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?TINT I). WHITE WHITES HOME. Pleaded With ('ondit ions-Anxious and Expecting Early Heturn. Mrs. Tint Hally White has re ceived tho following lotter from lier husband in France: Romborcoui t. Franco, Jan. 12. My Dear Wife: Will write you a few lines to let you know how I tun jotting ulong. 1 am all right. Hope you aro well. I wrote you a while back at Toni, and wo went from there to Kurnccourt, slaying (here a while, and coming from there to Item ber ton rt, and lia ve hoon here a week and om; day. Tho same day we got ."lere we got orders lo go lo Hrest. and we are just watting on railroad transportation. Wo may leave here any day. I have been doing a little guard duty Just throe hours a day. I go on at G and ??ff at ii, so I havo Hie other part of the day to clean my gun. I am now at tho Y. M. C. A. and the phonograph ls pinging "Nellie dray." lt is about two miles from here back to tho camp. I ca ll gb I tl truck and cunio out here, but guess I will have lo walk huck, but I will make it all light, as I have on a pair of rubber boots up to my hips. lt has been snowing some to-day, but not Uko it snows at borne. lt rains plenty, bul I don't mind it, us 1 have plenty ot clothes and shoes. Well, I have "drawn" one time over here; got 63 francs. That is equal to $1 1.50 in our money. Hope you have "drawn" by now. I have not had any mail since I have been hero. I move so fast it can't overtake me. I am going to send my name and address to The Courier and seo if I can get any mail. I think thoro uro folks there that would write to mo if tlioy had my address. Ours is Just a small company, about 7Ti or SO, and wo havo good rooks, good olllcers, and I am doing all right. Wo have 120 German prisoners that we work and guard. I think we will take them to Hrest lo do some work. You ought to see me prancing around with a loaded rille and llxed bayonet. Dally, I don't know how long ibis job will last. The officers told us until February Otb, but we were lost about two weeks and that time don't, count, I understand, so we will have to make that up. Hut I don't mind that a? long as they feed like they do and keep us in shoes and clothes. I can't tell when 1 will get loose, lt may be in Feb ruary and lt may be longer; so don't be uneasy, for I will make lt all right. Night.-Well, 1 will finish tho letter that 1 started to write von at tho "Y" this evening. BefoiM I left there a lleutentant came and preached a very good sermon. His text was tho 73d Psalm. It was the first Hmo I over heard a "lewie" preach, only at a rifle inspection or li PM' tl rill field i ?roi In |i i . lOUl dal V; We ;,u\ :. sup'n . ll! ft o d'ici. I , ot a paper ;>t tho ' V" lilli ' . i . . n .md siiw where Colignan luid ,. ed a oin ,v> p r, . he (liniment Lo homo dependents. I am getting fat. The boys toll me I weigh 200, but I don't quito believe that; bul I will admit that 1 am "In good lix." I bave acquired a double (bin. I generally go for ' seconds.'' and the boys laugh, and 1 tell (hem that my hoard ls all 1 get. bm I hopi I will 'draw" in February. Ol' course, I don't need any money. They issue every! bing --tiley even give us candles and matches and tobacco--so wo don t suffer for anything. I took a little beer the other day, and il made my hoad swim so I have finished with it. I (bink 1 will get a little mail before long. The lieutentant wrote to the general post oflice for our mail, so I think I will get what you .sent in September. Will close. Lovingly, your hus band, Pvt. Tint White. 2f>8 P. W. 10. Co., A. P. O. 91 4, France. EVER SA DI VATED HY CALOMEL? HORRIBLE! Calomel is Quicksilver and ads like dynamite on your liver. Calomel loses you a day! You know what Calomel ls. It's mer cury; quicksilver. Calomel is dangerous, lt crashes into sour lille like dynamite, cramping and sicken ing you. Calomel attacks (he bones and should never be put into your uystein, When you feel bilious, sluggish, constipated and all knocked out und believe you need a dose ol danger ous calomel just remember that your druggist sells for a few cents a large bottle of Dodson's Livor Tone, which is entirely vegetable and pleasant to take and is a perfect substitute for calomel, lt is guaran teed to start your liver without stirring you up inside, nod can not eallvnto. Don't take cn'omel! It makes yon sick the next day: it loses you a day's work. Dodson's Diver Tone straightens you right np and you feel great. (?ive il to the Children because it is perfectly harmless and doesn't gripe, adv. Cid. Halstead Dead. Washington, Fob. 26.- Coi. lien ion Halstead, said to be the inventor of the ,'lrst working typewriter, and n member of the staff of Cen. Sher man during the .March to the Sea," died at Iiis home here to-day. Ile is survived by his widow and one son. Coi. i.aurcnco Halstead, chief of the bureau of operations of Hie First American Army in France. Col. Halstead was horn near Cin cinnati iii years ago, and at the outbreak of the War Between the States organized lils own company, which becaint! a part of the Sixty ninth Ohio Volunteers. THE corro? VIEWED FROM TV (From Tho Fl Two Loiters Questioning Hie Wis-1 dont of Om- Advice to Sell. Thc following letter? ure from two ?milks in South Carolina and explain themselves: Editor Financial Age-Dear Sir: For some time I have ! een an interested reader of your editorials . nd find them interesting and holp fill, hut 1 want you to allow mu a few questions in regard to your edi torial In the issue of February l, "Cotton Should bo Marketed." 1, too, am and have always huon of Ibo opinion that 27 cents is a good prico for tho lil 18 crop from the farmer's point. Ho has a fair proilt in it. then, nothing moro. The price being now nearer 20 cents than 2 7 cents puts a little different light on some of tho points. The question I want you to allow me to ask is, "Why should not the farmer as well as anyono else borrow on cotton and hold it?" After it gets out of the farmers' hands it is near ly all held on borrowed money, and even when it passes on and gets into the hands of the spinner, often it is still resting under borrowed funds. Why should not the farmer nold as well as anyone, for the cot ton must be held by somoone? lt cannot all ho made into yarns as fast as it is ginned. Really, 1 would like some points ulong this line, for as far as has come under my observation, tho larmer uses a smaller amount of credit in proportion to his capital than the person in most any other business. Yours very truly, C. W. IL Editor Financial Agc-Dear Slr: We enjoy your weekly and read the able editorials with a great deal of interest. We beg to differ with you some, however, on your editorial advising hankers to advise farmers to sell their cotton. One fact that is being overlooked this time is going to figure big in this struggle of the farmer to hold the price of his product up, and that is that the farmer is able to hold his cotton this time. Refere Hie war the farmer had to borrow heavily from local banks M. hold cotton, and the local banks hud ... burrow from the l'aslorn beete:., bul now it ls entirely differ en'. Th ii : ; riu 'lie I", al banks have plenty of money to lend them, btit they do not need much money to help (hem. If you will go over the statements of the Southern banks you will lind they are nearly all Mush with money, and this re gardless of (he fact that they have oversubscribed quotas to Liberty Hoads. Our Federal Reserve Dis trict. lt I am not mistaken, stands third In tho United States on over subscriptions to bonds. Now then, if the farmer is able lo hold his cotton, and willing lo hold his cotton, in an effort to get a small profit for lils year's work, it strikes nie he is entitled to some pro lit if ho can get it, and you will agree that he has .not been a profiteer during tho war any more than the manufacturer has. Present indica tions point to the fact that this year's crop will be an expensive crop to make, and we are not in clined to advise the farmer to sell his products at a price below cost of production. It ts true that if cotton goods continue to drop and labor insists on war wages, cotton is going to go down also, and we do not expect a fancy prlco for the 1 ii 1 !> crop; hut we feel with the farmer that be is entitled to a good price for the HHS cotton crop. Ile has paid high prices for what ho buys and is pay ing a high price this spring for what lie gets. The average farmer lives considerably cheaper than Hie aver age man in any other line of busi ness, but ho has decided that he is entitled to a few of the luxuries as well as the bare necessities as much us any other man. and he is now in better position to demand them i!an he has ever been before. This is the viewpoint, gentlemen. ( f a small country banker living .villi the small farmers. Very respectfully, T. P. A. No Worms itt a Healthy Child All children troubled with worms have nn un healthy color, which Indicates poor blood, and ns a rulo, there is moro or less Stomach dlsturlmnre. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC ?iven re?iilnrly for two or threo weeks will enrich the blood, Im prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength' cnliift Tonic io the v/holo system. Nature will then throw off or dispel tho worms, and thc Child will ho In perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60<: per bottle Acquitted of .Murder Charge. Anderson.Feb. 2t>. T. ll, Plalock. who has hoon on trial this weok charged with murder, was acquitted und was lined $.">0 for carrying con cealed wea lions, Ol' to serve a term of ?IO days in the penitentiary or on tho public works of Anderson, /O STANDPOINTS li?, ; iianc?al Ago.) Tho Cotton Crower >s. i! 1 ??ton Speculator. _1. On another pago of thin ap pear two letters from b. ? In South Carolina, eacli of vye riti eises our editorial o;' Foi' 1. which advisod banke s i fi luce (hoir colton loans by indu their borrowers to soil codon ?ti . thou prevailing price of 27;% cents a pound. From the trend ol pri nco that time it would appear >ur advice was sound, althoug) di torlal was not written will ew to the immediate fall in . ice of tho staple. What v. i in rcind was the economic po ni of the world. In 1910, w'Mi n of 11,500,000 bales, the av?rai ce was 15 cents a pound I i esti mated crop of 1918 ii I ' i,0i)0 bales. Tho total visible of tho world on December .".l -v is 5,014,352 bales, against an ,?e visible supply at same date i ii ve pre-war years of 5,7 09.1>-;." tales, but in the United States, thi ?ib?e .supply was 2.890,933 b?*tOS ...Kit an average of 1,838,626. !: :< : 9 crop has been estimated ai 000 bales. Our correspondents have ask ? us some pertinent questions, wi .. ve will endeavor to answer. First. "Why should no; ,! rm er carry his cotton as weill bo speculator?" If a farmer can afford irry his cotton or, in other vor .'. farmer chooses to becom ? a hitor in cotton and has Un to carry it, surely he han i right to carry it, with o ? higher market price, as other speculator in the s? when the farmer asks hi go into partnership with speculation which may net t. only its legal rate of inter? :-' market advances, or may > loss of the interest and :i tho principal if the market caso is quite different. Nov ton speculator who buys 1,01 of cotton, puts it in a v?: ?usn and takes a receipt to ink, where he borrows a per. r.;o ot the market value of the C?tto . -t within a limited period di; * > -t thai cc ion and pay off bin iv l . ... : ina: or ho may lo .'^?$P((*h| . lr?II . 'tine hut (bo traite ir. ?ti. 1 n i el: ? (d? Vs regard " " lun laruior, the case is qi. di ont. Ile already has his s ? . tn ground and his newr crop coll is growing. Me is sure te I fo other stock of cotton whoi ing season arrives. Unlike tho ulator who has completed '.- tra even at a loss, tho farmer to have more colton for the more he has the le he has ol* holding up tho ? tho meantime, tho In tore:' on loan is gradually but su rel add to his cost per pound, and ie loni ' the loan runs the higher cost A point raised by one of - ir corn spondents is that cottor fanne are this year in better ai hold their cotton than e\ boior and that the banks in ll cotb territory have plenty of n.. oy. Our inquiries at East bani with largo Southern conne lons do not bear out this statemo lt. hus been the custom for Soutl n bai s to rediscount, or borrow ni ibo Eastern banks, during li colton season, and to liquidate ill . loans in the fall, when the colt i is sold. Tho loans aro supposed tn be all paid by the last of December, und ordinarily by the middle f .lanuaiy S5 or 9 0 per cent of thci re lui off. This is not the case lay ono of tho large New Y batik . we have been informed wt i > Southern correspondents uri I lier cent, above normal, . nearly that percentage of hieren, ow i by several other New Y . bunk*, while balances, instead boil '? from twenty to twenty-fl' oiisai 1 dollars -the usual anion > nial times are now ru i ni ri n twelve io fi ft oen bundi dolla rn. This does not look as i Oil h was paying its debts. . tm in nason why this condition ll'fl obtains is. of course, thal fi rmi 1*8 aro refusing to market lr . n lind liquidate their loan i their local banks. No one will deny tin - intention that tho cotton farmer ii j:, ll as much entitled to tho luxurio-. ol' fe as any other man, but there n economic law which works' Jual as sundy as death and tax. . and ll. it is, the law of supply ai"> demand. 1." the supply is groat - I tue \a mand small, (ho price oi the arti te offered for salo ls certain lo dei M id. To us the outlook in Urn lae week in .lanuaiy, when wo sounded the warning to market cott. ' for lower prices, and no tv ?I ilnudiltg (ho letters from our cor iispondents in South Carolina, we have vol no NEW MOVE IN GERMANY? Action Probable to Combat Sparta cans ami Extr?miste. London. Feb. 27.-The monarch ists of Germany are contemplating un carly coup d'etat in the opinion of the Mail's correspondent at Ber lin, who says that tho old. officer classes, with Its generals, has been gradually getting the whip hand there since January 13 and now holds the government in ils power. . rho threatened coup d'etat will he carried out in Berlin alone," he writes, 'and will probably for a tune he successful, although it will certainly result in ruthless civil war end unscrupulous political murders. A large number of officers are said to be associated In the plot to over throw the present government and the restoration of the old order of t'.iings. "A secret meeting of monarchist officers was held at Charlottenburg T. February 16. lt was summoned '.)V Major von Herringen, son of the former Secretary of War. Thirty officers attended, and each is said to have pledged himself to hold in lils residence a quantity of muni tions ready for an emergency and to a? semble at a certain place when called upon. Every member of the plot has been requested to enlist as mt ny officers loyal to tho former emperor as possible, it is under stood. The government has been warned of what is going on." The organization of tho new bodies ul' troops, the correspondent r *ys-a step alone which can save it. from the Spartacans and other ex tremists- -is possible only by the government yielding to the old officer class, which, he says, "had already hu Hied the government Into winking at numerous polictical crimes and arbitary actions which have been committed." SOME STARTLING FACTS. More children die during the teeth ing period than consumption kills annually. The pain and discomfort that comes with this disease of chil hood may be avoided. Save doctor bills and sleepless nights by giving the sick, crying and restless child a few doses of Dr. Thornton's Easy Teether as directed. It tides the tiny folks over tho critical period of life safely. "Givo the baby a chance." 18 doses for 25c, at all dealers. Easy Teether Medicine Co., Canon, Ga.-Adv. < 'arni rub* A.' " rod. (The State, Feh. 2?.) Provisions of a bill which has Just been enacted into law by tho j General Assembly are that carnivals shall not he allowed to appear in 17 of the lt; counties of the Stale. The law does not exclude chautauquas. ! The (anilities aro: Dean fort, Ham- I berg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Darling- ; ton, Fairfield, Greenwood. Green- ! ville. Hampton, (lorry. Lexington,' ! '.ancaster. Marlboro. McCormick, j Newberry, Oeonee and l'ickens. MOTH Kit! GIVE CHILD "SYRUP OF FIGS" IF TONG CH IS COATED ? H cross, feverish, sick, bilious, clean ! little liver and bowels. Children love this "fruit laxative." and nothing else cleanses the ten der stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child simply will not stop play ing to empty the bowels, and the result is. they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then your littlo one becomes cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat, sleep or act naturally, breath ls bad, system ls full of cold, has sore throat, stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen, Mother! Seo If tongue is coated, then give a tea spoonful of "California Syrup of Figs." and In a few hours all the constipated waste, sour bile and un digested food passes out of tho system, and you have a well, play ful child again. Millions of mothers give "Cali fornia Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly harmless; children love it. and it never falls to act on the stomach, liver and bowels. Ask your druggist for a 50-conl bottle of "California Syrup of Figs." which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown ups plainly printed on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. Get. the genuine, made hy "Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company." Re fuse any other kind with contempt. - adv. reason to alter our views. All sta ples must come down during this period of readjustment. Enormous stocks of raw material are on hand; many mills and factories aro closed on account of 1. bor troubles The foreign demand Is small, and will continue to bo small until tho work shops of the world aro rehabilitated and the present chaotic, conditions abroad have given way to tho nor mal state of things In tho meantime wo must con tinue to manufacture and tho earth will continue to produce. So why not accept, things as they are, in stead of rejecting them because thoy t'.re not what we think they should be? DR. Caldwell just what I i did laxative, mild an quickly and easily. I and keep it in our hoi From a letter to E Mr. G. C. Mur[ Atls ( Dr. Ca Syrup The Perft Sold by Drugi 50 Ct43 cu V Recommended as a pc pation, mild and gen standard family reme A trial bottle can be Dr. W. B. Caldwell, Monticello, Illinois. FOli DAYLIGHT SAVING. heading I ?a bor Lemiers Are Satis tied With Experiment. Washington, Feb. 26.-Predic- | (ion of labor leaders that a national I daylight saving law making all working hours daylight hours would I reduce the number of industrial ac- | eidents was borne out in the past year, said Frank Morrison, secretary ! of the American Federation of j Labor, in a statement to-day urging | that the law be not repealed. Pro- j vision for the repeal of tho act has been attached by the Senate agri cultural committee as a rider to tho annual agricultural appropriation bill. Secretary Morrison cited sta tistics on industrial accidents in Pennsylvania, showing that in 1918 under operation of the daylight sav ing law the number of accidents was 4 3,03 li less than in 1917 and 70,7 72 less than in 191(5. This was due, he said, to the fact that the later afternoon hours, when physi cal energy is at its lowest, had been eliminated from the work day r>.nd given over to recr?ai lou. tho Qi'ir.fna That Doe* Mot Alf act the H?ttet titi. >ivr .-?( ;.'! toute and laxative cifcrj, L.vX/V> ? J : . li? M ".NM N iti : lu.iu u.'iliuury Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the tull name and look lor thc signature o? U. W. GROVE. 30c. .May Get Extension. Washington, Feb. 2?.- Income tax payers, both corporations and individual, will be granted ir. days from March 15 for filing their com plete tax returns if they notify col lectors in writing that they can not complete their returns by that dato. In making this announcement to night the internal revenue bureau reiterated, however, that 25 per cont of the estiinuted total tax must be paid by March 15. It was announced that collectors of internal revenue would supply all individuals requesting the 4 5 days' extension with a form on which to make Un tn ti ve returns as a basis tor tax estimates. A form for tenta tive corporation returns will be ?nailed by revenue collectors to all corporations on their lists. May Kllmlnnto Saluda Grade. Spartan burg, Feb. ?3.-A survey ing corps of the Southern railway is now at work near Tryon, thus giving rise to all kinds of rumors. They are at present running a line from the present Asheville-Spartan btirg tracks across tho northern sec tion of Folk county in the general direction of Rutherfordton, leaving tho present lino tit Tuxedo. Tho Southern has been contemplnting steps that would eliminate tho Sa luda grade for a number of years. This grado is an ascent, of 1,000 feet in nine miles. Several disastrous wrecks have occurred on this grade, and it is probable that Hie present survey is being made lo lind a route that wilt correct this fault. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Unicista refund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to euro Itching, lil ?mi, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can Act restful sleep after the ilrst application. Price 60c. Three Men Aro Mown to Atoms. Xew York, Feb, 25.-Three men attached to the naval aviation sta tion ut Rockaway Poach woro killed to-day by tho oxplosion of a dopth bomb they woro carrying. The victims, a chief petty olllcer and two sailors, wore conveying tho bomb, which contained lf>0 pounds ol T. N. T., to a distant point to test. Three other sailors who wero follow ing their comrades narrowly es caped death. 's Syrup Pepsin is need. It is a splen d pleasant and acts so wouldn't be without it, ne all the time." )r. Caldwell written by\ >hy, 4 Walker Street, 1 mta, Ga. / IdwelFs Pepsin .ct Laxativa ajists Everywhere Ss) $1.00 >sitive remedy for consti tle in its action. The dy in countless homes, obtained by writing to 458 Washington Street, Mannings Sail March 5. Columbia, Fob. 26.-Ex-Governor Manning, who was hero yesterday attending the meetAig of the steer ing committee in charge of the cot ton acreage reduction movement, stated that he and Mrs. Manning expected to sail for Europe about March 5. Arrangements for Mrs. Manning to accompany the ex-Gover nor were made by Secretary Lan sing. Tiie former South Carolina Execu tive will go to Europe os an accred ited delegate of the league to en force peace, the organization headed by ex-President Taft, to the peace conference. \ ? ff LADIES J A?V your I>ruRKtit for CP.i-CH.?tr?-fKR S DIAMOND ?RAND " GOLD iiiel.iltic Ribbon. TA KB llri'1-r-t?t l\ll?1 i "?? \ MON,i I)Vi A ti ii i'lt.i fc, fat twenty.firo \ rev i niel .??> I . . . . 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