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Government Trop Report.
Wlashington, P. C., April 7. 1917.?
A summary of the April crop and live
#oc*k report for the State of Soutn
Carolina and for the United States,
as compiled by the Bureau of Crop
Estimates, (and transmitted througn
the Weather Bureau), l\ S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, is as iouo\%s.
Wheat.
State.?Condition April 1 of this
year, 76 per cent of normal; ten
year average condition figures for
April 1, SS per cent.
Jl'nited States?Condition April l
kyear, 63.4 per cent: ten-year
;e April 1 condition, 82.2 pei
Rye.
|ondition April 1 this year,
,1; len-lWU1
89 per cent,
es?Condition April j
per cent; ten-year av
condition. 89.6 per ceni.
Hogs.
s from disease paai
cent; ten-year average,
s.?Losses from disease
jipr rent- ten-vo?r QV
jer cent.
Cattle.
)sses from disease pa3t
5er cent; ten-year average,
?ent. Losses from exposure
tr, 1.5 per cent; ten-year a.\
1.9 per cent.
Jnited States.?Losses from disease
past year, 1. 94 per cent; ten-year av
erage, 2.00 per cent. Losses from ex
posure past year, 1.45 per cent; ten
year average, 1.44 per cent.
Sheep.
Stafte.?(Losses from disease pasi
year, 2.0 per cent; ten- year average,
2.4 per cent. Losses from exposur?
past year, 2.3 per cent; ten-year av
erage, 2.2 per cei^t.
United States.?Losses from disease
pasi year, 2.17 per cent; ten-year av
erage, 2.45 per cent. Losses from ex
posure past year, 3.28 per cent; teu
year average, 3.06 per cent.
Herses and Moles.
State?Losses from disease past1
year, 2.5 per cent; ten-year average,
.2.3 per cent. ,
United States.?Losses from disease I
past year, 1.69 per cent; ten-year av
erage, 1.94 per cent.*
Prices.
The first price given below is the
average on April 1 this year, and the
second, the average on Apri' 1 last;
year. |
State?Wheat 186 and 13^ cents per,
bushel. Corn, 140 and 99 per bushel. !
Oats, 87 and 67 per bushel. Potatoes,'
994 am* 144. Hay, $19.60 an.1 $17.00
per ton. Cotton, 18.8 and 11.6 cents
per pound. Eggs, 22 and 18 cents per
dozen.
United States.?Wheat, 180.0 ana
98.6 cerfis per bushel. Corn, 113.0 ana
70.3 cents per bushel. Oats, C2.0 and
42.0 cents per bushel. Potatoes, 235.0
and 97.6 cents. Hay, $13.05 and 11.7s
per ton. Cotton, 1810 and 11.5 cents
per pound. Eggs, 26.0 and 17.9 cent3
per dozen.
By Way of Comment
Columbia Record.
|
The tentative organization of a:
State Board of Trade is a wise move. {
The virile young business man wno!
has been asked to take the head or |
the organization, Z. F. Wright of New-!
berry, is in the full flower of his effa-1
ciency, and there is no man in tne;
State who is oeuer suueu tu
matter in hand and make a success
of it. "We have seen recently a nuni-l
ber of undertakings of State-wide!
importance which needed the sustain-i
ing effort of just such a working boay |
of business men. Mr. Wright is to
day handling large affairs in a way
that is attracting attention, and no
man in the State has more of public
spirit
: Z'. -xr
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Chautauc
I I G ,S FOOD COMMISSION
TO MEKT GRAVE CRISIS
Americair Agricultural Society (alls
for Immedis^e Steps for Solution
of Problem?President Stresses
Important of .Nation's Commis
sary.
Washington, April 10.?Immediate
creation of a federal food commission
with power to fix prices and to supei
irJc-rt Tv.orL-otin'r a 11 ri fl i ?5f V i hll t i Oil Ot
??c juai iw-uij,, uov. ?
food in the United States during the
war was proposed formally today by
the National Agricultural society.
At an "agricultural mobilization*
convention held here the society
adopted resolutions recommending
this and other measures to meet a
v.?hnrtasre. including
CHI uaLtiiV/u awwu _,
increased food crop acreage, an
amendment of the wheat milling laws
and a liberal encouragement of sheep
raising.
The convention was called to aid
the administration in solving one 01
the most serious problems with which
it is faced in the conduct of the war.
Thp nrosDect of short crops is giving
great concern to officials, not only
charged with the responsibility of
seeing that America is fed, but keen
ly aware too of the fact that this
country in a large measure must sup
ply the other countries fighting Ger
many.
In a letter read to the convention
President Wilson appealed to the
farmer to swell his production as a
patriotic war time duty.
The letter read before the conven
tions follows:
"At the present moment it is our
plain duty to take adequate steps thai
not only our own people be fed out
that we may if possible answer tne
call for food of other nations now at
war.
"In this greatest of human needs
I feel that the American farmer will
do his part to the utmost.
"By planting and increasing his
nreduction in every way nossible.
every farmer will perform a labor or
patriotism for which he will be recog
nized as a soldier of the commissary,
adding his share to the food supply
of our people.'*
The recommendation of the agricul
tural society comes close on a move
by the. council of national defense
forecasting appointment of a nation
al food committee headed by Herbert
C. Hoover, who has had charge ot
ir, Rololiirri
American renci v>\zin. iiA ?
The convention's resolutions pro
posed that a food commission, If
named, handle also the production
and distribution of clothing. They
also recommended that agricultural
colleges graduate their senior classes
earlier this year than usual.
A dozen speakers urged mobiliza
tion of the country's food resources.
James Wilson, former secretary or
agriculture and president ot me Agri
cultural society, spoke for soil con
servation.
Herbert Quick of the farm loan
board said operation of the farm loan
act would improve the agricultural
situation. A wheat shortage, he said,
would force the country to turn to
corn as a substitute. The position or
| the farmer, he declared, was critical
despite high prices because of a la
bor shortage and because of higjn
prices charged for machinery and
seed.
Mrs. G. fWl Mathis of Alabama said
the South was in a critical condition
" v - A Vflo r?nt onnn?h
ana mat Av&uama. ~ c._
i food on hand to feed its people 30
I days.
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AlSTRA-HrxaKY (ilVKS I
PASSPORTS TO PENFIELI*
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I
London, April 7.?Passports have
been placed at the disposal of the (
American embassy in Vienna, accord- I
ing to a (lispatcli to the h-xcnaiifet t
Telegraph company from The Hague, t
quoting telegrams received there from t
tlio coriirnl Tho rlisnfltPfi 5
says that Bulgaria and Turkey "have |
also decided to break off relations J
with the United States and that Hoi- j
land will probably look after Austrian !
interests in Washington and Amen-!
can interests in Vienna.
No News in Washington.
\Vfls]iin<rton Anril 7.?Word thai
i the Austra-ttungarian foreign office
! had placed passports at the disposal
of the American embassy at Yienm.
had not reached the Austrian embass>
here early today, according to Prince
i Hohenlohe-Sc-hillingshorst, one of the
| embassy attaches.
Minister Panaretoff of Bulgaria said
today he had received no instruction (
from his government to break rela-i,
tions with the United States and de
mand his passports.
"I have no information that wouia
lead me to believe that Bulgaria de-1
sires a break with the I'nited States,'* j j
he said. "I sincerely hope that Euro- i
pean reports are untrue." j
i Abdul Hak Hussein Bey, charge of j
j the Turkish legation, said he had ab- |
i solutely no information regarding the,
intentions of his government beyond;
that contained in press dispatches j
from abroad. It was made clear at; 1
the legation, however, that officials of j
the legation would not be surprised
should instructions to ask for paso-1
ports be received. IJ
For Stiff Neck
Apply Sloan's Liniment without
rubbing io the sore leaders and the
pain will soon be relieved.
For rheumatic aches, neuralgia,
gout, lumbago, bruises, strains,
sprains and muscle stiffness, have
a bottle handy.
Quickly penetrates and soothes, cleaner
than mussy plasters or ointments, does not
stain the skin.
At all druggists, 25c. 50c, and $1.00.
Farmers Looking Up.
Many progressive steps have been
taken in South Carolina during the
last $ew years to improve agriculture.
W. W. Long, state demonstration j i
agent, and head of the Clemson coi- j'
lege extension division, said that ;
250,000 acres of land had been plant-, 1
ed to velvet beans in the lower sec- j (
tion of the State. In Barnwell coun-1
ty tne iarmers nave pmnieu uuu,
20,000 to 25,000 acres. In Orange- J
burg county about 60,000 acres have
been planted. This is getting away 1
from cotton in magnificent style. <
DUCTION of , i
GILBERT (S'SULLIVANS
"h \n 1' -it
jwberry M**r 8th
{AIDKUS SIGHTED
OFF >EtV ENGLAND
Washington, April 7.?Reports of
German commerce raiders off Atlantic
jorts were flashed along the seaboard
oday and all shipping practically was
ied up. while naval patrols went out
o establish the identity of mysterious
ships reported near the lanes.
It was the first breath of war at
:he doors of -America, and it sent a
hrill through the country.
The first report came from the Nan
ucket light vessel, which saw a
strange ship passing west at 7:30
/clock this morning and promptly re
)orted it to the Boston navy yard and
;ne navy department, i^esciuvci m
:illas are at sea in the vicinity ana
jresumablv they heard the wireless
earning which swept the coast line,
md set out to locale the mysterious
>raft. Meanwhile shipping was warn
ed not to venture ou:.
One on Virginia.
Soon afterward a report of a raider
>f the Virginia capes came from
rlamptcn Roads, where shipping also
;vas held in port while armed craft
;vent to sea to investigate.
Navy officials expect many reports
)f raiders while tlie seacoast is at
ligh tension, and many such probably
frill turn out to be unoffending
ramps. Xo precautions are being
)verlooked, however, .and the navai
jatrol is on the alert to examine all
strange ships.
DETHRONE KAISER,
RUSSIA'S ADVICE
Petrograd. April 7 (via London).?
H. Kerenskv, minister of justice, said
n an interview today that if the Ger
nan people would follow the Russian
^ Vi o f Vi oir omnPTOT"
JAclUU JJIC dllu u^tuiuuv (.uvu v^r ? 7
'we offer the possibility of prelimi
lary negotiations."
This statement was embodied in an
innouncement by the official news
igency, which reads:
4'0n Thursday, according to news
:rom Copenhagen, Dr. Edward Davlti,
speaking on behalf of the majority
party of the Social Democrats in the
German reichstag, declared that For
eign Minister Milukoff and his sup
porters were Germanopholes and that
consequently the Social Democrats
based their hopes on M. Kerensky
(Russian minister of justice) and M.
TcheiJser (a Socialist leader in th*>
luma). On this subject M. Kerensky
made the following declaration to a
party of journalists:
" 'From the incomplete information
supplied by the press, it is difficult
to form a sound opinion. It all de
p nds on knowing what are the hopes
that Deputy David founds on me ana
M. Tcheidse.
" 'If he supposes we 'are going to
oceict ir> mnidnor a seDarate Deace he
would be rudely disappointed. If, on
the other hand, he hopes that Ger
man people are about to follow our
example and dethrone their emperor,
we can do no other than warmly ap
plaud, for that would greatly free our
hands and offer the possibility of en
tering on preliminary negotiations.
" 'I am convinced that the peoples
who are engaged in this unexampled
war will more easily come to an un
derstanding and more quickly obtain
satisfactory results than the monarcn
who was primarily responsible for
h"hi?5 ^rnpl carTiaze."
Some Pacifists.
A good many people have beea
criticising William Jennings Bryan
because of his pronounced stand as a
pacifist, but all men of' intelligence
know that if actual hostilities come
Mr. Bryan will do his full duty, and
that he will not have to be conscript
ed. He will be among the first or tne
volunteers.
Mr. Bryan is honestly opposed to
svar, and his views must be respect
ed, but he is a loyal, patriotic Amen
\T THE BIG*
WATAHWASO
SALA-cT^st
MARIE_MAYER
ATORE
THE
Great
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i to 16 th.
cu::. No ::ia:i can outrank him in ,
these respects. j
But there are others who have:
been arguing against war who have
not .Mr. Bryan'? motives nor his
honesty. They are at heart disloyal
to the country. Pretending to be
simply opposed to war, they are at
heart German sympathizers.
You can spot them from now on, i:
you will just watch their actions ana
try to square their actions with their
nn t r\ r-? r\ w
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tional, but the ordi
owners who have subst
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