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1 BIG LOAN FUND FOR COTTON CROP COMPLETED LAST WEEK IN WASHINGTON AS ANNOUNCED BY McADOO. (r. mm* aiift nun uii I mil TWd ur niML miLLium Itrtirl M. Uaruch, ? So nth Carotini*% fott Up Final Million HTien Hung* Swm Shakr,?Reserve I Board Tackling lJijr Task. The country-wide effort to furnish] aid to cotton producers and find a bottom for the cotton market came to a successful conclusion last week when Secretary McAdoo announced the com pletion of the $130,000,000 cotton loan fund. In making1 his announcement, Mr. McAdoo declared the success of the plan was assured. The secretary's statement came at the end of a day devoted to efforts to obtain conditions necessary to complete the $100,000,000 portion of the -fund assigned to banks in non-cottton j--_; oi ? i _M,. Mn A <)<,/, T>onl producing OLilLl'S". JUi, mtrnivw, a uui M. Warburg and W. P. G. Harding, members of the reserve board, in active charge of the pool plan, took active steps to gather in the remaining millions. Kuhn, Loeb & Co., of New York agreed to subscribe $2,000,000. At a luncheon given by John Skelton Williams, Bernard M. Baruch of New York said that he might invest in the fund up to $1,500,000. His offer was taken to the extent of $1,000,000 and the fund completed. A few hours after Mr. Baruch's offer word was received from several banks that they would subscribe to an amount of about $2,500,000. As it staVids the fund is oversubscribed about $1100,000 In announcing the completion of the plan Mr. McAdoo said: Up to the South. "I am gratified to be able to announce the success of the cotton loan fund. Subscriptions for the entire $100,000,000 of Class A certificates were completed this afternoon. This assures the success of the plan. To such extent as banks in the Southern States subscribe to Class B certificates, the $100,000,000 realized from the Class A certificates \\Jll be available for loans on cotton at 0 cents a pound. Full details of the plan have been published and it is not necessary to repeat them here. "The full amount of subscriptions to Class A certificates made by banks in non-cotton States amounted at 2 p. m. today to $97,297,000. The success of the plan was conditioned upon the subscription of the full $100,000, 000 of these certificates. In order to make up the deficiency of $3,000,000, Messrs. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of New "York subscribed $2,000,000 and Bernard M. Baruch of New York, formerly of South Carolina, subscribed $1,000,000, thus completing the required amount. The Neighboring Cities. "The following is a list of the cities and the amounts subscrbed to the fund: New York Cty, $50,000,000; Baltimore, $2,500,000; Boston, $2,085,000; Chicago,, $13,000,000; Detroit $1,082,000; Cincinnati, $2000,000; Cleveland, $2,000,000; Kansas City, $2,000,000; Louisville, $1,000,000; Minneapolis, $1,000,000; Philadelphia, $4,640,000; Pittsburgh, $2,000,000; Richmond, $1,125,000; St. Louis, $11,500,000; San Francisco, $360,000; Washington, $1,000,000; banks' total $97,297,000; Kuhn, Loeb & Co., $2,000,000; Bernard M. Baruch, New York, $1,000,000; grand total, $100,297,000. "It is not possible to announce each of the subscribers to the fund in each of the cities, but it may be said among the larger subscribers in New York were J. P. Morgan & Co., the National City bank, the Chase National bank and others whose names may, with their permission, be given as soon as the complete lists are supplied. The ? M , , - Look, at Me I am "Well. "I cannot say too much for Pe- 1^" runa. It has en- I tirely cured me of I iuy trouble. My eye were thick and red nearly all the ^^^HJp|| ?;"j|H| time. My eyes ^ KjLjL^^ a were especially sensitive to light. I Catarrh was my I trouble. I bad I toad my eyes I -v A treated and took I a freat deal of | WMtijmffiyM medicine, but 1 nothing seemed to I I Jielp me until I k^jflBHSSEJ tried Feruna. I always use Peruna when my family need It Always find it very food; & it helps wonderfully. Tou can use t roy testimonial anywhere you wish i to." Bo says Mrs. O. Skehan, No. I. lit C. Leavitt St, Chicago. Ills. | INCREASE OF KEG I LA R I*. S. ARMY. Impossible to Defend Canal and Tertorial Possessions With Present Forces, Declares Retiring Chief of StafT. Washington, Nov. 17.?Declaring it would be impossible to defend the Panama Canal and American territorial possessions against attack with present or proposed garrisons unless they could be rapidly reinforced, Major General Worespoon, retired chief of staff, in his report today recommended the increase of the regular army to a strength of 205,000 enlisted men. He proposed that this force be augmented through a system of reserves until there was created a mobile strength of 500,000 first line troops eouinned for a six-months eamDaiirn. General Worcspoon said there was need for more forces to protect rear approaches to American coast d^ fenscs and those points not covered by fortresses, and urged that the organized malitia be developed to a strength of 300,000 men. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh. That Contain Mercury.. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians. as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possiblv derive from them, Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co..Toledo, Ohio, contains no mercury. and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, O.. bv F. J. Gheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists. Price 75c per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.?adv. only banks in the city of Boston subscribing to the fund are the National Shawmut bank, the First National bank, the Fourth Atlantic National bank, the Webster and Atlas National bank and the Federal Trust company. Great credit should be given to Festus J. Ward arid George W. Simmons of St. Louis for their earnest and effective work. Delayed by Selfishness. "The success of this plan has at no time been in doubt, but its completion has been delayed by the selfish opposition of certain textile manufacturers and local' interests who have tried to defeat it. I am happy to say, for the sake of the country as well as for themselves, that they have be*n unsuccessful. "The successful completion of this plan throws upon my associates of the federal reserve board and myself added responsibility and a large amount of onerous work. It is no part of our official duties. We are already burdened with many difficult problems, but we have regarded the organization of this cotton loan fund as a patriotic service and felt obliged therefore to respond to the call that has been made upon us. "We beleve the carrying out of this plan will be beneficial, not only in helping the cotton situation, and the foreign exchanges, but also by promoting the general prosperity of the country, which now has such a happy impulse that it would be difficult tc retard it. It is a pleasure to testify to the patriotism and broadmindness of the banks and bankers who have so cheerfullly aided the secretary of the treasury and the reserve board in the organization of this fund." "A future clear and bright, with promise of the best things," was the way President Wilson summed up his view of the business prospect in a letter to Secretary McAdoo of the treasury department congratulating him upon the opening of the new federal reserve banking system. "Fundamental wrongs once righted, as they may now easily and quickly be," wrote the president, "all difficulties will clear away. We are all in the same boat, though apparently we had forgotten it. We now knov the port for which we are bound. Wc have and shall have more and more rtiir nr>w undprRtiin/linfri! v i r? n r? u common discipline of patriotic purpose. We shall advance, and advance together, with a new spirit, a new enthusiasm, a new. cordiality of spirit of cooperation." > Mr. Wilson referred to the new tariff law, the new currency law, the new trade commisssion law and the laboi provisions of the new anti-trust law as the means through which 'the soil has everywhere been laid bare out ol which monopoly is slowly to be eradicated." He added that "'undoubtedly the means by which credit has beer set free is at the heart of all these things; is the key piece of the whole structure." WkiMvcf Yom Need a General Tonic Take drove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic Is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QtJININB i and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drivei out Malaria, En richer the Blood and | Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. LIGHTS ALL LOWERED . ALL OVER ENGLAND THI S HIDING TOWNS FROM MARUDING AIRSHIPS OF GERMANY. COAGH CURTAINS DRAWN So That Railroad* and Trains May Not Famish a Guide for Hostile Ships of the Air.?Unusual Conditions are These. The greatest fear felt in T,?ndrm and in fact in all of the towns of England is the destruction that may be wrought by the huge air ships of Germany. For some time it is thought that Germany has been planning an attack. The lowered lights order issued tc hide London from maruding airships has been extended to the whole country. The restrictions are not as rigid in the provincial cities as in the Capital, but they prohibit all sky signs and other conspicious illuminations. Curtains of passenger train coaches must under the new order, be drawn while trains are traveling at night. Authorities evidently believe trains might act as guides to the enemy's airships. The famous Guild Hall, which is the Town Hall of London, has been insured against damage by air craft for $2,000,000. The premium paid was Sfl-DuO St OS-..I W?c+mi'?{o4-/i? T ? ; v W V, , WW v? ? U C4 I l\| TV C C V 1 I I * IIaO VA 7 A I Abbey also have been insured, accord-, ing to current reports. People Resentful. The majority of London's population apparently is beginning to be resentful instead of appreciative of these precautions. Now that the short days have begun, the discomforts of a darkened city are increasing. Three persons have been killed on the street at night durng the past week. The commissioner of police has issued an appeal to motor drivers to les sen the burden on the police. Large spirit of rush and recklessness, arising from war-time excitement, accounts largely for careless driving. Hundreds of motors are employed on military luties and these carrying the magic sign "O. H. M. S." (On his Majesty's service,) dash through the streets at a speed that sets a demoralizing example for drivers of taxis and private cars. Fleeing to Scotland. From German wireless messages Londoners have heard that thousands, arc fleeing to Scotland from fear of the Zeppelins. That is the first news of any such exodus that had been divulged. Old ladies shived at the word Zeppelin, but the general public is apathetic. The seaside hotels at Brighton and other channel resorts are filed with their usual complement of the leisure classes, notwithstanding the chances of a bombardment which the German dash to Yarmouth this week showed a danger to be reckon with. England is to have its own fleet of dirigibles by the beginning of next year, if plans of a company recently formed with a capital of $1,000,0001 Drove successful WnvL'c ??v? nmv I ing constructed, the promoter says. The new airships although smaller than the Zeppelins, are described as vastly more dangerous. Four Persons Killed. Four persons were instantly killed at Convoy, Ohio, 30 miles east of Fort Wayne, when the Pennsylvania flyer struck an automobile in which they riding early last Thursday. The victims were Durbin Leslie, mayor of Convoy, his wife and Dr. and Mrs. De Hayes, parents of Mrs. Leslie. 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MONEY IN PECANS IN SOl'TII CAROLINA Thc?e and Other Nuts that I)o Well in This State Discussed by Clemson Expert. Clemson College, Nov. 24.?Ther<a are large profits in pecans for the South Carolina farmer, according to F. J. Crider, associate horticulturist of Clemson College. Prof. Crider believes that more nut-bearing trees should be grown in this State and discusses this subject as follows: The demand for nuts as an article of commerce is constantly growing. Recent experiments show that the food value of nuts is much greater than was formerly supposed. Nuts have usually been looked upon as the fitting: close of a feast promoting cheerfulness and pleasant thought. In addition to serving this purpose, as sources of protein and fat they furnish nutritive material and energy. Pecans, chestnuts, walnuts, almonds, bra zil nuts, filberts and other nuts, in concentrated form furnish a great deal of nourishment. The most important commercial nut . rops in the United States are tlv Persian or English walnut, the pecan and the almond. Of these the pecan is admirably adapted to South Carolina. In Texas last year one tree produced a crop of nuts that was sold for 5300. Everywhere the demand for first-class pecans is exceeding the supply. The standard varietiesat all times bring go<xt prices. The old idea that pecans and other nuts will come true from seed has resulted in a large number of bearingtrees throughout the State producing outs of inferior quality. The only hope for such trees is to top-work them with standards. This is a delicate operation but can be successfully performed. Pecan-growing can be made a profitable business, but only where the grower plants budded or grafted trees. Standard varieties begin bearing in from 3 to 5 years and by the tenth year will yield profitable returns. Fori best results pecans require deep, rich soil, but they can be successfully grown in any soil in South Carolina. The growing* of English walnuts has not been sufficiently tried out ii this State, but there is no doubt bu' that the proper climate erquiremcnU exist here. It will be well for farmers to put out a few trees of this vah able nut to determine if their local) ties are suited to its growth. Do not put them in sonic neglected corner without giving them any attention o your efforts will provea failure. Cr.l tivate them and care for them aw you will be repaid. The almond does not thrive in thi climate on account of the late frosts Filberts or hazel nuts will, howcvci do well in this State and a few tree: should be on every farm. Chestnut, do well in the northwestern part o: the State. Every home in South Carolin: should have an orchard containing po cans and other fruits. Clemson Col lege urges the extended planting c the black walnut, which thrives in cv ery Southern locality . A few tree* about the home grounds or larger num bers in permanent pastures or on hill sides not available for general farrr. work will in time add largely to the farm's value as well as to its revenue. Roach Given Pardon. Pardon was granted iast week to T >' C/vliimKio L>. rVWill'Il, UJ VU1UU1U1U; TTIIU " x.".. victed of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature at the summer term of court for Richland county. The charge was based upon the alleged attempt of Roach to shoot someone in a crowd on the 1300 block of Mair street. The shooting occurred during the rather heated municipal campaign and .he presence in the crowd of Mayor L Griffith, who was then a candidate chat the shooting had a political significance. Testimony at the trial was to the effect that Roach approached the crowd and fired his revolver. The shot went wild, though narrowly miss ing some persons, it was stated. Roach was convicted and Special Judge W. A. Holman imposed a sentence of one year's imprisonment or a fine of $500. Clemency Two. Fred Robinson of Spartanburg, convicted at the May, 1914, term of court of simple assault and battery and given a sentencet of $100 or 30 days' imprisonment, was pardoned, according to papers filed in the office of secretary of state. Sam Able, colored, of Columbia, con victed at the May, 1914, term of court of larceny and given a sentence of five years' imprisonment upon the county works, was paroled during good behavior. Will Investigate. Prdfeident W. H. Milton of the board of directors of Jacksonville, Fla., plan ned last Thursday to call a meeting of the board to make a thorough investigation of the fire at the Florida Reform School at Mariarna in which eight students and two officials lost their lives last Wednesday. ??dMHT-? I UIIMIW??ft-J? ?o???? 11 THE QR I SiM W A successful; I U W* aiul c!l Blood 1 Q jjp V men and womc I | | | past 35 years. I F. V. LIP r1-^* iOCOQ RED 11 nave reduced me and Winter Hate, a Good*. I am no Goods at 25c. !> fk- . I.1"'. ' Call around and ins sure you will be pl< Mrs. J. V jgggggggg ? "LET US GIVE THANKS 3 5 UNTO THE LORD." jf s i J The ancient Hebrews kept tbe # K feast of thanksgiving with great If rejoicing and religious ccreinoiiy. ^ They culled it tbe "feast of in 3 J gathering." 3 If In Ijcvitlcus we are told that -j* ft the Lord spake unto Closes and Jv f said: ft "Ye shall do no servile work ,% If therein, and also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ft ft ye have gathered in the fruit of ft the land, ye shall keep a feast % If unto the I^ord, seven days, and ^ ft ye shall rejoice before the I^ord 'ft If your God seven days." jj % Again in Exodus is mentioned ft "the feast of harvest, the tlrst jj ft fruits of thy labors, which thou ft Jj! nast sown in the tield. and the ft feast of ingathering, which is the H *f end of the year, when thou hast * ! ft gathered in thy labors out of the 9 * Held." $ i. Ail of these feasts occurred 9 | after harvest time, when mate 3 ft rial blessings were both a bun- 9 j? da fit and obvious and the people 3 ft not only had the disposition, but 9 ! J the time, to he thankful after 3 ft the labor of crop gathering was 9 i S "vor- 8 * In tliese thanksgiving procln- * y innttons the r?eople were com- $ IT ma tided to tnke holldny. to feast y and to rejoice. and nil lite procla ? tf illations sinoe that day dowu to { those annually issued by our jy governors nave not improved y upon this. m When You Select Your Turkey. In selecting your turkey or chicken choose a bird that is heavy in pro|>ortioti to its size. Avoid those fowls that have a prominent breastbone, and pass over those having coarse skin and rough scales on the legs, for these show old age. Select a bird that has clean, smooth, yellow feet and legs, moist and delicate skin and u piomp breast, which, when pressed with the thumb, will be elastic iWorn Oul? || No doubt you are, if II you suffer from any of the II numerous ailments to II which an women are sub- \m ject. Headache, backache, sideache, nervous- ||^ ness, weak, tired feeling, k^ are some of the symp^k toms, and you must rid mu | I yourself of them in order 11 I to feel well. Thousands II I of women, who have II I been benefited by this II I I remedy, urge you to II II TAITR 11 Cardui II The Woman's Tonle || BMrs. Sylvania Woods, I I of Clifton Mills, Ky., says: 11 "Before taking Car dul, II I was, at times, so weak I II could hardly walk, and ^|| the pain in my back and JQ head nearly killed me. After taking three bottles I| offCardui,the pains dls* mm 11 appeared. Now 1 feel as II II well as lever did. Every II 11 suffering woman should 11 II fryGarduL" Oct a bottle || II today. E-di || EAT BLOOD PURIFIER. remedy for Rheumatism, Blood Poison )iseascs. A wonderful tonic for both n. Has been manufactured for the At all Druggists, $1.00. PMAN CO., Savannah, Ga. eoooocm UCED | prices on alll my Fall V Ind also en my Dress V w selling 50c Dress V pect eur line. I am ^ eastd. n V. Sparks ?0{?OQ08d^ NATIONAL FIELD AGENT IN FLORENCE. B. B. Hare Visits Pee Dee Section Collecting Crop Statistics. (Florence Times.) Mr. B. B. Hare. Field Agent of the Crop Reporting Scrivce cf the Nat ion?.l : ?ii * - ; " ugru'uiiurai itcpurti'ncnt was ir. the city yesterday endeavoring to get up some figures on the yield of tobac <? in this section. Mr. Hare also has a large number of other crops, most if grain crops that he is required to furnish statistics on and he in his round now is in the lower part of the State having canvassed the upper part of South Carolina some time ago. Mr. Hare was formerly with the Civil Service department and has been over the State several times in the in terest of this branch. He makes hi > home in Saluda. W .Mailing Nuts and Fruits Office of 3rd Asst. P. M. Gen. Washington, 1). C., Nov. 2, '14 Postmasters are informed that' pecans and other nuts, fruits, randif.s, ct.., put up by the producer, manufac turcr or dealer as proprietary articles i of merchandise *-- *? ... in ii aui (JII<1 111] 1! i| in sealed packages, labeled so as to shew the nature of the contents, quantity and name of producer, manufacture r or dealer, as the case may b \ arc mailable at the forth class rate e postage under the provisions of paragraph 5, Section 4G9, Postal laws a;v! ' Regulations. When in doubt as to ths proper method of putting up such re ticles in sealed packages for maili as fourth-class matter, pcstmasic i as fourth-classs matter, pcstmaste;n sistant Postmaster General, Division of Classification, as provieled in paragraph G of the section mentioned* W. J. B" Trows, Act'g. 3rd Ast. P. II, <GcnA Below Zero, The first severe cold of the geafoa I struck Omaha, Neb., last Thursday night. The local weather bureau reported the* temperature two degrees above zero. At Sioux City, Iowa, it was reported two below. Prohibits American Newspapers S i All American newspapers were prof I hibited from entry inti Mexico by an order from Gen. Villa put into cffcca, j last week. Persons crossing the bor uci were relieved of newspaper:- they ' carried. No explanation was given. The Villa troops were reported pressing south against the Carranza forces after the taking of Leon. | From Carraza officials came re porta, of preparations to meet the northpra. ers. Telegraphic reports from ^eon said that Villa forces had occupied Irapuato and Guanjuto without firing a shot. I Six thousand of the Carranza gar-. I rison at Irapuato surrendered unconditionally, it was declared. }' ^?' " One Mexican Woman Killed and Six Wounded by Guns ai Naco, One Mexican woman was killed, three others wounded and three m*?n hurt on the American side last Wednesday, the result of the attack on Naco, Sonora, made by Governor Maytorena/s Yaqui Indians. Three of HilTs wounded were killed iu men uusspiiai De<is hy shrapnel. Hill's casualties were eighteen killed and fifty wounded. Maytorcna's losses are not known. * There was heavy fighting all mora.ing, but cannonading in the afternoop was intermittent. For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The OM Standard general strengthening tonic. ? OROVK 8 ~\8TIOJtS8 chill TONIC. drives o-K Malatia and builda np the ajalem. A tree toa\: and ante Asoetiagr* Fotadalta end children. lms v