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Document Signed by Suj Council and Delivered Germans. Paris, Jan. 30.-The docu signed by the supreme council allies last night by which the i tior.s and disarmament dicisi< the allies will be conveyed ti many, was delivered today to C Bergmann, German under-sec of state, for the treasury ant of the German delegation in with a letter of transmittal n "confidential." The letter, wit notes on 'reparations and dis mont, totals 2,500 words. The letter of transmittal, wi dated January 29th reads: "Sir: The allied conference met in Paris from the 24th t 29th of January, 1921, has take following decisions: "1. As regards the disarms of Germans, the allied govern] have approved the conclusions f < lated in the note attached heret "2. As regards the question ( parations the allied governments unanimously approved the pro j formulated in that document, attached hereto. "The allied governments hav former occasions and again toda consenting to fresh delays in the ter of disarmament, had due re to the difficulties that surround German government in the execi of the obligations which have re ed from the treaty of Versa They have formed the hope that German government will not i the allies who confirm their prev decisions, under the necessity of visaging the grave situation w will be created if Germany per in failing to meet her obligation "Qualified delegates of the Gen government will be invited to a m ing in London at the end of Febri with delegates of the allied govi raents." The reparations note bears the 1 "an agreement between the al powers for the settlement of ceri questions relating to execution of treaty of Versailles." The note reads: "Article 1. For the purpose of ; isfying the obligations imposed U] her by Articles 231 and 232 of treaty of Versailles, Germany sh irrespective of the restriction she to make under Article 238 and of a other obligation under the trea pay : "1. Fixed annuities payable ha yearly in equal parts as follows: ( two annuities of 2,000,000,000 gi marks from May 1, 1921 to May 1923; (b) three annuities of 3,00 000,000 gold marks from May 1923 to May 1, 1926! (c) three a nuities of 4,000,000,000 gold mai from May 1, 1926 to Ma yl, 192 (d) three annuities of 5,000,00i 000 gold marks from May 1, 1929 May 1, 1932; (e) thirty-one anni ties of 6,000,000,000 gold mar from May 1, 1932 to May 1, 196 "2. Forty-two annuities runnii from May 1, 1921, equal in amou: to 12 per cent ad valorem of Gern? exports, payable in gold two mont] after the close of each half year. "In order to insure complete fu fillment of paragraph 2 above, Ge many will give to the reparation con minion every facility for verifyin * the amount of th" German exporl and for the establishment of the si pervision necessary for this purposi "Article .8-The German goverr menr will trasmit forthwith to the re parations commission notes to bearei payable at the dates specified in ar fjcle 1; paragraph 1, of the presen arrangement. The amount of thes notes shall be equivalent to each o the half-yearly sums payable un de: said paragraph. "Instructions shall be given to th< reparation commission with a view tc facilitating realization b ythe powers which so demand, the share to be at tributed to them in accordance witri the agreements in force between them. "Article 3-Germany shall be at liberty at any time to make payments in advance on account of the fixed portion of the sum owing. Advance Payments. "Advance payments shall be ap plied in the reduction of the fixed annuities provided for in the first paragraph of article 1. For this pur pose annuities shall be discounted at the rate of 8 per cent until May 1, 1923; 6 per cent from May 1, 1923 to May 1, 1925; 5 per cent from May 1, 1925. "Article 4-German shall not di rectly embark on any credit opera tion outside her own territory with out the approval of the reparation^ commission. This provision applies to the government of the German em pire, to the government of German states, to the German provincial and municipal authoritie s and to any companies ax undertakings under con ftrol of said governments or a ties. "Article 5-In pursuance o ele 24S of the treaty of Vei all the assets and revenues < empire and of the German shall be applicable to insure coi execution by Germany of thi visions of the present arranger "The proceeds of the G maritime and land customs, inc! in particular the proceeds of s port and export duties and o tax subsidiary thereto shall cons special security for the executi the present agreement. "The modification which mig minish the proceeds of the cu shall be made in the German cu laws or regulations without apt of the reparation commission. German customs receipts sha encashed on behalf of the Ge government by a receiver-genei German customs appointed by German government with the ap al of reparation commission. "In case Germany shall maki fault in any payment provided f the present arrangement "(1) All or part of the proceei the German customs in the hanc I the receiver-general of German Itoms may be attached by the rej tion commission and applied in n ing the obligations in respec which Germany has defaulted such case the reparation commis may, if it thinks necessary, itself dertake the administration and ceipt of the customs duties. "(2) The reparation commis also may formally invite the I man government to proceed to s increase of duties or to take s steps for the purpose of increasinj resources as the commission j think necessary." Masons to Gather For 1 ' Reunion. Ancient and Accepted Scottish I Masons have completed all arrar ments for the winter reunion of ordinate bodies to be" held in Cob bia next Monday, Tuesday and W r.esday. The occasion will be m? memorable by the attendance of < tinguished Masons from Texas i Tennessee. The class director ha? list of 189 candidates who are eli ble to take degrees during the session. The guests of the winter union will be George Fleming Mo< of Charleston, grand commandi Charles C. Homer, Jr., inspector g< eral of Maryland; Hyman W. W cover, inspector general of Georj and South Carolina, and other 33 degree Masons from Texas and T? nessee. The winter reunion will open ne Monday morning at 9 o'clock wh< candidates will report to M. H. Bo' en, class director. The ceremoni sesions will begin at 10 a. m., ai various- teams 'will confer degre from the fourth to the 32nd incl sive. Candidate from outside of C lumbia are asked to notify Claud I Campbell, secretary and he will a range hotel accomodations. The fo lowing compose the officers, execi tive board, orchestra and choir: J. L. Jones, venerable master; C C. Fishburne, senior warden ; Ira I Nates, junior warden; 0. Fran Hart, orator; J. C. Gasque, almonei C. C. Campbell, secretary; J. K Fowles, treasurer; J. R. Van Metre expert; J. H. Smith, assistant e> pert; George H. King, master of cere monies; H. S. Macglashan, captai: of host; R. S. Marks, tiler; M. H Bowen, class director and C. C. Cam] bell, director of work. Executive board: W. S. Brown master of kadosh; O. F. Hart, com mander; C. A. Miller, wise master J. L. Jones, venerable master; C. G Fishburne, senior warden; Ira B Nates, junior warden ; Legare Ingles by and H. S. Macglashan, elected members; C. C. Campbell, general secretary. Orchestra: John B. Rodgers, T. W. Hornsby, Joe L. Denny and Guy H. White. Choir: John Prioleau, P. V. Mikell, J. W. Spence and M. F. Austin. Degrees to be conferred on Mon day include secret master, perfect master, confidential secretary, pro vost and judge, intendent of the buliding, elu of the nine, elu of the 15, elu of the 12, grand master ar chitect, royal arch of Solomon, per fect elu, knight of the east and west. The first day of the reunion will be consumed in conferring degrees from the fourth to the 17th inclusive. Beginning at 9:30 a. m. Tuesday, the teams will confer degrees from the 18th to the 20th inclusive. Ban quets are scheduled for 6 p. m. on -Monday and Wednesday. The re union will close on Wednesday after the 32nd degree is conferred.-The State. Tho Pills That Oo Cure. CMC ORDINANCE IN JAPAft All Houses Have Tablet Telling Name of the Responsible Dweller ! . Within the Walls. In Japan you can learn a good many things about the resident of a house merely by looking at his door. Ac cording to police regulations, says a writer In Chambers' Journal the en trance to every residence must have a small wooden tablet affixed to it. This tablet has the name and the number of the house on it, and on another niblet is the name of the responsible house holder, who in many cases is an in fant, a younger brother of a relative. Sometimes, though rarely, the names of other inmates are placed ove;1 the door, but there is no police regulation that requires it, except in the case of boarding houses, which have to place their boarders' names outside for all to see. A person fortunate enough to possess a telephone always has the number proudly displayed over his en trance. Near it you will often see a quaint enameled or tin disk. That is the fire insurance mark, livery fire insurance company has its own special metal plate, which it nails to the lintel when it insures a house. There are always several small pieces of paper pasted over the door, placed there by the police. One is to certify that the periodical oshoji, or great cleaning, has taken place. An other paper tells us, perhaps, that the sanitary conditions are satisfactory. What others stand for is known only to the police themselves; that they give secret information about the in mates is certain. Formerly It was the ru'e that, If there was a well upon the premises, the fact had to be proclaimed by a square board marked with the charac ter for well-I<?o. This was to show where people could obtain water in case of fire in the neighborhood. The regulation may still be in force in country places, but owing to water now being piped, lt is no longer enforced in the cities. -* HELPED PAY AMERICA'S DEBT How Mrs. Monroe Was instrumental In Saving the Life of Madame Lafayette. An interesting sidelight on history lies in the story of how the wife of James Monroe, fifth President, saved the life of Mudame Lafayette at the time Monroe was American ambassa dor to France. ? Lafayette himself was in prison in Germany, and kept in ? foul dungeon. Mme. Lafayette had been seized by the Revolutionists, and was confined in the prison of La Force, and a date had'been set for her execu tion. Tlie Monroes were very much alive to the great debt America owed the young aristocrat, and Mrs. Monroe determined to flo what she could. She ordered the state coach of the embassy, with its flaring coat of arms, to deliver her to the doors of the prison of La Force, and once there,' calmly requested an Interview with the unfortunate prisoner. An interview with a person sentenced to the knife, was unheard of, but the dawning power of the United States was such that the officials dared not refuse the request of the ambassador's wife. A few words were exchanged between the women, and Mrs. Monroe drove away. The next morning she was liberated, the French Revolutionists fearing to execute her, and desiring thus to secure the friendly attention of the new nation. It was a daring thjng to do, for the results might have been disastrous and all sorts of in ternational complications might have arisen. Oysters Have Many Enemies. Between the planting and the har vestman interval of from two to five years, the oyster culturist assumes many hazards. On the New England coast, after all his material is down, the fickle "set" may not appear, pos sibly because at the critical time some weather disturbance may have killed tlie baby oysters while they were yet swimming near the surface. In the Gulf of- Mexico the "set" may be so heavy that there ls scant room for the oysters to grow, and many die, while' those that are left are half starved and misshapen from crowding. Even when the little oysters or "spat." have attuched themselves in favorable num bers, their perils have just begun.. They are never safe from other ene mies until they fall into tlie hands of their arch foes. When the Ships Come In. In Hawaii, the Philippines and Cuba one of the chief topics of Interest to the Islanders Is tlie arrival and de parture of steamers. Newspapers de vote whole pages to these boat move ments, to lists of the passengers, interviews with notables on board and stories of tlie voyage by members of the officers' staffs and crews. In fact the arrival of the evening train In a mainland country town holds no more interest for the residents than^the maritime news has for the people of Honolulu, Manila and Havana. The Cuban capital has a new object of Interest in this regard in the lately instituted dally air serv ice between that city and Key West. The planes are of the United States navy scout type, each carrying eight passengers. Does as He's Told. "There's one thing I'll say for him.n "What's that?" "He has the courage of his convic tions once his wife bas made up big mind for him." Hastings Seeds 1921 Catalog Free It's ready now. 116 handsomely il lustrated pages of worth-while seed and garden news. This new catalog, we believe, is the most valuable seed |v book ever published. It contains twenty full pages of the most popular vegetables and flowers in their natu ral colors, the finest work of its kind ever attempted. With our photographic illustrations, and color pictures also from photo graphs, we show you just what you grow with Hastings' Seeds even be fore you order the seeds. This cata log makes garden and flower bed planning easy and it should be in ev ery single Southern home. Write us a post-card for it, giving your name and address. It will come to you by return mail and you will be mighty glad you've got it. Hastings' Seeds are the Standard of the South and they have the larg est mail order seed house in the world back of them. They've got to be the best. Write now for the 1921 cata log. It is absolutely free. H. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN, ATLANTA, GA. Abbeville-Greenwood Mu tual Insurance Asso ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $8,875,360 WRITE OR CALL on the andu lignied for any information yon ma; desire about our plan of insurance i We insure your property again* destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT . ; NING - and do io cheaper than any Com pnny in existence. Remember, we are prepared tc prove to you that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of insuranc? 'chown. Our Association is new licensee t, write Insurance in the co un tie: of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor mick, Edgefield, Laurens Saluda, Richland, Lexington, Calhoun and Spartanburg. The officers are: Gen. J. Frasei Lyon, President, Columbia S. C.. J. R. Blake. Gen. Agent, Secty. and Treas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A. 0. Grant, Mt Carmel, 8. C. J. M. Gumbrell, Abbeville, S. G. J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C. A. W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. J. Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. C. W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S .C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, GEN. AGT. Greenwood, S. C. January 1, 1920. Auditor's Notice. All persons owning property of any kind whatsoever, or in any ca pacity, as husband, guardian, execu tor, administrator or trustees are re quired to make returns of the same to the Auditor under oath within the time mentioned below and the Audi tor is required by law to add a penal ty of 50 per cent, to all property that it not returned on or before the 20th day of February in any year. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years except those ex empt by law are deemed taxable polls. The 50 per cent, penalty will be added for failure to make re turns. The office will be open to receive return's from first day of January till the 20th day of February, 1921, as prescribed by law. J. R. TIMMERMAN, Auditor, E. C., S. C FOR^?LK NO. 1 Ten-room dwelling with tia roof, almost new, within a short w?lk of post office. Completed with mod ern conveniences, electric lights, etc. Has garden, also corn and potato land at premises. All out buildings. NO. 2. Twenty-one (21) acre farm with seven-room, modern. dwelling with electric lights, and all out build ings. Has plenty of wood, pasture with water and 18 acres will make a bale of cotton to the acre. Conve nient to High School. Partly in the town of Edgefield. E. J. NORRIS. now To Give Quinine To Children. PEBRILINK is the trade-mark name giver tc an improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it sud never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate not cuise nervousness nor ringing in the bead. Try ? the .Text time you need Quinine for any pur pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The \rnne FEBBILINE is blown in bettle? 25 cento MPH Ell'? IS THE ONLY We Can Give You Prompt Service on Mill Work- and Interior Finish Large stock of Rough and Dressed Lumber on hand for Immediate Delivery. Woodward Lumber Co. QUALITY-SERVICE Corner Roberts and Dugas Sts., Augusta, Ga, Consult Your Own Interest by Consulting Us When Buying Metal or Composition Roofing Mantels, Tile, Grates Trim Hardware Wall Board Etc. Yo?ngblood Roofing and Mantel Company 635 Broad St. Telphone 16?7 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. Capital and Surplus Profits Total Resources Over - - - $190,000.00 - $800,000.00 SAFETY AND SERVICE IS WHAT WE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC Open vour account with us for the year 1920. Invest your savings in one of our Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit. Lock boxes for" rent in which to keep your valuable pa pers, etc. All business matters referred to us pleasantly and carefully handled. . We Solicit Your Business. THAT COUNTS Coorriiht 1909, br C. E. Zimmerman Co. -No. 6<> EVERY DOLLAR that you spend foolishly, every proportion ate amount of money that you earn that it would be possible to save and do not, is only money that you have to work for again. 3n the other hand every dollar you put in the bank is money that is going to constantly work for you. Which is the best; money always working for you, or you always working for /our money. Come in and start that bank account. Don't put it )ff another day. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS: J. C. Sheppard, President; A. S. Tompkins, vice-President; 3. J. Mims, Cashier; J. H. Allen, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, il. C. Parker, A. S. Tompkins, J. G. Holland, E. J. Mims, J. H. Allen.