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CTGURES BY CENSUS SHOW GREAT EXODUS flearl/ Two Million Fewer Foreign Born In United S tote*?Ger many At Top in Number " Lost. Washington, April ?6.?Germany, Austria, Ireland and Russia, natives eff which ftade up more than 59 per cent, of the country's total foreign kern population ten years ago, showed heavy losses in the number ?f their natives in the United States 4vring the last ten years, census tareau statistics show. These losses aggregate almost 2,000,000 and are Believed to have been due largely to Ike worid war, with its consequent exodus of belligerent nationals, and She stoppage of immigration. ?erman born showed a loss of 818,035, Austrian born a loss of < 0,014, Irish born a loss of 203, 183. While Germany, had the largest fan numerically, Austria's loss was , relatively the largest, having been mulre than 50 per cent. u-T 1Ann mocwicnsfcaiiumg uiwc ucavy iww ?s the country's total foreign born ^papulation, a3 just announced by the bureau of census in a prelimi mry statement prepared for the early use of congress, showed an in crease of 358,442 or '3.6 per cent., v Vj fbe tetal number of foreign born be tas 13,703,987. The ncrease is be Eered to have.been the smallest both la number and percentage ever re tarded for any decade. In the pre vious decade, 1900-10, the increase was 3,174,610, or 20.7 per cent. Germany in Lead. Germany lead as the country of ftirth of the foreign born in ?he United States ten years ago with a ^ let*] of more than 2,500,000 and still leads although the numbe? was ceduced to 1,683,298. The number ?f natives of Germany have eastmued to show a loss of each de cade since 1890, but the last de cade's decrease was the largest ever afcovn. ' Tke standing of other countries ia the foreign born population of ike united states has changed some Wit from ten years ago. Italy has tricet second place from Russia with jut increase of 859,000 in the pre-i vioag decade and a total for 1920 of I,M7,458. "Stasia has taken third place from fetlsnd, but showed a decrease of compared - with an increase ?f About 1,000,000 in the decade MOO-IO. Natives of Russia in the Ufcrted States number 1,398,999. Poland has gone into fourth place vfcich was occupied by Italy with an Krease of 105,797 in the ten years irmging there total to 1,139,578. ' Ireland, which has shown de creases in each decade since 1890, fcadl a larger decrease during the last (fecade than in any previous one, the 1am having been 316,571, compared vflb a decrease of 263,208 for 1900 II. The total number of Irish born ia the United States tn 1920 was 1, ?35,680, ranking that country fifth. Canadians Stay Away Canada showed a decrease of 87, Gtl in the ten years compared with aa increase of 27,000 the previous Aeade ,and dropped from fifth t? aixth place. Total Canadians num ber 1,117,136, French Canadians aambered 307,681 and showed a loss ?f 77,402 in the ten years while ?ther Canadians numbered 809,455 and showed a loss of 10,099, Bersons born in England number all 818,414, which was a decrease of S?05 in the ten years, compared with an increase of 37,000 the pre YMU8 ten ? years. England ranked anrenth which place she held ten years ago. Sweden continued to hold the <qgbth place with a total of 29A f f?Q TViof wnc n Hprrpniap r?f 40,448 in the ten years, compared with an increase of 83,000 the pre vious decade. ' Austria, with the. second largest anmerical loss of any country dur wg the ten years, dropped into ninth glsce from the sixth position. The decrease in the number of her na rives in tne umtea states was tsuu, 014r compard with an increase of 683,000 during the previous decade. Austria's total natives in the United States numbered 574,959. More Me^cans Arrive The number of Mexican born in ereasd more than 100 per cent, dur ing the ten years, the number having been 254,751, bringing her total to . 476,676. There was an increase of 118,000 ifi the previous decade. Hungary with a total of 397,081 ?howed a decrease of 98,528 com . .. cr ? CURRENCY FEATURE MAY BE CUT OUT OF TARIFF BILL Wahington, April 26.?"Currency revaluation provision of the House emergency tariff bill may be strick en out by the Senate finance com mittee, which held a brief executive session today. Committee members said the discussion had lasted long enough to make it clear that the sec tion limiting foreign currency de preciation was without strong back-, inS T+ wac admitted that A clash with the House wouc(d follow elimina tion of the currency re-valuatibn. Senators added, however, tihat con fusion would result from inclusion of the section in the bill and ex plined they desired to avoid legisla tion which would add further bur dens to the customs service. An Arizona delegation, including Senators Ashurst and Cameron, Re presentative Hayden, and Dwigjit B. Heard today asked President Hard ing's -aid to have the duty of seven cents per pound . on cotton in the emergency bill increased to twenty cents. They told the President that Egyptian long staple cotton costing 26 cents was being imported in co operation with Arizona cotton cost ing; 40 cents. The President told his visitors that he understood the bill's rates would not be changed and could not promise his assistance. BICKETT'S BROTHER A BANKRUPT, HAS LEFT HIS HOME Newton, N. C., April 22?John T. Yount, appointed yesterday by Judge Finley as receiver of L. T. Bickett, wholesale grocer, today took charge of the business in the absence of the owner, who left his home here 09 Thursday, April 14, and has not been heard from since. Bickett 13 a brother of former Governor Thomas W. Bickett. The former governor has been im Newton this week in an effort to locate his brother, whose wife is said to be almost prostrated. According to the receiver, the liabilities of Bickett are about $30 000 or $40,000 and his assets about $15,000 in the store and his home is estimated to be worth about $10,000. GRANDDAUGHTER OF GREAT NAPOLEON IS DISCOVERED Paris, April 23?When, on May 5 France observes the centenary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte with a memorial mas3 at Notre Dame Cathe J i ?4. iL.i iL. i. uiai, it xs piuuauie uiat 1x1 uie throng will be a granddaughter of the conquerer, says the Petit Parisien The newspaper discovered the de scendant, Madame Mesnard Leon, who is a daughter of the natural son of Napoleon by Eleanore de La Plaigne, maid of honor to Caroline Muuat. This son was born in 1806, and re ceived from his father the titfc of "Count Leon" While imprisoned on the Isle of St. Helen, Napoleon made a will in which he made provision for the son, but the document was never ? executed. Count Leon married quite late in life and was the father of a daughter, Madame Mesnard Leon and three sons, Charles, Gaston and Fernand. Fernand died from exhaus tion caused by hardships suffered dur ing the war. Gaston lives in the Vos ges region and Charles died some years ago. Madame Mesnard Leon is a school teacher. When interviewed regarding her relationship to Napoleon, she said: "I would like a little place at the memorial mass, but who will think of me?" pared with an increase of 349,000 from 1900 to 1910. Norway showed a decrease of 40, 278, compared with an increase of 67,000 in the previous ten years, bringing her total down to 363,599. Scotland, with a total of 254,428, showed a decrease of 6,594, com pared with an increase of 27,000 in 1910. . Denmark had an increase of 7, 204, compared with 28,000 in 1910, bringing her total to 189,051. Greece showed a large percentage of increase but it was not so large numerically as in 1910. Her increase was 74,419, bringing her total to 175,701. | France's increase was larger than during the previous ten years, it vas 35,374, compared with 13,000 n 1910, bringing her total to 152, 351. TAX COMMISSION IS READY FOR BUSINESS Columbia, April 23?The South Carolina tax commission'is preparing to make its annual assessments on stocks of merchants throughout the State and in order to arrive at a just and fair assessment is asking a num ber of representative merchants of various classes in ^he State to come to Columbia next Week and go over the matter of price declines with the commission. Soipe ten or 12 and maybe more merchants will be asked to come to Colunlbia and bring facts with them to show what declines have been made in their respective lines ol bus iness. No set conference will be held, but each merchant will appear in dividually and give his facts. The commission is after facts and will not accept mere talk or opinion. Inven tories and price comparisons are to bo furnished. The commission realizes that in ! some lines the cost and market price are widely different and also' that in ^ome lines the prices have declined. It also realizes that in other lines there has been practically no decline in prices. The first conference is scheduled fpr Tuesday and during the day a number of merchants are like ly to be heard. . "HUMAN FLY" FALLS . SIX STORIES, KILLED 6 Baltimore, Md., Apr. 24.?Andrew here today when he fell from the sixth floor of a local hotel, which he was climbing for the benefit of a lo Corey, the "human fly," was killed cal orphanage. BfERfflHBRHHBffl ii "Educa6 ii ?? [j This week { the que^ti ji to build a i It is your du Abbeville ill /> fll IIIC (/UKUO 1 h You have t [} board of [i follow the | j schools ? ij S W. M. BA " W. A. CA J. D. KER C. H. McN A city is ju t rii siGr HtiyaRBERfiyayatS . c LIFE. WHAT'S IT TO YOU. * s. To the prencher life's a serman, To the joker it's- a jest; To the mis.ir life is money, To the loafer life is rest. To the~ lawyer life's a trial, To the poet life's a song; To the doctor life's a patient That needs treatment right along. To the sold ier life's a battle, To the teacher life's a school; T J LiUC 5 ? ^UtU WV VAAV? 54?AWi, It's a failure to the fool. To the man upon the engine, Life's a long and heavy grade, It's a gamble to the gambler, To the merchant life is trade. Life's a picture to the artist, To the rascal life's a fraud; Life perhaps is but a burden To the men beneath the hod. Life is lovely to the lover, To the player life's a play,( Life may be a logd of trouble To the man upon the dray. Life is but a long vacation To the man who loves his work; Life's an everlasting effort To shun duty to the shirks To the heaven blesf romancer Life's a story ever new; Life is tohat we try to make it BROTHER, what is life to YOU? ?Exchange. BOOKS. (Proper Gander) Perhaps books vary more than any thing in the world, unless it is peo ple. They range from the deepest books on philosophy to the most com- j MBMiflBfiffifilJEIilllUi Know and Hel\ petitions are beins / * ion of issuing boi New High Scho ity and privilege to sign this pet he' following rep trustees. Are y< iir wise leadershi RNWELL, Chairmai LVERT R MURRAY E. R. TH dged by the schools it "Ah fllljui jyiutc uo i*it ijn ? SIC / s mon novel. Those deep, dry books which I 3poke of are seldom read except by some learned men who are very few these days. Few people read them for the simple reason that they are too lazy mentally. t 3 j iv icau <% gwu lium i*3 a gxcaL as* set. In reading it, you increase your knowledge of the outside world, and See life in every phase. Here you find wonderful descriptions of places otherwise unknown to you. There are those books or rather novels, which do us neither good nbr harm. These are worth reading' only to pass away time. Probably, the book may have a slight moral to it which will make its reading more profitable. No need to say anything about Plumbi] REASONABLE PRICES Ralph imraaizMzrazraiiiiM spring of Dei Your Schools y circulated for ai ids not to excee ol as a citizen and i ition and ca?t y \ >resentative citize m not willing a p in the upbuil< i J. C. THOMc AI RFRT HI R. S. LINK H. R. McALI [OMSON has?-Let's restore Abb hens of South Carolina IN! S those well known, familiar objects to ? us which are called text books. They rise like monsters in the vision of a school child throughout his school career. At last is the $he ten cent novel which is not worth the paper it is written on. Although 'this is known you find many people who read them. There are few what you would call standard books written today. Most of them have some bright, flaring cover to attract the attention of the public, and are written in sifah a style, as the publishers would say, to be a "good seller." * ' " There are many and various kinds of books and we find that if we read the best books, we will be amply re paid. ?Grace Milford, IX. PHONE . 265 nig Calvert Building Viena Street Turner wnranianimiMBia S nocracy" || / n election on A $ 100,000 - * ! reeholder of 'i % our vote for ;ns^on your nd eager to ding of your SON, Sec'y ENRY JSSER eville to her ffi ? I ft : I IGN!