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Value of School Day Department of Education Dis tributes Statistics Showing in Dollars and Cents The Value of Education rj-r Washington, May 7.?The value of * staying at school is stated in dollars and .cents in figures compiled by the Bureau of Education and now being distributed to boys and girls througn out the country by the Children's Bu reau. From a study of a large number of actual cases it has been found that at 25 years of age the boy who remain ed in school until he was IS had re ceived $2.000 more salary than the boy who left school at 1*, and that * the better educated youth was then ?receiving more than $900 a year more in pay. "This is equivalent to an invest ment of $18.000, at 5 per cent," the statement said. "Can a boy increase his capital as fast in any other way? "From this time on the salary of the better educated boy will rise still more rapidly, while the earnings of the boy who left school at 14 will in .>N crease but little." While wages have increased with the war, the proportions shown in a table of weekly earning still hold true, the statement said. The boy who left school at 14 at the time the investiga tion was made received an average of $4 a week his wages increasing each year to $7 a week at 18. The boy who remained in school until he was 18 began work at $10 a week. At 20 the salaries were $9.50 a week for the boy who left the school early and 515 for his better trained competitor. At 25 they were earning $12.75 and $:U respectively, and total wages up to that time had been $5,.112.50 and ?7. 337.50, so that the boy who remained in school had" earned nearly 50 per cent more in eight years than the oth er lad in 12 years. '?Children should stay in school as long as possible because education means better jobs," the Children's Bureau urges. "Boys and girls who go to work at the end of garmmar school rarely get good jobs. The work they find to do is usually unskilled; it of fers little training or chance for ad vancement. When they are older they find they are still untrained for the skilled work which offers a future. Education means higher wages. "Many boys and girls when they leave school find work that offers a high wage for a beginner. But their i wages seldom grow because the work requires no training. "A position with a future and stead ily increasing wages requires school training. "Does it pay to continue your studies? Education means a success ful and useful life; it pays the indi vidual. Education means efficient workers; it pays the nation. Show i this to your parents and ask them what they think about it. Stay in school." World Religious Congress Movement to Hold Conference Of AH Churches of The World Cleveland, May 6.?The churches of the world look to American churchmen for leadership in bringing about a world conference of churches, the Rev. Charles S. Macfarland of New York said today in a report ? read at a special meeting here of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America, of which he is the general secretary. "Recent correspondence with Chris tian leaders in the various nations seems to indicate." Dr. Macfarland de clared, "that the time is approaching for a world conference of the church es, and there is a general disposition to look towards the Federal Council of the American churches for leader ship in bringing about such a confer ence. Indeed some of the foreign church bodies have definitely commit ted this task to us." Asserting that "one of the most im portant devlopments in the past few years has been the deepening relation ship with the church bodies of other nations," Dr. Macfarland added: "Indeed we find testimony of the fact that the existence of the Federal Council has led to the organization of similar federations in other nation* and. in cases where federal council.1 prviously existed, to the stimulatior of their activities. These relation ships have deepened, especially in Europe and more particularly in France and Belgium." Dr. Macfarland's report was devot ed to "The Measure and Marnier of the Federal Council's Service During the Past Biennium" Be declared that "the exigencies and opportunities of the war and of the social order have naturally awakened the church es, stimulated their thought and aroused their missionary enthusiasm, so that in the necessary revision of their programs and th<> reconstruction of their administrative forces they have had one of those rebirths which bring renewed vitality and deepened self-consciousness." Dr. Macfarland said that through its Commission on Relations with Orient, the Federal Council "faces great international problems from Which the responsibilities of the chur'-ues cannot be separated or iso lated. Alluding to finances. Dr. Macfar land said the total receipts and expen ditures during the past year were about $320,000. with an additional $150,000 raised for the relief of churches in France and Belgium. Eight years ago the council's budget was about $20.000 annually. "What do you think of a man who will continually deceive his wife?" "1 think he's a wonder:"--CasselI's Saturday Journal. Cheer up Oeraldine. they ;'-e al ready beginning to display bathing suits and you can too in a short time. The new styles are very pretty but you mustn't get them wet. Canadian Wheat Secured - . I Director Barnes Obtains Three I Million Bushels. Flour to Sell at $11.50 Bbl. i - I Now York, May S.?Julius Barnes, j United States wheat director, an nounced tonight on his return from! -Chicago that he had completed ne gotiations to bring four million bush els of Canadian wheat into the Unit 1 ed States for distribution to the j mills. } These negotiations have been inj j progress for several days with the I Canadian authorities, it was said. Director Barnes announced further that this quantity of imported wheat will be sufficient for those mills which have not provided their stocks up to the new crop. He has reached this opinion, he state 1, after a sur vey of the entire mill situation in this country in which he found that many mills are stocked with more than they can possibly grind before the new crop is harvested. ! Reports reaching the grain corpo j ration today indicated that the ncr> i vousness and excitement heretofore ! ruling in the floor market in the United States are being gradually al layed and that flour prices have shown j a distinct decline in the past week, j Mr. Barnes reiterated tonight that! the grain corporation ?vill sell from j its current stocks anu its current movements through the ports, partic ularly Boston, New York, Philadel phia and Baltimore, its standard grades of flour at $11.50 a barrel in carload lots to bona fide users, and that the grain corporation offices at all these ports have been instructed to continue to sell on this basis un til the domestic situation is entirely relieved. A fair reflection of the govern ment's fair price re-saie basis for wheat is shown by the grain corpo ration's offers to resell and by the prices fixed for such resale, Mr. Barnes said. Moreover, he said, there is no rea son why all' the domestic grades of j flour should not bear a reasonable rc I lation to that basis. ! Greatest Wheat Crop [Nearly Nine Hundred Million Bushels Washingon. May S?The greatest crop of winter wheat ever produced lin any country is in prospect for this [year's harvest. Today's forecast of J production, estimated by the depart [ment of agriculture, placed its size at almost 900.000,000 bushels, in exact figures 899,915,000, which would make this year's harvest worth $2, ?104.000,000 at the government price guarantee of $2.25 a bushel. Kansas is producing an enormous crop, the forecast of production for that being almost 22 per cent, of the country's total indicated output. Il linois has a forecast of nearly GC, 000,000 bushels; Indiana, about 50, 000,000; Ohio, 55,000,000, and Okla homa, slightly more than 54,000,000. The acreage is the largest on rec I ord and the area abandoned from winter, killing, overflows and other causes is extremely low, 1.1 per cent. ! Growing conditions have been splen did and the crop from April 1 to Ma\ 1 made an improvement, bringing it to 100.5 per cent, of a normal which is the highest condition on record for May 1. Continued good growing con dition for now to harvest might re sult in a crop larger than 900.000, 000 bushels. Mr. Baker on Pig Clubs. j Clemson Collepre. May 8.?Mr. L.. L. Baker, Supervising Agent of Boys* Club.-, suggests that club boys and county agents should lay more stress on the feeding phase of club work just at this time, because of the fact 1 hat the supply of purebred breeding stock in some counties is becoming somewhat greater than the demand. Consequently, some club members have not found it easy to dispose of their surplus breeding stock and have I' become disappointed and discourag ed. With more attention to the fatten ing or feeding work among club boys, there would be a tendency to use up the surplus pigs now on hand; and when a sufficient number has enter ed this phase of club work it would be easy to arrange to market in car load lots, thus gcttng quicker and sur er returns for the members. .Mr. B;iker suggests that club members in this class should not be limited to one pig if they are prepar ed to develop more than one. But, whether one or more, records should lie kept of all feeds and other ex penditures. "T .ere is a possibility of a big fu ture." soys Mr. Baker, "for this phase of club work, because it means the disposing of all pigs not needed for breeding, it encourages cooperation (among members, and it helps to solve the marketing problem Tor surplus hogs in each county." , ' i The bees c>f Suniter county held a [bee jubilee the other day at the loeal ! express office when one of several crates containing hives was broken, j The bees came out and started to i swarm and honey leaked all over the ; place and soon bees far and near got j wind of the glad tidings and came '. winging it in by the hundreds to .loin j the crowd. The bees got busy and livened things up in sreat shape: they got very busy in fact, too busy for comfort. Bee like, the bees became beside themselves with joy and.be came annoying in the extreme be cause they were bees and believed in beeim, while the beeing was good. They came from behind and before and overhead in nose dives, loop.the Ioops and spirals. The express people being experienced in bee culture found it impossible to make them behave and belike they would still be :it it i:' they hadn't called to their assistance ;i bee expert who was finally able to becalm them and get them back in tie- hire which was some stunt, believe me. Or ask Mr. Jenkins. University 3 Investigation Committee Reports on Recent Petition Signed By Students of the University I Columbia. May 7.?A clean sheet was given the University of South Carolina, its officers and faculty and) ! its student-body in the report of the organization committee of the board I of trustees, made public this even ing. This committee, consisting of Governor Cooper. L. P. Hollis, of Greenville, and D. R. Coker. of Harts ville recently investigated conditions at the university. The report was unanimously agreed upon by the mem bers of the board of trustees, with a few minor and immaterial changes. The full report of the committee was not handed to the press, the board giving out portions of it for publication in a dictated statement. The committee and the board take the interesting position that if condi tions arise which threaten the honor able traditions of the university, and remain unconnected by the faculty, then the student-body, in a dig))hied and confidential manner, may direct the attention of the board of trustees ! to such conditions. Such a petition j said the statement, should be pre sented in such a manner as "not to in-1 vite a publicity which may magnify; and distort the situation in the public mind." Regularity of procedure in the meetings is necessary and the students are called to "take cog nizance of and condemn any violation of the confidence of the student body, such as the publication of the recent petition and the report of the meet ing at which it was adopted." According to the dictated state ments given out this afternoon the committee's report, after discussing the disordered conditions incident to the war period, goes on to say: "Not withstanding these things, which were in the main unavoidable, the student body at present as a whole is doing good work, and the organization of the university seems in all vital re spects to be functioning normally and properly. Quiet a ^d good order pre vail among the ident body." Discussing the varied student body activities, the recent petition and the assertion that there appears to be a gradual understanding among the un dergraduates that they are "responsi ble in a high degree for the manage ment of the university," the commit tee offered the following recommen dation, according to the statement, which was concurred in by thi board: "If the conditions which threaten*the honorable traditions of the university are not corrected by the constituted authorities in a reasonable time, the students might properly direct the at tention of the trustees to the matter, provided, however, that it be done in such a manner as not to magnify, the situation, and provided, further, that it be done in a confidential and digni fied manner." "We believe, however, that only jthe most extraordinary and flagrant ['conditions?such conditions as do not and are not likely to arise?i-would warrant such action by the student body, and when such action is taken, it should be presented personally by the president of the student body, or by a selected committee of rep resentative students, and not in a form to invite a publicity which may , magnify and distort the situation in the public mind. The student body must be held strictly accountable for the legality and regularity of its meetings and the student body itself should investigate, take cognizance of and condemn any violation of the confidence of the student body, such as the publication of i e recent pe tition and the report of the meeting at which it was ndopted." The <i" iet and order obtaining at present among the students are a subject of remark in the committee's report because the confusion and in tcruptions incident to the war might have led to a belief that such were not to be . expected. Suggestions looking to strict attendance at the classes and a sufficient amount of work to b .p the students busy were adopted. Provision likewise was made for a minimum amount of work and a required standard of schol astic efficiency for participation in athletics. In an endeavor to broaden and expand the co-ed national work of the university, the board called upon Governor Cooper to appoint a com mittee to wprk out a plan of co-opera tion between the University and Winthrop College, so that the schol astic endeavors of the two institutions would not conflict. Doth the committee and the board expressed the view that "now is an auspicious time to raise the standard of graduation so that the Univer sity's diploma will be the equal of that of any other and of all South ern institutions.V Likewise it was agreed that the standard require ments of the amount, and quality of the students' work should be raised, and that no student who does not show th'- ability and promise to do good work and to build character should be allowed to remain at the University. The employment of an alumni sec retary and ample provisions for the young women attending the Univer sity were recommended by the com mittee. The report concluded: "We believe that the work now be ing done at the University both by! the faculty and the students is un usually good, considering the handi cap against which the institution has! j been working the past session. The J personnel of both the faculty and the student body is as high, if not high er, than it has been within our kn >wl edge. The institution is fundame ital ly sound and in a position to do as good work as it has ever accom- j olished. The needs of the institution ! 'are growing and it will require larger j appropriations in the future if it is to meet the needs of the State and measure up to the standards of the new education which the development of the social and economic fabric of! the state may make imperative." The investigation and subsequent | report are the result of a petition' signed by 1G6 students of the Univer sity and filed with tiie board of trus tees at its meeting on March 18, re questing the dismissal of Dr. William S. Currell, president of the institu tion, because it was alleged, ' he was temporarily unfitted to be a college executive and was stifling the growth and prestige of the University. At a special meeting of the board held the committee on organization was directed to investigate conditions at the University. This was done at sittings held on April 28 and 29, and a report of the investigation was adopted by the board at a spe- j cial meeting today School Gardening Comments Upon The Recent Re ports of the Supervisor Of School Gardening I was particularly interested in the report of the school gardens recently issued by Miss Obenschain, our Su- i pervisor of School Gardens. The question of school gardens has evoked j a great deal of interest in recent years and the United States Department of Education is giving a great deal of at tention to the administration and su pervision of Ulis department of its work. Before the war began people were more or less interested in this question in an academic sort of way; but dur ing the war it was shown very clearly what a strong practical bearing this whole matter had upon the commun ity life in many of its interests. If parents realized the real value in many respects the garden may haVe upon their children, they would en courage them by giving them proper implements with which to work. 1 The Board of Education of the City of Sumter recognized the importance of this work and. after conferring with representtaives of the United States Bureau of Education, procur ed the services of Miss Obenschain as supervisor of this work in our city. The Board recognized the importance of the movement. There are certain advantages that appear on the very j surface. A deeper study of the ques tion would reveal other correlative 'advantages. Among those that are self-evident are the following: 1st: The material advantage. This, of course, should not be the first con sideration from an educational view point; but it has a most practical bearing upon the question, for the garden does help materially the life of the family, and it inculcates the feeling of self-respect for the boy and girl to realize that what they have done has added materially to the sup port of the family. 2nd: If record books are kept, showing the cost of production, Jt will be a valuable training in business methods. 3rd: The physical exercise obtain ed by the work in the garden is al together helpful because it is not too violent and drudgery is transformed into work by the zest of interest. 4th: The planting of gardens would be so planned and arranged as to make it possible to procure vege tables from one's garden at all sea sons of the year. 5th: It is possible to raise almost any vegetable in the city of Sumter and it will be an interesting fact to see how great a variety can be raised. This study of variety of vegetables is interesting not only from a nature study of view point; but also from the study of the health of children. In this series of articles there will be given later on some that will show how impotrant it is to have not only vegetables but different sorts of vege tables for the proper physical de velopment of the growing child. nth: Anything that induces the child to become more attached to his own home and to hav<? his deepest in terests anchorod there. should be stressed. This result will certainly follow if a child becomes interested in his own garden at home. It has given me pleasure to be able to express a word of encouragement of this work in our city and we hope that Miss Obenschain's efforts here after will be attended by even great er results. Respectfully submitted, S. FI, Edmunds, Superintendent. To Wipe Out Navy Austria-Hungary Will Be Com pletely Stiipped of Warships I Paris. May 9.?Naval terms of the . treaty to be presented to Austria, as t they have been completed, entirely wipe out the Austrian navy. All ships large and small are to be surrendered. Their disposition among the allies will be adjlisted later. Don't Add Acid to Batteries Says Ex pert. Among motor car owners, the idea that the storage battery can be brought back to a fully-charged con dition by filling it with acid has made considerable headway, in spite of the emphatic statement of battery men that this is the worst possible thing that can be done for the battery. "The only thing that the car owner should ever put into his battery." says Mr. Brown, the local Willard repre sentative, "is pure water." The rea son for this is easy to understand. The electrolite in the battery is an acid solution. As the battery dis charges, the acid is absorbed by the plates. When the battery is com-; petely discharged, the liquid inside is i practically pure water Charging the] battery reverses this process, that is, i it forces the acid out of the plates! and into the liquid again, so that when the battery is fully charged the electrolite is acid of normal strength. If the car owner puts acid into the battery, lie makes the solution altogether too strong, the chemical action betwen the electrolite and the plates becomes too violent, and finally j causes the oxide and even the frame- ' work of the plates themselves to cor- j rode. I "Acid should never be put into the battery except by an expert."? Advt. Judge J. T* Johnson Distinguished South Carolinian in House of Representatives Sixteen Years Spartanburg. May 8.?rJoseph Travis Johnson, United States judge for Hie Western district of South Carolina, died at his residence on North Fair view Avenue tonight at S.:to o'clock, only a brief time after his son, Joseph T. Johnson, Jr., reached his bedside from his far away home in Wisconsin. Judge Johnson was taken sick Sun day evening, April 27. and 11 days later breathed his last, surrounded by his stricken family and every aid and comfort that medical skill could em ploy and that kind hands could ad minister. His death was due to a complication of diseases, resulting from a protracted attack of Spanish influenza which seized him early in last December and which held on for a little more than two months. This disease left him sorely weakened, and when he was taken sick a little over a week ago his condition was grave from the first. Judge Johnson is survived by his wife and the following?children: Joseph T. Johnson, Jr., Miss Mary Johnson. Darvey W. Johnson. Laurcns Johnson, Benjamin O. Johnson, Charles E. Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson; a sister, Mrs. E. J. Allen of Geenvillc, and a brother. W. H. John son of Halifax, Nova Scotia, also sur vive him. Joseph Travis Johnson was born at Brewerton Laurens county, on a farm 61 years ago, the date of his birth being February 2G. He was graduated from Erskine College with the class of 1879. Subsequently he finished his education with a post graduate course at Vanderbilt Uni versity. He was admitted to the prac I tice of law in all the courts of South Carolina on May 30. 1883. AfteV suc cessfully pracicing law for a number of years at Laurens he moved with his family to Spartanburg some 20 years ago. Shortly after locating in this city he was elected to congress, succeeing Stanyarn Wilson. Judge Johnson was sworn in as a member of the Fifty-seventh congrss and for IG successive years he ably, faithfully and conscientiously repre sented the fourth South Carolina dis trict in the house of representatives, he had been elected for another term when the federal court for the West ern district of South Carolina was created and he was chosen the judge of the district, having the indorse ment of;the entire South Carolina del egation in Washington. On April 1, 1915, he was sworn in as United States judge and immediately assum ed his judicial duties. Triumph for Allies j Frankfort Zeitung Now Views With Alarm Zurich, Wednesday. May 7 (French Wireless Service).?In commenting i on the report that the Hungarian i communist government had fallen, the Frankfort Zeitung says: "We arc no partisans of Bolshe vism, but we look on the fall of the Budapest soviet government as a great misfortune. The speedy fall of this government is for the allies the occasion of a new triumph and our opinion is that now that their minds ' are made easy on this point, the im ; perialists statesmen of the entente will exact complete fulfillment of their wills by the peace terms." j ?-;? j"A Man May be Down?But He's Never Out." - The great Home Service Fund Drive for the Salvation Army starts tall over the country on May 19th and j will end May 26th. Sumtcr county's allotment to be raised is $5,000, and there should be no trouble in raising this small amount for such a. cause. Mr. A. C Phclps has accepted the chairmanship for Sumtcr county, and Mr. W. T. Whifehead has been named as treasurer. The committee organization will be perfected in a few days, and it is proposed to make a quick, short drive in Sumtcr county to raise the amount. Mr. Phelps gladly accepted the position as chair man, on account of the magnificent record the Salvation Army made in | the United States and with our boys in France, and on account of its great j work for the uplift of humanity. It It is an organization of poor people for poor people, and it will continue to lift up those who are in distress, it will bind up the wounds of the in jured, and will teach men and women who are suffering reverses to turn their faces again to the East and re new their hearts with hope. There arc five presidents who have endorsed the work of the Salvation Army: Presidents Cleveland, Mc Kinley. Roosevelt, Taft and Woodrow Wilson. All the great commanders on the battle front have thanked and commended the organization for its service and sacrifice for the men at the front who were fighting our bat tles. Let us do our part, and let Sumter county go over the top in this) call for humanity. If you want f , know anything about the Salvation Army in France, just ask tho soldiers who were in the trenches what they think of them and get their answer, and in doing this you will give double. Notice. In a letter recently sent to auto owners of the city by the United Auto! Club regarding a co-operative gaso line, oil and tire service my name was used as being a subscriber and en dorser of the plan. I wish to in form the public that I have not sub scribed, or endorsed this plan and have no connection of any kind withj same. J. C. BROWN. (Advertisement.) Washington. May 10.?Brigadier < General Douglas MacArthur, formerly i of the Rainbow Division, has been j appointed superintendent of the Unit mI States Military Academy. i Start Swatting Them Now A Little Timely Advice on The Old Subject of Fiks More Americans were killed by flies here at home last year than were slain on the battlefields of France.> Flies sent more human beings into their graves within the past 12 mouths than all the wild beasts of all the wild jungles, mountains aind plains of i the world did. The fly is more dangerous than the roaring lion, the slinking, tiger, the coiling snake or the crouching wild ! cat, because it is easier to! avoid the I lion, tiger, snake or wildcat, j The fly has kiUed more people than jail the criminal murderers of ail na tions and all time. . The fly is never harmless and is al ways harmful. Flies kill more human beings than cathquakts, tornadoes, floods, fires, volcanic eruptions. - Flies kill more people each year than are drowned that year in all the lakes, rivers, ponds and ocsatis combined. Flies are more deadly than rattle snakes, more to be dreaded than mah cating sharks, and more to be feared than the Gila monster or the traritula. "Here's some expert testimony on the subject of flies: "In its habits the fly is probably the most objectionable insect with which man comes in contact," says Dr. Ernest A. Sweet of the United States Public Health Service, who; adds: "The fly not only breeds in filth, but it continues to frequent objectioi >le material throughout the days of its existence. leaving only to invade the residence of man. contaminate his food, and oftentimes to spread dis ease. "Flies may transmit disease in eith er of two ways. The first method is by mechanical transference, whereby the insect becomes contaminated with the parasites of micro-orgapizma of disease as a consequence of frequent ing filth and places where these agents abound, thus carrying pathogenic or ganisms directly to food and drink partaken of by man. "Milk, which is one of the best media for the growth of bacteria, rriay be contaminated by flies merely through the act of feeding. "The second method of disease transmision is by inoculation. For tunately houseflies are of the non biting variety, and therefore inca pable of- spreading disease in this way.: "Of the diseases which may b?r transmitted by housefliefc, the follow ing are worthy of consideration: Ty phoid fever, diarrhea and enteritis, cholera, dysentery, paratyphoid fe ver, intestinal parasitic infections, sleeping sickness, surra, nagaha. "Another manner in which flies dis seminate infection .is through the regurgitation or vomiting oif. food. It is unpleasant to consider that insects which have but recently frequented garbage heaps, cuspidors and manure piles may be guests at our tables, but it is all the more disgusting to con sider that the very material of which i they have partaken should be subse quently distributed over our own food and then received into our system. The number, of such vomited spots de posited by well-fed flies may be enor mous, frequently rising to a hundred ! or more a day." One fly killed today may save the life of a human being this summer? your life, it may be! One fly less today means a hundred thousand less next September. Swatting a fly today is equal to swatting a hundred thousand four months hence. B. A Riser, State Board of Health. If Germany Does - Council of Four Considers Meas ures to Be Adopted Paris May 10.?-It is . understood ^ that among the subjects the council of four discussed at its meeting today was the eventuality of Germany re fusing to sign the peace treaty and what steps should be taken in that event. No intimation that Germany intends to take such a course have reached the allies, but they are tak ing nothing for granted. Army Demobilization More Than Million Have Return turned from France Washington. May 10.?Demobiliza tion of the war army has passed the two million mark and the number of troops returned from France now ex ceeds a million, according to General March. Hard on Austria Naval Terms More Stringent Than Those for Germany Paris, May 10.?The naval terms'of the Austrian peace treaty as now completed are more stringent than those to Germany, as the Austrian navy is completely extinguished. Wilson's Next Message Paris. May 10.?President Wilson has given no intimation of his plans relative to sending a message tb the extra session of congress It is stat ed that an authoritative legal opinion has been given that he may cable the message. ,.v.: Berlin. May It).?Germany's reply to the terms of peace will be a proposal "for a peace of right, on the. basis of lasting peace of the nations," accord ing to a proclamation to the German people issued by President Ebert which says the treaty would "deHver German labor to foreign . capitalism for the indignity of wage alaverV ?nd permanently fetter the yonns * air man republic."