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ENGLISH PREMIER TALKS OF SILESIA FATE OF UPPER SILESIA WILL BE ! r!DE2 FINALLY BY THE ''UPiUF'EME COUNCIL Attitu:': c, the French Press Fraught LI uyd -'A London. - .l: k G e, the premierL', im a - ' 'I ing the Btis- aLOW:d the Upper Silesian ('J-ti.ou e-:Tr):ed by him in his recent speech in the House of Commons. In the course of the statements, Mr. Lloyd George said: "The fate of Upper Silesia must be decided by the Supreme Council and not by Korfanty." "Great Britain cannot consent to stand by while the treaty her repre sentatives signed less than two years ago is being trampled upon." "With all respect, I would say to the French press that the habit of treating every expression of Allied opinion which does not coincide with their own as an impertinence is fraught with mischief. That attitude of mind, if persisted in, will be fatal to any Entente." America Will Take No Part. Washington.- Poland's request for American support in the settlement of the disposition of Upper Silesia has evoked a formal answer from Secretary Hughes that the American representatives abroad would take no part in the discussions concerning tme Silesian question. Population of South Carolina. Washington.-The negro population of South Carolina in 1920 numbered 864,719, according to the statlstics made public by the census bureau. This was an increase of 3.5 per cent for the ten years. Whites numbered 818,538, or an increase of 20.5 per cent. Would Purchase Jamestown. Washington.-The Island of James town, the site of the first permanent English settlement in the western hemisphere, would be appraised with a view to purchase by the federal gov ernment under a resolution introduced by Senator Willis. May Standardize Containers. Washington.-A bill to standardize containers used in marketing fruits and vegetables was favorably re ported by the house weights and meas ures committee. It is proposed to eliminate about 30 sIzes in use by substituting five sizes of stated dimen sions. Build Jap Ships Here. New York. - A contract for the construction in the United .States of a 20,000-ton, electrically-driven combi nation fuel supply ship for the Japa nese navy was signed with the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. Death of Chief Justice White. Washington. - Edward Douglass White, chief justice of the United States supreme court, died at a hos pital here where he submitted ,to an operation. He was 76 years old. Wants Camp Lee Retained. Washington.-Protests against the war department's plan to abandon Camp Lee were made before the house military committee by a delegation of city officials and business men of Petersburg, Va. Navy Bill is Cut One Mi4iiion. Washington. - One million dollars was cut from the naval appropriation bill in the senate on the first roll call, testing the strength between the advocates and opponents of increases in navy appropriationlr Franklin K. Lane is Dead. Rochester, Minn.Franklin K. Lane, former secretary of interior, died at a hospital here. Death was due to an attack of angina pectoris. Mrs. Bergdoll Fined $7,000. Philadelphia.-Mrs. Emma C. Berg doll was sentenced to pay a fine of $7,000 for the part she was convicted of having taken in the evasion of the draft laws by her sons, Grover and Edwin Bergdoll. Mine Workers Join Forces. New York.-The anthracite mine workers will join forces with the bi tuminous miners in formulating poli cies which will govern the negotia tion of wage agreements with the coal operators. Building Trades Indictments. Washington.-Other indictments in New York, Chicago and other cities are to be expected as a result of the nation-wide building trades Investiga tion, Attorney General Daugherty said in an Interview. Time LImit for Disarmament. Berlin-The time limit for disar mament by Germany Is fixed absolute ly as June 30 in an allied note pre sented to the German government. The note concerns execution of the recent ultimatum. ALTAR USED BY C3LUM3Uo Relic Intimately Associated With Great Discoverer Has Recently Been Brought to America. Ange). Curras of Corunna, Snin., and Gonzales Blanco, noted Spanish artist, have brought to Brooklyn the original small altar presented to Christopher Columbus by Queen isa bella and used by Columbus on his first voyage of discovery on the flag ship Santa Maria. The antique was obtained by Curras after several years of endeavor, and is to be delivered to Pernas, Collado & Co., an export ing firm. The authenticity of this altar and a number of other antiques which Curras brought is certiPed to by affidavits made before Ralph C. Busser, American consul at Corunna. The altar was originally a gift from Qiwen Isabella to Christopher Colum bus, according to the account given by Mr. Curras, and, besides eight carv ings in bone depicting scenes in the life of Christ, contains also small por traits In carved bone of King Ferdi nand and Queen Isabella. The small shrine is about sixteen inches high and fourteen inches wide, and the hinged cover, in two pieces, folds over the top, making a compact cabinet. Each of the doors has a inging iron knob used to unfold the shrine. According to the documents in Mr. Curras' possession, this shrine is one of a collection of twenty antiques he is bringing to this country. On in spection by customs officials, the shrine was ordered sent to the ap praisers' stores, that a valuation might be put on it. SEEMINGLY 'TWAS EVER THUS Example of Eternal Triangle Will Soon Be Presented to Another Judge and Jury. Not so very iong ago there lived to gether in Indiah.apolis a certain man and woman. They were well past middle age, and their children were reared and gone. One evening the man of the family nervously marked the passing of time. Sad suspicion 1 gripped the heart of the woman. The husband explained that he would have to be away from home that evening on business. The wife explained that she did not wish to stay at home alone, and would go to a neighbor's home. She left the house first. But she did not go to the neighbor's home. Instead she slipped into the rear seat of the curtained darkness of her husband's automobile, and covered herself 'with a robe. After a while he came out of the house and drove away. He drove to another house in the city and drew up in front. He left the car and entered the 'ouse. The wife also left the car an4 took a position in the shadows nearby. After a few minutes' wait the man came out of the house with another woman on his arm. The I ternal triangle was completed, and the same old thing happened. New they are getting ready to tell it to the judge. New Smoke-Burning Device. A new water-cooled baffle-plate de vice for installation In th-e firebox of a conventional up-draft furnace has the effect of converting it into one having some of the characteristics of the down-draft type. It is described in Populdr Mechanics. Its construc tion is simple, consisting of two hol low steel compartments of different heights, arranged crosswise of the irebox, at a point somewhat to the rear of the center, with the higher one at the back, thus dividing the fire box into two distinct combustion zones. As the two chambers are sep arated by a few inches and the higher one reaches to the boiler by the crowsheet, the gases and smoke lib erated by the forward portion of the ire are forced to pass over the top of the low forward section, down be - tween it and the rear section, under the latter, and over the hottest part of the fire, where they are consumed. Esperanto a School Course. Esperanto, the artificial interna tional language, has been ordered In troduced ass an elective course in the comLercial schools coatrolled by the Paris chamber of commerce. The language was studied by a com mission, whose members reported favorably upon It after several tests. One test was the translation of three complicated documents into French and then translation of the French texts back into Esperanto. It was found there was no change in the sense. The introduction of Esperanto in all scihools was recommended, not as a substitute for any other language, Ibut as a means jf communication. Dogs Vaccinated Now. Professor Marie Remlinger of the Pasteur .institute, Paris, who is hav ing wonderful success with the new service developed by Professor Balle of the government veterinary scliwol at Alfort, promises absolute immunity for dogs from rabies. This newv vac cine is a mixture of the old Pasteur serum for rabies and of the virus of the disease. It acts quickly, is easily applied, is inoffensive, and costs little. It is curative as well as preventative. Eighteen dogs vaccinated with the new serum two months ago have been ren dared absolutely immune. Used to That. Mason-Any 'sNtartling new fash ions? Russell-No. As usual, the only real shock in. the spring feminine fashions is administered by the price tag. ondon Augwara K 0 D A K E R S-Correct developing means better pictures. Send your kodak films to us and get the best. Golumbia St :di3, 1423 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. Write for price iist. 6-9 MOST LAV!SHLY BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTION EVER SCREENED Everyone knows the story of Cin derella ard tan' fairy godmother, and now all Winnsboro may see the sto ry presented with the lavisi beauty For which Cecil B. DeMille is fa rnous as a p.cvLteer. vhen "Forbidden Fruit" comes to the Community The tre on May '!7t'. A story of a mismated marriage that was tested by the fiame of far bidden love. 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