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Sehers Congress Expected to Make Ap prondation to Assist Men, Re turning From Overseas. ? Washington, Feb. 2.0.?After con gress had talked for months about ? -p.?r^h^sing -farm lands in- the- Smith %$el of returning soldiers ami - l^^sts' %hem?. into farms:an4';discuss <?9t-;BMthyf points in this enterprise and .';": ^^ySeeretaly';Iiaiie-"-had' taken a ^ijpsVuth? tp^personally insect::these S^^ ^'-'-beeam'e- known here today that the appropriation for this pur pose will be made at the present ^?&oh cbhgress'. "<rAmong the important bills pending iS ho^eT by -Congressman Byrnes of South Garc?fei? appropriating $100, D-8.0,000 for the purpose and it is, hoped that-faa-prable action will be, staken upon it. /There are several V ^":'nj$f?*i.'acres, of' land in Florida, jSeorsia- and South Carolina suitable ?Turposev Market for Hogs ?ere'jshaTStSd^*?ale'?or South Clemsonv 4Cdhe"'*e, ' Feb. 17.?The .tferapbrary ^losing -of the Orange-' ^^^gfeg--Packing' Company seems to be: ' ??*rig- .sonie^ -concern among cotin- j My agents and growers of hogs, on | .Sfcco^ht of- the - fact that - there is no i local": market - for- hogsc " Many - far m .. "&&&hv have, raised hogs for sale are 'ir&tf seeking to.market their hogs and" -a^e^me'what r " disturbed over the ?S^^it-yslituatlon. -?? ^'i?^ere'a'iy'"'nb need for alarm, say ^eiState- leaders in. the livestock ex te^oh^rylce; and ho" anxiety should;i bVffeJt: f6r.;the -following reasons. :.rhV>The market ? reports show no; is^fgestscin in the hog market, bull rather an increasing demand due to; '^^Suctfoh by- larger exports of meat -^ro^u&s. - - ^ 2. .;: Market quotation- last week ;.lfer*4$^8v.50...to' $l'g per hundred, with ^l'to i>3 oft for soft hogs,- bulk of] being.'", above ? $17.50. a. The Food .Administration will,1 dd?btless! ?'maintain prices because of j increasing beef .scarcity and the ten-J depcy to-market light-hogs. ? '-1 \ :;4-. ^-ActuaU ? telegraphic' ? quotations -?^ioeived-. "today answering- inquiries Xftrote good corn fed hogs $17,50 up. .a??nnd. H518x pigs: and lights $17 ;to ?3.59;r.^oft bogs 515 to~$17. >-* TSj^'livestock extension service has . bHfsed ififcreaSod pro'duction and now stands ready to he^pfind ready "mar ket, ari*hngrng for' -coc^era?ve^ship -rhents- where individuals cannot ship xfetr lot**. ^I5ee your county agent-or. wire the extension Service, Cl?msbri College, S. C. /: ?.i r ? 'i -, j?eath of & Luke Farmer P^niar .A. C. L. Engineer Was > Bniied at Florence. Florehcei.^FeD. 20.?The remains of Mi\ X Luke' Yarm'er, of Walterbore, . ?L C., whose death occurred in Bal f^oreitt'a hospital on Sunday night , t?st, "wei>e brought to Florence on train.. SS.'yV-oterday morning and car ~rii*h to the home of his brother, Mr. i^.r"flarry ' Farmer, in South trby ?tre^C where funeral' services took tplaee - at- f 3 "o:clock, "yeaterday morn-, jjn&-: ,*Stuf^ internment was made later '.l?-VMouhi Hope. - Cemetery at this ^plpiC^and- the grave was covered wiWrna-ny'lbyely .floral offerings. ? ; .""?Mr., Farmer was married to Miss Mary-'Hauser.-of this city, many, years daughters survive him. He was fifty ?nine years old.. He also leaves one brother, Mr. R. Harry Farmer, who, ts an engineer on the Atlantic Coast j Line. Mr. 'Farmer' was a- locomotive ejcgineer and up-'to the time of his .havingto. quit work because of his "ailment, he/beld -<lown the passeng er*^ run on the Walterboro branch of .^th*> .Atlantic' Coast Line. . .. Mr. Farmer origin-ally was from l^o.rth'Carbh'ria. He served as a loco .motive -tfrem&n and served his trade 'under, bis aged father, who for a '.:"^Sge...waa master mechanic of the ^Qld .. ^Firmington, Manchester and Augusta Rail road,. later the Wilming t>0, Columbia and Augusta, and now! the . Atlantic Coast Line" ?hops, then j at .Wilmington, X. C, and later as ! engineer-oh the road. "Irl?h Linen Ma mi fact urers Organize. *, London, Jan. 171?? Irish linen man ufacturers have decided to form an Organization to be known ?s the Irish Ltrien Corporation and have appro priated 5450,000 to conduct a propa ganda campaign in the United States and England during the next throe years. In ail 11 ? manufacturers were -represented at the meeting in which this action was taken. During the /war -roost of them were making air plane^ fabric. AMBRICA GETS 11 US SHTPS. Sohse' of1 the Biggest to Biin? Troops Home. Paris. Feb. 21.?An agreement has ^en reached whereby the United States will obtain some of the best Cerman merchant ships for trans porting American troops homeward, ihemding the Imperator, Crafwaldcr see, Pretoria and J. C. Hambroueh ard. Ttie "Imjverator is a, monster C7*rft,:- second In size only to the Sa terland. L nfovtunatply the exits from <he 'Channel at Hamburg became choked during the war and the Imperator cannot be brought out until the chan nel is drextged. The sailings of the ship is beinK held up also by food and financial eomTdioations. "Xo Beei?Nt> Work." New York. Feb. 21.?Strikes on July 1 to make effective the slogan "No bter?no work" have been vot -de by the New York iron ship build i? psi longshorenit n. halt<*rs, stationary ffeeio?en, "pavers and rammers unions, it was announced nt :? meeting of the Central Federated Dnion her.- to night. Is Demoralized \ ? / David R. Coker Reviews Cotton Market Conditions and Ad vises Reduction of Acre age. i Clemson College^Fcb. 1.5.?Tho fol | lowing letter Shorn Mr; David R. Cb jker, is self explanatory and will -he l read -with interest and -profit by all ; who see it. I "Inote: in your' issue 'of February 11st, you have..quoted the part of my j report as a member of the Agricul ! trual/Commission, which'-deals with I the cotton situation. That report i was Svfitten before the close of th?v ; war and represented my opinion of j the situation as it then existed. My; views of the ultimate situation are J sUll represented..by. that, report, but j many '- temporary factors were brought in. by _the. close of. hostilities and Other causes, and. these.'have got j to be considered by the farmers in I forecasting the near future. Can- j cellation of war contracts, both here, j and abroad upset the wSo^e^ spinning j industry and destroyed confidence in i ; the entire - dry'"'goods -situation, and1 j the spinning and distribution of cot jton goods" has not-yet ^gotten hack upon a normal basis. Tben, too, labor troubles in England and dc-j moralization' on the continent * ofj j Europe (as' Well as inadequate ocean tonntfge), has curtailed the expected post-war demand for cotton. The influenza epidemic prevented the prompt gathering of a large part of J the cotton crop and this has added ' tremendously -to the stock of unde sirable low grades. Thi? large stock of .uhmerchanfable cotton has been Lone of the principal reasons for the depression ' in 'future contracts in New ; York and, &fe'w Orleans. -uFfeel nu'de c?n?ctent'tiiat'the de-t maud for'cotton'::is''4going"tb gradual-] jly . increase as legitimate trade eon-j ditions" are ^est'oi^T-nrf?Uffbout t^he] world and that as soorr as thereis normal world demand for couofr goods.* there .will be sale for a very large amount of cotton at profitable prices. It is 'meanwhile- evident,, however, that the-present crop plus] the surplus ca'rrle'd' over, is going 'to be rhbre than the world, needs be fore the hew~crop" comes irianu" there is but one program ' by which fhe "farmer" can protect~hftnself and As sure- fair prices for the cotton hel now" holds and "the crop'lie is abdut f to raise. It >can be expressed in a{ short sentence, 'cut cotton acreage j 'and' raise more -food and feed.* ."/If- the- figures for acreage - a nd j fertilizer consumption are very large] this'spring,. I can see no hope that! the southern farmer will- be- able "to![ sell his present holdings and new crop'for as much as" it cost to pro duce, for it. looks no.w as if fbe re covery of world trade from the ef fects' of" war i.* -going to be1 graduhh and that a very heavy world de-" mand'for cotton may 'be postponed for "a "year or more. '? ; "There ;f$ another thing every farmer ought to do to protect his in terests. He shoud write our con gress; r -? and senators and insist ! that something .be done to force the' Kew Tork and New Orleans cotton futures markets' to represent ?ctu?Tj Values "for "merchantable cotton of that, they' be closed up. It is a self evident proposition that no unmer chantable grade or any commodity should be allowed to be delivered on a. future contract for that commod ity, for if this is allowed- the <-nlfre' slock' of such unmerchantable grade; having .no other market thar'i future contract delK-ery. will eventually fitfd its Way to th^se markets'and destijoy values completely. Cermahy rind Austria were- formerly -our-principal Customers for low grade cotton tinti there is going to be no adequate market for . low grades until these countries are. again allowed to im port. Until that time, not a single bale of low grade .should be sold. If middling: cotton, is made the lowest grade deliverable on the New York and Xew Orleans 'market**, I am satisfied we should see a big recov ery in values and we would have a contract which both buyers anil Sei- j lets could use freely in hedging op erations to the great benefit of nil cotton interests." XEGRO REGIMENT PARADES. " ?' Columbia 'Witnesses March of Tr<x>i>s Fi'om Front Columbia. Feb. 21.?The 371st ?*eg^ jimeht of negro troops fresh from the J battlefields* of France, which arrived j-at Camp Jackson yesterday, was pa raded through, the streets Of Colum bia today. This regiment suffered j casualties of 1.003 men and fifty of-j ficers in the Champagne offensive. j The organization is made up of Xorth ! Carolina and South Carolina men. j with white officers. Eighty-five of the! [3,450 members of th<\ regiment wear! j French decorations and 'many others! the American decoration for gallon-1 J try in action. ! J The regiment was attached to a French division commanded by Gen. Boybet. who highly complimented them. MEY WILL GET MILEAGE. Conferees Agree on Rill Fixing Ser vice Compensation. Washington. Feb. 21.?Agreement was reached today by bouse and sen ate conferees on the bill permitting discharged soldiers, sailors and ma rines to retain their uniforms and yranting them 5 cents a mil*- travel-, ing expenses from the point where they were discharged to I heir liott:> s. In view of th<> fact that the war iw ehue bill provides for a bonus of *?'.<? to alt discharged men the house con ferees receded from their amend ment granting officers and enlisted ui'-ri one month's pay upon their dis charge. (English CVmioiittcc ro Deal Wirti Emigration. London, Jan. i.?A committee his been appointed l>y the Colonial Sec retary; to deal with the problems of emigration which are likely to .-'.rise during the period of reconstruction. ! Shall We &aik ! Cotton This Year? - (By David R. Ookor, Hiu'tsvillo, S. C.) About this time of the year a good many farmers in this- section always (take up arid settle this question,-and ? Tarn usually-called upon to give such 'information on the situation and pros ! pects as will help them come to a j decision. I titko it, therefore, that ! some of our farmer friends' will be j glad to know what the situation is i now and what the future prospects ? seem to be. "Owing to the extremely dry season j during the summer and fall just hpast, the development of the staple of the cottons produced in most of ? the cotton-belt Was shorter and j weaker than usual. This, of course, [was cspeciallyvhnrd on the long staple [ industry, as the price of that pro | duct is regulated largely by the length.This-immediate section usu ally produces lengths which r. are known here as one*and'- one-fourth land one and live-sixteenths in about equal proportions, with a very small percentage of one and three-six teenths, and a small percentage of j one and- three-eighths. This season j most of the cotton has run one and ! three-sixteenths and one and one-' fourth, With less than half as much of the longer cotton as usually comes into, this market. The farmers in this section have, therefore, aver aged considerably less per pound for their staple than they would have received if the season had not been so abnormally dry, and they should take thus fact intp consideration in planning their future operations. Another factor in the situation has been most evident this year. As a general rule, the farmers who have kept up the character and quality of their cotton by careful selection, or who have purchased their seed re cently'from genuine plant breeders have produced the longer lengths; which were mostly in demand. This] has not .been an invariable rule, as the variations of weather 'conditions j and_ soli sometimes . obscure ~. results.; At times rather poor seed planted or. good, land and with good seasons wilt produce- better results than the best seed planted..; on poor land or under.-1 drougiityVcoriditions. But it can be. safely-asserted, that under identical j conditions .of. soil and weather, puro'j recently .pedigreed seed will produce; better and more profitable results c v-I cry'time.- - j About five years ago we placed a ! large quantity of our Webber number j eighty-two seed in a.certain section! "of Georgia. . The following fall, we j Sent one of our men into that terrKj lory-and bought some very "excellent* cotton. The. following year we also.! bought . considerable cott?n in that; territory but the average quality was j ?not. quite as high as some of. the j seed had become slightly mixed. The ) third year the average cotton roooiv-j ed from that teriitory Was notably! inferior to what we received the first j year, and the fourth year the cotton j in that territory was^so inferior that i we were not able to handle touch ofj it. as we could not ship it to any miUJ who' knew what good cotton was.! The staple industry has now been? practically abandoned in that 1<*rri-j tory. though it could easily have bc-n'j kept up to date from a' breeding] standpoint.. ?:. ' ? '., ' F ;Y formerly thought that the -high* Character and good length' of muc.hrr of the cotton produced in the Missis-j slppi I>e!ta "was duo mostly' to- Cite I .?uniform find very rich laft'ds of thatj section. T have found, however, iluttj most of the. planters *"there "'h:ive}: thorough ?understahding of;'the valuej of J'^eCd breeding and renew' rhotir-? seed/ frequently from "the ri'iwst !e?re-?'{ fill.'ifeed. breeder's. 1 ain. sat.isfl. d.j. theref ore; that pure, h fgh - grade s* ed i lias at least as-much to-do with the quality .Of all staples as "any other' factor. The Sea Island section of Georgia and Florida has been so badly hit by the boll weevil and other causes: that the acreage in Sea. Islands wUU bo. very small this yeai\ There are! stilt considerable stocks of Sea- Island j on -handl hut if the coming crop is; very small there will be an extra de-J mand for longer lengths of uplamlj staples and for Egyptian cottons. TTp- t land staple cotton running full one. and omv fourth' and longer are now 1 practically unobtainable and we have, during the past, few days, been hunt ing for such cottons of high grade at ' : fr?m 37"to 38 cents to fill sonv orrj I dew. It looks, therefore, as If fully length staple cottons are going to be] ; eagerly sought, next fail, j. Somo export demand for staple] cottons has recently sprung up and %\ >:ec- no -reason why it should not in-j crease in volume and be a factor for I good ? prices next season. Under all j j circumstances it seems to me that the! [prospect for prices on well Handle^; j ! high grade, staple cotton from ptirej j bred seed is unusually good for next, jieasou. The prospect for short cbt-J j ton with October N'ow York selling j i around lf? cents, is certainly not flat-] tering. We may expect the boll weevil toj come into this territory about one j j year from now. It will be very im-J ; portanf. therefore, for those who: j continue planting staple cottons to j secure some seed of the earliest va-j rietbs, as the later varieties will n'ofj stand up under boll weevil condi-j tions. I want again to urge the farmers! who intend to plant staple cotton., i to take every precaution to produced ja full length., smooth, high grade] : product. Seldom, if ever, in the pastj (has such cotton been difficult to soil j and usually the demand has exceeded| i the -supply. Poor, wasty. irregular j cotton, however, is frequently difficult ! to sell and always the price is much ? below the - best. j The quality of the ginning in tbi^ j territory has gone down very badly [this year, a large percentage of th<' icotton being rough and stringy. This (has affected tin- salability and (be I-reputation of our cotton considerably land I wish to urge nil farmers and ? ginners to handle the rfe.<< crop . more carefully. Seed cotton should i be thoroughly dry when ginned, ilv gins should be elea*ned out of short 'cotton before beginning on n long ! bale, should be run with loose gin j roll and the line should be placed in ! the press in smooth layers and not I , - j." Tut -2z '-? : : packed.-irh with the fo.&t. *T would be j'glad to send a ctrHiTar on ' ginh'ng [staple jedtton to any one interested. |: We have had a great deal o? trou ? hie' recently with"'^mix-backed cotton! 'j-Mbst or the mixed 'packing is done j through ignorance and the farmers rare losing Finn's of money by bringing ?bales in with layers of several differ l ent 'grades of cotton. Where cotton !of two different pickings must go into .the same bale, it pays handsomely to j mix the cotton thoroughly before ' loading. Many farmers think the jgins will'do this and put one kind of j cotton in the bottom of the wagon jand another on':top. This always re-: I suits in a two-sided bale, which ' brings a low price. A bale of low I middling cotton all through is worth j mofe than~a bale * which JIs half low j middling and "half good-middling, for j a mill which is -spinning low middling j does not w?nt the *bright cotton to 5 i go in with the blue, as it will result j in yarn of varying color. I have j known of instahces recently where { one sheetful, ?f T?w-gr?de cotton'was j init lrito a bale'of good staple cotton i without mixing and resulted in a loss j of $30 to ?50. per bale to the farm- j er, whereas, if he had gone to the j I trouble of " pouring the cotton all Into j j one piTc'and stiring it thoroughly "with j I forks, the sheet of low grade cotton * would 'probably not have'hlteoted the j .value of the bale-more than a cent] [or two. Staple cotton and short cotton j I should never be put into the same j bale, as no mill will knowingly bay; cotton of this kind and ?considerable.} ?toss to the mill results in getting a | bale of it into their work by acoi-!. dent. ? : J Ireland Asks. j For Consideration Peace Cflnf?eftce TVfflBe aTail ure Untess- Irish Obtain > Independence. Philadelphia......., Feb. ; 22.?Justice j Cohlan of New York supreme- court,} speaking before the convention of j the Jrish "race to/lay; saidvthai ^nbiss j the doctrine of self determination4 shall he applied to Ireland there, could be no Just, and permanent peace resulting from the work "of'the peace; conference. T?R?-GERMAN REED. Washington,. Feb. 22.?Support for Republican attacks in the senate upon j the league of nations came from the j Democratic side today when Senalor j Reed, of Missouri. Democrat, deliv- j ered a prepared address in - criticism | b.f the league. The free American ? government, he asserted, would.! through the league, be largely dls- 1 placed by a government controlled j by European monarchs and Asiatic J despots! -:- I. vBerlin. Wednesday, Feb. J9.?Pri- j vate advices from Thorne indicate j that the food situation in that section j of Posen held by the Poles is show- j ing marked improvement as the re-i s?lt of the cessation of shipments to j western" Germany. . -1 Citations -for Bravery. _ The commander in chief, in the ?name of the president, has awarded the distinguished service coss to the following named officers and soldiers for the acts of extraordi nary heroism described after their names: . Ma.'. William S. Manning, Three Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry ?(deceased): For extraordinary hero ism in action near Verdun. France, November .">. litis. Leading his com mand in the face of extremely heavy artillery and machine gun fire, Major Planning displayed re markable bravery and coolness in reorganizing his battalion after severe -losses had been inflicted on them. By continuous encourage ment and daring, he directed opera tions of the successful gaining of his objective. During operations "Major Manning was instantly killed by a machine gun bullet. Next of kin. Goveriror Manning, father, ex ecutive mansion, Columbia, S. C. 'First Lieut. GVorge H. Yardbor ough, Jr. (deceased), Fifth Regi ment, United States Marine Corps: For extraordinary heroism in ac tion in the Bois ? -de Belieau. France, June 23, 1913. Lieutenant Yardbor ough displayed exceptional bravery when his platoon was in a' sup port position under intense artillery fire, by moving from one shell hole to another in the open and steady ing his men. After making one trip over his line he was wounded by an exploding shell, hut refused aid until he saw that the wounded soldiers with him had been treated and taken to shelter. He later died of his wounds.. Next of kin, Mrs. George H.. Ynrdborough, mother, Mullins, S. Cv Sergt. James Edward Fore, Com pany E, One Hundred and Eigh teenth Infantry (A. S. No. 1310840): For extraordinary heroism in action ?it St. Martin-Riviere, France, (Oc tober T 7, 1*918, " While engaged With four other soldiers in mopping up a village, Sergeant FOre led * his men In a flahi attack on a "machine gun" nest" and * ^captured the' crew, i numbering IS. Pushing "forward, -he ->rgari&ed a squad of stragglers *.hu*'' capt?red art''entire cbrti'p'dhy jof-; Germans, including two' officers Home address: Mrs. J. E. Fore, 21 Cohen street. Union, S. C. Corp. Paul K. Sinclair, Company M", One Hundred arid Eighteenth | :>vfantry (A. S No. 1312393): For ; extraordinary heroism in action a-tj Vaux-Andigny. "France, October 11, | 19IS. When the advance was checked by fire from enemy ma chine guns and snipers in a sunken trench, Corporal Sinclair, crawling ind 'Jumping from one shell hole j t? another, under heavy machine gun and artillery fire, opened fire with his automatic rifle and silenced both the machine gun post and the snipers. Home address: J. D. Sin clair, Camden, S. C. Victory lias been won but it must! be paid for. Every, person is asked i io do his share. No one is asked'toj give? only to lend. Buy War Sav--! ing's Stamps. .' . , ' A Paving Brick InMyStomacK Declared '.a^arltanburg, S. C, Man. He Was Constipated, j Nervous, P?ins in His Back; I Had BfzzvvSpells. BrecoEnd | edit AllFer Him. I I often felt like I' had a paving i brick in my stomach," says this well | known'man Whir has resided at 181 'Park Avenue, Spartanburg, S. C, for j fourteen years, Mr. P. A. Harman. j "My stomach . went on a 'strike, I j think,t for nothing I ate seemed to I digest.; but' Just' laid there. ? I was ? bad ly. constipated; my liver was inac tive; got so nervous I couldn't sleep, land dizzy spells would hit me, and j I'd have to sit down right th?re. Dre I co started ray- "bowels moving at I once and all mj; troubles seemed to : fade away, and now I am well as ever j in my life. I eat anything I crave, j and it never hurts one bit. I sleep j fine; in fact, I'm well again." [ To-those who suffer'from stomach j troubles and their attendant disor S dors?constipation, you are1 warned to j profit by the experience of others, j Don't let these troubles sap your com j fort, health and vitality away. They iwear the victim down until he grows tweaker every day.'laying him open j to disease of, a-serious nature. Every j one should "know, about Dreco, the ? great herbal - remedy, xvhich has %no I peer as a stomach remedy, and "r* [ lief for constipation. j Go today to your nearest drug stor? *i i?they all sell Dreco and start the i treatment without delay. Dreco is i especially recommended in Sumter by Sibert's- Drug Store.?Advt Revolt at Munich j Bemobilized Bavarian Troops Attack Biet House. Basel,. Feb.;.. 21..?A reactionary in f surrectidn .broke" out fri Virnich Wed I nesday night, according to Frank [?f ort Zeitung. . The demobilized Ba varian bluejackets' attacked the Diet fBT??se and occupied the telegraph of I fide and police' headquarters, but were eventually dislodged by .govern ment ? troops. Prince Joachim sixth son of the-former, emperor, was ar- . rested.- It is* reported that he ap parently bad some connection with, the movement., ? Copenhagen, Feb. 21.?Prince Joa chim was not involved in the Mu nich insurection "Wednesday night, according to a dispatch received here, which adds that the prince and his consort are returning "O.Prussia un der an escort Continue to lend Uncle Sam you* money. The. security is the safest in the , world. The inve-stxoc?t--is-Pf?&--^* table. Take__ail the War Savings Stamps you -can. Be ready to sub scribe when the Victory Liberty "Loan is- offered. - - _?;_ i -, ... g? mrmi-r" j ?s&ai?im'm*^- mmam -a^' ? "-' '-? i y*1 ? -v - BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE AGENCY FOR THE ABOVE CAR. ? ? ' AN OLD RELIABLE CAR AT RELIABLE PRICES BY RELIABLE PEO^uE. - WE EXPECT SOME ?F THESE CARS IN SHORT LY. WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE PROSPECTIVE BUY ERS LOOK AT THIS MODEL. EVE?Y ONE KNOWS THE REPUTATION OF THIS CAR. IT'S CLASSY. 1 _ ? ? ? i ! ' ? - >v