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I SAGE TO FARMERS MM THE PRESIDENT Them That the War's ulminating Crisis Has -jDome This Year IES ON THEM TO DO THEIR PART resting Facts About Our Agricultural Resources Are Told. > j Mu: psiclont Wilson, prevented by a and by adverse weather condiand disturbed traffic from ata confr renee of farmers at yuuvvi'.v'ty .91 n:inoi8, uroann J, to the assembly a message ,h told the farmers "that the &.nut.r.g ci.i'is of the struggle {come and that the achievements flhis year or. the one side or tinlr mint <b torminc th.c issue." H<exuvors< d confidence that tin* Icjtof the Nation net only will X but will exceed th( ir efforts c,f rear in order that this c<.untry ,ho nations with which we aie iated in the war may have a L-ient supply .of food, e President delegated Secretary ten to represent him. at the cop:co and to convey the message to Secretary Houston, however. 1 that heavy snowstorms raging cen Washington and Ohio would nit him from reaching* Urbana in for the meeting. After conferwith the President, Secretary don sent the President's message ill by telegraph to President E. lines, of the University of 1111with the request that he deliver the farmers. The message was npaniod by a telegram from S<c V Houston nv nvnccln r? II.' -- I its-was-impossible for him to bo t'lit, and convenient to the farnihis own appreciation of their ser| to the Nation. te President's message to the (?iS follows: I am very sorry indeed that 1 mot be present in person at the inn conference. I should like to J: the benefit of the inspiration v (xchange of counsel which I t- I should obtain, but in the cIris tancos it has seemed impossible rnc to be present and, therefore. I) only send a very earnest me3( (xpressing my Interest and the t'hts which such a conference r bring prominently into every I need tvot tell you, for I am sure Ireali/.e as keenly as 1 do, that w [ is a nation in the presence of a task which demands supreme ice and endeavor of every one We can give everything that led with the great willingness ren satisfaction, because the of the war in which we are enis the greatest that free men iver undertaken. It is to prchclTife of the world from being lifted and the fortunes of men vhere affected by small groups itary masters who seek their i to rest and the selfish dominroughout the world of the govnts they unhappily for the mojontrol. You will not need to ivinced that it was necessary as a free people to take par; ; war. It had raised its evil against us. The rulers of Gerhad sought to exercise their in sue!) a way as t.o shut off onomic life so far as our interjfcjth Europe was concerned, Confine our people within the m Hemisphere while they acished purpose which would permanently impaired and imevery process of our national id have put the fortunes of I at the mercy of the Impe?rnmcnt of Germany. This threat. It had become a Their hands of violence had 1 upon our own people and property in flagrant violaonly of justice but of the gnizcd and long-standing s of international law and We are fighting, therefore, for the liberty and sclf-govof the United States as if bf our own revolution had to t over again; and every man business in the United Statkivow by this time that his Liturc fortune lies in' balance onal life and our whole econclopment will pass under the influence of foreign control not win. We must win, !, and wc shall win. I need ^ou to pledge your lives and fortunes'" with th^se of the rest of the Nation to the accomplishment of that' great end. "You will realize, as I think statesmen on both sides of the water realize, that the culminating crisis of the struggle has t come and that the achievements of this year on the one ( side or'"the other must determine the j issue. It has turned out that the forces, that fight for freedom, the freedom of men, all over the world as well as our own, depend upon us in an extraordinary and unexpected degree for sustenance, for the supply r of the mut'erials by which men are to live and to fight, and it will bo our glory when the war is over that we have supplied those materials and supplied them abundantly, and .t \vill be all the more glory because in supplying them we have made our supreme effort and sacrifice. "In the field of agriculture we have agencies and instruments, fortunately, such as no other government in the world can show. The Department of Agriculture is undoubted ly iho greatest practical and scicntifI ie agricultural organization in the j world* Its total annual budget of ! $4(5.000,000 has been increased during (1 be Inst four years more than 72 per jcont. It has a staff of 18,000, including a large number of highly trained experts, and alongside of if stand the unique him'-grf.ni colicu? s, which ' ;*re without example elsewhere ami i the (19 State and Federal experiment stations. These colleges and experiment stations have a total endowment cm' plant and equipment of $172,000.000 an:', an income .of more than $25,000,000, with 10,271 teachers, a resident student body of 125,000, and | a vast additional number receiving 'instruction at their homes. County 'agents, joint officers of the Department of Agriculture and f.o the eol- ! I leges, are everywhere cooperating with the farmers and assisting* them. 'The number of extension workers un? i dor the Smith-Lever Act and under the recent emergency legislation has grown to 5,500 men anil women work ing regularly in the various communities and taking to the farmer the latest scientific and practical information. Along these great public agencies stand the very effective voluntary organizations among the farm ors. themselves, which are more and more learning the best methods of cooperation and the best methods of putting to practical use the assistance derived from governmental sources. The banking legislation of the last two or three years has given the farmers access to the great lend' able capital of the country, and it ! I I 4 1 .1..4 -. ?4- 4U~ U':CUIMU Lilt; may wi LIIL; imrn in | charge of the Federal-resei*ve bankj ing .system and of the farm-loan ; hanking system to see to it that tlra | farmers obtain the credit, both short j term and long term, to which they ' are entitled not only, but which it is [ imperatively necessary should be exi tended to them if the present tasks | of the country are to be adequately performed, I?olh by direct purchase I of nitrates and by the establishment J ef plants to produce nitrates, the Gov | eminent is doing its utmost to assist j in the problem of fertilization. The | Department of Agriculture and other agencies are actively assisting the farmers to locate, safeguard, and secure at cost an adequate supply "?f sound seed. The department has 500,000 available for this purpose now and has asked the Congress for j $0,000,000 more. "The labor problem is one of great difficulty, and some of tho beat agencies of the Nation are addressing themselves to the task of solving it, so far as it is possible to solve it. Fanners have not been exempted from the draft. I know they would not wish to be. 1 take it for granted they would not wish to be put in a class by themselves in this respect. But the attention of the War Department has been very seriously centered i upon the task of, interfering with the labor of the farms as little as pos- | sible, and under the new draft rcgula tions I believe that the farmers o! j the country will find that their sup- . ply of labor is very much less serious ! ly drawn upon than it was under the first and initial draft, made before we had had our present full experience in these perplexing matters. The supply of labor in all industries 1 a matter we must look to and are looking to with diligent care. "And let me say that the stimula-1 tion of the agencies I have numerated has been responded to by the farmers in splendid fashion. I dare say that you are aware that the farm era of this country are as efficient as any other farmers in the world. They do not produce more per acre than the farmers in Europe. It is not necessarv that thev should do so. It 1 would perhaps be bad economy for them to attempt it. But they do produce by two to three or four times more per man, per unit of labor and capital,/ than the farmers of any European country. They are more alert and use more labor-saving devices than any other farmers in the world. And their response to the de* # THE HOB&Y HEEAL1 P x% 1 n.snds of the present emergency has been in every way remarkable. Last spring- their planting exceeded by 12,. I 000,000 Js. es the largest planting of I any previous year, ur.tl the yields from the crops were record-breaking yields. In the fall of 1917 a wheat acreage of 42.170,000 was planted, which was 1,000.000 larger than for any preceding year, 3,000,000 greater tli&n the next largest, and 7,000,000 greater than the preceding five-year average. "But I ought to say to you that it is not only necessary that ^ these achievements should be repeated, but that'they should be exceeded. I know what this advise involves. It* involves not only labor but sacrifice, the painstuking application of every bit of scientific knowledge and every tested practice that is available. It means the utmost economy, even to the point where the pinch comes. It means the kind of concentration and | self-sacrifice which is involved in tire j field of battle itself, whc re the object i always looms greater than the intli-! vidual. And yet the Government will ! help, and help in every way that is p< ssible. The impression which pre- j vails in some quarters that while the i Government has sought to fix the j prices of ''oodstyffs, it has not sought! to fix other prices which determine e exp nscs of the farmer, v: r mi; . ' ; abort mtC. As & ;....lter of fact, tk: ^ . ivc rent has actively an ! sueee:: ally regulated the p: ioea of mar.; j i..lamented :.iat? rials underlying I j lie indu trios of the country, and ha ^ukitrrt them not only for the puvhaoes of the Government but ids 'or the purchases of the general pub- i It*, and I have every lvason to be - | eve that the Congre.cs will cxter.'.i [ '.he powers of the Government In th's! i .portant, and even essential, matte j that the tendency to profiteering i ' hich is showing itself in two many j uarters may be effectively checked. | hi fixing the prices of foodstuffs the i lovcrnmont has sincerely tried to keep the interests of the farmer as much in mind as the interests of the immunities which are to be served, out it Is serving mankind as well as the farmer, and everything in these times of war takes on the rigid aspect of duty. "1 will not appeal to you to continue and renew and increase you efforts. I do not believe that it ;s necessary to do so. 1 believe that j you will do it without any word or i i vim mi.;, uva.uum: \ <j\i uiwin * stand as well as I do the needs and opportunities of this great hour when the fortunes of mankind everywhere seem about to be determined an.I when America has the greatest op. portunity ?shc has ever had to mak-' good her own freedom and in making it good to lend a helping hand to men struggling for their fix-edom everywhere. You remember that it w?r? farmers from whom came the first shots at Lexington that set aflame the Revolution that made America free. "I hope and believe that the farmers of America will willingly and rnspJcuously stand by t,o win this :ir also. The toil, the intelligenct. ihc energy, the foresight, the self sacrifice, and devotion of the farmersof America will, I believe, bring to < friumphant conclusion this great las; war for the emancipation of men from the control of arbitrary government and the selfishness of elus> If'Crislsitinii mwl cnnl i?r?l .i,,.l 4li^ii ~ra w..w., when the end has come, we may look each other in the face and be glal that we are Americans and have ha J the privilege to play such a part." JAMES SMART ESTATE OFFERED FOR SALE We have for sale the estate land oi the late Mr. Jas. Smart, containing thirty-two acres, with 1(> or 18 acres cleared, with dwelling house, lying ;n Bucks township, on 1*06 Dee Public Koad. Wire fencing round about onefourth of field. Call or write us your best offer for this property which the heirs want to dispose of at a fair price. The only time to buy land i3 when it is offered for sale. Afterwards it is too late.?ad HORRY LAND AGENCY, Conway. M. M. Hedrick. H. H. Woodward. ! S * S Used dfl Years f CARDIli S Tin Woman's Tonic { 2 Sold Evorywhore m A Jk MHMMMi a, COWWAY, 8. 0. DOUBTFUL ABOUT VICTORY IK RUSSIA Vorwaerts Uncertain If Germany Will Profit by Subjugating People. Amsterdam.?Despite orders from the hi^h command to the German people to be flag their towns and k joiccUver peace with Russia, notes of doubt are not lacking in the German press in regard to the future in the East.; The Vorwaerts says that Russian territory is not the place the Germans longed for, nor is German occupation calculated to endure, it adds. "Wo should regard it as. wiser and more far seeing if the German government had not exploited to the utmost the helplessness of the Russian peoples and forced a peace for which the en1 y i. '.jiical parallel is that which < :\ "Prussia way obliged to conclude at Tib t in 1807. "The German social democracy :::vst n v take up the f'gkt with the object of preventing tko now ncighboiing states from hmng treated by Germany as subjugated peoples." Gccig Bcrnluid, '.a The Vossische '/.( itung confesses to uneasir.ses as '.o whether the same coa'ition whi h ecn>ont \! Germany before the w.vr 'and is now momentarily broken as a fighting organization" will hot, after the war, reconstitute itself. 11c hopes "hat peace in the West, when it comes, will not show the same lack of imagination characterizing the Rus nan peace. Hcrr Bcrnhard soundly | berates Dr. von Bcthmann Hollweg, | the former chancellor, regarding the j German demand, revealed by M. Pichon, the foreign minister, to be given Verdun and toul. He declares it was a piece of stupendous folly which made the entry of Great Britain into the war inevitable. o COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF (Complaint Not Served.) Court of Common Pleas. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. Isaac L. Lee, Plaintiff, , -vsE. Hamp Hardwick, N. J. Hardee, Enterprise Grocery Company, L. D. Hardwick, Bank of Tabor, a cor poration, W. E. Carter, The Worth Company, a corporation, Meddio H. Grainger, F. H. Hyatt, L. P. Hardwick, J. M. Hardwick, O. B. Hardwick, J. N. Hardwick, and K. D. Hardwick, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, which has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the 3ourt of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve u copy of youi nswor to the said complaint on th subscriber at his office at C away 1. C., within twenty days after tin service hereof; exclusive of the day >f such service and if you fail to ;-.nswer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief lemanded in the complaint. Dated February 1st, A. D. 1918. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. To Enterprise Grocery Company, Bank of Tabor, The Worth Company, L. D. Hardwick, J. N. Hardwick, K. D. Hardwick, and N. J. Hardee, Absent Defendants: Take Notice That the Compaint in the foregoing stated action and the Summons of which the foregoing is a f*opy were filed in the office of the* Clerk of the Court of Common Pious I in and for Horry County, at Conway, S C., on the 8th day of February A. F 1918. W. L. BUY AN, (L. S.) C. C. C. P. H. H. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. He Sells the Best. If you need a sewing machine, and want to use the make which is the best in the world, see J. M. I). Jones to-day. You know that he sells the Singer, at Conway, S. C.-?adv-2-2818-4t-pd. o Fifty-one delegates to the Prohibition national convention bolted to the new National party and approximately 100 others, including the na uunai commiuee cnarman, Virgil Ci. Hinshaw, signified their intention ot joining the new party which was formed by Socialists who bolted from the St. Louis convention. j For Indigestion, Constipation or Biliousness Just try one 50-cent bottle of LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive Laxative pleasant to take. Made and recommended to the public by Paris Medicine Co , manufacturers of Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic. % essassssasasMBs ' S* ' 4 'International" 1 Cake cup COTTO- 2 cg{t LENE(scant) 1 cup raisins and 1 % cups white currants mixed fiour 1 level teaspoon . Jg cup graham soda > forr 1 level teaspoon *-(< I ;un nsugar cinnamon % cup molasses Pinch of salt and ^ cup strong cloves coffee Sift together the white and graham * flour with the soda, cinnamon, salt and cloves. Cream COTTOLENE and brown sugar together, and add the molasses and well-beaten eggs, then the fruit dredged in part of the flour. Then the coffee alternately with the balance of the flour. Bake in well-greased loaf pan in moderate oven about an hour. i ?help your Uncle Sam by saving animal fats ?help your bank account Use V' -s? i Cotiolene i ** Tha A'aCunjl SkorterJng'" At grocers in tins | ol convenient sizes 1 NOTICE OF SA I.E. Under and l\\ virtue oi' the decrc and judgment oi* the court made by lis Honor H. E. Rice, Presiding! Judge, in the case cl' Gecrgc J. Moll'- | day, Plaintiff vs. Mack C. Gcrraid, | Flora J. Holliday, and Sarah M. Goi-| raid, Defendants, and dated the lsti day of March A. 1"). 1918, I, the un dersigned J. A. Lweis, Sheriff of Horry County, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder before th ; Court Hcu. c door at Conway, i:t Horry County, and State of South Carolina, during legal hours of sale, on salesday in April next, it being' the 1st day of said month, all and singular those certain lands situate i.t Horry County, and described a-> follows, to wit: All and singular, all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying and being in Galivants Ferry Township, County and State aforesaid, containing Seventy-^even and one half (77 1-2) acres, and bounded ax follows: North by lands of 1. C. ivauvn auu 11* ti Oill'VlSj IjUSI DY lands of Burroughs <& Collins ?o., South by lands **f Estate of E. P. Pitman and Daniel Johnson, an. West by lands ?f Estate of E. P. Pitman. This being- the place whore I now live and reside. TERMS of Sale Cash. Purchase, to pay for papers. Conway, S. C.t March 7th, A. P., 19IS J. A. LEWIS, Sheriff of Horry County. II. II. WOODWARD, Plaintiff's Attorney. O SOLDIERS AT HOME. There are such thi.igs as soldiers at home at well as soldiers at the front, and it is well for those who are at homo to realize what they can do. There are many view points of what the "stay-at-homes" can do to co-operate with the government, but they lmvc been tersely stated by Mr. Clarence Poe, the distinguished editor of the Progressive Farmer, who represents the United States Department of Agriculture. Ho outlined what ihi> 44 ..v.*.,, -?.w IIUMIV D 1 .III WW I " | best help the government in an agricultural way, in ten things that America asks, and has a right to ask, of I the Southern Farmer in this crisis i They are as follows: 1. "That he plant a maximum in | food crops." 2. "That he strive for maximum i productiveness of every acre." 3. "That lie equip and inspire every 1 farm worker for maximum efficiency." 4. "That he arrange for a maximum production of meat and dairy products." 5. "That he double garden produ tion." (>. "That all women and children I be enlisted in canning and poultry raising." 7. "That every member of the family aid food conservation." 8. "That wise and profitable marketing of crops be promoted as a stimulus to increased production." 9. "That economy and thrift be practiced and the resultant savings lent to America." 10. "That all schools, all farmers' organizations, all women's organiza-' tiens, and all business men's organizations co-operate to give 100 percent efficiency to this program." C. M. Floyd spent a day in Conway recently on business. THE? AMERICANS MAN THEIR BALLOON ^ - r ' First Complete Unit of U. S. Air Service to Appear . in Field 4EAVILY PROTECTED FROM ENEMY FLIERS 1 *'? Vlist From Snow Makes Observation Difficult?Quiet Day on Front. Willi the American Army in ' Kranco.?This has been a quiet day n the American sector northwest of Foul. The artillery on both sides seemed content, to fire a few destructive shots. The shells were infrequent until 1m1?> i?? '! >'? .. v. \uv << i cv : 11 vmm ;? wire tk< Anuiuen artillery livened tilings up :: bil, r'ring on a town "n .h" cne .'y lin s where troops have n r n c?/ p., A kk A ,h t'.io won tier >\ as 1 right and clonr . : the f rsl lime in srvt : a! day. . a . ist arose from the snow ran' obsei vaticn was obscured by the ground l.a/.c. A rial f\vos took advantage of the im crowd weather and p.mated freely, id roups of enemy planes eame over for photographic work, but were kept nigh in the air by the American anti-aiivraft gun a rianes from the American lines al > > were (lit in force. In the trenches, he men divided their time between watching the aerial operations and drying themselves in the dugouts. American Crew Observes. Observation balloons were up for 'die first time in several days, being stationed at intervals along the front as far as the eye could see in both directions. For the first time in the war an American observation hallo n ully manned and protected by Americans went up. This is the first complete unit of the American air service to appear in the field. For two days it had been ready to asyend, the obseivcrs having been up in a Frenoh balloon several days previously. Today an American balloon company I was working where the French hith| < rto have been. The balloon was hauled out from its hidden nest and a slight delay was experienced in getting* it off the ground because the telephone wires from the basket, in which were an American captain and lieutenant, were fouled. Rises Highest. This was suickly -remedied and the balloon was sent up, remaining in the air several hours. li rose higher than either the French or the German n an attempt to reach an altitude pccially favorable for observation. While it was at the highest point, the watcher saw two airplanes with the black cross of the enemy on their wings, headed in their direction. The balloon was hauled down so that it might be grounded quickly if necessary. American gunners wore on duty at many places nearby, for the balloon was protected heavily. They stood by their guns, but the enemy planes, sailing across the sky with shrapnel puffs streaming out behind*' them like the tail of a comet, suddenly changed their course and headed for home. The annearanco of a .squadron id' planes from behind the American lines bearing the insignia of the French on their wings probably was the cause. Pitro! Parties Active. During last night the norma* artillery firing continued and patroi parties were active on the American sector northwest of Toul, but there were no engagements. At daylight an enemy airplane swooped dow n on the American lines, hut was driven off by anti-aircraft and machine gunfire before it could bring- its gun into use. NO Bill FOUND BY FEDERAL JURY Last week in Florence ii\ the UnitCo States District Court, the Federal grand jury returned no bill in the ? *?? - ? v aot'd i iguuisi iwiiy >v. Johnson ancJ Barney Johnosn, charging with obstructing the draft in the matter affidavits before the local board. In the case of the United States vs. Singleton growing out of the sanvv matter, it is said that the matter was continued as to that part of it. J. A. McDermott, chairman of tlvHorry local exemption board, was summoned to Florence as a witness, last week, as was also George Officer, the clerk of the local board.