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The cSl?n?rop Bureau of Crop Estimates Gives -Estimate^f -1918"?ottoft Crop. S?luda, Dec. 11.?"Toe Crop Report ingiB^ard ojLthe^ur^^ mates "of the" United State's Depart ment of fAgriculture: estimates^ from the reports. ovf; the .^respondents and agentsxof. the -bureau that tne, total production .of cotton in the United States-for the season 1918-1919 will amount to 5,596,100,000 pounds (not ineluolng lintersj, equivalent to 11, 700,000 baIee-??-500 pounds, gross w weight (478.3 pounds, lint and 21.? pounds ^ggihgCand^ties estimated per 506-pound, gross- weight bale). ^ Tot?T pVdd?d?on in 1917 was 11, 302,275 bales:'(000-pounds gross); in 1916, 11,4*49,930 bales in 1915, 11, ?1,820 bales-in~1914, 16,134,930 in 19^3, .14,156,48.6 hales in 1912, 13, 7?3,42l^bales: and in 1911 15,692,701 bales. ..... -The * average weight per running1 bale is estimated at 505.8 pounds gross, compared with 502.4 pounds in 1917r(as^ reported by the Bureau of ?C^n^)v'~5#a.^-;pe?ds -in- 1S16, S05.6 pounds in 1915, and 505.5 pounds, the :;average of the pi"e<fecling five years. Reports of the Bureau of Crop Es .7. timates do not include v "Hnters," which are a product obtained at mills from the seed. The. Census Bureau reports,;that 1,125,719 - bales of 500 pounds "gross Were delinted. from the 1917 crop,.equal to 10.0 per cent as many as bales of lint cotton pro duced, which compares wtih 11.6 per ,c6nt, the ratio for the 1916 crop, 8.2 per cent for the .1915 crop, and 4.3 per cent, the average for the preced ing.five years. "The: price, per pound of lint cotton to producers December 1, 1918, was 27.6 cents, compared with a December, 1" price or 2717 cents' in 1917, 19.6" ; . .cents in 1916, II.3 cents in 1915, 6.8 cents in 19il7"l2.2..cehts in 1913, 11.9 cents rin. .1912,; and 8.8. cents in 1911. The estimated^ production, with >mparisons?i>y States, follows: : 1918 1917 WgMIas . .. . : 26,000 . 18,777 North Carolina 870,000. 617,989 South Carolina . I,500;t)00 1,236,371 tSeorgifc.::.. . :?. 2,190,000 1,883,911 ?Florida.. 25,000 37,858: y M&fima,. .. ... 820,000 517,890 Mississippi... . 1,210,000 905,554 lasaisiana. . . 525,000 638,729 Teiacs,. .. . . . 2,580,000 3,125,378 Arkansas. . . 93M0O 973.7E2 SJehkessee :. .. 330,000 240,525 Mis^tfri.'.. .. 70,000 60,831 ?&ahoma .. . 550,000 959,081 j Ca^fornia.. . . *V00,0a0 57,826 g Arizona. 51,000 21,737 *t other . . 8,000 5,666' I r ( ?'States-11,700,000 11,302,375 Including scme/^grbwh in ..Mexico;. j?M, fSigg&en Kned Gets in Raw With Farmer Who ^b#?X^^^,,13&r 27,?F. Iff., von ^gelken,manager of the bond de partment oJf?Q^?ederai Farm Loan j B&sfy^mgfc headquarters |n . Wash ing^ojj^w&s'fined 51 and costs in coun ty WdgeST: *c*da*rt' today': for assault ?n jthe person of H. ir. Chase, a po tato grower. * Chase had made re marks* questioning the loyalty of Von jeiken," which the latter resented. | * xe court held that testimony showed provocation, hence the small fine. T&op Ship Amyes Mauretani? Brings in Part of 87th Division. .. .New York, Dec. 30.?The British steamer Mauret?nia, bringing the 347th infantry, except Company. H, of the 87th; division,, arrived today. "! Real Estate Transfers. The following real estate transfers nave been recorded in the County Auditor's office, all of them being in Privateer Township: >Iinnie H. Pritchard to Myer Ged dings, interest conveyed in 75 acres for>300.eo. Ii, r>. Jennings and B. X Barnett, to W. D. Barwick. one tract of 116 acres for $8,7O0;O0. ' Alice Reid ^d Matha Bailey " to .Peter and J^mes Singleton, lo acres for ^500.00. E.-W* A. Bultman to Eugene and Rebecca Harvin, one plot of 50 acres for $500.00. R. Furman to John Bracy, 90 acras for $5,000.00. The Master to J. M. Kolb, plot of 60 acres for $1,520.00. The Sumter Trust Co., to Cuffie F. Brogdon, one tract of land containing 11 acres for $440.00. J. Mack Kolb to A. B. Cubbage, 11 1-2. acres, for $437.00. J. Mack Kolb to C. D. Cubbage, 125 acres for $4.750.00. | B. R. Barkley to Uleta Zeigler, one tract .of 11 acres for $776.00. I>eroy Wells to B. R. Barkley, 6 acres .for $820.00. Leroy We?s to J. E. Geddings, 30 acres for. $1,275.00. . lieroy Wells to A. P. Hinson, plot of 62 acres for $2,823.75. , Dora T?u Poole to Heyward Poole, one.tract of land containing 532 acres for $10 and other considerations. Dora. A. Poole to E. W. McCallum, 34 l-2.ncres for $1,665.00. E. W. McCallum to Lincoln Dwyer, 34 1-2 acres for $2.070.00. Deroy Wells to N. S. Geddings. 47 3-4 acres for $2,148.75. Ruf us Ford, Jr., to A. B. Brunson, one tract of 160- acres for $2,000.00. Sam Wells, Sr.. to Ella J. Jones. J 10 acres for $225.00. Katie and Amelia Barwick to John E. Huggins, interest conveyed in 160 acres of land for $2,373.00. The following transfers in Middle ton township have been recorded: ? Annie K. Thomas, et al., to M. M. Mellette, 2 acres of land for $600.00. W. B. Troublefield to Harold Chan dler, one house and lot for $1,625.00. John C. Sjngleton, et al, to Mrs. Edfjma C. Rowland, one tract contain ing '350 acres for $8.950.00. ?fe' jBiniiia C. Rowland to John Pitts? die'tract containing S50 acres. for'^i's.eoo.o'o. /r2ulnnte Pitts to J. Singleton Moore, .45 acres for $4,000.00. Montana Goes Dry State-wide Prohibition Goes Into Effect December 3Qth. Helena, Mont., Dec. 28.?State wide! prohibition goes into effect in Mon-' tana at midnight of December* 30,1 this year.: W#hrthe passing of theJ saloon there, wftfc disappear,one, of the { picturesquetastitutions of the West, j At one time the saloon wa?" ah' im- j portant feature in the social life ?> of I he* hardy pioneers of the Treasure state.. '~ : In the. early days when men were blazing the western trails, the saloon followed them and; as a rule, was among- the t first industries, to set - - tip and transact ? business in the commu nity. .With a.canvas .for a top and a board bridging; - two v boxes for ;a bar. hospitality ? at -so mtrcV a drink wiis dispensed to the argonauts. As communities prospered the ?wner -ofrthe saloon or^ "half vay house" waxed prosperous in propor tion. The barkeeper's was a stren uous life, for those "who sought the cheer he dispensed included miners, cowboys, Indian fighters, cattlemen, sheepmen, the renegade and. -the ie*er do wen. Revolvers more often Lhan not, were the arbiters of dis putes..' The barkeeper's armament lay m the b^r7-within handy reach and in 'ull sight of the perhaps too ebul? mt, customer to. remind him tJiat Jaere were . limits within which he nust confine his celebration. Cowpun'ehers,, after months ?>n the ?r^dries looking after cattle, free cf ?estraint and their pockets full of naney:rode into .town scarcely dis cernable in a cloud of dust, punctu tted. with the flash of fire and report >f revolvers. Like a tornado they rwirled up to the-front of the saloon, reined, their ponies back on their launches and sometimes rode in hrough the.: swinging doors. These srere profitable days.for the barkeep er, but he must needs be a diplomat f his -place, remained intact. Hard on the heels of the saloon :ame the gambier>with -the; tools of lis trade. Then: followed, the dance laU adjunct which< brought with . it he "orchestra," such as it .was, or the tutomatic < musical, machines. All -/ere part and parcel of the saloon. Some of the modern saloons- in the itate's larger- cities were elaborate in their fixtures, furniture and decora ions. Until, a few years ago Butte iad a buffet whose entire floor was nlaid with imitation dollar coins, en irely natural in appearance. Bartenders in the state with othjer aloon. employes, number about fiye :housand. at the present, time-.* A l?r :er percentage^ of saloons will coji inue?, in business, either . with soft Irinks. or lunch, or both; or as bodi ng, alleys,? pooljihalisvor? shooting gai eties, and it far thought most . of the aloon employes will .'"be-.;-Tetained rMle..the_ .experiment; 1s beniig' made Several; of the larger, brewerieswill urn to making artiflcal :ice. . ?tirers. a is planned,, will dry vegetables, i. German'P^er >lant of Socialist"? Taken by Spartacus Group. ' 1. ?.">v..;" . . ; Berfih, Wednesday, Dec. 25.-^(B7 he Associated, Press).r?The editorial ?ooms and 'the publishing plant fof he Socialist Vorwaerts were seized aid occupied at 10. o'clock tonight by nembers of the Spartacus group, j; The building-was invaded, by j? ?arty with eighteen machine, guiis. At' .er . taking ,N possession . they * rissupd land, bills on red paper under, the aptfon ''Red Vorwaerts/' ' The*', chief >f police . of. Berlin,.- Eschhorn, wjio | iad sent police; to. protect , the Jpretn ses appeared on the scene assisted n -the. supression of the majority So ialist organ.. .. ; It was announced by the Spartacius rr?up tonight th^at Div 'Liebknecht, heir leader, "would proclaim the over hrow of the Ebert government io nbrrow mornings During the ? pdst :ew days the radical elements have hreatened to suppress the Vorwaerts >ecause of its attacks on the revolu ionary terrorists. ' \ Farms For Soldiers Government to Locate Men p South Carolina. ! Washington, Dec. 27.?An impo|t tnt announcement by the Unitjed States department of labor with ref jrence to providing farms for reruiin ingr American soldiers in the States :>f South Carolina and Georgia Was made here today by Ethelbert Stew art, director of the investigation afad inspection service of the bureau. It is said that there are 9,000,000 acfes of land in the State of South Carolina Hid 20,000,000 acres in Georgia which may be put to excellent use in mak ing farms for the soldiers^ It is proposed to take the lumber from the various cantonments and send to such locations as may ibe agreed upon for the farms. This lum- ! ber, it is said, could not be well put to a better purpose. It is proposed to divide up the tracts to be secured into farms of 160 acres each, which it is believed would be large enough to meet all necessary demands. The matter of using the building materials at Camps Jackson, Wadsworth, Wheeler and other Carolina and Georgia camps that is now tied up inj or contracted for by the cantonment j construction service of the war de- | partment would be used upon thesej newly settled lands by the returned soldiers. On December 7 the department of labor was ordered to.begin this work and already much of the preliminary labor has been undertaken. As rapid ly as possible lists by counties in j South Carolina and Georgia of lands j on such lists will be made by the gov-1 ernment authorities uu as soon as' this is in hand here the actual work I of laying out-the new colonies will ;be | begun i? earnest. Other States . in the South will follow. New Orleans, Dec. 28.?The grand-! stand; club house and paddock at tjhe fair grounds race track here were do stroyed by fire this morning. The es^ | timated loss is two hundred thousand; dollars. LETTER FflOM PRANGE. \v ?-rj?c-.v.. ., Corporal S. D. Lenoir, Wbo Saw Ser vice on Vei-dun Front, Tells of His Experiences " The following letter from Corporal S. Lenoir to his father, Mr. W. M. Lenoir, of Horatio, this county,, under date.,,pf November 24thf has just been received: Although I wrote-you several days ago, I; will do my best \ to write a Xmas letter to my*'^E)ad.*' 'I hope if will find you as well and as cheerful as I am.: \ ..' .- .' It is cold over here, but the sky has been- perfectly clear since the day the big guns stopped, iudging from that I guess they must affect the weather, for while-..tfa^y : were going it was al ways raining. 'We are now in the little town of Ambly, several miles, from Verdun. It is a funny looking little village. When we first got -here,- there were no civil ians but they are moving in now ev ery day. The town is shot up pretty bad but not as bad as some over here. I can't: begin to tell you everything in this letter for I would be writing all day, but J5w,ll--give you a brief out line of what we've been through: * Wev sailed _ f com' Montreal, - Canada, on the 26th of May, went down the St* Lawrence t river to Halifax, where we stayed a day and night. When we left, there we. were, one- of a convoy of fourteen ships; also one cruiser. Three days out of* Liverpool six destroyers joined us; also two ^planes. We land ed at Liverpool June 12th, stayed for a while at two i*est camps in England, one in Liverpool and the other in Winchester. Then -we crossed the channel and landed in Havre, France: From there we went to Guer, and trained for five weeks. We got on trucks at Guer and left for the front on August 22; stayed in*"dog?- tents i for two weeks, out in the woods, car rying ammunition up to the big guns at night We were in the St* Mihiel drive, and also in two more big drives, the biggest being on the Argonhe . front I can't begin, to tell you the details; of them all now, but there were many hikes and times that we went two and three days without a meal'. When ammunition was needed we had to get it there, no matter how long it took. ? : I would not take anything for the experiences we've been through. Dajve and I both have perfect records, and ' can leave this old army with- clear conscience. T I'' \ It's hard t? tell when .we are com- " Lnf; home/but before so many months 1 are gone, I hope we will be hack in the States. ? ;";'*: Thjs is only a synopsis: Itecve' iis : writing also, but we want to tell ev erything wh^n' we gefnonieV- ?; 1 W?l^PapVl hope' you wlir-have . a"'glorious Xmas, ? the' best ? your najire 1 ? ever had. This is -the wish of your ' iffectionate son, .^ - '-- < ' ' ' St. Pierre:," '? \ Cprp: ' & !>. Lenoir,' Co. A, 105th Ammunjti$"n Train, A. E.; F. T .. j ; JLETtER FROM^XEJTOIJRG.j .! PrM BSohert ?Oeri is'Wllte'Arhty pt \ Occupation. Remich, Luxemburg, Nov. 25.j \ry Deaf Dad: . . ,'Today^ is a) day set aside for every 1 fo?y te.iwrfte to h*s father. The cen sor's lid is off. So you see^ where I am. Germany is just across the river* Nearly all the people here speak , Dutch. They treat the Americans fine. Everything is very high herel A handkerchief costs about $1.50 in , American imoney. This js a fair size , to5Sh- ^ More modern than the French tpwhs^ This looks a little like the . United. States: " '. . ' ;V '.'./' ?j ? .. Before I came to the "front I was .in a, large camp in the northern part of ; France, near the coast an<i then we traveled by truck to the Marne front My first trip to the front was on the 5th of July- We stayed on that frdnt . thirty-three days. I guess you saw in the papers what the Americans did jin Chaeau Thierry. That was the di vision. I was in that done ' it. The. ammunition train had to go to Ch^t-^ eau Thierry and . clean up the .streets] so we could get our trucks and the artillery by. The town was shot UP pretty bad. We moved from ope. front to another. I was in Tqul awhile. We camped 37 days at Mont Faucon. . Guess you have read of that,^place... Well there was not j a whole house left and shelled it ev ery day., or night It sure kept jus ducking. We had. an air raid eveiry fair night. I wish you could .see tjie> dugout. I built when I.was transferred. I was on the Argonne front. We stayed at Mont Faucon 37 days, ! then moved to Durm on the Meuse river. I left there on the 10th. The armistice was signed on November 11th. We have been traveling by trucks. We came through the Alsace Lorraine country. We are the first Americans to come to this town. I am working in the postoffice. I was to drive a truck, but we cannot get one at present so I have to wojrk. in the office. I like it o. k., but would rather drive. There is. lots of v.ojrk to do here. We deliver .all the mp.il to the different Companys by truck. We have a regular ? postoffice. We have a money order clerk and a stamp clerk. I have three months* payj coming-to me. I have not got ainyj mail for a long time as we have been on the move and have to haul mail a long distance. I sent a .steel helmet home a good while ago. I am sending a German dress helmet home today. Hope you get them o. k. I saw Al Keels jat! Durm before I left the front. Love to one and all. Your son, Private Robt. Duval Allen. 3rd Division Hdq., A. E. F., France. President Wilson's Birthday King George Pays Morning Call to Extend Congratu lations. London. Dec. 28.?King George called at President Wilson's apart ment Kiit 10 o'clock this morning and wished him many happy returnRjof the day. Today wns President Wil son's sixly-second birthday. 1 j Interventton in Russia May be Unavoidable World Peace May be Impossible Until Order is Re stored. Washington, Dec. 27.?Officials oi ih^ ^American government here . ex pressed the belief today that Stephen Pichon, the French foreign minister was voicing his opinion and n??1 the "policy of the French governmenl when he said there would be no im mediate; intervention in . Russia by tiit allied governments. The Russian situation has been the subject of .earnest discussion by the representatives at Paris of the asso ciated illations, .but so far as is kuow3i here none of the governments has put forward any definite plans. The un derstanding here is that the whole subject will' be left to the peace con ference: t It was reiterated today that the al lied powers have no desire to inter fere with the internal affairs of Rus sia and that if any aggressive action is determined upon the subject will be to curb-a menace to the peace oi the. world. . . Additional rep?rts of the chaotic conditions in Bolsheviki - controlled European^ ^Russia reached^ the state department. ibdayv - Onie-account said the loyal militia of Esthonia and Li vonia,, poorly equipped and with little or no' training, was in no condition to withstand the attacks of the Bolsheviki. Some of the Bolsheviki forces in this section were said to he well supplied with, machine guns, tanks and-armored-cars. . Riga* Reyal and Limbach were re ported as.crowded with refugees from ihe surrounding country and officials oil the British naval forces in the Baltic have, suggested?that the aged, the children and the sick ; be moved $0. the Island of Osel in the Guirof Riga,' where.i^ was said 100 refugees could be reared for. . - Advices reaching the. state depart ment today from; Buchares said the main; force of the Bolsheviki army in Russia consisted of 500,0.00 Russian ^Idlers forced, to, join the Bolsheviki because o$j fear:of.; starvation,; former Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war 500,000 men from the Balkan- . provin ces and 40,00"? Chinese workmen, j ; $fae Russian embassy received a re port today..from the- minister if for eign ? affairs, of. the ? -Russian govern ment at. Omsk that Siberian troops commanded by General Pepejiae# captured the city, of Perm December 24 This, was; said to give the loyal Russians command of the railroad, between/ Petrograd and Siberia, fron? thev'?ral^ilountains to .Perm,, and to extend their control over European Russia to a.point near the -farthest advanced. line of the. Gvernment iafj the'North at. Archangel. More than S.O00: Bolshevikists -were taken,,-pris oners..during.; the*,- day's'- flghtmg,...the message said, and-a great quantity .'of booty, particularly guns.;and aramuui tioia- captured. It - was, also reported tha^-a* large : number., of .-, Bolsheviki Red- Guards.;were -cut- off.., between Perm and-Kungar. ? ? ??? '? i..'?L- :-!-rrrt <H j$W^J$<ti Grasping That GojOtttiy^ot Actuated by Territorial Ambitions. Tokio, Nov. 25 (COrrespond'ence)? Japan's attitude at. the. peace confer ence should , he.. pne_ot disinterested ness as far. as ter?t?rial gain, is con cerned, .in the. opinion; of. T." Inuka*, the leader of the. K?kuminto. politi cal ,party. The . statesman said the other day that Japan's actions hither to have tteen liable to misunderstani? ing as possibly actuated by territorial ambition,/ and Japan should seize the first opportunity to disabuse the world of 'any misapprehension. At same time. Mr. Inukai ..thought it desirable that the.United States and other cpuntries should freely . open their, door,s: for the admission idf aliens, thus^ bringing up again i a question which in the past has caused considerable negotiations between the United States and Japan. With the world's tendency toward forming re publics it would be necessary, he 3aid, for the Japanese to carefully pon der over the future of their own country-. Japan could prohibit the import of foreign books, but she could not prevent the influx- of foreign ideas, dangerous or otherwise. The Crisis In Berlin Soldiers and Workers Supplant Cabinet as Real Ruling Power. Berlin. Friday, Dec. 28.?While the government continues to deny the ex-r istence of a crisis developments ap pear to be rapidly aproaching a point where the Ebert-Haase cabinet will no longer be able to assert any authority. The VoissischerZeitung says the six men who sign for the government are no longer the government, it calls upon the newly created central Council of Soldiers' and Worker's to assume the responsibility. Christie Benet on Board Named Asylum Regent Suc ceeding Late B. R. Tillman. Columbia, Dec. 27.?Former Sena tor Christie Benet, of Columbia, was today appointed a member of the board of regents of the State Hos pital for the Insane by Gov. Manning. Mr. 3enet, who formerly was a mem ber of the board, had to resign when he was appointed United States sena tor to succeed the late B. R. Tillman. A. W. Reynolds also was appointed today by the governor as a.member of the board of regents to succeed B. W. Seaars, of Oswego. Lee county, who had to resign when he was elect ed to the house of representatives. E. N. Foster was appointed super visor of Oconee. county to succeed E. C. Sandels,.deceased,:and J. N. Ab bot; coroner, for the same county. Mr. Foster ^ xs selected by the people of Oconee .n a. primary election at the request of Gov. Manning. Money For Schools Superintendent Wants Increas ed Appropriations. Columbia, Dec. 27.?The State de partment of education, vJohn E. Swearingen, superintendent, is asking for an increase in appropriations for the support ..of the public schools of the State in the. sum of $25M/)0,. the total amount. Ming asked for the schools for 19T9. being $770,000. For the support of rural' graded schools, an increase in the. appropria tion in the sum of $32,500 is recom mended, the total amount asked for these schools being $220,000. An In crease for-high .schools in. the sum of $55,000 is recommended, the total amount" asked for for high schools be ing $130,000. An appropriation of $50,000 for vo cational training is one of the items in the recommendations which will b?? submitted -to the - legislaure5 The salaries of county superintend ents of education is also remembered in the recommendations, the appro priation mentioned in this connection being for $50,000. half to be paid by the State and half Ly the-counties.: For the betterment of negro schools it is. recommended that a special ap propriation of $20,000 be made to be expended at the discretion of the State superintendent :of education. Plans for State Medal One May Be Awarded to Each S. C. Mani in War?, Greenville, D.'ec.^\2?^^4?^ to.Jn troduce.a.; bill at the,^ming^ssion of\ the General Assembly-rpj^evid^g^for a State medal to be given to every ; South Caroh>a>man .whp.,hasr)ibe.en in Stafj?reilK?r Iri'thic^b'untflyW over seas, ' during the war 'with Germany, are. being ..made by T. T. Cothran, member df th<e\ hp'.^sfe; frbm -Green ville, county; .during the; past: term j sp4a*er..of_t^.hp^,'\lkr:t Cothran is giving, the'stibj-ect ?refuX study, ,with a. Vie^ to bringing _. the. matter in considerable .(detail i Before thfCmem bera of the next ; GeherqS^ Assembly:. The, plajQf inciud^'^ni'edals M$ only for the South Carolina, men',vho; have been in this, army' or navy, but a med^ al also forwives,' mothers;: etc., of soldiers on sailors .'who., have made, the supreme sacrifice.... ' . . Good Road Propaganda ! Agitation in Eavojr of Bond "Is sue for Highway System. ? Columbia. Dec; 2^.-^^epr&ntatJve men from /over the State win- meet In Columbia aV3 o*bldck off the after noon of January 3" at the Jefferson . Hotel Tor'the "purpose" of perfecting lpiatu3 ;fo'r an' active, ^campaign to have the'South C?toHn? 'general asf s e mbi y' .apprdiachiiig^ session authorize an election" to "Be held on the question of issuj^ D?nd?; iff the sum of $25, 000;ooo with ^Wfehtio' p?afr -a : sys-" tern of .concrjete ,rp/ajgs. connecting, ev ery ^6in^'s^tcin^e^tiie^:" ' :" A nieetfng. of the 'tjrayjs and; means I committee composed' of C. W. Cofield, of Greenville; R. A^ Wilson,; of Rock. Hill, and Ri E. Gr?bel, of . Anderson;] was held in Greenville last ...Monday; and it was decided t? cali this more general meeting in Columbia on :aext| [Friday. Following, the meeting on Friday! offices will .be* opened in Cor Iumbia, and/ a vigorous; campaign started, to have the legislature sub-, mit the question of issuing bonds to the people. In. the meantime, petitions, will be [placed, in .circulation' among the 55,-j i ?00 automobile owners of the'State^ j for their . signature! . These. petitions will ask the legislature to submit the', question of an election on the bond is-> sue to. the/ people- .. The. petitions are to be ^miated/among-the" auto..own ers fbi the reason that the owners are t1lie ones wh^se pockets will be af fected by the proposed issue.7 The in terest on *he $25,000,000 and the sinking f. id with which it would be ! retired would be raised by the tax on I automobiles. Money For Grain Five Hundred Million Asked | of Congress to Carry Out Governments Wheat Guarantee. Washington, Dec - 27.?An appro priation of at least $500,.00,000 for the food - administration's grain cor poration which will be charged with carrying out the government wheat price, guarantee for the 1919 crop will be provided in a bill to be intro duced in" congress early next month. Chairman Lever of the house agricul tural committee said tonight that an | effort would be made to have' the measure brought up in the senate at an early date. Hun Peasants Organize Small Farmers Take Steps to Protect Their Interests. Copenhagen, Nov. 15 (Correspond ence)?7The German Farmers* Asso ciation has issued a proclamation to the German peasants, in which it calls for the establishment of a con gress of Farmers'. Councils to take care of the agricultural population's interests, on full equality of rights with the Workmen and Soldiers' and Civil Councils. Its proclamation de mands full personal liberty and se curity for private property *nd in heritances, the maintenance of all ob ligations of the .empire towards the people, especially the war loan and the repeal of all land prerogatives. London, Deo. 28.?Posters will ap pear in svery parish in Ireland today, announcing that the Irish republic I has come into, being, says,the.Express, fh. papor adds .that the Sinn FefcWs in the recent election swept Leirister, Munster and Connaught. Seventy members of parliament were elected by that partv, but they will not take their seats. Calotat?, ther~-: rtsw Naqs^tess Calomel, Efreaj&jUp a JSeyei& CoW Overmgiit. Physicians and- druggists haye^isjfc last found, a quick v and ? dependable remedy for col?s? in?uen^/and^^ppo. One Calotab on' the tongn^^at ^ed {time, .with ;a swallow, of .water?that's ail. Next morjungvyour eold iia& va?r ished and yp?s- Ityer ??bd te^re; sal tern are puri?ed^and^f^e^eo^wi^ but the slighjte^t-unpleasantness or. fy terference with appetite, .diet or worlfc -Doctei^;haye,alw&^ calomel is - the . nest ^?^edi?ine 7tpr colds, bronchitis- andr ^grfpVe. and the first m^ssine tojfegiven in pneu* monia and acute fevers. The new??gi omel, CalotabSrr is^-purified and reus ed from all of the stekeninjgjAdJdaii gerpus/ e#ecti/an^^tti^^ al virtues vastly hnproved. ^;.? Cai otabs, are.' 'aMd- only in- original sealed packages, price 35c Your druggist reeemmends and guarantees them and will ref unjd.your monc^ lf you are not ^eli^i^^ki^t^fiii} ?.yy'-Jfr^ v.-'V.J>' Constitutional:-Lasers '-? Baltfm?re;'?ec?'2T^Tbe \f?1 ture of : today's-seCTow-of-'teeV^^ can Association for thef- Adyaneenient of ^cie?ee-'was ar^Jseussion^f'-'-the national prohMtf?? a^ndra&pjpfrom a constitu^Ieh?l %t?ndpoint 3j^3&f?e& P. Wheeler of NewV?o*ie. and ^yn^ttr C. I^mis-of-Nev^HaWenT CohE. 'Mr. Wheeler-said: - zUizZozci^ ^V;-. '?When-'the Constitution.^ ^<r^;3th*; United -States provides for amendment it ^dbes - -not hSean^ reir^t^nary changes. - The prohibition - amendment proposes to subvert-the American principle of loeal"--fen>^go^raa??p^ Democrats ana federalMs-agreed^at this" was - fundamental." j -We- /inaver should have had ? the^Unlon"- - wiOjout ii& E^e^nwmSfefc^^'a^jir? hibition did mo'r^^arm-v thaA" ?_ But this ahiendmen^'^wW each' State of the --pow*r-to. change witl?n--if?^o^n^r???pt r-. "It-wonld/ma^ vote" of 36 States, "eaeh: castmgl-on* vofe. Nevada has ?^r^ati?ri^frpnly 1 tJ8,7 36r yet 4*s * vefce^oatfd^awiti for as-'-nv?ch as that ^^NeW/Yorkv%wtth a population .of- over^I Q'a#>,?fl 0.: Tocfeke such a revolutionary cn"sage>.o'n^ such "The-liq??r";^u^tw^ftu??in?rfc be settled by ad"opHhg^-"thJ5 \ proposed amendment-'to the iiJSederal'. 2 constttu tion,"- M^L^mltf*telared: "Thekla ws in regard ^o^f^tt^a?pptedv;wiai?,be shf or?ed 3n -o^^nt^a?g?6el8;^ ia^. tfce several States and the" subject wculd Kb a never Asn??tgiTdli?B -i&^tfr-S^lft arid 'national e&sc&ons What aroourit ?f - alcohol ? wo?l?^alte^^iqtlatif^aj toxicating* and ? what - conirtittiteso4' erage purpose^wei^ room for- debate and-inconsistenl leg islative'action, which, each State, has the power under the proposed-amerid: tnent to .make* r ^;- s$ Mr.? Looiriis. held tha*'the p r?posed aniehdriient "haU never -been t?opArly passed upon rby ^edrigrtiss^in tba*t tw?t thirds of ' the n^mbersnip;: of, ' each house had :riot 'v&k&-<tor- it? > A Sdl?1 p?ted ; rulings* - ^t?.'sneaifeiB^o?^lh? house and-presidents of .the senate to the effect that twc^thirddcv^^mfiaris twb-thirds of -'.tBoftV' preeBentv^CGT" two thirds of a'quoirunii^ l&Vi? tf - Siirion ^exnw/efc-l^wc^brlt--^raj* elected president '?f '?ie^ assc-c?atioa arid ^ ' Douis' wae i Belscteifc ft?r:aie3rt gear's meeting; ; :?? I, "' 1- -:i itnca?wy?';- * Hie American PoB%^ United States is Not Interested in a Peace by Balance of Powers . Manchester, Dec. 30.?-?meric? is not interested in European polices, but she is interested'.in. a partnership of right between .America ?fid^ihi rope, .declared President Wilson, in. re ceiving, the freedom of the .xity of Manchester, at Free Tradj| h^irhere today.: America". is m, iijteresteji ,r^ot merely in the_ pe>ee. ojf Europe7 b'^t in the..peace of the. ^. world,/ .h^ added. "If the future has. notiiing for'neljnt a new.attempt to, keep the.' wprfd 3 at a right poise by a.balance/of power^* the .^president added/ , '^e ; tinted States can take f.np interest in;;it/; be cause she win join no .combination of power, which ia not a. combination Of us all. ' - : 1 President. Wilson.declared that the partnership of mtereste .^hich./had at tempted the governmept;_ol,th?worW had broken ?own,..b^<?^e tot?d^t 'did not bind, men tpgej^_er; J?^^paraw them, . He. said the cpninion < detotlj^B to right is. the only thing/ tK^t corild bind men together, j: President; ^ihWin said he was not hopeful th^ tli^. In dividual items of the. settiemeht afed^tt to be attempted 'wonld'**J>e 'alto^&?? satisfactory. .President/s../rtce^ti^i was enthusiastic in, every respect, the crowds cheering en^husiasUqallj'. >> TAX RETURN NOTICE. I will appear in person Or by deputy at the following named places,: and on the dates given, belpssr; f?r;-*he;pur pose of receiving tax, returns, fc* year 1S19. Return should be .made on. per sonal property, poliy roadTaaad .dogs: Privateer Station?Wednesday,. Jan. S. > ?:?,.!?! VV: ?> .,'./. Levi Siding?JHiursday, 5am Wedgefield-^Friday... Jan. WJu. . Claremont?Wednesdaya Jan. 16, Hagood?Thursdayt. Jan.. t6t. Rembert?Friday,. Janr ,12.' -j. Dalzell?Wednesday, . Jan- 22. Brogdon-^Thursday, Ja.n. ,23^. Mayesville?^Friday, Jan-. 24L, Pleasant Gnove^Tuesflay,,^Jan;< 2*. Shiloh?Wednesday; Jan;.:". \'4 Norwood Cross Roade?Thursday, Jan. 30. - R. E\ W1LOTR, Auditor;