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FOR MERCHANT MARINE. (Continued From Page One.) the prospective profits of successful management. * Cost of Such Program. "The cost of such a program probably will reach fifteen millions the first year, estimated on the largest possibll -* ? WltK la rffAP Ultra ui me picociu JICVV. **??.*? IV..OV. reimbursements to high speed vesselB and the enlargement of the merchant marine to a capacity comparablo with our commerce the total outlay may reach the limits of thirty millions, but It Is confidently believed that the scale may-in due time thereafter be turned, until thevlarger reimbursements are restored to the treasury. Even if we accept the extreme possibility?that we shall expend the maximum and no return will ever be made, which Is to confess our inabllityr to establish an American merchant marine?the expenditure would be yostly preferable to the present unfortunate situation, wihi our dependence on our competitors for the delivery of our products. Moreover i the cost for the entire year would be l/ji little more than th'e# deficit heretofore encountered in two months during the experiment of the government sponsoring the lines and( guaranteeing the cost ' of their operation. "The proposed plan will supersede all postal subsention8, postal comoensa f ions, ana extra compensations, tawjning parcel post freights, all cf which combined are fast growing to approximately Ave millions annually. It will ultimately take the government out of a business which has been, and is now, excessively costly and wasteful and In-1 volving a loss in excess of the highest subsidy proposed. It will bring to ship*! ping again that individual inltiatfve which Is the very soul of successful enterprise. It should enable the government to liquidate its vast fleet to the highest possible advantage. "The making of a successful American merchant n>arlne, which must face the stiffest possible competition by the fleets of the maritime nations, requires something more than the direct aid to .which I have alluded. The direct aid / proposed, even, though It ultimately *Tuns to $30,000,000 annually, is insyfflT clent alone to offset the advantages of competing fleets. There are more than wage costs, and working conditions and the higher costs of rationing, which no considerable American sentiment will consent to have lowered to competing standards "We need a favoring spirit, an awakened American pride, knd an avowed American determination that we shall become, in the main, the carriers of our own commerce, in spite of all competition and all discouragements. Definite Program. ifi ^'With-direct and indirect aid, 1 bring to ybu a definite prbgrani. Those who L" oppose it ought, in all fairness, to propose an acceptable alternative; There can be no dispute about the end at which we are aiming. ."Of the indirect aids there are many, practically all without draft upon the public treasury, and yet all highly helpful in promoting American shipping. "I think we should discontinue, so far as practical, the transport service in the army and navy and make our merchant and passenger ships the agents of service in peace as well as war. "We should make insurance available at no greater cost than is afforded the ships under competing flags, and we can and will make effective the spirit of section 28 of the Jones act of 1920, providing for preferential rail and steamship rates on through shipments on American vessels. American railways must be brought into cooperation , with American. steamship lines. It is hot in accord with either security or sound business practice to have our railways furthering the Interests of foreign shipping lines, when the concord of American activities makes for common American good fortune. "Contemplating the competition to be met, there ought to be an amendment to the interstate commerce act which will permit railway systems to own and operate steamship lines engaged in other than coastwise trade. * * "We may further extend our long established protection to our coastwise trade, which is quite in harmony with the policy of most maritime powers. There is authority now to include the Philippines in our coastwise trade, and we need only the establishment of jiiujicr lttciiiiicB iu jusiuy me inclusion of our commerce with the islands in our coastwise provisions. Other Indirect Aids. "Other indirect aids will be found in r the requirements that immigration shall Join wherever it is found to be practical in aiding the merchant marine of our flag under which the citi*yr zenship is-to be sought, and in the esr tablishment of the merchant marine naval reserve. The demission of a proportion of income taxes is wholly compatible when the shipping enterprise is of direct government concern, provided that such remission is applied to the cost of new ship construction. "Congress has already provided for a loan fund to encourage construction. It might well bo made applicable to some special requirements in reconditioning. "It is also worth our consideration that, in view of suspended naval construction, the continued building of merchant ships is the one guaranty of a maintained snip-ouiiding industry, 4 without which no nation may hope to hold a high place in the world of commerce or lie assured of adequate defense. * Sell Existing Ships. "Our existing ships should be sold at prices prevailing in the world market. I am not unmindful of the hesitancy to a ; sacrifice the values t ocurrent price levels * * e * but the great slump in shipping has sent tonnage prices to the other extreme, not for America alone, hut throughout the world. * "If I were not deeply concerned with the upbuilding of our merchant marine, I should nevertheless strongly urge congress to facilitate the disposal of the vast tonnage acquired or constructed in the great war emergency. The experiment wc have made has been very costly. Much has been learned, to be sure, bui the outstanding lesson is ! that the government cannot profitably ) manage our merchant shipping. The I most fortunate changes in the personnel of management would still leave us struggling with a policy fundamentally wrong and practically impossible. "Having -failed at such enormous cost, I bring you the proposal.-which contemplates the return to individual initiative and private enterprise, aided to ff conservative success, wherein we are safeguarded against the promotion of private greed, and do not discourage the hope of profitable investment, which underlies all successful endeavor. * "Wc have voiced our concern for the good fortunes of agriculture, and it is right that we Bhould. We have long proclaimed our interest in manufacturing, which is thoroughly sound, and helped, to make us wjiat we are. In the I evolution of railway transportation we have revealed the vita! relationship of our rail transportation to both agriculture and commerce. We have been expending for many years large sums for deepened channels arid better harbors and Improved inland waterways, and much of It has found abundant retufn in enlarged commerce. But we have ignored our merchant marine. The world war revealed the weakness of our unpreparedness for defense in war, our unreadiness for self-reliance in peace. Change of Our Poaition. "Up to the world war we were a debtor nation. Our obligations were held largely hy the maritime powers. Apart from the advantages in carrying our commerce, they sought our shipments for the balance due them. There is.a different condition new*. They are concerned with shipments to us, but not so Interested In our shipments to them. It is our high purpose to continue our exchanges, bfoth buying and selling, but we shall be surer of our selling, notably our foodstuffs, if we maintain facilities for their transportation. "Contemporaneous with the awakening, we have the proposal to carry our ocean going facilities to the great 'unsalted seas,' which place the farms of the upper Mississippi valley on a market way to the marts of the Old World. We should fail to adjust our vision to the possibilities if we halted in making for American eminence on the ocean highways now awaiting our return. , 1 "We have recently Joined the great powers in a program which hot only puts an end to costly competition in naval armament and reduces the naval forces of. the world, but adds to the confidence in maintained, peace. The relativity of strength among the powers would be wholly one of disappoint ing theory, If ours is to be a merchant marine inadequate for the future. I do not care to stress it as a means of defense. The war and our enforced outlay "have already stressed that point. "The merchant marine 1h universally recognized as the second line of naval defense. It is indispensible in the time of great national emergency. It Is commendable to upbuild and maintain, because it is the highest agency of peace and amity, and bears no threat and incites no suspicion. And yet it is a supreme assurance. . without^- which we should be unmindful of our Bafety and uhheeding of our need to continued growth and maintained influence. "I am thinking of the merchant marine of peace. Commerce is Inseparable from progress and attainment. Commerce and its handmaidens have wrought the greater intimacy among nations, which calls for understandings and guarantees of peace. Hovyever, we work it out, whatever our adjustments are to promote international trade, it is inevitable that the hundred millions here, outstanding in genius and unrivaled in industry and incalculable in their resources, must be conspicuous in the world's exchange. We cannot hope to compete unless we carry, and our concord and our influence are sUre to be measured by that unfailing standard which is found in a nation's merchant marine." TAKES LONG WALK Civil War Veteran Tramps 1,000 Miles to Go Over Old Battlefield. C. B. Wlntersteen, eighty years of age, Civil War veteran, is rest'ng at Crestline, O., at the home of his cousin, Mrs. J. A. McJunkin, after completing a hike of 1,000 miles from Minneapolis, Minn., to Chattanooga, Tenn. Wlntersteen was a member of Company C? 64th Ohio Infantry. He visited Chattanoo,ra in 1913, at the lime of the encampment, and alwayn had a desire to return and look over the battlefields on which he fought. He left on his jaunt in September, he said, and arrived in Chatt:-nooga Oct. 13. He spent sixteen days there visiting the battlefields and then walked an additio:.al one hundred miles to Atlanta, Ga. He went from Atlanta to Louisville, completing his walk of 1,000 miles. TAR AND FEATHER PASTOR Minister Charged With Deserting Family and Breaking Jail. i ne kcv. w. t>. mrnnou was xaken to the outskirts of Deriddcr, La., early Saturday and tarred and feathered, according to a telephone message received at Lake Charles, La. Bennett is alleged to have deserted his family and have broken jail in Meridian Miss., some time ago. Bennett is said to have received word to come to his office. Arriving there, he was met by a crowd of men who, forcing him into an automobile, drove to. the country. Afterward he was brought to town and deposited in front of a drug store on the main street. GIRL HIKES FROM COAST T I mmifmwmmmmwmmmm .' ' '.1' s Alma Mann, 12 years old and Red, White and Blue Troupe of tl her record breaking walk from oc( STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY By JAMBS HENRY RICE, Jr. THE RILEATED WOODPECKER This Is tho greatest woodpecker In the United States with the exception of the Ivory-billed and the greatest in the.worjd, excepting that bird, and the Imperial Woodpecker, of Mbilco. The Plleeted Woodpecker is badly named; he is by no means the only woodpecker that has a <vest; nor does his crest render him conspicuous. Old Kate and Indian Hen, Logcock and still other names are applied. Of late years, with the reckless desa^Iam aiix a tVlld nrtKIn 11 UUIIUII Ui UUi l\Jl COiO, CIIIO 1IVU1C woodpecker has grown scarce and has entirely disappeared from extensive regions where it formerly abounded. It is headed straight toward extinction, but it may be saved. Its flesh is unfit for food and there is no other use to. which it may be put. Nest in Same Tree. The nest is bored by preference in a living tree and the birds come to the the same tree year after year, but bore a new hole each time; they cling to the tree until there is no longer a suitable place for drilling a hole. Mr. Wayne says that it requires twenty-five days for the excavation of a hole. Mating occurs early in February and four white eggs are laid. The two birds take turns about when hatching 1s in progress. The one on the nest calls out for its mate when it wishes to leave the nest. Very Shy Birds. The male has a scarlet crest, which is wanting in the female. The birds show black on the back, with a mottled whitish speckling on the flanks and abdomen. The call note is a loud cow-cow-cow, and there is a sharp rasning note when they are suddenly surprised. Pileated Woodpeckers are shy birds, loving primeval forest and generally forsaking woods that are much frequented by man. They belong to the old order, now everywhere giving place to the new? but they would long inhabit our great coast swamps, if they have ordinary protection. Indeed they will remain anywhere that original forest abounds. PERTINENT POETRY Current Verse Gathered Here, There and Everywhere. "Hullo!" When you see a man in woe. Walk straight up and say "110110!" Say, "Hullo!" and "How d'ye do! How's the world been usin* you?" Slap the fellow on his back, Bring your hand down with a whack, Waltz straight up and don't go slow. Shake his hand and say, "Hullo!" Is he clothed in rags? Oh, bo! Walk straight up and say, "Hullo!" Rags are but a cotton roll. Just for wrapping up a soul? And a soul is worth a true Hale and hearty, "How d'ye do!" Don't wait for the crowd to go? Walk straight up and say, "Hullo!" When big.vessels meet, they say, They salute and sail away, Tut?* tho eomn no vnil QflH mP Lonely ships upon the sea, Each one sailing his own jog For a port beyond the fog; Let your speaking trumpet blow, Lift your horn and cry, "Hullo!" Say "Hullo" and "How d'ye do?" Other folks are as good as you. When you leave your house of clay Wandering in the far away; When you travel through the strange Country far beyond the range, Then the souls you've cheered will know Who you be, and say. "Hullo! ? ?S. W. Foss in New York Weekly. "Cackle it Over Again." A hen flew down from her nest by the wall And cackled a lively strain As if to tell to all nature in reach of her call What a nice egg she had lain. A little girl ran to the nest by the wall To secure the egg just lain. Hut said with disappointment, "There's r.o egg at all. She'll have to cackle it over again." Some people there are who with vain hustle and show, Boast of great things they have done. . . And would have you believe the machine would move slow If indeed without them it would run. O COAST IN SIXTEEN HOUR9. lij one of the leading members of th* le Panama Railroad, while making san to ocean. . j But the world soon learns whose shoulders are to the wheel, And doing life's work in the main,, And says to the fellow whose words cue nut real, "You'll have to cackle It over again.'.1 ?J. W. Bivens. Wlngate, N. C. Jasper's Quest. Young Jasper Stout one day set out To find a wife to suit him,*- r And loudly walled jthpt, If he failed, He hoped some ohe would shoot him. He met a maid out dn. parade And thought her very charihing. But she was vain arid held disdain For anything like farming. He journeyed far and saw a star Whose dwelling place wag screenland But when he p&6sed her manner caused i. His feet to be like. Greenland. He chanced to pass another lass Whose cheeks ahd lips were painty. But shook his head and sadly said, "I fear she is too dainty." n "* .. ' Not one of these could shell the peas Nor peel the spudB for dinner. Nor pound the steak rjor ba' a cake, , Because it wasn't in 'er. i So Jaspert sighed wi turned hi? strido Toward a cottage humble. And, though his hope had sllppyd-its rope, ; ' * r ' He tried hard not to grumble^. Jerusha Wade som6'butler mad)iv And cleverly did pat TV And Jasper gazed and jtfood amaaed As he espied her at It. "Oh, come," he cried, "and be my- .bhde And share my home and money! That I have passed you till the la^t". Indeed, is very funny!" His love was met, and you ran be$"' He claimed this buxom bealuty.'fr Who filled the place with queeply grace * y.\ Million Packets Of Flower Seeds Free We believe in flowers around the homes of the South. Flowers brighten up the home surroundings and/give pleasure and satisfaction to those who have them. \ We have filled more tjban a million packets, of seeds, of beautiful yet I easily grown flowers to be given to our customers this spring. Wouldn't you like to have five* packets of beautiful flowers free? YOU CAN GET THEM! Hastings 1922 catalog is a 100-page handsomely illustrated seed book full from cover to cover of truthful descriptions and illustrations of vegetables, flowers and : farm crops. It is full of helpful gar| den, flower and farm information that ; is needed in every Southern home, and, too, the catalog tells you how to get those flower seeds absolutely free. I Write for our 1922 catalog now. It I is the finest, most valuable and beau; tlful seed book ever published, and . you will be mighty glad you've got It. There is no obligation to buy anything. Just ask for the catalog, and it will come by return mail. H. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN, ATLANTA, GA. J.C.W1LB0RNSte MONEY TO LOAN 82 1-2 Acres?In town of Tirzah. A beautiful 2-story 8-room house; two barns. One big new barn. Very productive land; good orchard. An ideal home. , . 40 Acres?Ten acres in timber; join irig lands of John Lindsay; l 1-2 mnes of Delphos. The property of Mrs. Min-; nie Moore. Price, $1,000.00. Two 4-room Residences?And one vacant lot, opposite the Hawthorn Mill in Clover, property of Mr. E. B. Price. The lots are 66x330 feet. This is a fine property and is placed on the market for quick sale. Will sell separately or all together. % 155 Acres?At New Zion Church and school. Nice five-room cottage; 30 . acres in cultivation; good orchard; 85 acres in timber. Much of this acreage is in fine saw timber?pine. Three j miles of railroad station. Price, $25.00 I per Acre. I , ' .. ... For Quick Sale?House and lot on | Lincoln Street, York; two stories, 8rooms. Known as the Bell House. Price, $4,200.00. .: . . J.C.WILBORN estate LJame. ?-?T * . And knew each household duty. ?Harry. J. Williams la Farm Life. Women. Women are queer things, no duobt about that. They hate to be thin, and they hate to be fat. One moment it is laughter, and the next it is cry, And you can't understand them, however you try. But there's one thing about them tha( every one Knows, A woman Is not dressed till she powders her nose. I've studied the sex for a number of years. I've watched them in laughter and seen thorn in tears. On her ways and her whims I've pondered a lot. To learn what will please her, and jUst what will not. But all I have, learned, from the start to the close, Is that sooner or later she'll powder her nose. At church or a ball game, at dance o~ a show, There's one thing about them I know that I know., At weddings or funeral or dinners of taste, , . You'll find that her hand will dive into her waist, And every few minutes she'll strike up a pose, And the whole world will wait till she powders her nose. ?C. H. Foss, in Poet and Philosopher. PASTOR OUSTED Because He Baptized Dog Right After a Funeral. At a stormy meeting of the Boston Presbytery, says a Boston dispatch of Tuesday, the ruling, body of the Presbyterian denomination for Greater Boston, . the First Presbyterian church of Brooklme was removed from the denomination and its supply pastor, Edwin Curtis, was denied admission to the Presbyterian church i.s a minister. The many charges against the pastor included allegations that he had on several occasions said grace frivolously and in one instance baptized a dog Immediately after officiating at a funeral. The case had been the subject of several hearings before the fresoytcry arid the fact that several hundred members of the Brookline church upheld the pastor led to the church Itself being removed from the denomination at today's session. Officials of the church said that further steps would be taken, possibly in the civil courts. To support the charges that Mr. Curtis said grace in a frivolous manner, affidavits were presented from I New Sprini I Men's Ste I' THEBE'S^ FOi A SHADE FOR EVI Your shape and your ?Seal, Moth, Carbo Gray and Blacks?R SEE OUR SHOW WIN] | .better still?step in I J.M.S' rflin 71'it'71'n yi.n ?m n'n t/'It mnrn rrit >r;t ttit trn /tit n 1TTT J The Great i ? \ ?and we wilt be more t i come in and see just what I ing a handsome line in tli I the very best makers of g No, they are not pri< 3 been?in fact we think th ^ ?qualities and prices cor You know we close at | York Furl ___ people who lived at tho same boarding house as the pastor. On one occasion, It was alleged, Mr. Curtis said: "O, I^ord, wc thank Thee for the salad." On another he said: "Lord, we thank Thee for the French fried potatoes." A deposition by two women church members declared that after returning: with them from a funeral Mr. Curtis became interested in a dog: at their home. He took a glass of water, the deposition stated, and sprinkled sorm of the water on the dog's head, spying: | "Buster Porter, i baptize thee a full fledged Presbyterlun." RE/U. ESTATE AGENCY FOB SALE ' ( 97 Acres?New 4 room dwelling: 3 room tenant house; fine orchard and pasture, hear Charlotte road, six miles from courthouse. Five Room House?On Wright avenue; lot 80x270; water, lights and acwr erage. * Fifty Acre Tract?Near New Zion church and school; three-room house and barn; lot of good saw timber. Fifty Acre Tract?Near New Zion church and school. Rosidence Phone 111 andI . Office Phone 74. C. F. SHERER THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of York. IN TKB PROBATE COURT , 1 By J. L. Houston. Esquire, Probate Judge of York County. WHEREAS F. E. QUINN has applied " * to >ne for Letters of Administration,, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of ANDREW J. QUINN, late of the County aforesaid, deceased. ..These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and credits of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Probate Court for the said county, to be holden at York Court House, on the 10TH DAY OF MARCH, to shew cause, if any why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 25th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and in the 146th year of American Independence. (Seal). .. . J. L. HOUSTON, Probate Judge of York County. 16 .. . t . . . 2t. ;; % Styles in | tson Hats | < > < > < > < R EVERY HEAD i: 3RY lASTE? f ' \ . i > I color is here?The colors n, Iron, Filbert, Pearl \; ightly priced, too. J DOW- <> side and try 'em on. rRoup Oiitdnnrs? I "1 With its bright sunny | j days and balmy air | will soon be calling to | the little tots to come | outside. This means that you'll need a go- [ cart for the little one, \ to give the most bene- \ fit to the youngster? j that's the best way? g a go-car* and that's | why we 1 ave a com- | J plete line of go-carts | han pleased to have you | ; we have. We are show- I e newest styles and from | ;o-carts. | 2cd so high as they have 1 e prices quite reasonable | isidered. See 'em. # | G :00 p. m., now. liture Co. j ???IM ? Anyone who tells us what is wrong ! and helps us to make It right is a j friend. i reaFYstate $$$$$* If You ME Want Them, See SOME OF MY OFFERING8? j Fivs Room Residence?On Charlotte street, in the town of York, on large lot I will sell you this property for lees than you can build the houee. Better act at ante. McLain Property?On Charlotte St, . In the tqwn of York. This property lies > between Neely Cannon and Locluoore mills, and is a valuable piece of property. Will sell it either as a whole or In lota. > Here is an opportunity to make some money. , , 90 Acres at BrAttopsviMs?Property of Estate of Mrs- Agnes Harris. Will give a real bargain here. Loans arranged on farmirg lands. GEO. W. WILLIAMS REAL ESTATE See, Phone or Write to THOS. C. Of ARftELL I FOR ; High Grade Monuments . In Garble and Granite Plant on Eaat Liberty Street, Adjoin* ing Rom Hill Cemetery. BUILDER'S SUPPLIES I THAT IS OUR SOLE BUSINESS ?supplying tbe needs and demands of Contractors and Private Individuals with the Lumber, Mill Products, Brick. Cement*Paints, Oils, eta.'that are used in constructing buildings or repairing buildings and yther work that requires these materials. Wo arq on the Job every working day. Wo have tho plant necessary to handle all these needed and supply them on short notice. We solicit orders for all kinds of Mill Work?Doors, Sash, Blinds. Frames, Dressed Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, etc. We.also invite you to see us about Paints, Oils, Putty, etc. Wt assure you of prompt service and good materials at fair prices. - ' LOGAN LUMBER YARD ' I f. Iw Hlnnant IB* U DmamiKiH ? ? W. M. Brew* Palmetto Monument Cd, 'I YORK, - 6.C. Why Pay an Agent * Profit? J We know that the Agent has to llve^ but let the other fellow keep him up. Deal Direct with the / PALMETTO MONUMENT CO., York, 8. C.; Phone No. 121. If you wish us to call we will be glad to have one of our firm call on You. We do not travel Agents. We can and will ,do your work at aa Low a Price and as Good in Quality as any one in the business. Try Us, is all that we ask. You be the judge. PALMETTO MONUMENT CO. "Honor Them With a Monument." Phone 121 ' Yt)RK, 8. C. professional uaj&jjb. J. 8. BEIGE Attorney At Law. Prompt Attention to all Legal RnHness of Whatever Nature. Office on Main. Street in the Moore Building. First Floor, formerly occupied by S. E. Spencer. 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