Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.iiw^i^t-ji.Hsiyi^iA'U?., KT. ?-?-V-^r Dr. David Starr Jordan of Inland Stanford University is a friend of all nations'. He ? knows them. ' Ho is a friend of humanity, .for .he knows It. As a student of history ?lad an advo cate of, peace he la held in. honor* the world; oyer. In presenting Doctor. Jordan's masterful analysis outbreak', of the present war, which was that v/o should '"guard the farmer's interests and spell out the meaning of 1 this chaos;" ' And; Indeed, at a time like this all of Ub heSd the guidance auch minds asj Doctor Jordan's can give. Yod Will also b*. Interested In Doc tor Jordan's' latest book, "War's Af termath," published by llougbtoa Mlffin Company, Boston. In this work Docttor Jordan shows the effect of our own Civil War oh the manhood of the country. The results of the present' conflict will stand'as the fulfillment, of the prophecy which this book has now become.; . | The' two demands of the farmer. on i his government are security and Jus tice. - In war bom are taken from | him .: * ! If one will'start'out on the road in any direction from anywhere in the United States, let us say, for example, from Springfield, Ohio, ho will find ample ?vidence that the ' farmer has security. He will find handsome, well shaded tov/nn, good roads, neat farm houses scattered along the road, one for each farm'with Its barns and other belongiugs without- th? slightest attempt' at defense from any outside foe and with no fear that danger lurks la isolation. This represents ohb extreme of the world. The center of _ the population of the great republic iB also'the center of peace. Under the flag-where hatred dies away" the farmer feels absolutely cer tain tof care for his crops in security and id the evening of the day or the life time to be able to toast his toe* by the firesld? in perfect serenity. For'tho other-extreme we may go to another land, as richly endowed by nature':aa southern Ohio, and not un ' like it 'in physical aspects except for its nearness -to the sea; ' This,' Macedonia. I It has been civilized -for more than two thousand years, nearly ten times as long as Ohio./ It has been a Chris tian 'land since the days of Saint Paul, who wrote an epistle tc ihcvChurch of Its capita! city, ;'lr.E Thcs?C'.onians o? bis day, now i?? yuup?o of ??essaiou ' Ike fSalonica:):".'' ''."'" Aristotle was 'born In"'Macedonia, nnd bo; alas, yraa Alexander the . Great On Its field of Phllltppl Roman freedom went down, with Brutus and caBsius, before .: tho imperialism of Caesar, and' Antony. And since the days of. Alexander- and|Caesar, Mace? doula l)tw not known security or jus tice. It has known th? march and tho countermarch of * \war. :' Romans, Gr?eka, Turks;' Turks, Greeks, Romans, . Bulgarians, Servians, Italians; \ and now, ! at least the That's; QPP?RTUNITY kn?efcihga^ like ll^I a farm of \z%0 f??$0j$t? \2iti ; run dofrri sli|;nttyf : hut a GOOD far$e^ cafiy-i build it^iip; < ijtTi?? ktuat ediijtfe.rriiics triis s?d? of Sandy Springs -'"?'niJ;?c)fehl'\mii?s* from l?'r^ijfso?^'S^ j %$ifo ^/J?ti;-'- and the **. The cold 1er end tho farmer,, th? two cannot occupy the same lands. The soldier stands for might'and Vio lence. vTb? farmer reeds Jub?co and securi ty/ v ; * : ' . ' In tho last month of May.-X took a long tHp through Macedonia. I found good, honest farmers herb and there.: but not many. Their Iii? was very dif ferent from farm life in Ohio. . There wero no homes standing along the road. Everybody lived in' the ' villages, even though the lands wore ten miles away. And the villages were crowded Just as closely aB bouses could stand. Think of FftTj'i.isr at Sight! The streets paved with ro-igh stone, edges upward, were Just wide enough to let a camel or a cart drawn by a buffalo pass.'. A Greek army had pass ed by a few tiohths before, and half the houses, sometimes all of them, in every town had beou bur-DPC An.1 the helpless farmers crouched where they could, and did their farming furtive ly, in th? night sometimes, hecitune. nights-may be safer than the day. And there were moro women than men on farms.-'''-'The men wers dead^ on .the bartleflelOfc They were drafted off to make .-new armies, or they had fled, across Che border for safety in Bul garia. In one small town, Singelovo.l not a maniwaa left With the womenj all bread winning rested. . And the farming was not very good. The ground was barely scratohed by the plow. The Heids of wheat und rye and Indian corn would look stunted and shabby in Ohio, j Often in god? land oh?'would see1'strips cov?r?d with blackberries and wild flowers, b)ts 4V of ' virgin noli never yet touched with ' the plow, though tho forcsta had been cleared away : before the days of Saint Paul. Other tracts are overgrown with scrubby oaks and sometimes with W?O lilacs, although not a big tree waa loft standing to make a forest. The Turks once held Macedonia, and it would seem that they-hated > trees. The-Chinese have a proverb that "where armlen quarter thorns and thistles grow," and armies have y bar tered in Macedonia for twenty cou turier. And for this reason there can be no good farms. The' cattle are dwarllBk and give hut little milk. They I onfo, used, with, the priihitlve Europeai . buffalo, "dp beatta 'of burden. ' 'Horses fe?e few ???, s^s?S! and j?sst?y vielpus. Tho sheep, the same breed they had in Judea in Bible times, are handsome and active, but carrying very little \rool; a-couple? Of pounds ? year would |>0 ? big average. V'Therg^ wouldbe no use in Improving tho stock when the soldltrB may come any minute And. between, hands of soldiers come th? bands of brigands. A brlgan dtn Macedonia, as lh Mexi co, Korea, and China, is a farmer who has quit - If ho can't make ? living oh the fnrm; or If someone has seiz ed his farm he becomes op armed tramp. And a. mill Ion of people, S\il ?arlans,' Turko, and Greeks ara ro fygeea in and out of Macedonia. Arm ed or, unarmed, mostly hBinioflS; they nnvo* taken to the road. For all the people of one race or on?. church In these war-wasted lands drive out 'all the others and divide their property. ^Th? ! farmev who is rich uUd pros perous today may have to leave the i^Ou?t*/'! tomorrow ??* tws> cours* net ice, by tho light of his biasing house, with whatever ho can carry on\ h l? back.. . Bnrdesg Too Ornat th Bear. > . Europe la today Buffering from the conditions of Macedonia, on the big gest -possiblescale. ' Everywhere the horror^ of war, elaueht^r by niachin e'ry. si?g? guns, Zeppelin bombs, blood drunk and wine-drank soldiery,, and ] ar,hae?0.re^|SftL July the farmers' of Belgium felt na secure as tho rarm?ra of Ohio. Belgium wan the most industrious, the mo et prosperous, i the most peace-lov ing part of Europe. Now its farms and vllages are *. blackened desolation. The farmers* are crowding by the hun dred thousand, penniless, hopeless,} th?.havens of ttollanflrand fiaS-i ' I do their f r&RM B?G?NS 3ANty% weefc. Mai? arruEgefcwrts ncwr On tho top of all this conies the burden of the costliest and most'hor rible war that was ever ?o?gbr. Ey,en to the farmer who, lives away, from the i bauio lino tbo burden Is crushing, i?a sods are called to the slaughter on thjsj pay.;'of;:"a'.cepjt pr two, a; day. 2fr ; cents a month in the French a nay, 20 [cents n month lit the Greek, the oth ; em la' proportion. And If he Is near -the' firing lino everything else goes. He may he thankful to he even a refn, |gee. Only two years ago the Bulgarians, ,with the Servians and the Greeks, rushed to th? lib?ration of Macedonia. And when the war was over the Mace-; donlan farmers swarmed up In Bul garia. The Bulgarian'farmer said to him:'j "Why don't yah slay' ln,Td?c?aonia? We went there 'to.set you free. Itfow] you corn? hero to crov/d oar houses, to take our jobs, to die in our beds. My brother died in Macedonia. We can not support you. : Oh, go back.'' ; And the Macedonian, answers; "Who told you to come down, 'to trample our vine, to destroy our .fields, to kill our cattle and sheep, fc& leave our houses for the Greeks to burn? I don't' Care if your brother is* 4^}iO Mine .!? dead too, and we are alj fij^'g.". . Why Food Is Cheap'ta England. ' The farmer of Afner.cn gains, noth ing'through the losses of the farmers I of Europe. We. are all in the seme] boat,'and whatever harmiV tho pros perity of ono pert of the World in jures us all. I For some Of his products the American farmer may got a, little more.: For other articles is cotton, in wartime, he may have rc market at all. Whoever buvi of him oust have money to buy with, it odd is,t)hs*n day m England because so many go without their' usual fojd, buying only the cheapest articles. In London ' a month ago the finest fruit'- Was 'sold for next to nothing. No one. would eat Sussex peaches or novon grapes while the continent, was burning.. So It is everywhere. '-. - , k In war there Is no demand for lux uries, no care ' for comfort, no con tinuity of industry, no demand to buy, and among millions of people nothing to buy 'with. The Interest of ono na tion ia the Interest of all bo far as farmers and ' workmen are concerned. .The fanner bas no greater enemy than war. -He has no greater peed than peace'; - Afctf/peace is: the' mUslon sad' : the duty Xil s, , iepuhUc. A >epu b Uc isi aifojrm of 'government fitted .for minding its own business. Its bus! hess is mainly justice, sanitation; ed ucation and peace. With fair play, good Gchoois and .security, .the farm er can do all the rest for. himself. The war of today has its primal motive to keep th? farmer down, It| is, at bottom, the fight or pride and privilege against the common roan. If is the last stand : : of i imperialism againBt democracy. H is the last su preme effort of those who believe that some, men and some nations are good enough .to rtile other men and nations agai??i their witU :*nia is not the whole story, of the war, but it is. what 810 war has come to mean. All wars avo their origin In wicked passions Of j men,' mostly In' these . two Arrdg huco and greed. No nation can make money out of any wax, and no nation Unit begins a war can toll how it, v/i'H end. But in every war there : are some few men. contractors, mmmakcro. ?roh-pW ?*ray^re ' wlll sp ''-for: It TTho' farmer _? of prosperity, and it ?> whole world;^when; .it farmer. ' wowi|to?j Is thevfor te had * ' \ goes Ml> k - f:r-': -v ,V ,--:.':,^ :,.M? ?'Fall to. each wliato cr befall, Th? farmer ho must .?*j> If or" all." X And tho farmer must help us look1 after th? politics of th? world as well j as.'.that of his county. State, or nation: ile world our. ri?ijjrhftaira ,-_r!*;governmeni concerna ; ha ?tos^y.T we ; must ; learn- to . watch k-*.etTar we do n^v1teen\ watch lis into bad hands. ' L-\ vigilance Is, ;tye-.price ot pnhilciiy is.'the only; ", Because world! secrecy and pays o local polttlea. It; Ion than-any oth ?f-4 7 ming three yesip had JUj source in the reck lessness of Europe. Our congress and our \>reasont had no. part whatsoever in creating it. It Is part of the un certainty ut all business, in tho face of th? entries' and the horrors' which have actually come. Security In Enxcntlul to Prosperity. What .the furnier wantb, what every: good citizen .most wants, la nccurjty. The. "armed peace." the truce among half-bankrupt nations armed to the teeth, la.hot peace, it Is not security. Ai, security, armies and navies have proved the ghastliest ..and costliest failures 'in history. ' The. Balance of Power, another form of the Bamo Great Illusion, now breaking, up In measureless disaster, has, failed over and over before Each trial and each failure is more terribly ruinous. The war By stem, the system of sab er rattlers, war traders, war scares, war robberies, and vrai* corruption, has- risen through our neglect. The people .who pay for U must learn to put It aside, and they will. The war system must go. No re form is secure while this system lasts. We. must find'seine system of national defense leas hideously . dangerous to $he interest |t ^pretends to protect," . 1. "Law' Is for Ui? weak; force Is for the strong: law 1$ a-'makeshift; war Is a reality." This dictum of the group of men called Pan-Germaniste la tho doctrine of all war, The inci dent of Zatiern, the military murders of men who dare to speak, the seiz ure of 'Belgium, -olap 'our law In the face.. All Europe Is today under martial Jaw. Martial law Is the law of war. 'It ja the paralysie of all civil law. In war al iaws are silent Thus barbar ism takes its revenge. It will take it over and over again so long as civ ilization rests its defense on barbar isms . Ehren a "holy war," if such an anomaly ever exl?t-3tl, could. be car ried 'on only by methods most unholy. . Those who rule by force and* fear have their fits of madness when their power begins to wane. Dread of the losa of power is tho mainspring of thc blood test,.follies in history. This war is the more wicked because it' is un fair. Our cannon are as fatal to our Calends as to our enemies. For our friends, are not all in ,one camp, nor our enemies in another. Courage, Virtue, and patriotism are not the giftrf of any one.race. Ail the people of Eu Jppe and American really belong to; ne race?the race of men. 3 There can bo no abiding civilisation without security'of property sind'life. There can he ho abiding peace, save In democracy. There can be"no security in ' democracy ..while absolutism is its neighbor. Absolutism!* find s ,its main l? tereat In \ some ' form\ of robbery of < hp people it holds in its chains. Jihi ?O^r.?U : ?a ; wit!' ?^lRtli:: This, ab solutism well knows, .This,democra cy must realize. .*""'"' , , ;;If the peace which shall. ROtq? time follow leaves, any of the people of Eu rope helpless In'their-own affaire. It wll| bo enly a temporary truce. The same abuses will bring the same mur derous and undiscrimlhatlng remedy. Thus it." is that"history repeats it self." for in this unremcmberlng world "history Is made only to he immed iately forgotten." Here Is the work for the statesman.' It Is his Part to see that history does not repeat itself, that the old blund ers' and crimes snail not blast tho fu ture. And never hail Europe moro heed of a statesman th a v. today. War l? a mere wreckage,, with no power for good in itself. It destroys far more of good than evil. "War .'crer atea' more 'scoundrels Uan it kills." Mill tar Ism is again irt the saddle, lite' blood of the nations ia ebbing. Defeat means tho evil ferment of ran zoTi the skions-spirit of revenge.- Vic tory, ffl?au?'vainglory, th? growth of 0 uncanny, bubble of national ogpt 10 rule or the war system or todu gh? r.'ulghtmare of Europe" that rose irohi Gravelotte and Sedan overspread all the' nations. Whichever side may wLu in the flaming. Ardennes will find yvtthin H?elf a foe more wily and more longerous than any encountered on th? battlefield. If Germany is to be redeemed ?he must save herself. Not tho. baUtUlons o? Europe can' cure e vr'ar poison. .The other in aationa, Great Brltita?n, ' ice, tM,t)!e ,pt must out their own salvation. If- decisive action. Ours is the jnly great notion not sinking in the lulcksands. America alone can roach \e'l^d ?t eXtricaUon. "The fmal ^Jttiy? ?;L0hdan publicist, **Ib ig xal;;hty duty of Arne. ica. It is the xteat opportunity to bo bad In his whatover form the efforts of cht -"Wilson may ta&e, the deme nt Surope will mdmltse. behind .??t irtre bl? e* *-ry support. , ?i>ime ultimate- hope f*: that-in vJ?tthe Concert of - Powers, ottir ?^^to'e.aijid.tnne, we may . have a. ButtrCwPeoples, a gathering" hot j*?afildteris, war .Agents, and df?tu nats, but, ah assembly ?f good men lovbt.cd-to.thp common welfare of-?ai ':.\i?ke#tiie. Sec? "h/ the Harvest. Whpthrr tho mit trink ha dark Ci irlgh^ Ute dutrot all me^-i? h? same..'.' God tosses back our rat. ires that wo may begin again." So may begin here and now; We fljay d up 'wounds. We may strike off ' We may comfort the widow ?a&: The peoples Will r, exhausted in money, in * * ^intelligence, Itr hope. Tho VW* MW all be ??Wer. \than .thlftl tvar .retsies -tae ^S?8 ?lft8' _ erm'nwj ifmt the shall bp.; fJke the seed, ts tho . The hursan harvest that war eld IsftfeoL of lessened human cy. me of peaco as In timo of war v* ttrtv?Wtho more"abundant ir Weekly- Feature r Counties. ?ontribi * Commen?ai g financial . NEW YOjtK, Dec. 3.?Numerous favorable developments Imparted greater cheerfulness to the general, financial situation today. Trading In bonds was broader and larger in the aggregate than since the recen t re sumption and greater firmness . was shown by seasoned issues/ Decline in some obscure bonds were agajn severe, ranging from 2 1-2 to almoBt 6 points. The more substan tial; advances Included Chicago. -Rock Island lb Pacific Hallway 4s and 6s, New Haven 67 New York Hallway ad justments 6s and New York, West ehester lb Boston 4 T-2s, the latter recovering 9 1-2 points of their spec tacular dec'/ie of the mid-year. The decision to issue daily what, In effect, amounts to an official list of transactions in stocks, also served to Stimulate confidence. > . There was an increased inquiry for almost, all classes of short term notes. Thq (6,000,00. Swedish government loan taken by a. financial syndicate promised succors. There were rum ors, of further loans to foreign gov errjjnents but these lacked confirma tion. Money for tho short dates was ob tainable at lower rates and call loans went down to 3 1-2 per cent The local flow of money indicated that clearing- houso institutions* have lost a considerable sum to the sub-treas ury, largely owing to the heavy pay ments of special revenue taxes and further .retirement of emergency cur rency. Exchange on London was dull and' slightly easier, but Retchraarks continued strong. The Dank of Eng land made an indifferent weekly ex hibit, showlngfl a loss of %\,000,000 gold,. Additional railway returns for Octo ber showed further heavy losses in net learnings. New York Cotton NEW YORK, Dec. 3.?Reports of an easier , turn in Southern spot markets were accompanied by some Southern selling in.the cotton market here to day; and prices broke rather sharply. Th? close-was steady at a net loss of 9 to 16 points. After opening steady at a decline or 1 to 3 points in response to lower cables .then due, the market began to cag' off under scattering liquidation and.Southern and Liverpool selling. There was enough investment buy ing to help the undertone, but It was in evidence only on a scale down, while Southern 'offerings became rath er'more liberal 'during the aftomodn w?th May and later deliveries selling down to the lowest prices reached B?iqe"the reopening of the exchange. Trading In December and January was) relatively quiet but those months fully shared the decline with Decem ber, selling nt 7 cents or within 16 points' of the ; recent tow. level while January and March broke to the low point of November, 18. Closing prices were steadied by covering but at prac tically-th? low point of the day. Somo of the southern spot markets Bhowed Blight declines, and there were rumors of lower offerings from the in terior, while some attributed: the southern selling to. hedging against supplies, held in the south. Spot cotton quiet. Middling uplands 7.50; Gulf 7.75. No sales. Coton futures, closed steady. Open b'#;h. low. close. January...... March.. .... May,.. luly.. .... October .. ' '). . .' - . ' ' Cotton Seed Oil NEW/ YORK. Dec. 3.?Cotton seed ill advanced 9 to '14 points early on lighter offerings of crude, scattered local buying on the firmness In lard uid; supporting orders from the BOttUtL Later there was a slight setback, but ho close was 6* to 10 point? net high er. Sales 16,800 barrais. .V ; The markets closed steady. Spot 5.f)G?G.80; 'December 5.6 8 @ 5.70; Jan iary5.87@65.89; February 6,9806.04 ; March Vmm?; April 0.16?6.<>0; #uy 628@ft.29;. Jnly;f.4?.?W.' , ife, for a saher. Wiser, add more pat-f rldtlc public Opinion, and for a' pub ic; conscience which will make an other great war impossible. If Eu rope shall havo better days' sh? mast leservo them. In this her brothers n America must help. Kin folk to all he nations, We have a great pr?vl ego and ? great duty. No finer word has been spoken to lay than this v>f Professor Lowes Dickinson of the University of Cam ?rtdkel : ' . war he declared rind ' every ndlvldunl in a nation Is ready to lay lown hie goods and his life. This is vhy; to some noble men, war appears is a noble thing.. Dut What: makes It ippear so Is the passion, misled la to ts service. That passion la deeded, fur h? good things of life: for good ln tead of evil, fpr truth instead of lie's, or I ovo instead of hate. To turn it oio. these channels the friends . or Late. To turn it into these channelsj pr friends Of Jre??on are always Work- I ag. Wri the moment tholr voi?>r.W)ftl' iot be heard. But as the war pursues ta dreadful course, he its fatal and uforse?n ' cons?qu'anc?s unroll, the act >t ' what we1 are doing- begins to lenotfate from our aensen^ToaT im gh\Rtion as tho dreadful awakentb? ucceedo to the stunning shock; It rtit ; be for th?^ ?le^da- pf reason^ to at into their own hn?w and train, hen, if tho streV?^'W.glv'?a'them. tito tho conscience'of *nauk*lhd. That ? par,wav. the eternal and holy war " irk hour, of pur, defe*t>t for the Farmers < itions for this page ihd Financial Stocks and Bonds. NEW YORK. Dec. 3.?In response to a general demand by members and their clients, the stock oxchange au thorities today published two lists of Btock prices, the first as of one o'clock and the other after the ckft>. Both contained minimum and bid and asked quotations, and the later list Included final prices. Beginning tomorrow the . ex manse will publish one.list embodying those various quotations after tho' close of business. This list wll| to carried on[ all tho stock tickers controlled by tho exchange. ; New Orleans Cotton NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3.?The price I of cotton fell off today under selling 1 pressuo that appeared to originate in the Interior of the belt. The- close was [ at the lowert of the day, a Iosb of | 11 to 15 polo s on the trading months. It was the most actlye day and fiuctu-1 atlons were' the widest since the re sumption v>f fut!.re trading. ' Spots showed a downward tendency, j local prices losing three sixteenths of a cent while spot markets generally marked quotations down one-sixt'eentb to one-eighth. Dallas tost one-elgth and quoted middling at G 7-8c, the low est In weeks. T ' . Tue statistics of the day were en couraging but had no influence on fluctuations. Total part receipts for the day were 49,001 bales which total ed shipments, including coastwise clearances, were 65,798" hales, causing 1 a decrease in port stocks. Receipts thus far this week were 289,854 hales against 802,319 bales up to the same time last week which was taken' to mean that the holding movement, was j growing among farmers. Spot cotton easy. Sales on tho spot 325 bales; to arrive 1,035. Cotton futures closing: January 7.10; March 7.21; May 7.40; July 7.58; Oqtobe. 7.79. Liverpool Cotton ? LIVERPOOL, Dec. 3.?Cotton, Rpot moderate business; prices steady: American middling fair C.37; good middling 4.69; middling 4.40,; low middling 8.94; good ordinary 3.24: ordinary 2.79. Sales 6,000 bales, in cluding 5,500 American and 500 for speculation and export. Receipt? il, C34 bales, including 13,355 Ameri can, r. Futures closed quiet May and June L12 i-2; July and August 4.17' 1-2; [^dober-Noyomber 4.27; January-Feb ruary ?32; /FebYhary and inarch - I Dry Goods NEW YORK. Doc. 3.-^-Dry fcoodp lobbars were buying steadily today Denims were reduced to a basis of 12 l-2c for 9 ounce goods. It was an nounced, however, that orders could, ?ot be accepted beyond February be ;auso of tho dyeatuff s shortage. Yarns #ere^ quiet Men's, we^r w'ftp inactive Bxcept for. foreign business in army JlO?lB.. ". . -o CHICAGO, Dec/ ?; ?Hogs steady. 3ulk 6.666)6.85; light 071000.85; mix id 6.40?7,00;' heavyWt.ftl.00; rough 1.4006.65; pigs 3.6006.50*, ' '. Cattle strong. Native steers 5.70?, L0X)0; western 6.2508.50; cows and l?Uers 3.2508.60; calves .7.00? 10.00. Sheep unsettled. Sheap 6.20 06.25; roarllng'a 6.300.7.501" I lambs G.C0? ?.00. ??c?? Chicago Grain CHICAGO. Dec. 3.?Profit taking by ongs In wheat today moro than wlp id out an early., advance duo to ' high ir.cables. Closing prices were heavy i-8 to 3-4 under last night CorjL luffereda net loss of 3-801-2 to U2C?>' ^8 aid oats of 3-8 to 5-8. Provision* advanced 2 1-2 <&10~. jardin and prqyi*U*ns. closing; Vheat December... . ... ,;. ., ...144 1-2 day... ... ... ... ... .....1.20 s-8 ?brui,... . ,,.. December... ....61 1-8 .. j^sy. ? ? ? ? ? * ? ? i ?68 1-9, )ats. . . ember.. $C?...'.-. .. .47, iy... . . ...._. ..... ..61 3-4 Cash grain: Wheat No. 2 red, .14'3-401.16;No. 2 hard, 1.15 ~ 01.16 OUR STBOK America does not need more b?tH Enough of both to do ordinary police d tary studies and practiceciltivatesma anhy of the National guarl Is comme who..work at their, trades rmd proft And take a lay-off for'p. week sleeplr do not live off the people; they are 'trained in obedience, soldierly benrii they are:* first to scspond to tho call .v'liWe haTC in this O?Uii?ry unotner i tho hug?si tettleships and vastly s ti tho worht It IB pr?r waving fieldb of corn. America is iheonly country\wh make her own people comfortable A great general Bald: "An army tra; our farms, not our fortresses.- Tha cated at Urbana and Arm? and M m napoils. What tho American people not more military and naval epprop: upon American <orma u permanent insuro increasing fertility of soil Inst ing shiftless methods and ' tbeoreitct enough to keep a soil fertii?." A soil wlttOnt deposits mean bankruptcy. I smoVteh<ss powder will keep the poaco of Anderson and gladly received. 1-4. Corn, fNo. 2 yellow, new C3 3-4? 54 v 4. I Cut.--, standsrd, 4S \-'l\U -U>. NEED HAVE NO PEAKS OP DKEAI) EPIDEMIC Koot-nnd-Mouth. Dixesso Ih Very Un? likely to Keach State, Says Veterlnurlon. CLEM80N COLLEGE, Dec. 2.? There is very little danger that foot and-mouth disease will oxtend to South Carolina, during the present outbreak. This statement Is made by Dr. H. O. Feeley, state veterinarian and head of the veterinary division of Clem s on College, In order to relievo the appro- . bensiona of many who have boon writ ing to Clem son College for informa tion about the. disease and the prob abilities of ItB effects, if any, on the live stock industry In South Carolina. Dr. Freeley is of the opinion that It is safo to say now that there is a minimum of likelihood of the dis ease reaching South Carolina during the present epidemic. He states that, owing to the excellent work of the federal bureau of animal In dustry, the quarantine linos have been, rightly drawn, old shipments of stock have been traced and pre eau Mnriary measures tp^oh to the point where the-men of-the department of ^grl?uh"re Bf?m to ?>ave the situa tion well In hand. _ Owners of stock in South Carolina may thcreforo be reasonably sure that .they will have no trouble with the dread disease. From an almost diagonally oppo ?ite ' angle, however," tho 1 fo'ot-and mouth disease should have an effect ! upon the live stock Industry in South Carolina, say tho live stock demon stration agents of ClemBon's S exten sion division. The disease and tliu accompanying losses of .stock and general uneasiness that is likely to prevail In middle western live stoqk circles for a tlr?? will be one of the causes that will contribute to a ihortago of meat products noxt year. Tho demand for meat will bo cor eapondtrif iy heavy. The time is herefore, ideal for tho South Caro 'loa farmer to engage more than iver(before in breeding ' cattle and hogB. Clemson's advice to cotton farm 's Is to "grow" into live Btock, -ather than "go" Into it It is rocog llzed that the process cannot bo a iudden one. At the same time, no armer will make a mistake this winter by raising more hogs than in any other year.of'his history. In cooperation with the federal de partment of agriculture. Clem son Jollege* is now organizing county 'ivo stock associationn in tho tick-, 'reo counties of the State, and ox oerta of Ihe, college Witt aid -.the uembers of these association^ with .heir live stock problems. WHO PRODUCES WEALTH ? ...The people of Belgium are often said iot to be Be'f-supportlng, since they do not produce from their, own acres more t^?n a traction of the food they ?phsumCj Yet up to' the'time when tho Germans Invaded the kingdom they m . Uyed 'In much comfort, consuming as much, food,' as most people. ' " As a matter oJ! fact, they -wenrjost jiklI^M? w the tannera of America. They woro en gaged, iu taking coa\ on,d iron and oth or; minerals .frpm thq \ earth, and producing, fr?fn tr?opi and from tho products, of; the.(arms and forbsts ar ticles ]USt as essential to. bo civilized life ha food: : They are now reduced to poverty merely because they are not allowed to work and dispose of tho fruits of thef'c jWe aro sanding . them food in the name of charity Instead of in' th? way. of trade, because th? Belgians, instead of being productively employed making, things we need, are under the blight prophesied against another people by Isaiah when ho said, "For It s?ait be that as wandering/birds,-, as a scat tered nest, so shali tho daughters of Moah bo at the fords of Ar non." In this scattered neBt, before tho German tempest struck it, work wont on ih which we as Americans woro be ing serwd in a thousand, productive whys. The tempest struck, and tho Belgians ceased to worX for us and with us. ThlB ahowa. the intimate way in which all of us uro Interested in tho prosperity of each of. us. ..This : Is a' var, p^t of tho nations actually yen gaged In it, but against every produc er in the world.?Farm and Fireside. [0 DEPENSE foBhips and. a largo standing army, utyis needfut and proper. As mill nly qualifies, ? large "Standing" ndnble. These are trained soldiers priions for fifty-one weeks in a year ?g undor canvas as ^. vacation. They not leeches and consumers; they aro ig an duties, and in i\n emergency for recruits; force immeasurably greater than ongcr than4th? greatest army In golden grain and tossing tassels of ich produces enough food Stuff to and still have some left to export, rols on its fally." Our defense is In 'protectors of our nation aro edn Slson, not at West Point and An want So'turn their attention to fa rlatlons, bat to le?rr. 'to estahjluh of agriculture i/hich w:a of Impoverishment by follow l, visionaries wh?r?ay .^'Rotation ta is iiko a bank; constant drafts it?re knowledge of soils and less of tho wor^d;^Eb{eha^igo.^ ; ' !>' "<~?-:?-?,?-?