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New York. Dec. 4.?Conspiracy to
defraud the federal go/ernmcnt on.
of hundreds of thousands of dollars
on contracts for more than a million
service hut?* Is charged in an Indict
ggent filed today against William It
Thorn, John J. Slattcry. .Joseph Ives.
Kdwurd Shut- iy, eonio ? 1 with cor?
poration of Thoin am) Bailey, the
l'eeksklll II Co..?the Arm of H. D.
Parmul** & Co.. and Arthur C. Gib*
?on aud Peter J. Duffy, inspectors' of
the quarterm.iM, is' corps nre named
na co-conspiW*-'
1 he < onntrjr's Ilnoklxuie.
(Abbeville l'resa and i'anner.)
11 la Muted that of the ine.i who
li.ive enlisted In the army as well
a* of thoae who have been drafted
Inttg s.-rviee a greuter percentage
of the boys and young men from
the tow as ami cities have hee.u found
tit for scr\ i e than of the boys from
the country districts.
Thone people who expected the
Country districts to furnish better
soldiers than the towns and cities
have either forgotten or ?havo never
heard the experiences of the Civil
War. Col <J MrlmtTle Miller, of
(?rr's Hides, stated that the best sol?
diers In the Civil War were young
eighteen year old boys from the towns
svnd cities; that they wero possessed
of mort endnrai.ee. stood the hard?
ships of camp life better, nnd were
more easily trained than their broth?
ers from the farming sections, and
tljut most of all they didn't have any
het? ?< . j, -e t i a to he hi i\ ?? and
Asht.
Am) In this war the towns an 1
cities have done their part. Of ill
the young men in the o' 1 National
Guard perhaps ninety pe<* cent, are
g
toys from the towns and cities. The
, recruits who volunteered for the most
fart have come from the same places.
The drafted men show a full per?
centage of these same men.
In the patriotic calls upon the
peopl" of the country, the towns
and cities havo borne the burden.
i ?f the Afty-three hundred dollars
contributed In this county for the
Jted Cross. something like four
thousand dollars came from the city
of Abbeville alone, and the greater
portion of the balance from the towns
of 1>ue West. Donalds and Calhoun
Kails. Tne Liberty don.Is add in
the county havo been bought by the
]>eoplo in the towns and cities. When
the second Liberty loan was Aoated
In this county, although cotton was
?elllng for twenty-seven cerrs. and
there was money in the hands of
farmers In all sections, it wa* left to
the people of thc4owns and city to
take practically the whole allotment
for this county. And our representa?
tives In congress havo so arranged
natters that practically the entire
war tax fh this country will he paid
bv the n:en In the/ towns and cities.
Although tbo war has brought hun?
dreds and thousands of dollar* to the
people on the farms In Abbeville
county, and although they nre being
enriched by it through the price, not
only of cotton, but of nil other pro?
ducts, they will pay practically none
of the* burdens already lmposed on
the people nor of those to be Impos?
ed on them.
We have been hearing all these
years. (mostly In election years.)
that the farmers are the backbone
ot the country, but we heard little
of It in the l:< d Cross campaign, the
Liberty llond compalns. ho Y. M.
C A. campaign, and wo bear no
complaints that the farm us are no.
n-vss. d their part of the w ir taxes,
liven those who are opp ?sc I to the
war are accepting the 1 i : prollts
whh h othe r men's blood and money
are purchasing for then without
feeling cal'ed on to pay value rc
ccl\? I
In saying this much we ire n?t
* unmindful of the fad that some, a
v??ry few. of the farmers of tie
coiin'y have responded to all the
calls of the government We hive
im complaint against 'hese men:
the . dev. rv?? the ? Olm i, ml itioii ot
all men. especially bei iusc tlmy are
few.
I'ut we assert that In the gtsal
crisis through which we tue SjggeV
I. g. and In the creat fur lit Which I"
being Waged OV<r the waters. and
I Whhh will 1 I Wg#Od, tie- towns and
I the cities are tho backbone of the
country.
so Ii Spsgga,
If something is not done to rheel
ths rising pftOSg of the nSIHSSartOS ot
Pie. there |g gOtO| to 1" |Oti ? St .rv
Ing nnd freeslng *?o In the good obi
Stale of South CaroMns before ths
s|?rlngtlme cm es round again.?
.\i wbei rv ? d. erver.
Artificial it ?s Is supplant.re coal as
a fuel In I'hii id. hdna It is nlso
pointed out us an Incentive to its use
that while the price of coal ha < son
ed that of gas is either tincba i -eil or
lower.
I
? EfDEAVORER BHBOfUUSS V. M.
C. A.
out .lohn ?Pinklns Writes
< hi i-tian |\ndea\or Convention in
Pia of V >l. 0, \. War Work.
My I>ear Follow Fndeavorers:
1 appreciate very deeply the kind
limitation of your program commit*
tOi to address :i few words to your
I i iff Convention at Charleston. It
made mo feel good to receive a letter
I < ti teg that almost revered insignia
' C. F.."
] have DOM Mkod to invite the at
tontlon of your convention to some of
tho ' ways in which (\ E. can help
uu," having reference of course to the
? an s uf us who art' in tin* military ser?
vice. It is gratifying to those of us
i bo It iti tho military to note the in
?est that the C. 10. V. is manifesting
In the V. M. C. A. War Work. In my
lodgment this is the host and henoc
lie- no.st dlrOOt and practical way in
whleh the C. M, AaoOOlntlon can help.
The Y. M. C. A, is recognized by our
government and the war department
and with this prestige It can, quite
naturally, conduct its work so as to
keep in intimate touch with the sol?
dier boys. With the Y. M. C. A. in
this position. Pndeavorers can have
tin* complete satisfaction of knowing
ill tt. whatever aid they give, of
i.md whatsoever, will be merely
a- the most practical and dellnitc
plan to reach the soldier. Then
when you give a dollar to the salary
Of some secretory or clerk, or send
even an old copy of some periodical
to a ' V" post, or lend your time or
interest in any other way that may be
indicated, you can rest assured that
it will reach, and contribute, in no
\W m< issjrt to the happiness and
comfort of .some man in the training
camp or the trench.
The "Y" is doing good work right
here at ('imp Sever. The buildings
ami tents are loeated conveniently for
the men. The folks in charge of the
work here are splendidly trained for
this kind of service, and appear t ?
be intensely interested In the enlisted
men. They hold regular services on
trre Sabbath, and mid-week prayer
meetings-. Inning week nights the
soldier! em attend classes in French.
ghsh ami arithmotic. There are
tlOQ movies, athletic sports, and va?
rious Indoor games for the instruc?
tion and an.use nent of the men. Then
they provide tables and writing
teiial. also a place to purchas
tamps and money orders. They ni?
tre to keep on hand good mag?
azines and papers. The demand,
however, for reading matter li usu?
ally greater Um ? the supply ?>n hand.
1 must not forget to mention the
Interest that the enlisted men take ffi
the "Y" and its programs: and the
greet benefit that they reeeive from
side from the comfort and con?
venience which they derive from it.
The surroundings ami the environ?
ment is always wholesome and
tn ngthonlng. and it is nothing short
Of the mafvelous to witness the tell?
ing InffUenOt which it Wieldi over the
men in a moral and spiritual way. As
?n KadenVOTSI and as an enlisted
nu n. I want to add my name to that
lanun era hie list of endorsers of th"
present Y M. c. A. War Work, ami
urge you to give It your enthusiastic
support.
1 wish that I could attend our con?
vention, and hear Mr. Uhmann, and
the rest of your interesting speakers,
and have the high honor of respond?
ing to that 'roll call of honor," in
person. I know already how nobly
and generously you are going to re?
spond to this war work. Just gt
sure as tho niKht follows tho day;
just so sure, will loyal and patriotic
C, U s In a rrlsls like the one which
now confronts our commonwealth,
prove themselves loyal and patriotic
Americans. There is to corns a day
1 ti the Qerman dynasty, with its
? titire Hohenaolleri. ?ribe, win have to
reckon and account for smothering
the pitiful Cries of o people begging
with outstretched hands, for quartern
or freedom, in th it any it win have
to answer for drowned, helpless, non
oombetante] for the barbarous cut
rages committed by Prussian liber?
tine ami the fereetotM Hun;, for tie
destruction of poaeeful Belgium, am!
te smiting of ihe groat ami historic
cathedrals of Prance, These, an i
OOOntleSI other wrongs, will that gov?
ernment have to account for. Ami
Bndeavorera when that time does
COmO, I am }eelOttS for you to have
? lone yOOr bit and aOUUltted your
BClven by means of helping the sol?
dier through the Army Y. M. 0? A
even as the soldier win have done hi
r
bit, ami acquitted himself, with the
i |fl? and the bayonet.
Yours for a great Convention, ami
for the further advancement of f\ K
John q, Dlnklna,
Hergeant, Headquarters Co, iisih Inf
Camp Bevier, Greenville, s. c.
Him Kings.
'Tin- my certain colored utoeh
I gs have dangerous germs m tin n.H
fee bui think what other trings
?I. have in them."- Florid i T'mes
Tub n
Ol K BREAD SPPPf/V.
wiiont surplus and Deficiency by
states Develop Many Interesting
Tacts.
-X
(Manufacturers Record.)
A study of the wheat surplus or
dettctti by States, this year and a
comparison with a five-year average
develops many Interesting farts.
The NOW England and Middle
Slates this year will need 110,000,000
bushels more of wheat than they have
produced. New York, for instance,
will have a de?ciency in Its wheat
production of more than 4 3,000,000
bushels, and Pennsylvania 28,500,000
bushels. The only state in this group
which has raised more wheat than it
Will need for its own consumption is
Delaware, with a surplus of 900,000
bushels,
The most striking fact, however,
j brought out by a study of this situa?
tion is that the great western States
Of Illinois. Michigan, Wisconsin and
[OWfl all produced less wheat than
they consume. Their shortage this
year aggregates in,000,000 bushels
and California, which has been count
m! one of the great wheat States of
the Pacific coast, has had such an
increase in wheat consumption over
its Wheat production that it now falls
Short by 9,400,000 bushels of raising
wlu at which it needs for its own con
- nmption.
No State In the South has such a
deficit BJ California |n wheat produc?
tion. Taking the entire South, there
ll b wheat shortage of only 31,000,
000 bushels, bnt some months ag i
the United States Department of
agriculture sent out a statement to
the effect that "the Southern States
consumed over .2,000,000 barrels of
Hour (equal to about 110.000,000
bushell of wheat") and that "all of
this Hour is imported into the South
front other sections."
The detailed figures which wc have
compiled from the official report of
the Department of Agriculture show
that the m t shortage in the South is
only 81,000,090 bushels. For the flvc
vi ar period, from 1909-1913, there
was an average deficiency in the
South of IS,.,000 bushels of wheat.
This has been cut down until the de?
ficiency for 1917 ll only 31,000,000
bushels.
The following table compiled from
the report of the United States De?
partment of Agriculture, is interest?
ing as showing the surplus produc?
tion and the deficiency by States.
These figures do not, of course, cov?
er the total production of wheat, but
rely show the amount of shortage
in some States and the amount of I
surplus in others. From ihis point of
View they are exceedingly interesting:
I hooreileal Wheat Surplus and De?
ficiency, by State's, 1?17 Crop.
I 1917
I
Surplus* Deficiency
(I3ushels.)
Maryland and Dist.
of col. 1,969,000 .
Missouri . . . . 7,865,0o0 .
Virginia. .. . ft.itro.ono .
Qeorglfi.1. 8,811,000
West Virginia. 3,160,00a
South Carolina . 4,774.000
North Carolina . 1,808,000
Florida. 8,710,000
Kentucky . /. 2,01*4,000
Tennessee., 4,817,000
Alabama. 7,790.000
Mississippi. 7,090,000
Louisiana. 7,881,000
Texas . 9,119,000
< Iklahoma, . . 11,8 II?000 .
Arkansas. 8,464,000
Total Southern
states. 88,985,000 88,084,000
SUKPKCTKD SPY IH.I D.
Man win? Talked on Train Investigat?
ed at Hportanburg;
Spartanburg. Dec. 8.?A man giving
his name .as J. Bronx was taken from
n Southern Hallway train this morn
by a United States deptfty mar?
shal ami is now being investigated by
a secret service agent on, the suppo?
sition that he may i?. 1 German spy.
United states officials here received a
h legrani from passengers on the train
03 Ins that the man had Indulged In
suspicious talk on the train. He claims
to be a prominent business man of
Ni w \ ork, engaged In importing sur?
gical rubber. Correspondence found
1ft his possession indicated that In
had been Operating] in the munitions
market. His baggage bears labels of
sei< ral steamship lines, The man
says that he Is an American citlsen,
dO|\ UIMY Ml \l. <OIM?s.
Washington, Dec. ::. \n appeal to
men between the nges of eighteen
and forty to Join the enlisted person?
nel of die army medical corps was
modi today by Surgeon Qenerol Qor
Candldates were directed to
apply before December 16 to any re
rruittng officer of the army or to the
n ? dteal Officers Of any military post
or cantonment.
In nine and Tiol/.Uv cannot last, but
they can play hell while they are
there, Memphis Commercial-Appeal
INCREACSD WHEAT YIELDS.
Improved Methods and Seed Selec?
tion Used with Much Success.
Rei)orts of the United States De?
partment of Agriculture and Btats
agricultural colleges cooperating In
Improved method:- show that in I91fl
there was an increase of 38,364 tfush
els of wheat on 4,800 acres where
these methods were followed. This
increased yield will make at least
two and one-fourth million one
pound loaves of bread.
In six States where 138 wheat
growers conducted demonstrations by
Using selected varieties of seed, the
yield on :;,:543 acres was Increased
18,854 bushels. The breeding and
selection of special varieties of wheat
adapted to particular regions or lo?
calities is one of the most important
items In the experiment station pro?
grams for producing Increased yields-.
When these varieties have been deter?
mined it Simply remains for the
farmers to secure the adapted variety
for seeding. The intelligent use of
commercial fertiliser, treating seed
grain for smut, the fallow system in
some dry-land areas of the West, and
the growing of peas in the place of
summer following in other western
Sections were also included in the
successful program used by the coun?
ty agents in these States last year. Re?
ports from eastern Washington show
very successful results in growing
potis after wheat. The wheat crops af?
ter peat were increased in yield, and
the pea crop itself was available.
If these improved methods had
been applied throughout these 14
States generally. Instead of upon a
limited number of farms where tests
mere made, and the same rate of in?
crease had held, the Increased wheat
yield upon the same acreage would
have produced a Considerably enlarg?
ed Viread Supply,
RFSSO-GERM AX ARMISTICE.
Agreement to Cease Fighting signed
at Headquarter*.
London, Dec. 4.?An armistice be?
tween R?BSla and Cermany has been
signed at the headquarters of Prince
Leopold of Bavaria, says an Ex?
change Telegraph dispatch from Am?
sterdam today. The armistice is
valid 4S hours.
Plrt Roads and the War.
Thousands of miles of tho roads
which furnish the onry outlets from
the farms on which is grown the food
for ourselves and our allies still re?
main as dirt roads. Even if it should
be*considered justifiable in this emer?
gency to place the moot durable sur?
face upon all of these roads, It
would be impracticable today or in
one \ear or two or three. Moat of
them must remain as dirt roads for
years to come yet. They must, how?
ever, carry to the shipping centers,
and without serious interuptions, the
Increasing quantities grains and oth?
er (food producta which are so vitally
nelejsmry at this crtlcal time.
The problem of maintaining dirt
roads has therefore become a more
important one than ever, and county
and state highway authorities should
see to it that every effort is made to
put all of these roads into the best
possible condition as soon as prac?
ticable. There is still time this falf
to do considerable grading and shap?
ing of roads- so as to permit them to
reaiat more successfully the effects of
winter weather, and be in bettor con?
dition in the spring for immediate
use or more rapid Improvement Ai!
highway officials are now familiar
with methods of treatment that will
prevent excessive rutting, such as the
use of the drag, scraper ami other
Hinple means, and th >SC should be em?
ployed now and whenever, advanta?
geous throughout the winter in order
to prevent the formation <d' ruta and
mud-holes, which make so difficult
the p itting of the roads info shape
when the frost goes.
In a great many localities it is
possible to improve ?litt surfaces with
local materials at comparatively little
coat, smh as by the construction 01
sand-clay roads, by gravel surfacing,
etc. Advantage may be taken ?of the
comparative idleness of teams and
farmers during the winter to haul the
Mind, grave] or clay necessary for this
purpoae ond distribute it along Un?
lades of the road ready for use as soon
as weather conditions permit in the
spring. Even the snow plow can be:
used to advantage in many eases to
prevent the concentration of all traf?
fic to a single pair of wheel tracks
through the snow, which generally re?
sults in a cutting through of the road
surface along these two lines, to the
detriment of the road.
Much of the above applies to north
prn climates, in many parts ol the
Southern states maintenance ami
construction of roads can be contin?
ued throughout the winter. In such lo-I
?alilies waul; should be begun prompt?
ly and continued to insure that there)
bail i.e no delay at any time III get-;
ing to the distribution centers all the
marketable foodstuffs crown any-.
\ lere jn t.he State. ? Municipal .lour-;
>al. I
VW Y NERDS MANY MO HF, SlKX.
Eight Thousand Recruits Needed for
Ground Personnel of Flying corps.
Washington, Dec. 3, Xaw recruit?
ing officers it was announced today
have been ordered to begin at once a
drive for 8,000 men between 21 and 35
to form the ground personnel of the
navy's flying corps. Carpenters,
woodworkers, machinists, copper?
smiths, blacksmiths, fabric workers,
riggers, acetyline workers, gas engine
repair men and instrument workers
are needed especially.
After intensive training the men
will be eligible for promotion to high?
er grades.
GERMAN? DRIVEN OUT.
last of African Possessions Lost.
London. Dec. 3.?"East Africa has
been completely cleared of the ene?
my."
This official announcement was
mad" tonight.
The text of the announcement
reads:
"Telegraphing under date of De
cember 1 General STandeventer, com?
mander of the military forces in East
Africa, has reported that reconnais?
sances have definitely established that
German East Africa is completely
Cleared of the enemy. Thus the whole
Of German overseas possessions have
I assed into our hands and those of
our Belgian allies.
"<hily a small German force now
remains in being. This has taken
refuge in adjoining Portuguese terri?
tory and measures are being taken to
de il with it."
HmV the Roll Weevil Has Reined Ps
to Appreciate the Value of Fertile
Fields.
Until recent years Southern farm?
ers, as a whole, seemed to give no
thought to the state of their soil fer?
tility. They continued to grow cot?
ton with or without commercial fer
ilizers, and without any thought for
the future of the soil. They were
able to do this longer than any other
one-crop farmers were ever before
able to do so. because cotton is the
1 est poor-land crop known and re?
sponds best to the use of commercial
fertilizers.
But at last the Southern farmer
was rudely jolted out of his- indiffer?
ence to the state of his soil fertility.
Among other things which served to
aWaken him to something like a due
appreciation as to just how poor
most of our soils had become and of
the importance of a rich soil if his
farming was to continue to support
himself and b,is family, was* the com?
ing of the boll weevil. When it be?
came necessary to grow other crops,
the poverty of his soil revealed itself
to him in a light which he had never
seen before. He had gone to the
very edge of the precipice of de?
struction, through his absolute disre?
gard of the care of his soil; but the
boll weevil while sending many over
the precipice also stopped many a
man from going over and down to
destruction. I*\nd that had produced
cotton enough, when fertilized, to
give a hare living, absolutely refused
to give living yields of corn, oats and
other ( tops. It is said that every
people who ?0 onto virgin soils de?
plete them, sometimes to the point of
near starvation, before they begin to
sufficiently appreciate the importance
(d a rich soil to cause them to do
those things necessary to even main?
tain, much less build up, soil fertility.
There is no denying the fact that the
boll weevil had much to do with
arousing Southern farmers to a real?
ization of the extent to which our
Lolls had become depleted and start?
ed many of-them to restoring as rap?
idly as practicable their worn soils.
It is unfortunate that some of these
have been sorely disappointed, bo
cause of the slowness with which
their soils have "come back." This is
not really due to any fault of our
BollSAfor they respond to good treat?
ment amaslngly fast; but it is rather
due to the fact that these farmers ex?
pected too much and Called to realize
that what it had taken many years to
destroy could not be restored in a
yet r or two. our soils may be made
fertile; more fertile than they ever
were; but it will take time and ef?
fort, or money to do so. and very
much money to do so quickly.?The
Progressive Farmer.
GENERAL STAFF SURRENDERS.
Russian staff Submits to Authority Of
?olshevikl.
Petrograd, Dec. 4.?Ensign Kry
lenko, the Bolshevik I commander In
hicf. telegraphed today that the gen
?rai stall which has refused to re cog*
ilze the authority of the Bolshevik!,
ias surrendered.
Paris, Dec 4.?-On the Verdun
tout west of the Meuse the Germans
ast night attempted to approach the
i*rench positions but were brown
?ack, the war office announces. On
he Champagne front heavy artillery
Ightlng is in progress,
The Contrast.
The first death penalty Imposed
since the American troops landed in
France was on an American soldier
who was found guilty by court mar?
tial of the rape and murder of a
French woman. He was executed by
a tiring squad, Tht details will be _
published later, sii.ee it is the pur?
pose of the United States to make
Plain to the world how the American
army will deal with men who com?
mit such crimes. Tue khaki will not
protect brutes fron swift and full
punishment. Sterr. relentless justice
will be meted out to those who dis?
grace the uniform they wear and
the righteous nation they represent.
In striking contrast is the record of
the Herman armir , darkly stained
with shame. The w ils of hacked and
mutilated children, he shrieks of out?
raged girls, mothers aged women and
nuns have rent the air where the
beasts have gone. Upon the white
bodies of the innocent and defenseless
is forever stamped the mark of the
German beasts in i niform. Dr. Leon
Dabo in a public address lately de?
livered in New York said that "all the
correspondents senc over about the
atrocities that have been committed,
all the inhumanities, all the bestiali?
ties that no paper can possibly receive
in ink?they are not only true, but
the worst of them n not be told. 1
have been in a hospital in the depart?
ment of the Meuse in France i where
there are nearly o le thousand girls;
not one is eighteen year.* of age and
all will be mothers Eleven per cent
I in addition are star? mad. I have seen
boys terribly mutilated." Not since
the Middle Ages h.is been paralleled
the horror that the Hun has perpe?
trated upon defenseless womanhood.
These brutes have not been punished.
So far as the worl knows, not one
of them has been sh t for his atrocity.
Instead, there is e\tdence that these
barbarities have been instigated by
the arch-fiends higher up in the Ger?
man army. There Is no evidence to
disprove the assert! a that this cam?
paign of frightfulne s had the tacit
i sanction of the Imp dal German gov
? ernment. whose was cry is "Onward
witk God."
The American am v will follow the
policy that was beat expressed by
I Gen. Robert E. Lee in his immortal
Chambersburg ordc ?% written when
the Confederate arm? was on foreign
I soil:
"The duties exacted of us by civ?
ilization and Christianity are not less
obligatory in the co intry of the en?
emy than our own. 1 * * No greater
disgrace would bef* I the army, and
i through it our whole people, than^be^
perpetration of bar arious outage*
upon the innocent and defenseless
and the wanton destruction of private
property. * * * It nust be remem?
bered that we mak.j war only on
? armed men. and that we can not
i take vengeance for the wrongs our
people have suffered without lower?
ing ourselves in the eyes of all whose
i abhorrance has been excited by the
? atrocities of our enemy and offending
against Him to whom vengeance be
longeth, without whoeo favor and sup?
port all our efforts must all prove in
I vain."?Greenville News.
The Need of Economy and Saving.
When we put a mi lion and a half
soldiers in the field, we withdraw
those men from prod active enterpris?
es. They do not while they are actual?
ly in training or in service produce
anything. They do. on the other
hand, consume much. There is noth?
ing more expensive on earth than to
support and maintain a great army in
the field, especially if it is on the fight?
ing line. The attrition of supplies and
everything else is tremendously great
when we have a fighting army in the
field.
America is the one >:reat remaining
storehouse in the wo-Id of supplies
and credit. We must maintain and
make effective as possible our own
soldiers and the soldi I of those na?
tions who are fighting for us. We
must therefore draw as little as pos?
sible upon our common store of sup?
plies and money. The aiore we lessen
our domestic demand, the more we
can contribute to the s.ipport and ef?
fectiveness of our allied armies.
Economy is now a national duty,
such a duty upon the ] ?ople at home
as lighting is upon those Americans
who are bravely offering their lives
for the honor of America and the
preservation of liberty and justice.
Planting Witt***
(I nion Progress.)
Union county farmer.- are sowing
grain?lota of it--about 3T? per cent
more Wheat than It t year. Put
more must be sown if South Carolina
is to feed itself. So keep sowing
grain, preferably with i drill, and
put it on your best a d not your
poorest land, so there wi be an abun
lant harvest.
No wonder Austria Is desperate.
When Germany thought it would
Vtn, Austria stood to lo*e. And now
hat Germany la sure to lose. Aus
ria also is bound to lose.?Huvte
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