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ftOUTH CAROLINIANS RESPOND
I%OMPTLY TO CALL FOR
MILITARY ELIOIBLKS.
Vae4trtal Ftauree From Forty-four
Cowsties Sliow Ont Hundred and
twhwU ?threo Thousand Young Men
of lease RtSJSSVertd for Milit?r;
Ol um bfc, jun# 7?TTnofflciai rc.
turn? from 44 counties for registra?
tion In tooth Carolina under the se?
lective set showa that 123,368 men
hilwes* the ages of 11 and 30 years,
tnsruotve. have been Hated for mili?
tary ssrvlso.
Reports havs been received from
AH counties except Charleston and
,ljee* Complete returns were recelv
e? fVtsa the city of Charleston.
Of the II.? 2 4 white men register
ssv under thai act 89,71? were list?
ed as Indicating exemptions. Of the
SM44 negroes registering 42,6 74 were
neeed as indicating exemption. The
total number Indicating exemption la
?Mia.
Oov. Manning had bo announce?
ment to make last night as to the
total number of registrations. He win
today telegraph complete report with
the provost marshal general In Wash
saeTtew.
These listed as Indicating exemp?
tion include legislative, judicial and
eheeutlve officers, persons totally dis?
abled, those having dependent rela
aad Occupational exemptions.
tfeCsftDENT WANTS GOVERN
ifJCNT TO GET EARLY CON?
TROL OVER NATION'S
FOOD SUPPLY.
I?
oedd Chech High Prices Fears Eu
loswan Competition In Markets
Might Cause Cnrest In Big Cities.
Washington. June 6.?President
Wilson today asked members of the
senate agricultural committee t act
quwkly upon the pending legislation
to ghs ths government control of
the nation's staple food supply. Hs
sgpiceot'l the fear that If congress de?
layed, European nstlons largely de?
pendent on American supplies might
to compete with each other In
tog here in such fashion as to
prices In the Cnfted States to
ig weights and bring about un
feet la ths great cities. The president
4M Urged psssage of the administra?
tion bill under which railroads could
he compelled to give preference to
food and fuel shipments.
Both Democratic and Republican
members of ths committee were call?
ed la by the president and Ms state?
ment* are said to have mads a decld
ee impression. It was emphasized
that the farmer has nothing to fear
from the price-fixing fsatires of the
kgtsh.tkn snd that ths >nty person
who might suffer Is the ?peculator.
BWVN?OLIA At IAIN ATTACHED.
ateamer Ptres at Suhnm
AUarktng Her.
London. Juns 6.?The American
eteatnshtp Mongolia fired four shots
On June t St a German submarine
which discharged a torpedo at the
Ilaer. Neither the Mongolia nor the
submarine were damaged.
Ths Mongolia waa 250 miles from
ths British coast when the submarine
appeared and fired a torpedo. By skil?
ful mane um'ring the steamer escaped
the torpedo and opened on the sub.
marine with her guns. Four shots
were fired. The submarine fled at*
though unhlt. The Mongolia proceed?
ed on her voyage and has arrived at a
British port
ft was the Mongolia which fired the
ft rat gun for America In the war and
sank a German submarine. After leav?
ing on the voyage Just completed this
liner put back to port on account of
an accident to a gun.
On a voyage to England In April the
Mongolia fired on a suhmarlno In
British waters. <>n his arrival ln,Lon
don Capt Iths auJd there was no
dosbt the submarine had been sunk
It wus reported unofficially later that
the captain of the u-boal had been
killed and that the craft had been
iameged budly but had reached Kiel
When off Nantucket Island on her
latest voyage two nursea were killed
snd one was Injured by a dofectlve
shall tired during gun pructlce.
Jl'PITFH RE AC 11 FX FRANCE.
Failed Nietes Collier Carries Wheat
end Muppliea for American Troop*.
Washington. Juns 7 ?The nav il
eolller Jupiter has arrived In France
with a large supply of wheat and oth?
er supplies, the navy department an?
nounced. The ship sailed from Amer?
ica without any Intimation of her voy?
age hetng given out. The newspaper
Matin at Carla any* the. supplies are
lor American troops.
wie m ?ML
BRITISH HH ATTER GERMAN LINE
IN BELGIUM.
Blow by Advance Positions and Fol?
low ap Demoralized Germans, Cap?
turing Ridge From Ypres to Ar*
mlentlcres.
British Headquarters in France,
June 7.?From a staff correspond?
ent of the Associated Press?It is
learned that the British made a ru?di
this morning on the ridge on the
Messlnes-Wytschaette front that took
them well over the ridge where they
are entrenching. The village of Mes
slness is reported captured, also
Lenfer and Zareeba, whiio Wytschaette
trench positions all the way from ob?
servation ridge, southeast of Ypres to
a point north of Armientieres. More
than a million pounds of high explo?
sives was blown up under the Ger?
man forward positions, badly demoral?
ising them. The operation was the
most gigantic In the history of the
war. Tanks were in the thick of the
fighting.
The British captured
THE CHILDREN'S PLAY GROUND.
Volunteer Workers are Needed to
Make it a Success.
The children's play ground will be
conducted on the grounds of the boys'
high school on Calhoun street. The
grounds will be opened on June 16th.
Now the play ground committee of
the Civic League are anxious to give
every volunteer a Job. Won't you.
the reader, volunteer to help the com?
mittee? This comm'ttee is composed
of Mrs. I. C. Strauss, Mrs. W. L.
Branson. Mrs. Douglas China, Mrs. C.
W. McGreW, Mrs. W. J. Mills. Mrs. A.
C. Phslps and Mrs. O. H. Folley.
The commltte asks every young
man and young woman Interested In
play ground and recreation work to
serve as a volunteer in helping the
directress conduct the play ground.
Won't you, therefore, let the com?
mittee know at once If you will give
your assistance. The committee wants
your services it you can dance; if you
are musical; if you like to go on a
hike Into the woods; if you can play
basketball, or volley ball, or other
team games; if you can sew, em?
broider or make baskets; if you can
tell stories that children would like
to hear, or if you can do aynthing
that would help the directress in this
work.
In this way the committee is open?
ing up an opportunity to the young
people of the city. Everybody loves
the children; everybody wants to see
them happy and cared for, and you
can well give a little of your time
ones or twice a week o help out.
Won't you let us hear from you?
Miss Florence Obenschaln. a train-'
od playground worker, has been en?
gaged to direct the work. Miss
Obenschaln is thoroughly prepared
and equipped for this task, and will
provide wholesome and proper play
and recreation for the children, if she
has the help of the young men and
young women of the city to carry out
her plans.
Lot us know how many times a
week, and how much time on each
day you can give during June, July
and August, and what kind of work
you are willing to engago.ln. You
might write or phone Mrs. Strauss,
who is chairman of the committee.
Do not neglect this oportunity. It is
an opportunity for you as well as for
the children. Children between the
ages of four and sixteen are to be
cared for.
WILL DEFEND JERUSALEM.
Turks Have Changed Mind at In?
stance of Berlin.
Stockholm, via London, June 5.?
Tho Turks have changed tholr mini
concerning tho defense of Jerusalem,
according to information reaching the
Associated Press from a trustworthy
source.
Less than a fortnight ago the
Turks had decided to evacuate Jer?
usalem without buttle, provided the
city was seriously menaced. It has
been learned that this decision has
been changed at the Instance of (ler
mens and that the city will be de?
fended.
RECRUITING IN AMERICA.
!*roepcrtA Bright for England's First
Drive for Recruits.
New York. June 6.?On the eve of
the llrst drive for recruits among
British residents of the United States
tho officers here of the British re?
cruiting commission in charge of Brig.
Oen. W. A. Whi'e, today was visited
by scores of loyal Englishmen seek?
ing Information. First recruits will
be accepted tomorrow morning and It
is said by members of the commis?
sion that the opening day of the cam?
paign will bring a largo number of
men to tho colors.
CLIMAX OF REUNION REACHED
WITH PARADE.
Old Vets Escorted up Pennsylvania by
Federal Veterans ? Reviewed by
President Wilson?Election of Of?
ficers This Afternoon.
Washington, June 7.?The climax
I of the Confederate Reunion came to?
day when thousands of old soldiers
marched up Pennsylvania avenue, es?
corted by a command of their former
foes and cheered by a hundred thou?
sand visitors, to the president's re?
viewing stand. Arter the parade will
come the election of officers and the
selection of the next meeting place.
Only Tulsa, Okla., has formally ex?
tended an invitation.
IiAyseed toorbittaT Abroad.
Krasnoff of Sumter Tells of His Ex?
periences In Now York.
Editor Sumter Daily Item.
When I left home in my self-pro?
pelling wagon to travel In strange
lands I anticipated all kinds of trou?
ble by losing my way, travel through
some woded lands where the compass
and the Indian trails, or cowpaths
would be my only guides; through
crowded streets in the great metro?
politan districts of the East, where
wagons and carts and street card and
trains and pedestrians of all kinds are
ooalng hence and forth in innumer?
able droves, where traffic rules of ev?
ery description to be complied with
from a plain policeman on the center
of the street to all kinds of mechani?
cal devices, which tells to stop, turn,
back up, go on, pass, halt danger, slow
down, bo careful, no speeding, hurry
up, etc. Every town has its own
rules and regulations, their different
colors in denoting the meaning to go
or stop, it is quite confusing for a
provincial country boy like me to go
through all these evolutions and con?
tortions and come out without a
scratch.* In some respects I was for?
tunate on being a stranger and while
I have committed several infractions
of the traffic rules here as elsewhere,
I was let off on the ground of being
unfamiliar with the rules, with the
notice that in the future I shall be
careful, the first offense being excus?
able.
In order to give you some idea of
the great travel on the congested cen?
ters, and for the information of those
who may find themselves in my po?
sition, and thinking they know how
to handle a car, so they should not be
self-reliable, I want to point out the
Immensity of the travel and the dif?
ficulty of those who are not used to
crowded thorughfares. Last Sunday,
the fl-st Sunday 1 spent in New York,
I taken a spin "around town,'
starting from Borough Park, Brook?
lyn, via Eastern Parkway to Coney
Island and back, over Bedford Ave?
nue, over Brooklyn Bridge, through
Broadway and Fifth Avenue to Central
Park and Riverside Drive, through
Boston Road b? way of New Rochell
to Rye Beach, a distance of about 47
miles. These are the main thorough?
fares of pleasure and traffic travels,
and through the entire trip the line
of cars going and coming both ways
arc two and three abreast and fol?
lowing each other no more than 100
feet apart. You can not pass or go
by one of these ears as the roadway is
always full. You simply have to fol?
low one another unless there is some
break down or falling out of the line,
or anything else. Every one Is trav?
eling about the same speed, between
18 and 25 miles per hour, and It is
just as hard to slow down as it Is to
Hpeed up, because you will soon get
a good calling down, either by the po?
lice or your co-traveler behind you.
If you aro somewhat of a mathc
| mat Ida n, it will bo a good problem
I to (Igure out, taking tho number of
nutos on a Sunday trip on this 4
mile run to bo about 400 to the mile
going both ways, and granting that
each driver owns his own car Is able
to subscribe about half a dozen reg?
istered Liberty Loan Bonds, how much
of the bonds could be subscribed on
a trip like this.
The greatest peculiarity about tho
travel here, despite the speed and con?
gestion there are very few fatal ac?
cidents on these thoroughfares, a great
deal less than in our roomy country
and slow travel. I know on our Sum?
ter streets there are very few children
on tho streets and yet the mothers
are getting hysterical when they see
a car two blocks away while hor chil?
dren Ort playing In the yard, while
here in New York, the cars are run?
ning at a 20 mile speed through the
streets while thousands of little chil?
dren are playing on the streets?the
only play grounds they have?especial?
ly when the devilish little boys are al?
ways ready to play tricks on you und
run right into your cars, but very sel?
dom fall to get out of your way when
you think thero is absolutely no
chance of avoiding q catastrophe. It
keeps the uninitiated always on the
tips of his courago und your heart
BATTLE WITH SUBMARINE.
ARMED MERCHANTMAN MORE
THAN MATCH FOR U-BOAT.
Running Engagement With Armed
Ship Terminates in Supposed Vic?
tory for Merchantman.
Washington, June 6.?A German
submarine is believed to have been
sunk by an armed American steamer
in a running fight lasting an hour
and a half in which 35 shots were
fired by the submarine and 25 by
the steamer. An official announce?
ment by the state department today
says the steamer's final shot "appar?
ently struck the submarine, which
raised clear out of the water and
stood stern up for a few seconds.
Then she disappeared."
SHAERvSHF.LIi FIXED U-BOAT.
French Publish Name Of American
ship That Destroyed Submarine.
Washington, June 7.?After the an?
nouncement from Paris that the Amur
?
lean steamer Silvershell had sunk a
German submarine, the navy depart?
ment stated that the Silvershell was
the vessel referred to in yesterday's
announcement, but it la against the
policy of this government to publish
the name of sUch vessels. The gun
crew was commanded by William J.
Clark of New York, a former war?
rant officer of the battleship Arkansas.
Secretary Daniels said It was a fine
piece of work and he Is considering
promoting Clark. Jerry L. Patterson
of Forsyth county, Georgia, Is a mem?
ber of the crew.
MRS. PANKHURST TO RUSSIA.
Militant to Explain Suffragette's Views
of War.
London, June 6.?The government
has promised facilities to a deputation
from the Woman's Social and Politi?
cal Union, headed by Mrs. Emma
line Pankhurst, the militant suffra?
gette, to proceed to Russia to ex?
plain their views on the war. Mrs.
Parkhurst last week requested pass?
port from Premier Lloyd George for
her party. In her letter she said
that If the govenment permitted Jas.
Ramsay McDonald, the labor leader,
and his party to go to Russia to
preach their "unpatriotic doctrine,"
there could be no excuse for "hin?
dering patriotic women fro a going."
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GERMANY'S FOOD SUPPLY.
Officials Declare Stocks Sufficient Un?
til Peace is Declared.
Berlin, via London, June 6.?It Is
officially stated that at a conference
between the Prussian house of lords
and the heads of tho various govern?
ment departments it was decided that
there was complete assurance that the
food supply was sufficient to enable
the country to hold out for the re?
mainder of the crop year and until the
conclusion of a victorious peace. All
problems connected with the matter of
public feeding were thoroughly dis?
cussed.
The conferences formulated regula?
tions for the crop of 1917-18 and con?
sidered all possibilities of food dis?
tribution.
Riot in Prison.
Chicago. June 5.?Rioting in the
State prison at Joilct is reported. The
temporary warden telegraphed the
governor for militia to put down the
riot. Three fires wore set In the pris?
on, according to the report.
Five flre-s were started by the con
victs. Two troops of puardsmcn dro\e
the convicts away from the blazes so
the firemen could work. After three
hours they had not subdued them, but
were making progress herding them
to the guard cell house.
LOUJJiL,L(lilUUf bW l!il. !lLji.|iii_ i
seems to bo constantly hanging and
chucking in your breast, but after one
gets used to It he manages to keep
cool and self-controlled.
I can say that my little buggy 1ms
attracted more attention than any oth?
er car in this city. 1. could notice it
from the close observation of the
traffic police who constantly take
elude observation of Its number and
the passers by who often read aloud
my license tag and I can hear the
words South Carolina everywhere I
pass. Especially the little boys on
the streets calling out aloud the name,
and those w ho do not yet know what
S. C. stands for are speculating as to
where it co nes from, some say it U
South Carlblan country and others
compromise by saying it from Some
Country, and naturally the title of
hayseed is fastened on my hack. T\\o
reason for this Is, that S. C. Is the
only State adopting the yellow and
black plates, while all others have
It In black and white. The greates t
surprise to me Is, however, that 1 have
I not seen another South Carolina car
on my entire trip, from the time I left
our State boundary, and so felt lone?
some and odd ever since.
s. L. Krnsnoff,
1 New York, June 4.
COUNTY BOARD MEETING.
J. B. Bradley Elected Rural Police?
man to Peioceed W. E. McBride, IHi
ccased?Complaint from Gasoline
Dealers.
Yesterday the regular meeting of
the County Board of Commissioners
was held in the supervisor's office.
All members were present, with the
exception of Mr. W. M. Lenoir.
Mr. M. H. Beck was present with a
request that he be allowed to install
a chewing gum slot machine at Po
calla, which was to deliver five-cent
package of gum. This machine, he
explained, gave each customer his
money*! worth, there being no
blanks, tut each person operating the
machine had a chance for an extra
prize. The question as to the legal?
ity of operating such a machine was
raised and the matter was referred to
the county attorney.
A petition was presented from Mr.
George F. Epp -son asking that the
board prohibit the sale of gasoline in
the county on Sundays. He explained
that the city ordinance forbids the
purchase of gasoline, except in cases
of necessity, and then it had to be
bought under a permit. These per?
mits arc issued only to doctors and
non-residents and thus make it nec?
essary for those wishing gasoline to
get it in the conutry. This was a
manifest injustice to the city dealers
and places them at a disadvantage.
After considerable discussion, the
Board decided that this was a mat?
ter of law enforcement which was
In the hands of the sheriff and com?
plaint should be made to him.
Messrs. A. C. Phelps, E. I. Reardon,
E. W. Dabbs. G. A. Lemmon, S. I.
Wilson, Neill O'Donnell, DuRant
Tisdale and others appeared before the
Board with a request that the Black
River road be put in better shape be?
fore the tobacco season opened. Mr.
Wilson said that the landowners along
tho way were willing to contribute
one-half the ami ' necessary for
putting this road in ,ood shr >e. He
was requested to collect this amount
and turn it over to the county. Su?
pervisor White informed the Board
that it was his intention to repair this
road immedlatey with the material
which he now has on hand.
Mr. White also informed the Board
that he had turned over to the Sumter
Light Infantry $250 upon advice of
Senator Epps that this organization
alone was entitled to this amount. The
Board approved his action. The Board
authorized the Supervisor to call for
further bids for the improvements on
the jail and to proceed with the work
as decided upon. The official bonds of
Auditor Wilder and Rural Policeman
Boykin were approved.
An election was held to fill the po?
sition of the late W. E. McBride as
rural policeman. Of the dozen appli?
cants for the job, Mr. J. B. Bradlej
was elected.
A letter was read from the Southern
Bell Telephone Company stating that
a customer had connected his phone
to the line leading to the alms house
The company was In no wise respon?
sible for this and the Board could
either disconnect the telephone or
collect for it.
After the reading and approval of
the minutes of the last meeting and
the ordering that several claims be
paid, the Board adjourned.
NEED OFFICERS FOR SHIPS.
Campaign for 150,000 Men for Mer?
chant Marine.
Washington, June 4.?A campaign
to recruit and train 160,000 men to
officer the ships of the new American
merchant marine, was announced to?
night by the Federal Shipping Board
and the Department of Commerce.
Henry Howard, of Boston, has been
appointed director with offices in tho
Boston Custom House.
The first nautical training school
under government, direction was open?
ed today near Boston. Fourteen sim?
ilar schools will be established along
the Atlantic coast, and later the train?
ing system may be extended to the Pa?
cific coast and Great Lakes. Appli?
cants may be of any age, but must be
In good physical condition. Pre?
vious nautical experience la desirable
and men will be paid "reasonable
compensation" during training, which
probably will last two months. Grad?
uates must be examined and licensed
by the Commerce Department steam?
boat inspection division. An an?
nouncement made today points out
that merchant skippers receive 1*350
a month and mates 1260, with addi?
tional war bonuses.
Bonus for Telegraphers.
The Weste:r. Union has announced
two special payments, one about first
of July, covering employees In service
January 2nd, and the second about
January 1st, 1918 coveting employee:,
who were In the Horvice from July
2nd. $12.50 to each messenger for
each period; S per cent of the annual
salary to all under $1,200.06 per year
and r. per cent, to all over $1,200 pe?
annum.
COHN ADVANCES IN PRICK.
CJilcagb Market Jatop? up Eight to
Nim? Cents.
Chicago, June ?.?There were ex?
treme advances today of eight and
seven-eighths to nine and a-half cents
on corn in process of adjusting trades,
because of the adoption of a maxi?
mum price of $1.65 a bushel which
was far in advance of deferred deliv?
eries.
NAVAJOS ON RAMPAGE. '
Flagstaff, Ariz., june 5.?Navajo
Indians drove an Indian agent and
other federal officers off the govern?
ment reservation 100 miles northeast
of here today when the latter went to
register the Indians under the selec?
tive draft bill, according to advices
reaching here tonight. The federal
officers feared the Indiana would go
on the war path if further attempts
were made to register them, it was re?
ported.
Chamber of Commerce Notre.
"The Sumter Chamber of Com?
merce, Sumter, S. C, and the United
States Department of Agriculture co?
operating" is the wording which will
hereafter be used by the Sumter
commercial organization on all of Its
letter heads, where correspondence re?
lating to cooperative work that Is be?
ing conducted by the Sumter Cham?
ber of Commerce ahd the United
States department . of agriculture,
Clemson College, Winthrop College
and the Sumter County Rome and
Farm Demonstration agents.
Special permits have been issued
from the department of coperatlve ex?
tension work and home economics of
the United States department of ag?
riculture ahd of Clemson college by Dr.
W. W. Long, director of extension, fcr
the use of this stamp by the Sumter
Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Long
will issue instructions to Mr. J.
Frank Williams, local county agent
and Misses Mary Lemmon ahd Minnie
Jones, home demonstration agents fbr
Sumter county, to use tola stamp on
their official correspondence, where
the demonstration departments ahd
the Chamber of Commerce are co?
operating In any agricultural or do?
mestic science line of endeavor.
This concession has been granted
because of the unusual spirit of " co?
operation between the Sumter Cham?
ber of Commerce and the various de?
partments of the federal department
of agriculture, and with the Sumter
county home and farm demonstra?
tion agents. The Sumter chamber of
Commerce mails out many thousands
of bulletins and circular letters an?
nually to the farmers, girls canning,
domestic science, women's houle dem?
onstration and boys' pig and corn
clubs of this county, on many subjects
of Improved methods of agriculture,
poultry, livestock, and conservation of
home grown or raised products, boll
weevil, diversification, etc.
This is a complimentary recognition
of the spirit of cooperation which the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce has ex?
hibited in the fight for the upbuilding
of the agricultural districts, and in
assisting in every possible way In
making the rural homes more effi?
cient, economical, and beautiful, also
in trying to assist in making the ru?
ral schools more efficient, and de?
veloping the usefulness of the boya'
pig and corn clubs, girls' canning and
tomato, and the women's home dem?
onstration clubs of this county, and
other agricultural work of the Sum?
ter commercial organization.
This stamp will serve to show all
persons to whom letters and bulletins
are addressed from the Chamber of
Commerce, that the federal govern?
ment, Clemson College and Winthrop
(College recognize the Sumter Cham?
ber of Commerce as a cooperative or?
ganization with the agricultural de?
partment and the agricultural and In?
dustrial colleges of South Carolina.
Why do not the house-keepers of
Sumter get together and organize a
home keepers marketing association
such as have been organized in Co?
lumbia, and othe'r South Carolina
cities and towns?
At the next meeting of the direc?
tors of the Sumter Chamber of Com?
merce the reopening of the Sumter
Curb Market Is scheduled for the spe?
cial order of the meeting.
The Sumter Curb Market as long as
it lasted, proved to be a very valuable
enterprise for both producers end
consumers. But the farmers were
not organized and failed to bring in
with any degree of regularity or with
any regulation of prices the necessary
produce to warrant housekeepers In
going to the curb market on every
curb market day.
Mr. K. K. Friar this week closed
out the lot of 131 bales of cottop that
he has been holding in warehouse,
some of It for more than a year. He
received 21 l-l cents for the lot, p.
G. Bowman, the local buyer, who has
handled more big lots of cotton re?
cently than any other buyer In this
section of I he State, being the pur?
chaser, ^JL