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Right Crops to Plant Questions Facing Farmers Who Reduce Cotton Acreage Clemson College. April 3?In con nection with the cotton acreage reduc tion nvhat crops should he given in creased acreage in 1919? And what arc the prospects for profits from crops other than cotton? A number of fac tors enter into the answers 10 these questions now engaging the interest of farmers of South Carolina says the ?extension servce of Clemson College It has been the common experience of the South to receive loss money for a 15.000.000-bale crop ?>f cotton than for an 11,000,000-bale crop. Wit an average season the same number of acres we had in cotton last year will produce this year 15.00n.000 bales Such a crop in view of the high cost of production this year would prob ably be marketed at a serious loss to the producers. Many farmers in this State and throughout the South have learned to I live at home by supplying practically all their needs from the farm. This : policy needs to be applied to every farm- in the.State, renfed farms in cluded. The landlord will necessarily have to take the initiative in induc ing* tenants to produce needed sup plies. Such a course as this leads to .oommcrcial freedom of the South and restoration of fertility to the land. What should we plant in South Carolina on these lands taken out of' cotton? We cannot afford to let fields lie idle any more than we can afford to grow cotton at a loss. ^To.properly answar the above ques ton will require some th. dght on the part of- every farmer. The best layout of crops for one farm migljt not suit another nearby farm. The guiding principle should be in each case t<> plants crops that promise* to pay better than cheap cotton. So far as is possi ble crops should be grown that may -be-fed to live stock. When crops are fed on the farm and the manure re turned to the land the soil is en riched, whereas cotton does not in crease the fertility of the land. Certainly there should be an in creased acreage this year in corn with velvet beans, sorghum for feed and syrup, sugar cane for syrup, le gume hay^ crops, soy beans and pea nuts for hogs, sweet and Irish pota toes, home gardens and permanent pastures. Pla.ns should be made this spring for puttng in -a large acreage in alfalfa next fall.. In plantirg a system of crops the labor requirements for each crop must- be teken into consideration. -Frequently the crop which sells for most per acre is not the most profit- i able crop, because of the excessive la bor cost of-that crop. Labor is now the most expensive requirement for crop production. Crops which require less labor, such ' for instance as alfalfa may compete > successfully with cbtton. There an* hundreds of farms in the state which i have their most profitable acres in permanent pasture sodded to Bermuda grass. Along the coastal plain velvet beans, jsoy beans and peanuts when pastured by live stock make large re turns at a small labor cost. ^^etire Font Russia American Troops Will Be Out by End of June Washington, April 5.?Declaring the Archangel situation from a mil itary view is well in hand. General March, said, "It is incredible that the aliled force there can be driven into the sea by anybody."' lie an nounced that it is planned to have the American forces out of that por tion of Russia by the end of June. Cbauee\to Enlis>t in Navy. A navy recruiting station has been opened in Florence, and a number of j young men of this locality will take advantage of this office to get in the navy. Every branch of the navy is open for enlistments now. and men are needed to help get the soldkrs buck home. If you are between the age of 17 j *and 35 the navy is a good plae<- r<>; learn a .trade and see the world. 1 Training in the navy will enable you i to learn the ways of the world and save money. Ask any discharged sailor about life aboard a man-o-war, and he will give you some facts. > F. J. Burress. chief gunner's mate. U. S. Navy, bus been placed in charge of the station and h** will gladly give any information about enlistment:; or war bonuses. Literatur" can be had for the asking, by writing fur it. The Next Lyceum Attraction. The fifth and last number of the scries of attractions of the Sumterj Lyceum will appear at tin- Gins' High School next Wednesday evening j at 9.15. This is. a musical number j and Is characterized as our of the j most pleasing of all the attractions i offered by the Redpath Lyceum Bu reau. Maj. W. T. Lesesnc found hi'- car) that was stolen last Tuesday night. The car was left in a ditch between Cartersville and Lynchburg. The cari was not hurt and all of tin- books! and papers were left unmolested in j the car.?Manning Times. i Madrid. Thursday, April ::.?The] condition of Queen Victoria, who un- I derwent a slight operation yesterday.j is satisfactory, according to an an-! nouncement of the attending phy- . sician. The man who can suggestisome j scheme to prevent the blockade of j automobiles in the business section of; Main Street will be a i>ubiic benefac tor. i Dr. John A. Rice was seen on the. streets of Columbia the other day and asked whether he bad any news from the Gamecock city. "Nothing you air not familiar with. Sumter is a joy.: If you want a real live home," 1 said facetiously. "move The state over there and you will be at the,' eenter of the universe."-?Columbia ' What Germany Would | Have Demanded j ??? i Had Huns Conquered Allies They Would Have Exacted Staggering Indemnity Berne. Thursday, April 3 (French Wireless-Mathias Erzberger, chair man of the German armistice commis sion and a member of the German I government, was accused of being the j Author of a document written in 1914 j mowing that Germany's peace terms. If she won, would include large an nexations and indemnities. Herr Lan dauer, a representative of the Munich soldiers* and workment's council, de clared in a speech at Augsburg, j Bavaria, according to a dispatch to the Frankfort Zeitung. Landauer, who was speaking at a meeting in memory of Kurt Eisner, the late Bavarian pre mier, said he had a copy of. the docu ment. Landauer at first refused t<? give the name of the author except thiu he" was still a member of the government. Finally, however, he said that the per son to whom he alluded was Herr Erzberger. Among the peace terms mentioned in the document, Landauer said, were: Annexation of Belgium. French Nor mandy and several towns on the southeastern coast of England. Annexation of the territories on the eastern frontier of Germany which have since become separate states. Estabishment of a large German colonial empire. Payment of a war indemnity cal culated to cover Germany's expenses during the first ten months of the war,! as well as the entire German debt, be fore the war. Herr Landauer asserted these terms were approved in prin ciple by General von Faulkenhayn, General von Moltke and Admiral von Tirpitz. Committee Appointed. The following ladies and gentlemen' have been designated by President I E. S. Booth, of the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, as the com mittee in charge of the decorations of business and professional estab lishments, and public buildings, in connection with the home coming sol diers' entertainment and welcome, for which arrangements arc now be ing perfected by the several com mittees in charge. Mr. Horace Kar by. Chairman: Miss Isadore Teicher. Miss Mary Wilson. Mr. S. L. Roddey. The members .of this committee have accepted tin- appointment and stated that their duties in connection therewith will be a great source of pride and pleasure to them. The object for which this commit tee was appointed is in conformity with the resolution adopted at the c'lzens' mass, meeting last Monday) night, to induce the business and! professional establishments, and those in charge of public buildings to ap propriately decorate these places, in honor of the returned heroes from the county of Sumter who helped to "bust the Hindenburg line." It appeared to be the concensus of opinion as indicated by the unani mous adoption of the resolution by the mass meeting providing for the appointment of this committee, that Sumter* should put on gala attire when we begin to welcome the boys "from over there," and also the boys who wore the uniform of Uncle Sam in this country in every branch of the service doing their duty. when, how ami' where ordered to do so by their country. Pisgah News and Views. Pisguh. April 4.? .Monday was a great day for Columbia and the State j too. Fully 50,000 people, from all] over the State were present to see j the parade and welcome the return I of the boys home. The line of march commenced near the State house and went up Main street a long way. Then turned ;o the right and con tinued through several streets, then back to starting point, where they were dismissed. <'reut crowds were all along the march to cheer and welcome the boys All ages were present and tlie"enthusiasni was typi cal of the American people. The soldiers marched in double line.-;, across the street. About 20 to -the line and the distance between the] lines was about 30 feet. Bands of! music formed part of the parade.! National airs were played and other| prell;, songs. The sick soldiers camej in automobiles. The parade lasted about one a.ivd a-half hours, or ? was that !"njr in passing the review-1 ing stand. After the parade refresh ments were served the boys from booths along both sides of Main stree; by the ladies. Wires were! rStrung across Main street. With the I flag-; of the allies and electric lights too on the wires other decorations j were visible. The scone a; night was us pretty as I ever saw. The differ ent colors of the Hags with the lights made ;is pretty a picture as I ever *. w. At night lemonade, fruit and pi Ud lers were on hand at the Slate house [for all who wanted them. Amusements were on hand for pleasure. I saw! soldiers from many Western and i Northern States and they spoke in high praise of their reception. All j seemed to have a tine time. Columbia] surely did her best for the pleasurej of all. The sad thing was io see sev-] era] men who had been uassed which j affeeted their speech. The govern-! ment no doubt will send them to | some sanitarium for treatment. Senator Smith is very optimistic j about the price of cotton. He said asj soon as peace is declared and the-] embargo lifted cotton will go up. We! hope so. tev*<er .nut Dommick wit! ?l?> all in j their power to aid the farmers, and the sent intent of ;i!l 1 saw was to' stand firm and hold the cotton. As n.umb< rs of your readers did . not go to Columbia I gave a bird's] eye view <?f the program so theyj iould see what was done. J. R. |>. Washington. April 4.?Assignment i of the complete Kainbow Division toj] early convoy home was announced'< today by the war department. 'i V Allen Shirks Debate Kansas Governor Will Not Dis cuss Cotton and Wheat With Alabama Man Topeka, Kan.. April 4.?Gov. Henryj J. Allen today declined to enter into j a debate with J. ?. Thompson, presi-j, dent oi* the Fanners* Protective j ( League of Alabama, on the question: ( "Resolved, That the cotton growers j of the South have rendered a more;, sacrificial service in the work of the j war than did the wheat grdwers ofL the West." j j In the reply to President Thomp- -t son's challenge. Governor Allen sug- j t gested that the question of sectionals lovaltv is aside from the issue. He > says: ; I ?"Any effort "to revive the sectional j v feeling which has been so magnifi- - cently buried in our common sacri- j j ficcs during the war is to be deplored jA and that such a debate as suggested'^ would not be productive of any pa- j j triotic results at this time." jt Governor Allen suggests thai "the j organization which is seeking to re- i strict the production of cotton should j ] have a joint debate with the- attorney ( general of the United states and ? < members of the federal trade com mission." The governor continues: "If it is1 necessary that the prices of cotton bej stabilized by artificial process then Ii'' am in favor of the process being a j lawful one under the direction of the j government and shall not be an et - i t'ort to create a critical shortage of j cotton in the world, in order that by ! ( ?this artifice a speculative price shall be produced. I would not object to governmental regulation of cotton : prices tinder proper conditions. Inj' fact. 1 have favored this for two j1 years." Flying Officers Killed Colonel Dickman and Major Butts Meet Death Americus, Ga.. April :j.?Lieut. Col Frederick T. Dickman. commanding; officer at Southern Flying Field near here, and Maj. John W. Butts, execu- J tive ollicer of the field, were killed late today in a fall of about 200 feet. Col-, one] Dickman is a sou of Major Gen eral Dickman. commanding the Third ] army of occupation on the Rhine. The officers. Major Butts as idiot I and Colonel Dickman in the second i 1 seat, had ?one up for their usual af-j ternoon (light and had made the last lurn of the field preparatory to j landing. From the ground it appear-j ed *.hat Major Butts attempted to!; turn, the wind coming in gusts ami j apparently caught the airplane with! full force in such a way as to lift the! tail vertically into the air. The usual nose dive followed the ' jerKing of the plane into a vertical;1 position, arid if crashed to the carte. 1 Had the airplane been higher up there would in all probability have been time for it to have "flattened out." and glided safely on. Before] it could be righted, however, the plane hit the earth with a crash that smash ed it to bits. Officers and men rush ed up. The two flyers were breath ing, but unconscious and both died within a few minutes. Both Colonel Dickman and Major Cutts were graduates of West Point and each leaves a widow and one child residing here. Colonel Dick man came here January 10, succeed ing Maj. Carlisle Wash. as com mandant. Colonel Dickman was 25 years of age and an expert flyer. Major Butts a native of Cisco, j Texas, was 2S years of age. He was! noted as a fine athlete and an cx- j pert rilleman and revolver shot. i Funds For Road Work How Federal Good Roads Appro priation is Expended Columbia. April Z.?The- State Highway Commission is frequently asked by county officials and interest ed citizens what steps are necessary in order to secure the large sums of I federal money which are now avail- j I able Cor building roads in South Car : olina. 1 it is necessary first of all for the ? county road officials to pass a rcsolu- i tion asking tin- State Highway Com [ mission for Federal Aid for build- j I ing a certain section or sections of [the Slat<- Hig y System in their I counties. These resolutions must ', j provide for the money t?> defray half; I the cost. This money to cover the! I federal funds can come from thej [county treasurer <>r from municipali-j I ties. Oi- from private individuals, j j There is one instance on record in ; j which a private corporation in South j Carolina agreed to provide pail of the I funds necessary in build an import- j j :i nt bridge. After the county road authorities'; notify the State Highway Commis-j sion oy resolution that they want to j build a part or parts of the State Highway System in their county and! that half the money necessary is available, the State Highway Com mission scuds an engineering party :<> survey the road to be l>u?t. Af-j ter these surveys are made the Slate j Highway Commission's engineers pre-i pare a careful estimate of the cost of the work to be done, together with j complete description of the work, in eluding blue prints and plans. All ofj'a this data is forwarded t<> the Secre-'* tary of the United States Depar ment of Agriculture. Mr. D. F. Houston, who is ;i South Carolinian. Th ? sec retary of agriculture approvt : the project, ami the St;it<- Highway Com mission in co-operation wit'i tie county authorities proceeds to a: !< for bids from contractors. After securing a satisfactorv lud the contract is let und the federal government pays half of the c of the road building. The same process is followed in se curing federal money for budding bridges. Copenhagen. April r.. --The Ger man-Austrian national assembly has. - passed a bill banishing the members] ? >f the f-Japsburg family ;md eunfiscat-1 " ag their property. J Foch States Terms To Huns Srzherger Moved on Hearing Decisions of the Allies Spa. April 3 (-Havas)?Marshal roch arrived in Spa at 8.20 o'clock his morning1 and immediately in form - ?d Mathias Erzberger, head of the Jerman armistice- commission, that le would confer with him in his ?rivate car at y.30 o'clock. The conference took place at the ippointed time in the presence of ttajor Gen. Weygand. assistant to Marshal Foch. and a French intcrpre or and lasted forty minutes. Marshal Foch laid before Herr Erz )erger the decisions of the Entente. Srzberger, alter the conference, hur riedly returned to his train. 1 te- ap peared deeply moved. After a con ference of one hour with en. Baron .?on l-i am morste in. a memoer of the 'cr;<;a:i armistice commission, and his echnical advisers, Erzberger returned o the hotel, where the German mem bers of the armistice are lodged. The populace acclaimed Marshal L^oeh on his arrival in Spa. During he day the marshal visited Gen. Nu lant, his representative in Spa. Textile Strike Ends Workers in Columbus Will Re turn Columbus. Ga., April 3?The Strke :>f textile workers in Columbus was | ?nded today by vote of the workers, j J. J. Thomas an organized of the j United Textile Workers, announced \ tonight The workers who went <'ut j nearly two months ago demanding an j ?igh; hour day will immediately ap- j Iy for reemployment, Thomas said, i There are about 8,000 workers in this! section: Since the strike began ma ny I have returned to work and mills have; aired outside help. The mill owners :1 was understood will r' npioy all ] those for whom they hav<* openings. Lost Are Found Soldiers Reported Missing Are Coming Home j Washington, April 4.?From out ot j the "Port of Missing .Men." hundreds! ~tf Jlghters believed lost by their fam-; ilies art- coming back to make thel home circle complete once again. in 32 newspapers published at de-I barkation and reconstruction hospi-j tals for the benefit of returning sol-! diej's. there is printed in every issue j i column of inquiries from relatives, i which is known as the "Port of j Missing Men." because it deals with : those whom the currents of war car-, ried beyond the reach of family and friends. More than 10.000 such in- j juiries hav*.- been received. The col-] ?mn is scanned daily by thousands of{ readers, eager to give the latest; knowledge of missing comrades. The ??fort of Missing Men" column is op<-n to relatives withoul charge for inquiries. ' The Bolshevik Army ftould be Weak Except That the General Staff is Largely..__| Officers of Former Rus sian Army - Berne. March 10 (By Mail-. ?The; irrnies under the command of the] 5olshevik government in "ussia com-j >rise approximately .sOu.oOo men but! mly about 250.000 of Lhem are actual; combatants, according to infon ation j ?eceived here from sources usually? considered reliable. These forces are divided into fifteen :rmi?->s of 17.000 coinba.tants each. Cwelvc of them ore described as com- : detcly organized, bacn army con sists of two or three divisions and | ach division of two. three or four; regiments. Tim number of oifii.-ors ind men in each regiment varies from ! ; few hundred to two thousand. Tito First Ai*riiy is under command' >f General Michael Touhatchevski, ivho. until the Bolshevik re volution i took pla.ee. w.ms ;i simple lieutenantj in an infantry regiment. Iiis military education is far from complete, but! his general sta.iT. is composed entire-! iy of officers who formerly belonged to the Russian general staff, so that' they compensate for the deficiencies! of their commanderin-chicf. The Second Army is h< ruled by a ' well organized genera! si; iff which in-; eludes three colonels who form? rlj ; belonged to the Russian General Staff.; The commander-in-chief of the Third Army is art individual who. up I to the time of Bolshevik revolution, I was a sergeant in one of the regiments! of Siberian infantry. He also is sup-i ported by a general staff composed of j former Russian staff officers. The fact that so many officers ofj the former Russian army have con-: sentcd to serve with the Bolshevikij is one of the worst features of the. situation in Russia. Without them the) Bolsheviki would have been unable: to organize such military forces as are now at their disposal, and their i dictatorship, based solely on violence,'. would have been ended long ago. The artillery equipment of the Bol-j shevik armies is declared to be very, incomplete. A division has. on an: average, from five to eight guns. Mu- j nifions are sriid to be scarce and their; supply is deficient Munitions for the. infantry also are running short. The chief of the Central General] Staff of the Bolshevik forces is a Bett named Watsetia. Fort-Josey. At the Salem Baptist church par-! sonage on Thursday, April 3rd, at Sj o'clock P. M.. Miss Alma May Fort j and Mr. Chandler Josey were united; in holy matrimony, iiev. B. W. Rey-{ nolds. pastor of the groom, officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by a number of the friends and relatives! of tlie contracting parties. May the pathway of this young couple be j strewn with sunshine, and the whole! journey of 'heir matrimonial pil-j grimage he fragrant with the perfume j of perfect contentment and comrad-j ship. ! t?iss Poppenheim Elected :ontinues Head of Daughters of Confederacy LouisvJIe, Ky.. April o?Miss Mary 'Oppenheim <>f Charleston. S. C, was ecleetCd president general by the 'nited Daughters of the Confederacy t its annual convention here today. Jl other officers als<> were reelected rith the exception of Mrs. Frank A. Valke of Norfolk. Va.. custodian of iags and pennants, whose place was iHed by Mrs. Simon Deliver Buckner ? f Louisville, fhe election of a con dition city for next year was de- . "erred until later in tin.- week. Besides tin- business session the pro gram t>. lay included a visit to Camp Jachary Taylor, on the outskirts of .ouisviile. and a night session. Sorry Builds Bridge 'ec Dee River Is To Be Crossed Columbia. April '?). -The contract "or '.h<- bridge across the Little *ee Dec ttiver near Galivant's Ferrj and the roadway and bridges through he swamp on the Marion county side ? ;' the river has been let. Chitwopd K [*;;i)::< :- of Columbia were a ward - . .; tin contract for tin combined : and truss timber bridge across the Little Pee Dee and eleven tim ber trestles in the .swamp. This firm of contractors agreed to con struct the bridge for $39,788.50. Mas sey 6c Company of Roek Hill was awarded the contract for grading and building the road through the swamp on the Marion county side of the Pee? Dee River. The contract price for this werk is $40,668.43. One-half of the cost of constructing the bridge across Little Pee Dee and. the road and bridges th <ugh the river swamp wjll be paid by the federal government, and the remain ing half of the 'cost will be supplied by Marion and Horry Counties. The road and bridge across the Little Pee Bee River have been sorely needed for years. It will be an im portant link in the proposed State system of highways, as it will give Horry county a direct outlet and connection with the remainder of South Carolina. The section of the Stato which the bride across the Pee Dee Rriver and its approaches will serve has made tremendous strides recently and has come into recognition as trucking and tobacco growing district. The reports from the county indi cate that as a rule cotton planting is not as far advanced this year as usual. The scarcity of labor is al ready being felt and when . cotton chopping season arrives the farmer with a big cotton acreage will find out what real trouble is. Mr. Beck is making extensive im provements at Pocalla and when he has put his plans into execution Suniter will have the most attractive pleasure resort in the State. Do You Have wood To Saw? Try This Outfit It was good enough to be used and approved by the U. S. GOVERNMENT! This 4 H. P. Engine drives a six-foot saw through any size log. It will cut from 15 to 25 cords a day. For a demonstration see Carolina Machinery Co. Opposite Post Office - - - Sumter, South Carolina