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mot Tins or wan. lAYg SLAV Hi PfJOFLE WILL SI RELY \V*1N. of Amorknn Miudon 11?? Faith In Triumph of Democracy?Pay* Tribute to RushIsii IN*>p4e. A Psclnc Psrt. Aug. 4.?Faith In tho ability of Russia to ovorcomo her difficulties aS)d perpetuate a great an?l free (lemperaey wun expressed today ay Khku Root, head of the American mission at Russia, In a speech deliv? ered at a luncheon here. In honor of ah* r?*torn of tho mission. Tho mem? bers of the party landed here last sight. They left today for Washing ton. "I have abiding faith that Russia, through trial and tribulation, will Work out, create and perpetuate a great, free, self-governing democ? racy.' sfr. Root said in his address. Professing a sincere admiration for the sfci<lly character of the Russian people "considerate of the rights and feel Inf a* of others, and with a high eapaclty for self-control and a noble Idealism, heading always In a better way toward higher things." he pleaded for deep sympathy for the nation, "which la struggling with tho prob? lems (hat we have boon studying for 140 years sad have not yet solved." Declaring that "America must mus? ter Its men hood with democracy against the power of autocracy." he said, "there will be death, widowed homes, sacrifices and suffering, doubt, almost despair. In the end will rise a ?r?vst fr?e country, remade In tho spirit of our fathers, competent to accomplish Its divine mission and carry liberty and justice throughout the world "Do not argue about why we are in the wsr. bvit realUe that the time has come when American liberty, Ameri? can justice. American independence and freedom Is tho stake for which we must fight." HAS LIST OF AMERICANS. EUgtbfcn for Draft Now In Great Britain. London, Aug. 4.? Robert P. Skinner, the American consul general, has re? quested and recelvde the official list of all American cltlxens with? in the I nlted Kingdom eligible for draft under tho American selective conscription law. These persons are being circularised by tho consulate and told they are expected to appear and offer themselves for registration. Tbs r uii.her of tho Americans rs yet unregistered. is comparatively small, as the ellglbio men have shown themselves anxious to enroll. The to? tal number of ellgiblcs is relatively unimportant, ss most of them hero are over age. Those not eligible are dls eppolnfod at not being permitted to register FlaVrr TO FILL ITS QUOTA. New York District (iot 211 Out of 141. - ? r New York. Aug. 4.?New York's first exemption district to till Its quota for the national army was announced today. Its quota was 214 men, wh > were obtained out of 34 2 men exam? ined of the 1S9 districts In tho city msny have not yet begun examina? tions, i I A Surprise* Marriage. A marriage of quite a tinge of war romanoe was consummated Friday evening, the third, ut the Episcopal Rectory. Mr. Ix>gan M. Allen, Jr., snd Miss Uhlan L* Koenecko were married by the bride's pastor. Rev. J. Men them Walker, the Impressive ring service of tho Episcopal church being used. Only a few nearest relatives and friends l>clng present. Mr. Allen was one of the boys of the 8. L. 1. who was on the border, postponing the wedding last yoar that he might servo his country. Men Allen is the eldest daughter of Mr. John Koenecko of this city, having moved here from Charleston a few years sgo. Their many friends ar extending congratulations to the hwppy coupl? Jours on Ex|m?rt lbmnl. Washington. Aug. 6.?Thomas D. Jones, of Chicago, capitalist. WhOSC nomination to tho federal reserve board was rejected by senate after charges closely allied with "big bus Ines?," has >> ? I appointed a mem? ber of the exports administrative board, succeeding Edward Hurley, appointed chairman of tho shipping board. Tho board Is the right hand of the exports council v/hh h is keep tng supplies from the enemy. Ant I-Draft Agitator* Arrested. Oklahoma City. Aug. ft.?Draft re sisters began the fourth day activities with "Mattered bands still hiding In hills in Seminole and Hughes countu-v. but with the life of their cause cb blng. officers believe. With the ai rest of two hundred objectors Includ? ing some leaders, official* believe thai have the situation well in hand. HDOOND IM uz f. wkek. Clutmhvr of Commerce to Make Ad? ditional Awards at Glenn's Ware housc. The second wcok of prize sales at Glenn's Ttobacco Warehouse of Sum tor begin tctlu> and next Friduy $85 will he uwarded, by the Chamber of Commerce In prizes, through the lih f r.ili?y of Sit niter's business men; and next week ;ilso, to the seven tobac? co growers bringing the greatest num? ber of pounds of tobacco and receiv? ing largest amount of money for to? bacco on the Sumter market. I-..-t Friday SI 25.00 were awarded for the first week's contest, Friday be? ing a speclil prize day at which forty dollars extra prizes were award? ed. The business and professional men of Sumter are invited to attend the sales every day, except Saturday, this and next week, and talk tobacco planting for 1918 as tobacco blda fair to bring as high prices next year, and for several years as it is now selling for, duo to the scarcity of the weed. Kuiopean tobacco growing countries uro growing practically no tobacco be? cause the men are lighting, and the I American crop has been short for two years past. Landowners, merchants, hankers, tenants, professional men and others are vitally Interested in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to bo made out of growing tobacco for several years and all should pull together to make Sumter county a great tobacco growing county, and Sumtcr the lending tobacco market of this section of fc'outh Carolina. It 'has been noticed by those in? terested in building up the Sumtcr to? bacco market that a number of Sum? ter business men who up to a week ago said they derived no benefit from the tobacco warehouse, aro now say? ing that they arc feeling the effects of thousands of dollars being turned loose on the Sumtcr market. It Is a groat deal owing to how much inter? est you take in any business or busi? ness organization, how much you will Und out ubout it anyhow. HAILFY CAMP OPENS. Army Training tor Junior South Cnr llnlnaH. Greenville, Aug. 6.?The Junior training camp for South Carolina will open at Dailey Military Institute, Greenwood, Wednesday, August 8. All young mon and men who expect to attend this camp should rcacli Greenwood and report at Itailcy bar? racks not later than 6 o'clock p. m. of the 8th. The camp will continue through Wednesday morning, Septem? ber 12. The purpose of the war department (n establishing this camp is to make it possible for all men, whether <luifted or not, to sccuro military training. The training will bo of wonderful value to those men who would he drafted in second or third call and to all others who may be call? ed upon to servo our country at any time. Then, too, there arc thousands of men who desire and should re reive some military training even though they are never called into ac? tive service Tho expenses, pnyahlo upon en? trance will be $25.00 for tho entire period. Those amounts cover board, rooms, water and light. I)ue to the scarcity of uniform material no regu? lation uniform will he required. It is possible that arrangements can ho made for securing khaki shirts and hats, the cost of which will not exceed $2.00. These may be secured after reaching Greenwood. Tho rooms in barracks aro furnished with the necessary heavy furniture, beds and cots arc supplied with mattresses. It will be necessary for those attending the camp to '?ring bedding and tow? els. All who .desire to enter the camp should notify at once "Bailey Military Institute." Greenwood S. C. "Sows From France." Mr. Sam Dinkins, of this city, is in reeelpt of a letter from his former romilU at the Citadel, Lieut. Hope, who is in France with (leu. l'orsh ing's army, in which he states that tho American forces are about to see active service. The family of Lieut. Wl son Spann, who is also in < I'nmcf, has received news from him to the effect that they will soon sec matters for better or worse. No par? ticulars as to oncoming events were allowed in these letters but the general trend shows that the period of intensive training is Hearing the Mid and that I'nclc Sam's forces will soon see ictive service on the battle 'front, and will in the near future take over a port Ion of the Fronen front. Death Sentence for Traitors. Muskegee. i >kla . Aug. H.?United Htntof Dtotrtef Attorney MeGlnnli an nouncod today that men arrested for resisting the draft in connection with the Oklahoma disturbances are to be trie.I on ? barges of treason, ami the death Pen ?-nee will be asked for b) the government Two depnetiei hove I.n sent to the infested district t > gel evidence ngalnoi Ihe alleged trai I lurs. KERENSKY HAtMCD AS RUSSIA'S ] SAVIOR. Korniloff Asks Petrograd Government for Drastic Powers in Dealing With Army. Petrograd, Aug. 4 (via Ixmdon, Aug. 5).?The all-night political con? ference at the Winter Palace which was concluded this morning by pas? sage of a resolution in which confi? dence in Premier Kerensky was ox pressed by each of the five parties represented and in which he was in? vited to form his own cabinet, was conducted in the strictest order, but with intense emotion. All the par? ticipants were obviously convinced that the decision to be reached meant Russia's regeneration or ruin. In conversation with the Associated Press correspondent who was per? mitted to be present, the minister de? clared the conference to be the most momentous event in the empire since 1013. when the election of tho llrst Romanoff by a similar conference of notables at Moscow saved the country from dissolution. Tho debato resolved itself into a series of panegyrics of the absent Kerensky, who was acclaimed the only man invested with the qualities necessary to restore order while pre? serving liberty. Foreign Minister Terestchenko declared that Russia must peparc to light throughout the winter and that Kerensky alone pos? sessed the confidence of the nation. M. Tseretelll, the minister of posts and telegraphs, in an emotional speech, echoed the view that Kerensky was the only man who could save the country. In order to allevite his task, declared tho speaker, tho government would abstain from forcing through the party program. Tho procurator of the Holy Synod, M. iA'off, said that he, too, considered the premier tho man destined to be Russia's savior. Minister of Justice Efrcmoff described the premier as indispensable. Paul N. Milukoff, leader of the Con? stitutional Democrats, stated that his party was still ready to attempt the formation of a coalition government with M. Kerensky as a chief who has all the qualifications for success. After an interval the debate was resumed and Vice Premier Nekrasoff announced the demands made by Gen. Korniloff for assurances from Petro? grad that he would have drastic pow? ers, without Which ho would not take over chief command of the Russian armies. A counterrevolution exists, added M. Nekrasoff, and is growing day by day. Therefore, the restoration of a strong government, he declared, must be im i mediate. ALEXANDER TAKES OATH OF OFFICE. Ceremony Attended by Country's I?riii tipal Dignitaries?VcniwMos ut Mon? arch's Right. Athens, Saturday, Aug. 4.?King Alexander today took the oath of of Ilce as the Grecian monarch amid great pomp and ceremony. Preceded by a troop of soldiers, the king in a carriage drawn by four horses pro? ceeded from the palace to the hall of the chamber of deputies through streets lined with cheering citizens. Reaching the chamber at 10.30 O'clock, the king was met by a parlia? mentary committee, the council of ministers and the clergy and escort? ed to tho legislative hall which was profusely decorated with flowers and I national flags. The king wore the white uniform of a general, with numerous decorations. His entrance was tho signal for hearty cheering, which he acknowledged with graceful bows. As ho remained standing to take tho oath, Premier VsnlSSlos was at. his right and the president of the ( hamber at Ills left. The oath was taken upon a Bible handed to him by the officiating bishop of tho Greek Church, As this portion of the cere? mony was concluded the hall rang with cries of "Ixmg live Alexander," "Long live the constitution," and i j "Long live Vcnisselos." I Reveille. _ (By Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff of the Vigilantes.) I Today my lover takes his gun Across the meadows in the sun, I Across the scented fields of May. I see him going on Iiis way Silent and unafraid and strong, Walking the long Mile upon mile against tho sun? Today my lover takes his gun. Today my lover takes his gun. (Ah, well, love's golden dream i done!) For he ll marching day by day Vlong the scented lanes of May, His bayonet pointed to the sky, And grave his fearless eye - i ndaunted by the searching sun? Today my lover takes Iiis gun. Social Conference. Sloe! holm, Aug. 8.??ThS date of the International Koeiallst conference to he held hsre has been definitely Dxed for Sept ember. THi; TFN VIIUilNS. "And Five of Them Were Wise, und live Were Foolish." (By Elizabeth Dcjcans of the Vigil .antes.) (Mrs. Dcjcans spent most of her early life in the Orient, has lived sev? eral years in Europe, and is the au? thor of a number of novels, among them 'The House of Thane," "The Life-Builders," "The Tiger's Coat.' She has also contributed to various maga? zines. ) it is no exaggeration to say that we women of Amerlcji are "going forth" to meet a grisly bridgegroom, a pos? sible world famine, a quite possible food shortage. Our president has de? clared the immediate need of food control, Mr. Hoover is grappling with the problems of food conservation and food elllcicncy, it is evident that food regulation we must have. The market manipulator, the gambler, and the wastrel must be suppressed. Each to his own Held of operations, the law-makers to theirs, "the ten vir? gins" to theirs. It should be our' work, we women, to suppress the wastrel. In the large sense, we housewives?and non-housewives ? nearly all of us have been profligates in the matter of food; without inten? tion, because of ignorance, or of care? lessness, or because it seemed pleas? ant or fashionable, we have been wastrels. How nany of us saw any real need of the two extra courses we added to a dinner? Or really enjoyed the superfluous superabundance of the hotel or restaurant menu? And how many of us have really watched over the garbage pail, or have enforced a sensible economy in our kitchens? And how many of us when suddenly confronted by inflated prices became panicky and hoarded supplies?? the ihost senseless and selilsh of pro? ceedings! Even now, when every pa? per is headlined with, "Conservation of the Wheat Supply," "Waste in Wheat Products," etc., how many of us are considering healthful, nourish? ing substitutes for the wheat-loaf? Tho all-important wheat-loaf which has risen so greatly in price but not in bulk! Which must be guarded by law and by individual effort. It be? hooves us to think seriously of sub? stitutes for wheat bread, and the most reasonable easily obtainable are rice and corn meal. "But I don't know that rice and corn bread are good for my children," a woman said to me. She was surprised when I told her that the grain of the rice plant forms i larger part of human food than the product of any other plant, end is not only the bread of entire nations, but, in several countries, is almost the ex? clusive diet. She looked really inter? ested when I told her that I had been reared on rice, fish, vegetables, and fresh fruit?that from babyhood until girlhood 1 had been practically a lit? tle Jap among the Japanese, and from girlhood to young womanhood I had lived smith of Mason and Dixon's line whero corn pone runs a close second to w heat bread. "But the children don't like rice?1 don't like it myself," she objected, "and I've never eaten corn-pone." "I don't like rice either, not the pasty-cereal sort of mess that we Americans make of rice,' I agreed, "but. cooked in the Oriental way, I ?ovo it better than bread. I have it *0 meals a day?I write my novels on it?anyone can learn to like it. It should be boiled as you boil a potato, in plenty of salted water and tho water poured off when the grains are tender. It is delicious then, and can be fashioned into a dozen tempting dishes?you can do as many things with it as you can with a potato . . And a real corn-pone, not the sweet? ened, short-cake thing that Northern? ers call "corn-bread," is good, both tasty and wholsome. Do you suppose that sturdy little Boy Scout of yours, or your little girl who goes about with a flag pinned to her dress, would ob? ject to one rice day and one corn-pone day a week if you told them they were doing their "bit" to win the war? Not they! They are good sol? diers, our children. Those three or four loaves of bread saved each week mutiplied by thousands of families will conserve our wheat supply by just so much, and the children not a whit the worse for it ... . And you and your daughter and your daugaterin-law, and your neighbor's contingent, suppose every time you lunched or dined at a restaurant, you asked for corn-pone, the real article? How long would it be before the corn loaf would jostle the wheat-loaf?and become fashionable, too? If we organize, set our brains and our wills to work to conserve, we wo? men call do as much to guard the food supply as all the lawmakers put to? gether. . . . But not if the half of us remain "foolish." Petrograd. Aug. (1.? KVrensky's cab? inet Is practically complete. Constitu? tional Democrats agreed to partici? pate. List of new ministers has been agreed upon, but some uro not defi? nitely decided on as they are absent from Petrograd? kerensky to RETAIN post. Will Not Forsake Government Threat? ened With Defeat Without mil Disintegration Within. Petrograd, Aug. 5.?Premier Keren? sky has returned to Petrograd and withdrawn his resignation. He at? tended a ministerial meeting on Sat? urday evening and afterwards confer? red with various political leaders. M. Kerensky lias issued a manifesto declaring he considers it impossible when the country is threatened with defeat without and disintegration within to refuse the heavy task again entrusted to him, which he regards as an express order from the country to construct a strong revolutionary gov? ernment to carry out the principles already laid down. "At the same time," says the mani? festo, "I consider it inevitable to in? troduce changes in the order and dis? tribution of government work without allowing myself to be influenced by the thought that those changes will increase my responsibility in the su? preme direction of the affairs of state." Facta Abut Our Navy. (By Lieut. Fitzhugh Green of the Vigilantes.) (Lieut. Fitzhugh Green of the TJ. S. S. Texas is one of our naval olliceis who is not content to do merely his duy as such. That is why he writes articles to inspire interest in the work of the navy and to keep warri our patriotism. A true Vigilante, he is turning out poems, sketches, and exhortations in his spare time. Eifa naval service includes two years wkn the farthest north Crocker Land ex? pedition, in which he acquitted him? self with distinction.) A 14-ineh gun is built up from eight or ten hoops or steel tubes. Bach is turned to an exact fit less several thou? sandths of an inch, then heated red until expansion permits it to bo drawn on. It cools and adds strength not only by its thickness but by the grip of its shrinking. The first inner tube has helical grooves to give rotaiion to the shell just as in any sporting rille. Tremend? ous bring pressures between fifteen and twenty tons per square inch com? bined with acid gases and other pro? ducts of explosion cause erosion or wearing away and pitting of the grooves. Inner tubes must be renew? ed periodically. The life of the gun, so-called, is about 150 shots. Since frequent target practices arc held few years elapse before guns must be tak? en ashore and retubed. The total cobt of retubing a 14-inch guns is in tho neighborhood of $25,000. Besides the inner erosion constant shocks of explosion crystalize the whole steel structure. Crystalization of metal may be likened to the drying of cheese. At first the mass is rela? tively tough and elastic. After the heavy punishment of protracted firing gun tubes weaken and become brittle. Miscroscopic examination reveals con? traction and disintegration of metal particles just as cracks and crumbly sections occur in a cheese. Further use of the gun is dangerous. Some? times the crystallized state is reached sooner than was expected. The guns crack or burst. On the Michigan liftecn feet of a 12-inch gun broke off and fell on deck. On the next load tho Gun Captain, having opened the breech to report "bore clear," shout? ed "There ain't no Lore!' Fortunate? ly no one was killed. Tho charge of a 14-inch gun is 38 5 pounds of smokeless powder put up in four silk-linen bags. The back end of each bag is painted red and contains about four ounces of black powder called the ignition charge. A brass primer similar to a rifle cartridge ex? cept it has no bullet, ignites the black powder which in turn sets fire to the smokeless powder. Contrary ro popular belief there is no real explo? sion but a progressive burning of enormous rapidity. Vast volumes of gas at high temperature and pressure arc produced, forcing the projectile out. A 14-inch shell weighs 1400 pounds, is five feet long, and contains a burst? ing charge . Twelve strong men lift one with difficulty. Yet from the gin it can sink a battleship 12 miles away. It travels at the rate of 2,000 foot 0 second or a mile every two seconds. On striking it expends an energy of 66,687 foot-tons, or enough to trans? port a load of two tons tot wice the height of Mt. Everest. The 1811 edition of the German who's who did not mention Lunden dorff at all. At the time it was published he was a simple colonel on the great general staff, detailed to work out routes for the march of the army In case of war?a highly important < mmission, but one not bringing him to public notice. After showing qualities in action on the western front ut the ouhrcak of the war that woh him the commendation of superior officers and the kaiser, he was on August 22, 1914, mad1 chief of staff of lllndenburg, and hastened In Rest Prussia?a turn? ing point in his own eaVoer and ill the history of the war. Thia it a prescription prepared especially lor MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEVER. Fiejb or aix doaea will break any caae, and if taken then aa o tonic the Fever will not return. It acta on the liver better than Calomel end doee not gripe or sicken. 25c Count Leo Tobdoi Prophesied War. New York Tribune. Four years before the outbreak of the war, in the fall of 1910. Count Eco Tolstoy prophesied the coining of a great world conflagration. This prophecy, part of which has come true, contained a prediction of the rise of a new Napoleon. The vision Tolstoy had of this Napoleon im? mediately suggests Kercnsky. Tol? stoy saw "a strange figure from the north'" enter the stage of the bloody drama, and described him: "He is a man of little militaristic training, a writer or a journalist, but in his grip most of Europe will remain till 1925." The revelation of Tolstoy, dictated to his niece, read, in part, as fol 1 o ws: "This is a revelation of events of a universal character which must shortly comcfto pass. Their spirit? ual outlines are now before my eyes. 1 sec floating upon the surface of the sea of human fate the huge sil [houctte of a nude woman. She is ? with her beauty, her ppise, her smile, her jewel*?a super-Venus. Nations rush madly after her, each of them eager to attract her. But she, liko an eternal courtesan, flirts with all. In her hair ornament of diamonds and rubies is engraved her name? "Commercialism." As alluring and bewitching as she seems, much de? struction and agony follow in her wake. Her breath, recking of sordid transactions; her voice of metallic character, like gold and her look of greed, are so much poison to the na? tions who fall victims to her charms. "And behold! She has three gi? gantic arms, with three torches of universal corruption in her hand. The lirst torch represents the flame of war that the beautiful courtesan carries from city to city and country to country. Patriotism answers with flashes of honest flame, but the end is the roar of guns and musketry. . . "The great conflagration will start about 1912, set by the torch of the lirst arm in the countries of South? eastern Europe. It will develop into a destructive calamity in 1913. In that year I see all Europe in flames and bleeding. I hear the lamenta tiqns of huge battleliclds. But about the year 1915 a strange figure from the north?a BOW Napoleon?enters the stage of the bloody drama. He is a man of little militaristic ^train? ing, a writer or a journalist, but in his grip most of Europe will remain till 1925. The end of the great ca? lamity will mark a new political era for the Old World. There will be left no empires and kingdoms, but the world will form a federation of the United States of Nations. There will remain only four great giants? the Anglo-Saxons, the Latins, the Slavs and the Mongolians." Tolstoy's new Napoleon was to be a journalist; Kercnsky is. He was to come from the north and have little military training, which is characteristic of Kercnsky. In a re? cent speech In Kiev, Kercnsky spoke prophetically of himself in the fol? lowing manner: "Citizens, this is not the time for words. It is the time of action. All that I have been observing of late makes me suffer. I might be unable to justify all the hapes placed in me. But, comrades, somewhere deep in my soul I have faith that I shall be able to. "I am going to the front with the passionate desire to stop fraterniza? tion with the enemy. I assumed the burden of authority in order to show the world that our army and navy are able to defend liberty and bring peace to humanity. "No one can doubt that whatever I do, whatever degree of power T reach, 1 must guide the country to the safety of the constituent as? sembly." * j Now is the time to begin planning and preparing for a fall garden. When a favorable season arrives a full croM of f :ll ; ad winter vegetables !should be panted. In the South it is possible to have fresh vegetables from the garden every month in the year. The high cost of living will continue through the winter and no effort should be spared to raise everything possible at home. roil SALE?Registered Aberdeen Angus bull, four years old, tubercu? lar tested, without fault or blemish C. P. Osteen, Rumter, S. C. 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