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1 SOLEMN WARNING. I ? UK ? ? I II WIM, s? I I I It H I I Xl.l.lK? Is lixm CHOI'S. 1 I Assistant f*rcrvtnr> of \gi-w uinr Ouslry Warna t|M south Hint ihr Production of i ood k the Fh-t i iiuihlrmiloM. Washington. Fe?.. 13 ? If ih> south neglects thi? year to provlU ha.* own foo?A atul food, aha la likely to suffer ?ertou i privation, and she' will put a burden upon the naf.n.? which may prolong the war and even imperil our victory," guys Clarence Oualay, Aei.slant Secretary of Agri? culture. "1 am aware that these an- Strong words*** continues Secretary Oue'.oy, I ut they a.?e nunc loo strong. 1 am net espressing un alarmist personal opinion I am seeing through tho eyss es* 41 agricultural colleges and of county agents- In nearly every ngr eultural county 1 have re-vntly eraaai| the continent from ihr At ran tie to the IVcihe. I have studied the reports gathered by the d< part ni< nt'a I*."00 representatives and aa i i ?).<>!?? employees of the ngri cult n ii ci.in gex I have comddor e<l the conclusions of the Intern.itimuil Institute of Agriculture at Home which hes reports from all the world. Tho plain, hard truth Is that with 4? million people withdrawn fio.n productive Industries and engaged In th* busimsx of .lesii a. ; ,,,,,, i? m nit humanly possible for produotlon on ?he who!* to exceed normal deman I. The .queition is whether production <-n equal nc? essitom: demand. Kngh? ad. Franc??, and It i Iv i,.u t be sustained or their populations can? not stand the -?Main. The. have he u on scsnty rations for more than three years. The chief cause of Hurslu' < | collapse waa hunger. Sol I.e. . m* >t tight when their wives and children are starving. Secretary McAd >o h is gken warn? ing that transportation may he lack? ing In 1018 .to haul food und feed to Flairs and < oinn.unities that do aot provlle for themselves. Man: eatth have bsen racrificed In the drouth regions of the Northwest und the Southwest during the last few months, because railroad cars- could not be ob? tained as needed. Military movements must have first consideration, and military movements will be greater in 1918 than In 1117. The prime question for the farmer Is not what product will b- leg the highest price, but win' products will .Insure food for his fam? ily and feed for his live stock, and the answer Is: a vegetable garden, a I milk x>w. a brood sow, a poultry! Hock, ample corn. out.*, peanuts, etc. ?? d then as much cotto:? or tobacco! as he can cultivate u H. "It la Ihe highest demand of pa triotiem ?it is the tie.' requirement o living?that In 11 in every state, every county, every neighborhood. svstj farmer, be as nearly self-sustaining as passible. For Ihe South to plunge on cotton or tobacco or any other speculative crop and to depend upon the corn belt for tread ami neat wdl be fo: the South to engage In a gamble which rosy cause privation to ita people and disaster to the nation. For any man now to determine bis business oper atlona from the standpoint of probt aloae. without regurd to the nation's needs. Is ".'or him wilfully to profiteer In the blood of his fellows who are nghting I i Fr am e for the preserva? tion of the republic No man can be excused fcr not taking hit- share of the responsibility. ' "My Whole life h.n been si ent i. the Jtouth. I know the Southern farmer. He will do hia duty as I. sees it. I am appealing to every man in the South to make known thes ? farts?to consider it his business Is make them known -und I shall have jag? ' ??' ? of the rsswlti it Ihec ,..,t made known in n way t?, impres the crisis that confronts us. then may be hunger in this bounteoi i lan or h tugtu over >under in I*.urope where It will spell ruin for all that \wnth while in America." v. Death. Mrs. H. K. Nesbltt Sled Ttvirsdnv mght at her home in IMvntecr town I mp. aged sixty-live years. The bui ? liil services were held at the Cam burying ground nt II a. m. Saturday Mra Nesbltt is survived by fSJUf aoas und four duugbtera. Ms. l*eUbton C Mills drd We! ! slay night at the home or bis m? ? ,m Uw. M?? Ccrp" McCutilnm. o Wisucky. after several weeks' HI ms i.ged a?h?ut 7.1 yearn The funeral ? ? vices) were held at Hrlek Church gl noon Friday. Mr Mill* was one o the hem known ami most highly es i#.cn.< 'I itixeim i,T the Muyesville se 11cm of Sionter county, but for th past nve years h.?d gSSjge his he- m* with hl* ?on-ln-law ut Wlsueky. Ii ?W.'m a man of great finer ?? i e b a n i e t e. fend nt dec hied opinion, and hin von Ppi) InO-uanr* wer?? alwayn on th j ??e af good government and rill thin ? llSd to ludlft end I ettermenl o .. ty and iJtate. 1 DRAFT british srii.ir.<Ts. i ibidem *of America Arc Being < all? es! to Home Colon*. nileftflS, Fob. I.*..?More than 11*. ltd British subjects resident in tho . ..rel BtatOl have vnttstsd in Ihe itr.h mg forces ot Great Britain and Can i<la. warn the. probability that the roch/irocal draft agreement which hoi Just bttn reached between the unit* cd l-hatis. Fnglaud and Canada will iso theos. figures is loop upward i lapilly. uecording to a statement liuub h(rt by the Britlsh-Cnnadlan R crui in \li lion. These figures, how svsr, are considered '<>v?' by members oi' the Chicago Division beadqoarten Of Me Mission Which announces that ther* are no less than ll.ttO cltir.e .< si iits ! I li lsh smpli ? In ths United Stat 's eligible for service. I'utish and Canadtsa subjects In this oountry onnnot possibly sscapt babii t> for service, scoordlng to Qsn? ? I I V. A. \\ bite, brad of the Blit Ish-Fana Iian Recruiting Mission. \s soon ,s congress acts fnvorab s on t is reciprocal draft agreement, he i statt d in a despatch to the <'hica;< division. tlH British subject will be? come "much more liable for servie? lhan the American " W th the announcement that the reciprocal dfSfl agreement had bOSfl ii u leal .'be energies <?f the Recruit? ing Mission uere redoubled in an ef fort to ;PS! as many men as possible 10 SI !ist without BWaltlng the draft teau Man hopes io double the number of British, snnstinsnts In this oountry before ihr <b..it be comes of feetlxe. I'nder the new reciprocal arrange i snl Chicago oindals of ths commit stos saint out thai "British subject t te first tiroe, i re staccd on an equal footing the world over." The age limits and other conditio. Afoot ng British and Canadian sub ? ots in ihslf boms countries, will be appii. d to those in the United States making all natives of the Fnited RlUgdOiS who are between the ggOl Of II and II years eligible, but sub . t to the same exemption rights as men living in England or Canada "This is a perfectly fair orange-j neent." said Deiters] White In his toi? graph o in trm tions. "for it comp? : CVerv mar who claims British citt r shin to place hhnse'f du practical? ly the same footing as his fellow sou Btr) a KU at home." According to General White, Frit !? h subjects will be given 6u days t i enactment of the reciprocal draft measu *e to Join the fcngltsh forCCl voluntarily. It is during this perio 'I ihat the \ hnson ntans to munch nation-wide campaign. To aid In this work an effort is be? ing made to obtain the SSTVlCCl Of the Americas MFour?Mlnute-Men" wh M. espeeted to join In ? "British Bl others' we!:." giving the Mission the services of 2".000 speakers. In addition patriotic moving pictures will be Hashed before 11,SOS,SSI per? sons d illy and members of the Mis? sion, aided in many oases by friendly1 action by gtsts Counclli of Defense, Will m a ease tin ir elTorts. In urging the speeding UP Of P.i'it lish an< Cans lias snllstmonti Qsneral , Whit- naid "Whit we need at present is man power. If the Britisher enlists with us he ran get to 10urope quickly and be made effective much soonsr than ( if he 'valts a few weeks longer fo the drart." . Bl R b d< potl of the Mission bnvi been established bj every principal oentei if ihe United States, each de? pol bei lg in shargS of an officer who' h'-s seen active service. Most of tin ><e officers. SCOOrdini to u state? ment k von out at the Chicago oluee, | wear on their sleeves "that badge of suffei ? tb?- 'wounded stripes,'*' and many of them are doing rOCrultlni duty while on s'.ck leave from the bat . tie lines. Mexico' on Regions Sought to h< < ontvoHed bj that fatovevuenent. Laredo Texn?, j in 31 (Correspond snoo) Kfforts or Qonoral Luis Ca? bsllera to imbue QoUOfUl Manne. \'< laez. whose forces control th TsmptCC <?il regions, to submit ??? th federal government, ha\e met with emphatic refusal, according to privat' advices received lore from the slToc' id distr et. Caballero is said to have failed Ir his attempt to persuade th od producers to buy oft Palaes, It the government i'erHists in it.-* at tempt to carry out the announced program of securing complete con? trol of the oil fields. Caballeros |hfC9t to invail ? the rOglOW may heeome h! Only roc iiirse. Caballero is- reported to ?s receiving s few men and eonstd SraMe supplies by sea from Vera Cms am other imlf ports. I _ i sypssnu Crop Kstlmalcs. Cario. .fan. 3 1 (Correspondence! Egyptian nop sstJmates ars or tie iiiowt satlefnetory character. Rice ?\ per seat .above normal, and th' ? PI oi' ?be ?t and barley will La w. li bovo the average. In every enoe th res Snd< r cultivation Is larger ili.-u ..vor btto.'e. BHITIMH REUUlLO KIT. Mi>M,|)otainian Town Where England Mat Defeat Made Over. Kut, Mssopotamla, Der. 30 (Corre? spondence of The Associated Press)? This cdy. the scene of tho British Meaopotamlan army's greatest re? ren . after lying for many months-a city of the dead, abandoned by even native population) lms gradually boon rebuilt In the past six months, and is now a thriving: t >wn of nearl> ae great population as in days o: peacCi it w/as tOO important a center to he neglected. It was ,( link'between the Euphrates ami Persia, and accord? ingly, after it had been deserted fo? more than IWO monih.s, a British of near arrived here to take charge of the work of reconstructing it. Tho first thing to do was to clean the place. The debris was dumped out of the houses into the streets;,the ice imulated filth was buried or burn i d, the barricades, wore pulled down. the dugouts ami trenched were filled up. An Imposing colonnade baaaar wan built along the river bank. A be? ginning was made with a Coffee room and some retail shops for the build I rs, who for a long time were tin- sole population, Skilled masons, natives who had been employed by the Cer mani in connection with the Bagda. Railway, were COlleeted and set to work. They rebuilt and re-roofed th old basaara, widened the old streets and built new ones, repaired lit' mosques, the baaaar ami the ice fa ? tory, put new engines into the titan mill, and converted the flats ami shOall in the middle oi' the Tigris into vegetable gardena Though still,partly in ruins, Kut today I* a cleaner and better town than ever bt fore in its history. Mos of the people are hack again bohim. their old doors, The bazaars ar thronged. And the people are nior? prosperous than ever, for there Ii abundant labor for everybody in tin neighborhood, Some of the promi? nent people of the town will neve come back, Bight of them, Including the Rheikh and his suns, were hange by the Turks, and forty others wert shot. The house which General Town ,Ohend occupied during the siee;e hat been repaired, but the roof and bal? cony are still pitted with shrapnel BOVOn shell holes have been tilled witl plaster. The memory of the genera and of his principal OfBcsrs survives in the names- of the new streets There is Townsend Road, Delamair Flood, Mells Road, and the names oi brave regiments are recorded in th DOIMel Road, Norfolk Street, am Mahratta How. Every association h tin- nomemclaturs of the Kut is reml nlscent of the memory of its formet defenders, Especially the cemeteryi The long drawn agony of the garrison which fought and endured here so staunch ly to the edge of starvation makes one of the most tragic stories in Brit isli military history. Nearly l,80<i soldiers of the British army died oi wounds and disease during the siege and are buried together in a ban mud held enclosed by a mud wall, with a few starved palms in it, an< hueless desolation all around?but that is Mesopotamia. The Turks dm tranches all around the cemetery, bu' they respected the graves. Volunteer parties of bluejaokett from passing gunboats have landen and trimmed these mounds of earth Which srs as clean-cut and neat no;, us in an English ohurchyard. a bricl w M ii being built around the en ClCSUre, The plr.ee graeslOSS, it i> tme, but the sombre aspect will dis? appear When water is brought to th> land and the scrub palms are fortllll eg and cased for, Three miles below Kut is the onl> enemy relic in the neighborhood, an Obelisk PUt up by the Turks in com? memoration of the fall of Kut. It is S kind of Cleopatra's Needle on a ire plinth, till Of kiln-dried bricl plastered over. An old converted British "cow-gun" stands as a tro? phy ott each side. One of the guns has tumbled forward ind the plastei rid brick are alread> c. imbllng. Th monument was never unveiled and If still half-covered with a canvas ?hoot? ing, most of Which, however, has been cairled away by the wind. T le grand jury, In the general pre m ntmsnt to the court, refers to vlci resorts existing In Bumter county out side the limits of the city. These re sorts have been in existence ever since the red light district was abol ishsd In the city by eider of the Clt? Council and little If any effort has bee: made to Suppress them. Perba; ) b gentle reminder of the grand ju ha\ c : OmS effect. h her shoe tongues could talk -i ?o how much s\ woman could say? f lorlds Times? t rnlon. Polities! partisanship In this coun try is one of the ships no dermati submarine would torpedo even if it had the chance.?Chicago Herald. COTTON OIL COMPANY REPORTKIi Georgia Concern Makes Contribution I to Rod Cross For Vlolnttng Too l Regulation, Waohington, Toi?. 10.?With promise to contribute $CO0 to Cm American Red Croai and obey the regulations of the United States food administration In i ho future, the Washington Cotton Oil Company oi TonnlUo, (la., will be allowed to keen I its |lconso, the food Administration announced today. Tins company wa. found guilty of keeping on hand :i larger amount of cotton seed than that stipulated by,the food admin? istration as its requirement for BO days. Officers Of the company ad mined violating the regulations, of? fered excuses and proposed that they donate $600 to the Red Cms ami be permitted to continue their business. The food administration an? nounced that because of the scarcity of crushing faoilitioi near Tenniile that the donation would be accepted in lieu of forfeiture of license. Pay meat will he made through Or. A. M. Soule, federal food administrator of Ceorgia. PROBATE JUDGES PROTEST. Governor Affixen Signature to Many Measures. Columbia? Feh. 16.-?Exactly 200 of the 2i?s acts passod at the recent -ession of the general assembly have la ?.'Ii signed by Qov. Manning. A hearing with the judges of pro? bate of the state in protest agalngt his signing the act amending the quart a month act has been granted by C.ov. Manning for Monday afternoon at t.?U o'clock. Another hearing will be had at 10 o'clock Monday morning on the Hanks warehouse insurance plan. 'I he city council of Columbia yester? day Indorsed the further restrictions is proposed by the amendments, and the city clerk was instructed to write i. letter to the Chief executive urging m behalf of Columbia that the act ocoive his signature. "One of the Saddest Sights." One of the saddest scenes in tin) *OUth is the poor tenant's cab n IS it stands in the edge of the CO t ton I 'old unshielded from the hot sun ir? summer, or from the cold winds oi vlntei. 1 don't think a landlord should lUlld mansions for his tenants, but I hink he should build neat OOttagCS Or thorn, and set out a small orchard ? round it to supply the tennnt and Iiis amlly with fruit. This will cans" h< ia to take more interest in keep* ng tlm piaer? up, and in that way will ?ay the landlord for his trouble. Tho landlord and tenant should b ?art mix. working together, for when ?ne vit them doei something for the ?liier he helps himself. When th ? andlord builds his tenant a better bouse he adds to the value of hi* arm, and when the tenant keeps the place in good shape he makes a bet er crop.?The Progressive Farmer. Horse Scarce In Germany. Amsterdam, Jan. 31 (Correspond? ence)?"Horse cards" are the latest things in the complex business of ationing Germany. Small farmers, tradesmen, and otfhers to whom the ?ossession of a horse is necessary for heir livelihood, can now and then se ure one if they are provided with a horse card" properly signed and at ested by the military authorities. Only a limited number of horses wdll be available even for holders of he cards. They will be animals no longer required by the army, and ^ome of them will only be lent, for short periods, at an assessed rental. RmaoiatOd species will be auctioned. Notion to All Boarding House Keep? ers. At the meeting of proprietors of til hotels, cafes ami hoarding houses held Friday afternoon the proprie? tors of the hotels and the cafes en orod into a signed agreement oi heir understanding of dishes not to ie served on meatless and wheat less days. The boarding house '.'eepers present expressed a desire to; lave the same kind of an agreement mtered into by th" boarding hotlBi keepers of Sumter. A committee was appointed consisting of Miss Lily | Or egg, Mrs. .1. T. Kose, Mrs. D. 1'. huler and \V. Leslie Crimson to .vork up such an agreement among the boarding house keepers, in or [er to bring about closer cooperation a the observance of the food program re hereby call a meeting of ail tin carding house keepers in Bumter fot bat purpose, to meet at tbe Chambci ?f Commerce I p. m. Monday. 18th. O. A. LBJMMON, Pood Admlnlsl 11 tor B. 1 REARDON. Assistant Pood Administrator H. A. M>>SKS. Representative for city or Bumter Ii |s ? .id that a ?heiaist has dls rovcred a process for converting cot? ton into silk, but wouldn't it be R waste of good cotton'.' Wihnin; t*v Star. ? KR MAN 8 READ WILSON'S AD- I i'esldcnt AVHson under lour. tytfpil DRESS. art so vafUC diu hard y any power - need oppose them, but the speeches of Full Toxi Publtshexl h.v Putt of Press Lloyd Gsorge aval Asqutth have re* ?Word] Editorial Appears tn One. vealed anew thai the en tonte itself . , , ~ Is still unable to lind the courage for Amsterdam, Feb. if.?Of the Ger . , . peace by a compromise agreement, man newspi pors, the Berlin Tageblatt, The Vossische Zeitung, VorwaCrta, The Lokal Ansieger, the Frankfurter Zeitung, The KolniM b?> Zoltung and The Weser Zeitung of/Bremen, have printed Pr< Blilent Wilson's address In full. The Kolnische Volks Zeitung, The Dusseldorff Nachrichten have printed abridged versions. The Kolnische Volks Zeltung ad? dresses to Presl lent Wilson a words editorial longer than the summary ol The Vienna Zeitung draws a com? parison between President Wilson and Leon Trotsky, the Bolshevik! foreign n inister. Both, it says, place the idealistic before Imperative practical aims with the difference that Trotsky i pa proletariat anti-capitalistic dream? er, not the head of capitalistic state, Which, the newspaper declares, has enriched Itself on Europen carnage. !Trotsky, it points out, n ide an end of the war at all costs, vhlle Presl hls speech which It prints. Tho edi . . ? l k ?u-.?.- dent Wilson, it declares has done loriul admits that the president shows , . . . , , m thing tangible for the airing na ; u honest endeavor toward peace, but . ... . . tuns. I* regrets it Is not a lust peace. The Frankfurter Zeitung saj "President Wilson's latest speech 1?! TO T?NNKL Till-: HUM lloia S. not a warlike speech. It is more than Amsterdam, Fob. 1">.?ie TjUrklsh its predecessors?namely, a speech parliament has approved i bill pro striving to work In the interest of vldlng for the construction of a bridge peace. The sob- purpose o> Its war-land tunnel across the Hosphorus, like phrases is to emphasize the connecting Europe and Isla. Con strength of union and add welghl to tmcl for the work has be n awarded I Us voice in the concorl of nations. to a Budapest firm and i' will begin ?'The principles summed up byjoperations in April. Myt?tmMH?tH1HMHMtMttttteMMM4tMMMHt! ? Everything in the Building Line All Kinds of Feed BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc. EVERYTHING AM ?NE PLACE PHONES: 10 and 631 S 0 ? ? * ? + ? 4 4 ?+4> ? *4 LIBERTY BONDS All Coupon Bonds have been received?Please call for yours The First National Bank' SUM TER, S C. The National Bank of South Carolina OF SUM I ER Resources over $1,600,000 This Batik owes its growth to the loyal support and heaty cooperation of its 2500 patrons, A hank is a COMMUNITY INTER? EST. Its mission is SERVICE. Its life is the Loyalty of its Patrons. We appreciate your business and re better prepared than ever before to serve you. C. G. ROWLAND, President. F. E. 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