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Ill <.ll W il SON |?l \l> i ii iiiii i ?111<>r ? oi?lti? t? ?| One News paper for IVy Venn?? IuihtuI Be Id Wed im -alui Abbeville. Dec 17.? Hugh Wilson feu- many years editor ami owner o: gist Abbeville PreSe ami Manner, died Hi hin home hero tonight after au in? nres of about two weeks. Mr. Wilson srus born In Uiurens in IK.IS. but mov? ed to this plate when he was 12o year* of sge und became the pro? prietor of The Banner, which he edl t? A up to about ten years ago, practi? ce My rounding out a half oentury In cupacltN He was never married ?-al services will be held Wcdnes d*v afternoon Interment will be in Uta Episcopal Cemetery. He is sur I by three half broth* rs and two h*.If sisters. They are: James and I. i -it \\ ItSga of | h-eenwood ami PPul Wilson of Chester. The sisters gte: Mrs. Campbull and Mrs. King of t; SI M <>od sit in \ rs in ki si \[\ i: laid* Called to the Ami* May t utu pie to I our-es. Washington. Bee. 17 In order Uu.t tethnlcnl students of draft age ?tiy complete their courses and re 0* \<r their degrees, the chief of engi? neer* of the army today announced Hint a plan had been reached between tt-if provost marshal general and him? self whereby the students may enlist In the enlisted reserve cor| m of the gl until they are graduated, when th > will be called into aeti\e servie. ia the engineer branch or cl^?? dis ?rod to take their chances under tl sotOettvc service law. 1 ? 1. duatc-s of .{;?)?! ov d engineer ?hSKUi are allowed to apply for ex t 1 .it.on for ? ommlHstons as provi si' . 1 lieutenants In the engineer service. I 11 i. \\ 1 i:t 1 TO \I 1 11 H. "k ni ot N ew < .overiuoent Pledg? ing Sup|m>rt Issued. I i^hlngton. her is?The alle gl. oe of tin- SSJSl government of Por? te I to the allied cause was pledged In a statement Issued today at the Portuguese legation. ( amp \\ fcicoler Enlarged. ?1 Dee. 1*. ? Fifteen hundred acres of land at Camp Wheeler will be condemned by the government to Ide space for additional drill g? ? inds and for twelve hundred ad? ditional tents for the men. M.W MOroM SERVICE. Itmimic UeOM'UI \utliority fof Route Emm Columbia to Elorcmv, Touch in*; Bcvernl Towns. Washington. Dec. 17.?Congressman Rngsdale has perfected arrangements whereby a motor route mail service fron Columbia to Florence via Dai OH, L>dia. Ri.shopville. Camdcu and l amp Jackson will be inaugurat? ed. Mr, Ragsdale said today that in all probability this route, which will he of much benefit to the countrv navnsvd would be placed in opera? tion early in January. Judr.e Mendel L Smith, who has !'< ' ii commissioned a major in the iv. i.m reafly to begin his work. Mr. Ragsdale has been appointed i hairman of a subcommittee from the house committee on foreign nf I ii i" n port what should be done with alien cithsens. It )s likely that no meetings will he held until after the holid.i \ i c ess llagood's News Notes. Rcmbort Dec. 17.?Mrs. Sam Shir-! e.-. notui' of whose recent nuirriuv.i appealed m Tlie Item, is prostratec by pneumonia. At last accounts sic seemed to be a bit better. Little Alma Drown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Drown, is right Sick. The < old spell is the occasion of a lot of suffering in one or anotla r form. D<> you Mud it dillirult to obtain 1a boi SVs do, Deports are that cuf-| Hg is lend up but many of them go ghoul with their hands in their I oeketfl and will not work for Iovj or money. Mr Harris Watson of Columbia, dined With his relatives. Mr. nn 1 I I! C. POthOi Sunday. December ltth. Tim bard OOM weather endanger. aP recently planted small grain. "Hagood." Alf OTHER INQl'IKY ORDERED. ? ggnej Will Take up Emergency Ehsi ( orporaHon. Washington. Dec. 18?-An lnvesti | ition of the delays in building up an .American merchant marine by the shipping board emergency fleet cor? poration was ordered today by the senate. Even* nian can make his country a present of one good citiien.?Gaff ney Ledger. Bone Valley BRAND 31% Per Cent Phosphoric Acid Guaranteed. BONE VAU4DY PHOSPHATE when PROP BRL1 USED WILL greatly INCltBAME TBE PB ?DUCTION OF parm PlioDUCTS. PHOS? phate alone is not a complete per. T1L1ZJSR it DOBS not contain* ammonia or potash, hi t it DOES contain A HlOll ' i icentage <>c phosphoric ACID, which is one <?!? the thkkk css i'nt ial plant poods IT should BE USED i N connec? tion with something that will supply ammoma and potash, cover crops op . ,. a i.i' Bl a ms, soi BEANS, COWP10AS, glov KB ?>n any of the UBQUMlNOUi props plowed int) THK son, will SUPPLY A PI PFU'IKNT AMOUNT of ammonia and Pot? ash |> I i. ABSENCE OF COVER CROPS, use ibbd meal TANKAGE OR STABLE \ I KM ON muck hand OR LANDS well ii IED with humus Ulceavlnu organic mutter) phosphate ahonk IS SUFFICIENT. \ AVERAGE CROP OF VELVET BEANS will SUPPLY per ACRE APPROXIm ATBLY U?> POUNDS OF AMMONIA and It POUNDS OF POTASH, this is EQUAL TO MORE Potash a\i> N'RARLI FOUR TIMES ah MUCH ammonia If, iB SI ppl1ed IN \ ton ? >c COMMERCIAL FERTILISER OF the usual FORMULAE COMMONLY known as ??s-s. . r the present MARKET of FERTILIZER material* vi:lvet dmans plowed in APPROXIMATELY ABOUT $.M.<>'? OR m.in i nc ft eased fertility, dub to the PLOWING under OF a crop OF THESE bea1 iAI NOTHING of the VALUE OF THE Hl*mus tDDED to the LAND, but AM? monia AND potash AliONE Is not a com LKTE i RIITILIENR. PHOSPHORITS OR phos? phoric ACID, as IT is commonly known, is ESSENTIAL to plant life. this ELEMENT can be s? ppl1kd from a NUMBER of soi hues; a To.\ OF ii pbii cent acid PHOSPHATE wi1?l SUPPLY 111 pounds of PHOSPHORIC acid cost i >!?' APPROXI? mately |ll ? a ton of ii PBR cent bone Mi ah will supply 110 pounds OF PHOS? I p >BIC vc1d and at A (TOST of APPROXI? rKl.y 118 "". A To\ of bone valley PHOSPHATE will SUPPLY Ml p<?'Nl>s of PHOSPHORIC acid AT a cosy OF llt.tl DE? livered. i f POTAll i ' m a price (1117) a crop of is w?n:Til in 00 \\ i > in a total of \\ R] l E FOB LITERATUR* Harby & Co., Inc., sTcER Distributors for Eastern South Carolina. _. i.r'.T system FOR PROMOTION. Gen. Peishing's Order t.i\cs Privates in France C liam-c. With ti?e American Army In Franc?, bee. II.?-(By the Associated PTCaif)- ThC orders just issued I y Gen. Pershing providing for a system oT promotion from the rankt, under v litctl any private who demonstrates Iiis ability may win a commission, makes all non-commissioned Officer*] eligible for a school which is being es? tablished at a large training center for the instruction of candidates for commissions. Privates who deal re to become OfBoen must flrot demonstrate their efficiency by earning appoint* mont as non-commissioned officers. The non-eommissioned officers will be sent to the training school on rec? ommendation of their superiors. He fore submitting such recommenda? tions; the officers charged with this duty are instructed by Gen. Pershing'j; Orden to give the most careful con? sideration to the record of those rec? ommended. When candidates attending the training school have been found to be proficient, they will be assigned to vacancies as second lieutenants of re? placement divisions. Thence they will go to AH vacancies occasioned by cas Unities and other causes in combat divisions. There will be no limit to the number of second lieutenants In the replacement divisions, on the con? trary, it is recommended that there bo at least three times as many in a given organi/ation as in a correspond-, Ing combat division. Within the combat units vacancies] the extent of one-third of the total I Will be tilled In this manner, and two thirds by promotion within the com? bat unit itself. In the replacement divisions vn canolcd from the grade of first lieu? tenant to colonel will be filled by off?- ! Oers recovering from wounds and of Beere who have received no assign-' ments. Those fully recovering from wound* Will he assigned to the com bat units. Arriving depot battalions hereifter will be considered part of the replacement divisions. ADMIRAL HARRIS RESIGNS. New General Manager Wanted fe" Shipping Hoard. Washington. Dec. 17.?Dear Admir? al Frederick R. Harris, recently ap? pointed general manager of the ship? ping board's emergency fleet corpora? tion today asked to be relieved of th it duty and returned to his post aw chi?*T of the navy's bureau of yards and ! docks. ) His request will he granted and Charles A. Pie/, a Chicago engineer, vice president of the Emergency Fleet [ corporation, will be named to succeed him. While no official announcement has heen made as to Admiral Harris' rea? son for surrendering the task, which ho assumed less than a month ago. It I Is said he did not tlnd the work con- I renleJ. Admiral Harris was appointed gen- I r?ral manager when Hear Admiral! Ypps retired on account of ill health] tnd because he whs dissatisfied with | the action of the shipping board in putting Mr. Piez in supreme charge j Of the emergency fleet corporation's building program. | The first general manager of th< Fleet Corporation Was Maj, Gen. Geo. W. Ooethals, who resigned after a few months because of the board's refusal to give a free hand. His dif? ferences with the board centered Up nn his opposition to the now aban? doned wooden ship program. Chairman Hurley of the shippingI board denied rumors that he was pr j paring to resign. ship ri'ilding PROGRAMMS? Chairman Hurley Su*s Corporation Is in RettOr Shape Now. Washington, Dec, 18.?Charles Pies, of Chicago, was today appoint? ed general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, succeeding Dear Admiral Harris, who resigned yester? day, a general reorganisation of the! fleet corporation will follow. Rear Admiral CowlCS, aid to Rear Admiral j Harris will be given an Important 'place in the new organisation. James Heyworth will take full charge oi w.len construction, Charles Day win 1 ecome manager of the production department, Admiral Harris1 resigna tan wag accepted, Chairman Hurlej Iannounced, because of his insistence upon moving the offices of the cor? poration to Philadelphia, Chairman Hurley announcod thai the shipbuild? ing program is in better shape now than at any time since it was launch od, PROHIBITION L\W RAPE. Rennte Adopt* House Din and \mend metti Now Ones to President. Washington. Dee. IS. The senate today completed congressional action on the prohibition constitutional amendment by adopting the house 1 ? endmenti providing for ratification ' b| u.e states within seven years, DAVIS IX .IF.IUS MAM. United States Army ?fltaer Willi British Forces. Washington. Dec. 18. -MaJ. Ed? ward Davis. American military at? tache at Athens, Oreece, was with the i British troops when they occupied Jerusalem, dispatches to the state de? partment today Bald. .Major Davis reported that the city was undamaged and that the Inhabitants received the army cordially. FIRE IN BALTIMORE, Loss of |S00,000 in Business Center of City. Baltimore, Dec. u>.?Five firemen were injured, and a loss estimated at two hundred thousand dollars was sustained in a lire in the business cen? ter id' the city Jate last night. MINERS ASKED TO WORK. Fuel Administration Asks Them to Forego Holiday. Indianapolis, Dec. is?The coal miners of the country have been call? ed Upon to forego their usually ex? tended holidays and to take only two days, Christmas and New Years, it was announced in a statement issued here today from the headquarters of the United Mine Workers of America. (?KHM.W AIR BOM E BOMBED. $\ ' ? ? British Naval Aircraft Make Raid In Flanders. London, Dee. iy.?The successful bombarding by British naval aircraft of the Engel Airdome behind the Ger? man lines in Flanders was announced it- today's admiralty statement. One enemy aircraft was brought down ablaze, another was put out of con? trol, according to the report. Our Loans to Our Allies. The loans made by the United States to the governments at war with Germany are arranged by Secretary ot the Treasury McAdoo and submit? ted to the president and made with ins approval. The secretary states that his judg? ment in making these loans Is deter? mined largely hy the monthly re? quirements of the applicants. The different powers, through their duly authorized representatives make their representations as to their necessities for carrying on the war. and after discussion the various amounts are arrived at. These loans, says the secretary, are Otsontial for our own protection, not only for our protection in a military way httt for our economic protection and welfare. The production of the United States has been speeded up and greatly stimulated. We are pro? ducing more than our own needs, and our own economic protection and wel? fare demand that we sell much of our products to our allies. To accomplish this we must extend these credits to enable them to buy our products. Their commercial salvation Is an essential part of their effectiveness in the war, and their commercial well being demands that their export trade be maintained in a considerable measure. They must keep their civ? il population engaged to the extent necessary to sustain their industrial and economical policy on our part to assist them in maintaining their in dustrlal life and economic welfare. Very little of the money loaned to our allies, the secretary states, goes OUt Of the United States. Most of it is spent light here for war materials and foodstuffs. The money we are advancing is not a contribution; it is B loan, on which they will pay inter? est and which ultimately will be re? paid in full. <">ur allies are looked upon by us- as solvent peoples, with? out ready money but with perfectly good credit. Their expenditures Of this money ii this country are supervised by us Their purchases are made with the advice and assistance of our War In? dustries Board. This system not onl> protects the borrowing ally but pre? vents competitive bidding against the other allies- and the United Slates it Self, and obtains for the borrower the same price:-, the same terms, and tht same treatment oar own governmer demands in making ds own purchas? es. When one remembers thai the loans made to OUT Sllles enable th? m to do the fighting lhat otherwise the American Army would llUVS tO do at much expense, not only of men but a money, money which would nol be re turned to us and lives that could nev? er be restored, the wisdom of OU i policy in financing our allies is plain |tn everyone, it Is not only a duty t* ihem that We are performing in lend? ing them part of our meat wealth: it is a great duts ws are performing to our soldiers and sailors ;ind our nation in making our allies powerful and effective, thus lessening the work and danger and suffering for our own men and In bringing the WSJ to :in earlier olese. A SlRMARINi: DISASTER. One American Submarine Rammed i>y Another in Home Waters, Washington, Dec. In. Nineteen lives were lost when the American submarine f-i was rammed and sunk by submarine F-?> in home waters during a fog Monday afternoon. The F-3 was undamaged and pick? ed up live survivors of her victim. Secretary Daniels announced the dis? aster late today in a brief statement which gave BO further details. still more: meningitis, Four Additional Cases at Camp .lack son. Columbia, Pec. 19.?Four more nc\v cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis were reported from Camp Jackson yesterday morning. No more deaths have occurred. The total number of cases thus far is 66 cases and 24 deaths. Ready to Help. Response received by the Charity League from the appeal in The Daily it< m to the farmers of Bumter county for corn, potatoes or fuel: Mrs. H. m. Btuckey, Bumter, s. c. Dear Mrs. Stuckey: l noted yotir article in the Sumter item last night, j in which you appealed to farmers to assist the poor of Bumter. I was no: aware that such a condition existed in the city of Sumter until I read your letter in the paper. I am enclosing you cheeks aggregating $25.00 from my wife and daughter and myself, ant would thank you to use this money for the benefit of Die poor of the city as you think best. I note that you request the farmers to send corn, and 1 have no doubt that some of them will respond liberally. I am today Instructing tho foreman of my Hose ilill farm to have twenty five bushels of corn shelled to be sent to you for the benefit of the poor people of this city, and if some of the merchants of the city v;ho have a mo? tor truck will be kind enough to send it to Rose Hill farm next week, twenty five bushels of corn, or more if neces? sary, will be sent to Sumter subject to your order. You are doing a noble work and de? serve encouragement. Very respectfully, Thomas Wilson. Mrs. H. M. Stuckey. City. Dear Mrs. Stuckey: I notice from this afternoon's paper your appeal to the farmers of Sumter county to bring in corn on December 17th, lHth and 19th as a contribution to the poor of Sumter. I am writing to say that the Sumter Roller Mills will be very glad to grind this corn into meal at our mill (foot of Sumter street) free of cost. In other words, free of toll, and put same up In packages suitable for distribution, w aro aot prepared to Disks grist, other vise would be glad i?i mill any 0f the com into, grist. Trusting your appeal will meet wi h the success that it deserves, 1 am, Very sine ?rely yours, A. C. Phelps, President. Wood For Hauling. Editor the Daily lt~m: The fearful cold id the scarcity of fuel has brought t, my mind a way In which 1 may b- able to help. I have thousands of | ords of wood go? ing to waste; some will be burned in I log heaps; much vill^ rot as it has been doing for many years. If there are any teams in Sumter available to haul the wood, 1 will give all that can j be hauled for distribution among the [poor. This is Striefcly for distribu tlon to those too poor to buy. To all pet sons able to pay for it a charge of -5 cents per two horse load will be made for pine and oak and tl for fat lightwood. If we had the rail toad through here that Sumter takes B spurt at building every once in a U hile, there would be no need for a fuel famine for 2 5 years. In the sec? tion between Black river and Pudding swamp forest tiros annually bum enough wood for the winter supply of Sumter city, to say nothing of the log heaps and Um rotting. I wish that I could haul some wood to re? lieve the sufferint,. bi t as I cannot, I make the above offer. My nearest supply of wood Jv 1-2 mile this side of Black river, about 11 miles from Sumter. e. W. Dabbs. VP TO THE STATES. Old Man Booze W 11 be Finally Out? lawed When Hti>te* Ratify Amend? ment. Washington, Dee. 18.?Agreement on the time limit o be fixed for State ratification is the only step remaining today to complete congressional ac- ! tion on the federal prohibition amend? ment approved by the senate last Au? gust and passed by the house yester? day. The house form of the resolu? tion allows the SMtes seven years to ratify the amendment, while the sen? ate measure allowed six. VICTORY Dl SIGHT. Test Vote Shows louse to Be for } Votes lee Women. Washington, Di*. 18.?On a test vote in the house indicating the senti? ment toward the woman suffrage con? stitutional amenc nent the suffragists^^ polled seven mot* than a j*Jwe> , thirds vote. Washington, Dec. IS.?That the house wi?l vote on the woman enf 1 frage amendment on January 10th was assured today when the rules committee agreed on that date. I Evety thing in the Building Line I All Kinds of Feed I BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc. 3 EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE| I I Phonesi 10 ? 631 NATIONAL BANK or The National Bank 0! South Carolina Of Sumtir Resources over J UM,#60.00. This Bank owes its growth to the loyal support and hear? y cooperation of its 11500 patrons. A bank is a COMMUNITY INT KB i:sT. Its mission is SERVICE. Its life is the Loyalty of its Patrons. We appreciate your business and arc better prepared than ever before to serve you. C. G. ROV UND. President. F. E. HINMANT Ceshkr a