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VoJ.7 NO. 24 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1917 $1.00 per year
A World Scarcity of Foodstuffi
and the LeMon for the South
Whether there be war 01
peace between this country anc
Germany, whether war be con
tinued in Europe for anothei
year or two, or whether peace
should come, the demand foi
foodstuffs will exceed the sup
ply, both in this country anc
abroad. The shortage in the
world's food crops last year, ex>n
nection with conditions created
by the war, brings us nearer to a
famine situation in foodstuff:
than the world has known in
this generation. If the crops of
this country should, bv unfavor
able weather conditicns or by a
lessened acreage, be short of a
full average yield, we would
have almost famine conditions,
because we will go into the nexl
crop practically barren of food
supplies.
Nothing less than a bumpei
crop of grain will save us from
exorbitantly high prices foi
wheat and corn next winter. Il
is important that the whole
country should understand this
situation, but it is doubly im
portant that the farmers of the
South should understand it and
plant the largest acreage in gram
which they have ever had ir
order to save themselves from
having to pay the highest price:
they have ever paid for theii
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iooastuns.
Every business man in the
South should do all in his powei
to urge upon Southern farm en
the planting of grain and the
raising of foodstuffs of all kinds
this spring and summer.
It is hardly possible to pre
diet what may happen to cotton,
The pnee, judged by the world's
demand, ought to be high, bui
In view of the uncertainties ol
conditions here and elsewhere
a large cotton crop might prove
a misfortune bv forcing prices
below a fair profit.
The South might raise too big
a cotton crop for its own pros
perity, but it cannot raise toe
big a grain crop nor too mucl]
livestock. Every available acre
should be put into the raising ol
foodstuffs, into grain, into vege
tables, potatoes, and as much
attention as possible should be
given to livestock, and even to
the raising of chickens and to
dairying, for the purpose oi
meeting the home demand for
foodstuffs.
It will be almost a crime for
any Southern farmer not to provide,
during the coming spring
and summer, for all of the foodstuffs
which his family will need
for the next twelve months.
Anything short of that would be
ignoring every condition which
this country and the world con
fronts in the lack of foodstuffs
and in the certaintv of high
prices. Business men, State governments
and the national government
owe it to the farmers
and to the welfare of the country
to stress these points with all
possible emphasis. The South
can become independent for
foodstuffs by quick and vigorous
action this spring and summer
by its farmers, and if it fails to
do so, it will be drained of hundreds
of millions of dollars for
high priced foodstuffs, which
should have been raised at home.
and there will be poverty in
many homes where there should
be abundance.?Manufacturers
Record, February 15.
Home-made chairs in any style
you want including rockers,
price ranging from 75 cents for
plain chairs to $3.50 for rockers.
Write me on Monroe, R. 10 or
see J. A. Hicks. William C.
Furr.
k Germany Wants Mexico and
Japan to Fight America
r Washington, Feb. 28.?The
I Associated Press is enabled to
. reveal that Germany in planning
r unrestricted submarine warfare
and counting its consequences,
' proposed an alliance with Mexir
co and Japan to make war on
the United States, if this counl
try should not remain neutral.
, Japan, through Mexican media
tion, was to be urged to aban
I don her allies and join in the at(
tack on the United States.
Mexico, for her reward, was
| to receive general financial sup;
port from Germany, reconquer
Texas, New Mexico and Arizo(
na?lost provinces?and share
[ in the victorious peace terms
I Germany contemplated.
Details were left to German
| minister Eckhardt in Mexico
I City, who by instructions signed
by German Foreign Minister
. Ziinmermann at Berlin January
19,1917, was directed to propose
. the alliance with Mexico to
. Gen! Carranza and suggest that
| Mexico seek to brine: Japan into
; the plot.
| These instructions were trans,
mitted to von Eckhardt through
| Count von Bernstorff, former
! German ambassador here, now
( on his way home to Germany
{ under a safe conduct obtained
, from his enemies by the country
! against which he was plotting
war.
Germany pictured to Mexico
1 by broad intimation, England
, and the entente allies defeated;
| Germany and her allies trium,
phant and in world domination
by the instrument of unrestrict
ed submarine warfare.
A copy of Zimmermann's in'
structions to von Eckhardt, sent
| through von Bernstorff, is in
I possession of the United States
government. It is as follows:
| "Berlin, January 19, 1917.
"On the first of February we
intend to begin submarine warr
fare unrestricted. In spite of
' this, it is our intention to en
^ deavor to keep neutral the Uni(
ted States of America.
"If this attempt is not success
j ful propose an alliance on the
following basis with Mexico:
That we shall make war together
and together make peace We
shall give general financial sup
port and ii is understood that
r Mexico is to reconquer the lost
. territory New Mexico, Texas
and Arizona. The details are
, left to you for settlement.
"You are instrnrfpH tr? inform .
the president of Mexico of the
above as soon as it is certain
that there will be an outbreak of
war with the United States and
suggest that the president of
Mexico, on his own initiative,
should communicate with Japan
suggesting adherence at once to
this plan; at the same time, offer
to mediate between Germany
and Japan.
"Please call to the attention of
the president of Mexico that the
employment of ruthless submarine
warfare now promises to
compel England to make peace
in a few months.
(Signed) "Zimmermann."
This document has been in
the hands of the government
since President Wilson broke off
diplomatic relations with Germany.
It has been kept secret
while the president has been
asking congress for full authori
ty to deal with Germany and
while congress has been hesitating,
It was in the president's
hands while Chancellor von
Bethmann Ilollweg was declar
ing that the United States had
placed an interpretation on the
submarine declaration "never in
tended by Germany" and that
Germany had promoted r.nd
honored friendly relations with
Wilson Takes Oath of Office Jl
For Second Time
Wasnington, March 4.?Presi- ^
dent Wilson took the oath of ofc#
fice for his second term at noon p
today in his room at the capitol, t
and will be formally inaugurated ai
tomorrow with public cercmon- c<
ies reflecting a great expression di
of Americanism. w
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Before a desk piled with Ex- j
ecutive business laid before him 'y
in the closing hours of Congress, j(
and surrounded by members of C
his official family, the President bi
reaffirmed with uplifted hand ai
and grave features his promise c<
to uphold the Constitution in Si
whatever crisis may confront
the Nation in the momentous d<
four years before it. d<
After he had repeated the oath w
taken first by Washington a w
Century and a quarter ago, he m
kissed the Bible at the passage n<
reading: c<
"The Lord is our refuge; an ir
ever present help in time of th
trouble." tf
Chief Justice White adminis- d<
tered the oath and %vas the first rr
to extend his congratulations, ai
Wringing the President's hand,
the Chief Justice looked fervent- B
lv into his face a moment, and cj
said brokenly: tl
"Mr, President, I am very, very ti
happy." tt
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Twelve Senators Defeat Vote ni
On Armed Neutrality e:
Measure w
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Washington, March 4,? 1
Twelve Senators, led by Senator
LaFollette and encouraged
by Senator Stone, Democratic t
chairman of the Foreign Rela--*
tions Committee, in a filibuster tc
denounced by President Wilson's
spokesmen as the most reprehensible
in history of any tL
civilized Nation, defied the will tc
of an overwhelming majority in
Congress up to the last min- U1
ute today, and denied to the ?
President a law authorizing him
to arm American merchant
snips to meet the German sub I ^
marine menace. te
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Don't let onions in milk give w
vou any more inconvenience. ei
Mr. C. B. Covington tells of a Jjj
gentleman of inventive mind
who has solved the problem. _
No chemicals, no dope of any g
kind required. Lav an onion P
on your plate when you go to P
the table and just before taking P
a swallow of milk bite off a P
small hunk of the delicious on P
ion and the trouble is over?you P
can't tell to save your life that P
there is a wild onion within a P
hundred miles of your cow pas- gj
ture.?Marshville Home. P
the United States "as an heir Z
loom from Frederick the Great.'' ?
Of itself, if there were no otb- ?
er, it is considered a sufficient ?
answer to the German chancel- Z
lor's plaint that the United States P
"brusquely" broke off relations Z
without giving "authenic" rea- Z
sons for its action. Z
The document supplies the C
missing link to many separate gj
chains of circumstances, which g
until now have seemed to lead ?
to no definite point. It sheds g|
new light upon the frequently g
repeated but indefinable move- g|
ments of the Mexican govern g
ment to couple its situation with g
the friction between the United g
States and Japan. It adds an g
other chapter to the celebrated fg
report of J ules Cambon, French g
ambassador in Berlin, before the g
war, of Germany's worldwide g
plans for stirring strife on every g
continent where it might aid her g
in the struggle for world domi- fcg
nation. Q
emcaster Cashier Charged
With Crime
incaster News.
As a result of investigations
inducted into the affairs of the
irst National Bank of Lancasir
for the lgst 10 days by an exminer,
a shortage in the acjunts
of the cashier has been
iscovered and E Curtis Mackey,
ho has been cashier of the in
itution, has been arrested
tiarged with embezzlement.
lr. Mackey was carried before
ihn T. Green, United States
ommissioner, and placed under
ond of $5,000 for his appearace
at the next term of Fereral
mirt for the Western District of
outn Carolina.
When first charged with the
efalcation, Mr. Mackey stoutly
enied that there was anything
rong with his accounts and
hen arraigned before the comlissioner
he was released on a
ominal bond, since those conirned
all thought that he was
mocent. Later it became clear
lat the matter was more serious
lan was at first thought and a
emand for additional bond was
lade, which demand the defendnt
complied with.
J. William Pole, National
ank Examiner, arrived in Lanaster
on February 16 to make
le customary examination ot
le books. He soon discovered
lat something was wrong and
e summoned Assistant Examier
G. M. Trammel and the two
saminers have been hard at
ork on the case ever since,
hey finally charged Mr. Macky
with the embezzlement and
le examfners say that he admitd
his guilt.
Mr. Mackey came to Lancasr
when the National Bank of
onnaefor
uuwuoiwi *v ao ui^aiii^CU ill 17UOJ
e was a collector for the instiition
at that time but managed
> rise rapidly by reason of his
ersonalty and business ability
mil he became cashier a little
ver one month ago. No young
tan of the city enjoyed the condence
and trust cf the people
lan did Mr. Mackey and every
ne considered that his characx
was above reproach. His
induct has pever called for one
ord of criticism and the ores
it revelation has therefore been
mch more severe on his friends
lan would usually be the case.
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I good selection and all v
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! Lot of Fresh Quaker C
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J Tobacco put back to 1
j 3 plugs for 25c.
Lard, 10 lb. Bucket
2.Sc Can Pork & Beans
3 lb. full weight Homing
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Prohibition Forces Gain Double
Victory
Washington. Feb. 28.?Prohibition
won a double victory in
congress tonight when the house
passed, 273 to 137, the senate bill
to make the national capital dry
and senate and house conferees
on the postal appropriation bill
unanimously adopted an agreement
under which the Reed
bone dry amendment is virtually
assured of enactment.
Hope on agreeing on the postal
supply measure had been
abandoned by the conferees,
who last night submitted a resolution
to continue existing postal
appropriations for another year.
Tonight, however, they got together
on a report which includes
the Reed amendment,
prohibiting shipment of liquor
into prohibition States and
which they expect to present in
both houses tomorrow or Friday.
The leaders thought tonight
there was no doubt of its
acceptance in senate and house.
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Ladles Hats
line of Ladies* readv-lo-wear H
loice.
>ats and Corn 3 ten cent a
Butter beai
he old price. ,han ,he prese
Jl'50 I still have a
20c size 30x3 and
f 25c vou for less th
efore you buy.
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1 hev are taking it for granted,
too, that President Wilson will
approve both that and the District
of Columbia prohibition
bill.
Declares Mexico Is Entirely
Pro-Ally
El Paso, Tex , March 2.?
"Mexico is pro Ally in its sym
pathies, and any eftort to spread
German propaganda there
would meet with little encouragement
among the Mexican
people," Andres Garcia, Inspector
General of Mexican Consulates,
said tonight upon his return
from Mexico City, where he
was in conference with General
Carranza, Minister Candido Aug
uilar, of the Department ot For
eign Relations, and General Al
vara Obregon, Minister of War.
"If there are any Germans or
Mexicans with German sympathies
trying to influence public
opinion in Mexico through official
or semi-official positions,
they will be discharged as soon
discovered. I am sure," said Mr.
Garcia.
"There are not more than six
men in the Mexican Army with
German names, and they have
been with the Constitutionalist
movement from its inception."
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spring 0}
ht Before the
up a line of Oxfords which I
ifore the big advance in price
srho wear slippers should see
sed lot of last summer slippi
high cost of living is troublir
?ancy Threat
Embroidery and Tatting thread
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Germany Frankly Admits that
Effort Was Made to Form an
Alliance Against United States
Washington, March 3.?German
Foreign Minister Zimmermann's
frank admission that
Germany did seek to ally Japan
and Mexico with her to war
against the United States caused
no surprise to American officials,
although it may be said they did
not expect so full and free an
acknowledgment of the exposure.
Some officials had thought
there might be an attempt to
discredit the authenticity of the
revelations by offering an explanation
of a different character.
American ofticials never have
had the least doubt of the au
- - - - - ?*
luenuciiy ot tne evidence in
their hands.
Minister Zimmermann's defense
of Germany's intrigue on
the ground that it only was intended
to be carried out in the
event the United States did not
remain neutral is not taken to
change the situation in the
slightest degree.
Japan Says Nothing Doing
Tokio, March 2.?Japan has
received no proposition from
either Mexico or Germany, directly
or indirectly, to join in a
possible war against the United
States, Viscount Motono, Japanese
Foreign Minister, informed
the Associated Press today.
Viscount Motono said he considered
such an idea ridiculous,
it being based on the outrageous
presumption that Japan would
abandon her allies. If Mexico
received the proposal, Viscount
Motono added that country
showed intelligence in not transmitting
it to Japan. ? ?-v
Too Much Liquor
TVf I
iviuuiuc journal
John Rushing, a white man,
and Laney Funderburk, colored,
who live near Pageland, were
arrested yesterday afternoon in
front of the Methodist church
with five quarts of liquor in
their possession. The case
came up this morning, but it
was continued until Saturday.
The defendants both claim that
they did not have the whiskey
in their possession for unlawful
purposes. The negro was arrested
for being drunk, as it ap
peafed that the whiskey belonged
to Rushing.
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CASINGS 0
t few Automobile casings,
30x3 1-2, which I can sell ?2
an wholesale price now.
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