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WAR SAVINGS SOCIETIES RE? PORT. Many send In Their May Report?It Would be of Interest to Have Re porta I I1.MI All?I*r4vatecr Orgen l/t i I or Campaign. Add to Big Buyers: T. W. Ia?v. tl.rough Commercial ?bank & Trust Co.$100 Mr. Bee, not only appreciates that his money will help the government, but he appreciates that his example will help the community. He lets Bit name be used for this purpose. There are several big buyers who are too silent. Why not speak up? * ? e Stateburg War SafVings Society No. 36 reports for May that it has in? creased Its membership from 29 to 35 and its holdings from $133.75 to $147.75. Hagood No. 3 7 reports for May an Increase of members from 40 to 48. Reporting 29. Total value of stamps held $714.25; average per member. $15.71. Number of members own? ing $100 worth of stamps. 3. This I? a tine report. Harby Avenue No. 32 reports 38 members and a pun ham* during April of $153.35, and a purchase during May of $135.4 0. Not bad holdings. that ? Church Street No. 5 reports 52 members with 50 reporting. Amount of stamps owned $564.25. see Gamecock War Savings Society has been organised among the people of Dread street with 19 members. Mrs. A. 8. Merrimon is president and Mrs C. L* Cuttlno Is secretary. see If thorough preparation is a fore? runner of success the War Savings canvass in Privateer Is going to be a sacoess. Thursday afternoon District Directors Mrs. R. B. Furman and Mr. Jas. T. Brogdon met with their com? mittees in Bethel school house, and had Messrs lloddey and Moses of th* War Savings Committee at the confer? ence. The work was all thoroughly mapped out and it was decided to open the work with a mass meeting at Bethel school June 13th. An attrac? tive program will be arranged by th? local committee. A war savings society was formed by those present with Mrs. Furman president and Miss Kolb secretary, see chairman Moses of the War Sav? ings Committee has been called to a meeting of the county chairmen in Columbia Monday. He is calling a meeting of the committee, the dis? trict directors, the members of the sneakers' bureau, and the postmast? ers for Thursday. ix III KHK in ri'lXMAN RATES. Minimum Fare Will Im* Raised l imn a I?<di.tr and u Half to Two hollars fi>r Berth. Washington. June 1.? In line with the Increase in passenger fares, the Cull man Company will shortly raise the minimum over-night rate for sleeping berths, from a dolland a-half to two dollars other Pullman rates will not be changed materially. CONTESTS IN TWO DISTRICTS. North Carolina Primaries are Quiet Today. Raleigh. June 1.?The Democrats a arte* held throughout the State today were marked by contests In the third and .iichth districts Senatoi Simmons and eight congressmen are unopposed. A hot or Two Prnm Burk Corner. Dark Corner. May 29.?Crops are looking fairly well In this part of the world and th?\v are pretty well work? ed up and generally cb-ui of grass The wheat Is rlpenlna and the farm? er* will soon have hincults for their family without buying them. The weather has become warm at last, af? ter old winter allowed spiug to get out of her lap and caper around, but the old lady sure held on to her as long as she could be for* she would turn the young fiisky thing loose. It was my privilege to attend the eoininern ement of the Pinewood High srhool last Friday night, which was sure a fine affair. The address was by I?r. Currell of the South Car? olina Cntverslty. The graduates were UtSJg H.rxin. Ida Davis. Edith Grif? fin, Mamie Marvin. Th ir graduat ing speeches were all good and Inter? esting. Mr. Joseph R. Griffin was chairman and Rev. Rowen of I'axvllle pronounced the benediction. Mrs. Joe K Johnson fcttl been real sick for the last two d.i.-, but Is a little better this morning. The children who have had the whooping .ough seem a little better Mr II. ' . Scott of Faxvllle. and tu ? da:ubt>is. Mis. LsWfSIMt and Miss lassie, visited their grandmoth er. Mrs. C. II. Johnson here last Sun day. Mr. Arthur Bnrtlett. of Pinewood. nr? lu re on a vHlt last Sunday. 11. T. AMERICAN TRANSPORT LOST. President Lincoln Lost Wliilc Home? ward I tou im I?HipuM Oi Vice Ad? miral Sims Makes No Hefercnce to Casualties? Probably Little Loss of Life. Washington, May 31.?Loss of the homeward bound American transport President Lincoln was reported today by Vice Admiral Sims. The message was brief, merely stating that the ves? sel was torpedoed at 10.40 o'clock this morning and went down an hour later. It made no mention of casual? ties. Navy officials waited anxiously to? night for further details but as the attack occurred by daylight and the ship remained afloat for an hour they felt certain the casualty list would be small and probably limited to a few men killed or injured by the explo? sion. The President Lincoln was a big former pasenger liner of the Hain burg-Americun line. She was one of the German ships taken over by the United States at the declaration of the war. WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN. Organization Completed for Inten? sive Campaign in South Carolina. Charleston, May 31.?At last the machinery has been perfected for conducting the intensive war savings (ampaign which will be undertaken in this State from June 14 to June 28. During this campaign the peo? ple of South Carolina are expected to pledge not less than $20,000,000 cl the state's quota of $33,000,000 for the year. It is expected that $6,000. 000 worth of stamps will be sold dur? ing June, and that pledges for the ha lance will be signed. It is to be part of the nation-wide campaign that will bo conducted during June, culminating on June 28. The campaign will be managed by the South Carolina War Savings committee, with headquurters at Charleston, and the different phases of the work will be conducted by per? sons in charge of the different divis? ions. The State director of war sav? ings is It. Goodwyn Hhett, who was appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, W. G. McAdoo. P. M. Kea is vice director; Joe Sparks, State organizer, and Manning J. Rubm, publicity secretary. All of these otP. cials have their headquarters in Charleston. Mrs. F. S. Munsell, of Columbia, who managed the women's end of the Liberty Loan campaign, has accept? ed the office of State Chairman o' Women, and has already opened an offlco at Columbia. Rev. William Way. of Charleston, has accepted ill* office of Chairman of the churo'i State organizations, with headquar? ters at Charleston. R. & Mebane president of the Great Falls Cotton mills, has agreed to act as industrial chairman, and will manage the can vaign among all who are connected with Ii? mills of this Stite. Mr. Men.tn.' has patriotically opened an oihcc at his own expense. K. I. Rear don, Sumter. is chairman of division of Chambers of Commerce, and will or? ganize the commercial bodies for W. | 8. S. work. D. G. McAUiester will fee State labor organizer in the campaign. T. B. Pearce, president of the T. P. A. in this State, has agreed to or fan the traveling men in the in torest of W. 8. C. J. J. Atwell will : i the negro chairman. Four field agents are also representing the State committee in different parts of tin State. Cnder the State committee officials, the counties are organized along siiu'lar lines. Each county commit? tee has h chairman, and officials un? der him; and pr a< t ically every county has now an aggressive, complete or i: i nizntiou, and are ready to plunge into the new earapalgrj vigorously. and are confident of leading their counties to victory. Several counties ha\? opened olhces for their heutl qUartOTta among them Charleston. '. Khland, Greenville, Anderson, Cai houn. and Spartanhurg, etc. With hut a short time to prepare, the wor.\ iv progressing nicely. 1 >uring June there will he pa? triotic meetings In the interest of th? campaign in all parts of the State, and prominent speakers will tour the state tO point out to the people the ffTMOt importance of the war savings movomont. Tnc campaign ii expect* I 11 It attain the greatest proportions of any campaign ever undertaken in io St.ite. So far. the response of the people of South Carolina to the war s; \ mgs movement lias been very dls i,-pointing, but it is not doubted thai by June tbf reverse will he the case. \RMV APPROPRIATION BILK No Relay In House?Same Kecord El? IM'ctcd in Senate. i Washington, June L Passed I". the hons? in record time the twelve hllbon dollar army appropriation i?iii V li sent to the senate todiiv Spee.U enactment time is expected. Til Ii LIBERTY MOTOR*. In Spite of All to tlic Contrary, It Ik a Wonderful Triumph. We have been told that the Liberty motor is a failure and that there has been unparalleled waste in our air? plane construction. We have been told production has been nil and that we have not landed any of our light? ing planes in France. We have been sickened and discouraged by the tales spread so widely. Now in one of the publications most vigorous In criti? cising the government we lind this: Digest these facts about the Liberty battle plane and cheer up. They come from a trained observer who went up 15.000 feet in one of them and after j speeding 135 miles an hour and doing I a variety of turns and Hips for an1 hour, came back to earth with the exclamation: "She'll beat anything in the world." E. Leroy Pelletler, a well known Detroit automobile and airplane au-1 I thority, is the man who made the i trip and he knows what he is talking I about. He "went up" at Dayton, Ohio, last week with the idea that the machine was not right. He frankly admits he has criticised it severely on the strength of information given to him by men he supposed knew what they were talking about. He came down from his ride above the ! clouds one of the strongest support? ers of "the greatest plane in the world." It required some nerve to make the Might Pelletier did when it was only the second time he had been in the air. But he was after the truth first hand and got it. Here are some of his observations: 1. The Liberty battle plane, car? rying two men and four guns, has 430 horse-power and a straightway speed of 135 miles an hour. 2. The Liberty battle plane doet? not require castor oil, as all other planes do. Regular everyday cylind? er oil is quite good enough. It does not require any special grade of gas? oline either. 3. The Liberty battle plane is fast? er than any of the other types ol planes in use along the battle front. It will out-demonstrate in their own specialties any of the other specializ? ed planes. 4. The Liberty battle plane, car? rying two men and full fighting cuipment, has climbed 10,000 feet in ? minutes and 12 seconds and 21, 300 feet in 50 minutes. The former American climbing record was 16,000 feet In three hours. 5. The Liberty battle plane has gone as high as 22,000 feet. The world's altitude record, held by an Italian plane Is 26,000 feet. With a new carbureter, recently perfected, the experts confidently expect the Lib? erty to go 33,000. 6. The Liberty battle plane, thanks to Yankee ingenuity, Is almost entire? ly free from vibration at the highest speeds because of the angle at which its cylinders are set. This in itself is a most remarkable accomplish ment. What is more we arc told there have been pretty fair shipments ol our planes abroad in parts and th( way is cleared now for volume pro? duction. MUX WHO WON'T FIGHT MUST WORK. slwere Conscientious Objectors at Fort lA'uvvmvorth May be Sent t< Farms. Washington. May 31.?Drafted men claiming conscientious objection to military service and who have been found by army authorities to be sin? cere in refusing duty with non-com batant units as prescribed by Presi? dent Wilson are to be segregated at Fort Leavenworthi Kan., under ternu of an order announced tonight by Secretary Baker. If found to be sin? cere In their scruples by a special board of Inquiry they will be lurlough ed to work on farms at a private's p;t.V. Under no circumstances will con? scientious objector! be discharged fiom their respsonsibilities under the ?elective service act, the order says, and instructions are renewed to mili i buy eourtsmartlal to try and punish .ill found to be insincere, defiant o: active in attempting to convert oth I en to their belief. Money earned by the fUrlOUghed objectors In excess of a private's pa\ and subsistence is to go to the Red Cross and the permission is to be continued only so long as the objectot is reported by disinterested observers to be working to the best of his abil? ity. Only a relatively small number oi men will be affected by the orders as most objectors promptly accept com , i atant service, - The Weather Next Week. j Washington, June I, Fair with warmer weather in the South Atlan? tic, states the Aral half of the \\.k; shower* the latter half Is Cue fore cast for the coming week. HOSPITAL BOMHKU, Canadian Institution Attacked in Spitt of Huge Hcd Cross Signs Made More Conspicuous by Flaming Lights Dropped From Sky?Toll of Casualties. With the British Army in France. May 31 i By the Associated Press).? Early Thursday morning German air? men bombed another hospital?this time a Canadian institution and ex? acted a considerable toll of casualties. Among those killed by the explosion or names was an American medical ofilcer who was administering an anaesthetic to a British officer in the operating room when that part of the hospital was demolished. The raid oc? curred at 12.30 a. m. The hospital attacked was a large one. It had been in existence since the early days of the war and was marked by huge Bed Cross signs. The German airmen dropped four bombs near the hospital and, then not ap? parently able to see exactly where the\ were hitting, lighted a brilliant flare which was let fall to illuminate the surroundings. As the place was light? ed up by this flare they released an? other bomb or two which dropped squarely on a large wing of the hos? pital. In this wing there were three iloors, on the bottom one of which was the operating room. On the story above were the officers' and patients' rooms and above them were members of the hospital personnel. Part of the wing was demolished by the terrific explosion and many person? were kill? ed and wounded when the building collapsed and buried them. The surgeons wore just about to operate on an aviation officer and the American medical officer was standing by with the anaesthetic when the crash caine. All those in the room were buried under an avalanche of brick and wood work. The demolish? ed wing caught flre and burned fierce? ly with many victims still pinned in the wreckage. Nothing more awful has occurred in the annals of the hospital service since the war began. Every available person in the neighborhood was call? ed out to assist in the rescue work and two fire brigades were called. Scores of persons worked frenziedly at the flaming mass of twisted flin? ders in their attempts to reach those entombed and many unconscious forms were carried out by heroic men who risked their lives. Excellent work on the part of the firemen final? ly resulted in the fire being extinguish? ed, but there were still many victims, including more than one sister juried in the ruins. There was no hope that they were alive. Bed Cross Notes. From the Daily Item, May 31. Yesterday marked one of the great Jays for the Surgical Dressings De? partment. On account of the splendid support that was given, 289 pads were made. Th'js completing the May allotment, which will be ship? ped to Atlanta today. Although one of the warmest days since the hot weather began, there were several la lles who did not leave the workroom he enttre day. This shows the stuff that Sumter is made of. Those reg? istering were: Mrs. W. D. Boykin, lupervisor; Mesdames Nina Solomons ind I. C. Strauss, officers of the day; Mesdames Walter Harby, E. U. Tay or, C. L. Stu'nbs, L. Atkinson, T. D. VfcMahan, J. R. Nettles. C. P. Exum, It. C Williams, J. G. DcLorme, Joel Branson, iNf. Goldberg, A. s. Merri nion. If, Fi Doeruleck, J. A. Hen? ry, C H. Barnum. Geo. F. Epperson, fr., J. T. Green, L. E. LeGrande, Per? ry Moses. Jr., Merrimon, May Fitz natrick. C. D. McKnight, Jr., I* B. Wadford, A. c. Phelpa, L. W. Jenkins, Melon McKay, Shepard Nash, G. W. EC raker, Agnes Bogin, J, W. Powers. Mark Reynolds, Warren McCollum.. Harry Yatcs. Harry Green, John -tumter. T. H. Blddall, S. H. Edmunds. E. s. DesChamps, w. o. Bostick, Q. C. Lamb, w. W, Rees, H. L. Scar? borough, L. I. Parrott; Misses E. W. McLean, L. Brunson, I. W. Penny, V. B. Wilson, F. Miller, M. Robinson. J. McLeod, M. A. Mix, O. A. Ferrell, M. Rotholtz, N. Norman, M. S. McCaw !ey, M. Haynsworth, Lola Hayns? worth, B. Mears, L. Gregg, E. Mel lette, B. Branson, M. Boutherland, M. Monaghan. E. Garrctt. R. Harrington. E. Rose. L B. Robinson. A. Martin. ;,. Tlsdalc, L. DuRant, L. Gordon. The first unit from the Colored Auxiliary began work on Wednesday afternoon at the Surgical Dressings workroom. Much interest was shown n the WOrk, and it is hoped that on next Wednesday afternoon a much larger unit will be on hand. Twenty three pads were made, which is tliu work for a first lesson. Those com posing the unit were: Mesdames "carle spears. Pansy Maxwell, Leiln Williams. Matth? Townseml. Hannah Mmuoe. Resale Black, an 1 the chair man, Susie Lawaon. After all. the man who has no opinions of ids own is as happy and contented as any other dumb brute. Colored Auxiliary. TRANSPORT SINKS SUBMARINE. German U-boat Lying in Walt 'for American Troops Cut Like Piece of Cheese. An Atlantic Port, May 31.?A Ger? man submarine lying in wait for transports carrying American tropps was rammed and sunk by a large British transport off the Irish coasl during the second week in May, ac? cording to authentic information brought here today by an American returning from an important mission to England. The ship which sunk the subma? rine is one of the largest liners known to American and Euro? pean travelers, and hit the u-boat full admidships after a torpedo had been ?red and the transport was maneuver? ing to make way for accompanying destroyers to drop depth charges. It is possible, the American said, that the submarine might have been forced to surface by one of the explo? sions, but at any rate it came up less Mian |Q yards in front of the liner. In full view of the soldiers as? sembled on her decks, the big steam? er rammed her way into the subma? rine and "cut her like a piece of cheese," the American said. letter From France. The following letter received by Mrs. DeS. Bull, of Stateburg, from her son, who has been in France several months, will be read with much inter? est: France, January 31, 1918. Dear Mother: Received yours of the 30th of De? cember today. I was g ad to get it, but more so, to know that you have gotten one of mine, but, best of all, the box came in the other day, just as I had about given it up. Everything was Ihere and brie, all the fellows said the cake w.im as good as they had ever eaten. Thank W. for me for the chewing tobe? *o, and whoever sent the cigars, be are at a premium, and can't be bought; and Bolly for the checker board, it is a help on these long nights, but it sure was on the road a long time, over two months. You haven't forgotten how to make cake, it was a welcome change from the grub we are getting now. I have as an assistant a fellow from Hartsville. He is a fine boy, and I am glad to have him. He and I have a room together, near the supply room, he had already gotten two large fruit cakes, so we fared very well after all. You ought to see the town we are in, it is one of the pret? tiest towns we have seen yet. It is set on the side of a steep hill, over? looking a large lake. All of the towns are curious looking. The streets all run in different directions, and the houses face in different directions, which makes them pretty mixed up. We. have moved about once every three weeks, from town to town, all sorts of ways, so that by now we have seen a good deal of France. It Is a good deal better now, the snow and Ice have melted, so that it is like spring. It is not pleasan: sleeping in a barn, on the ground with the snow falling inside as well as outside. I am learning to talk French a lit? tle. Wc need it all *he time, and I would give anything if I could speak it. These are hospitable people. If you go into a house, they all jump ur and offer you a seat, while the old man hastens to set out some of hit favorite vintage, usually some sort of stuff that tastes like a mixture of gasoline and ink, then the old rascal will sit down and talk to you just as long as you will sit and listen, and all the time you have no idea what he is talking about. The tablet in the box must be a hint to write, and I am going to do better Yours have been received pretty regularly and they are appre clateri. I can tell you. They are all a fellOW has to look forward to. Re? member me to Aunt M. and Uncle J. With love to all. Your affectionate son, P. K. Bull. Sergt. 117th Reg. Bngrs., A. E. F.. France. UKRAINIAN REVOLT. Huns Use Artillery on Peasants, Who Refuse* to Surrender .Agricultural Implements. The Germans are using artillery to put down a peasant revolt In Ukralnla said a dispatch received today from Betrograd to the Telegraph Bureau. Revolutionaries are said to be burn? ing forests, destroying crops and re? fusing to surrender agricultural Im? plements. M;\V DRAFT. Crowder Cafla for 2I.H7I Men For Special Training. Washington. June 1. A call for twenty-four thousand. si\ hundred seventy-four draft l egist nuts with a grammar school education to be sent to special training schools was Issued by Provost Marshal General Crowder. The men will he taken from thirty-si ' States, WABE HAMPTON GOBS FOR CONGRESS. Wade Hampton Cobb has announc? ed his candidacy for congress from the Seventh Congressional District and his first expression in doing so Wll to pledge his unstinted faith in. the wisdom of President Wilson and congress in declaring a state of war with Germany and Austria-Hungary. He states that the preservation of tha American ideals of freedom, liberty and democracy, and the respect and honor of the nation on land and sea could not have been otherwise guard? ed and maintained. To the end that the autocratic Kaiser of Germany might be more quickly brought to his knees, which alone will result in a lasting peace to us and our posterity, he fdvors the prompt and aggressive mm support by congress of all war meas? ures looking to the further organiza? tions of a powerful army and navy to act in co-operation with our Allies. Mr. Cobb, in the event of his elec? tion, promises to attend to, and look after, with fairness and impartiality the interests of each county in the Seventh Congressional District, as well as the interests of ihe District as a whole, and those who are ac? quainted with his work as a public official know that he can be relied upon to maAe an aggressive, pains staking and faithful public servant. Mr. Cobb who is now forty-one years of age, was born in Richland county, and there obtained his pri? mary education in the rural schools, afterwards attending the University of S. C, for a short while. He then taught in the rural districts, follow? ing this line of endeavor for Bve years, during which time he pursued the study of law under the direction of Jno. P. Thomas, Jr., Esq., who is now Dean of the Law School of the University. After being admitted to the Bar in 1900 he worked in the office of his preceptor until 1902, when he was elected Judge of Pro? bate for Richland county. He filled that office successfully and without opposition until 1908, when he was elected Solicitor of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, which office he still holds, having been twice re-elected without opposition. ' Mr. Cobb invites the voters of the Seventh District to investigate his standing and his sixteen years of ser? vice as a public official, with the min? utest care and scrutiny, and by that record he is willing for the yard stick to be applied in testing his fitness and merit to represent the Seventh Dis? trict in Congress.?Advt. BRITISH ^DOCTORS COME. Medical Mission to Attend American Congress. An Atlantic Port. May 11.?A Brit? ish medical mission representing the British Medical Society arrived here today to attend the American Con Kress of Medical Societies to be held in Chicago on June 10. The mem? bers include Sir James Mackenzie, Sir ArbllthnOt Lane and Col. Herbert A. Bruce, consulting surgeon of the Brit? ish .army in France. The British surgeons will tell the congress of their experience in the war. of their failures and successes and of the medical problems to meet in dealing with the wounded and the health of armies. All three spoke to? day in highest praise (>f the work of American ?urgeoni and nursei at the front. RETURNING TRANSPORT SI NK. ship Carried Her Crew and a Few i onvalcsivnt Soldiers. London. June L- News of the tor t" doing of the American troop transport, President Li:.coin, by i German submarine in the naval war zone yesterday reached London today The ship was struck while returning haute ; ltd sunk within thirty min? utes. The vessel carried only her crew and a few convalescent soldiers who were returning to the United states. Destroyers picked up the sur ' vhois.