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PRIZE WINNING ARGUMENT. Mr. Labori Krasnoff was awarded the medal for the best argument in the debate of the Woodrow Wilson literary society, the subject of the debate being: "Resolved, That Wilson's Conscription Plan is the Wisest Method of Raising an Army Under Present Conditions." The full text of the speech of Mr. Krasnoff follows: The idea uppermost in the Ameri can mind today and wnicn has stirred our entire nation is that expressed by the word conscription. As one has said: "In peace nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility; but when the war blasts beat upon our ears, let us imitate the actions of a tiger?stiffen our sinews and call up our blood." This is a time when we must have real service that we know from experience will be effective and it is no time for uncertain speculations. We all agree that America is confronting the gravest problem in her history, and that we must have military power to settle the issue; but we disagree in regard to the method of raising the needed army with which to overthrow the greatest curse that has ever moved over the face of the waters?German Imperialism. We are in one of the bloodiest wars of all history and in which we are to play a leading role. This war cannot be won by talk and it cannot be won by volunteers, but by conscription, which method has never failed. Reason with me, my countrymen, that you might see for vourselves the real merits of the conscription law, which was horn, which is nurtured and which shall exist by the truest ideals of an unquestionable democracy. Wilson's idea of conscription is not that men shall merely be forced into military service, but all men of all ranks and professions shall be enlisted into war service. In his proclamation to the people, he appeals to the farmer, to the men who run the railways, to the middleman, to the merchant, to the shipbuilder, to the miner, to the manufacturer and to the people who cultivate gardens, to enlist in the great service army of the nation. This method means equal distribution of responsibility among: the 104,000.000 people of the United States and a majority of this vast number is in favor of conscription. Those who are opposed to conscription say it is undemocratic but pray tell me what is more democratic than making everyone serve without regard to color, race, environment, wealth or social position? Why should only those who are thrilled with patriotism volunteer? Why not put the the "slacker" and the "coward" in the ranks of those who serve their country? While on the other hand extreme pacifists say that it is a step towards militarism, but this is best understood by the example of Swtzerland ?JT wwhich is surrounded by a number of the great powers of Europe, and has maintained its independence, democratic institutions, and self-respect and has had compulsory service for the past 70 years. There are quite a number of prominent men in the United States who are in favor of this method. Among whom are President Wilson, commander-in-chief of our army and navy, ex-Presidents Roosevelt and Taft, the secretary of war and the four men who preceded him, Lftndley M. Garrison. Elihu Root, Henry L. Simpson and Luke E. Wright. The War College and West Point are also advocating compulsory service. Now if all these famous men and the War College and West Point are in favor of it, it v*)uld be foolish for us to cast our opinion against theirs; for all of these have made a critical study of the problem. Asuie from the efficiency of conscription, we should advocate it because of the genuine benefit that is sure to come to our nation through the real training that the conscripted men shall receive. It gives to the soldier physical strength; it brings him into closer contact with his fellow men and thus broadens his ideas and ideals. Greatest of all, it disciplines men, teaches them to obey by obeying, teaches them that to command one must first learn to obey, teaches them in a practical way to have consideration for the rights and feelings of others, teaches them the value of truth, teaches them the absolute need . of concentration of mind. Perhaps the greatest argument in favor of conscription is the weakness of the only other* available method for raising the needed army?namely, the volunteer system. We ought to profit greatly by our own experience which has taught us these weaknesses. It is best shown in the war of 1812, when about fifteen hundred British attacked our volunteer guard at Washington, killing eight and wounding eleven and then destroying the entire city. Again in the late Spanish-American war, when the volunteers suffered from lack of food and treatment and because of the untrained men in command. England at the beginning of this war had the volunteer system, but after losing the flower of her manhood had to resort to conscription as a national necessity. If you will recall that during the first two years of the War Between the States we had the volunteer system; but later saw the wisdom of forcing men to serve in defense of that noble cause for which the knightly I^ee drew his sword. Durinpr the same war there were over two and three-quarters millions of volunteers, and of this number 51 per cent of them were boys under nineteen years of apre. This includes about one and two-thirds millions of boys between the ages of ten and nineteen and only 300,000 from 22 and over. It would be the same today, if we, put the volunteer system into effect. All the youths between , the ages of ten and nineteen would , volunteer and thereby deprive themselves of the education they would . otherwise receive. Suppose the legislative bodies were ' to adopt a volunteer system of war , taxation, there would not be a seven billion dollar loan today, and you would think this system to be unjust, unfair, un-American and undemocratic. If this be the case with taxes, how in this wide world are we to rely upon the services of volunteers? As a man is forced to pay his taxes and debts, so should he be required to serve his country in time of war. Another reason why we should object to the volunteer system is because it is too slow and not dependable. We need an army at once. We cannot raise a volunteer army within a year, but if so, it would take another year to train it. Still another is because it is not economical, for by conscripting the men an army can be raised within fnnr mA?fKa ,, ?,vv?ft lUVllbliO * COUJf XVII' LIU 111" ing, and at a nominal cost; while the volunteer system would call for wide publication. The expense would spread over a long period of time, as is shown by the present rate of enlistments. We should have conscription for the following reasons: It raises an army without question and without doubt; it is advocated by the greatest men in the United States today; it is beneficial; it has never failed; it is not a step towards militarism and last of all it is wholly democratic and American. Then since the volunteer system is weak, and its only alternative is strong, let us lean upon strength that we might be enabled to combat successfully the war lions of earth that would prey upon national right and human principles. MOTHER! GIVE CHILD "SYRUP OF FIGS" IF TONGUE IS COATED If Cross, Feverish, Sick, lliPous, Clean Little Liver and Bowels. Children love this "fruit laxative," and nothing else cleanses the tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child simply will not stop playing to empty the bowels, and the result is, they become tightly clogged with waste, liyer gets sluggish, stomach" sours, then your little one becomes cross, half-sick .feverish, don't eat, sleep or act naturally, breath is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat, stomach-ache OP HinrrVinoo T Mother! See if tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the constipated waste, sour bil*. and undigested food passes out of the system, and you have a well, playful child again. Millions of mothers give "California Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly harmless; children love it, and it never fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowels. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. Get the genuine, made by "California Fig Syrup Company." Refuse any other kind with contempt. "HOW DELIGHTFUL IT IS!" By Henry Polk Ixnvenstein. How delightful it is to do one's duty well; How delightful it is in the House of God to dwell. How delightful it is, like Sheridan on his ride, With a heart full of hope, to swivn to the Other side. How delightful it is, at Country's call, To put on the armor and fight for all. How delightful it is, in foreign land, To uphold the flag and for Justice stand. How delightful it is to slip out of the sod, And on the wings of music to fly to God. Listening to the orchestra playing a beautiful wait/, in the hotel where he was stopping in San Antonio, Tex., General Fnnnston sr?pnlfin<* a litfial girl nearby, said, "How delightful it is!" and then expired, these being his last words. Copyrighted 1917. Copyright waived for newspaper and magazine publications during the present war. Dedicated to the Army and Navy of the United States. Opinions from Folks Who Know For malarial headache, Granger Liveif Regulator entirely relieved my trouble.?J. Height, Wctumpka, Ala. Had heavy neadache. Vomited twice to six times a day. Four doses of Granger Liver Regulator made me ?ta11 * * nciii?Liuunaati i'. isnndley, iSomerville, Ala. Mother had sick headache. Granger -Liver Regulator tdid her more good than all the medicine she had taken before.?Pearley Davis, I'acio, Ala. I never e:cpeot to fcc without it in my home.?Jenie Usey, Gadsden, Ala. It is a great raver of doctors' bills. ?Louis N. Kent, Honoraville, Ala. There i3 none better.?Dr. T. E. Cothram, Alexis, Ala. All druggists sell Granger Liver Regulator?T.y it. LOCKHART JUNCTION Jjockhart Junction, June 5.?Th< weather is getting more favorable fo; the growing crops, but the crop pros pect is very poor. We see some cot ton looking very well while there ii some just coming up. The corn pros pect is good. I see there is a largi acreage planted in corn. I would like to see a good rain fo. the vegetables and would help al growing crops if the weather keep: warm. Some places they are havinf rain but we need some in this section Mr. B. F. Gregory and this write spent part of last week at Great Fall: to see Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Gault. Mr Gault is a son of the writer and Mrs Gault is a daughter of Mr. Gregory We are glad to say for the benefi of those who knew Mr. and Mrs. Gaul in Union county that they are gettinj along nicely. Great Falls is a goo< busines stown ,built near by the Ca tawba river. There are many beauti ful scenes around this place on th? river. There are several large powe plants furnishing several counties an< States with electric power. I met Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Vassej and also Mr. W. A. McNeace. Thesi are from Union county. I hadn't seei Mrs. Vassey in 29 years. We wen ^? ? ?,w otuuui lugemer. Mrs. Vassey wai Miss Ella Whitlock before her mar riage to Mr. Vassey. She has mam relatives in Union county. She is J sister of Messrs. B. W., John an< Munro Whitlock of Union county. Mr Vassey is in the furniture business a that place. Mr. W. A. McNeace is a travelling man and a son of Mr. Milton Mc Neace, who lived in Union before h< died. He is a son-in-law of Mr. ant Mrs. Vassey. I met Rev. Mr. Whiteside, who car ried on a protracted meeting at th< Baptist church at Jonesville last year I heard him preach a sermon: he hat just, begun a protracted meeting a that place. I met Rev. Mr. Jones, who wa preacher in charge at Union last year Rev. Mr. Kilgo, Methodist preache at that place, gave me a warm invi tation to his services so you see I ha< no time to stop if I had taken advan tage of all these kind invitations. Moxy. NOT THE ONLY ONE. There Are Other Union People Sim ilarly Situated. Can there be any stronger proof oi fered than the evidence of Union res idents? After you have read the fol lowing, quietly answer the questioi W. I.ester Davis, salesman, 247 Main St., Union, says: "My kidney were weak and I suffered from bacto ache. Finally, I got Doan's Kidne Pills from the Palmetto Drug Co., an they fixed me up in good shape." OVER THREE YEARS DATEI Mr. Davis said: "I have occasior ally had slight signs of kidney trail ble, due to a cold, but Doan's Ki<3 ney Pills have always sriven m prompt relief." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for a kidney remedy?gc Doan's Kidney Pills?the same tha Mr. Davis has twice publicly recom mended. Foster-Milburn Co., Props Buffalo, N. Y. "new hope New Hope, June 5.?For the pas few days we have been having som real June weather. The farmres ar now getting up with their work bet ter. There was some hail above Jones ville Sunday morning, but not muc damage reported. In sections thes hail storms have certainly done dam age to crops and must say we ar thankful that our community hasn been visited that way. All the boys will go to register tc day from our community. Think mos everybody is willing to register. Our regular services were held c New Hope Sunday morning. Mr. J. B. Justus and Mr. Henr Humes of Jonesville visited at th home of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Whitloc Sunday. Mrs. Ada Holcomb of Jonesvill spent Sunday with parents, Mr. an Mrs. J. W. Scott. Mrs. B. W. Whitlock visited he daughter, Mrs. Robert Sprouse, laf week. The missionary meeting will be hel at the home of Mrs. B. M. Beckne second Sunday, June 10th. All men bers are urjjed to be present. The community meeting will met next Friday, June 8, at the scho< house. All members are requested t come. Vero. IF YOU are troubled with dandruff, itchin scalp, and your hair coming out, w ask you to try TRAOt MARK HAIR TONIC on our guarantee that it will gi> you relief and satisfaction or monc refunded. Sold only by us, 50c ar $1.00. Glymph's Pharmacy, Union, I C. _ MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE. King Solomon, with all his glory, Had eke his royal cares and frets But dark indeed would read his stoi Had all his wives been suffragette ?Columbia Record. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take l^AXATIVK J1ROMO Quinine. It stop* ?1 Cough and Headache and worlta off the Col nruggtata refund money If it falls to cut H- W. OROVK'8 signature on each box. 22 ]"\l JUST WORKED A MIRACLE FOR ME ; Had Been Going Down Hi ! For Ten Years, She Says. WERE TERRIBLE MONTH | Declares Only Those Who Have Ei , dured What She Did Can Understand. r "For months I was in a broke j down condition and just lay arour , the house, unable to do anything, . was so weak and nervous. I was pai . going for a long time and I spent #- Int. nf limn in Kn/1 ?> ? t .?V v.?iiv aal uvu Ui All CX V. 11(11 I, bill t Mrs. M. I>. Rowers, of Williamsto jr S. C., in her statement endorsing Tai i lac. "I had been under treatment o . and on all the time, but I failed 1 . improve until I began taking Tanla 5 Really, I steadily got worse until r began taking Tanlac. For ten yea; i my health had been going down hi My stomach was in an awful cond f tion and I suffered terribly with ind ? gestion. i "But since taking Tanlac I fe t fine. I took eleven bottles and I' 3 doing all my house work now ar . when night comes I still feel stror j and good. The Tanlac just worked 3 miracle for me. I think, and one wV j has never been as sick as I was f< ; such a long time cannot understar t just what I suffered. It is the on medicine that ever helped me, and r had been sickly for ten years. I a . glad to recommend Tanlac. too, for > think it is the finest there has ev< ] been." For sale by Palmetto Drug O . Union; Buffalo Drug Co., Buffalo; 1 ? D. Bailey, Carlisle; B. G. Wilburn Son, Cross Keys; Jonesville Drug C< 1 .Tonesville; Lockhart Mills Stor t Lockhart, R. J. Fowler, Monarch.(Advertisement). PACOLET* ROUTE 1 r Pacolet, Route 1, Rehoboth, June i ?Well, the farmers are getting aloi - very well with their crops and the co ton is looking better now than it d t.WO WPoks acrn Ttin -ftw. *??v ?vo uic nun warmer and the cotton is growin If the nights continue warm the co ton will prow and the farmers can g i" it worked out as soon as they ev did. Mrs. Charlie Smith and little ch - dren of Louisville, Ky., is visiting h parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Jont i-' near Rehoboth church. ' Mrs. J. W. Sparks of near Reh r- both SRent a few days last week s Anderson with her son, Mr. Robe - Sparks, of that city. y Mr. Paul Jones, Jones Goudelo d and Stacy Byers had a narrow esca; last Saturday while coming fro fene?v^e' car 'n wh>eh they we /T-nJc caught on fire and burned cor ^^yletly~ap except the front casing I- The. car belonged to Paul Jones e near Rehoboth, and was partly co ered with insurance. Mr. R. J. Foster spent last Su t day night and Monday in GafTney < t business. i- Mr. and Mrs. Wade Pridmore ai > family of Wilkinsville spent last Su day with Mr. and Mrs. .1 (' llnm near Grindal Shoals bridge. Miss Katie Roberson of near A bury spent last Saturday night ai t Sunday with Misses Mae and Mai e Lipsey near Rehoboth. e Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Harris spe - last Sunday with Mrs. Hattie ai Mayme Foster, i- Mr. Henry Long of near Jonesvil b attended services at Rehoboth chur e I last, fiiin/lfiv i~ The many friends of Uncle Bil ? Vaughan will regret to hear of his i 't ness. Mr. Vaughan is a Confedera soldier and is well advanced in yeai >- We all hope he will soon recover, it Well, today is registering day, every one between the ages of '21 ai it 30 had better go and register or ta the consequences. Jake, y ? * Fat Folks May Now Become e Slim Quick! d Be Moderate in Your Diet, Breat r Deeply, and Take Tassco. (j Fat persons, particularly tho from 10 to 30 pounds above norm weight will be interested to learn th they may easily reduce their weig without starvation diet or tiresome e ercise. Q This can best be done by being mo erate in your diet, so that you w not over-tax your assimilative orgai by getting plenty of fresh air, breathing deeply and by taking tass K four times a day. re Taiimi mov _ >.IUJ MV VUtUUlt- u lit. Glymph's Pharmacy in 5-grain table take one after each meal and one t fore retiring at night. They cost 1 tie, are absolutely harmless ,are plcf ant to take and are designed to redu fatty accumulations in the syst< wherever located. A few days' treatment should shi e a noticeable reduction in weight, t y flesh should become firm, the si smooth and the general health i proved; in fact, your footsteps sho? even become lighter, your work se< easier and a lighter and more buoyt feeling take possession of your whi being. Every person who is 10 or 20 pour !y over normal weight should surely g g this treatment a trial. ' You will pr< ably find that it is just what > need. 2 tte As we understand it, if the All ^ resent any outrage, Germany will c. forced to indulge in reprisals a Our Legal Resp id " to our customers insures the s iJ funds in this Bank. c. rl Our Personal Res ii. j* gives each member of the bank el whatever business problem yov with us. If we can help, Comir IK K. & >., c, - *X^?ttttC<SXXXXXXXXXXXXX3^^ | BUY A LIBERT ? Last year at this time it would h ?' 5 Cotton to buy a Liberty Bond, now l.K \\ 450 lbs. of Cotton. 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