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LEVER MAY RESIGN SEAT IN CONGRESS. President Said to Be Desirous of Giving Seventh District Representataive Federal Place. P. H. McGowan in The State. Washington, July 7.?Reports reached Washington today that Reppresentative Lever of South Carolina -for many years a member of the Jiouse from that State and during the Democratic regime chairman of the powerful committee on agriculture, would at an early date give up lis seat from the Seventh district and accept a federal position in Washington. Because of the fact that Mr. ~Le\er was absent from the city to day, being with his family at Braddock, Md., no positive statement could be secured either confirming or denying the report, but the information was made public by those interested in the matter that the situation had been discussed for some time, but for obvious reasons it was not desired to give it publicity at this time. It is certain that there is at least enousrh in the matter to make it interesting. I" . Lever will not return to Washington until Wednesday, at which time it is understood lie will have something to say. From other sources it is learned that the position which Mr. Lever would accept if these rumors are true is as a member of the federal farm loan board which carries with it a salary of $10,000 a year and is distinctly agreeable to "him because of his intimate knowledge ef agriculture in all of its many phases. The federal loan board was organ ized about six years ago and the members of jthe board are appointed for different periods, the commissions of none expiring at the same time. It is assumed that one of the vacancies to be created in the near future would go to Mr. Lever. Secretary Carter Glass, a close personal friend of Mr. Lever, is saic^to be insistent that the South Carolina congressman become a member of the J 1. 1 i? M 1 _ i. treasury s oniciai iamny ana accept this place, although nothing could be secured from that source today Tegarding the probable appointment. Nothing will be done in the matter until a conference is held with the president some time the latter part tof this week or early next week was tfhe information from those close to the White House, although the meagre information coming from that source did not entirely confirm the ^3rej>orts that have reached here concerning the matter. It has frequently been stated there during nast years that the president ~was desirous of appointing Mr. Lever ^o a federal position and last summer -when at the president's request Mr. Xever withdrew from the senatorial Trace in South Carolina, it was openly stated that he would be officially recognized from the White House at an ?early date. . In fact before that it -was much discussed here that Mr. j Lever had been offered the position of assistant secretary of agriculture, lint, Herlined the offer to remain in congress. That was when he was chairman of , the committee on agriculture. Now / with a Republican congress it is not that he would not object to severing his connections with the ( Ihouse to assume the position which ha.s been offered him with the loan fooara. Should Mr. Lever upon his return to the city. Wednesday confirm this rumor there would undoubtedly be a .scramble for his seat in the house, raany candidates having entered last! summer before he withdrew from the ! Tace for the senate at the president's ? Tequest. j ^ I .DARLINGTON CROPS A"%?**** KUINED BY POTASH * * j Domestic Potash Cause of the! Trouble.?Appeal Made for D Ucnuau JL i vuuvt. y The State. "*I 'found a calamitous condition in a large section of Darlington county which I visited," said Dr. A. C. Summers Saturday upon his return from a trip of inspection which he made .as State chemist at the request of ^Commissioner Harris. It had been reported to the State department of . agriculture that a large number of -&rmers in Darlington county had ifittffered because of the purchase and vuse of the socalled American potash, 3eo3 the department was urged by Urjght Williamson to make some investigation. Mr. Williamson, who is a banker =a&d plants extensively himself, had made a preliminary investigation to see if there were any cause for so "** A " f +j\Ko/>nrt unH many Qinereni. uetua vx iwawv cotton dying and withering. In his letter informing the department Mr. "Williamson said, "the result of the ase of domestic potash on tobacco rand cotton showing up now is most .alarming. Where 75 pounds per acre ?of K20 was used on tobacco there is Goodrit i NEW ADJUST] Fabrics I Silvertown Cords . ' i Both the Goodrich Fabi 11 regularly giving far in ex age on Newberry roads. | Buy Goodrich Tires at per cent, lower?and sa\ ! mileage. | Complete stocks Goodri Silvertown Cords. No de I c ^ I I I r?i j rnone ouu. I j ? I 1 Farm Lands cor cor should be listed pre pes I NOW pie i be I yea avc car I i tag j buj i are W. M. JV : p dt4 T ; i liUAU . | Arcade Building i T practically none, and the effect is serious on cotton. Where 40 to 50 pounds of K20 was used there is generally about one half stand of tobacco. Where smaller quantites of K20 were used, the effect is not noticeable." ! Dr. Summers states that Mr. Williamson presented the matter conservatively. The loss in Darlington county alone will run up into the hundreds of thousands. Other counties in the State have not reported and they may not be affected as seriously, but in Darlington, through the activity of J. M. Napier and Mr. Williamson, .an effort has been made to iocate all of the fields affected. There have been individual cases reported from other counties. Dr. Summers endorses the statement of Mr. Williamson that "the evidence of the poisonous and disastrous results of the use of potash is positive, overwhelming and spectacular." It can not be alleged th^t the widespread destruction of plant life is due to too much moisture, for by a process of elimination it was shown that one part of a field where the potash had been spread has suffered greatly while in another part where German kainit or other forms of potash were used the plant life was healthy and the amount of moisture over the entire community was the same. "I never witnessed such ruin in the fields from causes other than the most destructive hail, storms," said Dr. Summers. "One farmer had lost ell of his tobacco planting on one piece of land and he then plowed it and planted cotton. The cotton germinated and grew very well until the 'roots came in contact with the potash ^n the soil and then plants died. This ; farmer is trying cowpeas to see if that crop will produce. ! "I think that the poison will be eradicated from the soil in the course of a year. I observed that where theic had been heavy rains since the putting down of the potash that the poison seemed to have leeched out tc some extent. We are making experiments in our laboratories and will know by Monday more of the chemi cal nature of this American potash. I "At a meeting of the cotton farm ers in New Orleans about two month: ago an effort was made to get th( government not to put a heavy tarif" upon German potash. This effort wai killed by the agency of the men in x 1?- "? A /vfn A leresieu in Aiiicntau jjutasu. ^ ?. ing of Southern commissioners of ag riculture will be held in Washingtoi at an early date to protest against '< heavy duty upon German potash, am if the domestic brand is poison to th< ??i mticf o (inrrocHve np K( 0\S1*. lUUOb ktltu U Wi. A VVV4 * V V *. m*, > permitted to buy the German potas* (which we can not do at the prohib itive prices proposed." ! Dr. Summers declared that the appearance of some of the fields ir ih Tires VIENT MILEAGE 6,000 Miles 8,UUU Miles * ric and Silvertown Cords are cess of this adjustment milethe new lower prices?15 re money by getting more ch Fabric Casing, Tubes and lays. 17 fWSAWAr J 1TIUTTV1 Lower Main St. ~ J-V?/*v . oil ^'?rm rvrAr1n/?Q V?oe l i iiig LUC wax" ca-ii lai in inuuutv, uuj nmanded high prices, and farming nmunities have enjoyed marvelous sperity. Now, with the coming of ice, and the opening of the mars of the world, should also come nty. The real estate market should active. f you intend to sell your land this ,r. list your property now and J >id the rush season when time for < eful inspection of land is lacking. | ft believe it will .be to your advane to list with me. If you intend to r, see or write me. Farm lands my specialty. IANNING ESTATE Columbia, S. C. Darlington county was really pitiful, fnr it is wpII Irnnwn that. Darlinp'ton has some of the finest farm lands in jthe State and they have been brought up to a, high stage of productivity. i \ CONDITION OF CROPS IN SOul H CAROLINA ! j United States Department? of Agri-! I culture Bureau of Crop Estimates. Saluda, S. C., July 3, 1919' | (Condition of cotton in Newberry 'county 80 per cent of normal, or 2 per cent above the State average.) According to a report issued by. B. B. Hare of the United States bureau of crop estimates, the condition of cotton in South Carolina on, I J June 25, was 78 per cent of i.ormaLi The condition on the corresponding; 'date of last year was 83 per cent, 71 j per cent in 1917 and 74 per cent in! 11916,. the ten-year average being 7T\ per cent. j j The estimated acreage shows a de-j crease of 11 per cent compared with. I last year, the total acreage planted, and standing on June 25, being 2*-j 706,000 acres. j The condition reported by counties; ;is as follows: j j Abbeville 83, Allendale 78,. Aiken' 'iS, Anderson 82, Bamberg 68, Barn-i well 67, Beaufort 83, Berkeley 82,' 'Calhoun 72, Charleston 84, Cherokee! !81, Chester 81, Chesterfield 80, Col-1 letoji 76, Clarendon 74, Darlington! 90, Dillon 88', Dorchester 76, Edgefield 76, Fairfield 77, Florence 87, Georgetown 88, Greenville 79, Greenwood 79, Hampton 71, Horry 82, Jasper 78, Kershaw 78, Lancaster 77, L&urens 84, Lee 85, Lexington, 79, McCormick 78, Marino 82, Marl- j - ^ a r\ c\ boro 90, Newberry ?u, uconee sa, Orangeburg 76, Pickens 83, Richland 172, Saluda -78, Spartanburg 80, Sumter 80, Union 77, Williamsburg 84, and York 81. | In eight or ten of the extreme eastern counties, embracing the Pee Dee ^ section, and in about the same num' :ber of counties in the northwestern part of State, covering most of the I; Piedmont section, conditions rangte from "fair" to "excellent," while in "1 " J.? ?*.?i ?i ! tHe soutnern, western, ueauai <mu ! north-central counties conditions , |range from "very poor" to "good." * Just what effect the excessive rains ^ |of the last week in June will have on , ithe crop remains to be seen. 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