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~iromV 1KB CH> V EH NMK N'T PREPARED TO TAKE OVER BWTIRE CROP OF YEAR TO REDUCE com*. Total Elimination off Futures Trading Will Bo Pot !nt? EJTeet With 14 eoawiac off Elevator* ami Mills and lloaohUiosi off Broilu to Begin Sop tauihrr 1. Wsshington. Au|. 12.?The food administration announced tonight its plan for controlling wheat, flour and bread, revealing that the govern? ment Is prepared to take over the whole it 17 wheat harvest If necessary to conserve the supp.y, obtain .Mut prices for America's fighting forces sad their allies and reduce costs to the general public in the United States* ?stabllshin* of buying agencies at sll the principal terminals, licensing of elevators and mills, llxtng of a nrlos to be considered fair, regulation the middleman and of grain ex? changee with the elimination of trading In futures, are th> chief fea? tures of the plan. The licencing will begin September 1. 1 The minimum price of $2 for wheat fixed by congress docs not becomo effective until next year but the ad mislstrstlon proposes to exercise a very thorough control over this year's crop through powors conferred un? der the food and export control bills. T^e administration's announcement follows In part: The disturbance to the world's commerce and short supplies has caused a greater disruption of the normal markets- for wheat than any other cereal. "1. As a result of the isolation off certain of the world's wheat pro? ducing countries, by either belligerent linen or short shir.ping, the normal determination of the price of whoat by the ebb and flow of commerce Is totally dstroyed. "2. In order to control speculation and to secure more equitable distri? bution of the available wheat and Hoar between thdr countries and allied government* have placed the whole purchase of their supplies In the hands of one buyer. Also the Ruopean neutrals are now buying their wheat through single govern? ment agents instead of in the nor? ms) course of commerce. Therefore, the export price off wheat and flour, ana thus the real price. If not con? trolled will be subject to almost the single will of the foreign purchas sr. ?*J. In normal times, American wheat moves largely to Europe In the fall months. This year, the shortage of shipping necessitates its distribution over the entiro year. Therefore there It danger of a glut In our warehouse system over a con? siderable period. "4. There are large stocks of wheat which can not bo drawn upon by the allies during the war, but in the event of peace or defeat of the submarin*? theso would be available end might seriously demoralize the demand for American wheat. American (?unners Account for F Bost. An Atlantic Port. Aug. 12.?Anoth? er German suhmaiine has been sunk by the guns of an Amorican mer? chantman If the gunners of a Brit? ish freighter which nrrived hero to day are correct ir their assumption, three shots which struck an undo ie i boat off Bred. Prance, sent her to the bottom. The Britisher en coupterd the submarine on her last outward trip from this port. One shot destroyed the periscope. The second and third were followed bv an explosion and the subma? rine disappeared. A I'ukiw Record. Home testimony for Bonn's Kidney Pills, published In every locality, Is of Itsolf convincing evidence of merit. Confirmed testimony forms :till stronger evidence Y^nrs ago. a citi seit off Pumter gratefully acknowl? edged the benefit derived from Roan's Kidney 1*111??. The statement Is now confirmed?the proof more convinc? ing. Cases of this kind are plentiful in the work of Donn's Kidney PHI the record Is unique. . W. Yoadon, 27 Haynsworth Sumter, snys: "I suffered from dad nagging backaches, and my kidto v: scted too freely. | used IXmii's Kid ney Pills for these ailments, and they relieved me an I toned up my wh - < ?ystem." (Statement given Januaiy t. 1011.) ovsr four '.ears later Mr. Yeado , said: 'The benefit I man's Kldne< Bills gave mc ban been permanent." Price* tine, at all dealers. Dun'l simply ask for a kidney remedy Doan's kidney Pills tho snmo Ilm I sir, Yeadon his twice publicly i emmended. Foster-MIHnim r,, Vtspa. F*ffalo, N, X.~Advt. an Not si Ivmi:nit made of src CKRSITL CANIHDATKS FOK jMkltmi at oole tiiorpi:. Every Sumter Man Sent to Orhoete* Training Cump Wins Coveted Hon? or?Will Re GlTCtJ a T Utile imys lx??ve??List of Men and Their Rank. Adjutant General McCain Saturday night at Washington announced the mum-- of the mon who had won commfrston at the Oglcthorpc camp and instructed the commanding 6ih cur to Inform them o?! their ap pointments, the same to take effort from August I Ith, 1917. It was also announced that the men will all ho given a twelve days have beginning next Wodne.sd:iy. The candidates who failed to receive com misions have heen offered the rank | of H( r ?,t ant in the regular army, it, was learned. After their furlough the men will ho ordered into active service in the reserve corps and the it-gular army. The list of names made puhllc hy the war department contains every ir;in who originally went from Sum? ter to the camp and it is gratifying to know that not a single one fn '.ed to receive an appointment. The Sum? ter men and their rank is as follows: First Company?Wendell Iff, Levi, 1st. Lieut. Des. P. Moore, 2nd Lieut., Geo. D. Levy, 2nd Lieut. National Army. Hecond Company?Joseph 0, Chan? dler, Captain; Theodore D. Uavenel, Jr., 1st Lieut.. William H. Purdy, 2nd Lieut. Third Company?Earle Rowland, 2nd Lieut. Fourth Company?Norman Chan? dler, 2nd Lieut. Fifth Company?W. L. McCutchen. 1st Lieut., National Army. 1 James M. Edens, 2nd Lieut. Sixth Company?James C. Hood. 2nd Lieut. Seventh Company?J. P. Brunson, 2nd Lieut.. Charles Cagle, 2nd L!eut. Nnttonal Army; L. C. Bryan, ,2nd Lieut.. National Army. Eighth Company?E. W. Dabhs. Jr.. 1st Lieut. Ninth Company?Robert O. Purdy. Jr., 2nd Lieut., Irvine M. Richardson. 2nd Lieut., James W. Weeks, 2nd Lieut. First Battery?Bernard Manning. Captain; Wade H. Williford. 1st Lieut Second Battery-W. B. Stuckey, 2nd Lieut. Third Battery?Edward E. Wright, 2nd Lieut. First Troop?Irvine F. Belser, Cap? tain; Lynch D. Boykin, 1st Lieut; Jack H. Forbes, 2nd Lieut; Samuel McB. Witherspoon, 2nd Lieut. Quartermaster Corps?Lucian I. Strauss, 2n:l Lieut., Joseph Morris, 2nd Lieut, j Coast Artillery?Herbert Bultman, ! 2nd Lieut. GKRMAX RAIDERS IK) Ml ( II DAMAtiL. Airplanes Attack English Coast Towns and Kill Twenty-three. London, Aug. 12.?Twenty-three persons, including nine women and six children, were killed and &0 per? sons were injured at South End, in Essex, 40 miles east of London, by bombs dropped today by German raiders, says an olhclal Statement to? night. Considerable damage to property was caused at South End b> the nearly 40 bombs dropped upon the town. Two men were Injured at koch ford, but four bombs dropped on Margate, in Kent, did little damage, j The latest statement follows: S "Enemy raiders caused consider? able damage at South End, s/her* thay dropped shout 4o bombe, The casualties thus far reported arc: "Killed, eight men, nine women, six children. About 50 pcoplo were in? jured. "At I loch ford two mn were injur? ed, but no damage is reported. "At Margate four bombs Sfef dropped. An uninhabited houso was demolished but there were no casual? ties." Ton American*. Lone Lives Washington, Aug. 13.?Five Amer? ican bOBSenffsri were lost when the American steamer, the City of Ath? ens, was sunk by mine near Cape Town, Augmt tenth, Ter? other pas? sengers and four of the crew werf. lt?st. a dispatch to the .State deputt* Bent says. Boy Scouts Return. The HimtSf troop of boy srouU under ienutroaetsf H, I* Blrehnncl, who have been at Pawleys Island for tht post week. returned Salunl:..' eight Tin y en re nit well and rs port having hOd an enjoyable time. ah of the boys had a uoet of "tan" and showed that they had onjoyi .1 the OntdOOf life. They had expocto?! |n remain on the island for ten day:; ? ii i Ii? - j r plan;, were ehauged il tin hut minute. i 1 im. riggs to head PARTY. To Establish Birmingham, Atlanta anil Memphis Highways Birmingham, Aug. 10.?Dr. Wil? liam Riggs, president of Clemson College, Soutii Carolina, Will bead the Official pal blinding party which will establish the route of the Runkhead national highway between Atlanta, Birmingham and Memphis, accord? ing to an official announcement today by Secretary J. A. Rountrce. Others on the commission will be Judge Hamilton MeWhorter, of Athens, Qa? and Prof, Hale Houston, of Clcmson College. The party will leave At? lanta August 14 and the trip will last nine days. SAYS MKS. ADAMS IS INSANE. Capt. Spralling'- Slayer So Adjudged by Jury. Atlanta, Aug. 10.?Mrs. Mattie Adams, acquitted of killing Capt. Ed gar Sprat ling, of the Fifth Georgia Infantry, at Maeon several months ago, was adjudged Insane by a Joey in the Fulton county court of ordi? nary today. The hearing before or? dinary was on a writ issued at the in? stance of her husband, H. C. Adams. Mrs. Adams was taken in custody af? ter she returned to Atlanta from Nashville two weeks ago. She gave a peace bond of $500 pending lunacy hearing. Mrs. Adams will be sent to the State Sanitarium at Milledgevillc. ARMED STEAMER sinks subma? rine ON irish COAST. Germans Resetted by Patrol Boats Be? fore U-boat Went DOovrn. Canadian Fort, Aug. 11.?Officers 0 n steamship arriving here say their ship sank a submarine off the Irish coast. The lookout told the captain that a sailing vessel nearby was acting SUspJetOUSly and he watched it. Soon a submarine came from behind it. Gunners on the steamer fired and the first shot hit. Then the conning tower was .struck. Germans were on deck waving white handkerchiefs. The steamer left, leaving the rescue to several patrol boats which wer coining up. SUMMER'S HEAVY TOLL. Nearly One Thousand Persons Lost Lives From the Heat Wave. New York, Aug. 11.?The number of deaths caused by the heat wave for the week ending August 1th, is estimated at 9T?5 by the department health bulletin. SUCCEEDS PROF. HOMES. Prof. Walter E. Howe Coming to tin University of Booth Carolina. Columbia, Aug. 9.?Prof. Walter E ROWS, dean of the sohool of engineer ing of the University of Kentucky has been elected to the same otllee a' the University Of South Carolina succeeding Prof. M. Goode Homes Prof. Homes is now at Marfa, Tex. where he is engaged as construction engineer in building highways for mil itary use of the United States govern ment. Prof. Howe is elected for on year, since it is possible that Prof Homes will be permitted to return t his duties at the university by thai time. Germany Now Studies Psychology Ol Foes* Paris, Aug. 8.?Germany's latest Institution, La LlbsrtS'a corresponden at Berne says, is a moral or ^psycho logical bureau with headquarters in Perl in and agencies in all neutral countries. The object of the bureau and the duty of the ,\.nents is to cat? alogue continuously tlw precise psy? chological status of eaeh of Ger? many's enemies. Each agent, working in a neutral country adjoining an entente country, must record and forward all available information hearing on the morale of the entente country and show its fluctuations. The correspondent adds that Ger? many's hopes are concentrated no! on the success of the submarine war, but on the probable moral collapse of l he entente allies. Department Commanders to Pe it Charge of Regulars Only. Washington, Aug. It).?Army de? partment commanders have been re? lieved, from control of cantonment and guard camps within their de pertinents, devoting themselves en tlrely to the regulars. This will serv to keep'some of our best knowi Commanders, Including Gen. Wood from going to Europe. Clothing St ill OH by Rod Cross. The first installment of clothing was sent t?> Red cross headquarters by the locals today. Ladles are urged Lo bring in what they have on hand e\ so that a second installment may fol? low soon. Beeswax Wanted. See me hefore you soil your wax. 1 will buy it for cash at the best cur stnt price. M. Q. OSTHEN. (HAMB! Ill OF C OMM10IU i: D?P&. Banner County Highways. Considerable complaint is coming into the Chamber Of Commerce ami the local tobacco warehouse regarding the inferiority of Sumter county roads leading from the tobacco grow? ing sections of Bhllohi Salem, Trinity and other sections as compared with the superior highways of Clarendon j OOUnty leading from Turheville, New '/ion, Sardinia, and other Clarendon county tobacco growing sections to Olanta and Manning, and Timmons ville In Florence county. All of the above sections arc a , close and some of them much closer to Olanta and Manning and Timmons ville than to Sumter. But with the distance against Bumter still it is said by a number of tobacco growers that not only Clarendon but also Sumter county tobacco is going to olanta and Manning and Timmonsvilie be? cause the roads are so much better in Clarendon and Florence county than in this county. Three men. two from Sumter coun? ty .and one from Clarendon county, all staunch supporters of the Sum? ter tobacco, cotton and other markets, said yesterday that they knew of at least fifteen tobacco growers who in? tended bringing tobacco to the Sum? ter market this week to compete for prises in some instances, and others because of the high prices paid here, the superior trading and banking fa? cilities of Bumter, etc., but that the conditions of sections of the Sumter county highways scared them off from Bumter and they carried their tobac? co to Olanta, Timmonsvilie and Man? ning, The Sumter tobacco market has unquestionably been a heavy loser as have other business enterprises of Sumter because of the poor highways of the eastern sections of Sumter county. It is a fact that an unfortunate con? dition of affairs exists regarding the building and maintenance of the roads of eastern Sumter county. There is not much good road material scat? tered along the routes of the high? ways of those sections. Supervisor L. K. White truthfully says that it is almost impossible to work miles of these highways right after a rain, and to work them in between rains means that an ocean of deep sand results after plowing the roads. His contention is undoubtedly bomc out by recent occurrences. People were kicking because he did not fill up holes in the highways. He sent his motor truck and sulky plows out and did work on the sections com? plained of. Now comes a howl and many people are asking "why in the world Mr. White went out and plow? ed up those sand beds during the to? bacco sellmg season." So Mr. White is damned if he does and he is damned if he doesn't. But now that our county has a splendid six thousand dollar motor ruck to cut down expenses of high? way building and maintenance it is hoped that this truck will enable Mr. White to haul clay and gravel from distances and clay or gravel these eastern county highways in ample time for the 1918 tobacco selling sea? son. About two years ago a delegation of Clarendon county farmers and country merchants living in the Bud din, Turheville and Sardinia sections visited the Sumter Chamber of Com? merce to request that organization's influence in shortening the distance from those sections of Clarendon to Sumter by building a short cut high? way from McBride'l Crossing to Mr. John Buddln'S farm on the Clarondon Sumtcr line, and to have the high? ways of eastern Sumter county clay? ed or otherwise made as good as the Clarendon county roads. These Clar? endon county citizens who wanted them and want now to sell their to hacco in Sumter, and to do their trading here, at a later date, came in to Sumter as a delegation with oth ?r delegation! of Sumter county farmets and business men, and went before the county hoard of commis sioners of that day and time with tin; request! above referred to. Hut the commissioners could not see their way clear to comply with the re? quests. This is a business proposition that is well worth the time and efforts oi the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, and this organization has been trying for several years to have something lorn1 to put the roads leading from Sumter to the tobacco growing lec? tion! of Sumter and Clarendon eoun tie! made as attractive as possible, and the fight will be kept up until th end is accomplished. The farmers of he eastern sections of Sumter coun? ty are dissatisfied With present and past highway conditions. The Sumter County Highway Com? mission it leemi can do nothing until petitions are circulated ami present ed requesting elections to vote on the luestion of Issuing highway townshii bonds for permanent highways. In the meantime however hundreds of tar payer! hope to see a practical demonstration of improvement in ihi- hwavs ami economical mainten? ance by the up-todate und rapid trau sit highway buihling und maintenance methods via the gasoline route, and there are hundreds who believe that the live ton motor truck purchase is i Ihchcst investment ever made by this county. If it causes better and more easi? ly traveled highways in the eastern sections of Sumtor county, a section long neglected or perhaps beyond hone of redemption in highway Im? provement* heretofore, then there are those who will arise and praise the commissioners who were wide? awake enough to buy and had the nerve to make progressive appro priatione for good roads machinery re- | gardless of cost. There are those alsoj who will even forgive the county commissioners for not appropriating \ that two thousand dollars for a coun-| ty health survey, which the com? missioners will be in position to ap? propriate next year and which they had no legal authority to appropri? ate tli is year. WHAT WE FIGHT FOR. Some Plain Facts Regarding a Topic New York Sun. The senate has been spending much time this week in discussing what we are lighting for. It is to be hoped that some In? spired orator will Include among the thing! for which we tight?Victory. As to specific ends would it not be well to fight a little before gravely discussing terms of peace? Thus far our armies are still in the making. Our aviation licet is all in the air in a slang sense only, the construction of the licet with w hich wo are to blind j the Germans being not yet begun. < iur navy is in active service, but that is precisely the form of assistance which the allies need least though they gratefully accept it. Except for j material assistance in a financial way I to the allies the part of the United 'states in the war is as vet negligible. I {The immediate answer to the query "What are we lighting for?" is that we have not yet begun to fight. It is a notorious fact that the per ! sons in our national legislature, and 1: In those abroad, in private life as well an in public life, who profess them? selves puzzled by the reasons for the 1 continued 1 .'Statement of those rca sons and who are clamorous for peace propositions, are invariably pro-Ger ' mans. ? This is as true in our State cham l her as it is in the spy infested body of the Russia Workmen's and Sol ? diers' deputies. But if there are still persons dense I enough to misunderstand the reasdns ' why we are at war it should not be difficult to restate them. The United States is at war pri? marily because Germany slaughtered I l on the high seas, prior to our declara? tion of war, His American citizens in the exercise of their undoubted right to travel on peaceable business. Dur? ing the same period twenty American ships were sunk by the Germans without a shadow of legal justification. Being called to account by the presi? dent, the German government at first promised a conditional abandonment Of the illegal practice, then arrogantly declared its purpose of continuing its sulunarine warfare upon neutral ship? ping with even greater frightfulness than before. That is the. technical reasons for our presence among the allies. War was our only answer to the German threat. But there were contributing reasons for our act. We are at war to estop Germany from doing to our country, and our people, what it has done and is doing to the. provinces of Northern France and Belgium and their people. We are at war because we know that if we permit our enemy to have his will with the nations of Europe and re? duce them to subjection, that ruthless foe in time will seek to impose itself upon us. It is better to fight now shoulder to shoulder with the civiliza? tion of the world against barbarism than it WOUld be to delay until we must fight alone. Self-defense and the maintenance of our national honor are the chief reasons for our participation in this war. Even obstructive senators of the sort of Stone, Gronna and La Fol lette n .d recognize the sufficiency of these reasons. But we believe?we like to believe? that loftier and more spiritual thoughts had their share In reusing the American people to a degree of resentment which made war inevitable. The violation of Belgium was evi? dence of Gorman bad faith and ag? gressiveness which might well put every nation on Its guard. And the itrocities Which attended the German inarch through and occupation of that ountry, the Infamies now being per netrated by the Boches in France, the Sermon alliance with the Turk and artlcipation In the Armenian msssa res, the wholesale murders now be? ing committed by submarine coin? landers, nil these and other barbari? ties clearly proved against the Ksi -er s forces and his responsible gov? ernment have made our participation n this war ? holy crusade against in Now to the Fore. No. Six-Sixty-Six This it a prescription prepared especially (or MALARIA or CHILLS A, FEVER. Five or six doset will break eny case, and if taken then as ? tonic the Fever will not return. It acta on the liver better than Calomel and does not (ripe or sicken. 25c I'awillc Items. The trustees Of the Paxville graded school have completed their plans concerning the much needed repairs in the school huilding, and work on same was begun this week. Mrs. Judson Pradham and daugh* ter, Mrs. Atlec Bradham, of Man? ning, have been spending awhile at the home of Mrs. R. B. Bradham. Rev. A. s. Lesley, the pastor of the Methodist church, has called in his announcement for the protracted service which he expected to begin on next Sunday, until some time dur-j ing October. Miss Mamie Touchberry is back from Greenwood where she has been for several weeks at the Connie Max? well Orphanage. Mr. \V\ Ii. MoLeod and family mo? tored to Charlotte, N. C, last week for a few days visit to relatives there. Misses Annie Bradham and Grace Weinberg arc back from Mullins, wheer they visited at the home of Mr. P. C. Bradham. Americans Again Cited for Bravery, Paris, Aug. 10.? i ne dash and death defying gallantry of the mem? bers of the American field service are among the chief topics in France. Nor Is official recognition of these qualities lacking. Section 05, of the American field service, has just been cited in the ofDotaJ dispatches for 'brilliant and courageous services rendered during the past week in a sector of the most intense activity." All these young Americans have disn tinguiehed themselves by their reck-* less disregard for danger. Whenever there is a particularly daring "job" to be done, every one of them volunteers spontaneously. The American drivers conduct their ambulances in plain daylight almost to the first line trenches. Four more members of the service have hecn decorated with the war cross, bringing the total number of American awards up to 140. Poland Near Kcvolf Maitial Law in Force. London, August 8.?The situation In Poland is critical, according to in# formation received by the Exchange Telegraph Company correspondent f t Lausanne. The Germans arc said to be discussing the possibility of an or^ ganlsed revolt on the part of the Poles. All German women in Poland, in-J eluding the wives of high military ai.d civil otlicials, have returned to Germany. Martial law, the correspondent adds, has been declared at Warsaw and in other Polish centres. Kiots, which had been suppressed witli much bloodshed in the mining area, have been renewed. American OHicers See Teuton Trendu American Field Headquarters in France, Aug. 10.?American officers dressed as poilus crept upon their hands and knees within 10 yards of the German trenches to the farthest point yet reached. Returning to camp from the French line they related ex? citing incidents. As they spied on a Teuton trench, the Germans were playing cards, nap ptng or laughing, entirely ignorant of the Americans who were watching them. Our officers expressed confidence that our troops will make a distinc? tive record when permitted to enter into action. It is believed the enthu? siasm prevailing among the Sammies will v rk wonders. New Honey. I am now extracting the new crop of honey and am selling at the old price, cents per quart, on draught, or in glass jars, 4,r> cents per qu irt. Have a limited supply of white comb honey in sections, about one pound, that I am selling at 20 cents per section. Semi to rnv residence, f.L'O West Hampton Avenue or Phone No. 2. N. G. OSTERN. i:\lsr. Ml Li:s?I have purchased n fine .lack, ami will stand him at Kllcrbe's Mill. Fee. $ 11 1? insure. C. A. Eh rl-e. FOB SALE? Registered Aberdeen Angus bull, four years old, tubercu? lar tested, without fault or blemish C. P. Osteen. Sumter. S. C. RUB-MYTISM Will ( tire youy Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Ht\n< laches, Tramps, Colic, Sprains, Utilises, Cuts and Burns, (>ld Sores, Stints of Insects, Bet Antiseptic Anodyne, used Internally auci externally. fm& ifc