Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T. DUNCAN AGAIN. OMM'<kUtc for Governor 10 Go to France With Roosc John T. Duncan has offered his torrtoso to The<>dore Roosevelt as a VOlnnieei In the proposed army divi? sion, which the Progressive leader Osnjteiepit teil taking to France, and han also asked permission to raise a ftftanent in 8outh Carolina. Mr. sVfoneelt acknowledged Mr. Duncan's Os^or and Inquired as to the number 1 Of aeon who mi<ht be enlisted from ~1pJh State. It was in response to the nmniry as to the number of men 4 jPlhJht'T in South Caiolina that Mr. Onjnonn telegraphed last night, ask Hjn* fomthwlon to raise a reg. >nt. ? to TJee the Road Drag. Oomnon College. April 25.? If a COYt road i? properly built, the road nW Will keep It In ;*ood condition. InnO any other work there Is a best to do it These rules from the Magazine, tell how to get the right results Use a light drag. Hanl H over the road at an angle net that a small amount of earth is ?shod toward the center of the road. Drive n team at a walk. Bide on the drag; do not walk. Begin at one side of the road, re turning tip the opposite side. Drag the road as soo.t after every ' rain an possible but tot when the } snnd si In such condit'on as to stick to the drag. j> Do not drag a dry road. Drag whenever poeiibls at all sea eonn of the year. The ntdth of the traveled way to no maintained by the drag should be fron? It to 20 feet; first drsg a little than the width of a single wheel , then gradually Increase until Width Is obtained. "Always drag ? Httle earth towards center of the road until It le rals from 10 to 12 Inches above the of the traveled way. |f the drag cuts too much, shorten hitch. The best results from dragging are cmatnod only by repeated application. Way to Prosperity. War or no war If the people of the south generally and of York county especially, pursue the course that Is now being urged so strongly upon thorn, and which they can see for themselves Is the bett. thing, they will bring about the greatest era of pros? perity they have ever known. There la no better or surer foundation of wealth than an abundance of food? stuffs for man and an abundance of fv xlstuffs for beast. Plenty of chick ene* hogs, sheep, cattle and the like are actual wealth in themselves and they can be exchanged for anything that the heart might desire.?York mie Enquirer. Onions for Profit. The onion le an Important truck crop. It thrives best on a very fer? tile soil. On clay soli they will grow fairly well, but are much more difficult to cultivate and the yield ht never as g;eat. In selecting land for onions, care should be taken not to select a field previously grown in groin, as the grain will volunteer and cause trouble, coming up at abojt the name time as the onion seeds germinate. The best varieties to grow for commercial purposes are Whits Pearl and Prize Taker. These are onions of large size attractive appearance and very mild flavor. An eoon as tie onions are three or four Inches high they should be cultivated uxtng an ordinary wheel Oes. It Is necessary to continue UuO cultivation, espeelally after every rain, until the onions begin to sprout. Ii the onion held is allowed to be 3oros Infested with grass or weeds, It will be expensive to eradicate them. It nays to destroy all grass and weeds as soon as they appear. Some Need One. Yorkvltls Enquirer. Kacept with a Pharoah to make them do It. the Egyptians of old would have paid no attention to Joseph? warning of the coming seven years of famine. In these da>s, however, when people are able to see the con dltlons shsad as plainly as they can see those that have gone before, there SB no need for a Pharoah. Those wb ? ava not already done so should get down on their knees and thank God that he has allowed them another seed time and harvest before the scarcity is due to reach its worst, and then all should go to work to prepare no they have never prepared before. Mr. Mood Hearon, who lives near Alcot caught last week with a perch line and hook a Red Horse, a famous Lynches river fish, that weighed 1* 1-2 pounds. Some of the scales were brought to town snd they were as large aa a silver quarter of dollar. It measured over two feet In length and old fishermen say it la the largest Red Home ever seen in these parts.? Biohopvllle Leader and Vindicator. MOBILIZATION JULY 25TII. Second Regiment Will be Called into Service July 25th and Order That Companies Must Recruit to Full Strength Issued. Washington. May 18.?All National Guard organizations will be called into federal service betw een July 15th and August 6th. The governors of all States have been authorized to re? cruit all organizations to full war strength. The dates of assembly are: July 25th for North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee; August 5th for Georgia, Florida and Alabama. It m understood all sixteen of the divisional cantonment camps for the National Guard will be in the South? eastern, Southern and Western' de? partments. The dates of guard move? ments to camps will depend upon the completion of quarters. NEGRO RESISTS ARREST. Lee Gaston, Sixty Years OW, Killed After Battle With Fort Mill Posse. Furt Mill, May 17.?Lee Gaston, a 60 year old negro, a tenant on the plantation of Col. Leroy Spring's in the Gold Hill section of Fort Mill township, was shot to death near his home Tuesday night by a constable's posse while resisting arrest. There were 14 men, all white, in the posse and the negro's bod1' vas riddled with bullets. Tuesday afternoon Constable J. F Lee went to the negro's house with a trespass warrant for his arrest. The negro was at home and agreed to come to town with the constable but asked to be allowed to go inside the house for his coat. The request was granted and in a minute or two he came to the door with a Winchester rifle In his hands and said he would not submit to arrest. Finding it impossible to catch the negro off his guard Constable Lee re? turned without htm and after com? municating with the sheriff summon? ed a posse to assist In the arrest. The posse did not locate Gaston until 11 o'clock last night when he was seen approaching a house near his house. He was ordered to halt but responded by firing upon the posse with his rifle. The posse then opened fire on the negro. He lived a few hours. He had 53 rifle cartridges In his pockets when V was shot. OUTRAGES IN PALESTINE. Deputy Cohn Asks Hollweg What is to Be Done About It. London, May 16.?An Amsterdam dispatch to The Times says that Dep? uty Cohn, an Independent Socialist, asked Chancellor von Bethmann-Holl weg in the Reichstag if he was pre? pared to exert influence on the Turk? ish government to prevent as far as was still possible a reptition of the Armenian atrocities in Palestine. Deputy Cohn said that Djemal Pasha, commander of the Turkish forces in Syria, at the end of March had ordered all Jews, including Ger? man, Austro-Hungarinn and Bulgar subjects, to be removed from Jaffa and its neighborhood. Djemal Pasha said military consideration required this, although Deputy Cohn said his German chief of staff said it was un? necessary. The expelled Jews were reported to have been subjected under the eyes of the Turkish authorities to violence and robbery, many being killed. The Turks also did nothing toward feed? ing the fugitives. Deputy Cohn add? ed that Germany would incur a great moral responsibility if she took no action. The Marines' Hymn. From the Halls of Monteduma, To the shores of Tripoli, Wo fight our country's bxttles On the land a.s on the uea. First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean We are proud to claim the title Of United States Marine. t From the Pest Hole of Cavlto To the Ditch at Panama. You will find them very needy Of Marines?That's what wo are; We're the watch dogs of a pile of coal Or we dig a magazine, Though he lends a hand at every job Who would not be a MAKINE? Our flag's unfurled to every breeze From dawn to setting sun, We have fought in every clime or place Where we could take a gun; In the SnOW of far off Northern lands And in sunny tropic scenes, You will find us always on the Job? Tin: UNITED status ma kinks. Here's health to you and to our Corps Which we are proud t?, serve, In many a strife we have fought for life And never lost our nerve; If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven's scenes, They will And the streets are guarded bv THE UNITED STATES MARINES. EACH MVST DO IIIS BIT. Share for Everybody to Do in Pres? ent Crisis, and if He Fails Ho is a "Slacker." (From Manufacturers Record.) For the protectiqn of its own life and in order to help save civilization from destruction by barbarism, this country is at war with Germany. The cost in suffering, in privation, in lives and in treasure may be greater than we can at present forecast, but the sacrifice is demanded of us. It was not of our choosing. It was forced upon us against our will. President Wilson struggled as probably no oth? er man in human history ever strug? gled to save the nation from war. Now that we have entered the con? test, a weighty responsibility rests upon every man and woman. All must do their part. No one can shirk the duty of the hour without being a "slacker" and the "slackers" will be those who, in business! whether on the farm, in the office, in the factory or in their homes, fail to measure up to the responsibilities of the hour. The war may be long and desper? ate. It may tax our strength physi? cally and financially. It may call for sacrifices such as none in our coun? try have known except the women of the South who lived through the pri? vations and terrors of the Civil War. For four years Southern women fought a greater fight even than the .oic men who, under Lee and Jack? son, footsore and weary and hungry, maintained that mighty contest. This war may not be fought upon our own soil, but no one dare say thai it is impossible. We are fighting the most terrifflc war machine, the most ruthless pc er the world has over known, and no man can say where its blows may strike us. Our country has summoned its peo? ple to arms to save ourselves and our nation ere it be too late. We hesi? tated long. We waited with patience that seemed endless as ignominy was heaped upon us and as our people were murdered, hiding, as we were, behind the English fleet, which was our only safety. Indeed, as a nation we were "slackers," skulking behind that fleet which alone saved us from Belgium's fate. We covered our eyes to shut out the light and stopped our ears, refusing to see the inevitable and unwilling to hear the insistent call of duty. To many of our people all of this has been as plain as the midday sun for more than two years, but the vast majority refused to see or hear, and preferred to seek peace and prosperity rather than duty and national salva? tion. It is never pleasant to look a desperate situation squarely in the face. Every man believes ewry other man but himself to be mortal and sub? ject to the call of death, rather than sternly face the fact that he, too, may at any moment have to face death and should be prepared for it. We be? lieved that in some way we were not subject to the dangers which other countries faced, and that we could put the thought of national sickness and death far from us. At last, however, through force of circumstances and the power and strength of President Wilson's ad? dress to congress, the nation has been aroused and our people compelled to see the deadly danger that confronts us. and the dishonorable position in which aF a nation we have lived, will? ing to be saved by others without put? ting forth any effort ta save ourselves. We are awake ne w, thank God, and the mighty spirit of the nation thrills with new life anc. a new sense of re? sponsibility to urselves and to the allies who have saved us and civilUa I tion itself from destruction. It ice a Money Crop. For the past few weeks the price of rice has been gradually on the rise, and we are now paying fifty per cent, more than we were the first of the year. Every farmer has a num bzer of bottom spots on his place that will pay handsomely if planted in rice at once. The yield to the acre is wonderful and at present prices will outstrip eotton as a money crop. Plenty of good seed can be had and every farmer should at least'make enough to supply his own place and have a few bushels to sell.?Tim monsville Enterprise. lie Who Knocks the Local Pa|K?r. ? A Kansas editor has noticed that when a man finds fault with his local paper the chances are ten to one that he hasn't an advci tisement in it; five to one he never gave it a job of work; three to one that he is delinquent in his subscription; even money that he never did anything to assist the pub? lisher to make it a good paper, and forty to one that, he Is most eager to see it when it comes out. BnnlSh flb*s, and you get rid of a large proportion of typhoid fever, and Of a still greater percentage of the intestinal diseases which kill so many children every summer. It's a pretty bad citizen who won't buy screens to save the lives ol babies. CANNERY FOR ROCK HILL. Chamber of Commerce Accepts Col Rodtley's Offer. Rock Hill, May 17.?Col. John T. Roddy, one of Rock Hill's most pub? lic spirited citizens, recently made an offer to donate to the city the use of one of his buildings in West Main street, together with a canning out? fit, for a cannery. The marketing committee of the Chamber of Com? merce, of which Mr. T. L. Johnston is chc.irman, and Miss Minne Lee Gar? rison is secretary, has accepted Mr. Roidey's very liberal offer and has appointed a committee, of which Mr. Ira B. Dunlap, director of the agri? cultural department of the Chamber of Commerce, is chairman, to begin work on the matter at once. Patriotism and Babies. How the strength of the nation is being impaired by the conditions which make babies sicken and die, and what some two thousand com? munities have one to a /aken interest in the conservation of the youngest citizens, are briefly reviewed in a new bulletin on Baby Week campaigns which has just been issued by the Children's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor. Approximately one in ten of all the babies born in tho United States dies before completing twelve months of life, and the Children's Bureau says: "It was once thought that a high in 'ant death rate indicated a greater degree of vigor in the survivors. Now it is agreed that the conditions which destroy so many of the youngest lives of the community must also result in crippling and maiming many others and must react unfavorably upon the entire community." Two thousand and one hundred communities have reported to Chil? dren's Bureau the details of a Baby De.y or a Baby Week by which they called attention to the need of pro? tecting their babies. Ingenious de? vices for exhibits, new methods of distributing pamphlets on baby care, ways in which information on local conditions was secured and publish? ed, and other interesting features from these local reports are described in tho bulletin as suggestive for those who are planning a similar campaign. The bureau says: "Not all of the 2,100 communities reporting a Baby Week campaign in 1916 may find it wise to repeat the celebration in 19:.7; but the United States includes 14,186 incorporated cities, towns, and villages, and it is doubtful if among the thousands which have nev? er had a Baby Day or Baby Week there is a single town or village which would not profit from such a cam? paign." The Fly is The Tie That Binds Tho Unhealthy to the Healthy. r.7he fly has no equal as a germ "ct.rrier;" as many as five hundred million germs have been found in and on the body of a single fly. It is definitely known that the fly is the "carrier" of the germs of ty? phoid fever; it is widely believed that it :.s also the "carrier" of other dis? eases, including possibly infantile pa? ralysis, The very presence of a fly is a signal and notification that a housekeeper is uncleanly and inefficient. Do not wait until the insects be? gin to pester; anticipate the annoy? ance. April, May and June are the best months to conduct an anti-fly cam? paign. The farming and suburban dis? tricts provide ideal breeding places, and the new born flies do not remain at their birth place but migrate, using railroads and other means of trans poriation, to towns and cities. Kill flies and save lives! Keep the Garden Busy. Clemson College, May 2.?Even the smallest backyard can be made to yield a supply of fresh vegetables for the family table at but slight expense if two or three crops are successively grown to keep the area occupied all the time. People who would dis? charge a clerk if he did not work the year round will often cultivate a gar? den at no little trouble and expense, then allow the soil to lie idle from the timo the first crop matures until the end of the season. Where a two or three crop system is used in con? nection with vegetables adapted to ?mall areas, a space no larger than 25x70 feet will produce enough fresh vegetables for a small family. Crops which require a large area should not be grown in a garden of this size. Half an acre properly cultivated with a careful crop rotation can be made to produce $100 worth of garden crops per year. One of the best helps toward keeplM milk clean, is the use of a pail with a partially closed top for milkisg. This keeps most of tin* dirt out of the milk. PROCEEDS OP LIBERTY LOAN. Will be Deposited in Banks That Send In Subscriptions of One Hun? dred Thousand or More. Washington, May 18.?The proceeds of the liberty loan, the treasury de? partment has announced will be de? posited in bank3 which have qualified as depositaries and which forward subscriptions of at least one hundred thousand dollars. Where possible, other financial institutions forward? ing a less amount will be treated sim? ilarly later. The government will re | ceive two per cent, interest on de-1 posits. The government's apparent inten? tion to advance approximately a bil? lion dollars to the allies before July 1st, was reflected In Secretary Mc Adoo's request to banks that they tako as large amounts of treasftiry certifi? cates as possible. Six hundred and seventy million allied loans have al? ready been advanced. THE FIGHT RELUCT ANT. (Dedicated to Woodrow Wilson, Pres? ident of the United States, by Rich? ard Wightman.) Our ships were still, or cruising gal? lantly; Our guns were silent and our flags were furled; We sought to share our weal with every one; We loved our peace and craved It for the world. s Man was our brother. Wheresoe'er he dwelt We took his hand and met him eye to eye; i We aimed to fare with him in honor? ed ways Where liberty and justice e'er must lie. Such was our wont, our passion, and our dream. Still love we all, sprung from the common womb; We keep our dream, but never could we stand In craven sorrowing by Freedom's tomb! And so, near Easter-time, when lilies white Opened their fronds to take the morn? ing sun. Our blood went hot?we sensed a stalking Death Along the living roods onr fathers won. But 'twas not this that roused us. nor the loss Of lives and ships, tho these were quite enough? We saw the mauling of our brothers' right By hands unroyal, merciless, and rough. A man may pass and suffer not there? by; A throne may totter, all may still be well; But when the birthright of the soul is struck The sure resultant is long, tragic hell. . ? And so our blood went hot! With lift? ed eyes We took to battle on the land and sea And flu g our all into the blessed Cause For Right, for Freedom, for Democ? racy. , Our mints are broken and our treas? ure spent; Our tranquil dreams are sown upon the air; 'Xeath lonely mounds our young men placid He With never heed of urge or trumpet blare. t J For who would hoard his gold in times like this? And who would falter in a periled way? And who would live when dying saves the race? And who would sleep when waking brings tho day? Fighting, to build Truth's temple, vast and strong; Paying, to gain the meed of duty done; Dying, to live in better lives to be? Ah, this is surely victory well won! Hating wc love, for hate not we our foe; We only hate the Thing for which he stands, And seek for those who follow after him The benedictte which Peace com? mands. With dags unfurled we go where hon? or calls; With feet well shod we tread the blody way; With lifted eyes we hail the peaceful dawn? The dawn of mankind's great Democ? racy! ?Prom "Pictorial Review" for .Tune TIDE NATION'S FOOD. Congress Should Heed What Mr. Hoov? er Says at Once. (From the New York Sun.) Whether Mr. Hoover is going to iiave the post of dictator of food sup? plies forced upon him or not there Is no doubt that he is the fittest man in the world for it. Never before in history has one man been charged* with the feeding of a whole nation. In directing the relief of Belgium Mr. Hoover has supervised the collection and distribution of food on a scale unprecedented in the history of phil? anthropic organizations. America faces a certain peril in the production and conservation of its food supply. We agree with Mr. Hoo? ver when he declares flatly that "there is absolutely no occasion for food panic hi this country, nor any justification for outrageous prices un? less the opposition of special interests defeats the president in obtaining the necessary powers to control the na? tion's food fully and adequately." Those powers should be employed to regulate prices and increase the surplus. It seems impossible that we shall have enough for ourselves and also for the full needs of or allies. Mr. Hoover holds that if we take measures to stimulate production we may be able to meet 80 per cent of the whole of their demand. That un? satisfied 20 per cent, is what will wreck our market, and force prices to the point of extortion, if foreign buy? ers, both Allies and neutrals, are al? lowed to come here and bid against each other and against us for food. The government must have the power to protect our markets, and to regu? late the quantity of sales to foreign buyers. The Sun is gratified to not? that in his discussion of food regulation Mr. Hoover does not urge, a multi? plicity of new commissions, bureaus and place holders to do the work. He would use the men who are already doing the work of production and dis? tribution, merely making them work for the general good instead of for themselves. As he puts it: 'Large measures of food control do not mean arbitrary interference with the necessary economic machinery of trade. They mean that every branch be called in by the government and forge themselves into a link from which the contemplated chain will protect produce*, legitimate distribu? ter and conusmer, "I have no hesitation in sJa> ra^?aOgj if the able, patriotic men representing the majority of each branch of the food trades were called in and clothed with necessary powers to control the small minority of skunks that exist in every trade, one result would be that an equally nutritious flour, based on even $1.50 wheat, could be sold In New York for a good deal under $S a barrel, and every trade would re* ceive its legitimate profit. Without control we may see $20 flour before the year is out and a total dislocation of wages and consequent dislocation of industry and living.'* The powers which Mr. Hoover would have granted to the president are enumerated In the Lever bill, now reported out of the agricultural com? mittee and which it is hoped will be taken up in the house immediately the army bill is out of the way. They are sweeping powers, but they must be. They grant almost absolute con? trol over the foodstuffs of the coun? try from the time of production to that of ultimate consumption. They confer authority to regulate prices and to check waste. They extend the presidential power to matters corre* lated with the food supply like trans? portation and storage. They are planned to meet this description of food control by Mr. Hoover: "Food control does not mean bread cards to the American people. It means the broad conservation of our food, the better handling by eiimina tion of waste and speculation. With proper control of America the gov? ernment would ask only one thing from the individual consumer?that ho eat plenty, but wisely, and waste nothing. And if democracy is a faith worth defending our people will do this service voluntarily and willing? ly." It is to be hoped the American peo? ple, and particularly congress, will listen to this voice of experience. TWENTY CENT COTTON. I?. G. Bowman Buy? Several Lot* To? taling 350 Bales at Twenty Cents. The local cotton market is still go* ing strong and cotton from all the surrounding territory is being brought to Sumter for sale, as better prices can be obtained here than elsewhere. On Thursday Mr. P. G. Bowman, who has connections that give him an out? let for large lots of cotton at the highest prices, purchased several lots of cotton, aggregating altogether about 350 bales, paying twenty cents per pound, basis biddling. Gulls feast on salmon and thell1 p?1?s.