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nm mi skips. clamk a\ri> K.i sris cKNsrin; (iOKTII \l,s WARMLY. n"aglnms \ I lego That Mmmlonnu or VbM Plan Will Hii rte Disaster to! Wntton. I } Washington, June 7.?Differences over tha government's wooden shl,> building programme came t ? i head tonight when F. A. Eustls. assistant general manager of tho E-uergenrY Fleet corporation, and his assistant, F. Huntington Clark, Isouod state easnte virtually charging MaJ. Gen Osorga Uoothals. general manager of tbe corporation, with halting bulld Ing of the vessels by prescribing a > amposelMe form of contract. Th statements reveal that tho fleet cor aoratton has juat received offers from ten Arms to build 4m wooden shirs ? within II months or 786 within i months, Qaa. Ooethals has turno 1 ghe proposals down because the bulkier* wished to construct the ship* ?a a cast plus 10 per cent, profit bams testend of contracting for a flat prl.^c gar the shlpa Mr. Bustle and Mr. Clark arc th mining 'ens(neers who originated the Wooden ship building plan adopted by the shipping board and regarded 0e?T\ ?0<^,nm? M Jropractlcablr When fhVboard formed fhe fleet co;* aoration and put Oen. Ooethals at :ts 'head, with full powers to build ships, law two engineers were assigned to tea 'corporation as the general's aides. 'Aft^r taking charge of the building programme, Oen. Ooethals turned to steel construction and limited th wooden programme to not more than lit ships in 18 months. Mr. Eustls and Mr. Clark contend the corpora tlon dan build 2.000 wooden ships within that time without Interfering with ettel build Ins. Oe?. Ooethals could not be seen to night far comment on tho statement. Chairman Penman of the shlpphr board,, who has been ropresontod a opporAnjr Oen. Ooethals' plan to re trlct wooden bulking, said: "Nope of* the members of the ship? ping board hss any knowledge of th? statement attributed to the onr' *eersvMr. Eustls and Mr. Clark in? timating a refusal by Gen. GoethuN to build ns many wooden ships at lie might, nor had they tho slightest In? timation that they were to bo Issued. Oen. Ooethuls as head of the Emer grsncyjriaet corporation, In the service of wtflrh they have been active, his entire .responsibility for tho shipbuild? ing programme, wood and steel. ?The board htis not Insistsd thai aether wood or steel J?o given prefc enoe. All that wo desire Is the maxi? mum of quickly constructed tonnag - for Immediate war necessities. Gen Ooethals has not requested any ? slalunee from the shipping board an ! any reuueet for aealstnnco tha* ha might have mado or will mako would hare been and will be given lnime dlate attention " Mr. Eustls snd Mr. Clark are ler Ins; the fleet corporation without pa; Both Indicated tonight they expecte their resignation* would be asked but declared they felt It to be their dut> to put tho situation before the Amor, loan people and show that ships can be built to overcome tho Gorman gth> marlne campaign. Mr. Clark explained tonight th tangle over commitments for woode ships. When first employed he an Mr. Euetls, he said, directed sever; shipbuilding companies to go nhe: with wooden ship building leaving th form of contract to be determined o later. The builders, he said, wen given to understand they would get ? least 10 per rent, of their work, tie:. Ooethals, he said, on taking charge stoppe?! all work and the prospcctlte builders had been unable to gl i. an> satisfaction as to whether thc> would be given contracts Mr. Cat said *"As far as we can learn, the afgagni programme e<>.templates about w ten,00#,tons of stuping In 18 month This amount was sunk In the tu four months of this year and th ehertage Is slready appalling. Th* gfggden ship programme has been gsjf to about one-tilth of its original Sft* - -.i pp.n cutis to make room tor stcej ships It is i ggsttgg to build ships gel 2,eeo,ot?e tone more than are at pres cut contemplated without in th slightest degree interfering with Is* h'eel construct ton "A crisis in shipping will ails about l?ecember 1 nod our allies' an 1 our success depends on our ability t l>egln to produce ships b> that tine Very few steel ships can he apgg In t'ioe "Evsti If we build all the v oo I ? ? 1 |gjg we can In addition to the ste, ws can only hop* for a total of . hop ton* in II geggfUsi Thai hi le pearly enough In dellhei ital| n. leetlng I.OOO.ooo tgns of woode ?hips, we are taking terrible ch.un es Mr. Eustls said "We are at v We are determined to carry the v to a successful conclusion To < this we must have more ships. V\ hme pet enough now an I ships 111 being 4earroyed faster than they ai BRIDGE GUARDS WITHDRAWN. only Unna important stki c TP It FS watch F.D. Polit y of War Department to With? draw Pones Announced liy Maj. KIIbout DC. Columbia. 'Jaine 8.? Following I pol ley of the war department th" various departments will begin t ? withdraw National Guard units from guarding the railway bridges -* the nnt'on. Provision however, mil be made for the guarding of the more Important bridges. This Information was given yesterday by Maj. C. Kllbour.ie, chief of staff to Hen. Leon? ard Wood, commander of the South? eastern department. While rothlng of a dellnlte nature can he announced it is probable that the various companies w ho arc row on guard at railway bridges will at iho earliest possible date he return? ed to their home stations The units that have not been placed on a war footing by the , volunteer system wlU be filled up by drawing men under tho selective service act Within tho next si .eral months the Natlonnl Guard regiments will be 'ordered to mobilization camps for a period of Intensive training before (going into service, abroad. Col. P. K. McCully of the Firs, j regiment has received orders for the withdrawal of froops at raihvay hridges. Twelve posts, he said yes? terday, have, been abandoned. A guard will be kept at the large: bridges. Chlldrtn that are affected bv worms are pale and sickly und liable to contract some fatal disease. White's Cream Vermifuge expels wo ms promptly and puts the child on the road to health. Price 25c per ho'tie. Sold by Slbert's Drug Store.?Advt. Lee County Still Raid. The first Illicit distillery and alleged operator since the inauguration of the different restrletivo lavs as to tho manufacture and purchase oi intoxi? cating beverages and liquors were bap Brad Thursday night in Lee county by h? r ff S. J. Scarborough, assisted by . ?cputy SherifT Shaw and Constable T*ncoste anil Cross .veil. It was a crude Uffuir.t made of an old powder can ivlth pipes and a trough for a cooler. The alleged operator, Joe Davis, wai captured In tho raid and is now in jail. The still is supposed to bo of about i live-gallon per* day capacity and th ) >hcrlff's deputy says that, Judging, Irom tho amount consumed by the operator, ho was of almost equal ca? pacity to the still. There has been very little publtt evidence of liquor here lately and frith the sheriffs and trial justices awake to the necessity of watchfulness for local maker* and violators the traffic will probably he kept down to | reason able extent.?Bishopville Vindicator. A bilious, half-sick feeling, loss of energy, and constipated bowels can be relieved with surprising prompUlCOJ Hp using Harbins. The iirst dose brings improvement, a few <1ohcs puts the system in line, vlgorus condition. Price 60e. Sold by Slbert's Drug Stoiv being replaced. We need them now We have created an emergency fleet corporation to build ships. Fort! nately. that corporation finds that i. can build many ships for a perm:. nent Best This is good. We all prefer steel ships to wooden. Bel the emergency is still with us. W need all the ships we cun possibly i.uild for both steel and wood, nivl we particularly need ships for carl; delivery. "We have just received written oT fers from ten contractors, am OH s/hom arc some of the strongest firm* la this line of business In the counti; ?ffering to build at once, in lau:' numbers, wooden ships or hulls fron, tho Hough de ign on a cost plus basi These ten offers may be tabulated b follows: In 12 In 1 ? Mos. Mos. Mac-Arthur Rros. Co. .. 100 100 Hilden F.ng. & Dev. Co. . l<>n 20 I nion Crown Lumber Mill corporation.2"<? |0fl Mendell Fng. Sc Const. Co. and J. G. White & Co. ." I ItO Ambursen Const. Co. ... 2o 4" Stewart Eng. Corp. 1'? 2 Kraasa uro*. Lee. Co.. Murdtu k Sbipbhlg Cor.. 12 16 Henry Smith Sons . . Totals.41?r, 78?i 'The aggregate of what these let Isfe, lust reeftvedt offer to build is ? > mrfje that I feel the country sr/uili know of these offers. "other n\eii known eontraoton sueh i* Sanderson & Porter ??f York. Stone & Webster ed Rosto: ('iimmei Lumber company of Jncl sonviiie ami Cornwall Const rue tic earn pony ??f Ts at pa, Fie., have pr< vloualy offered If build ships or hull and certainly can be rOttfltfd on I" ? I ween Ihem foi mot e than 20fl h If so many mould he desiied." n.oyv < r gold has TURNED. A wie i Its taporttag Instead of Iteooiv g*g Precious Metal. Washington, Juno 6.? America's | great gain of gold which has grown with almost every month for two and One-half years, has* ceased. Qold im? portations have Stopped altogether and the'flow has begun the other way, with indications that it will continue in comparatively small volume for some time. The turning of the tide comes at a time whan the country aptly faces the greatest industrial period of its his lory, greater, officials believe, than th^ past twelve months, which witnessed the establishment of a $0,000,00,000 record for American exports. Plans under consideration now call for an outpouring of approximately $6,000, 000,000 a year of exports to Entente nations alou*. ami if American fields and factories are e<iunl to the task of meeting demands the total exports will he swollen hundreds of millions be? yond these figures. Cessation of gold imports to settle trade balances when trade balances are heavier than ever before against foreign buyers is virtually a novelty 111 American finance. On the whole it is regarded as a healthy develop? ment, as further accretions might Itend toward inflation. All foreign pur? chases will be paid for, of course, hut in a different form, the payment being made by money furnished the buyers , by the United States and obtained by the flotation of bond issues. With the establishment of these credits, it is expected, the Entente j governments will send their bonds in? stead to secure the credits advanced them. Neutral nations will continue to set? tle their balances with gold. Neutrals j having trade balances against the Ufllttd States, officials believe, will call for settlement by tho export of gold from this country. Evidences of this intention are man? ifest. In recent gold shipments to Ja? pan. Spain and Mexico. Japan's trade 1 Stances last year against the United Mates was $73,000,000; for the first r.!ne months of the present fiscal year it is $5:>.00,000. The United States Will ship approximately $28,000,000 In gold t( Japan this month and prob? ably $ 10,0000.000 to $15,000,000 to Spain. The shipments to Mexico will j be much less. 1 The Federal llcservc Board is work big to conserve In this country mos1 of the gold shipped here since the war started, CROPS sUFIER FROM PEST. Far and Roll Worm Over Wide Areas A. H. Peyor, federal entomologist sad assistants in Columbia ha,vo bee:, l ent very busy recently investigating numerous reports of outbreaks and advising control measures against a caterpillar that has been doing im? mense damage to vetch, young corn and cotton throughout the States o. Eouth Carolins and Georgia, In? Variably this pest has been mistaken for the army worm. This is not the army worm, the entomologists say, but is the corn ear worm, also know ?? I the cotton boll worm. Investi? gations have been made of outbreak' around llrookland, Patesburg, Plack ville, St. Matthews and Augusta, Qq At Blaokvllle much corn and 50 acre; Of young cotton were totally destroy ed on a Single plantation. The worm: Were found to have started in vetch spreading thence to com and cotton The first generation woiks in the bu. of the corn plant and strips th' foliage of cotton. Later generation will work in the ears of corn and bore Into the bolli of cotton. The following suggested measuri of control has been successfully ex? erted where caterpillars havo ex? hausted their food in a restricted lo allty and are inarching to a fres! ?upply of provender: A deep furrow plowed around the infested fields' shallow post holes, dug at frequen Intervals in th(>. bottom of the fur? row for trapping the worms, the hole ! eing partially filled with water an< a layer of kerosene nil or petroleum maintained upon its surface, thu serving the purpose of killing tho en trapped Individuals or pests. In cases where they firs! appeal c the crops were saved by applying th following Insecticide as a spray: r pounds of lead-arsonate (paste form? mixed with 50 gallons of water, ap piled with splaying apparatus. THREE NEW MAJOR GENERALS President Wilson Promotes Three Brigadiers. Washington, June ft.?Preside.) Wilson has nominated the following 1 rig dl i generals to be majors; Joh F Morrison, William l. Hlberl an ?'hartes i >? Morton. A regular momlng operation o the bowels puts you in line shape f?> the day's Work. It you miss it yo: feel uncomfortable and rnnnol pr vim Into your movements, Kor nl bowel irregularities, Rerhlne is th remedy, it purities, strengthens und regulates, Price 5ttc, Sold i> 01bert'l Drug Store.- Advt. Tho Liberty Loan. (By Rene.Bache, Washington, D. c.) A lady of my acquaintance In the city of Washington recently adopted two orphaned Belgian children. By ?rood luck they managed to get across ho ocean without being murdered by ? lerme n submarines, The children arc little girls, one o*' them 1 2 years old, and the other four ecn. Boms time after they arrived Ihey began to all, and a doctor was ?ailed In. He found that both .vere about to become mothers. They had been the defenseless victims of Prussian offlceri, Don't you want to punish such neople as those? And if you can? not 'ght them weapon-in-hand, will von ?t fight them with your money? You cgn do it my buying a Liberty Pond. If the "Hermans win in Europe, they will thereupon attack us. Sup? posing that they succeed In Invading this country, they Will practice upon ourselves their methods of "fright fulness." Among other things, they will debauch our little girls and chop off the hands and feet of our little hoys. That is the way the Prussians make war. You arc anxious that they shall not have an opportunity to do these things to us? Very well, then, buy a Liberty Bond, and it will help to make such happenings impossible. Civilized warfare has always pro? tected non-combatants ?particularly women and children. But the Ger? mans have preferred to practice the method of savages, a specialty of theirs being the murder and mutila? tion of children. They would like to do that sort of thing in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. If you wish to prev ent it, buy a Liberty bond. The policy of "frightfulncss" Is baaed upon the idea that much is gained by terrorizing the enemy. Hence, whenever the Germans perpe? trate n new and particularly horrid "rime, they defend it on the- ground :>f "military necessity." tt is a "military necessity" to sink hospital shirs; likewise to direct the wholesale violation of women and murder of n on -combatants. The pri? vate German soldier is not the man responsible for these methods. They are carried out under orders from hig?hest authority. Shall they be applied to us? If you want to prevent it, buy a Liberty Bond. It is no exaggeration to say that I fiends from hell could devise no practices more diabolical than many of those which have been In common employment by Germans In this war-*?at tho expense, too, of peo? ple who (the Belgian and French, for instance) had done nothing to in our their enmity. Bui the Germans hate us with a fierce hatred, because they think our munitions have prevented them fron? quickly winning tho war. They will! have no mercy on us, or upon our I women and children if they can get at them to OUtruffe and murder and mu? tilate. Will you u<>: do everything you can to keep them from getting the chance? If so, buy a Liberty Bond. Are the Germans, who do or ap 1 rove these dreadful things, better than you? They are better in one vor\ important espect, if you can buy n Liberty Pond and will not do so. Im? mense war loans have been floated hy the Kaiser's government, and practi? cally everybody has subscribed to them to the utmost of Iiis means. Whatever else may be said of the Germans, they are patriotic. Have you les-i of the virtue of patriotism than they possess? If you have as much, you will buy a Liberty Bond, even If you have to borrow the money. Do you love your country? Are you anxious for the safety of those who have a right to look to you for safety and for protection? Then buy q Liberty Bond. The money Will h< Ip to tight the battle for the free- to secure the future freedom and safety of all mankind. You can give tnis aid at the moment I when it Is most needed. Do it now. $100,000 IX LIBERTY LOAN. Cot Leroy Springs Makes Dig Deal in Bonds. Columbia, June 7.?Col. Springs of Lancaster, s. C, today purchased $100,000 worth of liberty loan bonds. IThis is the largest liberty loan bond 1 purchase by an Individual so far re? ported In South Carolina. SECESSION IN RUSSIA. Petrograd, June 8.?M. Krustaleff Kosar, who was president of the executive committee of the workmen's i council during the Russian revolution I of 1905, has proclaimed the complete ! autonomy of the Pereyaeleav District of Little Russia. According to a message from Poltavla he refused even to permit the district to send sup? plies to the army. TO PA8H I P:>\ I \ KM P I IONS. Will Name Local Boards for Every ga,OM Population. Washington, June 7.?To pass upon claims for exemption from military service undo- the conscription law, local boards will be appointed for ap proxi?nately each 10,000 population. This was announced today by the provost marshal general's office in a statement saying: There will be a local exemption board for approximately each 30,000 population. The power Of appointing these boards rests with the President, but the task Is so large that a gen? eral plan for their selection has been outlined by the President. These local boards will have to do . specially With self-executing exemp? tions, that i? those In which exemp? tion depends only upon determination of facts, as for example, whether a man is a federal, State or judicial of? ficer, whether he is a clergyman, or I whether he conies in any other way j within any classification for which ex Icmptlon is specifically provided in the selective service law. "In each federal judicial district there will be at least one board of 'review to Which appeal may be taken, from local boards and which will have also original jurisdiction in the ex? clusion of discharge from the selective draft of persons engaged in industry, including agriculture, found to be 'necessary to the maintenance of the military establishment, or the effective j operation of the military forces or the : maintenance of national interest dur? ing the emergencies. "The exemption regulations arc not in final form. When they are they will be promulgated by the President." If you have the itch, don't scratch. It does not cure the trouble and makes the .skin bleed. Apply Bal i lard's Snow Liniment. Rub it in gently on the affected parts, it re* I Hoves itching instantly and S few ap? plications remove the cause thus per? forming a permanent cure. Prico 26c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Bibcrt's Drug Store.?Advt. The County Board of Commisslon ers are again calling for bids from contractors for repairs on the county jail. In every home where there is a I baby there should also be a bottle of j McGee's Baby Elixir. It may be need? ed at any time to correct sour stom? ach, wind colic, diarrhoea or summer complaint. It is s wholesome rem? edy, contains no opium, morphine or injurious drug of any kind. Price 25c and 50c per bottle. Sold by Sibert's I bug Store. Don't Let Your Allies Outdo You In Patriotism _-_,_ In the third year of the war, France stagger? ing under terrible b?rden?, has subscribed to a new loan four billions of dollars -twice our first installment. Shall we let this gallant na? tion, who is fighting our battles, shame us by her sacrifices? Every rank and every occupation in France has eagerly pressed forward to aid the govern? ment w ith its savings. An American in France writes. t4I have seen an aged street cleaner rest his broom against the counter of the bank as he clipped coupons from small government bonds bought with ihe savings of his toil. Alongside him were tired little seamstresses, women of wealth, hucksters all doing what they could, by saving, to aid their beloved country." Subscribe Today for a Liberty Loan Bond of $50 at least w The Associated Banks of Sumter I. C. STRAUSS, Chairman. G. A. LEMMON, C. G. ROWLAND, J. P. BOOTH, NEILL O'DONNELL, R. A. BRADHAM, Secretary. A. M. 3ROUGHTON, Committee.