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M H?ldersIMay I^?e?ftil^?i^ier Interest ?x " *&ftfe #rHo!dings ^n^^Sa^y^perty Bonds of -the fLoan and of the First Averted may receive cohsid ^bly^o^.than $900,000 in' increas * ? ? ~vx llie next six months- it mtjNUieir holdings.of these ^ ai^^nce for conversion ihto.,4 |?$r cent bonds, coupon or )d, according to an announce ma^eipy the Federal Re ofvRichmond. There ? are ?a -ihe United States .about ,000 Tglr these bonds npt-.-?yet %. a Tjlock of no incdrisider being owned, it is thought, tty. of \the. Second Liberty Loanj ive %.ot been converted ihto ?r cent securities should be byr^eir o-tirners to some, lo before November 15, 191.9. jcuritisis. will. -be; received - in 4 for^^SKher:-coupon or reg--I If 1-4 "per cent bonds, the new J 79.!-interest to begin:on the dates) er, unless the bonds are Rre: r conversion before, Novem .15 and December . 15, respectively* 4v..lr4 peV cent ?rate of interest ^otjbegipituntil May 15, 1920 in case-of-the. Second Liberty Loan :a?d not until July 15. 1920 on^ of^the. -First* Liberty Loan | In,, other wordsr by wait ' "ti[*'fJoyember 15 and De respectively, the holders4 ohverted bonds, as mdicat fl lose six months'/interest at o^. pn^ per . cent, which on. .:toncoftverfed bohds outstand v-lhe issues named would to m$re-than $900,000. ^ f of. tibV First Liberty Loan 'paSpa- 1 -a. per cent. Bonds -Second. Liberty Loan carried :j?t ?h$ rate of 4 per cent, -pf Ew~tt -Liberty. Loa^ Bonds ""'refore flowed to convert ^2_.pj^jcent bonds into 4 per rities known as First Liberty yert^a. .A great many s?b ok advantage of this offer. ^tf*jo> did so and all holders fc!W5?tfe: Second Loan may their interest return ^ ir holdings into 4 1-4 bonds, this being the inter and Fourth pf! tOne- Thiid j?berty Loans.. . . - w. ?? ? "First. ~^It seenas. tcvJae true vthat the Crown SHsfeci is- m/Ifee habit of attending ""service, at ^^^4ocal village church, >Dftt, iiv. spite of '-'"fiis previous experi . ^'-FifcB^^e are informed that li^.i&es M iB4&6 ease take the col le^btioft.-:^Lo^o)t Opinion: - .- * 1'?^' "T "-'?-:-; ^^^Ifflaii^-. iWDftud says, -she is ready to^^ake i^ ^TOU are. ^f.^The Cat: ^Judging from her com ''"fefe?oi^ j^^h^Eth?; vtnliik she .would be; .?iiSfjv ?"pj?nneiah?. _ .Z; ~ 1._.?. ,?* EX-KAISER RE . FUSES TO TALK Ignatius Lincoln and "Herr An derson" Visit Hohenzol lern t . ?. . . ? ?. Amerongen, Sept. 21 (By the Asso ciated Press).?The former German emperor has refused to break his long silence so far as the public is con cerned, even at the behest of the monarchist leaders of Germany, Igna tius T. Lincoln, the German agent, who was at one time a me!:>oer of the British parliament and was in terned...during the greater part of the war, returned hastily to B^lin today with his guest "Herr Anderson" after a. conference at Bentinck Castle this morning. It was believed that Lincoln came to Amerongen for the purpose of ob taining, some direct word from the fornaer Efriperor, which he could de liver i Ip tfc.e. -KohsiKzollern supporters. But i? he did the; nature of it is not disclosed. Last night Lincoln informed the Associated Press that he expected to . have a startling statement to make Sunday. But just^before hastening by automobile to Utrecht, immediately after the conference, he said he had* not. been . authorized to talk. Lincoln apparently based high hopes on the conference today. It is known at Amerongen that while the monarchists in,Germany do not con sider the time ripe for any revival of the Hohenzollern claims, they have been somewhat disturbed by the re ports that the former royal family seenis content .to settle down in Hol land .and have recently bombarded both- the former Emperor and form er .Crown Prince with information, purporting-to-show that the greater, part: of the population of Germany will, sooner or later, urge a limited constitutional monarchy, with a Ho henzollern king. n -William Hohenzollern, however, while keeping in close touch with af fairs, apparently has decided to pre serve silence both for the sake of him self and,, his eldest son. ' .Got Any in Your Pocket? The wife of a Dorchester man who had the traditional failing?he forgot lo mail letters?has cured him. The mail is .delivered at their home before the breakfast hour?which is com paratively late. One morning she said to her husband: "Did you have any mail this morn ing, dear?" . ".Only a circular," he answered as he. bit into a . fine brown slice of jtoast. ;:"Huh," Said the wife. "By the way. did you mail, the letters I gave you yesterday?" # "Sure I did," was the righteously in dignant reply. "Well," answered wifie, with an eloquent smile, "it's funny, then, you had no letters this morning, because one of those I gave you to mail was addressfed to you?-just as' a sort of ^^b=B^to^.Her^ld^.^.. COAL AND OIL j LANDS OF MEXICO 'The Government Claims Control i i Under Spanish and Other Old Laws Mexico City, Aug. 27.?Legrai prec edent for the republic of Mexico 1o nationalize its lands which are now devoted to the production of petrol euro, is claimed in a statement re cently furnished -to The Associated Press by Leon Salinas, sub-secretary of the department of commerce and Industry which has this question in charge. Laws and statutes governing the development of coal and oil deposits date back to the days of the viceroys in Mexico, the statement says, and since that time there has been a se ries of decrees and laws that firmly establishes the rights of the repub lic in this regard. The question is now in the hands of the Mexican congress for revision with a view to adjudicating claims made by foreign companies with vast inter ests "in Mexico. . ' As early as 1793 the Spanish gov ernment by laws known as "Mining Statutes *6f New Spain," established the absolute dominion of the crown over mines and their products in Mexico, says the statement. Benito Juarez, president of Mexico, decreed in 1863 that the nation* ha:; direct dominion over coal beds. In 1881 the Supreme Court of Justice decided that the coal mines I were subject to be denounced and that the "Mining Statutes of New I Spain" were still in force. Two j years later the congress of the union I amended the federal constitution, es | tablishing the right of that, congress j to issue mining and commercial coder; I which should be binding throughout khe republic. ; Based upon such authorization and exercising the authority granted by the legislative power, the president in 1884 issued the first mining code of the Mexican republic which declared, in substance, that the coal and oil of the subsoil belonged to the owner of the surface. This principle was fol lowed in the mining laws issued by congress in 1892 and in 1910. The statement declares that later, in 1917, Article 27 of the Constitu ton, the proposed amendment to which has been submitted to congress by President Carranza.. recognized the dominion of the nation over the hydrocarbons and the system of con cessions for the exploration and de velopment of petroleum. It is claim ed that the law -which is now pro I posed is founded upon the principles I of the constitution. Box-Office Philosophy. "Of course, you have studied the Baconian theory?" "No," said Mr. Stormington Barnes. "I don't believe that? taking Shakes speare's name off the program and putting Bacon's on would bring a single extra nickel into the box-Of fice.'^?"Washington Star. WAR MATERIAL WORRIES HUNS Its Disposition a Problem Con fronting German Military Authorities With the American Forces in fl^r many, Aug. 22.?How to dispose of war material worth many millions of j marks is a problem confronting (let--; man military authorities. Press re-1 ports from various parts of Germany i indicate that great, masses of guns, and other war material are rusting j on old drill grounds or are being sold j for junk. Illustrated papers recently publish- j ed a photograph of an enormous stack j of shell damaged, cannon which were J to be broken up in Westphalia for the -metal. Newspapers say that on ' the old artillery drill ground at Old enburg there are more than 1.000 wagons and guns in various stages of wreck, awaiting purchasers. S'ome j of the editors have been demanding that something be done at once to get old baggage wagons^ and other i former war vehicles into the hands of the farmers who are much in need of wagons. Article 169 of the Peace Trealfr states that "within two months of the coming into force of the present J treaty German arms, munitions and war material, including anti-aircraft material, existing in'Germany in ex cess of the quantities allowed, must; be surrendered to the governments of the principal allied and associated powers, to be destroyed or rendered useless. German newspapers say that vast stocks of wagons, field ranges and guns and other material are stored at milit y posts throughout the coun try and nat the German officials are making no effort to dispose of them. Goats Take Place of Cows and Men and Women That of Horses. Prague. Aug. 10.?The goat is taking the place of the cow as a milk (provider in Czecho-Slovakia. The armies which'battled in Piastern Eu rope stripped this land of its horses and four terrible years of war almost exterminated its cattle. Everywhere is felt the lack of fats even in regions which formerly produced enormous I quantities of dairy products. Formerly only the very poor resort ed to the goat as a source of milk but now these animals are seen ev erywhere herded singly and in flocks by children and old persons. They are cheap, mature and reproduce quickly and furnish nutritious milk. Tho absence of horses and oxen is evident everywhere. The harvest is on as this is being written and in the fields the men and women are gathr ering grain and dragging wagons. Al though this section was untouched by actual battle thp absence of live stock in the fields and pastures and the smokeless stacks of hundreds of fac tories show the blighting effects of the great war. KING ALBERT SAILS j - j Belgian Royal Family Enroutej to America Brussels, Sept. 22.?King Albert, j Queen Elizabeth and Crown Prince} Leopold have sailed for the United States. MEXICAN OIL FIELDS! ARE RIVERS OF GOLD _ I j Mexico City. Aug. 2-">.?The vast pe troleum deposits in Mexico veritable [rivers of gold to their owners, have j within the past few years attracted the attention of the world; first, be j cause their exhaustless supplies filWj j a demand in Ihr commercial world j which was emphasized <luring the war, and sccondlv, because of late j.they have formed one of the most fruitful sources of misunderstanding ! between the governments of Mexico land the United States, j The development of this industry j by foreign capital has reached the point where dividends are declared in millions of dollars and production runs into millons of barrels. Legislation designed *>y the Mexican government to divert what it terms its just share*c/ profit into the nat ional treasury has been met by charges of confiscation on me part of the foreign interests whose, op position has become so vigorous that President Carrarza recently stated in an interview that the petroleum com panies were deliberately engendering ill-feling between the United States and/ Mexico. Exploitation of petroleum in Mex j !co for commercial purposes is con fined to the past eighteen years, ac cording to a sta tement recently f ur-J nished to The Associated Press by the department of commerce ""and in-I dustry. I Exploration of the oil fields began .about 1900 and has been conducted since by the Mexican Petroleum j Company of California, the Briti* firm of Pearson & Son, the Huasteca Petroleum Company, the East Oil Company, the Oil Company of Tepe tate and others. Vessels now available to convey Mexican oil have approximately 700, 000 tons capacity and are worth $90. 000.000. In addition it is stated that ,the value of pipe lines is estimated at $50.000,00 and storage depots at $80.000.000. The pipe line system is 780 miles long and the steel tanks for the storage of oil have a capacity of 26.000.0O0 barrels. Commenting upon these .figures the statement says that "the Mexican oil industry has not yet equalled the American because of the lack of means of transportation and of stor ing which are not equal to the pro duction of the oil lands." It is as serted that the potential production of the fields is nine-fold greater than that registered at the present time. Astor: <I say. lend me a dollar for a week, old man? Waldorf: I might: who is this weak old man??Brunonian. AVhat WM the Master Say? ?? Sometime, somewhere will the day be o'er, The sun will go-tiown on this mortal shore, * No mor'^ will we toil at the task . of life, No more will we suffer its anguish; and strife. Sometime, somewhere, to each' one and all, Will come, without doubt, the Mas ter's call, And to him we must answer, concern ing life's task, The questions that then the Master will ask. And when we are called to-the reckoning there. At the end of life's day, sometime, somewhere, And the Master shall ask us each, one by one, To give an account of the tasks we've done. ? -. 1 And when we have finished our stories to tell. Will the Master say to us "My child you've done well. Faithful you've been in my earthly employ, j .. y Now enter forever my heavenly joy.* Or will he. because we have t??een false to our trust, Look on us with shame, and contempt and disgust, ? v And say as it is said of the servant of old: "Depart, ye accursed, ye are none of my fold." - .-'?* Ah. friends, your answer, what-will It be. When the Master -he calleth' for ;*you and for me. Af the close of life"s journey, when the task is all donfe. He calls us before him there, one by one? ? ?'? ?' ' ;H Oh, we had better be ready to an swer him then, Tfor never before him will he call us - again. ? - -: WTien life's day is finished, and -th9 Master shall- come, We will leave" him forever, or go with him home. ?Rev. E. W. Reynolds. Sumter, Sept. .11th. Celtic Lodge. The Irish assessor had returifed-.his books and the Board of Equalization was in session, when they called-the assessor in and directed his attention - to the fact that he had assessed a goat at eight dollars. "What.:au thority had you for assessing a goat so high ?" the chairman asked. "Sure, I had me instructions," re plied the Irishman. "There's nothing'like that in the Instructions." "Sure an'-don't it say that all;-ad jacent and abutin' property shall-be assessed at four dollars a front foot?. And -ain't a goat abutiti*^^r?perty, and ain't he got two front feet?"; - UNCEMENT! IV Call or Phone for a Demonstration, It will pay you -to see this car before you buy. OVE CO.