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GROW MORE WHEAT. DEMONSTRATION HllUFJi WIIX WAfiK si \ n:-wn?i ( \>|. v\u,\. tannin* and Cnkcr Sound Notes of Warning Again-1 Ixtruxugumv And I rgv People ot Suite to Prepare Tor I H?hl of Euturv t?y Saving. Columbia. Nov. SO.?Every farmer S 1 li South Carolina will be asked 0 help go\ eminent win tin- war lr planting more wheat und raising more bor*. a great stot* wiiie onnipnggg ie be ducted by the demonstration forces *nd Clemaon College in cooperation with the State Council of Defence* was launched yesterday at a nice mg at the Jefferson Hotel which was ad drcaeed by Governor Manning. D. it. Co*.er. chairman or the council of de teuee aid food administrator, und W. I<ong. dim tor of the demonstru i foruea. Twen'y the farm demonstration a :ente who have been ordered Of take the fteki ore re proaoni at the oonrer* ence to reeegVe mttrm tions. h . C a i i?"!d of the I tohintbtu f.: rm itan bank was present and ashed foi suf port of the demonstration ,? nts. He * M>lained tbo prliutp!. the f am loan bunk. \n effort will I.? made to reach Bareneff who will be asked to a pledgo card to increase his I nt tjereage. The registration will through ?h> si-noon of the Stute. vernor Manning and Mr. Coker i'ded notes of warning concerning pieseiit economic conditlone. I ne?d i ??t s,(> iiow deeply Interest - Id I am," and Governor Manning, th personally and otllcially. in tin ? .k tb?t NOU do l fed that there I no more Important work in this il re of war than tbe work that you are doing and are to do?it is an un- i ling work: it is a work that ho* I he kept up In season and out 01 ? son. ' 1 ? I >ur people are seeing more- pros- fi : Ity than they have ever seen. There never bus been a time In the < history of this State when our people I I as Much ready cash as they have \ ?.v. and tt Is a matter to be deeply 1 01 : ?red thai along with that pros- t parity thev are not realizing the sc- ! ? jsness of what is to come. It doos > I ?t tuke s man with much tngSHl to I realise that this sort of situation can i riot go on forever. We are jutit get ? ag into this war. which is going to | eall for our resources in men In a wav f -s-=- - that feu now naHisc. I see In e\ >n community J go to an?! every pla ? get reports front that practically tnc .name conditions exist?failure to real ?v ih.> necessity for saving for econ? omy, for raising more food. "With my own farms I have called Dp eve; v s ngle person on Uloaa pla and have* told the hi what the situa? tion la 1 told them what is ahead ol them because I believe that the gov ernment is going to restrict the amount of shipment of foodstuffs from the West into the South. We hav-: had notice enough. "The campaign this year for Im* creasing our food crops was a goo? one ami brought n-sults. In talkhij with gentlemen who have been ovtl the state, they testify to the work that you men have done. They havt singled it out as a work that is sup? plemental to the work of the council, of defense. The county organizations, It Is certain, brought results and wc have a condition that otherwise would not have existed. Hut we find lust this situation: that they are spending their money freely. There are com? munities today where the crop 1? gathered, where they have received the money that is left over after the debts are paid, anl already they are miking about borowtng money! i tell my tenants and hands on my plaeos that it is not going to lie simply a uuestion of money. It may be that Sven those who keep their money will not be able t<? get the supplies which will be needed, "Governor whitman of New York Hated le me I few weeks ago thai In th<- executive mansion in Albany they were restricted to one pound of sugar a week. It is going to take a per sona I drive to the people to make ? hem raaltOS really what Is the dan? ger ahead of them, and if they fall to heed the warning, they can not complain if when the spring comes, they can not get supplies from th< sources Ussy usually obtain them from, ? 1 feel that every individual In south Carolina should be impressed with these conditions and that if they fail to act I believe they will be as iterOlU t in their duty as those who rail to respond by going to the front vhen their country calls them. Tou 'eel satisfied that if there is anything hat I as governor, or that I us an ndi vldua |. can do to aid in this work *ou will have my hearty cooperation ' ind assistance to the full extent of I ny powers." 1 have gotten out a letter to the hairmen of the council of de ensc in oach county." said Mr. Coker, Bone Valley BRAND 31*, Per Cent Phosphoric Acid Guaranteed. bonk valley phosphate when phop ?p.l> vHtui will oreatly increase the r*I*Ol>UCT10N of farm PRODUCTS, phoji? PltATE \! ? ,i: in mot a COMPLETE fkid T1 .''/.'..: it DOE* NOT contain ammonia ? 11 l"l \ h. hct IT dom c??nt\i\ a MIOM i or phosphoric acm). WHICH is oni. ok Till: THREE essential PtiANT poods it simm i.i) |1K used in connec \ with PA I m ET hi NO that WtLL supply ammonia AND potash. cover ohofs Or et i.cans soy ukans, cowpbas, clqv br OH any Or the kk< uminois crops plowed into the son. will supply A PA KTICI1 ST AMOUn't OP ammonia am) POT I Ifl i TfU absence: Of* cover chops, use QOTTON SEED meal takjcaqe or stable MA SI i?: 1 >N Mick I*and oh lands well i 1 |E1 WITH hi Mi's (decaying organic matter) phosphate tLONfl IS ?SUPPIC1HNT. . I \ AJS CHAOE CIU >F i ?f velvet DEANS WILL SUPPLY PER ACRE APPROXIMATELY IM pUl'nds OF ammonia and BO POUNDS OP pfrTAHH THIS IS EQUAL TO MOKE POTASH Ml) NT: A III I r'Ol'll times AH MCCI1 ammonia i < -I PPLIED in a Ton in' COMMERCIAL I? )H Ml.'DAK IM a IS |SI a UCK (1017 J chop or worth in 0(1 AND IN TOTAL Or i r i lizkh ? >f THE csr w. < ? -\, Mi .NLN known as |?1 2. vi THE present market OF PERTILlBHW material. VELVET BSVtNS plowkb IN JN i ru< <; bn appw ?n i matblt htm ai? ?it * i i.'hi i ?k ? . i\ inckkaskd i R i tTTLTT f. d k TO THE )WINC i tfDKR OF a CROP OF THESE I KAN TO SAY NOTHING of Till: VALUE OF MUS ADDED to THE LAND, BUT AM P i \HH I.? INK IN n< >T a COM? I RRTILIBER. PHOSPHORUS OR PHOB? IC I'D, AH IT i COMMONLY Known, K.NTIALTO PLANT utk this ELEMENT i \n UK SI PPURD FllOW a Nl'MKKi: OF Orn 'EH; A TON OF II PER i'i'NT ACID ?HATK WILL SUPPLY ISO p'M'N'ds ok PftOSPllOftlC ??Cin COST OF APPKOXl ,i CTELY si. a To.\ OP 14 PER DENT monk ?>(r\k Wll.i. si PPLY III POUNDS OK PHOS? PHORIC ACID and at a COST OK APPROXI? MATELY" M?.?a a TON OF BONE VALLEY i IBWHATV WILL SUPPLY 141 POUNDS OK PHOSPHORIC IC1D \'i a cost OF * J ?;.*??? DE? LIVERED. TUI HI wmn'l a FLETK nn ?IM? \\ kl l K FOR l.l fKRATURK Harby & Co., Inc., Distributors I'nr Eh stern South Carolina. SUMTER, S. C, j'Helling them about this drive sucf) tasking eo< h oao to hoU n meeting 0/ ? the council ami put the whole power of the bounty councils or defence all lover the Slate behind you. ( "I would tern: what is going on in this State now as ;ln orgy of money ; Spending, I believe a great many of . the people are simply drunk with f money, and the most ridiculous and . outrageous things are going on among ? many of our people. I { "I want to stress the great import ? ance of enlisting the cooperation of I bankers in different counties in this movement. If you leave a county hav j ing done nothing at all except to en , list three or four bankers, thoroughly . wake them up to the situation, and . leave them thoroughly impressed with , the tremendous danger that faces us and their great opportunity at this , time for safeguarding their own busi? ness and improving the conditions of , their county permanently; you have ? done a great deal. I think that next . spring, it will frequently happen that , a man will go to his banker for a ,; larger loan than he has customarily . asked for. The banker will ask him I what has become of the large surplus! . above debts that was made this year, , and when he finds that there is notli ; ing to show for it the banker, if he is a sensible man. will probably re ; fuse that man credit. The merchant ! is in practically the same position. 1 j 1' have talked with my two credit men and have urged them to get things lit ] ?hnni for the coming problem and j not to advance to these men who have wanted money with which they ought 1 to run. I ^hink a man who throws ??way his money now has show/. jauch poor business judgment that he will not be entitled to be regarded as a good credit risk. ! "If it had not been for the conser-' vat Ion and production drives that: were made all over the United States t \ last spring the country would be in j a much worse position than it is. 1 think the drive made In South Caro lir.a was as successful as it was in any State of the Union, and that you men j J are very largely responsible for it. If' we do not continue along the same j j lines. |f our people forget in then ] ; temporary prosperity that the good ^ feature* of the present situation ar; j orgely due to their having taken th? advice of the federal food administra? tion and the'council of defense ano the agents of your department?why we simply have only put off the evjl hay. * "I do not know that any of us ful ly realize the value of the food ad? ministration so far, but I want to toll vou that Dr. Long and I have been if Washington recently and we bot*? realize there would have been a much more serious situation over the coun? try if it had not been for the food ad ministration. They have had meet? ings with the leaders of the food in dustries in the country and have got ten their cooperation and the prices of many products- are being held down today by voluntary cooperation with the administration. The sugar situation, while very bad, is being remedied and the people of the State are getting sugar at a very much lower price than they would if the food administration had not acted Sugar should not be sold at retail at over 10 1-2 cents a pound; ten cents is a plenty for it. The farmer should plan his bus! ness nowd'or the duration of the war Our people are cotton-mail, as you ail know, but that suggestion of Gover? nor Manning*! that money may not do them very much good if there 1* no food to buy, is a very line one in dead. "If the food Is not in the Pountry somebody is going to suffer, no matter how much cotton there is or how much money. I did not realize quite how bad the situation was until right recently when I planned out my ro? tations for the coming year; and 1 have just given orders t<? increase our food acreage 2T> acres on each of our two principal farms. 1 bad already arranged to put the third farm in rye. "I think a good deal Is going to de? pend on the impression that you make upon the teachers over the State. Urge Upon them the responsi? bility that rente upon them in thei; community. The handling of thi? whole situation rests very largely up? on the leaders of the country. It will be a comparatively hopeless propo? sition to w;ike lip the people gen? erally unless the leaders all over th? I State realise their duty and their re* I ?ponelbtlitq, I coke PItlCEB fixed. II I'nel Administration Announces Schedule of Prions. ( Washington, Nov. SO.-?Basle prices of by-product coke have been fixed by the fuel administration. Run ?>f ovens. $6; selected foundry, 17: j crushed, over one Inch else, 16.60 The prices of beehive coke have already been announced. I mm. London. Nov. 19, Five German submarines wer?? destroyed on Satur? day, Premier Lloyd tieorge made inh JI announcement today In the bouse of - commons. , MST or ? AST \| .TIES. \ ? I j l Viiituumler of i itltcd states Forte? in (Vance Report? Deaths in Army I at Front. Washington, Nov. ig Gemen 'Pershing h?s reported to the war de partment that two men were killed in action on November 1:5. Three were severely wounded ami three slightly J wounded. I The casualties are: ! Killed: j ' Sergt. John F. Cinjka; father. AI bert Cza.ika. Milwaukee, Wie. ! . Private Stanley Janovhz; sister So? phia Giebutovicz, Fast Boeton, Mass. Severely wounded: Private Barle E. Aurand: mother, j Emma Aurand, Harrisburg. Pa. Private Francis Blevins; father, llaek Blevins, Eck ma 11, W. Va. Private Edward F. Cahill; mother,; Bridget Cahill, Bakerton, Pa. ! Slightly wounded, j Sergt. John A. Logun; father, [Charles Logan, Mt. Carmel, Pa. Private Chester Johnson; father Samuel Johnson. Forest Hill. La. Private Robert I... Heid; mother, t I Mrs. Elizabeth fJeid, Burneyville Okie. i j General Pershing also reported that ' Corporal Samuel Parrott. marine corps, died November ltl from natur? al causes His mother, Mrs. I* B. Bynum. lives at 202 Pollock Street, New Bern, N. C. Private Valentine 11. Newton, head? quarters company, marine corps., died j November 13, from self-inflicted gun- | shot wound; mother, Mrs. Margaret^ Newton. Arkville. N. Y. Sergt. George E. Merkle. Signal Corps, was accidentally killed Novem? ber 17. His wife lives in Philadol phi a. Private Bex E. Blaokwood. in? fantry, died" November 9 of natural causes. Iiis father is E. M. Blackwood of West Pembroke. Maine. RIOTING IN JBERLIN. An Amsterdam Dispatch Tells of Bloody lighting Between Mob and Police. v London. Nov. 2<>.?Serious rioting took place in Berlin last Sunday, ac? cording to dispatches received from Amsterdam. It is said there was tierce t ?' \ t lighting between the mob and police. There was a heavy casualty list, as 4he police used firearms. GERMANS ATTACK IX NORTH. Italian Headquarters, Northern Italy, Monday, Nov. 10.?The enemy Is concentrating his attack on the north, and heavy lighting is progress ing south of Quero, where the Teu? tons are attacking the Italian po? sitions at Monte Tenara and Monte Tomba. _ , H ITALIAN ATTACK KEPFI.8EI). Berlin, Nov. 20.?Strong Italian counter attacks- against positions cap? tured in the Northern slope of Monte Tomba were unsuccessful, the war of? fice announces. Heavy firing con? tinues in this sector. GFHMAXS MOVING TROOPS. Copenhagen. Nov. 2".?Reports from several sources in German) bear out the a^-suinption that tie Germans are taking advantage of tht situation in Russia to transfer man: troops from the Russian front. Only part of these appear to be going t Italy, it is stated. GFHMAXS DRIVEN BACK. Rome. Nov. 2a.?It was officially announced today that the Teutonic Ivadera were driven back four times when they attempted to take Italian positions Monte Momfener spur. A bitter struggle continues. Washington, Nov. 20.?The sinkin-' of the American destroyer Chauncey in a collision'in the war zone early yesterday VWh the probable loss of twenty-one lives was announced to day by the navy department. Nc further details were given in the brief report from Admiral Sims. The Chauncey was an old type boat of onlv four hundred and twenty-live tons. Helsingfors. Nov. 20.?The general strike which has been in progress in Finland for several days will be end od tomorrow. A socialist governmen Of twelve persons has Dceift formed i an effort to overcome the food short? age. The Red Guard will remain un der arms until all the demands of the workmen have been satisfied. I London, Nov. 20.?A Madrid die? i patch says the Spanish government Ibas issued a special warning that Spain would regard any flight o ?American airplanes- over her territory las a violation of neutrality, and would I Instruct the military to Uro upon such airplanes. Washington, Nov. 20.?A fire of uii known origin last night destroyed u large quantity of powder at the naval powder factory at Indian Head, Mary land. <>ne unidentified man <s Known to have been klled, An Investlgatfoi is bslng made. Midi WHEAT IX LATHENS. $:i:>,onri one U ND RAISED. Laurene, Nov. im.?it lleved Huh the formen county \\<ll sow a Larnei Believed Tlmi Avrempt This Year Will | Will PravfcJe C?rc ami I"onil' tl bar be Larger Than for Any iteecm jpiMlgra. Year. _._ Now Tori' No'. 1H.?The war funi iv now be-j0f |35,000,000, with which the V. |fl of Laurena (; A will i rovldo cat* nnd comfort h iesige toifor the soldiers and sailors of Amer wheut than in recent year* As a ttim-|tc* and be* allies, has been raised, It uluff to this every encouratemcm | was announ. ed here tonight by <leo. possible Is being given through dlf-|W. Perkins chairman of the ttaaaaa ferent Bgeucie* At u recent meeting committee o the War Work Council. t?: the Chamber ?>t Commerce a roao-_ lutloti wan adopted urging the farm., Buenoa A ?es, nva. -(..-The etrlke eis of Lauron? county to IneYeaae of railway men on'the Western State their grain production, especially that'rallwayi hai bean settled. of wheat, to the limit of their abil- _ Ity during the coming season, u was In the Bahamas the Iran las? also urged that all landowners resld- guage is spoken by many of the no Ing In town sow grain in order that groes. who ire mixed descendant of the Production of flour for hone use, the Hibernian patriots banished long pioy be materially increased. !Rgo by Crcmwell to the West Indl*?. ^ Ihe National fiank fif South Carolina OfSumter Depository for nhe National, State, County and City Government, also for The Public. Not the Younger it or Oldest but the LARGEST ? Resources more than $1 b00,000.00. YOUR ACCOUNT - WE WANT IT C G. ROWLAND. I retident. r. E. HINNANT Cashier The Bank Accommodating Service Counts May we add your name to our list of customers? The National Bank of Sumter. J. P. Booth/Pres. D. D. Moise. Vice Pres W. J. Crcwson, Jr.. Cashier. SBr jfo&r t I The Bank. I You will ?ventually Bank with The First National Bank of Sumter. CAilTAL $100,0(0.0t> SaipluH an?! Profits (earned) $160,000 NEILL ( ''DONNELL, President. O. L. YATES, Cashier. UIIUIIIlHmiMH?IHHmH'"!<.11.mniHUiHnmiiiiniimmniuimii.gj Eveiything in the Building Line All Kinds of Feed BOOTH & McLEOD. Inc. EVERYTHING AT ON B PLACE| PhonetilO ? SSI