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^ FALL OF IxUDENIK>RFF. He is Now Accused of Being Re sponsible fw : Ali" of tieriiany>s1 Woes; _ ? ?? f Amsterdam, Oct. 2&- (By tire Asso ciated ^Press>.^Noth frig except the abdication of rhe German empjeror or the retirement of^ Field Marsha!, v on Hindenburg : could have struck tsbe German public's imagination more forcefully than the resignation of the " pop.uiai^'A_idoi-:.in -^"Germany, General Ludendorff. j As.: ..The- Vorwaerts Of Berlin,^h^Gcrman; Social organ,- puts 1 it, thft'. /" resignation of Ijudehdorffj ?: means that the military element in Germany henceforth is divested of political influence. . Vorwaerts, which has no regret for \ rhe departing army leader, says: "What has happened was bound to happen^eTr^;:ifvilerjn&ny^ had;: woiEi The German Social! Democracy was! determined not to permit ? German j victory being turned into a victory} under the old system." . . The newspaper hints darkly that; "much more in the same direction yet remains to -be done." Theoder-rWo*ff:m The-Tageblatt re lated at length the history of the past few days. He declared it was Lu dendorff who was a; the back of the armistice proposal, but afterwards re canted because he objected to consti futionai -changes;-;, involving the sub cadmation of the military to. the -.Ml authorities. - Then, says Wolff/ -foilowr j ed Hiridenburg s telegram of Friday to the- press conference to the effect that .the army rejects President Wil son's demands for capitulation. This was the signal for a general onslaught by the pro-German or*gans upon the ' govei^r?nt. but:':th* sowrrirtfent stood firm And Chancellor Maximilian from ? sick; bed .gxve _ clear/- mstruotibn's that "there was "to be mr surrender to miht?ryv dictation .with the result , that tudendonff departed r^int high, dud geon^' ' I ] Herr Wolff devotes a long and characteristic article to the departed army chief, who, he says, ruled Ger many for two years-like a dictator. For ^ndendorffs. faH he blames .Lu dendprff's" dommeerih'g pereohalitj'1 and Overweeningdesire to /have a] finger in^ e very pie. . : "lathing," says Wolff, "couid be done* in.. Germany- without his sane ; Lion. ? His interference extended abso lutely to. everything.;... When::.? politi cal ?ff airs had to ho settled -Ludeh dorff/ was there/' Wolff attributes to Ludendorff di rect. Irresponsibility for the downfall of Typ. von Bethmann-Hollweg,. chan cellor, and Dr. Pachard. von' KuehI-1 rt.an|, foreign secretary. k ?;-. ?Vy:*?eri?*M8S Attacked in Constantinople; < and SmyrpaL* . . Athens, Oct. <2.? (Havas).?Biotin? has ^roken cut at Constantinople anQ; Smyrna, according t? a dispatch f rom j addsl "Germans were attacked. - riiirfi-g---. r;-'-i ? V->?SJH Joffre and Foch. r&^n h&Q^^ wteck e4. ^ vious^ It was essential for him to re-' tirc:and reorganize his "forces that h? /.;' misS^xjesuzx^ even ii . onl^ipf^limited character, and -thus ? avoid too great-appearance and real ity of defeat .tOr?rth^L^lrta^tttc^>of'the si campaign. .rBut\tp do this he needed time/ The younger Moitke had': the same problem after his strategic com binations were wrecked at the First B?ta-F: "of-, the-: Marne. ? We saw- then that hia-::fi.rst effort was to restore contact and coordination between his several armies.' Toward the end ol September he attempted a new ad ?c vanc-fi about. Rhernxis: in the Str- Mi hiel sector; and elsewhere. Unhappi ly fCT>him at-^iosr^thfe moment Joffre made,* his great turning movement in ? SaaatSrre", east of Amiens, and Mokkc had to drop' everything and turn tc the task of warding off a blow which um?e4?ste'd would^have beeh-fafa?. Jor^^nthus preserved the initiative woh-r^t. the First Marne: He contin ued- to. preserve it by- ? steady exten sion of his turning movement nntlij the^G*ex*mans."wer-e suddenly confront^ ed with a- solid fronts from Bethune to Switzerland and :saw only the nar row gapf in: which" Ypresr- stood, left as-a ^possible avenue of their invas/ ion. Then came the ; frantic effort to force this gap/ which ended in failure and had . to be abandonee when, the, campaigning season wa> over, r "But in ail of Joffre's cajcula-; Uet&he-'h^^^^eci.on on ? inf-erioi numbers and on numbers which could ho^'b/e largely-increased for many months, since the British " .volunteer armies. were-just rbegi-nfnmg' - to' be or ?&niz?d. Foch, oh the c?ntiary with/l,5(H),000 Arnerican troops in France and - more than 250,000 : morf arriving each month, was assured of an sQuality of numbers at the out set*an . ever-increasing -ad van tag? from mohth.'to month, and in the end an overwhelming superiority. Foeh's ^strategy and Joff re's grew out o? similar situations and natur ally revealed the same characteris tics;; Foch was bound, to bend everj energy to- the task of preventing Lu dendorff: from recovering . from th Marne defeat before some new strain some further" defeat.-should again dis organize his ;pjan*^and: his armies. Ir other-words, he find1 to keep his ene my bailing the boat, not rowing it He'wise helped- by." the fact that th<? Germans, following their own plans, had gptten^nto hopelessly vicious po sitions in the^seyeral.,salients they hac* excavated on the western front w'hile they were still on the offensive ?salients which were"vulnerable ir the extreme and would have to be evaluated if: disaster were* to be avoided. ' To give Ludendorff time to evacu ate^these salients in comparative good order was exactly the thing Foch wav bound not to permit He had, so to ' speak,, caught his opponent lying or *. th? ground and he was bound to hurl bim just as' much as he could before tii?f ,i$ppon?mt could get on his feet. On these terms the battles of Au.gusf a*? 'SMb^ *For ward^AH Along the Ldne^" by Frank H. Si*aoiwis> ip :the ?American Re\-iew J of Rnyittwt for October. f| guarbians of the air. Ajn^rican Hydros Aeroplanes Keep Vig?ent"'..W??ch Over AmerieaP Port;in France. American Naval -.Base,- France, Septr 30 (Correspondence of The As sociated Press).?Hydroairplanes con stantly watch and guard this great American port and ? the American I shipping- approaching or entering it to prevent attack by submarines. One of the. planes lay on"l?ie waterjready to. start seaward as?" The Associated Press correspondent visited the har bor today. It looked veryVJight and filmy for this desperate work and its gray body gave it the appearance of a giant moth; settled on- -the water. - j Overhead, 1,000 feet up, swung a huge, lung-shaped balloon from the basket of which a naval officer and a sailOT-peered throngfc ma?e giass-; eS. "They are on the look-out for sub marines/' ;? said the escort. "Their chief purpose is to report the where abouts, of a submarine; and" the de stroyers then" do the rest in forcing it ander water. Kven if .submarines are off this port~ they are practically helpless, if we can keep them under water. It is^nly when they come to the surface that they can launch their, torpedoes with full effect. Tor pedoes fired when the craft: is under water may lack direction to/make them dangerous. So that, after all, the problem for the destroyers .is to keep the submarines under water, as well as to destroy them." On shore -scores of hydro-airplanes! were ranged in two-vast hangars and there were sheds for the balloons A big whaleback ifrom the Great Lakes.was off to .port and to starboard was'."a massive freighter. "That isya-strange ship," said the escort. Ton will note she has no up per deck or . cabins. - The whole deck r-0^"back,^^e4,the roof of an open air theater,1* and the deck .becomes an :enormc^ ;openi; hatch. I It .is like -a huge open bowl, with no obstruction in lifting out the freight. The freight in this case was as cu rious as the rolling: ^deck, f or it con sisted of 33 enormous Mogul loco jnotiyes, all-.-set up .and. ready . tc move,- and -with: their tenders coupled. With, the deck: rolled back, locomo tives: and tenders *were picked: upi by giant cranes and swung around to the near-by. quay. . Very soon .these same locomotives just out of; the bowels :of a ship, had steam up and were puf fing off toward the front. Naval Base in France. ?:. - - v. : American Naval Bae?, France, Sept. 30 (Correspondence of The Associated Press>^The; latest .'convoy ot Amer ican "transports arrived at noon today, and it was an inspiring scene to see ch'is stately' procession under -the "bright mfdtiay"" sun. with: a stiff breeze whipping the flags, the decks crowded with American soldiers, and the piers and castle walls black with cheering people;-- as the fleet ? moved ; majestically pastl the _outea: capes tc the sheltered inside harbor. Often lie entrance's' "ander* cover of dark ness," to cheat rhe submarines which have appeared of late off the harbor mouth. But the entrance today wa? ?in broad daylight so that, the whole . city had a chance to .turn out and see the. sight . It was" just 11.40 when the first de stroyer was seen on the. silvery water -out between the capes. At that dis tance, three miles, it looked only, a speck as it turned the capes, leaving a thread of smoke behind. "This was the scout ship, far ahead, piloting the way and on the lookout for. any dan ger along, the. path. It came, straight into the harbor, its work done, while the main fleet, keeping compactly to gether, began.* to file between the capes. Ahead was a large-destroyed rwith four stacks, and behind it. on either flank two. other tour-stackers This was the forward protecting: barr rage of destroyers ; in. a: great arc. . - Now a huge prow "pushed out be yond the while cliff of the cape, and grew gradually?towering-decks,: fun nels, belching smoke, rand then the mammoth hull to a 20,??0.-ton -trans port, formerly German^ trans-At iantic liner. Soon another appeared ?another former. German iiner?and then still another. German liner. "Off to.^thr >ight. of the bigTcships was a line of destroyers?the starboard i barrage?and to'the. left another line, the port barrage, &ad: astern was an other ones of the destroyers formim the rear barrage. Thus enveloped, . th( big ships,passed into the anchorage, the destroyers drew off to.their buoys, and soon . lighters were; alongside I bearing ashore this new consignment of. many thousand American troops. It is a scene oft repeated now day after day and night after night but often as it is, it is always a stir ring sight, and one which makes the blood tingle as- -these thousands oi fighting men pour out of the west. The American Naval Base present ed a wonderful panorama this bright day, spread out across the water and along the shore. Besides the . fleet which has just arrived there was the throb of. huge naval activity ashore and afloat, over twenty miies of . shore line enveloping this deep blue basin. In front Jay a score of the big trans ports which had come during the: last week, most of them like those just.in German liners. "The irony of . fate." remarked the observer as he pointed out the many German ships freighed with Ameri can troops. A hospital ship now passed to' th< left. On the decks lay long lines o' stretchers, each bearing a woundec" soldier, bathing-in the sun light and salt air. "They are going home,' said the navy doctor. "They art cases in which the wounds incapaci tate them from returning to military service?legs off, arms off. or othe: permanent disability. But they are well enough along to recovery tc permit traveling, and so they are go ing home for their wooden legs and arms, and after that, well?" At 6 o'clock tonight?five hours af ter the fleet of transports had reach ed the anchorage, the huge debark-j ment had been accomplished, and th' j last man was ashore and *5n camp. If you weuld not be ridde life, then do no; be IWONDERFUL ESTABLISn^XT. American Naval Base on French Coast is Center oi" Naval Operations for 300/MUes. American Nav?l Base, France, Sept; 30 (^Correspondence of The As sociated Press;?Here on this rugged Breton coast there is an American naval e^blishment which is a sort of composite of the busy activity of the navy department ac Washington and j of -one. o.f the big navy yards on the! rAmericai#s'eaboard. . .: i Vice" Admiral Wilson commanding j the American naval forces in French i waters, 'Ibas his headquarters here, !-with, an Executive staff quartered in j one of "trie- largest buildings of the i city, fronting the Place President {Wilson. American bluejackets are-on guard at all the entrances, and steady >flcs- r?f ^herican:?-naval officers and ?j?rdl?fs" crowd the corridors on their various duties. The streets are filled with Ameri can sailors on "liberty parties," often 5,000 andr?,000 in a single party. And on "the water front there is the hustle and activity of a huge navy yard, with scores of American- naval craft and transports lying..in the harbor, and the.shorerahVe with "a vast naval in stallation. Besides the rush of the port itself, this is the naval administration center for 300 mi!es?of ;the. Frenchcoast, di vided into three "districts, with a num ber of the chief ports into which the masses of American men and mater ial-are pouring., / i '?? Aside.from,thV American transport fleet which comes, and goes, there- is -a, standing personnel of officers and men in, these districts, with some :80 'ships?destroyers, repair ships, con verted yachts, mine sweepers.and ?a I val tugs.." ^The?ore establishment is I on the same extensive scale; with ae rodromes, for balloons and . airplanes, great ' stacks Of -coal ands mammoth tanks of. fuel oil. . Naval headquarters is in constant wireless" touch with the whole range of this naval activity, along the 30$ miles , of front and far out to sea where) the convoys are steadily mov ing in and out. All the orders are. is sued here for this - . intricate moye -ment, the-meetings at sea at appoint ed places?and the zig-zag routes whieK_ will cheat the; hostile craft lying off the coast. ; From outside headquarters one. sees the wireless ianterihae stretching-off to' a near-by church steeple, thus giving a great sweep of wire - for ? gathering the sound waves. There is also direct telegraph and telephone, so that i: need be conversations may go on be tween the naval chiefs and American officers at Paris or London. It is a huge work this big estab lishment is carrying on. On the strictly naval dide are the defensive and' offensive operations?defense of American and other allied shipping in the vast movement of men and ma terial across the Atlantic, and offen sive in the war of extermination be ing-made against., enemy, submarines. : I Outside of the naval operations, there is the steady march of a vast naval construction at ail the ports along, this 300 mfles of sea front, re pair plants, fuel stations; oil tanks water works, and'all the requirements of a great naval establishment which is constantly expanding. AIR FAIDS CEASE IN LONDON. ....... -; , Germans Kept Busy Across the Chan nel. . ..: _ London, Sept. 30 (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?For four months London has enjoyed immun ity from hostile-air raids" and moon fight nights" are no longer dreaded by its inhabitants^ For many weeks Ger man "airmen have had far more urg ent business to attend to on the oth er side of the channel. Much of this is "due to the persistent'raiding ol Rhine towns and the bombing of German aerodromes. These attacks compel the enemy to muster for their defense' machines which they can very ill spare from~ thev" battlefields where allied supremacy in the air becomes increasingly manifest. The. frequent raids on , German towns have been fully'1 recorded but the growing frequency of attacks ori German aerodromes have received mach, less attention. From informa tion .obtained from the War Ministry it is learned that in the month o: August alone there were thirty-three attacks on German aerodromes, nine teen of which were directed against two of them which had become par ticularly obnoxious as hives of aerial wasps. In one daylight raid on an aero drome a fierce combat lasted ovei forty minutes as a result of which four German machines were destroy j ed and three others driven dowr "out of control." Two British ma chines were lost. j Many of the night raids have beer- i very effective. Over one aerodrome five tons of bombs were dropped seven direct hits on hangars wert made and a fire was started. On an other raid eight tons of bombs were j dropped and several hangars com- j pletely burnt, out, and the aerodrom? covered with large holes which ef fectually spoiled it for landing pur poses. The effect of these attacks is tc | cripple the efficacy of the Germans' aggressive work and their power o' i retaliation and demoralize their per | sonnel. Their recuperative power*: j are now at a low ebb. Japanese Troops in Siberia. Tokio. Sept. 25 (Correspondence)? Jnpan has sent two divisions oi troops and part of a third division to fight the Bolshevik! in Siberia Colonel Wada, senior adjutant in the war office made those fac known officially, to correct any i:?iyressiorl that the Japanece army is mobilizing on a large scale for operations in Si beria. He added: "In order to en able those divisions to work to the utmost efficiency in so wide a country it was necessary to provide for tliem :<dditiorta^g|??ery. aviation corps ?aim^fi i^ss co i*i)s, railway ?rttalions and some Btn the rear." Three Flight Lieutenants^ Leav e Va hmriennes Prison- hy^ Sealing Wall and Swimming* Canal. The Hague,- Oct. 2S.-^-Three Amer ican prisoners of war have succeeded in escaping from Germany into Hol land. They are Flight Lieuts. T. E. ?Tillinghast of Westerly, R. I., John O. Donaldson of Washington, D. C, and Robert Anderson of Honolulu. Lieutenant Tillingbast was forced to make a' lan-.Ting within the Ger m?rt lines near Cambrai September 22 while Lieutenant Donaldson had to take*the same course near Douai Sep tember 3. Lieut. Anderson came down near ?rras September 27: ^ In escaping from the'Valenciennes prison they forced their way through the-prison roof, scaled a Wall and swam across a canal. German sentries challenged them several times, but .the'Americans kept on traveling by night. They passed through Brus sels and for nine days lay in hiding close to Budel on the Brabant fron tier, seeking art opportunity to cross the German electric wirie barrier. COUNTY HEALTH SURVEY. Substantial Contributions to Fund Be ginning to Come In. Recent substantial cash - subscrip tions.' to -the . County Health Survey fund-are as follows: Anchor Auto Truck Co.$25.00 Boston Candy Kitchen. 10.00 Dixie;.Grocery .. .._ .. .. 5.00 Sumter Loan Co. 5.00 L.; S.4 Vinson,- Rembert ..... 5.00 Reports from the country ^districts received by . Mrs. . Nina Solomons, chairman of the Woman's Division of the County councii:.. of Defense show that the. - interest in the rural districts is. gratifying,, and; that? as soon as the present epidemic of in fluenza abates, many, of the ladies of the - twenty-three school; districts finance committees are; going to get busy - collecting ,the necessary-money for the health survey and continu ous twelve months health campaign of education.-. Several ladies have al ready.-, guaranteed from $-75- to - $ 15 0 for their - districts. The following , voluntarily written -letter and unsolicited substantial sub scription of $25 is published just to show how - much importance success ful business men doing :business * in Sumter attach- to the. proposed coun ty health survey. Sumter Chamber of Commerce, Sum ter, S.. C Gentlemen: We have read with much interest and pleasure of the ef forts -being put forth to raise two thousand and five- hundred dollars for the purpose of accepting the gen erous-offer of'-tive thousand dollars additional from the International Health Board and our own State Bbard of Health, for a complete ru ral-health survey throughout Sumter County, together with a continuous twelveymonths health campaign of education* with numerous health "in stitutes'and illustrated health- lectures, and; other educational features ot great value. Believing as we do, that the busi ness; interests of Sumter, the county seat of Sumter county, are vitally in terested . in the contentment, happi ness and prosperity of the rural dis tricts;*'these three very desirable con siderations which can, according to the opinions of the best scientific, educational and business Interests' of this country, be most advantageously and quickly brought about by educa tion of the masses along the lines of preventive medicine, health and sani tation: a'd in our humble opinion, we take great pleasure in enclosing our'check for J25 to be applied for this fund. We congratulate you on having se cured the exceptional contribution of five thousand dollars from such not ed and educational official sources which within themselves are sufficient guarantees of the importance of the proposed health survej-. With best wishes for the success of the move ment. ' Cordially yours, ? Anchor Auto & Truck Co., By S. K. Rowland, Manager. Sumter, Oct. 21, 1918. AUSTRIAN FLEET MOBILIZED. Whole Naval Force Concentrated at Fiume. Paris, Oct. 30.?The Austrian fleet has been hastily concentrated at Fiume, according to a dispatch from Rome, dated October 27. A few ves sels remain at Pola, but all that were at Cattaro have left. It is said this iiaval concentration was demanded by Hungary. ? Democracy in the British Army. London, Sept. 25 (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?One re sult of the war has been to democ ratize the British army, and it is re garded as practically certain that af ter peace has been declared England will have a large standing army in which a large number of men of birth and education will be serving in the ranks. Before the South African war the private was "a man of no social count." He was forbidden entry to what corresponded to the American "orchestra" of a theatre, and was told that his proper place.was the gal lery. The real democratization of the army began when Lord Kitchener summoned the whole people of Eng land to service in the King's forces. With the calling of every class, dif ferences of social caste became ob literated. Officers of the old regime contend that there can be no effectual mili tary discipline if officers and men fraternize socially. The other night a general saw one of his officers din ing at a famous London restaurant with a private soldier. He took the officer aside and expostulated with him on his infraction of the army code. The officer's answer was, "The soldier is my brother." England today has many of her proudest sons in the ranks, among them the Earl of Crawford, who is serving as a hospital orderly. Some >f' these again and again have refus ed commissions. rate war woitKTDfRivr,. ? * Local Org*ahi7ation of United War Work C&mpaigii---Sumter'S Quota $41,250.00. hTe whole State has been organiz ed for the United' War Work Cam 'paigh'that is to be Conducted in the' I interests of the-Xb?ngr Men's Chris ! tian Association, Young Women's ! Christian Assochi'tion, Knights of Co | lu mbus, Jewish" Welfare Board, War I Camp Community Service, American Library Association;-and the Salva tion Army. -The State has been" di vided into eleven districts." Our'local district comprises the counties of Clarendon, Lee and S?mter. Of this district S. H. Edmunds---is-chairman and J>.F. Baker, dir^ptor.- Cbaritoii DuRt^| is chairman- of " Clarendon "counrjrf Thos- G. rMcLeod, of Lee county; andy Wr. B.: Upshur, of SUmter eounty. HO'raee Har-by- is ' ?ss?sfant chairma'n o'f-; Sumter county; The fol lowing chairmen have been' appoint ed and have accepted the responsibil tiy: J. A'- Ryttehbe'rg, city work; R. O. Purdy^ rural work; A.1 C. Phelps colored work,- with" K. I. Reardon as sistant; Hubert G. Osteen; public ity; I. C. Strauss, advert^ing;. R. Raffield; industrial work; P. G. Bow man, speakers. The following financial soliciting committee has- been appointed: L D. Jennings, Neill OTDonneH; and H". J H?rby; Of the Toting Women's Christian Association, Mrs. Ansley T>f;Harby is 'district chairman; Mrs^ Joseph Sproft; chairman of Clarendon county; Mrs; J. A. Hearon, chairman of Lee cotm-r ty and Mrs. P. G. Bowman, chair man of Sumter county. J. K. Breedin" is chainnan of' th> American Library Association. :~Tii :. other .appointments have not yet been made known. The "headquarters will be. \at the rooms ofv-i-he Chamber of Commerce. It wili ^be SumteVs- duty- to raise the? sum of $41,250. SumteVhas nev er failed to measure' up to: her- re sponsibility ; she w3i hot f?il how; Prizes for Boys'f- CSuh^WorlcF ;. Clemson College,- Oct%3#.-f-^r^L. L. Baker, Supervising Aren't" of -Boys' Club Work, has armounced - -the" se es of State -prize's-for lSl-8: In the odrn club work-there are1 threerfirsti a $50 gold'watch; seeohdy $15" ih^War Saving Stamps; third,h a pair of gold cuff buttons. The State prizes f oi''~ Pig-' Club"work are: first, $10 iii : goldr "aiso~$Sf>- in War Saving St?rnps,'-; provided the prize is won with ? Duroc-Jersey; also, a gold medal under ' the same proviso; second; $15 in War Saving Stamps; third, a" $ 15"* scholarship' to 1 a short course at Cferj-rsbn? Five dolr Iafs each is also offered* to'five boys making next to highest, record-'with Duroc-Jerseys. The prizes1 to be won by Du roc-Jerseys are 1;offefed by the Duroc-Jersey Association;. An especially valuable prize, a i $300 bull, is offered in the; Calf Gl?h : Work-hy the American Shorthorn Breeders/ Association; and' a $25 cheek-is offered for the - highest rec : ord in1 the Wheat iClub^Work; Besides^ these special prizes there is a Grand Sweepstakes"r prize consist ing of a one-year scholarship (value $310) at the Bailey Mflitary Insti tute, for the boy making the-highest num ber of points in two or more pro i?cts. Why Plant Wheat This Fall? Clemson College, - Oct." 30.?The United Sttaes, and our - allies are greatly in need of more^bread foods,: and the demands for wheat will prob ably be even greater next .'year than they are this. The only way-we can meet these increased demands is by an increased acreage of wheat and greater care in planting; and caring for the crop, says: Prof. C.? P.- Bl?ck well, of the agronomy- division. South Carolina is not normally a great wheat producing Sttae,*but there is no .considerable part of the1 State where: wheat can not ' be grown if properly planted and fertilized. Wheat requires less " labor to pro duce it than:cottbh4'*-jirIabor*''isv; very scarce. . :. Wheat requires less" fertilizer than* cotton. Fertilizers also are also scarce. A good crop of cowpeas- can be raised after the wheat is~ harvested; thus giving two croprs in orie^year. ? In case of a shbrt'crbp next year the feeding of: our' soldiers and those of our allies would, of course,* come first. This might result in the farmers of South- Carolina- having no wheat except what they raise themselves. Every farmer should raise enough for his own needs, at least. Write the Extension - Service', Clemson College, S." C, for Exten sion Circular H, "More Grain to Win the Wan" Boli Weevil Xews. Clemson College, Oct. 30.?The cot ton boll weevil continues his migra tion in this Sttae. Recent investiga tions show Uiat the weevil has added more South Carolina territory to the infested area. The weevil line now runs as fol lows: Ellenton to Ehrhardt, to Di mers, to Walterboro, to the mouth of the Edisto River. This means that the weevil is now found ir ; Beaufort, Hampton, Colleton, Jas per, Bamberg, and Barnwell coun ties?"and still a-groin." Jasper and Hampton counties have gotten an idea of the weevil damage this U. County Agent Z. D. Robertson ?/i Hampton county, reports in a letter of October 11. that the weevil damage in his county is serious in the extreme, and that ail forms and squares have been punctured; that adult weevils can be found by the handful. County Agent W. H. Rumff of Jasper county writes as follows: "I am finding fields with 100 per cent infestation now in different parts of the county. The adult weevils can I bo found by the hundreds. It Is possible to find every stage of the weevil in the fields. The infestation looks like a second year infestation, it is so heavy." Some people seem to be? imbued with the idea that antiquity can priv ilege any sort of error. RFXXJXSTlWOTOlV PLANS. Governjoociit Leaders Planniirtg{^Ic4^ trial' R?i?nstnictioi? Washto^pn/'0.ct.- ,30.?-in the great task of internal reconstruction after the war, the , War . Industries Board seems certain tq continue. in existence and' play a large part in the trans formation of war I ni:ianufacturing' back to peace" time production/This is one feature of the government's program for easing *th^-nation's^busr iness from, the pitch .of.?? war to .the pi-rsuit of peace, without, convulsing it in the proecss. in-a^'sei"^^the'*pro gram is tentative,; bec^use^ite-to lation has jusT begun.. Nevertheless, the planning for peace ;is rg^n'g^ .^31 government, agencies, in'.Waahingtpn these: S^^aterial: "for "as 1 system. atic XaSSSm^^. the prosecution^f war. - '?? Iho:'t^iaF--recbnsW demota ably the most, ^.important phase of these plans. _Hqw. to ?top t^. ja?.nu facture ,.qf shells,; oflfens,\ of. army and navy supplies, ,-mhout stopping the. industrial wheels, which, made them, and to.' furnish, hew..wock^or these'wheels/is a prob fem Jw&Ich agencies of the War Industries. Board will be\called on to solve. Thls/means that' the\;.hunfeds: of industrial'and commercial leaders, who have, -been called to Washington will ', have to ^continue their services for; .essential reace work, or substitutes for them be found. :V.'..Manufacturuig"" plants wliich now; look to the War Industries Board for assistance in; bbtainlne^^^^^rjy^ which in turn ec^&^v with..the t ?ful suggestions board, even tually will call. o^^^^^-govemmMt agency" to gbide 'tfoSMfe.-;: . ^. the pro cess of facing, a^QUt^^-;^rd peace production. The wl^IndUstrles Boar, is the only ?'_ agency ^uippe_d with the machinery ahd'Supplfed" with: the information to give this guidance: For that , reason,:" the] ' ofl5ci^_._in closest touch 'with currents of ideas within the governmenlinsist that t&e .War industries BOai/d. will ^cqhtoue in existence" indefinitely after the [war!; reg^clless of y? a^n the ;war eitds. j Officials' intimate; that' means Witt., be "found" of" continuing the current - plans" for eliminate of liv ing labor greater' voice * in" the man agement of industrial plans," and of .extending both lajbor f and, trade; fed-.: erations to promote . cx)Uective bar gaining. They suggest'that* the gov ernment, W^xi0k^eX!W^; Finance?': ' Corporation,*' majf aid In the conver [sion of ihdustries front war tO peace footing, reversing the ?o^tiiig*; pri ority oVjw?t' ^en#^^se?.': Railroad tran^ortation^ and1 qcej?n" shipping; "must tie" co-or dinated:' ana supervised for a few years aTter pe?ce".c?mes; as they have been during" the war, in the opinion of governnfent'lea^ei^ Employment agehciesj universities'';', and; schools, churches and " other social organiza tions must' 'coo^V?te^'t?-'^ cnitate? the placing 6t-^kpi^^?6^e^-5? the -oc cupations . where they" are'^hest fitted - and "most heeujedl"* . To do all t^jM lC^?^I^^? many official" Circles in that moist government agencie^wtuch have sprung up d?rih'g thei war' must continue to" function'for "an.; indefinite time afterWardV' ^Tnesfe"'' ?inctude7' the War Industries. Board, Shipping Board, War Trade Board,Foodand Fuel Administrations, War Labor Board and the War; LahpV. Policies. R??rd, numerous divisions of; the Councii of National -Defense, War Fi nance Corporation; ; and many1 other connected agencies The Railroad Administration has; 21 months' to: livfe after peace is signed, unless future iegisl?ti?n should change existing plans for restoration of railroads to private control." The Red Cross, Young Men's Christi?h Association, War. Camp Association," War';. Camp .Community Service,' and simitar insti- ' tutions will have big work'toperform in conjunction witiithe' government long after the. war is,over]. In realization " that' the quesion of . how to accomplish ail these compll- - cated matters^ T^:-j?^as?hlg a qiies ticnV.as that of how "to make war lias been, nearly ail government agencies now are bestirring t^mselves guletly to taking stockl In congress the spir it is reflected in at least three pend ing resolutions looking to creation of { boards or commissions' to study re construction. The Republicans advo cate a survey by a committee of members of congress. Senator Over man's resolution provides for ap pointment of a disinterested body of students of various problems. Sena tor Owen has a similar suggestion. Most administration leaders are in clined to endorse Senator1 Overman's proposal.1 President Wilson has discussed the questions of internal, as well as inter national reconstruction, with a few advisors, and it is understood that it was at his suggestion that the Coun cil of National Defense went to;'work months ago gathering information ' frofn all departments' and bureaus concerning their capabilities as peace time bodies. An extensive biblbgraphy; several chests full of reports, and a number of charts, have been gathered together for the use of any agency which may undertake to formulate the government's reconstruction pro gram. No' e/TOrt has been made by the council's officers to suggest poli cies. This research work has been done largely by Walter S. Gifford and Grosvenor Cl?rkson, director arid secretary respectively of the Council. Mr. Gifford has just returned from Europe with information on tentative reconstruction plans of the allies. All this is only the barest outline of what government leaders are thinking these days without regard to when the war will end. First Lieutenant C. E. DesChamps, Field Artillery, now stationed at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kyi, has been pro moted to a captaincy. Captain Walter Bristow, R. M. C, ; has been promoted to Major. Dr. y Bristow has been in France for sev>^ eral months but was in the service on the border and at Camp Careen, Charlotte, N. C.t for more than a year before going overseas. /