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APPLY NOW FOH NITRATE. Government to Moll Nitrat?' for Ferti lizer Through County Agent. Washington, Jan. 26.-Special: Notice lia? been given to tl. AI. Bar nett, agricultural agent for Oconoo county, that the ll, 8. Department of Agriculture will ?ell at cost a supply of nitrate of soda io "armers In Oco noo county. Tin.' nitrate was purchased through tho War Industries Board nuder tho authority of the Food Control Act as a part of tho program for stimulat ing agricultural production. lt'will be unloaded at Atlantic ports and the price will be $7.").r?0 a ton, free on board oil's at port o? arrival. Far mers are to pay, in addition, freight from port of arrival and the State fertilizer tag foe. How to Obtain Nitrate. Applications for a part of the 100, 000 tons of nitrate bought by the government will bo received only 1 rom actual farmers, or owners or holders of farms, for use on their land, and may be made through County Agent C. M. Barnett, or through any member of a local com mittee consisting of the Bank of Walhalla and the Westminster Bank. No money will bo required with the application, but upon notice from the county agent farmers who have sign ed applications must deposit with a local bank, association, or individual designated by the Secretary of Agri culture to act as tho farmers' agont for that purpose, money to cover the cost of the fertilizer except the freiglit charge. After the money ls transmitted to Washington tho ni trate will be shipped to the farmers. If applications for tho nitrate exceed the Bupply of about 100,000 tons the government will allot tho supply on a prorata basis among those who ap plied. Applications must he received) by February 4th. Moldier Killed in Effort to Escupo. Spartaivhurg, Jan. '?'.I.-Private Floyd Dickey. Company A, 108th In ffantry, was killed; Private Stovllle, Company 'P, of the same regiment, was shot In tho hip, and Private Board, of Company A, escaped with out Injury when the three mon last, night attempted to escape from the regimental guard house at Camp Wadsworth^ Private Laid and Pri vate McCarthy were tho guards in charge of tho prisoners at the time of the tragedy. Tho three prisoners asked to be carried across the company street, and when tho guards compiled with tho request, one prisoner seised a guard's gun and tho other two ran. Another guard came up, capturing the prisoner who had attempted to seize the gun. and thc two guards then Hied at tho Hoeing prisoners. Hickey died in the base hospital this morning. Military authorities at Camp Wadsworth have begun a rigid examination. Three ?. S. Moldier* Killed in France Washington, Jan. 23.-Gen. Per shing to-day reported three Ameri can infantrymen killed in action on January 21. He gave no details of tho engagement. The dead are all .privates and are as follows: Albert Cook, West Almond, N. Y. H. V. Gannan, Catawba, Va. Leo E. Radi, Cleveland, Ohio. These ;iro the llrst reports of men killed In action in moro Hum two .months. Three V. S. Aviators Dead. Washington, Jan. 23.-First, Lieu tenants Wm. Il, Cheney and Oliver ?P. Sherwood and Private Geo. A. Beach were killed Sunday in a collis ion of airplanes over an American aviation school in Franco, the War Department was advised to-night by (?cn. Pershing. No details of the ac cident were given. FEW CENTS DESTROYS YOUR DANDRUFF AND Stops FALLING HAIR Save Your Hair! Make it Thick, Wavy and Remit ifni-Try This! 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Bolshevik 1 Reject Germ?n Tom?n Adjournment Till January 20. Horlin, Jun. 2 1-Tho Imperial Gor man chancellor, Count von Hertllng, in his address before tho Reichstag to-day, said ho stjll holds fast to tho hope thai tho Brost-Lltovsk peace negotiations will roach a satisfactory conclusion at au carly date. Unanimously Rejected. Petrograd, Jan. 2:1. -The Russian delegates to tho Brest-Litovsk peace conference have decided unanimously to reject tho terms offered hy tho ( lennans, The decision was announced to night hy M. Kameneff, a member of tho Russian delegation. Final decision as to peace or war, M. Kameneff said, rested with the congress of soldiers' and working men's delegates, which was convened here to-night. Threaten War With Russians. Petrograd, Jan. 23. - Russia must give up Courland and all tho Baltic provinces or tho Connans will re sumo military operations and occupy Reva! within a week, tho German del egation at Hu? Brest-Litosk negotia tions Informed tho Russian represen tatives at tho last session of the con ferees. An adjournment was taken until JfTnunry 21) to permit thc Rus sians to consider the German terms. Reports of the session indicate 'that tho Germans took a definite stand and most frankly outlined de mands upon which they are Insistent. The secretary of the Ukrainian dele gation gave out an account of the meeting, lt says tho Russians put a question to the delegates of the cen tral powers as to what wore their final peace terms. Gon. Hoffman, ono of tho German delegates, replied by opening a map and pointing out the following line, which they Insisted should constitute the future front* of Russia: From the shores of the Gulf of Finland to the east of tho Moon Sound Islands to Vnlk, to the wost of Minsk, to Brest-Litovsk. This completely eliminates Cour land and all the Baltic provinces. Tho Russians asked the terms of the central powers in regard to the territory south of Brest-Litovsk. Gen. Hoffman replied that was a question which they would discuss only with Uk raine. Threat Against Revel, M. Kameneff, a member of thc Rus sian delegation, asked: "Supposing wo do not agree to such conditions. What are you going to do?" Gen. Hoffman's answer is reported to have been: "Within a week, then, we would occupy Reval." The Russians then asked for a re cess, which was granted reluctantly. The Germans declared lt was the last postponement to which they would consent. The request was maule by Leon Trotsky, head of the Russian delegation, who said he de sired an opportunity to lay the Ger man peace terms before the council of workmen's und soldiers' delegates. The negotiations between the Uk ranians and the central powers are proceeding amicably. The Austrians offered to cede Cholmtchlna to the Ukrainian, republic, but only on con dition that tho Ukrainians send grain and other foodstuffs to the central powers Immediately on tho conclu sion of peace. Many Are Arrested. The Bolshevik authorities to-day arrested scores of persons, Including party leaders, whom they charged were involved In a revolutionary plot organized among tho majority fac tion of tho Social revolutionists In the constituent assembly which con trolled tho assembly in the single session which was held before it was suspended by the Bolshevik!.. A battalion of death is reported to have been ready to support this movement. The Bolshoviki found ti largo quantity qf bombs, firearms and documents. A soldier and a member of the Red Guard were arrested to-day charged with the murder of A. 1. Shingaroff and Prof. F. F. Kokoshine, former members of the Kerensky govern ment, who were slain in tho marine hospital last week. A sailor, who ls said to have boen' the leader, is still at large. The Bolshevik authorities have ta ken over tho Russian Red Cross, which has been In tho hands of non partisans. The heads of tho organi zation, including N. Pokrobsky, for mer minister for foreign affairs, have been arrested as counter 1 evolution ists. Petrograd Near Famine. "Petrograd is on tho verge of fam ine. Our purpose now ls to make lt come gradually, not suddenly; to have an organized famine, so to speak," said \Madamo Smith-Falk ner, a member of tho food .control committee, in an Interview yesterday In connection with tho reduction of the bread allowance. "What are tho : chioi causo? of tho scarcit) of food Better Farmini THE FARMERS' SHC KAISERISM 1 C. A. Whittle, Farm 8 Upon those whom the United States has not culled from the farm, rosts a great obligation of feeding and clothing the > liberty armies of tho world. Tho'greator the crops the harder the armies will be able to .trike. What can hinder the farmer from making maximum cropB? Will it be a lack of market and a good price? No, the market and price proBpects are good. Will it be for lack of money or cred it with which to buy tools, Seeds, fer tilisers or other necessary supplies? No, money is plentiful and credit is good. Will lt be for lack of labor? . Labor Is scarce without doubt. In fact, the shortage af labor is practically the only great obstacle the farmer has to meet in producing maximum orops. If he could hare abundance of labor he could lncreaso the cultivated acreage and by proper fertilisation he could bring In a very great crop. But in view of the lack of labor what must he do? He can do two things to overcome the labor shortage: First, Increase the applications of fertilizers, which will Increase the yield without enlarging the cultivated aoreage. Second, use labor saving maohlnery. But overcoming the labor shortage ls not all that is necessary to obtain maximum crops. Here ls a schedule of iiupoi tant things that must be don? by every farmer to get maximum ?Topi: 1. Break the land deeply turning under all stalks, stubble and litter pos sible. ALL DUTCH SHIPS KO H U. S. Over Highly Vessels Now in Anteil? ?.aa Ports Are Chartered. Washington, .Jan. 23.-Charter to the 1'nitcd States government of all Dutch steamers now being held In 'American ports has been decided upon by the Dutch government in a provisional agreement just signed In London. The agreement provides charter tor one round trip for the up ward of eighty vessels ne*W in Amer ican ports. The vessels are not to go Into the war zones, but five of the steamers will carry material for Switzerland and two will take cargo for The Netherlards Corseas Trust lt is part of the ngreement that the ships shall carry 130,000 tons of food for the relief of the Belgians and may bc used for other voyagea later in American coastwise trade or elsewhere, possibly to Java for sugar. For Indigestion, Constipation or Biliousness Just try one 50-ccnt bottle of LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN'. A Liquid L., estivo Laxativo pleasent lo take. Made and recommended to the public by iY.v'.i I'.cd'. cino C >., manufacturera of Laxativo Bromo Quinine and drove';: Tasteless chid Tonic Three Men in Navy Meet Death. Washington, Jan. 23.-Three cas ualties in the navy were announced this afternoon. Martin O'Callaghan, of Columbus, Ohio, and Charles 10. Bourke, of Worcester, Mass., water I I tenders on a destroyer, were killed i in a fire-room blaze. Hector Napoleon {-lenard, of j Bridgeport, Conn., of the li. s. S. ? Hancock, was killed by a heavy sen. ! in Russia?" sho was asked. "The chief causes aro the war, civil war and depreciation in tho value of tho ruble," she replied. "Forty months of war his proved too much for a country so backward In economic affairs and railway organi zation." When asked for a detailed idea of the food scarcity, Mme. Smith-Kalk ner said that, the 22 central prov inces which always import grain re ceived 400 car loads last month in stead of tho required 6,000. Sho ? added that owing to the disorgan- i j izod stato of transportation there would be a further reduction and | that hunger was Inevitable. There ls plenty of grain in Russia, she said, hut tho peasants do not wish to sell it because paper money is worthless. r in the South YT AT IS MAXIMUM CROPS lervice Bureau, Atlanta, Qa. 2. Harrow, roll and pulverize the seed bed thoroughly uefore planting. 3. Use only th .. heit possible seed, preferably podlgi-:d seed, from a re iponsible plant breeder. 4. Make liberal use of fertilizers, and use manure whenever obtainable to supplement the fertilizers. 6. Give thorough and frequent .cul tivation to the tilled crops, preferably ?nallow and frequent cultivation. 6. Harvest savingly and protect the stored crops from pests. While it ia true that everything the farmer has to buy ls high in price, lt is also true that whatever the farmer has to sell is also high in price. The fertiliser people figure out that their products have not advanced In price as much as the price of orops, and that AS a matter of fact, cotton, corn, pea nuts, tobacco and the like will buy more fertiliser now than ever. Which being true it follows that lt will pay better now to use It than formerly, for the increase for which they are re aponslble will be worth more. Another thing that the farmer must bear in mind if he would be sure to raise a bumper crop and that Is, to place his orders early for everything that is to be shipped by rail. The railroads are hard put to lt and do not afford assurance of prompt ship ments. Orders placed late are more than likely to be too late to be deliv ered in time. "Even if shipping were good, there would be nothing gained by delay. Prices are not likely to be lower. In fertilizers, especially there is a scarc ity of materials and advancing prices, making lt improbable that the fertllia er will be cheaper. )NIJY EIGHT SHIPS LAST WEEK. >ix of tho Destroyed Vessels Were of More Than 1,000 Tons. London, Jan. -Again the slnk IIgs of the British merchantmen by nine or submarine h <) been held at i low point. Only si. .essels of 1, >00 tons or over, and two under that onnage were destroyed in the past veek, according to the admiralty re )ort to-night. (The sinking of British merchant nan for the past week duplicate the ?inkings for the previous week-six arge ships and two small ones. In he previous week two iishing vessels ilso were sunk; In thc past week the lshing craft escaped entirely. The id m i ral ty reports of January 2 and ) gave the sinkings as 21 merchant men, of which IS were over 1,600 ons in each ense.) Two French Vessels Sunk. Paris, Jan. 23.-The sinking of :wo French vessels of more than 1, 300 tons, and ono of lesser size, is mown in tho weekly report of' the ['"ronch shipping losses. Four ves lela were attacked unsuccessfully. One Italian Down. Rome, Jan. 23.-The weekly re port of Italian shipping losses gives tho sinking of only one small sailing l'essai. Ono steamship was attacked unsuccessfully, -* . ?- .... - AnierleanH Down German Planes. Paris, Jan. 24.-David Putnam, of Hrooklinc, Mass., and Austin B, Cre horo, of Westfield, N. J., American aviators in tho French army, both shot down German airplanes on Jan uary 19. (Austin H. Crehorc is one of four brothers at present In war service. One of his brothers ls attached to tho United States engineer corps In Franco, while tho other two are at tached to the aviation corps in this country. Austin Orohore was reject ed by tho American aviation service at Newport Nows because of defective hearing. He proceeded to France, paying his own expenses, and was accopted as an aviator In the French forces and has been flying for a month or more on tho wat front.) Many Alien Interns. San Francisco, Jan. 24.-A party of 464 interned Germans who have been detained ot Angel island, left to-day for Hot Springs, N. C., for permanent Internment, it was an nounced by F?deral authorities. The party Included 16 women and 13 chil dren. ABOUT NITRATE OF SODA. Senator Tillman Write? Explaining Method of Distribution. Washington, Jun. 21.-Senator j Tillman yesterday gave out for pub- . Mention the following: j Hon. 13. W. Dabbs, of Mayesville, ; S. C., transmitted to the Senator a resolution about nitrate ol' soda, . .Senator Tillman immediately tele- j phoned over to the House and got as many Congressmen as he could, and ' triter a conference of the delegation, j ! wrote the letter below: Senator Tillman's Letter. Washington, Jan. 15, 10IS. E. W. Dabbs, Mayesville. S. C. Dear Sir: I am in receipt ol' your letter enclosing mo a copy of tho resolution adopted by tho Sumter County Council of Defense with ref erence to tho purchase of nitrate of soda by the farmers of South Caro lina. The purposo of tho legislation authorizing the government to pur chase nitrate of soda was to secure and furnish soda to the farmers at as low a price as possible. The law provides that "for tho purpose of In creasing agricultural production, the President is authorized to purchase nitrate of soda and dispose of the same for cash at cost." Tho Department of Agriculture in carrying out tho provisions of this law has adopted regulations provid ing that the nitrate of soda shall be sold only to farmers, and while these regulations have not yet been pub lished, 1 understand that they will provide that a land owner can pur chase nitrato of soda for the tenant fanners who aro engaged In farming on his land. Dealers will not be al lowed to purchase and I am of the opinion that this is an exceedingly wiso regulation and that any other regulation would be contrary to the plain purpose of the law. 1 cnn well seo what would be the result of the department allowing dealers to pur chase soda under this legislation. Tho merchant is always more alert to business customs than is the far mer. If the dealers were allowed to purchase, their representatives would go to tho ports and purchase every ton of nitrate of soda as fast as it arrived at the ports, and they could then sell to the farmers at a profit and thus defeat the very ob -ject of this legislation. For Instance, you state in your letter that this meeting was called at the request of dealers who desired to secure soda from the government at cost, and then sell to poor farmers at a profit of 10 per cent. I think this would be nothing more than an outrage. When the government ls willing t.o lend its credit and will sell to the ? farmers at cost, to allow any mer I I chant to exact a profit of 10 per cent would be countenancing usury. The poor farmers of South Carolina are in a ?better position than they have ever been in their Uvea and I feel satisfied that they will be able to raise enough cash to enable them to purchase their nitrate of soda at cost. If the merchants in Sumter are interested in the welfare of their poor farmers they can advance them this money, and If they want to be secured, they can take a mortgage over the crop, but I am unalterably opposed to the Department of Agri culture allowing dealers to hog this supply of nitrate of soda intended for the farmers of our country. I have consulted members rof the delegation and they agree with me In tho views I have above expressed. Yours very truly, B. R, Tillman. Tho Resolution, Sumter, S. C., Jan. 7.-A.t a large ly attended mooting of the Sumter County Council, of the State Council or Defense, held to-day, arter lengthy discussion of the effects of the sale of nitrates by the United States gov ernment', the following resolution was unanimously adopted, and copies thereof ordered sent to United States j .Senators B. It. Tillman and E. D. | Smith, and Hon. A. V. I^ever, ch air man of the House Committee on Ag riculture. "Wherqas, lt has been made to ap pear to this body that great hard ish i ps and greater hard feeling will bo caused If some farmers are per mitted to buy nitrates at $7.") per ton (government price), while oth ers not so fortunate, who have to buy on credit will have to pay about ? 106 per ton. . "Therefore, Do lt Resolved: That this body appoint a committee to tnko up this matter with Hon. B. R. 'Tillman, Hon. -E. D. Smith, United ! (States Senators, and Hon. A. P. Le ver, chairman of thc National House or Representatives Committee on Agriculture, looking to securing tho entire agricultural requirements of nitrates through the government, : and a proper adjustment as to prices J of government and private importp ? Hons that Ibero be no favorites and : no hardships." The Quinine That Does Not Affect the Heed Jlecause of its tonic mid laxative effect, I.AXA TUN* BROMO QUININE IS better than ordinary Quinine Mid docs not cruise nervousness nor fluffing m 1 sad. Remember the lull nnincaud look for tue tfignaluic of Iv. NV. OHO vj J. 30c. WAH NEWS FROM EUROPE. Washington Keeping Rooted on At<e< fro-Hungarian Situation. Stockholm, Jan. 23.-Bitter hos tility is springing up between the German and Austro-llungnrian sol diers on the eastorn front, and ac-, t ii al lighting has broken out, it was reported from Petrograd to-day. dorman troops wore used to try tox stop the wholesale fraternization be tween the Aus tro-tl u Uga rians and Russians. When tho Germans tried to clear the Russian trenches of Aus tro-'Hungaria-UB and the Austro-llun gnrian trenches of Rusisans they wore ilred upon. A battle with ar tillery developed, in which a num .ber of men were killed. . "Bread and Peace" Demand. Reine, Switzerland, Jan. 23.-Wo-, men led many of the famished mobs in Austro-IIungarlnn industrial com munities where rioting has occurred in connection with the general strike, according to information from the frontier. The Austrian Socialists are be coming more active and there are In dications that they are In direct com munication with the Russian Bolshe vik!. Travelers arriving from the frontier said to-day there is no doubt that the successful Bolshevik counter revolution in Russia has ex erted widespread influence upon the Austrian working classes. "Bread and peace" is now the na tional demand of the Austro-Hungn rians. An unconfirmed report was receiv ed to-day that soldiers fired upon a band of rioters in Vienna who were marching through the -streets with banners inscribed with such phrases, as "Give UB Peace" ai?d "Long Live Trotzky." War Costly to England. London, Jan, 23.-It ls now cost ing England 7,157,000 pounds (ap proximately $37,000,000) a day to carry on the war, Chancellor Law announced In the House of Commons this afternoon. At the same time, the Chancellor said, the government has, no Intention of conscripting wealth. Revolt Probable In Austria. Washington, Jan. 23.-The Rus sian Bolshevik! is responsible for the present crisis in Austria-Hungary. Its agents have fomented strikes among the civil population. Frater nizing with the troops on- the eastern front its military chiefs have spread discord among tho Austrian soldiers. T'ne situation in many respects par allels that which prevailed in Rus sia for a fortnight before the Rus sian revolution which deposed the Czar, according to confidential oift clal dispatches which reached Wash ington to-day. Officials hesitate to forecast what may be expected. Failure of the Austrian high command to take sternly repressive measures has puz zled both State Department and Diplomatic officials here. v To-day's Stockholm dispatches to the International News Service stat ing that bitter hostility is being man ifested between the German and Aus trian troops on the eastern front are fully confirmed by the diplomatic ad vices reaching here to-day. These say that the bitter antipathy toward the war is spreading to all classes in Austria. Absolute Independence. 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