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limit i-itici: incurIjAtkii. Milk mm% Other Dairy IVoducts Fi pveted to He C bra per as Result. New York. Dec. 18.?New regitlu i i ? prescribing the umuuut of wheat to he used by ml Here of the United Hti.e*. In mauufatcuiing Hour, detail? ing the manner in which the prices el mill feede thall be determined and \.inch are calculated to effect a sav? ing of more than tt.oso.ooo bushels o< \. hest during the present crop year were aanouated here todsy by ths 'tig division of the federal food inlet ration. 1 he establishment of maximum priiss for mills relative to the cost of vheat is expected to result In ft marked reduction in their price and h 11 expected thte will lower the pel e of mlHk and other dairy pro? ducts aS soon us the effects of the rulings are felt In largs dairy ?re. food administration officials declare . * Increasing difficulties of trenspor I *jr* ami "the uncertainty of t' future" emphasise the importance vi providing surpluses of wheat ist future needs and constitute t t reasons for the new regulations, 'a rt'itemenl Ivnueil by the milling div >n says. Agricultural reports in oie.Mttng ths harvesting of large oumtltlss of all kinds of cereals dur tb? present as the proper time? !? i.me of plrnty" In which measures Should be laben tu safeguard future needs. It states. RsettlSflOiSi Imposed by the new rulings, it is declared, will not se r ly change the present quality of pN ur nor inconvenience the consuming piMlc. The food admlnistrstion is confi? dent the slight changes made neces? sary In ths character of wheat Hour a result of the new milling regu- . i i lens will b :he Amei - it in people in the spirit of conserva? tion and that this acceptance they appreciate are doing their parti In tiding the government's effort*." tl t statement continues. I'rescrlblng the wheat content of a flour, the statement says: \ > licensees shall after December t* use more than pounds of clean Wheat In making 196 pounds of 100 cent, flour " From the 100 per flour so produced the licensee n / at his option remove not more n 5 per cent of clear of low grade | ' Bs of which may be mixed | i or sold as feed. The 96 per ?it. of the 196 pounds of flour Tu? ning shall not be subject to fur Uk r separatton or division. Millers are directed to establish fn '? Urns to lime, a price St which ? h grade of flour will be sold In car ' l lots for the period of 14 hours ' ?t.er such prices are established and 1 until a new pries is named by the < Singf all flour sold shall be sold st A shag fleers A margin of II cents per 1 be i rel bulk At the mill above or below 1 * price ts provided, however, for 1 mine "In making a price to meet com- < petition of mills in various terrltor- ' lea." * nun is to be sold at a price per ' ton not esceeding J8 per cent. Of the * Svvtrage esst of wheat to the miller. < "shorts" and middlings" are to bs sold at appro*imat*l M per ton > a< ovs thb price of bran, mixed feodif < I not more than |4 above this basis re and flour middlings at not more tl m $9 above the price of bran. gfjirnm cotton majtUlbtt, P. fj. BOWMAN, Cotton Ehtysr netted dally at 11 o'clock Nom i ciood Middling 39 1-1. Strict Middling 29 14. Middling 29. strict Low Middling 28 1-1. Low Middling 27 3-4. SAW TOItK CUXfO? MAHKUf. Open nigh Low Oos? Closr tsgM>J? I $f Si 29 70 29.48 29.68 29.So Mtr . . 18.96 29.11 2S.98 29.15 28.95 . . 29 \,'J 28.H3 28.69 28.89 28.81 July . IS.16 11.11 28.36 28.60 28.30 A Suggestion. V movnmnt Is on foot In L->s on t ? e> pply with proper Qbjtltg|l md rec r? tlon centers the thousan Is cf wo now engaged In war supply Slugs' ??> near rumps. The best way to solv II r ia t.b ; ..ml tb A >f soldb r rec H Aon at the name time Is to allow the women and the soldier* Is enter? tain SUeli SlltSf under respectable conditions. ColumilB State. Th<' renl oxpen.ie In con lectior. v i i ? ,p per i-? not the sub *? rlption price." Henry WsJBStS use.. |ff <h> "Ifn the time you g.ve |g ?ding It ifter you get It." This i b i me that can't be too often Miipha s/-l If a man's life and Intellee :, worth an> thing like what the> ? ht to i>e. he will spend s?v< r.il dol i tt'oiih of ?lme each year reading 1 favorite paper, and he had bettsr sgi in SgtrS dollar or so getting B ?>. worth while rither than bo wit I with anything Inferior .--Tb? l ...i.??.\e Farmer. The Amer It* Ralph tleur.v Bnrbmir of Tho Vigilante*. 1 have tried hard to write an intro? duction to what follows, bat 1 can't rind the right words. And after a)l is any introduction needed? 1 think not. So 1 have Just written that ti? tle up there?for 1 want to believe? 1 do believe?that the spirit emanat? ing from this letter of an American boy who volunteered for the Ambu? lance Service In France and was at the Battle of Verdun on hie twenty first birthday Is in reality the Amer? ican Bplrit?and I will leave com? ment to you who read this. "Dear Mother and Father: Your letters cume to me yesterday, and now I wish i bad said nothing about aviation until nearer the end of my ambulance service. I am sorry you take aviation so bard, for the mortal? ity is only eight per cent, more than that of the infantry. The whole arg ument amounts to this: 1 urn first of all of military age and must take up some service, now that wo are at war. am physically lit for aviation, while there are millions over here .in I under age available for ambulan? ce! s and camions. Do you wish me to he called an ambuscade when I come home? And that is what they ; < a 1 * us here, now that America is | at war. The air ?ife is a bit n ote dangerous, hut death comes frort gl llt ie bullet and is quick and clean, j Ore is not blown into Infinity by mar-' m te or other high explosives, which I leave unbelievable holes In one's body. One tights man to man in tho air. ? I must do some military duty, and my six months' experience and my ' ki owledge of French are of value to; tlusc whom I am trying to help. Af |gf all. If I am not to survive this, war, what tttaVreaae does it make how 1 go about It? No one wants, to eome home more than I do. No1 one Is more fed up on this war than I nnt. but my wishes and your wishes! ore almost nothing. Our sorrow is j like sunshine when you think of the sorrow caused by the death of the 1 7,m?0,000 men who have died sine? August. 1914. One learns to feel that ; death Is easy after watching these | Frenchmen die. And are you, my ? m >ther and my father, going to re-1 fuse to sacrifice one son, when mil? lions of others have done far more?? Riiflinees Methods of the Retl (Voss. ? -.I . I < The work of the Red Cross is be? ing conducted with an economy snd 1 efficiency almost without precedent in 1 i my organization, and this primarily for the reason that it has been enabl? ed to have the volunteer services of ?n exceptionally large number of the important business men of America. . It Is enjoying the devoted service, without psy or expense of any kind, ' >f soms of the most experienced and successful of our business men and locial workers. Its operating expenses 1 vre more than met by its membership j lues, so that every cent contributed i the War Fund goes for relief. All expenditures of the Red Cross ( ire being subjected to the constant nnl continuous scrutiny of auditors under the direction of the war de? partment, so that every dollar con- j irlbated will be carefully accounted Tor. Reports in great detail are be? ing constantly mode to the people, and it is the policy of the war council to conduct ell the affairs of the Red Cross during the war as an open book. Commissions representing the American Red Cross are today at I a?rh In France. England. Russia Serbia. Rumania, and Italy. These commissions have been composed of some of the ablest and most success? ful American business men and work? ers along lines of Red Cross activity. They are advising the War Council as,, WHAT THE VICTORY OR I GERMANY MEA (Contributed by JA MKS Tl. COLLI rumpalgn et Patriotism Through fed Rvery American who had read th newspapers the past three years ought 0 anew #hat German victory wouidl ?.'.'.can to us. Tor we have had prac? tical Illustrations of what it meant te Belgium, Kram". po)andi Bervla and Roumanla, ? man) pretends that ^>ie is fight i or i?. me other eountrl 1 he b? neiit of her alleged superior civilization. In every country where ?tir bis bid ai opportun!!) i<? apply ibis "Ivultur" it has meant the Vlolfl tum of every human light and SVOI > decent \ Individual liberty and freedom of thought have been crush? ? d out in ihoie countries, slavery r< ? established in the world, und a deter* iiiined policy of extermination put lato practice, mo thai In the event of Victory over nations still uneoixpni ? <l there will be tho least opposition from the rightful owners of the ter ? itorv ssjged. if German victor. would mean anything different for th ican Spirit "Pfrhapa l am wrong to urge you to let me go on. but 1 lmv? all the papers made out and lake the medi? cal examination soon. In America we ure taught that ones country comes Hint, and I am now to throw over the. legacy of the devolution ? in France an ovintor is considered worth a thousand men. Can you imagine my being worth a thousund men? How? ever, this is no time for joking. Only think of the millions who have lost more than I can ever be. of mothers who baVA lost several sons, as well as their husbands, and their daughters, ruined by German officers; of hus? bands fighting, never knowing the fate of their sons, wives and daugh? ters. (Jod is watching me, and if any? thing should go wrong, sorrow a little and thank pod that you could sac? rifice one so dear to you in the cause of right. When you have decided, [write me at once. All my plans shall stop until I hear again. Once more lot me assure you that I realige how much 1 owe to you and Dad. and Will come home at permission; come home only to return, for I could never stay away from this war now until it ends." The permission he asked was giv? en. ?\ WAR PR A V Kit. my James Waterman Wise of The Vigilantes.) Father, wo beseech Thee Guard our boys tonight. Keep, we pray their footsteps On the paths Of right. We have sent them gladly, For the tight is just. Yea. their cause is holy, < i lorious their trust. Hold their fates. O Father, In Thy wondrous hand, dring thorn back, if may be, Back to grace our land. For we loved thein dearly Hut our path was clear Honor bade us send them, Father, be Thou near! Hut If they must leavo us, Tf It be Thy will, Father, we implore Thee, Ouido and guard them still. to the means by which the Red Crosw can moat effectively extend relief tc peoplea and armies in those coun tries, and after their rccommenda tions have been acted on by the War Council, these commissions are exe I utlng the work of relief carefully and efficiently and with the purpose o making their activity an expression of the fine friendliness and desire to help on the part of the American people as a whole. The Red Cross is not seeking u t orn pete with any existing relief or sanitation, but alma to coordinate the relief uctivltles of all organization^ Tor a common purpose. It is the am hltlon of those who are conducting the Red Cross In this war to mak? Its emblem u symbol of the heart and soul of the American people in theh efforts to extend a helping hand tr a bleeding world.?From "How Red Cross Money Is Handled and Spent," by Ivy T^ee, In the American Re view of Review* for December. A Pious Wish. We hope that the thousand people more or leas, who asked us V*wterda> 'is it cold enough for you?' will b sont to tho front line trenches withii the next 30 days.?Spartanbnrg Jour nal. Hol. House Is noted in this country oa a man of silence, but Clemenceau accuses him of eloquence. ?Chatta? nooga News. DEFEAT OF >NS TO EVERY AMERICAN Ng to the Xational Security league': nation.) Cntted gtates there is no proof of it in Germany's acts. And by her acts not bor words. Gerimny should b( indu<-d. The defeat of (lermany means no only the liberation oi the countrtei v hlch she bus overrun, and other which she threatens, but It mean; something far groator: in ths worl <?isis through whleh s are now |passtngk we have n national loads whose though! on the mam issues o the war Ii never clouded, President Wilson, in making hi* great dlstlnc tlon between the Prussian autocratic government and the real Herman poo pie, has expressed the facts so clear? ly thai it would be presumptuous in any one else to attempt :i better 0)S , planation. The defeat of the Pros fan government means not oni> Ifreedom for the worM in general, but freedom for the German people. 1 JAMSfl 11 OOLdJNi. MESSAGE ON RAJIJtOARK. President Wilson Will fake up Transportation Queettou After Kol iday*. Washington. Dec. 21,?President Wilson will ?end to congress a mes? sage recommending the enactment of legislation to meet the transportation situation immediatay after the holi? day recess. Until it is received the president has requested the senate in? terstate commerce committee to with? hold malting an investigation, as pro? vided under the Cummins resolution. Tis? Sugar Shortage. Wagbtpgton, Dec. 19.?Karl 1). liabst. president of the American Su? gar Reiining Company, made public today a report on the sugar shortage, which has just been sent to stockhold? ers of the company. The report shows that with one third of the world s sugar production within the present battle lines, Eng. iand, France and other foreign coun? tries have turned to Cuba and other sources which ordinarily supply the United States. It is also shown that the immediate causes of the present shortage ure increased consumption, too inadequate a supply and delayed distribution. Early in 3 917 there were serious strikes in nearly all the Eastern re? fineries. This caused public appre? hension. Sensational sugar famine stories began to appear in tho papers later, and the public foars were still further excited by stories of .the de strutclon of cane In the Cuban insur? rection. A desire by the trade to void excise taxes proposed in con? gress added to the call. This de riand among dealers, manufacturers and sugar consumers continued all the year and was accompanied by bearding. A great midsummer canning and Preserving campaign urged by the rovernment, furthered by the trado, ?y the canning clubs, and women/a uagazlnes, and by the press general y followed, so that by November the onsumption was shown to be more ban one thousand tons a day greater ban the year before. It amounted to ?early nine hundred million pounds inoro than fo?* the same period in 911?. So much for the demand. Now as to the supply and distribu? tor Java had plenty of sugar, but it is so far that ships took other trade -hannela The harvesting of both cane and beet crops in the United states was deJayed, but, more import? ant, car shortages- and traffic conges? tion prevented the free movement of hese crops to the Atlantic seaboard. Very important in its effect on the upply for Amoricu from Cuba was the proposal in June of the senate inance committee to repeal the draw? back of over one cent a pound on re lined sugar bold abroad, and the Placing of em excise tax of one-half cent a pound. When raw sugar is tnported from Cuba or elsewhere, the ennei pays u duty on it. When the sugar is refined and exported the duty s paid back to the refiner. It is call? ed a drawback. If the duty were not bus refunded the refiner would have o add the amount of the duty to his yri^e to the foreign customer. This vould have the same effect as plac ng an export duty of over one and i-half cents a pound oh all refined sugar sold abroad. Neither this nor my other great commercial country mposes export taxes, because they end to discourage foreign trade. When the senate flnanco eommit ee made these propositions the sugar ndustry urged that the higher prices to foreign customers would so dis urb the world's sugar market as to :reate a troublesome situation for the United States. Seemingly to forstall the expected higher prices, foreign buyers went into the Cuban market tnd bought heavily, thus reducing the supply available for America. Our Imports from Cuba were about the same as in previous years, but so rreat was our consumption that these imports were not nearly enough. The proposition to repeal the draw? back failed in the senate three months later by 69 to 11, but the d.omage had already been done. Cuba's extraordi? nary shipments to Europe had reduc? ed our available supply for the fall lofitha by nearly If.o.OOii.OOO pounds Th^ sugar shortage in the Eastern stales will be relieved when the new "uhan crop begins to arrive in large volume, early in the new year. The report also explains the operation of the United states food administration mm it affects sugar. That Reasonable. It is becoming mo** and more ev: 'lent that to win the war In Europe we need many more engines and freight cars in this country, not to mention more double tracks and bet? ter terminal facilities, Uncle Sam will have to loan the railroads the money they need as "a war necessity/'-" Greehvllle Piedmont. And then oUghn'l he to permit them to bharge rates that will enable them to pay back the money '.'?Florida Times-Un? ion. I All H IX PKItSlllNG. trench und I * i i i i -1 > Commanders Have Confidence in His Ability. Washington. Dee. 21.?Direct as? surances of confidence of both Brtt? ish and French commanders in Gen. Dershing's ability and their satisfac? tion with the breadth and soundness ot his preparations to make American arms effective on the western front have reached Washington with the return from Europe of Major General Hugh L. Scott, who was in confer? ence today with Secretary Baker and other offlcial?. Do You Know the Glory of Saerilicc? Happiness can be obtained in many ways- in this world of ours, and one of the ways is through sacriiice. in a story called "'Aunt Julia" in the January American Magazine, this passage occurs: " 'I thought you loved me so much that you wouldn't want me to go to Europe and get killed, and you be left alone, and all the Farringtons perish entirely.' replied the lad miserably. ?I thought?I thought?you loved me, Grandmcther.' "'Dove you?' cried the old lady. 0 dear Father!' She choked back the emotion that swayed her voice and made it a cracked and ridiculous thing. 'Oh laddie, you'll never know how I've loved you, as I loved two other boys and a man, a brave man, once long ago. But I am not so sel? fish in that love that I can't see things that are worse than getting shot on a battlefield. It's come to me that folks wonder wthy. I've kept 'strong and smiling under lots of other folks' troubles since, laddie. And I'll tell you now, because any other time it'd sounded like bragging. It's be? cause 1 sacrificed so much, once in the dear dead past. And I know the glory of such a sacrifice, the glory of unselfishness, the strength that comes from being brave erough to give what 1 have given. I love you, laddie, I love you as I loved those men back in '61. But I'd rather lose you nobly, honorably, a strong, brave man, obedient to our country that my oth? er boys died to preserve, than have you spared to me?a coward. I want you to be brave and strong. I want you to face your duty. If the Far rington line's got to end, laddie, I want it to end In a young man who chooses agony and death on a battle? field to running away in order to live and keep up the family with one lit? tle blotch of dishonor on it any? where." Certainly there is nothing the south is going to overlook this winter in Its efforts to have the lads from the north feel perfectly at home. This snow is only a little feature of the work of the camp activities commis? sion.?Spartanburg Herald._ ITALIANS UAIN GROVNJ>. Lively I >gl?tiiJK on tlu? Mo? Ic Asolone Front. Home, Dec. 22.?The Ita Jan forces In the region of Monte Aolone yes? terday made further prog.ess, after lively fighting, the war office announc? ed. Do Women Tver I^ook \head? In the Woman's Home "ompanlou a man who calls his confession "The Girls Who Wanted to Marr: Me" says: 'Just a word in passing Why is it that it never occurs to a certain type of woman that there ma be some men in the world too good for her to marry? Every man with any brains at all knows that there an some wo? men In the world too good for him to marry. The average business man shies off from the brilliant and beau? tiful woman, lest, marrying her, he should be patently outclas? d through life. He wans a woman who is Just his equal in looks and intelligence? no more?at least not so auch more that he will suffer in coid.rast. But women apparently never give such considerations a moment'* thought. 1 have seen brilliant nen loaded through life with women sho caught them very young, and who stopped growing at neineteen, while the men kept right on. Those women must have known, in the days- ?*hen their fiances were quoting to t1 em poetry which they couldn't understand, that they weren't the equals of their men." Bigger Armies Now. There are 27,000 soldiers at Camp ?evler, near Greenville. That is as large an army as some ol the south's genearls fought some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil war with. And there, are many canton.aents and campe in the United SU.tea besides Sevler.?Newberry Observer. So She Was Acquainted. When her lawyer told the Jury that Mrs. De ?aulles had 'hyaothy^esosic, they did not know whether It was corns or consumption, hui they knew it made her look awful;/ pretty.? Memphis Commerclal-Api eal. It is said that a good any of the alien Austrlans are well pleased &t the declaration of war against that country. They came to this coun? try because they bellevec it a better country to live in than the one they left.?Knoxville Journal and Trib? une. At any rate, accordant' to h ?tatement, Blease is willing to run for the United States senate Thus all doubt is now removed.?Greenville Piedmont. He will have to run like A scared rabbit to keep in sight of old Ben Tillmnn.?Jacksonville Tim.es? Union. The national Buk Of Snth Mm Of Sumter Resources over $1,600,^)0.00. This Bank owes its growth, to the ! loyal support and hearty coop-ration of j its 2500 patrons. A bank is a COMMUNITY INTER? EST. Its mission is 8ERV1?R Its life is the Loyalty of its Patrons. \Ve appreciate your business and are better prepared thau ever before to serve you. C. G. ROWLAND. President. F. E KtNtJANT Cathltr The First Issue of LIBERTY BONDS Have been received tt The First Nation. 1 Bank imnMlH.tiiiiHnn?i!tMttHtiftlttntMII>llllllllllMMinilll1ttlllllLlM1HinillHlil?ft j Eveiything in the Building i\u I I All Kinds of Feed I j BOOTH & McLEOD. Inc. I j; EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACKJ | I Phonnsi 10 ? 631 1