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ARMY INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS Numerous Recommendations For Improvement* in Service?Points To Swindling. Washington, Nov. 23.?Immediate if tVio nrocpnt mpt.hflH of ICV1DIUH vi vav ^/4vwv... disposing, of surplus government stores to prevent speculators from buying federal-property from one department and re-selling to another branch of the government at a higher figure, is recommended in the annual report of Major General'J. L. Chamberlain, inspector general of thearmy, to the secretary of war, made public today. The necessity for the proposed action is indicated by a recent investigation ''which disclosed that one department of the government sold surplus cement for $1.00 per ton to a civilian who immediately resold the same cement to a branch of the war department for $6.00, the reports states. Denouncing hazing at the military academy at West Point, General Chamberlain said that while the practice has not yet been entirely eliminated, considerable favorable pro gress has been made to that end. Criticism of hospital facilities at Camp Benning, Georgia, is voiced in the report, the equipment there being characterized as entirely inade quate. j Prompt measures to check abuse of j the army uniform are recommended,] the report declaring that "civilian au- j ( thorities have not always co-operated I, to stop such abuses." 1 Other recommendations of the in- ] spector general include: : More care with regard to promises made recruits, particularly with re- 1 gard to the army's educational ' coupses, in order that all pre-enlist- 1 ment promises may be fully complied with. Abandonment of civilian instructors at army schools. Renewal of the clothing allowance system for enlisted men, a change in the type of collar of the service coat, 1 and more care in seeing that each j recruit has one new, well-fitting uni- : form. Replacement of temporary build- J ings with permanent structures at all permanent camps. '< Consolidation of air service units, as far as pbssible and replacement of civilian employees in this branch with enlisted personnel. 1 Favorable progress is being made in building up army morale after the depression incident to mobilization of the emergency forces, the report 1 says, and discipline has greatly improved due the eradication of unsatisfactory conditions. O _______ _________________ Beira, in Portuguese East Africa, i is a city of zinc. For all the buildings ! and almost everything else, from rail- < V\ Cl) laid CU WU1I1US) 6U1V 10 UOCU. | 1 A boy who appeared before a Lon- ' don police magistrate recently admit- i ted that he hr.d one hundred situa- | tions in two years. < | NEW T | "THE ATLANTA" I MINGt | VI. if S E A B C ? Effective Nover * \ iji Leave Atlanta AS A viinTTA Viw> 1 V* O YV1 ? -n.il ivc jljii imiigncnu $ Leave Birmingham | Arrive Atlanta ij: Sleepers and Coache jj: occupancy at 9:00 p. For Pullman reserva ill call on | J. D. MILLER, A\ | R. E. Camp, T. P. A. I FRED GEISSLE PLAN FOR NATIONAL HEALTH CONFERENCE Detroit, Mich., Nov. 23?Plans are developing rapidly fot a national health conference to be held in Detroit Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, at which representatives of health departments from all of the larger cities in the country will discuss the housing cituntinn and its pffeet UDOn the health of the people. Officials of thef local board ol health are conducting a health survej to determine the differences in death rate between centers of the city thai are crowded and those where the number of persons in a given territory is not as gi)e&t. '' Similar, surveys are being conducted rn othei cities of the Country ante reports will be submitted at the meeting here. The Detroit survey is a repetition of one conducted in 1919. Several cross sections of city were ol'ostn for the ;urvey a id repress jitifiw blocks !r?. three se?t'cr.s. inspected. The death rate per capita is being figured upon the following factors: The number of families in each apartment. The number of persons in each room. The number of person? en each ! : re. The number rf roomers. In previous surveys a much higher death rate was found in crowded districts than in less populated districts and the same finding is expected this year. The aim of the conference, according to Dr. Henry F. Vaughn, Detroit's health commissioner, is to bring to the attention of the country the danger of over-crowding. LACK OF APARTMENTS Paris, Nov. 23.?More than 45,000 Parisians are without apartments, according to the figures given in debate in the city council over the housing problem. The speakers stigmatized the growing practice of profiteering by landlords, who, it was asserted were putting scanty furniture in vacant apartments, charging an exorbitant rental or obliging a tenant to purchase the furniture at high prices as a condition of leasing. The council unanimously adopted a resolution to give the name of Venizelos to one of the streets of Paris. GRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON KILL EACH OTHER IN DUAL GafFney, S. C., Nov. 23.?Ira Sarratt, well-to-do farmer and Will Daw-: son, Sarratt's grandson, killed each other at the Sarratt home, 15 miles from here last night. Pistols were used in the duel. There were no eye witnesses. Dawson and his wife were parted'and it is said he believed his grandfather was responsible for his domestic troubles. 'n k T\TC ???? and "THE BIR- j IAM" | A- | ) A R D | nber 28, 1920. 1:00 a.m. jjj i 7:50 a. m. ; 1 *00 3 m is: 7:30 a.m. $ s. Sleepers open for | m/ . ;j; tions or information | - ? ?t. Abbeville, S. C. | , Atlanta, Ga. 8 j !R, Asst, G. P. A. ij Atlanta, Ga. | NEW LOW PRICES IN GRAIN MARKE1 > Chicago, Nov. 23?Feverish tradinj [ and new low record prices gave evi . dencc today that the period of defla t tion had not yet spent its force ii . the grain market here. a 11 :?>? *u, > 11 cexeais snuweu ncaiuaLiun au nn - outset this morning, but rallies wer< ! of brief duration, and were followe< by sudden downward plunges tha ; hurled breadstufFs and feedstuff , alike" to the lowest levels yet thi , reason. Wheat dropped below an; ; prices since 1917 and corn and oat i to the lowest since 1915,. Knowjedgi . that these figures were .well . unde . the cost of production failed to stoj . the abnormal weakness.. t More than five cents a bushel wa : slashed from the'1 value . of whea j within little more than a single hour , December delivery changing hands a [ low as $1.63 1-4 as against $1.68 1-! , to $1.69' at the finish on Saturday . Cutting of prices on corn and oat . was less spectacular except as beinf t in additional to previous operation .! of late that had cut corn value nearly in half. Scarcity of buyers owing to dis turbed general business condition: appeared to be the chief depressjhj factor. Neither announcement of consider able export business or of a big de crease in the United States visibh supply total sufficed to stop the sell ing stampede or to induce any ade quate demand. As much as 11 cent! a bushel loss since Saturday wai shown in the market after midday December touching $1.58. The closi was flurried 1 1-2 cents to 9 cent; . net lower, with December $1.60 t< $1.60 1-2 and March $1.55 to $1.56. READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS I 1 t i We realize that must be sold at > We want ever] prices made ne II 11 a big stock?mi \ shoe is'our regi any "special sal tops, pumps, bi fact every articl . f I II J. M, ji s POLICE GET BUSY ] r IN WINDY CITY , , Chicago, Nov.-21.?^Nearly a thouY 1 and persons were under arrest tonight as a result of the biggest < 1 round up of criminals in Chicago in many years. The drive was started at midnight last night by Charles Fitzmorris, new chief of police, as , the second step in his . announced | campaign to rid Chicago of criminals and followed a recent wholes sale shakeup of the police force in v.-hich nearly every member was ^ transferred to a new position. Dozen's of squads of detectives and policemen spread over the citjf early today and all day long patrol wagons rolled up to' police' stations with loads cf alleged criminals. Nearly 3 every saloon was visited by the of' ficers and scores of poor rooms and " alleged disorderly flats were-raided. s One thousand plain clothes men : and 1,500 uniformed officers conduct-' * ed the raids, which were under the s personal direction of Chief Fitzmor? ris. ' ' : Vs- 1 s ' . s In the Tower of London is kept the golden ampulla, or anointing cup, - made for the coronation of Charles II. 5 Sixty-one per cent of the present r stand of saw timber lies west of the Great Plains. A 7500-ton concrete tanker recently sailed from San Diego, Cal. ' EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO COME Td THE U. S. 3 3 New York, Nov. 23.?Testimony to , the effect that "everybody, from j everywhere in Europe" is trying to 5 .emigrate to the United States to ) escape conditions of congestion and discomfort on the other side of the ocean will be presented by Ole Han | sen, iormer mayor 01 aeaiue, 10 uie j OUR SHO : the shoes on our sheh a loss some time. In fbody to know we a cessary by conditions v jch larger than we we ilar stock of high class le". Any and every 'ogues, oxfords, boys' e e of footwear for each AMnrDQr , ZllTl/LilVUV House immigration committee, it was j; announced .here today by Represen- 0 tative Albert Johnson. a Mr., Hansen returned last Satur- 5 lay from a visit to seaports of Hoi- n WeGive It is good for us a l_ i- l 1 - eaon year 10 iioiiesi i - things we have;to.b This November we, i give thanks in memi tice that brought us And we appreciate ] ever the privilege th as Americans?a vc those who guide our This Institution is 1 friends it has made,' portunities of servii the vision of great ahead. v In keeping with the we shall be closed 1 November 25th. Planters "THE FRIENE ABBEVILL . . I E CHANC1 res, bought when pric 1 our judgment it is oet re giving them the b vhich we cannot conl int to have by Janue ; shoes?not a pair i shoe in our store is i ind girls' school and d l sex?and every size. )N COMP __===_. I :ind, France, Belgium, Sweden and ther countries. He has been quoted I s nHvopatinc total susnpnsion of luropean immigration for a mini* mm period of two years. t Thanks v v. ;f * > / . . > ; t ill to give one day . recognition of the e thankful for. as a Nation, again ory Of the Armispeace." : ' ' more keenly than r'*" lat is given us all lice in selecting national affairs. thankful for the *\ for its many oplg them, and for er opportunities spirit of the day, , 'or Thanksgiving, . > Bank ?LY BANK." 1 * IE, S. C. I I E es were higher, ter to sell now. enefit of lower trol. We have iry 1 st. Every /vas bought for included?high Iress shoes. In Your chance: ANY