SION DH MESSAGE TO FARMERS.
Pl'OHldOUt Wilson SpiMlkM of Ul? Nc
cosslttcH of tho Hour.
Washington, Jan. 31.-lu u mes
sage to tho nation's farmers, deliver
ed to-day to an agricultural confor
onco al Urbana, 111., President Wil
don s;ii<l be thought statesmen on
both sides of tho water realized that
the culminating crisis ot (ho war had
como, und this year's aehlovcmonts
would decido lt.
Tho message, which the Presiden!
intended lo present personally until
allai I 'd by a cold several days ago
was delivered by President .lames, ol
the University of Illinois. Recount
ing tho aggressions of Oermnny, the
President said:
All Must Help.
" I need not toll you. for I ant ?ure
you realize as keenly as I do. that we
are as a nation in thc presence of a
great task 'which demands sup,onie
sacrifice and endeavor of every one
of us. We can give every thing thal
is needed with th?' greater willing
ness, and oven satisfaction, because
the object of the war in which weare
engaged is tho greatest thsit free men
have over undertaken, lt ls to pre
vent tho life of the world from being
determined and the fortunes of tuen
every where affected by small
groups of military masters who seek
their own interest and the BOlflsll do
minion throughout the world of the
governments they unhappily for the
moment control. You will not ticed
lo bo convinced that it was necessary
for us as a free people to take part
in this war. * * * The rulers or
Oermnny had sought to exercise their
power in such U way as to shut off
our economic lifo, so far as our in
tercourse with Europe was concern
ed, and to confino our people within
the western hemisphere, while they
accomplished purposes which would
have permanently impaired and im
peded every process of our national
lile and have put the fort.ir.co of
America .ii the mercy of the Imperial
government of Germany. This was
no threat, lt had become a re-illt>
Their hand of violence had noon laid
upon our own people and cur own
prosperity In flagrant violation not
only of justice, but of the well-recog
nized and long-standing covenants ot
international law and treaty. We
ure lighting, therefore, as truly f >r
tho liberty and self-government of
tho United ?-Hates as if fho war of
our own revolution had *o he fought
over again; and every man in every
business in the United States must
know by this Hmo thal his whole
futuro fortune lies in the balance.
Our national life and our whole eco
nomic development will pass under
tho sinister Influence of foreign con
trol if we do not win. We must win,
therefore, and we shall win. 1 need j
not ask you to plejjgc your lives and j
fortunes with those of the rest of
tho nation to t lie. accomplishment of j
t hat groat end.
Crisis lias Coane.
"You will realize, ns I think states
men on both sides of the waler real
ize, that tho culminating crisis of
the struggle has como and that the
achievements of this year on the one
side or the other must determine the
issue. lt has turned out that the
forces that fight for freedom depend
upon vis in an extraordinary and un
expected degree for sustenance, for
thc supply of tho materials by which
men aro to live and to fight, and it
will be our glory when the war ls
over that wo have supplied those ma
terials, and supplied them abundant
ly, and it will ho all tho more glory
because in supplying them we have
made our supreme effort" and sacri
fice.
"In tho Held of agriculture we
have agencies and Instrumentalities,
fortunately, such as no oilier govern
ment in tho world can show. The
Department of Agriculture is un- I
doubtedly the greatest practical and
scientific agricultural organization In '
the world. * * ? The hanking leg
islation of the las! two or three years j
has given thc farmers access to the ;
great londable capital of the country.
* * + Roth by direct purchase of
nitrates and hy the establishment of
plants to produce nitrates, the gov
ernment ls doing its utmost to as
slst In the problem of fertilization.!
Tho Department of Agriculture and
other agencies are actively assisting
tho farmers to locate, safeguard and
secure at cost an adequate supply of
sound seed. The department has
$2,500,OOH available for this pur
pose no.Y and has asked Congress for
$G,OOO,OOO more.
"The labor problem ls one of great
difficulty, and some of tho best agen
cies of tho nation are addressing
themselves to the lask of solving lt,
so far ns lt is possible to solve lt.
Praise for Farmers,
"Let me say that the stimulation
of the agencies 1 have enumerated
baa been responded to by the farm
ers In splendid fashion. * * * Last
Siring their planting exceeded hy
tweive million acres the largest
planting of any previous year, and
the yields from tho crops were rec
ord-breaking uu.ids. in the fall of
1917 a wheat acreage of 42,170,000
wa? planted, which wa? one million
larger than the next largest, and
seven 'millions greater than the pre
ceding five-year average.
"Hut I ought to say to you that lt
is not only necessary that these
achievements should bo repeated, btu
that they should bo exceeded. * * *
"I will ii h appeal to you to con
tinue and renew ami increase your
efforts. I don't believe that lt is
necessary to do so. I believe that
you will do it wit boin any word or
appeal from me, because you under
stand as well as I do tho needs and
opportunities of ibis groat hour
when tho fortunes of mankind
everywhere seem about lo bo deter
mined and when America bas the
greatest opportunity she has ever
had to make good her own freedom,
and In making it good to lend a
helping hand lo men struggling for
their freedom everywhere. You re
nt
member that it was fanners from
whom came the first shots at Lexing
ton, that set aflame tho revolution
that made America free. 1 bolte and
believe that tho farmers of America
will willingly and conspicuously
stand by to win this war also. Tho
toil, the Intelligence, thc energy, the
foresight, tho seli-sacilflee and de
votion of tho farmers of America
will, I believe, bring toa triumphant
conclusion this groat last war for the.
emancipation of men from the con
trol of arbitrary govern incut and
tho selfishness ol' class legislation
?ind control, and then, when the end
has come, we may look each other in
tho face and be glad (hat we are
Americans and have had the privi
lege to play such a part."
(tollcross Local Xews,
('onoross, Jan. 28.-Special: We
were glad that our pastor could make
thc trip to his church hore Saturday.
It was almost imposslblo for him to
travel, but ho and his wife made
their trip from the Long Creek Acad
emy. They said tho Stumphouso
road was s'till covered with sleet and
that lt was real dangerous driving.
We as a church should appreciate,
our pastor for his faithfulness. We
had a splendid sermon on Sunday
morning. All present seemed to en
joy lt. Kev. and Mrs. Raines re
turned to the academy .Sunday after
noon.
.Ronnie Abbott, of Camp Sevler,
spent the week-end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. Abbott.
Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Smith, of
West .Union, wore visitors at the
home of Mrs. Smith's father, J. Davis
Abbott, the past week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Alexander
were recent guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Hubbard, of Rich
land.
Miss 'Maida Watkins, of Westmin
ster, spent the week-end with Misses
Pearle and Jane Hunsingor.
Jerry Alexander, of Ames, Okla.,
is with T. D. and W. 0. Alexander
for a few days.
The W. M. S. of Oonoross church
will hold one ol* their next circle
meetings with the oldest member of
the church, Mrs. Elizabeth Broom,
who lives al the Cashell place, near
Mrs. J^rry Dilworth's, tho next pretty
Sunday afternoon. The other circle
is expected to meet on tho same day.
The Blue Ridge Literary Society
met last Friday afternoon and will
meet again on the fourth Friday af-"
ternoon. The public is extended a
special invitation to attend these
meetings.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take LAXATIVS BROMO Quinine. It Btopa tho
Cough and Headache and works off the Cold.
Druggists refund money If lt fails to cure.
li. w. GROVK'S signature on each box. 30c.
Dnrrlson-Mllls.
( Farm and Factory. )
William 'Mills, of South Georgia,
w-as married in Seneca Sunday, Jan
uary 13, to Mis? Harrison, a charm
ing young lady of Liberty, Miss Har
rison met her fiance hero and the
ceremony was performed by Rev. I.
IS. Wallace. Mr. Mills is a brother
of C. P. 'Mills, of Westminster, and
a short time ago was engaged in bus
iness at Liberty. The bride and
groom left Immediately after the
ceremony for their futuro home In
Georgia.
ACIDS IX STOMACH
SOUR THE FOOD AND
CAUSE LNPIOKSTION
"Rape's Dinpcpstn" Fixes Sour,
Gussy, Upset Stomachs ht
Five Minutes,
You don't know what upset your
stomach which portion ol' the food
did the damage- do you? Well,
don't bother. If your stomach ls in
IA revolt: If sick, gassy and upset,
and what you just ate ha? fermented
land turned sour, head dizzy and
.aches; belch gases-and acids and
'eructate undigested food; breath
(foul, tongue coated--just take a llt
j tie Rape's Dla pepsin to neutralizo
i acidity and in five minutes you 'won
der what became of thc Indigestion
and distress.
Million- of men and women to
day know that it ie needless to have
dyspepsia. A little Din peps in occa
sionally keeps tho stomach sweeten
ed, and they eat their favorito foods
without fear.
If you stomach doesn't take caro
of your liberal limit without rebel
lion ; if your food is a damage in
Ktead of a help, remember the ff ti ick
iest, surest and most harmless ant
acid ls Papa's Diapensin, which costs
j only fifty cent? for a largo caso at
? "drug stores, lt's truly wonderful
', lt stops food souring and sot* things
straight, so gently and easily that lt
. is really astonishing. Your stomnc-h
will digest your meals If you keep
?acida neutralized.- Adv.
ASSESSMENTS ON OLD PLAN.
Tax < om mission lian. Rescinded Or
der-To l?o Ma<lo on 12% Basis.
(Tho State.)
The property ot the vState will he
assessed lor taxation on a basis of 12
per cent of tho true valuation, the
rate employed in former years, in
cou form itv with tho wishes of the
Legislature, according to a letter
which has boen mailed to County
Auditors and Hoards of Assessors ol'
tho State. Tho rescinding of the res
olution adopted at tho Auditors'
meeting in Columbia on Dcccni'ber
29, Iii 17, was the result of the reso
lution adopted by tho Legislature a
few days ti go.
The Auditors of the State met in
Columbia in their annual convention
and adopted a resolution placing tim
assessment of all property in the
Slate on a basis of 50 per cent valua
tion. This was to operate with the
taxing of both farm property and
bank stocks, and the Idea of tho Tax
Commission at the time of introduc
ing the resolution was to raise the as
sessment and lower the levy. They
also took the position that a mor!
equitable adjustment of taxation
could be reached in this way, as much
of the property of the Stare was not
on the tax books.
With the convening of tho General
Assembly much discussion was
brought out by the consideration of
tho resolution and a resolution re
questing the rescinding of the order
sent out from the Tax Commission
was introduced and passed. The rea
son given in 'the resolution of the
Legislature was that the increase in
assessment would be too violent a
change in the practice of the State.
Following upon the acceptance of
the resolution hy the General Assem
bly the Tax Commission decided to
reduce the basis of assessment to the
usual 42 per cent used in former
years. The letter of the Tax Commis
sion to the Auditors and Boards of
Assessors of the State is as follows:
"The General Assembly of South
Carolina during its present session
adopted the following resolution:
" 'Whereas, the Tax Commission
has announced that it will require all
property assessed at 5 0 per cent of
the value thereof, and
" 'Whereas, we consider the same
would be too violent a change in the
practice of the State in such case, and
" 'Whereas, the gross Inequalities
of the assessment of values of prop
erty cause great injustice which
should be corrected,
" '.Now, 'be lt resolved, That we re
quest the Tax Commission to uso
every means of equalizing the assess
ed values of property for taxation on
an equitable basis.'
"Now. in conformity with the
wishes of the Legislature, the Tax
Commission has decided to reduce the
basis assessment from 50 per cent of
the value ol' property to 42 per cent
tnereof, to conform with the basis of
assessment heretofore adopted hy the
Tax Commission in the case of bank
stocks and other corporations coming
under its purisdiction.
"Wc, therefore, instruct you to
consider tho circular of December 29,
1917, amended, so as to strike out
the' words and figures 50 per cent,
wherever the same occurs, and to In
sert in lieu thereof the figures and
words 4 2 per cent, so that tho basis
of equalization for the present year
shall be 42 per cent of the true value
of all property."
I io be ?t S. Rutledge.
Editor Keoweo Courier: I wish to
write a few lines in regard to the
late Roebrt S. Rutledge, a Confede
rate soldier, who passed away a few
days ago. Ile enlisted In Company C,
(Capt. J. J. Norton), Orr's Regiment,
at Sandy Springs, July 20, 18Bl. He
was In the battles of Gaines's Mill,
Frazier's Farm, Malvern Hill, Sec
ond Manassas, Ox 'Hill. Harper's
Ferry, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristow
?Station, Wilderness, Spottsylvania,
Jericho Ford, Cold Harbor, battles
around Petersburg. In 1864 he was
detached as a sharpshooter. On the
30th of September, 1864, at the bat
tle of Jones's Farm he lost his leg -
7>:\ years ago last Soptomber. He
was a faithful soldier of the Lost
Cause. There was not a braver man
; in Hie Sharpshooters than Bob Rut
ledge. Ile has gone to join lils com
rades who have "crossed over the
river"; the rest of us will soon fol
low. Peace to his ashes!
W. T. McGill.
Company L, Orr's Regiment.
Walhalla, Jan. 2S, 1918.
. .
Soldiers Shoot Fach Other.
Houston, Texas, Jan. ?50.-'Mystery
surrounding the shooting of Sergt.
Claudo Mason and Privnto Roland
Hye, of Company M, l32d Infantry,
at Camp Logan, was cleared to-day
when lntclllgenco officers obtained
statements from tho men that each
had shot the other, hoping thereby to
escape further duty and obtain hon
orable discharges. They will be
court-martialed.
The case is tho first of the kind in
American cantonments, army officorf
declare. The men stated they stood
j 15 foot apart and by agreement shol
[ each other in the leg. Both men
?came from Chicago.
I
WILL HLM HCT F KW FOR ARMY.
New HcguluUoiiH Permit Acceptance I
of 'Many Heretofore Excused Duty.
Washington, Jan. 31.-New regu
lations for selective draft physical'I
examinations were issued to-day by t
Provost Marshal General Crowder in \
preparation for extension of tho \
policy of accepting for special and s
limited service registrants unfitted
for general military duty. They will
bring Into the service under the next 1
draft many men who otherwise would c
ho exempted. i
The local boards aro directed to J
pass upon registrants for general f
military service only when they
come within the standards of uncon- c
<lii ional acceptance or rejection. All 1
other cases must he referred to the (
medical advisory board for further s
examination. Hereafter there will i
he no unconditional rejecting ot men ;
who have remediable defects. <
Under the old regulations men i
under live feet in height were uncon
ditionally rejected. In the future
men of 58 inches, if exceptionally (
well proportioned, may he taken, and 1
if not exceptionally well proportion- \
e'd, their cases must be referred to I
tho medical board. Registrants ?
above 78 Inches, when not exception- <
ally well proportioned, also are to I
be referred to the medical advisory
board for classification. ?
The minimum weight established i
by tho regulation ls 100 pounds, un- I
less the underweight is "plainby due t
to some recent illness', and otherwise <
tho registrants have no disqualifying <
defect," but the cases of registrants I
weighing between 100 pounds and i
114 pounds are to be referred to the I
medical board.
Registrants under weight in pro
portion to their height, unless it ls
plainly due to some temporary i
cause, also go to the medical board.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,]
Lucas County. ' J
Prank J. Cheney makes oath that
he ls senior partner of the firm of P,
J. Cheney & Co., doing 'business in
the City of Toi ;do, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
tho sum of Ono ?Hundred Dollars for
each and every cn?o of catarrh that
cannot he cured by tho use of Hall's
Catarrh Medicine.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscrib
ed in my pr?sence, thia ?th day of
December, A. I). 1S8G.
A. W. GLEASON. (Seal.) !
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh' Medicine ls taken !
internally and acts thtrough the ?
'blood on tho mucous surfaces of the
svstem. Send 'for testimonials, free.
P. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold hy all druggist?, 7 5c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipa
tion.-'Adv.
Cabbago Snake* !
(Tugaloo Tribune.)
On Sunday, as Mrs. Robt. Crocker,
of the Oconee Mill village, was cut
ting up some cabbage to prepare for
i dinner she discovered a snake coiled
? on one of the leaves. The little rep
I Hlo was of a dark yellowish color
and was some two or three Inches
long. Mr. Crocker bought tho cab
\ ; bago from a mountain wagon Satur*
l j day. He sold tho snake would snap
. at a straw when lt first came from
i t the vegetable. Mr. Crocker does not
want any moro cabbage.
MA??LIi'Ar.Tfjr?URH CF
HOME OTFIce BRANCH OFFIC
PLANTA ?M
acker Acres ?
?3 calling for bigger yields of all
id of farm products the South ct
ndsome prices for them. Neve
had such a {golden opportunity tc
time build his own fortune.
?rtilization of every acre in cultiv
ever before, because each nore i
t This cannot be done unless the
iilizers aro used. Low producing
;ute an inexcusable and unpatrioti
IS BRANDS resist leaching, p
ful maturity of the crop. Onrj
into their manufacture. Thai
ersal satisfaction.
FOR SALE BY
. G. BREAZEAL:
Westminster, S. C.
EVENT S H EDD IN
SHIPPING L?SSES UP AGAIN.
iritnin Lose? Nine Large ?nd Six
Smaller VCSSCIH.
London, Jan. 31.-An increase in
3rltish shipping losses is shown in
he official su nt mu ry issued to-night,
vhieh reports the destruction of nine
.cssels of moro than 1,600 tons, and
;lx of lesser tonnage.
Tho official statement follows:
Arrivals, 2,352; sailings, 2,309.
British merchantmen, 1,600 tons or
iver, sunk -hy mine or submarine, 9;
inder 1,600 tons, 6; fishing vessels,
British merchantmen unsuccess
ully attacked, 8.
(The sinking of 15 British mer
.hantmen exceeds by seven the total
or the previous two weeks, in both
ti which six largo ships and two
small ones "were lost. "The admiralty
eports of both January 2 and Janu
try 9 gave the sinking as 21 mer?
.hantmen, in each case of which 18
measured more than 1,600 tons.)
Prejudicial to U. H.
Washington, Jan. 31.-'Because of
:ertain conditions in Spain, which the
government considers are to tho ad
vantage of Germany and discrimlna
ory to the United States and -Ute
lilies, the war trade board to-day
ceased to issue licenses for export of
merchandise to that country.
Recently when Cen. Pershing was
uithorized to buy 200,000 blankets
ni Spain for American troops, and at
tempted to buy other merchandise,
mme influence, suspected of being
[forman, Intervened. Other Incidents
sonvince the government here of Ger
m?n activity. Measures similar to
those recently adopted toward other
European neutrals are In prepara
tion.
Spnin-BVmiid Ships Held.
An Atlantic Port, Jan. 31.-The
sailings of five passenger steamships
making ready hero for voyage to
Spain were suspended to-day, lt was
finnounced, on orders from Washing
ton.
Special officers representing the
government were placed on guard In
the vicinity of the piers whero tho
Spanish vessels are berthed.
Beyond posting a public bulletin
announcing the suspension', officials
of the Spanish line withheld informa
tion. Tho bulletin said tho post
ponement was for an indefinito time.
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
The Old Standard genero! strengthening tonic,
QROVl'.'S TASTKI.KSS chill TON IC, Ur ives out
Malaria,enriches the blood,mid bill Ids upi lie sys
tem. A true tonic. I'or adults ond children, 60c
Kaiser Bill KOJIIO Slaughterer.
Washington, Feb. 1. - Advices
reaching the United States Forest
Service show that Emperor William
Ot Germany up to 1908 had killed
61,730 pieces of game. "According
to ono German forestry journal," tho
Forest Service says, "tho Kaiser in
1908 killed 1,995 pieces of wild
gaine, Including 70 stags, elk and
roebuck. At that timo ho had
slaughtered a total of 61,730 pieces
of game, more than 4,000 of which
were stags, and was the leading ex
terminator of wild lifo in the world."
As a slaughterer of men, women
and children since 1914, ho'wovor, ho
has hoon the foremost exterminator
ol' human life in all history.
?. S. SHIPPING LOSSES FOR YEAR
00 Siiips and Over .'JOO Uves Lost,
lota] Tonnage Sunk 171,061.
New York, Feb. 1.-In the twelve
months of unrestricted warfare
launched against American and allied
shipping by Germany one year ago
yesterday, there have been sunk by
mines, submarines nnd raiders, 69
American vessels, totaling 171,061
gross tons, according to a careful
compilation of records of sinkings
which have been made public during
tho period.
Offsetting the loss of American
vessels, most of which were sailing
ships, the United States since Febru
ary 1, 1917, has added to her mer
chant marino by the seizure of for
mer German and Austrian owned
ships, a total of 107 vessels, having a
gross tonnage of 686,104, leaving on
the credit side of the American led
ger in the account with tho central
powers, a not gain of RI fi,-133 gross
tons. The loss of lifo caused by the
sinking of the 69. American ships
was more than 300 persons, * how
ever.
The percentage of sinkings of
American ships compared with the
number of vessels which have sailed
through the war zone successfully is
small. Records of the Department
of Commerce show that for the pe
riod beginning February 1, 1917, and
ending December 1, there were clear
ed from American ports in the for
eign trade ships aggregating 17,
738,900 not, or approximately 24,
834,480 gross tons. The number of
ships making up the total of tons wap.
not made public by the department.
The wisest thing a pro-Gorman oan
do just now is to keep himself a pro
found secret.
DOCTOR URGED
AN OPERATION
Instead I took Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound
and Was Cured.
Baltimore, Md.-"Nearly four years
I suffered from organic troubles, ner
vousness and head
aches anti every
month would have to
fctny in bed most of
the timo. Treat
ments would relieve
me for a timo but
my doctor was al
ways'urging me to
-have an operation.
My steter asked me
^to try Lydia E. Pink
h a m's Vegctablo
y Compound before
// consenting to an
y J ./operation. I took
J/ / five bottles of itand
/ it hna completely
t cured me and my
work is a pleasure. I tell all my friends
who havo any trouble of this kind what
Lydia E. Pinkham's. Vegetable Com
pound has done for me."-NELLI*} B.
BniTTiNOHAM, 609 Ca! vcr ton Rd. ^Balti
more, Md.
lt is only natural for any woman to
dread the thought of an oporation. So
many women have been restored to
health by this famous remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
an operation lins been advised that it
will pay any woman who su fifers from
such ailments to consider trying it be
fore submitting to such u tiyirig ordeal.