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TO BUILD SHPS j AT COST PRICE; / fBetMstam Steal Will Mates 01r Itr to Uncls Sao. f ' BIDS OB 16 INCH NAVY SHELLS !' ? Y No Chance For Profit In Them Under Present Tests, Grace Says?Possible * Explanation of the Prices Made by an W' English Firm Which Bids Under All U American Manufacturers < Speaking recently before the Terra1 pin Club of Philadelphia, Kugetie O. Grace, President of the Bethlehem J Steel Company, said In part: t In A ru*f?llMur uniiun !}.,?t. I I ? Hi MOV liCl llll'llf HI OVCUI L servos the American people. For example, though we have boon t. able to obtain in Kurofie almost any price, we have adhered, in our charges , to the United Stutes Government, to , the basis of prices established before the war begun. We agreed?If the Government would ' abandon its plans for a Federal plant? . to make armor for our Navy at*, any , price the Government itself mipfiV't'on' sidcr fair. Our ordnance plants are at the disposal of the nation at a fair operating i cost, plus a small margin, thus saving the Government investment and depreciation. k One of the special needs of the now ] navy is slxtcen-lnch guns?guns sixty I * L. I J ?- _ - ? 1 - - ' li-ti mhik auu eu[n?uio ui niiHiin^ 11 : 2000 pound shell with such power and accuracy as to hit a 50 foot square tari get ufteen miles away. We have undertaken voluntarily to r construct, at a cost of $4,500,000, a ' plant fitted to build sixteeu-inch guns. J Under no conceivable circumstances y can orders which we may receive for :/ this plnnt pay even a fair return on the investment. | Considerable comment has been made upon the fact that a British mnnufaci turer recently bid less than American * manufact\irers for sixteen and fourI teen-inch shells for the navy. I am unable to state the basis upon I which the English bid was made. It u should be remembered, however, that [' this bid was for a specific shell, 8ampies of which are being sent over for test?a test not yet made. | Two years ago we took an order for [ 2400 fourteen-inch armor-piercing shells P at a contract price of $708,000, to be delivered within a certain time or we i had to pay a large penalty. Hie only specifications for making * these shells are that they shall be ) of a certain size and must pierce armor-plate at a certain velocity on Impact. It is impossible to foretell the * exact conditions of the tests. We had made large quantities of shells In the past which had been accepted. itsut in placing tips particular order tne Department altered the angle at which the tested shells must pierce armorplate. The result, however, has been absolute Inability on our part to pro> duce In any quantity, shells which will | meet these novel tests. In fact, we f know of no process of projoctile-mak./ lng through which it is possible to produce in quantities shells which will ' conform to the requirements. The result is that up to now on that ' contract of $708,000. we have put into j actual operating expense $447,881., and tf have been penalized for non-delivery | $405,744., a total of $943,025., with no ' receipts whatever. Such was the experience in the light of which we were called upon recently to bid for sixteen-inch shells. I We bid on these shells at approxl) mately the same rate per pound as | that of a fourteen-lnch shell contract l of one year ago upon which the Government awarded contracts. I i ' ' "We have not the slightest idea what profit there will be in the making of these shells. We do not know that there will he any. There is no certainty that it would be possible for us to \ deliver a shell to meet the test. | ) For officers in the Navy to assume p that any bid made under such condi I tioos is "exorbitant" is utterly unfair. T l We bid on the new battle-cruisers rmiiris which Navy department experts. after examination of our books, found , would yield a profit of less than ten per cent. We agreed to assume risks for increased costs of materials and la ( bor, that made it possible that those . contracts might yield no profit what f ever. ? Tho costs run beyond the amount ap . propriatcd by Congress on the basis of the cost estimates made a year ago. And because shipbuilders could not Iter tho inexorable cost facts and reduce bids to early estimates of the Navy Department, the prices are called 'exorbitant" 1 ii would be a real advantage to be relicved of this naval construction The profit from it cannot possibly amount to much, and the responsibility is enor mous. We have determined to make this offer to the American Government "If you will build two of the battle cruisers in Government navy yards we will build the other two at the as certaiued cost of building the ships in tbe Government yards, without add! RNO THE DISEASE BEFORE TREATING iT A clergyman living near Leydcn was the father of thirteen children. The eldest, born December 31, 1663. was Herman Bocrhaave, accouate*, by many the most famous physician not only of the 18th but pro!ably of ' any century. He died of gout in | 1738. He was an indefatigable teacher, sometimes lecturing five hours a day to his students at Lcyden. He was ] the first to give separate lectures on , ophthalmology (the scinece of dis j ! eases of the eye) and to use a mag- < nifying glass in the examination of j j the eye. He combined with a desire i ; to study disease at the bedside, a j j freedom from theoretical anil philos-ji ophical influence which led him to | ( use the most modem diagnostic ap- < paratus which he could secure. He was so famous that a Chinese offi- < cial once sent him a letter addressed simply "To the most famous physician in Europe." His maxim was , "Simplicity is the zeal of truth." The modem diagnosis of disease aims to employ every method which will reveal the exact mental and pVy-i i s?caJ condition of the patient. Psy- | cho-analysis will reveal the depthsof the patient's mind almost as clearly as the X-ray shows the broken . 1 Li.lJ 1 n "I I l uujju iuuucn uencam me nouy tissues. I The pressure of the blood against j the vessel wails may be accurately measured and appropriate mean? taken to ward off an apoplectic attack. The bodily excretions may be analyzed and the efficiency of the excretory organs determined. Spe? _ l ^ ..^ i.. ?. ^ ? ..... i i ? tU ? ... * Cllli u}lj)UI UtU.> (Jt.'I III I (.?* LUC" CAUIIIIIUI tion of the eye, the ear, the nose throat, bronchi, and the interior of various other parts of the body. Nothing is taken for granted; the blood is examined; the activity of the stomach is estimated; the valid-j ity of the nervous system is looked j into. The modern physician finds the disease before he treats it. Accurate diagnosis is of importance to the public health because an early and correct knowledge of the presence of a disease affords opportunity - to pi-event its spread. The case of tuberculosis which is found j early has an infinitely greater chancel of recovery than the one which is found late. Boerhaave recognized these facts in a general way and applied them, in fact, according t<? Rohlfs, he was the first who mado a chemical examination of some of the bodily excretions. The Spring Garden. What about that spring garden V Now is the time to begin to plant it. Every home should have a good garden attached. It will help solve the I high cost of living problem.?Mull ins I Enterprise. WELCOMESWOOD TO CHARLESTON; Gov. Manning has addressed the j following telegram to Gon. Leonard i Wood, commanding the department1 i * 1 | or tne kast. soon to be transferred to the Southeastern department, with headquarters at Charleston: "South Carolina is pleased to have a major general of the United States army to come to reside among us. We are also pleased to have you personally. You will have a warm welcome among us. Have been absent from office or would have wired ycu sooner." Gov. Manning has received the following, letter from Robert Wilson Jr,. M. D., dean of the Medical College of South Carolina: "In view of the establishmnet at Charleston of headquarters of the Southeastern army division, I have taken the liberty of offering the surgeon genera! I the use of the college and the college 1 laboratories for such purposes as j ! may be required. I trust that this! action will meet with your approval." o ; What are aspirations worth ifj nothing is ever accomplished ? o ' Don't Let Your Cough Hang On. A cough that racks and weakens is dangerous it undermines your health and thrives on neglect. Relieve it at once with Dr. King's New Discovery. This soothing balsam remedy heals the throat, loosens the phlegm, its antiseptic properties kill, the jrerm nrirl tV*?. -1-1 -' 0 vaiv vv?u 10 qun;My broken up, Children and grown-ups 1 alike find Dr. King's New Discovery .pleasant to take as well as effective. | Have a bottle handy in your medi| cine chest for grippe, croup and all bronchial affections. At druggists, ! 50c.?adv?No. 3? | 't tionai expense or commissions or any kind. We will also contract to have our ships ready for service ahead of the Government shins." I, i __ THE HORRY HERA TESTING THE COWS INCREASES THE YIELD Increased Profits as a Resu't oi Co-operative Work Among Siock Raisers. Increases oi* from $10 to $15 and in sonic A.acii nigher in tiie annual pivins Lom eacn dairy cow nave reaihtcu iroin tiie organization . l?1 cooperative cow-testing associaitons :a tne United Slates, according to statistics gathered by the Dair.. Division o. ti.e Unued States Depart ment of Agriculture. The expense of membership in these associations, on the other hand, has been only about $1.60 per cow per year. The organizations therefore have been very profitable. Because of the great and obvious economic advantages arising from the associations dairy specialists of the department believe that the organizations are one of the most important factors for the upbuilding and development of the dairy industry in this country. Such an organization consists generally of 26 farmers, living within a radius of a few ?i- - - . t iunee, who cooperate to nire an expo.it tester to keep accurate accounts' of amounts and cost of feed consum-' ed by each cow in the association, I tlic quantity of milk produced by] each and its richness in butter fat. j These statistics usually reveal the 1 fact that some cows are not producing enough to pay for th?ir keep, while others are highly profitable. Acting on this information the owner of the cows disposes of the least desirable of his animals and makes up his herd exclusively of those that produce a considerable profit. ! The membership of this association is placed at 26 so that the tester can make a complete round each month, devoting- one work day to each member, and that he may keep his records on a monthly basis. It lias been found by careful experiments that the averages based on moiihly tests do not vary more than 2 per cent from the production, as shown by daily observations. Sir.ce the tester is an expert and can make the necessary te.sts and computations rapidly, and since he can be denend eu on to make his observations independently of pressure of work on the individual farm, the owners of dairy cows find it cheaper and more satisfactory in many cases to have' their testing done through the association than to undertake to do it | themselves. t There aie now nearly 350 cow-test ing associations in the United States, 135 having been added during the Inst year. These associations have an aggregate membership of 8,800 farmers, owning approximately 150,000 cows. The cow-testing association originated in Denmark in 1895 and the first of the organizations in this country was formed in Michigan in 1903. Because of the value of thf associations to the dairy industry o ' the country of the United States Department of Agriculture is stimulating interest in them and is assisting farmers in thier organization. Bull Associations. Another and somewhat similar Une of cooperative work which is be ing encouraged by the department for the improvement of dairying and cattle raising is the formation of bull associations. The function of these organizations is to make available, at slight expnese, the services of pure-bred bulls for the herds of the associated farmers. It has been found that often the total value of the scrub bulls owned by farmers is sufficient to supply through a bull association, pure bred bulls for the herds of all. A number of "blocks" of the association members are form ed and a pure-bred bull placed in each. The bulls are shifted every two years to prevent inbreeding. A considerable proportion of the nearly 22 million cows in the United Slates are too inferior to produce profitably. Where the bull associations have been formed the grade of the stock has been raised appreciably. Dairy specialists of the department believe that these associations will be an important factor in inrreatjinor ?.v ^wuiikjr VI UUIiy IUU1C throughout the country. ?o A Berlin dispatch via Amsterdam says the German submarine campaign was denounced as inhuman and the recent German Peace offer made without terms was ridiculous in a speech by deputy Hoffman in; the Prussian diet Hoffman wag forced to leave the chamber. LD, CONWAY, 8 C JAPANESE WARSHIP ] SUNKSY MtO?R?; Vessels Engaged in Southern Pacific Not Named in j 1 Tokio Dispatch. j ( < Vancouver, B. C.?A dispatch tc < The Canadian News from rlVkiu says ] that a German raider had sunk a . ? Japanese warship in the southern i Pacific. The names of the vessels { wore not disclosed. < It was officially announced in To- . I' kio about two weeks ago that a con- jt vei*ted German cruiser had been 5 sighted in the Indian Ocean and was ^ being traced by Japanese and British , warships after the raider had sunk a , Japanese freight ship. Prior to that < two British steamships were reported to have been destroyed by an | armed merchantman off Colombo, | Ceylon. ( o ( NOTICE OF SALE. < Under and by virtue of the decree ] and judgment of the court made by his Honor T. H. Spain, Presiding ; Judge, in the case of Conway National Bank, a Corporation, Plaintiffs vs.; J. W. Dawsey, H. C. Dawsey? J. H. 1 Dawsey, S. J. Lewis, G. J. Holliday 1 I ? 1- ? S-* ? ? emu- Durruugns & c oilins iJO. , J >efondants, and dated the 12th, day of March, at Chambers, Florence, S. C.. A. D. 1917, I, the undersigned W. L. Bryan, Special Master of Horry County, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder before the Court House door at Conway, in Horry County, and State of South Carolina, during" legal hours of sale, on salesday in May next, it being the 7th day of said month, all and singular those certain lands situate in Horry County, and described as follows, to wit: Tract One: All and singular the three certain lots of land in the Town of Avnor, County and State aforesaid, designated on map of said town made by D. M. Burroughs, Surveyor, dated November 22nd, 1909, as lots Nos. 4, 5, and 6, Block 43, the same being conveyed to me by Burroughs & Collins Co., by their deed dated November 4th, 1912. Tract No. 2: All and singular the certain lot in the Town of Aynor,! County and State aforesaid, desig-' nated on map above referred to as j lot No. 12, block 43, being the same j this day conveyed to me by S. J. Lewis. Tract Three: Situate in the County and State aforesaid in the Town- j ship of Dogbluff, containing 100 acres, more or less, being part of the G. W. Graham land, bounded i North by lands of Burroughs & Col-1 lins Co., East by lands of Ransom 1 Brown; South by Burroughs & Collins Co., and West by lands of W. H. Graham and J. L. Graham and being the identical land conveyed to me by Jas. A. Lewis by his deed dated May 17th, 1912, reference to which is made as a part hereof. ALSO That certain piece, parcel or tract) of land situated, lying or being in I the County and State aforesaid, Gal- | ivants Ferry Township, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a stoke in the run of Dawsey Swamp and running thence South 53 3-4 degrees West 20 ch. to a stake on the Conway and Galivants Ferry Road, thence with said road South 53 degrees East 14 ch. to a stake, thence North 53 3-4 East 25 ch. and 74 Iks. to a black gum in the run of Dawsey Swamp, thence with the run of said Swamp to the beginning, containing' 28 1-2 acres, more or less. ALSO That certain tract of land in Gali-' vants Ferry Township, County and State aforesaid, containing Sixtyeight (08) acres, known as the Smith place bought from Flora J. Holliday; commencing at mouth of Canal Branch, running said branch to line of Burroughs & Collins Co., thence line of said Burroughs & Cillins Co., to line of Waterman Grainger, thence ' line of Waterman Grainger to Tread well Swamp, thence run of Treadwell Swamp to the mouth of Canal Branch, the place of boerinnimr. TERMS of Sale Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. Couway, S. C., March 28rd, 1917. W. L. BRYAN, Special Master. R. B. SCARBOROUGH, Plaintiff's Attorney. H. H. Woodward, Attorney for Burroughs & Collins Co, and Goo. J. Hoi- ' liday E. J. Sherwood, Attorney for S. J. Lewis. SCORES EMPEROR : AND CHANCELOR * London.?The German emperor and Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollwegg were denounced in the reich- ( *tag by the Socialist Deputy Kunert 13 the originators of the war, according to a Berlin dispatch to Router's jy way of Amsterdam. The incident occurred Thursday during a debate m the public health estimates. Vice Jhancellor Helfferich, referring to | Herr Kunert's remark, declared that i German who spoke in the same >reath of Russian and German conditions insulted his fatherland. The Socialist deputy retorted amid So- < nalist applause: "Because I compared German reactionaries with Rus?ian revolutionists you say I insulted the fatherland. I should be proud if such progress were made in our country as has been made in the Rus dan empire." Socialist Deputy Hoch, criticising tlx- statistics of the president of the r board of health, declared that they ^ did not allow the formation of a con j elusive judgopnt and that the presi- \ dent should not have painted such a rosy picture of the health of the population when "underfeeding is almost terrible and bound to affect the ^ public health." Another Socialist stated that at many establishments workmen had | collapsed from hunger. TRY IT? QIICCTITIITE a ii i Hi UUUU 111 U I L FOR NASTY CALOMEL t Starts your liver without Mak- 1 ing you sick and can not salivate. < Every druggist in town?your j i druggist and everybody's druggist j' has noticed * great falling-off in thei" sale of calomel. They all give the < same reason. Ddoson's Liver Tone is J taking its place. ' "Calomel is dangerous and people ' know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone is perfectly safe and gives better re- 1 suits," said a prominent local drug-j1 gist. Dodson's Liver Tone is person- (' ally guaranteed by every druggist, who sells it. A large bottle cost 50 i cents, and if it fails to give easy relief in every case of liver sluggish- : ness and constipation, you have only 1 to ask for your money back. | Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant tasting, purely vegetable remedy, harmless to both children and adults. Take a spoonful at night and wake up feeling fine; no biliousness, sick headache, acid stomach or constipated bowels. It doesn't gripe or cause inconvenience all the next day like violent calomel. Take a dose of calomel today anl tomorrow you will feel weak, sick and nauseated. Don't j lose a day's work! Take Dodson's Liver Tone instead and feel fine, full of vigor and ambition.?adv. o Canoe Trails. Broad is the track that the steamer , takes Over the open sea. i Wide are the ways of the windy lake, ] Dear are the lakes to me. ( And the sparkling sound is good, ] Bright is the river, too; \ But the stream that winds to the \ heart of the wood \ Is the trail of the litttle car.oe. Up through the fields where cattle , browse, t Up through the farms of rye, \ Under the arching hemlock boughs, j Under the laughing sky. < Out through the maze where the < muskrats hide, .c Drawn like a silver clew, t Clear to the butterdressed mountain- j side i Goes the trail of the little canoe. * I c Clean blue flags in stately ranks s Stand where the shallows gleam; g Ferns grow thick on the mossy banks ^ Edging the deeper stream; Tnnager3 flash in the valuted leaves ^ Where, faint-shimmering through.! ^ A drowsy pattern the sunlight ^ weaves ! z On the trail of the little canoe. v Hip of the paddle, gurgle and splash, Quiet and bird-note ciear, White of the birch, gray of the ash? i Balm of the heart is here \ * 1 Here where the boldest footpaths cease, ( Here where the best is true, ] The loveliest road to the shrines of { peace, J Is the trail of the litttle canoe. i ?Arthur Guiterman in Life. j jiEwrar SAYS GERMANY ~ REMAIN MONARCHY Dount Von Westarp Declares Teutons Will Wot Follow Example of Russia I 'ARTY LEADERS SPEAK BEFORE THE REICHSTAG 3ays Berlin Can Await the Decision of United States With Complete Calm. Berlin.?Among the speeches of >arty leaders in the Reichstag comncnting on the chancellors address, hose of Dr. Gustav Stresemann, National Liberal, and Count von Westarp, Conservative, were the nest important. Herr Stresemann x marked: 44 A 1 o " K - - A ? ?? - < . uv v>ui umi'ii ui w ui uy /A.11IJJQUL'?i vill be possible only because Amercan opinion has been misled;" Supporting the demands for electoral reform, Hcrr Stresemann said: "New times demand new laws, and i beginning should be made with a new system in Germany." Alludes to America. Count von Westarp alluded only briefly to America, saying: "We can await the decision of America with complete calm, and the expectation of our operations in the barred zone will not be charged thereby." Speaking of Russia, he said: "Many believe that with Russia's entrance into the ranks of democratically-ruled States Germany will have to follow. All arguments, however, are against comparison of our :ountry with enemy countries. Germany has shown superiority over all enemies, which prove that the foundation of our State system is secure. W.ar is for us a reason for adhering to a strong and vigorous monarchy. not witn an ornamental monarchy, but with flesh and blood kinship lead ing and guiding the destinies of the people. Therein lies Germany's strength. We wish to obtain as soon lis possible peace which will permit us to live in agreement with the new Russia. Our conception of what is necessary for safety of the eastern frontier is unchanged by the Russian revolution." GERMANS EXPECT ' WAR WITH AMERICA Papers Silent on Prospect. Bitter Comment on Withdrawal of Whitlcck. There has been a noticeable absence of comment in the German papers of the last few days on the news of American war preparations. Ihe papers have printed various dispatches, some from New York and athers from the Anglo-French press, but generally without comment. The tone of the headlines alone indicates the increasing certitude that war is inevitable. The news of the recall of the American representatives on the Belgian "elief commission has, however, stir,'ed the editorial writers into breakng their silence. The Tages Zeitung Attacks the American commissioners iharply, declaring that they were steadily working in English interests md furnished a regular channel for ho trasmission of military news Tom Belgium.^ This paper retorts to wmvncitn cniK'ism oi iho interrupion of Brand Whitlock's communi:ations by referring to the alleged re itrictions placed on Count von Bernif^ ^ i-1- - 1 * uot ui uie wireiess by the American government. An inspired explanation which ftp-, >ears in tho German papers in regard to the siking of relief ships is hat they entered the prohibited ;one where safe conducts are invalid. o CLEAR AWAY THE WASTE. Bowel regularity is the secret of jood health, bright eyes, clear comdexions, and Dr. Kings New Life ?ills arc a mild and gentle laxative hat regulates the bowels and relieves the congested intestines by removing the accumulated wastes griping. Take a pill before retiring ind that heavy head, that dull spring 'ever feeling disappears. Get |)r. King's New Life Pills at your drugfist, 25c?adv?No. 3.?