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4-. THE SFMTEtt WATCHMAN, Est a A CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 _ _ I * Secretary of New Or-! leans Cotton Ex-1 change Explainsj Benefits of System j New Orleans. Feb. 23.?A de- j > fense of the future eontraet in i dealing with cotton was voiced by Col. Henry O. Hester, for ?l'years] ^ secretary of . the New Orleans cot-] " ton exchange, in an address before j the commissioners appointed by thel various governors of the cotton I states who began here today a ?tudy j of problems affecting the cotton i industry. "We must remember that cotton is the most liquid asset known to the world's rrade and through fu ? tures. every minute of the day and ?*night from one end of the year to the other, eotion may be pivhas ed," declared Colonel Hester. He deplored the fact that laws have w been suggested to^congress - where the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges may be regulat ed as to their dealings in. futures. He warned the lawmakers present ^ at the conference that while it might lie in the power of the gov ernment to regulate the New York and New Orleans exchanges that ^Havre. Liverpool and other for 'eign exchanges could not be'regu lated. . ' ' "You are.here to devise a system of enunciation for both white and colored that will teach them to properly grow cotton of high grades," said Colonel Hester. "Your 4 aim should be to do away with >? trash or unspinnable cotton. Yon will also have to devise some meth od whereby the public can. he en vlightened and enlist the aid .of the national and state governments to get us. ?tat of the mud," Angus W- McLean,, member of the war finance corporation and former ?l?sLstant' secretary, of the treasury', * delegate from North Carolina, followed Secretary Hes |ier-with a brief address in which the discussed the financial phase or the cotton growing problem. State Senator R. O. Kverett of ^Nftrth Carolina' was made tempor ary chairman of *he conference. A committee on .permanent orgrfn izatioa was named to present rec ommendations aa to th* permanent organization. >...-. The committee .also, was asked, to formulate a permanent program, for future action, to be recorn 1-mended to the various states rep-. ' resented by commissioners and to seek the cooperation of those states not represented in .the .conference. t- permanent organization was ef fected-at a meeting-tonight of the committee named for that purpose with the selection of State Senator R. O. Everett of ' North Carolina as chairman and Thomas B. King of Memphis, secretary. The organization: was officially named the Cotton States commis sion. ? In defining the objects of the - Organization it was declared the commission would urge the enact ment of legislation in coiton groxv f ing states which would unify efforts in the solution of production and marketing problems, the ^further ance of the fight on cotton pests and any other administra tive or legislative action within the *cope of state rights. FAILURES IN , , WALLSTREET ? Total of Concerns Going to Wall Since November Now Number Thirty New York. Feb. 2?. .? Today brought the failures of three more Wall street brokerage houses with combined liabilities estimated at Sli'O.ooo and combined assets at $33.000. i 4Concerns which have gone to the wall since last November m>w total 3o. Total liabilities were estimated '.at $21.788.000 and assets at $16, ? 548.606. In the street the opinion was ad vanced that many houses of per fectly reputable character had gone to smash lieeaji.se ?f the caution many investors assumed with the district attorney'* *n.]u?ry into b?n k *-r shops. The coneerns against widen in Voluntary Ini-fricrnptoy petitions Were filed today, and their .-.Mi mated resources, were: A. R. Smith ti- Co.. liabilities $7?.tt0f?; assets, $25,000. Rietze i<' Sullivan, liabilities, i iitatley. Pobles A: Smith. Inc.. liabilities, SiO.OOO; assets. $5.000. STEP TOWARD ' WARLESS WORLD Washington. Feb. 27 The ^churches of ttie country in a mes sage from the commission of inter national justice and good w 1. ?.i the Federal Council of th*> f hureh es of Christ in America are nrg< d to support the treaties negotiated at the Washington co?frren? ?. ?s Constituting the first st .j,. towards ^b. .warless world. Every social lion mens his tamer. Atoned April, 1850. m. WHAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS TO DO Tax- Legislation Still in a Muddle i n t h e Senate. Gov. Coop-, I er Will Veto Tax Ex j tension i 1 Columbia. Fob. 27?With a horn two weeks ahead of it, the legisla ture reconvenes this week, the i senate on Monday night and the I house Tuesday night. The house j is practically marking time now ! to let -the senate catch tip with its j work. j During the past week the tax j revenue measures held the center ? of interest in the senate. The in come tax bill, a different measure j from that sent over by the house I was passed?the one known as the ? MeGhee substitute bill. The in ! heritance tax and gasoline tax bills Thave been ratified and signed by Gov. Cooper. The gasoline tax law becomes j law next Wednesday, i Another fe,at:?re of the week was ! the resignation of Senator Chris i tensen as chairman of the finance j committee of the senate because j he was out of accord with some of I the views of the senate, the de j bate on the acceptance of thr res I ignaiion and the tense situation j that threatened in a verbal clash ? between Senators Christensen and [ Bonharn. I The senator from Beaufort who I stated that he was resigning so that j he might be free to light for the 1 measures he championed, and one j of the tirst of these acts is the j statement issued by him Friday ! night in which he urges the farrn j ers and landowners to wage a right i to keep the substitute income tax measure from becoming law and to bring about, an effort to pass the original income tax bill. In connection with the tax meas ures it is learned that Governor Cooper will veto the resolution by Senator Wells providing for an ex extensiion of payment of 1022 taxes on the ground that the provision, allowing tax payers who have paid ^taxes .since the titst of the year to vote, is unconstitutional, and fur ther -that the state, wiU be handi capped by a large debt. The hydro-elect rie tax bill, which met death in the senate several days ago has been revived in the bouse and is now on third rending in ihat body. Lobby gossip says' thai the bill'stands a better chance of passage in the senate how. it having previously been killed by one vote. The senate finance committee still has the appropriation bill and is holding hearings on the meas ure. In the meantime the bill haa ] been advanced to third reading in I the senate and thus saving at least one day. It . will be debated and perhaps amended on that reading j when reported out of the commit : tee. j The bill placing n license tax on I motion picture theaters has passed [the senate. The original mit plac ed a tax on films, the senate a mend - i ed the bill by providing for a tax ! on the theaters. It is understood j this is a great blow to the author of ! the measure. j The two houses appear anxious j to get away as soon as possible Mil j there is no hope for adjournment I#y March 4 and it now apperrs likely that March 11 will he the date of adjournment sine die. i TALK ON IRISH AFFAIRS BEGINS i - Delegates From Free State on Visit to London London. Feh. 26.?The delegates of the Irish provisional government conferred for an hour and a half this afternoon with Winston Spen cer Churchill, colonial secretary: Sir Haaar Greenwood, chief secre j tary for Ireland, and Sir L. Wor t hingt on Kvans. seeretary of war. Both sides art- reported to !???. taking a cheerful view of the situ ation. The discussions are said to have beeh proceeding so smoothly from their commencement that Mr. Churchill was able to inform Pre mier Lloyd George, who had been in readiness for a call, that he need jiof disturb bi.s week-end. Arthur Gritilth and his eolleagucs .-tailed on their return i?> Ireland tonight. Mr. Griffith after the conference said he was satisfied ihat the Brit ish government was standing by ! he terms of t he t reaty. Both Mr. ?;ri:titb and Mr. L?ug ?itn in,-.1 hoet-ful th.it ;t h?-:ilth ier atmosphere would prevail be cause of th<- mutual recognition of each other's difficulties. ADMIRAL SIMS RANTING AGAIN Minnepalois. Feb. Beai \<l niiral Sims, in address here, de clared thai the navy department now bus the sain,- organization as during the ua. and with such an organization you can neither pre pare for war nor fight a war. lie said if the public u:is enlightened ii would not tolerate such an or ganization and the newspapers should employ military expert? ar "Be Just and Fear DISCUSS ? BONUS AT WHITE HOUSE President Harding] and the Republican j Leaders of House j Trying to Find aj Way to Raise Bil-j lions Without Taxes I Washington. Feb. 27.?Repre sentative Mondel. Republican house leader, and Chairman Fordney. of the house ways and means com mittee, are understood to have tlis cussrfl the soldiers bonus question with President Harding today at the White House. They are believ ed to have informed the presi dent of the rejection by the special ; subcommittee of the sales tax pro- j posal suggested by President Hard- j ing in a letter last week to Chair man Fordney. DENBY READY TO CLOSE THE i NAVY YARDS 'Tells Mr. Compers Competing j With Private Yards Would Not Help Employment Problem i Washington. Fete 26.?Conver- j ! sion of navy yards into industrial ! plants for the purpose of obtaining I contracts from other government i depratments could be accomplished i only at the expense of privately ! owned factories, and. therefor.*. I would not be of value to the unem j ployed. Secretary Denby declared j tonight in a letter answering sug gestions laid before him recently j I by Samuel Compers, president of i the American Federation of Labor. I as head of a delegation represent ? irtg "furlough.'d" navy yard em i ployes. Several thousands of these j employes wer?- given leave without : pay as a eohseouertce of the naval I agreements reached at the Wash ; ington arms conference. "It is difficult to see. Secretary ; Denby said, "how the national un j employment situation will be in 1 any way alleviated even if it is j found feasihie with industrial I plants on the outride. As ro this I I have very serious doubt, for 1 know ! of no industrial plant in private ! life where such liberality is shown j j employes, thereby increasing the j [Overhead, as in the navy yards of J the Failed Stares." j Moreover, the secretary eoritin- J ! tied, he doubted very much the wis- j i dorn of .artificially keeping up j j "navy yards, some of which must : inevitably be closed, at the expense j of private wards, thereby, perhaps [ causing tin- destruction of'the lat ter." When the navy yards are not reouired to maintain the fleet, he said, "they should be abandoned j or leased to private concerns who j may rind employment for them." j A delegation headed by Mr. Compers submitted a program com ? prising fifteen proposals designed i to relieve the situation of the men J thrown out of work. Secretary i Denby took up the suggestions in order, explaining in most eases that the department did not have the appropriations necessary to und? r take them or lacked authority, j Mr. Compers' proposal that pre i paratory steps be taken at once j looking to the scrapping or dis | mantling of naval craft which are [to be eliminated under she new na | val treaty cannot be adopted, Mr. j Denby said, since this work will not be undertaken until ratitiea I tions have been exchanged by the [ interested powers. Even then, the I secretary said, it "would require an act of congress to actually ac complish the scrapping of the ships," the place and methods of the destruction remaining entirley within the authority of the legisla tive branch of the government. Work is tinder way at present "upon every vessel authorized by congress" for which appropriation has been made. Secretary Denby said in reply to ihe suggestion that construction be started :<t once on .such vessels as "it is deemed ad visable to build." It VVOtlld be idle, Mr. D.-nbv declared, to sei up the proposed employment clearing J house in the navy department n> ' provide the navy yard employes with other positions "when there 1 i-- no work." The naval secretary expressed his sympathy for those affected by the reduction of activity in navy I yards, bin declared thai it ,\:is not j within his power "to continue in ' needless employment those who :m iv:ii.l from i must fund admin: lered by the nav.v department1." SHOULD GRANT LOWER RATES; Spokesman For Mann fact ur-! ers Talks to [nler-State (Kommission Washington, IVb 2". The rail- | roads in addition to gram ing lower ? rates 11? farmers <w> products should | also gram lower rates on products ihe farmers consume the inf. i I st.-if.- commerce eommtssjon was toid b\ Chairman Bradford ib. | Association oi Farm Equipment! Manufacturers. j mm lot?Ix't lite ends Thou Aims'! ai Sum tor, S. C, Wednesday AGREEMENT ON TREATY ! RESERVATIONS Four Party T r e a t yj as Explained Will Come Up in Senate! For Vote Tomorrow' _ ! Washington, Feb. 24.?A modi fied blanket reservation to the four' power Pacific treaty, said tu he rot- j isfactory tu both President Hard- j ing :ifid a majority of the senntt j foreign relations committee, ha*j been debated bv com mit tee and' an agreement reached to vote on the treaty itself and the proposed! reservations tomorrow. The text of the reservation rends: "Th.rj United Slates understands that nr. ?b r the statement in the pre-; amble or under the terms of this, treaty there is no commitment to' armed fore*-, no alliance no obli-1 gut ion in join in any defense. MARKETS FOR PERISHABLE PRODUCTS Farmers Have to Take a Chance on the Price They Will Receive The farmers have to rake aj chance on what he will get for per ishable products just as he rakes] ? ?hanoes on what he will get t'orj cotton and tobacco, hay. corn. oats, hugs, etc. lie doesn't run around' asking any one to sign a contract! guaranteeing what cotton and corn.; oats, hogs, and other regularly' produced farm products will ??ring.1 next summer or next fall. The farmers already know that cotton and tobacco are produced | in sufficient quantities, car load; shipment lots to warrant buyers! coming to Sumter or to warrant) local buyes going Into the business of buying those products. The j quantity produced of those com-j modi ties cause f. <?. b. markest toi he in operation. Quantity, quality. , grading, packing, volume of r?usi- \ ness to be dorn- ami standardize- ; tiou of products, with regularity of delivery will cause buyers ru he-; come interested in Sumter county, truck. I? tac this truck must be pro-! duced at the right tirn,- to catch \ the profitable markets outside of' Sumter and South Carolina. AU I producers ?>t" perishable products: have their periods of losses as weU, as periods of profit. Ivver> line of j business and every profession has the same experience. The farmers; know this perhaps better, by ex- \ perieiiCe than any other class of business except possibly merchants' who sell on credit??they know, it will be safer, however, to find out right now what particular p**r ? j ishable products are best suited for. [production in this section the time to plant mi thai the produce uih. [not be in ruinous competition with; glutted markets caused by ov*-r-] product ion .it ihe same time in other states. Then tin- producer must get bn?yl producing?the business man get i busy finding markets. Reliable j commission merchants in fialti- j more. .New York. Philadelphia and other log cities can i?c depended! upon to sell Sumter county products] just as honestly and us profit a My asj ih<- Cuban, Florida ami other pro-: line,- Sections products. C. L. ? Strauss and Company, of Sumter. j have furnish.-d this positive infor-i mation to the Sumter county Cham ber of Commerce in shape of many letters from commission houses' throughout the north. Other in-j formation sought is arriving at ;t Chamber of Commerce quarters.] In the meantime farmers ought to I not only attend the community] meetings being held over this country about solving local agri-j cultural problems. like dairy in dustry meetings, truck associatton ,' conferences, and other meetings. but every farmer ought t-> gel out i and talk toother farmers about at-j tending these conferences and meetings. Only by cooperation, seeking in formation, accepting expert nd-i vice are we going to ever lind um where We arc at and what !<? du about it. We will have to adopl thej process of elimination to a large, exieni in many of our ideas, bui in i In? long run we are bound i<> rd there just lhc same it we keep on j cain iisittn und 11'\ ing. COMBING COUNTRY FOR SANDS l.u?. An-i-n-s. f.l. L'7. Th.r lie.- bav?- COiiipb ted .1 special bul letin distribution lu every pearv ? ?1 licet' in the ? .?11 r 1 i 1 > in ;m eii.ni l<> apprehend lidwar?! 1'. Sands in connect hoi with the Taylor mm O.i SOVIET LEADERS NEED MONEY Moscow. Feb. :'7. - The so\ -.1 ' leader's realizing the sertoti.vness 01 the fa Uli fie situation ii;-tii:-I delegation to the fJen??n ? im'i r ni> tu ??rani all concession* demanded provided ;i l-n. i ? ??: (rte'tioii i ??? n j can l-t- obtained. Love of money i- also the rool an enterprise. r In* thy f'otmli-y*N. Thy Cod's and ' y, March 1, H)22 PROTRACTED SESSION OF LEGISLATURE Chairman of Finance; Senate Committee! Sees No Possibility! o f Adjournamenti Next Week Columbia, Feb. lm.- The tegjshi-j tutv. adjourned, after short sessions in both branches today, over the week end, when it became appar-j **ni that adjournment sin'* die i would nor i.,- possible until after! March -ith. and possibly not be-i fore tiie week of the 13th. Chairman Cross, of the Senate Finance Committee made the state ment to the upper branch that with hearings in progress on tin- appro- i prkifion bill lie did not see how the bill could gel back to tin- senate tie XI Week. Senator Allan Johnstone, .>f New berry. member of the Finance Corn-? mittet-, also stated that adjourn ment next week would be humanly Impossible. 1)0 NOT HMRKASE THE ACREAGE American Cotton Association Issues Warning to Farmers of South Carolina Columbia. Feb. 26.- Convinced they saw iha? any increase in cot ton aeivage ttiis year would he ab solutely ruinous to tin- state, offi cials of i lie South Carolina Division of the American Cotton 'Associa tion today issued a statement s*-t ting fortl tin- facts in the situa tion, as they see them, and urging every interest in South Carolina to unite ia an effort to hold ihe acre age down at least t<> thai of 1921. A further reduction would be strongly advisable the association >uys. Four major reasons ar*> given oy the association why the acreage should not he increased and it says there are numerous minor reasons, the four piTrtclpal ones are: "First. An increase in cotton' u^re-Age would cheapen .:![ collat eral held by Southern hanks. "Second. Under I?? ? 11 weevil con ditions an increase in acreage means an inerea><? in possible ?lis oster by the l>oJ) weevil. "Third. An increase in cotton a-ereage means a decrease in food and feed crops; Let's make th? Southern * farm s**lf sustaining be ftiiv we again undertake to i.iise a surplus of cotton. "Fourth. After bearing the brunt of deflation neither our bankers, merchants nor farmers are in a position to finance a large i rop. I'nder existing conditions we ought not to run the risk of ??. crop failure and thus embarrass banks, merchants and farmers. Plant only such crop as can be fi nanced with comparative ease." Th.- association in its statement takes the view that while ":t large acreage this year would not by aus means instire a large arop. it would certainly very greatly de press th.- price for thi- next eight ?u- nine months any way. If wo overproduce, prices will u?e ruin ous, if we ijverplanl and the boll weevil repeats her iv_'l perform ance, ruin is certain. ?"-tfh. r way vi>n lnoi< at it our only salvation is a very s::.all acreage." The association says that it feels it to i.<- its duty to sound fh?s note of warning t<> the'farmers of the stau- and ir reminds them tliar "it is better to be safe than sorry. Dr. J. ?. Johnson of Rock Mill, president. Louis 1. Cuion. of Lug off, vice president and manager < f the assoeiation. said yesterday that they had received letters from bankers, merchants and farmers in every section of ihe state urging; thai ewry step be taken to prevent an increased acreage with the dis aster that ir would almost certain--j ly bring. j DUPES OF j LINDSAY TESTIFYj New York. Feb. l'7.? Fight w it - j ne>-ses appeared before the grand jury to t j-tit'y against Alfred A. | Lindsay. :i former stock broker.! charged bv eleven in.-n and women j ?.\iih fleecing thern out of over six hundred thousand dollars. Auion^ witnesses was Mrs Lillian M. Duke. former w he 01 ):.? Ii. Duk e. the millionaire tobacco manufacturer, who claims she entrusted over foiu hundred thousand dollars to hmi for investment an?1 i be ritOn?-\ .Ii ..pp. ar. d. MAN KILLS GIRL IN COURT Mi s w a' ? .1 S. trial : ?king V\ asbingtou, Pf!i. :' . I'i . ? id en I I larding, having assented t>i the pending reservation to ihe four powei pacific tre:it> intends taking tin fin*tin i action in the matler of | ratification, White House < illers j announced. Waco, Texas. Feb. I Mil ?rille \ I . 11 I keWP Mged I . . hoi and instan'lv killed bs I'ln. ? I in, :i ged :"?'? du ring < -1 i r i i-. charged with ;tit.i Ii? I two \ eil r - ago". J Truth's.*' MARLBORO 10,000 BALES Cotton Marketing* Campaign Gaining Impetus in All Sec tions of the State Columbia. Feb. 2."??All records in the cotton riMijn -rative marketing campaign wore smashed this week when Marlboro county signed up over 10.000 bales in live days. Meet ings arp being held today at which time ii is hoped r<? make the total number of bales si/med for the w?*?-k over 12,000. Reports from the Pea Dee county indicate limr it is aflame with enthusiasm am! that strong committees have been appointed to work every school dis trici in the county next week. Th? banks in Florence. Aiken. Ram well. York. Laurens and Greenwood counties this week s. tri ed strong statements endorsing the movement. In some of the counties the bank era are taking a must active part in the campaign, going out into i the counties and urging the farm ers to sign. Splendid headway is being made all over the state in Ihe campaign.1 it \\;ts declared at headquarters of the Smith Carolina Cotton Crow er's Cooperative Association here toduy. LANDRU GUILLOTINED THIS MORNING French Bluebeard Pays Su premo Penalty For His Crimes Versailles. Feb. 2T..?Henri De sire. Landru, who was convicted of the murder of ten women and one boy, ilie.t by the guillotine at six o'clockq today. Thousands rtt i-red outside the jail. Landru ap peared attired in dark trousers, white shirt, head shaved and beard trimmed. 11? walked five ?steps toward the guillotine with out a falter, when the executioner's : assistant caugftt him around the waist and levelled him to ihe table which immediately up-ended ' rhe heavily weighted triangular knife, slid down and the affair was J over in twenty seconds. The cav alry saluted as Landru met his ] death. He reifused sacrament and did not confess. ACCEPTS CA LL TO COLUMBIA Rev. R. A. Lapsley, Jr., To Be Pastor of First Presbyter ian Church Pol umhin. Feb.* 2a. Rev. R. A. j l.apsley. Jr. of T?'rboro. NVnth Car ! olina. has accepted ttie call r<> the I pulpit of the First Presbyterian I church here. He v. as called also t<< ! ehurohs in Greenwood and Roa i noke. Va. Mr. Laps-ley is a Son of ReV. R. [A. Lapsley, r.f Virginia, and is u known in Sumter being a first i cousin m' Judge T. t:. Frnst r. Mr. R. F. Miller and Mr. J. M. Fr?ser a,t t his city. ? ^ ?? POVERTY IS EX CUSE FOR CRIM E Government Clerk Black balled Proniine.n1 Wash ington People Washington, Feb. ?<Jeorge t:. Ron?;. Ihe veteran war depart ment clerk, who eotifessed ti? send ing black hand letters !?? promi rjent VVashingtonians. said he did i; to get funds for his sick wife and children and meant n<> harm. The police sain t!ve charges would not he pressed unless recipients <>t the letters prosecuted. MUCH DYNA MITE EXPLODES Chicago Startled by Blowing I fp of Rock Quarry Clip :> ;o. Feb. t liicago a ud \ ;ci! ity today discovered what caused ilie explosion last night creating consternation. Thirty tons ..1 dyn:iinite exploded in :? stOile atr?rry. outside ttie city, doing dam a-;.* ;i n. i e.i :i 11 rtii t>> hundreds ??! thousands <>f did!.its. oalx one ma n w us injured. GENERAL CARR HAS BEEN ILL Commander or' Confederate Veterans Recovering From ; Influenza [Jutliuiii, X C.. Teh.:'. -Ceneral Julian S Can*; comma nder-jh chief of the United < 'ohfedi rare Yet? i a e.?. is reported improved 11 ..tii a serious illness from influ enza, i rm: thce son COTTON MEN PLAN On Production, Finan cing and Marketing! of Staple - Want: Governors to Act i Xew Orleans. Peb. 24.? Measure: tales on subjects related to the j ?roduotion. financing, warehousing j for securing umtorrn legislation throughout the ?eotton producing ? st: I r:<! marketing of eotton and plans; for waging a relentless warfare! against crop f>? sts. w ir 11 all the cotton states acting :t unit, wer?-| adopted ;if the final session of the | eotton states eomrnission here late to-lay. ] Measures adopted by tin- cotton commissioners will he embodied into ;i set recommendations which w ill )..- presented to the? g.>v- ; 'M rn?>.-, of the eotton states by the j stare*.- representatives who attended j rh.- eonfeV? nee. with the request J to the governor:: that they be. passed on to their legislatures 10 the end that uniform legislation governing the eotton industry ma> j be enacted by the several .states. The organization of a permanent eotton states commission with three eommisssioners from each eotton state, one of whom will be ;m officer of the state department of agriculture, will be nrg? i upon the governors. The specific objects of the eom rnission if adopted by the several states win be, according to th<- i plans of permanent Organization I adopted, "the control of insect] pests, tin- betterment of living eon-! diiions of farm dwellc? . the es tablishment of adeo,uate and uni form warehouse systems, redue' g the costs of marketing (including terminal charges and transporta tion), the financing of the farmer during periods of production und marketing and otner problems of like character." In tie- .-Vf-n* stu b an oig.iniza- j tion is perfected tne L'nited states secretary of agriculture will be re<ttic.sied to appoint at least two representatives of the depart men i in attend the sessions of the com-} mission. Members of the commission to night expressed themselves as en thusiastic over the results of the meeting and predicted that with rhe: Start they have made a per manent, organization will tie per .fected. a ml will result in better con ditions for the cotton producer:-;. 1- oliow in":; the adoption of the permanent projgram, the meeting adjourned sine die to reconvene ar the call of the chairman, it. O. i.\-?!<?;i., of Q.urham. .V. ('.. at some place to be designated by the gov ernor of North Carolina who orig inated ihe idea of some concerted action b> the cotton states. I), ll. Coker. of llartsvilie. S. C. presidi nt of the World Cotton Con ference at London last year, was j among the delegates attending the I meeting iu re. I LLOYD GEORGE PLANS SURPRISE Paris Temps Says He Will Propose a! Geno;i Confer ence Reduction of Armies Paris. Feb. 2"..?Premier Lloyd J fteorge intends' to spring a Mir- I prise at the O'enoa conference by j proposing a reduction in land ' armaments, according t" 'i'tie j Temps. -? m <m ACTION ON COAL STRIKE President Harding Will Call! Conference of Operators j Washington. Pel*. See ret ary J of Imbor Davis has under way. ae-i lion contemplate*! b\ Preside* t*<j Harding to e;ill a conference be-1 [ ween the bituminous coal opera-J tors and mine workers prior to] April I si seit!?- the wage eon-! ! ro\ t-rsv. BIG FAILURE IN PHILADELPHIA United Auto stoiv Goes Un-j der?$1,500,000 Liabilities Philadelphia, eb. 2"*.? Kec-ivers J for the l'nited \uto Stores, [ncor- I [?orated, which failed, have an- j noti need that they would attach! every asset of President Carrier, j The tinI>i!iti?s are ax ;? oiil- | iion and :? half dollars. LEADERSHIP OF WOMEN'S PARTY Tuba. Okla.. Pel*. 21*.? Mrs. | RmU> Newell Blair. Missouri na tional committee woman has been invited b\ Democratic National] ?Vtnmitteeman Hull to com.-; t<- j Washington concerning the lead- , . rship oi the National ! ?.-nio.-i.it i?- ? \\ ?>rna u's < 'i i ;inizat ion. Washington. Pel*. ".'>. -Senaioi j Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, j has aitacked t Jeo Harvey, ambas- j sadoi to Creai Britain saying h< I should be made to stop talking, j UROX, Established .June I, IS60. ?wb: you liil no. EASY MONEY FOR GRAFTERS IN NEW YORK Wily Broker Obtains Six Hundred Thou sand Dollars From Credulous S o e I e t y Women XV w York", Feb. 24.?Ten wo men, several prominent socially, * ho claim to have put more than $i;mi.n?>n into a mythical ''poor* promoted hy Alfred E. Lmdsey, l>roker, with a palatial home at South Niack; today were .summoned to appear before a supreme court grand jury Monday and help piece together the details of a ivmark ahle story of "high finance" on which United States District At torney Murphy will .-.rk Lindsey'n indictment. The list of alleged victims of the missing hroker is headed by Mr-:.. Lffnan X. Duke, divorced wife of .lame's B. puke, "tobacco king" who claims she entrusted $325,000 to tin- engaging Lindsey. others on the list with their con 11 ihn:ions to the pool include Mrs. Dorothy At wood. $:)7,000; Miss Catherine Adams. $40;000; Miss charlotte NSRson. actress, $20,000-; Mrs. W. H. Arnold, $30.000; Miss Margaret Bogart. $1$,000; Mrs. Helen Burnett, $31.000; Mrs. Ade laide Y. Dire. $25,000; Mrs. .lose phine A. Cornell. $20.000, and Miss Florence James, $5,000. Siren songs of quick and fabu lous profits induced the women to dispose of securities they held and put their cash equivalent in Lind say's hands. Mr. Murphy said/ Lindsey's fav(V...e story, he declar ed, was that lie was a fellow mcm ber of George F. Baker, Thomas W. Lament, Charles 10. Sabin, Percy A. Rockefeller. James A. Sttilmau and oilier giants of the financial district i:i a millionaire domino club where the time nor spent in playing dominoes was given over to planning "big killings" in Wall Street. This club was supposed to main tain a secret room at the Ritz Carbon hotel to which Lindsey dis played a pass key. It was to get her money in a pool operated -Jh .these men that Miss Xillson patted with her ?20, ami, Mr. Murphy >.."ud she hid told hun. Sftxmar .stories wece told by the other women he sa? The debonair Lindsey. Mr. 'Mur--> phy declared, was one of the. smoothest' workers Xew York 'has set: n in yt-ars. "i> His home at South Xiuck- w? one. of the show places ale^jg" the Hudson river, ami Lindsey lumself was u leader in civic at:air.-;, hay ing taken a prominent pan in the raising-ot Red Crosa a..d other funds. ? ? But when he wsh "or1, the mar ket" al the sympathy dr pp< .1 out of his nature, according to the story told Mr. Murphy. One of his victims. Mrs. Rice, is .wars of age and nearly Mind, and the $25,000 sin- pin m.o the pool was practically every cent she had. The $2?,?o?j of Mr.-. Cornell represent eil I tie proceeds of her husband's fife insurance out of which sin- had been supporting her four children, <>nt a cripple. Mrs. Atwoo;l. vvfto gave up $."0, iiOO in cash and $47.000 in jewelry, .has heell.reduced from eomp?ratiVe ait'luenoe to raising pedigreed dogs for a living. So far as he could learn, Mr. Murphy said, the only contributor to a "domino club-' pool who suc ceeded in getting anything hack was Maj. Redondo Sutton.- former president of the Pacific Mining and Chemical company, who happened to know that Lindsay was out on bail under an indictment charging w I life slavery. When he threatened t?> complain to the United States department of justice. Lindsey quickly returned his $5.0.00, Major Sutton told Mr. Murphy. The white slavery indi- 1 m-nt re turned in If is. was. sul -eqtienrly dismissed on recommendation of the district attorney's office. Later w hen a special grand jury made the dismissal a subject of inquiry the district attorney s off5 a- explained the case had been dismissed be cause Bearree Wedle, the com plaining witness, had disappeared. The charges on when landsej is wanted. Mr. Murph*' said. are embezzlement and grand larceny. CONFERENCE AT v WHITE HOUSE President Harding Calls Re publican Members of House Naval (-ommittes Washington. Feb. 25- Republi can members of the house naval committee have been called to the White House to discuss the nasal appropriation situation with Presi dent Harding. MARlfrESTO BE REPLACED Cy the Associatfd Prtss. Washington, Feb. 25.-?A civil ian guard is being organized by tlie postorhee department to replace the marines who have been guard-; ing the m.?,li since November, af ter a series of mail robberies