ment, Gen. Wood, by reason of his great experience in mobilization prob? lems, his unfailing energy and en? thusiasm has been assigned the hard? est task of any general officer. He will direct as commander of the Southeastern department the mobili? sation and training of 12 divisions, or more than 300,000 men, among whom without question will be those who will be first selected to follow Gen. Pershing's forces to France. MORE PAY FOR SOLDIERS. House Votes for Raise in Compen? sation. Washington, May 16.?The confer? ence report on the war army bill was adopted by tho house without a rec? ord vote late today after Represen? tative Dent had announced that the senate conferences had agreed to the house proposal increasing the pay of < nllsted men. Final action must be taken by the senate. The section regarding pay as agreed to provides that all officers and enlisted men of the force to be raised by conscription shall have the same pay, allowances and pensions as the regular army and makes these increases in tho pay of enlisted regu? lars: Those receiving $15 to $21 per month, an increase of $15 per month; thoso receiving $24 an increase of $12; those receiving $30, $3G or $40, an increase of $8; and those $45 or more an increase of $6. MORE FROM THIS STATE. Five Hundred Men Additional to Fort Ogletborpe. Columbia. May 18.?Gov. Manning returned to his oftico today after a viuit to Charleston, where he took part In tho reception to Gen. Wood. After conferring with Gen. Wood, Gov. Manning wired to Washington requesting that an additional number of men of class A from this State be sent to Fort Oglethorpe for the offi? cers' training course. Gen. Wood la? ter sands, the statement that this re ancttt had been granted and that the men would likely be selected at an early date. The number of men at Fort Oglethorpe will probably be in? creased by f?00 of which number the ?hare of this State will likely be 150. Barbed wire cuts, rngg- d wounds, collar and harness galls, heal UP quickly when Ballard's Snow Lini? ment is applied. It is both healing and antiseptic. Price 25c. fcQfl and j $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Slbert's Drug Store.?Advt. Garage and Car Burned. From The Dally Htm. May IK. The automobile house and a ChCV lolet touring cur belonging to Mr, Lcc Shearer, of 502 Oakland avenue were destroyed by lire this afternoon about 4 o'clock. The origin of the lire bus not been determined. The lire hid made ocnslderable headway whi n discovered and before the fire iepnrtineni arrived tMc houso was too far none to be saved. The most that the lire,neu could do was to pi'O vrnt the nprend of the flames to ad? jacent buildings. No on. hid been In the garage during, the morning, so f ir as Is known. Sallow complexion Is duo to a tor? pid liver. Herbine purities and strengthens tho liver and bowels and restores the rosy bloom of health to tho cheek. Price r.Oc Sold hy Siberia Drug Store,?Advt, St'MTER COTTON MARKET. Stein Necessary to Be Token to Secure Government rot ton Grader. When Hon. John L#. McLnurin spoke In Sumter last month to a mass meeting of Sumter county citizens composed of about four hundred farmers, merchants, and bankers, a resolution was adopted requesting Congressman A. F. Lever and Mr. B. I. Reardon, of Sumter to take steps to have the office of markets and ru? ral organization of the United States Department of Agriculture station a cotton grader in Sumter during the 1917 cotton selling season as was done for several months last fall. Mr. Charles J. Brand, chief of the bureau of marketing has written to Mr. Reardon that it is impossible at this time to say positively whether a cotton grader can be supplied owing to amount of increased activities of bureau due to the present national emergency. Mr. Brand takes occasion to very plainly emphasize, however, the part the cotton growers should play and will have to play if they wish any more government classifications of their cotton. The ^alue and import? ance of a cooperative cotton market? ing association is stressed in Mr. brand's letter as well as the im? provement and uniformity of cotton planted. Mr. Brand writes in part as follows: "The work that Mr. Killingsworth did during the past season (in Sumter) was undertaken without great prep? aration on our part and very little at? tempt was made on the part of the farmers to form any kind of an organ? ization. Since it is practically impos? sible for this office to deal with the individual farmers, in such work It is Imperative that the farmers should organize a cooperative association composed of members who are willing to assume such responsibilities as are necessary for effective results. These should include: 1st. The furnishing of a suitable classing room with a skylight or win? dow facing from the north, togeth? er with sample tables and other equip? ment necessary for proper handling of and classing of cotton. 2nd. An agreement on the part of the organization to furnish clerical as? sistance since it is impracticable for for the cotton classcr to do his own recording. 3rd. The willingness on the part of the farmers to organize and to con? sider the adoption of certain by-laws or articles of agreement which this office has prepared and which pro? vide that certain methods of proce? dure are to be followed. It is believ? ed that this would result In a general Improvement in the handling and marketing of cotton. 4 th. In cooperation with the farm? ers' organization we would be able to determine and recommend the most desirable variety of cotton for a par? ticular community; it is believed that this is one of the most import? ant improvements that could be made by the cotton producers. Such an Improvement would eliminate the nu? merous varieties and miscellaneous cotton with the resultant wide varia- | tion in quality of both grade anc staple usually found in a community and would enable the farmers to develop a reputation for the produc? tion of superior cotton. Naturally this would simplify the marketing problems and eventually would tend toward higher prices being paid in the primary markets. These arc a few of the matters which demand serious consideration if the cotton classing work Is to pro? vide a maximum amount of benefit. In Other words the mere assignment of a cotton classer furnishes only temporary relief, and if permanent improvement is to be expected it in necessary for the farmer to consider seriously these suggestions. In any event, however, it Is prac? tically impossible for us to make a definite promise to assign a cotton man for work at Sumter because of the pressure of other activities caused by the present international emer? gency. Very truly yours, Charles J. Brand. Chief. Goldic Phelps, the little daughter of Mr. V. H. Phelps, was slightly burl this morning by being knocked from her bicycle by an automobile. The accident is said to have been the result of the child's thoughtlessness as she tried to pass between a buggy and automobile. She fell in front of the buggy, but the mule stopped, other? wise she would have been seriously in? jured. In the Whole held of medicine there Is not a healing remedy that will re? pair damage to the flesh more quickly than Bollard's Snow liniment In cuts, rwounds. sprains, burns, scalds and rheumatslm, Its healing and pen? etrating power is extraordinary. Price Jf.c, f.Oc and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Sibert s Drug Store.?Advt. No more recruits under 18 years of ige will be accepted for the army. BIB ATLANTA FIE FLAMES, STARTING IN OHSt'lTUE NEGRO QUARTER, COT WAY NEARLY TO PIEDMONT PARK. Dynamite Checks The Conflagration? Finally Wins in battle Aga last l ire, After About Seventy-five Blocke Have Been Destroyed?City Under Martial Law1 With Relief Plans Making. Atlanta, May 21.?Fire that swept ihrough approximately 75 blocks in the residence section of Atlanta from Decatur street north-northeastward to Ponee de Leon avenue late today caused a loss that Mayor Candler to? night estimated at $3,000,000. One vornan, Mrs. Bessie Hodges, died of .?hock and CO were treated for minor hurts. (Prom 2,500 to 3,000 homes were destroyed according to Mayor Cand? ler and others who toured the lit? tered zone around the burned dis? trict late tonight. The homes ranged from flimsy negro cabins to handsome residences along Ponce de Leon val? ued at $10,000 or more each. Many homes in this beautiful residence sec? tion were destroyed by dynamite which finally conquered the flames af? ter the fire department aided by fire fighters from a half dozen nearby cities had failed. The burned area was guarded throughout the ni?ht by the Georgia guardsmen and members of the offi? cers' reserve training camp at Fort McPherson. Local police early in the night turned guard duty over to COl. Charles R. Noyes, U. S. A., in command of the Fort McPherson training cam ft. There were few reports of looting and the only arrest made up to late at night was that of a man charged with attempting to steal a piano. Throughout the burned area, which in some places was only a block wide and in others ranged to several blocks, hundreds cf fires smouldered long alter midnight. The wind that blew in a gale this afternoon and swept the flames over the sheets of water that fire fighters threw up, had died down late tonight, however, and both Mayor Candler and Fire Chief Cody expressed the opinion that there was no further danger. One reason that the fire gained such headway was that firemen were fighting a blaze in West 10nd. a residence section avross town from the big fire, that broke out short? ly after noon. There were several oth? er small fires In the afternoon and the^e led to reports of incendiarism. "German spies" was heard every? where, and Fire Chief Cody intimated that ho thought the flames might be incendiary. "I have made a thorough examination of the entire section,' Mayor Candler sVid. in reply to this, "and I can positively state that the fire is not of incendiary origin." The mayor and members of the Chamber of Commerce arranged a mass meeting of business men for to? morrow to raise a fund for the suf? ferers and tonight the Red Cross and Associated Charities housed scores at the Auditorium armory ,in churches vnd private homes. Preparations were made to furnish breakfast to 5,000. Thousands of homeless persons to? night were being fed and housed in the Auditorium armory, the negro Odd Fellows' hall and in hundreds of private homes. Far six hours dynamite was re? sorted to and It finally won the fight. Fighting apparatus sent from oth^r cities was of some aid and will be of more as aero after acre of smoul? dering ruins tonight await water to make them safe. Only one death had been reported tonight. Mrs, Hodges died of shock after her home burned. Sixty in? jured persons Were taken to hospitals, but it was reported none was seriously hurt. Approximately T.r? blocks were de? vastated but the area can not be cor? rectly estimated by blocks, as after the fight at Ponce dc lx?on avenue the flames skirted that thoroughfare on the south side of the street for some distance. Officials tonight WOUld not hazard a guess at the monetary loss. The de? stroyed buildings ranged all the way from shacks occupied by negroes to homes up to $t;.O00 or $8.000. Some estimates were between $2,000,001) or $3,000,000, but they neither came from Sources nor were based on calculations to give them weight. The fiie started in 1 ho Skinner Stor? age and Warehouse plant near De catur street, just east of Fort street, from a. cause not determined toni?ht. It quickly spread to the small houses nearby which were dry from lack of rain. and. driven by a high wind, Started rapidly to eat its way north and northeastward. Around the llame swept area tonight with streets lit? tered with broken wires, splinters from acres of dynamited homes and all the odds and ends of furniture and Clothing that gathered in an in? describable mass from hundreds of homes, United Rtalee soldiers mood guard. The men were composed of Georgia Guardsmen and members of the officers' reserve training corps of Fort McPherson. Col. Noyes, with headquarters in an automobile re? pair shop near the burned district, had mapped out the burned area and placed his soldiers. Strict orders were Issued that nothing be removed from streets, vacant lots and yards. Night Police Chief Jett and Col. Noyes agreed that to allow anything to be moved would invite looting. There had been little of that late tonight. MRS. ELIZABETH DOBY DEAD. Widow of Confederate Officer Passes Away at Daughter's Home?Funer? al in Camd.cn. Columbia, May 18.?Mrs. Elizabeth K. Doby, widow of the late Capt. Al? fred English Doby, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. M. English, on the Asylum road. The funeral will be held this morning at 9 o'clock in the Fresbyteruxn church at Camden. Mrs. Doby was before her marriage Miss Elizabeth K. Kennedy, a promi? nent citizen of Camden. She was a sister of Gen. John D. Kennedy, also of Camden. Although she had passed her 76th birthday, Mrs. Doby always took an active part in church work. She was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church throughout her long life. Mrs. Doby was also greatly interested In the work of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a woman of many fine traits of character and made friends wherever she went. Sorrow at her death will be wide? spread. Her husband, the late Capt. Alfred English Doby, was a member of Gen. Kershaw's staff. He was killed at the Battle of the Wilder? ness. Mrs. Doby's only child, Mrs. B. M. English, survives her. She is sur? vived by one brother and one sister, A. Daulton Kennedy of Camden, and Mrs. Edward Burrows of Sumter. Other members of the family surviv? ing are three grandchildren, Beve ley English, Jr., and Misses Elizabeth and Maria English of Columbia. SUPPLY LABOR FOR FARMS. National Government System Now hi Sight. Washington, May 17.?Organization of a national government system of supplying labor for the country's farms this summer probably will be completed by the agricultural and labor departments within two weeks, and in a short time thereafter the government expects to be enrolling hundreds of thousands of men. women and boys for farm work. The plan, outlined today by W. J. Spillman, chief of the agricultural de? partment's office of farm manage? ment,- calls for the cooperation of all State food organizations. In each State the governor will name a board to direct tho work, the boards to name county agents and they in turn com? munity agents. Community agents will register persons wo can give a part of their time this summer to farm labor, and will register also the ordinary surplus of farm labor. The community agents will report to county agents any surplus of labor or labor needs, and county agents will report in turn to State boards. If a labor surplus or shortage exists in a St.-ie, the boards will report to the agriculture department and the labor department will assist in attaining the proper distribution. Railroads will aid by giving low transportation rates to laborers. Two hundred and fifty thousand posters will be sent throughout the country soon calling on persons to en? roll for farm labor. The depart? ments behind the plan believe cities and villages can supply a great deal of labor for short periods. RAILWAY SETTLEMENT NEAR. Officials and Brotherhood Heads Reach Agreement. New York, May 21.?Representa? tives of the railways and heads of the four brotherhoods announced that a settlement of the points at issue over the eight hour day is expected to bo reached this week. The confer? ences have been under way here for two weeks. Death. From The Dally Item. May 18. Mr. W. J. Norris, of Wedgeficld, died suddenly Thursday afternon, aged 59 years. The funeral services and interment were held at the Sumter cemetery at I o'clock this afternoon, the burial ceremony being conducted by Hollywood Camp, Woodmen of the Worll, of which the deceased was a member. Mr. Norris was one of the best known citizens of the county, having lived in the Stateburg section for many years. He is survived by one i.on, Rural Policeman Alex Nor i i. and i wo daughters, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. Semi-monthly Meeting Wae Held Sat urtlay??Food Crop Survey Neoring Completion?Interest in Food Grow? ing Campaign Continues. The Sumter County Public Safety Committee met in regular semi? monthly session in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce Saturday at noon. In the absence of Chairman Phelps, Vice Chairman H. D. Tindal presided and Mr. S. A. Harvin waa elected secretary protem in place of Secretary Reardon who was also out of town for the day. Five townships made reports on the progress of the food crop survey of the county. Two of the townships not reporting were Sumter and State burg which had reported the com? pletion of the surveys in those town? ships at the previous meeting. Provi? dence township, through Mr. J. C. Dunbar reported an almost complete survey. Manchester and Privateer townships also reported the survey practically completed. There we're no reports from Middleton and Rafting Creek. Concord reported that the survey would be completed before the next meeting. Shiloh reporte^V^ progress in the survey. Reports were also made as to the distribution of seed and the progress of the food growing campaign. All reports were encouraging and the In* terest in the work appears to be well sustained. There was an interesting general discussion of the situation; the com? mittee is seeking to make the food campaign of benefit in as many ways as possible. A committee was appointed to inves? tigate the tin can situation wtth a view of obtaining a supply of cans at a reasonable price. Secretary Reardon of the Chamber of Commerce requests that all v/h6r may wish to purchase tin cans for putting up fruits and vegetables will communicate with him as plans are being made to purchase a carload of cans if there is demand for that quan? tity in Sumter county. CHICKEN FAT VALUABLE. Washington, May 17.?Do you throw away the body fat of poultry? big layers of clean, sweet, yellow fat around the gizzard and found else? where around the intestines of the chicken? If you do, say specialists ot the United States department of agriculture, you are throw4^'*snujry"*""" fat which French housewives consid? er the finest of fats for making cokes and especially puff raste, in certain seasons in New York and other big cities, this fat is so highly esteemed that it brings as much as $1.10 per pound. So great <s the demand for this fat that many people make a business of collecting it from butch? ers and others who c ress poultry be? fore delivering it to customers. House? wives would do well :o insist on hav? ing it delivered if they buy their poul? try dressed. By using chicken fat in cooking they can cut down the amount of fat they must buy for that purpose. Te prepare it, try it out in a double boiler; or other vessel set in hot water, until the fat just melts away from the tissues and can be poured off. This fat becomes rancid easily and should be kept cool and covered like butter and used in a very few days. Chicken fat, like goose fat, may be used for shortening in cakes such as spice cake where the season? ing used will mask any flavor which the fat might have. It can also be used for frying the chicken itself or other meats and for warming vege tales, etc. When the baby takes too much food thte stomach turns; the result is indigestion, sourness and vomiting. Frequently the bowels are involved and there is colic pains and diar? rhoea. McGee's Baby Elixir is a grand corrective remedy for the stomach and bowel disorders of ba? bies. It Is pure, wholesome and pleasant to take. Price 25c and 50c. per bottle. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. Willie Reardon. one of the men ar? rested several weeks ago on the charge of selling liquor, was placed on trial before Recorder Harby and a jury Thursday. Reardon denied the charge and endeavored to satisfacto? rily account for the fact that th?ro was evidence that he had sold liqtor to city detectives and that the liquor in question was produced in court. The conflicting testimony evidently created a doubt in the minds of some of the jurymen, for the jury was un? able to agree on a verdict and a mis? trial was ordered. Mr. Abe Ryttenberg was elected a director of the Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association at the meeting of the Association in Galveston, Tex. Dizziness, vertigo (blind staggers), sallow complexion, flrtutence * are symptoms of a torpid liver. No one can feel well while the liver Is Inactive. Herbine is a powerful liver stimu? lant. A dose or two will cause All bilious symptoms to disappear. Try I it. Price ROe. Sold by Slhert's Drug I Store?Advt, - ,