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MUST HAVE HIGHER RATE OFJHJSTAGE CONTINUING DEFICIT IN THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT SAYS GENERAL HAYS. MATERIAL DECREASE IN 1921 Revenues Fop the Postal Service For the Fiscaf Year, Ending Last June Totaled $463,491,274. Washington?Pointing to continuing deflciis in his department, Postmaster General Hays, in his first annual report to the President, declared that "if the present gauge of expenditures shall continue there should be such a \ readjustment of postage rates as will, together with the effects of increasing volume of business, produce sufficient revenue approximately to meet it." Mr. Hays makes no specific recommendations as to the suggested adjustments, and declares emphatically that "if it were a question between the best practical service on the one hand, and a poorer service with revenue meeting cost, on the other hand, decision should be resolved in favor of rendering the service." He adds that the department should not be conducted for a profit, but at a loss. Revenues of the Postal Service for the fiscal year ended last June, Mr. Hays says, totalled $463,491,274, an increase of $26,341,062 over the receipts of the preceding fiscal year. * Balanced against this were audited expenditures of $620,993, 673 with the total audited deficiency at $157,517,688. The material increase in the^deficiency over that for 1920, Mr. Hays states is due to large increases of expenditures in two principal items without any corresponding increase in the revenues. The two principal items are $76,130,301 for increased compensation to railroads on the basis of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, retroactive to November 1, 1916. and $41,855,000 for added compensation allowed postal employes by Congress. Approving this added compensation, the Postmaster General tells the President that "the salaries provided by law for those in the department are too low to compensate those who continue In the servic^, or to attract and hold others of the ability required the conduct of such an institution." j Pointing to the inconsistencies in the salaries of employes in the department proper and those who serve in the field. Mr. Hays savs they "emphasize the importance and necessity of immediate legislation to readjust the departmental salaries throughout." Prisoner Takes Charge of Pen. Little Rock. Ark.?Tom Slaughter, notorious bandit under death sentence for the killing of a trusty guard at the State prison farm at Tucker, escaped from the penitentiary here, taking six other convicts with him. For five hours prior to his escape. Slaughter was in complete control of the penitentiary yards and offered liberty to all convicts who wanted it. Chicago Raids Opium Den. Chicago.?Thirty Chinese were arrested thousands of dollars worth of j drugs confiscated and one of the most 1 elaborate opium-smoking establish-1 ments ever discovered in Chicago, I broken up by a raid led by Inspector Williams and a dozen assistants. Receivers for Rickard Named. New York.?Allen Lexow and John Ringling were named by Supreme ; Court Justice Guy as receivers for "Tex" Rickard, the Madison Square1 Garden corporation and the Madison Square Sporting Club, Inc. They deKnnr? of 41 fifi OOO UV/&AV4 V4 VAVVJVV V. U. S. Boat Released. San Pedro. Calif.?The American ! fishing boat Mabel, which was seized by the Mexican gunboat Tecate off Enzada. Lower California, recently, has been released and is proceeding up the coast to Its home port, according to advices received. | Hold Up Paymaster. Augusta. Ga.?Two bandits entered the office of the Sibley Manufacturing Company here, held up the paymaster and the mill secretary, gathered together in a sack the payroll of $8,000 and fled. They were captured after an exciting chase and an exchange of shots. Earthquake Shocks. Rome.?Serious earthquake shocks have been reported from the regions around the Lake of Polsena, about 60 miles northwest of this city. Governors Entertained. Washington.?Governors of states, who attended the annual conference of state executives at Charleston, S. C.. were entertained at a dinner given at the White House b]r President and Mrs. Harding. $80,000 Whiskey Haul. Tyrone. Ky.?Whiskey \valued at more than $80,000 was removed from the T. B. Ripy distillery, aear here, by a band of 20 armed men, who held up the superintendent anxl three guards. \ Young Man Receives Burn*. Quitman, Ga.?When he stnrck a match to light a cigarette, his clothes, which were partly saturated with gasoline, caught fire and Danny Vaylor, 21. received burns that resulted In his death. Dr. Hadley Pays Death Penalty.' Richmond. Va.?Dr. Wilmer Amos Hadley. physician at the base hospital at West Hampton in 1918, paid the penalty of death in the electric chair for the murder of his wife, Sue Tlnsley Hadley. j ; SOLDIER BONUS UNMENTIONEI America Should Aid Starving Russia Tax Exempt Land* Should be Prohibited by the Constitution. Washington.?"No permanent read justments can be effected without con sideration of our inescapable relation ship to world affairs in finance am trade. Other nations recovering from wa may expect help of America only afte they have in the main worked ou their program of construction them selves. Contributions of this republic to re stored world normalcy must com< through initiative of executive brand of the government, but there will bi no encroachments upon functions o i congress. Further reductions in taxation ma] be enacted as a result of the budge system assisting in rigid economy. failure to act on the foreign deb refunding bill would leave the execu tive branch of the government impo tent to deal \vith the urgent need fo; readjustment of the foreign debt. Enforcement of the provision of th< Jones act for abrogation of commer cial treaties would result in chaos o ' trade relationships and add indescrlb ably to confusion of the already dlsor dered commercial world. Early enactment of a "permanent" tariff necessary for stabilization o industry. Means for flexible ratei should be provided by giving the pres ident and tariff commission broadei I powers. American valuation shoult ! be modified to prevent prohibltlv< rates resulting from its operation, j The remedy of the farmer's condi : tion lies in distribution and market ing. Encouragement should be giver to co-operative marketing. Steps should be taken to retard th? : drift of population to the cities. Means should be found for prevent ing strikes, lockouts, boycotts and the like through establishment of a code of practices in industrial disputes anc tribunals for adjucatlons with public 1 interest uppermost. Arid and swamp lands should be re claimed to furnish new fields foi homes, to meet the increase in popu lation. ! America should aid the starving ir : Russia by sending them 10.000.00( ! bushels of corn and 1,000,000 bushels i of grain seed. ? Tax exempt bonds should be pro hibited by a constitutional amend | ment." i Cotton Ginning Report Issued. Washington. ? Cotton ginned prioi to December 1 amounted to 7,640,87( running bales, including 121,859 round bales, counted as half bales; 22,05? bajes of American-Egyptian, and 2,91? bales of Sea Island, the census bureai announced. U. S. Submarine Goes to Bottom. Bridgeport, Conn.?The Lake sub marine S-48 sank off this harbor ani was submerged for twelve hours be fore the crew, by lightening the ballast tanks, raised one end of the craft tc the surface and escaped through the torpedo tubes. $75,000 Paid For Outfielder. Buffalo, N. Y.?Charles O'Connell, ol the San Francisco club in the Pacific Coast league, has o^en bought by Man ager J. J. McGraw, of the New York Giants, it was announced here. The price paid for the outfielder was $75, 000. Seeking Common Policy. London.?Negotiations for the es tablishment of a common policy b> Great Britain and France in regard tc Germany's war obligations opened with the arrival from Paris of Louis Loucheur, minister of liberated re gions, ana several jp rencn nnancmi e-s. perts. Denby Files Annual Report. Washington. ? Secretary Denby, 1e his first annual report, made public announced that he has "no recommen dations to make at this time relative to the naval establishment." A pro posed future policy for the navy is embodied in the American proposal tc the arms conference, but Mr. Denbj omits any reference to this. His onlj statement as regards the conference is a recognition of "the arduous and excellent work" performed by the navy general board. Government Out in Guatemala. Washington. ? Efforts are being made to constitute a "legal congress' to carry on the government in Guate mala, following the overthrow of the regime of President Carlos Herrera according to advices from Guatemala City. Ku Klux in Court. Atlanta.?Two more damage suits of 50.000 each were filed here againsl E. Y. Clarke, imperial kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan, by A. J. Padon, Jr. and Lloyd B. Hooper. Bandits Rob Bank. Grand Rapids, Mich. ? Six armed bandits robbed a branch of the Grand Rapids Savings bank, locked three employees and two patrons in the vault, and escaped with cash and Liberty bonds estimated at approxi mately $20,000. 18 Lives Lost in Storm. St. Johns. N. F.?Eighteen lives art known to have been lost in the ter rific northwest storm off the New foundland coast that swept a score ol I vessels from the sea. Mexicans Seize American Boat. Washington.?The American flshlng boat Mabel, of Los Angeles, was seized about five miles off the Mexican coasl by a vessel of the Mexican patrol and another of American registry bul manned by Mexican soldiers, tbe state department was advised. Bill Hart Is Married. Los Angeles, Cal.?William S. Hart motion picture actor, was married her* to Miss Winifred Westover who has been included in his supporting com . pany for some time. 'IRELAND IIIIS BEENI ' GIVEN JEE TITLE HAVE SAME STATUS A8 CANADA, i. AUSTRALIA AND OTHER OVER8EAS DOMINIONS. [ COMPROMISE NOW EFFECTED i- Centuries Old Quarrel Between Eng3 land and Ireland Was Ended, as 1 Has Been Hoped. 3 f f London.?The centuries old quarrel t1 between England and Ireland was i ended, as has been /everently hoped, t: by the signature in the prime minis. j ter's cabinet room of a treaty between B: Great Britain and Ireland, consisting r of eighteen articles, giving Ireland ! the title of the Irish Free State and i I the same constitutional status as Can_ ada, Australia and other overseas dof minions. The question of allegiance, which u up to the last moment threatened to wreck the negotiations, was sur. mAnnfoH hv Tiprmittine the members I f of the Irish * parliament to swear al-1 i legiance to the constitution of the Irish Free State and "be faithful to His MaJesty the King." j The treaty has yet to run the gauntlet of the Ulster government and of the imperial parliament. The imperial parliament has been summoned to meet on December 14, and will be j opened in state by the King, who has taken the closest personal interest in 9 the Irish negotiations since he practically Instigated them when he opened the Ulster parliament. t Approval by the imperial parlia~ ment is a foregone conclusion, as the j government has an overwhelming ma? I Jority in the house of commons favoring its Irish policy, and the action of the British representatives in reaching the agreement has already been unanimously endorsed by the cabinet. The position of Ulster is less certain. EviI dence comes from Belfast that the . i treaty will be subjected to the most searching exarainatioh before receiv1 j ing assent, and doubtless many modifications will be proposed. The King hastened to send the prime minister a .telegram congratui lating him on the success of the neI gotiations and declaring, "I am overJoyed to hear the splendid news." The King will come to London purposely ) to preside over the privy council to I approve the proclamation summoning I parliament, as the constitution re? quires a six days' notice by the royal i proclamation. The treaty was signed by all the members of the British and Irish delegations participating in the negotiations, the Irish delegates signing their I Gaelic names. t Hundreds Killed by Explosion. ? Berlin.?The bodies of only thirteen t of the more than one hundred persons killed in the explosion at the Nobel dynamite works at Saarlouis, Rhelnish Prussia, have been recovered. I Orders Release of Prisoners. London.?King George issued a pro: clamatlon releasing all political prisgoners interned in Ireland. Approximately 3,400 interned persons are affected by the release order, which relates to all persons under internment as distinguished from those .! who have* been tried and convicted. , i ' Oil Prices to Advance. 1 Chicago. ? Crude oil and its by1 products, including gasoline, will cost " more in the future because of the dif Acuity in getting at the oil, stated Frank Haskel, president of the Tidal Oil company. 1 j Girls Overcome by Gas Fumes. : Utica, N. Y. ? Twenty-five girls | were overcome and one hundred oth! era made ill when fumeB of ether spread through the workrooms of the 1 Utica Boys' Clothing company. > | ? Elects New President. r, Washington.?The Right Rev. Thos. G. Nicholson of Chicago, bishop of the I Methodist Episcopal church, was elect* ed president of the Anti-Saloon league for the next two years. Dr. Lorenz to Return Home. [ New York.?Dr. Adolph Lorenz, the famous Austrian surgeon, announced - that, in view of opposition to his pro> fessional activities in this country . from the medical profession, he would i discontinue further free clinics and return to Vienna. Large Saving With Result. ) New York.?Shippers and travelers t on the New York Central railroad will : save approximately $12,000,000 in 1922 tkc/MirrVi Vi /-? nlimino t inn r\f f oH oro 1 , ? LII I WUf^U lllC piiiiuuuvivu W4 ?.vuv*u? i taxes. Former Kaiser Denies Report. I London.?Denial was given at the I home of former Emperor William at i Doom, Holland, of the report of his i betrothal, says a dispatch to the Dally I Mail from Doom. Former Grand Vlrler Shot. Rome.?Former Turkish Grand Yl?ier Said Ali Pasha was fatally shot > while he was taking a walk through i the city. He was rushed to a hospital, - but was dead when the ambulance arf rived. His assailant has not been apprehended. Proves Value of Helium. ; Washington. ? "C-7," a big clgarI shaped navy "blimp" proved the value t' of helium, the new non-inflammable I gas discovered during the war. The t great bag droned its way to Washlngi ton from Hamrton Roads. Va. Colonel Sanger Dead. New York. ? Col. William Carey , Sanger, assistant secretary of war ? from 1901 to 1908 and an authority on i militia affairs, died in a hospital here. ' Colonel Sanger, who was in his 68th j year, was born in Brooklyn. CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBERT i None of the Ten Points Advanced by China Required Delay In Action, Being Based on China's Rights. Washington. ? Philip K. C. Tyau, secretary general of the Chinese delegation to the Washington conference and minister to Cuba, cabled to Peking his resignation as a member of the delegation in protest against the "negative results" thus far achieved concerning China's demands. Dr. Tyau told the Associated Press that in rasienlne he acted without consulting the throe Chinese delegates and his action represented his personal views. The delegation was notified after the cablegram had been sent to the Chinese government. "I personally do not feel that any actual results have been achieved by the Washington conference regarding China," Dr. Tyau said. "They have been negative in actuality, except in principle. Everything has been agreed to in principle and then turned over to sub-committees." In no single case China has presented for settlement on the basis of the ten points proposed by the Chinese delegation at the beginning of the conference, Dr. Tyau said, has anything more than justice to China been involved. None of the ten points required delayed action, he said, because they were based on China's rights as a sovereign nation. Referring particularly to the withdrawal of the foreign postoffices from China, Dr. Tyau said the action of the conference in agreeing to accede to this demand by China only after long investigation by a commission was in direct violation of China's rights as a sovereign nation. "if we attach our signatures to any such proposition," he added, "we would be in the position of condoning highway robbery on the part of the powers. The powers have been guilty of highway robbery of this source of revenue, and instead of China pleading for restoration of the control of all postoffices on Chinese soil, China should demand indemnity for all the revenue she has been robbed of by the powers maintaining postoffices in China." Government's Land Holdings. Washington.-?An untapped wealth estimated at a minimum of one hundred and fifty billion dollars is contained in the more than 400,000,000 acres of land stil* held in the public domain. Villa Leads Peace Movement. Mexico City.?Francisco Villa, one time bandit, has taken the leadership of an agrarian league in the Laguna cotton district in the state of Durango where wide unemployment has given rise to some disturbances. Startles Peace Envoys. Washington?Racial equality looms as a dark cloud over the proceedings of the armament conference, as the result of an address delivered here by Sennosuke Yokota, president of the Japanese bureau of legislation. Former Emperor to Marry. Berlin.?According to The Zwoelfuhrblatt, former Emperor William has decided to marry again. The lady of his choice, the newspaper says, is the widow of a high officer from Danzig, who was killed in the war. Breathing Spell for Huns. Paris.?Establishment in Berlin of an Allied control commission to supervise budgetary reforms and armed with powers to bring about other financial changes during a three-year cessation in Germany's cash reparations payments is provided :n o plan uDder consideration by the repara tions officials of France and Great Britain. Governors Close Convention. unanesion, o. u. ? me muiceuLu | annual conference of the house of governors was officially concluded with a closed session at which the executive committee and officers were re-elected and after an open session, at which Gov. Henry J. Allen delivered an illuminating address on the subject of "Industrial Peace in Essential Industries," In the course of which he told of the workings of the famous Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. The gathering adjourned until the next conference. Fifteen Killed in Wreck. Philadelphia.?Fifteen persons lost their lives and twenty-five or more Injured are in hospitals as the result of a head on collision between two passenger trains on the Newton branch of the Philadelphia & Reading railway. Interesting News. New York.?Physical exercises prescribed for men over 50 years of age by present-day medical experts are the same as were used by the Chinese over 5,000 years ago. Lloyd George May Not Come. New York.?The statement that it was ."unlikely that Lloyd George will come to the Washington conference" was made by a member of the British delegation of the conference. Surcharge Off in Georgia. Atlanta, ua.? me rauroaa surcharge of 50 per cent on fares for Pullman berths and chairs was ordered discontinued December 20, on trains operating within Georgia in an order issued here by the Georgia railroad commission. Government Forces in Control. Buenos Aires.?Government forces have gained the upper hand over the bandits, who have terrorized the inhabitants" of the territory of Santa Cruz. Colonel Varela reports the capture of about 500 of the outlaws, with 3,000 horses and quantities of arms and ammunition. Agreement Made With Irish. London.?It is officially announced that the government officials and the representative of the Dall Elreann have reached an agreement. ' GLYNN ENGINEERED PEACE CONFERENCE BY REQUEST OF THE BRITISH PREMIER, NEW YORK'S EXGOVERNOR ACTED. [HE STORY TOLD IN DETAIL Work on the Matter Started In Rome In Meeting With Bishop Mannix of Australia and Others. Albany, N. Y.?It was my good fortune to be honored by Lloyd George, when I was In London last May, to extend to Mr. De Valera the invitation to come to London and discuss a settlement of the Irish,meetings. That invitation led to the meetings between the prime minister of England and President De Vetera which have brought about this settlement. All the details of my conference with Lloyd George I am not at liberty to divulge. As long as the proposed settlement of the Irish question is satisfactory to the leaders in Ireland, it will be satisfactory to the Irish the world over. I believe any settlement proposed by Collins, Griffith and their fellow commissioners will be greeted with acclaim everywhere. My work on the matter started in Rome in a meeting with Bishop Mannix, of Australia, and others. Bishop Mannix and I also were together in London and worked together there. Archbishop Hayes, of New York, did great work for the cause in Rome. Some day I will write the details of the mission, but now is not the time. But this will say: Through me Llyod George invited De Valera to come to London and try to settle the Irish question without exacting promises or making conditions, He said that if Mr. De Yalera would accept the invitation on these terms, the Irish question could be settled, not in one meeting, but iu a series of meetings. Mr. De Valera accepted and it turned out that Llyod George was right. The prime minister held that a series of conferences would lead to a settlement without Ireland going out of the British empire and yet taking its place among the nations of the world. When I told Bishop Mannix the terms of Lloyd George's offer and the invitation he could hardly believe his ears. He said that if it had only been made two years sooner the question could have been quickly settled. Now it wourd take more time, But he believed that under fair discussion, with a reasonable spirit of give and take and a mutual desire to reach a solution, the proposed terms would bring about an end to the age-old fight between Ireland and England. r Foch Bids Capital Farewell. Washington.?Ferdinand Foch, marshal of France, bade Washington a final farewell in a fleeting 15-minute visit. Jailer and Son Killed. Jackson, Ky.?Jailer Albert Allen and his son, Deputy Jailer Robert Allen, are dead, and Mrs. Margaret Allen and Mrs. Mary Allen, wives of the jailer and deputy jailer, respectively, are perhaps fatally wounded following a mob's attempt to take two convicted murderers from the Breathitt county jail. Expenses of Veterans Increase. Washington.?Government expenses for vocational training of world war veterans increased by two million dollars between the months of September and November, according to a statement issued by Director Forbes of the veterans' bureau. Quadruple Agreement Announced. Washington. ? A new quadruple agreement to preserve peace in the waters of the Pacific was announced to the world by the United States, Great Britain, Japan and France. Marines in Fight. Managua, Nicaragua.?Four policemen were killed and one wounded while breaking up a street fight here between several American marines and a party of civilians. Two marines were wounded. The Americans were off duty at the time. Shorter President Dead. Rome, Ga.?Dr. A. W. Van Hoose, president of Shorter college, died at a local hospital, following an operation ten days ago for an abscess on the liver. Mob Gets Negro. Fort Worth. Texas.?Fred Rouse, a negro packing house employe, who shot two strikers, was taken by a mob from the city-county hospital, after overpowering Miss Essie Slaton, the nurse. Jury Consumes Evidence. Lockport, N. Y.?A jury deliberating on the case of Mrs. Anderson, charged with liquor violations, drank the quart bottle of whiskey which was held as evidence and returned a verdict of not guilty. Canadian Offloial a Suicide. Ottawa.?R. E. Rourke, comptroller of currency in the Dominion government, took his life by swallowing poison. The comptroller's office is the highest post in the Canadian department of finance under civil service regulation. Rich Haul of Liquor. Washington. ? Four thousand cases of whiskey, said to be valued at 500,000, was stolen from a distillery in Baltimore, according to a report to the Washington police. IQ8ACC0 GROWERS RESPOND Thirty-five Per Cent, the Minimum Quota That Waa Assigned to the Stato la Now Under Contract 1 Florence.?The contract for South Carolina growers to sell their tobacco through the Trl-State Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Marketing association will be closed Wednesday night December 21, officers of the South , Carolina Tobacco association announced from headquarters in Florence. This announcement marked the termination of four days' campaign, which covered the entire state belt. It indi- ' cates fairly both the success of the campaign to date and the independent position of the Tri-State association looking to the future of its organization. A minimum of 5,000,000 pounds was signed durng the past four days in the 60 meetings of the campaign. Campaign officers of the association 1 -1 t It tV. D.nl l>a. ' BWICU LXJCy U611CTO iuc iiuai uucvi. ?v suits will show much more, while the 1 indirect result of the four days work will run much larger. The contracts are being compiled now and the re- 1 suits probably will be announced 1 soon. 1 Cooperative marketing of the bright J tobacco of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia next year 1s post^ ' lively assured. F. C. Shelton, cam- 1 paign manager, stated approximately 60 per cent of the combined production of the three states Is under con- 1 tract, which requires about 50 per cent to make It valid and binding. Charleston.?Concluding an interesting meeting, the Charleston convocation of the Woman's auxiliary of the | Episcopal church decided in the affir- ( mative the question, "Shall women be ( admtted to those councls of the church to which laymen are admitted?" The convocation did not favor putting this principle into effect by establishing a national house of churchwomen in equal co-ordination with the existing , house of the general convocation, but did approve the admisson of women to the house of deputies. , ' Sumter. ?? Sumter's first wireless i telephone receiving setjias been set i up and is in operation. This is the I property of J. C. Brown who installed it himself in his home on Calhoun i Btreet. Now with his family and I friends seated comfortably around 1 him. he is able to reproduce i^ his parlor, concerts, meetings and so < forth all over the country. If one of j the big cities, is not furnishing en- ] tertainment enough for Mr. Brown t and friends, he switches to another i station and hears what that has to < offer. This equipment is in touch with two stations with which a turn- ] ing may be made any night, these are at Pittsburgh and Newark. ' I Columbia.?Believed to have been j catapulted from the Seaboard Air j Line tarin, on which she was travel- I j 1 ' - XT r nanninc Aither I ing lO 1XBVT x Ui XV, TTUOU to or from the dining car, being killed by the impact, tne dead body of Mrs. Sarah Seibels, member of one of the most prominent of Columtya families, was found on the right of way, about six miles north of McBee Qaffney.?A great holiday drive,will be made in Cherokee county In the effort to stamp out tuberculosis'. Mrs. George Garrett Byers has been ap- ' pointed county chairman, and will < prosecute the work with her usual 1 vigor and energy. 1 ( Conway. ? Mrs. Sarah Norris of 1 near Conway had a most peculiar and ( painful accident. She had been on a ( hunting and fishing trip with Charlie and Jack Norris and was returning in a wagon. A gun lying in the wagon ( was discharged by the jolting and the < load took efTect in her inflicting a ' very painful wound. 1 Spartanburg.?Cottage prayer meet in#, which is preliminary to the Billy f Sunday campaign has started, servi- 1 ces being held in a number of homes. 1 Prayer meeting will be held every Tuesday and Friday nights in various parts of the city until the campaign s actually begins. 1 i St. George.?Meeting here in annual ? conference South Carolina Methodists 1 instructed the finance committee to i insure the life of each member of the t conference in the sum of $2,000. f Southern Power Company Busy. Chester. ? This has been a busy week with the Southern Power comd pany at Great Falls, with preparations j going forward for excavating for the I foundation of the structure which will J house the new hydro-electric plant No. a 2, which will have a maximum generating capacity of 60.000 horsepower, r using three generating units of 20.000 r horsepower each. The digging is being done by means of hydraulic power, \ a six-inch steel pipe hurling out 1,500 o gallons a minute. i' Many Farmers Disappointed. (Gaffney.?Much to the disappointment of the farmers of Cherokee coun- : V ty they have received information to the effect that the price of tobacco has c gotten so low, owing to excessive pro- f ductlon, that it will not pay to plant c and cultivate the weed here. This ^ i disappointment is lniensuieu u?.aug? c of the fact that experts had assured the farmers that the soil is peculiarly ^ adapted to the raising of tobacco, and f, those who have been planting cotton 8 were delighted. . s Member of Hunting Party Killed. Florence.?Fay Poston. 18, was killed, and his brother, Alger Poston, ^ probably fatally injured near Johnson- t, ville when they and other members of j| a hunting party are said to have been D fired upon in trespassing upon a far- p mer's land. Other members of the v party was said to have been wounded, t, Jim Benton, accused of the shoot- e ing, was surrounded in a swamp by a j posse of citizens. p Deputies were sent at once to In- a vestigate, at the request of citizens g of Johnsonville. t f OUNCE LEADS TO WBECKAND IN SOCIAL SCIENCE COMMITTEE OF | THE BAPTIST CONVENTION 8UBMITS THEIR REPORT, r m TIME RIPE FOR INTERVENTION %r Committee Think* Much Advancement It Being Made in Right Direction In Present Social Orders. 1 4 ,1 1 Greenville.?That the modern dance Is leading many to wreckage and ruin; that the motion picture Industry is not seriously undertaking its own reformation; its possibilities for good and also for dire evil are gieat; that fa- , * millarlty between the seies among the people of all ages is Increasing, and that there seems to be a breaking down of the liner spiritual sensibilities amoner the DeoDle. which Dermtts of the dicusslon of topics freely which would not have been mentioned in society as recently as six year! ago? statements to this effect and others regarding public - morals of today were made by Dr. R. C. Cranberry, of Oaffney, chairman of a committee on social service and public moral!, in a report to the State Baptist convention here. Adoption of this report on public morals, together with p strong ser- , mon by Rev. J. Dean Crain, .featured the three sessions of the day. Several hundred Baptists from all parts of South Carolina were in attend- c ance. Dr. Granberry, in his report, said that he and his committeemen are not pessimists, because they believe # In Jesus Christ, and stressed the fact that much advancement in the right direction is being made in the present social orders. Regarding the modern dance, motion pictures, the laxity of relationship between the sexes and other matters, however, he v urged that the time was at hand for the church to take a hand. '1 know that it is customary for church people to quietly acquiesce in the dance situation?' he said, '.but that must change.'' Prohibition, the committee declared, is a great success, notwithstanding the fact that the light with the liquor traffic is not yet finished, in- * creasing profanity and improper observance of the Sabbath were also llscussed. The convention adopted the re port of the committee. Chester. ? That Chester county is naking a start in the direction of rult grdwing as a measure rendered lecessary and advisable in the campaign to get away to as large extent ( m is posslWe from cotton and the boll veevil, was demonstrated at Loweryrille when Dr. James Land bought he Davis G. Anderson lands, con- ^ listing of practically 100 acres, for :he purpose of setting out a large peach orchard. York. ? The downward trend ?f fork county real estate values was effected in the public sales by the' ferk of the court here, farm lands telling at prices that have not obained here in several years. Pres- + mce of the advance gufcrd of the boll iveevil, coupled with the low price >f cotton, is responsible for the defining land values. Gaffney.?As the two daughters of ^ y T. Floyd were passing along one >f the streets of Gaffney on their way lome from a drug store, they were iccosted by a yonng man named Charles Kendrick. who, according to he statement of one of the girls, itruck her a severe blow across the ips and then struck her again on the rnck of the head. Chester.?Sheriff D. Gober Anderton and Magistrate Haynes have nade an important capture at FIop?ye. at Granite Falls, when the^ seizsd a big truck, the property of a Coumbia concern, and 1,728 bottles of ;inger compounds, extracts, etc. The ruck will be advertised for sale in a ew days. Still and Men Captured. Camden?Sheriff Grover Welch and deputy Henry McLeod of Camden, * -?"""niaH hv Sheriff Hunter and ILXUlllJ[/aiiivu ~ j )eputy Montgomery and Chief of 'olice Bell of Lancaster, went on a \ oint raiding expedition and captured ' , complete liquor outfit of about 50 .allons capacity and confiscated some neal, sugar and molasses used in naking whiskey. Two negro men, Mungo brothers, Fere arrested and as the still was n the Kershaw side, they were placed n the Camden jail. Prisoners Fall to Escape. ' Columbia. ? An attempt at escape rom the state prison was nipped rhen the hiding place of Harry Gates erving five years from Marlboro ounty, and C. D. Cooper, a life-termer rom Spartanburg county, was dlsovered beneath the roof o the tu- , i rculosis hospital at the prison in he search for the two men. Cooper and Gates were rouna 10 e missing when a brother of the ormer called at the penitentiary to ee him. They had been in hiding for ome time. To Have Club Rooms. Sumter.?The Sumter post of the imerican Legion has decided to esablish club rooms for the use of t3 members. At a recent meeting ew officers were elected as follows: >ost commander, Joseph S. Chandler; Ice commander, J. H. Forbes; adjuant, Zach K. Darr; historian. W. H. lowman: veterans' bureau officer, Dr. . H. Mills, John B. Duffle was apointed to look into the formation of woman's auxiliary to the post in lumter and arrangements have been aade to establish one. >