Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THV >rtTltATK SITC VnoN,' j Memorandum Kclntive to The IHstri button of Nil rule or Sorin by the 1'nited Stales Department of Ag? riculture. Washington. May !5.?About alx weeks ago I sent you a memorandum itlve to the distribution of nltrii" of soda by the department of agricul? ture Tbe purpose or ibe instant memorandum 1h to uilviso you with inference to tin- present status ot ih ? distribution. The followinK five - have al? ready discharged cargoes of nitra*", und the nitrate has been distributed generally as Indicated ??e|..w. The Annum discharged at Norfolk. Virginia, ami New York City, and bor i go wan distributed to tanners of \ uglnlu and to States noith and West of Virginia. The Margaret discharged at Wll nnngton. and lo r cargo was distribut? ed to Noith Can.linn farmers. The Main dischaiged at fliuleston and her cnigo was distributed tu SoUlh ( 'a i SjNg i fa I in. i Tie- ta Harham discharged at Puvannah. und her cargo was dis trlbuted to Klorida and Georgia fa rmers. The kedi.ndn dis. diarged at Middle, and her cargo was dlstiibuied to farm? ers of Aoibama. Mississippi Louisiana, and other Slates In this general re? gion The department has made and is making every effort to se. ure the al? locution of additional vessels. The following vessels have bet n allocated lo the department and are now ac? tively enguged in transporting nitrate: The Munrlo is now discharging at i Innleston, and her cargo will be distributed to South Carolina farmers. The Cnnogn is expected to arrive st Savannah about May .:?}, and will discharge her eargo in part at Savan? nah for distribution to (Jeorgla farm? ers and In part at Charleston for dis? tribution to South Carolina farmers. The I>aina \h expected to arrive at Charleston about June 1", and will discharge her cargo at that port for distribution to South Carolina farm? ers. The Sutherland is expected to ar? rive at Wilmington ahout May 24, and will discharge her cargo at that port for distribution to North Carolina farmers. The Sacramento is expected to ar rive at Wilmington ahout May 80, und will discharge her cargo at that port for distribution to North Caro? lina farmers. If these vessels all an ive safely without damage to then eargocH, the distribution of this nitrate to tin States of North Carolina. South Caro? lina and ?ieorgia, togetln i with the uuuntity already distributed to thees States, will bring their dtlHfOrlOS up to approximately forts-tie per cent Of the quanhtv applied i"i The ag gregate ijuintit applied for by lie farmers of North Carolina, South i iretina and QeortgaH la grentof than ihe aggregate for an. other three States m,i Lcnater than the aggre? gate for all the Other Slates in the country combined < NJ mg to the tool that the re.pin e inents ot AliKNna. Mississippi ami Louisiana were very much smaller than the i eipnrements of North Car? olina. South Carolina and Georgia, the cargo of the Itedomlo. discharged at Mobile, was sult'u lent to deliver to the farmers of these States approxi? mate!) te\ entj per oeni ??i 'he .pi i n tity for which they applied. I he Kedondo has Pen aaslgnsd by the Shipping Hoard for a second voyage, but we have not been advis? ed that she has left Chile. it is prob? able that she will not rogefc this coun? try earlier than JttJM It, N>? other veseeal ure now engaged In Iran p.n t ing nitiate lor this dc put tinent. hut ev? i \ effort is being made to have additional vessel- al? located i?\ tin- shipping Board for thli purpose Where the Kedondo will discharge hei eargo has not been de teiioine.i. sines her assignment to an d ana rani n pint win be considered in connection with the assignment t0 An,eii, an ports of other vessels that BSgg be allocated to this department bg th. Shipping Rootd. The distribution of nitrate hy tin I SSJgd] nitrate distributor has SJOC esearlly been made under very great difficulties*. The allocation of nitrate to different sections of the counties mid deliveries to farmers of pails of IBetr requirements from the allot ments made to counties liom time to time has been no small task Tie work was patriotically undertaken Mini so far as we know, gas la en vei \ eOlcientlv handled. Very truly yours. rh u lee I, Brandt chief oi Bureau strategy. "Cook got the children Interested In a war game this morning. She sug B*SS)Cd they Nhoiihl plav thev u i i c in Inlllc and shell then enemies." "Who were llndr enemies""" "The peats."?Ludies' Home Joiiin al. PREPARING FOR THE WAR SAV? INGS DRIVE. - Committee is Dohm Much Work Rut NN a ins tlie Cooperation ol ithc Whole County?Suit's Fell Off. Sales for the week ent ing May ?!?th show that the people of Sumter county seem to have forgotten that they are asked by the government to lern! heavily to the war fund through the purchase of War Savings Stamps The sales as reported hy Captain Dear of the sumter poetoltlec wore IMIt.tl for the week, the lightest in very many weeks. Did you buy. or did you neglect to buy ! Mr. K. II. I! ha me, Sr., has been ap? pointed vit e chairman for religious institutions to cooperate with, and to organize the churches and the Sunday schools. He has started oil WOlIt fOf he made a little talk at Bo? ra ca class Sunday morning, and the class turned around, and bought lion worth of stamps which it will put away until cashing in time, when the money will be added to the building fund for a Sunday school building which Is planned for the future. Mr. Khainc. accompanied by Chair? man Moses, went to Bothel Church at oswego Sunday morning and organ? ized a War Savings Society there. Mr M, R, Andrews was elected president ami Mrs. J. W. Elkins secretary. Mr. ithame has called a meeting ol the ministers and Sunday school su perintemlants for Wednesday morn? ing at 10.30 at the V. M. C. A. In the country each district direc? tor will be in charge of Ids district during the pledge campaign ami will have full swing, lie will plan and perfec t his own line of work and will choose his own assistants. The re? sponsibility will be his, and the glory of accomplishment will be his. Mr. W. A. BryM 1 as been appoint? ed city manager for the campaign and as with the out of town director, lie will bo his own master. Neithei the out of town men, nor Mr. Bryan however, can do the work by them Sf lves. They w ill need hundreds ol assistants, who will have to make a sacrillee of their time and of theii convenience for the good of tin country. Volunteer; but if you an too backward to volunteer when tht summons come that you aro dratted in this work come to attention with i Jump, and get on the Job spotly. Are you up-to-date or are you nl ways behind? If you are always be? hind you will leave in fyour windows posters for campaigns that are finish? ed and gone. if you are up-to-date you will see that War Savings pos P fa arc conspicuous for the ROXI month. Mr. NV. A. Thompson has been ap polnted chairman of a committee fot arranging for the advertising featun of the War Savings campaign. War Savings BOOletlOJ are wanted everywhere; they are the great ve ha les through which war saving, work Is most easily conducted. Mrs. J, Am McKnight is the sepcclal organ* izer in the city. She. or Chairman Meets will be glad to furnish all in? formation, ami cooperate with thost who wish t0 organize, either in the city or in the country. Arrange tor a meeting. Whether it be among the whites or among the colored; whether it be at church 01 it a lay function. If you will not if .v any of the committee they will send out a speaker who will talk a lew minutes on War Savings. Many speak era have volunteered then- services. Always give as long a n dice as you can; there arc a whole lot of things doing the.se days, and a man can not he found on a minute's notice. Saving Sammy says: if you have an idle dollar It's a slacker. Take it til inly by the collai it's a slacker, Make it battle for the notion, Por a dollar on vacation In the present situation Is a slacker. As soon as that dollai buys four stamps It is no longer a Slacker but .1 hard tighter. Tokyo Hospital Tinned Over to Red < ross. St Luke's Inlet national Hospital in Tokyo has become a reserve P?se bos pltul of the American Red Cross, This Well-established institution Is under the rbarge of the Right Reverend John Mcisiio, llishop of Tokyo, ami its use lor the purpose WOS authori/ ?d by resolutions of tin- Executive Cdmmlttee ol the Domestic ami for? eign Medical Hoeletj "i tin Protestant Kplscopal Church. Tin- building ami medical and nursing personnel will form a re i. i v c base ||OSp!ial to he Used i- needed bj the American Rod L'rosi duiing the war. BL-VE DF.VILN OF ITtANCF, Their Definite or GerfievlUer e shin? ing Example of Daredevil Bravery. Washington, May 27.?A striking pen picture of the "Blue Devils" ot' Fiance, some of whom have just ar? rived in America, is given in a com? munication to the National Geograph? ic Society from Harriet Chalmers Adams, the noted traveler and wai correspondent. A part of Mrs. Adams' communication is issued by the Society in the form of a war geography bulletin, as follows: "QerbevlUer, the hare skeleton of a town in the Toul sector, where the Americans are holding their share of the Western battle line, is the Pompeii of France. Pompeii was wrecked by the might of God; this town by human hate. To reach the most spectral ruins I saw in all France we crossed a bridge which will flame in history, the one held hy the 7G chas seure, "We have an especial interest in the chasseurs, tor they have bee ft training our American hoys at the front. No soldiers of France are as picturesque as these sun-burnt, liery syed men of the Alpine ami Pyrenean heights, who have left the stain of their loyal blood on every frontier they have touc hed. The Germans call them the blue devils,' and say they I ? an run faster than the chamois, but it is the Boche who runs when they come his way. They are a merry, care-free lot. I heard a story of one who fired in a kneeling position In? stead of lying Hat on the ground. When asked hy a fellOW-OOldler Whj he was so foolhardy, he explained that he had a bottle of wine in hi: pocket and it had no cork. "Inning the battle of Lorraine, 78 chasseurs were posted at the bridge which leads to (Jerbeviller. As tin Gorman column hove in sight the> tore up the pavement, threw breast? works aeroaa the bridge, and statiou ed their mac hine guns. This was in the early morning. At four that af ' 'lernoon a lone chasseur lired the lasi round of ammunition ami slipper away to join his companions, 51 ot whom bed survived. For eight hourt i 7."? Frenchmen had held oft i2,u(M Germans! "Angered into fury by the machim ' guns, which had held them so lorn ' at bay, the Prussians entered the I town, tiring and burning every house they passed. Like many Fremd towns. QerbevlUer was built onrt one long main street, with lanes leading from it. Only stark walls stand. ()i was poured into the cellars to make I more of a blase, if the people re? mained in the houses, so much the better * * * "The refugees have crept back, en a mangled wall I saw the sign: 'Cafe of the Kinns.' A girl in black wai placing a humh of wild tlowers be? fore the broken image of the Virgil on the wall of what was once :i church, <?nly one building in tin town stands?the humble little hos piie which shelters Bieter Julie, one 1 of the great heroines of France. "We lang the doorbell and a Sis ter of Mercy ushered us into a nar row hallway, and then Into a little sit? ting room with oil-cloth on the table and a few stiff-backed chairs. There was a battered organ and an an elent Cheat and two pictures of re? ligious subjects on the wall. 1 can see every detail even now, for thM was the setting of the woman who de? fied the- winde German army. "She sat upright in her chair with hands crossed?-a short, plump wo? man past CO, with bright hSSSl eyes, rosy cheeks, and a firm mouth. Sis? ter Julie, whose name before she was Mother Superior was Madame Amalie Ligard, has a most authoritative air. Beneath the cape of her black habit gleams the cross of the Legion ol Honor, pinned there by the president of the Republic, who, with many other dignitaries, made a pilgrimage to this remote village to decorate tins little old woman. "Bieter Julie speaks rapidly, with in occasional gesture. She told Ul of the 7.r) chasseurs how the first te be wounded w< re brought to her house. She took off the ammunition hedts and sent them hack by a nun tC the bridge. When the houses across the street wane' lired. shw went out tn a German officer and said, 'Don*! you date to burn my house. 1 am earinc tor the wounded, if you spare mj house and the people in it, I will care for ydur wounded, too.' "And she kept her word. She mothered the honndess population The stories she told us made me nick with horror." - if you "elmply cannot afford nnj metre Liberty bonds." then the war > over, so far as you are concerned, and v<?u have been beaten. Charleston Post, it is announced that high cost ot living is driving Office-seekers awa> t? ?nii Washington. We have been eonlldenl all alone that some good would result from the inch cost ei \l\ ing.-"Minneapolis. Tribune. BtffeMKj fit Kaiser BMI. Bdttor Daily Item. 1 have heard so much said against the QermaiM and my Old friend "Kaiser Bill" that 1 feel, fiom a sense ol fair play, to say a few words In his defense, which I have no doubt you will publish for the information of your readers, Now, don't get disturbed and throw this In the waste basket before you get through reading, just because we are fighting the Germans, there is no reason why we should not give them credit for the good part of them and praise them for the good that is in them, and after you fin 1 that there is some merit in my contentions, and being a lair minded man, you will see that I am right. in the first place the Germans, and especially the German government, 's being accused for hating the Amer? icans. Well 1 will admit this is true, but you know, they are hating all civilized and free thinking people, and it would be a great discourtesy to the American people if they would not hate them also, so they arc hating the Americans out of a sense of politeness, not wishing to slight a nyone. The same philosophy will apply tfl their assaults on the Bed Cross ships and hospitals. Kaiser Bill has a great respect for the Bed Cross, and as he is now engaged in shooting ami destroying anything he can lay his hands on, not even omitting the old ? folks and the babies, he considers il would be a great injustice; to the Bed Cross, not to give them some of the great German "Kultur" of lead and I iron mixed with gunpowder and gas i I think the Bed Cross should considei it an honor to be recognized in thai > way. Another thing, the (Jerinni ? soldiers have started to kill some oi ? the boys and old folks and the wo r men. and our Allies have the Impu ? dence of trying to destroy the (ler ? man efforts by trying to bring bad i to life and usefulness so many o ? their wounded humanity, that it be I hooves well the German air soldier l to finish up the job they have startet f on land. And then too, they thin! ? they are helping the Allies by de 1 Btroying some of their burdens am lighten their load, as you know sicl ? people and old people and little chil ; dren are no use to anybody they an ? only an additional burden, especial ? ly In this bard times and high cos i Of living Here is where the German ? show their real helpfulness to the Al ; lies. 1 You will notice that every time i ? is reported that they shoot at a hos - pita) am Bed Cross station, they tel ? you plain they did not see it, whlcl is eminently true. They are so ful i of hatred and so tilled up with th . great idea of destruction, that th I great light of mercy, represented b; . the Bed Cross blinds their vision am i i they can not see the human need o i it. Kaiser Bill is a smart and gener . ous chap. TO show you thai 1 hav< . a warm spot In my heart for him. would g.ve any American soldier . bonus, a brand new suit and hat am . shoca thrown in, if he could eatol . him and smuggle him over bee without being caught by the revenue . officers, so 1 can use him to dig mj potatoes and have my yard oleanee ui> oven- May, and set out my cab i bagea, and I would guarantee him z . life job. without worry and trouble lie is s:> generous. .lust the othei nay, you may have read in the pa i pern, he offered those poor kaaooks the Bolshevik, that if they want t< got rid of all the able bodied, strong dependable end loyal German pr?f oners, and avoid being run over i>> the Germans, they can send all back t,o Berlin at his expense, and in re? turn he will give them all tin it (Russian) disabled and sick prison? era, Including some old women and sick children, and on top of that at many Belgian, French and Serbian Old people and maimed folks as thell hospitals will hold and some more Now isn't that great? Yet it Is claim? ed that Germans are barbarians. B. L. Krasnoff. Methodists Provide Best Booms in Rome. In response to a request from it committee of women connected with the British Embassy in Home. Dr Bertrand M. Tripple, superintendent 01 the Rome district of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Italy, opened the Run day school and social roomt of tin- churh for use> e?i* soldiers and sailors of the Allie-d Annie's passlns through Kenne. These' rooms serve for rest ami recreation. Bhower bath* have been Installed In the basement. "What this nuans te? tired and some? times Blck men that come: in from long, lnd. dusty rides in summer weather and Italian trains can be easily imagined." s.inl a member o( the National War Council of the Meth? odist [Episcopal Church, The first men welcome l here were 125 Scotch soltflers, Tiny gave the house a real housewartnlng, nccordlng in tbe report, ami were Joined in tjung!< and festivities by Italians. KeooitMniotion ol* Palestine. London, May 2h (Correspondence planted, and for the more cultivable districts fruit-bearing trees will be utilized. "The storage of water in lakes and of the Associated Prose) Two prin? cipal recommendations which the Civilian Comroiaslon now in Palestine ?**?*? comparatively simple in Palestine. By erecting small dams across certain ways, a series of small reservoirs can he constructed at little will make as a beginning for the re construction of that country will be a scheme tor beginning afforestation, and a proposal for the conservation! expense, creating a supply that will of water supply by storage and by opening up old springs. A preliminary statement last throughout the dry season. In Southern Palestine hundreds of nat from a'inal sI),in^s oan *)0 opened up which ! under centuries of misrule have been member ol the committee says: * Palestine's a,low0(1 to choke up and fall into dis? use "The greatest of all needs is afforestation. For centuries the land has been denuded of its! " .. tw.n,.u (1(ltlcli vantage it never had before in a first tret s, with most disastrous conse? quences. For the heavy rains at cer? tain seasons, insteai <>f beneflttlng the "Palestine today possesses an ad K never had before In a first class railway connection with Egypt. All the surplus crops will find a ready market in the growing Egyptian clttee; Vau voidable. soil, over moic than tour-tifths of the area carry away in rushing torrents much of the little soil that remains on the high lands and valley slopes. "Palestine has not always been! - treeless. The Roman emperors had "Some of our cannon are disap valuable forests In the country, and pearlng." remarked the lieutenant. Absalom, riding, was caught by the "Well, thin:;s will disappear when hair among the trees, but today one you have careless help," responded might gallop from Dan to Beersheba the lady who was going over the without having tp duck one's head to fort. "I lind that a great trouble avoid a branch. , about keeping house."?Louisville ?Trees of rapid growth will be|Courier-Journal BOOTH & McLEOD SAY: Buy Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps ...FIRST... ^ Send *:s an order next, and first, last and all the time ? "Swat the Kaiser" Thrift Stamps. Buy One V Each The First National Bank SUMTER, S. C. >?**?????? T3he NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA I OF SUMTE?. The I argest Bank in Eastern South X Carolina offers you its services and + is prepared to serve you. The National Bank of South Carolina C.G. ROWLAND, President. F. E. HINHANL Cashier. ***** ****?^*4^^***^?*???*?*<????*?******?^*??????????? ???*?d^?*4*??d^?44^????????e>?e>44e>e>e)e>e>^ A Powerful Ally t of the modern husiness man is a dependable financial affiliation. ft not only assists him in meeting present de? mands hut co-operates with hiiu in planning the future. Armed with this support and assurance, he is able to wage a stronger campaign for growth and progress. I his Institution offers a full measure of help? ful ro operation to commercial interests. J. P. BOOTH, President. W. J. CROWSON, JR., Cashier. i **+*******+*****+*?+*+*+******+++**+*+++++?<