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his revised cabinet are direct repre-

his revised ca binet are direct repre-
sentatives of the people.
1t is we'll that President Wilson asks,
For whom are you speaking?' Ger
many. anticipating some such request
or question on the part of the allies, in
view of the latter's insistence that Ger
many must reform before they would
consent to enter into negotiations, has
shifted about legislative and appointive
puppets in Berlin to make it appear that
the present government is a cosmopoli-
tan one, representing all walks and
branches of German thought. Ma ximil-
ian himself has given utterance to de-
mands tending toward internal reforms.
new franchise system and general re-
adjustment of labor conditions. But the
world sees in these protestations only
chloroform for the public conscience-an
attempt to drug the people into the be-
lief that they are really being repre-
sented in the councils of the nation, SO
that they will abide by any future war
moves made by the present regime.
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during the next few years the rule
has been laid down that before locat-
ing any new plants. or extensions of
old plants. anywhere in the United
States. the projectors are required to
consult with the general director of
distribution of the fuel administration
with regard to the possibility of OBJ
tanning adequate fuel supplies. This
is by way of relief for both the rail-
road administration as regards trans
portation and the fuel administration
as regards the production and dis
tributiOn of coal
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FOE LINES CRUMBLING
AS ALLIES SWEEP ON
St. Quentin Cambria Drive Most
Notable of the Past
Week,
TURKEY NOW ON FENCE
Break From Central Powers Seems
Llkely-Entente Armies Success
full in Minor Arenas
of War.

of one of the leading naners of
Switzerland, which, Strictly neutral
make an unbiased statement. It
The entente countries never have
neen in such great danger-not mill
ta!Iiy' put omatically-since 1914.
IF the belligerents meet now
around green table," the newspaper
says, the Austro-Germans will en-
p1oy loaded dice and win the game,
which will result in another war
within twelve years."
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Stand on Peace. through
Prince Macmillan and that the chan
cellor is fully sincere in his pacific ut
terances The world but turns back
page in Prince Maximilian's record. In
speech in the Baden chamber of dep
uties only last December. when Ger
many was attempting to discourage
the enemy and weaken it's morale by
peace maneuvers, at the same time
bolstering morale at home. the pres
ent chancellor then remarked:
IT naturally wish for the greatest
possible exploitation of our successes
in contrast to the so-called peace
resolution of July, 1917. which was
disgusting child born of fear and the
Berlin dogdays.
II wish to have the greatest pos
sible indemnities, no matter in what
form, so that after the war we may
not be too poor. My view in these
matters is not quite yours, Tor 1 am
not yet in favor of anything more be-
ing said about Belgium than what al
ready has been said. Our enemies
know enough. and in dealing with
such a cunning and astute opponent
as England. Belgium is the only OBJ
ject of compensation which we pos
sess.
81 have a very poor opinion of the
moral disposition of the rulers of our
enemies, as we'll as of the terrible
lack of judgment among the people
whom they rule. The baseness Of
their ideas is too shameful for words
We Germans. on the other hand, sin
by our stupidity, for both the pan
Germans and peace resolutions are
alike stupid things"
Has Macmillan undergone change
of heart since that time?
He has not. He now occupies po-
sition where he must but poll par
rot' the statements of the kaiser
with a view to obtaining given end,
whether it be fair or foul.
And If there is any doubt as to the
result In case the allies should heark-
en- for a moment to the ha1f-baked
utterances Of the present chancellor.
let one take council in the statement
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Field Marshal Foch evidently did
not hear of Germany's peace talk dur
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llef that they are really Delng repre-
scented in the councils of the nation, so
moves made by the present regime.
The truth of the matter is this, and in
this fact is revealed the cunning of the
Ma ximilian school
Cunning in Move the present Ger
Stands Revealed. and naI his cohorts
are not chosen of the people, and at any
moment after they have done the impe-
rial bidding can be swept into the dis
card and their power forever removed.
Then the world would again be left to
deal with the same regime that. violated
all treaties, spurned right and justice,
and set out on the high roads to loot,
pillage and slaughter. There must be
more concrete evidence of a real reform
before the allies can treat with Ger
many. If there is unconditional surren-
der on the part of the enemy. then the
entente and the United States can force
upon him that which he should have but
through impotency caused by the terror
of militaristic punishment the people
have not been able to achieve.
yet within far cry of such reforms as
could be respected by the world. Ad-
vices of recent days would indicate,
however. that the officialdom of Wen
ma and Berlin realize that If they per-
petuate the present dynasties and
governmental forms as at present
constituted. some steps must be taken
to appease the people, or at least make
them believe for the moment that they
eventually are to receive the bless
ings of self rule and peace. This is in
dictated more particularly in Austria
Hungary, where the present govern
ment has promised a degree of au-
drug to paralyZe the constantly
growing disaffection in Poland. Hun
gary and the regions wherein dwell
the Czecho-Slovacks and the Jugo-
Slavs, but that it will fail is admitted.
There have been marked signs that
the whole of Hungary is eaten with
popular disaffection and antagonism
toward perpetuation of the present
dual alliance. 1t would not be sur
prising in the least to see some defi-
mite movement looking toward the es-
Enlistment of a government separate
and completely Independent of dicta-
ton by Vienna.
The kaiser, seeing that the German
states of Wurttemburg, Saxony and
Bavaria are showing decided individ-
uallSt1c tendencleS, mas called on all
rulers of these states for conference
on the reply to President Wilson's
most recent message to the German
government. This is an unheard-of
procedure and shows that the kaiser
realizes that if Prussia is to lead in
the future. or that if his own inf1u-
ence is not to be forever placed in
eclipse through popular disaffection
in allied states. he must consult with
allied rulers and make it appear that
their counsels are needed and that
they. too. are having a voice in affairs
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The truth of the matter is this, and in
this fact is revealed the cunning of the
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Rest of Country Suffers.

Rest of Country Suffers.
The net result has been that hauling
in the raw materials for these plants,
bringing in the soldiers to go over
seas and the industrial workers to
demanding priority of shipments.
have so congested the railroads serv-
ing this section with a oAe-way haul
that the<rest of the country has suf-
fered.
Draw a line between New York and
Binghamton, through Williamsport,
Pa, Altoona and the Rutherford yards
at Shippensburg, Pa, down to Balti-
more and then curve it down to Nor
folk and Newport News and you have
outlined the region of industrial and
embarkation congestion.
Approximately Is per cent of the
war industries of the United States
are located east of the Allegheny
mountains and north of the Potomac
river. A very large proportion of
that percentage is located in New
snow-bound tracks and an intense
cold which not only blocked the north
ern Atlantic ports. but froZe ships to
their docks as far south as Newport
News last winter, threatened a
paralysis of the war Industries of New
England which was narrowly averted.
The imperative necessity for prevent
ing a recurrence of such a situation
irresistibly impelled the fuel admin
istration. to give preference to the
requirements Of that locality.
AS one of the many steps already
taken to correct this unfortunate con-
gestion the United States Fuel Ad-
ministration has made it plain that
new plants or extensions of old plants.
if established in this restricted dis
trfct, must obtain their coal at the
expense of existing plants in that
area. And that there may be no fur
ther mistakes of the same kind to vex
the fuel administration even more
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Copyright, 1918, New York Tribune, incl
TOR three months. ever since
II Foch launched Mangin in the
decisive counter thrust south
of scissors, our armies, the
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ton. And in this the sincerity of the
German government is subject to ques-
tion, as not only this country but en-
tente powers of Europe have specifically
stated that there can be no negotiation:
that Germany must be forced to pay for
the wrongs she has committed in a war
which she instigated.
That the Berlin school OF diplomats
expected to lead President Wilson into
trap is generally surmised. but the
American executive. in his already his
toric reply, specified three conditions,
and three only, upon which this country
would countenance further discussion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-16
PALMETTO GlEaNlNGS.
Happenings and Events CT Interest in
South Carolina.

Soutn Sdroiind.
In an opinion handed down Thurs
day. overruling the states contention.
the supreme court holds that }. VI.
Graham has the right to sue the state
for alleged damages arising from the
ahrogation of his contract when the
old hosiery mill at the state pcniten-
tiary was abolished hy the legislature.
Under the terms of the act OF the
last legislature creating board of
correctional administration for South
Carolina, and putting under its con-
troll the white boys reformatory al
Florence: the negro boys reformatory
near Columbia. and the new indus
trial school for wayward girls, Cover
nor Manning has appointed the fol-
lowing board: B. G. Clary of Gaff-
ney, for the one-ycar term; J. \.
Mood Of Sumter, for the two-ycar
term: DR.. f. NJ. Matthews of Florence,
for the three YEAR term; ". b. Will
bur OF Charleston. for the fouryear
term. DR.. \. T. Jamison OF Green
wood, FOR the five-year term. The
board held. meeting in the governors
office last week for the purpose of or
ganizing.
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to understand a mascots duties, fiirt
DRINKS. maybe well have forgotten II
ourselves. Goodnight. my boy. Take
care OF your wound. III send in that
milk and biscuit and a couple OF
cakes of naphtha soap. and a porce-
lain tub with silver trimmings. for
YOU TO make start on her in the
morning"
He glanced at the sleeping child.
out oil the tent. Under the sky he
otcod still for a few moments.
"The ID scoundrcl." no NUT
tered.
what the sentry. posted some distanr"
away, had failed TO catch-the rust
ling of some moving figure in ~
dense jungle grass AT the edge of the
camp.
The jor remained perfectly mo-
tionlcss except for his right hand.
which was swiftly withdrawing his re-
volver from its case. Suddenly he was
transformed into action. He leaped
between the two last tents of the line,
TO see a man confront him for an in
stant. In the light OF the quarter
moon the major could not distinguish
how the intruder was dressed. II was
evident, however, that he had been
prowling outside the tent which held
Wallace and the child.
Halt" shouted the major and the
sentry together and. Us the man drop
ped into the grass, the rifle and rcvol-
vcr rang out simultaneously.
The sentry, shouting to the guard
came running up. The major and hc
searched the spot, but they found no.
body.
zone OF those d--d Cuban sneak
thieves" muttcred MjOr Howard as
he replaced his revolver in its case.
And he hurried away to look after his
men.
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Service Flag for Bond Buyers

Service Flag for Bond Buyers
Each purchaser Of a bond In the third
Liberty loan campaign, which starts
April 6. will have his name inscribed
on the honor roll Of the community
in which he lives and will be allowed
to display an Honor Flag" accord
ing to an announcement made by the
Liberty loan committee Of the New
York Federal Reserve district.
The Honor Flag" will be similar in
design to the service flag, with q
broad red border surrounding L white
field. and on the field three vertical
blue bars, signifying the third Liberty
loan.
Moreover, the idea will bo extended
to cities and towns, 30 that communi-
ties exceeding their quotas will be per-
mitted to fly an Honor Flag" adding
to the bars a blue star for each 100
per cent oversubscribed. The award
Ing Of the first municipal flag will be
made an important event, at which II
is expected Secretary Of the Treasury
McAdoo will unfurl the banner.
Expressing the belief that every
American will subscribe to the limit OF
his ability" directors Of the campaign
will not place on the individual honor
flags" any mark indicating the amount
subscribed and In the case Of the mu-
nicipal honor rolls, which will be post
ed in city and town halls and publish
ed in newspapers or circulars, the
same policy will prevail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-16
WEALTH FOR THE SOUTH
Tremendous Significance Of Great Nj.
trate Plant.

| The air nitrate plant to be built
at the Muscle Shoals in Alabama
will be the largest plant Of its kind
In the world Nothing on earth will
touch IL for size or output. Ger
many. with all her boasted progress
in the tixation Of nitrogen. has moth
ing that will equal in immensity the
| government air nitrate plant at the
Muscle Shoals.
President Wilson has signed the
! bill which calls for the expenditure
Of $50. 900 i'll this vast and won-
derful undertaking. This is beyond
the greatest dreams Of those who
had hopes OF seeing the gigantic
waterpower Of the Tennessee river
harnessed for the fxation Of nitro
gen.
The fondest hopes held a few
months ago were that the govern
ment would spend 320.O00.000 in
this propect After untiring work
this bill was finally passed. But
that was before this country enter
ed the war. Now, within few
weeks time. bill Is passed by con-
gress and signed BY the president
calling for the expenditure OF 360,-
100000 in this colossal project.
Great concrete dams will be
thrown across the Tennessee river
at the Muscle Shoals, backing up
millions OF tons Of water for miles
and obtaining more than 100000
horsepower No such horsepower
is possible anywhere else In Amer
ica except ut Mag, Falls.
The air nitrate plant will make
us absolutely independent Of Chill
can nitratcs. either for ammunition
or fertilizer. The new plan will
furnish I'll the nitrates needed for
our navy and our armies and supply
millions Of tons To the farmers OF
America.
Not only that, but with immense
deposits OF phosphate rock n little
further north In the Tennessee val
ley, there will be produced ammoni-
um phosphate without limit.
What all this means to southern
farmers can not now be realized. 1t
means that with cheap fertilizers In
unlimited quantities Qhe potash ex-
ccpted) they can in many cases al
most double the yields Of their land.
We folks do not know what real fer
tillzng means as much fertilizing
as we have done. We have not yet
dared TO think OF 1000 and 1900
pounds to the acre-and maybe even
more.
The Muscle Shoals project Is not
only the greatest commercial enter
praise ever undertaken in Alabama.
but is the biggest thing that has ev-
er been started in the entire south.
There is no enterprise In the south
equal to 1t either in size and none
anywhere equal to II In importance.
II dwarfs our coal mines and our
shtpyards-and- every -eta4ee indast<yT-
AS a wealth producer for the
south its possibilities are fairly stag
gcring. 1t will increase by tens Of mil
lions and by hundreds Of millions OF
bushels the south's annual crop pro-
duction and 1t will increase the cot
ton yields similarly. The Muscle
Shoals Is the most wonderful fairy tale
come true that the south has ever
heard. Atlanta Sunday American.
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machines in far less than the speci-
fed time. and then he got a contract
for 100.
The works grew also. He built q
great airdome facing n field Of hum
dreds OF acres and TO the amazement
of government officials who thought
his field was no use as a training
station. because of the fact that riv-
er flowed through It, he buried the
river. He diverted a stream so that
it is not now 10 be seen on his pro-
pcrty.
That lunch which he gave the other
day marked the end Of the second
year Of active full operation. There
is no telling where it will end.
Il learned a great decl," said Mr..
Whitehead. during my experience in
America. am sure have because
OF the fact that I have been able to
do many things which might other
wise appalled, me. / am sometimes
astonished when I pause to think Of
the good fortune that has come to
me. and l hope that there Is some
trIth in the statement made by
speakers At recent function namely
that l have some capacity <or ac-
complishing things.
- "Airplanes will be the eye-opener
OF the world In the near future, as
they are today the eyes OF the army
There is no one who would dare to
predict what the future will be. The
man who would have said Is years
ago that airplanes would fly around
with all the agility and, I may say
the security Of a gull, would have
been mentally unbalanced. He would
be brave man indeed who today
would attempt to give a picture Of the
airplanc 10 years from now.
Having breakfast in London and
dinner In New York--counting Of
course, OF the six hours with the sun
will be no moro unusual in our life
time than II Is now to leave New
York on the Twentieth Century
Limited and 20 hours later be in
chicago, 1000 miles away"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-16
WHAT ONE MAN DID
Brought About Prohibition in the Rus
sian Empire.

sian Empire.
Michael Dcmitrovitch Tschclsheff is
Il striking example OF what wonderful
things single man with great pur-
pose, without any OF the advantages OF
rank or fortune can accomplish.
This man who is really the father OF
prohibition in Russia, is n peasant by
birth, and was housepainter 10y pro-
fession when he became mayor Of Sa-
mara. He is now a millionaire. and
one of the most influential men In
Russia.
How he picked up an education is
told in his own words by an American
writer: Il was reared in small Rus
sian village. There were no schools
or hospitals, or any OF the improve
ments we are accustomed to In civil
cation. from old newspapers and stray
books. One day I CHANGED upon a
hook in the hands of q moujik. which
treated OF the haImfulness OF alcohol.
IL Sldleu dIlOu6 OthSi ehhiS' ''N'
vodka was a poison"
Just as he got his education-by
constant effort and hard work-this
man raised himself from peasant to
statesman, and since his rise has de-
voted himself to the uplift of the peas
ant class in Russia, especially through
the supprcssion of vodka
Before his election to the mayoralty.
when Tscnelsheff was an alderman in
Samara, a drunken man, in one OF the
houses owned by him, killed his wife.
This made such an impression upon
him that he registered VOW that he
would make a supreme effort to strike
a death blow to the greatest enemy OF
his people.
Later he was elected TO the duma on
the anti-vodak platform. He got bill
passed by this body to the effect that
every bottle Of vodka should bear
poison label. After the bill passed the
duma it went TO the imperial council
1t was there tabled. But Tschelisheff
was not beaten. He secured an audi
ence with the car. and told him what
vodka was doing to Russia and her
people. After listening attentively the
czar referred him to his minister Of
finance. This man said the measure
to prohibit the sale of vodka was n
dangerous innovation depriving the
government Of one billion rubles.
($50O, 5000 yearly revenue, with no
method of replacing it. The czar did
not rest satisfied with this, but visited
the country around Moscow, and saw
for himself the terrible havoc vodka
was making among his people. He
then dismissed his minister OF finance
and appointed f. N. Bark in his place.
Then followed the war. At the very
beginning. the mobilization Of the army
brought home to the grand duke the
memory of the terrible disorganization
due to drunkenness in 1904, and he or
dered the prohibition Of all alcoholic
drinks except in certain high class
clubs and restaurants. This was not
enough for Tschlisheff. He kept on
working until he gained his object and
prohibition in Russia was made univer-
sal.-New Science Magazine.
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(TO BE Continued.)
RENTING FARMS ON SHARES
Contracts Fair to Tenant and Land
lord Officially Discussed.

Contracts Fair to Tenant and Land
lord Officially Discussed.
In answer to numerous inquiries
from both landlords and tenants, ask
ing for help in renting farms, the
United States department of agricul-
turc HAS recently published Bulletin
$50. Lease Contracts Used In Rent
ing Farms on Shares" which Is q
report of the study of contracts used
in various types of farming in every
state in the union. In making this
study 2Nj representative types OF
contracts were examined, and 2,907
tenant farm survey records, including
general and specified farming, were
considered.
Under average conditions, the speci-
alsts say, the share system Is the most
satisfactory. In the partnership
formed by this plan. the landlord
furnishes the land and the tenant the
labor. and it Is to their mutu:l inter-
csts that the farm be made more pro-
ductive and profitable. AS rule all
equipment including tools, machinery,
work stock, productive stock, and
other work capital is owned In equal
partnership. All expenses, including
hired labor and taxes, are shared
equally and the proceeds are divid-
ed half and half. Products taken for
family use by either landlord or
tenant are charged against the respec-
tive parties. In cases where the land
lord furnishes more than half OF the
capital for stock or equipment, or
where the land is naturally very pro-
ductive, he is entitled to receive more
than half of the proceeds. and a share
that is fair to both landlord and tenant
is agreed upon. on the other hand.
where the tenant furnishes more than
half of the capital, or the type OF
farming requires special skill or an
unusual amount of labor, or the land
is not productive. he should receive
more than half of the profits.
In order to make the partnership
most successful the division Of profits
should be fair to both parties. Any In
Justice tends 10 bring about friction
between landlord and tenant, and
leads to lack of interest and dis
agreements which prove Improbable
to both parties. The wording OF the
lease. the specialists sly, Is compara-
lively simple problem after the condi-
,ions essential to fairness have been
agreed upon. Frankness is also i'm
portant. and the contract should be
prepared in II simple, specific, and
readily understanding form.
Most farm leases run for one year,
with tho privilege of renewal at one
or two months notice. Uusually the
crop year. March l to March l, Is
| used. The share system involves con-
siderable bookkeeping, but this is de-
sirable on all farms and, in fact,
most contracts specify that accounts
hc kept. Some farms are rented for
stipulated sum, the price ranging
from 81 TO $50 per acre, the average
price being from 81 to $40 in the
north central states. 4 modified form
of this system consists in paying a
specified number Of bushels Of grain
or bales of cotton, etc, in lieu OF
cash-Weekly News Letter.