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fr j; \ 'still some hope is i of averting WAR Washington, Feb. 10.?Secretary Lansing, speaking at a banquet o> Amnorst alumni here tonig.it, said ^t' at although the United State? u:i- f y deniably v. as near the verge of war, i "there is al ways the hope that our country may be spared the terrible r' calamity ol' bcir.g foived into the c^r. j a ov> "It is a time," lie said, "ol anxiety for us all, a time of heavy rcsponsi, b iity for smr.? of us. We are look y. i %g forward i to the uncertainties of t u the future and wc are striving to v t read what it holds in store for us and ^ f for our country. We can hardly close t y our eyes to the fact that we are r standing close to the verge of war t which has for two and a half yearr c j wasted the great empires of Europe y L and brought untold woes to mankind, t I; Ominous though the situation may r ' seem, there is always the hope that t our country may be spared the ter- g rible calamity of being forced into i the conflict.. It is now as it has been from the beginning the wish and en ^ deavor of this government to remain r ? at peace with all the world if it can t h - do so with honor. "I can not discuss here the su ]>reme subject of American * thought ; today, either to review tlie past or to } prophecy for the future. It is not a time to speak, it is a time to'think, to * , think earnestly and deliberately. It is a time for coolness and self-re- 1 l straint rather J,han for surrender, to 1 I the natural impulses which avo> arou.- i ed by great events affecting the national honor, the national duty and the national welfare of our country. U 1 SOUNDED NEUTRALS. Amsterdam?Germany was satisf'ed in advance that the European nuetrals would not take action of a radical nature against her because of ; the launching of her new submarine campaign, according to a statement attributed by the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin, to Count Tisza, the Hungarian premier. o What Next? But when we have finished prohib iti ng "licker," what then shall we prohibit??Copied. C OTTON-SEE D ?EXCHANGE FOE MEAL? See our Mr. W. Percy Hardwicke, of Conway, S. C., before selling, we want your business. LBA MANUFACTURING CO Stating $500,000.00 CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office over Horry Drug Co. 4) Buy Fertilizers Early. Those who have fertilizers to buy can make no mistake in buying early?Progressive Farmer. o ouinu men expect lO piCK ClOliarS from the tree where only cents could possibly grow. o Congratulate Wilsonv Jeremiah O'Leary, who had an un/ pleasant experience with the president during the campaign, now sends the executive a note of congratulation and praise upon the president's world Monroe Doctrine. George Syl- I vester Viereck, editor of The father- ' land, calls it the "President's Sermon on the Mount" and the greatest deliverance since the Declaration of Independence. Such fulsome praise r from these two gentlemen may cause ^ the president to feel some misgivings j as to the correctness of his view.? r Montgomery Advertiser. e o fc ANNOYING KIDNEY ILLS " Make Life Miserable for Manv Con way People. " ' n There's nothing more annoying o than kidney weakness or inability to'v properly control the kidney secretions Night and day alike, the sufFerer is v tormented and what with the burning 11 and scalding, the attendant backache,, I headache and dizziness, life is indeed, $ a burden. Doan's Kidney Pills have 11 given peace and comfort to manyiv Conway people. Profit by this Con-' wav resident's experience. j n H. C. Moore, farmer, Conway, says: tl "For several years I was so bad off b with my back and kidneys that 1. could hardly walk. 1 suffered awfully, , day and night from a constant pnini^ in my baek. My sight became blur- ci r*"l and oh.W^s floated before my t< eyes. The kidney secretions at times passed too frequently and then again were scanty. I got Doan's Kidney Pills at the Conway Drug Co., and b they rejieved me of the backache. The ci other symptoms of kidney trouble {j also left. I always have Doan's Kidney Pills on hand and they keep me in good shape," Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't j t.i c- vnl?f e"1, >or a kidnev remedy?get cc Doan's Kidnov 'Pills?the same t^r.t j 1V Mr. Meevo i^d. Fe?ter-Milhurn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.?adv. j C{ SOON WOULD CRIPPLE I COMMERCE OF WORLD 11 iermany's Ruthlcssness, Car-'c t ricd on With Success That c Marked First Days. [ / n li Washington.?Germany's ruthless 3 ubmarinc warfare continued with he succses of the past isw day<? /ouid destroy within a short time a ;rcat part o? the world's merchant onnage. Ofrkiais here estimated 00 econts for the. three days since the xpiration of the time allowed in the jerman proclamation tor snips at ea on February 1 to get into port hat vessels were being sunk at the ate of nearly a million tons a men h. he amount German naval authorities iet as necessary to starve the British sles. At that rate it would take just four fears to destroy the tonnage of the mtire world, 43,000,000 tons, if all he world's ships ventured into theivar zone. Lloyd's report puts the tonnage <unk FebruaVy G, G and 7 at about ^5,000 tons. The world turned out in 101G les^ ,han 2,000,000 tonnage of merchant J ,eHsels. Duiing the year the .Germans sank a trifle more than that, making the net loss in world's shipping about 1 1-2 per cent. Ship manufacturers in all the allies find neutral countries are rushing work or. merchant ships. Vessels have been standardized and it is almost impossible to have made any here a ship of special construction. The British government is having built great steel cargo ships all alike and of the simplest construction. Th: ' yards are busy night and day on the i; I construction and as they are off the i ttays keels will be laid for more. There are no figures to show th? amount of tonnage constantly on the >cas carrying goods to and from the British isles. United States customs reports show that about 1,500,00') tons clear from American ports every month but as some vessels clear twice the figures are misleading < About the same amount of tonnage urn vets mommy from European ports. -Of the 48,000,000 tons of merchant ships in the -world Great Britain owns about 20,000,000 tons. The 1 United States is second with a little more than 6,000,000 tons, of which, i 2 000,000 tons is in lake and river trade. In American ports there art yo German merchant vessels of 600,- i 000 tonnage which put in for haven i at the outbreak of the war. < MUSTANG For Sprains, Lameness, ^ Sores, Cuts, Rheumatism > 1 * Penetrates and Heals. Stops Pain At Once For Man and Beast 25c. 50c. $1. At All Dealers. ^ LINIMENT LEVY SUGGESTED ' IS EIGHT MILLS' The general appropriation bill, car- t ying $2,650,870.30, was introduced in p he house last week. A State tax r evy Of 8 mills Will bo rrnnir^ ,? (j neet the demands on the State gov- c mment. One mill of the 8 mills will p ?e to make up the deficit of $300,000 c >rought over from hist year. No j, iew projects are provided for. Many v f the appropriations asked by the c, arious departments of the State /ere pruned to the bone by the comlittee un<ler the direction of J. T. r> ,iles, chairman. An appropriation of 0 473,009 is provided for the State j( lospital for the Insane. This pro- (.( ides for continuance of the improve- (s?, lent work. The maintenance cost of | A ic institution was greatly increased n ecause of the "high cost of living." (j Provision is made in the bill for le enlargement of the State tubcrnlosis sanitarium at State park. A till ef $40,000 for several buildings, 20,000 this year and $20,000 in 1918. ; provided. The erection of those uildings was made necessary beEiuse more than 30 beds were conilionally endowed. o King Gustave of Sweden has reirned to Stockholm from his visit i King Cliristian of Denmark at Co- | 'mhagon end immediately su..\mond a council of ministers. | THE HOBBY HERA MRS WONT 60 T without mm' J Now York, Fob. 10.?Unless the v Jnitcd Sta.es government provides onvoys or guns ami gunnners to pro * ret its ships, the American line, ow:. I rs of t,%c vteamships St. L uis, S' 'aul and other liner**, will net sen- c hem : c^sr the Atlantic, it war an ( ounccd hero today by P. A. S. Frank c in, president of the International ; lercantile Marine. PERUNA in A housewife must give th other ailments. Her promptness saves a serious illness. Her exp her to know that PERUNA is a have it on hand for the immed colds, and that it is always to h< tMrs.George Parker, 419 Wuter St., Menasha. Wis., writes: "We nave used Parana in our family for a number of years, aud have found it a perfectly reliable medicine. It soon rids the system of any traces of n cold, and prevents serious con"1 began using it for catarrh, which I suffered with a good many years, hut had not been very serious until recently, Sinac I have taken Peruna the dropping in my throat has discontinued, and my head and nose ore not so stopped up in the morning, lam pleased with the results, and 3hallcontinue to it until I U rn pntirolu ? ? - ? v?4\it v> j * iu u? vavauu. "1 heartily recommend itusun honestlniedicine." What itdocs for her it is ready to do for you. Colds and Ci The great weight of testin lated in the 44 years that PERI market proves it, beyond question, to I edy, ever ready to take, preventing tl coughs, grip and derangements of th proof is published from time to time profited by it. Remember you can obtain PERUNA in tablet foi witb you and be fortified against sodden attacks. The Peruna Company, C irnwmmwi??mmmmrnmmmmmtmmmmammmm LEAK SENSATION AGAIN FLATTENS Waahnigton. ? Another promised sensation in the "leak" inquiry flattened out today with the long- awaited testimony of Mrs. Ruth Thomason Yisconti, the mysterious informant on whose Statement Thomas W. Lawion based some of his m |c dramatic charges. . Declining to say publicly who told her that Secretary Tumulty and W. W. Price, -a White House correspondent, profited by advance information on the peace note, Mrs. Visconti vcalcd to the investigating committee in confidence that all her information came from remarks of Price's young daughter. Imme Ma'"cv afterward Price tool; the stand, reitmrted his der.iil of profiting by information obtained in confidence and said he had reason to jolievc the rumor repeated by Mrs. Yisconti s.artcl from chance cbser r:\ticn by members of his family .hat he could so have profited. A crowd that Jammed the comnlitoc room to her the sensational ro ume of capitol gossip which it had >een reported M>*s. V'sconti migh; ittempt to put into the record did not ' :onceal its disappointment at the >revity of her testimony. The few juestions asked here were confined 1 iharply to the rumors of a leak anu 1 ater it was announced that she would 1 lot be recalled. Not Much Interest. Tonight congressional interest i: he inquiry had lapsed almost to the J ?oint of apathy ar.d there was a defilite feeling in the committee that an ther week probably would seo its onclusion. Another hearing will b" < eld in New York W^d lesday to re eive reports of investigators who ave examined brokerage records but whether any sessions will follow thejf! onimittecs return here has not been c inclosed. o Mis. Visconti refused on her "con v. titutional rights" to give the name t f her informant but agreed to write t , m a slip Oi pc.pe.. x..e con.mii. e |? . . . nmidrred the tc t.mony m cxecu.iv j i?&sion anu tile name idrs. VLcoiui; rots was n.'t made pubic. It v.a-j*: spotted to 1"? that of a playmate of j4 ?e Price child. | e THE ( till Remei J \ STELLA VITAE arts ^ /V^k\\ /unctions peculiai ?r n/Ptfx i ous 8UPPreR3>on. nn<^' wca^? nervous, rui forers and is flr?mrant< v^a first bottle if you are i THACHER MED LD. CONWAY, S O. T1 is decision was reached after the j ailure of efforts to provide their J wm d >feasive armament, Mr. Frankin said. The only source of supply guns in this country, he added, corns to be in the United States gov rnment, "and our government seems llsinclined to furnish this protec- ( ;on." 1 o 1 TNo second sale of cattle and hogs * if Lake City was a most sat sfcctory < >ne from every viewpoint. Tlic buy '* ?rs weie pleased with the typ^s of- i ercd an I the prices paid were highly 11 satisfactory to the producers. 11 Your Home e first aid in colds, coughs and s in applying the remfedy often erience with remedies has led lways reliable, that she should Hate treatment of coughs and The Family Safeguard ! The experience of one woman, given herewith, is typical of thousands of letters that reach the Peruna Company from grateful i friends who have found their homes incomplete, and their family safety in ! dangei* witliout rl]v\ , jtna a n m am .< I iony that has accumu-1 Jjfr JNA has been on the I be the reliable family rem- i 10 Serious offsets of colds, e digestive organs. This U and many families have R K%QS 1 rra for your conreniencM. Carry it I yV^ olumbuo, Ohio C > RAGSDALE SCORES BAKER Our Congressman Declares State Troops Discriminated Agianst. Washington?Representative Rags dale, of South Carolina, attacked Secretary of War Baker, in a speech on the floor of the house today,' charging that the South Carolina na-' tionul guardsmen had been discriminate':! against in being held on ,the Mexican border duty. Ragsdale said that repeated in-1 ^uiriaa* of Baker as to why the South Carolina troops were held so long on the border had met with no explanation. The secretary had further declared that he could not tell when the troops would be returned home. Such information, Baker told Ragscale, could be supplied only by Gen. Funston. Ragsdale charges that the war department had discriminated against any troops led Representative Reflin of Alabama, to rise to the defense of Mr. Baker, the administration, Mexican ?policy and everything else that is Democratic. To the amusement of his collcag uos, Ragsdale reported that he hoped tiic South Carolina troops would not he kept on the border until the president should seek the advice of Representative Reflin. "There is no war on the border tolav," said Representative Ragsdale. 'Troops are being withdrawn from Mexico. If the time has came when Iroops are not needed there, hasn't the time come when the regular roops can protect themselvse on the >c.dor against the Villa band and let he state troops come home? Thej hould either use the troops or when hey have served as long as ours < UYU-, i?jv wiem come nome." ( o 1 Piles Cured In 6 lo 14 Hays 1 your druggist will re'uud troney if PAZC >iNTMIJMT fails to cure any case of Itching lllind. Bleeding or Protruding I'iles in 6to 14day5 I'lie first upplicaliou given Hase nrul Rest. 50' o In his inaugural address to tho * general assembly Gov. Manning reommenderi the passage of a number f important measures. The goverior realizes that it will be impossible o enact all of these suggestions at he present session of the lgeislaure and vyill insist on the passage of ivy a half dozen or more. The snnil nivin >eH 'fine ??? ? * " . . die ui'i11i-iirenin;. ,"itched by tlie governor. Several of h bills have already been introduc- t <! Guaranteed iy For Women i directly on tho female organs and regulates , r to women. It stops wasting, relievos tlnnjterbani.shes tho terrorv of thoac periods so dreaded > 1 down women. It has helped thousands of suf^ed to help you. Your money back on tho very not benefited.?11 at your dealer's. HCINE CO., Chattanooga, Tenn?aau i ii i ???3??. AMERICA MENACED f BY GERMAN IDEA Washington.?The world peace aclIress of President Wilson to the senate was interpreted by Elihu Root in \ i speech hero tonight as an admission that there is no way out of war ;xcept by prpenration for war ai d as a denunciation of the course of Germany. He said he was in full sympathy with the purposes of the | speech, which contained "nunh noble idealism." c Mr. Root spoke before the National c Security league's Congress of Con- i stuictive Patriotism, beginning a throe day session. He appealed ear j ncstly for a return to the "basic prin- 1 ciplc upon which this government ; was founded," universal military ser- < vice, as the only absolute measure of ( defense. American freedom was < threatened, he declared, by the prinritllo nf "HKn'ftr r?C iintinnol Atfnln. - V " ?. v J VI IlllViVIICil U T V I U " J lion" asserted by Germany, the application of which had meant ttm overwhelming of Scrvia and Belgium and which, if advocated by the world, will mean that "our American freedom will surle.v die, and die while wo live." The former secretary of state con \sU.ued ?.lr. Wilson's proposal for a Uv.Rue of nations for peace as mcanipgohe formation of a convention undjr which liberty of action would be M\[\ t > every signatory power to determine its duty towards the main tcnance of peace. I "But observe," he added, "that that agreement is worthless, meaningless, un'ess the nations that enter into it keep their power behind it. It will be a worthless agreement on our part ir we have not a ship or a soldier that | wo can contribute to the war, if war there be, or the maintenance of that peace." i Mr. Root turned also to the presi dent's suireesiion thnf nrnsnnfI war must end in a "peace without victory." "Now I sympathize with that," he declared, "but the peace that thpresident describes involves the ah1 :?lutc destruction and abandonment | l>r% the principles upon Which this wai* was begun. It does not say Servia, it does not say Belgium, but there th; chosen head of the American people has declared the principles of the 1 American democracy in unmistakable terms. And every word of that de duration, which I believe truly represents the conscience and judgment of the American people, denounces the sacrifice of Belgium and Servia and the principles upon which they were made." The speaker's plea for universal service brought his hearers to their feet cheering time ftnd again. Alton B. Parker of New York pre sided today and Senator Sutherland o.C Utah at the night session, the speakers including S. Stanwood Menken, first president of the Security cague; Lawrence F. Abbott, Mrs. '.Yilliam Gumming Story, Will'am Gumming Story, William Rescoe IT * nicxvvi, nu:iry iJt sumscn, former I ccivt ;vy of war; George Von L. Mye :v, former secretary of nuivy, and .vcar Admiral Fiske, retired. Every poakcr indorsed proposals of univernl service which will be formally recommended in resolutions later. Mr. Menken declared that despite two years of efforts the defense prob lom was unsolved. He credited Secretary Daniels with having exercised < every effort to build up the navy, I hut declared the Hay bill, known as 1 the national defense act, contained a "treasonable" measure of "pork." He demanded that congress meet in extra session to work out an adequate military policy* o Inactivity Causes Constipation. ( Lack of exercise in the winter is i frequent cause of constipation. You feel heavy, dull and listless, your lomplcxion is sallow and pimpy, and mergy at low ebb. Clean up this 'ondition at once with Dr. King's \Tew Life Pills, a mild laxative that elieves the congested intestines c vithout griping. A dose before re-1 b iring will assure you a full and cas> ! ^ novement in the morning. 2f>e a! I four Druggist.?adv. i v ^ " I The general opinion expressed by s lie Berlin papers on the German- l< American situation is that ProsaUn' Vih on has failed to grasp the real ignificance of affairs in Kurope and as misia.te-' preted Germany's predion and intentions. -o NO DIFFICULTIES I V apan aval United States Said to Have Perfect Understanding. Washington.?It is stated authoviat'vely thr.t there is a perfect under tnmling between the United States ml Japan on the working of tb.e i 0 cw immig.ation law and that on either side is there any app/cheuion of friction or difficulty. 1 SSVBN 'RESIDENT WANTS. CASE MADE CLEAR A ?\ > T? 1 ^ I VA I C>4# V Jwbl L J I V* i\ *J mtm/ \ 1 ?y? t i J Measures on a More Technicality. Washington. Feb. 8.?The Amebian government still is without offi:ial evidence of an overt act by Gernany considered necessary to justify President Wilson in going before con ;ress for authority to use necessary rcans to protect American seamen iiid property. There no longer is any doubt that the ruthless submarine campaign is in full swing in defiance of the warning of the United States. F very where it is believed that if no American ship has been destroyed it is because American ships are lying idle in their harbors instead of plying their usual trade; if no American life has been lost is due entirely to chance. It also is generally conceded that on the basis of preliminary reports, the torpedoing without warning .of the passenger liner California with an American on board makes out a clear cut case of technical violation <>i the rights of the United' States. President Wilson, however, is represented as determined not to plunge the country into war on a technica*.it\. When he moves it will be on complete evidence of an outrage about which there can he no question. Then he expects to have the American people and congress behind him.. CALOMEL SALIVATES AND MAKES YOU SICK " 1 > Acts like dynamite on a sluggish liver and you lose a day's work. . V"*': - . . t ? ( There's no reason why a person should take sickening, salivating cal-1 omel when 50 cents buys a largo bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone?a perfect substitute for calomel. { It is a pleasant, vegetable liquid which will start your liver just as surely as calomel, but it doesn't make you sick and can not salivate. Children and grown folks can take Dodson's Liver Tone/ because it is perfectly harmless. Calomel is a dangerous drug U is mercury and attacks your bones Take a dose of nasty calomel today and you will feel weak, sick and nauseated tomorrow. Don't lose a day's work. Take a spoonful of Dodson's Liver Tone instead and you will wake up feeling groat. No more biliousness, constipation, sluggishness, headache, coated tongue or sour stomach. Your druggist says if you don't find Dodson's Liver Tone acts better than horrible calomel your money is waiting for you. ?adv o 1 Dr. Lycurgus A. Woodruff, D. 0. P. T. Eyesight Specialist Dffice Days: Every Saturday at Horry Drug Store. Will You? Does it ever occur to you that von 1 an materially help the Christmas usincss of the stores by taking ionie your own packages? If people ,ere more considerate the world ;ould be movihg along a heap more monthly and people would all be a >t happier.?Florence Times. :or First Class Shoe Repairing Call on M. B. KUBOSKE (Next to the Postoffice.) Vhy throw away old Shoes when I make them like new for a small sum. Ask for prices?nothing but the best of leather used. Give me a trial. Satisfaction luaranteed M.B. KUBOSKE "Here to Save Your Soles."