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two . MUST HAVE LEAGUE OR ARM FOR WAR First Cabinet Member to Take ' Platform in Its Defense Warns People ARMIES AND NAVIES AT LENGTH VANISH American Rights and Liberty Will Be Strengthened, He Tells Members. I Washington. ? Secretary of the Navy Daniels, speaking at the Nat-j ional Press Club, was the first Cabinet member to take the platform in support of the proposed League of Nations. He ridiculed opposition to the league. If Kmerson. he said, had possesse 1 the limited vision of some who shuddered at the coming of a league of peace, he would have written his memorable lines something like this: By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag outstreaming fair and plain, Here the embattled farmers stood Aiwl lirorl -i tfhrtt ho'Dvl clunr In Maine. "The inspire'! lines of Kmcrson," | Secretary Daniels said, "will not bo changed and confined to smaller limit; to please those who live in dread oi world peace hv world brother-' hood." Alternative Is World-Mastery. He appeared at the press club to tell the story of the navy in the war. Of the League of Nations he had the following to say: "The more than one hundred million American people today are face to face with making the choice either of a League of Nations to safeguard the peace won by valor or of entering upon a career ( f such naval and military establishments as will enable us single-handed to guarantee American right and American interests from Halifax to Tierra del Kuego. There is no half\\ ay house. "We must assume our shaie of responsibility for world-justice and world-peace in co-operation with other free nations, or we must reject the proposal of a League of Nations indorsed by the chosen representatives of fourteen nations, representing twelve ! undrcd million people with all the burden of military expense and the danger of militarism which such choice involves. It is a momentous choice to made in a mo. m.ortous period of world-history. "If the peace conference called at the conclusion of the great war against war (that seems the fittest name for the gigantic conflict) should fail to find a way to end wars, and ii the civilized nations of the earth should fail to ratify a treaty insuring world-peace, su ii failure would be the most fatal blunder of all the centuries. Mother, gave their sons sorrowfully am proudly to prosei*ve free govenunonl for mankind, and these sons gave their service and their lives in tin faith that the sacrifice would save future generations from even tin menace of conquest, and the hell ol war. If the nations should leave t< the future the conditions as they ex isted prior to 11)14, they would invih future wars, and bo responsible fo the bloodshed and horrors due ' their neglect. More than that, th fruits of victory would perish, an tliosc who offered their lives woul have died in vain. Armaments Will Disappear. "We shall have a League of Ni lions for world peace, with smallc and smaller armies and with decren ing navies after the league has pas ed its first years and has made ce tain that its decrees are honorc Otherwise the nations will contim competitive navy building and mil tarism will crush the initiative nr corrupt independent inir? n>' chines. "There is no escape from this n ternative. As one who has long a' vecated international agreements end competitive big navy building, hail with joy the agreement of tl representatives of the fourteen n tions in Paris to wj-ite a wor pledge of peace and justice. "No American right would I placed in jeopardy by the manifo destiny which beckons us to impcr live duty of leadership in woi the Cutelee That Dees Not Affect th3 if? Bcceuse of ita tor.ic nnd laxative eifect. I.A f T1VF. BKOMOQU1HINR is tetter than or lino Suinine and doe9 not cause nervousness n nqinRin hend. Remember the full nptue.v look lor the i0 nature of I?. W. OHOVI-;. jt t R STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE Governor and Mrs. Manning wi!I ail shoitly for Franee to visit the *rave of their son, Maj. William S. Manning. James I<. Si nuns, of Orangeburg, United States marshal, will have to appoint a successor to William Cooper of Columbia, who passed away at Florence last week. A thrill of pride was felt through-4 out South Carolina when it was learn oii that of the 21 congressional medals of honor given for conspicuous gallantry in action, five of them had >ccn awarded to soldiers from this State. All officers and'enlisted men will receive $(>0 in addition to all other pay and allowances at the time they are given their honorable discharges, according to a war department order re'eived by the camp personnel ofiice at Camp Jackson. South Carolina has about 3.122,000 acies of land which Secretary Lane would like to see added to the territory of the United States and divider up into well equipped farms and offered lor settlement on long term payment to the soldiers who went forth to the world war. A bill appropriating $300,000,000 by the federal government for the education of boys and girls between I ho .'iiroo nf xiv Jin/1 1X upuvs. nsieh State being paid on the basis of $10 pet capita for each child within that age within its jurisdiction was introduced by Senator Pollock of South Carolina. Disclaiming any desire to wield the "big stick," but pleading earnestly that the general assembly arouse itself to action and enact legislation looking to a system of permanent highways, Governor Cooper went before the general assembly last week and urged a law calling for a license tax on automobiles, this fund to be supplemented by a graduated tax on property abutting or adjoining the roads which are to be built, and also a general property tax. o DEATH. I In oenaii ot me relatives we wisn to express our sympathy for the bereaved family of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McNeill. The angels visited and took homo with them Leitha, their little eleven >car old daughter on February the 2)i, 1919. Leitha had been failing in healH? since mid-summer. During December last she began losing her eye sight and after a period of only a few days she became totally blind and remained tn that state of condition until the time of her death. During all of her illness she was never I heard to utter a complaint, thus showing the wonderful spirit of endurance she possessed. Her cheeifw!ness gave hopes of her recovering ' until the end had come. When we think of her being with Him "who shall change our vile body ' that it may be fashioned like unto I His glorious body according to the (working whereby He is able even to jsubdue all things unto Himeslf" we know that it is better that she is there than with us. i? ' May we be prepared as she was. ? _? j. ('^moeracy and world peace. Wo ra H\ not escape the largo rcsponsibilit ?. which cntranoo into this war impose d wo would. Wo would not if w I- could, for it is as essential for tli 1- good of mankind that a Parliamer io of Man and Federation of the Wor! I should ho established in our day .* u. i'. was in Washington's day that tl ix- colonies should unite as a republic. Id "I cannot follow those excollei gentlemen who fear this forwai !,-? step will imperil American riglv .and American liberty. Instead, a- will strengthen them and we arc no vl; privileged to share blessings wit j people who never before have h< 81? ; be opportunity to live under govei a* lents of their own making. 'No nru fy # oi iveth unto himself.' This is trim < jc' nations as of individuals." % 9 % THE HOBBY HEB COMMISSIONER SAYS PRICE WILL RISE Provided Cotton Farmers Hold Their Product Off The Markets Now HE EXPLAINS WHY NO MARKET NOW Says There is Need For More Corn, Peas and Potatoes This Year. Cotton?what to do with it. That is the question thai is uppermost ' a nmnv mind< 1Y TT n 1*1*1 e m. a. ?.? i ? ioj VVIIIIUIOOIVI' or of agriculture, has been giving this question most of his attention for all of his life, and he insists that if other countries can fix the price of the commodities which they grow the South should be able to fix the price of cotton. "Really, we have no cotton market now, and will have none until we have world-wide and unrestricted intercourse with all other nations," says Mr. Harris. "This, of cpurse,. may not come until the treaty ot peace has been signed, although the nllio$Miavc lifted the blockade in the Mediterranean. I see by the news reports that on February 17 exports were .'14,000 bales against 6,000 for the same day last year. The reason why such heavy exports are not stiffening the market is because tinshipments consist of cotton belonging to English, French, Italian and Spanish cotton mills and merchants and have been carried in the America ports for the last year or two, and in i . .. _ 1 some instances longer. "No new buying* is in evidence, but this stock of cotton will be exhausted soon, and somebody will have to begin to buy. It is amusing just 10 tlnnk that a few months ago how en thusiastic the bulls were to buy at 35 cents. How can they have the heart to talk bear dope at 25 cents when there is no more cotton now for the world's consumption than when they were giving 35 cents? They talk to you about the great abundance of stocks ot dry goods on hand in the ietail stores and at the same time they will have to confess that 'the merchants are buying on a hand to rnov.th basis. As soon as the armistice was signed, every cotton mill or, ' every bearish cotton trader in the we rid set out to convince the voild that about 5,000,000 bales y cuM be all that the world wcuid con even if it should be able U handle that amount. I "'I he best authorities say now that there is not enough cotton for the supply of the world's needs, but the si pply is more than the world' will tike with conditions as they are. 'Conditions will change, and when ithey do there will be something doj ing in the market that will be inj (cresting to the mail who has Cv>tton, .So much for the .situation?here 1 the remedy: ' You farmers and bankers have it \w vour hands. Hold the 1918 trot: ol'l lite market; cut acreage 33 1--: per cent, and fertilize anywhere froir 1 38 1-3 to 50 per cent. Don't fail tc do these things if you want to win You have the best hand in the game and don't give it away. I "Let us see what is to be gained b< following this program: "First, you will show the specula tors of the world that we will not al low our own God-given monopoly? which is cotton, the great money croi of the South, and the South raises 7i per cent, of it to clothe the world? to be handled by a bunch of manipu lntors to enrich themselves and th people who gave it go so poorly ela that they have not enough clothes t keep them warm in winter. JTRY THE The scales seldom fail ic a fair gauge of health. are not feeling up to the ^ place the loss and build i w a unique combination th having MM the bloccl, restores \ in wCj tone to the who's :-ys cf lj A ground, try E ?cott & Liov >c ALP, OOlfWAT. g. O "We have been milking thii old cow long* enough and milking and turning the milk over to the other fellow. We arc going to milk for ourselves in the future. "Let's make a little calculation to see what we would los%if we were let go the remainder of our 1918 crop at today's prices, quoted at 25 cents. ^ From thc*best authority we can get we now' have 750,000 bales in this State. If sold at present spot price it would bring $93,T>0,000. If held j and sold for 35 cents the remainder of the crop would bring $131,250,000. ( If sold at present prices we would be loser $37,500,000. Can we alTord this loss ? "Any farmer who has cotton oi ( hand now will make money if he will * i hold on to it, and not go to the ex ^ pensc of buying high priced fertilizer and higher priced labor to make a ' now cotton crop this year. If he 1 will plant corn and sow the remainder of his land in peas and turn under the peas for fertilizer he will improve his soil and be better off than ' i the man who sells his cotton and then ' ; plants another crop of cotton. 1 "1 urge every farmer in the State ( ; to be sure this year to plant Torn and peas and forage crops and raise ' hogs for his home consumption for next year, and if they will do that they will never see cotton sold for the cost of production?and even cheaper. "Farmers, you have the remedy in y<?\i,r hands. It is up to you." o MORE FOOD AND FEED. Clemscn College.?Mr. David R. J Coker, puts the present agricultural J situation of the South in a nut shell in the following words: "I feel quite confident that the demand for cotton is going to gradually increase as legitimate trade conditions are restored throughout the world and that as scon as there is a normal world demand for cotton gcods, there will be sale for a very large amount of cotton at profitable prices. It is meanwhile evident, how e\er, that the present crop plus the surplus carried over is going to be more than the world needs before the crop comes in and there is but one program by which the farmer can protect himself and assure fair prices for the cotton he now holds and the crop he is about to raise, it can be expressed in a short sentence. 'Cut cotton acreage and raise more food and feed." "I." the figures for acreage and it ruiiZJi cimsuuipuuu uii- vci y I his Spring, I can see no hope that l'\? routhern farmer will be able to sell his present holdings and new crop for as much as it cost to produce, for ?t looks now as if the recovery of world trade from the effects of war is gcing to be gradual, and that a jvery heavy world demand for cotton ' may be postponed for a year or more." o | 7 RE VTMENT OF I SEED IRISH i OTATOES Clemson College, S. C.?It is very important that seed potatoes should he treated for the prevention of scab says the Extension Service horticulturist. This is easily done by using either formaldehyde or corrosive sub - limate. In usiner formaldehyde the 1 potatoes should be soake I for two hours in a solution of one pint of formalin to 30 gallons of water. This ) solution can be used several times. * If the corrosive sublimate method 1 is used, the potatoes should be soak> ed for one and a half hours in a so lution of four ounces of corrosive > sublimate to 30 gallons of water. This solution should be renewed af' ter using three times. Since it corrodes metal, the solution should be - used in a woodden or earthenware - vessel. In either case the potatoes should [> be soaked before cutting. Poth soli lutions are poisonous and should be - handled with care. Five and one half gallons will cover a bushel of o potatoes. d - 0 ? o J. A. Todd was in Conway last Thursday. r erAi nro to yeveal the truth. they am If you are losing weight and mark, it is high time to reLip the powers of resistance# cf tonic and nourishment instructive properties, enrichec right and imparts vigor and tem. If yon feej yourself losing mulsion?the Strength-Builder* vcc/ ai?oiaficld,N. J. 18-i FOREIGN ITEMS ' -??? -I [ GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY HEADING Japanese financiers are grante i the privilege of making loans t > China. President Wilson will not call an ^xtra session of congress until ofter lis return from Europe on the secmi I trip. The largest homeward movement )f troops since the breaking up of the American overseas army started ast November was announced by the kvar department in leporting the departure from French ports of 18 trmp ships with nearly 110.000 offi c i s and men aboard. General Pershing notified the war lopartment that divisions now in the American expeditionary forces excepting those with regular army ilcsignations would be returned t > the Unitdc States in the order of the arrival of their respective divisional headquarters in France. HUN MONARCHISTS PLAN ROUP D'ETAT London.?The monarchists of Gov-! many are contemplating' an early coup d'etat, in the opinion of the Mail's correspondent at Berlin, who says that the old officer class with iis general staff has been gradually getting the whip hand there since January 13 and now holds the govern ment in its power. "The threatened coup d'etat would be carried out in Berlin alone," he writes, "and would probably for a time be successful although it woual , certainly result in ruthless civil war and unscrupulous political murders A large number of officers are said to be associated in the plot which i aims at the overthrow of the present | government and the restoration of the old order of things. "A secret meeting of monarchist officers was held at Charlottenburg , on February 16. It was summoned ( by Marjorvon Herrigen, son of the former secretary of war. Thirty of- J ficers attended and each is said to ) have pledged himself to hold in his j residence a quantity or ,munitions ready for an emergency and to assemble at a certain place when called upon. Every member of the plot has . been requested to enlist as many , officers loyal to the former emperor j as possible, it is understood. The ! government has been warned of what is going on." The correspondent says the organization of new bodies of troops by the government, a step which alone | can save it from the Spartacans and | other extremists has been possible [only by reason of the govern me it yielding to the old officer class, which, he says, "had already bullied j the government into winking at numerous political crimes and arbiI trary acts which have been committed. o Hades' Healing Honey Stops The Tickle Heals The Throat Cures The Cough Price 35c. A FREE BOX OF GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE (Opens the Pores and Penetrates) For Chest Colds, Head Colds and ' Croup, is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES' HEALING HONEY You get the Cough Syrup and the Salve for one*price, 3oc. made, Recommended uud Guaranteed to the Public by Paris Medicine Company Manufacturers of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic o Premier Lenine and War Miniate .1 i.: 1.. i i ui//>rvy <iii*i tin*ir iii^iiui uiiitiuiis o the soviet government ''know tho the game is up, but do not know hov 1 to get out of it, or what to do," i 1 the belief now expressed. I ? | Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Day s Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMFNTfali ? to euro Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pilci I ' :r,tontly relieves Itching Piles, and you enn g< restful olcep aftor tho flr3t application. PricoGO. EVER SALIVATED BY I CALOMEL? HORRIBLE! I Calomel is quicksilver and acts like dynamite on I your liver. I Calomel loses you a day! Ycu know what calomel is. It's mercury; quic*. B silver. Calomel is dangerous. It crashes into sour hile like dynamite, ' cramping and sickening you. Calomel I attacks the bones and should never be I put into your system. When you feel bilious, sluggish, I constipated and all knocked out tirW. fl believe you need a dose of dangerous calomel just remember that your ifl druggist sblls for a few cents a large m bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, which is entirely vegetable and pleasant to take and is a perfect substitute for calomel. It is guaranteed to start VOUl* livor witlimit ah'i'?i?i? ...... ? ? ? -- ? ? V..^v*v uviiiui^ y\j U up inside, and can not salivate. j Don't take calomel! It makes you j sick the next day; it loses you a day'e < work. Dodson's Liver Tone straight ens you right up and you feel great. Give it to the children because it is perfectly harmless and doesn't gripe. ?adv. RULES FOR AIR 1 SHOULD BE MADE Washington.?President Wilson, in submitting to the house recommendations of the national advisory committee for aeronautics for legislation placing the licensing and regulation of aerial navigation in charge of the V department of commerce, declared I "he fully approved the suggested ! legislation." Secretaries Baker, ^ Daniels and Rcdfield also have indorsed the proposal. The legislation would give the department of commerce author! tv to i: sue licenses for civilian operation of air craft and provide an appropri- ^ J ation of $25,000 for the necessary ex- I pcnses. A letter from C. D. Walcott, chairman of the executive committee, said the legislation should he j passed at the present session. Mr. Walcott pointed out the absence of any federal authority for establishing rules and regulations governing civilian operation, said if the war department sold its surplus machines _ many amateurs would attempt flyI ing with many accidents resulting, j Operation of "unlicensed and irresponsible aircraft," he added, would cause probably complications from smuggling from Mexico and Canada. o CRYING FOR HELP Lots of It in Conway But Daily t Growing Less. The kidneys often cry for help. I Not another organ in the whole body more delicately constructed; i Not one more important to health. The kidneys are the filters of the i blood. When they fail the blood becomes i foul and poisonous. I There can be no health where j there is poisoned blood, j Backache is one of the frequent I indications of kidney trouble, j It is often the kidneys' cry for | help. Heed it. r\ ? tr . ?... I ivt-cui vvnui i/uan s Kinney I'll is I have done for overworked kidneys. Head what Doan's have done for Conv/ay people. Mrs. I). W. Harrison, Conway, says: "About a year ago I had a terrible backache and didn't k?0fc* what was the matter. I was awfully 1 nervous and I couldn't do my housework. Dizzy spoils bothered me and I would have to hold on to something for fear of falling. My kidneys acted irregulary and bothered mo a groat deal. Finally I got Doan's Kid ney Pills and after 1 had taken one box I was cured of all the mi-cry." Price <)0c, at oil dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?tho same that Mrs. Harrison had. Foster-Milbum Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.?adv t o j "DON'T TAKE BAIT." ^ B. Harris, commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries says that one cotton mill in the State had bought 100 bales of cotton for J?0 cents. "This price was paid because the machinery of the mill would have otherwise remained idle ^ for a time," said the commissioner. Mr. Harris says there is no need f r.*? a f A ^ * ? ? 11 1 ^ " iui uiv; iai in?r? to sen at ?5() cents when they can get ft.r> cents if they will only sit stcfidy in the boat. Mr. Harris urges the farmers not to be j. tempted but to stick fast for 85j t cents. t v Little fertilizer is being bought throughout the State, said the commissioner. On the contrary fertilizer dealers are facing cancelled orders daily. One dealer who generally , sells over 500 carloads of fertilizer (ft yearly told Mr. Harris that he had ? sold this year less than 40 carloa Is.