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y ' " c " PACT SIX Cats Manufac HIGH' FERTI Lancast* FOUNDATION LAID FOR alio; LOANS TO RAILROADS 1 recti way May Issue ( nvcrninent Warrants, sjz,., to Be Paslicd \fter Coii^ivss ho Provides Kumls. and will the Washington. March i:t. Kailrnnd |jis01 executives and government repre- rnjir sentatlves laid the foundation for ers. the machinery through which loans mitt of banks and the war finance cor- ** poration will be made available to '' r,,( railroads during the next few f months in lieu of the funds which congress failed to provide. After conference between a numher of leading railway corporation1 to ( officers and officials of the war fi- head nance corporation and railroad administration. a special finance com- f* R* mittee of seven, headed by Howard Klliott, president of the Northern Pacific, was created hv the railroad ,|os,, executives to co-operate with goveminent agencies as a clearing house for financial arrangements. Swager Sherley. of Louisville, who has just retired, after serving 1 f> Ln: years in the house of representatives boy recently as chairman of the house the appropriations committee, was ap- who pointed by Director-fleneral Hines, ||p as director of the railroad admin- pari istration's division of finance, suc? solo ceeding John Skelton Williams, re- hou signed. On Mr. Snerley, who will ther take office April 15. will fall much ??\is of the work of administering the \\ financial plans yet to he developed, ohai An important feature of the finan- bori cial mechanics of the arrangements roa, to he made may he the Issuance by ft w the railraod administration of gov- hrei eminent warrants to railroads for tea the amounts due them on settlinents 200 of last year's accounts and other thai debts. These warrants virtually fjnn certificates of indebtedness, would whe not bo cashed until congress appro- war priates funds at the next session, but Ad would serve as collateral for loans.'to t The loans would be arranged by rulf each railroad company individually Arc with its hankers, or. in special mot eases, with the war finance corpora- pro tion. The railway executives' spe- peai rial committee, together with the j p railroad administration's financial One agencies, would facilitate the nego- prli tiation and distribution of the loans.j Edv Companies whose financial strength as ' was not great might be helped by * the railroad administration, which Met will get some of the funds through , of repayment by railroads of advances'of i j"! ' I iwba F< turers of . GRADE fi V LIZERS ^ ;r "Ask Yc ndy made to them. HURLEY SA hese plans were outlined hv l)i- nxrimvo . ,,, ... . EN \ Oi S or-General Mines and the railexecutives. but it was empha1 that financial plans remain to Explains llcfusa made. ltailroad administration man Ships? war finance corporation otlicials confer with Secretary Glass, of treasury, and Mr Mines will Washington, lias the financial situation with man Hurley, of oad car and locomotive build- declared that tlv and with the executives' com- man delegates I oe. ; mands of the al Ithouch no bankers participated tional surrender ftlv in the conference, they will chant ships pro! onsidered informally by the ex- fp;ir o(- mut! ives and railroad administration men and Manibe ials. A number of prominent- ^jr Hurley s cers were here during the dav objected str on for privately n ith rialroad posal because th lowed to man tli control. Knowii P LOWBOY TO A delegates. he sa SEAT IN THt: COMMONS ,like an>' I the condition t ph Arch Was the First Work- wou,d have to a w> ... I many with ade n^inan to Ho hlwttMl to tlio until the next 1 Hritish Parliament. -There would vent the allies ndon, March 17?From plough- taking the ships to member of parliament, wns Hurley, "and I remarkable rise of .Toseph Arch.! delegates would recently died at tlfb age of 92. than be forced was a unique figure in Fnglish selves to a pri iamentary life, being in 1885 the knew would be workingman member of the ors. They are i so of commons. At that time ed with and the e was no kind of labor party in Mr. Hurley w tence here. egate to the cor [r. Arch achieved fame as the which arrangeni mplon of the Knglish farm la- the use of (Jen >r when the tiller of the soil in returning An ed his family on a wage of $2 France. He sai eek. subsisted chiefly on barley none of the shir id and hardly knew the taste of ed over, or sugar. In 1872 he enrolled farm workers in an organization " M'MITTF came to be known as the Na- rOVKHET) al Agricultural Laborers' union.' Halifax, Mar se leaders the Hishop of London will, closely wr ited to duck in a horsepond. and covered by iiiit n.tpusm. Mr. Aim rejoined wan aeriarea v he bishop's statement, "is not the Scotia Supreme > of the Church of England " Mr. Colin Wentze h is credited with having; done left $2,500 in c< e than any other man to im- a schooner to h ve the condition of England's Keddv. in the santry. ten during his to was popular In parliament. Barbados. Me of his constituents was the return trip and ace of Wales, afterwards King will was recelv card. He referred to Mr. Arch not until late 'my member." t writing discovet Ir. Arch also was a Primitive were removed, hodist preacher. He was fond; The Supremi his pipe and an occasional glass contest Institute ale. owed mother. ^ ....... . ?. ,, . % I J ? . ^ v'Jgy LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C. srtilizer lur Neighbors' YS (iKKMAN HINDENKURC; PLANS T< FEAR SAILORS USE VOLUNTEER UI I in Surrender (icr- Field Marshal Will Make IImis Kxpcct Al- Affalnst BoMicviki Will I'm II IIarveal. liihau as His Base. March 1.1.?Chair- Coblenz, March 10. -Field the shipping board, shal von Hindenburg is plannt p refusal of the (lev- use volunteer units in a drive af to agree to the de- the Bolshevik!, with Libau a: lies for the uneondi- hn?p ?>f hi? nnerotinn. it js indi of German nier- by information which has ret lably was caused by American intelligence officers. Inous sailors at lire- According to tho America rg. perts. who In the line of their aid that the sailors are keeping in touch with the I enviously to the pro- gress of the readjustment o iey would not he al-( enemy's forces, German great te ships under allied quarters seems to be follow ng this, the German policy of secrecy as regards the id, probably -efused ern front troop question. T1 lite action and made believed to be duo to the fact hat the allies first the Bolshevikl now have a n< gree to furnish Ger- military organization and so w quato food supplies able to utilize any Information larvest. might obtain concerning their be nothing to pre- my. Apparently the German from uoine in and mmptora c?!.rr in WrUhr>w-fr i? si? I ' * " * by force." said Mr., its energies again toward orgt imagine the German tion on the Haltlc front in the rather see this done fldbnce that there Is no longei to commit them- immediate occasion for concern aposal which tbev the Polish front. Field Marsha opposed by the sail- Hlndenhurg is in Kolberg am i force to be reckon-' commanders of both the nor ) delegates know it." and southern armies on the e? as the American del- front are presumed to he api iference at Treves at most of their efforts at prese lents were made for the organization of the forces man passenger ships able. lerican soldiers from Groat numbers of volunteer (1 so far as he knew, panies have been raised throu >s had yet been turn- Germany for the eastern fron ; cording to information here, i of these small units have \ ON KN\ KI-OPK . identified proceeding eastward IIY STAMPS VAMP whether they were organized ch 17.?A sailor's divisions afterwards. or wl Itten on an envelope they are undergoing training, a two postage stamps, what locality have been ass alld by the Nova has not been established. court. rno mr?i numt>er or voiu I. of Mahono Hav, now on the eastern front or abi ash and hia aharps In proceed thorp Ib estimated at i Is (litnree, Miss Glady 100.000. Some of thp old will which waa writ- troops are now on the eastern last vovafcp to the m 7"*rrT ,on V,* PERSHING REVIEWS TI thp Iptter bearing his ed In Decpmher, hut MEN OF 32NI) DiVR in January was the : rpd, when the stamps 20,000 Soldiers Assembled In Valley Hear Words of Appro ) court dlnmiased a Hon From Commander, pd by Wentzel's wld Coblenz, March 17.? Within x ' TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1919. Company jj I ' Catawba Fertilizers Produce Record 1 Breaking Yields South Carolina 1 I I of the distant hills of unoccupied A ATUTD C SITS Ger,nany' 20,000 troops of the 32fi(l MM\J J[ HljIViJ division heard General Pershing ex- Reduce your doctor's press appreciation of their efforts at bills by keeping Drive chateau Thierry. Soissons and on the always on hand jrflfc. i I Meuse-Argonne front, which the _ ^ _ j JxtStn j commander-in-chief said, made it possible for them to stand where y lvilu YArllllUD^> Mar- they were. "YOUR BGD t'GuARD*" - 30r. 60*. i.'JO ng to The soldiers assembled in a small ralnst valley after being inspected and re- himself as "a high private in the rear * the viewed. General Parshing said he ranks, ami said he would "not be catod took the liberty of thanking the sol- speaker or leader or on any influenached diets for their services in the name tial committee" nnd would "have no of more than 100,000,000 Americans power through place." | n ex- ?t home, whose hearts had been with "What does really get under my duty the soldiers all during the fighting hide," his statement concludes, "i? pro- end since. I to have a man like Longworth call f the The 32nd division, which was me a reactionary." head- composed originally of national, ing a guard troops from Michigan and | CYCJ/OXK DHSTOYS TOWN east- Wisconsin, is scheduled to start for' lis is home early in April. General Per-' Muskogee, Okla., March 17.?At that shing said he realised how th- reia- lp?tst one man was killed and several irmal tives and friends of the soldiers were seriously injured when the town of 111 he engerly awaiting their return and Dorter, about 12 miles northwest of they how proud they would he of the part tb's c'ty- wa8 practically destroyed ene- the soldiers had played in the great b? a cyclone yesterday afternoon. head-) war. In the years to come. Genera! icting Pershing said, w hen the history of WANT TO HOLD WOULD LABOR mlza- the war was written, the people foXPKItKNGK AT WASHINGTON con- would appreciate more than ever the- ,>ar,8 Mftrch 17 __The labor com_ r any American share In bringing the misslon has decided to recommend over struggle to a successful conclusion. , thu, ,he meet|nK of tho interna_ ' """ """" 1 tional labor conference be held at 1 ,he MANN DENIES CHARGE Washington in October, if the THAT HE'S REACTIONARY ^nltP,, State" K'?v'*"?n t *?n con,s rnl ! sent to convene it. dying nt f0 And It (irts t'nder HI* Hide to Have ^ avail- a ^''In Idke l/ongworth fall 1 Him a Heartlonary. ?l l ^ 111 c?m-( ? oced Corn III * 9 ghout Washington, March 17.?Repre- Wood's White and Yellow ||| t. ac- sentative Mann, of Illinois, former P*lnt ,S7<! H a selected Stork of high gerint- M Scores Heptibliran lender in the house, in n nation. I\?r the past five III been statement denied the charge of Rep- MooTe ?<''ou.Jty ' haT' wo'^'"first Hi [, but resentatlve Iamgworth, of Ohio, that P,rl,zt-' the Virginia State III . ? ... I'Klr for Ttest ten ears of white f || into the Itepuhlicnn organization of the corn. Ill lether next house as arranged bv the com- _ Wood's Virginia TCnsilago 113 torn ts one of the t,ont and 111 md to mlttee on committees was reaction- largest yielding varieties for ||| dgned ary. The organization was nsserled t,lt III ; by Mr Mann to be such ns "ought to l9C ||| nteers satisfy everv lovnl Repiihllcnn and III . CP *-? Wv III mit io every lover or good, sane progressive f*,. | j I ffl nearly legislation." P(>r K,irm an? 0(,rf1en ^ of I army I Mr. Mann declared that "fmerit high-grade quality- tented 'or I front.: and not trading" was the basis for Write 'fVir''v?ta"''- ard^'W.VaTs I | committee assignments. which he Crop 8pee?nl," giving prices of I ip j said were filled by "strong men." ex- Seed Potatoes, Seed || thnt Mr '-onrworth was placed Oats, Grass and Clover II >ION on the steering committee "now as Seed?Garden Seed*, (l I he has been before as a sort of trl- I oTOiOI. M Little btife to Colonel Roosevelt." I T* 1JLT 1 O ||| cla- Kxpresrlng a hope for party har- I ' ?? OOQ <X jOIlS III monv, Mr. Mann added that he was I * ?D 8M*_?' if wllllDK to n*ht "If other- w.nt to L ||| sight force it on me" lie referred to ISSHSSSSSSSSSSSSSSIhII v S