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4? t *** ** * JWf 16 WAEAJCTKB ADEQUATE gUrPfcY. And of Thjen Labor to Fur fur Tide Country and the Juno -Government ac rtng Americas farmers supplies Of farm Implements farm labor Is .Irtually to Una country's future par fee tha war, declares ths of American farming ajsd flsaeblnery. This action must IM Mediate and radical, they eay, t ease U\ ItU the United States will 'lent to Mad Iii s . .;e surplus of food kdsjh eeWutely required to fc*d the ejftl jjrgnihitlen of our allies ? nd U end our armies in fVchtln? _M deeleration la made In a pub? s' by tha National Imple and Vehicle Association, whose jfaoture most of tht tsa>leioenta used In and ex fram tha United States. It is 's answer to an anxious about reports of a prospec t shortage addressed to behsUf of the country's farming hg ex-Governor W. D. Hoard, one of the leaders of agriculture. The statement, signed by Charles S. Bran chairman of the association's live committee, says: truth hi that unless prompt se? ll taken by the government, our try la headed straight toward the mistakes that have resulted pelllxg our alllas to come to re tl.em from famine. Unless t the production of labor farm machinery and the sup ef skilled farm labor we, too, face a shrinkage of food Anybody can realise how that would be, in the mill tery ae well aa the economic sense. "The trouble with the food produc? of Barops is far from the battle la fields that lie idle for lack of machinery to cultivate them troubls la due to overtake us Without such action as is here and urged, the farmers o the ?attad States will not have enough or man In 1118 to meet the upon them. * "We are now confronted by short f raw material and factory labor begin to be manifest In short of certain lines of farm machin Hun fall and will result In serious In many vital Unee next yeer. am hand In Important klnde of teete and machines are smeller than I or a long while, because of earlier of factory labor and a rapidly scarcity of nearly all raw fr^sj*) prospective elements make e of our out hate deferred during the the replacing ef old worn tools and machines, r. seafrentii by the practical car? bi to continue in f, wtth t Hen dent assurance of heavy doomed and high prices for and by an inevl of farm labor, they eat IsJsgsr replacements of del the additions to increase tb:ggeeUng the farmers t$n> Impro ill be 'fnefersyic* raw matesjnls to ?f-Mohod good* -?He farms, years farm labor era difficult to se nobody who can young ha with for mill in enormous for labor In ? la bound to labor ae fcuown. In of fertile erop falb>d chlefiy lor trough sack cent. to keep on new there who topee tally tha men t labor-saving sea ae waeuful and jfijbaed afterward Wfth unskilled of our hv WU realise, e*\ftos. that **4 Wftbxmt euf g|%of the United ar even saain mjmt feodetiffe feeiispHir tliat itied* liHpi** t* must be sards lag* of war sjismitioaa, even vital Industries anger ??? Tr \AVAL ?17NXKRS SUCCESSFULLY DKKKM) PASSENGER LIN Kit. Several Shot* Flrc*d?Crew, However, Unable to Report on Kflcet of Sheila Launched at Submarine. An English Port, June 25.?Ameri? can naval gunners successfully fought off a big German submarine which attacked an American passende liner off the coast of Ireland last night A torpedo ft rod by the sub? marine missed its target by less than 10 feet. An Associated Press correspond? ent waa talking with the lieutenant In charge of the gun crows when the gunners crowded about the for? ward gnus and also the shpl's officer on the bridge sighted the woke of a torpedo as it went spinning toward the bow. The lieutenant jumped to his station as the lookout cried, "Tor? pedo and submarine off starboard bow!" The ship swung around so sharp? ly that the decks were tilted to an angle of 20 degrees. Immediately there came the bark and flash of u gun. Passengers, binding lifebelts about themselves, swarmed to the decks. The ship's officers hurried among them, counseling calmness. Another gun, this time pointed further astern, was fired and the projectile in its flight struck a long boom swung over the side to which a log line was at? tached. The liner at that moment was wallowing between two great waves. The conning tower of the submarine, outlined for a moment against the sky, was all that was visible to the gunners in the darkness. The dim outline of the submarine against the sky was visible to the gunners for a moment. They soon lost sight of the raider in the dark ness, however, and were unable to teil whether any of the shots hit the mark. Two minutes later gunners at the stern of the ship saw a conning tower above the surface of the water In the wake of the steamer. The vessel was rolling so heavily that the gunners were unable to get their gun pointed before tho submarine again disappeared beneath the sur? face. Every ounce of steam available was >d to the engines and the ship was quickly out of the danger sone. COTTON SOARS IN PRICK. July Futures Advance Nlnety-flvo Points Today. New York, June 28.?July cotton made a new high record at 26.91, or 9G points higher than yesterday's close. A renewal of foreign and do? mestic trade buying caused the ad? vance. FIRST BALK BRINGS $925. Fifth Year Lyford, Texas, .Has Taken Honor. Houston, June 2B.?A Houston com? pany today paid $925 at auction for the first bsle of 1917 cotton on the eotton market here. This was about f 2 a pound over the market price. The bale was grown near Lyford and marks the fifth successive year Lyford has produced the first bale., thereby for materials and men. It is as important to (HI the soldier's stom? ach aa Ills cartridge box. ?jjfol8? tne imperative duty of \b/$ UnTsTd States to keep up our ex? ports of agricultural Implements. Our lollies look to us now more than ever for labor-saving equipment for then farms. Every farm implement and machine we can send abroad will hell powerfully to relieve the drain on our own resources of foodstuffs. It is bet ter for our allies and ourselves to [send them the means of production I rather than tho product. "These are the measures that we I declare to be vital to the feeding of I this nation and its allies next year: "1. That the manufacture of farm materials be given equal preference aa to supplies of necessary raw mater? ials with (he making of war munitions. "2. That service to the country in farm machinery factor!** be. consider? ed as of equal Importance with ser? vice la munition making plants, gov? ernment or private. '%. That labor on the farms be considered aa of equal Importance with the production of war munitions. **4. That the raw materials for farming machinery and the finished goods b#given equal preference by th< transportation agencies of the country wHh munitions of war. 'These measures must be taken im raedjatsly to be effective, because tho use and demand for farming machiti pry are seasonal. We must have right now materials and men to -make th< farm machinery that the farmer at home and abroad must aas? this fall aftd next spring. Delay tu action will be ear disastrous aa failure to act at atVW k frenate committee makes changes ix mouse FOOD control measure. [till Amended to Include Iron, Stool and Such Products?Signs Tlmt Op? position Is Waning and That Speedy Passage is Likely Not Wanting. Washington? June 26.?The admin? istration food control bill passed by the house was rewritten today by a senate agriculture subcommittee so as to give President Wilson the ftower and responsibility of deciding wheth? er tho nation shall be "bone dry" dur? ing the war and to place iron and steel and many other products in ad? dition to food and fuel under govern? ment control. These and other changes are so satisfactory to many senators who have been opposing the original draft of tho legislation that both advocates and opponents tonight predicted pas? sage In the senate by Saturday. As a substitute for the house pro? hibition section, which without quali? fication forbids the manufacture of foodstuffs into liquor, the subcommit? tee adopted provisions which would prohibit manufacture during the war of all intoxicating beverages, and em? power the president to commandeer existing supplies of distilled spirits and would authorize the executive in his ^discretion to permit manufacture of united, fermented and vinous bevsragee and tlx their alcoholic con tent. As rewritten the subcommittee draft will be considered tomorrow by the agriculture committee and probably w? be reported at once for senate disc jssion without material change. Sem.tors Qore. Smith of Georgia and others prominent in the bitter fight against the legislation have announc? ed their support for the redrafted measure. Other signs of waning opposition and prompt senate action came in today's debate on the senate floor. Opposition senators leading recent disci.ssion yielded to Senators Knox and Nelson (Republicans) and Thom? as (^Democrat) for speeches strongly supporting the control legislation. Further discussion promised to centre on the prohibition section with lead? ers predicting a close final vote. Fo- the house prohibition plan the subcommittee's sul>stitute provides: "That from and after 30 days from the date of the approval of this act it shall be unlawful for any person j firm or corporation to use in the manufacture of any intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes any perishable or non-perishable feeds, foods or food materials. Whenever the president shall find it necessary to conserve perishable products named he Is empowered to permit tho use of such products in the man? ufacture of vinous liquors. . . "Whenever in the judgment of the president the public interest woul.l be subserved thereby he is em? powered to permit the limited use of the materials mentioned In the manu? facture of malt or fermented liquors and to prescribe the alcoholic content thereof" Another section adopted would au? thorize the president to take over any or all distilled spirits now in bond, upon payment of a reasonable and Just price to distillers, for re? distillation Into alcohol for war, in? dustrial or other non-beverage pur? poses. The 30 day proviso is design* ed to g ve that time to tb~ president to decide whether further manu? facture of l>eer, wines and light beverages shall he permitted and for consumers and manufacturers to pre? pare for what the president may de? cide. Should the president not exert his authority so as to exempt malt, fermented and vinous beverages from the sweeping prohibitory provisions and should commandeer distille 1 spirits in bond, "bone dry" national prohibition?of both manufacture and consumption?would result, en? tailing a loss of federal revenue esti? mated between $400,000,000 and $500,000,(00 and new taxation meas? ures, as well as local revenue re? ductions. , Besides the prohibition substitutes other radical changes made in the house bill Include: Extension of government control, .n addition to food, feed and fuels, to Iron and steel and their products, pe? troleum and its products, farm im? plements end machinery, fertilizers and hemp, sisal and Jute. Limiting government commandeer? ing of mines, factories and other plants to production necessary for m 1 Itary purposes or "public uses of the common defense." Limiting federal licensing to pro j? ects and agencies of intersttio an-i foreign commerce. Limiting tho power of tho gov??o ment to commandeer foods, feeds and fuels to supplies for the army, navy or othur military purposes, "or public uses of thjr common defense," but authorising %Mtr purchase for and SOOTH CAROLINA FUND. STATE WILL EXCEED HER AP POUTIOXMLEXT. R. II. King Believes Total Amount Will go One-third Above Ftgnrcs Fixed. Columbia, June 27.?From incom? plete returns telesj^phed to H. II. King of Charleston, executive secre? tary for the Hed Cross war fund, and transmitted by him to the governor, it is apparent that South Carolina will exceed its quota by 35 per cent. At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the cer? tified returns amounted to $286,918.20, almost every county reporting that larger returns could be expected. Mr. King estimates the final total at more than $400,000 for this State. "This splendid response on the part of the people of fuuth Carolina," sah. I Gov. Manning yesterday, "is indica? tive of the patriotic and sacriflein;; spirit which has always marked th deeds of* our people when facing n crisis. "1 desire to express my appreciation of the hearty cooperation on the part of the county chairmen, who works 1 enthusiastically from the beginning. We were pressed for time and the amount assigned to us seemed large but by thorough organization and representation we accomplished out end." The folowing telegram was receiv? ed by Gov. Manning from R. H. King of Charleston, director of the forces. "Absolutely impossible to get com? plete official returns from all conn ties for some time yet. Many only report totals. Practically all report more to follow. All but one which failed to reach goal declare campaign will be pressed this week or next ti successful completion. Only partial distribution of cash, Liberty bond; and pledges made, pending Anal re ports. Cash reported $69,204.11. Liberty bonds $900. Pledges $156, 602.22. Official total for State reported up to 2 p. m. $286,918.20; will exceed $400,000. Report by counties follows: Abbeville .$ 5.30:5.11 Alken. 7,500.00 Anderson . . .. 25,3*11.10 Bamberg. 1,500.00 Barnwell. 5,000 00 Beaufort. 6,75 I 00 Berkeley. ?; l ^ r,n Calhoun. 3,soo.o<) Charleston. 86,448.65 Cherokee. 6,000.00 Chester %. 6,369.5?? Chesterfield. 5,119.00 Clarendon. 8,8 3 9.2 r, Colleton. 3.438.22 Darlington. 12,067.55 Dillon . . .. 4,150.00 Dorchester. 3,400.00 Edgefield. 4,451.07 Fairfield. 4,435.00 Florence. 11,410.68 Georgetown. 3,642.20 Greenville. 23,970.9<; Greenwood. 13,300.on Hampton. 3,000.00 Horry. . 2,113.00 Jasper. 152.2". Kershaw. 1,500.00 Lancaster. 8,000.On Laurens. 1 .'1,657.00 Lee. 3,000.00 Lexington. 3,153.00 Marion. 4,665.75 Marlboro. 6,000.00 Newberry. 10,210.62 Oconee. 9,627.65 Orangeburg . 1 1,750.00 Pickens. 1,950.00 Riehland . I0.ooo.no Saluda. 2.806.16 Spartanburg. 17,325.0', Sumter. 7,500.0<i Union. 6,252.49 Williamsburg. 3,0'tO.OO, York. 7,454.00 Pullman company through Gov. Manning . 1,000.00 Just give Russia a little more time and she may yet atone for the short? comings of the past few weeks. sale to civilians by the government at reasonable prices to be fixed. Extending the government's powers to maintain minimum guaranteed prices to producers and the storage or sale and purchase of foods and fuels for resale at prices necessary to main? tain guarantees. Modification of the "blanket" pow? ers proposed by an amendment in? suring that government control shall not extend to individual rationing or other regulation of individual con? sumption. Addition of a new provision speci? fically exempting products of farm ers, stock raisers, gardeners and co? operative agricultural associations from the control legislation so fa** as It affects their production and storage of foodstuffs produced by them Addition of a new section providing* that persons sorving the government voluntarily, such as the national coun? cil of defense, who are manufaoturei a or producers shall not. While so en? gaged, sell to the government any of their own products. GREAT RECRUITING CAMPAIGN. MANY AGENCIES HACK VP PRESIDENTS' CALX* Men Who AN Anxious (<? See Service Under Bent Conditions rhu? Chance Eiere? Washington, Juno 25.?Patriotic I and civic societies, newspapers ami other semi-public agencies are mak? ing a gratifying response to the gov? ernments appeal for support in the campaign of regular army recruiting week, and war department otticials believe the next few days will see a recruiting boom for the regulars un? paralleled in the nation's history. Reports from all over the country indicate that the daily papers are bringing home forcibly to eligibles the necessity for quick expansion of the fegular establishment. Many of them are pointing out that enlistment with the regulars not only would give men eligible for the draft an earlier opportunity for service abroad but would insure their going to the front under experienced officers of the line and with equipment selected before the great demands of the war army have to be met. Officials are emphasizing that the plan of enlistments for the war of? fers an opportunity also for a man over 31 and less than 10 to do his share along with the younger men subject, to draft. President Wilson's proclamation setting aside the re? cruiting weeks, it is pointed out, vir tually amounts to a call for volun teers among men of this class. Since April 1,124,141 war volun? teers have enrolled, although there has been no decrease III the physical standards Imposed. Tin.' number represents probably less than one fourth of the total number of men who have applied for enlistment and the process of selection that has been followed Insures a highly efficient force comparable to the standing army of peace times in the condition of its personnel. FUND PASSES $10?t000.000. Red Cross Con tri Inn ions Amount to $111,000,000. Washington, June 20.?The nation's contributions to the Red Cross in re? sponse to the call for a |100,000,000 war fund were estimated ;it $114,000, 000 tonight by Henry H. DavfaMMI, chairman of the Red Cross war coun? cil. "This figure assumes," said Mr. Davison, "that stockholders in com panies which have declared special dividends amounting to some $20,000. 000 will turn their dividend! over to the Red Cross." The policy of the Red Cross in ex? pending this big sum, Mr. Davis?>n said in a statement thanking the mil? lions of contributors, will be to "con duct all our work with the utmost pub? licity, and to take the public as com? pletely as possible into our confi? dence." Primarily the fund will. In devoted to needs of American sol diors and sailors, and s< ondarily t< relief work among the allies. Dr. Frank Hilling of Chicago will head tho Red Cross commission of more than 20 experts to be sent to Russia to study needs there, Mr. Davi? son announced. Oversubscription of the $100,000,000 originally sought was accomplished largely in the final roundup yesterday when nearly $20,000,000 in new sub? scriptions was obtained. A score oi cities will ftXtend the campaign period through the week. More than 1,000 of the larger cities raised more than their allotments Among the States which have exceed? ed their quotas are, Delaware, Mas saehusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Near York (outside New York city), Ohio. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Connecticut. Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Wyo? ming, Utah, Idaho, Maine, New Hampshire, Maryland, New Jersey and West Virginia. All sections of the country, with the possible exception of the South, have passed their goals. to CONTROL copper, LEAD am? LUMBER, Semite1 Committee Adding Various Articles to Ponding Hill. Washington, June 27.?Copper and Jead and their products and lumber and timber are additional articles to which government control will be extended under amendments adopted by the senate agriculture committee. OKI {MAX SPY AUKKSTKI>. Man Supposed to Ho I trail of tho Syst mi in America. New York, June 27.?A man who Jh reported to be the head of the tier man spy system through which infor? mation is alleged to reach Berlin from tho United States, has been ar? rested. He gave the name of Albert Webber, German naval reserve oflicer of Hoboken. RUNS OY Kit AM Ol'NT ASSIGNED, GIVING TOTAL OF $307,OW?.7?. - Se<rotary King Thinks state's Gift? foe Red Cross Fund Will go SOU lligh ei Over Assigned ngurcH. Charleston, June 20.?At midnight Sec rotary iL. H. Kinn stated that , it \\a> impossible to give flnrl figures for the Led Cross cam* paign by counties. He said practi? cally every county which had report? ed up to that time stated thatjfc later report would made, whF; would increase the returns. Mr. King stiaed that the unolilcial report* so far apparently show that $367,01 C.7? had been raised with the certainty that the se figures will be increased by tlnal reports tomorrow. South Car? olina's allotment was only $300,#t Splendid reports have come from prac? tically almost all of the counties. Charleston has pledged $86,880 to the war fund of the Red Cross. Ita assessment was 175.000. The cam? paign, closed tonight in a burst of en? thusiasm. ? # fPpj Mr. King said that totals for each county could probably be released to? morrow night. He attributed the ?'X'i t succcr.a of tho niov.i..ent to the leadership of Cov. Manning and See? na, rv Puckett of the state war coun? cil and to the superb leadership in the different counties. "The heart of South Carolina has been touched by this appeal. The re? sponse has been quick and generous. For the war council at Washington I express the deepest gratitude," said Mi. King. i CRC I SKR OLYMPIA WRECK KO. Dowry's Famous Flagship Gn*?s Aground. Block Island. R. I., June 26.?The United States cruiser ; Olympia, Ad? miral Dewey's flagship at the battle! of Manilla, ran aground in the fog off Block Island early today. The cruiser was reported in a bad posi? tion with considerable water in her hold. * Chief Machinist's Mate William M. Babb lost his life when he was struck on the head by a falling hatch. No Other fatalities were reported. The Olympia was recently assigned as the flagship of the coast patrol fleet of the Second naval district. Immediately after she flashed out word of her mishap members of the patrol fleet went to her assistance, but it was found that the famous old warship was in no immediate danger of breaking up. Chief Machinist's Mate Babb was killed as he was coming on deck. His next of kin is his mother, Mrs. Sarah Babb, who lives at Reading, Pa. HUSBAND ACCUSED, IN JAlh. Homy M. Atkinson Charged With Killing His Wife. Bishopvllle, June :>.",.?Henry M. At? kinson, a young white man about 32 years old, from the Ionia section of this county, was lodged in jail here yesterday afternoon on a warrant charging him with having murdered his wife, Mrs. Nancy Atkinson, on Friday night at 11 o'clock. Mrs. At? kinson was shot while lying in her 'bed asleep, her head having been blown almost off. Henry M. Atkinson, tlu? husband, it is said, claims to have been in the same room in anoth? er bed asleep and that the gun fir* woke him and that he struck a match and found his wife with her head blown almost off and that she had committed suicide. The coroner's jury after viewing the body and seeing the position that she was lying in and considering other circumstances, brought in a verdict that she came to her deatn* by gun shot wounds at the hands of an un? known party. Yesterday afternoon R. A. Atkinson, a brother of the deceased, ?Wore out a warrant before Magistrate L. R. Dixon. of this place, charging Henry M. Atkinson, her husband, with having committed the crime. Sheriff 8. J. Scarborough went out to his home and immediately nrestcd Henry If, Atkinson, brought him here am! lodged him in jail. He has employed the Hon. Thomas H. Tatum to defend him. The remains of. Mrs. Atkinson wer? buried at Cedar Treck Baptist church yesterday morning. RKPOItT ON GUN ACCIDKXT. ? -/ Changes in Ammunition Which-^AVill Brevem Such ?doclde.us. Washington, June 27.? Report of investigation of the naval gun acci? dent in If aft* on the American armed merchantman, Mongolia, absolving the gun crew tgid commending the navy department for making changes in ammunition designed to prevent sueh accidents has been unanimously adopted by the senate navy commit