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f l"v _ Ir ( \\ Established in 1891. * STRIKE HARD BLOW INJPRES SECTION ALLIED LINE 18 STILL INTACTENEMY'S LOSSES MOUNT ING HIGHER. LINES ARE VERY STRONG Germany Has Presented Virtual UIt!* matum to Russia, Threatening to Take Petrograd. Germany's armies are hurling them- ( selves against a granite wall on threo , sides of the ruined city of Ypres. After fighting of the most terrific nature, the British and French lines are still , intact and the enemy has lost terribly j in his repeated assaults against the | lines where the allies stand at bay. < ^ The objective of the fighting that ^ now is going on is the captuie of i Ypres. whore since 1914 the British . have held their positions. Two years , ago the allied lines were carried for- 1 ward and the salient in front of the city was wiped out. but from these positions the British retired a week ago to the trenches where they stood Hlirincr t no f orrlfle 4 ? 41? ?.. ?n ...v ?w. ubuiuiK in me spring of 1915, when they stopped the Germans In their first drive for the channel ports. The present battle opened with a bombardment of the Dritlsh and ' French lines from Meteren and Voormezeele, a distance of 12 miles. Then came reports of a spread of the fighting around the curve in the line in front of Ypres until the Belgian armies, north of the city were involved. Field Marshal Haig's official report, anxiously awaited, brought the news that the utmost efforts of the Germans had been fruitless all along the line. The field marshal's statement said that the Teutons had paid a great price and had gained virtually nothing. The battle still continues along the frent, but there is little indication that A an immediate withdrawal from Ypres , is contemplated by the allies, at least ! until they have exacted from the en- j ?my u great sacnnce or numan lives. J The only point at which the Germans made any gains was on the hilly 1 sector of the front back of Kemmel hill, where the French are standing. At some points the enemy was able 1 to occupy portions of the line, but ' ' from the greater part of these they ( were driven out by the French who 1 1 re-established their defenses. I ' Frontal attacks on Ypres would seem to indicate that there Is little | j confidence in the German general ' , staff that the Ypres positions can be | outflanked from the south. The lines , as they stand today are very strong ( and withstood the onset of the Germans in 1914 when the Teuton em- ( peror's army was a much different | machine than it is today. I Repulse Means Much. i The bloody repulse of the Germans I In their great plunge forward will 1 mean much in further operations in that sector of the battle line. While the struggle was going on before Ypres, the British positions from LaBasse to Houtholst wood, and | from Lens to Vimy were deluged with | 1 shells, but so far there has been no j Infantry fighting reported from that part of the front. An attack on this 1 salient in the German lines is expected soon, however, for it stands as a constant menace to a further advance ' by the enemy. Along the front in the Homme sector, part of which is being held by ! Americans, there has been little fight- t ing of note. Further south there have i been only patrol encounters. Germany has presented a virtual ultimatum to Russia, demanding that able-bodied Gorman prisoners of war ! be sent home at once, proposing, in return that only sick and incapacitated Russians held in German prison camps shall be turned over in ex- i change. If the Russian government does not bow to the demand, Germany has threatened to take Petrograd. A committee of 115 Germans has been appointed to go to the Russian canital to present the demand. EDITOR OF GERMAN PAPER GETS FIVE-YEAR TERM Kansas City. Mo.?Carl Gleeser, pub- j Usher of The Missouri States Zeitung. i " pleaded guilty in federal court before Judge A. S. Van Valkenhurgh. to a 1 charge of violating the espionage act. j He was sentenced to five years in the , federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. , wun Jacob h'rohwcrk Gleeser was , indicted by a federal jury as a result ( o< articles appearing In the public*- ] tlon attacking the administration. , FUNERAL ATTENDED BY ONLY ONE PERSON Detroit, Mich.?With only one person attending the funeral of Holmuth Schmidt, self-slayer, believed by the police to have been responsible for the death of three women, was held at Highland Park, Mrs. Adele Ulrlch Braun, to whom Schmidt, under the name of Braun, was married in Lakewood, N. J., In 191f, was the sole mourner. The exact time of the fuceral was kept secret. ' , - V gjalL* fiv The OTTO EIDLITZ Ott? Eldlitz, New York architect and htta K??ii n a m?H ri i i^rtan aI lousing. Mr. Eldlttz will be In charge >f the government's activities In pro/Idlng living facilities for industrial workers other than those employed In the shipyards. He was president of :he Mason Builders' association in New fork from 1900 to 1904 and organized the Building Trade Employers' asso> >1 St I on. AMERICANS IN THICK OF IT riDE OF BATTLE SURGES TO AND FRO WITH DECISION STILL IN THE BALANCE. Report Says From Four to Six German Divisions Have Been Hurled at Ynr^c QalUnf \ The great double German drive. In the Somme and Armentleres sectors, las developed Into a terrlflc struggle, rhe tide of battle has surged to and fro during the last two days, with the iecision still in the balance. The British, having been forced back out of Villers-Bretonneux. launched a counter-attack and swept the Germans back almost to the lines which were held before the present lighting began. The French have been driven back out 3f Hangard-En-Santerre, but are holding their positions close by, while on the lino southwest of Ypres, the British have been compelled to withdraw slightly befbre furious attacks along the Meteren-Bailleul-Wytschaete line. Wounded Americans are arriving at & hospital behind th-* French lines in the Somme sector, showing that Genaral Pershing's men are bearing their share of the burden of the great battle. Notwithstanding the frantic preparations made by the Germans for a continuance of their drive toward Amiens, and the extreme violence of the lighting, their guns thus far In that region have been very small. Along the line from Albert south to Pastel, except at Hangard-En-San terre, the German assaults have been hurled back by tlio allied forces, which are strongly posted on the higher ground to which they retired during the last days of the German drive in Picardy. Germans In Desperate Effort. It Is unofficially reported that four to six German divisions, or from 48,000 to 72,000 men, have been hurled at the British in this sector must have been small, for there are no great gains reported by Berlin so far. It was rumored Thursday that Munt Kemmel, a dominating height north of Wulverghem, had been taken by the enemy, but this has not been confirmed. That only slight gains have been mane anvwnere along tne two fronts have been subjected to attack Is proof that the allies are prepared to defend their positions. In the last three weeks, the Germans have hurried up heavy cannon to the old Somme battle ground and have marched many fresh divisions to the points where they have been held for the moment of attack. WOUNDED AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARRIVING AT HOSPITALS Paris ?American soldiers wounded In the great battle which now is being waged, are already arriving at the rear. Amorican wounded and sick to the number of 128 have reached hospital No. 25. They are from units engaged In fighting side by side with French and Ilritish in stemming the German advanco. Hospital No. 25 Is one of the new In Rtltutions established behind the line [ts it stood after the allies stopped the recent German drive in Pieardv Few [if the Americans remained at the hospital very long, being taken farthei lo the renr. TRIAL OF DR. JOHNSON DEFERRED TILL MAY 15 Richmond, Va.?Motion for postponement until May 15 of the trial of Dr. Lemuel J. Johnson, 23, ciisrgcd with the murder, on Pecefhber 15. last, of his bride, Mrs. Alice Knight John Bon. was granted when the case was called for trial. The motion was ha* ed on the plea that R. D. Johnson, ol Middlesex. N. C., father of the defendant. could not testify at this time because of illness. 5 . ;* . t " \' 4 For FORTH Iouiiii in Tii/ru 1 uninH 19 iahch OVEBBY JAPAN? HAS AGREED TO HARD DEMANDS FROM TOKIO SAYS EDITOR. FEELING HIGH. TROOPS HAVE JAP OFFICERS Shanghai Paper Says Country Has Been Turned Over to the Japanese. Shanghai.?The statement is made in the first issue of The Shanghai Gazette, which has made its appearance under the editorship of Eugene Chen, that the Chinese government has agreed to new demands made by Japan which are of such a nature that the country has virtually been turned over to the Japanese. The Gazette asserts it has been informed by a high official at Peking that the Japanese demands are far more serious than those in Group V, of the famous 21 demands made by Japan in 1915. "Notwithstanding the fact that the utmost secrecy is being observed." says The Gazette, "it may be stated safely that the following is not far from the true terms of the agreement: "Chinese expeditionary forces sent to Siberia shall be commanded by a Japanese. "Chinese police shall be organized by Japanese officers. "Japan shall control all of China's arsenals and dockyards. Japan shall have the privilege of working mines in all parts of China. "Special privileges shall be granted to Japan in outer and inner Mongolia and the whole of Manchuria. A dispatch filed in Peking April 4 said it was reported there that Japan hada submitted a new series of demands to China, including complete control of China's finances, the purchase of 50 per cent of China's ammunition in Japan, operation of Chi uese iron mines and dockyards under Japanese control and recognition of special Japanese interests in Mongolia. as in Manchuria. rtAILROAD HEAD ARRESTED UNDER ESPIONAGE ACT New Orleans.?William Edenborn, president of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co, and rep.uted many j times a millionaire, was arrested by department of justice officials at Shrewsbury, La., near here, on an of- | flcial nffidvnit charging violation of Section 3 of the espionage act. Eden- [ born was taken into custody as he stepped from an L. R. & N. train, and taken to place the location of which the authorities refused to divulge. Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Callan anounced that Edenborn's arrest was independent of action taken j at a meeting of the Louisiana division of the National Security League when a resolution was adopted, caling for federal prosecution of the capitalist for utterances which were declared seditious. Beyond this statement the federal authorities declined to comment on the arrest. Newspaper men were warned against making efforts to discover where Kdenhorn wna Ko. Ing kept. Kdenborn, founder of the American Steel & Wire Co., no a part of the United States Steel Corporation, has been referred to as "father of the wire industry In America." having erected mills and produced wire in 1870. three years after he came to the United States from his birthplace. Westphalia. Prussia. He came to Louisiana in 1903, where he has been 1 known as a railroad builder and operator. He Is 70 years old. B. P. Waggener Dead. Atchison, Kan.?Bailie P. Waggener. general solicitor of . the Missouri Pacific Railway company, and for 44 years connected with its legal department, died here after a long i)lno<iflt ' aged 70 years. His son. William P. Waggener. of Atchison, is general atI torney for Kansas for the road. ' EMPRESS ZITA'S MOTHER ORDERED OUT OF AUSTRIA Paris.?The Princess Marie Antoinette, mother of Empress Zita, has been ordered to leave Austria within 1 24 hours and not re enter that country until the termination of the war. ac. cording to a dispatch from Geneva, i Empress Zita has been blamed by i the pro-German party in her husband's empire as being responsible for Emi peror Charles' no-.v famous letter to Prince Sixtus of Bourbon, his brotherin-law. VIOLENT BOMBARDMENTS ON THE FRENCH FRONT Paris.?The latest war office an' nouncement rends: "There were violent bombardments from Villers-Bretonneux to tho Luce river, and in the region west of Noyon. l "Eastern theater. April 27. The , artillery activity was weak along the > whole front save In the region of Monastlr and on the Coma, where our , heavy artillery carried out fires of destruction. T Ml ILL, S. 0., THURSDAY, MAY DR. AUGIJIT PHILIPS Or. ^XuQust Philips, new minlst** from Holland to the United State*. NO RETIREMENTS BY ALLIES MAKE GAINS OF ABOUT ONE MILE IN VILLERS?BRETONNEUX SECTION. Heavy Fighting All Along British Front South of Somme and North of Ypres. After three weeks of preparation in the Some, during wkhich time they launched an offensive in Flanders, the Germans have resumed their hammering at the front door of Amiens. For days there has been heavy artillery bring along the northern sectors of the-Somme salient and Anally the German infantry began their attempts to advance on the line passing Villers-Bretonnoux, Hangard.s Hallles and Castel. The first attacks were repulsed, but subsequent attacks, centered ubout Villers-Bretonneux. have caused a British withdrawal from this village, according to a report from Field Marshal llaig. This marks a German gain of about a mile. Vllers-Bretonneux is about 11 miles directly east of Amiens and is on the northern end of the latest "fighting front." It is situated between the Somme and Luce rivers, and, while it is flanked on the south by low-lying ground, it is backed by rolling hills to the west and northwest. The fighting on the rest ot the front, where the Germans have resumed their drive toward the allied base of supplies in northern France, has not, so far as known resulted in any notable retirements on the part of the allies. The German official report issued on Wednesday was silent as to events in this sector of the front. An attack on this particular part of the line in the Sommo region had ueun expecten, ana it is probable that preparations to meet tt had been made. The British lines held firm in this region during the last days 01 the initial drive, while the Germans were able to forge ahead further south until they reached the village of Cas- , tel, about three miles from the rallj road running to Paris from Amiens. J Recently a French counter-offensive at Castel won back considerable ground and it was evident that unless [the line further north coulu be adI vnnced materially the German shad little chance to malfo Imnnrlont ??'?" .u?Fv> iuiii p,oma in their operations to the south of Amiens. This new drive has been made at the same time that another blow has been struck at the British and French lines northwest of Ypres. Savage fighting is reported at various points along the lino from Bailleul to Merville and Berlin claims that heights to the northeast of Bailleu have been stormed. Conincident with-these attacks there have been assauts in the British forces near Bethune, along the Lawe river, but these have been re pulsd. Washington.?The government has decided to take over all raw wool held in warehouses at the price prevailing on July 30, last. If the holders do not agree to sell It at that price the wool will be commandeered. GOVERNMENT OPPPOSED TO DEFERRED PAYMENTS Washington.?The government's opposition to the proposed plan of provid in c for H r?f orrod *?ii * n ? .vU in.-M <i11meiii payments of income and excess profits tax was expressed in statements by Secretary McAdoo and Itepresentative Kltchin, chairman of the house ways and means committee. To defer the payments until fall, when another Liberty loan will have to be issued, Mr. McAdoo said, will add new complications to the situation. THRILLING STORIES TOLD OF RAID ON U-BOAT BASES Dover. England.?Crews of the ships which took part In the raid on Zeebrugge have many thrilling stories of their adventures. One of them has described how, despite the fact that the Germans discovered their presence while they were still outside the harbor they made their way in through heavy gun fire, the Vindictive reaching the wharf where she remained for an hour nad a half. ? I LL T ' 2, 1918 KEMMEE HILL TAKEN I IN HARDJIRUGBLE IMPORTANT POINT CONSIDERED KEY TO SOUTHERN SIDE OF YPRES SALIENT. ATrAGK TO PEGAPTURE IT Germans Have Made Important Gains at Other Points Along the Battle Line. Kemraell hill, a height which has been looked upon as the key to the southern side of the Ypres salient and one of the most important strategic positions on the northern battle front in France, has been taken by the Germans. after a defense which will become of the heroic chapters of the 1 war. The hill was surrounded and i the French forces entrenched on its | slopes were overcome. The loss of the hill, which is ad- j mitted in an official statement by General Delnia Radcliffe, chief director of military operations at the British war office brings to the allies a realization that the whole Ypres position is in peril from the German drive north ward from the lowlands lying to the west of Armentieres. The Teutons launched terrific attacks along the whole WytschaeteBailleul-Meteren line, apparently for the purpose of finding a point which might yield. They evidently found that spot in the section of front held Jointly by the British and French troops; and against it they hurled fresh divisions which fought their way forward all day until at nightfall they had surrounded Kemmell hill and isolated the French troops holding the position. The Iobs of Kemmel hill is serious for it overlooks much of the lowlands lying back of the allied lines in the Ypres salient. The hill is 464 feet in height, rising from lowlands on the south and east. It s six miles southwest of Ypres and three miles west of Wytschaete. This German success cuts a deepynotch in the allied line to the southw'est of Ypres and completely outflanks the British on the northern slopes of Messlnes ridge, to which they were forced two weeks ago. The line to the southwest, toward Bailleul. apparently is in no particular danger at present, although the village of Dranoutre has been lost to the enemy. GERMANY'S LOSSES IN WAR 2,000.000 MEN Amsterdam.?Germany's losses thus far in the war have been 2,000.000 men, according to a statement credited by Thu. Frankfurter Zeitung as having been made by General Schulze before the main comnUUee of the German heichstag. Sick and wounded men to the number of 750,000 had been able to return to the front, according to General Schulze, while 029,000 had been discharged as unfit for service, including 70.000 cripples. Up to date, the general added. Germany had to reckon with about 98,000 cripples. APPOINTMENT DECLINED BY SPEAKER CLARK Jefferson City. ? Judge Walter Graves, member of the Missouri supreme court, has been tendered the appointment of United States senator, succeeding the late Senator Stone. Governor Gardiner made public his proffer after the declination of Senator Clark to accept the appointment. FRENCH RETAKE GROUND IN COUNTER-ATTACKS j Paris.?Counter-attacks against the Gorman line* from Vlllers-Bretonneux to south of the Luce ere launched by our troops, who succedeed, despite the fierce resistance of the enemy, who had brought up important forces, in retaking a large part of the ground which had been lost in that region, says the official statement issued by the war office. NEWSPAPF.R PUBLISHERS APPEAL TO SHIPPING BOARD Washington.?A delegation of newspaper publishers appealed to the shipping board for aid in bringing 63,000 cords of wood pulp from Canada to this-country, to relieve the rapid depletion of print paper stocks The publlaKuro ufaea *a1/I ?Ka? 1 OA aUin? M.kiAV I niacin "tic li'Ml uini l.l" nillfin Willi || will be transferred this summer from the Great Lakes to the Atlantie ocean will he allowed to brinr out wood pulp if it does not interfere with the proposed movement of coal. GERMANS IN POSSESSION OF DRANOUTRE, SAYS HAIQ London.?The Germans have raptured Kernel mountain and village and are aiso in possession of Dranoutre, according to the official communication sent by Field Marshal Half? from headquarters In France. The communication says that north of the Lys river the battle is continuing fiercely along: the whole front from the neiRhborhood of Dranoutre to the Ypres-Comlnes canal. * TMES WAS IN mm FIGHTING I I Lieutenant Hunter of York Served With British in Hard Fighting in Arras. York.?The first direct news from a < York county boy who has been in the sanguinary fighting that marked the mighty German drive at the allied lines south of Arras was received here in a letter from Lieut. Phillip W. Hunter. formerly of York, to his mother. I Mrs. J. J. Hunter. Lieutenant Hun- I ter, who was graduated from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1914 and did post-gradunte work in Now I York before beainnina the nractice of medicine here, offered his services to the government immediately after the declaration by the United States of war against Germany, and soon received his commission. lie was assigned to the British forces in France and : sailed for that country in August. 1 Lieutenant Hunter was with the British army in the fierce struggle around 1 Cambrai. where ho had many trying 1 and hazardous experiences. The unit 1 of the army, which he was with distinguished itself for conspicuous brav- 1 ery in the recent fighting and won the high commendation of Field Marshal Str Douglas Haig. Lieutenant Hunter's letter is dated "France. March 30." follows, in part: "I wish I could give you some idea of my share in the battle, but will wait awhile for that. Our division did splendidly and was one of the first mentioned by Sir Douglas Haig for good work. We feel very proud of ourselves. I assure you. Of course we could not do what we did without some losses, so now we are out to recuperate and get reinforcements before going back at the Germans again. "TL? n.A (n nMUUn nn/l i ur 111~11 tin- in uuc njiu ua aim ai ? far from being beaten. We have had some interesting marches through towns and villages and a good train journey. Yesterday, while waiting at one station for our train. King George came to us, congratulated the colonel and spoke to many of the men. I had a good look at him?the first royal personage I had ever seen. Now wo are well away from the tumult. Just before going into the battle I received 14 letters, all written last August and September. I certainly enjoyed them, old as they were, when I could snatch the time to read them. The good wishes and assertions of prayers in time of danger could not have reached me at a more appropriate time. I felt that I must be safe with so many prayers being ofTered for me." Cheese Factory for Oconee. Columbia?W. W. Long, director of the farm extension forces of Clemson College, was in Columbia recently. Mr. Long has just spent a few days in Oconee county, where he procured enough subscriptions among the farm ers of one community for the organization of a cheese factory. Specialists were railed In and an Investigation of temneraturea and climatic conditions were made. The universal opinion of these was that climatic conditions and temperatures of the waters in Oconee. Pickens. Greenville and Spartanburg counties were of excellent quality for the manufacture of cheese and as good as any to be found in North Carolina. With this in view. Mr. Long set about and is now directing the organization of a chain of factories extending the fu'T length of the four counties. The capital required for a plant is $1,200 and is readily procured in most any community. Mr. Long has several others which will be established within the immediate future. Wagnon Winner of Contest. Columbia.?IlRlng "America's Mission" as his subject Macbeth Wagnon of Union won the annual State interscholastic oratorical acontest held in the university chapel. By his victory Mr. Wagnon wins the R. L. Bryan medal offered yearly to the winner of first place in the oratorical contest. He is also awarded the Wlesepape trophy cup which he will be allowed tnrntflin ff\r nnrt vanr oft Ar nrhlah it must again be contested for. Second place and In the Rank of Columbia medal goes to Enoch Crowson of Wlnnsboro; third place and the asso- j elation medal to Devore Andrews of Greenwood. Charlie Rarlow of Dillon was awarded honorahnle mention. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. Representative Whaley made the announcement that dredging In the ' Cooper River, which will give Charles- ' ton 40 feet of water, will begin within the next ten days. The contract has been let to a Now York IIrm and the war department will urge that the work be rushed to completion at the earliest date. When this work is done and Charleston has deep water, there ts everv reason to believe that there will be a great future for the rity. P. B. Brooks, a farmer living five miles south of Anderson, is probably In a dying condition at a local hospital. as results of bullet wounds Inflicted by Constable Hendricks. Hendricks called at Brooks' home to serve some civil papers of minor Importance. Brooks and several members of his family got In a fight with Hendricks, who shot twice. MechanistB mate Woodfred Wallace Ice of Myers. 8. C? previously reported missing after the linking of the transport Lake Moor, Is in a hospital Vice Admiral Sims advised the navy department. t . ' ;:m ? ? $1.26 Per Year. SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ' IN GREAT DANGER 1 SALARIES MUST BE INCREASED * .?. j TO HOLD GOOD TEACHERS, SAYS COKER. DISPATCHES FROM COLOMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark . tne Progress of South Carolina People, Gathered Around the State Capital. ? David R. Coker, chairman of the South Carolina Council of Defense, hat? Issued the following statement: "The stability of democracy and consequently the safety of this nation and or the world depends upon an enlightened and patriotic citizenship. "Such a citizenship can not he had and maintained without a public school system of high efficiency. "The efficiency of the school system necessarily depends upon the character, education and experience of the teacher. Satisfactory teachers can not bo engaged and kept unless adequate salaries are paid. "The school teachers of South Carolina are now being paid from 50 to ion per cent less than men and women of similar qualifications in commercial pursuits. . . "There is a tremendous demand for stenographers and clerks for government service at salaries from $80 to $150 per month. "Many banks and mercantile concerns are looking for efficient women ' at good salaries to replace men who have been called Into the service. "Many of the most efficient school teachers in the State intend to seek commercial employment at the end of the present school year. "If tho authorities controlling the schools of South Carolina do not immediately recognize the danger and apply the necessary remedy, our school system will be badly crippled at a time when efficiency is more vital than evor before. "There is but one remedy, adequate salary. We can not expect expert, consecrated service for the wage of an average day laborer. ? "Our teachers do and should occu-' py positions of influence and leadership In their respective communities,' and It is unfair to keep them In their., present humiliating financial condl-: tlon. "I personally know efficient teachers of high patriotism who are re-ceivlng salaries barely able to meet their absolutely necessary expenses and who deeply feel their Inability to. , respond to requests for contributions! to worthy patriotic causes. "If adequate funds are not available' from taxation, school trustees should raiso by private subscription from the school patrons sufficient additional; funds to pay an adequate snlary to se-i cure and keep the services of corape-; tent and experienced teachers. i "The structure of our government; depends more largely upon our educa-{ tlonal system than upon any other one; agency. Let us keep this fact clearly 1 before us and do our full duty to our; schools no matter how urgent are oth-t er calls for patriotic sorvice." Urred to Increase Acreage. Cotton is no longer the one money crop in South Carolina. In the present situation, created by the world war. with a hungry world to he fed. the Food Administration calls upon the farmers of South Carolina to Increase their acreage planted in corn , this year. Men who watch the world situation oloselv are of the opinion that the price of corn, higher than for many years, will retain Its high level. It seems that it would hp Impossible for the price of corn to decline, even with n considerably larger production this year. The world cry is for food. Food t prices are not likely to he lower, and1 there is no reason why corn should be any exception to the rule. As a mat-' ter of fact, corn becomes a money crop, or may he so considered. Prospects are even for higher prices forcorn. The world situation seems to give the price of corn a certain stability. On the other hand, cotton prices are more or less uncetrain and speculative, as was shown by the recent big decline. These are advanced as some of the business reasons for Increasing the acreage planted In corn this year. With a war to win. and considering America's obligation to feed the Al lied countries. the strietlv business reasons must ho regarded as supplemental to the primary reason?the absolute necessity as a matter of patriotism, as a military necessity to increase the world's food supply. Given Reduced Rates. Announcement was made at the headquarters of the South Carolina Sunday School Association at Spartanburp: that the railroads of South Carolina have granted reduced rates for. the 41st annual state convention to he held In Greenwood. May 1, 2, 3. The rates given are the same as those, of last year, plus the war tax. A larger attendance of Interested Sunday school' workers at Greenwood Is predicted, because of the reduced railroad rates.1 All Sunday school workers In the state are Invited to attend this convention. HI