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E^NOMY MlL NECESSARY. Danger of Privation Has Passed for] Allies, But America Must Not Waste Food. Columbia, Oct. 4.?The food ad ministration announces in a pam phlet issued from Washington and distributed through the State ad ministrators that for the allies the danger of privation is passed, but the need of rigid economy is stiil present. For the pefc-gle of the United States, says the food administration, the ne cessity of voluntary sacrifice, of wil ling devotion, is as great as ever. Conservation is imperative to provide against the lean years. "Going without wheat by the Amer ? ican people in the -last six months saved the allies from actual defeat," says the food administration. We had less than 20,000,000 bushels to spare; we sent 141,000,000 bushels. We did it by going without. If the American people had failed in this, the. second battle of the Marne, the victory in which, our American troops had so great a share, would never we took a prodigious chance. As the have been fought. -In sending the wheat to Europe old year drew near the end. it was calculated that there was wheat in Ihe bins to supply us for a month; then a fortnight; then a week. If the harvest should have come through as usual, the last of the wheat would have been gone at about i.he time the new crop reached the mill. Tf har vest should be a few days late, there would be no wheat in America. By the kindness of nature, harvest was two weeks early and the country crosed the line without realizing how slender a margin had stood between us and privation. Never in the his tory of the nation had the harvest been so scant. We must not again cut our corners so close. We must lurild and maintain reserves. Taking all our foodstuffs yield together, the experts have figured that the sup ply last year in actual nourishment was from . 7. to 9 per cent below nor mal With that we just got through. If our deficiency had been 15 per cent, nothing on earth could have sav ed Europe from wholesale disaster. We must take effective measures to .guard against such a calamity. Wheth er war quickly ends or long con tinues, we must lay by sufficient re serves. Our reserves must be great enough to protect us against possirS^ lean years; great enough to make up for shortened production as men are more and more drawn from the farm to serve in the army; great enough to maintain supplies for our army and navy and the allies no mattei how gravely our shipping may be harassed in some evil month by sub marines. . Production in France has been cut down fully one-third. A* more and more nearly we have comr to throwing our whole strength in'o fighting as France is compelled to do we shall be less able to maintain oui our own production. Another year may not be so propitious. Another year may- show that the peak of pro duction in this country has passed Looking these facts in the face, w* must create reserves for our safety, to maintain our armies in the field, tc ^_bj#dcivilization together till the fighting is done and the world re turns to the ways of peace." BELTON WAREHCNSE BURNED. x Four Hundred Bales of Cotton De stroyed: LosjS $65,000. Anderson, S. C, Oct. 5.?The Farm ers Warehouse at Helton, with four hundred bales of cotton was burned this morning. The loss is $65,000. Students Go Home. Greenwood, Oct. 4.?All students of Bailey Military Institute have been furloughed for ten days on account of influenza on advice of physicians. A! the cases are mild and those in thf infirmary are doing well and will be out soon. Liberty Loan Subscriptions. Washington,, Oct. 4.?Liberty loan subscription officially reported to the treasury total early today $727,383, 350. or a million more than las: night's .report. Yesterday's return. are still incomplete. Death. Harvin, Oct. 4.?Mrs. Julia Hodge McLeod, aged 61, formerly of Harvin died in Georgetown at her late home Tuesday last and was buried in Man ning cemetery Wednesday by the sid< of the remains of her husband, Walter, Ingram McLeod, who died about IN years ago. She is survived by two brothers, Hon. E. B. Hodge, of Har vin and Mr. E. E. Hodge of Sumter. and one sister, Mrs. Maybin Hodge of this place, and the following chil dren: Norman McLeod. B. E. Me Leod, Miss Alma McLeod, Ch.is. Geiger McLeod and Mrs. W. M. Reames of Georgetown and Artie McLeod and Robert McLeod oi Lockhart, Ala. Mrs. McLeod was a member of the Baptist church here for over 50 years, removing her mem bership when she moved to George town. There is a man in our town and he h wondrous wise, Whenever Liberty Bonds are sold he buys and buys and buys. And when he finds his money's gom With all his might and main He save:; until he's got enough to buy a bond again. Woman's Liberty Loan Committee Where is the coward who prates oi peace ? The Hun threatens Paris, ;h< Turk threatens Greece. Who'll buy a Liberty Bond today'.' The people come marching in proud array, 4T will take one. and I, and I. I'll save the money and buy and buy." Woman's Liberty Loan Committee Old Uncle Sam's a peaceable man. But he fought too when he had to. see? He called for ships, and he calb-d for guns,' And he called for his fighters three. Soldiers, Sailors. Buyers of Ponds. Which one are you, says he. Woman's Liberty Loan Committee. LETTER FROM FRANCE. James Blackwell Tells of Experiences in France and Comments on The Country and People. Somewhere in France, Aug. 25. Dear Papa: Tour letter of July 25th reached me on August 21st and I was sure glad to get it. Seemed as if I was "never going to hear from you at all, but it arrived at last, so am going to answer j it this morning while I have a chance. I wish I could have been at home while that crowd was there, I know they had a good time, for they alway: do. You certainly gave me a job when you asked me to tell you all about the country, people, etc. over here. I can j only tell you-what-1 have seen in the parts of France that I have been through. We landed in France about ten o'clock one morning and marched five miles to an English rest camp. (We call them restless camps). We left after a few days. While we were there we were confined to the boun dries of the camp and could not get out unless an officer was with us. Tin officers carried us on hikes through the surrounding country and it cer tainly was beautiful, all the fields were enclosed with fences made oi stone, and every little patch of ground was planted with something or had a grape harbor on it. The principal things that I saw growing was wheat jats and Irish potatoes. Well, we left this camp one even ing and marched to the station where we were loaded into box cars about a third as large as ours, and marked "40 hommes au 8 chaveaux," meaning that you could load 40, men or S horses in the car. We put about 35 men to the car?they put me in the baggage and ration car where I far ed fine, took a stretcher and fixed it up to sleep on and you can bet it was lots better than sleeping on the floor, foe those cars certainly do rock. I don't think the Alcolu R. R. could do any worse than they do. I wish you could have taken that trip with me I have never seen prettier scenery in my life; there was not much forest but lots of meadows where any num ber of cows were grazing and they all seemed to be fat. and in good condi tion. When we finally arrived at our des tination we found that we had to take another hike of three miles (up hil' all the way) to a pretty little village where we were to be billited for awhile. You should have seen that bunch of boys when they turned them loose. None of them could speak a word of French and ah they could d< was to stand around and gaze, but there is no downing them: the most of them immediately bought diction aries and would get with some oi these people that could speak a feu words of English, so it was not long before they had picked up enough French . - get them a bottle of wine and something to eat at the cafe. The boys were tickled to think that they could get wine whenever they wanted it, but the novelty soon wore off, and they very seldom drink any now. The people over here dress very nice; in fact they seem to take more pride in "dolling" up than anything else. To see them coming from church reminds you of home. I find the people very friendly, they think , that there is nothing like the Amer icans and never seem to tire of talk ing about them. They seem to wan to make our stay over here as pleas ant as possible. If all of them go to America that say they are I think we shall have a nation of French. I wish you could see the way they farm; their ways are about thirty years behind ours. They never hitch horses two abreast, but put them one - in front of the other. The man walks along with the lead horse and drives with one rein. Wooden shoe1 are all the rage when they are work ing but I don't see how they manag-, to keep them on. I know I would loose mine every step that I made. The greatest industry in this vilagc seems to be the manufacture of bas kets and the sale of wine. They cer tainly make some pretty baskets. They raise the willow that they use and when it gets about five feet high they cut it down, take the bark off of it, then soak it in water until it is pliable when they weave it into baskets. Well, I suppose you are tired of such a rambling letter so I will not inflict you any longer. We are still in the sai..e place that I have been writ ing you from all the time. Hope we will move soon for I am so now that I do not feel natural unless I am on the go. Have made Chicago. New York, London, and Paris (only went through the outskirts of the last two). Hope the next large city I make wil1 be Berlin. All this traveling in the last four months has certainly kept me on the go. Give everybody my love, and if you see Margaret give her my best; also give my regards to Mr. Cuttino. Tell Mama I will write her in a da} ?jv two. Good bye for this time. Your devoted son, James C. Blackwell. Hdq. 105th Sp. Tn., American E. F., O. A. S. P. S. Pen Fulton says to give you his best regards. TURKISH CABINET CRISIS. Minister or the Interior Has Resign ed According to Report From Con stantinople. Amsterdam. Oct. 4.? Tho Turkish Minister- of tie- Interior has resigned, according to a Constantinople mes sage. [ Vmerican Soldiers Learning Both French and German. With the American Forces in France. Sept. 25 (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?Many Amer ican soldiers in France have t;11:?? i> u-< th?- study of the German language Some say they are eager to talk te 'he German prisoners, and others ex plain that they desire to be prepared to speak German when they reach Berlin. Xearly every American com pany has one or more individuals who speak German, more or less, and the boys study German during spare moments. After two or three months n France many American soldiers are ble to speak some French. A SUCCESSFUL AIIl RAID. Two English Flyers Destroyed a Bridge and Scattered a Large Enemy j Force. Behind British Lines in France, 15 (Correspondence of The Associat-j ed Press)?How two British airmen broke up an impending German at tack along the Somme was told re- j cently by Lieut. L. Walmsley of the! Royal Air Force. j "Two of our young airmen," he said, "sighted a bridge over the Somme which neither had ever seen before in three months' constant patrolling of this area. "It was "evidently a temporary af fair which the enemy had built dur ing the night, and it was now being used to pass across men and artillery for a codnter-attack somewhere, it might mean very serious develop ments for the British troops who were holding this particular section of front rather lightly. "All doubt on this score was quick ly settled, for a long gray line could be seen leading from the north across the bridge to .the south bank of the river, where a mass of about 4 00 sol diers was gathered. Here indeed was a target worthy of notice. The leading pilot dived almost ver ticaly, released his two bombs and watched them burst in the river, miss ing the bridge. "The second pilot now dived and in live seconds the Germans saw his sec ond bomb strike the dead center of the bridge and explode with great force, completely destroying and sink ing the two middle pontoons. De ached from the moorings, the re mainder broke away and began to rioat slowly down stream. "Realizing their plight, the Ger mans who had already crossed be came quite demoralized. Many plung ed into the water, while others tried to hide among the vegetation. Noth ing, however, could conceal them from the devilish hail of lead which now poured down from the air above them. Round and round at a height of less than a hundred feet circled the two English airplanes, the pierc ing staccato of their Vickers sound ing high over the drone of the en gines. "For ten minutes the slaughter went on, with very brief intervals and then, with their last round fired, the airmen turned for home, having accomplished as much for their side as an important trench raid in-which hundreds of men might be engaged." Tl*e United States School Garden Army. The United States School Garden Army was organized in March ol 1 918. President Wilson set aside $50,0*00 from his National Security and De fense appropriation to promote th< work for the first six months. He haf since appropriated $200.000 more tc carry the work through another ter months. Two main purposes prompted the planning of the United States Schoo Catden Army: (a) Increased fooc production and (b) training of schoo children in thrift, industry, service patriotism, and responsibility.. The necessity for man power wa: being felt. This was especially tru< in agricultural pursuits. Not alon? were the drafted young men goinj from the farm, but great numbers o farm employees were being attractec to the cities by higher wages offeree hi other industries. If the millions o i city boys and girls could be inducec ; to give their leisure time Ic culti eating the thousands of acres of un tilled land in front and back yard* and vacant lots of our cities, town; and villages, it would result in a sub stantial increase in food productior and an improvement in the quality oi our coming citizenship. The Bureau of Education under took to accomplish this through th< organization of the United States School Garden Army. It f.s an educa tional problem and can be solvec with economy and efficiency only b} the schools. The plan of organization involve: (a) a general director who is respon sible for organization, propaganda and administration. (b) Regiona directors who are charged with th< responsibility of writing instruction: upon gardening that will enable su pervisors and teachers to take a gar den company successfully through z season, even though not expert gar deners. These instructions have beer out out in leaflet form and sent from the central offices to all who applied for them, (c) Assistant Regional Di rectors who work under the Regional Director and whose duties are similai to those of the Regional Director ex cepting that of writing garden leaflets (d) Cooperation with State Coun cil of Defense through a State repre sentative appointed by them. (e) The Army plan of organizing school boys and girls into companies of lofl or less under the direction of a gar den teacher, a captain, first lieutenant and second lieutenant. (f) An in signia for each enlisted soldier. A double bronze " bar for the captain single bronze bar with two stars in the border for the first lieutenant and one star for the second lieuten ant, and a combination bronze and black enameled bar for privates. TURKS WILL LEAVE PERSIA. Withdrawal Necessary Because oi Disaster in Palestine. Washington. Oct. 3.?The Turkish forces of Persia have been ordered to Constantinople to leave at once, ac cording to a report reaching the Stnte Department from Teheran. This action was taken. It is said because of the disaster to Turkish troops in Palestine. It is also re ported that the British probably will 'occupy Baku. SPOILS IX BELGIUM>s! Allies Have Taken 10,500 Prisoners and 5*50 Cannon. Havre, Friday. Oct. 4.?In the op-^ eration in Flanders since September 28th, the Belgian: British and French have taken ten thousand, live hun dred prisoners, three hundred andl fifty guns, six hundred machine guns, says the Belgian official statement to night. NOTICE. United States Department of Labor Employment Service. It is the duty of all persons connect ed with the administration of the Se lective Service Law and Regulations, and of all citizens, to report to the nearest Local Board all facts con cerning registrants who are idle or who are engaged in any occupation or I employment defined as non-produc ! tive occupations or employments. Whenever any registrant is report j ed to his Local Board to be an idler, or j engaged in any occupation described I as non-productive occupation, such 1 Local Board shall notify him and set a day and hour when the registrant may appear and present such evidence bearing upon the reasons for his stat us as he may care to submit. If un der the facts submitted it shall ap pear to the satisfaction of the Local Board that without reasonable ex cuse the registrant is an idler, or is engaged in a non-productive occupa tion, as defined in these regulations, such Local Board shall enter an or der that the deferred classification, if any, and the order number of the j registrant shall be withdrawn, and the j registrant shall thereupon be liable ! to be inducted immediately into mili i tary service, subject to review by the j District Board as provided. J The employment of any able bod | ied registrant of military age in any j of the following occupations is not 1 sufficiently effective in the present emergency to justify the postpone ment of his call into military service notwithstanding he may have been placed in Class 2, 3 or 4 on the ground of dependency: Persons engaged in the serving of food and drink, or either, in public places, including hotels and social clubs. Passenger elevator operators and attendants; and door-men, footmen, carriage openers and other attend ants in clubs, hotels, stores, apart ment houses, office buildings and bath houses. Persons, including ushers and oth er attendants, engaged and occupied in and in connection with games, sports, and amusements, excepting ac tual performers in legitimate concerts, opera*, or theatrical performances. Persons employed in domestic ser vice. Sales clerks and other clerks em ployed in stores and other mercan tile establishments. Those registrants who are now en gaged in non-productive industries can, by appearing before the under signed, immediately get employment in essential work. PERRY MOSES, Chairman, Community Labor Board. "REGISTER IRISHT NOW," SAYS J WELL ' KNOWN SUMTER MAN. ?Put Me Down as One Person "Who Will Alawys Have a Good Word for Dreeo, The New Root and Herb Medicine," He Says. "After a man has suffered like 1 have for some time, and tried many different medicines without good re sults, then finds the medicine that pulls him out like Dreeo has done for me, I think it his duty to speak out and tell the people living around him about it" are the words of Mr. H. D. Brunson, a well known and highly re spected citizen who resides on route one from Sumter, S. C. "For some time past I have been troubled with a sluggish liver, my stomach was out of order and indi gestion was a daily torture to me. My appetite dropped to almost noth ing and I was bilious and my tongue was coated and felt thick. My nerves got bad so that I could "not sleep well at night. I was just feeling bad all the time and felt that I had no inter est in anything but dragged around with my work. "I read of the new root and herb medicine called Dreeo, and bought a bottle and I am here to state that it has done me more good than any medicine I ever took. It was the very thing I needed and did me good from the very first. It soothed my stom ach and stopped the gas and bloating and relieved the indigestion alto gether. My liver began to operate and the biliousness passed off. My sleep became refreshing and I'd get whole night's of sleep which was something I had not had for a long time. My appetite is fine now and I enjoy m3' meals every day. I a.m glad to be registered as a friend of Dreeo and I will always say a good word for it." Dreeo does not simply try to patch' you up and make you feel good only as long as you take it, but it works to remove the cause of the troubles so that when you get results from it they are lasting. Get a bottle today and see for yourself how much bet ter you will be feeling in a week. , Dreeo is now sold by most all g?od druggists and is particularly recom mended in Sumter by Sibert's Drug Store where the Dreeo Expert has headquarters to meet the public and explain the merits of this great rem edy. See him today.?Advt. WAR MATERIAL DESTROYED. London, Oct. 4.?In leveling the fortifications and depots at Durazzo Wednesday, the Entente squadron, according to a Rome dispatch, de stroyed much material for the Aus trian army in Albania. STRIKING VITAL POINT. Americans are Within Eighteen Miles of German Main Comrmtnlcations. Washington, Oct. 5.?Gen. Persh ing's army of Americans have reach ed a point within eighteen miles of the greatest single line of communi cation between Germany and the west front, Gen. March said today. He said that the total embarkage of troops had reached one million, eight hun dred and fifty thousand mark. Sep tember shipments exceeded a quarter of a million. t Building Material and Feed Stuffs J % ? _ Rough and Dressed Lumber, Lime, Cement, Plaster, Brick, Shingles, Mouldings, Etc. All kinds of Feed for Horses, Cows, Hogs and Poultry. "We solicit your patronage. I Booth & McLeod, Inc. Phones 10&631 I i ? ? : ? ??- ' Yiii HIGH SCHOOL INSPECTOR. J. A. Stoddard, of Laurens, to.'<6uc \ ceed J. H. Hand. Columbia, Oct. 4.?J. A. Stoddard*. of Columbia, since 1912 chief clerk in the State department of education was elected today by the State Board of Education as State High School Inspector to succeed Prof. W. H. Hand, who resigned some time ago to accept the superintendency of the city schools of Columbia. In addition. Mr. Stoddard has been selected as professor of secondary education at the University of South Carolnia by the board of trustees of that institu tion. Mr. Stoddard is a graduate ol the University and has had consider able experience, at '-ne time having taught in the Heath Springs High School. He is a native of Laurens county but has been residing in this city since 1912. , .._ r. If you will bring us your 4 per cent Liberty Bonds before Nov. ls% we will be glad to have them converted into 41-4 per cent Bonds. The First National Bank SUMTER, S. C. -=-g. . ********** -I">?!************** "M > M ***** ****** III t HI Your War Savings Pledge * *-TWC8AM mum. BANK Big Building Bill for National Y. W C. A. Washington, Oct. 5.?The War Work Council of the National Y. W. C. A. has provided a model building from which the government is putting up dormitories near the Union Sta tion for the purpose of accommodat ing the forty-five thousand girls who have already come into Washington to work, and for thousands more who have been called. Because the Y. W. C. A. had had fifty years experience in housing girls and was in possession of the consequent machinery with a corps of housing experts, the government in the early days of the war requested the Y. W. C. A. to provide a house for women and girls working in the ur rform factory at Charleston. S. C. The Y. W. C. A. responded not only with a house which is now under con struction at Charleston, but also with a summary of suggestion for housing girls, in the form of a booklet which was prepared by housing experts un- I der the direction of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., chairman of the T. W. C. A. housing committee. Buildings to house employees in government shops and offices have been rented or built by the Y. W- C. A. in six industrial centers since the war began. The Y. W. C. A. has es tablished recreation buildings in the War Service Reservations or Canton ments, arid in the Cost Plus plants throughout the United States, wher ver the government has failed to provide them. In Washington as in >ther similar places, the Y. W. C. A. provides workers to care for the buildings and furnish programs for the free time of the residents in housing buildings. ~v Our boys at?&*ffimt are making ^otrtjieir pledge. How about you ? dtrtheir pledge. Buv^pKr Sav iugs Stamps to-day. We sell them. The National Bank ol South Carolina i CG. ROWLAND, President. F E. K1NNANT, Cfcthfef. ************ If*************** h m >m 111III IM S?t IM ????iimw.?????.?I?.??????.n.?iiiiw BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS we mi IP TOD Buy Fourth Liberty Bonds. It is the privilege and duty of every true American to buy Bonds to the utmost. Come in and arrange, we will look after details. Draft Board Advisors. Washington, net. 5.?P. K. Yonge. Of\Pensacola and L. B. Skinner, Dune din,jKla.. have been named agricul tural advisors to the northern and southern^ district draft boards, of Florida, respectively. / J The National Bank of Sumter, The "Old Reliable'' Since 1889 J. P. BOOTH, President W. J. CROWSON, Jr., Cashier