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I - v 1L [ ? y volume xxxm WILSON EXPECTS f RETURN TO FRANCE I . I ~ i Trena of Peace Conference ^ Seems to Require a \ Second Visit V* i. MAY CALL CONGRESS FOR JUNE SESSION f ^ ? Prepared to Justify His Return ( to Europe With Facts In Hand. f,. - . > Paris.?Much as President Wilson V Mill hopes to avoid ;> second trip to Europe it begins to look as if the trend of peace conference affairs! 1 would cause him to fool impelled to i. recross the Atlantic in the early j spring. K ^ Keoent statements purporting to .i WMiounco definitely that the Prosij dent had arranged to return to Paris falter going to Washington in Fehioiv ary .and oven giving the date of his sailing on his return trip wore found it may ho said, on no definite information. The fact is the Prcsdont, while j Ity.i??ill hoping it will turn out another 1 ? trip to Kurope will bo unnecessary,M | is waiting to see what the remaining f fifteen days of his stay in France j . will bring forth before finally dej. aiding cn his course. ' >, ihit the President from the first h . been holding himself ready to re- ; I 'urn if he though it necessary, and 1 -within the last day or so he has 1 . -uld officials in his confidence ho ' 1 was impressed with the feeling that * it would he his duty to return and 1 h( was beginning to think he could ^ not escape it. 'Phn Pfouiilnni I ?- o??wl I- a?1.1 ' | - - ? i V...HVUV i o OUIll LU JlilVt* tUUI his confidents that if events pointed * K to the need of his return he felt his | course would be found fully justified 5 I when he addressed Congress, as he plans to do almost immediately on his return to the United States, (t ; i I has developed he has abandoned the jv idea of returning by way of England i find stopping at Oxford to receive j the degree which that university fie- j *' wires to confer upon him. If his j plans in this respect hold, therefore, J( J, he will sail from Brest on the steam-j1 j ?r George Washington, now on her i ] way to France, sometime between j1 February 10 and February 15, going'5 !? ^'/rcct to the United States. I1 ?/ It is realized here President Wil-1 k son's arrival home with plans for v I departing for Europe again would g bring up the question of an extra * L session of the new Congress with * r- Republican majorities in both hous- { ' F^e.s. T^te best available opinion hero 1 ffis if an extra session be thought inn) vitable the President would call it ? Koefore his return to France, prob- 1 | "^lv setting the date ahead at some- * | Jju. in June, expecting to finish the 1 p'business of the peace conference in 1 [id time to return to Washington and be [I I-' i?N fkA WhifA Hniiun M't?n fV?r? I 1 .Congress assembled. t M" The President's friends here say S he is prepared to answer any criti- > P titams of an intended return to J h France*with facts he will lay before 1 1 Congress in the addresses which he i I. probably will deliver. ^ M'DERMOTT RUNS I FOR STATE OFFICE I J. A. McDermott, a prominent , ft business man of this county and who t has held various positions of honor , ! and trust in the past; is a candidate before the Legislature for Director , i of (he Penitentiary. The elections' for yf i ; and cno or two more offices which are filled annually by that body were held on Wednesday of this j week in Columbia. Mr. McDermoti has many friends here who will be glad to 'earn whether he was elected. At ,\ 'ate hour The Herald had no1 been ab'e to obtain the results of the ration before the hour for ?\> ; inp* to press. <?Hr HIGH PRICES OF OUR FERTILIZERS Has Caused Uneasiness in Some Quarters and Some Are Holding Off. The high prices of fertilizers this year has been causing some uneasiness among country merchants; and has no doubt caused some degree T slowness and caution in the buying or arranging to buy. At last accounts some dealers had not yet been able to name a price at which they would retail commercial fertilizers to farmers in this county. Owing to the high pi ices charged for it, we have heard some of the farmers say that they would get along with very little this year using what advantage they could from stable manure and compost. A number of farmers have been coming into Conway lately and obtaining ' quantities of cotton seed meal in exchange (or their cotton reed. Numbers of the larger farmers have contracted to buy from the fertilizer companies in amounts rang ing from $-500.00 to several thousand dollars. Agents of a large company have been active during the past several weeks and have apparently made a number of sales. There has been hope several times expressed that the price would come down in good time to secure supplies for the year's crows. o NINETEEN DESERTERS. A.sheville, N. C?Ninteen army deserters, a number of them captured lifter encounters wtih the officers in the mountains in this section were take to Camp Wadsworth, S. C., by S. Glenn Young special agent of the lepartment of justice. Young capIt.red the majority of the men single landed. Several of the deserters ere placed on their honor and arm4d by Young to assist in guarding .he others, who were handcuffed. Young has captured (>7 deserters dnce December 15. AMERICANS WON'T MEET WITH HUNS ?MM 1 Paris.?The American Federation ->{ Labor delegation, headed by Sarnie) Gompcrs, decided to support the 1 Belgian Socialists and trade unionsts who refuse to meet the Germans it either tin; Socialistic or trade ' in ion congresses, which will convene simultaneously at Berne next veek. This decision was adhered to ^ hrough a two days' session do- ( :pite the protests of the British and French trade unionists, who will go 0 Berne tomorrow. The delegates of 22 nations, inelud ng such national groups of the forner Russian empire as the Ukrainans and Ethonians are now at Heme or on their way there. The 'our abstentions from both con- ] presses arc the Americans and | Belgians, who refuse to parley with ( heir late enemies until peace is 1 igned, and the Bolsheviki with , jrhom the Norwegian trade unionists igree that neither th? Socialist nor , rade union program is sufficiently , radical, thus taking the opposite , viewpoint from that of the Americans and Belgians. 1 FOR CUT IN ACREAGE. i Washington.?The plan of waging 1 campaign in the South to urge j reduction on the cotton acreage and i retention by growers of all their j cotton until a price of 35 cents a pound is reached will bo discussed j early this week at a meeting of mem hers of the senate and house from ! .1. A. A. C1I..1.. I IMC CWULUII Dlilll'S. The meeting was decided upon at a ! joint session of the senate and hous" | agriculture committees, called by i St nators Smith of South Carolina, ; Shc pp.ard of Texas, Smith of Goor- | 9;;a, and Representatives Heflin of \labama, Lee of Georgia, Jacowav f Arkansas, Candler of Mississippi, nd Young of Texas. / % \ ' l?mx CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY NATIONAL GUARD WILL HAVE FUNDS I Washing-ton.?An appropriation of $.{,000,OOO to maintain the * National Guard at a strength of 100,000 officers and men during the next fiscal .year was tentatively approved Last week by the house military affairs committee. In its original estimates for the coming year, the war department submitted merely a tentative figure for the National Guard to keep this appropriation alive and when General March was before the committee he explained that as the bulk of the old National Guard was stili overseas, it was impossible to form tui.\ ucvuritu' ccuiuuh as to what tno future of that branch of the military establishment would be. HIS LONGSUFFERING HAS BEEN ENDED On the evening of January 28th | .1 M. Floyd and Levi J. Smith had been invited by Mi. Archie Baker, a near neighbor, tc take supper. While there Mr. Baker took them out to see some fine hogs. Levi staggered and fell, stating that he felt gi,ddy. He was carried to the house and .after some time became very sick. He became worse and worse until 1:30 o'clock when hedied. Levi J. Smith has been afflicte 1 with rheumsatism for twenty years, but in spite of being drawn double with that disease, his industry produced a good living; and his honesty and fair dealing gave him the respect of the whole community. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Frances Smith; a sister, Mrs. Wig- j _ll r> ...1 I? i ^ ' 1 Kin*, iiii ui wiioni live? ai vianvants | Ferry. BOLSHEVIKI MOVE AGAINST ALLIES Archangle.?An official statement dp. the operations on the North Rus- I si an front says: * i ... * 44Wednesday and Thursday the Boi sheviki strongly attacked the positions at Taresevo, compelling the Alliens to retire northwards, and they ire now holding positions 20 miles north of Taresevo. It is reported that the Bolsheviki are using gas shells; the allies are completely i equipped with .anti-gas apparatus. J In Murmansk allied patrols consisting of Karelin volunteers have reached Ondozero (Notosero?) from1 his village and Karelians have been ; enabled to enlist more volunteers." ' ii GERMAN ARMY FORGE | MATTER OF DOUBT; Coblenz.?According to estimates J made by intelligence officers of the American Third Army, based upon reports from all parts of Germany, the organized German army now located in various depots numbers fiom 300,000 to 500,000 men. The reports indicate these soldiers are of such morale that they hardly will be available for operations of any ex-1 tent. The number of men in the army, reports reaching Coblenz suggest, is decreasing iapidl>. The new volunteer army numbers between 100t000 and 300,000 men of doubtful morale, as they have noi yet been organized fully nor tested fairly. The volunteer army which is hein?r orp-nnizoH for tho mirnnso of stopping Polish .and Bolsheviki invasions of Gorman territory ha^ 40,000 men in the region of Frankfort-on-the-Oder. Many volunteer battalions also are reported moving eastward. The organized German army consists of the classes cf 1898 and 1899, less some men discharged because they live in occupied territory, less large numbers of deserters and less some men discharged, according to demobilization plans. The officers and non-commissioned officers of this army are men who intend to remain permanently in service. fi S?: I, JANUARY 6, 1919. PROMINENT CITIZEN DIES IN FLORENCE Capt. Richard G. Dusenbury died at the Florence Infirmary of Dr. F. H. McLeod at Florence, S. C., on las*. Monday, February Ird, 1919. He was born on the 6th day of May A. D. 1858 and was a son of the late James E. Dusenbury and Fannie Dusenbury of this county. The remains were brought here I.\st Tuesday on the afternoon train accompanied by relatives who live in Florence, and by the Rev. F. H. Martin, a life-long friend and former pastor of the deceased and his family. The funeral services began at about two o'clock at the Conway Baptist Church, of which the deceased was a member, the services conducted by Rev. F. 11. Martin of Florence, and the Rev. I). L. Hill, the pastor of the clnrrch. The services. nru; IUMI'11 ill I 1111 glVlYO ill 1 .UU<' side Cemetery last Tuesday afternoon. There was a large congregation at the Baptist church and also present at the concluding services ai the cemetery. Ho is survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie Dusenbury, and two sons and two daughters, as follows: Mr. Julian Dusenbury of Bishopville, S. C.. Mr. Mayo Dusenbury of Virginia, and Misses Maude and Francos Dusenbury of Conway, S. C. He was a brother of Dr. J. S. Dusenbury and | M r. Charles Dusenbury and C. H. Dusenbury of Conway, Mr. J. F. Dusenbury of Savannah, (la., Mrs. S. S. Dusenbury and Mrs. Flora Clark of Florence, S. C., and Mrs. L. H. Burroughs of Conway. roughs of Conway. Nearly all of these relatives were present at the funeral. Capt? Dick, as he was known and called by his many friends, had been seriously ill for several weeks, hav-; ing been first taken in Charleston whore he was filling a responsible position and was later moved to the Hospital in Florence where he might have the personal and professional attention of his brother, Dr. J. Dusenbury, who could reach Florence easier than Charleston. FRENCH TO KEEP WATCH ON RHINE: | Cohlenz. ? Supporting1 Marshal i Foch's opinion that the French ' should remain on the Rhine, Gen. Gourautl, under whom the Americans fought in the Champagne, made a similar declaration to the Amreican correspondents whom he had invited to luncheon at his quarters in Strass burg. "The Americans will go home when peace is declared and the Ilritish will go home when peace is declared," he said, "but the French will j remain on the Rhine as a strategi j barrier." it would -never do, alter the sacrifices of the great war, to leave open points where Germany might again some clay strike, he declared. o GOOD COMBINATION. According to statements recently published from experts a good fertilizer for all light gray soils in this county is a mixture of equal parts of cotton seed meal and acid phosphate. One farmer who has had success in former years in raising a good crop of corn says that he neve)* used more than four hundred pounds of this mixture to the acre. Others | claim that a larger quantity is better. The pLan usually followed is not to put out this fertilizer when ! the corn is planted, but apply it af-j tcr the com has come up and at prop- I or times between then and laying- : by. n BOX SUPPEK. ? I There will bo Box Supper and Cake Walk at the Enterprise School House next Saturday night, the 8th. Everyone is invited to come. Proceeds will go for school improvement. L. E. Alford, Teacher. Myrtle Beach, S. C., Feb. 8, 1919. raid. . CLOCKS TO JUMP SUNDAY, MARCH 30 Daylight Saving Plans Permanent Institution In United States. Washington, Fed. 4.?When Sunday, March 30, arrives, the clocks in Washington and all parts of the country will he set forward one hour, in accordance with the daylight saving act, which was effective for the first time last year, and which continues in effect indefinitely or until Congress othei*wisc provides. On Sunday. October 26- :ili tii?> will be sot back one hour. The impression exists in some quarters, it has been learned, thai the daylight saving act was only for one year, and that Congress must act again if the measure is to be effective this year. That is wrong, however. The law says: "That at 2 o'clock antemeridian of the last Sunday in March of each year the standard time shall be advanced one hour, and at 2 o'clock antemeridian of the last Sunday in October the standard time shall, by the retarding of one hour, bo returned." There was an agtiation last fall to have Congress pass another law establishing the time under the da\ light saving act as the standard time, and have it continue the year round. But the movement was given up. Sunday morning, March 30, at 2 (/clock precisely, the clocks are all supposed to be moved forward. As a practical matter, however, most clocks will be set ahead earlier Saturday night, so that when their owners wake Sunday mornimr their time pieces will be right. The daylight saving law gave i much satisfaction during last year, since it enabled men and women who work to get out of their offices and away from their jobs while the sun was still shining. Unless tht law >s repealed, each year will find the clocks turned forward one hour the last Sunday in March. o INFLUENZA SYMPTOM. One alarming symptom of Spanish i Influenza recently reported in this 1 section is the effect that the disease apparently has on the minds of sonv patients. One patient near Conway { who has now fully recovered, with exception that he is weak, was effect ed in his mind and acted and talked strangely for about throe weeks. Still another says now that he became confused after the disease took 1 him and knew very little of what was ; passing for several days. < Several instances have come to i light where it seems that the d idea so 1 attacks the brain and leaves other j parts of the system in good shape. tobaccoTarmers ; SEND FOR THIS: ' C Clcmson College, Feb. 1.?To meet t the rapidly increasing demand for i information on tobacco growing in c this state, the Extension Service of t Clemson College has just issued a bulletin entitled "Tobacco Culture in South Carolina." The publication treats tobacco from the seed bed to the market-place, dealing with types ( o' soil, preparation and care of seed ( bed, varieties, preparing land, fer- j tilizers for tobacco, transplanting ^ and cultivation, topping and suck- ( ering, insects and diseases, hai-vcst- t ing, barns, curing, and storage. It contains also drawings showing plans and hills of materials for to- . bacco barns. The bulletin is written by Mr. R. j 1). Gurrin, superintendent of the Pee Dee Experiment Station, who is a j tobacco grower of long and varied I experience. It is free for the askin ; land should be in the hands of the , liinwlmlc i^^ l'n )tvwhv ! ? .turning; to tobacco growing;. Write L I t'oi Extension Bulletin 4 .*?. "Tobacco! | Culture in South Carolina." Address J j Clemson College, Extension Service,' A. B. Bryan, Editor, Clemson Colj lege, S. C. | I yo/427 COTTON FARMERS ARE ADVISED TO CURTAIL Acreage of Cotton to be Planted During the Year 1919 BECAUSE 1918 CROP IS STILL ON HAND And They Want to Be Sure to Get Good Price for Staple. Farmers through the South will be advised and in fact are being advised * * now cut down on the acreage of cctton this year. One groat reason why this should be none is because the IblS crop, or the groat bulk of itT is still on hand being held at the storage warehouses and in the hands of the growers all over the country. With the last year's crop still practically unsold, and a big crop raised this year, it will be easily possible foi the market to be over-supplie I for years to come and the disaster of low prices will be inevitable. The farmers want to be sure to get a fair price hereafter for their cotten; and if they succeed in this, they must act wisely and not produce too much of the staple. An over supply will surely make the price low. Where a farmer is able to hold his cotton it is the wise thing for him to do. While the price is off just now, it is firmly believed that when the factories of the world get to using it, as they are bound to do when the effects of the war pass away, the price of cotton will be high. Where a man is obliged to sell it in order to get the ready cash that he must have at this time to keep from losing- something else, it is of course the only thing he can do to sell it and get out of his pi esent trouble. Where a farmer already has a. large ci-op which he is holding, it would look unwise for him to raise another big crop and have it pile?l~ up on top of it. ALLIED FORCES REM IN RUSSIA Archangel.?The American and allied forces operating south of Archmgel evacuated Shegovarsk yester:1ay and retired ten miles to the northward. The Bolsheviki Lc shell the American and allied positions at Tarasevo and Tulga. The forces which retired from She jovarsk, which is about 65 miles lorth of Ust Padengn (the allied position furthest south a week ago) tolay halted their march northward \nd established new positions at the idllages of Vistarka and Ust Sarat,, >n opposite banks of the Vaga River, en miles north of Shegovarsk. The lew positions are protected by for;sts through which there are no win er trails in the immediate vicinity. BIG ESTATE IS SOLD. There was an auction sale in Florence County yesterday, at the farm >f the late McFadden Gregg, two niles west of Florence. The sale ,vas made in the settlement of th* estate of McFadden Gregg. Amongthe articles sold were 8 Holstein ows, 8 Guernsey cows, 3 grade Annus heifei*s, 8 Jerseys, a lot of Duroc iocs. The sale was conducted by R. 0. Hanson of Conway as auctioneer. o CAR GOT STUCK. Mrs. Kllen Nixon Oockficld was an. mvival in Conway last Thursday coming over by automobile from Cherry Grove, one of nature's beauty spots on the Southern Atlantic Coast. On the way the machine wa?; stuck in the mud for a time so that the party did not arrive until late in the day.