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\N\ AND UtG i:\ti NF. doinaii? IlclwUoii* F.xoept Ikh iif Argentine Minister at r en<>* Aires, Argentina. Octo. II, orrespondenee) ? Germany haa no diplomatic representative in gentine since Count Luxburg re ? d tun pussporta. German gov nrnent la without meanu of ap ng a minister. The secretaries and attaches at tht German legation in thla city have no t, lomatlfc standing. being merely vs ?o the accredited minuter or I ige d'affffaii - < When Count Lux hurg received his paasporta from the utine Foreign Office, he could not Imest the secretary of the legatioi with the rank and diplomatic charac of charge d'affaires, as ha hi! i;. er t>een presented to and recog nired hy the KuviTiaiient In a diplo? matic capacity Moreover, if the German govern? ment nhould attempt to put the le a in charge of persons who are already in the field, it is not consider? ed likely here that the Argenine gov? ernment would accept either as min? ister or charge d'affaires any of those who have fallowed Count Luxburg in the capacity of accomplices, or who have simply been his iustraments. Therefore any diplomatic relations between Qermany and the Argentine pgpaibhc win have to be snarled on through the Argentine Minister at Berlin. in AWAIT Ft IITIIFK OHDFIttt. i iig AfTett? (Knitted Men Fur hrtuched t'ntil Dec. 1. Ininhla. N?>\ Men of the se lOOtlta diaft who have been certified t<> district boards and who have been grunted furloughs until December 1 for Industrial and?other reasons, are gaihjsct to orders of the provost mar? . general and will await his call for tional increment, according to a IWUnsj h> Gov. Manning tonight. The announcement waa the result many Inquiries from local exemp? tion hoards relative to the status of these men. London. Nov. :'.<> The Itusslan . on the northern front has been out thread for several days, ac? cording to reports sent by the corre nd-mt of The Dally Express. Army delegates are reported to have rec ntnded the withdrawal of troops in order to prevent a general flight anah its consequent e\< i up* ? ? . . . ? , "? ? ? 1 1 - I ALK L \NI> ISLANDS ISOLATE!). No Shipping Since War Begun and Islands arc Being Overrun With Ruts. i Port Stanley, Falkland IslandH, Oct. 31.? (Correspondence) -- The war has completely isolated the Falkland Islands from the rest of the world as far as commercial intercourse is concerned, in spite of the fact that the is!ands are the naval hase of the British tleet for the South Atlantic and South Paeillc. Since March 10 of this year not a single ship has ^topped at the Talk lands on its Jouinev lo England and correspondence for Ihjenos Aires ami Montevideo has been sent by way of Punta Arenas, while passengers for llucnos Aires or Montevideo have had l to go around to" Valparaiso on the I'acilic liners and then across the Andes by train to ??et to their destina? tion. The Kritish government has bought up all the wool of the Kalklands, giv? ing ihe owners 55 per cent, above pre-war prices. Some of this wool sold as high as two shillings, sixpence a pcund. Flour has risen to fifty shil? lings a sack and bread is selling at a shilling a loaf, weighing less than four pounds. ?>ugar is selling at eight pence a pound. The Islands have become so over? run with rats that the government has Offered an English penny a head for all those killed. QdJM BY Hit Ills 11 CA V ALII V. - station Close to Jerusalem Reported Captures I. London. Nov. 26.?British cavalry have captured Kittir station, about six miles southwest, and Ainkarim, three and a half miles west of Jeru gntccn, according to a British official communication issued this afternoon. This evening the text of the com? munication reads: >ur mounted troops have captured Bittir Station and Ain Karim, three and a half miles west of Jerusalem. Strong bodies of Tur'xs are holding the h Kb ground west of Jerusalem, and covering the Jerusalem-Schehem road to the north." Washington. Nov. 27.?Nearly one third of a million deaths in the Unit? ed States during 1916 were caused by he u t ?II ease, tuberculosis and pneu? monia. There were more than ten thousand suicides, which was far be? low the ten-year average. 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BUT it DOBS contain a huh I KNTAOE OF PHOSPHORIC acid. which IS UNE OF THE THREE ESSENTIAL PLANT Fools* IT should BE USED iN CONN ec T1 ?\ WITH SOMETHING that will supply AMMONIA and potash COVER chops OF V ELVET BEANS, BOT BEANS, cowpeas, cl?>v RR OR ANT OF THE LEGUMINOUS CROPS PLOWED INTO tfHE BOIL will scpply a BUFFIClENT AMOUNT OF AMMONIA AND POT ash IN THE alskncl OF COVER crops, USE COTTON seed mfal TANKAQE OR STABLE MANURE ON MUCK land OR lands WELL FI LI ED with HUMUS (d?o?yrng organic matter) PHOSPHATE ALONE is B?FF1CIMNT. an AVERAGE CROP OF VELVET BEAM WILL SUPPLY PER ACRE APPROXIMATELY IJO PO NDS OF AMMONIA and SO POUNDS OF POTASH THI8 is EQUAL TO MORE POTASH \M> N E ALLY FOUR TIMES AS MUCH AMMONIA AS IS SUPPLIED in \ Ton of COMMERCIAL FERTII4SBH OF THE USUAL FORMULAS l OMMONLY KNOWN as 1-1-1 AT THE PRE IENT MARKET I RRTIUXRH MATERIAL. N LI a kt brians i'M ?WKH IN \ ITRI M IEN APPR< ?x1mati.LV POTASSIUM ABOUT $24.00 ??k 160 0.? IN INCRBA8ED FERTILITY, DUE To the PLOWING UNDER ?>f a CROP OF THESE BEANS TO say NOTHING OF THE VALUE OF THE hi MUS ADDED To THE land, li t AM MONI A AND POTASH ALONE IS NOT a COM? PLETE i I UTILIZEII PHOSPHORUS OR PHOS i i Mil \CW as IT IS COMMONLY KNOWN, |S lsslnti a l t? ? plant LI uk THIS ELEMENT CAN BE Bl PPLIKD PR( ?\l A NUMBER OF BOl UCE8; \ TON QF II PER CENT ACID PHOSPHATE WILL SUPPLY StO POUNDS OF PHOSPHORIC ACID COST OF APPROX1 M \tlly |11. a TON OF H PER CENT BONB MEAL WILL SCPPLY 160 POUNDS OF PHOS? PHORIC N< id AND at a ?'nsi OF APPROXI MATBLY 145.00, a Ton <>k BONE VALLEY PHOSPHATE WILL SUPPLY rio POUNDS OF ? PHOSPHORIC v id at a COST OF $i??.'??t DE? LIVERED. PRICE (li?17) A Oil' IP of is WORTH in I II || AND in A TOTAL OF VVHl I K H >k LI 11.KAIL RH SUMTER, Harby & Co., Inc., susMTcE Distributors for Eastern South Carolina. WAR SOl'VKNIRS. The Collection ami Making of Souve? nir? by Soldiers. Behind British Lines in Fiance, No? vember 20 (Correspondence of The Associated Press) ? in every battalion at the front there are a number of continued souvenir hunters, and, sometimes their intluence is so potent that an epidemic craze for collecting spreads- through all ranks, and the main topic of conversation is souve? nirs in all their varieties. In every walk of trench life one meets the man With strong acquisi? tive habits; in civilian life he might dovolop his bent into either finance, art, stamp-collecting or possibly bur? glary. In the trenches the fully de? veloped passion for collecting souve? nirs- is often a trial for the collector, for a collection of any kind sooner or later demands a place to put it in, and there is no place In knapsack and dugout life for a store of gathered treasures. The available war souvenirs are sel? dom of much value, but there is a considerable variety of things to choose from in most battle areas. In the early days of the war, the German helmets were valued souvenirs, for the old-style German helmet was sub? stantial and picturesque, brilliant with heavy metal garniture. There were also unusual variations, like the quaint Bavarian shakos, while one or two cavalry regiments provided a rare variety of headgear which has not been seen on the Western front sine?' the first year of war. The German helmet of today has depreciated even more than the Ger? man mark. It Ik no longer even leath? er, but a kind of light paper-felt. The metal spike has given place to one of wood or composition. The solid brnil regimental badge is now a thin tinsel plaque. The true collector cares lit? tle for the modern helmet and has no interest at all in the little round convict cap which so many German prisoners wear. If the German only knew it. a sure pasport to warm and instant favor on surrender is a decent helmet. It attracts immediate atten? tion and the fortunate owner is giv? en cigarettes and other marks of fa? vor by his delighted captor, instead of being merely herded to the rear with? out ceremony. The supply of helmets is seldom adequate to the demand; indeed the market is only glutted on occasions of a big push or a large scale raid. Among lesser trophies, the ambitious collector finds great scope for his ac? tivities in the shells sent over by the hostile artillery. Fuses and nose caps fn wonderful variation are to be ob? tained with a little pains, and the col? lection of these is encouraged by the general staff, because the setting of the fuse may give the correct range of a suspected battery, and there is other information of useful charac? ter to be gained from the study of these trophies. The French soldiers have specializ? ed in, aluminum rings and jewelry made from the nosecaps of hostile shells, and quite an ambitious Indus? try has been developed In this way The Hritish prefer to work in brass, usually the brass of empty cartridges j and shell cases. With Infinite patience and few tools they produce what the frenchman calls 'peculiar objects for the mantelpiece." Little model eoal-scnttlas with legs made of bul? lets, a tiny coal shovel worked up from a German rifle cartridge; vase of curious surface mottling made by Identlng the brass of a tiehi-gun case,; ambitions designs of allied flag! and veil known heroes, made from ration rases of brass?these are only a few of the things which the collector is offered by his own comrades. There Is no end to the ingenuity and variety of the work of the soldier crnfts' man. but his most familiar work is In Inkpots, candlesticks and decorative Paperweights made from hand .-jre ngdes or tlie interior of shrapnel shells. IN TOFCII BY WIRFLF.SS. lYtrngrud and Berlin Reported in Communion! ion. Washington, \ov. lit'..? Informa? tion reaching the State department to? day was that the authorities in Petro? grad were in wireless communication With Berlin. The character of the communica? tions- passing between the two Capital! wai unknown, but it was assumed they had to do with the Bolshevik! of? fer of an armistice. LIXF.S HOLDING FAST. Germans Report No Change on Bat? tle Fronts. Berlin, Nov. 87. The situation on the Italian front iS unchanged todaj the army headquarters announced. In the Cambrai area the repulse of a Rrltlsn attach OD BurlOU woods and tillage is announced, A Brooklyn woman wishes to pre ?Ids ovor the children's court, <?h yes, of course, she's ? maiden lady.?1 The State. BUNTING GUT SLACK Fils. Landtag t<> Present Plans Before Con* 'gross for Reciprocal Drafting. Washington, Nov. JH.?Negotiations between the United States and tin Allies regarding the ?lacker problem have progressed to such a stage that when congress reconvenes next Mon? day Secretary Lansing will he prepar? ed to Submit a number Of treaties an thorlslng the reciprocal drafting fo military service of the citizens or subjects of one country resident with? in another country. Approval of such treaties by th^ senate has been foreshadowed oy a general demand in congress for ac? tion to reach aliens in Urs country of draft age. Several measures had been launched in the senate and house requiring the drafting of such persons, but at the suggestion of the Rtate department, and upon lt? prom? ise to accomplish the purpose by the regular method of treaty stipulation, that legislation was postponed. In the meantime, a great many foreigners resident In the United States have hastened to tile their dec? laration of intention to become American citizens, in many instances with the express purpose of escaping military service under their own Hags in the event of a round-up in the United States by British, French and Italian recruiting officers. By fil? ing these "first papers," the declarant makes himself liable to draft into the American army. The British-American military ser? vice treaty will be framed as a model for those between the United States and other entente countries, though there will be some minor differences because of varying laws fixing eligi? bility for military service. Because of the differences in the standards regarding age of eligibles, 21 to 31 in the case of Americans, and 18 to 41 in the case of British subjects, some difficulty has been found in reaching an equitable agreement on this point. It Is probable that this will be ad? justed by a mutual acceptance of the laws of both countries as applied to their own citizens and subjects, so that all British subjects between the ages of 18 and 41 found in America after the ratification of the new treaty will be subject to draft into the British army. Cl BAN SUGAR CROP COMING. America Considering Offer of gi.gfl Per 100 rounds. New York, Nov. 26.?A satisfactory agreement relative to the shipment to the United States the bulk of the new Cuban sugar crop is expected to be reached soon after the arrival here the latter part of the'week of a com? mission from Cuba to confer with the international sugar commitee, of which George M. Jlolph. chairman of the sugar division of the national food administration is the head. The international committee is con? sidering an offer of $4.60 per hundred pounds free on board at Cuban ports This price, it is said, will adjust read? ily to $8.4 0 wholesale rate now in ef? fect here, and would permit retailers to sell at fixed price not to exceed 11 cents l pound. Mr. Itolph said tonight that sugar bought for the Russian government and released in New York through confiscation last week, would be ready for distribution in another week. Thld amounts to between 10,000 and 15,00u tons. No Man Indispensable. We are reproducing in this iasue. from the Anderson Daily Tribune, a letter from Senator B. R. Tillman t? M. V. Sullivan and the hitter's reply thereto. The Greenville Piedmont, a paper which tries to be fair and jus' to both political factions in South Carolina, In commenting on the let? ters, expresses the opinion that it fears this presages an unusually dirty, mud-slinging campaign in 1918. Well, what else could anyone expect who remembers that all Tillman's Campaigns were just orgies of mud slinging vituperation and with the Single exception of the 1912 cam? paign when he played shut-mouth un? til the eleventh hour, were all con* ducted In like manner. As to the cor? rectness Of the charges of Mr. Sulli? van, the ballot box is the place where good and true men will return thcii verdict ahd we confess to an over? whelming desire to see Tillman get his there, The opinion expressed by ?Ome that he Is the only one to suc? ceed himself is all nonsense. Even In these critical and trying moments of war time no one man is indispens? able. There are plenty of men in gOUl Carolina just as patriotic and capable as Tillman. The water is fine. jump In.?Clover Messenger. American men and women nuis prepare their minds and hearts fo the dark story, every now and then for it is sure to come. Bitter deter initiation to succeed at any cost In spires the German breast and equally i determined purpose to win is tie 'spirit of the American soldier?Ashe I 'ville Times. scientific Worker dead. Douro and Tagus and descending to a depth of several thousand -feet he Prof. Hull Was Foremost (Zoologist |low the present surface. In the BrltlSll Isles. stole thirti-I IVK THOUSAND. London. Nov. 2?;.?The death is' innounced here of Prof. Edward Hull. Baodsta Make bir Haul From Toledo he foremost geologist in the BrlUab Brev ery. Isles. He w;is born in 1821 in Ire- Toledo, Nov. 27.?Five bandits and. In iss;* he was the leader of (,:iV attarokad the Huebner Brew i scientific expedition to Arabia and Company's paymaster and got a Palestine, and Imh chief assistant and wIt?. thirty-five thousand dollars, geometrlst was Lord Kitchener, then cording to the rep. rt of the police. a captain. Prof. Hull has recently - leveled his time to the work of the german ATTACK REPULSED. War <'oal Commission. - His last scientific work was In eon- I'tebtiujv Continue- for Possession of nection with the bed of the Atlantic, Bmirlon Woods, by which he discovered that the London. Nov. BT.?Rritish troops 'continental platform" on which Wes- nave repulsed another German coun tern Europe and the British Isles are I ter-attack at the northeast corner of planted is eroded by old liver valleys I Bourton Words, west of Cambrai, continuous with those of the, Loire, | Field Marshal Han? reports today. The Bank Accommodating Where May we add your name to our list of customers? The National B$nk of Sumter. J. P. Booth.iPres. D. D. Moise. Vice Pres. W. J. Crowson. Jr.. Cashier. ^av ] The Bank. I You will eventually Bank with The First National Bank of Sumter. CAPITAL $10",000.00 Surplus and Protits (earned^ 160,000 NE1LL O'DON NELL, President. O. L. 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