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1 I I [ ASKS BIG AMOUNT FOR BUYING SEEDS |To Enable- Department to Buy 1 \and Sell to Farmers at I . Cost. !' David F. Houston, Secretary of 'hAgriculture, has asked Congress foi ran appropriation of $0,000,000 to enable the Department of Agriculture if to buy and sell seed to fanners for ^cost at a reasonable price. The necessity for the appropriation is ex[Vplained in the following letter which, 4,the Secretary has sent to the SecreT tj?J*W <)F tlw? Tl>nooiii?>. ^ ^T^have the honor to submit here*?\vith, for transmission to Congress .Ifor inclusion in the urgent deficiency 'f'Jbill, an estimate ?f an appropriation jj of $(>,000,000 to enable the departtment to purchase and sell seeds to |i farmers in areas where unusual conftditions prevail, and particularly in '[ those which have suffered during the Li past season from severe drought. It 'tis suggested that the following lanWguage will accomplish the purposes {which the department has in mind: ".'To enable the Secretary of Agf,1'it4ftture to meet the emergency /caused hy the need for food and feed crops by purchasing, or contracting uv, ith persons to grow, seeds suitable | for the nroduction of food or feed \ <k , Ixcrops iind to store, transport, and urnish such needs to farmers for lie ash at a reasonable price, $0,000, iOOO, and this fund may he used as i revolving fund until the Secretary d' ^Agriculture determines that no such 'emergency exists; and the Secretary jjof Agriculture is authorized to pay 'all such expenses, including rent, and 4to employ such persons and means, .in ttr f'Matrict of Columbia ami elsei ' f ? , jwhel^ ^ to cooperate with sum (Stat< .ihorities, local organization. , |or inuividuals as he may deem necessary to accomplish such purpose ' j "The seed situation has presented, fend continues to present, many difficulties. Under the provision of th< |t,food-production act, which mad 'available $2,500,000 for the purciias If and sale of seed to fanners in refctricted areas for cash, at cost, h [(has been possible for the department Lfo furnish some relief. Large quantities of seed of cotton, grain sorg* ' urns, and corn have been purchased m'or the di u^hl - .t*1!''!.: n sections if in oruer w assist m nuiKin;.' i .pvailagle adequate* supplies of nee ,for the next planting season. The (\c Apartment is taking similar action m .North Dakota and Montana and ha* arranged to purchase considerate quantities of old corn suitable fe. jseed /or sale to farmers in Indium where an emergency exists with red' pre.tice to the supplies of viable set e< rn. , "It is clear, however, that the lfuiuls now at the command of *? r department are wholly insufficic. to enable it to meet the situation I properly. If production is to be j maintained or increased nex? year, 1: jiu essential that prompt and adequate potion be taken to safeguard the seed supplies of the Nation. There .* urgjfcit and immediate need for at \ .leaJt $0,000,000, and it is probable : kl.?4 ... ?:11 i i jiiii U.11 uuuiviviim nuiii win ue re Quired in the near future. Souhtwcst ami Northwest. (. "Two general areas have suffered severely from drought during the past season?the Southwest, includ'ng a large part of Texas and a pari. f Oklahoma, and a considerable portion of tho Northwest, including large sections of North Dakota and eastern Montana. These regions rep resent a large part of the grain-pro* Jucing areas of the United States, ivj irticular reference to grain | Sorghums, oats, barley, flax, an'! corn. The seed corn situation in the northern half of the seed belt is more serious than it has been forman;, years. Early frosts throughout the northern part of the corn belt caught much of tho corn either in the nv'lk r in the drouirht statres and. r though the crop was largo, it conlins an unusually high percentage >f soft corn. The high prices prevailing also have caused farmers 1o ?ell their old corn and consequent is here is a much smaller supply an land than in former years. Grain ami Ftfrage Sorghums. "Reports received through the do- j ?artmont.V. agents and from oth.n j yjPI'cos are to the effect that the (lop of both grain and forage sorghums in Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma was badly injured by the trought and by early frosts. Unless nompt action is taken to buy and 'tore the seed, a pronounced short) rives Out Malaria, Builds Up System fhe Old Standard genTal strengthening tonic, JKOVK'S TASTJ?LUS9 chill TONIC,drives out 1 ifoinria.enriches the blood.and builds upthesys* j em. A true tonic. I'or adults and children. GOc , age will undoubtedly exist next spring. Soy Beans. "Early mautring varieties of soy beans in recent years have become very important in several northern States, especially in Michigan and Wisconsin. The early frost of this year caught the soy beans in thes^ States when they were about ha;: mature and the seed crop, therefore, ir practically a total loss. The prob able large use of soy beans as feed both whole and ground, and as human food, will absorb a large part ? j the crop of the early varieties liarvested in Indiana and Ohio. Sin these arc the only sections lro:r which suitable seed for Michigan aiv Wisconsin can be secured, it is im portant that adequate seed supplies be withdrawn from consumption and made available for planting during the next season. Navy Beans. "Three northern States produce Ir.Vge quantities of white or nav\ beans, Michigan, New York, an<< Wisconsin. Of the total acreage, nearly three^fourths is in Michigan. An early frost not only greatly reduced the yield, but also greatly in jured the viability of the beans. I' is essential, therefore, tha'. ! l? ken to if-.co that an adequate supply of good seed is available lor til next planting season. Purpose of Department. "Jt is the purpose of the department. if the sum suirB-osted ii mm available, to take immediate step to secure, test, and store :.t leant v. portion of the supply of these seed* that will be needed for next srus.vi In this connection, it should br 'home in mind that, under the lam; iiage of the item, the seed will i>s scld to farmers only for cash at a reasonable price, and it is provided that the fund may be use 1 as a revolving fun?l until tbo Sccrtary of Agriculture determines that the emergency contemplate*! by the appropriation no longer exists In the ci:cumstances, it is believed that it wil' be possible to return to the Treasury th0 entire amount appropriated, or at least the greater portion of it." FOREIGN ITEMS There never has been a similui body of men to lead as clean lives a. the American soldiers in France, Gen era I Pershing said in a cablegram to Secretary Baker in reply to in quiries as to the truth of reports of immoderate drinking among the me. . Neither the aggressive opposition of President Wilson nor the apparent certainty that their measure would 1 _1 ! ? il. . I iiuvi: no numci! in me nojj.se even 11 passed by tho senate is halting tn< campaign of the advocates in congress of bills to establish a war cabinet and a director of munitions. Measures to check competition for labor between the war industries an 1 government agencies have been takes* by the department of labor. The MO German ships seized b\ Brazil when it entered the war hav been chartered by the French govern rncnt for war purposes. Some news of a reliable nalu>> ha begun to trickle across the Swiss frontier which seemingly proves th-il Austria and Hungary are in the throes of the greatest economic erisi . since the war began. o Mrs. Ii. ,J. Teddar left for her home at Fairmont, N. C., after spend ing some time with relatives aim friends here. Suffer? ^ Mrs. J. A. Cox, of Al- |^| ym ucrson, w. va., v/ritcs: * L/| "My (laughter . . . suf- jy |/J fered terribly. Sh 2 could fcy |/J not turn in bed ... the ly 1^1 doctors gave her up, and jy 1^1 we brought her home to Jy WyM die. She had suffered so jy WyM much at. .. time. Hav- |y lyl ing heard of Cardui, we |y | got it for her." r.ARnm uniiuui ym He Woman's Tonic \/jk "Inafewdays, shebe- w/l. 1/1 can to improve/' Mrs. ?/l Cox continucs> Ji'and had 1/1 T/% no trouble at .T. Cardui JT/J WyM cured her, and we sine W/\ w\/M its praises everywhere." WA WyM We receive many thoukJ sands of similar letters yl every year, telling of the fc/J W^% good Cardui has done for J/7 1/1 women who suffer from W/\ |yf complaints so common to W A WyM their sex. It should do \ A |?J you good, too. Try h'J CONFII in the Federal Reserve an important part in th from the adverse condit break of the European wa is still helping to keep bi I This system with its bulwark of strength to th bers of it. and will assi: requirements which thi to meet. t ;! By depositing your r jjj ceive the protection and ? our membership in th< | offer you i PEOPLE CM OCR j <rrEDEPAL RESERVE ( <\>?W I r.YSTFM ' I ^ Recommem |MP?| Think I ^Sl|i~\ 'i Ever Felt Better Mrs. William H. Hinchllffo, No. 20 < SEES MORE WARS >iAI Mil M ! IU HJLLUW i HIS That the present war will not em' all wars, and that a state of pearto follow will last only just so long as it ?-ill take the present belligerents to recover from their exhaustion is, set forth at some length in tin; latest issue r.Y the London Statist to reach thi^ side, says The New York Times. Flic journal, which is a farce and authority in economics and finance in Great Britain, believes tir.it England will have to keep up a con Mclorablc army and navy in vi\\ event and that a league of nation designed to make war impossible ; j nothing but a "pretty dream." It be j lieves, also, that Britain's aseondeiv.vjat sea is threatened by America, not because of American initiative with that end in view, but because, if the war continues for four or five or six years, British trade will be demora'j i#/ed. A Natural F If you catch colds easily if subject to headaches, n? by all means start today to j which is a concentrated me #tonjc to put power the life forces an< No alcoht The imported Norwegian e?xl li> TwiLY in our owu American laboratories ' Scott it Row CHICKEN is often v; Tliefitnciiliouscwi is Mines! stolen np.oowirAt.t. a DENCE Banking System played ?e recovery of business ions following the outr, thirty months ago, and ashless on a:i even keel. '' immense resources is a 1 e banks which are mem- v st them in any financial j \ ey may be called upon j > .. . !< noney with us you retho new facilities which 3 system enables us to ] :S NATIONAL BANK || ay, South Carolina. ' 1 ' rggg IM.II.M_ I I I mi > > mm*r-1 -fn? I 1'eruna 1A? !' All Stafreres*? Of Catarrh.? | * l j Myrtlo SI., Beverly, Mass., writes: "I I i have taken four bottles of Peruna, | and I can say that it has done mo a great deal of good, for catarrh of the head anrl throat. I recommend 1 Peruna to all sufferers with catarrh. I do not think I ever felt much better. I am really surprised at the work I can do. I do not think too much praise can be said for Peruna." Those who object to liquid medicines can procure Peruna Tablets. REPRISAL MEASURE TAKEN AGAINST SPAIN Washington.?Because of certain conditions in Spain, which the govern ment considers are to the advantage of Germany and discriminatory tu the United States and the Allies, the vafr trado board today ceased to issue licenses for export of merchan- 1 1 _ _ X * \ . (use 10 mat country and held five j ships about to sail for Spain. Recently when General Pershing was authorized to buy 200,000 blanK- I ets in Spain to American troops, are? I attempted to buy other merchandise, | Home influence suspected of being! German intervened. Other incidents j convince the government here of Ger-! man activity. Measures similar to' i those recently adopted toward other European neutrals are in preparation. o J. Q. Johnson of Galivants Ferry j was in Conway one day last week. 'ortSfic&tSon it troubled with catarrh, irvousness or listJ.essness, i build your strength with dicinal food and buildingin the blood, strengthen 1 tone up the appetite. >1 in SCOTT'S. ,-er nil used in Scott'* Emul*ion is now refined which ifiuinintees it free from impurities, no, ltlootufield, N. J. 17-13 FAT jstcd. fclliinksit ingforcics, l I DESTROYING PESTS WILL SAVE US MUCH Every year ground squirrels, robust, rats, mice, and other small ansHills, working unseen by the farmer, md earh doing its bit by eating ?;rain, damaging orchard trees, or inuring truck crops, exact an annual oil aggregating millions of dollars. Phis loss si largely preventable, as ikown by the work of the Uurcau of biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture. In viorth Dakota, for example, the bucau conducted an organized camu ign agains4 ground squirrels, toopcration with th0 State extension service. The squirrels on about !.."?00,000 acres were poisoned ami iractically exterminated. The result \ as a saving in the year's crops alucd at more than $1,000,000. Tin qairrels were destroyed by poisoned ?ait distributed m ar their runs ar. i 'cc ling places at a cost, including lajor, <?f from to 7 cents per acre. Campaigns along the same linos, irder project agreements, have been darted in Montana. Idaho, and Oiv- i ,< n in cooperation with State extension services, and arc being planned] cr other States. Demonstrations <n' methods have been made on a large1. 4%#11 XT i- ? ^ % ' V.4H.- in lMVvuua ;um v antorma. , hiM'c increased interest is being de?< loped in organizing sysb malic v. paigns for tho extermination T ground squiimis. Kabhit s Di'st rue I ive. Serious depredations by jack ra V ; nits upon wheat, barley, oats, alfalfa,! mil ether growing crops and stark I J nay necessitate continued efforts for J their control in Western and South- I western States. In a single countvJ ir. Oregon ahout 7b,OHO were poison- | ed at a cost of lens than one-tenth of i cent each. i In many of the Eastern and Ce.itral States the cottontail rabbits have done considerable damage in orchards and on grain farms. In New Vork State the European hare, which was introduced some years ago, has increased and is spreading to adjoining States, and is likewise doing < xtensive damage to orchards. Mca?uies are being taken to control these nests. Prairie DogH Destroyed. Prairie dogs have been a serious menace to many farmers in the West red Southwest. The bureau has conducted successful campaigns to do stroy them. In some of their tests as many as .">00 dead prairie do,;* have been counted in an alfalfa field within 24 hours after distributing I-rain poisoned with only 1 ounce of strychnin. The success of the work of the bureau has induced extensive cooperation by farmers and stockmen, and their work has resulted in s\ 'urge saving in growing crops, and good yields have been secured on large areas where, in many cases, the prairie-dog infestation has previously rendered the production of ctops an almost hopeless undertaking. i Mice Cause Large Annual Loss. Pine mice, meadow mice, and dear mice are rsoponsible for a large per- I coutage of thc. annua' toll, and par-, thukrly in the Eastern States have wrought serious havoc in orchard y i gardens, and truck and potato farms, i Many melon-producing districts al so j have suffered from thorn. Tn one j county in Virginia the hort ieultiu ul commissioner csilmatcd a loss of f;1.00,000 ' o orchards from apple trees i killed by pine mice dnrine; the ;>car. j il ?uso rats and mire are notorious j destroyers of l'iohl crops, stored pro- i duets, and poultry, and the initial] tops have been taken to launch a nation-wide campaign against them. o NOTICE. Notice is hereby given to all and singular the kindred and creditors ot ' Arthur M. Burroughs, deceased, that! the undersigned will apply to Hon. J, j S. Vaught, Probate Judge of Horry I County en Monday February 25, A. j X)., 1918 at il o'clock A. M. f.ira! i.ial settlement of the estate of the j said Arthur M. Burroughs, deceased! and for a final discharge as Admini.-tinier of the said estate. D. M. BURROUCiHS. Qualified Adi linistator, Conway, S. C., January 2-1, 1918 ? adv ?ll -1 s? it ? i Th(? noon meal in South '.'a/o!:p. i 1 i hould bo tho wluat'ess meal each J iny in the wool;, nrcordintf to a stal> ner.t issued by William Elliott, food ' .el mil list rato,-. i _ Whenever You Need a General Ionic Take Grove's. The Old Standard Gros'c's Tasteless; chill Tonic is equally valuable as a 1 General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds v.p the Whole System. 60 cents. i -tmm DECLARE PEACE . TERMS UNACCEPTABLE Von Hertling Affects to See the Possibility of Agreement on Several Points CHANCELLORS REPLY TO THE ALLIED PROGRAM Says Germany Will Not Surrender Alsace-Lorraine Territory. Germany through Iter imperial chancellor, Count von Hertling, an<l Austria-Hungary through its foreign minister, Count Czernin, have replied to peace terms of the allies and the United States as recently enunciated by David Llovd George, the British prime minister, and President Wtt SOU. Although Count von Hurtling and ' unl C/? rnin afoot to see the possibility of coming into agreement with their enemies on minor points \he I'ou ri'l" buses essentia! to peace n?v declared to be unacceptable. The so -busman for Germany was uncompromisingly hostile to a majority of the p ace aims as put forward by President Wilson treating pnralel v ni ir; address htoso upon which tiernumy could not come into nccoid. Au tria More Moderate. Couni Czernin was more moderate in hm treatment of President Wd| son's ideas, declaring the President's | viewpoint expressed ii\ his latest address to Congress, shows there \va> less incompatibility between AustriaHungary and United States than had seemed to he the case. From the German standpoint, ac-. cording to von Hurtling, the restoration to France of Alsace-Lorraine is beyond the realm of discussion. Regarding Belgium he declared that its restoration could be settled only in nnoiiA b..i 1 b .. i /"* i r uu^uuiikiuiiA, onv uuii wrmany novel* has demanded the incoi por> tion of Belgian territory "by violence." Poland. Balkans, Russia. The chancellor said the fate of Po, hind and the Balkans and the readjustment of the Italian frontier line.*; with Austria while the evacuation of | Russian territory concerns only Russia and the Central Powers. With j regard to Russia Count Czcrnin said j Austria-Hungary desired no annexation or indemnities, "not a metre of territory, not a kreutzer of indemnity," and that Russia could have peace il .she maintained the same standpoint as she evidently intended. Might .Form Beginning. Both Count Czcrnin and von Hc.rtling thought it obvious that the exI change of peace views with the United States might fotm the startling ! point for a conciliatory discussion l among all the States which had not ; yet entered the peace negotiations. In an address before the Japanese Diet Viscount Motono, the foreign minister, reiterated the views previously expressed by Premier Terauchi?that Japan was in full accont I with her allies in the war and that it was her intention to maintain tranquility in the Far East. On the battle fronts the fighting again has died clown to small proportion. only bombardments and small infantry operations having been reef rded. a NOTICE. All persons having claims agairv-t the Farmers & Merchants Rank >f Conway, S. C., (in liquidation), including the depositors of the said Hank, are hereby required to forthwith make proof of their claims against the said Hank to the under- f( signed Receiver. Application has ^J been mad'* l< tin* Court for an Order..,/' l'/b authorizing me to pay out the funds y, ' in my hands to the depositors an$^ l< claimants, in their pro rat i shares, /j, ?\Y. A. FRF KM AN, J0*' Rt'cvivcr.yi i Conway, S. C. ?-Jbr?s ht .January 21, 1918 ?1-31 -18-^2?^/ o t * Mrs. 11. (i. Cushman lias returned I'rom Greenville, S. C., whore she spent several weeks. Mr. Cushman v as here from Charleston to spend ho week-end. For Indigestion, Constipation or Biliousness Just try one fiO-eent bottle of LAX-FOS WITH PEPSh\. A Liquid Digestive Laxative pleasant to take. Made and recommended to the pul/pc by Paris M idicine C .manufacturers < I* Laxative Bromo Quinine aad Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic. I I