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mmmm cotto> majckkt. Corrected rally bj CRNK.ST FIKLD. Cotton Buyer. Good Mtddlmg 17 3-4 Strict Middling 17 6-8. Middling 17 l->. Strict Low Middling 17 1-4. Low Middling K 8-4. 8UpU cotton 10 to 83c Oomotod Doily by BAR BT a CO.. Cotton Buyer* Good Middling 17 7-8. Strict Middling 17 3-4. Middling 17 8-8. Strict Low Middling 17 3-8. Low Middling* 16 7-8. hew YORK COTTON MARKET. YesTdyt Open High Low Clowe Clew Mch . .17.78 18.03 17.62 .91 .55 Mey . .17.68 .87 .63 .76 .43 July . , 17.63 .83 .42 .63 ,63 Get . .-16.60 .82 .62 .65 .4i! Dec . .16.75 .86 .(I .76 .00 Twice Proven. If you suffer backache, sleepless night?, tired, dull days and distress? ing* urinary disorders, don't experi? ment. Read this twice-told testimony. It's Sumter evidence?doubly proven. W. M. Folsom. proprietor di> goods store, Main Street, Sumter. ssos: "My back ached nearly all ot the time, and if I made a quick move sharp pafns started through me. Af? ter sitting down for awhile, I hr.d to lift myselt up by force. The kidney secretions were discolored, and full of sediment. Doan s Kidney Pills relieved the backacb* and pains and I could rest much bet tsr." (Statement given March 17. 1809.) On Jan. 11. 1?1G, Mr. Folsom said. "The benefit Doan's Kidney Pili brought mo has lusted. Another of my family has since used them wit good results." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same thai Mr. Folsom has twice publicly rec? ommended. Foster-Mllburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. 7.?Advt, 31 -1 Berne, March 2 (via Paris).?A Vienna dispatch says that Austria has agreed to lend Turkey 240,000,0?>0 crowns for an unnamed period. The money is to be used for purchases in Austria-Hungary. Blfi NAVAL BILL TO WILSGK.' FINAL ACTION ON APPROP1UA TION TAKEN BY CONGRESS. rill ma a Patriot k-iilly Yields on Sta? tion Providing for Enlargement or Dry Dock In Cluirlcstou. Washington, March 4.?The DAVul appropriation bill was sent to tliL pit Vdent shortly after 1 o'clock this J morning when final congressional ac- j tion was taken, the senate agreeing to tho conference report previously accepted by the house. The'senate then adopted the hou: < resolution providing for a bond issue of $150,000,000 to expedite construc? tion of naval vessels. That complete approval of the administration naval programme. The separate resolution for a bom" Issue of $150,000,000 to provide f< r hastening construction of naval ves? sels was passed by the house with? out opposition. Without a roll call the house later agreed to tho conference report on the naval bill Itself. Only senate approval and the prcr,- j Ident's Signatare was needed then complete enactment of the measure but it was uncertain when the sen? ate would act. Conferees on the $535,000,000 KM agreed on a report at 7 o'clock last night. They reduced the extra num? ber of submarines to be built on' the Pacific coast from 50 to 20, making the total number of submarines pro ? vided for in the bill 38. The senate conferees yielded alr;o the provision for enlarging the Char? leston (S. C.) dry dock, Senator Till man declaring that he would rather the dock never should bo built the.:; to imperil passage of the bill at thlfl time. Makes Excellent Address. i j Bev. Watson B. Duncan, D. D., made an excellent address Sunda\ afternoon at the Rex Theatre, h ? subject being "The Shadow of th' Soul." The speaker was heard I y ? fair sized audience, which war, mucK. pleased with his remarks. Marriage License Record. A license to marry has been Issued to M. J. Davis, Manning, and Ml w Lily Douglas, Winnsboro. Lloi na secured by colored couples w r Elijah Jones and Annie Weeks, Bp.oj don; Sandy Dens. Dalzell, and Bertha States, Rembert. DETERMINED TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAINTAIN RELA? TIONS WITH UNITED STATES. The American Embassy at Vienna Evi? dently Not Expecting Immediate Break?Negotiations In Progress. Derne, Switzerland, Thursday, liar. 1.? (Via Paris, March 2.?Recent re? ports that the Austro-Hungarian gov? ernment has determined to make ev ; \ rff ort to maintain diplomatic re? lations with the United States is cor? roborated by information reaching hero from Vienna. The strong impression prevail* that Austria-Hungary intends to make ? cry sacrifice which it regards as reasonable to avoid a rupture, al? though such action apparently would mean Hying in the face of Germany. I An American in close touch with Austrian diplomatic affairs, who ar? rived in Berne today, said that opin- j ion was divided among those who ex? pect Austria to attempt to placate j America as to the onuses underlying j tho divergence from the policy of ?er 1 muny. One group, he said, bolioved j Germany was acquiescing for the pur i pose of preserving unbroken an Indi? rect bond between herself and the United States, while the other group was convinced that Austria was as setting" independence of Germany, j That tho American embassy at VI ! enna is not expecting an immediate I break la perhaps Indicated by the ac? tion of~ Joseph C. Grew, counsellor of the embassy, who today telegraphed to Mrs. Grew to go to Vienna. She will "depart tomorrow. The Basler Nachrichten reports from Vienna that It Is officially con? firmed that negotiations with the Unit? ed States still are In progress and that It <s announced semi-official! y that the data for Austria's reply to the American memorandum has no1 been settled, as the examination/ o! questions of international law brought up by the American note has not been concluded by the foreign office. New York, March 2.?According to Tho Journal of Commerce figures tei per cent, of the world's merchant m;i rine has ben destroyed since the Wai began. The statistics record the de struction of two thousand, five hundred and seventy-three vessels o four million .eight hundred and elever thousand, -one hundred gross tons more than ftalf of which was owner by Great Britain. Arriving Tuesday, larch 6th CAR LOAD 24 MULES 31 HORSE We have in this car .some of the nicest Mules shipped here this season. We will be glad to show you what we have. We can please you. See our other lines. W. B. Boyle Co. ICE CREAM PROFITS. Whole MJlk is Next, Cream Third,! Cheese Fourth, and Butter Fifth, j Say Figures. | Clemson College, March 2.? From the viewpoint of largest re vjjujj;hs, ice cream is the most profi? table form in which to market milk, with whole milk second, cream third, cheese fourth, and butter fifth. At the same time, individual conditions are frequently such as to make it most profitable for a dairy farmer to dispose of his pro? duct in the form of cream or of whole milk. In fact, in South Car? olina it may be said that the latter condition is almost generally true. For example, a dairy farmer on the outskirts of a city will in most cases find it mo^t profitable to sell the bulk of his product as whole milk. A farmer on one of the cream routes of a cooperative creamery will generally lind the sale of his butterfat In the form of cream to the best. Nevertheless, figures com? piled at Clemson College ior the sake of those who make inquiries on this subject show that where a man is equipped to manufacture and sell ice cream the returns from his milk are largest. , Calculations are based on the fol? lowing average prices: whole milk, 8 cents a quart; 20 per cent, cream, 90 cents a gallon; butter, 30 cents a pound; cheese, 20 cents a pqund; ice cream, $1.00 a gallon. Manu? facturing and marketing costs are not considered. j '.<t On the basis of the prices namedi 100 pounds of 4 per cent, milk may be disposed of In the following forms for the amounts named be? low: 1. As 4.2 gallons of ice cream and 75 pounds of skimmilk, selling for $4.41. 2. As 46.5 quarts of whole milk, selling for $3.72. 3. As 2.5 gallons of 20 per cent, cream and 80 pounds of skimmilk, selling for $2.49. 4. As 10.4 pounds of cheese and residue of whey, selling for $2.20. 5. As 4.60 pounds of butter and 95 pounds of skimmilk and butter? milk, selling for $1.67. "DRYS" LOSE JCDESinPS. Tammany Democrats Apparently l Keep Their Threat. 'jjWasTilngton, March 2.?Tammany Democrats from New York today made good to some extent their prom? ise to "get even" with Southern "bone dry" prohibition members. These New York Democrats muster? ed enough votes against the bill re? tiring federal circuit and district judges at seventy to encompass the defeat of the measure, which would have cleared the way for the ap? pointment of several Southern con? gressmen to judgeships. One of the "dry" leaders who would have been appointed If the bill had passed, according to a current rumor, is Representative E. Yates Webb, of Charlotte, N. C, chairman of the house judiciary committee, and I joint author of the Webb-Kenyon act. BOYCOTT HELPS MXCH. Causes Sharp Reduction !n Nctv York i Prices. \ N'ew York, March ^.?The "common .senu?" of the poople oi" New York city i "who established an automatic I boy? cott on potatoes arid on.(ms " has re? sulted in abnormal dcretue:; in the! prices of thOSO btaplCfl as coin pur? ; with the prices February 23, Joseph Hartigan, commissioner of 'weighs' and measures, announced tonight. i|!a statement Bald that the decrease iladl saved the people of the greater city: approximately $5,000,00.;. Mr. llartigan :-:vi '. producers and \ shippers in all parts of the counts ? i had offered large quant.ties of all kinds of foodstuffs a: prices in coxae cases 30 per cent, less than N'ew vo.li wholesale prices, STOCKHOLDERS SURPRISED. Bat Agreeably so at Spartan Mills' Extra Dividend. Spartanburg, March 2.?Spartan Mills Company, one of the largest cot? ton mills In Bpartanburg, has declar? ed an extra dividend of 4 per cent, and this amount has been sent to the stockholders. This was a surprise ti? the stockholders, as few of them knew thai the extra dividend had been de? clared. The capital stock of $1, 000,000 is held for the most part by Spartanburg people, but some is In hands of Kastern capitalists. The extra dividend probably means that an entire dividend of 12 per cent, will be paid this year. Walter S. Mont? gomery is president of the company; B. M. Matthew secretary, and VV. J, lhitton superintendent. London, March 2.?Lieut. Cen. Ji\n Christian Smuts, former commander of the British forces in German East Africa and a member of the South African cabinet, has been made a privy councilor. ! DENIAL BY VON ECKHARDT. German Minister Professes Complete Ignorance. i Mexico City, March 1? H. von Eck? hardt, German minister to Mexico, de? clared today that he knew nothing about the instructions alleged to have been sent to him by Foreign Secretary Zimmermann regaridng a German Mexican alliance in the event of war between Germany and N the United States. ' Von Eckhardt made this statement in replying to the question whether he had followed the instructions al? leged to have been sent to him by Dr. Zimmermann: "You must go to Washington for your information," the minister said. "If you must say something, you may ! say the German minister knows noth? ing about all this." Tamekichl Ohta, charge d'affaires for Japan, declared he had not been approached in any way with a pro? posal for any alliance with Mexico or Germany against the United States. Garza Perez, subsecretary of foreign affairs, now in charge of the foreign office, declared he knew nothing of the proposals mentioned. If the pro? posal had been presented by Minister von Eckhardt, which he personally doubted, he said, it was presented di? rect to Minister of Foreign Affairs Aguilar or Gen. Carranza. Henry P. Fletcher, the American ambassador, left hurriendly today with Foreign Secretary Aguilar for Guadalajara, where Gen. Carranza now is. It seems to be the general opinion among well informed public men hero that the proposal outlined in the Zim? mermann note probably has not been definitely presented to Gen. Carranza by Minister von Eckhardt, although this is only a surmise on their part. to provide Titrate supply. Senators Would Use Naval Vessels for Trade. Washington, March 2.?After a con? ference tonight with Secretary Dan? iels on the crop shortage in the South Atlantic States, Senators Smith ol South Carolina and Shields of Ten? nessee said they would introduce a resolution authorizing the. presidenl to utilize naval transports and col? liers not needed for naval duty tc transport nitrate of soda from Chih to South Atlantic ports. The resolution would put the trans ports at the disposal of nitrate im porters under government supervisiot and the ships would bring the nitrate! supplies for farm fertilizer througl the Panama canal. "With the crop shortage, the greai necessity for fertilizer in the Soutl Atlantic States, with freight at $SJ a ton and the living cost very high,' said Senator Smith tonight, "some? thing must be done to r .mcdy the sit? uation. We believe congress should authorize the use of naval vessels in this crisis to transport the nitrates." SUGGESTS "QUININE DAY/' How Dr. Brabham Would Rid Or? ange burg of Malaria. Orangebug, March 2.?Quite a nov? el method of exterminating malaria In Orangeburg county has been devis? ed by Dr. V. W. Brabham, director ol" rural sanitation, and it will be put j Into offect as roon as practicable. The i plan is to induce every person who bus [Buffered with maipr-ia to Utke a do.; of quinine every . rn -.-u y from i pdarch 1 to Aufrurt ir.-. i*-rah|viii i declares that thiu plan, properly car | ried out, win titl the tounty ( t;r. l lot malaria, lie preaerlbct; graduate Ido.ics as follows: Children up to fi years, live r.raln?; f em five to tci y.mra, ton grains; over t'.n years ftf teen Krainr. Saturday will I;e knowi "Quinine Day" over Lite co'tnty is HELD \s PLOT'fEU. Man Suspected of Attempting to Con? spire.. Birmingham, Ala., March 2.?Thi I a man named Frederick was arrested here last night by agents for the de? partment of justice on charges of at? tempting to conspire againtt a num? ber Of large industrial plants in tue Birmingham district, was learned to ?lay from what is considered to be n reliable source. J. Heese M;;rray, agent for the de? partment in Birmingham refused to talk^when questioned about a report that plots against Kcal plants here been unearthed by federal author? ities. DANISH WEST INDIES BILL. Measure Agreed Upon in Congrcs (iocs to President. Washington, March 2.?Enact? ment of tho administration bill pro? viding for* a temporary government in the Danish West Indies and appro? priating the $25,000,000 the United States has agreed to pay Denmark for their cession was completed by con? gress tonight. Both houses adopted the conference report and sent the measure to the president. VISITS SUMMERTON* PASTOR. Editor of Baptist Courier Pays Call on Rev. Gordon and Make? Trip to Churches. Baptist Courier. The senior editor had a delightful visit on the third Sunday to Pastor IC. W. Gordon and his two churches, Summerton and Calvary. These churches are about ten miles apart, both in the Santee and Pastor Gor? don gives his Sunday mornings to Summerton and the afterooon to Cal? vary. He preaches to both churches every Lord's Day and the good Ford, presented not long ago by his devoted people, makes the arrangement ideal. Calvary is one of the oldest churches in the State and the second oldest in the Association. It was organised in 1768 and the High Hills, which is also in the Santee, in 1755. Calvary has a great record. It has not only ministered to all the interests of its community for a century and a-half, it has also been the mother church of all its section, again and again sending colonies to this new church and that; and it has also blessed the State and the denomination with statesmen, ministers, deacons and useful laymen. This church Is the home of the Tindals. In its member ship Rev. R. B. Mahony, now of Minnesota, was raised. His father was pastor here for sixty-five years. As to size, the church is a mere shadow of its former self. The old house is there with its ante-bellum associa? tions and the graveyard with its for? gotten graves, Its unmarked graves, its crumbling stones and its great monuments. The membership new is only forty-two; but this small num? ber holds choice spirits and the work of the church is kept well to the front. There are seventy-nine In the Sunday school and the church Is blessed with an efficient W. M. S. Last year the church gave $1,022.65. This is the smaller of Pastor Gordon's churches. Summerton has a mem? bership of 103 and there art 124 In the Sunday school. Last year the church gave to all objects $1,609.62. An examination of the minutes will show that both of these churches have regard for their apportion? ment obligations and contribute to ff> L ery cause and in due proportion. This 1 is as It should be and the time will " come when every church In the State ) will have this kind of conscience. It ? was an unalloyed pleasure to be in the homes of Deacon and Mrs. Gentry " and of Pastor and Mrs. Gordon. 1 U-BOAT MEETS MATCH* 3 . 1 New Orleans, March 2.?A German submarine was sunk in t* Atlantic 1 ocean some days ago by the British 1 steamer Knight Companion, which ' arrived yesterday from England, ac? cording to a story told by the steam? er's officers to government officials here today. The steamer was sev 1 eral days on her way to New Orleans according to the story, when ahe sighted the submersible. The undersea craft fired Jlvfj shots which missed the steamer, before the latter got her defensive gun into ac? tion. The Knight Companion's sec? ond shot, at about 7,500 yards, struck the submarine which, it waa stated, immediately sank. Nothing was seen of any of her crew. The exact date and location of the fight were not given and the me light were not given and the mwtor, Captain John Kendall, declined to dis? cuss the incident with newspaper m.r.i, The Knight Companion is loading a cargo o: grain for Europe. Profitable Potl; Production. Ctemson College. ?. C, March 2.? February 18th to March 15th is the ( proper t;me to sow spring grazing '. crops for hogs if they were not sown I in Hie fall. One plot in oata and j Dwarf Essex rape sown now may j be grazed through May. Another plot j of oata may be allowed to mature j and may be grazed in June. A plot i In early corn and early cow puas planted March 20th to April 1st will furnish grazing during Ju'y. gaset potatoes of an early variety cot about April 20th will furnish Au? gust grazing. Spanish peanuts and Soy Beans planted with corn in May will be ready for September, while com and late rowjKcs nay be made to sup pb ihe fintehUlg period in Octobor, when porkers will be ready for slaughter or sale. The Orangeburg and C: cenville packing houses will be ready for work by September, and there should be no trouble, with the present arrangement as to freight rates recently arranged, to dispose of any quantity of hogs properly finished. t Hops produced in this way may he made to bring in a ready ca:m crop twice annually. Sows should be bred to farrow in March and September. The March litter may be slaughtered or marketed In Sep? tember, October or November, and the fall litter in May or June. Telephone troubles in the tropics are largely due to the wires becoming covered with air plants.