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ORDERS ON FERTILIZERS Senator From South Carolina Makes Public Letter From De partment of Agriculture Washington, Oct. 28.?Senator Dial of South Carolina made public today the text of orders issued by the bu reau of soils, department of agricul ture, which are designed to prevent crop damage through the sale and the ' application of artificial fertilizers con ' taining undue proportions of borax. While these orders are primarily of interest to South Carolina, they in part cover the entire South in their ' scope. Photographs illustrating dam age alleged to have been wrought by American or "Trona" potash in the ' Pee Dee section of South Carolina were exhibited to the ways and means -committee of the house of represen tatives recently, in the course of hear ings on the proposal to establish an * import duty which would protect the ; infant American potash industry. ? - Dr. C-C. Fletcher of the bureau of soils was sent to South Carolina last July to study the conditibns there, in furtherance of an investigation then being made by the bureau, and the, orders now issued are the outcome of the findings. Secretary Houston deem ed1 it advisable to comply with a re 'cent request from Senater Dial for a copy of Dr. Fletcher's report, but to day the senator received from the chief of the bureau of soils. Dr. Mil ton Whitney, a letter enclosing or ? dersyWhich had just been issued. Dr. - Whitney advised the senator that the ?^department had considered the sub ject of "High Borax containing pot ? ash salts, such as are derived fromj the Searles Lake deposit/ and under authority of the control act of August I 1ft. 1917, has issued an order to the Se#arles Lake producers and to all orokers, fertilizer manufacturers and mixers to insure the safe use of this; ??' material for fertilizer purposes." The Order to the producers -is dated Oc tober 24 and is in part as follows: "The department has investigated the damge to crops attributed to the use. of fertilizer containing high borax potash and has traced in important - instances this potash i o the produce of .Searles Lake. In order to per mit the safe use of this product in future, the department, under author ity of the control act of August 10. 1917. has decided to place such re strictions on the use of potash salts containing horax as will guarantee i the use of an application of not more j ?than two pounds of anhydroux bor- j ax per acre. In order to effect this, you are instructed not to sell direct t? farmers as straight goods, or to any broker or other person for use byj farmers as straight goods, potash salt* containing more than 5-10ths of 1( per cent, of anhydrous borax." An order has been issued to brok ers, fertilizer manufacturers and mixers which permits them to con tinue using in mixed goods potash salts containng borax, but they must /-not allow more than two pounds per ton of borax. The United State? department of agriculture has. therefore sustained in substance the contentions made by i the planters, that the crop damage of which they complained was due to impurities in the American potash salts supplied them. , LATE NEWS FROM RUSSIA Helsingfors, Oct. 29.?Lieut. Col.! Malone. a member of the British J house of com..ions, who has returned j after a darng visit t< Petrograd, de- J dares that he is convinced, after an j investigation of the political and mil- j itary situation in Russia that it is j improbable that Petrograd will fall j this winter. He said that reports of dissension among the Bolsheviki are j unfounded and Lenine and Trotzky i apeared to be working in entire ac cord. James Stocky Says "Rat Cost Me $125 j For Plumbing BUIs." "We couldn't tell what was clogging j up our toilet and drains. We had to j tear up floor, pipes, etc., found a rat's ! nest in basement. They had choked j the pipes with refuse. The plumber's bill was $125. Rat-Snap cleaned the rodent out." Three sizes 25c, 50c. $1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store. DuRant Hard ware Company and O'Donnell & Co. ?Advt. it i ABR?ZZI RYE $3.50 per bushel SEED WHEAT Fulghrum & Texas SEED OATS Two and three Pound Bagging Ducker & Bultman 905-906 i STEEL STRIKE DECLARED LOST Chairman Fitzpatrick of Strike Committee Admits Men Are Going Back to Work Chicago, Oct. 28.?Following a statement to the effect that the steel workers had lost th<i strike, made to military leaders in Gary, by L. E. Titus, a member of the steel workers' council there, John Fitzpatrick, chair man of the national committee, di recting the strike, said: ' "The strike is won, no matter what j the outcome may be." "There is no use pretending," Titus [had said to Col. W. S. l^pes, com jmanding the regular troops. "The men are going back to work. The strike is lost and the army is respon sible." In explaining this statement, Mr. Fitzpatrick said: "Strikes may be won even though they are lost. This struggle is oply laying the ground work for future battles." ' "The steel worker may be starved j into getting back to work but he has i learned this: He knows now that the I steel corporation is not bigger than the will of the men working for it. He knows now that lie can close down The entire works. Knowing this he will never again submit sheeplike to the conditions under which he has labored for years. For 20 or more years the steel worker has been of the opinion that the United States Steel corporation was the biggest thing on earths He believed that its power was even greater than that of the United States. government. He die! not know that the worker is the great est power. Now he knows that he can tie it up even more effectively than he has done on thi* -evasion." Piftsburg, Pa.. Oct. 28.?The na tional steel strike committee *went over the situation in a session behind closed doors which lasted several hours. Xo announcement was made concerning fthe business transacted nor anything to indicate what the committee thought of the progress of the strike. The rationing system was extended somewhat, "but according tc strike headquarters, is not yet in full swing. Few reports had been received tonight from the commissary managers, and the committee was unab.e to estimate the number of persons to whom re lief had been extended. ' Steel .companies ag^in declared they were doing better than last week. BLOODSHED IN EGYPT Serious Riot Follows National ist Demonstration Alexandria, Egypt, Saturday, Oct. 25.?Two rioters were kiled and ten others were injured and twenty-seven policemen were hurt in a serious na tionalist demonstration yesterday. ADRIATIC PROBLEM Reported That United States Re fuses' to Aftree to Italy's Proposal Paris. Oct. 29.?Dispatches indicate that considerable concern has been caused there by the report that th United, States would refuse to accede to Italy's proposal regarding Adriatic problems. In the Italians Is indicat ed also the impression that the Unit ed States will not agree to the Italian plan. ?? Where There's a Baby on Farm Keep Rat-Snap. Rats are on most farms. Once they get inside the house?look out. Rats kill infants?biting them is not un usual. Nursing bottles attract rats Brake a ca' e of R-*-Snap and throw it around. It will ely rid you of rats and mice. Three sizes, 25c* 50c, $1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store, DuRant Hard ware CO.. and ?'Donne 11 & Go.?Advt A Fine Pasture Legume ????? / Clemson College. Oct. 26.?An ex cellent proof of what South' Carolina possesses as a pasture legume is shown in a report from Allendale county by. County Agent Z. D. Robert son, who says that last spring Mr. W. C Bryan, of Barton, put in under his directions 10 acres of Lespedeza on Bermuda sod. The Lespedeza was sown with a hand, seeder broadcast On the Bermuda sod April 1st. They had intended putting in the Lespedeza in February, but the seed was delayed, and it could not be done until April. This was very late for the Lespe deza. and there was no rain until May 1 Notwithstanding these facts the' clover is now in perfect condi tion. "Since August 9." reports Mr. Robertson, "it has been very dry and hot in that section, but you would think if you were to see this pasture that you were in a blue grass region. There are now 12 cows, some calves. 1 ? goats. and about 20 pigs on this 10-acre pas ture at all times, and they are all fat. The pasture will carry the stock now on it until November 1st. "This is a fine example." says Mr. Robertson, "of what we have in a legume that requires only seeding, and this is the hest demonstration of the sort that we have seen." "The?e Rats Wouldn't Fat My Best Grain." Says Fred Lamb. It's hard to keep rats otit of a feed store. Tried for years. A neighboring store sold me some RAT-SNAP. 11 worked wonders. Gathered up dead rats every morning. Bought more RAT-SNAP. Haven't a rat now. They wouldn't eat my best grain when 1 threw RAT-SNAP around." Three -sizes, 25c, 50c. $1.00. Sold and guar anteed by Sibert's Drug Store. DuRant Hardware Company and O'Donneil ? Co.?Advt RAILROAD MEN'S WAGE DEMAND Representatives of Trainmen Meet Director General I ^ Hines Today j Washington. Oct. 28.?President W. G. Lee, and the general committee of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will confer tomorrow with Director General Hine;< on the union's wage i demands which are about to be de cided. Mr. Hines has had the recom 1 mendation of the board of ? railway wages before him for two weeks, but whether he has been able to reach a decision in the rush of work inci dent to the threatened coal strike has not been revealed. It was agreed when the demands were presented last July that the officials of the railroad administration and the union would- confer before the award was made'DUblic. which accounts for to morrow's meeting. It is considered certain that the union's request for a general wage increase will be refused. Mr. Hines will act on the demands independent ly of President Wilson, it was learned authoritatively today, but the presi dent's general policy lard down at the time the shopmen were denied a general increase but given- art ad justment of inequalities compared with other union mernbers, will gov ern his decision. Mr. Lee and his committee conferr ed today, but said there was nothing to be made public concerning their discussion. Asked if a refusal of a wage increase meant a strike. Mi*. Lee"1 pointed out that the union had expressed a willingness to let the gov ernment do what could be done to re duce prices as a means oi relieving the. economic pressure on' the men. He added that he saw Very little re lief as yet from the source. As to a strike, he said Whatever action was taken would be in harmony with the other three brotherhoods after con sultation with them. The most important question pre sented by the union's demands is that of time and a half for overtime, which has been sought for several years as a "punitive measure" to curtail the long hours of work. If granted it would be the most import ant victory gained by railroad em ployees since the eight hour law be came effective. Washington; Oct 28.?Strike of trainmen in the Chicago switching district- called hy local union leaders for Thursday unless certain wage de mands are granted "in full," would be "wholly unauthorized and without the sanction of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen." it was said here tonight by W. G. Lee, president of the brotherhood. The propoised strike, Mr. Lee said, was "nothing more than an attempt to discredit the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen." Mr. Lee satd two officials of the brotherhood attended the meeting said to have been held Sunday night and at which it was announced by fo cal unioh leaders the strike was de cided on. These officials, however, Mr. Lee said, had no knowledge of any decision to call strike. Will You Spend 50c on Rat-Snap to Save $100? One 50c pkg. can kill 50 rats. The average rat will rob you of $100 a year in^feed, chickens and property de-1 str-iction. Rat-Snap is deadly to fats. Cremates after killing. Leaves no I smell. Comes in cakes. Rats will j pass up meat, grain, cheese to feast on Rat-Snap. Three sizes, 25c, 50c, tl.OO. Sold and guaranteed by Siberfs Drug Store, DuRant Hard ware Company and O'Donnell & Co. ?Advt * _;_' Bishop Samuel Gricc. It will be of interest to the mem bers of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina to know that the bishop-elect of Haiti, the Rev. Samuel Grice, D. D.. professor of Latin, Greek. Philo sophy. History and English, and Warden of the Bishop Payne Divinity School for the education of colored men for the ministry of the church at Petersburg, Va.. is a product of the church in South Carolina. Many years ago. a churchwoman of Planter'Sville built a small room in the yard at the l>ack of her home, in which she taught the negro chil dren of the community. Samuel Grice was one of her pupils, and be cause of his unusual brightness and ability he was sent to St. Augustine's School. Raleigh, to complete his edu cation. No othei colored boy in this part of the country has succeeded so well as yet. and the Episcopal Church has reason to be proud and thankful for .the contribution which she is making to the people of Haiti. The Surveys of the Nation-wide Campaign recently published, give the following information in regard to the negro republic of Haiti: "The j Western four-elevenths <>f the TslandJ. called by Columbus 'Hispanola' now forms the Republie of Haiti which comprises some 9.24 2 square miles, with a population estimated at 2.500. 000. 90 per cent of which are pure; negro, the remaining 10 per cent be ins: mulattbes with a few Europeans. The means of communication from one part of the island to another are very poor, people going by sea from < city to city: there are in all some 140i miles of railway on this part of the; island. The fnancial condition of the re-j publo until very recently was very \ bad. but it is being improved under J American administration. The 1 mn-: snasre of the country is French, and religious freedom nominally exists, j Haiti is agriculturally rich, but nep; Iected or little developed. The peasants seem ? to have l>e?'.i steadily retrograding for many years": past in spite of the nominal freedom ! and self-government of the island. This information furnishes a chal lenge to the church, will she meet it. through the nation-wide campaign, for the <*hureh's Mission? 'm Mr. H.'D. McCoy of Cohamhia is f business visitor in the city today, ^'j BOLL WEEVIL CAM PAIGN PLANNED South Carolina Land Owners As sociation to Hold Meetings Charleston. Oct. 29?(Special)? The Boll Weevil has started up in business in Charleston, has hung out his shingle and is already doing a thriving business. This statement was made yester day afternoon at the headquarters of the South Carolina Landowners As sociation, in this city. The statement goes on to say that a report has been received from North Carolina that considerable damage to the cotton crop, this year, has" been done by the pest. This indicates that the Boll Weevil has, in one year, traveled clear across the State and on farther North: George R. Wheeler, Manager of the Association, stated that a -series of meetings are being arranged in Georgetown, Florence. Marion. Dil lon, Benhettsville and Sumter. At these meeting;; the farmers, bankers and business men will gather togeth er and form committees to canvass the towns and counties for members for the association. Following these meetings and the necessary organiza tion work the same plan of opera tions will be followed in those coun ties towards the establishment of home markets for live stock and di versified farm prduCts as has been done in Beaufort, Colleton, Orange burg and other counties. Senator Niels Christehsen, Presi dent of-the South Carolina Landown ers Association, has, in conference with other officials of the association, j outlined a systematic working plan for the taking of prompt action in j (each county for what might be term ed "Boll Weevil Relief" from a com I mercial standpoint. S< naor Christ ensen has invited a group oi* men to gather in Charleston at the Chamber of commerce at ten o'clock on the morning of November 6th, in order that further plans might be formu lated to bring the men of the back country ?nd the towns and cities to gether in cooperation in the estab lishment ' of packing houses, grain elevators, feed mills, potato houses and other enterprises to establish home markets for food, feed and forage crops. The SoiKh Carolina Landowners Association, which inaugurated the plans in this State for the establish ment of home markets, is working in cooperation with the Chambers of Commerce and other organized bod ies having similar aims and purposes. It is announced that one of a series of membership campaigns, on a big scale, will be conducted in Charleston J On November 11th, 12th, 13th and j 14th. After the Charleston campaign this same work of canvassing for members, on a large scale, will be" taken up in Kingstree, Georgetown. Florence, Sumter, Conway, Marion. Dillon, Bennettsville, , Darlington. Chesterfield. Bishopville, ahgeburg, Columbia, Spartanburg. Greenville! and other points in the State. It is also announced that Senator Christensen and other officers of the South Carolina Landowners Associa tion are giving a large portion of their time to the work of the Associa tion and are endeavoring to bring about quick action towards carrying the activities of the association to a successful conclusion. CHRISTMAS SEALS Columbia, Oct. 28.?The Governors of nine Southern States?Georgia, Tennessee, Florida. North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana?have pledg ed their heartiest support to the cam paign for the sale of Christma^ Seals to aid in the fight on tuberculosis and have 1to>rmed what is known as the Governors' committee. Each of the governors is doing what he can per sonally and officially to increase the sale of the seals. Mrs. F. S. Munsell, state campaign director of the Christmas Seal cam paign in South Carolina, has return ed from Asheville, where she attend ed the seventh southern tuberculosis conference of the National Tubercu losis Association. Miss Chauncey Blackburn, executive secretary of the South Carolina Tuberculosis Associa-I ftion, also attended,the conference. Dr. Charles Bayliss. regional cam paign director, who is to be present at the conference in Columbia Saturday of all of the county chairmen, was at the Ashevville conference and spoke interestingly. Mrs. Munsell said, regarding methods which will be employed in promoting the universal sale of seals. Funds for the conduct of the cru sade against tuberculosis are derived from the sale of these Christmas seals. These seals will be sold De cember 1-10 and South Carolina will be asked to purchase most liberally. The South Carolina Tuberculosis As sociation is planning a vigorous fight on the disease next year and is depen dent upon the funds derived from the sale of the seals with which to finance it. "MATRIMONIAL BLUES." Play to Bo Presented in Bishopville I ? Friday. Xoveml>er 7th. Arrangements were made yesterday to carr\- the local talent play, which is to be shown here Thursday, No vember 6th. to Bishopville the fol lowing night. The cast will go through the country in automobiles and will return aftAr the show that night. The Sumter children wili not go as j it would be difficult to find means of transportation. So Miss Fraleigh will train Bishopville children to take their placp. The show is steadily reach ing completion and a splendid per- i formance is promised. Reports regarding Jenkins' physi cal condition and details of his kid napping have b?*en asked by the de partment and it was announced that information regarding the case would be made public as soon as received. UJ^i,feared that he was mistreated by m\9 captors since it was reported un officially that he was going to the *American hospital for treatment; The ^department. however, had no infor mation-??afirmatory of the report. J Additional Delegates to W. M. V. Oon vcnton. _j 1 Attaway, Miss Leila. Battle, Miss Elizabeth, Limestone College. v Barber, Mrs. Willie K., York. Boynton, Miss Maggie Mae, Green Pond. Burns, Mrs. C. W., Due West. Carter, Mrs. H. M., Timmonsville. Cowther, Miss Kate, Anderson. Culler. Mrs. F. J.. Camden. Fawlkenbury, Miss Belle, Lancaster. Fergerson , Mrs. Wilborn, White Hall. Gevens, Mrs. H. J., White Hall. Hamilton, Mrs. E. L.. Easley. Hamilton. Mrs. Wenry W., Easley. Holaday, Mrs. E. L.. Belton. Hildreath, Mrs. J. H., Chesterfield' James, Mrs. S. V., Denmark. - Jenkins, Mrs. C. C. Jefferson. Joice. Miss Rena. G. W. College. ; , Judy, Mrs. S. B., Neices. . ? Lawrence, Miss Annie, York. Martin. Miss Vera. Greenville. Mitchell, Mrs. L. D., Fair Forest. Meachen, Mrs. J. J., Greenville. Myers, Mrs. J. J. Norris. Miss Elizabeth. Patrick, Mrs. Ida N., St. George. Rhodes. Miss Lottie. Riley, Miss Louise. Orangeburg. Rogers, Miss Emma, Society Hill. Sikes. Mrs. E. W. Shelley.. Miss Leston. M%i? Salley, Mrs. Mack, SaHey. ; ? Smith. Mrs. R. G., Kina?Ss. Smith, Miss Lula, York'. Sullivan, Mrs. C. S., Artder^ Wall, Mrs. W. M., OiaiJ^a. ? Wan, Mrs. W. HamptohV1 a ton. - Webb. Mrs. J. M., Salnda>; Welbom. Mrs. E. H., Co White. Mrs. Roy. Cft Whitten, Mrs. C. L., Georg? West. Mrs. T. J., Belton Marriage Licenses. White?C. A. Roberts, ?tlaat^ii^ i'ora M. White, Atlanta.' :'^:>&??m S. E. Rickenbaker, Snmtelr Kufaula Blackman, Kersh?w. L. H. Leslie, Winston-Salem, NT and Carita R?ndle, Sumter. Colored-?Willis Benbow, field and Amanda^ Sumter^ Wedgei Mexico City, Oct.- 7.?An 'epjdei of thieving, robbery-.and ih& Mexico City with which the local ? lice apparently were unable*-to. ? has caused the federal governs to establish patrols of soldiers ot the city from 10 p. m.; until,.-6 'a^rjwi Infractions of the law - immediately^ began to decrease. mmm :? * * \f, A & ' We have secured a lot of Leap's Prolific Seed Wheat, grown in the valley of Virginia. This is an exceHehl seed wheat, and we strongly advise our friends not to plant wheat from scod raised in this County last year oa account of the poor quality grown. ?i You can place your orders with us and they will 1? taken care of in the order received. The price will be $3.50 per Jbushel, which is about cost. Fight^ the boll weevil, plant enough wheat to feed the family and then some. % 1 S?MTER R i: . 'ft Foot of Sumter Street. Tim Nationa! Sank ot South Oaroftna f Of Sumter, S. C. Resources $2,250,000 Strong and Progressive ; Tbc Most Painstaking SKR VICE, with COURTESY. ' 1 Give us the Pleasure of Serving YOU. C. G. ROWLAND, President EARLE ROWLAND, Asst. Cashier H. Li McCoy W.~V; TeadW NEILL O'DON^JELL, president O. L. YATES, Cashier OVER A MILLION At the close of business on Satur day the. 25th instant, our deposits passed the million mark. This is the largest deposit of which we have any record during our eistencefl and it. is j needless to say we feel very grateful to our patrons for, this substantial evi dence of their confidence. There^js . no reason why we should not make it $2,000,000.00. With your he.p we ' will. ?"m The First National Bank - SUMTERrS-?i ? ? h* - If you have farms or city property for sale, write us.* We will subdivide sfhd sell your property AT* AUCTION qwic?y and profitably for y?u. i* l*J V 1 g Farm Lands Our Specialty?^Terrftory ?Bfamted Ninhy-Scvm ThousandSixHundred} andEighty-Eigki'acresof Farm \ Land arm)untincr to over FIVE MILLION DOLLARS sokl m \ 1918*.Write for,booklef.of end9rs^ane^^^_?|^;^ xmakion about o?ri auction method*, i ? iMSS 'S; j I mm I4 ii W ? w SAME THAT JUSTIFIES YOCR Cw*w??wt Ke: A*y bank in Petersburg, Va. ?rC*M?Cc