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[ JHE TOP DRESSING I , ! OF SILL GRAIN; i i ' . I < USUALLY ADD8 MATERIALLY TO , THE YIELD SAYS PROF. T. E. > KEITT. ' s 1 < DRIED BLOOD IS EFFECTIVE ! ? " IWhen Applying a Top Dresser Appll- ' cation Should Be Made When Blades Are Dry. ' The topdresalng of small grain usually adds materially to the yield, j During these times when the in- | crease in production Is so vitally 1m- , portant the proper use of nitrate of ( soda, sulphate of ammonia or dried | blood as a topdersRlng for grain \ should prove very effective. At present prices the use of nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia should prove most profitable, as they are considerably cheaper per pound of actual nitrogen than dried blood. The addition of topdressers to oats has been particularly effective at the Coast Station: dried blood applied at the rate of 120 pounds per acre showed an average increase of 24.6 bushels of oats per acre when applied In addi- ! tlon to 600 pounds of 8-4-4 fertilizer j per acre; sulpbate of ammonia at the rate of 75 pounds per acre, 34.0 bushels increase; and, nitrate of soda at the rate of 100 pounds per acre showed an average Increase of 20.7 bushels per acre. L At the Pee Dee Station the use of ^ nitrate of soda as a topdresser for ^1 oats, that had been fertilized at plan* ing time, applied early at the rate of 100 pounds per acre has shown an average increase of 19.R bushels of oats per acre, a late application of the j same amount of nitrate of soda showed an average increase of 17.0 bushels per acre: while double application made at both times showed an aver- < age Increase of 22.0 bushels per acre. These results Indicate that an earlv topdressing at the rate of 100 pounds of nitrate Of soda fir tt? Pnnlvnlmit r?f sulphate of ammonia. 75 pounds, or ( the equivalent of drlod blood. 120 pounds, will give most economical results. The early applications are made ' about March 1st. When applying a ' topdresser the appUratfon should be made when the blades of the plants 1 are dry to prevent scalding. Generally speaking, larger Increases 1 are obtained from topdresser^ where the grain has not heen fertilized. < TJnder this condition at the Const Stn- i tion 120 pounds of dried blood showed .a gain of 38.8 bushels of oats, 75 t pounds of sulphate of ammonia 45 0 | bushels, and 100 pounds of nitrate of aoda 39.4 hushels. However, the total "yield Is generally greater when fer- ^ tllizer Is applied before planting and later a topdrcssing is used as lndi- . cated. The use of topdressers scorns to be more effective on light sandy soils . than on the heavier phases. T. E. KEITT. Chief, Division of Soils and Chemistry. POINTS TO EMPHASIZE IN 8E- i ucv/i inu nuvio. t ( In /electlrtg hogs either for breed- * ing or feeding there are Home points I < to which one should give special at- f tentlon. v The question of breed Is largely a 1 L matter of personal preference, how-*v ever, one should consider the popu larity or demand for what he proposes \ to breed. Chooae a breed that has j proved a good one?there are several -?then tnlect stock that are as true to type as you can got. Constitution Is of vital importance. It Is natural thnt animals of strong constitution have bettor appetites; * animals that give the most economical 1 and rapid gains are the ones that eat freoly. Indications of constitution are v large heart girth and a broad, well- 1 shaped head. 1 Body capacity Is another esaentlnl, 1 though It is very commonly lacking In j hogs. Body capacity is found in th? ? animal that haa plenty of "stretch"? j good length, depth and breadth. Insist on quality which Is Indicated by the hair and bone especially, and the general finish and refinement of the animal as a whole. When a boar Is to be selected, look for the points already mentioned and ! in addition select an individual that la strong In masculinity and the characteristics of the breed he represents. If a brood sow. look for femininity ! together with the points mentioned. t Experienced breeders place murb ; stress on pronounced sex character!*- ( tics as they are Intimately associated with prepotency and regularity in | breeding. R. L SHIELDS. ' Jan. 21. 1918.' . ! ! A prosperous, intelligent, and contented rural population is thorefore ea- , sential to our national prosperity. The | world's experience has shown that the best way to secure this is to encourage the division of all the lands into 1 small terms, each owned and operated by one famfly.?Dr. Seaman A. : KnapS 1 i How's This ? t y We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Halt's Catarrh Curt. , Hall's Catarrh Cure has peon taken 1 by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty-five years, and has become known as the most reliable remedy (or Ca(arrh. Hall's Catarrh Ctirs acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces, edpelllnff the Poison from the Blood and healing the diseased portions. I After you have taken Hall's Catarrh | Cur# for a short time you will see a great Improvement In your feotrul health. Start taking lull's Catarrh * Curs at once and get rid of catarrh, end f?r testimonials, free. ' P. J. CHKM*Y A CO, TolsdS, Qfela told by all Druggists, Wa. mil SIRLSt. LEMON JUICE IS SKIN WHITENS How to M?k? CrMmjr Beauty Loth For a Few Cents. The juice of two fresh lemo strained into a bottle containing thr >unces of orchard white makes whole quarter pint of the most r mark^ble lemon skin -beautifier ibout the cost one ntust pay for small jar of the ordinary cold crearr Care should be taken to strain tl femon juice through a fine cloth no lemon pulp gets in, then this 1 iion will keep fresh for months. Ev ry woman knows that lemon juice used to bleach and remove such bl nishes as freckles, sallowness and ti ind is the ideal skin softener, Whit ner and beautifier. Just try it. Get three ounces orchard white at any drug store ai .wo lemons from the grocer and mal up a quarter pint of this sweetly fr rrant, ien:on lotion and massage iaily into the face, neck, arms ai lands. Adv' 1. Plans for the aerlul mail route t twoen Washington. Philadelphia ai New York contemplate the use of m chines capable of curbing 300 poun of mall a distance of 200 miles wit ho stop. A special postage rate would I charged not exceeding 25 cents i ounce. In reply to Inquiries regarding tl possibility of redistilling seized splrl for alcohol the war department has n nounced that the small amount of ale hoi recovered, the cost of transport tion, recooperage and redlstillatli would make the cost to the governtne greater than it Is now paying. The n erage yield from confiscated Uqu would not exceed 5 per cent of alcoh The wur department now penul women to qualify as Inspectors small arms, according to tin annoum meat by the civil service commissk DESERVES A GOLD MEDAL FOR TH lis mother's tears is going to folio lim and haunt him. Send your b< >flf with a smile. It will make you romrade to him and an example i veil. He will say to himself: " 'Well, if Mother could buck v ind meet her trouble with a smile, juess I can, too!' "And when you write to him?ar vrite often!?don't send him 'sorr etters. Don't moan and tell all tl ilaek things you think about. Mai lim feel that you're proud and hapj ibout him. If he thinks you unde stand, he will be proud and hapi limself." a fern's wra From TKree Years' Suffering. Saj Cardui Made Her WeS. Texas City, Tex.?In an interest!) tfatentent, Mrs. O. H. Schill, of this tow says: "For three years I suffered unto J.,ony with my head. I was unable Jo any of my work. I just wanted to sleep all the time, f hat was the only ease 1 could get, wh< I was asleep. I became a nervous wro lust from th* awful suffering with n icad. I \.as so nervous that the least no! would make me jump out of my bed. tad no energy, and was unable to < inything. My son, a young boy, had Jo all my household duties. 1 was not able to do anything until ook Cardui. I took three bottles in a ind it suretv rur^d r?f <hn?* iwl teadaches. That has been three yea (go, and I know the cure is permaner or I have never had any headache strn aking Cardui. .. Nothing relieved me until I took Cardi It did wonders for me." Try Cardui for your troubles?ma< rom medicinal ingredients recommends n medical books as being of benefit emali) troubles, and 40 years of use h iroven that the books are right Beg -aking Cardui today. NC-II Brook your Cold or LoGrtppo wi ? low done* of CM. ' I " ~ ' - THE SPRING D I ' np ee South Carolina's Great Thrift A a e-' America's great thrift arm? has begi 11 The South Carolina dlrison of aavert rest of the country. The United State R sixty-Are million dollars from the sale is. Sales are now running about two mill! he This is equal to the entire cost of n Cincinnati authority tell* how to di up any corn or callus so it lifts right off. V..,. i ? ? . niicT-jn-^lciril IIICI1 illlil WOini iced suffer no longer. Wear tl ihoes that nearly killed you befor ays this Cincinnati authority, b rause a few drops of freezonc a died directly on a tender, achii orn stops soreness at once and sot he corn loosens so it can be liftt >ut, root and all, without a bit < >ain. A quarter of an ounce of freezoi osis very little at any drug store, b s sufficient to take off every hard i .oft corn or callus. This should 1 ricd, as it is inexpensive and is sa lot to inflame or even irritate tl surrounding tissue or skin. If your wife wears high heels si vill be glad to know of this. Adv IE WISHED THAT "MA" HADN'T CRIE In an article written by Priva Peat in the March American Mag ine the famous soldier says: "After the train started I ha lened to find myself with four of tl ,'oung fello.vs, fine bright your haps every one of them. Three < hem were talking and laughing, eai >ne telling what 'Mother said' ai vhat 'Father said.' But the four >ne didn't open his mouth for aboi ifteen minutes. He was the brigh st-looking one of the lot, too. Finu y he gave a big sigh and said: " 'Gee! I wish Ma hadn't cried!' "There you are ! The memory ( su It la double the receipts of the Posl toms Service before the war. " j It ia more than double the highest e* the savings banks In this country, is The money now coming In from War ie_' pay for 10,000 tons of shipping. At thi ' for three million tons or more thun h in i Board. e", This money is not given to the Gov? the people which will be repaid with of Every time you buy a War Savings I 1(j self, you provide the Government with i , all you release materials and services w supply of necessities to the boys at tk ,,l_ The War Savings Campaign has Ju it much, think what it will do when we rei lt] when we appreciate its importance, j BUY MORE WAR 8AVING8 AND j WIN THE WAR. ,p" I i?i. 44THE GIFT T< in-1 y"' Governor Manning Gives Each o be Savings S nn ' Governor Richard I. Manning has'pure! j of his ten grandchildren, and has thus e: 1 war savers. It haB been often suggested [tR i ideal war time present for children. Not i longer than most presents, and nre pel value constantly. During March the stai on W. 8. 1 nt HAVE YOU JO or ol. * Many Advantages in Store for ltH Societi of '(' " m> Among the numerous advantages of a be mentioned the following: It provl.-Jos an opportunity for a discu business in which this country is now en 15 It furnishes an easy and convenient StampB, and provides a medium through kept before the people over a long period ry regular, systematic saving, and makes ev a stockholder in the United Staios of / welfare of the nation and its soldiers ant . n I ^_____ A NEW WA e, c- Sing a song of Tk p- Pocket full of do 1(, Lend it to your c< j And help the Wi When five yours a i(' Tho U. S. goveri :>f Will give you back Enriched by foui ic ______ ut or ? ae ^ . r. | Sfrank n j Oldest Bank. In ( |! *c I Wc solicit your business. We p; a" i Z 11 We invite tK ,. of i Your Patronage wanted. 1 j it will receive court id , th ; SAFETY DEPO ut r_ 1 * OUR MOTTO: "STRENGTH ll" I R. E. Rivers, President. 1 M. J. Hough, Vice-President. af! I*? ? >y a as id y' = 1 Ninety P r" i/A ?OUT O : I Every H. W TO NINETY OU Pj HUNDRED PEOPL ft $g ' CEIVED MONEY FRC fej LIFE INSURANCI ng H DURING THE LAS! n, I THAT INSURANCE ld S ONLY SUPPORT. 10 flj THAT IS A GRIM ? or MAN WHO HAS A M en OK CHILD DEFE: Clt & HIMly M LOOK AT IT A M M H NOT STARTLNG? I 9 SOUTHERN LIFE lo 3 COMPANY POLICIE I | STRONG AND DEF1 If jj TELL YOU ABOUT It I Chesterfield Lo ,n i C. C. DOUGLA as -fi jn 1 ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT, HEA W INSURAJ ~ M W. Buy and Sail RmI Ei RIVE IS ONll] jrmy Will Go Over the Top in Its Spring Drive. T i Is going "Over the top" with the is Treasury hat already received i of theue little thrift stamps, on dollars per day. inning the Government ten years, toffice Department or of the Cus- . rate of growth ever reached by j ' Savings 9tamps every day would s rate it would provide in a year 1 p alt the program of the Shipping M-nment; it Is merely a loan from Interest. Stamp you lay up money for yournoney to win the war, and best of rhich alone can make possible the t< 10 front. h at begun. It is already doing so a ally get behind it the way we will P THRIFT STAMPS?THEY WILL fl d il b 0 or us." p ' U if His Grandchildren a War ^ tarap. g !? lased n War Savings Stamp for each ii nrolled them in the state's army of ( u that War Savings Stamps are the t only are they patriotic, bu?t they last t -foctly acceptable, and increase la ups will cost 14.14' each. j * s. ,j INED YET? . ! __ r Members of War Savings * es. r V joining a War Savings Society may ^ wsion of the war, which is the chief ' gaged. r method of buying War Savings s which the subject of thrift can be | of time. It introduces the habit of f ery owner of a War Savings Stamp a tmerica, all interested alike in the 1 sailors. H s fi R SONG. _ i irift Stamps 0 ugh, s ountry t ir-fiinit wnw ? ? f ire over, a lment your capital r per cent! F o o _ 8 a C icateriidd ; chesterfield t: c ly interest on'time deposits tl to Visit Us I fi Whether large or small r< eous attention a SIT BOXES " fi AND SECURITY." P fi C. C. Dougla??, Cashier. '' > a n i Q?:?L A r-.u: ? " ?? \-a?nicr. | ' tl f| - K fl _____ e i 11 ? p n n i? eople ! f? fi indrecl ? : T OF EVERY E WHO RE- w >M A CERTAIN T : COM FAN Y a ' TEN YEARS, WAS THEIR h b JTORY TO THE !j [OTHER, WIFE K s'DENT UPON t( INUTE! IS IT h : AND TRUST 'tS ARE CLEAR, i tl NTE. LET US | " THEM. J li E <2 ( an & Ins. Go. ] SS, Manager n LTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK d 4CE f lUtt-J-Money Loaned I NHHIHHflHHflHHHNKiL l [HE HOT BED AND EARLY VEGETABLES ? HE COLD FRAME SHOULD ALp WAYS ACCOMPANY THE HOTBED. low TO CONSTRUCT ONE lants Should First Be Started in Hotbed Then Transplanted^ the Cold Frame. For forcing early vegetables such bb Diuatoes, egg plants, peppers, etc., the otbed is indispensable. To construct hotbed an eastern or southern exosure should be selected. The rame should be 6 feet wide and any esired length. As a rule for the fan1 ly garden, a hotbed 6 by G feet will e sufficient for rearing all young lants for the garden. It would be luch better, however, to have a frame by 12 feet. This will afford ample pace for transplanting the plants and ive them more rootu in order that hoy may properly develop. The soil 1 excavated to a depth of IK inches lid the frame built G t'eet wide and he desired length and fitted over the ronch. The frame should slope lo/ards the east in order to admit suuIglit. The bottom of the frame is died with fermenting stable manure, diis should lie mixed thoroughly lieore being placed in the frame and lacked firmly and watered freely im aediately afterwards. In the south 2 inches of manure will furnish suficient heat for hotbeds; while in the lorth, where the weather is more se ere, two teet of manure is usuallv ised. On top of the manure is placed ix inches of garden soil which has >een well sifted and is free from ali oots and trash. This should be lightly packed in order to make lr >erfectly level. The sash of the raine are always three feet wide and ix feet long. The frame, therefore, houhl either be constructed three, ix, nine, or 12 feet wide. After the rarden soil has been placed in tlv rame, it is well to cover this with one nch of llnely sifted woods earth. Voods earth is used because it i ilways free from grass and wee 1 eeds which are frequently very troudesome when the garden soil is used tfter the bed has been completed th ash are put in place and the frame ,llowcd to stand fo? 3 or 4 days hefor ; ilantlng the seed. This is done in rder to allow the bed to become thormghly warm before planting. Th r eeds may then be planted, watered lightly, and the sash replaced. A ; oon as the plants come up the bed hould be ventilated if the weather onditions are favorable. teven when he temperature is near freezing in he early morning, it will be warm mough before mid-day to ventilat he bed for a few hours. If the rames are not properly ventilated, he plants will grow too tall and be orae lenntr ana will not withstand be transplatlng without being injurd. When a frame is properly contructed it will last for u number of ears. Each year, however, fresh nuiure will have to be placed in the rame. The same hotbed may be use I or various kinds of vegetables. For istance one may first grow cabhag nd cauliflower. After those are reloved or transplanted in the cold rame, tomatoes, egg plants and pep er seed may be sown In the same rame. These will be ample sire for ransplanting by the time the weathr conditions are favorable. Client are should be exercised in watering tie plants. If they are watered too reely during warm weather they will row too rapidly, and if watered too reely during excessively cold weatbr, they are llabel to be Injured. It I. therefore, recommended that the lants be watered just enough to keep Item in a good growing condition and ot allow them to suffer. Cold Frame.?The cold frame hould always accompany the hotbed tie plants first being started in til" othed and then transplanted to tb" old frame, and from there to the open round whenever the weather condilons will permit. The cold frame iffers from the hotbed in only one repect. it does not have the manure a< it? i m ?11 (fin ui uic null iu prouiUM' ip'jh, therwlse the frame is construe! cd in zactly the same way as the hotbed Cold frames are sometimes covered 1th heavy canvas instead of glass, his is much cheaper than the glass nd the frames are more easily hav led when covered by canvas than lien covered with glass. The plant, owever, will not grow off as rapidly ut this, aH a rule is an advantage t favor of the canvas-covered frames, he chief trouble with the amateur ardener is that ho forces his plants to rapidly. The education of the farmer npon Is farm by working out problems in 1e field and receiving the answer in lie crib or granary is, liko all edueaIon a personal matter, and each man nust acquire it for himself. This oints to the small furin, personally rnrlrA/1 o t lu'ut f/\r tho moit iho Mid, for society, and for the Stat*.? >r. Seaman A. Knapp. SCHOOL ELECTION tate of South Carolina, bounty of Chesterfield. ? To the Trustees of Itay Springs Ichool District No. 21 : You are hereby authorized ?.o hold lp election at the school house nbov > amcd on Saturday, March i?>?h, on ho question of voting four < ti ndilional mills for the purpose of deraying the regular expenses of the lav Springs school. J. ARTHUR KNIGHT, County Superintendent if Education, for County Board. _ I - ^ - ? GERMAN A In These Columns Will 1 ot Articles Describin most Unbelievable ( i lie Truth of These Lstablished by the U. ! GERMAN HONOR DRAGGED IN DUST : < nl i Solemn Promises Made to Bel- ,n gians Proved to Be Worse <> Than Worthless. 8, i ALL APPEALS WERE FLOUTED q ! it i? Pathetic and Dignified Supplications of a Municipal Governments Answered G by Rebuke and Heavy Fine P Imposed by General Hopfer. j Over the earnest protest of Cardi- 1 ] rial Merrier, heroic head of the 2, church iti Belgium, the terrible <> pi a us of the kaiser's high officers n concerning/the deportation of the ^ people were, carried out. The sol- |? cm nig pledged wont of the Herman tl governor general of Belgium count- tl ed as nothing in the malignant hate a< shown In/ I lie kaiser's creatures. 11! Cardinal Mereler attempted to per- n| suade 1 lie German authorities to aban- C( don their terrible plans for tin* seizure of Haitians to assist in the prosecu- s) tlon of tlie war, reinindiiiu theiu of jj their solemn promises in the past; (|( "Malines, Itlih October, 1010. j| "Mr. Governor General: "The day after the surrender of Antwerp the frightened population asked itself v. hat would become of the l>el- |t ttians of aye to hear arms or who would <> ri'iieh that njie before the end of the t: i<'('iip;ii mil. im; entreaties of the fa ri tilers ami mothers of families deter- j, milted me to question the governor of u Antwerp, Karon vo:i llnene, who had |> the kindness to reassure ine and to authorize me in his name to reassure the agonized parents. The rumor had spread at Antwerp, nevertheless, that (ii at Liege, N.nnur, and Chnrleroi young jl( men had la-en seized and taken !>v ^ force to iermany. 1 therefore heg- jj ged (Joverner von I luetic to be good enough to confirm to me In writing the . guarantee which he had given to me orally, to the etTect that nothing sim- j liar would happen at Antwerp, lie said to me immediately that the ru- . , In mors concerning deportations were without basis, and unhesitatingly ho 7 sent ine In writing, among other stale- j. mcnts, the following: 'Voting men have no reason to fear that they will be ta- j, ken to (iermany, either to he there enrolled in the army or employed for forced labor.' "This declaration, written and signed, was publicly transmitted to the . clergy and to those of the faith of ^ tiie province of Antwerp, as your excellency can see from the document en-1 closed herewith, dated October ltitli, i lilit, wliielt was read in all the churches. Solemn German Promises Broken. I "Upon the arrival of your pretleccs- ( Ror, tlte late Karon von del* (Soltz, at " Krassels I laid the honor of presenting i " myself at his house and requested him j u to he good enotiglt to ratify for the entire country, without time limit, the, guarantees which (ieneml von lltienu j ( l had given me for the province of Am-1 werp. The governor general rctaim i I tliis request in his possession in order; " to examine it at his leisure. The fol-1 <-' lowing day he was good enough to. come in person to Malines to bring me I Itis approval, and eonlirmed to me, in '' tin* presence of two aidvs-de-< amp iirul u of my private secretary, tin* promise ' that the liberty of Kclglaii citizens i would l?c rcs|?cctcd. "To doubt the authority of sue It tin ; (lortlikings would Li. vc I to retloi 11 til" persons Who lltl'l intuli* them, j '' mil 1 t??r?- took steps to tilluy, by nil th" menus of pet-sum ion in my j power. ilir moieties wliioli persisted in I 1'' the inl?*! -.-Ifiiiiiilius. i ?" "S'.' i111-1:11hIiiiyr nil tliiyour governor lit now tenr* Iron their Ihhiics ' worknioii reduced in spite of their el-' forts to n slnte of unemployment, sop- '* ttrnles tliein l?,v form from tiieir wiveitii<I cliilrlrett tin<! deports tin in to en- 11 emy territory. Numerous workmen ( linve nlreitdy mule, gone this imluippy j " lot ; more ntuneri :s nre those who nrc . ?'' threatened with the snme nets of violeliee. Mercier's Moving Appeal. 0 "In the tut ti.e of the liberty of dni.ti-l " oile niul the liberty ot worU of lt?*luri:tn " elt i/eiis; in the 11111!"' of the inviohi- J " billty of fnmilies; in the ntiine of mor- j '' ul interests wltieli the menxtires of tie- , " portntion wotihl grnveiy eotnproini-e; | in the luttne of the word given by the' '' governor of the Province of Antwerji; r> niul l>\ the governor general, the im-1 u meiliMte repre. elitllt i Ve of the highest * '' authority of III" tieiinnn empire. 1 re- ''' speel III IIV HCg your 1< 'liry Iti lie 11 good enough t'> withdraw ilic measures ! n) of forced labor un?I of <1* |iori:tti<>11 an-1 nnutiecd to tin* Relglun workmen, iiiul' w to l>" good enough to reinstate In their | ' homes those wlm luive already been | " deport ill. | " "Your exnellency will appreciate how ni painful for nie would he the weight of i ' the responsibility that I would have' " to hear as regards these families, if I' the confidence which they have given " you through my agency and at toy request were lamentably deceived. al "1 persist in believing that this will not he the case. "Accept, Mr. Governor General, the ? assurance of my very high consideration. ft' "D. J. CARDINAL MKHOIEU. n "Arch, of Ma lines." ' j Mv.'dr'.pnl governments In Helglum "> appealed to the Gefmnn authorities to c< Observe thof liaises. The two doc- w lTROCII Be Published a Series g Some of The AlJrimes of Germany, Accounts Has Been S. Government. nents which follow Illustrate Bel^'no /^VUIO uuu MUUIIUU HU9WtTB. "In the matters of'the requi^iclim ade hy tli?* German authoritlm da<Wr } iber 20i 1916-'(requisition of a JLst of orkinen to be drawn up- by the mo* elpnllty) ... ? "The municipal coundl resolves to nlntain its attitude of refusal. "It further feels It Its duty to place 1 record the following: "The city of Tournul Is prepared to ibiult unreservedly to all the exlgenes authorized by the laws und cus>nis of war. Its sincerity cannot be uestioned. For more than two years has submitted to the German oceu- ^ at ion, during which time it has bulged ad lived at close quarters with the ernian troops, yet it has displayed erfect composure and has refrained rom any act of hostility, proving leroby that it is uniuiated by no idle ;)irit of bravado. i "In his declaration dated September , 1911, the tiermau governor general f I'elgium declared: 'I ask none to nounce Ids patriotic sentiments.' "The city of Tournul reposes conilence in this decoration, which It is >iiixl to consider as the sentiment of a- German emperor, in whose name ie governor general was speaking. In .-(-opting tin- inspiration of honor and itrlotisiii, the city is loyal to a fundaonlal duty, the loftiness of which ust l>e apparent to any German ofll-r. "Tiie city is confident that the might forwardness and clearness of lis attitude will prevent any misunL-rstanding arising between itself and a- German army." Answer Is Lecture and Fine. "Toiirnai. 'J"?rd October. 1910. "in permitting itself, through tlie i (limn <>r iimnieii ill resolutions, to the orders <?r the (Jerinun nilli r,v authnritb s in tin* occupied ter- . ?. lur.v. ilie city is guilty of an uncxutn- p led at romance and of a complete mis- J mid-standing of the situation createdX y the state of \v:tr. f "The 'dear and simple situation' if i reality the following: "The military authorities order tni ty to ohey. Otherwise the city tnuf ar the heavy const quences, as I hn' itinied out in my previous explanaotis. "The general coinjnamling the army us inllicted on the city?on account I' its refusal, up to date, to furnish ic lists demanded?a punitive conilnttion of 2<lo,oon marks, which must i? paid within the next six days, beaming with today. The general also ihl- that until such time as all the >. - * sts demanded arc in his hands, for very day in arrears, beginning with >coet:iber HI, It'll*, a sum of 20,000 tarks will he paid by the city. "ilOI'KKU, Major General, "Kiappen-Kuiiimandnnt." The Commission Syndicnle of BelIan worklngiiten also attempted to lnuce the GiTltian authorities to ubun>11 their terrilile plans. Recited Wrongs of Workmen. "Commission Syndicnle of Belgium, "Brussels, aoth Oct, 1016. A l'o the Governor < ieneral of Belgium.] "Excellency: The measures which re being planned by your admlnls ation to force the unemployed to ork for the invading power, the deurtation of our unhappy comrades lilcli has begun in the region of the tapes, move most profoundly the eniv working class in Ilels/him "The undersigned, members and rep sentatives of the great central soulist and independent symlieules of elgittm, would consider that they had nt fulfilled their duty did they not cxross to you the painful sentiment tii<*li agitate the lahorers and convey > ymt the echo of their touching comlaitits. "They have seen the machinery then from their factories, the most iverse kind of raw materials rcqulsloned, the accumulation of obstacles i prevent the resumption of regular ork, the disappearance one hy one of rery public liberty of which they were roud, "For more tlmn two years the lairing class more than any other hus en forced to undergo the most blt r trials, experiencing misery and ften hunger, while its children far way tight and die, and the parents T these children can never convey Fo lent the affection with which their carts are overflowing. Pathetic Appeal Disregarded. "Our laboring class has endured rerything with the utmost calm and ie most impressive dignity, repressing s sufferings, its complaints and heavy ials, sacrificing everything to Its leu) nf lilierlv niui T>..* ...... ...... j'. iiuvuvc. *?Ul ic measures wliirlt have been nnnunet (I w ill make the population drain te dregs (of the cup) of luitaan sor \v; the proletariat, the poor upon h>>111 uneinploytaoiit has been forced, lizens of a modern state, are to he uidciiincd to forced labor without living disobeyed aay regulation or rder. "In the name of the families of orktneii among which the most pain- , il anxiety reigns at fireseat, whose lotliers. whose fiancees, and whose I tie children are destined to shed so ( any more tears, we beg your excel ncy to prevent the accomplishment r tills painful act, contrary to In>rnntional law, contrary to the dlgIty of the working classes, contrary i everything which makes for worth nd greatness In human nntrue. "We beg your excellency to pardon nr emotion and we offer you the horn* ge of our distinguished consideration.** (Appended are signatures of memi>rs of the national committee and ,e Commission Syndicate.) 1 ' /on Hissing In his reply, November priietic.dly admitted the truth of tlfe implulnt hy attempting: to justify the eusures