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FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1921
THE FARM LOAN BANK
The decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States sustaining the
constitutionality of the Federal Farm
Loan Bank should bring relief to
many, sections of the South. If the
farm loan associations in the several
communities are enabled to function
at an early date, they should be able
to remove a great deal of uncertainty
about farming operations for the
present year.
As we suggested a few days ago
the matter of securing advances on
which to .run the farms the present
year is one which is already giving
farmers and others alike grave con
cern. Few of the banks have paid
their last year's loans secured from
other banks, and very few farmers
have paid their obligations to the
merchants and to the local banks.
The result has been and is that there
is considerable stagnation in the mat
ter of collections.
:If the farmers are able to secure
money at reasonable rates of inter
est from the farm loan banks with
which to make the present crop, they
will be enabled to hold some of the
cotton off the market which other
wise they would be forced to sell at
whatever price is offered, because as
before remarked, with matters as
they were before the decision, there
was no way by which advances might
be obtained except through the sale
of cotton on hands. In many cases
where farmers have sold their crops
of cotton, -and where they are still
indebted for the expenses of making
last year's crop, they will be enabled
to borrow money on long time to set
tle up these debts, thus obtaining re
lief for themselves from pressing ob
ligations, and well as being thus en
abled to assist the banks, which have
been carrying them, to meet the
banks' obligations.
While all of this is true, and while
the decision of the court in this mat-1
ter offers a remedy for a considerable
part of our ills, we would advise the (
people to be cautious the present
year. They should be cautious espe
cially in the matter of procuring
loans for making the next crop. Large
amounts o* .loney borrowed and in- ,
, vested in a c/op yet to be planted,
with the present outlook as to prices, ,
would be suicidal. No more money,
we think, should be borrowed the ,
present year for farming operations ,
than is necessary to straighten out j
existing indebtedness and to meet
the bare necessities of living. It is j
certainly not a time for a farmer or
business man to borrow large amounts
of money for speculative purposes,
either in the matter of farming or in j
other business. The people should be ,
advised that while the decision of the
court opens the door of help to them
in their present troubles, it should (
not be used as a means of getting in- j
to further trouble and deeper water
than that now about them.
DILLS IU BtNLMl
EX-SOLDIERS PASS
Washington, March 3.?The senate
adopted today and sent to conference
a bill providing approximately $15,- '
000,000 for additional hospital facili- '
ties for disabled service men.
The appropriation was contained in
the sundry civil bill, but after the
senate had been advised that that
measure very probably wou'd fail, it
was decided to include th?_ hospital }
item in a separate bill. j
A bill designed to improve the ser- i
vice given to soldiers by the war risk j
insurance bureau also was passed by'i
the senate and sent to the president, j
It provided $1,000,000 for the estab- <
lishment of fourteen original offices |
of the bureau throughout the coun
try where soldiers can take their j
compensation and insurance claims <
for direct adjudication. <
MORE LIQUOR.
Deputies C. J. Bruce and Van Mar-,
tin caught another still Wednesday,
but it was like Dock Weston's stolen;
pig, it was "a leetle bit of an old (
thing," but it would make liquor. The
capture was made in the Little River
section. Calvin Alewine was arrested
charged with operating the still and
was lodged in the Anderson jail.
Sheriff McLane and Deputy Cann
arrested a negro named Dennis Lind
say at the S. A. L. Shops yesterday;
charged with transporting liquors and I
having the same in his possession. '
The authorities here have been hav-j
ing trouble with liquor peddlars who i
bring the liquor from the Georgia;
side to the city and sell it locally. In j
order to break up this practice the of-1
ficers are watching the incoming -
trains. Yesterday Sheriff McLane andi
Mr. Cann caught the negro named j
with two quarts of blind tiger liquor, j
He evidently saw the officers because)
he undertook to hide in one of the |
toilets of the colored coach on No. j
30, but t)ie officers located him. When |
they got him out, they went inside J
and found that he had hid one quartl
of the liquor in addition to what he,
had on his person. He also tried to j
hide a 38 calibre pistol which he wasj
carrying. He will answer to both the j
liquor and the pistol carrying charge, j
GA ?S. C. BRIDGE
BILL IS PASSED
Washington, March 3.?The bill
granting consent of Congness to J.
J. Smith and J. E. McGee of Starr,
S. C., to build a bridge across the
Savannah River near Hailey's
Ferry, between Anderson County,
South Carolina, and Hart County,
Georgia, was passed by both senate
and House Thursday in hurried
fashion in keeping with the effort
being made to jam everything
through in the closing hours of the!
Congress session.
Its passage came near creating a i
riot in the Senate, however, when |
Senator Poindexter, chairman of
the Naval Committee, accused Sen
ator Ellison Smith of South Caro
lina, who presented the bill, with
participating in the efforts to defeat
passage of the naval bill.
' When the bridge bill was called
up and the naval bill temporarily
laid aside, Senator Poindexter, who
is suffering from "nerves" brought
about by the filibuster against the
navy bill, objected to its considera
tion. "There is nothing in this bill
but permission to build the bridge," J
said Senator Smith of South Caro-|
lina appealingly.
"The bill we have been trying toj
get passed for several days (naval
bill) and which the senator has been!
insisting on defeating is nothing at j
all but the naval appropriation bill,"
hurled out Poindexter, with sarcas
tic irritation. |
"What is that?" said Smith,!
scarcely believing his ears.
"Let the senator read the record,"
snapped Poindexter.
"Did I understand the senator to
say I was here attempting to defeat
the naval bill," asked Smith, with
firmness.
"I said the senator had occupied i
Ejreat deal of time and had partici-j
pated in defeating the naval appro->
priation bill," replied Poindexter. j
"I absolutely repudiate that as be
ing altogether unfounded and un-j
called for," scouted Smith, advanc-.
ing towards the aisle.
Sensing a battle, Senator Lodge
called for regular order, taking the ^
belligerants off their feet and lay
ing the bill aside. '
It was called up a little later by
TVI O 4 A# C/Mlflt PoVaKwO i
gcuaivi L/iai vi uuuwi vaivuiia)
however. Poindexter then meekly
said he understood it was a bill that
would occasion no debate, being a
mere routine bridge bill and he
would not object to it. It was imme-,
diately passed and now goes to the
President for signature.
DEATH OF A. HILL McGEE
A. Hill McGee died at his home t
near Due West, Wednesday night
after a short illness. Mr. McGee suf
Fered a stroke of paralysis some
weeks ago and never recovered from
t. The deceased was a farmer of
the Due West section of the county,
and a man generally liked and re- i
>pected. He was the father of Mr.
Gus McGee, formerly of Abbeville.
Funeral services were conducted
it the residence yesterday. The de-'
leased was a member of the Baptist
Church.
WILSON WILL RESUME
THE PRACTICE OF LAW
Washington, March 3.?President
Wilson formally announced today
that he would "resume the practice j
of law" in a partnership with Bain-j
bridge Colby, the retiring Secretary j
of State. The firm will maintain of-;
VrtfV anH Washington. I
iices in incv* a v?> ?? w
The announcement was made at''
the White House in the following
statement:
"President Wilson made the an
nouncement today that at the con
clusion of his term of office, he
would resume the practice of law,
forming a partnership with the Sec
retary of State, Bainbridge Colby.
"The firm will ^ave offices in New
York and Washington."
The President's announcement
wholly unexpected, will recall to the
public mind one of his least known
of attainments?that of being a law
yer. He was graduated in law from
the University of Virgina in 1881
and practiced in Atlanta in 1882 and
1883. In the latter year he went to
Baltimore to take up post-graduate
work at John Hopkins University
and practiced some in the local
courts in that city. Mr. Wilson did
not remain long at the practice of
law, however, for in 1885 he began
his career as a college professor tak
ing up the chair of history and poli
tical economy at Byrn Mawr. F^om
that time onward until he left the
field of collegiate work and became
governor pf New Jersey. Mr. Wilson
did not figure in the practice of law.
No announcement was made of
the character of practice the new
firm will take up, but i the presump
tion is that it will engage principal
ly in international law and collater
al work.
The announcement that offices
would be maintained in New York
and Washington .was generally tak
en to mean that Mr. Colby probably
would take charge of affairs at New
York and that Mr. Wilson, who will
maintain his home here, would look
after affairs in Washington.
May Not Be Active
How actively the retiring Presi
dent might take part in the firm's
practice within the limitations of his
present physical condition is open
to wide speculation. When he said
good-bye to his cabinet members
earlier in the week he was obliged
to use his cane to get about from i
the White House to the executive
offices, and when the newspaper
men attached to the White House
asked for a farewell audience, the
President declined on the ground
that his voice was too weak.
The President's friends apparent
ly were as much in the dark as to
his plans as was the public up to the'
moment of the announcement, but
they generally supposed ' that Mr
Wilson's connection with the new
firm would be very largely that of
a counsellor. Whether AMr. Wilson
intended to appear iri court was not
made clear, although it was stated
at the White House that he would
apply for admission to practice be
fore the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States.
Probably no announcement of any
nature has -surprised Washington
more during recent months. Mr.
Wilson kept his own counsel con
cerning his plans up to the last mo
ment, and the men who have been
most closely associated with him
personally and privately during uie
last eight years, said they knew
nothing of the President's plans un
til this morning.
RAILWAY ATTORNEY
MAKES STATEMENT
Chicago, Mar. 3.?Charles McFad
den, attorney for the Michigan Cen
tral railroad, in a statement to the
Associated Press from Niles, Mich.,
today declared he had been mis
quoted in saying that William Lon?,
engineer, and George Black, fireman
on a Michigan Central train, had
been exonerated from blame for the
wreck at Porter, Ind., Sunday which
cost 37 lives.
The reports credited to Attorney
McFadden yesterday said that Engi
neer Long had not been derelict :in
his duty; that he had obeyed the sig
nals set for him and that he could
not be held accountable for the,
crash. Subsequently, Henry Shearer,!
general manager of the Michigan j
Central,, announced that investiga-!
tion had proved that Black and Long
were to blame for the crash.
Walruses are gentle except virhen
attacked.
MANY IN WASHINGTON |l
FOR INAUGURATION
Visitors Flock to Capital Despite the I
Lack of Ceremony?Cold But
Fair Day Forecast
Washington, March 3.?The influx
of visitors to Washington to attend \
the inauguration Friday has started, j
Despite the abandonment of plans for i
an elaborate ceremony, hundreds of J
people arrived today and tomorrow, j
the number is expected to run into '
the thousands, with other thousands \
to arrive Friday morning. 1
The special forecast of coid and 1
probably fair weather for inaugura- 1
tion day which went out today irora 1
the weather bureau may result in
materially increasing the out of town ^
crowd. ^
President-elect Harding with Mrs. 1
Harding and a number of friends will 1
arrive this afternoon from Marion.
He will go direct to the New Williard ]
hotel, where he will make his head- 1
quarters until he starts for the capi- ^
tol Friday morning. Vice President- ?
elect Coolidge and several members ;
jf the new cabinet already are on the
ground. The cabinet officers designat
ed here include Will H. Hays to be
postmaster general, Edwin Denby to
be secretary of the navy, John W.
Weeks to be secretary of war, and
Senator Fall to be secretary of the
Interior.
New Cabinet Members
Other prospective members of the
fnhinot arp exnActpd to arrive todav
cr early Friday. Most of them will
not actually take over direction of
the various government department}
to which they have been assigned un
til Saturday. Meantime some of them
are conferring with present cabinet
officers to familiarize themselves
with the work ahead of them.
Whether President Wilson is ac
tually to attend the inauguration of
Mr. Harding still remains to be de
termined. White House officials said
today the president was anxious to
follow all precedents and the con
gressional inaugural committee has
agreed to provide a chair for him on I
the east portico of the capitol. Other ]
guiests at the inauguration will stand !
during the ceremony and the delivery !
of Mr. Harding's speech.
It is defiritely settled Jhat Mr. Wil- I
son will be present at the inaugura
tion of Mr. Coolidge. He will ride
to the capitol with Mr. Harding but
will not accompany him back io the
White Hou*e as is the usual custom.
Instead he will go direct to his re
cently acquired home on S. street
where during the afternoon he will
eceive Democratic senate leaders
and other official friends.
WILLIAM E. HAGAN
.DIES IN GREENVILLE
William E. Hagan, aged 59 years,
died at his home 317 Manly street,
Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mr.
Hagan had been suffering with par
alysis for several months, and his
death was not unexpected. Although!
t will be learned with deep regret by
many friends. ? j
Mr. Hagan is survived by his wife'
and four sons, W. 0. Hagan of Bam-1
berg, and J. L. Hagan of Union;
Maxie Hagan also of Union and J. W,
Hagan of this city; three daughters,'
Mrs. Robert Kelbn of Atlanta, Mrs.
A. Berry of this city, and Miss Ola
Hagan also of Grgenville; one broth
ar, J. H. Hagan, Due West, S.-.C,
one sister, Mrs. J. M. Haddon of Don-'
aids, S. C
Mr Hag-an moved to Greenville
about seven years ago, from Abbe
v lie, and since that time he was a
inember of the W. 0. W. Cedar camp,
this city. Funeral services were held
Wednesday from Greenvale church
in Greenwood county, near Shoals
Junction. The funeral party left at
10 o'clock.?Greenville Piedmont.
TUMULTV DECLINES JOB
TENDERED HIM BY WILSON,
e
Washington, March 3.?Joseph P.
Tumulty, secretary to President Wil
son, announced today that he had de
clined appointment as a member of!
the Internationa] Joint commission.
He said it would not be fair to thei
?
president for h:rn to accept a post to i
which he would not be able to give!
"full time and consideration."
Mr. Tumulty said his declination
would not mean the reappointment
of Obadiah Gardner, of Maine, chair
man of v.he comnvssion, whose re
signation has been accepted by the
president.
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'ARTY PATRONAGE 1
MAY GO TO TOLBERT
Ninety-Six Man Apparently in Fav
or?Appointments Being
Considered (
Washington, March 3.?From de- j
relopmunts in' Washington today, it t
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ippears mat J. w. lomert 01 ixirwiy
5ix and not J. Dunear Adams of i
Spartanburg, will dispense federal 3
jatronage in South Carolina. Mr. 1
rolbert. was in Washington today and 1
vas received by Will H. Hays, chair
nan of the Republican national com- ,
nittee. Others of South Carolina on
ihe scene of the prospective melon
:utting were James Long of Union, |
Ben Mixson of Orangeburg and Sam
Leaphart of Lexington. It is said
that the former would be postmaster
and the latter marshal of the Western
district.
It is; understood that Ernest Coch
rane of Anderson is favored for fed
eral attorney of the Western dis- (
trict
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Paul Whitemen and Hi:
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Joseph C. Sml
The waltz is arranged from one
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"Let the Rest of the
Frank Ferera-Au
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"Dotty Dimples"?One-Step
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URS. WILSON REMOVES
HER $75,000 TAPESTRY
TO THEIR NEW HOME
Washington, March 3.?The $75,
>00 tapestry presented to Mrs. Wil
son, wife of the president, during the
3eace conference, will find a place in
;he new home of the Wilsons. Mra.
Wilson, it was learned today, has re
noved the tapestry from the east
mnm nf tlio WViito TTmisp where it
las been hanging since it was brought
:o the United States.
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World Go By"?Waltz
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