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DRASTIC CUT FOR UPKEEP OF ARMY MEASURE REPORTED BY COMMITTEE CARRIES LESS THAN $300,000,000 GREATLY REDUCES THE ARMY Would Return All Soldiers Stationed in China; Reduction in Hawaii and Panama Canal Zone. Washington ? W ith the provisions which would necessitate reduction of the size of the regular army to 115,000 enlisted men and 11,000 officers, the army appropriation bill, carrying ^ $270,353,030.67, was reported by the house appropriation Committee. [ The amount recommended for the ' military and non-military activities of the war department during the coming fiscal year is a reduction of $116,- F 000,000 from the total appropriated for the current year and $S7,996,086.S0 less than budget estimates. As drafted by a sub-committee Leaded by Representative Anthony, republican, Kansas, the bill would re- { quire the return to the United States by next July 1 of all troops stationed in China. 6,500 men from Hawaii, about 2,000 men from the Panama canal zone, and all but 500 officers and ^ men in the army of occupation on the * Rhine. j No limitation is proposed on the E number of men to be maintained in t the Philippines, the committee's re- E port stating, however, that Secretary s Weeks believes tnat unaer present c conditions "some reduction" can be v made in the force there. The con- f templated withdrawals, it was said, would leave 5,000 men in the Ha- E waiian islands and a like number in j, the canal zone. The present actual e strength of the army was given by the q committee as about 13,000 olTicers and 132.000 men. exclusive of 7,000 Philip- a pine scouts. b An appropriation of $27,635,260 is g lecommended for continuance of work y on various river and harbor improve- j( ments, for which the chief of engi- a neers requested $43,000,000; $12,431.- c 000 for the air sen-ice against $15,000.- n 000 requested and $21,130,200 for the j, National Guard, about $9,000,000 less than budget estimate. 0 a Worthless as Fertilizer Producer. o Washington. ? Charles L. Parsons, P consulting chemist and former techni- t< cal adviser to the government on ni- s trate fixations, said before the house h military committee that Henry Ford, any other person or company would ^ "lose their last penny" befc/e they tl ever produced commercial fertilizers nitrate plant No. 2, at Muscle Shoals, ti Ala. The plant, which has cost the s government about $69,000,000, the v P ness said, was designed to be operat- 0 ed only by the cyanamid process of nitrate fixation, an obsolete method. $ and was worthless as a fertilizer pro- c ducer. 8 The cyanamid process was con- 15 demned by Mr. Parsons as obsolete 6 and economically impossible, having been superseded, he declared, by the ^ Haber improved methods. It was his t! conviction, he. added, that the Muscle Shoals plant could not be redesigned to produce commercial fertilizers. This judgment was based, he explain ' ?? * v? /M.AI1 rro Hrvn nf Via P fu, UU a IUU1UUA1I iu i cau^auuu vi tuv Cvanamid plants in Europe, many of r which were being closed down by r bankrupt operators while others al- r 0 ready had gone out of business be- 1 cause they could not compete with es- k tablishments using the Haber improvements. I Bank Runner Robbed of $13,000. 11 Philadelphia. ? Robert McGuire, a " bank runner, was held up and robbed ' of $13,500 as he left the Southwestern 11 National bank, at Broad and South n streets. Two men waylaid and blackjacked McGuire. In the chase which followed two policemen and one bandit were shot. One of the policemen * is said to be in a serious condition. ' The robbers' automobile was pursued n more than a mile before they were 1 caught and the money recovered. s Kills Wife and Holds Sheriff at Bay. Perry. Ga.?After shooting and killing his wife. Sidney Ayler, 40. farmer, defied the county officers to touch his wife's body or to attempt to arrest ^ him. He held the fort for eight hours, being captured at midnight in a run- f ning gun fight. Ayler was shot two 11 times, but not seriously wounded. ^ Sheriff T. S. Chapman, after sev- eral unsuccessful attempts to arrest n Ayler. began organizing a posse. More than 50 shots were exchanged ^ between Avlcr and the posse seeking to arrest him. i< Seek Solution of Bombing Mystery. Chicago.?Federal authorities Joined in the seeking the solution of the mysterious bombing of the suburban c home of William P. Dtekerson. presi- ? dent of the Security Trust and Deposit n company of Chicago. A heavy charge ? of dynamite placed under the front porch exploded, causing considerable ' damage but injuring no one Mr. Dick- ? erson, a housekeeper and her two * daughters were in the house. Dickerson has been connected with e several enterprises. Among them ^ were the Memphis and Pensacola Ry. , h Meat Packers Operating at a Loss. Chicago?The annual statement of Wilson & Co.. packers, revealing an operating deficit of $9.462 650 during 1921. was made public. Including the ^ payment of preferred dividends, the deficit for the year was placed at $9.2^6.269. compared with profits of $1.- ^ rnn.noo in 1020. and ?5 000 ono in 1919. (J The statement said that while sales totaled fewer dollars in 1921 than In previous years, the tonnage was very nearl ythe same. Wilson & Co. was the last of the big five packers to issue a statement. t] GIANT AIRSHIP ROMA BEING REASSEMBLED Norfolk, Va. ? The giant semirigid airship Roma, destroyed at the army supply base more than two weeks Jgo with a loss of 34 lives and injury to many more, is being reassembled at the base. Enlisted men from Langley Field began the work recently and as fast as sectioas are placed together photographs are being taken. When the task is completed, a photograph showing the blimp as she was when she started from Langley field on her final voyage, with the exception of the fabric covering, will be sent to Washington. The steel ribs of the Roma that were bent and twisted by the explosion that wrecked the ship, have been straiehtened out a3 far as possible and are being replaced by experts practically as they were before the disaster. I0A0 BUILDING APPROPRIATION IECOMMEND $50,000,000 FOR FED ERAL ROAD BUILDING NEXT YEAR. lommittee Recommends Increase o' 100 in the Number of Postoffice Inspectors. Washington. ? Appropriations o: 50,000,000 for federal road construe ion next year, $1,900,000 for continu ng the trans-continental airplane nail service and $513,000 to r3paii he New York-Brooklyn pneumatic nail tube service are additions to tnc innual postoffice appropriation bill arrying about $624,000,000 which ras ordered reported by the senate lostoffice committee. In addition to the $50,000,000 foi lext year in carrying out the federal lighway act, the committee declar id for $65,000,000 for 1924 and $75, 00.000 for 1925. All together the senate committee dded nearly $70,000,000 to the postal udget as passed by house of repre entatives. Among additions inserted rere provisions for continuing the oint postal commission next year nd for investigation of "star route'' ontracts for 1919 to 1921 to deterline whether there should be readirstments of compensation. An increase of 100 in the number f postoffice inspectors over the 420 uthorized by the house also was recmmended by the committees. The resent force is 435 and Chief Inspecar Simmons testified that the Inpection force was "hopelessly beind in its work. Depredations of parcel post mail Ir. Simmons said, have increased he bureau's work greatly. The $1,900,000 authorized for coninuing the trans-continental mail ervice wLich the house refused to rovide for is the minimum for safe peration of the mail airplanes, ofcials told the committee although 300.000 less than the estimates. The ommittee was told that American irplane development was "negliglle" compared with foreign airplane ystems. . Eventually, officials said, it is nrwil that nrivate comnanies will ake over the airplane mail transpor ation. Oil Companies Consolidate. Mexia. Texas. ? First steps in the roposed consolidation of the Humpheys Texas company and the Humpheys Mexia company into a new $15.00.000 corporation to be known as he Humphreys Oil company were taen here, it was annonnced. Germany Makes Payment. Paris. ? The German government otified the Allied Reparations comlission that it had placed on deposit (ermany's sixth ten-day reparation ayment, amounting to 31,000,000 gold larks. To Enlarge Camp Bennlng. Washington.?An appropriation of 40,000 for enlargement of quarters or officers and men at Camp Benmg, Georgia, is provided in thev anual army appropriation bill as comleted by a house sub-committee and oon to be presented to the house. Hardwood Men Plan Institute. Louisville. Kv. ? The American lardwood institute, proposed succesor to the American Hardwood Manuacturers' association as a trade oranization of the hardwood lumber ndustry, will be ready for incorporaIon within two weeks. James E. Itark of Memphis, chairman of the rnmmltfftp Said. Fol i^aiu&nvtvti v, ? , swing this formality, he added, the roposed plan will be submitted to ittorney General Daugherty and the epartment of commerce for an opinsn as to its legality. Princess Mary on Honeymoon. London.?Princess Mary and Visount Laseelles left Victoria station n their way to Par-is. Thev were allost overwhelmed by the salutations f a great crowd. "Princess Mary as Viscountess Laselles,'" as she is designated by the ffirial court circular, wore an attractive moleskin coat and a blue hat. Vomen admirers, particularly, pressd forward to catch a glimpse of the ewly-married couple and almost roke through the police cordon. The oneynmoners are on way to Italy. Plans to Rebuild Cheboygan. Cheboygan. Mich. ? Business intersts of Cheboygan were considering lans to rebuild the city's business istrict, four blocks of which were est roved by fire. While these plans were under con{deration, city firemen continued to ig among the embers in search of he bodies of two missing boys. The known dead still stood at Ibree, man and two boys, whose bodies rere recovered. State troops are aiding local auhorities in maintaining order. SEVEN ARE KILLED AND SIXTEEN HI WHEN COACH TURNS OVER Of TRESTLE AND FALLS INTO CREEK 50 FEET BELOW. . ASSISTANCE FROM ATLANT Accident Occurs on Atlanta, Birminj ham & Atlantic Railroad in the Early Morning Hours. Atlanta, Ga. ? Seven persons wer killed and sixteen injured when a pai seuger coach of an Atlanta, Birminj , ham & Atlantic train, en route to Fits gerald, was derailed 15 miles fror (Atlanta and sent crashing /nto Cam creek, 50 feet below. Approximately 30 persons were i hp coach, the last of the trail wnen a wheel on the first true burst, sending the car bumping over hundred yards of ties before the tre: tie was reached, and it was almoe across, when it suddenly turned ovei The coach tore away from the pn ceding car as it fell and was almos ' completely demolished when it droj ped into the shallow creek. The seven persons killed, six me and one woman, met instant deatt f' their bodies being badly mutilated. . All of the injured are expected to r( . | cover. , : Scores of other passengers and pel . sons from nearby towns, spurred b . the cries of the injured, worked in th s wreckage, releasing those irJprisor 1 | ed and removing the dead. L | Ambulances and physicians wcr , rushed from Atlanta, and the injure and dead removed to hospitals an . morgues here. I The following list of dead and injui ed was issued by the A., B. and A . officials, after checking with the hoe Jpital authorities: ,! C. T. Elmore, cashier, local freigh I station, A., B. and A. Railroad com . pany. I i W. E. Mcintosh, Imperial hotel, Nev , | York. B. C. Driver, Roanoke, Ala. i W. E. Johnson, section foremar , Birmingham division, A., B. and A , Birmingham, Ala. R. W. Lanier, operator. Senoia. Ga Mrs. I. H. Etheridge, Atlanta, Ga. i W. M. Brooks, Western Union Tele graph Co., Manchester, Ga. , The injured: C. D. Moore, Atlanta, Ga.; Thoma , W. Etheridge, Atlanta; Mrs. Thoma W. Etheridge, Atlanta; Thoma i Etheridge, Jr., baby, Atlanta; Mis j Mattie Wall, Fitzgerald. Ga.; Mis Estelle McNeice, Talbottom. Ga.; Mis , Caroline Dunbar, Langdale, Ala.; T. F Hentz, Atlanta; Miss Olive Sigert, At lanta; C. A. Davis, Alvaton. Ga.; Mis: | Mamie Whitlock. Atlanta; Mrs. B. G , McNeilly, Atlanta; Mrs. J. H. Murray Atlanta; J. H. Murray, Atlanta; Wil , lard Cope, Atlanta. i Funds Available to Assembly Data. Washington.?The secretary of agri i I nnUtiT>A tnfnrmosl tho r*nm m \ t top nn nn propriations that a Bum of $20,000 i representing increased appropriation! for formulating crop estimates, $5,001 would be used in formulating cottoi estimates. When the increase was grantee some days ago, Representative J. F i Burnes of South Carolina spoke t< representatives of the agricultural de i partment of the importance of cottoi estimate, and of the frequency wit! i which grievous errors had been made in the past. He wanted to know o the department the amount of tin total increase which would be dedi cated to cotton estimates. It was ii response to that request that the de j partment reported to the committee. I Radio Waves Will Travel in Ground Schnectady, N. Y.?Rario waves wil travel as readily through the earth oi ; water as through the air under cer tain conditions, Dr. Charles P. Stein metz, chief consulting engineer of th< , General Electric company, declared He says this accounts for recent re markable performances of the lov power radio apparatus in transmittinf and receiving messages from surpris ing distances. Hospital Building Program Approved Washington.?Appropriation of $17, ,000,000 to complete the hospital build ing program of the United States Vet erans' bureau Is provided in the Lang ley bill, which was unanimously re ported from the house public building: committee. The Veterans' bureai !: will be in charge of the constructlor work under the bill. Formerly th< building of hospitals for disabled vet n?or>c u-oe unHor tho annorviatnn nf th< n nuo n u.j uu\?vt uu,v. f *w.wm w. .... 1 treasury department. Chairman Lang ley stated that he would try to securt prompt action on the bill. Second Deficiency Bill Passes. Washington.?The senate passed th< 1 second deficiency appropriation bill carrying $137,967,065 95 for the ex penses of government department during the present fiscal year. The total of the bill was increased $28,358,466 by the senate appropria tions committee over the amount ap ' proved by the house. The change: included $27,468,000 asked by Presi dent Harding for use of the treasun 'j department in refunding taxes col jlected illegally. Honor For Edison. Riga. Latvia.?One American birth day was recently celebrated in Soviei Russia. It was that of Thomas A .Edi i son. inventor, whose anniversary was made an occasion of speeches in thr Mascow schools, says an official from the Russian capital. Mr Edison is hailed in Russia at j one of the great benefactors of man kind, whose electrical experimentf 1 are bound to play an important rolt in the Soviet scheme for the electri ; fication of Russian industry. I HEARINGS CONTINUE ON MUSCLE SHOALS r Washington. ? Hearings by the house military committee on the various proposals it has received ; for private development of the i government's proposition at Mus^ cle Shoals. Ala., will be continued indefinitely. Chairman Kalin ani nounced that new witnesses would be called and all available information would be sought which would throw light upon the puzAzling legal phases which have grown out of the investigation. Opinions of department of justice attorneys as to the validity of the power companies claims I" have been asked by Chairman Ivahn and officers of the war department who negotiated the agreement with the power company's representatives will be Jne terrogated by the committee be5" fore the hearings are ended. I REFUSE TO ENTER MEETING n | ' l' UNITED STATES DECLINES TO k a PARTICIPATE IN MEETING IN GENOA. it r. i- America "Should Not Unnecessarily I Become Involved in European y Political Affairs." n i Washington. ? The American gov* J ernment declined the invitation to; j participate in the international ecoj nomic and financial conference to be . held at Genoa next month, on the ground that the conference is not; e primarily an economic one, "but is j L rather a conference of a political character in which the government j e of the United States could not helpfully participate." j i The refusal to enter the conference I was contained in a note from Secre-1 I tarv Huehes to Ambassador Ricci, of! ! Italy, who had presented the invita^! tion on behalf of his government which in turn was acting for the al-1 t lied ambassadors. Ambassador Ricci h j immediately communicated the text j of the note to his government. v | The note stated that while the | American people were desirous of suitably assisting in the recovery of, ( the economic life of Europe, the United States government could not be unmindful of the "clear convic-, t tion" of the people "that they should ;not unnecessarily become involved I in European political questions." The conviction was expressed that all considerations of economic re-1 vival would be futile without the ess tablishment in Russia of the essen- j g | tial bases of production outlined in : s ; the public declaration of the Ameri s 1 can government on March 25, 1921, I g j and urged that "adequate action*' to ( , J that end be taken on the port of [ "those chiefly responsible for Rus5 sia's present economic disorder." In that connection it was also '* pointed out in the note that the American government believes nothing should be done looking to the ob-, taining of economic advantages in j Russia which "would impair the Just j opportunities of others,'' and warning j was issued that "fair and equal eco- j " nomic opportunity" in Russia was ex? pected by the United States in the 3 interest of Russia itself as well as ' i that of all other powers. 11 In conclusion the note expressed hope that progress would be made 1 in preparing the way for "the even-1 j tual discussion and settlement of the ! 3; fundamental economic and financial | questions relating to European re1 cuperation which press for solution." 1 The position of the American govi ernment as set forth in the comrnuf nication handed Ambassador Ricci is - that participation by the United States in any general European eco5 gnomic conference is impossible at this j -1 time, owing to the complete failure ! of European nations in the view of, i the American government to adopt proper measures for remedying the 1 ravages of war and for insuring the [ stabilization of their economic life. . j All Bridges Swept Away. ?! Augusta. Ga.?J. C. McAuliffe, post. master, received a telephone message . from his brother. H. F. McAulifTe, edij I tor of the News, at Millidgeville, Ga., r stating that every bridge of wood . construction in Baldwin county had been swept away by high water. For Army Reduction. Washington. ? Despite presidential . and war department opposition to any . reduction in the enlisted strength of tho nrmv hplnw 1RO.000 men. the' . house sub-committee in charge of the , annual army appropriation bill in ; t completing draft of the measure, rei talned the previously agreed upon ) j provisions for decreaso in the size . of the army on July 1 from 137,000 to ? 115,000 and a reduction in the number . of officers from 12,900 to 11,000. The ' > bill will come up .for consideration next week. Disappointment Felt in Britain. , London.?The news that the United States has declined the invitation to ' participate in the Genoa economic i conference is extremely disappointing1 3! to all of the supporters of the Genoa I project. The view is held here that 1 the absence of the United States is .! bound to detract from the usefulness . of decisions adopted at the conference i for European economists, are in. creasingly convinced that the real rer! habituation of central Europe is pos- 1 . sible only with the co-opetration of Ithe United States. Gand of Liquor Robbers Escape. Frederick. Md.?Overpowering the three guards and smashing down the 1 ^ doors, a gang of liquor robbers, be- 1 [ lleved to have numbered thirty, es- ! ?j raped with 2.100 gallons of whiskey ' from the warehouse at Burkittsville, I' i near here, of the Outridge Horsey,' Distilling Co.. Inc. i The value of the liquor stolen was I estimated by representatives of the1' i company at $35.fto0. The whiskey, i< > contained in barrels, was loaded into < - three trucks and several automo- I j biles. ] 1 WANT EXPENSES OF ARMY ON RHINE PI SECRETARY HUGHES REFUSES TO COMMENT ON DEMAND MADE ON MINISTERS. BILL TOTALS $241,000,001 ?_ I American Demand, if Granted, Woulc Upset Distribution Already Settled On. I Paris.?A demand from the Unite< ; States that $241,000,000 for its ex | l>euses in couenction with the occu pation of the Khineland be paid be | fore any reparations were paid wen presented to the allied finance minis ters at their meeting. | Washington.?Secretary Hughes re fused to comment on the news fron i Paris that representatives of the United States government had pre sented a demand to the allied finance ministers that expenses aggregatinf $241,000,000 sustained by the Unltee States in the occupation of the Rhine land paid before any reparations There was nothing that could be sale on the subject at this time, Mr Hughes declared. The distribution of this year's Ger man payments, it is learned on good authority, already was practically de cided upon before the American note was received. The total is not to ex ceed 800,000,000 gold marks, and the ratio of sharing this amount is prac tically the same as vac decided upor at the recent meeting of the supreme council at Cannes, which was a slight modification of the percentages work ed out at the Spa conference. According to this schedule, France would receive 52 per cent of the pay ment and Great Britain 22 per cent Since the appraised value of the Saai valley coal mines, estimated at 300,' 000,000 gold marks, is charged against France's receipts, this sched ule would leave France about 35,000,000 gold marks. A high allied authority said recent ly that the American claim for the expenses of the American forces in Germany was a matter for the consideration of the reparations commission, which is indirectly charged with the collection and distribution of the German payments. Thus far the commission has accepted modifications of the terms of payment suggester by the allied powers, and it is considered a foregone conclusion that it will accept the decisions of the finance ministers in this series of sessions. The American claim, however, may modify the distribution of this year's payments. Commission Favored by Knutson. Washington.?The house agricultural committee was asked by Representative Knutson, republican, Minnesota, for early hearing on his bill providing for the creation of a crop siituuizi liuii cuiiiuiisaiuu ?itu ? ci to fix the prices of 1922 crops of wheat, corn and cotton. The commission would be composed of the secretaries of agriculture, commerce and labor and prices so fixed could not be less than the cost of production. The measure would give the commission authority to revive the United States grain corporation and include other farm products which, in its judgment, needed stabilizing. Drugs Stores Are Saloons. Albany, N. Y? A charge that between 400 and 500 pharmacies and drug stores began busine/s last year for the purpose of conducting saloons under the guise of drug stores was made before the senate committee on public health by Andrew A. Iteitweisner of New York. Fradv Asks Continuance. Miami. Fla.?Counsel for Edgar C Fradv, Chicago automobile dealer, under indictment for the murder here of his wife last month, filed a motion in circuit court for a continuance, which, if granted by Judge Hranning, would prevent the case from going to trial at the present term of court. Improved Business Conditions. Washington. ? Favorable reports from widely scattered localities indicate an improvement in business con ditions, according to a bulletin Issued by Arthur Woods, chairman of the emergency committee of the National conference of unemployment. Reports Indicative of the nationwide upward trend. Mr. Woods said, had been received from a number of cities, including Asheville, N. C.; Baltimore, Md.; Clarksburg. W. Va.; Columbus, Oa.; Johnson City, Tenn.; Macon, Oa.; Roston, Omaha, Passaic. Promise! to Carry Out Treaty. Belgrade. ? Foreign Minister Ninchitch informed parliament that he had received assurances from the Italian government of an energetic and prompt settlement of the Fiume incident which would involve also definite and complete execution of the treaty of Rapallo, including the evacuation of the third zone of Dalmatla by Italy. The Jngn-Slav government, be added. would make no protest to tha allied powert providing the Italian promises wore carried out. Twelve Shocks to Kill Negro. Little Reck, Ark.?After eleven attempts by au inexperienced electrician to eloctrooute James Wells. 18rear-old negro. hat' failed, the twelfth was pronounced a succosr and the' murderer's life was su tiffed out In the state prison. The scone In the death chamber! was so revolting that most of the wit-, nesses and convicts present left and anly a few persons wore there when' leath was finally pronounced. Fully twenty minutes vrera consumed In putting the negro to death. : TO SUPPORT MARKETING PLAN I Banks of Rock Hill Issue'Letter to the Farmers of the County and State. 5 Rock Hill.?That the Co-operatic Marketing association is a good thini for the cotton growers of the state ii the belief of the three Rock Hill bank.', and in taking tnis position they are backed up by other banking instituItions of the county. The following open letter to the cotton growers ot the county was issued by the National Union bank, Citizens Bank and j Trust company and Peoples National hu n Ir "We have thought it well to publicly answer numerous inquiries reaching us with regard to the cotton mar1 keting association now in process of - organization in this county and state. "We believe that co-operative mar keting is sound in principle, no longer i experimental, but on the contrary, en tirely practical. It is now being successfully operated in many states in the union. Assuming that the man agement is honest and capable, such i an association would, we believe, 3 prove of immense advantage to cotton - growers generally whose present mar3 keting methods are admitted^ bad. ; The warehouse receipts of the cotton 1 iparketing association in other states - are accepted by bankers generally as . security of loans. I "No cotton grower in York county need fear that he would weaken his financial standing with the local banks ' by joining the proposed co-operative ' marketing association. The plan of * the association, providing for an or! derly marketing of the cotton crop " during the current year, appeals to > us as wise, and would undoubtedly tn afnhilitv of nrire. We wish 1 to express our cordial sympathy with * this and all other movements of our ' t farmer friends to advance the agri" cultural interests of York county and South Carolina, and pledge the fullest ! co-operation consistent with sound _ ' banking.*' Industrial Show to Attract Crowd. Spartanburg.?According to Lucian q 0. Holman, manager of the Piedmont Commercial and Industrial exposition, to be held in the Billy Sunday tabernacle in Spartanburg, March 18 to 25, will draw 40,000 visitors to this city. The tabernacle has been arranged F into about 300 booths for exhibits and these are being taken by both local and out-of-town firms. An automobile show and style show will be two of the big features of the exposition. Expert decorators ' will transform the big tabernacle into a place of beauty and contracts are v' being signed for bands of music. 113 6< The Piedmont commercial and industrial exposition will not only ad- J vertise the advantages of Spartanburg, city and county, but the entire Ja Piedmont region as well. Quite a number of exhibits are being booked ^ from cities within a radius of 100 ' miles. ' The exposition is a means to an end. in that the money accruing from the p' show will be used to defray the 82 expenses of an industrial survey of Spartanburg. Spartanburg is haviig a city plan made by Qr. John Nolen, ^ and the next thing in drder is to have J an industrial survey. w e: Bank to Open Soon. v< Anderson.?More than the $200,000 in capital stock has been subscribed g{ to the new bank which has received p] notification of approval of the applica- ^ tion by the comptroller of currency in H Washington. The bank will be nai v a. ed the Carolina National Bank of An- ^ derson. A meeting will be held in the next few days and plans completed for the opening. The organization ^ of this bank re-establishes confidence tf. in banking in this county. v, P< To Hold Field Day. Darlington. ? The committee in charge of the field day exercises in Darlington county met and decided jj that field day would be held in Darlingtou this year on May 5. The oratorical contest will be held in Darlington on the night of May 4. Field day was held in Hartsville last year and H was quite a success. It is expected that all of the schools in the county N will take part in the exercises this gj year. A game of baseball will be played on the afternoon of May 5. U Teaching Adults in Colleton. Walterboro.?The work of the county in the illiteracy schools has been very helpful. There have been 6ix white schools and 18 negro schools in -n the county and each has had a full enrollment. Two teachers from the j state have been employed in the coun- m ty for nearly two months, but the tfl other teachers have been local. Many ^ adult illiterates have been taught to read and write. They have been most faithful, theh teachers report, in at-, h( '* * onH tending tne sessions ui iuc omuu. ?~ preparing their lessons. th Chester Makes Good Showing. Chester.?The auditor's abstract of the tax duplicate of Chester county, which has Just been announced by Albert T. Henry, treasurer of Chester county, indicates, in view of the finan- G cial depression, that Chester county A has made a remarkable showing along m financial lines. Mr. Henry says the ^ figures phow that Chester county is in the very front ranks of other coun- ^ ties of South Carolina in a financial w way. Treasurer Henry says that up t to March 1. $338,000 had been paid in to the county in taxes. Pickens Convict Assists Officers. Pickens?Jim Poole. Pickens county th negro convict, recently pardoned by w Governor Cooper, was an unusual con- j., vict. Jim has two bloodhounds of his own which he raised from pups and tr since he has been on the rhaingang d. he and his bloodhounds have caught sa 30 escaped convicts for the county. n< He gave the county use of his blood uj hounds without pay, urging or promise of rewnrd. He says he will keep w his dogs, and as Pickens county hac pi no bloodhounds, he will lend the coun te ty his dogs whenever necessary. af PENH'S CHEWING TOBACCO 'ASSAGE OF BILL INDICATED OMPROMISE PLAN APPROVED BY REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE. ordney, However, Declines to Say Whether He Has Discussed Com- ? promise With Harding. ' Washington.?The compromise Boilers' bonus bill, carrying a bank pro- # ision in place of the cash installent payment plan originally propos1 and once approved by the house, nally agreed to by the reublican members of the ways and eans committee. It was introduced ter in the house by. Chairman Ford- j ey, who announced that it would not i called up until next week, if then. Passage of the bill was predicted 7 Mr. Fordney. His opinion apjared to be shared by members of ie house generally, some of whom lid that on the final vote party lines ould disappear. There was soma jeculation in house lobbies and corri- ' irs as to President Harding's views ! the compromise plan and also as to hether h3 would find occasion to (press those views before the house Jted. P Chairman Fordney still declined to ty whether he had discussed the comromise with the executive. At the ' fhite House it was* said that Mr. arding had not studied, and conseiiently had not formed an opinion C the bank loan provision. He was 'presented, however, as maintaining ie same nosition that he did when e wrote Mr. Fordney on February 16 lat the bonus should either be paid y a sales tax or the legislation post* oned. Life Saving Medals Awarded. Washington?Ten awards of silver fe-saving medals of honor were anQunced by. Secretary Mellon. The jcipients include: E. J. Applegate, Norfolk, Va., for ? jscuing a man from drowning fn ampton Roads, Va., June 21, 1921. James R. Brodhead, seaman, U. S. '., for assisting in the rescue of a 0 lipmate from drowning in the York ver at Yorktown, Va., May 22, 192V Leonard B. Watson, mechanic, nited States navy, for assisting in jscuing a shipmate from drowning. ^ Tar and Feathers For Highwaymen. Camden, N. J.?Tarring and feather:g will be the punishment for highay robbers at Woodlynne, near here, t the future, Mayor William D. Kraer announced. Many residents of ? le community recently have been sld up and robbed of small sums. "We have obtained a big tank for elting tar," said the mayor, "and a juntiful supply of feathers. The next an caught in a hold-up will be tar- ? >d and feathered and carried through >e streets as an example to the com unity." Travels 1,700 to Marry. Anchorage, Alaska. ? Miss Mary onley, a trained nurse, formerly of naconda, Mont., is traveling 1,700 iles, 700 miles of the distance by )g team, on her way from Akiak, in le Kushokwim country, to Juneau, here in April she will wed Carl m hiele, acting governor of Alaska. f Norris to Set Date. a Washington.?Chairman Norrls, of I te senate agricultural committee, || as authorized by the committee to jg < a date for the proposed inspection I ip to Muscle Shoals. No tentative || tte was set. This, Senator Norris - I lid, would depend upon senate busi- IS ;ss, as it was desired to avoid tying S i the senate by lac'< of a quorum. # I The senatorial party, it was learned, I ould be limited to 16 under the ap- Jg opriation with the personnel unde* rmined, but composed largely of fa jricultural committee members. <gj