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OTK StTMXER WATCIQIAX, E?tab, Consolidated Aug. 2,1 BORAH CONDEMN FRENCH TREATY Says It' Is The Obituary to League Of Nations QUOTES PRESI DENT WILSON Says Clemenceau Has His Way; and Wilson Traded With! French Premier J Washington, July 6.?The new treaty with France, by which that nation is| promised American aid in case of a n : unprovoked attack by Germany, was j described as "the premature obituary of the league of nations as a league of peace/' in a statement issued 10-i night by Senator Borah, Republican, j of Idaho. The senator also charged that the promise was made by Presi- j dent Wilson to purchase French sup p?rt for the league plan. "The French-British-United States alliance," said the statement, "is bas ed upon theory of war. it is made in expectation of war, it is like all sueh alliances, a war alliance. Gould there ; be a more open confession by the authors of the league that the league means neither peace nor disarmament. **A short time before the president left for Europe," he said, "special al liances have been the prolific cause in the modern world of the plans and passions that produce war." Yet, not withstanding, this statement very frankly made we are now asked to draw a line through Washington's fareweH address, put behind us the policy of our government during its entire life and enter into a special al liance, an alliance which will include Great Britain and France and pos . sibly- Italy and Belgium, for both in dicated a desire to get in. "Upon the same occasion." he de clared, "there can be no alliance with in the general league of nations. In j the face of this statement there is to i be formed within this league a spe- I cial alliance and this special alliance j is to be formed upon the initiative of i the authors of the league of nations. This ^special alliance will lead in evitably, ; in fact will compel ether j nations to form special alliances. We j are to have a league for peace and within the league for peace an al- j liance for war. That is like advising j a friend to try a patent medicine cure- j all but to be sure to have his physician ? and a stomach pump at hand. "Upon another occasion after the ? president had most earnestly de- j ncunced such alliances as being the j authors of the wars and the intoler- j able conditions of . Europe, he used \ this language: 'The United States will ! not enter into any special arrange- j ments and understandings with par- j tic?lar nations.' "5?flson met the challenge in his j fepeech at Manchester. England, but I Clemenceau has his way. "This alliance is the premature obituary of the league of nations as a league of peace. The real esplana- j tion of this situation is th,s. tha*! Clemenceau demanded the special al i liance as a consideration for his sup- j port of the league of nations. And we J traded with him." Paris. July 7.?Removal of the \ censorship on communications with Germany was on the program for dis cussion at the session of the allied f council this afternoon. It is under- \ stood the supreme economic council: recommended the censorship be lifted ; coincident with the raising of the j blockade. POSTPONED UNTI THURSDAY Discussion of Peace Treaty Re-! garding Reparations With ; Germans is Postponed GERMAN AUTHORITIES FAIL TO ARRIVE Powers to Settle the Question of the Disposal of Remaining j Warships Paris. July 7.?Discussion with the Germans with regard to certain terms of the peace treaty regarding repara tions was to have begun early this' week, but it developed today at the beginning of oral exchanges had boon , postponed until Thursday. The Ger man representatives failed to arrive from Berlin. As the situation stands now. Japan and the United States it is' understood favor the breaking up or sinking of the remaining warships. Great Pritain approves of the plan to break them up. while Italy agrees to . their destruction conditionally, but ii this plan is not carried out Italy in sists on bavin?; h< r share of the v* ? j eels. A&ed April, 1830. "Bn Jon I S8L R-34 READY FOR RETURN TRIP i _ I ? Giant British Dirigible Plans to Leave Tomorrow Morning on Homeward Flight ALL DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER Major Scott Plans to Diverge From Course and Pass In coming Presidential Ship Mineola. July 7.?Half an hour be fore the sun rises tomorrow morning the giant British dirigible R-34, will cast loose from her mooring at Roose velt Field and speed into the eait, homeward bound from her historic flight across the Atlantic. The official hour set by her commander, Major G. H. Scott is five A. M. but it is admit tedly dependent on the caprices of the weather which has persistently interfered with the huge airship since she left East Fortune, Scotland. An ' unlooked for change in the weather will postpone the departure for at least a-day as Major Scott has an nounced no attempt will be made tp^ start on the return voyage after the ( sun is up. President Wilson will have an op portunity to view the traveler of skies j if she sails on the appointed time. ' Major Scott plans to diverge from his course far enogh to pass over the in coming George Washington, the pres ident's ship. Darlington Crops Ruined by Potash Cotton and Tobacco Fields Laid Waste Great Less Involved Columbia. July 6.?"I found a ca lamitous condition in a large section of Darlington county which I visited.'' said Dr. A. C. Summers Saturday up on his return from a trip of inspection which he made as State chemist at the request of Commissioner Harris. It had been reported to the State de partment of agriculture that a large number of farmers in Darlington county had suffered because of the purchase and use of the socalled American potash, and the department ?was urg-d by Bright Williamson to make some investigation. Mr. Williamson, who is a banker and plants extensively himself, had made a preliminary investigation to see if there were any cause for so many different fields of tobacco and cotton dying and withering. In his letter informing the department Mr. Williams said "the result of the use of domestic potash on tobacco and cotton showing up now is most alarm ing. Where 75 pounds per acre of j K20 was used on tobacco there is practically none, and the effect is se rious on cotton. Where 40 to 50 j pounds of K20 was used there is gen erally about one-half stand of tobac co. Where smaller quantities of K20 were used, the effect is not noticeable." Dr. Summers states that Mr. Wil liamson presented the matter con servatively. The loss in Darlington county alone will run up into the hundreds of thousands. Other coun ties in the State have not reported tnd they may not be affected as se riously, but in Darlington, t* rough *he activity of J. M. Napier and Mr. 1 liamson. an effort has been made to locate all of the fields affected. There have been individual cases reported from other counties. Dr. Summers endorses the state ment of Mr. Williamson that "the evidence of the poisonous and disas trous results of the use of potash is positiv?-, overwhelming and spectacu lar." U can not be alleged that the widespread destruction of plant life is due to too much moisture, for by a process of elimination it was shown that one part of a field where the pot ash had been spread has suffered greatly while in another part where Gorman kainit or other forms of pot ash were used the plant life was healthy and the amount of moisture over the entire community was the same. < "I never witnessed such ruin in the fields from causes other than the most destructive hail storms." said Dr. Summers. "Oift farmer had lost all of his tobacco planting on one piece of land and he then plowed it and planted cotton. The cotton ger minated and grow very well until the roots came in contact with the pot.ish in the soil and then plains died. This farmer is trying cowpeas to sec if that crop will produce. "I think that the poison will%be eradicated from the soil in the course o fa year. I observed that where there had been heavy rains since tin- putting down of the potash that the poison seemed m have leeched out to some extent. We are making experiments in our laboratories and will know by .Monday more of the chemical nature of this American potash. "At a meeting of the cotton farm ers in Xew Orleans about two months ago an effort was made to get the government not to put -i heavy tariff upon German potash. This effort whs kiled by the agency of the men inter ested in American potash. A meeting of Southern commissioners of agricul ture will he held in Washington at ci early date to protest against a heavy1 od Fear not?Bet all the ends Thon AI SUMTEE, S. C, W?DN A CM WAR I _ j I I The Conservative Party Has De clared War on Berlin Government SEEK TO RE-ESTABLISH MONARCHY! j I j I Prussian Military Party Will I Not Submit To Democratic j Government ! ' ._ j London, July 5.?The German con | servativc party lias issued a procla i mation signed b y Ernest von Hey I debrand, the party's leader in the i j reichstag that the party "declares war on the government and intends to use its whole strength to reestablish the monarchy." according to a Copen hagen dispatch to the Exchange Telc * graph company. Former Kaiser Finds Difficulty in Obtaining Place of Residence EXPECTS TO REMAIN UNTIL AUTUMN Stated That Kollanci is A Healthy Place of Residence I Amerongen. July 5.?The former emperor of Germany has decided to I stay here, at least until the end of the summer and perhaps throughout the autumn owing to the difficulty which has been encountered in finding a suit able dwelling elsewhere. The health of both the former emperor and em press remains good, despite the wor ries of the last few weeks. Carolina Special Partly Wrecked j St. Matthews. July r>.? Driving into j an open switch at good speed pas j s<>:iprcr train L'7. better known as the ' "Carolina Special.*' north bound, was ! wrecked here today about noon and I a number of persons injured. The j train was in charge of Conductor Keckley, with Engineer H. G. Sense I ny at the throttle. Cut for 'he won j derful presence of mind and quick j work of Mr. Senseny a number of dead would surely have been the toll, j The t/ain was coming into the town I limits, and the engineer had just sounded the station signals. He states I that when within about a hundred j yards of the switch, he noticed that ! the bed slide was out. He signal I'd I to a railway hand standing nearby I to close it and at the same time cut j off the engine and applied the enier | gency brake. Seeing that his engine I was going to strike some box cars standing near a deep embankment, he jumped, and was followed by hi:; P?v I num. The train crashed into the bov; ! cars, demolishing a number of them land completely wrecking the engine. A train hand with the work train j on the siding was seriously injured. I being severely cut about the head. A I number of the passengers were slight ly bruised and badly shaken. Engi ' neer Senseny and fireman were se verely bruised in their jump. Scores j of people were immediately on the seen and the injured were rushed into town to a local infirmary and placed in charge of the local railway sur-1 geon. It is pretty clearly established that the train hand who threw tin- switch open did it under the stress of excite ment. He js said to have stated that upon seeing the approaching train hci looked up and saw th<> red signal fac-' ing him. He immediately threw and opened it. thinking he was closing it. The material damage to rolling stock is heavy. Murder in Florida De Funiak Springs. Fla.. July ? Alvin B. Green, who was operating a txey line between Florala, Alabama and De Funiak Springs, was shot and killed yesterday. William Alfred has] been arrested and according to the; authorities he confessed the crime. duty upon German potash. Our farm ers must have potash, .'iid if the do mestic brand is poison ir> the soil we must find a corrective or be permitted to buy the German potash (which we] can not do at the prohibitive prices proposed.") 1 >r. Summers declared that the ap pearance of some of the fields in Dar-| linKtoa county was really pitiful, fer' it is well known that Darlington has some of the finest farm lands in the State and lhey have been brought upj to a high stage of productivity. * coj't at be thy Country's, Thy God's a ESDAY, JULY 9, 1919. LOODY RIOT RAGE IN ITALY Crowds Loot Shops Destroying' What They Cannot Carry Off TROOPS FIRE INTO THE MOB Situation Is Growing More Des perate and Authorities Pow erless Florence, Italy, July r?.?Carbincrs fired upon the crowds today. Uisor-; ders are increasing and ransacking of sheps is widespread. Strengthened by rowdies the crowd has abandoned it self to general sacking of all shops without distinction, destroying what it is unable to carry away. One entire street is Hooded with petroleum, gaso line, wine, beer and olive oil. FOR REPAR Rebuilding of Devastated Re gions of France To Be Started CONFERENCE OF EXPERTS TO B2 HELD Germany Indicates Desire tc Comply With Peace Terms ! Paris, July 5.?Germany has indi i cated her desire to begin immediate i iy her compliance withy the terms o ! the peace treaty regarding repara i tions. Her request: for oral confer ' ences of German economic expert . with allied experts has been granted Bi-Plane Wrecked In Landing Halifax, July 5-?The giant Hahdley PagO biplane Atlantic under command of Vice Admiral Korr, which left I-Iar i j bor Grace, X. F.. yesterday, enroute tc ? Xcw York or Atlantic City, landed in ; the streets of Parrsboro this morning. The big airplane was forced to de j scend owing to engine trouble and in j landing was damaged beyond inimc Idiate repair. The crew were uninjur ! ed. British Dirigible In Sight Halifax, July ?British dirigible ! R-34. enroute to Mineola from East j Fortune, Scotland, was sighted at 1 Parrsboro, fifty miles northwest ol i Halifax at 4 a. m. local time. A huge ? bonfire built on the beach attracted I the attention of the dirigible crew. ' who manouvercd the craft over the i town as though endeavoring to rec ognize the place. Dirigibile in Trouble Washington. July ">.?Two Ameri ! can destroyers were ordered today to j proceed toward the Pay of Fundy to lend any required assistance to the [British dirible R-34. which reported j that she was fighting headwinds over j Nova Scotia with her fuel supply get ting low. The destroyers will put out from Boston with orders to establish radio communication with the dirigi I ble as quickly as possible and also to ; keep in touch with the Otter Cliff main wireless station. Drowned in Quarry Edgefield, July r,.?Edgar Lanham,! ' 21 year old son of the Roc. T. B. Ban- j ham of the Roper section of Edgefield ! county, was drowned at the old rock i quarry, two miles from here, while ; in bathing with a party of friends this; afternoon. The body of young Lan- i ham was recovered after a search of; two hours. Young Lanham had come j to Edgefield with his father and sister j to attend the dedicatory exercises of i the Baptist church today and late this afternoon he and eight or ten young; men motored to the quarry to go in j bathing. It is thought that he was i overcome by cramps as the last seen j of him .alive was when he called for; help. The body was brought to Edge-j field, but was taken to the Lanham j home tonight and will be interred at 1 Republican Baptist church graveyard, tomorow afternoon. Washington, July ">.?The comp troller of the currency today issued a call for a report on the condition of all national banks at the close of business. Monday. June 30th. Basle. July 6.?A dispatch from "* 'i'-vir. received today, says thai a bill has been introduced in the Ger man National Assembly providing for ratification of the peace treaty. m? Trift'ta THE TRUE CONGRESS SACK ON TUESDAY :_ I Senate Will Hear President Wil- j son on Peace Treaty Thursday THE HOUSE IS STRONG i ON PROHIBITION Strong Sentiment Exists Forj Enactment of War-time En-j forcement Measure - I Washington. July 6.?Members of j the senate and house began returning j to Washington today preparatory to j the recovening. Tuesday, of con- j gross after a week's Fourth of July i recess. The appearance of President j Wilson before the senate Thursday, at which time he will lay before that body the terms of the German peace I agreement, and consideration by the! house of wartime prohibition enforce ment legislation, are expected to out rank anything else before congress within the next fortnight. The address to be made by the president in presenting the treaty is awaited with great interest by both j advocates and opponents of the league of nations covenant. The treaty, as well a sthe Franco-American agree ment, probably will be referred im mediately to the foreign relations committee. No plan for consideration of the treaty has been announced by the committee, but the committee will probably make an exhaustive study qf the document and various related sub pects. It has been intimated that the committee would hold hearings. Some senate leaders have expressed the belief 'that President Wilson might appear before the com mitte, or at an 1 executive session of the senate to ex plain various portions of the treaty and league covenant. The house is expected to . take up I legislation to arm the government in I its enforcement of wartime prohibi tion immediately on convening Tues day. The judiciary committee, which recently reported to the house com mittee a bill i n three parts, provid ing for enforcement of both wartime ind constitutional prohibition, and re dating the manufacture of alcohol f. commercial purposes?, may hold a meeting tomorrow, depending on the number of its members present. Strong sentiment exists for prompt enactment of a wartime enforcement j measure, but whether this measure j will be part one of the bill already j reported or an entirely new bill has not been decided. Investigation of expenditures of the war department during the war will be resumed tomorrow by tlu pe i cial committee conducting the inquiry. Real Estate Transfers i The following transfers of real es t?te have been recorded in the audi tor's office since June 27th, the dates indicating the time of sale: Rafting Greek. June 1*1- ThI Geddings, et al. to Myer Geddings, 75 acres. $2.800. I June 7?The Master to Cherry and j Sarah Carter. 4 acres. J April 15?Bessie C. Irby to Bogan I C. Trippett. 17a acres, $5 and other considerations. April 15?Bessie C. Irby to Bessie T. Borneau. 171 ')-J0 acres, S"5 and other considerations. June 23?R. H. Roost to W. A. James 1-2 interest in 1 lot. $150.? June 24?W. A. James to J. L. Oil Iis. 1 lot. $400. j June 20?Jessie L. Josey to J. L.; Gillis, I lot, "$100. June 23?L. I). Jennings to J L. Gil- 1 Iis. 4 lots. $600. May 29?The Rembert Co. to Rich- j ard Allen, et al., 1 lot, $5 and other considerations. j Statcburg. June 16?M. M. White to School: District No. iO, 1 lot, $5 and'other considerations. Shiloh. Sept. IS, 'IS?C. Lulu McElvecn t' EL M. McElveen. acres, $500. , City of Sum tor. May 20?E. C. Haynsworth to Julius | Sulton, 1 lot, $500. May 20-E. C. Haynsworth to Mary a. Spears. 1 lot. $500. June 3?C. I). Brunk to F. B. ? Creech. 1 lot $1,300. June 6?William Berg to H. P. Moses,' 1?1 interest, 1 lot. 1 house, $1, 000 and other considerations. June 7? H; L. Crouch to A. D. j Marby. et al.. 2 lots. $1,800. June 1"?E. H. Rhame. Trustee to H. Harby. I lot. $2.4 75. June 14?H. Harby to J. J. Wil-: ?ams. 1 lot. $5 and other considera tions. June 17-It (\ Bradham to W. B. Burns. Jr.. 1 lot $5 00. May 1?R. O. Purdy to Rose J. I Spann. 2 lots, $1,100. | C?blenz, July 7.?Robert Minor, ihe American newspaper correspondent and cartoonist who has been under| detention h?-ro by army authorities pending investigation, has been releas ed. No formal announcement was mcade but officers said the case had been drooped on orders from higher ?l uthorities. Marlago Licenses. Colored?Ned Blackwell of Wedge field to Lucy Davis of Suntter. Elm ore Jacobs of Mayesvillo to Net-; ter Peterson of Mayesvillo, i SOUTHRON, Established imu, }?* VoLXLVIII. No. 42. ML ARRIVE TUESDAY P. M, Presidential Party Looking For ward to Landing On Ameri can Soil Again, EVERYTHING READY FOR THEIR RECEPTION To Be Met Outside By Warships and Escorted to Port. On Board the George Washington, Sunday, July 6.?The presidential party is evidently looking forward with high anticipations to being on American soil again. All arrange ments have been made for arriving in New York early Tuesday afternoon, and Washington Tuesday night. It is expected that the outcoming fleet of warships will be met Tuesday morn ing when the first salutes will be ex changed and the combined fleets will proceed together. A Few Reasons Why Every Farmer Should Grow Soy Beans 1. They are fine for feed and fine for fertility. 2. Time of planting extends from early spring until mid-summer, de pending on latitude and use to made of the crop. 3 For grain or as a main hay crop, the best time is about that for plant ing corn, when the ground has be come thoroughly warm. 4. As a pasture, green manure, soil ing, or even as a hay crop, the soy bean may be sown as late as August 1st. 5. Soy beans are more generally grown with corn than with any other crop a.nd may be combined ad vantageously in many systems of crop rotations. 6. The growing of soy bean seed enables the farmer to produce at a moderate cost, part of the high pro tein concentrates necessary for stock feed and milk production. 7. Soy bean straw is a valuable J feed for all kinds of stock. ! 8. The soy bean will yield from orfe I to three tons of hay to the acre. \ j 9. Soy bean hay is equal or superior I to any other leguminous crop. The ? use of this hay as a -source of ?ro | tein to balance feeds for growing s:ock or for milk, should reduce .the quan tity of high priced concentrated feeds I which it is necessary to purchase. 10. The soy bean can be utilized as ja pasture for all kinds of stock, the j most profitable method prehaos being j to pasture with hogs, supplementing I the-corn ration. j For^suuapjete information about this valuable "crop?-if you are! a North j Carolina farmer, write ^he Division j of Agriculture at Raleigh. N. C, and if a South Carolina farmer, write the Department of Agricultur-. Clemson College, S. C, for "Soy Bean Bulle tin", or write the Division of Publi cations. U. S. Department of Agricul ture. Washington. D. C, for Farmers' Bulletin 973?"The Soy Bean: Its Culture and Uses". C. A. Cardwell. Agricultural and Industral Agent. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Wilmington, N, C. Paris, Wednesday, July 2.?Total French losses in killed and missing on land and sea, as officia11" established up to the day of signL0 the armis tice, amounted to 1,360,235. D U.S. MISSION Frank L. Polk Has Been Asked To Come To Paris ' TAKE THE PLACE OF SECRETARY LANSING Announced That Mr. Polk Will Probably Accept If His Health Will Permit Paris. July 7.?Announcement is made that Frank L. Polk, acting sec retary of State has been asked to come to Paris to lake the place of Secre tary La using as head of the Ameri can mission, if Mr. PcdlCs health would permit. President Will Address The Senate Thursday Washington. July 7.?President Wilson will address the senate on the peace treaty and league of nations at noon Thursday, the White House an nounced.