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(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
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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.