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President Calls on Nation Ev
Peril of World at Vv
Blessings or
Washington, Nov. 7 Preslder I
v laoa issued tonight his 1911
' I tnksglving proclamation, sailing
? n tin* nation, ?von In the tnhh'l
the t*ri.i< i great peril of a
? tld ?haken by war to thank Cod fcr
bussing* that arc better than mere
ice of mind ami prospruty "f en
. prise.
The proclamation ftgjag Thursda ,
November St. as Thanksgiving dav
fellows:
it has long been the honored cuu
totn of our people to turn In the
fruitful autumn oft he year in praise
ml tluuikaglvmg to Almighty Col
(or Hu? many blessings and monies
is as a nation That custom we
ran follow now even in the midst if
the tragedy of a world shaken bf war
si mneasuruble disaster, in the
midst of sorrow and great peril be?
ta use even amidst the darkness th.'t
has gathered about us we can see the
great blessings Cod hus bestowed up?
on us. blessings that ure better than
mere> spa es of mind und prosperity
??men-rlee.
We have heen given the opportun -
to serve muiiftimi as we once s?u \ -
?*d ourselves In the great < !a \ of our
la ration of Independenee. by tak?
ing up arms Hguinst a tvrunny that
l resten ?d to master ami debase men
(i.whore ami joining with other
+ peoples in demandng for all the
i itions of the world what we then d?
l undsd nnd obtained for ourselves.
In this day of the revelation of
i duty not only to defend our own
i ;hts as a nstion. but to defend also
the rights of free men throughout
the world, there has been vouchsafed
Us in full and Inspiring measure tie
* solution and spirit of united action.
\ < have been brought to one mind
t purpose. A new \iKOr of eon -
in ton uie I and common action i
ooen rev a led lu us. We should eo
pe< lolly thank Cod that In such clr
'Uinstaaots. in the mldr of, the grea -
en erprlse the spirits of men bait
er entered upon, we have, if we bur
ubserte? a reasonable nnd practeal
vvnojngf, abundance with whb h t >
supply the needs of those associati
with us ss well ss our own. A ne v
ren in Midst of Sorrow and
rar to 1 hank God for
November 29.
. (light ?hincs about i-s. The great du
i ih of a new day awiiken a new ami
? ? bir Mal 6aal n Irl! in us. we shall
never again he divined or wonder
What stuff we are n.adc of.
"Ami while ere reader thanks for
these things let us pay Ahnighty
Oed that la ah humbleness of spirit
we may look always to Him for guiil
aneei that we amj i>e Kept constant!)
in the spirit ami purpose of sei vi* . ;
that hy Ills grace our minds may he
directed and our hands strengthened;
.Mid that in His good time liberty ami
security and peace and the romradc
?hip "f a common justice may be
vouchsafed all the nations of the
earth.
Wherefore I. 'Voodrow Wilson,
president of the United? Steten of
Am.uira d< hereby designate Thurs?
day, the tilth day of November next
.1 i day of tluuik:?giving ami prayer
nd invite toe people throughout the
land to OSQSS upon that day from their
ordinar\ occupations and in their sev?
eral homes ami places of worship to
r? mler thanks to Hod. the great ruler
of nations
"In witness whereof I have here?
unto set my hand and caused the seal
off the I'nlted States to be affixed.
I ' Done in the District of Column!.
llitS seventh day of November, in the
year of our Kord one thouuand nine
b indred and seventeen, and of the
Indepewdenee of the United states of
America, the one hundred and forty
second.
* Wood row Wilson"
' Ity the president
"ltohert Irnsing,
'fceeretary of state."
Honor Holl of stateburg School.
First tirade- Sam W. Gille.mie, Jr.,
Frances lllchardson.
Second Orade?Julian Hutlcdge S'. ?
mons, Hope Williams.
Third tirade ? Elizabeth Ktehard
ma
fourth tirade John Frank Wil
Hams.
Fifth tirade?Charles Fovd. Henri
Xeyle.
Sixth Grade?William Prown.
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AMIUKW MISSION AIUUVEfl INr
DNGl.WI? TO MAKl: WAR
t'orninlssloii is Headed by Coli House
as Itopi-cscntnlivo of President-?
OthM Distinguished M? 11 in Party.
Washington. Nov. 7.- An Ameri?
can mission landed in Knglaml today
on the eve of the opening of the first
creat war conference in which the
United States will participate. Col.
Edward At. House. Prenldeni Wilson'?]
personal friend and adviser, is the of-i
I
licially designated representative of
tin- United states. Jte is accompan?
ied b) a staff representing every war
agency in the United States, includ?
ing Admiral Benson, chief of naval
operattona, and General Bliss, chief
of staff of the army.
Announcement by Secretary Lansing
tomght of the arrival of the party
"at a British port" released Ameri?
can newspapers from a pledge of si?
lence as to the personnel of the mis?
sion and its movements. The distin?
guished ?neu in the government's
war councils was a carefully guarded!
Beeret until they were safely through I
the submarine zone. Even many armv
Shd navy officials were not aware that
their chiefs had sailed.
The date and place of the confer?
ence has not been made public,]
though the understanding here i
that the sessions are about to bOgill
In a statement accompanying his!
announcement Secretary Lansing em- j
phasized that this gathering is to be
a war conference and nothing else j
charged with mapping out a plan o'. I
campaign against Germany to "bring!
i
the conllct to a speedy and satisfac?
tory end."
There have been many indications I
that the conference was called at the
request of the I'nited States. In se- '
, leeting its representatives the United
States has provided in advance against
becoming involved in any diseussior
of peace terms or political questions
There is no diplomatic representa
tive with the mission. The business
gt this time of every member of Col
House's staff is war making and
there can be no discussion of anj
matters not huving to do directly with
the prosecution Of the war.
Secertary Landing** statement fol
lows:
"3The government of the Unite'
States will participate in the up
proaehing conference of the power
waging war against the German em?
pire.
"The conference is essentially .1
'war conference* with the object of
perfecting a more complete OOOrdi
nation of the activities ot the variou?
nations engaged in the conflict am
a more comprehensive underatandlm
of their respective needs in ord r tl. .
the Joint efforts *>f the cobelligerent*
.nay attain the highest war efficiency
\\ hits a definite program has- no
been adopted it may he assumed thai
the subjects to be discussed will em?
brace not only military and naval op
orations bill also the financial, com
n erclaji economic and other phase?
of the present situation which are o
vital Importance to the successfu
prosecution of the war.
"There Will undoubtedly be an ef?
fort to avoid any conflict of interest
among the part* ipants, and there U
every reason to anticipate that the
result will be fuller coordination and
'consequently a much higher efficiency
nhd it more vigorous nroeecutlon of
the war.
"The United States in the employ?
ment of its manpower and material
n sources de-ins to use them to thf
greatest advantage against Germany
It has I ecu no easy problem to de?
termine how they can he used most
effectively since presentation of re?
quirements by the allied governments
have been more or less conflicting on
i count of each government's appre?
ciation of its own wants which are
: naturally given greater Importance
than the wants of other governments
fty a general survey of the whole sit?
uation gnd a free discussion of the
needs of all the approaching confer?
ence Will undoubtedly be able to g;.v
I to the demands of the several gov?
ernments their perspective and prop?
er plate in the general plans for the
conduct of the war.
1
"Though the resources of this conn
try are vast and though there is overs
1 purpose to devote them all, if nec I
be, to winning the war. they are not
without limit. But even if they wore
greater they should all be used to tin
highest advantage In attaining lac
supreme object for winch we ;ir('
fighting. This can only be done by a
full and frank discussion of the plans
and needs of the various belligerents
it is the enrnesl wish of this govern?
ment to employ its military and na?
val forces ami its resources and ener?
gy where they will give the greatest
return in advancing the common
cause. The cm hange of vi? ws which
win take place at the conference and
the conclusions which will be reach?
ed Will be of the highest value in
preventing waste of energy ami In
bringing into harmony the activities
of the natiorib which have been un
avoidably acting in a measur-j '>?..'.<??
pendontly.
? "in looking forward to the assem?
bling of the conference it can dot be
too strongly emphasized that it is a
war conference and nothing else, tie
voted to devising ways and means to
indentlfy the efforts of the heiliger
j ents against Germany i?y complete
coordination under a general plan
and thus bring the conlllct to a speedy
and satisfactory conclusion."
The situation pictured by the sec?
retary shows that the real purpose of
the conference is to create in effect a
great general staff to coordinate and
direct the energies of the co-belliger?
ents. It will be the duty of the con?
ferees to deal with military Strategy
In such Sweeping terms that entire
nations will be but units of operat?
ing In the groat game. The whole
lighting force of three-fourths of the
world is to be welded into one mighty
war making machine.
Mr. Lansing dloolooei {something of
tho complex problems with which the
government has had to deal In serv?
ing as the treasury and storehouse for
nil the allies.
Already money and supplies have
been'poured out at the call of the va?
rious powers with lavish hand. As1
each mtasion has come to present its
ease and state it* needs, its arguments)
have been heard and tho resources of
the United States have been drawn
upon.
Each visiting mission, however, has
dealt largely or only with its own
need. Each has clamored for men
ships. money, food, munitions or
what it most lacked. There has been
the same lack of coordinated plain
and predetermined objective and pur?
poses that has been apparent at times
00 the battlefields of Europe. Thus
Whit* dealing with the necessity of
providing for its own military needs
and electing the course of its own
military efforts, the United Htates- has
been made by circumstances the ar?
biter of many phases of the war. It
has been forced to make dooislOM
which may have had already a far
reaching effect upon the progress of
1 the war.
The great war conference will re?
in ve the government <?f ^his duty.
The men who compose the Ameri?
can mission are regarded by the gov?
ernment as eminently fitted for their
tasks as each has been personally as?
sociated with the development of
.-(?me phase of the vast mobilization
! of the nation's resources since the
United States entered the war. Ad
' mlral Uenson has personally super?
vised and directed the expansion of
I the navy. Ho has- had the benefit not
I only of reports from Vice Admiral
Sims, commanding American forces
in European waters, but also the di?
rect information furnished by Ad?
miral Mayo, when the latter returned
from Europe.
There have been Indications thai
Washington was anxious to know
what might be possible In the way e
greater naval activity against tin
Germans.
* Admiral Benson has the concensus
of American naval opinion as to th?
COUrOI deemed wisest. No hint ol
what that oplnon Is. however, ba?
boon permitted to leak out.
General BliSJ has seen the Ameri?
can army grow under his own hand
The groat army that is taking shape
now throughout the eounry is al?
most as much the product of hlti
concentrated effort as "Kitchener*!
mob" was of the great British wai
chief.
Oscar T. Crosby is armed with facta
and figures that will show just what
what the country can do in financing
the war nnd hOW it pan be done.
Vance MoCormlok carries informa?
tion as to foreign shipments and the
plans for distributing war tasks over
Amercan industries so that the ? stag?
gering load can be carried without a
falter. Mr. COlby has the facts as to
ships .transports and cargo boats,
built. bUIIdrnt rt* planned. Mr. Tay?
lor can uii ail Food Administrator
Hoover has been able to learn as t<
the store of food on hand while Mr.
Perkins can show what has been
done toward providing an order ??:
piecedence for outward bound car?
goes.
Colonel House speaks officially f?
the government and may be regard?
ed as the personal representative ol
the president as commander In chl< I
of the army and navy.
This is the third time the Colon? I
lias been called Upon to eross tho
ocean since Europe became Involve 1
In war.
Most of the results of tb?* ponfci ?
ence probably will br disclosed onl\
in events of the battle fronts. The*"
may not be apparent soon, for it takes
time to put in motion so vasl ;< inech
lanlsm as is contemplated,
HIGHER PASSKNLI Ii HAT LS.
Southern Knilronds Ask Permission
to Advance Mileage Rate*.
Washington. Nov. x. Permission to
Inoreaoe the Interohangeal le \>>*
?enger mileage hook ratei from two
to two and r-quarter cents a mlltf
\.as asked of the tnterntnte Com mil?
lion today by Southern railroads
WOMEN aiji:n fnf:mu:s. iiisyax oitiuns hill.
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Persistent Pro?t2ermnn Propaganda <*rcnt commoner sa\e?i From Ma l
Hein? ( an ted Ort. ? Hull l?y Flight to i rl mlly MM*.
New York, Nov. 7. -Assorting that I Chandler. Ariz., Xov .?William J.
a concerted pro-German progapandaIBryan was saved fron, mad bull hy
is behind persistent efforts to Intei jthe presence of a meettuite tree on
fere with the National Housewives"
League's cooperation with the govern?
ment food conservation plans, ajtendent of the Pirna Indian reserva
warning was issued here today b>|tlon. were duck hunting when thy
Mrs. Julian Heath, the league's presf. were chased by tlie hull and stteeoeded
dent, to women of the United States In reaching the tree. Other members
against ' women alien enemies." ad- of the Imming party shot and killed
vising them to treat every woman who jthe bull. Mr. Bryan was unhurt but
discourages food conservation" as a Host part of his huntl g suit in tln>
ttaitor to this country/' High! from the animal
the desert near here J sterday. Mr.
Bryan and R. A. Keyword, euperln?
An Australian says he has discov- It is s:.i?i that the United States ex
ered a new rapid tanning process with ported by nareet post m Is It-It, i ,
which sole leather can be tanned in ?> '?? parcels, weighing ?.299.<>_??.
seven days, calfskins In six hours and pounds; In If 14.IS, ??:r>,parcels
other skins proportionately quickly. |\vi\h a total weight of I.Stt.fM.
During peace prosperity is essential to
progress.
During war it is absolutely* vital to the
nation'fc life.
The country's Chief Executive sounded
the call for immediate service in all lines
of industrial endeavor when he said that
"our industries must be made more pro?
lific and more efficient thin ever."
This Institution is cooperating to the
fullest measure with business interests
in maintaining prosperity.
The National Bank
of Sumter.
J. P. Booth, Pres. D. D. Moise. Vice Pres.
W. J. Crowson. Jr., Cashier.
oeo?oeooo?ooo<
The Bank.
You will eventually Bank with
The First Nat nal Bank
of Sumttx.
CAPITAL *10?J,000.00
Surplus und Profits (earned) #150,000
NEILL O'DON NELL, President.
O. L. YATES. Cashier.
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