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MhH St the POBtofflce at Snmtrr. ? CL, m Scoosd duett Maut? eg gsgg=s=g PERSONAL. Miss Kate Baker is spending: the week-end in Columbia with friends and relatives. Rev. L. L. Legters of Bishopville. spent the day in the city. Mrs. J. L. Davis and children left this morning for their home in Wal halla after a few days stay with her mother, Mrs. A. J. Lide. 'Mrs. E. L. Floyd returned last night from Marion, S. C, where she has been visiting for a few days. Dr. Abe Weinberg has gone to At "lanta to attend the Mid-winter Den tal Clinic now being held there. Dr. G. A, Barringer is in Atlanta attending the Mid-winter Dental Clinic being held there. He will re turn to the city on Sunday. Lieut. Colonel Wyndham M. Man ning, of the ,81st Division, who re cently returned from France, has re ceived his' discharge and is in the city for -a few days stay. Service Sunday Afternoon. Dr. Weber and soldiers from Camp Jackson to be here. The people of Sumter have a real day, March, 16th, when Dr. John Langdon Weber, will speak in the Opera House. Four or more soldiers ; from Camp Jackson are to furnish thej music for the occasion. Some of the leading numbers will be a violin solo by Private Rovelli, who is considered one of the best violinists Camp Jack son ever produced. Sergeant Rod well will accompany on piano. There will also be a clarinet solo by Private fMatteson, and many other attractive selections. In order that everyone might have the oportuhity of hearing this dis tinguished speaker, and soldier tal ent, the opera house has been gen erously offered by Mr. Abe Rytten berg. Dr. Weber is a speaker of wide reputation, Jiaving many years ex perience in Chautauqua work. Dr. Weber has spoken in Sumter, and is favorably known here, the mere men tion of his name suggests an address of unusual merit and appropriate ness. It is noped that every one will avail himself of this opportunity to hear so important a subject discuss ed by such a distinguished speaker. Not only are the men and young men invited but the mothers as well. Boys' Wheat Club. Clemson College, March 12?1 wa ltzing the importance of growing wheat to help win the war, Mr. L. L. Baker, Supervising Agent of Beys' .Club Work, organized Boys' Wheat Clubs for 1919 in four counties. Wnoat growing is not considered profitable in. South Carolina, but 80 regular members and 35 emergency members ? in Dillon. Hampt?n, Saluda, and York | Joined the clubs. The average of these sending in complete reports was 19J> bushels per acre at a cpst of $1.39 per bushel Emmitt Chandler, of Saluda Coun ty, produced 26 bushels on an acre, the value of the wheat, at $2.25 per bushel, being $58.50. The cost of pro duction was $29.49, leaving a net prof it of $29.01. This being the best rec ord made in he State, he was award ed the State prize, $25 offered by the ?. B. Kirkland Seed Co. Regular members not filing com plete final reports averaged 16 1-4 bu shels per acre at cost of $3.:50 per bu shel. We have a new and great oppor tunity for the development of capaci ties. We are interested not only in the development of material capacity, which was probably, despite the mar velous and perhaps accidental intel lectual >v-product of its work, the chief concern of the industrialism of this former age, but to-day we find in the development of the mental capaci ty of the worker our great new world. This we must do if we are to live as a nation and build a great new state. To do this effectively, or at all. we must take care of the mind of the buyer who buys the service and the mind of the worker who performs the service that is bought. The doer of the service can only work well when he knows that the product of his labor is fitted to an economic or spiritual need of a given time. There is no earth ly use in training a maker of square pianos when the need of this product ?has disappeared. No matter how bril liantly it may be done,, it is futile to train any engineer or craftsman for the solution of problems that do not exist or for tasks that need not be done, especially when all the training and development of capacity imagi inable lies ready to our hand in the ac tual problems that must be solved and the actual tasks that must be done.?From "Training Human Cap acities for the New Era," by Hollis Godfrey in the American Review of Reviews for March, 1919. Secretary Reardon of the Chamber of Commerce made a trip through the county yesterday, and when he reach ed home safely last night he was a double-dyed convert to the good roads gospel. He believed in good roads as a general proposition before he left home, but the experiences he passed through in navigation of mud holes and the engineering feats he as sisted in performing in extricating an automobile from holes, washouts and landslides converted him into a militant apostle of better highways everywhere and for everybody. If what he says is true?and no one will question his veracity?the roads of Sumter county are not roads, bul traps for Fords and other wheeled ve hicles. He asserts positively that it h either navigable highways for Sumtei county or the automobile agents will have to go out of business ant put in a line of airplanes. The Bar Association met this morn ing to arrange a roster of cases foi the common pleas term of court which convenes . Monday, Febnmr 24th. ALLIES REJECT MONROEPLAN English, French and Chinese Oppose Straus' Proposal to Amend League of Nations Constitution. NO BIG CHANGE PROBABLE IN LEAGUE. British and French Present Many Proposed Revisions, Practically All Defeated. London. March 12.?The efforts of Oscar Straus, of the American League to Enforce Peace, to have the league of nations union favor an amendment to league of nations cove nant designed to safeguard the Mon roe doctrine. The French and English delegates, who dominated the conference pleaded that the sub ject was too far reaching for quick faction while the Chinese protested tLat it is too vitally affected. Mr. Straus proposed an amendment, to article 10 providing that should two"J States threaten war on each other the nearest great power "in the first in stance" was obligated to step in with out calling for the assistance of the other great powers. Should this power fail then it would be a matter for the entire league's fighting forces r.o han dle. The British proposal that article 15 be changed to make any nation which breaks the covenant ipso facto at war with all the other members of the league, rather than merely commit ting an act of war as the covenant pro vides, was defeated on the plea of sir. Straus who maintained that it con flicted with the Constitution of the United States. Whereupon the oSher delegates said they *vere glad to drop the matter, as they were unwiling to arouse further feeling in the United States. The French and British societies presented many proposed changes but those agreed upon were relatively un important . The delegates will make use of the points brought out in the present discussion and the decisions reached in advising the various peace commissions when the covenant comes up for further consideration at the peace conference at Paris. Commission Shake Up. Members of Civil Service Com mission Asked for Resig nations. Washington, March 12.?President A'ilson's determination to reorganize he civil service commission together ,vith the fact that he had asked for :he resignation of two members, ?armon W. Craven and Charles M. Galloway became known today with :he announcement at the White House of the appointment of two lew commissioners?Martin A. Mor rison of Indiana and George R. tVales of Vermont One vacancy in the commission al ready existed. John A. Mcllhenny having resigned several weeks ago to iccept a position in Haiti, but as Mr. Galloway's resignation has not yet been received at the White House the appointment of the third member was not announced. The letters asking for the resig nations of Commissioners Galloway and Craven were despatched just be fore the president left on his return trip to France and were said to have contained no reasons for the request. Mr. Galloway would make no state ment tonight but said he might have something to sav tomorrow. Friends of tht commissioner in congress communicated with the president by wireless in an effort to have Mr. Wilson withdraw his de mand for Mr. Galloway's retirement, but it was said at the White House tliat an entirely new commission would be appointed. No explanation of the president's decision to reor ganize the commission was given. Mr. Morrison was a Democratic member of the house of representa tives from 1^09 to 1917. His home is in Frankfort. Mr. Wales. Republican, has been connected with the civil service com mission since 1891. Charles M. Galloway is a South Carolina man and until his appoint ment as secretary to Senator E. T>. Smith was on the staff of The State. After several years as Senator Smith's secretary he was nominated as one of the Democratic members of the civil service commission. High Speed to Come. i Few Difficulties to Be Overcome in Air. t New York. March 12. ?(July three difficulties now stand in the way of flying at the rate of 300 miles an hour Maj. R. W. Schroeder, army aviator and holder of the world's altitude rec ord, declared at a meeting of the Aeronautical Society of America here tonight. The problems to be solved include a change in the pitch of airplane propellers, control of in creased air pressure in carburetors and overcoming of the aviator's al-j most overwhelming sense of hunger' at high altitudes. "As soon as exact data on trade j ! winds at high altitudes is obtained, so that flyers can use them in long flights.*' added the major, "distance flying will be one of the least trou j bles a flyer has to contend with. Three hundred miles in an easterly Jdricction?that is in the direction J the earth travels?will be easy to make." Dunkirk March 11.?Three Oer j man steamers captured by allied war ! ships for violation of the armistice, j terms, have arrived here for inter I ment. VICTORY LOAN OPENS IN APRIL Secretary Glass Announces that Campaign Begins April Twenty-first. DRIVE WILL CONTINUE THREE WEEKS Victory Loan Will Have the | form of Short Term, Five year Notes. Washing-ton, March 12.?The Vic tory Liberty Loan campaign will j open Monday, April 21 and close three weeks later,. Saturday, May 10. Secretary" Glass announced the dates together with the fact that short term notes, maturing in not over five years would be issued in stead of longer term bonds. The amount of notes to be offered was not disclosed but it has been generally j understood that the loan would be for a minimum of $5,000,000,000 with treasury reserving the right to accept all oversubscriptions. Mr. Glass said the interest rate and the amounts to be exempted from taxation would not be determined un til a week or two before the cam paign as they would be based upon financial conditions at that time. Itl was estimated, however, that the notes might bear interest in excess of 4 1-4 per cent., the interest rate on the third and fourth loans. "After* studyingv financial condi tions in all parts of "the country," said V . Glass. "I have determined that Eke interest of the United- States will best be served at this time by the is suance of short term notes rather than of longer term bonds which would have to bear the limited rate 3f interest of 4 1-4 per cent. "The victory loan will therefore :ake the form of notes of the United States, maturing in not over five years from the date of issue. Those notes which will be as the liberty Loan bonds .the direct prom se to pay of the United States, will De issued both in registered and ioupon form, and the coupon notes vill be in final form and will ha>*e at ached the interest coupons covering he entire life of the notes. I am lopeful that the notes in final onr . jraved' form will be ready for dcliv >ry bv the opening of the campaign >n April 21. "I am led to adopt the plan of is- '( uing short term notes rather than ' ong term bonds largely because of he fact that I believe that a short j erm issue will maintain a price at ,bout par after the campaign is cond ucted far more readily than would a ong term issue. "I have not yet reached a decision s to the rate of interest and exemp- 1 ions from taxation which those notes j ; rill bear because this decision must"] ! >e based on existing conditions im- 1 nediately prior to the opening of the : ampaign. "I take this opportunity to repeat vhat fehave already stated that it is ; he intention of the treasury depart-4 nent to carry on the same kind ofL' ntensive campaign for distribution! ] is heretofore. It would be a most mfortunate occurrence if the people ? >f the United States failed to *akc J ;hese notes, thus placing the burden ] 3f subscriptions on the banks. The business of the country looks to the >anking system for credit where- \' tvith to carry on its operations j ind if this credit is absorbed to a large extent by the purchase of gov ernment securities there will be many [imitations placed upon the supply of credit for business purposes. Our merchants and manufacturers need ample credit for setting the wheels of j industry in motion for peace time production and distribution and the wage earning is directly interested in seeing that these wheels arc kept moving at a normal rate in order that full employment at good wages may continue and where readjustment conditions have necessitated a slow ing down of industry, it is vitally im portant that activity be resumed and labor reemployed at the earliest pos sible moment. "1 therefore ask the American pro pel once again to give their support to their government in order that this great loan may be made an over whelming success by the widest pos sible distribution." I ALL BIDS REJECTED. Further Effort to Be Made to Sell Sevier Property. Washington. March 1:2.?Another effort to obtain satisfactory bids in connection with the salvaging of Canip Sevier will be made by the war department. Senator E. I). Smith was today informed by Colonel Couper of the construction division that all former bids were rejected. Interest ed persons may obtain full infornia- I tion from the constructing quarter master at Camp Sevier. The Irish Problem Boston, March 1<??Dr. Horace Plunkctt of Dublin in an address to the State senate today said that self j government for Ireland was neces sary but that for the present it woal 1 ; j be better for Ireland to remain a member of the "commonwealth of nations known as the Britsh empire." Sir Horace said he believed a set tlement of the Irish question would be reached presently and that the la bor movement in England and other countries would have some influence upon the destinies of his country. "The Irish question." he said, "can j be solved only by Irishmen in Ire | land. We look to America for guid ance in solving- our economic prol> ,f lemg and it is in this way that fliese Americans who wislr to Help Ireland lean do so in the greatest degree. High Honor For Kershaw Soldier Sergt. R. H. Hilton, Hundred and j Eighteenth Infantry, Award Congressional Medal. _? Charleston, March 12.?Sergt. Rich mond H. Hilton of the One Hundred and Eighteenth lnfgantry. Thirtieth Division, now under hospital treat ment at Fort McPherson, near Atlan t?, will soon be presented with the congressional medal of honor, either I l>y Maj. Gen. H. G. Sharpe, com j manding the Southeastern depart i ment or by an officer of the depart I ment representing him, and it is prob [able that S. D. Hilton of Westville. j father of the gallant soldier, will go t to Atlanta to witness the memor able event. Serjeant Hilton lost an arm as a result of wounds received in the brilliant expoit which won him much glory. But for the fact that Sergeant Hilton was sent back to America the medal would have been presented to him by General Persh ing in France. Charging a machine gun nest, kill ing six Germans, and capturing ten prisoners is the notable act for which the South Carolina hero was award ed the rare medal. The citation for his brave act reads: "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy at Brancourt. France, Oc tober 11,* 1918. While Sergeant Hil ton's company was advancing through the village of Brancourt, it was held up by intense infiladirig fire from a machine gun. Discovering that this fire came from a machine gun nest among shell holes at the edge of the town, Sergeant Hilton, accompanied by a few other soldiers, but well in advance of them, press ed on toward this position, firing with his rifle until his ammunition was exhausted and then with his pistol killing six of the enemy and captur ing ten. In the course of this dar- . ing exploit, he received a wound from \ a bursting shell, which resulted in , the loss of his arm." j , Resume Public Work. There is one matter or emergency, however, which should demand the at- < tention of Congress at once and to which I believe that body will give j 1 thought and as to which it will act before the 4th of March. Our men are 1 returning from France. Our war in dustries have been broken up. This 1 means that there will be a temporary problem of unemployment during the - transiton period from full war spcei to full peace speed. I To meet this situation the Govern- I' ment cannot act too swiftly. There s ?mould be a planned cooperation be- ; tween our industries, the cities, the { States, and the Federal Government : to keep men at worT?. I do not mean t that work should be made for men, but that work that is needed should < now be done. < The fact is not generally noted, but 1 this country has almost stood still for 1 ihe past four years except in the pro- t motion of those things needed to sap- 1 ply an immediate war demand in Ku- ! rope or America. We have put into Dur railroads for their maintenance >nly enough to keep them i.i condition I lo run. Our building program has In en limited to daily housing requirements. N'o large enterprises of any kind have been entered upon excepting the con struction of something that would sell to some one at war. Therefore, ia 'he larger view of material progress, those years have been wasted, though they have made sure a greater material progress in the future. We now need to carry forward the projects and plans which for a time we laid aside, and out of what we have learned through the war of the world's needs and of our ability to meet them we can gain a new assurance as to our future.?by Hon. Franklin K. lane, in the American Review of Reviews. The Y. M. C. A. meeting will bei held in the Opera House Sunday af-1 ternoon in order to accommodate the j crowd that wiil attend. The annual j meeting in the interest of the asso-f ciation is usually both interesting and laregly attended and the meeting Sunday afternoon promises to be j more interesting than ordinary. It j is certain that the Rex Theatre would not seat the crowd and for this rea son the Opera House has been secur ed. Belton, S. C. Man ; Is Free From All Aches and Pains _ Had Gastritis, Headaches, Con- j stipation, Kidney and Liver j Troubles?Dreco Brought Re-i lief. _ "I have suffered for years with | pains in my back and limbs, which" I suppose was rheumatism; was al-1 ways constipated and had nervous j headaches. My appet ite was very j poor and T didn't care Cor food at all, so that I was growing very weak. The j nervousness also caused my sleep 1.0 j he broken, and what sleep I did get! didn't refresh nie much. 1 am 59 years old. and it isn't everything that will help an elderly person, hut there were such strong endorsements from | reliable persons ?round here for' Dreco. that I decided to give it a trial, and that was the best money 1 have spent in many a day. Rightj al. first I felt better from taking it.; and now I have taken three bottles; and I tell you it's great medicine. All the pains have left my limbs and back. a. ud constipation never bothers me; my appetite is huge, and as to sleeping. well I just lie down and drop <>ir into a refreshing sleep and never wake until morning. My gen eral health has been greatly improv ed by taking Dreco. You certainly have my permission to publish my experience with Dreco." These are the win.Is of Mr. W. P. Holland. Bel ton. S. <".. Route 2. Dreco is now sold by all good druggists throughout the country and is - highly endorsed in Sumter by Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. 1 Two Men Re-arrested i _______ Murray and Harris Wanted in Augusta Arrested on Order of Gov. Cooper. Isaac Murray and Christian Har ris, colored, who were arrested last week by the city police on a warrant from Augusta, Ga., and subsequently released by order of Associate Justice Fraser. after a hearing in habeas cor pus proceedings on the ground of in sufficiency of the warrant,. which al leged a felony, without specifications, were arrested ? Monday afternoon by Sheriff Hurst, by order of Gov. Cooper. They were committed to jail under a warrant charging that they are fugitives from justice. They are being held pending a hearing by Gov. Cooper, who will decide whether or not he will grant extradition papers. It is stated that Murray and Har ris are charged with purchasing stolen goods in Augusta. Ga., which goods they knew to be stolen when they pur- i chased them. They are negroes of j good reputation and Sumter is their home. Murray is a fireman in the service of the Atlantic Coast Line and Harris a Pullman porter. It is stat ed that they do not deny purchasing the goods in question, but deny that they had any reason to believe that the goods were not the lawful prop erty of the seller. One fact that counts in their favor is that they made no effort to leave Sumter after their j discharge last week. Favors World League [nternational Conference Propos es Union of All Nations. Berne, March 12.?The internat onal conference of the league of na tions societes in session here yester day drew up two new resolutions to be addressed to the peace conference it Paris. One favored the participa tion of all self-governing nations in the league and the other in favor of j free trade. Camp Alice Xotes. , Recent donations received for the'j. :amp are: Three knitted wool slumber robes ; 'rom the Junior Red Cross. A rolling chair from Mrs. A. C. j' Lowry. of St. Matthews. Four flower vases, and two Victrola j ?ccords from Mr. H. D. Mo^ise. Set of flowr boxes from Mrs. H. A. i Mood. Tomorrow is Civic League day atj; :he camp and a committee of ladies!' will go th<-re with a supply of garden ! >eed and flower seed.and plants, and:1 jo to work with a will to make the j grounds "blossom like the rose." j yielding its fruit and bringing cheer! :o the inmates of the home. If any persons having any plants^ }r seed that they would be kind :; enough to cotribute to this work, they I ivill be gladly called for by the com- j nittee. Phone 73. either late this! evening or before 9.30 Thursday [;< norning. ? I; Anticipate Bull Market Fairchild & Co., Predict Ad vance in Cotton Futures. 1 % - The following letter sent to custom ers by Chas. Fairchild & Co., cotton brokers, of New York, is interesting; whether it is convincing or not is an other question. But even from a spec*. ulator's point of view the only hope of an advance is based upon the dras tice reduction of the cotton acreage':' ' "At the present time contracts have declined in New York approximately^;; $75 a bale from thehigh. There have \ been a variety of reasons for this,*"^ chiefly among them being, the em bargo which prevents us from getting'".V: rid of our low grade cofton and the unsettlement produced by the/abrupt ending of the war. May cotton newc.% style contract is now selling in New^ York around 22cv.July at 21.50. - .' "We believe cotton bought arotrno! v these prices and held firmly will shOW^ profits of at least $25.00 a bale aca.^-| perhaps more during this present.sek*^ son. There is no question in . our ~& minds that the farmers are In. eaTO*^ est this time about the reductions in ' acreage and fertilizers. This "wiU be come apparent in the June 1st. report We believe, however, that this. mar-., ket will begin to discount this report before June 1st, perhaps beginning around the 15th of March, and from" that expect to see a bull market, bufc \p we must anticipate good re-actions I and margin your cotton to avoid.. the possibility of being closed out by one of these sudden drops. VOur requirements are $1,000.00" per contract, deposited with your local bank, but would, suggest that you put,. ^ up $1.500.00 to make- you perfectly '\\ safe, although we are willing to .exe- ^ cute orders on thei deposit of $ 1,000V. "Hoping to be favored with 3'our . s business, we are. -r. "Yours very truly. "Chas. Fairchiids & Co." New York, March 6. ?-:-: Reckless Driving Punished. ' ::i Sunday afternoon about 2. o'clock T. R. Browder, accompanied by L. H. Price, drove a Buick car through Main/ street at a speed estimated to ex--.' ceed fifty miles an hour. He paid no Jp attention to the efforts of Policeman Chandler to sign him down, but later . ' on in the afternoon was arrested. Today he was arraigned before Re corder Harby on the charge of .drunk and disorderly conduct and! reckless < driving. He was found guilty andrj sentenced to pay a fine of $75 or serve"*?, thirty days imprisonment. . jf? Price was tried on the charge of dis orderly conduct and sentenced to pay $25 fine or serve thirty days. ," -^-? "f:y ? Parsi, March 11.?After a general ' discussion at yesterday's meeting of the Ihternatfonal Seamen's Con gress the delegates decided in favor of an international standard of wages based on the minimum scale adopt- '[] ed recently at London of seventy-five ' dollars montWy for seamen and-fire men. Goods =DECLINE Whlie the price of Cotton has gradual ly fallen off for several months, the drop in Cotton fabrics have been even greater than the raw material. . We now have a complete stock bought at the lowest level. 36 inch Punjab Percale was 40c now 30c 36 inch Lucern Percale was 35c now 25c 27 in. Utility Gingham was 35c now 25c 32 Inch Dress Gingham was 40c now 30c 36 Inch Middie Twill was 40c now 30c 36 Inch Lonsadle Cambric was 40 now 30c A like reduction all along the line in Staple Cotton Materials It will give us pleasure to show you our best values. The O'Donnell Dry Goods Co,