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TWO LUDENDORFFLOST WAR IN THE FIELD Germany Quit Because of Mil itary Defeat, Not From Internal Break. ???? i London.-?Any idea that the Gern/ins' final collapse was due to revolution or solely to blockade is scouted in an article in the Frankfort Zeituntf by the military writer, Major Paul us. "General Ludcndorff was beaten," says Paulus, "when he commenced to retreat to the Anlwcrp-Metz line for this line could not have been held. Neither flank was secure. In the north the Dutch frontier left no room for any retreat which would not have been catastrophic. In the center Verdun provided an invitation .1 ? i ? the enemy to oreaK uu-uugu. i ??<.line from nicdcnhofen to Motz was uhoady outflanked when the St. Mihiel salient was lost, while tinwhole of our southern front w.ns full of disadvantages and too close to tin Rhino to be held -stubbornly without risk of a cat a trophe." Rani us, therefore, maintains that f.udeiidorif was right when, at the end of September, he announced it was impossible to continue the war any longer. This was not due, .-ay Paulus, to anything that ha i occurred in Germany, but became of tin? military situation. SWEET CLOVER 8300 FOR IMPROVING SOUS Sweet clover is grown on many eombclt farms for I lie express purpose of soil improvement, for which purpose ic is unequaled by any other legume, says Farmers' Bulletin lOOo. recently published bv the United States Department of Agriculture. In cases where sweet clover is grown for this purpose the ond in view is to provide the greatest possiblbe amount of nitrogen in the soil and vegetable growth to be plowed un. dor. It is clear, says the bulletin, that the second-year crop, which wculd otherwise be devoted to seed production, will give the greatest growth in soil improvement, but there are difficulties in plowing un. dei this crop unless certain method5 o! handling it are followed. According to the bulletin the fait crop of the first year should bo cut U?i> ti'Mi-'n vi' 1-1 nnl J VI | M uiMi urn ?ivv iously the amount of material finally returned to the soil. About the middle of May the second-year crop should be clipped from 8 to 12 inches high and allowed to remain on the groun 1. In onler to prevent t">o heavy a growth it may be necessary to clip the crop again early in July, this time from 12 to 18 inches high, it possible. This clipping also remains on the field. After the second clipping considerable growth and some seed will be produced, all of which, together with the two clippings, may be plowed under later in the fall without special difficulty. This is the method that should be followed if horses are to be used for plowing, but when a tractor is available clipping is unnecessary, for with this source of power a very heavy crop of second-year growth can be plowed under .satisfactorily. On several occasions large acreages of sweet clover which have failed to produce seed have been plowed under by the use of a tractor .and gang plows equipped with special jointers, which are very effective in turning under and completely covering targe amount', of vegetable matter of thin kind. o MERCHANTS STUDY FARMING PROBLEMS. Ret,ail merchants by getting ii close touch with the farmer an. studying his problems tan help then selves as well as the farmer. Thi belief was acted on by the Wisconsin Retail Lumber Dealers' Associatio in a recent conference with Win consin agricultural-extension work ers, as a feature of which niembci ?f the association heard talks an saw demonstrations of better farn wig methods. The decision of the a; soci.ation to give informed service i t. - . ..ii i i ,. J*.. tv'ftll a.'-i to HUH lUIIHHT to JUJIIlUlrt said to have. been the first unite step ever taken in the direction < bringing retailors and farmers t gather. o Iiepoits from nearly all pai l > South Carolina indicate Unit the 1 is now getting less and loss and th conditions are much better. STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE Thomas Pirdee, Confederate veteran, is critically ill at the Confederate Soldiers' Home. Lander College, after having been dosed for some time because of the influenza epidemic, reopened Monday. Two recent additions have been made to the teaching force of the agricultural department of Clomson College. The Miot Brokerage Company of Columbia received the first carload of California lemons ever shipped to the State capital. Local cotton mills have been unaffected l?y the movement on tlm part of employees in Northern States to secure .an eight-hour working day. A "delcusing plant" is being buiL it the hr.se hospital at Camp Jackion by Contractor Harry F. H inn, who announces that the building will I be o< mploted by February loth. Jolm C. Shoppard, former gover- i ;:;r of South Carolina, took the oath I i" office .as senator from Edgefield i 'ounty, to fill the s< at made varan a the death of Senator B. E. Nicholson. A comprehensive report on the relilts of the consolidation of rural ' bonis in South Carolina has recont'/ been completed by Lueco Gunter, n I . . k ~ ^1 . js'.ato sup rvisor 01 rurni sciumm Tin- report sots fo.th the developjiirnl of the consolidated schools ince 1912 when the rural grade I j chool law was passed by the Gcncr- j nl Assembly. Marion County is fortunate in having selected as secretary of the home service section of the Rod Cross Miss Jessie Rose. Every returned soldier will need information i concerning his war risk insurance I i : to know something about the civil | relief act. If his allotment has not been received or if his family needi assistance, it is the duty of Miss Rose to see that these matters are j attended to. I GERMAN FORCES MENACE POiAND London.?When the .supreme interallied war council met in Paris today one of the questions which it din issed was the gravity of the r?la tion.s between Germany and Poland according to dispatches from Paris The military danger with which Germany menaces Poland, it is felt, maj threaten France later on. So far, ii is declared, the Germans have turn, ed a deaf ear to the injunction o Marshal Foch in regard to the evac I*!* I/\? r\C fAHir nlniwnrl K\r f Vi i uavivii ui i/vi i nvi j btuiiuvu uj Poles. The Germans are holding ai army in readiness to march into Po land and are concentrating troops ii the East. The war council is resolved, accori 1 ing to an Exchange Telegraph dis patch, to compel Germany to carr out the clauses of the armisticn an in the renewal of the armistice o February 17 will probably impos such conditions that from the poir i of view of demobilization and dis 1 armament all the danger threatenin n Poland will be removed, s A Reuter dispatch from Paris saj n it is declared in well inform* n French quarters that in view of tl !- German attitude towards the Pole the associated powers may think s advisable to consider the qucsth d of the occupation of the port of Da i- zig and the raliroad from Danzig Thorn with allied and Polish force, is At the meeting Marshal Foch a is General Wcygan wore present f >d ! France, Admiral Sir Sossl ofjWemyss for Great Britain; Gcnci o- Bliss for the United States and Gc c^al Itobliant for Italy. o of. Fhe Quinine That Does Not Affect tha \l 'lu Iieccuse of Us tor.lc and laxative effect, I. A J I TlVKJiKOMO QUININE better lhau ordir. at Quinine and dors not cause nervousness i J rinnring in head. |tcm?tnb< r the full PPine < i loo* for the s# nature ol U. W, nuov*>. , TfflC BOMtY HPU Tree Disease Threi Nation's Timb By CHARLES LA President of the'America An enemy from Germany?-th< invaded the United States, occupied1 a Canada; it has thrust forward across most vigorous efforts to check it. Cc virtually in its hands, and all the re The disease has been discovered and d vania, hut has made a strong advan< along the southern state line betwee: has been invaded. Bift this is not all. The progres mgly rapid wherever it has been alio Northwest and the rich Pacific coast a southward and westward toward the 1 What is this foe? What is this the man in the street? The white pine blister disease is a white pine trees and would doubtlesi and all five-leaved pines to which it n the white pine rust from the rusty f or ten years ago the disease was unkno no one knows exactly how or when, established. rrhen it spread. In si other*' no headway was made against spread, spread, till in less than a de menace. I iie white pine hhster disease 1 dreds of millions of dollars' worth of the currant and gooseberry bushes o a hold. The disease, which is a fum tree to pine tree. It goes from a pi develops there, and leaves the currant oim'o infected with the disease, fares < Y. M. C. A. NEEDS ONLY STRONG MEN OVERSEAS Candidates for Duty Over There Must Be True Christian Leaders. Atlanta, Ga., \ ?What typo ?f men are now needed as Y. M. C. A. workers overseas? Only men of established Christian character, culture and leadership, ministers and men who have had experience tn religious work in the church and the Young Men's Christian Associations. In addition to this particular group of men, all of whom would naturdisqualify for hut leadership, there a! cat), according to information jUr! received from New York, for educational administrators, such a* schovnj super inn r.ciPnis, nrgn sc.iooi aim gruuo princh.a's and college nd university profot rrn. Tv vc is still a call for #?ood chauf! fr-ui mechanician and entertainers f< r overseas duty, all of whom must bo of good moral character. It is stated that the v. M. 0. A, Is 10 longer hi need of rueh men a* ware'iotise superintendents and work'v s, . tore-room clerks, bookkeepers, transportation and construction superintendents, carpenters, electricians, plumbers. However, a number of high grade stenographers, accountants and motion picture operators can be well used by tin V. M. C. A- oversea? at this time. ALLIES TO TiQTHEN , If ON THE GERMANS Paris.?The Allied premiers, who 7 meet this afternoon as the supreme ^ inter-Allied war council, probably will fiy now tpHTis t.o bp imposed 1 upon Germany, whose tactics of ob" slruction and recrimination are said to have reached a climax in a threat 1 made at Weimar by Chancellor Ebert * tliat Germany would break off nego1 tiations with the Allies. The feeling in peace conference d circles is that the Germans are moro ' and more forgetting their position y and it is expected that the supreme d War council will take measures tc n bring them to a sense of the realitc ties. Marshal Foch will go to Trove' February 17, to fix the conditions foi ? a third renewal of the armistice am a discussion of the conditions to b< /s imposed probably will take up mos 5(' or' the time of the supreme wa 10 J council session today. !S? | It is understood that the counci 1 will fix a brief time within whir 5n|the Germans must carry out th -1" jconditions thoy have only fulfille 1 i t? ;pnrt. In this respect, it is noted tha > none of the German merchant ship no which were to have been sent to cei <>r t/iin Allied ports has yet be r. banc yn ed over. ral Trench opinion eon- iders that t' m- occupation of Kssen i of ,v:\;t sity, if the Allies art to c 4o*ol O many's principal war facto: i< ;. Bu Cldili ; opinion in Trance .! o i a^kB ^ Iho supreme war cov.n-il i. % i: no- to allow Tield Marsh/d von Hindei iV burp: to establish himself in Bron " t ill), OOirWAY, 8. o. ' itens Vast Loss to >er Resources THROP PACK n Forestry AsseeiatuNl j Jl 1 i white pine blister disease?has1 ill of New England and driven into t the New York state line despite the i dhmbia and Essex counties are now j mainder of the state ia threatened, efeated in New Jersey and Pcnnsyl- j ce out West and occupied' territory n Wisconsin and Minnesota. Ohio I is of the- disease- has been- astonish- ' wed to gain a foothold. The great re now threatened, while an advance Mississippi' is almost certain. I invasion, and what does it mean; 8c ' J , wood canker-which kills our famous' s also kill our. valuable sugar pines 1 light spreach Tt is sometimes called! r ippearance of the "blisters." Eight ' \vn in this country. It came secretly,,! and it worked! secretly until it- was nl O nOi!? 1 4* ItfO 11 1 miic |inm f> 11 ?HI 111 I Hill, HI ( it, and it lias continued to spread.11 cade it has become a great national i! l( i lot only threatens to wipe out hun-. valuable pine trees; it also threatensj f the regions where it has obtained! rus growth, cannot travel from pine.' ino to a currant or gooseberry bush,J hush to attack another pine, which,' loath. VAST AMOUNT OF GUM CHEWED BY MEN OF A. E. F. I Y. M. C, A. Supplies 77'/2 Tons of the. Country's Favorite "Jaw Developer"' to Soldiers in One Month?That Was 16,320,000 Sticksl Paris, 1.?-(I5y Mail.)?TheC. A. furnishes most of the chew~ J in? gum for our soldiers and sailors overseas. For one month's delivery recently it ordered 77H tons of An orion's favorite jaw developer. When one speaks of chevil*^ gam , in tens, the- human niind Marls tr* miss Ore and skid, for it takes considerable sum to weigh ?vOOO pounds. | There are 15,320,000 stikks in 77*4, tons. Figujrfng 1 ho longth of a slick of gum vv; throe inches, this means 49,- i 960.OW inci. s of gmi>. Dividing by 12 we have 1,030.000 foot of the suej client sticks. When you reduce this |to miles you have just plain 771.5 i plus. Put oven more stupendous figures are to be had when you comput" ihe number of "Jaw-miles" that this much gum represent*. It was found lhat the avorage man of phlegmatic temperament chews 70 times a minute, while an energetic, hard-working, ambitloui rating man will make 80 round trips with his Jaws 1a the aame length 9i time, berg and prepare a campaign against Poland, which can only be supplied through Danzig. The supreme war council also will fix the size of the contingents of France, Great Britain, the United States and Allied nations in the armies of occupation, both in Europe and Asia. ROBUSTNESS Nature has not been prodigal _ jiL __1 i__ 1.1- ix? wiui cveiyuuuy in uic iimuci of robustness. Many, all j through life, must stand guard i and combat colds, coughs j bronchitis or perhaps more > serious pulmonary ailments ' For nearly five decades i SCOTTS a EMULSION ii | has been helping to tun h weakness into strength. Fo | those who are delicate, witl n tender lungs, weak throats am a proneness to debility and 1 anemia, the definite nourish- igA ing and tonic qualities of \_S] Scott's are of special value. j\\f Scott & Uowr.c, TJloo/uficld, N.J, 18*5 I"- 0 " The subject of weights and meaj !" tires has been given quite a lot c consideration by B. Harris, comma . ioner of agriculture, commerce an ! industries, and he proposes to do th best that is possible to put a stop 1 some of the glaring irregularities. FORE ION ITEMS 1 GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING It is stated' that the foo*i situation n Czecho-Slovalcia; is now extremey serious. ^ The best informed opinion* Is that he menace of a' general strike in ^ondon is removed. Managers of the* senate woman ;uffrage resolution decided to'call up he measure Monday. * g . . 1 The American distinguished* ser- ( -'ice medal has been awarded by I?l*es t lent Wilson to Lieut. Francis W. j 7raven. Hospital reports from the ocped; j or.ary forces show there were 1, K>2 sick e.T.d wounded among; the fYmerican <v. V-liers on January 16. ? 1 Heavy losses wore inflicted on tno Bolsheviki by the American forces: Tuesday and the enemy was driven ' jack in disorder from the village of Vistavka on the Vaga. A project for the establishment of i representative body elected by the ' , people of the nations of the world to j -it in connection with the propos- j :\1 intrrnatioivd labor bureau is being quietly discussed among some of itie labor leaders in l'aris. Reports of widespread lawlessness on the part of the Americans, pat ticul'arly from the American expodir r.> i~.) i tl V/ I liil ^ IV/Ifft, il!?* \N 11 U I I V UIILUUIIUI'U declared Brig*. (Ion. \V. W. Harts, tho American commander of tho Paris 1 district, in a report submitted to Maj. Gen. J. G. llarboard. The French minister of war has* officially notified the state department that all Americans in the French army who volunteered for the duration of the war will be discharged upon their request. Chinese and Manchu troops are now included in the Bolshcviki forces opposing the Americans on the Va- j ga. So far these have been held irr.: reserve but the Americans are pre- J paring a warm reception for the j yellow soldiers if they appear in the fighting line, in view of the stor- j s reaching them of the Manchu , 1 . atmcnt cf prisoners in the Baltic avuiccs. GOVERNOR CREATES 111 runti r nnmiTv ALLLNUAIX UUURI I j Quite a ceremony surrounded the ! signing ?'*i noon last Friday by Gov. Robert A. Cooper of the act that 'o; rated the new county of Allendale,, the scat of which is the town of Allendale, now in Barnwell couty. It was the first act to be signed by Gov. Cooper and on the list of ratified acts it here the No. 1 . The sign ir.g was with a gold pen, and this pen will go into the archives of the baby county. Photographers were I present to got views of the signing. Allendale county incorporates a part of Barnwell county, and two members of the general assembly, ( Senator Johnson and Representative J. E. Davis of Barnwell, who live in what is to be the new county, havci announced that they will resign seats and offer for reelection as legisla. I tors from the new county. Both arc prominent members of the general assembly. The act creating the new eount> ' was ratified in a joint assembly o< I the two houses this morning and tlu I pen with which the speaker of tlu ' house and the president. of the sen P ate signed the act was awarded t< [ Senator Johnson, author of the act. I o j Senator-elect N. B. Dial of Laur ' ens was in Washington and attendc< ' . to a number of important matters. ? SHOW HOW TO GROW MORE CORN. The Clermont County (Ohio) Farn Bureau, through the county agcnl j last year demonstrated how the yiel | of corn could be increased by usinj j manure and acid phosphate and b (I liming. On a total of 75 acres o ^ i corn 22 farmers produced an aver \age increase of 10 bushels an acre b j broadcasting 8 loads of barnyar ? manure and 200 pounds of acid phos j phate an acre. From a group o L fields on which 3 carloads of groun J limestone were i^sed the yield was i f ' cased an average of 5 ner eenl Two lime pulvers were purchase ! and last spring one farmer groun 5" 200 tons and another 100 tons c > stone from their fanns. ?> 1 Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money If PAZO OJNTMFNT fal .0 to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Prot.-udl lg Pile \v.tantly relieves Itching Piles, ar. \ yon con g rcstfuUlocp after tho first crmlcalon. Price? mr IT! SUBSTITUTE I FdNASTY CALOMEL I Starts your Ever without m&k- I % || ing you si eft and can not salivate. I Every druggist in tfrwn?your drug' || yiat and everybody?.^ druggist has' ][l loticed a great falling'off in hte sale ' (| )f calomel. They ail give the same* ??| eason. Dodson's LWer Tone is tak- |l r.g its place. B "Calomel is dangerous and people enow it, while Dodsonte Liver Tone is a perfectly safe and gives bettci^Ap suits," said a prominent local dnjgf- |H sist. Dodson's Liver Tone is per- {9 penally guaranteed by every druggist who sells it. A large bottle costs but ? a few cents, and if it fails to give jl rasy relief in every ease of liver slug gishncss and constipation, you have only to ask for your money back. 1 Dodson's Liver Ton#* is a pleasant- 1 tasting, purely vegetable remedy, harmless to both children and adults. Take ii spoonful at night and wak?jptp~~ * 1 feeling fine; no biliousness, sick tread 2 m Ire, acid stomach or constipated 1 bowels, it doesn't gtipc or cause in- | convenience all the next day like vio- 2 lent calomel. Take a dose of calomel 1 today and tomorrow you will feel I \vcak, sick and nauseated. Don't lose j a day's work! Take Dodson's Liver Tone instead and feel fine, full of v;?cr and ambition.?adv. two gountrTes ho! d up cotton ! Washington.?Senator Smith of jl South Carolina called on Acting. Secretary Polk today to urge appro-, priato action by this government in > an effort to have I"'ranee and Italy remove trading restrictions so American cotton dealers might be per- I niittcd to sell direct to merchants in those countries. Senator Smith said later Mr. Polk was impressed with *' the situation as outlined to him . and ^ I promised his cooperation. The French cotton business, Senator Smith said, was in the hands of fl the French cotton commission, according to his information, and ship-"* a pers were not permitted to sell di- > net to France or to engage freight ,d| and ship to that country. The Italian J business, ho added appeared to be in* practically tho same situation- Those & regulations the senator declared,, &| were in largo measure responsible j for the small orport businoss in cot*. a* ton. o-?? COLD& AJ'TKCT THE. KJIWEX& Many Conway People Have Found! This t.o be True.. I Are you wretched in had weather?' |j Does every coid settle on yourkidneys? I 1 Docs your back ache and become i weak ? i Are urinary passages irregular and distressing ? These symptoms are cause to klis- 1 pect kidney weakness, j Weakened kidneys need quick a I help. Doan's Kidney Pills are especially jfl prepared for weakened kidneys. ^ Conway neople recommend them. ' Mrs. L. A. Woodruff, Third Ave., ' Conway, says: "I caught cold and it settled on my kidneys. My back felt I I as if it were broken and headaches I and dizzy spells bothered me at I f times. My nerves were in a bad f state and I felt all tired out. i&V kid- I neys acted very irregularly 'Too. I i] i tried different medicines hut got no ?a - relief until I used Doan's Kidney y , Pills from the Ilorry Drug Co. In a 1 short time all the trouble disappear- 9 > cd." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't j| simply ask for a kidney remedy?get, ' . Doan's Kidney Pills?thc same that | \ Mrs. Woodruff had. Foster-Milburir Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.?adv CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE. The House of Representatives will this week decide whether or the $. 11 State of South Carolina shall hold -1 '? a constitutional convention in 11*21, J r' for the purpose of drafting a new J ? constitution. The Senate has passed $ ? a resolution calling for such a con- 1] f vention, and the resolution is due to ' - come up in the House some time thiy. j y week. The resolution passed the jk ^ Senate by a vote of 30 to 3, and it 1 " is believed it will pass in the House, 1 ?- - ' | ^ No Worms in a Healthy Chile J AH children troubled with worms have an tuv* a t. healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as I .1 rule, there is more or less stomach diattiMfance. I GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given rc Jjlarly ! a for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, im- I ,f provo the digestion, and act as a General Strength- \ ening Tonic to the wholo system. Nature will then j trow off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be m perfect health. Pleasant *.o taKo. COc per bottle. \ O Si amp sales foj' January show a lis * a. big* decrease fro\t\ {\\{< tales of Dell1 comber. 'Vi' i