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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
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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
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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.
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CG. ROWLAND,
President.
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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.
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Sumter,
The "Old Reliable'' Since 1889
J. P. BOOTH,
President
W. J. CROWSON, Jr.,
Cashier