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GOVERNMENT WILL
. SOON STOP BUYING
OF LIBERTY BONOS
Secretary Houston Makes an
Important Announcement in
This Connection
Washington. April 17.?Government
purchase of Liberty bonds in the open ]
market, except through operation of
the sinking fund, will stop July 1. Sec-1
retarv Houston announced tonight. A
"beneficial effect" on the market was!
expected to result, he said. Other of- j
ficials said the market in government J
securities had already begun to right
itself, and that bond quotations here-1
after might be expected to trend up-;
ward.
air. Houston explained that in con-!
Uniting the purchase of bonds under |
the rive per cent bond purshase fund.!
the government was increasing its
" floating debt while decreasing its j
funded debt. He said that current re-1
quirements of the government were.
such, if the purchase of bonds were to
continue, the Treasury would have to,
issue more certificates o'f indebted^
ness with which to buy them.'
Why Enacted.
The five per cent loud purchasing;
arrangement was planned by congress
to expire automatically one year
after the termination of war, but the
Secretary of the Treasury was empowered
to decide when it had served
the purchase of stabilizing the bond
market?the underlying reason for its
original enactment into law.
Mr. Houston's decision, however, j
was based largely on the fact that on
July 1 the 2 1-2 per cent sinking fund,
provided in the Victory loan act, be-!
comes operative. He said it was not;
his intention to treat the two funds
^ as cumulative, but to end one with
**"?"The hfieinnine' of the other. The aD
proximate amount, set aside by thej
treasury for use in the period between
now and July 1 will be taken over by |
^tbe war finance corporation which will
p^^fil&ke all purchase of bonds for which
funds are available until the expira-j
&& t,on dateI?
Hereafter sucli purchases as the-f
||m?> Treasury may make for the bond purM
chase fund will be "occasional and'
I not habitual," Mr. Houston said.
The low levels to which bonds have|
fallen were attributed by Mr. Houston
to forced liquidation by heavy bond I
purchasers; large industrial and!
othqr corporations who have been i
nndpr nressnre to find funds to finance
their current expenditure. He added
that this had come when it had been i
necessary for measures to be invoked]
i which would control credit and make
P* ~ bank loans difficult and expensive.
Discount 2 to 7 Per Cent.
No announcement was made regarding
the amount of bonds retired
P through the five per cent purchase
I. funds. All bonds bought were obtain-]
| ed by the Treasury at a discount ranging
from 2 to 7 per cent, thus saving
the government both the interest for
the life of the bonds as well as the
. difference between their par value and
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lilt? Iliai xvctl 4uuiauv/u.
"I believe that the time has come,"
Mr. Houston said, "whon 'he d'sappearance
o? the government from the
|u market, except as an occasional pu)chaser,
will have a beneficial effect
upon the market for the bonds and
notes, both by reducing the Treisury's
| current borrowings on Treasury certificates
of indebtedness and stimulating
the interest of investment bankers
and the public in the market for
Liberty and Victory securities. This
offers an unique opportunity to investors,
large and small, the ciuorations
for the bonds being extremely attractive
to investing institution as
well as private iuvestors."
Mr. Swearin?en to Speak.
Supt Fulp, president of the County
Teachers Association, has received an
acceptance from Hon. J. E. Swearingen,
State Superintendent of Education,
of the invitation extended him
by the association to address them at
-?- their May meeting which will be held
in the high school building on Saturday,
May 1, at one o'clock in the afternoon.
The change of the place of
^ _ meting from the court house to the
high school is necessitated on account
of the teachers ' examination
being held in the court house on that
day.
Mr. Swearingen will, in the course
of his address, explain the new school
legislation as passed by the Ifte gent
eral assembly and the teachers of the
county are requested to bring their
trustees along with them to the meeting.
Arrangements have been made
for lunch to be served everybody
present and in addition to the adrw
dress of Mr. Swearing?", other inter
estinpr features will b? pre cr.tol befroe
the teacher? and trustees.
[
Savannah Man
Seeks to Recover
Big Cotton Loss
j Savannah, Ga., April 17.?In
three cities in Georgia yesterday?
Augusta, Savannah and Atlanta, every
banking institution had an atI
tachment filed against it garnishing
the accounts of N. L. Carpenter
and Company, brokers of New
York. This proceeding was begun
| by the American Bank and Trust
I Comany, acting for Irwin L. Potts,
of Savannah. The bank alleges
mat uarpemer ana uo. secureu iroin
Potts in a game of chance 532.635.|
14 and is proceeding to tie-up the
I accounts of the brokers in an effort
to recover it. Potts is under
arrest charged with forgery, the
bank having brought action against
him for alleged illegal transactions
in cotton. He claims to have dealt
with Carpenter & Co. and to have
lost the money in cotton speculation.
The action is taken under the
Bovkin act of the Georgia legislature,
making it illegal to buy and
sell 011 a wagering contract. This
is believed to be the first case of
its kind ever brought In Georgia.
ANOTHER BODY FOUND
The body of Miss Inez Manning,
one of the ten persons drowned two
weeks aero at Harpers Ferry, was
found Sunday afternoon at Cherokee
Shoals by searchers. Cherokee
Shoals is about sx miles below Harpers
Ferry. The body was badly mutilated
and was only identified by a
locket which the young lady wore.
This makes the second body that has
been found, the body of Miss Lucy
Bradshaw beine: found about a week
go.
Miss Manning is the daughter of
Valter Manning.
Victims Attempts Revenge
We haven't seen this item recorded
n the Index-Journal, yet we know
that it happened in Greenwood last
Friday. Whether it adds a star to the
spiritualist's crown, or not, we don't
know, but it came pretty close to being
active communication with the
dead when a hearse, occupied, backed
into a certain Greenwood doctor's
automobile Friday morning and
damaged the car slightly:
nFMONSTRATION OF LAWN
GROWING WEDNESDAY
A million blades of grass where not
a blade grows now is the aim of Miss
Crowther, demonstration agent of
Abbeville County. To this end she
luts selected the rockiest, most barren
and altogether unlikely place for a
demonstration next Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock. The place is
j he C. N. Norris home near town.
It is not expected to perform a
miracle, but it ie planned that a good
average lawn can be established be.
ore the coming summer is over,
j Every person who is interested in
the subjects of making homes more
beautiful should attend this demonstration
next Wednesday, which is
being given under the auspices of the
1 TV i?L:? A
soutnsiae uemonstrauun v^mu. n
horticulturist specialist from Clemsor
College will be in charge and will
show how splendid lawns can b(
grown on the most unfertile soil.
I
SOViET REPUBLIC IN
ANGORA IS REPORTED
Conctantinople, April 15.?A re>
puliic of soviet characters was pro
olaimed by the Turkish Nationalist;
ii A: last Tuesday, according t(
information reaching the govern
ment Thursday. The Angora cabinel
includes Ferid Bey as premier, A1
T.'-J ? " nf It TCI T !tml AT 51 3 TV
r mu cio iiiiiii. v/A. iiM*. M4. ?
I
Hatib Edib Hamen, well knowr
actress, as mininster of education
i
Ali Fiad is said to have left fo:
Garbeker to stir up the Nationalist:
| n that district against hi? Armenia!
Christians.
FRESH JAPANESE TROOPS
! TO BE SENT TO SIBER1/
' ' 1? * M 1 C Tnnni
vv asmngxon , Apm I *Jm 11 aj;a
will send fresh troop? to Sib?rii
during the latter part off April," th?
^state depatment was nd\*i?ed Frida;
in a cable from the war ciTice a
Tokio.
i The troops are to replace the Thir
teenth and Fourteenth Japanese Di
visions now in Siberia and will b
sent from Mgati and Fushisha.
MISSISSIPPI HAS
ITS FIRST BREAK
IN LEVEE SYSTEM
I
j West Bank of the River Caved
in Just Above River Yesterday
I
New Orleans, April 17.?The first
i break in the Mississippi river levee
I system since the present high water
I took place today when a section of
the west bank of the river caved in
j just above Fort Jackson, 50 miles
; south of this city and carried with
' it about 450 feet of the levee.
Two feet of water is pouring
ithrouga the crevasse over Orange
j Groves and a rich trucking section.
The area to be flooded is small. The
I break occurred just above Fort Jackson
which is just a few miles above
'the end of the levee system. The government
reservation probably will be
j flooded unless the break is closed, and
(engineers left this evening in tugs
j with material to repair the break.
The rniied States engineers office
: istued a warning to all steamers to
, limit the speed of their vessels to the
' lowest point consistent with the
j safety of the ship during the present
Jhigh water.
i
FRANK THORNTON HAS
! .NEARLY FATAL ACCIDENT
Frank Thornton, brakeman on the
seaboard, sutterea a serious ana
|nearly fatal accident Saturday at
;Whitmire, when an engine struck a
box-car on which he was standing,
I knocking him off in front of the movjing
car. He struck the ground in a
'sitting posture scarcely three feet
[from the slowly advancing wheels
jand though dazed by the fall, he
quickly rolled off the track and
saved himself.
He was taken to Pryor's Hospital
[Chester, for treatment. His back was
(injured, to-what extent cannot be
|yet determined. Young Thornton has
only been an employe of the Seabard
for a few months.
MEXICO WISHES TO
MOVE ARMY TO U. S.
Washington, April 16.?Mexico has
asked permission from the United
States to move troops through American
territory so as to attack the
Btate of Sonora from the north. No
action on the request has yet been
taken.
The Carranza government wishes to
1 move its forces on- the Mexican central
line at El Paso, thence through
American territory to Douglas, Arizona,
and across the boundary to Agua
jPrieta from which point a movement
. _ Ml. 2.V. ~
;against nermosuia, uie \sayi^ai wjl
1 Sonora, would be undertaken.
!j The only other point of attack
against Sonora is through the Pulpito
':Pass, btween Sonora and Chihuahua,
!(and it was said that this pass could
^be defended by a very small force of
| Sonora troops.
j In making known today that Mexico
had requested permission to move
jtroops through Texas, New Mexico
|and Arizna, officials said tne unue:i
J States was 'under pressure from the
; Mexican government."
i Mexico frequently has asked per,
mission to move its troops through
j American territory to attack rebels in
Sonora and on some occasions it has
I een granted.
i The American government has
i been notified officially by Mexico of
1 the closing of the customs houses on
. ithe Sonora-American boundary the
r| Sonora state authorities have estab3
lished and are maintaining customs
i houses.
i
POSTAL APPROPRIATION
BILL PASSED BY HOUSE
i\
i Washington, D. C., April 1(5.?The
i postoffice appropriation bill eonfore
(-lice report was passed by the House
v tdav and was sent to the President
t for approval. It provides aerial mail
'service from New York to San Fran-,cisco
with authority in the postmaster
1 > i.. c?(. T />h!s ?n,l
general iu jiiuuuc ou. ^umo
p'cities and also for an Alaskan aerial
i
mail service.
jUTR IS ARRESTED
ON THE CHARGE
OE BEATING FRIEIU
Sixteen-Year-Old-Boy is Hel
Accused of Serious Crime.
Danville, Ky., April 17.?Keil
Phillips, a white boy about sixtee
J years old, was arrested tonight t
: Danville police on suspicion of b
I -ino- im i-il ins t orl ill tllo hpatinf
j William Trimble, seven years ol
| son of Marcus Trimble, a Southei
railway engineer, who was kidna]
ped last night, and, according
J his story, takeit to a cornfield nez
here and struck on the head with
i hammer, fracturing his skull.
Phillips denies any knowledge <
| the crime.
The child is resting easy in. tl
hospital tonight. Physicians si
i if no complications develop, lie wi
: recover. The police say that prol
I ably three persons had a hand j
j the kidnapping the child and ths
I revenge against the father was tl
' cause
j Phillips asserts that some 01
: else did the beating. He is heir
' held for observation.
i Footprints and blood were four
| in depressions in the field and the:
j are the only clue to the crime. Tl
1 child said a negro and .white be
seized him while he was returnir
j from a neighbor's home, where 1
; had been to deliver some milk ar
eggs, that they carried him into tl
I cornfield and that white man h
j him on the head with a hamme
j the negro protesting against th
action. The boy said that when 1
awoke he was in a barn near h
home which he managed to reac
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inuu vjatucis
j Danville, Ky,, April 17.?A rm
of 300 men which formed here th
j afternoon after it had beome know
| that Lucien Jenkins, negro, hi
j been arrested and was being que
t:oned regarding the kidnapping <
seven-year-old Willie Trimble ear
last night, still surrounded the Boy
county ourthouse at 11 o'clok t
night. All doors are guarded ar
it is impossible to enter or to lea^
the building.
BRITAIN NOT READY FOR
DROUTH, SAYS LADY ASTO
London, April 16.?"I'm for pr
hibition, but Britain is not ripe f(
it yet," said Lady Nancy Astor i
j Portsmouth in a campaign speech f<
state purchase and control of tl
liquor trade.
"I know I am prejudicing my c
'reer," she added. "People want 1
drive me out of politics because th<
know I speak the truth. The wor
iwould be five times better and ha
'pier if there were not a drop <
|liquor in it."
!
iWANTS CAPITAL PROTECTED
FROM 'FORCES OF UNRES
Washington, April 16.?Maint
nance of a division of regulars in ai
around the national capital to pr
tect it from the "forces of unrest
Avork in this country," was urged
the Senate this afternoon by Senat
Frelinghusyen, Republican, of Ne
Jersey. He declared a mob of on
2,000 seized the czar's government
Petrograd. He said the Americj
army was now scattered along t
Mexican border, in the insular pc
sesions of the United States or at i
jmote army posts.
NEVADA FILES AUDITS
IN THE PICKFORD CA5
| Carson City, Nevada, April 16.jThe
State of Nevada late Friday fil
^its audits for the annulment of t
divorce decree of Mary Pickford.
j In the voluminous complaint fil
.with the Douglas County Court
;IIinden by Assistant Attorney Gem
al Richardson, it is alleged that t
I "little sweetheart of America" n
only testifies falsely as to her re
rlonrr* in Nevada but was in collusi
with her husband, Owen Moore. T
complaint alleges that Moore enter
the State solely for the purpose
beinp: served with the divorce su
mons.
GASOLINE SHORTAGE
Danville. 111.. April 1(5.?Owinp
a pasoline shortage here, sales ha
' been limited to physicians' cars a
the fire department.
Overalls Recently ! I
Sold for 16 Cents !'
Now Bring $3.00
New York, April 17.?Just as New
] Yorkers today launched their campaign
on the high cost of clothing by
staging an overall parade on Broadway,
it became kiown that secondhand
army overalls, recently sold by
d the eovernment for 1G cents .1 nnir il
were"being offered for sale by dealers
for $3.
This discovery was made by Ed|
ward W. Ward, director of a departj
ment of the Knights of Columbus
' j that helps soldiers recover lost bagy
I gage. He announced that he had i
I; stumbled across the $3 apparel in aj ;
^ I Hoboken ship chandlers. : (
'I The overall parde was staged by h
"n I 7-j members of the Cheese Club, an i
^"{organization of dramatic critics and j ,
t0, press agents, who braved the rain to; ]
ir! inarch down the great white way in \ ]
a | denim. A crowd of several thousand j
[persons cheered Thomas Oliphant, j
j president, when the parade halted at c
i 46th street to permit to deliver anjf
10 ; oratorical attack on profiteering i j
{y clothiers. ir
11 ?
k 1 t
?"| T. M. Miller's Assailant Caught (
It is thought that Reubon Hill,!41
le nejro, who stabbed Alderman T. M. .
Miller some months ago, lias been t
le i
lg caught. The negro is in the Taccoa,,^
I Ga., jail. j,
A special officer of the Seaboard
se I
ie discovered the negro Satui'day night
)y skulking about the Greenville yards I ^
lg and when he tried to arrest him, the*a
le! la
l(j negro attempted to shoot the officer. g
However, the officer got in the first, j
shot, hitting the negro in the arm.'
T?; # ^
is The negro escaped on a freight, get-!j
ie ting off at Toccoa, Ga., for medical, i
attention and was arrested there. 11
h. i f
I Sheriff Bnrts has hppn nntifi'prl and :
I 0
>D will very proably leave tomorrow for! \
is
,n Georgia to identify the negro. r
td i | j
s-1election for court house !g
?fj and road bonds carries ir
ly |
le In the election held Tuesday to'1
o- bond the County of McCormick in ;
the sum of $40,000.00, for the pur- r
jpose of aiding the town of McCor'mick
in building a court house and
tjail and in the sum of $60,000.00 for <
r permanent road building in the coun- ]
|ty; the court house and jail bonds j
?-!were carried by a majority of 91, <
3r and the road bonds were carried by a t
at majority of 19. I
,rj j
lej impeachment proceedings 1
against post are begun
'A
a- Washington, April 16.?Impeach-,
to meit proceedings against Assistant'
iy Secretary of Labor Louis F. Post;
Id were started in the House Thursday'o
p- afternoon. [.
^ \ Charges of flagrant and unwar-i
ranted abuse of his power in ob-1 (
structing the deportation of alien f
^'enemies eeking to undermine and^
T' overthrow the government from the -
grounds on which the impeachment j.
e"'is sought. !f
The resolution setting the im-j?'lpeachment
machinery in motion waslj
^ introduced by Representative Homerj?
*n Hoch, Republican of Kansas with full i?
or approval of the Republican leaders j
w of the House. !.
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at PARENT-TEACHER CLUB
an | MEETS TOMORROW 1
he i The regular monthly meeting of jc
>s" the parent-teacher association will be ,?
"e" held in the high school building Tues- i
day afternoon at 4:30 o'clck. j*
j' Representatives of the elementary
grades will entertain the meeting *
>E'with recitations, songs, folk dances*
and declamations. There will be some 1
important business for the association '
brought up at this meeting and^
h^every member is expeced to attend.
ed BEER AND WINE COMING
ati BACK, SAYS SENATOR;
;r- j AtlantiCv City, N. J., April 16.? j
he Beer and light wines will again bej
ot enjoyed by Americans, according to!
si-Senator James D. Phelan of Cali-j^
on fornia.
he "The saloon is gone for prood," he i
ed said. *
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m_ U. S. TO IGNORE COUNCIL
UNLESS INVITATION IS SENT
Washingtn, April 16.?The United j
?ill of flip !
Win live UC ic^/iwaviivvv. V. ~
San Remo conference of the allied
to
'premiers unless an American repre-i
i*
ve Jsentative is invited as an obsen'er.
nd Thus far no such invitation has been
I received.
HUMPS
HAVE ENTERED
CITY OF CUIII
'resident has Capiterlated According
to the Latest RenAvfc
Agua Prieta, Sonora, April 17.?
Sonora troops under General Angel
Flores entered the city of Culia:an,
capital of Sinaloa today, acjording
to official disnatches from
General P. Elias CalTes, commander-in-chief
of the Sonora forces,
v.ade public here by Genreal J. M.
Pina, commander of this district.
WASHINGTON. April 17.?Appliation
of Mexcan federal army officers
or permission to move forces through
American territory to attack Sonora
m the north created sharp discussion
oday on the senate floor and before
he committee investigating Mexican
f fairs.
Meanwhile the request had been
;C:c:cvl by the state department to
he War Department and it was an
ifficial diplomatic communication,
so action had ben taken tonight by
he war department.
In the Senate. Senators Ashurst
ind Smith; of Arizona, opposed vigirously
any suggestion that the re[uest
be granted. Senator Ashurst
:sserted that Arizona should oppose
my such movement by force if necesary,
should the federal government
lot errant the state nrotection.
The senate discussoin was halted
i'hen Senator Knox, Republican, of
'ennsylvania, announced that he had
nformation that the requst had been
efused although later he said his inormation
was not official, but based
m a statement in the New York Sun,
vhich had stated only that the peruission
sought would not be granted.
Before the investigating Commitee,
ienry Lane Wilson, former ambasador
to Mexico, continuing his araifnment
of President Wilson's policy,
predicted that the Mexican forces
yould be permitted to pass across the
American territory to attaok the Soloran
forces.
Goyernor CamDbell Protests
Phoenix, Arizona, April 17.?
jovernor Campbel, of Arizona, today
protested to the State Department
igainst extending "the troop movenen
privilege to the Carranza gov;rnment
and the consequent viola;ion
of the rights of the sovereign
state of Arizona to the end that
;he lives and property of our own
)eople and those friendly to us may
lot be jeapardlzed."
lMERICAN
WAS KILLED IN
EFFORT TO ELUDE SENTRY
Berlin, April 16.?Paul R. Demott,
f Paterson, N. J., who was shot and
illed at Wesel by a German sentry
ecently, was making a deliberate atempt
to escape from prison when
ired upon by a represenative of the
American commission here who has
ust completed an investigation of
he incident.A report being prepared
or the state department in Washigton
will give a detailed recital of
he physical aspects of the case, as
i result of an examination of the
entry who shot Demott.
Under a pretext that he wanted
emporarily to. abesent himself from
he building in which he was confined
)emott was permitted to go out of
loors, but is said to have made
itraight for the gate leading to
reedom. The sentry called upon him
o halt, and when he failed to do so,
le fired. The sentry, who is deicribed
as being intelligent, is quoted
is expressing keen regret over the
:'atal effect of his shot, but saying he
lad no choice but to fire, as Demott
n a few minutes would have been
>ut of reach.
NO ACTION ON PEACE
Washington, April 17.?The for*
- *
ign relations committee tooK up uie
louse peace resolution again Friday
vithut reaching an agreement. No
ction on the resolution is anticipated
jefore next week.
COTTON MARKET.
Spot Cotton 43.00
May 41.65
July 39.50
October 36.2'.)
December 35.27
January 34.41