The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 01, 1919, Image 2
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;