The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, March 17, 1920, Image 2
'VOICE OPPOSITION
TO 3.'ADOO PLAN
Jiouston and Lefilng'we'll rGive 'Views.
Against 114nd4 Is sues. Necretalry of
Treasury lind( Assistant not Favor
ably Ic101t4lined Ta011rd leheiie.
Washilngtonl. AIlarch I I.-Opposing
forier S(eretary .\ceAdoo'; plan of
redueing taxes by additioial bond ts
sules, Secretary Ilouston and Assistant
Secretary Leflligwell today told the I
house ways and nieans conlittee
vIich is considering soldier 'el ief
legislation, liat any illrease inl the
present governient ilidebtedness
wottId c reat a grave financial situa
tioni.
Seeretaiy HIouston predicted that I
bond issue of $2,500,0011,000 necessary
litder certaini plans of' adjIttsted (0111
pensation now hfori the ll(lcommnittee
"..night :lllt in a disaster." while Mr.
I4'flingwell said the worst thin ug pmo
sHlt' would be to gi e bonds to olr
imir soldiers.4 a, a great majority of
h1l would cashl their holdings in-.
inediately."
Both suggested in creaste(d taxes as
''the least liarmfuil way to ext end re
lief, the assistalt seer'et aly aSseItilig
that eveni a tax oi norial iloiIIes
wool d add to tlit cost of living and be
dirctly felit by those least able to hear
it. Alny fIultir' bond issiv would lmva
to hearI 1 per cent. miterest and wouIld
hw "at niuch mllore serious proposition
1han it vas dling the war."
Governor Iiarding of the Xederal re
served board told the colimitee:
"First, there would be a lack of pa
Iriotisin which lielped inl sellin g b1(1onds
during the .var." ht(le said. "antd secoiid
ly. we woldlI coi into cotpetition
witht all sort:, of connnercelal invest.
1enlits.''
Evi inde' ilcreased taxes, ecre
tary llousion said. the pri'oposed expen
diture of $2,lot000,00.0 "'would be a
seriolis oilt for the ltpeope to collf'roit
at( this tinie."
"The pre.(sent financial situation i
not critical." .\l-. floustonl coinented.I
"eolloily by the ltople. a.voidane of'
waISte inl expnW1ditures' . VCono1i 1i ll)
propriations by congiress and priidtiee
ill liandliniig these appropriations will
laturaly relieve the situation."
Iiscissing t holtd plan. .\r. IM
fing-well said bonds -ivInl to f'ortneri
service m , while increasillg flt n
lion's idnebtedless wouIl also bri ii
a bout I recuenii''(ice of activitiis eI'
''sharks" siiilar to those uised against
Liberty bondholders after theari
i(00.
TN LIV ES LOST
IN TOlNADO I''TH
Seveni MmiS I i Children Victiis of
Stori. oui r lin One Fanilly.
Springfiel, .\o., .\arch I 1.--T n
p)ersonls ariT knowni to be dead. one I'
ported dead and eighti injutred its, the
restilt of a toriado whicb swt vt
throuight the valley of Turkey Crtek
near Dlransoi and I lollister iti Taoy
('tility today.
Seven1 dead arv smnall cihildren.
Four of Williani Iox's childrel wer
killed andt his brotthetr lost three chil
~\Iis. Alvah I lowarid and thud , liv
\ing at .\lelva,. were' kil led instanitly.
Williaini .ackson, lii'-i livte miltes
sootheatst of Iirianson11, wVas rep'lorted to1
hav~e been1 kIlletd. A. sisteir of .1 ackson11
was ser'ioutsly I n.ijured.
.1 ohn GrUoss anti hiis wi ft li vi ng oii a
farin i near Oatsis. north of r;an11on,1
were blow away withl tir homI'ltle andit
Sltaftement oifit h oiid It-lon of thle
1H.1 N k 4)F 4G I.. V (oi;wi',
L~oenlied af Graiy ('ourit, S. .,u at thle
close of lbusi ness 31azrch Ii sf, 192tt.
OiverdrIafits .. . .. .. .. 575'?.I
Iiltds an~d Sitock: Ownhtd by
the' linnk ..... ... .. 17.:7:.0
Furinitture antd lixttiires .. 1,0.;
Han kimg I lo'sse..... . .....,70.t00
O herI Rteal Fs late Ownetd .. 1, it0.t0'0
G;old .............
Silveir and1 Otheri''nin 23.~
Cheeks and Cash1It'i ~, 31
Exehaniges f'oirf( thea'n
I luis...... .. ....... 529.0
~f'oal .. . . . . .2h.2.00
('apia] tok Pid In. . . $2300.08
Toitl.............. .....2,,679.27
Illapitafl( Sto pa id .n.. ..$ 2500.00
Su V rlus Iun .eoi . . . .l I 5000
TnIvided Pofitits ofs Cur
(alrets xpeses and .2 Taxes tl.I
'Ioad .. .. .. ..,. .. $231,.27.1
Iidends mUaidt . . .. 0 .ay. (t.00
Ii' flivirhahovepositso Sbaect lt, e
bookns of piti bail.It
Tim Crtll ats ofh(ay(fM l Dle-120
State ofotathyCarolina
County Attft (4ur. .IoioiI.f
OieforeII m, GamC D, GraytCash
n1o trace has been found of either the
home or Its occupants. -
Ridgeway Manky Was carried 1,000
feet from his home at .M\elva, and when
he regained Colsl lousness oil tle oti
piosite bank of Turkey creek, lie saw
his young brother, Wililaiml, struggling
In the water. lie Was too weak to
give ai d. Later the body of the
brother was recovered down stream.
The storn was not. confined to
MIel Va. lteports. of holes carried
away, buildings destroyed and (.hill
( l'('i Injured colltinued to pour into
tie (lenter. of the stricken area to
night. The storim district included
KEirbyville, Taneyville, Mildred, Oasis,
P'orsythl and Illinson
elieo'ts of intisual effects of the
storii were numerous tonight, a work
train of eight cars south of Isranson
and on which the wives of six work
men lived was moved 200 feet down
the track and tie ears uicou pled, buti
not one of the occupants hurt.
The hotel at Melva was practically
demolished While six 1womenv~ were
seated ieari tle tireplace. I tricks,
plaster aid sIlinters fell about tile
woinil. One Was injured slightly.
Jopl in. .\lo., MIarch I I.- 'hree nien
were kill'd in a toraindo t hat striluck
Nevada. \lto.. 69 imiles northIi west of
lire this afternoon, destroying 'part
of a three story building occupied by
the Htank of Nevada and blowing out
wildows in the court house.
FElI'l Li ZEM FOlR 'SE,
l'oins to Iteieimiher fin li uInr ' for
(Jarden,.
.\anure is scarce in and around
cities. Commercial fertilizers 11111s he
depended uplonl lwimar11ily f'or Idda;ng
feit ility to gaidei soils. It pays to
use the best grade of comi iiercial for
tilizers. \\'hen the hiomiie gardener buys
fertilizers le pays for niitiogen. phos
lhoric aid tid potash. and if Ie can
Secure the reqiired amiiotint of the se
el'iiments in' a small <lulaltity of mate
rial, so muc1tIi the better. as le .will
avoid the handling of a greater wel'ighit
upon1 which freight and oteirci 'otsS
have b(en iaid. A fertilizer contain
ing from .1 to G per cent. of itrogen,
Sto 1 )(.r ('eit of available phos
phoric acid and :, or -I per centl potash.1
is generally recoiiended for use oii
hoie gardns ly specialists of th
Illited States department of agricul
Iit re.
One pound to :!. feet of low is qluiv
aielit to an applieation of 500 pollills
to the aere. One pound to U5 feet of
row is elltlivalent to an appl tal ion of
1,aol pounds to thie acre, andill an appli
cation of oile 11ound1(1 to vight feet of
row is practically e(luivanlit to :2,00t
pounds of fertilizer to tihe acre.
Commercial fertilizers are Iigh at
preseit and no more tha i Is absollitly
ilecessary shoild be used. 'Care mu1iist
also be laken in their applicntion, as
there is constant danger of burnin;.
the roots of the 101an1s, especially
where the fertilizers are applied di
retly in the irows. The i(St r'esull
are generially secured whe the fer'
tilizer's ale alpplied and i'aked in a
few~~ (lays biefore. sowinl g thel seeds or
setting thll plants. In this way ther
b(clinil liiire 0or1'5 liii ixed w'ith the ii
soil andi there will lie little danger' oif
dloing the lilats an injuiry.
iini many sectioiis (If thle ('outry i
'a te of ctSodla is used'( as a stimu1 lnt
to force the growth oIf thel plants after'
hey arie star'ted. Nitrate oft soda is
('oncenitriatell fertili ze r fur n ishiin g i..
grecen and~ vigorouIis grow'th in planta
andil shlild beI u:sed s'ainigly to :tvo.-i
n.jiiury. Thlie iisual tustomii is 1(1 s'atIler
a lit tle toneil pound to 100t freti nitrtate'
(It Sodla a1long thle lows (If planits and1(
ix it wvithI the soil by means11 oIt a hI.
or rak1e. A nother' me'thod)1 is to) dlissoilv~e
a t ablespboon ful o(f the nitrate lit soda
inl a Ibailful (if w'atei' and usc this .<-o
lut in forI wvateing the IlanlhtS, takhing
('ale that only a small (lianitity of the
wa te'r is app11 li arollnd( e'ach platnt,
It. Is vas tly biet ter to makhe frequen 'lt
lIght apliicat ions of the( liltrate raither'
thani to aply too much at one t imne.
F'OUNI) IN 1)A31(t'S
Soni of Klng' of thlie hjaz A lot. to
Summlloni 53yrhian ('inlgr'ess,
aon don, Mareh II.---Offle lal audvice's
state that the sItuation In Darains
cus is serlious. l'0m ir lsa I, son oif
the kIng of the I tejaz, it Is expIlained,
has though t It advisable io summloni
h' -Syian eongr'ess, whiich Intends to
dIeclarie thle cornleteCll indeedece oif
the couinti'y and liroclatim h im k inf
The emi', it is stated, succeeded temi
lporaily in forestallIng such action, se
cuii 'ng the postponement of the meet
ing of the congi'esn whlilch had been
eal led forl .\arich G, butt the exc itemeit
is saidI to he so great that lie piobably
will he ('omplld to nea(Cedhe to thle de'
WI I'llt, Syia, Miarch 8.---The S:;vian
congress at Daimascus today dleelaredl
Syia to he an Indepienden t state. There
were fieworks tonlight, and IHeirut
celebrated its Independence. It is re(
plortedl to Priince Iecizat, soin of th'
king of the tilejnz. Iwill be downed
king of Syria tomorrow. Palestine, 0
Lebanon and northern ,\esopotaniia
,Are included inl the districts where the
Arabs are voting freely, aipparently
with the purpose of forcing the peace
conference to recognize Syria under
a threat of cooperation with the Turk
ish nationalists if independece is re
fused theml.
The Arabs claim to have 100,0100
Iroops ready to cooperate with the
i'urks in Cilicia and Anatolia. Ap
parently they are willing to accept
irelnch advisers.
Prince Feizal, son of the king of
Hejaz has beeni proclaimed king of
Syria, according to advics received
n Cairo from tih(e Ilei rut, says a dis
patch to tle London Times froin the
Kgyptianl capital.
11o(1011, .larch 12.-An assembly of
o3 sopotalial notables now sitting
it Dlamascis probably will proclaim
\lesopotaim ia a state and form a joint
overnment withii Syria under the re
ecy of Zeid. a brother of Prince
Eeizal of the Ilejaz, according to Th,11e
1aily Mail's Cairo correspondent.
PEPTO-MANGAN
MAKES RICH
RED BLOOD'
Illelps Iestore Thii, Iiun.;11own 31en
mand4 Womenit to Vh'Iorolls, Full.
Blooded Ilenith.
tITO11IENDFI) BY Il YSI(IANS.
iold inllui or T.,111e- Form-l-The
Naeli "ude's" Ihe Guide to
fihl Geninle.
It is a trute saying that your healti
S only as goot as y)i 1)10(l. Goad,
'11 blood manifests Itself in a healithby
tatuI111al comlipltxion; clear, keenl eyes
I re( eneigy and en t Iusia si;
Ind anl abnlidait supply of reserve
streIgt- I.
Ali just as posi tively (oes poor,
hinl blood directly influence the iin
Ire sysiem. Pale. .allow coil plex Ions;
lill yes; a listless step: languidness:
ired ness; w(or n-olt feeling; genleral
iejietedless anl(% unhiaipiless--all arc
111tive signs tht I tle body i; n1ot ro
ving its 1,toiler 1our1 rislimiit
brlouigh thle blo d.
Puplo-Alanganl~i . lps restorevgr
)Its healthl becaust it contains tlhe
,vry eleimients so im itch needed by Ile
iood to eiable it. to performit a.s fune
ions and slihpl)ly the ltod y Wili nour.
shmlutt, en eigy, and streigth-.
I'or your coivenience, Ppto-Man
in is prepIared in ta blet as wIelI as
hitiuid form. IBoth possess exactly the
;am itedicinal value.
There is hnt onte genuine P'eito
\langan, and that is "Gude's". If the
1ame "Glde's" is0 not on tile package
is; not lepto-.\langan.
Wha1
MANY Men
Prices are hii
you of this.
you?'1get yoi
o7 w o'deci
rything y<
THEY'RE her
think they're
we've seen in a
leave that to y
hart
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