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HUGS OO-OiTCRATION OOhfPABTY
WOULD RSGULATK IT.
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nnniEU in paper wisoirs fbioie bribbt
at Washington Deny
Story of Washington Poet That
' Itwia and German Allies Are
About to Come to Terma-—Austria
Was to Cede Bosnia and Gall da.
Rumors of peace have from time
to time appeared la this country. LaU
eat of these, and most definite, Is con
tained in the Washington Post, which
"says negotiations are being conduct
ed through 'one of the most powerful
agencies In the world,' a medium
friendly to both Germany and Rus
sin, and that they look for an adjust
ment of all differences between Rus
sia and Germany, notwithstanding
the joint agreement signed early in
the war by Russia, Prance and Eng
land not to discuss terms of peace
separately. The Post says:
“The reception given the prelim
inary negotiations indicates that
there may suddenly emerge from
Burope a new alignment shattering
all predictions as to the outcome of
the present war and stamping on the
maps of Europe, Asia and Africa new
boundaries and new sovereignties un
thought of when the war began.
“The willingness of Russia to con
sider a peace pact with Germany is
based on the failure of the Austrian
assault on Senrla. To protect the
Slavic Interests by preventing Servla
from being crushed was Russia's ex
cuse for mobilization.
“With Servla’s showing of ability
to protect her own Integrity, Rus
sia's real Interest In the war has
practically ceased. To light further
means chiefly to aid the world diplo
macy and policies of Great Britain,
against which Russia has had an his
toric aversion.
“The exact terms on which the
negotiations are being conducted are
not knowp, but It Is understood that
the first requisite of Russia Is the
unfettered use of the Black Sea and
the Dardanelles In peace or In war.
“It Is not expected that the Czar
will face the anger of Great Britain
and Prance without exacting a huge
quid pro quo from Germany, and the
warm water ports of the lower Black
Sea, which Russia has desired for
years, will be part of the price of
can be released and sent to Flanders
Germans have confidence that they
can speedily win the war on land and
even invade England.
“The withdrawal of Russia from
the war will directly affect the Unit
ed States. Japan will have in the
Orient the enmity of Germany for the
seizure of Ktau-chau, the resentment
of China for the seizure of the con
necting railway lines, and the fear
that Russia, at peace with Germany,
will again move to secure warm ports
in the Pacific as a connecting link
with the commerce which she plans to
build up through the Baltic Sea."
To offset these rumors, the Aus
trian ambassador. Dr. Dumba, issued
a statement Friday night denying re
ports that Austria has made peace
overtures to the Allies. The statement
said:
“The Paris press spread from time
to time news of Austria-Hungary, or
Hungary alone, being tired of the war
and longing for peace. The latest re
port alleges that Austria has made
unofficial peace overtures to the Allies
through Vienna bankers upon the
basis of cession of Galicia to Russia
and Bosnia to Servla.
“The Austro-Hungarian ambassa
dor wlshee to contrkdlct these rumors
as absolutely unfounded and mislead
ing to public opinion In the United
States. Without speaking of the arti
cle of the treaty of the Dual Alliance
of 1879, according to which Germany
and Austria-Hungary engage them
selves to support each other with
their whole armies against Russia,
and to conclude peace only conjointly,
every consideration of honor and self-
interest prevents Austria-Hungary
from breaking from her ally and en
tering Into negotiations for a sepa
rate peace.
‘The cession of Galicia and Bosnia
could only be agreed upon after a
crushing defeat of the Dual Mon
archy. an eventuality which happily
does not correspond to the actual sit
uation on the battlefields. It is not
Improbable that with the authors of
these rumors the wish Is father to
the thought.”
The ItuNslan ambassador, Mr.
BakhmetefT, emphatically denied pub
lished reports that overtures for
peace between Russia and Germany
were under way. He said the reports
were absurd and without foundation
In fart.
Shortest Day of the Tear Is Selected
by Dodama to Learn Secrete of the
Future—Presents His Observations
on the Annies and Navies Now En
gaged—Roosevelt Has Finished.
Following a custom that was 1m
ported into Japan from China ages
ago, Densho Kodama, a Japanese
prophet and diviner, prayed before a
fruit trimmed altar for two hours
Wednesday at the Nippon club, In
New York. While he prayed Kodama
held In bla hands bundle# of slender
sticks and occasionally he would
burst the bundle apart, holding a por
tion in each band. He would count
the sticks and then he would write
In his book of divinations.
At 1 o’clock, when the ceremony
was concluded, Kodama gave out
1915 prophesies concerning the war,
including the date of its ending, con
cerning the future of President Wil
son. which was bright, and the future
of Col. Roosevelt, which was rather
gloomy.
Kodama chose Wednesday for his
prayer because It was the shortest
day of the year. For many years on
this day, It has been hls custom, he
said, to ask of the "Almighty Power"
about national and international
events and to announce hls prophe
cies.
“But this year I was away from
my own land,” he explained, “and
so I made my devotions and sought
answers to my questions here In the
Nippon club of your city. The pro
phetic power which I invoked was not
taught to me as part of the Shinto
religion or any other religion. It
came to the Japanese before the
standard religions did. In Japan I
would have erected on my altar a
plain piece of wood on which 1 would
have draped decorations of white.
But here I chose a little green tree
and decked It in white and put fruit
near It and lighted candles. The
white decorations represent truth and
the power and purity of the Almighty
Power."'
A question submitted to Kodama
had to do with Col. Roosevelt's imme
diate future.
*7
to* Congress Gives VUloa of
fits to Southern Fanners.
Following tho roosnt meeting of
the executive committee of the
Southern Cotton sseoclatlon in 'New
Orleans on November 23,24, which
authorized tho organization of the
Co-operative Cotton Company, prepa
rations have been made for this or
ganization. Tho plana of tho com
pany, which is headed by the asso
ciation, were outlined in Atlanta last
week by narvie Jordan, president of
the Southern Cotton association, as
follows:
“The maximum capital of the new
company will be one hundred million
dollars, with a minimum of one mil
lion dollars. The capital Is to be
raised among the cotton growing in
terests of the South t by subscriptions
of spot cotton, out o* the surplus of
the 1914 crop.
“Shares of stock will be )10 each
No promotion stock of any kind will
be issued. AH cotton subscribed will
be taken at ten cents per pound, basis
middling, evidenced by approved
warehouse receipts.”
Further in hls statement Mr. Jor
dan says “the first business of the
company when the initial capital has
been subscribed, will be to issue ne
gotiable warehouse receipts for its
stockholders against cotton hold by
them In storage, and secure loans at
reasonable rates of interest. As the
company grows in magnitude and
strength, it will be able to rapidly
extend Its usefulness in this respect
to every cottqj^ growing county In
the South.
“Later on the company will 1m
prove the cotton warehouse system
all over the cotton belt, and perfect
plans for advancing loans on cotton
also for handling cotton and cotton
seed direct to consumers; gathering
correct statistical data on supplies
and consumption of cotton and stable-
Izlng the values of cotton and cotton
seed at at fair and Reasonable prices
to the growers.
"Eighty per cent, of the capital
arising from subscriptions In every
cotton county will bo used for the
benefit of the stockholders in that
county, and when not so employed
such funds will be deposited in the
local banks to draw a reasonable rate
of interest. In this way no county
will be depleted of its resources
Only twenty per cent, will be divert
ed to the headquarters of the com
“Her lack of warm water port* has
always been regarded by Russia as
ths chief rsssoa for her failure to be-
oome as Important on the seas as
■nglaad. Lacking a more direct out-
tot, she sought for thorn on the Paci
fic, until Japan drove her from Port
Arthur, the is now double-tracking
tho Trsan-tlbeiisn Railway, and later
ths question of her acquisition of
porta on the Pacific Is expected to be
revived.
"Meanwhile, there awaits os the
Black Sea a haven for Russla's^anAy
and untold commercial opportunity if
tho freedom of the Black Sea and the
Dardanelles can be secured. The
petroleum and minerals of the Cau
casus, ths cereals of the steppes, and
the growing manufacturing activities
of Russia aU would have an outlet
Under such conditions Batum, ou the
lower Black Sea, would probably soon
outstrip Odessa and other Russian
port* lees favorably located.
“That Germany Is now In a post
tlon to Insure Russia's plans for ex
tension on the Black Sea is believed
by those who have folloued develop
ments In Turkey and Egypt since the
opening of the war. It has been
demonstrated that Germany practi
cally governs Turkey.
"General von der Foltx, recently
military governor of Belgium, and
who trained the Turkish armies from
1883 to 189j, is now In Turkey on an
Important mission. He is by official
appointment a Turkish pasha, and is
at this moment the Turkish secre
tary of war.
“Since the outbreak of war be
tween Turkey and the Allies, Egypt,
nominally under the sovereignty of
Turkey, has been taken over as a
possession by Great Britain. This
cairlea with it the Suez Canal, which,
under the terms of the original agree
ment, would have reverted to Turkey
lu 1968..
"It Is understood that the return
in Russia’s designs on the Black Sea.
of Egypt and the Suez Canal to the
complete possession of Turkey is the
rewark which is being held out to the
Turkish government for acquiescence
in Russia's designs on the Black Sea.
“It is regarded as certain that if
the negotiations now under way are
continued little difficulty will be met
with in securing Turkey’s consent to
anything Germany may demand. Ger
man influence with Turkey, which
rose triumphant over that of Eng
land through the decisive diplomacy
of Marschal von Bibersteln, Is now
such that Germany’s lead will be
blindly followed.
“Russia has never opposed Ger
many’s commercial and industrial ac
tivities in Turkey, Including her plan
to extend her railroads and commerce
to the Persian Gulf. Great Britain,
on the contrary, has always bitterly
protested against this extension of
German influence.
“The seizure of Egypt by Great
Britain has given Germany the final
leverage needed to bring Turkey com
plete into the plan.
“The importance of the pending
negotiations on the future of Europe
not be minimized. It has become
patent since the war opened that Ger
many's real objective in the war is
Great Britain. There has been no
grievance against
i or Russia.
**11 Is known that both Russia and
‘restive an
te aid in
HAD NO WIKKLKHH.
“It was a picture of a stream run- „„„„ v .„
_4 1 4 j 1 j wm *» u * WDicn will d© loc&tcd
nm* placidly down hill, he answer-
ed “No tendency to run uphill, or
British Embassy Gives Out Informs-
tion About ('anal Neutrality.
Col. Goethals, governor of the
Canal Zone, according to Informa
tlon to the British embassy Saturday,
which was communicated to the state
department, has found that the Brit
ish collier, which was thought to
have violated the neutrality of Pana
ma sone waters by sending a wireless
message, actually had no wireless
equipment. It is understood the mes
sage was sent by another British
ship, which, however, was outside the
three-mile limit. At the embassy this
statement was Issued:
“According to a telegram received
from the British minister at Panama,
a British ship employed as a collier of
the British government, arrived at
Panama without a bill of health and
was Indicted for violation of quar
antine regulations and was condemn
ed by the court to pay .. nominal fine
of $50. At Balboa she received or
ders to leave at once and being a gov-
erment ship had to choose between
violation of neutrality rules or vio
lation of custom laws, by leaving
without clearance papers, which she
had not received She left at once
The clearance papers were ready, but
she had not time to wait for them
“She was also accused of having
used her wireless in Canal Zone
limits. As she had no wireless tele^
graphy installation the governor of
the zone in a written communication
admitted that he had been misinform
ed." v »-
ATTACK GERMAN PORT.
British Naval Vessels Raid Coast—
Airships Used by Both Sides.
The German admiralty reports Sat
urday that on December 25 there was
a fight with British ships which made
dash into a German bay. Hydro
aeroplanes convoyed by them ad
vanced against the mouths of Ger
man rivers and dropped bombs on an
chored ships and gasworks near Cux-
haven without hitting anything or
doing any damage. The hydro-aero
planes when fired at withdrew In an
easterly direction.
German airships and aeroplanes re-
connoltered against the British forces
and hit by bombs two British de
stroyers and one convoy. A fire broke
out on the latter. Fog prevented a
continuation of the fighting.
Five Dies in Tenement Fire.
Arthur Corso, night telephone op
erator in New York, Thursday sent
In a fire alarm and hastened out to
see hls home In flames and hls moth
er and four brothers and slaters dead.
Cotton Cargo for Germany.
The Phthfinder, a steamship, left
Galveston Friday for Germany, load
ed with 6,g50 bales of cotton. •
Jap Anns Seat to Earopo.
The Japaasaa war minister an
nounced Frida- that 6,000,000 worth
flf anas had baea seat to Earopa. •
torrentous tendency. That means that
Col. Roosevelt will be going down all
next year and never going u!> at all
It also means that he will submit to
it. I saw this picture once before,
asked what would happen to Vlcto-
rlano Huerta in Mexico. He was then
at the height of hls power, but he ran
down hill after that as I prophecled
he would
Kodama announced the picture he
saw when he Inquired about Presl
dent Wilson. "I saw a man rowing a
boat across rough water," he said
"and I saw him reach the other shore
in safety. This means that Presl
dent Wilson will face troubles, but
will solve them all right. I predict
that he will meet three big problems
next year, two of them domestic and
one connected with foreign affairs
He will settle them all right and
when he has done so there will come
an end to hls unpopularity. The peo
ple will like him for doing.it. One
will come to him from the Southwest
I would say from Mexico.
‘When I asked about the end of
the war I saw a picture which en
ables me to predict that the war will
end next May by the Intervention of
a powerful nation. Since one of the
problems I saw brought to President
Wilson came from abroad I feel that
he may be the powerful force •kleh
Intervenes to end the war."
Kodama said that six of the twen
ty-one questions he asked as he pray
ed had to do with the armies and na
vies of the warring countries. In ex
plaining the predictions he was will
ing to venture that all must be ful
filled before May, since that month
was to see the war ended.
"In the first place, he said, “the
British fleet will do a very daring and
bold thing in the spring.. It will raid
the German naval base and will suc
cessfully assault it. The battle will
be one of the greatest ever fought in
naval history—one to be remember
ed, and it will end In the complete
destruction of the German naval base
in spite of the mines guarding it.
The German army, however, will be
fore this time perform some brilliant
exploits in Russia. The British cav
alry will win victories greater than
the artillery and infantry, while the
French artillery and infantry will ex
ceed in skill the French cavalry.
The French losses will be more
staggering than the English because
the Germans will centre their as
saults more directly upon the French
than the English. I saw, when I
asked about the English army, a dog
swallowing a young chicken. The dog
was very sick as It had strangled
upon a bone. This meant that the
Germans would have much trouble
trying to down the British. When I
asked about the British navy I saw a
rod being struck Into the midst of
breaking eggs. In that way the Brit
ish navy will smash the German. I
saw a man being stabbed In the back
when I asked about the French nary.
I predict for it surprises where It is
not prepared. One auch surprise, I
believe, awaits It in Mediterranean
waters. I saw a hunter hunting a
mountain over for a prise when I
aaked about the Russian army. The
Orleans
“Each stockholder will have but
one vote. This will forever prevent
the control of the company getting
Into the hands of adverse Interests
The company will be strictly «.o-oper
atlve In every respect and democratic
In character. The administration of
the affairs of the company will be In
the hands of a board of governors
elected from the various cotton
states by action of the local stock
holders In each cornty.
"This board will elect the officers
of the company, all of whom must be
reeidents of the South and Interest
ed In the growing of cotton
It Is believed that the company
can be organized and capitalized at a
cost not exceeding 5 per cent, of the
subscriptions, which is considerably
less than any large company has ever
been organized In the United States
The Prospectus of the proposed
company has been Issue’d and copies
may be obtained by addressing The
Southern Cotton Cotton association
Peters Building, Atlanta, Qa., or to
Dr. Wade Stackhouse, at Dillon. In
this document the promoters call at
tcntlon to the small amount of the
crop required to ina igurate the co
operative corporation.
In the South there are 850 cotton-
producing counties each yielding an
average production of 17,000 bales.
Out of these only seven per cent, of
the average production of each coun
ty would, in the aggregate, furnish
1,000,800 bales to the capital stock
of the company. Each farmer, who
subscribed cotton to the company,
would be requested to sign a written
pledge to the Southern Cotton asso
ciation agreeing to reduce his cotton
acreage for 1915 at least fifty per
cent, less than the area planted In
1914. This would practically guar
antee the proper equilibrium between
supplies and consumption for next
year and stabilize prices to fair and
reasonable values, as well as secure
for the company a minimum price of
ten cents per pound for the cotton
subscribed as its foundation capital.
Further on it briefly states “the
milk’ in the cocoanut: “Flaw will
this affect the indivdual farmer? Say
a farmer raises ten bales of cotton;
under the present conditions he could
not hope to secure more than seven
cents per pound—$35 per bale, or
$350 for hls ten bales. By taking
two baled of his ten and putting them
into the organization herein outlin
ed, the remaining eight bales would
bring at least ten cents per pound—
$50 her bale, or $400. In addition
be would have his certificate of own
ershlp in the organization worth
Hagen barks Are Killed.
Lorenz and Henry Hagenback, the
noted animal trainers, have been kill-
J? 00 th * battlefront is Qw- prlxe! iTwoWsaa, lay hlrtd~en npon
another mountain. That means the
Russian army will campaign In the
wrong direction. I predict distrust
of the general staff end a lack of thorn
fate of the Russian navy. It means
the Russian navy will He still and
never do anything in the war.
“A thunder storm with thunder
claps in :.H parts of the sky answer
ed my prayer about the United States
and Japan. The noise of jingoism
between the two countreis will sound
load but will do little harm—more
harm In Japan than In tbe United
States. A frozen sea, thawing out,
depicted Japan and Germany. It
means that after the war good cpirit
will prevail between us."
' Mr. Kodama. a middle-aged
whe- “Worw- long hair parted In the'
micMle, smiled a little over bis pro-
psecisr, and readily abandoned the
psychic mood in which he obtained!
«lfl«. and. at the suae time, be wUl
have aided in crentng an organisa
tion for his protection for, all time to
One of the most valuable functions
proposed for the governing board is
that of an effort to stabilize the
▼nine of cotton. The preepecties
M70: * 4 ThlM organization will havo
a central governing board, with rep
resentation from each of the cotton
states. Tlis governing board will
meet every year and take into con
sideration the cotton acreage, the con
dition of the crop and tbe condition
of the market, together with the cost
of production, and name a minimum
price at which it will agree to buy
and take over all cotton offered, and,
ai tile same tme, name a maximum
price at which it will dispose of ftH
cotton acquired by it.”
The Co-operation Company will
deal only In cotton and its products,
restrictions and safeguards having
been placed upon its plr.n for that ef
fect. The prospectus says: “The
charter of the Co-operative Cotton
Company will provide that its funds
can be invested only In cotton and
cotton products and loaned to mem
bers on cotton in storage, and, when
not being used in that way, to be de
posited in the banks of the counties
that made the subscription; the
banks, of course, safely securing these
deposits and paying on Interest there
for. By doing this no community
will be depleted of any of Its re
sources, the proportion of each and
every county’s subscriptions not in
vested in cotton being left In the
banks of those counties to be loaned
back to the people who subscribe it."
In commenting upon the plan Dr.
Wade Stackhouse of Dillon, president
of tho South Carolina branch of the
Southern Cotton Congress, writes as
follows:
"Have we found a solution of the
cotton problem? I think so, if cot
ton farmers will determine to solve
it through self-help. They can do
this by subscribing cotton at 10 cents
per pound to the Co-operative Cotton
Company. The charter of this tem-
pany contains all the best features oS
the co-operative societies <#' Eurdpa^
The capital of the company can be
used only to finance cotton, cotton
seed and their products for stock
holders of the association. Its plan
is to retire 2,000,000 bales of tbe
surplus of this crop and the capital
stock of the company. And thy is to
be held for a minimum price of 10
cents per pound. As soon as 20,000
bales of cotton are subscribed, repre
senting a capital stock of $ 1,|00,000,
the company is to secure a charter
and begin business. Ti>e cotton con
gress of South Carolina has merged
into the Southern Cotton association,
and we stand pledged to endeavor to
secure at least 20,000 bales of cotton
In this State. Tbe farmers and mer
chants of South <la.rolln& are to-day
holding more than 800,000 bales of
cotton which has an average value
of about 6 1-2 cents per pound. We
feel confident that they will subscribe
at least 20,000 bales of tills or only
2 1-2 per cent, of it to put the com
pany Into operation.
"The objects of the company are:
“To stabilize tbe value cf cotton.
“To own, lease or operate cotton
warehouses and to handle warehouses
receipts for its stockholders. It is
confidently believed If we had only
$1,000,000 of capital in the South
Carolina division that we can secure
loans on at least four bales of cotfon
to each one pledged tbe company. If
a farmer having ten bales of cotton
pledges two bales to the capital ot
the company, it is believed we can
secure a reasonable loan on the eight
bales he holds and help him to
finance it till the war Is over. If this
can be done I believe the eight bales
kept will be worth more money than
the ten bales under existing condi
tions. By co-optrating with other
farmers, he will make hls $100 stock
in the company without costing him
a cent and will provide help for all
times of depression in the future."
Bearing upon the ability of the as
sociation to secure loans Col. E. H.
Aull recently told in his paper, The
Newberry Herald and News, of his
attending a meeting of the promoters
of this proposed company in Colum
bit. Among those present was Mr.
Forbes, of New York, representative
of the Hanover National Bank, who
was there "to say,” according to the
editor quoted, “that the money Inter
est of the east and west was willing
to come to the relief of the situation
if the Southern farmer was willing
to help himself. And If the company
was organized that the financial in
terests would advance money on cot
ton warehouse receipts when endors
ed by the corporation. As soon as
this two million J)ales was subscrib
ed as stock money could be obtained
to retire several njilllon more bales,
and a minimum price commensurate
with the cost of production and a
proper regard for the rights of the
spinners and, manufacturers could be
established, with no desire to op
press any interest."
Returning to President Stack
house’s letter, we quote portions;
“The plan of the company pro
vides that when the cotton is sold
at least 80 per cent, of the money Is
to be kept on deposit with banks in
the county where subscribed, and
only pO per cent, is to go into the
general treasury. In this way no
county can be drained of Its re
sources. . . . When $1,000,000
stock has been subscribed a meeting
Is held In each -county where share
holders live, and. they elect a dele
gate to a State meeting where they
select a member of the governing
board, which can not exceed 33 mem
bers, and no State can have more
than three members. This govern
ing board will meet at the city select
ed as headquarters of the company
and elect the officers who will con
duct the business.
'When the full authorized Capital
has been paid to. this company soa do-
all that wo havo asked tho nzMwol or
State govern no eats to do fso aa From,
ths time we start, tho financial world
will respect us because wo will show
ws are determined to help * *
Having. ,«100.000<«d0 o*
woulff rank among hall a
the greatest corporations .
country. This combination Ot capi
tal, through deposited in scanty
banks slipover the South, would give
us power to do big business soMi as
has been done by Standard OH, Penn
sylvania railroad or United Mates
Steel," - 1
There will be a district manaeur in
each congressional district who, with
the county presidents of tho cotton
congress, will secure one or more
canvassers in each county to oolicit
cotton subscriptions. In tho asst few
days these district managers will ad
vertise meetings in their several
counties and will distribute Htorature
fully describing the company and ex
plain its operation in detail. When,
announced it Is hoped.♦hat the farm
ers will respond liberally to tho call,
and show their intereat In the propo
sition. )
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ZEPPELIN DROP8 BOMBS.
Germans Say Aerial Attack Wao a Re
taliation Upon French.
A Zeppelin flew over Nosey in
eastern France early Saturday morn
ing, dropping 14 bombs, according to-
a Paris dispatch. Two persons were
killed and a number injured, while
several buildings were damaged.
The German official version of the|
attack on Nanhy says:
“On the evening of December 20 a ,
French airman threw nine bombs on
a certain small village. No troops
were stationed at the place. There
was only a hospital which was plainly
marked. No damage of consequence
was done.
“In reply to this aerial attack and;
also the dropping of bombs on Frei
burg. which Is not defended and
which is outside the zone of opera
tions, German airmen threw medinm
alzed bombs into the outskirts of
Nancy."
Robbed Bank and Disappeared.
The F'lrst National Bank of Islip.
L. I., was closed Saturday when It
was discovered that an absconding
cashier had disappeared with a short
age of $40,000.
Watches Telephone ('onvernation*.
In her desire to maintain strict
neutrality Norway has Instraetad tel
ephone centrals to disconnect alt com
municants who persist In talking mill
tary matters.
Bombs I dropped on Dovnr.
A German aeroplane drop
bomb on Dover Thursday and
ed. although pursued.
a
P-
AeropUaes In Battle.
British aircraft Friday engaged a
hostile machine which appeared over
Sherness. •
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
Marry—I^rge list of wealthy mem
bers wishing early marriage. 9on-
fldentlal description free. Reliable
club. Mrs. Wrubel, Box 24, Oak
land, Cal.
Early Jemey Wakefield Cabbage
Planta—Shipped fresh from the soil
Parcel post, 20c hundred; 76e 560.
$1.20 1,000, prepaid; by express,
500, 60c; 1,000, $1; 5,00*, $4.76
"Hermitage Farm," Clark Wilcox,
Murrells Inlet, 8. C.
Give your wife, mother or sister *
nice Xmas present. Set of William
Roger's Carnation pattern Tea
Spoons, 87c. Rogers Bros. 1847
Vintage pattern, $1.?4. Write foi
prices on other silverware. W. Y
McNeill, Waterloo, S. C.
Notice—The PRINCE ENGINEER
ING-MACHINE WORKS at Ssmte
will contain APPRENTICE DE
PARTMENTS for automobile re
pairing and machine work. It wll
be the means of teaching our youn
men mechanical trade and “K2E1
THEM AT HOME." Request ap
plication blanks, and list of secom
hand cars, parts, and motorcycle
being cleared out.
Automobillsts—NEW YEAR star
our NEW PLANT. 5,000 squai
feet, concrete floor. Will accommi
date 100 cars. Washstands, pit
and machine tools for ANY repat
Painting, top and upholstery d<
partments. Winter Is time to pain
overhaul and fix tops; write f<
prices. narhTng car. If you live nca
shop In, or pass through Sumte
we have THE place to earn for a
your motor needs,*N THE PROPE
WAY Write ‘for list of secor
hand carp, parts and motorcycle
being cleared out; alsi applicatlo
for apprentice department If yo
want to learn AUTOMOBILE Rf
PAIRING FREE. Prince Englnee
ing-Machine Works.
iOTAUCAL KANUFACnjilNC COMPACT
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