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Harding Faction Wins Fight Senate Confirms Nomination of Blair, of North Carolina For Internal Revenue Com missioner "Washington, May 26*?The nomi nation of David },. Blair of Winston - * Salem, N. C, to be internal revenue commissioner was confirmed today by the senate over the opposition 01 Senator Johnson,- and others. The vote was 5S> to IG. Blairs op ponents included seven Republicans and eight Democrats. Senator Johnson made his final tfight in an executive session of the senate but was voted down alter sharp debate. Mr. Blair's confirmation fills a va cancy in the office of internal revenue commissioner which has existed for a fortnight, with Secretary Mellon acting in the interim. Many impor tant affairs, including prohibition rul ings,'await action by the new com missioner. Seven Republicans and eight Democrats joined in opposing Mr. Blair against whom charges were "brought by Senator Johnson. He ac cused Mr. Blair of having violated the North Carolina primary law as a delegate at the Chicago Republican convention last June by failing to support the California senator who "was high in North Carolina's prefer ence primary. Senator Johnson also Contended that Mr. Elair was dis qualified because income tax appeals of the nominee's relatives were pend ing for action before the internal "revenue bureau. Eoth charges were denied at a recent hearing before the Schate finance committee which rec ommended confirmation. The opponents ot Mr. Elair it -was said included the following: Borah, Johnson, Jones, Washington, Kenyon JLadd, La Foliete, Nordeck, >7oyes, ^Republicans; Ashurst, Harris, Herri Son, Reed, Sheppard, Walcott and "WatAoh Georgia, Democrats. Besides a multitude of tax matters ?Which have been held in abeyance during the past weeks many impor tant prohibition question await set tlement by the new commissioner, treasury officials said today. , Fbremost of liquor problems \3 the issuance of regulations covering the use of beer for medicinal purpose un der the opinion rendered by former Attorney General Palmer on March 3. These regulations it is said have been prepared and await the approval of the commissioner. Another medicinal use of alcohol awaiting the attention of the com missioner, it,wras said, is the issuance of regulations lifting the limit from the number of prescriptions a physi cian may write for whiskey. Under the same opinion handed down by Mr. . Palmer, officials declared it was neld that the bureau has no right to "fix the arbitrary limit of TOO prescrip tions in 90 days now in force. New regulations have been drafted ten Itatively in this connection, it was fedded. ; One of the prohibition decisions Mr. Blair will be called upon to make, officials asserted is in connection with sacramental wine. Under the bureau's rules, it was said wholesale 3iquor dealers have been forbidden to do business and churehes are re quired to obtain wine for sacramental purposes from wholesale druggists. Protest has been entered by re ligious bodies, officials said on the ground that the churches could not obtain wine of standard quality from the druggists. The churchmen con tend, it was explained that wholesale liquor dealers who confine their busi ness to supplying sacramental wine to religious organizations, should be exempted from the bureau's ban so that the churches may obtain the proper wines for services. Mars Bluff Bridge Pee Dee Counties Arrive al Agreement .Florence, May 26.?Daylight broke for the Pee Dee river bridge this af ternoon wrhen the bridge commission expressed its preference for the lo cation of the proposed bridge at Marc Bluff ferry or within 3,5e0 feet above it and instructed the state highway department to proceed with The prep aration of plans and specifications for the construction of a bridge at the point named. The decision of the Pee Dee bridge commission was reached after an executive session lasting for more than an hour. It had met with thi general approval of the citizens .of Marion, Dillon. Florence and othei counties who were present when i; was announced, all of them favoring the placing of the bridge below the railroad. ?The meeting today was called for the purpose of untangling ;he Pee Dee bridge site question and appears to have had a happy ending for all concerned. ?State Senator Arthur Young of Charleston and R. Rhett, chair man of the state highway commis sion, stated at tin outset of the meeting that the settlement of the question was one that should be i-ft .to Florence and Marion counties as being most concerned m a financial way. "It is not an engineering qu< - tion," they declared. It was suggested thnt the bridge oemmission get together and decide upon the location it wanted and then take the matter of federal aid up with' the proper authorities. This i exactly what was done at the rat ? ing. today. Arthur Griffith Elected Organizer of Sinn Fein to Sit in Ulster Parliament Belfast, May 27.?Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein organiza tion has been elected to the Ulster parliament. Wreckers Derail Passenger TrairL White Paper Pasted Over Switch. Sign Board?Trouble Neat Florence j Florence. May 26.?Train wreck J ei s ai> believed to have been respon sible for the wreck of Seaboard Air IL?ne nassenger train X<>. i'': ai Scott's Siding. near Florence, last night. The train ran Im!?., an open switch and the engine plowed through the earth at the dead end of tie- switch i for a distance of 150 feet without overturning. Engineer Ivey Har rrion leaped from his cab as the en gine left tin- rails and struck the ground with much force. His rigid shoulder was dislocated and he suf ! fered an ugly gash in his forehead. i Other portions of -his body were se i verely bruised. ! Joe Jenkins, the colored fireman, ? also "jumped und his entire riebt side j is today a mass of bruises, but he :. not seriously hurt. Both lie engineer ? and the fireman were rushed t<< the j Florence Infirmary and their injuries attended tu. None of tin- passengers on the train were injured, although badly shaken up. The wreck occurred about S o'clock last night. Engineer Harmon stated that in- was running a few minutes late and was maintaining a schedule of thirty-five miles an hour. { "Since reading in the papers during {the past several days of attempts to I wreck trains in various part:; of the I country I nave been keeping a close \ lookout on my line," said Kngineei ! Harmon at the hospital today, "but ? this is a clear piece of track with j Only the one switch and 1 did nor {anticipate any trouble here. J ? "The sign board on 1 the switch ; I showed white and it was aftervard:-: j discovered that white p-cpei had been pasted over the red board to indicate a clear irack. As I approached tin. switch I noticed that the board wo clear and did not slacken speed. t was dumbfounded, theiefore, when the engine jumped into the open switch and had no time to slow down jbefore it- left the ends of the rails and plowed into the earth. "I stayed on my engine until it lef j the rails, trymg to bring it tu a sto.j When it hit the ground, however, 1 {realized that the jig was up and. fear ! ign the engine would turn over, 1 j made my escape by jumping. The sid ling at this point is a short one." [ it is understood that officials of the Seaboard Railroad will make a 1 thorough investigation into '.in- cause J of the wreck. There is no doubt, how Lever, about the fact that the switch. I had been tampered with ami thrown : open. The white paper pasted ovei {the red sign boa;d is also mute testi jmony of the work of train wreckers. 'should Stay in England Admiral Repeats Fulsome Praise j cf British and Detraction of American Navy London, May -??'>.? ("By the Asso ciated Press*.? Rear Admiral Wil ? liam s. Sims, told Admiral Beatty, commander of the British giand fleet, and a distinguished assemblage of British and American naval men today that the British had been dis posed to give tie- American nav> to much credit for the part it played in the allied victory. In an address at a lun< hean given by the Pilgrims Society in bis hono; Admiral Si ins rail: "The British Grand fleet was the keystone in the allied march, without which you in this country would to day Ik- speaking German with a very [strong English accent." j Admiral Sims waved aside personal [tributes from Admiral Beatty and j Lord Desborough .asserting that had [the command of tie- American naval . forces in Europe been entrusted t-> ' any one of forty or .fifty idler Ameri can officers eligible in the rank the result would virtually have been the sa n i e. Lord Desborough referred t<? Ad miral Sims as having "braved his enemies, if he has any??and be cer Itainly has none on ibis sub- of the rj Atlantic?by publishing Ins book." j Admiral Sims said lie regarded the American forces "as reserves coming j up from th- rear." paid a tribute rto England a-- a land of j..-; r.nal IP ferty. where In- knew he could ! a [drink of any kind he wanted ;f be ' J came to England fifty years hence. Diamond Thieves in Columbia j Costly Jewels Taken From Two Residents Last Week i Columbia. .May 26,?The Columbia {detective forc< is making investiga tons of two recent jewelry robberies ? it! the city, in one of which L. T Lester, Jr.. manager of five theaters, [loci a diamond stick pin valued at The pin had a six caret dia mond setting Other artieles of jew [?eirj were taken from in.- Lester home, 'l if other robber^ n. in- ivsi Idenee section was in i!..- home <-i Mis. JJBeuIah Bryant, on Senate street i Here a number "t diamonds were I also tat en. i Ten Years For Ashley -Anderson. May Th,. jury in the case of Ernest Ashley; indicted for th.- murder of Polieeman Arthur T. Hughes, at Hones Path, brought it: a verdict of manslaughter last night Ashley was sentenced to ten v.-ars' j imprisonment this afternoon hj j Judge }'ri,;. .?. Counsel for th.. defense will argue a motion for a new trial Friday morn- j big. This l.as been a hard fought case and ha: lasted all the week. Hcylake. May 27.?TV. 1. Hunter wen the British amateur *oif cham pionship. Mr, L. De Jennings Wants County Court Argues Thai Establishment County Court Would Facilitate Business and Not Oppress I} n fo rtunat e i )e b t ors Editor iJ.iily Item: i notice in Tin- Item of a ft-\v days ago ihat you stated you had decided i<> oppose the county court ??:! the I gj-our-d that if tii*- court wer? < .-?:.ib iis-hed i'. would he tin- means for tak ng steps to collect debts against pen pie at liiis time when it is almost im possible f<>r them to pay, hut if they had a longer time they could meet loir obligations without sacrilicing t in ir properly. if you bad looked into tin- matter, von would have found out thai from ?<> to I;5 p<-r eenl of Lin- obligations of tin- people are either evidenced by promissory notes, open accounts or bonds and mortgager*. A suit can <??? brought on no open aecotrh-t and the complaint verified and if the debtor iias no valid <!? fen: then judgment svill be taken !-.. d'efeauli at the next ensuing term of the cpurl of common pleas. if debtoi employes counsel nod tiny attempt i?> set up some sham defense in order to delay the obtain in'-' of judgment, it ir. always stricken out by tin- judge. These suit:-: are al most invariably brought oil verified ?complaints.. The same thing is done in reference to promissory notes and iii the foreclosure of mortgages* the judge simply signs the order of ref ? aence referring i* to the master, who r ports to th- next ensuing term of court, and the decree of foreclos ure ami r a !e is *? ign< d. Therefore, net having the county court will not in r 11least affect pro ceedings on this class of claims, and this ciasi of claims represent from 90 to 95 i> r cent of the cases for ] which suit is brought. The cases ['.that take up time of the court are iiigated cases, such a*- suits against railroads, damages for automobile ; .Yi. '-r *, and suits for iand. and tilings I >1 this Kind, where there can beset j ? p come legal deft nse where a jury i j required. j if you have no other reason to ob ject: to the County court than delay ! ng the collection of debts, then the non-establishing of the court will not in the slightest affect this for the rea ? ens above stated. As to the cost of the county court, I am satisfied if will be very little, ii any, more than will be saved by try ing the tares that will come in its Jurisdiction instead of trying them in the circuit court. In He circuit court we have 30 jurors in attendance u* ?;'3 a day. In the county court we wiil have only i s jurors. This will j be a saying of $54.00 a day. which will amount to a great] deal during J tin course of a year, because v.*e gen erally have tin.urts. two of [which gen, rail;.' run three weeks, and we often have an extra term thai run:- three or four week:-:. You seem to think it won id a feast foi the lawyers If they bud tin county court. The lawyers do not cause the litigation, it arises out of differences between people. The law yers are only trained in this profes sion, und of course, are employed by those who have their differences to represent them in the'courts. If there were m> differences arising between people, then there woiild be no lifi *>ation and nothing for the lawyers to do. if a case is brought no v.- in the court oi common pleas it i. prac tically three years before it can i<< reached, and while everybody does in<r have litigation, yet certain rt I there should be surticieiit courts pro vided where the people can settle [their differences with reasonable d::= I.patch, and certain!} it would not bo held to be reasonable, dispatch to have to wait three years to reach the [trial after a case is brpoghf. ! Not only this, but the e mnty ?eotirl twill have jurisdiction in certain Crin: jinul ease---. This will likewise save [the limp of the circuit conn und will 1 be another saving n: jurors, which jwiil go a long ways towards paying j the expenses of the county court, (but additional expense in count** eon: t I should not ha ve any weigh! if ? is necessary to have the court in order j that the people who have litigation can have the opportunity to have (their business disposed of with rea j sonable dispat< h. The-, have tin? county court in j Greenville, and tin- ?.pie, 1 under stand are nil satisfied. They also have it in l: ich land county, and my information is that the people would not do away with it. I I hope, tin refore. .Mr. Editor, y. ? I will look into the matter, and if I j.m correct ?bo'?i tin- class of case;- \.?u [refer to. which you sa;\ should be ? ; - iayed during these kind of rirm-s. will not, in fact delayed, ii the county Court is no. estabiirne'i. then I ho.?e I you w ill withdraw ybuj opposition iand gel on the side of this i-r- - i. - fsive movement. Tin- cooii el riot be j ing established ioi the ! ? n.-nt tin inwyers, as they personal!-. ver> ::??!-! [dorn have litigaiJon. bid it r propo ?-d j ho be e r.-i Pi;: j|. d t.. prmide tb- n..-' ! essary machinery to dispose of i h. businc^s of the who ha\>- dLi 1? reiices which cannot be di po . d oi j jjt any ot her nfa 111;? ? i. j J As :i matt? r oi fa et. hi the: lime: ' jit i very :. ldom ,i Creditor uareas- < j onably rmprerses a iM.ior. hardb | j ever in < :i -, : where the debtor isrj ? C'-iio: the b. I he ?.Iii and i-, :olin (hones' ly. nod 1 don'1 believe ;< is a j . ;-o..d .pi ire iple ;-? advoc.ite that lega* j ?e:o '.in.-r;. : In?old not I?.- i?r?o. ided ! !o| :.. . ?? i| ??' pi ovid. Ilie i'neans i<-i civditoi ??? i-olleci Iheir j clatins if rh.V wer.. :id\i -..|. This1 ?. o t < ? I >? I'athei :i : Iilii on the credrtors. i t hink, wiihoui urticJ? nt j .?vidence that lie-; b.-\.- o'-d u, :vh y: j ? no manner. cVrlainh I have ii..: i le.tio <?[ any creditor tlrril has been ' ;.n: > ;i onubie with a debtor, ami I j (hink I am in :i position to know I somet hing about wha l is going on I alorig this hie-. But suppose a credi tor wanted t<? enforce his claim; that i'^ his privilege. It not bis fault \ ' that times are just as they are any more than it is the debtor's, and most j creditors are debtors to other poo >'?<?. and so on along the line. I have ?bund it to be a fact that in most ail ?ases all parries have been very rea sonable, and i cannot see why the reason, as stated by you that the rourt should not be established should be considered to be a valid reason. As i matter of :'a<-;. i disagree with you in th" advocacy <>:" this- principle, i-ven though the establishment of a ounty eoun could hasten the enforee tueni of collections, .-is stated by you. but such is not the case. [ do not know who the lawyer i:--. that made the statement to you as cental j ted in your article, but certain ly he must/know that suits on ao ? ount <>;? Jin*' s and foreclosure ol mortgage s would not be delayed if the county court were not established, nor would they in- hastened to any great extent if it was established, because we have the courl of common pleas here three times a year and we can always get !).??>? kind of judgments al i lit- court, of common pb as, even though they cannot dispose of one tenth til the litigated ea.:es, and the only has"- i:in;?; would be perhaps some ?>?? ;i: judgments: could be taken 1 ??? ; v".??' n lite convening of the circuit courts, and * *iirlittle has tening would artit?uiil to very lit t if-. The lawyer v. ho made the state ments to you nor: hi- opposed to th. county court, but in- ought to get a better reason why i' should not be estab'i: hed. Pi rhapa some oth? r lav, yers held all these claims and lit hated to have them get this sirppbs ed feast oui of it. Certainly this is no \alid reason why we should not have the count} court. Tours truly, l. D. Jennings. Dies From Bite of Dog" Richard BcTreviiie Succumbs al Columbia Hospital Columbia, .May ^7.?Charles Rich ard DeTreviile. tin- seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. i:. K. DeTreviile of Fifth avenue and Walker street, Shannon Annex, d ? <t at lie- Baptist hospital at -i o'clock resterday after noon of rabies caused by the bite oi a mad dog Mond:;;.' three weeks ago. The iirtle boy with his little broth er. Julian DeTreviile, four and one half years old, and W. J Cormack Jr., three years old. were sitting or the fron: steps of VY. J. Cor mack's residence at 3210 Fifth avenue Mon day morning, May 2, when a strahgt dog, a whit'- setter with black spots, ran up. The dorr jumped over the j little Cormaek boy, biting Richan tJeTreville on the no: <? and undei t be rig in ? ye. The little hoy was- given the full Pasteur treatment, the last of the 21 linjections bring given last Sunday. !A hunt for the white and black set leer having been tmade without re :u r. n could not therefore be de ! termined whether th.- d ig wa: ' suffering from rabies or not and ! since the boy apparently suffered tit [ tie discomfort : rom t he bite, t In ! danger period was: considered past i Wednesday, however, he complained of pain and yesterday he gradual!) [grew worse despite the efforts of tiv?, ! physicians who had been called in h j an effort to rave his Iii?-, the poinl i of infection being so near tin- brain that the Pasteur treatment could no check tin* course of tin- disease. Regulators After Traffic Violator; Detroit, Max 27. ? Fifteen hundrei I civilians are assisting the police ii i the apprehension oi motorists win: i \ i-.dafe 11 a file reguiai ions. Mills Running Part Tim< ! Philadelphia, May 27.?Delegate: ;a!tending the American Cotton Man ufaeturers' convention report thai ? m Us - running hut many are or I pa ri time. Smuggling by Airplan j Washington. .May 27.- fmmigra 1 I t.'onijuissioiier Hub bard has ham . Solicitor Peters to meet a committe* :?>! aeronautical men to discuss mean1-" of preventing tin- smuggling ol aliens acro::.s the Mexican and e'a adian borders. [GREAT BRITAIN MADE NO REPR ES iC N TATI 0 > i Wa hin May ::7 Tin- state do j partrnent vinnounced today thai CJtva i ciritam has nia.de ho representation ^ii - United States regarding the re ported rhipment of American arms t< ; 11 - land. DISABLED OFFICERS WANT RETIREMENT PA\ Washington. Ma> :'7. -Delegation ol di: aid.-.i men who red a : officer; in World War. urge senate to enac ?? : ialn-i! gicing disabled emergency ofiieers r?tir? ii:i hi paj and orhei privileges <?;" regular army officer?. 5 : RGDOLL'S PROPERTY SEIZED BY MILLER Philadelphia. May 27 Pro,,? rtv of ' rover < 'Ii \ i latni ! :? ? ???a(oll, dra 11 ?vador a aiount .n.f" i ? > ? ;? i? i hu m 1 n .i an. I ;ot\ thousand do I Ian? was seized i'.hrai alien property custodian MtM. r by dir. lion ..i pr, : idem Hard ??'?? .: i la-nvt, Aiay 1,. Major Wi U\ hi in a a a.fdr. f??da.y told tm i'ha idea! o.ig'i--t*. ,tJvat tin- arm.'1 b.'ol dcv?-|-?p?-d a in.oh.n. .?-.in capabl. of tiring bulb-i v. hi. h .at two hundred card::, would ivn--trat?- one inch ? ?( 11 ni'-Lii plat*- i'i Partle tanks. Washington, Ma j l'T. The- frehrbt rat" does ma .how an unreasonable i ? i.: t i i > j i to ;!)?? di liver? d prie. of ?roods and it e?-nnoi i..- shown thai it is preventins the ro.su nipt ion <>i .in lustrial ?i)erations; \ President 'hamhers of th?- Atchison and Santa j !-'e told tic- senate investigating cam nittee today. ' Citizens Military Training Camp A Letter to the Officers and Men of the 81st Division, 1917-1919 During this coming summer, there! are to be inaugurated the first of a! new s? ries of Citizens .Military Train Ling Camps. The young men of the" .Fourth Corps Area; of the ''South*' as i' is affectionately known to its .son-., tare invited by the war department to' ' participate in one of these camps.! .which is to open at Camp Jackson, S. ; C. .i uly 1S, n? xt. i Tonil men J the South who parti-j ieipated in .In- World War there will] Iconic back the: picture of tin- mobili-. j za: ion days of l i ". To .-ill oi* n who foined the first con-1 I tingi nt :.t < amp Jackson, tin- announ icement cf rhi:- training camp must i bring back a re mem bra rice of the makeshifts and Confusion and tin- lack .of essentials which existed then, and I must bring also a realization that in planning for the Citizens Training j< amps and in establishing their rela tion to r-he Reserve forces of tin- na tion hi me of emergency the war de | partnient has taken n step which will '??? of imn ?!. ??? benefit to the younger brol hers oi t In- rneh of L917. da August, 25, 11*17, :: iL f I - - group of officers assembled m an office in i (.?? Arcade on Main Street in Cofum ;bia, S. >.'. One was a general officer, designated for tin- temporary ccm : mand of tic- tinhorn 81st Division, three others were newly appointed di ! vision --tuff officers, and four were 'officers destined later *o command i regiments. Tic equipment on bund consisted of three rented typewriters and. some tables. Out at Camp Jaok j son. fiv< miles away; several hundred j buildings were going up, like mush trooms, under rite efforts* of army [of carpenters, nu*. at the moment, j-fe-s if any hud roofs on them. These i officers v. er.- informed that two days Liter upwards of fifteen hundred new j officers were to arrive and must be I cared for. assigned t<> duties, and the ;framework of an organization made: i tha a week later the first con it Inger.t of the Selective Service men, some i"n thousand strong, would reach camp. li is interesting and [rather amusing row to remember ? i how one colonel was detailed as mess isergean* and told to get-enough meat jeans and tin cups or, lacking these, to purchase sufficient agate ware plates jau l ? :ups ;,i Columbia, to provide for ?tin- needs of the incoming officers; how another colon i was detailed a. I non-coi..mi.- sionc?" officer in charge oi jquarters and given the task of pro j viding beds for to em? a blanket Or j two apiece on a barrack floor swept i clean of sawdust and where some oi tin in could look u;? at. tic stars ! ! through lack of a roof; How a third leolbneJ was detailed as baggage rus - II er to install a -..-.Mem that would get ' j their bedding rolls ami baggage to [camp; and a fourth colonel was in stalled as general band', man to help ?out as best he could under the cir Jeumstanees. These things happened {and in due course a fighting division j of soldiers was born, a division tint, afier giving generously of its good men I to other organizations, itself went in France and attracted fine comment [wherever it went, in its training' urea, j in its holding of a sector, and finally j in the attack. ? j .MoniIis were required, however, to overcome tin- obstacles incurred j through lack of previous plans, lack t of previous organization, la.de of a , trained framework on which to build, .and lack of proper equipment. What man in the Division in those days I does not recall the review before ex ! President Taft. In which the artillery i J brigade, through inability to take '[along its guns because they were [-made of* sections of telepraph pole ! mounted Oll farm wagon wheels, and ! because of u'ter la* k ? >;' harness, pass ed in review as Cavafry with rope for reins and mounted barback, except fin I tin- captains and guidon sergeants w ho ' \-. ? the possessors of saddles. lb .v much time was lost in the over coming of these obstacles? How much confusion reigned? j How mu h shifting and experiment 'in:-- with personnel had to be done. ;'.\iib tb? attendant and unnecessary hardship on the men who had re I ? ponded to their country's call, before j the machine began t<? take on the ap j p. arance of an efficient military or 1 fr.,,,-? ,-td - ?> Ami the story ol the l>.irth ot the ?i''Wildcat Division" is file story of all Id the great National Army divisions ?I which were raised at tlia' time. ? j The establishment of tin- Citizens >.j Military Training Camp at Camp Jackson this year i-: the first of a se ries ??! stops looking to tue improve i mem of c.ondi'ions attendant upon a .iijati'-nal emerge :ic*$ in the future, and ?a-- such it deserves :!i<- ass is tan e ami dsupport of every member of the old \ \\ d.i.-at 1 division. There are to be eventually three -courses at these camps: The lb d course for beginners will ? a- h tile et< 111' !'t:: ..; mdi:..r; . :'f:. i ? t i.i< j . ": quads e:r t" and " .quads 'west'*; hiking and target practice; in jdependence and manliness and patrio > try ni. combined with more health \ ? r. .-i. at ion and amusements than were ? possible in i'.'1 7 jii''t tin1 thing tor, ! In- I- i<l In ?l In r to start in on. A t t lie ; end oi' tin:, he Will be a tar better re-' i lib! to start with than you Were in' : I :? l it tl..- country should ?-all agriiiV. Tin next y<ai he may come t-> the I White .-?'?iirs.-. Here In will learn thej duln of .-..:-,,..! al, serg. ant. and that [ I pivo" of lie arm \ world, tin- "top' . . rg.-antv. lie Im: also the fields to' ' tin army speeiab ?. inacl?n* guiiner. art illery gunner-, e|?-o*.rical sergeant, i wireless operator. intelligence ob-; ei ver. etc., open i>' bin. The third year, under tin- Rhiej course, be . .oi qualif\ hini.se]i so that I in- ?an step into i national niobiliza Mi ,i in commaiid of a unit, and a-; an1 officer. Th.i. s a better chance fori advancement than you had when you came to C.iiiip .Jackson in I'jJ 7. 'I he graduates of I his camp will have, in the development of the policy laid down by Congress in the army reorganization act of June 4, 1920, an option cl identifying themselves with units of the organized reserves. The study for the National Guard has al ready been made and accented by the states of this area, and we will again see carried on in the next war the proud colors of tin- 30th. a.id 39th Divisions. Under the policy for the establishment of tin- Reserve, a study is being made and soon will be com piet2d allocating to the different lo calities of this Corp; Area tin- various units which will ; ) to compose the 81st.. 82nd., and 87th., divisions in the next national emergency. in the working out of the reserve policy, it ma: ?> ? possible to assign, for instance, the first battalion of the 224th.. in fantry to Cabarrus. Mecklenburg, and Union coun'.ies. perhaps in North Carolina. "Rill Smith" who was a captain in 'lie woi i war has kept up his military trainjpg in the Blue course and now o mmands a batta lion. 'Th<-k Williams" who used to be a sergeant in tin- regiment in France, has completed the blue course, dur ing Iiis summer vacs:ion and now com mands a company. His younger bro ther, -Bert", has had the Red course and has been appointed a sergeant in ila company at Concord, and in the company also there is a framework of sergeants and corporals and pri vate: who have had on.- or more at tendances at the Citizens Trai ;ng ('a in p. iu tho next national rnobilization, i! ma;, be expected hat little time will lit- consumed by this hat:alcin in ab Isorbing ins apportionment of the youth of these counties, whether they be (obtained by voluntary enlistment, or I by another operation of the elective [Service Law. Equipment will be on hand fo- them as .soon as they detrain jat the division camp and the Sis*.., di vision will be reborn as an efficient fighting machine, but this time in less than sixty days a: compared to the j ten months of the last mobilization. This year, due to the appropriation, the Bed course only will be conducted i at Camp Jackson. Next year, all three [courses are expected to be held. Is it not wor:h while to take advan tage of the opportunity which the . government offers? Do? s it not give ? )ur younger broth j er a better chane^f than you had? i is i' militarism? No. It is simple, I piain, henes: efficient American pa triotism, based on the voluntary offer ing to tin- Government by the sons of jthe South, of a : mall part of their ; spare time. "Let's go". A DNA R. CHaFFEE. ; Formerly Adjutant and Acting Chief of Staff, 81st. Division. ! Ship Load of Whiskey ! Liquor Schooner Reported is Ashore Near Charleston Charleston, May 27.?The United States government launch Sumter left I here yesterday morning with several j prohibition officers aboard, the ob :.?<?; of the expedition being to take charge of a situation that resulted j when a schooner loaded with forty five barrels of whiskey ran aground j nc-ar Cape Romaine. The vessel is (saiii to have been bound from Ber muda to Tampico. Mexico. Word of the fate that befell the schooner was received by Mr. Fred erick <'. Peters, collector of customs, 'and In- got in touch by radio with leapt; Addison, of the coast guard cut I ter Seminole, directing him to locate ? and s- i/.e the vessel. Collector Pe I ters received a radio message yes terady from the Seminole, saying that j tin- stranded vessel 'had been found, 'and was being guarded. Following re ceipt oi' the message, he dispatched (the Sumter with a party of officers ? thro included .1. 11. King, prohibition j enforcement officer; John L. Poppen heim. chief state constable; Edwin F. Connor, special deouty collector of j customs ami Thomas F. O'Donnell, j inspector of custom--. I Tin- Kchooner is the E. M. Skinner, owned by Eccleston Barnett, of Bal timore, and tin- captain is John B. Scott, of Baltimore. The crew is composed of seven men. The vessel i is S4.7 feet in length, 21-foot beam and 72 net ions. She was built in j 1SS3 a; Church Creek, Maryland. The stranded vessel was entered at the lo |cal custom house yesterday by Capt. j Scott. I Doyle and Co., of Baltimore, are said to be tin- shippers of th^ cargo j of whiskey, and it is claimed that the I whiskey had been stored at Bermuda and was being transported to Tam : pico. ?\fexico. hut that the vessel sprung a Pak and i* was necessary for in-; to put in toward shore. The ear:;" was consigned to Doyle and Co.. of Tampico, apparently a branch I of the Baltimore office. Tin- schooner I Is raid to have been owned by Mr. ! Pain.t: but a comparatively short time and to have carried a cargo of gravel from Baltimore to Bermuda. [She stranded about three miles off shore. The cargo of tin- vessel captured i yesterday constitutes the biggest seizure made by loo.,! officers in re >?? nt years. The forty-five barrels contain forty-five gallons each, mak ing a total .a 2.025 gallons. The val ue of the liquor, as judged by present retail pirees, would be about $80,000. Caffncj Youth killed by Truck. Calf my. May 26. -Funeral ser vices over the remains of Danly DLv on Ellis. If, years old son of Mr. and Mrs. c. p. Ellis, who was killed Tues elay afternoon when la- fell under the wheel: oi a trink, will be conducted Friday morning. Tie- boy was fatal injured when h? st,-pp?-d off a moving truck and feil under the ma "'bine. He died iwu hours later in a local hospital. Washington, May 28,?The reor ganization of the prohibition enforce in forces is understood to have neon dr . usseel at conference between Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair and Prohibition Commissioner Kramer. Washington, May 28.?Gasoline stocks April 30th amounted to 755. 000.000 gallons, the largest in the history of the county, the bureau of mine's announced.