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\ITR.\TF FOR rMIMl i:v hcmonsiration Vgent Williams Makes Important Anuoumviiiciil. At taut the ini'in niatlon for .mi. run; the nitrate of soda from the govern? ment hue urm d There will he a man meeting at the Court House the MM! day Of thin month, Januars :|, for the purpose of explaining tin- meth? od of distribution and hiking orders The meeting will begin at eleven o'clock and last until everv man has placed his order fof the amount that he desires. The pi ne for South Car" line has been definitely decided to be $73.?0'plus IS cents tag tax. f. 6. b Charleston. S. C. It Is not m i essar.x for any one to write me foi they will have to fill out two blanks. MM for ms record and one to go to Washington, so It will be best to attend the meet? ing. There will be fifteen or twenty men with sharp pencils at tin- mect isg to take orders front es s MM e/hO is in a position to put Up the cash when they h.i\e received thetl allot? ment front W ashington. Fehl B ii | Uli Is the last day that an order rim be placed and it ma\ i>e inemnmtient to place orders after the hip; mass meet? ing Thursday, the 31st of .January. Only about four hundred blanks have been sent to n.e as vet. but 1 am todaj wiring for an additional fifteen hun? dred blanks and no man need be afraid that he will not be able to se? cure whatever amount is allotted to htm by the author ties at Washington. It will be impossible for mo to an? swer a thousand letters and 1 am tak? ing this means to reply to several dosen letters that I ha?. I attend] re? ceived. ttlunks will no Sept st my desk In the t'hainber of COtnmCSOS and any one can secure them and make out an order for themselves. Bs sue to make the order out in duplicate or it will be of no avail as one eopy has to be sent to the authorities In Wash? ington I shall hold a meeting at BSttMl school house at eleven A. M. Thursday of this week. January | Ith, at winch ttme order? will i?e roeohred and means of payment will BS gl:plained. On the name day at 3 P. M. M moot? ing will be held at Concord, and an? other will be held at Rembert at ?even-thirty P. M the same day. The advisability of reorganising a local of the Farmers' Inion will also be dis? cussed at these meetings. Ho mire and attend the big mass meeting Thursday, the last day of January If you have not seemed a blank or blanks before that time. J. Frank Wilhams. Couny Agent \t m.intoitiiooi? c m its. Cootre?! Auxiliary of Red Fros* Or gunixcM Club*. At S meeting; Mondav afternoon o. Ihe colored auxiliary of th?* tted Croiw, tt was decided that neighborhood club* be organized in order to car'*: on more effective Work. Mrs. Nina ftolomons and Mrs. Hugh Jlayns worth addressed the meeting*. These neighborhood clubs consist ot a president and throe members work Ing under bor. which makes pets.mal supervision easier. Mrs. C. A. Lawson was made rMS chairman, others present Mesdaim Leila Williams. Kdna Davis, Mary Davis and Pearl spears. Violations of Food laiw Mr. User st has stated that eon ssrva.ion of rood in America will prob* hiv be the deciding factor in tho vi i! Next to fighting on the battl from in Ftrope conservation of food is th? <oost important sor\i? ??? that < m bS rendered our country in this tin ? S ?tress All food sdmlnlst ration Is ii pies without tho cooperation ol Ihe |ieop)e It Is impossible tor ans food admin ist rut or to no oi puiize as to .?. . violations of las?, sstortlon, eseee profits and waste unless tin s SIS ft sorted. Prompt stMntlos sill b< given nil complaints and teporti sd to the Food Aohnlulsirator'i oflleo, and the people of th? stite are urged tC make such reports to this office AnonyntutiM MttOfl will not be no ticsd but the name of those making complaints will nor SC MSUtMS I ex iopt where necessary. CommunicatlonH should he a.hln I #d to Food Ad m i n ist i a tor. ? *? > 1111 .1.i.t H r All information should >??? given and every effort will bo made to promote fair dealings and fair profits Kindlv urge your people |? < um munlcato with this othee ti.ei Tours trul . Wm. Ml ott, Food Administrator for South Coro? Una. Numter County Honored. Henator K I? Kpps has i.eei ehntrSsaa of the ssnaM mMMrj oonv mitee. the third moat Important com? snittee in that bodv, nnd is therefore a member of tho Hoard of Vlsltms of the Citadel Military Academy. N MOVf IWISM PRODVCTS. Director (Jcnerel ItcAdno Pfjiniilna lo Take Cmv Of runner*. Washington. Jan. II.?Director General M< Adoo hoi edrloal ths de< partmonl oi agriculture that the roll rood ndnin lOtTOttOn had no intention er hening ? list of nbn*eoaenttala form I redacts and plans arc being laid tQ provide adequate tronoportotlon focll Pies for all farm products of the country. Chamber or Commerce Not<?>. Poertn Assistant Pootmaater Gen? ?ml Mauely has written le th? Cham her ot Commerce that the department win not ohengi its daterminotloo to op#fota a motor trtlCh mail route be* t wee n Florence and Columbia, via Ion although it is twenty-one mllaa fui t hot Ihot way. The tact that it is generally be* I loved that the 'ianu'i's Perry croea? ln| over Waterea river and swamp will ba Ordered tiOnetructed by ipt - elal leg^elatleti, a ltd the fourth aaalat? am pootmaoter general hefting cauaed Inoutrtea t > ba made regarding the condition! of highways and crossing-! between Florence and Bumtor for o proponed motor truck mall service, the secretary of the Chamber of com? merce reqeeeted that the department Inveetlgata a route from Florence \i;i Kttmter using the earner's Ferry crossing if the ferry is established, j Assistant* Postm?:st? r Qen. lMapoly however writes that the information received wtU be filed for further eon ilderatlon in eonneetlon with the final action looking to motor truck mail routes between Florence and Suinter and Colombia Turhcvilla in Ciaren? don county, has* requested PoatmOOtOl Oeo, \V. I>iek. and the Bumtor Cham? ber of commerce to ask (or ah nuto moblla dally mall route between Bum* tet and Turbo Villa to carry mail also for Shiloh. New /ion and Sardinia. which will be requeoted of the de? partment It is just possible that this request Aright be awitched into a route betwoea Bumter and Florence. Tito poafofJIce department also writes that service to the greatOOi number, in the quickest poaetble thnV. Is of more Importance than shorten* ing routes, which sounds good t. those who are working for the two mnil routes above mentioned. The Sumter Postmaster and t'hain her of Commerce are expecting at an\ time to hear that our hustling con? gressman A. F. LeVOf has bad tin parcel post motor truck route fr?i oarrylng pareohi from city to tin farm, ami farm produce to the Clt3 put on in BUmtOTi Lie and Clarendon eountic.v. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce i* now planning the in is campaign (Of war garden production In this alt] and elsewhere in the county where cooperation can be ? eured. in conjunction with ths War Foofl Cardcn Commission, end tin- t'nited States Department Of Agriculture, the local commercial organization hopei to enlist tha cooperation of the Sum? ter civic League, the Woman's Fed a ration of City clubs, olty aohoola charity associations, and other bodlai such as wtiH done last spring. Secretary Ueardon has requeste < 'ongressmnu Lever and Senator. Tillman and Smith to as!; the depaii mOttl of agriculture to furnish the Chamber of COIMnarot with a hbera supply of fresh garden aoed of mam /arletlee f*>r free distribution amonp the poorer claaooe, white and colorec" Of this city, who are unahle to pur '?base gardt n seed. AM three of tlics Officials hava written that they hav? lolntly taken the matter up With Sec rotary of Agriculture Houston. Con gl Doornail Lever hw reiiuested thai ai least Ava hundred puckngesi contain Ing five papers of seed t<> the packagt i e forwarded here Immediately, an be s i\s be hopes to secnr?' more soci ..I an early date. The War QarAen Pood Commlasio . ski tiiat lanki and other corpora Ilona and all individuals. who hav. vacant lots turn over aald lots to thel employeea in? other-! to cultivate ggr dena on. The lateil i i s book 01 planting wl I ba furnlahed by tha Wa lerden Peed Commloalnni Maryland building, Washington, D. C, lo all win write for .-ime ami the Chamber 0 Commerce will have a supply of thee hooka <>n hi nd within a week for fret distribution, The War Cfarderi Poo [f'ommtaeton requeeti that lufllclenl I mono) be lalecd le have an expert eaeed garden man to vlall Bumter ti instruct peepla bow to cultivate gni dene, and ,n addrese meetings of cltl earn *n long lha line of the Importance of reudni ill lha food penible dur< ieu i:> is. and Ihi reaaoni a hj Ihli fond muai ba raised to avoid n food famine ami extraordinary high prlcei of feed Municipal and COUOty Vacant loll an roqaiotcd for cultivation also, London. ?:in If By tha linking of two steimeis by the eie-mv in tb Mediterraneon eel Oboul three weel I ago, eeven hundred and eighteen Uvei were loot, it area oanounced officially today Kl \l\ 1\ llOKl'ITAIi, Member- of Kcrcnsky'h cabinet slur ilcrod in Tliclr Beds by Donon Artned Hon. I Petrograd], Rundny, Jan, 20. A. I. Bhlnglaroff, minister ot finance In the Kerensky cabinet and Prof. E\ VA Kokoshklne, state comptroller under! Kcrenaky, were murdered in their] bed! last night In tho marine hospital. ) If. Bhlnglaroff and Prof. Kowosh-| kine were removed recently to the j hospital from the Fortress of St. Peter, and St. Paul because of Illness. A dosen b 'med men entered the hospital and demanded that they he shown the beds of the former ministers, Prof. KokOShklne was killed as he slept. tWO bullets being lirod. M. Bhinfflaroff awoke and protested. Siv bullets were fired Into his body, j The assassins then left the hospital. j ?' m. Bhlnglaroff and M. Kokoahklno were a .rested by the Bolshevlkl last month. notwithstanding that thoyl had been elec ted delegates to the eon-j slitin nt assembly and nominally wen immune from arrest. They were prom? inent members of the constitutional democratic party, which is Opposed! bitterly by the Bolshevik] as the rep rci ntatlve of the bourgeotse. BEED FOR BOIIOOL. Funds Seeded by ( lianiber of Com? merce yo Purchase Kupply? According to the opinions of thosa who were actively engaged in the [work of stimulating interest in in? creasing number. Of vegetable gardens last year, the "Pi nny Pocket" system of free distribution for Bchool and hohie gardens was a wise move, and ISO invested by tfoe Bumter County Council of Defense, was one of the ? very betft investments ever made In ibis enmity for getting more vegetables planted, ami at the same time educat? or school children hOW to prepare. plant, and to cultivate vegetable gar dons, Five thousand penny packets ot vegetabl - seed were ordered from the Children's Flower Mission, of**Cleve? land, Ohio, an organization Which, mak< r no profit whatsoever* over and j above, aetual cost of operating ex? penses, and Whleh organization is sup? ported largely by private contributions from all over the county. The Bumter chamber of Commerce took charge of tho distribution of the. ! five thousand packages of seed pur Chased last spring, and many of the rhool teachers of the city and coun? ty, white and colored, were called into service ; s were the home demonstra on age its and the county superin? tendent of education, and farm dem? ons! ration agent. The schools were vis-ited by com? mittees and each family represented in e*eh school was furnished with a supply of packets of the seed, each packet containing sufficient seed to grow enough of a certain variety of vegetables for an ordinary family, l ach packet contained cultural in-j structlons .as to how to prepare, plant, i ml cultivate a garden. The Bumtsr chamber of Commerce would like to order live thousand' packets Of the seed for distribution, and if fifty dollars could be raised, or even thirty dollars, with what seed the United States government will provide, his great educational work and extra irdlnary production Of foodstuffs ould be repeated this year. \rc there ten public spirited ladies ami gent emen In Bumter county who Will voluntarily come forward with five dollars each to buy the seed. Many hundreds of school children, heir families, and the public general will i>e benefited, and the school hlldren will be given practical illus? trations of patriotism in learning to lo Some! king to help the government to win Ihe war, Becrotary Reardon : ays that live dollars is not the limit. I unl that any patriotic citizen, mah or female, who wants to come acres.* oath a check for fifty dollars, or pro nortlonnteiy smaller, will not have his ? r her feelings hurt by having tin heck sonl hack by return mail. Help the children to learn how to help the goveri menl win the war. Rdueatlori of this | !nd is worth many limes l&O.OO to the county. Food Plentiful In Porto Rico. Han Juan, Porto Rico, Jan. 2 ?Porto rtico has on hand and imme? diately available more foodstuffs than it any time during- the past two yon ra Prices In ihe island for sti pie commodities are. on the winde, lo er than an \. here under the American dag. SO far as available records f iVO u i figures.'1 Tins wan the statement tod ij by lohn m. Turner, treasurer, of the Food Commission, who charnet? rl ted i' as a m iSSSgC of cheer to I'i rto rttcans on the opening of the New Year. Washington. .Ian. 22. Qon. Persh ng toda> reported thai Corporal iVal b r Rowrifti Infanl ry, w as wnjed in action Jan, 20th. So details of fie n cagement i re i /en, Roborts* n IrVea at Bartliue, Wash. FACING TNI CRISIS. Kannen Have Great Responsibilities! Renting Upon Them end Must Do Their Duty. Editor Daily [Um: When we View the situation In which we an now placed, from all oi its phases, wo discover the fact that we have dlfftcultlea and trouble* ahead which demand, on our part, many sacrifices, should we overcome and eliminate them. We are now up against the greatest calamity the world has ever seen. Racial rivalry and national ambition have precipitat? ed many wars and contiiets; but noth? ing in comparison with what we are facing today. The dominating prin? ciple of Pruaaianlam is prevailing among the enemies- of civilization and democracy and will until it is crushed and dethroned; and to do that, it WIK yet require strenuous efforts on the par! of the allied nations of the world. Germany and her allies are not van? quished yet, and with her efficient or? ganizations, politically, economically socially and from a military stand *polnt, we may as well realize tlr Stubborn fact, that there is somethim more than the ordinary ahead of us altogether, the greater reason why w? should make preparation while'tin opportunity la open. our people may as well rooogniz? that sacrifices ami great sacrifice! art to be* made if we triumph in thi: great struggle. We all should taki lessons* from our government in nol having been prepared when this greai emergency arose and asslduousl) prepared ourselves to meet the sit nation as- it progressively presents it self. We muat prepare to aid and assist our government In this great under taking ii we should see her come out victorious. This government is of tin people and for tile people and shoub tin- people withhold their aympath! und mntual aid. we may reasonably expect to see her suffer defeat ti BOme extent. Our young men are going to tb< front, offering their llVOI and the! all for the sake of democrat y am civilization, and we Who are immunei from that order by age or otherwise must stand hack of them with oui sympathy, encouragement and mater ial assistance, that we may stimulate their morale, and give an impetus U their efforts, that will crown then with glory and fill our hearts with f gratitude that is impressible. W< i are and will he under obligations tc them. I fear we will never be able tr meet. 1 \\'e have the greatest country in th< world, a great big democracy, in which we have lived comparatively at peact with all other nations for fifty years; a commercial people accumulating wealth and luxuries, dreaming '01 greater financial exploits in the future, with hopes of maintaining that friend? ly relationship which we have en? joyed* in the past. In so doing wc have neglected our machinery of nat? ional defense until aroused by th? alarm of war, to And ourselves al? most totally unprepared to take up the challenge. Ancient Greece lost her prestige in the same way, and the pity of it is. we have not learneu a lesson from her experience. Washington advocated preparation for war in time of peace; universal military training and etc.. and should bis advice have been heeded and brought down through our history, wc would have be* n in a more advanced stage of readiness to meet the strug? gle that is now staring us in thi face. Just as our government must prepare to meet these calamities, BO must the people us a whole, in their different departments get ready t meet them. The time is now at han I when tin* agriculturist must exercise all of bis mental capacity in planning planting and cultivating, so as to meet his obligation in this great crisis. II, too, is a part of tins government and he inns; remember that he shares th ? blessings of Its institutions and ad vantages ami on the other hand muat he willing and patriotic enough to stand by her in in r adversities and mt uaces. The motto of every patriotic citizen should he: our country, right 01 wrong our country. Let us ail adopt thnl sxpression from the depths of out hearts and work w ith might and main to stand by her interest by contribut? ing to her support as she needs it. Now, ii Is hoped that every white farmer in th" country will not only plain all food crops that he can billl ?olf jo ne t t the conditions which are confronting us. he: will advise and encourage the colored people, who have not the facilities for gathering information thai he has, to do hk? wise; that the country may be self upporting, with a surplus to contrib? ute to our national cause if nee l he. \\'e should be ad n on (shed by tin- shortage of tugar to i he extent thai We will iractice more economy, and now with i threatend shortage ol wheat, to the ?XtOnl that we will not be aide to net lour timing the month of May, we hould plant all the fOOd crops pos iible that we may have a surplus rath er than a shortage. High price cot? ton 1 fear, will allure many farmers from the safe way in this time of emergency end they wiM not give the attention to the essentials they should. While high price cotton brings its blessings, it is also attended with its ?vils. Among other things of a harm? ful nature, it brings about, is- reck? lessness and extravagance, which has no place in war time measures. The country can not afford to practice ex? travagance und waste of time and ma? terial during this crisis; for there is x readjustment coming and when it docs come, the man who us out of line and unprepared to meet it, will wake up to a situation of inoonven venlence. Abnormal conditions do not last. Business, like water, seeks its level and when the time conies there it will settle; whether it suits, or whether the country is in a condition to meet the situation or not. It be? hooves us all to exercise good com? mon sense while moving and acting under the conditions now prevailing that things may work to our advan tags in the end. J. C. Dunhar. GERMAN H AI D ICKS ACTIVE. Night Attacks on British lanes Near st. Qncntin. London, Jan. 2:'..? There were en? counters during the night southwest of St. Quentin between British troops ind hostile raiding parties and pa rols, the war office reports. $A raid attempted by the enemy against Brit? ish posts south of Labassee were driv? en off. General Rules ami Regulations. General rules and regulations, pre icribed by the attorney general of the United states, under the authority o! the president of the United States lated November the 16th, 1917, foi registration of German alien enemies, nave been issued to the following hief registrars in tho eastern district if South <Carolina, to wit: The Postmaster, Charleston, s. C The chief of Police, Charleston, 8 The chief of Police, Columbia, B C. The Chief of Police, Florence, S. C The Chief of Police, Georgetown S. C. The Chief of Police, Orangeburg ? a, c The Chief of Police. Sumter, S. C. Time of Registration. Registration of German alien ene } miss is fixed within said district t< commence at six A. M. on Februarj 1th, 1918, and to continue on each 1 day successively thereafter betweer ! the hours of six A. ,M. and eight P. M Up to and including the 9th day ol ? February, 19IS, at eight o'clock P. M Kcgi-tiation of Alien Enemies?Sug? gestion and Instructions to Reg? istrants. Persons required to register should understand that in so doing they are ,'iving proof of their peaceful dispo? sitions and of their intention to con orm to the laws of the United States. Every registrant should read care? fully the form of registration affidavit lianded to him and ask the registra? tion officer tor explanation on all points not clear to him before at? tempting to fill out the blanks. Keg stration officers are instructed to live registrants all possible aid in the vvay of explanation and advice. Fach registrant is required to fur? nish four unmounted photographs of himself not larger than 3x3 inches in ilse, on thin paper with light back? ground. All four photographs should be signed by the registrant across the face of the photographs, so as not to obscure the features, if the applicant s able to write. Three blank forms of registration nlidavit must he completely tilled out by tin- registrant or his representative (with the exception of the blanks In? dicated to be tilled mit by the regis? tration officer, ami tin* description of lie registrant and tin* placing of finger prints on the blank) and must be produced by the registrant person? ally to the registration otlicer and be sighed and SWOrn to by the registrant in tin* presence of ami before the reg? istration Officer, who will till in the de? ception of the registrant and super? vise the fixing of the finger prints and the attaching of photographs. If th registrant cannot write he must make his mark in the signature .?^pace and affix his h it thumb print in the space provided opposite the signature space. 'Ihe linger printing is a method of identification and follows the practice Observed in the military and naval service of the United States. The registrant is hereby informed j that he must again present himself I before the registration otlicer who took his oath alter 10 days hut be? fore 16 days from the last day fixed for registration m his legist rat ion dis? trict to obtain a registration card up? on Which he must sign his name, or make his mark, and place his left thumb print in the presence of the registration officer, j. m peulnet. Postmaster and chief Registrar. Tl RKlSH REW RAVED. One Hundred and Seventy-two Escape in Destruction of Former German pant. London, Jan. 21.?One hundred and seventy-two members of the crew of the Turkish cru'scr MidulJa, formerly the German Breslau, were rescued af? ter the action between British ari*d Turkish forces c the entrance to tha Dardanelles in which the Midulla was sunk, it was officially announced to? night. I Of the total of 310 men on the Brit? ish monitor Raglan and the small monitor It-It, U at in the action, there are at present reported 132 survivors, the announcement says. Both trfe Br .slau and the cruiser Sultan Belim, th- former German Goe ben, the other Turkish vessel engaged, were mined, the statement adds. The Goeben is now being continuously bombed by British aircraft in the nar? rows of the straits, where she strand* ed after she hit the mine. The Goeben and the Breslau, the statement explains, had emerged from I the Dardanelles Sundav morning to attack British naval forces north of the Island of Oaibros. After the Rag land and the email monitor had been sunk the Breslau was forced into a British minefield. The Goeben i ?eded at full speed to* j ward tiie Da i .lanelles, striking a mine near the ? ntranee. Turkish destroyers, coming to the assistance of the Breslau, were en* gaged by British destroyers and ; driven off. PACKING HOUSE CONTROL. Workers Bellete Government Opera* Hen a National Necessity, Washington, fan. 22.?The demand, v ? jof the Chicago packing house Ogee 'jployes for government control of the ? J meai industry uring war was broad ! ened today to include all packing t houses In the United States. It wag I made clear at 'he outset of the hear I ? mr l ing before the president's mediation committee that, the employes he* lieved the question to be one of nat* ional necessity, tot merely a local dis? pute between the Chicago plants and their workers. GRANGE IN COMMANDERS. Teutons Suppreis Offensive on Italian Front. Italian Headquarters, Monday, Jan^ 21.?Gen. Zsetczar Boroevin has been ! appointed to succeed Archduke Eu gene in comma nd of the entire ei my front again t Italy. It Is believi the change may have considerable ef? fect on the campaign. Boroevin'a tac? tics heretofore have been uniformly defensive, rarely offensive. The ap? pointment is construed as confirming reports that the enemy suppressed tho defensive attitude on the Italian front, ive<T ^ MAY TAKE SODA MONEY. Ranks Authorized to Receive Fertilis? er Deposits. Washington, n. 21.?The United States department of agriculture to? day announced rhat South Carolina banks desiring to receive deposits from the sale of nitr; ten to the farmers in the respective counties should get in touch with the farm demonstration agent for each county. Upon the rec? ommendation which the agent makes, one bank in eac i county will then be designated for this purpose. ? Attention Knitters. Yesterday I received a letter from Mrs. Grant, saying that sweaters are to he made 23 InOttOg long. All who are k< itting, please cut out these instruction: and save them, ae I nave not yet reoatvod my knitting ! manuals. Mrs. G ant informs methat Ishe will send them as soon as she TO* cerree them fron Washington: Sweaters .'>S bed. 23 inches long. Opening for head large enough to slip 'easily over head wearing number |S rhat, it is important to see that thla I opening is large enough. Bocka. Peel not under 11 nor over 12 im lies long , about 4 inches across foot. \a'k 14 Inches long. Mufflers. ?;s Indies long, about 60 Stitches or 11 inches wide. I Wrlatlcts, About I inches wide and i2 inches long. Note: It is ii portent to knit to these dimensions. regardless of the n imber of stitch* s. We still have number of each garment to make before our quota is reached, and urge all who can, to knit, that we mas finish our quota bo fore the cold weather Is over. i Annie Purdy, Secret; ry, Sumter Chapter. two NOgtO Divisions. Washington, .la i. 18.?Organisation of a second negto division in the Na tional Army is under way it was learn? ed unofficially today, surplus of ne groes of both the National Guard and the first and second drafts will be used In forming the new division which will designate the Ninety* third. si.sO