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k TROOPS IN SIBERIA |^TO BE WITHDRAWN JAPAN AGREES TO HAVE LAST SOLDIER WITHDRAWN BY OCTOBER 30. TO PROMOTE WORLD PEACE Action Being Taken at Tokio by Dip iomatic Advisory Council; Nation o nRecord. T n1A<Tf?a jueju. ? juyau ooctiou net yicu(,c to promote world peace, taken at the limitation of armaments conference at Washington, by declaring her final decision to withdraw her troops from Si beria and announcing to the feorld a policy of non-aggression. The diplomatic advisory council at Tokyo fixed October 30 as the day T when the last Japanese soldiers must I be out of the maritime provinces of Siberia, while a foreign official declared that the decision was intended fv ? to place Japan on record as a ^nonaggressive nation to maintain the peace of the world.'* The diplomatic advisory council's approval of cabinet decision is said to have been the logical outcome of Ad- R miral Baron Kato's accession to the premiership. Kato, who led the Japanese delation to the Washington arms conference, returned to Tokyo thoroughly Imbued with the spirit of that gathering and strongly in favor of his coun- T try adopting a non aggressive policy, ri; The official announcement of Sibe- sj rian evacuation says: _l "The Japanese government has decided to withdraw all troops from the maritime provinces of Siberia by October 30. Suitable measures will be taken for the protection of Japanese residents." An official of the foreign office, com- ig ? ? ?? a. ?ii nr menting on tne aecision 10 qua oiuc- iria, said: pc "It has been a matter of regret that cj, various circumstances prevented Ja- . pan from carrying out her desire to ' e withdraw her troops from Siberia. "It can not be said that political ri( conditions there have attained full sta- ch billty. but a change has occurred in the general conditions of the whole ta of Russia. Communistic measures seem to have been modified. The powers have altered their attitude towards m Russie. as attested by the invitations ^ of the Soviet government to attend the Genoa and Hague conferences and con- m elusion of non-aggressive and non-propaganda agreements with Moscow. Those letters promise to improve re- n lations between the powers and the Soviet government. "In view of the decision. Japan has oc decided to carry out her original idea 1 to evacuate Siberia. "Japan believes that with this re- ur moval of the Chinese government's cause for suspicion, the Far Eastern ne republic of Siberia will strive to ;u reach a commercial agreement with a Tokyo." In conclusion the foreign office offi- on cial declared: Si "Japan also believes that this with- Ct drawal. together with Japan's concilia- r tory attitude at the Washington con- it ference will be understood by the -ic world as evidence that Japan is a non- Ti aggressive nation, striving to maintain Ca the peace of the world." st ne Work on Dam Postponed. j re Washington. ? An appropriation of 17,500,000 for new construction work on the Wilson dam at Muscle snoai*. | Ala , was authorized by the house anf. en sent to the senate for concurrence. su Under a limitation fixed by the house, ac however, none of the money can be ex- m, pected prior to next October. As authorized orginally by the senate when It attached a provision to the army bill providing for renewal of r work on the dam the $7,500,000 was ^ made available for that use as soon as the bill was signed by the presi- ' dant. House republican leaders en- ' deavored to obtain straightout accep- . tance of the appropriation as approved by the senate but were defeated by 10 a combination of democrats and farm (,t bloc republicans. Final action was taken after Representative Huddleston (democrat! of Alabama had offered an amendment at preventing any expenditure on the dam before January 1. 1923, and not !l' then if the Ford proposal to purchase l)( the Muscle Shoal properties should ni have been accepted by congress. His '' motion veas lost 119 to 132. The vote on the substitute offered by Repre- rc sentative James (republican) Michigan, fixing the effective date as Octo- h< ber 1 was adopted 145 to 105. CJ Two hours' debate on the appropria- " tion preceded the final voting. During h< that time Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the republican leader, and ^ rtthor maioritv spokesmen urged that v< the dam he completed without delay. cl Merge" of Mills Given Approval. Richmond. Va.?Merger of the Industrial Cotton Mills company. Inc., and si BIue-Buck'e Cotton Mills, Inc., under the name cf the Industrial Cotton Mills w company. Inc.. with principal offices at si Richmond, was authorized by the Vir- K ginia state corporation commission, a The factories of the company will be 1< operated at Rock Hill, ? C. u The incorporators were listed as t< Alexander Long of Rock Hill president; I. B. Cauthen of Rock Hill, sec a retary. a . a Ming's Troops Control Situation. Peking.?Latest advices from Canton report Dr. Sun Yat Sen, defeated f southern leader, detained aboard a gun a boat there, with his navy and the v Kwanatung provincial assembly d?f- e lnitely aligned agaist him and Gen- % eral Chen Chiung Ming's troops in it full control of the city. Sun's forces a In Kiang'i province, on which he '? pinned his flickering hopes for restora- T Hon, are said tobe disorganized and '* looting the territory over which they i are scattered. n FIVE SUFFOCATED IN AN ABANDONED MINE Hartford. Ark. ? At least five members of a picnic party were j suffocated In an abandoned mine I here. Three others who attempt ed ,.0 resuce the victims were overcome and are reported to be in a serious condition. The mine, which had not been in operation for six months, is located six miles from Hartford. It is believed the deaths were caused by an accumulation of black damp. A searching party Is at the scene to determine if any more bodies are in the mine. The deaths resulted from a small boy's exploring expedition. It is ' said. The boy entered the mine and is supposed to have opened a door leading into the abandoned shaft. When he failed to reappear other members of the party who were picking blackberries went after him and were either killed or injured by the poisonous vapors. HOIMDS KILLED III CHINA; l la IEN OF NORTHERN ARMY FORCES ( SENT AGAINST SUN YAT 1 SEN'S ARMY. J, d t ebelllous Troops Reported Marching t Eack Northward and Hearing Changshu Ki. 11 v d Tientsin.?Representatives of Chant j c so-Lin, defeated war lord of Manchu-1 I o a, and Wu Pei-Fu, his conqueror, j g gned an armistice at Chinwagtao. v tie negotiations were begun last week t )oard a British warship there. c o s Shanghais?Between 10.000 and 15.en of the northern army sent c ;ainst Sun Yat Sen's army in Kiangsi, v ovince mutinied at Kiangfu. burned h irtions of Kiangfu and other nearby a ties and killed thousands of resi-, nts, according to unconfirmed but iparently authentic reports from va-j 5us sources at Hankow and Nan-!ir ang. The troops were under com- '' i n and of General Tsai Chen Hsun, mill-; i( ry commander of Peking. The rebellious soldiers are reported i g arching hack northward and nearing oi langshu Ki. a city about one bun- f( ed miles north of Kiangfu and fifty c, iles north of Xanchang. li A dispatch from Hankow says the 5 *ltish gunboat Cockchafer is speed- C( g up the Kan river toward Nanang to bring out the foreign resi- n nts. The American gunboat Mon y( acy is coaling at Kiukiang and will w oceed to Nanchang as soon aB pos-'oi hie. The American gunboats Isabel n id Quiros and the British gunboats o( ;e and Foxglove are held in readl- a| 88 at Kiukiang to rcsh to the dis- u rbed area, if necessary, to protect m tionals. j The situation at Canton is <iciet but linous. Messages from adherents of in Yat Sen'b southern government at t< inton and Hong Kong say Sun has ir dered his main force in Kiangsi to a landon the expedition against the a >rth and return to Canton. Sun. Wu t) ng Fang and other leaders of the tl inton government are reported to be tl ill aboard Chinese warships in the V lghborhood of Canton, awaiting the Ib turn of the Kiangs iarmy. a P Urges Action on Shoals. Washington.^Indications were giv-! a in the house that unremitting pres-j re would be exerted to bring about lion on disposition of tar govern- [ ent's properties at Muscle Shoals, , a. j Representative Pou of North Caro- ^ la, advocating from the house ( ?or speedy action ou acceptance of ^ e offer of Henry Ford for the lease ^ id purchase of the properties, die- (^ osed that he had made a motion the rules committee, of which he, a member, for a special order for ?tho \T11sfl0 Shoals HiSiuei a I IUII VI HIV iestio.1 by the house but that the j nimittee session was abandoned ( ithoue action. Ic The Muscle Shoals proposition has ^ tracted almost as much attention c roughout the country as the subsidy t 11," said the North Carolina mem- j, ?r. "The democratic minority of the p lies committee was earnestly in favor p considering the bill, but the repub-, c can majority walked out of the lom.1' -j '.You cr .not sidestep the issue," 2 declared, addressing the republi- ? in side. 'You may take your recess R eferring to the tentative plan of u 5use leaders to begin a series of iree-day recesses al>out July 1). but a le time will come, and in not in the j sry distant future when the rules . jmmittee will not adjourn when Mus v e Shoals is brought before it." | Posse to Search For Moonshiners. Charleston.?A posse of tes federal, late and county officers, heavily s rmcd, with a pack of bloodhounds as r ell as enough provisions for a week. 1 2t out from here, it was learned, for f liawahe island. 20 miles distant, in t n effort to round up a band of al- < ?ged moonshiners who Sunday fired V pon a fishing party and who are said J j have threatened other excursionists, i Several attempts have been made to s rrest the gang, but the finding of r bandoned stills and former ramp sites 1 re all that has been accomplished. s College Buildings Burn. eRrkeley. Calif. ? Hearst hall and learst hall annex were destroyed r nd the pathology buildine of the Uniersity of California was damaged In a ' ampus fire with estimated loss of 1 100,000. The university infirmary i ifirmary was threatened by the flames i nd the patients removed but the uilding was not reached fy the fire, i learst 'nail, a large frame structure, i :as the gift to the university women I y Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst the t lother of William Randolph Henrst. ! he publisher. < HR DEVOUTLY SPEAKS^ THANKS APPRECIATES SPIRIT OF UNITY NOW PREVAILING IN REUNITED NATION. SHEETING TO "VETS" IN BLUE Commander in-Chief Wishes For All Utmost Happiness and a Safe Return to Their Homes. Richmond, Va. ? Just before leavng Richmond for his home in D.:rlam, N. C.. Gen. Jul .an S. Carr, comnander-in-chief of the United Conederate Veterans, issued a public statement in which he said. "My thanks go to the Commandern-chief of the Universe for the spir.t )f fraternity now recognized everywhere Jhroughout North and South md on behalf of my comrades of the Jnited Confederate Veterans, I send void of greeting and 'Gad bless you* o the Veterans in Blue. No word of eassuran?e is needed to express the leyotion of Confederate Veterans and heir children to the ideals of a reinited country." "The world has recognized that the icn of the Confederacy are those rhom power could not corrupt, whom eath could not terrify, whom defeat ould not dishonor. "Proud of the high honor to be hosen leader of so noble an army of talwart men, I speak for them in oicing the gratitude of our hearts o the men and women who have so hcered our lives and strengthened ur hopes and trust for the fast asembling eternal reunion. "In saying words of farewell to my omrades and their official ladies. I rish for nil a safe return to their omes and the utmost happiness unit we meet again in New Orleans in nnuai reunion. Export Cotton Value Larger. Washington. ? Exports of cotton icreastd in value by $15,000 000 durig M*y as compared with the 6ame lonth last year, acorcding to reports ssued by the commerce department. Raw cotton exports during May agregated 460.000 bales, valued at $46,D0.OO0 compared with 477,000 bales )r the 11 months ended with May raw stton shipments aggregated six milon bales worth $544,000,000, against ,000,000 worth $370,000,000 during the corresponding period of 1921. Exports of cotton cloths during the' lonth aggregated 60,000.000 square' ards valued at $8,000,000 compared ith 40,000 000 square yards at $5 000,- j )0 in May, 1921, while for the 111 lonths period the total was 550.000,-! )0 square yards worth $68,000 000 as gainst 508 000,060 square yards valed at $136,000,000 during the 11 tonths ended May, 1921. Offer of Ford i sObjeot of Attack. Washington. ? Henry Ford s offer > purchase and lease the govern tent's power and nitrate properties. t Muscle Shoals. Ala., was attacked gain by witnesses testifying before is senate agricultural committee on le proposals designed to develop le Alabama properties. Philip P. >Tells, of Middleton, Conn., former iw officer of the forestry service, and dministrative assistant to G.fford inchot. when he was chief of that ervice, declared he had "nover seen proposition made to the government s "outrageous" as that made by Mr. ord. Chile May Agree to Compomise. Washington. ? Chile has indicated ) the American state department her rillingnesB to accept in principle the ompromise plan suggested by Secnary Hughes for arbitration of the hilean Peruvian dispute over Tacna.rica. Senate Gas Probe Purhed. Washington. ? Plans for the sente investigation into gr.solme price lcreases moved forward a step with he employment by the manufacturers' ommittee of Gilbert E. Roe. Madison, Via., as counsel and decision by the ommittee to submit questionnaires o all oil interest* on gas and oil oldings. Mr. Roe is a former law artner of Senator LaFoliette , reublican. Wisconsin, chairman of the ommittee. o Stop Promoting Officers in Army Washington ? Suspension of pronotion for all army officers below the rade of colonel, effective at once, was nderstood to have been decided upon y the senate military committee. The iction was taken largely as a result, t was said, of provisions included in he annual army appropriation bill rhich placed a six months' bar against iromotions after July 1. Search of Years Is Rewarded. Richmond Va. ? After a search of ixty years in which no trace of the nan could he found the family of -fenry Strange, S -uth Carolina Conpdernte soldier killed in action, was ewarded when John Strange. nephew >f the dead man, was taken to his dnsman's grave hv L. T. Wyrick of Uhens. Texas, who declared he bured the oldier's body at a lonely ipot, near Sw'ft Creek, five miles torth of Richmond. Wyrick declared te and Strange were fighting side by ilde when the later fell. Famous Chines Diplomat Dead. Shanghai. ? Wu Ting Fang former nlnister to Washington, more recentv foreign minister for Sun Yat Sen in he disrupted Southern Republican government at Canton, d'ed at Canton, iccording to a Renter dispatch. Wu, an outstan,1!ng leader in pol tics and Jurisprudence of China for nany years, remained, at last reportr loyal to Sun Yat Sen and was believer' o have fled Canton with the depose=!outh China President. The Rente lispatch gave no deta ls. 4,000 VETERAN3 HAVE GATHERED IN RICHMOND Richmond. Va.?Confederate re unions wiil he held so long as there are two Confederate veterans left to attend, was the assurance of GeneraJulian S. Carr, commander-in chief. United Confederate Veterans, in reply to the hope ( of Governor E. Lee Tringle that this would not be the last reunion, speaking at the opening session of the Confederate Memorial association held in the Jefferson hotel. "Governor Tinkle may be assur ed that his wish will be granted and that many more Confederate reunions will be held,'' General Carr sa'd. amid the applause of a distinguished audience of southerners. SIX ARE KILLED AT CROSSING I i TOURISTS NORTHWARD BOUND FF.OM FLORIDA ARE VICTIMS OF TRAIN. Central of Georgia Passenger Train Crashes Into Tourist Car Near Macon. Macon, Ga.?Six tourists riding in an automobi.e from Fort Lauderdale, | Fla., to Nicholasville, Ky., were killed when a Central of Georgia passenger train crashed into the vehicle. Mrs. Lovenia Cox, the only one in the party who was not instantly kill ltd, told officers just before she died that her husband is Howard Cox. whom she said was a prisoner in Moundsville, W. Va. The others have not been identified. Letters in the possession of the victims were addresed to Mrs. Cox, Miss Lovenia Taylor, L. A. Taylor, and J. P. Taylor. ? N. A. Powers. Jr., who operates a little store at the scene of the acci-1 dent and who was the first to reach i I .I 1 1 ..... U.. I UlW WICIRCU nuiuniuuiiO, any a mi a. Lovenia Cox gave him the following names of the victims, all being from Nicholasville, Ky.: The dead: J. H. Taylor, Mrs. J. P.! Taylor, Mrs. Howard Cox, infant daughter of Mrs. Cox, a son of J. P. Taylor, and an unidentified body of a man believed to be a member of | the Taylor family. Mrs. Cox said before she died that she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Tay-i lor. I There were three men in the party, two women and a little baby girl. They were driving northward and the train, which was behind time, was i running at a high speed southward from Atlanta. At the crossing at Lo- | raine. 12 miles from this city, the accident occurred. U. S. Gunboats Sent to Canton. Peking.?Three American buildings in Canton were struck by shells during a bombardment of the city by gun- j boats of Sun Yat Sen, the south China leader, who has been trying futilely to recapture his stronghold. Jacob Gould Schurman, the American min- , ister, has asked Rear Admiral Stauss ! to rush protection to Canton and American gunboats are expected to proceed there. Word that Americans in Canton vfere endangered was received at the legation here in a message from the American consulate at Canton. The extent of the damage to American property was not stated. The consul has protested to Sun Yat Sen against indiscriminate firing along the Bund the macadamized way on the water-1 front. Strength of Navy Will be 86.000. Washington. ? Acceptance by tho senate in passing the naval appropriation b'll of the house enlisted personnel figure of S6.000 men, left only the senate increases amounting to' about $14,000,000 .to be adjusted by the conferees of the two houses. A* put through the senate without a record vote, the measure entries a total appropriation of $295,4.r>0,000. The final day's debate on the b!l was marked by unsuccessful effor's to end American occupation of Haiti, the Dominion Republic and Nicaragua and to launch a congressional investigation of naval administration. Refuses to Give Details of Plot. White Plains. N. Y.?Details of the blackmail plot which. Walter S Ward rays led to the slaying of Clarence Peters will not be disclosed even at 'the trial of Ward's counsel, it was an i nounced. "You can't blame Ward tor not! wishing to bring humiliation or. his j family unless it is absolutely necessary," Mr. Mills said. ' Canteloupe Price Tat.es B:g Break, j New York. ? Canteloupes in the wholesale market cost only a Prtle more than half of what they sold for the other day. due to heavy shipments jfrom California and Georgia. Hudson Loses Case. Atlanta. Ga. ? Glenn M. Hudson. Daugherty county farmer, s ten en to be hanged on conviction of *he murder of his two stepsons, was denied a new trial. The children, liohert and Isc.iail TV-mplo n'ne and fotir years rid were the sons of Mrs. Hudson by her first husband, who was kille 5 in France. They were found dead on the porch of Hudson's farm home near Albany. Qi., last July and. the istate claimed he shot them because | lie did not want to support them Anti-D pperg Busy. VaHosta, Ga. ? The sheriff of Iaiwndes county has been asked for assistance in putting down disorders reported in Echols county, growing out of a clash between cattle owners and dipper inspectors. The Smith Carter dipping vat was dynamited in hroad daylight, it is reported. and a dipping inspector Is said to have been severely whipped v nnti-dippers. When the attack was made on th? Sew.ell vat armed guards are said to have onened fire. Ibig death toll IN MINE BATTLE SCORES OF NON-UNION MINERS VIRTUALLY MASSACRED BY MOBS OF STRIKER8. COUNTY IS OUTWARDLY CALM All But Three Victims Imported Work' ers; Some Lynched, Some Burned and Majority Shot Down. Herrin, Ills. ? The death toll In the disaster, when 5,000 striking union miners attacked the Lester strip mine, being operated under a guard of imported workers, may run past the forty mark, it was said by those in touch with the situation, although thus far only 27 positively are known to be d^ad. In the Herrin hospital are eight I wouided men, only one a miner, and six of them are believed to be fatally injured. There were nine, but one died. A miner told the Associated Press correspondent that he had seen 15 bodies thrown into a pond with rocks ; around their necks. About 20 importied miners are missing. Checking up the death list has proved almost impossible. The victims, all ; but three of them imported workers, so far as known, were found seati tered over an area within several miles of the mine. Some were lynched, some were burned when the mine was fired, others were beaten to death and the majority fell before the score of bullets poured into them. "Bloody Williamson" county, so called because of several riots, was outwardly calm, but there was a noticeable undercurrent which kept everybody on edge and wondering if further trouble might be expected. The correspondent talked with scores of miners and about half of them were certain there would be no further disorder if there was no attempt to reopen the mines, while the other half said they were afraid some of the men might not be held back. Officially, the situation was reported by county officials to be quiet. The scenes of death were very gruesome, as in a real war. Bodies, many with limbs shot away, lay along the roadside or were swung from trees, men wounded and dying were stretched out on the roads and in the fields, with none of the hundreds of passers-hy able to lend a hand. Attempts to assist the wounded in the early part of the day brought rebuffs from the spectators, backed in some cases by drawn guns. Later the feeling quieted down and some of the wounded were taken to, hospitals. It is understood that there will be no attempt to reopen any of the mines until the strike is settled. When the attackers went over the top in the beseiged mine there were some fifty or sixty workers and guards there. What has become of those not in the known dead and wounded list can not be said. Some of them were seen in fields running, with miner sympathizers pursuing them with guns. How many escaped could not be told. C. K. McDowell, superintendent of the imported workers at the mine, was among the dead. It was said he was the first to be shot after the mine was captured and that he was given no opportunity to escape. Hundreds of men, women and little children, some as young as four years old. surged through the moague to view the bodies, which lay side by side on the floor, with no attempt to straighten them out. Most of them bore no identification marks. All were mangeld. British Marshal Assasina'.od, London.?Field Marshal Sir Henry II. Wilson, one of England s most illustrous soldiers, who was chief of the imperial staff during the final stages of the world war. was assassinated on the doortep of his residence in Eaton Place by two young men who gave the names of James O'Brien and Jame6 Connolly. The assassins had loitered about wa.ting an hour for his return from unveiling a memorial to men of the Great Eastern railway who fell in the war. When he alighted from his motor car, Field Marshal Wilson walked up the steps, and the men fired several shots at him from close range, three of which took effect, one in the chest, one in the leg and toe third in the ! wrist. The field marshal died before j lie could be taken into the house. His horrified wife heard the shooting and rushed out to find her husband's body, I dressed in full uniform. lying in a pool of blood, with the sword which he had drawn to meet his assailants by his side. Harding Opposes Filipinos' Appeal. | Washington. ? President Harding 1 told the members of the Philippine par liamentary commission that he could not yet urge upon congress the desir- ! ability of Philipine independence. 1 Members of the commission who I called on the president at his request to receive a reply to the inriepend ince Petition presented last Friday, said the executive indicated that he was not unalterably opposed to Philippine au 'tonorny but regarded the mater as a suestion of time. Situation Well in Hand. Springfield, 111. ? Adjutant Cleneral C. FJ. Black declared his telephone information from Herrin was that the local autnorities have the situation well in hand. Mr. Black had Just talked rtith Colonel Hunter of his staff, who had been in Herrin. He said Colonel Hunter had reported nothing regarding threats to hang prisoners ta ken at the mine strip. Regarding the number reported killed. Mr. Black commented that "the multiplication taI ble is at work.*' JOHNSON RE-ELECTED HEAD j x> South Carolina Sunday School Association Comes to Close After the Election of Many i.ew Officers. Columbia. ?? Dr. D. B. Johnson of Hock Hill was re-elected president of the South Carolina Sunday School association at its closing session. Horace L. Bomar of Spartanburg and W. E. Hillis of Cottageville were also re-elected first and second vice president, respectively. J. T. Fain of Rock Hill was re-elected recording secretary, and the Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton of Spartanburg was re elected chairman of the executive committee. I The other committee members elected were as follows: Educational Committee?Dr. Robert P. Pell, chairman; Dr. W. J. McGlothlin and Dr. D. W. Daniel, vice-chairmen; Dr. J. E. Walmsley, secretary. Evangelism?Dr. Watson B. Duncan, secretary. Rural Department Committee?Dr. 1 Wilson Gee, chairman; Dr. W. W Long and Miss Christine South, vice- 1 chairmen. ' Member International Committee ? ' Horace L. Bomar; alternate, R. T. Caston. 1 General Superintendent ? Leon C. ' Palmer was re elected. Addresses by several prominent Bi- ' ble scholars and Sunday school spe- ' cialists featured the sessions. ' After receiving an invitation to hold 1 the next convention at Clemson col- * lege and referring it to the executive committee, the report of the commit- * tee of resolutions, of which Dr. Wat- * son B. Duncan was chairman, was read t and adopted. Appreciation was ex- c pressed for the hosp:tality and cour- t tesies extended, and then the follow- f Ing resolution was passed; 1 "Resolved. That we express our ap- r preciation of the Christian spirit manifested by the recent session of the j general conference of the Methodist t Episcopal Church, South, in setting r forth officially the willingness of this f church to continue its policy of co-op- ? eration with other churches and agen- a cies engaged in Sunday school work." 1 To Northern Mart*. Bamberg. ? Thousands of crates of ^ cucumbers, beans and asparagus have been shipped from Bamberg this year, j While the cucumber prices have been ' disappointing, the association has received th eassurance of the produce merchants of northern receiving points that the Bamberg product has been b well graded and well packed and the u reputation will be of vast benefit to b this county in the future. E The glut of the cucumber market a just at the time when shipping was P heaviest from Bamberg resulted dis- a astrously to the cucumber growers 81 here and this is accounted for largely * because of the great increase in acre- Cl age this year in this particular section n where cucumbers are shipped at the 81 same time. The truck association has decided to enter into a larger field of v usefulness, and Col. W. A. Klauber, the president, is preparing a list of CI farmers who are agreeing to grow a 0 specified acreage In Bermuda onions, ^ beets, peas, lettuce and carrots during C1 the coming winter. The acreage is usually small, so that in the event the a crop does not turn out well the loss tf will not fall heavily on anyone. These e< various crops are very promising and have proven very profitable in years b past. With the exception of peas and bl lettuce, the crops above named are s' not perishable .and there is no reason P why excelent prices cannot be com- 01 manded. These being winter crops, ^ practically no time will be taken from < the usual farm work and sales will u: coine in at a very convenient season. *( h' 01 Georgetown Grows Truck. Georgetown. ? Though this year's jr season has not be?n propitious for g( truck, on account ot tne immuueiaio je rains of April and May and the first i fj part of June, still this section is mak- w ing steady progress In development into a considerable truck growing j, country. M. M. McCord, county de- n monstration agent, has been keeping B an accurate record of the acreage C( planted to various crops. This year ^ 860 acres were devoted to Irish pota- a] toes, 400 acres to beans and about p( the same to lettuce, cauliflower spin- w ach, cabbage, cucumbers, onions etc., 'or shipment. One day an entire train- ffi load of truck, consisting of 15 cars, a went out from Georgetown. d, The production of potatoes v:as mr.- 0j lerially reduced by wet weather, but p trme acres yielded as much as 60 b?rrelr and the quality was of the best, h Advices have been receive 1 certain shipments from Georgetown were among the finest sen n the nouiern jt markets. The early and late slup- ai ments realized the best market prices. w there having been a falling off In hi prices at one stage of the shipping n season. pt While the production of lettuce, can- fc liflower and "cuke3" was excellent, t\ the prices this year have been disap- g pointing. ta Have Narrow Escape. Anderson. ? Twelve workmen repairing a dam near Anderson Mill had at a narrow escape from death. The tres th tie of the Piedmont and Northern rail- e, road goes over a part or tn:s aara, S( and when the workmen were directly m underneath this part of the dam a p train passing over had one of the box cars to jump the track and fell on this 1 r0 part of the dam. The holding of t"he d; coupling for a minute gave the men e, an opportunity to get out of the way. jp The car was buried in soft mud about re 14 feet below the track. ft Many Seek Office. Chesterfield. ? The county political not is beg:nning to boil in this county, th Mready twenty candidates have an- j d nounced themselves for offices and Cc nore are expected daily. Only one cf ox-service man f*- as vet announced, ra it Is expected that the race for the h? 'touse of representatives will be a j particularly warm one. Five candi- la lates are announced now and the ' w tames of about five more are ex- o ected to be added to the list. The h) ampaign opens at GranCs Mill on 11; Saturday. .Tulv 1. / In / ' Federal loan bank 10 build01 home WILL ERECT HANDSOME STRUC. TURE AT CORENR OF MARION AND HAMPTON STREETS. BEGIN WORK IN NEAR FUTURE New Building to Cost Approximately One Hundred Thousand Dollars; Lot Already Bought. Columbia.?The Federal Land Bank has purchased a lot at the corner of Hampton and Marion streets on which It will in the near future erect a handsome building for its exclusive use. Work on the building will begin in the very near future though the exact late when ground will be broken could aot be given by officials of the bank, rhe office structure will cost approximately $100,000 and will be a dec'ded addition to the banking houses of Columbia. The lot, which was purchased from Dr. Julius H. Taylor, is 72 feet ly 100 feet deep and is admirably situated for a building to be used by ;n institution of the nature of the Federal Land Bank. Harry Root, treasurer of the bank, said that the volume of business of he bank had increased steadily and hat a building exclusively for the use >f the Institution was needed. He sa d hat work on the structure would start loon, but could not give the exaot date. Kr. Root did not say how many stoies the new building will have. The Federal Bank at present occu>ies quarters in the Palmetto Bank >uilding. As is generally known, it eceives application for loans from armers living in North Carolina, louth Carolina, Georgia and Florida .nd its importance and the value of ts service to planters In those four tates have Increased steadily since t was established. It employs a large orce and in a bu'lding of Its own will >e able to handle Its large business aore comfortably. David H. Houston s president of the bank. Weevils Attack Cotton in York. York.?That the boll weevil has stacked the York cotton crop in genine earnest was the information rought here by John R. Blair of llairsville, county demonstration gent. Mr. Blair said the pest is apearing in every section of the county nd is beginning to puncture the quares of the stalks that have reach- , d this stage of growth. He himself ounted 15 punctured squares on one jw writhin a space of 25 yards, he tated. Only the advance guard of the weeil reached York last year and no ma;rial damage resulted to the cotton rop. Some of the more optimistic t the farmers expressed the opinion iat no great harm would be done the rop this year, but the presence of le weevil this early and in considerable numbers would seem to indicate iat theis belief was not well found1 Mr. Blair, who spends two day* ere every month to give farmers the eneflt of his advice, discussed the ituation with quite a number of lanters and advocated energetic leasures to stem the weevil attack, hough counseling them against beaming panicy, he told them not to nder-rate the weevil menace and not ) wait until the pesl had gained eadway before resorting to methods r attack. Tlie most important step, ist now, he thought, was the gatherig and destroying of the punctured luares, as the number of squares ift in the field will determine the ize of the next generation of the eevil. The extent of the damage wrought y the pest, aside from the effectiveess of combative measures. Ml*, lair said, would depend on weather jnditions during July and August. ,'ith an abundance of dry weather tid sunshine during that period, the est's activities can be curbed, hereas a heavy precipitation will pell crop disaster. On his own irm, Mr. Blair said, he is expecting yield of four bale3 to the plow unar favorable weather conditions and f only one bale if conditions are unropitious. ealth Nursing Association Formed. Marion.?After Mrs. Ruth Dodd of le bureau of child hygiene of Coimbia had spokon before a large nd enthusiastic audience of county ids representation in the court house sre, the Marion County Public Health ursing association was formed, the Lirpose of which organization will be . nnri co.onerate with the < ' oupi/w . vo public health nurses, Misses mith and Blackburn, who are to ike up work in this county. 4 Assembly Largety Attended. Greenwood. ? The annual summer ?sembly of the Epworth League of le Upper South Carolina conferice. which closed here a'ter a week's >ssion at Lander college, was the ost successful In the history of the pper South Carolina conference, ac>rding to the Rev. James E. Ellis, the (tiring president. Approximately 200 legates attended the assembly from ,-ery part of the Upper South Caro- ' na conference. More churches were (presented this year that never beire. Judge Mclver Dead. Cheraw.?Cheraw was sadaened by ie death of Judge Edward Mclver in arlington, the news of his death >ming a* a shock to the entire >mmunity. Judge Mclver left Cheiw for Darlington, aparently in good jalth. .-A Judge Mclver was the 9on of the te Chief Justice Henry Mclver and ould have been 64 years old next ctober. He was born in Cheraw and id lived there practically his entire 1 fe, his early education being received { i the Cheraw schools. ? i