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Wmg^Ef TUM" ill iTT'^yrTTTt-n-hr^-c-- ???< ? ? i THE SUMTER-eOT TON PLATFORM Secretary Rear don Consents on the Controversy With the Southern Railway ? ?_ In connection with the case of the S&mler County Chamber of Com ti/erce vs. the Southern Railway, lie tore the V. S. Railroad Administration to require that company to rebuild x portion of the cotton plai'orm here tofore used by the Southern Railway, account of reversal of Railroad Ad ministration's decision favorable to '-hamber of Commerce because Southern Railway does not own the land on which it is proposed to re build the platform. Secretary Rear don gave out following information today. The . Sumter Cotton Warehouse Company offered and now offers to the Southern Railway Company, without cost to the Southern Railway Com pany, the necessary land upon which that transportation company ca i e construct. Ks necessary portion of the eoticn'weighing p'atonu destroyed by fire. ...The Sumter COtton Warehouse j Company, aecoixliug to the .Sumter' Chamberpot Commerce miderstamling ! :0f this matter, and certified to by Sfr. .H. C. Haynswortb. attorney for the Cotton Warehouse Company, has fur nished for years, up to the burning of the cotton platform, free platform accommodations to the Southern Rail \jray,. the only consideration received being the right to use a crossing over (lie Southern Railway's side track into the waTehoU.se property of the Cotton Warehouse Company at One point be- j tween the two properties. . The Atlantic Coast Lane Railroad Company has for years used and now uses a strip of tend belonging to the Cotton Warehouse Company upon #fiich the railroad company erected ;>nd kept in repair..,at' its own expense, a -large cotton weighing and loading platform joined to and Used jointly w^h.the cordon platform of the Cotton Warehouse Co., and now occupies the same land -for its cotton platform. /."Therefore the contention of the Southern Railway that it can not erect its neco^sarj- portion of the destroyed cotton platform because it does not own the land upon which this portion Of the platform is requested to be con- ! structed to make a continuous and /convenient platform, is. strange argu ment to say he'least. If the A. C. L. Railroad Company can build cotton plaform facilities on the land belong ing to* the Cotton Warehouse Com pany, then the Southern Railway caiij .?consistently do so, and the South^ri: j Railway Company can better afford to ; do so in view of the fact that this j railway company has enjoyed exeep- j tional and free accommodations fori years at the expense of the Cotton ! Warehouse ^Company, while the At-! lantic Coast Line Railroad Company. ( with that well known public spirit so j cliaractcristic of that great trartspor- | "Nation system, ^rhich never .loses an j opportunity to help build up the ter ritory traversed by its numerous lines j has rebuilt its portion of the platform j made it larger than the portion be- i longing to the Warehouse Company.) and will. g.s heretofore, keep the. 1 platform In good condition at its Ox- j pense. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad [ Company came to Sumfter without "asking any inarcisl or other favors, while the Southern Jiailway branch from Sumter to Sumter Junction was subsidized by this city giving free terminal facilities if 1 am hot much mistaken. The farmers of Sumter. Lee and Clarendon .counties are being greatly' inconvenienced and delayed in the I weighing of their cotton, and I think] are also losing money on every bale j sold, because the local cotton buyers i are put to h^uch extra expense inj draying, and rehandiing of cotton from | the two warehouses to the Southern arid other freight ch pots, and forj drayhig* cotton from the cotton plat- j form to the Southern Railway de pot. A reliable farmer said to me to day that a local buyer said they could not pay as much for cotton as they would Hke to because of the extra cx-j pense they are put to in handling cot-j ton* because of, the inadequacy of j weighing facilities and other delays! ' and inconveniences due to the fact that the Southern Railway will not join with the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-! road company and the cotton weigh ers and the potior? warehouse company"j in erecting fin- necessary and cohven-i ient platform tacifites. The cotton sellers of Sumter. Lee and Carendon counties, the Sumter cotton buyers, and the business men of Sumter appreciate the cooperative Kpirit of ihe A1 lantic Coast Line in this important matter. and will not forget that irrent transportation sys tem irt the days to come when freight traffic is' being competed for under private ownership of railroad lines. Public sentiment is a big factor in securing business, the good will and friendship of the public is a very val uable factor in all lines of business. vas in other Ways. . The'. Southern Railway is absolutely {hi,- only eorp?r;,Lion Known Co this sectioh of the United States at le.-i.st. which expects to do a big freight business, in shipping in and shipping or.it thousands of bales of cotton without any plant or expenses to get their share of the cotton traffic. The Atlantic Coast. Line Railroad Company does not ask the Cotton Warehouse Company to erect, with out expense to the Coast Line com pany the necessary convenient and loading platform facflites for handl ing cotton transported over that hust ling and public spirited transportation company's lines of railways. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce has gone into th<- fight again with the establish(-d precedent approved bv^the railroad administration, of A io Coast Line Company occupancy of Cotton Warehouse Company's land f- r the Coast Line eott.m platforms as i: chief line of defense and aggressiv- - ness. and has requested t'nited Star---;4 Senators "K. 1>. Smith, and X. 1'. In 1 to again take this matter up with the railroad administration. Attorney II. C. Haynswortb is cooperating with rha Chamber of ComuVuee in this mat to-. Seertoary Reardon said in conclu J sion that he thought the public ought j to know the tacts in' this matter hc I cause many farmers are criticising the j business men of Sumter and the cot j ton buyers for not having adequate j cotton weighing fueilties for handling j cotton on this market, and for the de j lays. loss of valuable time, inconvcn j ience. and what many farmers be lieve, whether true or not. that cot j ton is bought for slightly loss than j its real market value because of the j delay in the reconstructing that por I tion of the platform heretofore used i j ! by the Southern Railway Company, | appeal for Imme- j diate response; ' ? The General Committee Issues! j An Appeal For Stib i . . / scnptions \ To one of our fellow citizens a j stranger who was passing through j Sumter said: "Here is a county that j gave far more than her share in the j iives of her young men for the free- ; dorn of the world.'' This is eminent! ly true; for there is no county inj j \uierica that gave a greater number 'of her sons in proportion to popuia-. ! tieh. Our flag of distinguished honor j I could show thirty stars of gold.' These young; men cheerfully sacri j lieed their all for us. What are we [willing to do f01 them? I At a. meeting held last evening the commitree expressed the belief that many of our citizens are simply await ing an opportunity to contribute. The | committee knows that the work of our young men can hot so soon have been j forgotten. In our own county, in our very com munity hearts are broken and bleed: ing. Consecrate your gift, therefore, to the memory of some <jf*? liyho went r to fight for you and dirt not return: ? dedicate your gift in thankfulness to the honor of some boy. perhaps your own. who fought for you and did re- j turn. Let us make this a personal matter. Let us see beyond and above this-me morial building the spirits of our sons, who consecrated to the lof licit of Ideals, gladly offered their all and whose sacrifice was accepted. The committee wishes a large num ber of gifts that will bear testimony to the fact that we are still true not only to the idcais for which our boys fought and died; but true to the boys themselves, everlastingly true to their memory and their honor. ? The committee has directed me to beg that YOU will send in your sub: j scription at once and that you witlj voluntarily assume the obligation of inducing at least one other- to do like wise. Suniter's sense of appreciation is at* stake. . Let Sumter do her part. lie gives twice who gives quickly. Sumter County Committee for State Memorial Bulding, S. II. Edmunds, Chairman." ' ?? _i_3 . ?>_2 ' ? former governor manning writes The Vice-Chairman Writes a tetter Relative to the Mem oriaf Building County Chairman, South Carolina Me morial Commission: . The impression'in most quarters of the State is that the campaign for the State Memorial to those who fell in the war and others who served, is lagging. The report from many coun ties% show Mat th< " have raised oyei one-half ,df the' iunt allotted to them and *many counties have plan ned that their campaign will be active later on in the period. Several coun ties have practically reached their allotments. The commission is very! grateful for what you are doing and that it is only necessary, for the i public to understand the matter und; ; that then favorable results will foi-j l o w;.,. i ? .; * After ,a conference .with .Governor Cooper I am writing tD emphasize the following facts: That this movement ia a Stat*; 1 movement and not one which hash j anything to do with the University of I , South Carolina. L JThe memorial building (not a j cbapei) is to he beautiful in design j and architecturally a gem. to face ! on Main stree?j, on Slate property and [ that the approach to it will he from I Main street and not from the Uni j versity grounds. Th<- building will be a hall of ar | chives un<ler the car.* of the State j L'istorical Commission. It will be a ?Monument to those who made the su I preme sacrifice and the names with j the records of every white South Car j oliniari who fell will be inscribe,] in j j bronze and Che deeds of all who scrv ! ed. civil as well as military, will be j recorded there. In this memorial building there ?will be an auditorium where vetor ! ans of this war and other wars can j hold meetings. The building will be j distinctly non-ntilitari;in but com-i ! memorative and will, be distinctly ?j i memorial t? those who served in the | ; war. The Commission will push lie ! ! work for this campaign for funds) Jand delay is not con tern pTatetl. Very truly yours. Richard T. Manning. Vice Chairman. Sumter. Nov. ?}. verylittle coal mined! Barely One-third Normal Out-!' put of Mines Washington. Nov. The produc tion of bituminous coal last Saturday"1.! the first day of th< strike, is estimated! by the geological survey at a little le>s than Tftft.OOO ton?. The normal dailyi average is two million ions. London. Now lit.- Mustapba Ken ia!;' Pasha, head of the nationalist Turkish; government s?-t up in .\si.-i Yfin??r. has proposed an alliance with Nikolai Le-j nine, the Russiar- RolsheviJi Premier^ ro-i-i rdi..'; !.?) Exchajige Teiograph.i iliSpatcn ftoai Copenhagen. THE BOLL WEE VIL CAMPAIGN How Sonte tff Our Georgia Friends are Beating the Boll Weevil Wilmington. Nov. ii.?Now that the boll weevil is in South Carolina in j large number:;, is rapidly advancing and will soon ravage the entire cut ton area the State, the following i liberal extracts from a letter written just one ytar ago today by The A. P. Brantley Company, Blackshear, Ga., to their friends and customers should be of interest to Sou^h Carolina bank ers, business men and fanners. nTe letter is rather lengthy, but it is welL worth reading, as it is applicable to conditions existing today in many South Carolina communities: Blsaokshear. Ga.. Nov. G. 15V1S. "The time is now here when those who mal:2 their living out o'f the soil must give serious consideration to Li:.- ?lUCStion of what crop to depend upon i"r 1 ;nonev crop. The boli \yec-! vil inaK... it questionable if it is safe to rely'Upon cotton as heretofore. While we do not advocate the entire abandonment of cotton for the present at least. at the .same time it does not now appea?." to le the pari of wisdom to risk ail "upon that crem. Until we know aio^e about the boh weevil, and! how best to control his ravage, it is| the part of simple wisdom to devote! only a corn pal a tively small acreage to cotton. Mey.nvhilo, what will tliei farmer do V H.e cannot afford to stand still. He must go forward or cease to exist, and planting time will soon j be here! Plah iy. therefore, 'a de cision must be reached and effective plans accordingly laid. The desire to1 aid you in this critical situation is the simple purpose of this circular. Tobacco looks good. and. after pret ty 'borough investigation, we ^believe there is the possibility of splendid profits liom its cultivation. Farmers around Nicholls and Douglas have made a great deal of money out? of to bacco this year. Our information is that pro/its have ranged from Si'O'O to $100, and even more per acre. To bacco does not require the long grow ing season that cotton does. The crop is made and the money is in your pocket by the time cotton is ordinal ily ready to be picked. There fore, tobacco would not interfere with cotton if you wish to devote an acre age* to both. Further, it is believed, by those conipeten: to judge, that the to bacco market will be high this year. With average jucceiS. therefore, one crop should pay all expenses and leave a comfortable profit besides. It must be understood in growing tobacco the first jcar that expert advice is vital to success. ' It is vV.ry probable that a competent and reliable expert tobac co grower can be secured for a com pensation of ten per cent of the value of the crop actually grown. For this compensation tho expert would supcr: vise everything froni the 'preparation of the seed bed to the harvesting and curing of the crop. Such an arrange ment offers the decided advantage 0?j being reasonably safe, and, besides, there is no oJicr way to make a suc cessful beginning. Another import ant thing is tfyot tobacco should be grown in communities. By this we mean that the farmers of a given com munity, where the farms are reason ably convenient to each other, should all plant tobacco. The reason for this is that this pi.in makes it possible to secure the necessary expert advice and supervision at the least possible ex pense, and in addition makes pos sible the interchange of necessary la bor at the harvcri season. Ths last is a very, important consideration. The curing of olbaceo' is a matter of prime importance, and tor '-his piirpose a properly constrtrcled ciuing house , is necessary. Th?* curing houses are not necessarily expensive. For instance, a curing house sixteen. feet 'square, which v.oukl pjq amply large to care for five acres of tobacco, can be built at a cost oLSfoO to fd'.W. A' houtf elgh'evn I?1' t uqna'e. y/bicb would be laige enough'to care for seven acre^ of tobacco, .would cost proportionate ly more. If you decide to try to bacco for a money crop it is essential that you irrst interest your neighbors in the project so that arrangements eaii be made to secure the necessary vexpert : dvice. If tobacco looks good to you* we cannot too strongly recom mend that you arrange to visit the Nic'Dolis rtnd r^ouffhts sections and find out for yotu^fl/ more about the t'.roxihli :nid th#> profit or tobacco grow ing. Von ca?!1 make .the trip by au tomobile hi a day. and if it is made'it may o-isily prove i0 i>e ih? ihost pro fitable trip you ever made.- If you have any thought of going in for to bacco as a 'money crop we very strong ly urge promptaction so there may 'be-plenty of time to, make all neccs Isary arrangements oefore time to 1 plant We yv;h=h to add thai if as many ;is two thousand acres are planted to tobacco in the territory tributary to lUackshear next spring we will under take to se?- thai ;i suitable modern tobacco warehouse i< built lb-re in j good time lo cArc for uudmarket the I crop. Sweet potatdVjj wb?n of the 'proper Muality and c?refhflv graded und caved, is a crop th:it wilj always coni mand tin- ready ca^'h. To get Hi" j most out of sweet potatoes careful at ! tcntion must bo given to varieties, sxading and curing. The old fash I iov.ed banking method must be suo I pU-niented by a . modern potato curing i house, because potatoes cannot be guc ? erssfully cure^- except in a properb. I constructed anjcl operated eurine { house. These houses can be built of j any desired capacity and thy cost de ; ponds upon the size. The grc.it ad : vantage in curing potatoes is found in i the faci th.Tt cured potatoes can be j kepi as long as desired ami thus pul I upon the market when the demand i: greates; and the price Is best. By 1 the obi banking method fully one jhalf the crop is perhaps annually lost i fr-mi rot. A potato curing house 1 would save that annual irasfce and ? just that njuc!) additional cash hi in fit mi r."' pi>eki-t. A potato curing i house ?Tioubl fu biVffi upon the co operative plan, rind we belb?ve it i-' ? ijuite possible jh:it the profits of the I first year's operations would more than pay back the whole investment. Peanuts is another crop that Ms rapidly coming to the front as a money crop in Southern Georgia, arid elsewhere, and there is no doubt they would prove profitable here. In addi tion to being an excellent stock food the peanut arid* its products are being j more and more extensively used for j human food, and desirable food pro j ducts must always command a ready j sale on the market. Besides this there j ir a docid?d advantage in grooving a . good acreage of peanuts because you jc;jn always fatten your hogs on them i if the price offered is unsatisfactory, j j If a sufficient acreage to justify it is, (planted to peanuts in this immediate j : section the local cotton seed oil mill j ! will afford a market for them. Thisj j in turn would mean that you would, have an ample supply of peanut meal available l<? your hand for stock feed-' big. ami there is no better feed for Ulis purpose. Sugar cane is an old crop tha\ can be converted into a profitable money ! crop with careful attention. This means, of course, that the cane must he made, into first-class, heavy bodied syrui>. Bocaus" \vc have not in thej jpast given sufficient attention cither! I to the making or the grading o? otir j j syrup large manipulating plants have! .come ir.co existence, where our syrup is'taken and proceeded, that is. made of uniform body, il?vor and color and then put upon, the market in fancy | containers at a handsome profit to the manipulators. There is no reasoh why the farmers of a community may not get tofeeber in the matter of syrup production, anl thus reap this profit for themselves. The proposition can be handled upon a cooperative plan and the investment need not be heavy. The main thing is to produce the quality and character of syrup the market, demands. If this Is done there is no' roaTSon why it might not prove j very profitable. * Corn can bei made a profitable cash j crop if the proper attention is given to I it. The coirn xveevil and the rat prob- j ably cause a greater annual waste than the boll weevil despite the fact that | it is entirely possible to free the prem- J ises of both these pe*ts. The prop er use of carbon disulphide in correct ly constructed barns teil! free the corn of both the weevil and the rat.* Be cause it can he done it ought to be done if for no other reason than to j reduce the number of acres actually | needed to be planted to corn to meet all of the farm needs. Weevil infest ed corn is unmarketable and besides it is Unfit for human consumption. "Being rid of the weevil >nd the rat and with proper attention to quality 'a r?ady market can be found for car load quantities ct corn, either shelled and sacked or in the shuck. Velvet beans are uot only a splendid j soil improver, but a ready cash bring- j er ?s well. Large acreages could bej profitably planted. Velvet, bean mealj j is on the market and is much sought j and' highly regarded as, a feed for cattle and stock. If an acreage suf ficiently large t? warrant the invest ment is planted to velvet beans in the section accessible to Bl?ckshear a feed mill will; be established here. This would afford a local cash market for ail the beans wr? could produce. Hogs have always been ? main source of wealth in many sectibna, and there is every reasOw to believe that intelligent attention to breed and care will make them vastly profitable to the farmers of Pierce County. The packing plant is cotiing nearer to us all the time, and if a sufficient hog supply were available their buyers \vould come to our local markets for them. The farriers 01 Brooks coun ty arc finding in their hogs a source of wealth. They sell every year thousands of pounds of cured bacon and hams at a good profit. When the packing plant does not offer the price they think they sTiotild have they klT and cure. I-.'very farmer has his own curing house in which be usex ice for* refrigeration. He does not wait for suitable weather but kills when the hogs are fat and ready. By their method there is practically no loss from spoilt meat. The P-rooks county plan is worth investigating. Brooks county is not far away and I any farmer there will gladly show you how it is done. Beef cattle can easily l>e made and j therefore ought to become a great ! source of wealth to the /armors of ! Pierce Comity. Nature has given us j a wonderful ch'ihate and splendid I range' country that ought to be taken I advantage of. Tin* compulsory tick i eradica:ion lav. will gfve us a tiek free county"by the end of P?P'. which I means it will be possible to introduce I the better strains of beef cattle into ( the county without fear of loss. Ev j ery attention should now be given to securing the foundation of a herd, and I just as rapidly as possible the infer ! ior strains we now have should be j disposed of. Tl is jus' as ?-asy. am! i eosis no more: to raise a 1.200 pound i Steer as a 600-pound one. There is I a whole lid of difference in the pro-! fits. Other sections have grown rich; j on cattle ahme, while we have long ! neglected to utilize the blessings ha-j j tuie has so abundantly lavished upon ; es. {tight now is the time to begin j planum gio bring in the improved l breeds. Intelligent attention to eat l-tie v ih bring certain and increasing I profits. Keep it in mind that in all sections I of the country when- diversificationi ? is the rule prosperity is much sreat j er than in thoso sections where the : all-cotton, or one-crop, rule prevails." Adopt your program for beating the boll weevil and go to work. Von c:in bet your life "'Billy Poll Weevil" is go ing to give you a "stiff fight, but you can whip him if you try. < I. A. Card will. Agricultural vv Industrial Agent. At lantic Coast lane Railroad. Wil mington. X. C. A small fire ocurred afe the county court Ho tse -it 10:15 a. nj. Saturday. While no great damage w:is done, it : w:is dm- t<? the promptness with I i which the fire was extinguished. It j was caused by the igniting of a bun , die of sticks near the boiler. Tim I jCouri House was filled with smoke. . SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE Sumter's hospitality will be put to ! the test, the week of November 17th ; tt) 22nd, and the Chamber of Com- j pierce is in the. market for every pos- J sible available room to accommodate I hundreds of visitors during that week ; when the South Carolina Conference! of Social Work, and the Sumter j County Fair will be in full blast. Every housekeeper who has" a room i to rent is earnestly requested to reg- j ister this room with the Chamber of j Commerce immediately, giving num ber of residence, street, telephone ] number, price, number of rooms, whether with or without bath, etc. ' Sumter's citizens should open their homes to the visitors.- Every accom- j modation will be paid for by the Vis- j itors. Between 75 and 100 people are ex pected according to estimates made by President A. T. amison, of the I Social Conference, and members of that body, ladies and gentlemen ar* writing at this early date for rooms to the Chamber of Commerce. Our lo cal hotels are going to do every thing within tlb ir power to accmomodate the crowds but the hotels are going to be taxed to their limits to accom modate visitors. Every boarding house that can pos sibly squeeze in one or more patrons should arrange to do so. Secretary Reardon is anxious to secure "entertainment for a number of prominent parties and gentlemen con nected with the 17. S. Department of Agriculture, and officers of the Con ference; of Social Work. It is hoped i that some of our hospitable citizens with luxurious homes will open their hearts and .their homes to entertain these few visitors, ?s sp* cut] guests. Cotton Market (Corrected daily at 12 o'clock by Chamber of Commerce.) Good middling. 39 1-4. / Strict middling. 38 1-2. Middling, 37 3-4. Strict Low Midling, 35 3-L Low middling. 32 3-4. NEW YORK CO'jn\>> 34 A Ktv.fc'T. Own ?lg? Low ^fo?* Close Jan. ...37.30 37.30 36.GO 36.90 37.15 Aich. ...30.20 SfcSO 35.72 35.88 ?6.20 May ...35.85 35.x5 35.05v 35.12 35.65 July ...35.20 35.20 35.50 34.40 Dec. ...38.10 SS'.IS 37.23 37.S0 37.95 New Orleans. J?n.37.50 37.60 37.06 37.25 Meli. ...36.60 36.60 36.05 36.03 May _35.80 35.80 35.1S 35.17 July. ...35.20 35.21 34.56 34.40 Dec.3S.40 38.63 38.15 38.30 About Royal Tittles. London. Oct 3.?Field Marshal Lord Haig does not after all become "Earle^ Haig of Bcmersyde," as he had wished, but "Earl Haig of King ston," it is announced. His residence being at Cbonibe there were objec tions, it i3 understood, to the terri torial designation of Bemersyde, the Tweedside seat o^the head of his fam ily and remote kinsman. Colonel A. B. Haig. There are well denned rules as to the assumption of territorial titles, and the lord of a manor can object to a new peer taking his title from a place over which the former has "rights." Lord Fisher, for example, wished to be Lord Thetford. but his Norfolk manor belonged to W. D. Mackenzie. Lord Strathcona wanted to be Lord Glencoe. but the rights of the ancient Macdonalds stood hi the way. > Tlic Reichstag .Building. Berlin. Oct. 10.?The Reichstag building has undergone a rigorous renovation and has been pronounced again fit for Parliamentary occupa tion. The work occupied n?ne months. In ridding the great gilded-domed edi fice of alt traces of the revolution the largest oaliored vacuum cleaners, the most powerful of disinfectants .and the deadliest of vermin exterminators were employed. While in addition to the damage it bad undergone, the building contained so many unpleasant reminders of the days when\ civil., war was waged in Berlin the National Assembly had a reasonable excuse for prolonging its sojourn in Weimar. But now that dis infectants and vermin-exterminators have completed their work such ex cuse no longer exists. The shortage of hotel and lodging house accommodation, however, is likely to prove embarrassing ' to those of the returning legislators who have neglected to secure quarters m advance. . ' World's Sugar Supply London. Oct. 9.?A decline in the worlds sugar production of about fourteen per cent, as compared with Ihr* season 1913-14 was registered during 1918-19, according to figures issued by the official Board of Trade Journal. But for the increase in the Cuban output, from 2.600.00?) tons in 1913-4 to an estimated 4.000,000' tons [ in 1918-9 the decline would have ! been much more serious, says the i Journal. { The world's production of raw can** ! sugar, excluding the Indian crop, j which is consumed locally, rose from j 7.500.000 tons in 1913-1 to 9.700. |0O0 tons in 1918-9. an increase of 2. i 200.00/0 tons. In the case of raw beet Lsugar, however, production dropped I from $.900.001? tons to 4,300.000 a dc ' crease of 4,500.000 tons. On balance. 1 therefor^, there was a deficiency in j tin.- world's supply of sugar in the 1 season just ended, compared with pre i war supplies, amounting to approxi 1 maiely 2.40?.000 tons. Tin? latest reports. the Journal states, indicate that for 1919-20 the world's crops are likely to fall short of those of the previous season b? about 4.00,000. tons. Keep Yc-ar Liver Active, Yerar ! System Tnni'M find i?r:e Fra? ' Golds by Ts-king Cai?tsbs, the Nausealsss Calczici "? -? Tafclfets, that are Do . . ligbt:*d, Safe and Lj I S?TC. Physicians an<l Druggists arc advls ijig- ?ieir friends to keep their svc'iem.3 puriiic., aird their organs in jre'riccfc working order :;s a protect ioir against tiie return of influeuz'i. Tlfey know that a clogged in; system and a lazy liver favor eohls, influenza and Serious complications. To cut short a cold o'ycmisjkt and to , piever.t s?riov.is coniplIcatloitS trike 6ii<3 Calotab at blfft-iflic v.-1th. a p.vratltwr" -of water?tluit's all. No safrsf; no'Mjraisea, no gripiug/no sickoning after _e??cci3. Nest 'miming your cold has yanSSe^ renr liver is aefive^ jour system ?.s puri fied ?cd refreshed and yon. aro feeling fhie with a hearty appetite for ireak fast. Eat what you please?no,danger. CaTotnns arc sold only in 1 ordinal sealed packages; price thirty-five et 'its. Every druggist is authorized to refund your money if you arc not perfectly ilcliarhted with Calotabs.?(Adv.) :. ^NEKVES "ON EDGE"? Suintcr People Will Find Encourage ment in the Statement of ? Si?ritcr Resident. Are you weak, nervous, depressed?: Feel dull, shaky, tired? Are your kidneys working right? Nervousness often hints at kidney weakness? Kidneys that fail to filter the blood. Poisons gather and harm the nerves. Kidney weakness causes many ills? Backache, dizziness, headaches, lack of flesh. Don't neglect, kidney trouble. There is danger in delay. Use Dean's 'Kidney Pills. Follow the example of this Sumter resident. Mrs. .B. P. Cuttino, 109 Blanding Street, soys: "Six years ago I had in.7 flammation of the bladder and I was in bed with severe backaches ' and headaches. I was in bad shape and my nerves were unstrung. I tried dif ferent things to get relief, but didn't secure any beneftfc^until I used Doan's Kidney Pills. Two boxes of Doan's cured mc and I haven't been bother ed since." , . ...;? Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?-g^t I'oan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Cuttino haxl. Foster-Milburn Co.. Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N. Y.?Advt. C$8) PROHI. AMEND MENT UNCERTAIN Drys Have Small Lead in State of Ohio Columbus. 0., Nov. 10.?The fate ef the Federal prohibition amendment is still uncertain today as the official returns are tabulated at the office of the secretary of state. Official returns from eighty-six of eighty-eight coun ties at ion give drys a lead of only forty-fu e: votes in favor of the amendment. OHIO STANDS FOR PROHIBITION Action of Legislature Sustained , By Small Majority Columbus. Ohio. Nov. S.?The Ohio voters sustained the action of the state legislature in ratifying federal prohi bition by ;i majority of 104 at Tues day's election, according to complete unofficial returns. Paris. Nov. 6.?The Austrian. dele gation has handed the peace confer ence the ratification, of the; treaty , of St. Germain.' - |gyL\ ^ Buy By Mail and Save Money g -i Write For Our Catalogue Nc. C27 It shows many attractive, latest ) styles of shoes i ha r cannot be ; bought in small town stores. It ') sayc you wjoncy afi'J slnw j our syslcn- <>! ziving ua absolute fit and satisfaction. ? Quality; Style Gixi Price the !?est l Guaranteed to V/ear, Fitcnc Satisfy