Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rwo BRIGHT LEAF OUTLOOK !N VKNIA-SAROLlNAS President Dibrell, of Danville Tobacco Association, Draws Interesting Conclusions. Danville, Va.?Statistics compiled by R. L. Dibrell, president of the Danville Tobacco Association, show that during the season just closed the amount of tobacco leaf handled or. the local market amounted to (!9,000,000 pounds, this including tin4 loose-leaf sales at the warehouses and the shipments by rail. The statistics show also that less tobacco \\r.s sold than in any year since 1889, but the average price was the highest since 1874. when Danville sold only 14,000,000 pounds. The three bright tobacco districts yielded a tremendous quantity of leaf from Virginia and North Carolina, the old belt of Virginia and North Carolina producing 147,820,f>9.> pounds; Eastern Carolina, 122,9'4.7.">7, and South Carolina, 20,079,90;;, making a total of 290,821,25r> pounds sold at a general average of 81 4 1 * ' * r A l I Anoiiier interesting iaei uas uecn re caled during the foregoing season for. after a careful survey of the crop, despite the lack of potash in the fertilizers which it was impossible. because of the war, to procure in proper quantities, there was a good yield of full average quality if not better than in years gone by. Pot n>h, it seems, is not, after all, such a factor in making a good crop as lias hitherto been supposed, for it has proven that the 1916-1917 crop is a gocd burner and also smokes cool a r.d sweet. The tremendous demand for cigarettes caused by the war has brought the Virginia and Carolina brights irlo increasing favor, for many foreign countries which before the war v.ere accustomed to little or no bright tobacco, are now using it ex tensively, and this is causing the de- j ir.and responsible for the last senten's constantly increasing prices. The forecast for the 1917-18 crop is hard to make under existing unm ttled conditions, says Mr. Dibrell. In the far southern part of the bright tobacco sectiom which raises about 10 to 15 per cent of the blight tobacco production, a full crop has been planted under favorable conditions and promise well at the present time. There has been about a 10 per icnt increase in acreage in this section which suffered badly last year r.i harvest time by reason of excessive rains and wind. In Eastren Ninth Carolina a full average crop has been planted out under favorable conditions and there is about 10 per cent increase m acreage here. In the! ol<i belt, planting has been late, and while the crop there is as large a> the farmers can take care of, it i> doubtful if the acreage is larger than Inst year. The situation confronting the tofc ;cco dealers and manufacturers is a most complicated one. It is realized that there is a shortage in the v orld's supply of tobacco. Great Britain, the greatest foreign consumer has increased the import duty on lift GO per cent, making the tax on every pound of tobacco cost $1.76, to which has to be added the cost of the leaf and freight about GOO per cent above normal. All the license to import tobacco expired in Great Britain ^ on the last day of May, and it is uncertain as to whether the license will be renewed. The heavy tax it is proposed to place on all manufactured tobacco products in this country is another factor in making unsettled o President Viera has dvi led fo make a declaration that Uruguay 'will not regard as a belligerent any American nation at war with nations to another continent. * > Opinions from t Folks Who Know For honil.-icVuv f.irircfr Liver Regulator entirely relieved my trouble.?J. Height, Wetumpka, Ala. Had heavy headache. Vomited twice to six times a day. Four doses of Granger Liver Regulator made me well.?Loundas P. Brindley, Cornerwille, Ala. Mother had sick headache. Granger Liver Regulator did her more good than all the medicine she had taker, fcefore.?Pcarlov Davis, Pacio, Ala. I never expect to he without it in my home.?Jenie Usey, Gadsden, Ala. It is a great saver of doctors' bills. ?Louis N-. Kent, Honors ville, Ala._ There is none better.?Dr. T, E. Cothram, Alexis, Ala. All druggists sell Granger Liver Regulator?25c. Try it. STATE ITEMS ! OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE The work of placing South Carolina on a war footing will be prosecuted vigorously by the State counctof defense. All unemployed men as well av men employed in any occupations will be called upon to register at the offices of the director of employment, department of labor, at Charleston, so that information regarding the industrial resources of the nation may be available to meet the tremendous demand fo r labor, skilled and unskilled, due to the unprecedented labor situation, caused by the entrance of the United States in the European war. The federal government, through the State directors, is attempting to systematize the distribution of available labor so as to relieve the present shortage. Sunday was an unfortunate day for Kurds in Cherokee county, no less than four of these machines having turned turtle in various and sundry I portions of the county on that day. John K. Suddith, a white farmer of Spartanburg, has been arrested on the charge of peonage, and will be | given a hearing in a few days. One thousand dollars has been contributed to the South Carolina Red J-? i ?... l.?._ i?.. 11 v ress lui.u i)\ cm x umiutn icn jkuin of Chicago. The religious press association of South Carolina will hold its next quarterly meeting in Columbia at some date in September. Darlington county reported to headquarters $11..">00 for the Red Cross. Senator B. R. Tillman, after being at home for several weeks, returned to Washington last week. Safety First With Cough and Cold. "Oh, just a cough" to-day may be come grippe or pneumonia to-mor. row. Thousands die from neglectecolds. Take Dr. King's New Discovery before your cough becomes ehonic. A fow doses check the cold by killing the germs. The healing balsams soothe the throat, loosen the phlegm and clear the air passages of secretions which prevoke coughing. Contains mildy laxative ingredients which remove the waste that aggravates the cold. At your druggist, 50c, $1.00?adv. a CORN CLUB POEM. By M. J. Hall. Yes, I'm in the Corn Club; I was in it last year too. If I don't make a peck of corn My reports shall all be true. If I don't make the largest yield I'll make just all I can, Somebody else will get the prize, But I won't blame my land. I cannot lose; I do not fear; I will not be ashamed. Eil have my corn if not a prize, So I'm not to blame. I'm going in the Corn Club; I'm going to do my best. If other boys will do like me, We'll make some corn, I guess. ?N. C. Ext. Farm News. Vj I I J One reason why we alw lo buy to suit the needs of the Parnlin^ VMI VIII IMa Another reason we lead ! buying in the way of the lowe j kets for the goods the people i Another reason is that I always done, that the public We mean to lead. VISIT US AT OUR DUSENBU i ouuviiie, THE HORRY HEB | WHAT OTHER PA! The Mailed Fist.. I The kaiser expresses a wrath' about the kicking a king out o" Greece that bodes no good to German blood enough to hunger for free dom.?The State. Begin Now. Better eat modelately now instea?? of too little in a few months.?Evening Record. Yes He Does. The young man always believes in ft ills and thrills.?Marion Star. Must Go Over. It's getting so there is no honor in a city's subscribing, its apportionment, it must be oversubscribed.? | Kvening Post. Drawing In. Twenty of the leading newspapers in Berlin, have recently increased ! their advertising rates on account v>f higher cost of production, and the ad vertising columns of which there are now seven instead of six, have been made narrower.?Daily Record. i So We Say. | Now, if you fly a flag on, your ! auto, on your office door, and v.'en,.' one in your lapel, make sure thai , you won't stand back modestly about i flying one over your head?in Prance ?Marion Star. Looks Worse. The holes that our silver bullets | have made in the German lino of de| fonse look worse to the kaiser than I the big hole the British mine explo) 1_ ll.. ?i.1 J I." | sum MlUUt? liie UIIIVI ua V . r ivinitc i Times. Now at All. Hut, after all, wherin is the "tragedy" in kicking a king down stairs? ?The State. o FERTILIZE OR FAIL I > ! 350 Bags 7 per cent tankage ! 600 Bags 7 per cent C S | Meal 425 Bags Guano I 100 Bags 16 per cent acid 300 Bags Nitrate Soda (expected May 3rd.) j 500 Bags Grits 300 Bags Corn ! 15.000 Lbs. Lard o We need to make the big- ' I gest crop ever. It will take fertilizer, grit and sweat to do it. ''Grit brings home the bacon. No sweat, no sweet, no grit, no glory." PALMETTO GROCERY CO. ! Cooper Mucins I fo u [o Lead ays lead is that we know what people of this section of South is that we do some careful st prices to be had on the mari want and need. we believe now, as we have is entitled to a square deal. STORE. RY & CO. . O ^ Vp^ :ALD. CO SWAY. S C ?ERS ARE SAYING He Thinks So. | Every bachelor will try to impr^s > ou with the idea that he is a wolf in sheep's clothing; whereas he is .. i ui: ~u, JUM il , I I trillUltllJJ III wolf's clothing, who goes through life in the etrenal fear that every woman he meets is about to leatl him to the altar for sacrifice.?County Record. So We Think. So much of the country's money has poured into New York that it ?.r? but right for the money kings of the metropolis to help Uncle Sam out in a pinch.?Evening Post. One Good Idea. One thing about the merchant who doesn't advertise?he doesn't have to sweep out his store.?Hampton County Herald. Belgium Will Answer. The Germans protest that they arc fighting a defensive1 war. Let Belgium take the witness stand.?Th'? State. The Way. We believe our farmers will see that there is plenty of food in tie? country, but they can't keep it out of the hands of the damnable speculating hogs. Governmental action now will save trouble later.?Latta Observer. Get Their Eyes. The best ni\vs of the day is the statement that the United States gov ernment is going to back up the army with airplanes. If we put out the eyes of the Germans , their ar. n.ies will suffer from surprise attacks by the allies.?Daily Record. o The secretary of state has issued x commission to the Montague corporation of Charleston with a capital stock of $050,000. The petitioners a?*e: E. H. Jennnigs and W. P. Montague. ALWAYS RELIABLE ion way Experiences (toing Hack ror Over Four Years. Kidney weakness can be cured. But what caused it once will cause it again. ! Here's a Conway man who has had several attacks, j Several times in over four years ! Mr. Skipper has used Doan's Kidnev i Pills. j He says that Doan's have never ( failed him. j Over four years ago Mr. Skipper i publicly endorsed Doan's. | He confirms his statement. Wha' | better proof of inert ? j Proved by years of experience. I Told by Conway people, j This is convincing testimony: I B. F. Skipper, carpenter. Main S\ , Conway, sa> s: "1 was an oyed b> pains in my back. My kidneys di? not act as tiiey should. I us mI Doan* Kidney Pills procured from the Norton Drug Co., and they brought in prompt relief. I have had no bad. ache or pains since and my kidney have been regular in action. o Vice Admiral William S. Sims, U. S. N., has been unpointed t > tak general charge of the operations o ' the allied naval forces in Irish vv.. ti rs. / Suffer? K Mrs ]. A. Cox, of AI- |/J derson, W. Va., writes: y "My daughter . . . suf- y f. fered terribly. She could r\ y not turn in bed ... the y y\ doctors gave her up, and y y we brought her home to y /a die. She had suffered so y y much at. .. time. Havy ing heard of Cardui, we got it for her." wv4 oftnniii UMnuui it is* The Woman's Tonic Vs A Sa "In a few days, sue be- 'A / gnn to Improve," Mrs. / Cox continues, "and had /I y no trouble at.. . Cardul s\ y cured her, and we sing > y its praises everywhere. y r a We receive many thcu- 'a /A rands of similar letters y y every year, telling of the /T J y good Cardui has done for / y* women who suffer from y y complaints so common to y r a their sex. It should do */ you good, too. Try rA I %/A CarUul E-77 ^ i I FOREIGN ITEMS | GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING I Realizing his danger, the German commander is fighting far Lens like a wolf in a corner. Germany is bunging strong pressure on Bulgaria to insure that coun try to break off relations with the United States. President Wilson has directed the j federal trade commission to make an I investigation into the production cot ts of steel and lumber, the two principal materials that will be re ! quired for the great merchant fleet J ' to be built for the government. j Ninety sticks of dynamite packed [ in a beer ease were found half buried j | 'J(H) yards from the camp of the First j j Minnesota infantry by a guard Sunj day night. Early settlement of China's troubles was forecast in dispatches to the j state department telling of the bene-! ficial effect of the recent American1 note. Oversubscription to the Red Cross | hundred million dollar mercy fund, t seemed assured. Gradually the forces of Field Mar-1 skal Sir Douglas Haig are hemming iu the town of Lens, the centre of the great coal deposit of Pas do Calais. Alexander liorkman, editor of Th? Pin.-t, indicted with Emma Goldman' t'M* conspiracy to obstruct operation oC the selective draft law, was roleao,l from the Tombs prison after h?. had succeeded in obtaining $2.~?,0<)0 cash bail. Don't Neglect the Summer Cold. We "catch cold" in warn1 weather because colds are germ diseases and our vitality is too low to resist them. To kill those cold germs, the antiseptic pine-tar of Dr. Bell's Pine-TarHoney is famously effective, besides helping to relieve the tight chest and invigorate the tissues. The honey and expectorant ingredients heal the throat and soothe the cough. Always have a bottle of Dr. Bell's Pine-TarHoney in your home, 25c., at your druggist.?adv. a What South Carolina needs is a breed of dog killing sheep.?The State. o SAYS GERMANY IS AFRAID OF AMERICA Paris.?Jules Cambon, general secretary of t!ie ministry of foreign affairs, declared that the entrance of America into the war had caused sera.u> unrest in Germany, In the course of an interview with a correspondent of the Associated Press today, said: "In the hearts of tine French people who vvlecomed Gen. Pershing there was first of all the desire t" reply to the enthusiastic reception which the American people gave the French delegates, but there was also : >mething else equally important. A feeling of serious unrest caused in Germany by the entry into the struggle of a country which brings to the Allies, together with its entire strength, a freshness and ardor which have not been diminished by three years of war. Germany feels that the Americans once engaged in the struggle, will not give up. It is to prevent this cementing of close ties that it is multiplying its efforts i to snread dissensions ??mr?rw* ai. |:CS. "The incident of the Swiss Socialist Grimm's intrigue in Russia reveals Germany's handiwork and is one of the straws showing how uneasy and troubled Berlin is because of America. In France, every onerealizes that this uneasiness and fear are justified." T Y V E W I have the following Second 1 1. C. Smith (used very little; i No. 5 Oliver I NO. 19 Reniugton Visible L No. 5 Royal ! Blind Fox ) Blind Smith Premier I Ail of these machines have I ind are guaranteed to be in fii j Vill sell on monthly payments, ! 'or cash. Write me your needs R. G. SCAR. SUMTER. SOI I L. C. Smith & Bros. $30,000 REMOVED FROM EXPRESS GAR j Two Messengers Held and Questioned by the Police. Money Taken Easily. Chicago. ? Official announcement that gold and silver coin stolen from an express car safe here late last ^ night amounted to nearly $"0,000 ^ v.as made today by G. M. Curtis, gen eral manager of the Western departkrt ,\ f f K rx A /111 O IV V tx ! /! C* L? f ' /\ I vx i * i v 11 c vi tuc rtuaiuo liAjm. oo \^V*AII~ pany. A package of diamonds thought to have been taken was found in checking up the contents of the safe. Jack Itobert3 Andrews, of Burlington, Iowa, messenger in charge of the car, which was att?cjPed to a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train, and Ward K. Smiley, of Monmouth, III., messenger on anotli- ^ e?* car, who was with Andrews at thn 1 time two masked men hound them and robbed the safe, stil were in custody today. Both had been questioned at long-th by the police and by express company officials and repeated the story of the occurrence without change, the police said. Both deknow of any special reason, bid one of the robbers fitted a duplicate knob into the safe dial and opened tiie strong box without apparent dif- [ ficult.v. I Because of the seeming ease with v.hich the robber* obtained their plunder, it was asserted by the police 1 that tbev must have had advance ini formation of the shipment of tin* coin, of the character of the safe and perhaps of the combination. After the robbery, the masked I men dropped from the train in the yards and disappeared and no trace of them had been found. They left the two messengers bound, back to | back, with one end of the rope passed between their teeth as a gag. A.o: drews, in whose car the robbery occurred, managed to release his bond* and freed Smiley. The money stolen was consigned to banks in Om*iha, Neb. CALOMEL SALIVATES ! AND MAKES YOU SICK | Acts like dynamite on a sluggish liver and you lose a day's work. ? I1 There's no reason why a person should take sickening, salivating cul! omel when 50 cents buys a large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone?a ptrfect substitute for calomel. ! It is a pleasant, vegetable liquid which will start your liver iust as j surely as calomel, but it doesn't | make you sick and can not salivate. Children and thrown folks can take i Dodson's Liver Tone, because it is perfectly harmless. Calomel is a dangerous drug It 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 d?av's 'work. Take a spoonful of DodJkon's I n Liver Tone instead and you will wake up feeling great. No more biliousness, constipation, sluggishness, headache, coated tongue or i sour stomach. Your druggist says ^ . if you don't find Dodson's Liver * I Tone acts better than horrible caloI met" your money is waiting for you. | ?adv COLDS & LaGRIPPET 5 or 0 doses 660 will break any case of Chills & Fever, Golds f ? u. uavjii^pcj ii acia un uic liver bettor than Calomel and does not I gripe or sicken. Price 25c. It I T K H 8. v hand Typewriters for sale: ) $55.00 30.00 35.00 35.00 10.00 12.50 been thoroughly overhauled i rst class working condition, or, give five per cent discount BOROUGH, JTH CAROLINA. 1a? i m tASMA AAA and Royal Typewriters <(