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Tt 68TH YEAH. NO. 31s SEMI-WE] ASKS FOR LAW TO / A,( > AID THE FARMERS >1 Would Make Farm Loan Bonds ^ Legal Investments for Savings Banks. Ca . the I SUGGESTED BY McADOO been ? Pram Gov. Cooper Transmits Letter from Former Secretary of from Treasury in Special Mssage cre,li plane to Legislature. an oi Columbia. S. C.. Feb 10.?Gov ,he e ernor Cooper in a special message w Friday transmitted a letter from W so,n' G. McAdoo. former secretary of the treusury, asking that the general as- ni'8ti semhly pass a law making farm loan _ a bonds legal investments for the 1 funds of savings banks, insurance companies, trust companies, and for guardians and trustees. Accom- ^\TR] panying the correspondence is a copy of the act .desired, which has the ap- ' proval of the treasury department of the United States. Two "1 respectfully recommend that you give this bill favorable consideration." the governor said, "and that the same be acted on at this session of the general assembly." ^ The second paragraph of the gov. persr ernor s message reads: sever "I am informed that the legislatures of most of the states have al# , , _ ?_ the 1 inmiy auieu mvuruuiy on iiiih Dili, in ^ this federal land bank district, composed of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, the states ^ of Georgia and Florida have passed f the bill, and it is now in force in ^ these states. I am also informed that the bill hus received a favorable . ? 1 have report by the committee on agricul- ? ture of both the house and the senate in North Carolina, and Governor ^ Rickett Is of the opinion that it will pass without difficulty." . _ . of tl In explaining the purposes of the jQ bill. Mr. McAdoo said: ol(j ( "To secure an adequate supply of money for the very vital and urgent onn purposes of making such mortgage ^y.^ loans as the farmers of the country ltnovv need, the federal land banks issue bonds secured by the deposit as col- i?K1tt lateral of lirst mortgages on land The farm loan act provides tha Wj these bonds 'shall be a lawful in shing vestment for all fiduciary and trust donyl funds, and may be accepted as se- from curitv for ail public deposits.' This forcei of course relates only to fiduciary Kren< nnd trust funds under the jurisdiction said and control of the federal govern-1 latloi meat. In order to make these bondsland , lawful investments for the trust dress funds and savings hanks in the varl- the s ous states, it is necessary that each Ge state shall enact laws to that effect 1,21(1 unless such laws are already in ex- niail istence. Fran< "Such legislation will accomplish only the double benefit of putting within been the reach of trustees and guardians, durin an absolutely safe investment, yield- addr< inc a satisfactory income, for the! office beneficiaries under their trust, and I one j widen the opportunity for a safe In-J vestment of the savings of thei I masses, while, at the same time, it i I ?$()' (J j ( will prove of immense benefit to the ! arv f farmers of your state in enlarging the market for farm loan bonds and ' ' ,s . eondt faint mortgages. army "The constitutionality of the act , dreds has been passed upon bv the attorprofe nev general of the I'nited Slates, on , 1 from behalf of the farm loan board, and . , Amer by former Supreme Court Justice ; been Iftights, on behalf of private inter- .. these ests; and the 12 federal loan banks! have already made loans to the' I11 amount of approximately $50,000.- YVl 000, and have sold more than $40.-,Thre? 000.000." I eashli The following Is the body of the 'he ' proposed act: 1?' he "Section 1. Any savings bank.) ^nri hanking institution, trust company a wa or insurance company, organized an- ' der the laws of this state, or any \y 1 person acting as executor, administrator. guardian or trustee, may in- | vest in federal farm loan bonds Is- i sued by the federal Innd bank orjjjr08 Jolrt land bank organised pursuant, ,1 u to an act of congress entitled 'An I wage* act to provide capital for agricultural development, to create standard forms of Investment based on farm mortgages, to equalize rates ofl'ran Interest on farm loans, to furnish a lvvp'v . ter II (Continued on Page Eight.) Irish ie Lai EKLY. LANCi T. ELLIOTT SPRINGS fU A 01 I :eturns from France vJIAKLI ? A GRE ister Aviator Who Downed >JI1U !any Hun Plunes is Now at His Home Here. Present S Wholly In pt. Elliott W. Springs, late of is Gl British Royal Flying corps and for the past two months ha training American aviators In asks lo ce, irrived yesterday from New where he landed Sunday a i*his \yjth ago. He has been releasea the service. Captain Springs is Present ted with downing 24 enetn> vide foi s during the five weeks of his . ehtlng. In June the enemy shot Instltutli II pipe on his machine causing ngine to heat and his plane fell. as slightly wounded and spent JoInt comra time in a hospital, resuming finance conn ying a short time before the ar- the ways ai re was signed. t^e house tli ptaln Springs was met in New ?,f, by Colonel and Mrs. Leroy w Hi id gs and they accompanied him wavs aIul , ' sided. SCK ON P. & N. IS Mr J p ATAL TO FOUR PEOPLE ^ the terribly Instantly Killed, Two Succumb Citadel sayir Wounds, When Car Plunges and "nly e said that it Into Ravine. $100,000 t( Citadel in j eenville. S. C., Feb. 10.?Four would not 1 ns are dead and 16 injured ''',!on He al probably fatally, as the re- "onable dus of the derailment of a car on fartory neai Medmont & Northern railway at. "lf> cad?ts < c Springs, about 10 miles from ,n ,he s,a,e city, at 11 o'clock Saturday 'ndePendfi"t Ing. It Jumped the track on a u,ts Kroun". trestle and pitched ftO feet In- taken away ravine, completely demolishing When aRfccd ar and Instantly killing two of tbe fGW hun taeseneers. Two of the Injured c,ty of Chai since died at the hospital a conservative :> Sevier to which the Injured 00n' The taken. nated as on e dead are: Institutions mes E. Thompson. 1ft years old (',ta<,cl lis city, instantly killed. unless it ra hn C. Rrieht. snllor. 18 years and th'8 car Rnjer, S. (\, instantly killed. ont P,aoeW. Rohhs. mill operative. Dun- 'Rror(' t mill. Greenville. S. C.; M. H. ovor K :er. occupation and address un- "')0 or n,ori n, died in hospital. war. ? of the two >HING DENIES REPORTS land and tl rtMiMi kATlOX OF LETTERS if could he i ishington.* Feb 1ft.?Gen. Per- Major 11 : cabled the war depart men member of ng reports that mail to and the next to the American expeditionsr\ and has hei s had become congested at academy for ii niu neaus. ine gene^m lie said it there was no delay or arrunui- nand. berau: 1 of mail for the United States small for e 10 accumulation of correctly ad- the methods ed mail arriving in France for said the fit oldlers. worth $.r>00. n. Pershing said there were of the roon sacks of incorrectly addressed them. The at the central army postofhce in islature for [>e now being redirected, while three years. 136 sacks of dead letters had cost $?60.0(1 shipped to the United States coming fron g January. The incorrectly s'te, which ?ssod mail at the central post- worth at le . he said, "could be placed in jj jj American car.^ had drawn 0,000 IN AHMY SCIIOOIaS. appeared, ris, Feh. 10.?Fifty thousand' proposrd ba jrs of the American expedition-, m,ft an<' w" orce have been enrolled as stu- " fs in the army post schools, to he 'J"ar,ers fo' !cted under the ilirection of the nr<> a'so l>r< educational commission. Hun- heating P'or i of former college and academy 'r <<)U'(1 ssors and instructors, drawn nn''' M" ' v the various branches of the! ^'r 1 R. lean expeditionary force, havej enresent,"?' sent to direct and to teach merce of C'l schools. had heen in hn? 1.200 m i VHITS M IKK ltl<; IMUIi. nos3 mnn.B , leellng, W. Va.. Feb. 10.? of ,hft pro masked bandits held up the prPf,f pride rr and two other employes of ?n||r<<V| lhe , tank of Fulton, two miles east |,( nVe,lno1ie< ire. shortly after 1 o'clock lastM.,OSP fo f|jo ulav afternoon and esenneil In I -"Ill (OKI I'OV Iting automobile with $200,000 wnro m;t|< ontents of the safe. U10 sjtf> UiV.S RFIM'CFD *1 A DAV. Mr Hen J tfe Montana. Feb. 10.?Thn ,h? >rro:,i ff> principal mining companies ofs:iM ,haf 1,1 Butte district are posting no- ,snM 1 at their mines announcing a re-i'rnnt ^)0f an of one dollar a (lay in *^r beginning Friday. ' nrmv . _ | mustered ou IF'tH W VRSMEIi o\ FIRE, j , , , , ,, r>enstown. Feb 10. The Amor- VOf f)f (ho v steamer War Skeena is on tire fho nppropr| e miles east of the Black Wa since t ght vessel, on the Southeast coast, near Wexforn. 1 (Contln ,< * ^CASTE VSTER, S. CH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 STON WANTS REDUCED AC! ATER CITADEL ADVICE TO I iite and Equipment United States Dep; adequate and School Agriculture Say reatly Crowded. Acreage Do^ R HALF MILLION SITUATION IS I Proceeds of Sale of Farmers Are Told Property Would Pro- Their Guard" Expansion of the Prices Begin to S on. It Becomes More Feb. 10.?Hefore the The department is j littee meeting of the bulletin which 1 have nittee of the senate and purpose of putting id means committee of . .. , le Charleston delegation, situation up to the far. the Greater Citadel, ap- iness men. It is entitled >e senate chamber. Mi ing in the Southern Sta ford, chairman of the Ask your county agent means committee, pre- -p^p present situatio. dangerous which the Thomas, a member$*.f have faced in recent f visitors of the Citadel, have had four years t to speak. He told of tive prosperity. parti; crowded condition at the four short crops of co tg there were 390 cadets sultant good prices, at ighty-seven rooms. He cause you produce so i would take at least own food and feed. Di > $150,000 to put the four years there have ;ood condition, but this crops in Texas nia elieve the crowded con- drought In 1911. 19 told also of the objec- 1914 the Texas crop t caused by the bagging 4 1 8,250 bales, while* hv. The ground which 19if. tm: un.i ens Irill on docs not belong only 3.164.500 bal"S, but Is the property of an bales less per annum, corporation for a pleas- had good rains this w and this right could l?e 1911 to 1914 in<dusi\ any time they see fit. averaged 1,036.250 what he would appraise From 1915 to 1918. dred acres offered by the average was only 7 4 2, -leston he said a very 294.000 bales less per i value would be $250. jy dUP to drought. f. Citadel has been desig- had splendid rains thi e of the honor military big crop in Texas and < of the country. The always meant a big croi be passed in this respect country. Think that n be allowed to expand, you decide to Increase inot be done In the pres- jn cotton. He told of the great war tVIU the mills of Noi ho Citadel, there being nmj nelgium be res radutaes as officers and wori;jnK capacity at one e ex-cadets as officers in no( Will the poor p He said ninty-five acres ropp SPOk food or cotto hundred were high dry of coursfi. People ran ie rest marsh, although pntrf,Pd clothing and reclaimed at little cost pillow enses and sheet iK. Raines. who is a bvt the hungry stomach the Citadel faculty, was Think about that, speak. He is a graduate jast f()UI. years ?n connected with the perj0{j nf gradual!; twelve .and a half years. prices. Farmers and was no new plan to ex- j,ave profited out of thi m the present field is too croase Cotton just ah xtended order drill and W|o, other tilings A i of modern warfare. He aprp of j( wo?|(i buy a? inipton Park site was (]Uant itv of other er 00(1. He told how some 1918 at 3d rents a po is had four and five in 4 at 12 cents a Citadel Is asking the leg- (i,!lin,, this time the fai $500,000 to be given in advantage of purehasin The nr>vv fipnio"' io ??j?" - " ??? the sprinc and summet in. the rest of the monev nf prl(.ps an(! th,.n ?Pi; \ the sale of the present thr, fa? at th(1 fnp prlr Major Haines said was amJ pavinp ,h,. lJphts ast ?'jnn,nnn. |nlVpr prices. He c Ayer. an architect, who now. for when prices h up some tentative plans, down the situation It He submitted these. The difficult. We may he h irracks is to cost $4fin of making a crop of 1 aertrmmodate 500 boys, high-priced supplies am of reinforced concrete. (fohts out of cotton at i officers and their wives ^specially will this hi ivlded for with a central produce a very large cr tt. Me snid the lower by do all in our power he used as a mess hall market price of cotton vas erected. large crop always t llannahan, president and prices? Think that nvet the chamber of com- What about the acre uirles'on. which he said. jonk at ncreage fi existence -ince 1 77H and I - I tun i??i in. i nt* tot a i r? embers. told from a busi-1 35,890,000. Oklahomf standpoint tbe feasibility' acres planted in 1018 t ject. Charleston takes 1911, 1013 or 1014 in the Citadel. He vis- move acres in 1018 imposed site, tellini; how nIuj only about 700.60 1 the broad Ashley rivei ]f,HH than in 1014. Tie oid town of Charleston. 1913 and 1014 were go< v great the onportun'ties rrops and pe^orall ;ing a greater Citadel on w'th only 150.000 am" whole country in 1011 \. Hagood also spoke of in the whole country asibilitv of this plan. He produced 15.003.000 b: P oroperty on tfl* WrltPT farnr* nrinn I t irorth .it least $75 P*r| aged 8.8 rents per pott I wo hnd 37,089.000 ar , a maior in tho United , riuo<>d 14,156.000 bales who has boon recentlv | r?Hoo averaged 12 2 con t and who la a graduate December 1 1013. In lot. snobo boar*lly 'ti fa | 36.832.000 arros. or < ilnn. Ho 01 od figures of!acres moro than In 1 ' 1 S latlons of tho State c>|- production waa 16.135,( holr oroation and showed tho farm pr'ro Do'oni ued on Page Klght.) (Continued on Pag< 4 r News I, SUBSCRIPT! JFAfF GERMANS BEGINNING TO ITAIIA \ Li All Li FORGET THEY'RE BEATEN i ARMER (Germany, It Is Deported, Is Not lie- OPI mohili/iiiK, Hut Has I'luced IH irtment of Divisions on West Front. Think s Hold and wn. London. Feb. 10.?British news- Sc papers of all shades of opinion are devoting serious attention to the at)IE E I( LLl titude adopted by the (lerman gov- REGl I ernment toward the armistice conr? 4 tr\ ditions. 0 e n The Daily News Paris correR- **of. j for When pondent sends a dispatch from "au- lege, lettle Down 'horltative sources" on the subject -inrl ] in which he says his informant told Difficult. hini },e had the best reason to Enjo believe that Germany is not contin, . . uing to demobilize. ust issuing a < ' . , "Sho has now concentrated more Tk? prepared for The the present thun 18 diviH,OD8 under v,,n Hin Lancasb uers and bus- den,'urK on western front." the f|on wa "Safe Farm- '^respondent ?iuotes his Infoimant morning ites in 1919.' i,s 8ay,nK "VVe a,so have ,h<> best building , reasons to be believe that Germany K.. for a copy. over by is keeping her troopt under arms on nf (h? i iu t hp innut the pretext of economic necessities. f i,t,.., cotton states Some ()f the mUUary authorilleH years. \ ou jhink that Germany has sought more . of coinparn- l,u,n"a' , , ?? * ??= nwreMHiry annay because of . . .. ...... ,, county. nient to 3,000,000 men. German tton with rr- .miss demooilization is a condition to our id nartlv be- efttcient demobilization and therefore (lis- _ nuch of your , . . , .,, , stiator, bandment is impossible so long as . jring the last ,, , .. . large ai Germany does not continue to det been shor , ... associati jnly ,luo I , "",bll ze profltabl 12 191S an. "A"led aalhorllics can- ?,ncernl sider the time has now arrived for ... Cl,? averaged 4 . , T>- "n< Germany to give up her military , during 191T. or the I strength?that she be tirought to hnmu ... it aVGrRir^'t nonu. nt such a condition that she cannot rc- ,.i, or 1 2.r>3 7f?0 good pli sist later the conditions of peace now Texas has . , ... , .. arrange! being prepared The allied theory ? i... inter From appealer always has been that we shall frame (v ,h.lf re. Oklahoma .... ., . _ ... . '> ,na' conditions which Germany will have n(?,,.n..p ner annum aennin c to accept, and that there is nothing ..Kt .y.,, inclusive the to discuss, except as regards details, .i.i. ir 250 bales or A. , ? . A K'ris. ir "For this reason, Germany is trv- ,.nii ...... annum, main- ... . .... . .. .. , t . ing to keep up her military strength plllh8 iklahoma has A. A . . . . .. ciuua ai so that she can send a delegation to ?nnoPtni 8 Winter A tipperini ? , ' the peace congress for a thorough ?n(1 ?nr Oklahoma has .... ... . ?. . military discussion of the peace n<1i?hhr. ) in the whole uriKiiii" conditions imposed. On this point prnf over hofore 1 ,U1 the French national socialist party your acreage ... , , ? and its extreme left wing is strongly jj)g y opposed to anything done to Have S00jaij0" rthern France Germany from the consequences of jjVI,r,,f| tored to full ,tpff>at. In this matter the French ,w .... , through e. ( ( riainiv government will be supported by the ... teople of Kn-1 pntlre nation " n first? Foorl. and will wear TO K.XTKM) INSrilWt K. vnluabh steep without Washington, Feb. 10 ?Congress- which 1 s if need he. man Dominick has introduced a bill w"h 'h i must he fed amending the war risk insurance act utilized l?y which the automatic insurance snccessf have been v provided in the original act and logical v increasing wb'cb was on'V effective until Feb- M'"- ! business'men ruary ,2- 1!'17- W,U ho ^tended to R R s constant in- :i" sn''"''rf; arw' sailors who were dis- Dancast out kept pace ah,e?, or lost ,heir lives, and hadj for a '< pound or an to aPP'y for insurance within ! tivities out the same 120 <,ays after their entry into ser-1 eountv tmmodities in vi< e There has been a great deal of j tersting uml is it did ''onfusion an*' misunderstanding as connect pound Hut to ,his au,oma,'r insurance, and the aginglv riners had the intioduced by Mr. Dominick is pd and g supplies in i?1,f'n('r<l to clear up this confusion she pai( at one leve an<l " Pass,,d will allow the auto- mill sch ing cotton in ma,io insurance in every case where a?"l th.i e of the ve-ir a man benamf> disabled or lost his schools contracted nr <,uring the war. without having paratioi m vour guard for ia,,l,a wilh,n 120 "'rosf r ieein to settle <lava af,or his entry into the service, ter's nd narticu' ecomes more t;oi\<; ro ki isopf - j /\ i in t the position I Columbia, P. C., I-Vb. 1 < It was jrm t() , ootfon with | announood h?-re that Dr. \V. M. teach (1 settling nut Ttiggs, president of Clomson college. ^.,nil t, a lower prioo |,;|S been granted loavo of absence fop:slati ? truo if we from bis college duties to go to Kit-I f0 <>omr op and thorn-, ,-opp to represent tho government in s to lowor tho.tbe war reconstruction program. 11 |rr.,(t,.STlas not a will loavo in a few days. icing p nennt lower! ? : I TIIK t I.XIMS OF llil'IdM), ! Washington. Feb. 1". The house ' " age? Lot us. ... riotis di foreign affairs committee has oreures in 'hei^ore(j faVorably reported a reso'u ' -"1 ur 1!U8 W!,Kjtinn oxpressing the hope that tho 1 i bad nu)le j poaee conference would "favorably h"svio1 han in *"'r j eonsidor the claims of Ireland to the Texas had | r|Rbt nf aelf determination." than in 1 !* 1 1 eision c n bales acres Half Inch of Snow. the Mar a years 1911, Snow fell in Lancaster for several and nev ?d years with 1 hours Sunday but melted almost as Me. at v low prices ' rapidly as it fell, only about half an more, f ? more In the inch accumulating on the ground, ing to r than we had It was said that Charlotte had foui Mann u in 1!'1R. we nches and Columbia only '>.4 of an a com mi lies, iind the inch. It Mure . 1911, aver [ = ft Conn nd In 1913 si I I lib I l 111/4 IN THK res and pr<? protest ' / SK\ \TK l?V ONK VOTK and the farm bill, am fs per pound Washington, Feb. Ml?Woman 1!?14 we had j "?flr?a?e attain fn|io?l today in the tninsniii >nly 942hftft *onate. 'ii'Mnu only one voir <>r . ifion and yet th-' majority Milllrlont to submit their ini Oil halo-; and J',r \ntliony ainoiul- j)(p her 1. 1914 for ? ?(!?< atl n to llio Irtris- r),p , I !rt tires of the several states. 5 E,fsht'> 1 ? (Co 1 !> ION $2.00 A YEAR ITY TEACHERS POSE MANN BILL Introduction of Ninth Tenth Grades in All hools Impracticable. [.AH MONTHLY MEET Ariail, of Columbia ColWas Principal Speaker His Address Was fireatly yed. ly JOS. F CONNOKS.) February meeting of tho pr rountv teachers' nssocias held here last Saturday in the Central graded school The meetinir was nr<?iitefi I'rof. 11. H. Scott. president ssociation. The weather be1 for the convocation of the there was an unusually fine ice from many sections of the Juanita Neely, Lancaster's and popular h one demonwas first introduced to the tdience. She addressed the ion briefly, but in a highly le and interesting manner ng her work over the coungave an encouraging report ast recent meeting of the rnonstrators, and told of the ans of work that have been I for this year's labors. She I to the teachers of the connthey render her all the asthey can in trying to interschool children, boys and i the enthusiastic formation rk of canning clubs, garden nd all other kinds of clubs ning to the home industries iservation activities of their hoods and communities. James M. Ariail. of ('olumege, was next introduced. y scholary address to the asn was pyrpprllt'flv ivoll and closely listened to out, though h-> spoke at ahle length. Ho thew ouv pp.rhpr* many interesting and * ideas and suggestions fie thought, shonl 1 he carried em into their profession and continuously by th ? in the ill prosecution of their pedaduties. soott then ca'led upon Mrs. Riddle, counti o,-g:?nizer of er county for night schools. ?port of her nig'it school acsince the last meeting of the association. 11c gnv? an fnreview of her work In this ion. and spoke very encourof the results so far attainof the good progress made. I that the night school at the lord is still doing good work, it she now has four other in the county making pre1 for night work in the in ?' me rradicattoi o!" I.?ancuaiilt Illiteracy, at least in those ;ir sections. is time Mr Scoit took nrciisbring to the attention of the t'o> t i t that the socalled HI nn? pending In the state pp. the purport of which ts ml tlio two ami three teacher t<> tea'-h the ninth and 10th showed some likelihood of assed. and that, he thought, fnent into the educatlonaf the state would prove a sesndvantago to the schools in' a benefit, and he. therefore ipon the teachers for an e\of opinion in regard to this il law hv Mr. Mann of Union It was the unanimous de>f the teachers present thai. in hill shnnM tin Ullo/l er allowed fo pass, if possianv time hereafter. Futherhe Lancaster teachers wish;o nn record as opposing the teasure. Mr. Scott appointed ittee, consisting of Rev Hugh hison. V. A Lingle and Jos ors. to draw tip. in behalf of .Hatton. suitable articles o* against the passage of the 1 the secretary of the assowas instructed to at once these to the Lancaster dele jth the retpiesi that they usv Utience against the Minn epchers of the county are rt nued on Y'age Right.) c