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To Study The Potash Situation Expert From Clemson College Making Investigation Clemscn Collesce. July t6.? Follow ing up The trouble with potash in the Pee Dee section. Prof. C. P. Black well, chief of the agronomy, division, has gone to Florence and Sumter counties to put in experiments and to make further Held studies concern ing the damages being done to crops by the use of potash. At the-Pee Dee Experiment Station - " at f'idrence tests wbi be made by ap plying potash with home-mixed fer tilizers, both directly under the crops and by broadcasting in the soil. !?:>: ?periments will be made with cotton, ; tobacco, and corn. Tests will a!s>> be made by using boric acid in order to determine the effects of borax upon "growing crops. Prof. Blackweil will make field ^ studies in Sumter County of the dam ages reported from that section. Premier Nitti Shows Strength Italian Chamber of Deputies Give Him Vote of Confidence Rome, July 15.?Th. government of Premier Nitti, which took office ? several weeks ago, tonight received a .?c^ote of confidence in the chamber of ? deputies. Sheriff of Greenville Capt. Sam D. Willis Named by Governor Columbia. July ? 14.?Governor . Cooper tonight named Capt. Sam D. Willis, who commanded the Butler Guards in France, to be sheriff of Greenville county to fill the vacancy caused by the recent killing of Sheriff Hendrix Rector. Capt. "Willis is only 2y years old ? and'is probably the youngest sheriff in the State. There were twelve ap plicants for the office. I. W.W. Ask New Trial - Forty-Six Convicted Criminals Allege Unfair Trial San Francisco, July 17.?New trials ? for forty-four Industrial Workers cf ? the World and others convicted in -' Sacramento six months ago of violat ing the federal espionage act arV 'SQUght through a Avrit of error which was on file today in the district court. The contentions are that the trial was .'? unfair and the verdict of guilty un ? warranted by the evidence. Big Road Contract Gilbert C. White Elected Super vising Engineer of $2,000.000 Job Mr. Gilbert C. \Thii<-. "of Dihrham. ? N. C, who was advisory engineer to the <'iiy of Sumter in the negotiations (or the purchase of the plant of the j Sumter Lighting Company and will supervise the rehabilitation of the plant for the city stands high pro fessionally and has tin- confidence of the people of his own State. The f<;i !'?wing special to the Durham Daily Xews tells of his election as supervis ing engineer of a $200.000 highway system for Lenoir county: j j Einst?n. July ? Gilbert <\ White. ; of Durham, has been chosen to super vise the building of Lenoir county's [new $2.000.000 highway system. Out [.of nearly 200 engineers applying for the job only White and a Xew York j man remained in tin- field when the ; highway commission completed its elimination of candidates. The- Dur ham expert was chosen after two hours' deliberation, lie will get five per cent for his work. Within 10 days [ White will come here with 3 0 assist j tant engineers to map the county. j Demand For Papers Senate Asks President Wilson For Copy of Protest j Washington, July 17?Without a . record vote or debate the senate to day adopted a lesolution by Senator Borah, asking President Wilson to send to the senate "if not incompat ible with the public interest" a copy ?of the protest said to have been mad* by some members of the American . peace commission against the Shan tung provision in the peace treaty. Polk Going To Paris ???? Under Secretary of State Polk Leaves Washington To I I Morrow t _ Wr.ihingtcn, July 17.?Under Sec retary Polk announced today that he would leave tomorrow for Kew Ynr.c. where he will confer with Seer era ?*>' Lansing before sailing for Paris to take Sir Lansing's place as the head of the American delegation. Secre tary Lansing is expected to arrive at New York Saturday. ' Mr. V. H. Phelps. while moving i furniture and other things from the ' burning houses last night, wrenched ? his back and is now confined to his bed. Trade With Germany War Trade Division Issues Li censes Yvashington, July i-I.?General li censes covering, import and export trading with Germany were issued late i' day !>y the war trade division of the suite department with the ap prove I of Aetin.tr Secretary Polk. Ex ci ;>; in certain eas? s provided under the treaty of peace, trading between the united States and Germany may, be commenced at once. The \var trade division's action was in line with the order of the council of five at Paris lifting the economic blockade of Germany last Saturday. The formal notice by Acting Secretary Polk was accompanied by two sweep ing orders, one abolishing the export I conservation list and the other re scinding bunker restrictions which have prevented the coaling of vessels at American ports without licenses. Trading with Germany is expected to begin at once, three- ships for Ger tnahy already having been loaded in American ports. The shipping board] has announced that it stood ready to j establish steamship lines between' American Atlantic and gulf ports and; [lamburg and Bremen as soon as car- j go< s are at the dock:. Restrictions i ... in force affect j trading between the United States and! .Hungary and with those- sections of j Russia controlled by the Bolsheviki, Tin- importation of dyes, dyestuffs,! i potash, drugs and chemicals which) jhave !.<??!) manufactured in Germany,! even if they have been transported; elsewhere bfore being shipped to the j i Unit? d States, is still forbidden ex-j cept when individual import licenses j are secured to cover foe movements. The importation of wheat and wheat j j fiour also is banned to protect the! 'government price guarantee on wheat! I grown in the United States and the j [general licenses do not cover impor tation of sugar or tin. in pig or alloy, j In rescinding the export conserva j tion lisu the board called particular attention to the fact that all regula tiens which have been in force affect ing the movement of coal and coke to! Scandinavia and Holland have be?n set aside, while the bunker licenses! are extended to authorize vessels ftying the flag of any nation to coal*in J the United States for any port with out any formalities. All of the Ii- J censes are made effective from July Quality always commands a price and earns a profit cn production, while inferior goods are a drug on the market and to not sell for cost of production. This is a lesson that the tobacco farmers are having impress- i eel upon them this season. Last sea son anything that smeiied like tobac-J co seid for good money, but this year there is no demnad for trash. A Triumph of v I ious 1 \ And yet, the 4RoyaI Cord' pos . sesses amazing buoyancy and life. That's the secret of this famous tire's success. Har^iJ^ood^Jthtit means many extra *miles, combined with the luxury of easier riding. Let us put 'Royal Cords9 on your gax* They are the utmost in equip finent?the finest tires in the world 2? 'Royal Cord' one of the five I? Unite are We know United States Tires */e good tires. That's why we sell th Anchor Auto. Co. Smnter Motor Co. W. G Rogers. Bisbopville. B. C. Gflfis & Co., Reinheit. W. CL Plowden?New Zion. Farmers Supply Co.?Pinewood. Wexlgefield Mercantile Co.?Wed; jtiehj, _;_ D. H. Skinner. Elliott. Geo. M. Hall. I,u. Know. 1. \. Griffin. Lyiichbur? J)a!*e!i Mercantile <<>.. Dalzell. H. tu Thomas?Mayesville W. 1>. DavL?Suirimerton. Auto Sales Co.?Bisbopville. J. L. Giliis &- Co., Pvcmhcrt. -inchor Motor'Co, Cotton Consumed In June Census Bureau Says 474,407 Bales; Linters 15,037 Washington. July 15.?Cotton con sumed during June was 4 74.407 bales of lint and 15.037 of linters. the cen sus bureau announced today. In June last year 515.823 bales of lint and 102.496 of linters were con sumed. Cotton on hand June 30, in consuming establishments was 1.364. 727 bales of lint and 261.961 of lint ers. compared with 1.673.12? of lint and 1 54.455 of linters a year ago. and in public storage and at compresses. 2 783,141 bales of lint and 209 543 of linters, compared with 2.116.193 of lint and 285.785 of linters. Cotton spindles active during June numbered 33.(?43.405. compared with 33.675,285 in June last year. Data on imports and exports was incomplete, the bureau announced. Statistics for cotton-growing States show: Consumed during June 258.919 bales, compared with 285.401 in June last year. On hand June 30 in consuming es tablishments. 636,472 bales, compared with 74 2.829 a year ago. and in pub lic storage and at compresses 2,523, 726 bales, compared with 1,726,504 a year ago. Cotton spindles active during Jane 14.532.336, compared wiih 14,248,664 in June last year. The Memorial. (Columbia Record.) I It will be a source of gratification j to the people of South Carolina that I the Memorial Commission created by ! act of the General Assembly, has de \ termined to erect, in the form of a ! building, a memorial to those of the ! sons of the State who made the su j preme sacrifice in the Great War fit ! ting and appropriate to stand as a I tribute to these martyrs to the sa cred cause of civilization, democracy I and human freedom. I The people of State, justly proud of the noble part their sons and bro thers performed in the struggle to ! crush the might of the Hun and of I their glorious achievements on the I battefield, will respond with patriotic i enthusiasm and with the liberality j their pride and reverence will engend | er to the call soon to be issued for I funds to supplement the appropria j tion already made by the legislature, j They, can look upon this opportunity j to subscribe to so worthy and so sat I isfying a cause only as a great priv j ilege which comes not* to all and at best once in a lifetime. The plans of the Memorial Com mission, as these have tentatively been determined, call for the erection of a I memorial building tot cost $500,000, of j which the sum of $100,000 has been j appropriated by the last legislature.. ? The remaining $400,000, it is proposed i shall be raised through public sub | scription. Thus two purposes are j served. The memorial to be erected j can take such form as will be fitting j to its high purpose. And every cit | izen of South Carolina may have a { part, however humble, in the mag | nificent tribute. The act creating the Memorial Com J mission and giving it authority to I make use of the $100,000 appropria ' tion. provides that the building to be I erected "shall preserve in marble or j bronze or other imperishable form i the names of all South Carolinians, j whether soldiers, sailors, or other workers in the cause of victory who have given their lives as the supreme j sacrifice in the winning of the war." It is further provided that the building I shall be the repository of books, man uscripts or other records of the his tory of the war. The commission has very properly concluded that such a building as the purpose for which it is to be erected seems to dictate can not be provided for less than $500. 000. This decision, we believe, will meet with the* hearty approval of the people of the State. No memorial that we might erect to those who died for us and for the preservation of civil ization, can do them justice. In no way will we ever be able to pay our everlasting debt to them. But we can, as a proud and a reverent people, give expression of our gratitude, and raise a memorial which will stand as our tribute to oi.r martyred heroes and of which we need not be ashamed. Votes for Big Bond Issue. The largest bond issue ever submit ted in any county in Te....s and one of the largest voted anywhere in the country was ratified by a big majority recently in Dallas county, Texas. It provides $6.500,000 for a complete' belt line around the county, with 12 roads radiating from Dallas to all sec tions and 6 intermediate roads con-1 necting the radial highways. The system provides for 3 32 miles of road, and in addition feeder roads amount ing to about loo miles will be im proved by the decrease in maintenance expenses. Federal aid amounting to 5250,000 had been allotted to Dallas county for its highway development, and it is expected that a large num ber of motor trucks will be assigned to assist in the construction work! The favorable > ?seption of the big) bond issue in this county is expected ! by officials of the Bureau of Public | noads. United states department of1 agriculture, to have a favorable effect on similar proposals elsewhere. Road building in Texas is at high tide. State highway engineers estimate that more than $20.000,000 worth of roads are now under construction. -j Mr. Eugene McCollum, Miss Lucile Bracey and Mr. E. Turner White left n Monday night for New York on a| buying Trip in tin- interests of McCol um Bros. They expect to be gone ibout two weeks. Accompanying the party were Miss Perth.. Chandler -nd Miss Ruth Brooks who have re cently opened a millinery department ?t McCollum Bros, store having tak n over ;hat formerly conducted by \Iisses Wade. Misses Chandler and. Brooks will spend their time in New York selecting fall millinery and re turn with the rest of the party. Mr. j White, who is a well known dry goods man. will be connected with McCol- J ium 3rcc. this season. Daylight Saving Will Continue House Fails to Overrule Presi dent Washington. July H.?The daylight saving plan, under which the clocks of the country arc turned forward an hour in March and moved back in Oc tober, will be continued indefinitely This was assured today when, fol lowing President Wilson's veto of the $33,000,000 agricultural appropriation bill because of its rider repealing [}<<?? daylight saving act. the house failed, by a vote of 247 to 135. to pass the measure over the president's veto. Strength mustered by the repeal ad vocates was eight votes less than the necessary two-thirds of the members present. Party lines were disregarded in the voting', members from agricul tural districts, the source of the op position .favoring passage of the bill as originally enacted with representa tives from the urban districts op posed. House advocates of the repeal said tonight that no further effort would be made at this session, perhaps not in this congress which continues in existence until March IS21, to wipe out the act. Senate leaders also indicated that no action would be originated in that body to repeal the measure. Good Roads Save Money. The improved roads of Milwaukee county. Wis.. save $25,000 a day to the people who use them. This is the esti mate of the county commissioner of highways, as reported to the Bureau of Public Roads of the United States department of agriculture. The sta tistics are based on a census of the traffic taken periodically during the past four years. The census is made by selecting 52 points scattered throughout the county, and" making seven counts at each point, one for every day of the week. The eount is not made on consecutive days, but at various periods from April to Novem ber, so as to arrive at average condi tions. This census is taken to deter mine the durability of certain types of pavement, according to the amount of traffic a square yard. It shows that about 25,000 vehicles of all kinds travel the highway each day. Traffic on the road has increased about 42 per cent a year during the four years in which the survey has been made. Recruits For Navy The Naval Appropriation Bill ap proved June 11th provides in part, that, until June 30th, 1920, enlist ments in the Navy may be for periods of two, three or four years with pro portionate benefits upon discharge and reenlistment. Enlistments for two, three of four years are at the option of the Recruits and enlist ments may be made it. ny rating now open for first enlistment. Those rat ings open for men on first enlistment include practically every trade and schools in which to learn the trade with the exception of machinists. Men enlisting for two, three or four years are entitled to extra pay for reenlistment under continuous ser vice,, extra pay for citizenship and to two, three or four months Honorable Discharge Gratuity respectively, if re enlisting under Honorable Discharge. Present war pay now permanent for men during current enlistment for all men enlisting or reenlisting prior to July 1st, 1920, for the term of such elistment or reenlistment. Enlist ments for machinist must be for three or four years. For information apply at Y. M. C. A., July 16-17. More Seamen Strike Increase Fails to Satisfy Em ployees New York, July 14.?The threaten ed strike of men employed on vessels controlled by the United States ship ping board was called late today. Ac cording to union officials 50,000 sea men and thousands of stewards, cooks and other employees joined the ranks of those already -on strike in the coastwise trade. The offer of the shipping-board of higher wages and shorter hours hi port was duplicated- today by the American Steamship Association which control 75 per cent of the coast : wise shipping but failed to bring j about a settlement. * j Shipping board officials will make j another effort tomorow to reach an I agreement with the strike leaders ?and end a situaton which is admit j tedly having a serious effect on ; sea j borne com mere*-. The principal bone j of contention, the union heads say, is ; over the question of a closed shop. ! The outlook was made more threat ening today when William S.; Brown, I international president of the Marine I Engineers, telegraphed from Buffalo that his union had voted to join the walk out if the demands of the strik ers were not met. The steamship association consent ed today to meet the. offer of the ship ping board, but asserted that ad vances in wages at this time "will' in evitably interfere with the upbuild ing and maintenance of the American merchant marine in the overseas trade." The association declared that wages paid on American ships are higher than those paid seamen anywhere:elSe in the world but that the award* pi the shipping board makes it obliga tory on private owners to concede a similar rate of pajr. . . . Will Investigate "Soft Pork." The problem of soft pork is one. of the most important now confronting the hog growers of the United States. That a more definite knowledge of this question might be available congress has appropriated $20,^00 to be llised by the United States department of agriculture for a study of this'ques tion. It is the intention of the ^de partment to make a study' regarding the effect of feeding both peanuts and soy beans to hogs. Possibility of hardening hogs fed on these feeds will be looked into' to determine tfife conjunction with other feeds and stijl produce hard pork. The department hopes by close study, covering a, large number of hogs and several year'tf time, to determine some .facts &htt solve some problems that are how facing the American farmer, becah^ of the reduced price paid at the cen tral markets for hogs- supposed^ be soft. Many bf the'agricurturai.ex^ periment stations will cooperate' close ly with the department in these studies. ' ? . ... r The road to Pocalla has been re built by County Engineer MeLeUan and it is now in fine condition. T?p have a first class road to Poc&'la is a. great comfort to the thousands "of Sumter people who visit this resort during the summer. The Stateburg road is also being re built and will soon be in first ~cla.sk condition. An arrangement will rfce made with a number of farmers Irv ing on this road to drag it at regular intervals and to keep it in good1 cott dition after the road construction force has completed its work. maximum amount How Much is < Hour farm Worth i m Date of Sale Aug. 31, 1918 . Sept. 10, 1928 . Sept. 11, 1918 _ Sept. 13, 1918 . Sept. 14, 1918 _ Oct. 1, 1918.... Oct 9, 1918.... Nov. 19, 1918,. May 7, 1919_ Owner -C. O. Dixon, Esq _H. N. Singletary,Esq.? _ Du rant, Horton & Floyd .Mrs. Mary J. Harrell? _J. D. Coker, Esq _F.L. & John Wilcox .W. T. Wilkins, Esq.. .York Real Estate Co... .Catawba Real Estate Co. South Carolina farms ran fee sold to better advantage now than ever before. Crop values in 1918 increased Ninety Mil lion Dollars. Money is plen tiful. There is a demand for small farms. By subdividing your farm or idle land we cari sell it at auction for you quick ly and profitably. Note tHe prices brought by these South Carolina Farms sold through us. * Location Ain't SeU Fir Near Mullins, S. C_$42,999.16 u Lake City, S. C.._ 66,723.6* " Manning, S. C. 35,294.62 " Darlington, S. C ._ 25,134.56 " Hartsville S. C_10,116 20 " Timmonsville,S.C._ 71,589.85 " Kingstree, S. C..._ 19,206.72 York, S. C.._.11,331 25 Rock Hill, S. C._17,500 00 If we can sell property satisfactorily for the other fellow, and hundreds of en dorsement letters testify to that fact, dosen't it stand to reason thaVWe can sell your land to advantage? In 1918 our total sales of Ninety-Seven Thous and Six Hundred and Eighty-Eight Acres of Farm Land amounted to Over five Million Dollars We are completely equipped with an efficient corps of publicity I experts, accurate surveyers, energetic auctioneers and sales force. ' ' T Write today tor booklet explaining our methods. Farm Lands Our Specialty ?Territory Unlimited Atlantic Coast Realty Co. "The Name That Justifies Your Confidence" Petersburg, Va.-Greenville, N. C. Reference: Any bank in Petersburg, Va. or Greenv?le, N. C