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KILL KOT BE DOPED. ItKlllSlI NEWSPAPERS HEFLE4T DETER Ml NATION OF ALLIES TO SEE WAR imOUGB. Neutral Fmlsnarto* lle|m>rted to Have Arrived In In* land tu Push Propa gaiula. London. May 4.?In discussing Oer anany's next "peace offensive," signs of which have begun to appear re? cently, the newspaper* reflect the de? termination of the british nation and its Allies to see the war through. They say It is Impossible that Ger? many should succeed in duping the Allies into a peace which does not fulfill the principles for which they are fighting. The Times says the general expec? tation that the Germans, failing to obtsin a crushing victory in France and Flanders, would Inaugurate a pence campaign In the Allied coun? tries, seems likely to be fulfilled. It - ntlnuM: "Neutral emissaries as well known antecedents and tendencies are un? derstood to have arrived recently In England i?n<l other Allied countries for the purpose of suggesting that if the Allies will only show a pacific disposition they will And Germany ready to niest them on moderate terms. "It need hardly be said that origin of these manoeuvers la nulte as well understood as was the purpose of the military offensive in March, and that fhe Allied governments are likely to present as Arm a front to any peace Intrigue as the Allied armies present? ed to the German military attacks." The Dally Mall sa\s The irrup? tion of amiable neutrals into England with no visible business, has already begun. Including the arrival of a pro German friend of the German foreign secretary. Dr. von Kuehlmann. who ir not charged with any official mis? sion as far as the I*ondon legation is aware These neutral emissaries should save themselves much trouble and some personal danger If they recognlie clearly that Great Britain Is not to be duped like the Bolshevik and , Ukrainian dupes." The Express adds that the first peace offensive agent in London laid his proposals sem -officially before various officials The newspaper says It understands on high authority that this agent Is a Dutchman, with Im? portant financial connections and tha' hs came as a friend of von Kuehl? mann; that Im to say, his inquiries were made on behalf of the civil and n tt the military party in Germany. "This agent represented to the au thorltles here." the newspaper con I tlnues. "that bv our refusal to con slder peace last year we deprived the civil party In Germany of the chance o ousting the military party. and also that the most we could hope for now was peace by arrangement. He was told there wan no such thing in tre English dictionary as peace b> arrangement. He wag told also: 'Very s< on there will ?.?? no such phrase at; riiw material in the German diction ary.* "There is no doubt that the present ? a.ce offensive is Inspired largely t>> A bert Ratlin (director of the Ham? burg-American Line), and other mag nates of the German shipping world who forsesee that a determined En? tente can easily rut them off for many years from all markets of the outside world, as well as from Allied ports. "The failure of the first envoy to find a sympathetic hearing will not and the peace offensive. It is knowi that other neut. il? have been per soad'd to undertake the task of lay lag further suggestions before the liM'ish government, without any ap? parent Inspiration from Germany Hu the busirw -M i^r.ri.iMdi s of th?-se on m> * are too well known for an> doubt to exist that they aie deliber ately Inspired." The Dally Express says: If the present feeders are being put out by von Keuhtmann the sbivnus answer Is tbif v>.o Km him.inn h || no power to pledge his country to any thing. Oermanv Is today absoluteb f the hands of the militarists. When the militarists have given up hope of vistorv in the West let the Kaiser himself approach *he Allies an a whole fjc? him admit he cannot win the war. categorically abandon his s? brme of conquest and withdraw hi-< armlea within his own frontiers. Af? ter that the Allies will talk, but the Hermans and von Kuehlmann may make up their minds that hole-und eornei Intilgues will he b<?y<otted and tb it we shall continue fighting till a clean, not s pstched-up. peace Is In sight " ( III R< H UNION \ \ I II? Washington. Mac * -The Huprem* Court today declared valid the mer ger in nineteen hundred and six o the Cumberland Presbyterian churc with the Presbyterian church am , d.dutlon of th* church property THE CASUALTY LIST. Eighty-eight Names on the Holl off Honor?Twenty-oiK' Deaths, Includ it ig Richard Henderson of Laurein. s. Q Washington, May t.?The casualty list contains 88 name*. Killed In ac? tion, 6; died of wounds, 3; died of accident, 2; died of disease, 9; died of other causes, 1; wounded severely, t. wounded slightly, 48; missing in action. 15. Lieutenant William L. Staggers. Benton, All., is reported' missing in action. Frivates Richard1 Henderson of Laurena, S. C.; Canada MOO nie, rinebluff, Ark., and Abrain I Joseph, Moss Point, Miss., died of dis? ease. BRITISH ADVANCE LINES. Begain Ix>st Positions on Sommc Front from Germans. London. May 6.?The British line | has been advanced on a considerable front between the So ume and Ancre j Rivers, west of the southwest of j Molancourt .it is orrcially unnounc- | ed. The British positions in the neiKhborhood of Lacon and the Lawe river on the southern leg of the Lga salient in Flanders has been improv? ed as the result of local fighting. RECORD FOR SIIIP11CILDING. IjCsh Thun Month Sees Dig Collier Launched. Philadelphia. Muy 6.?All records for rapid construction of ships were luoken today when the 5,^48 tons steel collier Tuckahoe was launched at the New York Shipbuilding Cor? poration in Camden, N. J. The keel 1 of this wonder ship was laid on April I I and only 27 working days were re? quired to prepare tho hull for launch? ing. The boat was 90 per cent, com? pleted when it slid Into the waters of 1 the Delaware. In 15 more days it will 1 be ready for a cargo. i A distinguished company witnessed i the launching Including Charles M. * Schwab, director general of ship con- ' struction; Chairman E. M. Hurley of 1 the shipping board; Vice President < Charleg Plez, Francis T. Bowles and 1 Senator Fletcher, chairman of the senate commerce committee. Miss I Helen Hurley. Chairman Hurley's 12 I year old daughter, christened the ship I SHIP BUILDING PROGRESS. America Begins to Gain on Subiiui rI ties. Wushlngton. May 0.?Ten steel ships of tlfty-seven thousand, six hundred and ninety.five tons and six wooden ships of twenty-one thousand five hundred tons we*e launched in American ship yards during the week ended May 5th, the shipping board announced today. Twelve steel ships of more than eighty thousund tons were delivered to the board com? plete In the same period. NEWS FROM OVERSEAS. he part me nt Plans Improvement In Service. Washington. May 5.?Early an? nouncement of Secretary Baker's new plan for furnishing the country with adequate and authentic accounts of the doings of Amer.can troops in France was indicated today when the weekly war review, heretofore issued by the department, failed to make its appearance for the first time in some months. In explanation, it was said that the news publicity policy was nc.uing completion arid the old form Oi' statement had bet abandoned. It has been customary for the state? ment to be alven out on Sunday for publication the folio ving day and eoeorlng operations in Europe up to the preceding Friday or Saturday. The review u.is made up at the war college and the fact that it has fre uuentlv been certain that it 0701 founded largely on unfflocial press reports in commenting on the situa? tion has made officer* here skeptical ss to its value. It is now believed hat a more of? ficial summary, dealing almost ex? clusively with the activities of Amer? ican troop! as officially reported, will !? submitted. fJenernl Pentling has not entered upon the pra *tice of issuing com muni'iues up to this time, it has DOOfl explained, because his has not been a wholly independent army 01 far 01 Operations wre concerned. The sitnetton is pceetly ohangt I eon end Amerleon units ore sootier <d through Ihe bottle line, some of i hem fOCS t he i let mans with tin French left w ing m ar Amiens; ot h ? is me biigaded with French troops It various points to t ie south F.fforts probably will be made to ? r i..ports fpiicklv from all of these units as weii as from the American sector itself. No Pence Offer*. London. May ?1 - Foreign Secret.n\ RaifOUf told the ttenot Of Commons l04loy that no peace Offer* have bee ? mode recently by thu enemy. DEATH OF SOCIETY LEADER. I _ Mrs. INitter rainier of Chicago died at Her Home in Florida Sunday i Night. Sarasota, Fla., May t>.?Mrs. Pot tar Palmer, known for many years, us one of the society leaders of Chi- ; cago, died at her home here last night. Sho owned nearly 100,000 i aeres in Manattee county, on Which1 ?ha had a cattle ranch. -1-? PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. Measures Taken to Prevent Commu? nication Of Diseases Between Army ( amps and Civil Population. Washington, May 2.?Extraordi? nary measures have been taken by' i the Public Health Service to prevent communication of disease between civil and military populations where military camps have been established. This general scheme of health con? servation, constitutes what the gov? ernment officials call "a hitherto un? paralleled demonstration in efficient public health organization and ad? ministration." In twenty States, a total of more than thirty health zones surrounding the military camps have been estab? lished, each with a separate, carefully planned cooperative health organiza? tion. The Public Health Service, the State and local health authorities, and the American Red Cross combine in this cooperative movement. The | general plan is to galvanize local health authorities into action, to sup? port and widen the scope of State j health authorities, to supplement but not supplant them. One object is to so stimulate and strengthen local and State activities that the improvement shall be permanent after the guiding hand of the federal srvice has been removed. An experienced sanitatian has been placed In charge and given a compe? tent staff. Local funds were supple? mented by Red Cross funds and by j funds which congress appropriated. Stimulated by the presence of a large | number of soldiers, the communities j were found to be eager to pass or? dinances to protect the health of these men. Health measures adopted in these! military zones have been grouped' principally around the control of com? municable diseases and the precau- | lions include investigation, preven- , lion, quarantine, hospitalization and clinical treatment of these diseases. Isolation hospitals and clinics have been found necessary in combatting one of the most common diseases falling within this class. Supervision of food supplies, espe? cially milk and milk products, is car? ried out by systematic inspections and typhoid and smallpox vaccina? tions of persons employed in handling food products. Supervision of wa? ter supplies and of disposal of sewage and waste are given special attention. In each zone, a laboratory is used for diagnosis of suspected cases of com? municable diseases. Schools are be? ing medically supervised for control of communicable diseases and pre? cautions taken by smallpox vaccina? tion and voluntary inoculation against typhoid fever. Most of the area surrounding the cantonments being rural, the govern? ment has instituted rural sanitary surveys to improve sanitary con? ditions at dwellings. In each zone, the public is being aroused to the Importance of health through lectures exhibits, publications, school and home inspections and similar work. "Through these measures," Sur? geon General Blue, of the Public Health Service, says "not only is the sanitary condition of '.hese areas be? ing steadily raised to a plane sur? passing anything in their previous ex? perience, but communities are being taught in a most practical mannet the value of public health work and the great contribution to national ef? ficiency which is made by the con? servation of health." SUMTER COTTON MARKET. (Corrected dally at 12 o'clock Noon P. Q. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer. Good Middling 27. Strict Middling 20 3-4. Middling 26 1-2. Strict Low Middling IS 1-2. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. Ycs'dys Open High Low CI<m*o Close May . 18.16 11.41 18, I? 25.48 25.22 July . ,86.08 15.61 14.86 25.31 84.?8 I >ct . . 1 1,60 14.80 3 1.27 14.7 1 2 1.20 Dec . 84.88 84.69 2 1 12 84.69 24.00 BOMB EXPLOSION IN ?IAIL. Chicago, May 4.?A bomb explosion In the county Jail thia afternoon in lured several prisoners, The expio s'.on was said to have been a part of tail delivery plots. Twenty prisoners made s desperate attempt to eecape, t?ut were dubbed tnto submission by guards. Policemen on motorcycles ar? rived nnd completed the restoration REPORTS OF POSTOITTCE BALES I Postmasters Have Reported Much Better?Boles ore Being Pushed? I Negroes ore Storting to Buy?Two More Big Buyers. Add to Big Buyers: Q, G. Rowland.$100.00 Charley Johnson through E. E. Aycock. 120.00 Everybody knows who Mr. Bow land is. Mr. Rowland of course is' concerned in a great mnay enterpris-! es and has need for much working! capital. He has bought heavily of! government bonds, and probably has had to borrow to do so. Mr. Row? land realizes, however, that no man can keep all his money employed all the time, that there are bound to be lapses sometime when it is not in? vested. He has, therefore, placed this amount where it will accumu? late interest steadily for five years, and at the same time it will help his nation. ? Do you know Charley Johnson? No? Well, he is a colored man at Wedgefield. He is incapacitated from lighting himself so he told Col. Ay cock he wanted his money to fight, and he has loaned it to the govern? ment to guy guns, bullets for the men in France. Could he do better? e * * The postmasters are at last report? ing their sales. The report from the director in Charleston shows the fol? lowing reports from the Sumter coun? ty offices for the week ending April 27th: Borden, no report; Brogdon. $40; Clarem?ht, nothing; Dalzell, $19.50; Hagood, $32.75; Horatio, nothing; Mayesville, $170.00; Oswego, $130; Providence, no report; Rembert, I $07.75; Shiloh, $65.00; Sum ter, $3,192.50; Tindal nothing; Wedge field, $8.00. Much better than it used to be. All those no reports and nothings ought to be changed, though. The negroes are starting to buy Thrift and War Savings stamps. They i are very late, but the fault is not with the masses. A committee was ap? pointed a long tinie ago to spread the gospel of War Savings among them, but the committee did not spread. So i far as results testify the committee is still slumbering peacefully. You can't keep a good thing like War Savings quiet however; individuals all I about are coming to the War Savings Committee, asking for instructions, and are proceeding to push the work i by forming War Savings Societies. In Concord, at Horatio, at Dalzell, at | Oswego, at Stateburg the .work has been going on. Dr. Bragg Anthony has been taking it to the schools. The work of organization will be pushed among them, and much cotton chop? ping money in the country, and week? ly wages in town will go to the aid o!' the government through the Thrift, cards. The following have been appoint? ed district directors for districts outside of town: W. R. Wells, E. E. Aycock, Wedgefleld; R. M. Jones, R. I; J. K. Jennings, R. 4; J. A. Reames, Rembert; A. C. Thompson, Dalzell; C. J. Jackson, Horatio; J. Thomas Dennis, Shiloh; J. W, Odom, Mayes ville. Many more are needed through? out the county. Here is where ener? getic men and women can show their patriotism by volunteering for service. There should be five hundred WOT saving societies throughout the county. There are not yet fifty, e e e Saving Sammy says: If you are really heart and soul with the soldiers buy War Savings stamps; you can stampede the Huns with War Stamps. Don't think In terms of Thrift j Stamps; think and act In terms of War Saving stamps. METHODISTS FOR CHAPLAINS. Southern Church Has Met Every Call for Army and Navy Chaplains. Atlanta, May 6.?Southern Meth? odists have met every call for chap? lains In the army and navy, according to the report of the department of home missions presented to the gen? eral conference today which showed he Methodists of the country were iHotted one-third of the Protestant ha plains, two-lift Iis of that number 10 be supplied by the Southern church. The report showed a total of $548,786 has been raised by the department. A memorial from the Florida conference asked that a new hymnal be compiled. M CCESSFI L TRIAL TRIP. l argest Concrete Vessel in World Tried Out at San FronciOOO, San Francisco. May 5.?The 7,900 Steamer Faith, the largest concrete ship in the world, built by the San Francisco Ship Building Company, was given a successful trip here to? day, averaging more than 11 knots an hour In its four trips over the official trial course. The Faith's engines were installed in 11 days, establishing a local recordi DEMOCRATS MEET TODAY. Delegates Elected to state Convention and Officers for Primary Eclec UonSt Columbia, Mary 6.?The Democrats of every county In South Carolina met today at the county seats and elected officers for the primary elec? tions to be held this summer and named delegates to the State conven? tion to be held here on May 15th. Resolutions pledging the loyalty of the people of the State to the nation were adopted in every county. REPORT MONTHLY MEETING Women's Committee Council of Do fenee. The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Committee of the Council of Defense was held Saturday, April 27 at 11.30 o'clock in the auditorium of the high school with about thirty la? dies in attendance. Reports were heard from town and county chair? men and the important work under? taken is being carried along well. The report of the chairman of the child welfare committee was especial? ly full and interesting. There is no more important work that could be undertaken at the present time than the conservation of child life and the welfare of the coming generation. Three new measures to meet im? mediate needs were decided upon, and are being worked out along practical lines by special committees, viz: 1st. A children's market, for the purpose of having a central place to which the children can bring and dis? pose of their home products, thereby stimulating their efforts along this line and encouraging thrift and saving. 2nd. A market bureau through which the country people can dis? pose of any of their surplus produce, especially at this season of the canned goods still upon their shelves when the fresh garden products are fast coming in. 3rd. A community canner, to be operated along the most practical lines, for the benefit of those who do not find it convenient to can at home, and thereby ensuring the conserva? tion and preserving of more food. Just a word in explanation of the meaning anc purpose of this Women's Committee cf the National Council of Defense with the hope that when more of the women of our county understand its importance, they will feel the personal interest and obli? gation to become members. Don't Create New Places?A Place Exists for Every Woman. More than a year has passed since the congress of the United States was forced to declare war against Ger manv. It is a year since the Council of National Defense appointed the Women's Committee and the time is fully ripe for every woman to decide that her duty, in this time of trial, calls her to the service of her coun? try. This applies not only to those who, through existing associations, are unit? ed in the work of the state divisions of the Women's Committe and their local units, but to every woman, whether a member of an existing or? ganization or not. The present is not the time to form new societies for work. Multiplicity of organizations, whose work is sim? ilar and whose chief difference is In name, tends to confuse rather than to carry forward efficiently the work which the government requires of women. The Women's Committee cannot urge too strongly the unwisdom of encouraging new associations for war work. The best way to coun? teract the tendency for duplication is for each woman to find a place in some body which is already engaged in the line of service that appeals to her and for which she is fitted. If lor any reason such a course is im? possible, let her act directly in co? operation with the nearest unit of the Women's Comittee, wliich is the only authorized governmental agency for the coordination of all women's organizations doing war work. It was to prevent the multiplica? tion of societies and to make woman's work more efficient through coopera? tion that the Council of National De? fense appointed the Women's Com? mittee, which became the only chan? nel through which all departments of the federal government and the va? rious war commissions can reach all women's organizations and the indi? vidual, and the only means by which all women throughout the nation may be kept In touch with the activities of all government departments for war work. The duty of the hour is to make this existing agency effective, not to creote new machinery. No woman who is able to render any form of service is blameless if she is neither preparing herself for active work nor has placed herself at her country's colt. The war waits for no one. There is an increasing demand for real work i and for loyal, energetic workers. It is no longer a question of inclination or desire to serve, but a duty which no woman who loves her country or hu? manity can ignore. If you are able to give the whole or any part of your time to your coun? try's service and do not know what to do or where to do it, inquire of the local unit of the Women's Commit? tee, or the chairman of your State division, who will gladly advise you. This year'offers the crucial test, not alone of the loyalty of the individ? ual to her country, but of our loyalty as a nation to serve mankind and to take our place among the peoples of the world who are fighting for the fundamental principles of liberty and justice for all. The call is to you. Let it be our boast that when her country's test time came, nowhere in this land was a woman recreant to her trust. Anna Howard Shaw. COLUMBIA OFFICIAL SHORT. J. Crim Mixson, Assistant City Treas? urer of Col mid; la, Missing Since Friday?Said to Be Short $15,000. Columbia, May 1.?It was alleged here tonight by city officials that J. Crim Mixson, assistant city treasurer, is short in his accounts approximate ly $15,000 and has been missing since Friday. He is bonded in the Gulf and Atlantic Insurance Company for $5,000. None of the officials of the bonding company could be locat? ed tonight, but city officials believe Mr. Mixson undoubtedly will be prose? cuted by it. It was officially stated tonight that the city of Columbia would prosecute as soon as a meeting is held by council and the matter was thoroughly investigated Mr. Mixson has been assistant city treasurer sfnee 1914, working under J. Flavle Cooper, city clerk and treasurer. He is the proprietor of a barber shop on Main street and lives on Henderson street, this city. The shortage, according to a statement made tonight by C. L. Vann, certified public accountant, was suspected some two weeks ago when! Mr. Vann was checking the city boefks. Thorough audit now in process of execution shows there are various shortages the aggregate of which, thinks Mr. Vann, will reach fully 815,000. The alleged defalcations have been going on for at least two years, stat? ed Mr. Vann tonight. Mr. Mixson's method of procedure was simple. Ho would, it is stated, take part of the deposits when he went to the bank and doctor the disbursement and the cash books to correspond. Vouchers would be entered in the disbursement book correctly so that when the book was checked by the auditor it would appear to be correct. Mr. Mixson would then borrow, al l?ged Mr. Vann, the disbursement book from the auditor before the totals would be run up increasing tho vouchers so that the disbursement to? tals would correspond with those of the cash book. Children's Market. The committee in charge of or? ganizing the market for the town and county children are at work advertis? ing and securing a suitable place. The schools have been visited and all are delighted with the plan and want to start work at once. The committee, composed of Mrs. A. D. Habry, Mrs. L C. Strauss, Misses Theo Gregg, Reese Chandler, Martle Boyle, Mrs. Jackson Harb;, Mrs. Robert McLeod, Mrs. Shepherd Nash, and Mrs. C. L. Wrray, are en? deavoring to be ready to open th^ market next Saturday morning on tho Court House square. VALUABLE ADVICE. Siunter Citizens Should Profit by Tlie Following Statement. Doan's Kidney Pills were used by this Sumter resident. Their merit was shown?the story told. Now comes further evidence. The testimony is confirmed. The remedy was tested?the results lasted. Could Sumter residents demand stronger proof? It's Sumter testimony. It can bo investigated. Mrs. Annie C. Carnes. 531 W. Oak? land St., Sumter. gave the following statement January 12, 1916: "My kidneys were out of order and my back ached. I had headaches and dizzy spells, too. I used Doan's Kid? ney Pills and they cured me of all the trouble." Over three years later, or on Feb? ruary 13. 1918, Mrs. Carnes said:: "I can certainly recommend Doan's Kid? ney Pills for they gave me a perma? nent cure. 1 am glad to confirm my former statement." Price 6<to, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Donna* Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs Carnes had. Fostor-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N\ X.?Advt (IT),