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OUR MGHTS MUST BE RESPECTED WILSON WILL SURRENDER NOTHING CONGRESS IN FURORE OVER GORE RESOLUTION AND OUR APPARENT DANGER STO'lE IS AGAINST WAR Pit iiliMit TliInkM Orniany WIU Stick I • A-mranros Hut We Must be I.. a<l> f to Uphold Kulea—SenatO" I Sa>n We Should Not Kntt“r for Any (auae. r esident Wilson, at the end of two days of agitation In congress for Hction warning Americans off armed merchant vessels, wrote a letter ThuniU.ty night to Senator Stone, chairman of the Senate foreign rela tions committee, stating that he could not consent to the abridgement of the rights of Ai lerfcan citizens in any re spect. The letter follows: •‘My dear Senator: I rery warmly appreciate your kind and frank let ter of to-day and feel that It calls for an equally frank reply. “Ton are rf;ht In assuming that 1 shall to everything In my power to keep the United States out of war. I tbiak tho country will feel no un- easlanos about my course In that re spect. Through many anxious monthi I have striven for that object, amidst difflcu Uea more manifold than can have h-ea apparent upon the surface, aad an far I have succeeded. ‘T do not doul t that I shall con tinue to succeed. The course whim ■Iral Kurn|M'sn powers have seed their Intention of follow ing in the future wilii'regard to un derarm warfare seems for the moment to Utrcmin'w laanprrahle ■•hsUM-km, hut IU apparent meaning Is so manifest ly la consist an t with explicit asaur- aacee recently Kivcn by those powers with regard to their treatment of mnrnhaal veasela on the high seas that 1 nest believe that explanations will presently ensue whlrh will put a different aspect upon It. "We have had no reason to «|»e*. tioa thwSr good faith nr thetr Itdeli** to thetr promise In the pant, and I, far eaa. feed omfldeot that we sii tli hare aeaa la the fata re. "Hut ta any event our duty •» dear. No nation, no group of na tions, has the right while wnr Is In progreaa. to alter or disregard the prtaeipleo which all nations hav# agreed upoa In mitigation of the hor rors aad suffering* of war, aad I* (he olear rights of American cUIxent Mi on Id ever anhapplly be abridged ori denied hy any sach action, we should. A seems to me. have In honbr no Choice as to what our own course dhoald he. *Hor my owa part I raa not ma seat he aay abridgement of the right' of Aaterima HUaene la aay reeftert. The honor and self-reepect of the na ties la Involved. We covet peace and Mai praeerve It at any cost but the leas of honor. To forbid our people to esereise their rights for fear we aslght he railed apon to vindicate them weald be a deep humiliation, ladaatf. "It weald be an Implicit, all but egplleH. acqalcsceoce In the violation of the rights of mankind everywhere aad of whatever nation or allegiance. It woald be a deliberate abdication of our hitherto proud position ns t.pokenmsn even amidst the turmo.l of war for the law and Jhe. right. It would make everything Ibis'govern meat has attempted and everything that It has achieved during this ter rible atruggle of nations meaningless and fatile. "It la Important to reflect that If In this Instance we allowed expa- diency to take the place of principle the door would inevitably be opened to still further concessions. Qnce ac cept a single abatement of right and .many other humiliations would cer tainly follow and the whole flna fabric of International law might crumble under our hands piece by piece. "What we are contending for in this matter is of the very essence of the tilings that have made America a sovereign nation. She can not yield them without conceding her own im potency as a nation and making vir tual surrender of her independent position among the nations of ttio world. "I am speaking, my dear Senator, la deep solemnity, without heat, with a clear consciousness of the high re sponsibilities of my office and as your sincere and devojed friend, 'ff „we Ihoald unhappily differ we shall dif* fer as friends, but where issues s5 momentous as these are involved we bust, just because we are friends, speak our minds without reservation Faithfully yours, “Woodrow Wilson.” The president wrote his letter du«- iBg me afternoon, shutting himself up In his study while congressional leaders vainly attempted to get him { on the telephone to tell him of de velopments at the capitol and to ar- J range for the call of the House lead- err He began to write- after tele- phone conferences with cabinet mem bers and other close advisers. His decision was to end all specu- howevert«have Indicated tljat Ger many would reply thel all assurances previously given would be observed but that they applied only to unarm ed vessels, and would propose discus sion, of what defensive armament propeTTy may be. How far such a proposal would go toward altering tlje situation Is said to depend largely upon additional In f ormation as to how armed Hritish merchantmen are said to have warred on German sub- merslbles, which is on ths way to Washington by math . Administration officials reiterated the declaration that the United Slate.! had never departed since the begin- ning of tiie submarine controversy from its firm stand for the observance of international law. And they point ed out that throughout history the right of a .merchantman to carry limited armament solely for defence never had been questioned. Keccnt developments in congress showed the administration leaders holding their lines against any such action as the president opposes. A canvass of the Senate disclosed sen timent in favo^f President Wilson s position dominating. In the Housa the administration position was less certain, but the leaders were'confi dent that a vote *rould show an over whelming majority for upholding the president. Senator Stone's letter to the presi dent follows: ^ "Dear Mr. President: Since Sena tor Kern, Mr. Flood and I talked alttf you- on Monday evening, I am more troubled than I have been for many a day. I have not felt author ized to repeat our conversation, but I have attempted. In response to numerous Inquiries from my col leagues. to state them, within the confidence that they should observe my general understanding of you* attitude to be substantially as fol lows: . c ‘ Thst while you would deeply re gret the rejection ,by Great Hritaln of Mr. I.anslng's proposal for the dD •rmanianl of (uercbaal vessels of tha Allies with the understanding that Germany and her allies would not flr upon a merchant ship If she hauled to when summoned, not attempting to escape, and that the German war ships would only exercise the ad milled right of visitation and cap ture, and would not destroy the cap tured ship, except In clrrumstanc** that reasonably assured tha safety of paasaagers and crew, you were of the opinion that If Great Hritaln and be' allies rejected the proposition and In slated upon arming her merchaLt ships she would be within her right i ndrr International law. Also tbs' you would feel disposed to alloe ai tied vessels to be cleared from our poi's. also that you are'not favor ably disposed to the Idea of this gov eminent taking any definite steps to ward preventing American rltixens from embarking upon armed mer chant vessels. Furthermore, thst you would consider It your duty. If a Oer man warship should Are upon an armed merchant vessel of the enemy upon whlrh American citizens ware passengers, to hold Germany to stri:*. account. “Numerous members of the Sen ate and the House have called to dla cnee this subject with me. I have felt that the members of the t houeee who ere to deal with this grave question are entitled to know the situation we are confronting as I understand It to be. I think I should say to you that the members, of both houses feel deeply concerned and dis turbed by what they read and hear. “I have heard of some talk to th3 effect that some are saying that after all It may be possible that the pro gram of preparedness, so-called, has some relation to such a situation we -are now railed upon to meet. I have counselled all who have talked with me to keep cool; that that whols business Is still the subject of dlplo mary and thafyou arc striving to the utmost to bring about some peace able adjustment and that In' the meantime congress should be careful not to ‘ball up' a dlplomatlc^sltua- tion by any kind of hasty and ill- considered actidfl. "However, the situation in con gress is such as to excite a sense of deep concern in the minds of careful and thoughtful men. I have felt that It is due to you to siyr this much. * .‘t- “I think you understand my per sonal attitude with respect to this subject. As much and as deeply as 1 would bate to radically disagree with you, I find It difficult for my sense of duty and responsibility to consent to plunge tills nafion into the vortex of this worhHwar because of the unrea sonable obstinacy of any of the powers upon the one hand, or, on the other hand, of foolhardipess, amount ing to a sort of nioral treason against the republic, of’(pur people recklessly risking their lives on armed bellig erent ships. I can not escape the con viction that such would he so mou-' strous as to be indefensible. . “I want to be with you and to stand by you, and I moan to do'so up to the last limit, and I want to talk with you and Secretary Lansing with the utmost frankness—-to confer wit.i you and have your Judgment and counsel—and I want to be kept ad vised as to the course of events, as t Efiems to me I am entitled to be. In the meahllmeTTam strTving'io prevent anything being done by any senator, or member calculated to em barrass your diplomatic negotiation (. latioa over the position of the gov- jjp ( 0 i as t ypu should be left free ernment, and to let congress and the i to act diplomatically as you think for aountry know that the adminlstra-' the best to settle the questions In-} don believed the United States could volved. I need hardly say that my “Whereas. It Is equally the desira and the Intent of the American j»e<K pie to remain at peace with air na tions; and “Whereas, the president has re cently offered fresh and signal proofs of,the" superiority of diplomacy’ tbj butchery as a method of settling in ternational disputes; and “Whereas, the right of American citizens to travel on unarmed bellig erent vessels has recently received renewed guarantees of rospect and inviolability; and “Whereas,, the right of Americau citizens to travel on armed belliger ent vessels rather than upon unarm ed vessels is essential neither to their life, liberty or safety, not to tha in dependence, dignity or security of the United States; and “Whereas, Congress alone has been vested with the power to declare war, whlch nnvolves the obligations to pre vent war by aU proper means con sistent with th&bTionor apd vital in terest of the nation: Now, there fore, be it “Resolved, by the Senate, tlie House of Representatives concurring, that it is the sense .of the^congress, vested as it is with the whole power to declare war, that ail persons ow ing ail allegiance to the United States should, in behalf of their own safety and the vital Interest of the United States, forbear to exercise the right to travel as passengers upon any arm ed vessel of any belligerent power, whether such vessel be armed for of- fensiveordefensive purposes, and it is the further cense of the congress that no passport should be issued or re newed by the Secretary of State, or by any one acting under him, to be used by any person owing allegiance to the United States for purpose of travel upon any such vessel of a bel ligerent power." Senators Gore and Hoke Smith were very active throughout the day sounding the sentiment of the Sen ate. Senator Stone also participated In this canvassing, talking chiefly with the Republicans, among whom he is said to have found few sup porters for the agitated action. Senator Smith was said to have dis covered that a large number of Dem ocratic Senators believed some step should be taken eventually, but that few sere prepared^to commit them- cclves to any action at tfita time. ,. Majority I-eader Kltchln, of the House, who Is known to favor the resolution If Its passage would pre vent the United States from going to war. maintained what he termed th- attltude of a “spectator" during tha day s activities. 10 INCREASE ARMY - HAY FRAMING BILL WHICH MEETS NEW SITUATION ADOPT COMPROMISE PLAN Regular Army Will be Larger Titan Recommended by Garrison—Con- • . .v ’ *1 ■ j templates Peace Strength of Half DEMOCRATS THREATEN BOLT FROM PRESIDENT ♦ Sratlmeal of Some Member* Is to Keep American tltlsews All Armed Hlilpa. Off Agitation In congress for action warning Americans to keep off armed ships of the Kuropean belligerents suddenly grew to such proportions .Wednesday that the Democrats of the foreign relations committee voted to canvass the sentiment of the House oa several pending resolutions of that nature. At no time dll the question come out openly on the floor of either the House or the Senate, but about a scorn of congressmen, who announced they were In favor of warning Amer icans even If It Involved a repudia tion of the administration policy. If thereby they thought war would be averted, kept both houses In a state of tension thst practically blocked business. All the demonstration was in the Democratic ranks and there wan no open show of sentiment among the Republicans. It was Indicated, how- ever. that ReniibHcan Leader Mann sympathized with President Wilson’s policy and that any outbreak would have to reckon with his forces. RUSSIANS CHASE TURKS Fleeting Defenders of Erseram are Followed by Their Foe. The Russians still are pressing the Turkk’ hard In Armenia. Constanti nople, in its first official statement concerning the reverse to the Turk ish arms at Erzerum, says the retire ment to positions west of the fortress took place after the Turks had de stroyed positions to the east of Erze rum and also fifty old cannon which they could not take with them. De nial is made that the Russians cap tured one thousand cannon and eighty thousand prisoners. '■ AIR FIGHTS NUMEROUS Paris Tells of Destrbctlon of Works of the Enemy. is-] 3 I [ or- wlsh Is to help, not to hisder, you. “With the highest regard and most sympathetic consideration, I have the honor, Mr. President, to be very sincerely yours. “fgtgaadl William J Stone Tim i cwolnfVm-wfTtch Senator Gor** do nothing but stand behind the lisht of Its cltixens to the freedom of the eeaa. ' ' Mgd * At the state department It wae •Uted that In Its International pacta the situation had aot change In an rtlJBT^st dnrw for Htree b four daye. Officials said nothing had ; sought to Introduce la the Senate by unanimous consent was as follows- "Whereas, a number . of leadin? powers of the world are now enesY>1 In a war of unexampled proportion:,. and —■ 4. —rr—*- ■ Where*! the Patted States ’a happily at revee with all of the bel ligerent nations Numerous fights In the air be tween German and French aviators have taken place. Paris reports that several of the German machines were brought down by the fire of the French airmen. Aeroplane raids have been carried out by French and British aeroplane squadrons, notably on the German aviation field at Hab- sheim, at'M’neUMrtiSen and on a muni tions factory at Pagny-Snr-Moselle. British aircraft bombed the toufa of Don, southwest bf'Lllle. Fletcher O. K.’d by Committee. Henry PraWier Fletcher's nomina tion as ambassador to Mexico was ordered reported 'to the Senate by the foreign relations committee Wednes day with the recommendation that It be confirmed 'as soon as possible. Million Including National Guard ’ J JJ. — ■ .. ■—r- : —Double in War Times. National preparedness legislation took a long step forward in congress M'onday when the House military committee reached a practical agree- pient on the outline of the army bill which it will unanimously present for passage. Chairman Hay was author ized to frame the measure, which Is a compromise for the continental army plan advocated by Former Sec retary Garrison and President Wil son. Complete federalization of the Na tional Guard will be substituted for the proposed continentals and the White House was Informed during the day that the committee was a unit in supporting the plan, only the language and minor details remain ing to be worked out. The measure will grant virtually the entire program mapped out by Secretary Garrison for the regular army and go even further than it recommended in providing for re serve military supplies. A total peace strength of five hundred and seventy- five thousand men in the standing army and the guard combined will be provided for, with reserve systems more than doubling the force in war. The expense for the whole estab lishment this year Is roughly esti mated at one hundred and seventy- four million dollars, exclusive of Pan ama canal defenses, carried In an other bill; proposals Tor additional iitiiKary school* In aH states, carried.' in the McKellar bill favorably re ported b’y the committee with an ap propriation of three million eight hundred and forty'thousand dollars for this purpose and whatever may be later decided u|>on in carrying out a scheme to foster the fixation of at mospheric nitrogen In the United States giving the country Its own supply of Ingredients for explosives. The first year of the Garrison plan would have called for a total expen dlture of one hundred and eighty- two million doltnrs. Whether the new bill will be ac ceptable to President Wilson has not been Indicated but the committee be lieves Its plan will override every ob laeMaa to the substitution of the Na tional Guard for the continentals and that coagresa baa full legal authority for Its rccomplishment. To complete the compromise with the president on the continental army the bill will authorize the In crease of the regular army to a total peace strength-of one hundrej and forty-aeven thousand, by adding ten regiments of Infantry, four regiments of field artillery, fifty-two companies of coaat artillery, fifteen companies of engineers and four aero squad rons. This Is the exact regular army pro gram mapped out by Former Secre tary Garrison before the unfavorable reception of the continental army scheme led to his resignation. It represents also a concession by Chair man Hay. who urged previously reaching the same total strength by recruiting present regiments up to full war strength and adding to the field artillery arm. Under the tentative Ml!, the regu lar-army would have an organisation capable of being expan^d to two hundred and seventy-five thousand men In war time, and a reserve pro vision will be Included designed to producf^annually seventy-five thou sand reservist, obligated to return to the colors under call. It will pro vide also for doubling the cadet corps at West Point and creation of thirty cadet companies to be attached to regular regiments to. be trained for entry into an officers’ reserve corps. TO HANDLE BLOCKADE New Cabinet Member Created by the Rritish Government. The.British government, through the Marquis of Lansdowne, announc ed in the House- of Lords Tuesday night that it had decided to turn over all matters connected with the blockade of Germany to one man who would rank as a full fledged cabinet minister. It is understood that the new post will go. to Lord Robert Cecil, who, since the fonnation^of the coalition government, 1 as been tz ^Tttider-secretary for foreign affairs. He will retain this post, joining the cabinet as blockade fhinister. The new minister will be charged with the administration of the order in council,regulating the blockade as well as responsibility for the general policy and practice of the government with respect to trade into or from neutral countries. Burton Comes Out. Former Senator Theodore Burton of Cleveland Wednesday filed his for-- raal announcement of his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president. 4 ' . ' . CLASSIFIED COLUMN AND FARMERS EXCHANGE Cabbage Plants—Shipped from coajst 75t per 1,000.' L. M. Pooser Orangeburg, S. C. Registered, pedigreed, Canadian ano American Tamwortiis. Crowhuisi Farms, Box 1035, Asheville, N. G Ready for Shipment—Several head of big type Duroc-Jcrsey pigs. Ali registered. G. W. Doolittlo, Sanders ville, Ga. Send your orders for pure home grown Sudan grass seed to Ken tucky Farmers Seed Association, Branch, Bristol, Tenn. For Sale—60 extra fine Poland China pigs. All eligible to register and best breeding. Dr. S. J. Summers and Sons, Cameron, S. C. Virginia and Spanish Seed Peanuts— Best selections. Soja Beans. Write for prices. Raiford and Co., Peanut Specialists, Norfolk, Va. Frost Proof Cabbage Plants—Char leston Wakefield and Succession, 1,000 at 75c; 5,000, 65c. R. F. Vermillion, Hodges, S. C. Early Speckled Velvet Beans—High per cent, germination guaranteed; bushel, -|1.90 10 or oyer, $1.75. S. C. Gordon, Grove Hill, Ala. WANTED—BURNED-OUT MOTORS. GENERATORS AND TRANSFORM ERS TO REPAIR. CHARLOTTE ELECTRIC REPAIR CO., CHAR LOTTE, N. C. J. G. Allen and Son, Newport, Tenn., Breeders of pure bred Shorthorn cattle, dual-purpose kind, reds and roans. Calves, heifers, bulls and cows for sale. Yorkshire Pigs—$5; seve> weeks old. S. W. Hayes Lenoir, N. C. For Sale—Two pens Go. Shawlneck Gdtnua Acock, (our hens); also five, stags and two pullets. These are choice birds and in perfect condi tion. R. W. Smith, Marble Hill, Pickens Co., Ga. Nothing New in Caucasus. In the Caucasus Petrograd report* that the Russians continue success fully to press back the Turks, heard from Germany in ra- hponae to the' request of the United States for aasarancea that previoa* pledges given la the Lusitania and Arable aegotlgtioss would not he neb hy the new campaign agalas*. Coa Ual advices from Berlin Sell Your. Hides'at Home catchers aad Reef Clubs, send me your Hides aac get Cheek by return 'mall at highest market pries* (frit* or telephone to me Lr Information. WISLE W. MARTIN OLI MR1A, a. I It. I. Red Eggs for hatching from heavy laying, trap-nested stock. SI, $l >0, |2.50 and S5 per 15. Day- old chirks and cockerels. L. J. Leonhirth, Sumter, S.. C. Wanted—Live agents everywhere to handle our high grade rebuilt type writers. I.owext prices on type writers. Glbbes-Dsvls Typewriter Exchange. Columbia, S. C Wanted llidea. Furs and Waal— Write us for prices and shipping tags. Do It now! Charleston Hide and Fur Co., Charleston. S. C. Ref erence. Carolina Savings Bank. Georgia Cane Syru^—New, pure, un adulterated; 914 per 35-gal. barrel f. o. b. Cairo, Ga. Quantity limited Short crop. Order quirk If you ex pect to get It J. L. Mauldin, Cairo. Ga. Cabbage Plant*—The frost prooi kind Jhat makes heads. 500 for 75c; 1,000 for fl.25; 3.000 for S3; 5,000 for 14.50; 8.000 for S6 40; lO.ooo for S7 50. C. H. Anderson and Son Meggett. S. C. Wanted—To save you money on your magazines and paper* Give maga zines for Christmas. Write, for my free catalogue showing all lowest clubbing offers W. B. McCall. Marion, S. C. Alabama Speckled Velvet reed beans for <ial*;-of *he early variety,‘ SL75 per bushel, any quantity f. a. b. here, sacked in even weight two bushel sacks.. Rhodes Brothers, Georgiana, Ala. Cyphers strain need no recommenda tion. S. C. R.« I. Reds, S. C. White Leghorn egfcs, $1.50 per 15. An egg replaced for every egg that fails to hatch. R. T. Pugh, Cashier Peo ples National Bank, Prosperity, S. C. " ■"—* ! ; Pigeons—White Homers, White Swiss Mondaines, Belgian Carneaux, English Giant Runts, all large, healthy birds; mated and working; will sell cheap; money hack if they don’t please. Write for prices. H. B. Gordon, 112 Allen St., Owens boro, Ky. Seed, Fresh Seed^We have Just started in the seed business and of course all of our seed is fresh. We have everything in Field and Gar den Seed line. Write for our whole sale and retail price list. The Kirk land Distributing Co., Seed Depart ment, Columbia, S. C. , Mitchell's Early Double Prolific Yield Cotton defies* ; boll weevil, insects, disease, frost and unfavorable sea sons with largest .profit and yield oh record. The proof £ent free, 100 pounds seed sacked $5. Cocke's Prolific Corn, $1 peck. Sugar Loaf Farm, Youngville, N. C. W hite Leghorn Eggs—$1.15 per set ting. Ten chicks guaranteed. Gel- zer Sims, Orangeburg, S. C. For full blood bird, puppies, four months old, Apply to J. R. Corbett, Horatio, S. C., Sumter county. Seed Corn, $2 per bu.l Flint varie ty; big yielder ideal corn. Owl Commercial Co., Quincy, Fla. Select. Jsged Chufas—$1 peck, $3 bushel. ' L -8oy beans, $1.50 bushel. Native grown. J. F. Barwick, Ay- den, N. C. , Velvet Beans—We have them in lots to suit. Ask us for prices and save money. Chipley Gin Company, Chiplcy, Fla. For Sale—Six Shetland Ponies seven months to six years; all mares; broken fine condition. Leo S. Smith, Guilford College, N. C. A guaranteed hatch. Write for par ticulars as to White Leghorns $1.15 per setting.. Gelzer Sims, Cirange- burg, S. C. Write now for my offer. Agents Wanted—$5 profit daily sell ing our new household articles; $2.50 premium with each $1.98 sal* makes quick profit. Huse Company, Atlanta, Ga. ' . For Sale—Velvet Beans for seed, the early speckle variety; 1,000 bushels in 2 bfi. sacks at $2 per bushel f. 0. b. Castleberry. Ala. A. H. Riley. Castleberry, Ala; l^-t is Collect your accounts. We collect in and out of State. Costs nothing to try. No collection, no charges. The Rhame Mercantile Agency, Sumter. S. C. Your Name .a Mold stamped on Gen uine Leather W’*1let; identification card and six other useful features. $1- postpaid. Clifford Thompson. 60 Queen street. Charles’on. S. C. Ancona- are the 20th century egg machines. You need Anconaa if yon want eggs. Prixe winning stock and eggs to sell. Sheppard strain. T. E Nelson Poultry Farm, Foun tain Inn. S. C. * For Sail-—Barred Rock egga for hatching, utility, $1 25 setllng pre paid: from prize winners, $3 50. I ’ won first cockerel Marlon; second co, kend Darlington 1915. i J. A Hrlckhouse. Sellars. 8. C. Cabbage Plant* Free—Send $ t 60; we’ll send 1,000 cabbage plants, sure headers and frost proof. Will _ give an extra thousand each thou sand ordered. Atlantic Coast Plant Co., Yonge'a Island. 8. C. Marry—We have large number wealthy members This club Is ons of the oldest and most successful; strictly confidential; particulars free. The Reliable Club. Mrs. Wrubel. Box 26; Oakland. Cnl. The Newton Nurseries—Growers of clean, high grade Nursery stock. We make a specialty of fruit hear ing trees, apple, peach, peara. plums, etc. All stock delivered to your de pot. Write for catalogue, Rt. 1, Newton, N. C. For Sale- - Seed corn, throe ear* to stclk: 100 ears shell bushel; will yield more than any -variety on the marker 75r peck, J7~ bushel for immediate shipment. Check must accompany order. Wra. W. Furtlek. Swansea. S. C. FOIl SALE—“Castor Bean Meal Analyzing 7 per cent Ammonia. 1 pey cent. Potash at $29.56 f. 0. b. Charleston, 8. C., bagged and tag ged. Terms, cash as chipped Decem- ber-January shipment." A. F. Prin gle. 30^4 Broad Street, C arleston, S. c. FOR SALE—“Florida Phosphate Rock very finely ground, analysts 68 per cent., bone Phosphate Lime Equivalent to 31.75 Total Phos- phoris Acid at $6.75 Bulk or $8 bagged and tagged f. 0. \ Charles ton. Terms cash against documents. December-January shipment. A F. Pringle. 30 V4 -Broad Street. Charles ton. S. c. \ Fop Sale—Fancy Florida Oranges, $1.50; Fancy Grapefruit, fcg; Reed Chufas. bushel, $4: Ocban Seed Corn, $3: Speckle VelveFBean Seed, $2.50)^Torto Rico SWeet Potato shipment shout May 1, $1.50; Chi nese Beans, $3.50; Dressed Pork, any size, 9c pound. Ar.k for.price* on amoked bacon and Florida Cane Syrup. Send cash with order and dedyct 10 per cent. Caswell and Grimes, Aluchua, Florida." Wanted—Furs, hides, beeswax, tal low, all grades scrap metals, rubber, etc. In market -for iron, carload lots. Write us full description what yon have. Fifteen years experience has taught us pr&per outlet.' Satis- faction guaranteed. Prices and tags on request: H. S. W'addeil and Co., ^Sumter, S. C. Budded pecan trees, producing large soft shell nuts, 50c to $1.00 per tree. Special discounts for lots ot 100. Tod budding seedlings, un profitable varieties, and native Hickories by contract.- Twelve years experience in pecan culture. W. Watson, "Pecanwood," Orangeburg. 8. C. One thousand bushels, special select ed early kpeckl^yeiynt beans, sack ed in even weighrvii bushel new burlap bags, prices as Yupg as they last $1 50 per bushel, f. oNlr cars. Greenville. If you want good sound seed beans send u* your ordei 1 . Ueb- land. Bros, Mercantile Co., Green ville. Ala. For Sale—Few hundred bushels choice Webber cotton seed. Saved from our own crop specially for planting seed, carefully ginned on our plantation gin and not mixed. The same seed as will use in plant ing ohr SAfLaeree this year. Staple uniform','full 1 14 Inches and sold by .us- this^season at 1814 cents. ’ Yield * in seed cotfon per acre equal to short cotton arid many planting onr seed last year tell- us they made more Webber^ per acre than short cotton, Webfier is prolific: Webber fruits closely: Webber is early ma turing: -Webber has the staple;' *- Webber brings, the price; Webber makes the money. Our Webber last year brought us an average pre mium of more than $25 per bale about $3.750—and tbte more than paid for all fertilizer used on corn and cotton. Mr. Farmer, take a rhance. plant Webber and ret more .money for your rotton crop Price * while they last. $1 25 busJjeHn.bsgs on cars; check to come witVordr A4k for, special prfp* T^'U ad will rto* anp<xr, again. ^L^rkman and Mackey. Crn.Jen. '8. C - j-' order.. r ar Ipla.