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STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE. 1 ahm Nl INSPIRING vm? PA* I KUH It Ml I I IN?. Represents! i\c? o, \arious <>rguni/4t tint)* of the Southern lllltl I'UlMcril Portion or iln? state Meet for t'on romax* with Council of Defense and I immI \dnilnl*trntioii OtticinK From the Dally Item, Feh. 19. Th* Hinte Council of Defense In conjunction with the State Food Ad unnlHtration and the Farm Demon stratton and Home Demonstration agents representing the Department of Agriculture, held a largely at? tended and very Important meeting today in the auditorium of the Girls' High School huiljdlng. The meeting was held at the call of Chairman D. K Coker. of the State Council of De? fense for the purpose of holding a conference of the members of the Council of Defense, Food Administra? tors, Farm Demonstration agents and Home Demonstration agents for the gouthmn and Kastern counties of the State. Practically every county east and south of Columbia wan represent? ed by members of all the organiza? tions and agencies mentioned, and the conference was In all lespects the most earnest and Insplrir g patriotic ' win tho war" meeting that has yet been held in this section of the Stats. The meeting was called to order by Mr. A. C. Phelps. Chairman of the shunter County Council of Defense who extended a cordial welcome to the gathering; Rev. W. P. Porcher, of Darlington offered prayer, and State Chairman D. It. Coker was In? troduced. Mr. Coker Ktuted that the morning session of the conference would be given up to uddresses and the afternoon session would be In the nature of an Institute for developing end explaining in detail the plans that have been formulated for car? rying out an intensive co-operative campaign for the Increased produc tion of food crops, greater and more sys? tematic conservation of food und the development of habits of thrift among all the people. He said that the ' n > and the i in uinstances that sur uod the nation make it necessar> tluK ? campaign or propaganda be mI' I on t<> enlist the earnest n of the people in the pro? ducing of fOOd i ops and in tin conservation and economical use of the food supplies that we now have. To give this campaign force and di? rection the State Council of Defense, the State Food Administration, the Farm Dernonstratl ?n Agents and the Home Demonstra Ion Agents are working In unison to carry the mes? sage to all the people and to secure results commensurate with the great emergency that confronts the nation and the world. Dr. Douglas Five man, of Rich? mond, Va.. was on the program for an address, but he had been provi? dentially prevented from keeping the engagement, Mr. Coker plated, and Prof. E. M. Rucker. of the Univer? sity of South Carolina had been re? quested to tako his place. Prof. Rucker spoke on the general subject of why the United States are in the war. outlining the steps that Ger? many had taken to force the world Into war for the purpose of obtaining by brute force and long preparation world power and dominion over all other nations. His address was along similar lines to that delivered by him here a short time ago. The principal address of the ses? sion was delivered by Dr. Clarence Poe, of Raleigh, ft C , editor of The Progressive Farmer and representa? tive of Dr. Hradford Knapp. pjSjgjd of the Farm Kxtension work of the De? partment of Agriculture. Dr. I'oe out? lined and discussed the programme that the Department of AgllOSttMH has adopted UM esxcntsnl to the win? ning of tho war and the prosperity? even the salvation - of the farmers of the South. The programme brielly stated Is as follows: 1. Maximum acreage of food crops. 1. Maximum production to the acreage. I. Maximum efficiency of all farm workers to compensate for the scar? ed v of labor. 4. Maximum production of meat and dairy products. Double the production from gn r dens. s\ F.nllst the aid of wonv n and < hildren. 7. Food conservation. 1. Wise marketing. t. Practice thrift. sa\e and lend to the government by purchase of Liberty llonds and stamps. 10. Cooperation of schools, teach? ers and all other agencies to m ?ke the campaign efficient and effecthe. With this programme as a text Dr. Poe made a most Interesting and In? structive talk. Mr William Klllott. State Food Ad? ministrator, made a forcible and plain spoken presentation of the food situ? ation In Its relatio^ to the war In Ku? rf ps snd made clenr the fact that food will win the war, It It Is to be won by America and tho allies who are Bghtlng for oWUlsatlon and hu? nt mty. It' thfl war is lost it nrtll be lent b; tin people of the United States refusing, or falling through ig? norance of the farts, to eliminate The good Administration has adopted a policy that will, if follow-j ?v. by the people of the country enable this country to feed the allies and win the war without causing suffering in ?Iiis country, if the people tail to do lin n part patriotically, the war will BO lOOt and the late that has befallen the Victims of Germany elsewhere will be that of America, Every man ami woman in America has a duty tO perform and that duty is just as important as that of serving in the trenches If era fail in our duty we Oil] betray our SOldlerS who are in tin- trenches and WS will desert our allies who for thrOi years have stood between us and the German horror. Mr. Elliott discussed .several phases of t ie food orders recently issued, and told how the regulation* here? tofore adopted by Mr. Hoover had prevented the continued advance in prlvc of Hour, of sugar, of fats (lard compounds), etc. Hut for Mr. Hoov? er, said Mr. Elliott we should now be paying twenty or more dollars a bar? rel for flour, thirty cents for sugar and higher prices for other articles of food. Mr. Elliott urged everyone to keep In mind at all times t hat he is and should be a soldier of the re? public and that by performing the duty and the service that lies nearest we are best and most patriotically serving our country. At the conclusion of Mr. Elliott's address the conference adjourned un? til 3 p. m. Among those attending the confer? ence were: D. It. Coker, Chairman of the State Council of Defense; Wil? liam Elliott, State Food Administra? tor; Dr. \v. W. Long, State Farm I >? inonstration Agent; Miss Edith Parrott, Supervisor of Home Demon? stration clubs; August Kohn, of Co? lumbia; lt. |\ McLeod, of Charleston; Uev. William Way. of Charleston; Prof. E. M. liucker. of Columbia; J. Nelson Frierson, of Columbia; Dr. Clarence Poe, of r.aleigh, X. C; Hon. John L. Mcl^aurln, of Hennettsville; Uev. W. P. Porcher, of Darlington; Erlght Williamson, of Darlington and many others. The afternoon session of the state Council of Defense assembled promptly at 3 o'clock as the program had to be completed In time for those Sttendtng to take the afternoon train lor Columbia. The time being short the programme was rushed some? what but all essential matters were covered. Dr. W. W. Long, State Farm Demonstration Agent, Miss Edith Parrott, State Supervisor of Home Demonstration work, Mr. B. I'. lloLoOj of Charleston, represent? ing the Emergency Ship Building Corporation of the government, and Chairman D. R. Coker made talks outlining the work that the people of South Carolina are .ailed upon to do to make this State not only self-sup nrttag and not ? tax upon the res; of the country, but an asset and a source of strength. Mr. Long .spoke of the great im? provement la land productiveness in the last year in South Carolina. HU program for the farmer was as fol? lows: Plant as gftUOh OOrn as possible, and market last year's crop, have the best year-round garden possible, and he made the amazing statement that he had never found 12 of these in the rural districts of the State; sweet potatoes, plant large crop and build storage warehouse getting plans from Clemeon ? \tension department; wheat, plan for a great wheat campaign in the fall; hogs, increase one hog to a plow, don't sell or slaughter good breeding stock; poultry, Increase as much as possible, place your orders at Once for day old chicks from Clem son, preserve eggs in water glass: dairy tows, Increaoe our milk supply; silos, oats, hay, velvet beans, absolute? ly necessary, preserve all waste pro? ducts of manurial value. Mr. Long tated this was g simple, practical pro grain. Miss Parrott's program for the home demonstrators was. productive side oi work, February campaign in? truding the 1.3U0 women organize.I in South Carolina in preparing foi their gardens und continued help through the year; M.nch, campaign i" start poultry work. Conservation of products by thro: methods, can? ning, drying and brining will be dorn? onstrated In every county in June. July and AUgUOt, Her department has had worked out by an expert lot distribution, seven programs for stud.\ (?II substitute value of foodstuffs fOI feeding adults and children. Mr. Meldend pros* nted the neces? sity of organising the gulp Workers' Kescrve, and urged that his hearers Ko out among their friends and neighbors in every community <>f the St;it" ami make the p? ople undor md that every man who Is flitOd D) 1 inlng or ability to do the wank re? united in ship yards owes it as lib dutv to enroll in this public ser reserve. The greatest need of \merica und of tho allies at this time in more ships, and unless Ute workers are found to man the ship > nds the building programme of the government cannot be carried out. When a man enrolls it does not mean that he will be called at once, but the government will know where men can be found when they are needed to nil up the working forcea ol the ship yard*, He urged the mem bora of the Council of Defenae In every county to make the effort to baVC the best and most reliable men Of avery section en toll, l or In this work the government needs the liest men atld the most skilled work? men to be had, The war depends Upon ships mote than upon food. Mr. Coker, who presided over the meeting, closed it with the Council of Defense program: reorganize county oounollii hold meeting! ten daya time, spread the propaganda of the organ? izations* that had just reported, have cooperation of county teachers and county preachers, have parallel meet? ings for negroes, add to executive committees for demonstration agent, food administrator, county superin? tendent of education, plant crops and market them. IHntoenog Between Wilson ami Koosevelt. In the May American Magazine Uay Stannard Baker, who has been called the "greatest reporter in the world," writes a wonderful article a1 OUt WoodrOW Wilson, in which he shows that the secret of Wilson's tre? mendous success lies in the fact that he is a great thinker and followed naturally "after diooaevelt. who was a man of action. He shows'how Taft had the opportunity to accomplish acmethlng, following Roocevf It, and how he failed and gave Way to Wilson who is achieving success because of certain peculiar qualities which he possesses and which Mr. Baker care? fully enumerate* and describes. Ia the course of the article Mr. Baker gives the following interesting com Iparlaon of Wilson with Rooaevelt: "The wide difference of approach I between Mr. Wilson and Mr. Koose I velt was impressed upon me in two j conversations I had with Mr. Wilson, j one when he was president at Prince 1 ton, on? when he was governor of I New Jersey. In both of them he had j the alert air of a man who did not so I much desire to impart w hat he knew las to learn what I knew. Mr. lioose I velt always overwhelmed his visitors I with his views: . Mr. Wilson's meth I od is exactly the reverse. He is a I swift and skillful questioner, a great J learner. [ " 'Clear-cut,' 'well-crystallized,' ex? press Mr, Wilson's thoughts. He is ? dear-cut not only in his vision, but Jin his practical plans for attaining his j vision. He knows exactly how far 1 he wants to go, and the way he I should go. T. R, tackled the whole j world, started a thousand things, lin Illhed almost nothing; knew a little I about everything, all about nothing. I I bit Mr. Wilson, aa he himself says, has 'a eingle*track mind.' Rock Iballaated it is, too, and straight aa la chalk line, with Uowers here an 1 J ihere along the right-of-way and I pleasing architectural curlicues or. I the brldea, Each train is an e.\ I press. Don't on your life try to flag I it at way stations with anything not Ispecifically set down In the Baltimore J platform! Bven a delegation of wc I i len, wishing to vote, and zealously I waving the red-petticoat of feminism. I evokes only a toot from the engine, j It makes one shiver a little to think j of what may happen when the Ual Itimore platform is all us*ed up. "In describing Mr. Wilson as a thinker, I have said pretty nearly the ? greatest thing that can be said about I t man?and yet when a thinker is all I thinker We soon tire of him. We ad Imlre him immensely, of course, in his J place, but we suspect that he is nev ler quite sure whether the next meal I is supper or breakfast. Wo might not I like a thinker who was all thinker at I the White House, if by any chance he ICOUld get there. But Mr. Wilson has I other qualities; a lightness and grace I that tind expression in his addresses land in his writing in a raro felicity of Imanner, He possesses also a certain I Charm of urbanity which springs gen lerouely from a real spirit of demoe Iracy. He has humor, too, but not like I the humor of Lincoln, whloh was j broad, common, Intenaely human, it I partakes nun,, of the quality of wit; lit does not glow like Lincoln's, it Hash I es and is gone. It comes more I rot I the head than from the heart. Wil jsou probably understands the COm Imon American as well ae Lincoln did, Ibut lovea him less. Ami Anally Mr. I Wilson has a t hin see any cartoon. ' (?Onnaus to intervene? London, Feb. 19,?Rumora are cur? rent in Stockholm according to a dis patoh from Copenhagen to the Kx ? hang- Telegraph Company that the Qermani intend to intervene at once in Finland, The belief prevails at the Swedish capital that the German ac? tion will be directed against the un OOOUpled districts of Oourlnnd and Ksthonia In conjunction with a great naval uttuck in the Finnish gulf. Ml IN FOR SHU? VAHRS. Thousand- Wanted lor Various Trades Connected With shipbuilding in South. Approximately 200,000 workmen ere being sought by shipbuilding con? cerns |n the South Atlantic. Gulf States ship yards. Services of these men wil be needed approximately six months. The c'ass most urgently needed is skilled mechanics above the draft age, to whom good wages, as in all the trades, will be paid. The fol? lowing is an estimate of the number Of men whose service* will be desir? ed in IS ship yards: Carpenters, 2, 200; calkers, 572; machinists, 266; riveters, 2,570; ship titters, 2,122; painters, 100; plumbers, 101; com? mon laborers, 1,465; not classified, 6,111; fasteners, 4 50; electricians, 36; joiners, 23. In excess of this* 16, 33 2, seven other yards have not yet reported as to the number of work men to be needed in the immediate fu? ture. Estimates of the number for these .seven have been plac?d at 3, 040. The Split-liO? Draff. The following report comes from 5 ork county, and is taken from the current issue of the York villi En? quirer. Bumter county has ibandon |od the split-log drag and us-es scrapes I and plows on the roads with results ? manifestly different from t lose ob? tained in York county: j ' The 'split-log' drag is coming in . for extraordinary praise just now. Six weeks ago it looked as if all our best roads had gone to ruin and they never would be good again. But the general testimony is that the roads j are getting right again. The drag is what has done it. The differenttOWn Isuip supervisors have been putting in full work and good work, and the I roads are now in pretty gooe shape. The split-log drag is a great institu? tion?especially when it has a good township supervisor behind it." Home Demonstration Notice. Of the eighty War Emergency Household Food Survey Blanks sent I out, only twenty have been returned. ' 1 would apreciate it if those holding the blanks will fill them out and send them in. If impossible to fill them out, please return them any? way. Annie O. Keels, County Demonstration Agent. (.. A. R. VETERANS DYING. Philadelphia, Feb. 20.?Veterans of the Civil War are dying at the rate of 100 daily, according to Orlando A. B?rners, Commander-in-Chief of the c.rahd Army of the Republic. Mr. B?rners made this announcement during patriotic exercises in this city in honcr of Abraham Lincoln and the Union defenders. DIG, SUCCESSFUL farmers, men who know how to figure to their best advantage, have booked large orders for MANURE The Cheapest Fertilizer STUDY these facts carefully and you will see where it is to your advantage to follow their ex? ample. A Comparison ^ e ^e t0 ma^e cre^ ar* rangemente with responsible parties, of the cost of plant food in com- or we will accept wood in exchange mercial fertilizer and manure, for manure. Wood to be delivered during the summer months. * We specialize on car lot shipments. BASIC PRICE PER UNIT Cars average 33 tons. Buy a car in Acid.$1.25 conjunction with your neighbor and Ammonia.$7.00 gave freight. Potash.$6.00 Right now is the time to use Ma COMMERCIAL nure. Write us today if you are FERTILIZER interested in prompt delivery. We Analysis? already have numerous orders booked 8-3-0 cost per ton.$37.00 for prompt ?hipment, but will use our 8-S-3 cost per ton.$54.00 . Si m ,* iu-l'-o cost per ton.$30.00 best etlorts :o make delivery in ac? cordance with your instructions. MANURE FROM CAMP - JACKSON Shipment Made From Either Point Analyilt- CAMP JACKSON, Acid, 0.45 at $1.25.$ .56 Ammonia, 0.68 at $7.00. 4.70 Columbia, b. C Potash, 0.5b at $0.00.3.4S _ CAMP WADSWORTH, M.so Spartanburg, S. C. Actual Worth of Manure Based on Commercial Fertilizer $8.80 OUR PRICE LESS THAN HALF THAT * Some Large Orders Booked Recently Skottowe Wannamaker, St. Matthews, a car s, day until fnrther notice. Julius H. Jahns, Charleston,. 500 tons J. H. Hydrick, Orangeburg,. 500 tons Nathan Evans, Marion,.100 cars A. E. Gonzales, Columbia. 500 tons A. B, Gross, Gross Station,. 1,200 tons L. D. Jennings, Sumter, . . . . . 2,000 tons M. B, Rutlind, Batesburg,. 1,000 tons And many other orders from large farm operators who are equally well known. Make arrangements with us now for immediate as well as summer delivery. Agents Wanted is Unoccupied Territory POWELL FUEL COMPANY, Columbia, S. C. C. H. DuRant, Local Agent Sumter, S. C.