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40RK THW J. at Ml.Ol Ml MOTOR QAM in TfiK MIIWI STATION. Im rcn-c of 1.1 TVr Cent. IsiSl Year Over Itl.V?Grass Rev mhun from Regl>trntion> nrxl I.Icciim's Washington. July 2.?Ii? 1916 there Wore l.mn.KU more motor ens it; Isterod tu the Tutted Stales th.in in 1916. This was an Increase of 41 per cent. The gross total of roister ed rar?, Including commercial car-, was S.Sit.996; tho number of motor cycle* registered was 2&0.820. The several States collected In roglstra ^ Uon and license fees. Including thos of chauffeurs and operator . a total gross revenue of f 2.">.sr,:,.3?;i?.To; tills amount II wer cent, or $2:1.91 o, HII, was applied directly to construc? tion, improvement, or maintenance of th* puMIc roads In 4 3 States, accord Ing to tlguris compiled by the otlice 0/ public roads of tho I'nlted Stato department of agriculture, in ('ircitlni IB, "Automobile It ?glstrations, Li? censes and kevenuws in the I'nite i gl at CS 191?." The figures for 1916 correspond facy closely with the annual pereen teg* increase of motor-car registra? tion of tho last three years. Tin Marty increase has nvoiugcd 10 pot ?rnt. In the number of cars and II 0er cent. In revenues. When viewed over a period oi fears, the Increase In motor car reg ?tration and gross revenue has been Remarkable. In 19U6 the total State registration* were approximately 48. dOO cars.' on account of which th' several States collected In fees and li? cense* a total i-io revenue of about $190.000. only a small part of this era* applied to road work. In 191 ?I tho |25.Mft.369 75 collected formed nearly 9 per cent, of the total rural road an ! bridge revenue* of the dtntea. Recent year - have shown an In creating tendency to put the spendln; Of is>e motor ear revenues directly in pie hands of the State highway do pertinents. Of the total amount ap piled to road work in 1916. 70 per cent, or fl6.411.S20. was expended more or less directly under the con? trol or *U|H?rvi?don of State highway departments. Only 13 States did no exercise any direct control over th expending of the net automobile rev? enue* 'Itie ?>oc Certainly. 9 Kitchener's three years nr? nearly up and the road to peace never look* longer than it looks at this moment. There is not a thing In sight upon which a, ^candid person ctin hang | rational ^expectation of an end of hos? tility. Since the I'nlted States declar? ed war ffermany's po*ltlon appears to have Improved, because for many months the disorganization of Rus? sia will "probably offset any effort of ours. OermaAy i* not starving. There Is no sign of any material weakening of her military power. Nor, on the oth? er hand. Is rhe u-boat campaign wln olng, aad. remembering Verdun, It seems certain tho allies can hold the western front against lllndenburg. Thore Is*nothing In sight upon which to hang; ^rational expectation of at. early deaiWlon. A belligerent enn be certain 6f only one thing?namely, of ktn own jgiind. The war will sj won by the hJ< that is most determined t win It. P Germany Is anxious for pence? n; terms, *e? far as known, that wi I Isave It grepomh-rant in Hurope. with tin* Prussian military caste in the sad die snd crowing; terms that would breed another war The United State* find the allies can know that th? y wllr not consent to peace except upon term* that will give a fair gu n snty of the future security of the world fn>m aggresive militarism The\ >? in pledge thoMe who die in this war that, in So far as human foresight Ml prevent, kt shall not happen again. Thai is tin- only certainty an un alt? i this di lei mitt it on to get a last Ing peace* Th il ibderini i ition w ill win S ilurd ly enlng I I iiM rniliii h Haste. J _ M.iyor Mitchell of New ffjffj WS talking at a dinner about ol h ???mm ll ?m. "A goad man had Just died." h said, 'ii ul with uniei inh hast? gg oi gee-seeker came after his Job. ""Ye* *4r. though the dead man loidn t ftjfgg buried \'t. this m%% I seeker came to no and aid, hn ith ssssiy \lr Mayor, do you ee an1 objc tlon to my being put in poor Tom Smith's p ??'No. no.' and I. 'Why. no, I see no ohiertlon. If the limb a IS I ' I doesn t ' ? Perhaps the truth of tho l; ifto. is that the Rswssss sold* r fee:* a eei tain a.ii . -od suddenly stnrtln to tight a Germ in ? ?dd,?i w ImOS id fers of beer he has be. n icei pine lor eevsral months ? The State. ilo\ir < \\\ix<; nv THE ONK? PKRIOU t ol.lMVXt k Ml.TIloD. Now IWlaVlhi duM Issued by V. S. Do ?uirinicnt of Agriculture <iivcs Val? uable Direct ions for t'onscrx lim I'm Hm and Vegetable^ From Homo Wardens. Washington, July 2.?Canning fruits and vegetables In the home by the one-period cold-pack method is a rel ntively simple process and can be lone with ordinary kitchen equipment and with comparatively little labor. .Much oi' th" surplus of the home gar? den can he paved for winter use by this canning method which is fully d. - Iscribed in ? special bulletin Just i. sued by the I'nitcd States Depart? ment of Agriculture, K?rrners' Ilulle tin x:'.'?, ' Home Tannin? by the <>ne I'er'od Kohl-Pack Method." This bul? letin is of special Interest and value to all housewives, canning clubs, socie? ties or persons interested in conserv? ing the food supply of the nation. It may be bail on application to the United States Department of Agri? culture. The bulletin contains very explicit directions for canning practically .ill of the common Karden vegetables in? cluding tomatoes, peppers, sweet peu pers, pumpkin, squash, sweet corn. Held corn, beans, peas ami root veg? etables, also various combinations of vegetables. It also includes canning directions for soft fruits and berries, hard fruits as apples, pears, quinces. Directions for the canning of camp rations, meats and soups are Riven jr. detail. Kach step in the canning process by the one-period cold-pack method la carefully outlined from the prepara tlon of the equipment and the raw materials to the storing of (the can? ned product:;. A special time tattle showing how long fruits, vegetables, soups and meats should bo scalded, blanched or sterilized, is of particular value to the housewife. Various type* of homemade and commercial canning outfits are described. COAL lti:i)I (TIOXS STAND. linker's Repudiation Will Not All ; . the Situation. Washington, JrUy 2.?Repudiation I v Secretary Daker, it was announced today at the olflces of the Defense Council's coal production committee, will not Affect the agreement between producers and government officials for the reduction of bituminous coal prices. The general price at the mines of $.1 a ton to the public with a 50-ccnt further reduction on gov? ernment purchases, will stand until a final figure is set. The coal committee, ! it was declared, will hohl operators to their agreement by putting (he weight of sentiment in tho industry behind, the arrangement. The threatened trouble In the cabin net over Secretary Maker's action ap? parently vanished today, though II had been brought sharply to tin front. The policy the government will pursue In dealing with business, In --till u matter to be set '?d. Secretary l^me, the leading spirit hi the movement fe>r tho voluntary ac? tion on the part of the coal produc? ers, and Secretary linker lunched to? gether today in a down-town hote l am! it is understood the Incident was dis? cussed and that there is no 111 feeling OVOff it. The t'?o of Money. Billy Sunday closed a ion wei k'a moollni in Nev Tork last week, W hen he started the mooting he. said h ? would receive no !in,inci::l 1*0WarU for his services. On the hist day in- was gl von a tree will offering Ol over 'one hundred thousand dollars Tall he promptly divided between tie fonng Men's QhrtetMtl Association and Um Rod Class. It is a good and wholesome thin. for evangellsta ami ministem to scl II good c\amplc m the matter of lib . mftty. There nrc a great mans calls those ii^ for monoyi Kul there never 1 i i>??# n a time vs hen lOl ? W< P( more pt opie who had money with which t<? anowor these calls than to day, ft I .t Is monoy for anyway? Money is power. The Kaiser M condemnctl the world over because be uses military power ppi< nations for his ambition llOfl w hen a m:.n u ?s money to op press others for his Inordinate greed In whtt was |v; ho l etter than Knl ml w. ich Vonr Chanting Temperature. ? hm on Pol lege, .1 a ne 8ft, When the COWI nie on pa:Jure. the l>Utt< i i i heeomes softer. Thle makes il ? hum uulcker. Ifuttt r should not . In lern than a half hour, the days get warmer it will be Lette in lowei tin- rhnrnlng tontpernttire V hOg t he butter come; t.|tllcli i i. i a great loss of butter fat h the buttermilk. M AYS TO REMAIN SKCRET. No Information About Building of Vessels Will Be CR von Oat Here After? Washington, duly 8.? As a military policy no detailed Information will ne I made public In rentier regarding the progress of the government's ship? building programme. Heretofore it has been the practice to announce the award Of COt;tracts but Maj. (ten. (Joe thai.-:, manager of the emergency fleet corporation, said tonight that in the future there would he no announce? ments of that character. The Hoot corporation already has given eontraots for more than 100 Steel and wooden ships and in addi? tion for nearly loo wooden hulls and In the near future it Is expected the total will be greatly increased. Issuance of statistics regarding shipbuilding In the United states was suspended some time ago by the bu? reau of navigation, to that henceforth there will he no detailed Information of the kind available during the war. BlBLHWL ?AZA. Ilritish are Now Menacing the Scene of Samson's Exploits. "In advancing upon Goxa, an an? cient city of Palestine, situated some three miles from the Mediterranean ami about !><> miles in an airline SOUth of .Jerusalem, the British forces In the near east are lighting over terri? tory which w.as the scene of the Spectacular exploit.; of the great judge Of Israel, Samson, more than a thou? sand years before the Christian era," says S war geography bulletin issued, today by the National ideographic So? ciety from its Washington headquar? ters. "Gaza, was one of the live great cities of the Philistines, having risen to commercial importance on account Of Itfl situation at the juncture of the trade routes between Egypt and Baby? lonia, Elath and Arabia. Its seaport was Mn.iumas (renamed Constantia many centuries later by Constantino.) "During the heyday of Gaza's pros? perity the Philistines wore a power? ful and warlike people, their soldiers being equipped with copper helmets coats of mail, javelins and long lances, each man thus accoutred being ac? companied into battle by g shield boager. The light-armed soldiers were nr< hers. "After tho Isrealltes conquered it, Grzn was a prey to Assyrians, Baby lonlano, and Persians. It resisted tho Greeks under Alexander the Croat for several months. More than two cen? turies later it was destroyed by Alex? ander .Tannaus, the Jewish king. Sub? sequently a new Gaza, some distance to tho south of the old city, was built and was presented by Emperor Au? gustus to King Herod. Upon the hit? ter's death it became a part of tho Roman province of Syria. "i'p to the days of Constantino, Gaza was one of the chief strongholds o! paganism, the god Marnas being wor? shiped there until tho beginning of ?ho tifth century. In tho seventh cen? tury came the Arabs, and the Moslem still venerate it as the plaec of burial of Mohammend'S grandfather. The crusaders under Baldwin II tried to revive Its former glory, but without success and twenty years after their erection of a military stronghold here Raladln plundtred the town. Napol? eon captured Gaza In 171?9. "One of tho points of interest point? ed out to tourists is the 'tomb of Sam - ? ?n.' but there Is no evidence to show that tho site is authentic. El Mutar ( the watch tower') Is thought to be I lie eminence to which the strong man Of Israel 'took the door of the gate of the city, ami the two posts.' Ho 'went away with them, bar and all, and car? ried thom up to'the top of B hill that Is before Hebron.' it was in Gaza also that the final tragic chapter In Samson'! life was enacted. 'And Bam n ?n said: Let me die with the Phllis tine:.' so runs the Biblical account. 'And he bowed himself with all his might; ami the house fell upon the lords, and mam all tho people that were therein. So the dead which h< slew at his death were more than they Which he slew in his lit ?.' "C 's today a city of some 40,000 Inhn itants. The chief industry of tin i nmmunlty is the manufacture of i peculiar black pottery. Barley 1; raised extensively and exported to lard and. The bazaars ami the apparel of the Moslem women are stronglj suggestive of Bgy* Man) l*olcs Ktnrt Ing, Stockholm, July S. Thro,, polos here who have Issued an a ppea I for a Id at Warsaw, say thai Pobs ar< dving In the streets of hunger. Th. o< i led Press has Information from other sources Indicating equally as >i condilions In uther parts >f 1 ? in ad. The pretty young stenngraphei " no a iks Ihoitsnnds n| dollars fo "heart balm" might be greatly chn lined ii the gray headed mllllonalrt i ere In change bis mllid ??ml murn IUr.?Charleston Post. THE BOOKTElt TRIP. Auto Excursion to Advertise Tobacco Market .Inly 11 111. in order to mert the convenience of the toitaeco growers who say they will he housing tobacco on July 10th, just two days before tin: opening of the tobacco market on July 12th, and in usmuch as July litii will mi it t!ie growers better, according to their own statements, for the Sumter tobacco market and trade extension booster trip, July 11th has been agreed upon as tho date, instead of July 10th. The ladies of Turbovillc have invit? ed tho boosters to take dinner with them that day. This will be a pleas? ant source of Information to hundreds of Sumter ladies and gentlemen, and to many of our friends of the rural districts also who go on the booster trips. The fame of the Turbevlllo ladies OS culinary artists is widespread in this section of the country. The Sum ter boosters had the honor and^tlu pleasure of being the guests of Turbe ville ladies on two former occasions for dinner, and now all that la neces? sary to get up a crowd for a booster trip is to announce tha Turhevilfe's fair women will servo dinner to tin boosters, and "it is all over but th "holleri-" as one fortunate former guest of these ladies remarked today. Mr. O. a. Lemmon, chairman of the committee of arrangements Is bus? ily engaged in Interesting the Sum tor business men on the question ? signing up for cars and representa? tives to go on the trip July 11th. 1<> cal Farm Demonstrator .1. FranK Willams, with Secretary Keardon arc helping Mr. Lemmon. The itinerary will he announced in Thursday afternoon's Daily Item. A number of Bumter's business men say that they think there should he no less than one hundred and fifty Sum? ter business and professional men. with their wives on the trip of July 11th as we must keep up the close and friepdly relations between Sumte and the people of the rural districts and smaller towns In Sumter'i natur? al trade territory. CORN AND CHEESE. A Substitute for Macaroni and Cheese. Washington, June 23.?Corn may he tised with cheese in place of macaro? ni, specT?fAsts of the United States'de? partment of agriculture point out, fo? the preparation of a delicious and nu? tritive combination dish. The follow? ing receipe has been worked out by the department specialists: 1 cup of samp (coarsely ground or cracked corn.) 1 quart of water. 1 1-4 teaspoons salt. Bod fcjio samp in the salted water until tender. Drain and combine with tho following sauce: 1 cup skim milk. 1 cup finely cut cheese. 2 tablespoons Hour. 1 teaspoon salt, 1-4 teaspoon mus? tard, paprika, or other seasoning. Mix the seasonings with tho dry Hour. Add enough milk to form into a smooth paste. Add the remainder of the milk and heat in a stewpan, stir? ring constantly until thick. Add the chOOSO and stir until it is thorough? ly melted. Put a layer of tho boiled samp in a baking dish or casserole, Add a layer of sauco and so on alternately until the material Is all used. Sprinkle broad crumbs over tho top layer of sauce artd cook in a medium oven un? til the er?mbs brown. Dye hominy or hulled corn (to give it both its Southern and its North cm name) may be used in place of coarse cracked corn In the prepara? tion of this dish. If this product la used, it is unnecessary to heat it un? til it is placed in the oven. A richer sauce may he made, if de? sired, as follows: 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons Hour, 1 cup milk. 1 cup finely cut cheese, 1 teaspoon salt. 1-4 teaspoon mustard, pepper, <e. paprika. Melt the butter in saucepan. Mix into it the Hour- and seasonings. Add the milk and heat, stilting constant? ly Until the sauce becomes thick and smooth. Add the cheese and stir until it is melted. Hooting of liar. The Sumter Bar Association held n meeting yesterda> til which the quer lion was brought up of postponing I he civil court. Alter the matter h id been discussed for some lime, it was decided, by n vote of nine to six, to postpone all the Jury cases. All the iltd officers were re-elected, these be ing Tl. D. I .e.', president: It. ?1 Purdy, vice president, and flco. D l<cvy, secretary and treasurer. Don't you know Pol. Roosevell gets hot under the collar w lien he i cad; of the receptions that Prance Is gh ing lieft Psrshing.?Anderson Mail. rillLDRKN IN WAR TIMK ? low Canada Takes . are <?t* KoldierV i lillilren. Washington, June l'j.?How Canada provides for the wives and children of her cnllated men is described In a n - port by Mr. s. Herbert Wolfe of New York, prepared at the request of the secretary of labor and jus! published by the Children's Bureau of the rait? ed States Department Of Labor. in presenting the report, Miss Lath r?p, chief of the Children's Bureau, says: In the GO years since the Civil war, I g isla t ion affecting the family and its economic status has shown mark? ed growth. Mothers' pen: ion laws and minimum-wage laws are recognized examples, and it is acknowledged that their result lias not been to pauper? ize but distinctly to Improve the pow? er of the family to protect itself. | view of this tendency it is to be ox pected that a system of compensation for soldiers and sailors can he d< volopod whereby the government wall make possible for their children tin home life and parental care w hich are common need of every child. The report points out that in Can? ada two notable elements have l>ecn added to th" government provision for -oldiers and their families: First, in? surance on the lives of soldiers is car ried by various municipalities, and second, the Dominion lias undcrta|; en as a part of its military system the re-education, in a suitable occupation, of the disabled soldier so that he can assume again, in w hole or in part, ttl< care of his family. The Canadian compensation for He soldier and his family includes not only $''."j of monthly pay for the pri? vate in active service but a separa? tion allowance to his dependents of $20 a month from the Dominion gov? ernment and further assistance in spe cinl cases from the Canadian Patriotic fund. For example, the wife of a private soldier with three children between the ages of 10 ami IB may receive either. $15 or $20 from the assigned pay of her husband, $-<> scparation al? lowance, and $2f> from the Canadian Patriotic fund, or in all $?0 or $G5 a month. If her husband is killed, she will receive $10 a month for herself, and an additional $G month for each of her children until her boys are lfi years of ago and her girls are 17 years of age. In addition, IP she lives In Toronto or one of a number of other cities, she will receive life insurance. This will be paid to her in monthly In? stallments unless .she BltOWS that tho needs the entire amount at once to pay off a mortgage or to make a start in business. If her husband is disabled, she will receive a special maintenance allow? ance while he is having medical treat? ment and learning a new occupation, and when he is finally discharged, If his physical disability continues, a pension will be paid according to the extent of his disability and the num? ber of his children under 10 or 1 years of ago. Mr. Wolf is an actuary of recognized authority and he has analyzed espe? cially the municipal provision of life insurance by which certain Canadian cities have supplemented the pensions provided by the Dominion for de? pendents of deceased '.lora, in To? ronto, the municipality has no* only purchased $10,000,000 worth of insur? ance from private companies, but it is itself carrying more than $32,000,000 worth of insurance. A municipal in? surance bureau has been organised and $2.000,000 worth of bonds have been issued of which the principal and interest are a charge upon the general taxpayers of the city. Every officer and etdisted man residing within the city limits *?f Toronto who volunteers for oversea service has from the date of his enlistment been protected by Ufe insurance policy of $1,000, the pro? tection running from the time of his enlistment to his death or six months after his discharge or resignation. The report refers also to the fait that each of the european countries makes government provision for tin families of private soldiers and sailors in Croat Britain, Prance and Ger? many the amount of the governmental separation allowance depends upon the size of the family which must he supported. Untie Sam's Tin in Tltouglil for Today. I ?iiirt throw UWay stale bread. Mad? am Housewife. Ii can be used in many ways in pre aring your family's meals. I lere i one u stlgge l< d bj Hie I'nlted States department of agricul I uro: Breakfast Rusks. Drj or slightly toast slices of bread ami ends of loaves on the back of a stove or in a slow oven. Crush with rolling pin and servo the fragment: with milk or ercaui and sugar, an I fruit, if desired, as a breakfast food 'I'll..; product cIokcI) resembles sonn commercially prepared breakfast food and is obviously less expensive. What R Separate Peace Would Mian. The view of most atllee) a'rttoro thai a separate peace between Ccrmany and AlMtrlfl on ths one hand and Us - sis on the other is unlikely, I share. Hut I do believe it is mifltelently with? in tho possibilities to require eonskl eration. Suppose that Russia and her foes should reach a basis of settle* men! which restored to Russia all that she lias lost SSVO Poland, and gave her Armenien territory In Asia and free passage In ths straits, what then? First of all ttumsnla would polls pan at ones snd bo compelled to make i peace which would leave hsr a rnasal of tho Central Powers. Bulgaria would become permanently allied to the Central Powers and Serbia woul I either make a s parate pOOOS which would place her in the same I 0 lure as Bulgaria ami Rumania, or etas would lose all semblance of separate existence. As lor Greece, wo kno v that her king is merely waiting ??? throw his country into tho arms ot fl < 1? rman invader. Russian retirement, thru, would mean the temporary srcifoss of the Herman dream of Mitteleuropa, it would mean that the Germsna had succeeded in constructing an emplra in Central ISurope greater than N.i polcon's and had also added to It Asia Minor and Syria. Such a situa? tion would threaten the future of all tiie other nations of Europe. Italy Great Britain, ami Prance as Mediter? ranean nations ami Mohammedan powers would And themselves facing a menace which eould not be exag? gerate But could Italy continue in the war? Again the question rises as t?i radical and socialistic sentiment. Would a Russian retirement lead to a : imllsr explosion in Italy, and would the same Ftopian ideas serve to dis? arm tho Italians as they had the Rus? sians ami thus make i ocialism tie soldier of autocracy? No man can be sure wh.it. the answer to this ques? tion might be, if the Russian retire? ment were followed by one more ter? rific attack by the Central Powers up? on Northern Italy. It is essential to face the fact that Germany at the present moment stands to win the Wl r, if at all, be? cause she is deriving great and grow ng aid from the liberal and socialis? tic elements in the countries that are lighting her. Autooney, lighting for its life, Prussian military spirit at bay and threatened with extermintaion, is suddenly finding a possibility of sur? vival because of the blind idealism of the liberals in the world outside. If it were true that the same spir? it of liberalism wore rampant in (Ger? many, if tho Gorman Socialists were able to urge peace without annexation upon Germany as the Russians are im? posing it upon their own nation, one might view tho situation with greater calm, but this is not the case. Thus wo have tho assertion of S hiedemann in tho Reichstag that even if the Al? lied nations should proclaim the doc? trine of ponce without annexation, there would not yet he any revolution in Germany, although he asserted that >uch a time would come. Gorman socialism is divided, but tho larger faction still supports tho government ami the position of the government is weakened or strength? ened as the military prospects im? prove or worsen. German soliacism has not yet raised its voice to pro tost against annexation as a matter of morals, in any great volume. It has declared that as a matter of fact Germany could not win tho war in such a fashion as to nopilre |0fI'ltOfI or impose Indemnities. That is all. And this is a long . ay from tho Rus? sian spirit, which is tine of ,iure if ill balanced idealism. No man can say that tho growth and spread of liberal and even Ftopian ideas in Russia will not affect Ger? many, As the war goes on,, if Ger? man prospects continue to worsen, we shall certainly have an evor-gTOWtn demand in Germany for peace with? out annexation or Indemnity. But what it is essential to recognize no.v is that the completeness of tho Rua Blan collapse has wakened new hope in Berlin and that this fait, added to the still unshaken faith in the subma? rine, has given Germany a new acces? sion of confidence which is unmistak? able and a row expectation of emerg? ing from the war with Increased ter? ritory ? sd with rome portion of the e<> : of the war imposed upon the ?nemy. The example of Frederick i he Great in the Rlteslan War is now in all German minds. Frederick fought nit Rurope for Rile its, snd ;?t the end retained the stolen province Me was ? ived by a Russlsn change of rulers Once more hope conies from the Rast. From "An Ominous Month of War." by Frank H. Slmonda, in the American Review of Reviews for .I une. 1917. The Young People's Pnlon will meet Sunday, July Bth at t p. m in Trtnlt) Methodist Church. History was made in McCormlck Tuesday the baby county's first term ut court was held there.?Charlesto.i last.