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T eutons Fight With Great Tenacity, but at Appalling Cost From a staff correspondent of the Associated Press, with British ainiies in France, May 6.? Via London.?While the fighting for the last fortnight has wrought comparatively little change geographically along the British front, it has, as a matter of fact, been ofwlmost as great importance as any during the entire war. It has compelled the Germans to throw in such vast numbers of reserves that comparatively few of the fifth or more fresh divisions, assigned to the western front this year by Field Marshal von Hindenburg, remained unscorced by the flames of the French and British offensive battles. In view of this, it is small wonder that Ihe press reports from Pelrograd as sert that German divisions have been withdrawn from the Rus sian front and started for France. There is no denying that since the British" Easter Monday offensive took them by surprise and drove them from some of their most formidable positions, the Germans have fought with great tenacity and stubbornness, but at what cost they alone can correctly reckon. They have endeavored to meet the Entente Allied superiority in artillery by sheer weight of men, which has meant a material deepening of their fortified zone. Thus, when one line of men has been swept away, there is another and yet another. How long such tac tics can continue, how long the German soldiers can endure the withering blast of artillery which is ever upon them, is purely a matter of conjecture. German military writers have been referring of late to the Hindenburg line as a living, mobile wall, which by means of its various switch lines can bend backward and forward as if ' moving on so many hinges. Now, however, the men of the living wall are fighting behind great barriers of their dead. The Geimans seem to be car rying out their defersive battles with the same unshakable belief in the power of mass that char acterized their first onslaught upon the forts on the Belgian frontier, and, later, their futile offensive against Verdun. 1.: i: A nc i-Hitisu usAtuniii;^ line's in the recent fighting, thanks to the o\\i whelming weight of the artillery behind them, have noth ing liwe the strength of the German defending troops. Similarly, the Germans have delivered their counter-attack with forces often outnumbering threefold the British holding positions up on which the attacks were di rected. The Germans had to mcke these counter attacks across the open, under the very eyes of the British field guns and ihe losses entailed have been visibly enormous. It is not possible to visit a battery in Arras sector without hearing of the wonderful shoot ing they have had of late. There has been nothing like it since the war began, so far as the British are concerned, and the khaki gunners feel that they are paving off many old scoies .1. _ ?i - ? ~ ui me cany uays wnen the (Jer man artillery dominated and there was not a single high cal ibered British cannon on the Continent. Raise Peanuts for Profit See or write J. S. Burch, Mt. Croghan, S. C. for pamphlet giving all infor iuauon necessary. I will sell Spanish Seed Peanuts for 9c per lb. in 100 lb. lots. 10c per lb. in small lots. ] The Fastest Thing on Earth Wall Slrect Journal. The highest speed ever traveled by a man on the face ot the earth?nearly 143 miles an hour?was made bv a racing automobile on the great expanse of level sale deposits in Utah. The automobile run was made by a famous racing motorist and the best time for one mile was 25.2 seconds, which is caual to 142 85 miles an hour, a triffle better than the best preceeding record, made on the beach at Daytona, Fla., in April, 18U. This is the highest speed ever traveled bv man on the face of the earth. The best speed ever made by a vehicle running on rails was that recorded in the Berlin-Zossen test of electric cars, in 1903, when a rate ol 150.5 miles an hour was made. The crystallized salt in this Utah bed makes a hard and absolutely level surface and it is said that even in the hottest weather it does not heat Lhe tires of automobiles. The salt beds are 65 miles long: and eight miles wide. The estimated depth, in the middle, is 12 to 15 feet. The salt is white and averages 98 per cent pure. In racing over the salt beds the motorist has an unusual feeling of security because of the entire absence of destructions. Saw-Ciety One of the most foolish, redic ulous, absurd, nonsensical things in this country of jokes is the lit.le bunch ot well-to do loafers in the land that iscalkd "Soci ety," or as Sam Jones used to call it "Saw ciety." It is composed of the few folks who can live without work, and who look upon work as being a disgrace. They are the swells, if you please, that like leeches are living off of the labor of others but who are too good to do anything that could possibly be of any use. Up in Washington recently the name of a prominent nurse was presented for membership in one of the "Saw ciety Clubs," and it raised a row in the leeches' camp. Why, the idea of letting a woman who did any kind of work join this club of swell j loafers! Horrible! Why she would defile the whole club of c 11F onf Jitkbi OV.CIIICU SWCIIS. j And it isn't only in Washing ton's society clubs that people i who work are rul*?d out from I "High Sawcicty," Even in any little one-horse town of only a few thousand inhabitants there are usually a few half strain swells that stick up their little empty knots high in the air and strut like peacocks and will not associate with ordinary mortals. It is really laughable to see how quick they will drop one of their crowd if they defile themselves by going to work. Rilltinor ni?I? ? Farm and Fireside. A slieep authority of Nation wide reputation: "Were the rough idle lands is only three Southern States stocked with goats, lhat teriitorv would furnish sufficient leather to supply the demand of the United States." Add to this the meat and mohair which would he produced as combination products, for all of which the worl i markets are eagerly clam oring, then it would seem to be the best of economic prudence to allow his goatship to butt into Dixie. i| Three men went out for a dav's fishing. Thty took a bot tie with "bait." They drank too much. A storm came up, and two of them thought they were going to be drowned The third was asleep in the bottom of the boat. The two talked over what they wished done with their bodies in the event of either being saved. One wished to be cremated; the other to be sent home to his wife. Then they asked the one in the bottom of the boat what his wish was, and when he "came to" enough to talk he said: "You can just pour me back in the bottle." Better Farmir WILLIAMSON PLAN Ma* Proven Successful in Coast: J. N. HARPER, Since a numbei Agronomist of inquiries hav< come to the Farm Service Bureai about methods of corn culture it h considered advisable to recommend tin Williamson method to farmers in th< coastal region or those who have sand; loam soils. The following is an out line of the method in Mr. Williamson'i own words: "Break the land broadcast during th< winter, using a two horse plow 01 better, a disc plow. Bed with turn plow alx-foot row9, leaving a flve-incl balk. When ready to plant, breal this out with a scooter. Plow deepl; in the bottom of this furrow, using i Dixie with wing taken off. Ridge thei on this furrow with same plow stil going deep. Run the corn planter 01 this ridge, dropping one grain ever five or six inches. "Plant early as soon as frost dan ger Is past. Early planting is espe cially needful on very rich landi where stalks can not otherwise b< kept from growing too large. "Give the first working with a har row or any plow that will not cove the plant. For second working us< ten or twelve inch sweep. Corn shouli not be worked again until the growtl has been so retarded, and the stall so hardened that it will never grov too large. This is the most difficul point in the whole processf. Experi ence and judgment are required t know Just how much the stalk shouh be stunted, and plenty of nerve is re quired to hold hack your corn whei your neighbors, who fertilized at plant lng tifne and cultivated rapidly, havi oorn twice the size of yours. "Whea vou are convinced that you oorn has been sufficiently humiliated tom niav heein to mak* ?r r ?= Fight tl We have a fu Doors, Screen \ Fly Killers, Fly ? Flag. . Destroy the F vent disease. I Page land H S = Notice to Overseers Notice is hereby given that all overseers who have not worked their respective sections are asked to do so at once. Please do not delav this matter as some of the roads are in very bad condition. Respectfully, G. H. Gulledge, Commissioner for Mt. Croatian township. "Say, Casey, did you ever make an idiot of yourself over women?" "An itjut. is ut? Sure, I've made myself an intoire asylum." ig in the South OF CORN CULTURE il Plains And 8andy Loam Soils - plants should now be from twelve to eighteen inches high, i "Put half your fertilizer (this being i the first used at all) in the old sweep > furrow on both sides of every other i middle and cover by breaking out this i middle with turn plow. About one t ??1 ; .1 j i _ i lakCl UML 111* UlDCr U11UUIC II1C f s&me way. Within a few days side I corn in first middle with sixteenth-inch i sweep. Put all your nitrate of soda L in this furrow, if less than 16(1 - pounds. If mors, use one-half of it Cover with one furrow of turn plow, * then sow peas in this middle broadi cast at the rate of at least one bushel i to acre, and finish breaking out. , "In a few days side corn in other middle with same sweep, put balance 3 of nitrate of soda in this furrow, if it s has been divided, cover with turn r plow, sow peas, and break out This . lays by your crop with a good bed and plenty of dirt around your stalk. This should be from June 10th to 20th, unless the season is very late, and corn a should be hardly bunching for tassel. "Lay by early. More corn is ruined . by late plowing than by lack of plowing. This is when the ear is hurt , "The stalks thus raised are very small, and do not require anything P like the moisture even in proportion i to size than is necessary for large, 1 sappy stalks. They may, therefore, be 1 left thicker in the row. Large stalks i can not make large yields except with y extremely favorable seasons, for they cannot stand a lack of moisture. Corn raised by this method should not be - over seven feet high, and the ear 3 should be near the ground." 8 For Piedmont Section. For the Piedmont section the WI1? w liamson Plan can not be cloeely folr lowed but must be modified. Half of 3 the fertilizer should be applied before 1 planting. The other half should be 1 applied not later than when corn is { knee high. The nitrate of soda should then be applied when the corn is waist I high. Raise Corn As War Measure 3 In response to the call for food suj* 1 piles In view of war conditions, the !- Southern farmer should plant as large i a crop of corn as possible. He should - fertilize liberally and cultivate thora oughly so that maximum crops may be produced. It is recommended that r from 500 to 600 pounds of fertilizer be applied on Piedmont soils and from a 800 to 1,000 to coastal plain soils. I tie Flies ill stock ol Screen ire, Fly Traps, 1 Swatters, and Black 1 lies now and pre- f I ardware Co. I j ill ^ i Davis & Fu NEW CASI We are adding daily Merchandise, such Dry our trade demands and a ey will buy them. Our expenses are c doing business in the 1 own work. We thank our frieiiJ liberal patronage given i ance of same on the b* to one and all. Davis & Fi Monuments Now is the time to buy that monument you expect to buy. See me and save time and money. G. R. Knight. Veterinary Surge?n Calls answered day or night. Phone No. 48 two rings. Full stock of horse and cattle powders on hand at all limes. L. P. GRAVES GOT SOMETHING 1 YOU | WANT TO SELL? I Most people have a piece of furniture, a farm implement or 5 something else which they have ?2 discarded and which they no e longer want. & These things are put in the 6 attic, or stored away in the barn, H or left lying about, getting of less H and less value each year. o WHY NOT SELL! THEM I Somebody wants those very I I uungs wmcn nave necome of no 1 use lo you. Why not try to find I that somebody by putting a want I advertisement in a THIS NEWSPAPER? i ^oeoeooococcx b Financing 1 A X The farmer's business X financial backing if it is 1 Q That is one reason wh] 111 nrtt\ willinor hanlr hoV?ir?rl W (V11?AU^ lylAAl *v I/V111I1U ? It is an important tunc Jf temporary assistance to t X of us, and who have dem n repay obligations when d Q The best way to have j ? an account with us, and V only the farmer but ever] \ ground financially to do s o S The Bank c H. VV. Funderburk B I inderburk | I HSTORE I I to our stock of general 1 I goods and Groceries as I I t prices as low as mon- I I ut to the minimum by 9 I litch lot and doing our I I is and customers for the I H is and solicit a continu- 3 H isis of square dealing I inderburk I I ????? ?p I Church Service DirectOy I J. W. Elkins, M. E.: I Pageland, 1st Sunday at 8: p. m. and 3rd Sunday 3:30 p. m. I Zion, 3rd and 4th Sundays at 11 o'clock. Antioch. 2nd Sunday at 11. 1 Mt. Croghan, 2nd Sunday at 1 3:30 p. m. and 4th at 8. p. m. 1 Zoar, 1st Sunday, at 11 o'clock. ^ Sunday school at all the above churches at 10 o'clock. K. \V. Cato, Baptist. Mt. Moriah, 1st Saturday at 3 p.m. and Sunday at 11. Sunday school at 10. Bethel, 2nd Saturday at 3. p. m and Sunday at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3 except on 2nd Sunday. B. S. Funderburg, Baptist: Pageland, 2nd Sunday at 11 and 8, and the 4th at 8. Sunday school at 10. Dudley, 2nd Sunday at 4 and the 4th at 11. Sunday school at 3 except on the 4th when it is at 10. R. M. Ilaigler, Baptist: i | Liberty Hill. 1st Saturday at 11 I and Sunday at 3. Sunday I school at 2:30 except on the 1st 1 Sunday at 2. I Mt. Pisgnh, 4th Sunday at 3, 1 and Saturday at 4 . 1 J. W. Quick, M. P: 1 Pageland. 3rd Sunday at 11 and 2nd at 3:30. Sunday school at 10 except on the 2nd Sunday. New Hope 1st Sunday at 11. Bethesda 4th Sunday at 11. Bear Creek 4th Sunday at 4 p. m. J. F. Hammond. Baptist: Union Hill 1st Sunday at 11 and Saturday at 3 o'clock. Sunday school at 10. Prayer meeting every Saturday n ght. R. S. Latimer, Presbyterian, Pageland, 1st Sunday at 4 p. m. and 3rd Sunday at 7:30 p. m. and 4th Sunday at 11 a. m. Bulah, 1st Sunday at 11 a. m. .Irrt ^iin/lov- nt ^ n m Salem, 2nd Sunday at 3:30 p. m. 4th Sunday at 3:30 p. m ? Che Farmer ? o often needs a little extra X to grow and prosper. X V he should have strong Q him. O tion of this bank to give V he farmers who seek it X rv r* 4t*/4 n unoiiaicu men duiuiy iu !ue. O a credit here is to carry Q we cordially invite not ? / one who wants to gain J? ?. \ if Pageland S 19 8 aoeeooaeeoaS