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anc VICTORY NETS FRENCH FIRST GERMAN LINE From Rheims . to the Champagne Front?Foes Lose 30,000 GREAT WESTERN FRONT NOW 12 MILES LONGER ! \ Taking of Series of Strong i Heights Rejoices French i Armies. i Paris.-?The great western battle I front was extended for another 12 1 miles today when the French drove i' the Germans from all of their line ' positions and part of their second line from Rheims to the Champagne ' front. The victory was staged on the 5 ground which saw the great offen- ' fcive of 1915, and the German loss is estimated at 30,000 killed, wounded * and prisoners. The invaders were exceptionally i Well placed along a scries of wooded!' heights, varying in height from (>()0 : to 800 feel and running north along j' liie main road from Rheims to St.!" Hilair Lc-Grand. The Germans we o; well aware that an attack was cent- ' ing and had made full preparation for it. ""\Yhole Lir.e Gives Away. The French attack, however. was, delivered with such skill and v'gor | that the defenders, disheartened by long and furious preliminary bombardment, gave ground after a reasonable stiff resistance, and the j i:? r_ii Ai__ , 1 . ii,.x i v> nuie line leu into uu* nanus ui mu French. South of Moronvilliers, the impetus of the attackers carried them clean through the first line into the second line system which centered at Mont Haut. This summit, 850 feet high, was stormed. In the meantime, on the Soissons* Kheims front, the French troops are busy organizing the captured ground' won in the first day of the battle and ropu'siag fierce counter attacks. Over their heads a storm of artillery fire is preparing the way for another drive against the Germans in the positions which they retired yes le relay. _____ i S ?' Important Success. Paris.?The latest French victory,' while o \ a smaller scale than that of Monday, is an equally important sue-: vers. Both of the sections attacked j had been left alone hitherto on ac-1 count of the exceptionally natural strength of the German positioi s. The French command held that an assault could only be successfully undertaken when resources had been accumulated and the general situation was favorable. The generals v. ho command the armies of the right centers had been j planning the attack for several weeks and had left nothing to chance. Everything was provided for and the chiefs under him had nothing to do| but follow instructions to the letter. As soon as the result of the battle be tween Soissons and Rheiins was known, the order was given to at-j tack. Punctually at 4:4n the French "went over," well supported by a pow erful mass of artillery. The swept forward in magnificent style and in two hours the first line system had been completed. Take Prisoners by Score. "Later news came that the French soldiers were carrying all before them and taking prisoners by the score. They seized Mont Carnillet, Mont Haut and all the crests commanding the region. From their new positions the French now look down upon Moronvil liors and Nouroy. This Moronvilliers chain of hills was regarded by all French soldiers who had ever been in fiect'*ons as virtually impregnable, and its capture caused the liveliest satisfaltion to everybody. The 7f>'a followed up the infantry rapidly and were soon in action. They caught large bodies of the enemy massing L it ? ? wivn me ooject or making a diversion mid decimated them. According to onlookers, such carange had not been seen since the actions of Hharme Gap at the beginning of the war. Auberive Falls Quickly. On the right wing the struggle was equally to the advantage of the French, Auberive, on which the left wing of the Champagne offensive of 1916 broke, fell speedily, as well as all the surrounding works. The French made especially good progress north of Auberive. In the scctiton east of Vaudesincourt, Hill 112 HIGH FOOD PRICES " DEPRESS COTTON Columbia.?That high prices for food means low prices for cotton, and that it is essential to the success ol the cotton growers that sufficient foodstuffs for the nation's use be grown, was pointed out by David R. Coker, of Hartsville, chairman of the South Carolina Civic Prcparednes Commission, is an appeal to the Southern farmers issued today. Mr. Coker, who is a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, is a noted authority on plant bleeding. The appeal follows: "Basic economic laws are immutable. ' When food is selling at famine prices, wage earners have little or nothing to spend for clothing. Then dry good sales fall off. Dry goods prices decline and raw cotton must follow. On April 9, May wheat (Chicago) closed at $2.07 and May corn it $1.27. May cotton (New York) jiosed that day at 20.50. "Today (April 19) May wheat closed at $2.41 and May corn at $1.40 1-2. May cotton closed today at 19.80. Breadstuff's, their fore, have advanced 15 per cent and cotton dedined " per cent in ten days. If bread stuffs hold at present figures or advance it seems inevitable that cotton must continue to decline, unless iicweconomic factors appear to sustain prices. If Southern farmers | >hould curtail cotton acreage and intense the acreage in foodstuffs sufficiently to cut off the $000,000,000 to $700,000,000 food bill the South annually buys from the West and No. tli, that would be a great econom- i ic factor in support of cotton prices. "Will i ?e Southern farmer blindly ..^...4.. i: ? 1. . .DIIUIUR' .1 WIIIV.I1 VVUI"K> lV'I higher bread and lower cotton ? Patriotism and self interest both demand that he raise ample foodstuffs for Southern consumption, and that he curtail cotton acreage sufficiently to accomplish this. "The farmer who does not do this is blind to the handwriting on the wall, and besides is not responding to hir country's call for help. (Signed) "David R. Coker, "Chairman South Carolina Commission for Civic Preparedness for War." o N. J. Booth was in Conway last Saturday on business. ?? *? ' There is mischief in thoce eyes. There is a marvelous charm in her every . ? rytnmic movement. There is a wonderful appeal in every installment of our new photoplay JPatria <%e JcrkU rJuptxrtru* *tAfaVernoti Castle MtJtMijyvsud. 7Sestto\<mi ho/nan *1 ArMricu Pr*Ju?J bj I N T K R NATIONAL RtUaitJ by P A T H E I was stormed, as well as a small wood J oast of tho hill which was a regular I nest of German machine guns. At certain points the advance was I close upon four miles in depth. The latest move reaching Paris says the battle continued well into tho night Hie Germans counter attacking without success and the French reconstructing the trench system under the cover of our artillery. Spoils HindenhurgV. Plav.H. According to information from a reliable source, the double offensive of the British north of Arras and of the French on the Aisne rlis.nwnncp*?.'l the Gorman plans of Field Marshal von Hindenburg, it is declared, who is preparing an offensive against riga and another against Italy, while on the western front he was conside." ing an attempt on Calais on the one hand and on Paris on the other. The Allied western offensive spoiled all this by obliging him to bring bach a large part of the effectives intended for the Russian and Italian fronts. - THB HOBBY HS&J CHEAPEST WAV ID I IS TO HAVE IHEHJ Clemson College, S. C.?The cheapest way to feed animals is to have them graze in pastures. It is an easy and sure way to make money. The profits per acre may not be large but a comparative large acreage can be used with a small amount of man la bor. As all kinds of land may be used for grazing there need not be any idle land on the farm. Much land can be used for grazing that is not suited tc staple crops. Pastures occupy some of the best land in the oountry and pay a profit on it. For the cotton belt, Bermuda. Les pedeza. White Clover, and Bur Clover are the best plants to occupy the pasture area and for any given quantity and area of laud will carry the largest number of animals. When well established on good land this combination of plants will carry as many as four grown cows per acre. A pasture that will carry one grown cow per acre is a good one. ' For the rest of the country, extendi* as far west as Kaheas and Nebraska. Kentucky and Ctrnada Blue Grasses and White Clover make t'1^ best pastures and these plants arc well adapted to the section indicated. A blue grass pasture that will carry one grown cow to the acre is regarded as exceptionally good; one that will carry a grown cow to two acres is regarded as good. For certain types of land Canada blue grass. Bed Top and Alsike Clover give the best grazing. For the country north of the cotton bolt the blue grasses and white clover ; are so aggressive that they occupy ' land not otherwise used so that most of the good blue grass pastures of the country are established by natural i agencies and this is a desirable aiu\| easy way to get a good pasture. Most ! of the large area of land used for graz- 1 ing in this country is occupied bv plants established hv natural agencies and sometimes this results in good grazing, but often it results in very indifferent grazing. In the cotton belt no pasture estab lished by natural agencies is comparable to a pasture sodded with Bermuda. Lespedeza, White Clover and Bur Clover. As a rule if a cotton farmer wants a good pasture he must make it. Bermuda mav he established hv I planting a small piece of sod every j two feet each way on land that has ! bq$n prepared as for oats or other small grain. The sod may be put out any time from April to October when there is moisture enough to make the sod live. White Clover may be sown in the early fall. Bur Clover (in the burr) is best sown in July. Lespedeza should be sown the latter path of February. Five pounds of White Clover seed are enough for one acre; twenty-five pounds of bur clover burrs and twenty pounds of Lespedeza seed are sufficient for on*> acre. flood pastures should be made gradually as the time element permits of making the cost small. Enough Bur Clover and Lespedeza to sow one acre each gives a start and seed from those small areas can be sown on other arena and the process continued until the plants are established over the entire area. Cattle may help to scatter the seed, especially Lespedeza seed. The I GEORGETOWN AFTER | DEEPER CHANNEL 1 Major Youngberg Holds Hearing at City on the Sampit. (leoi'gotown?Major Youngberg, of ;ti.e Uivtc.'l State; engineering corp.', c( nducted a hearing here yesterday in the Chamber of Commerce hail for It he purpose of arriving at a decision ! as to the desirability of deepenng Vvinyah I>ay channel, and up the Sampit river above the city of George town. The present depth is 18 feet at mean low water; the petition of commercial and industrial interesthere and at Conway and Columbia asks for a minimum depth of about 25 feet. The hearing was well attended, and written and oral arguments were sub mitted by representatives of the various interests, making in the aggregate a very strong showing in favor oi the project. Messrs. Cjuattlebuam end Ambrose, of Conway, were here to voice the needs of the Waecamaw Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove*s The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains th^ well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enrichc9 the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 5C cents. iLD, OOITWAY, 8. O. ffli FftRM HALS SFKF III PASTURES labor cost is much less where more time is used. Time is often a valuable aid in farm operations and it *4 very inexpensive. This is particularly true in establishing good pastures. A grown cow should gain two hundred and fifty pounds during the pasture season. With fairly good pastures ami good management the gains per acre should be worth four to five dollars and may be more. This appears small when compared to cotton at $100 per acre and this difference is just as great as it seems and yet the pasture farmer may make the most monev. Unless land is scared and limited it usually does not matter about the acre profits. What should be of interest is how much does the man make. The man labor on one acre of cotton may be greater than it Is on one hundred acres of pasture where beef cattle are bought in the spring at the beginning of the season and sold at the close of the season in the fall. One man may do the required work on fire thousand acres of pasture. Cotton is a much more intev sive crop than pasture grass but extensive crops may be just as profitable as intensive crops. It is really better for one to think of how much money he is going to make during the year rather than how much crop hs is going to make 011 one acre. Near the middle of the cotton belt there is an area of country that appears to be about one-half gullies. By pasturing that land a man made eight to ton thousand dollars a yea/. There was plenty of land, such as if was. and ho used it. The fact that he was using largo areas of land did not worry him. Pasture farming is a very sure wav to make money but you must use comparatively large areas. With some pastures it pays to rotate the animals. Let them gra". 1 one area for a while then change to a different area and in this way the grass in each field is given a goo i chance to grow while the animals n/o grazing elsewhere. Hut this is not the way to manage a Bermuda pas ture. Keep plenty of animals 011 a Bermuda sod to keep it grazed close to the ground. Rv e.Jltinir the hr-vt nnlm-il encourage worthless weeds to grow ir pastures and for this reason it is oftPii advisable to run a mowing marhii"1 over them once or twice a year. Pas I tures need some shade hut it take* open land to grow good grass. Tlo cattle graze on the open areas. The cotton farmer may have some excellent temporary pastures. A con fiphl where a good crop of peas or vol vet beans have been grown as com panion crops makes a valuable pas ture for the fall season. The gain* made in such pasture may be wortl as much as ten dollars an acre. Other temporary pastures may b? had with peanuts and- soy beans an. still others with rape and sorghum Temporary pasture In the cotton hel may be made to supplement the per manent grazing areas to very grea advantage. Nitrate of soda, as a top dressing 01 Bermuda sod. can be made to pay goo. profits. If should be ap; lied the flrs of May. Cotton is a very reliable erop bu even cotton is not as sure as pastures | river city, while Columbia on tin jCongareo was ab'y r? piv. e.-.U <1 by it i secretary of the (.'number of Com merce, Mr. K alholVr. The incetin was pros* id u\ over by Mr. VV. 1). Moi I van, presidiet of l)v- !ian!: of Cieorj; J .own, the father of the dcepc* water iwavs movement for (Jeoraetow 1 . when the icovornmcr.t first under ' cook tne worK. O I Only once in a I I lifetime do you I I have the oppor- I ft tunity of such a I H I picturc-piay at LPatria I f ferial r/uprvm* ?&4lw\{?rt\oi\Castle I y^fTftwJUrrtnv Htj/A*on?**4?*iAJnrr*v '*.tJ /f J N T tHNATIONAU h, V '* I GETTING MAIL IN TRENCHES j Jjr photoplay ^ full of the jr* thrills of hazardous adventure and a charm I of wholesome romance. ;! SPatria 1 'The cjvnal z/itptvtttc, "t/f/ffVerno/i Castfc | 7**JS0tt)UitKia*n tfanuut to Amaru* ' I " P,J h | N T ERNATIONAL 11 i tit/ran J ky PATIIE II 'I HEROIC FRENCH PRIEST 7 > f \ Captain Trelles, a French priest, has received several decora I ions for serv'"cs at the front. I ; IAMBASSADOR GERARD ARRIVES ! _ S H B i;: ^B - Nt'\v photograph of Ambassador Gerard taken hh be arrived in Key West, Flu., from Havana. MUNITIONS WORKERS ON STRIKE IN BERLIN Crowds Near Imperial Castle Denounce Food Situation in Bitter Terms. ? f Copenhagen.?The number of strikers in Berlin is placed in even the semi-official report at 125,000* and is distributed, according to the Tageblatt, through machine works, J some electrical establishments and 1 part of the munition plants. The latter sate;pent is interesting in view of h a dispatch from the official k.? ??v ?? U ^ reau denying that the munition factories were affected. The Tageblatt says, however, that the great ignition industry at Spandau has^Aiot been involved. Reports in all the Berlin newspa- i pers which have arrived here agree that the demonstrators wcr unusually orderly, although roughs resorted to occasional window breakng in tl.c Unter Den Linden, the Pried rich and Liepzic Stvasses and other central thoroughfares. Soldiers as well :.s police were used in cordons thrown jib out the Unter Den Linden and the imperial castle. ^ Crowd in Bitter Temper, Ji | Great crowds gathered in the neigh boi hood of the castle during the day and the temper of the crowd, particularly the women , is described as very bitter. The strikers denounced the farmers, the' wholesalers and the ) government in equal measures for responsibility for the food situation. Kven Socialist leaders who opposed the strike made it evident to the authorities that a further curtailment rations from any cause could not he ; borne. I Labor representatives interviewed J Lord Mayor Wermuth and the Prussian food commissioner, Michaelis, G yesterday. The were given an assur 1 ance in regard to food which it is I hoped will induce the workmen to 1 abandon the strike. I Longing for Peace. I The Vorwaerts, alone of tl?e big I Berlin papers, ventured this morning I to comment editorially on the strike. I It said that the demonstration was a| bused not only on the food situation f and the demand that itneinal reforms \ be no longer delayed, but also on the \ deep longing for peace. While claim- * ing that the peace sentiment has a decisive role in {fie movement, the Yorwaerts argues that the strike can not be regarded as anti-government;, I flfl since the "Austrian and German do- v| cla rati tons justify the hope that the 1 policy of the Central Powers is on a I path which will soon lead to peac 1 The paper laments the fact that I the demonstrations will have exactly I the opposite effect, probably, from I that desired by encouraging Ger- I many's opponents to continue the war 1 and diminishing the output of muni- | tions. It also regrets that among ^ other excesses, a crowd gathered front of the vacant British embassy, yelling and cat-calling. o Notice of Discharge. The undersigned administratrix of the personal estate of I. 0 BelI lamy, dee'd, will apply to the ^Judge of Probate of Horry County, at his oirice at Conway, S. C. at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, on Tuesday May 1st, 1917, for a final discharge as suctf^ administratrix. MRS. RUTH BELLAMY, Qualified Admx., of I. T. Bellamy, Dec'd. March 30th, 1917. o ? Notice of Discharge. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned administrator the personal estate of R. I). Oweire, deI ceased, vvi'?;>ply to the Judge of jProbate of Horry County, at his of- I fice, at Conway, S. C., at 11 o'clock I i in the forenoon, on the 1st day of M May A. D. 1917; for a final discharge^! as such administrator. B. M. OWENS, Qualified Admr., I of R. D. Owens, I)ec'd. j Dated March 31st, 1917 o I A voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the federal court by I Y m rv.n - - o. i. mutant and C?. A. Lewis, of | Hemingway, doing business at Du- J Rant and Lewis. 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