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Vol.7 NO. 51 0 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1917 $1.00 per year
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miicncan navai rorcea v^onvoving
Merchantmen Check
Submarine Menace
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Washington, Aug. 30.? Ameri
can naval forces are convoying
merchant ?raft across the Atlantic,
it was disclosed officially today
at the navy department, and
examination of the records
shows that tne loss of convoyed
ships by submarines has averag
ed less than one-half of one per
cent.
T*v ? ? *
ueiaus 01 me convoy system
are withheld. It was stated, how
ever, that American war vessels
are regularly escorting fleets of
British, French or allied merchantmen
across, the protection
being supplemented when the
danger zone is reached by the j
destroyers and other patrol craft. ,
American naval officials be- |
lieve that an effective system for j
checking the submarine menace .
is being built up gradually but
certainly. Many devices and '
many methods enter into the
task. Among other things depth
bombs are proving effective
Official reports indicate that
American destroyers have accounted
for several U boats with
these weapons. No announce
ment of such incidents will be
made, however, unless absolute
nrnnf nf thfl ic airoiloKln
No U-boat has been captured
bv the Americans. Reports
from London that the subma
rines are working now farther at
sea than formerly were confirm
ed by the navy department. It
may be that new boats of greater
size and better sea-keeping qualities
lend to this extension of the
zone of activities, but it is re
, * garded as more probable that
the increased and increasing
vigilance of the anti submarine
forces is mainly responsible.
The effect of the increasing
patrol, of the employment of ,
airplanes and of the addition of
new devices to the anti submarine
weapons, has been to
force the U boats under water to
a greater and greater degree.
Their effectiveness is limited in
proportion. Thev can operate
only against ships that almost
stumble upon them. And all the
time thev are under water, they
are consuming the stored power i
of their storage batteries, decreasing
their range of under
water action and compelling
them to come up at night and lie <
idle on the surface while their
oil engines are used to recharge
the batteries.
Thp Hpr-isinn of ilio no.nr
partment to spend $350,000,000
on new destroyers and destroyer
building facilities, approved yesterday
by Presideni Wilson, is
based on the effectiveness of the
swift fighting machines as proven
by Admiral Sims' forces.
American experts have developed
a depth bomb for use
against submarines that is deadly
at considerable range. The
bomb, containing high explosives,
is dropped from a destroyer
over a spot where the pres
ence of a submerged U-boat is
indicated. It is timed to explode
at a certain depth. If the ex
plosion occurs below the U boat
and within a reasonable distance
the hull of the underwater craft
cannot withstand the pressure
but is crushed like an egg shell. I i
Pat bought a pig in the fall
paying $7.50 for it. During the
winter he bought $10.50 worth
of feed for it and in the spring j
sold the pig for $17.50.
A neighbor asked him how {
much he got for it, and when Pat :
told him he said: "Well, you
didn't make much on it did vou?" .
"No," said Pat, "but, you see. I I
had the use of the pig all i
winter."?Kx. <
Deed Bed Kor Wheat
"Make the seed bed fit for the
9eed. Do not 'intern* wheat
v/orth $3 or $4 a bushel for seed
i) urposps in a condition of soil
tmpossible for germination."
That precaution is urged by
the United States Department of
Agriculture on'all farmers who
c ontemplate sowing the high
p riced seed of a high priced food
tltiis fall. To plant seed on poorV
prepared land not only wastes
tl le seed that does not germinate,
tt le specialists point out, but it
nctay mean the loss of an entire
investment if a paying stand is
not obtained.
A seed bed for wheat must be
fir m, moist, and well compacted
beneath, with a mellow, finely
divided upper 3 inches of soil,
Ihe specialists advise. If wheat
is grown in rotation with oats or
after wheat, the stubble should
be plowed to a depth of at least
/ incnes immediately alter harvesting
ihe preceding crop of
grain. The ground should be
harrowed within a few hours
after plowing, and cultivation
with harrow, disk, drag, or roller
should be given as necessary
thereafter until planting time.
These operations are necessary
to kill weeds, to settle and make
firm the subsoil, and to maintain 1
a soil mulch on the surface. The
earlier the preparation of a seed 1
bed for wheat is started the bet- <
ter the condition of the soil will
be at planting time. Late plow 1
ing does not allow time for
thorough preparation. I
If a cultivated crop precedes
wheat frequent cultivation given
to this crop will preserve mois- 1
ture and Maintain a soil mulch.
If level cultivation has been 1
practiced, a good seed bed easily
can be prepared by disking and :
harrowing after removing the
crop. However, if weeds are 1
present, it may be advisable to
plow shallow, the disk preceding
and following the plow.
Early plowing, followed by
thorough tillage, aius in catching 1
the water which falls and in con- 1
serving this and the water
already in ihe soil for use by'the
wheat plants.' The firm seed 1
bed under the mulch thus made
enables the young plants to
make use of the subsoil waters
which rise when there is a perfect
union between the plowed
soil and the subsoil. Sufficient
moisture is thus assured tor the ]
germaination of the seed and for |
the early fall growth of the seed- i
lings, a very important consideration.
Plant food is also likplv 1
to be more abundant in the soil \
when such methods are emploved.
If the importance of thorough .
tillage were more generally
recognized and proper methods
of seed-bed preparation were '
more widely employed through- '(
out the so called humid areas, ,
there would be less frequent i
losses from drought and better
wheat crops would result, the j
department specialists declare, j
in this area the mistake is often I
made of thinking there will |
always be moisture enough
piesent for a maximum crop J
growth, with the result that short J
crops otten are obtained where i
more attention to moisture con I
servation would have assured |
good yields.
In the bureau of the census at i
Washinington acts against the
law are recorded under a few J
general heads, such as murder, J
burglary, etc. 8
An officer of the bureau tells J
Df a woman clerk who was puz- 5
sled by an entry she encounter- \
ed in one of her slips. The ^
crime as set down was "Running t
* blind tiger." After due re t
flection the woman placed it h
under the head of "Cruelty to {
Animals." [
Second Great Campaign to Begin
October 1 .
1 Washington. Aug. 31.?The
Q opening of the next liberty loan
9 -campaign has bee set tentatively
jj by the treasury department foi
October 1.
s Subscription books will close
e November 1 unless the program
e is altered. The amount, the in
? terest rate, die denominations ol
J the bonds and other details will
H be announced after Congresi
disposes of the pending bone
i' bill.
o Indications are that the nexi
j V
u offering will approximate $3,
^ .000, 000,000. Whether it will bt
d advertised by the government
Expeditionary Force Not to j
Be Rushed Into Action
Paris, Sept. 1.?Major Genera
Pershing, who has remained ii
Paris clearing up the work at hi
old headquarters and who is no
going to field headquarters unti
Sunday or Monday, declared tc
day in connection with the plan
for the coming winter that th
American people must learn th
meaning and value of patienc
and not expect that the expedi
tionary forces landed in Franc
can be rushed immediately t
the front line trenches.
To put an inadequate, insul
ficiently supplied force inti
actual combat, he said, woul
merely be making a mistake
which the Germans unquestior
ably have hoped and expecte
the United States would make
It is the determination rathe
that when America does tak
har place in the line, shoulder t
shoulder with the other allie
next year, she will be fully pre
pared to go through the sumnre
campaign and make the Gei
mans feel the full weight of he
military power.
"Those of us who have full
studied the situation and wh'
know what is necessary to b
done." said General Pershing t
the Associated Press, "are anxi
ous that the people at home shdi
strive to realize the immensit
of the task in which we are ec
gaged and shall through patienc
and confidence, help us to ac
complish that task in the shortC?
possible time. Everything ;i
going well with lie hr?th o?":
? v?U
nation and as an armv. We ar
making giant strides day at*
dav, but we are just started.
"We came into the war will
out an army. So now we mus
boild an entire new organizatio
and build it so big and so stron
that we can take our place wit!
our allies, who alreadv have ha
three years time and experienct
"I realize how very difficult i
is for the people at home I
visualize the war, to visualize th
effort that lies behind the wai
Our problems are greater tha
any France or Great Britai
have had to solve but we ar
solving them and will continu
to do so.
"It is impossible to create
vast fighting machine merely b,
the wave of a wand. I wish tha
it were possitde to do so and tha
we might be fighting the Germai
government this minute. W
know that the only way to defea
the German army is to hamme
it and keep on hammering i
That is what we expect to be dc
ing with all our strength and en
thusiasm during next year'
campaign."
Her (sighing)?Oh, I met sucl
a lovely man today.
Him?Where was that?
Her?On the street 1 rnus
lw./>n : ?
iinvc uccii v.iii ijiu^ my unioreu;
carelessly, for he humped hi
eye into it. And 1 said, 'pardoi
me,'*and he said, "don't mentioi
it?I have another eye left."
| Notice to Cc
ft
^ The following Rule
^ the Cotton Mills, and
? forced to abide by then
T Limit of six yards <
5 surplus will have to be r<
Bales weighing less
^ ject to discount ci $5.00
S) Buyers will be forc<
jh packed on leaky steam pi
g ed.
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}<_ inrougti paid newspaper space
ir is under consideration, but Sec
e'Tetar> McAdoo said tonight the
0 jcost of such an undertaking
,a "\vouid exceed the appropriatior
1 now/Available for the purpose
jj. He added that there could be nc
r. action until more light had beer
r Received as to the cost ot an ef
V fective advertising campaigr
J ^nd until Congress had decided
what amount will be allowed
e tor advertising for future issues
ni Uj|der the war revenue bill,
passed last April, $7,000,000 was
?iiade available for expenses ol
y floating Sr>,000,000.0<>0 in bond:
^ end $2,OOO,0()0,0o0 in short time
? certificates of indebtedness. Ii
1* reported that about half al
.j leady has been disbursed in con
[g nected with the floatation of the
0 f2)000,0o0,000 liberty bonds first
0 offered and the certificates ol
d i/iiebtedness put out in advance
^ftUeloan.
t ' ID announcing the tentative
it program .for the second cam
n paign Mr. McAdoo appealed tc
? the liberty loan committee tc
h perfect their organization and
d prepare for the next campaign
? by getting in touch with the
It various federal reserve banks,
o . _
e Experience of South Carolinian
t- / in Crossing Atlantic
n * Camden, Sept. 1.?Lieut
11 Comdr. William Ancrum, whc
e was called to join the American
e fleet in British waters undei
Admiral Sims several weeks ago,
a did not reach his destination
y without exciting adventures.
11 According to a letter received
lt by his wife, which was written
Q at sea, the armed merchant linei
[t on which he sailed was attacked
r on Sunday morning by a u-boat,
i. and they had a running fight
which lusted three-riunrter of nn
1 hour. The German boat shelled
?
them from a distance of two
miles. No shots struck the ships,
u though some fell close by By
putting on full steam and zigzagging
the liner escaped. Two
;t British destroyers answered their
ti S. O. S. call to come to the aid
s ot the liner. All passengers had
a on their life belts and the life
n boats were made ready, but
were not needed.
>tton Sellers |
i i W
!S nave been issued by jS
all local buyers will be gi
^ i
of bagging to bale. Any W
amoved before being sold.
than 350 pounds are sub
a bale.
sd to refuse to buy cotton fS
resses, or otherwise water- fa
M
JNGO BROS. $1
4.LLOY & CO. HJ
IH. BLAKENEY
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Precious Fats
Suppose you were to read such
( an advertisement as this in your
1 daily paper:
For sale for cash on delivery,
fat for frying, $4.05 a pound.
Goose fat, $5.36 a pound. Duck
' fat, 1-4 pounds, 1.13. Salted
1 goose legs, 94 cents each. Larded
goose breast, $2.08 per pound,
f Fresh fowls, $1.01 per pound and
' up. Young country laying hens
5 $3.32 each. Well-fed snow-white
' Emden geese, $11.01 to $19.06
each. Horse flesh, 53 to 86 cents
1 a pound.
These are exact quotations
; taken from advertisements in
1 German newspapers during last
' June Of course the advertise.
ments are addressed more par
\ ticularly,to the rich. Even horseJ
flesh has become a luxury beyond
reach of the common
' people. Evidently the scarcity
t of fats has not been exaggerated
in reports from other sources,
j The pinch of war to a country
P that is not self sufficient in its
I agriculture can become an allpervading
source of misery.
Unique of all countries, the
' United States is self sufficient in
J its agriculture. Our agriculture
. will be our greatest bulwark,
| whether the war ends soon or
' continues through more- horrorfilled
years.
And the best of all good things
in a country self sufficient in its
' agriculture is a farm that is as
P near as possible self-sufficient in
its production. It ^may well be
said that the possessor of such a
arm can look the future in the
face without a tremor. He has
( a well stocked cellar, storage
houses and shelves laden with
> . - -
I tlie canned products of field and
garden. To him there need
never come the necessity of paying
fabulous prices for common
necessities. Every such farm is
the greatest of object lessons
these war torn times.?Country
Gentleman.
1 Horrible Treatment is Given
1 Prisoners of War
Washington, Aug. 30.?Starv
| ed, beaten and subjected to
many indignities, prisoners of
j war in Germany are being com
pell^d to work in trenches and
. fields under the fire from the
armies of their own countries.
1 T> a- . _ ? ^
ixeporis maae Dy Kussian sol
diers who have been transmitted
to the state department, say prisoners
of all nationalities are
( being used on work just behind
the lines and within range of the
guns.
A small portion of bread, some
thin soup, and occasionally a bit
of meat of horses shot in action,
comprise their rations. The
prisoners have been organized
into units as carefullv as are
soldiers.. Their work is done
systematically under military
supervision, with long hours and
j no medical attention. When
I the Russian soldiers left many of
| the units had lost by disease
| practically half of their number.
No new clothing had been issued
to them and in all sorts of
weather thev are forced to work
in vermin-laden rags. Military
overseers, the Russians reported, I
frequently had them tied to
boards and beaten until they had
reached the point of exhaustion.
Included in the labor units
were Germans as well as Russians,
Rritish, Frdnch, Belgians
and Poles. The Germans were
those who had participated in
food riots or those who were
physically unfit for service in
the ranks. These men were
treated very.little differently
from the presoners of war.
| Price Of Wheat Fixed Al
$2.20 As Compromise
| Washington, Aug. 3<>?T1 i
price of No. 1 northern spring
wheat was fixed at $2.20 a bushel
at Chicago for the 1917 crop to
day by the wheat fair price coir mittec,
headed by H. A. Garfieh',
whose findings reached after
three days' deliberation, wer?;
submitted to and approved by
President Wilson. The an
nouncement was made from the
White House.
Labor representatives on the
committee voteu first for Sl.Sd
and the farmers for $ > ">n Aft^r
long discussion the compromise
at $2.20 was approved unanimously.
The committee finally agreed
late this afternoon after several
days of voting. At one time today
it looked as if it would be
unable to come to a conclusion,
but, just before six o'clock a
compromise was reached and
the last vote was unanimous.
On the base of $2.20 at Chicago
the food administration worked
out tonight differentials for
the various grades and classes
and for the several terminals.
The price fixed tonight is
twenty cents higher than that
named for the 1918 crop by
Congress in the food control bill.
The $2 price set by Congress
was taken into consideration by
the committee in considering a
fair valuation for this year's
crop.
1 Another Lincoln Story
When Lincoln was still an insignificant
country lawyer he
had occasion to travel to a small
town to take charge of a case. It
was a drive of some 14 miles
from the railroad station to the
town inn where he was to pass
I the night. Wet and chilled to
the Done, he arrived at last, but
to his dismay, found only a small
fire built in the a rate, while
standing about it so as to exclude
the heat from the traveler, were
the other lawyers interested in
the case.
At length one of the group
turned to Lincoln.
"Pretty cold, eh?" he asked.
"Yes," replied Lincoln, "as
cold as it is hot in hades."
"Ever been to hades stranger?"
asked another.
"Yes," replied Lincoln,
solemnly.
This raised a faint smile
.among the other lawyers.
"What does it look like there?'
they asked
"Very much like this," said
Lincoln, dryly. "All the lawyers
nearest the fire."
Only Dry Spot
Detroit Free Press.
Adolphus Buscii, the millionaire
brewer, told apropos of prolliliilinn
<1 ctnri. nt .. I
j it .iivji j ,il u oi. i^uuis
j banquet.
I "Two drummers," he began,
| "were taken dry in a prohibition
j town. They starter! accordingly
j to look for a drink. On a corner
they saw a policeman and
they decided to ask liis advice.
"Officer," they said, "is it possible
to get a drink in this town?"
"The officer led the two
drummers up to an imposing
church.
I5ii I surely,' lliey said in
shocked tones, 'we aren't going
tc get what we want here!'
"'Gents said the officer,
solemnly, 'do vou see that
church?'
"'Yes,' thev answered.
"'Well, gents,' said the officer
'that's the only place in this State
where you can't get it."