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On. SOLDIF.lt til'FSTS. Interesting Letter From Camp Jack? son "Y." Editor The Item: The boys who came from Wedge field on their week-end outing were delighted with their trip. They still speak daily of what a fine time they had. And the hostesses seemed "per? fectly delighted" with them and thought they were u set of selected boys whereas there was no selection at all, but they were tuken as they came. This seems to me the best refutation of all charges that can be made against t'ncle Sam's army. ? My object In writing this letter is to try to Induce other communities to throw open their doors to the soldiers here. I And that the officers with whom I have conferred on the sub? ject are, to a man, very heartily in favor of the plan and regard it as the best yet devised to sustain the morale of the army. Some of them have anld that they proposed to use tho week-end trip an a reward of merit and allow those to go who ha\? proved that they deserve the trip. And I find that it Is proving of no le?s val? ue to the communities \ islted than it Is to the hoys. Their visit awakens the love of mothers and fathers for the glorious boys who are going by the thousands to the front to lay down their lives for their homes, and makes such parents prouder of their own bars. If they have any In the army and sorry If they have not. It is thus a great begetter of patriotism and destroyer of all lurking German Ism. It welds closer together the homes and those who are lighting for the homes. ? Can not such communities as Oswe go. Dalsen. Prlvaleer, St. Charles. Btshopville, Hartsvllle, Lynchburg and Florence open their doors and get and give some of these blessings? It Is worth a great deal to the boys to sleep once more "between sheets and hear the rooster crow In place of the reveille at 6 A. M. und it costs the communities less to confer these pleasures than It costs the boys te come after them. Let us give them to those who ar< so willing to receive them. As I write this afternoon I am thinking ot how much Mayesvllle and Salem an enjoying the entertainment of the twenty-odd fellows whom we were able to send them yesterday. I know they will be royally entertained. Ami I feel that It will be another cast where It Is more blessed to give than to receive. I have Just said good hye to one dear boy who Is going s< Joyously to the front. He was telllm me with so much pride about his eQUlpment. The personnel of our Y has changed almost entirely since I came. Pur re? ligious secretary has been sent to a more Important position at the audi orlum. '>ur business secretary has Joined the army, our social secretary K>" is. and our building sec? retary becomes religmm .em-taiy ai .mother Y. So we are tho only ones bat are left, and any day "our change" may come. So If there is anything you wish to do for this Y. do it ?nilckly The army, like time and tide, waits for no man. Next Sunday is mother's dav and our Y is going to observ, it Please send me some red and some white roaes so that the boys may wear them ?hiring service in honor of the las' mother in the world. Mrs. H. W. He ill. FILLING ntOIM II1NS. American Itcd Gross Mission to Itou mnnia liarHy I -coped idam May 7 In the event nil flight from i Roumanian cup it.'I the Amen? .in lied Gross mission to Iloum inla which now has arrived In Ijondon. escaped from Odessa 3H hours before the Germans entered the city only to be fired on by a Get man battery In t'kraine. No damage was done to the Hod Cross train. I iiion Hacks Manning. Cnion. May ?.?The county Demo? cratic convent on met here today, Macbeth Yotim; being SlOCtOd shell man and W. W Colton secretary. Tb delegates to go to the State conven tlon were Instructed to uphold Presi dent Wilson In his every action. A resolution was passed commending (lov. Manning for his fathfulness and lo>alty. The delegates are Macbeth Young. W W Johnson. G. A JStOr, H T Hames. John Little, .1 i: I Lancaster. The meeting was QVjIel und passed off without g hitch. dap vhlp MUsing. Tokio. May I.?The fate of the Japaneae steamer Saigon Mud of ?">. 4*0 tons, owned by the Harid? ?te.imnhlp company of Osaka which was reported as missing for sometime, lemaln?. i mvsferv. She i? l.-l.evea I ? have ben sunk bv an em m.v wai ship or SWOPS OF lOQ, The nlr:.r 07OI last heard from at Saigon in JonOOrj lost, when she sailed from that port on bet wiv to Marseilles. HolOg cfen tared by the French government. t AI I I 'D 11Y SINGLE VOTE. senate Defeats Motion to Consider Woman Suffrage. Washington, May 6.?By a margin of one vote a motion proposing that the senate consider the house woman suffrage resolution for umondment to the constitution next Friday was de? feated In the senate today. The vote was 4 0 to 21, just one less than the necessary two-thirds. Although the motion to make the resolution a special order of senate business next Friday was lost, its con? sideration at that time virtually Is cer? tain. When Senator Jones renews his motion Friday to proceed with the house resolution only a majority vote will be required to begin debate, the two-thirds rule, which was enforced today .npplying only to motions made In advance of the day proposed for debate. Confidence of the resolution's sup? porters of favorable final action was indicated in the effort for a Tote this ?eck. They have stated that a vote would not be sought until the nOOOf I i pledges . or two-thirds majority were had. Although the vote was on beginning dobato only, most of those voting were believed to have recorded themselves an they would vote on the resolution itself, which the house adopted last January. If the lineup of today is maintained the resolution would be defeated. ITALIAN EXCHANGE FINED. One of The Effects of War on Fin? ances. Home, May 4.?No money can now l>e sent out of Italy by means of bank drafts unless the sender can prove the absolute necessity for so doing as b\ the presenting of bills to be paid. This is particularly true of large sums ot money. This Is one of the measures taken by the government to stabilize exchange and prevent speculation in Italian money. Exchange rates ire also fixed by law weekly, to pre? vent artificial fluctuations. According to Oscar T. Crosby, who was recertly here representing the Cnited Stntes Treasury department in connection with efforts to assist Italy's ?ances, the real difficulty of not only Italy but also England and France is that they are. in need of American money to tlabilize their exchange. "What they need is dollars," he said. By the plan of Minister of the Treasury Nitti, so far as concerns the Americans here who desire to send money home for any reason, or to any foreign country, they must fill out in duplicate a blank form provided by the bank selling them drafts and on this blank they must give the name of the person to whom money is sent, with the exact reason. Persons trav? eling may buy the money of tin country to which they are destined on presentation of passports or other pa pom Win War Crosses. With the American Army In France, May 5.?In a beautiful chateau wlucli is now a hospital, near Verdun, a Frenc h general accompanied by an American general this afternoon be? stowed the Croia lie Guene (French war cross) upon Lieut. Harry J. Kelly, of Ottawa. Ills., and PrlvatOf Dcwey Smith, of Steens. Miss., and GOOrgC Hopkins, of Baltimore, and Aloysius idown, ot Brooklyn, ail for bravery in the recent >"'d by German shock troops south of Verdun. Prtvatf. Brown? who received tht I'rolx de QttOrrO, with the palm, was oltOd in an army order. while the others were mentioned in corps or? ders Kelly, iiopkms and Brown each lost a leg. Lieut. Kelly's citation reads: "Wounded in both legs and made pi isoner by live Hermans, this Officer bravely defended blmaelf and escaped with the aid of a few men who ran to his help. NNOunded a second time, he had to pass the entire ni iil at tin end of a trench before being remov? ed." Kelly If a reaorvc officer from Fort Bheiiddn, 111? Hopkins, who is a veteran of the Bpanlah-Amerlcan war. has a son in France. His citation s;iys "He is a model of bravery, He was wounded while fighting Bt his post " Brown i* cited for "having vitally performed ids duty in the course ol i Gorman attack, He killed two Ger? mans: by hi* OWn hand." This occurred when seven Germani demanded of Brown that he surrend ? i own as a reply killed two with his rifle, (?f Smith IhO Official citation says: lie i-; ? - ridler "in of bravei \ 11" * i lerloualy wounded while nghtlni it bis peat," The American general who attend sd 'lie decoration ceremony said "I am sorry lo love such rood men. sei I am pi oiid lo know that they helped to defeat some of the best ??n eiov troops." All of the four woumb d heroes are in cheerful Spirits and have much pratal fOI '!?'? cooking and nursing. An Oath That Every American should Vow. I will not drink from a German cup, Or eat from a German plate; I will not deal with a German man, All foul with German hate. I ll use no drug with a German name That's grown on German land. I'll cat no food and drink no beer If made by a German hand. I will not use a German tool? Rater or knife or saw. 1 will not trade with a German shop Tha* lives by a German law. I will not sail on a German ship. Where German songs are sung; I will not breathe, where God's clean air Is soiled by a German tongue. I'll not forget those awful deeds To Kirls and little boys; No more I'll hang on Christmas trees Those bloodsaincd German toys. I will not take a German's word? He'll break it if he can. There is no love in a German heart or faith in a German man. This is my oath. When war is done I'll swear to keep it true; And since I know you feel the same I'll pass it on to you. ?Kenneth Graham Duffield in .Memphis Commercial Appeal. DRAFT FOR MAY 2?TH. Four Thousand anil Sixty Specially QnallflOC] Men Called Out. Washington, May 7.?A requisition on all States except Arizona, Dela? ware and Vermont for four thousand and sixty especially qualified draft reg? istrants to go to camp May 20th was sent out today. Soldiers Wives, Attention! Camp Jackson, Columbia, May G.? Now that large numbers of men from the States ot South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee are coming to Camp Jack? son through the operation of the military draft, it is quite antural that many wives and mothers should wish to come to Columbia so as to be near ll air loved ones. We, the undersigned agencies, wish to send a word of warning to you women, and to urge you to stop and consider before taking this journey. It is well to know facts, and to act ?enalbly, Living is expensive. Twelve dollar! per month will pay for a poor? ly furnished room only; and rooms of any kind are hard to lind. Table i hoard is at least $10.00 per month in i addition, As is usual in cantonment < Itlei groceries, laundry and other in? cidental expenses are very high. Fur? ther than this allotment checks are often two to live months late in arriv? ing, So a soldier's wife to visit her husband at an army camp should have enough funds to defray he - ex? penses for a month. Well paid work of any kind is hard to secure, even for skilled workers. Again, there are still other difficulties beside the lack of money. The camp is seven miles from the city, and your husband can perhaps get In but once or twice a week. He may not meet you at the train. Probably will not. Your mar? riage certificate may have to be shown before room and board can be secured. The welfare agencies are overworked, baring for those already here, who, ignorant of the true con? ditions, have followed their husbands to the city. So do not come to any cantonment city unless you are prepared to count the <ost. At best your husband is only hers for a few weeks or months. The safest plan, the truest patriotism and the best way, is to say good-bye at home. The Travelers' Aid (meeting all trains.) The Young Woman's Christian As? sociation (which furnishes rooms, boarding places and advice.) The Ked Cross Home Service Sec? tion (for help of 11 kinds to the sol? dier and his family.) The Bureau Of Protection at the City Hall (for relief from embarrass? ment and difficulty.) The V. W. C, A. Hostess House a* Camp Jackson (which strives to care for the women visitors to the c imp and to render all assistance and ad? vice in its power.) LI SU AM \ ANNIVERSARY. Commemorated by English Ph;?ers, Which Fear That People Ma> Cor? net . London. May 7.?The Lush nli innlversary was commemorated by newspapers today with big captions and special articles recalling the crime wlm h the British public is not likel> to forget, The Dally Oraphlc In an editorial laments that the public is apparently becoming dulled to the horror of the Luiltanla atrocity. 1 Am a German. At last I oast my mask aside And bare the hate I used to hide. Now to myself I can be true And do the deeds I love to do. 1 am a German. The stolid, kindly man is dead; A ruthless beast is born instead, The bars are down?the beast is free To roam at will on land and sea. I am a German. I love to send the good ships down, And sec the helpless children drown. And when the mothers scream in pain I laugh at struggles all in vain. I am a German. And sometimes, in a sheltered place I spy a baby's dimpled face. Ah! then I ft el a fiendish joy, And kill it quick if it's a boy. I am a German. T poison wells so more may die; No pity lives in sucn as I. The simple homes I burn at night, And in this pillage blind delight. I am a German. The sick and wounded feel my hand. And when I see a Red Cross band I straightway set upon their track, because I know they can't strike back. I am a German. I rape and ravish, rend and tear; With hideous noises 1111 the air, The loudest screams of pain and fear Are sweetest music to my car. I am a German. There Is no law of God or man Rut I will break it if I can. I oniy live to maim and kill, And while I live I always will. I am a German. ?Kenneth Graham Dufflcld. GREATER AIRPLANE FACTORY. Plant at Philadelphia to Is- Quadrupl? ed by Order of Secretary Daniels. Washington, May 6.?Quadrupling of the navy's big airplane factory at Philadelphia has been ordered by Secretary Daniels. It will be accom? plished by making the plant an as? sembling center for navy aircraft and placing contracts for parts of ma Chines with scores of manufacturers. Production ligures can not be dis? cussed but eight months from its in? auguration the Philadelphia plant has reached the maximum output possible with existing facilities. It has been decided .therefore, to change the system of operation in order to meet the demands of the navy's aug? mented air program. A large pro? portion of the machines used by the navy are equipped with Liberty mo? tor's obtained from the army signal corps. The Debts of The Wafting Nations. The London Economist for Febru? ary places the total gross debt of Great Britain at 5,6 78,600,000 pounds ($27,616,000,000). The French minister of finance in presenting the budget for 1918 esti? mated the public debt of France on December 31, 1918, at 115,166,068,000 francs ($2li, 227,000,000). The public debt of Italy at the end of 1917 Is estimated at about 85,000,000,000 lire ($6,676,000,000). The debts of the Central Powers are estimated as follows: Germany. $25,408,000,0002 Austria, $18,814, 000,000; and Hungary, $6,704,000,? 00. Our own public debt is now around $8,000,000,000, but more than half of this amount has been loaned to our Allies and will be repaid us. It is es? timated that of the total net expendi? tures of the United States for the fiscal year of 1918, exclusive of our advances to our Allies, more than one-half will be defrayed by taxation. Conquest. iBy Henri Chapelle Of The Viligantes) The broad, beloved life of a peace fllL home-keeping nation, is a prod? uct, not an ordinance to be pro? claimed. Why, then, do we talk oi negotiating peace, when it has been destroyed by violence The forces that make peace must first be re ssts bllshed. One might as well talk of peace to a man Struggling In the hands of a murderous highwayman, one might as wdi talk of a peace settlement with the thief, to a man who has been robbed. Wherever moral issues are Involved, the Instinct of mankind demands a clean-cut conquest of evil. Wherever there is a definite at? tempt to injure another person, the one assailed knows he must win a de? cided conquest to be safe. Wherever there is a man who lives .iustlv. he is entitled to conquest over those who attack him. Right, safety, and justice all de? msstd conquest over wrong, donger :?nd brutality. Let conquest be tin word we use in speaking of the dis? position of this war. O (?: 11M A N IN I'< )HM AT [ON ED. WANT-j sired and may be shipped without sorting and without any attempt to avoid duplication. Many copies of the same objects may be desirable in spe? cial instances. It will not be prac ticable to return the material to the contributors. It will be a gift to the government. The active assistance of I residents of south Carolina, especial I lv those who have resided or travel I ! ed in the countries indicated, or have friends or acquaintances who have done so, is especially requested. Any and all agencies, such as branches of Councils of Defense, li? braries and reading rooms, Boy Scouts and other organizations are requested by the war department and the American Protective league, which is organised with the approval of and operating under the direction of the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Investigation, to take no? tice of this matter and to assist the government inevery w xEOdib. .bmsd government in every way within their power, as above indicated. Loyal Americans Asked to Supply Photographs, Drawings and De? scription of German Towns. At the request of the war depart? ment, the American Protective League has undertaken to procure for that department for immediate use for in? telligence purposes, photographs drawings and descriptione of bridges, buildings, towns and localities now occupied by the German forces in Fiance, Belgium and Luxembourg and likewise in that portion of Ger? many lying west of a line running north and south through Hamburg. The entire organisation of the League throughout the country will be em-j ployed in this work in order that a large result may he obtained. Wide publicity of this announce ment through the local press Is re quested by the war department. All citizens are urged to make diligent search for this material and deliver it in person or by mail to either the editor of The Item or send it direct | London. May 7.?British casualties to Col. A. B. Coxe, ll&G Fifrtecnth reported for the week ending today Street, Washington, D. C. | reached tt.Otl. 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