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iTHE QROWTi Robustness to many matter of habit, the habil consistent use of scoim Hie energizing propertie proved in thousands of 1) The habit of using Scot as a means of builclir.' fir/ weakness is a habit wc I V vuL Tiy Sooti's Emuial j- "mSrS* fccott & Bownc, i I EUROPE IS FACING | A TURMOIL AND WAR \i Downfall of Clemenceau is <V' Threatened?France and :,j Italy Are Disappointed!. i fc?t>w York.?Bolshcviki successes ?jj lu the Ukraine during; the past week W< together with critical developments "/ in the British labor situation, have |r coincided with renewed rumors in U Paris of tht impending fall of the ^ CLemenccau ministry became of its failure to meet France's domestic problems of social and taction ve forms. [ The closing days of the peace conW ference are thus finding Europe in a b condition of popular turmoil. The If delegates who are writing a docuJr ment to give peace within the bounf daries of their respective countries BR?. will fail in their work, instead of <* peace Europe is waiting ready for a HI r.ew war of the working classes. The settlement f>f the international prob. * lems confronting the Paris delegates ' is already beginning to be regarded j a'most as.a thing of the past by the ji working people of Europe who are J now tumix'g to a defense of their A .own interests at home. \ Gigantic Struggle Forecast. A The whole tendency of European ' conditions at present is toward a / gigantic struggle for -a higher standtj ard of living for the working classes. Following closely upon this is the f / problem of If Ration which fhe gov[ 1 cinment mast face immediately * upon the ending of the peace confoV! er.cc. Disappointment ia very keen ! among the allied peoples at *thc imf possibility of extracting from Gcrj many enough money to pay'in any ' reasonable dcfi'!*** for the cost of the \ war. Germany's limited wealth I' means that the European allies must j impose upon themselves indefinitely f .an income tax tsvo or three tunes as heavy as the American income tax \ or must find other direct ways of payir./; their war debts. This rhatter is intimately associated with the demands of European labor for improv ed conditions of living. ) j To meet the perplexing situation, confiscation of capital in some legal form is being discussed by European 1 statesmen. Before the war, Germany imposed a tax on capital and it is probable the allies will be forced to follow ^ this example when financial rcadL justments to a peace basis have to be W made. A capitalization tax finds f high favor with the working men and every indication points to all the ) European governments being com^ pcllcd to adopt the viewpoint of the h. labo^ng classes in matters of taxaf Hnr^c iti We still have on hand a nic / Mules. Also have in this v buggies. Come and get yo all picked. * Jenkin Tabor, % H OF HABIT ' is almost entirely a t of taking care and the NIHSION s of Scott's have been tomes nearly everywhere. 't'a regularly at trying periods g up strength and thwarting :ll worth cultivating. 'on for Increased Strength. Moemfield. N, J, 18-23 tion. Facing Disappointment. Disappointment at the terms of peace is developing in France and Italy. There have been increasing evidences this week that the high expectations of Rome and Paris over tiic material results to be gained fium the war cannot be realized. The conflict has beep too devasting for ail Europe to permit any country to have a quick recovery. The desires of France and Italy for an old fashioned ! 1 ill wll ?nV 4lw? Inonwo nntr ^?vviv"w\4* 111 u uivii tut iv/ovin y vauiiv/u ; joe realized because the losers have j little credit left. France and Italy therefore, while contesting' at the peace table to the last for an ancient vengeance upon their enemies arc unable thereby to increase the indemnities and guarantees they so ardently seek. It is impossible to exterminate a foe and at the same time get more wealth than the foe could produce if alive. Meanwhile, the dark threat of the Bolshevik! against Western Europe continues. The refusal of the Western powers to confer with the Bolsl.oviki 1ms now been followed by a sweeping Bolshevist movement through South Russia to the Black Sea and the gates of Odessa. The policy of ignoring the revolutionists in Russia is not working out to the advantage of the peace delegates in IV.ris. Russia is passing more and more under control of the revolution anc! refusal to recognize this fact has r.ot been influential in stemming tihe revolution. Such being the case, Eaj ropcans are beginning to ask how the league of nations will operate with revolutionary Russia and nearly ?13 of Central Europe not included i among the peoples of the league. - ... o MUCH LESS LUMBER. | Washington.?Lumber production in the United States during 191b showed a decrease of more than 2.000.000,800 feet under the 1017 pro duction, the forest service of the de p; rtment ?of agriculture announced today. Reports received by the hurt au from 731 saw mills placed th? estimated 1918 cut at 32,760,000,000 feet. In t917 the total production was 26,000,000,000 feet. The decrease was general throughout the country, the service stated but was largest in the Southern and Eastern States and least in the Western States. o lite Strong 'Withstand the Winter Cold Better Than the Weak You must have Health, Strength and Endurance to light .Colds, Grip and Influenza. When your blood is not in a health* condition and does not circulate properly your system is unable to withstand the Winter cold. ' ROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC Fortifies the System Against Colds, Grip and Influenza by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. It contains the well-known tonic properties of Quinine and Iron in a form acceptable to the most delicate stomach, and fa pleasant to take. You can soon feel its Strengthening, Invigorating Effect. 60c. I e selection of Horses and /eek a car load of Virginia ur choice before they are s tiros. N. C. *, U./VMTV' ua c*. 9 vjTOm* *? r*.^ *?- rjtR - .'mvji :,'Ar rv. i v uvj ^. nr. THE HOMtT HERA LI "HIDDEN TREASURE" I PITFALL FOR NEGROES i < Alton Hannah, Negro, is Badly 1 Wanted by Government i Agents. l h ^ Postofficc authorities and govern- j ment agents are on the lookout for 1 Alton Hannah, a negro who travels a string of aliases, and whose sole i object in-living is to fleece unsuspect ing negroes with his clever "hidden tieasurc scheme." In one of his lett* rs to a "prospect" he gave Florence as his postofficc address, but so far as is known he has not attempted to work his scheme here. This negro poses as a Government agent, fortune teller, conjure doctor and has defrauded a number of people in a "hidden treasure" scheme. His favorite scheme is to locate wcll| to-do negro farmers, inform them | they have valuable treasure hidden on their farms, and agrees to locate this treasure, gold, if the owner will give him half the "find" and pay half the expense of having the gold "washed." He then proceeds to locate the treasure, usually at night, which lie finds in an old pot buried in the ground, and which was previously placed there by him. He does not let the victim see the contents of the pot, but puts the pet in sack which he guards very carefully. lie then borrows a trunk from the farm; 01, places the pot in it, and ships >t I to Charleston, S. C., whew he claims io have the gold washed. In a day ] or so afterwards he returns to his j victim and informs him that the poi,! contained anywhere from $30,000, worth of gold, and that his expense foi washing the gold 'is anywhere from $2,000 to $3,500. He binds the victims to secrecy, collects his fees for having the gold washed, and puts them off by saying he has to send the gold to the mint :at Washington before they get their money. In one instance he claimed to find $75,000 on one negro's farm, and collected $3,500 from him. "He also works the "confidence" game 'im negroes. While with these h?> intends to fleece, he claims to find a purse and asks them to say nothing :ilbout it. 'He has them accompany him to some secluded spot to see what the purse contains, and to divide the money. Usually' the purse contains $G00 or $700, consisting of a $500 bill. He then asks his victim to raise a certain amount, usually $200, so that he can get the $ *00 bill changed. They give him ! the money to "go have the bill ehang! ,-wi ?? i-~ -? , v ivih.iv; upuu nu uisuppcars wiin j their money. ;l Hannah has been living in Charleston, S. C., for the past year anil has operated in Bamberg, Berkeley, Charleston, Orangeburg, Georgetown and Williamsburg counties in 3outh Carolina during the past few months. While the Government does net, under the Postmaster General's Order, pay u rcwaikl for the apprehension of persons charged with fraudulent use of the mails, M. W. D. F'aust, of Denmark, S. C., who was defrauded by this man, offers a reward of $200 for tho arrest of Hannah. The TJ. S. Marshall at Charleston, S. C., holds a warrant for his arrest. Alton Hannah is also known as George Scott, George Head, Judge Williams, William Johnson and Dr. J. W. Moore. His description: Negro, ginger cake color; age, about ! 40; weight about 160 to 170 pounds; | height 5 feet, 10; scar on left cheek about 1-2 in. in width and about 3.4 in. long, probably caused by burn. Has upper gold tooth, right front, unless has had othoi nmtpvini ?e*in stituted recently. ? ?~ct ? NOTICE OF SALE. Under and by virtue of the decree and judgment of the Court made by his Honor Jas. E. J'eurifoy, Presiding Judge at chambers in 12th Judicial Circuit, in the case of H. H. Woodward, Plaintiff vs. Nick Floyd, Otherwise known as Nicholas Floyd, Frank Floyd, Otherwise known as W. Frank Floyd, William Spain, Icila Spain, Fannie Spain, Sallie Spain, Harry Spain, Emma Bellamy, Millie Jordan, Willie Bellamy, Charley Bellamy. Xler.rv - ' mi Bellamy, Joseph Bellamy, Bryant Bellamy, Grade Bellamy, Anna Sessions, Henry William?-, David Williams, Lizzie Hunt, and all and sinprular the heirs at law of Kmilinc Floyd, deceased, Nora Bellamy, deceased and Charity Spain, deceased and Luke Floyd, Sr., dc| ceased, Defendants. Amended under order of the Court April 3rd, A. I)., 1J?18, by the addition of the following parties, defendants; Catherine ), OOHWAY, 8. a Floyd, I. Sam Floyd, James Floyd, Mary Stovcrv Isadora Davis, Charity Avant, Essie Johnson, Henry Floyd, Luke Floyd, and Sarah Chestnut, leirs at law of Nick Floyd, deceased, dncc the commencement * of this action; Mary Floyd, George Floyd, Ben jemin Floyd, and Alice Turner, heirs it law of Frank Floyd, deceased, since the commencement of this action, Defendants; and dated the lltli [lay of March 1919, 1, the undersignea, W. L. Bryan, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas as Special Mastor, of Horry County, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder before the Court House door at Conway, in Horry County, and State of South Carolina, during legal hours of sale, on salesday in April next, it being the 7th day of said month, all and singular those certain lands situate in Horry County, and described as fellows, to wit: All those three (3) certain tracts or parcels of land, (taken together composing the estate lands of Luke Floyd, Sr., deceased), lying near Toddville in Horry County and described as fpllows, to wit: TRACT NO. 1.: Containing Fortyeight (48) acres, more or less, in Ducks Township, said County and State, bounded on the North by the public road leading from Conway ;o Georgetown, ?. C., and byt land ol Albcry Rhuark, on the East by a line beginning at an iron bar and run ning thence S. 11.45 W. G.73 to stake, thence S. 15.15 E. 21 43 to a stake "N" on ll'alf-Way Creek, which line divides this tract From lan.I claimed AV/ ?1- T.M 1 ii ? ? v tv i* 11.411 r noyu, on tne isoum t>y Half-Way Creek, and on the West by Public Road, being* all of that portion of the orate lands of Luke Floyd, [deceased, which lies on said Public I'oad and West of the line dividing this tract from Tract No. 2 claimed b\ W. Frank Floyd, (See plat made by M. F. Sarvis for said dividing line.) TRACT NO. 2. Containing Fortyeight. (48) acres more or less, in Bucks Township, suit' County and State, bounded on the North by lands of Dusenbury & Co., or XJ. A. Dusenbury., on the East by tract No. 13, or lands claimed by heirs of Nicholas Floyd, on the South by run of Half-Way Swamp, and on the West by a line beginning at a stake anil running thence S. 11.45 W. 6.78 to stake, thence S. 15.15 E. 21.43 to stake on the run of Half-Way Creek, this line'dividing lands of the heirs of W. Frank Floyd from lands allotted to Tl. H. Woodward, described heroin :ir Tvnnf "Mr* 1 I TRACT NO. 3: Containing FortyIfMijht (48) acres, more or less, in j Bucks Township, said County aivl Si ate, and bounded cn the North by lands of Duscnbury & Co., or U. A Pu sen bury, on the East by lands >1 1") us,en "bury & Co., and Wuccamav, River, on the South by run of HalfWay Swamp and on the West b\ land claimed by the Heirs of W Frank Floyd. | Terms of Sale Cash. Purchaser tc pay for'papers. Conway, S. C., March 12th. 1019. VV. L. BRYAN, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas as Special Master. II H. WOODWARD, FHintiff'tf Attorney. In Pro. Pcrsonnc. No Worms in a Healthy Chile AH children troubled with worms have en un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rale, there .is more or lc3S stomach disturbance IROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly for iwo or three weeks will enrich the blood., improve the digestion, and act as a General Strengthening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then nc'v olTor,dispel thav/orms, and the Child will be in perfect health. Pleasant *o take. 60o per bottle CORPORATION RETURNS. D. C. Hcyward, Collector of Internal Revenue announces that, beginning; last Fridav. denutv r-ollr^tm-o -I ^ - V V. iv7ero being sent to every county in the state to assist corporations in the preparation of their returns, blanks having* already been mailed from the Collector's .office to cveiy corporation in this district. It is not expected that these deputies prepare returns for corporations, but can only give information as to the application of the law as called for by the returns. Each deputy will be assigned approximately four counties, and will, of course, spend a greater length of time in those counties which have the larger number of corporations. With these deputies will be a deputy who will take delinquent individual income tax returns, and the Collector urges every one who has not. made his tax return, to seek out these deputy collectors. Where a tax payer is delinquent for a good reason, he will be expected to make affidavit, but under the law his total tax will be payable when return :s n ado. Deputies will give notice as to their appointments through the ci unty papers. ? J. E. Nixon, one or our young men from the Nixonvillc community, ; iK-.it last Saturday in Conway. GRAVES'COURSE I' FOLLOWS ORDERS Russians Must Choose Own ! Government and We Not Take Sides Washington.?Reports of growing anti-American feeling in Eastern Siberia have been for some time in j the hands of the state department. This was learned authoritatively in connection with an Associated Press despatch from Vladivostok telling of widespread criticism in Eatsem Si- beria of the operations of the Americrn military forces there. The report, it was learned, came from both American diplomatic and military representatives in Siberia and instances or the feeling were cited Officials of the state department, it was said, however, have thoroughly approved the conduct of , the Amcricaq forces unded Maj. Gen. i William S. Graves. I Instructions were issued to Genoral Graves before he went to Siberia, it was learned, to avoid carefully any act which would commit the United States government to either side in any factional troubles. These instructions, it was said, have ; been reneated from time to time, and ! strict observance of them by the j i American commander has aroused 1 some of the hostility. Much of hostility in Vladivostok toward Americans is attributed in well informed circles here to the activity of a Japanese agent. It has il/ccn scported that about three weeks ago a Japanese publicity agent arrived in Vladivostok. Within a few days, these reports say, articles began appearing in the newspapers cf Vladivostok which are said to be under Japanese influence, reflecting upon the United States and its Siberian policy or as the articles described, its lack of policy. Hope in Future. State department olTieials said that the situation as regards Japanese influence was clearing. The War party in Japan, to which much of the friction was attributed in reports reaching this country, has been superseded by the peace party. It is regarded as certain in circles conversant with the situation that as regards lessening of the friction between the Japanese and Americans. o ' i Brians Jev And happiness f ' At t3ie Hour* Pac# th? Ccr.'ng of Fiaby Drav/a Krrv'or?Are You Prepared? P^pSlIPII No vcmnn awaiting the joy of coming: motherhood rhcukl allow the days to pass without using the wonderful penetrating npplicntian, Mothers* Friend. By its regular use throv rhov.fc the period the system is prepared for the conning event and strain and tension to yellevcd. It renders the broad, flat, abdominal muscles pliant and they readily yield to nature's demand S'or expansion. As a result the nerves are not drown upon with that peculiar wrench* in? strain, and nausea, nervousness, bearingdown and stretching pains arc counteracted. The abdomen expand# easily when baby arI rives and the hours at the crisis arc nat- , urally less. Pain and danger as a consc, queneo is nvoided. Mothrr's Friend not only nllays distress In advance, hut assures a speedy recovery for tiie mother. The shin is kept soft and smooth and natural and frco from disflgurcmcnt. i Write to the BrndfFld Regulator Company, Dept. J, Lamar Building, Atlanta, Georgia, for their Motherhood Book, and procure u If *-' " * wuic \ji ?i?iner n I'Tiena iroin the druggist. It L? .1u*t us .standard us uny thing you can think of. W0MANSIJFFRASE GOES IN DOCUMENT Paris.?Containing neither any ref crence to the Monroe Doctrine nor tj the Japanese proposal for recognition of the racial equality of nations, the draft of the covenant of the league of nations today is in the hands of the special drafting committee. The draft was completed Wednesday night at a sitting of the full com irittee and the covenant is expected to be ready in completed form early this week. The two amendments around which has centered the great est interest and much divergence of opinion, however, may be offered in cither the council of ten or to the plenary peace conference to which tlm r-nvonn nf numf rrn fnv tin.'tl nr " v ' o ? * ' tion. {Among other amendments adopted r?InrV?f " * a.!. .. vMi.vuvuij ?>ni> uur uirtvuy recognizing the principle of woman's suffrage in that it provides that hte offices of the league are open to \voi men as well as to men. ?? ? I i During the past week 459 men and women applied to the United States employment service throughout the Slate for positions. TIME TO TAKE STAND ' AGAINST BOLSHEVISM Situation in Hungary Said to Be More Serious Than Ever. APPREHENSION FELT BY WELL INFORMED No IU Will Believed to Have Been Shown for Americans or British in Budapest. Washington.?Reports of an increasing seriousness of the situation in Hungary led to an opinion expressed last week by an official of the state department that "the time had come for the allied nations represented at Paris to take a definite and firm stand against Bolshevism." Little news of an official nature was received at the state department but dispatches from Paris indicated that grave apprehension wnv Fr.it ?.? .? ? ?V* v V*?VI v as welt as in Washington over the situation. Representatives of the United States in Vienna reported that the food administration had one or two agents in Budapest and it was stated that there might be other Americans there. These advices said there was nr- 111 feeling' towards Americans or British in Budapest but a strong fooling of hostility wan being manifested against the French. This, it is believed la re, is due to the occupation b> French troops of the neutral zones between C'zccho-SlovaUia and Hungary, and Roumania and Hungary. It is believed here that probably the French members of the interallied mission in Budapest have bo-en interned as has been reported in news dispatches from Vienna, but doubt was expressed as to the inclusion of Americans or British in the internment order. It was said by officials that if the Hungarians actually have declared war upon the entente powers, as v. as threatened in a state department made public it would be a nat m al move for fhe Hungarians to attorn pt to reach the Adriatic and recover a portion of the Austrian navy now in the hands of the Jugo-Slavs. "Hungarian leaders, it was said, undoubtedly wouid recognise the advantage to be gained by striking immediately towards the Adriatic before the authorities in Paris had time to act. The question as to whether Hungary's acceptance of Bolshevism had its inspiration from German sources is considered doubtful by state department officials although it was said that it would be an experiment of great interest to Germany as it would at once put the alliances to the test as to their attitude towards Bolshevism. Advices to the department indicated that the peasantry of Hungary tints far had not accepted the now ? ginv to any great extent but it as pointed out that in nn Bolshevism got its start by a general r'sing of the proletariat. Rather it ' as been started by a small clique of officials an<l gradually has spr ad and been instilled into the minds ol I the proletariat. Such was the case in Russia, it was said, and undoubtedly is the way which the "disease," as it was called by one official, may spread throughout Hungary. o The War at Home. "Why do they call orders tliey serve war-portions?" "Because they give a man only u fighting chance of getting a meal."? Baltimore American. - -m - ? HOLDERS OF LIBERTY BONDS ere advised to hold them. If you must sell, deal only with responsible bankers. We Buv zanrl ? II L9BEKTY BONDS | A\\ Issues and Denominations. \Writc us if interested. 7RUSh"0MPANY OF GEORGIA Capital ?ncH Surplus, $2,000,000 Member Federal Fosorvo System ATLANTA, OA. j , 1W? 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