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ALL GOOD CITIZENS ARE REQUESTED TO HELP THE FARMER Secretary of Agriculture Wallace Say# Prices of Farm Product* Mutt Rite and OtHeri Come Down Washington, March 13.?An appeal for "every good citizen" to do what he can to help the farmers through the period of depression, not for the sake of helping the farmer alone, but sale* ?f helDinsr himself," was made today by Secretary of Ag riculture Wallace in his first formal statement. Prices of farm products must rise and prices of other products come down before the normal relation be tween them has been restored, Mr. Wallace asserted. Talk of bringing prices back to pre-war level, he declared, "is morally wrong and eco nomically impossible," adding 'that everybody would be better off" if an 1 effort were made to bring about a j price level "say 70 per cent above the pre-war normal." Secretary Wallace said he doubted whether the people in the east "real ize just what has happened to the farmers of the producing sections." Citing conditions in the Central West as an example, he said that there, notwithstanding that "we have the finest rural civilization, taken as a whole, the world has ever seen," the farmers are now in a "a most trying period and are suffering severe fin ancal losses." Farmers throughout the nation, especially those in the South and West, he added, "are ex periencing exactly the same trouble." This widespread agricultural de pression results from the high cost! of production and because farm pro-| ducts have dropped "out of all pro-j portion" to the prices of other things j Mr. Wallace said The department, the secretary said would do everything possible to lino an outlet for the great food surplus. Ways of producing more cheaply, new i uses for surplus crops and better j marketing systems, he said, Voulai help the situation. Everything which influences pro-j duction and price must be consider ed, the secretary said?competition from foregn lands where the stand ards of living are lower than here, u ?j-a:? 1., A wurtu wuuaiuuudy ?uu mand, administration of the credit machinery and of the transportation system. Those who control the fin- j ances of the country have the p|ower to influence either diroctly or indi rectly, through credit extension, a large amount of control over prices of farm products, he asserted, adding: Mn short ,the people of the nation must come to understand that our prosperity as a nation depends upon a prosperous and wholesome agricul ture." We have a notion that many will be the quiet nights when Herbert' Hoover, harassed by the tariff no tions of the senatorial oligarchy, will want to lay his head on our shoulder. and weep. But he shall not for we shall laugh at him in his calamity.? j George Bailey in Houston Post. wrn pi 8JUU1S 1 I for: Choice unshelled Wh for planting purpose fob our shelling plai 90 pound sacks. Cai We advocate plantir shell, based upon ex] Georgia farmers! We advise against p except for stock feec White Spanish peani the- Confectionery ai Manufacturers, and for the White Spanis If interested, commi mediately. THE SOUTHERN Allenda DIVERSIFYING WILL KEEP $110,000,000 IN SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, March 14.?South Carolinians imported $110,000,000 worth of food and feedstuffs from the West last year, according to figures compiled by the committee on banking, legislation and ware housing of the South Carolina uivi son of the American Cotton Associa toin. The importation of this enor mous amount of foodstuffs into the state was made necesary by the eagerness of the farmers to raise cotton, many of them planting sev enteen acres to the plow. In a statement issued yesterday the association declared that here was no reason for the farmers of the State to be panic-stricken over the fact that the price which cotton is now bringing forbids them plant ing over a half crop of it next year. It is declared that a study of the figures collected by the committee on banking, legislation and ware houses of the association ought to convince them that a diversification of crops in Sout& Carolina will prove profitable. According to the committee state ment the importation of food and feedstuffs into South Carolina from the West last year as follows: Corn, $15,000,000; Mixed feeds $13,000, 000; Hay $12,000,000; Oats, $10, 000,000; Flour $20,000,000; Beef $15,000,0000; Bacon $20,000, 000; Eggs and butter $3,000,000; Canned goods $13,000,000 making a grand total of $11,000,000. "These -figures," says the associa tion "are purchases from this state only and every item must be paid for in cash before the goods are de livered together with the freight. This amount could be spent at home if the farmers of South Carolina would get their minds off of cottdn for a few minutes.' WOODROW WILSON GETS NEEDED REST Washington, March 11.?Wood row Wilson rounded out the first week of his retirement to private life tonight with a private dinner at which B. M. Baruch, of New York and Norman H. Davs, former under secretary of state, who has been re tained in the Harding administra tion as the Amercan members of the were guests. It was said to be Mr. Wilson's intention to keep in touch with men and affairs. Both Mr. Ba ruch and Mr. Davis were among jvir. Wilson's advisers in drawing the economit section of the treaty of Versailles. The former president, it is said is now fully established in his new home and has suffered no setback in health. His principal household diffi culty, his friends report, has been to find room in his new home for his libray of some 8,000 volumes. Mr. Wilson spends some part of every day dictating to a stenographer at tempting to dispose of a very heavy correspondence and with Mrs. Wil international economic conference, son frequently takes motor drives in the afternoon. EANDTS SALE j-_ o :_t_ r> spanifcii rtJctiiuts is at 4 cents per lb., ? rit Allendale, S. C., sh with order, ig peanuts in the perience of South lanting RUNNERS, ling purposes. its are preferred by id Peanut Butter Oil Mills pay more ih than for Runners, micate with us im COTTON OIL CO. I le, o. I HIS WAN IS EASILY SUPPLIED 1 Eskimos Have No Hankering After Things Which Other Peoples Look Upon as Necessaries. Without tea. coffee, sugar or to hfti-i-o. and with but few vegetables, th< I Eskimo of Greenland finds life plefe :int and thinks bis homeland one o: the most desirable in the world. Th< few who have visited Denmark think the Danes are to be pitied, says Roger I'oeoek, in the Wide World Magazine. The Eskimo's needs are few. and these Ills i!relic Home suppiy in iiuunuui.v.c. In filling these the Greenland seal is the most important factor. Its inter nal organs are a:inost identical with those of a sheep, and its meat is a fal. streaky mutton. The skin makes hairy breeches for men, women and chil dren. and with the hair removed and properly oiled, makes soft-soled, wa terproof footgear. From it also is made the hunter's shirt, the summer tent, the woman's boat, the, hunter's catioe and the harness for the doj; team. Winter clothes are made from the fur of the fox, dog and bear. Drift wood, always plentiful on these rocky shores, furnishes roof beams, tent poles, canoe frames, harpoons for seal ing, and lance shafts for hunting wal rus, bear and reindeer. Lamps are made from hollowed rocks and knives from sharp stones. Other things are considered luxuries. GERMS ON POSTAGE STAMPS Physicians Have Found Microbes 0* Disease on Almost Every Speci men They Examined. Drs. J. Diner and G. Horstman bought postage stamps at 50 different places and tested them for the mi crobes of disease. They report to the Medical Times that every stamp was infected, and it appeared to make no difference whether they were from a drawer or cash register or exposed on a desk. Among ilie germs tney touna were such deadly ones as colon bacljli, staphylococci, streptococci, pneumo coce! and diphtheria bacilli. The edi tor of American Medicine comments that if postage stamps were as grave a source of infection as these facts might seem to indicate, a very large part of the population would! be suffer ing from infection, as almost every body is in the habit of licking stamps. The fact is thitf an examination of the mouths, noses and throats of almost all of us will reaveal the presence of some or all of these gems at any time. However, licking postage stamps is a dirty habit and one that Is quite easy to acquire. Coasting in Wake of Boat Passengers on one of the Hudson rlvv er ferries in New York were treated in the summer of 1919 to the odd spec tacle of a canoe sailing In their wake, all the way across the river, without any means of propulsion. What mode the canoe go was a question that puz zled manj*. The more observant no ticed that the canoe did not keep to the smooth water directly aft the terry noni, oui roue ,un 10 uuc muc, iu in rough waves tliat the paddle wheel* kicked up. They also noticed that the canoe did not hug the ferryboat close, and that often it pursued Its mysteri ous coarse at a considerable distance, ihough it traveled just as fast as the ferryboat. According to s. writer in the Scientific American who explains the mystery, the canoe always took n position on the forward side of a wave and kept it ail ihe way across. The wave carried the canoe along as the surf carries the Hawaiian on his surf board. They'd Met Before. My first attempt proving a failure, I embarked a second timii upon the matrimonial seas. We returned from our honeymoon by way of a little town where my new husband had busi ness Interests. That afternoon, much to my surprise, I met an old school mate of mine on the street. She made me promise that we would dine with her the next evening. "I'm a newly wed, too," she ex plained. "and I want you to meet Harry." For me a most delicious dinner was Kimilpd Hnrrv nroved to be mv first husband! I experienced the most em barrassing moment of my life when my friend exclaimed, "0, you're acquaint-1 ed!"?Chicago Tribune. { Italy Trains Blind Soldiers. Italy has about 1,500 blind soldiers, j All of these are being trained for use- j ful employment. In addition to hav-1 ing lost their sight, a number of these I unfortunate soldiers are without arms or legs. Several ingenious devices have been Invented to assist the arm less blind soldiers to read. One of these consists of a little pocket bat-1 tery and a belt encircling the chest j and containing small needles. The de- j vice plays a record that causes a dif-; ferent fceed<e to prick for each letter and so the blind man reads. Oranges for Marmalade. Women who are in the habit of mak ing orange marmalade?this is just | tune or year ior uoing n?win oe in terested to know that the crop of hit ter oranges in the Seville consular district is very full and of magnifi cent quality, though only about 75 per cent as plentiful as that of last year. Most of it .roes to the marmalade man ufact''rw.< in Dundee, hut about 10, (RXi half chests are available for other markets. ANTI DUMPING BILL TO BE PASSED SOON Republican* Decide to Ruils Pro gram Through at Special Seuion With Tariff Revision and Inter* na) Tax Situation Also Getting Early Attention From House and i?S nate Washington, March 14.?Anti dumping legislation protecting Am iri/lnatrtos frrim Ellivmp will be rushed through at the special ses sion of congress under a decision reached at a conference of the Re publican members of the senate fi nance committee, and the house ways and means committee with Secretary of Treasury Mellon. Whether tariff or (internal tax re vision shall be accorded second place on the fiscal program was left for final determination .at a conference which Chairman Penrose of the sen ate committee and Chairman Ford ney, house cpmmittee, plan to hold tomorrow with President Harding. The final program, Senator Penrose said, probably will be announced af ter this conference. ; The majority of committee mem bers attending today's conference were said to favor giving right of way to tariff revision legislation. Agreement, it was said, was unani mous against attempting to enact any temporary stop-gap tariff b;n, the feeling being that any tamf legislation enacted should be of a permanent nature. The soldier bonus bill a collateral issue, is to be a part of the Republi can fiscal program, Senator Pen rose and Representative Fordney announced. Financial requirement of government for adjustment or compensation to former service men were included in the estimates con sidered at the conference at the close of the meeting Senator Pen rose predicted that the bonus bill would be passed at an early date. Many in Conference All of the Republican Senators of the finance committee and all except three of the Republican members of the 'house ways committee partici pated in today's conference. Secre tary Mellon was accompanied by a staf f of experts. Prior to the conference, Senator Watson, Indiana, one of the Repub lican members of the finance com mittee, issued a statement -declaring thai internal tax legislation should precede revision on the tariff, add ing that the business 'world expects immediate relief "from the great burden of taxaton now imposed up on it. "We should at once repeal excess profit taxes and the higher surtaxes ana' substitute for them a moderate1 sales tax and at the same time clari-, fy and simplify the administrative1 features of the land," Senator Wat son added. ' We should make definite ar-| rangements with our debtors to pay. a fixed amount each year, so that we1 may have definite assurances as to' just how much we may expect from J that quarter. j The members of the two commit-. I tees in agreeing to give preference ' to an anti-dumping bill also decides ( to attempt enactment of legislation providing for American valuation of im]>orts. This legislation would ap ply to ad valorem duties collected I under the present Underwood law and is a policy which is planned to write into the new tariff legislation. Its result, Senator Penrose and Rep resentative Fordney said, would be to increase considerably the reve nues now calculated on foreign in stead of American values. Bill To Be Ruabed The Republican leaders said they expetced to pass the anti-dumping bill early in the new session. Repre sentative Fordney estimated that it would require only a lew days in tne house and a similar estimate for senate action was given by Senator Penrose. Senator Penrose after an nouncing that the question of prior ty would be laid before President Harding said: . "The final program will then be announced. The preponderence of opinion was toward taking up of tar [ iff legislation first, but with the sug gestion that as nearly concurrently as possible there should be action on revenue legisaltion so as to assure the taxpayers of relief, an effort is to be made to press both measures along as early as possible." Eeferrrng to the sentiment against j 1 Hold You I for :: high; Conservative on Cotton Coi m. b. wat: Cotton Factor Greenville, The Best By Eve Less Carbon Guarante Mile Sherari "Service first-Sat The Idea Use consists in utilizing every a to you. ai mis lnsuiuuon i For the regulation of da account is available. / To encourage thrift and or emergency, savings facil For the investment of t< certificates of deposit are es As a safeguard against t fire and theft, your valuable our vault. When you find it inconv person, banking-by-mail is Planter "The Frien< ABBEVILLE, - - The Home of Over 10 attempting a temporary or make shift tariff bill, Senator Penrose said that both 'committees are folly alive to the requirements of the ag ricultural situation." Chairman Fordney said he be lieved the house committee might have a tariff bill ready when the ex tra session cf congress convenes April 11. rroUAii 1 c nruADTPh M 1/CiTUUVICil/ 12,0000 MILES FROM UNITED STATES New York, March 17.?Frederick De Chaine, a German deported as an undesirable alien, was on the high esas today bound for Calcutta, In dia, on what immigration officials said was a record deportation voy age. The voyage is approximately 12,000 males. DeChaipo was arrested several months ago at Douglas, Ariz., charged with seditious and radical utterances against . the govern ment and having entered the coun try surrepHiously through Mexico. ?? 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