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KKTlMAfKS B1L.
titOlf BUSHEI* MORE THAN
LAST YEAR'S CROP.
of America Doing Their I t
? %? Sapply like Food Needs of
Thai Country and of Oar AUleo and
f BOM Render a Victory Over Oer
?nut MUltariaaa Certain.
Washington. July t.?A billion
hUObela Increase over laat year's pro?
duction In the principal food crops is
Use response that farmers have made
to the president's mid-April appeal
onying that upon them "rests the fate
Of the war and the fate of nations."
91*1 extent of the farmers' response
WOJt disclosed today when a produc?
tion Of MtS.000.000 bushels of prln
eisisi food crops was forecast in de
pajtment of agriculture's July crop
report. It shows this years' crop will
ho the largest in history except one.
nn4 that four other crops will make
JMS' high records. The corn crop,
\ which with favorable weather from
nOjtf os) may equal the bumper yield of
ttlf. show* an lnhrease of 541,000,000
bwshess over lost year with a total of
Is134.000 bushels The acreage Is 146
4 pet cent, larger than laat year.
The combined winter and spring
sdseoft crop will be 3U.000.ooo bushels
Snore than last year's, with a total of
ffl.tee.OOO bushels.
V Horsey, with prospects of the third
^HhSSSS* crop ever crown, will exceed
X' loot year's production by S3.000.000
wttn as> output of li4.ooo.ooo
Ones promised to exceed last year's
ursp by tUl.t?4St00 bushels, the total
goods** Ion being forecast at 1,460,
OW.OOO bushels. That Is slightly un
det* the record. Improvement be
tureen now and harvest, however, may
result In a record crop.
^White potato production, on a 12
1-2 nor seat. Increase In acreage, will
no e tossed crop, with 462.000,000
huihshx or 167.000,000 bushels more
thnn lout year, not taking Into ac
eotint the garden production, which
thin year Is estimated to be much
lai get than ever before. Rye, another
reword crop this year, will amount t
??100,000 bushels, or 2.700,000 bush
efts store than loot year.
??set potatoes will register a new
. with 62.200.000 bushels, or
? bushels more than last
111 be 34,400,000
basnets, the secon3ujj}rgcst crop ever
produced.
Production of tobacco will break
soother record, with a crop of 1,216.
606 pounds, which is 94.000,000 mll
hXei pounds more than was grown last
year.
B*1 he a statement explainmg condl
the department of agriculture
"A hoary Increase In acreage
sji gprn Is noted, amounting to over 14
pte* cent of last year s area, much of
tie Increase being on land not for?
merly cultivated and the bulk of the
remainder on abandoned wheat lands
and acreage formerly devoted to hay.
The growth Is several weeks late, but
the seed was generally of superior* |
quality. Stande color and vigor aro
generally above the average. There
have been some losses on flooded bot?
tom lands and a moderate amount of
replanting has been necessary
"The corn crop suffered from
drought In the Oulf Central States but
?1stThere moisture Is sufficient or In
"The etands of winter wheat, espe?
cially where thinned by winter killing,
have thickened up surprisingly. The
growth during the month has made
an Improvement, repreeentlng a gain
qf 26.000.000 bushels, this being far
In exoees of what was expected or \t
ordinarily experienced. The Improve?
ment was general with the exception
of a few States. Practically no insect
damage is reported.
"Spring wheat has declined In con?
dition materially, owing to frost and
dryneso In North Dakota and unfavor?
able conditions In some of the West?
ern States.
"nats have Improved with winter
wheat In all sections except the north
em portion of the North Central
States. Winter oats In the South are
a very small crop, owing to winter
damage and the spring oats crop,
where grown there, whllo better,
was not large owing to drought In the
Oulf Central 8tates. Stands through?
out the main producing sections, other
than as noted, are exceptionally heavy,
the condition Is high and at this date
the largest crop of record 1? prom
Issd 1.463,000 bushels.
"The acreage of rice has boon
much Increased, but conditions uro
favorable In the Oulf coast section of
Louisiana and Texas. The conditions
In Arkansas and California are high
and the present crop promises 34.400.
000 bushels, being less then the ehe
nomenal crop of 40,700,000 last y <;- <',
but more than 6.000.000 greater than
any previous ysar.
"The barley promise remains un?
changed at the high figure of M4.
?60,000 bushels. II)e as a result of
STOP ENEMY TRADE.
BILL TO PROHIBIT TRADING
WITH GERMANY NOW BE?
FORE THE (HOUSE.
The Measure I* Designed to Prevent
Food and Other Commodities Use?
ful to Nations at War With United
States Heuchln* Them Either Di?
rectly or Through Neutral Coun?
tries.
Washington. July 9.?Tho adminis?
tration bill to prohibit trading with
Germany or her allies during the war
was taken up today by the house and
such progress made that passage is
expected not later than Thursday.
General debate was concluded without
developing indications of a prolonged
fight when the measure is taken up
for consideration of the amendments.
Representative Lenroot of Wiscon?
sin led the opposition to the bill, main?
taining that some of the provisions
to prohibit neutrals from trading with
the enemy or enemy allies while do?
ing business In this country were in
direct violation of international law.
Representative Montgue of Virgin?
ia, In charge of the measure, Indicat?
ed that he would accept amendments
agreeable to Mr. Lenroot
The section which Would permit tho
taking over of German patents in this
country for use during; the war was
criticised by Representative LaGuar
dla of New York. He insisted that
salvarsan. 'a German patent speclllc,
can not be compounded successfully
by American chemists and cautioned
the house that cancelling of German
patents might result in seizure of
American property In Germany.
A committee amendment making it
unlawful to transmit a letter or any
message, picture, diagram or map to
the enemy was explained by Repre?
sentative Esch of Wisconsin as a pre?
caution against the versatility of the
German spy system.
ASKS FOR MORE MONEY.
Ship Board Plans Merchant Fleet or
Five Million More Tons?First Ap?
propriation I Used Up.
Washington. July 9.?Another ap?
propriation of half a billion dollars
for shipbuilding probably will be ask?
ed of congress Immediately by the
administration. Contracts already let
and about to be closed, the shipping
board announced tonight, have ab?
sorbed the first $500,000,000.
President Wilson's approval for the
programme la yet to be obtained but
It Is understood the president is in
full sympathy with officials who be?
lieve the allies can not win the war
until every resource Is used to con?
struct a great American merchant
fleet.
First estimates of 3,000,000 tons
construction within 18 months will be
far exceeded, It was learned tonight, if
the plans of the shipping board and
MaJ. Gen. Goethals, manager of the
board's emergency fleet corporation
are carried out. The present aim is to
build at least 6,000,000 tons dead
weight of shipping In addition to ves?
sels already under construction for
private account which will be taken by
the government.
Announcement of the intention to
ask for a second appropriation was
contained in a statement issued to?
night hyj Chairman Denman of the
shipping board which carried the Inti?
mation that the second sum may be
used largely for wooden construction.
The vast resources of quick wood
construction." It said, "are still far
from exhausted and we believe more
steel contracts can be placed. We
need wooden vessels of both slow and
fast speeds. The slower can relieve
our coastwise congestion and our cat
shortage. Many wooden ships can he
built which are faster than the ma?
jority of the vessels now crossing the
war zone."
Gen. Goethals* attitude towards
wooden ship construction still is
somewhat in doubt, but recent reports
have indicated that he Is changing his
vlow somewhat and favoring a larger
wooden ship programme.
WOODMEN IN ATLANTA.
Thousand Fxpeoted to Attend Con
ventlon Tills Week.
Atlanta, July 9.?Woodmen of the
World from all parts of the United
States and some from Canada wert
here tonight preparatory to tho open?
ing of the htcnnlal convention to?
morrow. The convention, which In ex?
pected to be attended by 1,000 tele?
gates, will last one week. Thousands
of members of the order who have
no official voice In tl <? convention are
arriving and members of the Atlanta
camp tonight said they had prepared
to take care of 30,000 visitors.
unfavorable conditions In North Da?
kota has declined almost 4,000.090
bushels to present promise of 10,100,
000 bushels, this being, however, still
about 15,000,000 bushels above the av?
erage, and half Unit above lust yoar.t
crop."
NATIONAL GUARD DRAFTED.
PRESIDENT WILSON 1SSUF.D OR.
DEH CALLING ALL STATE
TROOPS INTO SER?
VICE.
Tills Is The Ii?Bt Stop Necessary to
Make the Entire National Guard
Available for Service in France??
Troops Will be Mobilized in Two In?
crements?South Carolina Regi?
ments Called Out on July 25th.
Washington. July 9.?The last step
necessary to make the entire National
Guard available foi duy in France was
taken today by President Wilson with
the issue of a proclamation drafting
the State troops into the army of the
United States on August 5.
To make certain the purpose of the
national defense | act Is carried out.
the proclamation also specially de?
clares the men drafted to be discharg?
ed from the old militia status on that
date. In that way the constitutional
restraint upon use of militia outside
tho country is avoided and the wax
paved for sending tho regiments to
the European front.
Prior to the application of the
draft, regiments In the Northern and
Eastern sections of the country are
called into the federal service as Nat?
ional Guardsmen In two increments to
be mobilized on July 15 and 25. Many
units already are federallzed and pre?
sumably they will bo mobilized with
the other troops from their States.
The guard from the other States will
be mobilized on the day of the draft.
The arrangement was necessary to pro?
vide for movement of the regiments
South to their concentration camps
without congestion and to the same
end division of States into these In?
crements are revised from the orig?
inal schedule.
The operative date of the draft was
delayed until August 6 so that all reg?
iments can be taken into the army
simultaneously to avoid Inequalities
In the relative rank of officers.
Fourteen camp sites for the 16 tac?
tical divisions into which the guard
will be organized for war purposes
have already been selected and the
militia bureau is preparing the rail?
way routing of the troops to the
camps. Seven of the sites selected
are in the Southeastern department,
five in the Southern and two in the
Western.
The president's proclamation in
part follows:
"Whereas, the United States of
America and the Imperial German
government are now at war, and
having In view tho consequent danger
of aggression by a foreign enemy in
territory of the United States and
tho necessity for proper preparation
against possible interference with the
execution of the laws of the union by
agents of the enemy, I, Woodrow
Wilson, president of the United
States, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the constitution and
laws of the United States and through
the governors of the respective States,
call Into service of the United Jfc tes
as of and from the dates hereinafter
respectively indicated all members of
the National Guard and all enlisted
members of the National Guard re?
serve of the following States, who are
not now in the service of the United
States, except members of staff corps
and departments not included in the
personnel of tactical organizations,
and except such officers of the Nat?
ional Guard as have been or may be
especially notified by my authority
that they will not be afTected by this
call, to wit:
On July 15. 1917, New York, Penn?
sylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Michi?
gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa.
North Dakota, South Dakota and Ne?
braska.
"On July 25, 1917, Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jer?
sey, Delaware, Maryland, District of
Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois.
Montana. Wyoming, Idaho, Washing?
ton and Oregon.
"Tho member! of the National
Guard of the various States affected
by this call will be concentrated at
such places as may be designated by
the war department."
"II. Under the authority conferred
upon mo by clause second of section
(>ne of the act of congress to author?
ize the president to Increase tempora?
rily the mi Uta t> establishment of the
United States, approved May IS. I'll 7.
I do hereby draft Into tho military
?ervlce of the United States as of and
from the Mb day of August, 1917, all
members of the National Quard and
all enlisted members of the National
Guard reserve of the following States
except members of staff eorps and
departments not included in the per?
sonnel of tactical organisations and
except such other otlieers of the Nat?
ional Quard as have been or may be
specially notified by my authority that
they will not be drafted, to wit:
? to .
"New York. Pennsylvania. Ohio.
West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin.
Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South
CLEAR IDEA OF SITUATION NOT
OBTAINABLE FROM CENSOR?
ED NEWS.
Conference Between Imperial Council
and Reichstag Leaders Expected to
End Crisis?Von Hcthmnnn-Hol
wog> Must Either Abide by Decision
of Conference or Resign.
Copenhagen, July 10.?It is diffi?
cult to get a clear impression of the
political crisis from the news reports
that are allowed to come out of Ger?
many. The imperial council and
reichstag leaders, however, are ex?
pected to meet this afternoon or even?
ing to decide the fate of the chancel?
lor and the government. Some say
the conference will end the crisis. The
Vossische Zeitung says the chancellor
can cither abide ' y the decision of the
conference or face a reichstag re?
bellion. It says that if the reichstag
finds itself out of harmony with the
chancellor it will adjourn.
GERMAN CABINET CHANGES.
Reported that Kaiser Has Decided to
Accept Resignations of Two Minis?
ters.
London, July 10.?The Exchange
Telegraph says it is reported in Am?
sterdam that the resignations of Dr.
Helfrlch, the German vice chancelor
and secretary of the Interior and Sec?
retary of Foreign Affairs Zimmerman
have been decided upon by the em?
peror.
COTTON FURNISHES FOOD.
Food Commission Issues Estimate of
Contribution to Food Supply.
Washington, July 10.?The food ad?
ministration commission has estimated
that this year's cotton crop will yield
one hundred and seventy-four million
gallons of cotton seed oil and more
than two milliin tons If cotton seed
! cake.
Dakota, Nebraska, Maine New Hamp?
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Del?
aware, Maryland, District of Colum?
bia, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Montana,
Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Ore?
gon, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkan?
sas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas,
Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mex?
ico, Arizona, Utah and California.
'"III. All persons hereby drafted
shall on and from the 5th day of Au?
gust, 1917, stand discharged from the
militia, and, under the terms of sec?
tion two of the act of May 18, 1917,
be subject to the laws and regulu
tlous governing the regular army, ex?
cept as to promotions, so far as such
laws and regulations are applicable to
persons whose permanent retention in
the military service on the active or
retired list is not contemplated by
law.
"IV. The members of each com?
pany, battalion, regiment, brigade, di?
vision or other organization of the
National Guard hereby drafted into
the military service of the United
States shall be embodied in organiza?
tions corresponding to those of the
regular army. The olllcers not above
the rank of colonel of said organiza?
tions of tho National Guard who are
drafted and whose offices are provided
for in like organization of the regular
army, are hereby appointed officers in
the army of the United States In the
arm, staff, corps or department, and
In the grade in which they now hold
commissions as officers of the Nation?
al Guard, such appointments to be ef?
fective, subject to acceptance, on ami
from the 5th day of August, 1917 and
each of them, subject to such accept?
ance. Is hereby assigned as of said
date to the organization in the army
of the United States composed of
those who were members of the or?
ganization of tho National Guard in
which at the time of draft he held
a commission. ,
"The non-commissioned officers of
tho organization of the National
Guard, the members of which are
hereby drafted, arc hereby appointed
non-commissioned officers in their
present grade in the organizations of
the army composed of said members
and shall In each case have the same
relative rank as heretofore; and all
other enlisted men are hereby eon
firmed in tho army of the Unite I
States in tho grades and ratings held
by them In the National Guard In all
cases whore such grades and ratings
correspond to grades and ratings pro*
VldOd for like organizations of the
regular army, all snob appointments of
non-commissioned officers and con?
firmations of other enlisted men In
their grades to he without prejudice
to the authority of subordinate com?
manders in res peel of promotions, re?
ductions and changes in enlisted per?
sonnel.
"V. Bach organization of the mili?
tary force hereby created will, until
further orders, bear the same name
and designation us the former organl
RUSSIAN DRIVE UNBROKEN.
WIEGE DRIVEN THROUGH LONG
STANDING AUSTRIAN LINE
IN G ALICIA.
Spedy Fall of Halle/ Is Expected and
the Way Oi>eiied to Lemberg If the
Russian Offensive is Not Speedily
Checked?More Prisoners and Guns
Cninurcd?German Continue Offen?
sive In Effort to Regain Lost Po?
sitions in France?British Make
Further Advance in Belgium.
The second days attack by Gen.
Korniloff in Eastern Galicia resulted
n taking several villages, a thousand
prisoners and three field pieces. Al
cady this branch of the Russian of?
fensive has resultea in driving a wedge
into the long standing Teuton line be?
tween Stanislau and Halicz and defi?
nitely breaking it. The continuation
of the Russian pressure means the
speedy fall of Halicz, and opening the
way to Lemberg along two good rail?
road lines.
The continued German attacks on
the Aisne front suggest that it is a
sustained offensive in an effort to re?
gain the ground lost in the French
spring campaign. The French guns
arc holding the Teutons in check,
however. The British advanced slight?
ly east of Itesjstnea ridge In Belgium.
The Oermaas officially admit that
German forces fighting in the Stanis?
lau sector on Galician front yesterday
withdrew behind the Ivomnica river.
The statement says that fighting in?
creased in severity near Riga, Dvinsk
and Gmorgon, where the Russians
surprised the world by striking a
heavy blow a few days ago.
LOOKING FOR GERMANS.
Fugitives from South America
Thought to Ik- Aboard Swedish Ships
in American Port.
Atlantic Port, July 10.?Two Swe
dish steamers which are here foi
bunker coal are being closely guard?
ed by department of justice agenU
who are investigating reports that
they have aboard several Germans
who are trying to make their wa>
from South America to Germany. Re?
ports of the station in life and mis?
sion of the Germans widely vary. No
one ia allowed to leave the ships.
FIRING ACROSS BORDER.
Mexicans Fire Fifty Shots Across Rio
Grande?American Patrol Returns
Fire.
El Paso, July 10.?Fifty shots were
fired by Mexicans aoross the Rio
Grande last night at Harts Mil!. The
fire was answered by the American
patrol. It is believed the firing was
done to hide smuggling operations.
There were no casualties.
PEACE RECOMMENDATIONS.
German Minority Socialists Issue
Lengthy Memorandum.
Stockholm. July 9.?Immediate con?
clusion of peace conditions which
?hall include tho establishment of an
international convention to bring
about general disarmament is the de?
mand of tho international proletariat,
according to German minority Social?
ists, who have just issued a lengthy
memorandum. Economic isolation of
States is condemned, the memoran?
dum continues, and obligatory inter?
national arbitration has been institut?
ed. Eqdal rights of all Inhabitants of
any country, regardless of nationality,
race or religion, is an imperative ne?
cessity. Other recommendations are:
Secret treaties must be abolished,
j Modifications of frontiers must de?
pend on the consent of the popula?
tions concerned and must not be ef?
fected by violence.
Annexations and indemnities shall
be fixed on the basis of the right of
nations to decide their own destinies.
Reestablishmet if Serbia as an in?
dependent automonmous State is nec?
essary.
The aspirations of the Polish peo?
ple toward national unity is under?
stood hut to concede right of autonomy
to Russian Poland and refuse it to
Prussian nad Austrian Poland Is ir?
reconcilable with the right of nations
to decide their own destinies.
Washington. July 10.?The Ameri?
can commission to Russia has com?
pleted Its work and will start for home
soon. Officials believe that the com?
mission did much to steady Russia's
new democracy. It is reported that
the mission will stop for official visit
In Japan. No otlicial announcement
of this has been made.
satlon of the National Guard of whose
members it is composed.
"VI. All necessary orders for com?
bining the organizations created by
embodying therein members of the
National Guard and v?ttlonal Guard
reserve hereby drafi Into the mili?
tary service of the United States into
complete tactical units will be issued
by the war department."
RIGID LAW ENFORCEMENT. I
FEDERAL OFFICERS WILL PROS
ECUTE BLIND TIGERS IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Importation of Liquor Into inhibi?
tion Territory is Now an Offimse
Against United States Statutes and
Those Who Are Captured Will Re
Tried in the Federal Courts.
Charleston. July 9.?That the fed?
eral courts in this State will tako a
vigorous hand in enforcing the liquor
laws as set forth in the United State?
stitutc that went into effect on July 1,
and which makes it a federal offense
to bring liquor illegally into prohibi?
tion territory, such as South Carolina,
even though it does not interfere with
the quart a month act was indicated
today when a negro, Joe Islam, waa
brought before United States Com?
missioner Iluger, charged with vio?
lating the liquor statute, which re?
cently went Into effect and bound over
for trial at the Aikon term of court,
in October. The interesting part of
this case is that Islam, who was ar?
rested by State liquor constables, has
been taken charge of by the federal
authorities, which indicates that the
bulk of smuggling liquor causes are
going before Uncle Sam, which makes
it much more serious to violate the
liquor importation law of South Car?
olina, since offending the State in thla
particular means offending the United
States. All cases of the sort are re?
ported to the federal authorities by
the State officials and evidently most
of the prosecutions will be made by
the United States. "The people of
this State," declared a federal official
today, "had better take warning, for
the federal liquor aw will te strictly
enforced." It is ikely that further
arrests will grow out of the Islam
case. The negro is said to have
brought the liquor seized from Jack?
sonville. A conslc erable quantify of
beer and whiskey was in his suit case.
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MOTOR CAR LICENSES.
other Information Given Out From
Office of State Highway Commis?
sion.
Columbia, July I,?A total of $90,
637.06 has been pUd into the State
Highway Department, today for li?
censes on automobiles, motorcycles
and for dealers, stated J. Roy Pen
nell, State highway engineer, this
morning.
With the exception of about 2.000
or 3,000 delinquents all the automo?
bile owners in the State have secured
licenses in conformance with the law,
thinks Mr. Pennell. It Is estimated
that there are approximately 32,000
owners of automobiles in South Car?
olina.
"The enforcement of the law re?
quiring automobile owners to secure
licenses by July 1 is left entirely with
the local officials in each county, and
they are somewhat reluctant in en?
forcing it," stated the highway en?
gineer. "Probably, however, this is
partly due to the impression that pre?
vails among some officials that tho
enforcement of this law rests with
the State Highway Commission."
That there is a false impression
prevalent throughout the State rela?
tive to the permits recently issue 1 hy
the highway department, is a state?
ment made by Mr. Pennell. He ex?
plained that these permits were given
to automobile owners when they paid
their licenses, and the department
was out of license plates, to i?how
that they have been issued to holders
of permits and it is no longer legal to
operate a motor-propelled vehicle
without the plate being attached
thereto.
Riehland County so far leads with
tho number of licenses secured. Nej
in order of registration comes Spar
tanburg, Greenville. Anderson, Char?
leston and Orangeburg counties.
Four-fifths of the money secured
frcm licenses reverts to the county of
its origin and the other one-fifth ts
used for the purchase of license
plates and the maintenanoe of the
hi?hway department.
Rural Carrier Examination.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam?
ination for the county of Sumter, S.
C, to be held at Sumter, S. C. on
July 28. 1917 to fill the position of
rural carrier at Oswego, S. C, and va
cat else that may later occur on ru?
ral routes from other post offices In
tho above-mentioned county. The ex?
amination will be open only to male
citizens who are actually domiciled
in the territory of a postoffice in the
county and who meet the other re?
quirements set forth in Form No.
1977 This form and application
blanks may bo obtained from the of?
fice mentioned above or from the
United States Civil Service Commis?
sion at Washington. D. C. Applica?
tions should be forwarded to the
Commission at Washington at the
earliest practicable date. An exami?
nation will also be held for nostmaster
at Oswego.