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Section Section One Pages I 8,UA 43 1921 VOL XLI MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 4,11921 ~II1 ALLI[D COUNCIL PLANS ULTIMATUM Reach Complete Agreement at Con ference in London LtMIrT OF SIX DAYS BEGIN THIS MONTH Drafting Committee Now Busy Comn pleting Document to Be Finally Passed at Another Meeting of Council to Be Held Today--Total Sum Increased. London, May 3 (By the Associated Press.) -The allied supreme council decided today to invite the United States to send a representative as a member of the supreme council and also to be represented on the repara tions commission and the council of ambassadors.. London, May 3 (By the Associated Press.)-The supreme council reached a complete agreement this afternoon on the substance of the ultimatum to be sent to Germany by the repar ations commission not later than May 6. The ultimatum expires six (lays later. The drafting committee is busy to night completing the document which will be finally passed at another meeting of the council tomorrow and then handed to the reparations com mission, which has been called from Paris and which will forward the last word of the allies to the Ber lin cabinet in accordance with the treaty of Versailles. The total sum which Germany will be called upon to pay has been in creased to 6,750,000,000 pounds ster ling vy the inclusion of the sum due Belgium on. account of her debts to the allies. Under the bonding scheme to guar antee the payment of 100,000,000 pounds annually, plus 25 per cent, tax on Gerftan exports, 600,000000 pounds ultimatum expires or German accepts the term. Bonds to the amount of 1,900,000,000 pounds will be issued in November. The balance, 4, 250,000000 pounds will be issued in accordance with Germany capacity to pay. That capacity will be gauged by the product of 25 per cent. on exports. Besides the 5 per cent, interests on he bonds an additional I per cent. ill be imposed on them to form a sinking fund. The amount required for service bonds will be thus 2,500, 000,000 pounds. London, May 4 (By the Associated Press.)-A new German offer to the allies was telegraphet Tuesday from Berlin to the German ambassador at Paris for communication to the rep arations commission according to a statement ascribed by the London Times to "Good authority." The terms of the offer are not known by The Times say it is be lieved they are approximate to ac ceptance of the allies decisions at Puris on January 29. It is presumed the offer will be forwarded to London and placed be fore the supreme council today, Wed nesday. Washington, May 3.-In the ab sence of formal notifications, offeials declined tonight to comment on the decision of the allied supreme council at London to invite the United States to send a representative as a mem ber of the supreme council #nd also to be represented on the reparations commission and the council of am bassadors. All questions as to what policy the American government would pursue in the matter of such representative have invariably been met wvith the statement that when such an invita tion was receivedl it wvouldl be soon enough for an answer. The Harding admrinistration has not hesitated to say that it wvill be interestedl in the economic adjust ments growing out of the war but has not indicated a desire to become politically involved in the European settlements. Whether this would re suit in the definite refusal of such an invitation as was dlecidled upon today, of the sending of representatives to sit in at sessions of the council and the commissions was not indlicatedl tonight. The United States has never had n representative on the supreme coun cil but Ambassadlor Wallace at Paris was authorized to sit in at sessions of the council of ambassadors by the Wilson ad ministration and Roland W. Boyden, now in Paris at the head of a commission of exp~erts was for a time a dluly accredited member of the reparations commission. It is undlerstoodl that the United States still is hopeful of a solution of the reparations controversy by (dis cussions but whether it will consider that such a course would be further ed by American participation in the allied councils is problematid. PUBLIC H EALTH NOTICE Tho community meeting which was .heldl in the Pastime Theatre last Wed nesday was excellent. Trhere were about a hundred present to hear Dr. Cornell's lecture on "S'ummer diar rhea in children." The Dr. gave us some splendid points on keeping the baby well in the hot weather as wvell as telling us what to do in case the baby should get sick. He saidl that "Summer complaint" is really "fly complaint" and if we want to keep the baby well we must kill the flies. -If you did not hoar this lecture you * ~ed something worth hearing and heading TO REDUCE WAGES OF STEEL WORKERS New York, May 3.-A reduction of about 20 per cent, in wages for day labor, effective May 16, and an equi table adjustment of other rates in cluding salaries, at the plant of the United States Steel corporation was announced today by Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the corporation board of directors. It is estimated that be tween 150,000 and 175,000 employees of the corporation will be affected by the cut. Mr. Gray also stated that the cor poration had been unable to find a pracicable tbasis for the entire aban donment of the 12 hour (lay or turn, in the immediate future. He added that the 12 hour shift already had been eliminated in certain depart ments and that efforts would be continued with the expectation of entir ely eliminating this feature within the next year. Mr. Gray expressed the opinion that he did not believe the corpora tion could satisfy the employees with any shorter limit. During 1920 the average . daily wage of employees was $6.96 against $6,12 in 1919, according to corpora tion figures. Total salaries and wages disburse( by the steel cor poration in 1920, when the total num ber of employees was 267,000 aggre gated $581,556,925. 0 Bishop Guerry will conduct ser vices at the Episcopalian Chapel on Monday night, May 9th at 8:15 o'clock. Everyone is invited to at tend. PROMINENT YOUNG COUPLE MARRIED LASI WEDNESDAY At 6:30 o'clock Wednesday, April 27, at the home of Mr and Mrs. W. E. Daniels, their daughte' .Ethel, was married to-Authur Smith of Charles ton, S. C. The home was a veritable bower of flowers. The wedding arch was taste fully decorated with pink roses, smilax and ferns, from which a large wedding bell of which roses was sus pended. Only a fev relatives and intimate friends witnessed the cere mony which was performed by the Rev. J. M. Plowden of Timmonsville, S. C., an uncle of the bride. The bride wore a beautiful traveling suit and hat of navy blue with grey acces sories, and carried a shower bouquet of roses. A reception followed im mediately after the ceremony. Pound cake and old fashioned fruit cake were served with block cream, after which the lovely presents were displayed. After spending a few weeks touring the Southern States, the young couple will make their future home in Char leston. The popular bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Daniels and the bride groom is a rising younIg business man of Charleston. 'SHINERS HAVING HARD TIME NOW Sheriff Gamble Now Hot on Trail of Violators of Liquor Laws Moonshiners who are operating in Clarendon will have to "watch their step" in the future for Sheriff Gam ble is determined to stamp out the violators of the liquor laws of this State and als the United States. The total in the drag net last week was twelve stills and ten men. Be ginning the early part of the week Sheriff Gamble assisted by Rural Policeman Peavy, Chief State Con stable Eichelberger and Fedleral Of ficer Kelly got busy and up until Sat urdlay night they had captured eleven stills and nine men charged wvith op (erating the same. The men arrestedl wvere Charley Bonnet, Wes Edwards, Richardl Roberson andi John Borrous, all of near Summerton ; next came JTohn Green andl Willie Amos of near Silver; .James Johnson andl Buck Blackwell of near Jordan; the last of these being WVarren Hicks, the said Warren invading the sanctity of the' city of Manning. Messrs. Eichelberger and Kelly left Saturday night for their homes in Florence. M essrs. Gamble and Peavy thought they ought to have at least one more, so early Sunday morning they jou rneyedl over towardls Alcolu. Trhis little jouruey nettedl one Bill ~James, who thos 'wht he had'a perfoct right to manufa .ture 'shine.' This ended the weeks work, and we believe it wvas a goodl week's wvork at that. Sheriff Gamble is dloing some ex.. cellent wvork as he hadl fourteen cases at the last term of court an dalready has fifteen cases listedl for the Juine term. PINEWOOD NEWS Th~le Rt. Rev. W. A. Guery D). D. Bishop of the Diocese of Soutfi Caro lina will make his annual visitation to this Parish on Sunday afternoon, May 8th. Services will b~e held at :30 o'clock in the Methodist church. A cordial invitation is extendled to all dlenomninations to attendl these ser.. vices. W. D. Eppoeon, Senior Warden St. Mark E Ipiscopal Church. PAXVILLE NEWS Baby Conference Paxville School, May 10th from 10:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. mn. All children under beven year. Come and bring- vour childrn, NOTES BY COUNTY DEMONSTRATION AGENT THE SWEET PTOATO CURING AND STORAGE HOUSE. The sweet potato is one of our surest crops and it is a crop that is very easily grown. Also it is one of our best and most palatable food crops, and yet it has tiever been grown and used t'o the extent that it should be., This is largely due to the Sact that under the old plans it has een a very hard crop to keel) during the winter months. This great ob stacle has been overcome by means of the Sweet Potato Curing Houses which are now being used successfully I in so niany sections. With disease free seed stock planted on land which has not been planted to potatoes in three years, and reasonable care in handling and curing Lhe potatoes, these houses will keep the potatoes. As already mentioned, this fact has been demonstrated beyo;!d question of a doubt. ' I do not wish it understood that I am recoinmenl ding the planting of sweet potatoes on a large scale as a commercial crop. We have no as surance that the sweet potato market next season will be a paying one. This question is like that of the cotton market; there are a great many fac tors influencing it, ifnd no one can now predict the price of sweet potatoes next February with any degree of certamnty. If any one does wish to grow this crop on a commercial scale, I will be glad to give him every as sistance that I can. But this phase of the sweet potato business I am particularly interested in. that is, that every farm produce and cure enough potatoes to last that farm next spring-landlord and ten ants. This would help greatly toward making the farm self-supporting, and would I am sure be good, sound busi ness. In most cases the 500 bushel house would be sufficiently large for this purpose. The house can be built for around $150.00 where the lumber is bought and hire(d labor is used. Of course if a man has his own lumber and labor the cost will be much less. I want the farmers of Clarendon County to think seriously on this mat ter, and I hope that we will have a inumber of these houses going up be fore time, to harvest the crop. An other pla . that has worked success fully dn -somhe.soetions is the co-opera tive house. In this case a number of men go together and build one house large enough to meet their needs. Again we sometimes have individuals or corporations who build houses and store potatoes for the public, charging so much per crate for the storage. These plans are all good. The main thing is to cure and keep your po tatoes. Any one interested in this matter will please get in touch with me and I will be glad to give you all the infor mation and help possible. If you have an idea of building a sweet potato house, decide now and plant the potatoes to fill it. Plant only enough draws to get vine cut tings for your crop, as they are much better. FAIIMERS MEETING Al' NEW ZION On Saturday, May 7th, at 4 o'clock there will be a get-togethur and get acquainted meeting at the New Zion school house. W. R. Gray, Clarendon County's Demonstration Agent, will be there to meet the folks in the New Zion section and will make a talk on some of the problems now confront ing the farmers and on what. he wants to accomplish in Clatendon this year. This meeting has been called at the suggestion of a number of men at New Zion so that all the folks may get acquainted with Mr. Gray as soon as possible andl to co-operate' with the County Agent as much as piossible. This coming Saturday at the Newv Zion school house. Everyone who can do0 so, make arrangements to aIttend( this meseting. FEEl) FOR LIVESTOCK - AND SOIL IMPROVEMENT Feed andl forage crops are the limit ing factors in livestock farming. Soil fertility is the limiting factor .in the prodluction of feed andl forage; there fore crops that will furnish an abun dance of goodl feed and at the same time imp~rove the soil are dloub~ly pro fitable. For wintering both dIairy andl beef cattle, feeding steers and hogs, and improving the soil, the velvet bean both as a pasture crop) andl as a grain feed is unsurpassed by any crop grown in the South. In combination with corn it is specially fine for hogs. A growth of three tons p~er acre, died crop, wvill contain as much nitro gen as five hundredl pounds of nitrate of soda. If grazed by livestock prac tically there will be a pr1ofitable gain in the weight of the animals and an addition to the humius content of the soil. Record1s show that eighty acres of velvet beans carried oine hundlred head oif cattle four months. Twenty tons of velvet beans with ailage or other roughage will feed thirty head of eight hundred pound steers for one hundred and twenty days. The early speckled beans seem to be the most valuable for feed on ac count of the high percentage of beans to the pod andl the ease with which the cattle can masticate ' the thin hulls. While many like the bunch bean be cause of its habit of growth, t believe that more feed and more humu. wilm LOCAL HAPPENINGS TW[NTY YEARS AGO May 8, 1901 Mrs. J. E. Barnett of Mayesville, is on a visit to her father, Mr. A. Loryea. The Manning Methodist Church will be dedicated next Sunday by Bishop Duncan. There will be do service in the Presbyterian churen Sundayv morn ing on account of the dedication. In some parts of this County the hail did considerable damage. We are told that some of the cotton fields from Mr. H. B. Tindal's place to Mr. Gentry's will have to be planted over again. The Associations of Sons of Con federate Veterans met in the Court House last Saturday with a fine at tendance. The following oflicers were elected for the ensuing term: .1. HI. Lesesne, Commander. W. M. Plowden, Vice Commander. .J. M. Windham, Sec. and Treas. J. 11. McKnight, Adjutant. Rev. P. B. Wells, Chaplain. Dr. C. B. Geiger, Surgeon. Dr. A. Becker was granted a per mit to erect poles and wires on the streets of Manning for the purpose of furnishing electric lights to the peo ple. Messrs. Hlarby & Co. announced their plans of opening a livery stable in Manning. This firm was composed of Mr. Horace Harby of Sumter, and Mr. M. F. Heller of Kingstree. SECRETARY HUGHES' NOTE DELIVERED IN BERLIN Berlin, May 3.-The pote of Secre tary Hughes to the German govern ment replying to counter proposals, was delivered to foreign minister Sim ons at eleven thirty this morning by American Commissioner Dressel. -0 ADITIONAL LOCALS Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Clark this morning a baby boy. Mr. D. Hirschminn has returned home after spenting.::0l weeks in New York. At a meeting of the William-Bur gess Post. American Legion, the fol lowing officers were elected: Post Comnian-ler, .Jno. G. Dinkins; Vice Commander, Chovine Sprott; Adju tant, Tavlor Stukes; Chaplain, Rev. J. A. Easley; Sergrmnt-at-Arms, Allen Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sprott i tertained last week at a deli-rhtful barbecue supper. The rooms were beautifully decorated with roses, ferns and sweet pens. A large crowd of guests were in attendance and enter tained by music and progressive rook. "The Deacon," a comedy drama was played by local talent of Jordan at the school auditorium on Tuesday evening, April 26th. This play will be staged at Pinewood on Thursday evening, May 5th. at 8:30 o'clock. The pro ceeis will be used for the beriefit of the Jordan -:chool. Admission 25e and. 35e. The Presbyterian Sunday School is planning to observe Mother's Day next Sunday. Every member of the congregation has. been urgedl to at tend Sunday School as an honor~ to their mothers. The Pirimary de'part - ment has arranged a special program, and all babies on the cradlle roll are to be ptresent. It is hoped that the at tendlance' will be the largest in theI hiistory of the church. Miss lleadlie Richnman leaves wvith her uiicle next F'riulay morning for New York City. Miss Richmani is only sixteen years old and came to Amneriua recently from Ru:ssia to visit her lbrother. With practically ino knowledge of English she entered the College Preparatory school and has madI~e wonderful advancement in a sp~eaking vocabulary, writing and niathematics. As a great many of our people missedl the performance of "The Mi crobe of Love" which was lalyedl by the American Legion post a short wyhile ago, they will now have the op portunity to witness this fine little musical comedy. TIomorrow night (Thursday) our peCople will play at Summerton for the benefit of the local post of Summerton. Everyone who missedl the play here should attendl the Sunmmerton performance. It is a fine show and well worth your mioney. be obtained by using the running beans. Records show that South Carolina spent $50,000,000.00 for feeds in 1920. Had velvet beans been planted in all the corn and a yield of eight hundred poundls per acre gathered, the bean crop) would now be wvorth something over $16(,000,000.00. TPhis dloes not include the Immense value of the humus and nitrogen that would have been added to the soil by the vines. Grow velvet beans this year--make feed for livestock and improve your soIl. W . ryConyAet MRS. RANKINE'S BODY FOUND IN HARBOt New York,- May 3.-The body of Mrs. Annette K. Rankine, wealthy widow, who disappeared here on April 1, tonight was found float ing in New York tharbr, n iar the South Brooklyn shore. Identification of the body was made by Miss Spink, who was Mi-s. Ran kine's nurse and companion, and Frank Clouting, her chauffeur. .Mrs. Raikine was the widow of William Bireh Rankine, lawyer and founder of the Niagara Fails Power com pany. Following the death of her husband a few weeks after their marriage, Mrs. Rankine suffered from fainting spells and had since been in ill health. On the afternoon of her disap pearance Mrs. Rankine went out on an automobile ride unaccompanied by her nurse. She dismissed her chauf feur near the Manhatten end of the Queensboro bridge after having made inquiries of him concerning the to cation of pawnbrokers' shops and adding that she intended to walk home. No further trace of her was found until the .marine police tonight dis covered her body, although a search was made for her by police and pri vate detectives in several states. MISSIONARY SOCIETY HAS GOOD PROGRAM The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet at the church Monday at 4 p. m. Program-Naishville, the Historic Center of Methodism. Ihymn 1. Business. Missionary News -Mrs. A. T. Helms. Bible Lesson-"The Vicarious Min istry of a Nation." (Isa. LII 13-53, 1-13. c f. Mark X 35-45). Mrs. H. V. Bigby. Prayer. Hymn 143. Topics-1. Early Methodism in Nashville-Mrs. G. L. Dickson. 2. The Story of the First Christian Social Settlement. Mrs. .1. A. Cole. Chain of Prayer. Dues. - - - ---- HAYWOOD NEWS Married last Sunday at the home of Mr. S. C. Lee, Miss Maggie Kerhy and Mr. Joe Mitchum. On last Sunday while Mr. P. W. Stukes was at church one- of his plow hands broke into his store and help ed himself to everything he wanted empt ied the money drawer armed himrelf with a Smith & Weston and escaped. Preaching every Sunday at Bay wood school house at 3:00 o'clock. Public invited. CHICKENS A M[NAC TO BEAUIlFYING TOWN Chickens are very annoying and de structive to the general public in Manning. The attention of Council has been called to this matter, but we are informed by one of our Aldermen that they are powerless to control the chicken situation as there is no State law against chickens running at large. In other words a citizen that pays i tax (and we might say a large tax payer) ('an get no protection from the city in the way of keeping other peo ple's chickens from destroying and ruining everything he plants on his own prem ises. Now, we do not care to take issue wit h our city fat hers, for we (do bel ieve they are in favor of puitt ing a stop to this Opubl ic nui sance(. but so far they fe'el that they have no p~ower ini which to control the situa ion. It 'may he that it would b ilk gal to make a specifie hi w aga ist chickens rounning at Iarge as a chicken seems to be a privilegedl chiar-. uacter, but we do0 know that where a clhicken goes on anothers prop~ert y andl causes damage that wvould he termedl a niuisance, andl for in forma tion to the public we give Webster's definit ion of a nuisance. "That which annoys or gives troubhle and vexation, that which is offensive or noxious. Nuisances are p~ublic when they an noy citizens ini general, private when they affect indlividluals only." All towns have laws against nuisances, and in our opinion the chickens can he con trolled undIer the above definition. We respectfully ask Council to consider this matter carefully. Th is is not written alItogether from a sel fish standlpoint, as wve have been asked by several, if there was no law~ to pro tect one's prioperty from being dIe stroyedl by other peoples' chiickens. At the same time we are constantly an noyedl with these nuisainces, and there by ask for ielief. Some people take the position that to protect your property you must keep the gates closed, andl if the gates ar~e left open a chicken hais the r-ight to wvalk in and dlestroy what you have planted. It's a 1poor rule which dloes niot work two ways, then if this be c'orr-ct, andl a person should leave his front door open, a man wvould have thne right to go in another's house, takp an a xe, andl break up the furni ture, just because the door wvas left open. The majority of our people like to see the town beautIfied, and unless something is (lone about the chickens, civic imp~rovements will not amount to much. The greatest organization we have ever had in Manning in the wvay of beautifying the town is the Civic League, and we feel sure they vo our seannemnts In this matter SHORTAGE fOUND IN BANK[R'S ACCOUNT W. T. C. Bates, .Ir., T'ells of Hundre-ed and Fifty Thousand Deficit AMOUNT MADE GOO); NO LOSS TO BANK )irectors and Examiner Issue State. mienlts Saying That Atmount Has Been Replaced. No Danger to Depositors. A shortage of $153,249.70 in rhe acc(Ofnts of W. TI'. C. Bates, Jr., at, assistant cashier of the Liberty Nia tional bank of South Carolina, was made pubbec last nlight in a state ment issued by the directors of the institution, w'1o at the same time an lounced 1that the a moun had been niade good by the directors, the rel atives of Mr. Bates and by Mr. Bates himself. A. S. 1Mainning, presidlent of the bank, said last night that existence of the shortage became known to the bank officials several days ago when Mr. Bates went to Juliein C. Rogers, the cashier, and told him of the mat ter. Late last night Mr. Bates had not been arrested, but was at his hone in Columbia. Fully Protected The matter is being handled by 0) L. La Rouque, national bank exan iner, who when asked for a state ment with refer.mice to the shortage, said: "We are in the midst of ou regular examination an( our report. will be forwarded to Washington as usual when completed. I prefer not to discuss the matter further than to state that in my opinion the bank is fully protected against loss by rea son. of the shortage disclosed. I will state further that the records of the treasury department show that no depositor has ever lost a dollar in or through a ni tional bank in South Carolina." The directors signed a statemednt last night assuring the depositors that there will be absolutely no loss to the bank and that the shortage has been made wood. The statement, wnien is signed by W. A. Coleman, .J. E. Timberlake, Walter T. Love, T. ). Ruff, S. B. Fishburne, A. I. Kohn, W. J. Con way, S. K. Oliver, J. W. -McCormick, R. Beverley Sloan, H. 11. innant, M. B. I)uPre, Carroll II. Jones, T. E. Pearce, R. L. Bryan, A. D. McFaddin, JT. W. St. ,John, A. Coke, Summers, Allen L. Rogers, J. D. Miot, J. K. Crosswell, William ff. Inglesby, R. C. lianier, Charles It. Barron, Julienl C. Rogers, C. L. Kibler, D. C. Mc Alister and A. S. Manning, the di rectors, follows: Shortage Made Good "larning that certain rumors ex ist regarding a shortage in the ac coults of W. 'T. C. Bates, Jr., one of the ass:tant cashiers of our bank, the undersigned desire to make the ;follo(winlg statemlenlt to the public, to wit: "A shortage did exist in Mr. Bates' accounts amounting to $153,249.70, but. this shortage has been made good by the direetors, the relatives of Mr. Bates and Mr. Bates. "Mr. Bates also has assigned tor the benefit of the directors anJ-the bank all of his proplerty, both real and personal, the major portion of the personal property bing the as sets of the Bates-Coleman Motor Car comliany, of which Mr. Bates is now sole owner, having bought the hold ings of his former associate, Allen Coleman, some two years ago. "Th'ere is now and will he ab-so lutely no loss to the han. ''The wole maiter is beinig hand led by 'the tntionaiIlibank examiner and the shortage has been adjusted and the ban k's intere'sts fully protected satisfactorily to hiim.'" Mr. Ba tes has becen in the emphloy oif thle I Aiberty National hank of South Caroli na for several years. If e told offic i'-ls of the hank, they say. that the :-hort:me exte(ndedl overa period of a numberm of mtonthsw. ----- IIOOVEI( WOUL.I) SE Washingon, Ma:y 3.--Immediate congressional action to check the itn roadls of G;erman foreign tradle in the United States was urged by Sec retary Hloover before the house ways and mteanis comm iiittee. A rev ived German commerce, he saidl, was fast driving ce(rta in Ameurican linies out of husitness. Tlhe commerce dlepartment head de cared for a protective tariff ''of a Inarge ordler'" and1 sploke favorably of the contempla11tedl change in policy with respect to the basis of assess - ing import dlutie~s. The committee is conside'ring the establishment of ant American standard of valuatig~n to supplant the presentt system of levy ing tariff on the value of imports in the land of producdtion. Such a plan, Mrt. I loover saidl, ap leatred to be the only solution to the problem of meeting sales by G;ermatny anid other foreign countries whose currency is badly depreciatedl. While (declaring it to be' necess'irv in normal times, he e'xlainled that the ex igencie's of piresent trade condi1 tions ,warrantedl action of the sort p~roposed in the bills before the conm mittee. Germany continues the policy of indirectly sulbsidlizing het- indulstries. Mr. Hoover said, adding that on the basis of reports b~y federal agents the subsidy amounted to around 50O per cent, of' the nroductIon Cnst.4