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Wm MM ACT. INATK FINALLY AURKK8 TO QOMl-TiJtKNCK 111:lUltl mm Will Make for Enliauce aacMt of stability. Washington, June M?Amend menu to the federal reserve act. designated to strengthen the financial system of tho country by the concen? tration of gold reserve in federal re? serve baiks and to open wido the doors of the federal reserve systom to the Rtate banks ami trust com pan las, were sent to the president to? day for his signature. The senate Anally a/cspted a conference report x previous!/ approved by the house. The float effect of the changes, It Is believed, will be the shifting of more then flOO,000.000 In reserves from the banks of the country to the federal nsjerve banks, where the great store of told will be In a position to achieve Its maximum efficiency. Under the existing Isw, the banks toad until next November to divert that portion to the federal reserve hanks. The amendments advanced the date and the diversion of this gold to the reserve banks Is ordered at ones. Hundreds of large trust companies and Stats banks whieh heretofore have rsioaiaod outside the fold are ex pSi-tad to "ouie iu under the amend? ments. These Institutions will bring Into the rsservs system msny hun? dreds 0%. millions of additional re? serves. With their addition officials be? lieve test the financial system of the ooontry will be as nearly Impreg? nable as human ingenuity can make MO lrcession of trust companies and Atels banks will be brought about in two ways: The Institutions may Join the system outright with the privilege year's notice?a privilege not granted them by the unamended law?or they may. by depositing a portion of their rese/vss with a federal roserve bank, serve clearance system become members of the federal re The proportion of the reserves to ho deposited, in the latter case, has yet to be determined upon by the board It is likely the minimum will he &? per cent. The federal reserve system at pres em includes In its membership less than 10t State banks and trust com panic*. The remaining banks, ap proxlmately 7,600 In number, are na? tional banks which automatically be cants members upon the passage of the reserve law. Resources of tho lern approximate fit,000,000.000. Another amendment facilitates the ibltshtneitt of branches of federa ?rv*? banks by simplifying the or ganiaatton of the branches and de creasing the expanse. It is though that this amendment will result In the establishment, within a short time, o brsuch banks at Baltimore, Louis trills and Denver, and possibly othe chlee The so-called llardwlck amendment which provided for the legalisation under certain conditions, of a col lection charge on checks cashed by member banks on out of town banks was .nodlfled so that snch a charge can i ot be collected except with th approval of the board. Whether the Incoming State bunk will have to divest themselves o directorate* Interlocking with othe Institutions is a moot ((ucstion unde Che emended law. Some of the fram ers of the law believe that such ac tH?n will not have to be taken. The federal reocrvo board has ad \orated the passage of these amend ments for more than a year. Thci final passage is regarded as one u i most Important steps taken t strengthen the country's financial system since the passage of the a test ? Ttrd Cross Knights. (By Abble Farwell Brown of the Vigilantes) I will be t, Hod Orosu Knight! I will wear the Sign 5. will help the godly fight With the strength 'hut's mine! > i gome may blow the stirring fife; Some muy win a sword; gome may give s precmu \ lif j iFlgbting for the Kord. But st home my tusk is plain? Not the field for me. Tet with heart and hand and br.tin Holdler l may be! 1 may knit and sew snd fold; I may ssvs and give Psantes. dollars, notes or gold That our boys may live. T " the Cr?*?* nnd lend a hind In the esSjSjt] light, rh hlren of a gslbint bind. Lach a Kcd truss Knight! . .4. SAVE SUGAR IN JELIA' MAKING stmpN* Alcohol Teat Prevents Waste of Sugar and Failure of Jollies. Washington, June 19.?Much waste of sugar and spoilage of jellies can be avoided by using a simple alcohol tetd recommended by the Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture To determine how much sugar should be used with each kind of Juice put a spoonful of juice In a glass and add to it one spoonful of ?f> per cent, grain alcohol, mixed by shaking the glass gently. Pour slow? ly from tho glass, noting how the pectin?the substance in fruits which makes them Jell?la precipitated. If the pectin is precipitated as one lump a cup of sugar may be used for each cup of Juice; If in several lumps the proportion of sugar must be reduced to approximately throe-fourths the amount of the Juice. If tho pectin is not in lumps but Is merely precipitat? ed, the sugar should be one-half or less of the amount of the Juice. If the juice shows no precipitation un? der this test, it Is unsuitable for jelly making and must be combined with apples or other Juices rich In pectin. The housewife will do well before making the test, to taste the Juice, as fruits not as acid as good tart apples probably will not make good Jelly un? less mixed with other fruits which are acid. Red Cross to Back the Army. (By MaJ. Gen. John J. Pershing.) MaJ. Gen. Pershing said he would rather face a battery than to face such an audience, but came at tho re? quest of Red Cross officers to say a word as to the part the Red Cross played In the Mexican expedition. He told of the comfort bags sent by Miss Boardman as Christmas pres? ents to the men at the border. The point to be Impressed is that these things bring to the soldier tin knowledge that the people at home arc behind him, and you don't know how much that is going to mean to us who are going abroad and to any soldier who is carrying on tho conflict for his country. That Is the point that should be impressed in the minds of those working for the soldier. The great work of this Bed Cros Is to help our allies. As I understand It. the people In France arc In sore straits. Now the drain that comes up? on the French people reduces their power to flglu and we must meet their deficiencies. Therefore. It is our first duty to help them rehabilitate themselves. We must help their or? phans, their widows. We must put them in a position to produce. We must help them in every way to re? lieve the French nation from the drain upon it. as it will be a drain upon III military resources. The feeling among our people h very lax. They have not begun to realise that we aro in this great war So you men here can do no greater work than to start this movement and bi Ing them to the full realization of the very grave seriousness of this wai and make them feel that we are in this to win and the probability is that out entering the war is going to be the deciding factor and the bhrden oi the success is going to rest on the United States. In This Sign. Conquer. (Editorial from The Now York Sun.) Sixtcon hundred years ago an ene? my host threatened Gaul, precursor of modern France. The first Constan tlne, sumamed the Great, led his arm? ies to tho defence. Three times he was victorious, and it was In this cam? paign, as Eusebius and othor histor? ians record, that he saw in the sky B luminous cross, with the Greek words which have !con rendered into Eng? lish: "In This Sign, Conquer." After sixteen hundred years there bla/es In the heavens a cross as lumi? nous as that which struck awe to the heart of Constantine, a cross fiery, ?laming and red ?red with the blood of millions who have died for free? dom, red with the glow of the inferno wherein the liberty of tho world is being forged. The Red Cross must be the symbol In which America goes forth to con? quer. AH other forms of conquest we nave renounced. Ours Is the task not merely to supply millions of men and mountains of oodstuffs, ships and the MTOanoon Of warfare; wc must rebuild eitles and hearten war worn peoples, pour oil on their wounds and bind tbern up. kneel by the dying and rc eelVi from their ..ps the simple testa? ment of the faith In which we are to rise. t'ght forward and finally rest on mir arms victorious. Tim tardiness of our entry into the war must bo the measure of our ef? fort. Let us give our money without s?lnt when the call comes. The Rod Crom win shortly appeal to America I fOf 11 o0.o0u.0UO. There ought not I to be M America M urhn win not give ?omgthiug. A dollar |ro?J ouch of. U? BIG TAX D0D8EHS. aitemit to evade payment of tax on munitions un? covered. MuKiifachmTH who arc Making Mil? lions In Profits med False Rc lums With Government. ^Vnshington, June 18.?Widespread attempts on the part of munitions mtkers to evade the payment of profits taxes Imposed by congress la3t j September have been reported by in- j ternal revenue agents, who have been working quietly for the past two mcnths checking up the manufac? turers' returns. The extent of the attempted evasion thus far brought to the at? tention of the treasury totals more than $10,000,000, or approximately 10 per cent, of the returns voluntarily nu.de. Indications aro that the fig ur3 will go as high as $12,000,000 or $13,000,000. Scores of manufacturers of muni? tions aro said to have attempted to defeat the full operation of the law by making only partial returns o their profits. Some of the largest concerns in the industry failed to mike complete returns of profits it is charged. Under the law, munitions makers are required to report to the com? missioner of internal revenue tbch profits each year and to pay the gov? ernment a tax of 12 1-2 per cent Virtually all the 600 to 700 manu? facturers made their returns, ap pt.rently in conformity with the law showing profits which netted the gov ernment approximately $26,500,00' in taxes. It was assumed, apparently, that tin bureau would check the returns leis urely as it had been checking the re turns upon the income tax reports Commissioner Osborne, however, in? stead of waiting a year or more set a deld force of investigators to work al? most immediately after the munition; returns had been received. Investigators reported profits largely In excess of those reported to the gov? ernment in many instances. Not al the manufacturers made incorrect rc turns, but the percentage of those who did is said to have been remarkabl> high. One of the methods frcquentl> adopted to bring down the total profits was to charge off as expenses pro? portions of the cost of special muni ti ??s plants. A number of plants charged off the entire cost of such plants deducting tie amount from tho net profits. Jus '.I lcatlon of this was attempted by thi iv ea that the plants would be worth? less when the war ended and that it was apparent that the war could not ast much longer. As a result of the Investigations re? turns to the government have been revised in many instances and will bej in others, so that the total which he government will obtain in taxes Mill be at least $36,500,000. Activity of the government's agents became known at plants which werf ibout to bo investigated and a num? ber of requests were received by the ureau asking that the returns be sent >ack for revision. One firm which ?jported originally that it had madt io profit altered Its report upon re ?onsidcration, while the investigator, ^crc at work in other plants and he ore Its own had been reached, and ?ent the government a check for ap roximately $150,000 in payment o! taxes. The penalty for making false re turns is fine or imprisonment, or both dllcials have not yet decided what ouise they will take. First Cotton lllooni. Mr. Jno. T. Green brought to the Item office a cotton bloom this morn? ing. He said that Mr. I). J. Bradham, iis overseer, reported that the first was seen several days ago. Not Living. The family was moving from New York to Ohio. An old man on the train made the acquaintance of the lit? tle girl, and when he asked her where she lived, she replied: "We don't live oowheres; we're moving." Easily Explained. Huh?"I'm puzzled about the house money, Mary. If I give you a lot you spend a lot, but If I don't give you so much you seem to get aloug with It Just as well." Wife?"It's very sim? ple, dear. When you give me a lot I use It to pay tho bills I run up when you don't give me so much." Women. "Women," remarks Blndle reflective? ly, In a recent novel, henrlng the name of the hero for Its title, "women Is all r^ht If you enn keep 'em from niarrla' yer." ' WOUhl sulilee. \\ must he more than that wherever possible. To give money is nj little! Can you .hut ynur eyes upon the shining Rod Cross? ARREST PAIR OF CLERGYMEN Ministers Tried to 8ee a Navy Yard on Passes Made Out to Others and Got Into Trouble. Two clergymen received a rather se? vere lesson on the dangers of trying to see the Charlestown navy yard on passes not intended for their use, the Boston Transcript states. They were arrested, taken to the marine barracks and "detained," pending identification by friends. The clergymen obtained passes which were made out in the names of two of their friends, and which were supposed to be nontransferable, like all passes issued at the yard. The vis? itors succeeded in gaining admittance and got as far as the deck on one of the battleships, which they were spe? cially Interested in viewing. As soon as they stepped on the deck they were challenged by the guard, who asked to see their passes and who obtained their names. When he had looked over the passes the guard called attention to the difference in the names given and those on the cards. On being questioned further the clergymen had to admit that the passes had not heen made out for them, bat had been bor? rowed. They were promptly marched to the barracks, under order from Comman? der R. D. Hasbrouck, captain of the yard, and held for two hours until their friends arrived and identified them. Af? ter a severe lecture the clergymen were permitted to leave. SECRET CIPHER ON MACHINE Code Messages Can Be Produced on New Typewriter by Writing on Keyboard In Usual Way. You can write secret cipher letters on a typewriter recently placed on the market. The machine makes its own cipher and offers more than a million combinations. To make a cipher, the message is written on the keyboard In the ordinary way. The cipher is determined by ft de? tachable plate or disk containing SO holes In two concentric circles of 15 holes each. For each of these holes there is a pin, and to make a cipher combination these pins may be insert? ed in or left out of any of the holes, as fancy dictates. Then, in writing the copy, the machine may write an ?*x" for an "a" the first time It occurs, then a **p," and so on. It Is impossible to predetermine what code letter will appear in operat? ing the machine. To decipher a code message the person receiving the communication must have a comple? mentary disk, with pins properly ar? ranged, and one of the machines to re? produce the message as originally writ? ten. Radio Telegraphy In 1916. In a review of the progress of te? legraphy in 1916, the Journal Tele graphique gives a list of the more im? portant radio telegraph stations opened during the year. It is stated that com? munication has been opened between the following points: Isle of Tahiti to Samoan Islands and from there to New Zealand: Atar and Chlnquettl (Manchuria) to Port Etlenne; Cape Juby to Isle of Tenerlffe; the conti? nent of Australia and Tulagi and the Solomon Islands in the Gilbert archi? pelago; Seattle and Yokohama; Bar? celona and Budapest The following transatlantic stations are in operation: Sayvllle, N. Y? and Nauen, Prussia; Tuckerton, N. Jn and Eilvese, Prussia; Chatham, Mass, and Stavanger, Nor? way; Marlon, Mass., and Nairbo, Nor? way; Belmar, N. J., and Carnarvon, Wales; New Brunswick, N. J? and Towyn, Wales; Glace Bay, N. S., and Letterfrack, Ireland; Louisburg, N. S., and Cllfden, Ireland. Father of Socialism. Karl Marx, the German Jew who fathered the modern socialistic school, died 34 years ago, March 14, 1883. Ho was born In May of 1818. Marx had many great associates and successors In carrying on the social? istic propaganda, including Friedrich! Engels, Ferdinand Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht, the latter the father of Dr. Karl Lleh'^echt, the latter day leader of the German social democracy, who is now serving a term in prison on conviction of high treason, due to his opposition to the war. It Is Marx, however, who Is honored as the foun? der and father of the movement. He was undoubtedly the ablest of the pi? oneers who endured Imprisonment In Prussian prisons for "the cause." Marx's work, "Capital," Is the so-called "Bible of Socialism," and the bitterest critics of the Marxian creed admit that It is a monumental work. y\d $24,500 for a Set of Spoons. Apostle spoons, of which many ex? amples are changing hands in the auc? tion rooms Just now, were made in sets of 12 together, with a master spoon, says the London Chronicle. In the case of those belonging to Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, this thir? teenth spoon Is surmounted with the figure of St. Paul. Complete and orig? inal sets can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and for the earliest of them?dating from TTenry VITI's rolgn ?Plerpont Morgan had to pay ?4.000. A single Charles I example, which sold In London for ?34, was found in the thntched roof of a Devonshire barn. Unscientific. "Her electrician lover could not understand her rejection of his offer." "Why couldn't ho?" "He couldn't tunke her explain how a decided negative could ha 10 .positive." YANKFFs BOYCOTT HBORO. General Ktortric Machinists Strike Wien Negro Is Wind. Scheneetady, N. Y., June 18.?Two thousand machinists at the plant of the General Electric Company struck today as a protest against the em? ployment of a negro. Last week Robert Dixon, a negro student at Union College, was given vacation work in the machine shop. The ma? chinists took the portion that this was an initial step towards placing negro labor in the shops, but this was denied by company officials. On Saturday the machinists union notified the management that unless Dixon was dismissed they would strike to? day. The company refused to comply with the demand, and the workers left their benches this forenoon. The Folly of Hoarding. (By Charles J. Rosebault of the Vig? ilantes.) The government is worried over hoarding of food supplies by individ? uals. So run the despatches from Washington. Can it be that we are going to witness the same disgraceful exhibition of selfish folly that marked the opening days of the war in Eng? land? Have we learned nothing from the bitter experiences of our Allies? I hate to believe that our country? men are so dull or so heartless; hut selfishness like patriotism knows no country, and it may be necessary to shame the self-centered Into decent behavior here, as was done in England in August, 1914. Just to wake up those who act in mere thoughtlessness it may be pertinent to1 mention the ex? perience of an American couple In the first days after England entered the war. They were living In a tiny village twenty-four miles north of L?ondon, and their main food supplies rame up daily fjy motor truck from Harrods, one of London's large department stores. Rumors that there might be a scarcity had penetrated even to their back-water retreat, but they declined to be ruffled thereby. The Harrods shop supplied many thousands in Lon? don and the suburbs daily with poul? try, meat, game, fish, eggs, fresh and canned vegetables. They even ship? ped by express and parcel post to Ireland, Scotland and the English pi evinces. It was absurd to suppose that they would fall a regular cus? tomer in an emergency. % So the order for the morrow went to Harrods as usual, only somewhat larger than ordinary, as it was for the week-end and guests were expected. It included fish and meat and a va? riety of fruit and vegetables, as well as some canned goods. The following day the big truck rolled up to the door at the usual hour and discharged ?a package of washing soda and some clothes pins! The motorman was apologetic, but Harrods had to admit itself beaten. The day before a horde of panic stricken Londoners had arrived in motor cars and had simply swept clean the counters, shelves and re? serve bins of that huge shop. The other shops had met with the same experience. All the greedy ones had acted as with one impulse. It was as though London was already besieged and the enemy had it in his grip. First come first fed appeared to he the slogan of those with money to buy and no re? gard for their fellows. They behaved like maniacs. One woman carried away triumphantly in her limousine a hundred pounds of tea. Another, who habitually purch? ased her bread and pastry from a baker, filled her car with bags of flour. The senseless fright was short-liv? ed. The newspapers held up to scorn both the hoarders and the merchants who had catered to them. The gov? ernment tok a hand and threatened penalties. Within a week the woman with tho tea wanted to return her surplus; as did the lady of the flour, finding her cook ready to quit if called upon to use it. The shopkeepers, however, stung by the almost universal con? demnation visited upon them, took their revenge by refusing to take back anything. Many perishable foodstuffs spoiled on the hands of the purchas? ers. The flavor departed from others long before they could be used. There l was some poetic justice, after all. 1 But there was also a darker side to the incident. Prices of food had j.jumped overnight and those of slend jer purse were the sufferers. Anxious IhoUSCWlvee found themselves with emptly larders and lacking means to replenish them. There was much hardship and nobody?not even the j guilty ones?a gainer. It* there is one proposition which canonl he gainsaid, it is that hoarding always has only one result?to In crease prices and make scarce the ar? ticles hoarded. If everybody will be Is< nslhle and purcsase only what is re if|Ulred for Immediate use there will . he neither scarcity nor iniluted prices. DOMESTIC SCIENCE INSTITUTE HOIOB DEMONSTRATION SHORT COURSE?GIRL'S HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. Wednesday, Juno 20. 9.00-9.15? Chapel Exercises?Dr. J. A. Brun8on, Pastor Baptist Church of Sumter. 9.15-10.00?Fall Gardening?Mr. C. A. McFaddin, District Farm Demon sration Agent. 10.00-12.00?Practical Work: Sec. A?Canning beans, soup mix? tures in glass and tin?Jo Yarborough. Chester County Home Demonstration Agent. Sec. B.?Yeast breads using wheat flour substitutes?Anna Workman. Sec. C.?Canning tomatoes, catsup, puree In tin and glass?Luclle Lem mon, Dillon County Home Demonstra? tion Agent. 12.00-1.00?Theory of firelsss cook? er, iceless refrigerator, preserving and erystalizing?Jo Yarborugh, Chester County Home Demonstration Agent. 1.00-3.00?Dinner. 3.00-4.00?Poultry, Feeding and care of Chickens?Mr. C. C. Cleve? land, South Carolina State Agent lor Poultry Work. 4.00-6.00?Practical Work: Sec. A?(a) Making Fireiess Cook? er; (b) Cooking in Fireiess Cooker; (c) Freezing in Fireiess Cooker? Lucile Lemmon, Dillon County Home Demonstration Agent. Sec. B?(a) Jelly Making; (b) Preserving?Maude Williams, Lee County Home Demonstration Agent. Sec. C?(a) Pickling; (bj Making Grape Juice; (c) Crystalizing Fruits ?Jo Yarborough, Chester County Home Demonstration Agent. 8.00?Picture Show. Thursday, June 21. 9.00-9.15 ?Chapel Exercises?Rev. J. P. Marion, Pastor Presbyterian Church. 9.15?10.45?Theory and Practical Work in Drying Fruits and Vegetables ?Misses Jo Yarborugh and Lucile Lemmon. 10.45-11.00?Exhibits?Jo Yarbor? ough. Chester County Home Demon? stration Agent. 11.00-1.00?Practical Work: Sec. A?(a) Pickling; (b) Making Grape Juice; (c) Crystalij.ing Fruits -Jo Yarborough, Chester County Home Demonstration Agent. Sec. B?(a) Making Fireiess Cook? er; (b) Cooking in Fireiess Cooker; (c) Freezing in Fireiess Cooker? Lucile Lemmon, Dillon County Home Demonstration Agent. Sec. C?(a) Jelly Making; (b) Preserving?Maude Williams, Lee County Home Demonstration Agent. 1.00-3.00?Dinner. 3.00-4.00?Personal Hygiene ? Dr. L. A. Riser. ? 4.00-COO?Practical Work: Sec. A?(a) Jelly Making; (b) Preserving?Maude Williams, Lee County Home Demonstration Agent. Sec. B?(a) Pickling; (b) Mak? ing Grape Juice; (c) Crystalizing Fruits?Jo Yarborough, Chester Coun? ty Home Demonstration Agent. Sec. C?(a) Making Firlcss Cook? er; lb) Cooking in Fireiess Cooker; (c) Freezing in Fireiess Cooker. AMERICAN SHIPS IN ARGENTINA. Discuss Whether or Not They Shall Im? Granted Special Favors. Buenos Aires, June 18.?In view of the expected arrival of a squadron of American warships the cabinet today took up the question ^f their status while in Argentine waters. No defi? nite decision was reached but it is probable the warships will not be treated as belligerents. Objections arc being raised in cer? tain quarters to permitting the war? ships to remain in Argentine ports longer than the time allowed for belligerents, on the ground that it would be in . violation oi neutrality. Many influential men, however. In? cluding a number of former minis? ters and diplomats, are making plans for a reception of such a charter as to emphasize the sympathetic attitude (of the people toward the United States and the entente allies. Must be Registered. Columbia, June 18.?Gov. Manning has received the following telegram from the provost marshal general: "National Guardsmen who were be? tween the ages of 21 and 30 on June 5, ami who have since that day been dis? charged, must register. Much diffi? culty will be saved if arrangements are made to have these men registered Immediately upon their discharge." No:Six-Sixty^Six This It a p reacr iptioop reosred ssjhssislrr for MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVf R. Fire or six doses will break any case, sod if taken then ss s tonic the Fever will not return. It sets on the river better rase 1 Calomel and deet not gripe or sieves, ft*