The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, February 14, 1917, Image 1
VOL. XXXVII MANN,-_CWENSAY-ERAR.4-11
MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1917
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M[AURIN NAMED FOR
GOVERNOR BY MANY
WAREHOUSE SUPPORJERS
Meeting of Organization in Columbia
Last -Night Resolves Itself into
Session of McLaurra Boosters-O.
K. Mauldin Named for Lieut. Gov
ernor-Dabbs and R. M. Cooper
Withdraw.
Columbia, Feb. 13.-A new politi
cal faction was set in motion last
night when the State warehouse as
. sociation "recommended" John L.
McLaurin of Bennettsville for gov
ernor and Oscar K. Mauldin of Green
ville for lieutenant governor. Mr.
MeLaurin and Mr. Mauldin promised
to make the race. Senator J. A.
Banks presided at the meeting.
The action of the members in in
troducing politics into the proceed
ings has caused a split in the ranks
of the State warehouse association.
When a State ticket was proposed,
M. O. Dantzler of Orangeburg, R. M.
Cooper of Wisacky, members of the
executive committee of the associa
tion and E. W. Dabbs, former presi
dent of the South Carolina State
Farmers' union, withdrew from the
meeting.
In his speech of acceptance Mr.
McLaurin said that he would make
the State warehouse system an issue
in State politics and that he would
begin his campaign for governor
next summer. He said that he would
rather be warehouse commissioner
than governor, but tnat the present
administration was unfriendly to the.
system and that he would enter the
race to save the State warehouse.
The labor unions and the secret
farmers' societies will be asked to join
in the McLaurin gubernatorial boom.
The meeting of the association was
held last night in the council cham
ber and was attended by 25 delegates
from the yarious counties.
Mr. McLaurin uried the members
to return to their homes and begin
organization for the political cam
paign in 1918.
Before withdrawing from the meet
ing E. W. Dabbs introduced the fol
lowing resolution:
"Whereas, There is no real reason
for the recent slump in cotton ex
cept the psychological fear that re
cent high prices will stimulate such 1
an increased acreagd that cotton will
again be a drug on the market; and,
"Whereas, Labor conditions, high
prices of fertilizers, and the scarcity 1
and high prices of food, together
with the ravages of the boll weevil, 1
will prevent a big yield, regardless
of the acreage; but,
"Whereas, Increased acreage will
have the effect of further increasing
the psychological depression, and,
"Whereas, It will be nothing short
of a crime for us to sit down and
make no effort to impress these facts
upon the farmers, business men and 1
bankers of the South; now, 'there
fore, be it,
"Resolved, That this body do re
spectfully memoralize the governor,
the general assembly, and Col. E.
J. Watson, president or the Southern i
Cotton Congress and president of I
the Commissioners of Agriculture of <
the Southern States, to urge our <
farmers to increase the acreage in <
food crops to prepare not only to
feed all the people of the Southern
States,
"Resolve. That they urge every
farmer to b, his cotton acreage to 1
the size c . that he can cultivate
properly and pick and prepare for
market in good condition.
"Resolved, That we urge your hon
orable bodies to take steps for con
cert of action by all the officials of
the Southern States t~o make the
peop~le of the South familiar wvith
these facts and to get busy now and
get results before it is too late.
"Resolved, That this association
calls upon the legisiature to pass<
such necessary measures .a havet
been recommended by the former
warehouse commissioner for the im
provement and perifectionl of the sys
temi,
"Resolved, That wve pledlge our '
united supp~ort to the present comn- I
missioner in every effort he may<
make to perfect and improve thei
system."
ITALIAN SEAPLANES
MAKE RAID ON POLA(
Rome, Feb. 13.-(Via Paris.)-- I
"Italian seaplanes yesterday made an
effective air raid on Pola, throwing I
bombs on the arsenar and on the
ships in the harbor," says an adimir
alty announcement. "All the Italian(
machipes returned uindlamaged."' t
IN CASE Of W/AR UINIT[D STAT[S Y
MOTOR CF
Washington, Feb. 13.-Plans aree
understood to be ready at the Navyc
Department to assemble at variousi
*points along the Atlantic coast in
case of wvar, 2,500 or more motor
boats to aid in operations againstc
submarines. Naval militia could be<
used largely to inan these little yes-r
sols. Practically all of the larger I
' motor craft in the bays, rivers and
"sounds would ho "comnmandeered" as
rapidly as desirdkl. Contracts of sev-i
oral kinds have peen tentatively pre
pared for taking over private motorc
SIMPLIFIES TORRENS SYSTEM
Effort Made to Stop Bill Which
Would Give Farmers Chance to
Receive Benefits of Land Bank.
Columbia, Feb. 13.-The bill sim
plifying the present Torrens system
of land registration precipitated con
siderable debate in the house this
morning. Messrs. Young, Boyd and
others contending that it would de
feat the purpose for which it was
drafted and Mr. Toole, its author
defending its passage on the ground
that while it was not perfect, it
would afford some relief to those de
siring to take advantage of the fed
eral land bank. The house refused
to recommit the bill by a vote of
52 to 68 and then passed it from
third reading to the senate.
CAPT. J.' J. MORRIS DEAD
Prominent Lake City Citizen and
Veteran Dies Suddenly.
Lake City, Feb. 11.-Capt. J. J.
Morris, a veteran of the late war, has
answered the last roll call, the end
!oming suddenly about 10 o'clock last
oight, due to acute indigestion. He
had been indisposed at his home here
for about two weeks. Mr. Morris
was in- his 72d year, having moved
here in 1887. He was a member of
Company I, Tenth South Carolina
Volunteers, under Col. Arthur M.
Mianigault, and saw service in and
around Memphis, Vicksburg and New
Orleans. In 1872 he was married to
Miss Mary E. Moore, who died about
fifteen years ago. He is survived by
two brothers, Rev. F. E. Morris, of
Bennettsville, and Henry B. Morris,
>f Durham, and by the following chil
dren: The Rev. T. C. Morris, of Con
vav; J. Justin Morris, of Cheraw,
ind Miss Bertha Morris, teacher in
he local graded school.
About the time Mr. Morris moved
sere he was instrumental in organiz
ng the Lake City Light Dragoons,
which he served as captain during its
xistence. He served on the council
for a number of terms, was several
imes elected intendant and for a
reat many years was a trustee of
he local schools. The funeral ser
rices were conducted this afternoon
it 4 o'clock by the Rev. W. H. Hodges,
n the Methodist Church, of which he
vas always a consistent member and
rhich he had for a long time served
is steward.
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AUTO LICENSE hILL PASSED
'ees Range from $5.00 to $10.00, Ac
cording to Power of Car.
Columbia, Feb. 13.-The automo
)ile license fee bill, companion meas
ire to the State highway commision
nill, passed the senate today and
vas sent to the house. License fees
-ange from $5 to $10, acording to
iorsepower of machines. An amend
nent was added to provide that the
state license fees should be in lieu
>f city, town and county licenses.
)ealers will be required to pay $15
or each kind of machine handled.
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U. S. FOODSTUFF'S
AMPLE FOR WAR
Washington, Feb. 11.-Production
>f foodstuffs in the United States is
mple to meet all wartime needs, and
he nation would be well fed even
hough imports shoua; be absolutely
ut off, Assistant Secretary of Agri
ulture Carl Vrooman announced to
lay in a review of the country's food
esources. Assistant Secretary Vroo
nan pointed out that the food upon
which the population would chiefly de
imounts.
)end is imported mn very small
Annual production and import fig
ires compiled by experts under Mr.
/rooman's direction, show that the
cation produces 23,000,000,000 pounds
>f meat and imports less than 100,
100,000 pounds, or less than one-half
if 1 per cent. Corn, wheat and ijie
>rodluction aggregates 4,000,000,000
mushels. The countiry normally im
orts about 5,000,000 bushels of corn,
i,000,000 bushels of wheat and 2,500,
100,000 pounds of rice. Productio'n
f sweet an:d Irish po:atoes amounts
o A 50,000,000,000 bushels. A bout
0)0,0t. j iushels are importedl.
Covering other foods, Vrooman 's
tatement saidl:
"We prodi~uce here slightly over
,000,000,000 pounds of sugar and im
ort about 5,500,000,000 pounds. Most
f the sugar imports come from Cuba.
Ve produce about 7,500,000.000 gal-.
onis of milk and import about $1,500,
00 worth, mostly condlensedl milk,
rom the Netherlandls and Canada.
)ur fish production totals 1,000,000,
100 pounds. Seventeen million do01
ars' worth of fish are imported from
4orway and Canada. Our output of
>utter amounts to 2,000,000,000 and
ve imp~ort less than 1,000,000 pou~nds.
innual egg plroductioni totals 2,000,
I00),000 dozen, while mie import less
han 1,000,000 doze~n."
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(AlT TO RUN DOWN SUBMARINES
raft for governient use. In sonic
ases the boats wouild bd leased, and
n still others they would be accepted
,s gifts.
It is said also that, if war should
omne, the Navy Department would at
nce begin the construction of a big
niosquito fleet of specially-dlesignedl
ower boats of wood, fifty feet or
nore in length and carrying guns of
ix inches dianietor or less, to be used
n ordler not to lessen the supply of
teel workers for battleship auid
r'uiser cnstruction.
OUR WEEKLY LETIER FROM MR. I
THINKS [[GI
Columbia, Feby. 12th, 1917.
Editor Times:
This is Monday of the last week
of the session, and if I am to give
a letter this week I must write it
today, although very little has trans
pired of importance to write you since
the middle of last week.
The most absorbing question still
before the whole legislature at this
time, Monday afternoon, is the liquor
subject. The house has passed the
out and out prohibition bill and sent
it to the senate. The senate has al
ready expressed itself by a vote
against the air-tight prohibition idea,
and that means that there will be no
absolutely dry liquor legislation at
this session. The senate is still dis
cussing two of their bills providing
for one quart, and will take up the
matter tonight. Whatever they do
will then have to come over here and
go through the house. It would not
surprise me if the nal outcome is
that nothing will be done at all; but
if the law is finally changed at all,
it will be that the amount which a
person may order will be reduced to
one quart, and the applicant will first
have to go to the clerk of court and
exhibit a poll tax receipt and get a
certificate to order. This will cut out
the negro women from ordering
whiskey and will materially reduce
the sale by blind tigers. But by
the time you to go to press on Wed
nesday you will be able to get some
idea what will be done.
1 think this legislature will adjourn
next Saturday. That is the fortieth
day, and after that time the members
usually get restless, and want to go
home.
A great many local matters have
been passed, of interest to the various
counties in the State. All of this -is
argument in support of my plan of
holding a constitutional convention,
and changing the constitution so that
some of these purely local matters
may be settled by taxation and road
managing boards in the various coun
ties, and then let the legislature meet
once in two years and pass general
laws affecting the entire State.
Practically all of the session of the
house this morning was devoted to
local county matters. Quite an amus
ing matter came up. It seems that
Fairfield county once had the rural
police system and decided that the
system cost a lot and did very little
good, so the county got rid of them.
It was contended that the system was
very expressive to the people, aid
that the biggest thing they did was
to bring all manner of trashy cases
into the court that there was nothing
in, so they got rid of them entirely.
So this morning the question came up
as a bill to create two rural police
men again in that county. There are
only two members of the house from
Fairfield, and one was in favor of
re-establishing the rural police, and
the other member was against it.
That was a case of a house being di
vided against itself, so this side sent
the matter over to the senate to set
tle it, and this puts the question
squarely up to the senate from Fair
CIVIC LEAGUE TEAS
One of the most delightful of the
Civic League teas was that given by
Mesdames George ani Herman 1-lug
gins on Saturday morning. The par
lor where the guests were entertained
was beautifully decorated with smi
lax. Four tables were arranged for
progressive rook and after an hour
spent most pleasantly with the games,
Mrs. Leon Weinberg making the high
est score, Misses Rita and Louise
HI uggins assisted Mrs. liferman I lug
gins in servmg the :ainty refresh
ments which conisisted o'f eamedl
~h icken, sa ndwiches andl coffee.
Thel following were piresent: M es
dames. WV. B. D~uncan, J1. S. Wilson,
W. E. Browne, Blanding, C. S. Rigby,
J. K. Breedin, TI. P. Burgess, Leon
Weinberg, J1. A. Cole, T. M. Mouzon,
G. M. Smith, W. M. Hrockington, .
W. WVidecmani and1 Ste'wart Harv in.
Mdrs. .Joe D)avis gave her Civic
Le'ague. tea on SaturdIay af~.rnoon.
TabIles we.Lre arranged for the ever
piopular rook. A fter the games Mrs.
Davis servedl a delicious saladl course.
As usual when Mrs. Davis entertains
Lveryone had a most uielightful after
Thle following wvere present: Mes
lames. C. R .Sprott, C. N. Sprott,
D). R. Riser, McKelvey, WV. S. Plowden,
TP. M. Wells, .J. B. Cantey, W. B.
Duncan, Seaman Richardsoni, R. Dl.
Clark, TP. P. Burgess and J1. A. Cole.
IILASTh IN llRlITISHI
l.ondlon, Feb. l1.--An explosion oc..
-urred at a munitions factory tod~ay
in Yorkshire. A n offleial statement
says that apparently no lives were
lost. Some damage was (lone in the
neighborhood. It is possible, the
statement add(s, that there have b)eeni
somie casualties, but at presenit they
have not been reportedI.
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SWINTl & COM3PANY TIO AID
Washingtoii, Feb. 13.--Swift & Co.,
Chicago packers, offered their coop
3ration to the F"ederal Tradle Commis
sioni today in its food price investi
cation.
Tlhe commission today askedl Presi
lent Wilson to approve a $400,000
appropriation for the investigation.
r'he Department of Justice, which
will assist in the inquiry, also will
sk for a sum.
.[SESNE;
SLATURE WI[[ ADJOURN SATURDAY
field county. Durinj the discussion
it developed that quite a number of
counties throughout the State have
tried the system and have decided to
do away with it, and let the magis
trates and constables enforce the law.
Really, this is a question for people
to think about. I believe the rural
policemen in our county costs us
$2700 per year. So far as I know
there is no pressing demand from our
county to do away with them.
The insurance question was one of
the biggest questions to be settled by
this,: legislature, and I think the mat
ter Is virtually settlee. A series of
measures have already passed the
house on the insurance question, and
will pass the senate. The governor
will sign these measures, and I think
I can safely predict that the old line
fire companies wilr in thirty lays
again be doing business in the State.
All this troble was caused by radical,
headlong, drastic legislation one year
ago. There is such a thing as pass
ing reasonable and sane laws, which
will benefit the people, and there is
another such thing as passing laws
which do the people more harm than
good. This series of insurance acts
is not absolutely perfect, but they will
greatly relieve the situation. I have
given this matter considerable
thought, and I am certainly glad that
the question is settled for the pres
ent, and the laws may be improved
on from year to year.
The State highway commission
measure for the improvement of the
roads, and bringing our State into
line to receive Federal aid is the next
big question before us this week. We
must do something in order to get
the benefit of the government funds,
and it will have to be (lone at this
session. This is too big a subject for
me to undertake to go into it in a
letter. The house has passed the gen
erql State appropriation bill, and sent
it Jo the senate. We put the knife
to Jany proposed appropriations, and
ev n with all that taxes are going
to be eight mills instead of six and
a half as last year. This is largely
due to the State deficit of $300,000.00
arising from last year. The last leg
islation just went ahead and made
extravagant appropriations, and the
taxes were unsuflicient to meet the
appropriations, and of course the re
sult was a big deficit.
t canot tell much a:,out county fi
nancial matters yet. While at home
Saturday I asked Supervisor Kelly
to run up here tomorrow and go over
all these matters with us. Its no pic
nic to bL in the legislature. I told
Johnson and Mellett and DuRant that
if they would take over the county
affairs entirely and relieve me of the
responsibility I would give them a
free hand, and would devote my
thoughts and efforts entirely to State
matters, but they would not agree.
I just want to tell the people at home,
that I believe every man up here is
doing his best, with the extras before
us, and of course we will make mis
takes, and some people will criticise
us about our county matters, but don't
cuss too bad.
J. II. Lesesne.
SECOND INSPECTION TRIP
Armor Plant Board to Leave Wash
ington February 18.
Washington, Feb. 13.-The armor
plant board, it was announced today,
would make its second inspection trip
leaving Washington February 18 for
Southern cities. It will visit Bristol,
Va., and Johnson City, Tenn., Febru
ary 19; Kingsport an: Knoxville Feb
ruary 20, remaining in Koxv'ille part
of February 21; Chat toimoga lFebru
ary 22 andl 23; Hirnmngham February
24-26; Tuscaloosa February 27;
G;adlsden F'ebruary 27, anad Rome, Ga.,
February 27-28.
Tlob~acco Seed l)istrib~uted.
As soon as we learnedl that the re
cent freeze had killed the tobacco
bedls, we, with other citizens set out
to raise the niecessary money to b)uy
more seed, and( in a few minutes, wve
had the wire going for the seed.
TIhey came in Saturday morning and
during that day The Times distrib.
utedi over three hundred packages.
'1'hey are all gone now, but we feel
sure everybody got what they needed,
and if no other calamity befalls the
crop, Clarendon wvill raise the largest
amiioumt of tobacco this year, than any
previous year.
REGAftI)EJ) AS SIGNIF'ICANTl
Wife of~ Austrian Charge to Leave
With Bernstorff.
Wash ingtoun, lFeb. 13:.--Bnartmess
Zwviedmnek, wife of the chaiirgen of the
A ustrian embamssy, has made arrange..
me'nts to depart from the United
States with Count and Count(ess Von
Hernstorff~ and the Germain emibassy
staff. In some quarters the~ depart..
ure of the wife of the charge was
regarded1 as significant, in view of
the status of relations between the
Unite'd States and A ustria.
.At the Austrian enibassy, however,
it was said that the Baroness simply
was taking advantage of what seem
ed to be a safe opportunity to return
to Austria, where her children are.
Canopic Reaches Boston.
Boston, Feb. 13.-The White Star
liner Canopic, from Mediterranean
ports with passengers, arrived at
(luarantine today.
NO DELAY IN LATEST PROBE
Comprehensive Investigation of High
Cost of Living, Oroered by Presi
dent, Will Get Under Way Imme
diately.
Washington, Feb. 11.-The broad,
comprehensive investigation of the
high cost of living, ordered by Pres
ident Wilson, will get under way with
out delay. Both the federal trade
commission and the department of
agriculture, which will conduct the
probe, today began to receive sug
gestions as to lines or inquiry to be
followed. It is probable that (luring
the coming, week the president will
receive estimates to be transmitted
to congress, demanding funds to fi
nance the probe.
A suggestion as to finding out the
reasons of the high cost of bread
came today from Representative
Rainey, of Illinois, in the form of a
letter to Secretary of Agriculture
Houston.
"I suggest," said Representative
Rainey, "the calling of the following
men to testify as to what they know
about a concerted effort to put up the
price of bread: Paul Schulze, million
aire baker, of Chicago; S. F. McDon
ald, of Memphis, president of the na
tional master bakers' association; J.
M. Bell, of Chicago, secretary of that
'rganization; John Lind, of Minne
a, n'lis, attorney for the wheat millers;
the 'ditor of the 'Modern Miller,' of
St. Louis. I suggest calling these
men because at the convention of the
master bakers in Salt Lake City, last
August, Mr. McDonald announced a
nationwide move would be inaugu
rated at once by the advertising and
publicity to educate the public to a
ten cent loaf." Sure enough the first
announcement to that effect was made
by the Schulze Baking company, of
Chicago, a short time after the con
vention."
Rainey declared that the bakers'
association was fighting the pending
legislation designed to repeal the tax
on "mixed" flour which measure, he
said, would tend to reduce bread
prices.
MANNING BOYS JOIN
UNITED STATES ARMY
Officer Peterson of the United
States training camp at Columbus,
Ohio, came to Manning last week,
and through the assistance of Post
master Bradham, secured five re
cruits for the army. The boys an
swering the call to their country
were: Harry Bradham, Dewey Jones,
George Sistrunk, Purdy McLeod and
Vesper Harris. These patriotic boys
have our best wishe^, and we also
hope the time will never come when
they will have to do actual fighting,
but if it does, we venture the asser
tion, that our Mann:ng boys will
give a good account of themselves.
They left yesterday morning for
Columbia where they will undergo
another examination, and if they pass
will leave at once for Columbus.
Any others wishing to answer the
call of their country, can communi
cate wvith Postmaster Bradham, and
he will gladly give the information
desired.
MAY MODIFY THE CAMPAIGN
Imperial Chancellor and High Army
Oficials to Attend the Gath
ering.
London, F"eb. 11.-An important
conference at headquarters has been
called by Emperor William presum
ably to discuss the submarine ques
tion, says the Exchange Telegraph
Company's Amsterdam correspondent
today.
Ii. Von Bethmann-llollweg, the
Imperial Chancellor, and high army
and navy oflicials wvill attend and it
IS rep~orted, adds, the correspondent,
that the possibil ity for mod i fysig t he
terms of the recent Germaun memo
randum will be discussed.
R. D. COTHRAN ADI8[8 ARMERS
F~ebruiary (Jt h, 191 7.
E0ditor Alanningr Times:
I got your paper today~i ani i'
that you got ini behin I the tobl:ic'o
5(eed situationi and ;;mt the t',wn of
Mlanning re(sp~ond~ed r'o.opt ly to the
r'all. I am proudmn of .\uanning. I like
her sp)irit. of' get-together and the
interest she has shown ini this aict
of helping her fellow eitizens of
Clareandon county. I hope this will
mark the beginning oft a new epoch
making era in our town. I wouldl
be ghaid to see M zinning have a C ham
ber' of'(0 Comerce'( to su.ceedl the hit (,
hiamentedl good f'riendI of ouris. 'i r.
Hoarid o f'Trade, wvho depart el this
life about -fout' years ago. This pub..
l ie serivanit lived among his peoele and
erved them in the caipacit y of a
gu idle. I would like to wvrit e a sui'
.le obituary for this gr'ea tttblVi
servant but time and spiace will not
permit me to (do so now. I think, too,
that it will be but fitting thatt the
Thamber of Commerce, when we' get
mne, write his biography, put up a
haft and inscribe there on sacred to
he memory of our Board of' Trade
vho dleparted th is life about four
fears ago, cause of dleath; arterial
clerosis, age five years, three months
lnd ten (lays.
I hope no one will take exepltions
it the above preamble. I merely
want to call attention to the fact that
we need a Chamber of Commerce.1
CLAIM CAMPAIGN
AGAINST U-BOATS
IS SUCCEEDING
Earl of Lytton Declares British Ad
miralty is Pleased With Results
Achieved, But Will- Keep -Plans
Secret.
London, Feb. 14.-In the house of
Lords today Admiral Baron Beres
ford, drawing attention to the subma
rme menace and asking what neas
ures had been taken to meet it, said;
"We have lost since the beginning
of the war 4,000,000 tons of shipping
That is a fact which the public should
know, but it is not nearly as serious
as it appears. We have made up the
loss very considerably. Three mil
lion tons which have been lost have
been more or less adequately filled.
"There is not the slightest neces
sity for panic. We have done re
markably well and shall do a great
deal better in future, but we have had
time to face it and it is to that time
that I desire to call attention."
The country, Baron Beresford con
tinued, had been informed in August,
1915, that the submanrme menace was
well in hand. As far as he could
gather it was nearer coming to be
well in hand, today, owmg to the new
ideas brought to the admiralty by
men fresh from the sea, who had had
experience in this novel form of
warfare and its mysteries.
In conclusion Baron Beresford,
while acknowledging the submarine
menace was serious, said it would
not be a fatal menace and he was
confident that in six weeks or so the
nation would have the submarines re
ally in hand.
Admiralty Not Talking.
The Earl of Lytton, replying for the
admiralty, said the government would
be glad if it were possible to take
the public entirely into its confidence,
but that that would involve impart
ing information to the enemy, and the
admiralty was determined the Ger
mans should have that information
by experience and no- through ques
tions in Parliament.
All the expedients suggested by
Baron Beresford were being pressed
forward with the utmost energy, to
gether with many others, he con
tinued, even in addition to those men
tioned by Earl Curzon on February
1. Every device that human ingen
uity could frame was being employed.
"We are the police of the entire
world and Germany is playing the
role of highwaymen," declared Lord
Lytton. "We are confident that we
can continue in the future as in the
past, not merely to supply our armies
at the front with munitions and sup
plies and carry out our obligations
to our allies, but also to keep free
certain routes for neutral commerce
and obtain necessary supplies for our
own people."
Expective Counter Measures.
Although the new, phase of the sub.
marine warfare was only a fortnight.
old, Lord Lytton said that the coun
ter measures put into effect already
had achieved very considerable suc
cess and justified conltilce in ex
pectations for the future.
Lord Curzon adduced a set of fig
ures which he Caimed showed that
the situation was c less aggravating
than might be supposec;. Hie said:
"In .July, 191.1, our mercantile ma
rne comsisted of 3:,890 vessels inex
css of 1,100 tons each, with a gross
tonnage of 16,850,000. At. the end of
last .January the lecrtease had been
only between 5 anal per cent in
gross t'oatge. Admiral decllicoe and
t hose who, have be"*n w1ih him m-ea
noti dlissa tisfie : wi'h whait has been
doine eve'n in (Iwi hnt 1'ortnighlt. Thley
be oif GeImm,? sahminarines that would
ne'':r reituarn to the ir own shores."'
18 flNE fOR [XTRA HICON PRICES
love. 7lanniint and amt willin' to ch,
all tihat my limit ed manaa will per'
11:t. 1 want to now ta!k~ a short while
to thie ''armiers. Get your tob'acco seed(
awil burn new hed! s tie not r'.oon ohi
on1es as you~ will thid see i that have
ntit .gernii'et 'I, a el it' 'I:g ne'A iih
and toit yo may hatve plentyv of seeds
left in clhi bted.V.N:ow. (Io not hie
alar nteditv at yumisfiortune, ats v'on
hari\' amplie time toi buniyour h'eds
aigami. Nowv as to waur scare, dei not
let this injitei yo,. I " we get in
the i uropean~ war or stiy out either
way\ it goes. iOr tobacco('d ail tottoni
m0 myv Judgnnnt will coniniandl a good
prnicP. I exmyigtoin, 1y., has sobi
leo: an ae g of ighteen saevy
nine. Alacrkets hiere andi all over
Rentuk i s;. atill hoinit, -t. This cotun.
try,~ has got to furnish see rest oft the
worldI in suppliehs wh ile the struggle
lists, so~ make every'thIing you catn cn
the farmtt. I repeatl expect to see(
cot ton andI tocbacco, strong this year.
In ipreparing yiu r toblaicco b eds he
certaii ni an tra ml you r seed ini good,
patck, the landtu, which is a great pre
venition fromi freeze's w~il e phi nt~s are
snmth. Y~ou will notice that your
tracks on beds alw.ays have phints on
them. This advice is ab'solutely true'
anicd for the benefit of n :w toihncc(
raiisers. Try it.
Respectfully,
1?. I). Cotheann