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EXTENDED SESSION SEEMS VERY LIKELY Legislature Will Hardly Be Able To Finish "Business in Forty Day Limit?House Refuses To Join With Senate in Post poning of Taxes Columbia, Feb. 3.?The senate spent almost its entire time this morning debating the Wightman bill to abolish the State Board of Public Welfare. No conclusion was reached and the debate will be resumed to Hlgut. 1 The senate has already passed the feill to abolish truant officers, one of tfce Wightman bills. Senator Moore, f Abbeville, goes a step farther than Senator Wightman ana express es the belief that all boards and com-' missions created since 1915 shou'd be abolished. The senate bill to regulate the ex tension of time for the payment of taxes was introduced in the house to <fay bat the house refused to concur in the terms of the senate bill and asked for a free conference on the , biD. The debate in the house on the i abolishment of the county truant of ficers was set for Friday. Indications are that the house will follow the senate in this matter. tjj The Atkinson bill for a Public Ser vice commission was passed from ? ?J nrlfli nnnnci accuuu iu uaiu xvuuui^ , taoo but with amendments which j would have a salaried officer in the j chairman only and this was cut to $3,000 the year. The other two mem bers would get a per jdiem of ten dol lars and actual expanses. The cot ton mills were made exempt from its provisions as to regulations. , The Hamblin bill with regard to liabilities for injuries of employes was passed from second to third reading. 'The Sapp resolution for a constitu tional convention was set for con sideration next Tuesday. A bill was introduced in the house iodaj by Representative Wade of Aiken, to have the chief game war den and th$ superintendent of the State penitentiary elected by the peo ple By a vote of 80 to 19 the house of I j representatives Thursday refused to coiicar in the senate plan for post ponement of tax penalties, and the molution was sent to a free confer ence committee to have differences ieteeen the two legislative branches ironed out. The senate plan is for no penalties, other than the January penalty until April 1st, when the penalty would become seven per cent. He house plan, already voted, is for one per cent penalty in January, two si February, three in March, four in April, and seven for the first half of May, with collections by, the Sheriff executions after May 15th. It looks now as if the session will ?e an extended one! None of the 5>Zs, the Governor's tax pro gram, have as yet been introduced ixl xrill not be until next week. The appropriations bill is still in the hands of the ways and means com ; mittee and only about six counties |jwe made up tfyeir supply bill. It Iwfcs therefore as if the Legislature wiffihe in session almost up to the first waok in March. | WANTS | JPQfc 5A2lE,?Several mules and _t kwaes cheap; J-- S. STARK, Abbe TiHet S. C. 2, 4-2tc ( LOST?On road between Abbeville ^ and Sharon one 30x3% Ajax Ca- ( ing. Finder please leave at this ' ?Ece. 2, 4-col. ] , NOTICE?I hereby warn all persons that Elihugh Cowan, better known as Elihugh Clinkscales, has strayed from my home. He is insane, but will not harm anyone. Had on yel low pants, black striped coat, l ?? A(V?/\uf fnaf fall STlf) Sruwil cap. xxuv/uw %j> xvw w?? krovn skin. Anyone who will give e information about this man wfll get reward of $5.00. Robt. Clinkscales, Route 1, Box 81, Iva, S. C. 2-2.3t-pd. FOB SALE?High Grade Aramoniat- j d Fertilizers for cotton, corn, to-* baeco, etc. Also, Fish Scrap, Blood, j Tankage, Foreign Kainit, etc.: Write us for prices advising the; tonnage you want. Dawhoo Fertil-1 oer Company, Box 608, Charles iw, S. C. 12, 14?2, 28.c! I WHAT YOUNG MEN HAVE TO LOOK TO The Year 1921, This Year, is One Full of Opportunities, Say Leaders This year, 1921, like other years, is one full of great opportunities for young men in the opinion of leading business men and educators. Here are some of their opinions: Following is what C. A. Whalen, chairman of the board, United Cigar Stores Company of America, has to say on the subject: "I have never noticed that human nature is in any material degree changed by temporary conditions like those which, for example, are now in fluencing industrial affairs as a natural result of adjustments follow ing the great war. "Your question, therefore, as to whether young men of the present day are manifesting an ambition to succeed in business equal to the op portunities offered implies a change in human nature which, in my view, does not exist. The world's ceaseless progress, so largely dependent on young men, is proof to the contrary, and it seems to me that never in the history of the world could properly equipped, aggressive young men go I forth to conquer with better chances to sueceed. I "If the problems of life, social or economic, have been made more or I | less vexatious because the war has brought into being a passing spirit of ! nrest, that fact, too, only broadens' the field in which high ideals and j sturdy effort may prosper the more. | "I look for finer development in every phase of life in the next decade than we have ever known before. If I were twenty-five years younger I would hail the prospect.' L. F. Swift, of Swift & Co., Union Stock Yards, Chicago, treats the sub jects in the letter which follows: "Answering the queries contained in your letter, I believe the oppor tunities for success today are as great as they were ten years ago?proba bly demanding a greater native and trained ability. "I believe our youth, after a period of hesitation, are taking more inter est in education, with considerable more avidity than during the year af ter the armistice. Well paying jobs are not to be had for the asking at present, and I believe this is realized and that educated intelligence is be ing recognized as the key to advance ment. , "Also 1^ think that our young men aro finding themselves. The relaxing after the war spirit which followed the conflict has gone, or is going, and such unrest as remains is economic and social?existing before the war ancf intensified by it. "As to whether our youth of today are as ambitious, industrious, aggres sive, persevering and adaptable as the young men of ten years ago; I have great faith in our young men and their adaDtabilitv to meet new con dltions which are developing to spur them Into ambition ahd achievement. "I believe the best specific for a young man's interest is the adoption by employers of the policy to engage young men willing to submit them selves diligently to discipline of training in office, plant or school. The State and public should see that the necessary facilities, both educational and practical which we now have are sufficiently maintained." Charles W. Eliot, president emeri tus of Harvard University, gives his views as follows: "I think the opportunities for suc cess in life are greater today than they ever were before, whether we look back ten years or a hundred years or along the centuries before jteam and all the new powers over nature which chemistry, physics and biology have developed. The oppor tunities are vastly greater; but the i individual needs better gifts and ed ucation than he ever needed before in order to make use of his opportuni ties. The gifted and well trained youth will also find in all probability that the standard of 'success' has ris en. "I observe that it takes more years j now than it used to for the individual ! to attain distinction in any calling; Furthermore, on account of the j greater specialization in all trades and professions many successful in dividuals become known or distin guished not in the community at large but only in the special group: to which they belong. Beyond thatj group the successful man may not be j known at all, in spite of real emi? ( nence within his group. In other [ AMERICAN BUSINESS WITH GERMANY IS , ON THE INCREASE Figures for Last Year Show a Big Gain Over the Preceding Twelve Months. Washington, Feb. 3.?American trade with Germany in 1920 totalled $400,300,000 as compared with $103 300,000 in 1919, a review issued to day by the Department of Commerce shows. Exports to Germany last year] totalled $311,347,000 as compared1 j with $92,761,000 the year before | while imports from that country were $88,863,000 compared with $10,708, 000 in 1919. I Under the reparation terms agreed upon recently by the allies, Germany would have paid to those countries $10,560,363 on her trade to the United States, this sum equaling the 12 per cent tajt which it is pro posed to impose on Germany's' ex ports. Proportionately the increase in the volume of. trade with Germany was I irmotor 4-Vion tViof wifVi anv nfVior country last year. Shipments of j American goods to England, France and Italy were far below those in! 1919, but imports from those coun tries showed substantial increases. Exports to Great Britain totalled only $1,825,029,947 as compared with $2,278,557,524 while imports from that country increased from $309,-! '189,265 to $513,846,804. France j jtook American goods to the value of i $676,193,267' compared with $893,-j 359,996, the year before while its t shipments to the United States were i -.165,654,703 compared with $123, 819,225. Italy imported from the! United States goods valued at $371 767,274 compared with $442,676,842 and sent to this country goods valued at $75,357,579 compared with $59, 060,075. FORMER GOVERNOR MANNING SPEAKS ON EXPORT CORPORATION Columbia, Feb. 3.?Former GovJ I Richard I. Manning, president of the American Products Export and Im port corporation, returned to Colum bia yesterday from Lumberton and Red prings, N. C., where he spoke Monday at "Acreage Reduction" meetings. At both meetings he pre sented the plans and purposes of the export corporation and reports that the people were genuinely interested in me corporation ana emnusiasuw over its prospects. At Lumberton the meeting was held in the court house, which Gov ernor Manning says was filled to overflowing, people lining the aisles and sitting In the windows. At Red Springs the theater was filled. The people of both places. Governor Man ning said, evidenced great earnest ness in their desire to arrive at a proper solution of the problem -con fronting them. They appreciate the necessity of a reduction of their acreage and appreciate the value of the export corporation for their cot ton. The meetings were held under the auspices of the Robeson County branch of the American Cotton As sociation. A statement given out by the Am eriean Cotton association yesterday says that "a careful investigation throughout the cotton belt, just com pleted by the association, indicates quite clearly that the 1921 reduction in cotton acreage will approximate 50 per cent of the acreage planted in 1921. The cause for principal rea sons. First, the fanners are holding the bulk of the 1920 crop betause present prices represent hardly more than one-third of the cost of produc tion. Secoitd, banks and supply mer chants are unable to finance the planting of a normal acreage in cot ton in 1921 while carrying unpaid obligations of 1920. SLEfcFINU MtKntsd FATAL TO 1S-YEAR OLD BOY ft Greenville, Feb. 3.?Fred Look, aged 16, died early today of sleeping sickness at the home of his parents, ?ir. and Mrs. B. B. Look, 906 East Fifth Street, Charlotte, N. C., rela tives here were informed today. Young Look is reported to have slept about two weeks. His funeral will be held tomorrow at the family's old home at Walhalla, S. C. words, that element of success which we call eminence takes longer to ob tain. Of course, it is still possible to obtain quick and early distinction as a soldier, and in rare instances as a public servant." EXPORTS TAX MAY BE ALTERED BY ALLIES London, Feb. 3.?The conference called by the supreme council be held in London February 28, to which the Germans will be invited, will not be for the purpose of pronouncing an irrevocable sentence regarding rep arations from which the Germans will not be able to appeal, it was authori tatively stated here today. The con I ference, rather, will be designed to 1 produce a declaration of the princi ples of Germany's indebtedness. It is pointed out in official circles that the works of the Paris' confer ence on reparations was that of mak ing a solemn declaration of Ger many's indebtedness. That declara i*:4. ,?:ii 4.1.^ u? MUii it id aaaeii'cu, win in cue jnam uc closely adhered to at the London conference, but the allies and Ger many can adjust the method and time of the payments. It is even probable, it is stated that the 12 per cent tax on Germany's ex port provided for in tile Paris terms, may be altered by the confereees al tho the principle of the right to im pose such a tax will be retained. The export tax measure, it is asserted here, was strictly a French proposal, advanced foi^ the purpose of guaran :cing the fullest protection from future German aggression. HENRY FORD SUED FOR $5,000,000 Chicago, Feb. 3.?The papers in a $5 ,000,000 damage suit against 'Henry Ford and his paper, the Dear born Independent, has filed suit in circuit court today by Morris Gest, Theatrical producer/ who alleged that an article in the Independent on January 22, 1921, contained "li belous, slanderous ,and false state ments" concerning Mr. Gest and certain stage productions he has handled. The article that the American stage was "under the Influence of a group of former bootblacks, news boys, ticket speculators, prize ring haibitues and bowery characters." After saying that "Mr. Gest stalks before his fellow Jews as the moat successful producer of the year," the article declared that Mr. Gest was not a great producer, but a "great panderer to a public whose taste he has been no mean factor in debasing." Gest, it said, sold news papers in Boston and in 1906 made a member "of a notorious gang of ticket speculators who were "the bane of the public." "There is nothing m Gest's career to indicate that he would ever con tribute anything to the theatre's best interests." , BREAD NOW CHEAPER Anderson, Feb. 3.?A reduction of two cents a loaf was made here to. day on bread. It was said by the local bakery that there would be about an ounce reduction on the loaf the loaf again assuming the size of that before the war. The only re (luction so iar on caKe is on pounu cake which has been 45 cents, now selling for 40 cents. The local bak ery still has a large quantity of high priced flour, but it will take its losses just as others have had to do and give reductions as much as possible. ,rnnnrinuaciciorinp luuuiu uuni.n3iii7uui. CARL Depc $2.2: C. E. "i nnririnnnnnrir II Jl Ul I.71.J m iJ LSMUIJIJI PESSIMIST WORSE THAN A HUN, DECLARES BISHOP Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 3.?"A pessimist is worse than a Hun," Bishop James Atkins, of Nashville, told members of the educational commission of the Methodist Epis copal church, South, attending a conference here to map out plans for a drive for $33,000,000 to pro mote educational work. "If you find a pessimist any where outside this hall kill him for me," said the bishop. "Hard times is the cry of the coward," he declared. The conference, which is attended by representatives of the thirty-sev en church conferences, began yes-j terday and will continue through to day. A meeting of the college of bishops will be held tomorrow. In addition to raising the proposed $33,000,000 fund it is planned to make available $1,000,000 to aid worthy students. "nothing, and that wrong Business men often shun a talk with newspaper men, just ats actors don't. A banker of German extrac tion shook angrily at a reporter the other day a paper in which an inter ivew of the day before was quoted. "I tell you nossing," the finan cier shouted, "and you get dot wrong!"?New York Herald. Big Bone Pi 48 Hfl in the Lot |jy Palmetto King Joe, 356,0! Smooth Big Joe, 271,07 Palmetto King Joe stands su; boar ever produced to his age than any Southern boat, you ev ever told you. Palmetto '.King Gertsdale, a grandson of Gerts< breed to sell for the fabulous su tige to your heard. If you eve you must have champion seed, fered in our grand champion s 17, 1921. At this time we wil gilts, open gilts and service boi ning with at the big fairs. Get all grand champions, Palmetto years we have been producing c and come to McCormick, S. C., day with us, looking over the b this winter; an offering that wc Middle West. Hear Col. Scott whites. Fieldman L. W. Traer, ville, Fla., E. H. Garrison, Jr., C., C. B. Farris, Farris Seed C eer, W. D. Scott, Edison, Ga. S in our care. We guarantee a the grounds at 12 o'clock. Sal Terms, cash; unless otherwis , taken at face value. Cotton ti price sale day; must be grade r catalog, it is free. We thank j Ridge View Stock Farm, J. F. Palmer <5 Railroad Connections ( iiijzjriiJiiJgJEnijajiLn!rimiJ7iiJ OAD ORA 5 hundred busheli 3a Oranges at S. j >t. Price, 65c pec 5 per bushel. WILLIAIV BUYS AMERICAN MADE CLOTHES * Mrs. Harding Busy Selecting White House Wardrobe. New York, Feb. 3.?The wife of the President-elect began selecting today the contents o| her White House clothes cabinet. Mrs. Harding did not go shopping, but conducted a hotel suite campaign for clothes. Fifth avenue's modistes, tailleurs, furriers and jewelers followed one another into her rooms at the Ritz Carlton, where she spent nearly eight hours inspecting their offerings. Scores of fabrics, gowns, hats and a few models were taken up the ele vaxors to ner suite ana uuwii again. Style dictators, pondering over the impressions they received, predicted that the laws of fashion will be blue after March 4. That is the favorite color of Mrs. Harding. She selected a tea gown and evening gown of blue today and this taste was reflected in her choice of gems. Mrs. Harding also made it clear that there will be no foreign frills in her wardrobe. "I'm 100 per cent Am erican," she told a reporter who in quired about her choice in clothes. Her jewels also were "all American" the favorite being colonial types, such as cameos worn on black vel vet bands for neck and wrist. READ THE ,ADVERTISEMENTS oland China GS To be Sold Febr'ry 17 55. Biggest Joe, 315.861. 6. King Joe 219,669. preme as the biggest Southern ; longer, taller, heavier boned' er saw. He is bigger than any Joe is ably assisted by Prince iale Jones, the first boar of the im of $6,600. He will add pres ;r expect to produce champions Your great opportunity is of ale at McCormick. S. C.. Feb. 1 sell 48 head, bred sows, bred irs; the kind the boys are win a sow bred to the greatest of King Joe. For more than two ihampion seed. Join the crowd Feb. 17, 1921, and spend that iest that will go through a ring >uld be hard to duplicate in the lecture on the big black and Farmer & Stockman, Jackson county agent, McCormick, S. o., Greenwood, S. C. Auction lend mail bids to either of them square deal. Lunch served on e starts at 1 o'clock P. M. ?e arranged. Liberty Bonds iken at 3 cents above market niddling or better. Write for ?ou. McCormick, S. C. z Sons, Props. jood From All Points. innuBiiifimiinmafiifiifiii lNGES |! * i 2 3 nice [ j k. L. I :k, or ISON