Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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POTASH EMIARGO LIFTED BY BOARD Senator Smith Whis Fight for Farm ers. Wlashington. Aug. 7.-Senator Smith of South Carolina, who appeared last week with Senator Frelinhuysen of New .1ersey aud a delegation of farm ers before the war trade board to urge the liftitig of !he embargo against imn Ports of potash from enemy countries, was informed by the board today that from this date such imports might be freely made fromlt every soutree except iungary and such parts of Russia as remain under Ilolshevik control. Retention of the enbargo Itntil Oc tober was demailied by prodilers of trona potash anl other Amleriean pot ash interosts. their expectatiot being that by that date col g ress would have pro':le. a protective tariff and that their WIxnl prodkietionl wvolih be egqual to domeCsti( demaulis. i'arme's op posed this Po o n th11e grolld tlhat PlriCes of Potasil were rllillous lrand that some1 ()f II Alierivall potashIt had wrollgit dam'1aie to crops. WilIialiai lainks of tIhe Solith Varolina depart men)t of igii tur1111e e hbtd p o 9r.hs taken inl the ( Ie'e reioni of hlis stt.showing" mlany inlstanice~s of slich damnai.ge. liretofoe potash Cold be iinlportal onlly und1(er certificalte of non-enemy origin. The board has also by itel( order issued today raised tle emilbargo on sugar and onl wheat atnd wheat floiu, the control of the latter two items being passed to the whteat director. 'Itresentatlives of tle American Potash P'roducers' Association told ithe war trade board that to lift the em bargo nlow would enable German syn dient es to make contracts for supply ing the Americai dlemands years in ad vance at lower prices than the Ameri can infant industry couild11 meet, al though with a minimumt of flve years protectlon the American producers he lieved they could supply at least half of tile home requirements. Nebraska prodtcers said that if the embargo were continued until October and freight rates pit into effect, which had been practically agreed to by the railroad administratioi, they would be able to resume operations immediate Iy and would eventually make Amer, cma atriculture indellendent of Ger many in reapect of potash. I LOOK FOR G THE RED BAIL TRADE MARK rreamns Anu ition Shooting ight IRA W. r Wet proofsg Quit Laxatives, Purges; Try WR NH Tonight - Tcmiirrcw Eccl -F tI tt tl forc b. - - tan ti I 'in 1. (Wll d1, ii .4 i o Nature's Remedy T take 'L r.V C:' :\ i t a .r tion. T' . the, food y'it cat, gi' s yo'' a go., hero It y :1! o'! e ir ; : I:. t io-l'-r tablet wilt kee yo' h.!1n m tion l yo1 Y nn I l wsy: .:b 'Ty Naitutr"'s Remey 'N nnd prove0 Ibi: IA t iC:s 2. b b. edy (NI ' Table't; I. :: . u r .. i LAURtENS DRUG 00. NR-TA BLE.TS- N Paint Your Car / Make it look fresh and clean. There is no use in riding in a faded ce when you can have it freshened and brightend ed up for a very small amount. Have it paint ed in Laurens. Our Work is as good as the Best Waldrops Garage Near Depot AN AEIIIAL MAGELLON MAY GO ON LONG TRIP To Do as Ronians Do Would Require I'se of Forty Vehicles. Washington, "Now that the Atlan tic has been crossed and there are plans afoot to fly over the Pacific, the day may not be far distant when some aerial Magellan will make an aero Pitne tour around the world," says a bulletin of the National Useographic Society. "There are stil many corners of the world where aeroplane, automobile and even the horse would be curilosi ties. And if a man set out to tour the globe and 'do as the ilomans do' in respect to adopting native convey ances he would have to: "lesort to a donkey in Spanish America and in the Holy Land. "Climb aboard a camel to traverse Aftican dn( Its. Cross Fome4t ri ers of India on the in flated sk ins of bullocks, and others by a bridge of ont rawihide rope. -"Submlnit to the sea going 111oion of an elephant when he continued his journtiy on land. "Get 111o a man-borne pualantinin at (Caleutta. .lolt over far eastern roadsf in a noA shock absorbing cart dirawn by oxen. "And in China be prepared to climb into a J inrikisha, a sedan chair or a wheelbarrow." A few of thuse curiou s imeanls of travel are described in a m tcollillnlien tion1 to the ociety by 0. 1'. Austin, as follows: "Inl all Paits of that great line of o(serts, stretching from North Africa aciross C('entral Asia to Northwest 'hiina, te Caiiel I. evetywhee In evidence: Ilth, total 1111111her ill tihe world being estimat d at about tIi rce "NoL only is the camel a valuable freight cartrier but lie serves as the travelir.i car of the Rockefelleirs. the Carnegies, the Alorgan and the liar rimans of the desert. '"On the Eu phrates and the rigris are still retained the cu riots water transports of centuries ago-the raft of skins etd the circular boats. These raftl ute sknstained by inflated ki!ns, prepared for this especial purpose and after the raft floats down the river to its destination the inflated skins are remove.1, tile air permitted to es cape, and hI le tkins ca refully folded and carried back to the upper waters, where they are again inflated and used as the supiort of another, and still another raft. "Even more curlous, to the eyes of the traveler from other parts of the world, are tile circular boats, made of wickerwork and covered with skins, or made water-tight with pilch. which are still in daily use on i the Tigris and Hu phrates Rivers. "The three principal mnetlhods of transportation of people in Central and Southern t'hina are tile sedan elair the .inlrikishn and the wheelbarrow. "Probally mote freight and mltore Spassengers are transPorted in t'hina hy thle wheelbha rrow ilttn by any 0o1-r. land itet hod. The whleelarrow tere ised( (liftfer's from thait tused by us, in~ the fact that tihe i heel is set inti9 'iver thle mia ler of(I 14. (ian Ii ,VI (14wrats it. .\s a iesnit. ili, gi. .. li:trfIOw d'(ri, . jt in (' ing gj 1] iii olv'iy a h If lo on hil .' It h itt l . t tDti i t1' tViN VOt~~ i I i'It-: t ie-ft D le 'heres i aIini iht 3a n 3dd y tes f' e.tll -ltlrt!isd of'- ('a ti il it I~til ('. \\'aht on , 'i in 1. 4 ''It ia s ltcial said, i today "IS(hav t ofa wthe itt(rt't Slntd liner t a t a n mb' of I)inc ttsombtti ('itiat' is minrt wil-tli ab d hart tfmeis patiipato ie te primare wor the ntominationA iof thatndtids nor Pton "riae to te ith andtSventh at )is-ak tictsa proausio thor tweirenrollent. iliayo tt tnavat thri ma whe the easl u Iis epoe hat solder 0'sailors i 1 the 'iscursin of~l the mattim er, inoth ybate ohe dun f1erivtd ohu i'tua te s rativel wol, andi taty time(: isalacite and thas xpese wouldIS cae, roIbtvo think it wais enoghprat ,tb lei tou en onversean anttd pake me.Elaoiind for their'e orab-t s ente undergtand sontic may ohe Ae cane btts dpfor isane t' neligh or Satof horthe alina thumey oher voesrandc conton fatvor nx practingabllpie agranstblec dxpes fadtroblhhisohementinan ther1 bywhichn oldrenf orsasreouldear t. icia on teleprionaries"lssm 100 31EN REQUIRED FOR N. G. COMPANY Senator Harris Protests to laker at New Regulations for Nationl Gluards. lardslipt will be Worked on South. Washington. Aug. 9.-Just before Senator larris left for Georgia today to remain a week or ten days, he gave out the substance of a conference he had Just had with Secretary Baker and other oficials of the war department relative to the future of the National Guard of the 'nited States, which ap plies alike everywhere. 'leretofore Pt was necessary for each company of the National Guard to have not more than sixty-five men. 'nder new regulations it will be iee essary to have 1001. This increase, in tle opinion of the Georgia senator, .11 probably work much hardship to southirin companies. It was explailled by him to Nir. Ilker that it ik comparatively easy to organ ize companies in the South wit li sixty-flve men, but would probably be ve ry dillicult t ) do witi 100. I' nder present regati'iions compailles not mustering 100 men will not share in federal appropriations. The war department has a plan to let one-half of a company conic from one town and one-half from another, but this plan, as seen here, would not work satisfactory for the reason that in many sections of the country, Cs -peccially in the South, there is great pride taken in the local militia, and no town with a good company wishes to see half of it recruited from anoth er town. Tis plan would take away much of the rivalry that now exists between different towns and cities to have the best companies. The matter has not yet been decid ed but Senator larris will use his strongest influence to have the 56 men rule adopted as It formerly was before the national guard was taken into the Stomach ills ermanently disappa (aftrdrinking the ,elebrated SIhivar ,\ in ater. Positively aranteedi by m one.ack offer. Tastes me; eosts a trifle. Delivered, anvvhere l-v mi .aurens .bents, .1. C. Sie!I & G. hoIe ti . OUR .VULCATNIZING API ARATUS does its work so perfectly thst when we return your tireh you will find it hard to determine whero wak the punoturo or tear. You will have Orac 'tically new tires without the big ex pense. Don't send yo)ur damaged t, res to the scrap heap. Send them hert to be made s'plendidly servicable. IARNEY ELECTRIC CO. Opposite Post Office. Laurens, S. C. OIL MILLS AND COTTON MILLS We have a large stock of Cotton Beam Scales com plete with Fran1 made by lowe Scale Co. Also lot of Cotton Trucks. We carry eCL IfIhing in tile way of Rubber, Gandy, all( TI ather Ilelt. Large stock 1'um)p Jacks, Puips, and ('ylinders. Tiy us on some of our Ispecial Friction Sur face Belt, will rive you service almost equal to Leather Belt. COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY 82.3 WES T G ER VA IS S TRE E T, COLUMBIA, S. C. 45-tt ONERE !99 UioE-ON DAYDA ONLY ONLY ONE DAY ONLY= Friday, August 15th. The Latest Anita Stewart Production Supreme I"M ATiV REGiAN" "Mary legan" with Anita Stewart, will more than please Il who see it-i can heartily recommend it to al1 Manager Our Theatre is Now Welt Ventilated---9,000 Cubic Feet of Fresh Air Every Minute Children 10Octs & ay ~Adults 25cts