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"Nothing But the Troth," widely-] path Chautauqua. The plot of this g Inspires one constant gale of merrimei PLACED AT TWELVE STATE DISTRICTS "? Columbia, April 1.?The state of South Carolina is to be districted by the state warehouse commission and a cotton grader put into each' dis trict, for the purpose of guarantee ing standard grades to the farmers of the state, carrying' out the provis ions of the recent legislature, which appropriated" =$21,000 for financing the plan. The plans for thj? district ing are being worked out now at the state warehouse offices m- Colum bia, according to J. C. Riyers, sta%^ warehouse commissioner, who stated today that he "vfrould have the plan in operation f Jfty next fall. " Mr: Rivers states that the state ?jj- j _*_ j 1? Will He uiviucu inw iwcivc district, depending on its cotton ^rodueion. Mr. Rivers has secured most of the cotton graders already* There will be a grader for each dis trict and the grader will iiave head quarters at the center11 of the dis trict. Jie will have charge of the state warehouses in his district, in addition to his work as grader of the* cotton stored in these warehouses. Tfiere will be on charge for the grading. The district grader will be tnfe cotton in his district and thus will be guaranteed to the farmers a (Ttgfee of protection for his cotton. Each grader will also be warehouse inspector for his district. In addition to the plans for this districting 'of the state and the em ployment of graders, the warehouse commission is working out plans for storage of other pterishable farm products besides cotton. The recent "legislature authorized the state 4 warehouses to store products other than cotton, and the' commission is * obeying these instructions and will have ihem in operation within a few months, according to Mr. Rivers. . . .' The commission is arranging with insurance companies for the insur ance on the stored products. This is the most important detail of the .plans and Mr. Rivers states that he is meeting with success v along this line. Some of the most important in surance men of the state are work ing out the schedule of Tates. . i Get Out 1 / - A UI ???????? . ? ; Look behind the doc ..... some other corner ? last summer low sho< ?'nuf sed.' UJNIU5 SHOE 1 . V ruth," Sparkling Come ' * I . # ' t - known comedy success, will be one of th reat American play Is so full of amusln it from first, to last a : ANOTHER MURDER IN SPARTANBURG I ??? Body of Glenn Foiter Found In ( Stream?Being Investigated. Spartanburg, April 1.?The find ing of the body of Glenn Poster ear ly today ,a half mile above the spot where Guy McDowell was found 1 shot to death on the previous day, < revealed a double murder, which 1 must have taken place some time i last Tuesday afternoon. The dead ( O * men were both public^car drivers, i married, and widely connected in 1 this section of the state. The scene 1 of the tragedy is a small branch two . miles west of the city and bordering the Camp Wadsworth reservation. ] Foster, whose body was found this < morning by searchers, had been shot j i twice and his body had fallen in the i I . J [stream.- .. The Coronor's jury investigating j the case tonight found that he came < to his death at the hands of partiefe 'unknown, but recommended that T. 1 E. Lanford, who is now in jail in y connection with the murder of Guy 1 McDowell, f be held in the , Foster < case, pending further investigation. < Lanford was seen with the men and : is believed to have accompanied i them to the section of the' country i where their bodies were found. At < the inquest over' McDowell's body, 1 he refused to festify. He is the son of the owner of the land on which the bodie were found and was until < recently an engineer op the Sou thern railway. WESTERN ELECTRIC CUT Chicago,N April 1.?Wage cuts of about 5 per. cent affecting 25,000 persons will be put into effect Mon day by the Western Electric Com pany it was announced today. The cut also will either abolish or redilce by 50 per cent the surplus war waged weekly bonus. * To further her appeal to the voters a woman campaigning a Democratic candidate for state auditor of Massa chusetts spent $25 for candy, ac cording to her expense account. The Old les >r, in the closet on in tnd gather up your es. Bring them to us CALES' SHOP . ' 1 dy, at Chautauqua I e notable features of the coining Red g complications and surprises that It \ ? 'BIG FOUR" HEADS - ASKED TO CONFER Owner* of Railroad Securities Ex tend Invitation To Meet in New York, March 31.?In an effort to hasten a settlement of the labor difficulties between the railroads and :heir employees, the executive com mittee of the National Association , of Owners o^ Railroad Securities, meet ing here today, invited the heads of the "big four" railroad brotherhoods ;o attend a conference in New York A.pril 4 to discuss the situation. A special committee of 25 mem bers, repr?sentatives of the various sections of the country, also was ap pointed and will enleavor to be help ful, a statement said, "in assisting ;o relieve the immediate situation and later, generally helpful in such directions as may appear esesntial." Reviewing general railroad prob lems, the committee's statement de :laredv that the present dispropor tionate relation between operating losts and revenue and between pres ent railroad rates and fares ayd the revenute derived therefrom must, if j not relieved, result in consequences of j n serious concern, not alone to owners of railroal securities but to shippers to the workers on the roads and to the country." < p . Asserting that the National Asso- v ciation of Owners of Railroad Securi- s ties represents in membership nearly' S $12,000,000,000 of railroad securities " a large proportion of which are v bonds the statement added: "Many millions of our citizens de- t pendent upon the stability of thelse r investments, have no conclusive . means to speak,other than through t this association which in the past has i: rendered valuable service. Because of these and other circumstances we i; are prompted faction. a "An immediate and partial remedy seems to He in an adjustment of re- f lations between the railroads and i: their employees. The hearings be- j fore the United States railroad labor r % board at Chicago do not evidence an early settlement of present diffi- v culties." In its letter to the brother chiefs, d the committee said the railroads "are d not producing net earnings as a whole y sufficient to meet their fixed charges a by millions of dollars." "One weakness in the present sit- t uation,' said S. Davies Warfield, " president of the association, 'is lack I of coordination between the two gov- p a._1 l- - J.' _ _ il..i J--1 ti-l* x. ernmentai ooaies uiat ueai wim wie railroads; one adjusts rates and the ather wages. There should be coor iination between the interstate com merce commission, the rate making oody, and the United States railroad labor board at Chicago. One govern- IV nent body sitting in Washington can not be expected to successfully ad just rates and fares to meet the ex penses incident to railroad operation b while another sitting in Chicago at-in iemp?s to adjust' wages, the largest h ind most important of all railway jperating expenditures, which can >nly be met by rates the commission ilone is required to establish." An ostrich egg has sufficed for an omelet for thirty persons. The os trich egg has less protein and more fat than meat, and its useful consti ;uents include iron and phosphorous. N rhe flavor and food value are about fl jqual to those of the domestic hen. c< ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO HE1LP COTTON FARMERS Washington, April 2.?Plans to elp the south move its surplus. of otton are toeing formulated by the 'resident, the secretary of the treas ry, and the war finance 'board. The latter was discussed at the cabinet leeting with a view of reaching an greerrtent on the most practical and rorkable scheme to get prompt re lilts. / It has been ascertained that there > an' actual demand for American rown cotton in <Germny, France, taly, and the smaller nations but tie quesion of credit must be solved efore it can be satisfied. President Harding and his official amily went over the -whol? situa ion. It was agreed at the cabinet ses ion that aid can be giyen the cotton roducers by the putting into effect f some plan for long time credit for oreign buyers to enable' them to ake the cotton now. Under the di-. ection of Angus Wilton MgLean, 'ho is a producer, and a heavy loser y the slump in cotton, the war fi ance corporation is working out a rogram that should help the farmer ell his stock on hand and encourage im to put in ? crop this year. Some efinite proposition is expected runra uie next iew aays. . Cotton farmers arc badly depress d. They have no heart to go ahead rith a new crop while it is ^almost npossrble to get rid of s what they lready have. Reports received by the depart lent of agriculture > from many tatoa show that the fanners are off red all the labor they can use at reatly reduced wages. The contrast rith the conditions that prevailed his time last year is very marked, few York, New Jersey and the New England spates report that farm ands are mych easier to get and the rages required are reduced. A simi ir state of affairs exists throughout fie nation. Agents of the department have in estigated in -etery state of the Inion and made reports to Wash ngton within the last 30 days. The outh, Where cotton is king, and to acco a large crop, the number of iborers offering is far in excess of he demand and wages have dropped o the pre-war levels in some com luniities. Here are some of the reports as hey came in: " Alabama?"Labor supply is more ilenfciful, and less expensive." Dela ware, Arkansas and Arizona make imilar reports. North Carolina, iouth Carolina, Georgia and Florida 'plentiful and. at greatly reduced irages." Illinois?"Farm labor*, is plentiful mt is still asking more than the far tiers are willing to pay." Maryland?"The supply is equal 0 the demand, and the wage asked s 30 per cent less than a year ago." From Indiana, Kansas and Louis anna, the reports are: "Supply unple, and wages reduced." Michigan?"Wages higher than armers feel able to pay, but supply s plentifully large." Montana, "sup ty ample, demand light, and wages educed." New England, reports reduction srages 20 per cent and more. The south is finding labor abun lant. Many farmers would like to Irop out of the game altogether this ear, hire no labor, buy no fertilizer nd plant no seed." , Reports from all parts of'the cot on belt indicate an inclination to rest a year." However, if Mr.' Mc Lean and his associates devise a lan by which cotton hungry coun ries can get a supply, and pay for it rhen they have more money, then tie price of the king will rise and he planter., go forward with his rork. 1ILLEDGEV1LLE GA., LOSES n? a nic tCTDAIIC trior DM /\ I/U/tu 1 Ivvwu a ii%m Milledgeville, Ga., Apr. 1.?Three uildings in the heart of the busi ess district were destroyed by fire ere early today at a loss of ap roximately $200,000. The fire ori inated in a three story building, 'hich was one of those burning to le ground. Two of the buildings rere occupied by the A. J. Carr Co., wholesale grocers, who suffered amage of approximately $100,000. 'he loss of the company Is covered y insurance. The Milledgeville tews office caught fire,? but the lames were checked before they jmpletely destroyed the structure. GERMANY FACES LONG HARD ROAD Washington,' April 1.?Rumors via London of conversation between Germany and the United States as to reparation payments brought an i authoriative statement from ad- i ministration official today that the ] attitude of the United States toward Germany is that she must accept?her j responsibility for the war and pay lier obligations to the fullest extent she is able. The London advices from Berlin.1 said it was understood Germany had made certain proposals to the Unitecf States regarding reparation pay ments including a suggestion ' that she assume liability for part of the debts' of allied powers to the United States. There was no confirmation of the receipt of any such proposal although^Commissioner Dressel at Berlin has reported on conversation with German ..officials in which the reparations question catoe up. The nature of these conversations was not disclosed. 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Berlin, April 1.?The suggeSG?fc that the United States become %: creditor of Germany by accepting German bonds in lieu of the deVtE the entente powers' oWlhe TmiteJ States is popular with "the Germans; who have proposed it several times before the recent overtures., It is regarded as unlikely in Ber lin official circles that the Uutet States will seriously consider sracfc s , proposition until the entente, an nounces positively the total repam tions claims it will attempt tfc colledt . v from Germany. This should b& d?K May 1, according to the' VersiuBa % treaty. After this sum Is announce* the; financial experts -will be able ftf judge Germany's ability t6 pay.1 - . itoes e ' :_l__ ;e Cream, Drinks OC CENTS k-jpound e * A T H CTIONS 1 1 JDING 11 kite Hussars ALE CHORUS t The Truth" , erican Comedy Singer=Players cert Company Swiss Yodlers , Entertainer BAfcGELT Cartoonist T" PROGRAM m Timely Themes A. A WS V j hautauqua I April 23=28 :M=. 52.50 Plus Tax K I1HBIHEH1IHBS.8H8 IS