The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 11, 1919, Image 1
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68TH YEAH. NO. 31s SEMI-WE]
ASKS FOR LAW TO / A,(
> AID THE FARMERS
>1
Would Make Farm Loan Bonds
^ Legal Investments for Savings
Banks. Ca
. the I
SUGGESTED BY McADOO been
? Pram
Gov. Cooper Transmits Letter
from Former Secretary of from
Treasury in Special Mssage cre,li
plane
to Legislature.
an oi
Columbia. S. C.. Feb 10.?Gov ,he e
ernor Cooper in a special message w
Friday transmitted a letter from W so,n'
G. McAdoo. former secretary of the
treusury, asking that the general as- ni'8ti
semhly pass a law making farm loan _ a
bonds legal investments for the 1
funds of savings banks, insurance
companies, trust companies, and for
guardians and trustees. Accom- ^\TR]
panying the correspondence is a copy
of the act .desired, which has the ap- '
proval of the treasury department of
the United States. Two
"1 respectfully recommend that
you give this bill favorable consideration."
the governor said, "and
that the same be acted on at this session
of the general assembly." ^
The second paragraph of the gov.
persr
ernor s message reads:
sever
"I am informed that the legislatures
of most of the states have al#
, , _ ?_ the 1
inmiy auieu mvuruuiy on iiiih Dili, in ^
this federal land bank district, composed
of North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida, the states ^
of Georgia and Florida have passed f
the bill, and it is now in force in ^
these states. I am also informed
that the bill hus received a favorable . ? 1
have
report by the committee on agricul- ?
ture of both the house and the senate
in North Carolina, and Governor ^
Rickett Is of the opinion that it will
pass without difficulty." . _ .
of tl
In explaining the purposes of the jQ
bill. Mr. McAdoo said: ol(j (
"To secure an adequate supply of
money for the very vital and urgent onn
purposes of making such mortgage ^y.^
loans as the farmers of the country ltnovv
need, the federal land banks issue
bonds secured by the deposit as col- i?K1tt
lateral of lirst mortgages on land
The farm loan act provides tha Wj
these bonds 'shall be a lawful in shing
vestment for all fiduciary and trust donyl
funds, and may be accepted as se- from
curitv for ail public deposits.' This forcei
of course relates only to fiduciary Kren<
nnd trust funds under the jurisdiction said
and control of the federal govern-1 latloi
meat. In order to make these bondsland ,
lawful investments for the trust dress
funds and savings hanks in the varl- the s
ous states, it is necessary that each Ge
state shall enact laws to that effect 1,21(1
unless such laws are already in ex- niail
istence. Fran<
"Such legislation will accomplish only
the double benefit of putting within been
the reach of trustees and guardians, durin
an absolutely safe investment, yield- addr<
inc a satisfactory income, for the! office
beneficiaries under their trust, and I one j
widen the opportunity for a safe In-J
vestment of the savings of thei
I
masses, while, at the same time, it i
I ?$()' (J j (
will prove of immense benefit to the
! arv f
farmers of your state in enlarging
the market for farm loan bonds and ' ' ,s
. eondt
faint mortgages.
army
"The constitutionality of the act ,
dreds
has been passed upon bv the attorprofe
nev general of the I'nited Slates, on ,
1 from
behalf of the farm loan board, and .
, Amer
by former Supreme Court Justice
; been
Iftights, on behalf of private inter- ..
these
ests; and the 12 federal loan banks!
have already made loans to the' I11
amount of approximately $50,000.- YVl
000, and have sold more than $40.-,Thre?
000.000." I eashli
The following Is the body of the 'he '
proposed act: 1?' he
"Section 1. Any savings bank.) ^nri
hanking institution, trust company a wa
or insurance company, organized an- '
der the laws of this state, or any \y 1
person acting as executor, administrator.
guardian or trustee, may in- |
vest in federal farm loan bonds Is- i
sued by the federal Innd bank orjjjr08
Jolrt land bank organised pursuant, ,1 u
to an act of congress entitled 'An I wage*
act to provide capital for agricultural
development, to create standard
forms of Investment based on
farm mortgages, to equalize rates ofl'ran
Interest on farm loans, to furnish a lvvp'v
. ter II
(Continued on Page Eight.) Irish
ie Lai
EKLY. LANCi
T. ELLIOTT SPRINGS fU A 01 I
:eturns from France vJIAKLI
? A GRE
ister Aviator Who Downed >JI1U
!any Hun Plunes is Now at
His Home Here. Present S
Wholly In
pt. Elliott W. Springs, late of is Gl
British Royal Flying corps and
for the past two months ha
training American aviators In asks lo
ce, irrived yesterday from New
where he landed Sunday a i*his \yjth
ago. He has been releasea
the service. Captain Springs is Present
ted with downing 24 enetn> vide foi
s during the five weeks of his .
ehtlng. In June the enemy shot Instltutli
II pipe on his machine causing
ngine to heat and his plane fell.
as slightly wounded and spent JoInt comra
time in a hospital, resuming finance conn
ying a short time before the ar- the ways ai
re was signed. t^e house tli
ptaln Springs was met in New ?,f,
by Colonel and Mrs. Leroy w Hi id
gs and they accompanied him wavs aIul ,
' sided.
SCK ON P. & N. IS Mr J p
ATAL TO FOUR PEOPLE ^
the terribly
Instantly Killed, Two Succumb Citadel sayir
Wounds, When Car Plunges and "nly e
said that it
Into Ravine. $100,000 t(
Citadel in j
eenville. S. C., Feb. 10.?Four would not 1
ns are dead and 16 injured ''',!on He
al probably fatally, as the re- "onable dus
of the derailment of a car on fartory neai
Medmont & Northern railway at. "lf> cad?ts <
c Springs, about 10 miles from ,n ,he s,a,e
city, at 11 o'clock Saturday 'ndePendfi"t
Ing. It Jumped the track on a u,ts Kroun".
trestle and pitched ftO feet In- taken away
ravine, completely demolishing When aRfccd
ar and Instantly killing two of tbe fGW hun
taeseneers. Two of the Injured c,ty of Chai
since died at the hospital a conservative
:> Sevier to which the Injured 00n' The
taken. nated as on
e dead are: Institutions
mes E. Thompson. 1ft years old (',ta<,cl
lis city, instantly killed. unless it ra
hn C. Rrieht. snllor. 18 years and th'8 car
Rnjer, S. (\, instantly killed. ont P,aoeW.
Rohhs. mill operative. Dun- 'Rror(' t
mill. Greenville. S. C.; M. H. ovor K
:er. occupation and address un- "')0 or n,ori
n, died in hospital. war.
? of the two
>HING DENIES REPORTS land and tl
rtMiMi kATlOX OF LETTERS if could he i
ishington.* Feb 1ft.?Gen. Per- Major 11
: cabled the war depart men member of
ng reports that mail to and the next to
the American expeditionsr\ and has hei
s had become congested at academy for
ii niu neaus. ine gene^m lie said it
there was no delay or arrunui- nand. berau:
1 of mail for the United States small for e
10 accumulation of correctly ad- the methods
ed mail arriving in France for said the fit
oldlers. worth $.r>00.
n. Pershing said there were of the roon
sacks of incorrectly addressed them. The
at the central army postofhce in islature for
[>e now being redirected, while three years.
136 sacks of dead letters had cost $?60.0(1
shipped to the United States coming fron
g January. The incorrectly s'te, which
?ssod mail at the central post- worth at le
. he said, "could be placed in jj jj
American car.^ had drawn
0,000 IN AHMY SCIIOOIaS. appeared,
ris, Feh. 10.?Fifty thousand' proposrd ba
jrs of the American expedition-, m,ft an<' w"
orce have been enrolled as stu- " fs
in the army post schools, to he 'J"ar,ers fo'
!cted under the ilirection of the nr<> a'so l>r<
educational commission. Hun- heating P'or
i of former college and academy 'r <<)U'(1
ssors and instructors, drawn nn''' M" ' v
the various branches of the! ^'r 1 R.
lean expeditionary force, havej enresent,"?'
sent to direct and to teach merce of C'l
schools. had heen in
hn? 1.200 m
i VHITS M IKK ltl<; IMUIi. nos3 mnn.B ,
leellng, W. Va.. Feb. 10.? of ,hft pro
masked bandits held up the prPf,f pride
rr and two other employes of ?n||r<<V| lhe ,
tank of Fulton, two miles east |,( nVe,lno1ie<
ire. shortly after 1 o'clock lastM.,OSP fo f|jo
ulav afternoon and esenneil In I
-"Ill (OKI I'OV
Iting automobile with $200,000 wnro m;t|<
ontents of the safe. U10 sjtf>
UiV.S RFIM'CFD *1 A DAV. Mr Hen J
tfe Montana. Feb. 10.?Thn ,h? >rro:,i ff>
principal mining companies ofs:iM ,haf 1,1
Butte district are posting no- ,snM 1
at their mines announcing a re-i'rnnt ^)0f
an of one dollar a (lay in *^r
beginning Friday. ' nrmv
. _ | mustered ou
IF'tH W VRSMEIi o\ FIRE, j , , , , ,,
r>enstown. Feb 10. The Amor- VOf f)f (ho v
steamer War Skeena is on tire fho nppropr|
e miles east of the Black Wa since t
ght vessel, on the Southeast
coast, near Wexforn. 1 (Contln
,< *
^CASTE
VSTER, S. CH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1
STON WANTS REDUCED AC!
ATER CITADEL ADVICE TO I
iite and Equipment United States Dep;
adequate and School Agriculture Say
reatly Crowded. Acreage Do^
R HALF MILLION SITUATION IS I
Proceeds of Sale of Farmers Are Told
Property Would Pro- Their Guard"
Expansion of the Prices Begin to S
on. It Becomes More
Feb. 10.?Hefore the The department is j
littee meeting of the bulletin which 1 have
nittee of the senate and purpose of putting
id means committee of . .. ,
le Charleston delegation, situation up to the far.
the Greater Citadel, ap- iness men. It is entitled
>e senate chamber. Mi ing in the Southern Sta
ford, chairman of the Ask your county agent
means committee, pre- -p^p present situatio.
dangerous which the
Thomas, a member$*.f have faced in recent
f visitors of the Citadel, have had four years
t to speak. He told of tive prosperity. parti;
crowded condition at the four short crops of co
tg there were 390 cadets sultant good prices, at
ighty-seven rooms. He cause you produce so i
would take at least own food and feed. Di
> $150,000 to put the four years there have
;ood condition, but this crops in Texas nia
elieve the crowded con- drought In 1911. 19
told also of the objec- 1914 the Texas crop
t caused by the bagging 4 1 8,250 bales, while*
hv. The ground which 19if. tm: un.i ens
Irill on docs not belong only 3.164.500 bal"S,
but Is the property of an bales less per annum,
corporation for a pleas- had good rains this w
and this right could l?e 1911 to 1914 in<dusi\
any time they see fit. averaged 1,036.250
what he would appraise From 1915 to 1918.
dred acres offered by the average was only 7 4 2,
-leston he said a very 294.000 bales less per i
value would be $250. jy dUP to drought. f.
Citadel has been desig- had splendid rains thi
e of the honor military big crop in Texas and <
of the country. The always meant a big croi
be passed in this respect country. Think that
n be allowed to expand, you decide to Increase
inot be done In the pres- jn cotton.
He told of the great war tVIU the mills of Noi
ho Citadel, there being nmj nelgium be res
radutaes as officers and wori;jnK capacity at one
e ex-cadets as officers in no( Will the poor p
He said ninty-five acres ropp SPOk food or cotto
hundred were high dry of coursfi. People ran
ie rest marsh, although pntrf,Pd clothing and
reclaimed at little cost pillow enses and sheet
iK. Raines. who is a bvt the hungry stomach
the Citadel faculty, was Think about that,
speak. He is a graduate jast f()UI. years
?n connected with the perj0{j nf gradual!;
twelve .and a half years. prices. Farmers and
was no new plan to ex- j,ave profited out of thi
m the present field is too croase Cotton just ah
xtended order drill and W|o, other tilings A
i of modern warfare. He aprp of j( wo?|(i buy a?
inipton Park site was (]Uant itv of other er
00(1. He told how some 1918 at 3d rents a po
is had four and five in 4 at 12 cents a
Citadel Is asking the leg- (i,!lin,, this time the fai
$500,000 to be given in advantage of purehasin
The nr>vv fipnio"' io
??j?" - " ??? the sprinc and summet
in. the rest of the monev nf prl(.ps an(! th,.n ?Pi;
\ the sale of the present thr, fa? at th(1 fnp prlr
Major Haines said was amJ pavinp ,h,. lJphts
ast ?'jnn,nnn. |nlVpr prices. He c
Ayer. an architect, who now. for when prices h
up some tentative plans, down the situation It
He submitted these. The difficult. We may he h
irracks is to cost $4fin of making a crop of
1 aertrmmodate 500 boys, high-priced supplies am
of reinforced concrete. (fohts out of cotton at i
officers and their wives ^specially will this hi
ivlded for with a central produce a very large cr
tt. Me snid the lower by do all in our power
he used as a mess hall market price of cotton
vas erected. large crop always t
llannahan, president and prices? Think that nvet
the chamber of com- What about the acre
uirles'on. which he said. jonk at ncreage fi
existence -ince 1 77H and I -
I tun i??i in. i nt* tot a i r?
embers. told from a busi-1 35,890,000. Oklahomf
standpoint tbe feasibility' acres planted in 1018 t
ject. Charleston takes 1911, 1013 or 1014
in the Citadel. He vis- move acres in 1018
imposed site, tellini; how nIuj only about 700.60
1 the broad Ashley rivei ]f,HH than in 1014. Tie
oid town of Charleston. 1913 and 1014 were go<
v great the onportun'ties rrops and pe^orall
;ing a greater Citadel on w'th only 150.000 am"
whole country in 1011
\. Hagood also spoke of in the whole country
asibilitv of this plan. He produced 15.003.000 b:
P oroperty on tfl* WrltPT farnr* nrinn I t
irorth .it least $75 P*r| aged 8.8 rents per pott
I wo hnd 37,089.000 ar
, a maior in tho United , riuo<>d 14,156.000 bales
who has boon recentlv | r?Hoo averaged 12 2 con
t and who la a graduate December 1 1013. In
lot. snobo boar*lly 'ti fa | 36.832.000 arros. or <
ilnn. Ho 01 od figures of!acres moro than In 1 ' 1 S
latlons of tho State c>|- production waa 16.135,(
holr oroation and showed tho farm pr'ro Do'oni
ued on Page Klght.) (Continued on Pag<
4
r News
I, SUBSCRIPT!
JFAfF GERMANS BEGINNING TO ITAIIA
\ Li All Li FORGET THEY'RE BEATEN i
ARMER
(Germany, It Is Deported, Is Not lie- OPI
mohili/iiiK, Hut Has I'luced IH
irtment of Divisions on West Front. Think
s Hold and
wn. London. Feb. 10.?British news- Sc
papers of all shades of opinion are
devoting serious attention to the at)IE
E I( LLl titude adopted by the (lerman gov- REGl I
ernment toward the armistice conr?
4 tr\ ditions.
0 e n The Daily News Paris correR- **of. j
for When pondent sends a dispatch from "au- lege,
lettle Down 'horltative sources" on the subject -inrl ]
in which he says his informant told
Difficult. hini },e had the best reason to Enjo
believe that Germany is not contin,
. . uing to demobilize.
ust issuing a < '
. , "Sho has now concentrated more Tk?
prepared for The
the present thun 18 diviH,OD8 under v,,n Hin Lancasb
uers and bus- den,'urK on western front." the f|on wa
"Safe Farm- '^respondent ?iuotes his Infoimant morning
ites in 1919.' i,s 8ay,nK "VVe a,so have ,h<> best building
, reasons to be believe that Germany K..
for a copy. over by
is keeping her troopt under arms on nf (h?
i iu t hp innut
the pretext of economic necessities. f i,t,..,
cotton states Some ()f the mUUary authorilleH
years. \ ou jhink that Germany has sought more .
of coinparn- l,u,n"a'
, , ?? * ??= nwreMHiry annay
because of . . .. ...... ,, county.
nient to 3,000,000 men. German
tton with rr- .miss
demooilization is a condition to our
id nartlv be- efttcient
demobilization and therefore (lis- _
nuch of your , . . , .,, , stiator,
bandment is impossible so long as .
jring the last ,, , .. . large ai
Germany does not continue to det
been shor , ... associati
jnly ,luo I , "",bll ze profltabl
12 191S an. "A"led aalhorllics can- ?,ncernl
sider the time has now arrived for ... Cl,?
averaged 4 . , T>- "n<
Germany to give up her military ,
during 191T. or the I
strength?that she be tirought to hnmu ...
it aVGrRir^'t nonu. nt
such a condition that she cannot rc- ,.i,
or 1 2.r>3 7f?0 good pli
sist later the conditions of peace now
Texas has . , ... , .. arrange!
being prepared The allied theory ? i...
inter From appealer
always has been that we shall frame (v ,h.lf
re. Oklahoma .... ., . _ ... . '> ,na'
conditions which Germany will have n(?,,.n..p
ner annum aennin c
to accept, and that there is nothing ..Kt .y.,,
inclusive the
to discuss, except as regards details, .i.i. ir
250 bales or A. , ? . A K'ris. ir
"For this reason, Germany is trv- ,.nii ......
annum, main- ... . .... . ..
.. , t . ing to keep up her military strength plllh8
iklahoma has A. A . . . . .. ciuua ai
so that she can send a delegation to ?nnoPtni
8 Winter A tipperini
? , ' the peace congress for a thorough ?n(1 ?nr
Oklahoma has .... ... . ?.
. military discussion of the peace n<1i?hhr.
) in the whole uriKiiii"
conditions imposed. On this point prnf
over hofore 1 ,U1
the French national socialist party
your acreage ... , , ?
and its extreme left wing is strongly jj)g y
opposed to anything done to Have S00jaij0"
rthern France Germany from the consequences of jjVI,r,,f|
tored to full ,tpff>at. In this matter the French ,w .... ,
through
e. ( ( riainiv government will be supported by the ...
teople of Kn-1 pntlre nation "
n first? Foorl.
and will wear TO K.XTKM) INSrilWt K. vnluabh
steep without Washington, Feb. 10 ?Congress- which 1
s if need he. man Dominick has introduced a bill w"h 'h
i must he fed amending the war risk insurance act utilized
l?y which the automatic insurance snccessf
have been v provided in the original act and logical
v increasing wb'cb was on'V effective until Feb- M'"- !
business'men ruary ,2- 1!'17- W,U ho ^tended to R R
s constant in- :i" sn''"''rf; arw' sailors who were dis- Dancast
out kept pace ah,e?, or lost ,heir lives, and hadj for a '<
pound or an to aPP'y for insurance within ! tivities
out the same 120 <,ays after their entry into ser-1 eountv
tmmodities in vi< e There has been a great deal of j tersting
uml is it did ''onfusion an*' misunderstanding as connect
pound Hut to ,his au,oma,'r insurance, and the aginglv
riners had the intioduced by Mr. Dominick is pd and
g supplies in i?1,f'n('r<l to clear up this confusion she pai(
at one leve an<l " Pass,,d will allow the auto- mill sch
ing cotton in ma,io insurance in every case where a?"l th.i
e of the ve-ir a man benamf> disabled or lost his schools
contracted nr <,uring the war. without having paratioi
m vour guard for ia,,l,a wilh,n 120 "'rosf r
ieein to settle <lava af,or his entry into the service, ter's nd
narticu'
ecomes more t;oi\<; ro ki isopf
- j /\ i in
t the position I Columbia, P. C., I-Vb. 1 < It was jrm t() ,
ootfon with | announood h?-re that Dr. \V. M. teach
(1 settling nut Ttiggs, president of Clomson college. ^.,nil t,
a lower prioo |,;|S been granted loavo of absence fop:slati
? truo if we from bis college duties to go to Kit-I f0 <>omr
op and thorn-, ,-opp to represent tho government in s
to lowor tho.tbe war reconstruction program. 11 |rr.,(t,.STlas
not a will loavo in a few days. icing p
nennt lower! ? :
I TIIK t I.XIMS OF llil'IdM),
! Washington. Feb. 1". The house ' "
age? Lot us. ... riotis di
foreign affairs committee has oreures
in 'hei^ore(j faVorably reported a reso'u ' -"1
ur 1!U8 W!,Kjtinn oxpressing the hope that tho 1
i bad nu)le j poaee conference would "favorably h"svio1
han in *"'r j eonsidor the claims of Ireland to the
Texas had | r|Rbt nf aelf determination."
than in 1 !* 1 1 eision c
n bales acres Half Inch of Snow. the Mar
a years 1911, Snow fell in Lancaster for several and nev
?d years with 1 hours Sunday but melted almost as Me. at
v low prices ' rapidly as it fell, only about half an more, f
? more In the inch accumulating on the ground, ing to r
than we had It was said that Charlotte had foui Mann u
in 1!'1R. we nches and Columbia only '>.4 of an a com mi
lies, iind the inch. It Mure
. 1911, aver [ = ft Conn
nd In 1913 si I I lib I l 111/4 IN THK
res and pr<? protest
' / SK\ \TK l?V ONK VOTK
and the farm bill, am
fs per pound Washington, Feb. Ml?Woman
1!?14 we had j "?flr?a?e attain fn|io?l today in the tninsniii
>nly 942hftft *onate. 'ii'Mnu only one voir <>r . ifion
and yet th-' majority Milllrlont to submit their ini
Oil halo-; and J',r \ntliony ainoiul- j)(p
her 1. 1914 for ? ?(!?< atl n to llio Irtris- r),p ,
I !rt tires of the several states.
5 E,fsht'> 1 ? (Co
1
!>
ION $2.00 A YEAR
ITY TEACHERS
POSE MANN BILL
Introduction of Ninth
Tenth Grades in All
hools Impracticable.
[.AH MONTHLY MEET
Ariail, of Columbia ColWas
Principal Speaker
His Address Was fireatly
yed.
ly JOS. F CONNOKS.)
February meeting of tho
pr rountv teachers' nssocias
held here last Saturday
in the Central graded school
The meetinir was nr<?iitefi
I'rof. 11. H. Scott. president
ssociation. The weather be1
for the convocation of the
there was an unusually fine
ice from many sections of the
Juanita Neely, Lancaster's
and popular h one demonwas
first introduced to the
tdience. She addressed the
ion briefly, but in a highly
le and interesting manner
ng her work over the coungave
an encouraging report
ast recent meeting of the
rnonstrators, and told of the
ans of work that have been
I for this year's labors. She
I to the teachers of the connthey
render her all the asthey
can in trying to interschool
children, boys and
i the enthusiastic formation
rk of canning clubs, garden
nd all other kinds of clubs
ning to the home industries
iservation activities of their
hoods and communities.
James M. Ariail. of ('olumege,
was next introduced.
y scholary address to the asn
was pyrpprllt'flv ivoll
and closely listened to
out, though h-> spoke at
ahle length. Ho thew ouv
pp.rhpr* many interesting and
* ideas and suggestions
fie thought, shonl 1 he carried
em into their profession and
continuously by th ? in the
ill prosecution of their pedaduties.
soott then ca'led upon Mrs.
Riddle, counti o,-g:?nizer of
er county for night schools.
?port of her nig'it school acsince
the last meeting of the
association. 11c gnv? an fnreview
of her work In this
ion. and spoke very encourof
the results so far attainof
the good progress made.
I that the night school at the
lord is still doing good work,
it she now has four other
in the county making pre1
for night work in the in
?' me rradicattoi o!" I.?ancuaiilt
Illiteracy, at least in those
;ir sections.
is time Mr Scoit took nrciisbring
to the attention of the
t'o> t i t that the socalled
HI nn? pending In the state
pp. the purport of which ts
ml tlio two ami three teacher
t<> tea'-h the ninth and 10th
showed some likelihood of
assed. and that, he thought,
fnent into the educatlonaf
the state would prove a sesndvantago
to the schools in'
a benefit, and he. therefore
ipon the teachers for an e\of
opinion in regard to this
il law hv Mr. Mann of Union
It was the unanimous de>f
the teachers present thai.
in hill shnnM tin Ullo/l
er allowed fo pass, if possianv
time hereafter. Futherhe
Lancaster teachers wish;o
nn record as opposing the
teasure. Mr. Scott appointed
ittee, consisting of Rev Hugh
hison. V. A Lingle and Jos
ors. to draw tip. in behalf of
.Hatton. suitable articles o*
against the passage of the
1 the secretary of the assowas
instructed to at once
these to the Lancaster dele jth
the retpiesi that they usv
Utience against the Minn
epchers of the county are
rt nued on Y'age Right.)
c