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; - - %' .. ? % / _i__lum?? i ? ? ?? ?mm* in ibiw iibh ? ? ? ?? VOLUME LVIIi, NUMBER 101. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1922. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAR , PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY Prosperity, Dec. 20.?Tuesday, the? 0 city fathers were elected for the e?i^ suing year as follows: Intendan:?T. A. Dominick. Wardens?W. P. B. Harmon, John A. Sease, H. P. Wicker and A. X. Crcsson. Commissioner of public works? Dr. J. wnee;er. The Prosperity high school closed Monday afiernoon as a precaution against the spread of influenza. There are several cases in town but it has not yet reached an epidemic stagre. There wfll be a box party given Saturday night at 7:30 at Mt. Pilgrim school. The public is cordially 1 invited. TOLBERT GOES TO WASHINGTON Republican, Leader ir. Soiith Carolina Accents Invitation to Give Testimony Hugh W. Roberts in The State. Washington, Dec.-19.?Joseph W., Tolbert, Republican national committeeman' from South Carolina and presidential appointee as marshal of 'the Western district'of South Carolina. has accepted an invitation ex tended by a subcommittee of the judiciary committee of the senate to appear before it a7id answer charges filed against him by Senator N. 6. Dial and others. Former invitations extended by the v subcommfctee in other sessions of this coneress were not acceDtea bv Tol *. bert. ' The hearing tomorrow is expected , to be of a sensational character, inasmuch as Tolbert will be asked regarding the charges that he aided and abetced alleged sale of federal patronage in South Carolina and was tried and convicted of an alleged of- j feni?c in a court of the state. Senator Dial stated tonight that he would appear /at the hearing and -would take advantage of an opportunity to cross-examine Tolbert. The 'eiiVioni?T?lf+fio ie pnmrvncorl nf Sona. oavvvutiliiwwv^ ic vviii)l>v>jvu V a. s/v*?h? tors Brandagee and Colt, Republicans ,and Overman, democrat. Mi ' ; TOLBERT APPEARS 1 BEFORE COMMITTEE Washington, Dec. 20.?Keirincrs in . -" the contest over the nomination of V. W TaI rinr*- 4?oniihHf!in t>?> tfUOCyU * f . VI AVV|/MV44VM*. - ? tionai committeemr.n f^r South Carolina to be United States marshal for the western South Carolina district, were begun today by a senate judiciary subcommittee, consisting: of the Senators Brandegee, Republican, Connecticut; Colt, Republican, Rhode Island, and .Overman, Democrat, :\ortn Laronna. %\ , Senator Dial, Democrat, South Cn-. rolina, who is "fighting Mr. Tolbert's , confirmation, opened the hearings, held behind closed doors, with a statement detailing his opposition. Mr. Tolbert appeared ih his own , behalf accompanied by a few f!rie.nds . from South Carolina. That a majority of South Carolin . ians were greatly opposed to Mr. Tolbert acting as ni&rsha! was said to have been 'assented by Senator Dialr who contended th/it Mr. To!bcrt\s experience did'nov n't* hirr. for the of* fice. Mr. Tolbefi iltso was said to be regarded as thfc "Republican "boss" and was charged wfth having soid patronage. Tiie question or aacgca "sa.e 01 patronage was taken up by the subcommittee in connection with Post master recommendations made by Mr. Tolbert as national commit.ee man. Witnesses summoned at the request of Senator ??>ai reif.tea circumstances alleged to support charges that financial offers for Mr | Tolbert's influence were made. Hundreds of testimonials support ing 3Ir. Tolbert were presented to th*? committee. There were said to have , been given by numerous democrats, as well as republicans. ' A good executive is one who make? ' you think he could do all the work if he wanted to. i You can never tell how well educated a man is by the letters his stenographer writes. Greece sets out to capture Turkey j and is now eating crow. | . o {< <& # <t- <s> i # . s> i j $ FARMERS' COLUMN ? j 9 <j> i , <s> <& ^ ^ '?' <t> *' ^ -V * v By T. M. Mills, County Agent and 1 j Chairman Agricultural Committee ! Chamber of Commerce, j ?? j ! Calcium Arsenate Tests Completed J i TTnHfv rhp direction of the exten-\ sion division of the Georgia State j .College of Agriculture, 164 demon-j strations in the use of calcium arsen-i i ate in controlling tne boil weevil were; 1 .carried out according to directions,' 1 .this year. * j1 ( In these tests every common vari- J ! ety of cotton was planted, but the i' majority of farmers planted Cleve-1 '.land Big Boll and College No. 1. The ' .soils and practically every type was 1 found in the demonstrations. < Most of the plots were planted in p .April but some were planted a> late j] ,as May 15. The majority of farmers I' .used 300 pounds of 9-3-3 fertilizer! per acre. Dusting with calcium ar-j; ,senate was begun when the squares;J .were beginning to form. All types of |.dusting machines were used. J1 Twenty-five to forty pounds of cal-; cium arsenate were" used per acre dar- j jng the tests, applied at intervals of ' 4 to 10 days as weather permitted." The majority cf tests show an in-1' .crease of about 75 per cent from the ! use of calcium arsenate. A few show j( .more. Only five farms showed less j .than 50 per cent increase and 3 re- \' .ported no gain. Only ? farms re-!1 /ported a yield of less than one-half j' hale Dpr acre and some reported as \v ,high as one and one-half bales perj? /icre. The majority report yields of j ^ 750 and 1,000 pounds seed cotton per j-1 .scre. It i$ the unanimous opinion of J* the farmers making these tests th~t;s .cotton can be raised successfully if j1 .calcium arsenate is used according :o jc .instructions sent chi -by the govern- j ment.?The Southern Cultivator. r t Remedy for Cow and Stomach Worms :C For 1 year oid yearling q;ive one !" . ! g pint of one per cent creosote. For a 1 " y wnlura r?r?vv rJnnhlc the dnsp. The! .Southern Cultivator. I t Some Farmers Who Are Succceding c Regardless of Ihe Boll Weevil jc Mr. L. C. Boozer, a small farmer of: the Smyrna section of Newberry; county, is one of the many farmers * ,of the county who has not surrender- i I ,eri to the boll weevil. Mr. Boozer on-j* Jy planted 18 acres to cotton this,5 .year, fertilized it moderately well.! , .and although he had an extremely. .wet season in his section of the conn-,. ?y and could not have produced any.thing like a full crop if there had been no boll weevil, he gathered five bales of cotton from the 18 acres. "" ,This does not sound very encouraging: u ,but the half has not oeen told. * He grows all his meat, bread and T vegetable^ at home and some to sell. ,Ke grows all the feed for his mules. ,?hii;kens and practically all for his " 5 ,?o\vs oh the home farm: Ke is milk- ; :ng. a- few extra cows and selling the surplus cream and milk to the Newberry creamery. The skim milk goes ,v to the poultry yard and pig pen; the, ,?xtra manure-thus produced goes to . j wm'I my v> r\ m -1 lr n l Al?II 1 , Itfip CIU1CI1 CMC UliU 111 ulVv . I. , . .productive. Kis cash from the above - r source has amounted to more than?v $700.00 this year. And along; comes ' .Mrs. Boozer and sells off of the same;' little farm during the year more ihf.n' ^ ,$200.00 worth of chickens and e<r?;s. j" .To mention these things to show that' .Mr. Boozer is really practicing diver-.'1 fSifled farming, he and family Uoir.r ,their own work r.nd living a. home i.from the proceeds of his farm*. He ^ .represents a type of farming that J will succeed in spite of the boll wee- j i 1 * ' viL j I Mr. T. A. Shealy. of the Pom aria 11 section, is also a diversified farmer.> .Besides growing: sufficient feeds,;-: foods, .etc.. at home he planted this I year about 7 acres to cotton. He fer- \i .tilized this fairly well, worked it well ' and gathered .3 bales from 7 acres. 1 This is not a remarkable yield all .but shows that cotton can still be ' = produced. This section was-not vis-! < it eel by such heavy rainfall as some .oiher sections were and all the far- ] ,me:s produced fairly <roed yields. < many of tht'm making: from one half ! to three fourths bale per acre. Some :sed poison, the majority did not. .? f The horicultuiv division of th?' ! CHRISTMAS EXERCISES L" THE RED KNOLL SCHOOL 1 i There will be Christmas exercises and tree at rhe Red Knoll school oa Friday evening, December 22, exer-j cises to begin promptly :it seven ' o'clock. The public is invited to at-1 tend. OBSERVE DECEMBER 24 j' "WORLD PEACE SUNDAY" i Washington, Dec. 19.?The federal i council of churches of Christ in Am- erica today issued a request to 100.- ' 000 congregations in the United 1 States to observe December 24, as "world peace Sunday," to demand * thai the governments of the world < find ways :o settle their disputes oth i * 'in ?. i er inan.oy war. ine message aiso asK- 1 &d that the churches act in concert 5 throughout the year to\Vard attainment of a v.ariess world through in- ^ :ernational cooperation. Christians !r. 27 countries will observe "world peace Sunday" it was added, under r an agreement!, readied last summer + att Copenhagen by the conference of . :he world alliance for international <i friendship through the churches. Community Christmas Service The Coming of the Prince of Peace ^ -\ a nativity play, will be rendered at * ;he Lutheran Churph of the Redeem- " ?r on Sunday evening at six o'clock. " Combining the features of the can-. u:a and the pageant, angels, chiliren. shepherds and wise men in cos- ^ ume unite ir. storv. and aciora- 11 r ion around the man-rer of the Chrisrrhiid. A pilgrim recites the prophe ies of the coming of the Messiah and 1 oins in the worship of the new born 11 ?ing. An anthem appropriate to the cason will also be rendered. The ^ >ther churches of the city have unit- ,c ;d in making this a community Christmas service. The offering will )e turned over to tlvj relief commitc. ee for such cases of need as may oc- a ur during: the winter. It is honed ^ hat such funds may be received that ^ pedal appeals for money will be unlecessary. ? Henry Ford urges people to spend 'heir money freely. Sure, if they will or lo that the rest of us can accumulate ? ome of it. - 1 , ? Don't raise heck with your husband * or telling another woman that she is 3 >eautiful. Perhaps the other worn- v in7* husband v.ill say as much lor you v iOjjie day. b i: 0 I jcovgia Experiment station is carry?, ng on some experiments trying to < hid or produce a pear that is im- t nunc to blight.. A large pear tree fj vas found on the farm of Mrs. B. N. t iltuckey near Nesmith, S. C., that c :cemed to "-be immune to pear blight. ~ fhis tree measures 9 feet in circum- )) ,'erence one foot above the ground 0 tiiu has a record of producing more 0 han 50 bushels .pears in a single sea- 0 viVi Knt rK-of rh?v?r.\6?rist!0 is that . VU VWl . VO -v -i. V- V i ! t seems to be practically hnmune to! ;Iight. The; young trees grown for! xperimentf1 purposes at the Georgia * tacion were grown from scions taken ^ rom this parent tree in South Caro- a ina. The experiments were started " n 1910 and the young trees, like the >arent, aru practically immune to r; )light.v The fruit is classed along * vith 7 the Leconte and Gar'oer. This :i seai has bee:: called ''The Pineapple c 'ear.''?Southern Cultivator. | The above is very interesting read- * f n? t;> those who are unable to frow v >e;rs on account of blight killing the *. rees. I hope to secure some of the * nun? trees aiid try them out back 1: their native stale. South Carolina.' s Ooiotan Soy Beans Mr. H. H. Abrams, one of Xov.ber- 1 P y > rr.o?t up to date an:! progressive 'ar.ners, reoorrs 4(5 bushels Ootatan ' . , y - 1 f soy oeans tnre^/ied from > acres and oms left in the field. He also re- 1 )o;ts about '! tons of srood hay left ifter the threshing. These beans verc planted in stubble vrith very N itrle fertilizer. ; * The Oototan is a new variety of v ;nv bpan that is heincr inirndue ?d in Newberry county. It producer l very fine legu.ne hay and ranks , iiigh as a soil builder. Where a good y :*rop ha.- beer, ruined under you need aot uy r. it rate of soda for the fol- ^ owing crop. Mr. Abrair.^ will be j ilad to tell any one. who i< interest-'.. \i, of his experience in growing the i">enn<. ( i VICE PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ! IN CHARLESTON j Early Aventurcs of Pilgrims Reviewed and Their Zeal for J Education Charleston, Dec*. 19.?Calvin C;>oI-j ivice president of the Unitc-:1 States, left tonight for Pennsylvania liter a:.ending the 103rd anniversarv ^ t )i the Xew England society, of which ie was the principal speaker, dwellniv on New England's features. W. D.; Melton, president of the University. )f South Carolina, Rear Admirai Al-; jert P. Xiblack, commandant of the lavy yard and of the Sixth naval dis-, :rict, and Walter B. Wilbur of the, Charleston bar were other speakers: it the dinner, the Rev. William Way. J X D., president of the New England ; ;oc:ety? presiding:. Vice President Coolidge arrived! .'arly inis morning and breakfasted ! it the residence of Mr. and Mrs. War-1 ng V. Carrington on South Battery, j n the forenoon he briefly addressed i "P'? rsi-y 14- tr nn/l /> f f ! ::VT iaiuiiv ai:u couutnuo ui v.ui j eg? of Charleston and the boys and rirls of the Charleston Orphan house, j ie was informally entertained at the j tome of Edward W. Hughes before! roins: on a harbor trip with Admiral j i s'iblack and others. In the early af-: err.oon the vice president was Ad-j tiiral Xi black is guest at luncheon, j "Man With Big Heart" The vice president was introduced j flio T?q?. Williom tVav D D nrri^. ! V w"c - : j clcnt of the New England ~ociety of(j Charleston, as "a man wit., a heart ig enough to discern the entire naion and a man big enough to discern! Ls best interests." this being the Ian-'. 0 i ; uage used in introducing Daniel j( Vebstcr to a like audience in this J + itv 75 years ago. i, ! Mr. Cooiidge's spcech was an er.lo- j1 y of New England principles' and 1 rh'pvompnts. He reviewed the early ( I dventures of the Pilgrims. described! he part they had in bringing about * emccratic government, told of their; eal for education and dwelt at length iA pon the effect which their work and j( ieals had exerted upon the history j * f America and the course of free' ! r overnment. f "These men,!' the vice president 1 eclared, "were working in all that I hey did toward equality of freedom nd religion "and government. They * rere undertaking to set up those j* rinciples of life and of action that)1 ave resulted in self government and j1 c-AVAv^uyntv nf I .1 ci. i v/i. tlit w*. he people." j The development of the character- j stic institutions of New England was; ' y raced by Mr. Coolidge step by step,i rst religion, then education,, then I he humanities, then industry and i Ommerce, then philanthropy, Pie de- / lared that the New Englanders had een pioneers always, called the roll! f her great sons to prove this in iirst |4 ' ' * * J - 1 -.1 I * no Tieia oi er.aeavor aim ,k;ien <in- j ^ ther.. Old Spirit Goes On !' ''The old spirit," he declared, ":s(J til! going on, still making its contri-if ^ '?.v. ?i.i ' anon 10 tut? wtJiiuit* m tiic \> jiiu rul still in existence in those six lit- j le urates?states not irreat in terri-Ji ory but great in the -influence they ? ave wielded, and in the institutions c hey have established great beyond nv terriiorv or. the face of the r nrth. *, !s The development of ideals fixes the r tandara of living and "forms the' oundstion on which ' civilizatioh \ est-," Mr. Ceoiidge told students of.'] ho College cf Charleston. He spoke 4 riefiy at the chapel of the college. |i "I never stand in the presence of a t tudeni. body." the vice president told; he students. "without wishing to'-, ongra-rulate them on the great op-' i >ortun:ties which lie before the < 'if fliii! womanhood of i iir country who attend the institu ions of libreral culture." ; ] "To learn to think." he abided, "is t ne of the chief ends of training and < ducation snd it is a practical end.'i Nothing is more practical." 1 The vice president advised study of t listory as a means toward under-. i landing of the government. !i Leaving the college the vice presi- ; !en: went t> the Charleston Orphans: louse, where he made a brief talk. ; nd then for a tour of the city and < nrbnr. ! -i?.. . ? i-i. ~ , ill com menu rig- on win; iivi.r?ii(\ i n .bsorbiny; ihe proper idea!?, the vice i >resi<ft?r.t stated that the development ? ?f :<it als our standard of living < GINNERS REPORT * ]< 9,493,296 BALES j Census Bureau Gives Out Figures |i Covering Period Frior to December 13. Washing.on, Doc. 20.?Cotton gir.-jned prior to De:*einoer 13 amounted j. to 5J.4y;vJ!*fc running naies. including j 1151,031? round bales, counted as half j bales; 24,Gi;J bales of American-|j Egyptian and 5,255 bales of sea is-j. !.:n.l, ihe L-on.-UJ bureau announced^ today. J; To December lo last year, ginnings j' were 7,790,650 running bales, includ- j j ing 122,649 round bales, counted as j ( half-bales; 25,827 bales of American-' |< Egyptian and 3,062 bales of sea is-j( land. 11 I * flinnino's + bi? VMr to DccfOV r.or 1 .'5 I by states follows: j ] Alabama, 811,759. ( Arizona, 31,461. : Arkansas, 990,16S. t California, 20,4 1. l Florida. 27.032. * it Georgia, 724,S79. h Louisiana, 341,970. < Mississippi. 976,624. . jc Missouri, 130, 706. North Caro3ir:a. 330,305. Ji (\ Ir li'rA m n fi 9 f\ 1 7 *2 it South Carolina, 502,594. ji Tennessee. 73.069. ji Texas, 0,065.972. ic Virginia. 24.972. jt Virginia. 24,972. j I Ali other states, 15.132.. ' t ?? FIRE TEACHERS FOR p MAKING HOME BREW y - jr Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 20.?Resigna- v ;iony of four instructors at North * Carolina State College of Agricul- t :ure and Engineering here h;ve ' ec-r.: ? eguested as a result of charges that I ;hey made "home brew" in their j t ooms, Dr. W. C. R'ddicV. president !e >f the institution, announced, today. J The president did no: give any fur- j \ her details, except to confirm re- j i lorts that the action followed an in- j estimation by students. The names! 0 >f the instructors'who were said tojj. lave offered their rosigr.aitor.s as re-:s guested were giver as 0. V. Busbcc, 1 T. B. Parks, 0. B. Buckner, and J. C. jv filler. No further action is contem- i ? )!atcd, it was said. Miller was said to be from South Is Carolina, Busbee from Louisiana, andlp he (rther two nat:ves of North Caro-|r ir?a, but their addresses were not an-1 ( iour.cc?d. PREDICTS THAT JAPAN j| WILL SOON EE MADt DKY j-. San Francisco,/" Dec. lD.-^apan j ,vill be dry within a few years, de- S c :*lared David Starr Jordan, chancel-j or emeritus of Stanford university,! vho has just returned after three ! o nonths in Japan. j "The people over there foresee the j . idven: of prohibition." Dr. Jordan , said. "Many of their, are aiding to ;. >rinpr it about/' j^ "A donation of $30,000 to endow j i chair of nl:oh">l:c research in ajv rapanese university was. promised by; ^ 5hyo Zu Aoki, a retired merchant of j rokio." Mr. Jordan said, after he do- ^ crihed the achievement of a similarly rhair at Stanford universitv. , c md forms the foundation on-which * rivilization rests.'" f Mr. Coelidge advised the students t ;o rtfad and study the classics, "the j 0 standards of thought" of any lan-]( ju iges. The opportunity in a college to cul-! a :ivate rhe classics is an inestimable r jrivilege, he stated, the privilege of p 'laying your minds against the great t ninds that influenced thought in c heirs and succeeding ages." fc The importance of studying history v vas also stressed by the speaker. It v s through the study of history, he ; :tated.*that one will become famil- t ar with how oar government was $ Parted, and what was its foundation, o [t will bring about better apprecia:ion of our form cf government, a n rovernment which the people should c >upport. seeing,- however, that it j< .uiK'uoiis prout'iix, aaiuinisit:is ju>- ^ ice impartially, and furnishes stabil- c ty and order in society?for stability v xnd order are the first laws cf civili- c nation. f In closing his address the vice 5 3r?siden.t said that in speaking to stu- j lent foodies in various parts of the ,, and he hud come to realize that there .vas down from fhe higher in *>. lfariiinjr ;iu?r:u in'! i?.telle?taal ^h *.> m:iin:aln < ' >uv ;"::iI CALL GOVERNORS TO WHITE HOUSE Prohibition Enforcement to Be Considered?Luncheon Monday Wh itc Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Dec. 15.?Governors of states now in annual conference here received a personal invitation from President Harding by long; distance telephone i tonight to be his guests at luncheon j it the White House Monday, with the i new, it is understood, of discussing J imong other subjects prohibition. ! The message was received by Gover- ' nor Sprou! of Pennsylvania, who pro- 1 :eded to communicate the invitation :o the other governors and they at Jnce took the matter under cnosiderition. Recently it was announced the president intended to call a confcr?nce of the governors of the states some time next month to discuss with hem and administration officials the prohibition question and'the iivita;ion tonight was understood to be vith the view of advancing the date - ^ ?*? ? /w rt ft AO* /\ ? f n /V- f ^ O ^ )i LiiV xiiirucing <ao ui uic ixecutivcs were so close at hand. It is doubtful, however, if all the ; rovomers here can accept the invitaion because of previous engage-; nents. Gov. John M. Parker of Lousiana, who discussed the prohibition juestion in a conference address yeserday and ur<red that the White louse conference be held some time his month, said he had to leave for Louisiana at once. He expressed (leasure, however, that the president lad ssen fit to extend the invitation, eiterating that if the conference vere to be held in January many of , he governors would find it difficult o attend because of the sessions of heir legislatures. " 1, Late tonight it was understood , hat the following governors expect- ] d :o attend the Monday conference: Kilby of Alabama, Campbell of Ar- ; zona, Denney cf Delaware, Davis of dabo, Mc Cray of Indiana. Allen of ; Cansas, Ritchie of Maryland, Preuse , if Minnesota, Hvde of Missouri, Mc- , I, Celvie of Nebraska, Sproul of Pcnn- ( ylvania, and Trinkle *of Virginia. >, In addition to Governor Parker, it ' ras said, Governor Morgan of West ( 'irginia could not attend. Tho.se whose attendance was con- / idered doubtful were: Hardee of! 'lorida, Cox of Massachusetts, Mor- <; ison of North Carolina and Olcott of s; \ U /legyu. , (i Governor Preuse is expected to lave luncheon with President Hard-.1 ng at the White House tomorrow and t was said he would convev to the I , hief executive a definite list of ac-. eptances to his invitation. . ( Beckley, W. Va., Dec. 15.?Laying1^ i -Li- - i'! Sicic tnu Ccti ub ui uiiiLc, tin; guvciu-i irs of 11 states donned jumpers to-!' lay at Glen White, near here, and ^ lescended 250 feet into the earth to ( nspect one of West Virginia's coal nines. Accompanying them into the j ^ dne we?e their wives. All wore reg-). ilation miners' caps with lamps at- j' ached. The governors came here from j. YJilte Sulphur Spring?, where theyf lave been attending the 14th annual; - -- ^ ' - nlofft flvrtrni- ' ^ UUierejuje U1 uic acutc | ives, making the trip by special', rain and being met at the station by ! he municipal band and a delegation f citizens, who escorted them to ' xien White. ! < There were a few gasps from the , ] overnors' wives when it was an-'1 :ounced that the party would be shot! Sown a deep shaft" and guided j1 hrough the labyrinth of passages un-|; ler ground, but they made the trip iJ iravely. Governor Oicott of Oregon j i-as the firsf~to step on the shaft eie-;; atcr and as he did so he remarked:;; "Many of us hare been buried in i1 he recent landslides but never have ;1 o many governors been under j rround at once." Below ground the* parry rode a mile j Jo- g tlie i '.ain gallery in a coai train t r.d then returned to the surface, be-; hg met by scores of school children, j vhom several of the governors ad-j iref-sed. They then returned here. vhere they were entertained at lunch < on by ihe chamber of commerce be- ?' ore departing for White Sulphur ' jpring.s for a social program preced- . r.g the final session of the confer-j* nee, tomorrow. ' The only difference, as we under- ] L:nd it. bet ween the auto and the i ar of .i-r;;: maut is that the latter' \ i:;?! will ins: victims. j NOVEMBER COTTON SPINNING GREATER Average of 234 Hours Per Spindle Shown, Which is Larger Than October Washington, Dec. 19.?Cotton spinning during November showed increased activity, the number of active spindle hours being 420,000,000 ;uuic kiiau xiA vvtvutii Active spindle hours for November totalled 8.710,224,794, or an average of 2o4 hours per spindle in pl^Jjpf compared with 8,289,885,446 or an average of 223 hours per spindle jn place for October. Spinning spindles in place November 30 numbered 37,175,233 of which 34,664,630 were operated at some time during montn, compared witn place October 31 and 33,859,076 (jjjr 'erated at some time during OctoJjftr. The average number of spjnqjc$' operated during November, based activity fcr 8.74 hour? ppr working day was 39,469,039, or at 106.2 per cent of capacity, compared with 36?834,931, or at 99.2 per cent capacity during October. McLEOD TO BE INIUGURAT?D ON JANUARY SIXJEEtftH , * ? N Columbia, Dec. 1G.?E. B. Jackson, lieutenant-governor-elect, was a vijrir tor in Columbia today, as was also M.' M. Mann clerk of the senate. The two \ had an informal, conference regarding the session of the general assembly. which convenes January S, and of the work of the new senate. Mr. Mann was in the city to have certain printing done, preparatory to the session of the senate. A,n interesting point discussed by ;he two officials was the calling of the ;enatc to order and the presiding oficer for the opening days. A new :enate starts with the convenng of the general assembly, and the new lieutenant-governor will not be inaugurated for a week afterwards, rhere is no lieutenant-governor now, Lieut. Governor Harvey having be:omc governor the middle of the' year. One of the first matters to :cme before the senate will be the > 1 / . /-.4 /> C 1 4- r-rn 4Y*. M rt Mn W /*! t* /I 1 /V O jicciauii ui li^d uiiiL'cidy liiiiuuu)^ c* president pro tcm. Mr. Mann, who is an." authority on senate rules and practice, stated that t would be the duty of Senator Alan lahnstone of Newberry, who is a loldover senator and who was presdent protem of the 1922 senate, to :all the 1923 senate to order. The senate will then go into the election a president pro tem. Should Sen- . itor Johnstone be nominated for this office, and his name has been mentioned in this connection, Mr. Mann, :he clerk, -will take the desk and preside until the president pro tem is :hosen. This new official will then have charge of the deliberations un-til the new lieutenant-governor, Mr. Jackson, is sworn in. The inauguration of the new governor, Thos. 0. \r r 1 i _ ? i.L . I.*., ana 01 trie new uueicticwrvpvernor will take place on the second Tuesday of the session, January 16. Oh that day Governor Harvfcy will surrender the chief executive's office to Mr. MoLeod. The general assembly of 1923 will fi-ave some important ijiatters before It. One will be a serfs' of election^ :hief of which are f0fjr:jfcircuit judgfe:hips. Successors are 7b be chosen :o three circuit judges who died dur? ng 192*2. Judges Ernest Moore, H.1ivard Mclver and Frank B. Gary, and :o Judge James E. Peurifoy of Walterboro, who has seh^ t.o Governor Harvey his resignation, to take effect January 20, or sooner, H\&is successor can be chosen before that date. S'unierous candidates are already being brought forward for these posi* :ions on the bench. A superintendent of the slate penitcntiarv is also to be elected. 5ARAH BERNHARDT HAS FAINTING SPELL Paris. Dec. 19.?Sarah Bernhardt's fainring ^pell which came at the closc )f a rehearsal yesterday, was brought ^ ibout by overwork, in the opinion of icr friends. The great actress had fust returned from a long and tiresome tour of Italy, but notwithstanding her 78 years she plunged wholeleartcdiy into preparations for the presentation of Sacha Guitry's new ''lay, "Un So.iet de Roman," which .vas to have had its premiere last light.