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mm ANTI-MI' WLm. IS APPfiOVED ' ^iBFDnBTCn PAVORABLY TO THE r r SENATE BY VOTE OF EIGHT TO SIX. BILL HAS PASSED THE HOUSE ! ~" f Measure Provides Penalties by the . Federal Government For Violence by Mobs. 1 ^ Washington. ? The Dyer antl-iynchllng bill, providing penalties by the federal government for mob action, twas reported favorably with amendjments by/the senate judiciary comTmlttee, by a vote of 8 tp 6. ; Senators Ashurst, democrat, Ari?. |^ona, and Norris, republican, Nebraska. did not vote. j The vote ended a long committee c iflght over the bill, which was passed P ilast January by the house and which t has been urged by negro and other r organizations. Opponents of the ii measure have declared it an unconsti- j L tutlonal interference with state rights, w Comparatively few changes were 11 made in the original house bill and P these were said to be designed to meet the constitutional objections. A sub-committee of the senate com- Cl > mittee recently recommended defeat of the bill on the ground that it violated the constitution. Some senators S) voting for a favorable report were said s to hold doubts regarding Its constitu* tionallty but thought the bill should be enacted and put up to the supreme P court. 61 The bill declares that if states fail, ? neglect or refuse to maintain protec- j tion of life, they shall be deemed to j1 have denied the constitutional guarantees and the federal authorities will w have power to act by indictment of etate officers or members of a mob a: and trial in the federal courts. Ir The measure requires "reasonable" ^ effort by Btate officers to maintain order and protect prisoners and their 3 failure would subject them to im- ' prlsonment for five years and a fine of p $5,000. Members of mobs which a p prisoner is put to death would be sub- 1 ject to conviction for conspiracy with n imprisonment for five years to life n provided. Counties in which fatal mob disor- ir ders occur would be liable to the :i family of the victim under a forfeit of $10,000. ' 51 Amendments adopted by the senate ^ committee require that failure to the 1 ^ state officers to protect mob victims ^ must be charged in the federal indictment and proven to the satisfaction of the federal trial court. , j 3 The bill has had an unusually bad ^ course in the senate committee after _ a stormy birth in the house. After lying in the judiciary committee without j action for several months, Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, republican leader, and other republicans started the movement for disposition by the | committee which culminated in a fav- i A orable vote. Republican leaders were ' "j doubtful, however, whether senate ' consideration could be secured at this n session. ? Eight republicans. Chairman Nelson, Minnesota; Dillingham, Vermont; Brandegee. Connecticut; Cummings, a! Iowa; Colt. Rhode Island; Sterling. p' South Dakota; Ernest, Kentucky, and j; Shortridge. California, voted in favor ;-)l of the bill. One republican, Senator ! BoTah, Idaho, and five democrats, Cul- ^ berson. Texas; Overman. North Caro- S( Una; Reed, Missouri; Shields. Ten__ nessee. and Walsh, Montana, were rec- ;8' orded in opposition. I al i91 c< S. A ,L. Divided Into Two Districts. Norfolk. Va.?The Seaboard Air Line I railway will be divided into two gen- ! eral districts known as the northern and southern general districts under h orders issued by M. H. Cahill, vice- n president and general manager. |%v C G. V. Peyton, former superintendent ' of the Virginia division, will be genoral superintendent, northern district, with headquarters at Norfolk. The Virginia. North Carolina and " Georgia divisions will constitute the lI northern district, while South Caro- B lina. East Carolina, Alabama and Flor- ! ida divisions will be the southern dis- j trict. I Creation of the two general districts ' re-establishes the system of operation j1 formerly used by the Seaboard, but 1 abandoned in recent years when all * divisions have been under one head, j p To succeed Mr. Payton as superin- i n tendent of the Virginia division. C. D. j " Thornton was named. J. C. Wroton, A now assistant superintendent of trans- a portation. has also been named trans- j portation assistant on the staff of the 1 vice president and general manager. j 11 """ I Bielaski is Safe. Washington-?An official report from Charge Summerlin in Mexico City by : ' the state department, said A.Bruce '' Bielaski had reached the Mexican v capital "safe and well." having effected his escape from bandits who 1 kindapped him, unaided and without i ? payment of any ransom. Xo details of ' Mr. Bielaski's experience while a cap- I tive or of his escape were contained'in the message. The full statement made by the former head of the Bureau of In- 1 Vestigation of the Department of Jus- ; 1 tlce, it was said, was being forwarded. a Masked Men Active. Valdosta. Ga.?X. G. Romev, horsewhipped by a party of men garbed in ^ costumes of white robes and hoods, is able to appear at his place of business. ^ He says that he was cautioned that he *must "stop drinking whiskey, stop selling liouor and never again to ad- 11 dress a white lady.'* v OfTicers say that he recently com pleted a year's sentence on the chain- u \ gang for violating the prohibition law '* L An alleged insult to a woman who entered his store is said to have prompt- " whipplnf. * I STOAWAY ADMITS PLOT KNOWLEDGE I Hoboken, N. J.?Max Petersen, a T stowaway, said by officers of the f Steamer President Taft to have admitted membership of the Eher- i hardt brigade and to have said I he "knew all-about the plot," that b led to the recent assassination of Dr. Walter Rathenau, German \ minister of foreign affairs, was re- j moved from the ship by Justice Department agents when she decked at Hoboken. ,ORTY 'SEIZED IN MEXISQ c "AKEN AS SECURITY FOR RANSOM OF 15.000 PESOS. SAYS THE REPORT. L (} ncldent at Tampico Follows Seizure li of Bruce Bielaski Who Still ; is Captive. P j v Washington. ? Seizure of 40 Ameri- ? an employes of the Cortese Oil com- ~ any at Tampico, Mexico, reported to,c he state department, as security for a 0 ansom of 15,000 pesos, created a stir ^ a official circles in Washington. 1 -acking further information as to P hat has happened behind what is aparontly a rigid censorship at Tarn- c ico, however, there was little to in- 1 icate whether the incident would c jad to any change of attitude here award the Obregon government iu'c lexico. |c In fact, at the White House, it was | * aid that relations between the United tates and Mexico were not likely ) be afTected in any way by the banit outbreak and the recent kidnaping for ransom near Cuernavaco, 61 ame 60 miles from Mexico City, of i ruce Bielaski, formerly chief of the ureau of investigation of the departlent of justice and more recently lentifled with American oil interests ^ ho have property in Mexico. ! m Until it is known that the incidents a) re not a matter of domestic politics 9i i Mexico, conceived by enemies of a] te Obregon government to embar- Q] ass its relations with the United i tates, or until that government has een proved unequal to accord such rotection to Americans and their roperty as the occasion demands, * lere appears to be no disposition 81 ere to move in any other than a diplo- w latic way. j Beyond a brief report stating that | 1 addition to the two score Ameri- Q] in employes, a quarter of a million ollars' worth of destructible property le t the Cortese Oil company was be- o) ig held as security for the payment' emar.ded, no other word has reached te state department concerning the tl; andit action in Tampico. !a( The new situation in the oil region tc vershadowed for the moment the a eizure of Bruce Bielaski. No word hi as come from the embassy to show hi rogress of the efTorts of the Mexican d, ?deral authorities to obtain the resase of the captive. The delay tc lused little surprise here, however, g( 3 the region iB mountainous and it b as recognized that the Mexican gov- J n, rnment must move cautiously if 3( ealing with reckless outlaws in or-; Bj er that the life of the prisoner might ti ot be Jeopardized. C( i ai Objects to Duty on Meat Products. Washington.?Duties on fresh meats nd meat products proposed in the ,e( ending tariff bill, if effective, would icrease the nation's meat bill $379,-! 1)0,000; Senator Walsh, democrat,' [assachusetts, declared in the senate. e] le was discussing the agricultural D L-hedule and announced that from 01 me to time he would "submit figures di daggering in tneir size, snowing wnai <* n unbearable burden these duties on b; gricultural products would be to the ^ 3nsumer6.'' |ol j bi Twenty-one Killed in Two Weeks. ^ Calexico. Calif. ? Twenty-one men ave been killed in and around Mexiili. Lo^er California, in the last two eeks, according to official reports in alexico, just across the international ne. This compilation was made fol>wing the discovery of eight dead ^ lexleans, two and a half miles east w f Calexico, one of the bodies being 1 an irrigation ditch on the American Ide of th eboundary. Captain Hamilton Killed in Crash. e] Gettysburg, Pa. ? Capt. George D. iv [amilton, distinguished service cross c] lan and known as one of the most (j itrepid officers of the marine corps, (j as instantly killed here when his air- \ lane crashed to earth in a nose dive y ear the big mon ment. Sergt. G. A. lartin of Buffalo his machanician, y as fatally injund and died soon after j( e was admitted to the local hospital. n aptain Hamilton's plane was one of S( number acting as the advance scoutlg party. I r( Capture Director of Irish Boycott. Dublin. ? Commandant Henderson irector of the boycott against Belfast tj oods, has been arrested by the pro- 0 isional government authorities and fj emoved to Mount Joy prison, says an 0 . i 1 i.? ,i,? nnouncemem ismr-u u.? mc ??*.?>. (] iiarters of the army dissents in the t| "our Coutrs. Counter action has been taken by (. he Four Corners irregulars. Recent- 0 f they kidnapped Lieut. General j, )'Connor. assistant chief of staff of , he regulars at beggar's bush, and s re holding him prisoner. !a Brewery Nearly 4,000 Years Old. Cairo. Egypt. ? A model of an Egyptian brewery approximately r, .700 years old. has been discovered ere by Dr. Flinders Te^rie, of the.S( Jniversity of Pennsylvania. |fi The model, which is believed to date 9 ack to 1800 B. C., shows a dozen mployes making beer from barley. ? i handful of barley was also pre- e erved, but little except the outside p ulls was left. ; r| Dr. Petrie sent the model to the j, University of Pensylvania, where It rill be placed in the museum. jC; MON CONDITION j 1EP0RTSFAV0RABLE BENEFITED MATERIALLY BY THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN COTTON BELT. 'ERCENTfiGE PLACED AT 72.4 Top of 11,224,000 Bales is Estimated on Basis of Government Formula. New York. ? A detailed analysis of eporid received from approximately ,tiUO reliable correspondents of the ournal of Commerce leads to the beef that cotton has benefited materialv by the improvement in weather conitions noted throughout the greater art of the cotton belt the past two . eeks or more. These returns, gathred under an average date of'June 4 place the estimate of percentage ondition at 72.4 per cent, an increase; f 6 per ceut over last month, and the i ighest June condition figure since; 918, when it was estimated at 82.1 er cent. It is, however, not the largest inrease in recent years, since in J*ne. 9.20 a gain of 3.5 per cent was.indi-; ated and in 1918 of 1.9 per cent. Last une there was a decline of 5 per; ent and in 1919 no less than 7.1 per, ent. Percentage condition a year; go was only 68.3 per cent, but 71.5 i 1920 and 71.4 per cent the year be>re that. Although considerable late cotton; as been planted during^ June, corespondents have not changed their etimate of acreage increase for the hole belt, and the total is placed by le government at 34,339,000 acres. rom tnis, witn a condition 01 ma per, ant, according to the government ] >rmula a crop of 11,224.000 bales J light be raised, which compares with |! i actual production last year of 7,-11 53,641 bales. 13.439,603 bales in 1920,j iid 16,134,930 bales in the banner year ! 1916. I Lynching Denounced at Atlanta. Atlanta ,Ga. ? Denunciation of ' 'nching. laxity in law enforcement ' ad of "maudlin sympathy" which it as asserted encourages the lawless as voiced here at a conference of i' te league for enforcement of law j1 trough constituted authority, a newly 1 "ganized Georgia institution. j' Jess Mercer, secretary of the,1 ague and former federal prohibition Ticer in this state, declared that ' any sheriffs in this state cdre not ; button for the law." He charged 1 lat the Hall county courthouse doors ; Gainesville are propped open with.' imbstones broken from the "sod of negro graveyard and the negroes 1 ive been told they have no right to ( ave stones over the graves of their ' jad." j1 Failure to punish a murderer in Bar?w county, damage done around Fitz-,1 ;rald since the strike on the Atlanta, ' irmingham and Atlantic railway, dy- 1 uniting of cattle dipping vats in juthern Georgia, extensive bootleg-11 ng operations, attempted intimida-j on of the chairman of the board of 1 )unty commissioners at Columbus 1 id other overt acts were charged by ' t. Mercer. r W. Woods White, Atlanta, was elect- J 1 president. Government May Buy Canal. Washington. ? Purchase by the fed* al government of the Cape Cod and j ismal Swamp canals, now privately A-ned and operated, is authorized un- ( ?r senate amendment to the rivers 1 ud harbors development bill adopted 1 y the senate commerce committee. 1 ,'ith the acceptance by thd committee ' f the two important amendments, the 1 111 was -made complete and its favrohle report to the senate was or?red. Under the terms of the amendments ] le government agrees to pay $5,000,* i DO cash and to assume bonds aggro- ( ating $6,000,000 face value for tlie'i ape Cod waterway. The Dismal' j wamp canal, which runs from the ; hesapeake bay to Beaufort, N. C., ] ould be purchased for $500,000 under le amendment. Morrison Speaks at Meeting. < Wilmington. ? An address by Gov-, rnor Cameron Morrison and a reso- i ition opposing a constitutional j hange giving superior court judges le right to express opinions to juries uring trials, featured a session of the | forth Carolina Bar association at .'rightsville Beach. Governor Morrison urged the law- , ers of the state to join heart and , duI in the program for the develop . lent and expansion of the natural reDurces of the state. I More than 100 new members were ( eceived into the association. j. To Raise Ten Million More. Nashville. ? Plans to raise an addiional $10,000,000 in jash by the close f the present calendar year was the nancial goal ret at a meeting nera f the $75,UO0,0U0 campaign conserva011 committee of the Southern Bap1st Convention. It was decided to call on state and hurch organizations to set up their riginal campaign machinery for the urpose of waging an intensive camaign among those who have not yet , ubscribed to the fund, as well as mong those who have made pledges.j, Three Hurt in Train Wreck. Savannah, Oa.?Atlantic Coast Line ; ailway detectives are working on the heory that through train No. 89, outh, from Washington, was delibrately derailed neir Ravencl, S. C.,' hortly after midnight. The train was run into a spur track , here three cars of lumber were plac-1 d. The switchlight had been remov-'1 d. J. C. Harsh, the engineer, was soiously injured. He is at his homo a Savannah. Walter Cleaphor, the: j reman, who also was Injured, was arried to hla hotps In Charleston, j; 7 1^. FIVE SUFFOCATED IN AN ABANDONED MINE Hartford, Ark. ? At least five members of a picnic party were suffocated in an abandoned mine here. Three others who attempted to 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 tae 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 I shaft. When he failed to reapn'lior rr? nm ItPTQ f)f th ft CUTtY who wore picking blackberries went after him and were either killed or injured by the poisonous vapors. . ? 10,000 PESOS DEMANDED MEXICAN OFFICIAL PROMISES TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE FOR HIS RELEASE. Bielaski and Wife on Way to View Aztec Ruins When Held Up by Seven Bandits. Mexico City.?Alberto J. Pani, secretary of foreign affairs, has been officially advised by the American embassy of the kidnapping of A. Bruce Bielaski in the state of Morelos and the promise has been given that all possible measures will be^taken to effect his release. The other person kidnapped was Manuel Barcena, a Mexican attorney. Mr. Bielaski was chief of the bureau of investigation of the United States department of Justice during the war. It is generally believed that, instead of pursuing the kidnappers to the point of endangering the lives of the captives, Mexican federal troops who are searching for the captives will enter into negotiations looking towards their release by the payment if all or part of the 10,000 pesos ransom demanded. Both the American embassy and the consulate told the Associated Press no word has been received* concerning Mr. Bielaski and that the facts is published in Mexico City were substantially correct. The air of mystery which surrounded the kidnapping was explained in luthoritative sources as an attempt iy Mr. Bielaski's friends to have the least possible said about the incident until he was safe. Apparently there are no facts to support the theory advanced in some lu-irters that the kidnapping was instigated by Mr. Bielaski's personal ?nemies. Bielaski is being held for ransom iy ijeven bandits, who held up his lutomobile seven miles west of Duernavaca, in the state of Morelos. Mr. Bielaski, together with his wife ind Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Barcena of Mexicala, was on the way to view some Aztec ruins near the town. The nororists were nearing the hacienda De San Gabriel, when the bandits sudJenly appeared and stopped them it the point of guns.# The women were released, but, after robbing them, the bandits took Mr. Bielaski and Mr. Barcena with them. When the news reached this city, :he American charge d'affires, George r. Summerlin, immediately communicated' with the authorities at Citeraaavaca, as well as getting in touch ,vith the federal government and Sec etary of War Serrano ordered the federal troops in the vicinity to start ifter the bandits. Fear Kaiser is Ready to Flee. London. ? Apprehcsnion exists in Holland lest former Kriser William attempt to slip away from Dorn and reenter Germany in the event of a royalist rising following the assassination of foreign Minister Rnthenau, iceording to the correspondent of the Daily Mail at The Hague. "We have no evidence that the Kaiser has any such intention." he ?aid. "and the surveillance maintained around him. is so close that it would be impossible for him to get tway even if he wished.'' Would Tighten Immigration Laws. Washington.?Under a bill designed to tighten up the immigration law, 1 1 I... C.V., (nlincnn r>f IIll rcuureu UV til Minau KUU1IJVU V?? the house immigration committee, admission for permanent residence in this country would he granted only to aliens eligible for citizenship, thus, it was pointed out. shutting the gates to Japanese, Chinese. Mongolians and others not granted the right of citizenship who desire such residence. Shot By Policeman. Danville, Va. ? K. A. Ronton, a prominent business man of Danville was severely wounded by Police Officer O. T. Cook when mistaken by Ihe latt?r for a highwayman who has been operating recently in this locality. Cook reported be had been on the watch for the man who had been stopping late travelers and who was sad to use a car of the same make and model as Benton's. He opened fire, he said, only after Ronton ignored commands to halt. Renton declared he did not hear the officer. To Begin Hearing?. Chattanooga. ? Hearings before the federal trade commission of the 'Pittsburgh Plus" case will open here before Special Examiner J. W. Bennett and are expected to continue for three weeks. All witnesses for the southern territory, including about 30 leading manufacturers, will be heard. The Southern Association of Rolled Steel Consumers and the Birmlng1ham Civic association are complainants in the case. The United States Steel corporation lb the respondent. t i FOUR COURTS SCENE OF IRISJTWflRFARE GREAT BUILDING STILL HELD BY IRREGULARS DESPITE BY BOMBARDMENT. IGBEAT BRITAIN IS NOT IN IT I ; Small Artillery Trench Mortars and Machine Guns Were Employed By Attacking Forces. . Dublin. ? Michael Collins, head of ; the Irish Free State government, took ; active measures against the republican insurgents under Rory O'Connor in I their stronghold In the center of Dublin Four Courts. An ultimatum for ? ! th'i, surrender of the insurgents was j 'ignored and at the expiration of a brief time limit Free State troops in : armored cars and motor lorries began a movement against the insurgents which Was met with an immediate fusilade from the building. From dawn until night there were heavy exchanges, although at intervals the firing ceased. Small artillery i trench motors and machine guns were employed by the attacking | forces, but the irregulars confined ' themselves largely to machine gun | and rifle fire. No attempt was made | to carry Four Courts by assault, but one of the walls of the building was breached at various places. The casualties are few in propor| tion to the nature of the fighting, and ; they consist for the most part of civil- . ians caught in the line of fire. So far as is kpown seven were killed and a i score more less seriously wounded. This does not include any casualties that may have been suffered by the Sr; regulars, these being impossible to ascertain. J Less than one thousand Free State : troops are engaged in the present operations and it is known that the Irregulars number several hundred. The Irish labor party is reported to disapprove of the action of the provisional government in attacking the building, but the provisional government, once it decided to suppress the ( revolt or the irregulars, aetea lmme- j diately and took efficiently all the us- . } ual war measures. It Is handling the 1 situation entirely alone, without any assistance from British troops who are still in garrison in Dublin. | A feature of the operations was that even within a short distance of the scene of the fighting business pro ceeded normally and though in the afternoon there was some slackening ' of the traffic in the streets, a visitor mieht have noticed nothing unusual i beyond the sound of artillery and the ' rattle of rifle fire at intervals, often i in unexpected places. 1 ( Cadets Killed in Accident. San Antonio, Texas ? Three avia- ( tion cadets were killed and their bod- i , ies burned when an airplane in which 1 ^ they had just taken off at Brooks field, fell from a height of 200 feet. The dead are: Waldron R. Farrell, 24, Philadelphia, ' nilnt. killed instantly. William C. McCoy, 22, Nashville, j . ,Tenn. 1 George C. Thompson, West Phlladel- ' phia, Pa. Farrell and McCoy are said to have 1 gone from their station in Kelly field to Brooks field, where Thompson had 1 arrived from Carlstrom field, Florida, ' jon hi3 way to Kelly field. Goal is 600 000 Converts, Nashville, Tenn ? A goal of 600,- 1 000 converts during the present con- I ventional year was fixed as the evange- i listic program of Southern Baptists at t a meeting here of the conservation i commission of the Seventy-Million ] I campaign and of other leaders of the i church from all sections of the South, i S!ato and church organizations also < were calle rpon ?o set up again their i original machinery for carrying the j campaign to a successful conclusion, j f B.uce Cielacki Released, t Maxieo City. ? A. Bruce Biclaski, t the American who v as captured sev- ? oral days ago by bandits in the state of ? Morelos, was delivered by his captors l to friends at Chietia. following pay- \ ment of a ransom of $10 000 in gold. Mr. Bielaski with his party was re- t j ported to be proceeding by train to < Mexico City. According to the mea- j ; gre information reaching the capital, j the release of Mr. Bielaski was with- t out untoward incident. ; r ? r Marconi Awarded Medal. r New York.?The John Fritz medal, t one of the highest distinctions bestow- j ed by the engineering profession in g this country, has been awarded for 1022 to Senator Guglielmo Marconi, i for the invention of wireless teleg- t raphy. I Want to Build Highway. Richmond, Va. ? Delegations from the Norfolk and Newport News Cham- 1 her? of Commerce ami Rotary Clubs " laid the subject of Richmond partici- 1 pating with the tidewater cities of a Norfolk. Newport News. Hampton L and Williamsburg in accumulating a : t fund of $500,000 with which to com- t c plete the "capital to Ocean Highway*' j which is being sponsored by the Hamp- j c ton Roads Gloucester-Richmond High- a way association before Richmond bus- q iness interests. 1 Disagrees With Lincoln Findings. Richmond, Va.?Declaring that the ; ; South "lost one of its best friends in r i the death of Lincoln," Re.. Frank T. j McFadden, pastor of the First Pres- , byterian church here, In an address be- j Q | fore the Richmond Rotary club, voiced f the belief that the martyred president t. did not conspire and instigate the war between the states, as charged in a ,j \ resolution adopted "in the confusion , j of the closing moments" of the thirty- , , second annual reunion of the United I Confederate Veterans here recentlq. q JOHNSON RE-ELECTED HEAD | South Carolina Sunday School Association Comes toi Close After the Election of Niany New Officers. Columbia. ? Dr. D. B. Johnson of Rock Hill was reelected 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. The other committee members elect- j ed were as follows: Educational Committee?Dr. Robert I 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. Wilson Gee, chairman; Dr. W. Long and Miss Christine South, vicechairmen. Member International Committee ? Horace L. Bomar; alternate, R. T. CastOn. y v General Superintendent ? Leon C. Palmer was re elected. Addresses by several prominent Bible scholars and Sunday school specialists featured the sessions. After receiving an invitation to hold the next convention at Clemson college and referring it to the executive committee, the report of the committee of resolutions, of which Dr. Watson B. Duncan was chairman, was read and adopted. Appreciation was expressed for the hospitality and courtesies extended, and then the following resolution was passed: "Resolved. That we express our appreciation of the Christian spirit manifested by the recent session of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in setting forth officially the willingness of this church to continue its policy of co-operation with other churches and agencies engaged in Sunday school work." j To Northern Marts. Bamberg. ? Thousands of crates of cucumbers, beans and asparagus have been shipped from Bamberg this year. 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 well graded and well packed and the ' reputation will be of vast benefit to this county in the future. The glut of the cucumber market ; just at the time when shipping was heaviest from Bamberg resulted disastrously to the cucumber growers 1 here and this is accounted for largely ' because of the great increase in acre- ' age this year in this particular section ] where cucumbers are shipped at the 1 same time. The truck association has iecided to enter into a larger field of usefulness, and Col. W. A. Klauber, 1 the president, is preparing a list of ' fanners who are agreeing to grow a ' specified acreage In Bermuda onions, 1 peets, peas, lettuce and carrots during ' the coming winter. The acreage Is J usually small, so that in the event the 1 prop does not turn out well the loss 1 will not fall heavily on anyone. These 1 rarlops crops are very promising and lave proven very profitable in years ' past. With the exception of peas and 1 lettuce, the crops above named are 1 pot perishable ,and there is no reason 1 why excelent prices cannot be com- ' manded. These being winter crops, practically no time will be taken from ( he usual farm work and sales will ' :ome in at a very convenient season. ( Georgetown Grows Truck. < Georgetown. ? Though this year's j season has not been propitious Tor | ( :ruck, on account of the immoderate j ains of April and May and the first , part of June, still this section is mak- 1 , ng steady progress in development nto a considerable truck growing i j country. M. M. McCord, county de- , nonstration agent, has been keeping j in accurate record of the acreage ( )lanted to various crops. This year , !60 acres were devoted to Irish pota- f :oefi, 400 acres to beans and about j he same to lettuce, cauliflower spin- , tch. cabbage, cucumbers, onions etc., ' , or shipment. One day an entire train- ! < oad of truck, consisting of 15 cars, - ? *ont out from Georgetown. ! ^ The production of potatoes was mo- ! c erially reduced by wet weather, but j cme acres yielded as much as 60 bir els and the quality was of the best, j id vices have been received 'hat ceraln shipments from Georgetown were t nnong the finest seen in the nouiern j narkets. The early and late ship- a nents realized the best market prices. ? here having been a falling off in }, irices at one stage of the shipping j eason. , While the production of lettuce, cau- t iflower and "cukes" was excellent, > he prices this year have been disap- < minting. t Have Narrow Escape. * ? Tu'divo workmen re rtlliiciswu. ? ? ?v?.v lairing a dam near Anderson Mill had a narrow escape from death. The tres- ( le of the Piedmont and Northern rail- e oad goes over a part of this dam, s ind when the workmen were directly r inderneath this part of the dam a p rain passing over had one of the box f ars to jump the track and fell on this r >art of the dam. The holding of the j ouplfng for a minute gave the men e n opportunity to get out of the way. p The car was buried in soft mud about r 4 feet below the track. f Many Seek Office. Chesterfield. ? The county political lot fs beginning to boil in this county, p ilready twenty candidates have an- p lounced themselves for offices and c .lore are expected daily. Only one c x-servlce man tr.i as yet announced. r t is expected that the race for the h ;Ouse of representatives will be a larticularly warm one. Five candi- p ates are announced now and the w iames of about five more are ex- c ected to be added to the list.# The h ampaign opens at Grant's Mill on afurdav. July 1. gj FEDERAL LOAN BANK TO BUIIOOI KOI WILL ERECT HANDSOME STRUCTURE AT CORENR OF MARION AND HAMPTON STREETS. BEGIN WORK IN NEAR FUTURE New Building to Cost Approximately une nunarea Inousana uonars; Lot Already Bought. Columbia.?The Federal Land Bank has purchased a lot at the corner of Hampton and Marion streets on whW? it will in the near future erect a handBorne building for its exclusive use. Work on the building will begin in the very near future though the exact date when ground will be broken could not be given by officials of the bank. The office structure will cost approximately $100,000 and will be a decided addition to the banking houses of Columbia. The lot, which was purchased from Dr. Julius H. Taylor, is 72 feet by 100 feet deep and Is admirably situated for a building to be used by an institution of the nature of the Federal Land Bank. Harry Root, treasurer of the bank, said that* the volume of business of the bank had Increased steadily and that a building exclusively for the use of the Institution was needed. He said / that work on the structure would start soon, but could not give the exact date. Mr. Root did not say how many stories the new building will have. The Federal Bank at present occupies quarters in the Palmetto Bank building. As is generally known, tt receives application for loans from farmers living in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida and its importance and the value of its service to planters in those four states have increased steadily since it was esUDiisnea. it employs a largw force and In a building of its own wilt be able to handle its large business more comfortably. David H. Houston Is president of the bank. Weevlls^Attack Cotton in York. York.?That the boll weevil has attacked the York cotton crop in genuine earnest was the information brought here by John R. Blair of Blairsville, county demonstration agent. Mr. Blair said the pest is appearing in every section of the county and is beginning to puncture the squares of the stalks that have reached this stage of growth. He himself counted 15 punctured squares on one row within a space of 25 yards, he stated. Only the advance guard of the weeril reached York last year and no material damage resulted to the cotton crop. Some of the more optimistic t>f the fanners expressed the opinion that no great barm would be done the crop this year, but the presence of the weevil this early and in considerable numbers would seem to Indicate .? that theis belief was not well founded. Mr. Blair, who spends two days here every month to give farmers thebeneflt of his advice, discussed the situation with quite a number of planters and advocated energeticmeasures to stem the weevil attack. Though counseling them against becoming panicy, he told them not tounder rate the weevil menace and not to wait until the pept had gained tieadway before resorting to methode uf attack. The most important step, lust now, he thought, was the gathering and destroying of the punctured squares, as the number of squares left in the field will determine the size of the next generation of the , fveevil. The extent of the damage wrought jy the pest, aside from the effectiveness of combative measures, Mn. Blair said, would depend on weather :onditions during July and August. EVith an abundance of dry weather ind sunshine during that period, the jest's activities can be curbed, vhereas a heavy precipitation will spell crop disaster*. On his own arm, Mr. Blair said, he is expectingi yield of four bales to the plow unler favorable weather conditions and >f only one bale if conditions are unjropltious. Health Nursing Association Formed. Marion.?After Mrs. Ruth Dodd of he bureau of child hygiene of Coumbia had spokon before a large ind enthusiastic audience of county . vids representation in the court house* lere, the Marion County Public Health Cursing association was formed, the lurpose of which organization will be o support and co-operate with the wo public health nurses, Misses 5mith and Blackburn, who are to ake ur work in this county. Assembly Largely Attended. Greenwood. ? The annual summer ssembly of the Epworth League of he Upper South Carolina conferince, which closed here a'ter a week's ession at Lander college, was the nost successful in the history of the Jpper South Carolina conference, acord'ng to the Rev. James E. Ellis, the etiring president. Approximately uuo lelegates attended the assembly from very part of the Upper South Caroina conference. More churches were epresented this year that never beore. Judge Mclver Dead. Cheraw.?Cheraw was saddened by he death of Judge Edward Mclver in larlington, the news of his death oming as a shock to the entire ommunity. Judge Mclver left Cheaw for Darlington, aparently in good ealth. Judge Mclver was the son of the ite Chief Justice Henry Mclver and -*ould have heen 64 years old next Ictober. He was born in Cheraw and ad lived there practically his entire !fe, his early education being received a the Cheraw schools.